Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-06-14
AT THE NORTH Pofs
IF ANY MAN EVER REAcHFs,r,
 BE SURELY LOST sT HsWI

1he 1mPossibility sf Gett,n.
 Dense F0Es and Extreme Cola 1s.'lns'> s'.
 For Six Months the Sun H.a a are 1As,
 Sky Without Rising or Setting ia tA'
 If any one really got to 4S VIC would. in n common parlance, be pas ',.'.5 h "at sea-" simply because :, at v q, utterly there Is no possibility of asoos, saS D0a ones whereabouts. A person v au1 ,anllg there would find an altogetber Sislag ais ent world before him. Tika uaer. man he would grope about ons 0iad endeavor to get back wbenca is ~ 'allg This by no means enviabla s,a ae aaaa IS calculated to destroy tba +i,oaaol i,, which he may have cherisba'sli siuslons starting on his polar exnedi+,a 0lea completely changed situation u' waa,,l nus accounted for by the fact tbot S % 0s stationed at the pole the dirao., Sasa the north would be found to oa.a co,s, 0l with the line of the zenitb-tbos rS'lSaa say, the point exactly above ns s ?, 10 opposite point. viz, the nadir ~, rl sla coincide with the direction ta a0ua south. The longitudinal circles 'as hence also the meridian of tbo ss, , aaa ity, would coincide with the ciroi. iv''l. latitude; an equator would ys.s co,ss,. VI with the horizon. Hence an astroro.'s rs'ss cal determination of the localitr r'4l' cording to latitude and loneifna. 's' precluded.
 The same may be said as regard. ]. terming ones bearings in any 5I,,, tion. The compass, too. will fa,l ss... ,. because it's horizontal intenstv 5s slight as to preclude the possibilfv z. its action. The only criterion t. Judging that one has arrived at x. pole is that the observed latitnda of ys sun, after having been corrected to sl titude above the true horizon. Is torss to coincide with the value of the dss lination of the sun for the day in oups tion.
 Moreover, in those regions tbera i, scarcely day on which dense fog, io not prevail, and sixty or more degree CO of cold, such as mostly eys there, will enhance the difficulties d observation to such an extent that can only be a question of approxImsh estimates. Such conditions are by n means enYiable, and are scarcely cab culated to induce US to long for then with all our hearts.
 But these are not the only thI1n which are likely to make sojourn a the pole neyer-ending tormea. Worse than all the rest, one cannot count the passing hours there; in otha words, there is no criterion for deter mining the time Of day. During period of six months the sun Will neither rise nor set, but during tho whole of the time will always remain either above or below the horizon. As the earth reYolYes around its axis l twenty-four hours, the sun apparently describes, during the same interval circuit of 360 degrees around the skg. being visible at an altitude equal to the declination whenever declination is Oi the same name as the pole at which the observer is stationed.
 zhe numerous attempts hitherto made to reach the pole have, as a mat ter of course, been by watef-that s to say, by ships and sledges. The idea that one might get there by an aerial passage has not gained ground until recently, but if we consider that bal looms are not navigable, and hence ara liable to be carried away by air cur rents in any direction that may aeG' dentally prevail and in the most ua' likely event only to the pole, no ons possessed of but a moderate allowance of common sense will comprehend now success could have been expected from such an enterprise. Moreover deterl' nations of locality cannot posslDly ]" made from a balloon with any appfoS innate degree of accuracy.
 It seems as if no sooner does s OI particular industry promise to pc plgr ls, itable to the farmer than he IS pIouSa to face disease or bad habits or SOuI kind, especially in stock. The w0% '. eating habit appears to be groWinls ul.lIT T all sheep sections and is especlaln, noticeable in cold weather. It IS alss fg particularly strong with lamps ;, tbs bs such cases it is undoubtedly cue 'u uon 'ri lamb getting hold of the mother E Ng% tss while nursing and thus acqulrlnso oaoS 'SS habit of plucking tufts from rom g1Ss mi, others bodies as they grow oldel' s.a Inv by trouble may be easily remealeud ndipr S clipping away all wool from tae uuSft arifs of the eve and, if the habit IS g a1l@ tss firmly fixed in the lamb, changlSsi Siear a food and give them a mixture s,sd of plSl esas bonate of soda, salt, powderesul slo 'So soft -,.l rroAf T11iYp0 Ill luC "