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\ U N D E R S IX T Y F E E T O F ICE ■¡ \ Br M. QUAD Oopyrlshl. 19U. b> Associa(«1 Lit erary t*r«M III th e y e a r lSfiti au E nglish acieu title society fitted o u t w h a t w as know n at. th e C h erry Island exjardltiou. It w as purely In th e In te re st o f n a tu ra l history. C e rta in fish am i birds w hich had becom e e x tin c t in th e so u th w ere •till to be found up th ere, acco rd in g to th e ro|>orts of w halers, atul th a t w as th e o b je c t in fittin g o u t th e brig A lba tro ss for a voyage from Londou. A side from a stro n g h a n d ed crew , th re e pro fe sso rs a n d fo u r o r five stu d e n ts a c co m p an ied th e e x p ed itio n , a n d a f te r a voy ag e a lm o st w ith o u t ev e n t w e reach ed C h e rry Islan d soon a f te r th e beginutug o f Its b rie f sum m er. T h e Island, w h ich is o f v olcanic o r igin. Is a m ere ju m b le o f rocks. It is elev e n m iles long by five lu b rea d th au d a t th e tim e of o u r v isit had no tre e s h ig h e r th a n ten f e e t T h ese grew Iw tw een bo w ld ers a n d on th e slopes, w ith p a tc h e s o f co arse g ra s s all a b o u t b u t th e re w as no t n level spot h a lf an acre In e x te n t on th e w hole Island. W e h a d been on th e islan d a b o u t th ir ty d a y s a n d h a d p re tty thoro u g h ly ex plored it w h e n P ro fe sso r S au n d ers and my h u m b le se lf m et w ith an accident one d a y w hich led to a m ost stra n g e discovery. W e bad se t o!T to g e th e r on a h u n t a f t e r birds eggs, and in w a lk ing along a slope we stru c k a spot o v erg ro w n w ith a sh o rt g rte u weed As we w alk ed over th is bed w e sud denly fo u n d o u rselv es slipping. T h ere w as w a te r u n d e r It. a n d th e w hole m ass g a v e w ay a n d se n t us sliding in to a rav in e. W e w e n t slipping, slid ing. c lu tch in g a n d bum ping n fu ll fifty fee t before we b ro u g h t up. b u t nei th e r o f us w as h u rt beyond a few bruises. O w ing to th e w et g ra ss w e could n o t c la m b e r o u t a t th a t sp o t am? so co n tin u ed on dow n th e rav in e It w as a toilsom e jo u m e v w e m ade, h u t It ended a t la st a t a w all o f ice w ith in h a lf a m ile of th e su rf. A t th a t iw lnt th e d ep th of th e ra v in e w as ab o u t a h u n d red feet. an d . th o u g h th e sun w as sh in in g above. It w as like even in g dow n th ere. A few y a rd s be fo re w e w ere b ro u g h t to a sta n d still w e found th e body o f a m an lying a g a in s t th e w all o f a rock on th e rig h t h a n d sid e an d te n fe e t ab o v e o u r heads. It w as c a u g h t a n d held fa s t on a p o in t o f rock. W e w e re both a good deal s t a r tled by th e g rew so m e s ig h t " A t so m e tim e o r o th e r." sa id th e pro fesso r a s he looked ab o u t, " th is ra . vin e had been a creek o f co n sid erab le size flowing dow n to th e sea. T h is roan cam e u p th e cre e k from th e beach, b u t w e now find a w all o f Ice blocking It np. T h e re should be a b oat frozen n p in th e w all b etw een us an d th e sea." W e h ad n o th in g to m a k e a to rch of. and . re tra c in g o u r ste p s to a point w h e re w e could clim b o u t o f th e r a vine. w e le ft th e m y ste ry to be solved a n o th e r day. T h e re w a s m uch d iscu s sion aro u n d tb e cam p fires th a t e v e n ing. a n d e a rly n e x t m orn in g w e s e t ou t to see if tb e ra v in e h a d o n ce upon a tim e opened to th e sea. W e soon found th a t it bad. Its m o n th bad been on a sm all bay. b n t a sto rm bad filled It w ith bo w ld ers an d d am m ed back th e w a te rs flowing dow n. B etw een th e sea a n d th e spot w h e re w e fo u n d th e body tb e ice w as from fifty to sev en ty fe e t thick. If tb e sun m elted it fo r a few fe e t In th e su m m e r th e ra in s a n d sn o w s o f w in te r speedily rep laced w b a t b ad been lo s t W e fo u n d th is lee ns c le a r a s g lass an d a s h a rd as Iron, b u t p o w d er w as b ro u g h t from th e brig an d boles w e re drilled , a n d in n conple o f d a y s w e bad b la ste d o u t a g re a t r i f t to h a lf its depth. E verybody had a su spicion of w h a t w as fro zen in dow n th ere, b u t y e t th e disco v ery g a v e ns a shock. W hen b n t th irty fe e t o f ice la y b etw een n s and th e bottom o f th e ra v in e w e could see th ro u g h It w ell enough to m ake o u t th e hull o f a sh ip sta n d in g on an even keel. It w as th e bull o f a brig, w ith m asts gone, b u r o th e r w is e in ta c t. We could even m ake o u t th e ropes, w hich h a d been fro zen stiff a s Iron w hile th e y stre a m e d alo n g h e r decks, b u t th e r e w ere no bodies o f d e a d m en in s i g h t T o b last o u t tb e re m a in in g d e p th s of ice n n d c le a r th e ra v in e w a s a ta s k requiring m ore aid th a n w e conld sp a re an d m ore p ow der th a n w e h a d ab o ard . Veins before, p e rh a p s h a lf a cen tu ry , a m e rc h a n t vessel h ad m ad e th a t little bay In d istre ss. W ave a n d tid e h ad cu rried h e r up th e creek , a n d w ave and tid e bad blocked h e r exit. If one o f th e crew g o t a w a y u p to th e rav in e, w h y n o t all o f th e m ? A nd y et no o th e r body o r re m a in s w e re to be fo u n d on tb e islan d . T h is m an. w ho m ay h a v e been th e c a p ta in , p ro b ably s ta rte d o u t by h im self to see if th e re w as a c h a n c e o f escape, b u t in m ak in g bis w ay u p th e ra v in e h e p e r ished o f cold a n d h unger. T h e re was •cure« a hope fo r th e o th ers. If th ey le ft th e hnlk th e y w ere fo rced to re tu rn to It fo r sh e lte r a n d food T h e re cam e a d a y w hen food a n d fu el w ere ex h a u ste d , w hen a v a la n c h e s of snow covered tb e decks a n d tb e cold of win te r froze th e m a rro w o f th e ir bones, an d th e y hid aw a y In fo re c a stle an d cab in a n d died w ith open eyes sta rin g Into th e d a rk n e ss. Upon o u r re tu rn to L ondon t h e case w as rep o rted and m ad e m neb o f In th e p ap ers, b u t no g o v ern m en t o r Individual has ev er gone fa r th e r th a n w e d id A hulk lies th e re full o f d ead m en—a bulk w hich ■ailed tb e w a te rs o f tb e frozen seas h a lf a c e n tu ry ago—an d th e re It will lie u n til tim e Is no m ore nnd eh ao s reig n s ag ain . It m ig h t be b la ste d out. b n t o f w h a t u se? T h e so lv in g o f one m y ste ry o f tb e sea m ore o r less would const fo r bnt little. e w M— ■ F ree ! Salem Wcofen Mil! Store, Salem, Ore. Sat Aug. a 21st - w m - Here We Are Again Bigger and Better a g l i * M E «— We will hold our Annual — s.■.»MSOT-HIM— :_ A S L a cL This is without a doubt the biggest profit sharing sale that is held in the Willamette Valley. It has grown to such a size in the five times we have made this offer-until last year we felt that it would be necessary to discontinue-as it cost us in actual loss on the suits we sold, over $300. for the one day. iT cn: HERE IS THE PLAN * We nave selected over 400 suits from our stock of “Bishop’s All Wool Clothes,” Hart, Schaffner & Marx and other guaranteed makes-in values, $10.00 to $30.00 for this sale. You buy one oi these suits and we will give you ABSOLUTELY FREE any other suit of equal value that you may select. But we will not disappoint the many that have asked us what date we will hold the sale, and will try and give you the best opportunity you ever had- For example, you buy a $20.00 suit on this sale-you can then select any other suit up to $20.00 that you wish-FREE-2 suits for the price of one. HERE ARE A FEW POINTERS This year we will include in the sale 40 overcoats It is all right for two men to club together-one man can pick his suit, and the other one can select any one he wish es of equal value. Bring your boys • and let them get a suit free. Take a suit and select an overcoat for this fall of equal value as the suit. i We don’t select for you: you select your own suit. in order that you may select an overcoat in place of a a suit if you desire. Men’s suits will include medium and hea vy weights-light and dark patterns-worsteds and cheviots-smooth and hard fiinished goods- a few slims and stouts-sizes 34 to 48. Youth’s Suits will include light and dark patterns-- box back coats and Norfolk style. Boys, Knicker suits will be of the newest Norfolk style-lined pants and heavy and me dium weights. * Salem Woolen Mill Store Saturday, August 21 SALEM T H E L O V E O F GOLD. M en pursue riches under the idea that their possession w.ll set them at ease and above th e world. Cut the law of association often makes those who begin by loving go'd as a rcr\c: > finish by becom ing themselves i!s slaves, and inde pendence w ithout wealth is at least as common as wealth w ithout inde pendence.— Colton. Tha r i r a t Telephone. R obert H ooke In 10U7 conveyed so und ro n dW tunce t»y d iste n d e d w ire, and 1 et ween H ook's tim e a n d th a t o f Eli tin G ray co n sid erab le progress was lade In th e d irectio n o f th e telephone, nt It a p p e a rs Hint th e lirst real tele pilone w as given to th e w orld l>> Ah x i n d er O ra hum Bell nliout 1.V77—New York A m erican. C o rr-non L e o 1- Pfl People Double P unishm ent. In "The W ar I'ime I ilari or lohn I ’uni diluent for giving stu,rt w eight Is fa r from new , and th e T u rk s long H a r " in II r| or'» M agazine is Hits ree ago took d ra s tic m easures to i -heck ord of a fam ous say la g ' tills ten d e n c y on the p art or tra d e s “ The fir- »¡deni il.lic oln- tonlglil men. T h e S u ltan Ai-tnnel II . w alk (Dec et. 1 had a d ream He was iug th ro u g h th e s tre e ts of Srm nboul. le n party -if plain people, and a« It ! sa w a t th e do o r of a b ak er's shop the becam e known w ho lie w as they began ow ner. Ills h a n d s tied behind him. w ith to com m ent on bis appearance O ne oue .ear nailed to a post. Upon In of them said. 'He ts a very com m on q u lry be w as told the cau se of the The p resid en t replied: poor fello w ’s predicam ent. "W ho Is looking man Tin- D irt! p re fe rs enm m nn looking he?" a sk ed th e su lta n "M ay It please y o u r iilgliness," w as the reply, "he people That Is th e reason lie m akes su p p lies th e bread for th e im perial so m any of them s e ra g lio " "A h. my linker? T hen set In th s W rong Pise*. up a n o th er post and nail his o th e r e ar L ittle K itty had fallen dow n nnd c u t to It T h e s u lta n 's tinker should have [ her knee H er m o th er prom ptly reti a d o u b le reason for tionestv " le n d first aid; h u t. as It w as ra th e r Going O ut. \ dark an d sh e could not see th e wound Mr. II.—T h ere, I'v e let my c ig a r go : properly, she consequently placed th e out. Do you know th a t It spoils a band ag e ra th e r tisi low. "Ob. uiuru cig ar, no m a tte r how good It Is, If yoti rale." com p allied th e child, "tills baiai allo w It to go o u t? Mrs. B.—Yes; n .Ige Is not In th e right place! I fell cig a r is a good d eal like a m an in th a t dow n h ig h e r up!" j re s p e c t OREGON N ev er he influenced Ly external appearance in forming your judg ment of a person's -.yorlh. T his is an im portant rule, for many a noble spirit is covered by habiliments ol poverty, w hi’e not infrequently a show y exterior conceals a villain of the basest kind. EVERGREEN BLACK BERRIES WANTED We will pay at the rate of ljc. per pound for all fresh picked evergreen blackberries delivered a t the following places. G reenland. G reen lan d Is governed by th e G reen At the Baldwin place near Met.sms, land com m ission a t C openhagen. Den or at any point on the Mehama m ail m ark. It w ns first s e ttle d by a band from Baldwin’s to Stayton. of N orsem en u n d er E rik th e Red. who In Stayton at Paul Fehlen’s place. gnve It Its nam e. In »85, A bishopric Also a t any point on the Stayton- w as founded th e re lu the tw e lfth cen ! Aumsville road. tn ry by th e king of N orw ay, and about I2U0 It w as c o n stitu te d a s ta le o f Nor A truck will collect the berries each way. T h e re th en follow ed n blank of day , beginning Thursday, August 5. lift) y e a rs in G re e n la n d 's history, due Will pay once a week. to clim atic d is a ste rs, but beginning For further information s e e Paul w ith tb e D anish se ttle m e n t of 1721 tbe Fehlen, the Stayton Mail or the under co u n try bus belonged to D enm ark. signed. Collins & Starr, Brooks, Ore.
