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Storms now came up with such j
fore** and frequency that il was;
lint sale t.i venture <>ut in t.av
tiles. A few walruses were cap
Hired from I •outs; then sefl liiintlim was !
fOllttn'Ml to the «|ltesl of seal through
the VOUUK lee.
A similar quest was beinx' followed
at every village from Aunootok to
Cape York. Hut ail sea activity would
now soon lie limited to a few ope
spaces near prominent headlands.
The scene of the real limit changed
from llte sea to the land. Wo had as;
yet un earihon meat. The little auks
gathered in nets during the summer
and eider duck bagged later disup
pea red fast When used as Steady diet.
We must proeuro hare, ptarmigan and
reindeer, for we had not yet learned
to eat with a relish the fishy, liver-like
substance which is characteristic of
all marim- mammals.
duns and ammunition wtjtv distrib
uted. und when the winds were easy
enough to allow one to venture out
every man sought the neighboring
hills. I raneke also took his exercise
with a gun on his shoulder.
Tin* combined results gate a long
line of ptarmigan, two reindeer and
sixteen hares. As snow covered the
upper slopes the game was forced
down near the sea. where we could
still hope to hunt in the feeble light of
the early part of tin- night.
No Anxiety For Winter.
With a larder fairly stocked and
good prospects for other tasty meats
we were spared the usual anxiety of
a winter without winter supplies, and
Franeke was just tile man to use this
game to good effect. for lie hud a
way of preparing our primitive pro
visions that made our dinners seem
equal to a Holland House spread.
In the middle of October foxskins
were prime, and then new steel traps
were distributed and set near the
many caches. By this time the INki
tnos hart till abandoned their sealskin
teuts and were snugly settled in their
winter igloos. The ground was euv
ered with snow, and the sea was near
ly frozen over everywhere.
Everybody was busy preparing f 1 r
Hie coining cold and night. Ibe tem
perature was about 'JO degrees below
zero. Severe storms were becoming J
less frequent, and the air. though
:ol<ler. was less humid and less disa
greeable An ice fort was formed, and
the winter sledging was begun by
short excursions to bait the fox traps
and gather the foxes.
All these pursuits, with the work of
building and repairing sleds, making
jog harness and shaping new winter
clothing, kept up a lively iuterest
while the great crust which was to
hold down the unruly deep for so
many months thickened and closed.
POLAR'BEAR AND ESKIMO DOG ON THE JOHN R. BRADLEY
I_jr.it Glimpse of the Dying Dty.
During tin* last days ..f brief sun- |
sUiut* the wear tier cleared, and at ,
noon on Oct. .24 everybody sought the ;
freedom of the open for a last glimpse :
of the dv'iuy day. There was a chanc j
of colot and glitter. but no one seem
ed quite happy as the sun sank under
the southern ie«*. for it "its not to rise
again for il s days
The Eskimos '".,k this a« a «t~nnl to
eiilei *i trailer ..t sadness, in whi h
the bereavement ->f eu.-h family a at
the discomforts of Hie veal* *'■** -tia-**
ed iu dramatic clwnts .ian.es
But to us the sunset of li*OT was In
gplratiou for Die final work hi direct
ing the shaping >f ‘lie unlit with
whi.b to begin Ha* conquest of 'he
pole at sunrise of itsis Most »xpodi
Hops have had 'la* advantage of 'lie
tstieral baud of a government <>r of an
ample private fund. We were denied
ixith favors.
Bui we were not pi, -arut,ered with
a cargo yf misfits devised by home
dreamers, nor was Hie project iot*idi
capped b.v the usual army of novices,
for while men at best must be rrsurtt
ed a* amateurs compared with tlie ex
pert efficiency ol the Eskimo in his <
o«a environment, our food simply
contained only the prime factors of
primitive nourishment S|»*< ial foods
and laboratory concoctions did riot fill
an Important spree in our larder.
Xor had we hall,eras, automobiles
motor sleds or other freak devi. es \\
did. however, have fl’i abundance of
the ls-st hickory, suitable metal and
(Hi the raw uutterlal for the sled and
pa accessories. which were henceforth
io tie llnke,| with our destiny.
The sied was evolved as tin* result
of careful study of io.-nl eiivlronment
and of the uuti, lpat.-il I t sutTa.-e j
norrhward. We did not copy the M .
CdatoGk ■ with Ita wide tumnei- •
' Which lias lie.-il used by lliosl eX|eor
j ers for fifty years. Xor did we aban
1 doti the old fashioned iron shoes for
Herman silver strips
Whet a Palar Slad Should Be.
Tin- conditions which a polar sled
| must meet are too complex to outliu. ;
, here. In a broad sense it seemed that !
. ! hi* lest qualities ol the best wooti |
\ ilk oil sled could be combined with
the local ill ness of the Eskimo craft
I with tough hickory liber and sealskin
: lashings to make elastic joints. With I
| plenty of nativi ingenuity to foresee !
. nml provide for the strain of adnprabil
, iiy and endurance, the possibilities ot
I our sled factory were very good.
For dog harness the Eskimo pattern
was adopted, but canine economy is .
I such that when rations are reduced to ,
j workable limits the leather strips ills j
appear as fond. To overcome this ills
luster the shoulder straps were made j
of f. Ids’ of >»troug canvas, while the
•races were -in from cotton Jog line.
\ lioni ‘s >iu important adjunct to
| cry sledge expedition wli.i It hopes
"o venture far from its base of oper- j
I utiou. It is a matter of necessity even ;
; when following tin* new coast line, as j
is shown by the mishap of My litis j
Eri< I’.soti. for if he had had a built he :
would himself hate returned to tell
the story of i lie Danish expedition to
■ ea si ti t een la lid.
Need for a boat comes with the j
’.‘hanged conditions of the advuuciug
season. Tilings mtlst lit* carried for ,
several mouths fora chance use in the 1
lasi stages of lie* ret inn: hut. since
j food supplies are necessarily limited i
delay is fatal. Therefore when open
water prevents progress a liottl lie
i comes i't tin* nature of a lift* pre
j sever.
Foolish indeed is the explorer who
| ignores this detail of tie* problem.
Transport of a boat, however, offers
many serious obieetious. Nansen In
troduced rile kayak, and most explor ]
.*rs since have adopted I lie same de
vice. The Eskimo canoe serves the
purpose very well, but to carry it for I
three mouths without hopeless dost rue j
tloo requires uti amount- of energy j
which stamps the polar venture with :
failure.
j Selecting a Boxt.
' Sectional boats, alti minium boats- 1
j skin Meats and oilier devices have been j
tried, but to ell there is the same tali:!
; objection of impossible transportation
j it seems rather odd that th° ordinary
! folding canvas boat has not been press i
j ed into this service.
We found it to fd the situation ex
| actly. selecting a twelve foot Eureka
! shaped boat with wooden frame. The
slats, spreaders and floor pieces were !
j utilized as parts of sleds. Tile can
j van /over served as a floor cloth for i
! our sleeping bags. Thus tlit* bon* did
| useful service for ,-t hundred days and
I was m-vcr in ev’deiii-f as a cumber
; some device.
When al last the craft was spread
i and colored, in it we carried tin' sled,
in it we camped, in It ive sought game
she meat of which took ttie place of
exhausted supplies, Without it we
pm. would not have returned.
i’ret>aration of tile staple food Kim
! ply is of even greater importance than
Mieaiis of locomotion. 'J'o I lie success
of h prolonged arctic enterprise In
transit successive experience is bound
to dictate a wise choice of equipment,
tail it does not often educate the
stomach.
From the published accounts of ar
tie travelers it is impossible to select
a satisfactory menu for future e.vplor
ers, and I hasten to add tinii pcrliap
ottr experience will be equally unsatis
factory to subsequent victims.
Nor is it safe to listen to sclent ill'
advice, for the stomach is the one or
gati of the lusty which stands as tie
autocrat over every other human sens*-
and passion and will not easily yield
to foreign dictates.
' The problem differs with every man
; It differ, with every expedition, and It
)s radically different with every na
poo. Tims when He (jerlache forced
Norwegian food into French stote'tchs
tie learned that there was a nationality
in gastronomies.
Depending on Eskimo Food.
In tlii> ii-pc> t. as in others. I was
helped very much by the people win
were to line up my force**. Tie* Rsl.t
ui*i is ever hungry, hut his last** is
normal. Things of doubtful value in
nutrition form n<* pari in his dietary
I Ani uia! Past, meal and fat. is en'ireh
j sntisfip-lory as a steady diet wlthntr
< ottic! adjuu*. ti ill: food r* __
•THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR —THIRSDA V, OUT. 14, 190 U.
1 ther salt imr sugar, nor Is cooking a
matter of necessity.
Quantity is important, but quality
i applies only to the relative proportion
of tat With tills key t.i the gsstro
I uomies of our lockers, perainleau was
selected as the staple food, which also
j served equally well for the dogs
\\ e had mi ample supply of pom
; mlc.au. made lay Alttnor. of pounded!
dried beef, sprinkled with a few 1
raisins, some currants and a small
i quantity of sugar This mixture was
1 cemented together Willi heated beef
tallow ami run iuio tin cans containing
six pounds each.
This combination was invented by
an Vmerhan Indian. It- has been used
before as part of the long list of 11 j
stuns in arctic products, bur with us
I It was the whole bill of fare when
i away from game haunts
Only a few palate surprises were
| curried, and these will he indicated in
the narrative of . amp life t'lu* **nMtv i
winter amt night were -pent with busy ;
hands, under direction of Eskimo and j
Caucasian ingenuity, in - working out !
tin* clothing and camp comforts with
out 'vliirli we could not invade Ug* for
hidden mystery of lie* polar basin.
Although we did not follow < losely
j either tin* routes or methods of onr !
predecessors, we are nevertheless dmi
; lily indebted to them, for their expert
| euces. including their failures, were
our stepping stones to success.
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j§ Educations I Hy I
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I’oMPI'I.SiiKY Kid CATKIN
is t hought by sonic |n ho too lints- !
tic, as it interferes with the right |
of parents, it. in claimed, to too
j great an extent. It. is a fact t hut j
i parents have inalienable rights
which are sacred and should not
bo interfered with, lint a law re
quiring parents to send their chil
dren to school in preference to al
: lowing them brought tip in ignor
ance is certainly not interfering
but helping.
When did God ever bestow up
on any man the right to bring up
hia child in ignorance just because
; In* wished to do so? Never. When
: has has God said that it is wrong
| to compel a parent who would not
I do so to educate his child? Never.
‘ Then for the state to point out a
man’s duty to him and even re
! quire him to send his children to
| school is not interfering beyond
’ reasonable limits.
AN INCIIJENT WITH A MOItAb.
Several years ago the writer was i
i teaching a school in another conn- 1
1 ty. J n this school a light, oeenred i
between two pupils, the children j
j of t wo neighbors who were not on |
very friendly terms. It, became
the teacher’s duty to whip the
children who hud engaged in the
tight,.
The parents of both the children,]
lived almost willun a stone throw |
i of the sohonlhoiise yard and find- ]
ing that a whipping hud been gtv-j
en the pupils one ot the parents
• sent, this word to Ins children:]
“If the teacher whips John for
fighting yesterday you all get
your hooks at dinner and coiyte
home. I don’t, intend t hat, you j
{children shall he whipped about 1
children.’*
I Ilis children never returned in
tlie afternoon and so in order to
| satisfy his determination to act.]
the fool his helpless children were,
'made to grow up in ignorance.
’There are thousands of just such
i
leases and all such parents should,
early he taught the fact that the
state will not and does not tol
erate any such. May the day soon
come when such will not he al
lowed in Georgia. A child has
some l ight as well as parent* and
as the child is not supposed to he,
able to look after Ins own interest
properly it isthe duty ot t he state
to look after its interests for it,.
Yorif noo IS IIADI.V IN THE WAV
at school. I’arents should see to
it that no <|og ts ever allowed to
go to school with their children.
Dogs are usually a source of great
annoyance to both the teacher and
the pupils and no parent should
lie willing to exert either through j
himself or his dog such a doggish ,
influence in the school as will be
exerted if his dog is allowed to up-!
[s*ar at the sclioolhouse. Remem
ber that a dug no matter what a j
■Treat p<*r he may be is only a dog
and has no business cither at
,school or at church as he has po j
business with either an education ]
or with religion.
MONTH END RECITAL
AT U. B. INSTITUTE.'
Mix* Zmi«lh* Li(iit, ii vi-ry popu- 1
Inr Mini entertaining r**m|i>r, ns j
I*o 111 i|l jr In t ll»* l . It. I t<l givv Mil
; evening’s program on October 'Jit
! .Miss (Jnrr in mu King the study nfi
Expression tii»r life-work anil hu» j
had excellent instruction I ron) I
tin- foremost teaehers in the i-huii- j
try. Wherever she reads sin- i» j
received wit)i enthusiastic up-’
plans.•.
Tins t-11torIui11ini - 11 1 will not he a
part ol' Ih i regular lyeeunt course, \
Admission to all, ‘Ji’i cents.
Larin Land Lor Sal(*.
I am ottering tin? I-- acres of
j improved farm laml (111r«‘i‘ lots)
.either .separate or ns a wlmli-. ]
1£i-4111 inllrs north o|’t)lon wooil on
l.>ll l l l in roiul. For price ami terms
see me at oliee. .1 W Stallworth,
j |{iU|t e No. ;t. (I It'll W 1 11 111. ( in .
now Alinin' Tills?
11 114 1 ii 7 1 you rat her your dangli
ler when she grows In womanhood
marry Mini educated man? Os:
1 eimrse you had. Then don’t you
suppose that t he oilier fellow who
is linghiug up a daughter whom,
your son will ask to heroine his
wile is just that much interested j
in his daughter's welfare? Certain- 11
he is. Then see to it that you|.
keep your son in school. Then iI {
j vour son is edueated In- quite like- J
ly will want, an educated wife and j
this suggests that your children {
and the other fellow’s children J
should all he kept in school if j
you don’t wish to he disappointed J
a few years hence.
i
■Jill': LAW'S Ol II Kit KI >IT t
I
are so hrmlv fixed t hat it, requires j
a great deal of grit, patience and I
persoverance to get in control and S
take the lead in siiceessl'ul ly di-j|
reefing a chihl's education in j
: such away as t« * turn him IVom J
| Ins originally inclined ways toll
(the paths of rectitude. This how-ij
ever must he done or his ediu-ai mn I
will he a failure.
It is an established fact that I
children inherit their parents dis i
position and traits of character i
just as they inherit, t heir, parents j i
! features such as the color of their i
j liair and eyes. This being trueji
I iiovv for short, of their hope tench- I
el's do often collie ! i I
I
IN'STHI'ITIM. I 11 K TK.leilKK. \
A new teacher was senl'io take |J
i ehaige of a rural school in unot h- j
er count y. The parent sent the j
| teacher the following note; *
I fear Teaeher:—i'lcuse do not
i whip Johnii*. We never strike him j ‘
at home unless we have, to in ,
self del e |ie<-. Ih-spent Iu I ly, )
This parent seems to have been j j
more honest than most people j
who oppose corporal punishment. j
Admitting that it became ncces*- <
ary on some oceasions to strike .
j.lohllie mi self ill.fence gives a key ;)
to t lie sit nat ion. ; I
oooli S.'IIOOI.S AMi eniUCUKS
mhaiiee the value of real estate <
out of proportion to that of any .
thing else. You can hardly rent J
land in a community where there <
‘ is not a school and a church to a |
desirable tenant, while land in ai <
couirnunity having these two pow- j
erf ii I civilizing agencies is always j
in demand by tie - better clement ]
if tenants. Those, too. having '
money to invest, in good real es- ]
lute as a general tiling do not j
cure to invest in communities !
where there are no schools nor I
; churches. Tlione of the better ;
element are always quick to ;
realize the value of good schools. , !
KjXoKA.NCK AMi C|||MK
seem to go hand in hand. Asa i
general t iling I lie ignorant classes j
| are the ones who most of all lie- i j
'come victims of prosecution in 1 j
A,ur courts Os course tin- odu- !
cated and those even in higli e-r- • <
eles of soe.ii ty often ipiye to pay
penalties for violating the laws,!;
j but let that be as it is and it then
,is clear that ignorance aihl crime j ;
| are twin brothers. / I 1
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