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The Greenville times., 1909-09-04

This base OF supplies. known Camp
WeliGan," is located on Danes Island,
SpltZbergen, an uninhabited and unclaimed
country, Here is huge steel framework
- feet high and more than 200 feet In
length. securely anchored and braced to
withstand the seYerest Artic blasts. 1t
is but necessary to spread an acre of sail
cloth over this skeleton structure and
there is provided n balloon house that Is
adequate for all practical purposes.
Machine shops and other incidental struc-
tures are nil in place, having been con
stTuctei during the past few years
grouped within Il stones throw of that
rugged monument which marks the spot
from which Audree set out that tragic
Erst attempt to reach the Pole by the
aerial route. This balloon station and the
oirship itself We're provided by the invest
Iuent of the Chicago capitalists who
lacked Mr.. We1lman's aerial project at
the outset but the whole installation was
this year turned over to the explorer as
a gift and his present quest is made With
his own funds supplemented by the con-
trihutions of several men who are am
bilious that an American shall beat ex-
plorers OF all other nationalities to the
Pole.
While. as has been explained, WeIlman
has headquarters ready to hand in the
Arctic the airship must be transported
from Paris where it has been since the
last attempt ut Poiar cruise, aud
variety of other equipment must be as
scnbIed For. one thing, 4 complete new
gasmakipg plant is to be installed to pro
vide lifting power for the gigantic bal
loom This new hydrogen plant Involves
the transportation 10 Danes Island of no
tons of sulphuric acid and 10 tons of iron
shavings. This paraphernaHa, the airshin
and finally Mr.. Wellman and the mem
hers Of his party are being transferred
from Tromso, North Norway, TO Danes
Island, by the motor ship Arctic, which
-. aave to make several of these ferry
trims ere everything Is assembled at the
base OF supplies
This motor ship Arctic which is playjns
So important q part in Mr.. Wellman's 5
present preparations is herself an object
Of no mean interest She was launched
only this past spring and is a three
masted schooner Of 430 tons burden, built
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Hths fron Finland. buried for centuries
in deep swamns. They are crowned with
capitals Of bronze and support the enor-
NOUS beam ef frieze formed of six
polished blocks. But the cupoia is the
crowning glory to all .tlis spiendor II
Is made of copper and overiald with gold
that glitters like the sun on mountain.
The Russian capital II most attractive
on a pleasant summer evening. The
scene presented by the Exchange, the
university buildings. the Academy of
Arts. the Corps de Cadets and the Acad-
eIny OF Sciences. surrounded as they are
with weltkept greensWard and splendid
flower beds present inviting appear
ance The river is lined with sailing
craft Of nearly every descI !qt4lu. devoted
To pleasure II has several Gne steam
yachts when are used by members Of
the club for making trips Up the gulf
On summers evening us one sits on
the bslcony Of the English club or strolls
up the quay. listening TO the band in the
garden Of the Summer Palace, the swift
moving passengers In their gayly trimmed
barks make q pretty sight against the
splendid buildings and giIded spires OF
the churches.
Not all the beauty. Of st. Petersburg
| lies in this one island. The city is In a
delta and is surrounded by q whole chain
Of islands. The widest and least In
habited is Neva, visited principally by
seals and wolves. Then there are the
Volny Islands, the TrukEtanoh Islands
| and some others. These are swampy and
| overgrown with birch and scarcely known
| by name 10 many Russians. They contain
magazines and are used for powder and
other stores. The most in nteresting Of these
| are the Gardens Islands, which at one
time were covered with scrubs. but Alex
ander and Nicholas saw in them poss bill
ties for raising flowers, and they have
| gradually been transformed into splendid
| islands. YeIag gin belongs almost exclusive
/ ly to the court 1t is occupied by chateau
| and beautiful gardens. The court live here
/ In the spring and early summer. whcu
] the gardens blaze with brilliant coiops-
The houses are certainly modest looking.
! The most Interesting feataVe Is thRt they
| are built on rae oauk of The rivers allt
| In different styles Of architecture; one
| Gothic. n second Italian and third
| Chinese. The hothouses are wonderfully
/ supplied with cut and exotic plants and
| the peasants cottages are hlled with
l splendid window boxes
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on either side give soliditv, while long
river. The space before the building is
decorated with two immense columns.
, supporting the prows OF ships cast In
netal and erected 10 the memory of Mer-
cary. The building Is OF immense proper
tioas and took Il years TO build The
great hall is lighted from above, while
al either end and on both sides are spaces
IN tie forms CT arcades. There is an
altar at one end. and a light is always
kept burning for the plous merchants,
WHO offer, uD q prayer before they COM
Tlrnce the undertakings of the day.
The Hermitage Museum is veritable
treasure prison; there Is a large picture
easlery one OF fhe finest and most ceie-
hrsted in Europe. The collection in
elndes q large number Of Dutch cottages
sueai as Van &c Nicer and ostada painted.
Tkc gallery is equally rich in the old
italian and French masters. A most in
tarestlag part os the collection are the
treasures that were once housed at Mai
naaision. When the Emperor Alexander
Eas IN Paris he visited the divorced con
s3es of Napoleon. who spoke of the prop
! effs that remained 10 her and TIE inse
siiritv o. the possession. 70 protect il
tialil If eoaid BE- reclaimed Emperor Alex
ag5er bought the treasures and took them
10 tpssia .,s,....s
'fsfs rou1diing Hospital Is another OF
the public institutions OF which the peo-
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Institution of permanent headquarters,

Institution of permanent headquarters
With a working base provided, the
Arctic aeronaut and his aids went north
ward the following year, the summer Of
1907. filed with hope that they could
make their impatiently awaited dash for
the Pole. However, unEindly fate vetoed
the project by providing weather condi-
ucDs which no aerial craft could combat
This was particularly discOuragi giug be
cause Wellman knew that business en-
gogements would keep him in the United
States during the summer OF 1908 and
the weather handicap Of 1907 meant that
the project must be put off until 1909.
However, a brief respite in the gales of
1907 did permit Wellman to make 4 90
mile voyage in his airship that Ciinched
his faith in the flyer and has made him
all the more confident of the outcome this
year IL he but has reasonable weather
conditions - something more auspicious
than the terrific summer of 1907
In speaking of his unique project, just
before setting out for the North, Mr..
Nellman said: THE object of our pro-
posed aerial cruise IS not merely 10 reach
the Pole. but also TO gain knowledge OF
the uneEplored region lying about 1t.
If the America were simply pass over
this unknown area the observations rs
to land or water masses, ice conditions,
the weather characteristics of the region
etc would. l think, be of immepse value
We believe that our aiTship, with its
ability TO motor more than 1000 miles on
the supply of fuel we shall carry has ai
least fair chance to navigate from our
headquarters directly to the Pole.
''The distance from our headquarters to
the Pole is 7l5 statute miles. Once at the
Pole We should be able TO go with the
most favorable wind toward any part
Of the land which surrounds the Arctic
Sea. The greatest distance from the
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senate and synod: before 1t stands the
colossal equestrian statue Of Peter the
Great To the south of the Admiralty
the most important part of the city is
seen, the BCshar Stcrma Greater Side.
Towards he west lies the Rasilius Island
with the large splendid exchange. the iiR-
portaut Academy of Sciences and the
university.
The city is divided into four large df-
visions separated by the Great and Lit
tie Neva aud by the Great Nefka. The
great sids includes the court. the no
hility and nearly half the population.
Here many of the best streets and some
Of the bandsomest residences are seen.
The streets are broad and well paved.
Here are spacious and weii-buiit houses,
while beyond are succession of mag
uidcent palaces. This need not sound
strange. as there are No European cities
having so many princes and palaces. Even
the dwellings of the poor have SNOWY
magnidceuce about them. Everything IS
built on a gigantic scale 1t is not nn-
usual TO find a house occupied by 900
families. but they are not built high. two
! stories being the average. height. Buisd-
ing a home IN this city is usually IN ex-
nensiye affair The driving OF the stakes
alone often costs hundreds of dollars
But the palaces of the princes and no.
bility are usually beautiful as the
other homes are plain and Gnattractfye.
Here found richly hand-earved far
niture, splendid jade and rnaiachite vases.
There is so much OF everything that 1t Is
really overpowering The royal palaces
are large and furnished at great cost.
The Annitsehon palace is inhabited more
BY the present Imperial family than fna
Taurfde palace. The former stands 'son
the grea. Pr'pektin, the aeighborhood OF
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80 HE traveller to whom st. Peters
burg is unknown. inagines the
81 city as ancient, picturesque and
~ irregular. But II IL laid out
regularly as many American
cities. 1t Is an ancient city, dressed
In guise 1t is situated aloug the
Neva. with many modern buildings and
parks on the one side, churches and old
buildings on the other.
The location OF the city is not attrac-
tive: Ii is built on several islands in the
delta The ground is so low in many
places that the buildings huve to be
raised on piles This norass was changed
tnte splendid city 10y Peter the Great.
who was insistant that he was going 70
train himself sand his people 10 fond
ness for the sea As child be had been
frightened by the sudden rushing OF
cascade, and for years he could not see
water without trembling and fear. When
he was grown he said. ~ shall build st.
Petersburg here without bridges that our
people may be constantly on the waters
OF the Neya, crossing ard recrossing.
Since this time the city has grown
and expanded greatly and bridges are a
necessity The ST. Nicholas is large
massive stone structure built on huge
granite piers. Three other bridges are
large floating structures which span the
river in the summer, but are removed as
soon as the river Is frozen.
On one side Of the river are many
pleasant summer homes aud cottages sur
rounded by beautiful Towering gardens-
On the other side are the barracks and
the poorer part of the city
Most of the public buildings are placed
In public square. so they are seen with
nttie difficulty. At one end is the large
The Greenville times., 1909-09-04

the koGtanka. and closes the oriUiaag
originally busit bv Elizs6eIh. some yea-s
ago II was bought a. one Il the Euter-
ors abodes. II is haDdsoa2ely buiise
though il has no historic significance
4 part OF the court ire d3susIF Aega n
residence. ana Il Is here that the ts
peror holds many Of his rlass 5tapovs ane
copucils rhose who saw the NInJer
Palace before fae Are recall the fsass ef
wealth fevoured hy the c2raa#Fs fion. -
six hours priceless fagniFeaer aflaAeaEs
and rare pictures vere desrE1sed-
Tlis Her1nitatsa Is TIE Sau $oae8 of -.
Petersburg. This was built uy Catherine
and used fer her retre a. after Hsr Hors
and that OF her eouriierS was daae fsT
the day. This palace is surrounded By
beautiful sha de Iores IS. refreshed By fonn-
tains and pleasant grottoes. On eooi
days concerts aud theatric.sls wee given
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IT2ILHc27 81 [LEp HLINa|

q. ONE fine day In August. if present
o. plans DO not miscarry, Walter Well
man. Que of the most persistent of
e. American Arctic explorers. will set ont
for the North Pole in airship. This
is by no means his first attempt to reach
the apex Of our planet. In 1891 and again
in 1895 he invaded the frozen North, and,
whereas. he ala not get within sight Of
the Pole. he did discover new lands and
otherwise contribute to the worlds knOwl-
edge of this region. Both Of these ex-
ploring expeditions Were. however. con
Quoted on the regulation pl8n-tA1t is,
by means of staunch vessels that could
defy the ice aud supplemented by the
dog tennis which are well-uigh iudispen-
sable to exploration in the Arctic
WelIman was not very strongly Inn
pressed by the project of the ill-fated
Andree tor reaching tn" Pole in an ord1-
nary free balloon OF the spherical type.
which must obviously be AT the mercy Of
the winds, but from the time that the
dIrigible or steerable balloon first proved
lis practicabiity TOR long flights he was
imbued with am ambition TO trek north
ward Via the aerial route-the one untried
pathway to the Pole, and the one which
1t seemed might be free from the obsta-
cies which have rendered battling the
other highways during all these years of
polar campaigning. It was in the year
1905 that WeUmau first formulated def
Hlttiy III l4S iuiAa HIS NAIlHG S'Aciht Loh
cruising to the North Pole in an airShip
and sending back the news Of his victory
by means of that other twentieth century
innovation. wireless teleGraphy.
Practical work began at once and the
following season, the summer Of 1896 saw
the Arctic aiuShip America a reality. and
a balioon-house- with the necessary fnCT-
dental repair shops, etc, established far
within the Arctic Circle and at a point as
near to the Pole as it was practicable to
establish permanent human habitation.
Al first tt was hoped that Hight for the
Pole could be arranged that summer, bnt
II was soon seen that everything was 50
new and untried that the entire .'open
season" of two and 0 hall months must
be given over to preparations and the
The Greenville times., 1909-09-04

Years ago Japan saw the need Of pre-
serving her forests. and at the present
time that country is supplying much
timber TO America, more especially to the
various railroad companies, which have
had difficulty in obtaining certain kinds
of timbers needed in the construction OF
railway coaches
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
Big Tips For Little Favors.

at is surprising" said a veteran
Pullman porter, how big tip a por-
ter sometimes gets for doing a very
little thing" He added:
passenger once tipped me extra
because he said / did not leave his
sheestrings coiled up inside his shoes
after l had BACKED them. He said
nothing lise.s .tz.l z..,e...s- t s..., ..se
on his shoes In hurry in a sleeper
only to find that he had to take them
of again because the sheestrings were
inside. Ever since that time I have
been careful not to leave shoesKings
inside Of the 1hoes 1 black, and more
than one passenger has thanked me for
being thoughtful. But it wasn't me
that did the thinking. The tip did that
for me, and I never forgot tiles
lies Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
Worked 1t Off.

Just what may happen to man who
isn't strictly honest was illustrated on
a street car a few days ago. A man
handed the conductor a dollar and
asked for a strip of tickets. He re-
cefved his five tickets, and then the
conductor fumbIed around for change
and managed to make mistake"
He handed the man two half dollars
instead Of rs cents. The man put
away the money without saying a
word and in couple of minutes work
ed his way to the front of the car and
got off. Say, conductor" said an in
terested observer. did you know you
didn't give that man the right
changer The conductor smiled com
placently. 'That's all right he said
eff he'd been honest and returned that
bad half dollar I'd have given him
good quarter for it. I've been trying
to get rid of that piece of money for a
week. ] guess he deserved to get
stung."-Philadelphi Record.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
Look for the
Signs and
Red Flags

ing vicious springs when closely APP
preached: the eapyhara. cayy seon-
tented with the bulk of the Sheep the
huge coypu rat and the swarthy tapir
are frequently seen. Along the forest
margins troops of peccaries are often
met with. occasionally the jaguar.
sometimes the puma: likewise that
toothless curiosity the great ant bear,
long in claw. long nosed and remark
ably long tongued. Very plentiful, too.
are those little knights in scaly ar
NOR" the quaint. waddling armada
loes. Long toed jacanas pace about
upon the floating leaves. A familiar
object is the great jabiru. stork with
preference for the desolate lagoons,
where it may often be observed statu-
esque on one leg and wrapped in pro-
Spection.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
n.esstfui Appearances Appearances.

A remarkable experience once befell
Mark Twain in Australia. which. he
said. dsteFmined him never again to
Judge By apFs1z :. 11cSs- Re E.11 5us,
landed at an Australian port, and, to
his chagrin, there was no porter in
sight to carry his luggage. Seeing a
rough locking, badly dressed old fell
low leaning idly against post with
his hands in his pockets, the author
beckoned to him and said:
"See here, if you'll carry these bags
up to the hotel I'll give you half a
dollar
The man scowled darkly, and, tax
ing three or four golden sovereigns
from his pocket, he deliberately threw
them into the sea. scowled at Mark
Twain again and walked away with
out word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
In the Right Direction.

Bishop Bloomfield was one of the
many witty Englishmen whose good
things have found their way into
volume of "reminiscences, Leaves
From the Notebooks of Lady Dorothy
Nevill"
Bishop Bloomfield was led into a con-
troyersy one time with a learned man
as to the mental superiority of the
east over the west, and his opponent
as parting shot said:
''Well, at any rate. you can't dispute
that the wise men came from the
east"
Surely that was the wisest thing
they could dol" retorted the bishop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
sHAkEsPEaRE's TOMB.
It's Would Be Decorators and the
.sssNs Poets Impreeation.

Its Would Be Decorators and the
Poets Impreeation.
The fact that would be Decorators of
risk the falling of the curse invoked in
the lines cut upon his tomb is strik-
Ing testimony to the powerful effect
upon mankind of such an imprecation
q. Halliwell- Phillips, writing in
the eighties, said:
TThe nearest approach to an excava-
don In the grave of Shakespeare was
made In the summer of the year 1876
IN digging q vault in the immediate To-
c1lity, when an opening appeared
which was presumed to indicate the
remains. The most scrupulous care,
however, was taken not to disturb the
neighboring earth in the slightest de
gree. the clerk having been placed
there tn the brickwork of the adjoin-
s&ag 49, NW csmHIdted to prevent
my one Mzkins an examination. No
relics whatever were visible through
The amAn opening that thus presented
khe< ro1n4 NAT In . vault the great
Probability n that dust alone remains.
= y not manT years since phalanx
- trouble tpmbs, lanterns and spades
b hand assembled In the chaneei at
Had q signs intent On diseiseyiuE the
Bdaemn Injunction that the bones of
Ehakespeage were not to be disturbed.
But the supphcatory lines prevailed.
There Weae some among the number
Who a< the lAst moment refused to in
Bur the warning condemnation, and so
the design was happily abandoned"
A Correspondent Of the London Athe-
naeum wrote In 1881: 81 remember on
vintt to the grave Of Shakespeare in
t6zT OK 1828 remarking that it was lit
De 0editable to the authorities that
the raised covering to the tomb should
have been allowed to fall into such de-
ray, for I could see into the grave
through the hole formed by the sinking
u the stones The reply was that, -on
account OF the anathema inscribed upon
he tomb no workmen could be per-
Buaded to NEEDLE with it,"
An earlier incident is thus set forth
by = contributor to the Monthly Mag
lzine Of Feb. 1, 1913:
Notwithstanding the anathema pro-
nounced by the bard on any disturber
Of his bones, the church wardens were
70 negligent few years ago as to
suffer the sexton in digging the adj
Joining grave of DR.. Davenport to
break a large cavity into the tomb of
shakespeare. Mr. - told the writer
that he was excited by curiosity to
push his head and shoulders through
he cavity, that he saw the remains of
the bard and that he could easily have
brought away his skull, but was de-
terred by the curse which the poet in
roked on any one who disturbed his
remains"
The attempt at later day. to med
lie with the tomb had no more effec-
dive ending.-New York Tribune
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
Boil, Tainted.

you are in the employ of that mil
honaire up on the hill. aren't you|
snapped the sharp faced woman who
ran the butter ard egg shop.
Yes, ma'am." responded the man in
the white apron, and | want two
pounds of butter for my masters ia
BILE. He said he'd send to town after
it, only the roads are so bad"
He did. Ell? Well. we are not par
ticular about his trade. Did you tell
him said his money was tainted?"
Indeed, l did,
"And what did he Say?''
s'Said so was your blamed old but
ter."-Chicago News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
A Fixed Law.

"You are positive this happened on
Tuesday," demanded counsel
81 am" said the witness.
'.Sure it was Tuesday?'
"YeS."
''Why not Thursday or FridayT'
Because we had chicken that day.
Chicken day is Tuesday where l
board."-Louisville Courier-J ournal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
Not ACTING.

Actor-An the newspapers say my
representation of Caesar last night was
absolutely real. Rival-Perhaps that's
so. Everybody I've met says 1t GER
tainly wasn't acting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
A Futile Boast.

Love me and the world is mine,' he
said.
whats the use of saying that?" she
replied. I've been loving you for
weeks and you haven't even succeeded
in getting a good job.''-Chicago Rec
ord-Heraid
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
The Cooks DecIension

The cook picked up an egg She
looked at it doubtfully.
Its bad" she said.
She dropped it.
tits worseP' she hastily added.-Ex-
change.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30

Preserve your just relations to other
men Their misconduct does not affect
your duties.-Epictetus
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
South American Animals.

Many curious animals haunt the
narshy parts of South America north
u the pampas- Frogs big and Zero
aous (the cera tephyrsl. given to maxi
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30

Marriage is a lottery in which men
stake their liberty and women their
NOTWITHSTANDING. de Rieux