Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 9, 1894, Page 17

MORNING, AT OUR DAIRY LUNCH. In the Basement. A Oup of the Finest HOT COFFEE With Whippel Cream Elegant Sandwiches, 5 Cents. 10,600 PIECES NEW IMPORTED DRESS GOODS BOUGHT FROM THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS HOUSE. These goods left EuroRe before the new tariff went into ef- fect. On their arrival here the consignee refused to accept tdhem and the United States customs officials s .Id them for uties. THE GREATEST DRESS GOODS BARGAIN EVER CFFERED IN THE UNITED STATES. R sto0omess 6000s 266 our @ FRONT BARGAIN SQUARES, .20 omass cooos g5e c Two immense lots of ¢1.00 and $1.25 all wool 44 inch c all wool wide cheviots, guaranteed all wool henriettas and cachmeres, finest wide de beiges, all noted for their at 25c .\n(l 35¢c a yard tomorrow. | IN OUR NEW DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT On Monday we will place on sale in our dress goods department a magnificent #4 inch French Dress goods 1} yard wide 14 yard wide novelty in changeable effects beau- 8 J_\ovelty and wool.. c Navy, brows, black. SILKS AND VELVETS. effccts and richest combinations. Altogether the hands most complets lines of Silks and veluet ever shown west ot k Changeable Surahs, Gros Grains dsome Brocades and small black IE :_:;:.:(l , ha 39 A 49 Folon our sllk countar at.. c c Rl R A ey Reuvs, Figured Gros Grains, Figured Satir I llgm«\l asc overt Cloth all eolors, beautifully It's the Iatest dress nge o rtments blended fabric. cly low pricas. newest mest and wide dress goods in two toned n(\vhlty brocades, strictly wearing qualities, They go on our 2 front bargain squares in new fall dress goods inimported and domestic manuractures at extr tiful combinutions in silk Storm Serge In these departments we show all the latest noveltics, ewYork All Taffetas, worth 75¢ o v vard, Figured Black Silks, Figured Gros de Londres, Figured Batin Duchesse, worth up to 81 all go Monday 0n Oar Bas:ment Bargain Square‘ 1% yard wide Wool Knickerbocker, Worth 7o a yard. SEPTRMBER 9 ] 1894 TWE BOSTON STORE BUYS SHIRTS 12,000 Men's Slnrt,—a;:] 800 Dozen Men's Summer and Winter Underwear, BOUGHT FROM THE SHERIFF And the Eutire Stock of Frank T. Thomas' nts’ Farnishin Aves, Brooklyn, All Sale Tomorrow at Fourth atbush Their Value, URNISHING GOODS LD IN AMERICA the finest lot of gents' furnishing goods ever bought by us, and mever before did we buy a stock so cheap, $1.50 MEN'S SHIRTS, 50C. The entire stock of men's white laundered shirts, men’s laundered and halt laundered colored shirts, In fact, ail kinds of men's fine shirts that retailed for $1.50 go at MEN'S $1.00 UNDERWEAR, 25C. This entire bankrupt stéck of men's bal- briggan underwear, lisle underwear and me- rino underwear, and all grades men’s shirts and drawers that retailed $1.00 €0 tomorrow at $1.50 MEN'S UNDERWEAR, The finest grades of all wool natural gray, camel's hair, fancy French stripe and im- ported English underwear all go in one lot at 50c. of for 50C, & W. ME Thomas’ entire latest styles of other 25¢ brands \'S COLLARS, stock, 100, including all Coon & € go at 10c. , 100, 15C the fimest line of neck- andi we gve you the stock of men's neckwear the and 250, carried wear in Brooklyn, choice of his entire at 5¢, 10c. 15¢, 25c i MEN'S NDERS, 15C, All men's suspenders in the Thomas ch he sold for 50c and T6c go at he a pair, night shirts, rted socks, 123e. REAT SPECIAL SMES T In BEST QUALITY APKRON and DRESS GINGHANS, Worth 12 yard ELEGANT SATEENS, Worth 2 6: yard. OMORROW |- GRAND BIG HAGAINS w BAS Unblea,ch a MUSLIN (.- OO]) Bleached Muslin Worth Gi4c 2:C 3zC BEST DA Shaker Flannels ‘Worth 844, RK STYLE 3:C Hea vy Brown Canton Flannel Worth 12 3'zc ALL Cf TOWELING Worth sc. OTTON 32C IN OUR YARN DEP'T. xon Ice W. Ge Knit Most C¢ y Yarn ool.... n ting Yarn 150 askein suiplote and Cheapest Yarn De- purtment in Omiha. Gomforter Sateen Worth 13 BLANKET DEPARTW'T $1.00 Blankets 49e¢ $1.80 Blankets 75¢r $2.00 Blankets J8¢ $2.80 Blankets $1.39 - $4.00 Blankels $1.98 i $8.00Biankets $2.50 o $7.00 Blankets £3.90 »-. BOSTON STORE, ONCE MORE AT THE N. W. Corner 16th and Douglas Sts., OLD_CORNER. OMAHA. FIVE CENTS S ——— Our Ladies” Waitine Room. Solely for the use aud com‘ort of our cus- tomers, Mako your appointments to meet R your fr'ends at Bos'on Store's waiting room, B Sit down, rest and take it easy thore, v T0- MORROW IN OUR GRAND GLASS - CROCKERY DEPARTMENT in thy BASEAENT, 250 Doz. 3c FINE FLINT TUMBLERS LIKE THIS PICTURE WORTH 15c¢. 80 AT 3 C e To-Morrow = SEEFOLIY=— TEA and CCFFEE Bargains To*Morrow. Broken Java. .. J124e Fine Rio Coffee.. ... Exwra Fancy Golden Rio. . Regular 35¢ Mocha and .J A very fancy Holland Java. . A regular 40¢ Mocha and Java 50c and 60c grade of Mandheli Java and Mocha. . Tea Dust. Very fine § Lic and 17_‘0 o 6Ge, 84c and n Dried Jap..... 174c to A fancy wire leaf uncolored new Jap: s every place for 65 to 80c, Vory fancy new B. K. Jap. New crop Moyune Gunpowde The best new crop India C ported. 25 to lon iin- the man a thief b dead. The question as to whether strangled or decapitated depends upon the nature of the offense. Strangling is much the more respectable way of dying. Sometimes this is brought about by hanging. The thief’s neck and hands ars tied to a post, 80 that his feet are some distance above the ground. About his ankles a stout rope is then fastened and to the end of this a stone several times avy as his body, is hung Of course, the man dies. KILLED BY A SHEET:OF PAPER. Another method of execution is by suffo- cation, and this, strange to say, is done with paper. The man is laid flat upon his back and ot of Corcan paper is spread over his face. This has been soaked in water and fits over the man's face, being pressed down 50 that it makes a veritable death mask shutting out every bit of air, and the man dies. Any one who has seen the paper of Corea will appreciate how easily this form of execution could be carried out. It is made by hand. It is as thick as a sheet of blotting paper and almost as strong as leather. When moisture is applied to it it becomes exceed- ingly soft, but does not lose its strength, and it would make an excellent molding material. TORTURE OF UNFAITHFUL POLICEMEN. I was told of a curious custom as to po- licemen who make false arrests. They are terribly punished, and if something similar was adopted as to our American sherifts there would be fewer mistakes made. The Corean policeman Who arrests a man as a thief when he knows him to be inn-cent is liable to be caught by the man's family, and his eves may be burned out by them with red hot pokers, or iron chop sticks which have been heated in the coals. His eyes have not seen truly in arresting the wrong man, and it is thought to be just that they be put out. Another way of performing this pun- ishment is by laying the policeman on the ground with his face upward. A tube of bamboo, just about one inch in thickness and as long as a lead pencil, is fitted over the eye, and the other end of it is pounded with a mallet until the eyes are squeezed up into the bamboo tubes. Such cases ar: not co on, but a policeman who intentionally arrests an innocent man is liable to this treatment A FAMILY BURIED ALIVE. Among the most terrible of Corean crimes are those against your parents or There is & prison in Seoul that fs entlrely to priscners who commit crimes against their parents. If a rich son refus to support his father he can be sent to jail and the boy who strikes his father can be whipped to death. The parricide is burned to deith, and it is In Ccrea much the same as in China, where the killing of one's p rents subjects the child to be sliced into thirty-odd pleces or casved up by Inches. L heard of a curious case which happened this spring in Corea, wh.ch shows thé power of the officials and the terrible vengeance wheh they sometimes visit upon those whom they hate. A certain magistrate had his ancestral tablets stolen, an offer somewhat similar to the steeling of a man's grandfather's gravestone in America, but a really terrible thing in this superstitious land of Corea. Shortly after the theft was com- mitted he recelved a notica that if he would g0 at a certain time and leave a certain amount of money at a certain place the tab- lets would be returned to him. He followed the directions in the note, but instead of car- rying a load of copper cash, he filled his bags with stones and had men in ambush to watch the thieves when they came to get the money. As the robbers came forth thess men sprang from their hiding places and attempted to catch them. They did not suc- ceed in either recognizing or capturing them, but one of the thieves dropped his pipe as be ran. This pipe was shown about to the peop until one man sald that it looked like that of & prominent noble. The magistrate at once arrested the suspected man and charged him with the rgbbery. He replied that he had had nothing to do with it. He was put to torture. His hands were tied behind him, and he was hung up by his elbows, while his feet were whipped. He refused to confess, The magistrate became angry, and be had the man's whole family brought out and stoned. The man still refused to A blick is then put beneath them, and this block is so short that the tips of his toes barely touch it. The road grows rcugher as it nears the west gate, and from thence to the execution ground it is filled with ruts and great rocks. At the west gate the block is knocked out from under the toes of the prisoner, and he hangs by his arms and his neck. The bull:ck is then whipped by the driver, and the cart bounces up and down over ' the rccky way to Ithe execution grounds, Here the criminal is taken down from the cross, He is stripped of his clothes and laid upon his back in the dust of the road. The executioner is always a mur- derer, and his weapon is a sword, which is 50 blunt that it mashes rather than cuts the head from the shoulders. There Is one sword which has been used for years for this purpose. It Is said, indeed, to be 500 years old, and it has hashed up thousands of mecks. The worst of the rebels are cut into six parts, as was Kim Ok Kiun. Men of less prominence and of less serious of- fenses are simply decapitated. But the bodles of all must lie out in the sun for three days before they can be carried away. HOW THIEVES ARE TREATED. All sorts of crime are terribly punished In Corea. The truth about such matters is kept, as far as possible, from the foreigners, and ‘you will find little information about prisons and punishments in any of the books on Corea. There is, in fact, but little pub- lished on the country, and the information which I give you was only accessible to me on account of the letters of introduction which I carried and the risks which I took in going right in among the people and persisting in my questions and in- vestigations, notwithstanding the objec- tions of the officials, 1 am, I believe, the first American who has ever visited the Corean prisons. They are as bad almost as the heils into which I looked in some of the interior cities of China. 1 can’t reconcile the cruelties 1 saw with the many noble qualities which I find among the Coreans. They are in some ways the most polite and most refined people. They are lovers of poetry and flowers. They are particular as to etiquette, and their souls in most ways are as refined as ours. Still, these punish- ments are such that they would be a dis- grace to the most ignorant and savage na- tions of the African wilds, and I wonder if after all our humanity is not civilization veneor, and whether we would not be quite as bad had we not for generations been studying how to do better. We are the same Christian people who burned witches at the stake only a generation or £0 ago, and our great-great-grandfathers punished the least ‘stealing with death. What was common in feudalism would be disgraceful now. Corea is practically a feudal nation today, and it 1s in fact in the same state that China was about 400 years back Corean thicves are decapitated for thel crimes. They are only cut into two pleces however, and the law provides that thelr bodles need not lie on the execution grounds longer than two days before their rela- tives can take them away and bury them The thief, when he Is first taken, is flogged by the officers. He is then asked as to his crime, and after this is taken to the house of the judge. The judge de- mands whet he has done with the property and if tue thief replies that it has been 5514 and gives the name of the party who has it, it is confiscated. He is then taken to ja'l and kept there for 100 ¢ At the end of this time. the police give him the option of life or death. If he accepts life he becomes a servant of the fail for the vest of his existence; if death, he is stran- gled Qu METHODS OF STRANGLING. The strangling is done in a curious way. There is a hole in the door of the cell just large enough for a plece of rope about the 8120 of a clothes line to pass through noose {s made at the end of the rope this noose is placed arcund the orim neck. The other end of the rope is through the ho in the door or the wall and the police pull at the rope until they bring the man's neck and chest around and below the hole and until the neck breaks and IN OUR BASEMENT 200 picees, all worth 50c a yard, WOOL CHEVIOTS, Fancv Woo! Brocaies, c In black and new fall colars, all KO at yard, go in our centre & dreis guuds plale \quum at Plushen very vnllu und okt up to 81.50 a35 and 490 c yard . PEPrrS . . COREAN CRIME AND PENALTY Horrible Punishment Which the King Will Dress Goods Depariment BUST(]N STORE, N.W. GOR. 16TH AND DOUGLAS STS., OMAHA Mete Out to Traitors and Rebels PRISONS AND EXECUTION GROUNDS How a Supposed Thief Was Buried Alive— Strangling and How It is Done—Tor- ture of Witnesses and Other Horrible Practi (Copyrighted 1894 by Frank G. Carpenter.) Treason is nowhere so terribly rewarded as In Corea. My blood runs cold when I think of the punishment which will be meted out 10 those who have rebelled agalnst the king, shoulds the Chines | become victor- fous and his majesty’s corrupt offi- clals be allowed to carry out the laws which now exist. 1 have told you how the body of the dead rebel, Kim Ok Kiun, was brought to Corea, how it was cut into six pleces, and how the bloody head, the hands, the feet and the trunk were carried over the country and hung above the gates of the cities an a warning to rebels. Not only this man himself was killed, but his whole family and all of his relatives have been terribly punished. His father did all he could to prevent his boy from rising against the king ten years ago, and after his rebel- llon he went into retirement. He was old and blind, but after Kim's death he was dragged out and his head was cut oft. The men of the family, even of the third and fourth generation, were executed, and the women, including Kim's 17-year-old daugh- ter, were given over to be the slaves or concu- bines of the officials. After this rebellion the mothers, the wives and the daughters of all who have taken up arms against the king will become the common property of the government and of the magistrates of the provinces in which they live. They will ba dragged from thelr homes to be concu- bines and slaves. As thelr beauty wanes they will be handed from one high offifficial to a lower, until they descend to the bot- tom dregs of the government service. They will have mo rights that anybody will be beund to respect, and their only chance of happiness will be in death. AT THE EXECUTION GROUNDS. 1 went out, one moruing during my stay in Seoul, with a Corean noble to the execu- tion grounds. They are situated just out- side of the west gate of the city, at a point where the main roads crossing Corea from the north to the south meet, and at a spot Which Is considered the most public place in the whole hermit kingdom. There is quite & city surrounding it, though it is out- side of the walls of the capital; and a big business is done by the shopkeepers with the travelers who cross it on thelr way through the country. This west gate is the lowest and least honorable of any of the en- trances to the Corean capital. It is through this that all coffinus are carried out of the eity for burial, and it is by this way that eriminals must go on their way to execu- tion. The Corean who went with me was well versed in the laws of the country, and be showed me just how trait:rs are execut- ed. They are brought from the prisons in rude carts drawn by bullocks, and their last days are filled with the refinements of tor- ture. The carts have no springs, and the stroet through which they are carried is so full of stones that it compares with the cor- duroy roads of the Black swamp cf Obio. The criminal is not allowed to stand or sit in the cart. He is tied to a cross which is bullt up just over the wheels and nailed to the cart.” This cross is so high that when Dis arms are stretched out and tied his toes Are still six inches from the bed of the cart. put confess, and he actually buried the man and his family alive. This was such a_horrible outrage that the people complained of the matter to the government. The magistrate, however, had a friend at court, and through the influence of the prime minister nothing was done to him, TORTURE AND THE STOCKS, The torturing of prisoners to make them confess is common in Corea, and it is won- derful what inventions of torture are some- times in use. Think of tying a man’s bare feet to a stake in the ground and burning his toes with powder. Think of all sorts of flogging and pinching and cutting, and you can get some idea of the powers of a Corean magistrate. In the prisons you will find iron chains, stocks, and all sorts of manacl:s. These Coreans know how to whip g0 that the flesh is raveled off of the bones, and I have a photograph of a man tied In a chair, with his knees bare, and a jailer whipping his bare shins. In one of the prisons which I visited I saw three men fastened in stocks. The stocks consisted of a log of wood about fifteen feet long and at least a foot in diameter. This had been split in * two, and holes had been bored through it just large enough to hold the bare ankle of a man. Th: three criminals each had one foot fastened in this log, and the jailers, when I appeared with my soldiers and photographer, tried to move them out into the sun so that I might get a good photograph of them. As they pull:d them along I heard one of them utter a cry of pain, and I saw that the features of all were contorted with agony. It made me sick, and I desisted. I told the jailers to let the men be, and that I would not take their pictures. 1 took a photograph, however, of one of the prisoners, who was wearing the Corean cangue. This is differ:nt from the articles used in China, and I have never heard it described, nor read of it anywhere. You will find no description of it in the books of trav 1 do not suppose that many know of its exi The Chinese cangue consists of a sq tramework of board, in the cen- ter of which a man's head is fixed, and which rests upon his shoulders, jutting about two feet out from his neck on every side The Corean cangue is 4 plank, often longer than the man himself, with a hole in one end of it, in which the neck can be locked. It the man wishes to move gbout he must hold up this plank with his hands, and when he sits down Its heavy wéjght rests upon his neck. I found It in thé fails of many of the magistrates which I ylsited in the c try districts, and it is.by no means a mild instrument of torture. HORRORS OF PADDLING AND SPANK- ING.: Paddling end flogging ake the most common punishment. This prevail everywher?, and the official is very low Jihdeed who cannot order the common man ddwn to be paddled. Every magistrate has his professional pad- dlers, and many officlals, when they go about, have officers who go,with them, carrying these instruments of trtute. In passing the front gate of the palace gue afternoon 1 saw a number of these they are called, with their paddl them. Their mastors had probably gone in to ses the king, and they were walting ou side. These paddles are about six feet biig five inches wide and perhaps an inch thic in the center, tapering down to & thickness of perhaps three-eighths of an inch at the end, They have small Bandles, and they are made of a white, hatd wood, which Is very flexible and elastic, These paddiing kesos have a regular gulld of thelr own, and the business often descends from father to son. They are wondesfully expert in the use of the paddle, and|-the officers carry from two to 100 of them ' with them, accord- ing to their rank. I had one or two with me during a large part of my tour: but I, of course, did not use them, 1 ean't describe the horrors of this padd.ing. Many fereigners have witnessed it, but few have been able to get a photograph of it.. 1 have taken two; one was of one of the chalr bearers, whom I beside had my keso tle to the rack to show me just how the paddling was done, He was, of course, mot struck, but he was very angry at being placed in what he called a compro- mising p actually walst to belly on in the bc his feet, cannot see that haif-doze) time in handy, t fastened 80 that to the sl They ha; when ofis men and ers grun way of 15 we the sand, dles are brought with san the flesh, they take away sandpapered. of the pu that any man_bel you can affairs in this country. 1 must would be a hell to the masses. sometimes men are killed by paddling. blows wo! ple dose s be lifted not rise n the army, paddle a private dle the citizens, ca such a that only pun is possibl Corean « ple can King tle of th govermen could for against been him. board, which lies on the ground blocks of wood. move. with his paddle, and the officer looks on to a same planks on the ground on are sometimes stocks, laid out In rows, and each man has his paddier Each paddler's arms are bare unison. over their heads as far as their arms can reach, they are ready for action, and they bring them down at the cry of the under with swords at their sides. stand at the head of the line of half-naked which La-hoo-aa-hoo- their faces, beside him, sounds something like this: 00. The paddles are ralsed at the first la, and as the final 00-00 18 uttered they are brought down with a crack like a pistol on the bare skin of the men, and the execution- have a the quivering flesh, and of pulling it off with a rub beforc they ralse it. SANDPAPER The first stroke usually and at the close of the second the paddle As these into kesos Then the pad- they are covered the particles into oft skin as though it were u no conception and when you remember right to paddle any any onme of prominence can paddle those of lower rank, condition of peo- here s, Fifty and the ordinary Much pad- Qling will reduce the flesh to a jelly, and even after slight executioners again ery La-bo they moderate the stroke as it comes down and bribery from the top to the bottom of have to entire off) be an e system of government here before the pec- The knows but lit- under his He has been doing the best he has against it must be remembered, position, and we had quite a THE PADDLING 1S DON going on. The man is tied his ankles the plank and There he lies upon vard, which bind him so tightly that The keso stands behind Often the no he is properly whipped. n men are paddled at this way. If there are hey are laid flat and thelr feet in’ this position in wooden they cannot move. They are holuder, and they work in ve their paddles raised back who, yell out a sort of a chant, t with the exertion. pressing the paddle They down on THE SKIN FROM FLESH. with water or blood. drag it off they rub it , pressing it there until the -aa-100-00. again, and, as time, they are poun as the the I can gly unishment, official has the w him, raised down th d. They , and dra men them and almost get some idea of the believe the naturally kind or life As It be uld surely do it, about twelve strokes. punishment men up and carried away. of themselves, This paddlin nd a general or a ¢ and so it goes. thing as bribing the paddlers, pretend to kill the man, ish him slightly. le In fact, lite, and there will ntire reorganization of the have prosperity or peace he horrors which go on it his rebellion not people, and the the officials and & mandl 4, Cadguntss A travi cently dishes many simmered political one in “‘burgoo.” massive pots of The Kenturky Burgeo, ler ftrom the of the Kentucky, which is known d over a hot fire gatherings In in Kentucky, row about the matter after we returned home. HOW The other picture represents the paddling t a n_ two small His body is bared from the his is a rope around his ‘waist which is fastened through a hole and there are also ropes about he him THE makes a blister, have to They can- goes onel and the privates pad- There is 80 but south describes re- ofdest and most popular as It 1s an outdoor concoction, and it are sald to have the open at The making of ‘“‘bury the bottom of tk pods are thrown; z00” Is thus descrived: In big pot some red pepper hen potatoes, tomatoes and corn are added; then halfl a dozen nicely dresed prairie chickens are thrown into the pot, and also half a dozen of the fattest farm yard chickens are added; then a couple of dozen soft-shell crabs and th or four young equirrels are thrown on the heap. Enough clear spring water or well water {5 poured into the caldron barely to float the varied contents, and then the fire is started. It must be allowed to simmer slowly for six hours, and an old superstition is that it must be stirred with a hickory stick in order to give it the best flavor. THE EVIL EYE. A Bank Ca hler’ Optics Depositor, A young man who is employed in a big establishment In this city, says the New York Tribune, went to the cashier recently and asked him to put 4 small sum of money in the safe for him, so that he could be sure of knowing that it would not get lost. The next morning he appeared before the cashier looking very nervous. “Can I have my money back?” he asked, anxiously. ““Certainly,” said the cashier, It's yours, and yours onl. The young man took his money and went away looking much relieved. This incident, related to an uptown group, reminded a man, now a millionaire, of an carly experience in his life. “When 1 was young,” he said, “I went out west looking for gold. I landed finally in a mining eamp in 1deho in pretty bad condition financially, but here 1 had a little luck and began to save. When I had accumulated gold dust worth a couple of hundred dollars I tramped down the valley to a mining town and deposited it in the bank there. Then I uds=1 back to my eabin. “I gat to thinking that evening, and the more 1 thought about it the more I knew that 1 did not like the look in the eye of the chap who had received my money. It was impossible for me to go to sle got up somewhere around midnight, 7 'Walked back dawn the valley, getting to the town about 4 o'clock in the morning. There 1 sat down on the steps of the bank to wait developments. | had thoroughly made up my mind by this time that there was not ome chance in a thousand of my ever getting back my money. 1 did not be- leve that the man would be in the bank when it was opened. He had taken my money and fled. But T had brought my re- volver, and I was determined to kick up a terrible rumpus with somebody about it. 1 sat there until a man came along in the morning and opened the doors. I asked him for my money, and he said he couldn't give it to me; that T would have to wait for the teller, That was just what I had ex- pected, The teller was the man with the bad eye, and I knew he would not turn up. “ All right,’ I said to the man, ‘I'm going to wait here, and if some one doesn’t pro- duce my money pretty quick there is going to be trouble vell, that man with the bad eye did appear, much to my surprise. 1 watohed him enter the bank, go behind the counter and get ready for business. Then I went up to him, holding out the slip of paper which he lNad given me as an acknowledge- ment of my deposit. 1 want my mone that meant business. “He looked at me, evidently recognizing me, with a smile on his face. Now,' I said, ‘don't try to cuses. I want my money, to have it.’ ‘At that he burst inte laughter. “‘My son,' he said, ‘you may have it, it you want It, but there is no need to worry about it. Bee here/ and he threw open & vault door, showing me whole sacks of gold. He finally convinced me that my little $200 was safe, but that night of worry over my deposit was the Worst I ever wpent over financial troubles,” Frightened a “if you want it. ' 1 sald, In a tone make ex- and I'm going who in public are as morn. r But the re yet been e noted, from ho ome and fo ow and then yoi'il find one Iy good and kind one, husband, he has’ nevey they wander the; are lone i And whil So the woman who s mated To a man who may be rated “pretty fair” should cherish him fereves and a day, For the reai angelie cre Perfect quite in eve As be, 80 they say e COLOR AT THE FAR NORTH, Intense and Brilllant Color and Skies of Surpassing Loveliners. Frederick Wilbert Stokes, who was & member of the first Peary Relief Expedition, gives o new lidea of the charms of Arctio landscapes in a paper on “Color at the Far North,” which he has written for the Sep= tember number of-the Century. Despite the desolation, he found, from an artistic stand= point, a land of beauty, with seas and skics of surpassing loveliness. The Inteasity and brilliance of color Impress the beholder as something supernatural. He writes: *“Our sojourn was from the middle of July, through August, and a few days of September—a period when the polar latitudes are teeming with animal, Insect and plant life. Of this brief period only am I qualified to speak, but from the accounts given by those who have passed through the long dreaded night season, the phenom- ena occurring in the heavens are most beau- tful. The chief pecullarity of color at the north, %o far as my short experience tells me, {8 that there are no semitones, the gen- eral effect being either very black or just the opposite, intensely brilliant and rich in color. In fact, a summer's miduight at the north has all the brilllance of our brightest noon, with the added intensity and richness of our most vivid sunsets, while noon, when the sun is obscured by threatening masses of storm clouds, is black. Indeed, it is the true land of ‘impressionis “I remember one brilliant morning when the measureless ether overhead, a hue of exquisite blue, repeated itself in' the perfect mirror of the sea. Far away, on the other- wise clear-cut horizon, a line of pure white ice shimmered its light up through a pinkish yellow stratum of mist, which bathed in deli. cate greenish blue an enormous iceberg that strongly resembled an ancent cathedral. In the afterncon the sky, a threatening black, overhung a vask contorted sheet of white end pink, composed of fce floe and colossal bergs looming up above its mas at intervals, with deep, black patches of water, the whole carrying the eye to the horizon—a tapering band cf deep, rich blue merging into the sky. In the immediate foreground of the lce floe, near the water's edge, were shallow pools of delicate blues, purples end greens. “Of the wealth of color In flowers, lichen and moss; of its curlous riches as manifested in Insect,’ shell, and animal life, and of its wonderful limning skill as shown on the great inland ice, ice cap, and glacler, | nave nelther purpcss or pen to write, This new world of color awaits the one who can truly describe it. In all these color effects at the north there lies a wizard-like enchant= ment—a distinctive uncann ness that, ba- silisk-like, both attracts and repels. Great nature's pitilessness broods over it with a force and penetration possibly not equaled, and surely not surpassed, in any other quare globe. It is & land of beautifud