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Elliott's
EmuISified Oil Liniment

is not a prescription of specialist, but
an emulsion OF kerosene oil, spirits tur-
pentine, origanum. ether and ammonia.
By a machinery process the oil globules
are broken up into minute PARTICLES and
rendered very penetrating, being quickly
absorbed. 1t is as fine a formula for
man or beast as medicine can produce.
Every bottle sold on a guarantee. 1t is
put up in half-pint bottles (yellow
PACKAGE, 25c.
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Rydale's
Cough Elixir

The prescription for Rydale's Cough
Elixir was secured in western North
Carolina near Asheville, where so many
persons with lung trouble go. 1t will
not and can not cure consumption, but
for coughs, colds and bronchial troubles
it never fails to benefit or cure. II it
does not you get your money back.
Two sizes, 25c and SOC
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Estate Of Sheldon H. r. ckwood
CTATE OF VERMONT.

CIAIE Of V EhMONl, Inc Honor
- District of Bennington, IS. ( able Probate
Court for the District aforesaid 90
To all persons interested in the estate of Shell
don II. lockwood, late of Bennington in said
District deceased. GREETING:
WHEREAS. said Court has assigned the
4th day Of May next for examining and al
lowing the account of Nettie L. lockwood,
Executrix of the estate of said deceased, and
for n decree of the residue of said estate 10 the
lawful claimants of the same, and ordered that
public notice thereof be given to all persons
interested in said estate by publishing this
order three weeks successfully previous TO the
day assigned in the bennington Evening Ban
ner. a newspaper published at Bennington in
said District
THEREFORE,. you are hereby notified TO ap
pear at the Probate Office in Bennington IN
said District, on the day assigned, then and
there 20 contest the allowance of said account
If YOU see cause, and TO establish your right as
heirs legatees and lawful claimants To said
/ residue.
April, 1909. No..
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Barney's %
COMPOUND

IS another preparation Tor stomach
troubles. 1t is impossible for one remedy
to cure all forms of dyspepsia, for the
reason that some people have too much
acid in their stomachs, while others do
not have enough. 1t is a physical inn
possibility for the same remedy to re-
heve both of those conditions.
Barney's Compound is especially rec
commended where there is an excess of
acid, ands where catarrhal conditions
exist. For that soreness of the stomach
it never fails to relieve.
Two sizes, SOC and $I.oo.
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Rydale's
T O n &c

is the acme of perfection in medicine as
a nerve and blood tonic In combina
ton with other very valuable medicinal,
agents it contains iron, quinine and
strychnine, and nothing has ever been
discovered yet that would tone and build
up a rundown system quicker or better
than this combination OF remedies. For
old people and weak, puny children or
anyone with rundown system it is far
superior to all other tonics. Guaranteed
to cure malaria.
Two sizes, SOC and $I,oo.
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Rydale's
Stomach Tablets

for indigestion and dyspepsia, are com
pounded from the prescription of man
who has made a lifelong study of the
digestive organs. They are not purely
artificial digestant that relieves only
temporarily but are a combination of
the best drugs known for their tonic
effect upon the stomach and digestive
organs. They stimulate the stomach to
do its own work.
Two sizes, 25c and SOC.
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CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY

WMOIhers who value their own Comfort and The
welfare OF their children. should never ne
Ai'hout box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
for Children for use throughout the season.
IheN Break up Colds, Cure Feverishness Con.
stpation, Teething Disorders HeadacNs and
stomach Troubles THESE POWDERS NEW
Err FAIL sold by all Drug stores 25c Don't
accept any substitute trial package viii be
Allen 5 Olmsted, lie Roy. n. Y
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Exposure to Wet,

lampness and cold, results in sudden chill.
Take a teaspoonful of Perry Davis Pain
killer, in half glass ofwarm water or milk.
The whole system will be heated and the
danger of cold avoided. Two million bottles
are sold every year and this after seventy
years in use. There is the new and econom-
zeal 35 cent size and also the so cent size.
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The Blood is the Power
That Defends the Body

This is the greatest and most important discovery
of modern medical science.
1t ranks with the discovery of the circulation of
the blood, which was made centuries ago.
The blood protects the organs and tissues from
disease but it does SO only when is healthy itself
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THE BERKSHIRE SYSTEM
Another Chapter in the Struggle for
Ownership.

Boston, April 22.-In an executive
session yesterday morning before the
| legislative committee on railroads and
street railways the bill to authorize
the New Haven road to hold stock in
the Berkshire street railway was TAX
en- up. The suggestion was advanced
and advocated by supporters of the
Berkshire bill that it might relieve the
situation in the state If the measure
was referred to the next general
court.
There was opposition from others
to this and finally the matter, by vote
of the committee, was put over for
two weeks.
Governor Draper today sent to the
state Legislature a hot merger mes
sage, its purport being that the Bos-
ton & Maine stock be controlled by a
board of Massachusetts trustees and
that they be denied the right to dis
pose of it without the states consent.
The plan of the governor provides
for the creation of a corporation to
hold Boston & Maine stock and also
provides that if necessary the charter
holding company's powers should be
extremely limited. He suggests, that
a majority of its directors be Massa-
chusetts residents, toward the end
that the state would have complete
control over the sale of the stock.
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keep A SPECIALIST ALWAYS IN YOUR f I HOME

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nsEmuahdm ndmm,@ ~ Coz P i b
Hyh0mpu AdShmma nyhn HU dhM
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Berkshire county's hopes of indus
trial and commercial prosperity by
reason of help from the New Haven
railroad seem blasted beyond hope of
recovery this year, says the North
Adams Herald. Good reason, coming
through member of the upper branch
is given for believing that Governor
Draper is resolutely opposed to any
legislation this year for the union of
the trolley roads in Berkshire with
the New Haven railroad company. 1t
has been understood to be Governor
Diapers opinion that he will not APP
prove any legislation desired by the
New Haven road in this matter until
the road shall have Invested itself
absolutely of all of it's trolley holdings
in Massachusetts and put itself in
the attitude of complete compliance
with Massachusetts law But 1t is
added that the road has already obey
ed the law completely and that there
is now no direct or indirect holding
of Berkshire or other trolley stock by
the New Haven road.
Berkshire county has been solid for
the Legislation. It is said to be quite
probable that the desired legislation
could be passed through both bran
ches without difficulty and perhaps a
two-third vote could be secured in
the senate to pass the bill over the
veto which is anticipated in case the
bill should reach the governor. But
there is politics on the democratic
side and there would certainly be pol
itics on the Republican side If a vote
were sent in officially The democrats
are against any merger Of either
steam with trolley, or steam with
steam lines If a vote were to come
in and a straight vote on the merits
of the case in the house would result
in a two-thirds vote for the bill, yet
there are enough Republicans who
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Healthy blood and 81 have taken Hoods Sarsapa
at no season is more necessary great many years.
than l think it the
In the Spring Best Blood Medicine
when there so exposure world it both spring
to disease germs and fall.
Hoods make winter spring
healthy blood. health.
II is the medicine that pufes had lost all
and all down.
it normal in red and corpus taking Hoods
Giles and all other constituents Sarsaparla strength
1t cures all humo erup- appetite returned
tons catarrh well and
Geves that tired feeling go household
the arete cures paeness that tired
ness nervousness and builds up feeling MARION BRUCE,
the whole system. Cumberland, Me-
agHoods Sarsaparua enec its
because contains
20 different ingredients eah geay
combination These
physicians prescribe
There substitute HOODS
preparation said be Just
make and yields the
a profit
Begin taking sarsapaa Get in the usual liquid
Dollar
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Healthy blood is pure blood, and
at no season is it more necessary
than
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-24

81 have taken Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla for a great many years, and
/ think it the
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Mexico Missouri message., 1909-12-16

The established November 1899 tism building ground
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19
| he Conquest Of the Pole
By Dr. FREDERICK A. COOK

Copyright. 1909. by the NewYork
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
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and provide for the strain Of adaptable
ity and endurance, the possibilities OF
our sled factory were very good.
For dog harness the Eskimo pattern
was adopted. but canine economy is
such that when rations are reduced to
workable limits the leather strips dis
appear as food. To overcome this dis
aster the shoulder straps were made
of folds of strong canvas. while the
traces were cut from cotton log line.
A boat is an important adjunct to
every sledge expedition which hopes
to venture far from its base of oper-
alton. 1t is a matter of necessity even
when following the new coast line, as
is shown By the mishap of Mylius
Erickson. for if ne had had 4 boat he
would himself have returned u tell
the story OF tho Danish expedition to
eas; !'r"c!l!:;,:!
<.,o,! r..r :, t....,t ,....,lr. %:'i,ii -.
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Nor had we balloons, automobiles.
motor sleds or other freak devices. We
did, however, have an abundance Of
the best hickory. suitable metal and
all the raw material for the sled and
it's accessories, which were henceforth
to be linked with our destiny.
The sled was evolved as the result
of careful study of local environment
and of the anticipated ice surface
northward We did not copy the Mv
Clirtock sled, with its wide runners.
which has been used by rlcst e1p!Ur-
ers for fifty years. Nor cid VIC abaA-
don the old fashic ned iron shoes fer
German silver strips.
TF:.::ot Pol7r SLID Should Be.
I'!:c conditions which a polar SLED
nust r>It are TOO complex to outline
here. II Il bread sense it seemed that
the lot Gua!ilirS Of the. best wood
Y0yuil Sles! could he combined with
the al fitness Of tie Eskimo craft.
v:l.i sHuc! Isivkcry fiber and sealSkln
las. -. ~ MAKE el;s;ic joints. With
y!eu:; cf lis,tiy. Ingenuity to foresee
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Eighty Three Degrees Be-
low-Willing Savage Hands.
Marching Over the Polar
Seas 80 80 -
IEIETH ARTEGl
FIFTH ARTICLEl

absolute control and ease of adapta-
blity to a changing environment must
be assured.
It is impossible to adequately con-
troll the complex human tempera ment
Of unknown men in the polar wilder
ness. but the two Eskimo boys could
be trusted to follow TO the limit of my
own endeavors, and our sleds were
burdened only with absolute necessi-
ties.
Cutting Down Weight.
Because Of the Importance of light
and efficient equipment much care was
taken to eliminate every ounce OF
weight. The sleds were made of hick-
ory. the lightest wood consistent with
great endurance. but every needless
fiber was gouged out. The iron shoes
were ground thin. and in every way the
weight of nearly everything was re-
duced even after leaving headquar-
terS.
The little train. therefore. which fol-
lowed me into the farther mystery
was composed Of two sleds, each
carrying 800 pounds. drawn by 13
dogs. under the lash Of an expert
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cemented together with heated beef
tallow and run into tin cans containing
six pounds each.
This combination was invented by
an American Indian. It has been used
before as part Of the long list Of food
stuffs in arctic products, but with US
it was the whole bill Of fare when
away from game haunts.
Only a few palate surprises were
carried, and these will be indicated in
the narrative Of camp life. The entire
winter and night were spent with busy
hands, under direction Of Eskimo and
Caucasian ingenuity. in working out
the clothing and camp comforts with
out which We could not invade the for
hidden mystery of the polar bas1n.
Although we did not follow closely
either the routes or methods of our
predecessors. we are nevertheless dou-
bly Indebted to them, for their expert
ences, including their failures, were
orr stepping stones to success.
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ESKIMO BELLIES ON TIE JOHN X. BRADLEY.

driver The combined freight was as
follows: Pemmican. 805 pounds; musk
OK tenderloin. so pounds; todnu. rs
pounds; tea. 2 pounds; coffee, pound; {;
sugar, 25 pounds; condensed milk. 40
pounds; milk biscuits. 60 pounds; pea
soup. powdered and compressed. 10
pounds; surprises. 5 pounds; petro-
leum. 40 pounds; wood alcohol. 2
pounds; candles. 8 pounds; matches.
pound.
The Camp Equipment.
The camp equipment included the
following articles: One blow fire lamp
(Jeuel). 3 aluminium pals. 5 Alumni
um cups. aluminium teaspoons. ia
blespoon. 3 tin plates. 6 pocketknives,
? butcher knives 30 inches,, ] saw
knife (13 inches,, long knife Us inch
es). ! rife tSharpe,. rifle winchester,
22). 40 cartridges, hatchet, l Alpine
ak. extra line and lashings. personal
bags.
The sled equipment was 2 Sleds
weighing So pounds each. IL foot fold
ing canvas boat, 81 pounds; silk tent.
canvas sled covers. , sleeping bags
(reindeer skim. floor furS. extra wood
for sled repairs. screws. nails and rfy-
cts.
The instruments were as follows:
Three compaSses, sextant. artificial
horizon glass, pedometer. pocket
chronometers. watch. charts. map
making material and instruments, )
thermometers. aneroid barometer. l
camera and films. notebooks and pen
ellis.
The personal bags contained four ex-
ira pairs of kamiks. with fur stockings.
woolen shirt. three pairs of sealskin
mittens. two pairs Of fur mittens.
piece of blanket. $ealskin coat (net-
sha,. a repair kit for mending clothing
and dog harness. ira fox tails.
On the march we wore snow goggles.
blue fox coats tkapitahs). birdskin
shirts. woolen dra wers. bearskin pants.
kamiks and hareskin stockings. We
4dSlSUeu kltIu VI IVA ShG
knee and about the waist.
Helping the Advance.
On the morning of March IL 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 Koolootingwah and 1nu-
gito were selected. The other six Es-
kimos prepared to return. One sled
was left with the cache to insure i
good vehicle for our return in case the
two sleds were badly broken en- route.
4 half gale was blowing into Nan
sen sound from the northwest. but this
did not Interfere with the starting Of
those home going Eskimos. With
abundant game for the return they re-
uuired little but ammunition to sup
ply their wants
When the word was given to start.
the dogs were gathered and the sleds
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~ ARLY in January of 1905 the
- campaign opened. A few sleds

~ ARLY in January of 1908 the
- campaign opened. A few sleds
~ were sent to the American
shores 10 explore route and
to advance supplies.
Clouds and storms made the moon
light days dark. and therefore these
advance expeditions were only partly
successful.
On Feb. 10. 1908. the main ezpedl-
ton started for the pole. Eleven men,
driving 1O3 dogs and moving II heav-
lily loaded sleds. left the Greenland
shore and pushed westward over the
troublesome ice of Smith soun1 to
Cape Sabine.
The glc-m of the long winter night
was but little relieved by a few hours
of daylight. and the temperature was
very low.
Eighty three Degrees Below.
Passing through a valley between
Ellesmere Land and Grinnell Land
from the head of Flagler bay. in cross
ing TO the Pacific slopes. the tempera-
ture fell TO SO degrees F. below zero
In Bal ford many musk oxen were
secured. and. though the winter frost
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was at it's 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 game-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 in excellent fighting trim to
the end of known lands. Camping in
the chill of the frowning cliffs Of the
northernmost coast (Svartevog,. 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 supera bundance OF brute force
in overted peltS. but for a greater GER
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
twentv-eight days. There remained a
line of 52O miles Of unknowable trou-
BILE 10 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 rdured party. l now
definitely resolved to simplify the en-
tire equipment. At SvartevoG a big
cache was made. In This cacne fresh
meat. toduu, 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
a perfect working force for the final
reach over the polar sea. Etukishnk
and Ahweiah. two young Eskimos.
each twenty years old. had been chosen
as best fitted to he my sole compan-
ions in the long run of destiny. Twer-
ty-six dogs were picked. and upon two
sleds were loaded all our needs for
stay of eighty days.
All For Progress
To have increased this patty would
not have enabled us TO carry supplies
for Il greater number of days The
sledS might have ljecn !nNGe,! more
heavily. hCt this worrl reduce the i'm
portant progress Of the first days.
With the character Of ice which we
had before us advance stations were
IMPOSSIBLE \ large expedition and
heavy equipment Sr"n"',! !:"prldent
We must win or lose IN Il prolonged
effort at high pressure, and therefore
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now soon be limited to few ope2
spaces near prominent headlands.
The scene Of the real hunt changed
from the sea to the land. We had as
yet no caribou meat. The little auks
gathered in nets during the summer
and elder duck bagged later disap-
peared fast when used as steady diet.
We must procure hare, ptarmigan and
reindeer, for we had not yet learned
to eat with :, relish the fshy. h7er-hke
substance which is characteristic OF
all marine mammals. ..
Guns and ammunition were dlstrl0-
uted, and when the winds were easy
enough to allow one. to venture out
every man sought the neighborlng
hills. Francke also took his exercise
with gun on his shoulder.
The combined results gave a long
line of ptarmigan. two reindeer and
sixteen hares. AS snow covered the
upper slopes the game was forced
down near the sea. where we could
still hope to hunt in the feeble light Of
the early part OF the nlSnt
.. No Anxiety For Winter.
With a larder fairly stocked and
good prospects for other tasty meats
we were spared the usual anxiety OF
a winter without winter supplies, and
Francke was just the man to use this
game to good effect, for he had
wav of preparing our primitive pro-
visions that made our dinners seem
equal to Holland House spread.
In the middle Of October fo1sklns
we're prime. and then new steel traps
were distributed and set near the
many caches. By this time the Eskl-
mos had all abandoned their sealskln
tents and were snugty settled IN their
winter fgloos. The ground was coy
cred with snow, and the sea was near
ly frozen over everywhere.
EVERYBODY was busy preparing 1or
the coming cold and night The tem-
perature was about 20 degrees below
zero Severe storms were becoming
less frequent, and the air, though
colder, was less humid and less dlsa-
rreeable. An ice fort was formed and
the winter sIedging was begun by
short excursions to bait the fox traps !
and gather the foxes.
All these pursuits, with the work OF
building and repairing sleds, making
dog harness and shaping new winter
clothing. kept up a lively interest
while the great crust which was 10
bold down the unruly deep for so |
MANY months thickened and closed.
Last Glimpse Of the Dying Day.
During the last days Of brief sun
shine the weather cleared. and at
aoo1 on Oct. "a everybody sought the
freedom of the open for last glimpse
Of the dying day. There was charm
of color and glitter. but no one seem
ed quite happy as the sun sank undef
the southern ice, for it was not to rise |
again for 11S days.
The Eskimos took this as a signal to |
enter q trance of sadness. in which |
the bereavement Of each family and
the discomforts Of the year are enact |
ed in dramatic chants or dances.
But to US the sunset of 1907 was in |
spiration for the final work in direct !
inc the shaping of the outfit with |
which to begin the conquest Of the !
pole at sunrise of 1908. Most expedi !!
tions have had the advantage OF the !
liberal hand Of a government or of an
ample private fund. We we're denied
both favors.
But we we're not incumbered With
q cargo Of mis6ts devised bE home
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Fading Sun Warns. Ex-
plorer of Coming Long
Arctic Winter Prepar.
ins Sled and Boat 80
FOURTH ARTlCLEl

dreamers, nor was the project handi-
capped by the usual army of noviceS,
for white men at best must be regard
ed as amateurs compared with the ex-
pert efficiency Of the Eskimo in his
own environment. Our food supply
contained only the prime factors #
primitive nourishment Special foods
and laboratory concoctions did not ill
an important space in our larder.
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~ TORMS now came up with such
~ force and frequency that it was
~ not safe to venture out in kay
axis A few walruSes were cap
tured from boats: then sea hunting was
roDdned to the quest of seal through
the young ice.
A similar quest was being followed
at every village from Annootok 10
Cape York. But ali sea activity would
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-19

The Conquest Of the Po!e
By DIR. FREDERICK A. Cook

Copyright. 1909, by the New York
Herald Company. Reg;>.ered In
Canada In Accordance With Copy.
right Act. Copyright In Mex
leo Under Laws OF the Republic
of Mexico. All Rights Reserved