Show tuck luck camo na 1 lax last among the arrivals by the oregon anil and I 1 california alifornia train from the north were I 1 harles harle D brewer and 0 gordon two men who have been for or seven and lye ive years respectively isolated on the ce at faraway point barrow the most northwesterly tip of the united states state possessions they went up originally for the pacific steam whaling company but soon oon of after ter their arrival set let out to hunt whalebone for themselves they had a precarious prec ariona time of it for several years and rough mage asage in a region so stem that the thermometer went down in several beveral instances to 72 deg below zero whales were not plentiful and oftentimes they thong thought of abandoning thir their pursuit and trying to get a ride out on some one of the occasional to civilization they stuck to it however subsisting on polar bear and reindeer meat and clad in double suits uit of doeskin do etkin ri cloth othes cg now they are glad they stayed over till this thia year for they captured tour four whales secured the bone and on the arrival of the st paul on which they shipped hipped it will realize about front from the catch they came down them selves elvea on the st paul to nanaimo and thence overland one of the young men lives elvei tn in now new jersey and the other in new york and in a few days day they will leave to visit their friends it teemed seemed like a good while when we were up there aate mr brewer but now the seven years seem liko like a very little time san franciaco Francl tco exa examiner m aier er |