The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-02-24

upon IT. surface. The Pole appears
To be a solid shaft ov magnetic iron
or steel ore. an ig strongly charged
with natural electricity from the
great electric piazts that air prop
ably beln' operated day an mite IN
the center ov the earth. IL this we're
not SO the North Pole would not Al
tract the needle on o compass n
distance ov several thousand miles a
hit anyways does. that oein the ways
an means provided By Providence 10
enable men TO sail ships In the IN
tended course across the trackIess
oceans found In this world. even
though hit-b be 1t mite or In stormy
weather sailors can hold their course
But for the North Pole an compass
the navigation ov the several great
oceans would be wen nigh impossible
And the North Pole will continue TO
90 business regardless ov my visit 10
nit The combined armies an navles
ov the world cannot interfere with
| this important portion ov the earth
| great machinery. The fact that this
| powerful earthly lever wuz placed In
a climate hardly endurable by the
average man, remote from the
worlds busy thoroughfares. IL the
| pest ov proof that this liz the one
spot whar men an women must not
attempt to live for any length oV
time, for hit il practically impossible
If my judgement IL worth anything.
Your humble correspondent IL err
| bout az poor an excuse az a public
speaker az ever stood upon two feet.
tut | feel that somethin' must be
done, fer this liz a greater event than
the launchin' oy ship or layin' the
cornerstone ov government build
ing. Standin' at the base ov the Pole
With my face to the South. with the
Eskimo. Bob. an the reindeer fer
my audience. l sed:
/ Fellow sitizens: This liz time
to long be remembered. They never
hez bin a time like hit. Two days
ago the nifty but unknown North Pole
wuz undiscovered. Today hit liz
known to every person here present.
ov doubt or hard bone ov conten-
ton. Men hev bin searchin' fer hit fer
many years. They had had years oV
, education an great wads oV green
= backs were at their disposal. But hit
wuz a poor, ignorant farmer, who had
. tC leave hiZ pillow ruStin' in the field
an find the Pole. This brings to my
, mind little story heard some years
! ago. One lady wuz visitin' another
: an the recent death oV the only
, son of one Of the ladies wuz men
v toned. What caused the death o.
t your SOM" axed the other lady. g
2 don't know" sed the sorrowin' moth
t er, FER he wuz sick but short time
! and died without the aid of physi
v cian."
e Just SO in the present case. We he
t discovered the North Pole withou
the aid ov the scientific lads. The!
=, air awl rite fer some things. If the!
+, could sit in a rockin' chair an dis
. cover the North Pole hit would he
= bin done long ergo. But hit liz tn
big fish that air hardest to catch. Tn
- North Pole liz not a fish. but hit leat
g mankind in the longest. hardes
- chase on record: a chase lastin' fe
thousands ov years. l hope the Mort
= Pole will ever stand az a substantial
reminder ov the solid nature Ov thi
q earth an awl that liz gude."
= l thank you an your readers fe
:, your kind an patient indulgence, al
~ trust that we may awl meet togethe
!, again when / return to America. Blu
= if we do not. may we meet in a be-
h ter world in the great hereafter.
~ Az ever,
= ZEKE BILKINS.
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