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

Attempted to pat little Rover tn threacherOuS
beast bit me an run away. On Febry Fourteenth
obsarved that iv'ry time I took step l
goin' north. I thought at first I was out iv me
head, but thin it occurred to that must be
at tn south pole. So marked it an come home.
have on'y to put down scientific DISCOVERIES:
IcE-We found a practically Unlimited
supply Nv durable ice iv good quality.
SNow-We were enable to bring back
amy samples iv ann-artic snow, but in a
gin raj way it can be described snow
"' V1GYTATIoN-Thraces iv canned vigyta-
bles were discovered in our soup firm
time to time.
"' PoPYLATIoN-Ourselve at tn pole. Cap
Scott north iv us.
"* FAUNA-Wanst we thought we see
bur-rd
4" GIN'RAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES here first
e anyhow. Thank hivens, we bate tn
Englishnan.'
Now what kind v a story is that FIR me to
dig up five cents FIR iv Sundah mornin'? 1
cud've wrote tn same mesilf FIR half tn money.
An here's ivrybody cheerin' FIR Cap Amundsen
an nobody sayin' kind wurrud FIR me old
frind tn Dock, who discovered tn north pole
without lawn tn house. Suppose TIL Dock had
dhreamed he discovered tn south pole, thin ye'd
have something in tn pa-apers that wud be worth
tall<in about At this pint encountered
flock iv zebras that thrained to take tn place
v tired dogs. At 1atytude eighty-six forty
we discovered range iv mountains three humid
herd thousand feet high covered with petrihed
pink azalyas an infested with prehistoric mon
sthers wan iv which, Bazamalooka, or as it is
pop'lar1y known, tn Hickthum I captured be
mtatin' tn love call iv tn mate. This sthrange
crather measured forty yards firm wing tip to
wing tip, an, onlike tn other monsthers iv this
region which carry their young spiked tn
dorsal fin, wheels thin in kind v pranlbylater
made iv tn hide iv tn Wappah. I soon made
frinds iv captive an taught her to sing in
conthralto voice. but she took sthrange dislike
to me Eskyno con1panyons, an whin she had
aten four w tn most prominent Republicans iv
Upernavik | found it nicissry to desthroy her.
Befure dom I carefully preserved an stuffed
tn body, which I left behind with me observa-
tons. have tn check firm tn baggage room
sonewheres an will be very glad to show it to
amy larned s'ciety if can find it. On DECEMBER
sixth somethin' told me I was within sthrikin
distance iv TIL pole. 1t may have been mesilf
Anyhow, determined on early start. Break
fast har1y out iv tn way whin begun
our pearlous advance. Our sufferins firm that
time wurruds can harry describe. In Novirn-
Der out iv sponge cake an five iv our
party deserted. On top v this calamity we were
sthricken with epydimic iv snuh1es, tn most
tur-ible iv artic plaques. On Thanksgivin' day
our hands were chapped I cud harly tn
turkey. In Poughkipsy I took observation iv
tn timprachoor be BLOWN breath tn win
dow pane. 1t was three hundherd and eight de-
grees below zero. But did I finch? On con-
sultin note book FIR this date l find that
did not I knew tn coveted goal was in sight
An so, tn thrty-irst iv Febry, worn out,
with wan overshoe gone, half blind
with waitin' be tn dim light, me eyes rested on
tn lemon grove that surrounds tn south pole.
That's tn kind iv way I want me eSplora-