The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume], May 30, 1897, Page 19, Image 19

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>i Boy's Brave Act.
V Jgr Iff Bacbetier Syndicate.
laksvicw had never
two days snd ss many
«i raged eontina ->u«iy. Every-
in a blsnket of white
mmfZt deep except the lake. Its
had been kept free by the
wind, but H had not been
except along shore, the ice
on the shore of the Jak*.
KrSiaelildrts of lAkevlew. He was a
llarSSl tod of about 13. and very
jp'j sstdoor Bpor'- When not In
always, during day-
Pvi ilifif Ashing. swimming or skat-
IPssollm parmitted. His great
SaSsMWi V* become a newspaper man.
i village paper in La kevlew.
fi* *m only * weekly, and Bert's Idtas
ibis.
NCmtad In minti was a place on the
Wg ciiy dally. He felt that
oalr hav* a start be was bound
The previous spring he had
•ET(foin the Village school with
the suritner he had done
HK| but there was no place for
which promised promo-
XX hfc chosen line,
ivkai » the sarly p <rt of the evening
_ki XCW 4 day of the storm that Bert
iWr t bjjd accident that had oc
-2„ the railroad hue. two miles out
The express, golr* west.
£a|MMiiitered a snowslide In a gorge
'sCitbrown fr«»w the track. S«v
--2 mo&t bad been killed a:.d many
Sa giteusly hurt. An engine, which
to be oa a siding at Ivikcview.
dispatched to the place of
with doctors on board. And
Lin COSMOS CORRESPONDENT.
Bt, K> hr heard, they were bringing the
gtlasd th* injured into the village on
mfif 9t flat cars.
tMt duh d off to the station. Sure
nmffc. there they were, the iajur«d be
t| iu4t as comfortable us possible at
MMUmr by, the d« ud emruMtotl to the
care, while the remaining
NMfera ware slowly being accommo-
Myf «tth ahelter and food by the village
ft. Bart waa very much Interested,
|t«»od listening eagerly to th« stories
Ml I? the passenger*. A stranger waa
Idttw to the telegraph operator,
iftw jrou g«t word through T' he was
pttag.
"Hot a word," the operator answered.
ff*r. the railroad people would do any
ttfeg to atfld u message to the city, but
R» are down. The connection was
Mwjltlf an hour before th» accident
"Winn «JU tt be fixed?"
' "IW before morning at the earliest,
eptfiUji* not then It's forty miles to
(St)', and the line runs through a lot
If Ate in which the xnow is deep We'll
te tacky If the wires are working by
fha wrarger uttered an exclamation
Mfer arid disgust- "And there's no
of getting a message through in
m «h»r wayr
Ihr operator smiled "Tou see the con
dtoa of things," said he "How rr,» ny
|H|k do you think would try driving or
trwjviitj through this snow" Why. man.
I •euld be certain death Herton l« the
•west town, and It's eight miles away."
ft* "tranter turned away, lit a cigar
tJ *moke savagely. Bert ap-
IWeiwd tha operator, who smiled know
ag the boy came up.
"*lVr», Bert," he «atl«l "there"* ona
J* fW profession, iuhJ Ve'« in < 'wd ti*.
•Mas an account of the railroad « cl
*afl ha can't get It through to t'i«
**T B»> i memt»>r of the I'hunum si*fr.
W- *a» <m the train that whs wrecked "
''•tt was all excitement at oiioo, and
» f»g*rded the stranger with curiosity
•#«i with awe. He felt a great synijia
for the w»n too ar.l by Hid by,
#P tNHi'HRt', b»- walked o\ «r and
te 'aim.
hard lti< k you can't g« t ,vour ac
•*w through." he said.
answer* d the other moodi'v.
* gplendt.j "atory ' I wou«»'m't miss
* 'spoop* on it for twenty dot
■* Km it most be i« the office bj one
's*? tonight. or the ■ hani*«« is trone "
dbl not iv;»h but ssit d.-w ;t on the
be>ide !hr man and cudgelled
•kraiw tor a w*>- out of th« difficulty.
M'y de\ iae coiv# plan to help
y ti port- r* A! 1a? on
fe.«t -PH • nke the n- .kC
, and telegraph it to the cit> ," h*
ij* look'at him keenly.
!—• he saH
J/® take it down and »<»rv>*s the lake on
;**»'*«-or at le.,»f f n j,v i Cit „ t<> !
J*" u fro «i l'tne H if. if th> wires 10
aren't dew there too."
>n»n «ia ( >ped on the hack
I2JJ » rninip. ur.gster." \e ,*■
"I !l hn\«» the xtorv r« ady tn rtf
-4 , ""Bvif*-*. How can > ni -vta•' ' '
4a n , t ,»st» eet b--«n-» and h«.-k.
JJMWI Mahout V ,'f .• h- • 1' Make
_ -jjr to t ,. t .. Tv . - f.. r I'M pri a,.
to aro\r « i' >• .f » ■ «•,-
• • !<»< k now l':j tx> in the HS'-ft* I■>
Ww»| *
jy*l *tw t by tt If \ u r t the
!**> thriHigh for tne " «a: ! ** »• (- w.j-..-
'ally, "J ;( wait for rou
i
thought iutle of w m; return
tft for the t . t> ••
i?**** in »h •• .;s o v -»
t v K • of r.e v - -r
- J*** 1 * *««> ugh for htm th :
Wi, Kaasihie ahead r-ver .
ntiad either V\ ; >i „r ~ .
hla aregngefnet •« ati.t . * roe tv.. K
wf. to explain to >••• H
» r H nw ' rR h -*'' r "*cei', -d « -.e • ■■■Me ,if
W». U ,r ** m • '»e i'o'-nvvt nan
Mlaavie, » aud*--* thought that he
Ht <C H . Tef . , t> l »«e a> >
'!"* '•><»•-»ph r- ra: v t.,
■k fa'her
ijfJJ v,a *r'» fit , * h , 3 . -.. v
WJ,R *- • 1 ' ' ' 1 ' ' «
Op-fjior nt t'-.e ' f . .f
I** *** ' rtr «he teS-5 • m Vn
off* kM rUre r* l «•« h'.» skate*
« - the lake
**.< >«• k h.m on h.s
»*«* * • p,.d ! ...tuaiH
•- ;: v •* "
t » . I K ... K
fee t v "- r •> •««
ah 4 y c.nn t;.< s.Ke
to a point; opposite Pine Bluffs and cut
straight across to the town it wotiM be
safest, for he would have thick, smooth
Ice for the whole distance; but it would
also take him longer than to strike diago
nally serosa the lake from whore he then
was. The latter plan would take him over
a couple of miles of ice of which he could
not be sure. but he would, thereby, save
nearly half an hour of valuable tune, pro
vided the tee held
A couple of minutes of debate <VckJed
him. The Cotbo* needed the- "story," as
the m«n had called it. as soon ae possible.
Me had undertaken to *** "hat it got
through quickly. He feit thai if a regular
member of the staff of that |<aper had the
matter in hand he would not weigh his
c onvenience, or even some danger, against
doing the service speedily.
He swung around, snd started out on a
straight course for the town. The wind
was on his back, and if he had skated fast
before, be now was ringing along at a
pece which made bis earlier efforts seem
slow. In five minute* he was entirely
without the shelter of the high ground.
The Ice wss still firm, but almost trans
parent under in* iignt whi< h the moon oc
casionally gave, as It atrjggled from be
tween elosd*. It had stopped snowing,
but little whirlwinds of llgnt. powdery
flakes now and then scurried across his
psth.
For soot* reason which he could not at
brst explain. Ken began to groa uneasy.
He strove in vain to drive the fear from
his mind. Th" ice looked uo thinner;
there was no break In it; apparently ii was
firm and capable of bearing bis weigbt.
But somehow the "feel" of It told htm
that he was in danger. As lie swept for-
ward he to be rising and falling
with each lons stroke He had been on
mich Ice before. It bent under him tn
wave#. fUi l he knew that If there had l>een
more light. by looking over hi* shoulder
he would have #een It undulating U> long
«well* Just like the water of the lake on a
calm day.
The Ire was too thin to bear his Weight
If he stood still for an Instant The skim
mlng H|««-d of his flight alone kepi him
from crashing through It- Would it grow
thinner? If it did there was little chance
of his ever getting safety to land. He WHS
nearly In the middle of the lake, and there,
presumably, the he wis weakest He
knew It was a race for life.
Suddenly, back of him, the punting !<o>
heard an ominous crack. It did not need
a glance behind to tell him what had hap
pened. The Ice had broken there, as it
rose. released from his weight. A chill
struck through him. but the fettr merely
made him tncrense his effort*. He kn> w
that he was going at a tremendous rate,
yet Ir a* if the dangerous space
weald never la' passed.
Hut no*. thrnngi the darkness. the
lights of Pine Muffs began to twinkle,
only tk few miles ae iy. Hen no long, r
felt that terrifying ri*e and fall of the
Ice beneath him. and skated with new
confidence. Tired though he was, his
speed dt t not slacken. H© had reached
safety at last.
He trsick (he shore near the stearnl>oat
wharf, and St »«s onl> a minute's work
to putl off his hkatei- Then swinging
t! < m •» » hi* shoulder hy .1 strap, he » ul
ed through the "now t<> the path, whicn
had b«'PB |atrttatty shoveled clear. Five
minute* later he **l at th« telegraph
offline.
"Arc the wires working""' he ask d,
breathlessly,
"All '•re.*' t- ture.cd the official.
"Thank goodne##"* ejaculated Rrt
For a mome«» he had thought of th*
«v* .uJ possibility of *«lug stopped he r.-,
.vfs-r all his work anil d tnir*r tie .s n -
buttoned his co«u an.l j-ul?e,i out the
pr..c».'io» man -• ript. •n. nd that through
to the O iiHinm i\ (t\nl a.-* you can,
I ■: ■■*%" h mM. >...ndi'.c It to the op
»:it >r *A ,d h'-'-e's my .\ird."
The operator slated at the tut of p*«le
hoard sin I then limktd curiou>iy ,»t the
boy, "Are you one of the tXi'itios' in, nT*
h<' asked,
"t i .in tonight." Bert an-eer. t, r-romj't
-1> • ' I benight that me nage ai'ros- tho
Ihke "
"The man utter d an etaeulat >n
"' AN ! you «:♦•* *|w|i< x ("Im's S '•> at a'! '
t- ••• ■-.• the rr --*-..ig' w . «j.« e
t'. w t-ee aro t-- Bert ;•,< tick' g tft
ttutrumee.t *a? th- *w*ctr"t -> r t of m -safe
Tit* h>m*il en the sill of the oihr— ,v>un
ter a»d eager!* I1«<- tv-d until the u*t
v . ?.! h he-ti tt m?:v.ttt 1 T i » -t.
denly rvaitted that he h>d to ntum that
n *!;' <r, i tf'.at h? «hould «■; - - • r
he *iViid have to go is** it by tha it r
,i y
V,« he reached the doer of 1 • r v>ni the
fclrgr.-*j»h !V-Hrum.v< f(S ,!r. *„-•
and :h* ep<»rtt«>r n>.- t e>.it ft'* h.'m '*>!< r*-'
Hoki «m tht-re t'osir. th»>j ; . . ; . w
»««ivtKS to yow from t!."V;ty cf!; " »
Bert hal\v-i la surpriae.
After x in.nure :he jjvrjc t T'
ko' end five h'.jrtdrixi woiis o "* * ur : »
tvvsfl »he lake."
"He* *. fiev know a-- *.'••• - .. . j
t hat *" AM llcrt in w> 'ndoraj.-itt.
*i? s* i» >n >e,.r ikooaßt her? at
e»»«i," the • . • 'lVm't \"a
r*metibt Prtt « J t r> . ;•
ho «" ■-->„»* rVi*;i 1 .? {
a !»♦«* of h.»w r»:»
r>" Ts.ua to t»e »>.«; .>n i.c w r A
mecvt t:>e > i- »,r. 4 •• t r • :'v> m.
p*>r ho?\ors itHi rs>t ktwtw w\ai to t
Hrre « ,ts h ~ h ,™,*, ;• ,? - Ail>
sK*.t that - ".e .» >ri of i* t ,-«
h<»l. P;t he tr . • -»,-r \ ;
t iciit Tea t-ft+tt» that they l;.ivc it
at once "
Tne nrr"* * s c . « -».> r.s S ~\
through » .!-■» vtt.. <'f-.,«r ♦•. *
eye. «rxl he v." in a wcraig : -
{ora*f\l st -ry Tt-. < .\c h*.!.">•* i
is »i - ' v-.*r* >suica:r *n ac.-i • ••
yatcf.ed, s»gu*w w.ia tu ..'vca
THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, SUNDAY, MAY B#. 1897.
Bat wttti • good-sight to tin operator,
tradfid wfUb a light heart down to lie
t rosea lake.
It was a kmc. bard poll back. for b«
had to Moke a kg detour to avoid tie
tnln tee. and It was U o'clock when he
rwtod home. His father was waiting for
Ma; so waa the Ceaoaa man. and many
were the words of praise be sot for his
pluck.
Bat happy aa these made Bert fee'- ft
was a letter which came a week later that
made his Joy the greatest. It was from
the managing editor of the Cosmos, and
It offered Mm a chance to work for the
paper, with the promise, if he did well,
that be would he regularly enroiied on the
staff.
Of course. Bert wrote a prompt accept
ance. with his fathers approval, and how
much he made of his opportunities is
shown by the fact that he now has a re
sponsible plate on the Cosmos force, and
is one of that paper's mast trusted work
ers. F, C. WILLIAMS.
TKEK9 THREE IXCMKS MIGfiL
Caries* Arctic Beßlaa Prod acts at
rersell lafverslty.
The most interesting feature of the for
estry and herbaceous collection of Cornell
university is one recently added, consist
ing of specimens of perfect forest trees
less than three inches high. They were
brought to t\e university from the Arctic
regions by u party of explorers sent out
by the Instftt.'i'vn Itself. The most notaMo
features of the collection are the Arctic
birch and the r-rowherry.
Nowhere !n this country, so far as
known, does a museum contain perfect
specimens of the btrrh. This curious
growth Is occasionally to be found on the
top of Mount Washington, but no one has
ever before been able to aecure one of
these tiny trees in absolutely perfect con
dition. Th*> specimens which Cornell has
• ere found on the Greenland coast, some
at Godhaven. on the Isle of Diske. Others
were discovered at Wilcox head, where
the exploring party that secured speci
mens did most of its work. A curious dif
ference between this flliputian birch and
the ordinary forest tree of the same spe
cies ia that the Arctic specimen bears
fruit. The trees on th# island of Diske
were covered with fruit when the explor
ers found them. What is more, this fruit
Is decidedly edible. It has a taste not un
like the juniper berry and is said to be ex
ceedingly health giving.
Fiver so many persons have read of this
little birch tree under the scientific name
of botula nana, without having any idea
of s-hat the name really signified. Trans
lated. It means while birch, and those who
have read of the struggle of Dr. Elisha
Kent Kane and his companions In the
Arctic regions a half century ago will re
member what an Important part the be
tula nana took in sustaining the life of the
members of the expedition. The berries
which grow upon the birch seem to have
all the concomitants of food and drink,
and upon them a person may exist for a
long time without materially losing
strength.
The second notable specimen Is known
as the crowberry, or as the scientist terms
It. the cmpetrum nigrum. While this tree
Is in a measure a cosmopolitan plant, al
though classed as an Arctic growth, the
same difficulty has been experienced in
securing perfect specimens as in the case
of the birch. The crowberry grows In this
country on Mount Desert la Maine, and
is occasionally found at the highest points
of the Sierra Nevada range of mountains.
Like the birch. It bears an edible berry,
and it la no exaggeration to state that it
Is one of the principal sources of succu
lent food in the region where it grows.
Several years ago an exploring expedi
tion to the Arctic regions very thoroughly
investigated the crowberry. for the pur
pose of discovering what difference there
was, if any. and whether other than cli
matic conditions were the cause of the
difference
These old specim en* of Arctic growth
are ail the more notable because of the
fact that of the several hundred species of
plants which grow in the Arctic regions
the great majority are herb*. Few of
these, however, are annuals. The condi
tions existing in the Arctic tone seem to
favor the herbaceous plant above all
things. The subterranean stems of these
seem to be the mont efficient vehicle to
carry the lives of the plants over the long
and severe winter. In fact, no woody
plants, with the exception of those men
tioned In this article, growing in the Arc
tic region*, deserve to be railed trees or
even shrubs in the ordinary sense of the
term. Their stems are prostrate, sending
up short leafy branches, which expand
flowers and bear fruit In an Incredibly
short time.
A third specimen of the dwarf trees
which was brought b»( k by the Cornell
party was the Arctic willow. There Is the
Arctic willow proper, and then what is
known as the "bear" willow. Tt and the
herbaceous willow grow within the limits
of the I'nited States upon the tops of the
highest mountains notably Mount Wash
ington The Reticulated willow is a very
be*ntiful plant, the rarest of them ali.
Th<» Cornell party discovered a specimen
on the Labrador coast. They had great
difficulty In securing a perfoot willow of
this sort and the specimen that now rests
In <*omell museum Is believed to b» the
only one In existence away from Its natlvt
climate.
These little trees which have been de
scribed are of exceeding interest apart
from their rarity and place of discovery,
from the exact resemblant» In every slight
detail to the great trees of the same sjw
cies found In the forests of the United
States For Instance, the leaf Is precisely
the same and the c» ncral appearance of
the w<wid exhibits no difference With the
willow It is curious to note the lonf forma
tion and the quality „gp that exudes
from a twi«r when the hark is removed
therefrom The texture of the wood is
precisely the same. One ran make s» very
fair whistle out of the trunk <»f any of the
Arctic willows equal in quality to that
■which the youngster evolves from the
• mall branch of the willow of ordinary
Si*e
Taken altoe« ther, the collection Is an
exceeding novelty in it* way. So far as
known the onlv museum where 'he trees
whh-h look as If they came fmm Kiltput
ti*n bo seen is at Cornell university.
t >KVIU\.
W nen we -Tiaft she refreshing, ftmm
tiny, ttparkling stre-m.
As st r\ |o"«»r 'h'' pebMe*. on the
pit!c-cl»d mountain's si<ie.
We. per. mr. ■ c may rnake conjectures.
!ik< t. k ;e vag'rtes of a dream.
As to where i!« » :ers m!ngle with the
bo'indless ocean's tide.
T ?. t: • it <~<i t--«g onward, till It
finds M* bed »d'>wn
Through she verdant. flowsr-fleck.-i
m-.~dow< where 1: m«-»-ts with neigh
boring rtns:
T'i'.t- is row- »:-.*> a *tt>r bearing
tnerce to the town
It tr.iv ttnn la> » ««>> moorland, or
tarn lahor-gt\inc mills.
L:ke "he « reamli-t « a m ■: I that'# epoket)
or a that - done;
For »ord a <? grows, th^n
s.x.n a story'# toid,
\r' 1 '*".»• n •tr -a c\ 'i n ■c.i ha< wrotigM
to ti« r#nsiin* unknown
i>r the sulf rr,* that * - rfut dee<l brings
•Time may ne'er an fold
But i :>r.<nt»f the hlst'rjr of th.«
streamlet v ■ t r-\ t \i-
For » loving w >r i or act of kin Jneaa.
\- and grow* 'or \\r.
Ar * op* «t<>'ve *•••' -.j t v •'■n.--r
--«x>* for another fevis.
,<o the *o»t we ah mav d> r mains ur
kneen t i .<•:• • S* e? I»k\
-J. HARRY ANPK.Kiv
tin 'imore. Md
i flWi>leti«»«l l*(tlr«tl«n«.
The ccmples. .or of per»o»ss wh » ■ ,! ge*.
t' t« •* out of order, who are bilious or
wNo laelt v .£ "" s : « \» ethiNts an -.,n
--h».s'thy tin* It i.« by reg-ulatjng the htvi
v organs .' nd pract virg digesti »n and
a.<r.te:lation thut th- par- hment h;.e ir\-
•tv.iative of '•> •dh ;» Ka• j*hed fr*»m *" •»
ehcek* To nvt'.iy the of a
c ■ -mpir-\i,>j; u»c I! S"oruA--h Btt
li-r> «r, tisa igoeart? dj.', w v :
rv ro\> ■■ -o>*:a ;»-* to r- n- * M
«f*Bftl), pft.> s*.wl comfort and i
alitrwc* ttfT netaa—an last <a feet ti
ar.u «vr.». -r.. and a cottdtuon
of tii«t r» »■ > I' r« stmct in tn»
?hi* .■ - -timai - c*. rre*.-tiv» and tor; wf-t
o«- red y r— ; t in rerewod fh\ » -»j rtc
Urtty a- -1 wsgor will t<r*i to t
b>»' * e irwl * ..*#• th- so« *rs*i
<- r vs. ; .-a us tc- moja i-j iht awu
*». * . « 4.-UU
IITMHE IN TH LMD OF K «[.
"For the land's sakef
"How in the name of sense did be sit
thar""
"Who is Prince Charlie, anyhow? and
where in the world or out of it is the
durned country he spreads himself overT*
May be there are incredulous persons
who will smile at the ide%of such queries
being put in a land of common schools
and an age of intelligence, but I am will
ing to wager half of all the wealth at
this moment In my pocket—which I may
as well tell you. confidentially, consists
of "t*a bawbees" and & crooked sixpence
—tha.l they * ill be asked more than once
and will or would be answered in as many
different ways as they are asked.
Now. if good. old. inquisitive Sirs.
Know-it-all-before-hand will keep cool and
restrain her impatience, I will try to an
swer, but only one at a time, all the ques
tions she has a mind to ask as fast as my
pen will get around to it, for you must
not forget that we are at present out of
reach of such modern facilities as type
writers. telephones and cyclones.
First of all. allow me to premise that
the writer, many of the forefathers
of our rabid immigration restrictors. was
something else hefore he became an
American. In fact, he was born in
"Prince Charlie's land" and got a good
share of what little education he has In
the remote western highlands of the same
land, and further, he mu.st admit that if
he had been allowed to exercise any choice
as to where the accident of birth should
overtake him he would probably have
chosen the United States tirst, so as to
ytiliae his chance of becoming president;
but next to that he would certainly have
chosen this "Land of Prince Charlie" in
preference to any other section of this
"terrestrial ball." Fancy the degraded
mental, moral or spiritual condition of a
man who would willfully choose to be b>rn
ia China or Chicago or Turkey or Tacoma.
Well. "Prince Charlie's Land" is Scot
land—only this and nothing more. Sonnj
of its other ancient or modern aliases are
''Caledonia," meaning "People of the
Woods:" "Ultima Thule." equivalent to
the American "Jumping off place;*' "The
I*and o' Cakes." and well so called, for
although that angel food known to us in
America as "buckwheat cakes and maple
syrup" Is little known and less understood
ovtr here. I think that any one who has
been lucky enough to partake of wheat
"scones" or barley "banuocks." with
plenty of absolutely fresh butter, all
edited by a Scottish matron at a Scottish
farm house, will agree with me that they
have approached as near to a feast of the
immortal gods as it is possible for mere
mortals to do outside of the United States.
But if the phrase "Land o' Cakes" is in
tended to attract attention to oatmeal
"bannocks." I must dissent—the latter
taste well, look well and smell well, but
they will give any ordinary Christian who
is not used to them more dyspepsia In ten
minutes than he can get over In a year.
But goodness—every man who has been
able to jingle a rhyme sufficiently to think
himself a poet has exerted himself to coin
a new name to designate poor old Scotia
by, and I must own that even the writer
chased his thoughts all over the universe
of letters during several sleepness nights
before a lucky chance led him to the title
of this letter, and he Is not sure that in
using even this he may not be plagiaris
ing somebody else's copyright—the nvre
incidental fact of this not being "Prince
Charlie's land" at all counting for little
in the heat of poetic license. It would be
much truer to fact to call It Queen Mary's
land, but Queen Mary was only a poor
princess who lost her head, and Prince
Charlie was a young pretender who was
so handsome, so brave, so unfortunate,
that no matter If he did deceive and
slaughter several hundred Infatuated fools
In an insane desire to gain a kingdom to
which he had no more right than the
reader of these lines—he succeeded In
gaining the sympathy of the female sex
for all time, and what is man that he
should dare gainsay a feminine verdict?
I\)or Prince Charles Stuart. Ills lot In
life was in very truth a hard one. He noes
not seem to have been a bad boy in his own
right, but still he had to follow the same
trail of misfortune as his ancestors, for
the house of Stuart was proverbially un
lucky. What harm in recalling the story
to those to whom It Is forgotten, or open
ing up an interesting page of historical ro
mance and tragedy to others?
Mary, "Queen of Bcots," had. inter alia,
two insurmountable misfortunes to bear
she was very handsome and she was cousin
to Elizabeth, queen of England. Either of
these shortcomings the coquettish Bessie
might have overlooked, but both of them
toother were more than her own plain
k»oks and Jealousy could tolerate, si she
exercised the queenly prerogative of chop
ping that lovely head from ofT its pretty
shoulders, and thus peremptorily ter
minated the relationship. A more cold
blooded murder has never stained the page
of history. Humor says that Lizzie re
pented of it before she died. I hope she
did. and I hope that she has kept on re
penting of it for the past 300 years. and I
hope she will k*"P on repenting of It for
the lengthy but. indefinable period of her
residence In that torrid recion Which must.
If all we read and hear is tru<\ be so much
frequented by post-mortem royalties. This
p»od. virtuous spinster. Queen Betsy, died
without leaving any lee.Uly recognized
b- irs as of course any good, virtuous old
maid queen miKht be expected to do. If
she n ally did make any missteps the "nil
nisi bonum " or maybe the "divinity which
, doth <or was supposed to) hedge a king"
| (and queen) have moat effectually hid them
i from a prying world, and as an apparent
retribution of providence. Mary's grand
son. «*harle* 1., ascended in due time the
throne of Eli*ilteth. But the misfortunes
of his family follow-»d h;m and with blind*
! ed eyes he sought to crush out the feeble
spark « f freedom which (tome kind From* -
, theus ha-l dropped on our benighted world,
j We cm only stay to n mark two of the
wtaNe events of his reign whl'h .ire of
interest t/us a* Americans First, Charles
th»* First w as the nu ans of driving-by his
pers<-cution the PtlKrim Fathers in the
Mayflower to Massachusetts Second—Oli
ver CtvmweU. with his Ironside#, rescued
and re-as stated the flickering flame of
liberty of eon< ler,.*e and ga\e to England
a <1 the world the opportunity to use it
aright by the cosmopairioti- act of doir.ir
for Onarte* what Qu> -en Elisabeth had
d-.>-i. for his grandmother—dropping his
h< • ! into *he waste ba#ket Yes, indeed,
<*hir 1 the worM wi;', long "remember"
>our par'sng tdmonition but with it they
w.'l also "remember" to h'> « the memory
of :h- brave m<-n w v • brought a blockhead
to the Wo. k.
Hut after a time J.«m. a 11 «the se -or i
•Hin a? rha-b - 1 and " th. r to an ln
?f militate tTiarle* II ) •-me to England'«
tbtvne fie aiso aoffer»-d from the fatal
hereditary predisposition to monkev
with matters rellgio -as. ar I getting
the "t». ft" from the thr r.e
of Great Britain or iv narrow; v
«--aped the a\o ami the blot k
-v a h urrted flic hi to France it he last
Stuart who occupied a throne), where be
• died bequeathing a frcee leg«< y of pear
rr y to I. » son James together with the
. eun»i»"rs'oroe title of "It<-tend»r to the
»>i»n of Briton hv the Grace of
*V>l Defender of the Faith, etc."* This
James, the pretender. who w&ji the aire
of Prin ze « "harite th> young pretender.
» w aa deficient in the m-iiter of bruex
aa he was overflowing in that caution
wr -ft not te!is capafrte of knowing when
it h*s reached nutiirtt). twi rw'i, in vui
c r parlance, ro**nik» Mak;ng ar. Un
» . leo'ui demonstration :a Ea#trrn Scot
land n i" L". h* remained »?s!y a few week*
r*. •« s: *•* * » France at tfe* Am sl**i
of im; tKi - g dar.*»-r ar»i in
1 the moat ■'.eaplcablo manner frten<*s
w :<s had flocked to has standard, Being
t » cowardly to risk hi» ears r.*-*d a sec
ond t'Tie he peraa ; .ded his Prir.<~e
• 1 tt if he t»<i >i only manare to
1 get into ii.'ii.atid everj la*t ut, -i
and cWM would desert the banner of the
Hanoverian tuurper for that of the Stu
arts. It was an eaaqr matter for the old
man to ait back comfortably tn a French
.*4l on and tell hfs son what he ought to
that son. althouirh not any
brighter than princes usually are.
that it would be a verv r.eat but
wry dangerous bit of work if not actual
ly an impossibility to let hi* friends know
that he wag indeed in England alive and
well and ready to accept the position of
kin*, before he was dead. However, he
had to follow his destiny, and it was on
* dull, gloomy day In July. 17«5. th.it
Prince Charles Stuart, with some half
•i<*en companions of about hi? own siae,
shape and want of Intelligence. were
landed from a dirty coarting brig upon
e cold, wild mountainous shore of In
verness Shire in the west highlands of
Scotland. A plUful game of mere boys
* must havo been, writhout friends, al
w,thoul money, and with a wardrobe
j more "tensive than that of Adam
and Eve before the descent of man to
KTeas of modern decency began. But with
a bravery or infatuation ior was It desp«T
ation.) worthy of a better cause, this
handful of French tramps, speaking little
MiKli»h and *tiH less of rhe more imnhi'i
nec?saary Gaelic tongue. started oct
to beard the British lion in his den and
capture a crown.
One hardly knows whether most to
honor their courage or pin- their auda
cious lunacy. Daniel of old did not so
Into the lion's den of his own free will
and accord. I>avid the shepherd king has
achieved a world-wide reputation by
cracking the skull of Goliath of Gath by
a atone which God Almighty guided, if
the story be true. The "Charge of the
I.ight Brigade" has been done in song and
story for all time, and our own Putnam
has gained hero worship for his brave
attack upon the homestead of a solitary
family of the despised wolf tribe, but I
think we may delve deep into history with
out finding another such attempt at an
adventurous adventure. By hook or by
crook, by tears and entreaties and by falsa
promises, Charlie succeeded in arousing h«
sympathy or the avarice of the kindly
but Ignorant and uncouth Highlanders.
He raised an army of 500 or 600 men, at
the head of which he placed the royal
standard of the house of Stuart, and
marched southward toward civilization
and disaster. After more success than
might have been expected, he at length
penetrated almost to the center of En
gland. and by what to us at this distant
day seems a strange fatality, he turned
back at a moment n'hen success seemed
to be almost within his grasp. Retreat
ing to the Highlands, his army melted
away, and with only a handful of faith
ful followers—whom the bribes of the En
glish government could not corrupt into
betraying the brave young chevalier, most
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Corser of Third mnd Wtshii|toa Streets, PortUmd, Or.
probably because they were too intensely
icnormnt to be »ww of or appreciate
them—wanderin* atMßf the dens and
and cavm 01 the gloomy. treeless, heather
clad hills, barefooted, b«rehea<if<l trnd
clad only In miserable rajrs. with an
empty stomach oftener Than » full one for
many weeks, we may ha sure Char!!* felt
happj when in an almost boat he es
caped to the more hospitable shore of
France, where ha. lb* last or next to rt*e
last of the royal house of Stuart died in
exile. The story is too rich to be con
densed. R»ad it in full, reader, for your
self and you will And it very interesting.
I had not thought to make this letter so
lons, but if Scotland is a small country It
is a beautiful country, and it is a country
with a more interesting and instructive
history of its own men and times than any
other land oa this we« globe of ours. Here
St. Patrick was born. Here St. Mungo and
St. Coiumba taught and died. Here • Hetian
sans. Here Brace iwl Wailace gave les
sons in patriotism. Here the Ettrtck Shep
herd and the Ayrshire Plow boy gave us the
tenderest ballads the worid has ever heard.
Here Scott lived and uled. and Robert
Louis Stevenson was born. Th« ancestors
of our own U. S. Ornnt lived and sleep the
Ust lons sleep in ScotUsn soil. But time
and space fail me and I must close this let
ter. In the future I may tell you more of
Scotland and of our oueen's jubilee. For
the present, "au re voir."
April 15, ISST.
wk'u be iuppr nun.
We'll all he very happy when the offices
are out
And the applicants eease airing all their
troubles round about:
When Ucey howl no more on hilltops, nor
In the peaceful valleys shout-
But It's weary waiting for It In the morn*
bg!
We'll all be very happy when the Cubans
have their day.
And the ornve war correspondents ceaae
to hurrah and u» slay:
When the Spaniards* onler red ink and
stenographers away—
But it's weery waiting for it in the morn*
in*! %
We'll all be very happy when the powers
cease to wreak
Their wrath upon the Christians that are
slaughtered every week:
When victory crowns the rotimge or the
brave, undaunted Greek-
Bat It's weary waiting for It in the morn*
ing!
We'll aU be very happy when the union
depot shines . . •
Tn splendor o'er the roaring oc the asgre*
gated !tn*«:
And "glory, hallelujah!" wHI go ringing
o'er the pines—
But it's weary waiting for it In the morn
ing: —Atlanta Constitution.
He—For the perfect epjoyment ot love
there must be complete oon&dence.
Sho (of Chicago)—l have heard pa say
identically the same thing about sausages.
—Brooklyn JJfe.
It is a fortunate day for a man when he
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upon which he may rely, and that his life
long malady is at last conquered. Has
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MKTI.tK %HTL %. B. (".. May 2, IH#T.
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A swimmlne «ensallon In the head. the
necessity to ho;d to pillar or post only
for a «econd. shows there la something
the matter with the man.
WHAT 19 THE MATTER?
Undoubtedly the individual is afflicted
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You can get Hudyan only from the Hud
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Yukon
Gold Fields,
Alaska.
The Worth Aaericiv Trass*
psrtatios ft Tradius
Company's
Steamer Portland
Leaves Seattle mi or
About
JUKE 10, JULY 20 and
AUGUST 30,
For St. MU-haela inland..there connecting
with their large and elegant passenger
steamer* P. B. Weare, J. J. Mealy and C.
H. Hamilton for Circle City, Fort Cudahy
and the Klondyke and all points oa the
Tukon river. This Is the only line run
ning steamers from Seattle direct to the
Tukon gold field*. For rates and further
Information apply at th» company's office,
618 First avenue, Seattle.
TO COOK'S INLET,
ALASKA.
By Alaska Cowwerclsl
Co.'s Steamers.
CtIUMT BERTHA Imvm Juaeae tm
Cook's Inlet direct, April Ml, lUf
12tb, May 35th and wmi-monLbly tk*f*>
after durlnc the mmob.
Tor particular* apply to
J. F. TROW BRIDGE. Ocean Dock, Iwt*
C."*. J. STOLTENBERQ, Ticket Affeot
Pacific Coast Steamship Conpuy, M
First Avenue. Seat t la.
COWARD DB C.Rorr. Sitka, Alaska.
FRANK A. BROOKS. Juneao. Alaska.
Or ALASKA COMMERCIAL. CO* W Sa»*
iom Street, ftu Erandeoow
FOR THE
Yukon River.
The steamer Bxrelslor, specially refitted
for pa avenger trsfflc. will sail from Saa
Francisco tor the Yukon Gold Fields am
or about Juno kik, August stk aad Sep
tember 6th.
For paseer.fer and freight rates apply to
C. H. J. STOLTENBERtt. Seattle
Or ALASKA COMMERCIAL CO.,
9«« Frssclsco.
NEW SMOIT LINE
OMAHA
M. P Benton. Purm Hound Aifnt. Beat
tie. Yeeler way and First avenge.
SPMHE NHS 1 NRIBEM. If ISM fOfif
smn. BOMeniH dhlhti
Tke aaly all rail rasia wlikaat
oka see mi cars Metts -»p ikas*.
111 sals ~ i aad leleea Alao keteraea
Irloes aad kewlasi.
OAiLi kxctrr «iiOAf.
Ust« Am»o
SiS am. Spokane f.9& p. m.
10.ii *. m Rowland ........t:4O p. «.
IJO a ML... Sebwo s:* p. m.
Ueeo couwcUou at Nelaon with ete«ia»
er far Kasto aad all Kooteaaf Late
Peiiils
Passsnaers tor Kettle River aad Bowad
ary Crew ccnaact at Mar cue witk Mass
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