The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-01-11
AT THE NORTH POLE.
THERE We WILL FIND THE FoUN-
TAIN OF PERPETUAL YOUTH.

the advantages 10 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 expeuse and loss of life incident to
it | am not aware that any direct eco
nomie results have ever been claimed for
#. Certain ideas have, however, recent
" occurred to me- which point to very
great economic advantages to be attain
cd 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 am sure that when these adj
vantages have been pointed out men ana
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 l 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 rs 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
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 a day; that we are a day
younger than our friends who have re-
manned at home. To 90 around the
earth on the forty parallel Of lati-
tude requires about 60 days Therefore
it is possible in that latitude to save
one day in 60, but as we 90 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
conference of the earth becomes a mere
trihe, perhaps a quarter of a mile, per
haps 100 yards, a day may be saved in
five minutes, in one minute. Sixty days
may be saved in an hour, a year of life
in day. A forenoon jaunt around the
pole will do all that the fountain Of
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 tn,
useful purposes to which the pole cal
be put Not only the aged, but unmar
ried ladies who have passed the frs
bloom Of youth and have thus ceased t,
attract may here restore their comeli
ness, recover their blooming cheeks an,
rounded forms, and thus prepare for
second campaign against mems hearts
But this is not all. It is sometime
an advantage to grow old, and by tax
ing the opposite course around the pol
we may add years to our lives in hours
The fashionable woman is encumbere
by young children. She sends them f
the pole and they grow up with exceed
ing rapidity. For an hour they ar
trundled against the sun in baby car
riages, the next hour they spend upo
their feet, and before the day is passo
they are grown to mems and women
estate, and the mother is free of thei
charge
The course Of true love does not n
ways run smooth, and many a youn
man and woman pledged to one anotl
er, are prevented by cruel parents froi
being joined because Of their extrenl
youth. \ trip to the pole will quicl,I
remove this difficulty.
, So might go ON and instance HIM
, dreds of different conditions who
might be remedied were the pole ems
Of access. Many Of them readily occr
to our readers, and we shall not burde
them with any further information.
Now let us picture what the resul
Will be of this discovery. 1t goes will
out saying that the north pole win in
mediately become resort second
none upon the globe. There will he
real estate boom in that region besif
which those of southern Californi,
Florida and Of the southern Annal
chians will be fiat, tame and insini,
Inc prices of town lots will not ris
They will shoot upward. In that wilde
ness of ice and snow there will he bri
within a fabulously short time n CITY
transients the like Of which the Won
has never seen city Of hotels. ana,
ment and boarding houses of enormo,
proportions When we reflect that eve,
body who has reached the age of GO n,
who can raise the necessary funds +
the journey will 90 there to take
walk, not to mention the spinsters. n
signing lovers and the superfiuous cb
4 dren, one can easily imagine what
a enormous business the pole win a
, Imagine the lines of steamships viii
VIII be supported by this travel; lima
Inc the value of the wheeled chair mn;
ileges; imagine, if ycu can. the nrof
OF the man who gets possession of n d
Gle around the pole having a radius
hall mile and charges admission
b TINS race course against time
Z In conclusion. l do not think tho,
3 eSaggerate when say that the cons
erauons here set forth make the scar
! Tor the pole the most important Inv ,
OF all the questions which arc N,
agltating civilized man Hap,,. r., .