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* + + * * * * * * * * * PART III. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. PAGES 17 TO 2O. ESTABLISHED JTJNE 11) , 1871. OMAIIA , SUNDAY MOHNING- , APRIL 28 , 1805 TWENTY PAGES. SKSTGLE COVY FIVE CENTS. Anii'ininT PititifPii ninMiTf * ORILN1AL SUMMER OUTING What it Cost to Make a Trip to and Through China and Japan , POINTS FOR PROSPECTIVE TRAVELERS Three Months In Aftln for 81,000 or l.rtt Kconcitnlciil Traveling HTM ! How It Can Ho Ilono llutoln , ( ! ulilc and Conveyances. il , 1855 , by Frank O. Carpenter. ) Hon. Joseph 0. Gannon ot Illinois and sev eral other congressmen expect to leave within a week or so for Japan. They will spend the summer In Asia , and will return by the opening of the next congressional session to the United States. The war between China and Japan has crcaU-d a great Interest In eastern unfetters , and I am told that more Americans will visit Asia this summer than ever before. For the past ten years the travel to Japan has been Increasing. Last summer the seaport hotels were full of American travelers. Thcro were fifteen people from Washington city registered at the Grand hotel during a part of my stay In Yokohama , and you could not number the .Chicago guests on your fingers and toes. As far as traveling for pleasure In Japan Is concerned , you meet there two Americans to every other foreigner , nnd this year our people will cross the Pacific by the hundreds. I meet every day men who tell me they are going to Japan. Some are rich and are going for fun. Others are business men who arc planning such trips to Invsllgate the chances for Investment and speculation In Asia. I met two young mechanics yesterday who said they were going to China to take ad vantage of the manufacturing and railroad movement which would probably follow on the heels of this war , and a big coal operator told mo this morning that he was going out to look Into the coal mlnoa of Corea am : China , . I receive letters every day asklngjne as to the cost of a trip over the Pacific , am : as to matters of travel In Asia , and these I wish to answer as far as possible In this letter. THE COST OF AN ASIATIC TRIP. First , as to the cost of a trip to Japan This depends , of course , on the man. It can be made very cheaply or It may figure up a good round sum. Traveling In Japan Is comparatively cheaper than traveling li Europe , and you can make n trip In Asia for less money than H will cost you to do the great European capitals. The advant age lies chclfly In the matter ot exchange The money you take from America Is goh nnd the Asiatic countries are nil on Uu sll ver basis. The result Is you get about two dollars for one. For every $100 I drew on ni > letter of credit last year I received fron $190 to $200 In silver. These had'In nearly every respect as great a purchasing power as the same number of gold dollars li America and It cut down my expenses nearly one-half. The average cost of travel comfortablj anywhere In the world Is about $10 per day During the trip which I took around tlu world six years ago I had my wife wit ! mo and we traveled twelve months on Asiatic toll. It cost us just $20 a day dur Ing that trip and the distances were great Such an expenditure ought to Include th best hotels , carriages , interpreters and al the necessities of travel. It can , of course bo greatly reduced It a man wishes to cu things down to the lowest notch. I me one young fellow who told me that he wn going to spend a year In his tour ot th globe nnd that his expenses would be les than $1,500. He traveled second class o the steamers and sought the cheapest hotels Another of my traveling acquaintances wa spending not moro than $3 a day , but afterward found that this man had cut dow his expenses by sponging off the mlsslonarlc nnd by making most of his tours on foot The reduction In silver , however , has mater lally reduced the cost of the Japanese trl [ nnd , after the ocean voyage Is paid for , on ought to bo able to travel comfortably I Japan for about $7.50 a day In gold. THREE MONTHS IN JAPAN FOR' $1,000 You can take n thros months' trip to Japa for $1,000 , and have all the comforts. Yo could travel very well for that time on $ GOC and If you were especially economical I be llcve you could make It for even less tha this. This Is on the presumption that th start Is made from San Francisco or Van couvcr. If you go from Now York you mus add about $200 for the return trip and sleet era across the continent. Hero are some o the Items ; The round trip from San Fran Cisco or Vancouver to Yokohama , Japan , 1 a first-class steamer will cost you $300 I gold. If you are going to confine your cs penses to $600 you have $300 left to spen You take this to one of the banks and they will give you nearly $ COO In silver for It. The trip across the Pacific and back will tnko fully one month of your time , nnd you will have about sixty days left. This gives you nn average of $10 in silver n day to spend , and , provided you do not go out of Japan , this ought to be sufficient. Hotels will cost you at the seaports from $3 to $ G per day. These hotels are for for eigners , and they are ns comfortable as any you will find In the world. Similar hotels are to be found In all the large cities , and the charges are about the same everywhere , I paid $1.50 a day at the Grand hotel at Yokohama. At the Imperial hotel In Toklo I paid $5 a day , and In Kioto and Kobe my bill was about $4 a day. The first-class railroad accommodations cost less than they do In America , nnd the cars are equally com fortable. Tlio hotels above referred to have suitable accommodation for ladles. The serv ice Is better than that you get In America , nnd the cooking Is up to the standard of our best hotels. The rich traveler or the man who would spend , say , from $8 to $10 a day In gold , can travel as luxuriously as he can anywhere In Europe , The people are kind , and there Is no danger anywhere you go. ECONOMICAL TRAVijLING IN JAPAN. TJio economical traveler , on the other hand. can cut down his expenses very materially by avoiding the big foreign hotels nnd living as the Japanese do. This Is the real way to travel In Japan. The foreign hotels are filled with Americans and English , and you might as well be In New York as Toklo , for all the Japanese life tlmt you see at the Imperial hotel. At the Japanese hotels you will have to sleep on the floor , but your bed will bei made of thick , padded quilts , and you will get your eating and lodging for less than $2 In silver per day. Away from the big cities you will pay only about 50 cents In silver for mipper , bed and breakfast , and everything will be proportionately cheap. You will not have n porcelain bath tub with hot and cold water , but your bath will bo furnished you In n wooden barrel , and the water will be next to boiling. You will bo lucky It you get the flrst bath , and at many of the hotels , If you do not decidedly object , you will have some of the female servants of the establish ment aiding you In your dressing and un dressing , your eo.iplng and scouring. You can cut down your railroad fares by going ( second class. The cars ot this class are ex ceedingly comfortable. They have their seats running along under the windows like those of a street car , and there Is usually enough room so that you can lie down and take n nap during the Journey. There are re freshments for sale at all of the stations and you can get a snick with a teapottul of tea for a dkne. The rich traveler will probably pay $2 a day for a guide , but the economical man will hire a student for about $5 per week , or he will take a little translation ot Japanese phrases with him and get along without the uie ot a servant or guide. You can travel with less language In Japan than ! a any other unknown country. The people are so kind , and they are quick to under stand. You can generally make your wants known by signs , and the almighty dollar Is the bnt ot Interpreters. Wheifyou have the dollar and the other man wants It , he will boll his brains In every possible way to find what he bat to do to get U. As to profes sional guides , tbe ipeak very good English , They have a trades union of their own , and they are to bo found at all of the big hotels. They are very bright , and the $2 a day rate , which U the regular charge all over the country , . Includes their board , the traveler having to pay only their railroad and Jin- rlkslia fares. OUT-OF-THE-WAY TRAVEL. The economical traveler who goes to Japan for pleasure and to see how the people really live will spend most ot his time away from the big cities. Ho can travel n few miles from the railroad and find himself In a coun try which knows nothing of foreigners. He will be a curiosity , and the men , women and children will tag after him and look upon him as a show. They will not Insult him , nor will their curiosity be offensive. Ho will be treated ns a guest nnd n friend , and the shops.and houses will be open to him. These cut-of-the-way trips are best token In Jlnrik- shas , which are a sort of baby carriages pulled by men. These will cost about $1 a day. or he can hire cne for 10 cents an hour. The roads are good , and Japan offers great Inducements to the bicycler. The country Is full of beautiful scenery , and long walking excursions can be taken In the mountains. The Japanese themfelves are great walkers. They make long pilgrimages to their most famous temples , and In walking you do not lack for companldns. If you have a good servant ho will cut down your ex penses for you , and will probably save you moro than his wages. In Japan there uro no fixed prices. Everything Is done by bargaining , ani the people always ask three times as much as they expect to get. It Is duslrablo In these walking excuslons to get to the hotels before sunset In order that you may get the flrst bath , H Is customary for the bathing water to be use ! over and over again , and flrst come flrst served. There Is a very good guide book of Japan , which Is published by Murray , nnd which gives the prices and routes all over the country. By taking this you could lay out your trip beforehand , and by allowing an hour for each Japanese rl , or twenty-four miles per day , you can figure Just how long It will take to carry out your walking ex cursions or bicycle tours. THE OUTFIT FOU JAPANESE TRAVEL. The summer climate of Japan Is very much the same as that ot the United States , and this may be also said of the winter. The country Is about 2.000 miles long north to south , and it has all kinds of weather. The same clothes that arc used In America can be used for Japanese travel , though the moist temperature of the summer makes lighter clothing desirable for that time of the year. As to the buying of clothes for the trip , there Is no necessity for this. Ono can take what ho has and buy anything he wants In Japan for much less money that It would cost him here. The Chinese tnllors whom you flnd at nil the Japanese ports are ns good as those of America. They import their cloths from England , and you can almost make your expenses by laying In a stock of clothing. I bought an overcoat of the llnest of English beaver , lined with satin , In Yokohama for $17 This would have cost me in the United States at least $ GO. A dress suit which I had made to order there cost mo $20 , and It Is as good as anything you can buy in America for $73. It Is the same with shoes , which cost from $1.50 to $3 a pair ; linen shirts , $1G a dozen , and underwear at correspond ingly low prices. Ladles' clothes are much cheaper than In America am these Japanese will turn out a tailor-made dress for $3 In two days. As to extra bag gage , the Pacific steamers nllow you 350 pounds , but they will not object to half a dozen trunks. You c.in take whatever bag gage you want with you and leave It at the seaports , buying a small trunk or baske for your Interior trips. The railroads allov you only a small amount of extra baggage much les than in the United States , but by shipping your trunks from ono point to another by sea , your baggage expenses wil bo very small. FLEA POWDER AND PILLOWS. In your Interior trips you will need to carry plenty of flea powder , and you wll sprlnklo your beds thoroughly before you retire. The Japanese mats which cover th ' 'floors of the country hotels are often flllec with fleas , and some kind of Insect powdc Is a necessliy. You will need a pair o sheets and ti pillow for such a trip. Th Japanese do not use pillows like ours. They have n block of wood of about the slze.o a brick which they fit under their necks and sleep without their heads touching the bed. Instead of two sheets some travelers sew two sheets together nnd put a draw string around the top. After crawling Into this Immense sheet-bed , ttjoy pull the draw string tight and the sheets thus serve as Hen protectors as well ns nn Insurance policy on cleanliness. You will need a passport to travel In Japan. I do not mean H United States passport , but a passport from the Japanese government. This you can easily get through our consuls or the American minister. You must flrst lay out your route and mention the places where you expect to stop. A small fee will be charged for the passport and you will ba expected to return It when you leave the country. You will need It nt every hotel , nnd the police of every city will examine It and register It. All Japanese , as well as foreigners , have these paFsports , and It Is Impossible to travel vlth- out them. You ought to have plenty of vis iting cards with you. Nearly all of the Jap anese carry cards , and gentlemen often wish to exchange curds with you. CUSTOM HOUSES AND POSTOFFICES. You will flnd postofflces everywhere , and you can have your letters forwarded through the American consuls or through the banks to any part of * iio country. The postal rates are just about the same as here and telegrams are much cheaper. The telegraph system is under the government , and you can send n five-word message anywhere In Japan for 25 i cents In silver , or about 12 % cents In our money. The rate Is 5 cents per word it the telegram Is sent In English. If It Is sent In Japanese char acters you can send ten words for 15 cents and If It Is only a city telegram It can bo sent for 5 cents. All telegraph fees are paid In postage stamps , and you can have money telegraphed you from one part of Japan to the other very cheaply. Thirty dollars lars In silver will cost you 40 cents , and $10 30 cents. You can cable to New York for $2.90 In silver or $1.45 In gold per word , and a cablegram to Chicago will cost you $1.50 per word. You will flnd telephones every where. There are 3,000 telephones used in Toklo and the yearly charge for these Is only $35 , or about $17.50 In our money. TRAVELING IN CHINA. If you wish to extend your trip to China and Corea you can do It without a great Increase of expense. There arc numbers of good steamship Hues going between Yokohama hama and Shanghai , or you can travel clear through to the western part of Japan and take a steamer from Nagasaki. The trip from . Yokohama to China will cost you $45 in sil ver by a Japanese steamer , and you can make the return trip for $ C8. From Nagasaki the round trip costs $30. From Shanghai you can get boats to all parts ot China , but If you are to make but a short trip you will flnd plenty to see without going outside of Shang hai. A pleasant trip Is to take one of the steamers which goes up the Yangtse Klang. It will take you a week to go to Hankow , which Is 700 miles In the Interior. The ac commodations on the steamers are good and you will live on the ships. You will pass dozens of big cltlei on the way and will get a good taste of Interior China. The hotels In the ports of China cost about the same as these of Japan , and they are equally good. There Is no trouble about ladles being well accommodated at the seaports and the most fastidious ot women will flnd comfortable quarters. A COREAN TRIP. Another way to go from Japan to China Is to take a Japanese steamship at Kobe , In the centraj part of the empire , for Tlen-Tsln. This brings you very near Poking , the great Chinese capital , and you stop on the way at Fusan and Chemulpo , In Corea. The round trip to China and return by this route costs $10G In iliver , and Is ona of the most profit able trips In the way of strange experiences that you can take. You will flnd a poor apology for a hotel , kept by a Chinaman , at Chemulpo , and If you visit the Corea n cap ital , which Is twenty-six mljes back lu the Interior , you will have to have letters of In troduction to the missionaries , or to the American minister , as there Is no hotel there where a foreigner can stop over night. You will be carried In chairs over the mountains from Chemulpo to Seoul , the capital , and you will have to be careful to time your .trip so ns o get there before nightfall. The city gates are clotcd at dusk , and travelers who arrive after this have to remain outside the walls until morning. Traveling In Corea must be done In chairs or on ponies. You must ako your food with you , nnd you ought to lave you own bedding. There ore no beds In he country Inns , You sleep on stone floors .nd . everything Is extremely dirty. You will Ind It quite expensive. It cost me about $100 o go a distance of less thai ) 200 miles , and I lad to pay nil my bills In Corean cash , 3,000 at which make nn American dollar. There Is 10 danger from the people , and outside of llscomtorts the travel Is Interesting , The trip from Corea to China varies from wo to four days , provided you expect to stop nt Tlen-Tsln. Tlen-Tsln contains about 1,000- 100 people. It has two good foreign hotels , nt vhlch the rntes nre nbout $5 per day. The rip from here to Peking Is made In a Chinese : nr or In a house boat on the Pelho river. You will have to take a servant with you , nnd the trip will cost from $25 to $50. There s a good $5 a day hotel In Peking , and you can live very comfortably there. Travel will , lowever , be very dangerous for some time to come , on account of the war , as there Is always the possibility of a Chinese mob. Traveling In the Interior Is by no means de sirable , and the average American will con fine his visit ot the present year to Japan. Vlt.lTTLK OF THIS l It Is the children that ask the puzzling questions unexpectedly , relates the Chicago Post. College professors cannot begin to equal them In that. "Oh , mamma , one of my teeth Is loose , " cried a llttlo girl a few days ago. "Never mind , dear , " replied the mother comfortingly. "But I'm afraid It will come out , " per sisted the child. "Very likely , " returned the mother. "But It Is only a flrst tooth nnd another bigger and better will come In Us place. "Is that the way they all do ? " "Yes , Ethel. " After a reflective silence : "Mamma ? " "Yes.1 "What do they do that for ? Why don't they Just grow bigger and better like girls and boys and everything : else Instead of one coming out and another coming In ? " The other day at the Teachers' association In Newark , N , J. , n class of children , ages from 5 to 9 years , were giving an exercise In phonics. The teacher had received correct answers to descriptions she had given of trees , woods , etc. , and then thought she would describe a brook. "What do you find running through the woods , moving silently on the ground , with but little noise ? " she asked. For a long tlmo the little ones wcro quiet , and then a little hand was ralsad. "Well , Bessie , what Is the answer ? " the teacher questioned , smilingly. "Tramps , " piped out the little one. Harper's Young People : "Mamma , " said Jack , "may I go out to play ? " "No ; ycu must sit still where you are. " Pause. "Ma , can't I go down In the kitchen ? " "You may not. I want you to sit per fectly quiet. " Another pause. "Mammy , mayn't I sit on the floor and play marbles ? " "Now , my dear boy , I have told you twice that I want you to sit Just where you are and bo quiet , and I mean exactly what I say. " Third pause. "Ma , may I grow ? " A Portland ( Me. ) , boy attended the recen fire at the orphan asylum In that city. Soon after It was extinguished he was asked "Where was the fire , Harold ? " "At the orphan asylum , " was the reply. "Is that so ? " said the Inquirer , In excite mcnt. "Why , It must have been awful ? " "Oh , no , " said Harold , "It wasn't very bad. The building wasn't damaged much , and as soon as the flrc was discovered they sent the orphans home to their parents , so none of them was hurt. " A little boy and girl of Boston , each about G years old , were by the roadside. As we came up the boy became angry at something and struck his playmate a sharp blow on the cheek , whereupon she sat down and began to cry. The boy looked on sullenly for a minute , and then he said : "I didn't mean to hurt you , Katie ; I am sorry. " The little rosy face.brightened Instantly. The sobs were hushed , nnd she said : "Well , If you are sorry , It didn't hurt me. " Some boyish Ideas of theology were shown up Wednesday In a New York court , where a local Fasln and four of his pupils were on trial. "Where do you go If you tell a lie ? " the justice Inquired of one of the lads. "Aw , dat's easy , " said the boy. "You get sent up. " "And where do you go ? ' ho asked of another boy. "He goes to heaven , any way , " Interrupted his companion ; "his father's a rabbi ; he's safe , sure. " "Apropos of the peculiarly American ten dency to explain things , " he was saying , "there occurs to my mind the attempt some times made to account for the derivation of the compound word Welsh-rabbit. I regret to notice that Webster falls Into the confmoti error of considering the word rabbit a cor ruption of rarebit. Now , as shown by lex icographers who have had the advantage of a technical acquaintance with facts relating to the origin of the word , Welsh-rabbit Is merely a slang term , and not a corruption at all. It never waa anything but Welsh-rabbit , and In Its genesis It was essentially a slang term , yet , by reason of Its long habitude In the language. It has lost or outgrown what might be called the coarseness of Its origin , and is now entitled to a place in the accepted vo cabulary without any apology or fanciful explanation. In proof of this I may cite other examples , notably" "Wendell , " Interrupted the mother of the little Boston boy , "you weary the lady with your chatter. Run out now and play awhile. " An office boy attended at the collector's office on the last day for paying Income tax. "I've come to pay Mr * R fs tax , " said thc youth , putting both arms on the counter. "I .suppose you allow the usual two-and-a- half ? " "No , my boy , " said the Inspector , gazing bcnlgnantly through his spectacles at the small specimen of humanity ; "there Is no dls- count here. " "Very well , " replied the small boy ; "then I'll pay It this time , but my instructions are to close the account. " Helen had been teasing for permission to go to dancing school , and had been refused. "But why can't I go ? " asked the child. "Be- cause there are so many other things that I have to do for you , dear , " her mother an swered , "I cannot afford any more. " "But can't I give up something else ? " the child persisted. "Why , I know , " as an Idea flitted across the brain of this embryo woman ot the Son And the missionary wasi eaten by the cannibal ! Will the missionary go to heaven ? Father Oh , yes ! Son Will the cannibal ? Father No. Son He'll not ! Why. how can the mis sionary go to heaven If the cannibal doesn't , when the missionary Is Inside of the canni bal ? Minister And EO you say your little prayer every night before you go to bed ? That's right. And now tell me , why do you do that ? Llttlo Ethel Because mamma says she'll spank me If I don't. Good Old Party What did you hit him Good Old Party Why didn't you pray for him ? Hey I did. I prayed that he'd get the smallpox , fall often a roof , or git lilt with a brick ; but my prayers didn't git answered wuth a cent , EO I jess took de job In me own hands ! ON GREENLAND'S ICY COAST Over Ono Hundred MHbs in Arctic Seas in an Open Boat , COLD , RUGGED ANO DISMAL SCENES A 1'crlloiu Sail of n 1'urty of Tourists In Search of Adventure Ktrumlcd on tliu Jlarrcn Co t and llcicucil by n Schooner. ( Copyright , 1855. ) It was Friday .morning , August 9 , 1891 , that four college students .were assembled In the doctor's cabin on the Ill-fated steamer Meander , preparatory Jo undertaking a very serious mission. The -Meander was riding at anchor In the llttlo rock-bound harbor of Sukkertoppen , Greenland , with a large hole lorn In her bottom. We had started from the states a month since , fully fifty strong , each one riding his own hobby and all bent on the common purpose of beholding the wonders of the north. Fair weather and fog alternating followed us until we reached the Labrador coast , where we met with our flrst accident Passing through the straits of Delle Isle In a thick fog wo ran straight Into an Ice berg , tearing a large hole' In our bow , above the water lino. This , I must confess , cooled our ardor somewhat , but with Yankee persistency we retraced our course over 300 miles , repaired the. damage and started out again , this time running up the flfty-soond meridian. And at last after seven days of fog and floe Ice wo made the little town of Sukkertoppen. Dut here we met with our second and more serious mishap. Wo were Just leaving the town on our way north when , at the mouth of the harbor , with a big sea running , we came down three times on a submerged rock , damaging the hull of our vessel to such an extent that wo put back to pert Immediately , and , upon Investigation , found that the plates were torn oft under the ballast tank , that this compartment was filled with water , and that the hold was leaking at the rate of an Inch an hour. "Hoys , " said the doctor , "you probably have already guessed what I called you down hero for. We must make those fishing schooners up there off ; Holstenborg at any cost , for , to speak candidly , we are In a very serious position. If-tills party has to stay In this country all winter there will be a 'anilne among the natives. They have n hard enough tlmo as It Is to keep body nnd soul together. Now , the last ship has sailed for Denmark and the captain says It Is not safe for the Meander to cross Davis straits unac companied by another vessel. So our only hope lies In those schooners fishing off the coast some ICO miles north of here. I have picked out you four .men to make the trip. I shall go with you. You must expect to do pome hard work , nnd If wo nre not fortunate enough to get a fair-wind , we must row the whole distance. Will you go ? " Every niun of us said "Yes. " In fact , as Maynard and I passed up the companion way together we congratulated ourselves on get ting the chance. THE BEGINNING OF A HARD VOYAGE. Wo had secured from the governor of the town nn open boat about twenty-one feet long , built on the whaleboat pattern , and , as we afterward found out. It was the best kind of a boat we could haves used for the purpose to which It was put. Five small , dirty "Esquimaux constituted our crew. They were revolting creatures , and there was always a smell about them that reminded you at once of bad grease and ur.tanned hides. But wo hadn't been with them five hours before we found out how- necessary they were to .cur comfort and safety. The skipper of our craft , Jacob Mllson , was a half-breed , with big , bushy whiskers nnd ono eye , nt least the other was so far gone you would hardly want to call It an eye. And to complete our equipment and to secure a greater degree of safety , we mustered into service a full-fledged "kayaker" and his skin boat. Of him I will .speak more at length later. To get out of the harbor we went due south , and as we left the side of the steamer three ringing cheers were given us. and the "relief party" was- fairly started on Its per ilous Journey. Wo had the wind dead against us at flrst and until we made the"mouth of the har bor , some two miles away , the oars were put Into use. But on turning the headland our course lay nearly north , and with both sails set , we were soon bowling along at a good seven knots. I got Into my oilskins at the very first op portunity , and was followed by the others , for the waves would break and fly over us. In spite of Jacob's fine , seamanship. The boat set so low down In the water , weighted down as she was with tents , bags , provisions nnd ten men , that we could not prevent some water coming In. Wo passed on between the Islands , keeping a sharp lookout for sunken reefs , which we found to be almost as. thick as the Islands themselves. Kin of Sal towered up out of the water like an enormous sugar loaf , In fact , It was this similarity which led the Danes to adopt the name of Sukkertoppen , the Danish for sugar loaf. Leaving this on our port quarter we rounded Sermersut Island and were teen crossing the mouth of our flrst fjord , a view suddenly breaking upon us that In ruggedness and sav age grandeur went far ahead of anything I had ever seen or heard of. Nothing but hard , cold rocks , sprlngling up from the. water's edge to a height of 4,000 or 5,000 feet. At these heights they wt-re capped with snow , and far back up the fjord" some thirty miles could bo seen "shimmer" of the Inland Ice , through the clear ajtnosphere. Far out at tea was a single white spot. It was an Iceberg , and the only ono in sight. Not a sign of a tree or brush to be seen anywhere , much l ss evidences of life. "I'd hate to be CasVon cno of those Islands here with no way of , letting our party know about It. " I said to Jhe doctor. "Now what would you do If such a thing did ) happen ? " "Do ? " said he , "you see that kayaker the-re behind us ? That's just what I've > got him here for , to take the news to the towns If tuch a thing did happen to us. And It's an uncomfortable thing to say , but the chances are that we'll be fortunate If we make this distance along an unknown coast without running in one of these sunken ledges which are as thick as flies on fly-paper And It's all the worte In this sort of bait-light , halt day. " The kayaker was doing his utmost to keep up with us and at the tame time keep an upright pasUIon m tils frail boat , which was. only about eighteen Inches wide. The width , however , was made up In length , the whole tblng being some eighteen feet long , pointed , at each end and made of the skin of the seal stretched over a frame. The waves almost covered the fellow at times , but at every wave he would shoot forward and with his double paddle steady himself for the next one. As midnight approached there was only an appreciable change In the Intensity of the light. "I wonder how far that town Kangamlnt Is from here ? " said the doctor. "Gum ming , tell Jacob wo must make It before we stop. " ST11UCK BY SQUALLS. But dimming didn't ask him , for Jacob waa jabbering something to the Esquimaux , who were rapidly lowering the sails. Then the squall struck us and with such .1 force as to keel the boat over until she began to fill. Then came another gust and still another , carrying with them the tops of the waves. Old Jacob was on the alert , how ever , and his peed eye saw the squalls coming and warned the "huskies" some time before they reached us. Finally we got across the fjord and reached the friendly lea of the Islands once more. The Esquimaux wanted to go Into camp , but the doctor would have none of It. So on we went and at last reached the little settlement of Knngatnlnt , about 2 o'clock In the morning. Scarcely had wo landed when a most un earthly lot of howls went echoing Into the morning air , which soon brought the Inhab itants out In full force. The governor , or rather head trader , In this small town , on hearing our story offered us the loft of the little mission church to sleep In , a favor which wo were not slow In accepting. And we turned In with the satisfaction of know ing that we were forty miles nearer our des tination. We woke the next morning to find the wind blowing a gale outside , accompanied with a sleety rain , and wo dared not go on. The wind moderating we started on again , however , the second morning , which hap pened to be on Sunday. The church servlc ? was postponed and the whole population came down to the shore to bid us bon voy age. THE LARGEST FJORD IN THE WOULD. Wo were still favored with a fair wind , and by night fall , or rather 11 o'clock , ( for In these latitudes and at this time of year there Is no light , bu , only a sort of seml- twlllght ) we pitched .ur tent on a small Island just north of Stromfjord ( the largest fjord In the world ) , with forty-five miles to our credit. At the mouth of this Immense THE SHIPWRECKED PARTY. arm of the sea was a large Island , and old Jacob persisted In sailing Inside of It , much to our disgust , for It was by far the longer way. But on rounding the north ern part wo saw the reason for this otit-of-thcrway course. There against the rocksj st above the water's edge , were hundreds of sea gulls. The rocks were fairly white with them. It was , In fact , a "luminary. " The Esquimaux , after respectfully requesting us to land and scorn ing the offer wo/made of our guns , rowed un derneath the ledge , and , with a deft move ment of the oar , brought Its flat end down upon the backs of a number of the birds , killing half a dozen of them. They soon had the bottom of the boat full of them , and these , with the blubber stowed away under the forward bunker , would last them till wo reached Ilolstenborg. And , by the way , It was a pleasing sight to see those men eat blubber. One of them would take a slice of the black , greasy stuff In his hand , (111 ( his mouth with as much of It as he could hold , and cut the rest off near his teeth with a knife , passing on what was left to the next man. And they ate It with as much relish as wo would a hot sirloin steak. "Camp Raven , " the name we gave this place , on account of two ravens which croaked over our tent all night , was broken at 9 a. m. , and such a gale was blowing at the time from the Ice cap that we started under bare poles. Later we tried a double reefed fore sail , but the wind was too strong , and we began shipping so much water that the doc tor gave directions to put Into shore as quickly as possible. And It was a good thing we did so , for the wind was Increasing every moment , and the black , ominous looking clouds coming up over the mountains gave Indications of a coming storm. As we were nearlng the rocky shore an Incident occurred which almost resulted In disaster. The rud der. In some way , got loose from the boat , which In turn became unmanageable and was borne rapidly toward the mass of seething foam dashing against the rocks. Three or four of us Jumped for the oars and got the boat under control Just In time to clear a projecting headland and reach a place of shel ter. TENTING ON THE BARE ROCKS. We pitched the tent upon the bare rocks , fastening down the guy ropes and sides of tho'tent with stones , and after bringing up our sleeping bags , oil stoves and provisions , turned In to get as much sleep as possible before going on. But although we stayed there two days wo got but very little sleep. The storm broke on us while we were bringing our effects up from the boat , and continued with terrific force for two nights and two days. The wind rushed down off the Ice cap thick with rain and sleet , daring us to 'come out. Finally at midnight on the morning of the third day there were evident signs of clear ing In the southeast and we made prepara tions to break camp. This was accomplished and at 2 In the morning , after balling out a foot of rain water from our boat , we hoisted sail and were scudding along under a stiff breeze with the grandest scene spreading out before uu Imaginable. As the clouds lifted I , the mountains stood out half black , half white , with the enow line as distinctly marked across their sides as though drawn with a piece of chalk. It had evidently snowed up there , while It rained with us farther down. But we were not out after scenery. At 9 o'clock wo reached Itlvdlek , a small , poverty stricken town right on the Arctic circle. We Immediately sought the privacy of the governor and his house. NO SCHOONERS SEEN. To our dismay the governor said he had seen no schooner , knew nothing of them , In fact. "We mutt push on to Ilolstenborg then as quickly as possible , boys , " exclaimed the doctor. "Get the boat ready while I leave these dispatches with the governor. " "But there's no wind , " we cried In one voice , "and Ilolstenborg Is twenty-live miles north of here. " The doctor was too busy to deign a re ply , but we knew what was before us , and we buckled down to It In earnest , taking turns at the oars at regular Intervals with the Esqulmax , even making the kayaker do his share of the work. And at 8 o'clock that night , with a record of sixty miles for the day , we rowed Into the snug harbor at Holstenborg. Three reports from our gun * were returned by a similar number from a small cannon somewhere among the Inspec tor's buildings , and the Danish flag was run up the flagstaff. Greeted as usual with open-armed hospital ity , we , as usual , asked the ever-burning question about fishing schooners. Imagine our Joy to hear the governor reply In good English ; "Yes , sir , a schooner left hero early this morning for the banks some twenty miles out , and there are four others out there somewhere. Come up and have coffee. " Yes , good news , Indeed , and yet bad news , for how could we get at them. It would hardly bo safe to trust our small boat so far out at sea and In such waters. But 1 don't Imagine anybody troubled his head much over this question that night. The governor gave us a room where there were actually beds , with elder down mattresses and quilts , and to bo suddenly transported from a bed of rock to one of this kind wan enough to make a man forget anything. I was awakened by the doctor about 10 o'clock the next day , with tbeso words : "I want you , Tomson and Waters , to go with a telescope to the top of that moun tain across the harbor and look for those schooners. If you see a sail take Its bearIngs - Ings and return at once. " We were off In a few moments , and had scarcely begun the ascent when Waters ex claimed : "Is that a berg or a sail off there ? " The telescope was brought to bear on the object , and revealed Us trim nature. It was a schooner , putting , wo thought , Into Ittv- dlek. dlek.WELCOME WELCOME , FELLOW COUNTRYMEN. Inside of half an hour the doctor was Informed ot It nnd ho dispatched a kay aker with a letter stating our distress and asking assistance to Intercept the vessel. Then we waited. Finally about 8 o'clock there was n commotion down at the wharf , and one or two small natives came tearing up the path spattering off something which we could not make out , but It soon became plain to us. For there , coming up the hill , swinging from side to side , and clad in their sou-westers and oilskins , were four as typi cal Gloucester fishermen as you would care to meet. And , oh , what a cheer went up as we greeted them. They proved to be from the schooner Regal , six months out from Gloucester and Just over from Iceland , where they had been Hshlng for halibut. Oneof our hayakers had Intercepted them coming Into Nepltat and the skipper and three of his crew had come on In ono or their dories post-haste. Our case was laid before them In few- words , and we waited , with our nerves strung to the utmost , for their answer. Then the skipper , noble fellow that ho was , stepped forward from the rest of his men. "Gentlemen , " he said , and his volco shook a little as ho spoke , "I know well enough that there wouldn't bo salvage In this thing for me. for It wouldn't be the steamer I'd be taking back to civilization , but you , and my flrst prudence , would tell mo to go back to my fishing trip , which has practically Just begun , and let you shift for yourselves. But. men. although lowly , I am human , and for common humanity's sake I will take you back to your homes and spare you the perils and privations of an Arctic winter. Tomor row morning I will bo waiting at the mouth of the harbor In the oiling to take you to your party at Sukkertoppen. " All that came after was a comparatively simple matter. After weathering out another storm coming down the ccast , we reached our anxious friends on the steamer , amid a storm of cheers , and surrounded by the whole townspeople In their skin boats. The party was transported to the schooner , which was taken In tow by the disabled steamer , and we started for the nearest civilized town on the Labrador coast. But the unfortunate steamer never reached the other side. While In the middle of the straits , a heavy sea running , the tank gave way , and wo left her to her fate. Then , with over ninety souls on board , wo labored down the coast , am ! finally reached the railroads at Sydney , C. B. , and thence our homca In the states. RUSSEL W. PORT.CR. IXIWSTItl.lf. ZOT11S- 'Frisco has six ship yards. There are paper horseshoes. Artificial cloth Is made of wood pulp. Cottonseed meal Is n Missouri production. London uses 20,000,000 gallons of milk an nually. Last year the sheep In this country grow 307,100,000 pounds of wool. In 1894. 7,527,211 bales of cotton were raised unel packed. There are only eighty ships engaged litho the business of carrying frozen meat to Eng land. They have a capacity of 2,500,000 carcasses. Arizona l d all states and territories last year In the miles of railroad constructed , the amount being 1,919 miles. Sheep farming Is an Industry of great 1m portance in Australia. In Victoria alone there Is pasturage for something like 25,000,000 sheep. The mining of platinum on the Slmllka- mccn river In British Columbia Is becoming Important. It Is taken out like gold , from placer ground. A company organized to build an electric railroad , with underground conduit , on Inill ana avenue , Chicago , Is Incorporated will $5,000,000 capital. An English Inventor by the name of Rob erts has Invented an automatic airbrake In which the weight oC the train supplies th power to set the brakes. A new fuel made In France Is of coal dust compressed Into bricks and soaked with cho.n Icals , which make It last a long time In a glow when once alight. The Japanese begin building their house : at the top. The roof Is flrst built nnd cle vated on a skeleton frame. Then It afford : shelter to the workmen from storms. There > are 4,712fi22 people engaged in man ufacturlng Industries of various kinds , recelv Ing every year $2,283,210,520 In wages an manufacturing goods worth $9,372.437,283 , In Texas arrangements are made for plant Ing l.SOO acres in ramie roots. Those inter ested in decorticating patents have contractci for 3,000,000 roots , which they will dlstrlbut to farmers on liberal terms. Petroleum Is found In Sicily , the north o Italy , In many volcanic Isles of the Medlter rancan , at Baku , on the Caspian , on th slopes of the Caucasus , at Rangoon , In Bur mah , and In the Island of Trinidad. Fifty years ago a horse power cost six o r.evert pounds of coal an hour. Today a goo comnound engine will produce a horse powe at one and one-half pounds ot coal an hour Water power costs nearly as much now a then. Tapestry has proved a fallure'as a manufac lure In England. The Royal Windsor works established by the efforts of the late duke o Albany , have cold their cartoons and looms The cartoons , made by well known Englls artists , brought almost nothing , An apparatus for burning coal dust ha been brought out In Germany. The con umptlon of even the roost Inferior class o coal dust Is attended with no smoke , whll the heat produced Is so Intense tlmt the ap paratna has been adapted In Berlin fo smelting works , and with excellent results. A Boston Inventor has patented a wire wit a spiral groove running through It which I said to be self-Insulating , cafe to hanJle free from leakage and able to carry the vole thousands of miles. It delivers electricity o the water pipe principle , and Boston paper expect great results from Its application. According to a German "Review of Science for the Year 1S94 , " there Is a process no\ under trial In that country and also In Franc for making sugar "synthetically" by mean ot common Illuminating gas. The gas fin enters a box provided with a porous parti tlon upon which platinum has been deposlte by some secret process known only to th Inventor. The platinum particles act upo the atoms of gas and those of the vapor o water which ls Introduced at the proper time In close contact in this manner condensatlo and precipitation occur , the residue beln commercial sugar of great purity and o highest grade. The coit Is said to be muc less than that ot producing beet sugar , an the owners of the gai sugar making sccrc claim that they will eventually drive all othe ugsr producers out of the market , LOST- A Tnlo of Arrmtcd Intclllconoo , lly'lllclmrd Malcolm Johnston. ( CipyrlRht , 1K > 5. ) When T was n clillil , I used to speculate , la chilli's way , on these parables ot our Lord ogardlng tlio woman's lost penny mid the 10 lost cheep of the shepherd. Tlio wonder as how concern ( or the missing could bo- omc so absorbing ns to bo excluded from 10 remaining ninety anil nine. Experiences nd observations In tlmo Imvc not only niado lose teachings Intclllglblo to IMP , but they ; com nniong the very wlsc&t nnd most bo- Ifitmnt tlmt cumo from that dtvlna source , side from th reproach that a loser cannot void taking Upon himself for real or Imog- ncd lack of vigilance , when a possession , veil of small or moderate value , has been est , such reproach , without parting from Its wn peculiar poignancy \ usually accom- anlcd by n feeling of compassion which , In ic case of Inanimate things , but for Its ott ccurretire , would seem most strange and bo > ained most absurd. Of course when Bilch oss Is of n human being , and ano among tho- earest , such emotions are. natural , and pcr- aps the most anguishing that the human enrt ever Is niado to suffer. I have been thinking lately of a else that became acquainted with many years ago. had frciicnt | occasion to visit nn elderly : entleman residing just outside the limits of village In another county than mine. In ho drawing room ot his mansion were scv- ral pictures , mainly family portraits. On f these I often regarded with much Interest , t was of a boy child , apparently 1 or 5 years Id. It was extremely beautiful , the ex- ircsslon being so lovely and Innocent ns to eem almost celestial. My old friend never n.idc allusion to It , and r do not recall If I vcr saw his face turned In Its direction. Us habit was to meet mo In that room vhcreln I had been shown by a servant , anil hen lead to his library. Ono day as ho entered silently I waa landing before the picture. As I turned remarked how strikingly Interesting It vas. vas."Yes "Yes , " ho answered , simply , "the chlldk or whom It was taken was uncommonly , ovely. Will you come with me Into the Ibrary ? " To my surprise he referred not again to. ho subject , but led straightaway to another. It was years afterward that one mornlnfl ; s I was approaching the IIOUEO I noticed a veil dressed , frail looking old man with long , vhlto lialr on his head and face leaning upon x largo gate at a corner of the ynnl through vhlch vehicles were wont to pass to the reart 3f the mansion. He seemed In deep medlta- Ion , and at the sound of my advance , turned nd plowly moved away. On entering tho- louse I mentioned this fact to my friend. "Yes , yes , " he answered. "Take a chair , n a minute or so I'll tell you about him. " Ho retired for a brief while , and returning him said : "Ho Is the child whose picture In the next room I remember you taking an Interest In ! some time back. He Is the same , the very * lame to mo that he was then , and tomctlmea ndeed , I bellevo that ho Is the wine to tho. \lmlghty Creator who suspended the besC part of his being only n few days nfler that ilcture was nia.le. He was so fair and other * vise attractive that my wife , his mother , wished for the thing to bo painted , and It1 vas done. We were then residing on a largo plantation owned by me In one of the olden counties. Our cattle and some other boasts were Buffered to roam nt large , getting suffi cient living In mo woods and ouiiylng un- 'ended llelds. Young negroca toward evening tsed to go forth in order to bring the lag ging milch cows to their pen. Ono evening ; his child asked the children to be tnken with them , and on their refusing and run- * ling awny from him , unknown lo them and my person at the househe followed and became - came lost In the wood. He paiued for a moment , then continuing said : 'Tho matter In a very little while waa. made known throughout the neighborhood and by several parties during that night. The following day and night search was made. On the next morning he was found within half n mlle of the house standing In a shallow pool of water. Ho paid no attention to the triumphant shouting of the llndcrs , but on his face was the serenity which , If you had been near enough just now , you would have observed. He spoke not a word , nor has he ever spoken a word since. Ilia understanding had been uncommonly bright , so his parents and other acquaintances re garded , but from that day , morn than fifty ; years ago , never a ray of intelligence hai apparently come to It , beyond what belongs Instlnctlvly to the lower classes In animate * existence. If he has ever had suffering ot any sort It has never been known. He sits , most of the day In his own chamber on the ground Moor beneath my own , occasionally ! going forth for a walk , always seeming In calm reverie. Ho has always be n punctual to the periods of eating and sleeping , In which he Is served by one of my men servants. In whose hands ho Is as an Infant. Neither this man , nor myself , nor any other person has he ever appeared to recognize. Since the death of Ills mother , ten years , back , and since I have become much inora sensible of my age , I cannot but Indulge * some greater anxiety about the dear child's , care. However , however , " with an easy , effort toward resignation , "I shall try to trust , as I always have trusted , that tho. judgments of the Almighty , as the p alml t wrote , are 'Just , Justified In themselves. ' " To my old friend It was a mercy that th - child died before him and that his deatb seemed as free from pain as his Ufa had. been. j "The I.tttln Ncruhlipr. " "Do hurry up , Virginia. You arc so slow. My desks are rubbed up till you can sec youtr face In 'em. " j "Hut she Is so small. " ' Mrs. Senator Hawley of Connecticut , who > was never weary of doing good In our hos pitals and among the poor , chanced to bo pawing through the treasury building Just as the "broom brigade , " the scrubbers and. cleaners , wcro finishing their dally tasks. Every day , soon after 4 o'clock p. m. , they } hurry through the capltol building with breams , dusters and scrubbing brushes , mak ing all the beautiful olllccs , halls and corri dors , with their marble floors , clean and shining for the next day's work. One hun dred women and young girls do this work fou small pay. Through Mrs. Hawlcy's kindness the wldovfl of a confederate soldier had been appointed to take care of the secretary's room. lion llttlo girl , 10 years old , came to help dusk and polish , and from the woman In charge received 25 cents a week. Virginia felt rich ! "Hut she Is so small , " Mrs. Hawley said , In a surprised tono. "Yes'm , she Is too young to bo hero. Thef pcoplo about the building Joho with her and ( latter her and glvo her candy , and I don't mean to bring her again. She llko to earn' a bit so well. That's why I let her help me. ' ' That night llttla black-eyed Virginia spent with her mother's friend , and they talked ai long tlmo ; and Mrs. Hawley , In her tender * gentle way , filled Virginia's heart with a' longing to bo a useful , Christian woman , and flrst a studious , ambitious girl. She was sent to school and taught to iefl ) and cook. She studied nights and after the } war became a teacher of the frccdmcn , In thtj great , overflowing night ichools , Her mother was then an clllclent clerk Id the postofflco , and her llttlo daughter mads their modest home a sunny place for working girls less prosperous than horsolf. Years afterward she married a prosperous editor In Now York , where she now lives. Little black-eyed Virginia was an honor td her brave soldier father , and her plucky * hard-working mother , who was not willing that her llttlo girl should bo surrounded by familiar , common people , though the tiercel ? scrubbed the floors ) People asked "Where Is your llttlo scrubu her ? " and with dignity the mother replledj "Sho Is going to school. " From a low place to a high one the llttla scrubber rose by faithful , steady , honosl work. She U a woman beloved , and ho * heart and home In the big city la nlway > open to "all who labor ; "