The Somerset reporter., 1894-10-18
Al THE NORTH POLE.
HERE WE WILL FIND THE FOUN-
TAIN OF PERPETUAL YOUTH.
Those Who Want to BE Made Not ng as
Well as Those Who Would ouickl Grow
Older Can BE Accommodated lie Views
of Well Known G"ographer.

Older Can BE Accomm Udated-Ii.e Views
of Well Known ticographer.
There has been much discussion OF
lhe advantages to accrue to the world
ffom polar exploration, and while there
Is a general agreement among scientific
men that the information to be gained
by it is of sufficient value to warrant
the expense and loss of life incident to
it | am not aware that any direct eco
nomic results have ever been claimed for
it. Certain ideas have, however, recent
ly occurred to me, which point to very
great economic advantages to be attain
cd not only by polar exploration, but
by literally reaching the pole, advan-
tagcs so great that almost any expend-
iture of life and treasure will be war.
ranted ! am sure that when these adj
vantages have been pointed out men and
money will be forthcoming without
stint not only to reach the pole, but to
make the path to it easy and plain to
tread.
Before going any further | wish to
say that | have no AK to grind. have
no desire 10 command an expedition OF
/ to accompany one My sole object III
+ publishing these matters is to aid my
j fellow men.
All of Us have read accounts of the
search made by the Spaniards centuries
ago for the fountain of perpetual YOUTH
for those waters which would obliterate
wrinkles and restore gray hair to its
original hue, give back elasticity to
the limbs and fire to the eye. Those
hardy explorers pursued their search IN
the wrong quarter of the globe.
We all know that if we travel around
the earth III the direction in which the
sun apparently moves ON returning to
the place of departure we find that
we have saved Il day; that we are day
younger than our friends who have re-
manned at home. To 20 around the
earth on the forty-ffth parallel Of lati-
tudo requires about 60 days, Therefore
! it is possible III that latitude to save
one day in GO, but as we go northward
the circumference of the earth diminish
Is, and it i possible, other things being
/ equal to make the journey i'll less time,
but with each circuit Of the globe, what
ever the length Of the journey, a day is
saved Near the pole, where tho cir
conference OF the earth becomes mere
tri6e, perhaps a quarter of IA mile per-
haps 100 yards, a day may be saved in
five minutes, III one minute Sixty days
may be saved in an hour, a year Of life
/ in day A forenoon jaunt around the
pole will do all that the fountain Of
eternal youth of the old Spanish eXplor
i ers was expected to accomplish.
But this result, the restoration Of
/ youth to the aged, is but one of the
useful purposes to which the pole can
! bo put Not only the aged, but unmar-
red ladies who have passed the first
/ bloom of youth and have thus ceased to
/ attract may hero restore their comcli-
ness, recover their blooming checks and
rounded forms, and thus prepare for a
second campaign against mems hearts.
But this is not ALL 1t is sometimes
an advantage to grow old, and by TAX
ing the opposite course around tho pole
we may add years to our lives in hours,
The fashionable woman is encountered
by young children. She sends them to
the pole, and they grow up with exceed
ing rapidty. For an hour they are
+ trundlcd against tho sun i'll baby car
riages, tho next hour they spend upon
their feet, and before the day is passed
they are grown to mems and women s
estate, and tho mother is free of their
charge.
The course CT true love does not al
ways run smooth, and many young
man and woman pledged to one anoth-
er, arc prevented by cruel parents from
/ being joined because of their extreme
youth. A trip to tho polo will quickly
remove this difficulty.
So | might go on and instance hun
drcds of different conditions which
might be remedied were tho pole easy
of access. Many of them readily occur
to our readers, and we shall not burden
them with any further information
Now let us picture what the results
will be of this discovery. 1t goes with
out saying that the north pole will i'm
medately become resort second to
none upon the globe There will be q
real estate boom in that region beside
which those of southern California,
Florida and of the southern Appala-
chians will pe flat, tame and insipid
The prices of town lots Will not rise,
They will shoot upward, In that wilder
ness of ice and snow there will be built
within a fabulously short time a city of
transients the like Of which the world
has, ,,t,, % LIt 81,