The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-10
no TEE 4 PoLR
mr.. w, n, Glider, M Correspondent
Bsaad ThIfheF-soAe Facts.


Mr.. w. II. Glider, of the New York
Herald, was a west bound passenger
yesterday. Ordinarily. a mere attache
of a newspaper is not a special object
of interest. But Mr.. Glider is a bright
exception. He has travelled where
newspaper correspondents, as such,
never went before, namely, on an Arc
tic voyage. He was the historian and
chronicler of the Schwatka expedition,
and wrote that excellent article on the
voyage for the May number of Serib-
ner. While with that expedition, DUR
ing a hard and vigorous period of two
years, Mr.. Glider was p~erforce, subject
to the same hardships and sufferings as
the rest of the members thereof. And
he bore them all with fortitude. Like
a true correspondent, he was kept to
the highest tension all the while with
the desire to see everything and make
due report for publication in the paper
he represented.
Physically, Mr.. Glider is a splendid
specimen of manhood. His hard-knit
frame is well calculated to withstand
an Arctic voyage. He is of the SAN
guine temperament, and we venture
the opinion, that this fact stands him
well in a voyage where people are forced
to live on grease during the winter.
We fancy bilious temperaments must
suffer. Mr.. Glider is probably IS years
of age, aud bears his age well. He
does not seem to show any physical
evidence of the exhaustive expedition,
and says he can discover no ill effects.
Mr.. Glider is destined for still an
other trip to the Arctic, this time from
the Pacific side. He goes to represent
the New York Herald on board the
Rogers. which is being fitted cut to
search for the Jeanette expedition.
Right here it may be well to ponder
over this Herald expedition business.
1t will be remembered that when DIR.
Livingstone the great African explorer,
was lost among the jungles of that
dark continent. the Herald SEM out
Stanley, and this correspondent soon
shook hands with DIR. Livingston near
Ujiji- Then the Herald sent out Lieut..
De Long to go up to the Arctic ocean,
discover the long sought for North
Pole, and shake hands with it. But as
no tidings have been received from the
gallant lieutenant, the Herald will now
be satisfied if only Mr.. Glider succeeds
in shaking hands with Lieut.. De Long.
We forgot, by the way, to ask Mr.. Gill
der whom the Herald would send out
in a few months hence to shake hands
with him, amid the Polar SHOWS and
the 70-degrees-below-zero weather.
As no civilian will be permitted to
60 on board the Rogers, she being a
government vessel, Mr.. Glider has been
commissioned as a pay clerk and will
have charge of the ships exchequer.
We endeavored to ''stand inn with
him yesterday, but we soon learned
that he wouldn't receive the funds until
the ship vas ready to set sail.
In our hurried conversation we
learned enough from Mr.. Glider to say
that there is a sort Of fascination in
this Arctic business. He rather likes
the idea of going again, although he is
not inflated with the idea of return
ing, seeing that the northwest passage
seems to be a bourne from whence few
travellers return. Still he is anxious to
go; we couldn't stop him, if we would,
and, come to think of it, we wouldn't
If we could.
However, MI. Glider has promised us
to stop off in Cheyenne on his return
trip should he succeed in finding the
Jeanette and De Long. And we shall
then take pleasure in presenting all of
our friends to the right bower of the
North Pole, and we can assure all that
in Mr. Glider they will find an excellent
gentleman as well as a gritty and a
spicy correspondent.