HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1880-09-17, Page 3LOSS 6F THE VERA CRUZ.
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FIFTY-SEZEN PERSONS BROWNED.
Desperate taarta to save the Tesset-a
- ia,a.as• .1.,.staa 'wrecked.
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ST. Ar,;;a; ..lta.,Sept. 4. --The steamer
City . of \-, . a t at -,a foundered at .3U on
Of seventy persots OR
beext1 only tai: a . 11 „are known to haae been
saved. • t.al a.; -. „..alayafterabon the steamer
eueouutero, a rtiig .gale whichsoon dn.--
.--• creased- iii -fat,: ,. a aid the Vera Cruz labored
heavily for a a:lel hours.. It . was .found
neeeSsary at I , `--', lel: oii Sunday rnerning to
' throvv out a ..:-.., ::-..lo keep her head about.
Thegale lat.:. a, --.9, grawn to a hurricane.
- ImmenSe'wza. , a 1.aa-a1a • breaking over the
c
--. deemed, steaiiaa a-, itil her- deck was-fin.ally
awept cleara 1..', ea the tiegaing be -infra tOrna.
• - .' The drag: et‘..,it-...,',-d t : fulfil it. fnnetipna. ; . the •
seas .dehki-e-.1.- . tlit.,:.:(1t
.0.elis: ana seen reached
:the finanti-c.,--e-- -tir!1, [eXf..'hg-tiiaa'hed- the 'fires-.
', tlie._Tis.tel.l.jVi oft- beeaaterh-, train -their
. Liiikeningta 'IF -avail 4a:being:oat soon stripped
. -the daginta. at,: 1 --theYeria Ortit.'14-at the
of ttl:'_.:-4:0.1'rti.. -'4-Nrat',,01:7:61,1- the donkey
-pm:rip-could .K.-. Ni. (irked to aelieVethe" yes-
• e1 of the woad-. sliewas aapiary makingin
Jie-r- -held. - Calit'aiii.:1;ansice..ordered .the
men- -'.. to : th!..a: -ov-erboard....--ilie. ' .deck-
-- -leak -bat -.6a-a "... ea.. 'being - tee : heavy
SeVeral. . inen war- carried': off .-- their
feet tin& -Many: :.-were . washed. overboard.
• Captain "Vatialea.- .z.41,CI Ilia. .ofileeis .acted
... cotirageoriely. bnt -4e.re one-by:Ono Waehed
oVerboard, -- "Pire c4ptitiii perished -1611y aii
--_-hourbetore_the i.-ese.l.' stecilmbed,., and as
nearly- • inalive all 1.14.X. -weir-el-est 'tlie:'''.1-eW.reinainr.
_ .e took ._bra .., ,
a.preservers '.' }_:-very bent
, au& life raft aaass•-attve- in . and. -the sitilor--
. . . . ..
.-ttnd passengara seiz d fragmerita of Spars,.
-. -_ state -room claors Orlatlier ineaeahle-artieleS
--ana-a,walt..ea tui t.- dal. -The Vessel- was about
thirty inifes.-t,IT' th0lehore..- .With one.awf-ul.
-lurch -. the- mar Andelbenly .aault, the: ew. irl,
_ . . . _
...carrying a -,;.-1,z _io.a,tpy of. tho, livirig, _ The
. ..
- thirteen. ." aanaaiapas. , = are - - all iiiii,,
three.„.. paAscogers} , : eight: deck •:hahds,-
_one. •...... - ek4iiicer i., .. -._and.-- one.-. - .'. _oiler..
- . :The -y wore,all in ' the Water- Iniffetted. for
.frazia itSVO:t.".:folar. 1.4..twenty-sir.hour43.. Nii-
. donbebut fo'r this. ei'rleal manyfmore Would.
„ ..have been -saved, -..1Ve have_ only :beet able
- - te, ;obtain - the 11 of - two. a survivors,
• both aaderaa .71.11-1-sOn. :Talhat:And- .ames.
Reify,tlie- firi,t :1. native- cif Thigland, the other of '.'‘-;.ew York.' (hie of the passengers_
t
- .a..yea: w.a. p„.: ynuu c.f. . an-, bat he states that
laadoreSiaot,Vvi,,halti. _ hanie-Sent : for plibli,
Pationabut.: he was lie: -ccaupanion. of .Gen. i
•-• Torbert,. .. lai)dies ,a1 the viatints,caine'on.
. . _ Shore -thirty T./ail-ea'. sautlia.ot this place:
....Among' -thein. : it -41-',- that . of: : General
- Torbert, I ' Ifis, --.bady- -.Was. placed.. in - a, 1
... and -.`- hit/lied:a " pa _ . •Nreciaesday...
Thehodies, of ivaaaaeeactge,passehgers haVe'
- beenafound, . .Tize. 'UOilk:, - offhtee "fefhales
were' aecovered. facial' the waves,: aid four
, other meii.piadatbly sailciaa - Theschooner
Ada. XaSiiiiontma d Reeklanda lam -Pena
.sacoIa to B'elSion,„ivant cashoi-e: near -Mos-
•; quite lalet, .. All "acre staical, 'A -barque.'
.."anatae-anikiievair,--- We i aa'acire-at the :same
- „ place. :kit .weie...aaved.'' There ate uc_iva
abant- "dirty alien! at _ .1 ort . ()range,
. all of. -when,: _bawl.. _hada ashi`Pwrecked..
. Seven ;Ineii. weae Walled 'ashore .frena the
brig carothie RaidY-,_-. all alive:. but _ very._
weak, '"-1- TIieva had lived Mahe riggingtwe
daya...-- - Tliey said ' that durilig the gale
--they were -in egItipa.14 With alargesteamer-
--. Whieh leaked ica that "cal:agile: was in distreas
..- and had _about .101) 'pgsSeug,ers. di board.:
i-- ISTEw ..-Yefa:. :Septa "4.---Thealoat Steadier-
' - -Vera: Cril.w.t.i,. a sis er ship to the City et -
.. Itayanr.,- lost on the- -: ':eiloan qoast in- 1875.:
- -a- The steamer New Oilexas,reparta that she.
• ... was in the same ev clone; Off theFlorida.
- coast, as thise..t iii w hell thd Vera Cruz
,
• . foundered.. :„The ear tain. Of .the -New Or-
'. '-: .leans sa.,.-s lie noke-r).- efore witte.ssed any,
thing like it, ()Ile of hishest met wits lost
overboard. Tliesea at-spro.e moments was
• .a high as the to of the sinekestack. .
• N-F,w. Y-Orat, -Sept. 4, ----:The _following- tele,'
grain to the -Board of. ti.zider.writera has
beeu. received- to-dava - c The. steamship
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- City of---,Y(..ra' CFUZ.- flaundered at Sea on
Sunday. at 6 lain. - '11,.. captain as lost and
.
all ha.tals went -down with' the vessel. Only
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. three pa-eaaalgera and eight of the arew Were
• iaiVe-ti '''' 1 1' t1.a.ow in "Jackagnville
- iii.diataea4 /tad aatitio r fok assistance...from
.tli.epwaiers." " e
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•jaeasea-ara-aa IF:ht.. t)aerat.-5.---The sfearner
- . Water iIliy-. :from_ :-.`" -. Augustine, arrived. .
-_S-esterilacj.,, . hayina '0 i. board'A. R. 0 -wen,
civilzien!,,ineer, and four. - seameua. survivors.
_ Of the ' steanier- 'City- a Vera Crum ..1%Ir.
: 0 -Wen _ :stated:: A..t I r 'Clock on Saturday
tthe _first oiiiiaa-, `, taradce the haremeter
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a he 'captain WttS flORra tO remark tii Harris;
. falling-rapidla; WO arelgoingto have a: hur-
ricane.'" Oidars-Wta-e :givi_ai to-throW' Over-
--board 7 ;the-. , barrela: et oil a-nd , cases.
:on deck. -.T._lie •'blas -t . of '..the (:ve.
' .lone Sttuck • na- -pa- - the . r port -bow
abotit . tvv-enty-five amiliu tea- to . 2:- oh
1
-_Saturday: afternogir, : .til listed- the 'ship
ahnost :on her beam . ends: I)nritg :the
eveiii*-three skylight. in_the Main salodn
' avereafar,:tied. away, and- the- WaVes"pOured
. considerable' . water iatto :the- _saloons arid
- staterooma t4ettina ail- adrift. By mid.-
, _, t _ 1-, - , - . . -
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night the pasaerigera re generally sitting
•- . or lying. Oa the fiedr-of fthe- saloon, but thev.
a' were floodeds-out. At I -aam. . The enginet
: rood was dry. 7 A dr 47was put 011,s- bill
• 'via's: useless its: it; was . oo small for serviceevere in proper order.' -: At 2_ o'cIaielatlie_shia.
_took a ;heavy sea, aiii- the wafer put'llie
- fireabii-t-dinniedititely-{",-StOppillga the.' en-
gines. The doakey enfaheavits then started
amr--:waa. going av-hdrathegliip, aank;:" The
' :--purser-rearne aliurriecly a below,- :saying
ratliat -deaa_cal-aleala arhad ' sent . to tell
. _ - . t ,
the . 7pass.digeas . to- cede and assist.
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.- the crew- br -the vesae! - Would go deivn.
• We iminediatelY got dp.' -1-." Wefir, to , the
-- , -t- .--, . ,
. deck and to the flaw- tf tl''' 'atiine-rOora
- arid .asaiated to pass.,.. aacketa far anliour.
' Captain 1..."aaa. Sic% wits i. tha line near -the
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' top passing 1Vater whi a..-1: -wag there, --It
- "vas no -uae.-- aThe Sea, -' was continuallY
ankma avea die vesaelt_ -rad eo•emna-clo-v11
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rge quantities. between declt-a. ;Aftere
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. as a -Bible.: ...The clj•,f.
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on, making a crash like a battery of
llery, and strikiag terror for an instant
every one, dashing the saloon passen-
, tables, doers, and loose furniture to-
er, and into the water knee deep. The
engers no* crowded ihto the hall at
top of the saloon steps and a .
SAID FAREWELL Ti) EACil OTHER.
adjusted their life-pieservers, and they
nded sympathy diet° the other. Never
re, perhaps, was there a set of passen-
so quiet and so littlo excited' under
umstances so .a,ppalling. Alexander.
lendge brought a little boy to ine and.
LOwen, I will give you a 'thousand
s in gold if you will take my son arid
• im to land.' I said no; I- did not
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to live five minutes after the ship went
h." 1..told hira it would bo a. Mercy to
self and -his son to go (Iowa as qiiiekly
ossible.: I told hino_i eotild,see nothing
OPe. for in a aterna: like this. Miss
e Fay 'asked_ nie inaher sweetest
to --takel.eara of 4er, but I said to her
toaothers, -theft/ was Mithing. to -be
,hut to:itielate-the ship until we were
ed . from her, then _clitg „to the frag,-
ts as long ag possible. . This:plan should
'tried out by every passenger;
- • nth' CAFTAIN . •
,
seen just before_ the sen sr:bashed in
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ort side of the _ upper . deck at twelve
ites pafit..4 aam., but Whether he"..get
ed and.:jraiiPeda :overheard --.-. and was
t asiw is not knew!) to any ef.,.us.-
fir:at-officer, aecend- mate, . and. -die "..or
pre of the -crew teak to the atarbeard
boat and were killed _before- the beat
he got free.: .11fillor and his thigineers
bYthe ahip till she 'sank.- Quarter-
er. WiIliam O'Neal and -a sailor Std./d-
e Wheel:until the ship eank. The cap,
eaer. came near the pasSengeradurihg-
tortn, nor did he adid to • inquire into
condition, "and :it m
-ay_ be sincerely -
no 'ether. Passehgers may .be. left - to
oughtless and indifferent a man. ••••
SINE.I"5.ZG.OF rtTr ,ESSEL.:
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s.abolit 6---oie1ealt, when the ship_ went
;hreaking inthe.Middle. .:ThouSands
&des of - wreckage were -.clashing
her itt the Water.five minutes alter the
went _to pieces: - Aida, women -and
eii, horses, eats and rats were Mixed
seta- and -lover this rea.sa the, -waaes.
surging fiftyfeet-140i, in peaks_ like
loaves a when:we- went up Ofl. one it
ot- .go dOwnion the other aide,ahat
turned. Over at the top - and" -sent: reit:
eligh-the - air - to,' an . opposite "ote,,
and forth this lasted two or -three
, after -which the waves assumeda
natural eharaeter-and came in swell-.
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-.01;;ITIE.. 01, _GhNEtt_A.ti ToRhErt';
etal Torbett -Was picked
OS Smith, One, of the crew, fifteeii.
es after the shin snuk, was then
and ebuld crawl on some -.fragments'
wreck only with' assistance.-
aamentilii whieir he wasturnal `over
ute later Smith :came un on the other
and-nes:ex saw:the geheral a:gala alia-e,
ind-waa so tearifie that wheu a plardc,
ex ea trunk wohld-reach.the top of
t was .whialed through the air with a
erribleto belialka ;
SNDSCENES:
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/1f; the' _ living' and riving I never
8-gersoU who wag' not hleeditg-frorn
vound ih dieted by Passing fragments,
If weredead or • dying within" fifteen
a after they took to the waves .-- It:
(1st appaliug to see heroic women
ling against timbersand WgVeS. _ The,
deaf/ Was Jain/lied in the saloon
doors and.tables,.and .sank with the
She was Cryingbitterly; and appeal-.
e for help When the water 'poured
ri her like Niagna 1 stood by the
ast till_thelitater rushed in Over the
ne- deck and then climbed. Up the
twen4-five feet -I was washed off
Wave-so:pa theainatant after' ft -alt-
ar -wreck piled in and over.me, Foa
'hoar I rustled up" one _mountain of
then down another, until, finally,' I
hold of apiece Of the Ship tweaty-
t 'lhiswa§"paat.st, the side
• dining saloet-, Through- one
was the head and Oki:alders
man - Thdlias• Gramb • 1- II
, . e
at:to break the -pane an.d- get him
as that Was, impossible, I .sliovied-
.natd he Caine hiatlireugh the next
• ".Wonow threw -.off. our-J.4-1)re,
.and stuck to the :fragnieats-i-of. the
hrougli thick and thin,:fo'r.24 hours.
that .tinie we 'were._ at least- two-,
f it under water and a,t night We
otlf oonipletery blind froni Salt:
din our eves. : • s •.. -
esday.---nierninga-LThe dead bedies•
and and:known- to. -havebeeti ou
e are . ten. ,in number;
whieh Were ' tbree • arOniena The: -
it huhdred. inileSaie" atrewh-. with
-and itt that, distance aweal.citova of
-:twe steamers, &MI •eiglitssailing
. .
haaniataiiinixa
ousarasalla., Sept, 5..-al!,...cason Tal
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el the s-nryivingseamettof the Vera
7iVh01). ;4, was dotekmilled- to
the _:.ship die of the -beats was
ea' the .side, And Manned.: Tlie
rs. tumbled,: -'.and .the .„ -signal to .let
lareh, ',The heat went ,down.with.
at beforeshe had gene ten 'feet the-
he- ship. coining ..:-up With it ... Wales ba.ataket the placeofScotland at;
„ and thosemho were not Or -fished. the- Beene of .tentantie..and _dramatic elope.
outright Wereadreaped, :half:At/Ma :Meats,' the Secolid..Wook ef-A:4g-ast•
Alie.aea-,..Where they Weae'daziwued. it daughter of LlNf_r.:_A;lsf-rutber,,of-n-=Weat--• -
r -eyes. aTltwas pitiful' to seethe.re hatirteequare, ItYclePark.Loirden; evaded
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4. almost - within - our _g_r_04.,..atid the Watchfulness of _tor -fainily,-.:atid'eleped
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breathless and choking. I got held of it
piece of wreck, but the sea tore it away
and then tossed it back again. When I first
came to the surfacca.the water around
me _was thick with human beings. Some
caught hold of me, arid I had to dive to
get rid of their grip. I did this in several
cases. I saw it mother and daughter
tightly clasped together ; they rode past
me On a wave and disappeared. Their
bodies came ashore still bound in the Same
manner. All Sunday night ' I was to/44d
a,bo.ut, till finally, at 7.30_, on llonclay
morning, after having been in the- Water
twenty-six hours, I was hurled up on.. the
beach. I lay a there exhausted a long
time. --Other six came ashoro. on -the same
beach, although at . leng distances apalt.
_One of Talbot's . companions, . in a paked.
state, swani. until he was cast upon atihe
beach. Ile had no life preserver, and was
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the first to come ashore at Matan'zas.
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:• -THE W.RECEVS AT WORIC,,,
. The body of a venial- man wearing h-
ing but 'a slartand drawers -was found aafew
Miles further adith. .The bodies Of a Man
between 50.atad 60;an .elderly lady, a giri-
athd Child were WaShed aahoreand the codst
swarms with wreckers, who have-ne hesita:.
tion in robbing the dead :bodies that fall
into their hahdia "-Stories are -told that
some --. hasten the death of the: wrecked
sailors and passengers: to: Steal.: their
perty.. ThetaIife-saving..stations
along the coast and no ,.:o-aganized crews- 0,
pteVeht tliis piratical :work: In maay
instaneeS„-- if proper- 'aid wasaat hand; the
lives of tlios-e in a.- critical eopclition /night
be- aavel ,The rings And; jewellery on
bodies "that L Camo. cisIloae, near Matanztts
, .
have been secured1111(1 await identification.
A niniaber of private letters are also found.
Several trunks have "._heen _found. and the
contents resCitedf :from the pirates :into
whose-hands:they had
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• 134..SEIED
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Teninfter, -Fans Oyer p .11sich 2,000
- , Feet:Owl.
About.Sevcia aas*. ago:Neel ."0.0Yette-a it
.well-kaoWiateamster ea the" Cariboo wag,
goti read; loaded Itis wagons at, Messrs.
Oppenheimer pros'.store With, Merchandise
for the apperaeOuutryi -When: eighteen
Miles out and while: aScerding
Itombrot's; Lewes. pushed oVer .tlieside of
precipice ,by it Mille Whielr:presSed closely
upozalairal, frolt. behind: - :The' tinfortimate
Mat fell 2,000- feet: . Ilis body. was." seen" by
-the-Incliana--Whettecoinpithied him to strike
the :rock* below, Whence' .it. -bounded into
.the rivcr and. Was :swept - away by tlie. re.
Mt/rabies-S.4s current,. . at this p-oirta
rsiaeeris 011 its Way.toWatds. theisea, at.a rate,
of .htteen or twcnty xrulcs tui :hour.a ThA
Precipice oVerwhich 'Goyetta fell is well
known to travellers alone./ tiio Witaaon road
its .aides,Are...pe,rperidicular; it .14,01112tait
:goat could •notgain a footing there."-- Goya
ette's bleed ,marked onthe reek -dr
_ . .
that-. received
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-A. New, iriagne- for Agriesiltari4ts.-
: .ROsig10ieWspfipers.oall -attention tothe
ravages iliflicterViriatherathern:.proviriceS
by tko.-boetio ittIloi1 by..naturilists
Aii-
suplia AuStriataiandbythe..rdral
popula-
tlofl of Xhorsori,-.Couzka.': -_,This insect_ first
-...appeared,in 1:8-65. in _ the ...M.elitopel"-diStriet,
but there ianothinglInoWn as.to hew': tied
whence :it eame., as it:liad /lever been beard
of itt any Other part, of Russia or _bordering
countries. • As Itlaltv as 10 buslIoN of the
beetleibave-beencolleOted from.; One Acre
of wheat. - They fly' fforia ear to -ear .andde
teequit the: grain uzitl it ,is ---destreyed.-
They are Capable Of . making long _fights;
.froin .one-goyernmeat to AnOtheia-- Last
slimmer a Mass of :these . beetle§ ‘-vi.t dis-
covereci--. bithe 'sea' hear Oche:keit.: _they.
Were se thick that it was difficult to., pull a
boat .tlireugh.thein. , The BaitiSli Vic-e-edia
Sul at leolitieff reports that unless effibient
MeaSureS ate adopted itis .rirebable that all.
agricultural'? Ruastia,. will eaentually :,beCorne - g
tile prey Of theae laseetS, eatiaingptiaations
•hitheato, tittle :krieWn, in Old: coaptry.::. :He
ponsiders that .„ -the ubjoet'..deraitac1s. the y
aeriOaS attentien Of -Earape,„a,a;Rusaia-ailai,' f
'Plies se_reany-conntriee With wheat:, andhea.'
llIisfA-reteu. ,raise prie.e.ef. erica.nprodu,
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1,11.E WAITBUNO CASE.
Irhe Action by Dirs. Fisher Against the
Georgian Bay Tranisportation Com*
papy.
' In Novetnber last the steainer .WAubuno
belonging to theGeOrgian Bay Transporta-
tip-n Company was wrecked and all on hoard
perished. ,A.mong . the passenaers was a
Mr. Fisher, editor of the North''Star apws-
paper. His wife brought an action against
the company to repairer damages under
cliaPter 1.28 of the revised• statutes. The
company ithen filed A _hill . to : restrain
the . actibn ' at law, 'claiming that
uader the - Imperial" ---a:- Shipping . Act
th,roy: are only . -liable in -aueh
actions to the extent -of $T5 per t.n..- They
claimed. that if. Mrs. „Fisher; sucdeeded in
hdr action she would eihaust All- thia. slim,
and that nothing would 'bo. left for other
persons who.mightbring siniilari-actions;
smg they prayed to haVc. the'Surn. to Which
their liability was lintitedadivided.pro Tata
,apaoag those who sucbee ed , proving
da6ages faastatist. .thein. '- The Oonapany
InciVedfpr an injunction -to restraitithe ceana
raon lima priiceedinga On: this inoticat, no
matekial- was used by the defendant, Mrs.
Fisher, eacept air affidavit of Mr, Judd, her
.1Fie4eiter. .1 ,it was - tclaimed ..-ifer the
defehee - that: the 1-acihipaay was - as are
that the:- WO:int:el.- was . unseaworthy. and '
that they were not lentitledtOthe Protection
of the-- statute.• The ehaticellor gra,hted :tho.
injunction, and Atria FiShet then appealed
factin hia _d oisien. Judgment was given es-
teriday ia- e Court pol Appeal.:....gtis court
he d that 'the-W.44mo had net been regis-
tered in due form, --ap that .aonld eilkiPa
i
th .- Proaiona. of the Imperial Shipiling-
_ p .
_Are * as,a duly: registered.' British-:•Ship.It -
:.
was alsoh .1d that thefact that -"the' .c4m-
pailY had brought no nionerinto jeOill't •io.
eraser then. habilityato dam aces "wa,s.p,grave
objectionat - their bill: i --Th; Appeal was
allowed Wi 4 eosts.1, Tho". injahetihn will
_their-dor° -b,e Set ' aside, and - Mrs. l' Fisl,ier
alliwed teProceed !with: her common law
- : .
apt ena .•
`lootin.*Ion the II in .
Sci ,eifiPirset-..s.' ri,e6f,..A.AraTert4lransjii:)/f. read nit ciernl'c'rni-
. .
ter stirig.iiiiticle--„on .the 'deterreination.jof
• the velocitips of - fbivling Pieee-'s"hola with
s.pe ialtelerenee. to the art of sheeting Pli
the Wing. His Cenelnsien. is that there hi A
rapid merease in the velocity of lik.Ot: Irani'
_the Size-desghated as •N.-0'. ' 1.9 _up to the.
hea ier-Na. 3-1 time,' No. .: 8- .shot-igaye.- 8
velocity 0V7i.fe-6110 -8- second of tinio above
thatof NOT.1.0 shOt:.;1 1To.t6 gained 47 .feet '-
eve No; f3,•fyliile:-IsTo..,3 ;110wa- an 47icaeiase
-res ortsihe . , -"It is shown thatifthe sanle
1
of _2 f . •- over No. Gi i.--"Witli e the lieaVier-
pen is. the -.4 increase. in yelpeitY is - less
fink! ketlle..SeT•lixeP=:e114ifct!:iiiet,'"ofh,griceliahti3littrertylets:
1
we ilt get. velocity -Of 100 feet per.:aeccaa-4,
cha ges .Of .' ow'der-: and..:sliet -(t drai-.Wr.:A.
povv er and. I.1- :bailees of Shot) -be fired:from:
a--„1.()-gauge d'then iron). a 12 ---gauge gimi
iu.?aaor of t a ..19,gauge. I Th0. la,toirnoVaa
menitinifly r of Smallabereaais,:a therefor,
Otto in the - right. direetiot. .The beSt:
fawn -4.1,4 -piece for upland- sheeting- j -would
charge, -Of _ diet ".for . a: 42:gauge. ..- gun -Is
II
be:a la, or- 8-laingeagan,-- weighing:- itheat '4.
pou ds„ ' itilso appears ";.tlicit -the p.ropo
1 4--. - Twee's,- .- an1a. not 1} 011110014, -AS:- iS
twe+the 1 naa) shot' and the: 'swing sliot;!,
iisii. ly Stip osed. ' In treating of -aheoting
on tie witig,' Pr..". aMayer distinguialied- be -
killing the-peferenee to the latter as the
sight!, With 't e gnil,.p9inted _ail'. eptly at.the
result :01.- e- perience. _ Seine ,sportsmea
I ,
maintain that they .-AiWaYa fallow. the
1E0. Of -0-,.iii a, -rnoVing across __the line -cf
bird until th ashot is fired,- -Prof. 3iIii,yer
.tried thc. experiment iTi. the ease of -a willet;
but . instead :of killina the; first :bird,. the „
One aimed' a-7,, the third One be.hilad -it. felF,...
The [ get . Iniust....-.. always . .--be .'pelated
ahead. of the bit& aIn firing snap "shots,
eif.. tile-1121rd 'ineVes -- ackesS 'the . line- 'of
sight
sef, fast a's- 80.- runes an hour, and
aug sed; with .31'- drainsefCu'itik
& ,vey pa der and ounces of shpt, we
1111.1bt 'ShOOt feet ahead; " of "the.birchat-30
„.-Meet ahead :at ao yards, /aid
eet ahead a 5Q yards.. If Any .sportarna,h-;
oubia this, t strip'-fiae feet': "
", In the Night.:
Someffmes lialthe night, when I sit and write,
I hear the 4rangest things ;
Al3 my braiiagrows hot with a burning tlio't
'That struggles for form and wings ;
',can hear thn, beat of ray swift blood's feet,
;As it speed)twith a rush and a whirr,
FtOrn h&a.rt 0 brain and back again,
-Like it race under the spur.
With nly son 's fine ear I listen a,nd hear
The tendei Silence speak,
As it leans of: the breast of Night to mat
' And ivessei her dusky cheek.
And the darkhess turns in its sleep and yearrra
por something that is kin, ,,,
And -,I hear tth hiss of -a. sc6retn: rig kiss
As it leldg.f.hd fondres pin. •
.r., , .
Iii.its harryirg race thro leagues of spzice
. .
I ean hear -be earth catch breath, 4 •
- For ikeep liard taer thee.' ' . . .
• As ikiit-ctlielQaTivg ,i1Ordthineora,ensstaonfdieshatuhd.ders and groan
Andifigh an' .1far, from it distant star
-_,Whoses nate e is'unknown to anO,
I near a voiellthat says, ' Itejoice,
O1! ' - 1
0 ! SWOOt,a/Ff strange are the sounds that range
qtro' the Cambers of the night ;
Aaid tghaetewsleher -sato waits by th_o -dim, "doi,..k, '
.31lay near 4 ,he lists'aright, . - ; ' '
,
. - Airoreyner's Opinion of our G4•18.... _
Mr, Reb6,:-/-t-Mallace, of: TairigheS -Moot-
land), visite- Canada last •summer, and be
waif prey-a:IA upon tOgivre thegood people •
of iThorthi ri an aecourit of what he saw oa-
th- s side eV:the *Atlantic. Mr. Wallace -es-,
by it rii4e- ,people; ignorant' of . the refme.. '
1:
p -e ted-evidittly to final hiniself When -lie, " •
la, dedon:apt sheres in A countryinhalited .
!netts Of ulyilied life. He was prepared
to isee - ourii..Women dressed_ in. go'aiiis or
aritediltviart pattern. and - wearing- botnets.
sti h aacreibied the heads of ' Job's wife
opiniOns,;] -1-_ .... .- -. . -....
an - ditughtils., One would either think le .
-iyA$ it hen,i4ckol hushand:or ,aacriisty; old, . .
prejudiced fibachelor,-• from the . following
. iT viao suffpraed to :find in the backweeda
se tlemeutqi of Ontario and (Xebec, -that-
rf' eenacleanite L. darnel- i n Was fashions, gib ni it Pl i a ta° thet hf. 3n i a mosttert - -
6 x p 1_ a i n 0 d ttame, - on enterieg the houses,
by seeing try number of ladies.' periodicalii -
read; - diSphiying plltS' of every variety '
2 or 3 yea s, ield had long clothes .
for 2 : (tad leature.a The Most amusing ..,
thi g in t4awayof dress .which 1 saw was. .
on. he Meti;lonite children, -Little girls of
touch-
ing - the -,gri„. end, giving them - a peculiar- :
grewnaarrapearance though little over two -- =
: . .
feet high. high. Atiins was -on a...Sunday, and -
-per aps thi.jittle creatures. weie not -doOM--
'ed o the pthalty .all the week*: We have
heard:a 'ai/ell-deal of the beauty' of Amen- -
eat and Cilnadian -.girls ; : but if yOu. will-.
- , 5, _
Alio, - me traabethe -judge, I Would give do .
, greer! to. th:: Scotch lasses yet!i There is .
.ncr doubt oi,le .dOeS come Across" now and
then a. strilitgly prettx girl,.With- a com- .
ple l'onri-hatliallect off the liclof a chocolate .
:Ciro mstaii4 Vs, age soon: The suinmers aid - -
ia
cre n2 box but, taken as a rule; females in :
tha eotnitiill are .Sickly and sallow, and,
ably-takincl),:siifficienti. open 'air 'exercise to:
I
wiz. is eVery• iivf.ty to be.expeeted under the
too hot andfibe Winterajoo. cold for agree -
and. encourOpee palpitatiOu', Which becomes. -
t
kee up --tliti 41orniaJaatate. of health ; and :
heal es, I.: Obeid hot . be surprised :. if the'
,i/a
gree tea it'led sliakeathe, nervous system.' .'
adi ease . i4itlie - fait -sox: if recurring - fool -
frequently taliout A natural cause..-!
,,,, _oapacrs its aBrain Fhod. , --- --
eOrdinal?. to Tilt% Franks- Buckland - a .
deal ilia to be: said ili A phYsiological
in favda of the oyster as "ail article Of f _
Theiti is an . avorgge. of about ,two .
'half ounces Of ineat to every tviielve - -
es.ot sit ll in each oyster, and itS. eon..-
stitOnts iii4ltide Mueli:Phesphate . of item
and esmaiofral, or creative- matter -Similar
to essence 0.1aineet, And also a Certain'quana
. . _
tity. lof geltiOne Or mucilaginous '. 'natter, *.
and anotheniaterial of whicliPhosphorous
is the main_ingrediett.. It is the principal. "
britingiyiegifOod - that can.. be takenwaniti.-- •
hence is so 14agely used 1),' those- fon of *
i.i.
ter' rY Pull-cnits, and in. thiS -mariner has'. .'
come aii - itl most easentiatelement_of diet
-;intellectatil meha -The annals- (it:the '
niversity -,,,.01 l'gr!S shadON_VJ. ferth- _gist - -
ion scholaatia_ disputations were more
ho _died in 1?5,p, loved his 'oysters SO well
u
an usually aria boisterous tbe. stn.
nt were tt..,..).-the babied rehearsing their -
bates OVerf.liyster, suppers, :Louis wir.,
ao4.-thoughtitio niucli of •- hie ',Cook for the
saieay mahnier in which be.furnished iliein
up for the royal tablethat lie invested "the. -
Chef de culgirfertwith a patent . of mobilitii -
arid ade litto it .-handseme annual allow-.
.aS90-4Tebe.0 .IIT6heitlit'bi.Re?V8it;fclt:111tre I -CL°011uelgs",'XIPf !it; ...
11694rotiei nee every year. to feastupen oysters,
)1t 0110 a distinguished' theo- .
logian 'cattle t-0.811 untilnely end by drawn- ".
lo Get What,yOu
:•Lendon Troth; olaseraes;
was i-yeakenOugh to pe'.3.-.tny. fee '-at."- ctne Of
these -(iaitelligence) efficea-'whelt i:n *apt. of
adaok. . -The agent thereriiliewed srev.:T-
.eral_tawdry,fenaales, -Who' had idea of
,ceekiii a and 11 great idea, of Wages'. and per-
qiusitea. erigage auy,elie of them "waa-
hopplesa,-- after :seeitik• ' thee
.impOsters; l.gav.e" up: allidett of suitihgrhy
self frorrilhia seuree„taid -advertised-eh ray
erwa aceeruntattintztlien 'atiitOd Myself -;-:.hat's
aniOng the :answers tO.; - adaertisetnent
were to lesa than aevoilteen 'front_ registry
officeaaiiicluding.die .fronfaiy late friend,
itIl Offering theirteraieba :and assuring nie
of satiSfaCtiona -When it merchant ea deal,
ea hae.eoreariaditiee"te sell iard no time -to
find ogstOraera, amiddle num :is :far tiseftl
petbonao ; 'between Thor. omployed and
ehiplciyed- such an individual -is not re-
_qairecl, ;so lang as :adveatiSement -Columns.
exist.- Aa.::a-aaheation :beth, policy atd-
, .
principle; eraphiyere-eahhet do better.. than
forswear the of ;Buell mediathe 7 -
ppearing one "after another la the-
Apether .boa,t 'Was -lee:Off in: the- ,tvatering-jolace of Llithdudrio, Oil; the coast
and,'*as'„-citbiind splinters of -Wales betWeen Ifolyhoad a'ndLiverpoOt
ie ship's :side,. the- occupants tueet-. .There -they: Were -:rnaariedin' . Calvinietic.
me fate.- -These -Who-new re; -chapel. Anstetither. -and -a '-ironclon.
board :were now coMpletely .aetec#Ye Firm:led' the 'cotiple and. overtook
the 1.1.oriibje sightS and" shrielta theina When, inathe Moat rein-antic:manlier,
Wning peopleaaad-refhaed to and strictly after'the- etYle. of irate fathers
ats., •- eornedieg • illiaAnatruther. -proceeded
' . .
SEkEINO:DF TRE- to'flcig Ilia. soa4ia-law._ _That prosaid:crea; •
•
with MraLawaellee l3risCoe Graham to th
e
tare ignobly drew a pistol and at the last•
• SceiteI never before a-vitnidthe„.ss_enoidi_a_s- a'n,en
presented. : .a.aen . -t e story had sunk to the leVel Of a
tS h ' ' . - •P
le cahi,n- prayilaal,. s'arilelfs•Li'va4u:'•"441". Ta-nta°,iatlricilecc°oCriu7it.Y--4nad,. 1'111 the.Pittt'le's were h
. .-AllOf aaSualden there Vir,S - a - 1
euna ae_er .nia-my....tinliars giving . A priVateca,,blegratt tells a gentlOtnan in c
e elinek ute.,.fc.i.t.aii ove..th-6. lie8_-. this.city that the -Freneli -Government has' "a
had .12tokeril coMpletelv" in two. • deord6a to 'gritfrt;'*11:41**IY":'.i-!!"'''',"-: .
'trade...het ....1141.13.
inher-oDpFgtihWtohpeli$,:tiogeesis,p,a,enndsteha,e64Iaatilecir tiirneotti mi Havre,
he,.nezt: tninitte. the Vera Qra i uktai a ,a4ti..Vthree,: tGownefla. binf-gstaft.L.th4_wev:ire.incictiee,lo;. b
a....
long, at a dist pee of 8Q yard:sired-49 eye,
and theri:jadge whether theee 'figales arc
te9 large. • -"The: apparenadistance -M only
about_18 inches: - ..HoWever,: -nothing Wi4
make a.goad shetbat practice.' ..Jthas been:.
stated that.' 4 pedagogue -can teach to read
and write, but a ,crack shet is a gift of the.
•S'eein;, the giteen's VaInable4:-
A correspondent:writing from :WindSor
ing la the riVea _Seine after the .5ympesinnit
drown -
speaks of tl1O tremendous aniourit"'ef
pulltng goito-Onanil the subservity to the. 14,43.
PPW('rst4at.be.. -` I desired to see_the
v, ate "84mA/hell:fa alid tlieagtild -.plate; be
Cause' both are '.conSideter wonder f
beaaityazid Workmanship : but there. Was
nauch-fass. if -1: wanted- to besiege :her
' ost gracious"Majesty... What witkwriting
()Ione persan; DE414-1,1:011.'itnethea,_ and. hav-
ing' to - he introdUced to another, I. was sick
elf the whole .niatteraand.yetevety.ohe says
was very fortunate, for I . got .permisision
te dayAfter -asking, and . people :_are, gone,
-taily-.keptlWaiting a month. Tho :. ho gold plate
if; Valued fifteen million dollars, -and -the
Ana and pictures and various. other :odds
and endsinthe Quqen's rooms. are
simply -priceleasa Otto. footstool is -worth'
thirty thousand- •pounds sterling; it is 'a
geld tiger'e.head. with: jewelsiincrusted.
Otto vaso beat ten tholisand guineas, 4iy.d..a
Mali -white vagels much, if not marc.1Qn-
the whole you. inay say that -Windsor is it
nice little : homestead -- for the _ .110uSe of
Hanover,' •
1.
The origin of the saeramental-expresSioh
-By.'_,Tinger has long been in doubt. Since
it gaverise o a ilialmahie -Pirate war party
in Rnglatid, -a emiple :years 4g0, --e. num:
ber..Of mere .r_lese rational : bypotheses1 on;
the subject aciti . seen the hght,- none of
them, - ho er, entixely. satisfactory.
Licht mova f is it from an -unexpected
qicarter.- -F. in' a -work - (otherwise- very
n -an(1 valuable)r- on the.riunaienlattie
-4toryUf which haS bean:prepared
and pnblislie hy_the-Japatese Government
t appeays. th . there reigned in -Japan, two
emziptiA4,44aerroie:awha, re'oi:thtelie_et.h4Cp_11.uroift§m:ean.onfelrekneaohs.:
eritalnititt'
y til• Weztvcitithe - being 111
1.:ear1. gi3
the deaki 0,11• Sucked d' wit ?The national -air of Iceland is identical
vessel. .1.1 tbe.auq.faze with that of 4ngland.,
heir detain
ca4ht up 41
Briglish sail
/ritiktintiM ITSSforS,
• el.
At he reedit ball given by Mi Her-
-no.chan,-__ at -IN owpott, in honor of At and
Mrs. qa-Vendip: i iBentinck,-whiteis saa- tat
hate" een: the,color most worn I but
fiu1iiomiab1e caorliTfor winter wear will !
according to, iiresent appearances, ruby, -
gariiet, piuni tuti tho inevitable old gold.;
:Fielm :both 4; !whiteand black .1aee are
more worn tan, ever, and thick. cord and
lassels?.with 1 bratton5 of. smoked; :pearl, -
1 silver andst.00 are amonget the favorite
trimmings.. IL., ngiand anklet's are still i..-,.
.inaiSeed on askPleasing and probable form
of :doebrationhbht America, has not yet
..,yielde - _Thltratest news from Tramline -
,- ''
1
asstire us th taking/her-,aii-Parisianlady,
-sumni rrecreOitin at this Watering -p
foundit to cOsibtin changing her
_nine times in tAid-daY.- First_slie do
peignoir, tlie0.4. a
walking - dress, then i -
bathing -l'
-bathin4-eostuir 6, yachting costume, • and: -_
so on until Sh4teilninates with a Anishod -
for a per -'party.,.-
.
ir__I!!.1 4 ,,,
JAILLED v v irrrtifip clIINTIM31 A 'UOON.--- sad '
accident 'peeimled a ' few days ago in the ;
township of put it] by ' which a promising'
young, junan. Alatned John Johnson, zo,-.
adopted Son of t.,',14 Stewart Holmes, naat '
withhii 'iletithla Ort ..loaday eynin-
went, aCcomparOtt by Mr....Relines, to • es
-,piece'of woods lloal3 a corn -Add, and ve4! ai-4-
i$hortly the dog ,d.ids.v0 4 racoon i' to a rrioa
lohns oil climbs-Ali:the tree to -ills
Gill-
-1...aecoon, but - intaiiiig his"held,lell
ground, a distati:00 of alio/it:thirty le
taining . tetrib101,14juriesa -He lama
removed t� his b0i0e and - Pr.r.f.9
ZOunnvil'-Seuli , for. An ' -e-i
bowed- hat hif ji.h.juries -vier*
.."-at ii thing cerdd ' be don
irig5 tahi in ;41: ' -4;4 nti,
.i..11.,, &el . '41Xuei1dW
24-
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