The times., 1898-03-06


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( and were listened to with the utmost at
1cntion. Everybody said il was wonder
I ful that they had come so near finding
/ the grail as they had. The old folk. per-
/ haps. grumbled. and said that they took
! no stock in graiIs. and intimated that the
I public was becoming fond OF yellow min
/ stTelsy. The young boys drank it all in,
/ and told il over again TO the younger
! children afterwards and said that they
! also would be grailers when they grew
up. and some OF them were, and had woe
Z 1ul disiiiusions. il may be supposed. AND
I so it went on. till grailinr became unfash-
/ ionable. But the descendants of these
grailing. and the like sometimes may
crop out in family at intervals for a
/ long time; and so. nowadays, atavistic
! gentlemen go on hunts for the North
/ Pole With all this heroism, and star
walton. and adventure, and aurora bore
ailS glory generally not one little silver
/ Of the North Pole have any of them
brought back te show for it; not even
! photograph And there are five more eX-
petitions in process Of preparation. the
! members Of which viii hunt more polar
/ bears. and be frozen in more ice. and eat
J more dog. ana ;alIc more photographs of
/ places which are not the North Pole, and
/ do more talking when they are again
/ among Us: and 50 on. ad infnitum. The
more civilized people become, according
/ To enthusiasts on this subject the more
anxious they viii be TO get to the North
! Pole. and presently we shall have the en-
! tire hero crop or these United States, not
] te speak OF the north Of Europe, camping
! on the trail OF that elusive Pole and beg
! ging the government for funds with
( which 10 carry on their noble work.
Plea for the South Pole.
II seems To- have occurred TO nobody
that the South Pole is just as good and
worthy of attention as the North. Dur
! ing all these three hundred years par
I ties have been organized TO go and visit
/ the North Pole; explorers have battered
/ IN vain at the ice-locked and electric
/ lignted gates OF the North Polar regions;
1 ships have been htted out with all the
luNurics Of the season TO picnic at the
! North Pole. and the North Pole alto
I gether has received more advertising, at
/ the lowest possible figure located at the
I top of The page next reading matter, il
1 lUstrated 10y beautiful half-tone pic
/ lures with information written carefully
I around them-mOre advertising in pro-
portion 10 its size has been wasted on
this little bit Of a place in No-Man' ;
! Land than amy other building lot on
Z earth. And all this time the South Pole
/ has been sitting as lonely and patient as
The last red Indian. waiting for a little
1 attention. 1T Is perfectly willing 10 be
discovered; II can, 50 far as any one
| knows. offer Just rs much iuducement in
! the way OF snow and ice; at any rate, it
should be given a fair chance TO try.
And If ii should not prove TO have quite
| such AN accumulation Of iceberEs and
hardSnips as its Northern rival, is it
10 DE supposed that these gallant heroes
( Of The frozen North are think
ing solely Of the stage setting
! when they do their deeds OF
| heroiSm? II things happen TO be con-
/ Venieut 50 that they can reach the
/ South Pole while the canned goods and
/ dried beef srill hold out. is 1t to be sup
I posed that they viii repiue because they
are not regaled with boiled dog? For
1 that matter they can have that article
4 Of diet ar the South Pole just as well as
At the North. If their taste demands it,
! They would have just as much chance
TO attach their names to the South Pole
As 20 the North If that is what they
want. in short. the Intelligent thinker
| is unable, after a careful and dispassion-
EpIr.
points about that pole that are any differ
ent from any other pole The intelligent
thinker may safely defy any person to
show cause why the South Pole, in beau
] ~. climate, natural productions and de-
] STABILITY a. a place of residence is in
| fefiOr 10 the North. II is not to he in
| ferred that in thus drawing the atten-
ton OF the public to a hitherto neglect
| ed spot OF his fair earth, The Times is
actuated bg desire to boom building
lots al the South Pole.
/ So far as We personally are concerned.
! IL Is Of little consequence on which end OF
this vIriegated planet pole-smitten luna
/ tics eat their dog. Personally, we do not
| advise Young people intending to marry
20 sink their little hoard in a building lot
in either place. But in the interest OF
fairness, all sectional prejudice in this
thing should be Laid aside. 1t is bad
enough 10 fEd the nations Of the earth
| each claiming 10 be superior to any other
nation. and 10 see the Lord reign so point
edly over regions in which the Republican
party still lives without any favoritism
. in the matter Of poles. Neither one oi
these poles ever did anything for this
| country. They have been impartialIy cold
TO us. They have been neutral in every
way except climate. Why then, should
| explorers persistently favor one more
than the other? The only reason which
seems 10 fit this case is that suggested
by the remark of an old political wal
1 horse:
You can ind out what a banked rascar
is going to do. and stop him: but the
Lord Almighty himself doesn' know what
"a qualified fool is going TO do.
Sectional pre- udice, blind persistent.
futile. incohereut fayoritism has ruled
the ranks Of Arctic explorers long
enough. How do they suppose we are
10 get rid Of sectional prejudice IN the
Histories of our public schools. and i'm
our politics. and in our press if they
themselves carry il into the field which
they consider most glorious and most
| sacred-the field OF science? How do
| they suppose the various warning par
ties, religions, schools nationaIities and
| interests ia this country are ever to bc
united If they persist la setting such an
example as this? Suppose they should