The Ottawa free trader., 1875-07-31

| At present there lies within a few weeks of
us. and right between us and inhabited con-
| tnents, a circle 400 miles across, Of which
we know not even whether il be land or
water, or in what respects it is affected by
some conditions wholly different from our
own. Is it anything more than a great re-
| irigcratOr for the production OF cOld-that is,
| for the absorption of heat? If water prcpon-
| lcratcs there, then the cold need not be so
extreme as we imagine; and Just as the equa-
Tor is not everywhere hotter than the tropics,
| just as the eastern hemisphere is warmer by
! ten degrees of north latitude than the western
and the northern hemisphere very muah war
mer than the southern, so even the Artlc cir
! Gle NAV have the benefit OF some genial lntlu-
! enceS. 1t has at least hat year of continuous
day. What ifIt be found sufficiently habitable
| for the establishment of stations in which the
! production and economy of heat will be the
only serious difficulty. Science IS sanguinc,
but il ContcsSes itself to be hoping against
| hope as 10 the latter expectations. An ami
| mai or two, seeds that can stand any cold,
/ some of the lowest forms of vegetable life,
land perhaps organisms, in the sea, the posi-.
Bile revelations oi an atmosphere completely
! clear of aqueous disturbance, figure prOmI.
Incntly in the catalogue of hope. II, as is
! suspected there be ingredients III the earth S
Atmosphere too subtle for chemical analysis,
| the SpeclrosCOpc may detect them in region
where humidity no longer embarrasseS the
| question Then what is the aurora? Is it of
earth or of heaven? Is it mctcOriC? Is il
COsmiC; Does il reveal Il universal medium
| l. 1t magnetic phenomenon? At abOutthe
seventh degree of latitude the expedition
/ will reach the other side Of the magnetic
pole and will have TO steer by rules the con
! trary of our own, and becoming more and
more complex till the needle points finally to
| the center of the earth, At the pole, not only
the compass, but even the sun, moon and stars
will cease to be available for the usual pur-
posCs OF observation; that Is if anything
/ should happen To- The Chronometers, tor all
will then depend on the preservation OF
Greenwich time. The t1rlorn hope told OIL
Tor the pole will have to mar. Its track very
carefully If It would hc sure OF rctracing lis
course back again.-LoU4oR Times.
! ASC>NDAL ANERTED.-Slys the New York
| sun: The lalefui influence oI the Bccchcr
| scandal has destroyed the confidence hitherto
/ rcposed in the cloth. On Sunday last this
! distruSt deprived an csimube WeStchcStcr
matron of the opportunity, To her most dear,
| of attending divine service IN the church OF
her choice. The scene Is pleasant little
village not many miles from Mt. kISco, and
the minister and the lady are near ncighbors,
their respective residences heing separated
only by the width of the main street The
minister is middle-agcd, good natured, and a
/ favOritc 1t was his custom every Sunday To
give his estImable pariShioner "A seat in the
/ family carriage, SO that she might not have
10 walk half Il mile to church. On Sunday
the dominie's carriage drew up in front of
the lady's door She was waiting, ard bust
ling down prepared to get in, declining the
parsons proifered and Suddenly she noticed
that lie was alone. "Where Is your wiieY'
She asked abruptly "Shc is not we'll enough