The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-10-27
The Franklin Expedition.

1t was thirty-fye years last July since
I'rankln's ships were for the lust time
seen III Bailiu's Bay. Three years after
ward England sent the first expedition
in search of him and his men, and since
that time more than twenty more have
sailed. Little by little and piece 10y
piece, they have brought home the relics
and memcntocs which have gradually
told the story Of the fate that overlook
them in that land of perpetual ice. For
many years, there were iloatmg about
vague beliefs that he and his men were
still alive, and might one day be found
again. This tradition was fostcred by
Lady FrankIm's devotion to her hus-
bands memory, and her heroic measures
for discovering the secret locked up some
where in the drcary Arctic wastes. Her
bereavement infected the sympathies of
the civilized world, and the crusades
which wcr preached and led, sometimes
by English pluck, often by American
enterprise, have ut last brought back the
tidings that nothing more can ever be
known.
In 1854 skeletons of some of the men
were discovered. In 1899 Il paper found
in caim where it had been placed by
one OF Frmklin's officers, briefly saying
"Sir John Franklin died ON the It'll OF
June, 1877 blottcd out the faint figures
| which the imagination iaucicd it saw still
moving in that northern twilight, and
nearly destroyed I.ady's frankln's grief
stricken mind. Then half doAel
spoons, inwrought with Sir John Frank
Inns crest, We're, in 1872, given 10y MT
tive to Captain Barry, an American ex
| plOrcr, with the statement that he haC
taken them from carn ZOO miles dis
tant. where books and other relies still
remained Captain Barry, with Llcuten
| ant Schwatkn, were, two years ago, sen
ont by the enterprise Of New York mcr
chants, and landed ut the head of RcpuIsC
Bay. Thence, going and returning, they
made slcdge Journey of 1900 miles
travelling over ice and suOw and, wha
WINS still more difficult, over broken mC
Jagged clay stone, with marshes inter
vcning, and covered with patches o.
brown and green moss, with purple flow
crs pcepng through the crcyiccs of the
stones. On this journey they lived and
preserved their health by eating the food
which the EXqllimauX eat and the game
which in some places nbOunded. During
the winter the thermometer was fire.
qucnty from 80 to GO degrees below zero,
and, ut one time fell to lO3.
They found no calrn as was told to
Captain Barry, but they discovered sew
crnl skeletons, Il ships boat, or rather the
prov and stern post, with II few cllnk'
cred boards still holding together, gilt
navy buttons, copper and iron bolts,
shot, cartridges, p6wder-cms, barrels,
broken medicine and wine bottles, axes
and few barrel slaves. The Rigid elm
ate had preserved, for over thirty years,
pieces of navy blue cloth which were
scattered along the shores of the inlets.
With the exception OF scrap of paper
marked with an index finger pointing
southcrly, no writing Of any sort WA
| found.
And so, after enduring great hardship'
but no great suffering, the expedition
returned, still leaving to the Exquimua!
| lllll lllt tltllltl Ntll lll' lNill'llilp "
Franklin and his crew. Beyond the fac
that they abandoned their vessels, tn
| Erebus and Terror, and attempted to dra.
their boats overland i'll the hopes o
launching them III the open water again,
nothing is yet, nothing probably even
will be, definitely known OF their strng'
gle and their end
Mrs. Smiths Revenge.
A little woman and two children made
their appearance, last summer, at the
Grand Central, in Tahoe City, Lake
Bipler. The woman was plainly dressed
and so were both Of her children. They
were not taken much notice of, and ne
one called to make the acquaintance o
the modest little lady in plain clothes
Then the woman, who saw herself snub
bed every day, got her dander up ant
sent down to San Francisco for the bal
ance of her clothes, and likewise he
children's. They came. Next morning
she appeared at the brealfast-table will
toilet from Worth, and her diamond
dazzled everybody.
sob, good morning, Mrs. Smith,
came from all sides.
But this was only the beginning of tn
toilet boom. At lunch she was simpl
magnificent, and at dinner overpowering
She had nine Saratoga trunks to dra'
from, and her little daughters evenin
dress created regular Juror Now cam
her turn to put ON airs. She siinpl
treated everybody with the coolest kin,
of politeness. OF course she was civil
but didn't overdo cordiality to any ex
tent After overwhelming the place
few days with an avalanche of style, sh
sent her trunks back to San Francisc
and resumed her plain S25 suit.-Carso
! Appeal.