, 1881-12-25

WHO confirmed EtlelT AcEnuNL haE
F; bfoxotl, viii, WAS shydrUgraphef f-WuaE
ever that may be-to Charles IL, puolisi,eui q
pamphlet giving minute and eircunistatt.lnti
account Of 4 Dutch ship which sailed 1lglh
s5pitxbersen, and went not olily 70 Ls pg'e' +
but t,po degrees 4eygnd q. i H. NH
lished at Btrllll prt0r to 1774, aIld ulaaet tlG
direction of the Academy Of bclelieeS htIu
Bellies Ltttres, places ship at the .Nnitn
Pole, with note tO the effect that accgl.ls !,t
to Dutch; accounts ship h'ld feae!leu ~ enae
y p In the Philosophical Transactlons or the
Ruyai Society Of London for 1919 occurs ne ne
following passage 7 ~: !, ~. :, ,,o.t,;.
For IT'S well k9own , estnsrn 20 a n' 9 c,,asts are
frozen iii, for many leagues, L though III He
open sen it is not sot'o, nor undef u!e p0ts
ftsctf, at,sless hu lccidcnt."
Tie fact that tho pnle 1latl oeelt iea.nSu 81,
established lnlug. The saving clause WITH
refurencu to ..accident" was probably nnt m:
because Ut That time there were no aSGiuent
Insurance. cOIMpales, anu the litlyai to9c4t.5 ~
did not want to put itself ID o posiuon " ~
cUiile liable. WIS: -. :, T..
- THE plsCovERER OF TIE NORTH Por.E. 81:
+, xT1s,lattv. when YOU want to beat everything
else all hollow III stories about stu Snynges' voyages
you must Ut course fall back upin rlKtilE:
You can select alnnst Any liiose !sl4nn9 .,','
III Lains's Sea Kings Of the North. anu Rell.
eto!y feiy Mi lal,: WIZ - i i; tt.. n1t,,t If
u1al 3ou @ ~. W I.I ti; ,sa there isI1t ally
REuiu 9Tha r..st t.n,s to mi, is friar;
t.o,lts Nicholas OF Lynn, i Car'siellte 1faaI.
;ss @ aa, ,vt'a ;e sa; r., l,ayf sailed to the
,.'... G;to w. ,a,,,s ~ ehe NGrt and even
tn ti,a ,.,fe itself a1ollt the year lSO :,1id tO
lave Lesiicote1 a,t at:cu,llt Of his discoveries
+ to Edward I'LL, ,sr tue Culifessol.
.1ar,,as rhfs ,Iscuycrer of the Nurth Pole, i'll
the uursou uf u Saxop monk whose l'aille was
NIciItlus. =: III would tnake just tne most NJ
prorrlate kind Vt anno 70 tnls In.'s!ia,o M,at,o
carol it we could prove t}al th's rt1A1 N.S,! a,d
0lus was the verltable nntsit Ntcnoa2 aiu T.
there Is just one iypWthesls HI'nn wn'st ~ ~
cal be uune---viz.: Saint Nicholas, as Is
well known. was Tie pa!foh SAINT ~ sa.'JiS "a. ts
merchants, AMI travellers, As Meil. 10 ..i LII
guardian OF scllooluoys anu cnint,e, t, a,,'r. r
therefore it wtl,i1 have pcen a vs,y Mpplu ~,
North Pole before he settled down 70 lne: 10Y
trade.) :~..t.>, y. / i i :.> ~, :: s::.
All ut the foregoing accounts, peslaes ose. ~. :.
dozen more, recording voyages 10 po1lt;s ~
high US ffot latitude q % -, wfiS M
pnpers before the Royal socieEf O Eps!al'M ~
uIe Hon. Dalnes Barrtiigton. r: H. r., ~ vta'.. .
Gus ttates in tile years la74- ~ inese Meic
again COLLECTED, their nutliehilcly iii'cs.,
gated, and, with a vast: uell " cu!a..at s...a
rGit1 a IN FISH; isis by % Gol. Bsa,f"y F. IL
But this is geltnk To Dt illolo.uon ti,t me
cannot bs any reilsul'apl9 uoups La1 +a tns
various Dutchnel1 allu V,l'ean ~. tbat thav
high lutituues. ilentl0neu, a!lu tn.t tsj KIP
could have gone to tie l"'!e II uey tiAa tiisu 81.
Tile ignoring OF these eailltr anu nole llsr
portant discoveries III vi! recent accounaa y
tile Arctic rcgiuns can scarcely ne acc9unteu
for aud there is danger uliiI Oy ptlsislcuce
IN lnls course ysry n!sfyssn land and inuiy in
lost Just al n vast deal Ut other khoWledee
hus been in the ayes past. s>:-: r. : .".
r,IY1ss, ~. :. :.-..s.
,1.,+,,r ,roe NADIA IN fila first mart of this
com,i 1,r,t il, t},e t,.,i,li, uf su,ie eminent
men lie North Pole wasn't worth going
alter even il it is in fair state nf preserva-
tion, and willie this may be true ut the pule
itself it may pe Ut interest to Know tne opli-
iuus ut the other eminent men as 10 NE
practical value Of knowing tie way Il, Eet to
it Whenever we want to. Win thls FIcW az
Ut the foregoing statements We're submitted
1O tile wei.-anuwE Sir. Filklns, the inventor
Of Filklns' Fnttening fluld.-~ 3lr. tl1kffs IS
man Of astute. and COMPREHENSIVE nl1l'u;
lie might have nlaue a foriu1e ull Tile Bnafu
Of Trade but tor the tact tilal hls views were
SO far-teact,ing ami sustained by such com
pfehensive statistics that THE s,0do ot!ler .tel-
laws there. never could Keep up with him 1lur
understand him, and hnsl.nS himself con-
tiuuatIy, left alone ile was finally
uDIigti to give them up as illcOrriEioly>
lulI. Mr.. Filkins then conceived the idea
III tile universal fatteniilg fluid, and lie esti-
mates thai uf ine II, ,lND Ut population IN
the Tinted States there are 1T least ~, ,0oJ, 0)o
! who are .uncoaiturtatfy thin. - only:
TX inn D{NrOf these buy one bottle each 0f the
faIte1,er at 50 cents Il p,ltle it would leave
him a t1rotit of su1ne five millions OF dollars.
But besides this he expects to adapt the fat.
tt.1,tr to tb feeding of hogs and cattle, and
generally. Such ii Mr.. Fllkins, the man to
wh,,,n tt,t. foregoing facts nuUut the North