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A o W. EL. KTTCHIN. Owner. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE SUBSCRIPTION : $1.60 PER YEAR. VOLUME III. SCOTLAND NECK, X. C, Fill DAY. SEPTEMBER D. is7. M MHKi: it r DEMOCRAT A - n 1 . Lady of Broek, the Holstein cow -which took the test premium at the late New York dairy .show, is four years old, yielded 2,or4 pounds and fourteen ounces of milk in one month, and S.CoO pounds ten ounces in five months and four days. In seven days she tested twenty pounds three and one half ounces of unsalted butter. She is the property of Mr. Jere AUis, IsiiKir.rs, Minn. A you hit New York lady makes a good living by "personally conducting'" female visitors in New York to places of amuse ment, on shopping tours or sight-seeing about the city. A great many women come to New York in the course of a year, the wives of prominent and. wealthy per.-ns, who require the assistance or attendance of some one to direct them about the citv. A tract of land, sixty miles by forty, near Port Hope, Canada, produces more peas than any other equal area in the world. The secret of this is that peas grown on this favored tract am free from bugs. One-third of the land is sown with peas yearly, and many American seedmen have their peas grown here. The exemption from bugs is attributed to the effect of Georgian Bay in cooling the summers so that the bugs do not mature early enough for the peas. Mrs. Annie Kaush of Letart, Va., is 100 years old, and is said to be the mother of the largest family in the United States. She was married when she was fifteen, and bore thirteen chil dren, eight of whom are living. Hei oldest child was born when she was six teen, and her oldest living child is seventy-eight. Her oldest grandchild is sixty-eight years old. She has fifty two great-great-grandchildren, and her descendants altogether number over GOO. She is apparently good for years yet. Mr. Howells the well-known American novelist, declares that the Russian nov elist and reformer. Count Tolstoi, is "the greatest living writer, and incom parably the greatest writer of fiction -who has ever lived." In the opinion of St. Louis G,'.Jie-I(mcr't, "this is a very bold and far-reaching claim; ami tvc suspect Mr. Howells will have con siderable difficulty in persuading the world that such story-tellers as Balzac, Cervantes, Scott, Pickens, Thackeray and George Eliot are not even woithy to be compared with the Russian literary smut." A reformed burglar tells a Philadelphia newp-ipi-r man that burglary, regarded from even the financial point of view, is Ltd business. Bank burglars, he says, are comix lied to submit to immense re ductious i:i realizing on their plunder. The humbler brothers of the craft, who only steal wat he-; and plate, get but a small percentage on their value from the "fence" who handl- s them. This "crook" adds that i; the boy whose mind is inflamed by the flash papers could see what the criminal class endures, in fear, flight and general hopeless wretched ness, he would keep honest, if only from policy alone. The examinations as to tea, eoflee, and sugar conducted by Edward G. Love, Ph. P.. for the New York Wo riff, re sulted as follows: A review of the 300 reports discloses that of the samples of tea. ss were not adulterated and 12 were adulterated, mostly with "lie tea" and foreign, leaves; that of the samples of ground cofi'ee, 72 were unadulterated snd 2S were adulterated, mostly with chicory and peas; that of the sugar a tmples. were pure and only 2 adulterated with starch glucose. In all, there were, of the -i00 samples, 258 good and 42 ni ne or less bad. As to the weights of th" samples, those of 270 w ere correct and oO were light. A singular fact was brought out recently by Dr. George Hurley at a meet ing "f the Briti-h Anthropological Insti tute. Dr. Harley cited cases which mtiii almost to prove that "while man's piiVM-jiie as well as his mental power has increased during his evolution from a barbaric -t ate, his recuperative capacity on the other hand has materially de teriorated. Mm is no w less able to re sist the c fleet of bodily injuiies, and re-o.,-i from them, than his barbaric .mei-stors were, or than savages are now." The old notion that savages are healthier th;m civilied men (as they arc not, all things considered) may have had its toguefrorn a recognition of such facts :is Dr. Harley has now pointed out. The apparent failure of M. Pasteur's hydr .phobia cure in several conspicuous in-tiinees. and the rejection of his theory by some of the most eminent physicians f Europe, has greatly unsettled public Confidence in the effectiveness of his mode of treatment. "But," says Frank LedieV, "the favorable report of the English committee, just published, will have ;t reassuring effect. This com mittee was composed of men eminently titled to investigate the question, and they seem to have done their work thoroughly. They consider the proof of M. Pasteur's theory conclusive, and his treatment in spite of some failures, entirely -u- cessful, and even recommend that it be made compulsory by law in .u-e of rabies." ! THE NAME OF WASHINGTON. of the youth ami th- truth of the nation Ye that have met to remember the man xVhose valor gave birth to a nation's salva tion Honor him now; s-t his name in the van. A nobleness to try for, A nami? to live font .1:.- for The name of Wa- hingtuii. "nliny his face shall look down through the nges Sweet yet severe with a spirit of warning; .'hnrgeti with the wisdom of saints and of rtge. : Quick with the light of a life-giving moan ing. A majesty to try for, A name to live and die for Tho name of Washington. I hough faction may rack ns, or party divide us, Ami bitterness break the bright links of our s.t ry, )ur father and leader is ever beside us. Live and forgive: But forget not the glory Of him whose height we try for, A name to live aid die for The name of Washington. 3t ill in his eyes shall be measured our fleeting Days, with the image of days long ended; still shall those eyes give, immortally, greet ing Unto th- soul from his spirit descended. His grandeur we will try for, His name we'll live and die for Tho name of Washington. Geonjf Parsons Luthrop. Mr. Witlierden's Successor. His death was the first act of censid .ration Mr. Witherden had ever shown lis wife. Young scarcely yet twenty ive beautiful, rich, and alone, life be jan anew for her then. Soon afterward, Mrs. Gertrude With erden closed the great house, and visited her friend, Mrs. North. In the Norths' lovely home Gertrude found rest and peace. They had one lit tle lad of ten years, and her childless heart opened wide to the brave, bright boy. lie, in return, was a very little knight in devotion. "If only I had such a boy of my own !" iheaid one day as he bounded away to school. "Why don't you adopt one?" asked Mrs. North. "I will, if you'll give me, Philip." The long visit came to an end. The little knight waved his handkerchief and dashed away a tear with it, as the train bearing his friend slowly glided out of the station. But the Norths were soon to return the visit, and Gertrude opened her house again with a new feeling of in terest. Her servants gathered gladly about her and old ways were resumed. The summer days sped on and one came when the Norths set out on the journey westward. Fifty miles from Morrisville. where Gertrude waited impa tiently for them, was an iron bridge. A freight train had just passed safely over when the express ran slowly on. With a fearful crash train and bridge went down together. A telegram from a strange phvsician summoned Gertiude to the terrible scene. Mr. North had been killed instantly, and his wife was dying. Philip lay by her side with a broken arm, bravely bearing his pain and terror that he might not add to his mother's distress. She looked all her joy ami relief at Gertrude's pres ence, and whispered with difficulty the eager woi ds : "You'll take Philip for our own?" "With all my heart for my own boy always." was the fervent pledge. Now indeed began Gertrude's life in earnest. Its direction was to be shaped by this fine, loving boy, whee soul was knit to hers, in the davs of his sudden orphanage and weary illness, with a fervor that nothing would ever chill. All her latent mother-love sprang at once into fall flower, and her little knight gave willing allegiance. She was a wise mother, That which she knew his own parents had wished him to be she labored for. All the love she could have given to her husband and to children of her own she gave to this boy. flow happily the years went un ! There were school days in the town academy, delicious wanderings in sum mer vacations, music and reading at horn and in everything his mother shared. Then came college days, and the fresh, unspoiled boy, unspoiled be cause his mother was wise and strong, and he obedient and true, went out from her side to new scene-!. How lonely the house was without him, how it. bright ened whenever he came home, how he was still lu:r loyal knight, her kingly son. When his college course was completed, they went away for a long vacation in foreign lands. It was such pride and pleasure for Gertrude to have her tall, handsome son constantly at her side again. It often astonished fellow tour ists to hear him address the very youth ful woman as "my lady mother," and many a curious glance followed them, changing to a long look of interest in the evident and ardent attachment exist ing between them. When thev came home again Philip entered upon the study of law. In three v aisle was once more in Morrisville. established in an office of his own, ami devoting himself to his lovely mother with all ihe ardor of his boyhood. She would often playfully remind him that he iiiu-l not slight the young ladies of their circle. IN- had always one answer: "There is no one so young as yen are." She let herself enjoy his thoughtful at- j tentions to the full, often saving to her self: "1 shall uot have him always it can not be long before he finds the 'out woman in all the world.' " Philip came home one day to rind an j unexpec ted guest within the hospitable doors. It was Professor Mills, a most agreeable companion in the Hhii.eiand ' journeyings. He ha 1 remained in Ger-; many to study, and the memory of a desolated home hud prolonged his stay. J At length an intense earning for his na j tive land had brought him back, and a j strong desire to meet Mrs. Witherden ' once more had led his feet to Morrisville. The three met most cordially, and went j merrily over again those foreign ways ! that good comradeship had rendered doubly pleasant. j Professor Mills had announced that he was on his way to Chicago, but he seemed J in no haste to continue his pilgrimage. Suddenly Philip's eyes were opened as by a flash of lightning out of clear skies. : He was sitting at his desk when the j double revelation came. A strange agi tation possessed him. He stumbled to his feet and paced the floor in unsteady haste. His thoughts were in wild tumult, driven hither and thither like snow on winter winds. Through it all the shad owy presence slowly and clearly revealed its face. Then he sank into his chair, and bowing his head groaned aloud. Gradually his thoughts assumed definite shape and connection. He was her son, her love for him was a mother's love, she could never make it anything else. He was fifteen years i younger than she. Professor Mills ah! yes, it was quite suitable, quite natu- ral. ! As if all this were uot enough. Prof- j fessor Mills had added his part to the j unhappy disturbance. He hail journeyed to Morrisvslle with one object in view;: j but he owned, at the end of a week, that j it seemed no nearer of attainment. Mrs. ' Witherden was bright and cordial, : friendly, with a simplicity and gracious- ' uess perfectly transparent, and as charm- ; ; ingly open and unsuspicious as she had j always been. It was plain that he must ; make an opportunity to declare himself . none would be given him. j Late in the afternoon, Philip, stand- ' ing at his window, saw Professor Mills walk down the drive-way. It was strange to go away just at the dinner- hour. Did his mother wish to save him pain? his mother! j She was at his door, tapping in the j gentle way he knew so well. He let her j in. She went straight to his lounging- : chair, and sitting down held out her , hand to him. It was always her way ; when she had something important to tell him. He dropped on the floor be- I side her, as he had often done before, j i resting one elbow on the arm of the i chair, and his chin on his hand. j "Philip," she said, with sorrow in her j : tone, "I have made poor, dear Professor j Mills very unhappy. He asked me to be ; his wife, and I could not say yes. j They remained in silence a moment, i and then Philip broke it. ' "I'm very sorry for Professor Mills, but I'm glad" he checked himself. She hastened to complete the sentence. ! "That I want only my big, tall boy." j He looked up. She thought he had never been more like an own son than , now, and he read the thought in her uu- i conscious mother-eyes. In the days that followed, if she had been less occupied she could not have failed to notice an unusual gravity that , often possessed her son, an indefinable . ; something that pervaded his air toward j j her. Philip was very busy in his office j and away at court for a week. What his j mother did discern she never was.so oc- copied as to fail in watchful sympathy she attributed to fatigue, j One Sabbath afternoon they were pro menading up and down the long parlors and through the hall and library. Out side, the rain fell in torrents. It was their first quiet day together since Pro fessor Mills went away. Philip had been narrating a peculiarly sad incident con- needed with a recent law suit, and for some minutes neither had spoken. As they paced slowly through the parlors, Phillip watched their reflection in the mirror between the windows. When ! they reached the end of the room in 1 stead of turning again he halted. His ! mother looked up and met his eyes in the glass. A playful reproof for his vanity sprang to her lips but he spoke before she could frame the words. ! "What an old fellow I am," and how 1 young you look!" He was about to add, 1 what was quite true, that a stranger would never dream of the difference in ! their ages, when her laughing answer ' was in his ear. ! "I ought to be very elderlj- with such ! a venerable son. I did begin once to ! forow old in sober earnest, but a certain i t little boy beguiled me the other way. I think he will always keep me 'untouched ' with any shade of years.' " Philip's secret was perilously near ex posure. As the days went on, it kept watch with him through wakeful hours ; at night, and haunted him continually. He resolved to go away and work out the problem by himself. He announced his ; decision one morning as he started for the oflice. His mother had gone to the i door for her usual parting word. Before he gave it he paid ; "I am g 'ing to New York to-morrow, and" the first time he had ever proposed such a thing "I mu-t go alone." He kissed her and went hurriedly away. However strange ! thought it his u idling to take sm h a trip without her -she did not b-tray her f-e'ing. She rightly divined that there was a special reason for his ab-encc, and she knew it would a'.l b" confided to her some time. She told him she was glad that he v a going, that he needed hange ami rest, and that he should come back five years younger. As he parted from her she re minded him : "If anything tr ub'e- oi, Philip, you know I'm right here." His first letter told h'-r all. In the lic.v:i -ier"ng ho..r and days that succeeded, she realized how wisely he had gone away, and how grateful now was the solitude of the lonely house. She had lost her son that was at first her only clear thought. Around it swept a current of other and conflicting emo tions. Memory held up many things that took on new meaning in the light of this revelation. She remembered that when Professor Mills asked her to be his wife, she had replied that she cared for no one but Philip she was content to give him all her love. Professor Mills had answered: "But that is a mother's ove for a son; I ask you for something very different." It had not seemed so different to her she could not tell why. She only knew that the wealth of her affection was for Philip, and that she was satisfied to have it so. And now should she ever find safe shore again? Philip had written: "I shall not re turn until you bid me come." He set himself a long task of patient waiting, but with faith that never faltered. "His heart was like a prophet to his heart." A month dragged its slow days by; a week halted through long hours, and then the summons came: "Thy fate and mine are sealed. I strove against the stream and all in vain; Let the great river take me to the main." Independent. Cries of Street Venders. The street cries of any city are full of interest, but those of eastern thorough fares are peculiarly significant. The Muskee of Cairo, its great native street, is a singular, oriental-looking place, al ways crowded with strange people, call ing somewhat alter this fashion : Seller of sugar and water "Refresh thy heart ! Quench the heat !" Seller of raisin water "It is well clarified, () my son! By the life of thy father, it is well clari fied!" Milkman "Let our morning lie white!" Pretzel seller "() all nourisher! O all good ! O determiner ! O omnis cient pretzels!" Beggar "I am the guest of God and of the prophet. I have not yet breakfasted!" Passer-by (in reply) "God open to thee the hearts of men!" Another (to one sneezing) "Praise God! Thank God!'" All pres ent "God have mercy upon you!" The sneezer "God guide me and you! God reward you!" Muezzin (from a mosque) "God is greatest! 1 declare that there is no God but God! I declare that Mo hammed is the prophet of God! Come to prayer! Come to salvation! Prayer is better than sleep! God is very great! There is no God but God!" Seller of wheat cakes "These belong to thee, O fasting man! How they did knead thee in the night, ) cakes!" Rose seller "The rose was a thorn; she bloomed from the sweat of the prophet !" And thus the cries continue, hour after hour, and day after day. Argonaut. Vegetarians. There are a large number of would-be vegetarians in St. Louis, men who have tried the experiment of living without animal food, and who found the mental and physical effect so excellent that noth ing but the force of circumstances could induce them to return to such barbarism as beef, mutton and pork eating. They are mostly, like myself, from the East, and found little difiieullv there in getting substantial health preserving vegetable j food. Here, however, it is different, j The popular fallacy that xegetarians live ; on potatoes and cabbage has little founda- j tion in fact, as they require made dishes just the same as other people. It is very j strange that there are no exclusively j vegetarian restaurants in the city. All the cities in the Eastern States and in European countries are well provided in this respect, and there is money to be made out of a high class eating house catering to those who object to animal food altogether, or who think beefsteak three times a day an unsatisfactory, d vspepsia-creating habit. Glohe-JJt mu ' crat. ' ! A Good Ear. ! Patrick Gilmore, the world-renowned bandmaster, thus describes what he means when he says that a man has " a good musical ear." In one of the famous 1 opera houses while the overture was in progress, one of the singers in the green j ! room, dressing or waiting his call, sud- denly advanced to the side of the room, ami listening intently for a moment, said, with an accent of disgust: "Oh! only a quarter house," actually telling by i the volume of the sound thrown back from the walls by the orchestra how many people were in the seats. And he was correct. That was what Gilmore calls "a good ear.'" But it was not 8 good house. li'o:iUer Democrat. 1' I LOT'S ! t !!V Si:Mi: Alt!'. tkaim:i 1 K N '.ni'l'iUs VOCAIION. ! I"1 Nw York Harbor Mi'ii- lm Pilots' litrniiis art- I i t 1 . - 1 A l.oin; Probation I fie Boats. i t i j I.. V -At - t ' '' - i'.;g::! ' A Xw York h-tte man to the St. p, m L. u:s r-as: W h n :f . n-elcr th- it interests in v! ed in t-he pjj . ,t s-: New York harbor a'.niv; that an: hundreds of thousand- of liw s Mid dreds of millions in propertv in a .'-' :i' l'' i a!i'oi.i.! ! h. noteworthy sense are at the st.i'- c of these men's sobriety, proficiency and hr.twrv : and that not one in a thousand in New York or anywhere eise seems to have the slightest knowledge of h m-n or - r - vice; the diversity of our tr memlous j everyday maritime, commercial and s. ; in mieresis ana inc inoinerence oi me 1 a.-erage human to any particular cla-s of luuc,s' -i impresMM-ry lin-ira-eu. . There are to-day 1M of the-e New York harbor pilots. By law two more, or is:j ; all told, are allowed. Of this number, 133 are under control of th- New York JioarU of 1 ilot Commissioners, and fifty under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Board. Of the pilot-boats themselves, j New York pilots own twenty-two. and j New Jersey pilots seven; and the powers ! of these Boards, the regulations of pilot! , , ., ' service, ami daily, work and lives of the I men are practically identical. They are ' , ', ., , - ; allJNewiork harbor pilots, and what is ! . . , 1 ' of interest about each class applies to 11 i them all Pilots do not grow, they are made; and a long, dreary task it is with some of them in the making. A "cub" or a "boy." as the apprentice is called, whether fourteen or forty years of age, may have come from any landwise (ail ing with a cruise or two at sea to Lis ad vantage; lie may have been the most wretched of seamen, or even the most, ex cellent of ship's officers tired of long cruises, or with some other strong motive for compacter life anchorage. But wise or ignorant, old or young, he must serve a rigorous apprenticeship of three years. This is arbitrary, even though he became a capable pilot in six months. Each boat's crew consists of a boat-keeper, six of these 'prentice-pilots and a cook. For e while the apprentice gets nothing but his food for his services, though this is infrequent, the usual wages ranging from $Lr to $1H per month. After the three years' term has expired he may apply for his pilot license, or In- may have already become a boat-keeper. If so, he has j secured an advance in wages to about $'25 per month, and has got a long way toward a place in his vocation; for these boat-keepers are practically the sailing masters of the pilot boats, and they are J never expected to leave their craft, day or night, so long m they hold that u sponsible position. Previously, as one of the apprentice crew, he has only been required on duty with the regular relays of two, to take his turn at rowing the pilot from the pilot i boat to the incoming or from the outgoing vessel, though this is no sine T , -i .i ... ,, , ! Indeed this is ;.t times re.illv tlie ' cure. . e n i i- ! most perilous of all duties he may ever be compelled to assume. In applying for his license as a pilot, he is " hung up on the blackboard," that is, his application is bulletined at the Commissioners' office for thirty days. Then he is under fire of scrutiny and objection as to fitness, and complaint as to character, if any of these faults exist. If he passes this trial safely, he then meets the ordeal of a regular ex amination by the full Board of Pilot Commissioners, to which are added two old sea-dog pilots, selected for their pe- have been christened "Brunei's folly," culiar aptness in tripping up possibly un- is at last going to be put to th work for worthy applicants. Nor does he now be- : winch she was originally intended come a full-fledged pilot. He still serves namely, the Austrian trade; but not a robationary term of two years as a before she has undergone an important journeyman. All this time he is subject metamorphosis. She is to have her pad to the strictest espiouage and criticism dies removed and to trust to her screw upon his work, and is given charge of propeller alone. She is. moreover, to only vessels of the lightest draught. In- ; have her engine power enormously in deed ail licenses are based upon certain creased, so as to be able to do twenty draught, and a journeyman's license will knots an hour. There is no reason why not entitle him to pilot a vessel drawing she should riot do this. In spite of her upwards of from sixten to eighteen f-et ; enoimous bulk she is a vessel of beautiful so that at best his progress is painfully lire s, and to the day of his death w;t the slow. After he becomes a full pilot any pride of her designer, Mr. Scott Ru-sell. inefficiency or the slighest mishap is Only a short time before his dea'h I liable to cause his suspension or the with heard Mr. S-ott HuseU express his eon drawal of his license altogether, while tidence in the future of the great ship whether novice or pilot of a quarter which had been conceived by Brunei century's actual service, his license must and executed by himself, not with-tand -be renewed each year, and then only on ing that she had then for nearly twenty absolutely unimpeachable good standing, years been a colossal failure. The "Gr-at The entire system of earnings is a pe- Eastern" will probably occupy a perma culiar one, and to be understood requires nent place in tin? world's history as the minute explanation. The thriftless pilot, biggest ship ever built, but some of the or the one who is without money or re- larger Atlantic liners do not f.d! io very sources, has a sorry time of it financially, far short of h-r !ize. L-nulm f.ij'e. His assignments are by mere chance, and his earnings but a percentage of the ! boat's earnings after other larger sums are dcdiKtcd. Each boat is owned by a company of six pilots, each of whom owns an equal inteiest, though oce pilot can own a share in more than one boat. No sa'aries are paid, and the income of pilots is necessarily just their share in the net earnings of the boats which are re stricted in number. Of the 133 New York pilots, not over eighty are owners of the twenty-two pilot boats. The affair- oi ea--h boat or company are an il lustration of all: and t - indicate these a basis of earning should be given. "We ii! suppose six full grn ir pilots Pilot lioat 1." It suru'i i'l be about 1 1 . 6' ' x-r re- .th. l! r.. asng expTW-, will ! f . n !.; ':: !-'de sii p j ,S it- (f , , ,,f r i j .:. . f. u-pr ntit --' .-.rid lo.t-k . r.' w.ig ThU h f . r t 11. d. j '. v ' nt tivr -er cent or H ' "sj;r i v:h the e.impjt; :;. bo.it revenue rxc'.usivtlv for hold, : Hr.iiu.nl dividt r.ds Th n :;. j;iir s,..t t,t. n. e.thN d::d- I am the s!X ow iiT p:io!,, n h $ u j ; ; t -. en. rective ninthly diHro :r: pame::ts as well l.rltjoijor t';u. avert- as hv 1 .i.h! di sib : - i e j '. - n!i:,u:t' t a-:. 1 ings to from f 1 "oo to fjimii-Hn utter. v I ina iequatc t omj ens.it ion for wit it he ha- i acquired and endured to bt- o-rt. prm- I I cient in his perilous roi at ion . The v Mir i neymen," or non-owning pilot dm;-! lives on what he an git until bv s.e t : good lui k he m.'iv secure Hir-i- u f u lum th. offer of'which. though v!do:n maK Inut b-ealwavs toted in th- G, m l- K.o.l 1 !.e f curse, goes to the highest didder , and hjs op)ur,unitv fr earning is limited almost cxclusiv'. lv to the . hunce ass;g:, ,.u.nts wh OUI1,.rs h.nn . ... ! - absent and a pilot must instantly be had by an outgoing vessel. Th hi- ci m - pensutiou is just one sixth of th.- -urn over and above the reserve.! per cent. and the deducted running expense pro. portion, which he receives Irom the boat (OM)p.any at the end of the month. -, , -..(. , , , . Ihe in lot age 1 1 sel f is ti xco b I he Coni- - . ' i , missiuuei mm il 18 w lion v i.actl on ! lie draught of vessels; and the pilot who , , ,. '. . has brought a vessel into port, is mvara- i i ' i . . ably assigned to "put her out to sea un- 'put less the vessel's master can urge good reasons for a change. The scale of pilot age is fixed on vessels of from to -Js feet draught, and the rate from f-'.Ts to 'fl.Nsi proportionately. J.r an i!!u t rat ion of the single pilot's fre.pientlv single earnings for his company, a 's. sel of 20 feet draught may be con sidered. The "inward pilotage" would be $82.60, and the "outward" JUL GO. To this added by law though ships' agents latterly refuse its payment--an outward "otT-shoie" pilotage, or fee for pilotage from outside the Sandy Hook light-house fifteen-mile limit, and like "olT shore'' outward pilotage, of $20. Go. So that during the summer months the total pilotage of a 20 foot draught vessel from off shore points P tleep sea again may reach $ls."..r)Oi which sum, from November to April, is in creased about 7 per cent. The most distinguishing features of New York pilot boats are their strength and seaworthiness. They are not built for beauty, no more than are their owners remarkable for that quality. But like their owners, they are staunch and sturdy beyond comparison. They are built low in the water; average about fifty tons burthen; are two-masted, schooner rigged craft, carrying all sails; and have a speed of from eleven to thirteen knot-; an hour under a still breeze. The smallest boat in the service is the Lnchant rr:, thirty tons, and the largest the Alex. M. Lawrence, eighty-seven tons burthen; ' and those not out at sea generally make j anchorage in the harbor over against the eastern shore of Staten Island, and or 1 Posit e, oil Bay Hide, , bv the pleasant 1 J 1 Long Island bluffs. Nestling here, with furled sails, and occasionally with colors flying-, with everything trim and taut for instant service, they form one of the prettiest and certainly the most sugges tive pictures of the many interesting groupings of this, the noblest of th world'a great harbors. The "Great Eastern." The huge steamship, which might At a City jBoarding House Table. "How do you do, Mr. bally?" 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The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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Sept. 9, 1887, edition 1
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