Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-04
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sAas h the Field of Natural,ss.
 Work.

@e washington, concerns himself only Nlth things above the clouds He makes 1t his business to probe into the mysteries of nature in the remote Aelghts of the earth. How plants and Acnehs grow in rigorous ciimes on the windy rocks of the snow-canned mountains and in the arctic circle ia lne special object of his research, and Ane comparison between plants at the poies and these on the tops of pealsE is nis special delight His search foEfin- formation has carried him into all pafls of the world. Three times he aas gone Into the arctic circle. many sliites 10 Greenland and Iceland. ana 1iAiss without number to the North cape and the Lofoten islands. He has climbed the Norwegian mountains and Aas suange things to tell about the pidnts that grow on our own Pike's peah. have for a long time been selaylng the subject of arctic flora. saia MT Holm at the Grand Central loeeI, and during my studies have oseh h great many parts of the g1ohe- On several occasions I have eeth member Of polar expeditions. n lsS273 l was with the Danish ship Dymphna, which took part in the h. aetiaIonal polar expedition, in which you Will remember Gen. Greeley took part, Andre Hangaads was our captain. and Tor two years We drifted about lne polar seas, caught in the ice foes. Inc Dutch ship Yarna, which we met. kepl us company, sank at the end of she second year, but we saved the crew ] began then. as the agent of 5he Danish government. to pursue the studies of cireanpolar botany. and since then l have followed the work 1n Greenland, Iceland ,America-in fact. all over the world. What has most interested me has been the comparison of plants found in the polar regions with those found or Che mountain tops. My work lies wholly above the timber slIle, and you will be surprised to see now many plants are to be found there. There are at least twenty species Of Towering herbs o1 the rocky and snow- covered peaks, seme Of wonderful beauty and color. None of them grow Higher than an inch and most are only
 
 an their minuteness and of the most vivid hues. There is the Arctic pink and the Arctic dryas, both Of exquisite shade and form. The Arctic poppy is another flower worth hunting for on 4-fhe fretless slopes, and so is the Arctic 1willow. The little lyeapod is a series lof plant that is found in both high and Now places. It is said by most bot Is not to grow higher than 5000
 l have found 1t on the top of
 h's peak, f4.000 feet There il Lr
 f an inch high In Florida 1t grQfs
 tht inches tall. There is minigge'Ws
 pyor also to be found above S sttfe
 r line. and flower res 9zthe tlm- 1fget-mesnot, so you ffembling the < Peks which you are tsee that the erlng barren are by fdsed 10 eonsid= one who has the eyesh means So 10 beauties that are the.5 to look for tho publican. jre..,-Denver Re 4 PARIS ExPas
 w.a ,.,.,4..,aa rIoN NOVELTY = s'sf.s.,.s .,.tsof oils age Which May be ~ ssoa Nte Grounds.
 fa1S the m6Nt s@l4h4hS UT tite msay novelties which will be offered to the visitors at th9 coming Paris ex. nositton will be the "Mareofama4 as it is callal. This is a great mock ocean steamer. IL is arranged pre- eisely like one of the transatlantic yes
 sels. has crew and captain, and even the motion of ship speeding through 1he waves It docs not move from the spot on which it is erected, but to Those on board the Illusion promises to be perfect The passengers are sup
 posed to be on a journey from Mar
 seilles to Constantmeple, and as the
 last bell sounds "all ashore" the harbor of Marseilles seems to reeede from the vision, the vessel passes out to sea. end all of the scenery of the coast nasses in view This is done by a large number of paintings which unroll in panorama fashion, and are so re- a'istic that the observers. if not over critical, may really imagine that they
 are taking the sail. The vessel rocks
 and throbs as if it were really on the
 ocean, aud this is brought about by
 ihe machinery which gives the vessel
 lhe required notion Meals are served
 and if you are not careful you viii find
 your soup in your lap Genuine sea
 sickness will be the portion of all pre-
 disposed to that ailment ana it will be
 almost as if the actual voyage were taken, except that it will last but a short time. The coast of Algiers, fnnis, and much of the Mediterranean sea will pass before the eyes of the passengers, and at last, the Golden Horn, the poH of Gonstantinople will be entered. The painting of the pan 0rama has been entrusted to Hugo d'Alexis, a graphic artist who has de- pleted the scenes in all their natural beauty. It will be cheap and speedy method of making the journey, not to