Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-06

and Mrs. Steele. There is not single Frenchman
In the Academy classes There are IS Hunga-
men, and q few Greeks, Italians, Spaniards,
Turks and Russians. The large majority are, Of
course, Germans.
The sJeannettes Expedition.
DANENHOwER's STORY OF THE RETREAT.
Another letter to the Herald gives Lieutenant
Danenhowers story of the adventures OF the
Jeannette's crew after the sinking Of the vessel
From 1t we take the following:
"The Jeanette sank about 4 o'clock of the
morning Of the 18th Of June 1851. Daylight
found rs encamped on the ice about 400 yards
from where the ship went down. We had sept
late after the exhausting work of the previous
| night. The day was spent by US I'm arranging
| our effects and gaining rest, which was much
needed. Many of us-indeed. quite quarter OF
the number-were incapactated for active
work by reason OF severe cramps caused by tin
poisoning from tomato cans. Among the sick
were Chip. Kuehne, the Indian Alexei, Lau-
aerbach, and the cabin steward. The doctor
recommended delay I'M IL the sick party should
have recovered. But the time was not wasted,
and the rest Of the crew began the work Of d.
viding the clothing and slowing the sleds and
boats. We had as provisions about 3 500 pounds
Of pemmican I'm timed canisters Of fOrty-fve
pounds weight each, about 500 pounds OF
hard bread, and more tea than we needed. We
had also some canned turkey and canned chick
We had large quantity of Liebeg's extract
a most important element in our diet. We had
| q large quantity of alcohol, which was intended
| to serve as fuel for cooking during our retreat.
We had plenty ofammunitiOn and q good equip
ment OF rifles. The provisions were slowed on
five seds, each having tier of alcohol cans in
the middle, and on either side tier Of pemmi-
can canisters. Another sled was loaded with
bread and a limited quantity Of sugar and cof-
fee. On the 10th of June the captain called all
hands and read an order to the effect that We
| would start at six p, m. on the following day on
our march SOUTH that We would work during
the night and sleep during the day, to avoid the
intense light, which might cause snow blind
1.-The snow was knee-deep. the road very
| rough, and the ice full Of assures. Through the
former our feet sank easily, soon wearying the
best of us; over the assures, il not too WIDE we
had to jump the boats, and We had to drag the
sled over Jumps Of Ice that would have taken q
whole corps of engineers to level. But We ad-
yanced steadily, fslOwly. We reached one OF
the black flags that had been planted by Ice
Pilot Dunbar. but seeing that he had planted an
other one ahead of US pushed On with the
first cutter to reach that too. This goal reached
We found that We were a-mile-and-a-half from
| the starting place. and that it had taken US
| three hours TO make the distance. y
ION the 10Th Of June the captain called me
into his tent and told me to go with the hospital
sled because, he alleged could not see. l re-
monstrated, but without avail. / went back to
my tent, naturally deeply mortified to know that
| thirty-three men were working for their lives
and was not allowed to help even at the cook
| ing, although physically was one of the strong
| est men of the party. That morning started
| with the hospital sled, which was dragged by
seven dogs, driven by Erickson, the doctor and
1 assisting over the hummocks We advanced
| over rough moving ice with great difficulty
about half mile, and then set up the tent for
the three inyalids-Chipp, Lauterbach, and
Alexei-tO await the coming up Of the rest Of
1 th.lr, r. ra,,11 40 fln
hospital tent. Thus the survivors trudged
along. the well heavily handicapped by the six
| or seven who furnished no motive power at ALL
Twenty-one men did all the work for the thirty
| three. At the end of the first week the captain
found by observation that the drift had more
than neutralized the way covered by our ad-
| vance, that, in fact. we had lost twenty seven
miles by the drift to the northwest in excess Of
our march to the south This, Of course, was
I'VE left Bennett Island about the 4th OF Au-
gust We were then ffty-three days out from
the place where the Jeanette had sunk. We
were fortunate enough In being able to launch
our boats, and to make better progress Ia the
| cracks between the foes But we still had to
keep our sleds for a short time longer. I have
not told you much about the dogs, some OF
which rendered Us very important services; but
about half the number were now disabled by
but about sixteen had died or had been killed BY
the others during the two winters In the ice.
After the stock Of dog-food gave out and the
| scarcity Of game, there were long periods Of
| starvation for the poor brutes. Each man had O
| favorte animal, and would share his own rations
with him, but this was not sufficient At Bennett
Island we had, think, still twenty three LEFT,
and the day before leaving eleven Of the poorest
| OF these were shot. We took the remaining
| twelve in the boats, but In passing close to big
| Zoe pieces these gave US great deal OF trouble
| by jumping out and running away. Finally
kasmatka and Suvoyer were the only two that
next eighteen days we were working between
foe pieces. and sometimes making ~ much as
ten miles day on our course to the southwest
Several times day we would have to haul the
boats out and make p0rtages across the large
foe pieces that barred our progress. This was
very severe work. We had at this time re-
tanned only the boat sleds, having LETT the pro-
vision sheds and all supernuOps articles on doe
piece about August 8. We now worked during
the day and slept during the night"
The letter then gives details Of the separation
of the boats and the landing I'm Siberia which
have already been described.
Trichine In Human Bodies.
HDr. Horatio C. Wood, jr., the eminent mi.
croscopist and lecturer at the Pennsylvania
University hospital, says that bodies for dissec-
ton are constantly turning up which are filed
with the hog parasites. 'sThe students In cut
ting the other day." Dr. Wood remarked, found
the flesh Of a man knotty, and upon examina-
ton the muscles were found full OF trichin0I
The symptoms are like scarlet fever, and are often
mistaken for It. Tho attending physicians fail
to diagnose the disease, about which little 10
It almost invariably occurs among the lowese
and most ipuorant class of uaonle who emf the