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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05
CUT OUT THE WORD LUCK.
Give Expert Sportsman Credit fol
Rich Hauls.

/. Rich Hauls.
Speaking of fishing, "fishermen's
luck" lucky fishermen" ETC., says the
Miami (Fla.) Record, what does it all
mean, anyhow?
To say man is lucky fisherman
is merely to admit his superiority as
a fisherman over other fishermen.
The fish are in the water; we all have
the same chance to get them, yet some
"lucky fishermen" always come home
with their fish boxes full and the 9th.
er. fellow gets nothing. In the parlance
Of the fisherman, the word "luck" real
ly means Knowledge
The lucky fisherman" you will
find. knows the rock holes where the
grouper turks; he knows the channels
in and about the patches and passes
where the amberjacke and barracuda
live; he knows how to bait his hooks
for different fish as occasion may re-
qu1re; he knows the style of hook to
use for every kind of fish; he is a
judge Of what style Of fishing to do
under certain conditions Of wind and
weather, and, above all, he is untiring
In his efforts to use all of his knowl.
edge when he is out for fish.
Last year when Gen. Shattue broke
the worlds record for catching large
number of tarpon in a few hours, 9th
er fishermen said he is $50 lucky"
1t is surely a peculiar coincidence
how "luck'' still sticks to the general
He just can not, shake It off; it sticks
to him like paper 4on the wall. All
this season the Buckeye, the generals
natty little yacht, has always returned
from her days pleasure fishing trips
with her fish box full; on days, too,
when others were wondering VIII y the
fish would not strike. The general is
fond Of outdoor exercise, and of late
has been taking couple of hours
run up the bay and back and, Incl.
dentally, catching a tarpon or two on
each trip. Just because he is lucky
and needs the exercise, and about the
easiest way for some people to get
regular exercise is to catch tarpon
every day. To do this one must be
lucky"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05

ture is to reach the geographical north
pole by an expedition framed upon the
plan of drifting across the pole with
the pack ice. Amundsen thinks this
is the only way to get there, and he
will start as soon as he has raised the
sufficient capital.
Since his return from the Gjoea ex-
petition Amundsen has received more
distinctions and marks of honor than
has ever before been bestowed upon
a scientist. King Haakon of Norway
gave him the Grand Cross Of the St..
Olaf Order. King Frederick of Dem
mark the gold medal for distinguished
service, with the royal crown, a dis
tinction given to few people. From
Emperor William he received the
Grand Cross of the German Imperial
Crown Order. From the emperor of
Austria the Grand Cross Of the Francis
Joseph Order. From the king of Italy
the Grand Cross of the Italian Crown
Order. From President Fallieres the
Commanders Cross of the Legion Of
Honor, and from the King of Belgium
the Cross of the Leopold Order
BY all these monarchs he has been
received in private audiences. and En-
peror William took particular pains to
honor Amundsep by attending his lee
ture before the geographical society at
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05
HE DEMONSTRATED.
eaggageman Showed What Woulo
'&"'> Happen to. Gripsack.

6asgageman Showed What Woulo
so Happen to. Gripsack.
The baggage handlers on the rail-
roads are justly called baggage
smashers." In Washington one day a
distinguished French visitor to this
country pointed out to one Of these
men rather frail gripsack.
rs that strong enough" he asked,
ito go in the baggage carr"
'"l'll. see" said the man. He lifted
the grip high above his head and
threw it on the platform with all his
might.
"That," he said, lis what she'll get
In Philadelphia"
He took it up again and banged it
against,;the side of car four or five
times. ~. ):
"That is what she'll get in Chicago"
he went on.
He tossed it high in the air, and on
It's descent jumped on it. This broke
the lock open, so that the contents
were scattered over the platform.
. And. that's what. she'll get in Sioux
City," he concluded. -.
You'd better take her in the Pull
man with YOU. boss" he added, gra-
cfously, ii you're going further than
Sioux City, 3:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05

try where day after day passed with
out one living person being encoun-
tered, they risked hunger and thirst,
going over little-known routes, they
battled with wolves and other wild
animals and suffered from the ex-
tremes of cold and heat.
But they were repaid, for they sue
ceeded in a quest.
1t was in search of health that they
went on this most unusual honey
moon
To-day Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson
boast Of the most perfect physical
condition, the direct result of having
cut, away from the big cities and
| breaking out in the open, next to ma
ture, where the open air converts in
valids into healthy beings, and effects
cures far beyond the ken of the most
talented specialists.
When the Dickinsons were we'd in
Ridgway, Pa, in the fall of 1905, the
prospect was not all rosy. Ill health
had the groom in it's clutch "A man
of big business interests, he had
neglected symptoms which the eau
tious would have recognized as signs
of lung trouble -,
Mrs. Dickinson suggested a honey
moon that would benefit" her .hus-
bands health. He cast aside bust
ness, cut the wires and got 50 far
away that. no: message. by telegraph
or telephone, mail or carrier stood a
chance Of reaching. him.
First the pair went to Amerilla,
Mex. This trip was made by rail in
the quickest possible way, so that Mr..
Dickinson could rest there for time,
and get strength for the strenuous ex.
periences which faced him.
Then when the groom had gathered
vigor, husband and wife set out on
their trip.
:, with alb, outfit wagon and fine team
they crossed the famous '"staked
Plains" Entirely alone, save for a
guide, the pair rode for days without
meeting a human being. $
Food and drink were difficult prob
lens on this long ride The wagon
was stocked with a. supply of canned
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05
SPEND -TWO-YEAR HONEYMOON
in BATTLE WITH ILL HEALTH.
Couple 7rauel Through Widest Country in North
American Continent Roughing 1t in Earnest.

provisions, but weeks of these and
nothing else caused yearning for
fresh meat.
This craving had to go unsatisfied
till one blissful day Mr.. Dickinson
stirred up an antelope There were
several, but all but one got away. This
one fell a victim to the husbands aim,
and afforded two days feast to the
couple.
Worse than the difficulty of getting
fresh meat was the constant trouble
of finding water.
In the midst of this long trip many
curious, some dangerous, experiences
came to them.
One night as they slept in the shad-
ow Of the dying embers of their camp
fire Mr.. Dickinson was startled by a
sound new to him, but which it is
said that even the novice recognizes
at first hearing. 1t was the bowling of
wolves. >
Steadily they drew nearer to the
camp, until their greenish eyeballs
could be seen in the surrounding
woods ..... - ,
Mr.. Dickinson wakened his wife,
and the two took refuge in the wagon,
which they surrounded with the
horses, so that the animals could be
protected from the bloodthirsty raw
ayers which drew ever nearer.
Rifle in hand, Mr.. Dickinson sat in
the front of the wagon, occasionally
firing when a too venturesome wolf
came into the open. Several times a
howl of pain told Of a bullet that had
hit it's mark. Mrs. Dickinson used a
: pistol.
1t was not until nearly dawn that
the wolves withdrew.
Still more exciting was the expert
ence with a 'Great Norther." This is
the term applied to the noted wind
storms, for which this region is fa-
nous.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05

Late in March the pair babe fare
well to the North Springs river and
went to the Pesos river. En- route
they stopped at whatever place
caught their fancy, staying days,
weeks or months. .
This journey was attended with
more than its proportion of expert.
ences. The Dickinsons encountered
alkali water, which they couldn't
drink, and only liberal supply car
ried along kept them from actual suf-
fering. -
They were caught in quicksands;
and suffered terribly at times from
the snowstorms encountered in cross
ing the mountains. Near Trinidad
they were showed in for ten days, and
got SO short Of provisions that it
would have been necessary to kill one
of the horses but for thaw which
let them continue to another station,
where they stayed for several weeks.
But fine hunting and fishing, SUM
sets and natural scenery all along the
line that would have merited being
SoAhAIiIICu W CdHp ny luS uu0SL dI.
lists in the world, was generous COM
pensation for all that the trip involved
in hardships.
Cowboys encountered from time to
time treated the voyagers royalty.
The trip ended at Fort Collins, some
forty miles from Denver, Colo Alto.
gether it took about twenty months,
and in this time Mr. Dickinson esti.
! mates that he slept in the open air
/ away from the shelter of even an avn.
: ing on all the nights save about three
months Of the time.
When he came East his old friends
!, hardly recognized him, though from
!. time to time his letters, which he
never permitted to be answered, told
of progress to the best of all, posses.
sions-health Mrs. Dickinson also
;; profted greatly. and the pair are: now
prepared to start married life With
splendid supply Of health and energy.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05
PLANS TO REACH POLE BY
DRIFTING OVER IN PACK ICE.
Capt. Road An1undsen Proposes to Gain LaureLs BY
Only Course He Relieves Possible.

The "Gjoea," pronounced in Norwe-
gian 'Youa," Is the vessel in which
Capt. Road Amundsen made his expe-
dition through the Northwest passage,
starting from the Atlantic side and af-
ter going along the north coast of
North America emerged through Ber-
ing strait into the Pacific. The vessel
is only forty-nine tons and measures
seventy-two feet in length, yet she
carried sufficient provisions to last her
crew of seven men through three
years and four months. When Amund-
sen came to Herschel island and
found a fleet of whaling vessels frozen
in, he gave them nearly 5000 pounds
Of flour and some other provisions.
With these articles he could have
bought from the Esquimaux every fur
and skin on the north coast of Alaska,
but it is characteristic of the man that
he preferred to help his fellow crea-
lures.
The Gjoea was fitted with a motor
propeller and carried thousands of
gallons of kerosene oil. She was not
specially built for this expedition, but
Is an old sealing vessel of the Norwe-
gian type, thirty-five years old. Am
undsen selected her because she cor
responded with his limited means and
with his plan of carrying a small ex-
petition. the main object of which was
to locate the north magnetic pole. He
, had made up his mind to spend
couple of years taking magnetic OBJ
servations. He reached small har-
Dor excellently suited for the purpose
situated on King William land some
100 miles due south of the real pole
area. The following summer was
warm, and open water stretched far
away toward the west, making it an
easy thing to gain and accomplish the
sailing of the Northwest passage
which for 400 years has been the
dream of the explorer; yet Roald Am
undsen never yielded to the tempta-
ton. The following summer when he
had gained possession of the scientific
facts he had been seeking he started
Westward; but conditions were not SO
favorable and it took him whole
year to make the passage, which the
year previous he could undoubtedly
have achieved in six weeks. The
Gjoea is now resting at the Mare
Island navy yard.
Amundsen's main object of the flu
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05
Costly Walls of Panama.

z =.
When the: spaniards built the city
OF Panama to be the great port OF
their Pacific. commerce they put
around it walls which they expected
to save them from raiders of all sorts
Although. these :wallsay:were built by
natives forced to work almost for
nothing, they cost, says Mr.. Forbes
Lindsay, not less than $11,0o0,oo0.
The king of Spain, the story goes,
looked YEARLY and long one day out
OF the westerly windows of his palace.
One of his ministers inquired the rea-
son for his apparent anxiety.
I am looking" said the king, ''for
those costly walls of Panama. They
ought to be visible even at this dis,
lance"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05

A two-year honeymoon and battle
with Ill health has, just been finished
In triumph by Mr.. and Mrs. E. Potter
Dickinson of Ridgway, Pa.
That period Immediately most coup
les pass in luxurious transit through
the famous show places of the world
on the finest Pullman trains and
floating palaces, this pair spent in
most heroic "roughing it,
They went through the widest
country Of the North American CONT
nent with an outfit as primitive as
those which carried the pioneers of
the early days through the primeval
West, they travelled stretches of coun-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05

Berlin, where the emperor appeared
dressed in the uniform of a Norwegian
admiral. Amundsen also was invited
to audience by the Russian car, who
dispatched his own private railway
car to take him from st. Petersburg
to the palace of Tzarko Selo.
Amundsen has also received gold
medals from the Royal Geological So
ciety of England, the Royal Norwegian
society, the Royal Danish Geographi
cal society, the Gesellschaft for Erd.
kunde at Berlin, the Royal Belgian
Geographical society, the Royal Geo
graphical Society of Antwerp, the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05
Mirage on Lake Ontario,

Persons who happened to be in tall
buildings this morning: or on any :ele.
walton where the lake was visible,
saw one of the most wonderful
mirages that have been noted in this
section in long time. From the Of.
fee tof the chamber of commerce the
mirage was plainly visible to the
naked eye, the Canadian shore looom.
ing up as if it was no farther off than
the northern limits of the city. BY the
use of field glasses the outlines of
buildings along the coast could be
seen, and those who witnessed the
phenomena all agreed that it was the
clearest mirage they had, ever seen.
Rochester Union and Advertiser.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05
The Moteo's inspirations,

! The proprietor Of large business
house bought a number of signs read
ing DO It Now and had them hung
around the office, hoping to inspire his
people with promptness and energy in
their work. In his private Office one
day soon afterwards friend asked him
how the scheme affected the staff.
We'll, not just the way thought it
would" answered the proprietor. "The
cashier skipped with $4,000, the head
bookkeeper eloped with the private
secretary, three clerks asked for an
increase In salary and the office boy
ran away to become a highwayman. y
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05

guide, who aided them to pick a shelf
cred spot and make everything fast.
On Nov. 2 the Dickinson's pulled
into Roswell, N. Mex, in a rainstorm
and mud hub-deep.
From this point the moved on to the
North Spring river. This place they
found SO nearly ideal that they camp.
ed there, spending the entire winter
hunting and fishing.
Under this kind of treatment the
husband, who had been scant of
breath, weak in appetite and all
nerves at the outset of the trip, found
himself putting on weight, eating like
horse and sleeping as though he
had never known such things as ner.
vous troubles. The lungs that had
been a cause of fear, gained in sound.
ness and no exposure seemed to have
the least i'll effect.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05

French Geological Society of Paris. the
Royal Belgian Yacht club, and silver
medals from the city of Paris, the city
of Antwerp and from the navy Of
France. This last medal has not been
given before to anybody but the great
est nautical Investigators like Column
bus, Magellan, Cabot and few others.
Several American scientific societies
also have sent him medals of honor
and elected him. to honorary member
ship. -
All these distinctions and honors
with which he has been showered
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05
Raid on Door Knockers.

An extraordinary raid has been
made upon 1870 houses at Sands End,
Eulham.
Not q knocker is left upon the door
OF any OF these premises. The ten
ants wondered why the milkman and
the postman did not knock, as usual,
and then discovered that In the early
hours the knockers hid been ripped
OF.
Thirteen streets were visited by the
gang responsible for theontrage and
Il one, road on one side every door
has lost its knocker. 5 s
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05

For three days they were windbound,
The wind blew without an instant'a
interruption, not in gusts or puffs, but
in a steady compelling current that
bent over trees, and never gave them.
selves chance to straighten UP, be-
cause it never stopped.
All that the Dickinsons had with
them would have been blown away
but for the advice and help of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05
The Toughest Wood.

What is believed to be the toughest
wood in the world has been found re-
Gently in Southwestern Australia. I'm
til these late tests were made the
yate tree was considered of no great
value but since it has been discovered
that the wood is about as strong as
cast iron, some Of it even equaling
wrought iron in strength, the price
promises to soar.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05
Pleasure Ahead.

Miss Ascum That's Miss Kadley
You surely don't want to meet her?
. Miss Peppery Yes. I should be de.
lighted. ..
Miss Ascum-But nobody really
cares for her ~s+
Miss Peppery-1 know; just want
to be introduced to her so 1 can snub
her the next time I meet her.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-05

y Almost any pretty girl can bring Out
the Stiffness in mans nature.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-09
Il Sauare Deal

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are attcSted under oath as being complete
and correct. You know just what you are
paying for aud that the ingredients are
gathered from Natures laboratory, being
selected from the most valuable native
medicinal roots found growing in our
American forest 6 mad while potent to cure
are pertectly harmless Even TO the most
delicate womeU ldchildFgnS Not drop
q alcohol eqisE into their c9RQQslf lflol.
a much -heIter agent IS used both fQr ex.
HlcLIng and -pTeSerYIng the msdlcInSl
pri1clpleS used IN thcm. yiz--DuTe frlGIc-
refined gIycerlne. This agent possesses
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cent,
Glycerine plays an important part in
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poor appetite, gnawing feeling in stom-
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Besides curing all the above distressing
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while taking tho UGolden Medical Dis
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two or three times day with DR.. Sage's
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In coughs and hoarSeness caused by bron-
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-09
DIR. G. w. VAN HALTEREN,
Osteopathic Physician

Office in Residence at second door
east Mr.. Hiteman's residence.
Official hours a. m. to p. m. ex-
cept Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Graduate American School of Oste-
opathy, Kirksville, Mo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-22
SWEPT UNDER THE ICE.
twenty-five Persons Drowned in
River Neva in Russia,

st. Petersburg. April 21.-Twenty-five
persons are believed to have been drowned
by the laundering of the river steamer
Archangelsk while she was crossing the
Neva late Saturday night.
Owing to the thickness of the weather
the accident was not seen from the shore.
but the shouts for help Of those in dis
tress attracted the crews of two steam
ers which hastily went to the scene. only,
however, to find that the Archangelsk
had foundered. A number of her passen-
gers, mostly workingmen. were rescued.
but owing TO the swiftness of the cur
rent. many others were swept under the
ice foes
There IS no means for establishing def
niteiy the number of victims The pas
sage across the river was short and no
count was made of the passengers. but.
according to the police of Okhta a sub
urb for which the steamer was bound.
thirty-one persons are missing. all work
men or small merchants of The humber
classes.
The steamer had scarcely any ballast
and when she ran sidewise on a big floe
she careened and Immediately filled and
sank The catastrophe was over inside
of three minutes. Those who were not
r.icked up Immediately sank beneath the
lev waters The wreck was located this
afternoon lying on the bottom of the river
scarcely a hundred feet from the shore.
1t was impossible for divers TO descend
owing to floating ice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-22

Congressional Junketing Party
to Visit HaWaii-Free Ride
on Transport Buford.
Washington Star.

Washington, April 1.-THE COMPRESSION
al party to visit Hawaii on the Invitation
of the territorial legislature will assem-
tle at Chicago on April &c. The members
will go to San Francisco in a special
sleeper attach ed 10 the Overland Limited
and will sail on the transport Buford
April 80. The Buford is going 10 Shang-
mai with famine relief supplies for the
Chinese. and tie war department has per-
mitted the members of congress to be
taker out on her as far as Honolulu
The party consists of Senator Samuel
II. Piles of Washington and Representa-
stives w. P. Hepburn and wife. Iowa: A.
b. Capron and wife, Rhode Island: y. T..
Hamilton and wife. Michigan: A L. Brick
and wife, Indiana; J. V. Graft and wife.
Illinois; Charles Z. Littlefield and wife.
Maine; E. f. Acheson and wife. Penn
sylvania. j. Warren keifer, Ohio; r. ID.
Cole, Ohio: Charles McGavin. illinois
w. w. Wilson, Illinois; James II. David
son, Wisconsin; George l.. Illiev ana
wife, Connecticut; Arthur l. Bates. Penn
sylvania; ID. s. Alexander and wife. New
York; Benjamin F. Howell and wife. New
Jersey; John j. Fitzgerald New York .
James p. Common ID wife Iowa: E al
lis and wife, Missouri: George W Norris
Nebraska: p. p. Campbell. Kansas: Fred
{. Stevens and wife. Minnesota. Edwin
Y. Webb, North Carolina; James No
Lachlan, California;; Wesley L. Jones and
wife, Washington. and James c. Need
ham, California.
The party Will return to San Fran
cisco early in June