Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-19

ly wrong. You understand me, Alta
mont, and you, Hatteras?'
Neither man made reply.
A thew project now struck the doctor s
mind the next day. He said:
II am going to build a lighthouse on
the top of that cone above our heads"
"A lighthouse" all exclaimed.
Yes. 1t would be a beacon to guide
us in distant excursions, ana also illum-
inc our plateau in the long winter
months"
Very true" replied Altamont, ''but
how would you maze it?''
with one of the lanterns out of the
Porpoise.''
"All right; put how will you feed
your lamp? With seal oil?
mo, seal oil would scarcely be visible
through the fog
Are you going to try to make gas
out of our coal, thenT'
No, gas would not be strong enough;
and worse still, it would waste our COM
bustib1es."
WELL" replied Altamont. I'm at a
loss to see how your
Pm prepared for everything after the
mercury bullet, and the ice lens, and Fort
Providence. 1 believe Mr.. Clawbonny
can do anything" exclaimed Johnson.
Come Clawbonny, tell us what your
light is to me, then" said Altamont.
livery WELL" replied Clawbonny, II
mean to have an electric light"
IAN electric light?''
Yes, why not? Haven't you a gall
vanic battery on board your ship?"
Yes"
We'll, there will be no difficulty then
In producing an electric light, and that
will cost nothing and be far brighter"
Fine" said Johnson; 'let us set to
work at once"
All went to work and soon erected a
ten-ioot ice column. The lantern was put
on top. The conducting wires were
properly adjusted within it, and as soon
as 1t grew dark the experiment was made.
1t was a complete success. An intense
brilliant light streamed from the lantern
and illumined the entire plateau and the
plains beneath.
Johnson could not help clapping his
hands, half beside himself with delight.
A regular course of life commenced
now, and the Saturday after the installa-
ton a hunting excursion was organized.
As they tramped along over the ice
the doctor talked about the habits of the
Eskimos
my good Bell, your voracity would
never equal the. Greenlanders, for they
devour from 10 to Is pounds of meat a
day"
Fifteen pounds!'' said Bell. What
stomachsr'
Arctic stomachs," replied the doctor,
"are prodigious; they can expand at will,
and l may add. contract at will; so that
they can endure starvation quite as we'll
as abundance. When an Eskimo sits down
to dinner he is quite thin, and by the
time he has finished he is so fat you
would hardly recognize him. But then we
must remember that one meal sometimes
lasts a whole day."
''The voracity must be peculiar to the
Inhabitants of cold regions" said Alta
mont.
Il think it is" replied the doctor. ain
the arctic regions people must eat enorm-
ously; it is not only one of the conditions
of strength, but of existence. The Hud-
son Bay company always reckoned 90
this account: Eight pounds of meat to
each man a day. or - pounds of fish, or
two pounds of pemmican."
Must be strengthening" said Bell
mot so much as you imagine. An In
dian who guzzles like that can't do a whit
better days work than an Englishman,
who has his pound of beef and pint of
beer"
Things are best as they are, then,
suppose"
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