Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 1, 1888, Page 14

None Genwine Withow? QurSignature. THE PIONEER MANUFACTURERS OF KEY WEST HAVANA CIGARS, Seidenberg & Co, have added to their already large facilities a factory in New York City, Their long experience en- ables them to furnish the public a cigar superior to anything ever put on the market for 5 Cents. Smokers of the FIGARO get a LONG HAVANA FILLED 5 CENT CIGAR. \k\\;v.\v;ev\v CO=CH\, Which cannot be excelled for the price in the United States. PASSING JUDGMENT. Absolutely free from drugs, unadulterated, honest. for FIGARO. Wholesale Western Agents-- MAX MEYER & CO.,Omaha, Neb. Also for Thekla and La Rosa Espanola Havana Cigars. BE SURE TO TRY ONE BEFORE Ask your dealer A Voyage to Greenland. Weritten for SwidayBee by A. G Jamieson, M. A. In Monday’s issue I noticed a pa graph which referred to the proposed expedition about to start from Scandin- avia for the purpose of exploring the interior of Greenland. Having once had the privilege of visiting this ice bound region. I trist that a few leaves from my diary may not be without in- terest to some of the readers of the Omaha BeE. There is now no question as to the value and importance of Polar dis- covery, and as to the principles on which such expeditions should be sent out. The main principles may be briefly stated: First—Their objects are explorations for scientific purposes and the encour- agement of maritime enterprise. Second—It is of the highest import- ance for a knowledge of nature’s laws. Third--Tt opens up a field for scientific research generally. Fourth—The attainment of the highest possible latitade or of the pole tself is not the object to be sought (as many suppose), but the exploration of the unknown arca with a view to en- riching and enlarging our ficld of science. Three winters ago T happened to be located in a seaport town, Peterhead by name, some thirty miles north northeast of Aberdeen. Scotland. Among the principal buildings stands the Arburth- not museum, which contains a fine col- lection of mnatural history speci- mens, coins, and other objects of antiquarian interest and these I was commissioned by the magistrates of the town to overhaul and arrange 1n scien- tific order. I spent many a happy hour among these stuffed i alarge number of which repre typical species straight away from the far regions of the polar north, and my fondest hopes were that some day I might visit that icebound region and gee them in their living and natural condition. My hopes were realized sooner than I expected by a jolly, bluff, old skipper coming in one aay and of- fering me the post of surgeon on board his steamship—tha very same which had a few years before the command of Sir All cessfully rescued Mr. Leigh Smith and his associates, who had been issi for some considerable time. my parents’ consent, I soon set to work and secured a suitable outfit together with such instruments of which T essed would prove useful in facing e wild denizens of the north, and on February 28 I found myseif comfortably situated on board my new hom. We wore forty-two souls in all, but this number was afterwards increased to a total of seventy-two. On what errand were we all risking our lives? It was 1o prosecuto the “Greenland S and ale fishery,” which is now as it has been in former times, a most valuable and profitable commercial ler» it, Commerce is usually attended with little of romance or adventure, but in the seal or whale fishing this is a dis- tinctive feature. Such an exploit has to be carried out in the far off region, of the polar north amidst a series of dan- gerous and harassing vicissitudes, But to return to the starting point. Thousands of people in fact the whole populace thronged the north and south piers to wish ue God speed anda full 8hip and amidst the waving of handker- chiefs and the falling of tears the good old ship steamed out of the scene of her winter’s rest and in a few minutes be- gan to %lough thro' the stormy billows of the briny deep. In twenty-four hours we sighted the dark melancholy isles of Ultima Thule or Shetland which every der of Sir ‘Walter Scott must be well acquainted with, sHere too the Greenland tar, a fiercer guest, ws & brief hour of riot, not of rest; yes cach wild frolic that in wine hath birth, And walkos the land with brawls and boister- ous mirth."” *Shetland lies between 59 < and 60° h latitude and 2= west longtitude s fifty miles from another group of ands called the Orkeys. The coust conery is at once striking and beauti- 1, the action of the waves having worn he rocks intonumerous fantastic shapes Swith indentations here and there form- =» what arve called ‘‘voes” or‘‘sen “Jochs” which being well stocked with out afford to the tourist some excel- lent sport. What I was most struck ith as regards scenery, was the harbor which we cast anchor viz ‘‘Bressa nd” which is crowned at the nort “Fitful Head” both high tower- eadlands well worthy of the ogium bestowed on them by Sir Scott, It was bere that the u whole fleet of the Spanis anchored so one can in extensive refuge it is. I is the principal town, situated on the banks of Bressay sound—population 4,045, and dates its commencement from the seventeenth century. 'This is the ren- devouz for the whaling fleets bound for straits and Greenland. We re- cd here for afort-night during which time I had ample opportunities f getting an’inkling into the habits and of these islanders. The men ; the women are pretty, and do the hard wo The staple manufae- ture is knitted goods, and instead of spending their dollars in drink, our British tars were to be seen crowding around the shop windows and gazing with admiration on the exhibits of the uned Shetland hosiery, which ad- miration generally developed into an eager desire to invest in some pretty shawl or cap, which s forthwith dis- patched to some loving wife or to the girl he had left behind him. © The women arve far in excess of the men. Fishing is almost the sole oceu- {\vution of the latter, farm work and cnitting being handed over to the care of the fair sex. The Shetland sailors are regarded quite as skillful at seal hnnting as our British seaman, and on “feeing day,” or day on which the ins of the ous ships re-inforced ews, some curious scenes were enacted. You would see quite a erowd of eager fellows, young and old bustling around the capta »ing with each other as to who would be first chosen, and it often happened that a youth, im- pelled by his own inherent impetuosity, would climb over the shoulders of some older mate and thus get nearer the ‘‘man of busines: The list .of hands completed, the whole fleet, now some forty ships (in- cluding Scotch, Danes, Swedes, Nor- wegians and Germans), steamed out in succession, and we bade good-bye to the last really green land that we should sce for some time to come. As we did 80, success was wafted over to us in the shape, of a firing salute from Fort Charles. In reply each individual ship fired its cannon off as an echo back of thanks. The effect was grand, min- gled as it was with feelings of sorrow and gladness. In four days sixteen hours our vessel struck the first 1ce in a latitude of 68= north, island of Inn Mayen, Here the sea was cov A with a thin surface dressing of ice in the shape of pancakes, but the further we advanced this stra- tum gradually increased in magnitude. wnd thickness which considerably ai- minished our rato of speed. Jan Mayen is worthy of no particular mention further than thatit contains a mountain, Beerenberg by name, some two thou- sand feet high, and which is by nature of voleanic origin, It is inhabited by numerous bears, foxes and wild fowls, At this junction we erected our ‘“‘crow’s nest,” which term demands explanation: Navigation through ice being a perilous affuir, it is deemed necessary to have an outlook from as high a position on the ship as possible, The main mast is n for this purpose, and on its sum- s fixed a barrel large enough to contain one man. This little house is nicely fitted up, and contains two tele- scopes, so that the sentinel can discern the prop ute and telephone down to the ship’s bridge the direction in which to steer, and from the hridge the order s carried on to the man at the wheel. I don’t know if any of you have been amongst icebergs, but if you have you know the fearful sensation that runs through you on a uear approach to one. Now, whiit is an iceberg? It is nothing more than st mass of ice that has broken away from such ice-sheets as cover Greenland und Spitzbergen,which gradually croeps down and down from these mountainous heightstill it reaches the shore. When it touches the sea the lower margin is acted on by the destruc- tive influence of the waves and breaks p into endless forms of variety, These blocks, many millions of tons in weight; drift to lower latitudes under the influ- ence of the polar currents and grad- ually melt away in water of a warmer temperature. As it drifts along it melts most rapid under water. One ob- served by Sir John Ross and Lieutenant Parry was two and one-half miles long, vo and one-third miles broad and 153 feet high—certainly not a very desirable object to came in collision with. Now this explains how many of the large boulders of stone that we find here and there scattered over the surface of the earth, come to be where they ave, for from a geological point of view icebergs are great transporting agents, bearing away in their headlong course numbers of boulders and stones off the moun- tains, which are strewn along the ocean’s bed as the ice gradually melts. Thus if yow find on yuu‘ land a large boulder with distinct striations or stripes on its surface, theso indicate that it is an erratic blook which has doubtless been transported at a time when the land was under water and exposed to su ! ater in the course of its freezing expels the salt and its freezing point is about 28 Rarenhei Th first form it takes on is as mentioned in the form of pancakes. which soon become thicker, developing into “bay ice,” which is merely the thin covering of pancakes firmly united into one solid m; The third degre is the “Floe,” w sheet of ic the limits of w ihle Then the “ice field,” the limits of which are 80 extensive as to be invisible either by aid of the naked eye or telescope. “Pack ice,” the last form, consists of broken floes forced together by such agents as wind and currents. Thro’ all these various degrees of consistence we had to force our way, and many a good bump we sustained, but no damage. As we continued our course north we were followed in our wake by a large number of wild fowl, chiefly of the gull species, such as tne kittywake, burgo- and snowbird. h! a most handsome cre; pure, snow-white plumage, and stantly i its piercing notes. 1f catching these by means of a long line and hook, baited with a piece of pork fat, which I let run out from the stern of the vessel. The moment they fixed their eagle gaz on such a dainty morsel, down th swooped and nailed it in the twinkling of an eye only to find to their dismay that they had been ut- terly hoaxed. It is a curious fact that the moment their feet came in contact with the deck of the ship they had lost the power of flight, but if thrown up in the air they could wing their way all right. Many of the s had serious objections to my catching these birds, as they believe them to con- tain the souls of some departed secal hunter: Such is their superstition. On the 30th of March I had the pleas- ure of seeing the fi A beauty it was, and a mother, too, for nestli close to its side lay its little cub., Feig would I have secured these, and had I done so0 I should have been subjected to a fine of about 250, for by an interna- ice drift. The sen way, the two nations most inter **cfose time™” has been established in the **Greenland Seal Fishing,” This period continues up to the 3d day of Apr { The reason for such a restriction is obvious, for only a fe ago, the practic the seal hunt was to reach th 8 soon after the young were born. and then watch for the mothers as they came tosuckle them and shoot them without merey, leaving the young to die in thousands of ryation on the ice. This ckless and barbarous style naturally caused a manifest dimunition in the number taken, the consequence being that the herds are not now a twentieth part of their former size. By the institution of the above mentioned law, the young seals are not disturbed till they are mature and about to leave their mothers and make their own bread in the world, and they ara com- mereially of much ater value, being by this time better worth taking. On thie 4th of April, after some pretty tough navigation, we came upon a large tract of**pack ice”*about fou rmiles long by three broad, which was, as far as the eye could reach, litlerally covered with seals both young and old, Weo esti- mated their number at 500,000, and con- sidered ourselves extremely lucky as we W 2 the flest to get in among them —DBut the rest of the fleet was not long in following up the scent. We anchored ourship on the margin of the hunting ground, and as it was evening we re- served our strength for the morrow, all retiring early to rest, for we de- termined to bo up with the lark. By 4a. m. we were all on the alert and s00n on the ice in regimental ov- under the command of the first mate. Each man was equipped with following: 1. A leather belt, holding scalping knife and steel with which to flense or remove the seal’s skin, 2. A *lowrie tow,” or rope, eighteen feet long, with which to drag the skins 1o certain fixed spots on the sce. A club to despatch them with—a shaft of wood four feet long terminating in an iron spike, clubbed at one extrem- ity, pointed at the other. The sharp end is driven into their skulls, pierces the brain, causing almost’ instan- taneous death, 4. Each man was provided with suit- able clothing to ward off the effects of the severe cold, 5. A few carried Martini Henri rifles and explosive cartridges in case we should come across any polar bears. Marching four deep we halted at every 800 yards and fixed a flagstaff bearing the name of the ship. Ten of these we deposited in the ice in this manner, around which we intended placirrg the sealskins, Each heny or collection of skins is called by the hun- ter a “‘bing."” The butchery was some- thing terrible, and roused in oune’s breast feelings of the deepest sympathy ~—but the work had to be done. After clubbing the animal the hunter takes hold of it by one of the paws or flippers and turns it on its back, seizing his knife he slips it along the ventral or belly aspect from the upex of the lower jaw to the tail and then removes the kin with the blubber or fat adhering to it. All this can be done by an expert hand in from seventy to eighty seconds. Treating three others in the same way, he makes a hole in the margin_ of e: skin, through which he puts his lowrie tow and drags the lot to the bing or flag- staff. T engaged for a time in this bloodthirsty game, but soon substituted my pencil and notebook for my club., here is nothing I can' compare the whole scene to better than to the stock- yards at South Omaha (especially when the isa full market); the whining of the young and bellowing of the old pre- venting you almost from hearing your own voice, [10 BE CONTINUED.) A BOY PREACHER. The Eleven-Year-Old Wonder Who is Astonishing Kentucky. Great and unflagging interest. says a dispateh from Willinmstown, Ky.. has been manifested nightly for the past week in the eloquent and wonderful preaching of the boy preacher, Rev. i 1l Porter, who lives near Madison, and is only eleven years old. Min- in the prime of their ters grown gray in the ser their Master hung with rupture upon the words that fell with burning elo- quence from his youthful lips. Never in the history of this place have such crowds assembled to hear the whing of one person. People of ereed and denomination and with- out a ereed, and men who had not en- tered a church for fifteen years attended nightly arrd were thrilled with 1nterest and filled with wonder. ~He isa hand- some boy, with a bright brown eye and a well-shaped head. Out of the pulpit there is nothing in his manner or speech to indicate his wonderful gift, but in the pulpit he isa veritable giant. He possesses a most wonderful memory and great gift of language, and his ser- mons were logical, doctrinal and deep, and on each night he spoke on an en- tirely different subject. While all here proclaim that his preaching is wonder- ul and interesting, the community is about equally divided as to whether his sermons are original or whether he has committed to memory the sermons of but all admit, whether they inal or not, that the boy is o wonder and a prodigy. » is never at a loss for the right word in the right place, and so thor- oughly does he seem to understand and appreciate his subject that if I not aboy the originality of his dis- courses would never be questioned. The interest in them is not by any means confined to the fact that they are delivered by a boy. If they were delivered by a minister of mature years and with the same degree of eloquence all would be no less deeply interested. He was born near Madison, Ind., No- vember 6, 1876, and is the youngest of a family of children—three boys and four g! Assoon as he was old enough to talk he manifested a desire to preach the gospel and make the world better, but was not permitted to enter the ministry until he was nine years of age, His education is limited, only having advanced as far as the fourth grade in the public schools. - son's Grave. Philadelphia Ne Andy Johnson’s grave is at Greenville, Tenn. Iti one of the highest bluffs in the v of the town, and the tall, eagle: shaft that marks the spot can be from the East Tennessee, Virginia & railvoad for several miles, ‘hing the town watch yes. The lot is neatly enclosed with an iron fence, and the - closure contains an additfon to the prin- sipal shaft several smaller monuments, veral children of the dead president are buried around him and the lot throughout bears evidence of the most sedulous care and attention. The most imposing feature of the shaft is the bronze eagle at the top. Its head is turned toward the Appalachain ange, grandly blue in the distance, and its wings are spreading as though the sreat American bird was preparing to h'uwuy to the pine-covered ravines of the mountains, Inthe foreground is the quaint little town of Greenville—a sleepy village just awakening from a Rip Van Winkle Sleep of twenty yearsand a half as much more, It was in this little town that Andy Johnson lived and followed his trade, and a faded sign on an old-fash- Ind Andy Jo There is some reverence for - old things in Greenville, and the faded #sign is sacred. SOME CURIOUS WANTS, Portrayed in the Columns of a Metro- politan Jonrnal. The advertising pages of the New York Clipper ave full of curious inter to the reader who chances to be outside the theatrical, circus and dime museum circles. are the uninitiated to make out of this, for in- stance: VW ANTED A heavy man and an old woman. immediately No objection to a small enfld, Or this \".\NIHH woman. Season all year, A man of Peru, N. Y., has “for sale ov rent, one small ox with five legs, separ- ate from the body, using all of them.” Mme. Annie O'Brien, giantess, and her child announce their diness to en- gage for museum or sideshow purposes. An Aspen, Col., man has a female mountain lion, three years old, and able to perform tricks, for sale. Albino twins and a enakecharmer announce that they may be hired fora *joint salary of ‘810 week,” relying upon Stiong heavy sales” of their photographs to increase the amount to respectable proportions. Another advertiser has two eight footed horses with sixteen iron shoes A Canadian who is organizing a com- for the summer on advertises eral versatile people, wanted to n brass. Man for heavies, ete., especially.” For another summer com- pany an “attractive lady’ is wanted. She “‘must be young and possess at- tractive face, figure and wardrobe. No fukes, old-timers, gramblers or kickers wanted. Temperate and single people only.” Yet another wauts *‘to_hear from first-class repertoire people.” The_ ever-blooming *“Uncle Tom's Cabin™ numerously represented in the advertisement: One company has Htwo brass bands, two wonderful drum- majors, two Topse two Mar Ophelias, jubileo blood-hounds, donkeys, scenery, ete. wanted for another of Uncle Tom at Baltimor An Uncle Tom tent show wishes a “lady for Top- sey that does song and dance and can do a good turn in concert.” ward the Queen of Burlesque in Triumph Does Advance,” is the first line of o large announcement that pro- ceeds as follow, Foremost in the realm of original ideas, Lilly Clay,with a flash of Conceptive Genius, the first to conceive the thought of utilizing the Redheaded Girl and White Horse ful stage effect, by engaging Miss Marion Hartranft, a lovely blonde with locks of golden tint, and. by mounting her upon a fiery, untamed steed of snowy whiteness, realize the popular legend.” “Plagi con- tinues the modest advertiser, *'no doubt will continue to imitate Miss Clay’s Mammoth Success and copy her Won. derful Originality. TLet them do so! As fast as they purloin she will supply Novelties for her Patrons and prove to the world at large that in the future as well in the past the Lilly Clay Colo 81l Gaiety Company is truly the Sur- vival of the Fittest.”” But the most extraordinary of all the advertisements is that of coy, diffide Charles L. Dav vin Joslin™ s peopl grand production” , he of *“Alv and the band and the diamonds. He takes an entire page for his bashful an- nouncemant, Half of th i voted to recounting the “Alvin Joslin,” which huge, black letter line Success the World H 1 On! The Greatest Achievement of the Modern Age! The Most Brilliant Tri- umphs in the annals of the Amusement World! Tenth Year and as Popular as Ever!” evertheless Mr. Davis is go- ing to try something new next scason and the latter half of _the puge is de- voted to heralding the departuie, in this impresive style. “Next senson I will appes dne of the Old S drama ever ume the same triumph: termed v in my new 7 the best written, in which chi y new and original, in is nothing of the old | the characters are nc plot is entirely new,and the sit are strong. 1 shall carry company, as good as any America traveling, Some ties will be introduced in the new com- edy, together with the celebrated Bos- ton quintette, and the handsomest stage settings in the world---no excep- tion. 1 shall carvy everything used in my new play, including full box sets, roofs, wings, bor- ders, drops, backings, set pieces, ground cloths, pots, rugs, oil ntings, chandelier candelabra, alcium lights, embroidered and plush curtains and portieves, bric-u-brac and full sets of handsome furniture, the handsomest and finest money and art can produce. The bric-a-brac, oil paint- ings, ete., are from my private colle tion and represent some of Ame best artists and Furop celebritic The furniture and stage settings used in the scene of the Ne ‘ngland home t from homes of farmers living in Vermont, which I have been collect- ing for two years pust during my travels through that state, and will be historic- ally correet, from the spin- ning wheel and hall clock to the rag carpets, The dishes used in this scene were secured in Plymouth, Mass., from one of the original Standish family, and presented to me. Making a esentative outlry of §50,000. Ite- quiring three special “cars to transport same. [ will carry four competent stage hands—stage carpenter, machinist and two property men. Will have the show on the s not in_the street, and the best facilities for billing in - Am U New lithographs, new woodcuts, new scenery, nNew COStUMOs, new compiny and new play, everything new and the best entertainment i - THE GAY VENETIAN GONDOLIER. Delights of a Night Ride With Drunken Boatmen, Florence Letter: At Venice T had my first experience in a gondola, after ar- riving late at night. It was certainly a new sensation to walk from the station down the wide slippery steps to embark in a funereal looking craft, the covered centre of which looked for all the world like a coffin. The gondolas are covered with black and the central portion is studded with old-fashioned coffin-nails, Anything more uncomfortable than these covered compartments it would be hard to find. Perhaps upon a pleas- ant evening one could recline upon a pile of rugs and by lying perfectly flat get his head low enough 1o be able to get o view out of the window. But in the practical riding of every-day life your head is in the top of the roof fully a foot above the top-line of the window. Ttis so cramped that a person can- not situpright. 1 shall never forget my departure from Venice the follow- ing night. During the day I had taken a short ride in one of the open gondolas, and found that a fairly comfortable way of going about. Buf when night came again it rain in perfect torrents. The hour of starting was late. The two boatmen in charge of the godola char- tered to take me to the station had been rinking and were much excited by it. i ipping oil skins. I ) f§r|n apartment with a Knng English friend and, our luggage eing placed in front of us, filled the box up completely. Then the gaygon- doliers started off with us and made short cuts down -the darkest of side Two Cents for HOUSEWIFE 4 Months And your choice of FIVE great Publioations 1 YEAR, CENTURY, HARPER'S OR SCRIBNER'S, -as you prefer, KIZZY'S LOYALTY. Written by MARION HARLAND Expressly for The Housewife. iverybody will want to read this beautiful story which be« N8 in March Housewirk, March number also contains: achelor Housekeoping, by Anuie L. 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Then it was [earnod that, the mysterious stranger who so closely resembied her lady who wus attracting all attention. It not surprising the mistakes w made, for lady does look strikingly like cveland., She is the same height,and almost of the same proportions. She hus the sume bright face and pleasant smile, and altogether is quit good looking even ns Mrs. Cleveland. She ig somewhat heavier, however, and her hair and eyes are of a lightor sh This ludy is always accompanied by a big dog us she ks about the city, but he is lavger than Roy and a better look= ing dog. Last Sunday the unknown lady and h ithful compunion walked out Connecticut avenue toward Dupont Circle as the great crowd of prom- enaders were going up and down that fashionable Sunday thoroughfare, most every person she met looked at her or made some comment about how quecr it was for Mrs, Cleveland 10 be out ow thut busy strect alone Jady evidently knew that she wis bei stared at, for she hurried along in an embarassed manner, hiding her face as much as possible and looking straight ahead. The oceupants of the white house were for a time greatly puzzled to know how the various puragraphs mentioning Mrs, Cleveland's appears ance in all quarters ot the city found their way into the papers. They un- derstand the matter now, and whenever Mus. Clevgland is reported as being in insome place she was not, she knows she is the victim of mistaken identity,, chargeable tothe lady who looks like ber, canals where there was nota single | the person they light. 1 could not see nothing except the narrow line of dim light gleaming from the black waters through the nar- vow window. The gondolicrs sang and nted uproarious songs and cries henever they reached a corner or hend canal, 80 us to warn approaching against collision, The two gondo- tricd to outrow each other, by way of variety. and su by~ their muscular and furious struggle in making the hont wabble to the right and leftin a way that threatened every moment to upset our funereal eraft, Kvery time the hoat woald lurch in the wildest possible way the boatmen would roar with laughter, as if they had an idea thatthe occu- pants of the coflin were thereby pa ?v.ml with terror. They evidently la- hored to produce that disagreeable im- pression upon the people whom they | wi called upon to carry through such astorm at such a laté hour at night. But no remonstrance came from the coffiu, Neither the representative of England nor of the United States feit like showing any nervousness, Our silence and composure were construcd in a complimentary way, for > filed out at the station affer our boatmen saluted us and said * canos as we passed. The peeuli » of the gondoliers is the way the nd their pourboic They never wait until they cease v down their on and demand drink money with the ferocious air of bri- gands, leaving it to be infearred that if it is not promptly forthcoming the passengers will ne ch the shore. - Murs. Cleveland's Doub New York gun: Mrs. Clevelund has a double in Washington, whose ap- pearance on the promenades and re- sorts of fashionable people in the West End is creating much interest and amusement. An air of mystery sur- rounds the lady, from the fact that peo le generally have no idea who she is. }hm thing 1s certain. e is so very much like the lady of the white house, that almost every person who passes her in the street turns to get a good look at is