New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-29
THE FALCON.

,bc Arctic regions tomorrow on MS seoon" "a
p,oring tour Nor Is the summer young man VINO
goes there 10 sit With his summer giri Oh .""o "
Ire dangling his feet In snowdrift, UNDER uie zee
OF some enormous glacier Instead they VIII o
walking through green hcids with flowers blooming
obou, them ard breathing in bracing air at 'eii'
p.rature OF forty degrees or SO above zero.
ali should have the good fortune to reach inc
North Pole at midsummer" said Le"'eh""' i'"',
10 n Tribune reporter last evening, lana IL shohu
happen that the North Pole was on land, shouiu
e,p.et To find considerable vegetation grass grow
Ing. flowers blooming muskoxcn grnzne ana my'eu
,ovlnc the scene dressed In about the same quantity
~ clothes that would In the spring or fall at
home That not the popular conception OF The Nor'h
Pole perhaps, would II be a true one except
for a shOr, time In July or August. Az bo"uoh
lIay Oh the west coast In - degrees, north httudc'
| have seen grass growing as high rs my knees. ana
popyr.ys and other quick growing howers In bioom'
Vegetation IS forced by the constant sunlight ana
plants grow and reach maturity With extreme "a
pdity."
Lieutenant Ieary and his wife at the Hotel
Barthodi Their ship. the FacOn, II expected TO
arrive here early this morning. Lieutenant Peary,
or one Of his party. Will 60 down the Bay 10 meet
In. Falcon and direct her to the Empire stores. In
Erooklyn almost under the Brooklyn Bridge, where
provisions FOR the expedition will Ne taken on board
The principal article Of food viii be- several tons OF
pemnican, which is composed OF condensed meat,
cIrrnnts and sugar. Thr Falcon Will also carry
hous. ready 10 be- put together 10 serve as winter
quarters eight birros. six ESquimaux dogs ard
number OF carrier pigeons. The burros and pigeons
are experiments. Lieutenant Pcary intends 10 teach
the burros TO walk snowshOcS and hcsp carry his
baggage. over the snow. lie Will use the pigeons TO
send messages TO the winter quarters from northern
points which he may reach.
Admission to the Falcon will cost % cents The
ship will be thrown open, including the cabin which
Mrs.. Peary viii occupy.
The Falcon will start her voyage to morrow
evening and the party will include Lieutenant ana
Mrs. Icary and maid DR.. r. y. Etrcken, OF West
chester, Penn. who was II member of the f.nry re-
lief expedition: Eivlnd Ostrup, Dr. Edward vincent
Springfield. III. J. W. DAVIDSON Austin, Mimi. r. H.
Baldwin, Nashville. Tenn. George III. Carr, Chicago
Hugh j. Lee, Mrrldcn. Conn. George III. Clarke,
Brookllne. Mass; +. W. stokes, Philadelphia. and
Matthew Henson, IL cOlorrd boy-thirtcen In ALL The
men are all between twenty five and twentysevcn
yours old. The party Will 20 TO Portland. Me-
Lieutenant Peary's home. whore short stay VIII be
mace. The Falcon Is whaling ship from st: Johns.
n. f.. one OF the best OF the fleet. Sho Is 162 feet
long. 20 feet BEAM draws II feet OF water and has
u tonnage OF 3li She Is bark rugged With auxiliary
steam power capable Of driving her nine knots an
hour She Il double plankrd throughout, and her
bow Is protected with iron that she work her
way through the Ice .
Yardcy Penn. June 90 (Spcc!aD.-A. j. Cndwalla
ders pigeon Scud brought the following ut 30
D. m. Eight n. m. Wednesday, of Bombay Hook
Facon sailed = n. M; cloudy. wind east. staysail
and gbsails up. nine knots, smooth sea- all WE'LL