The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-08-24
Bill Nye's Polar Expedition.

The Boomerang reporter sent out &c
find the north pole eighteen months ago
has just been heard from. An exploring
party recently found portions of his re.
mains in latitude 4 IL A, longitude
SOU west by SOU from the pole, and
near the remains the following fragment
of diary:
July /. 1881 Have Just been out
searching for a sunstroke and signs of a
thaw. Saw nothing but ice foes and
snow as far as the eye could reach.
Think we will have snow this evening
unless the wind changes.
July 2.-Spent the forenoon exploring
to the northwest for right of way for a
new equatorial and north pole railroad
that ] think would be of much value to
commerce. The grade is easy and the
expense would be slight. Ate my last
dog to-day. Had intended him for the
4th, but got too hungry, and ate him
raw with vinegar. wish was al home
eating Boomerang paste.
July 3.-We had quite frost last
night, and it looked this morning as
though the corn and small fruits must
haYc suffered 1t is now two weeks
since the last of the crew died and left
me alone. Ate the leather ends of my
suspenders to-day for dinner. l do not
need the suspenders, anyway, for by
lightning up my pants / find they will
stay on all right, and don't look for
any ladies 10 call, so that even If my pants
came off by some oversight, nobody
would be shocked.
July 4-Saved up some tar roofing
and bottle of muciiage for my Fourth
of July dinner and gorgcd myself to-day
The exercises were very poorly attend
ed and the celebration rather s failure
1t is clouding up in the west and I'm
afraid we are going TO have snow. Seems
to me we're having an ali fired late
spring this year.
July 5.-Didn't drink drop yester-
day It was the quiefest Fourth ever
put in. never felt so little remorse
over the way celebrated as do today.
didn't do a thing yesterday that I was
ashamed ofexcept TO eat the remainder
of a boxof shoe backing for supper. To
day ate my last bootheel, stewed.
Looks as though we might have q hard
winter.
July 6.-Feel q little apprehension
about something to eat. My credit is
ali right here. but there is no competi-
ton, and prices are therefore very high.
Ice, however, is still firm. This would
be q good ice cream country if there
were any demand, but the country is SO
settled that 3 man feels as
lonesome here as a Greenbacker at 8
presidential election.
Ate q pound of cotton waste soaksd
in machine oil to day. There is nothing
left for tomorrow but ice water and an
old pocket book for dinner. Looks as
though We might have snow.
July This is good cool place TO
spend the summer If provisions were
more plenty. / am WEARING seal skin
undershirt with three wooden oYershirts
and two bear skin vests to-day: and
when the dew begins 10 fall Lave to
put on my buffalo ulster to keep off the
night air. / wish / was home. II
seems pretty lonesome here since the
other boys died. / do not know what /
viii get for dinner Tomorrow, unless
the neighbors bring in something. A
bear Is coming down the hatchway as
write | wish I could eat HIM. II
would be the first square meal in two
months. Il is, however. little mixed
/ Will eat him or he eat me.
Il will be cold day for meit he -
Here The diary breaks of abruptly.
and from the chewed up appearance Of
the book we are led TO entertain q horri- |
bic fear rs 10 his safety.