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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-12-15

trees put forth their new buds, Necfle
held the Golden Chalice of Ak to the
lips OF tine Queen, who drank there
from to the prosperity Of the Forest
So you see she was :, nymph Of some
Importance, and was highly regarded
because Of her beauty and grace.
When she was created she could not
have told Queen Zurline could not
have told; the great Ak himself could
not have told. It was long ago, when
the world was new and nymphs We're
needed to guard the forests and to min
lister to the wants of the young trees.
Then, on some day not remembered,
Necile sprang into being-radiant, love-
~, straight and slim as the saplng she
was created to guard.
Her hair was the color that lines a
chestnut bur; her eyes were blue in the
sunlight and purple in the shade; her
cheeks blOomed with the faint pink
that edges the clouds ait sunset; her
lips were full red, poutlng and sweet.
For costume she adopted oak leaf
green-all the wood nymphs dress III
that color and know no other so de-
sirable. Her dainty feet were sandal
clad, while her head remained bare Of
covering other than her sllken tresses.
NecilcS duties were few and simple.
She kept hurtful weeds from grow
ing beneath her trees and sapping the
earth food required by her charges
She frightened away the Gadgols, who
took evil delight in flying against the
tree trunks and wounding them so
that they dropped and died from the
poisonous contact. In dry seasons she
carried water from the brooks and
pools and moistened the roots of her
thirsty dependents.
That was in the beginning. The
weeds had now learned to avoid the
forests where wood nymphs dwelt; the
loathsome Gadgols no longer dared
come nigh; the trees had become old
and sturdy and could bear the drought
better than when fresh sprouted. So
Needles duties We're lessened and time
grew laggard, while succeeding years
became more tiresome and uneventful
than the nymph's joyous spirit loved.
1IuiS tllc lOIcSl O"cllSIS ulu lOt
lack amusement Each full moon they
danced in the Royal Circle Of the
Queen. There We're also the Feast of
Nuts, the Jubilee of Autumn Tint
lngs, the solemn ceremony Of Leaf
Shedding and the revelry of Budding
Day. But these periods of enjoyment
were far apart and left many weary
hours between
That Il wood nymDh should grow
discontinued was not thought Of by
Needles sisters. It came upon her only
after many years of brooding. But
when once she had settled in her mind
that life was irksome she had no pa
| thence with her condition and longed
to do something of real interest and to
pass her days in ways hitherto un-
dreamed Of by forest nymphs. The
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Neclle to keep the babe and care for it.
Even the Queen came to peer into the
innocent childish face and to hold Il
helpless. chubby fist in her own fair
hand
what shall we call him, Necile o.
she asked, smiling. He must have a
name. you know"
''Let him be called Claus" answered
Necile. "fOr that means a little one y
Rather let him be called Nec.aus."
returned the Queen, for that Will
mean Needles little one"
[Some people have spelled this name
Nicklaus, and others Nicolas, which is
the reason that Santa Claus is still!
known in some lands as st. Nicholas.
But, of course, Neclaus is his right
name, and Claus the nickname given
him by his adopted mother. the fairy
nymph Necile.l
The nymphs clapped their hands in
delight, and Neclaus became the in
fants name, although Necile loved best
to call him Claus, and in after days
many Of her sisters followed her ex-
ample.
Necile gathered the softest moss in
all the forest for Claus to lie upon.
and she made his bed in her own bow
er. OF food the infant had no lack.
The nymphs searched the forest for
bell udders. which grow upon the goa
tree and when opened are found to be
filled with sweet milk And the soft
eyed does willingly gave share Of
their milk to support the little stranger,
while Shiegra, the lioness, often crept
stealthily into Needles bower and pur-
red softly as she lay beside the babe
and fed it.
So the little one flourished and grew
big and sturdy day by day, while Ne
cile taught him to speak and to walk
and to- play. .....
His thoughts and words were sweet
and gentle, for the nymphs knew no
evil and their hearts We're pure and
loving. He became the pet of the For
est, for AXIS decree had forbidden
beast or reptile to modest him. and he
walked fearlessly wherever his will
guided him.
presently the news reached the other
immortals that the nymphs Of Burzee
had adopted human infant and that
the act had been sanctioned by the
great AK. Therefore many OF them
came to visit the little stranger, look
inc upon him with much interest
FIRST the hy!s. who are first cousins
TO the Wo2d n%mphs, although so diff
fcrent'y formed. For tie Ryls are re-
q'liin1 to watcj: over the flowers and
plants, us the nympis watch over the
forest trees. They search the wide
world for the food required by the
roots Of the towering plants, while the
brilliant colnrs possessed by the f,ill
blown flowers are due to the dyes
placed in tie soil by the Ryls, which
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Chapter first
3 urZee

Ia AVE you heard Of the great For.
~ est of Burzee: Nurse used tc
sing of it when I was a child.
She sang Of the big tree trunks,
standing close together. with their
roots INTERVIEWING below the earth and
their branches INTERVIEWING above it;
of their rough coating Of bark and
queer, gnarled limbs; Of the bushy
foliage that rooted the entire Forest,
save where the sunbeams found a path
through which to touch the ground in
little spots and to cast weird and Gu
srious shadows over the MOSES, the
lichens and the drifts of dried leaves.
The Forest of Burzee is mighty and
grand and awesome to those who steal
beneath its shade. Coming from the
.sunlit meadows into its mazes it seems
at first gloomy, then pleasant, and after
ward filed with never ending delights.
For hundreds of years it has flourish
ed in all its magnifcence, the silence
Of its Enclosure unbroken save by the
chirp Of busy chipmunks, the growl of
wild beasts and the songs of birds.
Yet Burzee has its inhabitants, for
all this. Nature peopled it in the be-
ginning with Fairies, Knocks, Ryls
and Nymphs. AS long as the Forest
stands it will be a home, refuge and
a playground to these sweet immortals,
who revel undisturbed in it's depths.
Civilization has never yet reached
-Burzee. Will it ever, wonder?
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what peril means; if it did not feel
hunger 1t was content.
Softly the nymph stole to the side
Of the babe and l1nelt upon the sward.
her long robe of rose leaf color spread
Ing about her like {, gossamer cloud.
Her lovely countenance expressed Curl
osity and surprise, but, most of all. a
tender, womanly pity The babe was
newborn, chubby and pink. 1t WAS
entirely helpless. While the nymph
gazed the infant opened it's eyes, smil-
ed upon her and stretched out two DIM
pied arms. In another instant Necile
had caught it to her breast and was hur-
rying with it through the forest paths.
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Chapter Second
Che Child Of the forest

named Necile. She was closely re-
lated to the mighty Queen Zurline,
and her home was beneath the shade
OF a Widespreading oak. Once ev-
cry year, on Budding Day, when the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-30
AT AUCTION

Upon the premises of the Government
Nursery, King street. corner Keeau-
gnoku street. by order of the Board OF
Commissioners of Agriculture and For
estry. at 10 a. M, Wednesday. June 1st,
1904, will sell the remaining
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-30
MANAGER RENTON'S
YACHT Bull DING

Manager Geo. F. Renton of Eva
Plantation viii soon surprise the yacht
ing fraternity with brand new yacht
on the Gladys model, which he is now
building at the plantation. The hull is
practically finished. but for caulking
and attaching the keel ingot weighing
$500 pounds.
The yacht is 1915 feet in length and
has foot beam. She is solidly
built craft, and although she may not
be designed especially for racing, yet
the feet of the Hawaii Yacht Club may
look for some exciting contests when
the new boat spreads her canvas.
Capt Dover laid out the boat. She
has graceful lines. is roomy and the
inside bracings have been most care
fully buIt in.
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START
FOR HOME

The squadron of yachts Of the Ha-
wall Yacht Club left Haleiwa yester-
day afternoon at o'clock. The Spray
departed half an hour before the main
body of vessels. and bore away with a
good wind. With good wind during
the night the yachtsmen expect to ar
rive at Honolulu at daybreak this
morning.
Eighty-two people sat down to the
luau given at Haleiwa hotel on Sat
urday evening. This number included
the crews of the yachts and their
friends who went to the hotel by train.
as well as large number of other
guests at Haleiwa. Following the iuau,
dancing was the order OF the evening
and this pleasure was continued until
after midnight.
There were ninety-one people for
lunch yesterday and Manager Church
was having the time of his life in lock
ing after mis- wards. So great has been
the crush at the hotel for over-Sunday
guests that rooms had to be engaged
outside and the old Seaside Hotel is
also being used to house newcomers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-30
chill DREN's DAY
At CENTRAL UNION

The Children's Day at Central Union
Church yesterday was largely attended.
The organ prelude was played by DR..
r. W. Anderson. This was followed
by the congregation and Bible School
singing the hymn, savior, Like
Shepherd, Lead Us. the Bible School
also singing Remember Thy Creator"
Prayer was offered by w. A. Bowen
and the Bible school followed with the
hymn, Come With Singing. The in
FAINT department sang Little Friends
of Jesus aud Logan Scroggy recited
the -'Children.s Day. The exercise
entitled Praise GOD. was presented
by Alfred Wilkinson, Edith Harrison.
VIM. Karatti. Alfred Larson, Gwendo-
lin Mossman. Julien Roman, Jessie Cut
ting and Elmer Crozier.
The song, Daisies, What Do You
Say was rendered by the Primary De-
partment. and Martory Cutting reeited
Trust" Other recitations, entitled
Just smile,'' by Morris Augur, and
Every One of You,H by Juliette Athef-
ton. We're given. The recitation, Flow
ers for Thoughts 2 was by Helen Pc
tersons Martha Bergerson, hazel Gear,
Violet Austin. Pearl aTcAdams. Flor
ence Hendrickson. Eva Mossman,
EvangeIine Rowat. Clara smith and
Edna Henry. Your Words was re-
cited by Marguerite Creighton. An adj
dress on the Responsibilities of the
Teacher was also given.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-30

WILL e. FISHER,
AUCTIONEER-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-30

Hon. Lyle A. Dicixey win remain a
judge for still another month. Judge
Diekeyss resignation was requested sew
eral months ago by Governor Garter in
order to reduce the expenses of the
district court but the magistrate very
courteously but firmly declined to ac-
cede TO the demand He offered. how
ever, to resign at the end of the cur
rent fiscal year if the legislature saw
fit to cut out the appropriation for more
than one district magistrate in Homo
lulu. The legislature did that very
thing and Judge Dickey was to have
stepped out at the end of May.
Acting Governor Atkinson has now
requested that Judge Dfckey continue
IN ONCE until July 1st. In order to close
up the business of the district court.
There are a number of orders and cases
continued which will occupy the time
of the second Judge for another month,
so that the acting governor deemed it
policy to continue him in office until
July LIST. After that date the appro-
priation is. for only one district magis-
trate for Honolulu. Under the present
arrangement the. salary of the district
magistrates is divided so that Judge
Dickey and Judge Lindsay each receive
equal amounts. although the law pro-
yides $4,000 a year for the first judge
and SIs9o aor. the second Judge
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-30
% ee . , Q . ~ . . . .
!: SPORT /:
sesseseeessess espe eeeeeess
HORSES IN
TRAINING
AT TRACK

As the day for Honoiu1u's annual
race meet approaches-June 1.-the
Kapioiani Park race track becomes
more. and more animated With the APP
Dearance of good horse flesh IN daily
try-outs. Men who have watched the
racers cut on the track assert that the
coming race meet viii be one of the
best presented to the public.
Among those animals which have at
tracted the attention of the raiibirds.
is Quinn's cyclone. which yesterday
made mile in 2.os. cyclone is in the
hands of Dickey Davis and much is ex-
pected of him.
Jim Quinn is looking after sambo and
has hope of making one of the best
races ever seen here when the latter
runs against Cyclone.
Paul Isenberg is training Hawai-.
ian bred horse known as Creole. The
animal has been anly two months In
training, but recently sped over the
course in 2:2O IA. This is considered
an enviabls, record. The horse will go
in the 2:s0 class against Dennie Haley
and Oak Grove, and will also enter the
race for Hawaiian breds. Isenoerg al
SO has a horse at the track known as
Thelnaa which has gone in 2:1s IA.
Among the runners is Willie Lucas
Racine Murphy. Rourke already has
sly harsass AZ tt,a track and will have i
four more here from Hilo next satur-
day.
The races this year will be novel in
that al races will be more evenly
matched than before. There is new
blood right through the list
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aEohican Ban players Are Sore.

The ball team of the training ship
Mohiean is feeling very blue because
they failed to arrange for another game
with the team of the cruiser New York
The Mohicans have won from every
ship in the squadron excepting the New
York and claim that they could have
defeated the New Yorks had not men
of the local Marines team. according
TO the allegations of Mohiean men, been
played in the cruisers team.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-30
Hilo Horses Coming.

When the Kinau arrives next satur-
day she win bring four race horses
from Hilo to take part in the June II
meet. Among the horses viii be Gypsy
Princess, owned by J. Rourke; so-so,
owned by w. G. Walker: Phillips. own
ed by Mr.. BrughelIi and Frank s, own
ed by Mr.. Costerdyke.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-30

The particularly striking feature of
James ]. Hiil's gift of over a million
dollars to the Roman Catholic cathe-
dra1 of st. Paul. Mimi, is that Mr..
Hin is himself a Protestant No similar
gift to the church of Rome, doubtless,
has been recorded since the great
schism resulting in Professionalism.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-30
Plants, Trees and Shrubs,
Etc.

Consisting of most valuable and rare
assortment Of Cocos PIumosa. or Mon
key Nut, Thrinox A-Tgentia or House
Palm, Pritchardin or Loulu, Oriodrea
Regia or Royal Palm. eetons, Indian
Blood Wood. Poinciana Regia, Syrin-
ga. Forest Trees. Eucalyptus, Robus-
-, Swamp Mahogany; Eucalyptus,
4Polyanthemos, Red: Guerilla or SILK
Oak, Elukui, Ye and many others.
Mangoes. Alligator Pears. Lines and
Oranges, etc.
This sale is intended as clearance
sale and the opportunity win never
again present itself, as the nursery will
depart from the propagation of orna-
mental and fruit trees.
WILL E. FISHER,
ATTTTIOfJEER
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TO LET

$4,000 Elegant cottage, 1920 Piikoi
St. bet. Young and King SITS. Con-
tains 6 rooms; in first class order.
$500 Eaeh-Two cottages with 2 bed
rooms. living room. kitchen and bath;
mosquito proof. Waikiki side of PHI
koi. nnakai of King street. Both va
cant June LIST.
WILL E. FISHER,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer.
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At Auction
MONDAY, JUNE Is, 1904.
Ii o'clock at my salesroom:
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AUCTIONEER.
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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-02-19
of II
Half Unconscious He
CROPPED, Where In
stinct Drew Him
to Safety.
How SeIwyn NJ. Taylor
Died IN the Deadly
Gas of the After
damp.

Only one man escaped alive from
the Harwick, Pa, mine explosion, by
which 12O lives we're lost. He has had
an enormous appetite for pound cake
and beer since his resurrection.
AdOIph Coma, nearing his 25th year, is
the lucky fellow. He does not realize
the full sense Of his fortune, at least
he did not betray any exultatiOn or
any wOnderment at the fact that his
body was not rent asunder as were
his companions in the LIarwick mine.
Coma has not seen daylight yet Since
being brought up from the mine his
eyes have been bandaged. He has
frequently pleaded to be permitted to
see, but the doctors do not know that
he ever viii regain his sight.
Coma can talk freely and eat heart
fly. When seen by a correspondent
he was lying on a bed in a boarding
house not far from the HarWick mine.
where he had been brought from the
little schOOIhouse, later turned into a
mOTgue. While at the schOOlhOuse he
lay on a pile Of straw in the corner,
watched over by women from the vii
Iage and the schOOlteacher, Miss Flor
ence Miller. He speaks English and
has been a subject Of the emperor Of
Austria
Speaking Of his experience in the
mine, he said:
Il was working with my father and
my brother in the farthest entry II
could not have been long after
o'clock in the morning when l saw
fash OF light and heard a terrible
noise. That was the explosion ]
thought 1 was struck by something,
but, anyway, I fell to the floor Of the
room. After the explosion everything
got quiet, except that could hear
pieces Of coal and slate dropping, and
there was a terrible OdOr. / don't re-
member how long lay on the floor
when I came TO my senses knew
that ought to get out q the mine
knew the way to the shaft, as we were
working in the last entry and our
room was the end Of the main gang
way, about half a mile from the shaft
1 started to crawl On my hands and
knees. / could feel the shOvels, picks
and cars I crawled over, and kept
my hands on the main rails so as to
guide me, so I would not get into any
of zhe side entries. 1 remembered one
place where had to crawl over big
pile Of coal before reaching the shaft
I could scarcely squeeze through, but
I wriggled my way out That almost
finished me, as I could scarcely
breathe when I got over that pile.
Every once in a while my hands
and feet would slip on something
knew it was bodies OF dead miners, be
cause 1 could feel the clothing and
flesh. Do you know, never thought
Of that until now. Once, while crawl
ing out, I thought OF my father and
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Sister PhilOmena. the mother supe-
rior Of Mercy hospital OF Des Moines
finds herself the heir OF an estate val
ned at SIS. 900 600. She can hardly be
lieve the truth Of what seems like a
fairy story. but she has been com
PEELED TO do so. The estate IS that Of
her uncle. who died in Australia ten
years ago. His name was John Nc
Cormick. and his home at Melbourne.
He owned several gold mines, sheep
ranches and other valuable property.
The two brothers. John and Henry.
left in early youth for Australia. and
nothing had been heard OF them. and
since that time the Melbourne au-
thOrities have been hunting for the
heirs Of McCormick's estate The Nc
COrmick family came 10 this country
from Ireland in 1850 and settled Gt
Germantown. Pa Mary married g
man namai Heating and moved TO
Davenport in 1883. Sister PhiiOme1a
is a daughter Of Mary Heating Two
brothers and two sisters at Davenport
viii inherit the fortune with Sister
Phflomena.
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ny brother That vas Just when I
started 10 crawl oft OF the room
got a notion they had gotten out some
how I yelled several times, bGt Il
made me sick; then closed my mouth
and kept my nose down to the rails
sometimes in the water. know my
nose often rubbed the ground
didn't feel bit hurt didn't know I
was burned / felt awful tired, espe-
cially after got over that hump
Il suppose I crawled half a mile
when the air seemed to smell better
But I couldn't see a thing 1 have
often been down in a mine without
light, but my eyes got used to it and
I could see the mine walls, but 1 did
not know I was blind.
Say, won't you lift this bandage
up 50 I can seer" the poor fellow
asked, a question he put to everyone
who approached him Coma went on
with his story, after being told that
by and by the doctor would lift the
bandage.
ct couldn't have taken me an hour
to crawl from the last room to the
shaft remember lying there some
time when 1 heard a noise above me
heard someone call cried, Here,
hereI Help! help!' I heard footsteps
cracking near me. I heard two men
talking. They grabbed me and bund-
led me into the bucket, and soon
was hOisted up. Say, my burns didn't
bother me in the mine, but when I
reached the top Of the shaft and the
cold air hit me 1 thought a million
needles were being prOdded into my
face, hands, head and neck Then I
knew 1 had been roasted, all right"
Coma had been in the mine from
Sis a. m until 5 o'clock that evening.
He figured that he had been there only
one hour. but that must have been the
period Of his UncOnsciOusness- 1t is
probable that he lay unconscious in
the chamber where he fell until about 4