Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-11-21
AT THE NORTH POLE.
THERE WE WILL FIND THE FOuN- TAIN OF PERPETUAL YOUTH.

Older Can Be Aceo,nm 0 osiated-The Views
 of a Well Known Geographer.
 There has been much discussion of the advantages to accrue to the world from polar exploration, and while there is 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 1t am not aware that any direct eco homie 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, adyan- tages so great that almost any expend- iture of life and treasure will be war ranted l 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 it easy and plain to tread.
 Before going any further I wish to say that have no ax to grind. l have no desire to command an expedition or to accompany one. My sole object in publishing these matters is to aid my follow 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 she 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 ill tho direction in which the sun apparently moves on returning to the place of departure we find that wo have saved day; that we are day younger than our friends who have re- mained at homo. To go around the earth on the forty fifth parallel of lati- tude requires about 50 days. Therefore it is possible ill that latitude to save one day i'll 60, but IS We go northward the eireumfereneeo of the earth diminish es, aud it is possible, other things being equal, to make the journey in less time, but with each eircuitof the globe, what. ever the length of the journey, day is saved. Near the pole, where the cir conference of the earth becomes a mere trifie, perhaps 3 quarter of mile, per- haps 100 yards. day may be saved in five minutes, i'll one minute. Sixty days may be saved in ali hour, q year of life in day. A forenoon jaunt around the pole will do all that the fountain oi eternal yonth of the old Spanish explof- CTS Na5 9.spected to accomplish.
 But this result, tie restoration oi yaath to tho aged, is but oae of the useful purposes towhieh 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 . second campaign against mems hearts.
 But this is not all. It is sometimes an advantage to grow old, and by talk. ing the opposite course around the pole we may add years to our lives in hours Tho fashionable woman is encumbered by young children. She sends them tc the pole, and they grow up with exceed ing rapidity For an hour they are trundled against the sun ill baby car riagcs, the next hour thu spend upon their feet, and before tho cay is passed they are grown to mems and women E estate, and tho mother is free of their charge
 The course of true love does not al- ways run smooth, and many young man and woman pledged to one anoth- CT, arc prevented by cruel parents from being joined because of their extreme youtii. A trip to tie polo will quickly remove this difficulty.
 So might 70 on and instance hum dreds of different conditions which might be ramedied were the pole easy of access. Many of them readily occur to our readers, and we shall not burden them with any further information
 Nov let us picture what the results will ho of this discovery It goes with out saying that the north pole will im- mediately become n resort second to none upon tho globe. There will bo n real estate boom in that region beside which those of southern California, Florida and of the southern Appala- cllians will be fiat, tame and insipid The prices of town lots will not rise. They will shoot upward. In that wilder ness of foe and snow there will be built within n fabulously short time a city of transients the like of which tho world has never. seen . city of hotels, apart- mont and boarding houses of enormous proportions. When we reflect that every body who has reached the age of 60 and who can raise the necessary funds for the journey will go there to take a walk, not to mention the sptnsters, the signing lovers and the superfluous chil- dren. one can, easily imagine what an enormous business the pole will do Imagine the lines of steamships which will be supported by this travel; imag- inc the value of the wheeled chair priv ileges; imagine, if you can, the profits of the man who gets possession of a cir cle around the pole haIng radius of half milo aE1 charges admission to this race course against time
 In conclusion, I do not think that l exaggerate when say that the consid- erations here set forth make the search for the pole the most important by far