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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-07
|BR|OGllAN DEALS WITH COOK
HINTS OF LACK OF FAIR PLAY
IN EXPEDITION.
Advantage Taken Of Peary's Prep
arations and Misfortunes, Pos
sibly, by His Rival.

NEW YORK, September 7.-Herbert L.
Bridgman. secretary Of the Peary Arctic
Club and a recognised authority on
arctic exploration contributes an article
to the Independent. which will appear
to morrow. on 1.-THE Dash to the Pole. ("
1t was written before Commander
Peary's announcement had been made.
and deals chiefly with DR.. Frederick A.
Cooks claim to have reached the pole
April II. 1908. It says. in part:
The announcement that the north pole,
that lure of tile century. has actually
been reached. comes 80 suddenly and
from quarter 50 unexpected that In.
telligent Judgment on the fact is Diff
cult. Naturally. writing for the public
and forwarding this account by cable.
only the personal and popular phases
would be presented, and any statement
Of scientific results or data would be de.
ferred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-07

mander Peary for his dash to the pole and
gave financial assistance to the undertake
ing.
Two weeks ago Mr.. Bryant was at In
dian Harbor. where he had gone to re-
visit Moravian settlements along the coast
OF Labrador.
While. there he left word for Peary and
the telegram Of today is the answer to
that message
In 1892 Mr.. Bryant was one of the party
that conveyed relief to Commander Peary,
and also was a member Of several other
expeditions to the north.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-07
AUGUST RECORD

The following 10 the total
amount Of ADVERTISING printed
In The Evening ana Sunday
Star for the month Of August:
August, 1909. -. .o,064 columns
August, 1903. -. ..1,793 columns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-07
Science Not Ynyolyed.

"But DIT. Cook probably would not de-
mand that scientific rank aud weight
should be given to his expedition. II was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-07

a message from Mrs. Rasmussen. the
wife Of the explorer, asking when she
could come and see her husbands
friend.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
Church Work.

The Free Baptist Association Of
Maine has voted to unite with the
other Baptists of the state.
OF the 100000 Lutherans in the
United States 100000 use the German
language in their services, 100000 Eng
lish and 100000 Norwegian.
The First Presbyterian church was
organized at Atlanta in 1852, and in
the past fifty-siX years twelve other
congregations have been organized
from 1t, with a total membership of
over 1000.
The churches of Nashville, Tenn,
have taken up the problem Of provid-
ing an endowment for the Florence
Crittenton Mission home, which since
1874 when it was founded, has cared
for over 1000 persons at an average
outlay of something more than $4,000 a
year.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
Gown Gossip.

Velvet will have vogue this winter
for both afternoon and evening gowns.
Net or chiffon of the same color as
the skirt forms the bodice of many
cloth gowrs and three piece suits.
In the coat and skirt suits one sees
many of taffeta. The material can be
worn all the year, and 1t is becoming
to all figures.
Slashings inset with plated net are
noticed on some smart cloth and satin
waists. The net is exactly the same
shade as the rest of the waist.
Not only hats, but whole gowns, are
being made Of heavy MORE silk, and
very lovely they are, for while the silk
is thick it is remarkably supple and
may be draped in graceful lines
Brooklyn Eagle.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
Short Stories.

Doubling the diameter Of a pipe in
creases its capacity four times.
The tallest masts Of sailing vessels
vary from 100 to $50 feet in height.
A Philadelphia foundry makes a spe-
cialty of breaking UP old steel cannons
and remelting the metal for more than
half hundred purposes.
India sends America many rugs. All
the pay the good weavers get for max
ing them is 16 cents a day. Head
weavers get $15 month.
Systematic investigation Of the Phil
ippine Islands reveals the fact that the
group consists of 1900 islands, while
before the American occupation the
number was estimated at 1000.
There are now over 100000 words in
the English language acknowledged by
the best authorities, or about 10000
more than in the German, French,
Spanish and Italian languages COM
hinpd
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
A SURPRISE TO
FRED v. WOOD.

The appointment of Fred V. Wood,
the popular attorney of Oakland, by
Governor Gillett, to fill the vacancy
on the superior bench of Amador
county was very pleasant surprise
to Mr. Wood and his many friends.
The appointment was the greater sur
prise because of the fact that it was
entirely unsolicited by Mr. Wood.
There were many applications for the
position from all over the state, but
it is understood on good authority
that none we're considered until Mr.
Wood had been offered the place.
Mr. Wood qualified for the position
before Judge Ellsworth of Oakland
on Wednesday and left for jackson,
the county seat of Amador county, on
Thursday morning.
The condition of affairs In Amad or
county is peculiar from political
point of view. The county is normal
ly republican by 800 or 400 majority,
but almost every off ce holder is a
democrat. The death of Judge Rust,
who has been superior judge for
many years and who had for so long
led the democratic minority to
victory, opened the way for new
man, and in order to heal the split in
the republican ranks the leaders OF
that party asked Governor Gillett to
appoint an outside man, and are
greatly pleased with the governor
selection.
Governor Gillett and Judge Wood
were born in the same county and
attended school together in the east
They have been lifelong friends.
Amador county is to be congratulate
ed on its new judge, than whom M
more fitting selection could be made
Oakland Press.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Miss Annie NJ Reynolds of North
Haven, Conn, was the only woman
speaker In the latest congress of the
Congregational church.
At Arlington, Mass, Mrs. A. f. God
dard takes with her into retirement
the remarkable record OF forty-four
years continuous service as church or.
ganist.
veth Stone, a little miss Of Dexter.
Me-, won the FIRST prize for antiques
at the local grange fair with a doll
more than seventy years old, which
she dressed in the style of We olden
times.
Mrs. w. W. Grinnell is the editor of
the organ published in New York by
those opposed to woman suffrage, and
1t is a small sheet of only four pages,
while the organ Of the New York suf
fragists, called the News Letter, hos
twenty odd pages. Miss Harriet May
Mills is the editor.
Nine. Berg, wife of the European
manager of the Wright brothers, was
the first woman to make an ascent In
an aeropiane. She declares that when
the machine started she did not feel
any more anxiety than when she sat
in her automobile and watched the
motor begin to work.
Mrs. Louise Waterman Carpenter of
Broolline, Mass, has just passed her
one hundred and second birthday. She
was born at Warwick, II. l., and Is a
direct descendant of Roger Williams.
She is in coed health and active
enough to get about unassisted and
until three years ago felt no need OF
glasses.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
Sporting World.

Cayou, former member Of the Car
Isle Indian football team, is coaching
Washington university in st. Louis.
He coached Wabash last fall.
The big eastern colleges have expen-
sive athletic equipment, exclusive of
ground, the cost being: Harvard, $780,
600; Pennsylvania, $460,O00; Princeton,
$45O,OOO; Yale, 1885, 900; Cornell, $112,-
600.
+. w. Burgess made his eighth at
tempt to swim across the English chan
mel recently, but was compelled to
abandon the difficult feat when within
half a mile of the French coast after
being in the water twenty-seven hours
and eleven minutes.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
CHRISTMAS.

(By Uhas. s. Bell.
A lone by a dingy faded lamp,
That burns with a dismal fare,
While the fire burns slow in the CRATE
below
AS If dropping into despair.
The winds. CAST strikes in the window
pane,
And bangs the sash by my head;
And snowdakes beat with tinkling
feet,
Like tapping a march for the dead.
Ills Christmas eve and the bells ring
out
with a tingling, iingling tone,
AS they make merry of what is to be,
With pomp of monarch's throne.
People go here, people go there,
Dressed IN gaudiest care,
While others go shivering along the
street,
As il wrapt IN role of despair.
Mild zephyrs play through the Christ
mas tree
With gentle, ripping flow,
Bobbiug the leaves in its load ed
bouRhs
And nod toIthe people below.
It's hooded all DER in toys so grand
Thut sparkle beneath the light,
Like diamonds luster they re
glitterIng there
Through the changing hues of this
night.
Cold and dreary the wind beats on
While dark clouds roll and come,
With muffledstap and doleful rap,
The wind keeps tapping the drum
For into the closet where there's no
light
One with heart as warm as your
own,
Is dying in squalor this Christmas
night
That you homer as your own.
So the Christmas tree is not born TOR
all,
For many go wanting to-day,
For Old Santa that was born in a
mystic time
Has sent them cherries away.
He has given to them that hath
smile.
But to them with flowing tear
lie has turned away in his lordIiest
day,
Not offering a single cheer.
AS he turns to go on this mystic night
There's one Raunt, haggard and
poor,
That has seen him come, seen him go,
While she begged from door to door.
She held out hand lean, slender
and lank,
That was withered by long decay.
Expecting something before she sank
On this cherries Christmas day.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08

Pioneer -four is the best; have no
other.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
Train and Track.

Washouts and landslips occur so Of
ten along the railway In Borneo that it
costs, though labor is cheap, $14 per
mile per month to keep the road in re-
pair
Passengers by the Transslberian ex-
press now reach Pellin from London in
sixteen days, the North China railway
having been induced to run the trains
by night as well as by day.
Fourth class passengers VIII here
after be carried on Saxon railways
sycry day IN the week. Hitherto these
passengers had TO pay extra and travel
third class on Sundays and holidays.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08

DISTRIBUTING AGENTS FOR J. +. MAR
IL tell Cognac, Meet & Chaudon, White Sea-
and Private Cuyee Champagne; Morgan Bros.
Puerto de Santa Maria Sherries: Royal Wine
Company, Oporto, Port Wines Dubois Freres,
Bordeaux, Ciarets and Sauternes; CANADIAN
tied, WalkerYille. Ontario Canada; John de
Kuyper 4 Zoon Cotterdam aini Gilka Kuem
mel, from j. A, Gilka, Berlin; Barthloomay
hooker Beer; Dogshead Brand OF Guinness
Stout aud Bass Ale (bottled by Road Bros
London; Cantrell q Cochrane, Belfast Ginger
Ale; Naglee Brandy; Reimoorted American
Whistles
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
1T is SERIOUS
Some Jackson People Fail to Realize
the Seriousness

The consent aching of a bad back,
The WEAKNESS, the tired feeling,
The pains and aches of kidney ills
Are serious-if neglected.
Dangerous urinary troubles follow.
Mrs q II Hermann, living at No
1916 b Main street, Stockton, Cal. 4,
says: 81 do not think there is a re-
NEEDY tn equal Doan's Kidney Pills
for kidney disease or rheumatism.
My kidneys we're in a disordered con-
dItion, my back ached and was
feeling miserable when Doan's Kid
ney Pills were brought to my atten-
tion. They gave me relief after a
short use, l continued taking them
and / am better now than l have been
IN years. 1t gives me great pleasure
to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills,
Plenty more proof like this from
Jackson people. Call at the City
Pharmacy and ask what customers
report.
For sale by all dealers. Price 90
cents, Foster M ilburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan Sand
take no other.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
Don't Take the Risk

When you have a bad cough or cold
do not let it drag along until 1t be-
comes chronic bronchitis, or develops
into an attact of pneumonia, but give
it the attention it deserves and get
rid of 1t. Take Chamberlain cough
remedy and you are sure of prompt
relief. For "a small beginning the
sale and use OF this preparation has
extended to all parts of the United
States and to many foreign counties
It's many remarkable cures Of coughs
and colds have won for it this wide
reputation and extensive use. Sold
by jackson Drug Store, Spaguoli,
Prop.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
From Our Exchanges.

W. G. Burgess, leading lawyer of
Placerville. where he praoticed ten
years, has located in Oakland. lie
has taken the rooms in the First
National Bank Building just vacated
by Fred V. Wood, who has been ap.
pointed superior Judge of Amador
county. Mr. Burgess will, no doubt,
be a valuable acquisition to the bar
of this county, Oakland Press.
District attorney Keith fled an IN
formation with the clerk of the super
ior court Thursday, charging Frank
Sopilo with the crime of burglary.
The alleged offense was committed
in the mill at the Gwin mine on or
about Oct, 18th and the man has been
held in jail on the preliminary ex-
animation before the justice of the
peace Prospect.
Mrs Z. II. Elliott and brother,
Emil Ehler, returned from Amador
county Sunday, where they went to
attend the funeral of their brother,
the late Henry Ehler. Upon their
arrival here they found awaiting
them telegram announcing the death
of Joseph Hollstein, husband of their
youngest sister, at Gait. Mrs Holl-
stein and four sons, ranging in age
from TO years, survive him. Mrs
Elliott and Mr. Ehler left on the
afternoon train Sunday to attend the
funeral -Yolo Mail
VIM. M. Nuner, ST., pioneer of
Mokelumne Hill, died at his home in
that place Friday, at the advanced
age of 70 years. Mr. Nuner was a
native of Tennessee, but has been
resident of California since the early
days. he was we'll known, and
esteemed as a man of high character.
a large family of sons and daughters
was reared in the home at Mokelumne
Hill, and besides the widow four
sons, VIM. M. ir., Daniel, John d.,
and Glover, and three daughters, Mrs
Joel Handy, Mrs 6. w. Pfortner,
Mrs Robert Smith, survive him. Mr.
Nuner has been in failing health for
some time and his death was not un-
expected. Prospect.
December Both, at nine O'Clock a.
M Mrs William Clifton passed away
after an illness of three weeks, of
typhoid pneumonia fever. Mrs Cliff
ton was a member of the N. ID. q. W.,
and &. of F. of A. The funeral ser
vices were held at the residence at
one O'Clock Friday and we're conduct
ed by the Rev. e. K. Brun. the
Episcopal minister of jackson, of
which church she was member.
The services at the cemetery we're
under the auspices of the N. ID. q. W.
The deceased leaves to mourn her
death a husband and three sons; a
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs s. A.
Phillips, one sister, Mrs L. Dooley
and six brothers, namely, Bird,
Samp, Andrew, David, Robert, and
Harry, all residents of lone except
Robert who lives in Willows Echo.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08
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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-08

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-02
POLE FINDER c0NFESSES.
Professor Phelps Of Yale, Drawn by a
Sawhorse, Reaches Worlds Top.

Professor William Lyon Phelps Of
Vale says that he is the only original
discoyerer of the north pole. He de-
scribes it in the following letter:
At latitude 81 / made my final dash.
consisting OF few parentheticai remarks
on the weather / hitched the span, the
sawhorse and the pony, to a new buck
board wagon, cutting Off the tongue, so
that / might be the first to announce my
discovery Ten miles had swiftly flown
by, when the pony. thinking that the
sawhorse was a seahorse, tried to eat
him. The pony naturally resented this.
and the team. already frightened by the
narrowness Of the meridian lines and by
the spectacle of large fountain penguin,
became unmanageable.
The two faithful Eslkimos were thrown
out and were Immediately devoured by
polar bears. who. seeing their long boards.
took them for arctic hairs. esteemed a
great delicacy by these animals. | was
pitched high in the air and landed on the
small of my back. thus discovering not
only the pole. but the whiffietree. At this
moment my right ascension was about
ten seconds. my declination, so far as any
future attempts are concerned. was final
and absolute. Yours very truly.
WILLIAM LYON PHELPS.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-02

ror nuHalo 1osf Nnamptcnsnips
Mr.. w. Allen Gardner Of the Coun
try club OF Buffalo won the city cham
pionshlp on the Park club links recent
". The runner up was bis seventeen
year-old son. Hamilton Gardner This
was the unique result of the play that
eliminated all other contestants In q
field of nearly 100 entrants. Never be-
fore in this country has father faced
his son in the final of city champion
ship contest. The unusual situation
aroused the greatest interest among
golfers, and the press Of the city fea-
tured the match in prominent head
lines.
Allen Gardner. the new champion.
has for years been a star member of
the County club team and has played
In many tournaments in this and other
states as well as 10 Canada. His Prov
ess as golfer is well known. and
from the first he was considered a
likely candidate for championship hon
ors In the city tournament But no
one thought OF Hamilton In that con-
nection. The youngster has been play
lug the game only a couple of years.
but his advancement has been so rapid
that his father openly confessed his
fear of the result when the final test
came.
That his fears were we'll grounded
was shown at the very start of the
match. when the boy won the first
two holes,Rnd. after halying the third.
won the fourth. making him 3 up.
II looked very much at this stage as IL
the son was about to make d runaway
game Of IT, He was clearly playing
the better golf and showed absolute
confidence. without n sign Of nervous
ness. The large gallery that followed
In the wake OF the strangely matched
pair which was composed Of MIR.
Gardeners old golfng friends, could
with difficulty refrain from chafiing
the father on his impending defeat;
but, of course. they restrained them
selves, although their amusement must
have heen perfectly obvious to the
sire.
Hamilton was . up at the turn
md going as smoothly as silk But at
his juncture the "old man" took a
mental bracer and proceeded to close
ip the gap in the score. Right at the
enth hole he started his gait. winning
t In to Hamilton's A. AS the boyle
s 8, it can be seen that the pair were
every nerve. They went
llong In bogie to the twelfth. which
Allen won In one stroke under the
pattern. For the first time in
he match they were all square. The
kid took the thirteenth in 4. but AL
en- evened up by winning the next
lole. The father annexed the next two
lolcs and held this advantage to the
md, winning by 2 up. This ended the
most novel contest for the city cham
'ionship that Buffalo will ever see. In
II probability. y.--American Golfer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-02
COUNTRY BANKS THE BEST.
Young Men Find There Greatest OPP
portunities, Says Chicagoan.

portunties, Says chicasoan.
young man, go to the country II
you want a thorough groundwork for
a financial career. Shun the big city
bank, where you are liable to get into
departmental groove and go no high
err" et
Joseph t. Talbert, president of the
Chicago Clearing House association
and first vice president of the Com
mercial National bank of Chicago. was
talking of the reasons as he saw them
for his being called to New York as
vice president of the National City
bank when he gave this advice to
young men. H'A
Mr.. Talbert attributes his success to
the fact that he was trained in a coun
try institution and says that he rub
bed elbows with the farmer"
''In the banking business, as well as
in any line Of trade, the man who
knows his customers. their habits and
peculiarities, is going to get the best
results. j have never regretted that
my start was In the country bank 1t
was good school. and no young man
who Is in earnest will have cause for
regret if he takes course in it."