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11 ne uonquesi I By Dr. FREDERICK A. COOK J Copyright, IS'09, by the Pfew York >f? Herald Company, Registered In f Canada In Accordance With Copy rifhl Act. Copyright In MexJ ico Under Laws of the Republic 4? of Mexico. All Rights Reserved J. a 4. a 4. 4. 4. 4> o 4? + 4. 4? 4? 4? *! OVER the newly discovered coast lines was written Bradley Land, Id honor of John li. Bradley, the benefactor of the expedition. As we passed north of this laud there was nothing substantial upon which to tix the eye. There was at no time a perfectly clear horizou, but the weather was good euough to permit frequent nautical observations. The course was liued on uninteresting blank sheets, but there were elusive signs of land frequent enough to keep up an exploring enthusiasm. Thus day after day the marches were forced, the incidents and the positions were recorded, but the adventures were promptly forgotten in the mental bleach of the next day's effort. 'pho nioht nf anril 7 whs made notable by the swing of tbe sun at midnight. For a number of nights it made grim faces at us in its setting. A teasing j mist, drawn as a curtain over the northern sea at midnight, had given curious advantages for celestial staging; settling iuto this haze, we were unable to determine sharply tbe adj vent of the midnight sun, but here was i a spectacular play which interested us , immensely. Now the great bulk was drawn out egg shaped, with horizontal lines drawn through It. Again it was pressed into a basin with flaming tires, burning behiud a curtain of frosts; blue at other times, it appeared like a jhuge vase, and it required very little imagination to see purple and violet flowers. The change was ofteu like magic, | but the last display was invariably a i face?distorted faces of men or ani luals were made to suit our fancy. | We bad therefore followed the sun's i northward advance?from its first peep at midday above the south ice of the .A'#'"; CyWxiii^uT' t?o p ay r*** ner* voqh h*aal q to. * THBOUGH NA2 polar gateway to its sweep of the northern ice at miduight. From the end of the polar night late in February to the first of the double days and midnight suns we hud forced a trail i thiv-iu.rh iiari-noes h!oo<l hardeuinsr I iUtVU^U V*M* MMVWVf ... w temperature and over leg breaking irregularities of an unknown world of ice to an area 200 miles from tbe pole. The Midnight Sun Now we had the sun unmistakably at midnight, and its new glory was quite an incentive to our life of shivers. Observatious ou April 8 placed camp at latitude 80 degrees 30 minutes, longitude 94 degrees 2 minutes. In spite of what seemed like long marches we had advanced only 10G iniles in nhie days. Much of our hard work was lost in circuitous twists around troublesome pressure lines and high, irregular fields of very old Ice. The drift ice was throwing us to the east with sufficient force to give us some anxiety, but with eyes closed to danger and hardships the double days of fatigue aud glitter quickly followed one another. The temperature, ranging between 36 and 40 degrees below zero F., kept nprsistentlv near the freezing point of mercury, nud, though the perpetual sun gave light and color to the cheerless wastes, we were not Impressed with any appreciable sense of warmth. Indeed, the suubeams seemed to make the frost of the air pierce with a more painful sting. There was a weird play of orgies, seemingly most impressive at this time?clouds of steam rose from the frozen seas. In marching over the golden glitter snuw scalds the face, while the nose is bleached with frost. The sun rose into zones of fire and set Into burning fields of Ice. but with pain we breathe the chill of death. In camp a grip of the knife left painful burns from cold metal. To the frozen finger the water was hot. With wine spirits the fire was lighted, while ~tl '1nllrr]ifn/l tho CtOmjlfll. Ill drCaiUS VII UVll^uvv V* ? Leaven was hot. the other place was cold. Al! nature was false. We seemod to be uearing the chilled flame of a new hades. In our hard life there was nothing genuinely warm. The congenial appearances were all deception. but death offered only cold comfort. Th?re was no advantage In suicide. WARRENTON LOCfLS . The weather has been so very disagreeable this week our citizens huve been tinable to accomplish much except diminish the size of the wood pile to u very appreciable extent. ^ The Warronton School is again en aeavonng to impress um yuuu^ iu . The "ideas" have increased somewhat in number, there being nine new pupils to join their ranks since Christmas. It is reported that tli? teacher of the above mentioned school left us Thursday before Christmas ostensibly for his home in Troy. It is further reported that he did not arrive at his home till Tuesday in the Christmas. Now if you ask me where he went and what he was doing I would say, ask him. We have not stated this ex of the Pole! * * * North of Bradley Land. * J Amazing Sensations of * Dr. Cook and His Two t I ? Companions J+ j v [NINTH ARTICLE] } 4? ?? 4? ?fr* 4* ?f? ?fr We should liave enjoyed this curious experience, but with endless bodily discomforts, combined in aching muscles nud an overbearing languor, there i could be no real joys from the glories i of nature. The pleasure was reserved for a later retrospect. We now changed our working hours I from day to night, beginning usually I at 10 and ending at 7. The big inarehi es and prolonged hours of travel with I which fortune favored us earlier were ! no longer possible. Weather condlj tlons were more important in deter; mining the day's run than the hands I of the chronometers. When the storms threatened the | start was delayed, and in strong blows j the march was shortened, but in one I way or another we usually found a fait- !inn re in r>nr?h turn nf flip dial dur I itigr which a march could be forced bej tween winds. It mattered little whether we traveled uight or day?all hours and all days were alike to us?for we had no accustomed time of rest, no Sundays, no holiday, no landmarks or mileposts to pass. To advance aud expend the energy accumulated during 1 one sleep at the cost of our pound of pemmican was the one sole aim in life. The observations of April 11 gave latitude S7 degrees 20 minutes, longij tude 95 minutes 19 seconds. The pack disturbance of Bradley Land was less | and less noted in the northward movement. The fields became heavier, larger and less erevassed. Fewer troublesome old floes and less crushed new ice were encountered. With the improved conditions the fire of a racing spirit came for a brief spell. Passing Highest Reach. We had uow passed the highest reaches of all our predecessors and had gained the inspiration of the farthest north for ourselves. The time fSEN'S SOUND. was at hand, however, to consider seriously the necessity of an early return. ! Nearly half of the food allowance had been used. In the long marches , supplies had been more liberally used than anticipated, and now our dog ; teams were much reduced in numbers. A hard necessity had forced the cruel law of the survival of the fittest, for ! the less useful dogs were fed to the steady working survivors. Owing tithe food limits and the advancing season we could not prudently continue the outward march a fortnight longer. We bad dragged ourselves ctuu nines ' over the polar sea in twenty-four days. Including delays and detours, tliis gave an average of nearly thirteen miles daily on an air line in our course. There remained an unknown line of 160 miles before our ambitions could be satisfied. The same average advance which we had made on the pack would take us to the pole in thirteen days. There were food and fuel enough to risk this adventure. I Work and Observations. In the diary of the succeeding days' doings there appear numerous tabulations of work and observations. In the new cracks the thickness of the ice was measured. The water was examined for life. The technical details for the uiakiug aud breaking or ice were studied, aud some attention was given to tbe altitude of uplifted and submerged irregularities. Atmospheric, surface water and ice ; temperatures were taken, tbe baromei ter was uoted, tbe cloud formations, weather conditions and ice drifts were tabulated. There was a continuous routine of work which does not appear here. It belongs to the specific details of the history of tbe exploration, which will appear in the later publication of scientific data. This work, like the effort of the foot In the daily drive of duty, became more or less automatic and does not Jll HUJ llllitf UJJIVl ii? aii mine ui the story. As we now :,un along over seemingly endless fields of Ice the physical appearances come under a careful scrutiny. 1 watched daily for possible sigus of dangerous failure In strength, for serious disability now j meant a fatal termination. A disabled man could neither con j tinue nor return, but every examina! tlon pave another reason to posh lnI actly as instructed but we trust it will bf j accepted. Mr. and Mrs. Willie McNeil have moved I into their new home. They were very pleasantly situated before, living with , their father, but nothing is so pleasant as ; a home of your own. Life then begins in ' reality. The songs of the birds seem sweeter, the sky clearer, and the sur i brighter. Mr. and Mrs. McNeil will be nrlcwl fn ronatt'u 41.ail* frinnilfi in thftl'p T101C . iiome, and we dare say they will meet you with a smile you had not noticed before May their days be many and may theii cup overflow. ; There has been considerable sickness in ; our community but we are glad that most | of the sick are convalescing. j Gary Cheatham Is again up. She had pneumonia and we feared the fight might man endurance to the limit of the strain of every fiber and cell. The ' hard work which followed, under au occasional burst of burniug sunbeams, brought Intense thirst. Soup a Luxury. Forcing the habit of the camel, we managed to take enough water before j starting to keep sufficient liquid in the j veins for the day's march, but it was J difficult to await the melting of the ice !' at camping time. In two sittings?evening and morning?each took an average of three j quarts of water dally. This included the tea and also the luxury of an occasional soup. There was water about 1 everywhere in heaps, but It was in crystals, and before the thirst could be quenched several ounces of precious fuel, which had been carried thousands of miles, must be used. And still this water, so expensive and so necessary to us. ultimately became the I greatest bane to comfort. It escaped ; through the pores of the slcln. satu, rated the boots, formed a band of Ice , under the knee and a belt of frost about the waist, while the face was nearly always incased In a mask of j icicles from the breath?a necessary I part of our hard lot in life, and we , learned to take the torture philosophically. "From ice It comes, to Ice , it goes," like the other elements of ! the body, when the good preacher proI nounces the last words "from dust to ! dust." From the eighty-seventh to the eighty-eighth parallel we passed for I two days over old Ice without pressure j lines or hummocks. There was no discernible line of demarcation for the fields, and it was quite impossible to determine if we were on land or sea ice. The barometer indicated no elevation, but the ice had the hard, waving surface of glacial ice. with ouly superficial crevasses. The water obtained from this was not salty, but all of the upper surface of the Ice of the polar sea makes similar water. The nautical observations did not seem to Indicate a drift, but nevertheless the combined tabulations do not warrant the positive assertion of either laud or sea for this area. An Air Line Course. This ice gave a cheering prospect. A plain of purple and blue ran in easy undulations to the limits of vision without the usual barriers of uplifted blocks. Over it a direct air line course was possible. Progress, however, was quite as difficult as over the irregular pack. The snow was crusted with large crystals. An increased friction reduced the speed, while the surface. too hard for snowshoes, wag also too weak to give a secure footing. The loneliness, the monotony, the hardship of steady, unrelieved travel were now keenly felt. It is not often that man's horsepower is put to the test as ours was. We were compelled to develop a working energy to the limit of animal capacity. Day after day we had pushed aloug at the same steady pace over plains of frost and through a mental desert. As the eye opened at the end of an Icy slumber the Ore was lighted little by little, the stomach was filled with liquids and solids, mostly cold?enough to last for the day, for there could be no halt or waste of fuel for midday feeding. We next got into harness and paced off the day's pull under the lash of duty. We worked until standing became Impossible?longer In light winds, shorter in strong winds, but always until the feet became numb aud heavy. Then came the arduous task of building a snow house. In this the eyes, uc A- ??-l longer aoie iu wiuu, imacu, uui the empty stomach complained, and Ii was filled up again?not with things that pleased the palate, only hard fuel to feed the inner fires, while the ear sought the soft side of ice to dispel fatigue; no pleasure In mental recrea'tiou, nothing to arouse the soul from its icy inclosure. To eat, to sleep, to press one foot ahead of the other, was our steady vocation, like the horse to the cart, but we had not his advantage of an agreeable climate and a comfortable stable at night. Where Madness Sits. Words and pictures caunot adequately describe the maddening influence -j* ai-J~ .-> & nnlnt* (vlSffot* />Atn. 01 11115 SilLuciAu^a ui jiuiui bined with bitter winds, extreme cold aud au overworked body. To me there was always the inspiration of anticipation of the outcome of ultimate success, but for my young savage companions It was a torment almost beyond endurance. Their weariness was made evident by a lax use of the whip and an indifferent urging of the dogs. They were, however, brave and faithful to the bitter end, seldom allowing selGsh ambitions or uncoutrollable passions seriously to Interfere with the maiu effort of the expedition. Ou the morning of April 13 a strain of agitating torment reached a breaking point. For days there had been a steady cutting wind from the west, which drove despair to its. lowest reaches. The west again blackened to renew its soul despairing blast. The sun was screeued with ugly vapors, and the path was as cheerless as the arctic night. No torment could be worse than that never ceasing rush of icy air. Ahwelah bent over his sled and refused to move. His dogs turned aud looked Inquiringly. I walked ever and stood by his side. Etukisbuk came near and stood motionless, staring blankly at the southern skies. Large tears fell from ( Ahwelah's eyes and piled a little frost of sadness In the blue of his own shadow for several minutes. Not a word 1 was uttered, but I knew that each felt that the time had come to free the fetters of human passions. Slowly Ahwelah said. "Unue siuig pa?oo-ah-tonie i-o-doria ("It is well to die?beyond is Impossible"). I " " " ' prove too great for her frail body, but we , are indeed glad to know she won out. ! Gary, your friends were much concerned about you, we hoard one who is aoout you 1 age and in your school aek concerning ! you. We have never seen the child with a 1 more solemn expression than when she 1 whispered, "Is Gary going to get up?" ' Mrs. Campbell has" been very low wiht ; double pneumonia for more than a week. It is distressing to have any member of 1 the family sick, but when the mother of ; five young children sees the little ones and hears their distressing cry and is unable to minister unto their wants we think the ! limit of human endurance is not far away. ' We extend to Mr. Campbell our heart-felt , sympathy and we hope the future will 1 bring days in which the sunshine will dis | Tie Conquest, * I By Dr. FREDERICK A. COOK t J Copyright, 1909, by the New York j* * Herald Company, Registered In |* J Canada In Accordance With Copy + right Act. Copyright In Flex- ^ J ico Under Laws of the Republic * * of Mexico. All Rights Reserved * THE observations of April 14 gave pf latitude 88 degrees 21 minutes, to lougitude 95 degrees 52 minutes. w We were but 100 miles from the pole, but there was nothing to relieve the mental strain of the icy despair. '0j The wLnd came with the same satanic rfl cut from the west. V( With teeth set and newly sharpened rc resolutions, we set out for that last 100 miles. Some dogs had gone into the p] stomachs of their hungry companions, but there still remained a sufficient n) pull of well tried brute force for each Q( sled, and. though their noisy vigor had pl been lost in the long drag, they still . I , " ' ^ ^ 222*23??&e*i DB. COOK ON BOABD THE HANS EQEDE, ? Vi broke the frigid silence with an occa- q sional outburst. A little fresh enthusiasm from the drivers was quickly fol- ^ lowed by canine activity. j, We were in good trim to cover dis- a tance economically. The sledges were cj light; our bodies were thin. All the ^ muscles had shriveled, but the dogs ^ retained much of their strength. Thus ^ stripped for the last lap. one horizon jj after another was lifted. w In the forced effort which followed ^ we were frequently overheated. The temperature was steady at 44 degrees j below zero F., but perspiration came with ease aud a certain amount of pleasure. Later, however, there fol- J* lowed a train of suffering for many days. The delight of the blrdskln ? shirt was changed for the chill of the wet blanket. The mittens, the boots ( and the fur stockings became quite useless until dried out. ti Furs Soon Dried. g Fortunately, at this time the sun was warm enough to dry the furs in about three days if lashed to the sun- u ny side of the sled. In these last days c we felt more keenly the pangs of per- ^ splratlon than In all our earlier ad- v ventures. n The amber colored goggles were persistently used, and they afforded a z protection to the eyes which was quite n a revelation, but in spite of every pre- a caution our distorted, frozen, burned a and withered faces lined a map of the hardships en route. We were curious looking savages. n The perpetual glitter induced a squint v which distorted the face In a remark- jj able manner. The strong light reflect- 8 ed from the crystal surface threw the n muscles about the eye Into a state of ^ chronic contraction. The pupil was reduced to a mere pinhole. There was no end of trouble at hand in endeavoring to keep the windows of the soul open, and all of the efiTect o was run together in a set expression s of hardship and wrinkles which should ti be called the boreal squint. \? Nearing the Pole. This boreal squint is a part of the russet bronze physiognomy which falls ^ to the lot of every arctic explorer. The ^ early winds, with a piercing tempera- ' ture, start a flush of scarlet, while frequent frostbites leave figures in J( black. Later the burniug sun browns ^ the skin; subsequently strong winds sop the moisture, harden the skin and ? leave uptrn uoouitro. The bard work and reduced nourishment contract the muscles, dispel the T fat and leave the skin to shrivel up In u folds. The Imprint of the goggles, the set expression of hard lines nnd the ^ mental blank of tbe environment have removed all spiritual animation. We a have the color and the lines of old 13 russet apples and would easily pass ? for prehistoric progenitors of man. In the enforced efTort to spread out ? the stiffened legs over the last reaches' there was no longer sufficient energy, 8 at camping times to erect a snow shel- E ter. The silk tent was then pressed ' Into use. i Though the temperature was still * very low when th? suu was high. Its J congenial rays pierced tbe silk fabric y and rested softly on our brows closed 0 in heavy slumber. In strong winds it v was still necessary to erect a shelter- ' ing wall to shield the tent. Optical Illusions. I ' 1 r Signs of laud were still seen every . day, but they were deceptive optical ilm/i n mprp vorrliet of fanev. IUUUW ? V V - ? It seemed that something must hap- t , m I pel any and all clouds that may gather on h< his horizon. si There is always trouble in the world,but it certainly does not seem equally distrib ki uted, for some of us seem to have much tx more than our share. a Mr. Jos Fergueson had a fall a few days ago from which he received internal inju- ti rles. We hear he is improving satisfactorily TV Little Frank Fergueson has been very tc sick, but we understand he is also doing fa as well as could be expected ai Speed Fergueson has been up and down ci for the past four months. We understand oj it will be necessary for him to go to hi Atlanta for further treatment. We trust re his trip will prove entirely satisfactory. y< Prof. It. B. Cheatham came over from w Donalds for a short stay last week. n Mr. M. M. Hall passed through Friday on 8 his way to AbbevUlg1^r_^j|_h^a_a_flfla? " ' ' " , of the Pole!' w > * 1 The Pole at Last?Amid * 1 Singing of Eskimos and ? Howling of Dogs Explor er Reaches "Big Nail." { j (TENTH ARTICLE] fr '4? '* + '* '* + * 4> * + >n, some line must cross our horizon, mark the Important area Into which e were pressing. When the sun was low the eye ran 'er moving plains In brilliant waves ! color to dancing horizons. The ini,ges turned things topsy turvy. Injrted lands and queer objects ever ise and fell in shrouds of mystery, it all of this was due to the atmosleric magic of the midnight sun. With a lucky series of dally astrojmical observations our position was jw accurately fixed for each stage of rogress. As we neared the pole the aaginatlon quickened, and a restless, most hysteric excitement came over 3. The boys fancied they saw beaver ad seals, and I had a new land under !>servatlon frequently, but with a aange in the direction of light or an ttered trend in our temperament the orizon cleared and we became eager aly to push farther iuto the mystery. From the eighty-eighth to the eightyInth the Ice was in very large fields ad the surface was less irregular, but i other respects It was about the lme as below the eighty-seventh. We oticed here also au extension of the mge of vision. We seemed to see nger distances and the ice along the orlzon had a less angular outline. The color of the sky and the ice also banged to deeper purple blues. We ad no way of checking these Iinpresions by other observations. The lgerness to find something unusual my have fired the imagination, but nee the earth Is flattened at the pole erhaps a widened horizon should be etected. At 8 o'clock ou the morning of April 9 we camped on a picturesque old eld with convenient hummocks, to 'hich we could easily rise for the freuent outlook which we now maintaini. The tent was pitched. The dogs 'ere silenced by blocks of pemmican. a us new enthusiasm wus aroused by liberal pot of pea soup and a few hips of frozen meat, and then we athed In life giving sunbeams, screenI from the piercing air by silk trends. It was n beautiful day. and ad our sense of appreciation not been lunted by accumulated fatigue we rouId have greatly enjoyed the play f light and color In the ever changing :ene of sparkle. The Eskimos were soon lost In a rofound sleep, the only comfort in aelr hard lives, but I remained awake, s had been my habit on succeeding ays, to get nautical observations. The >ngltude calculations lined us at egrees 3 minutes. At noon the sun's Itltude was carefully set ou the sexint. and the latitude quickly reduced ave 89 degrees 31 minutes?twentylne miles from the pole. My heart jumped for joy, and the nconscious commotion which 1 was reating awakened Etukishuk. I told im that in two average marches we rould reach the "tigl shu" (the big alJ). Ahwelah was awakened with a kick, nd together they went out to a humjock and through glasses sought for mark to locate so important a place s the terrestrial axis. If but one leep beyond It must be seen. I tried to explain that the pole was ot visible to the eye; that its position ras located only by a repeated use of tie various Instruments. This entirely atisfied their curiosity, and they burst at in hurrahs of joy. For two hours bey chanted and danced the passions f wild life. Sleep Is Impossible. It was the first real sign of pleasure r rational emotiou which they had hown for several weeks. For some ime I had entertained the fear that re no longer possessed the strength to eturn to land, but the unbridled flow f vigor dispelled that idea. More sleep was quite impossible. We rewed an extra pot of tea, prepared a avorite broth of pemmican, dug up a urprise of fancy biscuits and filled up n good things to the limit of the aljwance for our final feast days. The ogs, which had joined the chorus of ladness, were given an extra lump of emmican. A few hours more were greeably spent in the tent, and then re started with a new spirit for the ttermost north. We were excited to a fever heat. ?he feet were light on this run. Even he dogs caught the Infectious enthusism and rushed along at a pace which oade it difficult for me to keep a suffiient advance to set a good course. ?he horizon was still searched for omething to mark the approaching toreal center, but nothing unusual was een. It was the same expanse of oving seas of ice on which we had Ived for 500 miles. But, looking through gladdened eyes. j? ?rriiAn., be scene assumeu u ue? j.uv-hrere plains of gold fenced in purple palls, with gilded crests. It wus onr f the few days on the stormy* pack phen all nature smiled with cbeerinjIghts. From my position a few hundred ards ahead of the sleds I could not esist the temptation to turn frequently o see the movement of the dog train vith its new lire. In this direction he color scheme was reversed. The cy walls were in gold and burning col 5rse of which he is justly proud. He conders our roads somewhat ideal'. Mr. Geo. Wilson's friends will be glad to now he is on hie feet again arter naving ;en in the grip of the gripp for more than week. Mr. and. Mrs. H. T. Cheatham left for leir home in Paiistine, Texas Monday re would have taken Henry very much > task had he brought back a lady less ir, less charming, and with less grace ooao nf monnor fHnn thft ntifi hfl losenforhis "better haif." Hut in our jinion he has shown good judgment he is done well, and again we would comlend him to the serious consideration of oung bachelors. Go thou and do likeise?but don't go to Texas. We have laids here fully as fair as any in the Lone tare State. MHHIMHil * ' '' / 1 { 5rs, while the plains represented erary ( 3hade of purple and blue. At the North Pole. Through this sea of color the dogs nomn irlth n unii'ihul ii'P'ul nnaoa Hnivn tails up and shoulders braced to the straps like chariot horses. The young Eskimos, chanting songs of love, came ; with easy step. The long whip was ' swung with a brisk crack, awl all over there rose a cloud of frosted breath. Camp was pitched early in the morning of April 20. The sun was uortlieast; the pack glowed iu tones of lilac; the normal westerly air of shivers brushed our frosty faces. The surprising burst of enthusiasm had been nursed to its limits, and under it a long march was made over average ice with the usual result of overlwnriug fatigue. Too tired and sleepy to wait for a cup of tea, melted snows were poured down and the pemmican was pounded with the ax to ease the task of the jaws. The eyes closed before the meal was finished, and the world was lost to us for eight hours. The observation gave latitude 89 degrees 46.5 minutes, longitude 94 degrees 52 minutes. With the boys singing and the dogs howling we started off after midnight on April 21. The dogs looked large and noble as they came along that day. while Etukishuk and Ahwelab, though thin and ragged, had a dignity as heroes of the greatest human battle which had ever been fought with remarkable success. We were all lifted to the paradise of winners as we stepped over the snows of a destiny for which we had risked life and willingly suffered the tortures of an icy hell. The Ice under us seemed almost sacred*. Wben the pedometer registered j fourteen and a half miles we camped and calmly went to sleep, feeling that we were turning on the earth's axis. The observations, however, gave 89 degrees 59 minutes 45 seconds. We therefore had the pole, or the exact spot where ft should be. within sight. We advanced the fifteen seconds, made supplementary observations. | pitched the tent, built a snow Igloo and prepared to make ourselves com- j fortable for a stay long enough for two I rounds of observations. Our position was thus doubly assur ed, and a necessary day of rest was gained. Etukishuk and Ahwelah eujoyed the day In quiet repose, but I slept very little. My goal wa? reached; the ambition of my life had been fulfilled. How could I sleep away such overwhelming moments of elation? The Dream Realized. At last we had reached the boreal center. The dream of nations hnd been realized. The race of centuries was ours. The flag was pinned to the coveted pole. The year was 1908, the day J April 21. The sun indicated local noon, but j time was a negative problem, for here all meridians meet. With a step it was possible to go from one part of the globe to the opposite side?from the hour of midnight to that of midday. Here there are but one day and one night In each year. The latitude was' 90 degrees, the temperature ?38.7. the atmospheric pressure 29.83. North. I >' ' ' a : -i < * ' - , . i \ j..4 **x&|C23W?1 THE HANS EOEDE, WRICH CARRIED DR. COOK TO DENMARK. east and west hud vanished. It was south in every direction, but the compass, pointing to the magnetic pole, was as useful as ever. Though overjoyed with the success of the conquest our spirits began to chauge on the next day after all tbe observations bad been taken and the local conditions were studied. A sens^ of intense loneliness came with a careful scrutiny of the horizon. What a cheerless spot to have aroused the ambition of man for so many as6s! Endless fields of purple snows! No Hfe, no land, no spot, to relieve the monotony of frost! We were the only pulsating creatures in a dead world of Ice. On April 23, 190S. Dr. Cook began the long return march. With fair weather, good ice and the inspiration of the home run long distances were at first quickly covered. With a good deal of anxiety Cook watched the daily reduction of the food supply. It now became evident that the crucial stage of the campaign - - - t-- frnm thu tflkinCT was TO ut: llilllJlruru ? of the pole to a final battle for life against famine and frost. Early in July farther southward progress became impossible, a.id in quest of food he crossed the Firth of Devon into Jones sound. On Feb. IS, 1909, the start was made for Annootok. With a newly prepared equipment the Greenland shores were reached on April 15. Here Dr. Cook was greeted by Harry Whitney and anxious Eskimo friends. To facilitate an early return he moved southward to the Danish settlement and reached Upernavik on May 21, 1009. Ga. are visiting Mis. Cades parents. Afioi! Tyiiiina VI Inn nnlprfainPl) ATnnrf&V evening in honor of Miss Lois Wilson of Abbeville. Mr. Paul Wilson lias been doing some sowing' this week in Montcry for his father. Without an Enemy. Heaven help the man who imagines he can dodge enemies by trving to pleaso every every body? If such an individual ever succeeded we should be glad of it? not that we believe in a man going through the world trying to find beams to krnx-k and thump his poor head against, disputing every man's opinion,fighting and elbowing, andcrowdinc^ilHvh(Hliffeyntiyim^^^L u iiKm i*j uieif upuuou; bo don't fall into the error of stfpitejmHEfl will respect you less for mainw^HGH respect you more for turning y^Hfl every Jay to match the color of your colors In spite of wind B storm or sunshine, It costs and irresolute ten times the wind and shuffle, and twlft, thaiwB] honest, manly independence to* !9HQ ground. '? WSk ->?l^KM :<r^^HBI 1 M?? . v'j 3H and guarantee fatielaction. I^HH does Dot come up to contraction! not cost you a cent. HI Any one wanting Monoj^^ Ttx-rabs, Slat* Work or Carbinjj^^B he pleaded to have tbem call otflH Abbeville, 8. CM or at tha ?4H Greenwood. flS| Joe F. Edmunl The State of South C*3m8 J. 8. Mark et al, By authority of a Decree;oumH > be Court of Corpmou Piess-flBj|* the above stated eils-e, I <ale, at Public Outcry. atAbbefojWH H., 8. C., oo Sale*day io FebJrn*J| D. 1010, wilhla vtbelegal hoo^^BR the foilowiog.deeciibedvlitM^^^B All that tract or |>?ycel of U&SSEm in the State aforvsai$L, ffiSHaBK FIVE (5) Acies, more,or|iM tnur one 125 horse oowerCoSnH ami a lot of other macfrlp?&^ what is known as THB>AAHlB FtJBNtTUBE FaCTORY PLv^^^BH Railway Co. arid others? no bid of lees than F0U8;flp>raflH Dollars will beenlertalwijKf Also, at the same time atl&J will sell a lot of about 8O,O0ff| first clae9 oak lomber BUlUb^lflH manufacture of facniture^^s |?K ance on a credjt of twelve cured by bond .of pcplftjH mortgage of the premi8tt*-~i3flHfiiflH only to the plant proper? ifMMMj hmnM I h? land hnildinsrfL MUHH other machiuery. ' v-*^ The lumber will he sokl-^fl^WB Purchaser to -ph Master's Sale*K The State of South dfdfl County of Abbe9H Court of Common PKnoi^M Building and Loan Associating o^E lieviiie, Plaintiff, against Ml Adams Heed, Defendant.. By authority of a Decree ofiii^B 'be Court of Common Pleat foiAH ville County, in mid State, mag the above stated Case, I will" -ale, at public Outcry, at Abbev^H H., S. C., on Salesday In Febraa^B D. 1910, within tbe legal hoo^H <ale the following described ,ladB wit: All that tract or parcel ofHB situate, lying and being In the C^B Abbeville, Abbeville County, i^B Strip aforeaaid. fronting on Plt^E street Ooe Hundred aud Four ci^R bounded by eaid street, by sideflU and by lands of Judy Bowie ab^H era, with a four room cottage th^B Terms of Sale?Cash. PurchaJH pay for papers. tTTr . M Master A. C*^&JR Master's Sale* 8 The State of South Carol! courr? OF^BBEViir? Court of Common f leas J. L. Pruitt, Plaintiff, against <fl Pruitt, Allie L. ClinkecaleatH| Kittie L. Rueb, Defendants, By authority of a Decree of Sa^H the Court of Common Pleas for Jm ville County, in said State, mjujfl the above stated case, I will ofieS 'ale, at Public Outcry, at AbbevttH H., 8. C., on Salesday in FebtnarS D. 1910, within the legal hourii oflB the following described land, All that tract or parcel of land ai^H lviDfr and being in Abbeville Oofli in tbe State 'aforesaid, coota^B TWO (2) Acres, more or bounded by E. L. Reid, Estate <S[ E. H. Edwards and others, being^B late residence of M s. Mary Etti^l itt, deceased, la tbe town of West, 8. C. W Also, all that tract or parcefdTlfl in Due West Township, County* State aforesaid, containing SEVS TY-TVVO (72) Acres, more orjH bounded by lands of M. B. CjH s^hIpp, A. C. CMtifeecales, G. T. HaM and tracts Nr.*. 2 ?tui 3 of theFfl Estate lands, uud known as t'MjH 1 of said estate lands. Also. all that tract or parceted^H in Due West Township, County^H Sta'e aforesaid, containing FIPw NINE (59) Acres, more or leaa^f bounded by lands of J. L. Pruu^H T. H?gan, and tracts Nos. 1 an^H said estate land, being tracfl^B Also, all that tract or parcel of H iM,. fHnnfo XTi\o 1 onH Q UMJWIilJIIg lltttia 11VAJ. a Miiva m v?_ estate lundw, J. M. Bell, J. and A. C. Clinkscalea,?50DteJ? FIFTY-SEVEN and ONE-Hfl (57J) Acres, more or less, and koH as tract No 3 of said estate lands. V Terms of Sale?Cash.' PurcliiumB pay for papers, 9 R. E. HILL* Master A. CM 8. It Is a rt?rgprriu> thing to take '" no /vMitelninu nnluloit that murfllT^H your cough lustesd o! curing It. fB Honey m.d Tor looxtna bod caret tbe and exp*l? tbe potgoroun germf, ibnflfl venting pneumonia and conpumpUq^H fuse ?ub*illuien and take only