PERILS OF DIVERS.
FEARFUL DANGERS TO BE MET
UNDER WATER.
Adventure With nn Knormou Miirk
A Queer Fight With Kogflnh Quenr
Actions of Dodlet ITndor Water 1)1
ver'l Trloka.
"I've seen many a time when I'd
rather bo under water tlinu on shore.
I used to feel Hint wny sometimes."
Mr. Kdwnrd II. Llttletleld, tt native
of Block Island, but now keeper of a
fish market on Fountain street, sixty
Ix years old, rondo this remark lu a
tory he was telling one afternoon.
Ho was a diver for twenty-four years,
In all spent forty years under the wat-
or upou It, aud has taekled wreeks
from liko Superior to Niagara Fnlln,
and from Maine to l'ort ltoynl. lie
tlnuites the number of bodies ho has
;wlth his own hands pulled out of sunk
en vessels at UK), and that he has
walked out and around 40 to ."0 vessels
tying In water varying lu depth from
35 to 108 feet He nearly lost tils life
ten years ago while getting the cargo
out of the schooner Wnrrcu Unge, off
the east of Nurragnnsett Tier, and has
Ince that time preferred to stay above
(water.
"My first experience," said he, "was
In Seaconnet Klver, In 1X7A hunting
for Capt Ben Tallmnn's sou Jerome.
It was In the month of August, and
Jerome Tallinn n had bien lu Hie water
eleven days. They'd dragged for him,
but couldn't find him. I was shlpman
tor ("apt. Charles Herbert, the wreck
er, then, but one day the regular diver
Cook sick, and as they hud nn agree
ment giving Capt. Herbert J500 if ho
Jound the body iu three days, and $3(10
If he did not, with the idea of working:
at it all the time, I was picked out to
go down. It was right off Gould's
Island, and I went down nt 7:30 o'clock
In the morning. I wasn't used to it,
o I took sick nbout D::i0 o'clock, but I
got some old Cognac brandy to drink
nd went back about 11. The llrst
thing I saw when I got down the sec
ond time was n swarm of bluellsh. I
went through them, and then came a
lot of dogfish. These dogfish are tough
things, for they have two spurs on the
back near the tail, and they wind
around a man's legs and spur hlui.
They smashed against me, and any
number of them spurred my legs a
good deal ns roosters use their spurs,
ao that I at last got out my knife and
went to cutting my way through. You
know dogfish will feed on a dogfish
that Is dead, so I ripped them open all
around me ns they went nloug with
the tide, and the others ate the In
jured ones. . I must have killed fifty
or sixty of them, all two or three feet
long.
"After I got through them I felt
something whirl me round. I could
tell it wasn't the current, so I looked
around to see what it was. There was
a big shark off to my left, looking at
me. 1 u have given a city to be out of
his way; but, says I, if I go up he'll
bite me in two; and so I decided to
stay there. I felt just ns If my helmet
was rising up. I suppose It was my
hair. Well, Mr. Shark looked at me
a while. Then he goes round me twice
and a half, and then I got my liuife
out again. He turns on one side, nnd
I could have put n barrel in his mouth
easy. I knew what was coming, so I
waited. He dashed for me, and as he
came I stepped one side, shut my ejes
and slashed with the knife. I caught
him In his life, for I cut his heart right
In two. I opened my eyes and found
him lying on the bottom fifty or sixty
feet off, the blood rising from him in
bubbles. I went up to him, and then
something happened to me; I don't
know what. I suppose I fainted, for
I cunie to with my body leaning against
the shark's, down there on the bot
tom. Well, I hadn't given nny signal
to my tender, so he had kept up the air
supply, but pretty quick I felt them
pull three times, to ask me If I was
all right. They said the blood all came
np to the top in bubbles before it
mixed with the water. Why, ti nt
shark's liver I cut half of it out
couldn't have been got into a barrel.
"But, after all, I had my greatest
experiences in the two years before the
war. The time I went down ICS feet,
the deepest I ever got, wns In IfWO. A
vessel went down east-northeast of
Point Judith, and the Cnptnln's wife
and daughter were drowned. I went
down after them. Thev tnlk to m
now of going down fiOO or 000 feet, but
l aon t Delleve it. After the first 100
feet the pumps won't supply a man
with air, except inside his helmet. Be
fore thnt it will circulate around bis
body. When It only reaches his hel
met his clothes begin to cling to him,
and his pores flow out all the wuter
in his body. It Is a terrible sensation.
Now, I got down to this vessel, nnd
atarted to descend Into the compnnlon
way. At the first step I began to feel
numb all over. It wns the pressure of
the water above me, nnd as I'd been
told nbout It I went back on the deck
of the sunken vessel nnd climbed into
the ratlines. I hadn't gone up more
than three steps before I felt better.
Then I went back again. You can
continue this right straight nloug nnd
go deeper each time. When I felt
numb again I went upon deck nnd
climbed onto the rail. I was all right
In a minute, and then went Into the
companion way again. All this time
ttie vessel was waving from side to
Hide with the swell under the water.
"Xow, It's queer, but there's some
thing about bodies under water. Did
you know thnt if you went into the
cabin of a vessel where one was that
It would start towards you, almost as
If It were alive? It is that that makes
the shock so terrible. You can't avoid
them. They come as If they wanted
to be taken away. Well, the Captain's
wife and daughter were in the state
room at the foot of the stairs, and I
. had to open the door. I took sonio
blocks nnd braced my whole weight
against the door. I weighed "'10
pounds, and the suit weighed 2I5 more.
I knew there'd be a terrible shock, so
I got all ready. The door gave way
at last, ami broke into kindling woo
like a (lash. The concussion of tho
water flung the bodies towards nie like
lightning. I shut my eves, and, reach
ing out to grab the bodies, caught, the
woman's as she flew towards mo. I
signalled, nnd was taken up. Tnen I
went down to hunt for tho little girl.
I fourd she had come out when Ury
mother did, nnd floated under tho cabin
table. Why, thnt table was set Ju-tt ns
when the vessel sunk, and there wns
food on the plates ut that very time.
was piiihMl up with the little girl."
rniiKing, the old diver begun lo'laugu.
Mid when nsUed what it wns about hj
said It wns the air pump. In former
times the pumping lisd been by hand
but now It was by steam. He pre
ferred steam, for It kept up a regular
supply of ulr. When It wns done by
hand, If a diver wnnted more air they
were liable to pump too fast, nnd If he
signalled this wna so they very likely
sent It down too slowly. He told cf
trick he once played on a water-pipe
boss who went down to Inspent the
pipes on the bottom of Toronto nay,
The fellow was a tyrannical Kngllsh'
man, and was hated by nil the men
One day when tho boss wns under
water a workman remarked thnt he'd
like to shut off the air for a while. Mr.
I.lttlefleld said thnt was wicked, but
asked tho workmen to light their plpeu
nnd smoke nenr tho pump, snylng that
would do ns well ns shutting off the
nlr. They didn't nil see why, but they
did It. A pump sucks up everything In
the nlr at its orifice, nnd very shortly
It wns carrying down tobacco smoke
by the ruble foot. Two minutes
elapsed, nnd then the boss gave three
wild pulls to be taken up. He arrived
nt the surface very sick and frightened
out of ills wits. The first thing he asked
wns if the pump hndn t got anre.
Mr. Littletleld said he guessed it had,
nnd ordered a man to pour water ou
the bearings. This satisfied the boss,
nnd the men went into fits behind bis
back. The man would never go down
nfter that; bo said he thought be had
had nn attack of heart disease. rrovl
deuce Journal.
Life on the Planet Tenni
It will bo remembered that about
two yeors ago tho famous Italian as
tronomer, Sehlnparelli, announced thnt
he had discovered that Venus, which
Is a world very slightly smaller thnn
ours, makes only one turn ou its axis
In going once around the sun. It would
follow from this thnt on Venus there
Is uo succession of days nnd nights ns
upon the earth, but that perpetual day
reigns on one side of the planet and
perpetual night on the other. In other
words, if Sehlnparelli is right, Venus
always presents the same face to the
sun, just as the moon forever turns
the snme hemisphere towards tho
earth.
The inhabitants of the sunwnrd side
Of Venus, then If there bo nny never
see the sun set, while the Inhabitants
of the other side never see the sun nt
all, unless they visit the opposite hemis
phere of their globe.
Of course, no one knows whether
mere are lniinottants upon Venus or
not, but we do know that Venus has
an atmosphere, and thnt in Its atmos
phere watery vapor exists and clouds
float, and that upon the surface of the
planet the force of gravitnt.on Is not
very different from thnt which It mani
fests on the surface of the earth. Ac
cordingly, there nre some reasons to
be urged In behalf of the opinion thnt
Venus mny be nn Inhabited world.
But if one-hnlf of Venus be burled
In endless night while the other half
lies glaring beneath a never-setting
sun, it Is evident thnt the inh-thltants
of that planet must have exi. iences
thnt would be most strange and try
ing to us. So the question whether
Venus renlly does rotate on its axis
once in 225 days, the period of its revo
lution around the sun, derives an add
ed interest from the consideration that
the planet possibly hns inhabitants.
The older observations lndlcnted that
Venus rotated In between twenty-three
and tweuty-four hours, giving It days
and nights about equal to those of the
earth. In order to settle the question
It has recently been proposed to apply
the spectroscope. It Is known that In
the spectrum of n celestial body which
is rapidly approaching the earth the
spectroscopic lines nre shifted towards
the blue, while in the spectrum of a
fnst retreating body the lines are shift
ed towards the rod.
The principle has been used in meas
uring the rate of the sun's rotation.
The lines nre shifted townrds the blue
ou the eastern and towards the red
on tho western edge of the sun, nnd
by measuring the amount of shifting
the rate of rotation is found. It is easy
to see that the snme method mny be
applied to find out how fast Venus re
volves on its nxis.
Every one who watches the glorious
evening star growing brighter and
brighter in the sunset sky during the
coming months will certainly be eager
to honr the latest news from the as
tronomers who nre trying to find out
whether Venus hns successive days and
nights like the earth or has only u day
side and a night side. Youth's Com
panion. An InsUHou Fiwhlon.
The ten our grandmothers slowly
brewed before one's eyes in copper ket
tles and then poured out into great
guld-rlmmed cups, or those of genuine
china make, with mandarins disport
ing on the sides, is getting to be an
unknown nrtlele. Xow It is Russian
tea, or tea with cordial, sherry or other
"essences," which give the lie to the
phrase, "tho cup that cheers but not
inehrintes."
Women are said to be the greatest
sinners lu tills respect. Tho love of
novelty in entertainment or beverage Is
a weakness of the feminine heart, nnd
so the whole shelf must be exhausted
before wo enn hope to get bnck to tho
old-fashioned tea of a few yenrs ago.
Go to any fashionable afternoon en
tertainment and see how art Is ex
hausted to make tea something which
It is not and never ought to bo.
But tho reversion to the "primitive
type" is one of nature's laws, and we
mny yet hope to get bnck to the hon
est, cherry tea, which Charles Lamb
and lesser lights eulogized.
Tea is a homely drink, which hns a
warm spot in the affections of a con
siderable portion of mankind, nnd
whatever the evolutions through which
It may temporarily pass at the hands
of would be reformers, Its undisputed
swny as n soothing nnd pleoslng bev
erage Is likely to rest undisturbed,
.Washington News.
An Interesting Hello,
One of tho most Interesting relics of
old London is St. John's Gnte, Clerkon
well. Jt is the only remaining portion
of the Important Priory of St John,
which dates from the fourteenth cen
tury. Tho old gateway has a lltemry
Interest attached to It, for In the room
nliovo the archway Dr. Johnson work
ed for Cave, the printer, for a small
weekly stipend, uud tho Gentleman's
Magazine, which to this day bears a
picture of the archway on Its cover,
was first printed there. The archway
had latterly become much defaced and
weatherworn, hut It has recently been
restored, as a memorial to the Duke
of Clarence, who wns First Superior ot
the Order of St John.
The Advance- Agent's Story.
HE SEES A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE WILD
AND WOOLY WEST DRAMA.
From the IlillTalo Express.
"I've Been a good many funny snat
in the way of plays and play-actors in
my time," said the advance aj;ent,
-Dut the one 1 struck out m Milwau
kee the other day was by far the best
.1.: ti .
ui Mnyuung i nave ever been up
against, it was in one of the museums
there. The museum has a stock com
pany in its theatre, and its crreat
specialty is border drama, livery
ween mey give a new drama of the
wild and wooly West. ,
This play that I saw was a blood-
curdler of that character, and at the
time I arrived at the theatre the stage
was pitcn tiark and two men were
fighting a duel. I could hear the
knives clash tocether and hear the
men stumble around the stace. but
could but faintly distinguish the forms
ot the actors. After awhile tnere was
a thump on the floor and the villain (I
knew it was the villain by his accent)
nissea : "An ha I Kudolph 1 cohering-
ton, 1 have you now and no one nigh
to see me cio the deed 1
"Then the drummer hit the base-
drum a welt and the calcium man
turned on the light and away up on
top of a rocky pass a woman (the
neromei was seen standimr. 'Cow
ard ! she shouted, 'me and Heaven is
here I' "
I was a sufferer from catarrh for
fifteen years, with distressing pain over
my eyes. 1 used Lly's Cream Balm
wuh gratifying results. Am apparent
ly cured,, o. Warner, .Rutland,
vt.
I suffered from a severe cold in mv
neau lor months and could get no re
lief. Was advised to use Ely's Cream
Balm. It has worked like magic in
its cure. I am free from my cold af
ter using the Balm one week, and I
believe it is the best remedy known.
Samuel J. Harris, Wholesale Grocer,
119 tront St., New York.
Cream not Skim Milk.
Every farmer and villager, their
wives and boys and girls, will be inter
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paper, the Farm Jouknal, of
Philadelphia, Its 200,000 subscribers
are scattered from Maine to Washing
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its bright and common sense way of
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We have made arrangements with the
publisher by which he will send it one
full year free, to all who promptly pay
up for our paper. Sample copies, will
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IYDIA
INKHAM'S
OMPOllND i
Is a positive euro for all those painful :
Ailments of Women, j
It will entirely cure the worst, fnrma :
of Female Complaints, all Ovarian
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Falling and Displacements, of the:
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Change of Life. Every time it will cure :
Backache.
It has cured more cases of Lencor-:
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causlntr pain, weight, and backaohe, is
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Irregularity,
Suppressed or l'ninful Menstruations,
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floating, Flooding, Nervous Prostrs
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Dizziness. Falntness.
F.xtreme Lassitude, "don't care" and
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lessness, flatulency, mclaucholy, or the
'.'blues," and backache. These are
sure indicat ions of Female Weakness,
soiuo derangement of tho Uterus, or
Womb Troubles.
Tho whole story, however, is told in
an illustrated book entitled "Guide to
Health," by Mrs. 1'iiikliain. It con
tains over 00 paes of most Important
intormation, which every woman, mar
ried or (iii)Klo, BhouKl know about her
self. Send 2 two-cent etaiuys for it. For
Kidney Complaints
and Unckache of either sex the Vego-
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Livur rills, fifto.. J nountl. or scut bv
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State ok Ohio, City of Toledo)
Lucas County, j
Frank T. Cheney makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
J. Cheney & Co., doin? business
in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of Hall's Catarrh ure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of De
cember, A. D., 1886,
a-, A. W. GLEASON,
seal Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
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JGSold by Druggists, 75c.
If the present is to be a book the
Christmas Book News (Philadelphia)
is full of present hints for you. A
carefully classified list of the titles of
over five hundred books published
within the past six weeks is but one
of the many helpful features of this
useful magazine. The few words de
scriptive of each book leaves little
question in your mind as to whether
that book is just the one wanted or
not. Book Jyews is but five cents a
single copy. Sample pictures from
the illustrated holiday books fill more
than a third of its hundred and thirty
six pages.
Catarrh in the Head
Is undoubtedly a disease of the blood.
and as such only a reliable blood puri-
ner can enect a pertect and permanent
cure. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best
blood purifier, and it has cured many
very severe 'cases of catarrh. Catarrh
oftentimes leads to consumption. Take
Hood's Sarsaparilla before it is too
late. .
Hood's Pills do not purge, pain or
gripe, but act promptly, easily and ef
ficiently. 25c
If you have dropped grease on the
matting do not try ammonia or ben
zine or grease extractors: you will
oniy mane me spot worse, some
limes brown paper and a hot iron will
be effective, but the best eradicator is
French chalk and benzine. Cover the
grease with the chalk and moisten by
sprinkling, not pouring, the benzine
upon it. When the benzine has evap
orated brush off the chalk and the
spot will have vaishcd also.
Rheumatism Cured in a Day.
Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia, radically cures in 1 to 3
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. It re
moves at once the cause and the di
sease immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits, 75 els. Sold
by C. A. Kleim, Druggist, Blooms
burg. u-io-8m.
At the close of the honey season
every colony should be inspected to
see if it is supplied with a laying queen.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve clean
ses, purifies and heals. It was made
for that purpose. Use it for burns,
cuts, br ises, chapped hands, sores of
all desenptions and if you have piles
use it for them. V. S. Rishton, Drug
gist. Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castorla. -
We have just received an invoice
of new sleighs.
Stylish Portland Cutters,
Comfortables Swell Bodies,
Light and Heavy Bob Sleds.
The material and workmanship
aie the best, and the prices as low
as the lowest.
Don't wait to buy a sleigh until
the good sleighing comes, tor the
supply is limited.
Tiis Elpskg Steam Ey: Works,
on West St. between and and 3rd, are
now prepared to do all kinds of
Mens' Suits, Ladies'
Dresses and Coats,
Shawk, and every description
of wearing apparel. Also, we
do scouring, cleaning and press
ing of goods that do not need
dyeing, and make them clean
and sweet as new.
Goods sent by express should
be addressed
Bloomshrg Steam Dye Works.
THOMAS GORRliY
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