Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), December 29, 1881, p. 5

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aunuurax i uesnf ue tir wshhtsswi a capital stryt fife of a 0u aire yon are ta tha hnbl ot- givtng to the poor like a newborn babe e- oairae its precious bttie professor of rhetoric vhei import at chtomouotowbottiia the utter nr of a uicugit nan deterted hit wife be omm the vat deaf mod dumb men lit- ue know when they htvc a treasure in ihe home the wont kind if rheumatism is the spare rootnatitni manysa unhappy a es hai crowded in between ita kytheetri ad dled of it rq in the gveased chaniber as the follow said who had forgotten them m- ber of kb room and goneinto the firat e he came to tii the sunset of life givea metnytt cal -lore- and cominc event cut their shadows won and the- thirst that you ieel u a thirat more intense when a schooner coats 5 nd youve only 4 ceuu t s an editor wrote a headline a horrible x blunder to go over a railroad accident bat though it was the printers fault that itgot over the account of a wedding the editor was the man thraahed ell the same shes tecn away my heart ia the itfe of a recentlyissued tong by john v defoe of indianapolis this is certainly hard bat even in oar deepest gloom there is alwsli a rift in the clouds juhii she might bare taken your liver a minister in one of bisparochial tactaeowherd and asked him what s it was aopat 12 sir was the well quoth the minister 1 thong hvl been more its never any here replied the borr it just begins ktl again brown in abad way luiet brown fast now said pingrevj he looked fearfully glum what s the matter with hub j i a notegone to protest xo -renlied- browns clerk theyve sent him word that his note is overdue and he has gone to protest i in sysmall german town an innkeeper to get rid of a book peddlers importunities bought an lmwm from him and putting it in lus pocket left the inn his wife jjust then coming in to take his place the iwo- man was then persuaded towyan almsjiar not knowing that her hatband had one al ready the husband shortly returning and i discovering the trick sent his porter w the railway station after the peddler with a message that he wished to see the latter on business oh yes said the peddleri i know he wants one of my almanacs but i really cant miss my train for tha jyou can give me a quarter and fake the shnnnar to him the porter paid the moueyj and carried a third almanac to tha inukpcr tableaa htngwlar jatuon against a ttasey at the manchester county court recently wore sir j a russell q c judge john hajgh boatowner slaithwaite brought an action against isaao fmeiurg money lender liverpoolwith a branch of- fica at manchester and r- cook his clerk to recover compensation for illegal detection and alio the sum of 5 which they had in duced him to pay about the end of au gust last the pain tiff applied to- the onia of the defendant for a loan he saw ma jo seph fineberg a son of the defendant- who managed hia fathers business at manchester ahdinrepiy to questions told him he wanted 1007and the security he was to offer iaa a number of canalboats on the first peca- sion he was asked nothing as to whetoer he hadmoney advanced on the boats but srhen he cahed again a day or two after mr joseph fineberg- put the question to rhnn and he replied thai there were two bills of sale on them held by mr whittaker of huddersfield and a third which was un registered by a mr georgepaine of man chester uban hiring tnat mr fineberg expressed 1 is wish to communicate with mr whittaker and with the plaintiff i consent be did so he received a reply by telegraph and then told mr haigh that he could not i advance kira the loan in consequence of these bqls of sale and added that ha mint payhim 5 for- expenses which had been lncorrsl in preparing a bill of sale j the phsettilt demurred to doing this as he thought such preparation was premature in view of the fact that they had never agreed as to terms according to mr hughs own statement fineberg and cook told him he would have to sign an 1 0 u for the 5 before he left the room and they placed themselves in such- a position that be was unable to get out of the office 1 after wrangling for some ten minutes the plaintiff signed the i 0 u- and was allowed tojleare soon after he received a letter threatening lejral proceedings if he did notsenda heque to take up the 10 d and he thereupon re mitted the money it the version of the defendant and ms clerk cmfered very materially from that if the plaintiff they said thatwhen he wis firat askui if there were any bids of sale an ttie boatsbe flatly denied it and it wif onlj- when the registration was pointed out to him that h srlmmjudfsd it vhbtold thato freely theeri iboohi bag sadihe tfw thehiaav palt stated t maaaai rfrsr not the jiffisailtdiivaotbejiev teraaeiioirbstt rsgetbantbi canldhatdlj 4 tha itldnltht train across the dull sad brooding niirht a rtant ftles with demon ll3u anibseath otwreaulritsjioke around kim whhf thsmaunc plain and with a dash of dun disdain lie cleaves the sandored roea u tooelj- swampsthe tow wlidmirs the belt of mack funereal art that murmur n ibe sky stub startled by lua mad career they seem to kcenn hnsh of fear as if a god swept by through many a dark wild heart of bealh qcr booming bridgea where beneath a mighty river brawls br ruins reasnants of the past their ivies trembling in the blast by singing waterfalls the alnmbrer on his silent bed turns to the light ida lonely bead brfested of its dream longloairaea of gloom are hurried oer through taoael lies its wlu iron roar ai ihrfu nighfjioung scream ihniduktaia past fcj uuth famaoe ftamea twhose j5efrandungwuhthe rsanaosiemd to where theldtb x wrap in a roheorught here round each wide and gnshlo pile aorbwdof eager faces wait i and evert smile is known i we thank thee d lion tuan train i that ui uu elv once agantl we clasp our tared our own sbsffhated tbc word which puxzlea you in the title bf this paper will not be found in johnson web ster or other like litem tare it is of such modern origin that the time- honored old anglosaxon partsoftpeoch contained in their folios would repudiate its society but it has such a definite meaning for that part of the englishspeaking family who are of the seafanug persuasion that 1 am convinc ed it will not easily die out ef the language its natal place is california that great fac tory of words and phrases more remarkable for novelty and energy than elegance and it came into existence about forty years ago many people still living shared in the first great sacramentatgoldruak and can remem ber the numbers a vessels pf an lizas from the great indiaman to the tiny schooners that were left forsaken in the harbor of 8an francisco captains mates stamen cabin- boys throwing all scnnleatothe winds hairing made tracks forthe digginsl to hare in the gold harvest some command ers and officers however to their honor be it told resisted the uver remained staunch to their ships andmade every ef fort to obtain men to replace their faithless crews they offered fahoions wages twenty times the usual amount they were willing to put into any port the crew might name so it was some place where there was a reas onable chance of obtaining other men but it was all of no use they could not induce sufficient hands to join to make up the limited ships company tbey were prepared to put to sea with it was after they had exhausted every means of persuasion that recourse was had to thatmost objectionable process knownas bbaniaeing shangbaeing simply means drugging sea men and conveying tnem on beard a ship which puts to sea before they recover and wss at the time above ukutiahed and is still to a greater ar less extentiiractise4 in ever- foreign port where men have been scarce and the rate of wages high enough to make it worth the while of boar jin hoiise masters and runners to take the risk sail ors usually got a months pay hindrance be fore l and in thefeast of a mans being shanghaied those lrtiobringnimlon board get paid that smoont so poor jack has to pay hia own kidnappers who seldom get punished ior fceramly xetnrns to xhe same port ar if he did would usually be more intent on having a spreethan in put ting the law in force against hubetrayers moreover it would be very bast for him to i prove anything against them for it is not such an unusual thing for a sailor to ship on board a vessel while be is intoxicated as they would assert be was ind he would not be able to produce witnesses to gainsay them hox shangbaeing got its name i do not sxtbw perhaps from some ingenious native of the flowery land to whom shanghai hnd french-leave- theyankta skipper and i landed togethar and i noticed as i hurried oft on my errand that he took a good look at me the agent lived tome distance off i and i suppose it was- about halffput five oclock when i turned into the street iu which our chinese washerman was d micilod it was as disreputable looking a thoroughfare as could well be imagined the houses wero shabby oucstoried woodei 1 shanties inhab ited by seamens boanlin jhouso keepers chineso stevodoros and waterside charac ters of all sorts and ever second house was a grogshop i wsajyery fliirstyj and was regretting that these latter pad such a mean uninviting appearaice when a pin- card with a bright red 1 riangle and the words basss india pale ale conspicuously displayed on it caught ny eve it was hung on the open door of one of the drink ing dens and glancing in 1 caught a glimpse of the sinister features of t m captain of tho john k char iatopped the temptation waa great it was months anee 1 had tasted a drop of good kngush boer i well said 1 to myself what is good enough for the skipper of a good sli p like that ought to btr good enough for tho secondmate of a big barquey so here goes i marched each other come 4n deck and give a hand to get onderweikh for im going to make sail right away f am i shall do nothing of the kind i said and you had better put 1110 off to my own ship the i xow jest youj shut upl he interrupted want none of jyour lying yarns i teh yon plainly that if you donl go to your duty at once illjput you in irons down in the huaretto until i get you in blue water i and then ill string you up by the thumbs to the mizzen riggin and lather you pro perly and lead you a d03s life afterwards whereas if you behave as a sensible man i dont see why 50b shouldnt be as comfor table on board this craft as any other he spoke and looked so determinedly that i felt lie would bo as good as hia word and that my best chance would be to appear cowed and convinced so after a pause i said its very liard that a man should be dragged off and shipped whether he will or no but if it cannot be helped i suppose i must make the beat of it only i warn you captain price that kidnapping a british ati a new rarrltj of glaas jit any sillea bckic acid potash soda j bso and jefkely to attract thesttdution of all jxolaaotial persons on account of its pe culiar composition externally it isf exactly funflnr to glass but its lustre is higher and ifchas a greater refraction of equal ha perfectly wnite- clear transparent 1 can be ground and polished completely inaolnble in water bctrtrslsnd it u only attacked try hydrochloric or nitric add end is not af fected by hydrofluoric add it is easily fa- jsible in the name of a candle andl can be made of any colour its inost important property is that it can be readily fused on to zinc brass and iron it can also be need for the glazing of articles of glass and porcelain as hydrofluoric scid has no effect on the new glass it lis like ly to find employment for many technical pnrposes lv at edmonton wheat is quoted ajt 205 barley 9225 oats j100 and potatoes f 1c0 per dgishel j tui shares in what is called the kew birer rluch largely supplies london with water yielded an increa last yearj of 12- eooeacl kobody to blame has been the verdict of the intelligent jury in the scjwky disss ter the burning of that sbamshib was a scrt of cbnax of horrors had broken and the oelrjeas in a tempest wares made it impoksfble tor any dtber tbs- selio help her tben the barrel o napbcha lirstamthehrorrtrickeh em saw the wbrdehtartofthelxiatjapyramm f flanvt as the hahmnsirwjrscaeol ray they didnotobex the banning nanttha bot eawrisditinaheetarflnamev mg crews as lucrathe and more reliable a speculation thsn goldgrubbing in thediggings besides being an easy gentlemanjlike business re quiring only genius not muscle j in the year 1s70 i was secondmate of the barque kutqfidicr ot liverpool we were lying off callao haiiug discharged our cargo waiting for a charter at tliat time there was a great demand for guano and we were expecting to sail iii a day or two for chincha fslanils to load with that fragrant commodity but the skipper knewjthat shipi were scarce and lie stood out for a higher freight than the merchants were will- rn- to give j it was saturday afternoan and eipkt bells four oclock bad just struck we had fin ished washing down ani putting things snug for sunday when the captain eld man we called hini cams on deck that rascal achoy hasnt brouijht our clean clothes off yet has he t asked the captain no sir i replied of him i well just take one of the boats the gig and give him a hint fronme that suppose i no catchee clothes tonight he nocatchee dollar and at the same jtimc leave this let ter at the agents 1 iay ay air i repbed and was diving below to put en a jacket when be stopped ine saying hold on a bit ton had bet ter take a conple of the apprentices to pull yon ashore for i dont wut any of the uirewn nothing to leave the ship wages are high here and there have been a goodmaby deserflbns from thecrah lying closer in l t j very goody sir and rn a fe infnutes the two boys and myself were- on bur way ashore we passed close to a large f nilrig ged ship cahed the john e citru flying the stars and stripes 8ho had come up laden from the chitfcha island more than a week before and i wss surprised to find that she had not sailed yet tor making every allow ance for the dhatorisesi f tbeferurum dons she had had ample tine to gut her papers and clear the custora- bouse 1 remarked as much to the lad pulling the strokeoar old pietro the bnnboatrmantoldjne ssidbe that ahe ia shbrthsnded- noma of her crew tikving stjwdnddledt tor the manfodigghia pieljro yj they are paying five dollars a day down there to e -handa- 1 itroi replied ha4jetierj chattering tongue irom kpmsiding id aboard the ktngfaer hi am vusawill be ttyaoob jota atop torrlir bow j stand to fend ber ofrjnd wedrewnpto the landxogplace at 46 same time tbij gig of matokne putting off from heri the place was very dark but i saw the outbue of a man behind the counter thongk i could not distinctly see ltis face he was leaning over talking in low tones to the american captain they both looked up as i came in and in replv to my request for a bottle of bass tha herbeeper said all right step inside aind 111 bring it to you i j i bad no wiah to distnzb their conversa tion ao i coniplied i fancied afterwards that as i passed into thdrooin behind the shop i observed n sharp glance to pass lie- tween the two whisperers whb- were the only occupants it thelpuice the room i entered was a vile den sprclliric most hor ribly of bad spirits and stale tobacco as my eyes tot used to the darkneks i saw it contained a rough table i all notched and stained and a few battered chain on one of which i eat down my j beer jwas a long time in beevg brought in and i shouted and hammered on the table sereral times before the barkeeper appeared with the bottle in one band and a large tall glass in the other he said something in gruff tones jibout hav ing had to go to che ccuarjfor it and pro ceeded to draw the cork as far as i could see the glass waa quite empty and the capvule of the bottle pndiaiurbed but as i bad no suspicion ol any foul play being intended of course i did bot examine them particularly as i said before i was very thirsty and i took a good long pull before setting the glass down f then poured the rest of tnebeer into it anil was thinking of finishing it off and departing when i felt a numb sort of sleepiness jcomc over me i knew at once i had been fragged and made a rush for the door but before 1 reached it i staggered and fell full length 00 the floor where after one or two izeffecthal attempts tocry for aid i became inpensiblc i was awakened to consciousness by be- iog roughly bundled into ihe soernsheets of a boat j steady jack i heard some one cry or youu be rousing him up o fear repusdagnifftaice i recogniz ed as the barkeepers j i gave him too good a dose for that i guess lie wont stir this side of sunrise j j i knew by the sound of the barsthat the boat had put off from shore and knowing now that i was being shanghaied i tried to call out for assistance but my throat nnd mouth were wrapped jourid with many folds of a worsted comforter which while lea iing my nostrils free allowed only a muf fled sound to escape i tried to put up my hands to remove it but could not stir them a longmonkeyjacket had been buttoned tightly round me with iny arms inside in stead of in the sleevesv erinjng a veritable straight- jacket my legs seemed to have some weight on thorn which prevented me moving them and a slouchhat had been placed on my bead completely covering my eyes i struggled but it was ni use i was helpless as an infant there i told you so said the first voice hes woke upf 4nd the oais stopped woke up has he rejoined the bar keeper 1 11 soon give him ttmnsoothin syrupasll put him to sleep aguz you ketch hold of his nose i wss lying im my back almost imme diately i felt a rongh hud cjpaing my nos trils at the same tune some one pulled the comforter down front my mouth and as i gasped for breath forced ihe neck 0 a bottle between my teeth i had no option but to swallow sputterinkly edmet its con tents the bottle was tfa withdrawn the comforter replaced my nostrils released and in a few minutes i relapsed into unconsci ousness on again awakening i found myself lying in the bunk of a small cabin tins of pre served meat barrels of sugar iand flour ami other stores of f hat soft scattered around the place showed me j it waa nsed ias a stewards storeroom the uunk had no mattress or bedclothes in it there was a port over it and as th monkeyrfapket and comforter had been tacen off me i raised myself and looked out callao was ruible in the distance but i 1 ould see from the position of the shipping that the vessel i was in waa lying very far out in fact as i afterwards discoveretl she bad beet mov ed to her present berth during the tight but the thing that interested me most was a british gunboat lying about thethiidaf a mile offand the nearest vessel injiiglt ber broad unioajack droopjnp oter hqr stern i guessed it to be about eight oclock in the morning i was about to try the door vhen a key turned in it and lit opdried for trance of no other that theicgrjaibcj the john e chew 1 wasj not surprisea for i had already formed an opinion bf f here i was f well my lad howdo yonjfeel n6wf ho said in a binaqne maai how do heel i should youexpecta been nearly crajeo teryil ktjo at mm 7 ho hbat nl are rardolbnsbn in letex regard the stltpaunr oof ises an abandsfi berry wesiai tbasilkwotiufira numbers hitljrsomsly the john s hievti msintopssil which had been backed was filled again ibd the bor away under a press of canvas leaving her boat with mess a trophy r on the launchs arrival alongside of me i told the middy in oharge my itofy and he taking the guf in tow took ine cjn board the eunboat i repeated my tale to the captain he seemed rather inureduloui t and sent an officer on board the tngaar to make in quiries who brought my sklppejr back with hiin howor as the old my yarn in soma of its del captain began iq take the warmly but when it came to legal proof of what had occur- anythmg but satisfied yon see he said you ghost of a case against the american ship lie of con that you came or were brought on board drunk and that yon agreed to oil with him kay 1 have no doubt his oseen would swear to that or any other tale he might choose to invent and uy6u were really one of his crew he had a right to try to prevent verified the naval e dp more reducing e seemed ve not the of the would say sudject is a very serious oflehcet lybu deserting on the other hand if he oh leucssnitakomycliancoofthatniy ahonld feel it mdut he replied and steppini on deck motioned h bun hi mo to follow him here mr snell lie called this now hand has got sober at last and wants some thing to do ay ay sir replied tho mate from the oentoiarunlsm in rra britain forepart of tho ship where he was superin tending thcjiieu who manned the windlass tlien coming aft ho said shes hove short sir very well ioosc and sheet home the topsails well take a starboard cant wih this breeze here to me loti see how smart you can be in loosing this mitten topsail and mind you notricks or and he gave a significant look and a tap on hia revolver pocket 1 would like to have strangled him but 1 could only do as 1 waa bid as i went up the mizzen tigging i gazed despairingly at the gunboat injt i could expect no help from her she ivaa too far off lor a shout to be heard even if t dared to raise one and as to swimming it would have been certain death for the place swarmed with sharks when i got on the yard i saw a small shore skiff alongside amidsnips which i hail not observed before i three men come on board from her and my blood boiled as i recogniz ed the villainous barkeeper as oueof them come on board to be paid for me i said to myself and ive been sent up heretobe out ofthe way i was confirm ed in this belief by seeing them and the captain disappear down the coinpanionwsy the latter making a warning gesture to mc as he did so he evidently tbooght i wss completely tamed and only wanted a re minder tottep sue quiet bat at that very moment a ray of hope had flashed into my mind all the ships boats except the gig had been brought on board and secured it was hooked on to the davit falls but waa still in the water if i could but reach that to giro chase audi bring him bat k and as it is i shall demand redress froi 1 the united states consul with regard o this grog- drugging vagabond of a barkee ier he con tinued the case is different and i think something might be done so 1 shall take you on shore with mo at once to point out the house and get him arrested nothing was done however for on pro ceeding to tho street in whic l i had been drugged i found the houses o like each other that i could not take il on my con science to swear to any particoj ir one aa be ing the place and as for the hi rkeiper he was not see or board of as long a the aisa- fithtr wuintheneighborhokk so i had as our old man said to take he lesson for what it was worth and he at ded i sarve you right for gouig into such a en i now command as fine a ship the john e chnv jaad two years a 0 1 had the pleasure of meeting captain ob imce it was in melbourne and before re parted he had received v good a latherin aa ever he promised tne and though i hid made my self liable to a fine of five pour tjs which i duly paid i do not think i ei er sent five pounds in my life with snch a ajweet consci ousness of having got value for it boat unhook the fills and shore off i coaldiand resided at littlehampl ship attacks by the story of the loss of curtis while on a voyage dundee with 10000 bales of 26 hands is of a most acter the vessel was a largi a gross tonnage di 1043 and horse power she was budt tlepool 1878 for messrs fry diff and hitherto voyaged to 1 world without meetmgwith an was utterly under the comma 3 saunders who wasprerioi c which sid s- as we p bronght up a slde na the man in bar stern meets whom i aijp- posed to tslviniji ivfianain saerer hafledrfpmbbtab s whyhow srhi to i feel who baa to djeaih tni you idej fmiing straight ithejandliea is it pbnjgjged j4hj jp jwow anything nlwotdrogging i bnt board last night inastite of intbidaution so i pint yon bx here to his know you catpe on fektliareof you in stead 0 letting you boltoyour proper place flothstlaifci in- thatfscool has knock- me tbefocale my proper pbwe 1 qoired bowsthatrbe that is but ed it all out yve4ijsjly captain job price 1 a j staiw skip irate mb csew nprjnew havennaoyagefjoti cmaotftrryenst weatejj momk iithwmi inonuilana lyouve 1 sd n jmohjftvjfjr m advance which pvegi twrtajesaewprovel heapoke tiukaaif3 wrerepeetingaleaeon which bo wiihed te in press wmyl memory bnt nowi changing 1 hi uosa to xmeolmen- sckwikihwaa entphi sised jibythodplay oti3lvtsr irhioh j4rirom awm behiijhin4 hs w fco lardyniate sach an outcry jbefore i vaa captured aa would ttract tiifc gunboats at- uhtdotl to caftlooae and lower one of the other boat woud take them at least five ininntea so i had only the jskjff to take into account tho idea vaa no sooner conceived than acted on graaping the bockstay 1 slid rapidly down fortant fatored me all tie men who were not aloft were at the windlass the fore and main topsails htl teen sheeted home and as i reached the boat the cry of all a weigh and the rapid clanking pf the windlass palls iold ine that the anchor had left the ground and the vessel was moving a moment after i was discovered and i beard shouts aojl a harried tramping along the deck with nervous eagerness i un hooked the falls but my heart sank aa i found the boats painter wis made fast on deck j i felt in my pocket for my claspknife by the greatest good ldbk iti had not been taken from me an instant sufficed to open it cut the painter and givealngorous shove aaunst the ships aide as i drifted undo the stern captain job prices face appeared just above tnei he had hi revolver in his nana comeback he cried with a horrible oath or iu drill a hole through yoo my only reply was to throw myself down in the boat ana make as small a target of yself as possible for i saw by the mans face he meant murder s 111 give you one more chance he yelled but i lay close for i knew tbe ship was gathering way every second and his toice already sounded farther off than be fore another second or two passed ind then he fired the ball struck a thwart above die and glanced off again and again i heard the reports of the revolver and each time the boat waa hit hot i was not touch ed the distance between ua being how enough j for the gunwale of the boat to be a protoc tion to me when he had emptied all eil cliambers of i his revolver t stood up and saw the joint k chetc sonjc fifty yards loff gradually stealing awy before the wind but i also saw another sight that wasj not by any means so pleasant this was the skiff put ting off from the ship in pursuit of me with the barkeeper and his two companions in it i looked around the gig there were no oars in it i tried to drag but a thwart but they all defied my efforts to move them with the btajength of desperation i then tried tho scats in the stern and after repeat ed attempts succeeded in loosening one of them a final wrench and it came away in my hands it was about fire feet long nine inches in wulth and an icli thick i then commenced to paddle with it first on one side and jthen on the other standing up ani using all 1 my strength and shouting aa loud as i could to draw th6 gunboats notice but the boat vw too heavy for this mode of propulsion tojhavemuch effect on her- and the skiff gained fast on me the barkeeper was standing -in- her bows one man was rowing and i the other was seated in the stem they isaid not a wordas tjwy came up and when the bow of the akiff touch- ed the sternlof the gig the bwkeeper made a spring aa he did i swungionnd my im- provisea padala and hit lrim with the edtre of itfairlyjrgssthqsideof his bead he gave a howll and fell over into the water nearly uwaraprng the akiff aa hh went down in the conmswav that ensued the rower dropped one of bis oars j and before tbey could recoovtjr it pick- up the hidfirowiied barkeeper ind bale out thf water they matthew osdcutu to and crew chain vuig iginesof 200 tweathar- co car- parts of the ktdent she of captain y the mate near brigh ton she leftcbrdiff with2 tons of coal for fort said and afterwards proceeded to calcutta for jute she left thisj port on the 14th septemberlhomeward bunker coal at point de september her chief offlt j may native of ejymouth cer mr chiswick aid i was mr monldof cardiff an ton a in tract wis it tt ertinottpuiajion4iotjdwfi the sirrfaoa hwi si flajstos iwalk bhslc np this ctttst miied the i ut wfth small the asuthbt an d cane rodsyheii eitraoroinaryamon it of capital la tested in aheap ane cattle raisbsgjh including the hot leaandnmletown- theaters it lm ilenjaigj ratno of ttetttoaui attain dad valbwamoanta to i zfimfi carelswijeidoirein iothe amtleimportat6k of i leap powsand bulls is indreaaing largely no less thsavl 000 head having wen d4 rend from eng land snathe united statt s i cantaegos alone in ajdeweak mrcrawuidt wilijia bngbsh turfman and bljsbaw oft ledknrawdjich- ess of montroeeis snberin with atsetare af fection of the threat thi dochess has late ly insisted thai he shall entirely give up smosjngsmandrorfi ition as he has rarely bean seen sfioir avcsoriht hia month mrcrawrttrd i issessid one of the largest and finestcollectii ns of rare and old cigars in uaaworlil ih r jrerejllsold by his wrfeinone kt taawt bhnown tobaccost ist in bond street ifandd i atilo per hnn- dredsihoigbtridoftiiea writcunhweekto a german princet 28 a hnndred the wtimatb lor ihe u rman hjdget for embasie and consulates a f6000p t inemdes s7 embassies 12 oonanlates-gener- al 37 contnlates and 5 v cecoosalate in the tiine of frederick tl ej qreat and bis father the trnssisn mmii ter in indoo hid about 30ppa year nc w b has rfx aidone of the finest mai alons there at s rental of notjeas thanf 500 ayear dp to bismarcks aim prnssia rat not represent ed by ambassadors at any court and nntil boniearent to london about 1845 the prusassn legation was n ens modepf scale prince btsnurcknas mat e splendid repre sentation abroad a feata ofhls policy and his eninaaaadbrs nosr rie in splendor of aps pointnents wifi those of kngland in spite of the protests of mr thorns the habit of centenarianism seems to be in creasing in these islands a few days ago some one died who had got into hia cen tury aa cricketers say and it was in vain for mr thorns to cavil for the rector pf lincoln testified to tha truth of the story keckless credulity is fjhe best intellectual rice with which anyone would uharge the rector of lincoln and to we presume that bis centenarian hu ipeaied to where beyond these voices the criticism of mr thomap- there is peace ko souner has this shock been administered to the skeptic who nas reduced the scores of somspy reputed cen tenarians than two mere aged people de part this life one sarah white has expir ed near birmingham at the advanced age of 106 leaving an orphan of 80 years 11a odes man is scotland has also forever deq serted the healthy neighborbeohjof dunoon mr archibald macarthut it said to have been die oldest inhabitant of scotland though it does not seem that he never re membered anything which ham welter mentioned is a characteriatic of oldest in- habitante in general on the contrary mr maearthnr retained his laoottjea to the last lie was not so old m sarah white having been born in 1777 thusnrgawta- tion can match in longevity with any in human history since the date of hoses un less we except the generations that saw lady desmond and the eelebrated jenkins it is of lady desmond wo think that the elegiac poet wrote sine lived to ihe age of one hundred and ten and died of a fan from a cherry tree then lady desmond had danced as a girl with kichard ik she manjaged to keep her head on her shoulders through a number of stormy yean and in the reign of euxabeth declared that richard waa not humpbacked at all bnt as fine a nun as jhe ever saw and a delightful partner yet even the liveliness ofxady bermoml pales before the supernatural sigorof dr ferrers masher of gonville and cains college in tbe universi ty of otmbridfc according to a state ment which appeared in a contemporary the late dr ferrers master of gonville and cains college was to day unanimously elected one or the electors to the sadlerian professorship in theuaee of the late dr bateson the longerity of heads of houses in the university ha long been notori ous but ithas been resehedforoambridge to make academical functionaries outii4g sl wo- her deceased officers ase late inaatefftst5 islesjssti2 cer and the chief engineer havj just reached it thi work uy stop- ace and it wat handy lirmvbars for s deck hose on s attempt- them with cardiff and the former they were steaming along africa and about to round to enter the gnlf of aden speed on to the rocks which fiercelooking savages of j brandished weapons ani others of their tribe to oome these savages he says ers in their woolly hair and ieir teeth were were naked and had weapons snch as swords hawks they showed board ns ana on two of towards us the captain fired his revolver to frighten t standing on the lower brii we also ran out a pounder port to try to frighten themlawayj but we cduld not use it the twd natives then swum back to land land on getting ashore they picked up their weapdns snd then fiercely brandished them and drew them across their throats as a tf of heaving cargo had- been ped in consequence of this we picked np everything such aa handspikes nxes defencer wer also screwed to the boiler so that if the aa ed to board ut wo eonld hot water the chief came with a second contingent sitting down on chair iuregal state accompanied by two a pendants who held a very large umbrella oi or ids head to protect him from the sun i the meantime wo commenced heaving carg withjthe ob ject of lightening the ship md getting off the rocks our efforta seer ed unajrailntg and we could see the savs ea holding a parley onr opinion was tl at they would wait nntil dark to attack us and as we had no proper means of defence ttabont ti pm we swung the boata out and ook water and biscuits into them we lo rered them ap hour afterwards and got infj them- there was i heavy ground swell on the broken water we pulled away m the ship which was rolling and thum ling heavily on the rocks and expected tohre ikin two every minute in tbb direction ol aden distant about 400 miles the savag s then swam to the ship in great numbers fo plunder we pulled away nil night in the our boats we were making a great deal o water neoessi- tating constant bailing at 11 pm we had a moderate rpeze we pn np the sails of the two lifeboats pne of wl ieh wan put in charge of the captain and own charge at 2 am on sighted a steamers lights signal of distress which swered the steamer was sageries martimeniailship 1 to the leyohellc wands derodmotocome up i i ent tojnim and he expressed his readiness b vraitranfil the whole of our party got on b ard thn pther boats arrived np and we w re all taken into tho teasel dur botts being hoisted up also we were treated with evi kindness and attention by commander 1 enierj who is a uentehant of the french a yiaad the ofib and pasaengefj eipsed the gonville and cains hat man elected is the place of the late dr bateson it really looks as if all the electoral to the sadlerian professorship were defunct acholars ter- haps there it a mistake somewhere mr maearthnr probmhly remembered a good many historical cuansbs he wss a ladof sixteen or seventeen dhringtite lleign of terror which hat taken the place pf the fortyfive at the ultima xhule othuman re collection he was drawing toward 40 when grizzling hair and brain doth clear at the time of the battle of waterloo he was so old that he had probably become a conj servative at the date of the first reform bsh and must have been perfectly antiquated when the corn laws were repealed yet he went on living he saw infonf kinga three republics and two emperors in france he saw italy a more geographical expression ent up for the beneht of a dozen prmcea anovj tax freat lainberprc lacipg regiona of the northwest aredrvidd into three dis- tinct districts known aa he mississippi val ley district the eatttm minhiga and huron shoje sad the la te mirjiigea the ed by the kissisarms crioix chnewa wisconsinv and other ri era producing last year 2000000 feet ofjni iber and 850000- ooqahmgleb- theaeceni district jnclud- thegreen bay shore cheboygan maa- iiiringtnn white lake hiiskegon- iti priests emperors and klngvandie lived to behold her one and united after he lived fourscore years he saw the war between prussia and austria theriseof prussia and the collapse of the empire jn france in hi time europe was mapped bnt half a dozen times aad the balance of power in the english constitution was shifted again and again mr maearthnr renumbered 98 and 48 and ha lived to see tbe irish land bib passed he was born in times when about three- weeks jrere consumed in the journey between edinburgh and lpn- don and he lived to see it become a promenade which may be accomnliahed between breakfast and dinkier in his life time tbe wholasystemof military ansainent was almost as much altered by the change alxmtthcsarw tmomt4hilli bsststn- mi chigan taking id tbe safemaw vejley and- huronsiq prbdncei boat 1100000000 feet i although iters h been ananasual cutting in theoaginavr r the azatest- increese this year is in t mississippi val- le t a wellknown xserma i msiinfartarer of mics wares herrbari el pfbreslau now makes mica masks for tl face which are qujte transparent very ight and aftected neither by heit nor by j dds they afford rottection to all wnrtmen who are to be injured by heat or dust or i vapors aliworl era with fire metal andamsaetcert stone matsit ict n sll imosgrirsing end obthing work the lying fragmejlta rebosi i from the arched mica plain of the mat a witboot injuring them these plates air fixed in a metallic frsma which ia well ist lated by inesna of asbestos aoasnottobt attacked by heat or acid where tbemaak hat to twworn long it u fonnd desirable tp add k caontchono tobe wstfi taouthpieee for admission of fresh air the tube paste i out to the ahoda en whertitsfunnelsh fed sometimes holding smoisteneaep hsjrb hi sninprtet tl iis hadsbippod i had by jvtorbni paddljng put a good 1 undred yards between the pwo boats when the oooupants of thssldff had re- j jv i i llslisiimt covered feerh ihejr catajtrop prised to fihi that they showi of f olhririni frieadthe tterji and apiece fortheahf watpnrsu on lookini esuae of tl launch tlt rapidly in tannlojit been me ontiie keeper waa hu other- two i toruihaij ltropon vwsssut qointeiimi itrsiy imy into the sysqnldj aejonnrtft i sedsncl rered ther lbsteinh he other in my he next day we te threw up a iproaiptry an- he french mes- davry aden i captain or- jf cert crew gteet syiiry wrthnt in out distresb we steon in ttedirec ofjfte cosst ivsgce wjere ptain had to cry out his in iierert we found c came on to c t a fai arising injjofllimdwtti of grins hroqndy at mar- from flint to zle to breoaohgrines as by the from bows and arfowrto inatoblbiktand wheellocks bectrictty anisteainnaveslj tared the intellectual mrtditjons prevalent at the end of his csreer rromthoelnhioh he was born nearly at much as tha invion of the printingpress altered them fbar hun dred years ago he waa born before that event at yorktown which lost ns a oontin enoand he lived to see the english flag saluied by the great gfandohildren of the ineni who were his f atners cbntemrjorarjeb since henry jenking in the reign of charge h remembered the carrying- of arrow heads of the english forces at flodden field very few men bate patched so many ri4v situdes snch changes m thecliaracter of what after all is essentially as changdets the life of the race a facile essayist a k h b hat written a tort of de senectnte of his own a paper called the cheerfulness of the aged the cheerfulness of the aged says a k h b requires explanation he then proceeds- to explain it at eontider- able length and with many digressions ina style which was much more pleasing in the age pf hilpa and shalom than inonrifevered times the charming patriarohal creations of addisons fancy living as they did for about a thousand years 6uld afford to spend forty of them at a collation which bnainni gave hilpa and about four hundred in the delightful process of courtship but life is briefer now and we must account more rapidly for the cheerfulness of the aged why should they not be cheerful eightyfive yesra bffmy own hat- sun said an elderly gentleniah tohia ton it is a good toon it is indeed and a man should be thankful when by reason of strength he hat been enroled to make it in thirty or forty yean one is able to see s good deal of the world and l watchs not ontatisfactary part olthe chsngeih human affairs new knowledge new relation of class to class revolutions of power vicissi- tude in art and taste and thought all these are pleasant to- waton far foryesrv and why not for eighty tree we cesse timet to be agents jn the iihange but we turn lwith thewheel andarp indolent li as at a theatre thedd scotcbuj bonnie dundee that iwiionahe ni young one knox waa waning folk wife hia clavers and sow ohei oaverae- udeaiesing thenv with bis knocks i to bod seen cyclebf hiswy snd conm sum it hdi in a coup of pnni 6tehia inthe long what alarge volnmeliof sdrtsxtdres may be grairhjstdn this rttls tp of life b himwnonitfriysti in i iesrsfi toterjrsuugi and hsvingeyett i see whst-trnje- and ctascearrperpetaally tesimf bsttii him aa he journeyeth on hii wayisistwaothing be can fairly bry his ha ids an ii this wont term ont s sn rther wi n mat- teratsastsy npdi hiussu fnsnrrn i get my laborjor ray pi intesosgh the pleasures oi tiie ejperi nest havezept my nsltlrtbeatpmictraybawake and laidthe gross to sliep ipjutji who can travel irom ln to jwttbeba sad hdaoitirsd wbovrailov cnlti- i deolsreiid i that u tevolvernsd ilia one of i fetortow ftoi said j 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