Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1875 — Dogs for the Arctic Expedition. [ARTICLE]

Dogs for the Arctic Expedition.

In addition to the sledges drawn by the men, the expedition will be furnished with five or six sledges to be drawn by dogs, of which sixty are to be taken on board the ships at the Danish settlement of Uppernavik, on the coast of Greenland, to he used when sledging operations commence. Sir Leopold McClintock states, as the result of his experience, that two dogs can drag as much as one man. Several tons of the choicest dog biscuit have been provided for their use, although some doubts are entertained whether they will be duly appreciated, experience having proved that the Greenland dogs prefer devouring each other to any food which can be offered them. “ Nothing,” says Admiral Osborn, “can he more exhilarating than dog sledging in the Arctic regions on a fine day. The rattling pace of the dogs, their intelligence in choosing the road through the broken ice; the strict obedience paid by the team to one powerful dog whom they elect as leader; the arbitrary exercise of authority by the master dog; the constant use of the whip, and the running conversation kept up by the driver with the different dogs, who well know their names, afford constant enjoyment.” However useful they may be, these Arctic dogs seem to be deficient in that affectionate disposition which endears their species so much to man. Capt Yesey Hamilton stated, at a recent meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, that he believed the Esquimaux dogs to be the most ungrateful creatures in creation. He had traveled for several hundred miles by sledge, and for six weeks it was his duty regularly to feed the dogs; but after only a week’s absence, on the conclusion of. the journey, they would not recognize him in the slightest degree. Sir Leopold McClintock, who is said to have originated this mode of Arctic traveling, states that it would be a mistake to attempt to house the dogs, as they can live near the ships during a whole winter, and if treated differ ently would sicken and die.— Blackwood's Magazine. —Joaquin Miller’s latest is about the Quaker City, as follows: There is nothing to see, In Philadelphia, Until you, get Outside of it. —Methodist discipline is well illustrated by the statement of Bishop Janes that out of the 10,000 preachers stationed by the Bishop the past year only three have declined to accept their appointments, and not a single church rejected its preacher. —The Brooklyn Argus , after months of careful observation, has come to the conclusion that no woman can eat corn-beef and potatoes gracefully, pnd when it comes to boiled cabbage they break right down. *- *