Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06

land, out there"
He smiled. 1T iss not a cnance, but
certainty" he said. 1t wass only
agreed last night. England will march
this summer seven hundred men up the
Peace river. In the fall they will be
across the Rockies. So! They can take
boats easily down the streams to Ore
gon. You ask if there will be troubles.
l tell you, yess.'
What time can England make with
her brigades, west-bound, my friend?'
l asked him casually. He answered
with a gratifying scientific precision.
From Edmonton to Fort Colville,
west of the Rockies, it hass been done
in six weeks and five days, by Sir
George himself. From Fort Colville
down it iss easy by boats. 1t takes the
voyageur three months to cross, or
four months. 1t would take troops twice
that long, or more. For you in the
states, you can go faster. And ah! my
friend, it iss worth the race, that Ore
gon. Believe me, it iss full of buss-of
new bugs: twelve new species l haf
discovered and named. 1t iss something's
of honor, iss it not?"
What you say interests me very
much, sir" l said. Il am only an
American trader, knocking around to
see the world little bit. You seem to
have been engaged in some scientific
pursuit in that country"
"Yess," he said. "Mein own govern
ment and mein own university, they
send me to this country to do what hass
not been done am insectologer. Shall
show you my bugs of oregon? You
snail see them, yess? Come with me to
my hotel. You shall see many bugs,
such as science hass not yet known"
was willing enough to go with him;
and true to his word he did show me
such quantities Of carefully prepared
and classified insects as l had not
dreamed our own country offered.
Twelve new species!" he said. with
pride "Mein own country will gif me
honor for this. Five years I spend.
Now I go back home.
Il shall not tell you what nickname
they gif me in Oregon" he added
smiling; but my real name iss VOL
fra Won Rittenhofen. Berlin. it wass
last my home Tell me, you go soon to
Oregon?"
That is very possible" l answered.;
and this time at least l spoke the truth.
1--WE are bound in opposite directions
but If you are sailing for Europe this
spring. you would save time and gain
comfort by starting from New York. 1t
would give us great pleasure if we could
welcome so distinguished a scientist
in Washington"
mo. l am not yet distinguished. Only
shall be distinguished when | have
shown my twelve new species to mein
own university"
But it would give me pleasure also
to show you Washington. You should
see also the government of those back
wOodsmen VINO are crowding out to
Oregon. Would you not like to travel
with me in America so far as that?'
He shook his head dOubtfully. Per
haps l make mistake to come by the ST.
Lawrence? 1t would be shorter to go
by New York? Well, l haf no hurry
l think it over, yess.'
But tell me. where did you get that
leetle thing" he asked me again pres
entity. taking up in his hand the Indian
clasp.
II traded for it among the Crow In
dians."
You know what it isS, eh?''
No, except that it is Indian made"
He scanned the round disks careful
~. Watt" he exclaimed. Il show
you something's"
He reached for my pencil. drew to-
ward him a piece of paper, taking from
his pocket meantime bit of string.
Using the latter for radius, he drew
circle on the piece of paper.
Now look what do" he said. as |
bent over curiously. See. l draw a
straight line through the circle" | di-
vide it in nalf. so. | divide it in half
once more, and make point. Now |
shorten my string. one-half. On each
side of my long line l make me half
circle-only half way round on tn" op-
posite sides. SO now. what | got. ch?
You understand him."
l shook my head. He pointed in turn
to the rude ornamentatiOn in the shell
clasp. declare that then could ser a
resemblance between the two designs!
1T is curious" | said.
"Mein GOtt, il iSS more than curious.
1t iss wonderful! | haf two Amazonias
collected by my own hands, and twelve
species of my own discovery. yess. in
| butterflies alone. That isS much? Lis
ten il isS notingS, Here isS the dis
covery."
He took pace or two "Ncitedly, and
came back to thump with his foretinEer
on the little desk.
What you see before you ISIS the
sign of the Great Monad! 1t iss known
in China. in Burmah. in all Asia, in all
Japan. 1t iSs sign of the great One. of
| the great Two. In your mana lSS the
Tah Gook-the Oriental symbol for life,
for sex. Myself, l haf seen that in
Sitka on Chinese brasses; haf seen it
on Japanese signs, in one land and in
another land. But here you show it to
me made by the hand of some ignorant
| aborigine of this continent! on this
continent. where it did not originate
and does not belong! 1t ISIS discov-
cry, Science shall near of it. 1t iss
the link of Asia to America. 1t brings
IN" fame"
He put his hand into Il pocket, and
! drew it out half filled with gold pieces
and with raw gold in the form of mug
gets. as though h" would offer ex-
change | waved him back. NO" said
|: you ar" welcome to one of these
disks. if you please. If You wish. will
take one little bit Of these. But tell
me. where did You find thcS" pieces OF
raw gOld?"
| They DotinpS I repol-