The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 10, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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THE TEXAS MESQU1TER
JOHN E. DAVIS, Editor and Pro*
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- - - TEXAS
HfESQUITE,
MAKE BIG MONEY IN HAWAII
Sugar Planters In the Islands Are De.
riving Great Wealth from
Plantations.
There are probably more self-made
millionaires residing in Honolulu than
in any city twice its size on the main-
land. According to Van Norden's
Magazine, there are scores of million-
aires made and in the making in
Hawaii.
Men of moderate means last spring
became by fall men of great wealth
after the sugar crop had been mar-
keted. Small planters of pineapples
of a few seasons ago are men o; high
3nance to-day expending hundreds of
thousands of dollars annually adver-
tising their output that was not worth
a tenth of that sum all told years ago.
The men of Hawaii who have cre-
ated opportunities for themselves cre-
ate opportunities for others. Alexan-
der Young, the many-times millionaire
of Honolulu, came to Hawaii a poor
man, worked hard, helped organize
and conduct the Honolulu Iron works,
which now makes sugar machinery to
be shipped to every quarter of tho
globe, retired from hard labor and
built as his monument a hotel that is
equal in appointments to any found in
London or New York and with a roof
garden more spacious than any on
the continent. He is content that he
has lost a million maintaining this
public palace, for it is a credit to Al-
exander Young and to Honolulu, its
building set a new pace and the busi-
ness city of wood was practically re-
built in stone and marble.
NORTH POLE DISCOVERED
DY DR. COOK OF NEW YORK
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LONG SOUGHT FOR GOAL REACHED BY AMERICAN
Story of Finding Almost Forbid-
den Land April 21, 1908, and
Dash for the Pole.
STARS AND STRIPES WERE PLANTED ON COVETED SPOT
Comparatively Smooth Ice Found at Pole by
Explorer and Esquimaux Natives---Dr.
Cook Writes of Experiences.
One Trump, One Finger.
Joe Cowell, in his "Recollections of
the Stage," tells a story characteristic
of the days now passed away. While
on a Mississippi river steamer he was
sitting near a table watching a game
of poker. Another onlooker was mak-
ing it his business to spy out the>
trumps in one player's hand and tele-
graph the information to his opponent
by laying the same number of fingers
carelessly on the table. Of course one
gained steadily for a considerable
time, until at a deal the loser re-
ceived one trump. The fact was duly
signaled by the forefinger laid on the
'Able, which the losing gentleman
very coolly but adroitly cut off with
a heavy knife.
"Hello, stranger! What are you
about? You. have cut off one of my
lingers," 'crfBtl the dismembered man.
"I know it," said the amputator,
coolly, "and if I'd had more trumpa
you'd have lost more fingers."
DR. COOK S STORY.
Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Wednes-
day.—After a prolonged tight against
famine and frost we have at last suc-
ceeded In reaching the North Pole.
A new highway with an interesting
strip of animated nature has at last
been explored.
Hig game haunts were located, which
will delight the sportsman and extend
the Eskimo horizon.
Land has been discovered on which
rest the earth's northermost rocks.
A triangle of 30,000 square miles
has been cut out of the terrestrial un-
known.
The expedition was tho outcome of
% summer cruise in Arctic seas. The
yacht Bradley arrived at the limits of
navigation in Smith South late in Au-
gust, 1907. Here conditions were found
favorable to launch a venture for the
pole.
Mr. John R. Bradley liberally sup-
plied from the yacht suitable provi-
sions for local use, and my own equip-
Curled Her to the Altar.
"The most ticklish job I ever
tackled," said the hairdresser, "was
accompanying a bride to church and
curling her hair in the carriage. The
wedding took place in that hot spell
in June. The bride had plenty of
hair, but it was limp and stringy. I
curled and waved her beautifully Just
before leaving home, but by the time
she was ready to start her hair was a
sight.
" 'It's no use,' she said. 'I never can
face people looking like this. There
Is only one thing to be done. You
must take an alcohol lamp and curling
tongs and come in the carriage with
me, then you can put on the finishing
touches just before we get to the
church.'
"At the risk of blowing us all up
with a spirit lamp that is what wo
did, and by means of that heroic ex-
pedient the bride reached the altar
properly coiffed."
9 c-K j -N
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To Make Sleep Come.
If you cannot get to sleep try a
sponge bath made thus: Into eight
ounces of alcohol put two of ammonia
and two of camphor. Shake thorough-
ly and when well mixed add four
ounces of sea salt and enough hot
water to fill a quart bottle. To apply
it pour a little of the liquid in a shal-
low dish, moisten the whole body a
little at a time by dipping a small
sponge in it. Rub on only very little,
then finish with a vigorous rubbing
with a coarse crash towel. Get into
bed, and we'll Insure the quick arriv-
al of "Nature's restorer, balmy sleep."
—Family Doctor.
Irving Was So Modest.
"Irving and Tennyson were very
great friends," said the nctor at tho
Hungry club. "They went about much
together, but Irving was very critical
of Tennyson.
" 'Tennyson is a fine fellow,' he Bald
to me one day, 'but is vain, terribly
vain. One day we were going down
to Piccadilly circus together in a cab.
When we got out of the cab a crowd
gathered. Tennyson, vain fellow, was
flattered, very, very much flattered.
Would you believe it, he thought those
people had gathered to see him get
out of the cab!'"
Interesting Wagner Souvenir.
A curious Wagner souvenir in the
form of a silk handkerchief was sold
recently at Llepmann's, in Berlin, for
155 marks. On tho handkerchief was
printed a poem and this Introduction:
"To Frauleln Minna Planer, on her
marriage to Musical Director Richard
Wagner, Kouigsberg, November 14,
1836." Wagner was at that time 24
years old and tho director of the or-
chestra at tho Konigsberger Stadtthe-
ater. His bride was Wllhelmine
Planer, a member of the tsock com-
Muur.
How Cook Reached the Pole.
inent ror emergencies served well for
every purpose of Arctic travel.
Many Eskimos had gathered on the
camp were plenty of strong dogs.
The combination was lucky, for
there was goo^l material for an equip-
ment, expert help and an efficient mo-
tor force and all that was required was
conveniently arranged at a point only
700 miles from the boreal center.
A house and workshop was built of
packing-boxes. The willing hands of
this northernmost tribe of 250 people
were set to the problem of devising a
suitable outfit and before the end of
the long winter night wo were ready
for the enterprise.
Plans were matured to force a new
route over Qrinnell Land and north-
ward along its west coast out onto the
Polar Sea.
Soon after the Polar midnight the
campaign opened. A few scouting par-
ties were sent over to the American
shores to explore a way and to seek
game haunts.
Greenland shores at Annootox for the
winter bear hunt. Immense catches of
meat had been gathered. About the
Their mission was only partly sue-
cessfuly because storms darkened the
January moon.
At sunrise of 1908 (Feb. 19), the
main expedition embarked for the pole.
Eleven men and 103 dogs, drawing
eleven heavily loaded sleds, left the
Greenland shore and pushed westward
over the troubled ice of Smith Sound.
The gloom of the long night was re-
lieved by only a few hours of daylight.
Tho chill of winter was felt at its
worst.
In this march were procured
101 musk oxen, seven bears and 33i>
hare, and then we pushed out into the
Polar Sea from the southern point of
Heiberg Island.
As we crossed the heights of Elcs-
mero Sound to the Pacific slope the
temperature sank to S3 degrees Fah-
renheit. Several dogs were frozen and
the men suffered severely, but we soon
found game trails along with an easy
way was forced through Nansen Sound
to the land's end.
The crossing of the circumpolar pack
was begun three days Inter, the other
Eskimos, forming the last supporting
party, returned. The trains had now
been reduced by the survival of the
Attest.
Copenhagen, Sept. 2.—Dr. Cook was
on board the Danish steamer Hans
Egede, which passed Lerwick, Shet-
land Islands, at noon yesterday, en
route for Denmark. Tho telegram an-
nouncing Dr. Cook's achievement was
sent by a Greenland official on board
the steamer, and read as follows:
"We have on board the American
traveler, Dr. Cook, who reached the
North Pole April 21, 1908.
"Dr. Cook arrived at Upernivik
(northernmost Danish settlement in
Greenland, on an island off the west
coast), in May,1909, from Capo York,
(in northwest part of Greenland, on
Baffin bay). Esquimaux at Cape York
confirm Cooke's story of his journey."
Dr. Frederick Cook, accompanied by
a Norwegian, left Etali, Greenland,
March 3, 1908, taking with him eight
Esquimaux, four sledges and twelve
dog teams. He was to make his way
through Ellesmere land. Dr. Cook lives
in Brooklyn.
Washington, Sept. 2.—Officials of
the National Geographic Society of
this city to-day are greatly elated at
the news of the reported success of
Dr. Cook in discovering the North
Pole. Some time ago the National
Geographical Society officers say, Dr.
Cook, it was feared, had been lost on
his daring trip in search of the pole.
No news had been received from him
and his friends reluctantly gave up
hope of ever hearing from him again.
In fact, the relief expedition was fit-
ted out and sent into the frozen north
in tho hope of finding the explorer,
dead or alive.
The departure of the relief ship
Jeanie, early in the summer of 1909,
from St. Johns, N. B., in search of the
two Arctic exploration parties headed
by Robert E. Peary and Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, revived speculation as to the
fate of the two polar expeditions. The
Jeanie is in command of Captain Sam-
uel W. Bartlett, who probably knows
more about the Arctic seas than any
other man living except Peary. Before
sailing from St. Johns, this veteran
sailor told his friends that he was con-
fident that either Peary or Cook had
alreauy reached the pole. Cook and1
his party were last heard of on March1
17, 1808, when they were north of
Capo Hubbard at a point GOO miles
from tho polo. Peary was last heard
from Just about a year ago. Ho was
then at Etah, the northernmost set-
tlement of tho world. Peary left sup-
plies at Etah and started on his dash
for the pole. Arctic experts have an-
nounced all along their belief that tho
| Peary and Cook parties joined forces
and were in tho vicinity of Etah. Ac-
cording to tho Norway cablegram I)r.
Cook made a dash to tho pole and won
the goal of the explorer's ambition on
April 21, 1908.
Search for Dr. Cook was made by an
expedition fitted out by Herbert L.
Bridgman of New York and other
friends of the Brooklyn explorer, in-
cluding Captain Samuel W. Brlgus of
Newfoundland. The schooner Jeanie
was purchased for this purpose and
fitted out for a trip to Etah, Greenland,
tho base station of Commander Peary's
expedition.
In case' the Jeanie falls in with the
Roosevelt, Mr. Peary's ship, the latter
is to take command of both vessels
and to become, so to speak, a commo-
dore of a small arctic fleet.
Dr. Cook went with an expedition to
the north wliich was equipped by John
R. Bradley. Mr. Bradley is an ama-
teur explorer and has spent large sums
of money to gratify his taste for ad-
venture in the northern seas. His
schooner arrived at Etah in Septem-
JOHN R. BRADLEY.
Man Who Financed Cook's Succes,
ful Exploration Expedition.
her, 1907, and it was then that Dr.
Cook proposed a trip to the Pole. Mr.
Bradley returned to New York in Oc-
tober of that year and told of the de-
parture of the physician, whom he had
left with supplies of food sufficient to
last him and his party for more than a
year. The physician started from Etah
with a large party of Eskimos, but it
wasreduced to two or three youths.
For years Dr. Cook has given atten-
tion to Arctic explorations and in
1891-1892, he was the surgeon of the
Peary Arctic expedition, and in 1897-
1899 he was surgeon of the Belgian
Antarctic expedition. He has received
numerous decorations from the geo-
logical societies of Europe for his re-
search and writings in the polar field.
The dash was made in April 1908.
DR. FREDERICK A. COOK,
American Explorer Who Discovered tho North Pole.
Washington, Sept. 3.—The United ; sovereignty should any Nation dispute
States owns the North Pole. There is
no question that its discovery by a
citizen of this Government carries
title. International lawyers and ofll
cials of the Government say there Is
no better title than that of discovery.
From the beginning of history original
title passed to the discoverers of land.
Government oflicils advance the
opinion that the probability of land
under the snow cap at tho pole would
rive cood grounds f<y tho claim of
title.
The public attention is centered on
the arctic region again because of th6
return from the North Polo of Dr.
Frederick A. Cook and because of the
momentary expectation that Command
or Robert E. Peary's expedition may
bo heard from and that the persistency
of this explorer in searching for the
North Pole may at last have been re-
warded.
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He—I'd kiss you if I dared.
She—Well, don't you dare to if
ihat's the way you feel about it.
When the Umbrella Took Fire.
Thomas Simpson, the Detroit malle-
able iron man, is a grave and dignified
person, but once he made a joke.
He was sitting with a party of
friends, one of whom was smoking an
enormous cigar. The friend had diffi-
culty In keeping tho cigar going, and
by his repeated lightings had frazzled
the end of it uutil it was about twice
its original size. But he kept bravely
at it.
Suddenly Simpson began to laugh.
"What are you laughing at, Tom?"
jsked another member of the party.
"I was wonderiug what Jim would
do when that umbrella he is smoking
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It Was His Way.
A Kansas farmer was telling recent-
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on along the farmers' telephone line
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