| Show lie came at liast last among the tha arrivals by the oregon and california train from the north were charles D brewer and GL gordon two men who have been for seven a and n d live years respectively isolated on the lee ice at faraway point barrow the most northwesterly tip of the united states possessions they went tip originally for the pacific steam whaling company but soon after their arrival set out ont to hunt whalebone for themselves they had a precarious time of it for several years and ro rough u gh usage in a region so stern etem that th the e thermometer went down in several instances to begs below zero whales were not plentiful and oftentimes they thought of abandoning their pursuit and trying to get a ride nde out on sonic some one of the occasional vessels to civilization they to its it lowelor Low ho evor S subsisting on polar bear and reindeer meat and clad in double suits of doeskin clothes now they are glad they stayed over I 1 till this year for they captured four whales secured the bone and on the arrival of the st paul on which they shipped it will realize about froin from the catch they came down themselves on the st paul to Wa nanaimo and thence overland one of the young men lives in new jersey and the other in in new york and in in a few days they will leave to visit their friends it seemed like a good while when we were up there said mr jar brewer but now the seven ye beirs ars seem like a v very ery little tune time san ban francisco examiner |
