Show Tel TO Til I AURORA lt 1 eln fl D the Arctic Mella explorer speaking recently to n a Doton on the aurora that this sM m or of a great electrical force ot of whIch the tho lole Me arc reservoirs lie Ire said h lie had no doubt that there are great and amI controllable currents flowing within the earth bf be between tW tween n the Iho two great polar lolar reservoirs currents which could be utilized In the pro PrOPUlSIOn ot of machInery and the work workIng lag Ing ot of dynamos quite as as by bythe tile the lesser power houses ot of our great cities The great reat currents ot of the ocean have lue been HInds of prActical advantage to nian flInt there thero is II no reason why h he make th the groat creat polar ol electrical currents also allo erve cerve his purposes The theory once admitted it readily follows that there Js 19 no flO to the heal uses trees to which this aurora power lOwer can be put puI Dy By It the Arctic nIght could be 1 lit Up tip and it could ot of course cours be e led by wire to all 11 the centers ot of populo population of the earth them theirs a power to IJo be In nil nh affairs or of IndustrIal and life lite Oret are the plane anti and ot of man When the earth shall shah been hitched unto his little and made to do the dut duty ot of th the horse tm steam or the next will 11 bo be boto beto to find n solution to 10 the ot of othow lion how to right the tho earth In her courso and to ho planet from wab bling first to one side and then to em an another other othu nut flut Mr Baldwins scheme 1 Is not quite ns as comprehensive as that lIe He merelY that an expedition bo be sent out outto outto to investIgate the he feasibIlity ot of the plan The expedition ho he SOS says should be bewell well equipped with Instruments and should be composed compoC ot of men who thoroughly understand electricity and the appliances b by which It Itma ma may be controlled and put to Such an ex cx could olIo also contribute to geographical and other knowledge either irs In the north Or south polar re rc glens glons Without doubt the north mag magnetic polo is 19 Ih the center or Of the great force Coree In tire the north polar regions and as this point lies Just to the northward ot of the Hudson flay Day region It Is tI therefore at the nr very threshold ot of the vast ut lint Brit territory The Tho Arctic expedition business Is slow nt at resent ent The failure or of onson to drift across the Pole the disappearance ot of Andree and the tle mishap ot of Wellman have hae nil a 11 discouraging tendency Something must be done to boom n a business which If voIl man Is a 0 considerable source ot of In Inome income I come ome as It has been to both Norden I shield and Nausea It may not be pos pas possible sible to tap the Polar currents and make them turn a 11 coffee mill or a 0 sew ew sewing Inc ing machine but It IL Is practical to tap tire the pockets of at enthusiastic folks who are ready to lend support Ort to nl almost riny fantastic scheme rind and incidentals Incidental ly Iy to tire the schemers With the present ot of the aurora auroro borealis It would be about ns to talk about harnessing the twinkling ot of the Polar star and utilIzIng It for Cor Industrial purposes nil as It Is to speak about ex cx for tor the purpose ot of capturIng the aurora But PeoPle vill believe the improbable sometimes In preference to truth |