The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-28

Sow rml. N rHs uut %dlslstorni. hui
n. Honcfgl direction wns pretty VOL on.
tullishNl,
That the north lolo lloa m the
Arctic fprinn4.
o. rlai IL h me- almighty cold noIpl'.
lUrhuud.
rhnt nearly III tho nulmuls there
wear scalskin Jackets the year round.
p, That thlof SignHl Officers uro sump-
what unreliable catorors.
H. That whom men cnHnot yet food
they siuryO tO death,
T. That extreme cold produces frost
bite.
4, That tho getting back Il the chief
fun aud difficulty of the expedition,
Those important points have been
I substnntiltcd 10y scientific observations
made from time 10 time during the trip,
and together with other interesting facts
rolatiug Ia the preparation Of ,culskin
COnsommo aud leather pudding, viii he
submitted to all scientific societies who
are In the habit of giving silver
medals for that sort OF news. II
il o. he regretted that the aver
81 taxpayer j. too stupid To
su. how this outlay can benefit mankind
in the slightest way. When an unluilu-
entail citizen Expresses u desire Ia 20
81 the North Polo, We take him to Wards
island. Whom u signal officer Is seized
with a similar desire, We CON
iiSrato two millions OF public
money ~ send him, and then about
Iuur millions Ia get him hnck. These
are iutrivarios ui Government which nj
first are hard 10 comprehend. Hu when
VIC contemplate the results, rs given
above, No can hardly regret IL.
Tho only drawbacks 10 the recently
OpunCd-lp country zen 10 he thut the
cost of getting there - yet somc
what too high to defect much
Of the summer travel from
Newport and Saratoga, and that the
place is III n shockingly bad sanitary
condition. The harhOrs lrn excellent
70 shin could not bo safer under lock and
key, than NJ the Pole.
Other expeditions which will ha Of
equal value 10 mankind are now being
ittud out hy Government regardless OF
expense, They are rs follows:
L.. 10 explore the head waters of
Squstduuk crock, which Is u of the
tributaries of tho Withlubughccnochc
river la Florida. Tho number of gallons
IF water IL supplies will he accurately
measured, and Il careful census of the
morcaSin snakes and aili"ntors which
line its banks VIII be Il special object Of
the corps of scientists employed.
>. 70 ascertain If the male third
cousins of the wives OF native kings on
the Congo river, Africa, are subject Ia
measles. Careful notes on the prevail
cucc of dyspepsia among the gray par
rots held in captivity by this race will
also he made.
3. To explore the sewers of London,
Paris and New York, and ascertain the
relative number of suSpCnder buttons
lost in each during Il year.
Meanwhile appropriations will he
passed by Congress Tor the speedy rescue
of those going upon these expeditions,
ut the rate of Si0O,0oO per man. Vt that
figure it Is estimated we will get or
cheaply.
But to return to the Greedy expedition.
We opposed il in the beginning, but now
are compelled to acknowledge our error.
The benefit acrruing to science II hui
mainly by the knowledge that men
freeze or starve to death in those
Geographically, too, the expedition
seems to have been Il success, in that il
discovered the long-lost Cannibal
Islands. otherwise we might he in
clined to regret that men who are 50
foolhardy and eaten up with desire for
empty nOtoriety as to want to 20 ON
such i'm expedition, do not die Of soften
ing of the brain before they can tempt
ignorant, but brave soldiers and sailors,
into volunteering to follow them. We're
IL not for the immense benefit IL has
rendered mankind, as we have shown,
the Greedy expedition, from first to last,
might pass to pOstor!ty rs Il piece OF
most ~eNtravagant folly, wherein reck-
lcssness and criminal Acknowledgement
brought about an end which sickcns
and horritiCs the world.-N New York
Life.