Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-08
THE ANTARCTIC SEA
k'r confronting Explorers WI,
venture There.

servatory, will succeed in oatt,na ~
oouth folar expedition orpaniya5 :.
a m,sn' nave been supposed that unit
some greater measure Of success. ~
amended similar adventures IN 49,
Arctic regions the most ardent ad vocate
OF such schemes would have donhta !
Inc wisdom OF exposing human livas = !
treasure to the risk of Antarctic seas
All the best authorities are agreed n !,
the dlfhculties to be encountered IN ~ !
soutn are much greater than IN ~
north, and the hideous stories Viii
gained currency after the return ~ ~.
last Arctic expedition might we'll bave avg
slckened the boldest OF this generation
sumciently to deter them from anv as
sauit upon the stronghold Of kin
winter IN the south. In comnar;no
'ne diihcuitles of Arctic and Antarctic
adventure Sir Wyville Thompson saws,
we can only anticipate disasters
multiplied hundredfold, should The
south pole ever become a goal ~ r;ra1
~ among nations" For various rea.
sons the great lone land under tbo
southern cross is more difficult OF az.
cess than the north. It's much colda,
there than in the Arctic circle. Tbare
seems to be no such warm currents as
are to be found in the north-such fl,
instance, as the Labrador current or
mat round the south coast OF Snitz.
bergen. Such emanations from tho
torrid regions of the earth do much N
mitigate the rigors of the northern
seas ut certain points, and bring about
the most striking variations of temper.
allure, breaking up the ice at certain
seasons and opening the way to navi.
CATION far beyond points otherwise at
talnable. Any enterprise of this kind
WILL OF course, be pushed on during
the summer Notwithstanding Jan.
uary, February and the early
part OF March, that is. But even in
the height of summer the temperature
OF the air in Antarctic regions in al
ways below the freezing point of sea
water, and bitter tempestuous winds
and fogs and binding snowstorms are
all but incessant. No arctic explorer
has ever gone beyond the bounds of
vegetation. At least lichens and sea-
weed have been found wherever north.
ern navigators have penetrated, but in
the awful solitudes of the south Sir
James Ross found not the slightest
trace OF vegetable life, either on the
land or in the sea, yet he never came
within less than seven hundred miles
OF the south pole. The magnetic pole
has been approached within one hun
dred and fifty miles, and it seems pos
sible that important scientific results
might be obtained by covering that
further distance; but even this is doubt
ful.-London Daily Meas.
Kentucky Is as famous for its wide
spread and critical knowledge of the
Bible as for its sensitive appreciation
of red-eye. The newspapers down
there are many of them daily COM
mentaries. Here is a sample para
graph from the Scottswille Sentinel:
milk makes most people bilious, and
honey gives most people the collie.
Therefore a land flowing with milk
and honey is not as desirable as one
dripping with tree molasses and flour
batter-cakes."
Down in Maryland the other day
when Dr. Fulton married Miss White
the ring used was made of gold but
ton that was on the wedding gown OF
the bridegroom's mother. and a mar
velously tattered shoe was sent by an
old darkey, along with the information
that it was one of the last pair that
master the brides father, bought
for him in slavery times, and so he
wanted it flung after young mistress
to insure her good luck.
"A well-known fish culturist, has
been making some very interesting
experiments with the microscope
which prove that there are 100000
eggs in an eel. How and when these
eggs are Matched has always been, and
still is, mystery. All that is known
definitely is that the cells run down to
salt water in October, and that in the
spring swarms of young ones, the size
of a darning-needle and about two
inches long, ascend the rivers.
"A colored man was arrested in
Memphis the other day who might
well be called a peripatetic junk shop.
When he was searched at the station
house something more than a peck of
odds and ends were found in his pock-
cts. He had a razor and full shaving
outfit, several combs, lookingglass,
four ket-handkerchiefs, a gimlet,
brad awl, two pocket knives, copy
of the biblical Reason Why" two
pipes, jewsharp, three fiddle strings,
chunk of rosin, two Jumps OF bees
wax, three red flannel rags, plug OF
navy tobacco and divers other arti-
cles.
The Melburne Argus relates that
a year ago an English laborer, unable
to find employment, decided to emil
CRATE to Australia, leaving his wife at
home. Finding girl whom he loved,
and who returned his attachment, he
was honest enough to confess that he
had a wife at home. The girl wrote
to her rival offering to buy her hus-
band from her. The wife consented
to sell him for 500. After few
months the money with paper ar
rived by which she was to renounce
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