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AN OPEN ARCTIC SEA.
Tho Exiatanoe of One Is Not Alto
gather Improbable.
The Extraordinary Experience of an Old
Arctlo Sailor Among the Natives
at the Frigid Polar
Region.
That steamers can pass through the
Arctic ocean in certain years is the
opinion of Capt. A. II. McGregor, based
upon his experience in the polar re-
(rirma Cant. MofJrcrnr has Rien tivnti.
ty-three years service in the Arctic, '
and commands the steamer Orca.
owned by the Pacific Whaling com
pany, of San Francisco, says the Port
land Oregonian. lie was in this city
lately, and talked entertainingly of
his experience.
"Last year," he said, "nine of the
Pacific Whaling company's steamers
and ships reached Cape Uathhurst, the
farthest point north and east ever
reached by a vessel of an;' kind. We
had been whaling in liehring sea. and.
having finished what is termed the
outside catch in July, we started for
the Arctic to finish the season. We
passed along the east shore, rounded
point barrow, and then made the jour
ney to the cape, which is near the Mc
Kenzie river. We cast anchor and
whaled there the rest of the season.
The natives were somewhat surprised
at our appearance, bu', as they had
seen white men before, they soon over
came whatever fear they might have
felt and became very friendly. They
did not differ in the least from other
Esquimaux. We sounded the ocean
near the McKenzie, and found that a
boat drawing more than four feet of
water could not approach within thirty
miles of the river. The land on both
sides was mountainous and covered
with snow.
"The oldest native told us that it
was many winters since white men
came in boats, which led mo to be
lieve that no boat had reached the
cape since Capt. Collinson was there in
1855. Capt. Collinson and his party
visited the place in small boats when 1
they were making a survey of the
British possessions, but they were
compelled to remain there throe years
before they could return.
"We could have made the trip from
the Pacific to the Atlantic last year if
we had so desired, but our business
was whaling, not exploring. We found
what is called the breaking-ground of
the whales, which lies between Capo
Uathhurst and the McKenzie river.
We left four vessels, the Norwalk,
Balaeva, Grampus and Newport to
winter there while the others finished
the season on the Siberian coast.
Those that wintered in the Arctic have
been whaling all summer, but we have
had no report from them and do not
know if the ocean is open again this
year. Natives at tho capo whom I
questioned told me that the ocean was
fairly open three years out of four,
and that there was a great big sea one
year in five. Last year was what they
termed 'great big sea,' and they said
that the same conditions prevailed in
1889. A largo vessel could not pass
through a fairly open sea, so the
chances of reaching Greenland
through the Arctic sea are one in five.
From this I am inclined to believe that
Collinson entered the ocean when it
was 'open.'"
NO AFTERNOON.
Morning and Evening Salutations tn the
national Capital.
Strangers to Washington often re
mark upon the custom of addressing
one at all times of the day by the uni
form salutation: "Good morning." It
sound odd to a westerner to hear one
address him with "Good morning" at
five o'clock in the afternoon.
This custom, says the Indianapolis
Journal, is as old as the congress of
the United States and the hours of ex
ecutive business in the various depart
ments. It is said to be directly due to
the morning hour in congress. The
standing rules of the two houses of
congress provide for a "morning hour,"
which extends from twelve to two
o'clock, and that provision has made it
common to refer to "morning busi
ness" in oongress, which occurs before
the "regular order." Frequently the
regular order is not resumed, and the
morning hour is extended until four or
five o'clock, especially in the latter
days of congress and when there is a
great jam of business. In the executive
departments reference is made to the
"morning work" during the entire day.
This is all, of course, official parlance.
The custom has grown so that it ex
tends throughout social life and in all
sorts of private business, until it is
morning until all government business
is at an end in Washington. When the
sun goes down and twilight sets in it
is "Good evening." It is never after
noon in the nationnl espital.
UNPOPULATED C oHIUM.
At the Present Kate that Will n IJo
the Condition of These French lelunds.
W Hoffner for two years manager
of the Socicte Commerciale, which
owns large stores on the Marquesas and
Dominique islands, lately arrived here,
says the San Francisco Chronicle.
Every two or three months Mr. Iloff
ner was in the habit of cruising in a
boat around these islands, making nu
merous landings. This has made him
exceedingly familiar with the is.ands
and their inhabitants. He says that
the natives are dying off very rapidly
by reason of the use of opium and thai
in a short time there will be none left.
The past year has made fearful inroads
on them.
"The deaths have been so frequent,"
said Mr. Hoffner, "that lately tlie
French government has been doing
all it could to suppress the opium
habit, but with meagre success. It
binders it In some ways, but in the
main it is carried on as before. The
French government introduced opium
into the islands about twenty year;
ago, and now a vain effort is being
mado to stamp out the evil. It is,
however, too late to remedy the
wrong.
"The natives are dying off like flies.
In ten years, If the present rate of
mortality keeps up, there will not be
one of them left. The last few years
have been especially severe and made
terrible inroads on the population.
Where the natives cannot get opium
to satisfy their eravincs. thev substi
tute a hrandv obtained from the co-1
cocoanut tree, which is even worse than
the product of the poppy juice. The
liquor is nothing, in fact, but the nat
ural sap of the cocoanut tree. The is
landers bore holes in the tree, and the
sap almost immediately begins to run.
This process kills the tree, but they do
stronger than opium, and I have seen
not care for that. lhe liquor
the poor native drunk on it and lying
ibout like dead men for three or four
days.
"They do not smoke the opium, but
-at it, and in enormous quantities.
They eat so much of it and have such
abnormal cravings for it to the exclu
ion of almost every other desire, that
chey do not buy the amount of general
merchandise they ordinarily would. As
a result, business is bad in the islands.
Trade, outside of opium, has fallen off
a great deal, and the people seem to
have lost the energy and desire to ad
vance that they once had. It is so
quiet there now that I think I shall
return to Chili, where I was before.
When the native population is wiped
out altogether, as now seems to be its
fate, the islands will be an excellent
field for emigration. I am not sure that
at present the French government
would encourage immigration."
Mr. Iloffner says there are now very
few Americans on the islands.
Escorts Always at Hand.
In London, when a lady wearing a
tinv silver star meets a man with a
siiver star, she will say: "How d'ye do,
hrnthor?" and he renlies: "How d'vedo.
sister?" Eit'ris t'T" "-'vilmrcd to
extend any courtesy or ask any favor
of the other, without the act being
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can ask a man to go with her without
his thinking she is expressing a too
flattering preference for his society.
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occasion, she accepts it in the spirit it
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ver star," says the Evening Sun,
arises out of the necessities of a
social civilization, in which men and
women are more and more indispens
able to one another. For this the
new organization provides. Otherwise
it is called the "Anti-Matrimonial
league." This by no means prohibits
marriage. In fact, it lias been called
the "Ante-Matrimonial league." But
this was by persons Ineligible to mem
bership. Neither widows nor widow
ers are admitted.
1'lerclng Armor l'latea
Armor plating has not been discussed
so much recently as it was two years
ago, when it was decided that the liar-
veyized and nickel plating were the
most invulnerable yet discovered. Hut
no sooner is such a question "settled
than the experiments are resumed to
find runs to send nroiectiles capable of
penetrating the "heaviest and best."
The Russians have now declared the
problem is solved by piercing the Har
vey and Tressider surface-hardened
armor by means of a shell having
wrought-iron cap, and this, it is said,
has been done without the shell break'
ing n-v
MISDIRECTED EFFORTS.
The Dutiful Intentions of a Conscientious
Mate Etna.
The museum of natural history at
Souh Kensington, England, has lately
received the skin of a very handsome
emu, the last of a pair of these strange
Australian birds which hud been kept.
as pets for more than twenty-five years
by a clergyman of Essex. The death
of the first bird, a female, left its mae
vcrv de olate. and, as often happens in
bucIi cases, he sickened and seemed
likely to die.
His mistress carried him dainties to
tempt his appetite, and also a daily jar
of water. Again and ugain this jar
disappeared, and the lady was much
incensed against the unknown person
who made himself thus troublesome.
Finally the emu retired to his shed,
folded his lnnf legs and refused utter
lv to onmn out. until his master, in the
hope that the sunshine might even yet j
do him some good, took him up bodily
to carry him out. Then the mystery
u,lil. I'nrlor the hird were all.
tho missing gallipots!
The conscientious emu, feeling that
he ought to be fulfilling his destiny by
hatching some eggs, and having no
wife to lay for him, had seized upon
these smooth round jars as the most
promising substitutes to be had, and
perhaps would have perished in the at
tempt to hatch them if his master had
not "broken him up."
CATNIP MADE HtH CRAZY.
lhe Civilized Feline Never Forgets the
Smell of Her Favorite Hcrli.
A young married man with a young
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a(?(of cutnip Bayg the Cincinnati Coin-
mercial. lie put it in his overcoat
pocket and stopped in at a well-known
resort to get something stronger than
catnip tea for himself. In a short
time he noticed that the big pet cat of
the establishment was manifesting re
markably anxious symptoms.
All at once he thought of the catnip,
ncro was a cat brought up in a city,
and which had never before sniffed the
fragrant herb which is so much a
medicine for felines in distress. So he
opened the package, gave a few leaves
to the cat, and the crowd was soon en
joying an unusual performance. The
cat was in raptures, and rolled about
in such a crazy fashion that the bar
keeper was suspicious. He declared
that "them fellows has given the cat
poiBon." Thereupon he gave the cat a
dish of milk as an antidote, and
couldn't get it through his dull bead
that an herb called cutnip was a spe
cific medicine for cats of all climes.
liorg. the jeweler, is the man to fix np
ynur watch or clock. Ce keeps a full
stock of everything pertaining to his
business. a
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REAL NEW JERSEY APPLEJACK.
Mot Much of It in the Market, Bat Adul
terations Plentiful.
One doesn't hear so much as former
ly about "Jersey lightning." This,
says the Pittsburgh Dispatch, isn't be
cause applejack is not made any more.
Quite the contrary. Tho local name
has departed because the juice of the
apple, hich, distilled by tho farmers
In the northern part of the state, pro
duced the lightning effect, is now
known throughout the country. Jer
sey applejack, or apple whisky or
brandy, as it is called in some of the
fashionable city hotels and barrooms,
is now among the brands on hand in
every well-regulated cafe.
it is curious how applejack got its
popularity. Originally it was strictly
local in its manufacture and use. The
farmers of Sussex and Warren counties
were the sole producers and the sole
consumers. They knew the mellow
effect of that distillation. They know
how, with a lump or two of sugar and
a touch of water, to make it palatable.
The instant effects upon the brain and
then upon the tongue were discovered
half a century ago. The permeating ef
fects and the mellowing tendencies in
creased with age. Consequently every
hospitable farmer in these parts kept
his demijohn of ten or fifteen-year-old
"apple," as the case might be. Farm
ers' sons emigrated to Newark and
other parts of the state. Others started
in business in New England or out
west. They all sent home for annle-
Jack and sounded its praise. Friends
sampled the golden-hucd liquor and
relished it. Gradually tho st! nulant
that humorists styled Jersey lightning
ceased its local features and became
more universal. To-day you can get
New Jersey app.eiack, or something
labeled that way, in the prominent
cafes in any of the larger cities. Plen
ty of so-called applejack is for sale;
but much of it is made up of all sorts
of ingreclierf '. It is fiery enough to
upset tlie brah and will intoxicate an
too rapidly, but the delicate flavor of
the real article is missing, and the man
familiar with the taste will not take a
second drink.
RICHEST FAMILIES IN AMERICA.
The Astora and the Vanderbllts Control
Between Them Hundreds of Millione.
A careful estimate of the wealth of
the Astors puts it at 8200,000,000, and
this makes the family the richest in
the United States. What is more, the
wealth of the Astors is in such shape
that it cannot but increase, for the
reason that it is gilt-edged New York
city real estate, some of which, accord
ing to the Washington Star, lias with
in tho past ten years increased in
value 700 per cent, aud is still appre
ciating. The policy of the Astors has
always been to buy real estate on the
lines along which New York is now
extending and hold it for a rise, rare
ly selling, however, but building and
renting instead. The result is that
the Astor properties are in valuable
lands, Tn brick, iron, stone and mortar
instead of in fluctuating stocks and
bonds, tho fixed value of which is al
ways uncertain. As a family tho Van
derbilts stand next to the Astors in tlie
matter of wealth, and their riches
must be considered in the aggregate
and in common, since their individual
fortunes are pooled, so to speak. You
win oiuen see turiienus vanuerout,,
the present head of the house, quoted
as being worth 8200,000,000. Of course
he is not worth any such amount. Cor
nelius has most of tho Vanilerbilt mil
lions, but those who know say that he
is personally not worth above 880,000,-
0, if as much.
It must be remembered that tha late
William H- Vanderbilt had a large
family to divide his millions among,
and so the shares in the end were not
80 larfe'e as mme people thought them.
Uesides there is a disposition on the
Pt of tho calculators who love big
"IfureB to give the Vanilerlnlts credit
iur owning ouingiii, tueir great rail'
road system, when, as a matter of fact,
thousands of stockholders share in tho
ownership
An Kffnrt to Explain.
Diner How comes this dead fly in
my soup?
Waiter In fact, sir, I have no posi
tive idea how the poor thing came by
Its death. Perhaps it had not taken
any food for a long time, dashed upon
tho soup, ate too much of it and con
tracted an inflammation of the stom
ach that brought on death. The Hy
must have had a weak constitution, for
when I served up the soup it was danc
ing merrily on the surface. Perhaps
and the idea presents itself only at this
moment it endeavored to swallow too
large a piece of vegetable; this remain
ing fast in the throat, caused a choking
in the windpipe. This is the only rea
son I can give for the death of that poor
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KILLED HIMSELF FOR A LIVING.
A Parisian Swindler Who Took a Vov.l
Means of liaising the Wind.
Gillet, a professional mendicant of
raris, has tho peculiar merit of being
the organizer of a trick for raising
funds which was unknown and un
dreamed of in tho philosophy of the
ablest representatives of the old Cour
des Miracles, says a writer in the
London Telegraph. lie pretended to
hang himsetf from a tree seven times
during the summer, and on each occa
sion ho was cut down from his gibbet
by Good Samaritans, who invariably
sent round the hat for him on the spot.
In some instances the rescuers may
have been Gillet's confederates, but ac
cording to what can be gathered he
usually preferred to work alone. Hav
ing selected a fine day for his opera
tions, Gillet dressed himself carefully
and went to tho woods of Boulogne or
VinccnncB. He next made choice of a
tree near where young children were
playing, and having put a nooso round
his neck strung himself up. Then he
groaned and attracted the children,
who ran in alarm to their mothers or
nurses, until in a moment there was a
crowd around him. Men summoned to
the spot, and sometimes tho women
who were called, extricated tho artful
mendicant from his apparently peril
ous position. He was extended on the
grass, his hands were rubbed, cordials
were pressed to his lips and smcll
in? bottles put under his nose.
When he revived the first question put
to him was naturally: Why did he
do it? Pointing to a pocket of his coat
he would say: "Here i3 a letter which
will explain all!" Tho document be
ing opened contained a communication
to tho effect that Gillet wanted to
hang himself of his own free will. His
desire to dio was caused by destitution,
and he had not eaten for two days. A
collection being mado for the sufferer
he instantly regained the use of his
limbs, and before leaving his generous
avmr,ntlti7f,ia trontofl tliem to n brief
' autobiographical sketch, which set
forth that he was a respectable young
man from the country who had been
stranded in Paris and could find no
work to do. It is recorded that Gillet
performed this trick with great suc
cess between July and September, not
only in tho woods about Paris, but
also in the park at Versailles and in
the forest of St. Germain. In tho last
mentioned place ho had the good for
tune to bo cut down just sti a generous
Paris banker was passing by, who gave
Mm a liberal donation. Gillet natur
ally took care to tio his noose in a man
ner calculated to produce tho effect
which ho intended without imperiling
Ilia life. In tho winter, when the
woods are comparatively deserted, Gil
let adopted the old trick of pretending
to faint or to have an epileptic fit at
the corner of the street. His fraud
has at last been detected and charita
ble people have been warned against
his knavery, which has not only de
ceived ordinary men and women but
also astute members of the police force.
This lull does Hunting.
The jaculator fish, the piscatorial
gunner of the Juvan lakes, uses his
mouth as a squirtgun, and is a marks
man of no mean ability. Go to a small
lake or pond filled with specimens of
jaculators; place a stake or pole in tho
wat(,r wHh the cu, I)rol(,etir f,.om i
to 3 feet above the surface, place a
beetle or fly op top of tho pole and
then await devclopmcntr Soon the
water will be swarming with finny
gunners each anxious for a shot at the
tender morsel which the experimenter
has placed in full view. Presently ono
comes to the surface, steadily observes
Mb prey and measures tho distun. e.
Instantly he screws his month into tho
funniest shapes imaginable, dis-
I charges a stream of water with pre
clsion equal to any sharpshooter,
:;nocUs the fly or beetle into the water,
where he is instantly devoured by the
successful nimroci or some ol ins
hungry horde. This sport may be kept
up Us long us the supply of beetles and
flies holds out.
A L'abuloua Mountain.
8ome time since wide publicity was
given to the reported discovery in New
Guinea of a mountain higher than any
other in the world. Mount Hercules,
as tlie reputed giunt was called, was
alleged to have been measured by Maj.
Lawson and found to be thirty-BCven
thousand feet high, or about eight
thousand feet taller than Mount 8ver
cst, in the Himalayas. Subsequent in
vestigation, however, has shown Mount
Hercules to be, when compared with
those in the great mountain chain of
India, but a lilliputian. Its actual
height being but a little more than
iff pen thousand lt-cL
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