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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-22

"Then he would be angry with me,
indeed he would. But I'll tell you.
Don't talk about payment for a time,
and I'll fix it somehow. Trust to me-"
But who is this queer MANI"
Queer, childr He isn't queer. He
is one of the best men on earth,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-22

"Oh, he must be. I'm sure of that, p"
said lnez. lest the housekeeper might
feel that reflection had been cast upon
her tnpdicaI friend
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-22

Ludiorous Rushos for Safety on the Part
of spectators-The Brute Finally Driven
to His Cage by His Keeper without
Causing Any Damage. .. ..-. -
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-22

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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
ancient E.auimau sledge.

tionsly, but not inappropriately, called
"a tank line to the north pole" Ordf-
narily loads are dashed upon sledges
in skins, tents or tarpaulin coverings.
When water is reached the loads must
go in the boats, for fear Of wetting and
spelling the provisions. This takes
time and labor. When the summer is
well advanced the pack is full of ice
openings or leads of water, and ferri-
ages are frequently necessary. We shall
not find it necessary to unpack our
sledges for this purpose, nor to transfer
their loads to the boats. Again, in mid
summer the surface Of the foes ia COW
cred with slush and beautiful lakes
of fresh water, from few inches to a
foot or more in depth. Straight through
these lakes Parry marched his boats,
but with his sledges he had to make
long detours in order to avoid wetting
the food with which they were laden.
Our sledges are boats all the time.
and no transformation scene shifting
is Necessary to convert them from one
into the other. Our provisions, fuel and
general supplies we pack In light, but
wonderfully strong cases Of aluminium,
made to at the sledges and dashed there
to. These cases are water.t1ght and
are made large enough to give displace-
ment sufficient, to hoat the slsages ard
It's entire load In water. A loaded
sledge win weigh about 600 pounds
at the beginning Of our journey; the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05

Engine Power From Liquid Fuel.
In a paper read before the Pacific
Coast Technical Society several weeks
ago. Admiral Jasper Henry Selwyn, q
retired British officer, made some sur
prising statements about the possible
ties of engine power derived from iq-
uid fuel. Theoretically, he said, q
pound Of the best coal is equal to con-
verting sixteen pounds of water into
steam, but practically only half of this
effect is realized under the most favor
able conditions. But with petroleum
there was theoretical value of p, and
in practice he himself secured the eva
poration Of 1863 pounds of water to one
Of fuel. This is with oil alone. But by
blowing the sprayed oil with steam in
stead of air he claims to have raised
the service to % or % pounds Of wa
ter.-New York Tribune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
Ready for a Preliminary n,

Ready for q Preliminary no..
The business man was sitting in n,
Office. thinking, Of starting for boms
when a suspicious looking person cam
in with a satchel In his hand.
If you don't give me s5,O0" s,,d
the visitor, coming ut once to tho min,
Il will drop this on the floor"
The business man was cool.
whats In itY' he asked.
Dynamite" was the brief renlv
"What win It do If you drop itS
BLOW you up"
...Drop It," was the instant command
my wife told me when I left thI,
morning to be sure and send IN loaa
Of coal, and I forgot 1t. j. guess II win
take just about as much dynamite a,
you've got there to prepare me for I'M
blowing up I'll get when she sees mel
He threw himself back in the chair and
waited for the explosion, but it did moi
come.
I'm a married man myself" said th8
dynamiter, and quietly slipped out
Detroit Free Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement, 10
tends to personal enjoyment. :. W. ~.
rightly used. The many, who llso ID n
ter than others and enjoy life more .,, "tT
less expenditure, by more p1 .,ntp n
adapting the worlds best pro :1' ,ottst
the needs of physical being, VIII l End
the value to health of the pure - llq ~
laxative principles embraced ~
remedy, Syrup Of Figs. :. .,ortir
Its excellence is due to its pfeser'ss,,ss
In the form most acceptable anu P tuj,|
ant to the taste, the refreshing an y ' lsI
beneficial properties Of a perfe ss.t n
alive; efectually cleansing the s; tsreu
dispelling colds headaches an e;, .S
and permanently curing con 9,,:an. ~
It has given satisfaction TO .su"sdictI
mot With the approval Of IL the I'M sesf Ts
profession, because it acts on ~. .t0 ,sat.
neys, Liver and Bowels without w.. M
ening them and It 10 perfectly i'''
every Objectionable substance. =, are;
!, ,s,rup Of Figs IL fpp saae. by =; !. MI
gists In SOC and 81 bottles, but ~ y s q
lfactured by the California t1g 9, e XII
Co. only, whose name u printed " " Er
! paekage, also the -name, Syrup Iii 81
and being we'll informed, you WIZ
accept any substitute It otieFeu'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
Value of Twin Screws.

The great value of twin screws, apart
from the increased speed which they
give, was shown in the case of the
steamship Paris, belonging to the
American Navigation Company. Al
though the rudder of the Paris was
broken she remained under control and
by the use Of her twin screws was turn
ed about and returned to port. Such ac-
cidents are relatively rare, but when
they occur it is usually in rough wealth
er, when steering gear is most needed.
The ships with twin screws have in
effect duplicate rudder, and are there
by rendered that much safer-Jhiladel-
phia Ledger.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
Novel Though not Pretty

When a desire for novelty takes 4
firm hold Of any woman her taste and
judgment take flight, says the Nea||
York World. Here is a noyelty-l|
French one, and one Worn by Paris
ian actress. The bodice is Of gny|
broadcloth, closely braided with gold
cord. 1t is tight fitting and is trimmed
in front by wide revers and in the back
by big graceless sailor collar. Ths|
fronts of the sleeves are of the braided
material and the back of the plain. Bud
it is in the skirt that ugliness reaches
its climax. A piece Of the braided cloth
is fitted closely about the hips, curvng|
from depth Of twenty inches in 'front.'
to ten in the back. 1t clings tightly To-
the figure and fastens in the back wlh|
two large buttons. and from 1t falls d
deep rutfle Of the plain cloth which,
forms the rest Of the skirt.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
asainst the land or the shoal ii il a. n

against the land or the shoal, It IL a. II
an irresistible force were In collision
with an immovable body. The land, of
course, Is fixed, and the vast fields Of
Ice, weighing untold millions of tons,
coming down with the wind and the
current-great expanses Of Ice large
enough to cover states of our union,
and with more behind-produce the
force that is well nigh infinite. Any
one can understand what the result Ia,
Whatever lies between the contending
forces is ground into powder. The sur
face Of the sea, instead Of being covered
with smooth, level ice, resembles a
stone yard, except that the masses
thrown up and tossed about amid this
late autumn or early winter pressure
are larger than the heaviest pieces Of
stone used by the builder. Between
these upheaved masses, many Of them
rising like houses from the level Of the
sea, will be deep pockets filled with
driftcd snow.
Travel over such a road as this Is
not impossible. but it is exceedingly DIFF
ficult. If we make three or four miles
fortunate. If ice like this extends far
W Ia we SllS1u llVI ue UUAG ~
make much progress in the fifty or six
ty days at our disposal This is one Of
the chances which We are taking, and
taking with our eyes open.
But in the nature of things, this cx-
IRENE rOughness' of the ice cannot ex-
tend far from land. 1t is pressure that
produces this condition, and there can
be no considerable pressure without
both movement and resistance Move
ment is present throughout the pack,
but resistance, created by the shore or
the shoal, is found less and less as we
get away from the land. As we go
north the surface will be found grad
ually, almost imperceptibly, less rough,
until finally it assumes its normal con-
dition-that of level or gently umdulat-
ing fields and foes, with their margins
only pressed up into hummocks by the
collision of one with the other. The
almost infinite pressure near the land
breaks the foes and fields themselves
into millions Of pieces, some standing
vertically, others at all angles, many
superimposed upon others; but farther
from this line Of contact between mo-
ton and immortality the foes and
fields, as whole, retain their fat form
and original area, only their borders
being broken and crushed.
How far from the land the flat, nor.
NAL ice is to be found is an unknown
quantity. If it is hundreds of miles, we
shall never reach it, and our expedition
will be a failure. so far as the attain
ment Of high latitude is concerned.
If it is only some scores Of miles we
shall struggle on until we reach it, and
the easier travel which it affords.
Any Change IL for the Better.
If we take our chances upon finding
the worst, it must also be remembered
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
oorDAMAoEs FROM THE EARL:
An Nnglish SERVING Maid WIS Re
fused 10 Carry Coal for Clan6arty

An Nnglish SERVING Maid WhO Re-
fused to Carry COal for Clancarty II
Yesterday ut the Rr,mpton county
court Capt. Head claimed Els from the
earl Of Clancarty for breach Of agree
ment In the hiring OF a furnished house,
40 Lowndes Square, Gays tho West
minister Gazette. The defendant signed
I'M agreement to take the house In q,les-
ton from Sept. % last to November
lS Mt the rent Of f1OO los. This docu-
ment contained Il clause to the effect
that his lorlship should retain on the
premises the landlords hOusemaid,
named White, the former paying her
3 shillings per week for washing and
beer and huff her wages (f22 per an
NUM-, besides providing her with board.
Shortly after his lordship and his serv-
ants took up their abode Mt 40 Lown-
des Square, the earl of Clancarty sent
the butler to the housemaid with an
order to make fire In Lady Clan
carty's room. White replied that 1t
was not her place to carry coal while
an able-bodied footman was in the
house. Eventually. however, she did
light the fire, but expressed her Optn-
ion that 1t was not her duty to carry
coal. His lordslip, on being informed
Of this. wrote her a note rcprOving her
for what he termed 'impertinence"
and telling her to pack up and leave the
house. Later on Lord Clancarty offer
ed her q months wages In lieu Of no.
tice, but the plaintiff declined to nc
cept it or leave the house. She stated
that she was turned out at $3.50 p. m.
by the aid of policeman. One Of the
neighbors sheltered her until the morn
Ing, when she took u train to her
parents home in Taunton. Defendant,
who was stated to be unable at present
to leave his residence at BalllnslOe,
Ireland was represented by counsel,
who stated the defense to be that the
girl ON refusing to carry coal behaved
iEpertinently, and defendant was legal
ly within his right in discharging her.
His honor said that clearly Lord Clan
carly had no authority to dismiss this
ser> ant. He (the learned judge did
not think in nobleman's family q
housemaid should be asked to carry
coal, and he was Of opinion that the
girl had treated his lordship with the
greatest respect possible. He found for
the plaintiff for f13, but disallowed e.
railway fare and express to Taunton.
Judgment was entered accordingly,
with costs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
10 THE NORTH POLE.
n1FFlCUITIEs IN. THE WAY OF
ARCTIC EXPLORATION.
The Hardest Work Will he Mt the
Edge Of the Ice Pack-SmOother Ice
Farther North-SledKes for the Ex-
Retlttion-The Ladder Bridges.

In Il little more than two months we
expect to begin our journey over the ice
toward the pole. Better than any the
cries which we may have as to the
methods which we shall adopt will be
the result Of actual efforts in the field,
and of these we hope to write for pub
LEGATION Il few months hence, says Well
man in the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
But the reader may be interested in
Knowing, to some extent, what our
plans are and what the details Of our
equipment, that he may the better folm
his own idea Of the amount Of success
which we are likely to meet. At any
rate. 1t will afford an opportunity to
contrast our plans with our perform
ances. Just where we shall encounter
the southern edge of the, ice pack is
unknown. Sometimes, in early sum
mer, the pack hangs down upon the
land in latitude so deg, some fifteen or
twenty miles from our headquarters.
In other seasons 1t lies considerably to
the north, at so IL deg, 81 deg. or even
higher. On the 14th day Of May, 1SO6,
Scoresby, the famous Scotch whaler.
sailed along the edge Of the pack to
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
No Charm for Him.

Even at this late date the small boy S
view Of the worlds fair is not to be
lightly set aside; it may always be de-
pended upon as having the rara and re-
freshing quality Of originality. 1t was
a small Hoosier youngster who pulled
back vigorously when led by his devot-
ed aunty toward the palace Of tic fine
arts.
"Why, George. what is the matter?''
the aunty solicitously inquired. care
you tired? Don't you want to see the art
gallery?"
''Naw," the small boy made answer,
with dissustcd emphasis. I've been in
there onct, an there amt thing in
there but statoots an picters. "-Indian-
aoOlis Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
Heroic Cure of a Tobacco Borrower.

Heroic Cure of n Tobacco Borrower.
The tobacco merchant was showing
us yard" Of perique tobacco grown
in that famous country of the south,
and the conversation had drifted in
that direction. "No man can smoke
perique straight" said he, land those
who know 1t best use about one eighth
perique and the rest other tobacco.
I well remember the first time I ever
smoked. My friends put up trick on
me, and when came to myself I had
the pipe with me, but don't know
where had been. Later I had four
pounds Of it sent to me from New Or
leans as heavy as roped molasses. I
filled a pipe with it and covered it with
dry ashes and laid it away for a
friend Of mine who never bought a
pipeful Of tobacco in his life and who
always WIS smoking in my store. He
came in. and how his eyes glistened at
sight of the full pipe! He lit it and sat
down. In five minutes it fell from his
hands, his head went back and he had
passed away. He slept over two hours
and 1 got afraid. We couldn't wake
him, and it was fully four hours be-
fore he came to himself. He never
smoked my pipe again.-Lewiston
journal. -
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
Sailing Vessel. stin Make Money

That there is still profit in sailing
crafts is shown by the fact that the
Dover Navigation Company, a New
Hampshire company owning several
three-mast schooners, at its annual
meeting recently held, declared ,divi-
dends averaging IL per cent on four Of
Its largest vessels. These dividends
represented years earnings and on
the earnings Of one of it's schooners,
which, after six months of sailing is
stuck in the mud on the Louisiana shore
at per cent dividend was paid. A we'll
known Bath built four-master, only
seven years old, has already Melted
100000 for her owners.-New York
Tribune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05

that we have chance for the better.
frequently the ice to the north Of
Spltzbergen is comparatively level and
easy to travel. 1t has frequently been
observed in this condition by wl1alers
and expeditions. The fields Of ice
which the whalers have encountered to
the west Of Spitzbergen for two Gen.
turtles have usually been of level char
acter, and this ice was foated out of
the unknown regions above, away from
the land, showing conclusively that mo-
ton alone, unaccompanied by the re-
sistance which the land affords does
not break up the pack, though, of
course, it does produce hummocks at
the margins. The farther north Parry
went in 1927. the larger and smoother
he found the fields of ice and foes. A
month earlier and he could have near
ly touched the pole, but he was too late,
for just as he reached the region favor
able for travel he was compelled to
turn back because a northern wind
combined with the sluggish current and
drove him to the south as fast as he
could travel northward. On two occa-
sions Baron Nordenskiold found the ice
to the north of Spitzbergen comparative
~ ACNCA.' Liz tu1lu llu1t WuCu uC uOp-
ed to journey over it as we hope to
journey, but could not do so because
the reindeer which he had brought
from Lapfand for animal power had all
escaped during the previous winter, it
was exceedingly rough as far as, the
eye could see.
Assuming that the ice will this year
be- found at it's toughest, the hardest
part of our journey will be at the out
set. There we shall have a chance to
ascertain whether we are equal to the
emergency or not. There we shall have
an opportunity also to test simple de.
vice which we are taking along for use
In just such troubles. 1t Is nothing
more or less than a bridge, or perhaps
a ladder. We do not print sketch OF
1t, because the reader can imagine o
ladder "a feet long, little more than 2
feet wide, and with rounds between the
two parellels, and he mas In his minds
eye our device. Whether or not 1t will
prove Of any use to lis remains to be
-seen. but.we hope to send you photo.
graph Of it In service. Our ladders-we
have q number Of them-are very
strong. considering that they weigh un-
der $50 pounds each. They win sup.
port any one Of our boats or sledges
and Its load. They form a little tram.
way over which we expect to run oul
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05

vehicles Arst up one side Of an otsta-
Gle and then down the other. OF
course, our boats and sledges are made
to fit this construction, to facilitate such
an operation. Each ladder being fitted
with a strip of canvas over the rounds,
men and dogs can walk up and down.
Where belong aud Melville, and Marx
ham and Parry of the English .expetii-
ton. Payer and Waypracht, tie AUS
trlans, and others who Shaye taken
boats and sledges over the pack found
1t necessary to build bridseA with the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
suppressine Polish National Spirit

Great Indignation is felt among the
sculptors and art dealers Of Warsaw
over a recent rescript of the police Of
that city. The guardians of the peace
in obedience to orders from st. Peters
burg, visited all the stores and studios
and destroyed all the busts Of the Pol
ish heroes, Thaddaeus Kosciuszko and
Josef Powniat0wski, which they could
find. All sculptors in thu city are oblig-
ed to send a written communication to
the city officials promising not to make
busts or statues Of the two men In the
future. This is one way Russla has
adopted Of trying to suppress the Pol
ish national spirit. It is not probable,
however, that 1t will accomplish its pur-
pose.ANew York Tribune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05

contents OF the cans measure about 10
cubic feet, equivalent to nearly 1000
hounds of sea water. When fairly load
ed the sledges viii be only two-thirt1s
submerged in water and will be non
slnkable. Our precious stores Of food
lind fuel are, therefore, secure from
loss or. injury, and we believe we can
modestly say our sledges are the best
and most perfectly adaptable to the
uses for which they IRE intended that
were ever employed in Arctic explora-
ton.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
An Exception.

Teacher-Johnny Millsap, I am as
tonished to hear you say: "Them ISL
Don't you know them Isl is ,lngram-
matical, uncouth and barbarous?
johnny Millsap-"rain't always, ma
am. Sometimes it's proper.
Can you name an instance IN which
1t Is correct and grammatical?'-
"Yes'm. Themistocles." Chicago Tri-
bune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
Proof Positive.

Citiz EN- believe that man is al
anarchist.
PCliceman-Did you notice anything
suspicious in his actions? =.
Citizen-Yes; he went across ue
street to. avoid passing IL bath hoass
and ran up against IN employment
agency, and -,
Policeman-Yes, what did he 40 tneal'
Citizen-He turned aud raE down uss
street Shrieking.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
LARGE TELESCOPES.
New Ono at Greenwich !: Fee,
Long, With n 2s-Inch tGlnss.

For some years the telescope in Eng
lands great observatory ut Greenwich
has been considerably behind the times
In America our largest telescopes are
ut Princeton. where the object glass
has Il diameter Of % inches; at Har-
ward, where the new Bruce telescope
for Photographic work has an aperture
of "a inches; in the newly
naval observatory at Washington, with
its 26.inch tube; ut Charlotte, N. c..
which has one of the same size, and the
Lick observatory (Mount Hamilton
Cal.), whose 3G-inch refractor is now
the biggest refractor in the world
Yale college, 1t is said, is to have a
2Sinch glass ere long, and the t4O-inch
glass presented by MIR. Yerkas to the
University of Chicago will soon be in
service, 1t is hoped.
In Europe probably the largest refrac.
tor is the new one just made by the
Henry Bros, for M. Jansen at Meu.
don, France; 1t has 4 dllmeter Of 81
inches. In Russia and at Nice there
are 3O-inch glasses. The Imperial OBJ
servatory at Vienna is provided will,
one of q inches aperture. The Green.
W4CA OuSCkNtAlOAS, AVWCtCsp AAtS AO1E
been working with l:-inch glass;
but Mr.. Christie has at last secured
one Of. Is inches. Although there are
now four or FIVE in service which are
larger than this, the Astronomer Royal
of England at last has an instrument
comparable with the best.
The old telescope had length OF
IS feet, or about sixteen and half
times its aperture; and the spectroscope
extensively employed with it added
feet more thereto. The new tube will
be % feet long, and in order to secure
room for it it has been found necessary
to reconstruct the dome and give the
latter a bulge like that of a Moorish
mosque. Even then the lower portion
will extend little beyond the tower
walls which it srrmounts. In order to
secure lightness the dome is being made
Of iron ribs and paper. The mounting,
very important part of the support
ing and moving mechanism, will not
be new; the old one is retained on &C.
count of its known excellence. The
driving clock is occupied by a small
turbine wheel, the current of water
for which is controlled by rotary
pendulum.
Although variety of work is done
at Greenwich, and q third telescope
there is devoted largely to photograph
ing sunspots, the principal use of the
new instrument will be spectroscopic
observation Of stars, for evidence OF
motion toward or away from the oh.
server. This branch of study has been
conducted at Greenwich for nearly OF
quite twenty years.
Sir Howard Grubb of Dublin is thu
maker of the new telescope, and Its
cost is $17,25O, not including the dome
which will add $4,000 to the expense
The 13-inch glass will be set up in q
small new building adjoining the main
observatory.-New York Tribune.
smoke in their faces.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
Preparing for II.

Sojourning Friend-What is this, Bell
ia? You have been as busy as bird
ell the week, and now this immense
ORDER to the caterer. What is ii for?
Bella-Hush, dear! Don't tell any,
body. We are making preparations fot|
O surprise party.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
Those Sensational New.pap .r..

Mr.. Reader-The papers mention a
number of instances in which labor
unions have loaned money to employ
ers, in order to keep the works running
during the dull times"
Mrs. Reader-Yes, / noticed that; but
I don't believe it.
"Why pot?''
Il told Bridget about it, and asked
her to lend me some money to pay her
wages, and she got as mad as a hornet.
New York Weekly.