Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-04-11

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Exit-Whole batch, with God bless
you from the artist.
Balloon to the North Pole.
Another and what seems to us to be
an insane project, is to go to the North
Pole by the air lineup in balloon.
We believe it will all end in gas, but
we give our readers the grounds upon
which the adventure is based, as an
item of news and as another evidence
that the world is going crazy.
One advantage of an aerial North
Pole voyage is the temperature Of the
Artic regions, which prevents the es-
cape of gas from the balloon to such
degree that it is supposed to be quite
feasible to construct balloon which
will last three months voyage. An
other advantage is the absence OF dark
ness in the Northern regions. II the
balloon leaves in the summer time, the
sun will illuminate the heavens during
the whole trip. Then again, the per
manency in the direction Of the winds
around the regions of the North Pole
would be another point in favor of the
project, over that across the Atlantic.
The size of the proposed balloon is fixed
at about $4,000 cubic metres. 1t is
calculated to carry ten men, three or
four months provisions, apart from the
ballast, number of instruments, all an
Choir and dragging rope, which will
touch the ground should the balloon
sink too near the earth. An ingenious
arrangement has also been made to pre-
vent the balloon from rising higher
than 800 metres, or about $500 feet.
The boat of the balloon is TO be lined
with sheep skins and heated with lamps
go that even if the temperature should
fall to thirty-two degrees below zero,
outside, it will be five degrees above
zero inside. A vessel is TO carry the
men, the balloon and the ingredients for
hemanufacture of the necessary amount
of gas to about the SEVENTEEN degree OF
latitude. This will leave trip OF 300
miles to the North Pole for the balloon
to accomplish; and the voyage there
and back could be made within twenty
day. Everything, however. is to be
prepared for full three months trip.
! The enterprise is exciting unusual in
terest amongst the scientific men OF
Europe, and is, indeed, one Of the most
wonderful schemes ever conceived by
the human mind.
There are hopeful signs in the South
of an abandonment Of the crcditsystem,
which has done much toward keeping
the people, from planter to field hand,
in ruined and exhausted condition.
Early in the year factors aud bankers
adopted resolution not to make any
advances on crops, and very few pint
ers have been able to get supplies OF
provisions or loans of money without
substantial security. This will be better
for the planters. Let Southern employ
ers adopt the same rules in the payment
of their help as prevail at the North, no
pay until work is done, land industry will
be quickened by the hunger of the lazy.
"THE GALLANTS CLUB. A number
of highly respectable and strictly moral
young gentlemen of st. Louis have or
ganized all association to be known as
the "Galants Club" the object Of
which is to furnish young ladies who
have no regular beaux to church, con-
certs, lectures and places of amusement.
All members have to undergo a rigid
examination as to character, ETC., before
they are admitted, and they obligate
themselves 10 obey all orders Of the ex-
ecutve committee Any lady wishing
an escort has only to apply to the presi-
dent of the society, naming the even
ing, and a young man is detailed for
the purpose. AS soon as young man
becomes engaged he must withdraw
from the organization.
A Curious CALcULATIoN.-The av-
erage value Of each immigrant arriving
in this country has been frequently esti-
mated by writers on political economy,
but no two OF them agree on this ques-
ton. This value varies from $3.50, &C
cording to the lowest estimate, toabout
$500 in the highest; but in neither
case il is evident that in a more restrict
ed material sense il is cheaper to import
our population than it is to produce it
ourselves. Assuming each child of ff-
teen to have cost $1,000, and that the
money thus expended would have been
otherwise saved, We find that the man
who has raised family of five children
and remained poor might have accumu.
lated a sum sufficient for the wants Of
old age had he not been subjected to
this expense.
SALE OF "RocKLASD. The sale of
this farm, formerly the property of the
late Col. Tilgbnian, lying six miles
south of Hagerstown and containing
256 acres, was completed On Tuesday
last, by its owner, Robert Bridges,
Esq, to Gen. Thos. l. McKaig, of Cum
berland. The price paid was $4,000.
1t is, we believe, the design of the pur-
chaser to put the spacious and elegant
mansion, which is mich OF repair, in
complete order at once, and make Rock
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