Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-04-01
BY Balloon to the Pole.

Norsemen are carrying away the palm
in daring and original methods of
Polar exploration. Nansen's plan of
drifting to the Pole with the ice, in
which his stout floating home was
frozen fast, was not successful, but it
assured as a test the well defined pos
sibilities of success with favorable
conditions of season. The enterprise
of the Swedish scientist Andree is not
less striking and audacious, and it ap-
pears to be based on well-reasoned
principles. His theory is of a steadily
aerial current blowing toward the
Pole with a spiral movement Is anal
agous to the Nansen theory of a sim
liar ocean current. Mr.. Andree is
convinced that at times the wind
blows with sufficient steadiness to
fully ans ser the purpose of carrying
his balloon across the Pole.
The Swedish Government has APP
prised the Canadian Government that
the Andree expedition will leave
Stockholm for Spitzbergen, that be-
ing the point of departure, about the
end of June. The agents and officials
stationed in Canada IN the frozen
zone are expected to keep a sharp
lookout for Andree's landing. The
explorer will carry four months sup
ply of provisions with him and trust
to the chance of disembarking in
some portion of fatally inhospita-
BILE region whence he may get back to
civilization. Even if successful in
reaching the Pole the extent of his
discovery will be such mapping of
that terra incognita as may be avaiia-
Bile by means of the camera. 1t will
scarcely make possible that breadth
and variety of observation, which
would have made Nansen's success so
great a scientific achievement. But
to have reached the Pole and to have
looked down for the first time on the
absolute ultima Thule, will be a unique
glory.
The passion for penetrating the un-
ambition. 1t has made men do and
care more than any other human mo-
tive. Professor Andree, who has
studied the Polar problem as a mys-
terry solvable by balloon travel for
many years, processes to believe that
the danger of the scheme is not SER
iousiy greater than that of other Arc
tic journeys. By the scientific world
in general the theory is not ac-
cepted as promising practical results,
except destruction to the experiment
talists. But the fiery motto of DAN
ton, the French revolutionist,
"L'Audace,< Paudace, toujour, Pau
dace," has been the keynote of sue
cess in every such enterprise. 1t is
only the men who take their lives in
their hands who ever win. If Andree
succeeds it will not be the first time
that bold men have achieved their
.euds. AGAINST ths progzresta-~aas-.-5~
the stay at-home scientist.
HOwe-Fox.
Married, at the beautiful home of
the bride, in West Mexico, at 1880
O'Clock, March "a, 1897, MIR. Thomas
X. Howe and Miss Bessie Fox, of this
city.
The groom is one of Mexico's most
promising and highly respected young
men. The bride is one of Mexico's
most beautiful and amiable young
ladies and is in every way worthy of
the love of the man she has chosen.
Her loving disposition has won for
her many friends and to see and know
her is but to love her.
The ceremony was conducted by
Rev. Marvin, of the M. E. Church,
South, in his usual impressive way.
After the ceremony all present en-
joyed most elegant supper, to which
all did ample justice, especially the
writer. Many thanks are due the
BRIDES mother for the elegant way in
which the supper was prepared and
presided over. After some hours of
conversation and a good time gem
orally, the guests departed, wishing
the young couple much happiness and
prosperity. The wish of the writer is
that their journey through life's path
way may be strewn with roses and as
they advance therein may the thorns
of sorrow and adversely lose their
sting and become as beautiful flowers.
A FRIEND.