The Greensboro patriot [August 28, 1884]

              THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT.
ESTABLISHED IN 1825. (j REEggBORO, X. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1884. NEAV SKI;IES, X() 922
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i IIIIYC received
out communication, dated July
Mb, issi? informing me "l' tnv
11 '"i'"i to tin- office of Presi
'I.1'111 "I Hi.- I nited States by the
■ ial Democratic Couveiition,
latel) assembled at Chic
l accept the nomination with n
■ ;,|1 appreciati f the su
preine honor conferred, and a
solemn sense of the responsibility
which, in its acceptance, I assume.
I have mrefully considered the
platform adopted by the conven-and
cordially approve the
name. >o plain 11 Btatemenl ol
I Icraocratic faith and the princi
pics upon which that part) appeals
■ - of the people, needs
supplement or explanation,
i be remembered that the
- ■ sentiall) ex
• - nature. The laws en
I bj the legislative branch of
the i iovei nmeiil the Chiel Bxecu-live
is ! 1 faithfully to enforce
And Alien the o isdom of the politi
eal I ii lects one of its
i nominee for that
• outlined its policy and
• 'In- pi ineiples, ii seems to
nothing iii tin- character
itlicc or the necessities of
i equirc more from the can-iccepting
such nomination
;estion of certain well
in ti nth-, so absolutely vital
in the safety "I the uation that
iimol • too often recalled
■ -I.
. in I HE PEOPLE.
\\ e proudly call ours a govern
' bj the people. It is not sueli
.1 class is tolerated which ar-i
If t in- managemenl of
11 II til -. -i eking to control
tin- people instead of representing
them.
Parties are the necessar) out
i ■ Ii "I "in institutions, but .1
inenl is mil bj i he people
istens its control
the country and |>erpetuates
lij r ijoling ami beti
i In- people instead of serving them.
\ go\ 11 nmeiil i- mil by the peo-ple
when .i result which should
■ the intelligent will of
.mil i liinking men i- or can lie
determined by the shameless cor
ruplioii MI their suffrages.
When nn eleel ion to office shall
lection bj the voters of
ol i heir number to assume for
,i time .i publie tiu-t instead of bis
dedication to the profession ol poli-ti
i lie Imlders of the bnl-hit,
quickened bj a sense of duty,
truth betrayed and
pledges Innkeii, and when the sul
ill be altogether free and
iinuorrupted, the full realization of
ivernuient bj the people will
i hand. And of the means to
this end not one would, in my
judgment, be nun.' effective than
an amendment to the Constitution
disqualifying the President from
in. When wc consider the
patronage of tins great office, tlie
Is of [lower, the tempta-tion
to retain pnblic place once
gained, anil, more than all. the
liability a party finds in an in-en
inbcut whom a horde of office-holders
with a zeal In a n ni benefits
n cil and fostered b) the hope
- yet to come stand read]
aid with money and trained
political service, wo recognize in
the eligibility ol the President for
on H most serious danger
calm, deliberate and intelli-political
action which must
i . II eminent by the
IH-ople.
BOB Ml SI BE PRO! El I ED.
A true American sentiment re-dignity
ol labor ami
the fact that honor lies in honest
toil. Contented labor is an ele-in.
ni ol national prosperity. Abili-ty
in work constitutes the capital
ami the wages ol labor the income
.a n \ ,I-I number of our population,
and tins interest should be jealous-ted.
i Mir workingincu are
noi asking unreasonable indulgence
ntelligenl and manly .-ni
I in y seek the same considera-tion
which those demand who have
other int. ic-cts at stake. They
ihl receive their full share of
ttenl ion ni those who
make and execute the laws, to the
end that the wants ami needs ol
tin- employers and the employed
shall alike be subserved and the
pros|H'iit.\ of the country, the com-mon
heritage of both, I"' advanced.
A- related to this subject, while
should not disconi n ge the im-migration
of those who come to
ackn iwledge allegiance to our Gov
ernmenl and add .to our citizen
population, jet as a means of pro-on
to our workingincu a differ
cut rule should prevail concerning
thus.- who, if they come or are
broil : I iml. do not intend
to become Amei icans but "ill in-jurious!)
.- iiiipetc with those justly
entitled t ir field of labor.
In a letter accepting the nomi
uation to tl ili.-i- of Governor,
nearly t v go, I made t he
tatemeut, to which 1
have steadily adhered i
"The laboring c! isses constitute
the main part of ' population.
mid be protected in their
iblj to assert their
right.- when endangered by aggrc-
.1 eapital, and all statutes on
this subject should recognise the
care of i he State for honest toil
ami in- framed «iih a view of ini
proving the condition of the work-nan."
A pii'i i i regard for the welfare
of the workingman being insepara-bly
connected with the integrity
II institutions, none of our citi-zens
arc mnie interested than they
in guarding against any coi rupling
influences which seek to pervert
the beneficent purposes of our Gov-ernment,
ami none should be more
watchful of the artful machinations
of those who allure them to sell-inflicted
injury.
CONSKItV UHiN UK INDIVIDUAL
i;n. ins.
In a free ci-untry the curtailment
of the absolute rights Of the imli
vidual should only be such as is
essential to the peace and good
order of the community. The limit
between the proper subjects of
governmental control and those
which can be mure fittingly left to
the moral sense and self-imposed
restraint of the citizen .should be
carefully kept in view. Thus, laws
iiiuiecessai il\ interfering with the
habits and customs Ol any of our
people which arc not offensive to
the moral sentiments of the civiliz-ed
world and which are consistent
with good citizenship ami the pub-lic
welfare, are unwise ami vexa-tions.
The commerce of a nation to a
great extent determines its supre-macy.
Cheap and easy transpor-tation
Should therefore be liberally
fostered. Within the limits of the
Constitution, the General Govern-ment
should so improve and pro
tect its natural waterways as will
enable the producers of the country
to reach a profitable market.
THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
The people pay the wages of the
pnblic employees, and they are en-titled
to the fair and honest work
which the money thus paid sbonld
command it Is the duty of those
intrusted with the managemenl of
their affairs to see that such public
service is forthcoming. The selec
tion and retention of subordinates
in Government employment should
depend upon their ascertained lit
mss and the value of their work,
ami they should be neither expect-ed
nor allowed to do questionable
party service. The interests ol the
people will be be better protected :
the estimate of public labor ami
duty will be immensely improved ;
pnblic employment will be open to
all who can demonstrate their fit-ness
to enter it: the unseemly
scramble for place under the Gov-ernment,
with the consequent im-portunity
which embitters official
lite, will cease; and the public de-partments
will not be filled with
tho e w ho conceive it to be their
lirst duty to aid the party to which
they owe their places, instead of
rendering patient and honest re-turn
to the people.
AN IIONES1 MIMIMSI l;.\ I'lllN
WANTED.
I believe I hat the public temper
is such that the voters of the land
are prepared to support the party
which gives the best promise of
administering the Government in
the honest, simple and plain man-ner
which is consistent with its
character and purposes. They
have learned that mystery and
concealment in the management of
their affairs cover tricks and be-trayal.
The statesmanship they
require consists in honesty and
frugality, a prompt response to the
needs of the people as the) arise.
and the vigilant protection of all
their varied interests.
Ii l should be called to the Chief
Magistracy Of the nation by the
suffrages of my fellow-citizens, I
will assume the duties of that high
otiiee with a solemn determination
to dedicate every effort to the
country's good, and with nii.hiim
ble reliance upon the lavor and
Support of the Supreme Being, who
I believe will always bless honest
human endeavor in the conscien-tious
discharge of public duty.
GBOVEB CLEVELAND.
To Col. William I'. Vilas,chairman,
and 1). P. Bestor and others,
members of the Notification Com-mittee
of the Democratic Nation-al
• onvcntioii.
The >fuM|iiit.i'> lii-lriimeiit of Torture.
A writer in the London Sports-man
thus describes a mosquito as
seen under a microscope :
It appears that in the "bill"' of
the little beast alone there are no
fewer than live distinct surgical
instruments. These are described
BS a lance, two neat saws, a sue
tion pump, and a small Corliss en-gine.
It appears that when a
••skeeter" settles .low ti to his work
upon a nice tender portion of the
human frame the lance is first
pushed into the flesh, then the two
saws, placed back to back, begin
to wmk up and down to enlarge
the hole, then the pump is insert■
e.l, and the victim's blood is siphon
ed up to the reservoirs carried be-hind,
ami Dually, to complete the
cruelty of the performance, the
wretch drops a quantity of poison
into the wound to keep ii irritated.
Then the diminitive fiend takes a
fly around just to digest your gore,
and makes t racks tor a fresh vic-tim,
or if the lirst has been of un-usual
good quality he returns to
the same happy hunting ground.
The mosquito's marvelous energy,
combined with his portable opera
ting chest, make him at once a
hi or and a pest.
\ Broad, Hunan View.
igfteld lii-i'iii'it in.
Men are not nominated for the
Presidency for their domestic il-lations,
although those are assuni
e.l to be proper, but for their
statesmanlike abilities, their in-tegrity,
their fearless courage and
their clear perception of the peo-ple's
interests, as distinct from
their own personal ends. When
the inquest into character goes
back of this, into the domain of
man's sexual relations, it goes
where the only certain thing is that
innocent hearts will be filled with
wretchedness and that the truth
ol motive and of action must ulti-mately
be left between the private
conscience and its God, where
Jesus Christ left it when he rebuk-ed
the crowd who pursued Mary
Magdalene. It was on the money -
chaugers in the temple that lie
used the whip.
Ol his VlMtt to the l»ul»r Region.
The object of the Lady Franklin
bay ex edition was to establish at
Lady franklin bay a polar station
—one ot the I:J suggested by Lieut.
Weypreeht of Austria, who dis
covered Franz Josefland. Simul-taneous
observations of all physical
phenomena were to be taken. The
complete programme which was to
' be followed was arranged by an
j international polar congress, in
which representatives of 13 nations
' took part. The observations in
, which the greatest possible accura
cy was in be had were those ol de-clination
and deviation otthe mag
: netic needle, temperature of the
air and sea, height of barometer
and mean and maximum rise and
tall of tide. All explorations were
incidental to the main objects of
the expedition.
THB EXPEDITION WAS PITTED OOT
! under authority of an act of con-gress
approved May 1,1880. Tho
! party was composed of three offi-cers
of the army, one acting assis-tant
surgeon ami 111 enlisted men,
i selected by recommendation from
th* ranks of the army, barometers,
thermometers, electrometersand all
necessary instruments for taking
scientific data. Stoics for L'7 months
were put 00 the l'rotcus for the
party. The Proteus steamed away
triiin St. Johns, N. l',,.luly 7. 1881,
with the party on board. She
touched at Dis.-o island and Uper-navik
to procure sledges, .logs,
skins and dog food. Two Bsqui
manx were added to the party at
Proven. Landing was made at ,
Gary island, in the North Water, I
and the provisions cached by Nares
in the Alert iii 1875 were found in
good condition." At Littleton is- •
land Lieut. Greely personally re-.
covered the English Arctic mail |
left by Sir Allan Young in the i
Pandora in 1876. At Carl Bitter
bay. in Kennedy's channel a cache
j of provisions for use on the retreat
j was made. It was the original in
ten tion to establish the polar sta-tion
at Waterc se bay but the
heavy masses of ancient ice which
were encountered rendered Water-
; course bay an exceedingly danger-i
oiis anchorage. Moving to Discov-ery
harbor the station was there
established on the site occupied by
the Bnglish expedition of I87.i.
The erection of a house was at once
I commenced ami the stores and
equipments were landed. On the
; 28th of August came the sad part
ing between the Greely party and
, the men of the Pi-oteus. The little
| band gathered on the frozen shore
, ami tearfully watched the Proteus
as she steamed slowly down Lady
■ Franklin bay, leaving them to the
] mercies of the cruel north. On the
evening of the same day the loin-pcratiirc
sank below freezing point
and the
ICY ARCTIC WINTF.U
was on them in earnest. Their
house was finished about a week
after the l'nileus left. It was
I named in honor of Senator Conger,
Fort Conger. During the lirst
month the cold affected the men
more than at any subsequent time
at Kurt Conger. Latter Oil in De
ceniber the temperature sank to
from 50 to 65 degrees below zero
and so remained for .lays at a time,
but even ill that weal her the i k's
favorite amusement was dancing
bare-beaded, bare-armed and with
slippered feel on the top ofa snow
drilt. During the day th.y dressed
i in the ordinary outside clothing
; which a Boston gentleman wears
during the winter, but their flan-nels
were very heavy. Five of the
linen weie generally, for a part Of
the day. engaged in scientific work
'under Lieut. Cicely's directions,
and in the duties of the eam)< the
rest of the men were employe.1.
I generally about one hour a day.
and devoted the remainder of the
time to amusement. All slept ill
; bunks and the quarters were he it-ed
by a large coal stove, the aver
age heat maintained being 50 de
glees above zero. Playing check-els,
cords and chess, and reading
were the amusements of the even-ings.
The life was said by l.ieut.
Greely to be far from a lone y one.
and many ol the men said they bail
never passed two happier years
than those at Fort Conger. "On
Oct. I-"', the sum left us for 135
days, ami a twilight, varying from
onehalfan hour to -I hours, sue
ceeded. For two months it was so
dim that a watch could not be read
by it. On April II, the sun came
above the horizon and remained
there 135 days, giving the party a
great sufficiency of the midnight
sun. Deling three months the
slars visible constantly, the con
stellations of Orison's belt and the
great bear being the brightest.
The north star looked down from
almost overhead. Standing alone
outside the forl on one of these
1 nights, the
SCENE WAS WEIRDLY URAND.
I'o the north flamed the aurora
borealis, and the bright constella-tions
were se! like jewels around
the glowing moon. Over every-thing
was one dead silence, so hor-ribly
oppressive that a man alone
is almost tempted to kill himself,
so lonely does he feel. The astro-mer
of the party said that with the
naked eye a star of one degree
smaller magnitude than can be
seen here in the same way, might
be discerned. The moon would re-main
in sight for from II to 12
days at a time, and she was much
appreciated. The I lieriiioineter re-gistered
on .lune 30, 1888, the
highest temperature at Lady Frank-lin
bay which we knew during our
stay. It was ."ii' degrees above
z.-ro. The lowest was in February,
1883, and was 66 degrees below-zero.
In this February our mer-cury
froze, and remained solid for
15 days. BO intense was the cold.
The iiurcun in the thermometer
invariably rose during storms or
high winds. The highest barome-ter
was slightly above 31 inches
rroKi' and the lowest slightly below 29
inches, showing a great range.
l'lie greatest variations were in the
winter. Our electrometer, an in-strument
used to ascertain presence
of electricity was set up. but, to
the astonishment ot Lieut. Greely,
not the slightest results were ob
tained. The displays of aurora
were very good but not to be com-pared
with those seen at Disco is-land
or I'pernavik." As far as
Lieut. Greely could observe, no
crackling sound accompanied the
display and the general shape was
that of a ribbon. The southwest-ern
horizon was the quarter in
which the brightest displays were
seen. Sir George Nares reported
in 1876 that no shadow- was cast by
tin- aurora, but laeut. Greely say's
that he distinctly observed his
shadow east by it. There were no
electrical disturbances, save those
manifested by a rambling, distant
thunder heard twice far away to
the north. In the course of the
TIDAL OBSERVATIONS
made a very interesting fact was
discovered, viz., that the tides at
Lady Franklin bay come from the
north, while those'at Melville bay
and Cape Sabiiie conic from the
south. The temperature of this
north tide is two .leg. warmer than
that of the southern tide at Cape
Sabine. Why this was, Lieut.
Greely would not venture to state.
Tor the first time, Lieut. Greely
used in measuring ebb and flow of
tales at Lady Franklin bav a tixed
gauge, an iron rod planted in the
mud. The average rise of spring
tides at Lady Franklin bay was
found to be eight feet. At Cape
Sabine the highest tides rise 12
feet. Surl was only observed twice
during the two years. At Lady
Franklin by the average tempera-ture
of the water was 2!) deg. above
zero, or 3 deg. belw freezing point.
Wolves weighing 90 pounds were
killed around Fort Conger, and
there are foxes and other animals.
Offish there is a wonderful scarcity.
Perhaps the greatest surprise of
the expedition was the taking from
Lake Alexander, a fresh water
lake 150 feet above the sea level, a
lour pound salmon From the bay
or sea only two very small fish
were taken .luring the entire two
years, and very few are to be found
north of Cape Sabine. The vege
tation at Lady Franklin bay is
about the same as that at Cape
Sabine, and comprises mosses,
lichens, willow and saxifrage.
Snow storms are of course most
frequent, and rain falls very rarely.
The highest velocity of the wind
was registered during a terrific
snow sioi in. anil it was 70 miles
per hour. I.ockwood's trip to the
north in 1882 and 1883 were pro
ductive of the most valuable re-sults.
Standing on May 19in each
year where Dr. Hayes had former-ly
stood at about the same day.
Lockwood, from an elevation of
2000 feet, using his strongest glass
upon Hall's basin and Bobesou's
channel, could discern
NOTHING HIT ICE PACKS.
Here it was that Dr. Hayes
claimed to have seen his open polar
s.a. On the trip of1882, Lockwood
reached the highest latitude ever
attained, that of 83 deg. 25 mill.
This was 300 miles directly north
of Lady Franklin bay, but to get
there he travelled over 1000 miles,
the open water and broken packs
frequently causing him to retrace
his steps till miles. Lockwood
Bounded the sea both years be
tween Cape. Bryant and Cape Bri-tannia
but could not touch bottom
with 135 fathoms ofline. Martham
a few years before, about 100
miles to the west, got bottem at 75
fathoms. Lockwood found at his
farthest north about the same vege-tation
as at I.a.ly Fran I; I in bay,
but no signs of a polar current or
open polar sea. In 1883 lie was
stopped near Cape Bryant, 125
miles from l.ady Franklin bay, by
an open channel extending west to
the coast ot Oriiincll land. The
width of this channel varied from
200 yards to five miles but on the
north the ice packs extended as far
as could be seen with a glass.
With his supply of provisions, the
failure of which had caused his re-turn
the year before, Lockwood
was confident that he could have
reached 85 deg. north, if this open
channel had not barred his way.
No fossil remains were discovered
on this trip and the only ones found
were trunks of trees on the south-west
of Grinnell land. The only
sea animals seen by Lockwood at
83 deg. 25 min. were the walrus
and seal, and, strange to say. the
walrus is not to be touml at Lady
Franklin bay. At latitube 8IS .leg.
25 min. the deflections of the mag
netic needle was 104 deg. west-more
than one quarter of a circle.
As far as Lockwood went the north-eastern
trend of the Greenland
coast still continued. The maps of
the new regions he discovered are
in the possession of l.ieut. Greely,
and are very carefully made. All
through the two years at Lady
Franklin bay the magnetic needle
was never quiet except during
storms. In February 18S3,
PREPARATIONS FOB THERETBEAT
were made by establishing a depot
at Cape I'.aird, 12 miles to the
south. Day after day the anxious
nun looked oil'over Lady Franklin
baj expecting the ice to open so
they might commence theirjourney
toward home. At last, on Aug. '.'.
1883, the welcome news that the
ice was open was brought. All
had been made ready, and that
very day the party embarked in the
little steam launch. Behind them
they left their poor dogs, because
they could not be taken. Four
barrels of pork and some seal oil
were lilt for the. poor animals.
Lady Franklin bay was crossed to
Cape Baird, a distance of 13 miles,
and then the western coast of Grin-n.-
ll land was followed south as far
as Cape Hawkes. Large quantities
Of heavy ice were met. and extreme
was the danger that the little
launch would every moment be
crushed. Several times all the
boats were nearly lost. The suffer-ing
ot the men was great. They
were now within 60 miles of Cape
Sabine. Striking from Cape
Hawkes direct for Hates island the
party was caught in the ice pack
and frozen in 10 miles south of Cape
Hawkes. In 13 days they drifted
south :.'"> miles on the fioes, suffer-ing
horribly from the cold. So
they drifted to within 11 miles ol
Cape Sabine and were obliged to
abandon the steam launch on Sept.
10. The pack now remained mo-tionless
for three days and several
times the party got' within two or
three miles of Cape Sabine, only to
be driven back by southwest gales.
Five seals were killed and eaten
while the party were drifting about.
Eventually a heavy northwest gab-drove
them by Cape Sabine within
a mile of Brevoort island, but they
could not land, (in Sept. 22 arose
THE MUST TKRRIFIO (1AI.K
they had yet seen wn the Artie
ocean; their ice floe was driven
hither and thither by the tempest,
waves washed over them again and
again, the spray freezing to them
and causing intense suffering.
Night came on, one ol inky black
ness. The sea threw the heavy ice
floes together and crash after crash
of ice breaking from their own floe
warued the heroes that death was
near to them. No man knew at
what minute the floe might break-up
and the waters engulf them
The lirst faint, light of dawn show
ed them that little remained of the
floe upon which they were. The
sea washed another close to them ;
closer it came and at last at the
word the weary men Succeeded in
getting on it. The storm slowly
slowly subsided and they gained
laud at Esquimaux point near
Bairds inlet on the 20th of Sep
teinber. Here winter quarters
were built and scouts were sent to
Cape Isabella and (Jape Sabine. In
a few days they returned. Their
report sent a thrill of horror to
every heart. At Cape Isabella and
Cape Sabine were found only 1800
rations, anil from (larlingtoil's re-cords
they learned the fate of the
Proteus. Every one knew that
death must come to nearly all the
party long before the coming sum-mer
ships of rescue could force
their way to Melville bay. Efforts
were made to sustain the spin!-, of
the men by lectures and light read
ing. On Oct. 15the party removed
to Cape. Sabine. <»u Jan. 18 Cross
died of scurvy. In April the ra-tions
issued daily had dwindled to
lour ounces of meat and six ounces
of bread. Man after man die.I, and
ALL IIOPE BAD FLED
on that stormy day, when the blast
of the Thetis's whistle roused the
survivors from the lethargy of ap-proaching
death. Lieut. Greely's
graphic story of bis expedition was
over, but the agent, in closing, ask
ed him a few questions to draw out
his general ideas upon Arctic ex-ploration.
Iii reply to them, Lieut
Greely said: '-I do not think the
north pole can be reached unless
every circumstance hitherto found
to be unfavorable should be favor-able
to the party attempting to
reach the pole. If it is to be dime
at all. it will be by way of Franz
Josef land. It never could be
reached by the Jcannette's route.
That there is an open polar sea,
Lieut. Greely believes is well nigh
certain. He said this was proved
by the ice drifting out of Mussell
bay and Spitsbergen in midwinter
and (he northern drift of the polar
pack experienced by 1'avy and
; Lockwood in $2 and '*». '•Men
can stand two winters very well at
I Franklin bay.but physical strength
rapidly deteriorates. If we had
had every supply and necessary of
j tood, we could have lived perhaps
eight or ten years at Lady Franklin
| bay."
Hfii. Batter PbotograpbeS.
;Fniin tin- Hew York Sun. June SStb. 1ST;..
The life and career of Ben Duller
: fitly illustrate Danton's maxim,
■ "Audacity, more audacity—always
I audacity." Whatever of Bctitions
consequence he has, or of question-able
success he may have attained.
!can be traced to that one govern
i ing rule of bis conduct. Without
; it lie would be lost in the crowd of
j trading demagogues and knaves to
I which lie worthily belongs. With
[ it be has become a power in the
party which, while affecting to dc
spise his vulgar practices, yet ab-jectly
accepts his leadership and
humbly bows before his power.
Hated' by some, contemned by
many, and distrusted by all. this
bad "man with his crooked ways.
foul methods, distorted mind and
wicked heart, glories in these moral
deformities. Haunts them con-tan!
ly before the public eye and traffics
in them as political merchandise.
The notoriety which decency
shrinks trom as a degradation he
seeks at any sacrifice. He treats
the reproach which follows such
exhibitions as so much eapital
added to the stock of ill fame that
had already made his name odious
ly conspicuous in and out of Con-gress.
Rejoicing in liisown shame
and coining money from open ven-ality,
discarding any pretense of
principle, bound by no ties ut
honor, scoffing at religion, making
politics a trade, despotic when
clothed with authority, cowardly
bv nature, mercenary from habit
and destitute of one ennobling
quality for manly attributes to lift
him up above these wretched char-acteristics,
he is to day the leading
candidate for the highest honor in
enlightened and moral Massachu-setts.
To this complexion have we
come at last.
The sherd! Urator.
.Courier.]
The sherifforatorof Bockingham
can head any sheriff in ti,.- State
on a speech. He is a plumb good
one.
A tVuiidcrr.il ii.iUi-,,.1,1.
The Leadville Democrat thus de-scribes
one of the wonderful rail-ways
that penetrate the mining
regions of Colorado:
Much has been written about the
construction of the mountain divi-sion
of the Bis Grande; travelers
have marveled at the I percent
grades and tin- 15 degree curva-tures
ut the remarkable narrow
gauge railroad which penetrates
the most rugged canyons and
climbs the most loft mountain
ranges of the Rockies. But uo-body
has ever well described the
wonderlul little feeder of the Lead-ville
division, which modestly
leaves the main line in Brown's
canyon and ascends the mountain
gulches to the east with the steep
est grades and the heaviest curves
iu the world that are. overcome
with the ordinary drive-wheel loco-motive.
Afar up in this range of
mountains, seven miles away, and
nearly 3,000 feet higher than the
bed of the canyon, is the famous
Calumet mine, from which is ex-tracted
tbe haiin-.tine iron ore that
keeps in buMjthe furnaces of the
Bessemer works at Pueblo. Every
moraine of the year a ponderous
locomotive and a small train of
care toils up this steep, and every
afternoon they make the perilous
descent to the valley loaded with
iron, with steam breakes on the
cars, the water pressure on the
locomotive drivers, and a man
standing at the brake wheel of each
ear.
This is tin- most wonderful piece
of railroading iu the universe. The
maximum grade is toil feet to the
mile, or nearly 8 per cent., and the
maximum curvature 35 degrees.
The terminal of the branch is half
a mile higher than the commence-ment.
Imagine then the difficulty
in ascending with empty eais, and
the danger of descending with
loaded ones. Still, strange though
it may seem, a locomotive cannot
make the descent unless at least
live cars are attached. The latter
are essential to provide the resist-ing
power for the si.am brakes.
The trip up is snnilisli. the return
is rapid, in spite of the steam pies
sure, which cnls the car wheels
into sparks that lly in a constant
stream from the brakes, iu spite of
the reversed action, iu spite ol the
lavish use of the sand pipe, and in
spite of the water brake on the
locomotive drive » heels.
Some few yens ago, when the
operation of the line was coin uienc
eil. runaway accidents were almost
of daily Occurrence. The seven
miles were, within a brief period,
strewn with the wrecks of cars and
locomotives, and iron ore. The
most discouraging results attend
ed the persistent efforts to make
the I'lie serve the purpose for
which it was constructed. Day
alter day control over the descend
ing train would be lost : some de.
feel would interfere with the work-ing
of the steam brake, and even
with the brake iu successful opera-tion
the train would take a crazy
notion and go living down the
mountain sides, along the brinks of
fearful precipices, through the
rock-bound gullies, and around the
acute curves, like a bolt of light
niug. The train hands would leap
for life, and then the locomotive
and cars would be dashed into
fragnieiits. In all these accidents,
however, says the Ihinncfiil. no
body was hurt. Thousands and
thousands of dollars' worth of roll-ing
stuck is said lo have been de
stroyed before a successful system
of Operation was established. Only
very I'vw of the higher officials of
the Kio Grande realize how terri
ble was the experience of these
rides, and it is told of two of them
who once summoned up sufficient
curiosity and courage to make the
journey, they were so frightened
that they hung Oil the steps of the
caboose, expecting every moment
to have to leap for life.
Finally extremely heavy I imo-lives
were built, and a force of ex-ceptionally
brave train inc.. were
secured. The latter were instruct
ed to (-ling to their post at every
hazard, and to never flinch in the
moment of ('anger. Not a serious
accident has been recorded since.
Starting from the mine every brake
is manned, so that iu case the
steam should fail the train could
be checked. While there have
been several runaways, iu two
years there has net been a wreck.
The sight of these trains descend-ing
is one of thrilling interest, the
sparks from the ear wheels cutting
a pathway of light down the mouil
tains, which can bes! tie described
as having the appearance of a mol-ten
stream of lire rushing down to
the river bed ol the canyon.
In Switzerland then- an-grades
as steep as these of the Calumet
branch, but they are equipped for
operation with the cable and cog
wheels.
ll'i-iiii>-. cm look.
A in iik.-.l revival ol confidence
in business circles is manifest, aud
that this is the direct result of the
favorable state of the agricultural
f the country there can
I If « beat, oats and
ill! and a col
interests o
be no doubt
rye an nnormou
I
w
, C III. ."II". "i."" - , - -
•cspnliding addition to the national
wealth are already assured. Corn
and cotton are the products which
while promising well arc vet by no
means out of danger. II the pres
cut hot and forcing weather contin-ues
in the corn belt I here will be a
yield of unprecedented proportions,
while Oil the other ham! a sharp
frost would at one- materially alter
the whole situation. If nothing
occurs to injure the condition of
cotton n crop much larger than
,1..,, ,•;.!-: year will be the result.
I Com and cotton have such an im
portaut bearing upon our fore'gu
commerce and home industries that
the country is anxiously awaiting
il„- outcome of those crops, lln-next
two or three weeks will proba
olv decide the prospects toi gener
al trade throughout the country
j during the fall and winter mouths.
Millions ..! I i.il 1J r- in the Trca«ur\ Aw all
Owners.
A curious fact shown by the
! ("nited States Treasury's balance
sheet at tl e close of the year's busj
ness is that there is nearly #20,000,-
. 000 of outstanding government se
i curities on which the money is due
and uncalled lor. writes I he Wash
I ingtoncorrespondent of the Louis
ville Ctuiiinerci'il. On all of these
interest has been closed, and there
jean be no possible reason for the
[ holders to delay presenting them
■ for redemption. Some of them
! have been due for many years. On
I some of them there are due large
I sums of interest, which have not
' been eallleil for. so that the intei.-st
mi those alone amounts to93*17,-
; 000. What has become of these
( documents ami why they arc not
presented is something no one can
| find out. Some of them matured a
I half a eentiin ago, and are still
I unheard from and iiupiesented.
Of the old debt, which matured
! prior to January l. 1837, there is
still outstanding $57,665 of princi
1 pal, and *iil,17l of interest. Of
the Texan indemnity stock, which
I matured 30 years ago. there is *i'o
000 yet outstanding not presented.
Gf the 5 20s of62, which mature.1
mure than 10 years ago, and on
' which interest Ceased at that time,
[ there is still outstanding 1355,250,
01 the lo 40s oi "in. which matured
i 5 years ago. there is yet nnpresent
ed $178,850, with interest of $15,-1
160 also due and unpaid. Of the
0 per cent consols, which matured
2 years earlier, there was $376,600
yet unpresented, and of the d per !
cuts consols matured in 1879there
is over half a million dollars yet
uncalled tor, with inteiest matured,
$56,990.
Of the 5 per cents, which matin
ed in 1881-82, there is still nearly
$800,000 unpresented, though the
interest ceased at maturity. Of (be
compound interest notes of 1864.1
which bear ti per cent interest, and
which matured in 1867 and '68, over
$200,000 are still oni ami uncalled
tor. while of the 7-39s of the same
... II. which matured more than 15
years ago, $133,800 has never yet
been called for. nor has .some $20,
000 of interest on Idem been de-manded.
What has become of
these bonds, which represent so
much money, is hard to understand
Some ot them have probably
been destroyed,perhaps the major
ity of them, though it is proper to
add that the bulk ol the $19,000,000
due and unpresented is of that
which has fallen due within the
past year, and which will donbtl.-ss
be presented when the well fe.i and |
leisurely coupon clippers realize
I!I it there are no more coupons to
be clipped upon ilii-iu. or that, if so
Clipped, they will not be honored
because of the fact that the I Is
have been called. There are. how-ever,
large sums which have been
due many years, and have not been
paid simplj because they hav. t
been presented. Some of these
have doubtless been lost by lire
and flood, others laid away as per
manent investments of some fund
or perhaps forgottou in soiueilust*.
safe or mouldly pigeonhole. Whj
or how it is that such large Slims
are still outstanding and bible to
continue BO, is not even within the
comprehension of the most experi-enced
Treasury official to answer.
The <tni-i-ii ..I ihc Turf.
I World »n--. 1 -in
.Maud S. was \estcii|n\ .-old by
Mr. Vnnderbill to Mr. Bo'berl Bon-
Her. The price paid for her is
$40,000. Mr. Vand.-rbilt i- in
Saratoga, but it is said that the
reason he sold his horse is the no
toriety which attached lo him as
being the owner of such a marvel
Ions animal. lYoplc.hc said, were
constantly pestering him with of
t'ers to have him race the mare
againstJay Bye-See. Mr.Vander-bilt
does not want to race his
horses, lie likes to drive them
himself and feed them with lumps
01 sugar. He had been offered
$100,000 for her sonic time ago.
Hill the offer had come Ir 'III those
horrid racing men who would pul
Maud S. on I lie track, and hau-lier
run for a stake. Bather than
do that he would keep the noble
animal, .-imply letting the public
know that she was not to be raced.
But then he thought it would be
more profitable to sell her to some
gentleman who would agree let to
race her. The purchase lUOIieJ
conId then be invested in United
States Government bonds, yield an
annual income and make up a little
for the drain caused bj his - -
speculations during his father's
trip in Europe.
The name of Mr. Boberl I! er
involuntarily came into the mag-nate's
intini. Mr. Bonuer had a
way of bnj ing up fast trotters as
soon as they broke the record and
then quietly retiring them on his
I.ii in from public gaze. That is
what he had ill with Dexter and
Barns. So notoriety any longer
attaches to Mr. Bonner by reason
Of his 0« niug these tWO fine - 'i ' .
nii-ns of the equine race. Mr. Bon
ner alone should be the ownei of
Maud S. As soon us Mr. V'amler
bilt an ived ill this conclusion he
sent bis friend, Gapt. Turobull,
(rom Saratoga to this city :o opeu
negotiations.
MONK! NO OBJKCT.
Money was no object, such were
the instructions given to the gal-lant
captain—the condition was
the thing—MaudS. was to abdicate
her throne as queen of the turf.
Cipt. Turobull saw Mr. Bonuer
Friday evening, and as a result of
the interview Mr. David lionner,
the President of the Gentleman's
Driving Park at Morrisania. went
io Saratoga ou Saturday in behalf
of bis brother, lie agreed to all
Mi. Vandi-rbill's conditions, pro-vided
the latter would accept the
ntterly inadequate and almost in-significant
sum ol $40,000 for the
great trotter. The millionaire did
accept, and yesterday afternoon
Mr. P.oniier sent a check for the
a int.
l'.ilulcr-.
—The Nn\ ember vote will be
about 10,500,000.
—John A. Logan, jr., th.- Weal
Point ead.-t. is nndei arrest for
profanity. It will be tl Id man's
turn to swear next fall, alter the
returns gel in,
—An indiscreet Tennessee politi
ci in once made a remark reflecting
on Gen. Jackson's wife Jackson
thrashed him ou the spot and all. r
wards killed him in a duel.
—Butler believe.; he can pu I
2,000,000 voles. Why. certainly.
There are Ben and Chad lea A. 11.ma
—they are2—and the other000,000
will be easy enough lo pick lip al
most anywhere.
—The Very fellows WHO raise the
loudest shrieks about Gov. Cleve-land's
immorality are men who
many a time have got mil of win
.lows in their bare feel and run a
mile through the snow to prevent
•'telling the truth."
— Prior to the Presidential elec-tion
on the llh ol Nui ciiihci■ elee
tiona are to be held in six States,
to wit: Arkansas, September I;
Vermont, Septemhcr2; Maine, Sep-tember
8; Georgia. October I, ami
Ohio ami WenI Virginia, October
nth.
— Two Hchencctad*. cows while
fighting so entangled theii horns
that they had in be sawed apart
It is to be hoped that Butler and
Blaine will not get so thick in tins
campaign of mutual love belw ecu
them that they will have to be
sawed apart. Tlu-y are getting
tangled already.
WHl !
Turn the rascals out. Why* lie
cause the> are responsible I'm
Assassination,
Star route frauds,
St. Domingo jobs,
Presidential thieving.
Carpet bag rascalities,
Hack pay salary grabs,
Credit Mobilier infamies,
Bailroad land grubbiugs,
Indian Bureau swindle-..
Black Friday rascalities,
Bobeson Navy swindles,
s.inbnin contract frauds,
Pension bureau swindles,
tielknap posi trader steals,
I're.'din.HI bank swindles,
Sale- m Speaker's ruliii
Boss Shepherd ring frauds,
Harrington safe burglaries,
Kle.-tioii commission frauds,
Liiiidnnlet Williams scandals,
Babcock grant whiske) Irnuds,
Little Bock and I'.e.t Smith job
bcr\ .
Turn the rascals out and hi nn
more rascals in. We waul a Presi
dent who vi ill "tell the truth," uol
one who will viol,lie iiis official
trust and then lie about it. We
want a President who has made a
reputation for strict integrity, un
tiring industry and I est and
able administration ot the laws.
not one who has made a reputation
for corrupt acts, false sayings,
tricky acts and contempt lor every
goed reform in the conduct of gov-ernmental
affairs. We should pre
ter for President the man who has
hlienated the corrupt element of
his own i.:111> rather than tin
who ha.- ''magnetized" the corrupt
elements ol both parties and all
factions.
Vnik i.inl Un- Blair -.lima Rill.
■
It is ..nil charitable to suppose
that Dr. York has never read the
Blair school bill, of which he talks
BO much on the stump. If he had
ie.i.l it, his statement that the bill
takes 11<im ihe acciimnl ited surplus
and offers lo North Carolina a tree
gift of $7.000,00 IK. used for
common schools, would indicate
either lack of the necessar) sense
to understand tin- plain language
ot the hill, .a lack ol the necessar)
honest) to state its provisions eor
reelIj. The lull does not propn e
to divide the surplus at all, ami it
does not oiler a free ".ill of $7,000,-
nun IO North Carolina. As stated
in tin Register when the lull pass
ed the Sena:.-, it assigns to North
Carolina about $7,000,000 (some-thing
less than $1,000,000 a yeai
for eight years, tiiii i- . proeiHed^
North Carolina shall also collect
about •■>I,oiiu,iiiHI of extra taxi -
from it- own citizens. Thai is to
say. to gel $1,1100,000 a >.ai for
eight )ears, the State inii-t collect
an extra annual tax as large as it
collect." now to run the State Gov
eminent. If il doe- not, it i- to
have returned only alni.lt one tilth
of tin- lulei nal Bel enim taxes an
ininll) taken from it, and taki it
unnecessarily. It i- hard lines on
Nor; ii i i. iiii to pa) - .'o.i II II i.ooo
of taxes -lit \ .a i - --i ,i- to
nave one tilth of that sum returned
a- ■■;: gift" and the other tour fifths
wa-ted on othei *.
The .Inn--.-- ..-ni »n,iili-.
■•'I i. - have gone to t he
mountain-,." said Mrs. Smith, "and
I think we might I-. go to More-head.
It we don't go somewhere
th.- Joneses a ill he considered i e
— a ible tban we are. an.l I'll
be nowhere in Hoci«*t) beside Mis.
.loin-." -I lon'l you trouble j our-
-•■It. my dear, ' -mi Mr. Smith,
"we'll be able to take the starch
out of i lie Joneses in ii vcr) shorl
tune." "In .'. hat niannei. pray '."
asked Mi -. Smith. ••". Ii). in
iin- wa\: iIn- tali is coming
on and 1'il have m\ usual at-tack
of hay fever shortly. That's
one of the most fashionable ol dis-eases,
.(ones never has anythiug
the matter with him, except in oc-casional
common vulgar cold.—
Don't you fret When I get the
hay fever we'll lay over the Joneses
so they won"! lie able hardly to
look at II-.'
—Here is an excellent dish for
dessert. Line a mould with ice
cream, fill the center with straw-berries,
cover them with ice en
and -.-I in the treeser for about
half an hour. Ii is not intended
that the fruit -hall be literal!)
iiii/in, but chilled. An) fruit maj
of course be used.