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RED EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALU VOL. I. NO. 38. RED SPRINGS, N.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 18P2. KK1QBI & IRHARI, fiHttaf, ; ,Min Smith spoke at aa annexa- ( , ., meeting ia Ontario, Canada, the .,, -r day, declaring that the whole 10 iiitrj tf either at a ataadstill or de- tliaiug in 'prosperity. Mitt of the German paptrs of recent ,,? routain article! upon Colirn u. All nreo that the destiny of the entire .Virion continent ii unaroidably 1x'.iq1 nj, with and rau only bo arcomplished thro'i the progress and leadership of tll(- United State. i n: Azre are to be connected wita j; ,f )j.(; l)j cable and Europeaa weather ,: ,;LeU are Indulging la the hope that !,... jUods so eligibly situated ia mid- AtVitic ocean may be utilusd as msteo- t , ,,r it stations. As moat of the Euro -ttonns coraejrom that quarter the ( 1 II'srM thinks that a station ia t ,c r. m wo il l be of the utmost raluo t , .'!): as well as to the world's coai- " i,. .r i ! mirine. i M ,,:,n:ui .vmoni nare taisea iouu ! , Africi, and the planting . f.'rtil"? territory of their sareral i 'i ,!K Now returns from Uganda ,, ... hi nnr out the land, and .,. . . 4, that in isn't inucli for milk, ., : ,.. fiiilel to obscrre any honey. n.vv.T. observes the San Francisco .i .niir, lli;itatl planted ia it soil ,i I uh nt as quickly as anything , , v u.tl I, ;m-i the Nations, for want of a .Him:: l'-ttcr to iMjuabbH orer, are t..Mfi Mtirueritp, of Itil, rea-sntlf -.1 hi ;i t'jwu wheru tficit prepara- t , h 1 1 !! -P m lo ti d her honor. i, i. 1114 o.fiT.? 1 Kinio ltio 1, declined , ki. itil t at all ahe nes led wai ,f w :cr. Tao water K-io brought, Irm'iit and wai .about ti take her ,., Ik. r h.i-f from her po;l iu order t- l.-r i;; when the mayor, luiaiater- hr actiou, bowel repectfullf , 1 1 "Your Majesty need not trou , N .-lf. I cui asiuw you that the 1 paid for." The eiperieucu of Audrey Staniope tlio Ne- York ller.xld'a c iolcra-luoc 1. Iit: I rorrcKJod-juf , has demonstrate J t tUo -nti,f jctioa of its coute nporary, tin Tnb ine, that the plague caa be sue- csfi.liy resisted Tae C3rreipndnt went to ll rnbur and roluntarily s i jTtt-d himself to the most serere testa. IIu drink Elbe water, slept in beds oa whir!, cholera patients had died, lired h the infected ipnrten of the city nud t )!i rrcry possible riik of cootagtoa After this rriuarknble expericuce he hai rvirnr to I'arii in perfect health, p. parn.tiy hitriog been so strongly r.n;J ilunt the Uiasase at to e.tposo himself to it wllth impunity. A mission of thi kind has required a very htjh der?e ot c irue aid aelf.sncriflce. Cue Iter. al I" Ins made mny thlujs plain abotit .oiia'.tra which were imperfectly knowa A v rhug to the New Yora Times it i ! tter in tint city to be a criminal t'i 1 1 r know aoythin? of his crimes. It ilrnv a rcry forbid leu picture of the li Mr if detention, a jail where witnesses are kfjit s );netimn for long periods of ti n", ttnd not unfieiuenly while the rtiiirml, of whose eril deeds they are it,otf I to be cognisant, is enjoying li'orty on bail. There is a detail of I- i o :i(t.iched to the house as a guard. N written communications are permit, t ' 1 1 lx rereircd by any unfortunate io in '" u:i!eis thoy aro delirercJ unsealed to the Serjeant in command, who, xipon rei. 1 i ti g them, determines whether they 'i ul he delirered to tbe person to whom tli.-y ir n 1 Iressel. No persons are al l1 v. I t visit or conrerse with the per Ji ii under detention eicep. with the r,:vti prnnisslon of the Superintendent i'f l ii -e, the District Attorney, or the or mttin majiitrate, and then only in tiie presence of the Sergeint in com 1111:1 !. I bravery of iVr.cemau GrifTenha ho toppct the runaway firchorses n 1 m,.n Square, New York City, dur ":ti1( Columbian military parade, has ",,; iMpcrly reconitel by the Police " " I, who have granted him an honor ; nirntijo and a medal. "One of our "";iiH,"rics," fays thc New York I rt., ..) rommentlng on this fact, re. nirk that 'heroism is not common in v days.' Nothing could be furthut fr the truth. Every week the neTS r ,, f i is accounts of men who hare r'' tlieir lives in order to sire their fc.: vv ,m.n Nerer before in our his u 'r.v !' ive more brare deedi been done 11 n within the past year. Engineers lrr I rr.'orminij them all the time. Fre life sareri, policemen, are constant. It h.miog that they hare in them th t!p'"nts of heroism; and not iofre 'i ' ntlv cues arise in which the ordinary c,t who does not pursue any calling ''j'H .aiiy attended with danger, shows he, too, has been all the time a po hero. There is no wisdom io rj!:tiiii down our own times. The; ,rt ;''cd times and brare times, and we "ifct 'o recognlro tbe fact." mm. K THANKsoiviNo. WUh quickened hnrl anl with TbeadeJ lM L,oanT7 iMl oarer eoda. linn in iha ii!.. j For tb boundlera wealth of rood It idmJi r tbanksglvtof tmnj an 1 Mid, And mort for the blessing of home and friends. Tb pale years wane and falter. And melt away Iik snow. Bat on its boiy altar Lore's fires oochanjlox glow; To dear, familiar placet, Lured by U (en Us Ujbt, Com back tb dtr, ded facai Out of tb awful nlgbt. Dvikls it, cn Tbanksfiriaf. Tb kindly ftast U spread, AndolJ, lost hopes are living. And old, fond words ars sail; Bald by tb loaf -still! t&ct. Heard by tb heart alona. And memory rsjoicss In the swAt undertone. Though years the bead may whtten, TV. ku4 -l.-ll Younir thought-that thrill ant brighten Poirewthe rm'Hngday, To all our best an Merest A lor.az cup w fill, To frionds that are the n'sreiL To Iots Time cannot kill. aie DeawMWir, I tie feast I, -pread. lilestUthafWrethatn-rer enls. For th. hoD of th-li, nr h- f .K- dead, B thank.(5iTinK sung and tall, Ani nosi for tbe gift of home an J friend. New Y'ork Sun. A Thanksgiving Surorise, TtT T1K1.EN FORREST ORAYK. f a was 10c ciose of a brief autumn H day; the last level II beams of the saf zL ion tinted fun.ael set were I cepiog 1 h r 0 u g h thc plate-glass case- - A . . al mem 01 ioc great bigutn are- nue s lore, anu Kitty Ktsson, tortured with a splitting headache and wearied with the incessant buzz of questioning roices, preasfd doiq nanus over ncr loreueau and asked herself: "Will aix o'clock nerer comet Will these people nerer got" The floor superintendent came op. "Mi Kaswu," sai l he sharply, what ails you to-uayl l uare lieatM . .. a I more than one complaint. Is it simple Inattention! or don t you rare wbetber you retain your p7sitton uere or noil Kitty looked pitcously up. "My head achea sol said she. "But I didn't known. What cm I do, please!" "Hercs a lady asking for mode-col- ..... ... . . orcd glores, and you ra taiea out the box of bUck said air. irwio, impa- tiently. 'Heally this won t dol "Kitty murmured a won' or two of apology, substituted the mode-colors for the blacks, and set herself to be as at tentive as possible. Headache or no headache, it behoove 1 her to gire satisfaction. She had not only herself to support, but tbe ailing mother, whose board she paid at a cousin's farmhouse in the Connecticut Valley. To her erery dollar meant its full worth, and when she saw girl cus tomers of her own jgc scattering the contents of their purses with recklevs disregard, she could?tut wonder. But when thc crowd of shoppers had ebbed and flow ci itself away, aod tbe much-betumb!ed and becrumpled stock wis replaced in boifs and on sbelres, and the girls were departing, Kitlycame to Mr. Irwin's desk. "Weill" he said impatiently, biting the handle of his pen, aa he glanced up from the big book before him. "Mr. Irwin," falterel Kitty, haven't had any racation this jcar. Can j hare a week at Thanksgiving!" Mr. Irwin frowned. "You had thc chance in August," said be. "No, we can t spare you at inanxs- eiring, Mias Kasson. Three or the girls in your department bare been ahead of you in securing that time, and, as you must know, we are extra busy at this time of fear." "I couldn't go in August," said Kitty. She did not like to tell the superin tendent that she bad lent her salary for the month of August to poor Mary Sin clair, to pay for a sea-soass- trip for her consumptire sister, that the sister had died tt Ocean Beach, and that Mary Sin clair had nerer been able to repay the indebtedness. How true it is that "it is the poor who are good to the poor! "Couldn't I possibly "No, youcouldotr said Mr. irn, and turned to his big books as if the case were closed. XT : t . . Cmn want still tlv hn.-ns to I -- -1 1 U10 u.n I with hollowyed stitcher in a corset f .-tnrv whose couzh kept her awake I K,lf tha nitrhf. - - ir They made themselret a cup of fabu O I lously weak tea, and nibbled at bread tad butter, with a paa ( cUms, whic'i AT .9 I WVKBDHB ja 1 a w Bsuawav.au ' Mb Skerrett had cookel om a neigh- I bor'a "tore, to gire some relish to !L I They set with shawls around t-em. tod I l.f k- k.m (. I lUMi moaio current oi waruuu irom ue I Uuwa rooms migni set tneir way. II At B . . ... I "Oh, here's a letter for you, which IM DCar!r forzottea I" said Mias Skerrett. "It got slipped under the bread plate. Kitty opened It and real it eagerly. Then her bead dropped on her hands; she burst into tears. 'No bad oewt, I hope!" said Mils Skerrett, who was mending the worsted glores which had so often been mended before. "No," said Kitty. "Nothing but what I might hare expected. The old home is sold to somebody from the West!' But it hain't been really yours for a long while, has itl" said Mils Skerrett. Well, nol" Kitty admitted. "But lon? Ttft owned thp I 1 ' m m Cb"Ce f r ,l back neni nrss came vo new loric, you know, 8arah, I was sure I could sell the norel I bad written, tn.l rebuild thm fm :i . , I . ' 1 iit iiirinnn I rnnri lr nm.im a I matter of a vesr or two. Nn I Vnn ww noni.n,e it w,,. Nft m I " J1, tolerably strong. But Ml come bard on mother poor mother! who haa kept hoping all her lifetime for thin?s that nerer came. I re got to write to her, now, that I can't be at home foi Thankstiring. They won't spare me I" Mils Skerrett thrugged her thin shoul- ders. "Well," said she, "what you haren't got you can t miss, i nerer uaa a f W SI Thanksgiring!'' rvitty aiu not not answer, bhe was thinking of the red Norember sun, the aromatic scent of dead Icares, the souid 0f church hells chimin? across the froitv fields, the smell of burning beec'a Io-s on the oIJ it0De hearth. And all that night loaz. when poor Mias Skerrett slept and co.1j.1ei by turns, u. .n,l tK..t,f j n abcut Thanksirin. She was unusually quiet and detected the next da. Mr. Irffiu frowned a little. "We want our girls to be spry and smiling," said he. "The customers don't like to see a death's-head -and bones behind the counter 1'' So Kitty tried to look cheerful, while gU tbe time , he was asklnz herself: How could Abirara Taft break bi promise to me? How could he let hn father sell the old home, when he told me 1 ,h0uld hare the refusal ot itt Of course, I couldn't buy it; but the blow wouldn't hare cvne so su l ie 1 if I bad known beforehand." Miss Skerrett was full of a new plan wbcQ KittJ Clm8 home that niht. Kitty," said she, "you felt bad about Icainz Tour Thankszirioz. L.'s hare a nine 000 01 our own, a cnicaen . . m a a won't coat much poultry ia alwara cheap if you wait until the oig'it before Thanksgiring. And Mrs. Daley will let us cook it io her oven, and we could bare a few roast chestnuts aod two red apples, aod a cranberry tart from the baker's. It won't cost so m ic'i if we join toge'.her. "on, n cult's a idnTER ron tou. "But it wouldn't le a real Thanksgir- ing, said Kitty, shaking her bead, with a ad smile. Just then the letter carrier whistla sounded in tbe ba'l below. Dow flew Kitty, and returael with another letter, directelthis tine lerMrs. Copley's sUJ ha3driti3;. Kitty turned pale. "Open it, Sarah," said she. "I ciVt. Either mother's sio'c or ar sie's dead!" ..v-.-ther one nar tus c4 ier,w sal Eimett, ao hi J ma Is haste to K.u th aeal. "3aail I read it tt you!" . tt .!.:... V!. .n Knar TJir friiMui g.J DOl f.ii It U to be a sur- nrt ta vour matber. So oa mora at urejeat. "rron yoar cn, Dkbjsi CorLXT. Kitty grew rel aid w iit "Ojp bat I caa'tt" she. iiJn. "Oht butjoamtatr said Miss Ske. reiL WUt will Mr. Irwin uj P "What he please. Ob, Cltcy, are are such stares al! our life long, do let us hare one free mometit, and risk the con eqoeocesr The dimples cams Into Kitty's cheek. "We wilin said she. It was a stormy sunset that brooded, In its red magaiflceoce, orrr the ralley that night; bat Thansgiring Is one ot the few things that stormy weather can not spoil; and is Kitty aad Miss Sker rett stepped of the train, a gust of aweer scented air came op froaa the pine glens, the leares rustled under foot, and the red barns la th distance seemed as if it were but yesterday that she had left them. Mrs. Copley wss at the station, rubi cund and short-bresthed as crer. 'There's a waggin' back o'the freight- house," said she. "Walt a spell, girls, till the train's gone by. Tbe boss, he's skeery of the cars." 'But what do we wint of a wagoct" said Kitty. "It isn't a quarter of a mil to your bouse, Cousin Deb." "We ain't a-going there!" said Mrs. Copley. "Your ma, she's more J. "Mored ! Ob, Deb, I know I harcn't been able to be very regular la the pay. ments of late," said Kitty, a sudden suf focation coming into her throat, "but surely surely you haren't let them take her to the town house 1" "Wai, I guess not t' said Mrs. Cop ley. "Get Into the wagin. You'll seel" Ablrim Taft was dririog. Kitty riewed him sternly, scarcely returning his nod. "You are not rexed with me, Kitty I" said he. 'You bare broken yotr worJ," said sic in a low roice, while Mrs. Copley pointed out tbe rarious placet of interest to Sarah Skerrett. "Yo j did it oat of spite, because becauss I would n t mar ry you. "I may be a pretty mean mio, Kitty, said he, "but I ain't as m?aa as all that. Get up, Bonny;" with a lash across tbe old red horse's fat bick. And they drove along In silence until "sTor! cm ed term. "Stop!" cried Kitty. "Here's the old home. Stop, Abiram, aod let me hare one look at it. Aod there are lights in the win low! Look, Sarah there's tbe wiodow where I used to peep out winter nights aad watc'a for Santa Claut's coming. There's the big flat stone where we used to phr jisk-straws. aod the apple tree, where tbe red gills flowers grew. And, oh, Sarah! am I dreamiog! There's mother coning out to the gate to meet me, just as she al ways did. Drlre on, ASira-nl I I think my brain mu't be gola;.' I guess we wou't drlre 00," said Abiram Taft, alighting anl deliberately tying be sorrol horse to the. p?st. "Your brain's all right, kitty. It Is your mother; and you be comiu' home again, just like you always did. The house's your mother's, Kitty; I deeded it to her, I bought it of father with the profits I made In that Western ranch affair. I nerer felt quite satisfied about that foreclosure business, and this is what I call restitution money." "But," cried Kitty, "the old furni ture .he dear, tali clock and the high topped chairs ." "I managed all that, sail Abiram, aim ply. "I sort o planaed ta hare it all dovetailed in by Thaoksgiring Day. Tou sae, Kitty, I kaaw rigat well you don't lore me; bit, for all that, no one caa stop me from loviog yoa aa 1 work ing to make you happy. I couldn't no how stand the idea of your be in' shut up in that big city store like a bird ia a caje. Oo in, Kitty. Don't you see your mother wai tin' for yout "But bat you'll cone aai spaa I Thanksgiring Day with us to-raMTOw, Abiraal" faltartd Kitty, stUl liajsring out under the lilac bushes, although her hand was ilgbtly clasped ia her mother's. "D yoa want mi f, Kitty P "Yes, I dor "Then I'U cornel Back to tbe old hearth raa Kitty. Tbe familiar cricket still eatrpei bat wee a iu stones; the kettle aaag the aasaa sleepj tune oral the fire. "Oh, mother, aaother, she gasped, how happy I aal O i, Taow caa we erer pay Ahire-B Tafl back P The tittle, black -r 1 widow smile i as she took a paa saf hoi biscuit o it of lrrm W j-M Jin' Pfl tr l.f 'I T tbe oren aai set the steaming teapot farther back oa the store. There's only one way, da-ijjhter, that I know of, said she. "You're sneered at honest Abirana and laagaed at him all these years, but bow urs. corutr racraarxa toe tcrkkt. Now," uld Sinh 8'ferrett, turoloj Kitty around so that ah could look full into her eyes "now she lores him. I can see it in her eyes. Ah, Mrs. Kts son, time hat taught her more lesions than oce!" And Mrs. Copley, singeing the pin- feathers off a fat young turkey la the beck kitchen, mused to heuelf. "Well, I shouldn't woader if that tangle cane straight arter all. Me aid Copley got engaged on Thaoksgirioj Day. It always, was a lucky time." Fire Grains of Corr. The pleasant custom of beginning a Thanksgiring feast vby laying fire ker nels of corn upon the plate ol each per ron at tbe ta'ile, in commemoration of the time when tbe Pilgrim fotiodtri of New England had but five grains of corn each day to eat, serves, so far as it is ob serred, a double purpose. It must, in thc fint plaC;, render th mere physical enjoyment of a festiral keener to percsire the plain contrast be- ween the fare of those hard days of the past and the plenty of the present. A ittle nibble at the bard kernels of corn, with a momentary atto npt to fancy that this is all one is to hare, glres an added rest to roast turkey, craaberry sauco mtn:eand pumpkin pies and things of that sort. But tbe custo n may also bring to mind tbe real meaning of the Thanksgiring festiral. It exprcssei tbe coorlction that afflic tion, adversity, privatioa era merely trials of our character, as a nation aod as iod.viJua'i. Sjmeti'nei It happens that a Tbanksgiviog seems almost Inappro priate. Tuerc hat b;sa great persoaal lose, or so ne public cilamity; a pesti lence may hare carried off thousands, or the times hare been hard for the people. But these things are the fire grains of corn upon the p'a'e; all may be sure that the account will be much more than righted; that our debt will be much greater than all our thanks caa pay, our table more beautifully sprea 1 tbaa we deerve. Youth's Companion. No Rrspret for A;e. "Is there any portloa of the fol yoa f rafer, MsjorP asks the sutler's wife, bandly. "The left wing, if yoa pljase. The left winxt" "Yes, retorted the Major, gaxiog dubiously at the p'aiter. "I beliere it is always good military tactics to bring the left wing of a reteraa corps into ac tion firstl" KoXrrk la HN. The MinWter "Well, my little mao, what are you thankful for to- lay P Bobby "That the Thaok'girio' din ner's moj' ready." Somebody has said that If Pasteur were paid a royalty on all the money he bassarei to the commercial world be would be the richest man on earth. A tleae est Ue Ilertxeta. 1 1 8Q3.V NOVEMBER. IStt tw t frt i a 3 4 5 110j urn 1 13, 1. Ta. 17 18 19 llRS.PEARrS EXPERIENCE.1 what thc rjj'wnni.'jfifi sawxytzob ATaoncr ciactTft. Tb Clot bee She Wore oa the F.t pedliloa Tbe Hosts Kh IJrcl 1st and Food She Ate. R3. PEAHY, wife f the Arctic explorer, baa been ia terriewed by a New Tork World reporter oa ber trip with oer husband to the Far North. We quote from the interrlew as follows: "What did you Uke with jou to wear on yoir expedition P 'All my old clothes, of course. I knew that I should nerer bare such a good opportunity to get them worn out without any anxiety as to changing fahIons. That applies only to gowns. My Arctic dress was odd eoooh. Lieutenant Peary, as you know, Lai been ia Greenland before, aad had a good Idea of the seeds of tbe climate. Nothing but fur will gire saStacat pro tection against the cold, and we did not make the mistake of baring our far gar ' ments made op before leario?. Ia addi tion to the discomfort of tryiog 00 furs la tbe iprioj, we knew that do furrier bad sufficient disregard of appearance to make our outfit as we would order It. Instead we took oa taard weM-rurei deer skins, which I cut duriog the roy age to the exact shape I wanted. Then when we reached Greenland we hire J the Eskimo women to sew the skins, which they do with great skill. I bad an undergarment a sort of dirided skirt made of deer skins with the fur inside. This I wore between my usual underwear and my dress, instead of extta skirts. A bo re tbe waist 1 had a hooded blouse of fur which I put oa to go out la. I nerer knew what it was to suffer from cold throughout the journey." "What kind ot a house can one bars when the material has to be taken so far and set up under such difficulties?" "It was a eery good house, indeed, though It bad only two rooms. Ia one of these I bad a carpet, beary cirtaios, portieres aad moat of the comforts ot a well-appointed borne la lower latitudes. The other room, which was used for all sorts of household purposes, oould not be made so pretty. We all llred to gether la a sort of happy family. There were seren members of the expedition, one of whom were p re r lously known to us, but we found them rery pleasant sad harmonious. We bad a colored boy, Matt, whom we took with us to do the cooking and other work. His first at tempts at cookery were so bad that I as sumed that duty myself for a few months, until be was trained Into a rery efficient servant. Lieutenant Peary aat at one end of tbe table and I at the other. We bad a rery jolly PrtJ throughout the long winter with lis three months of un bsoken night." What did you bsre to eatf I should think the fare would bare been rery limited t" 'Not stall.' We had just the same things that you were eating down here. Most of it came out of tin cans, but that Is a winter necessity erery where. We had three kinds of regetablet erery day at dinner aod there was always pttoty of fresh meat. IHvss no trouble to keep it in that latitude; all out-of-doors waa oae great refrigerator. Wnea we wanted fresh water we west out to the nearest glacier and chopped ol chunks with a hatchet till we had enough to melt for drinking and household purposes. Uoder these conditions a daily tm.i is uoori- a. a a a a . .I ous. It is small wonaer uiti me natives nerer think of s ich a thing as washing, erea their facts." "Did you see rcry mtch of the nallre life, or were you away fron erea sach primltire society as tnati' "Oh, the Eskimos, or 'Huskies. as we called then, were our chief source of entertainment all through tbe long winter. They came bu ad reds of miles oa their sleJgei to tee the white people aod their wonderful house. Ia fact, we held one continuous recepUoa. We could not bare beea gtyer at boms la Washington. We always offerel re- freshnenti coffee and biscuits to ov comer, but made no attempt after that to feed them, as oar supplies would rery soon bare been exhausted. In return they did anything they cojU for us, and if ona was asked for some little faror, the rest al were rery jealous. I could not entertain them, good ni'.urel aoa kind as thsy wer, ia my Inner toon, as all satires are fairly arire with rerxio and mast not be brought into contract with anything which can a at be scrubbe J ; bjt they swarmed Into tho ou er rooa whenever we would allow it. They are rery docile and could be sent away at a-y time like a flock of exoptioaally good children. "I auppose you were ths first white woman most of them hat ever seen." "Yes, aod on ths whole they coa s'dered me about ta: mjst curious pos session the white maa ha 1. Tbe Ekioo, like most other waxes, derates all his ti ne to hunting, aad lets hta womeakiad. Jo the war!c. I hare seea a whote party of them sit by aa I watc'a the worn s a roll the besry stones waves fast em down the edes of the skin tent the eumaaer residence of the oatire OreeaUidtr. As a great eoccsrsloa tbe maa will occas ionally ho4d tbe teat ta posit loa while hit wife does the beary work la seen ring It, It an lied tbeaa ta see ms shoalder a fjua aad start out bunting with my huaUaad, but not so much as to see b!m aad the other mea of the party carefully spare xe fro aay r ttra ardaotss task. White woman rery buy was the opcv ly expressed rerdtct, This, towers, did not prerent oee proeaieeet Ekiao eit'irn from proposing aa ezchasp of wires with Lleuleeaot Peary. As aa additional iadoceceeat to the trade be offered to throw la bb two childm. "How do you know wbea spring has come la soda high latitudes! Is there aay outward aed risible alga betides perpetual day iarteal of perpetual tdghtP The warstb of a Grecalaad fpriag U delicious. Ia April be .'ore the ex fdoriag party arartel I weet oa a tittle osiraey of about two haadreJ aad flftf miles. It was light all bi tint, though during the night the aui was jut below the boriaoa. We trsrclled oa a sledge drawn by altteea dogs, jourasyieg by night to avoid ths atroax Arctic sua shine aad sleeping by day. I wai wrapped ia dcetsktas ia al litlaa to my . usual fur garmsots, and nerer had a mort dalightfitl ioarner la my life. Talk about park driving! An Eskimo sled ga on the ice plains of Ureeala& l takes tbe flaror out of any other way of getting orer grouad that the world af fords!" "Was there any eegstttioa around your home la McCormtck Bay, or was It all barren and icyP The flowers of high latitude are ex quisite, aad the suddenness with which they come adds greatly to the enjoyment of them. Oae day you see aa lee or erel space, tho natt dtyHhere Is bare; grouad, and two dap later you begin to' see green. A week afterwards the whole place will be cortrtO with bloom. There are poppies aad daisies aad buttareupt, all rery much Uke our own, but smaller. It Is a mistake to suppose that Arctic summers are cold. Ths thermometer often gets up to ninety, and eighty de crees Is not exceptionally hot, erea io bJg attitudei.' scir.xTiric anu ixutsrimL. A door-closer Is operated by gravity A machine is made for grooving botse aboes. Plowing by electricity I In c intern pla lion for a large property ia Spain. At the prtjaent time the average betgll of the tides tbe world over is only about three feet. ' Aa locorrodlble tntlet, which is like wise rery hard, is made by amalgamation nickel with steel. A French chemist baa succeeded Is making Imitation diamonds that cost more than tbe genuine. It Is bsllered that diphtheria is some times contracts 1 by little children while playing near the sewers when tbe latur are open for repairs or other purposes. The use of minute quattitlt of chro mium la steel to gire It exceptional hard oess was probably first carried out on a commercial scats by Julius Bauer, of New York. - Tbe life of a locomotlee crank pin, which la almost the trst thing abjut an engine to weir out, Is CO, 003 miles, and tbe life of a thirty-three-inch wueol is 60,733 miles. A California compaoy makes a splendid article of toilet soap from the froth skimmed from a boiling compound. It Is supposed to bs a mixture of borax, alkali and mineral oil. At Baku, Russia, there It an Immense oil wall that "ebbs and flows" with tho same regularity aa do tbe ocean tides. It is belierod to bare some mysterious connection with the aes. " , The lewer grade of molasses sells for such a poor price (two cents a gallon), that some of tbe Louisiana su?ar bouses use it for fuel. Several of the Uubia sugar houses thus use It. Sir John L'ibbock, who pro'jably knows more about bees that any other man ia tbe world, liviag or dead, lays that there it stroo; cvileace that the queen bee has the powtr of control io the sex ot the e;rg. It sppeart that a colore 1 or dark pig ment in the olfactory region is esseutial to per.'ect snell. I s cases where aai malt are pure white they ere usually tota'ly devoid of both ascll and tasve, aod some, the white cat for instance, are almost invariably deaf. A Boitoa dentist advocated hypnotis as a local aasnttetic la a paper read be fore tbe Nesr i:n;lao l Dsntal Soriet and hypootxsd a patient there an t theu at an object lesson ie tbe jrcti:e, per forming a dental cutting without elicit ing from the paticat any inaalfttUtiost of feeling. The paper was unaccom pa 0 led by drawings. The gall of a gtll -fly proloeed oa aa oak attracts, sta'et Dr. Iltihsy, by tbslr rlscid secretion, a oueiber of ei&sll aata,' which be believes to be advantageous to the tree la killing quantities of caterpil lars aad other insects whtoh are its natural enemies. . Ifs Illustrates the value of this protection by the statement that the Inhabitants of a slarie sal's nt-t may destroy ia a slogle day upward of loJ.OOJ Insects. '-J It it found that mttonry may be ren dered Imperrioui to water, especially la jtotllions exposed to direct contact ta that element, by the explication of eoi! tar. The latter Is employed ia a boiling slate, la one or more Users, or It may ' be male to flame up bef ore be'ng used, the first being suitable for surface ex posed to the air, while the second It ap propriate ia the case of parti Intended to be co re red up. This met tool of treat log foundations Is declare t to be of special utility ia all pablie buildings, auticularty those designed for ths prti erratioa ot works of art, preventing as It does titilatlooi of wattr cbirged wita' liioe salts from the mortar. Elfftflril Dale. Palo wtlch 00 touchlog the ground crackles abd emits electric sparks it a seiy tnrortmoo but not unknown pbeeotccooa . Aa instance of the kind eat recently reported from Cor dor, in Ffaio, by an electrical ecjrierer who si (titrated the Oxurrence. The weather Ltd I en earrn and undisturbed by wind, and too after dark the sky became ot ei east by clouds. At about o o'clock there came a flash of lijhtaiog. folio ecd by great deps of electrical rsir, each one of which 00 touching the graced, walla or treee gare a faint crack aad emitted a spark of lirht. i&e bbe- couetoo cootiaued for several sceoods. atn at j area t'y erased as tooa as the at l Lire eat aatuated with moisture. fTLaaaUra't Jvurea'. A tew iovtetioo Is a saw-horse with a toothed dag boldtog the pUce of Umber ta place, the dcr'xe belag plr. oted at the cross legs aad operattag a- 8rr a tprief teetioa.
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
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Nov. 24, 1892, edition 1
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