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Congratulation to Dr. Tanner.
Are you not glad to end it, Dr. Tanner,
Glad that you cease to be raree show ?
Exhibited in such a curious manner, "
Yeu must have found the fast a little slow.
Are you not glad to 'scape the flood of letters,
The work of intellects as yet unripe.
With which so many fools annoy their betters,
Well pleased to find their silly staff In type ?
You issue from the trial somewhat thinner,
Diminished sensibly In size and weight.
But not prepared to welcome a good dinner,
Nor cheered as yet by any well-filled plate.
Yet there is cause for warm congratulation,
Found In the fact that still you draw your breath;
For many, as they watched your slow starvation,
Fancied you racing nip and tuck with death.
What have you proved? What are the vital Issues
Settled with such exceeding pain and care?
It seems that man can live upon his tissues
About one-third as long as does the bear.
You proved that erudite and skilled physicians,
Whose dicta we would fat n accept as true,
Are not infallible in their positions;
But that the most of us already knew.
Except that little, failing to discover
A point of value in your doleful fast,
The public feels relieved when it is over,
And hopes that this attempt will be the last
IS THERE AVi OPEN POLAR SEA?
Conclusions Against tbe Popular The
ory Drawn from tbe Results of Many
Bold and Energetic Explorations
In speaking of the intention of Cap
tain De Long, Dr. Hayes says: "Of
course no one imagines that there can
be any such thing as a sea about the
Pole wholly free from ice but it is
equally inconceivable that so large a
body of water, embracing an era of
more than three millions of square
miles, could be at any time firmly and
completely frozen over." And he in
fers should Capt. De Long reach the
Northern terminus of Wrangell Land
he would encounter large areas of open
navigable water. The opionion here
expressed by Dr. Hayes that there is in
the extreme .north a virtually open sea,
is the same as he advances at the close
of his account of his attempt to reach
the open polar sea in 1860-'61 ; and the
argument is also the same viz., that
within the encircling shores of the
northern continents, that is, roughly,
within the parallel of 80 degrees north
latitude, there is a vast expanse of sea
where the ice cannot fasten itself and
will therefore of necessity be broken
to pieces by wave action. Now.if it were
an ascertained fact that there is this
vast polar water, this conclusion might
seem to be necessary ; but what support
is there to the opinion that we have
this great unbroken expanse of water
at all ?
The progress of northern exploration,
great as it has been, has never yet ad
vanced beyond the boundaries or land.
Parry, to be sure, in his remakable at
tempt to reach the Pole from Spitsber
gen, penetrated to 82 deg. 45 min. with
out hnding land, but his journey proves
nothing as to its existence or absence
within a comparatively small distance
of his furthest point, for, traveling on
the ice, he could not possibly have dis
tinguished a low Arctic coast at a few
miles distance. The memorable expe
rience of the Austrian expedition of
1872 is well known. After drifting
north of Nova Zembla for montks, fast
in the ice, over an unbroken sea, they
came at last (about latitude 79 degrees)
on a new land, which was traced by
Payer above 82 degrees, and the ex
treme vision of the Austrians was
bounded on the north not by water,
but by land, whose northern limits and
dimensions no one knows. Again, it is
well known that Arctic explorers of ex
perience find in the reports of the Eng
lish expedition of 1875-'76 reason for
belief in the existence of land beyond
the eighty-fourth parallel. The tremen
dous character of ice of the so-called
palseocrystic sea and the great hum
mocks which baffled Markbam's sledge
party, together with the shallowness of
the sea at the extreme point reached
by Markham, are regarded as very
strong proof of the existance of land
very much turtner north than any yet
known. It is to this land to which
Howgate's colony scheme looks in a
large meassure for success, since it
may offer a coast line trending north
and reaching to or near the Pole. No
one also yet knows the extreme north
erly extent of Greenland and its adja
cent lands. The extreme vision of the
English saw only the west Greenland
coast losing itself in the mystery
of the Arctic snows and ice
north of 83 degrees. And finally De
Long's expedition itself is proof of land
in the extreme north in yet another
quarter than those named. That
Wrangell Land exists north of Siberia
is known. How great it may be and
how far north, no one knows. Dr.
Hayes himself admits it may reach the
Pole.
It then remains true that whitherso
ever men have gone in the far north
they have found not sea only, but land
also. , And it seems a fair deduction
from the past history of exploration
that wherever they may hereafter go
there they will still find land. If, now,
this is so, until we know accurately the
amount and disposition of these Arctic
lands all conjectures based on their
presence or absence must be idle. Sup
pose these lands to be grouped any
where about the course ef the Jeanette,
will we not have then just the condi
tions of coasts approaching one anoth
er sufficiently near to allow the ice to
form and accumulate and pile itself up
in the enormous masses of Nares' pal
ffiocrystic sea or of those whose tumult
seemed pandemonium let loose around
the Tegetnoii, wniie her navigators
were yet, as they supposed, in the midst
of the boundless sea ?
In the introductory chapter of his
book Payer, reviewing the history of
Arctic explorations through three cen
turies, remarks on the doctrine of the
open polar sea and demonstrates, it
seems to me, the groundlessness of.
that opinion by showing how, as men
have approached, as they supposed, the
northern boundary of that ice belt
which thev believed to girdle the open
sea, that ooundary has ever receded
and the ice has ever grown heavier, the
climate morel severe, the" nearer they
have drawn to the oie. if, then,
there is virtue in consistency of reason
ing we must assume that beyond where
man has reached the same law holds
true that the further north we go the
thicker the ice becomes and the severer
the climate. Any other conclusion is
contrary to the known facts, and the
belief in the open polar sea would seem
to be born solely of splendid enthusi
asms, high courage and desire to pierce
the fascinating mysteries of the far
north. D. W. B.
Springfied, Mass Aug. 5, 1880.
Mrs. Wlnslaw's 8eoihlig Syrup.
Rev. Sylvanus Cobb thus writes In the Boston
Christian Freeman: We would by no means re
commend any kind of medicine which we did not
know to be good particularly for Infants. But of
Mrs. Wlnslow'B Soothing Syrup we can speak from
knowledge: in our own family It has proved a
blessing Indeed, by glvlfic an infant troubled with
colic pains, quiet sleep, and 1t parents unknown
rest at night Host parents can appreciate these
blessings; Here is an art icle w hlcV works to per
fection, and which Is s harmless for the sleep
which It affords the Infant is perfectly natural, and
the little cherub awakes as 'bright as a button."
And during the process; of .teething, its ; value Is
Iz. i i.ki. . nr. ham fnananUt luuMvl Wutfhm
say they would not be without It from the birth of
the ChUfl Ull It ami - uiusuou ' mui un Mmuuii
siege, on any consideration whatever. Sold by all
druggists. 25 cents a bottle. t- , i
decll dw lj - -! "- s
THE BOUNDING BI.A1NE.
Wants a Half million Dollars and a
Small Army of Speakers for
iriaine.
At the conference of Republicans in
New York, Thursday, Senator Blaine
spoke as follows :
SPEECH OF JAMES G. BLAINE.
"I hope it will be observed that all
that has been said here about abandon
ing the South has been said by South
ern men. Shouts of laughter. I hope
the press will not state that any North
ern man has advocated that line of pol
icy. Laughter. A yoice And no
Southern man has urged it either.- I
am not accusing anybody. I am lonly
answering the complaint of Southern
men, that if they could have the sympa
thy of the North the results of the elec
tions might be more favorable to the
party. I have not heard a single Re
publican from any Northern State
which is worthy to cast a vote for Gar
field and Arthur who countenanced
that idea. So far as I have heard it has
come altogether from Southern repre
sentatives. The carrying on of a cam
paign is a matter or intensely practical
Dusiness sentiment, nor gush, nor
bosh don't carry it; but if you concen
trate your working efforts you do some
thing. .Now, the theory ot this ettort, in
its practical results, is, first, to carry the
State of Maine. Loud laughter
and applause. The Democrats and
Greenbackers nave pushed us hard, up
there, for six years, but this year with
good, steady work, we are going to elect
the whole five congressmen on the hist
Monday in September. (Applause.
J presume Ohio can take care of itself.
Laughter. The strength of the can
vas should be spent on the State of In
diana in October, you may then
go South and 1 think you will
get respectful and attentive au
diences. There is nothing that
will create so clear and distinct an issue
in the South as good Republican major
ities in the North. Let disaster over
take us in Maine to be followed by de
feat in Indiana, and by a close vote in
Ohio, and lam not anxious to accept the
invitations of my friends here togb
down into the Southern States and
make an active campaign. Get North
ern States first, my friends, and you
are very apt to get votes in the South
afterward. And for myself, I believe
that Republican votes in the South are
one of that kind of blessings that come
when we don't stand in much need of
them. Laughter. When the people
of the South see a good, united, solid,
all conquering North, then West Vir
ginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Flor
ida and those other States are not so
difficult to obtain, and if we win great,
sounding, rounding, bounding victories
in the great States of the North, your
votes in the South will then go for
nothing. I have great faith in the
North. I believe the people.are awake,
and I believe we are bound to achieve
a splendid triumph. The people are
coming to the believe that the time has
not yejt come in the judgment of the
men who fought the war for'the Union
to surrender it to the .men who
fought against it. Applause. That
is the belief, and they can't delude you
by having Hancock with them. Han
cock, so far as I know, is the first man
that ever took part in a great war who
was afraid to have the fact mentioned.
Great laughter. Read his letter for
yourselves and see if he isn't. Renewed
laughter. Washington fought in a rev
olutionary war against England, but I
never heard that he didn't like to. hear
his conduct referred to laughter ; and
Jackson and Taylor, too, they fought
in different wars, but I never heard
that they were afraid or ashamed
about it. Laughter. But read Han
cock's letter, and see if he doesn't say in
plain terms, 'Excuse me, but don't men
tion that thing; it is away 15 years ago,
and, ah ! circumstances have thrown me
into company iu which it is disagree
able to have that matter mentioned.'
Yells of laughtdr and applause. That,
gentlemen, is just what his letter means
if it means anything. Now we have got
as our candidate James A. Garfield, a
brave volunteer general, who is not at
all afraid about its being known that he
was in the Union army. He is brave,
capable, honest, experienced, and we
propose to follow his standard to vic
tory in this election. Applause. And
I say to General Hancock, for whom I
entertain yery high regard as a soldier
and as a gentleman, that he has at last
been found in bad company, and we
can't follow him." Continued laugh
ter and applause.
Crop Notes. The damage done by tlic
late Freshet.
The Raleigh Observer says that the
results of the constant rains of the past
four days are disastrous. The streams
are in all parts of the State very high,
and the low lands are floated. The en
gineers on the Raleigh and Gaston Rail
road state that the Neuse and Tar Riv
ers are higher than since the great flood
of 1878. The same news is brought
by the railroad men from the Deepand
Haw Rivers, and from the Cape Fear,
which they form.
Concord 'Sun : The low lands are
now one sea of water. Travel to town
has almost entirely been cut off. No
mail was received from Mt Pleasant
Thursday, as the carrier could not get
across the streams. From all directions
we hear of fences leaving their owners
and corn fields being washed out. The
rain is general and is doing considera
ble damage throughout the country.
Wilmington Review: By advices re
ceived here to-day is is known that
there is a tremendious freshet in the
Cape Fear river. The water had risen
32 feet up to this afternoon.; .and at the
last accounts was still rising at the rate
of two feet an hour. Capt. Garrison, of
the steamer D, Murchison, reports that
the magnificient crops of corn on the
river lowlands will be lost as the water
was over the top of the corn yesterday.
At least one hundred thousand bushels
of corn are now under water and Will
prove an entire loss. ,
P'olks letter to the Raleigh News : I
have within the past few days, had an
opportunity to look at the crops in sev
eral counties of the East. I have never
seen them excelled, if equalled. The
corn, cotton, peas, potatoes, chuf as, rice,
&c, are of the most vigorous and lux
uriant growth, and the old men tell me,
the prospect for rull crops was never
better within their recollections. The
heavy rains of the past few days have
created great apprehensions in regard
to the cotton crops, but as yet the effect
cannot be judged. Crops on bottom
lands must necessarily suffer from fresh
ets in the streams. I am told that the
dredging of the Neuse under the super
vison of Gen. Robt. Ramson, has-had
the effect to deepen the channel at least
four feet a fact which the farmers
along its bank were not slow to discov
er in the recent freshet Unless some
unboreseen calamity befalls the com
crop, our Eastern friends will have lit
tle use.f or Northern corn for the next
season. ' ' 1
lf Customs-"Why are 'Malt Bitters' so popular?"
w DrugglsN-'Because as a Food Medicine, they en-
rich, the blood, harden the muscles, quiet the
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