Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-19
EXPLORING NORTH.
SUGGESTIONS As TO HOW THE ARC
Tic POLE MAY BE FOUND.

yenturous Markham had gone in the Eng
lish service cur c0untryfnen, Lockwood
and Braipard. planted the stars and stripes
IN the latitude OF 50 degrees "a minutes
north and took possession Of that country
in the name OK the United States Greedy
and his party had spent most of three
years near the eighty-second parallel in
Grant land n period much longer than
was occupied by any Of the earlier colonists
Of England in the United States, In the
settlements al Roanoke. at Cuttyhunk or
Sagadahoc, all (which anticipated James
town. And on the northwestern coast the
long northern shore Of Alaska is under
the guardianship and law Of the United
States Of America
Has not the secretary Of the navy any
feeling of pride, in knowing that he is the
guardian Of these northern watersf Does
he mean to let Austria, or Norway, or Eng
land establish another flag farther north
than the stars and stripes has floatcdi
There Is a certain superstition about
northern discovery in our time, as Mr.
Heilprin, Mr. Peary, Mr. Glider and others
have well shown. Under the cumbrous
theories Of the British admiralty, ground
ed perhaps on traditions OF Captain Cook,
It came to DO supposed that you must have
large ships, where in fact you need the
smallest vessels; that you must have many
men, where in fact you need but few and
must make preparations for many years,
when In fact yon will do all that Is TO be-
done in "A few months, You set two ele-
plants TO do the work Of one greyhound.
When, in fact, the late DIR. Rae and
and Messrs, Simpson and Drase traced tho
north shore OF this continent, they did It by
substituting sleds drawn by men for ships
propelled by steam engines 1t is one in
stance more where the ragged street boy,
sitting on the top Of n tree sees the show
which the prince and princess below him
cannot sec because surrounded by bril-
limit staff, who cut Off their line of vision.
Now. 1t is the business of Mr. Herbert,
the secretary Of the navy, whom Uncle
Sam has appointed, to sec to the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans and in way to 'peram-
bulnte them To 'perambulate" means
that he is TO see to their borders and to
know who the nelghbors are and what they
are about. A few years ago two spirited
women, Miss Dawes and Mrs. Greedy,
brought TO the ears Of the administration
the news that II somebody did not bring
of our own officer, Captain Greedy, from
Smith sound. he might starve. They
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Captain Schiey, one of its naval officers,
and he did us he was bid wonderfully we'll
He brought OF Captain Greedy, and thus
one Of the noblest officers the world knows,
with his men, was saved for the service Of
the world. This instance shows what the
secretary Of the navy has to rely upon
when he recollects what ocean in the north
is his
1t does not need any act Of congress with
an appropriation, the purchase of vessels
and the selecting Of u lot of scientific men.
II needs TINT on the Atlantic side, and on
the Pacific side each one little vessel should
be fitted MS Schleys vessel was to run into
northern waters any summer when the
chances opeu well. 1t needs that these
vessels shall bo put in charge Of two OF
those line young men Of whom the navy Is
full who are euger to extend discovery and
not sorry TO win reputation.
Tell these officers to watch the chances
every summer General Greedy, Mr.. Hal
pine and others say that the most likely
route to the pole is that to the west OF
Franz josef land. Perhaps It is Other
people think II is by Behring straits. Per
haps 1t is, Now, let Lieutenant A in our
Atlantic vessel and Lieutenant Is in our
Pacific vessel knock at each door every
summcr-at the Franz Josef door and az
the Bchring straits door Let him sec
what he can see. Recollect that II Is but
400 miles from the parallel OF 81 degrees to
the pole II by good luck he did strike an
open sea some summer, who knows what
he could dol
Lieutenant 4 and Lieutenant Il would
be charged not TO risk wintering in these
regions, Winterlhg is none of their bust
ness, But they are TO see what they can
see In their little steamers between July
and Oct, |.
The man who first runs his little steamer
from Behring straits to Davis straits be-
tween July 20 and Aug, 10 will be tho
most famous navigator for all that is left
OF time since Magellan. There is GER
tainly u channel there. Mcclure and his
men have passed through and over 1t from
west to east, That way the current flows
But they walked over half of 1t on the ice.
Wrechage from the Jeanette was taken
through this channel and found on tho
coast OF Greenland.
Now, when Lieutenant b, on some favor.
able summer Ia some little government
vessel named as fortunately as the Rush,
pushes her some fine day from Behring
straits to Baring's island-open sailing for
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good chances, n northwest gale has blown
the ice before him into Batiin's bay, and
when he follows it TINT day, he and his
crew viii become the famous men OF their
time In % or 80 days from Puget sound
ON the west he will telegraph from st.
Johns AT Newfoundland to Secretary Her
bert ut the Grand Union Saratoga, that IN
obedience to permission given In General
Instructions No, 900 observing favorable
conditions OF the ice, he has, and so forth,
and so forth, and so forth, smiled round the
northern half OF America
There is but one other such possibility
for fame, That Is the possibility for Secre-
tary Herbert and Lieutenant y. 1t will
be fulfilled when this gentleman shall tele.
graph from New York TO announce his ar
rival there Oct. 10, some year, after sue
eesstul run nofthward.
"As permitted by General Order No. $50,
passed the islands OF Spitzbergen Aug. .
and Peary's furthest
ice-blink masthead foe,
crrvaSsos until on Aug. 10, In
latitude 30 dogrees-no longitude-I had
the pleasure ct displaying the American
flag on projecting point OF an island,
which have venturod 10 name Herbert
Island In honor Of the secretary of the
navy OF the United States The flag OF the
milton floats on the north polel' The sec
Rotary OF the treasury has an opportunity
OF ondearing himselfto northumberland
Everett Hale in New York Recorder.