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Reidsville Times. rublitbed ecery Friday by PAISLEY &. LEWIS Editor and Proprietors . n.. in rear of the . Bookstore.- Times, RATES OF ADVERTISING. 2 110 6. MO. 8. u 2a S) 10 crnta 13 m., 1 Inch $3 8 inches 0 S im-hes 8 4 inches 10 frtaran 14 column 23 eotnma 25 $ 12 IS 1t 2 i 7i 1 8 JLJJLJk V Jt II I II vliLM JL'AIVJUUA. I 5. i i 13 n IS '- 15 mjUCRIPnu8; P08TAOB PAID : J..53 a year, Always in ad?ance l ue tor Mr U insertion, aod 5 cents for each nub qmnt insrrtoo. r -r : - . . Pacts Alone Can Influence the Minds and Actions of Msn. VOL. IX REIDSVILLE, N. C, SEPTEMBER, 5, 1884. NO. 24 SCROFULA. pad U MrofuVm dleMi, Sor, frjtlv Koem, BlotcbM, Klurwonn, T -Lr, CM-bopcUs. BoUs, Krmptloo pf g& ikn, thf dlt MittH of a tajur of t Mood. T er CktM !! tb Mood mwt V ..aL4 rwtorod to litaltb y and w- for n( fortr 7 weognlM; fc ul- s. patt tMdloal saiBOilUct m 111 nwx j potr ydl Uk4 mrller lo xU It frtes . ijttt trvm mil fotu mr, nncB Wi tttreegitat tfaa blood, remotes all trr ' awurUl trMtment, at4 par . templU mmW of all Mfof aloaa diteaaei, JL Mit Cur ff Scrafulqpa Sores, torn mntbi ago I m trouUad. wita aarM (nicer) oil tnr lee. Th lglt badly trolian and inflamed, mid , lk orM din-barged Urge quantities of efauare matter. ery remedy I tried " f4Ii, KlilU I BCI AYKK'fl SA!tA-JUlll.I.A, d vhieh J aare now taken tliree bottler, vtik fke rwialt tb.it the lore! are healed, n4 iff general liealtli greatly (nimove.1. 1 a ralcful fwt tU good your i&ciue Um done taie. . four fpcttay, CHihax.V 1U SelliTM t., New York, Jime VI, it. rtr All pnoni Interested ftre Invited n.Z. r. H ilda of 7a Ku.t XWdi fclrrot, York; Clljr, who will tube plcafciir r a ttifyla( tu tkw wonderful wfllcaey of Are'e lirPHll, not only In the euro pi Uil tJy. bat In hla own tne nud pwui bthera within lils knowledgu. wdl-kiiowii critr on the Jiotton Herald, B. W. Dall, o H9h4Ur '"., writes, Jvuid T, Havtng suffered sereroty for some years vilk Ks'wuja, and hifing failed to find reli f huMuikM riatUrs. 1 hate inal use, during U ft tliren months, of .Aye k'n Saksafa- ' mLL a, wh)U has eireeted a comvlttr evif. j mim Ur It a ajaguittcoaV reiaedy (or sJl Ayer'sSarsaparilja r luiitalAta and reg!atee the action of the Mi aMlmllatlre organs, renews ,k ttrcBjtkens tbe Tltal forces, and speedily isms Rhaaunatism, Nauralsria, Ithenuisv fl Oant, Caiarrh, pnra4 pcbilily.Rnd 1 dlMMf ariing frtm an lniiorerished or arni(ted Ouadtiou of the blood, nud a w eak en riUdiir. t4 iucouipacably tlte cheapest Mood medi vm, otTxouiit qf its concentrated Jlrtt.gUl, n4 jrot iower oyer die ease. D'.J.C.AyeriCo., Lowell, Mass. W1 U all Drusts: price H, tlx boUlea for . Dr.H.W. Canada, DI3!riST. I hare oiwued a denial . office over Tirry & Co'8 store anl oIRr my pro- lwsiouul scrviccR to the people or Ueids fill and siirroimdini: country on the reasonable and sarJfm:tory terms. All work warranted. i5T I wjil le in UridsviUc "the M Tnsdttj in c?cry montb and remain lour May 22 ly TTT: ; Hotel ba been recently rcntted t'.'tvl aufl offers bUOJ) ACCOMMODATIONS Dr. Jno. W. 3witli, UK I i f S av.M V r M v B SEIDSV5LLE. C, June 6 ly -.'-BOYI. J. W. REID BOYD &REID, WTO RTT"R VR- A T,T . A W E X T W O 11 T U. . X. C , CtifA in thfl Qrcvfo. on1 Federal Couvs. lr n . , .. . . ' ... '. ' a a . L J. and on any olber tky wben cVwir- "tuvr times U will bo in hia law "ill 11. 1) V I ti , at ,UK ul itciiisviu. sir. Keut eutwtU, I ; REIDSVILLE 3 ACADEMY. 18S4 -00 and Vneoco wVl be Krurcd a ai as- av - " ' M JVi :',?1 Fruit of all klnrt, iJ E A10RI6. . THE RIDDLES OF THE ELVES. , The elves tlwyr eat in the rocky sna't. And pbaUed away all plgbt and laughed. Tbey sgked these i iddler one by one, Which it tjot gold nave a Mde.ij tone-r- 3.nd vrhsn the moriiin breezes blew, Av. ay flew the el oy melted like dew. 'What gold in no fn!ne may CTer lie?" : Thegold of tbe pun, that corxes from on hishV : , . : '.Who .borrows hor silver from foreig i gold?" Tbe tilvcr moon that hath o'er us rolled.'" 'UVhat tear wells yp from the lardest breast?" ' , "The Bpring that hatlj lau in the rock at rest;" lWfcut's the widest bridire that can span a lake?-' " i ' "The ice bridge built of a single cake.1' "What flood may ne'er fron; IU Uoiue de pan?" , 'The su yam that .flows through the hu mau heart.'.' "Who U it mourns In his gnyest gown!" tvTbe tree wbvu'iu autuiHU its lcavei fall down," 4Who Hers not the inside of his own home?" "The Ruail, thoash h neverjdepurts there- Where hivcthe made Ihe smallest the king."' "The kingfisher i hut ' tbiu".1' a small, . v,-eak MWhen tfis the wei.k tread down the strong." Man'' e.ush'es the earth as he walks alonir." 'Wbat is stronger than firm set ground?'' 'The plow, that tears it with ir.any a vunU" 'What is stronger than iron or brass?" "The fiery llauie that mellcth tlie mass," "What is stronger th :n th fiercest fire?"' l"be we uy stream-.. that can (pieucU its lie. 'What is'morc strong than the waves that flow?" "The wnid that dves tucm to und fro." "What 14 strorgef than wind and i ir?" "The thun.ler they tremble when tbat is the re." 'Wlmloes not water llow up bill?" "Because to flow downward is easiei . htm." " U'hy are llnLfishes dumb alwaj?" Bee.iuse ttie) Vrjuo clever Ihtn tt say." ''Who can answer tliee riddles trut?" "Whoever kivcih a -rhyme tbert'to " A,And wherefore do I no give o'er?" "lieeaute I w .sh to hear no more." 'Sunday Jtepubliean. IN T1IK A WHO REGIONS. greedy; EXPEiuTiax; rusults -LITTLE KNOWN EXCEPT SUF-FEUINO-TUK NOirril POLE UNATTAINABLE UNDEK PRESENT CONDITIONS r A WAllM CUR RENT FRO 31 THE NOUTll AND THE OPEN: VOLAR SEA. Far the purpose of 'obtaining some idea of tlie general nature and probable value of the sci eutihe observations made by Lieut. Greely at Lady Frank lin. Bay, an associated jiress ageat visited the Lieutenant at his cottage on Slavey's Island, neav Pourtsmoutii, New Hamp shire some clays- ago, and was cordially received. Lieut. Greely stated that the object oi the Ladj'Franklin Bay ex pedition was to establish-at L&iv 'Franklin Bay a polar station, orieof the thirteen sug gested by ; Lieut. WeyprechU of 'Austria, who disco vered FrfAiiz. Josef Land: Simultane ous observations of all physi cal phenomena 'were', .to .-be taken. The complete . pro gramme Avhich was to be foJL loAed was arranged by an ii ternatioRal polar congress, in which represeiitatives' of thir teen nations took. part. The observations, in which the greatest possible accuracy Was to be had, were those of decli nation and deviation of the magnetic needlev temperature of the air aud sea height of ba rometer, :nd mean and maxi mum rise and fall of tides. All explorations were incidental to the main objects of the expe dition. - The party was composed of three officers of the army, one acting assistant surgeon and nineteen enlisted men, se lected by recommendation from the ranks of the army Stores for 27 months were put or the Proteus for the paiiT!ie Proteus left St. John, If. F July 7, 1881, with the partjr on board. She touched ; at Disco Island and Upernavikto pro cure sledges, dof?s, skins and dog food. Two Esquimaux were added to the party at Proven, Landing was made at Carey Island, in the north water, and provisions cached by Nares in 1875 in the Alert were found in good condition. On tlie 28th of August came the parting between the Greely party and men of the Proteus. The "little band gatherered on the frozen shore and watched the Proteus as she steamed slowly down Lady Franklin Bay, leaving them to the mer-. cies of the cruel north. On the evening of the same day the temperature sank below the freezing point and the icy arc tic winter was on them in ear hest Their house was finished about a week after the Proteus left. It was named Fort Con ger, in honor of Senator Con ger. During the first month the cold .affected the men more than at any subsequent time at Fort Conger. Later on in Decem ber the temperature sank to fronV'50 to 05 degrees below zero, and so remained for days at a time, but even in' that weather the cook' s favorite amusement was dancing bare headed, barearmed, and with slippered feet on the lop of a snow-drift. During the day the men dressed in ordinary outside clothing, but their -flannels were very heavy. Five of the men were generally for a part of tho day engaged in scientific work under Lieut. Greely' s direction, and: in the duties of the camp. Tle rest of tlie men were employed gen erally about one hour a day, and devoted the remainder of the time to --amusement. All slept in bitnks. The quarters were heated by a large coal stove, the average heat main tained! berhg 50 degrees above zero, Playing checkers, cards and chess and reading were the amusements of the evening. The life was said by Lieut. Greely to be far from a lonely one, and many of the' men said they had never passed two happier years than those spent at Fort Conger. On the 15th of October the sun left them for days, and a twilight varying from half an hour to twenty-four hours; succeeded. For two months it was.so?dim that the dial of a watch could not have been read by it. On April 11 the sun came over the horizon and re mained there 135 days, giving the party a great sufficiency of midnight sun. During three , months the stars were visible constantly, tlie constellations of orion and the Great Bear bein" the .brightest The North Star looked ttowii fvcau almost overhead Standing alone outside the fort on one of these nights, tlie scene was weirdly grand. To the north flamed uie aurora, borealis, and the bright constellations, were set like" jewelsaround the glow ingmoon; over everything was1 dead silence,, so horribly op pressive that a man alone is almost attempted to kill him- sel f , so lonely does he feel. The "astronomer of the party said, that with the naked eye a star of one degree smaller magni tude than can be seen here in-tlie same way might be discerned. Tlie moon w.ou.Id remain iu sight for from 11 to. 12 days at a time. The thermometer registered on June oO, the highest temp erature at liady Fraukiu Bay known during the stay.- It was cl degree above zero The low- est was in February, 18S3, and was CO degrees blow zero. In this February 1 the mercury froze and remained solid tor fifteen davs, so intense was the cold. In February, 18S4, preparations for the retreat were made by es tablishing a depot at Cane Baird. 12 miles to the south. Day After day the anxious men looked over Lady Franklin Bay, expecting the - ice to. open so they might commence their journey towards honje. At last on August 19, 18S3, the. welcome, news that the ice was open was brought. All had been made ready, and that very day the party embarked in the little stream launch. Behind them they left their dogs, as they could not be taken. Four barrels of pork and some sea oil were left for the animals. Lady Franklin Bay was crossed to Cape Baird, a distance of 13.miles.aml then the western coast of Grinnell Lend was followe4 south as far as Cape Hawkes. Large quantities of heavy ice were met, and there was extreme danger that every moment the little launch would be crushed. Several times all the boats were nearly lost. The suffering of the men was great. They were now within tifty miles of Cape Sabine Strik ing from Cape Hawke3 direct for Bates Island,- the party was caught in the ace 'pack- ana fro zen in ten miles south of Cape Hawkes. In thirteen days they drifted south twenty-five miles on the tloes, suifering horribly from the cold. So they drifted to within eleven miles of Cape Sabine, and were obliged to aban don the steam launch on Septem ber 10. On September 22 there arose the most terrific gale they had yet seen on the Arctic ocean Their ice-floe was driven higher and thither by the tempest, and the waves washed over them again and again, " the spray freezing to them and causing them intense suffering, ught came oh. one of inky blackness. The wind threw the heavy floes, together, and crash after crash of ice breaking from their own Hoe warned the men that death was near them. No man knew at what minute the floe might break up and the wa ters engulf them. - The -first - faint light of dawn showed that little remained of the flew upon which they were. The sea washed another, and at last, at the -.word,' the men succeeded in getting upon it. The storm slowly subsided, and they gained land at Esquimaux, Point, near Haird's inlet, on Sept. 29. Lieut Greely when asked as to his ideas upon the probable result of Arctic explorations said: "I do not think the North Pole can be reached unless every circum stance hitherto' found to be un favorable should prove favorable to the partv Attempting to reach the Pole. Xl i( is' to. .be ' done at all it will be doneby way of Franz Josef Land. It xoiild never have been reached by the Jean uette's route. That there is an open Polar aea ain well-nigh certain. Tliia is proved by the ice drift ing out of Mussel bay and Spitz bergen in midwinter, and the northern drift of the polar pack experienced by Pavy and Lock wood hvSS degrees and S3 min utes. Men can stand two winters very well at Franklin Bav but physical strength rapidly "deteri orate. If we had every supply and. necessary oi food' we could have lived perhaps eight or ten years at Lidy Franklin Bay." SCRIPTURAL QUOTA TIONS, Planche, in his "Recollec tions,' speaking of Samuel Beasley a once welLkuown wit, mentions that shortly- be fore, his death he wrote So mel ancholy a letter that the friend ta whom it was addressed ob served that U was. like the first chapter of Jeremiah to which Beasley retorted: "No, my dear fellow, it is the last chapter of SamueL' Among the literary apt Scriptural qnolat ions at tributed to the Presbyterian preacher, Mr Paul, is one bear ing upon his own name. When about to leave Ayr for Broughty he gave a farewell sermon ex pressly to the ladies, and foun ded it upon the passage: "All wept sore, and fell upon Paul's lieck and kissed him.' Of this verbal wit if wit it be in the application - of texts, there are, however, we should imagine, fewi better examples than that by winch the Royal Academicians were likened to the lilies, on the ground that Solomon in all his glory was not R. A.'d iike one of them. It was probably not the work of an academician upon which a critic, being asked for his opin ion, evasively remarked that the painterwas doubtless agood man, seeing that he had at any rate obeyed the Sciptural com mand, and being 'pressed for an explanation, added: "lie has not made to himself any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth." Still more "cutting" in its way was the retort of the Elder giv en in Dean Ramsay's "Remi niscences." Three young stu dents wished to have a little amusement at h i s expense. One saluted him as Father Abraham, "You are wrong," said the second, "this is 1 old Father Isaac." "Nay said the third, "you are both mistaken, he is old Father Jacob." Eye ing the would-be wits, the Fill er grayely replied: "I am neither old Father Abraham nor old Father Isaac nor old Father Jacob, but I am Saul, the son of Kish, seeking his fa ther's asses, and lo! I have found three of them." Tem ple Bar. A CASE WITHOUT A PAR ALLEL. A GIRL WHO HAS LIVED 1G3 DAYS WITHOUT FOOD AND EIGHT WEEKS WITH OUT DIJINK. . Fort Plain, N. Y.. August 21. Miss Kate Smulsy, who has gone without food for 1G3 days, was very low to-night, but is still conscious and talks. Miss Smulsy waa a dressmaker, and when able to work had plenty to dcu " She is twenty years of age, and was raturally bright and infelligent. Two years ago last July she was taken ill and was compelled to remain in bed. She improved somewhat and was able to be about, but in October was com pelled again to takfe her bod and has never since been able to leav it. The first approach of the disease was trembling and slinking of the right hand, followed by involuntary mo tion of the right leg and foot. At length her head had a side wise movement to the right. The doctors dragncwed the case as St. Vitus' s dance. The usual remedies were applied, but with no benefit ta the pa tient. She grew worse, and the motions, at first confined to the limbs on one side, seized her whole body. The motion was first perpendicular, and like that of a rerson sawing wood, only not so violent. In time to this motion waa added one partly rolling, and the two were combined. lately the motion has been rolling only. She rolls constantly, moving her entire body from side to aide with the regularitv of a pendulum at the rate of tlftv per minute. This motion is perpetual for twenty-two or twenty-three hours out of the twenty-four, and is wholly in voluntary. For an hour or more nerer over two-in the night she sleeps from sh ex haustion, but is awakened by the slightest noisev The mo ment that she awakes the ceaseless rolling begins to stop onlv when worn out, she again sinks to rest Some thonght the constant moving was voluntary. On physician sat bv her "side for three hours during which time there was not the slightest di minution of the rolling. An other physician said he could stop it if "he wished, and, sein ing her by the shouldem, held her tightly a few minutes, bnt theinstaut he released his hold her body resumed its motion. She feels the result of this treat- v rrient yet, and says that there is not a siot on all hex person that is not soro. The weight of apin is actually painful and cannot be endured. Her arms are larger and harder tlianono . would expect for a ybring wo- -man of her size in perfect health. To the touch they in dicate strong muscles. In fact, all the muscles of' her body' are well developed. This is ac- counted for by the constant motion of her body, which keeps them in exercise. An other remarkable thing about it is that she has not on her person any bed sores. In most cases where 'persons are con fined to their bed for a long period sores show themselves" and become very troublesome. In her case, though she has not left her bed since a year ago last October, there is none. Since January 1st she has not been able to raise her head from the pillow. About three months ago she began to have trouble with her eyes, and a strong light was painful to her. She now lies in a dark room and wears blue glasses. The color of the glasses contrasts strongly with the pale, white face and snowy beading. During the early part of her siokness she relished delicacies, and the neighbors Sent in such little dishes as they thought would please her. ller appe tite was not ravenous, still she ate as much as an invalid ordi narily would. At length solid . food distressed her, and since March 11 she has not : eaten a morsel. For some time she was able to drink either milk or water, and drink two or three glasses each day. After a time she could not drink milk, and water was onjy taken, and that in small quan tities. , At length she i could not drink even water. One . day she drank a glass of water and was seized with convul sions, and for two davs was in terrible distress. Her body bloated until it measured nearly twice the natural size about the waist. For eight weeks she has-not swallowed a f drop of water or other nourishment. Attempts have been imade to give her a teaspoonf ul of water, out it invariably brought on convulsions and great distress. Every exertion seems j to bloat her, Long conversations cause her to turn purple and-hloat, She has no desire to eat, and her thirst is satisfied by hold in her mouth and ejecting it. This she does several! times a day. Her stomach feels full, as " though she had recently eaten a hearty meal. Her sick-, . ness is accompanied by no de lusion whatever, and her mind is clear and rational. She would be clad to eat! if she could, and, at the request of her physician, Has made at tempts to eat or diink, but with the result described. All efforts to feed her in other. ways than by mouth hare proved futile. There is no denial of the fact that for 103 days at noon to day she has not tasted food, and that for eight weeks she . has not swallowed. Her caso stands without parallel. I)r. Seller, .attending physician says she looks as though she had normal dropsy. 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