Scarcely ! , F0R t . THe N0RTI1 P0LE AGAIN, 
bear-skins an!]'Lt r ' Rane au( ^ bis men dropped their 
Flotation of t 5 p f c ^ ) J Jl 1 ^ 0 . r ^ a bl7 warm before another ex- 
ncstly talked of re f ions of the North is ear- 
m reference to ! acts and observ ation8 of Dr. Kane 
meagre as they nec g essari°^ 8ea n bey0nd the , ic8 re ^ ioE ’ 
rest among sfL?/ 8M y ’• have excitea great int e - 
suggested bv fo - C mea ' ^ bat has heretofore been 
liBhed-tbafthe'™ i» 3 r*.f DSklered 
mencinff at about a va8to P e ^ sea at the North, com- 
Dr K*n 0 t S S .? and P robabI y extending to the pole 
he apnmchfirftv that tb « tem P^ature of the air rose as 
th J££ S. thlS 8ea ; that its ™ter was warmer than 
ean further south ; that ducks, seals, and herbifer- 
ousamma.s were abundant about it; and that strong 
winds from the North brought no floating ice to its 
nores. Tae mierence is that the pole is not, as we have 
supposed, the centre of frigidity, but that the coldest 
point is some fifteen degrees or more south of it, and that 
the temperature at the pole is comparatively mild. There 
is in this a curious analogy with the fact that the circle 
of highest heat does not coincide with the equator, as we 
should naturally expect, and as the ancients believed, but 
more nearly with the belts^f the tropics, while the mean 
annual temperature of the equatorial belt is considerably 
below that of the summer heat of the tropics. 
Various theories are already earnestly discussed by 
the eavans to account for the open sea at the North pole. 
Humboldt long ago suggested that the internal heat of 
the earth is discharged at the poles. The question is, 
shall the truth be sought by another Arctic expedition ? 
It will cost treasure, and probably human life, but cu¬ 
riosity, so far from being appeased, is only stimulated by 
the results of previous researches. It is suggested that, 
by pursuing a more easterly route, many of the^ perils 
hitherto encountered would be avoided, and that with the 
experience of the past the voyage might, now be underta¬ 
ken with a fair prospect of safety and success. Kash and 
f utiie as the enterprise appears to prudent men, we have 
little doubt that it will be attempted, and by Americans, 
who will not allow any body to take from tnern the honors 
and rewards of scientific discovery .—Springfield Repub. 
"TTr^KNCB.^The^re^ent of the 
STBONOiii. 1 ' Advancement of Sci- 
ish Association o yearly scientific 
his atGlasgow, stated as one of 
lering lately held tbat for the 
results ° f ^ a ^ of Newt0 n a suspicion has 
, time since the (lays . thev 
en i. space; 
a that of graM ‘ revea led to us by 
1 that ,h0 " eb “ t \e governed by forces different 
bare any bnowied^e. 
