Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-17

dash and found that they had never
been half-soled, and that they were
only slightly run down at the heel,
passed almost unnoticed.
Scientists in various parts of the
world were interested in DR.. Cook S
statement that he saw the horizon over
his left shoulder as he approached the
pole, but the public at large didn't
seem to take much interest in it, and
Feary's assertion that he saw none OF
the green snow mentional by DR.. Cook
in his interview in Copenhagen with
William T. Stead had little significance
III the eyes of the people.
OF more general interest to the pub
lie was the fact that Commander Peary
got cold feet after he returned to Bar
Barbor. Me, and the impression
seemed to be that feet that would turn
cold in the mild climate of Bar Harbol
must have given their owner some
trouble in the rigorous climate that
prevails at the north pole.
The north pole controversy got to
be like a game of checkers between
couple of old checker tends, FIRST
Feary would say to Cook: "Why dld
YOU return from Etah by way of Co
penhagen instead OF coming home by
way of Battle HarDOr? Cook would
reply that he returned by the longer
route because he could get home sooner
that way. This would strike the pup
lie as being a mighty clever reply, an0
il would be up to Peary to make an
other move. What scientific lnStfu-
ments, other than looking glass ana
a fine tooth comb, did you have with
you on the dash to the pole?' Peary
would then ask To which question
Cook would respond: Il also had a
lack knife and u very fine watch
Then it was Peary's move.
Meanwhile noted scientists in all
parts of the world broke into the news
papers with articles explaining just
how Cook might have asCertained his
correct position in relation to the north
pole, and also just how far he was from
Evanston, ILL.,, at a given time, with
the aid of a looking glass and the tine
tooth comb, and a little figuring, which
he probably did with sharp stick, on
the glistening white surface of an Arc
tic snow bank.
During the time this controversy be-
tween DIR. Cook and Commander Peary
was going on it was noticeable that
DR.. Cook appeared TO be in a pleasant
frame of mind, as though blubber
agreed with him, While Peary acted like
a man on whose stomach pemmican
didn't sit we'll
19O9-Late in September of this year
members of the Latter Reign OF the
Apostolic church gathered together at
DuXbury, Mass, to await the end OF
the world, which they had scheduled to
come at about o'clock on the night OF
September 26. No reason why the mem
bers should gather at DuXbury to await
the end was given out but it was gen
orally understood that it was supposed
to be less hard to face the end in DuX-
bury than in any other place. Anyone
in Duxbury, it was said, would be glad
of any sort of change that would
take the maWay from there, even the
end of the world. But there was an
unaccountable hitch in the proceedings,
due to a misunderstanding on the part
of somebody in regard to dates, no
doubt, and if the end of the world ar
rived at that time, it came so quietly
and with so little ceremony that nobody
noticed it.
19O9-Early in September the sighting
of Halleys comet was announced by
Prof. Wolff of the Heidelberg uniVer-
sity. At this time this justly celebrated
comet was only So 100000 miles from the
Garth, and still headed in this direction.
It was in the immediate neighborhood
of the constellation Gemini, travelling
leisurely around for the benefit of its
health, at the rate of about 2000 miles a
minute, and taking in all the sights at
the various places visited.
This comet, which was named after
Edmund HALEY, a close personal friend
of Old Ike Newton, is said to be one OF
the oldest comets in the business. 1t Is
said that 1t first started out to explore