The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 19, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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CHEERS FOR ROOSEVELT AT KHARTUM
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Arrival of Former President Oc-
casion for Celebration in
Egyptian Sudan.
GOVERNOR GENERAL'S GUEST
Khartum, Kgyptlan Sudan -Theo-
dore Roosevelt, former president of
the I'nlted Stated, accompanied by hi*
son Hermit and members of the party
which has accompanied hlni through
the Jungles of Africa In search of
big game, arrived at Khartum, Mon-
day.
Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt
were first to greet the returning trav
eler as he stepped from thu boat
loaned by a British government offi-
cial on which he made the voyage on
the Nile from Kondokoro It was a
hearty greeting between husband and
wife who had not seen each other for
nearly a year, and the great crowd
that was gathered at the landing ex-
pressed Itb approval In three mighty
cheers.
Shuns Political Talk.
Scores of special correspondents
sent by the great American newspa-
pers swarmed around the former pres-
ident as soon as he was released from j
the grasp of his wife and daughter. j
To them Col. Roosevelt dec lared he <
would not discuss the political sltua- j
tlon In the United States with which j
he has been out of touch for so many
months. Col. Roosevelt asked many
questions and was greatly Interested
In affairs at home. One bold corre
spondent received a Roosevelt smile
only when he aaked If tho colonel will
be a candidate for the presidency In
1912. Questions about his friend Clif-
ford Pinchot's row with Secretary Hal-
linger and President Taft were like-
wise turned aside unanswered.
Col and Mrs. Roosevelt, their son
and daughter, and members of the ex
pedltlon, are guests of Gen Sir. Reg
lnald Wlngate at tho governor gen
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Theodore Roosevelt.
man. tho city occupied by the Mahdl
after the death of Gordon and the
scene of the licentious revelries that
occupied the native soldiery up to the
time that they were confronted and
overwhelmed by Kitchener. The Hrlt
Ish, true to their policy of coloniza-
tion. have r.ot attempted seriously to
Interfere with Moslem customs here.
The ruins of the Khalifa's body guard
headquarter!, tho military prison, the
remnants at the Arab fortifications
have all been allowed to stand.
Still further north Is the field of
Kerrerl, the shambles In which Kltch
ener with mathematical exactitude
slashed to pieces the Arab forces The
battle was one of the bloodiest In
modern history. It was marked on the
side of the Hrltlsh by a skill and
coolness that was in Itself a tribute to
Anglo-Saxon civilization.
Route Roosevelt Followed.
A schedule of Mr. Roosevelt's mile-
>ge In Africa to date, together with
Wife and Daughter Are Among
Those Who Met the Re-
turning Traveler.
REVIEW OF THE EXPEDITION
June 4 Arrived at Kijabe
June 5 l^'ft Kijabe on march for
the Sotlk district The route was over
a waterless tract, and although the
distance traversed was only 00 miles,
It entailed a three day trip Secured
six rhinos, a hippopotamus, two eland,
two wldebeest. several cntelope, two
zebra, a hyena, a warthog and three
lions.
July 12—Arrived at I.aKe Nalvasha
on return trip Secured two hippos
and some smaller game
July 22—Arrived at Nalvasha from
the lake.
July "4 Re turned to Nairobi by rail,
65 miles
Aug —I>-ft Nairobi for Nalvasha.
Aug 9—-Left Nalvasha on march to
| Nyeri and the Kenya province, 80
miles. Secured five lions, three buf-
falo, a hippo, a giraffe nnd his first
elephant.
Oct 30—Returned to Nalvasha.
On Three Weeks' Shoot.
Oct 25—-Left by rail for l ndlanl
for a three weeks shoot on the Guasc
Ngutsho plateau, about 90 miles Se-
| cured five giraffe, three lions and sev
eral antelope and smaller game.
Dec. 7 Returned to Nairobi by rail
Dec. 18—Left Nairobi by rail for
j Port Klsuma, on I^ike Victoria Ny-
anza, about 150 miles
Dec. 20—Arrived at Entebbe, I'ganda
from Klsuma, via lake steamer, about
125 miles. On this trip the American
flag was flown for the first time oc
Africa's Inland sea.
Dec 21.— I>eft on 23 mile auto trip
to Kampala
Dec 23—Left Kampala forKinsingo,
70 miles Secured two elephants
Jan. 3.—Arrived at Holma, I'ganda,
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erai's palace. Many forms of enter-
tainment have been prepared by Sir
Reginald for his guests.
Was Remarkable Journey.
Col. Roosevelt's arrival at Khartum
completed one of the most notable
Journeys since the days of Livingstone
and Stanley. The visit to the dark
continent and the Invasion of the lair
of the lion, tiger, elephant and rhinoc-
eros has been remarkable because of
the escape of Col. Roosevelt and his
aides from the deadly contagious tils
eases that haunt the Jungles Ip to
the time of his arrival there had been
no serious accidents
The town of Khartum Is a mass of
color. Flags of Egypt, England and
America are everywhere, and the ex
president has probably appreciated
nothing more than the opportunity of
visiting this historical spot.
Khartum Historical Spot.
Khartum is virtually buiit around
the grave of "Chinese" Gordon The
city itself is a gigantic monument to
that soldier's deeds and his heroic
death In the center of It stands his
effigy in bronze, mounted on a camel,
gazing with fixed eyes out toward
the desert which mocked him during
tho terrible year that he lay there
waiting for relief Behind tho statue
stands the British governor's palace,
an Imposing structure In the Gothic
style, typical of Hrltlsh power and
British permanence
Not far away Is the Gordon Memori-
al college, a school built wtlh funds i
raised by Gen Kitchener by subacrlp
tlon throughout Great Britain, in
which the Sudanese newer generation
Is trained for service In the govern j
menf. which conquered Its fathers
Everywhere throughout the city the
name Gordon appears There Is the
Gordon hotel, the Gordon drive and
up the White Nile the Gordon tree
Gordon's memory will live so long as
Khartum exists The Hrltlsh have
transformed the city of his d«-ath Into
u memorial to his glory that can
laugh at time
Khartum stands at the confluence ;
of the White and Hlue Nile*, and some
day with the development of the wll
derness south of it will become a me- !
tropollB as Important to the com-
merce of Africa as Chicago Is to the 1
conmerce of North America Prop- i
erly •peaking. however, the city ItsHf
does not extend beyond the bank*
of the Hlue Nile The river passes
directly through the city, and along
Its banks fronted bv the barracks of
the Hrltlsh soldiers ll *s s magnificent
driveway three miles in length
Northwest of Khartum Is Omdur ,
Mrs. Roosevelt.
some reference to the character of th*>
country through which he hiked, rode
or boated, and a partial list of the
animals killed by his party. Is as fol-
lows:
March 23—Sailed from New York
for Naples, 4,176 miles.
March 30.—Arrived at the Azores.
April 2.—Arrived at Gibraltar,
April 6.—Arrived nt Naples.
April 8—After being received by
King Victor Emmanuel, sailed for
Mombasa, Hrltlsh East Africa, 4,121
miles
April 15.—Arrived at Aden, Arabia
April 21.—Arrived at Mombasa and
received with honors by the provincial
governor
April 22—Left Mombasa by rail for
Kapltl plains and the ranch of Sir
Alfred Peas;; on the Athl river for
short shooting expeditions About 270
miles Secured two wldebeest, two
gazelle, five other antelope, six Hons,
thr-e giraffe, one zebra, one rhino, a
wart hog arid a hartebeest.
May 15 Rode to \V II McMillan's
"JuJa farm." a fuli day's Journey, for
short expeditions Secured two 1m-
pala, several antelope, a water buck,
a leopard, a rhino and a hippopotamus
Bag More Big Game,
May 20 Rode trom McMillan's to
the adjoining Heatley ranch for buf-
falo hunting . '.long the papyrus
swamps Twelv miles Secured four
buffalo four hartebeest. two zebra,
two gazelle and a warthog
May 26 Bode from the Hestley
-.inch to McMillan's town house at
Nairobi A day's Jaunt
June 3— Left by rail f r Kijabe, 44
miles
after a 57-mile trip from Klalngo.
Jan. 4 Left for Butlaba, 27 miles.
Jan 7—Left on steam launch for
Wadelal and Rhino camp. Belgian
Kongo, about 72 miles. Secured sev-
eral white rhinos and a buffalo.
Feb. 3—I-icft Wadelal for Nlmule,
about 54 miles.
Feb. 4—Arrived at Nlmule, I'ganda.
Feb 7—I<eft Nlmule for Gondokoro,
a 108 mile march through almost un-
broken Jun"'"
Feb. 17 Arrived at Gondokoro. I'p-
per Sudan
Expedition Breaks Up.
Feb 26 Expedition broke up and
porters returned to I'ganda
Feb 28—Roosevelt left Gondokoro
via steamboat for Khartum, more than
800 miles to the north.
March 11—Arrived at Renk, about
two days' Journey by boat, south of
Khartum.
March 14 Reached Khartum, the
end of his Journey on the Nile, and
was greeted by Mrs Roosevelt and
daughter. Miss Ethel
Homeward Bound.
The arranged program for the re-
mainder of Col. Roosevelt's home-
wnrd Journey is as follows:
Will arrive at Alexandria, Egypt, on
March 29
Will arrive at Gibraltar on April 2,
and at Naples on April 10
On April 14 he will reach Paris,
where a great national reception has
been planned, which will continue
through his three days stay In the
French capital
On Aprl! 17 he will go to Vienna,
where he will be the guest of the In-
ternational Sporting exhibition, and at
which place he will meet sportsmen
from all over the world
On May 10 he Is scheduled to be In
Merlin as the guest of the . -mperor
and the faculty of the I'nlverslty of
Berlin
May 12 he Is to arrive at Christiana
as the guest of Kink Gustav of Sweden
and of the nation
On May 15 he will arrive In London
as the guest of the English people and
King Edward, and has already been
voted the freedom of the city.
June 15 he nrrlves at New York,
where he will he greeted by delega-
tions from all over the nation and re
celved by President Taft.
One on Him.
They say that In the next
shall do the same we do
THE KEYSTONE
TO HEALTH
IS
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH
BITTERS
You miss a great dt'al of the
pleasures of life if your
stomach has *4tfone
back on you**—but don't
remain in that condition.
The Hitters will set things
i iuht .'uxl pn \int liuliiif stlon,
Costlveness llt'udacht1.
SJ. TW££fY #4//CX\s w
Hewitt
world w
in this
Jew et t But you will find It too hot
to stay long In one place and I don't
see how you can continue to be an
end seat bog
MIL HI'HER, a Swiss, who has
E traveled all over the Alps, says
that "the Selkirk range in
British Columbia surpass the
Alps in the labyrinthine or-
ganization, productive primeval
thickets and vast number of glaciers.
There are not only more glaciers than
in the Alps, but a greater variety of
formations."
Into this wild region, rich In Its vir-
gin beauty, explorers are pushing their
way farther and farther each year and
higher and higher up the peaks. The
majority of the peaks are still un-
climbed, but each year sees more and
more of them conquered by the bold,
healthy, adventerous spirits, who
shake not only the dust of civilization
but the shoes of civilization from their
feet and buckle on the heavy, clumsy
brogans. made for scaling mountains.
One of those who are greatly inter-
ested in that region Is Howard Palmer
of Boston, who has recently returned
from a summer spent in exploring the
Selklrks and in climbing some of the
peaks With him most of the time
was Prof Parker of Columbia uni-
versity, who was at Mt. McKinley
with Dr. Cook
Messrs. Palmer and Parker went
Into the Selhlrks this year with the
expressed hope and purpose of climb
ing Mount Stanford, the highest peak
of the rangv, having a rise of 11,654
feet. A yeur ago Palmer made a par
tial ascent of Sanford, and became
convinced that the top could be at-
tained in spite of Its impossible look
Ing sides,
In their mission last summer they
were not wholly successful as the pro
trartcd searoti and late snow and Ice
made the Olinb very hazardous, but
Palmer ascended the peak to the dis-
tance of 9,300 feet and is < .fldent of
conquering It next summer
In addition to making such an Inroad
up the side of Sanford. Palmer made
first ascents of Mount Augustine, 10,-
76o feet, and Mount Kllpatrlck. 10.660
feet, climbed Mount Dawson from the
south side, unassisted, blazing a new
trail, nnd blazed a new pass through
the Purity range. With him. In these
accomplishments, were F. K Butters
and E. W. D. Molloway, Instructors at
the University of Minnesota
Mr Palmer has returned with much
valuable Information about the region
which he traversed and hundreds of
photographs which reveal a country
which imagination might people with
fairies below the snow line, and whose
expanse above the snow line r> aches
out Into a vision of grandeur with Its
Imposing peaks and wonderful gla-
ciers and snow formations The coun-
try Is rugged, wild, beautiful both be-
low and above the snow line, which
is about 7,500 feet above the sea
level.
The nearest point to Mount Sanford
which may be reached by railroad Is a
little place called Glazier There
were ten In the party, Including
woodsmen, guides, etc They made
their way over land nnd water to
Beavermouth, a short distance from
tho base of the peak, nnd then pre
pared to strike Into the roughest sort,
of country They left Beavermouth
June 14 and reached the base of the
mountain 12 days lat r. and during
all that time they hnd gone but 13
miles They had to hew their way
through a valley thick with under-
growth, and progress was extremely
slow They had made five camps
In that short distance
Once they had reached the bns"they
fortified tli' inse ves for the ascent, but
they had gone but a short distance he
fore it began to look as though the
late snow fhnt still clung to the moun-
tain sld". threatening ■ very minute to
slide, would prove t<<o serious a handi-
cap to their advance to tho summit,
and so the trip thence on took on
more of the chnrnctt r of a reconnolter-
Ing expedition. The party forced its
way to the height of 8,500 feet, and
it wns then decided to turn back
Palmer, who Is an intrepid climber, i
was loth to give up the ascent, and
he started out alone one morning to!
go as far as he could, and he reached
the height of 9.300 feet unassisted
Climbing nn Ice clad mountain alone
Is dangerous business ind Palmer1
knew It would be useless for him to
venture further because of the treach-
erous footing, but he Is of the opin-
ion that If he had had another man
with him he could have rem hed the
top that day In making ascents of,
Ice-clad reaches climbers travel In
pairs. One will se< ure a firm foot-
hold in the Ice while the other at the
end of a 40-foot rope will venture
farther up. If he falls the rope will
hold him and if he succeeds in climb-
ing to the end of the rope he secures
a firm foot grip and his partner works
his way up a bit.
The most interesting phase of tho
landscape is the multitude of glaciers
that stretch out In unending beauty,
and the large number and various for-
mations of the glaciers gave ample
opportunity to the party for study.
The glaciers reach dowr below the
snow line, sometimes 2.5U0 feet below.
They are of a pasty textui < and move
about 15 inches In a day In the mid-
dle and even more slowly along the
sides. They look much like streams
in some respects as they eddy about
between the precipitous banks
There are all kinds of weather imag-
inable in the Selklrks and it runs to
extremes too. During the winter there
Is a fall of 25 to 10 feet of snow, and
It Is well along In the summer before
the snow disappears from the sides of
the peaks It never leaves the taps
of them. The weather In summer is
very changeable Palmer says that
he has seen days when tlx re would
be a half dozen severe downpours of
rain, with an entire clear expanse of
blue sky appearing between each pre-
cipitation.
The entire country Is n series of
abrupt rises and falls, with deep V-
shaped valleys and A-shapod peaks,
and many of the cliffs are impossible.
Ah one blazes his way slowly through
the impenetrated land all that he
hears are the voices of nature 11,9
water roaring through a canyon below
him, the musical trickling of a moun-
tain stream as It glistens on its way
down some peakside like a little
stream of oil, the crackling of tho
glaciers or the sudden crash of a fall-
ing serack. or great body of ice By
all of these the traveler Is Improssed
either with the simple beauty or the
Imposing grandeur of nature, and It Is
hard to turn one's back upon it and
face the abode of civilization again
Black hears and grizzlies haunt tho
realm, the former being quite co mmon.
They can be se< n from the railway
trains that pass through Glazier lilrds
are often seen at 4,000 feet up At a
height greater than 5,0t o feet, how-
ever, the adventurer Is pretty nearly
alone with the p< ak tops by day and
the stars by night, for animals are
not frequ< ntly found abo<re the snow
line.
In the party there were five pack-
ers, cooks anil wnodchoppers The
woodsmen went ahead to clear tho
trail and the packers carried packs
each weighing from 50 to 75 pounds,
containing supplies An aluminum
cooking outfit was carried and tho
party slept under a tent seven by nine
feet, made of silk and weighing only
ten pounds
The menu was made tip from the
supply of bacon, beans, tea, flour,
dried fruits and pea meal. The last Is
what Is used in the German army and
when made into soup Is very nutri-
tious A large supply of sugar was
carried, also, for this is extremely
nutritious Sugar Is used plentifully
In about everything, particularly In
the tea. The beans are rebaked and
eaten In large quantities In the morn-
ing there w is a meal consisting u1 a
heavy round of beans, flapjacks and
tea At night, there was pea soup nnd
flapjacks and dried fruit. There was
not much variation to this bill of
fare, but In that, country and atnios-
ph< re anything tastes good.
The party camped on the side of
Mount Sanford lor six days, while the
reconnolterlng was In progr< ss, tho
highest camp being at 6 000 feet On y
live days wire consumed in returnii g
to the base camp, whereas 12 nays
were taken In coming
The shoes worn by the climbers
were specially made for the wear to
which they were subjected Each
weighed three pounds and was rein-
forced on the bottom and sides with
steel The rope used by the climber*
Is of braided linen, Is flexible and
does not kink when It Is wet
After the return from the trip to
Mount Snnford, Prof. Parker left 'lie
party nnd the Boston man Joined (he
instructors' trip through the Pur'ty
range, ami made ascents of several
peaks that never had tell tho foot ol
man
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
C«n quickly be overcome by
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purely reyetabl*
kl tuiiiy tod
gently on u>e
liver. Cure
Bllimuaeu,
He«d.
•che,
Duii-
■eu, and Indigestion. They do their dut>
Small I'd!, Small Doaa. Small I'rica.
GENUINE mu t l>e r iign«turr;
Carters
TRAGIC RECOLLECTION.
Henderson—Kver meet with any seri-
ous accident while traveling?
Henpeck—Did I'' I met my wife
while traveling abroad.
Danger in Spitting on Sidewalks.
in order to show that spitting on the
sidewalks is dangerous to health, an In-
vestigation has been made by Dr John
Robertson, medical h< a 11 h ( Ulcer of
Birmingham, Kngland, which shows
that seven per cent, of tho spits" col-
lected in public places contained con-
sumption germs. On the other hand
the dust collected from the floors Of
tlie cottages of the Adirondack Cottage
sanitarium has been found to be free
of tuberculosis germs, showing that a
caretul consumptive is not dangerous
Book Companionship.
Books are a guide In youth and an
entertainment for age They support
us under solitude and keep us from
being a burthen to ourselves. They
help us to I org- t the • !'<>• le- - o" men
and things, compose our cares and
our passions; and lay our dl-appoint-
ment* asleep. When w are weary
of the living we may repair to the
dead, who have nothing ol peevish-
ness pride or design in their con-
versation Jeremy Collier
WHAT'S THE USE
Sticking to a Habit When It Meant
Discomfort ?
Old King Coffee knocks subjects
out tolerably flat at times, and there
Is no possible doubt of what did It. A
Midi woman given her i xperletice:
"I used to have liver trouble nearly
all of the time and took medicine
which relieved me only for a little
while. Then every once In a while I
would be suddenly doubled up with
an awful agony In my stomach It
seemed as though every time I took a
breath I would tile. No one could
suffer any more nnd live,
"Finally I got down so sick with
catarrh of the stomach thnt I could
not turn over in bed, and my stomach
did not digest even milk The doctor
finally told, me that If I did not give up
drinking coffee I would surely die, but
I felt I could not give It up.
"However, Husband brought home a
package of Postum and If was made
Krlctly according to directions. It
was the only thing that would stay
on my stomach, and I soon got so I
liked It very much.
"Gradually I began to get better, nnd
week by week gained In strength and
health. Now I am In perfect condi-
tion, and I am convinced that the whole
cause of my trouble was coffee drink-
ing and my getting better was due to
leaving off coffee and drinking Postum.
"A short time ago I tasted some
coffee and found, to my astonishment,
that I did not care anything about it. I
never have to take medicine any
more I hope you will use this letter
for the benefit of those suffering from
the poisonous effects of coffee."
Head the little book, "The Road to
Wellvllle,"In pkgs "There's a Reason "
rcnil lUr n9i« «c IrHerf \ nm
wile f ' H«f«r* from (line fu time. I hf?
nrr tfniiltir, irur, ami fnis of hum nit
In terra!.
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