| Show biographical ical loal sketch ch of dr E K X eane kane 1 the constantly declining health of dr kane had lad in a measure prepared nie hie public for tile the reception of tile tha news of ills his death which r red ed in ni havana cuba on the ielli of March marel 1857 the tiie history of the world presents but few ill iii stances of n men en who wiio in in BO so short a life havlac llave ac so mu much ell eli lion ilon honorable to themselves aud and beneficial enemicia ene ficia to mankind manki iid tid dr elialia kane was born in philadelphia in 1822 ile he graduated at the university of ienn venn sylvania alvania il vania vanla first in its coll coli glate and ard afterward in n its Us medical department he hel went ou from rom his hia alma alwa mater a good classical scholar a good chernis cli cil ennst I 1 mineralogist astronomer and surgeon 1 ut ha a lacked robustness of frame and soundness of health ile he solicited an appointment ament in ill the navy nav and upon his admission admission demanded ded active service ile ha was vas first appointed as surgeon to tile the first american embassy lembasis em basis to china during this residence abroad lie explored the thi philippine islands descended into the crater of to us be very mouth being lowered more than feet of the tile way by a bamboo rope ascended ded dea the tiie himalayas walked over greece visited ceylon celon the upper nile and all the mythol ogle region of egypt at tile the commencement of the mexican war we ave find him in the navy dardat philadelphia but lis lvis ils adventurous spirit could not be satisfied here aud and he jie asked to be removed to a more active fi the government sent him bro to the coast c I 1 aar africa 1 ca herb here lie visited the tha siave slave fact fac tye lieg from cape mount to the river succeeded I 1 n i obtaining 11 g access to tile the bra coons of dahomey in tins tills bryce lie contracted the ibe coast cont fe ever er from tile the effects oi 0 which lie he never neyr entirely recovered oil on his hu return lie called on president polk and caked all an opportunity for engaging in service that accorded with his ills ambition lie he was accordingly sent with dispatches of great S importance to general scott which must ba be carried gha region occupied by the enemy in this service he lie was ft as dangerously wounded when lie he recovered and returned lie was employed in the coast survey while engaged in this ethe government by its correspondence with lady franklin became for all an a tempt attempt al at tile rescue of sir john and his ins ill starr ed companions I 1 m ii arctic disco dicco very nothing could be better addressed to the doctors govern ing sentiments than this adventure the enterprise of sir john ran exactly in the current of one of ins ills own enthusiasms the sen service ice of natural faience science combined with heroic personal effort and adde added d to this that sort of patrio patria which winch charges itself wilh willi its isdn isan awn full share in the execution of national engagements of honor and besides this tins cordial assumption of his count rys debts and duties there was no huta hula force in the appeal of a nobly brave spirited woman to the chivalry of the american nav nas ile he was bathing iii lii in the tepid waters of the hie gulf ofAl of mexico exico on tile the 12 of may 1850 when lie received his telegraphic order to proceed forthwith to new York for duty upon the arctic expedition illaine IH nine days from that date he lie was beyond the limits of df the united states on his dismal oage to the north pole colb of tins tills first american expedition tion as 13 lawell well weil known to the public lie he was tile hie surgeon the naturalist und and tiie the historian it returned n disappointed of its muia maia object after a i winter whiter in in the regions of eternal ice aud and a fitten months absence scarcely allowing allow ing hii bli himself a day jay to recover from the tiie hardships of this cruise he lie set on foot the second from which he returned after niter by actual observation tiie the long iong questioned existence of beyond the tile latitude l of 62 ay and beyond the temperature also ulso of below the freezing point his I persano narrative published early in 1853 recounts tho tile adventures of the tho first voyage and discovers his diversified qualifications for such aa tin enterprise before it was completed for tile the press lie he had effected his arrangements for the tile last arctic expedition ing rug to this cherished object ills lils hi own pecuniary resource sas well as drawing largely ly oil on those of tile the scientific institutions of this tills country the history of that expedition and the remarkable discover disco discoveries vei vel ies les to wh which of it led lej era ere noi nor before the jho country they constitute in themselves an imperishable monument to dr kaneb kanes fame dr kane was about fira fire feet devini inches in heights und end usually weighed about one hundred and thirty pounds pomp leaion fair hair hain brown eyes dark gray with a sharp hawk like look he was never robust with such general health as his file most men would call thein selves invalid and live on furlough from all the active duties of fiat yet he lias won the dist distinction inclan of af being the tile first civil civilized zed man mail to stand in latitude 82 40 and gaze upon the open Po larSea to reach the northernmost point of land on the globe to report the lowest temperature ever endured the heaviest sled sied sledge journeys dver ever avei performed and the wildest life that eliat clivi civilized lizA mun man has his successfully under undergone goue and to return after all ail to tell the story of his adventures the secret becj et spring ug ngor of all tins this energy is in ills his religious enthusiasm discovered alike aliko in his generous spirit of ills his adventures in pursuit of science in ill ills his enthusiastic fidelity alid and iu in his heroic hero ro c maintenance ut of the tile point of honor in all a his hib intercourse with men it is a atter matter of painful regret that the louice source of ills his greatest grea test lest renown should also have been the source of the bastin wasting disease by wh ch eh ha be has arely been c called ailed away never very strong tile tha constant coustant hardships 10 lo to which hi h i was exposed in his llis last arctic voyace voyage were foo much for his hia physical strength that lie he did not derive from tile tila almate of england the benefits to ills his beith health which lie song t he proceeded to the mild climate ol 01 of f rouba but ilia seeds of disease were too deeply sown nothing arrest its progress with mind unimpaired and surrounded by liis his naother and some intimate friends he i breathed his last ou on the lath uit ill lii in the flower of ills age and the tile enjoyment of a well weli ell earned and worldwide world v orld orid wide renown f r an a n T the funeral of dr kane at cavana wasat t tended by along process procession ion lon of all tha the americans Anie anle rican nican in the city as well yell as by tile tilo vice captala general of the tile baand and many maty spanish offic officials wa life illustrated tiie the tile remains of dr kuna kaua were received frd eod with much ceremony in and und d were interred ill lil in the lurrel hill cemetery on au tile the of april |
