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THE SAMPAN, DISASTER,
THE AMERICAN VEMEL8THAT WERE
WRECKEO ON THE REEFS.
The Treaiea Oaee
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Tha story of the low of the war ships
atSasBeawas net credited by the offl effl offl
een at the Brooklyn bat yard whea Ibe
first short account from Auckland was
received. They argued that, If such aa
appalling diaaater had really occurred,
the news would have bean embodied in
a mere authentic and lengthy account
But when, later in the day, official con cen con
ixseationwas flashed across the oceans,
mrsic.
the officers and the men became very
gloomy, and anxiously looked ever the
list of the dead. Nearly all of them had
old shipmates en the lest vessels. IJiey
grew reminiscent of the traits of friends
whom the list indicated had been en
gulfed by the waves, and one seaman en
the receiving ship Vermont, whose
brother, another seaman, was one of the
Vandalia's lest, appeared qulte broken.
The lest brother, he said, was his only
relative of whom he had any knowl
edge. The sailors collected in groups en
the decks of the vessels and talked about
the disaster; and such expressions as
"The lest time I saw Jim was in China
In 19," or "I met Billy in Asplnwall
last year," were te be heard all around.
Lieut. Nickels, of the Chicago, who has
been all ever the world, told a graphic
tale of the suddenness and the awful ap
pearance of a Seuth Pacific hurricane,
and all said that the Pacific ocean belies
its name. A sailor in the Despatch,
who 6ome tlme age applied for a trans
fer te the Vandalia and was refused,
was being congratulated all around, and
seemed te admire himself tremendously
for his luck. The officers said that
neither the Nipsic nor the Vandalia was
much of a credit te the United States
navy, but that the Trenten was a very
geed vessel of her class.
The harbor of Apia, where the vessels
were wrecked, is a coral reef harbor
with an entrance about 1,000 yards wide
and open te the north. It is net large
and the anchorage ground is limited. It
is undoubtedly the fact that the English
steamer Calliepe was able te cscape be
cause she had sufficient steam up te put
out te sea. But even te de tliis must
liave been extremely dangerous, as dur
ing a storm the only way te distinguish
the mouth of the harbor is by the break
ing of the waves en the reefs. In the
part of the Pacific in which the Samoan
islands nre situated the hurricane season
lasts through December, January, Feb
ruary, March and April, and it is con
sidered rather a risk te remain during
this tiuie in the harbor of Apia, while
Pago-Page, in the neighboring island of
Tutuila, is jrfccllv safe, being land
locked and otherwise sheltered. Hurri-
VANDALIA.
carles generally sweep up through the
belt of ocean between the Tonga group
and the Samoan groups. In April, 1850,
and in January, 1870, the Samoan islands
were visited by terrific hurricanes, which
destroyed the cocoanut, banana and
bread fruit crops, reducing the natives
te the verge of starvation for several
weeks. These hurricanes are often ac
companied by earthquakes and the con
junction of the two works terrible in
jury. On March 20, 1883, all vessels in Apia
harbor except oue small schooner were
driven off te sea and lest. This was at
tributed at the time te a scries of heavy
tidal waves caused by en earthquake.
Censiderables damage was dene en shore
also On the whole, however, the cli
mate of the Samoan islands, though
variable, is very pleasant, bad weather
occurring only during the winter months.
The mercury seldom rises higher than
88 degs. or falls lower than 70 degs. Dur
ing the winter months there are long
and heavy rains, attended sometimes by
high winds and northerly gales.
with the exception of Capt. Mullan,
of the Nipsic, it is net known that any
of the American commanding officers
had ever liad experience in the Samoan
islands, or knew of the risks attending
an attempt te ride out a hurricane Inside
the reef.
The disaster at Apia was the most
severe that lias ever overtaken the Ameri
can navy in tlme of peace, although
there have been many. In 1853 the Al
bany, sleep of war, was lest in West In
dian waters. Bhe was never heard from
after she sailed en her last cruise, and is
supposed te have gene down in aoycleno
with every soul of her crew of 210 offi
cers and men. In the same year the
brig of war Porpoise, with a crew of 100,
went down in the China seas without
leaving a trace of her end. Five years
later another sleep of war, the Levant,
was engulfed in the waters of the Paci
fic, ad set ene of the crew of 200 was
saved. The brig of war Bainbridge met
a cyclone off Cape Hattcras in 18C3. A
day or two afterward a colored cook
was picked up en a bit of wreckage, and
he told the story of the less of every en
of his shipmates.
Seme years later the old Yorktown was
blown asbore near the Cape Verde islands
ea the African coast, but the crew c
caped. During the frightful earthquake
at Arica, Peru, in 18C8, when the entire
town, with the exception of two houses,
was destroyed, the ship of war Wateree
had a curious experience. She was struck
by a series of immense tidal waves, oue of
which carried her seven or eight miles
inland, depositing her in a tropical forest,
where she ended her days as a hotel. The
stereship Fredenla, which was anchored
at Arica, as caught by the same meunter
wave, which rolled her ever and sunk
her instantly, with every soul en beard.
In 1667 the Monongahela, new in aetive
service, had a peculiar experience. She
was caught up by a tidal wave, carried
ever a number of large buildings en the
island of Santa Cruz, West Indies, knock
ing down ene of them, and deposited in
the Btreets of a city. Workmen were sub
sequently sent there, and they blocked
her upyand launched her again. About
fifteen years age the Saginaw was cost
away in the night upon ene of the islands
of the Pacific. Although the wreck of
the Huren occurred thirteen years age,
the disaster is still fresh in the minds of
people en the coast. The ship was wrecked
en Currituck beach, N. C., und very few
of the crew escaped te tell the story.
JJha Trwtea and VaadaU lujra both
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aeea fluty tn nearly every pact of the
world. The Trenten has be Aagthip
oath China station, en the European
station, en the hone station, and last en
the racUte station. The Vandalia, "the
handsome Vandalia" aa the waa famil
iarly kaewa among the sailors, likewise
aw daty ea neatly every station, bat
mere Bartkmkriy in Europe, where the
aavydepartaMst la always aaxieas te
have the best of tha war ships assigned.
Has amis her aaye kaewa whea last ea
UwKarefeaa etatiea by drawing upon
fcttwefttatra of thefertaat Antwerp
forpreoeediag te aea without first giv giv giv
lagaotiee te the authorities. Strange
' te aay, the Trenten had a similar expert
eace la attempting te run past the
Smyrna forts in the dusk of evening.
Bat the Trenten made her way -out,
though she did se with her decks cleared
for action and with her crew of 400 men
"stripped te the buff" beside their heavy
guns.
TRENTON.
The Trenten was once justly called the
pride of the navy, for, being the last
vessel built of the wooden cruisers, she
was fitted with all the appliances and
improvements that modern ingenuity
could furnish. She was the first war
ship in the world te be fitted out with
electrie lights, and se perfect was her
arrangement that the guns aboard could
be sighted with the lights and fired by
electricity.
She had considerable Bpeed during her
first years in active service, and officers
and bluejackets delight te tell hew, when
the Trenten first left the United States
for duty in Europe, she raced a fast
transatlantic steamer out of New Yerk
across te Queens town, and beat her
in by a day. The feat was ascribed ns
much te the splendid sailing and sea
qualities of the Trenten as te her engines,
for there were periods when the flag
ship's machinery was doing little else
than keeping the screw in motion se as
net te make a drag of it. Te be sure,
both the racers had a gale of wind at
their beck all the way across, which did
wonders for the Trenten a great sail
spread.
Tite Trenten was considered the best
fighting ship the United States possessed
until the advent of the new steel cruis
ers, and it was net long age that seme
of the fighters of the navy declared their
readiness te fight an Italia or a Duilio
with the Trenten, claiming that they
could "plug" the shot holes she received
as fast as made, and in the meantime
fight all around the big brutes.
The Trenten was 253 feet long, 48 feet
beam and 23 feet depth of held, with a
ram projecting 8 feet beyond the bow.
She was ship rigged and armed with
eleven 8 inch rifled guns.
Tlie Vandalia was built at the Bosten
navy yard and launched in 1870. She
was 210 feet long, 89 beam, 17.3 draught
and 2,100 tens displacement. She was
rated as a 12 knot ship and carried 200
officers and men. Her armament was
carried en a single open deck between
the ferecastle and peep, there being no
stern chaser or bow gun, except oue
light Parrett mounted abeve the fore
castle. MAP OF APIA HAIUJOR.
The Nipsic was a vessel of the old war
navy, but after six years of repairing at
the Washington navy yard she emerged
in 1870 as a practically new vessel, little
but the old keel remaining. She was
bark rigged, 180 feet long, 85 feet bread,
drew 14.3 feet, displaced 1,375 tens and
was a slew vessel as things new go, Do
ing set down as a little ever 10 knots in
speed.
The great disaster represents a less of
ever $2,500,000 te the United States
government.
A Weman's InTcutloe fur the Wind.
Mile. Mulet, of Angers, has invented a
method by which the blind can cosily
correspond with theso who sce. The in
vention is, tbcrefore, a marked improve
ment en the Braille system of raised let
ters, by which persons aflUctcd with less
of sight correspond with each ether only.
Mile. Mulet's apparatus is really a little
printing press in a portfolio about the
elze of u sheet of note paper. The blind
person spreads it out and impresses the
letters required en white paper, under
which there is a colored pad which gives
them a blue appearance, and they are
thus net only brought out in relief for
the touch of theso deprived of sight, last
are also visible te the eyes of theso who
see, One of Mile. Mulet's blind pupils
has been able, by means of this system,
te take part in a competitive examina
tion for the diploma of elementary
teacher, and te"distanco" seme of the
candidates who were in possession of
their visual faculties. New Yerk Tele
gram. A Prophecy Fulfilled.
It Carlyle predicted as far back as
I860 the greatness of Bismarck, his wife
is te be credited with prophetie instinct
in forecasting the baseness and ignominy
of Pigott. In her diary, under date of
April 27, 1845, occurs this entry: "Yeung
Mr. Pigott will rise te be a Robusplerre
of oemo sort. He will cause many heads
te be removed from the shoulders they
belong te, and will eventually have his
own head removed from his own shoul
ders." As an instance of successful
prophecy that passage is certainly re
markable. If Pigott failed te beceme a
Robcspierre of any recognized type for
Rebespierre can be anything the biogra
pher or historian cheeses te make of
him he certainly has cut off mere heads
than peer, credulous Macdonald's, nnd
lest his own as well New Yerk Tribune,
De Waa Running the Train.
A geed story is told about ene of the
Malno Central engineers, says The Ban Ban
eor Commercial. Last summer when
the Vanderbilt car was at Bar Harber
the manager of the Malno Central scut
an engine down there te take the car te
Portland. The run was made in very
quick time, and at Brunswick the train
6tepped te take en water. While there
Mr. Vanderbilt get out and said te the
engineer that he didn't want him te drive
se fast. The engineer, the veteran Simp Simp
eon, looked at him for a quarter of a
minute, and then said; "I am running
this train under orders from Payson
Tucker te be in Portland at 1 :07. If you
wast te step here, all right If you want
te go te Portland, gtn.'' Ue getta, -TwaWa.
PRESIDENTS SONS.
IT LOOKS A3 IF TALENT WERE HE
REDITARY IN SOME FAMILIES.
Mi Chlldleee rrMldcBte-renr left Daaga Daaga
ters Oaty And or the Baas of rear Others
II la Toe Saea te Treat-The BeaaarfcaMe
Adaaae, Harrison aad Trier raaattlee.
Although the hereditary principle is In
terms excluded from the governmental
system of the United States, and it is
cesy te excite popular prejudice against
seme forms of its manifestation (politely
called nepotism and popularly known as
"daddyism"), yet there is, a geed deal
mere of it in fact than is known te these
who have net made a study of the sub
ject. There are families in whom talent
of a certain kind Is undoubtedly heredi
tary, and ethers that have shown pecul
iar talents for getting office and holding
en te it. The Washburns, of New Eng
land and the northwest; the Saulsburys,
of Delaware; the Hendrickses, Harrisons
and ethers in civil life and certain fami
lies in the army and navy have held
their places with curious regularity
through all the years since the govern
ment was organized. And, finally, the
sons of presidents have held their own
with a geed deal mere vigor than is gen
erally supposed.
It is ene of the curious facts in Ameri
can history that se many presidents have
been childless and that se many mere
nave icit uaugnters enly: Washington,
Madisen, Jacksen,
Polk, Buchanan
and Cleveland In
the former class;
JefferBon.Menroo,
O. F. ADAMS.
JOHN Q. ADAMS. , w the Jattcr.
JOira tyler. Considering that
this leaves but thirteen fathers of sons,
and that the sons of four of these have
net yet had time te show what is in
them, the proportion of talent in the de
scendants or me etners u reauy surpris
ing. And of all it may be said that they
have conducted themselves with honest
dignity and shown the traits of geed
Americans. One president's son became
president, another had the rare distinc
tion of being the son of one president
and the father of another, and several
ethers have served acceptably in very
prominent places.
The Adams family liave shown a uni
formity of talent for five generations;
albeit in some instances the talent was
associated with a rather testy temper.
On the 20th day of October, 1704,
Jehn Adams married Abigail Smith,
and en the next Sunday her father
preached from the text, "Fer Jehn
came neither eating bread nor drink
ing wine, and ye say he hath a
devil," with very pointed references
showing that he did net approveof the
marrlage. When bis eldest daughter
Mary married he liad preached from tin
text, "And Mary hath chosen that geed
part which shall net be taken from her."
It was the New England fashion in thess
days of the union of church and state,
and a very bad and cruel fashion it was.
Net only did the stem old preacher ob
ject te Jehn Adams' father, who was n
small farmer, though a man of talent
and influence, but Jehn himself was a
struggling young lawyer and nn avowed
enemy of the established religion.
Mrs. Abigail Adams was indeed a won
derful woman, and it was the happy
fertune of her son te inherit all her ha ha
tredef injustice nnd all his father's polit
ical ability.
Of course, this article cannot deal at
length with the life of Jehn Quincy
Adams, the first "president's son." He
was born in Brahitree, Mass., July 11,
1707. and at tha mrlr nra nf 11 mint
with his father te France. At the age
of 13 he taught English te the French
ambassador te the United States, De La
Luzerne. In 1780 he went with his father
te Helland, and astonished the Dutch by
hlsknowlcdge of Batavian antiquities.
a in no was ins
father's private sec
rotary in Russia,
and after a tour
FRED D. OIIANT.
through Kurene
eebebt T. Lincoln. i,0 cntcrcd Har
vard cellege and was graduated in 1788,
at the age of 21. He studied law and
tried te practice it, but the times were
6tirrhig and the new nation had need of
such men as Jehn Quincy Adams, no
was made minister te Portugal and then
te Berlin. In 1703 he negotiated the
commercial treaty with Sweden. In
1700-1800 he completed a similar treaty
with Prussia. Then the Antl-Federallsts
came into power nnd he was recalled,
but cntcrcd the Massachusetts legisla
ture. His career there was what is usu
ally called "stormy," for he tried te lay
out a mlddle ceurse between the conserv
atism of the old regime an J the wild do de
structiveness of the new parties, and was
therefore, of ceurse, impartially con
demned by both. His splendid public
services in the negotiation of treaties
from" 1800 te 1810 are familiar te all.
Charles Francis Adams, only son of
Jehn Quincy, born Aug. 18, 1807, main
tained the family record well. In the
first eight years of his life he learned the
common speech of three European na
tions, te witch lib father was ambas
sador; and after the peace of Ghent,
maintained with his fists the honor of
bis country at an English school. As
American minister te the court of St.
James during the civil war, he met In
clese diplomatie intercourse seme of
theso he had fought as schoolboys. He
was graduated from Harvard, was a law
student of Daniel Webster, a candidate
for vice president with Van Burcn, a
memler of congress and finally minister
te England during the darkest hour of
the republic. All these positions he
filled with honor and te the adrantage
of his country. He left three sons, in
whom much of the family talent sur
vives. Historians have apparently net made
their verdict en the bon of Martin Van
Bureu, familiarly known as "Priuce
Jehn." He was lxni Feb. 18, 1810, was
graduated from Yale in 1828, practiced
law with some success, was for a term
attorney general of New Yerk and died
at sea Oct. 13, 18G0, en his return from a
European tour. His friends were much
attached te him, and he was a popular
orator; his eulogists claim that he would
have taken a leading place in the na
tional Democratic party, but death came
just as be was passing from state affairs
into the broader arena of national unti
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tles, his mother died tn his childhood
aad his father remained a widower dur
ing his long and active political life. Tha
ether children of President Vaa Buren
have remained unknown te fame.
It is a curious freak in the public
memory that though the Hen. Jehn Scott
Harrison, son of ene president and father
of another, was quite a prominent man
In his time, he is known te most readers
of today only by an incident which
united the dramatic, the grotesque and
the horrlble te a degree rarely pictured
outside of French romances. A few
days after his death his son, new presi
dent, went te Cincinnati te search for
the corpse of a neighbor which had been
stolen from the cemetery of North Bend'.
Armed with the legal papers he entered
a medical cellege and demanded a view
of the "cadavers" waiting dissection.
The janitor commenced raising the "ca
davers" from the well, and the very first
te be exposed was that of the venerable
statesman, father of the searcher, his
naked body and enew white hair dab
bled with bleed. Words cannot describe,
the Imagination can but faintly portray,
the horror and anguish of tli6 affection
ate son.
Jehn Scott narrtsen was born at Vin
cennes, Ind., Oct, 4, 1804, and died at
North Bend, 0 May 20, 1879. He served
two terms in congress as a Whig and
Republican 1853 te 1857. His grandson
and the present president's son, Russell
Harrison, lias already shown marked
ability as a business man, but Ids poli
tical course is yet te be shaped, and tills
article deals with history; net prophecy.
The same may be said of the still youth yeuth
f uljwns of the lamented Garfield and the
only son or President Arthur.
BURCHARD HAYES. DICK TAYLOR.
RARIIY OARITIELD. ALLAN ARTHUR.
Tyler's sons, through the mother, inher
ited the bleed of the "eldest family" in
England, if net in the world. There it
a clear tradition in the Isle of Man that
the first convert from Druidism was
nicknamed "The Christian;" Ids numer
ous descendants have that for a family
name. Mr. W. A. Christian new owns
the original family scat in the Isle of
Man, which has passed regularly from
father te son for 470 years. The first
daughter of the family baptized was
gives the Latin name of Let i tin ("joy
ful"). The name has been preserved in
each generation ever since, and the first
wife of Jehn Tyler was Lctltia Chris
tian. The family Bottled in Virginia in
the days of Cromwell, and has contrib
uted many noted men te the service of
the state and nation. She died in the
White Heuse while her husband was
president, leaving two sons.
Their son, Rebert Tyler, was born In
1818 and died in Montgomery,. Ala., in
1877; he was a man of marked literary
ability, and his wife, Priscilla Cooper,
was perhaps the most brilliant lady in
wit, humor and vivacity that ever pro pre
sided at the White Heuse. Rebert
Tyler was qulte prominent at the Phila
delphia bar, but when the civil war be
gan the whele family "went south;" he
was register of the treasury at Richmond
and went down with the Confederacy.
After a brief period of prostration he
became prominent as a writer, and seme
of his work is highly spoken of.
"Maj." Jehn Tyler, or Jehn Tyler, Jr.,
the ether son, had a very curious and
variegated career as n soldier, politician
and writer, as te which the critics are
net yet agreed.
"Old Zach" Tayler was a curious sort
of man, and his family were mero curi
ous still. His wife absolutely refused te
ever have a picture taken, nnd his
daughter, "Betty" Tayler, afterwerds
Bliss, and still later Dandridgc, would
never allow hers te be published. But
his only son, Richard, was a man of
very great ability and unfaltering cour
age. He was bera Jen. 27, 1820, in New Or
leans and died in New Yerk city April
13, 1870. He was educated in Scotland
and France; was in his father's camp en
the Rie Grande and took part at Pale
Alte and Resaca de li Palma; attained
civil prominence in Louisiana, and en
tered the war as colonel of the Ninth
Louisiana. He took part in all the Vir
ginia campaigns tin late In 1B03, wncn
he was made major general of the Trans
Mississippi, where as "Dick" Tayler he
surprised the country, especially several
Federal generals. In 1801 iu was made
lieutenant general and given charge In,
Mississippi; but it was tee late for him
te accomplish anything.
The domestic history of President
Plerce was unspeakably sad. Twe sons
died la early youth, and his wife became
a confirmed invalid. On the Gth of Jan
uary, between his election and inaugura
tion, he and his wife, with their remain
ing child, Bcnnle, were en the Bosten
and Maine railroad when the breaking of
an axle threw the car down an embank
ment. They escaped with a few bruises,
but the liandsome little boy was instantly
killed. This completed the ruin of the
mother's nervous system, and she lived
in almost complete retirement till her
death in 1803. Andrew Jehnsen was
equally unfortunate, both his sen3 dled
suddenly, and his wife was se helpless an
invalid that most of the American pcople
thought the president was a widower
during his term in office. Dr. Charles
Jehnsen was thrown from a herse and
instantly killed, and Cel. Rebert Jehnsen
lay down ene evening in apparently per
fect health, fell into an unexplainable
collapge and in a tew hours was dead.
Of all the living eons of presidents the
Hen. Rebert Tedd Lincoln is most inter
esting te the people, and next te him is
Cel. Frederick Dent Grant, both of these
having received high recognition from
President Harrison the former as min
ister te England, the latter as minister
te Austria. The closest scrutiny falls te
find in the face of Rebert Lincoln any
likeness te his great father; he is "all
Tedd." His administration of the war
deportment was successful no was
born Aug. 1, 1813, and is therefore in the
very prime of life.
As te Cel. Fred Grant the Republicans
of the Empire state ence put him at the
head of their ticket, and he bravely
"shared its fate." Having held no office,
his cxecutive abilities have net been
tested. The ether two sons of Gen.
Grant, Ulysses and Jcsbe, have managed
te maintain a pleasant and comfertablo
obscurity. The same may be said of
young Allan Arthur, who is of a some
what "dudish" tendency, but lias tlme
te outgrew that. Of the three sons of
President Hayes ene is a successful law
yer, another a geed business man, and
be said that they r'glve every premise of
beaming fine men." But of all the
presidents' eons eince Lincoln it is net
yet time te speak at much length.
J. II. Beadle.
SBToVatallMne
What are the feelings of a man or a
woman who has risked life itself la an
effort te save people from a pestilence,
aad Is then shunned by every one, even
after the danger of contagion has passed?
What could have been the feelings of a
peer woman who lived net far from
Count Tolstoi's estate, whose story Is told
In "The Truth about Russia"?
The villagers had beca greatly excited
by the fact that several persons had been
bitten by mad wolves, A widow lived
In a cottage with her daughter-in-law
and her little grandson. One day a wolf
came out of the forest and attacked one
of the widow's dogs. The lad, thinking
the wolf a strange deg, picked up a stick
anu nrucx it te make tt Icave the deg.
Instantly the wolf left the deg and
cited the lad. His cries brought out
his grandmother, who saw him in danger
of his life, and ran te save him. The
welt lert the boy and rushed at the
woman. As he came at her open mouthed
she thrust her naked hand down his
threat His teeth lacerated her arm, but
she held him until the wolf choked.
The boy, at her bidding, ran Inte the
house for a knife; but it was seme time
before he could get tt The woman held
her hand down into the wolfs mouth
until the boy came with the knife, and
then killed the brute, ,
Tbe wolf had been the sceurge of the
neighborhood, and the peasants as
sembled with joy te see its carcass. Sud
denly a great fear suggested that the
wolf might have been mad, and that the
wemftn might also go mad.
Weak as she was from less of bleed,
and suffering from her wounds, they
seized her and shut her up in an out
house without attendance, without
water, without feed and fire. Fer
twenty-four hours she lay there, almost
delirious with fevcr, net knowing but
that she might have been bitten by a
mad wolf.
At last she was allowed te go at large,
as she showed no signs of hydrophobia,
but all her dogs were killed. She asked
for cither a deg or a man te protect her
from ether wolves. The peasants heeded
net her request She recovered, but for
months the peasants shunned her house,
sayings "Who knows but that she may
suddenly go mad?" Youth's Companion.
Hatching; Crews for Benntr.
An ingenious agricultural person who
lives net very far from Bosten has hit
upon a new and decidedly profitable in
dustry. There lias recently arisen a de
mand for crews' heads, hitherto deemed
valueless, and it is his purpese te supply
It Ten cents apiece the county authori
ties have offered for the crania of these
interesting birds, from whose destructive
propensities the farmers' crops have been
suffering seriously of late years. Under
ordinary cireumiitnnrM tlil hmmt
would net Icave a very large margin of
profit for the recipient It costs some
thing, y6u see, te kill a crew. There is
the ammunition, in the first place, which
Is expensive, nnd one cannot count upon
slaying even a single inky feathered fowl
for each charge of shot and powder.
Besides, the spertman's time must be
reckoned in the account
But the enterprising speculator above
referred te has devised a scheme by
which a maximum percentage of gain is
te be secured without any risk worth
speaking of. He has set up a chicken
incubator of the most approved pattern,
in which is placed as fast as laid the pro
duct of about 100 hen crews that have
been trapped and confined, in company
with perhaps a dozen cock crews. With
in fifteen days the little creatures are
hatched, and a fortnight later they are
ready te be decapitated. Fer be it un
derstood that the head of n. f-mw rVilxk
worth just as much as that of an adult
of the same species. At the uniform rate
of ten for a dollar, dead, they pay the
producer. Albany Argus. v
A CommnuUtle Settlement.
I recently visited the Atnlna settlement
in Iowa, where there are about 4,000 pco pce pco
peo living in common. I found that the
community system works better among
them than among any ether in the coun
try. However, there was this te be ob
served, that most of the communists
were middle aged or old men. I learned
that the younger generation which has
grown up wents te own something as
individuals and leave the community as
seen as possible. There are several vil
lages, Amine being the principal, and
tins has a pretty hotel The landlord re
ceives the money from his guests and
every day turns it ever te the treasurer
of the community and receives his sup-
pui-a ireia me commissary department
It is the same throughout every branch
of business In which these peeple en
gage. It is like thegcneral government,
only no salaries are paid. Every family
has a house, built at thegcneral expense.
They are all alike St Leuis Globe Glebe
Democrat Uuehi In a Cyclone I'll.
Capt. Ingraham is a well known citi
zen of a thriving little town en the
HuntsvUle branch of the Birmingham
Mineral. Conductor Smith, of the Vil
lage Springs accommodation, tells the
following story en the captain:
The captain has a deep cyclone pit as
a place of refuge in time of dangerous
storms. The pit has a trap deer which
opens when touched and closes itself.
Seme time age the captain purchased
seven ducks and two chickens and placed
them in his yard. The next day they
were nowhere te be found. A careful
search for the missing fowls failed te
give any clew te their whereabouts, and,
thinking they had been stolen, nothing
mere was thought about the matter.
Just nineteen days after the fowls dis
appeared the captain had occasion te
open Ids cyclone pit The first thing
that met his gaze were the seven ducks
and two hens. They had stepped en the
trap deer and had been dumped Inte the
pit, the deer closing behind them.
The wonderful fact of it is that though
they had been in the pit nineteen days
without feed or water they were alive.
After the fowls were removed from the
pit It was noticed that they walked very
awkwardly. A careful examination re
vealed the fact that they were all as
blind as bats. Birmingham (Ala.) News.
An Old Tettauisnt UUtake.
A Parisian paper calls attention te a
singular mistake in the revised version
of the Old Testament, or rather te the
lerpetratien of an old error. It occurs
in 11 Chronicles xxll, 1, where Aliaziah
is described as, at the age of 43, having
succeeded his father, who died at the
age of 40. Seeing that another, and a
perfectly possible account of the same
circumstance is given in II Kings Hi,
20, It is surprising that the obvious error
should have escaped correction. Ac
cording te the Boek of Kings, Aliazieh's
real ego at his accession was only 22. At
the tlme of Ahaziah's birth, therefore,
hh father was 18 & fair age for a Syrian
father of a firstborn. This partlculai
error is elder Mian the art, of printing.
It dates back te some ancient Hebrew
copy of the Boek of Chronicle. It is re-"
produced in the Deual version of the Old
Testament Sa FiaacUce CaceaJcle.
ONE AGAINST A HUtfDREDT
w.i lewa.
MB
HEROIO DEFENSElOF A 6HIP AT
TACKED BY A 8AVAQ6I HORDE.
An Adventare la the Strath rattfle Oeeaa
la IS35 Data? Savag, vhf reagbt
with tpadesCapt Jeats TOilpptd a
Hundred of the fflend.
About 1835 Capt Bllas Jenes, new
president of the First National bank of
this town, sailed from Weed's Hell as
third officer la the ship Awashenks,
Capt Cellins, en a four years' cruise in
the Seuth Paclfle ocean. This voyage
was one of most Intense excitement
and hairbreadth adventure, and, while
Capt Jenes is of a quiet and unassuming
character and net fend of putting his
glory before the world, yet your corre
spondent obtained a story full of interest
and one that is net known te liave been
published, although in years past it was
a theme of much discussion.
The vessel had a crew of about thirty
five men, including captain, first, secend
anu inira euiccrs, and made the voyage
around Cape Hern without incident She
cruised about the Seuth seas, and when
eighteen mouths out had 000 barrels of
Que oil in her held.
"wncna only man ib viLt."
Closing In with n group of islands just
north of the equator, Capt Cellins de
cided te make a trade with the natives.
The ship was liove te, with most of her
sails set, in a small bay where the calm
Water reflected the sjrlp of white sand,
green palms and tropical nlants that
skirted its margin as well as the purple
hills of the interior. I
A number of native dugouts put out te
me snip ana maue fast te her chains.
nnd the savages clambered ever the ves
sel's rail. At a favorable signal a flcrce
yell burst from their dusk v threats, caus
ing the ears of theso who heard it te
tremble and their hearts te quaiL In
less time than it takes te write it the
hip's decks were full of natives, and the
Unarmed crew made for the rigging, jib
booms and ferecastle, in fact any where
te escape the bloodthirsty islanders.
The fight that ensued was a desperate
and indiscriminate mclcc, The natives
had been se euro of a surprlse that they
had formed no plan of attack, depending
entirely en their overwhelming numbers.
At the first rush Capt Cellins nnd the
second mate were engaged in a hand-te-hand
conflict with seme of the savages
Who had avalled themselves of the ship's
cutting in spades, and the peer men were
Immediately hacked te pieces. Themas
GuTerd, of Falmouth, a seaman, made a
belt for the ferecastle, mid received a
blew from a spade. He carries the scar
across his forehead te this day, and it is
a most unpleasant reminder of that
bloody massacre,
Capt Jenes, then n youth of about 20,
found himself surrounded by a number
of infuriated natives, each struggling for
a whack at him with the keen edged
spades. He managed te irry the blows. '
jumping into the vessel's held and
crawled among the tiers of oil casks into
the cabin. Here he found the steward
and two seamen en the fleer, covered
with wounds, Inflicted by the murderous
spades. The rest of the ship's company
Were either aloft or cooped up In the
forecastle. In ene corner of the cabin
was the magazine containing the muskets
and ammunition. Selling the muskets,
jCapt Jenes gave them te the wounded
men te lead, while he cct about rescuing
the Awashenks.
ONB AOAINST A tlUNDIlED.
The natives were scattered ever the
deck Bteallng what they could get their
hands en. They plucked up the ring ring
eolts from the decks and rails and
tugged at them when two tens' strain
would net have pulled them out They
pried at belts and straps, picked at nail
heads, wrenched down kettles nndstovo nndstevo nndstove
pipes and threw them into the canoes.
The chief, an ill visaged rascal, was at
the wheel endeavoring te beach the ves
sel, but he was net up in navigation.
First he put the wheel down, and the
sails net filling he put the wheel up.
Blewly the Awashenks headed off and
gathered headway toward the bcaclu
An Indian who lived in Mash pee, seme
ten miles from here, cut the braces and
the sails were taken aback. A shower
of arrows and heathenish maledictions
were hurled at him as he sought shelter
In the tops. The vessel lest headway,
but the chief continued Ids experiment
without the rudder.
The cabin, where Capt Jenes had
taken refuge, was lighted by two win
dows in the stern and a large skylight
overhead. When the enemy peered into
these apertures a well directed bullet
sent them away in het haste. Fer ever
an hour la skirmish between a desper
ate man and a hundred murderers con
tinued. As fust as the wounded men
could lead the muskets Capt Jenes
.would put their contents where they did
the most geed, and the islanders began
te have wholesemo fears of the windows
and set about duvUing eoine better
method of attack.
Leeking up through the skylight dur
ing the quiet that followed Capt Jenes
saw the chief at the wheel in Ids frantic
endeavors te beach the vessel. Taking
careful aim at his tread, naked chest, he
pulled the trigger. The bullet passed
through the deck, and having spent Its
force, rolled along the planking te te
chiefs very feet
The savage left the helm, Inspected the
bullet hole, and then laid a piece of beard
ever the splintered plank; he then re
turned te the wheel ns unconcerned as
could be. Anether bullet from the mus
ket pierced his heart and the lifeless form
rolled into the scuppers.
At the death of their chieftain the isl
anders fled panle stricken te the shore,
and the Awashenks was laboriously put
te sea. She seen fell in with u merchant
man, Capt Procter, and was brought
into Weed's Hell by a portion of the
merchant crew.
Capt Jenes was offered a master's berth
by the owners of the whaler he had se
bravely defended, and up te 1801 he fol
lowed the sea in thatcapacity. Tlncoef
the crew new live in this Jclnity. nnd
two of them bear scars that tell n tale of'
sere wounds received in the fray. Fal
mouth (Mess.) Cor, New Yerk Herald.
A Peet's Atxence of Mind.
"Ring the bell," said Mrs. Words
worth te the old servant who narrated
this, but he wouldn't stir, bless yeul
"Gea and sce what he's doing," she'd
say, and we gea up te t' study deer and
heur him mumbling eand bumming
through it "Dinner's ready, eirl' I'd
ca out, but he'd gea mumbling en like a
deaf man, and sometimes Mrs. Wuds Wuds
werth 'ud say; "Oea and break a bettle
or let a dish fall just outside t' deer In f
passage." Eli, dear, that mostly 'ud
bring him out, would tiiat It was only
that as wud, however. Fer, ye kna, he
was a vera careful men, and he couldn't
de wi' brekking china." Wordsworth Werdsworth Wordswerth
lana, . '
1'iut Telcgraphl-;.
The most rcmarkable time made in
communicating by means of electricity
with the old world was that in the casj
of Hermann Muenteferlng, of this city,
recently. At 10:30 in the morning he
cabled Beun, in Prussia. Returning te
town after lunch, less than ene hour and
a half later, he found his message an
swered. In that time, la round numbers,
vjww aw m fMjmfntTma.-MAMha
-JJH. O. MeLANK'S
CELEBRATED
Vermifuge, for Worms.
BtOlUXU -BAD,
Andie- Dewnlns. of Craoenr
Joa.ngeconnty.stTehls child one Man
!!!. za "joeu. u MciHwes ceieatatsa
Vertnllnsv, and the puml in worms. Matt
rn'-mirrt in repetition of tta Oms iheaMSM
1 IfVtAASa
Joaeph O Allen, of Am boy, rY Ami i V,
th i BAbutne Ur. d Mch-ntfi itlrSuVvif ?$ ,
anrtheceocetnthetaneeat'd. watch bm-at'i
av te mute, ma-ing ua weims la afcealli
nenrs.
Mrs. Qntifar, Ke lei Ksettret w Te.
rlUi ui tbk He hn a child which had km
linwr-ll for bttr thin iwn mraiht. -m-
eured a bett enf the Rt.ulne lr. u. WabaMS -'j, ,
.iuiiiue luiu lueirniena it. tm eawa
ijw days ws ai reitty as eter thad bea H-ran-nta
with such teudnncr MteteShe -.
miuiu nn, hbhjiilui wniva ibhmii hv
u snicaet worms, ana loin en tlme in afliw.
MvrtnR the genuine Ur. O. AleLaue's Vanal
f ng. H nver til s and Is perfectly sale.
Ihlitatemrtttythatl was troubled with a
tsnewprin for nara than tl i month. I tried
ail the hnewn lamedti a ler this terrlb'e aSlle aSlle
t'en. but without hMef able te destroy H. I
rotabeitla of the BKuutne lr. U. Heiiar.e'i
Wralfuie.preEareabjriemlna' Brot.Mila Bret.Mila
Imrg, I'm., width 1 ui acoerrtloa- todliee.
ilemt nnd the rmnit ai l 0 ! barge eae
inrmi v pewerm, tneMutln rr mere than a yard,
btildeja nuinberolstnallenoi.
MKS.M.ecet.
P rl e H cents a bottle. Insist en having the
genuine. (I)
YKK'U UUKHR i fKUlUKAJU
Every Household
Should have Aj et's Cherry recterat It saves
theutandi et Itree annually, and la peculiarly
efficacious In CHOUT, WOUPIRU OuDOH
ana SOUK TllHOAT.
" After aa extensive preetlee of nearly eae
tblra of a' oentury, Avar's Cherry Paeteral is
try cure for recent eelde and deughs. Ipre
crlbe It and believe It te be the very beat ex ex ex
poetorint new offered te the pOD!."-Dr.
Jehn O. Levis, Druggist West BrtdgewaMr,
Fa.
' Ssme yesrs age AyeT's Cherry reeteral
enred me of asthma after the best BMdieal
skill had failed te give me relief. A tew weeks
sloee, being again a little troubled with the
disease, I a as promptly
RELIEVED BY
the tame rerr efly. 1 gtadly offer thti remedy
for the benefit of all similarly atBIMea," f.
II Has iter, Xdlter Argui, Table Beek, Meh,
rer children afflicted with cold, eemtfcs,
inie threat or croup, I de net knew of aay
remedy which will give mere eteady taiiet
thensyei's oberry Pectoral, I hare teaaa
It. a'e, invaluable In cases of whooping
cough" Ann Lovcjer, wi wasblagtea
street, Bosten, Mass. ,
"Ayer'e Cherry Pectoral bat prove re
markably effective In croup and is lavalaaMa
u a family medicine." U. M. Biyaat. Chtee
pee, Mass.
Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral,
rsSTAUDBT
Dr. J. O. At Oe., Le all, mt.
Sold by Druggists. Price, in alx bottles. Is.
au $
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H&ARTBURN
sour oruetattons. nala and dleteatlea. yea
knew that the feed la fermenting, net digest-
". ujoauiueuiuooui lining! r aiiag a at
drake in compounded la Dr. Bcheneh's Ma -.,;-;?
uikke riii. imi sei eniy eieauaaewaaar-. rrj';
faeei but sets the secretions aelag anClat .
mete sourness. ;;,
DYSPEPSIA
hu a hundred ihsprs. Always palatal aad
dtstraiitna. The Hlemteh uinat faa tcaaiad
carefully aad penle'ently. Portals purpose' t-i
mere is nothing in nature use suaaraa. v&3
Dr. echenek's Mandrake Plus awrer fall. A
COSTIYENESS
A ding reus condition or bewelt, leadleg te rtqj
lafiammatlen, piles, ruplnre, hemerjhag. j
Due tebad digestion. Ntverwsa a eess that ,
the Mandrake Plils would aeteuia. Aad se of f
DIARRHCEA
aud painful irregularity of bewe'e owing te
the Irritation of the mucous linings by the
paisngeef sour and Indigestion feed Cleanse
and seethe tbe linings and seethatthesteauch
Heps imposing en the bowels, Sshenek'sMaa
dram l'llleareioverelgn.
rorealebyall Drnggliti. Price Se eta. per
box i s bexrs for 0! ct.i or sent by stall, poet
age tree, en receipt of prices Dr. J.B.fleheaak
A f en, Philadelphia. may 17-IydAa-
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DMPUREYB' HPKCIFlCt).
nrrMrmnm c
Du. IltncrnsBTB' Hrsoivies are selentlfleally
and carriuliy preptiea prescriptions i aea
for many j ears In private praetlea wlthaae
cuia. and for ever thirty years need bf taar
people, g ii in i liiliitliiiii inn lie iwsslSlsMW
ler the dleeaan named.
Ttime Specifics euro without drngtlar.
rurglna- or reducing the yatem, a-d Vala
Net and deed the Sevsasiaa haasDiaseTaa
Would,
Mat et Principal Mee. Cares. Fries.
1. ravni,i!pngeBtlen, Ipflammatleas M
Webmb, Werm Fever. Werm Celle .
S. Carina Cetla, or Teething of Inatg....sl
I. UuaBHau.oTehlldrenor Aduiurrn?.."!
5" ."""'iT' Ur,P5 lleus Celie M
s. uaeA Moaaes. Vomiting ,.5
7. Codebs, Celda, BrenehltlaT......... ' af
a, NsvMU, Toothache. Paeaache M
a llBADAenn. Sick tt.i.. v t at
10. DrararetA. Bilious Stomach. ....77.... at
11. BDrraaaaBDer PAiann. Paaieae .
1Z. WuiTse, tee Prof us Periods .
in. L'aecr, Cough. Dtmcult Breathing .
JJ. Salt Uiibcm, Cryiipelaa, eruptions .
is. HniDM-ATiea, Hheumatle Pains
it Fbvbb ad Aetm, Chills, Malaria M
7. Pitaa. Bllndpr tlleedlng.. M
19. Catabu. InflueniA, Celd la the Head... M
20. Whoenbo cocoa. Violent Coughs JS
ibhai. ubbilitt, rjxysicaA wsaxi
i. niupiT xiiBBAaa.....
. Nbbveus iibbilitt...
eeteeeeeeBV
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" j mmmm m aaaiDf navilUf fna),1)MI(
tl- DisBAsaa or tub Hbabt, Palpitation. ... OS
Sold by druggtau, or ent postpaid ea re
ceipt or mice. Ua. IlDxrHBBYe' Maan,(iu
rKea) lich'y bound In cloth aud 'geld. raallaS
trie. UUMPUKKYn'MCUlGtMStrtCiaeral.
fi 1 1 at tar a atw Ufatiaiataaa laTdiealfnM U
teu at.. M. Y.
8PE0JFI03.
Tn,Tb,9w(l
Sh.b.
BWiKT'a spxeiria cured nie or malignant
Weed Polaen alter I had brea treated In vala
with old se-called remedies et Mercury and
l'etuili. 8. H. H. net only enred the Bleed Pel
son, but relieved the Bneumailtm which was
ciuaed by t he potaenoo minerals.
UtfO. BUVatiL, 2121 id ATetfee, H.T.
Bcrefula develeped en my daeghter-swelt-lng
and lumps en her neck. Wi gave her
MWiri'SHPKuiriu.andiha result was wen
derf ul end the rum nremnt,
8. A. DBAUMuaD, Cleveland, Teaa:
RWiri's flPKUlriO U entirely a vegetable
remedy, and la the only rejaedy which par
uiauenlly curra Bcrefula, Rlnr d H umera, Caa
cer aua Contagious Weed Polaen. Band for
books en Weed ana Ukln Utaeaaee. mailed
fret). THKBWirrSPRCiriCCO..
Junl0-Tu,Th.H lirawerS, Atlanta, Os.
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KAK,
UNDEVELOPED PARTS
Of the Human lledy Xnlarstd. Ueralrtpei,
Strunifthnned. etc , li an Interesting ad vert.-ee
mint long run In our paper. Inreply tela
julrlea we will air that there la no evidence
of humbug about inla. Un the contrary, tha
aitvi-rtiaere are very hlghlv Inderaed. later
eated porren may KOt aealed circulars giving
all pnrtlcuiara, by writing inihe Batta MBPf.
(), co. 5 swan tt, nuffale, M.Y. yefaae
Daily Met. m-lyddw
mKKTiilNU bYRUP.
TO MOTHERS.
r.very Ixitm aheuld have a bottle et DB
PauuNKY'sTaaiuiNUNYitUP. Perfectly
kale. Ne eplnm or Merphia wlsturea. War
it Have mile- eiiplna In ten Hewuia and Pro
mote Difficult loathing. Prepared by DBS.
li.rAIlUNKYftsON.uauerttewn.Md. Drug
glauaellltt ft rents.
Trial bottle sent by mall lt recta.
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