EXPLORIXG POLAR REGIONS
Millions of Square Miles Within the Arctic
Circle Still Unknown.
KNOWLEDGE OF THIS WASTE NECESSARY
Jlinlt the t tilted State l,nK llrhliiil
Germany In the Work 'Or
rcairlnl Magnetism nnil
j Mlnrrnl Wealth.
(Copyright, WjO, by F. A. Cook.)
Tho truo aim of lcgltlmato polar explo
ration la not, as It Is popularly supposed,
to reach tho north or tho south polo, but
to push asldo tho realm of Ignoranco within
tho polar zones. There Is a blank space ot
nbout 3,000,000 squaro miles around tho
northorn axis and another ot about S, 000, 000
f-quaro miles around the southern pivot. We
thus have at tho two poles an unknown area
equal to tho combined spread ot North
America and Europe. In this region there
tsould bo room for 200 countries ah larRO
as tho stato ot New York and then there
would still bo spaco for tho Urltlsh Isles,
Germany, Franco and Spain. In a region ot
Huch Incomprehensible extent Is there not
tho prospect ot material discoveries ot In
terest and valuo to mankind? In tho dawn
of tho new century of boasted progress und
enlightenment la It not u confession ot re
grettuble darkness to And that an urea equal
to ono-quartcr of tho cntlro known land
surfaco ot tho globo Is' still a. blank upon
our charts?
It Is tho habit ot many people to decry
tho efforts ot polar oxplorcr.i as being bar
ren ot results comparable to tho expendi
tures of life and tlmo and money. Fortu
nately for the progress of territorial knowl
edge! these complalncrs are tho men who
raeasuro everything by dollars and cents
and such men seldom penetrate- far enough
into tho records ot exploration to And the
far-roachlng effect. A short tlmo ago the
editor of a New York newspaper sent a
bright young man to. mo with Instructions to
not a story of what ho called "Tho Colossal
Folly of tho Century; tho Useless Search
for tho North l'olc." 1 explained to this
roportor that tho discovery of tho polo was
a perfectely feasible project, but that the
aim of polar explorers had not been and
should not bo narrowed to polc-chaslng. It
should bo enlarged to Include) u. thorough,
systematic study or the land, tho tlto nnd
tho weather conditions. Such knowledgo of
any area beyond tho threshold of the un
known Is qulto aa Important as a mere dash
for the pole. And, furthermore, I explained
that, including the several Arctic tragedies,
tho mortality of Arctio explorers was less
than that of peoplo who stay at homo In
New York. Iiut ho must prcparo nn arllclo
nnd I was rando to say without qualification
in largo headlines that "No Particular
Sclontlfie Advantago Is to bo Derived from
tho Finding of the role." Hut I also said:
"It Is not more valuable as a point than
nny other point 600 or 1,000 miles away
Tho great advantago to bo derived from tho
discovery of tho polo la tho clearing up
of tho mystery which surrounds tho polar
regions. Obtaining dennito knowlcdgo of
tho unknown blank spaco in tho vicinity of
tho polo Is worth striving for nnd no polar
expedition can bo undertaken no expedition
that Is properly fitted with scientific up
pllanccs and correctly conducted without
resulting in some scientific benefit."
Productive of t.rcnt Itcault.
Tho result of polar oxploratton In tho
past has been productive ot great results,
but these results enter so naturally Into
the development of commerce and tho
various branches of natural sciences that,
like the contributory waters ot a river.
tho original source Is lost in tho new
stream. To see tho ultlmato use ot tho
results of research within tho frigid zones
Is, ut first glance, difficult; but a brief
analysis ot tho outcomo of work ot tho
past will lndtcato tho complex but Im
portant usefulness. Karly voyages Into tho
frozen seas wero directed only by ambi
tlona to conquer now lands for commer
cial purposes. From their efforts It now
follows that wo have a knowledge of
Alaska with its limitless gold, of tho
great Northwest Territory ond, Indeed, all
of British North Amerlcn, with lta known
wealth of furs and Its unknown beds ot
minerals, and of Spltzonbergcn and muoh
of Slboria. Aa a result of tho work of
these forgotten explorers wo havo do
veloped a scaling Industry, a fur trado
and a whnle fishery, which has brought a
ivoalth ol billions ot dollars to hardy ad
venturers. It is truo that in this work
IlY.es have been lost and much money has
been spent, but tho investment has paid n
profit, not to tho pioneers, but to tlie sue
ccedlng generations, many hundred times
greater than tho original outlay. ,
Present llcnetlts.
The aim of modern polar effort is not
however, to discover a new passage to
reach tho prolltablo trado of tho Orient
or to find now avenues for tho development
of commercial enterprises. It Is to gather
information to better understand tho con
ditions of tho earth, not only within the
Arctio circle, but at tho equator, or In our
, own locality, as well. To attompt to study
I the natural history of tho globo without
a inoclBc knowlcdgo of tho two polar
areas is like attempting to study the
physiology of tho human systoat without
a knowledge of tho circulation. It Is no
mora posslblo to understand tho physics
of the regions In which wo live wlthou
better knowledge of tho polar unknown
thin It is to understand tho function of tho
stomaoh without a clear conception of the
Influence at tho brain upon It. Wo must go
to Greenland and to the Antarctic to learn
the conditions during tho glacial epoch of
the lands upon which wo live. Tho sand
of Long Island and tho boulders of New
Jersey cannot bo woll understood until we
study the moraines of tho polar glaclors
In meteorology there nro various problems
which ars hidden by tho hand of, Nature
behind the Icy polar walls. Tho number
and the Importance of these probloms will
depend upon futuro development. Tho
science of forecasting weather is still in
Its infancy, but upon Us perfection depend
thousands ot Uvea and millions of dollars
We cannot hopo to flud tho origin nnd
destiny of storms and cold waves nnd a
hundred other weatnor peculiarities until
the atmospheric conditions, the terrestrial
topography and the interchange ot air and
sea currents are carefully noted at the
pole. In geology and in meteorology there
Is much to be gained by u continuation o
polsr exploration. Tho keys which will
open tho doors of new chapters are lost In
the polar snows, tho search will be dim
cult, but wo must persist In looking.
Secrets to Ht Ho ruled.
Terrestrial magnetism is still a name fo
something of which wo know very little
What Is It? How does It originate nnd
what about its function and its dlstrlbu
lien? These questions can only be
answered by theories. Tho northern mag
notlc pole has been approximately located
by Hobs, but It moves and needs a rein
vestlgntlon. Dorchgrovlnk is returning
with the report that he has located the
south magnetic pole, hut this has been
lone before him by four other expeditions
and still It we draw a circle within
diameter of 500 miles on the still unknow
Vlctorlalsud it will only be posslblo t
say that the pole Is within this circle, The
compass upon which overy land surveyor
and ofOcer depends for direction Is rella
Mt or otktrwlit In direct proportion to our
TTTE O MATT A DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, ATTCJ lTST 20, 1000.
Increase In the knowledge of the exa. 1 1
location of tho magnetic poles and the be-
... i mo needle In various parts of
tDO globe, but nnrllriilnrlv .
When wo consider that the thousands of
modern ships with their precious cargoes
of human lives and the surveys of tho
orer valuable land areas depend upon tho
tuuipass. wnicn in turn depends for cor
rection upon accurate magnetic observa-
lon. me immediate return of our nnlnr
expenditure must be evident.
In the other branches of nolar exnlnm.
tlon the object Is not so clear, except to
specialists, but to remedy the rrrlni? ill-
reaction of the compass affects the home
anu me family of overy man. rich or poor,
educated or otherwise. To point correctly
me magnetic ncedlo Is alone worth all tho
tlmo nnd money spent In searching the
polar regions. The men who measuro all
human efforts by commercial standards
ask: "What Is the dividend of this costly
search of nges?" Without a considera
tion of tho other products of polar work
wo can say that to properly equip tho sea
captain and tho land surveyor will save
future llfo snd property, which will re
pay every outlay.
What Is truo of geology and incteoroloav
and magnetism is equally truo of the other
departments of science. Tho polar fauna
nnd llora havo an all Important bearing
upon tho early llfo of the globe. If we
wouin understand the llfo following tho
glacial porlod wo must go to the poles to
study tho penguin, the seal, the musk ox.
tho Ice bear, tho reindeer and the whalo.
If we will gain a true knowledge of prlml
uvo man wo must seek the Ksklmo, who
Is Just emerging from tho stone ace.
Kvcry pronomena of tho globe, overy speck
of llfo and every sheet of earth Is Intimately
related to Borne other part of thu globe.
Tho world must bo studied as a whole, be
cause each region Influences surrounding
nreas and Indirectly regions far away. If
thero remain largo blank spaces as these
at tho poles, the home lands nnd life and
conditions cannot bo understood, as is
necessary from a scientific point of view.
liixlKiilllt'niit Cost.
Tho habit of condemning the work of
polar expeditions because of tho cost of
money and time nnd life Is n relic of selfish,
narrow-minded barbarism. It Is the spirit
ot the man who seeks only Immediate per
sonal gain and has no thought of the future
or of tho enlightenment of posterity. It
is mo motive or tho Indian who seeks, day
after day. only the wauls of his stomach.
II ut let us look moro deeply into this criti
cism. Is the loss of llfo or the expenditure
of money so great ns Is popularity supposed?
from 1818 to 1S51, tho most nctlve
period of Arctic research, there wero G20
Hrltish seamen engaged In the service. A
calculation of tho total tlmo occupied by
mesa men would bo represented by 1.S7S
men In constant service. Of theso various
English pnrtles thero wore thirty-two
deaths, which would niako an annual per
centage or 1.7. From this It will bo seen
that polar explorers do not suffer u greater
mortality than stay-at-home peoplo in
various cities. Tho ordinary risk by ell
raato and diseases Is rather decreased
than Increased among polar workers. In
the modern expeditious of Peary and Nan-
son there has not been a single death from
dlfienso and only ono from nn accident.
In the voyage of tho llelglca there was but
ono death by an accldentnl fall and an
other from a disease r vloutly crntrnctcd.
With our present knowledge cf hygiene
and with nn lncrcnsid pular experience
there Is no need of ruture calamities.
The mlstnkes and failures of the past
nre remembered, but It Is forgotten that
by theso mishaps wo nro today ablo to
profit and so plan expeditions that there
Is a reasonable safety to life. Tho mis
takes of tho pioneers nro tho stepping
.nones to futuro success.
The expense of modern voyages of explora
tion are not necessarily great. Wo no
longer need to send large nnd armed forces,
ns was done during the stage of commercial
nnd romantic ndventure. Small parties or
properly equipped Investigators lire more
economical and much moro useful than large
corps of well trained men. Tho voyage o:
thu llelglca Is un example of what may bu
dono with modest means. With an expendt
turo of $60,000, a systematic sarles of scien
tific observations were protecuted for nearly
two years. A new navigable highway. In
slza comparable to the strait ot Magellan,
with 500 miles ot tho coast of a new laud,
discovered. The various scientific records
will form several volumes of now contribu
tions to tho knowledge of our globe; and
who will say that bucIi contributions nre not
worth, to the coming generations, the paltry
sum of $60,000 which was oxpended? This
amount multiplied by 100 would not repre
sent tho money spent yearly on pleasure
yachts nnd race horses, and surely theso
do not yield a result comparable to our In
creased knowledge In tho annuls of scIcnc
from polar exploration.
Wluit of tli. Future?
Tho prospective valuo of this work has
been confirmed by various locsnt govern
ment enterprises, nnd by their verdict we
may assume the question as answered for
all time In the nftrmatlve. Individuals may
engage In notional or useless ventures, but
n government docs not give t'.mo and money
to doubtful projects. Norway, Delglum,
England, ftussln and (lermany nre now en
gaged In this effort to clear up the mysteries
about both poles, und they would not bo
thus occupied If there wero not tangible
results within the range of probability.
England and Herman? nre organizing ex
pedltlons. Will Americans, who have cur
ried tho stars nnd stripes to tho fart hen
reaches of the enrth. stand aloof and look
on? It wo sre to have a well equipped ex
pedition, ready to work with England and
CJermnny, some merchant king must coino In
our rescue. Tho prcsont government indica
tions nro not favorable to such a venture,
hut with the liberal hand of a Ilennott, n
HnrmBworth. or a Newnes, we could work
hund In hand with the subjects of the queen
nnd the kaiser. Tho combined armies of
peace could In thU way march Into the white
Bllcnce, tho unbrokeu Icy slumber of cen
turies about tho south or tho north polo und
thero collect Iho needful scientific spoils.
FHEDEKICK A. COOK.
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Thero he stopped. Ho saw that he hod
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POPULAR TASTE IN FICTION
Romantio Novels Giving Way to Works in
Which Religion is Dominant.
"TRILBY" NOW AN UNREAD VOLUME
PotiT SllrlliiK" I" ,,,e
Hooks tor Which Their
In .ow 11 MMtly
lliMiinml.
Topulnr taste In fiction Ib deBortlng his.
torlcal novels of the "To Hae aud to
Hold." T.lchard Carvel' and 'Janice Mere
dlth' typo and turning to storlcB that have
a religious strain In thorn." said Miss
Kdlth Tobltt, tho city librarian. "Although
Mary Johnston's works are still In great
demand, tho moro piogressive borrowers nre
Becking James Lane Allon's 'In tho Helgn of
Law.' Oosa1 'Redemption of David Corson'
ami 'The Karrlugdons.' by Ullcn T. Kowlet.
"James l.nno Allen seems to havo a tirm
hold on the reading public and there Is al
ways a great demand for his new books,
but 'In the llelgn of the Law' seems to In.
in particular favor, it is quuo a jump
from such stirring books of war as 'Rich
ard Carvel' to the homely life of a boy In
tho Kentucky hemp Uelds nnd an analysis
of his religious emotions, but readers of
llctlon nre versatile.
"In tho 'Redemption of David Corson'
Charles tloss has presented a plcturu ot
Quaker life and mixed In enough religion
to mnko Jt attractive. 'Tno Karrlugdons'
Is an English story nnd promises to bo a
favorite with such readers as wero at
tracted by 'Robert Klsraeio' and other
books by Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
"Tho popularity of tho religious novel
Is the revival of a tendency that has been
noticed by bookmen several Hme3 during
tho last ten years. 'Robert H'.smere' cre
ated quite a furore and a Hood of books ot
that description was turned out. Mortj
recently Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Ward's 'A Singular Llfo" met with great
success nnd took a high plnro among fic
tion of the century. 'The Gadfly' and 'The
Damnation of Theron Ware' marked the
wane of novels dealing with nllsl-n nnu
theology. Since then romantic nnd his
torical fiction has held sway."
I'rter Stlrllnu I'ori'iiuliil l Popular.
When askel to name somo novels that
hove had unusual popularity within recont
years and show signs of 1 entitling their
hold upon tho reading public. Miss Tobltt
said that "Potcr Stirling" Is the only ono
of the long list of bcoks of tho clay which
Is steadily In domand since tho furore It
created tevcral years ago.
"We have a number of copies of "Petor
Stirling" and they are constantly In ubc,"
the librarian explulned. "There Is tome
thing about the book that thu public does
not tiro of. Hut In many respects It Is
different from other tremendously populr.
bcoks. It was published several years be
fore It attracted great attention and seems
to have grown Into fame In a substantial
way. Instead of booming famous In a night.
"Although public libraries havo to make
an effort to supply books that ar the fads
ot the hour, tt has been found that li
brarians can Influence the rending public
In a quiet way and head off the unusunl
demand thore Is for new hooks. It would
bankrupt a library to humor all the whims
of borrowers, Persons desiring to securn
popular novels nre permitted to register and
receive the llook when their turn comes.
Meantlmo It is necessary to Interest theso
people with books that nre In less demand.
"No book of recent years has created such
a furore as "Trilby," but we have n number
of copies ot tho book which have stood upon
tho shelves untouched for months. The
book was so overwhelmingly popular thnt
people tired of It as they tiro of a song
that la heard everywhere. The demand 101
"Peter, Ibbetson," tho noved DuMaurlc
wroto previous to his moro famous book, Is
good find It seems to havo a llrni hold upon
a good class of readers, hut "Trilby" ha3
been forgotten.
Library l'oimliirlr.oii HooUn,
"Ephemeral books attract attention from
standard works and allow better bcoks to re
main unused unless special effort Is made
to push them. Our open shelves give us an
opportunity to creato public taste. A few
weeks ago wo found that Oeorgo MacDon
ald's novels were not in circulation and a
few volumes of them wnro placed In the
open shelves. In a few days all the copies
wo had of Mac-Donald's novels were In cir
culation and tho demand for his works bids
fair to continue.
"This plan has been adopted with many
of the standard authors and has been very
successful. In tho Bam way wo manage to
clrculato books of travel, popular science,
blograph and history. . Peoplo will borrow
nearly nny book they nro permitted to exam.
I110 and In a library whero all tho shelves
aro open to tho public there uro few books
that do not circulate, Of course, thero uri
objections to bo offered to open shelves,
as they may be the means of placing Im
proper bcoks In tho handB of children.
"It has been found that borrowers soldom
take tho advice of library assistants. Wo
may reronunend authors without, success,
but when looks nre p'.acod where people can
exHinlno them they Invariably circulate, a
largo two-volumo work on the Philippine!
was laid out on the open shelves about a
year ago ond since that tlmo has been con
stantly In circulation. Peoplo llko to feel
that they are exercising their own judgment
In the selection of reading matter."
(II T (!' THU OIIDI.VAIt V.
The biggest orchard in South Dakota Is
owned nnd managed bv Mrs. Laura A. Al
L'miiii. It cnveiH l.V) acres nnd contains
8,r tree, besides eurrant ami gooseberr
bushes nnd grape vIiich and threo acres of
BtrnwborrtoH
There are now thirteen cable lines n.-rnn
tho Atlantic in sucerssful operation, vrt ih
charge for sondlne ini-mai' remains win'
It has been for twentv 'ear or rncire-1
cents n word for commercial maw and
10 cents a word ror press dlxpatrhr-i
Suite Senutnr Mc'orren of New York In
proving lilmieir a terror to the gamhllnit
houseii of Saratoga. In three sieceHsh"
evenlnga recently he came nut (500. Jl.COl
and K.ono ahead. Ho likes to play faro with
chips nnd whenever he sits down the
dealer begins to breathe hard
During a tremendous thunderstorm nt
nellfontnlnc. O hist week the houso of
Tobias Kerr wuh struck bv lightning
hvervmie In the family was more or less
stunned bv the shock. On enmlntr to thm
were amazed to tlnd that a bureau had
been moved from one room Into another
Several years ago Frank P Van Vnlken
burgh, a prominent attorney ot Mllwa ikee.
who died si few duvs nco. reouested that 110
publicity be given to his obsequies. Ills
all ostentation or ceremon. oulv his own
relatives being permitted to attend It or
view tho remains.
Left-handed pnrtles are amusing some o'
the Chicago slay-at-homes this hot sum
mer. The Invitations are written with tho
'oft hutid and the host greets you with tlm
left bund instead of the right hand. The
guests must draw pictures or wrllo with
their left hands and prizes are given for
the best and worst efforts.
The little Grand Duchess Olga of IltiBsia
mav bo said to be the richest baby in the
world. Tho week she was born JS.uOO.OOQ
was settled .in her and It Is mild that this
huge sum was safely Invested In Hrltish
and French securities. For In a country
llko Russia no one knows what may hap
pen to members of the reigning house.
It Is tho law In Malno that the bounty
for bear must be paid when the animal's
noso Is shown and In New Hampshire tho
money Is payable on exhibition of the ears
Somo enterptlslng sportsmen who live near
the border of the two states got a double
bounty bv collecting on the noses in Maine
and on the ears in New Hampshire.
The Marquis of Londonderry, the post
muHter general, has Issued a hard and fast
order to postnfllte clerks that "Esq." shall
bo used In future in addressing all mul1
correspondents uu'ess they "are evldentlv
laborers, personal servants or tradesmen. '
In case of doubt tho "Esq " must lie used
Depositors In postal savings banks are not
entitled to the "Esq "
To all appearances Mrs. EII.h Walker of
Carthaue, Mo., died one day last week
I'leparatloiiH were made for the, funeral,
but no one tlioigh of getting a burial per
mit To this overslept Mrs. Walker prnti
ablv owes the fait that she was not burl 1
alive, for while a messenger was dlspnti h 1
for til" necessary dociment fdie opened h r
eyes and sat up. She Is now as well ns
ever.
Speaking of the health of the nrillsh
army In South Africa, tho Lancet sas tint
"ono of tho greatest difficulties which con
front the medical oftleers Is to Induce the
men to drink only water which has been
rendered as pure as posnlb'e by boiling and
lllterlng. After a long march the overage
soldier will run any risk to obtain a
draught of water, however bad. '
In ono of the richest wine districts of
Franco there are stationed 101 Bohli"rs and
tlfty-two cannon, man and arms being used
In most civilized warfare. At the tlrst sign
of a storm which might he expected to
seriously Injure the vines an alarm Is giver,
from n look-out lower. Tho guns are
wheeled Into position and open fire on the
clouds. This treatment is found to bring
admirable results, the clouds being shat
tered and the storm broken up Into com
paratively harmless sections.
SOME OLD TIMERS.
Dancing Is not nn amuement monopolize 1
nlono bv tho young and fnvrliiis. Mrs
Phoebe Crabbo of NorwnlK. Conn , Is 101
venrs old and she Is suffering from rbe -mutism
broucht on by that amusement.
1'ncle Hilly Klpnerly of Fort Scott. Kan.
who Is M. broke his leg teeentiy while d Ing
a hornpipe
William Plnkney Whyte. former governo
of Murvland. has Just completed h' "fith
year. In million to being chief executive
of the state Mr. Whyte has been major ot
Haltlmore, Vnlted States senator from
Maryland and Is now ltv solicitor of I'aMI
more, in which capacity ills services ,iv
been of great value.
The oldest resident of Lancaster Pa . Mrs
Dellah i"orrro of lb" C'metrr rn. 1
will celebrate her 101th birthday on iliel'.ili
Tl-'s Intere.xtlnir woman is In good iioilth
and appears fnlr to live several ye.irn Her
carriage is nearly erect and sho lis
look olilor tlian a woman un years oi i r-n
Is not childish and converses qulto lendils ,
in ee s. j
Kline Fischer hns served Just an even 10'
of terms ns Instructor tlrst n.id then pr
fessor at Heidelberg Though he l '
brated ills '('ah birthday last month he s'i
..li.i.u uiv locinrnu n ivcle m "Ctnnthc' n, 1
on the history of philosophy
The greattut skin tspcrialut in Amerfa
orlg'ratcd the formula for Hanner Salve
For all bkln diseases, all cuts or sores and
for pllea It's tho most healing medicine
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