Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-08-31
NORTHERN RESORTS.
spitzbergen and Iceland Suggested
- Good Points.
see.ie beauty asA nssIthfui Atnos.
phsre Of the Arctic Circle Nouid
Prove Great Attractions
for TouPists.

The fascination OF tho far north is
not influencing men like Nnnsen. Jack
son and Peary alone. Even the pleas
has been attracted, and IL
Ii not so very long ago that the Lusit-
ania woke the arctic echoes with the
strains Of string band. Another trip
was made TO Spitzbergen. and one OF
the party gave o striking picture OF
polar charms. Eve were invading" he
wrote. "the very sanctuary OF solitude:
we. with our string band. our trained
cook, our costumes made In London
and our end.of-the-century habits and
customs-whnt had We to do here dis
turbing the silence OF the frozen quiet! :!
And yet how strangely beautiful Il was!
OF almost every other famous scene
the traveller asks himself: OF what
does this remind me?' OF the coast line
Of Spi,xberg~n there IL no rival south OF
itself. Could you imagine yourself on
some Alpine height. surrounded by vast
mountains. cut OF some few thousand
feet from their SUBMITS by level line
Of olive gray clouds, you might get an
outline Of that wonderful scene. but
no words can give the fnintrst imprea'
sion Of the marvellous atmospheric
changes produced by the sun toward
Look ahead. and the snowy
peaks arc CLOWN. pink with approach
Ing sunset: look back. and the spires
Of Anow arr lying In that dead white
light which pr~ecsies the dawn. and
between II = long stretch that
IL neither sunrise nor sunset. IL Is a
rcrsod Of Its own. As the hsiHhtA vary.
80 you think you arc catching the last
CLEAN Of dying sun or the ars' Hash
Of It's rising. The sun At midnight We
saw not. AZ about quarter Of an hour
before the bells told US Il ~as midnight
q hank Of thick clouds slowly rosr
and hid the sun from our too curious
eyes; another half hour and be was
bright again: but the sun At midnight
wa. always cur'ained for US. u Was
difficult to force ones self TO bed. so
br.rh, was the suail.h, and so varied
the at,far,Ioss that met the eye"
The arctic circle as q health resort
sounds somewhat seeenific; hut IL is
not beyond the drvams OF the doctors.
Reeoiisc; that Ds. Saasra has declared
that his medical adviser ON the FRAN
had sis.curu whilr III. crew were in
the fus;hes, north. Everyone was ab.
suniiy healthy remarked the leader
o. the expedition. ~ man with an
ache or pain would have broken the mo-
ho;ony."
il I, more extraordinary iha; Spl's.
brsHva should hreune sani'ariuu,
;haa 'hs, DaSes IN winter should have
~on the approval Of the ms,iicsi men
for eousump;lsssS Dawes was original
Is discovered b, the Germans. Thirty
years ago Tsu;oaic ph. sician accom-
panied by a srseai wandered 'o the
SPOT. and with di,'scui;y os;ained a
tor was suffering from consumption.
and TO his delight and ss;oaishnsa;
found himsei! rapidly growing better.
lie considered tha, the hish Alpine air
WAS an admirable tonic: tha, though At
a great heish, above the sea. the sun
esa, down with immense power
through the rarihsd atmosphere. and
that the pine sesvssa which clothed tho
hillside were frauehs with hcal'hsui In
nusncc. The German doctor. happily re-
covered. siar's, the theory for his coua.
srynen 'ha; In eases Of phshisis q cold
climate was hstser than a warm one.
This medical h.rvsy. for such IL would
have seemed at the time. gradually
made i,s way. The theory was that In
this cold c. mate the living germs which
cause pulmonary disease canno, eSist.
and arc gradually cStirpaici. The
Germans came In crowds. Gradually.
60 dc'ray the expenses. they rcspr'cti
TO every means 10 earn livelihood.
They opened all kinds Of shops. hotels.
pensions: ratcies.ons in every province
Of cducauoa-laneusecs. natural sci.
sncs. painting and wood carving.
In the ncSt century We mas sc. Spi,f.
bergen nourishins health resort. we
are getting tired Of the continental
cures. Arctic baths sound in,iroratinr
arctic air is certainly free from noSious
microbes The only disadvantage is the
long sea voyage. which, rpvstsr. -,ny
bc dccisrsi to constitute paS, o. ;ht
treatment. hut II Spi,sbcrstn he too
far distant. why not pa,ronisC Iceland 2
Iceland Is one Of the most interesting
places in the world: its physical fca.
lures arc very remarkable. and not less
so ia the history o; its people. The
1celanders. as race. arc noble. intel.
lcc,ual and brave: their eo,ernmcn, is
thoroughly republican in spiri; aud all
citizens have equal rights and pcrf.c;
religious liberty. The Morse language
is still spoken in Iccland.-Fircsids.