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EARY'S ICT TBI
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If Fortune Favored Him He
Is Probably Now on His
Way Northward.
HIS WEJTEB QUABTERS.
Great Faith in the Sledges and Snow
Ehoes He Took Along.
DB. XAKSEFS WERE TOO HEAYT.
His rian for the Summer and What Lieu
tenant Kjder Will Do.
THE rfiOBABILITIES AS TO RESULTS
PTKITTEX TOK THE CISFJ.TCH.J
The seven persons who c'ompose the North
Greenland expedition of Lieutenant IC E.
Peary, V. S. .N., doubtless saw the sun
peering abore the horizon in the last week
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of February, after a period of twilight and
darkness lasting abont 130 days. Daring
March the welcome sunlight lingered a
little longer with each successive day, and
early April ushered in the period of active
exploration.
Xtarly all the explorations to North
Greenland, after the long night of compar
ative inaction, have set out on their sledg
ing expeditions during the first week in
April, and three of them, Dr. Hayes, Cap
tain Harkham and Lockwood, when he
ftarted ior the "Farthest North," all began
the formidable work of the season on April
Z. It is hoped that Peary's sledges, bound
ior the north end of Greenland, are already
teveral weeks on the way.
JIu.t Have Had a Good Winter.
How has the little party passed the long
winter night? All we can say is that they
had the most comfortable winter quarters
that have sheltered any North Greenland ex
pedition except Lieutenant Greely's, at Ft.
Oonger; that they had an ample supply of
food for one year; that reindeer, iox and
rabbit tracks were numerous around their
camp in July last, and there seemed a good
prospect that the hunters would lay in a
fair supply of fresh meat during the ten
Feartfi Hout.
weeks of daylight remaining: that they had
seven tons of coal, plenty of the heaviest
woolen olotbing, which it was hoped to sup
plement by fur garments to be made during
the winter, an abundance of kerosene and
oil stoves, and an ample supply of reading
matter, including an Italian lexicon, which
was added to their library by mistake, and
must mildly have surprised Lieutenant
Peary when he opened his boxes.
The accident by which Peary broke his leg
was deplorable; but when the steamer Kite
left him to return home, there was every
prospect that he would be around again be
fore daylight faded.
Photos of tbs rjeutnanf Quarters.
Two views of Peary's house are given
here. One shows the 12x20 foot structure
as it appeared when first . completed, and
also the hill that rises steeply behind it to a
height of 1,000 feet, at whose top the in
land ice was seen stretching away to the
north. The other view shows the house in
its winter dress surrounded as high as the
eaves with a wall of stones, turf and snow,
and the roof covered with a heavy layer of
snow. One third of the cabin was parti
tioned off for the use of Lieutenant Peary
and his wife. The party had as neighbors
during the winter, the kindly disposed
Arctic Highlanders, one of whose settle
ments, composed of nine or ten large huts,
was on Herbert Island, only a fev miles
from the Peary cabin.
The Lieutenant has with him a fine pho
tographic outfit, and he honed to make a
thorough study of these interesting Eski
mos, the most northern human beings in the
world. There was plenty of winter work to
da All the men were exercised, whenever
the weather would permit, on Norwegian
"skis," or snow shoes, which they are to
use on their journey north. Then sledges
were to be made from timber that formed
part of his equipment.
A Hotter Tjpo or Sledge.
For two years before he went North,
Peary was experimenting with different
woods to find material tor his sledges that
would combine the greatest toughness and
lightness. His sledses differ from those
ever used in Greenland work, except the
two he made for his journey on the inland
ice in 1886. He has these sledges with him,
and several others of the same type, though
lijjher, were to be made during the winter.
The House m Winter Garb.
His tvpe of sledge, his manner of loading it,
and also the snow Bhoes employed, are seen
in the picture, showing Lieutenant Pesry
in his Arctic traveling attire. His sledges
are far lighter than those Dr. Nansen used
in crossing Greenland, but they are ex
pected t carry just as heavy loads. Nan-
sen's type of sledge is seen in the picture,
showing his party on the inland ice.
Peary expected to pack about 200 pounds
weight on each one man sledge, which is
double the load Lockwood'a men were able
to haul along the shore, of the Arctic Sea.
The loads consist of the pemmican, con
densed soups, vegetables and other articles
of food specially reserved for the sledge ex
pedition, the camp equipment and the
sclentifio instruments.
Tbe Plan of Operations.
The last days ot March, probably, saw the
little party hauling the sledge supplies up
the steep basaltio hill that rises a thousand
feet above the cabin. At Its top they found
their ley highway. Four or five men, each
dragging a sledge, form the exploring ex
pedition. Mrs. Peary and Matt. Henson,
the colored servant, were left behind at the
cabin. It Peary can reached 85 North
latitude, where most creonanhera think the
big island ends, he has 1,800 miles of weary
sledging before him. It is a big undertak
ing, but he has 4f months in which to do
the work, for he does not expect to break
np camp for his return home before August
15. "What is his plan of operations?
We find marked on the map along the
route to the north, Humboldt Glaoier,Peter
mann Fiord, Sherard Osborne Fiord, and
between Sherard Osborne and Cape Wash
ington, the farthest point of land sighted
by Lockwood, is DeLong Fiord. At or
near all these points Pearr expects to estab
lish supply depots on tho northern march. I
wind is favorable, sails may be rigged to
assist locomotion.
Peary bases his hopes of reaching the
north end of Greenland upon the theory
that the inland ice practically extends to
the north coast while a number of
geographers regard this theory as plausible,
General Greely is of the opinion that the
inland ice does not extend north of the 82d
parallel. He bases thss view upon the re
port of Lockwood, who at his farthest
north found thoj horizon on the land side
ooncealed by numberless snow covered
mountains.
Depends on the Extent of lea.
'The interior," he wrote, "is a confused
mass of snow capped peaks." He added
that these mountains made it impossible to
discover the typography of the region, and
it is not at all unlikely that behind them
the inland ice extends unbrokeuly towards
the north, just as it does behind the mount
ains of South Greenland. If, however, the
ice is not co-extensive with the north coast,
Peary will not be able to reach the north
end of the island, and in this event he will
try to trace the northern limit of the ice
cap, and to follow its edge to the unknown
east coast north of Cape Bismark.
From the lofty elevation of the inland
ice, it is probable that he will be able to do
more for the correct mapping of the famous
channel through Smith Sound to the Arctic
Sea than any of his predecessors. Much of
the region win De ipread out like a map
before him, and he is likely to solve the
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HANSEN'S JOUEKET ACROSS GBEENIiAlfD.
It has been found, as far as the Inland ice
is known, that here and there nunataks,
or points of land, peer above the ice
sea, Nansen was seldom out of sight of
them, and one of these pictures shows a
common type of the nunatak, Peary will
cache his supplies on these nunataks.
Tbs Strongest Men Will Go On.
The whole party Is not likely to advance
beyond Petermann Fiord. Two sledges will
return to camp from that point, and two or
three, manned by the men who have shown
the greatest endurance, will push on for
the north coast Pearv's 200 miles of inland
ice work in 69 30" If. Lat in 1866, robbed
deep, soft snow of its terrors. He believes
that with his snowshoes and his type of
sledge he can make good progress over soft
snow, for which Nansen's sledges were not
so well adapted. He will doubtless meet
crevasses but with the eledgemen roped to
gether the danger from this source will not
be great; at least that was the experience of
Nansen, whose men tumbled into many
crevasses, but escaped uninjured. There
will be days when the party will be storm
bound, and can do nothing except to lash
nnv. tn.i. f.nt Ami !. amAAI-I IB
possible, in their sleeping bags. "When the J
mystery of Humboldt Glacier, believed to
be the greatest in the world, and of the
mighty fiords which penetrate, no one yet
knows, how far inland.
If Peary succeeds in his undertaking, and
Lieutenant Ryder, of the Danish navy,
carries out the task assigned him of map
ping the east coast, between Franz Josef
Fiord and Cape Dan, the year 1892 will see
Greenland practically revealed in all its
outline.
What Byder Hopes to Do.
Ryder reached the east coast last summer,
and intended to winter near Cape Brewster.
He is expected to study and map 200 miles
of coast line, of which the part between
Cape Brewster and Cape Dan is wholly un
known. His project was to spend the win
ter in scientific observations; to devote the
spring to sledge journeys, to map the inner
part of the Sounds and Fiords, and to study
thejinterior ice; and late in June he expeots
to start down the coast in three boats, leav
ing his collections at his winter camp to be
taken off by a steamer if she succeeds in
pushing through the ice.
It is expected that Byder will complete
his survey of the coast to Cape Dan by the
beginning of September. He will await
the steamer to take him home at Angmag
sallk in 66 N. Lat, where Holm spent the
winter of 1884.85 among several hundred
natives who had never before seen a white
man. It the steamer does not appear,
Byder will be compelled to spend next win
ter among the natives, and in the summer
of 1893 he will make his way around the
south end of Greenland to the Danish set
tlements. Like Peary, he believes in the
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A Type Cthe Nimaak.
superior efficiency of small, picked parties
for Arctic service. His expedition consists
of nine persons, and is provisioned for two
year.
Two Otber Important Works.
These two enterprises are at present the
only conspicuous features of the Arctic ex
ploration. Tne Danes this summer will
continue their studies of glacial phenomena,
and a German expedition, with the same
end in view, will pitch its camp for a year
in one of the big fiords near Disco. The
results they attain, valuable as they may be,
will interest chiefly scientific men; but if
the 16 persons in the Peary and Byder ex
peditions come anvwnere near accomplish
ing the purposes that took them to Green
land the civilized world will applaud their
achievements.
Luck is an important factor in Arctic en
terprises. If the conditions are favorable
good work may be expected from both these
expeditions. The scheme of exploration
that Peary has originated, at least eliminates
many of the elements of uncertainty and
danger that have environed earlier expedi
tions to North Greenland; and it may rea
sonably be hoped that the vessel which will
visit McCormick Bay next Summer to bring
the Peary party home, will find them well,
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Peary in Bis Sledging Suit.
and with a record of faithful effort and valu
able achievement to their credit
Cyrus C. Adams.
A Mica Plague Over the Sea.
The mice plague in the border counties is
reaching a magnitude of the most serious
caaracter. Five years aso, says the Scots
man, the mice attack was limited to two or
three farms in the upper district of Selkirk
shire; to-day they are in possession of
nearly all the best hill pastures in the
counties of Boxbnrg, Selkirk and Dumfries.
They are also reported to have done serious
damage in the upper ward of Lanarkshire.
The rapidity with which the mice are dis
tributing themselves over a wider area of
country, and in ever-increasing numbers, is
not surprising after the way the plague has
been allowed to run its course; for the short
tailed field mice or field voles (arvicola
agrestis), which are the culprits, breed from
tbre to six times in a year, and produce
from four to eight at a birth.
Till May 1 special low prices on silver
ware, Rogers' spoons, knives, etc. Ten per
cent discount for cash at 1L 6. Cohen's, S3
Firth avenue.
HEW YOEK'S 8TATTNJ OF COLUMBUS.
The llendtd Gift the Italian Are Making
lo the Metropolis.
The illustration shows the magnificent
statue of Columbus that is to be the splen
did gift of the Italians of New York to that
city, and that is to be erected on Washing
ton square in season for its unveiling, with
imposing ceremonies, on October 12 next,
tbe four hundredth anniversary of the in
auguration of the Western Hemisphere's
new epoch by Christopher Columbus.
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The New Columbia Monument.
The entire monument will be 77 feet in
height. Its terraced pedes tal and ootagonal
corner columns will be of the handsome
and durable red granite of Baveno, against
which the noble figure of the Genins that
crowns the second terrace of the pedestal
and the magnificent Alpine eagle the
strongest, most fearless of all the eagle
family that has alighted on the other side
at the back of tbe Genius, both in marble,
will be seen with great effect The graceful
column is of the same red granite as the
pedestal, from which it Is separated by a
short terrace of Cararra marble. The orna
mental capital of tbe column is of marble
and the plain pedestal that is crowned with
the marble statue of the great navigator is
also of red granite. The basso relievos be
low the Genius and at its sides are of bronze;
so are the six prows three on each side
the column that are fac-simile of those of
the Admiral's small Spanish fleet and the
anchors and central inscription "ACristo
fero Colombo" forming a commingling of
colors and material thaf is very beautiful.
The size of the basso relievos is ten feet by
two. The Genius is ten feet four inches in
height: tbe figure of Columbus is twelve
feet nine inches in height aud its feet are
thirty-six Inches long.
It is very singular, but no portrait of
Columbus whose authenticity can be thor
oughly proved has yet been discovered; the
sketch for this monument was made after
long and careful research and most critical
comparisons of those of the earliest paint
ings and engravings which have the greatest
possibility of real likeness.
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WEITTEN FOE THE DISPATCH
B"y OOlsT-A-JsT XDO"Z"XjE-
SYNOPSIS Or PKEVIODS CHAPTERS.
Alexander Holder, one of the first bankers of Threadneedle street, receives from cm
of the highest noblemen of Enslana a beryl coronet belonzinsr to the realm,as secnrlty for
X50.000 which ho must have at once. The nobleman is In trouble, and tho money will sav)
him from scandal. At the same time, tho knowledce that he had pledged one of tbe treas
ures of the realm for money would create a tremendous outcry. Ho azrees to pay tn)
money In four days and set hack the fine coronet Holder Is overwhelmed with the re
sponsibility or tho oare or so valuable a treasure, and to make sore of its safe-keeptna;
takes it to his home and locks It In his bureau. With him reside his son. a fast young clnb
man; his niece, a young lady of , and some old and tried servants. Holder tells or tna
coronet at tho dinner table. During the nijrht he Is awakened by the nolso of a window
closing. He eees In his room his son with tho coronet in his hand, and vlolentlv seizes
him.denounclng him as a villain and a thief. Three of the precious beryls have been Orokea
off and the coronet twlsteJ out of shape. The son will say nothins and goes off with tbe
officers to Jail. Ho has a fast companion, none too open of countenance, named Sir Georga
Burnfleld, who often visited tho Holder mansion. The servant eirl, Mary, was known to
have been at tbe gate at the park rather late on the night of the theft Holder lays hi
case before the detectives, one of whom tells the story.
sir, that you will succeed in proving, what
cousia
PART II.
We were sitting there in silence when the
door opened and a young lady came in. She
was rather above the middle height, slim,
with dark hair and eyes which seemed the
darker against the absolute pallor of her
skin. I do not think that I have ever seen
such deadly paleness in a woman's face.
Her lips, too, were bloodless, but her eyes
were flushed with crying. As she swept
silently into the room she impressed me
with a greater sense of grief than the
banker had in the morning, aud it was the
more striking in her, as she was evidently
a woman of strong character with immense
capacity for self-restraint Disregarding
my presence,she went straight to her uncle,
and passed her hand over his head with a
sweet, womanly caress.
"Yon have given orders that Arthur
should be liberated, have you not, dad?"
she asked.
"No, no, my girl, the matter must be
probed to the bottom."
"But I am so sure that he is innocent '
You know what women's instincts arc I
know that he has done no harm, and that
you will be sorry for having acted so
harshly."
"Why is he silent, then, if he is inno
cent?" "Who knows? Perhaps because he was
so angry that yon should suspect him."
"How could Ithelp suspecting him when
I actually saw him with the coronet in his
hands?"
"Ob, but he had only picked it np to look
at it Oh, do do take my word for it that
he is innocent. Let the matter drop and
say no more. It is so dreadful to think of
our dear Arthur in prison."
"I shall never let it drop until the gems
are found. Never, Maryl Your affection
for Arthur blinds you as to tbe awful conse
quences to me. Far from hushing the thing
up, I have brought a gentleman down from
London to inquire more deeply into it."
"This gentleman?" she asked, facing
round to me.
"No, his friend. He wished us to leave
him alone. He is around in the stable lane
now."
"The stable lane?" She raised her dark
eyebrows. "What can he hope to find
here? Ah, this, I suppose, is he. I trust,
I feel sure is the truth, that my
Arthur is innocent or this crime.
"I fully share your opinion, and I trust,
with you, that we may prove it," returned
Holmes, going back to the mat to knock the
snow from his shoes. "I believe that I
have the honor of addressing Miss Mary
Holder. Might I ask you a question or
two?"
"Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this
horrible affair up."
"You heard nothing yourself last night?"
"Nothing until my uncle here began to
speak loudly. I heard that and I came
down."
"You shut up the windows and doors the
night before. Did you fasten all the win-
dowsV"
"Yes."
"Were they all fastened this morning?"
"Yes."
"You have a maid who has a sweetheart.
I think that you remarked to your uncle
last night that she had been out to see
him."
"Yes, and she was the girl who waited in
the drawing room, and who may have heard
uncle's remarks about the coronet"
"I see. You infer that Bhe may have
gone out to tell her sweetheart, and that the
two may have planned the robbery7"
"But what is the good of all these vague
theories," cried the banker, impatiently,
"when I have told yon that I saw Arthur
with the coronet in his hands?"
"Wait a little, Mr. Holder. We must
come back to that About thii girl. Miss
Holder. You saw her return by the kitchen
door, I presume?"
"Yes. When I went to see if the door
was fastened for the night I met her slip
ping in. I saw the man, too, in the gloom."
"Do you know him?"
"Oh, yes. He is the green grocer who
brings oar vegetables round. His name is
Francis Prosser."
"He stood," said Holmes, "to the left of
the door; that is to say, further up the path
than is necessarv to reach the door?"
"Yes, he did."
"And he is a man with a wooden,Ieg?"
Something like fear sprang up in the
young ladv's expressive black eyes. "Why,
you are like a magician," said she. "How
could yon know that?" She smiled, but
there was no answering smile in Holmes'
thin, eager face.
"I should be very glad now to go up
stairs," said he. "I shall probably wish to
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