WEST SHORK.
I)r. Frithjob Xansen will start for the north jwlo in
a few days. He will land as far north in Greenland
as possible and then push north with small boats and
sledges. As travel by sledges is better in winter than
summer, ho has chosen the winter season for this bold
push for the northern " hole in the ground." Ho will
cut loose entirely from any base of supplies and will
not undertake to establish relief stations, but will de
pend entirely upon what he can take with him or can
find for food. Xo " rescuing parties" have yet been
organized, and it is generally conceded that none will
be needed, for if ho does not come back unaided there
will be nothing to rescue.
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One of Portland's pulpit heavy weights took a little
spin into the country a few days ago to lighten up the
gloom of that benighted region with a few mental cor
uscations. His success may bo judged from the fol
lowing notice in the local paper. '' The room was well
tilled at 25 cents each. The lecture proper was good.
It conveyed little or no originality ; its witicisms were
all borrowed from country newspapers ; tho principle
taught was excellent; the wording was well arranged,
if not grammatical, and the crowd was more or less
pleased, as the case may bo." Verily tho star actor's
plan of writing his own notices hath its advantages.
When a man " feels his oata" a little too much and
takes eager advantage of an opportunity to U ollicioiis
and show bis authority in an unreasonable and offen
sive way, ho often starts a train of circumstances lead
ing to unfortunate results. This reflection is suggest
ed by tho developemcnts in regard to the beginning of
the difficulty that sent young McDevitt to his grave
and will probably bring (iibbs to the scaffold.
Nothing emphasizes tho progress tho world has made
in tho last century more than tho bloodless conversion
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of Itrazil from an empiro to a republic. Thus has dis
npeared the last monarchy in the Western Hemis
phere, and there now exists in all America no taint of
royalty and "divine right" save in Canada, Cuba, ami
a few other countries that are content to be- dVora
tions to the tail of some European royal kite.
San Franciscans are raising a popular suiseription
to purchaso an elegant silver service for the new cruis
er named in honor of their city. What will Chicago
and Baltimore do? Perhaps a ham and a plate of
raw oysters will express their sentiments.
The first fast mail train on tho Union Pacific earned
its title by jumping the track and sticking fast in a
snow shed. Prince Ilatzfeld, tho great Kurort, fast
male, is still on the track.
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tkv-t -art
Waving fields are itn-tehlng
Fir away,
Meeting mountains nothing
To tho iky.
Mum wreaths low are clinging
To the eavrii,
One wild roee It flinging
Nagged leavee.
TlimtiKh tlie roof are creeping
Hunheaina bright,
Wlittra tlm alara coma jumping
In t night,
Htep the iloornlll over,
Worn In twain;
(lone tho (mil, to never
Coma again,
Borrow, algh mid laughter,
Year ago,
Hum to each dark rafter,
Hendlng low,
Happy, lived andluvlng,
O'er thalr day,
Furglvrn and forgiving,
(lone are they,
All through life have hurried,
Hid adieu ;
It the old lie hurled
Near the new.
Tana a hallowed hour
Near the apot,
Plant one little fluwer,
Forget-m-not
itoal Wiu'ol.