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ANGAh NoVISNS
SALE OF
Robert lryine's Really.

Irsinc, l:ssssel;; sEI others,
"a.
TIE creditors aal hsiEs Of noss:; i7r!:p.
dpccci:!.
"' ~ cGASCrEy.
Cndcr dcc.t= made in this cause on tho
% day Of senIember, 1911, by the C;rcMt
Court Q! Lewis Gsupty, will sell, ia frOG:
tho soI, house Of Lewis county, on thu
1st day Of March; 1878.
the real estate oil Ro0er, Urine, objected by
said decree to be sOld ua!acIy: "
Lewis County Property.
LOT No. 10, OH the cast side Of Ceutr0
Street, In the town OF Weston, On which
Frame House Is situate.
ALOT IN WESTON.
in tho rear Of lot No. 3, on First Street,
owned By Il. II. Smith.
\ PARCEL OF LAND IN WESTON
on both sides Of FIRST Street, on what i,
called "Diamond HILL" containing acres
. roods aud poles. Another parcel III
Weston,
CONTAINING ONE ACRE,
on..Naxwcll's hill. A parcel south Of wss-
on, oil tie waters OF Town Run, adjoining
the parcel on Diamond Ill.," aud 10!
Of Charles Post, containing
1ACRE AND 81 POLES
Also 'FaErel adjoining tho pHrcrI lust
mentioned and land Of Patrick T'ctuc? AMI
J. N geuactt, situate south OF Wcstcr, :es-
tAiniAs
I ACRES AND 0 POLES.
AIsua tract on Stone Coal creek and the
hill southeast of Weston, containing
ABOUT 100 ACRES
Also tract on Camp Run, branch Of
Fiuk's Fork Of Leading Greek, and below
Sycamore Fork, &C niainins
los ACRES AND 3 R0ODS.
Also true, on the west side o. the IVES,
Fork river, near Fair Grounds, containing
lO2 ACRES, | ROOD AND D.
POLES.
Also tractnijoinias'thc tract Lost men.
toned, on The wesi side of West FUrE..rivrr
CONTAINING q ACRES.
Also tract on But hers Folk Of Sand
Fork Of the Eanawba river, adjoining l.ada
U! l;rhacl Collins, con 'Nining
HI ACRE!:
Property j. Lewis and DOldtidsN
Counties.
A tract lying partly in each Of these coan.
les, OH Syc,lnUrs Fork Of Fiak's rrGh,
CONTAINING 1872 ACRES.
10 Dnddrilgc COUNT.
Also tra.t on Sycamore Fork Of Fink
Creek, containing f
2lS ACRES;
cni tract on Sycamore Fork Of Fia&'s
C;rusk, containing
99223l ACRES.
The Land in aud near 'FestOn wi'l;1s sod
by Subdivisions into convenient ,o!s to be
represented on plat 10 be exhibited At tie
sale; or by entire parcels, rs may appeNr
most advantageous.
am authorized 10 sell these lands by
pirate sale, and will al any time make sale
thereof, 10 &c reported 10 the cOur: for its
action.
All sales will be Gu credi, of /, . sul :;
ears, purchasers to give notes with good
personal security bearing interest FROM date.
HENRY BRANNON.
feb2 4W. Special Commissioner.
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Stale Of West Virginia :

State Of West Virginia:
At Rules held in the cIrrk'1 Office Of tbs
circuit court Of Gilmev coan'y, on the hrs;
Monday in January, 1873.
Ss;auel l.. lays, Sheriff If G;lmcr county
and AS such administrator .! a! aaA sin.
guar the goods and chG:lr!,, yigLts and
credits u Jo.iah :. franks, deed, PIN,
rs.
Charles y. Patterson and Il. PulliAn, ,lr'!Ii
IN cuAScEaY.
The object Ofth:s 3.tjlis 10 eafprrr II ycr-
lur lien GU a tract Of ,003 aries OF Land,
lying anG being in The couaty Of Gilmer. on
Steer Greek, aal to subject the same to
sale fOE tie purchase money, Amounting to
$4,000, wits interest thereon from the first
day Of October, ISL, and tayrs amounting
TO about 81, ObO, with interest on .AIdis1s'
'tOm the payment thereof
And ii appearing by affidavit fled that
tile suid defendants are not residents OF this
State aud thcy not appearing, it is ordered
that they do appear hers within one month
after the first publication UfllliI q rider and
/" what ia Necessary To Protect their inter.
rst in this suit. Aurs,e:
G. B, CONRAD, CIcrS.
j, N. Bennett, pa jat@Glw
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hEGAI. NoVlGES.


state d West Virginia:
81 Rae, hcld IN the clerks Office of the
circai! cong, Of ii,mer county, on the ErSL
Monday in January, 1873.
Samuel Browai, Pascal Brown, Elias Brown,
John Bail and Della his wife, Andrew
SsaInHkCr nd Eunice his wife, CaFs
Brown, Sasan Goldsmith, late Susan
Brown, - llinkic aud Elizabeth hi: vie,
D,uzIIa Maxon, late DruziIla Brow, Ma.
lildA MaxOa, late NttilIa Brown, @hoIuas
Il. BEdnaUn and Louisa jane lis wife, late
Louisa JGre Brown, William Brown, Mar.
Cellrs latIitT and Sarah his wife, John
Lewis and Elizabeth his vito, Alexander
Blown, Basel Brown, James Brown, Ben
jatmin EiiIec aad .inmcy his wifi; William
l'iilre IND Lucy his wife. John Brown,
y4muc! Brown, L:mucl Brown, w. ].
bailey, James bailey, Carr Bailey, Nap4e-
TiIIe Bailey, John Nicholas aud Nancy bis
wife, john WUO:IeT aud Mariah lis WItt,
Fisher aud CindCrila his wife, Wright
Bailey and BAlindA his wife, - Hoover
sud EIi-"hrth ls,l wife, aud Chsrlc!
brown, plaiatiIIs, wv '
YS.
Joseph Z. Gluck, Vcnral Waggonsr, AmGa
M"Gs"arr AHtioEy WuGgouGr, Adam
Bush and Sophia his wife, Rachael S.
hnaso"rT, irwin j. UnggoR0r, Samuel l..
Eusa, James H. Cooper and RiaUnl his
vie, Anu ". lush, Nicholas IiacgOner' )
hrA:, to W.T.: ". t. K4gg0Ger ", j.
Inggurer, IItnry Marshall wnsgOner,
Timothy wagsOavr, Charles Y. Wagon.
Grand John ". "wagsorrr, defendants.
''' IN cnAScERv
Tie object OF tbs suiti4l0 revoke the pro-
Catt AID sci aside az Ha!I and Yoii tie 1T
ui tnr LATE john Z. WA!gemrr, deceased.
Aud Il appearing by affidavit G.e3 that the
,dd lrleadpuE, Yeaia HSggoaer, Am1a
Wig ayr, aal the heirs Of Sichvl45 Tag.
!. hr:, deceased, to-wit W. 7. WAgsor.c,
IS Il. MagEone:, Iieu7y !IanhalI %aRg9n-
er, rTuvthy Wn.,souer, Charles Il Wag.
sonrg. ioEu v. WaSsoucr, saL other de.
!criIsls 10 the paGnaS unkno~a are art
nsuirn's "!i1is STATE, and taey ne! sP?eaF-
lag, II - ordered That they DO appear here
*ilII.~ unr youth oG,ef he first Publication
o. .ats o' tee AID 10 what Is necessary 10
go g. +:.s sal,rr,! Ia this sat-.
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WHOLESALE
NrN Goods 4 MoE>ous,
WEI EiEG47NG W. VA

We have now open for pring Trade n
stock superior IN Extent and variety to nuy
hitherto offered
Full! assortment will be maintained
throughout the season, and prices iayatlAl.
" nj the lowest put.
l.: l.. DELApLAlN 4 son.
Wheeling. May S.
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Lh"ss
C. Is. CONRAD, Clerk.
J u DcaNct' yV jan264w
UNMiS>tUNER'S SALE.
G""m i!HAwcll =sccuIor 0rthe last Nil! ard
tr.".A,Io. bur'va Dr'pas,i, deceased,

Jn..nn sopy, &c.
~ INA: y,nf ~ 1Ia rIRcs:I rsghr og .AW.s
cerS.Y.
e. .".sr Of Gslrs. in lAe abOyc
80. $50. 'rudtr:l % sud court u, lie
",.'.o .r..'op.cV', 1874, The undersigned
-."n'.s''u., .rr".a.'ed isr tue purpose will
D.. iantf".:s": Ii" couIt house c; Lewis
... mn 'Ds a'st doy 4: the March terra
a"" .s. 1s.s, !rorsad to srI. Il public
-.rr ~ tie tIGhrs. bidder, one uud.-
"0 ''rii' part OF IS acres Of Land, lying
.. u "'4"" .o' Gltmrr,oH Du,k Camp kaa.
- .A..s .le 4e1HAlI .. t.e 9IaiuIti iusaid
,."ssi a1s9 0ne "u!t'is:d I1asGl part c;
sad IS ",rcs lV satisfy tbs dvaiaad tie
defendant ]. u. Bennett; and QUE uad vid.
r4 hall u SAID 954ctrs 10 satisfy the driaael
ii The defendant George ]. Arnold. 49,
TERMS OF SALE
Zach 'I s".d sales IL be upon II c;edIt o:G,
/! ""d Is months, TAI King lrvm lhS archn-
So: bonds U.arsag jnNns, from ta:r, ani
w'h Odd pcr."nA! sccArIty, AL Withhold.
la tie tliir rs farther sccuriIy for the pay
nIdrI OF Tie puFrluss maary.
joan {. JACKSON,
~ to! Commissioner.
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a credit o! 6, l2, is anl "a months will
he given, the purchaser giving bonds aud
good security for the purchase money, bear.
Ing intcFcs: ffom the day Ur sale, md us n
further security the title will be retained.
G. D. CAMDEN, Commissioner.
feb24w
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Ed"ia Maxwell, Ezeca,or OF The last will
and testament Of Burton DesparI, deed,
rs.
William +. Rutherford, &c.
IN cutacsSr% TIE cIRcrIr COURT Of LEVI,
COUNTY.
In pursuance Of q decree rendered in thr
Vio'c styled cAus! by said Court, Mt tie
March TORN thereof 1871, tie undersigned
commissioner appointed iOf the purpose
will, Gu the iirlI day cFIhe March tern, o:
sud court, 1878, at the front door Of III,
conrt house ofLc%!s county, proceed 10 sell
a! Ynblc auction IO'lhe highest bidder, one
undivided fourth part Of 90 acres oil land IT,
ing in Gil@cr county, between TIE forks Of
Dry Fork Of lialrEun 10 satisfy the demand
Vi III. plaintiff in said cause, and aIso oas
undivided lour.hPart Of said % acres to sat.
isiy' the demand Of the defendant ]. u. Ban-
nett; and one undivided half Of said 90 nc
res to satisfy tEe tep.aad Of The d,frudar;
Gcurs! ]. Arnold.
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The only Live hardware and Seed EasiEr Wc,ton
peculy Gull the attention U the Elz.us Levi ami nng
they haze hand aud will keep arg' aud san; all
their line. consisting II
POCKET and TABLE CUTLERY FANCY GGON> RrNHLyaa-
BUILDERS HARDWARE IRON, rHEl. ,ni NAILS NE
CllANlCS and BLALWSMlIiis TOOLS.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
STONES aud KITCHEN HUR.
d." NlTURE
Our stock unsurpassed by any the star People should hear in ud
that ours I'll Z Hardware Store the place, aud make f.eiy
purchase goods in line figures that defy conl~i"n
G1ns Pure Western Timothy, tree from 9th boom pc
60GN"e Seed lover than place fresh n,
Kentucky Hue Grass and Orchard Graz ary lot in stock
Our Machinery Department complete, "tr Nl h
a1l most approved labor saving mHchLry biim figures.
Groceries always band the owrt figures In y
rgaius which BE- Ind i%@hct' and m
Time is mOuey-Quek sales and >LU' rr"isS- Our N"'o
MOORE nEnS
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TERMS OF SALE.

a crc4i; Of 9. l2 and 10 months will be
given in each o. said sales, taking i'ro,a the
purchaser bends with good PERSONAL securi-
~ beating Interest from date, and with.
holding the title Us further security fer
The pa.ShN:e HoEcJ.
JOHN c. JACKSON,
:.rsl6lr N..
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JUDICIAL SALE.

In pursuance Of II decree OF the Circuit
COart of Mood cUuaty, pronouaced in IL
c,se Of iTIIiNm Woodward agains, Elijah
slejher's heirs s.. |, rs commissioner Ap.
pointed by said court, will, on tho
5M ddy Of .Nurh. 1878,
at the cu"rt hOu:c doOg q Lewis county. be.
ing court day, proceed to sell =, put lie
auction 10 The i:hes; ladder. alt the Ian! Of
which the said Flcshcr did seized, consist
iuS 0! n lot Of RbUu,
8 ACRES OF LAND,
on Polk Greek, in Lewis county, on which
there is u frame dwelling house and Othr7
oaI-hOuses, and is g,,lel on tho turnpike
road abOu, one mile west of WESTON. And
also lot ufland claimed TO contain ~
% ACRES,
on Buck Hill, adjoining The Gee Lick Kun
.oad.
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: dcirn liant George J. Arnold.
TERMS or SALE
George Couner aud UtIlsrs,
~ cHASCEEr ~ THE cIECrrr COURT o. LErI.
ClrSTY.


ClrSTY.
In PURSUANCE Of decree in the above
!lr'I cat'.c rendered by said Court, a; the
March term thereof, 1871, the un lerlisurl
commissioner Appointed for the purpose, will
al The ItUnt door Of The court huuse vi Lew il
cUnu,,, OH Tie IiI:t day of the MnI"h term
o sad c,rtiiI rUGri, 1878, proceed to SCI! Al
l"|ir aac!On, 10 The highest bidder, one
umdI iIlrA fourth part OF us Acrts u land,
ling IN Gtlmer county, on Dusk Camp
Hun, 10 sitisiy'Ihc demand Of tie Plaintiff
in snId cnHE,; "bu Uuo undivided !ouGlN Tart
q III .!""c.ss " s.t.'y tie IeuAnl q the
: rU.Iuu ]. II b-arc:,, Aad one Undivll.
"t h-H"fstH ilt.etes, 10 SATISFY the de.
"7"4 81 the lo'~ulta:. GeorG2 J. Arnold
FERN, VI SALE.
I r.u.rl ;, /. An! IL mcaGhs will Le
EN- q ~ en'sn saId :olu', Mk;ag nom the
!nr ..J.'r ,.oi r.;. 900 getioa. Eccuri.
-. hrr#2 i.t'j!,, from Gaze, saa wiki
n''H'p, ,h, tiD,e;.'s 'lr;te. 'cr.r.iy !ys III.
Pul,h4sc nrDury
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Edwin Maxwell, Executor Of the last will
and testament Of Burton DssPard, deed,
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5 ACRES OF LAND,
TERMS OF SALE.

on Buck Hill, adjoining the Gee Lick Kun
so4d.
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Edwin MAXWELL, Ezeca,or OF The last will
and testament of Burton DesparI, dtc'J,
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am authorized to sell these lauI, by
private sale, aud will al any time make sale
thereof, 10 &c reported 10 the cOur: for its
nrIinn
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The Land in aud near FcstOn wi'l;1s sod
Gy sub.livi,ioas into convenient 'O's, to be
represented on pIa, o be exhibited at tic
sale; or hy entire parcels, rs may appear
mast AIvnrtnrenu.
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MS it will he oar plrpofc TO always please
our pairons.--Om shop. "'ant5 Close to the
site vi the Old Hale & Vani,srorl sal.d, On
the west side II tho river.
PERSONS. ATKINS BROS. Il co.
Weston, ". "a @lao 50.
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Jay FEVER.

In an article on hay fever published
in the MEDICAL ami Surgical Report
er. Mr.. J. f. Bell says that he suffer
ed extremely from the disease, and
consequently determined TO clearly
ascertain its cause. He says:
II knew it was to be found in some
thing that made its appearance coinci-
IDENTIFY with the disease. and assei
away coincidently with its decline.
Noticing that my suffering and the
towering of the common hay weed
t1m5rosia arfemisirfoii0D came hand
in hand together--and that when its
Towering was over, and the pollen
ceased drifting from its numerous
little flowers, my trouble also abated,
/ concluded that the cause was to
found in the flowers Of this weed; and
repeated experiments and subseque
experience have convinced me that
its pollen is the prime, II not the sole
| factor in the causation-
|. This weed is one Of the most abund'
ant that invests our cultivated fields
! It springs mp after tho harvesting q
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The Anti-AGonopO1iSt-
Edward Dubois read it in silence.
When he had finished he fxrned and

EQWaT0 OuDOlS TeaQ IL II SllSACc.
When he had finished he Mrned and
grasped the ex-convict's hand!
"Noapology can make up for my con
duct, " he said, s.but what can do will
This bill will satisfy the whole country =
monsieur" replied De Pierrepont, in
husky tones, "you did but as the world
did. Appearances were against me and
all condemned me-"
Edward, my friend" said Arthur, "you
see the danger Of judging from appear
ance. Had LIE Pielrepont been truly
guilty, his wife and child would have
been pitied, not scorned. As it is, vile
prejudice has made these two women tor
itteen years outcasts and pariahs."
Edward made no reply, as the break
fast came in. He, like all the country
round, was Mortified now they found how
unjust they had been; and never was
wedding more tumultuously hailed and
feted than that Of Arthur de Versan and
Madeleine de Pierrepont. Srill I have
not heard that one man, woman or child
in the forest Of Ardennes has been cured
Of the evil habit of judging always from
appearances, and visiting on the innocent
the sius Of the guilty.
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'sctENcE+

The curious species OF freely known
as the FuigorG Ldnternaria or Lam
tern Fly, is large and handsome
insect. with wings varied with black
and yellow. The snout is long
straight. and curved upward, and the
light is said to emanate from its ex-
tremity as from lantern. It flies
high and hovers about the SUBMITS
Of trees. Another species, the F
can deldrid, of China. is of greeniSh
color varied with orange and black,
with long snout curved upward.
The causes which produce the light
IN the glow-worm and similar insects
have been the subject of much discus
sion among naturalistS. The most
recent writer's, however, agree that
globules, permeated by numerous
tracheB conveying air, with no traces
of nerves or blood vessels. 1t does
not appear satisfactorily determined
whether there may not be in this tissue
phosphorized fats which give forth
light on contact with oxygen, hydro.
gen or nitrogen. The intermittence
Of the light is believed to depend upon
the movements Of respiration, and to
be entirely dependent of those Of the
circulation. It is said that there is no
heat accompanying the light. though
it he true combustion and com.
binatiOn of carbon with oxygen; this
may be owing to the rudness or i'm.
perfection of our instruments, or to
the slowness or popularity of the
combustion.
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ing to remember it. It is not rash,
he adds, to suppose that this degrade
ti0n Of the record is real, that the
records left to decay, and that the
forces which would have tended to
preserve it now become useful in
some other way.
Mr.. Verdon supposes the existence
of a versatile energy which is
locked up in the memory, but which,
after it is used to get up facts Of one
kind, may be employed to acquire
facts of another kind, provided the
former become reduced to the level
of the general stock of the individuals
knowledge. An actor, for example,
learns a part, plays it, forgets it. and
thus liberates versatile energy, which
enables him to acquire another, and so
on; but on the other hand, if the same
person really assimilates knowledge
so that it requires no attention to keep
it from rapid decay las in learning to
read and write), there is little chance
of forgetfulness iberating energy of
use for further acquisition. The de-
duction from this, evidently, is that
a person may exhaust his stock Of
vel SssGAAO CnCASy upVAA q AOW eAAA6Os
and eventually become incapable of
learning others. Probably this ac-
counts for the difficulty which every
person late in life encounters in ac-
quiring knowledge which children
easily learn.
A good memory is therefore not an
unmixed blessing, but, on the contra
ry, f0rgetfulness is often to be desir-
ed. One may steep his mind in the
waters of Lethe, according to one au-
thor, by fixing his mind on that part
of any experience which has the least
permanent interest. The temporary
is thus remembered at the expense of
the more permanent, and thereafter
the latter is forgotten, while the tenn
porary drops out from its own inher-
emit want Of interest.
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our wheat. oats, ETC., and becomes az
thick as the wheat itself had be n, and
grows along fence rows, roadsides, and
eyerywhere it can escape the hoe and
plow. by thousands. Its flowers, be-
ginning to open about the first of>Sep-
tember, are in long terminal racemes,
and its barren ones are as numerous,
and afford 4 sulphur-like pollen in the
most wonderful profuSiOn. This pol
len. being very light and fine, is easily
waited about by the wind, and IS float-
ing everywhere in the atmosphere IN
myriad numbers during the whole
period Of the plants towering.
Mr.. Bell considers its effect upon
the mucuOuS membrane to be caused
by a volatile oil which it carries.
He thinks that saturated tincture
Of the open flowers Of the weed. It
taken for month before the regular
appearance Of the disease, will do
much to brace the system against the
effects of the poison. Months after
the trouble was over he applied this
tincture to the mucuOuS membranes,
with the effect every time Of inducing
a slight attack.
The chief manifestation of the dis
ease is an intolerable itching. To al
leviate this, a gentle stimulant is use
full. Cold water, warm water. solu-
ton Of common salt, weak alkaline
solution, or mild soapsuds will often
prove grateful applications to the con
junctiva. The sufferers must not rub
the afflicted parts, and should sneeze
and cough as little as possible. as
these only aggravate the trouble with
out relieving it. In advanced stages,
coughing is Of course sometimes
necessary. The remedy Mr.. Bell re.
commends. to allay the itching and
quiet the cough, is the oil of pepper
mint. It acts as local an&sthetic
and gentle stilnulant, All the instru'
ment required is 4 wide-mouth vial
partly filed with the oil. BY partial
| ~ covering the mouth of the vial. with
his lips, and making inspiration, the
patient can cause the air to pass over
the surface of the oil and arise to his
lungs charged with its vapor. the
pharynx getting its benefits at the
same time. BY applying the nostrils
to the vial in a similar manner, the
Schneiderian may be impressed like
wise, and when it is desirable to apply
the vapor conjunctiva, it is readily
accomplished by blowing downward
into the vial, and directing the re
bounding or upward current Of air K
the eyes. Whenever the vapOr Of thi:
oil, or the oil itself, is applied, a feel
ing Of cooling warmth succeeds, soor
followed by a soothing sensation Of
relief.
Strychnine will sometimes prove
quite valuable in hay fever, by II
some way bracing the system agains
the effects of the poison: but to &c
its full benefit it should be resortet
to some time before the expected at
tack.
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4 STEAM SLED FOR THE NORTH POLE,

At meeting of the London Asso-
citation Of Foremen Engineers and
and Draughtsmen. Mr.. Daniel Cart
mel, late Chief Engineer Of H. NJ. S.
Discovery, and now Of II. NJ. $.
Cleoptra, read paper on ''POlar
Exploration, with Suggestions for the
Employment of Steam Power in
Effecting it," The author. with the
aid Of several charts and diagrams,
explained, in the first instance, the
geographical and meteorological char
acteristic of the arctic regions. and
then advanced to his subject proper.
Mr.. Cartmel, from his experiences
during the expedition Of Captain
Mares, came to the decided conclusion
that sledging by manual power was a
hopeless method Of attempting to
reach the North Pole, and since his
return has been buslly engaged in
devising a steam sle0ge for that pur-
pose. This continuance, as described
BY the inventor. consists in its gene
eral outlines Of nat-bottomed boat
with two stern wheels, the midship
cross section being parallelogram.
It would be constructed Of steel
plates lined with wood, perfectly
rigid, and capable Of standing the
toughest usage. The bOat-sledge, as
it may be termed. would be highly
polished so as to minimize friction,
whilst the bow would he stayed and
strengthened to the fullest extent, Sc
as to resist conclusions. OF course
the steam power is intended to be
concentrated as much as possible,
whilst the steering wheels would be
driven directly from the crank shaft
The proceedings closed with vote
OF thanks to Mr.. Clarinet. who also
explained that the slelge might bf
warped forward with rope. and cap
stan. when desirable. Here is sng
gestion for Captain Howgate and
other members of the American
Arctic Colony. now trying to reach
the North Pole.