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w fast. The coast here rises
suddenly to an altitude Of
1000 feet and Is crowned with al Ice
cap. 1t is picturesque enough. Large
bays, blue glacial walls and prominent
headlands offer pleasing variety. but
it is much like the coast of all Green
land.
1t had, however, the tremendous ad-
vantages of a southern exposure and
rocks. providing a resting place for the
little aux In millions. These little
birds darted from the cliff to the sea.
Rather rich grassy verdure also offer
ed an oasis for the arctic hare, while
the blue fox found life easy here. for
he could fill his winter den with fat
feathered creatures.
AS We approached the shore 10 men,
9 women, 81 children and 100 dogs
came out to meet us. ! count the chill
dren and dogs. for they are equally
important in Eskimo economy. The
latter are by far the most important to
the average Caucasian In the arctic.
Only small game had fallen to the
Eskimos' lot, but they were eager to
venture out with US after big game.
At last Mr.. Bradley had found suit
able retinue of native guides, and we
were not long In arranging compact.
Free passage, the good graces Of the
cook and a knife each were to be their
pay. A caribou hunt was not suffi-
ciently novel to merit a return to
Olrick's Bay, where intelligent effort
is always rewarded. but It was hoped
we might get hunt at Kookaan. near
the head Of Robertson Bay.
Setting Sail For Etah.
This venture. however failed, though
1t gave US al Interesting chase about
dangerous waters In violent gale.
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58' Salt in the over under baking tins
will prevent scorching on the bot
tom.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-19
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The Conquest of the Pole
By DR.. FREDERICK A. COOK

Copyright. 1909. by III. 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
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breath at every word, "you know my
mother so well-tell me. do you think
she would be glad to give me to some
one who loves me-mind! should that
some one ever be at liberty to ask me
Of her?'
I'm Short" said Rebecca, dryly, you
mean would she let you marry?"
YES"
"Then, I tell you frankly, Miss
Sibyl, she would see you dead sooner"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-19
Ready For the Dash to
the Worlds Farihest
North--Expedition Well
Planned and Equipped
ISECOND ARTICLEl

awoke Off Cape Robertson
M and went ashore before break
w fast. The coast here rises
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05
Sounds Like a
Munic :
(amPaish

Let them realize what they doing They forcing
But the lords
whispered humble and will be demanded
with authority.
There has been slump fully equipped
as much TO keep Dreadnough and they
and last longer As long they
their pedestas that stately silence
rank and their intelligence all
Where the table OF
it The fraugh with
multitude Who responsible
through life grinding rolling in
luxury which he does earn?
One allows OF for the exaggeraion political language
the venerable Godwn Smith, viewing the combat afar
his Canadian retirement describes convusion and he
adds that hereditary legislation manifestly obsolete He
continues
The history the
habtua and
udai anomalous of
which under the leadership of Lord Derby
overwhelmingly
1881
of the land question
Suppose all that is does follow that lords will
be horn OF power More likely they will back when thew
that public opinion Overwhelmingly against them Punch sizes
up the situation with which big bull breathing fire
fury and branded The Peoples Budget shown filing the
road while front of him stands shrinking spaniel wearing
ooronet and credited with the remark They tell ought
tackle this thing, but that shall lei pass
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05
Railroad
Lawyers Shy
AT History

the charged 1872 between Sacramento and Reno and the
railroad lawyers nqung exotedy WHO threw that brick
It hoped that the past had been buried The corporation
had burned boats which needed for the ferries but
books that might plague the makers Yet the work
obeaon thorough had been hoped plain
tale this unobsve tariff make its dumb but eloquent
9eproach auttered and i'll
It appears that the tariff of
Reno trteven years less by something like
than today The pretty high 1872
Stanford explained they fixed the competition OF
The bull that took their slow aboous way
tans Stanford told congressional by way
Of explanation that the high days
that all competition being eliminated will
stand sitter boost The bull The railroads
organized
The disturbance of serenity among the corporation lawyers
and the traffic managers unnatural They do
% and willing let bygones be bygones 1t
conjecture that there is something in for him gave
up that solitary tariff made down the bull Indeed
freely charged that all reports of the testimony
the S8 commission which contained damaging history
have disappeared"
Nevertheless this historical OF is
It demonstrates that California shippers producers are
better off for transportation than they
railroads There has been complete elimination of competition
and the railroads simply charge what they please This
condition OF which Mr. Taft spoke when
machinery for the regulation Of railroads their
charges had proved failure This machinery gives nothing
endless chain OF nconcusve like hearing
before the interstate commission which gains nothing
but rather loses in expedition by the fact that
wheels
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05
The
Dominic and
The RAT"

compete with the aviator in spread of wing.
1t is thony controversy in which The Call would rashy
medde and therefore let Miss Sarah Woodbury. teacher
Los Angeles normal, be heard in exposition, thus
A the B7 class
pupils their unbeomng Most them
OF black ribbon.
o o it
When girls
present. and friendly suggested that they their hair
girls should dressed.
the rlhood life short and that they should
retain long possible
made dictate what they should / note even
until all OF the girls
make their hair
o bows whic
be
good brushing IN order to make it glossy
Dr. Jesse Mlspaugh. principal Of the school, being man
less discussing difficult subject Il should be
pleased he remarked If quiet crusade against modern
feminine headdess begun But heart crusade is
quiet Your true crusader breahes fire fury ogs
the ccumambient Doctor Mllspaugh will never eliminate
rats by OF mild protest He be consoed by reec
tion that there is statute of limitations feminine fashions
hwten law perhaps but does fail observance
Next from China to Peru from Podunk to San Diego the girls
will wearing something else neither thev consult Doctor
Allspaugh about it. Stick to your hornbook dominic.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

IT HE Friday Night club will enjoy
the first dance of the season this
evening in Century club hall and
the so or more guests are looking for
ward to the opening of the series of
informal dances that has been. the pro-
gram of this club for several years
The guest list is a little larger than
last year. including a few debutantes,
but the dancing party will have the
same spirit of informaiity that made
the dances of last winter such pleasant
affairs for the younger dancing set The
destinies of the club are to be under
the direction of thyee or four capable
patronesses, and those who win serve
in this capacity during the winter are
Mrs. George F. Ashton. Mrs Wakefield
Baker Mrs. James Langhorne. Mrs.
George Moore and Mrs. Louise Mont
eagle.
for November have world of interest
for the younger girls and for their
elders as well. The three days that
are eagerly awaited by the young peo-
pie just about to make their curtsy TO
society are November 10. when Miss
Kathleen Farrell, the daughter of Mrs.
James n. Farrell, will be introduced at
an afternoon tea; November IL, when
Miss Vera de Saba viii make her bow
at brillian MT ball to be given. by her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene de Saba.
at Ell Cerrito. and November Is, when
Miss Elva de Pue will be presented at
a tea to be given by her mother, Mrs.
Edgar de Pue. at the family home in
Sacramento street. At the tea to be
given for Miss Farrell the young
hostess and her mother will be assisted
in receiving their guests by the follow
ing:
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05
THE =: SNAPT :: SET

vored guest at series Of informal par
ties.
Miss Maud wilson's tea yesterday
was a pretty compliment to Miss LII
lian whitney. who has just returned
from Boston, and among the guests
who greeted her were:
Miss Frances Martin Miss Ils sonntag
MIS- Miss fEy Harriet Alexander Miss Marie BulIsrd
Miss Naye Colburn Mss Lesse ,ssr@o--.fot
Miss Merriam Gibbons Miss Louise MSsorn1sA s7,,as
MIS- Dorethy Chapman Miss suzaHne Kirkpst-
Miss Marian Zeile rick 80,
MIS- Miss 5Hs Hss" LsnsSorne 1nnsS Miss Janet Coleman
Miss Peggy stow. the attractive
fiancee of Edward Bright Bruce. is to
be entertained at many informal teas
before her departure for the orient
This afternoon the charming visitor
will receive the honors at tea that
Mrs. Ella HOtaling will give at the ST.
Francis hotel.
Mrs Walter Byron Webster was
hostess at one of the enjoyable lunch
cons of the week given at the Granada
for dozen of her intimats friends
Lieutenant Edmond L. Lane. U. 8 A.
and Mrs. Lane are established in apart
ments at the Hotel Victoria where they
will pass the. winter.
Harold Boericke returned a few days
ago from New York and is at his home
in Washington street. He will remain
for only a brief visit of week OF 40
days and then return to the east
Mr.. and MIS-. E. j. Schneider are home
again. .after a tour OF the east, where
they have been extensively entertained
They Will remain this winter at their
home In Ein'wood parN. Berkeley
DIR. and Mrs. W. F. McNutr will pass
the winter in Berkeley. where they
have taken house for the season,
Mrs. Wakefield Baker viii leave this
week for the east. where she contemr
plates passing the winter. or al least
the early months of the season, in or
der that she may be near her sons. Liv-
ingston Baker is at Harvard. while
Wakefield is attending Exeter. and
their father who remains here on ac-
count of his business interests. prob
ably will join the family during the
holidays and pass Christmas with them
in the east.
Mrs Obed Harvey and her daughter,
Miss Genevieve Harvey of Gait. have
been enjoying a visit of several days
in town According to their invariable
custom they have been established At
the Fairmont.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

The wedding of Miss Lucy Gwin Cole
man and Germaine Vincent proba bly,
will be an event of December, but the
details of the interesting ceremony
have not been announced. II will be
one of the notable weddings of the
winter on account of the social promi-
nence of the couple, and if it takes
place in church there doubtless will be
several hundred guests. The engage
ment was announced few weeks ago
and the bride to be has been the IA
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05
Behind the
Poker
Game !

had charter erkwater freight them lots
when their ship fell behind and they feared be late for the speech
making at Vcksburg To with typewriter speech in one
pocket poker deck of the other the situation
trying when appeared that he could either
1t that poker tables provided for the eghd
galeon that carried the and their fortunes When
they caught Vicksburg covered with dust from their
country steepeas Mr. Taft unfeeng enough poke fun
the edyng abos of the politicians aoat 1t thus said
the president:
had the efforts made board the
that they still peng If had attended the
meeting the
what that phrase that rolls off with much
could
that the their constitutional duty board
vessel that with slowness down the and
hunks which
which
would understand that would sought
of
congressional that study of
Therefore deny that this unket 1t junket
where the have home and the losers getting
Altogether happy trip for the four twenty
tracked and few of them kept with the poker game
at unket when the winners have gone
getting even Now where the Mr. Taft
learn that?'
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

advisory than prohibitIve and seems to have
been directed chiefly at the feminine rat,
which does not belong 50 much to zoology
as to stufing. Something was further said
officially about the fare of ribbon bows that
emulate the gorgeous butterfly in color and
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

boatload of governors and congressman who
tried to keep up with the presidential progress
down the river. The statesmen in attend
ance reduced to undignihed expedients
to maintain their places in the procession and
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

R. TAFT, least appears have enjoyed himself his
VI voyage down the Mississippi if the others did not
Cursed calls this trip junket" said the pres
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

eNchequer and proponent OF the budget, Mr..
Lloyd George, is becoming known as 'the
Robespierre of England" But that sort OF
thing does not Tease the stout Welshman and
he comes back uttering portentous threats
in this vein:
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

THE controversy the British budget at distance
| like American municipal campaign. Already they are
\ delving history of
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

subject with the southern PaClhC people ever
since the books of the contract and finance
company got themselves destroyed and so
concealed the gross frauds that attended the
building of the Central Pacific
Now il IS a simple tariff or schedule OF
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

OMETIIING in the way of censorship-H that right
wodappied to hair dressing for normal school girls appears
- to at rather
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

4 TILLIAM R. WHEELER'S excursion history
Wv please the contemporary representatives of the Southern
Pacific company In fact history has always been
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

Mrs Obed Harvey and her daughter,
Miss Genevieve Harvey of Gait. have
been enjoying a visit of several days
in town. According to their invariable
custom they have been established At
the Fairmont.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

TO QUIET TITLE-A. T.. CITY. The
query department does not give hezaI
advice and for that reason SUCCESSES
that you consult some reputable attor-
ney who Will tell you what rights Won
have in the matter of an action to qriet
title TO piece of land on which YOU
have made part payment
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

Mrs. Walter Byron Webster was
hostess at one of the enjoyable lunch
cons of the week given at the Granada
for dozen of her intimate friends
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

THE CoNFLAGRATI0N-G w. CITY. What
was the extent Of the territory DESTROYED hr
fire in San Francisco April IS. 1882 What Is
the area Of San francisco. city and county:
Tie FIRE DESTROYED improved property
on 1881 acres The area of San Fran
cisco rs nearly A. square miles. In the
free public library in Hayes street near
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

SIGNING A DOCUMENT. G.. Citv. Want
TO an attorneys office with four others TO sian a
paper IN c0unection with some legal trsnsacfi,r
but refused 10 sign until I had read the paper
TO which l was about to afdx my sirnstnre
Was | justified in so doing?
You certainly were, as no one who Is
careful will sign document without
knowing what it is.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

j. r. veitch, assistant general
freight agent of the Pere Marquette in
Chicago. has been appointed general
agent of the Chicago. Milwaukee and
Puget Sound at Portland, ore.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

POPULoUS-I. D.. City. Which Is the most
populous mountain district in Californian
This is a rather indefinite question.
as district may mean small territory
or a large one II by your question
you mean county. then the answer is
that probably Shasta county is.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

RESOURCE AND CLIMATE-B.. Alturas "a,
Where can obtain information about the re-
sources and climate OF the states Of Colombia
BY addressing letter of inquiry TO
the United States consul at Bogota. or
the one at Branquilla, or the one at
Cartagena.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

DESA1URED- Subscriber, sanger Cal What
IS sne correct pronunciation Of "deuatured''7
De-nat-u-red. with the sound OF the
first as in event, a as in am and n
as in unite.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

,LAFA1ETTE AND PANE. A. K. CITY.
fiease give the date on which MARQUIS de La
Iayette and Tom Paine took out their natural
The records of these two men do not
furnish the information.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-03-04
GENERAL NEWS.

On the 18th inst. English newspa-
pers devoted much space to apprecia
tions of Abraham Lincoln.
Both houses of the Swedish diet
have passed the bill providing for
woman suffrage.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
were warmly welcomed on their ar
rival at Berlin on the 10th inst.
John Mitchell, secretary of the Ma
tional Civic Federation, was slightly
injured in trolley car collision at
Spring Valley, Ill. He continued his
journey to New York after his wounds
were dressed.
Daniel Willard has been elected pres
ident OF the Colorado Midland Rail
road Company to succeed Frank Trum
bull. r-a
Rear Admiral James G. Green, U. S.
N. retired. died at his home at Edin-
. ton, N. c.. on the 18th Inst. He was
esixty-eight years old.
The All-American baseball team has
reached San Francisco on its return
from China, Japan and Hawaii. The
trip was pleasant and profitable. They
were victorious in all but three Of the
forty games played. losing two at MN
iIa and one at Honolulu.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-03-04
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The bill granting statehood to Ari-
iona and New Mexico passed the
House February 18th by unanimous
vote.
The Senate adopted the conference
report on the Mondell-Smoot bill per-
hitting the entry of 32O-acre home
Steads
The house has passed the Mondell
bill granting the Montana. Wyoming
& Southern railway right of way
across the Fort Keogh military reser-
walton.
The Senate passed the bill which
previously had passed the House eX-
tending the provisions of the Carey
desert land law to Arizona and New
Mexico
The following rural routes have
been ordered established in Colorado:
Arriba. Lincoln county. route 2. serv-
ing ia families; Genoa. Lincoln coun-
ty. route /, serving H. families.
The Senate passed the bill previous
ly passed in the House extending the
time for final entry of mineral claims
Wltnlu tHe ouOSHoue Iuuldh IeSel'u
ton, Wyoming, from three TO five
years.
In the little white stone Grace Re-
formed church which he has attended
ever since he has been in Washington.
President Roosevelt Monday night
was given farewell reception by the
members of the congregation.
President-Elect Taft is satisfied that
the action of Congress in decreasing
the salary Of the office to what it was
previous to the recent raise has made
Senator Knox eligible for the office Of
Secretary of State.
The members of Congress who died
during the first session of the present
Congress were eulogized in special
session of the House of Representatives
Sunday. They were Senator William
Pinkney Whyte of Maryland, who died
March 17tn. and Representative Will
liam II. Parker of South Dakota, who
died on April 18th last.
An amendment to the naval bill was
agreed to in the Senate, providing that
in the discretion of the President one
half of the navy shall be kept in Paci-
fic waters. SO far as practicable. The
President already has the authority to
SO divide the fleet, but the amendment
amounts to an expression OF Congress
in favor of such action.
In special message to Congress on
the 18th inst. President Roosevelt
called attention to the findings Of the
conference on the care of dependent
children. He declares that poverty
should not be allowed to disrupt the
home
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-03-04
WORKS AND FISHES
HOW THOMAS A. EDISON SPENDS
WINTER MONTHS.
Florida Home of Wizard of the cleo
trio Aee-Lives Quietly in Com
monpIaee House Almost Hid
den Among Tropical Trees.

Orange, n. Away down If
southern Florida, on the south bank
of the big Caloosahtchee river, lies the
home of Thomas A. Edison. There in
Il house much more than half hidden
by tropical trees and shrubs, the wiz
ard of the electric age spends that
portion of the year given over in the
northland TO the reign of Jack Frost
His place Is a mile west and south
of the city of Fort Myers. The house
is very ordinary affair, large, frame
double house, built in true southern
style, consisting practically If two
square houses connected by covered
passage way. Its main feature is the
wide, cool looking veranda with which
ii is surrounded. The other buildings
on the place are small, vine-covered
cottage in which the head gardener re-
sides. and long, one-story building in
shop and laboratory This last also
contains small electric light plant,
used to light the premises.
But. though the house and buildings
are commonplace. the grounds are not
The park consists of about twenty
acres, extending along the rivers
bank, and while there is, in its ar.
rangement. no attempt at display, no
grouping and massing of kinds and
colors for effect. the number and va.
riety of its trees, shrubs and flowers
show that no expense has been spared
to crafty the owners desire TO see
things grow.
There, royal palms from Cuba and
Porto Rico nod their heads to date
palms from Egypt and the Holy Land;
mango trees from India stand shoulder
to shoulder with camphor trees from
China and Japan: while orange lem
on. grapefruit and other tropical and
semi-tropical trees. shrubs. vines and
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-03-04

flowers from many different and wide
their branches.
In order to maintain his park, and
keep all things therein thrifty and
growing. Mr.. Edison has equipped it
with thoroughly up-to-date irrigating
plant, one of the best in Florida Ar
tesian wells with plenty of pressure
are easy to find in and around Fort
Myers. and several have been drilled
on his place and the water piped to all
parts OF it. The grounds are laid out
in avenues along which the pipes are
strung, with vents every ten or twelve
feet. Each avenue is controlled from
one valve, and the opening of that
valve starts a string of fountains on
both sides of the avenue throughout
its entire length. So well laid out are
these pipe lines that a shower bath
can be administered to nearly every
tree in the park whenever the gard
ener concludes one is needed.
While in his winter home Mr.. Edison
divides his time between fishing and
working in his machine shop and lab.
oratory. The Caloosahatchee river.
where it flows past his park, is about
two miles wide 1t is a beautiful
stream, bordered on either bank with
tropical vegetation, and it teens with
fish of many kinds. Ten miles IN the
river some of the finest fresh water
fishing in American can be had while
an equal distance down stream brings
one to just as fine fishing for salt
water fish. Even from the dock at
Fort Myers fine strings of fish are
caught.
In order to enjoy his water front
privilege to its fullest. Mr. Edison has
run dock out into the river for near
ly half Il mile and at the end thereof
he has erected a cozy little pavilion.
by the old citizens and residents of
Fort Myers and by his more immedi-
ate neighbors, Nj. Edison is looked up
to, not as the great electrician. the
discoverer of some of the most useful
Inventions of the age, but as the kindly
neighbor and public spirited citizen
who is ever ready to lay aside his own
affairs and give his time and money TO
the general welfare. They point with
pride" to the many public improve
ments that have been made possible
only by his efforts. prominent among
them being the three miles of sea wall
now being built, the largest project
ever undertaken by a town of 1000
people. Intimate to one of then, that
you would like to see Mr.. Edison and
he will promptly reply:
"Oh. that is easy. He is down town
nearly every day when he is at his
winter home. He goes about the
streets just like any other resident.
lie is not at all exclusive, but he is
getting to be an old man now and. of
course cannot be approached as easily
as he used to be. All of the old resi-
dents know him and know him to be
one Of the best men that ever lived"