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:,!.rRii."h-.'f- - I ' t V . Mwk. r- ESPONOENTS. kM C K1 ami fey ftabikmtion, th o only. m Will br Mrm will m4 W tW 1 Mmtirim JmUwrfi. 9 i. h aairaiM ta io wi and kiY MORNING MAIL. tion and tt th- rol that decipher the rruark on a itrr he a strancrr and roiu wo from which the nUir hmn s!drew! will lie aru- Ihencw it rant. The atten tat "has been m often du by twine utrn tt th- .tr-enerul ha twacd All II pwt master on the smh- lirr postal rlerk to rr- lj put mark to the di nt, .who will rrpntt the ter TTw dcpuiiavrnt it- trutljr relieved of it prr- enrrvment of th-order arnlnf dead letter. LtL I1ITT!1L ! i Urtam. to all alike U importance to all alike U j rAwriitl t..m. l.mt.r t wpuMir i . ..j I . 1 ml. - - . I w apprfwin mil adult era e., thw w ulaat all wr t this sretion. In rcir.ird hle light on the anbjrvt : 21. The Senate Con- Uth, which IkM lurxn in- n of Rjt, rerurtcil to ay they have dinnir alming atatteration r si wcprreaiory Hral districts the adnf- i ft -i i i cxy ww ami j 4 amount eo,nal to half Mral better. The 1ml- W..SMt (. . It i hemi-al analjpsrs. Out liter porrhasetl bv the k only ten weuiinu fk and Itotkln con- r three million pounU bt from the west r nd A greut ileal of 1 antat tuml in the west k. The dai.v C.mer t.of business and the iSti'te i-s esin'atel at n dILr yeu.ljr. TTie A breaking up our ev- The rtmnittee rrcotn- hibition. after a gien are and suie of all but- fhe lit ins row ranrsit I hg. The nxnmittee ft out if i,imm Mnarts of IVerk lallr in were l. They recommend the late milk inspector, and entirre the an titu niter- M from a representative to prevent the sale of law to prevent the sale f tainted meats, rot ten t We think there K atringrncy in their en- ction or risjt. : t that the' fish Ooru mis- lag to stork stsue of the 'with fish, we invite their attention of all, tin the pied front the (Vryoatu. Lml be taken to prevent young fish, and the aid of ltd b? Invokrd wherorr cvusi. may deniantl " . - . '. . i "IVTtnit me to give hich tmay be of interest anf vf iinprUrt In thorn that are interested in the salmon can nenrs on the lower Columbia. There is a law on record somewhere prohibiting the throwing of Mwduist, directly or Iwlirectly, . in th- l ulamhia ner vt any of its tributaries. May I ask wi this. Law framed to be enforced Me to hrcoroe a dead letter? It seems to be '' igtjorvil in many instances without complaint front Anyone. I undertant it was franied ft the protection of the fish of the Columbia river amfits tributaries. There are hundred of people who. would like to know in what way sawdust kills fish. Now, before I explain my nnl-rstanIing of V matter, I wish to 'sr thai there i nothing so disustroos o the fish interests of Washington anl Oregon as the permitting mill men to run their sawdust into the crreks and rivers. Yon ran find in lmeoo Washington, Idaho, and I tlare say in Montana, men running mills and the saw duwl go"!? directly or indirectly into the smaller tributaries of the' Columbia. Thou sand of com are thrown in every season. 1 .Now, r the effect : We all understand that the sain.), as well as other fish, go Into the smaller streams to spawn, in many instances whrr sawdust ts annmiant. ne Urge salmon 1 s well as the small so soon as ther are hatched! eonW in contact with the sawdust In the water, ami in their breathing I the sawdust U drawn into their moutn. r - i - Mm i that Then, in ilischarng the water and sawdust thrwigh their g-.iU the splinters work into the sort membranes of the gill's which canse tfce gills to lniiaru anf fester ami rot oat, ami the consecuen-e is the fish perisheSL The little fishes saner more than the larger one. tmca the tt that they like to tyt into tne , , T.w - V , . L . 7, rddie of thm treaiu, and the uwtins4 ntxl its w3y in Lwje qnuntities into the edilies." I TOC BE BAJCOED- Irarn there U now used plaster, ad- beWe oo both side, mane Prv - parrS with which the fair sex plaster weir hair down over their eye, a . rl xnsr not many oilw awsy, i.Kintr to trr the wtrtttu anwe . romre a TOPPlT. hd TtwOWe to blatter, knowing nothtng 01 - t ., th cowninrncr. and win,? mooi reterwe ide. Tbe phyiudaa wno .Ki Unmi thin iti in i weeks or w iron. of the bngrd pU-ter will na.e i pmmL TbU banpxl -tuck-ap yoanS row hlTeJnoloor to veil her fcir fore frim the talr pe.' There probl.v neer w more -nv-elem Chion mmonK fe nlos nor, to cak pUinly, one more thor oojchly duntins. than the present lonpl w,y in which -o many triTe to hide tbi frontloptere of womanly br-auty. now othrrwU- pretty and ooble-Wkin prU ren der thcnrlten hidrotv anl mir n ajtpear ance by thU ootraftHW ahion! I The newiraprr have killed the dnde. It U the duty of newspaper, insible porenU. tear her ami preacher to rawe Uirir voice Pin.t thU shameful habit. Apart from It ltin a.rrt it entaiU many evil cone- It h deeded tendency to i -r.Vcn the cjrisUIit aoa cu.T-4.,iXHv. - ucnci ana irvrrm. n ruam in many cane the narrow lirniU of the (oreheud to lw till fUrther contracted by the rmth of the hair. We appeal to the lunpxl icirU thenvelvrj to Ultra nl the ntykn at once, ami no longer t vie with each other in prrm-ntin tlte umt rfu appeurance. THK STATK (il AlU). The North Carolina State Guanl w in a dKirithing conditkoi. We have received a letter from C1. F. H. CUrneron, Ionpectof Genera! of the State (inanl. who ki ys : " "Dve State (iuard U iww letter armed, equipped aru! in a higher state of dicipltm- iinI eftli-ieney than eer lwire sim-e it . or- ' g:nixatia. U-irui a I believe ther are, tlw i only nqi of organized aitd rroignizctl regu- Lr tnai4 in llw Saxith. No iin- or trouble I are sroreil br the State autloritie to make f . ' ,lm,n ' "imVnnt M n!rtp . M-m-an at tliei r U.t.l will tier- i a nner imr oi nutrn soiuierr lo oe fimw in thUcimntrv. . My intenvurM with t!en i constant and intimate whereof I iwk." The Wilmington Light Infantry Uat pn- ml isnnng, and we ore pli-.kl to see ciiiaci sivrnm -k u,-m our imiuarj ia,f ,M.ir llaVs in drudgerv, and have a Cim nmiimmie ith a sen of pride, and cverv- I jlr Ut lip,,0,i ant, no lrthlv clianw ol eVer encouragement snouiu is? niicreti by onr bus ino nien.to the yonng and enthnsiostic metn lwr of the military contpanic., One great drawtiock to organ ittiom of thU kind has and pleasure in the building np of the com panies, if they were encouraged to do so by the hoMine-M men. Our young men, as a rule, have been held kick in many entcrpises that would odd interest to the public, but we are pleustl to say tliat our citizens are leginning to re-ogni the fact that we need to encour age youth if we expect to display vim and energy in Imsines. Kery List growing town n the State holds its young men Wfore the public with pride; they are encouraged in their organizations; military companies, in crea."e, lrass Kind flourish ; literary associa tions do gtssl, ami all tni-n iz.it ions are kept up with spirit, while the hnsinrcw of the town irw rru.-s with the interest sliown in the youn men who do the work. Iet Wilmington be ammg the foremost of the State encourage the endeavors of the young men to keep up i the orpin i rat tons and we are sure that there ! will lie no loss, on the part of the basines ' community. WILMINGTON IIOTKI There is but one thiu for Wilmington to k forward to for prosperity, and tli.it is a hotel one that will aecommoiLatc gtiesta from other parts of tlw country. Kverything in the t-omniercial line has been working against us for the post few years. It is ' claimed that the cotton and naval stores has- i ineiss U falling off; that corporations are in- : ducing to other place the trade that we had ' lit years gone by; that this is no longer the irri n i nl u- nf I Ytm iTiivtth nf ?t T-ir-ii ! f 11 n " I that the farmer cacries his cotton to the ountry store in his neighborhood. Imvs his j guano, corn, Uicon and everything he cats, ! gines mortgages on his future Ttnp, ami the merchant senda the cotton to the northern fturirti ji;t ai rbriipjn he cuuld send it to Wilmington, ami consequently w;do not reap a lienetit. Smiething therefore ist be done. It is known that thousands of tourists ' pi to Florida every winter, and that the most pupnlar route is the Atlantic Coast lane. We ha e seen a doen cars filled with passengers, pang to ami coming from Florida, passing through our city ami getting here just in the evening, tired and worn out from the travel, and wishing for a place to rest over night. We have not iced at times two trains filled wwn inese travelers, a sjicciai iran oein aildetl to accommodate the immense travel. Now, if we had a place where these tired peo ple could be accommodated there would not be much exertion required to induce them to stop with us for a night, ami if these people who are worn out by the fatigues of the day's journey had a comfortable room and a piod bed nine-tenths of them who have time would not hurry to take the next morning's train, but would stop for the day. Then it would be our time to make the city attractive for these people. There are many improvements ould be suggested immediately, and the necenaity would force us to get them. Wilmington i txr more pleasant than Flor Xx, anl we can show by official reports that oar climate is more beneficial to thone suffer- ini? from rmlmooarv di?ees. We have no . . ., - . . maUria;no nKMiuitneA in tle winter and . maur other alfantsgrs over lloruU which m i ariittv wr rvTi uk: uswi r netvtir time come t ntritml the. matter, and convince nortl - . . . n . travelers that tb)s is the place awnc mi . In the south to spend the witer. era of capital are here they will fincK men ways of investing their money n nv and that is what we want to dumq up city. We want manatacturing, and therv no hopes of this ever becoming such a Uj until we get enterprising men of mt among os and there U no method to adc but to build a hotel to accommodate the pu lie, and then when we gex inw li"- v let as show them that we have life, enerj and enterprise, and business men will soc .r.ntitTM of settlinc among us. 1 the advantaees of settling among t Ol'R rt llUC 8CHOOLK. j ti . M-ll.Vnown want of system ii rrpard to the books med in our publicschooU Too little attention is paiU to me aii-.u,uur, nntinn. The (Jovcrnor of Iowa recoml mends, on the subject of school books, the! organization of a committee of competent ed . r Um Kt-t- to prepare and eiiit t rt: and that the State publish the same; farnUlung tle loks at cost price, and thu Iwure great saving to the lopl ana in. State. UV think North Carolina should also ap- point a commission toconpUe all books (lU r " mm wrjjtJtf WfCt 111 UU1 jrvi"'v- schooLs anl have tliem printed in" the State.j Oar schools are now flooded with aJI kinds or books, many of them of no merit at allj Simplicity in instructing tke youth of the present day seem to have been discardedj and every catch-penny venture in the shap of a "much-needed" school liook meets witlj ready reception in many ports of the South, to the enrichment of the publishers and the serious retardment of the education of the, children. There are also too many new ufrtu, aptly termed "flummery," now prevalent in oor schools, which we sltall take occasion to refer to. We are progressing a little too last we are trying too many experiments; we luve too much " flummery " in our schools. JOURNEYMAN TAILORS. Tins claw of workmen get wages that should rniitunse voiinir men to learn the , . ... s, ' ' i , ... ... : trade: but it ts a nottcerblc lact tliat there are 1 apprentice Imrning that bttsina . . . - . . ...... f inanaiiv otiierciaj oi niccn.inus. euonoL know of any young men who are learning the trruliv wlii li wp htindrtiL s-rvincr n rlerk- ; u,-.n itl fl ,iPV triMMu r mv.rvr ,.t . E si inw vi till l s. uui i.ai a v v , tuiu slowlv ailvancing until thev .-rise to the Mf,M'y ho.H.mU?) p,ition of head Kilesman, - tageor life when thev ne alresulv spent doing better, while a young man can enter a Ltiloring establishment, commence at the be ginning, receive enough salary to pay his lsxird at least, to Is-gin with, and if he has the lTiiTitrJn.Vritf uisvut lft yv Sim rt in JOl rs, am. allien Cuu tak e a complete it In a manner which is a credit to himself and a satisfaction to his employer, and receives the regular price "paid for work, lieing from $fi.."i0 to $12, and often times I more, for making a coat. A good tailor can ! easily earn Horn to $35 a week. And j when it Is rcmemljcrcd that during the tittie the tailor is learning the trade he receives ! about double the wages that the poor sales : clerk in the dry goods store gets, and is all 1 the time comparatively his own boss, and does not have the pleasure of Wing ordered around a counter and snubbed in the presence of his girl, while he lias also the delightful knowledge of Wing financially emlxirrassed. The tailor who determines to nuke a living can rise to the position of cutter by study ami practice, and can command a salary'of one, two or three thousand dollars annually, and always le 'ndependent. It is surprising why there are so few young men learning thus easy, respectable and paying tnide. New York Opera Company In "The Qaeen's " Lace Ilandkerehtef. This gretit work has nut with an unprece dented success in every city in which it has lieen played, far outrivaling any comic opera ccr pnsluced in America. The pruss speak of the company in the most glowing terms, pronouncing it one of the mt refined, gorgeous and charming op enitic product ions now before the public Kvery member of the company is an artist of unquestionable standing. The choruses are grand. Nothing' has leen left undone to U"KC UBW,KW ue .oremm orgamzanons in thU ctmntiy. None should fail to see this t. t:. e i. e. 1 : cnarming ojxra ann oompnuy. rsotwith- siantiuig tne great expense niienuing tne pro- duct ion of thU opera, the prices will remain. wvumuI, no'1h;t many with limited meaJM will not le de;nrred from witnewing tkQ"' beautiful pnn'lction. ; j ' It repre?'af! the greatest of Spanish writers, CervcntiT ' 3"ung man of handsome exte rior, a courtier of the lialeigh type, for whom the Queen of Portu)cd cherishes a net-ret temporary attachment, but who U faithful to one of the Queen's maids of honor. The King, personated by a charming yonng lady, is represented .to be a gourmand who lores the pleasures of the table more than those of IIymen,.but who is by no mean blind to the r harms of the maid of honor whom Cervantes loves. "Through the good offices of Cervantes and, hw perspective bride, the King and Queen are brought together, and the name"of their affection is about to be rekindled, when the lVemier a blood thirsty Portugese, who with hw cabinet, is intensely jealous of Cer vantes and is his sworn enemy dLscoreraby accident, the Queen's lace handkerchief, cn which she has inscribed a confession of live for Cervantes, ami a memoe of encourage ment intended for him. He triumphaatly " . . ".na Queen, ana inere is general consiernatlon, j e trait ion, a fine stage picture and a magnifi- J cent chorus. In the third act the Queen -i I reirueu irom xru?ini9 oj lertamea, ann is finally reconciled to the King while disgih&xl as a waiting girl in an inn where she is seek ing shelter. Cervantes triumphs over all jus political enemies, and the curtain falls xJ a general rejoicing of all the characters, in cluding the discomfited politicians. This is the skeleton of the plot. On it are built sub plots and ludicrous incidents and situations which cannot be enumerated here. See advertisement in another column. " Home Again!" USE TALKING! JOHNSON IS THE RIGHT man and 28, North Front Street is the rigtU and 11 kinds made to order. Come in MONDAY MORNING and see the wonderful Hair Picker at work, 'tis a SIGHT. Respectfully, WILEY T. JOHNSON. Cooks mid Stationery. PRANG'S EASTER CARDS. JS ELEGANT DISPLAY OF A MOST SU PERB lot of EASTER CARDS that have inKTeed to pcrfevtioii through the hand of experienced manufacturer and artL4ical and original designers. IInLomely decorated oilken face Cards, mounted on rich plush mats of various colors. Hand-ptiintcd Card., new design, on easels. Baunerettw, beautifully arrayed in item- dexigns on fancy burnished stands. SMALL CARDS, LARGE CARDS and CARDS to please the perfection of modesty. j qm coyish beuuty, the fastidious youth and the old theodd. Call early and examine the variety at H EI NSBERGER'S Live Book and Music Store. FACTORY. OUR CELERATED BRANDS OF SHIRTS, the "ROYAL" and "CONGRESS," are the best in the market; pnoe 75c and $1.00. Dress Shirts made to order for $1.00. Jean Draw-ers, all size, kept in stock. We make Drawers to order, any size for 75c. to f 1.00 per pair. Dress Shirts. Working Shirts, Overalls, Pants and Dawers manufactured. The largest Factory of the kind in the State. Send orders to J. ELSBACK, Proprietor. No. 27, Market St., Wilmington, N. N. Groceries. GOOD LIVING. We may live without poetr", music, and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends, we may live without books. ' But civilized man cannot life without cooks. j He may live without books, what is knowledge but grieving? He may live without hope, what is hope" but, j deceiving! lie may live without love, what is passion but pining? But where is the man that can live without dining? And the man that lives in the very best style, Is friend to his ste-' tanW ' f m -ni While he wavMte of food not good. i . . ... ..-" Injures his health, His well understood, But at BRIDGERS & CO., North Front street, Is always kept good things to eat, And all who buy from this popular store. Will enjoy good health forevermore. FOR THE KITCHEN. f Never, since the world began, . And was occupied by man, Did such a lot of delicious things, As every New York Steamer brings. To charm the cook and tempt the wife. And give the husband joy and life; Plcm-Puddisg, Preserves, delicious Jams, Fresh Breakfast Strips, and well cured Hams, Family Flocr, the best to be found. And Meal, both steam and water-ground. Every description of canned goods, tss. Bought last week to sell to you The best the market affords you know,. Is found at HUGGINS ic CO.'S Grocery Store. G. W. UNDER, DEALER IN CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, WINES, LIQUORS Ac, Ac, N. W. CORNER DOCK AND FRONT STREETS, .WILMINGTON, N. C. Old Stand of J. II. McGarity & Co. FRESH ARRIVALS! ATMORES CELEBRATED MINCE-MEATS, m Barrela, Ilalf-Barrela and Paito; 'AND 'PLUM " PNDDINO IN ALL 8IZES. These are the very be Roods ut their kind, and no family should be without them. DUNDEE MARMALADE, ' most delightful Sweetmeat for the tea table. To arrire on Tuesday next, a fresh supply of Ginger Taffy, Bent's Boston Crackers, Pinafore Drops, Coffee Cakes, something new and nice, ORANGE BAR AND EGG CRACKERS; ALSO, THE GENUINE ALBERT BISCUIT In one and two-pound Tins. For sale low. JNO. L. BOA TW RIGHT. 12 and 14 North Front St. 1,000 HHDS. ITIKIME PORTO RICO MOLASSES. JUST T landed direct from the Island, which we offer to the Trade at price to salt the time. We Knar- lll,",,,, u EDWARD KIDDER Jc SON, A. W. RIVEN BARK, GENERAL PRODUCE COMMISSION MER- - , CHANT AND GROCER. QIIIPMENTS OF CHICKENS, EGGS AND Country Produce, erery day. Fresh supplies of Groceries every week. Send down and buy from us, and save money by ft. 114 NORTH WATER STREET. piace to nave your Upbolstering and Paper-Hane In? done in a Btrictly first-claas manner. , Store VV indow Awninn of a - y. 'yivww1 streIt, IIS MARKET STAPLE AND FANCY DRY WHITE GOODS, NAINSOOK, PERSIAN LAWNS, PIQUES, EMBROIDERIES, : LACES, . EDGINGS, IN GREAT VARIETY, OF THE LATEST IMPORTATIONS, A5S AT - ('. . PRICES TO SUIT. M. M. KATZ. 116 Market Street. 3D rugs ana 3ttaicines y C. MUNDS, DRUGGIST, "r NO. 104 NORTH FRONT STREET, WIIJkHNGTON, N. C. ' ELEGANT j TOT OF FINE SOAPS, IN SPECfAL PACK J ages. The best in the City. .' cake for 5 cents. 1 cake for 10 cents. 3 cakes for 25 cents. 3 cakes for 25 cents in Handsome Boxv 3 cakes for 50 cents in Handsome Box. " -- 1 dozen cakes for 50 cents in Handsome Box. V SCHONWALD'S PHARMACY. r N.-W. cor. Market and Front Sts. Furniture, SEASON OF 1884. SEASON OF 1884. rjriHE HOLIDAYS CLEARED OUT LOTS OF ELEGANT SETS OF FURNITURE!- But Invoices of New Designs in BED-ROOM AND PARLOR SUITS HAVE ARRIVED AND ARE ON EXHIBITION CRAFT'S NEW FURNITURE STORE. Nov 20 Granite Rdw. ' S.-E. Corner Market and 2d St., Wilmington, N. C. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS in Furniture, Carpets, Bedding, &c., &c., &c, at WHOLESALED AND RETAIL. Dealers in Furniture are invited to give them a call. Saloons and JScstnttrmtts OYSTERS SERVED IN STYLE. FRESH ARRIVALS EVERY DAY. HAM AND CHEESE SANDWICHES, LAGER BEER AND DRINKS OF ALL KINDS AT THE STARSALOON. GEORGE HERBERT, Proprietor. MOZART SALOON. BILLIARD AND POOL ROOMS. DRINKS SERVED IN FIRST-CLASS STYLE. OYSTERS IN SEASON. I HAVE LATELY ADDED TO jitfY OLD AND RELIABLE SALOON, A FIRST-CLASS BOWLING ALLEY. , JOHN HAAR, JR., PROPRIETOR, No, 16 South Front St. 3 obl tinting nn&ubUsfit9 JOB PRINTING. " JOB PRINTING! 'THE MOST THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED OFFICE IN THE CITY. EVERYTHING NEW. NEAVTYPE. NEW PRESSES, EXPERIENCED WORKMEN. ALL KINDS OF PRINTING DONE PROMPTLY ! ; tTAGS, CARDS, POSTERS, BILL HEADS, i NOTE HEADS, LETTER HEADS pamphlets, ' circulars, periodicals - - and - ms ..; ; ' -'5; - . KEW8PAPES9. PRINTED IN THK: MOST ARTISTIC MANNER. y LOW PRICES! ' LOW PRICES! THE MAIL JOB PRINTING OFFICE, E. 8. WARROCK A CO., PROPRIETORS. 5 GOODS, HOW BONAW&ON DIED. 5 . The Alleged Spirit of the Balloonist Describes His Last Voyajre.from Chicago. A young girl of heading, Pennsylvania, has lately developed remarkable powers as a spiritual medium, it is said, and last Satur day, with a circle of, spiritualists about her, she took a trip to the spirit world, as she called it, and related, what she saw. i Among he people met there was Professor Donald son, Vho has never been heard from stecel he started on that perilous balloon voyage; from ?n?iake rront, Siicago. JThe professor was considerate enough to try Jg" mystery, and told the 0WHiSSlK his perilous voyage and the , temble experi ences accompanying it. ' . . . . .' THE AERONAUT'S STORY. The young lady's story, as told by the Philadelphia Press, is as follows v " The fitct is, for the past ten days I nave seed the face of the same man i everjr day. was in the spirit land. I call it spirit Jaao it is so much prettier I think; than the clair voyant state ; fcthe latter 'is so vulgar and common, and, I am told, there is so much hnmKnrr m it. By this time eleven people had assembled in the parlor and formed a circle about -the girl. The gas .was turned down just a trifle and in a very shori time the parenta nodded and pointed to their daughter, t whose lace had turned slightly upward. , - Her., . eves closed and her hands rested I together on her lap. She sat upon -a hassock, . and Jt was at least three minutes , of silence ., before . she spoke again. The meured tick . Of - the . clock, thelow huin of the; gasj the'crhcUliig coals in the grate, the hurrying, creaking footsteps on the pavement in theicy;iair..pT night alone broke the stillness. . x. .... . I1 1 see the same man's lace coming. toward me again," said the young' medium 7" He has black wavy, hair, ..well! rounded bead, large, short neck, dark complexion and black moustache. As he comes nearer j to me I see that one of his eyes is dark and the other light. On one of his cheeks I see a blade mark. It is mole or birth-mark . ol some kind." : . V i " . A SPIRIT'S FRUITLESS SEARCH. ' " He looks at me as if seeking some one he cannot find. This is the eleventh time I. have seen his face. He seems to want me to speaK to mm, ana r appears xo uo iu uuuum because l did not speak to him1 before, . I "now speak to him and his eyes light up and sparkle with deligim lie smiles ana says : ".'I am glad you spoke to me. You are the ifirst - to greet me front' the world below since I left it. Why, did you not speak to me before ? Do you not know me ? No, yon do not. You were too young when I lived inv your city. J ButJ no doubt you neara oi me. My name is Lwnaioson. i was caiiea iTQ. fipssor Donaldson. fHere the circle of friends were astonished and became doubly Interest ed. Don't; you remember my name?. tI went up in balloons in Reading and gave en tertainments, with nresents to all the little father and those people near you who. I am; they , will remember you;.' And also that I want to clear up the mystery of my strange death. . "'Some say that I am not dead and will come back to my old home and friends once more. That is not so. I am now. but. of the earth and flesh Und am in the spirit world. DONALDSON'8 LAST ASCENSIOX. , " ' Everybody wbp remembers me will re-' member that I was never heard from after t went up in the balloon at Chicago. That was my last ascension. Our balloon Was caught in a terrible windstorm in the tipper current, c I jiever experienced such a storm pieces, ly friend, or .ends. . werp 7, blown out pi ,xne uasKei-car, leaving me up in ine rigging, setting np in the hoop of the balloon. I saw everything below me blow Into shreds. Then the gas-chamber of the balloon -made a fearful plunge and careened to one side, and threw me: and the hoop upward, arid for a few minutes I was sailing through the air on top of the balloon. 'That was the straugeHt ride ever indulged in by, mortal man. ; Tlio few minutes seemed 1 ike an age. I had the presence of mind to grasp bold of the netting, so that it wotlld not slip down and release the gas-chamber. Then the gas began td es- cape from the mouth of the balloon, and it would have suffocated me had not the storm hurled us through the air at? a terrible -pace. I was far above the clouds, but how .far I could not tell, because all our instruments had been blown into the lake. I tried all )l could to hiive the balloon right itself. ' ' I got away down on the side of the balloon, and pulled at the hoop and rigging, but it would not come. . STRUGGLES FOB LIFE DESCRIBED. " 'Then I went back and tied myself to the end of a strong' rope around the body, and fastened it to the iron hoop, so tbat if I should be blown off I would not drop to lhe" earth. Then I. crawled out oi the side of the balloon again, further than before. Just as I had fin ished this the balloon gave' another lunge, and I was thrown off into, space, but was held by the rope. The balloon then righted, and I was dangling in ;mid-air, nearly out of breath because of the sudden jar, and! the rope, tightening about my body, severely cut me. How long I hung that wayf I ; couldn't tell, because I was nearly dead with fear, ex haustion and cold. The air - was extremely light and I could scarcely breathe. I then crawled np ,the rope, hand over hand, and 4 when nearly dead and, just as I had reached the iron hoop again, suddenly the muslin,' gas chamber split with a loud noise, from, topdo bottom. 1 God help me, 1 thought, because it was the most perilous position of, nyr life. Then one-half the balloon was blown into tne . other, and jthMcantell you, the two halves, now wedged together, bulged up"" and out in the hurricane and formed ' a para- ! chute, or a sort of an umbrella, leaving me swinging below. r s J . ; :: ;;; ' U i THE STOBM-BEAIEN . PARACHUTE,." . ;--r'IicallM4 for a moment that God fid . answered my pnfirifTlifa'm v' . upon me titat i -wes going: down so fast that v it nearly took my breath. X was too htvy ' for. the parachute, - Then I saw that the can vas had split again, and suddenly another ingnirai sweep or tne storm tore the para- ' chute into tattern, and I was hurled headlong down through the clouds. I closed my eyes; irayed and died; going down,' thinking of oved ones at home. My poor body fell into a wild, lonely and bleak swamp, ten miles . north of the northern shore of Lake 8uperior, where it was: slowly seVered, separated and scattered by the ebb and fjowo? the. waters, until now it has returned to its original earth. My spirit entered spirit land i once where it has now been Jodged ever since v '.. t iLmm V1 nj; way, upward to higher circles and to a higher life,' J.hare been happy ever since my coming 'here, and have not chaneed mr mind! but thafZsonM day some 'one will discover a method by, j which the air can be navigated. lam obliged J to you for your kindness, and will be pleased I to talk to yon again when our eyes meet here or elswhere. I have other thonghts, too, of dear ones for whom I am waiting in peace " and in happiness. Good-by.' 1 ' - : "Now," continued the medium; "the lace vanishes with smiles. : He must have been sv good man on earthT I see that he never drank or swore, but led an exemplary life. " ' He was brave, warm-hearted and generous.'' In a few moments the young medium was -out of her .clairvoyant state, And soon after- ward the company departed, considerably im-V pressed with the story.' . ' : ,
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