The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-29
ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.

There are already rumors that q pres
sure will be brought to bear upon the
coming congress to organize another
arctic expedition in the interest. so
called, of science.
This is simply another evidence that
the fool family still lives and PropO-
gates. The arctic problem is solved az
far as II ever will be. Men seem slow 10
learn the lessen of history. It is not
that every expedition 20 the North Pole
has begun and ended in disaster that
leads US to antagonize the proposed pro-
ject. II is the remembrance of the words
of the All Wise who has said, ''Ihus far
shalt thou go and no tarther.H And
lest man should not heed the words Of
Divine wisdom. the bounds have bee1
established upon all sides, and barriers
erected which man cannot pass.
In their eagerness to discover the inte-
rior mysteries of the earth men have
prepared the mechanism for boring into
its bowels TO enormous depths and have
discovered that at 9 certain point the
metal Of which the mechanism ls CON-
posed melts away into nothingness.
Progress in that direction is. therefore.
esstopped. Then they create an enormous
balloon and soar above the clouds
in the vain hope Of delving into the
mysteries of space; but after al eleYa-
tion of three miles. the air becomes In
tensely rarified; the pressure Of the
atmosphere rises from fifteen pounds 70
the square inch to thirty forty, atty and
an hundred pOunds- The weight IL
enormous; the blood is forced from the
nose. mouth, eyes, ears and the pofes Of
the body; Inconsistencies steals over
the baloonist, and he is fortunate II
he still have lite enough left
to pull the valve. release the gas and de-
scend TO earth. If overcome and unable
to do this, the balloon continues is e.
sension until It bursts under the enorm-
GUS pressure, aud is dashed back 20 the
earth whence it came The history Of
expeditions 20 the North Pole is full
of experiences that lead us by the nat
ural sequence OF logic % conclude that
destruction swalis the explorer at Q ces-
tain point OF his wanderings and that
he would not be permitted 10 live and
return 10 tell his tale.
It should never be forgotten that e. 3
race of beings We are cIEcumseribed IN
all directions. We may build houeea
three, five or seven stories In height and
find waya of occupying them through
means OF elevators and other modern
appliances. but the very moment We
contemplate house Of nfty stories,
Babel comes; not altogether in
. contuslon OF languages, bus
in the utter impractIcabIlIty Of such .
structure.
The large ocean steamers running q
length OF $50 feet can be successfully
naviRated. Double their length and
they are utterly useless The Great East
ern was 600 feet in length and was Of
little service, beyo0d 70 lay the
f1rst Atlantlc cable, and 20 remain as her
dock as q lasting monument 70 mans
folly. Imagine q ship one thou.
sand fees in length and ron
viii have in mind something
entirely useless for purposes Of navigs-
Thare are certain mysteries thai never
can be fathomed. The mystery Of sha
silent regions OF the Arctic IA ore al
them, and God has as SURELY ee8 His
bounds there as He hes placed tie
angel With the flaming sword begore ne
tfee Of Life, the mystery Of Witch Il
hardly les peneerabls.