The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-12

about the eye into state of chronic con-
traction The pupil was reduced to Il
mere pinhole.
The strong winds and drifting SHOWS
encouraged the habit of peeping out OF
the corner of one eye. Nature in attempt
ing to keep the ball from hardening
flushed 1T at all times with blood. There
was no end of trouble at hand III endeaT-
oring to keep the windows of the SOU
open, and all of the effect was run to-
eether IN a set expression of hardship and
wrinkles which should be called the Doreal
sQuInt.
Nearing the Pole.
This boreal squInt Is u part of the rus
set bronze phy sIognomy winch tails 10
the lot OF every ArcIIc explorer. The
early winds, Win h piercing temperature,
start u hush OF scarlet, WINE frequent
PROSTITUTES leave figures III BLACK, later the
burning sun DrOWuS the SkIn, suisse
QuenLIy srOng Villas sap the moisture,
Aaruen the SAIn ana leave open nSS ureS.
Line hard WUrk ana reuuceu uUurISII-
meAL contract Tue MUSCLES, ulSpeI Lne lat
and leave the Skln 10 SurlNeI up Ill LOIQS.
Ine Imprint Oh Lie gvssIes, the set eA-
"a ess4Vn OIL naru and the nuentaI
OIan> Oh Une ENVIRONMENT nave removed
al Spiritual anIDIauon. we nave the
CoIOr and Tue lines Oh old russell appIes
anu WOuIu easIIy pass ZOE prehistoric
III the enforced effort to spread out
the SLneneu IegS over The last reaches
there " as 10 longer SuLnCleuL energy at
camping times 10 erect d SHOW sneILer.
L Lie slim lent rs Lneu pressed InLO use.
Though tne Temperature W as SUI very
low Mnen Lne SUI Mas ulAu geAAdi
rays pierced Tile SILK IaDrIc and rested
SoAuy Oh our DrUWS closed III heavy sIuLn-
Der. IL strong WINDS II WAS sun neces-
sary " erect a sneILerAng wall 20 snIeId
Lne TENT Out altogether the Change
proved QuIte ugreeaD4e. 1t encouraged u
Anore Careful scrutiny OF the sL1ange
world mo when fortune had uresse,I
us-nrSG OF all men.
OUIAEaA illusions.
Signs of land were sun seen every day.
oul LAey were deceptive optical Illusions
alIu Il mere NeruIcL oL Iancy II seeIustI
tAal something must nappen, SoAIe Lue
uuSL Cross our nOrIzOu " LIIarA Tue I'M
pVrtdhL aISu INTO winch We were press
AnS.
W hen the sun was low the eve ran
over moving plains lii brilliant waves or
color " dancing HORIZONS. 4ne miluges
Turned In4ngS LOpSy LurVy IupsrI4,i
IaAuS anu queer OBJECTS ever r,,s.. ann
AeH Ill sArUuuS Oh LILY SIery, but ali OF
inns was due To The atmospheric may1c or
the nIunIgnL sun.
Win u lucky series of daily astronom
lcal OBSERVATIONS our position was now
accurately nXed tor each stage OF t,rop-
fess- AS we neared Tile pole The luz. ~
Aallon qulcAeneu, and restless, ,lili,,s1
ny sIerlc excitement caIne over lis nm.
Ooys Iancled they saw beaver and seals
AMI 1 had lew land under oDservaIIon
frequently, out with u change LII The. d.
lection or hight or an altered Trend in onr
temperament the horizon cleared, and we
became eager only TO push turtner into
the mystery.
From the eighty eighth to the eigbtv-
nlnth the ice was in very large neIds
ana the surface was less irregular, but
In other respects 1t was about the same
as below the eIghty-seventh. We no
uced here also an extension of the range
of vision We seemed to see longer DIS
tances and the ice along the horizon had
q less angular outline.
The color of the sky and the ice also
changed to deeper purple blues We had
no way OF checking these impressions by
other observations; the eagerness. to find
something unusual may have fred the
imagination, but since the earth is fat
tened at the pole perhaps a widened
horizon should be detected
Enthusiasm Refsns.
At eight o'clock on TIE morning of