'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 ■ 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. 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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 who sutler may bo benefited by their experience. Mrs. Ella Rice, Chelsea, Wis., writes: “ TV", vn Mr.ft. Pinkham For two years I was troubled with falling and inflammation of the womb. I suffered very much with bearing-down pUius headache, backache, and was not nluc to do anything, What 1 endured no one knows but those who have suffered as 1 did. I could hardly drag myself across the floor. I doctored with the physicians of this town for three mouths and grew worse instead of better. My husband and friends wished me to write to you, but 1 had no faith in patent medi cines. At last I became so bad that I concluded to ask your advice. I received an answer at once advising me to take your Vegetable Compound, and 1 did so before I had taken two bottles I felt better, and after 1 bad taken live bottles there was no happier woman on earth, for I was well again. J know that your Vegetable Compound cured me, and I wish and advise every woman who suffers as I did to try Lydia fc. P.nkham’s Vege table Compound. Believe me always grateful for the recovery of my health."—Mas. Elca Kick, Chelsea, Wis. 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 deposited with the National City bank, of Lynn, Maw fs.ooo, 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. 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