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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-20
THOR, THE NORWEGIAN.
BY Frederic Van Rensselaer, Dey.
Copyrighted 1900, by F. V. R. Dey)

There is no place in all the world
SO desolate, particularly when a nor
west gale had been on the rampage
for three successive days. lashing the
sea into a fury of foam and turmoil,
as that part of the Moth sea where
il washes against the western coast
of the peninsular of Denmark. At
such times the air is frost laden and
benumbing. even in midsummer. The
water itself is of an ominous. leaden
tint, like a battleship with her war
paint on. Even the foam which caps
the waves is not white and fiaky as
it is in the southern zones. but seems
to have been adulterated with some
refuse tint suggestive of the dirty
suds of wash-day. The wind Is as
erratic as the waves which chop
numerically: it bowls and shreks
and roars with deadly energy for a
time and then means suilenly while
il generates new force for a more flu
rious onslaught. Deep-sea sailors
dread this region and avoid it when
they can. but the amphibious Norwe-
gian and the storm-born Dane love
it as savage loves the wilderness.
If YOU should study one of the older
charts of this bad-tempered sea you
would discover that fifty-two miles
off the coast of Denmark. by the com
pass north-northwest from Tyboron.
there looms Il rock with an unpro-
nouncable Danish name. which. being
translated into English means the
Devils Nose. At the present time it
has disappeared, for upon it had
stranded so many vessels and TO it
was due the loss of so many lives
and so much property that the Dan-
jsh and the German governments unls
ted to destroy it. 1t is not located
on the charts in use today and the
deepest draught war vessel may now
pass over the spot in safety.
Originally it doomed GA feet into
the air, and from the westward had
the appearance of a huge nose. the
more SO when the tide was low. for
then at the waters edge could be
seen indentations that had been
ground out by centuries of pounding
waves. and these cavities were the
nostrils of this mammoth proboscis.
TO the eastward it-extended from the
summit to the water at an angle of
% degrees. This part of the rock
was concave in form. and it broaden
ed as it descended until it finally
disappeared beneath the water like
the tines of a pitchfork. leaving Il
sheltered bay about fifty feet i'm
length by 80 in breadth. and as deep
as the sea itself. Many belated
craft returning from fishing voyage
ana overtaken by furious nor'west-
CT. found shelter here before the rock
was DESTROYED, and in the little bav
rode out the gale in safety: and it
was Just such an occasion as this
which one afternoon in August COM
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-20

waves and the fury Of the storm could
not. dared not. harm us: that the wa
ter could not drown us. and | swan
around the rock. knowing that you
would be waiting for us. And Ill that
time she did not speak. | have not
heard the sound of her voice. y
daughter of king, YOU say. but only
woman. after all. \ woman with
a heart-ay. two hearts. for now by
heaven she possesses mine. The
daughter Of Il king, but only Il wo-
man, Grad. onls' Il woman.
An hour later she called to them
from the hatchWay. and it was Thor
who answered her. She had made no
change in her apparel. and seemed to
be as unconscious Of the wet as her
Norwegian savior. 1t seemed. too. as
il they had known each other always.
he towering over her like a god. and
She gazing up into his eyes in silent
amaZemPnt.
princess" he said. lit has Pleased
God to let ne take yOu from the
sea. Tell me- did YOU call aloud from
the deck of the schooner before the
mountain of water fell upon YOU and
did YOU call my nance
No" said she. Il could not call
your name. did not know that any
one was near. Who are you. sir? |
do not mean what is your name. Your
friend has told me that. Who are
you??''
"Yesterdar If YOU had asked me
that" replied Thor. Il could have
answered. Now. do not know. There
was Il man upon the rock when your
yacht fcundered in the storm. That
man leaped into the sea. but the man
who swan ont of the sea with YOU
upon bis back is not the same. You
madam, are princess of royal blood.
| am a man who never knew his Faith
er. and vet there is between us be-
longing to both divinity of love 1t
is stronger than | or YOU" and he
bent forward and kissed her on the
forehead. She made no reply. and she
did not resent the sautation.
Thor" She said, dreamiIy. Yes.
it is true" And she reached out and
took his hand, raised it to her lips
and kissed it: then she turned back
into the cabin and disappeared
The Norwegian did not change his
attitude for many minutes, but at
last he strobe forward to where Grad
dock waited at the bow.
The daughter of a king, he said
to him. "Craddock. never cared till
now TO know who | am. She asked
the question and ! could not answer.
Will you help me to find out who
am? The daughter of king. Grad
dock, but only a woman after all.
The storm that had promised to in
vest that part Of the world for three
or four days began to lull as the day
advanced. so that when the sun was
at meridian the fury of it was spent
and only the unquiet waves told what
it had been through the preceding
night.
\ strange unrest abode with Thor
the Norwegian. Many times he drew
near to Craddock and paused as il
about to speak. then silently with
drew. As many times he strobe tC
the hatchway and seemed to medi-
tate upon entering the cabin. only tc
turn away and stand gazing across
the water toward the coast OF Den
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-20
NO RIGHT TO UGAlNESS.

The woman who is lovely in face, form
and temper will always have friends,
but one who would be attractive must
keep her health. If she is weak, sickly
and all run down, she will be nervous and
irritable. If she has constipation or kid
ney trouble. her impure blood will cause
pimples. blotches, skin eruptions and a
wretched complexion. Electric Bitters is
the best medicine in the world to regulate
stomach. liver and kidneys and to puri-
fly the blood. 1t gives strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion. 1t will make a cookbook
ing, charming woman of a down in
valid. Only 80 cents at all drug stores.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-20

Craddocll' companion leaped upward
and outward. and plunged head down
ward to the water. 50 feet below.
Craddocli did not move. He stood
as if petrified. clinging with both
hands to the rock from which the
wind seemed determined to hurl him;
and he gazed with every faculty con
centrated i'm his eyes upon the awful
scene of wreckage nnd destructon
The Yacht careeneG over. half filled
with water and surely laundering.
was thrown. by the violence of the
wave that struck her out Of line with
the Devils Nose. and almost before
there was time 10 realize the awful
thing that had happened. she had
passed beyond his. view to leeWard
lie was dimly conscious that the bin
naclc and wheel and all the alter
rigging of the yacht bad been torn
loose and swept away IN the vortex.
and with them had disappeared the
figures Of the woman and OF the Two
men who were dashed to the wheel.
Then almost directly beneath the
spot where he stood. on the crest OF
Il wave. and breasting it with the
power of a giant, be saw his friend,
Beyond him. i'm the trough of the sea.
another figure appeared Then both
were lost to view
There was no sign of excitement
in Craddock's face or manner. He
turned with deliberation. passed
around the jutting rock into the cav
ern. found the ships lantern still
burning there. made his way rapidly
down and out through the cleft into
the open air. thence hurriedly to the
waters edge. and in a moment more
he was in the dingey. sculling rapidly
past the sloop toward the open sea.
When he had reached a certain
point beyond which it would have
been folly to have ventured. b. art
fully working his oar. he held the
little craft almost stationary. while
he. standing upright. shading his eyes
with his disengaged hapd, gazed ca
gerIv to windward. He seemed also
to listen. Presently high above the
roar of the wind and waters the
strange. weird bar of a yodel song
in minor key came to him. y mo-
ment later he saw the form of his
friend swimming toward him with
powerful strokes, and clinging TO his
back. with Dpr arms dIOuUtl HIS HUN.
was the cork jacketed woman of the
wreck.
=
White and wan and drenched, yet
conscious. with something infinitely
pathetic in her wonder and amaze
ment. they assisted her along the
sloop's deck to the cabin. 1t was
Craddock who entered with her. and
from locker he selected clothing OF
his own. which he laid out upon the
berth; until then there had been on
word spoken.
Madam" he said.pausing beneath
the hatch, lido you understand Eng
lish?"
She replied with an inclination of
her head, and he added, This is the
only dr. clothing I can offer YOU.
There is brandy on the table. II
there is more that ! can do. you have
but to call through the hatch. he
turned then to leave her. but she de-
tained him by a gesture.
Tell me-" she demanded, with ner-
yous intensity, who is the man VINO
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-20
OPPORTUNITY is THE CREAM OF
TIME"

Now is your opportunity. There is no
time when the system is so much in need
OF a good medicine, like Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. and no time when it is so sus-
ceptible to the benefits to be derived
from such medicine. BY purifying, en-
rching and vitalizing the blood and ton
ing up the system Hoods Sarsaparilla
starts you right for whole year of
health.
Constipation is curedfaS Hoods Rills
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-20
State of North Carolina,
InGurancn DaDartmput
OF CONNECTICUT

Insurance Department,
Raleigh. April 9. 1900.
I,James r Young, Insurance Commits
sioner de hereby certify that the above
is a true and correct abstract of tho
statement Of the Hartford Insurance
Company. Ct Connecticut, filed with this
Department showing the condition of said
Company On the 31st day of December,
1899.
Witness my hand and official seal, the
day and date above written,
JAMES R. YOUNG.
Insurance Commissioner.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-20

When age bring a woman wisdom she
begins to sit with her back to the light.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
LONELY NATIONS.
People of the Extreme North Who
See Strangers But Once or Twice
In Lifetime.

Perhaps the most isolated tribe Of
people in the world is the Tshuktshi,
a people occupying the northern por-
ton of the peninsula of Kamshatka
and the country northward toward
Behring straits, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
These people are practically indie
pendent of Russia, which appears to
have reasons of her own for letting
them alone. They have practically no
communication with the outside world,
and have only been visited two or
three times-the last time by Mai. de
Windt on his journey through Siberia.
The inhabitants of the New Siberian
islands are also practically alone on
earth, for they can only communicate
with the mainland, and therefore with
the rest of the world, once year, and
a succession of bad seasons might iso
late them for years. The pigmies of
the great Central African forests. if
they can be called a tribe, have also
been a people apart. For ages their
existence was little more than legend
airy, and only two expeditions com
manded by white men have ever pcne.
trated into their abode.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
4 Princes Prank

Prince de Ligne, a Respondent figure
among the brilliant courtiers and adj
venturcrs of the time of Louis XVI.
told many amusing anecdotes in his
Memoirs one of which shows him.
sword in hand, at Il duel which called
Tor Sayety rather than courage. Comte
de Segur and Prince de Ligne were
coming out one very rainy night, after
supping with Nine, de polignac in the
Rue de Bourbon. No coach was TO be
seen, and no person there to fetch one.
Let MS pretend to fight" the prince
said to Comte de Segur. "and hat will,
bring the watch. They'll arrest us. and
we'll make them get carriage to take
us to the commissary." On which they
took their swords in hand with a fear
full scrffie, and cries Of: "Oh! All, Are
you dead? Are you wounded?" The
watch passed and repassed quite near
them on the Port Royal, but apparent
ly frightened, they did not arrest the
duelists. and they halfdead with laugh
ter and the fatigue of the battle, had TO
go home on foot in the rain, after all!
- Youths COMPANION
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
GRAND CANYON TRAGEDIES.
Many Lives Have Been Lost in the
Search for Precious
Metals.

Tragic stories are told of men who
have lost their lives in the search for pre-
cious metals which may lie hidden or
uncovered here, says Harriet Monroe, in
Atlantic. The great primeval flood cut
its broad Y through all the strata OF
rock, with all their veins of metallic ore,
down to the earliest shapeless mass,
leaving in its-wake the terraced temples
and towers which seem to have been
planned by some architect of divinest
genius to guard their inaccessible treas
ures till the end of time. And the river
rising far to the north among noun
tains rich in mineral has been washing
for ages the sands away and depositing
thus gold and silver and lead in the still
crevices of the inaccessible chasm.
Here the earth laughs at her human
master. and bids him find her wealth
if he dare, and bear it away if he can.
a young Californian who accepted the
challenge, and set forth upon theturgid
water to sift its sands for gold, never
emerged with his bapless men to tell
the story of his search. Only near the
brink of the cleft are few miners bur-
rowing for copper, and sending their
ore UP to the rim on the backs of hardy
burros; as who should prick the noun
tain with a pin, or measure the ocean
with cup.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
FUNNY ENOUGH TO READ.
Description of Feminine Feeder who
Was Cyclonic In Her De-
structiOn of Food.

All men and women eat. If they
don't they won't last long, and no one
need worry as to whether they count
for much or not. But good eaters are
usually very objectionable. By good
eaters | do not mean large eaters or
greedy eaters, though | may include
some of both; but mean the men and
women who enjoy what they eat and
show no disposition, either from
dyspepsia or other form of Indigestion,
to quarrel with their food, says John
Gilmer Speed, in the Criterion.
Gluttons, however, are not very love
ly. ! sat at a table once with a woman
at a summer resort, who, every day for
dinner, ate IL ears of corn from the
cob. That is more than the regulation
midday feed for a horse. And in the
operation she CREASED her hands, and
her checks; and every now and again
her nose was decorated with the well
buttered grains. Sho was a sight, and
at the end of the table she bred Il fam
inc that il took two walters to relieve.
And she was in repose not by any
means Il bad-looking woman; but in
action--in action at the table she was
a kind of human cycl)n leaving desc
lation in her path. She had had three
husbands. and is a widaw again. What
became of the poor men never knew.
Maybe she ate them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
QUESTION ANSWERED.

Yes, August Flower still has the larg-
est sale of any medicine in the civilized
world. Your mothers, and grandmoth-
ers' never thought of using anything else
for Indigestion or Biliousness. Doctors
were scarce, and hey seldom heard of APP
pendicitis, Nervous Prostitution or Heart
failure, etc. They used August Flower
to clean out the system and stop fermen-
tation of undigested food, regulate the
action of the liver, stimulate the nervous
and organic action of the system and
that is all they took when feeling dull
and bad with headaches and other aches
You only need few doses of Green's
August Flower, in liquid form, to make
you satisfied there is nothing serious the
matter with you. Sample bottles at Os-
car A. Alters drug store
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE.
A Cornell Student Who Found Use
for Mechanical Information Ac-
qufred Mt School.

One never knows where piece OF
practical information will come into
play. The safe rule is never to neglect
an opportunity to learn an art or sci
ence, lest at some time or other we
should find ourselves greatly in need
of it. An interesting story from Good
Cheer emphasizes this lesson.
At Cornell university all the students
of mechanical engineering are obliged
to learn seven trades. One of these, that
of the blacksmith, is very distasteful
to some young men, but it has to be
learned, nevertheless. One young fell
low, who was averse TO soiling his hands,
begged to be exempted from wearing
the leather apron, but the professor
lacking in the thoroughness Of his train
ing at the forge.
Last fall the student went to the
professor and thanked him for com
polling him to learn the blacksmith
trade.
"You see,' he said, 81 am now super
intendent of IA mine way back in Colo
RADIO. Last summer our main shaft
broke, and there was no one in the mine
except myself who could weld it.
81 didn't like the job, but ! took off
my coat and welded that shaft. 1t
wasn't a pretty job, but she's running
now. If couldn't have done it should
have been obliged to pack that shaft
over the mountains, and the mine would
have had to shut down till it got back.
Ny ability to mend that shaft raised me
in the eyes of every man in the mine,
and the manager raised my salary"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
THE GOOD Old Times"

In reviewing THE Early Married
Life of Maria Josepha, Lady Stickney,"
the London Spectator comments on
the light in which drunkenness was re-
gurded at the beginning of the cen
fury. There was christening of twins
and rejoicing among the neighbors,
tenants and laborers. "All the guests"
says Maria. were as drunk as | ever
had the pleasure of seeing anyone"
Among the la borers, however, that ex-
tent Of intoxication was not reached
which causes men to be swine" Lady
Sheffield, who received this account of
the festivities, replies: II would have
given n great deal to be present; there
is nothing ! love so much as such sort
of festivities where one has the salts
faction of knowing that one makes
ones friends happy as well as drunk"
In London. she declares, ''whcn you
give a ball you affront many people,
please few, make many drunk and
.ourself miserable"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
EFFECTIVE WEAPONS
bulbs Speedily Put .
Burglar to Flight In
Fright.

"Of all the outlandish weapons ever
employed in a fight" said a business
man, according to the New Orleans
Democrat, 81 think | brought
the most fantastic on record into play
one night lately. My family are away
on a visit, and am keeping bachelor
nall out at the house. / was aroused
at about three a. m. by noise some
where in the region of the dining-room,
and thinking ! had shut up the dog
there | jumped up very foolishly and
came downstairs in my night clothes,
without so much as pocketknlfe.
When l opened the dining-room door
| was startled to see big, rough-look-
ing man bending over the sideboard at
the far end of the room, and after we
had stood there en- tableau for mo-
ment the fellow made a rush at me-
| leaped back into the hall and glared
around for a weapon. On table near
by were a dozen incandescent light
bulbs, which had brought home to re-
place some that had burned out, and
| grabbed ono of them and threw it at
the burglar. Ithit the door casing close
to his head, and to my amazement eX-
ploded with a noise like young iyd-
dite she'll l suppose it was still
greater surprise to the other fellow,
for he let out yell and broke for the
rear, followed by a rapid-tire bonn
bardment of 16-candle power mean
descents, which contin Ied to chuck at
him as long as he remained in range.
They smashed against the furniture
with a series of crashes that alarmed
the whole neighborhood, and have
been gathering up fragments of broken
glass ever since. The burglar must
have thought was chasing him with
hand grenades."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
DEAF CHILDREN LEARN MUSIC
Interesting Experiments That Have
Met with n Successful Re-
suit at Detroit.

An interesting work with deaf chill
dren is being done under the direction
of the supervisor of music in the De-
troit public schools. A class from
which the best results are obtained
consists of about six pupils. The chill
dren gather around a piano, resting
their hands and in some cases their
arms upon the instrument. Soon after
a piece is started the children will be-
gin to count in correct time with the
music, catching the accentuation of
beats through the vibration of the
wood. Occasionally child would seem
to progress beyond the mere response
to time and count aloud with some APP
Proclamation to the tune, says the Buff
falo Express.
When this fact was observed by the
teacher the pupils were told to repeat
the words baby, baby" over and over
and at the same time a lullaby was
played on the piano. In n short time it
was noticed that nearly all the children
with whom the experiment was tried
indicated the air with more or less dis
tinctness. Still another experiment
was tried by singing the scale into TIN
ear of a boy and playing it on the piano
After few trials the pupil was able to
sound the notes as well as could many
children with unimpaired hearing
These tests seem to indicate that sing
ing with some degree of accuracy may
be taught to most deaf children. If
such proves the fact new pleasure and
a new educative influence will come
into their lives.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
Stings of NettIex.

1t has been found that the lain caused
by the sting of nettles is due partly to
formic acid and partly to chemical re-
sembling snake poison. Our nettles are
comparatively harmless, but in India,
Java and elsewhere there are varieties
the painful effects Of which last weeks,
and in some eases months, like snake
bites.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
FREQUENT COIGHIGH

infames the lungs FOley's Honey ans
ear stops the coughing and heals dl
lungs. The ordinary cough medicine
which are simply expectorants, will not
do this, as they keep the lungs irritated
in throwing off the phlegm. Henry
Hinrichs. feb22
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
EXPANSION. In NORTHERN WIS
C0NSIN

SONSbN'
The wise poor man who bought farm
on easy payments, and the wise manu-
facturer who erected factory in North
ern Wisconsin a few years ago, when
tines were not as prosperous as they are
now, are reaping their reward. North
ern Wisconsin is feeling expansion in
the truest sense of the word Opportun-
tiles have not passed by any means,
There are still thousands of acres of rich
hardwood timber lands awaiting the
settler as well as the manufacturer
which can be obtained at low figures
school houses and other Improvements
are increasing and civilization is pro
ressing The plentitude of mon ore
clay, kaolin, mari ana timber lands sup-
plies the wants of every body.
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
are uneXcelled. The Wisconsin Central
Ry., a strictly Badger State Road, pier
ces the rich northern portion of the
state, Offering excellent transit service
to the markets of the world. Those in
terested can obtain maps, illustrated
pamphlets, etc, by applying to
w II. Killen Land and Industrial
Commissioner Colby q Abbot Bldg,
Milwaukee. Wis. Burton Jobuson, G..
P. A. JAS c. Pond, G. p a. Milwau-
kee, Wis.
Policeman-''No one is allowed to en-
ter this gateway"
Journalist-''But | have a pass from
the lord chamberlain.
"On paper
No; verbal one.
Show it to me.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
A MISUNDERSTANDING

Misunderstood symptoms of disease
when the kidneys are out of order Fo-
ley's Kidney Cure will bring you health
when other medicines have failed. Hen
ry Hinrichs. feb22