MORNING ENTERPRISE, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1913"
LOST EXPLORERS.
Pathos and Tragedy , Fill the
Pages of Their Diaries.
SOKE FAMOUS LAST RECORDS.
The Journals of Captain Scott, De
Long, Livingstone, Franklin and Oth
ers Are Mute Testimonials of Their
Heroic Sacrifices For Science.
A. peculiar and pathetic interest at
taches to the last records of lost ex
plorers, dying alone and unaided amid
icy wildernesses or in the steaming
depths of tropical jungles.
The diary kept by the gallant Cap
tain Scott teems with tragic touches,
but it also has its beautiful and its
heroic side. No more splendid instance
of magnificent self sacrifice has been
recorded than the action of the dis
abled Captain Oates in seeking volun
tary death in the blizzard so as not to
be a burden on his surviving compan
ions. The world is richer in the possession
of facts such as these, which is why
the last diaries of men dying in similar
circumstances have always been ar
dently sought and carefully treasured.
It was, for example, in order to try
to recover the papers belonging to
the lost arctic explorer Mylius Erich
sen that Captain Mikkelsen recently
spent two awful years among the icy
solitudes of northeast Greenland. He
failed in his quest, and he and his
solitary companion came near t-ksing
their own lives.
These journals of poor Erichsen, if
they are ever found, will doubtless tell
u similarly stirring story to that left
behind by Scott. Until then there is
only one record that closely parallels
it, and that is the diary left by the
American, De Long! who, with other
survivors from the arctic exploring
ship .Tennnette. perished amid the fro
zen wastes of northeastern Siberia in
the winter of 1SS1.
De Long's diary, which was recov
ered and lias been published, might
almost be a duplicate in parts of that
kept by poor Scott.
Only in De Iong's case the tragedy
was even more appalling than in
Scott's, for his party consisted of no
fewer than thirteen men, and these all
died from starvation and exposure.
The last entry reads as follows: "One
hundred and fortieth day Boyd and
Gortz died during the night. Mr. Col
lins dying."
The -gallant De Ixng was then left
with but one companion, Dr. Ambler,
the medical officer to the expedition,
for the deaths of the other men had
been previously recorded, and doubt
less the two last, of the survivors died
that day or the next. At all events,
the journal ended abruptly at this'
point.
By far the most dreadful tragedy of
arctic exploration was the loss of the
Franklin expedition, when the ill fated
officers and men of the two explor
ing ships, Erebus and Terror, 130
in all, perished. Curiously enough,
though many relics of the ill fated
commander Sir John Franklin were
recovered by search parties and are
now preserved in the museum attach
ed to the Greenwich hospital, none of
his diaries or personal papers were
ever found.
One single written record of the lost
expedition remains to us. It is in the
form of a sheet torn from a small
pocket diary, and these are the words
it contains: "April 25. 1848. Terror
nud Erebus were abandoned. Sir John
Franklin died on June 11. 1847. and
the total loss by deaths up to this date
nine officers and fifteen men."
This precious scrap of paper was dis
covered in a cairn on King William's
island in the year 1858. There was no
signature, but the handwriting was
afterward identified as that of Cap
tain Fitzjames. one of Sir John's of
ficers. In the tragic history of exploration
no briefer record than this exists of a
disaster so appalling in its magnitude,
although Burke and Wills, who first
crossed Australia, left behind them
only a few tattered leaves from an old
pocketbook to tell the story of how
they and their companions had lain
down in the desert to die.
Of all the many valuable and Inter
esting documents left behind by lost
explorers, however, none can vie In
importance with the last journals of
David Livingstone, who died, worn out
by hunger and privation, at Ilala, in
central Africa. May 1, 1873. These
were brought down to the coast, to
gether with his body, by his faithful
black "boys" and were published in
December, 1874..
They told of vast and farreaching
discoveries and explorations undertak
en under almost inconceivable condi
tions of hardship and privation. In
fact, Livingstone literally laid down
his life for his country since to his pio
neer enterprise is largely due the fact
that so great a part of Africa Is today
colored red upon the map. London An
swers. Where the Benefit Was.
Widow's Daughter Mamma, why did
you teil Mrs. La mode that I am only
eighteen when ' am really twenty
fourV Widow Because eighteen is six
years under twenty-four, my dear.
Daughter Yes, I know, but surely 1
don't need the benefit of those six
years at my age. do I?
1 Widow wot at an. my cmia, dut,
I do.
There are proper dignity nnd propor
tion to be observed in the performance
of every act of life Marcus Aurelius.
The Perils of Cookery.
"Leezie, wumman," the old highland
er complained to his wife at breakfast,
"time eggs are michty hard boiled
again"
"Nae wonder, John, dear." replied his
wife triumphantly, "whaen the lassie
boiled them by the kitchen clock and
forgot it was five meenits slow."
Youth's Companion.
Scared Her. .
"Why has your wife decided to give
up the European trip she was contem
plating?" "She happened to hear somebody say
that traveled broadened one." Chica
go Record-Herald.
ATLANTIC LINERS' WIRELESS.
The First Messages Are Sent Just Five
Minutes After Sailing.
The first regular wireless message is
sent out as the steamer slowly backs
from her pier. It is timed just five
minutes after sailing. The sharp crack
of the sending apparatus is usually
drowned by the roar of the whistle
calling for a clear passage in mid
stream. All transatlantic steamers
send to the wireless station at Sea.
Gate, while the coastwise " steamers
call up the station on top of one of the
skyscrapers on lower Broadway.
This is merely a formal message, but
no wireless log would be complete
without it, writes Francis Arnold Col
lins in St. Nicholas. This first mes
sage is known as the "T. R." No one
seems to know just why. The wireless
station " replies as briefly as possible,
and the wireless operator shuts off.
Business soon picks up. Before the
passengers are through waving fare
wells some one has usually remember
ed a forgotten errand ashore or decid
ed to sand a wireless (aerogram u the
word), and visitors begin to loo:i up
the wireless station. It is usually a
detached house on the uppermost or
sun deck, just large enough for the
mysterious lookin.-x apparatus and a
bunk or two. Before the voyage is
over most of the' passengers will have
become familiar wi.h the station, for
it is alter all about the most interest
ing place aboard.
if no messages are filed for sending
the 'operator, picks up the shore sta
tion and clicks off the name of his
ship as. for instance. "Atlantas nil
here," meaning "'nothing here."
Should the operator have any mes
sages to file lie will add the number
for example. "Atlantas 3." The re
ceiving station picks this up and re
plies quickly. If it has no message to
send it will reply: "O. K. Nil here."
Should there be any messages to de
liver it will reply. "O. K. G." (Go
ahead.)
All the way down the harbor the
great ship is in constant communica
tion, sending and receiving belated
questions and answers. The passen
gers, who have been calling their fare
wells from the ship's side as the wa
ters widen, are merely continuing their
conversations with the shores now
rapidly slipping past. Your message
meanwhile will be delivered almost
anywhere in the United States within
an hour and in nearby cities in much
less. time.
Lending a Couple of Miles.
"Three to Albany." said a club car
passenger as he handed over a mileage
book to the conductor and pointed to
his two companions. The conductor
ran his eye down the long strip and
then turned about with the query:
"Who will give this man two miles?"
Half a dozen books were presented
immediately, and the conductor tore
off two miles from one of them while
the man who had been short expressed
his thanks.
"Yes, it's a kind of treating frequent
ly practiced," said the conductor after
ward. "It's the same as with a postage
stamp. When you need the extra mile
or two you need it bad, but there are
few passengers who will accept the
proffer of payment on the part of the
man whose book has run out." New
York Sun.
The Lion of Janina.
About a century a;ro London was
threatened with a grisly show from
Janina. The fame of Ali Pasha was
considerable in England, enhanced by
Byron's stanzas in "Childe Harold."
So when the great Albanian had at
last been murdered and his head was
exhibited to the public at Constantino
ple on a dish a merchant of that city
thought the head and dish would be
a paying sight In London. We need
not regret that a former confidential
agent of Ali offered the executioner a
higher price than the merchant had
and obtained the head, with those of
All's three sons and grandsons. He de
posited them near one of the city gates
with a tombstone and inscription.
London Spectator.
Something Awful.
"Is your wife pretty fierce in th
scolding line?" asked the new ac
quaintance who was trying to find out
what particular kind of sympathy his
friend most wanted.
"Fierce! Oh, it's something awful
when she scolds."
"What does she say?"
"She doesn't say anything. She just
shuts her mouth tight and looks &i
me." Buffalo Express.
Just aSuggestion.
A young lawyer appeared before a
Washington judge with his umbrella
under his arm and his hat on his head.
The young man was so agitated that
he forgot to put aside his umbrella oi
to remove his hat He began speaking,
when the court kindly suggested:
"Hadn't you better raise your um
brella ?" Exchange.
Punishment.
"What's the matter, Hans?"
"Father caught me in the shed
smoking his pipe."
"Ah: So you got a good whacking,
I suppose?"
"No; father made me finish it out."
Fliegende Blatter.
A Prescription.
j"If you say your wife is a doctor
why didn't you go to her for your
cold?"
"Too expensive, doctor. Last time
she ordered me six weeks in the Ri
viera and came with me herself."
Fliegende Blatter..
Great is the art of beginning, but
greater is the art of ending. Longfel
low. Progressive.
"Your father just told me not to
hang around here after 10 o'clock,"
said Reginald.
"Did it hurt your feelings?" asked
Etuelinda.
"No. I feel rather encouraged. It
is the first time he has given a sign
that he was aware of my existence."
Washington Star.
Sassy.
Lady Why, you naughty boy! I
never beard such language since the
day I was born
Small Boy Yes. mum. I s'pose dere
wuz a good deal of cussin' de day y'u
wuz born. London Tit-Bits.
How I Saw
A Real Play
By MARGARET BARR
During the winter of 1U11-12 I visit
ed the isthmus of Panama to see the
big ditch. Having satisfied my curios
ity by going over it from one end to
the other, I boarded the steamer at
Colon for my return. I was standing
on deck, leaning on the rail, looking
down at the pa&sengers hurrying about
on the wharf or thronging up the gang
way, where a party of tourists, consist
ing principally of young girls, came
trooping along together, carrying the
usual hand baggage and evidently in
tending to sail for home." That they
-were Americans was plain from their
speech. A young girl of this party and
a young man stopped on the dock di
rectly below where I was standing and,
unmindful of my presence, engaged in
a hurried conversation
She You are coming with us, are
you not?
He Impossible. How can I leave
here with work unfinished, without
leave?
.She There are other engineers, are
there not, who can do such work? Do
you consider yourself the only capable
one in the canal zone?
He Would you have me do all this
for you ?
She Is it as much as what you said
you would do when we stood on the
side of the canal that you would jump
down a hundred feet for my glove if
I would throw it over?
He That was gallantry. This is the
real thing.
She The real thing is the test
At tills moment I caught sight of a
dark face above a pile of fruit boxes
on the. dock watching the couple the
face of a girl with a devil in her eyes.
She was doubtless of mixed Spanish
and Aztec .blood, with all the virulence
this mixture of races contains. The
young engineer and the girl, who were
evidently the objects of her interest,
were unaware of her presence. He
stood irresolute. Since I was looking
down from above I could not see much
of their faces, but I believed her eyes
were holding him in thrall. My posi
tion, akin to that of eavesdropper, was
hardly an excusable one, and I was
about to turn away when I caught
sight of the dusky creature, who was
even mo:: of an eavesdropper than 1
w:is myself indoed. in her fierce
loo!: I saw danger for the lovers. 1
remained, thinking it possible that I
might need to warn them of that dan
ger. Besides, in this scene enacted on
life's real stage I saw a play a play
that might readily be turned into a
tragedy. I saw the young engineer at
his daily work on the canal, the half
breed girl viewing him as some su
perior creature doing what to her was
miraculous. He smiles at her, thought
lessly chats with her, possibly after
working hours meets her. Quite like
ly he is innocent of any wrong inten
tion. It does not require a courtship
uuder such circumstances to set a girl
wild about a young man so far above
her.
Then come the party of Americans
to visit the canal. Possibly the young
engineer is directed by his superior to
show them the section on which he is
engaged, to explain to them the proc
esses involved. They may be persons,
or some among them may be persons.
having influence at Washington. The
hearts' of this girl of the party and
this young man. who are thrown, to
gether by fate on the great waterway
forming to girdle the world, spring
for each other like the positive and
negative poles of a magnet Or it may
be she has a passion for bringing a
man to her feet, like the huntsman
for sport Let us hope the first sup
position is correct.
She draws him with her to Colon to
see her depart Once there, she wishes
to try her power over him still fur
ther. It may be that she has wealth
and that his work as engineer on the
canal is less to . her than her desire -to
have him with her. But this is all sup
position. The only feature evident is
that she is trying to make him gratify
her wish.
In some way the dark girl the
"heavy woman" of the play, as the
atrical persons would call her has got
wind of his infatuation. She follows at
a distance. What for? Who knows?
Does she know herself? Perhaps not.
Nevertheless I can see danger to her
fair rival in that fierce black eye. The
dialogue below me continued:
"Are you going?" she asked.
There was no reply. I knew she was
drawing him with her eyes, and I be
lieved she would win.
"Once more, are you going?" she
asked again.
"Y'es. I'll go with you if you take"
I heard no more, for they passed out
of hearing toward the gangway. They
were the last passengers to come
aboard. The gangway was hauled in.
and the engine was slowly started.
The girl in whom I was interested
came up and stood on deck near me.
She was waving to some one on the
pier. I saw the dark girl run to the
edge of the dock and draw a knife
from her bosom. Taking a deliberate
aim at her rival, she threw it Before
the knife had time to reach the girl on
deck I caught her by the arm and
whirled her away. The knife passed
within a few feet of her breast.
She looked at me. indignant. She did
not know that I had probably saved
her life had certainly saved her from
a wound. I did not enlighten her.
"Pardon me." I said: "I made a mis
take." But I told the engineer the true story.
Bright Man.
"Why didn't you send yeur man to
mend my electric bell?"
"He did go. madam, but as he rang
three times and got "no answer he con
cluded that there was nobody at home."
London Opinion.
MORAL EXCELLENCE.
Moral excellence is man's highest
glory. Men everywhere and in all
ages have rendered it their homage,
Tut never more so lhan in the pres
ent time. Nothing in this age can
take the place of it or atone for the
want oi it Rev. Dr. A. ' A.
Wiilits.
SICK, PENNILESS,
IAD WINS DEGREE
University of Oregon, Eugene, May
9. Starting for college afoot, without
money, but seeking an education,
David Pickett, of Prineville, came to
the University of Oregon four years
ago. This June he will be graduated
with honor. He won the oratorical
championship of the state last year,
and helped Oregon win the debating
championship of the coast this year.
His education has been - earned by
daily toil chopping wood, sweeping
halls, and picking up odd jobs when
ever he could. He did it all with a
frail body, on the verge of sickness
much of the time.
Pickett first - worked his ' way
through high school in Prineville by
serving as janitor at the school. Then
his ambition turned toward a. "higher
education and he started on foot for
Eugene, 1G0 miles across mountain
and desert. A friend, however, hap
pened to drive to Eugene with a
team and the long walk was avoided
Pickett's freshman year was hard,
for sickness, which sent him to the
hospital a few days ago in. Salt Lake
where he had gone-with a colleague
to win for Oregon the forensic cham
pionship of the Northwest, kept him
out of college much of the time He
struggled through his freshman year
without glory.
His. sophomore year was another
year of working by day and of cram
ming late at night upon his studies.
This last year his work has not
been that of chopping wood or doing
choras, but of tutoring his fellow stu
dents. Pickett charges 50 cents or
a dollar an hour, according to the
nature of the subject.
"Working one's way through col
lege sounds romantic," admits Pick
ett with a smile, "but if a fellow has
no other way to get to college, work
ing one s way may be all right col
lge is worth it."
BOOSTERS THANKED
O. E. Freytag, manager of the pub
licity department of the Oregon City
Commercial club, has issued the fol
lowing note on behalf of the organ
ization: "The Oregon City Commercial club
desires to extend a vote of thanks to
the merchants and business men of
Oregon City for their support and
interest in making a grand success
of the Clackamas County Stock show;
and also to extend thanks to the
livery barns for . their donation of
hacks used in the parade. . Thanks
are also extended to the fraternal or
ganizations that helped add to the
unique character of the various page
ants, and to all others who did their
share in making the Booster Day cel
ebration a happy affair for young
and old."
In addition to those, whose names
have been already published as con
tributing to the success of the the
annual celebration, the Commercial
club also acknowledges receipts of
material assistance from the follow
ing: Gambrinus Brewing Co., Lar
son & Co., The Morning Enterprise,
Elk Horn Stable, C. Krohn, F. J. All
dredge, E. L. Walters, F. D. Cox, Bell
Theatre, Weinhard Brewing Co., Cal
vert Studio, Salisbury "Sc. Straight, P.
N. Hart, J. W. MteAnulty and John
Leary.
AUTO MONOGRAMS
TO
The club monogram, which the'
Clackamas County Automobile club
ordered, are on their way to this city
and will be here within a week or so.
W. R. Logus, chairman of the spe
cial committee states that the signs
have been ordered from the White-head-Hogg
company of Portland, and
will be delivered in a short time.
They are neat, and in general form
resemble those used by the Portland
Automobile club and many other sim
ilar organizations. They are round
and will be attached to the radiators
of the machines. About the rim will
be "Clackamas County Automobile
club, Oregon City, Ore., A. A. A."
Across the center will appear "C. C.
A. C," which of course, will stand for
Clackamas County. Automobile club.
The club members will also prob
ably be provided with printed cards,
on which will be the member's name
and on the other the rules of the
club and general rules in regards to
automobilists. The cards will also
serve as an identification, so that if
the owner of one is arrested in Port
land or Oregon City for speeding or
similar offenses he will not have to
be taken to court and placed under
bail at the time. ,
. The next meeting of the club will
be held in the Commercial club, on
Tuesday evening, May 13. At this
time plans for the next trip the club
will be discussed. The trip will prob
ably be made to Wilhoit,. where a
chicken dinner will be served.
And the next day it rained!
LOS ANGELES Lieut. J. D. Park,
U. S. A., was killed Friday when at
tempting an eroplane flight here
from Santa Ana.
PORTLAND, Ore. The O.-W. R. &
N. company has been fined $100 in
federal court for not taking proper j
care of stock in transit.
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For Sale and r
KeepingTrackof
Children's Needs
Children of to-day would" scorn
the clothes their mothers wore
when they were little. Ia chil
dren's clothing there have been
tremendous advances made in
comfort and convenience during
the last decade. Doctors, nurses
and experienced mothers have
all lent a hand in solving the
problems of children's apparel.
Never has there been such a
variety to meet every possible
demand of health, comfort, and
style as there is in the shops
to-day. . - -
The careful mother will keep
in touch with the world's prog- '
ress in these lines by reading
about the clothes and accesso
ries advertised in the columns -of
THE ENTERPRISE.
In selecting her children's
summer wardrobe she cannot
afford to overlook anything for
their comfort that she 'might
easily procure if she knew just
where it was to be had.
SURVEYOR SUING
FOR
With Judge ' Eakin presiding, the
time of the circuit court Friday was
taken up with the case of Frank
Bryant against the Canby Canal com
pany, an action to recover $500 alleg
ed to be due the plaintiff for wages
as a surveyor. Gilbert L. Hedges rep
resented the plaintiff, while West
brook & Westbrook conducted the
case for the defense. Incompetence
was charged by the canal company
as the reason of its refusal to meet
the demands of Bryant. Argument
was concluded with the close of court,
and the jury's verdict will be re
turned Saturday morning.
Members of the jury who heard the
case are: A. J. Hodge, Leslie O. Ea
ton, Joel Jarl, Henry Swales, T. R.
Worthington, C. C. Brosland, J. W.
MicAnulty, C. P. Fore, R. B. Holcomb,
William Dahl, S. A. D. Hungate and
S. F. Sharp.
A small classified bit will rnt that
vacant room.
Portland Railway, Light & Power Company
Beaver Building, Main Street
ecommended by
HOP PICKERS FACE
Iff
T
With the recent bright weather
putting life into hop vines in nearby
yards, so that the green tendrils of
the young plants are now several
feet above the ground and steadily
climbing, general interest in hop
picking is reviving. WIseheads in
hop lore declare that the plants have
not really started to grow yet, as the
nights are still too chilly for the best
development of the vines; but all
agree that the outlook so far is prom
isingi Stories of the speed with
which hop vines grow are being daily
retailed, and so far the prize yarn
has been told by a pioneer resident
of Park Place, who insists he is
ready to take oath that he once saw
a hop vine grow 26 inches in 18
hours. -
I Oregon City restaurant men are al
I so interested in the hop outlook, and
I there is reported to be a move on
; foot between a combination of them
I to "corner" the feeding of hop pick
i ers this season. These men propose
to leasi a number of tents and kitch
en outfits, erect the tents at the sev
eral hop yards, and serve meals, tak
ing their pay in hop checks. They
figure that the initial outlay will be
but small, that they can procure
plenty of staple vegetables from
neighboring farms for rock-bottom
prices, and that the hop-pickers will
not require much meat, owing to the
fact that picking is warm work, and
meat is conducive to bodily heat. In
this way the schemers believe they
can "clean up a pile," and gain good
returns upon tneir original invest
ment in leased equipment.
SCHOOLCHILDREN
TO"
Over 400 grammar school students
in the county have applied for eighth
grade diplomas at the end of this
school term, and examinations to de
termine to whom the graduation pa
pers shall be issued are now being
held. County Superintendent Gary
has received the examination ques
tions from the state board, and says
that this year's questions are extreme
ly fair, and that the answers to them
should reflect the progress made by
The Superiority of ElectricToast
to the charred, or brittle, or soggy kind made in the
tedious old-fashioned way, is relatively the same as the
superiority of grilled steak to fried steak. -For
enc-tenth of a cent a slice the General
Electric Radiant Toaster makes Perfect Toast faster
than you can cr.t it. It is Perfect Toast because the
radiant heat forces the necessary chemical change
in the bread. This insures delicious golden Toast that
fairly melts in our mouth. . ,
T'Ycu' can operate the General Electric Radiant Toaster on the
fines! damask table doth. Its neat porcelain base and cheerful
glowing coils add jraca and charm io any table.
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This little toaster is on display at our store in the Bea
ver Building on Main Street.
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SHE
WOULD
CJllliT
I Hill I
Mrs. Delia Long Unable to Stand
On Her Feet More Than a Few
Minutes at a Time.
Pendergrass, Ga. Mrs. Bella Long,
of this place, in a recent letter, says:
"For five or six years, I suffered agon
ies with womanly troubles.
Often, I couldn't sit up more than a
few minutes at a time, and if I stood
on my feet long, I would faint.
I took Cardui, and it helped me im
mediately. Now, I can do my work all
the time, and don't suffer like I did."
Take Cardui when you feel ill In any
way weak, tired, miserable, or under
the weather. Cardui is a strength
building tonic medicine for women.
It has been found to relieve pain and
distress caused by womanly troubles,
and is an excellent medicine to have on
hand at all times.
Cardui acts on the womanly consti
tution, building up womanly strength,
toning up the nerves, and regulating
the womanly, organs.
Its half century of success IS due to
merit. It has done good to. thousands.
Will you try it? It may be just what
you need. Ask your druggist about
Cardui. He will Tecommend it
N. B. Write tn: Ladies' Advisory Dept.. Chatta
noosa Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.. for Special
Instntct'umx, anj 64-page book, "Home Treatment
tor Women," sent in plain wrapper, on request.
the pupils in their work. Examina
tions prepared by the state in some
previous years have been criticised.
as being either too severe, or else as
containing "catch questions."
Of tho children taking the Examin
ations, or about to take them, the
great majority have signified their
intention of continuing studes in the
various high schools. Only a small
proportion of the total will leave
school and enter other fields. As it
is expected that only a very few will
fail to get the necessary marks for
passing, there - will probably be a
large entering class to be cared for
in the high schools, which are al
ready comfortably filled. Room will
be found for all who desire to con
tinue their studies, however.
CHICAGO. Jack Johnson was
grilled by the prosecution Friday at
the trial of the government's case
against Mm under the Mann white
slavery ect. Belle Schreiber was
chief vi'mi'SB of the day against aim.
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