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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1893-9-14, Page 3Yaws& suentamseocsaasiciametummanagssms reserve The richness, color, arid beauty of the Lia, the greatest care is necessary, much, harm being done by the use of tverthless dressings. To be sere of having a first-class article, ASP.: your druggist or perfumer for Ayer's Hair Vigor. It is absolutely superior to any ether preparation of the kind. It eestores the original color and fullness to bair which has become thin, faded, s Mr gray. It keeps the scalp cool, moist, and free from dandruff. It heals itchiner humors, prevents baldness, and imparts to TEH1 IR "a. silken texture and lasting fragrance. No toilet can be considered complete led out this most popular and elegant of all hair -dressings. "MAhair began turning gray and iaiiing oet when I was about se years of age. .1. I have lately been using Ayer's Hair Vigor, and it is causing a new growth of hair of the natural colon"— • R. J. Lowry, Jones Prairie, Texas. 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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 SERIES Or SPIRITED DOOM CENTRAL Drug Store FANSON'S BLOCK, A. full stook of all kinds al • Dye -stuffs aua paokage Dyes, constantly on hand. Winan's Condition Powd- er, the best in the mark- et and always resh. Family reoip. ees carefully prepared. at Central Drug Store Exete C. 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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 $40 apiece at Edmonton. An uncut diamond leeks very much like a bit of the best gum arable. The stook of paid notes for five years in the Batik of England is ebout 771745,000 in number, and they fill 13,400 loortis, which if placaa id e by side, wottla reach n maw How to Gat a "Sunlight" Pioture.. Send 2$ "Sunlight" Soap wrappers (the large wrapper) to Lever Bros., Ltd., 43 Scott St. Toronto, and you will receive by post a pretty picture, free front advertising and well worth framing. This is art easy way to decorate your home. The soap is the best in the market, and it will only cost lc postage to send in the wrappers, if you leave the ends open. Write your address carefully. Her Last Mance. 1 am a lawyer's daughter, you know, George, dear," she said, after George had proposed and had been accepted, "and you wouldn't think it strange if I were to ask you to sign a little paper to the offecb that we are engaged, would you ?" George was too happy to think anything strange just then, and he signed it with a trembling band and a burstieg breast. Then she laid her ear against his middle vest button, and they were very, very happy- " Tell me, darling,why did you want me to sign that paper e' Do you not repose implicit confidence in my love for you?" "Al, yes," the sighed, with infinite con- tent, "indeed I do, George, dear, but I have been fooled so many times." Heredity. Asher : "Didn't your wife inherit some- thing from her mother ?",, Stuokley "Mostly temper." Knew The bins. Wife: "Why do you get so angry when I am simply trying to be kind to you ?" Hubby : 'Because I know you must have been very extravagant lately. Where are the confounded bills ?" 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