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Greely. The meeting between husband and wife was most 

 affecting. Their stay in Portsmouth was one continued ova- 

 tion. August 8, the squadron arrived at New York. Sailing 

 up the Bay they were saluted by twenty-one guns from Fort 

 Columbus. At Governor's Island, the batteries of the 4th and 

 5th Artillery, with a large number of prominent citizens and 

 officers of high rank, were drawn up to receive them. Every 

 tribute of respect was shown the honored dead, and to the six 

 brave survivors was accorded by their countrymen a hearty 

 welcome home. 



Every decade of modern history witnesses renewed attempts 

 to draw aside the veil that seems to shroud the beginning of 

 earth's distance in impenetrable mystery. Does the magic 

 circle encompass vast treasures hoarded by natiire, that God 

 in His own good time will reveal to man for his admiration 

 and use ? Will the North Pole ever be discovered ? Will 

 such discovery explain the attraction of the magnetic needle, 

 and tell us what is electricity ? Will gravitation cease to be a 

 law^, and a new law take its place that will be the basis of 

 new departures and inventions ? These queries remain to be 

 answered, and the solution of the enigma is engaging the 

 best thought of the world. 



