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USE
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A TERRIBLE NIGHT,
Vailllibfitte Attack Saillore.
A Sailor's Narrow Cteape Prom a ItorrIble
Death and lexcittng Adventudes. That
Volitoevisd J.•
A staff paymaster of the 'Royal Navy
writine for The Boy's. Own Paper says :
is many years since I met with the adven-
ture I am about to relate, bat the recollec-
tions of that terrible night are still vividly
impressed on my mind. I was at the time
serving in a small schooner employed in
tradingamong the various islands to the
northward of the Australian Continent,
comprised within the waters known as the
Soromon Archipelago. Our skipper a quieb
pleasant mannered man, with a ready tact,
usually managed to ingratiate himself with
the natives, so on the present trip we had.
met with more than usual success, and
were en route to Sydney with alarge cargo
consisting principally of copra, vegetable
ivory, and pearl shell. The breeze which
had been falling light all the afternoon
ceased totarard sunset, and a stroug current
weeping us in towards the land the skip-
per decided to "come to" for the night,
and all hands were turned UR to furl sails
and get ready to anchor. The spot chosen
was a channel about five miles across. On
one side ley the large island of Griadalcanar,
now looming rather indistinct in the ap-
proaehing twilight, and a short distanee
from the sahormer and alrnost within
musket shot ,
ees eressuaeares IININUADITED ISLAND,
Our captain, from lengthy interoonree with
the natives and immunity from attack, was
prone to neglect those precautions usually
observed by traders among a race of people
notorious for their cunning ferocity and
cannibalism, forgetful of the fact that each
individual status in his tribe is roomed
bythe heads he can produce of enemies
slain in battle or by treachery; se when a.
little later I 'proposed to three of my ship.
metes to take the dinghy and land for a
stretch ashore I had little difficuly in ob.
taining the required pertniseion, the skip,
per remarking that as there were no signs
of native dwelling -houses it seemed & need-
less 'precaution to take fire -arms with -us.
The evening, as I have said, Was calm
and still, though overhead there appeared a
current of air, as large fleecy clout's swept
up from the eauthwarcl, throwing dark
patches of shadow on the otherwise mirror
-
ea =face of the water. .As we rowed
ashore, with eaCit &lip of the oars hundreds
of tiny drops of luminous water flew flesh
-
lug like diamonds from the blades, while
our wake was illuminated with a long trail
of phosphorescent light. The stillness
SEEMED AMIDST OPPRESSIVE,
and, save for the measured stroke of the
oars or the sudden splash of a flyMII4S11 as
it plunged into its native element 'Pursued
by some hungry denizen of the deep, not a
sound disturbed the air. The sultry heat
of the evening and inviting nature of the
spot we had chosen utturaily suggested a
bathe, so, divesting themselves of their
scanty tropical clothing, the others were
soon sporting and splashing -about in the
clear crystal water, the strong tide running
preventing their venturing out deeper. As
tor myself I was es eager as the rest for a
tp, but the excessive heat of these latitudes
had produced an eruption of the skin
known among sailors as "prickly heat," the
intolerable itching of winch seemed only
aggravated be: the saline nature of the sea-
water, so I reluctantly stood by, watehing
their antics and
LONUING TO JOIN TRU PCX.
Getting tired after a time,I strolled leisure-
ly through the tall g:oup ot cocoanut trees
which fringed the shore, startling many a
sleepy parrot from his night perch, who,
thus rudely disturbed, flew away acreech-
ing, awakening the ohms of the woods, I
had not gone fax when I thought I detected
& rustling sound, as of something moving
through the busk; but, j edging that I was
not likely to meet anything more formidable
than a half- wild pig, I took no notice and
walked on ; atiother instant, and whizz
went something past my ear, and an arrow
struck with a duli thud into the stump of a
tree -fern in front of me, while almost aim-
ultaneously the woods reverberated with
the wild shouts of savages. In my terror I
rushed to where I left my companions, only
to find them surroundedby the dark forms
of the natives, who, with uplifted toma-
hawks, svere in
TRE ACT OF carmsteer THEM
Knowing their utter helplessness, and that
in my own defenceless state I could render
no succor, and terrified as 1 was by the
awful suddenness of the attack, I darted in-
to the bush, beseeching the Almighty to be-
friend me, and. rushing hither and thither,
hoping by a zigzag course to puzzle my
pursuers, as I felt that it would not be long
before they made search for me, if not
already on my track. My sole chance of
lite now appeared totbe in getting away
from the island, and if possible in reaching
the ship by swimming, all hope of rescue
by the meniin the schooner being vain, as
we had but a few days previously disposed
of our only other boat to a trader who had
the misfortune to get his stolen by some
islanders on a (lark night while moored
astern. In my auxiety to escape and en-
deavors to elude the savages! I had taken
little notice of the dirvtion in which I was
running, but, suddenly emerging from the
shelter of the woods, I found myself again
at the waters edge, and, by the dim out-
line of a low island some three or four
miles distant, knew I
muse BB ON THE OPPOSITE SHORE
from where the schooner lay. It was now
almost dark, but by the light of the rising
Moon I could decry, lying on a prowlers.
tory some distance on my right, four or five
canoes with seemingly no one in them. I
now determined en endeavoring to reach
the islet I have mentioned, knowing small
coral formations of this nature are seldom
resorted to. My only thought was for the
present; how I was to get off again, or even
exist when I got there, did not occur to me
at the time. So after a slight rest, and di-
vesting myself of all superfluous clothing,
I plunged into the sea, and, being a good
swimmer, hoped under cover of inghtlo
avoid observation and reach shelter. I had,
aecording to my caloulitions, been about
half an hour in the water, when, turning
round to see what progress I was making
from the shore to my unutterable horror and
dismay 1 discovered I had been set by the
tide in a direction parallel with the Island
till I was just opposite the /mint where the
canoes lay moored, and. by the lurid light of
a fire burning en .the beach I could see the
savages had returned, and were executing a
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PETERBOROe ONT. tm
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Dr. L. A. Smith & Co,
hook vaned Malley Tal
the scavengers
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• "Delay is
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troubles result
in Bad Blood,
Dyspepsia, Liver
Complaint, and
the most dan-
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Brights Disease,
Diabetes and
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swiftly mail on receipt
box or six for $2.50.
Toronto. Write for
k,
energy and desperation born of despair, I
streek wildly out, throwing all my vigour
aud force into each stroke ; but in vain, for
the distance between me and my. releatless
foe a gradually diminished. As I threw one
arrn forward and with the other aceoped as
it were the water, I was able to look beck,
and notleed that one canoe had far out -dis-
tanced the others; this contained five men,
who with wild gesticulations were urging
on their frail craft at a terrific pace, their
paddles gleaming like balls of fire in the
phosphorescent Sea, and the spray dashing
from the prow in silvery jet% They must
have been within a few huedred yards of me,
and I could see the foremost mac had laid
iu his paddle and was handling a long sten-
der staff, evidently a spear. Ab times the
clouds would dire the lustre of the fast rising
moon, making it difficult to observe objects
at any great distance, and at this moment a
more than usually heavy bank obscured
the light. 1 now felt utterly. exhausted ;
the strenuous exertions I had made to es-
eape, coupled with the
left. 1 was not permitted to get up, bat
the following morning, being well rested
and recovered in great measure, I was al-
lowed to rejoin my ship. My arrival on.
board Enid the meeting with my shipmates
may be more easily imagined than doodle:,
ed. Till the arrival of the Government
schooner 1 had been given up for lost, and
they now regarded roe as one returned from
the grave. Front them, I learned that the
whole scene had berm watched from the
ship, but they were quite powerless to ren-
der aid, and though rifles had been got on
deck the bullets ail fell shorb, and. even bad
they reached farther, so surrounded were
my late comrades by the savages that it
would have been almost imposible to have
fired on oue without risk of killing or
wounding the others.
/
A 'Woman In the Afrioan Diggings.
noneton or eristeretexost,
had begun to tell, and. I felt a few moments
more must end the struggle. For some
minutes I had. lost sight of my enemies in
the gathering darkness ; I could no longer
hear the swish of their paddles, and the
monotonous droning had. ceased; they apt
peered to be listening, or perhaps waiting
for a fresh gleam of moonlight to reveal my
presence. To struggle on seemed futile, so
turning on my back 1 lay still, scarcely der -
lug to breathe. The bank of cleud grew
denser and denser, and for a time the sav-
ages appeared bellied. After a long pause
(which to me seemed hours) I again heard
the sound of voices, and once more the
steady splash,. splash of the paddles became
audible bat growing faiuter and fainter,
Could it be that they lia,d given up the put-
suie, or WAS it simply another attempt to
discover me? As the minutes went by the
SOrNDS GREW LESS AND LESS DISTINCT,
round it. The inoon up to now had been
partly veiled by passing olouds, but an un-
timely break apparentlyerevealeci my pres-
ence, for I noticed them suddenly cease
dancing and rush'for the canoee, and in a
few moments they werepaddling off towards
me, singing or chanting some peculiar dirge,
probably one of their war songs. I now felt
my last hour had come, but, with the
The advent of a woman marked an epoch.
in the history of Pilgrim's Rest (so called
bemuse of the rest it suegested when the al-
most unconquerable toed reaching it had
beim accomplished), and there were among
the diggers men who, long unaceuatomed to
the sight of such a phenomeeon, could not
overcome their self- consciousness sufficiently
to approach within speaking distance ; and
yet °mistimed with curiosity, they made ob-
servations from the shelter of friendly rocks,
envying more fortunate comrades who
found presence of mind to face the unfainil-
iar spectacle. The privations and mutual
dependence whith are part and parcel of
the digger% life call into action the best
pinto of human character, snd the genial
intercheuge of kindly aid (=duces to frank
social relations that are undeniably charm -
in
The most cordial assistance was rendered.
my sister in every detail her tent was
pitched in a quiet and secluded apot t she
was advised in the selection of a realm ;
initiated into the formalitio of pegging -out
and registration ; and thus found many
entleipated difficulties considerably ameli-
orated. The (Meanness of native labor
lessened in a great degree the hardships of
living at these gold -fields. The Art atongas,
a, veryintelligent tribe on the east cost,
i
came n freely to work, offering their ser-
vices at the rate ol ;di per month, with the
usual rations of mealie meal; and having
paid the digger's tax of five shillings for the
month, and hired several of these natives,
my sister four I herself settled down to the
life of a digger. She superintended the
work of her claim herself, and in the pro-
of washing the disintegrated sail she
personally took part.
My sister lived for two yeers hi her little
eanyas tent on the creek, which she bad. in
the meantime inclosed by means of a fence
of laced boughs and planted about with
vegetables.bhe found gold for the most
part steadily, but only in email .quantities
of a few ounces at a tune, existed very
• indefinitely, and there were no indications
that proved of the elighteet value in search-
ing for it.
At one time she bit upon the expedient of
meeting her expenses by making ginger-beer
and pastry, a difficult task where kitchens
are not, and with cooking -utensils of the
most primitive kind. The sight of such
delicacies raised the liveliest emotions in
the diggers, whose life condemned them to
a monotonous and sorry fare, and the Kafir
who became the itinerant vender on these
oaeaaions grew inflated with the importance
it conferred on him. Ile Was hailed in all
directions, and when he could no longer
meet the demands of importunate custom -
ere, he would toes the basket into the air
with a smile of ironical pity. In the mean-
time, several claims had nassed through my
sisters hands and the last of these realized
some of the e;epectetions the hope of which
gives a flavor of excitement to the monotony
of gold -digging. This claim contained a
rich lead from which some very fine nuggets
of almost pure gold. were taken, solid lumps
of mend averaging in weight from eight
ounces to four pounder. She was now ia
possession of a moderate eompetency, and.
her auccess was the theme of considerable
comment throughout the entire press of
South Africa.—(8eptember century.
the onln thing visible being Z.het ruddy glare
tf the farerecross which dark objects core
oinually ilitted. The slight rest, coupled
with renewed hopes of escape, seemell to
infuse fresh strength into my limbs; and, I
once more struck out in the supposed di-
rection of the coral islet, now invisible in the
dark. W hen next the moon shone out I
could see the canoes along distance off, going
in the direetion whence they had come, and
feeling now they had given me up (probably
concluding that I was drowned) I devoatly
thanked God for my miraculous preserva-
tion. I had still a long distance to go, but
present difficultiesi
seemed trivial n Conti
parison with those 1 bad passed, so, redentb,
ling my efforts, I was once mare cleaving
• the waters, struggling might and main to
REACH TUE MNRED•FOR 03.114.
It must have been hours and hours that
I thus continued swimming as one only can
wheulife is at etake; at times it seemed I
must terminate the struggle, the current
ever setting me to leeward of the ielet, hot
tor some time now this had ceased, and I
eventually became as are that the tide had
Merited, and 1 was slowly but surely gaining
ground. I was, as I have mentioned a
powerful swimmer, having taken to the
water from my earliest yonth, and being
blessed with it good physique my early
training now stood me in good stead.; the
water, too, in these trqpical seas being quite
mem, I escaped the znimbness and conse-
quent cramp so fatal id colder climates,
and thus, with everything in my favor, I
struggled on, looking forward to it seedy
deliverano;—but worse had yet to follow
My attention had been attracted by a black
speck some distance away, which 1 at first
took for a piece of stick or drift -wood, but
on more intently observing it I noticed it
moved along with & gliding motion, and at
last the terrible reality dimmed on me—it
WAS the dorsal lin of that dreaded monster
of the deep—a sharkl Ohl to think 1 should
have
Esceeep FROM Tilt SAVAGES,
and almost out of the iaws of death, to
meet with a scarcely Jess horrible fate I My
head swam, and I filt myself growing faint.
Already the huge black fift had drawn on-
sibly nearer, skimming along the surface
with a gently an eying motion, and now not
ono but three or four appeared sweeping
round and round in that ommourt curve
(ever growing nearer) which precedes a
rush. The distance between us now seem-
ed so small it could only be a matter of
moments before the final dash must come.
I felt sick and dizzy, and my limbs became
paralyzed with fear. I shouted as well as
my feeble state would permit, and as a last
resource threw myself on my back and
splashing the water with what little energy
remained, thus propelled mytelf along; an-
other moment and a, grating, rasping feel-
ing at my back caused me instinctively to
lower my hands for protection, when, to
my indescribable joy, I found myself strand-
ed on a core' bank, and with an angry lash
of the tail my late enemies turned about
and made off into deep water. I now stood
up in a little over two feet of water, which
barely reached to my knees, and oh! the
blessed relief of that short respite to my
weary limbs! I could see the bank on
which I rested extended some distance
from the shore, which was still nearly a
quarter of a mile away, and the tide rapid-
ly, advancing urged on me the
NECESSITY OE GAINING THE ISZAND
as soon as possible, so I waded on, receiving
many a brinse and out from the sharp
branches of coral. Fortunately, the reef was
of fairly uniform depth, though once or
twice I had to swim across small channels
or openings. At last I foiind myself safely
landed, and selecting a sheltered spot sur-
rounded by low bushes, lay down in the
sofb sand, and, utterly exhausted and wern
out by my long immersion and the continual
strain both to mind and body I had gone
through, nature quickly asserted itself and
rememberedno more. When consciousness
returned I found myself surrounded by four
or five sailors, whose spotless white clothing
and trim appearance bespoke them man.of -
waramen. It appeared they belonged to a
Government schooner employed in survey-
ing the neighboxing coasts, and. had been
taking soundings in the vicinity from the
ship's gig; they had landed on the islet
with it view to preparing and cooking their
mid-day meal. It was while in search of
drift -wood to make a fire that they had
stumbled across me. They promptly assist.
e4 me down to their boat, I being too stiff
and sore to walk alone. On gaining the
shore the young officer in charge (a sub-
lieutenant), determined on taking me off to
thd schooner at onoe, where I was interview-
ed by the lieutenant in command, to whom
I told nay tale, and half an hour later the
vessel was under way making for the scene
of the massacre. I was now
SUPPLIED WITH DRY CLDTIIING
by willing hands, and a good meal, of which
stOoa solely in need, and soon was slum-
bering peacefully in a orenfojtable ham-
mock, which appeared at the time the most
luxurious bed I had ever slept on. When I
awoke it was nearly dark, and from one of
the seamen I learned we were anchored
close alongside my own vessel. The skipper
had been on board, and, after a leegthy
ims With the naval officer had Just
4 Genet!,
BUSINESS MATT.BEI.
Dents or Interest to tke
World.
A deepateh received by the Canadian
Bank of Commeree on the 29th from its
New York correspondent states that pre-
mium in gold had disappeared. that day and,
that transactions are now taking piece at
par,
The various monetary systems; as divided
among the several countries are as follows
old and silver, United States, Frame°,
elgium, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Spain,
Netherlands, 'turkey and Japan. Gold :
United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal,
Auetria, Scandinavian Union, Australia,
Egypt, Canada and Cuba. Silver Russia,
Mexteo, Central and South America, and in
the past India; her future coinage is uncer-
tain.
The hotness situation on the Pacific
coatit, both in the United States and Cana-
da, is improving and money is easier goner.
ally owing to free grain exports and the
early movemeet of canned. goods. Ocean
freights have advanced.
Gold in the United States Treasury has
again fallen below the 8100,000,000 mark,
known as the "sacrad, reserve," and now is
897, 613,C44.
In Toronto, local securities and stocks,
though still ecnnewhat dull, are strong and
promising in tone. Bank stocks have not
varied much during the week, but what-
ever change is to be noticed favored the
holders.
Chili is the moat prosperous agriculture"
country in South Atnerica. There are
7,010,000 acres under cultivation, of which
1,100t000 are irrigated. For nmny years
the product bas averaged 400,000 tons of
wheat and 150,000 of other grains.
To find the gold value of a silver dollar at
any eime multiply the market value of s11..
ver by 77. This will always give the gold
value of the silver dollar ; e.g., when silver
is worth 72 cents per mimeo fine width is
a,bout an average for the past fLeir weeders,
the value of the silver dollar would be 72 x
77i-55.53 cents.
The Hungarian Minister of Agriculture
estimates the. world's production of wheatm
this year at 2,279,000,000 bushels, as co -
pared with the olficial average of 2,280,000,-
000 annually for the Isist ten years. He
also states thee the deficits to be filled by
the importing countries will require 379,-
000,000 bushels; and the aurplua available
in exporting countries to satisfyehis demand
is 378,669,030. Great Britain alone rs-
quires half this amount.
There are 3,700 National, 3,000 State and
1,300 private banks in the United States, a
total of 8,000, somewhat diminished slime,
May by suspensions and insolvencies but
still in excess of 7,806, several of thegets-
pended banks having after suspension re-
sumed. The gross deposits in all banks age
gregate $2,250,000,000, which is 50 per
cent. more than the national debt, and
equal to about 00 per cent. of the gold coin
in the world. The surviving banks have
withstood phenomenal pressure and are now
congratulating themselves and their coml.
try.
The Montreal stock market for the firs -
time in several weeks shows a more buoy
ant feeling, and sharp Advances have taken
place in a respectable number of the trading
securities. Operations are still limited, but
there is au evident desire to do business
that could not by ordinary means be stimu-
lated before. A number of investors who
had been waiting for "bottom " now act as
if their time had eome. There is also a
growing disposition that money is easier,
danadte.going to be easier still at an early
The developments of the past ten days
have lent a more encouraging outlook to
the general commercial and financial situa-
tion, and a slow return of normal conditions
is now conddently looked for by the busi-
ness world on both sides of the Atlantic.
The situation in lturope begins to show some
signs of imptovernent. Failures in Ger-
many for the first half of the present year
were 3,d71, againat 4,174 in the first six
months of 1802, and 3,723 in the same part
of 1891. Failures steadily increased in Ger-
many from MS to 1892, nearly doubliug in
five years. Their decrease is the first sign
of improvement, though the general trade
situatiou is depressed. Bailroad earnings
in France rose $2,000,000 In the first half
of the current year, ail advance of 2 per
cent. The advance is due altogether to a
reduction of 20 per cent. in peasenger rates,
a reduction which has instantly increased
the profits on Railroad traffic. The returns
of the London, Eng., Board of Trade show
that during July imports decreased it:10,-
000, and exports increased £100,000 &seem -
pared with the game month in 1892.
Commercial
FDr Pyspepsia,
A. Bellauger, Propr., $love roUff-
dry, Montagny, Quebec, writes : "
have used August Flower for Dys-
pepsia. It gave me great relief.
recommend it to all Dyspeptics as a
very good remedy."
Ed. Bergeron, General Dealer, •
Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, writes: "
have used August Flower with the
best possible results for Dyspepsia."
C. A. Barrington, Engineer and
General Stuitla, Sydney, Australia,
writes: "August Plower ha,s effected
a complete cure in my case. It act-
ed like a miracle."
Geo. Gates, Corinth, s ss. ,writes
"1 consider your August ;Amer the
best remedy in the world for Dys-
pepsia. I was almost dead with
that disease, butusecl several bottles
,of August Plower, and now con-
sider myself a well man. 1 sincerely
recommend this medicine to suffer-
ing b.umanity the world over," ® •
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury, New Jersey, U. S. A.
The Buffalo not Bstinot.
James Menidie, a representative of the
firm of Crirsca.den & Peck, Winnipeg, who
has just returned to that city from a busi-
ness trip in the west, brings an interesting bit
of intelligence concerning the wood buffalo
of the uorth. Three years ago when Mr.
Munclie was at Edmonton, in Alberta, on a
trip similar to the one just completed, he
purchased the head. of a wood buffalo, and
it was thought at the time that it was the
last one that ever would be seen, as the
speetes was supposed to have become practi-
tally extinct. Imagine, then, Me. Mundie's
surprise a week ago on visiting Edmonton.
to find there one trader with ten beads and
another with twenty robes, aed to learn that
over two hundred of the animals had been
killed by Indians this season in the Slave
Lake and Peace River districts. In the lot
which Mr. Mundie saw at Edmonton was
the largest head he had ever seen, and the
robes were of an exceptionally good quality,
the hair being very dark and grizzily. The
traders told him that some of the animals
killed were of such a great size that the In -
thane were unable to turn theta over, and
had to split the carcasses in two in order
to remove the robo. This is a point worthy
of note, as it has always been stated by
those supposed to know that the wood buf-
falo are smaller than the plain buffalo.
Mr. Secord, the trader, who brought ha
the robes from the north, had also in his
pack two hundred musk ox robes from the
barren lands east of the Mackenzie river.
Another trader broughb in one hundred ox
robes. Mr. Secord is the authority for the
statement that two hundred wood buffalo
robes will reach Edmonton this summer
from Slave Lake and Peace River.
The question, where did these wood buffa-
los so suddenly come from? now naturally
suggests itself. The Indians and traders
had long ago given up hope of ever seeing
any again. The theory, and a plausible one
it is, which is advanced by the traders, is
that the remnant of the large herds that once
roamed through the praries and forests of
the far Northwest found a feeding ground
secluded from the customary haunts of the
Indian, and safe from the Winchesters of
the hunters, and rapidly repleted their dec-
imated liumbers. Last winter the weather
was unusually severe, and in addition to
the terrible cold, heavy snow • storms pre-
vailed, and thus the animals were driven
southward in search of food, and wandered
into the track of the Indians, who only too
eagerly rushed among them and slaughter-
ed them right and left. The hesesy catch
of musk ox is aceounted for in the SaMe way,
they having. hen arixon eonth tone gear
feeciffig grthinds in the barren lands by
hunger. Ba.w musk ox robes are selling this
year for $40 apiece at Edmonton.
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