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RED SPRINGS' : COMET . ; . . -j , EQUAL AND EXACT JCSTICE TO ALL, V , " VOL.1. NO. 13. ( RED SPRINGS, N. C. THURSDAY. JUNE 2. 1892T ,; j &&VXB&B8li2SStr' ' ' rfccretartHlvati htt en-ie'u lei, learnr the New York Advertiser, to Mai a ra"tt Interesting exhibit to the CMumbltn Kxhibitlou. It will c insist of the origl- ml DcWritbn of Independence, the Constitution of the Unite 1 States, th Articles of Federation, th farovat pro t.st of the PhlUdelpila Ctrp-jnters' Cumpiny to Kin svr,jo III., aid other documents which are the heirloo-ni of the country Itself, of our Nation il history. Ther will not In ihiwo by facsimile, but by tli originals. They will be shippel In steel catkett, and guirled ti j soldier while en route ai I at the . , Mr. HIU, author of "How the Other Half Lives," in S;riliriT' Mi;ioe. a serts that the l k of -mill pirkt and playgrounds in the teiiuinent-hoiise dis trict of N;w York, an I the consequent ! r H't'jnl tuvdi s bet i'cn th children, t harmless l y in the street, and tho mlii e, niw the t hi f forces ii the devil nprncnt of thn "tough." Th- germ ol tli" gangs, ',fl terroioio whole Sections of th- Mljf it interval-, and f'fc'I our courts and j-iiW, mjr, without much difficulty, I i vrI in th-s" early and rather grotesque struggles of th bey with the police. A mm 1 i l N, ilngl'irid, looked a H'fi horc in Ihe ihmiiIIi tli' otln r day with j r.i'il.il.! r'ilf. Tli" k't-jH i of h iti nnk li i I ! rli- 'I "ji roit tnm y 'ifuin- irni v il." nn I ly wj of Mtii'tl'tt ill" invention of Iim ptr'in, In- iirormsc-l tlri tin wf-nirr f I lit trvnt ii'Miill if iitri"lioiil l n w:ir'l"l with ii W f tli- vil'H- il I'll' in in hIi-i W'o lie- li l"k i' t I j'wrlrr, wlo i'l 1 1 t i in , ii wortli oily ?'. 'I'hf winiM-r, tliicfir-, uli- to tin- i iiit fur rr'lrtw' I'll' nkjitin rink jirojirirtnr I -f ! I liirm. If wild ! j.lrn tin tin' 14 i v i r i o the n' wit it ptip ly V'lun iry t, 'in I t r - rf ipi-nt pIimhM i)"t Iim' tli imvi'i ' itinir Iih tf rtl. Tli" i'i I,'", li Ki vt-r, to k n. Iil! r'iit vm w, in I 4 ivt iil'4iunt (u. the phmtilT f..t i'.'" Ojo of tho ourio-titk of Krt"i ,-i tution wtii lirmiht V) p iMk n tl by rrcrnt lncllnt in th" ltivir.i. A Ki lulunin, who renft?'l n tofti" t ito on thf Mhore, ilircctv lu-i s-.TVint the otlur Uy to lrm( him n piilfnll or two of , wntrr f-r hi U ith. The sormnt Jnfornn'il him tint it w.h -i i init tho l.iw, nnl if iloru without tip- xp'M nl p'Tini nlon of th rivil nnthoritijM wonl I ul jit him to vinoiM piini nn I p-iiilti. If lnvi-li,'.'it" I t In1 in i'hT, :i'i'l fonn I tint tin prriniH.ion not i"iiy to ol -t i n . niv I wn only tr intcl "ii inikini; Hllll'irit th it th" wntrr wh to l-iifl for no enlin iry pnrpo", in I v i not t to hoilf I down for tin "lit. , Nobody i rt'i hiYi1 -'ilt in Kr uii , rvi'n iroin h' ii, witliou p-ijinvj th' ' I UMinvnt for if. i. It li c ileal '. I thit tic nn iibcr of imxigr-intH who liivo cotm- into th I'nite I StuttM in th" h! I1' "ir i-i, in roun-l , nu'iiltr, l',' , , ,r th" ejiiiT iliat to oriit-foii'th tho proprit popnUti n of thi rountry. Of thU numlu'r nrntly ,Oi),' v wcri fro.u i'r miny, 'i,'y. ,,", fr n In I in. I. 1. ", 'H) frotiV Ki-IukI, iM-.rly I.omi.iih) from Swflfi i'vl N"r iv nn 1 m'.irljr .i0(0O) from lttl. of th.- K.,i-o,O H who rotiH', fully 1 1, id ioti)i lit w ro from Kuropo, :too,iioo from hii, our l,00,t)OO from llritih Am. ru i n l iihout IM,ohi fr.m oilur Americin countri. Th" rhim, ini'tiiritiou from 1H to th" tim-'of it prostitution, in lH'J, ninnunU-l to limit 'i7S,0'0 Bince the pi( of th Chim" itclu nlon net In th" mrnlu'r known to hn?e come In tin lr the It U but nhut ftOO, though It l .icrt' I thit hr number hue c ii. i by lcfioM mth 1 io fiolttion of tho l.tw. A bi n lit w ho i rtt t t in to rMa m r'! the out ntit li i o!U" t tin -o!t-tluion tin; it i t-ry Inn! wirk ul h'r not piy. I!" in 1 1" t'o littnr" Ik; t.iren Ix Ani-lr, t'.il., ni l AUu pir ijur, Nr Mri-o, in twinty four IT, ufTcrinn a crrnt bl from hunrr, thirt anl riiirf, n 1 tn t witfi t nturei that wrrr rot alwnt leiri!l-. For in atant r, the Nafijo Indian t thibitf'1 rU'l and inii'i in ir i-it t .n rrninj i the rriiin I r th" rti'dnrr o hi ni ihinr and thnr .ibilitr t rid.' it them rlire. I'oppim; up out ! tli. i!idhitU they chvrd him for miU1. ind tl thoy ; rtiHk hint inUUlon harioc mount, which undrr the rircumttnrt it m hard to rrfae. Sv-inal nilit h w.u tranli'l in the dccrt, and m 'blifed to alrep n the aA'id, where lna tieth rliHtt" ! with )hl till 'daylight. On one irion he broke hi canteen, ltd racked with thirat dard to atop an t t pre train and ak for a dri'ik. He reortthat the eiinrer showed a pood 'leal of indin tti n, but r.-lirl hia Buf fering. When the oi'cjrclit arrifed at Albu. pier pie miiy of th kei of hia mathiiie were broken and twiabrd, and he him-U orefroteU orr ipecudc. I I : : 9- , FACE TO FACE. fiomrtLin i A. 1 . . Tb (- "? imH ohtn4i. the m.rcTi fn thr 1-filiUrr moon, the pomp tod po f Of rnni round of ihinlng ol'lier-Ur 1'itroltni if r. the to-otie of the ran S'orin, trmn'l'n. tnwfifcle Th mt-mprite mn?rirlrinc of the mi, po t n'i.m'r-n9 mor. f'.m tLinjc ! . . . Th" 'itnrnn nin-r't ipr ind ider oV An t f-rt4". th bard'o of intr hnri -'ijih. Hi m' Unrhly clor nl tlor yl ( . un th'MM in-antation of th prtnf Thit mi'l th h-irt rn-r f miria ttr'i- formil. in1 th wonr-wotkiag huor An n rn"r- no nire. K ni-binK i 'I'-il . . . Tt i?n" t r r "p in- rno itnt the fir Ari'l n-II trnjr tili of -that wr. in1! fl l .'om- nn-l fi'lI, tod ii we mT rjoii- In tl ..iiik' hf- tLt rounl oi J"ipi in J li'irfti". f"iinim in th" iinhin. in th pride i u l-t jfiit tht to n) twiin rlnm, l'-.r II' it, n wr - no ni'r. . (Niti'nil Obmr A VISION OF CHARLES XI. raiN-i iti rn'm Tin, mm h nr mo. rK vr-NiMiR mI miirn i. air. 'lhr ir- nior-i tlnnK in ha i'n and ?arth, H iiii- Thin 4r" Ir tin "f in. r.nir lhll'nnrh tr." HtMrir.iHr. Ilamlt. I'e pie are npt to laugh at aupernnt irdl iii'na an I npparitiont. Sme o th--.". In.wn t. lire ao well attrited thai on.) ;imt eonmalrntlr refuao to be-hev tli. in. without nt th aame time rejecting H th" infis i historical ei idenceii. A r prt, d awn in duo form, nnl heirinir tho aiennturea of four truat. toiihv witneaa.P, cuaranleea thp au thenfi. it y of th" incident I nm about to rebite. I will add thit tho prediction l oiitHitieil theren waa known and cited 'u lu for.' it confirmation by event 'C iirrint durtnc onr laa. hut lea M , fnther of the famoua rhni'" II . wna ..ii" of themt ilea p.ii". loit at the aame time one of the wieat, niuoii the nioiiarcha that Sweden a a . a . e r hi'l lie. curtailed the inonslioua priviletfca of th" nobilitr, al-oiiabed tho power of th aennte and made Ias to uit h'ltia.'lf; in .n word, he altered th constitution f th country, which up to thnt tiiim hud been oligarchical, nl coiiipi lli'd the Miitea t.etu rnl to Inveat him with nblute nuth rity. A fide from thi, h wta nn enlightened mm, brave, iron-;ly ntt uhed to the Lutheran faith t an indexible, cold, poaitive nature, wholly b'titnte of imnet tuition. lie hnd but recently loaf hia wife. I'I- ricii r.le.uiorn I houch his hnrahnea b.Mnrds thnt i'rincea. it waa anil. Iiu l h.-i'teiied In r end. lie hnd hell her V u'i !it eateem and nj.peared more nf b h. r ilenth Ihfin w aa to be ex. Ieejf4 of o atefn n heart. After thia ei a I'uient he bicniii" more gloom v and ii'roe tlinti eer, and devoted himelf to wik with mi niduity which b.-apoke tho iinpirioua need of cbapelling painful llioughta. At the cloae of nn autumn evening tie n ..ittiiii; in gown nn I elippera hfforo fire lii'hted in hia atu.ly nt th" pnlaco I M"Ciholm. Nith him were hit h'imberliiin. fount Hriihe, whom ho honored with hi- go.l gr.ice. and the lnaici.m Maumg'trtoii, who, be it ant' f the whv. toa. d aa nn napnt tort, an- retcii'h'il to doubt everything toitaid"o nictlicine. I le hnd been aummoncd tha M tiing to e conaulted on nome aort o utdiopi aition. It waa getting rather Inte, nnd the ting, i oiitrary t hia cuatom. had fail" i signify, by bidding them g'i.Hl.nigh, hut it waa time for retiring. With hia lend bent low. nnd hia eyee fixed upon tin- embers, he maintained an abaofutl ilence. He waa tired ot his company, ind li t feared, he knew not why. to be Vlt a'oii" Count Mr.ih" could not help lolicing that hia presence had cea.ed to b tgiee.'ible, nnd more than once entureJ :h" -'igk'catioii thnt Hia Majesty might in .. .m.' ret Kach time a geture o( ih' king had detained him in hia chair. In hi turn the i-vtor talked about th ndo-nlthy ei.cta of protracted ' witch' n lut the king replied between h; te. th: ".'tnv. I am not yet ileepy. And they took up different 1hmes of ?:r. rnti"n, which were wholly ft-in-iat- d at the sf.-nnd or third remark It an eii.leiit that Hia Majeaty waa in one it bia gloomy in til and under au"h "irciin-t in-'i-a th Hitton of a courtier w.i extremely delicate. l.unt Urnh. 'i e. ting that the king a aadn aa an roin hia arrow tor the oe of hia wife, 'o'ke.l atteiittiely at the portra-t of the pi" n. which hunz in the atudy. and ei laimed with a dep sigh; "What n admirable likmeaa! Ob. iere that expreaai.-n. at once auguat and gentle " Mth!" bru piel reipoodei the king, alio thought he heard a reproach when m er the .pieen n mi" waa menti"ne I in li pr ence. I lua portrait riattr let I he .pieen wa homely." Then, inwardly reproiing honaelf tor hia harhne. he aroae and frdi il-ut the r'om t hide an emotion of a Inch he waa aihand Heatopjel be 'ore th window which ond " l-tl the oort I h night waa dark and the moon it it tint quarter. 1 he palace where the kinpa of Sweden eaide to. day wa n.t yet completed, and Charlee Nl.. who had commence"! it, ied at the time in the old palace, situ tied at the point of the Kitle rholm, h-ok-ig up.n Lake Maler. It was a larw itrmture. shaped like a horseaho. The lins atudy occupied one of the ei. remit e. and. m arly opposite. 1to.. ;he larfje hall wht-re tKe States tteneral net whrnet er they had eome oommani -ration to receiie fnm the throne. The windows of this ball appeared at Jiat moment all aglow with a brilliant iight This struck lb King as being rery at range. He at first thought it waa auied by a torch iu the hands of sooie ial t. Hut what bwain-ea could any vai have at that hour in a hall which k not ra oprgad Let to loaf a Une7. iUfTf trer, the licht too great to proce from a aioele torch. It looked more like a Coof3 aeration, bat do emvke wn to 'n; the panes weri not etiattared; no ound wai b-anl; all ba l rather toe ap- peirance of an illutnin Jtion I'harla Ioke.J at these windews for a. while, wtthoat si f iking Howeter, C'oanl lirahe stre'cl I out his hand toward th t tring of bell, and was about to ring for, a pase to send to inujir" ;nto the cau!J ot tfna singular t hetiorn. n n. but he wm arres ed by the Kin.:, who said: I will f-o mi self." Aa h uttered these words h was seea to turn pale, and hia countenance et preaaed something like a religious terror. lint he lett the rm with a hnn step; the chamberlain and the doctor following him. e ich with a lighted taper ta his hand. I he porter, who kept the keys, was r.lrcadjr in bd. Haumgarten went to awake him and com er the king's ordr to afraightway open the doors of the legislative hill. tJnat waa the surprise of the poor man at auch an uneipeclcl Command. He hatilr dresaed bime and joined tho king with his bunch f;ya. lie tint opened the iliK.r of a gal err which aeriid as ante-chamber, oi paa:e to the nvtin hall. I he king en lre.r. What waa hia astonishment when. he aw that the walla were draped in mourning. "Who ordered the hall to be thus dec- rrate.lf he nke.l in nn angry tone . . as. a .ire. noivlv to mv knowledge, re- ponde.l the bewilibred rnirter. "Th aat time I had ti e galb ry swept, the oak! el the ceiling waa b.ire. as it has alwaxa. been. Sur.lv. theae hnngiiica do not curte Irom your Majeaty 'a lumber foom. " , . ... ... Meantime, the King, walking with a. i'tick paco, bad already penetrated through more than two-thinls'nf th" gal lery. The count and porter followe-1 atj ii heel, while Ihxdor Haumgarten! Iicced behind, struggling between the feir of reinniiiintr alne. nnd that of fac ing an adventure which had announced it felt in am h a atrnngo fiiabion. "I'mceed no further, "ir !" cried the I'orter. " n my soul, there's sorcery iere. At tliia hour -ami since the death rf the queen, your gracious consort 'tis fiid thnt ho hnunta this gallery. h1 llelend ua!" Hold, sire! " etcliim'd the count in his turn. ""I. you not hear the noise roiniiig from the leii.lntiie hall? Who f.nows what dangers nwait Your Ma--ty!- "Sire, put in Maumgarlen. whose light fiad been blow n out bx- a current of air. fallow m' at b a-t to go and fetch twen ty f your majesty's ttnfuitis.'' L"t ua get in!" said the king firmly. stopping before the dor of the large ball. " I'orier. open quick !" He stri'ck it with his foot." and the Sound, repelled by tho rhea of the vnult, reverberated in the gallery like the d'schnr'pe of a cannon. I Re porter was in such a trepidation. that his kev rattled asriint th" lock, and h could not rannnpe to tn.ert it. n old soldier trembling! ' cried the king, shrugging hi shoulder "Come, Count, open thou the door for u. ' "Mrc. teplied th" ( mini, stepping buck, "let Sour Majesty command me to march to the mouth of a I'anish or tierman caunou. ai. I will go without Hmdiing: but thia iv uld be defying the powers of lull!-' I he king snatched th" keva from th" hand of the iNTlt'C. arnl nid in a lota ot contempt: ace that thia affair concerna me alone." And before his suit could prevent it. he had open". I the thick oaken door an entered the great hall, muttering th words. "With the help of (I.d." Ilia three ncolyte. impelled by curl- oatly. more owerfu1 than tear, and per haps aahntrd to forsake th"ir k tig. en tered with him Hie large hall was i!'-mined with in numerable ton he A blaek draper? had replaced the antique figured ti4ea try. All along th" wall were seen, ar range I in order na usual, the Herman. Panih and Mosemite stanilarda- tro- phies of the soMieie of t'ustavua Adolphu In the centre were prom inently displayed Swedish banners shrouded in funeral crape An immense assembly filled th benches. I h. four orders of the State nobility, cleigx . burghers nnd peaant rtipied scuts Hroording to th ir re spectin- nnka Al' were dr ase.1 i a black, and this ni iltit'ide of human faces gl mmni a j.iinst th- so.nbre background. o dazzled th" eye, that nne nf the fu witnesses of this extraordinary scena could recognize any In like manner at a tor. facing a lene audience, only set k s a a a . a ronliiae.1 maa. where his wanderinf gae fail to distinguish a single indl i idnal I i.n a rise. throne, from which th king waa wont t a.blre-a the assembly. they saw a bleeding corpse, clad in tfif nigniavs of royalty. t hi it right tet4 a I oy with a crow n upon hi bead and a i ' plre in hia hand, on the left, an old l.i n. r. rather, another phantom, leaned at int the thr oo . lie wa attired in the :nautle of tat" w. rn by th old d mtii; -tratorsof aeUn cf.1 yet Wa had trin rm-d ,n'rt kingdom. Facing the throne eernl graie and autere peTni"s. drese I in Howing black lobes, who e. ined to be judges, wera ated reion a taM niied with large toli. an I sun Irv pin bmnts I between lb- throve snjl the ben. hes of the asem- blv t.... a bio. k roij-red with crape. and an axe lying l-ide it NoUnly. vti tht superhuman itnourse acp-wrel ! tft t e he preaenc olf I'ltnr'e and bia three . -m pavn ion As ihei entei.dtliei heard a cwif used hum. fr.m out "t which no articulate word III. 1 IK .1 .1 t o,i(ip.. ui'niiiin-i. i resent ir t rx el l.-r f the i'i.ea in black robes, who I -e ncd the pre. I.iit. nre and knocked I j i ice with hia fit upn a ilum open eforr bini. A deep :bnce followed. i t-ral x oting men of gentle appearance. ichty attir. l. an I with their haids pin- ru e I Iwhiiel their ba. ks, enrers-1 the till thr jh a d "r .pj-lte the on barbs l "had tost ersa"d. Tber ad- lanced with bal eret and firm look. I'ehiiel them a s alart young man, eiring a bf.n I a her coat, held tha in I of the ord wh- iewith their Hands rre tiil. T"i on lm walked in front a I seemed the mi t un9rtaiit of th Cri-.n, r. auoj -l iu t). mi Hie f the alt. :.-e ! th bl.i-k. wk:tb be gar- Ifjra will; UiutBIT At tM fame time the Cor seArcme J to sboddet lonrnlsiif ly, and a f7lh crimson stream towe.1 fr'-m its wounJj Tha young man relt oe I laid his been upon the block. The at g'-im d in theliir and intrtantlr fell wiit thud. Adrorr rivulet bub- bled upen the plitfirm. and mingled with tint f the corpsm. Tha bead, re bound nz sei eral timetxupon thereJdened paiement. rolled to It he verr feet of t'hirles. wkihit statnld with blood. I p to that miment Jsurprise bad par alyzed his speeth; b'4j at sight of thit horrible si.ectacle, bi-f tongue waa loot rnei He a 1 anced alfew steps toward Itf plitform. and addrvssing the fignra lit aped in the mantlef administrator. be ntterad boldly aie well kno formula. "If thou art from dad, speak; if from the other, leave as in peace. The phantom replied slowly, and with solemn tone; l ha'les. Kin-! This blood will not flow under thy reign here the voice be. tain, leas distinct', but five reigns after xx- . .u ui ..i v . O. " , ".."I- I'F I ll UtlI .l llllt. Tlnroinn the form of the countless per-..n composing tins weird assembly began to grow dim, apiaring only as shadow, nnd then disaolied altogether The fmitastic torches were extinguished. tnd tle.se f t'hirles and bia companions illumined only the old tapestries, sottly Itirred by tin- wind- They still heard for awhile eomethinz like a melodious noje, which one" of the witnesses com eared to the rustle of leaves, and another lo the sound produced by the snapping hor nf a harp while being tuned. All r agreed a to the duration of the ipparition. which th-v judge. had lasted Ippar irw.nt ten ininufis , . - - The black .Irapi ries. the detruncated xead. the spurts of blood staining the nnr, had all xanished with the pban I in. The slipper of Charles XI. alone Retained the crimson I dot which by itself aouid hae sufficed to remind him of the I ones of that dreadful night, had they Sot bi-en nlie.idy too well engraved in his nemory. Wis i he ictnrnid to his study, the lieg ci used a ii'inute report to be written f what lie bad witnessed; made his com- I anions sig i it, mid himself affixed his ignatnre to it. I b spite the precautions liken t keep the contents of this docu ment fin i the public, they managed in ome mysterious manner to leak out, pen during the lifetime of Charles XI. Ph" document is still extant, and up to jhia day nobii hna ventured lo raise a iouht aa to its genntu ne-s. Its closing jfarngiaph is rcmaikahle. Says the i in;:: 'And, if what 1 have related be not Ihe exa' t truth, i Ter.-'Utice all hope of a defter life, the which I may haie de teried through som" gd deeds, and, ibove all. thiough mv zeal in laboring (r ifae welf.-ire of jny people, and the lefence of the taiih of niv nncestors. " Now then, if wo recall the death of IliHfavo) III., and the judgment of An larstroem, his assassin, we shall fin I wore than our point of contact between Ihi eient and th" circumstances attend ing that singular prophecy. I fie young man, beheaded in the reseiice nt the n--embly, join"a to An arstroeui. The rrouned i orpse. to liustaius III. The Utv. to hi son and successor. lutavus A'lolphus IV. I atly. the old num. to the Duke ot fodcrmaii'atid; uncle of tiustams IV., alio w is regent t ihe kingdom, and af terwards king, upon the deposition of lis ne-dn w. The bpI Weapon of Warfare. fiermnn in estigatora hai e been figur ing upon t' e probnble efitct of the new est weapon in th next war. In l,i) the proportion ot soldier wounded on the tiermnn side was 14. it per cent, of Ihe total number in the field. Only 2.2 I er ent. were actually kill d Since I h ii nn immense improvement has been fleeted in arms nf preci-in. and it ia believed thnt in future engagements the proportion nf wounded will be greater than heretofore, but that the wounds II be . a set ere, aa bullets owing to their small sire an I great velocity, will often pa through b- nes without splin- fi ring th m. It is estimated that about L per cent of the tro ips will be wound ed in the next campaign, and that a little tnrc than '. ier cent, will be killed. That to siy. that in an army corps of J.. list men. I. " will be killed, and wounded. Aliont one-third of the wounds, It is thought, are likely to be serious. The Texan Peccary, F.ttermination is the impending fata r f the Texan pi ccaries. a cording to a re lent puldi. ation of the National Museum y Mr. rre-lenck A. I.ucas, on animals re entlv extit ct or threatened with ei - ermuiation He rinl that in nearly eierx instance the c'i"e ia "reckless I'authtv r by man." As an inatancf of the wax in which animals may be de strut el. he refers in the introduction to jei cane. In l these little animals ere r abundant in several cantiee of I'exaa that their well worn tails wera ei ery w here to seen, while their fax or I e hiuiit coild be readily picked out Iv the peculiar musky ."lor character- ic "f It e creature brtly after that rfale. price h 'gskin g--' bem in favor, a of cents each waa oflere! f.r j-eo arx rude, with trie result that by I . t h- peccaries ere practically ei- terminated Ileahle. Headed Saakes. Ikxjb'e-heai ld snakes, have beea u"n toriir. and in a German jour- al Ihr Collin. .f Uriin, deeerih an-1 lurea do jble tai1el earthworm, and ateiitiona four tl-r rases of such mal-f- rii:atwn fcTttde hedeI and doaible-Ui'e-1 file. I r CHina infers that all lach i aea a i-ub'e tai'a are due to ab iniwl T'rMe(. regeneration, after Ihe oriole. -i I tad has beeu lost. Pellce Flrares. In New Yfk there are 7i tt pofke nrn to ea h s-jeare mile of txrriUry, is I Lii jgv bat . . in llsiUil IpkU II.Ol, u Itr... alx rfo4.nl. t. Lwie in IbMt.wi I . . in New Orleans i-f and la WasfjLPgtou .t4. LIFE IN THE NEW STATES. rouR ANNUAL. INVASIONS OF THE NORTHWEST. 8heep-narrer Kmrn Call fore is ami Cattle-II ertl era From Teas ltov. tickers and Wheat-Harvraicrs. f ECAUSE it is impoasible to pic ture the novelty-rto an Eastern I 1 reader of life in the North- west, and lecaue It neyerthe less must be suggested, let me tell only nf four peculiar visitations that the new Stsfea experieoce of four, invaiiom which take place there ey'ery year. In Hay there come ioto the 'stock ranges of Montana shearers by the hundred, in bands of ten or twenty, each led by a captain, who finds employment and makes contracts for the rest. Thee sheep-barbers are mainly Calforniana end New-Yorkers, and tho California men are said to be the more skilful workers. To a Isymtn, all seem msrrf llouxly dex terous, and at ten cents a Iiea I, many are able to earn 6 to $ J a day. They lose many dsjs in travel, however, and may not average mote than $T on that' account. Their scoo bem io Cali fornia in February, and they work through Oregon, Washington, and Mon tana, to return to a second shearing on the Pacific coaat in August. ' Sme cono mounted and some afoot, and some 'are shiftless' and dissipated, but many arc saving, and ambitious to c.tra herds of their own. They come upon the Montansn hills ahead of another and far' stranger pro cession that of the cattle that are bcintj driven across the country from Texas. This is a string of herds of Texas tw. year olds coming north at midUo ajje to spend the remaining half of their lives fattening on the Mont ant "bunch grass, and then to end their careers in Chicago. The bands are called "traili,' and follow one another about a day ; apart. With each trail ride the hardy and devil may care cowboys, lei by a fOrvmsn, and fol lowed by a hore wrangler in charge of the relays of broncos. .A cook, with a four bone waon lovl of proviiiout, brings up eich rear. Only a few mile) are covered in a day,tand the jouruev consumes many weeks. (Thee arc en livened by storms, by pauici amon the cattle, by quarrels with settlers on guard at the streams and on their lands, by meals roisfed and nights spent amid mud and rain. That is as ijuccr and pictures-pic a procession as one can easily imagine. Then there is the early autumn hop picking in the luxuriant . fields of the Pacific coast in Washington. Iwn Puget Sound and alon j thV rivers conw the industrious canoe Indiana of that region in their motley garb1, 'and bent on making enough money in the bop. fid li to see tbefn through the raioy and idle winter. They are not like the Indians of story and of song, but arc a s-pnt-figured people, whose chets and arm are over-dtveloped by e'xerciso in tho canoes, which take the place of the In dian ponies of tbo plain, as their rivers are subitituted foi the blaze I or fooi worn trails of tho Etst. To the hop fields they come, in their dug outs Iro n as tar aorth as Uritish Columbia an 1 Alatka. When all have made tht journey their canoe fret the trsnd, and the smoke of their camp fire touches the. air with blue. Women and childicu ac company t)ie men, all alike tllu'uiat inr the green back ground of 'the hop-field i with their gay blankets" and calicoes, themselves lending still other touches of color by means of their Icith-r skint and jet hiir. Tbcy leave a tryvl of silver be- hind them when they depart, but the hop- they have picked ,'reprcsen'. still more of gold a million Ut year,; two millions the feir before. :''. Again, a fourth s"t of livalers ap pears; this time in Dakota. Thc-c at" not icture.jue. They clne no? in bost or atride bore, but strahng or skulking along the hihwa, as the ile moralized -a'antry made their way to Paris during the' Krcnth revolution. These are the wheat harvr-ler, who fol low the golden grain all the tx ay up i'r;ii Texas, finding themae'... -s' in tunc r each more and mote northerly State, un til in late autumn, they .'i'h th:i:l River Valley, and at lat eod their strange pilgrimage in Mtnitobi. The handt au 1 skill they bring to the debac wl rat-ficl la of Eastern North Dakota are mt wel come there, and theae harvest folk mitbt easily occupy a high niche in. sentimen tal and poetic literature, yet they don't. As a rule, they pre not at all the sort of folk t,hat the ladies of the wheat laadt invite to their tea parties ''and sewing bees. On the contrary, far, too many of them are vagabonds and fort I of drink. In- the Hed Kiver country the harvesters from thef)uth are joined by lumber men from Wisconsir and Miniesot a, who find that great natural granny a fine -field for turning b'meit, pennies at lighter work than felling foreiti'. Harrarr's Magazine. rarli Gettlajr Real Ifr STeje. The report just furnished to the French Minister of War states that the -amp of Paris, which would." include all the ground enclosed by stVf-hl lines drawn between the advanel fort, has a population of 3,3,fW. which, in the rrent of a siege, would Iw reluccd by tha departure of troops not belonging to the crarriaon, and by the flight of rti IcnU who did not wixh to remain, to abosrt 3,(n,0al. calculation based upon the avera e consumption irr bea-l. under normal circumitaocear shows that the following supplies woxikl lar r-uireI for a sieve of six mootht. ' 'Pravuioos (in French metric qaiou's' corn. 2, iOO.OOO; freah uU, l,2'0-i; sait. 150.000; drie! Vf-ttables, 3i,f)-H); poUtoe). 3,J,0'iJ; leauel (ia hectol- itrt wine. 3M),00J; nxilk, 3,000; wood. 600,X.0 cubic ktlotitrea; conJ, 1,000,000 French tons. Tba hovsea ia la camp woo Id require 7.01 "J.U'X) quin tals of bay. 700,000 of straw and tWl, of oafs. The cost of tbea surpliea at tbe a izeitriMJe prices would ! a hUe ovrr UW.UW.UW. lew lorK I"- snirincAND inuustrial. Pearla from Cey'on will be scarce thia year. Violent storms have washed away a'.l the oysters from the famous hanks, so that the annual fishery must be aban doned, j An attempt has, lately been male tc cultivate ojsters la the llaltic. Last summer 50.1HK) wera troptantei from the North rVa, bit the experiment has been a failure. Tbe brain of Schneider, the Austrian aaaxain, who murdered eight servant girls, was shown by the poat mortem ex amination to he affected with hydro cephalus so that nearly all moral sens n gone. The volcano of Kdsuca is' very active at present. The cavity produced by the Is.t breakdown has not flllfl up, hut there ia au active lake two or three hun dred feet below the genrral level of tbe floor and a quarter of a mile in diameter- Doctors maintain that no mora favor able medium for the culture of micro organisms can le found than warm sew age. Cases ate cited In which hot watet and steam introduced into old cesspool have resulted in an epidemic of diph theria. The installation of the multiple speed and traction system of plalformi which hat Ix-en in operation at the World's Fair grounds in Chicagxi for the nait six months is how assuming a much raon complete form that would seem to be In dicative of success. Dr. 0. W. Richardson state! that he baa occasionally subjected two animals of the same age, breed and condition slm- ' ultaneously to the same atmosphere ol chloroform an 1 common air, and hai found one dea l and the other alive, atxd apparently free Irom danger. .Mr. Yarrow says that the cause of vi bration in screw vessels when running in imootli wafer with their propeller well immersed is mainly j due to the forcei produced by the unbalanced moving parts of tho mschinery, such al pirtont, piston rods, valves, gear. etc. Tbe famous clock in Htraaburg Csthe dral ia the only timepiece whith marks the old time in Alsace Lorraine, now that the whole province has adopted the Greenwich meridian. Experts declare that any attempt to alter the rojtioe of , the clock would effectually disa'rraoge the elaborate raechaaiam. According to Lord Rtyleigh, If the heat engines of the futute are at all an alagous to our present steam engines, either the water, as the substance first heated, will be replaced by a fhtM'of less inherent volatility, or else the vols tility of tbe water will be restrained by the addition to it of some body held la solution.' t In regard to the various processes pro posed for the recovery of metallic iron from slag, a writer In London Iron re marks that, though in very many casts the sU' as taken from the furnace will be found to ontatn a .Urge amount of iron in a metallic state; which will well repay for any moderate outlay in its re covery, an cstentiaf point is that all tbe work lie at nearly as. posiible automatic. A machine often wauled is a small, cheap and efficient water mo!or for driv ing small dynanos for laloratory or trade puroes. Huch a motor la now successfully use I and omisU of a simple arrangement of force buckets propelled under high presiure, house or other wster supply. Inside the -esse Is a thin drum of considerable diameter, on the circumference ol wbicti are am til double buckets. Tbe wster entering by tbe supply pipe impinges with force oo these buckets and drives the wheel with great rspidity and ower. Sonet tad Taelr Writers. The comooaiiion of a really popular song, one tbst catches tbe fancy of the classes and intaaei. is a feat that is gov- ernei more by luck than knowledge, recently remarket a well-known rnuic publisher. rrom a literary noiot ol view me majority of succeaaet, io this line are atrocious, while their sent mntdf they are "of the sentimen'al order -Is gener- lly inclined to be both Insipid ail mi w kith. 'A well. written piece of verse, con veying an unconventional sentimental lea. would have alxiut one chance Id a thousand to succeed. The quality of the eutire romifisition mutt le moder- a.. a . aely bid, viewed from a blgn-ciats stand- . .a a. a ioint, but e tartly row ini only toe fates can decide. In comic songs that catch on original ideas are aluolutsly j neceaasry, thougb anv humorous ballad io which tbe char acters are knocked down and dragged :. I1 . t. I. .l.l. oui wuu greax impimirj "11 ' to the ular fancy. 'Down Went McHinty an'l Mnrnw Him I .wd, MHToakey' are beautiful ex amples of thia type. ' 'Some son writers make a great oeai of money from their compositions. The . - ... . . ii ithor of 'In tbe ffioamtng raxei in ilixit l,'"' fr.m it, Irut the greater tuner do not real tie mur't I re thetr ork. jKit it is bke gambling in a wsy. and the knowledge that s.me dsy they may stumble on a aong that will tfiar tbem fortune it not lame for noodv ever remeoiIers tbe author of a popular son keeps tbm at it. j And it's almost a tVrtsioty that they'll eever be sble t re---at tK-ir. Hr-t aieces."- New York Cvoi.iKrcial Advertiaer. ExBssrlsaeat la Evalatlen. Profeanof A. J. Bhiddeil, of fytiog Ion, Kj.. a diariple of Darwia, got a jax'r of white mice and cut o3 their tails, lie ha I to cut the tails ol .the mice, he says, for two generations, uait after fiat tbe tails larcame shorter and acorter. aad at tho tentn the mice had no tails at all.. Profeasrw Kuiddell says he ont'eoel hla ci rrimsriti to tbe ninety -sixth gaera tion, coveriaf a period sf dht years, by which tiosa U hsyl fore I the tails Lack, on a-in, tbe Ua ga?saratlo hav ing talks bke the tnl jseir Atlanta CcsftieVtion. . Rrrkealax Tlae by the SUrs. Tbe astronotaert at the National 0b aetvatory, Wathlegion, do not calcxi'aU time by the sun. but by the flxed" stars, which are so fixed on account of belag so far away from the earth that ia tome ' instance! they do not change their rela tive positions to oar tittle planet ia years. This being the case, the ultra exact as tronooter remarks that atar time la the only true time to go by. In calculating "star time the obaervrrs nee a large aixed telescope and watch for a given star to cross the plane of a certs in known meridian. As the star crosses the ob server reconls it lo the moat minute frac tion of a second, using a star time clock with a twenty-four hour dial for that pur poa. The clock an I the star may or may not correspond, but the simple fact makes no difference to tbe star gaaer, who is re nowned for hit ability for using a half a huadred figures for eipreeaiog the dis tance Its miles to his so railed filed clock regulators. The eiror, should one be detected, although It Is but the twen tieth of a secon I, Is corrected later on. In his next calculation, compulation and operation, the observer i lucre the time aa shown by his star clock so that It cor responds with sun time, which Is no small mathematical feat, especially when we take into consideration tbe fact that the sidereal or star year is aleiutone full dsy longer than the solar or sun year. A 'standard' time clock stands near tha timepiece whose regulator Is the stars, and the amount of variation between the two is calculated, and thn neat instant' exact time Is transmitted all ovrr thn land. A Washington writer, who knows whereof he snsak. ears that it-takes twenty oneweeks tl properly regulate and test the chronometers used by tbe Nsvy Department of the United Htatcs. During three tests they are subjected to every known degree of heat and cold with which they are at all likely to come in contact. tit. Louis Republic. Ceod and Had Feathers. 1 Feathers figure very proraiorntly In the religious customs of most aborigines, and remarkably so in the Hoothweat. Among Neva joe and Pueblos alike these plume-symbols are of the utmost efficacy for good or bad. They are art of al most every ceremonial of the indefinite suerstitions of these tribes. Any white or bnght-hued plume la of good omen good "medicine" at the Indians would put it. 1 The gay feathers of the arrot are ar ticulsrly valuable, and some dances can not be held without them, though .the Indians ha.e to travel hundreds of miles into Mexico to get them. A peace k is harder to keep in the vicinity of Indians than the finest horae -thoae brilliant plumes are too tempting. Eagle feathers are ol sovereign valuej and in most of the Pueblus great, dark, captive eagles are kept to furnish tlpi coveted articles for moat Imjeirtant o a sioni. If the bird of freedom were sud denly Exterminated now, the whole In dian economy would come to a standstill, No witches could Ire exercised, nor aick neas cured, nor much of anything cle accompli she. I, . Dtrk feathers, and those In pitliu'sf irt the owl, bun art, woo-lj-e ker and raven are umj-eaksbly aceura,!. No one will touch therrj except those who "have the evil road" that la, are witches and any Indian found with them in lua or her oesetsion would Iw officially put to death. Horh feathers are used only in secret by those who wish to kill or barm an enemy In wh.rse path they are laid, with wicked wishes, that ill foftuoo lua follow. New York Journal. The Here a Mesas ef Heaotsii. fViaoma Valley, ia Hoaoraa County, Cali'ornia, u, la one repect at least, one of the most remarkable spots on the coo tlnent. It is the only place ia America wh-rt the moon insy be seen to rise and set seven times in one, evening. The Indians gave the valley the name it bears away tack io the misty -V many have been tbe explanations' offered by the white man to account for It. ' Even slight acquaintance" with the language ken by the original inhabitants of the valley teaches one that when the word ttonome la attached tbe whole phrase mesas "Valley of tbe Moon. Hut why doea this natural sink have Luna's other name attached to itl That waa the ques tion asked and left unantnerrl for man years, even though the phenoruen! whith had caused tbe otrserfiot red mssj to give the valley Its name was regulsrl witnessed and ad mrrl, A year or two, etfo the editor of the fVmotns loafex -Tribune visiu d an Indian who was s-ipjesaa-l to be between IJ aod 1SU years old. Is) course of the eonverastioa tbe old In dian sfatd that tbe reason tbe vail was eal'ed Hon ma was b-ause it had) 'heap mucbee moon, meaning many moons. Then he told bow I t ween the town of ftoooma and a certain eak the moon, when tn its full, can be s--n rise seven times In succession in one evening, owing to the' rrullar forma tion of the mountains. This oddity was noticed centuries ao by the Indtant, who, on that acouat, called thf depree sion "Tbsr Vally of Mtey Mooru." 34. Lojia Itepublk. A I4.000.sW rstkrsJril. The ebon- of our new eatSobal ii soo to te l-rgj-i". an ', it is b ops-1, will 1st ready for uedlration an 1 the con lust of service by H. John's Dy, D-semoer 27lh. ISii. It will le feet ia b-iht and ISO in lenth. while the computet eatheslral will be 250 fert lng-a lt as the long Engnsh caths-Irals, whwh are the longest la the world, although Itrtag very narrow, they do aat cover as much ground aa some great contiasatal c Lure bra. Two contritmtuKiS of J,Vrj0 each have recrnUy leen received for the build .eg foavl. But they do avst soutel very hopeful when woe U loll that the chotr will cost tJ0,J aad the whole church some $..(). J-st we ire the tatoney la to cooa-i from, ear even to I eaiitxtesl froea, U not feaverally dif iae f, 1 the wle IUt 4f has not jei basr-n en tirely pail ler. Si. 1 P1 DiS- w r I r
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
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June 2, 1892, edition 1
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