Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-09-04

the most slender provocation.
II seems ridiculous that one man
should quarrel with another because
the latter pulled at his pipe In a GER
tain style. The smoker had pulled
in that manner since he first went on
board, and there was nothing 1rrltat-
ing or offensive in it, but on this oc-
casion the objector considered himself
aggrieved and the men came to blows.
This accident occurred on an Arctic
expedition two years ago, and now
that the objector is away from the
fields of ice he is utterly at loss to
account for his fit of bad temper.
On another occasion the leader of
the same expedition found it advisable
to make enemies of two of his men in
order to make them friendly with one
another These two men had quarreled
about some trifling circumstance and
became such bitter enemies in a few
hours that he was rather afraid of the
result He called both to his cabin
at the same time and rated them I'M
mercifully for supposed breach of
discipline; the two men retired full
of hatred for their commander on ac-
count of his injustice, and the fact
that they had common cause against
their leader made them friends again.
He saw tenn talking together very
earnestly three or four times during
the rest of that dar and the morning
of the next, and he judged that his OBJ
ject had been secured and that it was
time to counteract their enmity to-
ward himself. Once more he had them
in, explained that he had made a
mistake and rendered manly apol-
ogy. The men were delighted and the
incident closed happily. But it was
a dangerous expedient
One of the devices adopted by the
commander of another Polar expedi-
ton was to give one or two of the
sledge dogs to each man, with in
structions to make pets of them, that
the animals might work better. The
reason assigned for this act was salts
Tying to the men, but it was not the
real reason, as the dogs could have
ton; the real object was to provide
the men with something to do and to
think about, to provide them with
some other form of society. 1t was a
very successful ruse; many a time
man, feeling tired and disguised with
the society of his fellow-creatures has
retired, morose and quarrelsome. to
corner with his dog and has returned
an hour later quite different indi-
vidual
No device, however, can be adopted
with certainty of success, as was
demonstrated in the case of a COM
mander who hit upon the same idea
as the preceding. The men thought
so much of their particular pet that
they quarreled with their shipmates
for working it too hard and trying to
spare their own pets. Almost every
sledge trip that took place gave rise
to some disagreeable incident respect
ing the dogs; disputes arose from
remark that my dog can lick yours
into smithereens" or because Jack
whipped Bills dog without cause (as
Bill alleged), and so forth.
The zoologist of a South Pole expe-
dition had a very serious dispute with
the captain on question of
humanity, and had to be placed
under restraint for a time.
One of his objects was to obtain the
skull OF a seal in perfect state
After many attempts he saw a good
chance of shooting seal and he shot
it in the neck. The poor creature was
long time dying and in considerable
agony. but the zoologist made no Of
fort to put it out of its misery.
On the captain expostulating with
spare their own vets. Almost every
him he flew into violent rage; he
was instructed to obtain a perfect
skull, he said, and he was blamed for
not spelling the skull by killing the
animal quickly. He overlooked The
fact that he might have fastened the
seals death in some other way Yet
that man was, when at home. almost
too kind to be naturalist.
A Christmas pudding is not exactly
the SORT OF thing to make man quar-
relsome-at least. not before having
partaken of it. 1t happened that the
vessel was heeling over little at the
time making dinner less pleasant