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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-11
Restores vigor in Old Ace

Mrs. Eliza Scheirer,Who
lives at Macungie, Pa.
and who has passed a
very strenuous life, found
at the age of rs. some
of the old time vigor
and energy lacking. She
felt that she needed
something to give her
strength in her declining
years. For over a year
she has used Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey as a tonic
medicine and has found in
it the very thing needed
for one at her time Of life.
She writes the follow.
ing and cordially recon-
mends Duffy's Pure Malt
Whiskey to both young
and old:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-11
HAZING IS STAMPED OUT
West Point Practically Free from spir-
1t, Reports General Mills.

Washington, Oct. 11.-Hazing has
disappeared at the. United States mill
tary academy, according to the annual
report Of the superintendent, Brigadier
General A. L. Mills. The report says:
" Hazing is entirely absent and the
spirit which in former years promoted
it, has in measure disappeared. The
attitude Of all the upper classes toward
the fourth class is good generally, and
the members Of the first class in Partic..
their responsibilities in maintaining
proper relations between old and new
cadets.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-11
CUTICURA- THESET. ST.
Complete Treatment for Every
Humor from Pimples
to Scrofula

to Scrofula
Battle the affected parts with hot
water and Cuticura Soap, to cleanse
the surface of crusts and scales and
soften the thickened cuticle; dry,
Cuticura Ointment freely, to al1ay
itching, irritation, and Inflammation,
and soothe and heal; and, lastly, take
Cuticura Resolvent Pills to cool and
cleanse the blood. A single set, costing
but one dollar, is often sufficient to
cure the most torturing, disfglring,
itching, burning, and scaly skin, scalp,
and blood humors, with loss Of hair,
from infancy to age, when all else fails.
cutieurs Soup. 2se o1nnent, 60. R..osysns 800. I'm
HtouEhous tie world Pot,es Drug and chsm. Corp,
Lar Nailed Frs. SHOW l. cszs zsrturiss, Disasuli,e
NnnsU = lafaasS aaA ASls -, .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-11

would say that am now in my sew
active life. About year ago I began
using DUFFYS PURE MALT WHISKEY
as restorative, and I can heartily rec
ommend 1t as a very valuable preserves
i've FOR young and old MRS. ELIZA
SCIIERER.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27

er velocities-stop the motors and
which we are sailing dragging an
Choir or retardateur-a device calculat-
ed to offer the maximum of resistance
in proportion to its weight-and by
this means to drift slowly with the ad-
verse wind.
Assuming that this method works
out as well in practice as in theory
and there are many reasons for believ-
ing that it will do so to at least a fair
degree-we have then this principles:
81. That the winds that blow with
our course, directly or obliquely, add
their movements to the advance which
we expect to make with our motors
and help us so much on our way
"2. But contrary winds of velocities
greater than our motor speed, or so
great that. motoring against them
would be an uneconomical use of fuel,
are not losses to be deducted at full
value from the progress of the air
ship, because the influence of such
winds is largely neutralized by the &C.
ton of the dragging anchor or re-
tardateur.
'In other words, all of the value OF
favorable winds is placed on the credit
side of our ledger or log, while only
part of the value of the unfavorable
winds has to be written down on the
debit side.
"And the significance of this, in the
last analysis, is that it will require a
most extraordinary combination OF
circumstances to prevent us getting
more help than hindrance from the
winds"
The expedition is distinctly Ameri
can, for all the mechanical aid that
foreign countries have given in the
preparations, and for the deep interest
they are taking in the project 1t is ar
American journalist, backed by an
American newspaper, to whom credit
is due for the bold and intelligent con.
ception. 1t is typically American thai
all Of science and the arts that othel
nations had to offer has been mar
shaled under the American flag for thu
aerial journey into the unknown
north. The giant airship has beer
christened the America" and, II tn,
next few weeks shall demonstrate tina
the plans Of Mr.. Wellman we're wei
founded and the explorer shall sal
triumphantly to the pole, the first &C
will be the dropping of the American
Stars and Stripes over the spot whicl
has lured nearly a thousand brave mel
10 their deaths.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27

and food supply. This last item
weighs 800 pounds and is contained in
a chest containing 16 cubic feet. When
it is stated that this supply is suffi-
cient to nourish five men for 70 days
some idea of the great economy OF
space being practiced may be gained.
OF course, the disposition of the weight
in the car is such as to insure perfect
balance under normal conditions. The
gasoline reservoirs are four in number,
two at each extreme end Of the car.
In the engine-room is placed, besides
the motors, the wireless telegraph ap-
paratus. The car is SO feet long by
six feet by eight feet in its other di-
mansions. It's construction represents
the maximum of strength and the min
imum of weight, being entirely of steel
tubing.
The power from the motors Is trans
mitted to a shaft at either end of
which is a screw propeller with broad
blades, which offer the greatest eff
cheney. The forward screw is 1Sk
feet in diameter and the rear screw
four feet less in diameter. There is
but one rudder, which is above the car
and below the rear end Of the bag.
This rudder is operated from the en-
gine-room with a simple steering ap-
paratus.
Below the car there is suspended a
steel lifeboat, nonsinkable and noneap-
stable, but of very light weight. This
boat represents the precaution against
the chance of the destruction of the
ship or its sinking into open water.
Into it are packed when not in use the
cables for the guide rope and the
retarder, two of the most important
attachments of the airship.
In the construction of both bag and
car the utmost care has been exercised
and only the highest possible quality
of materials used. A tgid system of
material inspection was maintained to
reduce to the minimum the chances of
hawed materials inadvertently being
used.
Such, in brief. is the airship in
which will be made the most remark
able journey in history. II represents
the highest degree Of skill known to
the machinical work. No principle in
the construction Of the ship itself or OF
its propelling appliances has been fol-
lowed which has not been proved to
be sound and thoroughly practicable
The monster bag and its attachments
do not stand for a theory any more
than does the automobile that skins
the boulevards. The automobile
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27

breaks down at times and becomes ut
terly useless, but the proportion OF
efficiency is great enough to make au'
tomobile construction one of the big
industries of the country. The Well
man airship holds the same relation
to the possible high-speed airship Oh
the future as the automobile in lts
present stage of development does TO
the possible non-breakable automobile
of the future. 1t is possible that the
preliminary flights or trials at Danes
island may indicate weaknesses OF
faults; but If such is the case the IA
cilities at the base for remedying them
are all-suf1icient The airship that
starts to the pole will be a well-be-
haved, easily managed ship OF the
requisite speed when the start is made
If it develops untractable traits AFTER
that it will be because conditions arise
which cannot be foreseen or because
machinery breaks down, a contingency
which arises whenever machinery Is
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
Mr.. WeNman's DUN VieWs.

1t is interesting to note that In the
cosby discussions of the venture by
men who pretend to know nothing OF
aeronautics nor the polar regions, the
two objections most often urged are
the two which caused Mr.. Wellman
and his associates in the construction
and Quitting of the ship the most per-
plexity. The manner in which he pro-
poses to overcome one of these dangers
that from fast, adverse winds-has
been explained by Mr.. Wellman, thus:
1--WE have already explained how we
hope to make progress with our air
ship by means of our motors and
screws when the winds are favorable
in direction, and also when they are
unfavorable. but not of too great We
locity. What are we going to do when
they blow adversely and also too
strongly to permit us to advance with
the motors?
This brings us to one of the funda-
mental features of the method which
we have adopted. 1t is this:
81. With favorable winds or unfa,
vorable winds of relatively small We
locities-motor at proper speed OF
from ten to II geographical miles per
hour, with IL miles per hour as per-
haps the mean speed.
"2. With unfavorable winds of high
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27

/ BY the aid of that most marvellous
modern invention Walter Wellman,
Washington correspondent of the Chi
eago Record-Herald and noted arctic
explorer, is making a third attempt
90 reach the north pole. Of the count
less number of attempts to conquer
the elements of the far north few, if
any, have ever excited the interest of
this expedition of Mr.. Wellman and
his chosen companions.
1t is this thing of going about it in
a new way that lifts the Wellman
expedition to plane high above all
previous efforts in point of interest
that places it in class by itself. The
devices fixed upon by Mr.. Wellman
were selected because they were the
latest offerings science has made
which were available for the purposes
of the expedition
The two expeditions made by Mr..
Wellman, one in 1894 and the. other
in 1S97-9S, like those of all other ex-
plorers, we're made on the theory that
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
Showing the equi
material of the ship.

the pole could be reached by sledges
drawn by dogs. The first of these eX-
petitions was made from Spitzbergen
and the second from Franz Joseph
Land. The same obstacles encoun-
tered by other explorers were met by
Mr.. Wellman, and the trials were flu
tile. except in that they furnished the
explorer with a comprehensive knowl-
edge Of conditions both atmospheric
and by land and water. 1t was this
fund of information that suggested
the methods to be employed in the
forthcoming effort.
From an easily reached base of OPP
erations in northern Spitzbergen, lat
itude so degrees so minutes, the dis
lance to the mathematical pole is but
$50 miles, making the flight there and
return 100 geographical miles. Cal
culating the distance at 1900 miles,
there would be required but 100 hours
of airship motoring at the rate Of IL
miles an hour. SantosDumont repeat
edly had made 10 to % miles an hour
with small airships equipped with cor
respondingly small motors. The Lee
baudy ship had made rs miles an hour,
and its average speed through a long
series of flights had been above 20
miles an hour. Under all conditions in
which airship flights have been made
a speed of from IL to Is miles an hour
has been easily obtainable.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
Description of Ship.

7 A general description of the airship
is as follows:
; In length it is 164 feet. Its greatest
diameter is So feet The materials of
which the bag is made are pure rubber
and silk, with the top of the bag
perfectly smooth surface, which will
not accumulate frost, snow or sleet,
and thereby decrease the ascensional
power BY a simple device provision
has been made for the removal of snow
from the top of the ship.
The propelling power of the airship
lies in three motors, of the inner COM
bustion type and using gasoline for
fuel. The combined horsepower of
the motors is 100, although the con.
tract called for only rs. The largest
motor is 20 horsepower, and in calm
air provides a speed Of from IL to II
miles an hour. With all motors work
fng, the ship will be driven 10 miles
an hour in Gains.
The surface Of the bag measures 81
Oes square feet, and the volume is 224.-
a25 cubic feet. The hydrogen with
which the bag is inflated is made Of
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
BACK TO PULPIT.
What Food Did for a Clergyman.

A minister of Elizabethtown tells
how Grape-Nuts food brought him
back to his pulpit: "Some years ago
l had an attack of what seemed to be
La Grippe which left me in COM
plete state of collapse and l suffered
for some time with nervous prostra-
ton. My appetite failed, l lost flesh
till | was a mere skeleton, life was a
burden to me, lost interest in every
thing and almost in everybody save
my precious wife.
Then on the recommendation of
some friends l began to use Grape
Nuts food. At that time l was mis-
cradle skeleton, without appetite and
hardly able to walk across the room;
had ugly dreams at night, no DISPOSE
ton to entertain or be entertained and
began to shun society.
81 finally gave up the regular minis
try. indeed 1 could not collect my
thoughts ON any subject, and became
almost hermit. After l had been
using the Grape-Nuts food for short
time l discovered that l was taking
on new life and my appetite began to
improve; l began to sleep better and
my weight increased steadily; l had
lost some 80 pounds. but under the
new food regime l have regained al
most my former weight and have
greatly improved in every way.
81 feel that owe much to Grape
Nuts and can truly recommend the
food to all who require a powerful re-
building agent, delicious to taste and
always welcome"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. A true natural road to
regain health, or hold it. is by use
Of dish of Grape-Nuts and cream
morning and night. Or have the food
made into some of the many delicious
dishes given In the little recipe book
found In pkgs.
Ten days trial Of Grape-Nuts helps
many. There's a reason"
Look in pkgs. for copy Of the ia
nous little book, "The Road to Well
villa
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
Shelter Tents,

There is a probability Of the Aus
tralian military authorities encourage
ing the manufacture or importation
of shelter tents, as used in Japan dur
ing the late war. The tent consists
Of a waterproof sheet with hooks and
eyelets, the weight being trifling
Each Japanese soldier carries one OF
these sheets in his kit, and any num-
her of them can be laced together
the custom being for four men to
form bivouac. Arms are piled in
the usual way and the sheets are
spread over the pile weapons, afford
ing shelter from both heat and rain.
They can be utilized in many ways
fnr she1tering the soldiers
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
SOME BEDROOM DoN'Ts.

Don't lie in the same position all
night If you can help it.
Don't cover your head with the bed
clothes. Have your covers warm but
light.
Don't go to bed hungry. Eat any
light simple food that you wish If 1t
agrees with you.
Don't sleep in room that is too
cold. From SIS to 60 degrees is the
right temperature.
Don't go to bed with cold feet. but
see to it that they are warm and COM
Portable before you get in bed.
Don't fill your bedroom with bric-a-
brac and draperies, but have as little
as possible in it to catch the dust
Don't put your pillows in the sun.
as it draws the oil out of the feathers.
Sun the bed and bedding, but place the
pillows out of the sunlight in current
of air
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
Miss ANNIE HENDREN, Rocklyn,
= WaSh,, Whites:

w NllISS.
81 feel better than L have for over
four years. have taken several bottles
of Peruna and one bottle of Manalin.
81 can now do all of my work in the
house, milk the COWS, take care of the
milk, and so forth. think Peruna Is
a most wonderful medicine.
81 believe l would be in bed to-day
if had not written to you for advice.
had taken all kinds of medicine, but
none did me any good.
"Peruna has made me well and
happy girl. l can never say too much
for Peruna."
Not only women of rank and leisure
praise Peruna, but the wholesome, use
full women engaged in honest toll
would not be without DR.. Hartman's
world renowned remedy.
The Doctor has prescribed it for many
thousand women every year and he
never fails to receive multitude of let
tiers like the above, thanking him for
his advice, and especially for the won
derful benefits received from Peruna.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
ATTR ACTIONS OF THE GREAT FALLS OF THE POTOMAC"

1t is not generally known that the largest
falls east of Niagara are located in the Potomac
river, some 16 miles northwest of Washington
They are called the Great Falls of the Poto
mac" but have achieved in all their history
little more than local fame and a very small
percentage even Of the inhabitants of Washing
ton have ever witnessed their beauty The pro-
natural wonder within the view of residents and
visitors in Washington. A line has been con-
structed to the point where the noble Potomac
in a succession of rapids and falls tumbles over
a good sized hill and makes one of the most
attractive natural bits of scenery in the east.
Hitherto the Great Falls has been known
principally account of the good fishing in
their vicinity The small mouthed Potomac
black bass is found here in large quantities and
favorite fishing grounds Of some Of the noted
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
The Country's Capital.
Men and Matters of Vermont Largest lndvd
ua Owner and Dealer in Marble and GraneBeleves Future
of WahngtonSenaor from Iowa Held to Policy Of Pacicaon
and Compromise -"Getting Even"

WASHINGTON.-One of the old men OF the
senate who does not rush off Immediately upon
the adjournment of congress Is Senator Red
field Proctor, of Vermont The reason he does
not join the early exodus after congress adjourns
is that he has some of his principal business
interests in this city. No one knows how
wealthy Mr.. Proctor is, as he is as mum as
piece of his own granite or marble regarding
his personal affairs, but by inheritance and by
his own acquisition he is the largest individual
owner and dealer in marble and granite in the
world He is very fond of these two stones, and
he is gradually putting them into buildings of
considerable consequence here in Washington.
He owns many granite and marble front houses
and has just completed a very large apartment
house with glistening white marble front.
Like some of his wealthy colleagues and
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
sENAroR A111soN ANp sopR1QUEr OF npussY-FooT.n

A spirit of sadness spread over the senate in
the closing hours of the last session, because OF
the absence of William Boyd Allison, the ven
cradle senator from Iowa, and for 33 years
member of the senate. This veteran statesman
has broken very much in the past year, and it
was with the deepest sorrow that his colleagues
saw him compelled to yield the leadership on
appropriation bills to another. For many, many
years Mr.. Allison has been chairman Of the
senate committee on appropriations, and in that
position has directed the distribution of billions
of dollars. No man in the senate understood
the construction of appropriation bills and what
1t is feared that the final break has come
and that Mr.. Allison will never again be able to
assume the leadership that he has held in the
past. He was II years of age last March, and
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27


Ito
Indians
to the
enable him unearh
Then Michigan who
of Illuminating information
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his of
enemies that on the last day and night the session of the
preparation bills and other during the last hours had
printing office fell back and the most unacconabe made and
would under the old regime The president
lime usually necessary bills
worked for the of rejecting Public Printer sngs
takes of enrolling clerks the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27

sulphuric acid and iron shavings, and
165 tons of these materials. carefully
selected, were shipped to the expedi-
tons base on Danes island. The as
censional power of the inflated bag is
Is, 800 pounds. The weight of the ship
itself and its equipment and crew IS
1000 pounds, leaving approximately
5000 pounds for cargo. The gasoline
carried weighs $500, which is equal 10
a power endurance Of $50 hours mo-
toring with the 70 horsepower motor
in full operation. At the rate of from
- to Is miles an hour this means that
the airship will be able to travel l,Soo
miles in calm air, or far enough to
carry the airship from the base OF sup
plies to the pole and back and then
back to the pole again.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
HE pu.es-c PRINTER RECEIVES BLACK EYE

ington have way Of getting even with superiors
whom they do not like. With every appearance
of faithful performance of their work, they can
still so retard it and mix it up as to show a
mighty poor record for their chief and at the
same time make it very difficult for their own
movements to be discovered. The latest exhibit
ton of this method of getting even" was in
the case of Public Printer Stillings and occurred
on the last day of congress. Since Stillings was
brought to Washington and put at the head of
the public printing office, there has been great
friction between him and the subordinates in
that establishment. He was given his position
on the promise of inaugurating great reforms,
and most of his time has been spent in reorgan-
izing the force and in fighting with various
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
What the Car viii Carry.

Suspended from the bag is the car,
or basket, which contains the motors,
gasoline supply, cabins for the explor-
ers, motor sledges, scientific apparatus
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
MEN OF EXPERIENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH.

1t is regarded as something of an advan-
tage for man in the senate or house to have
had experience in the administrative branch OF
the government. The senate is right well OIL
in this regard, as there at present five ex-
cabinet officers in that body, men who have mad
to do with the administration of government and
whose practical knowledge of executive affairs
is of great benefit in the consideration OF legis-
lation. Probably the most effective of these ex-
cabinet officers is Senator Knox, who was at
torney general under the late President Nc
Kinley and under President Roosevelt. His ex-
perience in that office secured him an appoint
ment to the judiciary committee and to the
committee on interoceanic canals and privileges
and elections, where legal knowledge is of par
ticular advantage.
Tlo ,,o,orob1o Copotor TaIIar IF Colorodo
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27


of residence
Washington visitor this nehbOrhOO and with his old
gentleman
Cleveland string
rom
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27

the Mr. Proctor has had good da Oh ae IN the
made investments are
older he seems to take deeper
and une even IN
honest penny and good
many OF n estate TRANSACTIONS
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27

advanced
policy
is said that
able accomplish
earned the obruet Pussy
footed"