Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-27
AT THE North POLE.
THERE We WILL FIND THE FouN.
TAIN o. PERPETUAL YOUTH.

Older Can Be Accommodate d-The Views
of a Well Known Oeograpber
There has been much discussion Of
tho advantages 10 accrue 10 the world
from polar exploration, and while there
IS a general agreement among scientific
ilcn that the information 20 be gained
by 10 IL Of sufficient value 10 warrant
tho expense and loss OF life incident 10
1t am not aware that any direct eco.
nOmic results have ever been claimed for
IT, Certain ideas have, however, recent.
ly occurred 10 me, which point 10 very
great economic advantages 10 be attain.
Cd not only by polar exploration, but
by literally reaching the polo, adyan.
taees 80 great that almost any expend.
itnro Of life and treasure will be war.
rantcd. am sure that when these ad.
vantagcs have been pointed out men aud
money will be forthcoming without
stint not only 10 reach the pole, but 20
Elnlsc the path 10 II easy and plain 70
tlcnd.
Before going any further ! with 70
1
no desire 20 command an expedition or
to accompany one. My solo object in
publishing these matters is 10 sid my
fellow men.
All Of Us have read accounts Of tho
search made by the Spaniards centuries
ago for the fountain Of perpetual youth,
for those waters which would Oblitcrate
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original hue, give back elasticity 10
the limbs and fire 10 the eye Those
hardy explorers pursued their search in
the wrong quarter " the globe
We all know that II we travel around
the earth In the direction in which the
sun apparently moves On returning to
the place Of departure We find that
younger than our friends who have TO.
manned at home To go around the
earth on the forty.hfth parallel Of lati.
tude requires about so days. Therefore
il Is possible in that latitude 10 save
one day in 80, but as we go northward
the circumference Of the earth diminish.
os and it Is possible, other things being
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but with each circuit Of the globe, what.
ever the length Of the journey, "a day IL
saved Near the pole, where the cir.
oumferenco Of the earth becomes a mere
trihe, perhaps a quarter Of a 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 Ot
eternal youth of the old Spanish eXplor'
ers was expected 10 accomplish,
But this result, the restoration Oi
youth TO the aged, is but one Of the
useful purposes to which the pole can
be put Not only the aged, but unmar'
ried ladies who have passed the hrsI
bloom of youth aud have thus ceased b
attract may here restore their oOmeli
ness, recover their blooming cheeks and
rounded forms, aud thus prepare for q
second campaign against mems hearts,
But this is not all IL is sometimes
an advantage 10 grow old, and by tax
ing the opposite course around the pole
we may add years 90 our lives ip hours
The fashionable woman IL encountered
by young children She sends them q
the pole, aud thoy grow up with exceed
ing rapidity For an hour they ar'
uundled against tho sun in baby car
iages, the nezt hour they spend up0i
their feet aud before tho day II passef
tAey are grown % men's aud women
estate, and tho mother 10 free " thelI
charge
The course ~ uue love does not al
ways run smooth, gnd many youni
man aud woman pledged a. one an0lD
on arc prevented by oIuoi parents ffpn
being Joined because ~ theiF sAiteN'
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