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THE NORTH POLE.
C4MdU ProKM tDUrfr It I.aln
Tf lnwi'fc 'r01" Wllt to tli Pol.
A. represoutative of Canada Tint
i . i the pleofiiire recently of ascertain-
in? the vie" of Mr. Okill Stuart an
incincor on tho subject of discoveriug
tlidPol" wou (ue MW 'lftVe cou"
Jtcueted Immotliatoly 200 sled huts on
n improved plan sluiX have tl.era deliv-
ered bv steamer at die uortbweBt angle
ef IludtJOu'slJay .latitude 04 degrees
north longitude 04 degrees west at a
Eoint kuowu as Chesterfield Inlet not
tor than August. This point is dis-
tant from tho Pole 1505 niilos.
Vow from Chester Hold Inlet to tho
-ml nf Lake Wiuuinecr. where
supplies could bo delivered by boat is
but 000 miles. This distance I would
overcome permanently by building a
svsteni of relay stations twenty miles
opart and connected by a through tele-
craph line to Winnipeg City at a cost
of $120000. This work would be car-
ried out by the Government and would
eventually pay connecting as it would
Churchill Harbor mouth of Nelson
ltfver and west coast of Hudson Bay
vbere in tho future will bo the great
emporium of the North thus neutraliz-
ing this expenditure by the" great ad-
vantage of a telegraph system for the
purpose of emigration and trade. These
relay stations of block huts would be
stored with all necessary supplies for
the undertaking together with sleigh
dogs and men in charge for purposes
of transportation from Lake Winnipeg
to Chesterfield Inlet which latter place
would be the headquaitcrs of the ex-
pedition in daily communication with
the outer world. These sled huts
would be constructed of paper board.of
the lightest design and frost proof;
each sled would be about six Jeet wide
tar fpef. loner neatly rounded at the
top and about five feet high with a hole
'down through the center for a signal
pole or anchor to avoid drifting while
resting in a gale. Each sled would
contain a kerosene stove oil tank and
lamps as well as a complete supply; of
preserved food medicine axes and ice
shovels sufficient for 6ix men for six
months together with fur trappings
and other clothing. When complete
each sled hut would weigh about one
thousand six hundred pounds or a little
more than two hundred and fifty pounds
per man. Thus equipped we would
commence the forward march by mov-
ing ten sleds at a time managed in the
following order: To each sled one
practical engineer one doctor and
four able-bodied men all thoroughbred
Canadians; thus ten sleds would com-
prise sixty men. These would advance
in order at intervals all keeping the
due north course and any deviation
would be reported by a halt from the
advance sled. All the sleds would bo
advanced in this order until a complete
chain of communication was estab-
lished. '
I would commence this movement
about the 1st of December or as soon
as the ice formed on the more southern
rivers. Our route would lie by the
west coast of the Gulthia to North
Devon and North Lincoln by Jones
having land the whole distance except
Barrow Strait and Jones' Sound
which would be frozen. At North
Lincoln we would be distant from
Chesterfield.Inlet 78G miles and from
the Pole 780 miles. To JNorth luncoin
we would push all the sleds except
seventy-eight which we would leave by
relays of ten miles all anchored with
signals so as to form a complete chain
of refHge in our rear and we would es-
tablish a system of telephone from each
sled by means of tripod poles. This
would give us daily communication
with Winnipeg . and govern our dog
transportation jtrains which would be
in constant attendance throughout the
whole line.! When this was done we
would commence our advance along the
third or polar division in the same
order as before only by shorter relays
as we would have 122-sled huts to sta-
tion over 780 miles or about six miles
apart so that each hut could be seen
and reached with safety. It might be
necessary to have some of these sleds
constructed upon a boat principle in
case open water was reached and could
be used for towing othersas they would
' all be watertight and capable of being
floated but as I do not contemplate
finding open water this latter point
would not offer any serious difficulty.
The only obstacles likely to be encoun-
tered are rough and irregular ice ledges
which might have to be levelled or
tunnelled in places. In this manner I
would expect to overcome the whole
distance from Chesterfield Inlet to the
Pole by the 1st of July 1881 that be-
ing the best season for observations at
the Pole. The whole cost of the expe-
dition in this way not including the
telegraph line to Winnipeg City would
be about $70000 and is only a matter
of dollars and cents.
For if properly undertaken as I
have pointed out there is nothing to
prevent success for all connected with
the expedition would be thoroughly
Canadian who are only men capable of
finch a discovery. This I have always
mantained for Canadians are the only
men who can free the rigor of the
North being inured as they are to ex-
treme cold when the thermometer
ranges down to fortf degrees below
zero at work in the open air ; therefore
hen such men are properly clad and
fed as I propose theee Canadian young
aea would be at home on such an ex-
pedition and expert in all they under-
took to do. If the North Pole is ever
discovered it will be in this way and
br Cinitni anA it onlr remain for
cr Government to become patriot
callr ambitious and votn tint
supplies and thus give to Canada tho
uouor oi me mucu coveted discovery
and at the same time suspend our own
ung iruiu our own role.
South Ciirollua I'hospliatM.
Among the advantages possessed by
South Carolina phosphates are :
1. The most of the phosphate beds
have convenient points of shipment
jor wuoie curgoes or tue rock miy bo
forwarJod from Charleston Port ltoyal
or Savauuah at a lower rute in ballast
under cotton. Some of these ports
have sufficient water for ships ox two
thousand tous burthen while the rest
are generally situated on streams navi
gable for schooners and other light
draft vessels. A few miners use the
railroads crossing the phosphato belt
for the transportation of their product
to deep water.
2. The proximity of the bods to the
field of greatest consumption on this
continent viz : Tho Southern States
which annually consume about two
hundred and fifty thousand tons of
commercial fertilizers. As competition
reduces the profit on the manufactured
articles it will be found necessary to
manipulate the crude rock here thus
avoiding the expense of two freights
on the phosphato.
8. Commercial phosphatio manures
consist very generally of superphos-
phates (i. e. ground phosphates treated
Avith sulphuric acid) containing from
ten to thirteen per cent soluble phos-
phosphoric acid to which may be add-
ed amnioniacal matter and potash salts.
For the manfacturo of such articles
the South Carolina phosphate rock ex-
cels and for the following reasons : It
is cheap. It is remarkably free from
gangue rock and other impurities. It
is readily ground to that impalpable
fineness which is indispensable for its
complete decomposition by sulphurio
acid. It contains little fluride of cal-
cium and consequently yields on its
treatment with acid loss noxious fumes
than is the case with apatitio phos-
phates. The superphosphate made
from it dries readily and is light in
color and weight. It may be easily
made to contain the amount of soluble
phosphoric acid required in commerce
and this ingredient is subject to less
reversion than takes place in most of
its competitors.
4. Its physical structure and chemi-
cal composition favor its resolution
(without the intervention of sulphuric
acid) by the natural solvents of the
soil; and consequently tho assimilation
of its constituents by plants takes place
more rapidly and effectually than oc
curs with most other mineral phos-
phates. A very considerable part of the Caro-
lina phosphate is excavated by dredg
ing boats from deeper waters where it
lies bare on the bottom or sometimes
covered with several feet of sand and
mud. These powerful machines work
best in about whelve feet of water but
have been employed in double that
depth. Their strength is adequate to
tear up the thickest and hardest phos
phate beds Under favorable circum
stances thev can daily raise one Iran
dred tons of rock. The "dipper" of
the dredging machine empties its load
of rock. marl mud and sand on a grat
ing or into a preliminary conical
"washer." where it is subjected to a
heavy steam of water which carries off
the greater part of the mua anq sana
thereby enabling the operatives to de
tect any pieces of marl sandstone or
oyster shells that may be mixed with
the rock. These are picked out and
cast aside. The partially cheaned rock
then falls or is cast by the machinery
into a "crusher" and thence into the
second "washer" where the fragments
are thoroughly cleansed from remain-
in ff imisurities. A few days' continu
ous drying by means of hot air driven
from an oven by a fan through every
part is sufficient to expel all tne moist
ure from the originally saturated rock
A Land Agent's Story.
A pretty good story is told about
Land Aeent Milner of the Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad who one
day had a party of Eastern farmers in
towi trvine to sell each of them a farm
'n thn nVh Arkansas valley. Milner
had taken them into his light wagon
and behind his spanking team of bays
had given them a grand ride lasting an
dav. He had done his best to make
them enthusiastic by rehearsing the
stories which he had at tongue's end
of the marvelous crops of the valley
but to all intents it was "love's labor
lost" for they would not 'thuse. This
annoyed Milner but he had his revenge
in his reply to one of the party who
with a sardonic smile asked :
"Well Mr. Agent is there anything
that won't grow here?" .
Yes" replied Milner "pumpkins
won't." . . j
. -What!" exclaimed the cynical land-
buyers together "pumpkins won't?"
"No" said Milner; "there are men in
thisc try who would give S250 an
acre for land that would mature a crop
of pumpkins. They never have been
! sble to cet a crop since I've been here
and thu's ten years." .
i -Well how Strang! Why is it?
stid land-buyer No. 1.
This was Milner's chance and with a
! serious expression he replied: "Well
sir the soil is ao rich that the vines
I grow so fa-st they wear the pumpkins
O it dragging tbem over me groani.
MUuleht In a Prison.
There is something very soluam in a
large convict prison at night. A faint
iouud of hoiUthy slumber comes from
the cells whera tlte convicts sleep.
Perhaps there ore a thousuud per ha is
only nve hundred undergoing imuisU
ment; but whatever be the number
one is conscious that nowhere else save
iu a couvict prisou could so many hu
man beings sleep with so little to inter
rupt the Ben bo of calm repose. In the
same number of people taken from the
ordiuory world there would be slight
sounds arising from nightmare follow
ing au indigestion perhaps from some
reminiscenco troubling the conscience
on the question whether the strong
stops taken for payment of that bill
were not in tho circumstances slightly
harsh or some other disturbing recol
lection; thero might also be uneasy
thoughts and droams creative of rest-
lessness. None- of these troubles dis
turb the sleep of the habitual criminal.
This is not bocause his conscience lies
easy on him but because ho does not
possess an article known to tho rost of
the world as a conscience. Hence ho
neither enjoys the satisfaction of its
healthy and genial condition nor the
troubles attending on its inllections
and it is with him essentially that the
Prayer for Indifference by (Jreville
as it may be found in the old "Elegant
Extracts" is granted. Blackwood's
Magazine.
A vnrxa man at Elkhart. Ind.. has
started a six-column weekly with the
avowed object of "restoring to the pub-
lie its wonted grandeur and prosperity."
. . . . . m 1 -rXT A
1 on can t do it young leiiow. y e iriea
for six years to restore the publio to its
wonted grandeur and prosperity by
publishing the ablest paper in this
country and taking turnips and slab
wnorl on subscriptions and never made
money enough to buy a dog but of late
years wo have let the republic smrn
for itself and the 1st ol January we
had over $6. Peck's Sun.
Every Texan Wants
PAIN KILLING
MAGIC OIL.
The Best General Family Remedy
Furely Vegetable and may be Used
Internally or Externally.
"IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM."
Tt in not an oilv. creasy or sticky subotance
hut CLEAN. . delicious and safe to use by
every one. As an internal remedy it gives the
weakened and over strained chords and mus-
cles new life and elasticy curing pain as water
quenches fire. It cures
Sprains Headache Sciatica
Bruises Toothache Neuralgia
Bruises Lame BackBlieumatism
Crick In the Bade of the Neck.
As an internal remedy it tones and correct
the stomach aids digestion and readily cures
nnlic. Cholera morbus. Cramps Dyspepsia
Sour Stomaoh Coughs Sore Throat and Dys-
pepsia. A bottle of EENNE'S PAIN KILLING
MAGIC OIL in the house or on hand for im-
mediate use in case of emergency will often
save a life or a long and tedious sickness.
Sold by druggists Grocers and .dealers in
Medicines.
Southern Wholesale Depot Dallas
' Texas.
H. C. HOSKINS. Manager.
lTRMCMARK
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LOST MANHOOD RESTORED i
A Tiotim of yontlifol Imprudence cwuta
tnre Decy. Nerroos Debility Lost M.chood. et.
hiring tried in rin erery known remedy. hMj W-
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Gonorrhoea Oleet8lrioture Orchitis Rupture.all
Urinary Syphilitic or Mercurial Affection of
Spermatorrhea.Sexual Debility and Impotency
years.orOTer bnilnworlt producing nerrouneiiiemio-
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at office or by mnil fre and Invited. Pamphlet one
stamn. ModtclneB Bent by mall or express. . Onre
(moranteed. Where doubt exists it is fxunlMy Wntoa.
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marry : how life and happiness niuy be increased i oirocU
of oelibnoy nnd excess and many more. 1 hose raiirriod
or contemplntlngmBrrlttKe should read ittben kespuu-
der lock and key. 2 5 Ct8. by mail In money or po.
tni?B. En(?liah Germnn French read and spoken.
CRCCPRESGRIPTtON
fU.fllMiotl of ldertg( Aversion to Society
Lo'uctivo Memory and Disorders brouKliton by belf-
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cured in a few days. All the diseusos rejultinit f roiu
self-aouse excesses or exposure ourau .n ...u
medicine. Advice free. OharReslow. Cullorwrlto
'MARRIAECUlBHii
WINE of TAR
CUBES THOUSANDS YEAM1.1.
A POSITIVE lUHt
ForCoughs.Colds
AND CONSUMPTION.
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fnr Ir. 4'rook'a Wine
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Llver affecting both the gtomaeh and
bowelt. In order to effect a cure it im
necessary to remove tho caune. Irregn-
lar and Sluyglsh action of the JtoweU
Headache SlckncHii at the Stomach Vain
in the Back and Lolniietc. indicate that
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titrate off impurities.
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valid. It is a medicine and not an
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ASK YOUR DRU00IST fOI PRICKLY ASH RITTIRS
and take no other. TBIO. 11.00 per Bottla.
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