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Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31
ROBINSON CRusoE's ISLAND.
Some Facts About Its Location In til,
south Pacific.

Some Facts About Its Location in the
south Pacific.
A late dispatch In the newspapers through
out the country refers to a reported sink
ing OF Juan Fernandez and to this island
as the tabled home OF Robinson Crusoe. A
later dispatch says that the government
of Chilli has decided hereafter to call Juan
Fernandez Crusoe's island.
1t takes but a moment to show that Juan
Fernandez is not Crusoe's island. The story
Defoe first published in 1919 tells Just where
Crusoes island lies. The hero. you remem-
Der, was on his way from Brazil to Guinea
when the hurricane-the likes of which still
sweep over the West Indian seas-wrecked
him and cast him on a lonely coast. 1t was
near the mouth of the Orinoco.
The master made an observation as well
as he could" says Crusoe, 'and found that
he was in about II degrees north latitude,
but that he was % degrees of longitude far
Their west from Cape st. Augustine; so that
he found he was upon the coast Of Guiana,
on tho north part of Brazil, beyond the river
Amazon, toward that of the river orinoco,
commonly called the Great river, and be-
gan to consult with me what course he
should take, for the ship was lcaky, and
very much disabled, and he was going di-
rectly back to the coast of Brazil. / was
positively against that; and looking over
tho charts Of the seacoast of America with
him we concluded there was no inhabited
country for us to have recourse to till we
came within the circle of the Carribce ISL
ands, and we therefore resolved to stand
away for Barbadoes."
Again, says Defoe, toward the end of the
tale, IN reference to the tide about his
Island: 81 afterwards understood II was occa-
stoned by the great draft and refuX of the
mighty river Orinoco, in the mouth of which
river, as | found a~fterward, our island lay,
and that this island, which | perceived to be
west and northwest, was the great island
Trinidad, on the north point of the mouth
of the river. | asked Friday a thousand
questions about the country, the inhabitants,
the sea. the coast, and what nations were
near. He told me all he knew, with the
greatest openness imaginable. l asked him
the names Of the several nations Of his
sort Of people, but could get no other name
than Caribs. | easily Understood that these
were the Caribbees, which our maps place
on the part Of America which reaches from
the mouth of the Orinoco to Guiana, and
onward to st. Martha"
This disposes of the fiction that Juan Fer
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Xxx.

After the burial of his daughter Braunt
sat in his lonely room and pondered bitterly
upon the failure his life had been ever since
he could remember. Hard and incessant
toll he did not complain of; that was his lot,
and IL had been the lot Of his fathers. He
was able to work and willing; the work was
there waiting to be done; yet, through the
action OF men over whom he had not the
slightest control he was doomed to idleness
and starvation until the capricious minds of
others changed, and the signal was given to
pick up the tools that had been SO heedlessly
dropped.
"Ah'l not stand it, he cried aloud, bring
ing his fist down on the empty table.
But after these momentary flashes OF de-
termination the depression habitual TO him
settled down with increased density upon his
mind. and, realizing how helpless he was. he
buried his face in his hands and groaned in
hopeless despair. 1t is difficult for a starv-
ing man to be brave for long. What could he
do? Absolutely nothing. He might drop
dead from exhaustion before he got a chance
to earn a meal, though he tramped the huge
city searching for work. The trade he knew
was already overcrowded with thousands Of
men eager for the place he had been COM
PEELED to abandon. Even the street cross
iags we're owned by impoverished wretches
who earned what living they got by sweep
ing them. If he were presented with a
crossing he had not the money to buy q
broom. Gibbons. fool though he might be,
spoke the truth when he said a working
man was but a cog in a large wheel; the
wheel might get a new cog, or a new set OF
cogs. but the cog separated from the wheel
was as useless as a bit of old iron.
Langly stole softly in upon his stricken
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31
FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS.

Very much astonished at what he read,
Guy nevertheless had presence OF mind to
procure an old crossbow he had found hidden
away amid a lot OF rubbish In the loft
above, under the r~afters, together with a
broken arrow. and also a file, with which,
after much labor, he cut the fastenings of
the three chains that bound the book to the
desk. No sooner had he done so than, flap
ping its covers as IL they were its wings, the
magic book flew out of the window like some
strange blackbird. Quickly fitting a shaft
to his crossbow, Guy Of Wessex let drive at
the book, and, true to its aim, the broken
arrow struck the volume, which f~uttered
down behind the rocks and was lost to view.
Now 1t SO happened that the house OF the old
scholar was built ,.pon a clif overlooking
the sea, and as Guy FASTENED quickly out OF
doors he was just in time to see the book
fall among the branches OF an old uprooted
oak washed up on the shore OF a rocky islet
that lay a bowshot from the coast. AS he
stood upon a crag, high above the white
a moment, but when the wild cry OF a tern
tated no longer. Plunging into the sea, he
breasted the waves. and, swimming across
the channel, landed amid the roots Of the
oak tree.
Here he saw so remarkable a looking
creature among the branches, he was fain
to climb the slippery rocks to get a better
view.
In was, indeed, nothing else but a wonder
full red grimm. six ellis long. He shone like
polished copper and was saddled and
bridled, and fastened by a halter TO the
broken arrow. buried to the yanes In the
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THE MUTABLE MANY. SY
BY ROBERT BARR.


| with a suggestion OF regret in lt-sorry
they're going. don't you know"
Barney hurried back to his guests, shak-
ing hands, asking them TO come again, and
receiving gushing thanks for a most agree
able afternoon. Suddenly there knelled forth
on the murmur OF farewell the solemn notes
of the Funeral March" like the measured
toll of a passing bell. The metallic clangor
of the instrument gave a vibrant thrill to
the somber music, which was lacking in the
smooth. round tones of the organ. Langly
played like a man entranced, his head thrown
back, his pale face turned upward, looking
as if life had left il. An instantaneous chill
ing hush fell upon the assomblage, as If OF
| an icy wind had swept through the room
freezing into silence the animated stream
of conversation. Some shivered where they
stood, and one girl, c~lasping her cloak at
her throat, paused and said, half hysteri-
cally:
"Gf this is a joke, Mr.. Hope, I must say l
dent like It,"
Cursed bad taste, If you ask me-" NUT
tered one man, hurrying away.
"Oh. | say" cried Barney, as much
shocked as anyi one at the inopportune Incl
dent, and striding toward the performer,
as soon as his wits came to him, 1--WE didn't
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: THE MAGIC BOOK 3 ::;:: ;
~ Or How the Princess Fooled the Griffin. y
10000

Copyright, 1897. by S. S. Mcclure Coz
A very long time ago, when London towr
was but a small village, there lived famout
scholar, whose house had been broken int
by a robber band. The band carried away
all they thought worth taking and destroyed
everything else-that Is, all but an old vol.
ume bound in rough, red leather. the lids
of a unicorn, and written throughout, from
the first page of parchment to the last, with
a pen made from a quill plucked out Of the
wing Of a phoenix and dipped into dragons
blood instead of ink-the robbers did not
take 1t, because 1t was secured with three
heavy chains to a stout oaken desk built
into the stone wall of the apartment, and
they did not destroy it, because they thought
1t was a prayer book. They were very pious
men In their peculiar way. AS, indeed, are
many of their trade even at the present day.
1t was not a prayer book, however; 1t was a
book of answers. All one had to do was to
knock three times upon the cover, repeat
the question to be answered. and say, in
Latin:
As 1 open let 1t be
Where my answer i shall see.
Open the book and there before your eyes
you would find what you sought. But the
scholar who owned the book had been car
ried off BY the robbers, and as he made a
profound secret OF the proper manner OF con-
sulting 1t. and never sought it's aid when he
had reason to suspect any one was within
sight or hearing, 1t really seemed as IL the
old volume was no longer Of much use to
anyone.
A KNOWING LAD.
The scholar, however, was not the only
one who knew how to use 1t. 1t so happened
he had a lad about the place named Guy
of Wessex, who understood what should be
said and done, though he had never been
able as yet to open the book, for his mas
ter kept the clasps locked with a paddock
and carried the key about with him. You
see, the way of 1t was this, Guy acted as
servant to the old scholar, ran his errands,
brought him his cloak and his crutch-
handled cane when he went abroad or pre-
pared his meals when he remained at home,
using for the purpose one corner of the same
furnace in which his master cooked cop
per and lead and quicksilver, with a lot Of
evil smelling substances together in great
crucibles, hoping to discover q mixture that
would melt into gold. Back of the furnace
chimney, behind an old ramshackle stuffed
alligator, Guy had a hiding place where he
crept in cold weather to keep from freezing.
Often had he laid here trembling when his
master called up all sorts Of outrageous
nightmares and set them tasks to do, or
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31

that could not outwlt a stupid English de-
mon. So she told him to do thus and so.
and left him. When the spirit OF the red
book came for his victim he found him sit
ting at a table cracking nuts.
set me a task. MASTER said he,
For now the day Is almost DER,
And you and / will part no more
''Be not too sure of that, my frlend,..
The longest cord must have an end"
replied Guy.
So must our compact. In your claw
Bring me what no man ever saw;
Or, having seen, must seek In vain
For evermore to see again.
The griffin few into a passion and glowed
like redhot copper.
'What silly task Is this?" he beloved forth,
"'Tis true, It's more than even i can do:
But such tricks will hardly serve you now.
For IL / can't no more, Canst thou
Guy of Wessex smiled and cracked a nut.
Taking from 1t the kernel he showed 1t to
the griffin.
In all thy ways. where'er they go,
East, west, north, south, or nigh or low,
Dld'st ever see this thing beforef
And the griffin had to say no.
Then clapping it into his mouth, Guy con-
tinued:
Nor did anyone else, and it's as plain
1t never can be seen again.
Sick at heart, the crestfallen Inundated
griffin FASTENED to disappear. nor has any OF
the specie1 ever since been seen by human
eye.
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CHANCE.
Written for The Bee

Written for The Bee.
The wind blows good-the wind blows ILL
And happy hours are flying,
All that Is past is cold and still,
And fragrant flowers are dying.
The wind blows soft-the wind blows warm
And we forget fate's Gliding,
Nor heed the muttering OF the storm
That unseen hands are guiding.
The winds are fierce. and loud, and strong
OF life's despair they're shrieking;
Drained are the clear, sweet springs of sons
And all earth's ties are breaking.
We cannot change the storm-wind's course
MOI stay its awful power;
cannot shelter from deaths force
Our f~airest. dearest flower.
Creatures OF chance we must remain,
The strongest Wills but %creeplngi.
Yet He who sends US peace and pain
Still has US In His keeping.
BELLE WILEY CUE.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY, JANUARY 81. 1897.

tion Is required before we begin. You will
come tomorrow at the usual hour. and, after
arrangements for work have been made, you
may each draw half a weeks wages in ad.
vance from the cashier; | shall give orders
to that effect. A number of kilograms were
to have been sent out on Saturday which 1t
is now unnecessary to send; | will spend the
money thus saved In tobacco, OF which each
man shall get a share as he passes out
through the small gate. The large gates will
moi be opened until tomorrow morning."
There was a faint wavering cheer as Sart-
well stopped speaking and stepped down. The
men then slowly filtered into the works.
ITO be ContinuedO
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mention It. You can make this FELLOW drive
you around for four hours. II you want to.
He'd take you to Brighton in that time, so
| suppose he'll land you anywhere In Lon
don in short order. Well, goodbye. my dear
fellow. and I thank you ever so much for
your exquisite music.'
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when he consulted his magic book. and the
boy had caught the formula and knew how
to perform the trick as well as the old
scholar himself, Indeed, the first thing he
did after creeping out from his hiding place,
where he had taken refuge when the robbers
broke into his masters laboratory, was to
place himself before the book of answers
knock three times upon its cover and repeat
the verse necessary to work the charm,
together with one containing the question
that interested him most at that particular
time.
Book of W tell me true,
What it's best that / should do.
As | open let 1t be
Where my answer l shall see.
1t did not trouble him to say this in Latin,
for he understood the language very we'll,
having spent the most of his life, before en-
gaging service with his present master, in
a monastery where the priests spoke nothing
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else. He unfastened the clasps, which, for
were not locked as usual. and
opened at a page, which Immediately began
to glow with a blush light, and upon which
he read the following words:
Loose these chains, take of all three,
Guy of Wessex, set me free.
Shoot an arrow after me-,
Follow to the island tree,
Follow where thine arrow falls,
Follow where the sea bird calls.
Follow fast without "A fear,
COLLINS of the book are here.
They will follow and appear,
Riding on you shield and spear
When death or danger draweth near.
The herald., 1897-05-08

der is making wonderful stridee. espec-
tally in the organization of La Grande
lodge No. 0, which now has 300 members
on the charter list, q majority OF whom
have passed the requisite medical ex-
animation and been admitted. The list
comprises a remarkably large number
of prominent business and professional,
men in this city. probably exceeding
that of any other lodge. Forty applica-
tions were presented at the meeting of
La Grande lodge last evening and thirty
candidates admitted by initiation. The
charter will be closed next Friday before
which time many more members will be
added To celebrate the wonderful sue
cess of the new lodge an entertainment
and social will take place at the hall,
1854 South Spring street, next Friday
evening, to which all members of the
order are invited. Addresses will be
made by the supreme officers and others
and large turnout of representative
citizens of Los Angeles may be expected.
Sunset lodge No. had iniatory work
last evening.
Los Angelee lodge No. / is receiving
applications for membership at each
meeting.
The ball given Wednesday evening by
Bartholomew lodge No. was pleas
ing success. Schoneman & Blanchard s
orchestra furnished the music and all
present enjoyed the occasion.
The herald., 1897-05-08

important meeting next Tuesday night.
The knight rank will be conferred in the
amplified form upon candidate brought
up by Santa Monica lodge A large at
tendance of Pythians is expected, in
Guiding many from the city by the sea-
Los Angeles company 20, Uniform
rank, have five candidates for admis-
sion and are therefore compelled to drop
their drill night Wednesday for awhile
to do floor work.
General McGlashan, grand chancellor,
expressed himself as pleased with his re-
ception in Southern California.
There is now a one night vacancy
Wednesday-at Castle hall,
The joint committee of the several
lodges, appointed to prepare suitabls
entertainment for Pythian members OF
the National Railway Conductors COLI
vention, met with Los Angeles lodge
last evening.
Charles Gifen resigned as alternate to
the grand lodge from Los Angeles lodge
205 and DR. Price was elected and will
probably attend.
Hanford has completed extensive ar
rangements for the entertainment of
grand lodge representatives and visitors
and expects large army Of Pythian
knights MAY nth
The herald., 1897-05-08
MASONIC

The annual conclave of Los Angeles
commandery, 8, Knights Templar, 1of
the election of officers, was held at It's
ASYLUM in the temple Thursday evening,
at which time the following officers
were elected George Sinsabaugh, en-
inent commander; William Downie,
reneralissimo; @ w. Pendleton, cap
tain general Arthur Brookman, pre-
late; James A. Foshay, senior warden;
G. G. Worden, junior warden w. Z.
Durgn, treasurer; w. B. Scarborough,
recorder; S. j. Beck, Niles Pease, NJ. L.
Owens, trustees. The installation OF
officers and the dedication Of the asy-
lum in the temple will take place to-
gether on the evening of May Goth, to
which all Knights Templar and their
lady relatives are invited. The program
will be elaborate and impressive.
The Los Angeles drill team. COM
prising members from various city
lodges, under direction of Inspector C..
l.. Ennis, will, upon request, visit Mon
rovia lodge tonight to exenplify work
in the third degree A number of Los
Angeles Masons will accompany the
team.
Southern California, 27S. held its stat
eQ luttllHss w -NS-Nt w
day evening the degree of Entered APP
prentice will be conferred.
The regular monthly convocation of
Los Angeles chapter, 9S, was held or
Wednesday evening. Two candidates
will be given the Mark Master degree
at the nsXt meeting.
Los Angeles lodge, 42, F. and A. NJ,
conferred the Entered Apprentice de-
gree upon four candidates at a special
meeting Thursday night. This unusual
amount of work was well done and ap-
preciated by large number of visiting
Masons.
The anniversary and Past Masters
night by South Gate lodge, 320, next
Friday evening promises to be an in
teresting Masonic event and largely at
tended. The Third degree will be work
ed by Past Masters from various city
lodges, Inspector c. L. Ennis taking the
first section. A social program will
follow the work. including an Grafton
by Frank Davis and a banquet
Pentalpha lodge, 202. held its stated
meeting Tuesday Next Tuesday even
ing the Third degree will be conferred
The funeral service for ]. b. Martin.
late a member of Sumpter lodge, AZ.
Hot Springs, Ark, took place at the
temple Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,
under the auspices of Pentalpha lodge,
202. The remains We're sent east.
South Gate lodge, 320, held its stated
meeting last night.
Hollenbeck lodge, 319. after its stated
meeting Tuesday night. conferred the
First degree, large number of brethren
being present. Next Tuesday the En-
tered Apprentice degree will be con-
ferred.
There was large turnout of the
Mascns Of Hollenbeck lodge at the fu-
neral of Bro. Henry l. Moore, late a
member of that body, on Tuesday after
noon, and the Masonic honors were
given in the usual impressive manner.
The herald., 1897-05-08
FRIDAY MORNING CLUB
Deadline of Civilization Explained by
Mrs. Erskine

Mrs. Emma Payne Erskine of Pasadena
read very interesting paper yesterday
before the Friday Morning club in their
rooms on Broadway, entitled THE
Deadline of Civilization" The paper was
prepared and read before the woman's
congress held in San Francisco las.
week.
Mrs Erskine presented a conservative
ard orthodox review of the world
through all the ages during which the
rush and whirl of changing conditions
have ever been growing more compli-
ated. more hopeless. and poor humanity
crowds and pushes along into eternity
with never moments thought of the
whence. the whittier, nor the why.
Reference was made historically to the
conditions of the past and compared to
those of the present, and the general
summing up seemed to be that it was
only as men were directed TO replace or
ameliorate ma aterial with spiritual condi-
tions, to cross the deadline imposed by
urchristian elements in a civilization
that they would be .ed into the dawning
light of better, clearer day.
The speaker held that 1t was through
tie children the greatest hope for the
future lay, and that while they should be
taught the useful in life, they should also
The herald., 1897-05-08
FORESTERS OF AMERICA

Affairs in the local courts have beer
very quiet the past week. owing largely
to the absence of representative mem
bers at the grand court meeting at Ma
rysville. The proceedings and list OF
grand officers elected appeared in the
telegraph columns of The Herald yes
terday morning.
The Foresters of this city were deeply
panied to hear of the sudden death OF
Grand Secretary C. H. Bremen, many OF
whom met him when he visited Los Al.
geles several months ago. All speak
in the highest terms of his character.
Past Grand Chief Ranger A. Orfila
was chosen a representative to the gu
preme court.
The herald., 1897-05-08
KNIGHTS OF MACCABEES

Los Angeles tent No. 2, at its meeting
Wednesday night, initiated two candi-
dates, elected ten to membership and
received ten applications. During the
remainder of this month forty limitations
are expected, as that number are ready,
and in order to participate in the prize
drawing the first meeting in June, they
must come in during May. Somebody
will get the lucky number and SIS cash
prize.
Banner tent No. q will have initiatory
work next Tuesday night. Brother C.
c. Cook, a member of this tent has been
lying seriously i'll for come time past and
is not expected to recover. Banner tent
has provided nurse.
California tent No. initiated can
didate and had three applications for
membership at the last meeting.
Pasadena tent 10. has invited the
degree team OF tent No. of this city to
visit them and cocfer the degree, which
will be done shortly.
The herald., 1897-05-08

yer said that on Monday afternoon last
a colored man came into the council
chamber and handed him package. He
took it and after adjournment opened
the same in his office, when he found 1t
contained bottle of wh.Gky, with the
card of a well-known saloon, on which
was written in lead pencil: "Ain't you
nearly out?" AS the brand was different
from that he usually drank, he con-
cluded to investigate. On inquiry at the
saloon it was ascertained that the
whisky had been sent from that place,
and the barkeeper assured him that 1t
was all right, as that was the kind the
mayor always drank" This furnished
a key to the mystery, and the colo-ed man
being called up, he said that he had de-
livered the bottle to the mayor as he had
been directed, at the same time pointing
to Mr.. Silver and saying: There he is
now, he will tell you the same thing"
This explained the whole thing, and also
clears up the shortage Of 20. p. in an
other quarter But Mr.. Silver knows
good thing when he sees it. He was
anxious to sample the beverage. but was
afarid to make the trial without first as
certaining how 1t would operate, and he
called in City Attorney Dunn in consul