'REACHING
THE VOLE.
Herr Anschutz
Kampfe Outlines
His Own Plan.*5^9
At a recent meetlaj of the Vienna
Geographical society Herr Anschuti
Kampfe described as hi3 own a plan of
reaching the North Pole, which, how
ever, was suggested some years ago
l>y a Swede, but for the execution of
which he is now having a vessel built
by German marine engineers at Wil
helmshaven. His plan is to reach the
pole by means of a submarine boat,
passing under the ice of the Arctic
ocean. In his address, as reported by
the Geographical Journal, Herr An
achutz-Kampfe said: The main fac
tors affecting the practicability of the
scheme are: First, the extent of the
•eparate ice fields in the polar sea,
%od, secondly, the depth below the
surface to w'hieh the ice reaches.
From extensive study as well as per
sonal observation the speaker had ar
rived at the conclusion that the aver
age maximum depth of the pack ice
may be taken to be 80 feet, while the
mean thickness does not exceed 16 to
20 feet. Land ice reaching in the form
of icebergs a depth below water sur
face of several hundred feet may, he
thinks, from its virtual absence from
the seas in question, be left out of
consideration, while our present
knowledge of the depths attained by
the polar basin justifies the opinion
that reefs of rocks rising towards the
surface of the ocean are not to be ex
pected. The proposed vessel will be
capable of descending to a depth of 160
feet, at which it will he entirely re
moved from the influence of cold,
storms, and ice-pressure, and the way
to the pole will be therefore open.
The length of time during which it
will be able to remain below the sur
face is calculated at a maximum of
fifteen hours, which at the modest rate
of 3 knots allows it to cover a dis
tance of 50 miles, whereas the com
bined experience of polar voyagers
shows that continuous fields of pack
ice never exceed.a maximum diameter
of 3 English miles. In the improbable
case of no opening being met with
within the fifteen hours there remains
the possibility of opening a way by
blasting at a weak point in the ice, to
be indicated without possibility of mis
take by the help of the manometer.
The risk of collision will be minimized
not only by the slow rate of motion,
but by the great power of resistance
to be possessed by the ship, and in
dispensable on account of the great
pressure to which it will be subject
from water. Its form will be that of
an ellipsoid of rotation, with a major
axis of 70 feet and a breadth of 26
feet, giving a displacement of 800 tons.
To obviate rolling the center of grav
ity w'ill be placed as low as possible.
The capacity of the Ulterior will be 3,
500 cubic feet, which allows sufficient
air for five men for fifteen hours, the
carbonic acid evolved being removed
by combination with caustic soda.
Propulsion will be effected by hori
zontal and vertical screws, the former
of 40, the latter of 5 horse power, this
last being sufficient to counteract the
tendency to rise; while the motive
power is to be supplied by a petroleum
motor through the medium of a 220
volt accumulator. One hundred and
fifty tons of petroleum will be taken,
or more than ten times the quantity
needed for the 600 miles’ voyage to
the pole from Spltzbergen, to which,
or rather to the edge of the ice, the
submarine boat will be towed. On ar
rival at the pack the direction of the
first open water will be taken by com
pass, and, the boat being submerged,
a course will be steered for it. If,
after an hour or so the light shows
that an opening has been reached the
vertical screw will be stopped and the
boat will rise by its own buoyancy and
in case of a wide opening or channel
leading northwards the voyage will be
continued on the surface, giving an op
portunity for scientific w’ork. Suppos
ing no gleam of light appears when
six hours have elapsed an ascent to
the lower surface of the ice will be
made with caution and the voyage
continued slowly until by the reading
of the manometer it is found that a
thin place has been reached. Here at
tempts will be made by blasting to ef
fect an opening, which, however small,
will be sufficient to supply air for an
other fifteen hours; while in the case
of failure there will be still time to
return to the last opening that has
been left, whence the voyage will be
prosecuted in a slightly different direc
tion. But both assumptions made—
that of an uninterrupted ice field more
than 18 miles in diameter, and of one
so continuously thick as to defy all ef
forts at disruption—are entirely con
tradicted by all previous experiences.—
Philadelphia Times.
The Booming
N£ Soxiih
Twenty years ago, by the census if
1880. there were 180 small cotton mills
south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers.
The 1900 census s’*aws 800 mills with
more than 4,000,030 spindles and at
least 500.000 spindles more to be added
within the next few months in mills
now under construction. The most
rapid increase in the history of cotton
manufacture in the south is now go- ;
ing on. In Georgia alone 48 new mills j
with 263,076 new spindles and 5,000
looms, representing an investment of
$3,860,000, were put in operation lasc j
year. They are all of the latest type, .
both in construction and equipment,
and many of them are run by elec
tricity. During the previous year
Georgia built 3S new mills with 27S.OOO
spindlo3 and 4.710 looms, which repre
sented an equal amount of capital.
More than 75 per cent of the stock of
the Georgia mills is owned by local
capitalists.
North Carolina stands next to
Georgia in progress, and on the line
of the Southern railway alcne today
no less than 123 cotton mills, repre
senting a capital of $14,227,950. and
consuming 310,132 bales of cotton ev
ery year.
Few people realize what this means
to the south, not only in giving em
ployment to the people, but in the sav
ing of transportation charges, commis
sion and other items that go to make
lip thn profits of the middlemen and
the export and import merchants who
handle the raw product. This year tho
cotton crop is said to be worth $500,
000,000 as it comes from the gin. By
turning it into plain sheeting its value
is doubled, and in raising the grade
of thp manufactured product to a lit
tle better quality the value doubles
again, and amounts to $2,000,000,000.
Nor are cotton mills the only manu
facturing concerns that you see nowa
days in the south. During the last few
years the development has been very
rapid in ali lines of manufacture to
consume the raw materials found on
tlie ground. On the Southern railway,
within four states. 1,062 manufacturing
concerns have sprung up within tho
last 10 years. Sixteen are woolen mills.
90 are sawmills, 99 flour mills, 52 grist
mills, 5S are furniture factories, 49 are
tobacco factories. The furniture indus
try is one of the mast important in
the new development of the south.
Thirty-nine new factories opened last
year in what is called the Piedmont
section, where there is an unlimited
supply of hardwood suitable for cabi
net-making, plenty of low priced labor,
fuel and liberal labor laws.
The average man can hear the whis
per of a pretty woman farther titan ho
can the loudest call of duty.—Penn
sylvania Grit.
A Mean >
V Deception
Unkind Trick Played
Upon an Unsuspect
ing and Avoracious
Woman.
A flustered young woman, out of
breath as though from walking fast,
rushed up the steps of the United
States mint at Philadelphia the other
day and asked to be directed to the bu
reau of information. ‘There isn’t
any,” replied the uniformed messen
ger, a very fat man. "Perhaps I can
tell you what you want to know. I’< r
haps you can," said the young woman,
produc ing a copy of a frivolous weekly
paper. "1 want to know if this is
true.” She pointed to a parag: aph
which read: “Among the curiosities
of collecting is the fact that 1901 cents
now bring about $19 in the coin mar
ket M The fat messenger adjusted his
glasses and scrutinized the paragraph.
While he was thus engaged he began
to laugh and showed to others in the
department the paragraph. Then fol
lowed combined roars of laughter.
•» hrough it all the young woman stood
expectantly fingering four bright, new
pennies she had brought with her. Fin
ally the fat messenger regained his
breath sufficiently to gasp: "if*• «
Joke. Don’t you see? i 11 give you $19
fnr 1901 Donnies, and 1 11 be a cent
I
the young woman.
▼eiy funny," she said,
think such things ought to be printed.”
And she made her exit sorrowfully.
Student a Street Musician.
Among the street musicians of Chi
cago is a young man who plays to
earn his living while he pursues his
studies in a musical college. He holds
a scholarship in the college and is con
sidered a promising student there, but
the problem for him is how to main
tain himself in a city far away from
his little home town in Michigan while
he studies in the school. He has no
pi ivate resources. Each evening he
takes his voilin and on likely street
corners plays to the crowd classical sc- ■
lections usually, and sends around the
hat afterward. His dream is to have
a studio of his own and give lessons.
Then he will give up the street play
ing; but that can't be yet. “I don’t
rare what people think of me.” he told
a reporter who asked him about his
aspirations. "I'm not ashamed of play
ing in the streets. It is nearly the same
as playing in a concert hall for a fee.
But. all the same l shall be glad when
I don’t have to do it any longer.” The
police don't bother the young musician,
and his teachers rather admire him
for his courage than condemn-4mir.
Some day, be hopes to go to Europe
to study.
Itrtt! It *1, I'rruuiUMlilj'.
Joseph Chamberlain usually says his
little very well, but he was guilty of
a •'bull" not very long ago when in
parliament he was speaking against
I a bill proposed by another member
and turning toward that person said:
"The honorable gentleman shakes bis
head—I am sorry to hear it.”
Saw**«l OfT KovhIYj.
The king of Italy, who is but five
feet three inches tall, is not the only
short monarch in Europe, nor the king
of Portugal the only stout one, for
King Edward VII., in spite of most of
his pictures, is but five feet four inches
in height and weighs 257 pounds.
Bullet-Proof P*»Mcbonrcl Armor
Pasteboard armor is the latest form
of defense. Experiments at Copenhag
en show that millboard three inches
thick was impenetrable to carbine bul
lets which pierced five-inch wooden
planks.
For Protrrtinu to n Flower.
In an almost despairing effort to stay
the dread extinction of the fragrant
trailing arbutus flowers, the legislature
of Connecticut passed a law forbidding
any person to pull up the plants by the
roots on land owned by another under
a penalty of $20.
Verdict Meant I>rath.
Aldrich, Mo., May 27th.— Four of the
best doctors in the vicinity have been
in attendance on Mrs. Mollie Moore
of this place, who has been suffering
with a severe case of nervousness and
kidney disease. Each of them told her
that she would die.
Hearing of Dodd's Kidney Pills, she
began to use them, and instantly no
ticed a change for the better. Her im
provement has been continuous since
then. She says that the disease first
manifested itself by the appearance of
dark spots floating before her eyes.
Her nerves were so bad that many
times they would collapse completely,
and she would fall down as if shot.
The fact that Dodd's Kidney Pills
saved her after four doctors had given
her up, has caused no end of talk In
this neighborhood, and all are loud in
thetr praises of this new remedy—
Dodd's Kidney Pills—which is curing
so many hitherto incurable cases, in
this state and elsewhere.
Masrate llill a Start.
James J. Hill, the railway magnate,
was at one time a Mississippi steam
boat “runner,” and as such weil known
in the early development of Milwaukee.
He was then accounted one of the best
uruminers” of business for river boats.
Try Sraln-O! Try Ciraln-OI
Ask your Grocer t ■ <lny to show vou n
package of GKAiX-O. tile new foo l drink
that takes the ] laeo of coiTeo. The children
may drink it without, injury ns well ns the
adult. All who try it, lii. o if GRAIN O hns
tluit. rich seal brawn ol Mocha or Java, but
it is made from pure grains, ami the most
delicate stomach receives it without dis
tress. M tho price of coffee. 15c and tkscu*.
per package. Sold by all grocers.
One test of intellectual power is
sticking to a thing until you have
mastered it.
Piso’s Cure cannot be too highly spoken of ns
n cough cure.—J. W. OBhien, 322 Third Ave.,
N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 0, luoa
The Great Eastern has faded into the
era of small things. Her tonnage was
10,300 below that of the Celtic, just
launched at Belfast.
Sooth L'atcota 1'armt
Is the titlo of an illustrated booklet
just Issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway, descriptive of the
country between Aberdeen and tho
Missouri River, a section heretofore
unprovided with railway facilities, but
which is now reached by a new line of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway. lJveryono contemplating a
change of location will be interested
in the information contained in it, and
a copy may be had by sending a tw >
cent stamp to F. A. Miller, General
Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111.
WESTERN CANADA'S
DECEMBER WEATHER
Equal to That of May In Mlnneaota.
To the Editor:—Thomas Regan and
C. Collins of Eden Valley, Minnesota,
went out to Western Canada last De
cember as delegates to look over the
grazing and grain lands that are being
offered at such low prices and reason
able terms. This Is what they say:
"Wearrlved In Calgary about the 20th
of December and although we had left
winter In Minnesota and Manitoba, we
were surprised to find beautiful warm
weather at this point, quite equal to
what we have in May in Minnesota.
There was no snow nor trace of win
ter to be seen, and the climate was
really splendid. Horses, cattle and
; sheep were running out, in prime con
I dition, with plenty of feed on the prai
rie. and really better than that of ours
stabled in the south. We are im
pressed with this country as one of the
j finest mixed farming countries we
have ever seen. The immense tracts
of fertile lands well sheltered and
abundantly watered leave nothing to
I be desired.
"I/eaving Alberta we returned east
and visited the Yorkton district in
Assiniboia. We drove out about ten
miles at this point and were highly
pleased with the splendid simples of
] grain we were able to see—wheat
yielding 25 bushels, oats CO bushels.
Hoots were also good specimens. From
what we have seen, we have decided
to throw In our lot with the York
tonera—satisfied that this part of the
country will furnish good opportuni
ties for unyone anxious to make the
best of a really good country.”
‘ Any agent of the Canadian govern
ment, whose advertisement appears else
where in the columns of your paper
will give you full particulars of the
new districts being opened out this
year in Assiniboia and Saskatchewan.
Yours truly. Old Reader.
It. is easier to call a man a fool than
it is to convince him of the truth of
vour statement.
HO! FOR OKLAHOMA!
Now lands soon t*»op«*n. Iternady' Morirnn'x Mann*!.
wh i» supplement containing proclamation, map allowing
b Ifitment t. Count v m atn. **n $1. Supplement A Map,
ftOu Amenta Wanted. DH’K T. MOKtiAN, IVrrjr, o. T.
The basis of most indelible inks Is
the ordinary nitrate of silver.
Hall's Catarrh Core
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
Gibbon says that sugar was first
brought from Asia to Europe A. 1). 625.
Throw physic to the docs If you don't WBiit
the dog* hut it you wunt tiooU lilfcOMiuu chew
BcemtiU’s l’cpsin Uum.
A race horse traveling full speed
clears 200 feet at a stride, an ostrich 20
j feet.
Summer Vac itlnna.
Spend yours this Summer in Cali
fornia. There is no telling when the
trip can again be made so cheaply.
I July 6th to 13th inclusive, Round-Trip
j Tickets will be sold to San Francisco
1 via the Southern Pacific Company's
routes at rates less than the regular
j one-way fare and will be good for the
j return until August 31st. These tickets
cover first-class passage and will al
low holder to stopover at various
points of interest en route either go
I ing or returning, or both, and can be
; purchased for passage going via any of
J the Southern Pacific Company’s three
! routes, Sunset, Ogden or Shasta, re
turning the same or either of the oth- |
ers. Through Pullman Palace and
Pullman Tourist sleeping cars. For |
particulars address W. O. Neimyer,
G. W. A., S. P. Co., 23S Clark street,
Chicago, 111.
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded.
‘7 nMowed Mrs. Pink ham s
Advice and Sow tarn Well:’
A woman is sick—some disease peculiar to her sex ia fast
developing in her system. She goes to her family physician
and tells him a story, but not the whole story.
She holds back something, loses her head, becomes agi
tated, forgets what she wants to sa.V, and finally conceals
what she ought to have told, and this completely mystifies
the doctor.
Is it a wonder, therefore, that the doctor fails to cure the
disease ? Still wo cannot blame the woman, for it is very em
barrassing to detail some of the symptoms of her suffering,
even to her family physician. This is the reason why
hundreds of thousands of women are now in corre
spondence with Mrs. rink hum, at Lynn, Mass. To
her they can give every symptom, so that when she is ready
to advise them she is in possession of more facts from her
correspondence with the patient than the physician can
possibly obtain through a personal interview.
Following we publish a letter from a woman showing the
result of a correspondence with Mrs. Pinkham. All such
letters are considered absolutely confidential by
Mrs. Pinkham, and are never published in any way or
manner without the consent in writing of the patient; but J
hundreds of women are 80 grateful for the health which Mrs.
Pinkham and her medicine have been able to restore to them
that they not only consent to publishing their letters, but
write asking that this be done in order that other women
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and inflammation of the womb. I suffered very much with bearing-down
pUius headache, backache, and was not nluc to do anything, What 1
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hardly drag myself across the floor. I doctored with the physicians of this
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and friends wished me to write to you, but 1 had no faith in patent medi
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Owing to the fact that Rome skeptical
people have from time to time questioned
the genuineness of the testimonial letters
we art constantly publishing, we have
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which will L>e paid to any person who will show that the above
tfstimon.al is m l genuine, or was published before obtaining
the writer's special permission.—Lydia E. Pinkham Mkdicinb Co.
the writer * special permission
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George III. had the family taint ef
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New Zealand has 0,438 factories with
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STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starcn con
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
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