Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1910 — Page 3

FINDNG THE POLE

CHAPTER X. * On May 29, for the first time, the sun never set The glowing disc Just touched the boundary line of the horlaon, and rose again Immediately. The period was now entered when the day lasts twenty-four hours. Next morning there was a magnlfl«ent halo; the monarch of day appeared surrounded by a luminous circle. The doctor recommenced his sowing, for hp had plenty of seed, but he was surprised to find sorrel growing already between the half-dried stones, and even pale, sickly to show their delicate pink blossoms. -,At last It* began to be really hot Weather, On the 15th of June the thermometer stood at 57 degrees above aero. By the middle of June the sloop had made good progress, and Hatteras, Altamont and the doctor went hunting. The. three hunters, accompanied by Duke, set out on Monday, the 17 th of June, at 6 In the morning, each man armed, with a double-barreled gun, fiT hatchet and snow knife, and provisions for several days.. About noon of the second day they Sighted two ferocious musk-oxen, and surrounded them on a plateau. The oxen had begun to shake themselves Impatiently at Duke, trying to kick him off, when Hatteras started up right In front of them, shouting' and chasing' them back. This was the signal for Altamont and the doctor to rush forward and fire, but at the sight of two assailants, the -terrified animals wheeled around and attacked Hatteras. .He met their , onset with a firm, steady foot and fired straight at their heads. But both his bullets were powerless. They rushed upon the unfortunate man like furies, and threw him on the ground In an Instant. f - • “He Is a dead man!" exclaimed the doctor, In despairing accents. A tremendous struggle was going on tn Altamont’s breast at the sight of his prostrate foe, and though his first Impulse was to hasten to his help, he stopped short, battling with himself and his prejudices. But his hesitation Scarcely lasted half a second, his better self conquered, and exclaiming, “No, It would be cowardly!” he rushed forward with Clawbonny. Hatteras full well understood how his rival felt, but’ would rather have died than have begged his Intervention. However, he had hardly time to think about It, before Altamont was at his side.

He could not have held out much longer, for It was Impossible to ward off the blows of horns and hoofs of two such powerful antagonists, and In a few minutes more he must have been torn to pieces. But suddenly two shots resounded, and Hatteras felt the balls graze his head. “Courage!” shouted Altamont, flinging away his discharged weapon, and throwing hTmself right in front of the raging anfmals. One of them, shot to the heart, fell dead as reached the ■pot, while the other dashed madly on Hatteras, ami was about to gore the unfortunate captain hrlth his herns, when Altamont plunged.his snow knife far into the beast's, wide open Jaws with one hand, with the other dealt him such a tremendous blow on the head with his hatchet, that the skull was completely split open. It was done so quickly that it seemed like & flash of lightning, and all was over. The second ox lay dead, and Clawbonny shouted “Hurrah! hurrah!" Hatteras was saved. He owed his life to the man he hated "the most. What a storm of conflicting passions this must have roused, in his soul! But where was the emotion he could not master T However, his action was prompt, whatever his feeling might be. Without a moment's hesitancy, he went up to his rival, and said in a grave voice: “Altamont. you have saved my life!” “You saved mine,” replied the American. • There was a moment’s silence, and then Altamont added: “We’re quits, Hatteras." “No, Altajnont," said the captain; “when the doctor dragged you out of yoqr icy tomb I did not know who you were; but you saved me at the peril of your own life, knowing quite well who I was.” ’ “Why, you are a fellow creature at any rate, and whatever faults an American may have, he is no coward.” “No, indeed,” said the doctor. “He is a man, every inch a man—Uke yourself. Hatteras.” “And, like me, he shall have part in the glory that awaits us.” "The glory of reaching the north poleT” asked Altamont “Yes,” replied Hatteras, proudly. “I guessed right, then,” salS Altamont. The American stood still a moment deeply moved. Then he spoke feelingly. ' “And you have actually dared to conceive such a project? Oht It Is grand; I tell pou It is sublime even to think of It!" “But tell me,” said Hatteras, In a hurried manner; “you were not bound for the pole, {hen. yourself?” Altamont hesitated. “Come, speak out man,” urged the doctor. “Well, to ten the truth, I was not, and the truth Is better than self-love. No. I had no such grand purpose in view. I was trying to clear the northwest passage, and that was all.” “Altamont” said Hatteras, 1 holding out his hand; “be our companion to glory, ooma with us and And the north pole.” The two men clasped hands In a warm, {iearty grasp, and the bond of friendship between them was sealed. When they turned to look for the doctor they found him In tear*. “Ah! friends.” he said, wiping his •gee; "you have made ms so happy it

BY JULES VERNE.

is almost more than i can bear? You have sacrificed this miserable nationality for the sake of the common cause.' You have said, 'What does It matter if only the pole Is discovered, whether it Is by Englishman or an American?’ Why should we brag of being American Or English when we can boast that we are men?" The good little man wad beside himself with Joy. He hugged the reconciled enemies to his bosom, and cemented their friendship by his own affection.4o both. Calming theiheelves the men cut up the oxen and made their way back to cathp. At supper the doctor said: “My dear old Johnson,' I took out an American and an Englishman with me, didn’t I?” “Yes, Igr. Clawbonny;*’ “Well, I bring back two brothers." This was Joyous news to the sailors, and they shook hands warmly with Altamont; while the doctor recounted all that had passed, and hWW the American captain had saved the English captain’s life. That night no five happier men could have been found than those that lay sleeping in the little snow-house,. . Bell completed the sloop; the Ice began to break yp. A trial was made to Cape Washington. This short sail of Six hours sufficiently proved her excellent qualities. f Cn the 22d of June, Hatteras began to load the sledge. They put in 200 pounds of salt meat, three cases of vegetables and preserved meat, besides lime juice, and flour and medicines. They also took 200 pounds of powder and a stock of firearms. Including the sloop and the Halkett boat, there was about 1,500 pounds weight, a heavy load. However, the distance to the po\e was not 355 miles at the outside, and as they did not Intend to go more than twelve miles a day, as they could do It comfortably in a month. Even If land failed them, they could always fall back on the sloop, and finish the journey without fatigue to men or dogs. On Sunday, the 23d, all was ready,, and it was resolved to devote the entire day to rest. They retired early to rest, for they needed to be up betimes. So passed the last night in Fort Providence.

CHAPTER XI. Next day at' early dawn, Hattefai gave the signal for departure. The well-fed and weH-rested dogs were harnessed to the sledge. They had been having a good time of It dll the winter, and might' be expbcted to do good service during the summer. It was at ( in the morning when the expedition started. After following the windings of the bay and going past Cape Washington, they struck into the direct route for the north, and by 7 o'clock had lost sight of the lighthouse and Fort Providence. During the first two days they made twenty miles In twelve hours, devoting the remainder of the time to rest and meal*. The tent ’was quite sufficient protection during sleep. The temperature began to rise. In many places the snow melted entirely away, and great patches of water appeared. ' " , Hunting was not forgotten during the march, for fresh meat was a necessity. Altamont and Bell kept their guns loaded, and shot ptarmigans,' guillemots, geese, and a few young hares. Hattdfas advised them not to go more than a mile away, as there was not a day. nor even an hour, to lose, for three months of fine weather was the utmost they could count upon. Besides, the sledge was often coming to difficult places, when eaoh man was needed to lend a helping hand.

For several days the expedition had been attended with no fatigue. The travelers had only suffered from the Intense glare of the sun on the snow, .which threatened them with snowblindness. At another time of the year they might have avoided this by walking dflrlng the night, but at present there wm no night at all. Happily the snow was beginning to melt, and the brilliancy would diminish as the process of dissolution advanced. On the Bth of June the thermometer rose to* 45 degrees, and the rain fell In torrents. Hatteras and hie companions, however, marched stoically on, and even hailed the dbwnpeur with delight, knowing that it would hasten the disappearance of the snow. As they went along, the doctor often picked up stones, both round ones and flat pebbles, ae If worn away by the tldn. He thought from this they must be near the Polar basin, and yet far as the eye could reach was one Interminable plain. There waa not a trace of houses, or huts, or dalrns visible. It was evident that the Oreenlanders had not puahed their way eo/far north, and yet the famished tribes would have found their reward Jin coming, for the country abounded In game. Bear* were fre-* quently «een y and numerous hards of muak-bxen and deer. On the Hth Bell killed a foot and Altamont a musk-ox. These auppltes of fresh food were very acoeptable, and even the dootor surveyed, with considerable satisfaction, the haunches of meat they managed to proaurs from tints to time. “Don’t let us stint ourselves,” he used to say on’ these occasions; “food Is no unimportant matter In expeditions like ours." "Especially,” said Johnson, "when a meal depends on a lucky shot.” “You’re right, Johnson; a man does not think so much about dinner when -he know* the temp-pot is etfimorlng On the 80th they came to aldlstrlei which seemed to have been JrTimed ?>T come volcanlo convul.ionAo oov-

•red-was it with cones and sharprlsfty peaks. ’’ A strong breese from the southeast was blowing, which soop increased to a hurricane, sweeping over the rocks covered with snow and the huge massSos Ice, which took the forms df lcergs and hummocks, though on dry land. / On aH sides nothing could be heard but Ihe noise of crackings ice and falling avalanches. y N The travelers had to be very careful In avoiding hills, and qven In speaking aloud, for the-slightest agitation In the air might have caused a catastrophe. Indeed, the suddenness is the peculiar feature In arctic*avalanches, distinguishing them from those of Switzerland and Norway. Often the dlslodgement of a block es Ice Is instantaneous, and not even a cannon ball or thunderbolt could be more rapid In its descent. The loosening, the fall and the crash happen almost simultaneously. Happily, however, no accident befell any of the party, and three days afterwards they came to smooth, levels ground again. On the Fourth of July theije was such an exceedingly dense fog that it was very difficult to keep the straight course for the north. - ~ No misadventure, however, befel the party during the darkness, except the loss of Bell’s snowshoes. At Bell’s suggestion torches were contrived, made of tow steeped In spirits of wine and fastened on the end of a stick, and these served somewhat to help them on, though they made but small progress; for, on the 6th, after the fog had cleared off, the doctor took their bearings, and found that they lipd only been marching at the rate of eight miles a day. Determined to make up for lost time, they rose next morning very early and started off. Bell and Altamont as usual going ahead of the rest and acting as scouts. Johnson and the others kept beside the sledge, an& were soon nearly two miles behind the guides; but the weather was so dry and clear that all their movements could be distinctly observed. Storms l?lew up again and the tent was pitched In a ravine for shelter, as the sky was dark and threatening, and a violent north wind was blowing. ’Tm afraid we’l have a bad night," said Johnson.

“A pretty noisy one, I expect,” replied the doctor, “but not eold. We had better take every precaution, and fasten down our tent with good big stones.” “You are right, Mr. Clawbonny. If the hurricane swept away our tent, I don’t know where we should find It again.” The tent held fa’kt, but sleep was Impossible, for the tempest was led loose and raged with tremendous violence. "It seems to me,” said the doctor, during a brief lull In the deafening roar, “as if I could hear the sound of collisions between* lcebegs and ice fields. If we were near the sea, I could really believe there was a general break up in the Ice.” “I can’t explain the noises any other way,” said Johnson. "Can we have reached the coast?” I wonder?” asked Hatteras. “It is not impossible,” replied Clawbonny. “Listen! Do you hear that crash? That is certainly the sound of Icebergs falling. We cannot be very far from the ocean.” “Well ? If it turns out to be so, I shall push right on over the Ice fields." ' “Oh, they'll all be broken up after such a storm as this. We shall see what to-morrow brings; but all I can -say Is, If any |>oor fellows are wandering about in a night like this, I pity them.” —i__- (To be continued.)

HISTORIC FIELD OF WATERLOO.

Toariat Sat ye It Is Betas Directed of All latereeflas Features. The battlefield at Waterloo, writes an American tourist from Brussels, according to the American Register, Is rapidly being divested of all Its Interesting features. The houses which sheltered men who helped to make history there are being torn down, the roads and “\th& are being obliterated and Boon there trill ba nothing 1 left tn remind one of Napoleon's last stand but the great mound capped by the Waterloo Uon. The museum, where all the battlefield trophies are on view, uniforms, arms, drawings and pictures, was never a pretentious institution, but no visitor failed to look with Interest at the many exhibits behind the glass doors. / This also Is to be dismantled and the articles which have carefully kept for .years will be distributed among the provincial museums of Belgium, where as Individual exhibits they will lose much In value.

A Positive Proof.

“My dear child, have you reason to suppose that Mr. Flirty entertains a frank liking for you?" "Well, ma, last night he handed me a box of chocolates with the remark that they were his candled sentiments.”— Baltimore Anftrlcan

An Iinstance.

Kntcker Time brings strange changes. Bdcker —Yes; tbs boy whose mother esn’t make him wash hla neck grows up to be a rich man who gee* abroad for baths.—Harper's Bazar.

A Ready Explanation.

“What Is the reason you were so lata In discovering the north pole?” “Well,” answered the explorer, "you see they have such long nights In the erotic regions that I overslept.”— Washington Btar.

Dwellings in Gotham.

Foreign Visitor—Does it ooit much to live In New York? Hoet—No. sir; It doesn't host much to live Id this city, but It costs like Bam Hill to keep up appearances.— New York Weekly.

DRAINING THE YAZOO BASIN. HNE of the greatest undertakings ever entered upon by the United States Geological Survey Is the draining of the famous Yazoo basin—that portion of the State of Mississippi lying between the Mississippi and the Yazoo rivers, and commonly known as the delta. The first project surveyed contains 800 square miles, and State and nation are co-operating in the work. During the last twenty* four years 19,700,000 has been expended for the building and maintenance Of the levees of the delta region, about one-seventh of this amount being contributed by the Federal government and the balance by the State. These levees are supposed, at last, to be fairly durable, though the Levee Commission dpes not trust the lordly Mississippi for ,a second, and UrSver on the watch. \ - This reclamation work is a tremendously difficult task, however, and the least of the troubles of the engineers now at work there is battling with snakes, mosquitoes and malaria. It is generally believed by those living remote ffcm the delta that its land 1s of a swampy character. The belief is unfounded. There are few, if any, swamps, in the general acceptance of the term, to be found. It is an area of narrow lakes, bayous and rivers with deep banks and tortuous courses.—Van Norden Magazine. WOMEN AND THE GALLOWS. gMM HE reluctance of Juries to arrive at verT diets which place women under the shadow of the gallows has long been a problem confronting Jurists. The innate ohivalry of mankind has an irradlcable prejudice against deliberately doing a woman to death, no matter what crime she may have committed. This amounts to a statement that the woman is the "weaker vessel,” and that we cannot quite lay upon her shoulders the full responsibility which a man must bear. Women cannot, though they wish it ever so hard, share all the responsibilities of man. They must forever be the'protected sex; and every man and most w«seH— will be glad of this Irrevocable decree. Evqn in the awful hall of Justice when murdered blood calls out for vengeance and the safety of the community is at stake, man will remember the weakness of ht« helpmeet and feel a profound reluctance to hand her over to the common hangman to be strangled to death. It is idle to deny this feeling; and it becomes the part of statesmanship to recognize it and provide for It If juries will not send murderesses to the gallows, and If executive clemency is practically certain to be extended to any whom a Jury is coerced into bringing in guilty, we should provide by law for the proper treatment of women who -do murdgr. The expedient of Ending them guilty of some other crime, that they may get a lighter sentence, is a dangerous one. It interferes with' straight thinking on the part of the community on the subject of crime; and it may lead to very in-

DRAMA IN REAL LIFE.

Laaf-I.««t Mm oa Way to Prlaoa Is Met by Brother. So much like a bit from an old-fash-ioned melodrama was an incident tn the Bowefy early yesterday morning that If the scene had been put oq a stage the critics would have sneered, the New York World says/ Judge Crain heard about It In general sessions later in the day when Joseph Miller and Abraham Wiener were arraigned, charged With burglary. As Miller and Wiener, handcuffed to three detectives, were led Into the court room a well-dressed man walked behind, looking sadly at Miller. When the prisoners were committed to the Tombs the stranger wept. He waa Miller’s brother, a trusted official in Ihe service of the United Stgfe* government. Years ago he and Joseph were boys together on a farm up State. Angered at a fancied insult. Joseph ran away from home and until yeeterday had not been seen or heard of by his relatives. Detectives Duggan, Klnsler and O’Farrell arrested MlUer and Wiener Just after midnight in a room at 405 East Bth street. The two had been indicted by the grand Jury on the charge that they had robbed the loft of a cloakmaker, Herman Schloes, at 87 East 20th street. Detectives and prisoners, on the way to police headquerters, were at 4th street and the Bowery when a stranger, who had been eyeing Miller Intently, walked up to him and slapped him on the back. “Hello, Joe,” he shouted. “Where have you been for six year*? Father and mother are sick from worrying' about you.” Miller, who had stopped with a Jerk, turned away as If to Ignore the questioner. Detective O'Farrell asked what the stranger wanted. •"This Is my brother,” was the reply. "I want him to come home.” r If O'Farrell explained the situation. The grief-stricken brother followed the party to headquarters. There he waa Informed that MlUer and his companion would be arraigned in general sessions and he want thither In advance. After the bearing the good brother stepped up to the bad one and naked: "What can I tell mother and father V The prisoner turned and said In a low voles: "Don’t tell the folks you saw ma That’s mil.” x tir ' - - r ~

DERNBERGR'S EARLY LIFE.

German Colonial Secretary W«« •nn n laborer la America. The Invitation received. friAn London by Herr Lemberg, the Qemnn co-

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lonlal secretary, to be the principal guest at the African society’s first dinner, recalls that few public men can boast of such a romantic career as this son of a village shopkeeper a few miles outside Berlin, a Berlin dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer says. Thq early years of his life were spent as assistant to bis father and subsequently behind the counter of a Berlin store. Finding, however, Insufficient scope for his energies, he made up his mind to emigrate to -the United States. After days of tramping about in search of permanent employment, keeping himself In the m din time on the proceeds of casual laboring Jobe, he was engaged as a clerk In a Wall street office in New York. Ho remained there for Just over a year, and, upon his employer's refusal to raise his salary 10 shillings a week, left the Stales and returned to Germany. Herr fi«C*berg Is a persona frets with the Kafkerr -*»..„qjnnectlon with this, he tells a good •ion when -hi the company ofnflP Majesty and Prince von Buelow he attended some military maneuvers. In a group of people almost under the heads of the horses, one spectator nudged another, and remarked: "There's Buelow behind you.” The other merely grunted his recognition, whereupon the first speaker asked: "But who la the funny little fellow with him?” pointing to the Kaiser. At this question his companion turned and regarded the “funny little fellow" closely. "Oh, I don’t know,” he said. "A mere nobody, I suppose.” And, concludes Herr Dernberg, none laughed more heartily than the Emperor when told of the Incident.

L'ao4 la DHrlaa Oxaa, l< Cam* iiandr in Maaaartaar Unt The origin of the rod, pole or perch aa a lineal and superficial measure has been traced to the rod. pole or goad used to urge and direct a team of oxen putting a plow.' So It came about It was used aa a convenient and handy land measure In feudal times by the lords In allotting plots of land for agricultural purposes to the villeins and others. One rod wide and forty long (L e.. one furrow long, dee pi built up a quarter of an acre. The furlong, or four poles wide and same depth— l. e. forty poles, one acre—was a convenient length for a furrow before turning the plow. Of course these lengths somewhat varied In different parts of the country where soils and agriculture varied, but gradually the slight variations grew leas and Anally the

adequate punishment of the criminal through a wrong classification of her offense. Murder should be called murder, even when feminine hands commit it; but it tries and Cabinets will not hang in such cases, then law should provide a punishment which will not only punish but deter.—Montreal Star. - 1 THE'LAWYER'S FUNCTION. BN THE realm of advice a lawyer may choose between counseling his client how to uphold the rights secured to him by the Justice of his cause, or how to obtain benefits from the application of technicalities and the use- of weaknesses of the particular statute or precedents under consideration, whereby he may attain advantages inconsistent with flair play between man and man. Every tlme*a lawyer encourages such an application of the law as, resulting in injustice, casts disrepute upon the law, or its administration, he is plainly promoting dtk cord either in the present or the future. Every time a lawyer counsels controversy for the establishment of a right as recognized by existing law, or for the promulgation of new law beneficial to the majority of Society, he is exercising his true function, and the charge _ which he lays upon his individual client and, through' him, upon industry and progress in tnr mass, if reasonable in amount, is well earned and should be cheerfully paid. When, however, a lawyer gives the other kind of advice, the expense, perhaps cheerfully borne by the client who profits personally therefrom, must be finally laid upon society as a whole, which is thereby paying for its own injury, and naturally resents the charge.—Donald R. Rlchberg, in the Atlantic. EACH STATE ITS OWN 'Law. iwmwsm N NO other direction is the free agency ▼ of the States shown more than in the atI tention given the public schools. The average yearly expenditure per pupil fWNWj throughout the country is f 28.25, run--EoVaaCl ning from |6.37 in South Carolina u> 872.15 in Nevada. New York, next to Nevada, spends more per pupil than any other State, making an appropriation of $51.50 per pupib Montana allows $49.40 and California $49.29. West Virginia leads the South with a yearly expenditure of $20.36, and yet is under the average of one-third of the .States, which spend from $25 to S4O a pupil. That one-fourth of the States spend more than $35 upon each ohild and one-fourth less than sl6 should be evidence that, in this field, at least, each commonwealth does very much as it pleases. The Commissioner of Education may make recommendations, but none is compelled to pay any attention to him whatever. His duty is prihclpally that of compiling figures. All of which should be balm to those who have* been worrying about the loss of State rights.—Toledo Blade.

ORIGIN OF THE ROD.

present accepted statutory acre waa evolved. Gunter’s chain of sixty-six feet (ten square chains to the acre) was Invented by Rev. Edmund Gunter (15811628). He waa a professor of astronomy at Gresham Collage, London, and Ingeniously adapted It to facilitate decimal calculations in land measurements. The use of the rod in superficial measurements of brick work and lineally In hedges, ditches and fences followed as a convenient existing measure.—Builders* Journal.

A Gentle Rebuke.

It was late in the year for strawberries, but Mrs. Beacon was determined to have some for Sunday dinner. Over the telephone came the news that they were “very fine, ma’am, very fine indeed.” Being, however, a cautious housekeeper, she decided to look over tbs fruit herself, as the grocer was not always to ba trusted.“They don’t appear very good,”-she -""T -rriHi"")'" * examining carefully a look"—We ■he extracted one and look a little green. I don't know. Just Ist me try one.” She took another “I guess I’ll take oue box. please. Yotf * don’t put very many in a box. do yoqr she inquired. > “There waa,” said the grocer, respectfully, “but there's been so many ladies looking 'em over that there ain’t * “You may give me two boxes,” said Mr* Beacon.

In the Parlor.

‘They praise the man Is this house for being so handy.” said the Door, “but he has me Ml unhinged.” "He gives mo a pans.” ejaculated the Window. "He simply unstrung me,” said tbs Blind. “He got me all out of shape,” complained the Curtain. “He took altogether the wrong tack with me,” sneered the Carpet. “WV dontyou dojis Ido. <and Just . “It's wall tor you to talk, but my wrongs are deep pasted ones,” sobbed the Chair. T have an Idas." burst out ths Clock. “Let's go on a strike!"

Heartless Landlord.

"I used to walk ths floor worrying about how I was going to pay my landlord." said Mr. Tulluck. "J hop* you havs quit all that,” replied the optimist. “1 had to. The landlord ■aid that If I didn’t stop wearing out the floor he’d rates the rent” J 3 No philosophy la equal to common, sens*. * v