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I ul M O f' H Pi li i 1 -J I i 1 S II 159 III I - i. A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INTERESTS. VOL. VII. NO. 22. MAXTON, N. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1893. SI.OO A YEAR, Business oibeotooy. lave Men of JM" aston. WMt Tliey Do aM Where to Fiat fta, Carter & Weatherly, COTTON DUYERS, Aud dealers in Dry Gi ols, Boots. Shoes aud Farm Supplies. GENERAL MERCHANDISE and NAVAL STORES. I.cadiDg shoe dealer of the lown. J. J. FREESLAND, J. J. FREESLAND, Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler. "Watches, SiU crware aud Fancy Goods. Optical goods a specialty. THE Pew York Racket, J. W. EL WELL, Proprietor. The Bargain House of this section for Dry Goods; Shoes and Notions. J. A. McLean, General Merchandise and Farm Supplies. LEADER IN LOW PRICES. General BXerchandioe & Broker. No. 10 PATTERSON STREET. Pare Drugs and Medicines, Standard Patent Medicines, Paints and Oils. Misses Patterson and MoEinnon. MILLINERY and FANCY NOTIONS. Latest styles and lowest prices guar anteed. DR. D. McBRYDE, Practitioner of Uedisins, Office at Muxton Drug Co. . 0. Udj uh, GROCER, j NOTARY PUBLIC. CHEAP CASH GROCERY. Every, thing in the grocery line at lowest cash Prices. R08TICK, ROSTICK, KILN DRIED LUMBER. Dressed Flooring and Ceiling a spec ialty. Orders receive prompt altcntion. MRS. J. T. POOL. MRS. J. T. POOL. Millinery nnd Fancy Goods, Notions, x Clothing & Shoes Keeps up with the leading fashions and guarantees satisfaction Heafq-iaf-ters for lowest prices. HARDWARE, CROCKEKY WARE and Lamp3, Guns, Pistols, Stores and Pumps, Sash, Doors and Blinds. Ill Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Toilet b Fancy Articles, Paints, Oils, "Va nishes, Brushes, Etc. A, D. f1cLean & Gat Branchville, N. O. Manufacturers of all kinds of Rough Lumber and Laths. Sawing of bill lumber a specialty. OrJers solicited and promptly rilled. IVJaxton fslTgQo.p Maunf, cturers of Door?, Sash aei B inds. Make and repair Steam jfinginw, Boilers, Saw Mills, Oottoa Gins asj Presses, etc. R. H. STRICKLAND R. H. STRICKLAND, Headquarters for Chawing and Smok ing Tobacco. Cjgrs, etc. Fine stok ot fancy ana hjjav'y groceries, ar.d Con fectioneries, Wood, Sftme and G's,"; war?. ' i 0. F. CAitTEll, Ug i09 HOLLAND, Famous Ural Crystals. The crystals and stones of the Ural Mountains have long been famous among curio-hunters. Perfect spheres of smoky crystal or clear -white crystal aie now made from these stones. No crystal ball, however, is quite equal to the Japanese spheres of polished crystal still to be found in some of the Oriental stores. The ancient proof of e, perfectly flawless crystal with the Japan ese was to drop it in water, when it be came invisible. A crystal pure enough to bear this test would . bring a very high price, and these are the property only of princely owners of costly curios. Exceedingly pretty crys tals of moderate size, such as bring f15 and $20 ia the shops, have an imperfec tion, but BO slight as to be invisible to the naked eye. A perfectly flawless ona of the same size would bring ten times as much. New York Tribune. ! Emperor Frederick III. and his son, Maximilian I., both died of eating tcoj bear tily of melons. . ' W. E. Groom and Co., WHOLESALE aqd RETAIL GROC ERS and BANKERS. Map age is of the M xton Collection aud Exchange Agercy. nTH. SAMPSON, H. H. SAMPSON, C'53ler in General Merchandise, Soft Drinks and Confectioneries. Best restaurant in town. J. W. Bobbins, Cheap Cash Store. DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. FINE, EXCELSIOR RACKET STORE. Full stock General Merchandise. Spec ial line of Confectioneries, etc. Coun try Produce bought and sold. Fresh Fruits and "Vegetables a specialty. r Practitionerand ciirgeon, Hilton L. McRae, Dealer in General Merchandise, S;ft Drinks, Conftctiocerits, Tobacco and Cigars. Full line of Groceries. Enoch Burns, M mufacturer of Buggies and Wagons. All kinds of repair work done prompt ly and at hard-time piices. Full Ike o pleasure vehicles on hand at all times City Barber Shop. R. E. AUen. Latest styles in hair cutting. Shaving, shampooing and hair dyeing done in best style. John Leach, Cotton Buyer and Dealer in Farm Supplies. Merchandise Broker. . - '-i A. J. McKINNON, A. J McKINNON, Cotton Buyer and proprietor Maita Livery, Feed and Sale Stabler. Dealer in Wagons, Bugg? cad Has . ne?8. Proprietor Main Street Marker. 13 KEF, PORK, SAUSAGE, CHICK ENS, ETC.. at all times. Dr. EUGENE HOLCOHBE, DENTIST Ovr 8f cLeod'e, ELM STREET, Lumberton, JV. C. 5gSrFive years experience, Cocaine used for prinlses removal of teeth. The Blocker House, E.E. HAYES, Frop'r. Now open for regular and transient boarders, Table suppied with best the market affords.Next to C C Depot. nv. BLACK, m. S. FATTER S OS Black 8l Patterson, MAXTON, 21. O. Will prvi'xx r Rsy f rrU Stat 13. XL Matt, t n hit- j. The Dog in Egypt. In Egypt the dog was a friend and faithful servant. He lived m the house with his master, followed him in his vratks, attended the public ceremonies, sometimes free, at otber times held In leash by a slave or child, or In priacely families by a favorite dwarf. At his meals he had his place marked under the benches of the guests. The house dog wai shaved, combed and washed, He was sometimes tinted with henna, as if he were a woman. He Wora fine collars on his neck, furnished sometimes with an earthenware clasp in the shape of a bell or flower. Children played With him, becane attached to him, and the hero of one story, of whom his father had predicted at his birth that he would die of the bita of a dog, will ingly confronted the threatened danger lather than be separated from the dog he had raised. He, of course, had a name to which he answered. Si-togai, the ferreter; Ktuoubsen, the lam p or star; Soubou, the strong, and Nahsi, the black. He is seen with kings as well as with common persons. Rameses II., during the earlier years of his reign, was always escorted by a female dog, which was called Anaitiennaktou, or "brave as the Goddess Anaitis." A petty king of the eleventh dynasty, about 3300 a. c, had five dogs which he so loved that he carved their names and engraved their portraits oa his tombs. They were, in deed, blooded animals, whose names re vealed their foreign origin. The finest of them was called Abikarou, a faithf u 1 transcription of the word abaikour, by which the hunting dog is designated in many of the Berber districts. Nature. The Feeding Habits of Serpeats. Since the month of Augnst of 1885, the Garden of Plants, of Paris, has besn in possession of a South American bos which has been the object of some in teresting observations on the part of Mr. Vaillant, especially as regards its ali mentation. This serpent is at least twenty feet in length. From the time of its reception by the gardeu up to the end of the year lsai it has taken food thirty-four times, that is to say, on an average of five times a year, the interval between its meala varying from twenty-eight to 5504 days The animal regulates its own meals, manifesting its hunger by a characteristic uneasiness. Its food has almost always consisted of goats of small size, although on three occasions it has taken rabbits, and on one occasion a goo3e. The largest animal that it has swallowed is a kid weighing twenty-six pounds, repre senting about a sixth of its own weight. It is well known, however, that ser pents are capable of swallowing animals almost as large as themselves, and at the menagerie of the museum, a fow years ago, a horned viper was caugnt in the act of swallowing a French viper, its companion in captivity, which was a little larger than itself. The horned viper did not appear in any way to suf fer from its meal. As for the digestive function, that is relatively rapid, for the residua of it are generally evacuated at a single time, after each msal, and at the end of but a few days. Scientific American. THE FAD. Cushions gay on every chair, But never a place to sit; Cushions, cushions everywhere, Till I nearly take a fit ; Cushions strewn upon the floor On every side I see My wife has taken a cushion craze And there is no room for me! New York Herald. ft m w' I rt .till Ii-L - 1 i mm mm I it il t P a ihi. i j' .- -- - i .pi i ? 'P ' If a rf m I v Triiie. We have been challenged to pronounce an opinion on the dietetic virtues of tripe, an article of food which is largely consumed in certain parts of the country, especially during the winter months. Tripe consists of the soft muscular walls and mucous membrane of the stomach of ruminant animals, with a small propor tion of delicate omental fat adhering, from which, however, all fibrous portions of the serous covering, or peritoneum, have been removed. From frequent ex periments it has been proved that tripe stands high in the list of albuminous substances that are quickly acted on by the gastric juice and reduced to a state ot solution, and has, therefore, acquired a reputation for digestibility. But plain boiled tripe in itself i3 a very insipid article of food, and ia order to make it palatable the art of the cook has to be invoked, which, while making it more "savory," causes it often, when so served, to be an offense to the stomach. The usual mode of serving tripe in this country is to boil it with milk and onions, and there can be little doubt that such a combination is not particularly digestible. Tripe is also sometimes fried in batter, but unless very oarefully cook ed it is apt to become leathery. If only plainly boiled in water it requires a con siderable amount of condiments in the shape of salt, pepper and mustard to make it acceptable to the palate. There fore, tripe as usually cooked, though an excellent dish for strong stomachs, is, owing to the ingredients added to it, not always so suitable for persons of weak digestion as has been supposed. London Lancet. A Girl's Headache Caring' Hands. There is a girl in San Francisco who can cure headaches cure them without a bit of medicine. She just lays her hand on the aching head and that settles the whole matter. There's something peculiar about the girl's hands. They are white and shapely and very nice to look at, but to touch ugh 1 they're ai cold as ice. More than that, they are always dripping wet, these strange hands. It's an eerie thing to see a handsome, healthy girl lift her hands and let an icy dew fall from the ends of her fingers. She can do that any time she wants to, and never feels the least annoyed at the awe of the beholders. She is a tall, handsome young woman, who ha3 never been ill in her life. She is rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed, and she isn't the slightest particle like the typi cal healer. She works in a big, hot fac tory down town, and she can cure any girl in the place of hefdiche or any kind of pain. She doesn't go through strange evolutions or weird incantations. She just pushes back her sleeves and lays her cold, wet hands on the aching head. The patient feels a queer, creepy shivery sensation crawling down her back. The cold hands move slowly across the hot forehead of the sufferer, the throbbing pain stops, the twitching of the eyelids ecaser, and the headache is gone. Saa Francisco Examiner. The Best Roadway. ' ,The people ate having lots of road way conventions throughout tiie South and West now days," observed J. C. McCandlias, of New Hartford, Conn., at the Lindell as he had finished reading a treatise on that very important question in a popular magazine. "The best roadway is a raised one, macadam ized. Drainage, of course, must be maintained, for it is an essential feature to good roads. The good roadway should be seeded to grass, evened up and the weeds kept down. Shade trees should be planted in order that the sun light be kept out. The overseer method, particularly now in practice in the South, should be abolished and commis sioners of not less than three electeo from each county, who should be in structed to personally supervise all im provements. Local highway improve ment societies should be formed in cverj precinct and road improvements dia cussed." St. Louis Republic. Weat&er Predictions by Coffee.' A Spanish journal tells of an inter esting experiment to be tried with a cup of clea coffee and a lump of sugar. The sugar should be dropped into the coffee without stirring; in a moment the air contained in the sugar, will rise to the surface in the shape of bubbles, and these bubbles are excellent weather in dications. If they collect in the middle of the cup a fair day follows; if, adversely, they adhere to the sides, forming a ring of bubbles with a clear space in the cen tre, take your umbrella, for rain is at hand; while, if they do neither ane thing nor the other, but scatter irregu larly, variable weather is indicated. Just what is the scientific explanation of the action of the atmosphere on the bubbles is not stated, but that their in dications curiously agree with those of a barometer has been tested. New York Times. One Mu't be Mc as re I for a Gnn. A fact which is not yeoerally knows outside of sporting c r.'.'es is, that a gun ner who seeRs to do t.ne best work he is capable of, requires to be measured foJ his gun in the same way as he would b for his suit of clot'.ics. To facilitate this operation a new ad justable gun has been devised. The bend and csst-ofl of thi gun are adjusted by means of screw., and the points of each are placed ia grooves running parallel to the hoe ol the butt. The length of the butt is als adjusted by screws in the heel. Th length and bend of the stock can in thil way be regulated to the length of necfe and arm of the shooter, a well as to tb various special requirements to which his style of shooting may give rise. Chicago News Record. THOUGHTLESS. "Well, if that ain't mean!" exclaimed the prisoner. '"Every one o' the stories in this paper they've gimme to read f 'to-be continued.' Ajf' me to be hung next week t" TESTING HER GUNS. Ths United States Cruise r Vesuvius at Port Boje.1. Pobt Royax, S. C The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius is in the harbor for tW purpose of testing her high explosive guns. Lieutenant Seaton iohroeder Is ia.com mend, and the tests were under the su pervision of a committee appointed by Secretary Tracy, consisting of Capt. Mont gomery Sicard of the Miantonomoh, Capt, A. 8. Barker of the the Philadel phia, and Commander W. Ht Brownson of the Dolphin. The trial was unusually thorough. The cruiser carried 75 blai.k projectiles and 25 loaded with 200 pounds of gun cotton and about 80 blank p-ojeciiles used in ranging the guns, and Ave loaded with a small charge of powder to test the new fuses. Eighteen of the loaded projectiles were fired at hulks. The cruiser carries three high-explosive guns, each 55 feet long, set at ac aeg'o of 18 degrees. Their length precludes the fixing of the range by a change of elevation, as is done with powder can non. The range is therefore regulated by the amount of air in the firing reser voir. The pressure in the firing reser voir is always 750 pounds per square inch. This storage reservoir can supply enough air for thirty shots or more. 1 he service projectile carries a charge of 200 pounds of gun cotton and will travel about 2,400 yards. The full calibre pro jectile, with 500 pounds of gun cotton, weighs 1,000 pounds and is too heavy to carrv far at thp. nnrrlp nf fha mm. TKn new fuses exploded the projectils about 75 yards after contact with the water, al though an arrangement is made for in stant explosion on an impast with a solid substance. The Vesuvius is able to fire one gun a minute. It takes five seconds to charge the guns with air, and about two min utes and a half to load the guns. On her trial trip the Vesuvius fired fifteen shots in 16 minutes 10 seconds. There will be no mors delay from the pitching of the vessel in a rough sea in firing the pneumatic guns than with ordinary cannon. This depends largely on the ability of the gunner to have his sights ready and fire his shot the moment the vessel is steady on the crest of a sea. The tests were satisfactory in every wav. Jerry Simpson a Candidate. Topeka, KaU. Congressman Jerry Simpson arrivedjhere and he put all doubts to rest concerning his' candidacy for the United States Senate by announcing that he was a candidate. He said, how ever, that his presence was due more to a de ire to help the Populists endeavor to organize tbe House than in his own interest. The organization of the House, be further said, depended upon the Su preme Court, before which the House contest cases, recently mentioned in these despatches, had been filed. Of course the court could not finally settle the con test. But what the court could do was to prevent a man from working a wrong which was all the Populists asked. A Precious Hascal. Richmond, Va. A special from Tag ley, Va., says that Thomas Nelson, may or of Cape Charles City, has absconded after squandering about $ 0,000 church and trust funds placed in his hands for safekeeping. He was a master mechan ic; clerk of the New York, Phil adelphia and Norfolk Railroad; a ves tryman of the Episcopal church aud may or of the town. -He also belonged to all the secret orders. Nelson is a native of Virginia, though he came to Cape Charles City from New Jersey. Owirig to his expensive sryle of lirincr, his wife left him. Then he sold his furniture and after receiving tbe money left for parts unknown. A re ward is offered for his arrest. Burns His Ship. Wilmisoton, N. C. Tbe schooner Eleanor, Captain McCoy, which sailed from Georgetown, S. C, for New York, December 2i, with a cargo of rosin, spir its of turpentine and cotton, was struck December 25 by a gale that lasted three days, causing the ship to spring a leak. The vessel on December 28 becoming water-logged, was abandoned 35 miles off Topsail Inlet. The crew of seven men reached shore here after being in a small boat 38 hours, suffering intensely. Captain McCoy, realizing the danger of the floating wreck t passing vessels, eet fire to his water-logged ship before leav ing her. Julian Can and the Cabinet. Wahi3gton, D. C Julian 8, Carr was interviewed here as to the Postmas ter Generalship and says: "While the posi ion is one of high hon or for any man and I would feel com plimented by Mr Cleveland's choice, if ft fell on me, I must say in response to your enqu'ry for a word on the subject that I could not even consider any place in the President's gift except that of postmaster General. A man ought not to seek cr lightly decline position of high honor or responsibility, such as that of a cabinet portfolio.'' "The Grottoes" of Virginia. S. H. Ncwhalt, curator of the geologi cal depaitment of the Smithsonian In stitute of Washington, has been in Sfaen il 'n, Va., getting t 'gether a collection of s 'alactite3, s sdigmites and other won ders from Weyer's cave for an exhibit at Chicago. Mr. Newhall says that sp ci mens fr.-m the caves in this locality ex ceed all others in beauty, and that this will be the largest and most comprehen sive display of any cave known. After b-ing displayed at Chicago, the specimens &re to be brought back to Washington and given to the Smithsonian Institute. Governor Tillman Signs the Bill. Columbia, S. C Goveri.or Tillman signed the WiUon railroad bill, w. ich passed the Legislatur last week, giving to the rai!rrt;id ronimi-sion the power to fix passenger nud freigh rates Had other wise control the p'i'roiids of South Carolina. .EDITORS CALL ON GR0VER. fXa Xtaoeirmi Tfecaa Qvaciously atid 22lMUlvs Afesut Tssoea aad Oclquit. As baa been fcnootnscrad, ton Southern editors salletl on Mr. Cleveland last Sat urday ia New York and the Herald fays: Mr. Civslacd was glad to see the Southern editors. He knew nearly all of them parsonaily, but each in turn was presented to him by Cap thin Howell. "Mr. President," Eaid Capt. Howell, when the handshaking was over, "we are not here to talk about offices. We don't want any offices, tor do we come in any particular Interest. But the legislation of the laafe twenty -five yeai ha' been in favor of the hawks. Now we want the chickens to have a show." Mr. Cleveland laughed benrti'y at this. "There is much in that barnyard simile of yours, Mr. Howell," he earn. "You may also pnesibly rcca'l, 31r. President, " went en Capt Howell, 'that some of us were not id favor of jour nomination at Chicago" (with a sweep of his hand toward Editors Walsh and Stockton), "but aiter you were uouiioatcd we wtre all for you." "It makes no difference," said the President-elect, "who was opposed to my nomination; I want the assistance of evenbodv, I want the assistance of all you gentlemen to carry out the princi ples on which I was elected. Relief is expected by the p ople and I earnestly desiie your co-operation to secure what they have asked for "The South, Mr. CleveUud, will do ail in its power to assist you," said Editor Hemphill. "I do not think thi country ever had an election which caused tuch sincere rejoicing throughout the South." Mr. Cleveland looked pleased. "I feel very much flattered," be observed, "at whit happened as a result of the cam p ign, and the expres ions of good will which have come from the South and from oth'.-r parts of the country have been especially gratifying." Tin President-elect inquired particu la'ly about Senators Colquett, of Georgia, and Vance, of North Carolina. He also asked Mr. Howell t lemember him to his son, Clark Howell, and spoke in an appreciative wuy of young Mr Howell's letters on the progress of ihe campaign, printed from week to week in the Her ald. At one tiaic during the visit Mr. Cleve land eaid he hiped none of the editors had brought interviewers with them. This allusion to the fear of the President elect that he might hi quoted caused a laugh all around, and one of the editors said they did not thing such enterprise had been attempted sincj Col9nel Shep urd interviewed General Alger with a shorthand man behind the screen. "I do not like getting into the news papers day after day," said Mr. Cleve aud, "but I do take the position tha when tbere is anything with which I am connected which affects the welfare of the people or in which tbe people are interested, it is my dutv to make it pub lic." Toil :liiog on personal matters Mr. Cleveland said that he was sorry the edi t )rs had not called on him earlier. "I know," said he, "that you have been hjrea.week. I rather expected you to c.U on me earlier. I shall always be glad to ste you." 'We did not ca'l on you. before be cause we did not care to intrude upon your time. We knew you were having m iny callers." "I am not so busy as the public gener ally believes," said Mr. Cleveland. The editors now took their leave. They had been with Mr Cleaveland nearly a half hour. Mr. Cleveland shook hands -with them heartily and said he hoped to see them whenever they came North. During tbe visit not a word did Mr. Cleveland droo about an extra session, tbe speakership ot the formation 'of his cabinet. The Sense of Touoj. A curious scientist, who ha3 bsea giv ing careful attention to the mittor, says that man's sense of touch, or feeling, resides almost wholly in the skin and ia those parts of the body, as the lips and the tongue, that are most expose!, while some of.our most important organs, the heart, for instacce, and the braio, are quite insensible to touch, thui showing that not only are nerve? necesjiry for the sensation, but also the special en 1 organs. The curious fact was noticed with the greatest astonishment by Har vey, wbc, while treating a patient for an abscess that caused a large cavity in lm side, found that, when he put his fingers into this cavity, he could actually take hold of the heart without the pa tient being in the least aware of what he was doing. This so interested Harvey that he brought King Charles L to ths man's bectaide that "he might himself behold and touch 'so extraordinary a thing." In certain operations a piece ot skin ia removed from the forehead to the nose, and it is stated that the patient, oddly enough, feels as if the new naal part were still ia his forehead aud may have a headache in his noe, New Oi leans Picayune. Killed for Not Working the Road. Aseetille, N. C Saturday afternoon O. R. Jones was shot and ii stantly kil led and his son Jesse Jonfs perhaps fa tally shot at their home near Leicester, twelve miles west of Asheville. Young Jones refused to obey the summons to work upon the public roads and the fath er sustained him and deft d the officers. Constable Stevers secured a posse and ettempted to make the arrest. In a fight which followed fifteen or twenty shots were exchanged The killing is regard ed as justifiable. Jesse Jones has since died. ... In Lynchburg, Vs., the tobacco ware houses are unsually busy,"and high prices are bei- g secured at nearly all sales. Some shipping grades recently brought $13.75 per hundred and dark grades com mand a correspondingly satisfactory price. Very little bright tobacoo is being offer ed, but the figures which it realizes are highly gratifying. Farmers are bringing their tobucco in steadily, and ss a consa quesce merchants state that the volume of business is particularly good, and the holiday trade promises to be unusually heavy. rp ocealVs graveyard.' tHE SAnaiisso as a. thh ctuteh OF ATXA H fl : OCJF.2il5NT3 In Iranians Arwa at Water Whtcn 1 - Covered "Witti l-1 1 oatlm? Wreck and Oiliar Strang0 Objects'. FOR tevcral years past the Hydro graphic Bureau at Washington has been trying to acquire a j more intimate knowlc.lsoj f tha movements of the waters of tbe ocean nl a great number of bottle, contain. ;nc? messages ani fecureiy corKe 1, Laves been dropped o-verboavd by veelij. Sliiuy of tnese have floated thousands of miles before they were picked up, and, while some were washed upon native and foreign shores, others have fouud their way into the great Sargasso Se;i. Fmm the courses taKen by thee different but ties it has been found that the ocean currents move around in a vat circle. Tiioso which wer dropped orerho;irJ on the American coast took a northt-rly course, wuiie thoso on the Europenu sid floated toward the soutn. BjUIcs dropped overboard ia the North Atlan tic started toward the nurtliuast, aud those from the Africau aud Spanish coast floated almost 'lircotly west until they reached the West Iu-lia Island. The general directions ot the current were thus ascertained, showing that tha waters acted upou by winds and cur rents circulated round and round like a pool. In all pool3 floating objects are quickly ca3t outside of the revolving ourrcmr, or they are carried with theai iu their circular route for some time, until they are washed uearcr tho centre or sido of the pool. The bottles that were forced outside of tho currents of tho ocean were cast upon the hhores of a nna coun try, but those which wcro worked toward the centre eventually found their way in the calm waters of the Sanja' so Sea. Here they remain peacefully until picked up by some vessel, or until sorno storm casts them back into tho grsat pool. Vessels very rarely visit the rcat sea in the middle of the ocean, but occasion ally they are drivea there by storms or adverse winds. Strange sights meet the gaze of the sailors at such times. Won derful stories partly true and partly false have been told by sailors return ing from a forced trip to tho vast Sar gasso Sea. The surface of the sea is covered with floating wrecks, spars, sea weed boxes, fruits, and a thousand other innumerable articles. It is ihe ftre.it re pository or storehouse of tho ocean, and all things which do not sink to the bot tom or are not washed upon the shores are carried to this centre of the sea. When one considers the vast number of wrecks on tne ocean, and the quantity of floating material that is thrown over board, a faint idea of the wreckage in the Sargasso Sea may be conceivod. Derelicts, or abandoned vessels-, fre quently disappear in mysterious ways, aud no accounts are given of them lor years by passing vessel?. Then suddenly, years later, they appear again in some well-traveled route to the astonishment of all. The wrecks are covered with mould and green slime, showing the long, lonesome voyage wbica they have passed through. It ia generally sup 2osed that such derelicts have been swept, into the centre of the pool and remained in the Sargasso Sei until dually cast out by some unusually violent storm. The life in this sea is interesting. Sol itary and alone tbe acres of waters, cov ered with the debrif, stretch out as tho vast graveyard of the ocaan, seldom being visited by vessels or human beingi. Far from all trading routes of vessels, the sight of a sail or steam vessel ii something unusaaL The fishes of tan ea form tne cbief life of these watery soli tudes. Attracted by the vast qufintitie oi wreckage floating in tha tea, and also by theguifweed on wa:ca manyoi theru live, tney swarm around in great num bers. The smaller fishes live in the in tricite avenues formed by the seaweed, aud the more ferocious denizens of tha deep come hitber,to feed upon the quan tities of small fish. In this way the sub marine life of the Sargaatc Sea is made interesting and lively. The only life overhead is that made by a few sea birds, which occisionally reach the solitudes of this in.d-t'Cian cemetery. A few of the long fijers of tbe air penetrate to the very tni idle of the ocean, but it it very rarely t uat this occurs. Some have been known to follow vessel across the ccan, keepina at respectful distacci from the stern. Other birds have been swept out to 6ea by storms, and have finally sought reiuge in tho Sar gasso Sea. Still others, taking refuge on some derelict, have been gradually car ried to the same midoccan sceue. There is sufficient food floating on tne surface, or to be obtained from the fishes which live among the forests of seaaeed, to support a large coi&ny of birds. It is surmised that many of those found in tbe sea have inhabited those regions for years, partly from choice, aud partly from necessity. Birds swept out theru by storms would not care to venture the long return trip to land, and finding a;i abundance r-f food ?. 1 : -ccs on which to rest and rear t vjimr. t'-?v ui'i' it easily become content with their &u---ge lot. Just how far the strong-winge i sea birds can fly without resting is all conjectural, but it is doubtful if many of them would undertake such a Ion.; journey seaward with no better prospects ahead than dreary wastes of water, Dvtroit Free Press. A lloatin,' Hotel. A strange craft recently ii -inched at Bath, Me.," for use iu Florida, aud wui-r i will shortly be in New York, a tue floating hotel, J. S. Danforth. It is in tended for service on Florida rivers. I Las threo keels, is 12-5 feet luiu au i thirty feet beam, aud draws" tw eu'-y- i inches of water. It will accommodate seventy-five persons and wilt b" m floating home of hunters and J.- " -i;- vrh) visit Florida. New Out.-; P.cayuue. .... N. 15 Eyt jilt Pttt?rioo St. f; S
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