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IJBENCE THE CLAMS COME
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fc GRAPHIC SKETCH OF A MOST
■ I INTERESTING INDUSTRY-
■n»vr “Clamming" Is Practiced by
IC the "Chuggers” of New Jer
■1 «ey—A Picturesque Scene.
■fclamming is so great an industry that
■ire is on the western bank of the
■Hrewsbury, near Highlands, N. J., a
Htlement composed entirely of clam-
Hrs and their families. The Highlands
an almost continuous bluff of red
Hy along the river, but Parkertown is
Ba stretch of low ground which makes
■ ’into the river at a point opposite the
Buthern end of the Government propcr-
H'at* Sandy Hook. The Shrewsbury
Mhely separates the ocean branch from
mainland.
Bp'here is a continuous activity at
■ v Janrtown or Seaside, the new-fangled
Hme of the place, to which,however, its
Kaizens do nottake kindly for i arker-
Ksm swarms with Parkers. Innumer
■ce row boats and small sailing crafts
■rat anchor. Horses and wagons are
sftven right into the river and alongside
Bfc sail boats, and the men in the boats
Hgin at once to shovel clams into the
Meanwhile, some of the tiny
Kssels spread their sails and glide down
■fe river; or men in high topboots wade
■■their row boats and pull over toward
■footer’s Island, or diagonally across to
Kermacctti Cove. Some boats are
Huled ashore and the boatmen, throw
■b the clams into baskets, which,
Bhen filled, they load on two wheel-
Krrows and trundle into the shanties
Ring shore or up the slope into the
Bilage. One young fellow turns with
wheelbarrow into a gate about half
My up the street. Seated in the space
■front of the shanty is a whole tribe of
■unmers. The clams in the basket are
Ktributed, and three generations of
Barkers start in to open ami bunch them,
■Tide young fellow twangs a
Rh.tr and another rattles a tambourine.
Kjsome of the men have gotten out their
Hjg-poled rakes and are clamming in
■Yter so deep that they hold the ends of
Re rakes by the very ends of the handles.
Kp th the motion of the boat on the
Mkves the forty teeth of the rakes bury
Blemsolves in the bed of the river, and
Bien the men draw in the poles and
Kpty the contents of the row of carved
Mongs on to a board Hush with the gun-
Btle, there are generally a number of
H»ms among the sand and pebbles.
Kris method is called chugging for
Muns and is the most general, though a
■od many clammers rake or hoe for the
■valves in shallow water, using the short-
Mndled rakes or hoeing up the bottom
■d then sifting the sand through a
■tchfork.
■There is a curious little settlement of
Mtm-chuggers in the Horseshoe, Sandy
■ook. It consists of five shanties on
Mats securely moored to stakes driven in
Ke sand and also attached by stout cables
■ anchors. For as the shanties are on
■e beach, they would float away on the
■gh tide or be blown out to sea in a
Me if they were not moored and an-
Kored. Some of the shanties are not so
■gh as the men who bunk in them, yet
Key have all the conveniences of house-
Meping. Several of these clam-squatters,
■ they arc called by the aristocrats of
■e industry, float down in their shanties
Bom Parkertown in the early spring and
■main in the Horseshoe until late in the
■Every evening a number of wcather-
Bs-iued sloops anchor in the Horseshoe.
Miey are the vessels of the men who
■edge for clams. They sail far out into
Kndy Hook Bay, then furl their jibs,
■tying their mainsails spread, and throw
■it a rake attached to a long rope. The
Krward motion of the boat, resisted by
Be prongs, causes these to bury them-
Blves in the bottom of the bay.
■Even in winter the clammers are not
■le. They break holes in the ice and
Ke for clams. Th sis practiced off the
■irkertown shore and also in Spcrma
■tti Gove, which is on the beach side of
Be head of “Sandy Hook Bay. In this
Mve there is also a settlement of elam
Buatters.- In summer there is a iloat
■» grocery iu the cove, a shanty on a
Boat, alongside of which the. boatmen
B>w to purchase provisions. The clam
■ers who chug, rake, tread and hoe
Kmplaiu bitterly of those who dredge,
■bey say that the dredgers leave no
Kins for them. A ehugger, raker,
Beader or hoer, is nowadays happy if
Ks catch reaches 3,000, a day's work
■at will stand him in a couple of
Kollars.— Sfou lor A- Graphic.
Habits of the Codfish.
■ Aporrespondent says that the codfish
the “table lands of the sea.”
■lie ceQflsh no doubt does this to secure
■ neatly as possible a dry, bracing at
■esphere. This pure air of the subma-
Kne table lands gives to the codfish tint
Breadth of chest, and depth of lungs
■ hich we have always noticed.
R The glad, free smile of the codfish is
argely attributed to the exhilaration of
his oceanic latitoodleum.
| The correspondent further says that
rthe cod subsists largely on the sea
jli jrry.” Those who have not had the
Beasure of seeing the codfish climb the
ba cherry tree in search of food, or
dubbing the fruit fiom the heavily
pden branches with chunks of coral,
pive missed a very fine sight.
’ The codfish, wlrnn at home, rambling
through the submarine forests, does not
rear his vest unbuttoned, as he does
rhile loafing around the grocery stores
f the United Slates. - (Aonmereial Ad-
The Indians on the San Carlos Reset*
ation in Arizona ureextrnvagautly found
f sweets. Sometimes in one store a
arrel of sugar will be Hold in a day id
mm tit of |ivc and ten cents’ worth,
M enough to sene the Indian for
WT* . *„» _ A.......
Fashionable Tooth Pulling.
The high fashion in London at present
is a lady dentist, a German baroness, who
is said to be one of the cleverest teeth
extractors in England. She is a tall,
powerful and well-built woman, exceed
ingly lady-like and agreeable in manner,
but at the same time both firm and gen
tle with her patients. She possesses a
wrist of iron, and the clever manner in
which she extracts refractory teeth has
caused her name to be proclaimed, far
and wide, as an exceptionally successful
operator. The baroness’ waiting-rooms
are crowded every day with fashion
able people, male and female, and al
though this lady does not advertise or
lay herself out in any way to attract pa
tients, her practice is one of the largest
in London. Her charge is only half a
guinea, or $2.50 for extracting teeth, and
fifteen shillings, or $3.75, with gas.
The Great Jubilee.
No event of the nineteenth century
has attracted more attention than the
celebration of the one hundredth anni
versary of the Northwest Territory in
Cincinnati on the Fourth of July, which
is to continue one hundred days, or un
til October 27, 1888. Extensive prepa
rations have been made for it in the
erection of mammoth buildings in the
heart of the city; the mill on feet of
space for exhibiting purposes have been
allotted; the general government will
contribute a handsome display, the best
art collection ever seen in America has
been secured; there will bo the most
elaborate electrical display ever witnessed
in this country, and, in short, no show
of the magnitude of the Centennial Ex
position his ever been witnessed in this
country,
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Pure Humbug.
An “astrologer” is making money in
New York city by pretending to tell for
tunes by means of moles. He has
printed on cards four outlines of a fe
male figure. His clients on their first
visit are provided with a set of these
cards, which they take home and mark
in just the right spots with the moles
which they happen to bear. Then they
return to the. fortune-teller, and he reads
their attributes and destiny from the
diagrams as filled out. His customers
are so many that usually one has to wait
in the ante-room an hour or so for an au
dience.
lUnriou Harland.
The celebrated authoress,a > highly esteemed
by the women of Amelia, says on pages 103
and 445 of her popu ar work “Eve’s Daughter's;
or, Common Sense for Maid, Wife and Mother:"
“For the aching back—should it he slow in
recovering its normal strengt h -an Allcock’s
Porous Plaster is an excellent comforter,
combining the sensation of the sustained
pressure of a strong warm hand with certain
tonic qualities developed in the wearing. It
should be kept over the seat of uneasiness for
several days in obstinate eases for perhaps a
fortnight.”
"For pain in the back wear an Ailcock’s
Porous Plaster constantly, renewing as it
wears off. This is an invaluable support when
the weighton the small of the back becomes
heavy and the selling incessant.”
In 35 day’s stay at Milan, the bills of the
sick emperor of Brazill were nearly SIOO,OOO.
By its mild, scothing and healing proper: ies.
Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
cases of nasal catarrh, also “cold .n the head,”
coryza, and catarrhal headaches. 50 cents, by
druggists.
Many inventors are at work on a machine
to execute criminals by electricity.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Makes The Weak Strong.
SjgA i , Brockway Centre, Mich., }
jwSFI ( 1/ May 18, 1888.)
Wviy |j \ Dr. J. C. dyer Co.,
; Lowell, Mass.,
Gentlemen:
Liver Complaint and Indigestion
J I I mn(le ’ m7 l Ji f e a harden and came
’wt'* Jf %' near ending my existence. Formore
‘~k> * • | than four years I suffered untold
P 1 Wl a » on U> 11,(18 reduced almost to a
skeleton, and hardly had strength
\vPr k iWsSI enou & l d ra £ myself about, dll
VmVw.7 xwI kinds of food distressed me, and
. ibSM only the most delicate could be
i -w) 7^es^ a t ■ Within the time
I 2Wy mentioncdseveralphysictanstreated
I 3»! me without giving relief. Nothing
yWr”’’ ' • 3f|| that I took seemed to do any perma
.l J nent good until I commenced the use
of dyer's Sarsaparilla, which has
*** **" produced wonderful results. Soon
after commencing to take the Sarsa
parilla T could see an improvement in my condition, my appetite
began to return and with it came the ability to digest all the food
taken, my strength improved each day. and after a few months of
faithful attention to your directions, I found myself a well woman,
able to attend to all household duties. The medicine hasglven me a
new lease of life, and 1 cannot thank you too much.
Mrs. JOSEPH LdKE.
Hr. the undersigned, citizens of Brockway Centre, Mich., hereby
certify that the above statement, made by Mrs. Lake, is true in
every particular and entitled to full credence.
0. P. CHdMBEELdLV,
G. IV. JV.IELYG,
C. d. WELLS, Druggist.
Now is the time to use Ayer’s Sarsaparilla.
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A Condemned Man’s Pet.
The keeper of Edward Deacons, the
condemned murderer of Mrs. Ada Stone,
of Rochester, N. Y., saw him shed the
first tears that have been seen in his
eyes, and they were all for the death of
a rat. A month ago Deacons saw a rat
in the corner of his cell. He threw a
morsel of food in the corner. The next
day the rat came again, and was fed.
At last he tamed the animal, and it be
gan to feed out of his hand. Deacons
was elated by his success, and most of
his time when awake has been spent in
teaching his pct. trickeof different kinds,
arid for the past week it has remained
constantly in his cell. The prisoner
taught it to walk a piece of string tied
tightly from one side of his cell to the
other. It also drew a toy cart, and Dea
cons was trying yesterday to catch an
other, and, as lie said, “have a span.”
Sunday Deacon’s keeper entered the
corridor where the cell of the condemn
ed man is. The door was open, and a
dog which accompanied him sprang past
the prisoner, and in a second shook the
life out of the rat. Deacons looked at
the dog a moment, and sitting down on
his bedstead cried like a child. During
his entire trial and when sentenced he
uever manifested a particle of embtion.
The Knights of Pythias are having
trouble about colored members. The
recent Supreme Lodge of the Knights of
Pythias decided that hereafter colored
men arc not to be eligible for member
ship in the order. There are already
many colored lodges, and in New’ York
state the colored Knights propose to
form a state Grand Lodge.
Beauty Without I’aint.
“What makes my skin so dark and muddy?
My cheeks were ort-e so smooih and ruddy!
i use i be best co-nxeties made,”
Is what a lovely m iden said.
“That’s not the cure, my charming Miss,”
The doctor said “remember this:
If you your skin would keep from taint,
Discard the powder and the paint.
“The proper tiling for all such ills
Is this," remarked the man of pills:
“Enrich the blood and make it pure—
In this you’ll find the only cure."
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery will
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Florida has 22,438 farms, and 69 per cent
of the number are cultivated by the owners.
Conventional “ Monon ” Resolutions.
Whereas, The M non Route (L. N. A. A-
By Co.)<ies res to make it known to the world
at large that it forms the double connecting
link of Pullman tourist travel between the
winter cities of Florida a d the summer re
sorts of the Northwest; and
Il7i< rrrts. Its “rapid transit” system is un
surpassed, its cleg mt Pullman Buffet Sleeper
and Chair car service between Chicago and
Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati un
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Whereas, Its rates are as low as the lowest;
then be it
Resolved, That in the event of starting on a
trip it is good policy to con-ult wit i K. O. Mc-
Cormick, Gen’l Pass. Agent Moncm Route, 185
Dearbor.i St.. Chicago, for full particulars, (in
any event send for a Tourist Guide, enclose 4c.
postage.)
A single highwayman in Texas “held up” a
stage and robbed its passengers. All males.
How liltelligent Women Itecide.
When the question has to be met as to what
is the best course to a, iopt to secure a sure,
safe and agreeable remedy for those organic
diseases a d weaknesses which afflict the fe
male sex, there is but o e wise decision, viz , a
com-83 of self-treatment with Dr. Pierce's Fa
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that render the lives of so man . women mis
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Os druggists.
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If you are going to buy a Cotton Gin this
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