The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-04

turn back because he had barely enough
provisions to take him to q place of safety,
and yet he had taken on his sleds the ut
most limit of food that it was possible to
handle. He could have reached the north
pole at the rate of progress he was then
making with the provisions he had, but
would have had nothing for his return
journey. This will probably prove to lie
Andree's most serious difficulty.
AS to the most recently reported find OF
traces of the missing explorers in Siberia,
there was nothing whatever In the story to
give it the least show of probability to any
one who is acquainted with that part of the
world. The fact that it Is so inaccessible
makes Taimur peninsula favorite place to
locate the finding of absent explorers, but
generally a graphic description of the bar
rem landscape and the bleak surroundings
of the miserable hut in which the refr.ger-
ated remains are discovered accompanies
the story.
The first story of this kind I remember
was published in the New York Herald In
the winter of 1928 and gave picturesque
description of the finding of the bodies OF
two or three of the last survivors OF the
boatload of sailors from the Jeanette, I'M
der Lieutenant Chip, who persisted during
the gale that separated and nearly wrecked
the boats under Captain DeLong and Chef
Engineer (now Commodore) G. w. Mel
story: but that too, was as raise as the
stories themselves.
This is not the first time there have been
false rumors of Andree's balloon, which, 1t
was ella med, had been seen making land
ing In Western Canada not far from the
border of the United States. and afterward
seen floating over Hawaii. This time the
story was nailed by the question, "If 1t
was not Andree's balloon whose balloon
was it?" You either had to believe the
story or answer the question
ntaar IF W
believe that the chances of Andree's being
alive are about even. Among these Is Pro-
lessor Iachambre, the aeronaut who built
the great airship that carried Andree ana
his party away. He believes that Andree is
now at the north pole and will return this
year.
There are great many more people who
only hone that he may come back, and
when he does may / be there to see, for
there will be the grandest demonstration in
his honor that ever this world witnessed.
VILE The writer of that story said he
found on one of the bodies a pocket bible
with the names of several men on one of
the fly leaves Then followed a list of the
crew of Chips boat, which was not hard
to get for it had prev ously been published
several times. OF course, 1t was after
ward proved to be a fake. and was de-
nounced as such by several Siberian travel
ers as soon as they read the story.
The year before Nansen returned there
was a story, said to have came from man.
moth ivory hunters, who had just returned
from the New Siberian islands. northeast
of the Lena Delta. that Nansen had been
seen in that vicinity. having returned from
the north pole, which he was said to have
found to be on range of mountains. That,
too. was a lie.
In connection with both these stories
was the information that the police mag's-
trate of the district referred to had sent
trusted officers to verify the truth Of The