The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-30

moran. LIS his 1Qee tldC all III WlnQS COIIl6S
firm tn south pole an if he has a man down near
there he watch wind startin' an run ahead
iv it to tn tillygraft office SOS let tn wurruld
know what kind iv blast to expict. It don't
seem reasonable to me, fr tn way I figure it out
is that all winds firm tn south pole must be south
winds an all winds firm tn north pole must be
north winds an It's only whin they bump that ye
get tn other kind. But may be wrong
Another thing that tn Cap done was to give
stately Norwegian names to all the scenery he
run into On October fifth he says, we spied
a magnificent mountain range towerin' NANNY
thousands iv feet lords tn heavens. This sub
lime monnymint iv nature had gone all these
years without l made up mind to
give it monnicker that worthy w it, SO
called it tn Ole Oleson range afther frind iv
mine in Christyansen' So Biography iv
tn ann-artic regions, Hinnissy, will look like
map iv Minnesoty But tn biggest thing he done
I've saved FIR tn last. Afther thravelin' thou
sands v miles ice an snow, clirnbin' noun
tains an battlin' with TIL tempest he reports that
he took observations with tn theobylite, tn arty
fcyal horizon, tn fryn' pan, an tn appytite an
discovered that dog is good to eat. Dogs dis
covered this about me long ago, but niver sus-
picted that whin wan iv these frinds iv man took
be tn leg 1 cud bite him back without indy
know, nawthin' looks less like supper to me thin
me little Carlo. But I'm wrong. An firm
whin I hear we whistle FIR Fido I won't know
whether ye're af6ctionate or ony hungry, an
whin 1 hear ye say Down Fido, down. I'll be
afraid to look
=" Have ye r-read what tn Cap wrote about
his tfravels? I'll say this about him that he may
be a great explorer but he's a poor writer.
Faith to r-read his story twas asy to discover
tn south pole as though it'd been brought into
tn house to him. He made no more throuble
about it thin We wud about walkin in tn park.
He disappointed me. If mans hero lave him
be tn first to say so. How can I get up amy
enthusyasm over a fellow that didn't suffer amy
more all tn time he was away thin I wud if I
kicked off tn blanket in sleep? Nawthin'
happened to him at all.
was ordered south be me docters' he
says, to escape tn dscomforts v spring in
Norway In April enthered tn ann-artic
regions. TIL weather was delightfully."- crisp an
sparkin, with just enough cold to keep us
movin. TIL tinphrachoor niver fell undher four
hundherd degrees below zero. TIL skeeing was
injy'ble an frequent falls iv snow niver more
thin sixty or siventy feet deep made tn sleighin
excellent In August had brisk weather, but
along in October tn spring came with a rush.
all nature was awake, an tn timphrachoor rose
to ninety degrees below zero. We found tn
change little reaxin' at first but be taEin off
all but eight pairs iv pants an seventeen layers
iv undherclothes comfortable, an
started on our dash f'r tn pole. It thin we
found out what frind man has in tn dog. Along
about NOVEMBER first we noticed that Towser
was weary with his labors an ct him. Good
old Carlo whit next. An on Christmas day tn
always cheerful Fido. | cannot speak too highly
iv these cherished frinds ayether he says, as
common carryers or, he says, billed TIL
weather at this time had sthrange effect on tn
dogs. Whiniver they TIL cook BLOWN tn
fire thew begun To howl and wan dav uhin I