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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-09

prices lower, being a continuation OF the weak
ness of yesterday. but active buying turned the
course of the market upwards. The opening
for July delivery was about the same as yeSter-
days closing, but a weak feeling existed, and
under free offerings prices declined 1Ac more.
Rains were reported in the northwest, which
stimulated selling. Later numerous brokers
commenced TO buy, outside orders increased.
and prices steadily advanced Sssc above inside
figures reached early in the day. There was
fair traiing, though at times the market IN corn
was rather dull The feeling developed was
stronger and transactions were at higher prices
Local operators sold early in anticipation OF
another break, bht the demand was better than
expected and offerings were quickly taken. The
market opened rather weak at about &c under
yesterdays closing prices, but soon nrmed up
and advanced in all ss0l1sc during the day,
ruled steady and closed 34e1lc better than yes
terday. the market in oats was wild and at
times very excited. Spectators who were free
sellers yesterday turned in and bought heavily.
The feature was in May, which opened firm and
advanced 2ISc on big miscellaneous buying,
mostly by shorts Offerings were not large and
prices were bid up to 25t4c. The advance
brought out good offerings aud prices receded
to &c, but again rallied and closed with net
gain 1Ssc. June and July we're active, the first
named advancing 1850 and July lc from yester-
day closing. Recessions followed the advance,
but last sales were at almost outside figures and
showed a net advance OF 5s0lSsc, JuLe being
the strongest. There was a little more business
in pork to-day, chiefly on local account. Prices
averaged higher and the market closed steady
az inside figures. There was rather more doing
IN lard and the feeling was unsettled Opening
sales were made at slightly reduced prices, but
tirmer feeling was developed later and prices
rallied 5l17Jsc with a fair trade. Toward the
close the market was quiet and steady, with
prices favoring buyers. In short ribs consider
able business was transacted, especially in July
and September. Early in the day prices receded
2jsD3c; later prices rallied 71s0l0c. Toward
the close the feeling was easier. and the market
closed quiet at about outside figures
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour was
unchanged. Wneat-No. spring 9iGb95c; No. 2
red, 94@95c. Corn No. :. 33kc. Oats-No.
S627I9 Short rib sides, loose, IS S50545. Dry
sailed shoulders, boxed, 5000 10. Short clear
Sides boxed, s. 1905 as. Whisky 81 W.
Leading tut res ragged as follows:
Open.ng. HIgae5. Closing.
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Table Bay, April f5-Sailed, bark Stefano Re-
petto Utah. PasUorino, Pensacola.
Tarifa. April 2S-Passed banks Alma Rusl,
Stark Savannah for Carthagena; 3Oth. Alabama
p Qtah. Pellerano, Pensacola for Genoa; brig
Isabella (Sp). Elias, Brunswick for Alicante
Apalachicola, May 4-Cleared, bark Tancred
Nor, Bengorlow, Ostend.
Santos. April 5-Arrived, bark Bremen (Br),
Eagles, Brunswick, Ga
Ashepoo c, May 3-Cleared. steamship
Louise II (Br). Craig. United Kingdom.
Boston, April 5-Sailed, schr Alma, Cum
mings, Brunswick
Baltimore. May 6-Arrived. steamship Caro-
line Miller, Scheldrake Tampa. Fla.
Cleared and sailed. schrs Norman. Henderson,
Savannah via Norfolk; Stephen Fooks, Lewis,
Brunswick.
Norfolk, May 6-Arrived. tug International
with dry dock in tow from Pensacola for Key
West.
Snare, Lowell, Brunswick; Jessie w Starr,
White, Jacksonville.
Perth Amboy. MAY 5-Arrived, schr Lois
Chaples, Ross, Jacksonville
Vineyard Haven. May 5-Arrivet. schr Fannie
K Wolston. MARI, Port Royal for Boston.
Brunswick, May 6-Sailed. bark Libertas Ger,
Schultz, Londonderry; schr Annie f Conlon,
Coombs, Philadelphia.
Darien. May CLEARED. bark st Petersburg
(Nor). Boomers, Liverpool.
Fernandina, May 6-Arrlved, steamer Hallam-
shire (Brl, Breckon, Porto Rico.
Sailed. schr Otello Bond. st John, n B.
Pensacola, May CARVED bark Fortunate
Repetto UtaD Buenos Ayres
Cleared, banks Giovanni S (Aus). Martnolich,
Dunkirk; Oblio Qtall, Gallo, Spezzia; Luiga
Utah, Greenock; Saro Caino Qtal), Genaro. New
CASTLE
Port Royal, S c. May 6-Sailed. schr VIM H
Jones, Fourier. Boston.
Cleared, schr Thomas Ball. Hilstrum, New
York.
New York, May s-Arrived, steamship State
of Georgia, Glasgow.
Arrived out. Bohemia for Hamburg, New
York for Bremen.
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

NEW YORK, May s, noon.-Stocks opened
strong. Money easy at 5@6 per cent Ex-
change long, 81 s40D4 841z; short 81 1904 s614.
Government bonds neglected. State bonds dull
but steady.
following were the BON stock quotations:
Erie &C.,. 273a Rchmd & W. Pr.
Chicago / Norm. 114js Terminal. .... 23ss
Lac Shore. .....l1O8 Western Union... si3s
Norf & w. pref. Is -,
500 p. m.-Exchange closed dull but
steady. Money easy at 416 per cent Sub
treasury baances-Coin, 62.506, 900; currency.
81. s64. 600. Government bonds dull but steady;
four per cents 12l; four and half per cent
coupons l03,S. State bonds dull but steady
The stock market was active for few stocks,
but rather quiet for the general list to-day. and
a feverish and irregular tone marked the deal
inc almost from the beginning to the end The
only conspicuously strong stocks were Chicago
Gas. Sugar Refineries, New England and
Burlington and Quincy, and among the specials
were Iaclede Gas and Wisconsin Central, wniie
the only stocks displaying any real weakness
during the day was Atchison. which. however,
recovered all its losses before the close OF BUSH
ness. The true status of silver legislation was
understood in London this morning, aud as
consequences that center was again liberal
buyers this morning aud London prices were
higher, but leading bears and sold out bulls nao
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determined to take advantage OF the prevalent
option in the street that the reaction is due and
resisted the tendency of tie market TO advance
with heavy short sales transactions. as usual in
such movements. were chiefly in a few stocks.
and only Oregon Transcontin entail responded to
the pressure TO any marSed extent, though all
the market was dropping under the influence of
the attack. Tbs buying of Sugar Refineries by
a noted operator. however, with the resisting
power in the market at large. soon turn al toe
course OF prices, and Chicago Gas followed
Sugar, with the rest of the market failing on.
Trading for the remainder of the day up to de-
livery hour was comparatively small with fire.
quent and narrow fluctuations, and rapid
changes from weakness to strength and vice
versa Chicago Gas, New England, and Sugar
were all specially strong. and buying of the
former is aScrlbed to pool which intends to
compel shorts. who are some of the most in
tinential operators in Chicago, to cover. The
formation of a new Anglo American company
with the avowed object of purchasing gas stocks
in this country was also an influence in making
not only that stock, but also Consolidated Gas
and Laclede Gas. specially strong, and active
new developments in the east were given as the
cause of strength in New England. but the late
weakness in Atchlson was for no apparent
reason. B irlington and Quincy in the last hour
was thought to foreshadow some new develop
ments in regard to the western rate situation,
but nothing had TRANSFERRED to the close of bust
ness. The market finally closed strong and
active on late rally, with most of the list but
slightly changed from last nights prices, though
generally higher The sales of listed stocks
were 1853, 900 shares; unlisted "a 900 shares. The
follovvine- are the closing nunfafiOu
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RECEIPTS.


Per Charleston and Savannah Railway May
--l2 bales cotton, 80 boxes tobacco, hand car,
cases medicine, lot furniture, / pkg clothing
1 bdl harness, cask mdse, 5 sacks peanuts 1 s
machine, ranges bdl pipe, bales waste.
Per Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.
May S-134 bales cotton liza bbls rosin. 4s0
bbls spirits turpentine, bales hides. 12 hides,
cases clothing, cases shoes, 1875 bbls -four. III
sacks corn 10 sacks peanuts, car wagon NATL
8 cases cigars bales frames, B cases liquor 20
bdls collars, so hf bbls mullet, bales moss 81
sacks peas 2S bbs bottles, So cars lumber 2 bbls
grease, 3.468 boxes vegetables, cases goods
II bbls vegetables, 55 pkgs mdse. 1 organ, car
s IRON 40 axles.
Per Central Railroad. May $3.50 bales cot
ton, "a pkgs furniture, cars coal, 3 bags WOOL
80 cases eggs, bales hides, 2,SlS bushels corn,
rolls leather, bdls paper, 40 pkgs tobacco Z hf
bbls whisky, bbis whisky. 81 bales domestcs
lob balos warm 100 hf bbls beer 125 bbls -four 81
cars lumber, "a cords wood, % bushels rice, car
Dbl NATL g pkgs vegetables, 2 empty bbs, cars
shingles, 10 carts. k d buggiss, 102 pkgs mdse,
25 bales waste, 453 bbls oil. 10 boxes hardware,
car stone, 10 bales Irvine, boxes W ware.
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MARITIME MISCELLANY.

Montevdeo, May 5-The hurricane which pre-
vailed here last week caused serious damage to
the shipping at this port.
Bark Blue Bird tBr), Mcdonald from Boston,
collided with bark COLUMBIA (Norl Ohgren, from
Brunswick. The damage TO the vessels is not
known.
Bark Freya - was partly dismasted.
Darien, Ga, May 5-Schr Kennebec, Wall,
from Porto Cabel.o for Macoris and New York,
has put in here leaking. She will repair here
and try to recharter.
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PASSENGERS.

Per steamship Chattahoochee. from New York
S F Foster, J S Emmins, J LaBryteau, Mrs T
Goodman and init, J ID Lowe, G w Bert, and 8
storage.
f Warmsley. w & Fox and wife, Miss e Fox,
r Cowans, j Fox, b Fox. L Hanscom,
G II Sheridan, A Parmenter, Miss w Goud-
now, w A Lodge, G NJ Pell. + Hanson, Mrs r
Weber. o Harvey, II a Osgood. C w John
ston, Mrs 7 NJ Forsaith. c B Jones, i Richard
son. j H Allen, g Culley, D R Northey. Mrs L A
Remission, Miss L Edwards, Cotton. Miss NJ
Mcdonald, @ K Thompson, and 1 colored.
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FRIDAY. May 0. 1890.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.


FRIDAY, May o. 1890.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Chattahoochee Daggett. New York
&C q Anderson.
Steamship Dessoug, Savage, Philadelphia-C
& Anderson.
Schr Emma Heather, Powell, Philadelphia, in
ballaSt-Master.
Steamer Bellevue. Baldwin Beaufort, Port
Royal and Bluffton-J G Medlock, Agt.
ARRIVED AT QUARANTINE YESTERDAY.
Steamship Alamo, Lewis. Galveston. with
cotton seed meal to Hammond, Hull & Co; YES
sci to JOS A Roberts 6 Co.
ARRIVED UP FROM QU ARANTINE YEsTER-
DAY.
Bark Glama port. Silva, to load for Europe
Roosevelt & Esteve Qimited).
Bark Louis Ger, Richerts, to load for Europe
American Trading Society.
CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Gate City. Doane. Boston-C G
Steamship Carl Konow CNor), Schwinge, .Bara-
Goa, in ballast-Kavanaugh g. Brennan.
Schr Horace Shares. Mount, New London
Master.
DEPARTED YESTERDAY.
Steamer Ethel, Carroll Cohen's Bluff and
way landings--W Gibson, Manager.
SAILED YES rERDAY.
Steamship Gate City. Boston.
MEMORANDA
New York, May CARVED, schrs Eta H Lis
ter, Mason. Georgetown. G; James NAPLES,
Ponder, Dodge, do; Sarah D Rawson, French,
Doboy, Ga.
Cleared, schr Flint, Brown. Fernandina
Bnenos Ayres, April 3-Saied, barks Venus
(Nor), Clavensen, Pensacola 10Th, Gustafa
lSw), Lindberg, do.
F1intrannan. April 30--Passed, bark Orient
(Sw). Fernell Savannah for Gehe.
Geestemunde, May 5--Arrived, bark Undine
Ger. Ohland, Pensacola
Greenock, May ARRIVED bark Caterina Ac-
came Utal). CalderoDe. Pensacola
Marseilles May 4-Arrived, bark Lagbetto
Qtal. Vassalo. Pensacola.
Newport, E, May ARRIVED bark Elisa QtaT,
Vassallo, Pensacola.
2ostock. May 2-Arrived, brig Carl Nor),
Rund, Brunswick.
st Vincents, G v. May 3--Sailed, steamship
Rochdale OBI. Tindall, Coosaw, S @.
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In charge photographic Station.

Washington, May s. Notice is given that, on
and after May %, the light at Sandy Point light
station. Maryland, now a fixed light varied by
flashes. will be changed to a fixed light The
order (5thl of the light will remain unchanged,
and there will be no change in the respective
limits of the established sectors of red and white
light.
The description of the light after the above
date should ad as follows: Fixed white from
n TO e II e through eastward to S 81 T., fixed
red throughout the remaining sector.
Bearings are magnetic, given approximately
and from seaWard.
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Rice.

NEw ORLEANS, May 2.-The Louisiana Planter
says of the New Orleans rice market: 1.-THE
rough market still holds as firm as last week
with prices fully as high. There is very little
or no speculation going Oh, there being perhaps
not more than 10000 sacks available on this
market The mill stock is about 70 900 sa ks of
rough rice. Gle IN rice is still as high as last
week; all the mills but one in the city have
closed down. thus reducing the output of clean
goods. This strengthens the recent rise, and
the market under these influences is harden
inp
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EXPORTS.

Per steamship Gate City, for Boston,, 46s
bales cotton, 229 bales domestcs, 80 bales hides.
bales wool, 81 bbls rice 200 bbls rosin. turtles
305 bbls spirits turpentine, 44S pxgs vegetables,
$50 pigs mdse, 1i2,99s feet lumber, 1876 tons pig
iron.
Schr Horace Shares, for New London-331,-
933 feet p p lumber-American Lumber Co.
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PoULrRY-Market irmer; demand fully sup
piled.
EGGs-Market weak. stock ample and
moderate demand.
PEANUrs-Full stock; demand moderate;
prices steady.
SuGAR-Georgia and Florida nominal; none
in market
HoNEY-Dsmand nominal
SWEET PoTAroEs-Marxet steady; ample
srnnIY
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

A branch of the United States photographic
Office has been established In the Custom House
at Savannah. Notice to mariners. pilot charts
and all nautical Information will ne furnished
masters Of vessels free Of charge Captains
are requested to cali at the office.
LIEUT. Il III SHERMAN
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InIII IIInDeT Of DeIoW THESE Hgure.
FREIGHTS.

-Coastwise-Tcnnage in port is fairly
up to shippers present requirements. Rates
may be quoted witnin the range OF SIS 1907 25
from this port to Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York and sound ports, with 25@50c
additional il loaded at near by Georgia
ports. Timber 5Oc0S1 90 higher than lumber
rates. To the West Indies and Windward,
nominal: to Rosario, $50 0O02l 90; to Buenos
Ayres or Montevideo, $18 90; to Rio Janeiro
$40 90; to Spanish and Mediterranean ports
SD 00014 so; to United Kingdom for orders,
nominal at for timber, 95 los Standard lumber,
e5 los. Steam-To New York, 81 co.; to Phila.
delphia, 81 90; to Boston, S. %; to Baltimore,
SO so.
NAVAL SToREs-Market firmer for spot vessels
to arrive, good demand for tonnage. Foreign
Cork, ETC.. for orders, spot vessels rosin. 3s Sd,
and 4s Cd; to arrive, IS Cd, and as Cd; spirits,
Adriatic rosin, IS All; Genoa IS 3D.;
South America rosin, 81 10 per barrel of 2S)
pounds. Coastwise-S team-To Boston, 10c per
100 lbs on rosin, 90c on spirits; to New York,
rosin, 715c per 100 lbs; spirits, soc; to PhiIade-
pha, rosin, 719c per 100 tbs; spirits Soc; to Bal
timore, rosin, soc; spirits. zoe. Coastwiss,
quiet.
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sI1tsINa INrGLLIGESCG.

MINIATURE ALMANAC-rHtS DAY.
Sun RISES. Observation-Disclosures.
SUNSETS .........-. ...............6:4 Al
HIGHWATER AT SAVANNAH. 1856 A l1:25pM
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MERCHANTS manufacturers, MERIDA ,ics.
4sl corporations. and all others in need OF
printing. iithographing and blank books can
have their orders promptly filled at moderate
prices, at the MORNING NEWS PRINTING
HOUSE. 3 Whitaker greet.
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COMMERCIAL.
SAVANNAH MARKET.
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS,

0,-roS-The market continues very quiet, but
-, and unchanged. The demand is rather
- while the offerings are very moderate.
-. total sales for the day were only
~ s,es. On Change at the mid lay call. at
" - the market was reported firm and I'M
r.a.rad The following are the official spot
1e.ions Of the Cotton Exchange:
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HOTELS.
LOTTERY.

b DUB Proprietor.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-10
AT THE NORTH POLE.
PETER SMITH TELLS THE
ASANIAS CLUB WHAT 1T
ISLIKE. !

a Remarkable voyage Made I'm
a Still More Remarkable Man
ner---He Says the Long
Sought For Pole is Mile High
Graphic Account of the
Cruise.
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CLIMBING TH2 POLE

I'VE rested in The shadow Qf the
cole for Il week, and then determined
to reach the summit. This was no
easy thjug to do, for, as | stated,
the column is iron and as smooth as
glass. | ordered the steam drills Oh
shore and we commenced drilling.
The iron was unusually hard, and a
number of drills were broken be-
fore holes could be made, but We
succeeded at last. IN each hole was
placed a wooden bar that projected
about fifteen teet, aud thus ladder
was made. In Two months tine we
had the ladder completed, and it re-
sembled a large telegraph pole driven
full of spikes. 10 ascend then was
mere child's play, and myself with
200 of the men were soon at the top.
| think it took about Three hours to
climb up.
THE apex Of the North Pole is a
broad, level plateau. Ut course moth
ing grows there, and rotary motion
made us slightly dizzy until We got
used to it. The pole Itself does not
whirl as fast as the earth does If ii
had VIC would have fallen otf. ! re
leased three carrier pigeons for In
diauapolis, with messages to the city
officers, but as they nsyer reached
their destination they were probably
killed by the Esquimaux. We wer,
at the top fer four days. The view
was magnificent and there il no seen
cry in this psrt Of the country like
it, The city OF Indianapolis lookec
like ii 10. Of pin heads in 4 cork, ant
the steamboat plying White rive
resembled chips floating on u TIM
brock New Orleans WAS simply
white patch, and d small one a. that
with glad, FREQ hearts. prou,
that we had accomplished what n
. other living man had done, We saile'
, away for cur southern homes 1t wa
, FIVE years before We got back, an
were given a reception that / hav
payer forgotten. The whole tow
went Wild
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Indianapolis journal.

Cine of the greatest explorers and
most fearless navigators on the
globe is a member of the Ananlss
club. He is writing an interesting
narrative of his wanderings, to be
printed in book form. At the club
meeting Patrolman Peter Smith en-
tertained his friends with an ac-
count of his TRIALS and hardships IN
1922, when he discovered the North
Pole.
II sailed from Indianapolis in
Nav of 1922, on the sidewheeler
Dictator. She had been fitted up
especial, for an arctic voyage, and
was the fastest boat on any waters,
She / ad double engines, and her hull
was pierced with axles, to winch
could be attached wheels, SO that she
could run over land in case of low
water. From Indianapolis We went
to Toledo over the strap of country
now traversed by the l., II. and D
and other railroads, and | must say
the Dictator attracted great dea
Of attention from the natives as sh'
rolled along through the meadows
and over the hills They had nevel
witnessed such sight before. W,
launched the steamboat at Toledo
and sailed down the lake to Detroit
crossed to Windsor, and then over
land again to New YORK via Mon,
treal. We took the roundabou
way in order to gather up our crew
it being much cheaper to go afte
them than for them to come to us
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aurora D0IeaIls YOU HIean' uou !
your" asked patrolman Slate.
Were you there, Mr.. Slate?
asked Smith sternly. IF you were
perhaps you will tell this story"
"Well, no, but then I've read. -
u don't care what you have read
! wish you would not interrupt NE
talking Of things you know nothing
about. tie avery strange pnenome-
non. 4 belt seemed to rise across
the sky from northeast to north.
west, and in the belt appeared goI.
den wbirlpOols, silver adde's, and
diamond sparks seemed to be flying
By millions. ~
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- DAILY.
NohIhh"oND No. 81. No. SO.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-10
APPEARANCE or THE POLE


In the center Of the arch ap.
peared the American flag, a5d b.
meath it, folds, on a snow white
background, we've the portraits Of
IndianaIolis mayor and city officials
They looked as if they bad been
painted there with pencil Of fire
Thunder rolled and the wind howied
al the tine the rollg was IN sight,
which was. il remember ngllt,
about eight weeks. With d lan-
kee ship and a Yankee crew there i.
no such word ~ fail. and one pleas
ant July day, when the mercury wa.
120 degs. below freezing. we pushed
forward for the North Pole! For
months we made our way across
seas filled with floating icebergs,
some Of them two miles thick AMI
reaching intoihe clouds out Of siglt.
Three years later VIZ came 81 40
open sea, and in this we cruised FIR
seven months. THE water became
muddy, aud birds flying about toll
u that We were near land. aud 10 q
weeks time We steamed into a bar.
Dor.
ave had found the North Pole.
Many people who have negcr seen
II imagine that the North Pole j.
made Of wood. Thi. il mistaken
idea. IL j, a solid iron Column
about a mile high. aud reaches IN.
tirely through the earth the other
end Of il bcing called the South
Pole. ] should Judge Il 10 bc about
seyenty-hve miles in diameter. and
Of course Of great strength. in order
10 hold ~ tie immense weight Oi
the earth. 1t glisirnpd like silver.
and thought il was some precious
metal unit tested il with acids,
andiound 1t 70 be just as ! stated
plain, every day iron. You can
imagine The kind Of a Jubilee We had
on board .he old steamboat Dictator.
Our cannOns were fired and our
baEd played.
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THE START FOR THE POLE,

"When the steamboat passed
down Long Island sound she carried
500 men, provisions for a ten years
cruise, battery of fifty guns and
10000 rifles, pistols, swords and
shotgun., seventy tons Of powder,
and the boat was ballasted with can
non balls and bomb shells.
.In three weeks we had reached
Iceland. and month later crossed
the arctic circle. While crossing
the arctic line we were almost ship
wrecked A heavy wind had brought
the line near the surface of the water,
and Il caught one of the steamboat ;
wheels. Luckily we were not ruE-
ming over twenty knots an hour,
and the engineer was able to stop
before the line had been pulled tight
enough to tear0ff the wheels. We
sailed eastward TO the Yiglen islands
which are on the west coast Of Nor-
way, and laid by for a week. Then
We ventured out again and crossed
The circle in safety. In August We
reached Spitzbergen, and five months
later were in the polar regions pro.
per. ! saw there the first rolly howl
yus-
Aurora Borealis you mean, dom
youI" asked Patrolman Slate.
Were you there, Mr.. SIate?'
n
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Wis Ksysv ns, OG,Ori AID Durham
81 and !0l stStoas. Sand To-