~ AN OCEAN RACE. Iv the spring «1 '68 or "65 | forge whi h now, | =a» mate of the schooner Willington, 279 tous register, the Barwmuda trades. At that time our vessel was oo mparatively new, having the skipper, another pull on that fore sheet-—s0, that will do" and as a cloud of smoke rose fiom the end of the pier snowing that the time was up, we dashed ower the line ahead of our rival, who crossed on the port tack several seconds later. Down the upper bay we sped keeping almost only been iu commission about & year, and was consid rably ahead of any- thing else 111 tha trade in the way of speed. We had a first rate captain | and a good crew, whose personnel was superior to the majority of coaster | ere wire better manned | fur our size than most of those vessely | are, and our owners were liberal io we alee we everything conducive to the comfort | The Willington had the of the men, record of the fastest passage from B muds, and we were all proud of our b.autiful sehoGuer. During the winter sundry rumors were afloat of a vessel building in| B ston for a rival firm of produce dearers, of about our tonnage, and it sw peed, she was to be pat on Lue at the opening of the season of | which I am writing. Ou arriving at New Yors from our first trip of 1he year, we heard that the Invincible (f)r so had her owners named her) had arrived from Boston, heen pat in commission aod cleared fur Bermuda the day previous. She was apparently a beauty and our eap- tun wes very anxious to try cooclus- ions with her, but somehow it seemed & difficult watter to get a trial, and daring the busy season all rivalry had t 0 give way 10 the pressure of business ; However, patient waiting was at leogth rewarded, and one day after we had finished unloading end were awaiting orders, the skipper came | face | aboard with his weather beaten all aglow with excitement. We've got a chance to show our mettle at last, Joe, he said as he joined me on the deck. Smith & Co. (our owners) have heard a good deal of blowing about that new craft and asked my advice about putting up $1,000 or $2,000 on the Willington. I told them that I had not tried her against the Iavincible at all yet, but from what I had seen of thelatter, I thought we could win his money for him. Anyway we would try mighty hard. 8) he has taken a bet of Brown's (the Invincible's owner) of $2,500 for | & race from our pier, around Bermuda | aad back, the start to take week to~day. place a This was short notice to prepare for | a race with a vessel just off the stocks | and clean below the water as pin. Nevertheless, we set with a will, and that had her hauled up and a gang of men cleaning her bottom, the crew, . my directions, seeing to her rig and spars, Monday was the day fixed fi start, and on Saturday at tied up at Smith's pier ready anxious for Monday to come. A good twenty-four hour's after the exertions of the week pared the crew for anything, and on the call for “all hands” in the ing as fine and sailor of men trod the aeck as ever manned | a coaster of our tonnage. The start was to be by a powder | flask from opposite our pier in the | North river at 10 o'clock a. m. #0 as to get the ebb tide through the Nar. rows. By 9:30 both vessels were maneuveriog about the line for a start, standing back and forth across | A Dew to work very gging 4 noon we morn the | evening | under | the | rest | pre- like looking lot | i tack and tack, through the Narrows, past Forts Hamilton and Lafayette and out into the waters of the lower | bay. Then a breeze from the east brought the wind abeam, sheets were started, and with the [ovincible a | couple of eable’s lengths astern sad to windward, we reached down for Sandy Hook. The buoys inside the | | o'clock p. m, and we settled down for a best out to the lightship That | was rounded iv due @eder, and with ‘a fresh breeze blowing #ast by north | the two schoouers were headed, close | | hauled on the port tack, on a south. east course for Bermuda, avd the race had fairly begun. Our position was now about three quarters of a mile to leeward of the other craft, which gain | { she had made in the beat cut the | lightship, we haviog almost lost the wind when under the Hook. There was & choppy ses, on the increasing wind erossing the long Atlantic swell and kicking up considerable of a pother, aad once clear of land, and at the mercy of the “rolling forties,” the schooner began to get pretty lively. | The sky had become overcast, the i clouds seemed to be getting lower, and the wind increased as it gradual ly headed us off, and it began to as sume the appearance of what would now be called “cutter weather.” I was watching the other to vessel through a glass when I saw ber luff {and come up the wind. “She's taking in her tops'le,” I shouted, when she fell off and again headed on her course it was under mains’l, and forse'l ahd the jib only, sud even then seemed to have all the sail she want. ed. And indeed, it was high time we were doing something, too, for our skipper was driviog our vessel beyond what [ thought advisable, and I ex- in and She lay over at a fearful angle, the water was leeward hissing and bub- bling along her rail, while clouds oy wave flooding her deck fore and aft. The crew, with the exception couple of hands at the wheel, crouching under the weather bulwarks and every one of th. m wet to the skin, when at length the “Stand by to take in } expected came : our ga tops’ls and other jibs, hip a-lee, get smartly, now,” and sheots them stowed slacked linrds manned, ere at a the helm was { hardly were |and hal { from the captain, | the surges while the light canvas was being stowed, erably for a time, but by sundown it {was blowing balf a gale while we : : plowed the whitecaps in grand style | under a couple of reefs in main and fores’ls, our goal bearing about three | points to windward of the best course we could lie {I took another squint at the other | : | to irregularities of eating and resting, | and put him at work in the office of a | morning newspaper, where his hours | lare from 7 at night until 2 in the | periments of observations on the rela. | marning. You think very naturally | vessel and had the satisfaction of ses | og that we had weathered on her | some and were also gradually drawing | ahead. The view around us was | superbly grand, but things were rath- the river under all their canvas, the | er too lively for any one not a seaman | breeze being of fair strength from the | to enjoy it. The wind was blowing | Soath. The Invincible was a beauti- | ha!f a gale—good meascre—the whole | fal craft to look at, and I had my |sarface of the seething waters had | habit of routine work, the habit of doubts as 10 our victory, (for win we | that opaque, gray tint which the froth | routine hours will settle upon him and must) being an easy one as I watched | and bubbles of a heavy blow always | lin six month from the day of bis com- the way she plow ed through the sun. Jit waters, although not being sailed | fall half of the time, Quar skipper stood near the helm, watch in band, the rest of the crew | Yemng st their posts, ready for the heat down the upper bay and through the Narrows, Au precisely thirty seconds before 10 our captain again measured with bis eye our distance above the line, replaced his watch in his pocket and gnve orders for the start; “Stand by to haul your wind—lufi you may, now ~flarten all sheets fore and aft,” and us the helm was put down and sheets hauled in, the good schooner Willing- ton came up to the wind in beautiful style and lay over at an angle that showed she meant business as she hes led for the line on the "starboard tack. “Keep her full, now”, roared give, Monstrous seas rose and fell | {sad rose again, their tops, torn to shreds as they broke into foam | and spray uoder the fury of the gale, while the schooner, under her short ened canvas, was pitching in a way to make a landsman’s hair stand on end as one moment her sharp stem split a bugh wave in twain, her forefoot the next moment suspended clear of the walter over the succeeding trough of the sea as her stern sank deep in the embrace of the divided wave. As darkness came over the scene our last sight of the Invincible showed that we were at least holding our own, and, it being my wateh below, I turn. ed in, after changing my wringing wet clothes to make the most of what bid fair to be only a short rest. I was awakened by the hoarse shout of “all hands on deck,” aud wind abating and the crow busy shak- ing out the reef in the fore and mains'ls. It being pearly my time to take charge the skipper went below, while T walked the deck in command, occasionally stopping to glance av the campass to see how we kept our course, About midnight we got the gafl' and jib tops’ls on her and before the captain again appeared we had | ¢he flying jib set as well, By daylight it was only blowing a gentle breeze, but the swell was stil) heavy, and as the schooner had aij including & maintop mast sail met, Hook were rounded soon after 1 | stage’l, all that could be done was to watch and wait, It is needless to telg { that, as daylight broke over the sii | heaving surface of the ocean, every eye abroad the vessel was eagerly | searching the expanse of water for a sight of our competitor, bat, from the deck, there was not a sail in sight, | A hand sent aloft to the fore cross { . . " | trees hailed the deck with the news of a bark off’ the port beam, the northwest, but that was all. Specu. lation was rife as to the whereabouts hesding to of the other craft, the generally ac- cepted theory of her absence from view being that she must havellaid to i consequently | weather out the gale and that we bad run her This idea imparted a pleasurable feel. out. of sight ing to every one on board, as each one of us Lad the promise of a liberal | | share of the winnings io case of cross. ing the line first—this being an offer | of our owners as an inducement to the crew-—besides the natural desire to win agaiost a crack vew boat. The remainder of our run to and Bermuda uneventful, around was light winds the way, and New York with the expectation of meeting the other craft on her ouiward jour. vey. Bat and on the early morning of the ninth day out Bandy Hook light was sight ed, prevailing all our course was laid from no Invincible did we see, By noon we were running up the lower bay under shifting southeast and a light, from east anxiously baffling 10 east scanning breeze, | which we { the finish and found that we had won spray broke continually over the fore- | | castle, varied occasionally by a hugh | of ai were | | her srder i a | Prk | » the gale of off | sign | put i { naugnbt and | 9p and we were again tearing through | This eased her consid- | : the { coaster Before night closed in | i every schooner in sight, but nothing pected something to go every moment, | | was the beautiful craft for looked. We reported at i seen of our money, as the other vessel was not yet in, and right well were we satisfied with the race, When did the Invincible some one asks. She was never heard Whether or whether thr arrive Again she struck a of floating wreck, wi on beam ends and foundered, a leak under the pressu the first day sod night, nor pever will be known Her which the life of 8a mariner fate is one of those mysteries in abounds, and until the’ sea gives up its dead will never be known of the race with beaten in her ill fated old and Willington.— Carl Thorp in | Detroit Free Press. — 0 A— OF ROUTINI Invincible Dow weather HABIT WORK Habit is the master of the world, Take a slimly bailt fellow, nerveous needing sleep, accustomed for year, | that be would grow thinuer and paler | and be more nerveous. On the con- | trary, after a few days and nights, the mencement he will gain in weignt his nerves will be stronger, and his muscles harder, and his general con. dition improved, not alone because of the violence, but because of the regu- larity of his work—the habit of his occupation. Men who turn night into day, as tens of thousands newspa per workers are compelled to, benefit very largely by the change. They are spared the boilings of the midday sun, they avoid very largely the crowds upon the streets, and although taey are stung at Limes to the very verge of perveous excitement by the exac- tion of peremptory duty, and the pushings and forciogs of much work in little time, the night workers of the press, as a rule arethe healthiest of the two sel sets, Joo Howard's Letter. A five Yogged pig attracts attention on . farm near e Hexwasil Fla. tnmbled ap ina hurry to Mod the A HAND TO HAND FIGHT. At the culmination of the battle of Bailors creek, when we got into the “hand to hand” part of it, there was a brass cannon belonging to the rebel battery stuck in the mud and the ar tillery men had left it, when it was dicovered it was loaded, It was not in a position to be of any service to either friend or foe, while if it could be extricated from the mud it would be good for at least shot ut somelbody. Three “Johnies” and two “Yanks” took in the situation about the same and throwing ane time, down their emty rifles rushed for the A Yank and Johnnie gun, caught the sponge staff simultaneously and be. and turned the muzzle of the The other Yank caught Thus they or gun to wards us, stood thre 4 men coming the opposite wheel, and tugged away for two mimutes, notil our drove the Jonnies away. minutes things were mighty lively ; the Joouies got a battery in and began crowd, Jwhere blue and gray were mixed together, but a section of one throwing shells into the! of our batteries coming up on a | tled the watter for the day —*Trefoi’ | a central theme, { has no horse editor, there are severs! fat arit | real owner of the { claimed the crew who manned the good schooner | | delicacy | by women. dead run acon drove them off and set. ' in Buffalo News -— OMAHA HORSE AN PUZZLE Itit becoming customary to pre pound puzzles having horse trades as While this paper people upon its staff who can tell a not A puzzle has occurr horse at sight and who are slow hmetic. ed to ope of them, and he gives it to A Is Then for $110, What does each make sel B and the world at large. Suppose in the a horse for $100 to B. turn sells him to C animal dies and lose 7 The problem looks simple, A fits butitis not, To the first place, had the His would naturally be $100. A difficul ty itself for B paid A in counterfeit money, while stolen horse. pr presents jast here, #, paid by a note, B was indicted for In stealing to the D, came along | hoofs, The | ’, and 180 passing counterfeit money. ree venge he bad A arrested for the horse, and both went To add peu. {10 the complication, the horse, hide claim was disputed by ( and ent quently upon the ensuing argument y uj = tor bill was 27.77 ea lawer had g pote and i th and A $ ni roms awyer, od sent velopment EFFECTED If the senses are taken seriafim it will be evident that they are not par- allel in men and women. The latter possess, in much greater degree, the perfection of the sense of touch; those that extreme of manipulation, such as lace occupations, require making, embroidery, bead stringing, therefore osually followed As regarded the sense of ere. are | hearing, we are not aware of any ex- tive perfection of the sense in the two | sexes; and tho same may be stated ae regarded the sense of sight, and women. In the extreme delicacy of taste it is probable that men excel. Whether they do so naturally or in consequence of the cultivation of men's | palates is, perhaps a moot question, | but that they excel not only as gour- mands; but also as gourmets, may be | accepted as an established fact and | the accurate perception of the velicate shades of difference distinguishing dif | ferent brands and viotages of wine is | much more frequently found in men than in women. As regards the sense of smell, some rxceeding conclu. sive experiments have been made by some American savants which appear ty subvert our preconceived opinions, The experiments were performed with prussic acid and other strongly odor. ous substances on fourty-four males and thirty-eight females and it was found thet in nearly all cases the sense of smell was about double as acute in men as in women. The cause of the difference in this matter between men and women is quite unknown, as A ———— A is the object of th» distinction; but it has one practical bearing that may be borne in mind. The employment of strong and potent perfumes by women may depend on their less acute sense of smell, and they would do well to bear in mind the facts that odors and perfumes which may be quite plessant to them may be almost over- powering and decidedly unpleasant to individuals of the other sex —y——__ Washington Letter Wasmixaron, D, C,, July 25, 1887 gan affight for it, while the other two | dohnuies caught hold of the one whee] | up| For a few ] position | which | appears to be equally acute in men | The officials of the | Bureau report that with but u single ex Monday hotiest been experienced Signal Mervice ! | seption, Inst was the | n " {day that has | Washington since that Buresu has been | At mid-day thermome- ters in various parts of the city indieat- ed the 07 degrees, | in existence. temperature to be from while he thermometer placed upon the asphalt pavement and | exposed to the rays of the sun register | ed 134 degrees. This extreme heat re- { i | tulted in the almost universal suspen - | ior of work upon buildiogs in course | of construction, and in several { Departments the clerks were dismissed at an early hour for theday. Although | there were numerous instances in which | | Persons were overcome by the heat, | there were but few cases which resulted { fatally, Fortunstely | hig th temperature was of short duration ‘and was succeeded by 8 cool wave which | rendered life much more enjoyable, The work upon the new terraces and | the magnificent stair-case at the west front of the Capitol is being pushed for- | ward as rapidly ss possible, the only in- terruption being that ocossioned by the The work has reached that point which renders it 0 remove fish 1 be remembered occupied the space be- The together with excessively hot weather, DECOREAry well as the oval pond which it will tween the old staircase wings id fountain and basin, the beautiful gold fish which for many years have been admired by visitors, who have rarely passed the basin with- lop} | the countiess bi admire gold, ® water of out og for a moment to t# of animated they darted about ia the clear the grou basin, will be removed to the nds of the N Insane Asviam near the city, said at the the f1 It is that have le Siale ol Department Americans who intry for nam ber this ox has in the his- Europe never before been equalled It have sailed from the first lepartment tory of the Department ed that 25 nited iA De ix eslitoal (00 tourists of States sin the f " ou a records r thousand the that more (han issued Mav, oarly part of July, and me i 1 pot were during i months of April, we Lhan four. fifths of the tourists sail without pases. Doris | are exodus i inrg } probably t be in 116 » Arcounted celebration of of Lb« poris Are (34 (Queen \ictoria. IRjOrity who rotected mans, be p RAY of the fatherla visiting mericans who intend Turkey, Ru nvariably pr nd. while £8 taly or Spain OUTS before pas the United States ports : leaving as the regul n of these couniries sre sometimes severe upon tourist The count of coin and to her securi AA tm EEN SR———— eretofor om without that fish, haw been stocked with 500,000 eels, Jobm Barden has been a regular subscriber of the Rathland (Vermont Herald, that paper says for OD years The citizens of Oswego, Kansas, raised 87000 in half aay for the pur- pose of sinking a shaft in search of gas and coal, Jack Rabbits that are sent from Oregon and Idaho to said to return io the chichen”, Steam pipe Chicago are form of “canned by a local ordinance must be kept at of in a distance inches from any woodwork three Nan in i 100 to | of the | the extremely | the fountain as | Tune and the | Francisco, A H8-eight pound cannon ball was { found the other day {earth in burried in the Battery Park, Burling Vermont. Jt is said to be of Eoglish 3 { manufacture, and is probably a reli { of the Revolution of 1812 : i 12. FW 3 Rockland, Main ¢, has had twenty thao a year, aud all or | nearly all are believed fires within Jess ha ve hy en The for the 0 | of ince ivin {of incendiary origin. mayor now offers 8500 reward tion of an incendiary. Daniel B. | time detec Alger who died me ugo in Br.ooxvilie, New | York, is thought by his physcian 4 175) tl Le [ of » iy : to have been fatally poisoned by {dye from black and gold-striped stockings that he puchased I'he Corean Government, P aris, it 15 re | ported, has concluded a contract f Lh or hree iron steamers, It is also stated | that one of the ¢ ymmissioners of Cas. toms has started out to fied a favors. ble place in the north west const harbor. for a — Wasinixaros, Harvey, — fails SUV J the cefaulting horse claims divis n, partment, Judge guilty, Wes Arraigned d to Moats mery He Years imprisonment at tentiary. day oefore and pleaded was sentenced to twelve Alb JALY peni. INSURANCE AGENCY Policies Garefiully Written Paid Losses New York Life Ins. Co., ASSETS = 75421 153.37 New York ASSETS s7.50271155 Home Ins.Co Fire Association of Phila ASSETS £12350 36107. ties, which has been in progress at the | Treasury Department since May was completed Although in during the past week upon examination of the the that short bags silver vaults it found several of the were two or three eace of these were gradually recovered | FIREMAN'S FUND INS. ported that there is not a deficiency of | during the progress of the count until all were found, and the committee re a single penny in the amount supposed | to be contained in the vaults, H. A man in loa, urkey which has been trained {draw a sled. . to California reports a production of | | nearly $25,000,000 worth of candy last year. 1845, Nearly 50,000 farms | opened up in Kansas during the past year, twelve feet high, with three ears to the stalk. The salmon run in Columbia river is reported almost equal to that of last year. Eighty-four of Yale Uluiversity stadent have taken thecourse on So- cology this year. Greenwood, South Carolius, farm- er slaims to have struck a gold mice on his plantation. The first telescope used in this coun: try for astronomical purposes was wt up at Yale college in 1830, The Jower Danube which has send | 23rd was | bags | preces | Michican, has =| The Naval Academy at Aonapolis | was formally opened on Octeber 10, bave been | Cora in Florida is reported to be | Girard Ins. Co., of Phila. ASSETS S1L.263.509 7~ bt. of CALIFBRNIA, ASSETS $2032 262 90. JORSYN , RANKIN, Agent Diamond, FARM MORTGAGES. Tos wen of 400 and upwants ot 3 wnnnnl futereet, Principe! and —— For sale by FRANK O. CUNNINGHAM, Investment Broker, 25 Mais Street Poorin 110s REFERENCES. Willan Dorr, Provident First National Bank Huntingdon Pa. Jobe M. 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