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new stars in the stellar universe says the Review of Reviews, have fallen into the habit of sneering at the men. who propose to discover the north pole and thus add to our knowledge of our own world
 Men who rejoice whenever new fact is learned concerning the heavenly bod ies or the internal structure or history of our globe have little patience with those who venture into the unknown regions of the north with a view to learning what is there They forget. perhaps, that this earth was given man for his home, and that the desire to conquer and to know all of 1t is as in- stinctive as life itself.
 The results of efforts to explore the great unknown area about the pole may be divided into two parts: One has to do with the extension of knowledge, with the ascertainment of those facts which build up and broaden and per- feet the sciences; the other caters to love of adventure, to admiration for conquest of difficulties, and certainly these are not the least praiseworthy traits of human nature.
 To the man who asks, Gan people live about the pole-what can be grown there?" and who thus implies impatience with exploration which does not open up either mines or farms or some productive industry, there is no answer. The same man might ask, Of what use is poem? He must be permitted to go his way, along with the man who can see no value in dredg- ing the depths of the sea, scaling the heights of mountains, or widening our knowledge of the stars, because in none of these places can wheat or corn be grown or precious metals be mined.
 Bus to those who look upon the gar nering of every new fact concerning our universe as a contribution to the sum of human knowledge, and there fore to human power and to human happiness, the value of arctic explora- tion is obvious.
 Nowhere are more questions to be found for which to seek answers" wrote Professor George Gerland. the physicist, than in the polar regions. 7" Mans disposition to make all the earth his home and himself at home everywhere in it is only sharp ened by the problems offered there and the tendency to go becomes ire sistible.
 "The explanation of the glaciation of the northern part of our temperate zone during the ice age, still unfound. is matter of great importance. for the topography of the land at the present time was brought out and the organic life of the whole earth was modified by it; and it is the general opinion that the solution of the problem is to be found. if it is found, by study of the polar regions.
 " Man could not refrain from inquiring into the nature and req son of these things if he would, and hence he is willingly or unwillingly led to the poles, where he is brought into the closest relations with them and where the explanations of them can be most hopefully sought"
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the frozen snow. and even the most carefully made shoes will not prevent lameneSs.
 These things, of course, are matters for argument, and future millionaires on the deck of the little steamer dis cuss the question hotly while waiting for the whistle to sound the note Of departure. The dogs, too, are giving vent to their opinions pretty freely, and it is a pity that, with our darkened senses, we cannot translate their views into readable English. It would seem, however, looking at the expression of the inmates of the wire-fenced pen, that there is general consensus of opinion as to the undesirability of this Klondike expedition. None of the St. BernardS seem to care about going, though they are too dignified to say much, but the Newfoundlands bark in- dignantly, while the retrievers and set ters and pointers and bird dogs and dozens of mixed breeds which nobody can describe yelN in chorus.
 It is a canine pandemonium and con- versation is impossible at the after end of the steamer. One fine, big, black fellow grows so annoyed that, after many efforts he leaps the pen and stands on the deck outside. The poor brute has been chained up short, close to the engine-room skylight, with the afternoon sun blazing on his thick coat No wonder he is suffering terribly
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half a dozen horses and mules, though these creatures are too commonplace to excite attention. It is the goats which attract general notice. There are seven of them, moOred by the horns, and for tunately, whether by design or lucky accident, there are several crates of cabbages in the immediate vicinity. So the goats placidly munch the green leaves, while the warm sunlight plays on their long silky hair. They seem ex- ceedingly comfortable, and if they are always to be treated in this way have no objection to any number of Klon- dike expeditions.
 Less intelligent than the dogs, they have no provision of the fate which is in store for them. Their owner, sturdy countryman, clad in one of the leather jackets which seem, judging from the number who wear them, to be consid- cred the most suitable garment for the voyage, gazes admiringly at his charges.
 They are the best animals of all for the work" he remarks in sanguine mood; they'll do more than all the dogs put together
 But how are you going to carry fod- der for them?" I ask
 "Oh, goats will eat anything" he re- plies with the utmost confidence
 This answer in his opinion seems to solve the whole problem.
 J. F. ROSE-SOLEY. :.
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HUNDREDS OF DOGS
 BOUND FOR KL0NDIKE
Goats, Donkeys and Steers Join the Bow-Wows in Pulling the Pro-
 eession of Sleds.

or the Eskimo dog. Only the fittest Will survive the toilsome trudge over the ice-clad rocks of the Chilkoot Pass. and 1t is noticeable that most of these dogs are being taken up by the new hands.
 The old miner who has served his apprenticeship to Alaskan hardship prefers to dispense with a team and to do his own packing. It may be harder work, but it is more certain. These halr-trained, unacclimatized dogs are pretty sure to break down; their tender feet will not stand the rough work over
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These are questions which every friend of Arctic exploration is often called upon to answer. They are pro- pounded in all seriousness and good faith, and deserve reply in kind.
 Many men who applaud Lick or a Yerkes for their liberal endowment of great telescopes with which to discover
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WHY DO MEN STRIVE
 TO REACH THE POLE?
Important Events That Will Follow When Some Intrepid Explorer
 Reaches That Goal

[ Y ' HAT is the use of trying to \ n reach the north pole? What MY is to be gained for mankind?
 Y Y What will you do with the
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!" OPsY. the great St, Bernard slts Us patiently on the top of the plank which elevates her above hei
 comrades, waiting until the pho-
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Financial.
The stock Market.

New York, May 1.-THE natural re-
action from yesterdays buoyant ten
dency in Wall street was supplemented
to-day by some positive elements of
depression as consequence of which
prices generally ruled below yesterdays
level all day. The speculative world
apparently took a rather serious view
of the affair at Cardenas In spite of
all assurance that the loss incurred
was trivial from a military standpoint,
the shedding of the first American
blood had distressing influence which
no amount of reasoning could destroy.
There was besides this an unsettling of
the conviction felt yesterday that the
Spanish Cape Verde fleet had certain
ly returned to home water. A reac-
ton in Spanish tours in London and
Paris also dissipated some of the i'm
preston that their recent advance fore
Swallowed a move toward peace by
Spain. The absence of authoritative
reports from Admiral Sampson and his
fleet induced some hesitation among
dealers in stocks. There was in addi-
ton depressed market for Americans
in London before the opening here and
there was free selling of the internal
stocks for London account during the
early trading. 1t was not surprising in
view of all these conditions that some
of the recent buyers of stocks should
have been inclined to take profits and
that the bears should be encouraged to
attack the market. Such a stubborn
resistance was shown, however, to the
first dip Of prices that extreme caution
was developed about putting out short
contracts. The market displayed an
equal reluctance to advance with any
degree of vigor. Covering by shorts in
the late dealing overcame a portion Of
the losses, but net declines are a point
or over in many Of the prominent
stocks. There were special stocks
scattered through the list that MAIN
tanned a show Of strength, notably
Consolidated Gas, which rose buoy
antiy at one time s points. The Union
Pacific, Denver and Gulf securities,
Rock Island, the Cotton Oil stocks and
some of the high priced investment
stocks We're notably firm. The vol
ume of business was much reduced
from yesterday and the market was
extremely feverish and irregular all
day.
The bond market also was less ac-
tive outside of Denver and Gulf fives
| and with a few exceptions displayed
heavy tone. Total sales, $3,550,000.
United States new tours advanced y
and the old four regular a in the bid
| price. Others were unchanged.
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governor Mr.. Rocheblare, and in fif-
teen minutes had every street secured.
/ then sent runners through the town,
ordering the people on pain of death to
keep close to their houses, which they
observed, and before daylight we had
the whole town disarmed."
The French inhabitants had been
taught that the Kentuckians, as they
were called, We're a terrible race, and
We're overcome with reactionary joy
when they discovered their conquerors
not only human, but humane.
On June Is, 1873, John Todd, colonel
under Clark, by authority of the provi-
sions of the General Assembly of Vir-
ginia, issued proclamation at Kas-
kaskia, organizing the country into a
county of Virginia, to be called Illinois.
A fort was built the same year on the
east bank of the Mississippi river to
defend the town from the Spaniards.
At that time Spain owned half Of
South America, Central America, Mex
leo, the West Indies, Florida and all
the territory west of the Mississippi
river to the Pacific ocean. She was
the European power above all others,
intensely devoted to federalism and
tyranny; bold, defiant, aggressive, in
tolerant.
Looking back over the changing or
der of things, it is seen that it is not
alone Kaskaskia which has diminished
and fallen, but whole nation, which
once menaced it's small fort among
other things of this continent, has
dwindled and become decayed.
Still, reading over musty old docu-
ments, such as the address of Kaskas-
kia citizens to Governor Ninian Ed
wards when he was sent to the seat of
government of Illinois territory, it is
hard to realize that what was once an
important town, the capital of Illinois,
has passed utterly away, and it's last
chapter closed. For years it has been
growing small by degrees and beauti-
fully less. Chicago absorbed it's STIR
ring citizens, the river made constant
jealous inroads upon it's historic site,
and now, save for history and tradi-
ton, Kaskaskia has passed, leaving
mot a wrack behind"-Chicago
Times Herald.
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rors, Derby, A, New Haven, 10. Batter
les, Osborn and Manning; Johnston
and Yaw.
AT NEW BRITAIN.
New Britain, Conn, May 12.-Orator
ORourke did not accompany his team
to this city to-day and Arlie Latham's
rangers had things all their own way.
Both Miller and Conroy We're wild,
though the Bridgeport pitcher really
had the better support. The game was
even until the sixth inning when the
Rangers assumed the lead by sending
in four runs. New Britain has not yet
lost a home game. The attendance was
nearly 1000, over 200 coming from Bris-
toll The score:
New Britain 2 0 1 4 8 0 *-11
Bridgeport 20 0 0 8 0 0 o. S
Hits, New Britain, H.; Bridgeport 5.
Errors, New Britain, 6; Bridgeport, 8.
Batteries, Miller and Sommers; Conroy
and IverS.
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THE PASSING OF KAsKAsK1A.

From being the capital Of Illinois
territory, the first settlement of white
people in what is now known as the
great middle west, Kaskaskia, Ran
dolph county, ILL.,, dwindled into a viii
lage post-office, and last week even
this was removed. Citizens have de-
parted one by one. The town of Kas-
kaskia is no more.
1t is, indeed, the passing of a fistor-
ic place. Kaskaskia, sometimes writ
ten in the old records as "Cascaskies"
and "Kuskuskies," was settled by
Frenchmen in 1878, and the Kaskaskia
overland route between the two places
soon after white settlements had be-
gun at each. 1t is interesting at the
period of the here and now to note that
once Kaskaskia was used as fort to
defend the Illinoisans from Spanish in
vasion.
In 1878 Marquette and his little band
of explorers rowed up the Illinois river
till the village of the Kaskaskias was
reached. Here they were received
with true Illinois friendship, and the
inevitable feast of hominy eaten. A
few days later the intrepid Father
Marquette discovered the place where
Chicago has since grown to be.
The Mission of the Immaculate Con-
ception among the Kaskaskias, as at
first established at the visit of pious
Father Marquette. bore the name
"Kaskaskia,'' and consisted of sixty
nine cabins. In 1777 the place con-
tanned about one thousand inhabitants,
and was defended by fort named
Fort Gage, after the British General
Gage. Colonel George Rogers Clark,
frontiersman of Virginia, on the
Fourth of July, 177S, entered the place
with his army and captured it from
the British. 1t was, up to the time of
the invasion, British post, which
ranked with the important posts of
Vincennes and Detroit.
The story of Clark's expedition
against Kaskaskia is interesting. He
says of it himself: IT divided my little
army into two divisions; ordered one
to surround the town, while with the
other / broke into the fort, secured the
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LIEUTENANT PAGE TO RESIGN.

Lowell III. Page will this afternoon
tender his resignation as first lieuten-
ant Of the Blues. This action becomes
necessary because of the removal of
the Diamond Match Co., with which
Mr.. Page has been connected for sew
eral years. from this city to Barberton,
0. Mr.. Page feels 1t incumbent upon
him to, remain with the company. He
will on or about the middle of June so
to Europe on business for the company
travelling through Austria, Belgium
and Turkey. He will be gone about six
months and on his return will locate at
Detroit Mich, in charge of one of the
principal offices of the company.
Lieutenant Page has been a men,
Der of the Blues for the past eight
years and regrets his inability to con-
tinue as one of it's members.
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College Gane s.

Because of the fact that Lafayette
3 to and was in turn defeated by
Wesleyan to the tune of to 2, it was
argued that the game between Yale and
the latter team, scheduled for We'd
nesday, but postponed because of the
rain until yesterday, would be very
close and hard fought, but the reason
ing was at fault. Yale handily defeated
Wesleyan by the score of IA to 8 and
could have made it shut off If three
changes had not been made in the
eighth inning. In that inning Robson
went to third, Eddy to left field and
Kiefer behind the bat. The first ball
up was knocked to Robson, who "nev-
er touched it, and the run getting
was begun by Wesleyan. This was fol-
lowed by three hits in close succession
which together with a base on balls
and a couple of stolen bases, culminat-
ed in three runs. Yale's runs can be
accredited to speedy base running, err
rors by Wesleyan and well placed hits
at times most needed. She played an
almost errorless game and only one of
the three placed to her credit was
costly.
Hecker pitched a very good game,
striking out one man and giving six
bases on balls. Fox for Wesley
an struck out five men and gave sew
en- men bases on balls. The feature of
the game was a brilliant double play
in the fifth inning, when de Saulles
fielded a hot liner from Andrews bat,
caught Terrill between first and sec
ond and threw the latter out at first.
There were about 1000 people in attend
ance.
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State League.

Derby, Conn.,, May 12.-Derby defeat
ed New Haven this afternoon in very
uninteresting game by the score of Il
to 10. Johnston, who was in the box
for New Haven, was touhed up for
twenty hits and two home runs. Os-
born, who pitched for Derby, was also
wild, and gave thirteen bases on balls.
The redeeming feature of New Haven s
game was the batting of Johnston,
who made two home runs. A magnifi-
cent throw of McCarthy's from right
field. mailing a runner at the home
plate, was another brilliant play. For
Derby, Lawlor hit safely five times
and Manning and Wilson each made
home run drives. Yaw did clever work
behind the bat. Johnston's support
was wretched and many OF Derby's hits
should have been put outs. The score:
Derby :. ....7 2 6 0 0 8 l 2 s-21
New Haven't 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 20
Hits, Derby, 20; New Haven, Is. En-
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CAPITAL, AUTHORIZED CAPITAL,
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NEW HAVEN.

NEW HAVEN.
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ined by the Bank Examiner of the State Of
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Henrietta, said Mr.. Meekton "do

Henrietta" said Mr.. Meekton, stdo
you think you'll miss me?' She looked
at him in surprise, and queried:
''When?" When I have gone to war;"
Mr.. Meekton,' she answered, st have
had reason for resenting a great many
things. but am willing to own that if
Spanish craftsmanship is such that
you are missed in the war as often as
1 will miss you at home. there won't be
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National League.

Brooklyn, May >12.-Seymour pitched
a mastery game for the New Yorks
to-day and as result the Brooklyns
were defeated on their own grounds.
The game was called at the end of the
eighth inning on account of darkness.
Attendance. 5000. Score:
Brooklyn -. 20 2 0 0 0 1-S
New York 10 0 / 0 1 2 0 2-6
Hits, Brooklyn, 8; New York, 10. Err
rors, Brooklyn, L; New York, /. Bat
teries, Dun and Ryan; Seymour and
Grady.
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AT CLEVELAND.

Cleveland, May 12-The home team
would have won to-day on it's hitting
even if not assisted by Chicago's err
rors The smuggling was terrific. At
tendance 400. Score:
Cleveland A 0 3 0 2 2 *-12
Chicago ;. 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4
Hits-Cleveland Is, Chicago 10. Err
Cleveland 8, Chicago 5. Batteries
Wilson and O'Connor; Weeds, Thorn
ton and Chance.
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At BOSTON.

Boston, May 1.-THE Bostons took
another game to-day through wretched
playing by the Baltimores. Hughes
pitched nearly as well as he did on
Tuesday and kept the hits will scat
tered until the. eighth when, after two
chances to retire the Bostons had been
declined, he became discouraged and
the hits came in thick and fast. At
tendance 4,500 Score:
Boston :. 20 0 8 / 0 4 0 Z *--15
Baltimore % 0 0 2 2 O 0 0 2
Hits-Boston 13, Baltimore 10. Err
rors--Boston 8, Baltimore 5. Batteries
Nichols and Bergen; Hughes and
Clarke.
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AIT PITTSRIIRG.

Pittsburg, May 12-P1ttsburg lost to-
days game in the second inning, when
Louisville scored two runs. Both pitch
ers did good work and were well sup
ported. Attendance 900. Score:
Pittsburg Il 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 %
Louisville Il 2 0 0 0 0 0-3
Hits-Pittsburg 4, Louisville s. Err
rors-Pittsburg l, Louisville l. Batter
ies-Gardner and Shriver; Cunningham
and Wilson.
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New York Cotton Exchange.
Chicago Market.

Reported over private wire by H. G.
Friedman & Co., Bankers and Brokers, 10
Wall street, N. Y, and 763 Chapel street.
Room 2 and 3, New Haven. N. A. Tanner
Manager of Local Branch
Opening Highest Lowest Close
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Summary: Three base hits, Wallace.
Stolen oases, de Saulles, Greenway (2), Ray
mord, Broateh Double play, de Saulles and
Wadsworth. Bases on balls, off Hecker, g.;
off Fox, Z. Hit by pitched ball, de Saulles
and Hazen. Struck out, by Hecker. L; by
Fox, 5. Passed balls, Kiefer. Time of
game, 80. Umpire, Gruther.
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