The Omaha ; Sunday Bee.
WMjTADS
fllT TWO
EDITORIAL
noil 1 to n.
VOL. XXXIX NO. 30.
OMAHA, , SUNDAY MOUSING, JANUAHY !, 1!)10.
SINGLE COPY FIVK CENTS.
PBEBE
Handkerchief Carnival
Values that ouiahlne even the big pre-hollilay sales
it
Lace Curtains
A 3.1Vj discount on our entire lines Monday. This Is one
Buy a year's supply
of the strongest of our White Carnival attractions. Select
nuns, pchti
y3 on
rure linen embroidered
Handkerchiefs; finest 25c
Linen embroidered and lare
any curtain yi like hest In Scrim. Nottingham,
Brussels, Cluny or Irish Point. Not a pair re
served. Kvn wise to buy now fur possible
future neoils
edge; 50c and 75c Hand
qualities,
at
15c
kerchiefs,
at
25c
Whit and Cream Bootch Madraa, 4 8 Inches wide, floral and
conventional rlestsns, worth to 45c; will be sold Ht fl3o
Whit a Curtain Swiss, 38 and 40-Inch. In 3 to 10-yard pieces,
worth 25c; entire lot on snle at. vard,..' lOo
TK1XD rLOOR
Womcn'ii Linen Initial Handkerchiefs, 12Hc value, at ...So
K.v ' ' We show full lines In
All musllu garments at special prices.
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16c rallies, at Oo
'January
White
EN'NETT'9 January White C'arnlral Sale of muslin garments will be In the spotlight of popu-
ar favor tomorrow. Great drift of snowy garments, covering a large area on Uie second floor
y$Twirorin n xP'tlo' of beautiful' lingerie, matchless and supreme. America's lellnjr makers
have worked hand In hand with us, contributing their moat alluring garments.
flie most exquisite undermuslins that ingenious designers have yet devised.
It's a display of
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Special Garments
that can be matched up In 3. 4 and 5
piece acta same patterns trimmings In
varloua llnea.
Oowna at $1.00, 11.85, l.BO, M.00 to $8 00
Hklrta at 1.00, $1.05, $1.60, $2.00 to $5.00
Combinations $!.. tlTS, . 3'78
Corset Covers Ten styles; lace, embroidery or
hemstitched trimming, all 39c goods . . -25t
Corset Covers Six styles, in cambric, or nain
sook lace or embroidery trimmed, all 69c
garments, at 39
tVret Covers Of allover embroidery and lace
or embroidery trimmed, all $1 values . .9c
CO other styles Corset Covers; excellent values,
at. each .... 75 $1.00 $1.50 to $2.00
Drawers Six styles; hemstitched tucks or lace
and embroidery trimmed, 39c garments 2oC
Drawers Fine 50c and 59c garments; also a
few muRsed, 75c values, lace and embroidery
trimmed, at '. . 30c
Drawers Muslin and cambric. In lace or em
broidery trimmed; 75c garments, a few J 1.00
mussed styles, at 50c
Circular Drawers In new patterns; lace and
embroidery, at $1.00 and $1.25
Carnival Sales
I'T all this is secondary to the unprecedented values. As is well known, the tendency Is up,
up, 11 : on the price of all commodities, and cotton is no exception; yet. In spite of these
conditions the White Carnival values are beyond nil understanding. The giimienta are carefully
made, liberally full in rut, and finished to please the most exacting. Iook them over; you'll
need no further persuasion to satisfy you we have outdone ourselves to merit your purchases.
Gowns Cambric and nainsook; fine stylos reg
ular and slin-over effects; $1 garments GOC
Gowns, Skirts and Two-i'ieco Combinations
Beautiful $1.25 garments, at .89?
Gowns, Skirts, Covers and Combinations Some
a little tumbled; $1.50 to $2 garments QS
Gowns, Skirts and Combinations Very fine
and high grade; $2.25 to $2.75 values $1.49
Infants sil:is Long; also short dresses In 1,
2 and 3-year sizes; values to $1.75, at 80c
Long Slips and Short Dresses Russian and
French styles; lace and embroidery trimmed,
worth to $2.75, for $1.40
Infant's Skirts Long and short lengths; lare
and embroidery trimmed; values to 7 5c, 39
Another lot Skirts for Infants, worth to $1.75,
now at 89t?
wwm
Children's Aprons
COKSET COVERS 3 styles, lace trimmed,
one piece French back
25c values, at . ,
15c
MLSLIN DltAWEltS Ilest 2.1c garments,
with rows of tucks perfect -f f
goods, at XUC
Mt'SLIN GOWXS 5 styles gowns and long
chemise, Jaoe and embroidery QQf
trimmed 05c values, at .Ol71
INFANTS' SLirS Dainty, fine slijs, lace
or embroidery trimmed
worth to 63c, at
39c
of white lawn. In bretclle
Hubbard styles, all at very
2bc aprona will be
50c and65c aprons will bo.
fl.OO aprona will be
$1.60 aprona will Uo
$2.00 aprons will be ,
or Mother
low prices.
190
30o
89o
98a
$1.49
TIM tiA
Willie umia
Up on the second floor the
crockery ntan contribute two
strong sale attractions for Monday.
Odda ana Xnds Walta Cblna Cipa
ami aaucera, vas.a. hair and powder
bose-a, etc. tbia antlro gaJf pf,ce
lot on sale, at ah
Whits raatoon Ooupa "JJTt"
styles and slues; 35 OH
Monday, at ,v
Groceries
Th.ia Bpaoial Offers o ala Monday
and Tuesday.
'Bennett's '" Capitol Coffee. fresh
roasted fine flavor, lb.. 880 and
40 stamps
C. C. C Asparagua, uaual 20c qual-
BennetS" cTpltol Flour. $1.66. and
K0 itamps. t t'-arm vive"
Fork and, Beans. ''Beat We Have.
large can, r
"TKAjfFlnest quality B. F. Japan,
stamps.
kamo Cataup. lar.e bottle. 98o. ana
Poppy Sensed Milk, large,' JOc, and
jPrackJraTur a-aortment. pkg.lOo.
r and lo atamps. '
Navy Beans, sIk. lbs, .!
rNllanonette feaa, usual tc cans, 1
three for
Capitol BaktnK Powder, lb, ca $40,
and 20 atamps.
Medium Sour Pick as. quart lOo.
Bweet Mlaed Pickles, quart 0o, and
10 stamps. ... , mjl
llpton's Jelly, assorted. I pkga, soo
and 5 stamps. . . ,, . ..
Honey Cookies, fresh and dejlctous,
pound. lHo.
I French Asparagus, regular 60c 1
I cans, for 30Q. L
i!i'?--'Hi'ii'''l''L!JI"''l'''"1U'''"t!!'
Sale of Linens
It swings Into its second week
just as full of promise as on its
first day. Frugal womenfolk have
lined the counters daily and have
been quick to see the superior sav
ing possibilities the sale affords.
' New lots from the stock rooms
have refreshed the assortments
again for White Carnival week.
DAMASK AITS WAT XI ITS.
60-ln. bleached damask, 35c klnd..93o
64-ln, bleached d.imask, 50c kind.. 39s
72-ln. all linen damask, 76c klndj.,690
72-ln. all itnen damaak, f 1.25 klnd.98o
All linen double damask, ft. 50 kind,
at 91.12H
HAVKUrs.
$1.25 all linen napkins, doaen 98o
ft. 39 all linen napkins, dosen ...$1.19
$1.76 all linen napkins, dozen. . .$1.39
$2.25 all linen napkins, dosen. . .$1.75
$3.50 all linen napkins, dosen. . .$3.48
x.xnrar vatobbv cxatxs.'
2x2 yard clotha. $2.76 values ...$3.00
2x2 Vs yard clotha, $3.60 values. $9.60
.2x3 yard clotha, $4.25 valuea. . .$3-00
($4.26 napkins to match, dos., $3 00)
2 yard double damask $4 cloths. $3.95
2 to yd. double daraaak $5 clotha. $4.03
8 yard doubla dainask $t cloths. $4.75
($4.00 napkins to match, dos., $1 25)
T0WXI.B,' CBASHXS, BTC.
12Ho huck towels, hemmed, at. .8H0
16o hack towela, 32x49 inches, at' lOo
19c Monile linen towels, at I60
85c Turkish bath towelrf, large.. .94
'20c bleached linen vrash. at, yd..l5o
15c bleache Barnsley crash, yd.llHo
' 11 He bleached linen crash, yd...8Vio
SHc linen finished crash, yd 6H0
7o cotton twill crash, yd 60
All Tanoy Til"" Scarfs, Dolltt.,
iVnters, of every kind or elxe-
at... Hair rmiox
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JANUARY SALE EMBROIDERIES
A masterful demonstration of the pint basing power of Dennetts is exemplified in these remark
able embroidery bargains. Nothing we have seen before can compare with the values we present
tomorrow.
1,000 yards 24-inch Swiss Flouncings, Corset
Cover embroideries and Matched Edges In
various wiatns, values to 39c, -ffx
on sale, at 1VC
27-inch Flouncings in 1910 patterns and very
finest equalities in 24-inch flouncings; also
allover8 in open and blind patterns
all new, 65c importations, at . . .
29c
4 5-Inch , Skirtings, also shirt
waist fronting and allovers for
waists and dresses, 98c qual
ities 890
a7-Znoh Swiss Tlounolngs
About 2.000 yards of hand
some, new patterns; very fine
sheer materials, worth 69c
yard, at 39c
94-Inch Swiss riounolngs, with
Insertions to mutch, some of
the wider widths are samples
and odd pieces from matched
sets, vulues to 45c 3So
Wide Swlas, Nainsook and Cam
bric riounclng-s, corset cover
embroidery and sheer match
sets, in various widths, values
to 35c 180
Swiss and Hainsook Edgings, tip
to IS Inches wide, also mulched ,
skirtings, insertions and bands,
values to 2tfc 12Vgc
Hamburg Swlas Edges, to 15
Inches wide, worth 19c lOo
Embroideries, to 12 Inches wide.
fine qualities, up to 15c values.
at 7H0
Edges, Insertions, up to 9 Inches
wide, values to 12 Vic, at... Bo
1,000 White Carnival Corsets
$1.29
Bpecial for the occasion A . large
. purchase reserved for this week's
selling $2.50 values sensation
ally priced, at ......... ..... ....... ...
These are extra fine, new models, made of durable
batiste and non-rustable boning. vNew, long ', models
ultra fashionable In design; all perfect; all sizes,, a1 rare
treat; be early.
White Enamelwarc Half and Less
V .- - Show White Cooking Utensils of highest.
quality white enamel inside and out.
Preserving and Berlin Ket
tles, worth $1 to
$1.68, at
Preserving and Berlin Ket-
v ties,; worth 85c to
98c," at ........
59c
Ket-
49c
Preserving and Berlin Ket-
tleB, Tea and Coffee Pots,
75c and 85c
kinds, for
Mixing Bowls and Sauce.
Pan3, worth. 40c 9Cr
and 50c, at
35c
Garment Prices Whittled to. the Finest Point
For Quick Clearance
Women's Misses' and Children's Winter Apparel, touching the
highest pinnacle of style, reduced in prld out of all proportion to their
regular values. W'c carry no garments from season to season AH
must go. Tomorrow the clearing continues with renewed vigor, pre
senting the most unitizing sacrifices we have made.
Women's $30 Coals, black and colors.
for $19.80
$25 long black broadcloth coats $15.00
$25 and $29.50 tailored suits. . .$19.80
$20 and $22.60 tailored nulls. . .$15.00
Tailored suits to $50, any for.. $35.00
Women's coats to $45 any for. .$35.00,
Cloth dresses to $50, any for... $35.00
Misses' coats and dresses to $15.
at ., $8 00
Girls $5 long coats. 6 to 14 yra., $3.95
Girls' $10 long coats, 6 to 14 years.
at .. : fsoo
New Lin erie Waists
Advance models for 1410 Many
Innovations in mode Of trimming
are featured and shown exclu
sively here; medallions, Roman
key, embroidery and tucklngs
have been artistically employed
In designing many pleasing ef
fects $3.75 $5.00 to $7.50
Sale White Shirts
White Pleated Shtfta
Full Dress Shirts. I
75c
Vl.r.. anA fwforrl Verllirees.
They are all white shirts and are
fine $1.60 and $2.00 garments; White
carnival price, 76c.
Wight Shirts of very fine muslin, cut
wide and full, made without collnr;
75c values, at 600
Women's 2-plece Suits, worth, up to
$20.00. for $10.00
Women's Heavy Coa'.s, mixturi. thHt
were $12.00. $15.00 and $17.60. cut
to $5.00
Olrls' lvter Thompson Presses and
Cloth Coats, v ol Hi $15.00, at ..$6.00
Ulrls' Junior and 2-plcce Suits, $15.00
values, sule price $9.00
Women's Cloth Ureases, to $20, at $10
Women's (Moth Dresses, worth to
$3'.60, at $19.60
Mcssallne and Taffeta Walsls; plain
and stripes, $8.00 kind, at ....$4.95
Colored Coats for Women
Commencing Monday morning we
offer choice of our entire stock
of broadcloth, covert and diag
onal coats regardless of former
price, at straight 1 fC
1 eduction of .2 OH
Evening Cupes A limited quan
tity'of handsome, new garments;
pl-' any for HALF PRICK.
Pyrography
A complete $4.60 set, fitted with a
guaranteed point, 6 color stain, box
absorbent cotton, swivel handle,
extra lurxe and alcohol bottle,
for ,$i3.0
PTBO WOOD New shipment boxes,
stools, plate racks, placouon, bas
kets, etc 15 orr
EEs!
PRINCE OF FALSE EXPLORERS
For a Generation Lawson Was a
Champion-Faker.
SOME SELF-MADE GEOGRAPHY
Exploration Vk as Proved Falee in
Kvery Point ana He Was De
nounced aa Charlatan, bnt He
Tnln Cam Ilack.
v m point.
f observations place it in
igi eea 17 minutes 8 seconds
tuda 9 degrees, 8 minutes 18
Anybody who finds in
ii
The village . of Houtrea, my starting
is attuatad on Torres Strait, and my
longitude 143 do-
east, and kul-
aeconda south."
hla library a book
i 4 v.boao first chapter ends In those worda
oil. V v(uld do well to keep a watchful eya on
I .ny blbllomanlao whom he may admit to
" i ' 4 accesa to hla shelves. It la worth money,
' 1 1 L. l.u I, VtAlnnaa . . . a ......
pleased edition. '
Blbllographlcally the wvvk Is thus de-
scilbed:
Wandarlngs in tfie Interior of New
(iuinea, by Captain J. A. Lawson, with
frontispleca and map. London: Chapman
& Hall, W, Piccadilly. 1876. (All rights
reserved.) Jvo.; pages vlll., S3.
The trouble begins with the statement
just quoted from tho flrat chapter. The
position of Houtrao ia glvan with mavelous
precision, reckoned down to aaconda of
are. When laid down upon tha hydro-
urapblo charts thoaa coordinates could not
Identify the position of Itoutre or of any
I habitation of men, for they tlx a apot out
In Torrea Btralt. ' '
If tha base of exploration la proved wrong
at the start so Is the rest of It, all of a
plc. Tha explorer furnishes a map of hla
r1
"77" :
Humphreys Seventy-Beven
Famous Remedy for Grip &
Taken at the first feeling of lassi
tude and weakness, the Cold disap
pears at once.
Taken at the second stage, shlver
- Ing and chilliness, the cure may take
twenty-four hours.
Taken after you begin to Cough
and sneese it will take several days
a to break It up.
Handy to carry, ftts the vest pocket.
All Drug Stores :5c.
Humphrey's Homo Medlclna Co.. Cor.
William and Ana Strwsis, New fork.
explorations. Laid down upon the real
map of New Guinea it ia clear that n
must have crossed' the great Island ana
hav kept on into the open sea for 300
miles or so.
The value of the work Is Indeed condi
tioned by the fact that Captain J. A. Law.
son never wandered In the interior of New
Guinea, never was in New Guinea by ao
much aa a foot upon the black shore.
Tet tha work is of tho most lively Inter
est, it is crammed with Intereat, Ha pages
are replete with - such observations as a
trained explorer would be expected to
record. The human intereat is not absent,
we follow the traveler through monatrous
difficulties, wa become familiar with hla
native oompanlona, tha detail of camp
and company la set forth entertainingly.
Captain Lawson also selected his com
panions with a view to future- possibilities,
and before he ia done with them they are
al! disposed of in a way very satisfactory
to such exploration. Toolo was a Lascar
who had been tha captain s servant ror two
years. The Australian black fellows were
engaged as baarers Tom, Joe and Billy;
but Tom ran away before they aet out
from Sydney. At Houtree he selected his
guides, Papuans, but seemingly well
grcunded as linguists, for they used Eng
lish, . French, Dutch and Portugueee and
Malayan dialects. A boo was tha elder of
those, about 60, only four feet three inches
in stature, repulsive In ugliness by nature,
heightened by art. Danang was only 20, a
foot taller than Aboo, very strong and cor
respondingly lazy. Up la tha interior the
sun proves Um much for Toolo, he goes
mad and bluwa tha top of hla head off with
tha captain's rifle. Joe, the Australian,
and Danang, the younger Papuan, are
killed by hostile natlvea at tha explorer's
farthest north. Aboo la left at Houtree on
the return and Hilly Is a scamp, but the
author starts him away from Singapore In
the direction of Sydney.
It la not to be supposed that Captain
Lkwaon thus disposes of hla evidence at
the beginning. On the contrary this re
cord has been picked out from the narra
tive "and assembled aa herein aet forth.
In the -book Itself It is far more artfully
dealt with. It la not until the end of the
seventh chapter that Toolo la marked for
aulcide. Tucked away In tha last pages
of the eighth chapter la tha wiping out
of Danang and Joe. Aboo vanishes without
auy warning -elgn when Houtree la near
on the return Journey; exactly what does
becoma of him ia not made clear. Billy,
ths Australian, aboriginal survivor, per
sisted aa far aa Banda In the Malay Archi
pelago, where hla master fell ill. better
for Billy's reputation, assuming that he
bad any reputation at all, if he had re
moved himself earlier. For tha explorer
gave him a black mark there in Banda,
almoat the last words in tha book: "but
Billy never one came near me, and I
heard that ha was almoat constantly in a
alata of beastly intoxication." A aad rec
ord after they had stuck together through
ao many moving adventures. The laat rec
ord of poor Billy, aet aboard a ship in
Singapore for Sydney, la tills: "I got rid
of him at last."
Now recur to tha start.
Although Houtree is determined by its
precision of minutes, and above all thoae
incriminating seconds, to be away out at
sea, thl explorer set forh from Houtree
at 4 o'clock in the morning, headed north
west, July 10, 1872. The equipment of , tho
expedition is set forth in detail, the in
struments for the determination of posi
tion, twenty-four pounds of hardtack, guns
and ammunition, pickles and jam, and six
bottles of brandy.
From this point onward the narrative is
a convincing" tale In every line. Little of
the day's march, the "nature of the coun
try traversed, the difficulties of the way,
the Incidents of the camp by night. Strange
things he saw In the Jungle, but no matter
how strange he set thorn down with wealth
of verslslmlltude. Strange, were the plants
upon tha wandering course, yet he docketed
them In his narrative for tho information
of botanists. Strange Insects there were, not
a record Is lost, not even of the little green
fly that boomed like a drum in the ob
scurity of the primeval forest.
The same 'attention to precise detail ia
shown in the map, tlf graphlo presenta
tion of. the reoonaissance. He does not
pretend. to make a topographic map of the
wintry. Far more honest in appearance,
hJs map is the mere tracing of the spider
Una of the actual march upon the blank of
'.he unknown which lay east and west of
his random course. It is painfully honest.
When he croaes a stream, ha sets down
upon his sketch only such details aa he
might see at the ford. The cast and future
of the watercourse are beyond his know!
edge because outside hla observation. When
he crosses the Papuan Ghauts, his first
great discovery, his Instinct for truth
prompts him to record a wider extent upon
th map, tar everybody knows that a chain
of hills can be identified by eyesight into
the blue distance.
Where all ia new, where the land traV'
oraed la such virgin soil, every incident, no
matter how trifling, is of moment. But
setting rigorous faces against the discus
slon of the details these may be presented
as the 'greatest discoveries which Captain
Lawson made la. hla ' traverse of New
Guinea. The first great find was a magnifi
cent lake, sixty to seventy miles long, on
the north and south axla, fifteen to thirty
mllea broad, abounding in fish, some of
which were ten to twelve feet long. This
fine sheet of water he named Lake Alex
ananna after hla queen. Ever loyal, this
explorer, a liberal, too, in hla political pro
fession, that may be determined from his
designation of the River Gladstone, which
is tne chief confluent of the great River
Royal, waterways which he is later to dis
cover. Mountains are his chief discovery. First
comes the Papuan Ghauts, only a few
marchee from Houtree. These are but pre.
paratoiy. mere foothills; he measures
Mount Misty at 10,872 feet and in the dis
tance triangulates the height of the high
est peak of this range at 12. Mi feet
After the passage of tha Ghauts he
comee down to low savannah once more.
It la preparatory to tha discovery of tha
loftiest mountain In the world, a mile
higher than Mount Everest This la Mount
Hercules. Just tx-fore he reaches this mon
ster of all mountains ha measures the Out
post. 15.0M feet, and the brilliantly active
volcano of Mount Vulcan, 10.74J feot.
Then cornea Mount Hercules. Its summit
altitude above the sea Is M,78J feet It ia
almost all effective height, for the plains
out of which it rears Its awful form are
barely $,000 feet above an level. The snow
of this mountain begins at 16,000 feet. The
hardy explorer was not going to pass this
magnificent peak as merely a landmark,
he was bound to climb it
He selected Aboo and they began the long
climb. All went well until they reached
the snow and felt the chill of arctic al
titude shortly after leaving the steaming
Jungle. Up they went until the snow sleep
came over them, fighting to keep awake
they pushed on until they could bear no
more. Their eyes were swollen and blood
shot, the air was too thin to breathe, they
were In pitiful plight Their highest point
waa exactly 25,314 feet which Is Just about
1,000 feet higher than any mountain climber
has ever reached In the Himalayas. Con
quered by the cold, they turned unwillingly
from the summit yet a mile and a half
above them and Inaccessible. After they
had passed the snow line on the descent
and Captain Lawson's hands had begun
to thaw into usefulness, "as soon," he
writes, "as I had recovered the use of my
hands sufficiently to hold the flask I
served out a little brandy, which put new
life Into us."
When he and Aboo returned to camp he
records that they were "thoroughly beat,"
and the next morning he records that his
face and hands were badly chapped.
lt is a shame not to be able to follow hla
adventures to the discovery of the Glal
stone and the Hoyal, the voyage down that
stream to the cataract 900 feet wide, with
a sheer descent of 179 feet, the voyage re
sumed down the River ChliiKoo-mulan, as
the lower course of the Royal is named.
He reached a hostile village only thirty or
forty miles from the northwest coast,
where he Is forced back and hats a narrow
escape from the savages. But there are
limits even to the record of adventure. He
returna to Houtree after many hardships
on February 8, 1873, eight months in ;he
wild jungle, almost to the day.
Precise and particular In almost every
detail that could be desired, Captain Law-
Son has omitted from his narrative the
mathematics of his course. He had instru
ments for the determination of his posi
tion, but he makes no record that he ever
used them except in the marvellous pre
cision of his determination of moun'uin
altitudes. Course and distance of his
marches are absent from the record. Even
on his map there is no scale.
The Tatter defect may be rectified by. the
recorded dimensions of Iake Alexandria
as seventy miles. Using this for a scile
his sketch map shows that he. must nave
traveled north from Houtree soma t0
miles. The nearest position te Houtro
which may be identified on the real map
of the south coast of New Guinea Is lted
scar Bay or Port Moresby. Measured north
from this point the air line distance across
the Island la about 240 miles. From this it
will be aeen that Captain Lawson must iin
wittingly have passed the north co.it t
somewhere about hla Mount Hercules nl
must have found bis great river system and
the cataract and the great Chlngoo-malan
Itself from 200 to 3u0 miles out upon ,U
northern sea.
There are discoveries in toology that
mark the work as real discovery. The upes
are Interesting. Tha explorer is pathetic
In his narrative of the shooting of a pair
of monkeys; It went SKalnst the grain, but
he bad to do it In the interests of biology.
More than once he dines upon buffalo; at
least once the wild buffalo bull charges the
expedition. Then there is the moolah, a
beautiful tiger, all stripes and teeth; one
measured 7 feet 3 Inches. Yet the real Now
Guinea knows rot the tiger, the buffalo
or the ape.
NYet the work was accepted by careful
readers, was put to press and published bv
one of tbo most conservative ajd equally
reputable houses in London with a long
lecoid of honor In. the publishing business.
The geographical Journals accepted the
book as a truthful record and as a contri
bution to the knowledge of one of the least
known spots of the world. The reviews,
with one exception, were altogothor lauda
tory. More was asked of the author, he
was taken up as the latent, lion, and at the
height of his popularity he refused all
social engagements In order that he miht
devote, liis .whole time to the preparation
of yet more detailed work setting forth his
knowledge of this interesting and unknown
land.
For weeks he was able to bask In success
and the profits were coming to bis hand.
But retribution was coming to him over
seas. There was one man In England who
had knowledge of New Guinea, Captain
Moresby of the! royal navy. He hadspent
much time In the survey of Torres strait.
He had never gone far Into the Interior, it
was not safe then, nor is It exactly a holi
day ramble at the present moment But he
knew the coast and he knew that any such
elevated mass as Mount Hercules must be
visible for more than a hundred miles,
therefore in sight of any one who should
approach New Guinea from the squth, from
the north or in the intricate tangle of
Islands toward the east
When the book waa first given to the
public Captain Moresby was on aruisa.
But It was not long before he found the
chance to read what Captain Lawson had
found In the great dark island. The more
he read the more Captain Moresby recog
nized It aa his duty to expose the im
position. '
The first shot in the fight appeared In
the Athenaeum, the reviewer evidently
having received information that the book
was by no means all that It purported to
be. This, and It was the first unfavorable
comment In any of the literary magazines
and the first to suggest' impugnment of
the author's good faith, was printed In
No. 2477 of the Athenaeum. Thj attitude
of the reviewer Is expressed unmistakably
In hla concluding paragraph:
"The author tells his story well.
But when we inquire Into the value of this
book as a contribution to geographical
science we cannot speak so favorably. In
deed, after persuing the ustoundln stiite
im uts contain. (1 in it the reader may feel
Inclined to think that the book is Intended
to be a work of fiction rather tlianof
actual travel."
Six weeks later Captain Morseby was
ready to let go with a broadside. This was
piinled In No. 243 In the form of a letter
slgiud by that naval officer himself. He
went for John Lawson's book by chapter
and by verse. The book waa fairly rid
dled. A fortnight later, in No. 24So, Captain
Lawson made his answer. He restated
the truth of each and every discovery and
lie cast Uie same veil tt veracity over
Tall other material be had gathered in New
Guinea and which was to be used in forth
coining works. In conclusion ho declared
once more his honesty and, clothing hlm
sslf in dignity, he wrote: "My discoveries
will sooner or later answer all cavillers
and henceforth reviews and criticisms will
receive nothing from me but silent von
tempt." ;
A fortnight later Captain Morseby pub
lished a rejoinder, repeating all that he
had written before, and In the repetition
he selected phraseology most carefully de
vised to being his utterances within the
law of libel. But Lawson remained silent
and contemptuous.
! His bubble had been pricked, he dropped
out of sight, his publishers scurried to buy
up his volumes In order to clear their own
reputations of any suspicion of complicity
In the swindle.
But Captain Lawson did not choose to
stay In hla obscurity. Branded as a geo
graphical faker ho was able after no more
than five yeurs to find another publisher
In London. In 1880 he gave to the world
"The Wandering Naturalists; a Ktory of
Adventure." The book fell flat, It had
little sale and It did no more than 'recall
to the reviewer the history of his former
brief success.
There Is a suspicion that within the year
of his .exposure as a cheat and traveling
trickster Captain Lawson published a fur
ther Installment of his adventures. In
1876 there appeared in London as the work
of "John Bradley," a volume entitled "A
Narrative of Travel and Sport In Burmah,
Slam and tha Malay Peninsula." Again
the watchful Vthenaeum comes to the de
fense of geographical truth: "We do not
say that Mr. Bradley's volume la a fiction,
but we do say that so startling a narra
tive ought not to be at once full of blun
ders and also, singularly deficient In evi
dences of genuineness."
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