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r 77TT II III I r RED f. EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL. VOL. I. NO. 19. RED SPRINGS, N.C., THURSDAY. JULY 14, 1892, ll.W.TOWNMHNl, Msittijer '. k iiAiti.i.i:i: i:iht The Supreme Court of Arkansas ha derided that husband and wife cannot tarry on a business co-partnership. f r -Ion journal estimate that 1 :. . t wifo is busy nix hour a day can mi'e ?VK)Oi jc-jr by iitmctin teeth a twenty-five cents each and fillin tbeai frr tl eui. For sportsmen New Zlso I sce.ru to posses decided advantages. It oiler, nr nr told, me of the te-t trout fish ing in world. Moreover, d,r are in rras.ng so fait in aonr: of the oi"i mountainous country that we sh ill soon a-hl deer stalking. Wil l pis abound, but they frequent such ro i ;h gro'inl tint they must b! hunted on foot, which seem to dampen the ar lor ol most Eag .lis'i portim'Mi. '''inl shoot ru. i g) I nd plentiful, ail dirk au I phe.mnt shooting i good in ittin pirf. Thro are many distrr;ti wit'i th'-ir pacts of harriera, and iu s:nof th b:'ei settle i districts b'l'diri i indulge! in with much r... lfoirt"di and ii-jr:'. !, being eh :tp, whitevci sport there it cio be enjoyed a much b. . t. jt'lbuu suui lar tf rest ion in the eld ou Vry. In WVl jt. according to thi Al. Imti CM'(itittiori, no cash passes. Check ta'ie. the phec of mmey. The run mm of N;w York do not carry money. Tlie highwayman who "held up' .lay U uld or any of tbo millionaire would profit, little. Only a few dollar would b snrui-'d. If I Ivds Mr. v:it"is, a it doc, tbo rob a pretty ncur'ito knnwl i'r l kno.v when to coa irmthiui with tbo hop of -ottin over en or twenty dollar. Tin b'tliaj mill on'f' ar moo, without jxr-ption, of plain waya nud fe rf uirenmnti. They do not mi irit ixicinta or t ibioco, an I IIktm aro few tbintci thoy im." I iu uy for. The arcrao man who work for bil dify broa I Im in ir it 'j-y i i hi packet i tli; the nrcrvfc milllionairi. Tha millioniire, t(o, rj ni lU'Hhoiictl ia their peril in.d m in theii biunuit itf lira. They keep strict hccou it of wl. it they m draw lor their eijunoi na i wo it they (uy otit. Mr. (loul 1 cirnc hit saih la m old-f ihi m id wallet in hi inida potKft. Iy nt ii tiim p.m .vit'uut hii opcuiu.; tlir w.illct. tror won bit fully in pr;ii ml iu I'Viuc, tatna thr ll'xt.o i I r k'M 1 1 . . A . Pari , tho tlrt bo? 4.1 bo'i M i i wi op.-rv; I mi July t, H(li, Vl , t:t vAu-iM horv were nl H14 ttero I. l liro.i ;ii Mevoutccu j e.irs the,1iuiui tci lily loor-'no I, urj I the couut sh 'iiv J'.1,5J7 oiipeI were cnu.n -d 10 city. O.i J no try 1, the b In ottief citi4 of Kr. ;ic too out put of th" horw butci"i ie i i i hii r Hon. , llippoplny 11 U inre' fivor at Rot terdam. I Ion ment m ii-I toore af human fol t anettent tint i-iu iknown In Denmirk, fUndi-n und HwiterlauJ, as well a iu parti of Ii!y. It i eiu.n lirely ined iu Milan, wliilo it ii icirnel la Turin. Li the l i'ler ( ity nuly fifty firo horses were h ioihteri' I in and the tle!i w.h i- I excltHively for fetiin the atiim-il ! .1 iint;4iry. A Hpanish writlrr rereti timt hlppopha?v ia not adopted in Spain, when? it woul bnedt numcrou poor i tborcr-', to wiio o ordinary meat i an article of Imury on account of iu hih prire. la Tan, the price of hortc meat i about half that ol bof for oorrcHpondii' nit. 1 .1 The official sum iviry of th Kridcntl and casualties whieh orurre I in 1V-U iwnthe railro j . fh I'nite I King dom hu ut Itioi iud. From tin it appears that of n-iiMm.mm'I ptM'oi-r4 carried diirinc lli year only fie wen? kiIleUin ureidentK. the mlb-4i i tui numler and projmrt ion ret ordeal iie 1 T.l. wlen il w. re Wilb-I. Tb- n i-n-ler of pn-nijur injured ill n ei lent during the yeai w i ". Of men nnployrd by th railw.ty ron panics twclre were Willed and !.''. in jured in a cidenlo, a much higher ro. portiou. The hit of p.i-.-eiicr kilbd ad injurel by train (othorwi-tv than in accidents) is mu ii Iomtut, inrlu lin niorty-eiht deal, TM . injur I. of these sixteen wer Willed by ftl'in le twet-n carriages aa l platform, fvuru-'' 1 b? falhaj on to pin form or the hn, and filtrru by failiu u "(..carriage during the traveling of trams. Cr.xsia the line atstnion wj fatal to tweniy three, and ninrty-riht were injure-l by the rlosinsj oi carriage lo)r. Caue otht r than train acvi dents kille I no feer than Mi 7 of t'j- aervatits of co nptiiet or cjutrnctors, whde m re than 'A '0 were injure!. The i;reitest loss o! lifa uceurret smoni; thr mna wii wers walkm, crosaiu or staa Ita o.t tha line of duty. The deaths from ttiea causes were 140, w;n!r 115 were WitleJ while walking va the r.iii.ieat ay of 10 suliojfs. !iuati'i operations Wibvl oitielydour. Forty-two iot their lire .while walking ou the line. HU0KES MKASVRZS, lAti l f.ill i.f irn measarea, rihjNH4 nr tin; K-irrcss io'i' i im-1 with 'l'anraa; Lo of iur . it tr"4nr, l'.ri tbo h'-i - tts b ! gaiueX Ev-ry u! lii- apiration Hi!! rn-ir-fri': !. Iin .ri"- tint wale v.LraMon Of !)' b' tit in qnu k pulhatK-n, At t J."lf flQjl. We ar l-tf-r fr th lonjtn?, Mr'.nuT f-r th ain; , inls at fmn ir nator- wfrii;in(r Through th harrow-l soil emne thronging H- U, in '! and rain. tlrolo-n in--'it 4. fifi ronipltn"S In th "-f' f )i.: I .if" i 'nt a Uy in f.-.tn"i -Itkb' r in all -tr'n-ih an'l won, Or-jw th! trinnK nonl. N KnijUii'l Maazin. A CRISIS. T TM'MS WNTI!KP ft tt It was known all over the jost withla h'tlf an b"iirHft.t the o urrrnre. OiH ny,, v.,.j, r, iili.iri-, rvants, trooji I. iuihIm f.in lb" ApMhs in thi Htup down the tivrr, I f;in v, knew hIh.iu it, nud fb nil biid more or b -1 to vm ilMit it. tb" nT;il Virdit l-in' iIihI it v,i ii duiii. lli.il tb" Colonel olil lo l t liim otT, and tint lir whs thi fiiii"-t fi'..w in t world, nnr wit v. It iit- a -inoubir Ibin licit IwomkIi popu I ir no n ns ,ln k l..ik" of tb" iltttr old tb ('HVtilry. and the Lb-utt mint-Colon of that -iiiiH- riL'iiiM nl. f tmiliaily known (Im bind t'tt Im. , , .i- tin- ! I man," but draw iiiL" bi- pin nmb-r tb- name and title of i nd n. ml Col. ii' I TbeMore Hrow n. should not Im- al.li- foVrt alo.ti loetlu r. It ilb of tin m i lot id . by tb" ofli. i r- ;yil ti en o the n-oirn'-nl, and lhall I av it ') by a ffo'xl iiiniiy of the women. Tb" om: was nrollii kinc young li"Ut nan tall, baud mne, talented, and tirav to rerk!"-n'., ii.t ns a cavalry lieutenant dioiild The other was onV Ihhu idal of n ti" Id ctftrr of valry.vtill a Rtron , heart i man, although he had ven much hattl s rvieo during the war and on the pl.iimj; a man who nerer shirked a dutv, and what was more, never permitted any one else to; a harrl worker ard a just thouph evere pst romniandcr. In a word, tb" kind of a man th" authorities usually sent 'dauocrou jiits - and .urh a Kit w as S. t niche. It hii'l all comaatvjut aou?;; years le fore. at U'tst Point. Lake had been, a cadet a th" riilifary academy w bill Colonel lb own was the command' r of cadets. a"d the elder man had, to ue n liffb. u t' ir,-t:.c ejua tion"' o the younifer man "down tin".'' In otlv r wonU hi? hid "sized him up" and conrluded. rather nisbly it must Imj admitted, that Lake was utterly worth less i-xiepl for the purMs- of raisint; tbo deuec w believer h" s desireI. This, it must I).' adinitte.1, he niuld do to per. feition It was not Lake's fault, bow ever, that ih" rould not jet jilono to gether. Oh. n.! I.ke-conld pi t aloiir with any one, and lie could not see fo the life him why the colon. did not en joy bis pninks jut as much as be ami nppar' fitly every one iNt-ilid. Hut thn rolom I did not, :ui. I tb" result was that Lake wit underoiuK punishment most of the time he win a cadet at the acad emy. Il w.is snid that like was really in loie with the lolonel's dauhtT. It wat not improbable. Mo-t of th" cadttt were. Indeed, few who h-id ever im ' M'-s ll.i intb ISiow ii were not in lvc w ill. h-r jtut shi i w is .pieer pirl. afM all 1 1'oot yirl ! she had been a half orpb-m from b'-r eailv cirlhon - and perhaps hf inb'iitid s.,iih' of the olsfinay.d Ji i father. I Mianoi as it may seem. -hf loved thi s inn - rap cjrace. Lake. It ii more than probable that the discovery l this f i. t, coupled with what he knnM the yo-m.f i-r's li i rio ter r thought b knt w w a- but added fuel to the fin It wj. haid to tell, though, for tb colonel bad iwais Imcii hard u like -and n m.'itiied lie did but one tiling in reanl I" it. lie f n I .- I- Lake's call ine; n hi- 'l oiuhti r and h" insisted llud she Ira e bun entirely alone. Well, every one knows more or b-s nliout bu man nature. The interferetu e id tb father mini? mb the yoiin man niot determined to make love t theilaughtrr anl the yuny lady but the more anxiou; to rr i ii e that ov. The jourrj lieutenant made matter al' tin ao?s.- wbi-n be yradoatcd nd n ceivi-d "Munition by voluntsrilj joiuui t b" ah ar ieimiit of wbi lt t Oitb s ; iiber w i- tb lieutenant I . t o I M t y.-iini;sti r .would bait tiesit.iitd ai . n b , ! p. t is no "rrt abb'tbiiii, to bai c ,i siiM't jor ttiii r ' oii '- o'w ii ri Lrioi-nl down on nr. Itu" it wa pret i-si ly Lake's ty b-. Ifbewi rt t ioi-i anotb' r uiim tit be uiiobf nt wll -ay o. bie to the tirl. and lit b .-b tb .! i iln s'.ib'i -I iijtent in of d"io It w.o ;ot lake's link to Ih H ilo I to a t . oi that was i-tation'd -it jhi-I . iiin ...! d by tbetslb'r of hi; kwiiiIi. ut i.. link. b tboiibt it In i i- it k i him im ar r In r ; bad bu k all b i-. In. ii. t bou lit il . I h u" it k linn in tb por of bis utirc i- i! tbh nn. -'oflobb'ii b.-r father's b.-oe . 'n-toitlv under In i I illi'V . '.bit uldh n of ht. any wav,' l: b. i'M'I s.-,- b r. anv w e'l b- I. ik vii V now . .p-l b. put 'ind r ar for w hit' K'r ii iy i;rsj- off' nr. Ilia intb' fatbci was .a man who would not bait "jotie out of hi way to do Lak an i jury. On the -ontnry. if Lake h.il i. I alwnys rtd the ti.n the fbon. wi-uld have I-ft him abmr. F.vinth Coloml re'x'tiicd th jounti t's qualities. Tli.ir ui thtt tim inthi Gcnoimo tani.ain wheu be ma b- a r.d on duty, una i ompanicd. of t ibty mibi through hstile tountri in !- tb twenty hums An 1 tb rv wa tin- .xi ; aion when he nkl hi "n lift to n( that of wouiibs i-.Us..-il in tb" ti.dii d-wn in the -?.-jii S'u.ati. . ijn general .thicn'-y in tb tl l. hi-, v. ,i!m dos to jh rfortn duty noi i't'tr o. I, . ; it was, were all in bi ta..-i It it ir there wa no s-ri.ii. d ity t- - i -t . when it was a mere tnat.rf of j-.-t-li.. r coojpaijy iiiaOirjlkr, Lake auJ (lit Colonel re H never aree. lie wm al ways breaking regulations and post rera h mM-lf, and always trying to fchit Id rueu in hi company fnna ju-t punishment fr doin the aimethin. II- w;is put in arre.-t luaau", with hi u-u-d impudence, b" hal tnter-l tb" i-f' -ente of the colonel one mrtiinjr as L mart Led of! duty as om'cT of the d y and rtorteI that he had not in ted the preceilinjj niLt between nudniht nd broad daylight. Be it known that every officer "of the dsy U reyjuire! to Itrfonn this duty b tweto tli" hour", nn I if he do not he ia, a- th y say it th" army, ' on honor to rejiort himsII fo hi failure to do so. he lid pUi in:.' inie than was required of him. Ilu he JVrrd aloiitev n explanation ' hi fondu t. evi-n after he w a tKs.ttoua; ly tb" eone. Arr-s meant with tb" cronr. rharjr, and a court niaittal. They mnnt mrt than that. They meant Mire punishrnrn of a srvere b -i ript Km. Ami -o every or- on tb" jH.st but the colonel himsel was ori ly .rrieir! and who Knows bu that the colonel himelf was a trifl lly .u 'nth's love for Lsk was the onlj thino that had'-vtr threatened the per f t love of fth r and d iuyhter in thr "b'nT -m ill household He had nevct s kii to f r al"ut if lb merely .iK s idil she had nevi r told him Vh n he bad fotbid'hu Lake's callinrnt hr he had inf rnid hi daughter of th fact, that wa all II" did not Ix-I i-s she woiiM ever e him airain, but be did n"l warn her not to. I low srrious it al, was to b r b" did not know. She wa not the kind of yiil to iuom- and cry Imbed she was loo proud a ill to pro test. The matter had simply lccn dtopM r1 by them durintr tb" leniaininr vntr at the acad my arid the few years at A p. a In, and wln thei even likr himself t i 1 1 hi M on to the obi atta linn nl the colonel did not know, lb- sipposit not. On the tnotnini; d the arrest Mis Ili a' intb bad a visitor of a class she did tiof tiften no'ef. r cam" to the bai f a.t . . Moor ami hskcii im rnuson to e hernn the kitchen. It whs Serireant Crifor ot Lak's troop. He wits fine of tliVlravest and Iw vf not) i onunivsioiied officrrs in th regiment, and was one of Lake's espi ial favorites. w a younaf Irish man. and, like almost all Irishmen, a splendid soldier in the field and a hard one to handle in the j.irri-on. Lake had pulled him out of the lire many and many a time. lie had Ik en Ser-jcant-of-th" iruard the previous day and had just had time to "march oil,"' as they viy vi hen the old tuard is relieved by tbo new uard, iret over to his barracks, change his clothes, and tix himself up a bit. He waited at the tbxr of the kitch cir Tor Mis Hyacinth to apjtear. She knew at once that something was wron when in Jilied if her uniisiil visitor. That it was .s4iiH tbiii alnut Lake she did not doubt. She tried to Im; chIiii, however. It dH-s not do to let the nnoi know t'Hi much alMiut tlir priiate affairs of tb families of the ofl'u crs. They Usually know it all, however, so it miht s.ne a e;ood b-al of trouble to notify them at om e. You w idi to see me.'"Kiid Hyacinth, ttyiro to look urn oii'ernl. "Yes, mis-," anw end tb" yun: scr ireanl. looking painfully embarrassed. "What is it you are Serjeant t'oniior, I think .'" "Yes, miss 1 and it's clmut Lieu tenant Lake." She hhish'-d sb couldn't help it. Shi? wanted to re proa h the man for his in trusion. but she i ..nl. I not. It was an af fair of Lake's. He was prolvthlr in trou ble aain, and she mut know wh it the trouble Mils. "YV II." sh" i ontmiji d. "what is tin m it'i t ' It em little stranye to nie that ion should com.- to m ah ut an af fair of Lit utcnant lake's." . nun' bmiiM' I thought you loved him." slid tb- hot bl'Hbd younst Irish Ptan. unable to apptcvixtc the yirl's at t mpt aJ un oncetn. Sh" lid not answer, and h" wa alnuit to move aw ay . an-ry in earnest, when sh aid. abno-t iimbr In r breath: "What is it. sergeant ?" ' "lie's in am st, mis-." "In arrest '" she repealed. "What for'; And who put him in arrest.'' ' The ( otonel, miss, put him in arret this morning. lb' didn't insina t the miii'l last i i : 1 1 1 . and it was all my fault, mis-, and lwnut to bp him out. and the only way I i uld lo it was to come and give yon this and ak yu lo rea'l it and get tb Coon l to read it. I know- it WH- all inv fault. mis, nnd I Mipposrd ion would l" en ri thing vou uld fot Lti ntenant Lake. of is would." lb handed b r a mT ti wbbh were niilti n a few word-in neil. She rr-o-nirl the Nrgi . mt's h.i:,dw riling ami he tea. I it imni'iliately. Thrre w a.s a littl l.r in In r eve when she looked up to thank th- Sergeant, but he was osnr. Tl.eiolonel knew that th' Lake atTsil b id r i (ml his daughter' ars the mo ment lie entered t hr house t hat afternoon II. km her temniiii"nt vi ry wtll. and b ld i"t ep" t that she would say any thini; alxoit it. She w.a a vity brair lot!" girl. an b had never rtrs or i oinplaiti'-il a-niii-l anything he had on done. Howiiir. he knew that hf bid lean living and b r v ry Mlrm,- on the -ulij't t. n i ustonnd as hr wa to h't n itmc and In r w.n-. mad" him all the mor iiruasy " lie bad really rmr t tha , . in luioii that Ilia' inth had given Iak up ft'trver. II kre w now that be w as w rong. I;nn T .is"l tn i!C'' Th" colon I gr w more un oinf..ta''e oo mrient. lb had, bne nothing hut hi- doty in it al! II" hsd doie nothing but h's duty wh n h" told Lake to a- ( ailing at his hou. Iak' w t. a yosir r-apgra and w ou!l sc.n r or Lit. r g t into s-ri-ni tntible lie was no man to make his daught r happy a her husimnd. And vet h" wfntsl toadmit thst therrwas "mething aN)iit Ijkr that h" b iiw It w as onijw Unl to ailmir-. And ! knew that while Iikr KHmtmir fa'ibsl in hi duty a a soldier, he had never been known to fail in hi doty a mao. After Mlpjirr the rolourl tried to TttmI hi latest KanM City r. He fouml that it,wa uttirly nnint rrsting Hetri'-l to rnjoj bis r ninij iirr Trie brand hsd uld-nli Uhhh- worthless em II" wishr that some of the ofiSi rrs WlHild rail on hint It -iiio -iroiif" that ncn" of tlKrudld lb s op.. r -I if iIm-v or all ariinl at I.irutt tisnt lake's juarft Ujiug lo thcer up the ycxng mao. if. indeed, h jtceded It. Hit daughter wai in the roort. lie tarowl to her almost petulantly and asked her why ahe wat to Mltnt. She rose from her aeat and went to him. There ia but one thing t laughter doe to a father when the wanti to get hira to do aoinefbing for her. Hh Imts her arras around his neck and kbei iim. -This w aa what she did. "I wa just going to ar aomething, papa. I want yu to rad thi." Sh field lefor? him a paper the same that hud leen given her by Sergrant Connor. Th" colonel wiped hia eyeglae anl rel the following: "It is all my fault that Lieutenant fjike didn't inspect the guard lat nijiht I am jure it was. lie has helped me out lefnre, and I am ure it was to 'eld m again that he stayed away from th guard. I had Nan drinking, and h knew that I was under the influence pt Iipi"f wlirrr I mar hsil on in charge.' I was drinking all day. too. He knew thai if he insMctcd the guar! he would havi to put m" in arrest and court martial me That would mean dismissal and prison for m". while; if he didn't inspect the guard, the punMuncnt would le a great deal lighter for him. I feel sure that this was the reason that he didn't inect the guard, for my v-ntinel on Xumler 1 told me that he was awake and watching the guard from hi. window all night. 1 want to stand the punishment myself, and I want to put Lieutenant Iake right with the coon I. ".I MF t 7N NOR, "Sergeant -Tra-p K. th t'. S. Car airy." ? And Sergiant Connor carried hi point, although he . w as not punish"! hinisell (it wan uiil about the wst that Sergeant Connir rtujscl all sorts of reform!, anlf singulartjpftioiigh, a great change t'Mik place in jfJl colonel at the Kame time, and even ;igreat r one in Lieutcn ant Lake hiuiM-lf, for it was not an hout after hi release from arrest that Lieu tenant I -'ike wa making u long on the colonel. The wife of the post al jutant happened to le avsing the colonej's ijuarters in the two men wer convf Vsing on th" jn'a7a, at the end of the call, and she ws ositivp, she after warsMiid. that .she heard the following fragment of conversation between thenv The Colonel "iYll. my lay. tot have waiteil a bng tiin". anl I Mipjiost that your wishes and Hyacinth's t-houhi be respected in the matter. "VYc will set the wedding for month after next.' The Lieutenant "Thank vou, Colo nel." The Colon. I "And now that I have learned to like you. my loy, you iu youi turn mu't learn tu like me." The Lieutenant "I have always liked you, sir. You are the father of the girl I love, and the chanirteti-tics I lovi- it her must abo eit iu you." Fnnk Leslie's AYccklv. It I id Aiiu: UKCIPKS. II VM TisT f'lix with one table i chopiM-d ham, the sIMNlllflll of f)IH Im all n up o!k of an egg and a lit 1 1. cream and 'ppr: In it n er tb" fire and then spreml the mixture on hot buttered toast. Serve va ry h"t. HviNtv SNtwii iu.". Dainty nand wi h's are always acceptable on the home tea table. " Th daintiest sand niches a ro iho-' mad- of jMitted meats atul otlut Iwstrn srread iiii wafer like fliers of reail, ilelicateli butten-L An egg-aml-anchovv and with i a novelty of this kind which w ill Iw generally appreciated. Iloil six eggs for tifleen minutesi. He- inovy'tlie whiles from live, reserving thetfi to b-corate a salad, or for any pur pose you desire. Chop the ix yolks and the one white remaining, and jajund thetn to a past", adding a teaponful of butter ami alxuit a teapanful of an rhovy pa-te -or more if you like the fla vor strong. Pound the mixture again thoroughly, and vpnad it on slice of bread and buttr. To make an egg and anchovy toa-t. spread this same mixture to wl-i. h a little cayenne and a larger proportion of anchovy has lieen added, on thin slice of hot buttered toast. Send tlie.toat t thv table on ' one of those onveiiieiit hot water plate, which will insure its iN-ing kept hot when iservrd. If vou wish for variety, a little mokel nai roc r caviare may Ik- s.iltituteil for the am bovy . A sandwbh of Mil chnse is also rlclit i"iis. pound tog th r half a und f t hse and live tbb-poonf uls of but ter. Add a littl" light French wine, ao to make a thn k jiste; spread this very delicately on Ptoi! t ra kers which have ta-cn split and toa.-tl. on thin slices of bread and butter. r "prri-p slices of hot toast. A Divining Itottle. In connection nith the stibjat of curi-sitii- of atent orlii e. a well known teehtiit-nl and M bntihY r rit r mentin a I.ei uli.ir mtent that was taken out in 'nglatid by an Annrnati in l. The ohje t f the invention wa to enable pre i'"is im tal to I- discovered by a Ipk i "-mtiionh known a livina tiun. ami it consists in a omjitin whi b bs a strong attraction and affinity for gold and sjUrr. ih- altratHn rtxni bling s,.iu. tlinl that of magnetism." Tlie i omposif jon. wbih wa- made ujof gold, si In r. pin kih r and opj r. w a placed in a small vial t rlsk. with a ipiantity of dilute nilii r tartaric aid or pure alcohol, and t th n k f the fl.k wa atta'h'd a conl 'ut twenty irnheji in length. The word!rg of th- patent pro-cerl-- "Inu-ing mi .'old and silver finder the in-trum nt i- b id. pr f raNy by the thumb aid br hug, '"f the right hand and t.-vii"l with hi- ft hand. It should I ti . ti-adv. t"it T't ramped Then if there are anv pi H''i nita! in the im ue!iate n ighl'fh'-s the flask will be ittrae-t'sd bv fh rmt.iU and will move toward thitn at fir-t an ! w ill then vibrate thus ind kiting jr - rr of the metal ought for. A tb" nam" "f the Tr&a farfaer who t k out the atcut i not in the mently publih-d lit of the n.illHn airrs of theVouatry it iu-y fairly te a.s-umi-l, either that the divining bottle brliol the fa:th f it-in ntor. or that he was wanting in iis rin,inati.ra in th election of hi hunting grounl-. But the idea is n-.t-w. Tlieltottle with it hanging Mring i suL''-tie ..f the di vining Ja-od iluru. f whit htln-ljatin his torian of fittern huridr-.! y trs no sjn-ke eeverentlv. and tb" bi ining nl is uel to-lav in cititi bi"l w it It great ihns to the the baatHti of mineral k-lrt t'New Vcrk Cocuuer.ial Asirwluer. POPULAR SCIEXC NOTES. Prof. Rogera aaye that aTery pound of coal contain a dynamic force eoual to the amosjut of work a man will do ia a day. ) It haa been corapufed, aa an illustration of the cheapening of ocean freight, that a half not-beet will develop rufflcient power, when burned in connection with tha triple-expaniion engine, to carry a ton a mile in an Atlantic a. earner. In many out-of-the-way place it haa been found necessary to manufacture nitroglycerine on the pot in order to aToid the rery high rate charged by trans portation companies. Saich has !een the adrance in methodj of making thU t ploaive that, with ordinary precaution, thorough wa-biug, and careful watching of the various t hangea of rtdor, it ran le made without fear of rrioua a ctdrnt. Steam it XaTioATtor. Until alout 130, according to Prof. Henry Dyer, the boiler pressure in njran tcamhtps eel dom exceedeil 3 llw. n the sjuare inch abore that of the atmosphere. In 1145 the average pressure haa increased to 1" lbs. per square inch, by lw-50 it had reached 15 lbs., and in lHM a fcv com pound engines uv-d 80 lls. Acttnaiund engines became common, presur s Fud denly roe to 60, t0 and K0 lbs., and th average haa now paed lyiO lbs. for triple' expansion engine and 2U0 lls. for quadruple ejpansin. The earliest marine engines consumed alauit 10 11. of coal per indicate! hrse power T hour. Trie tile-lever engines iwd aln.ut 7 llw., anl for the enginea in u- before the general introduction of the compound ty pe the average was 4 lb, to 4 It-. The first oiuounl engines burnd from 2 t II. to 3 11k. In 172 the average had been reduced to 2.11 II., in l! to l:t llw., while at present the consumption of Home triple and quadruple expansions is as low ms It or I J lb. COLI'MBIX ANDTIIK K.. Pr'f. K. J. Houston, in his recent lecture Itefore the Brooklyn Institute of Art ami Science, in referring to the incident of balancing an egg on end, gives the usual evplana tion that Columbus accomplished it by cracking the sdicll. We arc not prepared to controvert thi idea authoritatively, but for many years have regarded it with suspicion. Patriotism inspires in our breast such a high regard for the one who discovered the land ujam which wc live as to forbid our attributing to him any such disreputable trick. We believe that others cracked eggs la-fore Columbus, as they have siuce, and niood them on cud, too, but, as there is another way of bal ancing an egg without resorting to audi unfair moans, wc submit this explanation as prolwbly the true one of Columbus's feat. If a freshly-laid hen's egg U vio lently shaken no aa to thoroughly mix the yoke and white, and also to fracture the air sack nnd allow the contained nir to ri", it is simply a queation of manual dexterity, within the reach of all, tolwl am e an egg, without . cracking it, on a perfectly smooth urface. TtaEi.tiAiMtiNo WmioiT Wini. -The problem of a "telegraph without wires" haa often la-en broached, but, so far as I know, even the theoretical real ization of this project has never Ix-cn seriously attemptd until recently, when Mr. Kdiaon gave forth his views regard ing the matter. It would seem that Mr. Kdion haa a twally witciits -'means f(.r transmitting signals eba tri-ally without the intTKHition of connecting wire.' What he ha. t ay regarding thi ul ject is well worth our attention, lb lo gins with the announcement of hi dis covery that, if a sufficient elevation le obtained to overcome the curvature of the earth, and 10 reduce a far as may lar the earth's abaorption, electrical signal ing may be carried on by induction w ith out the use of wires connecting the dis tant points of Hgnallng stations. For signaling acroa oceans, sjj Mr. Edison, thi' method will la' very service 'able, inasmuch as it doc away with th use of fcubmarine cebles; w hile for com munication letween vcmIs ut sea. t letween Test is at sa and oints on lanl, the intention would Ik euiially imar tant. There is also no olista le t its employment Iwtwi-rn distant point, n lnI. iut in UieTatler ca-e it is ncf-sary to increase tli leyree of elevation i height from, whidi the signaling oja r ations are c,nijUctrl. bei-au of thi induction absorbing f lioucs, trees anl hills. Mr. "Edison states that at M-a he can communicate electricity to a great tance from a height of 100 feet. ' Thia height could be procuird from the nia-t of a ship, SO that signal could le sent from sbjp to fhip. and communication lo established in thi way even over oceans themselves. - Kye Measurement". A got tnerhanis-al eye is an almt es sential requisite ti a god m- hni-. No one can erer attain ditin lion as a me chanic unle be is able to deleft ordina ry iroerfertions at sight. tliat lie an ee if things are out of plumb, out of level, out of square, al ut of prja r shaf s, and unless he mn alr detrct ili tromrtionr! or ill-haM-d iltrns. This is a great met hankal attainment, and one which ean readily 1 attain! by any r dinary person. Of cnire there are !e. fective eyes, as there are othrr lfectiv organs; the " h. f"rinsne. inr time defective, but th" ie i tic 'ti ble of the same training a' any organ. The muscle. t'" v-ie, the rne, .f hearing, all mjuirr training Cnidee how the artit mri't trim the organ f sight in order to dtt- t the liht-t im perfection in sh-de. rob-r, pf portion, shape, txwevioi. etc. N"t "fir bbwk smith in five ever attains the art of ham mering square, yet it i very ewntial is his occupation." It is simply laue h allows himself to get into trrlr hl-J its: a little training and care i all th.l is rHsreaaaxy for u es. Manufa tLrtrs' Gazette. !fevMU " DUsoik1. Some months ago ti A lejnof Rrucs. wick fouifl a toe in fine Nut which he thought might le.a diarnd. He t"'k it to Sin Francisco and a LipiUry here pfM'ui"ed il a while cy i.-h ing tenty-ii crat. The r..re was diilel in half and one half t i t irto a brilliant and eet in a ring II i a very attratiT rte. f)ahing f re in the Bill. light, atd vabl by it owner at flW-r Cuv Oiit.) Appeal THE VALVE OF d'OOll K0AD3 Alt ECX3JT0XIC QUKSlIOIf OF OB.XJkT XKPOBTANCS TO f&RMXSJ. Ilant Ttmes) Partlf f tn the Con dition ot IXural Highway Strong tle lor Ite4ier ThorowaThrarrta. NO econcsaiic question is of more importance to the Amcm-ao. farmer Joan that cf good road; u writes William M. King in the Anierican Agriculturist. No branch of public work is so uejected, although a an investment there is none tliat pais the people at large so well as the mainte nance of at perfect a road way a possible, lloth btate and National aid are desirable, but tbs idea of State aid terms to meet with the greatett favor. The people most interested i must take energetie measures to awaken euthatiasru on thii vital subject. It only by the earned discussion of the economic bearings of tbo subject that ' the skeptical can be aroused from their apparea. lack ol Is terest to enthusiastic action. Yitbout the presentation of facts and figures the enthusiasm, which it ro eucatial to pro gress, cannot be aroused. The very general complaint of bar ! time arise in part from the eiiiting con dition of our public highway. When the roads are well nigh imjssable, then it ia that the prevailing scarcity in the lea J -ing city market forces up the prices and for the lack of good roads the farmer) ia unablo to aupply the market. Ka J, to be of the greatest value to the farmer,' must be kept in such condition that ho can market hia crop during those act sou of the year when he haa the most leisure from pressing farm work, or when the highest prices prevail. The loss which frequently result when the farmer is cut of! from all markets because the common dirt road: havo been converted by the open, wet w inter into almost im passable morasses exceeds, in many case, the amount ol hia annual taxes. There uever haa been so much need of well directed co-operative effort, on the part of the people of the township and of the town and citiea, ai now. It will bo easier to secure the passage of a macadam law now, than it will be in tea years. Capital ii on tlie lookout for localities in which toll turnpike can be built. Why pay tix or seven per cent., annually, iu toll for the use of a pike, and three per cent., or more. In addition for keeping it in repair, merely because we cannot agree to work together and build our own road on tome equitable co-opcra tive basi. Professor Lewi M. Ilaupt, who is at the head of the eugineering'corpt of the University of Pennsylvania, recently made tbo following graphic utrra"n.? the relative progress wo hare made in, common road-making as compared wilh the result attained in the construction of our great railway lines: "While wo have built our ma'gniflccnt roa Is of steel across and up aod down the continent, over which we j t'rde at tbo rata of a thousand mile or more a day, and trans port million of ton of freight, the com mon road at our doors, leading to our railroads, remain' much as they were a century ago, and ihn fanner still plo Is along, hia wagon nearly hub deep in tbo mud, between thu lann and the statioit, taking half a day to mako tha trip that should Ix mado in half an hour." " It has I htii well ft itc I that the ex cessive wear ai( teat of wagons au I teams destroys i early all the profit that otherwise might be derived from a crop, and the delay aad veiatioa attending such wretched mode of transportation are extremely trying to the temper and patience of the cultivators of the toil. We complain of the bbjli prices charged by the railway corp rtion, while in point of fact the greatest eipene is thst required to convey our produce over ba l roads to the nearest station, poor roa I ccst the husbandman altogether too mucij. It requires three or four horse to haul to the nearest market wusl twt could easily haul on any gol riad. Tue fact is, we are auppVtin tiiouand of borsea to draf loads ihroug'n boles lht ought to bet drained ao 1 filled. We have the uq remit tin . inconvenience of bal roads, and actuslly payva preruiu a for them. Poor to 1 are io variably ex pensive, and gofi ooei a sure wuce of profit. j Jt cost less It properlv csre for a' mile of cood macaJaiaed rjvl c-ac'j year thai it doe to keep a horse. If tbo keeping of a horse costs on dollar per wee-, aod the servicos of the auonsl can be dupenied with by the buildio? acd subsequent care of a gooJ roei, there la a clear saving of this amount annually which, if use. ia rial con struction and repairs, would rut doe a ei proses in othrbrection. euhanee the ' value of our farms and aid t the at- trtclivccea and comforts of our home. Thcro are n" puMic worai whoie beieflu are mere evenly distribute I smmg the masses of the peo 1e than g-i row I, and yet there? are n-ioe ia this coaatry for which the taxes arc mre jru Iginy The most common, ero'ike I, uteorke-l road in th ta nt o'c ire Int'itiea are, revertheteas, tbo arierie t'jr-i ;;s w'jie'i a ' large per cent. f oir a;riuUifal rolucU finlsils telei way to lb'' insrke. Tlieir iarerituily iateflcti n upon tht wis-l'jinlof siat'5 vi I N ( il legis!'i e. Ib'X I nsVi'JX hsi bere;o're received so bttU alteoti-m thst r I eogioeeis rV by far t Miriiwii. IW1 rssj i, that , tbe b.-it fe t'e co4, may, ci and sbu'-i t! built witn. out unserrin j de'ay. Tb-fe is ax question as lo the ir j tug pfutlt. Tner are a nrcrwuy. a uJ areamering ylrt road, uopaiatc. taouaea and diUpidated fence are inMrrably eoosected. Care- j rwbie inch of gel W worth, ia reaud leasee ta thi direction run through uumt,,,, $jTii; a cub foot. sUCl.JW, a wbl aeubborbood bee aa epi- I tl4 . TBn, ,77,7IJ. thi deme- It etagiowa. liut, ' tbe r ol IIH r omocc. At ttse be at a! . a taroptkt wilh IU 0 Christian era thera smooth sal eomtairatively straight roa I- aT r lMj.lt, tberc cows a ctisage for tie tster. Tbe buae ia re.siatel, the lew- tefiiel, and aeatees ia the home iruH imtf at oace takes plaoe. smofih, had ra-J ie a tinaacial blrsa- lag, aad tead to 4w&A lLa tdiaca tinaai ro4 aoai aUrxAUsiaa of tU tvt-t aiwuitj. uuuuri m iarm would reek aueh plcuiag neighbor aoods, aad lands cwuii asnl quickly aad at higher prtcaw; adttcatioo and reioemeat, la oonstio with tbm Increase la th attractions of, ioaa, would gtre a higher portion to' Ita ta tha country, and a grwater nuns bjr of ur moat rote prising ymioj men aad young women would prefer a refined agricultural boose to lae turiavotl aad anxiaaj Incident to towa or city lift. Good roads tend to burtura sociability aad friendly, profitable iatrrrour bv twtaa eslghbora aad aeighborboola. When tha roadi art-poor, a farmers dub or graaga ia always at a diaw adraaUge, ant a run aitewiaoee n the exception, intUa I of beinjf, a It should be, tha rule. Ocod road ait need ad far mora than costly wuatry bul4 iaga. Good roads ate due every Amer lea a cltlaen, and each should work aad rota for ood public roads, aad, if aceJi be, decnajrd that tlKy be built and rop erly eared tor. Jt wiir pay to te libe l la the eineoditura reuuisite foe at I f public roads. Good roads are a pcrtwa- asnt adrcrtisemeot of the character aaJ enterprise of the people. No better lega:y in material or lastiog form caa be bequeathed b tottrity lb am good pub lic highways, if they are properly built, and property kept la order by the present generation, they will alaad as a perpetual object leaaoo, tboaiag to aucsediag geDerations 'tha good nose aad good taste which eh tract ariiod preoediof onea. Good roads are intimately oof tsectasi with our prosperity aa a Nation. ' Snaflawera In Itaasta. United States Couiul-Ueaeral J. U. Crawford, of tt. letrrtbur, Las beta investigating the culture of the sua flower , la Iluula, and repot ts that there are orcr 700tXK) acres of land derote) to the sunflower culture ia the Umpire, al though the first effort to grow this plant for nercnUla purposes date back no further than 1812. The chief prducl the asel; tht average yield of which has been about l.tJO psuiiuls to the im re, thi seMing ia Kuaata'at an average pru-w of one aod one half cent a atund. I he yield to tha farmer growing unft-iaer U about t? an acre, againtl the umisI return of about I Kl er arte of ordinary products, and the soil in whic-i the ttinrluwcr is ,rnart lascouie rery jairotu and letter pre iareil for the rotation ciojw. Tli" srell of some secira of sunflower Is ued ia making oil whldi, in conepiene of u perior cob r, flavor, and tate and its loir price, has largely taken the place la lluaaia of the Iienc!i table oil. In aa oilier Sjecies of uml'.ower the tccdsre sold to Hatcn somewhat a ranul are in this country. AH f th oil ha lfrn pTtsiicd rmt ol ti e cci it m add In a cake form a fool fjr ratt'e, tin eiputa ol this from Knia to (ieitnsny, Pro ms rk and tlr.Mt llritaln ageting of late ycais nearly 10t,(M,UtU jt-iun ls a jesr. The sunll iwer slalks are galherl from the ilehls an 1 biel in piles, and have very largely taken the place of lire woid In the country dUttlcls. la fact, the stalks ar prcfrried even to pine wiaul, pr.dtiejn a pl;ck and hot llauie fire. A about a tou of su"S fire" wikkI is jitheicl from aa acre of land, this is bxik'sl utfin a a dt-cidel a Ivan tage in thos didritts where woolll acarre. The ah' f the sunrlowrf ee tain a hili t' utage of Hiiaiun, and are larg4y use I a feilibrer. I'lidef the sjslcm of cultivation adopted, tbu talks of the stiMfl'iwrr are often three inclici in diameter and a Ik nit right I eet loog, aotnetimc forming' many bra-ls, some of which are mora than a loot In diameter and rontvinmg almt Z'HKJ seed. Iu rler to grow llm nsat prof itably, it is torrrw-ary to have a fertile oil, which at tlx same time must liesuf flcienlly deej and rmjaet lo sutsln tlie stalk wilh i's roots. Amencaa Kaiuicr. A neaaerrai Luataaese. Oneol the moit woaderfal lirfhthouaea, ia the wot I J Is that at Mi Dot's Ledry near Iloatoo. Its hUtory hss been ooa of,1 romance. The grea'er part of its fouads tioa ii uaJer water $1 low tide. Ia 1947 a skeleton lighthouse of iron was erects I there on iron 41ea placcl ia holes drilled into the rock. A furious bunicsoa burst apoa the coast la April, IMS I, aad autlous watchers from the Cobaaaet shore) Ihouglit that the structure ha tee car ried away. Hut, as tha aua task, oat shone the light across tha storm-tossed waters. At 10 r. at., the light was seam for the list time. At oot hour after midnight the fo bell waa beard abort the roaring of ee breakers. At day break tha oceaa was a bleak; the light bouse waa gone. Knowing that no help could reach them, the keeper had !'hted their lamp aa a warning 13 others, aad their lirea bad gone out with it. Natr a granite tower occupies the (pot. So difficult was it to lay the foundation U the sarf that only thirty boars' work could be dooe dariag th first year, but the tower stands to-day aa eadoriat; aa the ledge itself aa isolated pile of stoea; amid the wave, by the force of which It la swayed like a tree ia wiad. During the loog winter rnootbe all cotnmuaka tioa with the lead I abut off. Ia aua iaef the oceasiooal visitor U boUtelloto the Ugbtbviee from his boat by mesas of a cLiix, aad froa time to time a akt? it lowered by pilr to r. e? y oh or aootber of th' "re karprts ut e" ebo;. The life telle oo tiaeea frightfolly. fier eral of tbem bare beea remoroi hacate they hare gooa iosaoe, aarl more than owe ol them haa altera pie 1 sulcU. Doaiow Traiiscript, Qaeer farts Aisal teff. tirr uaD jmmi of rold in the world, but at tix Haw t Unajovevy Asasws- tU total of the wor Wa rroM topply bd I era irdoeed to H7tW0,QVO. IU aviBt i gold o la om it tlraJd at UiLg worth $l0fOyO,UK).vW. X
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
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July 14, 1892, edition 1
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