The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, September 17, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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Singular and Plural.
"Wheii' v< i 1^' K(''s to thinking bow
muoh tin y'r< ill debt it affectH bur
iit.fvwt." "Huh! the wuy it affects
her huHbunU la Hlngular." "How bIii
gultir?" "Just singular, It affects his
'nerve.' He tried to borrow u hundred
lrom me lu-tluy."—Catholic Standard
und Times.
Just an Angel.
"My wife i awfully good (o ins."
"Lucky uian! How does she show
"She lets me spend nil the money I
save by nhiivtn;-, myself to buy bus#
ball tickets."—Cleveland Header.
DEEP SEA TALK.
Women in Postal Service.
The distinction of first appointing a
Woman postmaster does not belong to
America, nor Is the employment of
women In the postal service a new
Idea. As early as 1548 a woman post-
master was appointed to look after
the mails of Braine lo Comte, an Im-
portant town of France. In the try-
ing times of the Thirty Years' war,
the principal office In the postal serv-
ice of Europe was held by a woman,
Alexandrine de Hue. From 1628 to
164G Bbe was in charge of the mails
of the German empire, the Nether-
lands, Burgundy and Lorraine. She
was known as a master general of the
mails. In America, Elizabeth Harvey
was the first to hold a place In the
postal department. She had charge
of the letters In Portsmouth, N. H., iti
the beginning of the seventeenth cen
tury. A half century afterward Lydla
Hill was placed in charge of the post
llioe iu Salem, Mass.
SIX MONTHS.
DISCOVERY OF NORTH POLE
RELATED BY ROBERT E. PEARY
Intrepid Explorer's Story of the Bold
Dash by Which He Reached the
Earth 's Apex—-Dr. Coo/i s
Claim Flatly Denied.
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&5=?«sacJ
Aira. lliil—Now, tell me at once—
Mi ere have you been all this time?
Hill — Why, dear, it hasn't been
long.
Mrs. IlllI—How dare you tell me
that? You have been out all night.
DON'T LIKE TO PAINT MEN
Miniaturists Declare They Are Too
Coarse and Harsh to Be Good
Subjects.
Porhiips woman suffragists don't
need to bo cheered up a bit, but if
they do they may find a note of glad-
ness In the fact that, there is another
class of persons besides themselves
who have no use for a man. They
are miniature paintera. \
"Cim t you paint u mnn In mlnln
ture?" said the visitor, who had been
looking at dozens of dainty feminine
lllionosses which reposed in a cab-
inet uncontaminated by association
with a single man.
"We can," said the artist, "and we
do, occasionally, but we don't want
to. Men don't look well iu minia-
tures. They are too harsh, too
coarscj. If a miniature is going to be
ti real work of art it must have for
Its subject something dainty, Huffy,
jtnii lacy. There Is nothing very Huf-
fy or lacy about a man's stiff linen col-
lar, his unsightly lapels, bis straight,
ihort hair. In the days when men
hofe satin coats and powdered curls,
miniature painters might have been
ble to work them up into a pleasing
picture, but you don't meet many
men nowadays who wear satin coats
and powdered curls. Of course, if a
aian dressed In the ugly modern cos-
tume wishes to be painted in minia-
ture no artist is going to refuse the
tominlsslon, but she certainly will
pot approve of his tastp "
Notice to Publishers.
The following account by Command-
tr Robert E. Peary of his successful
voyage to the north pole was issued
on September 10 by the New York
Times Company at the request of
Commander Peary and for his protec-
tion, as a book only, copyrighted and
exposed for tale before any part of It
was reproduced by any newspaper
The Porpoise—I hear that the in the United States or Europe, in
sporty old lobster went all to pieces j order to obtain the full protection of
In his Inst dlivs. j the copyright laws The reproduction
The Tortois' Well, I should say ha j of this account, In any form, without
did go to pi' r. i, and small pieces, i permission, Is forbidden. The penal-
He ended up in a lobster saiad. j ties for violation of this form of copy-
— — j right Include Imprisonment for any
TRAGEDY ON A BANK NOTE person aiding or abetting such viola-
| tlon. This article is copyrighted In
Great Britain by the London Times.
Copyright, 1909, by the New York
Times Company This narrative is
ilso copyrighted as a newspaper arti-
cle by the New York Times Company.
REPORT OF THE DISCOVERY OF
THE NORTH POLE by Robert E.
Peary, Comma dcr U. S. N., Copy-
right, 1909, by the New York Times
Company.
DENIES COOK REACHED POLE,
rtnttl. Htrboi. I.nMitdnr (vln Murconl
fc'lraless, Cupw Ray. N F), Kept. 10,—Do
not trouble nboui Cook's story, or at-
tempt to explain ir di i tepuiicli-s In his
• tntrincnti. Tlie iirrwlr will m'llle ttN >lf.
He lias not b<-«-n ut tlx' pole on April
Bitter Words Found Written on a Dol- >
lar Bill by the Receiving
Teller.
"Yes, I collect ipieer bank notes,"
said tin' rei-i'ivlni; toller. "I've been
doing it ini us You know there
are some very odd things written on
bank nnt> :■ sumetimea." He pointed
to a one dollar hill hung In a frame
of black oak on the wall. "Road j
that," he said. \nd I've got queer |
er ones than that even in my col- ;
lection."
On the hank note in red ink was i
written in a feminine hand: "You [
have robbed me of all the rest, and of
my soul also. May this burn your ' 1T ,
, . , .11. .. ,, 1. IfH, or at anv other time, lie lias
hand when you touch It. May all |inply handed 11:public h ifold brick,
you buy with it ho accursed. You; Theie statement me made advisedly,
hlive the last. Ar,. inn mini ? and I have proof of them. When lie
Murderer!"
Are you now satisfied? *'"1 1 have proof of them.
makei a full statement of his Journey
lover hla at natuie to some geographical
I ho collector sighed sentimentally, .ociety, or other imputable body, if that
"Think of the tragedy," be Bald, "that statement contains the claim that he n
may lie hid behind those simple lib
tie pliruses, eh?"
MUSH HOUR ON THE 'PHONE
reached the pole. I "hall be In u posi-
tion to furnlah material that may prove
distinctly Interesting reading for the pub-
lic. KOBERT E. PEAKY.
Suycciheait! s«\oct tv>. -Time Del*
eiuot and Nine O'clock in
the Evening.
Tho crusty man wns hopping mad
"Can't get a telephone," lie said.
"ICvery booth In the place Is occupied
and has been occupied tor tho last
half hour. I never heard
long-winded conversations r
,U"
I Th.
N. F ). Sept. —
the
one time."
"Between eight and nin
the evening," volunteered the opera-
tor, sweetly, "there are more overtime
telephone conversations registered
than In any other In tlie "I "
"What is the causc of It?" snapped
tho crusty man.
"Sweethearts," said tho girl. "For
various reasons He and She cannot
meet every evening, so on the off
nights they satisfy their longing by
talking over the telephone, it takee
a long time to say all the things they
want to say. Under tho circum-
stances other people ought to be
patient."
"Sweethearts! Humph!" scoffed the
crusty man, and he didn't look par
tient, not one bit.
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Ir rlWi. '""l
The «ifjrra«r Ilooeevelt. bearing
north .£>lar expedition of the Peary
Arctic club, parted company with the
Erik and eteamed out of I''tall ford late
In the aftcrnoou of Auguat 18, 1908,
aettlng tho uaual oourae fur ('ape Sa-
bine The weather was dirty, with
fr.-Hh southerly winds. We had on
board tl Kekltno men, 17 women, anil
10 Children. 228 doga, and aome forty
"lll"y I odd wnlrua.
ng 01) at i \v« encountered the Ice a short dls
which I had for my winter quarters, but
the outlook being ai.Miilaf.n tory, 1 went
back and put tie Kooaevelt Into the
only opening In tli" floe, helng hutted
close to the n . mh f the Hberidan riv-
er a little north of our poalllon three
year* prior.
PUT UP FOR WINTER.
The seaaon \\an f tiher advanced than
In there u t* more snow on the
ground nod the i« e Inside the floe
bei «s wum trim li i
The work of din
commenced ut on*
pletlon. Tho nwh
•lodged across i '
on shore. A t • ••
hunt of board. < •
fitted with stov« *
: I'Ker.
luring the •hip was
snd rushed to com*
i -K and equipment we
ih-l s« a and deposited
and workshop were
«red with nails, and
and Die ship waa
,
^?You Have Kidney
DICOSCfiVf if l,lese symP,,,ni>
IwCUwCll are present: Pain
and weakness in
the small of the back, pain in tho loins and groins,
numbness of the thighs; high colored, scalding, white
or milky, or bloody urine. Sometimes scanty, at
others copious and clear, l'ains in the bladder, chills,
fever; hot, dry skin; quick, hard pulse; throbbing in
eg ton of the kidneys, nausea, colic and constipation
Puffin ess under the eves, swollen feet, acid or bitter taste in the
mouth, rheumatism. These may not all be present at the same time
but they are Nature's signal of danger, and to iguote theiu invites
the fatal lirights Disease.
Dr. Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup
. .. cures kidney disease, naturally and normally, by acting upon tlie liver
kidnevs and stomach, purifying the blood and removing the cause.
You don t gue-s at what >oti ate taking. This is the formula:—Buchu.
Junior. Hydntngna(or Snvnn Barks), Mandrako (or
Mayapplo), Yollow Dock, Dandolion, Sonna, Cascara
Sagrada. Ih.H formula is made right, of the best drugs obtainable
without regard to price. We guarantee its purity under the i'uro l'ood ami
Drugs Act of June 30. 1906. Serial No. 905.
What Others Say of Its Merit
«'I mI recommending Dr. Timelier'* l ive, nml Ii.o,„l svruii with the moM ct.m.
•oiml guilnLute'e.'ii.Jhal !■'n.'-vvr lH.,.;!,TcLl?ed u'i^T! '"a Und,'r 'nJ
. ,, . IllLL, Aqullla, Texas."
Four doctor* Htilii T imuIiI not recover from klitimv trnuWin ■ .
Dr. TUaoher's Liver a.ut Blood s, rup our, ,! '"i' U8°' bU*
^ - WOATKh, Deer Lodge, Tenn."
We have the originals of these and thousands of others just as convincinc
on file ia our ofhee. ' *">-'"8.
Kor sale by dealers in joc and $1.00 bottles.
THACHER MEDICINE CO., CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
tance from th® mouth of the harbor,
•lock In but It was not cloiely packed, and wa
negotiated by tj e Kooaevelt without
■ vrloun ditflculty
FIND MUCH WATER.
Aa we neared Cape Sabine the to-eath-
er cleared somewhat and we passed by
Three Voort Inland end Cape Sabine,
easily making out with the naked eye
the house at Hayes harbor occupied by
me In the to'lnter of 1&01-02.
From Cape Sabine north there was
so much water that we thought of wet-
ting the lug sail before the southerly
wind but a little later appearance of
tee to the northward stopped this.
There wss clean open water to Caps
Albert, and from there scattered Ice
to a point about abreast of Victoria
Head, thick weather and dense Ice
bringing ua aome ten or fifteen mllea
away.
From here we drifted south somewhat
nd then got aslant to the northward
out of the current. We worked a little
further north and stopped again for
some hours Then we again worked
west wsrd and northward till we
reached a aeries of lakes, coming to a
stop a few miles south of the Wind-
ward's winter quarters at Cape Dur-
vllle.
From here, after some delay, we
slowly worked a way northeaatward
through for* and broken Ice of medium
thickness through one night and the
forenoon of the neat day. only emerg-
ing Into open water and clear weather
eff Cape Kraaer.
STRIKE ICE AND FOG.
Front thla point we had a clear run
through the middle of Robeson channel
uninterrupted by either Ice or fog. to
I^sdy Franklin hay. Here w« encoun-
tered both Ice and fog, and while
working along In search of a practi-
cable opening were forced across to
the Greenland coast at Thank God
Ha rbor
The fog lifted there and enabled us
to make out eur whereabouts and we
steamed north through a series of leads
past Cape Lupton, and thence aouth-
ward toward Cape t7nlon. A few inlles
off that cape we were stopped by Im-
practicable Ice. and we drifted back
aouth to Cape Ualon. where we stopped
again.
HEAVY RUNNING ICE.
Finally on September X we squeezed
around Cape Union and made fast in a
shallow niche in the Ice, but after some
hours we made another abort run to
Hlaok cape and hung on to a grounded
bit of Ice At laat, a little after mid*
nlKht of September ft. we passed through
extremely heavy running ice into a
stream of open water, rounded Cape
na* aon and passed Cape Sheridan
Within a quarter of an hour of the
same time wo arrived three years before
—seven a. in . September S-we reached
the «p-n water extending beyond Cape
Sheridan
We steamed up to the end of It and it
appeared praeth able at flrat to reach
Porter bay. near Cape Joseph Henly,
snug for winter In fi.oal water, where It
touched bottom at lovs tide.
The settlement r. the stormy shores of
the Arctic Ocean was christened Hub*
burdvllle.
Hunting parlies were sent out on Sep-
tember 10 and a hear wua brought In on
the 12th and hoirie d< er u day or two
later.
PREPARE FOR SLEDGE TRIP.
On September r> l •• lull work of trans-
ferring supplies t' «' ! ♦• Columbia was
Inaugurated. Marvin with l. r. Good-
sail and Dor up and e Ktk linos, took 1€
sledge loads of • .i :• • * to Cape Belknap
and on the L'Vth t nie party started
wl ;h loads to l'<-r r bay.
The work of hunting and transporting
supplies was pros«-« ut# d continuously by
the members «.f n . party and the Kskl-
mos until NovemiM-r ... when the sup-
plies for the spring sledge tilp had been
removed from winter quarters and de-
posited at varlcus p: u-cs from Cape Co-
Inn to Capo Columbia
The latt. r part of September the move-
ment of the It e subjected the ship to a
pressure which listed It to port some
eight or ten degre« *. and It did not re-
cover till the following spring.
On October 1 1 went on a hunt with two
Eskimos arro*a the field and Pasa bay
and the peninsula, made the circuit of
Clemants Mark ham Inlet, and returned
to the ship in seven days with 15 musk
oxen, a bear and a deer.
Later In October 1 repeated the trip,
obtaining five musk oxen, and hunting
parties secured aome 40 deer.
SUPPLIES MOVED TO BASE.
In the February moon Bartlett went to
auppmra irom KecJa to Cape
aorup went to Markham Inlet on a hunt
Ing trip. On February 15 Bartlett left
the Roosevelt with his division for Cape
Columbia and Parr bay.
Goodsall, Borup. MacMlllan and Han-
sen followed on successive days with
their provisions. Marvin returned from
Cape Bryant on February 17 and left for
Cape Columbia on February 21. 1 brought
up the rear on February 22.
The total of all divisions leaving the
lloosevelt was seven members of the
parly, IU Ksklmos, 140 dogs and L'3 sledge*
MAKE READY FOR DASH.
By February 27 such of the Cape Colan
depot aa was needed had been brought
up to Cape Columbia, the do^s were
rested and double rationed and harne&sed,
and (he sledgea and othur gear over-
hauled.
Four months of northerly winds during
the fall and winter Instead of souther-
ly ones, as during the previous season,
led me to expect leas open water than
before, but a gnat deal of rough Ice, and
1 was prepared to hew a road through
the Jugged Ice for the first hundred miles
or so. then cross the big lead.
BARTLETT LEADS THE WAY.
On the last day of February Bartlett.
with his pioneer division, accomplished
this, and his division got away due
north over the Ice on March 1. Tlie rest
of the party got away on Burtletl's
trail, and 1 followed an hour Inter.
Tlie party now comprised seven mem-
bers of the expedition, 17 Kskimos, 133
dogs and 19 sledges. One fesklmo and
se\en dogs had gone to pieces.
A strong easterly wind, drifting
snow, and temperature In the minus
marked our departure from the camp at
Cape Columbia, which 1 had christened
Crane City. Hough Ice In the first march
damaged several sledges and smashed
ttoo beyond repair, the teams going back
to Columbia for other sledges in reserve
there.
PASS BRITISH RECORD.
We camped ten miles from Crane City,
The easterly wind and low temperature
continued. In the second march we
pahsed the British record made by Mark-
ham in May. lh7ti~S2.2o-nnd were stopped
by open water, which hud been formed
by wind after Bartlett passed
In this inarch we negotiated the lead
and reached Bartlett's third camp Borup
hud gone buck from here, but missed his
1 way, owing to the faulting of ti.e trail
by the movement of tlie Ice.
Marvin «nine back also for more fuel
and alcohol The wind continued, form-
ing open water all about us At the end
of tiis fourth inarch toe came upon
Bartlett. who had been stopped by a
wide lake of oprn water. We remained
net. rroni March 4 lo March 11
GETS GLIMPSE OF SUN.
At noon of March 6 the viri. rrd ami
sh i> il like u football by exve ed rr
flection, jum raise.) ltn^ir nbo\. n,. hurl"
son foi u tew niliiutfM and then dl.uo
peared a*«lii. It was the first tin,, l i, .i
st n It sime October 1.
1 now began lo feel a *oo<l deal of
anxiety because there w,rr no a'.,,,
of Marvin and Bonip, who ahould hav
been there for two daya. Hraldra ti PV
had th. alcohol and oil, which we'r. u,
dispensable for us
W>. concluded that thry had either loat
tli* 11all or nrre Impriaonrd on un la
land by op.n water, probably th. utter"
tely, on March it t,„ ,„ad Riu
by
Fortunately, on March tl
M ai II, able and. I.avlnc a not. (or M '
vln and Horup to push on after u. bv
to ied mar. I.es, we pr.„.e,le,| northward
The aomidln* at loa i.^.i ...
laliiouiSb
Save us
During thla march we crossed tt.«
elgiuy-iourth paiall«*l and traverse
■ucceaalon of Just froten leads, from •
few hundred yards to a mile In a dtu
This march was really simple.
On the fourteenth we got free of t* .
leads and came on decent going Whiit
we were making camp a courier from
Marvin came and Informed me he
on the march In the rear. The teu,p*r
ature was Ut below cero.
The following morning. March l . I •«, «
Hansen with his division north to pi,
neer a trail for five marches, and I)r.
(Joodsell, according to the program, atait
ed back lo Cape Columbiu.
M'MILLAN TURNS BACK.
At night Marvin and B >rup came ap n*
nlng In with their men and dogs stew-
ing In the bitter air like a squadron -c
battleships. Their arrival relieved n u
of all anxiety as to our oil supply.
In the morning 1 discovered that *'•«. -
Mlllan'a foot was badly frost bitten, lio
mishap had occurred two or three da>n
before, but MacMlllan had said ruth ,
about It In the hope that It would c« .1.,
out all right.
A glance at the Injury showed me ll,a*
the only thing was to send him hack it
Cape Columbia at once. The arrival <,r
Marvin and Horup enabled me to spare,
sufficient men and dogs to go buck win.
him.
On leaving the carnp the expedition
comprised 1C men, 1J sledges and 100 dog .
The next man h waa satisfactory a* r«
garde distance and the charai ter of the
going In the latter part there wen.
pronounced movements In the Ice. bou
visible and audible.
Home leads were crossed. In one of
which liorup and his team took a bath
and we were finally slopped by an Im-
practicable lead opening in front of ua.
We camped in a temperature of bo da-
greea below
At the end of two short marches we
came upon Hansen and his party Ir
camp, mending their sledges. We de-
voted the remainder of the day to over-
hauling and mending sledges and break-
ing up our damaged onea for material.
MAKE FORCED MARCHES.
The next morning 1 put Marvin In the
lead to pioneer the trail, with Instrue
tlons to make two forced marches to
bring up our average which had been
cut down by the last two short onea.
Marvin curried out his Instructions im-
plicitly. A considerable amount of young
Ice assisted In thla.
At the end of the tenth march, latitude
S5.1'3, Horup turned back In command ot
the second supporting parly, having trav-
eled a distance equivalent to Nansen'e
distance from this far to hla farthest
north.
1 was sorry to lose this young Tale
runner, with his enthusiasm and pluck.
He had led his heavy sledge over tha
floes In a way that commanded every-
one's admiration and would have made
hla father's eyea glisten.
flGFJ H1A PLAN.
' sAoedltlon com-
prised JO men. 10 sledges, and uoge. It
was neceaaary for Marvin to take a
sledge from here, and 1 put Bartlett
and his division In advance to pioneer
the trail.
The continual daylight enabled me tm
make a moderation ht re thai brought my
advance and main parlies closer together
and reduced the likelihood of their be-
ing separated by open leads.
After Bartlett left camp with Hender-
son and their division. Marvin and I re-
mained with our division 20 hours long-
er and then followed. When we reached
Bartlett's camp he broke out and went
on and we turned In. By this arrange-
ment the advance party was traveling
while the main party waa natcep, and
vice versa, and I was In touch with my
advance parly every L'4 hours.
MOVES EXPEDITIOUSLY.
I hsd no reason to complain of tha>
going for the next two marches, though
for a lens experienced party, less adapt-
able sledges, or leas perfect equipment It
would have been an Impossibility.
At our position at the end of the sec-
ond march, Marvin obtained a satisfac-
tory sight for latitude In clear weather,
which placed us at The result
sgreed satisfactorily with the d ad reck-
oning of Marvin, Bartlett and myeelf.
Up to this time, the slight altitude ef
the sun had made It not worth wUlie ta
waste time In observations.
On the next two marches the going Im-
proved, snd we covered good distances.
In one of these marches a lead deiaye4
us a few hours. We finally ferried acroae
the Ice cakes.
MAKES RECORD RUN.
The next day Bartlett let himself eut,
evidently, for a record, and reeled off *>
miles Here Marvin obtained anotiiev
eatlsfactory sight on latitude, which gave
the position as Mi 3ft (or beyond the farth-
est north of Nansen and AbruazD, and
showed that we had covered &• minutes
of latitude in three marches.
In these three marches we had passed
the Norwegian record of 86.14, by Nan-
sen, and lite Italian record of K.U, by
Cutfnl
1 rom thla point Marvin turned barfc In
command of the third supporting party
My last words to him were: "Be care-
ful of the leads, my boy."
The party from this point comprised
nine men, seven sledges, and ft) doge
Tlie conditions at this camp and the ap-
parently unbroken expanse of fairly levsl
he in every directlou reminded me of
Cagnl's description of his farthest north.
DANGER IS ENCOUNTERED.
But I waa not deceived by the appar
ently favorable outlook, for available
conditions never continue for any dis-
tant e or any Isngth of lime In the arc-
VJc regions
The next vnsreh waa ovsr good go-
In*. but for the first time since leaving
land we experienced that condition, frw-
quent over these ice fields, of a hagjr at-
moaphere in which the light la equal
•verywhere. All relief Is destroyed, and
It Is Imposalble to see for any distance.
were obliged In this inar« h to make
a detour around an open lead. In tha
next march we encountered the heavteet
snd deepest snow of the Journey, througk
* thick, amotherlrig mantle lying to lh«
depress ons of heavy rubble ice
Temporarily Discouraged.
1 came upon Bartlett and his party,
fagfed out end temporarily discouraged
oy the heariracklng work of making
road
I knew what waa the matter with
them They were simply spoiled by tbs
«uod going on the p4evtuus «uoicbea. |
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