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Hii ml M Jules has been shown easy of accomplishment. But nono of this famous and gifted French romancer's creations has been borno out so fully, so much In detail, as'his "Finding tho North Polo" 35 years aftor lie wrote It As in the controversy botwen Commander Peary and Dr. Cook, there is a fight in Verno's story betwepn two rival explorers for the glory of finding the pole. In the end, as in the present case well you'd better read tho story. The novel describes vividly, as , only Jules Verne can the hardships and dangers of polar exploration, and makes clear to tho readers with what bitterness one explorer, who has overcome all hardships of nature, will re gard a rival explorer who threat ens to snatch from mm tne glory of realizing h'is life desire. There is a surgeon in this story, i the efficient aid to the chief of the party, just as Dr. Cook was Peary's brave and efficient aid before their friendship was broken. In rapidity of action and tenseness of interest, this old story of the great French romancer is not excelled by anything ho himself wrote, and by few stories of adventure written bv others. CHAPTER I. It was a bold project of Capt. Hat teras to try to push his way to the north pole, and gain for England the glory of its discovery. But he had struggled for nine months against cur rents and tempests, shattering icebergs and breaking through almost Insur mountable barriers. In an unprecedented winter he had outdistanced all his predecessors and accomplished half his .task, when he saw all his hopes blasted. The mu tiny of his wornout crew hal left him and his. little band of three men in a terrible situation helpless In an Icy desert, 2,500 miles from their native land their ship a wreck, blown up by the mutineers. However, the courage of Hatteras was still undaunted. The three men, which were 'left him were the best on board his brig, and while they remain ed he might venture to hope. Of the Forward, the brig they had bo carefully built, not a ve3tlge re mained. Shapeless blackened frag ments, twisted bars of iron, cable ends still smoldering, and here and there In the distance spiral wreaths of smoke that was all. Books, Instruments and precious collections were In ashes. Clawbonny, the surgeon, and John eon, the boatswain, surveyed the wreck. Bell, the carpenter, lay Insensible on tho Ice. Capt. Hatteras stood apart, arms folded, his faithful dog beside him. "Poor old brig!" exclaimed the doc tor. "I had grown attached to her. I loved her as one loves a house where he has spent a lifetime." "Ay! It's strange what a hold those planks and beams get on a fellow's heart," said Johnson. "And the long-boat Is that burnt?" asked tho doctor. "The mutineers carried It off." "And tho pirogue?" "Shivered Into a thousand pieces!" "Then we have nothing but the Ilal kett boat?" "Yes, we have that still, thanks to your Idea of taking it with you." "That isn't much," said the doctor. "And we have a dying one to look after." "A dying map?" "Yes, Capt Altamont, an American navigator, whose ship, tho Porpoise, was stranded somewhero to tho north. We found him, half starved and frozen on the Ice," said the doctor. Johnson muttered an exclamation of pity. But his mind went back at once to his own desperate situation, "Then we have no fuel whatever?" Me said. "No." "And no provisions?" "No." "And no ship to make our way back to England?" It required courago to face theso gloomy realities. After a moment's si lence, Johnson said again: "Well, at any rate we know esactly how wo stand. The first thing to bo done now Is to make a hut, for we can't tity long exposed to this temperature," VerIseI Jules Verno's thrilling and fasci nating romanco, "Finding tho North Pole," 1b one of the groat literary mastorplecos, and should at this tlmo be of particular Interest In every homo. Verno wrote it more than a generation ago, as a story, a thing of fiction. But It has come true on him. Just as his "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under tho Soa" came true In the submarine, and hi3 "Bound tho World in 80 Days" Jules Veb.e. "Yes, but wo must first revive Bell, repneu the doctor. "Then go and find tne sledge, and get the American." Bell lay on the Ice almost Inanimate. Johnson had to take vigorous measures to rouse him, but at last, by dint of shaking and rubbing him with snow, he succeeded. "Come, Bell," he cried, "don't give way like this. Exert yourself, my man; we must have a talk about our situation, and we need a place to put our heads in. Come and help me. Bell, i uu uuvuu i iurgunen now to take a snow hut, have you? There Is an ice berg all ready to hand; we've only got to hollow it out Let's set to work; we shall find that Is the best remedy for us." Bell tried to shake oft his torpor and help his comrade, while Dr. "Clawbonny undertook to go and fetch the sledge and the dogs. "Will you go with him, captain?" asked Johnson. "No, my friend," said Hatteras, In a 'gentle tone, "If the doctor will kindly undertake tne task. Berore the day ends I must come to some resolution. "the nxrtosio.v or the fobwakd took and 1 need to bo alone to think. Go. Do meantime whatever you think best I will deal with tho future." Johnson went back to the doctor and said: "It's very strange, but the captain soems quite to have got over his anger. I never heard him speak so gently bo fore." "So much tho bettor," said Clawbon ny. "Believe me, Johnson, that man can save us yet" And drawing his hood as closely round his head as nosqlble, the doctor solzed his iron-tipped staff, and set out without further delay. Johnson and Bell commenced dig ging a hole In the heart of a great block of ice. It was not easy work, owing to tho extreme hardness of the material. However, this very hardness guaranteed tho solidity of the dwelling, and the further their labors advsncM the more they bocamo sheltered. Hatteras alternately pacod up and down and stood motlonloss, ovldontly shrinking from any approach to tho 8ene of tho explosion. In about an hour tho doctor return cd, bringing with htm Altamont, tho American, on tho sledge, wrapped up In ho folds of tho tent Tho dogs woro so exhausted from starvation that they could scarcely draw It along, and thoy had bogun to gnaw their harness. Whllo tlp hut was bolng dug out tho doctor wont foraging about, and had tho good fortune to find a littlo stove, almost undamaged by tho oxplo slon. Ho soon . restored it to working trim, and, by tho tlmo tho hut was completed, had filled it with wood and got It lighted. Boforo long it was roar ing, and diffusing a gonial warmth on all sides. Tho Amorlcan was brought in and laid on blankets, and tho four English men seated thomselves around tho firo to enjoy their scanty meal of biscuit and hot tea, tho lnot remains of tho provisions on tho slodgo. Not a .word was Bpoken by Hatteras, and tho oth- ors respected his sllonco. When tho meal was over, tho doctor rose and went out, making a sign to Johnson to follow. "Come, Johnson," ho said, "our goods ar scattered In all directions. Wo had bettor pick them up as fast as possi bio, for tho snow may fall at any mo ment, and then tt would bo qulto use less to look for anything." "Don't let us lose a mlnuto, then," replied Johnson. "Firo and wood theso aro our chief wants." "Very well, you search ono sldo and I'll tnko tho other, nnd we'll tako from tho center to tho circumference." This task occuplod two hours, and all they discovered was a littlo salt meat, about .fifty pounds of pommlcan, three sacks of biscuits, a small stock of chocolate, five or six pints of brandy, and about two pounds of coffee, picked up bean by bean off tho ice. Neither blankets, nor hammocks, nor clothing, wore found all had been con sumed In the devouring fiamo. This slendor storo of provisions would hardly last three weeks, and they had wood enough to supply tho stove for about tho samo tlmo. Capt. Hatteras, with Bell and tho doctor, hod been away on an exploring expedition when tho mutiny occurred, Tho morning after tho little party had built their snow house, ho called John son to him. "Tell mo all tho particulars of the mutiny on tho brig,." he said. "Well," began the sailor, "almost Im mediately after your departure Shan- don, supported by tho others, took com mand of tho ship. I couldn't resist him. Shandon mado no attempt at dls clnllne. Ho mado them bcllovo that their privations and tolls were at an end. Economy was entirely disregard ed. "A blazing fire was kept up In tho stove, and the men woro allowed to eat and drink all them wanted. Not only was tea and coffee at their disposal, but all the liquor. On men who had been so long deprived of strong drink. you may guess the result. They wont on In this manner rrom tne 7tn to. wo 15th of January." And this was Shandon's doing7" asked Hatteras. "Yes, captain." "It was about tho 24 th or 25th of January that they resolved to aban don the ship. Their plan was to reach tho west coast of Bafllns bay, and from thence to embark In tho boat and fol low the track of tho whalers, or to got to some of the Greenland settlements on tho eastorn side. Provisions woro abundant, and the sick men were bo excited by the hope of return that they were almost well. "They began their preparations for departure by making a sledge which they were to draw themselves, as they had do dogs. This was not ready till the 15th of February, and I was always hoping for your arrival, though I half theib last jikajts oy buhmhtknck." dreaded it, too, for you could havo dono nothing with tho men, and thoy would havo massacred you rather than remain on board. "I tried my influence on each ono separately, remonstrating and reason ing with thorn, and pointing out tho dangers thoy would oncountor, and also the cowardlco of leaving you, but it was a mere waste of words. Not qvon tho best among them would listen to me, (To be continued.) The Kitty Ilcocii ted It. Edwin, aged 3, who unwisely fon dled his small cat overmuch ap peared before his mother ono day, his face guiltily pnlned and a scratch upon his hand, "What happened?" she asked, "I bent tho kitty a little," he aid briefly. Tho Delineator. fll LOMBEOSO ABSENT-MINDED. CrlmtnoloKlit Took No TIioiibM rii r.i- A iii im I n r A I von t h r ei . of Ono sldo of tho Into Prof. Lombro to's chnrnctor littlo known to outsiders' mmin him ndorod by his children, OB poclolly 1Ib two daughters, who looked after him ns though ho woro a child Ills two groatcst domostlc character istics woro disregard or nppoarancos and absent-mlndcdnoss, says a London Inttnr in thn Now York Sun. WllOIl ho was Invited out In tho ovonlng was tho work of two or throo days got him koyod up to putting on his dross clothos, and oven thon ho was capable of wonkonlng nt tho lost mo mont nnd going out Just as ho hap Donod to find himself. Onco when going to Romo ho lost his overcoat, but was not In tho loast discouraged, na ho entered tho first shop of roady-made clothing nnd bought tho top-most warm thing which camo to hand without even looking at It. It proved to bo a long, bright bottlo-greon clonk, which camo down to his heels and In which ho looked with hlB brond-brlmmed felt hat, llko t flKuro nttlrod for tho carnival. His absent-mindedness was so groat that when under tho enre of tho homo circle ho nover attempted to look nftor tho money and would oven loavo tho houso to go shopping without over looking to sco if ho hnd his purso with him. Naturally when ho traveled tho consequences for his pockot woro dls nstrous. Ho Invnrlably arrived homo without a penny, no matter how much ho had taken with him, having either lost It or had It stolen. In Vienna onco ho lost his purso, which frightened him so that when ho recovered It ho resorted to tho expo- dlont of dividing his funds into vari ous smnll sums, which ho concealed about his norson In all kinds of un likely places, so that at least ho would not lose It nil nt ono tlmo. There was n noto In tho lining of his hat, anothor In his boot, several pinned to his shirt, nnd so on, but, notwithstanding this, ho arrived homo In his usual ponnllcsr condition. A "Lorna Doone" pageant Is to bo held next summer In the famous Vnl ley of Rocks at Lynton. In England In "Tho Mississippi River," a book to bo published, Julius Chambers has set down the history, most plcturosque nnd romantic, of tho great waterway. "Trans-Himalaya," Sven Hedlu'a chronicle In tho bleak wilderness of Tibet, which has been described as tho "roof of tho world," Is to' bo brought out In German, Dutch, Frouch, Fin nish, Hungarian, Bohemian and Ital ian as well as In English and Swed ish. A Welsh writer, Joan Dane, has drawn, she declares, from old Ms3, in tho abbeys of Strata, FJorlda and Conway tho materials for a book which sho calls "Prlnco Madog Tho Welshman Who Discovered America, A. D. 1170." Her chief object In tho preparation of the work, she notes, Is to arouse interest In and do Justice to a great Welshman whoso nanio has long been hidden In oblivion. It Is evident that Mrs. Humphrey Ward does not see In woman suffrage solution of tho divorce problem, which sho has mado tho theme of her recent novel, "Marrlago a la Mode." Tho eminent writer has Just boon elect ed a member of the New York Stnto Association Opposed to Woman Suf frage In company with two other well known English women. Mrs. Ward has long led tho "antls" In England, while her sister, Miss Arnold, is actively en gaged on tho other side. Ono of the many ways In which tho growth of tho suffrago movement has grown both In the United States and In England Is demonstrated by tho Increased demand for fiction on tho subject as well as for serious work. Tho Convert," Elizabeth Robin's novel published some two years ago, is now selling as though It were Just Issued. It Is a novel of English lifo at tho tlmo when suffragette violence was Just beginning to attract tho at tention of tho world and hnd not yet become a factor In tho movement. Booker Washington says In tho pro- faco of his new book, "Tho Story of tho Negro," that "In writing this vol ume it has been my object to show what the negro himself has accom plished in constructive directions, I have not undertaken to discuss tho many problems which havo arisen through tho contact of tho negro with other races but to tell a simple, straight story of what tho negro him self has accomplished In tho way of attaining to a higher civilization." In writing of tho offoct mado upon him self by tho Btudy of tho origin nnd development of his peoplo ho says thnt "there grew up within mo a dotormln- atlon to spend my llfo In holing and strengthening tho peoplo of my race in order to prove to tho world that whatever had been Its feelings for them In tho past, it should learn to respect them In tho future, both for what thoy were and what they should be able to do." The Coat of I.lvluur Aunln. Soapless Sam I wont tru an orful ordeal last week. A leddy mado mo wash before glvln' mo a meal. Unwashed Upham Yes, do price uv food Is goln' higher an' higher overy day, Dls ain't no placo for a poor man. Chicago News. L. ' lll'rnlyi''"' This gnmo, which Is really a trick. Is played with u confederate, nml it cleverly done, a "goodllo comironlo may bo docolvoil. A Showman, armed with a long, pointed stick, stays In tho room nm his confodornlo, tho Chtcssor, Is shut out, whllo tho company thinks or a word. Tho auoMor Is called In, ana tho Showman proceeds to spoil out tho word on tho floor, with sundry taps nnd strokes or his stick. Tho solution Ih slmnto enough. Tho taps represent tho vowoIb; ono tap for a. two taps for o, thrco I. four for o, llvo for u, nnd tho Cluossor nood pay no attention to any other talking. Suppose for Instance, tho company selects tho word "book." Tho cue Is given In tho sontonco which thn Show man iiso3 to call tho auossor In. Ho would say, In thlfl enso. "bettor como In," and tho aucsHor would know nt onco thnt tho first letter of tho first word In thnt sontonco will bo tho first letter of tho word to bo guessed. Tho Showman tnps four times with his stick and makes n lot of misleading strokos and signs; then ho taps four tlmos ' TRADING says, l hard, I Introdi up wit to puz; has ali; Tho I clover beglnn' PROPER! wlso til OWNERS 1 t Whn y folks A Wood? y deal honestly with y to get up mm work, u youiJ deal honestly with y rM. i , . viir H0MESEEQJ) AJiD LAND r t-j 1 r- other Wha; La u. i 'inc. United Whnl ON RANCHES Groat What fjirii'B noin-T&xmwrwrTTSoTrsrr In China? (Swallow.) What bird can stand motionless for hours watching for Its prey? (Heron.) What bird stands on ono leg most of tho tlmo? (Stork.) What bird is a menace to farmers? (Crow.) What largo bird of proy soars soli tary to holghts of perpetual snow? (Condor.) What bird awakens tho day with Its song? (Lark.) Whit bird sings at night? (Night ingale) The Kit t liiit-Itiioni Lamp, Aunt Ethel took off tho shade from tho lamp on the sitting-room table, struck a match carefully on tho little Iron Chinaman's hsck, and In a mo- mont there was a pleasant light In the room. ' "Aunt Kthol, what makes tho lamp burn?" asked Constance. "Kerosene," replied Aunt Kthol, who was biiny with hur knitting. Would tho lamp burn If there was water In It?" asked tho little girl. Aunt Ethel shook her bond smiling ly. "Of course not, Constance," sho said. "Tho oil foods the cotton wick In the lamp, and tho wick foods tho llame." "What does kor-o-sono mean?" ques tioned Mary, forgetting tho shadows In tho corners and coming closo to tho table, where she could watch tho llamo. "Dear mo," ropllod Aunt Ethel, "I shall havo to find thnt out. I don't know myself," and she laid down tho knitting and brought a big book, from the book shelves nnd bogun turning tho leaves, "Hero It Is," sho Bald. "Well, It Is made-up name, partly Greek, it means ruel tnnt is, something that will burn nnd It moans light." Both tho littlo girls repeated tho word over as If not nulto satisfied. "It Is roally an oil," wont on Aunt Ethel, "that Is found In tho ground, and It Is of more value to all tho peo ple or the earth than nil tho minerals such ns sllvor, gold and coppor. Hut its real name Is potroloum. Kerosene Is' mado or potroloum. "Does evorybody havo It?" aakod Mary. "Who found out that It could lm burned In lamps?" asked Constanco bo- lore Auni uuioi coum nnswer Marv'H question. "Well, ConBtanco, I will nnswer vnnr question first, becauso Jt Bays right on mis very pngo mat no ono knows who first used potroloum, as a thousand tho Japaneso woro using It. and ir.n.,,1 It 'burning wator,' becauso It camo from tho ground. Ami thoy dug wells where tho oil wnB found to secure a supply. And in Egypt thoro woro wolls of oil, and tho peoplo used it for light TUi ftltllUJI in VU UU JlUVv. "I guess ovorybody knows about ii sqld Mary, for her aunt had nnsworod both questions. "There nro oil wells In thlK v.. Btato, Now York," wont on Aunt Ethel "and in Ohio, where Aunt Mary lives' and In Texas, and in Callforpin. And A'Straight Commission yonra boforo tho Wblo was written way off In Russia, on tho western shore of tho Caspian Son, are many wells of oil that supply many people " "Walt, I'll got tho big aii8i ftmJ you can show us pn tho minis 1hh whoro tho on wolln aro," Bald Mnry ongony; iinu hi a jew minutes tho big uuun wiiu no uuiuiuu iiiups wild sprcnd out on tno tamo, and Mnry and Coi stance found tho placcH In China. Inunn III ttill-mn nml In ll.ioul i J v", i tiunGiu W1V' potroloum Is found. Thon Aunt Eft told them over ngnln tho list of Sto and theso thoy found very easily "My! I novor thought boforo abott what mndo tho sitting-room i. burnt" oxolalmod Mnry, ns thoy psj away tho big atlas. Youth's Compn ton. "Winter JH'iitttro Note, Tho Juncoen are collecting Junk, Thoy'ro always on tho wIhk! Thoy plan to start a Junk-shop For binds who como In spring. Tho Cat-tails, who In meadows Ure, Aro losing all their fur, They Huroly need a good shampoo, Thoy'ro too forlorn to purr. Narrows' favorlto renting pit en com winter nlKht, UDon a. loftMoan tirnnMi an electric light tho tlmo for rabbits all, woar a coat of gray, io thomnolvcs or olso tho mo ulvn tlmm mittn u..nv i itinrUo nml dm IlonMrr. thera was a man who tu lied ovory morning by tho trno fei roostor. Thin so provoked hla Inst, putting his head out d i ndow, ho shoutuds roblo creature! Is It cot that you crow by day? Eailj nornliig you crow nnd crow t . , v luiot In tho morning I tM jly wring your neck." 'no ho did, but too Into ho foucl to sun roiio from other caowi BUYb.o c ryf0W8- crowing of n rooster CH ra &it!iliir Wm Iho Milder. ANDowsboy 1 know," snld n yacbU- 'toolc to tho sea. Ho btatti cabin boy on a tramp comer. Ilsvu! a good boy, but "Onco, when our whlto iquadrn was at N'owport, this collier BtoamtJ In her stow way shoreward with t ensign upsldo down, tho signal of d! tross distress of tho direst, init&stl a pretty sight was to bo seen. Etwj warship In tho float lowered a lift boat, and alt of tiioso beautiful, snot; boats, mannttl by Jacklos In upotltu j whlto duck, raced for tho grimy oil collier nt breakneck spceda prestj sight Indeed. Tho captain of tho Mi ller stood on tho bridge Ho ward his hut, nnd tho crews pulled nil t&t faster. As thoy drew closo they hear! the man's crloM. '"Como ont Pull! Got dawn to It!' he reared, dancing nbout wildly. "'What's tho matter, cat'talnf tb first ofllcsr to roach tho collier mw liresthlowily. " 'Why, nothing tho matter,' U cftptnln answered In ft surprised roltt. " "Then why's your ensign upside down?' "Tho cantaln looked aloft, the frowned. "It's that boy Hnnk again.' said bs. And hero I thought It was a res" ta.' " Why He Ilnrin't Trlrd K. Tho party was encamped on the Bci river In eastorn Utah, when a pros pector enmo along ono morning on t mulo. He had his Jaw tied up and t first Boomed Inclined to pans on with out n word. On second thought, ho ovor, ho halted nnd gruffly queried: "How fur, to Salt Lnko?" "Throe hnndrod mllos." "Humph!" 'Traveled far?" "About 200 miles." "Got your law hurt?" "No; It's Just an Infomnl toothache, and I'm n-rldlng flvo hundred mile t get It nulled." Wo Invited him down, and ono of th j crowd got n ploco of string round tb J tooth and Jorkod It out ns quick ns pt j please. Aftor tho overjoyed man dm ceasod dnnclnir about I Imiulrcdt "Why didn't you try tho string t j foro fitnrtlncr out. nn mmh n lollK rldeT i "Host kind of reason, sir. I l""50'1 nary a string." AlM'i'ilofen Tolil llf AVII. When A. T, Stownrt conrolvcd tM j Idea or sotting up a coat of nrms M i went to W. It. Travors, tho New VorK j wit, for advlco. Mr. Travels 8UKg& od an employer rampant, chuslnS lazy Dnlosnmn with a ynrdtlck, W Mr. Stewart did not spunk to W i again for a month. This nnocdot probably as authentic ns tho other, , which states that Mr. Stownrt tel" oxtremoly loquacious at a stnto to quot at Dolmonlco'U, Mr. TrnveM lencod him by culling tho length o lu' tnblo: "Cinht" One of Oiu W) vl'l'1' Ml. I., I an l.nflll llOgfiCSS" iuwu UU jrutu luT jw.M i , , nn airship, docs ho? What kind It " Kthol-Tho host kind possiuie- heirship to .about a million wwr Uonton Transcript tit1 t .