The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-27

set that we are neither military nor
naval, and that organization was still
necessary, we applied some simple rules
of common sense with most admirable
results. We have each day an officer Of
the day to look after details, and every
man Is assigned TO his share of the work
three TO looking after the dogs, two TO
table stewards work and so on through
all the phases Of ship duty and service.
No cruiser in the white squadron could
have its affairs in better order or get
along with less friction than we expert
ence in our daily routine.
There is work enough for ell. for in ad-
ditiOn 10 the ordinary tasks we must
make preparations for the ice journey
and for our headquarters. Food sup
plies must be assorted and packed. boats
prepared with awning covers and other
fittings. boots and gloves and wearing
apparel to be overhauled and distributed.
Dog harness must be made and also can
vas harness for the men TO drag with.
Every article or store that is going upon
the ice must be weighed, for weight, next
10 utility, is the great consideration in
an effort Of this sort. We watch every
ounce with jealous eye and throw aside
every pound that can be safely dis
carded.
The Ragnvald Jarl is as full of stores
she can be. We have the three alum
inium boats, seven sledges, three other
boats. tons of provisions for a possible
wintering, every conceivable article of
housekeeping necessity, weapons, ammu-
milton. tools by the hundred. including
a miniature machine shop, all sorts OF
articles for repairs on the field, alcohol
for fuel upon the ice and barrels of pc
troleum for light in case winter overtake
us at the headquarters. groceries enough
TO start a grocery shop with, boots
enough Tor a very respectable shoe store,
medicine sufficient to stock an ordinary
druggist, enough bedding for a small
hotel culinary and table articles in guam
tity and variety most astounding, scien-
tific and Photographic instruments by the
score, bamboo poles from the Inflated
Spectacular at Chicago for use upon
the ice, mountain rope from the Alpine
clubs. clothing enough to start up an
ambitious clothier In a smart town. and
about two million other things too nu-
merous to mention" as the auctioneers
say. Think of anything you please, ex-
cept money, and the chances are we
have It, We even have n passpOrt-not
70 the realms of the ice king, but to the
Russian dominions, issued specially for
US by the car at the request of Secre-
tary Gresham through Minister White.
1t commands the subjects of the car to
give us help should we require IL, ana
this we take along not because there
is one chance in ten thousand OF our
meeting Russian subjects or touching
Russian soil. but because we wish TO be
provided against even that remote con-
tingency should our return be made via
Franz-Josef Land, Nova Zembla and
Russian Lapland.
Coal and Dogs and FIeas.
In Tromso we took aboard all the coal
the Ragnvald Jarl could hold. Every
chink and corner is filled with fuel. for
in the arctics coal is sometimes worth its
weight in gold Where there is no coal
there a dog may be found. The Ragn-
valid Jarl is as full Of dogs as our dogs
are of fieas, and that is more than
enough. Our Belgian dogs are giving us
a good deal of trouble, not because they
are weakly or vicious. for they are
neither, but simply because they are
dogs Imprisoned below deck, with moth
ing to do but eat and sleep, they fill in
their superabundance of leisure time by
trying to chew each other into small
pieces. Bob we had to bring on deck
because he broke his chain three times
and every time had one OF his mates for
breakfast.
Milford, big poodle sort % e-iap, with
corkscrew curls all over his dirty body.
has set out 10 be the king dog. and being
armed with sharp teeth and a thick wool,
which fills his assailants' mouths and
protects his hide, he Is likely to succeed,
though IL is easy 10 see all the other
dogs are craving a chance to get at him.
The pack have more wounds and bites
than Dr. Moburn could attend to in a
week, but luckily they are In most cases
hurts which quickly heal We had our
first funeral just as we crossed the arctic
circle, consigning to the waves a poor
pup who had been bitten to death by
his mates. Two more have succumbed
to the same disease, and we have found
It necessary 70 organize regular dog