Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-10-05

OF the expedition, and I fear the bill o
fare which is claimed by some Of thu
men to have prevailed inside the Arctic
circle, will do much to discourage these
voyages of discovery. As laid down by
the men, the menu was somewhat as
follows:
Breakfast-Scarcity of sugar, on oat.
meal; shortage Of coffee; pauclty Of beef
steak, a la vegetarian; cracked ice; ground
ce-berg; stewed snow; Strawberries when
in market; pine-apples, ditto; whale-spare-
ribs, on toast; seal. blubber, sealing wax
and fricassee of tallow-candles.
Dlnner-Absence ~ofkroast. beef, convict's
style; two loaves of bread per man, badly
needed; mushrooms in seasons; Bartlett
pears, ditto; Dreaded carpet slippers; Gre
plnetes of cartridge-belts; oyster stew, a la
church supper; ice.tongs, matches, kerosene
and carbolisalve.
Supper-Mutton (coId wether); jellied
iclcles; whale-bone, paper cutter style; tai
low-candle croquettes; frozen lady fingers,
a Ia Mrs. Peary; cologne, Florida water,
soap-cakes and fire crackers.
Perhaps [ have enumerated some
dishes, more than we're actually upon
the bill OF fare, but as I remember it I
have %endeavored to present the menu. 1t
Is somewhat different from those en-
ployed in many Of the large hotels
throughout the country, leaning de-
cldedly in the direction of the luxurious,
as opposed to the substantials which are
essential to the success Of a Polar ex-
ploration. The average Arctic explorer
Is not educated up to the high standard
or culinary perfection embodied in the
several delicacies enumerated above, and
feels a sort of homesick longing and
lonesome unfamiliarity when he sits
down to his meals, and buffers his fire.
crackers with carboli salve and vaseline.
If anything we're needed to endear
Congressman w. L. Wilson and Secre-
tary j. Sterling Morton more greatly to
the American people, it was the banquet
given them by the London chamber of
commerce, and the addresses in which
they INDUCED upon that occasion. It
was a glittering event in both English
and American history. Congressman
Wilson was attired in a neat-6tting suit
OF English tweed, with his pants turned
up fully three inches at the bottom, out
o. respect for the reign of the queen.
Secretary Morton wal attired after much
the same fashion as Mr.. Wilson, with a
sprig OF Russian thistle in his button
hole, a large, blue-glass manocle in his
left eye, and a Wales yachting cap tilted
jauntily back from his formidable fore
head. Prior to the banquet proper, Mr..
Wilson rendered "Rule Britannia" very
t%ouchingly and feelingly, as a tenor
solo, MIR. Morton performing a yodle &C.
compartment with his mellow baritone
voice. At the banquet, the Prince pre-
sided with ease and dignity, and when
he spoke in words of cordial welcome to
the converts from the American shores,
Congressman Wilson's ears expanded
until he resembled an African elephant,
and Tapped ponderously and yet grace.
fully back and forth, as he drank n with
thirsty eagerness the sacred sentences of
the adored Wales, while Secretary Nor
ton speared an apple dumping with a
Sheffield fork, and held it poised aloft in
breathless rapture, until the prince had
finished. Congressman Wilson then re-
sponded, in language, which evidenced
constant and conscientious application
to a mastery of the English style of die
ton, and apologized profusely for the
failure Of the recent congress to provide
a tariff law which should be more &C.
ceptable to England, but expressed a
sincere belief that the time would soon
come when the American people would
do better. Mr.. Wilson wept profusely
upon a large, red handkerchief, which
bore the Wales crest and coat.of-arms
IN n corner, when the name of McKin-
ley was mentioned, and apologized pro.
foundly, in broken u%tterances, for Nc
Kinley's existence. After MI. Wilson
had finished, the prince struck him thrice
upon the shoulder with a large, English
carving knife, and knighted him, amid
wild applause, for meritorious services
and gallant loyalty to the British crown.
Secretary Morton then arose, and ad-
dressed the gathering upon the beauties
of scientific agriculture, scattering
broadcast the seeds of knowledge in a
brief technical explanation of the Amer
lean method of %cultlvating the Delaware
apple dumping, the correct time for
pruning the cranberry-pie plant, and
the necessity of sowing oatmeal in the
early spring, and keeping the rows clear
of weeds. Mr.. Morton also set forth the
merits of vaccination as a preventive Of
Russian thistle, and seemed to make q
decided impression upon the chamber Of
commerce.
THE SPECTATOR.
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