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RED SPRINGS ' t l EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL. VOL. I. NO. 25. '. r ,i nn tht"unles Knzlish becomes f ! " M"MMM"MMT"M"M""""""M""MM'M""""MMMMr"M"!r"TMM"M''TrT!r jr i.i vt-sl Unguagc, somebody is i p;n; t hve tough time in the future, tfr;v deleft stories. , .. ti ! int Haock, of New Jer .., '. i' -''' l i-,,l"d study the j i tin', cnotry an 1 t3 to r'r. i- c iti'oraiV.ioa that msy be util u,. J r, . .!vmg the problem as to how to . ,, S-v Jeney senhore coait. The , ,.,r ,i I in tiie out froa Handy U i'-'i'sVI to Cape Msy are many j .-riving deeper yearly. Ia'tonae j,,., in ! I'V.ioni of a mile or more i,. i .."iiilly note I. The Unite J ., ,:U- and Oosit Survey is to liv. iiiitt'-r up thi fall. f . York Jin furnisrie iotw In , , i f t about steamer at I tbeir ,.. Hi.: Iin; having the greatest ( ,,.,. -.1 iriH.Ti i said t'' be the j, , i, l( un S''vn Nivigation Cora yin tU run !' ve(ls; the North li.f .i. 1.1 V'I HH-1 the Austrian Ioydt M , , -v nty iro vonel. . The y,,-,- lni'', Me..geric Miritim;, run . ,. , ,.iiier, a i l iU' Hritis'i line, j. , v , i I OriMi il Steimihip Cn ! , , pi tilty stemi'M. No:r: .'f this i, , ( Jmiw.i it Iy the number of running frn thij country. Id, ir r.t Hf.jiinr in ih i the Furt li',iM,,k f tii , I Umburg-American ,,. . i i I. ti Mli ly several vecl. The I,, ,.,.,, w the Mijestie arc RH'J feet I ., ,. I tlm lilt'-r lit a tonnage of .i , nuking it ti ftconJ lugest Te$- .:1 .tt. I nT ire alvvnjs two kiah of silk lii'., v M-jt of tli'! boat qutlity, oa tale in I, ;i I .'i o ic h tli- strictoit fashionable in 1 1--1, "the hteU," or wlittever one in i) - i'i i4-to call it, which i retailed i i t ! Writ Ki l at frooi guiaei (Are ..!lri) f tvvrnty firo shillingi (nix l .ilir.t. Tii? othT m the stylo which mi i,. 'h tl'-ly prt-c"lel it and hai "gone ." iltln i,'li tht; ipnlity is uachangei. Him h u'u illy ilhlthu "city" hat and . 't ("ir iI'jIIim (iiitten shilliogi). I ii li-tuirtioii a very peculiar one. r.m !o)A. of lre Lindon commercial ii.)ii' utf ii t p.'Cto 1 to b' up to the ln!f in fi-!ii ri, and if they are, it if sure t . U vntcl by thoir employers. A I. i I 'ti ( iry mi'nato would not bo ieca i itmi,' the i iu nlnpe I hit n oao of ' Iim kt rper. and so thu great army "1 ! iry di nvi T4 keep just a hvio be ln i I ilir bond-holdini; cothmuaity. For in 'i't r, now tint tho bcll-crownol toj.p-r" i-i iv f lit, the "city" hat h a ' .- t rriiAii," uii'l m euch is strictly "intt. Hi'' bievi lrr," miu Oncc-.VWceV, iimiic ti lo t lie mmt filcrtive advo i i'm of thi itiiprovrmcnt of roali tin mi ;l,.,nt the t iiitt'd State, at ' it h.s ho v nt irtlitily rcjt the necl I i iiii 'Mvi'tiH tit iv" Th'! scTcral ijret r; 1 wlm Ii Ii ivc beon made during the 1'i-t f'- v wink" have hIiowi that even in f - ' I- r and in .t thickly-!ettlel State if i. I'moit miMM'iblo for wMi, carryin lnii ni'Tr than their own weight, to get t'u '!,' i, during a wot vmwii, th tet t tint ran b nflecto'l for thoin. Ilir 1 1 1 forilli- piper th it hive been wrufi-n on th 'rjfi-t are from the pen " f iii tii il VvolMt, and in rich of f H ire -i ite ni'tit which cannot lo I n.. ,,r ixp'i uned away, and nearly all of in.' ro'MprrhetiMvc plim for road im I ii ;it are aNo iM'ing deviio 1 by tho l ii' ii. Itioyclin ha heretofore ' " i re,' it le I only a an amuioment, r n o it HCiiin probable that tho "!i!iii.ti will lv of more, uio to the ' ir urn ; t-otnmtinity, which uileri most t' n l. I r.i ', than all h isl.atori, au j ri-Mn ml town omniitUe com- I'UHd." , IV-irtions from th" navy at Boton r ftifly hnvii arouse I dicusio.n on tlw 'iljr-t f tho t mding of Jac'.i abur 1 'm,v'iI iUv rigid discipline ua Icr I 'li he livei. 1 it" severe a to ea p'l lir a:i averioit to tho erv"ice ano3 tlie mo. if A "Coal Heaver, Unite I r Steadier l' iuor I," writes a bitter l.tterof e :np!,iint to the H xto i Herald. Hitvlei not gra'irmtical, but it it tvi l. 'jtly that of man lab ring uoder i :ie of injury, lie ijs in part : lo J 'itnu the M-rvitc you do such as a vol U'lteer, U lievin that you ought to b treat- ! i aue'i, bu the very reverie is tie- W. You are not forty-eigat hour on an active ship, in, my estimw 'i , until you get to be a serf at leat to about two-thirds of the officer that I hive hid any acquaiataice of. Here ii til.- principal grievances of bio jacket. Stopple of raoncj. No liberty. Au! I it aod worst the unbearable contempt hich some officers hold to blue jack r's." The writer asserU that dufioz "ir of service as a "first-class man, lie ha h.vl but one libertf," aod that wan in a foreign port. "When we do j:o ashore, very likely oaca in ererj threa months," Le says, "we do appear mort like cae.1 antraaU let loose thai like civilized free men from our oog laaria ameat aboirJ. A COLONIAC MESSAGE. T SttXlT TAtXOTT STILL. A quaint old book, who faded yellow pg Turned OTr in th garret' otnbr gloom. 8nd forth aa odor caught from distant agea, A Mtrangnly iwwt, mjatrkms perfom, Fleming to breathe of other day thaa onra Th prfnnm of thir flowera. Upon the fly leaf in an old handwriting. Which many after year bav not effaced, TbeM impto words, two lovera heart unit ing. At this lt day may ntill b clearly traced: I'mdnce, from John," and then a date below In the dim long ago. I turn' th lavea, upon whoa margin lin gera The tonrh of oo who tamed the leave of old, Th" dainty, loving tonrh of those whi finger Whieb bave in dath tbse many year bea cold. And to thi day, from th dim yellow linw. I! r mil, reflection thinen! The quaint, oM-faiihioned tst, a I dieov, In dry at tnt ilI-faitol to engago A mailn' thought; the. book i ono rio lovr Would n-i h love to read In any ag! Happy, somewhere a tender mege lien, Hon! hT in tbi di"guie. Tmning a pag, ere I have tim to wonW Wh-thr thie may h no, I faintly imm letter and Horn wbo word with lining nndr, Whirh, J'hnd together, makn it plain to mo Why they were marked far over in tho iKKlk Wbr none would chance to look. Ah, wliat a mge thi to andermino Th iry and froy wimlom of a aagot The wjm old author, how could ho divino That lovo'a oft epech wonld creep into hi And he who wrote the meetage who wa he? ' Come, read hi word with me. "Trndenre: I go to th hattle on the field; Think of me MomMim, though onr wsy divide. Now, mnet our lore, nwethsrt, be thn con cealed, Y-t will I one dy claim yon for mv bride. Your father may giro hiconent anon Till th.-n be tru to John." Prudence was true, the chronicler he ith. And though her niaul'-n heart wa well nigb broken, . Calmly ehe heard of John' hToie death. Thrilled at bis bravery, but gave no token Of hT poor eTet lore. Year after rhance Reveals the ad romance. Boston Journal. THE DEAD HAND. From the first day of my temporary so journ at 14 TrnnfMime. Terrace, Wrstville by Sea, I became aware tint some one wn ill next door. The weather wn so persiitcntly wtt that I km compelled to remain within, and, being alom I natur ally spent much of my time at the win dow, wondering whether it ever would le fine enough for outdoor sketching. Thu it wii lhnt the fre.juent viit to 13 of an unmistakable doctor, in an unmis takablt'diH tor'a brougham ntlrnrlcil my attention. Two, and even three times a day he came, nnd on hi departure I al w; ) noticed that look of grave, pro-fr-1 ion I anxiety which, on a do tor's face. ImmIch ill for the" patient.. Stn times the medical man was nc c mp.mied to hi carriage by a gentleman who apjK-ared to be questioning him w ith singular ear net nc. Il.inheaded, and regardless of the never-ceasing ruin, the latter would stand nt the door of the brougham, hccnifngly loath to let the doctor go without some final instruc tions, or, perchance, some- ray of hope. The anxious in-iuirer was tall, with nar row, stooping shoulders, but all that I could see of bia features as he hurried buck in'o the huc was (hat he was aUut thirty years of ae, with no hair mi hi face, which wa vrrr. pale. With a curioaitv Uirn of enforced idle ncis, I n-ke my landlady what wa the matter at No. 13, but all sh could tell nie wa that the houv next door was also a lodging house and that the doe tor's visits were aid to nn old gentle man who had len brought there very ill. bv hi nephew. My landlady added that it wa a strange choice of apartments to have made for a sick person, a. tjie woman ho kept them was little ltettcr than an .idiot, and was only a-ited by nn (finally stupid servant girl. At the time I put this remark down to profess ional jealously, especially as the nephew had lvn t lrk at the phuiis 1 myself n now occupying, and. after makinij particular inquiries, had refused them. It wa not until I had lecn at Wct villea week that the weather brightened and I was able to take my sketch lok in rearch of subjects. Hut the eighth day was fine, and starting immediately aft r breakfast, I managed to put in a gol day's work at the ruined tower some miles along the coat. Returning at sun down I dine!, and thn s ttled roydf for a comfortable pijs- orer tbr day's paper. Aa I lit up 1 could not help won dering how many Ti-it the doctor had jaid to No. 13. rom mere forje of habit I had grown into looking out for him and finally into taking a sort of in terest (in the number of tiraca he came. The day brfore. while I wa still at my post at the window, he had been in four times, from which I argued that the patirnt was worr I had not been reading very long when there was a ring at the trert door hell. A minute or so later mj landlady rarae into the room aed said that the gentle man who lodged next door waa lelow, and had asked for her huaband, who happened, to he out for the evening. On hearing that the gentleman had inquired if there waa any ane else in the tiouse who could accompany, him I sack neit door for a few minutes on a matter of business. The landlady wa unable to go herself, the servant h-ing out, but aa the gentleman seemed disappointed aha bad tfkta tha liberty f aoggtat- RED SPRINGS, log that he should ak me. Would 1, at any rate, e him and then decide? I wa only too glad to be of use to peo f; le who App"arcd to be ii great trouble. ar from their friend in a eaide lodg ing hou.-e, and I told the landlady to show the gentleman in. In another moment the tall, loose framed man whom I had seen so often attending the doctor to his carnage stood lowing in the doorway. " Tray ome in," I Mid. rising, "in what w ay can I be o. service to you ?M The stranger enteml the room. His eye, which I saw were weaV, blinked in the bright lamplight. He disregarded the motion I made toward a chair, and answered me standing. He seemed nenr ously anxious to con.pior his shortsight edness in order to make out what manner of man I was. In other won!, he peered at me somewhat rudely. "It is simply the small matter of wit nessing the signature to a will," he aaid. "If I might trespass on your kindness to atep in next door for that purpose I should lie greatly obliged. My uncle Is ill, and though 1 trust he is in no im mediate danger he is anxious to affix his eignaturc to-night." "I shall le most happy," I aaid, taking up my lr t, "I will rome with you at once." "I must introduce myself," said the stranger, a he led the way downstair. "My name is tiaston IieiTejont ; my uncle whom you are atxmt to see i fcn eral Maitland", Af t'o Iney Park, North ampshire. I brought him here , in th hopes that he might derive lenefit from the sea a'r." "With good results, I trust," wa the reply which Mliteness drew from me, though the frequent tiit of that ominous brougham led me to expect a negative answer. To my surprise Mr. Pierrepoint replied in the affirmative, "Yes," he said, "my uncle is lctter, though still dangerously ill." By this time we were out in the street nt the door of No. 13. He had already inserted his latch Key in the lock, when he pausf nnd looked nt me. "There is one thing I must prepare you for," he said, blinking his weak eyes at me in the gloom; mv uncle is unable to speak. His complaint ia nerv ous paralysis, you understand? Other wise he is in full osscsf.jon of his facul ties. The doctor is with him now, and certifies to his fitness to sign." 1 merely liowed and followed him into the hous". No. 13 was a fac simile of No. II, with the exception of sonic slight differences in the furniture which stamjx'd it :a what it was a second rate seaside lodging house. Mr. IMerrepont conducted me upstairs to the first floor, and stopping outside a door on the land ing knocked three times. There was a slight jmuse and a movement inside the chan cr, and then a voice said, "Come in." ' Grasping the door handle, Mr. Picrre pont turned to me hurriedly as if he had forgotten something. "I think," he said, "it might l as well if I knew who was going to jht form this service for us. Might I ask--" I stopjMf I hint by acceding to his very reasonable request. I took out my pock ctlook and gave him one of my visiting cards with my name Angus Macdonald - and the address of my studio in St. John's WchmI engraved thereon. He put it ( lose to his eves, blinked nt it, and said in a tone whih somehow or gested relief: other sug- "Ah! you live-in London not here see. He opened- the door, nnd I followed him into the room. There was a dim light from a slnd'd lamp which stood on a small table at the bead of the lied, but so disoi-d th it tin- curtains pre vented its rays frvm f illing on the sick man. On the led, half reclining, half upNrt(f I ly a young mau, with fair hair and wearing tades, was an old man whom, even in that dim light. I saw to Ik. of st itely presence and . dignified mien. Hi scanty lo k were snow white, as were the bushy eyebrows, which he kept Ix nt dow n toward the pajer lying on the lteil tic fore him. Hut what surprised me nued was the ruddy glow of health in General Mattland s checks. I he latter wire sunken, it i true, but the fajnt lamp light w a strong enough to show me a pink and white color that would have done no discn-dit to a maiden of six teen. Mv conductor introduced me brieflv. The general merely acknowl.-dgif 1 my Iirescnee by i ourteous inclination of the icad -a nioveini ut which he rewatfl when Mr. Pie rcoint asked him affec tiou.itelv if be was ready to go through the usual formalities. "Very well. then. I will fetch Mrs. Ilutters a a M-nd witness," Kai the nephew. "The doctor there would do, but bis attention nmt not !. taken from bis patient." The dH tor " I thought, wondering whv the portly individual w ho-brough am 1 had watch"! so often, should have given place to the rlaxm haired young ma:i nhs,- right arm encircle! the general o r.irt -fully. The rvni;p with the brough irn did nt cure quick enough. I suppose. Mr. 'i rrexint r'turnel with a ni tfling. tremulous f n.a'c. mfee uninu a ( untenant c at once relieve! my own l indl idy fr.-m a ( harg of libelling her neighlr and mal whiih I had mentally preferred agaiust her. Stop there by the dwr till you are wantif 1 . yye inut not crowil the g or ral." said Pietrent. and Mr Mutters ttaltv! olwli ntlv. ivaving a com! deal more at tention to the ittrn of her own carpet than to the proceeding atound her. Hen- i the will." pierrrnt wenton, holding up the paper, with the place for the signiture. of the testator and wit nevscs a yet blank. Then he rcp'aTd it reverently before hi uncle who bent i-er the document, and. support el by the ever careful doctor, slowly affixed his name: William Joseph Miitland." at the fot. A sn as his wn hal made the last feeble antch. Sir. PietTrj'nt bniught the will orer to me before the ink was dry. and I add- 1 my name, using the dressing able a a writing desk. The vacuous landlady followed, and in her tremulous scrawl Uenrra! Maitlaod a last will and testament rvcttved its fin ishing toueh. I immediately prej.ared to leave the room and Picmint mvle no attemjt tc detain roe. 1 aaid " Goodnight" to tb geoiral, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1802. adding some common place rroiark about hone for his recovery a com pi in en t wlji. h he again ac k bow I edged with one of Lis crave bow. That f my last recollection of the scene the Teoerable old man sitting tip among pillow with the watchful doctor at hi aide. ' IMerrepont followed me on to ths landing to conduct me to the street door. He thanked me profusely for coming; indeed, he said a good deal more than the occasion demanded. I stopped him, and to turn the conversation said: " So you have changed your doctor, Mr. Pieirepont ?" He stopped in the passage and blinked at me enouirinclv. "Ah!" he aaid," "you haveperhapa no ticed Dr. Lornmer here. That la tn drew, his assistant. The doctor could not come to-night, and. .between our selves, Andrew Is the best man, I think." We parted at the door of No. 13, and I went back to my pipe and newspaper. having leen absent barely twenty minutes, viz.. from 8.30 to 8..V). That night aa I retire! to rest I found myself siieculating as to the amount of Mr. Gas ton Picrrepont's interest in the will I had witnessed. But in the morning I received a shock The first piece of news my landlady ousuing in wiia me Dreaaiasi iray im parted wa that General Maitlaod was dead. For a moment I experienced a sensa tion of surprise. Probably the General'a ruddy checks had forbidden the idea of auch a speedy removal, but I soon saw that, after all, there was not much to wonder at. The day was again fine, and I deter mined to return to the ruined tower to finish the sketch I had begun. I reached the place on foot and act to work, but after some little time I had occasion to shift my position io order to obtain a dif ferent view of my subject. In doing so I met with an accident. An old stone wall on which I had mounted crumbled leneath me, and I fell riolcntlj to the ground. When I rose I knew that my left arm was broken. In great pain I mvle mv way bark to my lodgings and accepted my landlady's offer to send at once for the doctor. In answer to her inuuirj a to which of the medical men of the town I should prefer. I named the only one I had any knowl edge of Dr. Iorrimer who had been such a frequent visitor next door. The doctor came quicklv and did what wns needed. It was a simple fracture and easily set. Dr. Lorrimer waa a cheerful. chatty man, and stayed for a little gene- i. I ' I r.u conversation aiier his proicssionai skill bad exhausted itself. "Hv the wav, doctor," I said, "you have lo9t a patient next door." "ics, joor oM fellow, he replien, "not ticfore I exnected, though. T-herc was no hope ior him from the first." "lour assistant, Mr. Anarews, seemed to le taking every care of him at night," I said. "Mv assistant? Mr. Andrews? Last nig. t ?" the doctor exclaimed in arruue ment. "I have no assistant, and what of last night, sir?" I explained how I ha I teen asked in by Mr. Pierrepont to witness the gene ral s will at R.30 in the evening. Dr. Lornmer drew a long breath. "Well," he said at last, "if vou mw him sign his will at half-past eight he signed it with a dead hand. Gcnend Maitland died at half-past four yesterday afternoon." Mv broken arm was the means of ex- . . is a a i posing the whole dastardly pioi ny which Gaston Pierrepont, aide by hi wife, had schemed to lueses himself oi his uncle's property to the exclusion of his son and lawful heir an olhcer serving ill an Indian regiment. The General had, as the doctor said, died shortly after -four, be himself tx ing present. Having finished with the case it was not likely that the doctor would tw questioned as to the exact hour of ddth, and Sth'ere would lc nothing suspicious in a man siguing his w ill on the day of his death, should the General's son compare the date of the w ill with that of the certificate which Dr. Lorrimcr had given Ijcfore'' he left the house. The "Mr. Andrews" who support cd the dead mnn and guided his hand was Gas ton Picrrs)iont'a w ife, a woman who had already suffered imprisonment, and who was the instigator of her hustnd's crime. The source of the "health glow," which bore a principal jiart in deceiving me. can easily lie imagined. The couple fled on tieing openly ac cusal by Dr. Iorrimer and myself', and George Maitland. when he came to claim bis own, decided for the credit of the family not to pursue them, seeing he had lost nothing tiy the will his father had signed with a dd hand. Tha Million. The Athletic (ilrl. The languid air and grace of a few year ao are no longer pojxilar. The dainty bit of femininity that was afraid of a cow and looked at you with appeal ing eye if a spider cror her path has vanished and in her plaew stand a sturdy, magnificently developed woman, who ha perfected h-r muse!- by a course of training as rigorous a that of her college bred brother and who rows, swims, plays fiool and tennis, bowls ami walks as will as a man. II r shoulders are broad, hr cheek sunburned and hr gmsp strong and firm. She doesn't are for anything, de fies dampness and laughs at ailments that she cannot realize, a. her great, strong frame ha revcr knw n an ache or a paio. Her walk is a stride, and altogether she hinges a little Int on the masculine style. Irtit i neverthelcs jit the sort of a girl that a roan would call "jollv." Senti ment seem to form no part of her co:n poition. Yet she is food of admiratios. proving that she is sfter all only a so ts despite all the training. Her gown are never filmy or clinging, but have a little set air that is at ooce stylish and lieccxniig. Sh dor not in dulge in more than jot the tinieet sus picion of along, asd do little straying tendrils curl arood the t'aintj tart. Altogether she i a new type, of woman hood, which make us wonder what sort of wife and mother she will make if by any chance she aame such respOOsiWl ities. ItiiNdelphi Times. No feer thaa (29.177 peopU aasBad XoDer are bow brine ta Ostsaaay. TIIK IIKLIOGKAPIL now CswHtaanlcatloa Iletweea DlsUnx Points Is Reached bj Ileflectlavz th Ban's Kara. lleliography is the name applied to the method of communicating Wtween dis tant points in which usual signals are obtained by reflecting the rays of the aun from a mirror or combination of mirrors in the right direction. As a matter of course, the method can only be employed where the sky is free from clouds and the atmosphere clear for con siderable periods of time, and the fact .hat no place is free from sudden atmo spheric changes makes the establishment of permanent heliographic stations unad isablc. In military signalling heliog raphy has been found to possess great advantages over other method. iarticu larly on account of the portability of the apparatus, and in coast and geodetic surveys it has been found invaluable. To those who have not t-tudied the phenomena attending the reflection of sunlight it is quite astonishing, under favorable atmospheric condition, at what great distance the flash can lie seen, bright and distiut as a planet, which in appearance it very much resembles. Ouly the clouds and intervening otistacles ad mit the poKsioilitie of heliograph. Equipped with the projier telescope and suitable mirrors, and stationed at the requisite elevation, with favorable con ditions of atmosphere, and there is prac tically no limit to the distance at which signaling can Ik carried on. A little consideration of certain facts w ill make the truth of this statement plainly apar cnt. The sun's rays reach the earth after traveling le.,f00,fHHj miles. Striking a mirror i-imply al ters their eourie, but makes very little difference in their energy, and hence it does not seem remarkable that they should preserve sufficient vital force to carry them a huudrc or two huiidrid miles further. The moon, which is not perhaps the best reflector, projects the sun's rays to us from a distance of 2:1'2,mmJ miles. The discovery of the principle in volved in heliography is us old'a tho time of Alexander the Great, whose fleet is said to have Wen piloted along the Persian Gulf by mirrors. The aborigines of North America long ago adopted I he policy of sun-flashing from iMililied sur faces, and the lusin made use of Min tclegraphv for important signaling at the siege of ScKistojol. The two instrument generally u cd in heliogrrphj arc the heliograph and tho hcliotrottc. The latter is soiii' ti me con founded with the hcliostat, but a helio stat projier is an instrument o-ictated by clockwork in such a way as to rctV t the sun's ravs in a fixed direction. Ily tho use of this instrument, the mirror i so adjusted that.rt a -particulcr hour of the day, arranged beforehand, the light of the sun is reflected to tho surveyor's sta tion. The heliotrojie, however," is ope rated by hand, ami it is the instrument which, in its more or less improved forms, is used bv Prof. Davidson in coast- ....... 1 1 survey work, iiciiotrotics arc usuiiiy placet 1 upon a stand or table and cd to the distant signal station sights over the uprights. The ring is a trifle larger than one end, so that when the shadow centre rim shows uioq the rim adjust by tho centre at the of the of tho outer ring, the flash may Ik- said to lc in focus, and when the sun is in front of the operator, that is all there is to it. When the sun is in the rear, however, it i. necessaty to make use of another mir ror, placing it where it will reflect the sun on to the heliotropic mirror and thence through the rings. Tlii creates a steady light., which ha already N t n dcsoriUd as like a bright star, but in order to keep it continuous, the ocrator has to 'adjust tho niirroi every moment or two with his hand to conform to the motion of the earth. In triangulation the op rator usually tiegin? work at sunrise, and keep his heliotnqio in focus until the day's work is practically over. The triangulator, having that bright daylight star for his basis, ha by that time licen able to lay out considerable drawing, aud he signals the lieliotropist to shut uji shop by paing his hat over the rays of his own instrument a given numlierof times. Each pTty on survey work prearrange its ow n sigud. There is no regular code made use of in thi work, but in the army it is quite differ net. The heliotrope bad leea in use nearly half a century when, in the autumn of 1M9 at the Jack telegraph station in Relooehistan, llenrv l. Nance, now Sir Henry, adapted the principle of th heliotrojie, or heliostat, to 'the modern instrument since then known a the b lio graph. He conceived the idea of o-n verting the fasciMeof reflected sun's rai which bad previously liecn regarded, ir a signaling wne, a entirely isive. into active shaking agent. Thi be a complished by adapting to a mirrr the mean of uriMirting to the r flctin the character of pulsation of varid dura tion, in accordance w ith the Motm cle Nance's heli'igraph, a now perfected f'f field signaling, is the one tiow tid ie the I'nitcd States army. The mirror ar not always of the name ie. Th- gTt i the mirror the more jiwcrful thflih There are Usually two tril. one liearing the mirror to nbil the sun to the signaling ?nimi when necessary. The tand for th- sig naling mirror ha a sighting lr. by means of whuh a -rfert abgtinx-nt car I made by looking through a hole mad by scraping off a little of the silver fr the centre of tb Iark of the niim-r. The ohstruc-tinn i cbtairnd by giving a small angular motim to the screen mir.r, or shutter, cauing the rrfl-ird I- am tc travel through twice the angle and com rletely disappear from tin distant Jint. ta working t made very similar to thai of a Morse key. Svcral im.rtant irn provetnent on the heliigTph have l-eet made by Lieut. John P. Ftnlay. I'oitecf States army, now in charge of wcatbci bureau ia "this city, all of which ate it practical use in the array signal cor pa Lieut. Fin lay has also published a manual for the us of the beliTgranh, from whicl a portion of the material for this articls has been taken. Sao Francisco Chroa- icle. A st si AT dog at Delta, Ohio, wa tormented and tortured by rrirl boyi that he ran toward a noisome jol at th edge of the town. Stopping an instant the animal looked around, then dthb r ately plunged ia and died an uadcnibtaxJ ox loiaaa. xv. i" THE FAUX AND CURDES. COLIC IX nORJU. I Jore colic is readily cure 1 io En; land, sail Frederick Street, by applying a horse cloth or woolen rug wrung out of boiling water to tht belly and sides and cover with a horae-blankst to retain the v heal, renewing as required; or a large bran poultice hot as can be lorns retains the heat better. Ia this country we generally give some special colic cure or a gol dose ot aia-killcr.-We4tera Agriculturist. a IRS WOOD BLOSSOMS 10 R BOXKT. The linden, or common ban woo I, ia not only a handsome tree, but its bios sorns make excellent bee pasturage. It is planted la some parts of Europe for this purpose chiefly, tboujh the wool is also ralmble for some purposes. Honey fron bauwood blossoms is to many tastoi better than that froa white clover, and if more of it were marketed there would soon be a great dciiinJ for it. Some time a buyer secures a box of . honey of extra good flavor, but he does not know how to duplicate it. Nino tirnss out of ten this extra good hooey is from bats wood blossoms, which are now in their fullest bloom. American Cultivator. coxsrAivnos or an ickuovsb. Tho wsy to mike ' an icehouse is to thinK about it in the summer and have the preparations made before the winter. Tbe requisites are a dry foundation; double walls fillel in between with dry sawdust, or other loose stuff that will make a good non-con Juctor of the hrat and thus retain the cold; a tight and well-ventilated roof over it, an 1 the ei elusion of water or air froai every part of it. Oiod vcotilatioa over the top covering, however, is icdupensable, at this keel the covering dry, and drjucas is an absolute necessity. A refrigerator is ma le in this way and on tha ssms principles. A box of any suitable shape is raado with double sides and botloai and cover. The space ia filled with powdered charcoal, and the inside is we'd paioted or lined with sheet line or tin. Tho Imix should stand twice as high as it is wide eic'i way an lit di vided into two put by a metallic divis ion. Tho ice rests on this, aod this psit should have a pipe to carry o'l the water a tho ice melts. Tho lower chamber is provided with shelves on which the article! to bo kept c ol are place 1, an 1 a door for acccu is fitted to tho front. The itebo on to,v it coverei by a lid or falling door.- Now York Times. rSRCUKI - Mity peyplrt make a crest mistake when building houses, by placing tbe perches iu all conceivable directions. The placiog of the perches in all direc tions, however, is not tha misUtke. When the roosts are placed tha,the object gen crally is to utilize space, and in fol lowing up this object some perches aro place ! near tho floor, while others miy just barely afford the fowls space enouglt to roost between the perc'i and the roof of tho house. This is whero thu mis take comes in. Hive yju ever watched your fowls while ttcy sre preparing ti roost? If c i hare, you could not fay to sco that all of them were antiou to get on tho top jierch. After the fowls have selected the place upon which they would settlo for the night, the observing poultry ruber coul l n it but notion how they aro packed on the hig'.ieU p -rcli, while the lowcit ;rch does not lnvo a single one ou it. The intcr.n-Jnte. that Is, thow between the higheft and lowest ierches,. would have fowls on the n which could not possibly sccurt room on the upper mott one. This is a fault which shoul 1 be reme died. The number of bird to a buic is limited, to prercut overcrowding; yet it is overcrowding in1 its worst form to have a roost packet with fowl. We all know the evil effects of orercrow.Jiog, and thccleircr we steer fron it tlm bet ter. The only way of preventing this cr jading on tlie erchci is Io hare tho crchcs all on the save ! level. The fowl will then have no Cao:c. anl will accept the chinge. Irea tbiugh tho lurches do take up mort room than when arrange lata a baphazul way, it ahould n?t ljthcr the owucr of lio fowls. American YMUxKt. ' i!rLuc5cit or ro-m irjs arrTCR. Aa to tUe iafljcueo of diHereat ttl upia butter there arc inny c mlictiar opioioai. To thrjw son? lirht ot 1'iis ubjrct five cows wtrt f I st the Maine Station three diff.rat ritiai Ivi-m ai many tieriol. Tue grai.i ratios of t'u fin, periol coniutelof a lO'i'urc' of otto need laesl. C'ram?l ai I w.irs. brai; djriu tiie -cjnd periol of ei aa ! bt(!ey,n 1 during the t'ur l j-eriot of liodreJ meat, corn rical an 1 wheat braa. The amount of iad was diatinU'iel somewhat in psiiog fr n tin rirl t tli aero id nl, and increave-1 sb''itly after c!in?in to tb thir 1 pri J. T.e coj;)iiti-a of t'j umk rrl bit l;t!le. tvci less during the lures lrriod than is often obtervcl when the ra'ioa i nl caange I. Tbe relstion ia qusntitf in fats t a the other solil varied s7ae-vUat, bM'.appar ntly without refercare to the foi. While only Icniul c jcluvi7?t csn Ik drawn fr.n t'lia eiperinaat, il appear that qiite ralicil catae en Im male ia the kin I of grsin rail m ft I withoi. a lectin the q lalit of t tot!. It was shown tUst th? tea Jeo:y of butter to Deli d aria, 'Lol wcither miy b: ia fljeocvl by the kiad of fcKil. an I alas tbdezroe of harlseM msy bi atTrctvJ. A mixture of cottonseol meal or lio seed meal witis coromesl an l'weit braa, especially tb cotlonel iaittu, duced butter lest ci!y m?'t 1 ai J of a more solid appearaace thaa did tht ptai aa 1 barley. Upon tut whtxe, fr-jrn a revissr of tht esperimewt as foual state 1 ia taAn j1 Ststioa Keprt, it does a?t so; a to htrt drawn out aa ret-a'.ts w'ji;'j aSoj'-l things tht nvjra cvKansoa opiaioa that 11x111.1.1:1;. i;ntor the Individual character ot the animal la the roost promlneat factor ia drier oiiq. log the quality ot batter. New York WorlJ. ranis asd oarik Moras. Prepare notliog soil for autumn ue. Thia your fruit if you want fiae Urgi specirteos. Keep tht soil around tht shrubs fret from weeds. Herbs ought to be cut before they art ia futl bloom. Sow a patch of rye early in a convea Unt place for a poultry paitur.!. On tho farm poultry costs but little tor feed if it can have a good range. Evea la summer it ia best to have reg ular hours for feeding the poultry. There Is a good reason for everything, and success or failure in sheop are not exceptions. Fowls that aro fad and cared for need no special forcing or fvediug for health and growth. Unless cart ia taken there is always more or leas risk of the turkeys getting beyond control. This is a world of progre, aQ 1 the sheep industry is ia closest touch with human industries. The amount of wool a aheep will grow depends upon tht breed and healthy uniform fool supply. If pastures art very rank, it would t well to mow them for hay, aud let tht aheep have dry, healthy twsturcs. A neglected and poorly fed flock of poultry will breed lice fater and luota surety than almost anything else. Steel wire fences slve tha dog que, tioo, and corrugated iron roofing solves the shelter problem. This is the ir ou ae. No profitable, economic, progressiva farming it found in tbe worl I tiitt hti not sheep applied to tho situiliou iu some form or other. Chicken gspes cn le prcventelby keeping the youn( chick out of Ihn wet grass uotil abinit thres weeks old. A cuie is scraewhal uncertda. If you set your young chicW gslnt or shssiog their he l(, tt i niii.i t!i j l 4i of tho heads and neck for Inc. You will doubtless fin I whvtyuu I 'A for. ('boost a sndy soil as a !:ttin for tht iwultry Iioum aa I ysr l. It will keep dryer, and accu nuUto les sarfs:i filth. Damp city soil is an in lu'e n .-ut to roup. Proftaaor Fletcher, Dminion Ento mologist, ssys that Juno or Kentucky blue gTaas does wA m agoitbesd msi.i tUm tKlr.1 o fourth fesir from sow ing. If you have chicks of a new hrcel, watch them as they develop; they msy bt better or they ray I? inferior to tht old breeds with which you are ac quainted. Dothobirdi wallow uo lcr the yard fence am! escspef Try nailing on tht net 'with six inches of it left on tht ground at rig'it anzlci to thu feace, and iuiido the encloiure. A good feeJiog floor for tht hog will more than repiyiUtcost in a iu't scs aoa by tho siring ol grain. To fed good cora on mud ly groi id is a practico that it aVi'it out of fac'uou. Tiie far.ner who wajes warfare up )tt bird often deitroys hii be it friejls. Thet !, m rn 1 1 kJir; ds;n our in(ect enemies thaa all thi insecticides au I spraying davices yet iavcnte l. Meat scraps should be fed to the hj ing bens in xne form at let tic- a week; it helpt considerably towarl till iog the ejg btiket. an I i a prevcutivo U feather pulliag an 1 ot't-r vr.e. Tht successful tnanu'act'jrcr always knows the coil of luring a ly afticlt that he puts upon the mukrt. Wn?n ht can oot pro luce for le thin selbo ptico he chsoges his inctha Is or stp. There is not innth diff-rence betwe?n' tht ct of the food nee lel to pro. duce a jwund of butter an I that require I for a poun 1 of beef. Thea if the beef cattle must b houscl an I care I for th stmt as tht dairy csttle, thcr is, of course, the bed prolt ia butter prla tion. Professor Huberts, of Cornell Univer. ity, aallia speaking of gr iwin? ldJf corn: Twenty tons of msuure I to a much for an sere of lo I. F.v tons u enough. I would Just as su think of jiutting tlv bushels of otts iat a borse't manger at oat time, as twe&ly tos on aa acre." Are you .sura that you sre lunniaxtho farm forall it is worth! Co J.I svt s few mort calve lt ralarl dgt bs kept, or a few sheep bt ad lel, or !' poultry yard bt belttr filia 1 with mr and better stockl Art there nit uaU placet bow grow log wels that eoul I tea ma lt to ktow profitable co;? Ihiak it over and sew hnw much i lit lsal aa 1 apart time you have. Ta Wlai the Cite?.. The annoyance resulting from a'lor. iog a clock toruu down aeeJ never mort bt sperieoctd. A receat pattat UueJ devcribet a small electric motor so at tached to tht clock rarcbaai ai ss to au tomatically aud pcri'dtcalty wial ths jiojf. Curreat csn bt supplieJ ths saotof frosn a lamp socket or a battery, aod as l"Og as such current is supplied the r!ock will bi sctf.windiog. Uctroit FrewPrcaw. A UlspUcf 4 Xolir. Vcteriaary Burgwow F. tt. How 1 tha other day extract a mLar PHh frtxa tho ear of colt io Nvvs Is, )! . TtiU is oa of tht rarest cs oa record, but ono similar cast beiaj known to vcUri car ini as hsviag bcea encountere 1 ia this couotry. Ia that iastaact tht tooth vu extracted from a hone's hoof. Tht colt Ltrt is well developed and io Cos health and stood tht peratioo well. St. Lou IUpublie.
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
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Aug. 25, 1892, edition 1
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