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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-02-14
CHAPTER XVIII.

1t was on the next afternoon, near to
the setting Of the sun, that Doctor Osbart
came to my room with great news for me.
This business with the men has COM
| pletely upset our plans," said he. "Black
hoped to winter here and to let the hub
bub in Europe quite subside before he
put to sea again. Now he can't do that.
There's only one thing that will keep the
hands quiet. and that's excitement. He
has determined to sail tonight; but. be-
fore we talk of that, we must have the
conditions"
What have you to ask?' said l.
simply this" he answered "You
shall give your word, as a man of honor,
that you will make no attempt to leave
the ship without permission"
II accept"
Then slowly the great engines began
their work, and we swept out 70 the open
sea. We dned that night in the saloon
upon the deck, a commodious place light
ed by electricity, and in every way luxuri-
ously fitted. The walls of it were paneled
in white and gold, and were covered with
curious designs, old heroes fighting, old
gods drawn by lions at their chariots:
Jason seeking the fleece in golden
barque Orestes fleeing the Furies. The
long seats were covered in leather of a
deep crimson, and there was small
piano. The dinner itself was admirably
served, and was partaken of by the deaf
and dumb engineer, by the doctor, the
Scotsman and myself. Black talked with
out reserve before me, knowing well that
could do him no injury. He relied
~ - f.. L..
cussed everything with him in the best of
tempers.
MY plan is this" he said we're short
of oil, and Karl here is beginning to get
uneasy. | shall knock over a couple of
whalers in these seas and fill the tanks.
Then, as they're looking for us in mid
Atlantic, we'll get south of Madeira, and
run again. two or three of the big ones
making fol Rio or Buenos Ayres. We
shall pick .p good bit Of money; and
it'll be month before they get on our
course that way, for l mean to let 'em
down light when it's not case of saving
our own skin"
We passed the Danish settlement of
Godthaab early on the next morning,
though so far out at sea that | could
make nothing of it; while we lost the
coast of Greenland altogether before the
day had passed, a hazy shower of dust
like snow greeting our coming to the
Atlantic and to a perceptibly warmer lat
itude. During this day, and until we
sighted the Shetlands, the small screw ,
tender kept our course, and we exchanged
signals with her every morning.
Finally we sighted the coast of Ireland,
I bou 4
greater pleasure than that distant view
1t was as though | had passed from a
dead land to the land of man. from the
silent ways of night to the first break
ing of the day.
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CHAPTER XIX,

1t was not until daybreak on the fol-
lowing morning that we reached the track
of ocean-bound ships; but our voyage was
altogether in favor of Black. for the sun
had scarce risen when Doctor Osbart got
me from my bed to see what he called my
first introduction to business.
There's the Red Cross Lines Bel
Ionic not a mile off on the starboard
quarter" cried he exultingly, "and we're
going to clear her."
| dressed anyhow, almost as excited as
he was, and stepped on to the gallery.
All eyes were turned to the north, where,
now almost abreast of us, there was the
long and magnificent hull of the great
liner. She went at a tremendous pace
and was rapidly leaving us, when the
great gun forward sent shell ploughing
the sea fifty yards ahead of the Bellonc
The effect of the call was seen upon the
great vessel, whose decks were soon dot
ted with black objects, while three more
men appeared on the bridge, and the sig
nal flags ran up.
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THE IRON PIRATE
"A Plain Tale Of Strange
Happenings on the Sea
By MAX PEMBERTON
900

lamps at intervals, and having the doors
| of many rooms on the right-hand side
of it. Several of these doors were omen
and l saw the interiors of well-furnshed
bedrooms of smaller sitting rooms, and
of beautifully furnished billiard room.
At the end of the passage we descended a
| flight of stairs to another landing. This
proved the way to a small stretch of
beach, and here | found several substan-
tial buildings of stone, evidently for the
use of Blacks company The largest of
the houses seemed TO be a kind of hall,
we'll lighted by arc lamps. Into this we
passed. lifting a heavy curtain of skins ;
and seated there, on all sorts of rough
lounges and benches were the men I had
seen in Paris. with fifty or sixty others,
no less ferocious looking.
Men" said Black Il want to tell you
that we've got stranger with us; but
he's here to stay. and he's my charge"
HAS he jined?" asked a blear-eyed
man, who had eyed me with much curios-
ity; but the captain answered:
That's my affair, and you keep your
tongue still if you don't want me to cut
it out he'll join us by-and-by."
That's agen rules" said Roaring John
"Agen what?" asked Black in tone
of thunder.
"Agen rules" replied Roaring John !:
his man broke my jaw, and I'll pay
him, or, you guess"
Maybe you're right. No stranger
stays here unless he joins, except them
from the mines-but I've my own ideas
on that, and when the time comes I'll
abide by what's done. If any man would
like to dictate to me, let him step out"
The fellow skunk away under the
threat. Black was master beyond all
question, and he protected me.
We went back with him to the long pas
sage where l had seen the doors of bed
chambers, and there he bade me good
night. The doctor showed me into a room
cut in the solid rock but with Yindows
towards the sea. But first he said:
You must have been born under a
lucky star you're the first man to whom
Black ever gave an hours grace"
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CHAPTER XVI.


The bed in which l lay was wondrous
soft and downy; and the cold gave me
deep sleep, so that l awoke at late hour
to find the sun streaming through my
rock window, and the negro telling me
that my bath was ready. When we re-
turned to my sleeping place, l found the
bed curtained of, leaving commodious
apartment, with books, armchars, a writ
ing table and a fireplace, in which a coal
fire burned brightly. But the greater sur
prise was the view from my window
over a sunlit fjord, away to mountain
peaks, snow-capped and shining; and be-
tween them to a vista of an endless snow
plain, white and dazzling.
The doctor came to me while l was at
breakfast. The captain sends you his
compliments" he said. The men are in
clined to resent the exception that has
been made in your case. l am afraid it
will lead to trouble unless you choose to
close with the offer that Black makes to
you
How has an exception been made in
my case, and what is the offer?"
Captain Black has brought thirty or
forty Englishmen of your position to this
place within the last three years not one
of them has lived twenty hours from the
time he set foot in the rock house. The
time will come when you must sign an
agreement such as I have signed. and
these men have signed-and l don't be-
lieve that you will refuse"
You lay it all down very clearly"
replied, but you can have my answer
now if you like"
BLACK won't hurry you. You can't do
better than take things easy, and see the
place"
The idea of inspecting the place pleased
me. | followed Doctor Osbart to the
beach. The coast-line was lofty and awe
inspiring. | stood entranced with the
vigor born of the life-giving breeze. At
last he touched me upon the shoulder, and
pointed to where the nameless ship lay
snugly moored.
Look" he said "at the instrument of
our power. Is not she magnificent? With
her we defy the world. Aboard her, we
are superior to fleets and nations: we
laugh at the fastest cruisers and the big
gest warships."
He spoke with extraordinary enthusi-
asm The great ship was indeed beau
teous object, lying there golden. yet swan
like. the guns uncovered as the men work
ed al them.
"She is a wonderful ship" said |, "and
built of metal | never met with"
Her hull is constructed Of phosphor-
bronze" he answered, land she is driven
by gas. 1t was one of Blacks inspira-
tions to choose Greenland for his hole
it is one of the few comparatively unin-
habited countries in the world where coal
is to be had"
who are your miners?" I asked.
Honest British seamen whose voyages
have been interrupted. We give them the
alternative Of work in the mine, or their
liberty on the snow yonder."
But how can they live in such a place"
They don't live" said he. They die
like vermin."
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CHAPTER XVII.

For some days saw no more Of Doctor
Osbsrt or of Captain Black. Once or
twice I saw the man "FourEyes," and
from him gained a few answers to my
questions. He told me that Captain Black
kept up communication with Europe by
two small screw steamers disguised as
whalers.
There were fifty prisoners In the mines.
If fifty men were to be turned free, then
surely could count on fifty allies; and
fifty-one strong hands could at least make
some show even against the ruffians of the
rock house. Give them arms, and a
chance Of surprise, and who knows?
said
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Handicapped.

The obese citizen who was headed to-
ward the depot six blocks away paused
to look at his watch.
"Have time to catch the next train
for st. Louis" he asked, addressing
policeman on the corner.
"You have the time replied the Off
Ger, but you don't seem to have the
speed"
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prOmise of emf

Edith" exclaimed her mother, I'm
sorry | brought you to the shore at all.
Here five days and you're engaged to
two young men. It's disgraceful" :"
"Yes," admitted the summer girl. tits
pretty slow work, but give me time, ma.
give me time. hilaelphia Press.
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Talking shop.

at took you years to learn all about
the business in which you were so sue
cessful."
"Yes," answered Mr.. Cumrox, "and
mother and the girls say it is going to
take me years more to forget about it."
Washington Star.
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Snar1 of Envy.

"Meekers good luck seems to be
coming in bunches," remarked Enpeck,
as he laid aside his paper.
"How's that?" queried Mrs. Enpeck.
"He has just got $1,000 from a man
who has alienated his wife's affections"
replied Enpeck.
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Good for Him.

Ascum-Markley has a very bad
memory, hasn't he?
Borroughs-It depends on the way
you look at 1t. | consider 1t very good.
Ascum-You do, eh?
Borroughs-Yes; he loaned me a
"fver" last spring and he's forgotten
all about it.-Philadelphia Press
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Another Scandal SDOiled

"Oh, yes" said Miss Kidder, "Mrs.
Henpeck set trap for her husband last
night, and"
"You don't say?" exclaimed Miss
Gaussip. why, I always thought him
too harmless and timid-"
Just so; too timid TO set mouse
trap. That's why she had to do it for
him. m."-Philadelphia Press.
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Hurrah for widows.

Toni hear Fred is married al
ways thought he was too timid for any
thing of that kind.
Jack-Oh, he married a widow.
Tom-A widow Where did he meet
her?
Jack-He didn't meet her at all she
overlook him.
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Lawful Are.

"Yes," admitted the maid, 81 have
just celebrated the twenty eighth ami
versary of my sojourn on earth
81 congratulate YOU rejoined the
old bachelor AT that age girl ceases
to worry about her inability to acquire
a husband and begins to have a good
time"
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Helping Him Along.

Chapleigh-I say, Old man, / wish
you would intercede for me with that
pretty cousin Of yours.
Haverly-Sure, l will Only the 9TH
er day | told her you had more money
than brains.
Chapleigh-Whatd did she say?
Haverly-She wanted to know if you
had as much as 80 cents.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-02-14
His Identity,

"Papa, wha is gentleman of the old
schoor?"
"One. my son, who insists on having
Bright's disease when he can abundant
ly afford appendicitis. s."-Puck.
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Brute.

His Wife-What do you think of my
new photographs, John?
Her Husbahd-They flatter you, my
dear. The man must have hypnotized
you into looking pleasant.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-02-14
1t Is Even So.

Elderleigh-There are two things a
man never forgets.
DeYoung-What are they?
Eldeleigh-Hls first love affair and
his first shave
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-02-14

The famous palace occupied by the
late George w. Childs, of the Phila-
delphia Ledger, which cost him over
s1,OOO,OOO, is to be transformed into an
apartment housA
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NEW YORK
 EAST CONFERENCE

Bridgeport, Conn.,, April 9.-The New York east conference of the Methodist Episcopal church as- sembled here today for it's regu. lar annual ensuing year. The con ference had to change bishops, Bish op Hamilton. who was set to pre- side, being too ill to do so, and Bishop Goodsell was selected to act in his place. The meeting of the conference was delayed week in consequence of this misfortune. This conference has some of the strongest men in the Methodist de- nomination, including the venerable and Well-known fighting editor, Rev. Dr. Buckley. All the commit tees will make strong reports. as their chairmen are all specially brainy men.
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COLORED PHYSICIANS. SURGEONS
 AND DENTISTS ORGANIZE.
Doctor J. w. Rowland Elected Pres ident of the Jefferson County
 Organization.

As provided by an act of the state medical association of colored physicians, county organization has been perfected and the follow ing officers elected: Dr. J. w. Row land, president; Dr. G. H. Flippin, vice president; Dr. J. w. Parker. treasurer; Dr. F. P. Lytes, secre-, tary, and Dr. E. w. Hunter, li- brarian.
 On motion, the following mem bers were appointed on constitution and bylaws:
 Dr. G. W. Bell, chairman; Dr. G. A. Flippin, Dr. l.. E. Duncan, and Dr.. J. w. Parker.
 The colored physicians through out the county are invited to join this organization, as no physician will be recognized as a competent and reputable practitioner who is not a member of his county medi- cal society.
 In view of the fact that the State Medical Association will con- vene in this city about May 23, deep interest has been awakened here among the local physicians. They ifael themselves thoroughly prepared to take care of every branch of their profession, as sur geons. practicioners, diagnosticians and dentists: I*a g. They will inaugurate a county medical association where in questions and topics most es- sential 10 ..the wide-awake and pro. gressiye physicians will be dis cussed They will agree upon scale of fees, more in keeping with the condition and circumstances of their race. We hope every physi- elan in the county will he present at our next meeting Monday night. April 15, in the office of Dr. J. w. Rowland, No. 207 Main street, up stairs.
 DIR. J. w. ROWLAND, Pres
 Dr. F. P. LYTES, Secretary
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stock from ,500,00O to $15,oeo.- 900 This new stock will participate in the dividends of the company payable August 1. The company has been expanding it's business materially throughout the last year. Numerous additions have been made to manufacturing plants, including those of the holding company's subsidiaries. and in most of the shops men are work ing in relays. The company re- gently acquired a new rolling mill, and the Rando1ph-Clowes company, a competitor, also has increased it's manufacturing capacity
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RUSINESS AND NEWSPAPERS.

There has been a strike on in Butte and Anaconda, in Montana. It lasted for six weeks. It was caused by the employees making certain upon the daily papers which inc managers and owners felt they were unable to concede. Newspapers from adjacent cities tried to invade the territory, but were unsuccessful. They furnished telegraphic informa- ton of outside happenings but no To- cal news
 But it was not the loss Of the daily
 paper alone that affected the two cities. With the cessation of adver- Using business dropped in the stores. The following paragraph is descrlp- tive of the situation: Some of the large department stores which car ried page advertisements in the pa pers say that their business has fall en off sixty per cent, and some other lines of business, like dentists, jew elers, etc, have almost been wiped out. Merchants have been trying to meet the situation by advertising Tn the daiies of Helena and Missoula, but with unsatisfactory results The stores tried circulars and dodgers, but these could not take the place of the daily paper as advertising medium The two cities had an unique exeprl- ence. and one that proves that the newspaper is not a luxury, but ne cessity-Memphis News-Scimitar.
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The Arkansas State ' Billposters association is in annual SCI ssion at the City Hall today. Burton 3. Veil, the president of the organization, is pre- siding. Matters of great 'importance to the Arkansas billposters are being considered. About twenty delegates are in. attendance. The association members will attend a banquet at the Hotel Jefferson tonight.
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This is the season when the American school boy wishes that something would get up an interna- tional complication to forbid his going to school.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1907.
AN OLD CONTROVERSY.

The recent death of Dr. James Woodrow, sometime professor of nar, ural science in Columbia (S. CD Theo-
 logical Seminary and president of the South Carolina college, affords the
 Washington Herald an opportunity to recall an old theological controver- sy, almost forgotten. For many years Dr. Woodrow held the first-mentionad chair, which had been established by the Presbyterian synods controlling the seminary in order to "evince the harmony of science with the records of our faith and to refute the objec- tions of infidel naturalists." Dr. Woodrow, being an independent think CT and investigator, accepted the doc Urine of evolution as the correct ex- planation of the facts of natural science, and taught his classes that there was no antagonism between that doctrine and the teachings of the Bible properly interpreted. He main- tained the view that the Bible neith- CT denies nor atfirms the evolution theory; hence it is not the province of the church to affirm or deny. The whole question of evolution, he be- lieved, was extra-Biblical, and the Christian, therefore, was free to .ac- cept the evolution hypothesis if it
 commended itself to his reason. Scientific theories should be left to private judgment, for it is not the bus mess of the church to teach science.
 These opinions, moderate as they may seem at this day, met with the dfsapproval of many members of the synods controlling the seminary, and Dr. Woodrow was asked for defini- tion of his faith. He made an impress sive reply, and the board of direc- tors passed resolutions declaring the theory of evolution as accepted by Dr. Woodrow not contradictory to the Bi- ble. This did not end the matter, for Dr. Woodrow was later removed from his chair by the controlling synods, ] and was tried for heresy, but acquit- ted. He retained his orthodox stand 1 ing in the Presbyterian church, and | was honored with important posts ia 1 presbytery and general assembly. The church was thus placed in the atti- tude of combining Dr. Woodrowi's opinions, though regarding them $ improper when uttered from the pro- fessorial chair
 One of Dr. WOodrow's eulogists, long his colleague in the seminary, re- marks that doubtless a vast majority of the members of the Southern Pres byterian church would today agree with Dr. Woodrow's main contention,l that the Bible is silent on evolution. "No other church." he adds, will ever need to fight that battle" Times change, and we change with them. The theological controversies of the present are not over scientific the- ory, but over the very fundamentals of Christian theology, as the Crapsey trial witnessed. Dr. Woodrow was an orthodox of the orthodox by the side of many present-day occupants of chairs in the great Protestant theo- logical seminaries. That South Caro- lima controversy of the eighties was a mere skirmish in comparison with the
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OUR STANDING OFFER.

Anyone sending us names of in- ventors. will be paid 8 for each case we get from them. Just send the name, we do the rest. Look around you, and you will be surprised at the number of inventors wishing pat ents, Tin. your neighborhood. D. Swift & Co., Washington, D. c.
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The Roosevelt third term move ment has reached the straw bal lot stage. but Fairbanks and For aker are still fighting over the ne gro delegation.
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The Washington Herald tells the truth when it says Wall stfeeet ought to go out of the scare-crow business. But then, that is one Of the tricks of trade and only watered stocks suffer.
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BRASS COMPANY
 INCREASES CAPITAL

Waterbury. Conn.,. April a. Stockholders of the American Brass company. which is the largest con sumer of copper in the world, au- thorized the increase of it's capita,
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Mir. Roosevelt thinks that New York needs more religion. He has been trying to beat it into Wall street. x 1EJEY
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Looks to a man up tree IS though a heap of money had been wasted to prove that a lunatic was insane. f'<iirs-w
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If ex-Senator Burton persists in writing a book, great many peo- pie will be sorry he ever got out of the pen.
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If the San Francisco earthquake result in shaking off the graeters, 1t shall not have been in vain.
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Ex-Senator Carmack insists that he is private citizen of Tennessee with keen interest in it's moral Issues.
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The boy who goes bird-nesting, will soon be develop ing case of egg-o-mania.
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The spring blowing goes on as steadily as though Wall street did not exist. ,+i
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The new police judge, J. R. Stewart, held his first session of the city police court this morning and fined six offenders. Jim Reed, a negro, was fined $50 for carrying a pistol and others, charged with minor offenses. were given their just deserts.
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Pine Bluff should wake up to the importance. af cleaning up.
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A clean city is a nea tths and happiness.
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H. P. Poison of Little Rock is a guest at the Hotel Jefferson today.
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campaign of higher criticism and the new theology in these unregenerate times.
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Advertising Rates Made Known on
 Application.

The Largest Bona Eide Circulation of any Pine Bluff Newspaper.
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THE OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.

Rntered at Postoffice at Pine BluH' Ark. as second class mall matter.
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