Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 33, Petersburg, Pike County, 27 December 1895 — Page 3

4Sfor§?ilu (Jimotjj Dmortat M. MoG. 8TOOP8, Editor tad Proprietor. PETERSBURG. . - - INDIANA. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Scientific SoclotlMVsvor nttlaf Out an Expedition. Three great British scientific societies agreed that it is the duty of the British government to fit -out an expedition for thorough antarctic exploration. In November, 1893, the Royal Geographical society appointed a notable committee to inquire into the ■propriety of such an expedition and report. They reported in favor of having the government send two suitable ■vessels to explore the south' polar regions, and keep them at it for three years. The report was adopted and transmitted to the Royal society which in turn appointed a powerful committee, which, in May, 1894, reported atrongly in favor of the scheme. At -the beginning of the present year the •council of the British association gave "the plan its vigorous indorsement, and it doubtless took further action on it -at its recent annual meeting in September. The plan of Dr. John Murray of the •Challenger, who addressed the Royal Geographical society on the subject two years ago, was to send out two ^suitable government steamships of about one thousand tons each, have them start in September, land » com- | pany of ten men somewhere south of Cape Horn, and another in Victoria Land, and have these parties spend two years or more ashore, exploring the Antarctic continent. The ships "would land the shore parties the first _yeur, visit them the second and take them off the third, and would spend -their own winters and all their other available time in deep-sea and other observations along the outer margin of the Antarctic ice. What may be found on the antarctio continent no man can say. Animal life in abundance was found last year at Cape Adair by Mr. C. E. llorch.grevink, a young Norwegian, who sailed as one of the orew of a whaler, 4and whose account of his experiences -excited great interest at a recent geological congress in. London. Mr. Borchgrevink wants to go back and writes to the London Times pressing for “further and immediate reserch within the antarctic circle; ” It is held -to be possible that a new race of men may exist somewhere within hale of the south pole, and that such creatures as the ichthyosaurus may still survive in the antarctic seas. Seals and seabirds are abundant there; what else no -one can say; but many inquisitive per■eons want to know. Our countryman, Dr. Frederick ■Cook, greatly desired to fit out an American south polar expedition, to start out this fall and catch the next -antarctic summer, but his efforts in -• that direction seem not yet to have •come to anything. Perhaps he will do better another year;* but, at any rate, there seems a real prospect that a serious attempt to find out whatever can be known about the antarctic continent will be made before the present •century ends.—Harper’s Weekly.

' THE USE OF A MARK. Why the Dollar Sica !• Cwd to Pmtd* the Numerals. Did it ever striker" you as being1 at all peculiar that we should use the dollai -»mark ($) before, instead of after, the figures in expressing the sum of five, -ten, twenty or any other number of •dollars? We may say “twenty-five dollars” plain enough for anyone to understand, but as soon as we put the expression into figures and characters it is “dollars twenty-five” ($25), instead •of 25$, as it should be. Nor is this all that is peculiar in this connection; in -every country which has a written language and a system of coinage the abbreviation for the unit of value pre•cedes the figures. In England the pound mark (£) is used in the same manner that the dollar mark is used in ’this country, while the same peculiarity is noticeable in Germany, where The abbreviation m. (for marie) appears preceding the number, just as the ‘Prench abbreviation fr. (for franc) ja aised in France. If the abbreviations are not used the legend is more apt to be correct. We •find that in Mexico they have a “2>tf pesos” instead of “pS>£,” as one might ' expect, and in Newfoundland they laace a plain two-dollar piece. So, too, in France, where the abbreviation is not used, we find such’ pieces as “10 rfrancs,” “20 francs,” and “40 francs.” In Germany they have a piece marked ■*‘X thaler,” which is all very plain, "but the moment a clerk, bookkeeper or •other person makes an entry or jots •down a memorandum he tells you that * it isa“th. X.” The English pound .-sign, which is believed to be the oldest monetary abbreviation now in use, is the old initial letter by which the Romans expressed “pounds,” just as -we use the “lbs.” It has been suggested that we use our money abbreviation “backward, because that the Romans, dn expressing “pounds” always said “libra decern,” instead of “decern libra,” the first being “pounds ten” aand the latter “ten pounds” When their initial letter or character was •used it always preceded the figures, •thus, “£10,” instead of the reverse. Thus the whole world has gotten in the lhabit of doing these things backward. —St Louis Republio. No Knife* Stranger (sarcastically)—I hear you «se a knife in partaking of your water liere. Chicago Man (with dignity)—Possi"bly some of the lower classes use a Icnife, hut everybody who is anybody nses a fork, sir.—Detroit Tribune. Search for Facts. Philanthropic Old Gentleman—How in the world did you ever fall to this k atate? ' \ Seedy Indiv, \ual—I am a reporter, Ksir, and I’ve go\ Vn assignment to write w article on the evil effects oi drink trudge.

wvw luw wounu oi cue angry woru, Over the deeds in weakness done. Over the battles lost and won. Now at the end of the flying year. Tear that to-morrow will not be here, Over our freedom, over our thralls. In the dark and the midnight the curtain falls. Over our gain and over our loss. Over our crown and over our cross. Over the fret of our discontent. Over the 111 that we never meant. Over the scars of our self-denial. Over the strength that conquered trial. Now in the end of the flying year. Year that to-morrow will not be here. Quietly final, the prompter calls; Over it swiftly the curtain falls. Over the crowds and the solitudes. Over our shifting, hurrying moods. Over the heat :hfcwhere bright flames leap. Over the cribs where the babies sleep. Over the clamor, over the strife. Over the pageantry of life. Now in the end of the flying year, Year that to-morrow will not be here. Swiftly and surely, from starry walls. Silently downward the curtain falls. —Harper’s Bazar.

HP’”"' "*W* tf* “Oh! papa, pfui! how can you?*’ The old high

bailiff of Krohn pushed away the pretty little hand that his eldest daughter sought to place over his mouth. “No,” he said, “1 will not keep quiet. I repeat that the whole custom of sending New Year’s cards is a cursed bad one, and it is time to put an end to it. What are the results of such nonsense? “First, 1 get my mail bag an hour later than usual, and, secondly, it is crammed so full with the stupid stuff that 1 can hardly get it open!” At length the old gentleman’s efforts were rewarded, the bag sprang open, and he emptied its contents with impatience on the breakfast table. “ ‘To Fraulein Katherina Ton Krohne,’ " he read. “My God! are they all for you, Kathinka?” “Don’t be so unbearable, papa, and please don’t call me Kathinka.” The old gentleman replied to his daughter’s request with an unintelligible growl and went on drinking his coffee. “Just look what a lot there are for mel” cried Katharina, piling the letters upon the table in front of her and her face lighting up with pleasure. “Are they all for you?” “Yes, all. Now you can see what it is to be known as a beauty.” “And an heiress,” added the father. “Yes, and an heiress,” she repeated, thoughtfully. “But is there nothing there for my little Lili?” asked her father. Katharina shrugged her shapely shoulders impatiently. “Why, of course not. If a girl expects to be shown much attention she must be a little more pushing and important.” “And an heiress, too,” was the father’s laconic addition to the sentence. “I really should be very grateful, father, if you would not allude so much to my money,” was the rather curt protest. “I can’t help it, Katharina, when 1 see my little Lili here, as beautiful as the flowers that gave her the name, and —well, she is not an heiress, do you understand? That’s the whole thing.” Katharina made no answer. She was busily studying the handwriting on the envelopes. » A young girl who had hitherto sat opposite to her in silenoe left her seat, went up to the high bailiff, and putting her fair young arms round his neck, gave him a kiss. A world of love shone in his eyes as he looked at her with pleasure and stroked her soft cheeks. “Never mind, Lili,” he said, slowly. “1 am glad that you don’t get such a pile of letters. I’m grateful, too, that you're not an heiress. Perhaps then no one will take you away from me.” Tears came into the girl's eyes, for, Plough she said no word,yet the thought that no one had remembered her or cared enough for her to send her a New Year’s card made her sad. But she forced herself not to cry, and tried to conceal the few tears that would not be kept back by kissing her father again lovingly on the eyes and lips. The high bailiff of Krohn, the father of these two girls, had married twice. His first wife, ft lovely, proud, but rain : woman,, died soon after the birth of a little daughter and left her the whole of a large fortune. His second wife, the daughter of a country clergyman, brought him no wealth but a sweet and beautiful disposition. When she, too, died after two years’ married life he felt overwhelmed and had never since wholly recovered from the blow. Katharina, the elder of the two stepchildren, had just finished her 20th year, and, as she was as proud, pretty, and just as vain aa her mother, had already laughed at many proposals for her hand —and money. No one had so far been able to take her fancy. Lili was in almost every respect the opposite of her sister. Small of figure, quiet and retiring, it happened that she wap often entirely overlooked. It oer- .

tainly was not right of a father to lore one daughter more than another. Still he did so, and it was plain toeverybody that it was the soft, sweet, patient Lili who was his favorite. It made Katharine feel annoyed to see her father so gentle and affectionate toward her sister, for she said, with a sharp look at them both: “What! kissing again! 1 cannot understand how you find pleasure in always lying round each other’s necks." “You are out of sorts, Katharina,” said her father. “One of the cards you expected has not come, perhaps. 1 would almost wager that among all those letters there is none from Baron Horn! Eh?” Katharina grew a shade paler at these words. “I certainly expected a card from Baron Horn,” she replied, trying to conceal her annoyance. “He surely has sent me one! Are you sure you emptied the mailbag thoroughly?" “Yes, I think so. But you had better look yourself; it would not be the first time that a letter has remained stuck in one of the corners.” “Ah! I thought so,” exclaimed Katharina, pulling a crumpled letter out of a deep corner of the bag. « She glanced quickly and sharply at the address, and then with an exclamation of vexation let the letter hurriedly drop. “Not from Baron Horn after all?” asked her father, picking it up, “and yet—that is his writing. Heavens! why it’s to you, Lili; it’s addressed to you.” “Oh-! impossible!" said Lili, quietly, while a faint blush rose to her pretty cheeks. “It must be a mistake.” “By no means,” returned her father, smiling. “Here open it. Let us all see it. Oh, what a lovely card! Why, Katharipa, where are you going?” But the father received no answer. Katharina hurriedly gathered up her letters and left the room in a whirlwind. The above-mentioned Baron Horn was a young nobleman who had just returned from Africa. It was well known that he took great pleasure in visiting the Von Krohn family, and under all manner of pretexts took every opportunity to be with them. Of course everyone thought that the attraction was the rich and beautiful Katharina, and she herself took particular pains to spread this view of the matter.

arina’s moot sincere end faithful ad* mirers. “How glad I am to aee you here,’* he ■aid. “Really? Why?" “May 1 show you why?- Please come with me. At the other end of the hall is a fortune teller, and 1 want you to see what she will tell you.” “May we join you?” asked the baron. “Certainly. Come, we will all go together.” The mysterious room that held the fortune teller was reached. The foH tune teller proved to be a little figure in the middle of a disc. Round the disc were figures and numbers and slips of paper arranged. Anyone who wanted to see into the future paid a mark, set the figure revolving and took the slip of paper opposite which it stopped. “Now, my genaediges fraulein,” said the captain, taking out his purse, “won’t you try your luck ?” But Katharina refused positively to be a party to such nonsense, and, inasmuch as Lili could not be persuaded, either, the baron asked permission to inquire of the oracle himself. He set the figure in motion and took the slip of paper opposite which it stopped. “Seek her hand and buy the ring. Thy life will then be full of joy,” ran the words on it. The baron tried to catch a glance from Lili, but she appeared to be absorbed in the nature and character of ■the floor and would not raise her eyes. “Pots Blitz!” cried the captain, turning to Katharina, “that is famous; you really must be persuaded to try it now. Or, shall I do it for you?” “You may do it for me,” she replied, in such sharp tones that everyone looked at her. The captain turned to the figure and read the words: “Hast thou not often heard it said—” ne hesitated, th^n tore the paper up and threw it on the floor. The conclusion of the sentence seemed to suit the many proposals that Katharina had received too well for him to read it. “What was the rest-, captain?” asked the baron, in all innocence. But the captain looked so displeased that the question was not pressed. “I wonder what it was?” Lili whispered to the baron. ‘life shall learn later, perhaps,” he replied. “But did you get my New Year’s card this morning?”

tfmrF^ r ft MS f SHE GLANCED QUICKLY AT THE ADDRESS.

Accustomed as sue was to a large number of enthusiastic admirers, she had never for a moment imagined that the baron could interest himself in her quiet little sister until she was reminded to-day in a rather unpleasant manner of the possibility of such a thing. She read her letters through and became better humored. “How stupid of me to get So cross,” She said, as she smiled at her lovely face in the glass. “It is not possible that he favors Lili when he knows me.” There pame a gentle knock at the door, and the servant girl came in and announced that the carriage was at the door. Katharina at once* remembered that Baron Horn had promised to go for a drive with her, and with this thought her face grew bright once again. A charitable bazar was to be opened in a neighboring town, and, as the father was not able to go, Baron Horn had offered his escort to the two young ladies. The baron was as punctual as most lovers—that is to say, he came half an hour before the time, and found Katharina quite ready, to his great astonishment, for as a rule she kept everybody waiting half an hour at least. Her purpose of frustrating a tete-a-tete between Lili and the baron was completely successful, for she did not move from his side until they all three were ready to get into the carriage. The father stood with beaming face on the doorstep and waved a fond farewell after them. “This Horn is a very sensible fellow,” he thought to himself, “and I admire his choice. It will be very hard to lose Lili, but 1 would let him have her rather than anyone else.” Although the bazar was crowded, the arrival of Baron Horn and his two lovely companions caused considerable excitement and they were speedily surrounded by acquaintances. Among these' wee a Capt. Links, a tall, blond fellow, and one of Kath

"les," she answered, soitiy, with a blush. “And d& you remember what the fortune teller told me just now? If 1 buy a ring will you wear it?” He drew a deep sigh of relief as he saw his- answer in her happy, blushing face. She lowered her eyes and said: “I don’t know. You must first speak to papa.”—From the German. WHAT WILL NEW YEAR BRING? What will the New Year bring to me? Treasures of gold from over the sea. Friendship and honor, and whispers ot fame. Harbingers sweet of a deathless name, Are these what the New Year will bring? What does the New Year hold in store? Hark! hark! evea now comes a knock at my door Ushering in both sorrow and pain. Crushing the heart and maddening the brain. Are these what the New Year will bring? To none is revealed what the year will bestow; My fortune is htdden, this only I know, That whate’er may betide, ‘tls my Father's will. So I'll say to my faint heart: “Peace, be still:** And accept what the New Year brings. —Chicago Standard. Account of Stock. Business men are preparing to take account of stock at the close of the year. It is well for every one to do so. In our Christian life, what has the year been to us? How much work have we done? How much ha^p we increased in grace? Have we something to credit to profit? or must all be charged to loss?—United Presbyterian. Wifely Commence* “I really feel sorry for my husband during the holidays.” remarked the very complacent woman. “Indeed.” “Yes. He is so correct in his habits that when New \ear comes he can’t swear off.”—Washington Star. —You can’t square your accounts with God for the New Year until you have done your best to square them with men.—Young Men’s Era.

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