The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-09-01
ming Star and Catholic Messenger.
JUVENILE COLUMN.
SHIPS SET FAST IN THE ICE

Ia SAlPS SET FAST In THE ICE.
|sople in this country are very fond OF
Tag things out. They have found out
to make steam work like horse.
they have found out how to send mes
- by the wires that.run along the side
be railway 'sS.stx.-
DO there was another thing people
tecd to find out. They wanted 10 find
That they call "The North-Wes Pass
n l will try to explain to you what the
th- West Passage is.
you look at the map of the world you
see two great pieces Of water. One Of
d called the Atlantic and the other the
ac Ocean. Now, to get from the
Rntic to the Pacific, ships have to go
ID South America by Cape Horn, or else
I'D Africa by the Cape of Good Hope.
was thought that way might be made
hips to sail along the extreme north
q of America and come ont into the
nc Ocean.
his was called "The North West Pass.
n 1t would be o short ronte, and would
a great many miles.
fzst one brave man and then another
6een to try. They found out a great
u straits and bays, and they named
after themselves. There is "Bafin's
3 and "Hudson's Bay" and "Davfs'
U3GS.
DC the brave men always met with an
y ss't that made them turn back I mean
as the Frigid Zone, and the sea is
bn over II the ice melts little in the
ner, there is still great danger. Huge
BE of ice are floating about; and if
were to come against the ship, they
a knock it all to pieces. These blocks
. are as large as mountains, and very
q to look at. They are green and
and q great many colors, and they
b as clear and bright as crystal. But
sailors try to keep out of their way.
rhaps you have heard the name of Cap
Franklin. He was very brave man
ed, and had set his mind on finding out
North West Passage. He tried again
|again and the last time he went to
be never came back any more.
b ships were set fast in the ice. He
this was likely to happen, and had
light plenty of food.
did all he could to take care of his
"a He made them run about to keep
tselves warm. If the weather was
bad they would run about the deck;
sometimes the men. would sing by way
heering each others spirits.
was very cold ). so cold that you could
~ bear it. The men had often to cover
faces with a veil or mask to keep
Efrom being frost bitten.
Sor Captain Franklin had to leave his
at last. The ice did not melt, and
d was no hope Of getting through it.
les, the food was being used up. All
Aniurals, except the wolves and the
bS were gone to a warmer place, and
twas no fishing in the ice. When the
p left, the only way is for the sailors
raw the boats along upon the ice until
get to place where the sea is not
~, And this is what they tried to do.
|ptain Franklin did not return home
u; and then ship was sent out to
Tor him. This ship was called. the
md am sorry to tell you the news it
- Captain Franklin had died in that
3zul country, and most of his men had
100.
be captain of the For did not meet
q single man belonging to the crew.
he saw many things that made him
In one place there was a boat that
Door sailors had been trying to drag
b Near the boat there lay scattered
ION the ice a pair of worked slippers
watch and a Bible.
anks to all the searching, and the
q captains who have gone in ships to
for it, the Northwest Passage has
found out. But while the ice and
remain as they are, no ships win be
DO make use of it.
FLoco AND HIS RAVENS.
you know what is meant by pirate-7
Ate is man who goes ont to sea in q
and tries to rob all the other vessels
De meets.
be there used to be a great many
Ss sailing about in the seas of Europe.
ese days.
ships in which these pirates sailed
not like the ships Of our day. The
was formed like = huge dragon,
"a seemed to cut the waves with it's
ly- painted breast. It's tail curled be-.
over the head of the .steersmaD.
ety or thirty long oars were used on
side. A single mast bore o large
ee sail, made in broad stripes of red,
aud blue. Well were these pirate
known on the shores Of Britain.
Great many years ago, one Of these Pi- \
was caught in q dreadful storm. His
bad to run before the wind-that is,
I'D no power to guide it. The ship
wherever the wind chose to.drive it.
ere did the ship drive TOT To an
nearly covered with snow. There
no people on this island; but he saw
tains with peaks white with snow.
was 30 much snow that he called it
land. l
en he got home to Nor way, he told
ends he had found a new island and
iked 40 much about it. that another