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WE'LL ' YET WALK TO THE POLE
Some Hew Ideas About Exploration in the
let-Bound Regions.
THERE IS NO EASY POLAR ROUTE
I'ntlllly < > f Tryliiir to AMnln Ihr Ilr-
nlriMl Hi-milt liy Drifting nlth the
I'll i ! k I ut Dr. ! ' . A. Cook'n
'opj right , lXiO. ! by Frederick A. Cook. )
Then- wag n tlmo In frigid lore when wo
\\rnic only of "Tho Polo , " and everybody
understood us ns referring to the North
pole. Hut wo have discovered that the North
pnle has rivals. There arc not less than
four beyond the horizon of ambitious explorer -
ploror * today ; four Important poles used
cvpiy hour of the day nnd every day of the
year by navigators and 'land surveyors nnd
other men , upon whom millions of llvc and
liciipi of fortune depend.
Tlicwp arc the two geographical poles , the
northern and southern axes nround which
our globe Hplna ; and of still greater 1m-
poriunec , the two magnetic poles , the posl-
tlvit and negative points of the earth at
which the terrestrial and ulmoophcrlc olec-
trlrliy Interchanges curiente. Though these
poleH .irp In momentary use , the regions In
which I hey are located arc the only parts of
the world of which wo know nothing. As
ilio maps of the earth's surface are being
spread , the blank spaccH at the poles are
moro nnd moro encroached upon , but the
jmli's still remain far beyond the border
lands. So many efforts have been made
within tlu > last few years to reach the one
polo of greatest popular Intercut the North
] > < ! ( -and so many failures ) have fallen to
tlip lot of these pole peckers that It Is time
to .i U. us I have been asked daily , "Is the
pollntinlmihle ? " This question , however ,
I Mi to change In conformity to modern
iippd-i , nnd in Justice to the less thought of
bin more Important other poles. "What are
the possibilities of reuniting the four polrN ? "
Thp northern geographical pole , by Its
linn liens to us and by the records of hls-
tonr effort , deserves first attention. The
popular Idea tlmrull Arctic expeditions have
the North pnle as their ultimate destina
tion Is erroneous. Only the expeditions of
Narep , DeLung , Nnnscn , Jackson , Andrae ,
AVi'llnmn , I > ugl and the last venture of Llou-
tenuni Peary have aimed to mount the pivot.
All exri'pt Lieutenant Peary and Prince
Lugl have returned .with plenty of experi
ence anil with scientific results of value ,
but without the pole. The public wants'
1hp pole nnd nothing short of It. People
v , III ball the man whoso foot has been on
thp exact spot , but they will condemn all
ilTorls short of that. The hero worshipers
pro ready , but how Is the hero to bo made ?
Ily what route can he climb the ladder of
polar fame , and what are the obstacles In
ills way ?
.No Koynl Itoiul to the Pole.
The chlmerlc hopes of an open polar sea ,
or any other easy road to the polo , must
now bo abandoned. The drift of Nansen's
whip , the "Fram , " and the destruction of
the ships of DeLong and Wellman have re
moved the possibility of gaining a high lati
tude with safety or the certainty of results
by the drifting of a ship In the pack Ice.
The submarine boats and the Ice crushers ,
of which so much is said at present , are
entirely kupnsHlble , owing to the Inability
of carrying sufficient coal. As to balloons ,
they are still too much of an experiment.
When we can HO manage balloons or Ilylns
machines that wo can sail from New York
to Chicago nnd back again on schedule time ,
with ut accident , then we may experiment
with them In polar work , but not until then.
Hallonnii are good enough to go to heaven
In , ns wo have learned by Andrae's experi
ence ; they go up well enough , but they
don't como down satisfactorily.
The talk of modern Inventions , of Im-
pfoved and condensed foods , of n thousand
liouEtK of Intterday advantages for this kind
of exploration , are based upon nn Imperfect
knowledge of tht , rtili < j ct. The only now
thing of note In polar work which has of-
forcd n promise of success is the construc
tion'of the "Fram" with sloping stdee to
tilt her out of the line of Ice pressure , but
oven thia Is still nn experiment. Most ex
plorers of today prefer the good old reliable
scaling vessels. In foods there have been
many so-called scientific concoctions , ' giv
ing the greatest amount of nutrition with
the least possible weight ; some of these
tire aids , but I have yet to find the man
who would not prefer fish , seal and bear
meat to the finest canned stuffs. The stomach
ach dow not take kindly for a prolonged
period to laboratory mixtures. As with the
fooil and the ship , so with the equipment.
Most of the now inventions have been mis
erable failures. The aluminum and copper
boats and sledges , and the Improved clothIng -
Ing , nnd a hundred boosted noveltlet ) , it
the truth bo admitted , have been mistakes.
All the successes which have been obtained
'linvo ' neon with autllts based upon 11 rat prin
ciple In polar exploration. Only the old
methods and slmplo foods have been of last
ing value.
Tlieri * IH Only One Way.
The man who succeeds In reaching the
North polo must bo ono who , by habit and
occupation , hits given the greatest possible
uaro to the minor details of dally llfo nnd
work. Ono who Is certain to make sure of
big things , hut neglects little ones , will
quickly fall In his effort. Olio who secures
n big stock of clothing nnd food , but who
forgoU shoititrliigB and matches , will soon
coini ) to grief. All our experience In the
past proves this. There Is but ono way to
reach any of the poles , and this way Is the
plain old-fashlonctl way of walking to It.
It , ls n path full of obstacles , hardships
und difficult , dogged work , with no pleasures
except thuso which arc mingled with u
thousand llttlo Incidents as the elements of
naturi ) and the fallings of man arc over-
conn1.
If we must walk to the polo , and that , as
1 bollove , Is positively the only way , wo
must abandon nil our costly and cumbersome
machinery ; wo must leave our high perch
of modern Might , wo niimt como out of bal
loon. * and go back to mother earth and to the
habits of her aborigines to gtt our schooling.
If wo take our lessons from nature the
necessary equipment for a polar wjrlk must
bo simple In conception. In final adaptation
und adjustment to the changln ? conditions
of frigid traveling , however , It will be very
complex with little details. The whip must
bo pushed to the limit of navigation. At
this point permanent headquarters and an
Inexhaustible haso of supplies must bo es-
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
IturtHIuially dlgusts thu food and alda
Nature In strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted dlgestlvo or
gans. It Is thelatestdlscovercd digest-
ant und tonic. No other preparation
can approach it In enlelency , It In-
Bluntly relieves and permanently curda
Dyspepsia , Indigestion , Heartburn ,
Flatulence , Sour Stomach , Nausea ,
Sick Hcadaelie.GastralKia.Craiiipa and
till other rcsnltsof imperfectdlgestlon ,
I'rlco 600. und . Ulrica klzocontaluiSK tlinea
. llooUiilliilwutclyi > ix > i > sla mulled fre
by E. C. DeWITT & CO. , Chlcaa.9
] tnbllshed. Caches or wny ntntlonn must bo
advanced poleward an far a possible. N'otv
Is ready for the gr it llfc-bnttio , the at
tack upon the pole.
Everything depends upon this Onnl innrcli ,
hence every detail connected with It Is of tlio
utmost Importance. If nn Eskimo plnm * n
long journey , ho takre his wife and family
and the entire outfit for camping and march
ing leisurely , but his outfit Is meager. A
team of dogs , a sledge and Its fittings , a few
furs , a needle and thread , a stone upon
wlilch to make a fire , n piece of Hint and a
piece ot Ivory pyrltcn to make sparks , and
a few pieces of frozen meat , comprise his
outfit. With this ho roams leisurely over
all the habitable Arctic rogtona nut the
polo seeker mtint press on beyond the limit
of animal life. He must curry his bed. his
clothing and BUfllcicnt food for the whole
Journey. The length of this Journey will not
< ho icss than three months , and It may be
! five months. Herein lies tne dlfllculty. It
| ono could depend upon the game , as do the
Ksklmo upon the march , thtro ! would be no
Hcrlous obstacles. A polo seeker e.in learn
to eat raw and frozen meat and become
( | lilte adept. Frozen meat Is more digesti
ble as a regular thing than prcdlgestod
act spot. An expedition to thl Interesting
region woul'l Rive certain and Important
tee " <
The work of Ho sns dune nt a time
\M , . . . , i. ncunrti of terrestrial n.agnetlstu
wns In its Infancy. Ills Instruments were
primitive and Imperfect , ami his methods ,
for present purposes , entirely unrcltnble.
To mnko it magnetic survey ot the regions
about the North Magnetic polo Is far more
Important than n geographical survey of
tho' Northern Geographic polo. It offers
no obstacles comparable to Ihe hundreds ot
miles of moving Ice which will have to bo
crossed nnd nvroesed In the reglone
farther north. One hundred thousand doling
ing In the proper hands , would ccrtaluiy
ci'7Ipletn ! this most valuable , work.
Turning from the little known Arctic to
the IciM-knnwti Anla'rrtlo , wo assail n rc-
pl ( p veiled by the darkness of mystery. The
Arjt'io Is now slowly coming out from under
Its slcuplitK snows , which have burled the
Htcrllo lands for centuries , but the Antarctic
Is augmenting Its overland sen of Ice which
already cavern every rock offering n surface
upon which snow can rest. Ice and snow arc
hero heaped on In mtch quantities that It
lieeomes u difllcult task to determine the
DR. COOK IN ARCTIC COSTUME.
food , but oven frozen meat Is a luxury ,
though Ita freshness becomes doubtful when
It Is carried flve months.
Wlmt tliu Outfit Simula lie.
I should like to take up this part of the
subject , the dally ups and downs , and the
comforts and discomforts of the future pole
walker , but space will not permit.
From the lessons of the past , from a study
of the Eskimo habits nnd from personal ex
periences , let .mo tabulate what I regard as
an ideal outfit for the many who wish to pin
the stars and stripes to the poles. The clothIng -
Ing should be made after the Eskimo pat
tern , of strong but light furs. For the bed a
bag made of reindeer skins Is milllclent ; for
shelter , a light silk tent should be on hand
for use when It Is not poastblo to build a
snow house ; as food , the staple diet must
ever be of pcmmlcan , a mixture of dried
beef and beef tallow. These with tea and
milk and biscuits make a satisfactory menu.
By way of traveling gear the old McCllntock
sledge Is the best. It has been somewhat
modified by Nansen and Peary , hut It still
remains the old pattern In essentials. It has
broad runners , curved at both ends , with a
light elastic framework.
Snowshoes are Indispensable. Regarding
these there Is room for a difference of opin
ion , but. In my judgment , for hard work ,
there Is nothing equal to the rackets llrsi
made by the Canadian Indians. The number
and variety of Intruments will depend upon
the character and amount of expected scien
tific work ; nnd last , as a means of traction ,
there Is nothing eq < ; al to the Eskimo or
Siberian dogs. It Irf possible to accomplish
much by human force , but dogs are a great
advantage ever man In that they are moro
economical In the consumption of food , and ,
strange as It may seem , dogs are more tract
able and moro easily brought under com
manding force than man under similar con
ditions. To these dogs this llfo is normal ;
to man it Is abnormal.
The equipment must be somewhat modi-
fled to conform to the conditions of the ox-
dlfferenco between landless Ice masses nnd
Icy land masses. The south polnr area Is
everywhere fenced by a clrcumpolar sea of
destructive ice. The shore Is everywhere
guarded by a stupendous wail of glacial Ice
and the Interior Is , everywhere hopelessly
submerged by weights of Ice of unimaginable
thlckncEB. Ho who seeks to dissolve the
film which hides the great white blanket
about the under surface of- the glebe will
have all of the Arctic difficulties multiplied
ten times.
Of the South Magnetic pole we know next
to nothing. It Is Just as important as Its
northern companion. Not less than six posi
tions are assigned by experts to the South
Magnetic pole. These positions are from
100 to COO miles apart. If we draw a circle
tiOO miles In diameter on the eastern end of
the great continental mass known as
Wllkesland it would bo possible to say the
South Magnetic pole Is somewhere within
this , but no moro definite- point could bo
fixed. Reaching and locating this pole Is
entirely practicable , however , though ex
tremely difficult ; but It must not be at
tempted by men with an imperfect knowledge
of the subject. The apparent hut deceptive
case of the work hero Is sure to send Ill-
prepared adventurers to grief within the
next few years. It Is possible to fix a sta
tion within 200 miles of the probable posi
tion of the greatest dip of the needle , and
the traveling will bo over high , Ice-burled
lands ; a region similar , perhaps , to the
Interior of Greenland , where the experiences
of Peary and Nansnn have shown that ex
ploration Is safe and reasonably certain.
Efforts to determine the South Magnetic
polo are sure to return material results
nnd it the right 'men ' with the right cqulp-
'
ment make the effort they will certainly be
rewarded by an accomplishment of their am
bition.
lulviHMVii South Polar Region.
Whatever wo sny of the geographical
South pole must ho prefaced by the pro
fession of absolute Ignorance of the subject.
THE "I1EU31CA , " WITH ROYAb I'KNOIMN IN THK FOREGROUND.
pcctud attack. The path to each pole Is
somewhat uirforent. For nn attack upon
the Northern Geographical pole the route Is
almost certainly over rough and moving ren
i Ice. It Is possible to pitch headquarters ,
| or at least plentiful way editions within
| ten degrees of the pole. This would leave
| GOO piles to cover on foot. Perhaps advance
I supplies -rnny bo pushed still nearer. In
I order to make advance stations certain , how-
j over , laud Is necessary. It seems reason-
I able to expect Eorno rocky Islets north of
Greenland as far ns the 85th parallel , surely
I to the 84tb. If stations were placed hero
'
there would be only 380 miles to cover.
For the inexperienced traveler who hopes
to make a quick dash to the pole , with no
other object but to K ln a rapid road to
fame , even SCO miles Is Impossible. To
the man who understands polar conditions
and Is willing to bunk on snow and feed
on frozen meat for three months or three
years , however , there is absolutely nothing
impossible In crossing this live or ten de
grees of latitude. Journeys of greater length
were made by the search expedition after
Franklin and DeUong , nnd a Journey of
seemingly greater magnitude wan twice
mode by Lieutenant Peary , who forced a
path 1,300 miles across the highlands of
northern Greenland , a region mure bleak
atid Inhospitable than ultimate polar regions
cau be expected to be ,
Tin * .Vnrlli .Miiiciiello I'olr.
Compared with the Northern Geograph
ical polo the North Magnetic polo Is easy of
accc'iB. U wan located by Sir John Ross
about sixty jeura ago. From his experience
we knot.- that It IB posilhje to fix a perma
nent land station within 100 miles of the ex-
, It is the renter of tin utterly unexplored
region , nhc.ut 3,000,000 square miles In ox-
' tent. Prcvluus to the voyage of the Holglca
no expedition had been tent beyond the
polar circle for sixty years , and there never
has been an expedition properly fltjcd out
to reach the South pole. The nearest approach
preach modci to It was by the British ex
plorer , James Ross , In 1840. AVI tit two old
gunbouts under sail he pressed beyond the
zone of the sea-Ice , which guards the Ant
arctic , to ft large Ice-free buy , On the
western side of this bay he discovered a high
mountainous country , blanketed with per
petual'Ice , and extending from latitude 71
degrees to 10 minutes to the head of the bay
at about 70 degrees 0 minutes.
From what wo saw of the Antarctic lands
south of Capo Horn It U clear that the pru-
vlouoly conceived Impossibility of landing on
south polar lands U a misconception. The
Dclglcu mudo twenty debarkments and It
was discovered that It was possible to land
on nearly every Island nnd neck of land offer
ing a projecting northerly exposure. From
( ho experience of the Delglca It would setTit
that u permanent base of operations might be
established cl se to the seventy-eighth par
allel of \'lctorlaland of Ross , TbU Is
the only point offering a promising route
to the South pole. The possibility cf reachIng -
Ing It will depend upon the character of
the Inland Ice. If It U a smooth , even sur
face , without mountain ridges or extensive
crevasses , such as the Interior of Green
land , and If this UutJ-Ico extends to the pole ,
then It Is within the power of man , with
present means , to tread on the spot ; but If
It Is otherwise , then there Is only a small
prospect of reaching the southern axis.
Wo as Americans have u special Interest
I
In everything polar The hardy Norwegian ,
Nnnsen. has taken from us the honor of
having been farthest north , nut although the
Norwegian newspapers Inform us that Nor
wegians only arc fit for polar service , wo
shalf , ere long , find many Americans on
foot in efforts to dispute with Nansen and
his countrymen the honor ot the "farthest
north. " The North and the South poles , by
right of extension of territory , and by the
newer right of "expansion , " belong to the
Americans. There Is surely no good reason
why the stars and stripes. In the hand of
a Yankee , or perhaps his wife , should not
bo flung to the virgin breezes far beyond
the present borderland. Why not pin It to
all four poles ? KUKDRIUCK A. COOK.
( Note by the Kdltor With reference to
Dr. Took'H qualifications to wrlto author
itatively upon polar exploration. It should bo
explained that the Antarctic voyage In the
llclglca was not Dr. Cook's first experience
In polar explorations. Ho went with the llrst
1'eary expedition to North Greenland In 1S91-
! C ; ho went In the schooner yacht Xota
for a hummer trip to West Greenland In
1S ! > 3 , and he was In charge of the Mlrnndn
expedition In 1S04.1
I.AIIOIt AM ) IXIIllSTHV.
lOxports of Ainprlonii mntiufnotures last
your Increased 25 per cent over 1 : < S , reachIng -
Ingu totul of J3 ! > 0.000,000.
Flvo hundred St. Louis barbers , who
cither fulled to pass the state examination ,
or dlil not euro to take It , linvo left that
cltf.
cltf.Tho
The llrst nniiual exposition of the lies
Molnrs Jobbers' und Manufacturers' nsso-
elutlon will bp held In Des Molnps during
the six dnys commencing February 20 and
ending March S.
In nineteen Rtntes silk mills have been
established nnd the "M factories are dis
tributed In 2M towns , hast year American
innnufiicturers Imported Jd.CfW.OOO worth of
rnw silk , or r > 0 per cent more than In 1S9S.
The success attending the efforts in be-
hnlf of Sundny rinsing In Chicago IIIIH re-
celved additional Impetus by Judicious work
In other cities. Daily new establishments
are falling In line and new localities are
taklnir up the question.
As a result of the adoption of the new
pension law on the , Pennsylvania railway
on January 1 nearly 1,000 employes eligible
to the pension list were transferred to the
sumo. It is believed that the rules allow
ing pensions will bo enlarged to tnke In
more employes than the present regulations
permit.
The proposed bill of the Central associa
tion of the New York steam engineers for
a state license low provides ithnt nil engl-
npcrs must ho examined before belnir li
censed and that the chief of the bureau
shall receive an annual salary of $3,500.
Places keeping open day and night must
conform to the eight-hour law.
Tho. United Hatters of North America
report a membership of 7,000 In twenty-one
cities. The receipts for the year 1S09 were
$18,000 , with $14,000 expended. Since the
adoption of the union label In 18S5 120,000,000
have been Issued and distributed through
the various local organization * . Inquiry
for the label Is reported ns greatly on the
Increase.
The notice posted In the cnr barns of the
Union Traction company of Philadelphia
on the 1st lust. , announcing nn Increase In
pay to conductors and motormen , brought
good news to 7,000 men. The Increase Is
from lt2-S ! cents to 18 cents an hour , or
from $ : ! to $2.10 for a day's work of twelve
hours.
Measures seeking to restrict nnd regulate
immigration have been Introduced In the
senate by Senators Kyle and Lodge which
have much Interest for labor. It Is the
purpose of the new legislation to bur out
illiterates , who form so largo an element
of those now reaching this country. The
Lodge bill debars persons who , though phy
sically capable and over 1C years , are un
able to read or write English or some other
language. Exception is made in the case
of a parent or grandparent desiring to unite
with a family already here , or a wife or
minor. Last month one country In Europe
contributed 7S.CG5 Immigrants , moro thnn
half of whom could neither read nor write
their unlive language.
The Lancet , ono of the lending modlcal
Journals of Great Britain , heartily ap
proves the net of Parliament providing
that scats shall bo furnished female assist
ants In shops. "Tho npw act , " It says ,
"will be welcomed by the hard-working
girls of our shops and Inasmuch us the
ovlls from which the girls suffered fre
quently extended Into family llfo , the com
munity at Inrse Is to be congratulated. "
The act , which went Into effect on January
1. Imposes n line of $15 for the llrst offense
of noncompllanco by shopkeepers and n fine
ot $23 for subsequent offenses. Scats must
be provided In all shops In the proportion
of one scat to every three female employes.
Ilnbbl 'Max ' Werthelmor of Dayton has re
nounced the Jewish religion and become a
Christian -Scientist.
'A Buffalo 'Prestiyterlan church took ad-
vnntago of the utosence of Its pastor last
Sunday to raise a church d bt of $9(5,000 ( nnd
put $5,000 extra In the church treasury.
On helnis ; applauded with hand-clapping
during a recent sermon the Rev. Dr. Lorl-
mer of Boston stopped , forbade the people
to clap sind requested them to say "Amen"
Instead.
Thp. agent of the 'British and Foreign so
ciety has actually circulated 1,000 volumes
a month ofthe lilblo for the last twelve
months without going outside of Manila , and
there Is * a ready sale for .bibles throughout
the city.
'Moody ' nnd McOlynn , says the Congrego.-
llonallst Protestant niwl Catholic were so
far In harmony In work nnd aim tlint the
same Inspired epitaph would appropriately
mark their graves , "as poor , yet making
many rich. "
The students in the great center of India ,
which Is Calcutta , represent n population of
perhaps over 11WOUO , ( JO and are for the most
nart Brahmins. Calcutta Jias seventy-four
hlith stihools ami twenty-four colleges , be
sides l.lio university.
The Rev. Dr. C. R. Dleffcnbacher has 10-
slgned the pastorate of the First Reformed
ohuruli In Circcnsburg , 1'cnn. , after serving
for twenty-two years. The church has liad
but four pastors for the last 117 years. One
of them served HMy-nlno years.
The Rev. D. Charles A. Dickey of the
Bethany Presbyterian church , Philadelphia ,
has nroiised a sham discussion there over
a sermon In whlfh ho characterized many
ovunsellsts us animated by a purely mer
cenary spirit and ppoke of some revivals as
"tho snashot : conversion process. "
CetU , the oldest city of the Philippines , Is
one. cf the strongholds of Catholicism In the
Ift'.ands. It has live largo stone churches
an\I convents and the press there Is con
stantly at work. All over t > ho city are von-
< ? .irs of Catholic literature written in
Virfuyan and Snanlsh.
Dr. John A. Dowlo , the fnlth-henler of
r.hlouco. . has announced tnat ne will eslnb-
llnh a "Holy City ot 7Aon" on the Lake
MichlKiin shore tit \Vaukegan. Six Ihou-
83iul acres of hind nrp. Bald to have lieon
Hotureil for the purpose , f'hlengo , ncconl-
Ing to Dowlo , Is to bo destroyed ns were
Sodom ami Gomorrah.
Arc'hblshop ' Keane thinks that In the com
ing century the struggle of Christianity will
bo with agnosticism and not. as In the Inst
century , over sc-ctnrlnnlHin. He. calls agnos-
tlelhni thp philosophy of doubt. It IH not
atwrtlve ; ft merely closes Its eyes anil
says : "I do not know. " In the opinion of
the archbishop such an Inert and Ignorant
and satlslled unbelief enn never meet the. re
quirements of humanity.
Iiiterfereil tvlth III * llrcniu.
Atlanta Constitution : The old man was
sleeping soundly , although the morning aim
wns well up In the bky.
"Git up dar , 'Lias , " said the old woman ,
giving him a vigorous shake.
The old man raised himself In bed , rubbed
his oyrs , then. Jumping to the floor , began
to Hall his wife with the broomstick.
"What you heatln' mo frr ? " she gasped.
"Don't ux mo ! " ho exclaimed , excitedly ,
"ain't I donp to ) ' you , tlmo en crsln , never
ter wako me wVn I dreamln' er money ? "
I'tlerecl III * .SeiitliiionlN AiiyliiMV.
Chicago Tribune : The leader of the hrami
band was n British sympathizer.
"Any member of this bund , " he said.
"who stands up for them barbarous Boors
I had better keep it to hUnself. The first
I man that raises his voice for old Kruger
will get his walkln' papers. That's ult I've
, got to say. "
I Flvo minutes later ( ho hand was playing
I and the lluraa-pyed old Gorman with the
i baas horn was dellantly shouting Into It :
I "OO.M-1'aul ! OO.M.Paul ! OOM-I'aul ! "
> " ' " " > '
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ever was made IH Dr. King's Now Llfo Pills.
Thefco pills change weakness Into strength ,
lUtleusnew Into oiu-rgy , hruln-fag Into men
ial power. They're wonderful In building up
the health. Only ! 5c per box. Sold . by
Kuuu & Co.
( i NEBRASKA FORTY YEARS ACU
Experiences and Observations of a Pioneer
of the Early 'GO's ' ,
SCENES ON THE OVERLAND TRAIL
. Ml ii I UK- mill Knrinlon In Colorniln nnil
ItmirliliiK In WrMrn .NcliriiMKn
An i\MMlllliiii |
IUr Sioux.
"I was clerking In n small etoro In north
ern llllmlls when gold \vus fouml In Colorado
rado , " writes A. 1' . Hazard of Hebron In
the Conservative , "and on the Sth of May ,
ISfiO , crossed the Missouri river at Alchlsoii ,
Kan. , and us a brother of mine had nn In-
tercet In the ox teams nnd wagons , 1 was
appointed wagonmaater for the trip to 11U3-
sell's Gulch , Colorado.Vo were lonJo.l
with machinery for two quartz mills , and
after walking the llr.it 100 miles , ahnilt one-
seventh the whole distance , wp traveled
along very well and mime tlio dlotanco In |
forty-eight dajK. which was eonslderod goo'l
time for loaded teams.'o saw quite n
number of Indians , who wore all friendly ,
as they were not yrt read ) to go en tint
warpath.Ve saw a few buffalo , hut were
a little early for them , as they \\erc still
south of us. In their yearly trips north
they generally crr-pseil the I'latto some time
In June. 1 have neon and hcaid at night
a constant passing herd of buffalo lasting
five days , and you could hear a constant
splashing in the water of the IMatte all
through the night. Our army officers would
pilot the English sports onto the frontier
nnd they would t > uoot down these creatures
and let their carcasses rot on 'thp ground
when their camp was full of mpat. We
had plenty of antelope and did not need
the meat. In my nlno years on the plains
I helped to kill one buffalo , and then wo
were -out of meat. After making the trip
to Ilussell's Oulch and helping to build
the mills , I tried quartz mining and we
went ciglity-flvo feet through cap rock nnd
missed the pay streak , and as our money
was all gene we went to work for other
parties. The vein wo mentioned above
proved afterwards to bo very rich and a spur
of the famous Orlnncll. I afterwards. In
company with Wheeler Schofleld ( a brother
of our General John M. ) took a ranch of 240
acres on the Big Thompson , fifty-live miles
north of Denver , where we built the first
Irrigating dam on that stream , If not the
first ono In the state , as we built our dam
early In ' 61.
Irrlurntlon Pay * .
"To show whether irrigation pays I will
tell what was done on this land. Wo
bought 178 pounds of very small potatoes
In Denver at 15 cents per pound and planted
them in hills , with three pieces In each
hill , and raised from one and three-quarters
acres of ground 27."i bushels of potatoes ,
which wo sold in Denver at 6 cents per
pound. The next year wo put out thirteen
acres of garden and saw It all go In a few
minutes In a flood from the mountains. We
then started for British Columbia mines
and stopped at Cherokee Crossing on the
North Platte river , about 300 miles north
west of Denver , where I rigged a rope ferry
to run by the current of the stream. While
running this ferry a part of the Michigan
Sixth regiment came along and took the
ferry from mo and drowned six of their
men and Tom Chlvlngton , who was with
them as guide or wagonmaster. I was
then sent to Port Hallcck as wagonmaster
for Company C of the Kansas Ninth regi
ment. From there I was sent to Fort Leav-
eoworth with a train to turn in. On this
trip the Platte river was dry and wo su ik
barrels la the stream to get water for our
animals. I then took three six-horse teams
loaded -with groceries for n trader on Cache
la Poudrio river and left the teams at
Fort Kearney and went to work on the
Overland mall routo. My run was forty
miles east from Kearney and on this route
have seen all of the stations ( four ) hanging
up In the sky and the old flag nt the post
with the stripes pointing toward the earth.
I was sent to Kearney to run out each way
when needed and this Is what I was doing
when I drove Into a station and found a
dead man to change horeen for me. 1
watted until daybreak and then went on over
the drive. I was en this part of the road
when the Peace commission was attacked
and If the coach had been on time I would
have been Its driver.
Ferrying OVCT the 1'liiHe.
"I was next ordered to arrange some way
to cross the mall over the Platte at Kearney ,
which wo did by making a Hat boat and
hitched a yoke of oxen to it , and when there
was water the cattle would wade or swim ,
and In crossing the several strips of land
would drag the boat.
"I next went on a ranch twelve miles west
of Kearney as a herder , and ono evening
while out In the bluffs looking up some stock
that had strayed too far out I was nearly
surrounded by seventeen Chcyennes , who
chased mo about two miles to the ranch.
After we reached the adobe house wo put
some guns out of the portholes and Mr.
Spotted Tall loft us. In 1864 I was captured
by General Mitchell , Colonel Chlvlngton and
Major Majors and taken before Captain Gil
lette at Fort Kearney , who appointed mo
wagonmaster on an expedition against the
Sioux. Wo traveled eighteen days , but could
not overtake the Indians. We started with
seventy-two wagons and brought them all
back , hut had to haul sixteen of them , as
they were badly damaged , having upset over
the banks of the Republican river , which we
crossed four times on our trip. 1 have
traveled over 18.000 miles on horseback In
my nlno years on the plains. I am 02 and ,
except rheumatism some of the time , I am
as sound as over. I do not use tobacco In any
form nnd took my last drink In 1871. "
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