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Show the Banne- - meant what It said, an what it now .peats. Nothing couid more conclusively demonstrate PAPER TAUGHT A the weakness of Its statecHVILLE nA ment than the manner in lesson. which it attemptsquibbling to squirm out of an untenable position! For the 'purpose e gpANNER DOWNED Blmetal-Distancof this discussion jit Is p1(Ucale the National wholly immaand Gets a Catting terial whether It meant that we would d Editor Throw only have five hundred millions A of sili ver, or a little, more. The point was Stot' jo that our money supply would be diBiminished and at th0 same time cheaper v Bartine in the National an utter impossibility. seems Banner Nashville Tne if e The Banner alsoj accuses us of misthe article hurt by been badly on In this journal the representing Secretary Herbert. We did .ared under the capNovember nothing of the knd. The of y . j J8 flf A Wise Paper." In Its Issue stated in the plainest possibleSecretary manner that under free coinage silver would 28 it says: o.f the depreciate because it would be so abunre iS a screaming organ He used confederate money merepropaganda published In Chicago dant. as Sl the National Bimetallism It Is ly an illustration. Upon this point he concerns said: f those penny pamphlet "In the Confederacy, confederate in demagogy Series on cialism Print9 scare-pictur- es money soon drove Jtoth gold and silver showing the oppressed out of circulation because the confedunder the heels of the ogre erate money was cheaper. For a little while this money passed at par, but talists and urges, as a means of soon just as soon as it became up matters, the bringing of the very abundant It began to cheapen." toiler and the What does the Banner think Secreh same plane and making every-jSricand happy by the free and tary Herbert meant by that? If he did Lted coinage of silver at the ratio not mean that silver would depreciate as soon as it became "abundant" and 'J?e foregoing is reproduced for the in consequence ofj Its abundance, his Lose of enabling the readers of the illustration was wholly pointless. Long-Ilare- i t- - s. . 7. low-gra- de multi-millionai- re Buc the Banner make a mental yirtually admits that cannot De scarcer and cheaper xyjux;y of the dignity, at the same time by its puerile effort to evade the logic of its own statement, cSmark the great campaign In. the unconsc although iTgrest of "sound" money, ously, it seems, It the same repeats col-absurdity in the ar- 'jfone word has crept into the tide given above. But let us pursue this paper even remotely sug-ththis a step further. Suppose we point of restoration silver the were to adopt freej coinage. The Banftjd bring the multl"millionaire ner we woul(f have "nothing but says 4 daily toiler to the same plane, or silver." Where wjould our paper curlije everybody rich and happy, it has be? Would we not still have the rency jl notice of the riely escaped the The greenbacks, the treasury notes and na National management. knows fully as well as the tional bank notes? If not, where would that under any system of they go? The. cold truth is that the Banner there will be rich people and But, differing from that deliberately tried to deceive its readers. cor people. pranced (?) and progressive (?) jour-- 3 It intended to make them believe that it is not able to perceive the mer-- y under free coinage; $500,000,000 in silver 0f system which Is" constantly would constitute pur entire stock of Else why jwas that sum so spe- rdeaing the gulf which is converting money. cifically named? If it meant simply ie millionaire into a that gold would retire from circulation a Into toiler pauper. altle daily and our only metallic money would that Tiere is so much of "demagogy" in be depreciated silver, why did it not vj paper that it can see no merit In a say so? aetary system by which the value, The trouble wil.h that great public ill i3 the purchasing power, of the Instructor (?) is that it completely overIncreasing, reached itself" joEar" is all the time by trying to prove too iza swelling the wealth of those who much. detected and exposed, it Being raand control the money of the world to tries from its own divert attention it the expense of the toilers, producers statement by calling the ai debtors. We plead guilty to just preposterous names. National Bimetallist iat kind of "demagogy." The declaration that there is no counIa the article which brings a wall where silver jcoinage is free that i distress from the Banner attention try a per capita 'circulation of $10 is has ns directed to its claim that under another illustration of its fairness and coinage our currency would be in arjgument. It seeks to in volume and at the faame time intelligence the convey impression that the small j be worth 50 cents on the dollar. of and China" ?jt particular language by the per capita to money in India the fact that they use 5cserand criticised by this paper was is owing silver, And that we would drop to the :? following: same level underf free coinage. Tnder free coinage the $500,000,000 to explain how those counomitted It iiilTer now extant would shrink to their money if tiiatsnm in power to purchase, and tries could have increased and adoptsilver supply by abandoning iaT9 Vould be no other money In the the gold standard. ing titry but silver." Banner aware of the fact that the Is After reproducing a portion of our the gold coin in the world were ride the Banner proceeds to defend if all thrown bodily intb China, it would only .self, 'which it does in the following make about $10 Iper capita? Does it ?:tal, intelligent (?) and satisfactory know that if divided among the people nr. of China, Japan and India, it would Tie statement quoted from the Ban-- i make less than $6 per capita? Does it U net In any sense new. The prime know that the entire stock of gold in jmests against free coinage are that the world is less than $3 per capita of :t odd drive gold from the country the world's population? Does it think clause a repudiation of debts. That that there is no! difference between a stfthat is said in this extract from Chinaman and an American except Basher editorial. Under the silver that the former has the silver standoziurd a silver dollar would be worth ard while ours is gold? Such a conits a as gold clusion might apply well to the staff of weight in silver, :j--;. is now worth its "weight in gold; the Banner, but! it certainly does not ia only half the present' value fit the American people generally. i i? sHrer dollar. If the editor of the Banner in good TIw Banner did not say that there conscience thinks that the backward:rJi be no other money In the country ness and scarcity of money in silver - tie silver now extant. The state--ti- 3 countries is owing to the poison'there would be no other money using ous influence of that metal, we can only lie country but silver is of the patrons which urge him to the interest "7 dlSerenL , Child's a to bad History of his paper same advice may Is The Herbert also miserably of the World. who arall In the Bimetalllst's .resented be very profitably acted upon by : i He tsed confederate standard money to attempt to uphold the gold the futility of" a large per by pointing to jthe limited supply of Va circulation If the currency were money in silver' using countries. The very circumstance that gold standard "Tisre U no country on the globe countries have been compelled to eke silver Is coined free; that has a out their gold with large amounts of ?ita circulation of ?10, and It la diver and uncovered paper, ought to Actable that the same system of demonstrate the insufficiency of the gold ronld increase the "circulation supply and Its instability as a stanaara -- rcited States, It would keep the of value, even to the confused intelliBanner. How:7Jsriing at their full capacity for gence of the Nashville years to turn out an amount ever as our mission is 'to enlighten, if r coin equal to the gold that that' paper will keep up its present ; inevitably we shall be very disappear. style of discussion, comment "22t this upon Its article' from the Chicago glad to occasionally ' Is reproduced not so much philosophical utterances. We can Imaour 100,- ire p,:rPose of refuting Its absurd gine no other way in which n.os3 as to show what kind of 000 readers can be given so cier oi ":;:9 b still being circulated la be-ception of the most riaicmous beon forth free coinage cause." the ridiculous claims put of the Banner may rest half of the gold standard. 4'"5 and scholarly soul In pa- ( ihia paper never suspected him Sale of Historical Kellcs. a "new" Idea: nor for An Important sale of historical relics latter cf havlne any ideas at all Edinburgh curios will take nlace In The below the surface of the and month. next about the middle ofa to hroueht collection,- winun io trustees the ' vJltract was merely published hammer by1 direction. of Lums-dainof Robert upon for the purpose Stamford late Mr, the of t"e ridiculous and contradlc- -' embraces over 120 Instruments i","':tf;'r of the average argument torture collected on the .joatoj of of silver. NV,ree linage chjUce chiefly in Spain; the silver 3 Ban-people; claim, andjthe ' 7 ""' UUStavua presented by with them, that upon the TomA Lumsdaine in 3 cilionaJ- n.mot.Viiist to all-pervadi- ng of at edi-Jj- Bl-jgtaU- ist -- multi-millionai- re . re-ic- ed ( j i . ! ' a ; ? cf -- - t. e, 3 ";-J- es-z- '0 free coinage gold would fJ- MekZ WWrtt (Robing our circulation musket; ;V; would drop to 50 cents. STket and the manuscript of Lamonts ';'lar . true, then until the mints Tonv Maws. 1664. in""" to the stock we would only diary. , Vt U now As the - icity of In existence. radreWUl' "Nerra." the mints la said to " or fifty millions a year, Jyy follows e n. that for a con- - come indiviauai . on luc .k.cttn Duci' write -our v;supply of money i?icS Mntiment.. This is Stat ,: j;lted to from five to six signed: "I have of silver, and even Patdfhes nfealarVor being a performer d , ;OU2t would only be worth instmment; am only - tii? dollar, to the according ia substantially what a piano player." .ff-- retire from J - - T; . '' "f? , i02s .;;.-H!- c- Tt SMfflSjl on the wall, and then moved back to the doorway. Resting the heavy rifle across a chair there, he DON'T know, what silently waited for ' the marauder to. to think of.it, ma," move a trifle to the right, so that a said Harry Blakely, better shot could be had. as he entered the After tearing at the unfortunate cow anxan with until she sank lifeless to the ground house, ious, look upon his the panther for panther the animal face, and carefully proved to be ate its fill of the quiverhung his rifle In its ing flesh and then slowly turned toplace on hooks near ward the house. As the great cat saw the open fireplace. the boy, kneeling in the doorways .nd UU11 trembling with excitement and fear, what to think of It," it gave a snarl and crouched low, movhe repeated. "That's the third time ing its tail! rapidly from side to sid, that crittes, whatever it Is, has been its eyes shining like living coals in the " around here this week, and every time it dark. has come a cow or some other domestic With a murmured prayer, Johnnia animal has been killed by it. It's not a took a quick aim and pulled the trigger. bear, that's certain, for a bear don't The animal gave a leap into the air make tracks in the snow like a wolf; toward the boy, uttered a savage and yet it ain't a wolf, for the wolf scream of rage, which echoed far and don't live that dare come alone into the wide, and fell back dead, with a bullet clearing and attack the cattle. I'm in its brain. It was some minutes beclean beat out, and it begins to look as fore Johnnie dared approach the fallen though we'd have to do something des- creature and when he did he was more perate if we expect to save any of our than astonished to find around its neck stock." a broad, leather strap, which had evidently been placed there by human Mr. Blakely was one of the pioneers hands. of northern Wisconsin, having but a While Johnnie was wondering what year before moved into the country with it all meant and how the strap came his wife and boy, from Illi- there, Mr. and Mrs. Blakely drove up. nois. He had been forced to leave Illi- The mother was too frightened to nois because his farm had been taken speak, as she gazed at the dead panther from him on a mortgage. His present and thought of the danger in which her home consisted of a small log cabin at boy had been placed. The father, after the edge of a clearing, perhaps thirty making a critical examination of the rods across, from which the timber had animal and the collar around its neck, not long before been cut. The place was at once set out for the home of his nearanything but a palace, but it was a est neighbor.! home, and this satisfied the pioneers, On his return he announced that the who were willing to wait for better mystery of the panther would probably times. be cleared up on the morrow, as a Of late dire misfortune had fallen party intended to make a search for upon the family, and also upon the the lair of the animal and find if it were other residents of the scattering settle- to be found. Little Johnnie pleaded to ment. With the winter had come a be allowed to accompany the party, but strange animal, which had not yet been could not gain consent, as his mother seen by any one, but which had made entered a firm and emphatic protest. its presence felt by killing stock and In the early morning hounds were prowling about the cabins at night in secured and a small party of the setanything but a reassuring manner. tlers took up the trail of the panther. All efforts to hunt down the animal It led to the ledge of rocks on the Brule had proved of no avail, and scarcely river, where the animal had successfula night passed but the settlement was ly hidden so many times When puryisited by the unknown terror and sued by the hunters. This time the stock killed. The pioneers had tracked hounds kept the scent and it was found the animal to a rocky ledge along the that the home of the creature had been Brule river, now noted as a trout in a cave almost hidden from sight, stream, but here all trace ended as which could only be reached by leaping completely as though the animal had over a deep cut in the rocks. taken wings and flown into the air. As the entered the den, which "Can't you set a trap and catch the ran back party into the rocks for some disanimal?" asked little Johnnie Blakely tance, the smell of smoke greeted their of his father, after the latter had put nostrils. Almost too much astonished the rifle in its proper place and was to speak, the men slowly advanced and describing to his wife the great damage at last came to the fire. Near it was the unknown creature was doing in the seated a half-bree- d Indian, fondling two to Blakely small neighborhood. According cubs, evidently the young the animal was endowed with what of the panther female which had been killed the seemed to be almost human cunning day before by Johnnie Blakely. and kept out of sight of the hunters in The Indian jumped to his feet as the a manner that was at once strange and men, with their rifles at their shoulders, terrifying. approached, and made a dash for the "A trap's no use," replied Blakely, opening of the cave. He never reached moodily. "The brute knows too much it, for a rifle was discharged, probably to run into any trap. It seems as though accidentally, in the excitement of the it were the Evil One himself," and with moment, and the half-bree- d fell on his a scowl on his face the father turned to face, blood pouring from a terrible his supper. wound in his chest. The whole settlement was in a state Everything possible was done for the of terror .and but few dared venture sufferer, but it; was seen that he was from their cabins at night, for fear of mortally wounded. As he was placed the unknown creature, which could be tenderly near the fire on a pile of furs heard now and then in the woods, giv- he gasped painfully once or twice and n howls, which then spoke. He had come into the ing vent to n ended in a curious, cry. neighborhood the previous fall, he said, Search after search was made for the bringing with him the female panther, animal, but without success. The win- which he had captured and tamed in ter wore on, and at the opening of Michigan. spring there was not a settler in the In this cave he had lived alone, with region who was not a heavy loser from only his savage pet for a companion. the depredations of the animal, which Here the cubs had been born and he was endeavoring to train them as he had trained their mother to kill and 1 i ill. bring to him whatever came in her path. Human bones were's found In the body cave, but when the to the settlement, along with was taken the cubs, no mention of these bones was made by the men, who decided that no good could come from it. The body was given a decent burial; the cubs were killed after being on exhibition for a few days, and the reward of $50 was paid to Johnnie Blakely, who is now a business man in a Wisconsin city and who higly prizes an muzzle-loadin- g rifle and n a tattered panther-skirug, which occupy positions of honor in his home. 'Twas he who related to me the story as here" given. Nothing was ever learned concerning the identity of the half-breealthough inquiries were made, PULLED THE TRIGGER, some declared was a panther, while oth- and it is more than probable that he less crazy, had raised ers insisted that it must be an Indian had been more or firom a, cub and had devil, the woodsman's name for an an- the old panther from wandered Michigan over into Wisimal of the cat family which inhabits said." as he consin, the north woods. of $50 a reward was standing There Can't See the Joke. for the head of "the unknown beast, and to a fortune like seemed serious manner in which amount the Here is the how ten of who thought London a daily and a sedate Lonlittle Johnnie, big e he could be if would only don magistrate treated an delightful it he As in his "A lay strange society American joke: earn all this money. he dream did that little the hearto was during that bed night light brought earn would the he Thames magthe case before of a days before many ing setfrom the were men win Several charged praise istrate. reward and and and a sailor from coolness a watch his bravery. with for stealing tlers Alexander One Sunday afternoon while Johnnie were all discharged except was alone in the house, his father and Fullerton, on whom were found a post-offisavings bank book for 49 and mother having gone to the village to atheard he the church, a card of membership with a curious tend a meeting in which the cattle, title. It bore the following inscripa commotion among near small house a in 'National Liars' Association. tion:! inclosed were from door the On looking Having been a member of the above asthe house. size sociation, and finding you a bigger liar the boy saw an animal about themore and than myself, I must congratulate you of a large dog, only longer n a an attack upon on relieving me of this card.' It must active, making was be gratifying to the East end combellowing cow, which as she endeavored to escape from munity, as well as a tribute to Fuller-ton- 's own abilities, that he found no ;v vvpJ:.4J the creature. upone worthy of relieving him of the The animal had evidently jumped tearbehind and was card, The magistrate remanded him on the cow from animal's neck, from which for inquiries." ing at thewas pouring in a stream. For the blood was powerless to His Wild Prophecy More Than Fulfilled. Johnnie an Instant realized that before him Joseph Bell, the engineer of Stephmove, for he has recently died at was the unknown brute which had enson's Rocket, 83. He of heard Stephenson been causing so much trouble among the age f make the wild prophecy that trains the settlers. senses run at fifteen miles an hour, and would to returned him Slowly "his to run a train for hundreds cf lived and cautiously he took his father's rifle, miles at more than a mile a minuts. which he knew to be loaded, from Its BACKWOODS MYSTERY resting-plac- e f ; j . K, i ., i j j s ; j long-draw- half-huma- 1 half-breed- old-fashion- ed d, ; j old-tim- ce ; half-growplt-eous- j i - I ly "Who in the mischief is Carrier' asked Benny. "Oh, she's my friend. Joe got confill UflWltfTTEIl STORY. sumption and just sorter faded away. His mother heard of It, and every day would drive up In her carriage two or three with him It Before Brook went on the New was the first time hours came in the she'd York he had a pretty hard time of whole six years, and I feel glad that it as a Philadelphia newspaper man. she had to call oh me first. It isn't., He had been on the local force of the ladylike, is it, Benny, for the bride to call on her husband's folks before they . But going to fire.sr and wedthe ' on her?" call dings, and funerals and hangings Benny said he wasn't quite sure, as seemed a bit out of his line. So be went in for special's work. He wasn't the customs changed so frequently. "Well, she was a very sweet woman, a brilliant success at special articles-- he and her and Joe cried together an stowas only paid for the space his lot. She said: 'Oh, Joe, if I awful ries ouccupied when accepted. And, so here he was, on this June night, couldj only get you out of these1 dreadwith just $1.11 in his pockets, as he ful lodgings. And Joe said: 'No, moodily walked into Logan Square mother, my place Is by Kate; until I die.' He was a very affectionate man, and sat on a bench.' This June night it .was too hot to was Joe, and a perfect gentleman, too, think. So he closed his eyes and Benny. Wasn't that gentlemanly in-him not to leae me and go with his to to car bells the and the lazily hum of the insects, and wondered if rich folks?" life was always as prosy as he found "Yes, It was,' caid Benny. i it. :' t y: "Well, he lingered for four months,! "Warm, Benny, isn't it?" said a and then he died. I was off on an exvoice at his elbow." cursion with t;he Glen Social club, and "Hullo, Kate! What brings you we were gone two weeks. He died before I got back. Carrie said she "Breath of air," she answered. Then was the only one in the room with him "Husband died last week." and that he asked her to get my wed-- ., "Yon don't say?" said Benny. "Why, ding ring from the bureau. You know didn't know you were married.'' I never wore it on excursions, for it's' "Yep. Been married six years; so conspicuous. Don't you think wedBay," she broke in quickly, "still re ding rings conspicuous Benny?" i porting?" "They are, indeed," said Benny. "No; I'm doing special work now! "When Carrie brought him the ring Writing anything writable." he put it on his finger and then kissed "Well, I got a good story for you. It. 'For better or for worse,' he said,, Give me half of what it brings and IT and his face litup wonderful; and tell it to you." Carrie I should be sure to kiss its a go," said Kenny. I need him when I got back. Then he money badly now. Fire ahead." and died." "Well, lets go ou the river, Benny, "Poor, poor fellow," said Benny. it's cooler there." him a splendid funeral... "But I "Can't afford it, Kate. I've only got Joe was gave a and I nice very i few pennies over a dollar, and thai thought I'd do my dutyfellow, him and by wouldn't go far, you know." him right. And I just covered bury "That's so," she assented. "Well coffin with flowers. That was a aere goes for the-- ' story, then. First; the I was out' drivweek ago, and y Benny, you must understand that was he Joe's friend, Canton with pvas a great deal prettier six years agd ing know he said I and you certainly did :han I am now, and I wasn't so er the Joe. What time square by thing ;r well. I was different. There were is it, Benny?? two fefiows that wanted me both "Just 10 o'clock," said Benny. fellows, and moved In Kate jgot up from the bench andr ?ood society. I was pretty tame then, her arm in Benny's, they linking irid I acted awful innocent and spoke out walked of the square. grammatical. 'But' six years of bad "I'm going down Race street," can change anybody; can't jompany I suppose you are going "and I :t, Jenny?" down When are you going "Yes; I guess it can," he answered. to use Eighteenth. the Remember, story, Benny? "Well, Walter Baring and Joe Davis were the two fellows. Baring got I get half what it brings." "Why, Kate," said Benny Brooke,, si'lied in Fennessy's. Remember thai alght, Benny? You got around jufct slowly, "I don't think I'll use the tfter the shooting, and I hustled out story." not?" she asked "Why quickly. :he back way just before the patitJl "Well, the fact is, his folks were-ver:ame up." and he's dead now. H "Baring went in to drag a little seemeddecent, to be a gentle sort of fellow, lower girl out of the dive, didn't he? "Yes; it seems that Baring was one true as steel to you, and honorable a s )f those that wanted to gentleman all the way through and a &:te the world. He went In to tell the story about him now would be a ir'.-come out, and one of the fell- ratLer small thing for a fellow to ow struck her, and Baring struck writeu He always was good to you, h!m. Then some one fired a pistol, Kate, and you ought to be good to him now that he's dead." md Baring dropped." "Yes, I guess you're right, Benny; "Yesv yes; I remember now. So BufSeg was one of the fellows that but I though you said you needed - and-spen- - -- j I . . n . . lit-en- ed , -- i ;v-:-;--.- -, --,,' s the-da- y : n ; 1 m . he-tol- d . fell-alse- ep , , , to-da- . good-lookin- g ''. she-sai- d, -- y goody-goodie- o ove1 you?" "Yes; but Joe Davis married me. told me all about it afterward. Era see, it was this way. Joe and Baring were chums, and both loved me. iDther" friend of theirs, Harry Canton "The insurance man?" ""55s; the one with the big whiskers. vYfciil, as I was saying, Canton saw ivtJch way the wind was blowing, and 1 "went around prying. Then he Joe and Baring up to his hous n night, and said something iyk- :hc.: "You fellows both love the s&va firl, and are chums. In olden times ros'd settle who loved her the bettor by Khooting at each other. Whoever svsn't killed would marry her. But pvr've civilized now, and I'm going tft 14 which of you Idiots loves her.' ' X'd die for her,' said Baring; tmt Tok didn't say anything at all. ' Well, I don't think either of t her,' said Canton, 'for I founfl u something that will surprise yov. He1' mother is in jail now, and her father was shot for stealing horsed nit West. The girl has the Instinct f oth, and some day it will crop out, Tbs is as true as God is above mr, iofs,' he said. Pretty mean in hint, van't it, Benny, going and finding uf the family secrets?", Benny said it was pretty mean; and it girl went on with her story: "Well, Baring jumped up and caught Canton by the hand. 'Thank you, old nan,' he said:Tm done with her.' Bin foe just sat still and quiet like. 'Wei' foe,' said Canton, 'what do you think tt" her now?' 'I love her,' said Joe, very quietly. 1 love her, Canton; and what her father was or mother is doesn't make my difference. I love her.' "Well, they tried to talk him outj of ovmg me; but they couldn't; and me ind Joe got married. That was his fvay, you know, always quiet; but tvhen he decided on anything you jouldn't mov ehim. "His folks took on terribly when we jot married. He was in his father's Store sort of partner, you know and his father broke up the partnership md wouldn't have anything to do with us. So we got a couple of rooms, and Joe gave me nearly $4,000 to put; in the bank. But I lost the money somehow or other, and Joe felt awful about it When i; told; him. He didn't scold me, Benny. He just said it was unir-rltf- Ki Jn fvs-n- fortunate." f )' "Wiy, how In the world did you eome to lose it?" queried Benny.! "Dunno. Suppose I wasn't strictly sober at the time, and wasn't used to so much money In my clothes. I ought to be excused on that score, oughtn't I, Benny?'? ! j v "I suppose yoii ought," he said. j 'Well, then, I got to like some of the fellows pretty much, and Joe found me out. He used to take me in his arms and reason with me, but 1 suppose there's something in that law of hered hered , "Heredity?" hazarded Benny.! "Yes, that's it. There must be something In that law, for I felt the very devil in me at times, and I'd go off and leave Jo for a week at a time. But he was always patient, never scold, never seem cross only hurt. He often said that he loved me too much. He was the patientest man I ever j ' knew." :;';'::r ' j'Vj "Didn't he ever say h'd made a mistake, Kate, in marrying you?" "Never once; Benny. He was very considerate of my feelings, and I sorter feel sorry now that I'm as widow. Bat he died peaceful, Benny, Carrie : said he went off smiling." - ; ' money." "So I do, Kate, but I don't need it that badly." "Just as you say,',' she respondedr and she held out her hand. "Goodnight, Benny, and try and drop around and see me some time." "I will," he said, as he took her hand. "Good-nigh- t, Kate," And BenDy Brooke walked slowly down the street, thoughtfully jingling th loose change in his pocket. " -- i ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Reports of n Xorwe&lan Sailor Arouse British Interest. Three great British scientific socle-tie- s are agreed that it is the duty of th British government to fit out an expedition for thorough antarctic exploration. In November, 1893, the Royal Geographical society appointed a notable committee to inquire Into tho propriety of such an expedition anS report. They reported in favor of having the government send two suitable vessels to explore the eouth polar regions and keep them at it for three years. The report was adopted and transmitted to the royal society, which, in turn, appointed a powerful committee which in May, 1804, reported strongly in favor of the proposed scheme. At the beginning of the present year the council of the British association gave the plan its vigorous indorsement, and it doubt-less took further action on it at its recent annual meeting In September The plan of Dr. John Murray of who addressed the Royal Geographical society on the subject two years ago, was to send out two. suitable government steamships of about 1,000 tons each, have them start" in September, land a company of" about ten men somewhere south of Cape Horn and another in Victoria. Land, and have these parties spend, two years or more ashore, exploring the antarctic continent. The ships would land the shore parties th first summer, visit them the second and take them off the third, and would spend their own winters and all tbLr available time In dep sea and ot&er observations along the outer margin of the antarctic ice. What may be found on the antarctic continent no man can say. AnlmaL life In abundance was found last year-a- t Cape Adair by C. E. Borchgrevlnk a young Norwegian, . who sailed there-a- s ooe of the crew of a whaler, and . whose account of his experiences excited great interest at a recent gee ' graphical congress in London. Mr. Borohgrevlnk wants to go back, and writes to the London Times pressing for "further and Immediate research within the antarchtlc circle." It is held to be possible that a new raco of men may exist somewhere withiA hall of the south pole, and that such creatures as the Ichthyosaurus may still survive - In the antarctic Seals and sea birds are abundant-ther- e; say, but what else no on can want tomany Inquisitive persons kur"countryman, Dr. Frederick Cook, an American, greatly desired to fit out out thi start to south pole expedition stm-m- er next antarctic the fall ana catch but his efforts in that direction seem not yet to hare come to : anybetter anthing. Perhaps heatwill do rate, tbert any other year; but, a sellouts that real a prospect eems attempt to find out whatever can about the antarctic continent-wil- l be made before the present cea tury end. Harper's Weekly. the-Challenge- -- -- -- sa. - - n V'! |
