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Durham Chronicle (1867), 3 Aug 1899, p. 6

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hear. For a long time thes lar concerts were not dlstu night before last we heard of a mighty blow upon the sounded like the crash of an Ir. Glimmer-tint Notes llas Not Been A‘ "It‘s a long time;’ marten," since I’ve rc the papers about thr. THROWING 1‘: LUMBER. SHCNGLES-AND LAW GRISTING AND DROPPING DONE 'v- II‘Ivn'g “L Anyone sending a sketch and dcscriptfonmn quickly ascertain, free, whether an invention i probably patentable. Communications strict}. 112' America. We have a. Wa‘shlhgton otscé? Po'ents taken through MumrbOo. race}? 30:53-an 5595mm l ---Al‘ ‘- :mtlful inusfrated.‘ lama: - Oscient flc goumal weeuy. te1 Osix monb bpecimpn cc \2( n‘! D-_-â€"â€"-â€"-â€" I! THE mm W DUKE“, canny of Grey. including a vdmble Ws’er Power. Brink dwelling. amt my male handing lots. will besold in one or more Lots. _4bo_lm_xq9g Con. 2. E6. 3., Mpg! _.' scient flc oumal. weekly. terms .000 york 09:: mon hs. Specimen copies ag‘d‘llii‘xi )K on: PATENTS sent free. Address MUNN (k 00.” . 361 Broadway. New fork. on shortest notice and utilisation Wuhan Mmpnmhaee mane)" Ktract of “IS imitations a now prepared to do all kinds of custom work. ADD}! to J A1138 EDGE, 5:13am P.0.‘ fence ;V_it Weéf Indiaman to the breeze trimmed yards for t if. What Wis she? A .. n Frenchman f Dutchmay' I on studdiy'gwails, but to no of her fbrecoxir'sb, with yearning fair pver the j was“ clgé‘grly making th _ -_v uuuLuâ€"WCD 'an hour‘s time it was blowix canvas‘ of the" “fest In'diama a pretty tinkling sound of waters all" aI‘Ound lief; and came warm as the human b: after the long. speil' of hOt ling calm, it put a sense 0. into each fevered cheek A ” \Vell ” ‘should be a Sig Where about.” The little fiery-faced captain start- ed and lo’oked as if he'sCarcely credited his hearing; then running to the rail, he thrust his head clear of the' awn- ing and ba’wled up to the fellow; “ Where away?” _” Right astarn,” Was the“ answer of: ‘the‘ man, swinging with one hand from the tie as he pointed with the other directly over the taffrail to the gleam- ing haze of sea-line there. “ Well,” said the skipper, “ that should be a sign there’s wind some- ‘l‘rkn “4\ A L - ~ ho I” _______ .v V 00‘), LU", - ~v “ J I sayâ€"get the long-boat over and crowd her with men. What’ though they frizzle? \Ve must get out of this,- or ”-â€"- He was probably about to launch in- po a piece of profanity. but he was Interrupted by a cry coming down from aloft, delivered by a man~ who; had been‘se‘nt on to the mainroyal yard to repair some defect that the vigilant 05' e of the boatSwain h’ad detected, ‘Sail-l kn .I, "" “-5 ' VUUVJH '7 UL v I“ uuvw da'yS, saving, perhaps. the piratica'l ~barco longos, rolled as regularly 3'5 a pendulum swings, swelling out her’ "canvas to one lurch, only to b‘rin'g"it'in to the masts again at the next with sounds like the explosions of nine‘pou'nd ms in the tops. ' The captain of the City of Glasgow was a small fiery-faced’ man, With dNp-set eyes that glowed liked cairn-w gorms under' the shaggy thatch’es of" the brows, a nose that not a‘ little‘r‘eA sembled a small carrot both in shape ,étnd hue, and a mouth with a set of’the lips that indicated a highly peppery temper. He walked to the mate, who stood near the wheel fanning himself! With a great straw hat: ' "a When is this going to end, sir i" " I. don’t know, sir.” " Blood, sir! Is there no limit' to calms? Thunder and slugs: If thisi .goes on, we must t‘owâ€"d’ye she, tow,i hhâ€" ~AL â€" wwgv- I It' was half-past eight. o’clock-I int-he morning watch; the hands had come up from breakfast and were distribut- ed on various jobs about the deck. There was not a breath of air; but there was a run of glassy folds from the south-west, which within the past hour had somewhat increased 1n weight; and upon these longs-drawn .heaVings, the ship, that was a mere tub in form, as all vessels were in those I fmere detention was nothing in. those he roared pleasant times of groping. In cooler der’usz" climes the mate would have been sat-'- In a fev isfied to Whistle for wind fer a month, gow lay \ and go below every time hisâ€" watch mast; doci was up with a feeling that he had-done to happen everything thatwas-neeessary and that It was I: all. was well. But the heat made an ranged" alt enforced resting-place off the Cuban ’e'd‘t'o. bea heights insufferable.- an Emrl‘m was warm as newly-drawn milk, but quite without dairy fragrance. R was time, indeed, for the wind to blow; The ‘sails to render the atmosphere of the f’t'ween-decks- and cabin tolerable to'the' 'peieple. aboard. the ship. The air. was .‘sick‘ly with the smell; of blistered paint, the brass-work was fiery hot, and took the skin off the hand that fora mo- ment unconsciously touched it; that pitch was like putty betweentheseams; the fresh water in the scuttle-butts 3 Theme. wee“ a small West Indiamanj Union Jack at Ber‘ fore. fnamed the City of Glasgow, that had." “W1, and; what-1‘33 that to we?” been‘ Jymg stagnated on these fervid‘ huwledit'hesfiery littie=ca=ptaimd‘My=-- .peraileie for hard upqn mur daysfi body observe it that: gun: wee stint;- There was nq vu'tue. 1n- awninga in. ted-9!" There-was: gammy “What .wetted. decks; mt gawmng' skylights,. in do they mean by shooting. 81'- 118% gapen portholes, and the heels of wind; W'ouady, but 1;; may be 3: tr ll Heist '33118 to render the atmosphere of the l'asway 0113301013 and: keep 3,117: 5191': ',fmmn'_dmlvn a\-‘r] A-L:.-p -_I__-LI-, A.._ AL»‘ Eight months have . and h - - scene' is now on the bmuinocttia: - over .hand, as. gough‘. 13:19:” we}: ocean, Winfithafi' : _ hemafthe-§"~a?l%g hen’up to a . mnpry 0.. Antm es in every ad‘s-WW that tax} ' gee .h msently 8%; W38, showmg f?“ njshes the polished heaving mirror Let' n to water, at b1 yellow craft, With. the faint air blow whence. it will" a fife“ curhng h - cards; and“ akdnu' sky of com)” brightening into: blir’xdi» e line; of. bartemes. 'Bh‘ens when; ghe mg dazzle Bound. about the sun; that 1 {2119918111 111. new, puflf-I- blew 81Whlt8 ital his men'dian shines almost. direct. t1 '1‘ I 1 0f smoke from. a: forwhasq; fol-- ‘over the mastrheads 'and transform: G-ththe (13111 thud 0f. the dls‘t‘ant the vast spread of séa mm a- sheet of 83111,. and 3* mmute‘ after; the’ mate, White‘fire, trembling into tfie blue dis-I W ho was workmg away at her“ 3"”th mace faint With the haze of; hm ‘;_~_ tong; perspective glass of! the per- - -, __ . - -- 9 £96“. med out that she ha'dfhois-tect the rn L Q qualities of the clumé wagon that navigaté ave found it in the :he stranger aSLern. 'isen to the reefband With her flying jib the water-line. She‘ lg the same course‘ nan. Indeed, it took' a pursuit, for, when LS apparently head- but scarcely had the v the first of the I.)- “ ' A_‘__, Jeremy York. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE August. 3" the north: 8 observed {he City <31" 's of the canvas alo’ft‘; the‘ men stood aOIopg .t~he ‘deck‘, â€" â€"â€" v“ I "how did I know what you fired for ?" cried the irritable captain. “Look how you've served me ;” and he pointed aloft. I " ’Pon honour l” exclaimed the lieu‘t- renant, “you deserve that we should have sunk you.” He applied the scented pocket-handkerchief to his nose, as though he could. not supP'O‘rt‘ the. smell of the hot pitch and blister- ed paint rising into the atmosphere from. off the In‘diaman, and exclaimed in a" voice as if he should swoon, “Mus- ter your men, sir, and for the Lu'd’s' ingers, took his place in the stern- , and with a few sweeps of the long 0611‘s, the heat was alongside. stepped aboard. . _VV_hy dld you not heave to," he ex- [claimed in an affected drawl, ”when " moned by our cannon ?"' i “How did I know what you fired for ?" cried the irritable ° enant, “you deserve that we should have sunk y‘ou.’_' He applied the: :scented pocket-handkerchief . to his p0 finQOPR fnn'ly kt- 1 _ v vvvvv Only, Gun: '4 cumurlc cketihandkercplef in his breast, ” cpcke‘d" upon“ his Jewels'ypon' hits u? ~ 'rr"' ~rku-ua u 3......â€" pet to his’ lips' and bawled out; “Ship ahoy I \Vhau ship are you?" ,. The lime-peppery capt‘étin” sprangfpn t‘Olfa" henc‘oop and answered. “The City ofGla‘sg‘ow of London, from Havana," “Keep your topsa‘il to" the m‘a‘sâ€"t'; 1'11 send a boat," cried' the other; “A boat ?" cried the little chap”, turn- ing't'o his m‘a'te. “What does he want lows armed to the teeth, jumped ip'to h ' a young marine exquisite, With 11861" on‘ his.h_ip',_ain‘d a cambric an‘d'_ a quarter-deck brilliant with the Quaint naval uniforms of‘t‘h‘at dayâ€"if, Iln‘deed, it can be said that anyâ€" a - proach to a uniform was then esta'g- llShe'd. A stout man in a cocked#h'at, White silk" stockings, handsomely lac- gd coat; and a big white wig, moun’t- 111g on to’ the rail of“ the man-ofâ€"War, clapped a‘ huge Mpger"speakin'g~t:gm'- “~94: ¢A L~: .. 1s It was not long before the ship had ranged alongside, and she then prov- ed to be a great fifty-gun man-of-«wa'r‘, an Englishman on a “lost” India-n cruxse, with crowds of pig-tailed heads looking over her bulwaz‘k's fOr'wa'rd, M..._l. In! a few moments the City of" Glas- gow‘ lay with her foretOpsail to the mast; docilely waiting“ for What- was A._ L,. ‘7Down: stun’-sails; man the braces!” 139 imaged; “bring her. to, or’ he'll foun- Five‘ minutes Tater, the~ stranger fired again; but observing that? no notice was taken of the summons, she waited until she were within range; then, yawing, let drive with such good aim: as to bring“ the West. Indiaman’s mizzen” tapgalla-n‘t-ma‘st down with‘ a run. The Sight of the wreckage-struck a: panic into the soul of thelittie fiery capfain. ]: fict. Presently she was showing fail: , on the water, a, bi yellow craft, with. great curling h’ oaurd'sg and a dim:- bit: line of?" batteries. Then; when: she , was plain in View, pufif-l- blew a: white 3 ball of sanoke from: a: forechaser; m1.â€" ; lowed byxnh'e dull thud: of. tbs; distant- c"519mm had s, to their gages; sweethearts,: their A number of the vâ€"v-‘ Was the séc. Was the most. .by ‘rgéa-son of. this order, was 11!; Seemed to cgt'chEng the understand- [1 fi‘Oiil un; lid of the y. and- 1‘e-' ‘81" to his 1118 heels ’ and delivered his taWe h‘ad' s‘oon a’bun’d‘a'ufly satisfied" fhe" catptéin' that~ the ' ' ’ 'spéaking-the' truthâ€": " ' he“ réfieateil ' strdn’g‘up by'x‘our'h'e'ck in the misfo- mary style, I stipp'ose, and left to dangle for the” u‘éfiua‘l' times; And yet yo'u are alive!" ' _ .. u “1U b 0.! 3' u? m'YQS» Sit; I’ve been h'ar-n'g‘ed' as 1118 urd'erer'” ' ' ,, an’d'th‘u‘s breaking" the Si]- _ _,HYork"‘ firdce‘ede‘d. ‘Be tbld his 3 0113'; m” goo‘d'language‘, pla'irfly add in- tvelllge‘rftly, with” an‘ occa'sion'al c'a’t'ch’ of ms breath and a’ s’bb 0'1"th when he Spoke of his sWe‘e'tHe‘a'rt'. ,“Ypo Wer‘e 113119971", 01.74:?) 4L‘â€"'- "44- “Rally this"pbor fellow; some of Iyou,” exclaimed the lieutenant, «’md ‘ha'stened‘ a’ft' to the captain to’ make is report: A" bucket of co’ld Wafter‘ tb’p‘p’e‘d With .3; dram of rum ser've'd' to restore‘Y‘o'rk t9 co‘n'seiousn'ess: and when he' had ’h’lS’ wits, be 3113‘ VV'ork‘sop' w‘e‘r‘e- c'on-I v “vuu ‘u‘ub. " Hanged him, hanged him for» me!" shouted Worksop in- the voice of a man ' about to suffb’c'ate; “ Han‘ged’him for me‘!" he repeatéd'i " But”, lor’bleiss my. soul and body! I was‘neve'r muri- dered, mates!” and in a very ecstasy 0f astonishemnt, he hooked an im- men’se quid out of his‘ cheek, and flung l t'_ pferb'o’a rd. I -._-v.. .. u u bunoll LJUIJJ his pocket whilst he slept to’ prise op‘gn the‘ deor With; and also” a‘gold com belonging to him they found, though how I came by it, I vow, before» Heav- en, I know not; and on this evidence 'they‘ hanged'me I” _ Hé’ fa‘ltc‘red, hid' his {ac-er, a‘nd'fell to the deck in a dead faint. _ _-_vâ€" vuv “U“‘IIJ V I. Worksop started and looked. in‘ten’t- Â¥ly at“ the’ sfieaker‘.’ . ‘ "I quitted" the bed to get some was t81‘; when I returned, my companion was gone. Blood was found in. the bed; 3 there were bloodstains down the stain-l, ca‘s’e’; aldn’g’.th‘e r‘oa'd‘w‘ay‘ to the beach; 5 there was blood upon my shirt, al-f though as God is m‘yv'witness; I knew' not how it‘ came there. They. found his 3 Ifnife upon me, which I had taken from ;' “ Sir,” cried York, claspin‘gc his hands, .“I beg you to listen to me one min- ute. I am! not mad indeed. Mr. \Vork- s'op‘ there Will remember tha’t-one-n‘ight more than eight months-ago he gave me' 8:" share of his bedx at an inn at Deal called the Lonely Star.” 117 i me?!" . i i Anyone would have laughed out~ {right to have witnessed'th'e perplex-ity of th n that? lengthened yet the longdrawn M’l e r1011} ma countenance of Worksop. , {mil an. a I” " What’s all this ?”' cried the lieu-g ,, “tenant in charge of the deck; coming? lhe value 01 forward! angrily. 311381} in Cunne ‘ “ Sir,” S'hniekederrk. “I have been g State awarded hanged for the murder of that. man l” E tives of a man _ ‘M‘ad, by Heaven I” cried the lieu-’a railroad tenant, sun‘stroke; no doubt. Take the, The h? h po‘oLdevil _below, and see to him.” I -- .g em f Anyone would have? laughed out‘~ right to have witnessed the perplex'it y that? lengthened yet the longdrawn countenance of \Vorksop. _, The other, fill] of amazement, with a slow bewildered stare at’ York: and then :rouncr upon his-shipmates; answered in .a‘. hurricane. note, “ That’s so: I. ain’t :ashamed. My name’s Worksop; and. I was ‘bo’sun of a West‘ India'man, as ye Say.9, “ Look“ a’t‘me I” cried York. “ Oman, look at me! What have I suffered 3 York. staggered on to his legs, and H’ook‘ing' at the man at’ first sight of i.whom he had appeared tie have fall- «en‘ crazy, he; cried”, in 3. weak, faltering :voice. “ Your. meme i8 Wonksop‘? You were bo’sun- gt“ a West Indiaman.” ;.te<nd= him.” "fixed upon one of. these sailors; his bundle fell from. his- hand; his face turned to a: d‘eazthzlike white, shiver after. shiver chased his form, they saw . his: fingers convulsively working, and 'his eyes, filled with horror, dismay, incredulity, seemed to start from their sockets with the intensity of his stare.- _,They believed he was seized with a fit ‘and‘ would fall‘ to the deck? in a min- ute; and' amongst those who egg-gag: to. his assistance- was the fellow- on whom his gaze ’was riveted. He shrieked‘ out at his approach, and fell‘ upon one knee t’remo ’bling' violently; swaying to and fro, ‘ibo and. free with; his: hands [messed {be his eyes in. the posture of one. wild almost to madness. “Is the man ill ?” bawled’. alieute’n- {mt frpm the quarter-fleck. " If so, bear 16A BIRD." m its cage and set- E a‘ lébOrér’s ' cot‘fage. I Continued, or’ble’ss } e‘r murl- .‘ ecstasy : an im- ' id {d flung hi ,lca HAD Juulu; , “it“ A joker in i’atersoh, N . to hate a love letter placed W119?“ .Jeaio‘u's wife would find it'â€"-in' b“ _ band’s. Coat. The wife read the 3130“ Ous‘ml‘ssiv'e from some unknown 13.4? {aid 1: caused the separation of if; :1911nd' and wife. Remorse sthk ‘fl Pker, he confemt; that the um?!” lady" was a myth, and that he 544' ajlthpr of the letter. ' I beg; f0§leeriess from the hmb : Latter, at the point of a Piswl’ .the Joker to eat the letter. 9f 9101:1168. This proved a g. _ merit, for When the uncle dléd be $98,000 to. his charitable nephew: fo this (Where only 8100 each- FortY'eight )ears ago, In AW” list! 1” Ohio, 00:. E. P. \\ arren and) fly Lentz were sweethearts. A W: .several years knew a fer partners. In time they becamfim d» 0H owe; and- widow, and recently loVerS‘ again met, and they naive; been married, at Cameron. 01110 ' one” 336 is sixtyâ€"eight. and she is his junior. w: I. A “man with a poor memory W91" [In McPherson, Kansas. After MW a'safe, for- the storing of his valnfilf he pe'nciled the cymbination 09' we: plastered wall near the safe. .5 f9" dais later he sent. a kalsemxw” whitewash the walls, and of courser‘d' Wncxled figures were ('bliterateflg had 129 have the safe blown open!!- His w1f'e'blew him up for his stall“W I A very peculiar lady and aratha'i queer horse were referredtoby an}? VertiSer‘ in at Sacramento paper. HM" nonin'c’ed that a good price won‘ldh paid for “a horse for a lady vidm c.0101“, 8' good L‘r’otter, and of stylishat- tlon.” The adveriiser further aipuizi- ed‘ that “ the horse IDUSL be yam and have a long tail abs)“ fifteel 'h'a'nds high.” .. . r..- . at. There was great fun at Kc}! SwitZer’land, a short time ago. A soner escaped from the jail, and" warden let out about fifty conviets!l hunt fer him. The people of‘xhem SImplied intoxicams to :he PM and they became so glOriously fuddid that they were unable to findI quitiVe, and had L0 be escorted- tO the jail. '3 Queer thingé happen in Chiq iN‘ot long ago the Chicago River}! ,a’lly’ burst forth in flames, andfl jbridge at Kinzie street took firefm f them and was damaged to the am [of $1,500. A fire boat had mph: I Stream on the river, which at th'etil Ehad its surface covered with oil. An-immense tarpon was caught-bu ‘0. Mygott, at Boca Grande Passinl ida, and he was trying to haul it]! his boat. In its vigorous efforts we cape it- made a high leap, and :31 fall into the boat its tail struck]! Mygott, knocking him sense-less. I remained unconscious for three-hm 1! Farm hands in Yucatan wear i‘garments of spotless white. g they become even slightly soiled fhaste‘n‘ to change them. Work-is f titul, there, farm laborers are M] f and- they“ can afford to be tide 1 death of ,t- of St. Gotham; the raierad bew ' A inf-N1 1am to m adbemfilld i tunnel inâ€" r 5 [113111, and- [beLWe'en' ‘11 18 nine 01}- Lime and m; 215 _ the sea. Its circumference disehse Mexico R, ‘3. Imc mm 'c I”!!! IQIJPD I, I’m newsflaper published “e “ll-t! 0‘ Grey. “‘9 Mid?“ any sell it only in the ori t u 9. thereby mung its purity and excel} Adopfuimolb. and 51b. packages, and f “ ALL 0000 GROCERS KEEP IT. Mm do” not keep it, tell him to vi “1 ”EL. HAYTER co. Tat rm“? Tn Steam Engines, Horse Pow Separators, Mowers, Reapers. Circular and Cross-Cut E Gnmmed, Filed and Set I am prepared to fill orders EOOd shingles. _‘ mums 3mm, In 7“ ‘3‘“. l M 3‘“ “W THE TEA PLANT To THE TEA â€"M WV: PURITY. 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