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the attempt. The scheme cuts adrift
absolutely from all other of the time
hOnored methods of travelling over the
eternal ice Of the Arctic zone. MIR.
Wellman Is no novice in arctic travel,
as he has already made one attempt
for the Pole, in the old fashioned way.
From Spitzbergen, Wellman, to-
gether with Maj. Henry b. Hersey,
representing the United States
Weather Bureau, and M. ]. Smith, a
wireless operator, will start in the
biggest airship ever constructed on the
6QO-mile journey toward the goal Of
so many mems desires, Ii the air.
ship works and the winds remain true
to the analysis of them made by the
Nansen expedition, the thing IL done.
The North Pole is a terribly Elusive
sort of nonentity, and thousand UNI
foreseen calamities may be ready to
pounce upon Walter Wellman and his
plucky associates. Yet the quest is
not an absolutely forlorn hope To the
American newspaper man may yet be
given the honor of locating the North
Pole, just as to British newspaper
man was given the glory Of cu,A
Africa in twain.
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and its tributaries. Mrs Watkins is .
modest and refined woman who is not
given to bOasting of her exploits along
lines into which women seldom ven
ture. But she takes a pard0nable de-
gree of pride in the fact that she Is
not an amateur pilot but is the real
thing in that line.
DISPLAYS UNCOMMON ABILITY.
When the excursion season closes
the Watkins not infrequently seek
other business in the late fall and
early spring on the lower reaches of
the river and it is while engaged in
this work that Mrs. Watkins has the
opportunity to display her real ability
as navigator. She has brought the
boat up the river in all conditions of
wind and current and that, too when
it was handling great barge piled
high with props for the Spring Valley
mines or with great walnut logs for
piano factory at Chicago.
As to her ability to handle crew
of deck hands there is determined
CLINT in her eye which indicates that
she can do that also, and she can cook
for them as well as she can direct
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CHAPTER III.

Though it was an autumn evening
and somewhat warm. huge fire of
heaped billets OF wood cracked and
sparkled in broad, open CRATE, some
Of the smoke escaping up rude Chin
ney, but the greater part rolling ont
into the room, so that the ;.ir was
thick with it, and man coming from
without could scare catch his breath.
On this fire great caldron dubbed
and simmered, giving forth rich and
promising smell. Seated round It
were a dozen or so folk, Of all ages
and conditions, who set up such
shout as Alleyne entered that he
stood peering at them through the
smoke, uncertain what this greeting
might portend. .
"A rouse! A rousew cried one
rough-looking fellow in tattered jer-
kin. Zone more round of mead or
ale, and the score to the last conner"
"'Tis the law Of the Pied Merlin!"
shouted another. "Ho, there, Dame
Eliza! Here is fresh custom come to
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the house, and not drain for the
company"
II will take your orders, gentles:
will assuredly take your ORDERS" the
landlady answered, bustling in with
her hands full Of leathern drinking
cups. what Is 1t that you drink,
then? Beer for the lads Of the forest,
mead for the gleeman, strong waters
for the tinker, and wine for the rest
1t Is an old custom of the house, young
sir. 1t has been the use at the Pied
Merlin this many year back that the
company should drink to the health
Of the last conner. Is 1t your pleasure
to humor it?'
"Wby, good DAME" said Alleyne, II
would not offend the customs of your
house, but it is only sooth when l say
that my purse Is thin one. As f. as
two pence will 60, however, I shall
be right glad to do my part"
"Plainly said and bravely spoken
nv sucking friar," rOared deep
voice, and heavy hand fell upon
Alleyne's shoulder. Looking up, he
saw beside him his former cloister
companion, the renegade monk, Horde
John.
"By the thorn of Glastonbury! III
days are coming upon Beaulieu,"
said he. Here they have got rid in
one day of the only two men within
their walls--for have had mine eyes
upon thee. youngster, and know
that for all thy baby face there Is the
making Of man in thee"
While he was speaking the landlady
came in again. bearing a broad platter,
upon which stood all the beakers and
fagons charged to the brim with the
brown ale or the ruby wine. Behind
her came a maid with high pile of
wooden plates, and a great sheaf OF
| spoons. one Of which she handed round
to each Of the travellers. Two Of the
company, who were dressed in the
weather-stained green doubkt Of for
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ID permitted to set foot on the shore
Rt that beautiful and historic spot.
The plain facts in the case are that
when the inspectors made their off,
.ial visit to the boat Mrs. Watkins W :
engaged in painting the engines. Dur
ing the winter months the two Cap
tains Watkins were engaged in over
hauling and renovating their boat
no small task when one remembers
that the boat can carry GOO passengers
on it's two decks.
AS a result of the examination
which they recently underwent at
Chicago, Captain George Watkins
holds an engineers and masters
license, while his wife holds a license
as master and pilot which entities her
to pilot any craft up to 100 tons bur-
DEN upen the waters Of the Illinois
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"Naive" Questions.

Mrs. Alexander. the novelist. lives in
Florence. There a young American
woman recently interviewed her.
"Mrs. Alexander was delightful" said
the young woman. "She amused me
very much. l, too, amused her-she
thought me naive.
"Once, when ! asked her a certain
question about the financial side Of
novel writing, she declared that my
question was as naive as that of a
little Florentine child's that she had
heard about the day before.
This child, at dinner with her par
ents, turned to her mother and said:
Mamma, where were You born"
At Padua, darling
But was born in Florence. wasn't
II
eyes, dear
"'And father, where was he born?'
elm Venice
"The little girl looked grsvely from
one to the other.
"Isn't it funny she said, that we
should all have met like this"
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to remain scattered about In the
heart of the royal demesne. The COM
pany was completed by peasant In
rude dress Of undyed sheepskin,
with the old-fashioned galligaskins
about his legs, and. a gayly dressed
young man with striped cloak jagged
at the edges and parti-cOlored hosen,
who looked about him with high dis
dain upon his face, and held q blue
smelling flask to his nose with one
hand while he brandished busy
spoon with the other. In the corner
a very fat man was lying all aspraw1
upon truss, snoring stertorously, and
evidently In the last stage Of drunken
ness.
Alleyne listened to the talk which
went on round the fire.
elbow room for Floytlng Willrs
cried woodman. "Twang us q merry.
Tilt"
"Aye, aye, the 'Lasses Of Lancas.
ter" one suggested.
"Or st. Simeon and the Devil.'n
"Or the Jest of Hendy Tobias"
To all those suggestions the jong-
leur made no response, but sat with
his eye fixed abstractedly upon the
ceiling, as one who calls words to his
mind. Then, with sudden sweep
across the strings, he broke out into
song so gross and so foul that ere
he had finished verse the pure
minded lad sprang to his feet with
the blood tingling in his face.
GLOW can you sing such things?"
he cried. "You, too, an old man who
should be an example to Others"
The wayfarers all gazed In the ut.
most establishment at the interruption.
by the holy Dicon Of HampOlel our
silent clerk has found his tongue"
said one Of the woodmen. "What. ii
amiss with the song, then? How has
1t offended your babyship?"
"a milder and better-mannered aonR
hath never been heard within thee
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CLEVER LADY NAVIGATOR.
MRS. ROSE WATKINS GRANT
I'D PLOTS LICENSE ON
ILLINOIS RIVER.

4 Model housekeerer and Expert
Cook-Assists in Painting Engines
of Steamer-fiusband Is Engineer
Of Boat of Which she is Pilot.
In the early spring of this year
when the Steamboat Inspectors began
their examinations at Chicago of the
various applicants for license to handle
steamers on the Illinois River, they
were somewhat startled over the ap-
pearance of Mrs. Rose e. Watkins in
the class, and only after a most thor
ough test as to her ability to handle
a steamer was she issued a license.
Mrs. Watkins is the wife of Cap
tain George T. Watkins and they own
the boat with which they navigate the
waters Of the Illinois. For the last
eight years Mrs. Watkins has made
her home on her husbands boats.
Their home was originally at Peoria,
where Mrs. Watkins spent her girl
hood days and before her marriage to
Captain Watkins had taught school.
EXPERT IN RIVER NAVIGATION.
For the last four years they have
put in the summer conducting an ex-
cursion business between Chicago and
the scenic points down the Illinois
River, including Starved Rock and the
ravines and canyons surrounding it.
Mrs. Watkins has been for years an
expert in navigating these waters, but
not until this spring did she formally
apply for a pilots license. While
classed as a navigable stream, it has
generally been regarded that the navi-
CATION of the Illinois ended at La Sale,
but in spite of this, the Watkins and
one or two smaller craft have been
regularly plying the upper reaches of
the river. Last winter the steamboat
men were notified that the boats on
this section would have to comply with
all the government regulations to
carry regularly licensed pilots and
engineers.
A few weeks later Inspectors Mans
field and Peck came to Ottawa to in
spect the Watkins. Since Mrs. Wat
kins has secured her pilots license
there have been all sorts of stories In
circulation as to that inspection. One
romance reads that the inspectors
found her seated at a table in the
pilot house porting over chart look
ing up the location of recently dis
covered rock. 1t is pity to spoil
such beautiful romance, but these
are the hard, utilitarian facts in the
case: The pilot house Of the Watkins
is too small to hold table and Mrs.
Watkins is much too busy to pore
over chart at this season Of the year.
Then the only really dangerous "snag''
in the river at Starved Rock is the adj
mission fee which the corporation that
owns it charges before the sightseer
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THE STEAMER WATKINS.

their labors on board. There is moth
ing mannish or strenuous or new wom-
anish about this lady master of the
steamer Watkins-she is a model
housekeeper and is household guard
ian angel for all the crew who dwell
upon the boat. This is the plain
story of good woman, refined,
pleasant and energetic, who does the
work that comes to her thoroughly and
who is surprised that her ability to
handle fair-sized fresh water craft
should have attracted the attention
that it undoubtedly has.
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the commission a very busy body, but
that its activities are yielding much
important information. Its inquiries
into the methods Of the railroads in
terested in coal, and into the practices
o. the Standard Oil Company in alb
sorbing or freezing out opposition, are
in the highest degree valuable to the
public. and should lead to the redress
ing Of many abuses If the board
were composed of twenty members, all
could find work at this time in the
field which as yet has been but
scratched.
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Synopsis of Preceding Cnapters.

The scenes Of the story laid in the 18th century
The monks of the Cistercan Monastery Abbey Of
Beaulieu assemble to witness the trial OF lay
brother, known as Horde John. upon numerous
grave charges brought against him. He pleads guilty
and is sentenced to be expelled from the Order
and at the time is decreed that he be dragged
forth and scourged from the Abbeys precincts. lie
threatens to assault number OF the brethren, and
in the excitement escapes. shortly after another OF
the lay brethren Of the monastery Aeyne Edricson,
takes his departure from the monastery In accord.
ance with provision Of his fathers will, that In his
twentieth year he shall go forth into the world for
one year to choose for himself his future calling.
In sadness he wanders from the monastery on his
way to visit his brother, the socman of Minstead
whose reputation IL moi unsavory one Night
coming on, he seeks shelter In q roadside inn,
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Interstate Commerce Commission.
An opinion at one time prevailed
that the members Of the interstate
commerce commission had an easy
time. A place on the board was char
acterized in the slang Of the day as
a .'soft snap" However this may
once have been, it is not true now.
The dispatches show that not only Is
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CONGRESSMAN ARRESTED.
TWO DOZEN OF THEN GATHERED
IN AT BASEBALL GAME BY
OFFICIAL OF HOUSE.

Presidents S0n-ln.Law Among those
Corraled by Sergeant-at Arms
Trouble Caused by Minority Leader
Williams.
That the Members of Congress are
fond of ball game was evidenced a
few days ago when a call of the
House-a desire to obtain a quorum
Of the members the Sergeant
alarms of that body to send out his
deputies to arrest whatever members
his squad could corral. Twenty-Five
Congressman were gathered up from
the grandstand and bleachers of the
Washington Baseball Club, Mr.. Mich
olas Longworth and his wife being
brought in from the Presidents box.
1t was a delightful spring afternoon
and the House was droning along
through it's business, with John Sharp
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Rer Innafe DiDIOnacv.

Patient to Pretty Nurse-"Will you
be my wife when recover"
Pretty Nurse-"Certainly."
Patient-"Then you love me? All,
met"
Pretty Nurse-"Oh. no; that's mere
~ part Of the treatment. / must
keep my patients cheerful; promised
this morning to rim awav with mar
ried man who had lost both his legs"
Houston Post.
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Wcnman and the Pole.

As the time draws near for Walter
Wellman. the newspaper correspond
ent. to make his proposed "dash for
the North Pole" by means of an air.
ship. the world at large il waking up
to the vast daring and Importance Of
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In a pigeon shoot at Madrid. King
Alfonso killed twenty-three birds out
Of a possible twenty-nine. There has
been some Improvement in Spanish
craftsmanship in recent years.
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Jas. M. Starr, J. T. MeElwee.
President Sec. and Treas.
YORK SUPPLY co.
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Tuesday, October 2, 1906.
CITATION
Notice to Heirs and Distributes Of Es-
tate of n. Bell Crops, Deceased.

Notice to Heirs and Distributes Of Es-
tate of II. Bell Crops, Deceased.
To all and Singular the Heirs and Dis
tributes Of II. Bell Crops, Deceased.
1T being made to appear to my satis-
i faction that Church w. Carroll, ad-
ministrator OF the estate Of H. BELL
CREPS, deceased, Is unable to ascer-
tain the whereabouts Of certain per-
. sons supposed to be entitled as distri-
butees Of such estate, If such per-
sons be living, and that said persons
are not now. and so far as the said ad-
ministrator knows, have never been
domiciled in this State, and whose
whereabouts and ages are unknown to
said administrator; now
Notice is hereby given to all such
distributes or their personal repre-
sentatives to be and appear before the
Court of Probate for York county on
MONDAY, THE 4TH DAY OF FEB
RUARY. A. D., 1907, AT 10 O'CLOCK,
A. M, to show cause why said estate
should not be distributed by the said
administrator under the decree OF this
court as II the persons whose where
abouts or the fact of whose death Is
unknown had died before said intes-
tate, and
Further Notice is here given to all
the distributes OF the said estate,
known and unknown and to all other
persons interested in said estate to be
and appear before me as the Judge OF
Probate for York county on the 4th
day Of February, A. D. 1907, at 10
o'clock A. NJ, to intervene for-their in
terest or interests In said estate.
Given under my hand and the Seal
of the Probate Court for York county,
this 1st day Of October, A. D., 1905.
[SEALl.
L. r. WILLIAMS.
Probate Judge Of York county.
Oct 2 st
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Bargain prices in Pocket and Meat
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WANTED-Butter, Beeswax, Chick
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w. M. KENNEDY. Agent.
HOUSEHOLD
HARDWARE

Every housekeeper has frequent use
for some article Of Hardware. We are
prepared to serve you with almost
anything needed. For instance, we
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WATCH REPAIRING.

7 BEG to announce to the people Of
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statesmen WANTED.

m o look after our interest in YORK
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CUT GLASS
STERLING SILVER

Ny display Of CUT GLASS and
STERLING SILVER WARE is right
up to the minute in variety and quail
ity and quantity. 1t is perhaps easily
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vidual Pieces am showing the very
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and the latest representatives of the
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When looking for suitable souvenirs
for friends remember to visit
T. w. sPEcK, The Jeweler.
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s
GOODS
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G.. H. O'LEARY.
GOOD

"REGAL" open Franklin Stoves have
always been GOOD.
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EVANS SASH HOLDERS.
PICNIC AT BETHANY.

TN HERE will be Basket Picnic at
i Bethany on SATURDAY, OCTO-
BER 18TH. Prof. w. H. Hand OF the
State University, Columbia, S. c., Will
be the speaker Of the day. EVERYBODY
is invited to attend, and as Prof. Hand
is a man of much ability a treat can
be safely promised to all who come for
II. ]. D. HUGGlNS.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-22
OUT AGAINST
UNDESIRABLE
|MM|GRAT|

Sydney. n. s, Nov. GA vigorous
campaign against undesirable immi-
grafton is being waged here by the
Canadian immigration officials. In
England and Scotland agents have been
stationed at strategic points TO watch
Canadian bound home steamers, and az
this port a rigid examination is being
made OF the newcomers. Recently the
alleged attempt OF one foreign agent
to land immigrants who were thought
TO he undesirable was frustrated and
the people turned back.
r. w Armand Canadian immigra-
tion agent at Halifax, has been in this
city for several days, looking into al
legged attempts to evade the immigrd-
ton laws immigration for the past
year has been unusually heavy, owing
to the effort OF the Dominion govern
ment to develop its great northwest
The opportunities afforded by the open
ing up OF the west have been exten
sively advertised in Great Britain.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-22
CONTRACTORS IN
OPPOSITION To
BOTH ASP|RANTs

The announcement that Former Super
intendent OF Public Buildings Mansfield is
likely to be a candidate again for that
office next January, to succeed Superin-
tendent Evans. has caused some local
contractors TO worry. as they were much
dissatisfied with Mr., Mansheld's conduct
of the office.
The administration of Mr.. Evans has
also been very unsatisfactory to local
contractors, with the exception of the
few who have had a pull at city hall:
but one man, a plumber doing a large
business here. said that he would rather
have Mr.. Evans retained in office tnan TO
have Mr.. Mansfield succeed him.
In order 10 get municipal work, the con-
tractors claim. they must get into politics
and work hard for the election Of certain
men. The honest contractors despse
this: and most OF them have stopped ca
tering for the city work rather than go
into politics
The condition of affairs during Former
Superintendent Manshed's term OF office
is said TO have been far worse than even
at present.
The office Of superintendent OF public
buildings is a very important one. and
the honest contractors hope that the city
council will elect a man who will serve
the city only in the peoples interest.