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- - . - V.E SENTINELJ 0URNA. Entored April 28, 1908 at Pickens, S. 0., as second lass matter, under act of Congress of .March 8, 1879. VO.XXXVIII, PICID93 SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MAY, 211900* to tihe food is the camp gear to b used when stops are made for th night where there are no native hut or other shelter; of course, tents t( aeconiodate each party-that is, ti party in each machine. But this i added weight to the equipment to I carried op the sleds and can easily b done away with. The favorite way o the Eskimos for camplug In that par of the country is to build snow house sit night when they get ready to stop. "The wind packs the snow so hart that it can easily be cut into blocki with a long knife. Froi these block in a short time can be constructed a weaall strong house, the cracks being stopped up with loose snow, which freezes quickly, and for the door a large block of snow can be used. ii this way the house is made practical1y air tight. Soon the warmth of the bodies of three or four people wil raise the temperature of the place sc that it is fairly comfortable, and some of the clothing can be removed. Om account of the d'filcultles of construe tion a snow house cannot be made at large as a tent, but where there is ni tent snow houses are a necessity, and whatever discomforts they entail are passed off as unavoidable and not thought of. "Taking it all in all, in traveling .'m the arctic regions philosophical con mon sense is as great a help to living as it is elsewhere. If one is subjected to miserable discomforts It must be re garded simply as a part of the life. "There Is one other thing to which I would like to call attention if I may. It is always well before starting out to resume the journey in the morning to take as much tea and water as one can hold. It is impossible to get water during the day without stopping to build a fire and melt the snow unless one carries a flask inside the clothing. and this stopping uses up time. "Snow Is bad for the mouth and In time makes it sore, besides not being sufliclent to quench the thirst except for the moment. The worst featuire of enting snow Is that If one gives way to the temptation there Is no stopping for the rest of the day. for. while it quenches the thirst for the t1i1me heilng it only Serves to iervar-e it in the lonh j run, and shortly after ta:-:!ng somo slow one is iore thirsty than before. "I found that by drinking in the morning I seldom vas thristy u1ntil night and hlail no great desire to drink unless a halt was mnde in the middle of the day and a fire startedl for tea." Evelyn Briggs 1n111dwini. aretie ex plorer. who was the nteoroliogist with the Penry expedition of 180:1-4. necond in command of the Vellmian expedi tion of 1898-9 and leader of thei aild win-Ziegler polar expedition of 1901-2, said the other day in speaking of the New York to Paris nIstoll)eWI; race: "-I think the rave Is 11tirely feih-ble. Iavlag paissed so mu*ch time in the arctic region, I naturally feel I au competent to judge of the likelihood of the contestants in the race getting si cessfully through the upper part of Alaska and Siberia, although. of course. arctle explorers have not much to do with automobiles, as will -be readily understood. "I think the contestants would find their journey greatly aided if they make use of horses whenever such use might be necessary. On the Dald win Ziegler expedition I caused a number of tough little ponies to be pu1rch~ased In Siberia and shiped to the niorth, where we made excellent use of them. "They are extremely hardy. andl one pony will haul as much na one entire dog team.ll or aboumt 8')0 or I00 p)ounlds. Trhey do not *ent their heads off,' as the saiyinig goes, and comnpresased hay can be carried alonig on the loads. It the occasn101 arises thoey cnn he utilized for food, as was done On tihe Ziegler Buldwin expeditoon, and those who ate tile meat were not aware that they were not eating beef until 50ome time afterward. "Rleindeer cannot haul much more' thanii ninety or a hundred pounds, so it wIlt be seen at on1ce how great an aidvantalge it is to have ponies iustead of reindeer. I paid about $50 apiece for ponles .in Siberla. Eskimo dogs cost mec about $3 each in Greenland, but mnuch more than that to have them delivered on board our ship. "By taking ponIes along with them the contestants in the forthcoming race will find their troubles greatly lessened, for the animals will extri cate them from many' bad places in the road. The horses will travel on an nyerage almost as far each day as can the antoists with their machines through the worst parts of their trip that is, in Alaska and in northeastern Siberia. "The party must have Borne means of transporting extra parts for their automobiles, food and other necessities, for they cannot carry sufilcient sup nlle of thi kind. on the machines UIG POLAR AUTO RACE Advice For Contestants From Experienced Arctic Travelers. USE OF SLEDS SUGGESTED. fancouver' Man Tells How Contest ants In Now York to Pai3 race Can 11l.isve Weight on Autos--Explorer Says Use Horses to Haul Supplies. Ilarry G. .MeL.ai or Vatinonver. It. C., who was interviewed at New York on the overland autonioblle race fromu New York to Pari. whlih has bN, _arran^-ged by the New York Times and the Mlatin of Parls, says there are ser eral things necessary for the comfort of the nen ion the trip to which atten tion night well be ealled. Mr. McLean has spent a great deal of time in British Columbia and has :lso beea In the arctie sections of Alas ka. having madte several trips to Point Barlow, the extreme northern point where many of the whaling fleets make their headquarters during the whaling season. lie has traveled quite exten tively by sled and knows many of the most obscure puths and trails of the country that is never without Its cov eing of snow, and therefore his views Iay be considered as helping the soliu tion of the problem that faces the men who will u dertake to drive the ina chines across iee and snow, says the New York Times. "Tle more I think of the trip, of whilch I have been reading in one see tion of the country and another since Its Inception, the more I am convinced that it can be made, but it will be made under conditions never before met by mon. In the first place, the trip eannot be maide unless accompa ned by guides and sleds, so that every possile bit of weight can be taken from the ears-that is to say, that all ('e u nu material. all food and extra clotblaig shouild be hauled on sleds. "T.he;e sled traius can then serve two PUrmposs- lrt. to take weight from th enr and then as scouts and trall breakers, so to speak, going alhead of the t1 and, to at certain extent. plck Ing out the best way for the machIneas to go and in a very small way break In- the trall of the snow. "The sleds more commonly In use inl the aretle region are from nine to talu feet long and twenty-two inches wide. the runners about twelve luches deep .and the sides abou.lt eighteen inches high. 'The sid proper. Is an open f-amework of oak or hiclkory, no more wood being Used than is absolutely necessary. All the parts are lashed to gether with strips of sealskin or walrus hide. Fivew or no nails are used; so, -while the sled Is very strong. it Is also flexible and able to withstand the vough usage to which it is constantly subjected *in traveling. . In passig I might Interject that the automobile construction should receive a thought in this direction of elasticity, for there are sonie terrible wrenches to be under gone. The sled cover, of light drilling, Is made large enough to spread all over the whole length of the sled on tho'bot tam. "IncIdentally, harnessing the dogs to the sleds, which it is well to know about, for the natives cannot be en lirely depended to stick to the job, is (1u:Ite an interesting undertaking. The: irness li made of strips of heavy -tickinlg, canvas, sennit or seal hide and is all in one piece for each dog. A, strul goes around the dog's neck and cr-osses in front of the chest, where the; two parts; are fastened togethuer to form-i a collar'. The ends then go under :c'ath the fore legs and lead up, one on eacLh sie, to the dog's back. Another strip La fastened to the top of the eel lar at the back of the neck and leads nmug the back to meet the other two ends.1 and here all three pieces are Ro e'nrcd together- and made fast to a smnall piece of rope about two feet long. "In 'harnessing a dog the collar is put on over the head; each of his fore feet put through one of the loops formed by the ends coming together, and he is ready to be made fast to the sled. A largaj' rope, the length of which do-: iendis upon the number of dogs to be used, is made fast to the front of the sled, and to this is secured the small ro"pe of the dog's harness, the dogs be lng yoked in pairs, one on each side of -the central rope. Tbe team y -erally (-onsists of an odd number of dogs, the odd dog being hitched to the central 1ine In front of the other dogs and acts ats a leader. This plan is used by the white People in the lower Yukon and is considered better than the plan of the natives of hitching the dogs one .a end of the other, "Anmoth~er thinLr of imnnoannco naet 'oVeage vines, except English ivi a are good for this purpose. Virgini creeper and aupelopsis are two of th best of these. Vines with abundati follage make a good background fu cosmos, hollyhocks. single dalilas fin other flowers that require suppori These can be tied to the wire as the; ,row, or else flowering annual vine can be planted each year-eypres vine. tnorning glory, climbing nastut lums or sweet pens for beauty. Fo use and as a curlosity plant some mi ed gourd seeds. Teu cents' worth wil provide as many dollars' worth of su priso and entertainment "Of course your little garden will b a delight, but it will never be so alli lug as to tempt you to spend more thai the necessary labor or cash upon it." Home Trade Philosophy. If yoi vast your bread upon the wa ters it may return to you after man; days, but if you east your dollar Intl the mail order maelstrom it never get back to your vicinity. Seeing is believing, and when yo see an article before you buy It you hr entitled to believe that it is worth buy lag or to let it stay unbought if other wise. Farmers who send their money inti the big cities to buy goods which the: might just as well buy at home wil lnd their sons following the dollars o their daddles Into the great trade cen ters as soon as the boys grow up anc will have to compromise on hired me1 If you don't lice the community yol live in well enough to do your tradini In that community, why don't yo! move Into some community that yo1 like better? In that case maybe som< body would fake your place .who wouli help to wake It a bettor community t live in by helping to build it up. Thousands of men throughout thi country are hvwling down the ide of cent'allAntion or government whil at the same time they are prc inoting the centraill:lilon of trade b spending 11101ey with the catalogu houses, which aire rapidly growin Inore and more powerful. Popular Street Tree. There Ia Io doult If it is properl handled that tht popper tree is neare: to the ideal for street planfltng. Ti: chief and. la fact, the only objectic urgod ngAlust it is that it raises t: sidewalk and )ushes out the eur either by roots or buttresses of thi trunk. 'leso (ifculties are easil avolded ri roper preparation is imad< says the Los Angeles Times. The per petr roots and buttresses are mad above ground only because. of resist imnce below. If the soil is looso ani iperneable for a considerable distanc< bClow the surface the roots will delvi leeply fand 11o trouble will be experi aened. On the other hand, if th Lround 14 -o hard that top resistance i: ess than that below 11o other resul nuiist be expected than that the root: wvill come up and the trunk buttrense. widely because it cannot go down tiherefore It must grow sidewise. .Thh urgument will hold good In greater oi esser measure with aill trees. To Encourage Tree Planting. Tr'ees are so thoroughly appreclate n Denver that the city annually sup lles citizens with young stock to en, 'ouirage planting, in Case of Accident. Don't biuster. B~e tactful, if there tre dangerous germs pr-etent. ask their o withdraw. If they demur, nsk then: vhere they wvere brought up with gen. ie irony. Be careful to render first ad1 to tht njured. A great deal of unnecessar.) uffer'ing has been caused by persons mastily rendering third or even fourti Id where first aid was indiented. In case of drowning select a besi nethiod of resusmcitaition. There arc ,680 bestane.thode in all. Have themr ubout yodf In te tormi of loose news. maper clippings and run themi ovei iviefly before acting. Keep cool. Stop every little whil4 ud take your temperature. If the coroner arrives while you art Lt wvork, Immediately dealet. It is di. ourteous to save life in his presence. Take accurate notes of the street and mumber. Rleviving patients almost al. vars ask wvhere they are. If possible, induce death to super rene rather than to take place merelj ir even to ensue, It gives the family sense of dignity..-Puck. Wanted Reduced Rates. Howell--I heard of a case of Greel neeting Greek the otber day. Powel --What's the story? Howell--A min ster wvas married, and when he cam' to pay the weddIng fee he asked I here was any reduction to ciergyme. -New York Presa. without loading then down so good progress will be imniPOsSible. If horses are not utilized, dog teams will have to be used, and they are not as serviceable, need more looking after and collectively will eat more than will a Siberian pony. "As for obtaining them, they could be purchased in western Siberia and sent along the route through northeast ern Siberia, say, as far as the Kolyma river, where the autolsts could be met. I As the ponles would not be needed until next fall, there would be plenty I of time to send thema from points I where they might be purchased to the I Kolymna river or thereabout. "Of course I am most anxious that the American contestants shall win. but whatever their nationality I hope that the beat sportsmen and those who do best shall be victors." Aluminium -Money. Nearly 32.000.0f0 coins imade of alu minlui have recently been struck fronm the royal lint In England for circula tion in Uganda and the Nigerian pro tectorates, says I .ondon cable dis patch to the New York Times. Each coin bears the value either of a cent or of 2 mills and Is perforated in the cen ter. IIke Chinese coIns, in order to per mit the natives to string them togeth er. The advantage of arlumlnimnn as I coin l due to its light wel;iht and the fact that it l. the best non-germ bear Ing metal known. Tribute to Totrazzini. One qorg bird only lei this wilderness Can such enchantment give by simply al1rging. Blond as the sinshine, she cornes blithe ly. bringing The chirm that touches care like a caress, The nelody that makes iife's bur-lein less The enrol of a lurk or linnet winging Upward from earth and pearls in showers flinging. Which men may prize, yet light not to possess. Sweet cousin to the nightingale. in tears Thy rich notes melt upon our raviehed ears. And yet I think this doth not sorrow prove. Dit something that divinely would re joice Sonic heavenly reminiscence in a voice As virginal as springtime and young love. --Henry Tyrrell in New York World. BACK YARD IMPROVEMENT. -Timely Suggestions From an Old Gar dener-Vines to Hide Fences. well kept grounds in tire front of notuss help woloerfully in amaking a town attractive. 'it the bick yare:d Ilould by no me..s be neglected. and an old gardener gives some good ad viee about improving them) wIh-lh is 111n0ly at th!s eason of th em yar: "Have you a back yard? (row jrmething in it. See somneihng grow wvhlch you have planted with your own hanildh. No back yard Is so small that it may not ie made to grow somrethlinig ,.or the table, aild if it happens to be a vacait lot you w'ili be surprised at tire gnantilIes it may be made to yield uin ter a little daily nttentionl and some nightly pir.lnning. If your back yard consIsts of only a few square yards. that fact need not deter you from en tering 1pon tle joys of the gardener if the area at your disposal is limited. the time and attention required will be correspondingly small, though the pleasure It may alord will continue throughout the season. "Anybody carn growv radishes andl lettuee, and almrost anybody can erat them, too, so planlt these first. They aire promplt in their payment of divf dends of pleasure-, for their first greeni paired leav-es will appear in three or four day-s, and y-our heartiness of wel come for them will do you vastly more good than the posession of two nick els spent for their seed. "If you have 0only a few square yards at your disposal, spade It up at any time in eariy spring. If the lot Ia large enough to admit of a team, hqve it plowed once' al year in the springr or fall. Pilant everything to rows the long way of the plot. 1hvet put yourI lettuce and radishes in rows. 'This 1 will admit the greateet ease in cultiva tioni; but, more important still, this method will permit of the most ready substitution by subsequently planting other crops when the first have been . consumtned. "For example, if your lettuce is one long r-ow instead of occupying a rec tangular bed, as it is customarily grown by the town farmer, when it is no longer tender, crisp and sweet you can clean up tile whole row and plant beans in its place or anything else suitable to the narrow space of one row. "A high beard fence Is an eyesore, yet many people are unwilling to cover it with vines, because sooner or later these will cause the wood to decay. The thIng to do is to put up chicken wire in front of the fence and grow the vineson the wire. WOULD HAVE SHOT HIM. e Quaint Story of Marshal Soult and Louis Philippe. r In the reign of Louis Philippe Victor Hugo was a frequent and welcome guest at the Tuileries. Here Is one of his anecdotes of the time as told in Victor Hugo's memoirs: "A few days ago the king said to Marshal Soult in the presence of oth ers. 'Mirshial, do you remember the slie!ge of Cadis?' 'Rather, sire, I should think so. I swore enough beforb that cursed Cadis. I i invested the place and was forced to go away an I had come.' "'Marshal, while you were before it I was inside it.' "'I know, sire.' "'The cortes and the British cabinet offered me the command of the Span lah army.' '"'1 remember, sire.' "'The offer was, a grave one. I heal tated long. Bear arms against France? For my family it is possible, but against my countryl I was greatly perplexed. At this juncture you asked me through a trustworthy person for a secret interview in a little house situ ated on the Cortadura, between the city and your camp. Do you remember the fact, M. Marshal?' "'Perfectly, sir. The day was fixed and the interview arranged.' "'And I did not turn u?' "'That is so.' "'Do you know why?' " 'I never knew.' "'I will tell you. As I was prepar Ing to meet you the commander of the . English squadron, apprised of the mat 1 ter -1 know not how, dropped upon me brusquely and warned me that I was about to fall into a trap; that, Cadis being impregnable, they despaired of selzing me, but that at Cortadura I would be arrested by you; that the em )eror' wished to make the Duc d'Or leans a second volume of the Due Sd'Engheln, and that you would have me shot Instantly. There, really,' add ed the king. with a smile, 'your hand on your conscience, were you going to shioot me?' "Ti .nair.sha remained silent for a moment. i!Pen replied: 'No. sire. I wanted to coimpromise you.' The sub ject of the convuirpatioii was changed. A few minutes lateV the marshal took b leave of the king. ad the king, as he watched lizn go, said, with a smile, to the person who had heard tho conver sation: 'Compromisel Comprominisv Todny it is called compromise. In re ality he would have shot me.'" GALLERY WIT. Sometimes the Actors Turn the Tables on the interrupters. SoIe amusing instances of the wit 1and humor of the gallery and pit t patrons of the drana are printed in the Engish. Illustrated Magazine. On one I of the first nights of the opera of "Cy mon" at Drury Lane a dissatisfied crit a le when Mr. Vernon began the last air in the fourth act. "Torn from me, torn from me! Which way did they take her?" immediately sang in the exact time of the air, to the astonishment of the andltiencle. "Why, toward Long Acre, toward Long Acrel" Vernon was for a moment stunned; but, recovering himself, lhe sang in re joinders: "Ilo, hol Did they so? Then, I'll overtake her! J'll soon overtake herl" and precipitately ran off amid the plaudits of the wvhole house. In "Sancho IPanza." a comedy in three acts, by Durreni, the duke says at the beginning of the third act, "I be gin to get tired of Sancho." "So do I," said a wag in the pit, taking his hat and walking out. This sealed the fate of the pie0ce. When John Reeve was playing Bomn bastes at Bristol upon being stabbed by Artixommus ho denied the fairness of the thrust and, appealing to the pit, saidl. "It is not fair, sir, is it?" A bald headed gentleman who probably took the whole representation to be serious and to whom Reeve directed his glance replied, "Really, sir, I cannot say, for I don't fence." Barry Sullivan, the Irish tragedian, was playing in "Richard III." some years ago at Shrewsbury. When he camne to the line, "A horsel A horset My kingdom for a horsel" some one in the pit calied out, "Wouldn't a donkey. suit you, Mr. Sullivan?" "Yes," re sponlded the tragedian, turning quick ly on the interrupter; "please come round to the stage door." "Yes." said the bachelor, "a man may think ho's having a high old time iat night, but something will surely tell him next mnorning that be made a foot Sof himself." -~ "Yes," replied the long married man, "or somebody"-New Orleans Timew Democrat.