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HIS VERY I’KRILODS TRIP DARING SCHEME OP NANSEN TO REACH THE POLE. Be Proposes a Drilt of iwo Years and Two Thousand Milas Across the Polar Sea—Els Reasoning in Favor cf Bis Plap and Argamaata That Are Advanced Against It. From the Few York Post. In the scientific as well as popular revul sion which followed the story of the closing miseries of the Gretly expedition, it seemed as though a check had oeen given to at tempts to roach the north pole. Such,in fact, was for awhile the evident effect, and the researches ill the north of explorers took on a kind of sub-arctic character with scientific objects, and divested of extreme peril to life. Of this character, for instance, have bean the late journeys to the Greenland glaciers, to the regions of perennial ioe and snow in Alaska, and to the ice-cap of Greenland, the latter expeditions culminating in Dr. Fridtjof Nansen’s transit of that country and the larger venture iu which Lieut. Ferry is uow engaged. If we except the dangers of the Nansen party on the east coast of Greenland before lauding and of theirascent and descent of the edges of the ice cap, there has been little since the horrors of the Greely story to break the conservative quality cf arctic exploration. It is, there fore, with a shock that the public will road in the forum for August what we believe is the first detailed outline in the Eugiish tongue of a scheme of Nansen for reaching the north pole—a scheme whicL for its “novelty of rashness” eclipses any under takings of explorers up to the present day. Excluding its more refined points of rea soning, Nansen’s theorem is that the main current of the Arctic Ocean begins at a point to the north of Siberia not fur from the place where the ill-fated Jeannette sank in 1881. This current, as he believes, sweeps directly across the Arctic ocean near the pole, passes down the east coast of Green land, doubles the Southern capo, aud iu part at least, turns northward along the wost coast. Flotsam of various kinds from Alaska and certain relicsof the Jeannette expedition said to have been found on the southwest coast of Greenland, form the chief basis for bis belief in the existence of this current. To carry out his plan ho has raised #85,000 by a public grunt and by private subscrip tion in Norway; he is building a stout steamer of 200 tons, with side-lines from bulwark to keel exceedingly sharp in their angles with the water line, so that in case of a “nip” she will be raised upon the ice, and upon this craft, in’ company with ten or twelve companions, — . - - - AVUC| including Capt. Otto Sverdrup, who was with him in the trip ucross Greenland, be proposes to push northward from the Siberian ooast, and, at last, trusting his craft entirely to the ice, begin the long drift of 2,000 miles across the Polar sea during a period which he esti mates at not less than two years. His craft is to be provisioned for Jive years, and with a strong boat, sledges and other kinds of familiar arctic equipment be provides for secondary emergencies. On bis peril ous trip he expects to start not much later than next February. Criticising severely this polar quest, Gen. A. W. Greely, in an article in the Forum following Nansen’s, questions the thoory of the latter as to tho great arctic current aud the proofs of It. Nansen, it appears, has not fully proved the alleged Jeannette relics to be such. Greely contends that they are flotsam from the sunken Proteus, which were caught by the West Greenland north erly current from the outlying part of the current wbiob sweeps southward on the op posite side of Baffin bay and lower waters. It is to be noted also that Comnodore Melville, the only surviving officer of tho Jeannette, shares ~ Greely’s doubts as to the genuineness of the relics —a vital point which it certainly seems strange Nansen should not have absolutely proved before making his datum for anew route to the pole. Greely also ridicules Nanseu’s conception of an "indestructible” artic ship, declaring that no craft can be built strong enough to resist the awful pressure of the ice-fields in high latitude. Finally, Greely brings out with more clearness, we think, than in his printed volumes, his theory as to land about the north pole, as indicated by the “table bergs,” less in size, but otherwise like those coming from the antaortic conti nental ice-barrier. The assorted existence of such an area of land around the north pole Greely fets against Nansen’s theory that the groat arctio current on which he proposes to drift passes through the highest polar latitudes,and very near, if not across, the pole itself. While questions thus raised botween two arctic explorers belong primarily to tho ex perts, the truth probably lies between the extreme viows of each. On Nansen’s side, for example, iu the matter of the resisting powers of vessels against ice aud of the ice itself as a safeguard, wo have the uarratives of Ross and Wilkes. Kane’s long battles with the ice packs, and wintering iu his craft on the ice, the experience of the Folaris, the long voyage of her castaway party on a floe, and like episodes without number in the long and varied story of polar adventure, On the other hand, such incidents ns the quick sinking of the stanch Protons after her “nip” iu July, IS3, as told in Schley’s narrative, and many similar mishaps of stout sealing vessels, may bo cited offhand on Greely’s side. Good luck or bad luck, skillful or uuskillful management of craft, are factors so mixed in this problem ns to leave the conclusion that while Nansen is taking a terrible risk, still he has that chance which daring explorers such as he are willing to accept. It is very much the same with every other feature of his polar quest. The chances are greatly against him so much so as to justify much of Greely’s criticism. But aside from any nice and technical estimates of the degree of Nanron’s hazard or his prospect of success, his amazing venture deserves the soantest sympathy. To undertake, for the sake of what even ha can only call “pure knowledge,” a polar search by a method from which the intrepid Bosses and Halls and Kanes of the post would have recoiled in dismay; to trußt precious lives, including his own, for years to the icy elements of an unknown polar ocean, and to take the one chance in the fifty of success with only sentimental nwardt to add to a fame already sufticient—these surely are the acts not of the cool-headed man of science, hut of a man who by the “artic fever' seems to have been morbidly changed, into a rasb adventurer. From such fatal emprise on misses sadly the high scientiflo motives or Hall among the Esquimaux, of the care fully planned but luckless Greely expedi tion, of Peary, of Nansen himself on the Greenland ice-cap, and of the “wisely bold” explorations of Sir James Ross fifty years ago to a south polar region still strangely, neglected wbioh yet awaits probably the disclosure of geographical and physical ■ w ' t k° ut perils to compare to those I this risky enterprise of the Norweigau. Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. "-hen she wav a Child, she cried tor Castoria. When she became Mias, she clung to Castoria. Whso she had Children, the fare them Cantor 19 htimin n ®* 8 Ppers-aOO for 25 cents—at business office. Morning News.— Ad. SUI 4d symn6SiUla * UIU 40(1 •&°e, LaFtr’i t - K tS‘ P *’ White ' blaok ODd Bin*, at ArtkU’ M ßierjal , i aJ , kind a , M T T r 135 \ork street.-Ad. BRUNSWIOK'S EXPOSITION. Tim Clt'z'ns Have Already Subscribed $50,000 Toward it. Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 21.—Tho citizens of Brunswick have gone to work in earnest to have an exposition hero this winter, and with that end in view have met and dis cussed the situation, appointed committees, elecled oflicers, headod by Hon. W. G. Br-.ntley, president, and obtained subscrip tions to the enterprise, which will be known as the Southeast Georgia Exposition Com pany. Many people here cried down the project when first mentioned, but liberally dis posed and progressive citizens soou sub scribed #5,000 as a starter, and the exposi tion was assured. Dec. I to 5 is the date named for the holding of the exposition. LARUE PRIZES WILL BE OFFERED for exhibits of agriculture, it being desired by the directors to show unbeiieiers w hat Southeast Georgia ran produce in the line of fruits and vegetables. Since the timber industry is rapidly playing out, the people are devoting a good deal of attention to farming and fruit growing, but as yet no opportunity for dis playing the results of their labor Las been properly afforded them, and to the accom plishment of this purpose the directors of i his exposition will chiefly devote their at tention. Another feature will be horse racing, it being the directors’ intention to make this an extraordinary attraction. During tho winter months many wealthy northerners live in Brunswick and on Jekyl Island. These poople bring their blooded stock with them, and it is thought that they can be so interested that their horses will be driven over this track during their sojourn hero. That the exposition will be BENEFICIAL TO BRUNSWICK is a foregone conclusion. In December shipping is at its high*, vessels from all over the world are in port, cotton is passing through, thousands of dock hands are em ployed at good wages, money is compara tively easy, tho meichants enjoy a good trade and every one tries to make a good impression, each in his own peculiar way. Brunswick is counting heavily on the success of this first effort, and hopes to make it one that will bear increasing good fruit each year. A DISAPPOINTED YOUTH. Finds His Sweetheart Married When He Arrives With a License. Albany, Ga., Aug. 21. — Joseph Davis, a young railroader of this city, now thinks all the world is false and life has no charms for him. Joe did not marry the girl he bought his license for, and this is tho cause of his sorrow. Miss Leila Trice, who is generally known as Miss Culpepper, owing to her mother marrying a second time when she was but a babe, is pretty and winsome, and all the gallant young Americas in tho neighbor hood of Field's Crossing, a small hamlet on the A. F. and N. road, about eight miles above the city, put forth their best efforts to win her heart and hand. Her admirers finally dropped off to two, Messrs. Melvin and Davis. Melvin was positive that his earnest wooing would be rewarded. {So was Davis. Wednesday morning Melvin drove up to the voung lady’s house, fixed for business, and was quietly married to Miss Leila Trice. That afternoon Davis procured the marriage documents, paid the preaoher a “V” in ad vance to tie tho silken knot, and, in com pany with tho reverend one, he went in quest of his girl. But he was doomed to a sad disappointment. Upon reaching the house he was introduced to Mrs. Leila Melvin. Joe no doubt felt blue. In his haste he had Melvin, the name of Miss Cul pepper, instead of Trice when his docu ments were issued. It is said the parson felt so sorry for him that he refunded the #5, as he thought the boy was out enough already. If your blood is Impure regulate your liver with Mutinous Liver Regulator.— Ad. FIGHTING IN THOMASVILLE. Friends Interfere in Each Case and Separate the Combatants. Thomasville, Ga., Aug. 21.—Thomas ville bad two fights thi9 afternoon. Con ductor Bly and Yardmaster Kush, both of the Savannah, Floridi and Western rail way, were the first to come to blows. Rush was doing his man up iu great shapo until the former pulled his pistol, using it as a club, and inflicted some telling blows on his opponent's head. Frisnds interfered. ANOTHER FIGHT. Later this afternoon Lavinea Jud, a mer chant doing business on Jackson street, and a countryman named William Benton from Florida, had quite a disturbance iu the former’s store. Bentou says the mer chant had his hand in his pocket trying to take his money. When|a policeman sepa rated them they were at it in great shape. The countryman was getting the best of his man until other friends of Jud took a hand in the game to help out their comrade. Warosboro Waifs. Waresboro, Ga., Aug. 2L—A terrible thunder storin visited this place late yester day evening, and the heaviest rain of the season fell. Lightning struck one dwelling, demolishing one end of the building. No one was hurt. A reunion of the Waresbor > High school students will take place here Saturday evening. Prof. 8. P. Bottle lias arranged an interesting programme for the occasion. PRODUCSD A HARD RAIN. Experiment With Dyrenfurth’a Bal loon 3 on a Texas Ranch. From the Washington Post. Midland, Tex., Aug. 19.—Tho first oxybydrogen balloon brought here by Gen. Dyrenf urth’s rain-making experts was ex ploded yesterday on the ranch at an alti. tude of \)i miles. There were a few scat tered clouds in the sky at the time. The experiment was made at about 3 o’clock. There was no indication of rain, however, previous to the explosion. The balloon was exploded by electricity, and the report from it souuded like a heavy clap of thunder. The unusual sound com ing from a clear sky stampeded a herd of cattle near the ranch headquarters. Sev eral kites with dynamite attached to their tails were sent up immediately after the balloons, and the dvnamite was exploded by electricity. Rendrock powder was dis tributed for a distance of two and three quarter miles from the headquarters, aud also explodod by igniting dynamos. It made a terrific noise, aud sent up great vol umes of white smoke, winch rose only a short distance, however, and then was beaten down by the rain, which at once be gan falling, and continued for four hours aud twenty minutes. Incoming ranchmen and trainmen say the rain extended many miles. Prof. Cur tist, meteorologist for this rainfall expedi tion, estimates that the rain covers an area of not less than 1,000 miles. The explosions were? easily heard twenty-five miles away, and were mistaken for .thunder by the natives. She delicate instrument for ascertaining the barometrical conditions showed the at mosphere immediately before the experi ment to be extremely dry. and not more than 60 per cent, humidity. The explosions were followed by a rapid falling of the barometer and the rain came down in torrents. Between the ranoh and this town, a distance of twenty-five miles, the roads were badly washed out by the heavy rain. As this dispatch is being written late this afternoon the sun is shining in a cloudless sky, but heavy chips of thunder are beard on the C ranch, and there will undoubtedly be more rain very shortly. The most exteuslve experiments have not yet been made, but will probably be beguu to-morrow. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1891. A GREAT INDUSTRY. An Interesting- Visit to Brunswick’s Oyster and Vegetable Cannery. Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 21.—One of the many profitable industries of Brunswick is that of oyster canning. But at this season of the yeir the oysters not being in a suit able state for canning the immense plants are supposed to be closed. There is one however, which is never idle. Tho News c irrespondent visited this can nery to-aay and was initiated into the mas teries of canning vegetables, ckra being the subject worked on. Near the cannery is AN OKRA FARM OF 4>£ ACRES, one solid mass of stalks about six feet high, bearing profusely and furnishing profitable employment for a number of pickers, who are paid a oertain amount per bushel for gathering the vegetable. From the stalks to the pickers, and from the pickers to the works it travels, and is there cut into small pieces by scores of women cutters, who carefully cull tho hard ends and overripe pods. These clippings are then thrown into an immense Doiler, steamei slightly, taken out, aud. hot and steaming, placed into shallow vats, from which they are scooped into the cans by meaua of large spoons in the hands of numerous white girls. Three pound cans are used altogether at present and these are arranged in wooden trays, each tray holding ten cans. Alter being filled, several of these trays are passed into an immense iron holder and the whole immersed into a caldron of hot salt water, which completes the filling of the cans. From the salt bath the cans go to the cap per, who dexterously solders the tops on them, and from the capper they are placed in an iron cage, lowered into a steam chest holding about 500 cans, the top bolted down and steam turned on until THE THERMOMETER REGISTERS 250° and there remains until the contents of the can are thoroughly Cooked. By a derrick the cage is If ted into a vat of cold running water until cool, when it is taken out and stored away. Sixty minute* is all that is required to transfer the okra from the fields to the cannery and prepare it perfectly for table use. ABOUT SIXTY HANDS ARE EMPLOYED at this work, and 150,000 three-pound cans of okra will be the result of their labors this season. * Many people of both sexes and color are employed by the company and their exper iment has proved profitable. The four and a half acres are expected to yield a net profit of #750 per acre at the lowest esti mate. Next season fruits will be canned as well as vegetables, aud with this object iu view the company has leased another cannery and will operate both summer and winter. THE WAYCHOSS INSTITUTE. Dr. Clifton Delivers Lectures on Egypt and India. Waycross, Ga. , Aug. 21.— The teachers of the Peabody Institute and the people were treated to a highly entertaining lecture by Dr. Clifton Wednesday evening. This was the first of a series of lectures that the doctor will give on the subject of "Egypt, the Land of the Pharoahs.” The doctor illustrated his remarks with stere opticau pictures of the ruins of ancient Egypt. He also showed, by illustration on the blackboard, how many of the letters of the Eugiish language were derived from the hieroglyphics of .the ancients, and how pict ures were used to convey ideas. The poople expected a great deal from Dr. Clifton aud they were not disappointed. The mere announcement of bis lecture brought forth the largest audience since the opening of the institute. This evening Dr. Clifton lectured on “India." THOM ABVILLE TOPICS. The Charity Hospital Organized—Sale of a Ranch. Thomasville, Ga., Aug. 2L—The Thomasville charity hospital has organized with J. G. Hopkirs, W. H. Mitchell, H. W. Hopkins, A. Patten, E. M. Mallette, I. Levy and J. H. Herbener os trustees. Dr. J. G. Hopkins whs mado president and E. M. Mallette secretary and treasurer. Certain improvements have been ordered by the bourd. The institution will aid either whites or blaoks. Charitable people who wish to assist this good work can send donations to the secretary and treasurer. Judge Hopkins has sold the Metcalfe ranch, consisting of 4.000 acres, twelve miles below Thomasville, to H. Mason of Philadelphia, for #20,000. The check was received to-day. It is currently reported on the streets that Mitchell & Mclntire have sold out to tho alliance syndicate, and that J. S. Mont gomery will have charge of the new estab lishment. A Wedding at Calhoun. Calhoun, Ga., Aug. 21.— An evont of the season was the marriage yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock of F. L. Hicks and Miss Ella Johnston at the Methodist church. The ceremony was performed by Rev. M. A. Mathews. The bride, groom and at tendants were ail beautifully attired. At 3:30 o’clock Mr. and Mrs. Hicks took a southbound train for Adairsville, whence they expected to extend their bridal tour before returning. 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