PLAYING WITH MY BABY BUY.
it may be that fortune leaves me.
It may be that, luiue deceives me,
Ami that pleasure's earl.v vintugehas leaked
from my cup of <•<>:
But my losses -'"id my crosses ,
Are to rac no more than d oss is I
When I rolic when 1 frolic with my little t
baby boy. j 1
It in ay bo that I'm a sinner
With my chances growing thinner,
That thegold within my nature suffers much
from base alloy;
But 1 know that I'm a me'low:
Simple-hearted, tender fellow
When I romp and play and frolic with my j
bright-eyed babv boy.
It may be that I grow weary
Sometimes of the world s > dreary,
And that moody meditation muv too oft rnv i
mind employ;
But his merry eyes beguiling
Change mv humor into smiling
As I practice many an antic with my laugh
ing baby hoy.
When the little fell-w's dreaming.
And the golden c .scade'a streaming
From his head upon my bosom, uud he j
sleeps without annoy,
Then I kiss the hps of laughter,
Thinking that the great hereafter
Will be cheerless if I cannot frolic with my !
babv boy.
—[Wm. T. Dumas, In Atlanta Constitution.
SayfllFrom OlflOceai'sSaw.
Oil the 29th of January, 1885, the
schooner Alfred Yitterv, Captain Boor,
was lying becalmed in the South Pari tic
Ocean. She was eleven days out from
the Solomon Croup and was bound fur
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.
witJi ninety-seven Polynesians on board
that had contracted to work for a term of
years on plantations. It was a glorious
clay froiu un artist's standpoint. A
marine painter might have drawn inspira
tion from the deep, dark blue of the sky.
the trans lucent tints of the over-changing
sea and the radiant splendor of the sun.
Captain Boor, however, was no marine ,
artist, but a shrewd coininon-sen.se skip
per, who hated a calm and had no appre
ciation of the beauties of Old Ocean at
rest. What he chiefly doted on was a
piping breeze, especially when ho bad a
hundred hungry Polynesians on board, as
was then the case.
The skipper strode the dock impatient
ly. The sails Happed idly as the s hooner
rose and fell in the gentle swell of the
Pacific. The Polynesians were clustered
in picturesque groups on duck, some of
thorn singing the low, monotonous and
barbaric chants of their race, others en
gaged heart and soul in the calm delight
of chewing betel. A queer lot they
seemed to the sailors, with their dark
copper-colored skins, their heads well i
thatched with moss of woolly lmir and
their deep-sunk eyes and short noses.
During the eleven days that had passed
since they embarked on the schooner
from their crescont-sliaped and beauti- i
fully-carved canoes many a malodiction
had been hurled at their heads by the
seamen, who wore unable to get any !
sleep in their watch below owing to the
coaseloss singing and tlio perpetual I
thrumming on bamboo drums much re
sembling tho tom-toins of India. Nobody
to look at them in their scanty but neat
ly fringed girdles—their sole attire— 1
would imagine them to bo cannibals,
whose highest ambition was to feast on
cold boiled baby. But such was the frozen
truth.
Tho speculators, however, were getting
avenged on them for many a missionary
murdered and digested. Those ninefy
-80 veil Polynesians wero going into
slavery as pronounced and cruel as ever
existed on the island of Cuba. The
plantations of Queensland are noted for
their horrors, hut the (oveminent winks I
at them, the innocent islanders, men
ami women, chewed betel, sang songs
ami beat the drum as though there were
;io such '• institutions" in existence as tho
flesh-destroying thongs attached to the
whips of burly and brutal overseers. ;
They made their acquaintance later.
" I fear those copper-colored devils
will eat their heads off before we get to
Maryborough, if this weather lasts," ob
served the captain to the mate. You
see ho had contracted with the specula
tors to carry them to their destination at
so much a head, for each one delivered
alive, the ship supplying them with their
food, consisting chiefly of rice and suit i
fish.
The skipper was a capital fellow. He
had no sympathy with the business in
which he was engaged, hut his owners
had chartered the schooner, and he nat
mtill\ wanted to make us much uioiiev as
possible. So all that golden afternoon -
he was in rather a bud temper, pacing
the quarter-deck impatiently and easting
his eyes all around the horizon in tie
hope of seeing welcome catspaws indicat
ing a breeze.
Something all at once caught his eye. 1
Seizing the telescope that was in its ac
customed place on the skylight, ho !
climbed halfway up tho main rigging and
had a look at an object broad on the
Starboard beam. The sheets were hurled j
aft on the port siilo and the vessel was
bending southwest, lie remained aloft
about leu minutes ami then came down.
He told the mate that there was a ship's
boat in sight with a sail set and appar
ently in distress, and said that lie was
going to hoc it there was anybody on
board of her, if possible.
A taint: breath of wind camo along
from the northward, just sufficient to till
the topsails and the main topmast stuv
suil.
"Haul aft the main and fore sheets,
tisin down the head sheets, luff' all you
can. sang out the captain in one breath. '
And so the schooner was headed as
close as possible for the boat, which was
not yet visible from the deck.
'1 h presence of so small a craft 100
miles from the nearest point of land was
rather surprising, and all hands felt
anxious about her. She was now about
seven miles dead to windward, and the
schooner made a number of short tacks
toward her. The wind was so light that
it was a longand tedious task to come up
with her.
At length, about 5 o'clock, she was
close alongside. An emaciated, haggard
man was steering her. His beard and
hair wero long and shaggy, and to use a
homely simile, his eyes were like two
burnt holes in a blanket. A line was
thrown to him as he passed under the
schooners stem. It was with the great
est difficulty that lie managed to crawl 1
forward and take a turn around a cleat
with the lino. Several of the crew jumped j
down into the boat and assisted tho
man to cliuib aboard tho schooner. As
soon as he reached the deck he fainted, j
He was placed on tho after hatch and a
few drops of rum were forced between
bis lips. I'nder this potent influence ho 1
rapidly revived.
"NoWjiny lad," said the skipper, "don't
try to talk; drink some of this soup and j
then take a rest; you will soon be a inun j
again."
The poor fellow tried to mutter a word
or two of gratitude. He gulped down a (
few swallows of soup, and after tolling
the captain that his name was Bernard j
(iilbov. and that lie sailed IG2 days be- .
fore from San Francisco, Cub. lie was
taken below and put into a bunk, where i
he soon fell asleep.
His boat was hoisted inboard in slior,'
I order, the islanders tailing on to the
j tackle fulls and singing a joyous song.
She was a strange-looking craft. The
! carpenter pulled his rule out of his pocket
! and measured her. He dimensions were:
18 feet over all; beam, fi feet; depth. 2
ft. 0 ill. She was docked over, and her j
1 hull was divided into two compartments
: by u water-tight bulkhead about G teat ,
' from the stern. She had been rigged as
a schooner, but only the foremast was
1 standing.
The after compartment was t> feet
! long, with a hatch in the centre and with
| a locker ou each side. She appeared to
have been fitted out with u view to a
deep-water voyage, but looked much the
| worse for wear. Her bottom was covered
with thick clusters of buruucles. Her
! rigging was rather rotten, and her deck
; was covered with sliine.
I The islanders flocked round the boat,
whose name was tho Pacific —painted in j
small letters on her stern. They ex
; pressed a good deal of curiosity concern- j
ing her, as was evident from their excited
t ilk and gestures. The Pacific was j
firmly lushed to ringbolts in the deck, I
i everything on board of her being taken j
! out. There wasn't a scrap of food
aboard; a ten-gallon keg contained four |
and one-half inches of fresh water, and i
i there was about half a gill of alcohol in j
a druggist's bottle. That evening a fine
breeze arose and tho schooner headed for j
her destination, dancing over the waves ;
gallantly and clipper-like.
Next morning the steward woko up the
poor fellow so providentially rescued
from the rapacious jaws of death, whoso :
fangs were about closing on him when '
the schooner cited him. He was much
refreshed, and after taking a onp of cof
fee and a slice of toast went on deck,
whore the cook, who was u bit of a bar
ber, cut his hair and trimmed his beard.
Then ho had a good wash and was ready
for breakfast.
While bo was partaking of a plentiful
meal, which he said tasted better than
any he hud oaten since leaving San
Francisco, he told his story, often hesita
ting for a word, and speaking in a strange
tone that reminded one of ghosts.
His name, as before mentioned, was
Bernard Gilboy. His home was in Buf
falo, N. V. From boyhood his hobby
wis the sailing of small boats, and lie
hud gone to sea at an early ago. It ap
pears that reading the account of Capt.
Johnson crossing the Atlantic alouo in a
boat 15 feet keel, 5 foot 0 inches beam
uud 28 inches depth, induced him to un
dertake a voyage to Australia from San
Francisco. Accordingly he contracted
with Burns & Kneussof that porttobuild
him the boat picked up the day previous
of the dimensions given above. She was
launched on Friday, Aug. 3, 188*2, and
she sailed on Friday, Aug. 18. Is thero
any wonder that she camo to grief? The
only cause for astonishment is tliut her
owner didn't fetch up for a full due in
Davy Jones's looker, for as every sailor
knows, Friday is a most unlucky day.
On August *J lie got his olearanoe from tho
Custom-Housc. The craft had very little
free-board. She was laden with 14 ten
gallon casks of water, 105 pounds of hard
tack packed in fifteen-pound watertight
tin cans, two dozen cans of roast beet in
two-and-a-half-pound cans, two dozen
roast chickens in one pound cans, two do/,,
one-pound cans of salmon, two dozen cans
■ of boneless pigs' feet, two dozen cans of
pouches, two dozen cans of condensed
milk, twenty-five pounds of loaf sugar,
one gross of matches in six bottles, half a
gallon of alcohol in a druggist's glass jar,
ten gallons of nut oil, five gallons of ker
osono oil, three pounds of coffee, two
pounds of tea, one ear of oastile soap, two
pounds of lard, three pounds of nails, one
wooden pump, twelve feet of half-inch
hose, which he used as a syphon to get
fresh water out of the kegs with, grains,
hammer and hatchet, u few copper tacks,
kerosene oil stove, pocket alcohol stove,
two lamps, one pound of caudles, two
compasses, barometer, and sextant, pat
ent taffruil log, double-barrel shotgun,
powder and shot, revolver and cartridges,
' clock uud watch,nine knives, anchor and
sea drag, with about forty fathoms of one
and a half inch line, a ball of spun-yarn j
undn murlinspike,navigation books, sheet
1 chart of the South Pacific, an American
Hug, clothing, one pair of twelve-foot
oars, uud an umbrella, which he found
bandy when the wind was light and the
sun strong.
Thus equipped Gilroy put to sea in the 1
frail boat Pacific. His usual course was ;
to sail at night und heave to and rest
i during the day. This he accomplished ■,
us First lie threw his sea anchor
overboard on tho weather side, hauled j
down the jib, lowered the foresail,
trimmed tho main sheet fiat down and
lushed the helm admidships. Thus, us
the boat drifted to leeward, the sea
anchor kept her bead to sea and the main
sail Btcadied her. Trimmed In this way
the boat made quite good weather of it, j
even in a heavy sea.
I he Pacific made fair progress, with 1
little eventful happening until October;
G, when Gilhoy caught a turtle, which he
cut up und cooked. His previous prey
had been bonitos uud Hying fish, which I
ho caught ut rather rare intervals.
On the 20tli day out he spoke the
hurkentino Tropicvnnce, Capt. Burns,
from Tahiti to San Francisco, in latitude
14 deg. 50 mill, south and longitude 140
i deg. 2 min. west. The captain supplied
| Gilboy with as many oranges, bananas
; and limes as lie would take, und promised
to report him on his arrival in San Fran
-1 cisco.
I he monotonous voyage went on until
\\ ednesduv, December 13. The udveu
turous Gilboy had reached 22 deg. 23
; min. south latitude, and 178 dog. 43 min.
oust longitude. The Pacific was jogging
along under short sail, with the trade
wind blowing strongly and a high sea
running. At 9 o'clock at night a heavy
• soa capsized tho boat. Gilboy,
who was clad in a long oilskin coat over a
heavy suit of clothes, came up on tho
weather side und crawled on tho bottom
of his unlucky craft. After working for
several hours he contrivod to right her,
but found that nearly all his stores and
provisions wero either lost or destroyed.
The only instruments ho hud loft to nav
igate with were his sextant and patent
> log, both his campasses being lost, but
nevertheless he kept bravely on his
course, though the mainmast was.gone.
Gn Christmas Day ho overhauled his
stock of provisions and found that lie had
lomatuing twelve pounds of cuniied meat
and fish, half a gallon of alcohol and
( fifteen gallons of water—a scanty store
, with which to roach the nearest point of
Australia, 1,200 miles distant. On
Wednesday, January 3, he had left four
pounds of beef, one quart of alcohol and
j ten gullons of water. On January 7,
[just as lie uwoke, he saw a bird standing
jon tlio stern of tho bo.it. Ho wondered j
; that it did not fly away. As it turned its j
j head to peck its tail feathers he made a ;
grab ut it and caught it. It was as big
us u small pigeon. He skinned it and
1 made soup of it. That day his remain .
i ing stock was one two-pound can of beef. .
u little iilcolnd and seven gallons of water. J
' On January 10 he caught another seu i
bird, which, after flying about the boat,
alighted oil his head. Next day lie
caught another. On January 13 he ate
the last of his beef, which was about two
ounces.
Fnuu that day until he was picked up
lie existed on the flying fish that hap
pened to drop on deck and an occasional
sea bird. He husbanded his supply of
water most carefully. This is an extract
from his log of his last day on the Pu
cific;
"Monday, January 29. sunrise: Light,
steady breeze, the weather being clear
and pleasant; looked round the dock foi
flying fish, but could not find any; I felt
very weak and hungry. After taking my
morning's allowance of alcohol there was
Hut enough for another meal, which was
about two teaspoonfuls. I measured the
water, and found four audonc-hulf inches
in the ten-gallon keg; so after this day I
shall have nothing but water to sustain
j life, and there being but little of that
makes mo think 1 shall not lust long uii-
I less I get relief.
"For the first time I began to give up
all hope of escaping from starvation
' and wonder how long it would bo before
the end. I foil into a reverie, and re
mained in nioditutioii for about un hour,
when I looked to leeward and there saw a
sail quite plainly, about eight miles off.
; I could hardly believe my eyes, but, real
izing it wus no dream, I quickly altered
:my course uud run before the wind,
1 which was very light, heuding to cross
her bow. I caught hold of the urnbreliu
which was lying on dcok, opened it and
, kept waving it, in hopes of attracting
their attention. After waving it for u
short time it slipped out of iny haud and
went overboard.
I 4 ( Then I got the flag and fastened it
on a stick, and kept waving it without at
tracting any attention. 1 took my re
volver, which had the last six cartridges
in the chambers, and fired them off'with
out any effect. I then huuled down the
jib and made the flag fast to the upper
part of it with the union down, hoisting
I tho jib up again. By this time the ves
i sel was right ahead of me and I feared
1 that she would pass without seeing me,
' | when finally I saw her tack, which con
vinced me that I had been seen. I sailed
ln-fore the wind and the vessel beat to
' windward toward me. The wind being
light and the boat's bottom covered with
barnacles, it was 5 o'clock before I got
alongside. I sailed under her lee quarter
' , and was saved."
' Gilboy, having u strong constitution,
inudo a complete recovery. He had
J i sailed 7,000 miles all alone. On Febru
ary 2 the Alfred Vittery arrived at Mary
~ I borough. Tlio doctor passed the Poly -
, i nesiuus and they were sent ashore. Gil
boy also left the schooner and his boat
followed him. lie exhibited her in vari
ous carts of Australia. The Sydney
j Punch of February 17, 1883, laid some
u j verses about him, aud he enjoyed a good
i deal of newspaper fame. I don't know
r ! what he is doing now. 1 have not seeu
him for years, but I trust ho is alive and
well, for he was a brave and manly
American that deserved much from tliut
(i i fickle jade, Fortune.—[New York lle
a cordor.
A Lost Lake,
i A curious spectacle was to bo seen on
ii the outskirts of Gainesvillo, Flu., re
cently. Alachua lake, from ten to fif
s teen miles in length and covering some
f 40,000 acres of land, is no more. On its
1 banks wero lying thousands of dead fish,
. dead alligators flouted ghastly in pools of
i black water and tho atmosphere was
, heavy with noxious gases. Men and boys
■ wero there in throngs with hoes aud
i rakes, dragging to shore hundreds of fish
• which had sought the pools for refuge.
! Tlio waters were fairly alive with their
i struggles for existence. Except for a
small stream known as Payne's oreek,
, flowing from Newman's lake into the
, Sink, the two main basins of the Sink and
a few stagnant pools no water is now to
be seen where a few yours ago steamers
■ were ploughing their way. This is the
second time since 1823 tliut a similar oc
currence has taken place. At tliut time
the bed of the lake was a largo prairie—•
Payne's prairie—having in it a body of
water called the Sink and a small creek.
In 18G8 heavy rains filled up the prairie,
but the water disappeared after a short
time, and the prairie was again dry land.
In 1873, after a series of heavy rains,
the Sink overflowed and the creek swelled
to the dimensions of a lake. During
| several years the waters increased till a
larger lake was formed, and for fully
fifteen years sufficient depth of water
I stood over the prairie to allow of small
steumers. During the last two years,
i however, the waters have been gradually
| lowering, and about four weeks ago they
commenced going down with surprising
rapidity, the lake falling about eight feet
in ten days, until now nothing is left of
Alachua Luke but the memory of it.
i The Sink is considered the cause of this
j change. There is evidently an under
j ground passage connected, and for some
I reason not understood this underground
passage has been acting as a drain until
! all tlii! water in the lake has been drawn
j off*.—[Providence Journal.
A Vouug Cossack's Kide.
When tho Czarewitch on his recent
i journey visited the Krasnogorskiy settle
-1 meat of Cossacks in Siberia, u boy Cos
i suck, 13 years old, begged to accompany
I him us body guard to the border of the
. settlement, a distance of 143 vorsts (seven
j vorsts uro five miles). Tho privilege
1 was granted him, and the boy, trim and
. i nice on bis little horse, rode tlio whole
j distance by the right wheel of the Czare
witch's carriago at an average speed of
r twenty vorsts an hour without the least
sign of weariness. He hud a small satin
i ensign with the imporiul escutcheon on
. one side and the inscription, " God Save
Our August Ataman," on the other. The
L ensign had boon wrought by u Cossack
, woman, the aunt of tho lad. The boy
, received a gold watch und chain for his
bravery, and his aunt received a diamond
ring.—[New York Sun.
i
A Musical Novelty.
I Dr. Alfred Steizner of Naples, Italy.
4 lias invented a new stringed instrument,
with a compuss between that of the viola
s und the violoncello. He calls it tho
1: 44 violottu." By means of this instru
t ' liiont a new setting of quartets is made
I possible. An experiment has been made
b | with it in Dr. Stelzner's house at Wies
f buden, at which Dr. Joachim was present,
: und played the new instrument in some
r ; quartet music composed by Dr. Steizner.
• I l)r. Joachim showed his approval of the
. new invention by ordering u " violotta "
£ i for himself.—[New York Recorder.
NOTES AND (OHMENTS.
MRS. HKI.KN M. KKMINGTON of Sun
Francisco claims to have boon the first to
devise the use of threads running through
hunk-note paper us it safeguard against
counterfeiting. She received u patent
for tho idea and the process, and is going
to Washington to assert a claim against
the Government for the use of her in
vention, which, she says, it began five
or six years before her patent rights ex
pired.
InK three great Indian chiefs of tho
Northwest —Joseph, Moses and Lot—ar
rived in Portland, Ore., recently to visit
the exposition there, and created a stir
among tho pioneers who had met the red
warriors in earlier days. Of recent years
these grim chieftains have been turning
their scalping knives into pruning hooks.
Lot in particular has made farmers of his
people, and done much to promote in
dustry among his tribe. Joseph is the
chief whose strategy and skill kept his
small army from being annihilated by
the I'nited States and volunteer troops.
Ir is reported thatun enormous amount
of timber bus boon stolen from public
lands in Wisconsin nnd Minnesota—fully
20,000,000 feet within the last three
years—and a Government post is to be
established to prevent further raids. Th®
grants to railroads of alternate sections
have led to the opening und settlement
of vast superficies, which would else have
remained in u state of nature; but, while
the railroads have disposed of their land
or money, tlie Government, to a con
siderable extent, has held on and been
the prey of the completed roads and
timber-thieves at large.
WACO, Tex., has un immense bath
house that draws its water from an
artesian well 1,870 feet deop. In tho
pool, that holds 80,000 gallons and is
refilled every two hours, the people of
both sexes disport themselves in bathing
costumes. The floor slopes from a depth
of two to a depth of twelve feet, so that
children are able to splash in the water
at one end of the pool while expert
swimmers take a ldunge at the other.
The flow of water from the well is a mil
lion gallons u day, and it has a natural
temperature of 112 degrees Fahrenheit.
In addition to tho nutatorium there are
the usual hot and cold private baths.
The water used is said to be of volcanic
origin, and the Waco "boomers" are
already predicting that their city will
become a second llot .Springs.
I JAPANF.SK pheasants are being domes
ticated in California. They are choicer
game birds for eating than the grouse,
and, being wary, make excellent sport. '
There is no bird like them for breeding,
three broods a year beiugnot uncommon.
Some time ago twenty pairs of pheasants
were turned out in Oregon, and now they
fairly swarm in that State. The Fish
and Game Commissioners are doing the
work in California. Last autumu five
pairs of pheasants wore liberated in the
brush on tho ltuacho del Paso, and a
number of Hocks have been seen there
this season. They are at present pro
tected by law, but in another year the
hunters will ho allowed to Hush them
that is to say, if they can be found out
sido of Mr. Haggins's ranch, whero tho
shooting is intended for his friends only.
IT is now proposed to connect Swollen
und Denmark l>y a tunnel through the
Oeresund. Through, not under it, a huge
iron pipe, big enough for passenger
trains to run in, is to be laid from Elsi
noro to Ilelsingborg, two English miles,
on hollow iron pillars filled with concrete.
It is proposed to so buiuuoo the weight
of the pipe with tho displaced mass of
water that the pillars will have scarcely
any burden to carry. The tunnel is to
be laid so deep as to bo secure from the
action of tho waves and out of tho reach
of tho biggest ships. One danger will
remain, however, against which tho skill
of the onginooro can provide no protec
tion—tho peril from a sinking wreck.
Should such a one strike tho tunnel it !
would be all up with it and with anything I
that happened to ho en route between
the two coasts in an instant. The costof !
tho tunnel is put at $1,000,000 or there- j
about*.
TIIE London Lancet denounces as i'ulso
the theory that abundant hair is a sign
of bodily or mental strength in man. It
says that despite the .Samson precedent
tho Chinese are mostly buhl, yet they
form the most enduring of races. The
average madhouse furnishes proof that
long and thick hair is not a sign of intel
lectuality. The easily wheedled Esau was
hairy, while the mighty Ciesar was bald.
1 ' I .nag-haired men are generally weak and
fanatical, and men with scant hair are
the philosophers and statesmen and sol
diers of the world," it concludes, though
of course to this rule there are many ex
ceptions. We suspect, facetiously adds
the New York Tribune, that the Lancet
will soon have an enormous circulation
in bald-headed circles, while on tho other
hand those of its renders who have plenty
of hair will promptly write to "stop their
paper."
" FARM i NO pays in the West, and
farming doesn't pay in the West," said a
man from South Dakota. "In ten years
I have made $">0,000 farming, starting
with nothing. Men all around me havo
starved to death, or pretty near it. One
thing is certain. Big farming doesn't
pay. There's Dulrymple, whose place
is iiot far from mine. lie tried farming
on a large scale 00,000 acres, I believe,
lie was a good farmer, too. He had real
executive ability, a fine organization.
II ii had a tremendous advantage in got
ting most of his machinery for nothing.
I've known the agents of a reaper and
mower factory to put sixty machines on
Dnlryinplo's farm without charging him
a cent, simply for tho advertisement.
Yet Dulrymple has not made any money.
1 don't know why it is, unless a largo
farm cannot make use of the small econ
omics which make a small farm self-sus
taining—the eggs, the butter, tho garden,
the women's work in kitchen and round
about."
Si'KAKiNG of Labrador, u correspondent
of the Philadelphia Ledger says: "There
is 110 law or any courts there. True, it
is a Canadian territory, and the light
houses upon the const and through the
Straits of Belle Isle are under the cure of
and supplied by the Colonial Board of
Quebec, but there has never been any
attempt to establish courts, build school
houses or in any way to interfere with
the domestic or political relations of the
inhabitants. There are no taxes there.
Every man does as ho pleases, so far as
four of the law is concerned, but notwith
standing this 1 heard of but few bad ac
tions on the part of the people. Fish and
seal abound there. The 'schools' of cod
are remarkable. I have soon enough
codfish in one school to satisfy the
stomach of England and Ainoriea for a
whole year. At Blanc Sablons llarbor,
or what is called the 'Jersey Booms,' in
the Straits of Bello Isle, they tell of a
haul of herring in a mammoth seine from
which they filled 5,000 barrels of fish,
ami then had to cut the seine, letting out
ten times as many fish us they hud bar
aiUL"
M.4lritri i llypnutmuK
Many a medical man couli tell ot
alarming conditions rosnili g from
Improper attempts at hypnotising liy
the unskilled amateur. One such
mase has quite recently been reported
by Dr. Solon. An amateur at a
friend's house volunteered to hypne.
tise another visitor, and after tvro
trials succeeded so well that the sut*
jeet became extremely excited, Hbsk
the power of speech, and then passed
into the condition of catalepsy; subse
quently he had severe couvultions.
He hail simply been hypnotised by
being made to look at a diamond ring,
and afterward the sight of anything
glistening threw him into a state of
violent excitement. The floor of. the
room in which the physlejas dis
covered him was covered with cush
ions, as he frequently threw himself
from the sofa onto the floor, and was
in a condition of grave hysteria with
fnaniaeal excitement. He was treated
with a full dose of sedatives, chloral,
sulphonal, bromides, and morphine,
but at first showed no improvement.
After ten days the convulsive attacks
v/ere replaced by periodsduring which
he sang persistently; he would sing
every song lie knew without stopping.
After a fortnight of this he had a high
temperature for several days, and al
together was very ill for three weeks.
Such cases arc not so uncommon as is
generally supposed. —[The Hospital.
A \\ oiilerrul Town,
Bessemer, Alabama, is to be found
only on the newest maps. In 1887,
the spot which the town of 40,000 in
habitants now murks was overrun by a
primitive forest. The accidental dis
covery of all tlie materials—coal, ore,
and lime—necessary to the establish
ment of a great iron-producing and
manufacturing center led to this sud
den inrush of population. To-day
the town counts over 900 coke ovens
and numerous mighty rolling mills,
which are in full swing day and
night.
Health
(sthatHtate when all the organs of the body per
j form their functions in regular and efficient man
nei; and to remove nny obstruction to such action
Is the proper duty of mod.cine.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Olvos health by purifying the b'ood, toning the
stomach nnd bowels, and Invigorating the kidneys
and liver. Thoreforo, If you are In poor health,
take llood's Sursiiparllla.
100 DOSOB One Dollar
IIOOU'M l'llls—Best liver lnvlgorator and ca
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Make H^ 5 " v
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It Is absolutely puro. Highly concentrated. In quan
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medicine. Prevents and cures all diseases. Good lor
young chicks. Worth moro than gold when hens moult.
Sample for C 6 cents in stampa. II vo puckuguii fI. 8 1-1 lb.
can, by mall, $I M Six can* express paid. Sample
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I. S. JOHNSON it CO., ti Custom llour.o St., Huston, Muss.
JOHNSON'S
*#odyh£
Originated by an Old Family Physician
For INTERNAL as much as EXTERNAL use.
Stops Pain, Cramps. Inflammation In body or limb, liko
magic. Cures tTroup, Ahthma.ttolds.t atari h, Ijuno ltack,
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DONALD KENNEDY
Of Roxburv. Mass., says
Kennedy's Medical Discovery
cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep-
Seated Ulcers of 40 years'
standing, Inward Tumors, and
every disease of the skin, ex
cept Thunder Ilutnoi, and
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I rice, |1.50. Sold by every
Druggist in the United States
and Canada.
ORATEFUL-COMFORTINO.
EPPSS COCOA
BREAKFAST.
"Ily a thorough knowledgo of tho natural lawt
wh eh govern tlio operatl >us of digestion and uutrl
tl n, and by u carerul uppllc atlon of the flne proper
tie*of ulcs lectul Cocoa, Mr. EppH has provldtd
*ur breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured bov*
crai.o which may save us many hoavy doctors' Dills.
' is oy tue Judiolbus use of such articles of diet
thsi noomtUutloa may be gr dually built ui until
.trong enougu to resist every teudonoy to disease.
Jundruds of subtle maladies are floating around us
ready to attauic wherever there Is a weak point,
We may escape many a fatal shaft by koeplng our
selves well f'trtlflel with pure blood a d a properly
nourlJhod frame."— Servioa Uauette."
Made simply with bollln/ water r milk. Sold
only lu naif-uouu.l tins, y Grocer*. labelled thus;
JA UKH KPl'rt A: CIO., Homoeopathic ChemUte,
LONDON, i£ NO LAND.
Ely's Cream Balm
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you ARE INVITED
To call and inspect our im
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DRY GOODS,
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FURNITURE, Etc.
Our store is full of the new
est assortment. The prices are
the lowest. All are invited to
see our goods and all will be
pleased.
J. P. McDonald,
S. W. Corner Centre ami South Sts., t'reelund.
FERRY & CHRISTY,
dealers In
Stationary, School Books,
Periodicals, Song Books, Musical
Instruments.
CIGARS and TOBACCO,
sifozesthsto- goods
Window Fixtures and Shades, Mirrors,
Pictures and Frames made to order.
Pictures enlarged and Framed.
Crayon Work a Specialty.
?,7 Centre St tr
oppo
MSPII IMB
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Shows conclusivel> "how to get the most ser
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to any address for :J0 cents. Address, (JKO. P.
ltoWKi.i. &i Co., l'ublisliers and Oeneral Adver
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C. D. ROHRBACH,
Dealer in
Hardware, Paints, Varnish,
Oil, Wall Paper, Mining
Tools and mining Sup
plies of all kinds,
Lamps, Globes, Tinware, Etc.
Having purchased the stock
of Wm. J. Eckert and added a
considerable amount to the
present stock I am prepared to
sell at prices that defy compe
tition.
Don't forget to try my special
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Centre Street, Freeland Pa.
E. M. GERITZ,
2R years in Germany mid America, opposite
the ( cut ml Hotel, ( outre Street, Freelnea. The
Cheapest Repairing Store in town.
Watches. Clocks and Jewelry.
New Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry on hand for the Holi.
days; the lowest cash price in
town. Jewelry repaired in
short notice. All Watch Re
pairing guaranteed for one
year.
Eight Day Clocks from $ll.OO
to $12.00; New Watches from
SI.OO up.
E. M. GERITZ,
Opposite Central Hotel, Centre St., Freeland.
GO TO
Fisher Bros.
Livery Stable
FOR
FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS
At Short Notice, for Weddings, Parties nnd
Funerals. Front Street, two squares
below Freeland Opera House.
JOB
PRINTING
aXJWUTSO LT THIS OJfiOl AT
Lowest Living Prices.
The undersigned has been appoint
ed agent for the sale of G. B. Markle
& Co.'a
Highland Coal.
'lhe quality of the Highland Coal
needs no recommendation, being hand
picked, thoroughly screeued and free
from Blate, makes it desirable for
Domestic purposes. All orders left
at the THIHI NK office will receive
prompt attention.
Price $3.75 per two-horse wagon
load. T. A. BUCKLEY, Agent.
PETER TIMONY,
BOTTLER,
And Dealer in all kinds of
Liquors, Beer and Porter,
Temperance Drinks,
Etc., Etc.
Geo.Ringler&Co.'s
Celebrated LAGER BEER put
in Patent Sealed Bottles here
on the premises. Goods de
livered in any quantity, and to
any part of the country.
FREELAND BOTTLING WORKS,
Cor. Centre and Carbon Sta., Freeland.
(Near Lehigh Valley Depot.)
H. M. BRISLIN,
UNDERTAKER
AND
EMBALMER.
Also dealer in
FURNITURE
of every description.
Centre Street, above Luzerne, Freeland.
The Mot Successful Remedy ever discov
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blister. Read proof below :
KENDALL'S SPMIN CURE.
DKLVERNON, Pa., Nov. 27, Dfc.
DR. IB J. KENDALL CO. :
Gents—l would like to make known to those who
are almost persuaded to use Kendall's Spavin Cure
the fact that I think It Is a most excellent Liniment -
I have used iton a Blood Spavin. The horse went oti
three legs for three yeurs when 1 commenced to
use your Kendall's Spavin Cur.-. I used tea hot
ties on the horse ana have worked him for three
years since and has not been lame.
Yours kruly, WM. A. CURL.
GERMANTOWN, N. Y., Nov. 2,1889.
Dr. B. J. KENDALL CO.,
Euoeburgh Falls, Vt.
Gents: In pralseof Kendall's Spavin Cure iwfl(
say. that n year ago I hud :i valuable young horw b*.
come very lame, hock enlarged and swollen. The
horsemen about here (we have lio Veterinary Sur
geon here) pronounced his lameness Blood Spavin
or Thoroughpin, they r.ll told mo there was u<
cure lor It, ho became about useless, and I con
sidered him almost worthless. A friend told me of
the merits of your Keudall'a fcpavlu Cure, so I
bought a bottle, ami I could see very plainly great
improvements immediately from its use,and before
the bottle was used up I wnssutbdled that, it wan
doing him a great deal of good. I bought a second
bottle and before It was used up iuy horse waa
cured and has been in the team doing heavy work
all the season slneo last April, showing no more
signs of It. 1 consider y.rnr Kendall's Spavin Cure,
n valuable medicine, nnd it should lie In overy
stablo la the land. Respectfully yours,
EUGENIC DEWITT.
Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for ST. All drug -
gists have It or can get it for you, or it will bo sent,
to any address on receipt of price by the proprie -
tors. DK. 11. J. KENDALL CO.,
EnoMburgh Falls, VertnoujL
801.1) NY AM, DIMJOOISTS.
A. RUDEWIGK,
GENERAL STORE.
SOUTH IIEBERTON, PA.
Clothing, Groceries, Etc., Etc.
Agent for the sale of
PASSAGE TICKETS
From all the principal points in Europe,
to all points in the United States.
Agent for the transmission of
MONEY
To all parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts,
and Letters of Exchange on Foreign
Banks cashed at reasonable ralva.
S. KUDU]WICK,
Wholesale Dealer In
Imported Id randy, II 'irie
And All Kinds Of
LIQUORS.
THE BEST
Beer,
JPorter,
A.le And
Brown St© tit.
Foreign and Domestic.
Cigars Kept 011 Hand.
S. RUDEWIGK,
SOUTH HEBERTON.
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