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WILKESBOItO, N. C. They figurs it out that England epends $900,000,000 a year for drinks. Our. army; is amply provided with Brigadiers, there 'be'ihg no less than sixteen. ' F, Putnam, of the Peabody Mu seum,. Boston, denies that the mound builders were in any way related to the Indian tribes of the country. ; v A Japanese priest defines "Shinto ism" as the "worship of the Emperor and other great men of , the Xatiori." It is the most prominent religion of Japan. " - "' r The United States has all kinds of climate, from tnat 01 anara 111 kmc sandy deserts of Arizona to that of 11 - finnfli T?lrtri. ii-nd that x of Greenland in Northern Idaho and Montana. " The Chicago Chronicle says: . "The signs continue to multiply that the new commercial era whioh is to make the United States the richest and most powerful Nation of the globe has already begun. The manufacturers of the country are rising to the occasion bravely, and are making an energetic and a winning attempt to secure a footing in the foreign market." It is surprising that the great river which Professor Bell claims to have discovered in Northern Quebec should have received no name from the na tives. The African tribes lowest in in telligence have names for their, rivers, but) it may be' that, the Esquimaux Darned this stream the great river be cause of its majestic size. When ex plored it will probably add another ATcticjroute for tourists.' In no other country in the world is .there so much money appropriated by Government and donated by private citizens -to the cause of education as in the United States, boasts the De troit Free Press. And as a result there were-gathered during, the; past year into our schools, colleges and Universities 15,520,268 of the youth of the land. This is equal to nearly one-fourth of our entire population. Several eminent German physicians are agreed that in about ten per cent, of the cases of supposed idiocy among children the affliction is caused by an abnormal growth in the canal back of the no3e.. This growth, seldom visi ble, is indicated by the nasal speech and defective hearing of those afflict ed; the mouth is kept nearly always open, and the little sufferer makes scant or no progress in school. Noth ing but an operation by a skilful sur geon will effect a cure, but then a cure is assured.: A noted ex-burglar is employed as a private detective in one of the larg est 1 retail dry' goods stores in New 'York, and a member of the firm says that the ex-convict's services are in valuable. ' He was engaged on account of his wide acquaintance with shop lifters. Already ha lias shown a re markable adaptability for his work. He is almost continually walking about the .store, keeping a close watch -on the entrances. A number of professional shop lifters with whom he is acquaint ed are aware of the position he holds and consequently keep away from the . building. Mr. Sam Heller, of Kaleigh, N. C, knowing that there was no limit to the weight of first-class mail packages, ordered a box pf shoes, weighing 125 1 pounds, sent to him by mail. With only a 2-cent stamp affixed. There were on the box when it arrived $40 worth of postage due stamps. There were fifty of the denomination of fifty cents, for which he says he can ob , tain from the dealers $1.25 each, and ' fifty of thirty cents, worth seventy - five cents each ; so by this calculation he Wakes $60. , . This is tha heaviest package of the kind which ever passed through the mail in Raleigh. 1 . t .The BosonTTransoript's listener" - grows extremely aesthetic in his crit . idism of the modern, iron building. S&ys he : "A large building is going up in Boston in which a , great weight is apparently ..being supported by col- unms so slender that they must surely 'be crushed. Bat no one need be alarmed at- least not at present. These columns are not of. stone, but of iron encased, in a . cbmpositionU of - stone, decoratively treated as if it were stone. JEvery one of these' graceful ' pillars for the details are throughout ' beautiful-is -a monument toJ a lie. TW are so brazenly false to their - purpose that common : laborerspaas r . : .A--. v,v their unhtness- - and Comment opon it." :. '-'.'; " And what Is life but one gay masquerade, i. -jCn which, the masked figures come and go, Where all the brilliant scenes dissolve and ,'- 5 - fade, - As fleeting shadows, passing to and fro, hi id all the people in. the merry game . Jleep well their masks before their "hearts t and iives, ' -' - ';' , ' ' . ' Tl ough some seek honor, ' wealth or power j i or fame, ' : Each one's a masker, while he works and strives. - The maiden with a coy and timid grace; v j The youth more bold, but yet an actor 1 ' still;;' - . ; Tl e dame, the grandsire, keep before their face f 1 Che mask of life, which they hold firmly ; tur,. Disath comes to end the senseless masque l. rade, : Then over &1 the mask of death is laid. i . ! Albert Hardy. JUDAS IN PETTICOATS. HEBE was intense ex citement in the court when Lucia M ol e 1 1 i, alias P r i n cesse T u r p i n i, alias M m e. la Comtesse de Villars, alias Mme. De lilah, was tried for obtaining goods under false pretenses, same goods be ing gems, jdrapery, millinery,; bijou terie and many other things far, far too numerous to recapitulate. Mme. Delilah, in short, had (under various pretexts) obtained samples ot most of the great wor 1 d's merchandise, j j Fair, slim and seductive was this same evil siren, instead of being fair, fat and forty, as same sirens are. Her rjd gold fringe was of the tint which j Titian loved and painted, and (mar vellous quality in a fringe !) it hid the wrinkles time and thought had made. Iter eyes were of deep and liquid brown, her oval face was of a creamy white, with red lips which mutely in vited kisses. For the rest, she had the easy,, qnite-at-home manner of a woman who had seen much of many cities and of many men. The counsel for the prosecution had given it as his opinion that the ; noto rious impostor ought to be made an example of, which opinion Mr. Justice llaby had indorsed by his seutonoe a sentence which condemned her to ye years' work in a penitentiary. The prisoner neara ner sentence pro nounced without any sign of emotion ; sne simply bowed, said "Merci Milor," in a clear and emotionless voice, and then quitted the scene in whioh she had made her final appearance in pub lic. As Delilah left the court a voice near me murmured: "She was not tried for h er worst sin. She is a Judas in peti qotits, a traitress in black satin and fur.. God forgive her her manifold misdeeds, for I scarcely can. , When I look at that smooth-skinned, smooth tongued woman I am almost inclined to turn misanthrope and live in a tub, but then I remember my Jeanette, my Tife, and recant." -'As you well may, Monsieur," I re plied, and as I spoke I turned and smiled at the speaker, who was none other than M. Jean Drincobier, a teacher of French and Italian, with horn I was on terms of friendly ao- uaintanceship. "Come, come, Drincobier, I said, 'pull yourself , together, man, and when the court adjourns in a quarter of an hour or so we will take a turn in Melton Bark together and have a chat About Mme, Delilah." "Agreed," he said, "agreed! ttl am ior you m, tne porcn iioiaen. his he did, and,, when the barristers ere .discussing the news of the town t luncheon, I left the court and oined Monsieur in the Elizabethan burt. The great cause of the day as over; the long gilt hands of. the ouis Quatorze clock pointed -to 1 'clock. I had breathinsr tinde before y lord once more sat under hiscrim- on canopy. " Welcome, jJrmcoDier, said, as I hooked : my arm in his. 'Jjet us 1 eave brief,: wigs and robes or a while, and spend half an hour ith Mother Nature. " ,"So be it." he replied, and we went traight to the fair, green pleasure ardens and sat down on a garden seat under a linden full of yellow-scented blossoms. ' . . ; . ; ) Neither of us spok-. for a few . sec onds and v then the silence was broken by my companion. - r "Holden," said he, "you have doubtless heard many strange stories. Are you ready to hear another?", "Yes: both readv and willing." Wei I. ' thp.n. TUl onen the sealed book of the past, and read you a chap ter from it in confidence, of course. Now listen." , . This was what I did ; and am go ing to tell you the tale I . heard in Melton Park, when the birds sang in the trees, the pleasure boats , wenxi up and rinwn t.Vio minin.tnre laKe, ana a a lavAd airs -from.'.. ."Lo hengrin" iin the distance. You must think that Drincobier is speaking. "In' the famous city of Avignon, which -bas earned : the name of Xia Yille Sonnante (or the Ringing Town), in old : chateau, ; called Mon Plaisir, which has for. ages belonged to the La Boche family. I am the last 7 of this familythe last leaf on the old ancestral tree I For my real - name is Jean Drincobier La Boche. , , When I was eighteen I went to a military academy, and directly I be came of age, I entered the army, in which I served with honor fpr some time, and at length attained my cap taincy.. Then came the. piping times of peace, and my mother, whose sight had grown dim, left Avignon and came to stay with me in Paris. Here it was that I met with Jeanette. '. She' was a music teacher in a neighboring school and lived by herself in ' near little room at the very top of the hotel in which we lodged. She was like a little brown nightingale, was Jeanette Boudeau, be.cause she always lived in the twilight of obscurity, and yet was bright and cheery, even as the sweet est of feathered songsters sings in the night. --y- ' - - ; 'She pitied my mother in her own gentle way, and often brought her a fresh bouquet of .flowers. Sometimes she gave poor madame a, few carna tions, mixed with sprays of mignon otte; ,sometimefe she gave a few mar guerites and violets, but : how simple soever her gifts,' her words were as sweet as honey. By and by she be came our t frequent visitor, and often took tea or coffee with my mother, who soon loved her like a daughter. I should have fallen head over ears in love with her had I not met my Judas in petticoats at a fancy balln'd uecame imttbuatea witn ner. "Very fair and winsome and seduc tive was this woman." whn tlio D4-iA7 herself Princess Vanloo ! She lived' in good style, had apparently plenty of money at command, and tup great world as well as she did her al phabet, and had a partly sympathetic, partly protective manner, which com pletely enchanted me. Her national ity was a secret ; for she spoke the tongue of several Nations, and claimed none as her fatherland. It is true that she said her mother had been an Eng lishwoman, and this I belie va1. fn-r she shewed emotion when speaking of her, as she did to me one wintry night when the rain beat on the lonsr. bright ly lit boulevards, as well as the win dow panes. We were havinsr a tete-a- tete together in her daintv recention- room, wherein taste and wealth had done their best to shut the winter out., 'Tis' a dreary nignt, Madame, I said. , "She smiled as she answered : It is, but rain is better tnan snow ; na ture's white velvet is Only appreciated by the rich, who can skate in7w Tm, soft costumes and furs. They see the whiteness of the snow, but the poor only realize the discomfort it brings. ' "She glanced round the sumptuous ly furnished room with a sigh and1 a sbudder, and I wondered if she would deem me poor, and then and there declared my love. "She listened to me with nan amused smile, called me a poor, silly boy, and ended by asking if I would do any thing to prove my love. 'Anything and everything, I re plied, with passionate fervor. ly. 'I do not like -the lukewarm adorers. Will you trust me, mon bravo, entirely? Then do so; let me see the plans of the new fortifications which you keep upon your person as amulets.' I hesitated, because you know that I was in the artillery de partment, and being an Al draughts man, I had been given some plans of fortifications (designed to act as bul warks against an unfriendly Conti nental power) to copy and honor for bade my acceding to my mistress's re quest. 'That I cannot do,' said L 'Ask me for something else,' 'Yes, exactly like a man.' 'Ask ' me for something else. 'Yes, ask you for something I do not want, you mean. How exactly like a man. Well, so be it. You do not really love me. Au revoir, monsieur.' . She rose as she spoke, and touched a- handbell which stood on the table by her side. I hesi tated, wavered and was lost. 'Mad ame, I stammered, out, 'why can you so strongly desire to glance at these military plans? Tnsre is nothing in teresting in them, I assure you. ' 'There is not, but I want to feel that my Jean (she called me "my Jean" think of places his honor, which is dearerto him than lfe, in my -keeping. It has ever been my pride to be trusted. I may trust you "till death do us part" as my husband. Surely you will trust me for a single night." "The soft, bright eyes and caress ing voice , did the work they were meant to do. I drew the papers from a concealed pocket and handed them to her. Her cheeks, were as crimson roses as she touched them, and tier ripe lips trembled, but she smiled as she held them behind her' back and cried, 'Proved, thoU lovest me after all, my Jean.' 'I do,' said I. 'Now, please give me' back the plans. They never quit my possession. I carry them about in the daytime and sleep with them under my pillow.' 'That is well ; ' you are both brave and pru dent,' was the merry reply. 'Well, to night I will take care of them. - You can come for them in the morning. I shall be sure to see you.' "To cut the shameful story short, I acceded to her request,, gave into her whim, as I thought it, and, for a few short hours, lived in a fool's paradise I But for a few short hours only,, for when I went to see the 'Princess in the morning, she had gone;- the dainty nest was empty, the bird had flown', and L was simply a disgraced and ruined man. Had it not been for. my mother I would then and there have put an. end to my existence. Asit was, I went back to our hotel, to the room in wnicn sne was sitting witu Jeanette, and told her the shameful story. She listened in silence1, but when I had ended she drew my head 'down on to her bosom, and wept over and comfort ed me as if I had been a little lad in a blouse and cap. And the little gov erness, bless her I she comforted us both. And then as I did so, my heart turned from the traitress whov had be trayed me to the working girl who pitied me ! ' a s : "I went of my own accord to Gen era! Siever. the chief of my depart ment, and told him all. He heard, my statement in silence with the frown on his forehead growing ever deeper, and whea l concluded he pressed the tops of his fingers together and . he said ; 'You have been , a Judas in nnifm-tn - and. have given the plans to a Judas in 4-J-C 4. 1 ! M.t pcuiuuata, wao . : wui ecu mem' to? an j agent of that Government - which uses her as a spy. You hare been; a sim pleton U. do not prove yourself a poltroon.'-. He pointed, as he . spoke, to a pistol which lay near him reaiy loaded.' ' . - ' s . - ' VThe temptation to take it and-by its means end my misery was exceed-? ingly strong, but I resisted it. There in that neat cabinet I seemed - to see ; a sweet,; pale face and to liear a sweet; young voice say plaintively : 'Endure, but do not die. You may be styled a coward; you may i be disgraced and exiled, but you will still be in - the land of the liring. Do not, do not, let your mother weep for her dead V I turned to 'my superior : 'Monsieur General, ' I said, tremblingly, 'do with me what you will. ' I cannot live 't for France ; but my mother is a widow, and I am her only sonI will live for her.'- So be it,' was the chief's reply, and he then and there gave me into custody. . . 11 was tried by court-martial and sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the Isle of Sainte Yeronivue in a military prison. Severe, you will say. Well, yes, maybe so ; but before I was expatriated I had to pass a severer ordeal still. 1 had to be publicly dis graced. And this I was ! One cold, sharp February morning I was led in to the parade-ground of the Ecole Militaire. All night long the detach ments from the various regiments around Paris had been marching to the scene, and 5000 men at least were on the ground. There were beardless recruits as well as bronze cheeked men ; boys who wore the oom-oon and beat the rataplan ; and men who had smelt powder oh many hard-won fields. Outside the parade ground, facing the school, were hun dreds of spectators, who) hid come from all . parts to see a traitor pun ished. There was Pierre, the wine seller, with madame, his spouse, on his arm ; Gros Jean, the butcher in his work-a-day blouse; Lorrit and Louise, from the fish market and Al fred and Alphonse, from the students' quarter. All, all were there ! And so was a slight, pale young woman in mourning who smiled as if to say : 'Be brave as I am !' as my eye fell ou her. Yes, Jeanette had come to help me with her presence as I -passed through the seven-fold heated furnace. 'Death i to the traitor ! cried . the crowd, as I was led up to the General in command ; and even as the yells broke upon my ears k thought of Jeanette's smile ! The Adjutant took the sword from my hand and broke it across his knee, as the Commander said : 'La Boche, you are unworthy to carry arms,in a clear, cold voice, wTiich seemed to cnt me like a whip, or a strong northeast wind. Yet through it all I seemed to see the brave young face with the smile upon it. Button after button was cut from my uniform and cast upon the ground, with the insignia of my rank, and, though I longed to cry, 'I am innocent,' I . could not. Then again the shouts of 'Death to the traitor !' went to the sky, and the trumpets began to blow and the drums to beat ! Before me was that shame ful parade which is called in military parlance the parade of execution. "When It had marched round the entire square the gendarmes led me to the barrack-gate and gave me into the hands of the civil authorities as a convict. But before I stepped into the prison van Jeanette stepped for ward and handed me a bunch of vio lets, saying: 'Keep up, monsieur, the dear mother is bearing Up bravely, and we will" come and visit you direct ly the authorities permit.' this, my friend, they did. As I sat on my pallet bed, musing bitterly, on the day succeeding the execution parade the cell door opened and a turnkey said: 'La Boche, mad ame, your mother, and madmoiselle, your fiancee, have come to pay you a visib.' I rose and greeted them both, and , then I turned-to Jeanette and said k 'My little friend, my . mother will be all alone, and her sight is growing dim. I have sold the old chateau, and the money which' I gained by its sale has been settled on her. She can live in England now. Go with her, my more than sister, and be a daughter to her. I am a convict, an ex-soldier, indeed! and not even a Frenchman, so I dare not ask you to love and wait for my release. I date not ask you to make such a cruel sac rifice.' "The girl's face flushed" brightly as she laid a trembling hand on my arm. " 'Monsieur Jean,' she said, 'love delights in sacrifice, and I I love you. If it would make you happier I would become your wife before you go to Sainte Veronique.' "I took her in my arms and' kissed her then and there, and; my mother, with tears of gladness, gave us both her blessing. Ours was a strange wedding stranger, I should say, has scarcely, if .ever been seen. ' Four gendarmes escorted me to' Mairie, Where I met a pale girl in black and white, with a breast-knot and bouquet of snow-drops,' and a dim eyed ' gray haired woman. My handcuffs were removed, and the Mayor of Paris per formed , the civil ceremony ; then we drove to an antique church in which, in day? or yore,' Marie Stuart and -the Dauphin had plighted their troth, and there my fetters were once more re moved, and a white haired priest made Jeanette my wife. ; . 'After the marriage I was deporfed to Saipte Veronique, where I worked' on a desolate island in a military fort: r ess for five years. .When I was once more free I came to England . to my wife and mother; at Bassingham. Here I assumed my second name of Drin cobier, and, being a fair linguist, be came a teacher of languages. ' I . 'let the dead past .bury its. dead. '.v t When this .woman was tried I knew her for ths so-called Princess Vanloo, the Ju das in ' petticoats who had betrayed me--whose hand had signed the doom which made rn an. exile. . Do you wonder at my agitation now?" "Indeed, T rio not," was my' reply, I shall never hear lovers sing of Jean-, ette and Jeannot, 'without thinking of -vour thrilling love story," monsieur. Trndy your Jeanette was a wife worth winning. "-St. Paul. - - s ' im - WISE WOBDS. i A coming man must keep going. : f Selfishness is a hard snake to kill. i No man likes to order things for the house. ' A man hates j everybody's dog but his own.' ' ' ' . Do. your part faithfully; and' fate will do the rest.. ... x , You always enjoy a laugh even at your own expense. ' . We all make the mistake of depend ing too much on our friends. Criticism is sometimes most whole some but it isn't always safe. The home rule question has wrecked the .happiness of many a family. "In making our . good resolutions we are apt to forget how Jong the year is.. One of the great satires in society i to hear some women spoken of as chap erones. ' : "- ; Shun idleness ; it is the rust that at taches itself to the i nlost brilliant metals. , ". a According to the tombstones' ceme teries contain more good people than overlived. : Young folks tell what they d6, old ones w".iat they have done, and fools what they will do? Consider how few .things are worthy of anger, and you wonder that" any but fools should be in wrath. ' The man who attemps to play a practical joke on a vicious clog should engage a surgeon beforehand Innocence is like a - flower which withers when touched, and blooms not again, though watered with tears. The man who says he welcpmesdeath rather than a life of sorrow has four doctors when he has a headache. Tho South-West. Action ol the Rain.'1 - 1 The rain falling on the rocks sinks into every crack and crevice, carrying with it into these fissures surface ma terial which has been degraded by the weather, and thus affording a matrix sufficient to start the growth of vege- tation, and afterward to maintain the plants. The fibers and roots of these plants, bushes and trees thus brought into life, growing and expanding,', act as wedges to split up the surface of the rock and to commence the process of wearing away. From this quality of de struction a large class of plants derive the name of Saxifrages, or rock break-' ers, from their roots penetrating into the minute fissures in search ot water, and so assisting in the process of dis integration. In winter the water col lected in the hollows and crevices be comes frozen, and expanding as it changes into ice, acts like a charge of blasting material in breaking up the rocks. The" pieces thud detached be come further disintegrated by frost and weather, and, being rolled over and over and rubbed against each otheras' they are carried away down the mountain currents, are ground gradually smaller and smaller, till from fragments of rocks they become bowlders, then pebbles, and finally sand'. As the mountain stream merges into the river the pebbles and coarse sand continue to be rolled along the bottom of : the channel, while the ar gillaceous particles and salts become mingled with the water, and flow on with it either in suspension or solution, - Longman's Magazine. . - , The Boss ot Balmoral Castle. Thornier of Balmoral Castle is no6 the Queen Victoria if report is to be believed, but the housekeeper, a Mrs. Mussens, a, typical personage of her class, gowned always in rustling black ,silk, lace-trimmed apron and white 'cap. - She and the Queen arja said to I be excellent friends, and many a gossip have they hivl together when afiairs ol State had been laid aside. Mrs. Mus sens also stands high in the favor of the little Battenburgs, who seek her out as soon as they have landed at tho castle, for she fairly idolizes the young sters and keeps many a goody, in. her ; apartments with which to regale their inner man. ; To the world at large Mrs. Mussens is a holy terror; her word is law, and she enforces it at the point of the bayonet or the broom stick. It is said that once -the Queen wanted a certain maid, to whom she had taken a fancy; detailed to the care of her own room, but the housekeeper remonstrated telling Her Majesty it was quite out of order, and she really must not spoil the servant by undue notice. The Queen was wise enough not to insist, and "dear Mrs. Mus sens" won the day. San Francisco Chronicle. Uncle Allen Adrfses. , ."I notice,, my dear," said Uncle Allen Sparks 'to one of i his nieces "that when you have a toothache it; is the worst you ever had. s The young man who was here last night was the ugliest fellow you ever saw. Accord ing to your statement a little while ago, it took you forever and ; a day to learn how to make a sponge cake. 3?he house," you say, is full of flies. . You have just declared that the room is as hot as an oven, you have the dreadful est headache you ever had in your life, and the ' boy across the, road is making the ; fearfullest racket a boy ever made. -. Don't you see, my child this sort of thing wont do? Some time in! your life 'you will really havo an experience requiring the superla tive degree to describe i it, and fyou won't be ab)e to convey any idea of it You will have used up all ; your adjec tives.' 'That is aUL You can go on thumping the piano again." Chicago Tribune, : ' " , Hew Drag Store. erry oros., Wilkesboro, N; C. Keep orr hand a . full line of Fresh Drugs, 'Medicines, Oils, Paints Varnishes and Everything kpt ia a First-Olass Djrug Store. Frescriptions- Carelully Store' in the Old Steve Johnson Building, just - opposite the Court House. - Be Sure to Call anil See Then, R. JL STALEY & CO DEALEB IN PATENT WiEDICEKES, ' -'-..,.- ' v .. . .. . . . . TOBACCO, CIGARS, Cigarettes, Fancy and Toilet Soaps, etc., etc. Prescriptions promptly and accur ately filled. ' Situated in the Brick Hotel Building. LIVERY & FEED STABLES, ' ft: C WELLBORN. PROP. Situated on Main 8treet, east of th Court House. Good horses asd new ve hicles of all kinds ro.dy fur the accom carefully fed, and attebJed .to. Qiv' ns a trial and see how we feed. A .C. WELLBORN, Wilkesboro, North Carolina.' R, , m hackettT UttetrrypiVGi nf l aw. - - WILKESBORO, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Oonrtov : - . : "' v . ' 1 3 A AC C . W ELLBORN, Attorney - jit - Law, Wilkesboro, N. O. Will practice In all the courts. Dealer In real estate. Prompt attention paid to collection of claims. 1. B. FlKLBT. H. L. GBKUr. FiriLEY & GREENE, Attorneys - at - Law, , WILKESBORO, N. O. Will practice la all the court. Col- AMaxnijuiion. l Fish Ton Thousand Years Old. - in making railway. tunnels and in sinkinff wells and pits' in- Nevard'a, Utah" and Arizona, salt strata are of ten struck at varying depths, some times as much as. a hundred yards beneath the surface; Hundreds of fish, perfectly preserved , are found in blocks of "this nnm snlt. These salt fields are supposed to occupy what was once the bottom of a lake thirtv miles loner, fifteen miles wide and many hundred feet deep. ' The fish found resemble tne pike species and are- wholly unlike the fish found in the, lakes and rivers of that region at the present time. The spetimens'found are riot petri fied , but are perfectly preserved in .the. flesh as those but recently frozen in a block of ice. , - ' i When taken out and exposed to the heat of the sun they become as hard aa blocks of wood. Occasionally workmen at the salt works have eaten these antediluvian relics. Men of matter, say that these salt preserved fish are at least 10,000 years old: Blu'efish Towed a Boat to Sea A remarkable catch, of bluefish was made in-the ocean off Blue Hi" life-saving station , Long Island, by Bobert : and Charles Smith, of this place". A school ol bluetish was sighted about a mile off shore, and, working.to the eastward, the fisher men seta gill net;: The rush of the fish Was so great that the -boat was carried .two miles,-to Water Island, before the fishermen could get con trol of the fish. At least half of t&o fish'escaped; yet over two tons were taught in the net. T ' , uwmti
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