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Evening star., 1901-12-28
Newfoundland.
From Ainslee's Magazine

From Ainslees Magazine.
1T was Boethuk Indian legend that
when God made the world He swept the
universe OF the refuse and cast It into the
sea; and when the white men came from
the rising place OF the sun they called the
heap Newfoundland, and chose It for a
dwelling place. 1t may not be so. In its
remoter parts Newfoundland might easily
be taken for the leavings and rejected ma
tertals of the work OF creation, there cast
away. 1t is as fertile as an ash heap:
which, moreVer, IL resembles in that IL con-
tains scraps of everything which entered
into the making Of the world-iron, copper
coal gold and all other treasures under the
ground. The interior is soggy, rock
strewn, barren, an interminably vast waste
where not so much as a shrub is TO be seen
and no man chooses to live. Stunted for
ests fringe the coast a skinny growth Of
pine and spruce and birch through which
you may walk miles in vain search for a
schooner's spar. The shore line is rock in
some places swept. by, flood and fire, bare
of all sol-grim, naked rock. To many a
Newfoundlander a sandy beach would be as
An you may say what you pleases.'
said woman of the northeast coast NOT
withstanding, but Round 'arbor's good
enough for me. They do say, them that's
been there, that it's wonderfully crowded ct
Twillingate an that the smoke T. St Johns
Is something barb rous' ["
Evening star., 1901-12-28
A HOTEL IN PORTUGAL.
An Elaborate Dinner Served in Good
Style for FOrty-One Cents.

Style for Forty-One Cents.
From Chambers Journal.
At the risk Of being tedious I must men,
tion in some detail one more of PortugaTs
hotels. This time I was tired after a long
days cycling from Busaco, which included
needless twenty miles off toward the
mountains Of ViZeu, due to two places in
the district having borrowed their names
from the same saint. ] was tired, and In
doubt If Santa Comba Dao could receive me
for the night. I could not learn that there
was any regular hotel in the place, and it
was after some hesitation that 1 ventured
to knock at the door of little house fes-
tooned with flowers, In which, was told,
lived two maiden ladies who received or re-
fused guests at their pleasure.
At first sight of me these gentle souls
begged to be excused. They were not ac-
customed to foreigners, they said. But
was not to be rebufed by a single refusal
and very soon their objections We're over
come. In the most gracious way they then
invited me to enter. I must give them
little time to prepare dinner; afterward, If
would make allowances for their rural
simplicity and roughness-. And so went
forth to see the lovely village by twilight
and lost my way in it's alleys with living
water brooks rushing through their midst
and singing women and children in it's cot
tases.
LII less tIldH an HOur L returned, and this
is the menu these ladies set before me
the reader WILL I hope, pardon more Of
such appetizing particulars for the sake of
my argument: Hors d'oeuvre vermiceIr
soup. puchero, beefsteaks with new peas
in shelD. trout, salad, chicken with new
potatoes), sweets and cheese, fruit and cof-
fee. win de pays (red and white) Every
item of this meal was excellent 1 feel no
shame In the confession The meal was
served In a room transformed into a bower
of flowers Masses of carnations and roses
filled one side of it, and on the other side
creeper with purple blossoms grew in the
When the ladies went to bed they put fresh
wine, cognac and biscuits on the table for
me; and in the morning they provided
breakfast and blushed with pretty pride
when / thanked them for their kindness.
They asked me for the equivalent of Is. Sd.
and thanked me cordially when I paid it.
Evening star., 1901-12-28

holy joy rather than any kind of pain-"go
on with your communication"
81 have to remind you, Isabel" he re-
peated, ''of time when, after my brothers
death, you found that you had got through
the whole of the fortune left you by him;
modest fortune, to be sure-I feel with you
and for you-it was my own experience;
you had come to the end of it in three
years SO after his decease.- You began
as a widow with an income of about f200
or ESQ a year; not content with that, you
squandered the capital, till one morning
you found that there was nothing left. My
own experience, quite. Do not think that I
reproach you"
II remember I do not know, however,
how you discovered this fact, which, to tell
the truth. myself would willingly forget"
hands as if no secret could be kept from
him. 81 learned the story as one learns
all stories. if you know the right way to
discover things I admit. Isabel. that I
only learned it the other day. By what
means? That concerns me. 1 am not Isa-
bel, though straitened in my circumstances,
by your pitiful allowance, without re-
sources, without friends, or without in
fuence"
pray go on, then
In this difficulty, with a debtors prison
threatening, YOU might have appealed to
Evening star., 1901-12-28

and gives her an allowance. This is con-
science money. Apparently the man. does
not know who his daughters patron is, nor
does the mother know-nor the father. 1t
will not pay me to let the scoundrel loose,
while 1t will pay me to keep the man quiet.
My dear Isabel, with your miserable ZIG a
month, 1 see before you whole peck Of
troubles IL this man is let loose, and a very
comfortable little income for me If the man
is kept quiet
Just then-his thoughts We're roaming
backward and forward over the same
ground-indeed his meditations that we
have abridged into five minutes occupied
two hours or more. A visitor arrived. 1t
was no other than the girl Alice. She
brought with her a note from Isabel. The
note was brief and to the point it was In
answer to mis- request for loan or an ad-
vance or an increased allowance-some-
thing to do with mere money; his lordship
generally wrote such letters about once a
month; he was never tired of writing the
letters and Isabel was never tired of an
swering in the same way. "No, my lord, -
she wrote. Certainly not; the allowance
and nothing but the allowance. No ad-
vance; no increase: no payment of debts.
If you have liabilities get rid of them your
own way. For my part, l give you ZIG a
month, or "a a week, with dinner in St.
James square when you please. With that
you have to be content Isabel"
rs there any answer to take back?'
asked the messenger.
mo child, no." he replied very sweetIy
There is no answer. Thank my sister-in.
law for me. By the way. l have seen you
in St James square some time, have
not?' He had dined there most days, sc
that 1t would have been strange had he not
seen her.
Il have been my lady's companion fol
two months and more"
ITO be sure. You make music OF an
evening, you read to your patron. And you
walk with her. Your name. IL remember
Alright, is Alice"
"At your service, my lord"
"Alice, you are a pretty girl, Alice.
regret-but that ayails not. What Is your
surname. Alice?"
MY surname Is Fulton"
"Ah! There are Fultons of Shropshire
You are member of that old famiiy-ot
a younger rbranch-perhaps?"
mo, my lord l am not connected with
gentry in any way"
Indeed. Beauty wants not family"
My father was a draper In Ludgate Hill
who, unfortunately, became bankrupt three
years ago."
"Oh! Really-a bankrupt! That was q
great misfortune to him-and to YOU"
"a terrible misfortune, indeed"
Pray what was the cause Of this dis.
aster? Bad debts. perhapsT'
There were some bad debts, no doubt
Evening star., 1901-12-28

your father. You have yourself told me he
was a hard and austere person, one who
would certainly regard severely all extrav-
agances-the card table among other
things, believe-all follies and even the
Yenlal faults of a fashionable woman who
finds herself in debt"
1T Is true could not apply to my father,
for he would have refused with austerity :
nor could apply to you. for you were head
over ears in difficulties already
i wanted all the money 1 had for nv
own necessities. However, under these cir
cumStances, some one suggested to Won
tnat 1t was possible to transfer the whole
OF your debts to another person by the
simple plan of marrying him. Isabel
started with a cry of dismay. He knew
TINS then n!-"And since you naturally could
not ma anyone who would knowingly in
cur these debts yea had to consider the
necessity of marrying a man under SEN
tence of death" EIE
Isabel changed colorLshe sank back In
her chair and turned pale.
Il am truly sorry to give Won nsin Tsa
Del. But must tell you the story right
through. You founder some one found
Ior Tor you-such a. rnah-a common fellow
not know by whom the business was man
ageaato Newgate .}prison; there in the
Wretcned courtyard where these creatures
ingie their chains and parade an ostenta-
tlous bravery, you were introduced to the
man. 80 ~
mo" said Isabel; .d did not exchange
one word with him.,
IT was not necessary. A parson from
the Fieet was in attendance. In that in
teresting chapel, with the high walls, no
WINDOWS and no roof. Ia the presence of a
crowd or worthy Witnesses some of whom
We're going to be hanged, and the rest
were their friends-ladies and gentlemen.
no doubt, of the highest walks in city So
clety-you were married. This is quite
Quite true" she replied, family.
The name of your husband was Adol-
phus Truxo. He was a full-blooded black.
stalWart negro from the Gold Coast, or
somewhere else. He was your husband,
neing at the time expectant OF the gaIlows
IN Few days suppose you rewarded
MIN with drink. My dear sister-in-Iaw."
ne laid his hand on hers. "you are no long
er the widow OF Ronald Weyland. but the
widow OF Adosphus Truxo. negro, whose
pones now hang on wires. presumably, in
the college of surgeons You are Mrs
Adolphus Truxo, Isabel"
She lay back in faint. Lord strather-
rick looked at her with q SMILE s.She feels
II, ne thought. $50 much the better"
He waited. Presently the lady opened her
eyes and looked around. eA
shall get glass Of wine-or water-or
anything? he asked.
Evening star., 1901-12-28

come the guardian angel to all brothers-in-
law. Good morning, my pretty Alice-good
morning. And Alice, tell her, if you please
by such messenger one should only
send gracious and pleasing messages, tell
her that l intend to call upon her tomor-
row morning soon after noon and that
nope to find her at homeland alone-tell
her that hope to find her alone"
Evening star., 1901-12-28
Cause and Eject.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
Maude-'I met young Borem this morn
Ing and he informed me that he had called
on you a few evenings ago."
Clara-'Yes. What did he say about me -.
Maude-"Oh. nothing in particular. He
said you were q nice girl, but lacked re-
pose.',
Clara-"Well. that isn.t my fault. If he'd
go home earlier when he calls I'd get more
repose."
Evening star., 1901-12-28
synopsi. of Preceding Chapters.

Mrs. Isabel Weyland. widow. Is threatened with
the debtors prison. Her chief creditor, Mrs
BIymer. suggests n way out Of the diffculty-
marriage with imprisoned debtor, who Tor
paltry will assume Mrs Weylands debts
also. He proves to be a young lawyer, Mac
namara. who. through no fault of his own has
fallen into dire straits. Mrs. Weyland. in pity,
pays his small debt sets him free and agrees
to marry q negro condemned to die in three
days. She then retires in poverty to country
life. but later falls hei:ess to large fortune
and becomes a social queen in London. Here
she meets Macnamara now a Hourishing bar
rstrr, who pledges himself to her service ana
is most attentive to her. to the anger OF her
brOther-in-law, Lord Stratherrick-> Mrs Wey-
land takes as secretary Alice Fulton, daughter
Of former creditor. Stratherrick learns OF
her marriage to the negro through Miss Fulton
and blackmailS her.
Evening star., 1901-12-28

Inquirlng Philosopher-"To what do you
attribute the increasing number OF old
maids in this section?"
Astute Natiye-''I couldn't quite say, but
seems to me as IL IL might be due TO the
increasin' number of old bachelors about
here."-New York Weekly.
Hewitt-"Half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives"
Jewitt-'I think you overestimate the
number of people who mind their own
business. Brooklyn Life.
Evening star., 1901-12-28
Our Noble River.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The stranger, just in from New Buffalo,
Mich, stopped on the Madison street bridge
to show his wife the dredge which was at
work a short distance above the bridge.
You see that big scoop at the end OF
that long beam?" he said.
Yes"
We'll, they run that thing down a little
ways below the surface, scoop II up full OF
mud and then the water runs in and fills
up the hole. They do that whenever a
boat wants to go through. so they can
make sort of channel for the boat to run
in. 1t takes lots of work, but they have
to do it,
Then he piloted the family procession
across the bridge, with the air of conscious
pride that naturally belongs to a man who
knows what he is talking about
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03
Indian Reservation.

Captain VIM. O'Neil has returned
from the White Earth Indian reser-
walton in Minnesota, where he has
been experimenting the re-scale of
government timber, about which SO
much has been said and written.
The charge has been made that the
loggers were robbing the Indians OF
their timber, and Joseph Farr, OF
Phillips, made scale several months
ago. The Indian department. then
sent Mr.. 0 Neil with party onto the
reservation for the purpose of ascer-
tanning exactly whether any fraud
had been committed. Mr.. O'Neil
says he has nothing to say about his
findings, and that his report has
been forwarded to the department. at
Washington. However, from others
who were on the ground it appears
that a great fraud has been discov-
cred, and that the investigation just
completed will be the means of
bringing thousands Of dollars of the
Indians money back to them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03

while this was going on a stroke of
lightning struck the boat and
damaged it considerably, and COM
pletely stunned every member of the
party Mr.. Quale and Captain
Charles b. Russell, were quite badly
stunned, as also was one of the Burr
boys. The fourth member of the
party, young Burr, laid unconscious
and every effort failed to revive him.
He was taken to the Rhinehardt
hospital in Ashland, and did not re-
gain consciousness until Sunday
morning. At last accounts he was
on the road to recovery. Things
were very badly demolished about
the boat, and the party naturally
feel that they got off rather forum
ately.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03
Entertainment.

The ladies OF the Congregational
Church have made arrangements
with Rev. J. FL. B. Smith, of Duluth,
for an art entertainment and pic
torial presentation OF ''Ben Hurr,
Gen. Lew. Wallace's great book.
The Rev. Mr.. Smith gives an illus
trated lecture of the remarkable
story, presenting a great many
views. In addition to the story OF
Ben Hur he has arranged to give a
reproduction of the Examinations at
the Pan-American Exposition, and
also to present q large number OF
moving pictures, giving interesting
scenes of the exposition. Rev.
Smith has been here before and left
a very favorable impression as
lecturer, and the present entertain
ment will no doubt meet with favor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03
Mutual Lyceum Bureau.

Miss Harriet Coleman, of Portage,
is in the city, and has made arrange
ments for an entertainment course
to be given here during the coming
few months under the auspices of the
Mutual Lyceum Bureau, of Chicago.
There are five evenings entertain
ment provided, which will be filled
in the following manner: Rev.
Arthur B. G. Dunno, will give his
lecture on 1.-The Average Man." the
Shilter Quartet will occupy one
evening. another night will be given
to Lulu Tyler Gates, imperson-
ator; Col. P. E. Holp will deliver his
lecture on 'The Almighty Dol =
and Lon. j. Beauchamp will give bis
celebrated lecture, ''Sunnyside. "
The proceeds, after paying the
necessary expense of the entertain
ments, will 60 to the benefit of TIE
high school.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03
thlas and White of the Fourth In

thlas and White of the Fourth In
fantry.
capt. Lawrence J. Hearn of the
Iwenty-frst infantry reports
severe engagement with insurgents
near Candelaria, the Americans los
ing one killed and two wounded.
The insurgents loss has not been as
certalned. The Americans captured
10000 pounds of rice and several
hundred rounds of ammunition.
John Wannebo and Peter Bebin
were volunteers in Co. K from this
city at the breaking out of the war,
and enlisted as privates. They, to-
gether with Frank Utley, were pri-
Yates in the service in the Philip
pines. John Berry was corporal
in Co. K of this city, and is suppos-
ed to be now corporal in the seven
teenth Infantry. It is likely that
Berry was not in the massacre. Be-
bin also may have escaped, but the
chances are that Wannebo and
Utley were in the engagement. AS
the percentage of those who escap-
ed is so small the worst news re-
garding their fate would not be sur
prsing to their friends here.
All the young men were we'll
known in Washburn, and their is
the most intense interest for news
among those who knew them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03
Lot Sale.

For the town lot sale at Birch
wood, the present terminus of the
Chippewa Valley and Northwes tern
Branch of the Omaha, that road will
sell round trip tickets from Wash
burn TO Rice Lake at one fare for
the round trip, on October 18th and
14th. The sale will occur October
18th. Tickets $3.40 to Rice Lake,
and free transportation TO every
ticket holder from the latter place
to Brentwood. y
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03
Encouragement of Art.

Recently Town Topics founded
annual prizes to the amount of $3.50
tor designs for its Holiday. Number
cover, and page Illustrations. The
competition for this the first year
was so active as to show that in the
artist world this sort of encourage
ment was greatly appreciated. Nov
ed by this, Town Topics has now
made the following offer:
$1,000 PRIZE
to artists, designers and illustrat-
ors.
Town Topics will pay One Thous-
and Dollars for the best title page
design Gull size of page II inches
wide and Is inches high for it's
forthcoming publication: "Fads and
Fancies of the 400, souvenir of
American Society at the beginning
of the new century.
The work will treat only of men
and women prominent in the high
est social circles; their task and
diversions will be discussed in print
and illustrated in designs. It will
be printed on handmade Japan
paper and bound in levant morocco.
While it will be commemorative of
society today, it will also be an ex-
ample of the advanced state of the
arts printing, engraving, illustrat-
ing and bookbinding.
Further particulars will be given
to all who desire to complete for the
Title Page Prize.
The competition will close Decem-
Der l. 1901.
The award will then be made by a
competent jury, to be hereafter
named, a d unsuccessful exhibits
will be returned if desired Address
TOWN TOPICS Bureau of fads
and falcies. 208 Fifth Avenue, New
York City.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03
Next sunday at the M. E. church

1915 a. m. Preaching. Subject,
"rhe Need of Generation"
1900 m.-Sunday School.
3:O0p. m.-Junior Epworth League
,6:45 p. ln.-Epworth League.
7:30 p. m = Preaching. Subject.
THE Sacred Sermon on How to Get
There and Stay There.
The public is most cordially in
vitpd to these several services.
E. r. SIDELL, Pastor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03
Ole Olson.

age cannot wither nor custom
stale the attractions possessed by
that best of Swedish dialect plays
cole Olson" Year in and year out,
for more than a decade, ole has
been presented to the theatre going
pubic, and its popularity has never
waned. Other Swt dish characters
have come upon the sene. but none
Of them can vie with "Olson" in The
regard of the public and it stands
UNIQUE in it's line like Rip Van Win
kle and Uncle Joshua Whitcomb.
This season Mr. Hendricks, the
popular comedian, has made numer-
ou- changes in order to give the play
greater attractive qualities and It is
generally conceded that his company
is the best that has ever appeared
in this play. At the Opera House,
Friday evening, October 4th.
Dennis Compeau, jr. left Monday
afternoon, for Portland, Oregon.
where he expects to make his future
home.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03
A Strange Experience.

George Quale and Captain Charles
E Russell, of Bayfield,, and two
young men named Burr, of Belot,
sous OF Professor Burr, Of Beloit
college, met with strange exper-
fence Friday morning while bunting
at Kakagon. Thursday night was a
beautiful one and the hunters de-
cided to sleep in the boat. La the
early morning a storm came up, and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03
Eau Claire Street Fair.

On October 1st to 9Th the Omaha
will sell tickets Washburn to Eau
Claire and return at the rate of Sc. 40
for the round trip. good for return
until and including October 7th.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03

The schooner B. W Parker and
tue steamers Romania and Tacoma
unloaded cargoes at the coal dock
here during the week.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-03

Those wishing to consult Mrs.
Lamont, the palmist and clairvoyant
please call as she is going to leave
for Ashland next week.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-11-14
Convict Taken From q Guard.

Columbus, O. Nov. &C. A
Taylor, Alias Charles Lowrey, ser
wing ten years. sentence for rob.
bling a bank at Chardon, o., assis.
ted by two friends, escaped yester-
day from guard Bowman, of the
Ohio Penitentiary, on a Cleveland
Akron and Columbus train.
Lowrey had been taken to Can
ton to testify and was being retur-
ned to the penitentiary.
VS. the train reached the out
skirts of Columbus two men sud-
donly grappled with the guard,
one of them throwing a handful
of cayenne pepper in his eyes. At
the same time the prisoner, who
was handcufIed, jumped to his feet
and ran with his friends to the car
door, One of the latter pulled
the bell cord and by the time the
train stopped all three of the men
were on the platform.
Guard Bowman, through blind
cd and suffering intense pain, fol-
lowed the men only to be stopped
by revolver thrust into his face.
The prisoner and his liberators
jumped from the train and ran to
the nearest roadway, followed by
the guard, who fred several shots
at them.
Reaching the road they compel
led 4, Horney and his wife, who
were passing in phaeton, to de-
scend and give them the rig, in
which they escaped. The horse
and buggy we're found eight miles
north of Newark, o.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-11-14
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