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Amador ledger., 1909-11-12
ESKIMO BELLIES ON THE JOHN X. onADLEY.

driver. The combined freight was as
follows: Pemmican. 805 pounds: musk
OK tenderloin, 30 pounds; todnu. 20
pounds; tea. . pounds: coffee. pound;
sugar. % pounds; condensed milk. 40
poun1S; milk biscuits, 60 pounds; pea
soup. powdered and compressed, 10
pounds; surprises. pounds; petro-
leum. 40 pounds; wood alcohol. .
pounds; candles. 8 pounds; matches,
pound.
The Camp Equipment.
The camp equipment included the
following articles: Que blow fire lamp
(Jeueh, . aluminium pals. 3 Alumni
um cups. 3 aluminium teaspoons. ta-
blespoOn. 3 tin plates. q pocketknives,
butcher knives no inchesI. saw
knife (13 inchesl, long knife (15 inch
es,. rifle tSharpeI. rifle Winchester,
~. 1iO cartridges. hatchet. Alpine
ak. extra line and lashings. 3 personal
bags.
The sled equipment was sleds
weighing 80 pounds each, II foot fold
ing canvas boat. "a pounds; silk tent,
canvas sled covers. > sleeping bags
(reindeer skim. floor furs, extra wood
for sled repairs. screws, nails and riv-
cts.
The instruments were as follows.
Three compasses. l sextant l artificial
horizon (glaSSI, l pedometer. 3 pocket
chrOnometPrs. ! watch, charts. map
making material and instruments.
thermometers. ! anproid barometer, l
camera and films. notebooks and pen
ellis.
The personal bags contained four ex-
ira pairs of kamiks. with fur stockings.
wooden shirt. three pairs of sealskin
mlttens. two pairs of fur mittens. a
piece of blanket. a sealskin coat (net-
shal. IL repair kit for mending clothing
aud dog harness. ira fox tails.
On the march we wore snow goggles.
blue fox coats (iapitahsI birdskin
shirts. wooden dra wers, bearskin pants,
kamiks and hareskin stockings. We
fastened a band of fox tails under the
knee and about the waist.
Helping the Advance.
On the morning of March Is prepara-
tions were made TO divide the party,
The advance must be helped over the
rough ice of the pack edge, and for
this purpose Koolootlngwah and Inu
! gito were selected. The other six Es'
kimos prepared to return. One sled
was left with the cache to insure a
good vehicle for our return in case the
Two sleds were badly broken en- route.
I A half gale was blowing into Nan
sen sound from the northwest. but this
did not Interfere with the starting OF
those home going Esklmos, With
abundant game for the return th3y re-
qulred little but ammunition t. sup
| ply their wants.
When the word was given TO start
the dogs were gathered and the sleds
Amador ledger., 1909-11-12

was at its lowest. there was little wind.
and with an abundance of fresh meat
and also fat for fuel the life in the
snow house proved fairly comfortable.
The ice in Eureka and Nansen
sounds proved fairly smooth. and long
marches were made. With an abun-
dance of ga me-musk oxen. bears and
hares-we found it quite unnecessary
TO use the supplies taken from Green
land. Caches of food and ammunition
were left along Heiberg island for the
return.
Willing Savage Hands.
Thus we managed to keep in game
trails and i'll excellent fighting trim to
the end of known lands. Camping in
the chill OF the frownlng cliffs of the
northernmost coast (SvartevogI. we
looked out over the heavy ice of the
polar seas through eyes which had
been hardened to the worst of polar
environments.
There was at hand an abundance of
supplies. with willing savage hands
and a superabundance of brute force
tainty of action over the unknown re-
gions beyond | resolved to reduce the
force to the smallest numbers con
Sistent with the execution of the prob
lem in hand.
We had Travelled nearly 400 miles in
twenty-eight days. There remained Il
line of $40 miles of unknOwable trOu-
BILE TO be overcome before our goal
could be reached For this final task
we were provided with every conceiv
able device TO ease this hard lot; but.
in addition TO IL rduced party. l now
definitely resolved to simplify the en-
tire equipment At Svartevog a big
cache was made. In this cache fresh
meat. todnu, pemmican and much 9th
er food, together with all discarded
articles of equipment were left.
In the northward advance every
factor of the dog train had been care
fully watched and studied TO provide
perfect working force for the rinal
reach over the polar sea. Etukishuk
and Ahwelah. two young Eskimos,
each twenty years old. had been chosen
as best fitted to be my sole complh-
ions in the long run of destiny. Twen-
ty-six dogs were picked and upon two
sleds were loaded all our needs for a
stay of eighty days.
All For Progress.
10 have increased this party would
not have enabled us to carry supplies
for a greater number Of days. The
sleds might have been loaded more
heavily, but this would reduce the i'm
portant progress Of the first days.
With the character of Ice which we
had before us advance stations were
impossible. A large expedition and a
heavy equipment seemed imprLdent.
We must win or lose in a prolonged
effort at high pressure, and therefore
Amador ledger., 1909-11-12

T1ARLY in January Of nos the
~ campaign opened. A few sleds
H were sent to the American
shores 10 explore route aud
TO advance supplies.
Clouds and storms made the moon
light days dark. and therefore these
advance expeditions were only partly
successful.
On Feb. ~ 1908. the main expedi-
tion started for the pole. Eleven men.
driving 103 dogs and moving I heav-
lily loaded SlcdS. left the Greenland
shore and pushed westward over The
troublesome ice of Smith sound to
Cape Sabine.
The gl,~.m of the long winter night
was but little relieved by few hours
Of daylight. aud the temperature was
very low.
Eighty three Degrees Below
= Passing through a valley between
EIlesmere Land and Grnnel Land
from the head of Flagler bay, in cross
ing TO he Pacific slopes, the tempera-
ture fell to S3 degrees f. below zero.
In Baj ford many musk oxen were
secured. and, though the winter frost
Amador ledger., 1909-11-12
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TheConqueSt
BY DR.. FREDERICK A. COOK

Copyright. 1909. by the New York
Herald Company. Registered In
Canada In Accordance With Copy
right Act. Copyright In Mex
leo Under Laws Of the Republic
Of Mexico. All Rights Reserved
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20
Love OverComeS Oath of Blood
o"e "'9"' h'oer RISKS His Life to Protect a GirI-Another Shot
by Her Hand Reforms and Quits the Terrible
Tennessee Brotherhood.

Out Of the antitrust tobacco war.
"lth It's arson, its as~sassinations. it's
terrible blood oaths," it's pitiless de
%struction of property, now comes a
The central figure in this
tragic love story is a pretty nineteen
year-old girl in Stewart county, Tenn.
Squire kimery is a prominent man
Ill his community. He is a justice of
the peace, an important office in rural
localities, and owns rich farms where
tobacco is the principal crop. He also
speculates in tobacco and is consid-
cred n of the shrewdest and best
Informed judges Of that great staple
to be found in a days journey. He
has accumulated fat stores of this
worlds goods and is looked up to by
the people resident round about him.
The fair Miss Kinda. his daughter,
Is o famous beauty and countryside
belle, a self reliant, black haired flow
or of the great outdoors, who can ride
a wild horse. dance a quadrille and
hit a mark with astonishing accuracy
with her trusty revolver or rife.
The Night Riders made a demand
upon Squire Kimery to sign a pledge
that he would plant no tobacco this
year and that he would not sell or per-
NIT to be sold the crop produced last
season. but the brave old squire re-
fused to be coerced.
So a band of these masked men,
hent On inticting punishment on the
squire and all sworn by the blood
OATH" mounted their horses n night
recently and cantered in meaningful
silence to the Kimery homestead. Their
hoofs clattered into the yard. Their
horses neighed IS they shifted the
corr and oats in the farmyard barns.
The door of the house was thrown
open. and Il radiant vision faced the
Night Riders. a girl. slender. supple as
a willow sapling, a shawl drawn
around her shapely shoulders. a Ian
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

much for him. With the ~quickness of
cats they sprang at him from all sides.
wrestling the revolvers from his hands,
The leader knocked the pistol from the
girls hand.
Now bind them BOTH" he command
ed, land proceed with the work we
have to do"
The Night Riders nbeyed. The knight
~ champion of the girl and the girl
herself were tied hand and foot with
stout ropes, helpless lockers on TO-
while the band hacked at the door with
axes. But the prisoner Night Rider had
a friend in the band.
This friend in need cut the cords that
bound the girl. Her revolver still Law
on the floor. She seized it and fired
one shot point blank at the leader.
Until her revolver spoke none of the
Night Riders, busy with their task of
forcing an entrance to the house, had
observed that she was free.
The leader fell in a heap at her shot
His followers drew back in dismay.
Quickly the girl took the knife from the
hand of her OWL rescuer and severed
the bonds of the man who first had
been her champion. He sprang to his
feet.
"Come on, boys" he shouted; let's
get out Of this"
The Night Riders leaped into their
saddles and galloped away, leaving the
girl alone with the wounded captain.
She unlocked the battered door and
dragged the half conscious man inside,
placing him in her own bed.
She lighted a lamp and removed the
Night Riders mask. She staggered
back, almost in a faint. The white,
blood stained face on the pillow was
that of a la who had saved her life.
Day was now breaking. She made
known to her family what had hap
pened. Both her father and mother
were ill. A servant was sent for q
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

Il don't believe in ghosts" said the
veteran, "nor nothin' like that, but I
do believe in-well, what shall l call
it?-hlck. There's certain gamblin'
combinations In which there's millions
O. chances agin their happenin', and
yet they have happened. They say
lightnin' don't strike twice in the same
place. I kin show you out in Mulligan
county an old oak that's been struck
to my knowledge three times.
"The curiestest thing that ever hap
pened in my experience was when we
was fghtin' around Atlanta. Some
Georgia troops come so near the tenn
porary breastworks we'd throwed up
that when they went back they left
several dead right under our noses.
One of 'em had on a good felt hat.
The reason l noticed it was because
my hat had become unserviceable, and
I couldn't get another In the regular
way. Besides, it vas rainin'. l was
startin' to go out and git the dead
mans hat when l sor Bill Struthers
of u company jump down on t'other
side of the breastworks, pick up the
hat and put it on his head. But he
took it off ag'in to wipe out the blood,
for the Johnny had been shot through
it In the head. Struthers swabbed it
with the sleeve of his coat and put it
back on to his head.
"There was more or less fghtin' that
day, and we in the breastworks gen
orally laid low, cause onct in awhile a
stray shot would come along u way
Struthers was shown his hat to some
Of the boys, not seemin' to Keel about
his head bein' above the parapet. He
took the hat off and poked his finger
through the bullet hole in it, then put
it on ag'in. he hadn't more'n got it
on when he pitched forward. They
picked him up and found another bull.
let hole in the hat close beside the one
he'd been a-showin' 'em. The bullet
had made a hole in Struthers' head.
well, Jim O'Keefe of Company G
next on u left, was wearin' a cap \
cap out in the rain is the. Mo'st sort o
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

tern in one hand. shedding it's rays on
her pretty white face, and the other
hand thrust into her bosom.
"What do you want?" she asked.
There was no tremor in her voice. Her
hands We're steady as iron.
I'VE want your father" replied the
leader. I'VE have come to punish him
for his refusal to join u association
and free this community from the grip
of the trust. If he does not come forth
voluntarily l will order my men to
break in the door, drag him out and
fog him. He must have fifty lashes
before we leave this place."
By the light of the lantern the Night
Riders caught a glimpse Of a steely
look in the girls dark eyes.
81 will kill the first man who at
tempts to enter this house. where my
father lies ill.," she said. And as she
spoke the hand in her bosom was with
drawn. Its fingers were gripped around
the handle of a revolver. She leveled
the weapon at the Night Rider chief
tain.
AS she spoke one of the invaders
spurred his horse and advanced with
one bound to a point between his chief
and the girl.
STAND back" he cried. IF any
man lays a hand on a member of this
| family he will have to walk over my
dead body. By the eternal, you've got
| to stand back"
The Night Riders were dumfounded.
Remember your oath, my lad" the
leader cried. His voice quivered with
passion. There was more than the in
dignation of a Right Rider chieftain de-
fed pulsating in his heart. He, too,
loved the girl who SO bravely defended
her home and father. The leader lift
ed his riding whip with a threatening
gesture. The other man drew himself
to his full height and shook his fist.
"Now. | swear another oath" ne
cried. 81 swear that the father of this
girl shall not be touched"
The leader blew a signal whistle
The Night Riders closed in. The mar
who had sworn "a new oath" leape(
from his horse. sprang to the girls
side. whipped out two revolvers ant
braced himself against the door.
But the other Night Riders were too
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20
Chamberlain's Liniment.

This is a new preparation and a good
one. 1t is especially valuable as IA cure
for chronic and muscular rheumatism,
and for relief from pain which it affords
in acute infiammatory rheumatism.
Those who have used it have invariably
spoken ofitin the highest terms of praise.
Lame back, lame shoulder and stiff neck
are due to rheumatism of the muscles,
usually brought Oh by exposure to cold
or damp, and are quickly cured by ap-
plying this liniment freely and m~assaging
the affected parts. Soreness OF the
muscles, whether induced by violent
exercise or injury, is allayed by this lini.
ment. Forsale by A. Abbo tt & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20
By ANDREW C. EWING

headgear, for when it gifts soaked u
stiddy stream runs right down q mans
backbone. O'keefe he pressed the
hat into his WI special service. My
hat was nothin' more'n q stovepipe
without the tother end stopped up
and ketchin' all the rain there was. 1
was feelin' sorry that l hadn't got
ahead of Bill Struthers, the mar that
first got the hat, when l saw O'keefe
throw up his hands and tumble In Il
heap. l run up to him, and what do
you think! There was q third hole in
the hat and a bullet through O'Keefe's
brain.
"Countin' the Johnny, this made three
men that had lost their lives wearin'
that hat. l was just goin' to pick it
up n throw away my stovepipe when
l remembered this and stopped. 1t was
rainin' harder every minute, and the
hat would be a fine perfection. Barrin'
the bullet holes it was sound every
where. Howsomever, l didn't like
maxim the fourth nan to repose my
weary limbs on Confederate soil, and
concluded to let the hat alone. l sor
n or two men pick it up. look it over,
throw down their own hats and goin'
to put it ON when l hailed 'em and
told 'em that three men had been killed
weartn' of it. Mostly they dropped it
like a hot coal. but purity soon a lieu.
tenant of Company B come along. He
hadn't any head coverin' at all. He'd
been on the skirmish line and been
driven in in a hurry-such a big hurry
that he'd dropnsd his hat and didn't
calc'late to stopito pick it up.
GAS soon as he sor the hat l was
talkin' about lynn on the ground he
made Il dive for it. l called out to him
Lieutenant, don't wear that hat says
L. What's the matter with it| says
he. There's three men been sho'
a-wearin' it, WE'LL he says, if it has
been struck three times there's a thou
sand chances to one it won't be strucl
ag'in-not just now, anyway And h
clapped it on his head.
"Now. that's Just the way these meI
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20
Whooping Cough.

This is a more dangerous disease than
is generally presumed. 1t will be a sur
prise to many to learn that more deaths
result from it than from scarlet fever.
Pneumonia often results from it. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy has been used
in many epidemics OF whooplng cough,
and always with the best results.
Delbert Mckeig of Harlan, Iowa. says
Dit: "My boy took whooping cough
when nine months old. He had it in the
winter. l got a bottle OF Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy which proved good. l
cannot recommend it too highly For
sale by A. Abbott & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

doctor to attend the Night Rider, but
no physician in the vicinity would
come. Then the girl went herself.
She brought back a doctor.
The physician restored the wound
ed man to consciousness, and the pal
lid Night Rider looked up at the girl
who had shot him. There was a faint
smile on his bloodless lips. There was
a tender light in his dark eyes. 1t was
the light of love.
News Of what had happened spread
throughout the county. A mob of anti
association tobacco growers was form
ed to lynch the wounded man. Then
they learned of the love affair, and
the mob %disbanded. This is the way
the facts were learned first:
What is your interest in that law
breaker?" Squire Kimery asked his
daughter.
Only that he is a Night Rider" she
answered, land they are fighting the
peoples battle, though you did not
sign the pledge of the association. ia
ther."
NO, your interest is deeper than
that said the father, who vas be-
ginning to comprehend.
Yes" cried the girl %defiantly, this
man whom l shot saved my life last
summer. l was at a house party at
the Elbows, and Il day when we
were boating on the Cumberland river
our boat capsized. would have
drowned had not this young man swum
with me to shore. l him my life.
Now he loves me and wants to marry
me-"
WELL" said old Squire Kimery
gently, for he is very fond of his
beautiful daughter, Eve won't prose.
cute him, and he shall have the best
treatment and the kindest nursing my
household q give him.
And the wounded leader, now thor.
oughly under the influence of his love
issued the proclamation to his band to
give up the night. rides and recall the
oath all had sworn.
81 wonder, now. which n shell,
marry" the people said to one anoth
err when they met, "the man she sho,
or the fellow who took her part whel
the Night Riders wanted to break into
the house?"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20
AN UNLUCKY HAT

who make up systems to beat gamblin'
banks git fooled. Howsomever, it's
mighty good reaSonin' all the same.
It's good reasonin' and it's bad reason
in. There's some would argy that the
hat was fated, Others that the spirit Of
the original Confederate owner had
swore that no cussed Yankee should
wear it. I don't believe in any Of
these superstitions. There's only n
thing I do believe in-luck; list luck
and nothin' else.
"About this time of day the firm
got purity hot. The bullets was singin'
| gayly jist IS if it was lots O. fun to
| plug a Yankee, some of 'em cuttin' the
twigs of the %overhangin' branches
spiteful. l sor the lieutenant with the
hat on-the hat l was tellin' you about
-standin' on the breastwork tryin' to
git his men out to make a charge
they bein' short O ammunition jist
thin, l believe-when student I saw
him collapse.
"His comrades picked him up, and I
poke his finger through four different
bullet holes in the crown.
"Well, by this time 1t was pretty
we'll understood that the hat had q
streak of bad luck in 1t. 1t lay on the
ground, and not a nan would touch
it. A good hat gittin' q wide berth
with men all about wantin' it! 1t
want superstition. No one could argy
that there was any more chance of git
49, 1.L - = 4Io,, -, -~, @l~ 1@A
and yit no man dared wear it. I've
thought about it often since and won
dered what that thing we call luck is,
anyway. i don't believe the biggest
science man that ever lived would "a
dared. after seein' what l seen, to take
UP that hat and Wear it same IS he
had been wearin' his wn.
"Cur'us, amt it,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20
a Black Light.

G. W. Foster of Ottawa asks us if
we have ever seen a black light. He
says he saw it in South Africa. a most
curious meteorological phenomenon.
He was sitting over a campfire when
he saw a black light his pipe. He also
says that there is a sign over q cigar
store in Ottawa which looks original.
1t runs:
Don't let cigars get the best of you,
but get the best of cigars here, for we
retail Havanas and would like 2
G U B A customer Of ours."-London
Scraps.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

When a girl begins to call a a by
his first name it generally indicates
that she has designs on his last.-Lip-
pincott's.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

For a burn or scald apply Chamber
lain's Salve. 1t will aIlay the pain
almost instantly and quickly heal the
injured parts. For sale by A. Alb,
Co. DOtt &
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

If You expect to get the original Car
bolized Witch Hazel Salve, you must be
sure it is neWitt's Carbolized Witch
Hazel Salve. 1t is good for cuts, burns
and bruises. and is especially good for
piles. Refuse substitutes. Sold by w.
A. Ferguson & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

A.. f. g. "A. M.-Lebanon Lodge holds regular
communications at the Masonic Temple on the
j. KELLAND, w. NJ.
j. a. Balm, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

"Consistency's Il jewel"
THAT'S all right, but you can't work
1t off on any girl instead of n diamond
ring."-EXchange.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the fam
GUS little liver pills, small, gentle and
sure. Sold by w. A. Feguson & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

LODGEOF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES No. 8
holds regular communications ON the first and
third Thursdays of each month at the Masonic
Aemple
ROBERT Work, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

o.. E. S.-Langdon Temple holds regular com.
munications on the first and third Tuesdays OF
MRS. MCCiRUER, MRS. r. WORK, w. NJ.
Sec'y, 8. G. KERR, W.P.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

G.. o. f. No. soS-St. Alphonsus Court, meets
on the first and third Wednesdays OF each
month in their hall over the Mooney sf .
Bank. JOHN SHEEHAN' Y. n.
JOS g. ScH1LL, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

M. w. A,-Langdon Camp, No. 1880 meets in
the Woodman hall the second and fourth
oA VIM. A. LAWN v. G.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

1. o. o. F.-Meets every Tuesday night in
hall over Ferguson Restaurant.
w. l.. DRURY, N. g..
P. E.. aoERTz, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

M. B.. A.-Modern Brotherhood of America
meets in the Opera House Hall on the first and
third Wednesday of each month.
w. A. FERGUSON, President.
GEO. f. DUNN1aAN, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

ALDERMEN.
First Ward Morris Orton. Jas. Brosnahan
Second Ward........J. j. Mahoney R. 7. Burke
Third Ward ......A. r. Marshall, Chas. Haugh
SCHOOL BOARD.
Members of Board of Education-John
Mahon Chas. Hunter, w. B. Dickson, u j.
Fox, j. j. Mahoney.
Treasurer. .....J. milne
Clerk ....J. III. Irua4
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20
R COURT

Associate Justices +. Engerud, C. ]. Fisk
John Carmody and E S. Ellsworth.
Clerk of Supreme Court .........R D, Hoskins
Reporter Of Supreme Court...."....F. w. Ames