gE —-~_“_"..., a ———————————————— MURDERED AND ROBBED Paymaster M’Clure and Stable Doss Flanagan ters fcr money of the denominations given above, An inquest was held on the bodies by the coroner this evening at 7 o'clock. The testimony taken was of no impori- ance except as to the suspicious actions of a young Italian whose name 18 with- held at present, and who was a clerk for the boarding master at the works, He had been at Mill Creek Station this morning acting in a peculiar manner, inquiring at the depot the running of trains, &c. The inquest was then ad- journed. The detectives have arrested the Italian, but he was allowed to go later on, as he promised to aid them in finding the murderers. He Is now being shadowed at every step, and it is believed he knows something about the affair, £IIOT DEAD IN THE WOODS, NEAR WILKESDARRE. TWELVE THOU- SAND DOLLARS TAKEN. WirkessArre, Pa, Oct. 19.—A most daring murder and robbery oc- curred this morning a few miles from here on the Wilkesbarre Mountain. Taymasters John B. McClure and Sta- ble Boss Hugh Flanagan, of Philadel- phia, and their horse were shot dead and a sum of money amounting to $12,000 In their possession was taken by the murderers, The murdered men were on their way to pay the workmen on McFadden’s new branch of the Lehigh Valley Rallroad, between Mill Creek and Laurel Run. They were riding along in a buggy through a strip of woods to the place where the payments were to be made when the highwaymen stepped out of the woods, and, crying ‘*halt!” they shot the horse dead and also both the paymasters, The money Was in a box. The robbers fled at once for parts unknown. ‘The daring act bas caused a great deal of excitement here, and all efforts are being made by police, de- tectives and citizens to capture the vil- lains, RAILROAD DENT. ANOTHER ACCI- ONE MAN KILLED AND EIGHT IN- JURED.—CARELESS ORDERS SUED BY A TRAIN MASTER. CARLISLE, FPa., Oct. 18. — About half-past 9 o’clock this morning a terri- ble railroad accident occurred on the Cumberland Valley Railroad, two miles east of Shippensburg, Two pas- senger trains, having on board about 500 passengers for the Hagerstown Fair, collided. Both trains were run- ping subject to orders. Near where the accident occurred was a long sid- The train going east, in charge 18« The bodies of J. B. McClure and | Flanagan were discovered about a | ‘DE. quarter to 11 o’clock by Contractor | McFadden, of Philadelphia, who was coming from his office at Juniper creek, about a mile and a helf from the scene | of the tragedy. He first saw the empty buggy and the horse bleeding from gun-shot wounds, He next discovered McClure | : ¢ below the wheels quite dead and with | Charles Bitner. bullet holes in his head. McFadden | Rage agent, was crushed and died then returned to his office for his fore- | few minutes after. He leaves a wile man, and the two went to the scene of and seven children, the tragedy. the wounded were: Both armed themselves, On reaching | the lonely spot they found Flanagan's risburg, dangeronsly cut in the head, body lying alongside the road. He had | and in a eritical condition. been shet in the head. The money, £11.000 in currency and $1000 in specie, which had bsen carned In a leather satchel, was gone. This money had been drawn out of the Wyoming Na- tional Bank, of this city, at 10 o'clock, this morning. Both McClure and y XM Flanagan, his companion, were well | burg W. Va., arm and leg broken. armed. It is thought they were shot | W. H. Cook, news agent, of Shenan- from ambush. { doah county, Va., leg and arm cut, Great excitement prevails, Oneofl a { Harman Brinkman, mail agent, party of Hungarians, driving furiously | Chambersburgh, cut In lcg and hip through the upper part of this city this | dislocated. afternoon, fell out of the wagon and | — Ramer, route zzcul, was arrested on suspicion of belng con- | burg, slightly Injured. nected with the tragedy, Ie gave the! name of John Robbins, and said that be and his companions were on their | way from Plymouth to the railroad | depot. All were drunk, and It is not | the blame will fal. but enough 18 likely that they are the assassins, | known to show tha was due toa Local detectives and policemen are out, | Careless order Iscued hie train mas- and telegrams concerning the assassina. | ter at Chambersburg. IL matter will tion have been sent to all points, be investigated to-moriow by the FURTHER PARTICULARS, | Coroner, WiLkesBaARRE, Pa, Oct, 10.—| Shortly aftes the Wyoming National | Bank opened this morning Mr, Mec- | Clure, accompanied by his assistant, | Hugh Flanagan, called at the bank | and drew from that institution $12,0C0, | which had been sent from Philadelphia | wo cupnpa Oct. 18, —Jokn White to the bank by Contractor James Me- | ED ey he irl Fadden a few days ago. The money | member of the House of Uominons, handed to MeClure, and placed in 4 and a prominent man in the Conserva- satchel, was made up in the following | Fe Janty. said to-day that he had manner: In $30 bills, $2000; in $20 | leATIE rom : =} 11 4 . * iment that arrangements would bitla, Pe ig ols, 3s % | made this coming session which would ‘ - \ « - . $ $ be =i | relieve the country of the tariff or $1155; hn 20 and _> Cant, pleces, | TEIeVe NO CY tues articles, It $300; in dimes, $25; in nickels, BI In ee Saviock Mealure and | D8 privileges to the people of these Wes. : MCLINTE and | tern Provinces who desire to ship the Flanagan drove to Miner's Mills, | and where they turned off upon a rough | products of thelr country through the mioustain youd. a out, ® nile Som | was going to extend the same courtesy ¥ pace, | to the States in the matter of fish. He ing bordered with pine trees and brush. | ‘ H 4 bly bi + | thought that, notwithstanding the pro- Rae, ia proba 5 Shey sasouMiered | visions of the treaty of 1818, the Do- oor the Soh Se to hon GILHET | minion Government would offer the As they did £0. ‘he robbers on 3 ee | Americans the privilege of sending Ny gd, , er rs a] | their Osh through Canadian territory in shots at Flanagan, one bullet passing bond through bis heart, another shot passed | interestin value through his neck and out between |... 4 RY the shoulders, and a third shot | round some port in Massa struce Hu Detwedn te left oye and chusetts, fishermen could land it Sal 2 ab MeCiare ob tw ase let | at Halifax, send it through by rail and 8 ’ iy 0 DUliet | turn to their fishing. For these priv- holes in a pine tree Indicate, they failed | {leges he was confident the American 10 jake glicets : aad the hosee 100 | Government would propose reciprocity f Ye fel Sone . anon | in natural products and manufactures. Joe un rt from Ue buggy to If this was done, he did not think » v & > 1 . y 1 then fired at MeClure, taking effect in | either Government would decline the his back, when he too fell, but caught | offer, sven thotgh masufuclured were | added, on to the step and was dragged nearly | reciprocity between the two countries would soon be accomplished. took place. ‘down brakes’ and reversed engines, and jumped to save their lives. lisle, severe cut in the face, head and legs aud otherwise injured. jes, Jacob Fuller, engineer, of Martins. Gettys- the Hungary Gypsy (Quartette, of New York, slightly injur d It is impossible te «uy yet on whom cn RECIPROCITY. PROSPECTS FOR SUCH A STATE OF AFFAIRS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. the to to half a mile, Another shot was fired | at McClure which entered Lis left eye and tore off the top of his head. When the robbers came to Flanagan's body they struck him on the forehead, crushing his skall. | A rat, says a Persian z 3 As McClure's horse was a spirited one | cat approaching, and finding no avenue 1t was impossible for the first two rob- | of escape, went boldly up to her and bers to overtake him, but a third party | said: “Madam, I have just swallowed was In wait at the top of the bill, who | a large dose of bane, and in accordance shot the horse as he came up, Five | with the instructions upon the label other shots were fired into the horse’s | have come out of my hole to die. Will head, The robbers then took from the | you kindly direct me to a spot where buggy the valise containing the money | my corpse will prove peculiarly offen- and escaped Into the woods. Within | sive,” “Since you are so ill,”’ replied 10 minutes Contractor McFadden came | the cat, **I will myself transport you to down from the railroad camp and found | a spot which I think will suit.” So the horse standing, still allve, and | saying she stuck her teeth through the McClure’s dead y under the buggy. | nape of his neck and trotted away with McFadden drove back to the camp, | him. ‘This was more than he had bar- secured aid, and again drove down, They | gained for, and he squeaked shrilly then discovered that a murder and | with the pain. ‘Ab,’ said the cat, “a robbery Lad been committed, and | rat who knows he has but a few min- driving down the road they found Flan- | utes to live never makes a fuss abouta agan’s body, Coming to town they | little agony. I don’t think, my fine gave the alarm, and soon the country | fellow, you have taken poison enough was swarming with officers and volun- | to hurt either you or me.” So she teers. Arrests have been made, but | made a meal of him, If this fable does they are not the parties wanted. The | not teach that rats get no profit by ly- robbers were armed with breech-load- | tng I should be pleased to know what ing rifles, Flanagan was 50 years old, | in the name of common sense or un- and quite well to do. McClure was 25 | common sense it does teach. Joam of age, pis home betug ub Down. ts A as ngtown, Chester county, Pa, where his mother and two sisters reside, Angieat Tiouan Amussiugnta. Detectives O’Brien and Hefferman returned at a late hour this evening from the search for the robbers, and ex- press the opinion that the murder was the work of H or Italians, The) have tolegraphed to the officials of New York, lo, Philadelphia and Baltimore, requesting them to + dios pach on all departing AB A Persian Fable, Bsop, teeing er The latest book on Roman society under the Cwmsars shows that the Romans, for example, were not unace quainted with fly fishlag, used dumb bells before bathing, played at *‘kiss in the ring. | “dressed for dinner,” had cheap editions of the classics, and paid their jockeys better than their school- | masters, - NEWS OF —Napoleon and Omer Bemler were drowned on the 16th, by the upsetting of a boat In the St, Lawrence river, near L’'Islet, Quebec, William Ilue, aged 82 years, a wealthy farmer, was killed by a Pennsylvania Railroad train, near Jamesburg, New Jersey, on the 15th, — William B. Smith, the Erie Rail- way freight house cashier, &t Mansfield, Ohlo, who absconded a week ago with about $2000 of the compauy’s money, has been arrested in Tyrone, ’enna. —Thomas Cullen and James O’Brien were fatally injured by an explosion of dualin at the Knickerbocker col- llery at Shenandoah, Penna., on the morning of the 16th. A boiler in the Ypsilanti Paper Company's mill al Ypsilanti, Michigan, burst on the morning of the 16th, killing John Slawson and Injuring Frank Sinkler, About $25,000 damage was done to the building, The bolier of an engine ex- ploded on a farm near Highland, 1lii- nols, on the evening of the 15th, kill ing Christian Rafferman and injuring four others severely. Several men were on the 16th imprisoned Braastoo mine, near Milwaukee, by a falling rock. A resculng party at once set to work to releases them. mine, at Ispeming, the 16th, the Winthrop Michigan, on got out alive, MeGrath, who before was badly he could be injured, extri- cated, —Miss Mamie Carroll was assaulted in Troy, on the evening of the 14th, Sheehan Texas, on it is feared sbe will die, arrested. At Waco, evening of the | Moran, Confederation, West i son of a New York banker, | loo, Indiana, on theldth, Willis Jarvis, aged 13 years, shot and dangerously, | it not fatally, waunded four-year-old | Kate Kelly, He pointed a revolver at head, At Marysville, nine miles west of the 13th, John Harold shot Noah Sharp twice, inflicting wounds. Domestic trouble Cause, — While was the Mrs. Willlam Morgan was | Penna. , on the afternoon of the 14th, with her six-months-old infant in her lap, her six-year-old son, Wille, | pointed a gun at ber. The weapon went off, filling the heads and shoul ders of both mother and infant with shot. Both are in a critical condition, —Mrms, Willlarn Morse, of Paw- tucket, Rhode Island, who was con- fined in an insane hospital, was found on the morning of the 15th by her hus- band in a room adjoining Lheir chamber, in her night clothing envel- oped in fames, The flames were smothered, but the woman died in a few hours, —W. E. Collier, manager of the Jank of British North America in St Jolin, New Brunswick, has been arrest. ed at the instance of Walter H., Har rison, who alleges that Coliler, after selling in London nearly $1,000,000 way bonds, filed to account to Harri- son for his share. An injunction has bonds, and Harrison now seeks to force an accounting, Collier gave 325,000 bail, and he will be permitted to goto Colorado for his health, ~Thirty eight new cases of yellow fever and two deaths were reported on the 10th In Jacksonville* There were thres new cases of yel- low fever mn Decatur, Alabama, the 16th. ~—M. J. Horpman, who has been ia- vealigating the condition of farmers in Ramsey county, i has returned to Minneapolis, sota, He says there are 70 who are absolutely destitate of food done for them immediately. ~In Boston, between 2 and 3 o'clock | on the afternoon of the 17th, W. N, | Maynard, a jewelry broker of Brattle { Square, locked up the place, having ino clerk. Robbers then went to the place, took a brush and step ladder, white | prevent passers by from looking in, | and gained access to the store through | the front door trancom, Seven trays tof gold and silver watches and dia~ | monds were carried off, the plunder be- ling valued at nearly $1500, The Weeks block, at North Haverhill, New Hampshire, occopled as a store by N. C, Wright and by the post-office, was | entered by burglars on the evening of | the 16th. Both safes were blown open {and their contents carried off. The | burglars then set fire to the building, and it, with the residence of Mr. Weeks, near-by, was destroyed, James Rowe, who lives in Ma- homes, Illinois, accused his sob George, 18 years old, with stealing cigars frcm a show case on the 16ih, A quarrel resulted, and the [father threw a scale weight at his son, who thereupon drew a revolver and shot his father in the neck. It is thought the wound will prove fatal. “1he family of Abel Olsen, near Ellsworth, Wis. consin, were poisoned on the 10th, One child is dead and others are dau- gerously ill. Foul play is suspected. William Winseott shot and killed Rick Burrill in Barnstown, Iudiana, on the evening of the 16th, They had been at enmity for some Lime. —When a train from Weehawken reached a point in the West Point tun- nel where the roof is being repaired, on the evening of the 10th, a large mass of rock and earth cume down on (he bag gage and express cars, crushing them and suddenly stopping the train. No- body was injured, The damage to the tunnel is great, and it will be fully a week before it can be used. The tunnel runs under the parmde ground of the United States Military Academy which is 130 feet above. The cave is beneath Gallows Hollow, and there the surface of the ground, for the diameter of 50 feet 10 oxtent, sank down 30 feet. rr Samantha Streeter a widow, living near Jackson, Michigan, was robbed of $1150 in cash on the evening of the 16th, #aviog vo faith in banks, she turned her earnings into gold and kept it in her pantry, The burglars gotin through the pantry window. —1. HH. Sloanaker, cashier Chicago and Northwestern office in Sioux City, Iowa, disappeared on the 15th, and a shortage of $3200 has been discovered in his accounts, ~The Ravenswood Bank, in Ravens wood, West Virginia, was raided by a gang of boys on the evening of the 17th, and robbed of about $400, They t could not get into the safe, so took the money mn tin boxes in the vault. in the freight ~Samuel 8. Hopkins, an aged man claiming to be from Philadelphia, was money, When arrested some $40 in notes was found upon him, Hopkins, as shown by the evidence, would cut from a $2 bill the figure 2 and paste it over the figure 1 on a §1 blll, and, it Is $2 bill with the figure 5 from a $5 bill. As these bills have each two of these no note double itself. IYe 1s sald to | persons, i | William Stern, aged 32 years, was i shot and beaten by John Frythal, | near the Falls of French creek, in Chester, Pesna.,, on the evening of | the 17th, and 80 badly injured that | he died soon after, Jealousy was the cause, Policemen Thompson | Powell attempted to arrest a named Murphy, charged with 17th. Murphy shot and killed Police- man Powell, and was then shot in the neck and mortally wounded by man Thompson. ~—Two passenger trains on the Cam- the morning of the 18th, Charles Bit. | per, baggage master, was killed and it is feared, fatally, caused by a disobedience of running of the west-bound train, which bad on board about 300 passengers for the Ha- gerstown Fair, The mail car caught fire and considerable of the mail was destroyed, — William Connell, a business man in | Seranton, Penna, has been by the Jebigh Valley Raliroad Com- | pany to make ali arrangemerts toward an amicabls settlement with persons | representing relatives {those kflled and | Run disaster. njured in the —Twenlr-nine new cases ot yellow fever and ene death were reported on , ir Jacksonville, There were 10 new cams of yellow fever in Fernan- dina, Florida, on the 15th, Two new cases of yelow fever have developed in Gainesville, and the fever has been de- clared eplemic. Four new cases of yellow fever and two deaths were re- | ported on the 18th In Decatur, Ala. bama. Te the 15th Ww at Newburgh, N, Y., on the 1Sth, by tylng an Fon coupling pin to his neck and jumplag into the nver out that he Count de Premio Real, Spanish Consul at Quebec, reported to oe " RO While Charles and William ler, miners, were digging their way through the snow from La | feet down the mountain side, |and made his way to the town. | rescuing party, after two hours’ bard | work, found the dead body of Charles | snow and rocks, i | were 27 new { yellow fever. The total cases Lo { number 3719 and the deaths 320. { 18th, but no deaths, | of fever and no deaths were reported { on the 19th in Decatur, Alabama. { Ing of the 17th. | in marine | 17 years, A555 ATI | 50th CONGRESS. —First Session | SENATE, In the U, 8B. Senate on | message was received from | dent vetoing a bill | Sarah Woodbridge, who has a second | husband living. The jolui resolution authorizing the executive departments | to use articles in their possession for | exhibition al the Pans Exposion was passed. The Tariff bill was taken up, { and discussed hy Messrs, Vest and Al- lison. Mr, Blalt presented certain in- the 15th a the Tribune in connection tion of union with Canada, The Senate | adjourned, | Inthe United States Senate on the | 16th, there being twenty Senators pres- ent, the consideration of the Tariff bill | was resumed, and speeches were made Af- Nenatle | by Messrs, Cockerill and Spooner. | ter an executive seasion, the | adjourned. | Inthe United States Senate on the 17th, Mr. George obtained leave of | absence for the remainder of the ses- {slon., The Tariff bill was taken up, { and Mr. Teller spoke on the subject of {the administration of the Treasury, When he had finished Mr, Allison offered a concurrent resolution for a recess of Congress from Saturday next until November 19th, After some dis- | cussion Mr. Morgan objected to the | present consideration of the resolution, and it went over, Mr Morgan then spoke on the Tariff bill, Pending | consideration the Senate adjourned. In the U, 8S. Senate on wne 18th, the resolntion for a recess from the 20th inst., to November 19th was taken up, and Mr. Brown offered a resolution for a fnal adiournment of the session at one o'clock on the 20th, After some discussion Mr. Allison accepled the resolution and it was passed without a division. The Tariff bill was discussed {by Messrs, Aldrich, Frye, Teller, Eustis and Cogkrell, Adjourned, Ju the U. 8, Senale on the | Mr. Blair asked action on the House bill In regard to the employment of army and navy bands, but Mr. Cock- | rell objected, and gave notice that no more bills should pass this session, | After two recesses and a secrel session | the Senate adjourned. % » ul 1643 Aa, morning of the 17th, committed sui- cide, Camse--'‘his income was limited, while hisexpenditure was unlimited.” -H. M Upham, agent of the Paclfic Express Company at Kansas ob the 18th, received a package addressed to a party in Winfield and marked "“Glass-—handle with Mr. Upham took the package home for safe-keeping, and on the evening of the 18th, it exploded, tearing out one side | of the bulding and dangerously wonnd- ing Mra. Upham and her daughter, A clergyman named Keith and Josoph Garrett bad a quarrell in Waldo, Ar- kansas, shout the conduct of a public school. Garrett made an assault on Keith, sho defended himself with a knife asd inflicted wounds which | caused the death Isaac Vaa Dom | negro Bawmed Brazorin, Texas, Nat Nathaniel, on Tuesday night. | captured the murderer at Wharten i fall, by a mob and hanged. | A hall storm, accompanied by a | high gale, raged in the vicinity of { Sharp flashes of lightning and thunder | preceded the storm. The bhailstones | shattered street-lamps and electrie light | globes, The hot-house in the parks | and those of florists were badly dam- aged. The rainfall amounted to almost { an inch, and the hallstones were excep | tionally large. At Racine, Wisconsin, | on the 18th, a southeast gale prevailed, | accompatied by lightning and rain, «At Reaking, Pa., on the 10th the Coroners jury in the case of Mm, Klusewitz, victim of the disaster at St, Mary's Church on the 7th, rendered a verdict that the catastrophe was due to the unworkmanlike manner in which the work was done, and to the incom- petency of Master Carpanter Cornelius Fink, and also censured Mathias Kluse- witz, who superintended the work and who never had any experience in building. An express train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran into an open switen near the depot, in Washington, Penna,, on the morning of the 10th and was precipitated over a trestle a distance of ten feet. James Noonan, engineer, was killed, and William MeAuliffe, the fireman, was probably fatally injured. In addition to these twenty-two othets were in- uted, but none 1t 1s thought, danger. ously. ~Jolin Moscow, one of the victims of the Tamanend Railway disaster, died at the State Hospital, at Ashland, Penna., on the 19th, This makes a total of nine dead, and another man is sala to be a¥ing at the hospital, A despa rom Hou Louis says the boller in tht Wood pn exploded on the 10th, killing one white man and three negroes, and injuring two other men, HOUSE, In the House on the 15th, Mr. Oates, of Alabama, offered a resolution for the final adjournment of Congress on Wednesday, the 17th inst. at noon, In response 10 a question, the Speaker said that If a point of order were | raised a quorum would be necessary (0 pass the resolution, Mr, Lanham then suggested that the resolution offered by Mr. Oates *‘in its preamble raised the point of no quorum,” and the Speaker intimated that it could not be passed in its present shape, Ad- Journed, in the House on the 16th, Mr, Oates | called up the resolution for final ad- journment on his 17th instant, and | offered an amendment making the | date the 18th. Mr. Sowden moved to make the date the 24th, Mr, Richard- | son, of Tennessee, moved to refer the to the Ways and Means | Committee, Mr, Breckinridge, of Ken. tucky. moved to postpone further con- | sideration of the resolution until the 17th, which was agreed to--23 to 21. | Leaves of absence for the remainder of the session were granted to Messrs, | Oates, of Alabama, and Lanham, of Texas, and the House then adjourned. In the House on the 17th {welve pension vetoes were presented and re- ferred. Mr. Kilgore offered a resolu- | ton for final adjcurnment on the 20th { inst, On motion of Mr. Richardson | it was referred--yeas 19, nays 7-10 the | Ways and Means Copmittee, The | House then adjoured. ! resolution ized to sit during the vacation The concurrent resolution from the Senate for final adjournment on the 27th was presented, and, after a long discussion on the tariff, was agreed to. Ad- journed, In the House on the 19th, Tr. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, tried to call up the Senate bill for the reaunditing the acoouut between the United States and Pennsylvani but Mr, Turner, of Georgia object Another bill, which Mr. Rice, of Minnesota, wished to call up, was objected to by Mr. Kilgore, and the House adjourned, Carlyle and His Cigar. An English paper declares that “one of the saddest domestic tragedies in modern literature was largely dus to no other cause than that Mrs. Carlyle had not learnt to like a cigar,” Carlyle was leaving once for Scotland, In 1851, and went to his wife for a parting kiss with a lighted cigar in his mouth. She resented this, ough Carlyle con- stantly fell out with his wife, he never fell out with his mother, simply because the old lady hac been brought up on tobacco, and mother and son always smoked thelr pipes of peace together in the kitchen, LI WI O55 LR A. He that hath a wife and child hath given hostages to fortune, EL THE FISHERMANS SIGNS. He That He is at All Superstitions, Htoutly Denies 4% unday will “How can you le “Wet Friday, wet herman wi meerschaum mm cussing a cup of strong, | eating saloon. He He had Ry head ot hair wext He we 114% replied 0 SIpoKing a and dis coffee in Tie PH fisherman eyes, a bu as hard ¢ mariinspike, ti 3 “x and maintal were founded on 4 No book for him. however, fish superstitious on earth, “Just tell me somet erman’s life and his » ed the reporter of the vet “i ishermen don’ tions, sir, and if they 3 below those that you laud lubber prey 10.” “You just now SUnaay. “That's no and one you can’t Call rememoet Friday that was isting “Because, my | Nick vo maks always brings wind with him, “} ishermen don’t undertaking on ue § the curate, fuean cer a given +} Yeal 8 of DERAYeNns, Certain stars, brigh tal The certain quarter in ¢ almost sure to bring or wel weather, The moon gives mation; if she is out f« things. certain slormy, the case 1% a good deal on her back, her horns YOu may expect cool or according the season a large, hazy then you may rain storm or a the big and KNOW “i Posie fair, dry may be, f infor- then look wa storm: if are well then ] ia weather, of the year, cle around the n out for steady rain fall little bears give us some ledge, accon ! tions they assume.’ “When going on a fishing trip—Il mean, of course, deep sea fishing—how is it that you can tell exactly where 0 set your net or cast your lines?’ That's as easy as smoking your pipe. Y ou see, a rock a bank is situated exactly by the compass in a certain bearing or locality. Well, we can tell just as weil without a compass, and i very simple. ¢ fishin ground is ten, twenty or th from the land. We sail tion of it until we get two one, as it were, Then we how far we are quently we know where bank is, but we sail on until one headlands or banks is visibl gives us so many miles, just as if you measured it with a 1 that we know where we are. A high church steeple, a lighuouse or a land bluff all tend to show the act pointed i to ' 1 4 ii is useful different ne 1 or 18 Suppose ih irty niles out stomed “Then it isn’t true thal can tell by the water?” “In some cases we can, bul as a gen- jand bearings are the You most reliable.” “There is no emergency that would compel a fisherman to make any re pairs on Sunday, either in the sail de- partment, rigging or hull of the vessel,’ “Experience has taught us that Sun- days must be kept, If you drive a nail in the piece of the wood of your vessel on Sunday Jock out, for that is what we call nailing the trip. Should you mend your sails, the first wind rips them again, and if you fix or mend your rigging It will come down about your head or ears the moment you go oul. 1 have myself had needles break in my hand when I attempted to sew on Sun- day. That was when I was a youngs- ter, and thought it would be a big thing to defy the rules.” It will probably surprise most peopic to learn that both cessation of respira- tion and of movement of Lhe heart are rejected as signs of death by a French lecturer, in considering the precise moment when life ceases, Ileart-beats have been known to continue for an bour after the body was bsheaded, while, on the other hand, they may temporarily cease in fainting. Do pot kick every stone in the path. More miles can be made in a day by going steadily on than by stopping.
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