The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-08
AT THE NORTH POLE.
THERE. WE WILL FIND THE FOuN-
TAIN OF PERPETUAL YOUTH,

trTEn6e WE WILL Fliso tFtE FOpN-
TAIN OF PERPETUAL YOUTH.
Those Who Want to be Made Young ms
Well as Those Who Would QnIcitiy Grow
Older Can BE Accommo dated-The Views
of q Well Known Geographer.
There has been much discussion of
the advantages to accrue to the world
from 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 l am not aware that any direct eco
nomic results have ever been claimed for
1T. Certain ideas have, however, recent
ly occurred to me, which point to very
great economic advantages to be attain
ed not only by polar exploration, but
by literally reaching the pole, advan-
tages SO great that almost any expend-
iture of life and treasure will be war
ranted. am sure that when these ad-
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 1t easy and plain to
tread
Before going any further I wish to
say that have no AK to grind. / have
no desire to command an expedition or
to accompany one. My sole object in
publishing these matters is to aid my
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
1.-THE wrong quarter Of the globe.
| We all know that if we travel around
the earth in the direction in which the
sun apparently moves on returning to
the place of departure we find that
we have saved day; that we are day
younger than our friends who have re-
manned at home. To go around tho
earth on the forty fifth parallel of lati-
tude requires about 60 days, Therefore
\ it Is possible in that latitude to save
one day in go, but as we go northward
/ the circumference of the earth diminish
! es, and it is possible, other things being
equal, to make the journey in less time
but with each circuit of the globe, what
ever the length Of the journey, a day is
saved Near the pole, where the cir
cumference of the earth becomes mere
trif1e, perhaps quarter of mile, per-
haps 100 yards, day may be saved in
five minutes, in one minute. Sixty days
may be saved in an hour, year of life
in day. A forenoon jaunt around the
pole will do all that the fountain of
j, eternal youth of the old Spanish explor-
ers was expected to accomplish.
But this result, the restoration Of
youth to the aged, is but one of the
r useful purposes to which the pole can
be put. Not only the aged, but unmar.
:. ried ladies who have passed the first
+ bloom of youth and have thus ceased tc
attract may here restore their comeli.
: ness, recover their blooming cheeks and
; rounded forms, and thus prepare for 6
/. second campaign against mems hearts.
But this is not all. 1t is sometime,
an advantage to grow old, and by tax
ing the opposite course around the pole
we may add years to our lives in hours
The fashionable woman is encountered
by young children. She sends them tt
the pole, and they grow up with exceed
ing rapidity. For an hour they art
| ct in Ixy nv
riages, the next hour they spend upoi
their feet, and before the day is passe,
I they are grown to mems and women
estate, and tho mother is free of thei
charge.
The course of true love does not al
ways run smooth, and many youni
man and woman pledged to one anoth
: or, are prevented by cruel parents iron
: being Joined because of their extrem
: youth. A trip to the polo will quickl,
{, remove this difficulty.
n So might go on and instance hun
4 dreds of different conditions whicl
= might be remedied were the pole cas-
J. of access. Many OF them readily occu
, to our readers, and we shall not burdel
!, them with any further information.
u
Now let us picture what tho result
!. will be of this discovery 1t goes with
:. out saying that the north pole will i'm
mediately become resort second +
none upon the globe There will DO
real estate boom in that region besid
which those Of southern California
Florida and of the southern Appala
chians will BIO 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 bull
within a fabulously short time city c
transients the like of which the worl
has never seen city Of hotels, apart
ment and boarding houses of enormou
proportions. When we reflect that every
= body who has reached the age of co an
who Can raise the necessary funds &c
If. the journey will go there to take
=, walk, not to mention the spinsters, til
signing lovers and the superfuous chi
dren, one can easily imagine what u
enormous business the pole will dC
Imagine the lines Of steamships whic
ne will be supported by this travel; ina,
nd inc the value of the wheeled chair pri,
$" ileges; imagine, if you can, the prof
1t. of the man who gets possession of eli
Gle around the pole having a radius
half a mile and charges admission
O. this race course against time.