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Adrift on the Polar Sea.

Darkness was falling fast, and in
desperation DR.. GTenfell decided to kill
three Of his dogs In order that their
skins might AFFORD him some warmth
and that the meat might suffice TO al
lay the hunger Of the remainder Of the
pack. already showing signs Of rest
Iessness- a hand-tO-hand struggle en-
sued with the enraged pack, the dogs
selected for slaughter lighting desper-
ateIy Tor their lives while the others.
cognizant only Of their hunger and not
understanding the proceedings. at
tackled Or. Grenfell and theIr animal
companions alike.
The hours wore on, each minute in
oreasing the lynx-eyed watchfulness
OF the pack and adding 70 its hunger
as the frantic beasts walked around
and around upon the small ice foe,
vindictively cycling its only human oc-
cupant. At intervals the enraged ami
mails would rush upon the mission
airy, only TO be TepulSed with a knife
thrust here and there, for DR.. Gran
fell. despite his benumbed condition
welded his only weapon with deadly
effect. and before the night was half
over dozen instead Of three dogs lay
dead around his feet. But the animals
were not without their victories. for
each conflict added TO the deep gashes
about the doctors body and hands.
and at times he almost fell from the
loss OF blood and exhaustion.
Frequently the dogs would tear saw
agely at the form OF some dead COM
panion, their frenzied snarls and the
cT-unchinB OF bones ringing like u
death knen in the ears of DR.. GrenfelI.
who rea lied that the struggle could
not continue in this way indefinitely.
Finally. according to the missionary
upon his rescue, the ANIMALS for some
reason became more quiet, and one by
one lay down among the dead bodies
and dropped on TO sleep. Taking up
GONE OF the hides. and wrapping them
about his body, DR.. Grenfell began
the lonely vigil for daybreak. walking
rapidly about the ice foe the entire
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particular sacrifices have been q The
nature OF trsz missionary Grenfeu-
HIS parish as IL has been called.
extends from Cape John. OF New
fcundland around Cape Norman and
into the Strait Of Belle Isle. and from
Cngaav By and Cape ChidIey. OF the
Labrador, Tar into the southwark into
the Gulf Of St. IsawrenCe-20 90 miles
OF inhospitabIe shore. The coast OF
Labrador, which. IN the number Of
miles. forms the larger part o. the
Doctors rounds. is especially forbid
ding and desolate. There is scarcely
an inviting bit OF shore the entire
length. and were II not for the Innu-
merable harbors. snUEly sheltered
from the wind there would be no nav
igating tie waters OF that region at
ell.
Summer journeys are hard enough;
winter travel is virtually an unspeaS-
able hardship, redeemed only BY the
element Of adventure, for those who
love such, IN the journeys over the
heaving zee Wrecks on the Labrador
coast are therefore common and ex-
cites but little comment Not a season
passes but that some craft Is cast
away, and such incidents are regarded
as merely the fortune OF those bray
ing those waters. It is a fortune
which DR.. Grenfeu accepts with a glad
heart ard a certain amount Of reck-
less abandon which Immediately en-
lists the admiration OF all He hest
tates AT nothing. once duty calls. and
has done deeds Of daring that the
Labrador fishermen themselves. with
their years Of experience. would not
dare undertake. he has out-saiIed the
Labrador shippers. and time and time
again has risked his life as he skins
over the miles OF waste 70 a distant
post where some one lies anx;ously
awaiting the coming OF the voluntee
physician. He has the heart and will
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The hours wore on, each
minute increasing the
Iynx-e yed watchfulness
Of the pack and adding
to its hunger as the fran
tie beasts walked around
and around upon the small
Ice foe, vindictiveIy eve
ing its only human occu-
pant.
At intervals the en-
ragged animals would rush
upon the missionary only
to be repulsed with a knife
thrust here and there. for
Dr.. GrenfeIl, despite his
beuumbed con dItIOn,
welded his only weapon
with deadly effect, and be
fore the night was half
over a dozen instead Of
three dogs lay dead around
his feet.
But the ANIMALS we're
not without their victories,
for each conflict added TO
the deep gashes about the
Doctors body and hands,
and at tilIes he almost fell
from the I5ss Of blood and
exhaustion.
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time to keep from freezing. While the
live animals slept or lay about in a
drowsy state from the cold. Dr. Gren-
fell again brought his ingenuity into
play Cutting Off the legs OF each OF
the dead dogs, he bound them together
in a long pole. using the thongs from
his boots for this purpose. Making in
this manner a pole some ten feet in
length. he tied to one end his single
handkerchief. and planting the other
end in the ice, he let fly the signal Of
distress
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ing hand OF every nan on the Labra-
cor coast. and Of none OF them more
than his own crew who share the dan
GERS with him
Dr. GreufeIIs patients are OF three
classes The '-liveyere. the Irhabitanr
II the Labrador coast and The most
wretcheG and ignorant Of them aL-
the Newfoundland "oUtpo-ter,- the
small fisherman Of the more remote
coast who depends wholly uQCl his
hook and line for sUstenaoce. and the
Newfoundland fisherman q the better
class who fishes along the coast IN
the summer season and returns 20 his
home when the snow begins % fy-
The '1iveyeres~ received their name
on account Of the unaRinlty with
which they all reply, "Oh, ay. zlr,
lives ysre. when asked the question
Although the most shiftless OF the
doctors various Datient=. they ara a.
the same time the most interesting. Fl
many respects on account o. Their
supersutIons, their come easy. 6,
easy" method Of living. and their ute
Indifference 70 everything except their
own small lives and the fishing sea
son
But every new day n that region
holds an opportunity for doing a new
good. provided one IS willing TO take
the risks instead Of dawdIing n the
harbors- Il IS HIS willingness 70 take
these risks that 1as endeared Dr.
Greufeu 10 his .snorant- uncOuth
charges, who nevertheless have the
heart sometimes 10 protest that the
physician IS too daring Already Dr.
Greufeu has lost several boats, and
recently a fisherman spoke the fears
Of hts simple kind when he, half-IOv-
Ingly. haIg-reproachfUIly said: He
drives her too hard He've a right
L do what he likes with his own life.
but he've a call Z remember that the
crew has folks L hum
Yet there Is no time for delay with
DR.. GrenfeL If he did not pass swift
ly from place to place over the bar
rem coast, meeting the dangers as they
come, his mission would be a failure
With a territory OF about 1900 miles
to make, Il IS no wonder that he drives
the little steamer at full speed. even
II the fog IS thick and the sea abOUnds
n treacherous fcebergs. He IS tho
only physician the country knows eX-
cept the hospital physician at indian
Harbor-
Thus at all times, in season and ON
OF season, GrenfelL OF the Dep-ses
mission, goes on his journeys 10 al
.Ieviate human suffering, occupying ths
dual position OF physical and spiritual
minister. He detests praise OF him
self taboCs the term martyr" ana
--.r+s IN be REGARDED simply as an
ordinary physician. but the fact re-
T7afns that he is q hero From the
worlds viewpoint his life is a most
undesirable one but II he has ever
Terretred his ISOLATION II he has ever
become DEPRESSED by the hardshIpa
and the dangers of his position. he
bas never COntided these emotions 20
any one He says that he loves the
work. that he IS HAPPY in doing good,
encoura ged by the knowledge that hs
has found some way TO help his fel-
bowman. and those who have known
Dr. Grenfeu through all the years. be-
lieve him. and are ever ready 10 nay
homage 70 one OF the most sacrificing.
useful. and noble humanitarians on
earth today.
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Rescued by Fishermen.

This move eventually proved to be
his salvation. His improy ised flag
was seen by George Reid and other
fishermen Of Locke's Cove, Hare Bay,
and putting out to sea they overlook
the doctor and effected a rescue OF
the missionary and such Of his dogs
as were still alive. DIT Grenfen told
his rescuers that he had been upon
the ice for over forty hours. suffering
from frost bites, wounds, hunger, and
thirst. Arriving at st. Anthony, the
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Sixteen Years in the North.

Sixteen years Of his life has Dr.
Grenfeu already given 10 the WORK.
He likes II, he says. and his heart
and soul are in H. He is doctor.
minister. lawgiver 10 2.eoO hardy peo-
pie. natives who never before have
known anything except heathenism.
superstition. and lawlessness. Other
men have been moved TO heroic deeds
OF various kinds, but it is doubtful
II there Is another In the world whose
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Grenfeu IN
Labrador
W1ds.
FLOAT upon an ice noe
off the lonely coast of
Labrador, beSieged on

~
~ off the lonely coast of
"A Labrador, besieged on
> every side by hunger
maddened dogs, with but a pocket
knife for protection, and a tenn
perature of ten degrees below zero
so benumbing ones desperate grasp
that even the use of this was i'm
possible!
This, in brief, tells of the horri-
bic experience through which DR..
William Grenfell, superintendent
of the Royal National Deep Sea
Mission in the frozen north, has
recently passed; an experience 50
narrowing in its details as to al
most make the blood run cold; all
though DR.. Grenfell, since conSe-
Grating his life to the Esquimaux,
has furnished to the civilized world
many a former story of privation
and hardship.
So isolated is DR.. Grenfell in his
lahorS, that only through passing
Steamboat captain, touching at St.
Johns, Newfoundland, has the
outside world learned of his latest
miraculous escape from death, and
his terrifying ordeal with a pack Of
dogs so maddened by hunger and
cold that they possessed for the
time being the ferOcity of wolves.
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- NE day last month DR.. Gren-
fell left Battle HarbOr, Lab
dor, to visit some patients
in a settlement ten miles dis
tant. travelling. as was his custom.
with a pack OF dogs across the Ice
fields DR.. Greufeu had proceeded
some distance when he discovered that
he had wandered from the coast. and
almost before he realized his predica-
ment he was up a piece OF bad ice A
moment later he had been almost i'm
psrceptibly drawn upon an area COW
cred only with drift ice and, before
he could turn. the dogs had drawn
him into the water. Realizing the
treachery Of the surrounding waters,
GrenfclI jumped for more substan-
ual block Of ice, only 10 be borne
down by his dogs. who endeavored
20 climb to safety over his back. A
struggle I'm the icy waters eusued, man
and beast alike making desperate at
tempts 70 gain a place Of safety. At
last DR.. GrenfeH clambered upon q
solid piece Of drift ice. and one by
ore his pack OF exhausted dogs fol-
lowed.
The seriousness Of his position was
not slow in dawuing upon the veteran
- many Labrador battles. With the
wind blowing a stiff gale from the
northwest and the temperature 10 de
grees below zero, the missionary knew
that II was only question Of time be-
fore he would be frozen, 50 completely
saturated was every stitch of his
clothing With great presence of mind
he took of his skin boots. cutting them
into halves and tying the pieces abou
his chest and back, the most vulner-
able spots exposed 70 the ice-laden
winds.
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DR.. GrenfeH Heard a Call.

II was 70 these waters that DR.
Grenfeu announced his intention Of go
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Tu1y s. I9nS
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NE day last month DR.. Gren-
fell left Battle HarbOr, Lab
dor, TO visit some patients
in a settlement ten miles dis
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18

And it someti wez happens that bad
boy makes good
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18
Hearst News Service.

London, September 1S.-"Japan is
preparing far war;" said an English
man prominent in business circles in
the Far East, who has just returned
from Japan.
Her preparations" he continued,
ARE far more thorough and on a great
er scale than those she made for her
conflict with Russia. The statement
that the Diet had reduced the appro-
priation for ornaments and had adopt
ed a policy of retrenchment is merely
a device to throw dust in the eyes of
the world and blind other nations to
just what Japan is doing.
"She is purchasing and ordering
ships everywhere. She is securing
coal supplies from Australia and lay
ing in arms and ammunition secretly
and in quantities that can mean but
one thing-that is war. Submarines
in numbers are being shipped from
England to the far east-even the
yards of Italy are hurrying the con-
struction of warships for the Japan
ese.
"The present ships of the Japanese
navy, reinforced by those captured
from Russia, are being put in a state
of thorough preparedness and efficien-
cy. Financial agents are theoretically
endeavoring to raise money in the
smaller European countries and thus
avoid the publicity that attends loans
secured in the big financial capitals
like London and Paris.
when l say the preparations are
greater than those made before the
Russian-Japanese war, 1 am in a posi-
tion to know what I am saying. Il
have excellent opportunities of secur-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18
NATIONS ARE
Comforting
Interparliamentary Union Opens in
Berlin to Discuss Momen-
tous Questions.
Hearst News Service. ..

Berlin, September 1S.-With the
United States, Mexico and nearly all
of the Latin-American republics of
South and Central Aferica represent
ed by distinguished delegates, the in
ternational Interparliamentary Union
began its sessions in Berlin today
Many important matters connected
with national and international law
and parliamentary procedure are Stat
ed for discussion.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18
TO LAUNCH THE
NORTH DAKOTA
Hearst News Service.

Washington, September 1S.-Re-
ports received at the navy department
state that the North Dakota, the giant
battleship now building at Fore River.
Mass, is nearing completion and will
be ready for launching within two
months. The new vessel will be sur
passed by but few in the navies of the
world and will be one of the speediest
battleships afioat.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18
AMERICA To REAP
The FIRST FRUITS
Reforms and Recommendations Of the
Congress Will Be Put Into Effect in
This Country First Day-The Lead
ing Men in Attendance.
Hearst news Service.

| @'O"S NOA Wv
Washington, September 18.-Many
distinguished physicians, sociologists
and men of prominence in other walks
of life are already in the national
capital to take part in next weeks
Worlds Congress on tuberculosis.
Every great nation of the earth will
have representation at the meeting
and will add its influence to the move
ment for a worldwide warfare on the
white plague.
Hundreds of exhibits pertaining to
the anti-tuberculosis campaign are
now being installed. Among the re-
suits that are expected to follow from
these exhibits are mentioned;
Sanitary dwellings and house furni-
ture for the working classes.
Sanitary passenger coaches.
Advanced and accurate instruction
of school children in the methods of
preventing consumption.
Eradication of tuberculosis in cat
tie.
Construction of the most advanced
sanatorium the world has ever known.
Construction of model factories and
workshops.
America will reap the first fruits of
all these advances. Physicians and
sociologists assert that, through this
congress and as a direct result of the
prize competitions, the fight for the
eradication of consumption in this
country will be advanced many years.
The prizes that are offered will pit
nations, municipalities and individ-
uals against each other. They will
develop utilities that will protect the
healthy, heal the sick, decrease the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18

A snapshot of the biggest airship the
world has ever seen, and its inventor
Caunt Zeppelin, of Germany, who
claims to have solved the problem of
aerial navigation. The airship was
tried on Tuesday, June 16, in the pres
ence of the German Kaiser and the
King of Furtenburg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18
JAP IS PREP AIRING
FOR PROLONGED WAR

ing, in Japan, as much information as
1t is possible for any European to OBJ
tain, and that Japan is bending all
her energies and resources to the idea
of war with somebody | have not the
slightest doubt.
VINO Is she preparing to wage war
with is a puzzling question. Some say
America; others say China; while
another opinion, and one that finds
strong support in the Far East, is that
she is endeavoring to arouse the en-
tire Asiatic world against white domin-
ance and to accomplish it's overthrow.
There are many who see in the I'M
rest and potential mutinous condition
of India, the work of Japan, but wheth-
er such is the case am not prepared
to say.
81 have talked with many Japanese
prominent in official life, who made no
concealment of their disdain for the
American fleet. They have not the
slightest doubt that they could wipe
1t off the seas as easily as they did the
Russian fleet. The only fleet the Jap
anese fear is England's, and yet do
not think that Japan in her conceit
would be afraid to give battle with
England If occasion demanded. The
Japanese reason that England's fear OF
Germany would prevent her dispatch
ing her entire feet to Asiatic waters
and leaving her own shores unprotect-i
ed.
Japan is expecting war, she is pre-
pairing for it, but with whom-that is
the question. When left Toxic war
was in the atmosphere"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18
GREAT TUBERCULOSIS
congress til HAVE ALL
nations REPRESENTED

nations death rate and add to the
national wealth.
AS this congress will eclipse all
others of its kind ever held anywhere,
SO does the list of prizes surpass in
value and in wisdom of selection those
offered by previous congresses. Es-
pecially evident is the regard for the
health and strength of the nations
working men and their families.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18
LINCOLN-DOUGLASS
DEBATE RECALLED

Charleston, ILL.,, September 49,
With patriotic program of addresses
and music the people of Charleston
and vicinity today celebrated the
of the famous debate
of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A.
Douglas in this city on September IS,
1858.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18

Six good solicitors. ladies or gentle
men, can earn Dig money working for
the Hattiesburg News. Most attrac-
tive premium proposition ever offered
by Mississippi newspaper. Call for
the circulation manager at the Daily
News Office.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18
SOLICITORS WANTED.

Six good solicitors, ladies or gentle
men, can earn big money working for
the Hattiesburg News. Most attrac.
tive premium proposition ever offered
by a Mississippi newspaper. Call for
the circulation manager at the Daily
News Office.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-18

When man gives his wife present
that costs $40 it's a safe bet that it
Will be worth $25 when she tells
about it.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-03
Chinese REVOLT
CAUSING ALARM

PEKIN, April Wholesale ar
rests are being made in an effort
to check the anti-governInent moysa
ment, which has followed the SETH
ment of the 1atsu Maru incident.
Revolutionary leaders were prompt
to avail themselves of China's final
surrender to Japan as an excuse for
fomenting popular discomfort with
the Sowardice of the country's rulers.
They have succeeded so well that
all the more important cities are hot
beds of enforcement sentimeno
and several provinces are on the
verge of revolt, not to mention those
where rebellion has been chronic for
months.
An especially alarming feature OF
the situation is the number of rich
and prominent Chinese who are en-
listed in the revolutionary movement.
Numbers of these have fed from
their homes to districts where the
government is already SO weak that
they feel themselves safe from arrest.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-03

stand comparison with any other
camp in the west.
Building is progressing RAPIDLY;
town lots are bringing good prices
modernly-equipped two-story ho-
tel is nearing completion; police and
fire regulations are in force, and the
general tone of the camp is one of
settled confidence in the future of
the district.
Four of the Jumbo claims were
sold last week for $4,000 to Colonel
Charles A. Foster of the Quartette
Mining company of Searchlight, New.
and the increase of the working force
on these claims had given a decided
and substantial impetus to the work
ings of the entire district.
Telephones are installed, daily mail
comes in and goes out, and with the
Introduction Of capital and the con-
tinued development of existing pros
poets 1t is certain now that Hart will
take permanent and prominent
rIace among the successful mining
districts of the country. Goldfield
News.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-03
RAILROADS gain
POINT IN MISSOURI

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. April o.
Judge Smith Mcpherson in the feder-
al court here today decided that he
has full Jurisdiction over both the
maximum freight ana the two-cent
passenger fare cases in Missouri. In
other words. he holds in favor OF
the railroads and against the state
on the question of the jurisdiction.
Last year the legislature passed
the two-cent law and minimum
freight law reducing exchange for
the rates about 25 per cent. All Of
the mainline railroads in Missouri
joined in an application for an in
junction last June to prevent the
state officials from enforcing thi
laws.
Meantime truce was arranged be
tween the railroads and the attor
rcy general under which the roads
were to put the two-cent law in force
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-03
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
THE MINES AND RAILROAD EXPANSION.

who possible activity
basis of what the railroads doing should
sake
the railroads general suffered
Several of the larger lines postpone
expansion until such time both financial and trans
solid foundation Now that
being placed for rails and equipment we are
mnemakng the west
the principal factors in determn
ing extension old lines and the
bufdng of
existence between the sill
of mining
There probably time in
history the Relationship between the precious and
pronounced
the railways link this
of agricultural following the making
of
shnery business
mining will perhaps remain
of relationship
mining projects whoesaing
of the rail-
also a growth in the mercantile helds
population presented by the
Looking not
Among the princi
Farview Won
of Other
definite hand
residents of districts
might be checked transtory
the majority these the growth steady and the popua
fixed this all lines of business
While is that the majority OF the
generally
materially the population
districts has
we'll from foreign states al
with mining conditions freely
section point to in
that have been thriving for
bid fair endure for
districts this
which
ocated.-Mining Record.