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=" Mem. Potato cake"
Mem: Pumpkin butter, Fisk & Gould
Cafes, New York, Chatham street, where you
can get food, vegetables, etc, At five cents a
dish. Garry paste aud chicken"
Dec. . he says: For supper tonight we bad
seal stew-yery flling. When we get home
am 10 cat a cold roast turkey with Linn, down
at the farm, turkey 10 be stuffed with oysters
and eaten with cranberrcs; with Ralston,
some hot hoe cakes; with Ellis, spare-ribs;
Long, pork steaks; Biederbeck, buffers an
old regimenial dish; with my other neighbor,
Cornell. am 20 eat Irish stew.-Connell is TO
cook il himself; with Bender. a roast sucking
pig Schneider, tendeFon: Brainard. peaches
aud cream; with Fredericis black cake. 70
be cooked by one OF my sisters, with preserves;
SAILOR, veal outlets aud lettuce salad Whistler,
1apjacks with molasscs; Jewell, roast oysters
On toast; Rice. clam chowder; Israel, hashed-
up liver; Gardiner, Virginia Indian pOne hot;
Ellison, Vienna sausage; with DIR. Payy, pate
de-i0ie-gras; with Henry, Hamburg beefsteak;
Lieut. KsliuEbuTy, hasLed up turkey, chicken,
and veal; with Lieut.. Greedy. Parker House
rolls and coffee, cheese, omelet, chicken, curry
and rice. and preserved strawberries. The
Parker House rolls are TO be cooked az his
house, aud an 10 furnish the preserved straw
berries"
Food, food. was tho staple subject or CONVEX.
sation, though the men brayely took up aud
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in case he could not get past Cape Sabine by
water.
The instructions 10 the Yantic were TO pro-
coed as far north as possible, in company with
the Proteus, but not 90 30 beyond Littleton
Island. She was 10 return rather than place
herself in jeopardy. There was no adequate
provision made for the possible loss OF the
PrOteus in Kane Sea or higher waters. Accom-
panying Lieut. Darlington was a naval officer,
Lieut. J. {. Colwel The two vessels went out
from ST. Johns, June %, but became separated
after leaving Godhavn. The Protcas, after
some difficulty, reached Cape Sabine on the
22d, and the day after was crushed in tho ice.
Darlington managed 10 save some Of has pro-
visions, and made a cache at Cape Sabine,
called the Wreck Camp" cache. lie went 10
Bittioton. Island in his boat, and lett a cache
and n communication for Greedy. Then they
started south 10 try 30 meet the Gautic, which
darlington did not believe would DO a5o TO
cross Melville Bay.
Prom that time tho commanders Of the two
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PLAN or CAMP CLAY.

should eudcavor to 70 as far as Cape Hawks or
perhaps Cape ColIius0n
Notwithstanding the fact that only three YES
sells bad ever passed kanc Sea Ia the voyage from
Dpemavik 10 Lady Franklin Bay. before the
EToteus, her quick run had created the impress
hion in peoples minds that the signal station
where Greedy was could be reached not only
easily but without danger. Consequently tie
Situation Of Lieut. Greedy and his men was
not ny any means fully appreciated by those III
homo.
However, Il was on the 9Th o. july. 1890
that The Neptune, sealing vessel procured al
~. Johns bearing party under command Of
william M, Beebe, private IN general service.
LETT 80 Johns arrived az G0ahayn, crossed
Melville Bay directly, and reached Littlclon
Island on the 29th
Here the vessel was stopped by the ice pack.
Beebe made several attempts 10 cross Kane Sea.
but failed. lie made cache Of $50 rations al
Cape sabine another al Littleton Island. and
left the boats requested by Greedy. The vessel
then returned home
AZ now became a matter OF grave importance
that the next relief expedition should he a
Success without question, as Greely's relief ia
person was lis object
Lieut., Ernest A. Darlington, 9TH Cav, was
sent out with the Pr0teus and a tender the
RRntlc, Commander Frank Wildes, II. S. r., A
United States vessel OF little account and small
speed.
In the orders given by Gen Hazen 10 Lieut..
harrington, he was TO follow out Lieut. Groelv's
suggestions IN his letter closely, and should
use every endoaYor 10 communicate with him,
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discussed general subjects. 10 keep their minds
occupied. and from thinking too much IL their
starving condition. Thus, on Dec. ], Lock.
wood tells Of discussions on farming and
other occupations The Ggcn. or scme of them,
intended 10 adopt on their return 30 America.
Last night ] told the narrative Of my
farming experience. il created much interest
Bender is giving general description Of Ger.
many " and the mcknight the latter finished
lis travels IN Germany as d jOurncyman tin
smith"
The story Of the scant food is patheticalIy
tod In the entry Of Dec. 3.
breakfast this morning consisted IL choco.
late and one and a-half ounces Of butter; no
bread, for ] ate all my bread last night. saved
from yesterday some scraps Of seaiskin. aud
after Long was through cooking, put the can
over the remnants Of the ERE a few minutes
and tue scraps became quite soft. ] ate them
hair aud all. The skin has little on IL but the
hair, the hlnbbcr and meat being cut of As
clean as possible"
Just after the above entry he adds: I'VE all
look forward now 10 Christmas, aud count the
days to The Winter solstice dec. 2l) the
darkest day Of this dreadful Winter
We can scarcely realize the suffering Of that
little band. Lockwood writes Of the extreme
cold "a }, and that he found il impossible Ia
keep his feet warm, although inside the lint
aud In his sleeping bag. DO not wonder that
the brave spirit sometimes almost gave yyay
aud yet this plainiiye moan Is almost heart
breaking 10 read
il the cold makes this life all tho mira
miserable. What would not give 10 be aygav
IRON here, anywhere away from here. apy-
where out Of the darkness and cold where tI,era
d plenty Of food 10 cat. AT times II seems al
most impossible that we can get through sucb
an existence. If we escape scurvy during tbe
Winter, as We have so far, i shall always regard
IL as something miraculous"
Then he seems To have shaken of his low
feeling, aud writes: This evening the snirits
Of the party seem higher aud VIC have ipdnIgcd
IN some singing" but lac adds pitifuliy, sing.
ing Is something rather rare with us.D / sbonId
think II would have been. A few DAVIS later Ia
writes in geelul mood ITO day nv feet have
been warm much 10 my JOY" But the newt
day he tells that he /" had nice warm feet last
night but 10 day, about noon. the circulation
left them and since then have been rnisers-
De Lille ~ the most wrctchod 'duR-Outb in
Tie Tar West seems a paradise in eOmuarison
with this life"
Would 20 God" he writes again "tbs
! Spring was come" The dreadful influence M
TIC dead blackness Of the long night of ArctIc
/ winter Boems 10 have caused fully az nncL
mental suffering as the constant want az Good
and the bitter cold. O-
As early as Dec. O Thursday he tells that
next week we are 10 have, on "Wednesday
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parts OF the exped ition played game or cross
purposes about and below LittletOn Island, and
failed 10 find each other at the prearranged
places Of meeting. As a result, the Nautic and
Lieut.. Clearinghouse party in two divisions,
came home separately, without having accom-
plished anything.
In September, 1883, Darlington reported from
ST. Johns the failure Of tho expedition, declar-
ing that IL would be too late that season 10 iit
out another expedition. lt is doubtless true
that 81 any vessel had undertaken the voyage
in the Fall Of 1883 il would have been lost
There was nothing TO do but 10 wait until the
Summer
1t was late in June 1854, that the Greedy
relief ships Ih6tis aud Bear ACCOMPANIED by
the whaleTs Aurora and Wolf, passed the last
foe in Melville Bay and pushed toward Cape
York. having been 20 days out from GOihayn.
The Iheils was commanded By Commander W.
>. Schlcy, now Of the Baltimore and the Bear
by Lieut. w. J. III. Emory, IN. William T.
Chandler was then Secretary Of the Navy, and
TO the Navy was intrusted the work Of rcliev-
ing Greely and his party, who were doubtless
Ia sore straits. After the news Of tho failure
Of The late expedition il began 20 dawn upon
the people that on Sept ] Greedy and his men
bad been ordered 10 leave their Well-supplpd
station az Fort Conger; that Greedy intended
10 leave lti that he was probably at that tine
on has way south, expecting 10 find relief al
IittlctOn Island, and that only 500 Tatons, or
20 days food, had been landed from the Pro-
teus al Cape Sabine, and only 24O ct Littleton
Island. Over 10000 ratiUns had been taken %
IN the vessels Neptune. Pr0tcus, aud Yantic;
and except 1000 left IN that vicinity. All had
been returned or sunk with the PrOteue. Aud
80 tie third relief expedition had been fitted
out.
Meanwhile all had gone well with Greedy
ano has men IN the signal station nj Fort Con.
ger, The work Of the party had been entirely
satisfactory, and not the least important part
OF y had been the 6edgc journey Of Lock wood
ana Brainard 10 the northwest part Of Green
land, establishing the farthest point north ever
reached by man so far as known.
On Aug. Greedy left Fort Conger and started
south. The trip was made with difficulty, aud
the party arrived, Sept. %, al Baird Inlet. lust
south % tie Island on which Cape Sabine was
Thence Greedy sent Scrg't Rice aud one Of his
Eskimo 70 the Cape 10 find cut what stores had
been placed there
The journey resulted in The discovery that
Cape Sabine was separated from them by a
strait, then called Eicc's Strait; Of the wreck
Oh the PrOteus, and that there were only about
1000 ratiOns left Or 40 days supply for the
party.
The 2lst Of October found Greedy al Camp
Clay, on the island. lie divided his ratious 10
last until March ], aud meanwhile decided 10
wait until smith Sound should be frozen over.
that he might 60 down 10 Littleton Island.
Tho provisions found at the Cape were
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I'VE were kept awake last night, of and on,
all night by cold. My feet and hands sem TO
alternate in suffering from cold" AZ that time
the fuel was scant even for cooking. and the
men depended for warmth on extra clothing
four or five pairs OF wooden drawer. cic.--and
staying inside the slalskin slecpinc-bags. That
day the mean temperature was . degrees be-
low the freezing point.
Of the food supply he says the same day /:
"Ihis evening we had little English pre-
served beef which we thaw in the cans. aud
two dog biscuit each. hash up my meat fine,
and also the dog biscuit. aud keep il until get
my tea, which | pour on to make n hash, or
whatever IL might be called. Conversation
during the day on the subject Of eating"
All through this record come frequent notes
showing how constantly the mind was dwelling
upon something 10 cat, the notes reading like
this:
Mem: Charlotte russo. With Cross ] am
10 cat Welsh rarebit, with egg.nogG and black
caIe"
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Send q self-addressed envelope at once, en-
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Mention this paper.
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Examine Your Horse !

foF all Kinds OF lameness, bunches bony tumors milan.
nation collie sore throat and in fact in every case where an
application or blister is needed use Gombaulfs Caustc
basam as no other preparation ever made equals it for
prompt reliable results, safety and economy Price
Sodby druggists THE nWRERcewnLmRs co. Sole Importers. c.o,a
D saoal rnbs 0'~
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or the World WORLDLY.

"There 90 the spicer Wileoxes, mamma. Pm
told they are dying to know US. Hadn't we
better eall?"
Certainly not, dear If they are dying to
know US they are not worth knowing. The
only people worth our knowing are the people
who don't want to know usID
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AT CAPE SABINE.
The Sad Story Of The Greely Expedition
AS Brought to Mind by a Diary.
By r. y c.

ACH Christmas time
that has come 20 me
since 1854 has made me
sad amid the almost
universal Joy through
out the Christian world
in thinking of the mute
story of a Christmas
day passed in tn e
dreary Arctic waste
on Smith Scum d
where a little band OF
heroic American sol
diers lay starving and
without fuel in the bit
Ter cold and darkness
Of Winter in the far
North, and where no
loving an d willing
hands could reach ana
aid them.
Let me tell the story
from the beginning. IL
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After Church.
iPuehl

Mrs. Pugh-There was q great deal Of
breadth 10 DIR. Teck's sermon this morning.
Pugh-But still it wasn't a. broad as it was
long.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-29
A Steel Chimney.

In order to economic space and
weight, steel is being used for the con-
struction, at the Chicago exhibition, of
chimney which, when completed, will
be 250 feet high. The steel varies in
thickness from 5-32 inch at top to
e inch at the bottom. The lower part
of the chimney is lined with fire brick
8 inches deep, formed to fit the shell
compactly all round. Above this hollow
tile is used
The weight of a brick chimney of this
size would be almost 700 tons, while in
steel it will weigh; including. the Innings,
little less than $50 tons. The outside
diameter Of the chimney is 8 feet S
inches, whereas had it been. constructed
of brick. it would be 16 feet 6 inches, a
great saving of space being thus effected
Exchange.
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why He Gave Away overshoes.

I'VE have a shoemaker in our town."
says Quebec man, whose business in
selling overshoes has been ruined by a
hustling rubber house, and who, this
winter, to get even, had a great opening
sale, at which he gave to every purchaser
of shoes a pair of rubber overshoes, upon
the soles of which was his advertisement
reversed SO that at every step the wearers
take through the snow they leave his
advertisement neatly printed in their
tracks. The effect is magical and power
full. You can scarcely look at the snow
any place in Quebec without seeing foot
prints with this mans name glaring
boldly from them.-New York Tribune.
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a Much delayed Wedding.


Miss Florence E. Howell, of Decatur.
and George Vandyke, of Louisville,
married at midnight, had an eventful
experience. Twice had the wedding day
been fixed, but it was postponed. The
third time they came near missing it
again. George expected his wedding
suit from Louisville by express. It did
not come, although the couple waited
until the last train was in before start
ing on their journey in the mud, five
miles distant to the home of the bride.
where the wedding guests had assem-
bled to witness the marriage. At Z
o'clock Vandyke procured his license,
and as he was coming out of the Office
he fell headlong twelve feet into the
cellar of the new court house. Later he
started with the bride and four friends
for the Howell place, when the single
tree broke, the horses kicked themselves
loose and ran away, leaving the party in
the mud. Another vehicle was secured
and the journey resumed. The party
arrived at IL o'clock to find some of the
guests getting ready to go home. The
wedding feast was cold. but the wedding
took place at midnight. Decatur Cor.
Chicago Tribune
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Improper Labels.

1t used to be jestingly said that the
name of Mohammed was invoked for
all purposes, even down to the itinerant
fruit seller, whose cry was, I'm the ename
of the prophet-tigs' But it appears to
be the practice for enterprising and
pushing British manufacturers to have
recourse to-the same alliance of piety
with profits British exporters to Mo-
rocco. 1t seems. have been accustomed to
place Arabic inscriptions on their wares,
such as calicoes. candles, matches, etc.
According to the consul at Magador,
the snltan has lately issued the follow
ING warning through the customs ad-
niinistration; Having learned that GER
tam goods imported, including calicoes.
matches. ETC.. have been imported bear
ing in Arabic characters the names of
Mohammed. of Hassan and Ali and
others held sacred by Moslimen. and
bearing other writing not suitable to be
on such articles. 1 order you to give
notice to the merchants to advise their
correspondents in other countries to dis
continue the sending of goods SO mark
ed. A reasonable time will be allowed
for this notice to reach them. Any such
goods imported after due notice has been
given will be seized by the government
and treated as contraband Should the
importer be a Moslem. he will be pun
lshed in addition to the forfeiture. -
Leisure Hour.
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Ola Memories Reca1l.,I.

After the adjournment of the United
States court at Danville, Va, recently.
there was little scene which was not on
the docket. A one armed old Confederate
had been found guilty of illegal distill-
ing and was sentenced to one months
imprisonment and fne-of 800. Judge
John Paul, who was also an old Confed-
crate, ordered the marshal to bring Gar
rett Morrison. the one armed veteran,
into the courtroom. Presently the
judge and prisoner stood face to face
AS he touched the empty sleeve tears
came into the eyes of the Judge, who
said: Come back here tomorrow and l
will consider your case. We old boys
are getting scarce, and you cannot go to
jail.-Cor. Richmond Times.
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Innocents Abroad.

Two small children-one boy and
the other a girl-were permitted to ac-
company their mother on a shopping
tour in the week before Christmas They
espied life size figure of Santa Claus in
one of the large retail marts in Sixth
avenue. Breaking away from parental
guidance, they ran joyfully up to the
figure, exclaiming, "Oh, Mr.. Santa
Cfausr' "Mr. Santa Clausr' with such
vehemence that the attention of at least
dozen persons was attracted to them.
With all of the sincerity and enthusi-
asm that true faith imparts those little
ones stood before the grizzled and toy
laden image and told what they wanted
Dear Mr.. Santa Claus" to bring them
for Christmas. The little boy wanted
wagon with horses that could trot, and
the girl wanted dolly that could open
and shut its eyes and talk So firm was
their belief in the actual presence of
Santa Claus that the little folks imag-
ined that they could see twinkle in his
eye and a smile of assent to their peti-
tions on his lips. 1t was an incident
that touched the adult observers, one of
whom, a white haired old gentleman,
murmured, /. "Tis a pity that child's be-
lief in Santa Claus should ever be
shaken. York Times
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A Three Leered Steer.

A monster three legged steer was re-
Gently discovered on the headwaters of
the Cheyenne river, in Wyoming 1t is
years old, and weighs close on 1900
pounds, and has horns that viii measure
SIX feet from tip to tip. The hind legs
are perfect. but in front there is only
one leg, located in the centre of the body
on the part of the body between where
the front limbs are on an ordinary steer
and is about the size of two ordinary
legs. The steer is wild. and when dis
covered took the lead of small herd of
mavericks and skipped out for hiding
place.-Omaha Bee.
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4 storx 81 a from, llIl Ho,ns..ax.. ,,,lI. Va


A curious adventure has happened to
II. Arsene Houssaye, the author. Some
years ago, while at his country seat in
the department of the Aisne, he saved a
little girl from being burned to death in
a fire which occurred on her fathers
farm. He had forgotten all about the
event till the other day, when a hand
some young woman called at his chateau
and informed him that the firemen of
the village where the conflagration took
place had voted him medal.
Il am the child you rescued from the
dames," she said. ''and have come to
thank you with all my heart for your
noble and generous bravery" Her name
is Mile. Dupre, and she is on the point of
getting married.
M. Houssaye, charmed with her simple
bearing, and delighted with the medal
she handed him, said to her: 80 you are
going to be married are you? Well, L am
glad to hear it, and shall consider it an
honor if you will allow me to pfovide
your gown for the wedding and another
gown made OF fame coloted gauze to re-
call to mind the first day I made your
pleasant acquaintance. It is needless
to say that she accepted the offer.-Paris
Cor. st. Louis POST Dispatch.
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Large Production of Anthracite.

The year 1891 was remarkable in the
anthracite coal trade for its enormous
production. which far exceeds that of
any other year. Heretofore 1888 has
borne the banner for production, or
rather shipments. with a total of SO, 145,-
7l9 tons, but the present outlook is that
1891 will surpass this by about 1000, 900
tons. or something over 40. .0OO, 900 in all.
an unprecedented figure, and nearly
S,O0O,OO0 tons greater than the shipments
of 1890
The statistics of shipments of hard
coal up to Dec. show that SO far in 1891
S7,5O9.55 tons had been shipped, an in
crease of 4,039. .593 over 1890 for the cor
responding period. The shipments for
December agreed upon by the companies
are 5,25o,Oo0 tons, and if that full
amount were carried the total is consider
ably over 40. .O00, 900 O-Philadelphia Rec
ord
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Cranes All winter

Fresh grapes can be had all through
the winter at trifiing expenditure of
care and attention. The grapes should
De cut when just ripe, with several inches
of stem on each bunch, and then be
placed in paper boxes, with a layer of
crumpled newspaper underneath and
another above them. The punches should
not tonch, and the grapes should not be
paied in the box. Keep them in a cool
dry room mot in the cellar, the damp
ness there IS sure to spoil them-and
with care to prevent their freezing they
Will be as eatable in February as in
Octoher.-Interview in St. Louis Globe
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