Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17


begin with be will seek to get his ship frozen
into the ice not far from where the Jeanette
was nii,ped and sunk, to the nortbward of the
Siberian coast Then he is confident that the
drift OF the ice will carry him toward he pole
That there is continual ice drift in that diiec-
tion the experience of the Jeanette seemed to
prove.
VIVA. FIRST gave this notion to Nansen was
the finding OF an oii-skin coat and other
articles. marked Jeanette. on the west coast
of Greenland. two wears after that ship was lost
There seems TO be no doubt that these things
actually drifted with the ice clear across the
frozen Acr;ic ocean. IL so, they must have
passed no: far from the pole. What an oil-skin
coat has done bold Morse explorer may
accomplish So NAnsen proposes to initiate the
performance in his odd craft. which he claims
no ice crush. The vessel being small the
crew will not be numerous, AMI stores OF food
sufficient to last for many years Will be taken
along.
NOWADAYS stores for vessels bound on arctic
expeditions are to n large exten. put up IN cans
Gen. Grcelv has recently published his testi
mony to the lasting qualities OF provisions thus
prepared They are usually good for many
wears. AMI II this shape many foods can be car
ried highly condensed-such as solid pea soup.
four OUNCES OF which a sufficient days
ration for one man. Other kinds o. soups are
provided in similar form. Coffee now comes
enough for cup. Desiccated eggs are sold in
asbape resembling sawdust concentrated jelliss
come in bricks. and even salt Is compressed
Pemmican il manufactured IN Baltimore out Of
beef and other meats
Pemmican used to be made out of buffalo
flesh. remaining; edible for ind finite period.
According 20 the old process. the meat Was
beaten into shTeds with tais. Then the hide of
the buffalo cut into sack, which was filed
with much Of the minced flesh 1t could
l. "A
hot. so ~ TO I'LL every ereyice. These bags were
sclia tiit az time quantity OF them
were used 20 build redoubt which the Hudson
Bty fur hunters. armed with n couple OF swivel
guns. used during their conflicts with the
Northwest Company. The pemmican thus
manufactured could be rendered into shape for
enting By simply ehopping il up with Ratchet
However 1t was better in soup. called ''rub-a-
boo" or fried in lis own fat. when il was said
to taste very much like tallow Candles
How THE sIBERIASs WE'RE AWARDED.
Perchance hansen may yet be Obliged to fall
back upon the hospitality OF the Siberans, who
befrierded the survivors of the Jeanette.
Lieut.. Sehuetzc. who made the journey to the
Lena delta in 1885 tor the purpose of distrib-
uting rewards amoag these natives. is now in
Washington Congress appropriated several
thousand dollars for buying gifts which
SchuetZc used his own discretion in selecting.
Having speu. nearly two years in that region of
would be useful to the PEOPLE. They do not like
steel implements, because they snap res,!ily,
hui prefer them OF iron. and their needs are
equally peculiar in many o;her respects
II had lot OF knives specially made with
wrouSht-lrou blades. said the lieutenant yes-
terday. Also / procured a number of first
rate rifles. but all o. them muzzle leaders. be-
cause the natives cannot obtain cartridges.
though they can get powder. lead and pereus-
sion cans from traders. 80 valuable is iron to
81 will rat Is.za l,anu ~ mi
fOxskins for a single scrap of the metal big
as the ferrue of an umbrella. Such piece OF
iron theg viii Use for the point of an ice pick.
which Is to them one Of the most necessary I'M
plcmanss. ina mach they have to Gu: through
the ice in order to set their nets for fish in
winter.
..Neu, procured n dozen Of the finest posi-
bic ice picks for their purposes in fact, had
them specially made. with wrought-i-oa picks
yard long. One such Wa quite enough for
each village. The nltiyes viii hand those tools
down from generation to geuerutiOn. and Ill
bet thev viii be in | 900 wears hence Then
bon. ht twent.-fve of the strongest axes. sew
err! spear heads for killing reindeer. and ten
braces. with lot oE bits. For boring purposes
they had nD,hiuS better than n crude sort OF
bow dril. with piece Of iron for point.
got = lot of excellent carpenters tools of many
kind. such a. soCSes for making canoes, niles.
gimc.s and augers.
With the rifles went large quantity of gun
20 pounds OF lead for bullets. took : 00J
glovcrs needles. which Just the shape thev
require for sewing kns, AMI also $50 large rail
needles. knew very well that ordinary nee
dies would be OF no use to them Other articles
were tEirty-four fints and steels leo flint
stones. five doZen pairs OF scissors. 100 thin
bles, fourteen gross of buttons, several pack
ages OF hooks and eyes and 100 pounds of
strong thread
CUFs THAT WOULD NOT pIFAE
Perhaps What delighted the people mos. of
all was some cups and plates of granite ware.
They are very fond Of tea which they purchase
In the shape OF bricks from traders Bat az
they travel about Il great deal. such articles of
crOckerv rs they possess are apt to get broken
When family is so lucky ~ to possess a cup.
1. is always packed on JOURNEYS between two
followed hemlspheres OF wood. filed in with
wood fiber. Tins fiber. which looks wonderfully
ike excelsior. they make by pairing sticks with
their wr0U--h;-ir0n knives in a very ,silitu, man
ner. During whole winter / tried in vain 20
learn how to dot. All the members If a house
h1Id will occupy themselves in this way during
their leisure hours.
The natives could not realize tn ,lelishtfal
fact that the cups and plates O! granite wara
would not break. asked one of them 10 try
1t b. throwing cup against the side of a hut
but he afraid and dropped il gipcerlv on
the snow. But. when cnucked il around the
wonder and pleasure OF the observer. Was
handles. they could be drunk out of without
burning the fingers. and this improvement was
Immensely admired. Not least useful of the
gifts were several big copper kettles tor boiling
water sly list also included 600 yards of fan
mel, 1000 wards of calico. six dozen WOODEN
scarfs. thirty dozen wOolen shawts ten dozen
eoiOred handkerchiets. thirteen pairs OF ear
rings. twenty leather belts. twenty-five pound,
leaf tobacco. and 700 pounds of brick tea.
The fishing nets used by these people are
most beautifully made. They are OF horselis;r.
Depending as thew DO chiefly fish for their
subsistence, the richest man is he who has tine
most nets. In the manufacture of such Me-,
their industry Is unlimited. but the raw mate
rial Is costly that it i. difficult to obtain 80
did not fail TO buy a great quantity of horse
hair. which took along IN bag. In the vii
lage=. when left them. ever body was busy n,
net making. i TOOK to purchase white
hOrseh.slf, because the natives greatly prefer
that sort. considering that nets made OF II are
much more lucky in catching fish. The net
are set all winter long. and tine hauling of them
l. II very Er!uOus operation. The Temperature
being extremely low. the fShermans hands
barred fo- the purpose. woCi b. frozen bu,
that he dries them rs quickly a. possible by
rubbing them with powdered rotten wood
.->Incc / had been at.:s@ Conveying the bodies
o. DE Long and the others 10 the United States
there had been epidemic of smallpox in the
I.-na delta. which had swept away 10 per cen;
a. tI. p.I.,p tcc1-,Iiurly of r;F