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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17
only whIte Man at pOIe. sac Peary.

Only White Man al Pole, Says Peary'
Battle Harbor. Labrador Sept b.
The steamer Roosevelt with Com
mander Peary aboard is still here To
a correspondent Peafy said;
81 am the only white man who has
ever reached the North Pole and / am
prepared 10 prove it at the proper
time. have already stated publicly
that Cook has not been 10 the pole.
This | reahirm and ! will stand by IL.
but decline TO discuss the details Of
the matter These will come ont later.
I have said that DR.. Cooks statement
that he had reached the pole should
not be taken seriously and that have
him nailed by concrete proofs 20 sup
port my statement In six months you
probably will get the whole story. II
would not be policy for me TO enter
upon a full debate with the subject as
Il now stands To do go ! would be
giving out much information Of which
other uses could be made. intend 10
wait until Dr. Cook has issued his full
authorized statements Up to the pres
ent time there have been only newspa-
per accounts Of Dr. Cooks alleged
polar trip. and those may or may not
be accurate. When Dr. Cook has time
to issue complete authorized version
of bis journey will be the proper op-
portunity for me to make public the
which I have. After that
he jury-in other words. the people
Ind the scientific bodies Of the world
will pass judgment on the matter and
here will then be nothing left Of DR..
looks case but his own assertions
hat he has reached the North Pole. In
he meanwhile it is my determination
lot to deal with debates for the reae
ons already stated"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17
HARDSHIPS AND DANGER
Fought Their Way Over Frozen
Arctic Desert.
EXPEDITION COST ONE LIFE

copyrighted. 1903 by the New York
Times Publishing Company
Battle Harbor. Labrador, Sept. O.
The steamer Roosevelt. bearing the
North Pole expedition of the Peary
Arctic club parted company with the
Erik and steamed out OF Etah Ford
late in the afternoon Of Aug. is. 1908,
setting the usual course for Cape Sa-
bine. The weather was dirty, with
fresh southerly winds. We had on
board twenty-five Eskmos men. seven
teen women and ten children, 226 dogs
and some forty-odd walrus."
Peary tells of the difficulty in forcing
his ship, the Roosevelt, through the
ehoked channels and foe-covered bays
before he reached the open polar sea.
over which he was to travel 70 the goal
by sledge once he was forced back.
and twice the Roosevelt grounded. Con.
tinuing, he says
Finally on Sept. .. we squeezed
around Cape Union and made fast in
shallow niche in the ice. but after
some hours We made another short
run 10 Black Cape. and hung on TO a
grounded Bit of ice. At last, a little
after midnight Of Sept 3. we passed
through extremely heavy running ice
into stream OF open water. rounded
Cape Rawson and passed Cape Sheri.
dan We steamed up TO the end OF It.
and IL appeared practicable at first 10
reach Porter bay near Cape Joseph
Henley. But the outlook being unsat.
isfactOry. ] went back and put the
Roosevelt into the only opening in the
foe. being barred close 10 the mouth
of the Sheridan river. a little north OF
our position three years prior. The
work of discharging the ship was
commenced at once and rushed &c
completion. The supplies and equip
ment we sledged across ice and sea
and deposited on shore. A house and /
workshop were built of board. covered /
with sails and fitted with stoves. and
the ship was snug for the winter IN /
shOal water, where she touched bot .
tom al low tide This settlement on
the stormy shores of the Arctic ocean .
was christened Hubbardville
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17
Ice Grinding Audlbly.

The ice was grinding audibly in
every direction, but no motion was
visible Evidently it was settling back
into equilibrium and probably sagging
due northward with it's release from
the wind pressure.
Again there was a few hours stop.
and We hit the trail before midnight.
The weather and going were even bet
ter The surface, except as interrupt
ed by infrequent ridges. was as level
as the glacial fringe from Hecla to
Columbia and harder.
we marched something over ten
hours. the dogs being often on the trot.
and made twenty miles Near the end
Of the march We rushed across a lead
100 yards wide. which buckled under
our sledges and finally broke as the
last sledge left II.
we stopped in sight Of the seth
parallel. in a temperature Of 40 de-
grees below. Again a scant sleep and
we were on our way once more and
across the seth parallel
we made twenty-five miles or more.
the air. the sky, and the bitter wind
burning the face till II cracked. II
was like the great Interior ice cap Of
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17

Russia now admits Jews to the health
resorts Of the Caucasus. The car
should also make Russia more HEALTHY
for his Jewish subjects who have to
stay at home.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17

/ The Young Turks started hanging
the sultan's agents in the counter in
surrection Of April 10 with the prompt
ness Of border lynchers. But punish
ment Of the authors Of the massacres
In Asia Minor, where only Christians
were victims, is suspiciously slow and
feeble.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17

1t would help take the curse off
our record in 'the century Of dishon-
or" to erect a worthy monument to
the American Indian.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17

Weston obeyed the maxim, THE
more haste the less speed" and at the
end of 1000 miles was in as good con-
dition as when the walk began.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17

AS beer tax is taken out Of the con-
sumer's glasses. that end Of the tariff
is clearly a local issue. The dry belt
would escape.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17
Ice Begins 10 Move.

"On leaving this camp the expedi-
tion comprised sixteen men. twelve
sledges and hundred dogs. The next
march was satisfactory as regards dis
lance and character Of going. In the
latter part there were pronounced
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17

Having doubts in the premises, tariff
revisers consistently put umbrellas and
parasols up.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17
Hunting Parties Sent Out.

Hunting parties were sent out on
Sept 10 and a bear was brought in
on the 18th and some deer a day OF
two later"
Peary says many side trips were
made for the purpose of exploring the
land, and frequent trips with supplies
were made TO Cape Columbia. from
which Peary intended to depart on his
long run 10 the pole
II was Peary's plan to send out ad
vance parties to clear the way and es
tablish stations. Captain Bartlett. OF
the Roosevelt was in command of the
first party TO get away. This was on
March ! of the present year. A short
time later second division made It's
departure. and an hour after that
Peary followed. Continuing. he SAYS:
The party now comprised seven
members Of the expedition. seventeen
Eskimos. 1873 dogs and nineteen
sledges One Eskimo and seven dogs
had gone 20 pieces.
"A strong easterly wind. driffine
snow. and temperature In the minus
marked orr departure from the camr
at Cape Columbia. which had chris.
tened Crane City Rough ice in the
first march damaged several sledges
and smashed two beyond repair. the
teams going back to Columbia for 9th.
er sledges in reserve there.
We camped ten miles from Crane
City. The easterly wind and low tenn
perature continued In the second
march we passed the British record
made by Markham in May. 1876
s22o-and We're stopped by open wa.
ter, which had been formed by the /
wind after Bartlett passed. In this .
march we negotiated the lead and /
cached Bartlett's third camp. Borup
lad gone back from here. but missed
us way owing 10 the faulting OF the
rail by the movement of the ice.
Marvin came back also for more
uel and alcohol. The wind continued
orming open water all about us. At
he end Of the fourth march we came
pom Bartlett, who had been stopped
y wide lake Of open water. We re-
lained here from March TO II.
"On the 14th we got free of the leads
nd came on decent going While we
ERE making camp courier from
larvin came and informed me he was
q the march in the rear The tenn
nr firo unn % hnlorr
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17

Mothers day" comes around often,
begins early and ends late.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17
Some Fast Travelling.

Continuing his story Peary says:
AT a little after midnight Of April
/. after a few hours of sound sleep. !
hit the trail. leaving the others to
break up camp ami follow. As climb
ed the pressure ridge back of our
igloos / set another hole in my belt
the third since / started. Every man
and dog Of MS was lean and hat-bellled
as a board, and as hard.
90 set a good pace FOR about ten
hours. Twenty-Five miles took me well
yond the SSth parallel
"A few hours sleep and we were on
the trail again. As the going was now
practically horizontal we we're unham-
pered and could travel as long as we
pleased and sleep as little "a we
wished We had made twenty miles
in ten hours and were half way to the
seth parallel
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17
Creamery Swing Churn.
As'''. Il b. Barrow d Co

TREDwAY, VA, May p, 1909
.e,. IL . Barrow CO.
O Creamery mu il is he
10 in town
had right experience churng. /
ien though had churn hours now
DID, churn in minutes, besides there nothing
just what nice churn should he. think every
During pounds
my other chum did during the length
-i Wishes
Your friend,
Mrs. W. 4. SOUTHALL.
a. will have this publ she'd the Farmylle
interest of its readers especially those II
Arizona republican., 1909-06-10

"Where does it lead?" asked Steele, excitedly.
 Gendinnng thought moment.
 "It leads" he answered. "to the Deer Run Road and" He stopped suddenly and look of great fear flashed across his face My Goal" he cried, the bridge over the Lovers Leap ravine is downl"
 Steele waited to hear Plunging his spurs into the dusty Hanks of his horse he was of.
 He knew the Deer Run Road. It was a narrow, winding path that through the mountains and its nearest point was the Lovers Leap ravne But it two miles away-such two milesl They were rough, full of rock and hale and tangled trees and matted or six miles through the woods would lead her on and on to the Deer Run Road and the brdgeless ravine- and death
 It would be long ride for her But it was long time since he had left her It was dark and she might have ridden slowly But then, again. as the road was open, she might not Steel felt his heart shrivel with chill of fear He must get there frst-he mast!
 There The cry of an owl came eerily through the dense darkness sinking fox parked rancousy from ravne filed with such solid blackness that it seemed almost as though he might safely drive his horse upon it.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-10

She did not reply.
 "I suppose that it s too quite useless to ask you to forgive me-" he sad tentatively; and his voice. though low and firm held in it a note of petition.
 Do you think that you deserve forgveness?" she asked, coldly.
 He was silent for a moment.
 "No," he replied, "and yes" - "What do you mean1"
 "'No' because of what have been," he explained. "And 'yes, because of what I will be, and because" he kesitated ttle and then finished firmly because love you" 4racseer ., -S.s..,e asse.,&sss3 Again the red flush of anger famed on her cheek That is unworthy and conemptibe" she cried, turn ing upon him her dark eyes filled with scorn.
 "It is true" he returned simply
 She turned toward him. her dark eyes flashing
 "I shall ride home alone, she said, coldy-so coldy that his heart told him how useless would be protest q have already arranged to take the morning train back to New York" she continued And shall be grateful if you will permit to avoid you until then" She turned her mare and rode slowly back along the leafstrewn path while lie watched her until she lost among the dark tree-trunks.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-10

that was not at all of amusement-"it was he who had tired of me" There was pause. After moment she went on: "I suppose that it was cowardly of me to allow him to bear my ignomny but he did it without my consent or knowledge; and for to deny it then would only have been to resurrect and cause gossip so permitted bm to sacrifice himself"
 Steele was looking straight ahead, with square, set chin and softened eyes
 Her voice was colder as she continued:
 "I read your letter, and, it not the honorable thing to do-even though it not wilfully done-I felt that I must make reparation far lay in my power It is not that care one bit what you may think or may have thought but just that you may learn of another mans nobility and possibly find for yourself lesson in judging people when you know nothing of them"
 There was another pause broken only by slow-pound ing hoois.
 At length Steele took his eyes from the dun road
 Did you love Remington" he asked turning his gaze upon her His glance was so strong so compelling, that almost before she realized, she replied:
 At first I thought that I dd.' She spoke as one from the mis;s of thought
Arizona republican., 1909-06-10

Suddenly, she raised her eyes to his and drew herself up haughtily angrily
 "What right have you to question me?" she de- manded, coldly.
 The right of man who wishes to know the thing that means most to him" he answered clearly
 The red flush of anger mounted her cheeks and she struck the little smartly with her crop With bound the chestnut answered. and darted quickly down the mape-lned road and the big black gathering him self, gaoped heavily in pursuit.
 They to fallen log. Lightly the chestnut leaped. And then again she refined in her mount and the black bringing its burden to her side stopped.
 The man looked down upon the flushed face, with its parted lips and glowing eyes.
 l suppose" he said, quietly "that any apology that l might make would be utterly useless"
 "Quite" she flashed, interrupting.
 But shall tell you, nevertheless, he continued, needing that I am far sorrier for what have done, and been than you know; and that think less of myself than you think of me"
Arizona republican., 1909-06-10

It was dark when he reached the Lodge for he had ridden far and hard and there were threats of storm in the air. They were all waiting for him on the veranda-a nervous, excited group.
 "Where have you been?" demanded Glendinning; and then, Steele appeared alone from the darkness, he cried, excitedly, "Why, where's Barbara?"
 The bent figure on the black horse strengthened sud denly, while an awful fear clutched at his heart.
 Isn't she here?" There was infinite alarm and con- sternation in his voice
 Why, mol" was the surprised response. She went with you and wessupposed of course you'd return gether."
 "Oh, she must be lost-or killed" cried Clare Glen dinning hystericay. "Oh what shall we do?"
 How far along the path you?" asked Glen dinning
 "A couple of miles, reckon" answered Steele
 "Then she must have taken the wrong fork" cried Gendinnng Don't you remember? The path divides at an acute angle about mile from the main road One who didn't know the country could easily go wrong.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-10
@ Po,7e1 6me,You R>owue

T have than two things to tell you" he turned, just frankly.
 She did not heed " In the first place." she went on, idly rubbing the chestnuts mane with the loop of her crop read part of your letter requesting that you might not be placed next me at dinner the night you came; it was in book that had and l saw my unintentonally-and read before realized what I doing"
 She paused moment her eyes resting upon squir- rel that was chatterng and chutterng excedy them from the limb of huge maple.
 And then" she continued, still strokng the mane of her mare with the leather loop wish tell you of Mir Remington and myself"
 He raised protesting hand No, mo- he said "I It is none of my business"
 Again she did not heed him. It was not I who broke the engagement" she said, at length, in low voice. It was he. But as he is more of gentleman than are most men, he took the burden of it all upon himself and let be known that who had tired of him; while in reality" she smiled little-a smile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.
tFrom the Atchison Clio

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Most men are lazy on payday.
Women do not speak very highly
of store mince meat.
Every one is patient to a sick man,
If assured he will die soon.
Hope is believing that some stranger
will saw your wood while you sit in
the shade.
trouble with his wife as to how much
he should eat.
AS rule, within four or five weeks
after bride comes to town, her kin
begin to drop in.
When man loses. he says he just
plays for amusement" But he isn't
amused; he is mad.
What is there more hopeless look
ing than a church social before the
patrons have begun to arrive?
When a young man dies, you hear
of at least five girls he intended to
marry, and who were greatly shocked
by his death.
Every woman regards the confess
sion of q young man that he is striving
to be a better man as equivalent to a
proposal.
The larger a son grows, the more
the father appears to shrink. 1t seems
that there must be just so much ma
terial in the family.
Getting whipped when a boy hurts.
but it doesn't hurt half as much as the
wearing out process that he expert
ences when he is old.
1t occasionally happens that a man
tries to be nice to every one, through
a desire to make a better showing of
friends than his enemy.
If man will take a frank look at
his past foolishness, he will at once
go out and spread himself as a door
mat before his own front door.
About o'clock on Sunday after
noon, most of the women say to their
a
And the men answer contemptuously:
sSN-a-wf''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
AYHlWKER JOTy

| Here's a word of warning from the
Marquette Tribune: ''If keeping UP APP
pearances will run you into debt, cut
! out the appearances before your cred
| itors cut you out"
w. G. Palmer announces that there
are only two men in the world who
| know there's a better place than Kan
sas. One is the preacher and the other
| is the land agent.
IA little worry is a good tonic,' re-
marks the Minneapolis Messenger and
| it does not forget to add that you
| ought to have a big bottle Of confidence
on the shelf, too"
Charlie Blakesley is responsible for
the comforting information that SO far
as known there are no Japanies spies
state militia is now assembled.
A Chanute merchant advertised:
Celery on iZe,' and a. great many peo-
pie stepped in to kid" him on the mis-
spelling He sold each kidder bunch
of celery. 1t looks as though the Joke
was not on the grocer.
A Kansas farmer who had a hard
time finding harvest hands this sum-
mer declares that the only way to get
young men interested nowadays would
and print the records on the sporting
page alongside the baseball news
Concordia Kansan.
J. NJ. Satterthwaite in the Douglass
Tribune: 1.-The city of Kingman is
written up and beautifully illustrated in
the Kansas Magazine for August. On
the South Minnesota, where Kingman
is located, the writer killed buffalo,
shot at wolves, saw wild horses, etc,
in 1872. The buffalo were fat enough
for beef on the New York market, and
there were millions of Theoretically
numberless herds as far as the eye
could reach to the west. north and
SOUTH
A Colby young man does his court
ing on the front porch and rather close
ings ago the old man overheard the
young fellow declare that he would
rather hear the sweet young thing
chew gum than to hear the Tennessee
Jubilee Singers. There was a rustic
and stumble in the old mans bed
room and the young man turned the
corner Of the woodshed just in time tt
escape the bootjack that the old mar
threw.-Colby Free Press.
There is no doubt that the hot wealth
er has demoralizing effect upon the
children of men, and especially upon
editors. and there ought to be a law
compelling them to take vacation
during the dog days. The hot weather
crouch is apparent in nearly all the
state papers nowadays. Everybody
feel ugly, and cranky, and quarrelsome.
Writers who usually belong to the Sun
shine club are Querulous and savage,
and say things they wouldn't think of
saying in cool weather. A vacation
doesn't do a man much good physically,
as general thing, but there is no
doubt that it is tonic for his mental
works, if he has any, and after a lay
off he is likely to take a saner view OF
things and people. Therefore editors
should be required to lose themselves III
the deep tangled wildwood for a fort
night or a month when they begin to
feel and write like SO many cross-cut
Saws.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
FAKE HoMEsrEADERs.

according to the registrar of the
government land office at Dodge City
quite number of persons who have
entered lands as homesteads in south
western Kansas are going to wake up
some morning in the near future to
find themselves without any title to
such lands. To perfect his rights to
property of this sort a homesteader is
required to live continuously on the
land he enters for definite length of
time. But many people have taken up
land and then returned to their old
homes and their customary work with
the expectations of holding the home
stead granted to them until their title
to the property becomes clear. Then
they would sell the land and realize a
handsome monetary profit. without,
practically, the turning of hand.
Southwestern Kansas is not the only
locality in the country where this sort
of business has been attempted, and
with success on many occasions. SINH
lar transactions have been INDUCED in
wherever government lands have been
homesteaded. But it is matter
which should not be permitted to
maintain. And government officials
are showing a proper spirit of activity
in searching out this fraudulent home
stealing, as they are now doing in
southwestern Kansas, and depriving
the people of any right to the lands
which they are attempting to acquire
by deceit. They should also be pun
ished, if possible, for attempting to
perpetrate such frauds.
Certainly no man is entitled to
valuable government land for a mere
nothing, almost, if he has no intention
of using it for the purposes of a home
and the means of livelihood, which
will help in the needed development of
the localities where such land is stu
ated. 1t is anything but fair that a
few men should be permitted to pre-
empt land simply for the purpose of
getting title to it without any effort
and then sell it for tidy sum of
money. 1t gives them a decided adj
vantage in the race for life over other
men which they should not be allowed
t. enjoy.