Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-03
THE ARCTIC CRUISE.
Rover, the Only Survivor Of All the
Dogs ON tho Proteus-ElOvers and
Ferns,

Rover, the Only Survivor Of All the
Dogs ON the Proteus-FlOwers and
Ferns.
Rover, the dog which was on the Greedy relief
ship Proteus, when the vessel was crushed In
Oe Ice of Cape Sabine while trying to reach
Lady Franklin bay. is now in Washington, as
stated in Mondays STAR. Rover was bought
by Lieut.. e. A. Darlington, the commander Of
the expedition, at st. John Newfoundland.
whence the Proteus sailed.
When the members Of the expedition took to
the open boats after the sides Of the Proteus
were broken In. Rover curled in in the bow of
one Of them to take his chances Of reaching
place of safety with the party. There was
another dog also called Rover on the Proteus.
He was cross between setter and New
foundland, with a smooth body and long ears,
and belonged to Capt. Pike. the commander of
the Proteus. There were also 81 .Esquimaux
dogs on the ship. They could not be taken
along and Capt. Pike did not think it worth
while to take his Rover. The Esquimau dogs
were cowardly .treacnerous set. Lieut.. CARING
tons Rover would whip three or four of them at q
time, and would not let them come aft. When
the timbers of the proteus yielded they were
seized with terror. They ran about, but would
not leave the ship. The sailors took them by the
tail and back Of the neck and threw them. yelp-
Ing. out uponthe ice. where they ran into no0ks
and set up dismal bowling. DR.. Us. Harrison,
the surgeon Of the expedition. said that when
one OF the Esquimau dogs was down the others
would all pOunce on him. He supposed they set
upon Capt Pixies Rover when the party sailed
away and ate him. Then they began to devOur
each other. and finally the last one swallowed
himself, Obliterating the last trace of canine
tragedy. In going from Smith sound some
rough weather was encountered. Lieut.. Gar
lingtOns Rover was taken seasick. He put his
head over the side of the boat and paed tribute
to the deep in very human way. Rover Is a
young dog. but very intelligent. There is
another dog on the Yantic. 1t is sleek pointer
named Princess. and belongs to Commander
Frank Wildes DR.. Harrison said that while in
Disco Bay the weather was warm. and the mos
quitoes swarmed over the ship They were more
persistent than the Jersey gallinippers, and
Lieut.. Gibson, the executive officer Of the
Yantfc, has two or three books full of pressed
flowers and ferns. They grew in crevces In the
rocks. One variety was polar poppy. 1t was
bright yellow flower. with brown center and
long green stem, He obtained blue bells that
were bright and pretty at Rittenbenk. The moss
overspread everything In ravine it lay on
the rocks like beautiful carpet of brown, red,
and green, intermingled with flowers. The
mingling of the colors was beautiful. In Disco
the moss was the most beautiful. 1t was as
elastic as sponge to the foot. In Disco bay the
sailors had high times. They flirted and danced
In the cOOper's shop with the Esquimau women
until the Esquimau men We're green with envy.
One of the marines had little camera and took
the pictures OF four Of the women. They were
plump, wore trousers, and the hair stood up in
bunch, looking like shoe-brushes on top of their
heads. The sailors used to have no end of trOu-
BILE with little icebergs which came sailing around
the ship and threatened to do damage, The
men were turned out one morning at o'clock
to tow away one. They towed until o'clock,
but at 10 o'clock it sailed back again.
Through Cars to the Boundary De-
manded.
To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
Now that the herdics have established a
Through route" without change between the
avenue and contiguous territory, and the north
west section, thereby making all the more
marked the discomfort to passengers on the w.
and G. railroad in changing cars at 18th street
and New York avenue, will you allow me to
make suggestion through your columns forthe
consideration OF the latter company and the
public. Daily passengers by the above railroad
especially during certain hours, have not failed
to notice that at least SO per cent of the travel is
northward via 14th street. Why then cannot
we have through cars as well as through her
dies from the Capitol, or Navy Yard to Bound
airy via Pennsylvania avenue and 14th street. II
every third twO-horse car would take this route
many would gladly await them at the point of
departure, thus saving the annoyance of a trans
fer and the necessity Of engaging in an unseen
IL rush when the contents of a two-hOrse car
are packed q la sdrdine into 'Bob-tail" beside
insuring better distribution of the traffic dur
ing those hours when it is heaviest. 0. d. L,
The Postal Notes Not Liked by Assur-
ance Societies..
To the Editor Of The EVENING STAR:
The enclosed extract from circular letter Of
the secretary Of one of the largest mutual as
surance societies in the country gives an inter-
esting. though possibly an exaggerated view of
the new posta. notes: ''Since our last assess
ment the new postal notes" have come into
use. They are an invention of the evil one de-
signed to facilitate stealing. They will prOba-
bly, result In increasing the losses through the
mails. four fold at least, until people have found
out that they are delusion snare. and
fraud They are just as likely to be stolen as
''greenbacks," and being payable to bearer any
body can collect them and mo questions asked"
A large proportion Of them areimproperly made
out, and have to be returned for correction,
thus making this Office great deal Of trouble
and causing the notes to go three times through
the mails, each time at the imminent risk Of
being stolen. The banks will have nothing to
do with them, and are justified in refusing them
While they are being sent back for correction
the time for paying assessments is liable to pass
and the remitter's membership becomes lapsed
trust our members will have nothing more to
do with them" B.
Paying the Public Debt Too Fast.
NEW YORK BANKERS AFRAID OF A SERIOUS CoNTRAc-
TON OF THE CURRENcY-A PERMANENT DEBT
FAVORED.
New York bankers are showing considerable con-
Germ at the steady redemption Of our government
securities and they generally say that this policy, if
followed much longer, viii result in serious con-
traction of the currency, as with the time bonds at
their present high premium the banks cannot profit
ably hold them to their note circulation The
become practical one, and must be met at once
The Herald has sought the views of the leading bank
ers OF the city, and they all talk In the STRAIN
President Baldwin, Of the Fourth National bank