Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-09-07

eApecGSdn Increased advantage TO result
to her from her privileges" For there
is little chivalry in politics. Those who
engage in political warfare stand upon
an equal footing. It a woman desires to
take q hand in the battle of the ballots,
I have no objection. But if she be
wounded in the battle, il she be grazed
by a stray bullet or stung by a flying
arrow, I do not see where she has cause
for complaint.
Mr.. Walter Wellman, Of Arctic explor-
alton fame, has recovered sufficiently
from the partial prostration which was
resultant upon his exposure to the chilly
climate Of the North Pole region, to
begin upon an interesting series of
letters descriptive. I have read one or
two them, and have followed with great
interest, the experiences of Mr.. Wellman
and his fellow explorers. One part of
Walters diary is unusually fascinating,
and reads as follows:
May To-day we lost our last boat,
the Jzrgxlynxgvagrd Jgbrsgnglgd, it
having encountered the broadside of one
of the largest cakes of ice I ever saw.
The boat was of English make, the name
having been cast at Bjgrgg's foundry in
Spitzenbergen. We saved nothing from
the wreck but two boxes of soar and a
blacksmith's anvil, with which we will
forge ahead. To-day being Arbor Day
in this region, we planted the American
flag on the summit Of a large iceberg.
We will set out this afternoon for the
northward, with our sledges. Served
reduced rations to-day for the first time,
as we have only seven sledge dogs left,
and at best they will not last over a week.
May 2-Auother dog disappeared be.
fore the ravenous appitites of my l%nenlto-
day. The entire command went hunt
ing this afternoon, upon the sudden
appearance of a Polar bear-hunting
their holes. One of my men was a little
slow, and we have been unable to find
any trace of him but his fur cap. Very
sad. He was not a useful member of
our party, and we had figured on eating
him ourselves.
May 3-To.day I lost two more of my
men from overeating, they having de-
voured remaining five sledge dogs,
while the rest of the command slept.
Served out one bar of soap
per man, but it seems to cloy the ap.
pitite.
May Another bear visited our
camp, and ate the blacksmlth's anvil.
We are OF his trail, and will follow till
he drops.
May 5-Struck an Esquimau camp to-
day. Will start home tomorrow.
Everybody homesick.
May Gate our interpreter. Sighted
four hundred different relief parties late
in the afternoon. Will be home next
week.
There is more of it, but I have elim1-
dated the u~ninteresting parts, and
re-published only the most readable.
desire to pause long enough in the
rapid and sweeping passage of time to
call upon all the clans of democracy to
combine, and give Senator PETERS son
his job back. The senator with the
tropical whiskers and the. asbestos con-
science and sensitiveness labored dill
gently upon his first arrival at Washing
ton to secure as firm and general a hold
upon the public teat az possible, in the
interest of the PETER family, and all Of
his relatives who could be unshackled
from the chains of moss which bound
them to their native pastures in Kansas,
were shipped to Washington, and given
hold of the teat aforementioned with an
Impressive %admonition to suck hard and
hang on. The thick cream of public
favor poured into the PETER family milk
pail, through the medium Of several sons
and a daughter, for a long time, until, at
the close of the present session Of con-
gress, one of the Sons was released from
his lobster-like grip by the democratic
managers, and turned adrift upon the
cold, cruel world, with naught to aid
him in his battle but the u%ntarnished
valuelessness of the race of PETER.
1t is said this was done because Mr..
PETER, Sr.'s, loyalty to the demo-
cracy, through his intermediary con-
ditions Of populism, was a matter
of doubt. What 1 wish to impress
upon those who have been instrumental
in loosenlng the eat-hold Of the younger
PETER, is that We have only a few Of the
PETERS left now, and if we shall dis.
courage them by such inconsiderate ao-
tlons, the race may become extinct, and
be classed with. the bison, and the great
aux. Mr.. PETER is one Of natures divin-
est creations, and none of the adorn-
ments Of %artitice could make him d
more luminonsly awe-inspiring than when
he is decked out in the regalia OF whis-
kers and worthlessness which nature be-
queathed to him. The race Of PETER
I.-.--l& EF rlEE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.