Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-20
Keeping IFara,. il. the .lrctic.


reached home on the 18th, the coolest
weather I experienced on the trip being
on the 18th. when. about two hours before
sunrise, the thermometer indicated SO
degrees Fahrenheit. That dav
made journey of twenty-five miles, rid
ing most of the time on the sledge. and at
no time during that day did I feel uncom-
Portable, the highest point the thermom-
eter reached being so degrees Fahrenheit.
and l might here say that 1 really en-
joyed the whole trip. I attribute this all
most wholly to the Esquimaux reindeer
clothing, and constant living in snow
lgloo like the natives, where the tempera-
tdre Is never aboN e freezing, and generally
from 10 to 10 degrees below that point. [
90 not believe-and my belief is confirmed
by the written accounts of othsrs-that
any Arctic voyagers, housed in warm ships
as their base, and clad in the usual Arctic
suits of explorers, could stand such Jour
ney without more or less material discom-
fort. Once only did I learn the lesson of
caution. took off my right mitten IN at
tempting to get a shot at a passing rein
deer, the wind blowing stiffiy in my face,
and the thermometer 81 degrees
Fahrenheit, when the persists
ant refusal of the frozen gun
lock to work perfectly kept my hand ex-
posed much longer thanI had intended.
When l attempted to use it again it seem
ed paralyzed, and looking at it. 1 noticed
that the skin was as white as marble.
Toolooah, who was besiUe ne. noticed it at
the same time, and with an exclamation of
surprise hastily dOffing both his mittens
sTlnH IF hpt,rraoo
then held it against his warm BODY under
the coo-le-tah, or Esquimaux coat Il soon
resumed it functions, and, though I felt
for some time as though was holding to
q hornets nest, ex-
pecred no more serious results
than e couple of ugly looking blisters
where the iron Of the gun had come in
contact with the bare hand. The reindeer
escaped. As tins reindeer clothing Is the
warmest III the Arctic, so 1t makes the
warmest bedding, two large skins made
into long cofin-like bag CT sack, the halr
side IN, being a sufficient protection II the
coolest weather when in properly con-
structed IglOO. When the first severe cold
came at North Hudson Bay 1 was sleeping
under a blanket and two fine buffalo robes
which 1 found as the thermometer sank
below 30 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
to be Inadequate TO secure COM
fort until I secured a reindeer
sleeping bag weighing not half as much,
after which cold nights were no longer
dreaded. The robe Of the American bison
seems under the least proTocation to be-
come damp, and then freezes as stiff as a
place of sole leather. Once spoiled in this
manner, it is difficult to dry 1T and restore
1t to Its former pIiability n the low tenn
perature Of an igloo. The furs of the
beaver and muskrat found to be equally
unsuitable in our mode of life, and l be-
ieve that all the other furs of the temper
ate zone would have shared the same opin-
ion if tested in the same practical way.
It took the ladies of the Michigan Won
ems Christian Temperance union little
while to get acquainted, but when the &C
quaintance was once formed it,ripened
How do you give your name:" asked
one lady of another, as they removed their
wraps az the door one morning. Il have
usually written it Mrs. James P. Jones. -
DID your mother name you James P. ?''
inquired the first speaker, with consider
able emphasis. Il will never call myself
by my husbands name" "Nor /" mol
l." Nor l, came from a number of by.
ISLANDERS. The little woman appeared
surprised to find herself so largely in the
minority, but she finally found breath tc
say; well, suppose 1t does make diff
! ference what kind of man the husband is
And then the president rung to order, tht
knot of ladies dispersed. and there was
sort of a look upon their faces as if the
little woman had come out ahead.
| Court circles in England and in Germa
ny are excited and irate at the tone of tn
government press in reference to Mr.. Glad
stones refusal to appoint the Duke of Al
bany Governor Gei.oral of Canada. Their
is general dissatisfaction at the papers de
claring that royal personages SHOULD no
be given leading public appointments a
if they were royal sinecures, and Mr.. Glad
stones action is looked upon as bid 70
the support of the radical element in poi
tics. The breach between the Premie
and the Queen has widened as the result O
! this popular movement.