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The Eagle’s Flight.
O’er the mountain top clonds hung,
Between tho earth and the heaven swung
T! i they almost seemed to rest
Ou the pine tree’s heaving breast.
jfr, m tbe shade an eagle flew,
Circling higher, tainter grew,
Higher yet, until at last
Into nothingness hs passed.
“He is lost,” the watchers said,
“In tho clouds and mist o’erhead.”
But the eagle in his flight
Sailed above tbe clouds through light.
LOST AMONG BUBBLES.
While spending a few weeks shoot¬
ing in Labrador early in a recent
autumn, I had an advonturo which
■was so singular that I am sure the like
of it has never come within the exper¬
ience of anyone else.
I was living at the house of a fisher¬
man who had a little hut among the
rocks at the foot of a great cliff.
From this place I could pass, at low
tide, to the east or west of the cottage
for a considerable distance along the
coast.
The coast was a series of bights or
coves, all open to the ocean, but
nearly every one sheltered at the sides
by a long reef of rocks which ran far
out into the sea. The point always
protected the cove,and made it smooth
when the wind blew up or down the
coast.
During such a gale myriads of sea¬
birds seek the sheltered side of the
reef and dive for small univalves
which cling to the rocks.
One morning I took my dog to a
eovo which I knew would contain
many sea birds. It was surrounded,
save for the front, by high cliffs, and
at one side a high ridge of rock ran
out into the sea. It was blowing a
gale, and throngs of ducks floated un¬
der the lee side of this point, as the
water there was smooth.
As I lay on one of the shelves of
this reef, 1 noticed that a constant
stream of foam passed across from the
windward side of the point, whore
the sea was chafiug and churning
against the rocks, to the little cup¬
shaped cave beyond. t
Great masses of this foam, lighter
than thistledown, had already gath¬
ered in the shelter; and as aflaw from
the gale touched it, the mass quivered
from end to end.
1 What a mass it was! I could hard¬
ly believe my eyes as I stood among
the rocks and looked across at it. It
was probably about an acre and a half
in area, and how deep I could not tell,
though I was sure that it must have
been forty feet deep well back in the
cove, and not less than ten feet any¬
where.
The mass was not white, but yel¬
lowish, though whenever the sun
burst through the scudding clouds the
bubbles all along the top gleamed in
rainbow colors. Still more foam came
drifting across the reef, settling on
the top and rolling along to find a
level.
Great masses of fqam like this are
very common in the far north. They
disappear in a few hours after the
storm which causes them, leaving
nothing but a soft, greasy paste on ih e
rocks. It was pretty generally be¬
lieved at one time that meerschaum or
setirfoam pines were made from this
matter.
This great, unstable, quivering mas3
had an unaccountable fascination for
me. I was seized with a strong de¬
sire to go down and into it; and that
was just what I did, leaving my dog
beside my gun on a small patch of
sand.
Now as I have said, the cove into
which this froth was heaped was closed
round with straight cliffs except for a
little opening in front through which
the sea ran gurgling in a narrow chan¬
nel. I had to jump across this chan¬
nel ; and then I found eight or ten
square feet of bare beacli, f rofn which
the foam ran slantingly backward.
The bubbles were of all sizes, some of
them being no larger that a grain of
shot, some of them more than an iuch
in diameter.
The dog jumped across to where I
stood and looked into my face, won¬
dering what I was about. I ordered
him back, and he turned away very
unwillingly.
I first thrust my hands and arms
into the heap, and it became nothing
in my grasp. Of course all the bub¬
bles had air in them, and I was sure
that I ran do risk of suffocation in
plunging into the mass. \
Ducking my head I went in, under'
a mass fully 40 feet high, advancing
carefully lost there should be liolos or
roo ) in tho way. It seemed to mo as
if I was moving tho whole mass in the
covo, and very likely I was.
I put the bubbles away from my
face, and opened my eyes; before the
foam closed down again I noticed a
faint light. But my attempt at breath¬
ing was not comfortable. When I in¬
haled a number of bubbles went into
my mouth and broke there, but the
air they contained was pure, and went
into my lungs.
1 then found it best to hold my hand
across my mouth, straining the air be¬
tween my fingers. As I drew in my
breath many bubbles pressed against
my hand, and I could feel the tiny,
soft explosions.
I had walked thirty or forty pace
when I shouted again and again. My
voice seemed very low, but I could
hear a million hubbies quivering round
me and above me. Whenever I was
sure the ground was level I walked on
rapidly, flinging my arms about me.
Butin spite of the air in the bub¬
bles, the sensations I experienced were
not agreeable, and a dull pain came
into my head. The light I had noticed
c i opening my eyes was dimmer, and
I supposed I was near the cliff at the
back of the cove. So I turned about
to go back, having had my very novel
experience, and taking, as near as I
could judge, the way by which I had
come. Walking as rapidly as possible
for three or tout minutes, I supposed
that I must be close to the spot where
I had entered. But evidently I was
not, for the hard face of the cliff
stopped me.
Then I turned and walked along the
edge of the cliff toward the opening;
but presently a great rock rose in my
way. In my confusion and groping
to feel for the cliff I inhaled numerous
bubbles, so that a salt, slimy paste be¬
gan to form in my mouth. It did not
take me long to realize that I had lost
my way, and that my predicament was
one not to be envied.
So, with my left hand over my
mouth and my right hand extended,
I crossed and moved in every direction
that I thougt likely to bring me out.
Several times I fell by stumbling
against large stones, and my knees
and arms were badly bruised. The
pain in my head, meantime, grew
worse, and there was a strange buzr
zing in my ears.
After I had been in the place about
fifteen minutes, the weariness grew
so great that I was obliged to sit upon
a stone. I now thrashed the pressing
bubbles from my face with both my
hands and found some relief in the
larger quantity of air that I was able
to inhale.
But how was I to get out of it? Ic
was only too certain that if I found
the place of egress it could only be by
accident.
What were they saying, all those
thousands of bubbles, that pressed
around and above me, so soft, so eva¬
sive, but so persistent and so numer¬
ous? For there camo into my ears
the strangest din of small souuds that
the ear of mortal ever heard.
Sometimes it was like the crying
music that you hear in a sea shell;
again, it seemed as if a myriad voices
were whispering mockeries in resent¬
ment of my intrusion upon their
domain. I flung up my hands and
dispersed the crowding tormentors,
but they settled clown upon me imme¬
diately.
Though my senses were becoming
dull and benumbed, and it was very
clear to mo that my situation was
serious. It occurred to me that some
of the coast people might have dropped
around this way and that, having seen
my dog and gun, they would make
search for mo. So once more I cried
out.
As before, the sound seemed noth¬
ing, though it made the mass all about
me quiver and tremble violently.
There was no human voice in re¬
sponse; but once I thought I heard
the faint barking of my dog. I nerved
myself for another trial, counting my
chances of success. Alas, they were
small l
The thought came burning through
me. Would it not be awful to die in
this way? After a time the storm
would cease and foam would not
drift across, My body would be
bo found there, and the people never
could guess the cause of my death.
I stumbled on and on, and as usual,
wont against the cliff. Turning agaiu,
I set out in the opposite direction, be¬
coming more confused all tho while.
My heart was beginning to sink and
longed to lie down, jwith this vast
covering above mo, and go to sleep.
Nevertheless I stumbled on and on,
not knowing whither. Then my foot
touched something soft, which moved*
Then tho tiling whatever it was, rose
and touched mo upon tho body. Then
it barked. It was my dog.
The dear brute jumped about in tho
wildest excitement, continually dart¬
ing away from me and then return¬
ing. Stooping, I laid my band upon
tho dog’s neck and said as loudly as I
could, “Home, Jack! On, boy!”
This was just what he needed. lie
set off at once at a rapid walk, I still
feeling him with my hand. He lei
me, as it seemed, by the most devious
ways, around great rock*, gently
across great holes, over level places,
till it seemed to me as if I had trav¬
elled miles.
Then a great flash came upon my
eyes. It was the honest light of day,
and I was saved.—[Edmund Collins,in
Youth’s Companion.
Cliaracterislics of the Uruguayans.
The whole Banda Oriental and ite
inhabitants strike one as being more
refined, more amiable and more gentle
than the land and people of the sister
republic. Nevertheless, in the country
everything is very primitive, and one
is astounded at the rough way in which
many of the rich estancieros live on
their estates in the simplest and most
comfortless houses. These men own
leagues and leagues of land, and they
live like the patriarchs of old, with
two or three generations of children
under the same roof and eating at the
same table, in the old-fashioned creole
way. Such men, as may well be imag¬
ined, are not progressive; they con¬
tinue their pastoral industry in an
indolent, apathetic manner, leaving to
nature almost everything except the
operation of selling and receiving the
money; and, above all, they cannot
be persuaded to subdivide their lands
and let them out for farming. Uruguay
is being kept back chiefly by the con
servativeness of the creole landholders,
who possess immense estates that are
inadequately developed. The law of
inheritance and the obligatory subdi¬
vision of property amongst the heirs
will modify this state of affairs in the
courso of time, and these vast holdings
will be gradually broken up and de¬
veloped in detail. The process, how¬
ever, will necessarily be slow, and
meanwhile, as the state owns no lands,
tho Increase of immigration can only
Do slow in proportion.—[Harper’s
Magazine.
Ink Warranted to Fade.
One of the novelties in the station¬
ery line is an ink that is guaranteed to
fade within a week after it has been
put upon paper. The inventor says
he expects to make a great deal of
money out of his invention in a short
time.
•■'Just.imagine, if you can,” he said
to me. “what a demand there will be
for my ink among corresponding
lovers. The young man cau write
words that almost scorch holes in the
paper and ignite the mails, but they
will fade out of sight inside of a
week, leaving nothing but white paper
behind it. - • -......
“By the use of my ink,” he contin¬
ued, “there will be no more compro¬
mising letters introduced as evidence
in breach of promise cases, and forg¬
ers will enjoy immunity from punish¬
ment. I thiulc it will have a great
sale, don’t you?” and he wrung his
hands in joy as the visions of pros¬
pective wealth danced before his eyes.
A Dangerous Pet.
S. F. Price of Albany, Ga., owns a
pet catamount. It was captured when
young, and has been reduced to a
degree of docility which ’enables its
owner to handle and play with it, not
without, however, a degree of con¬
sideration as to which way he strokes
the cat’s fur, for the natural fero¬
ciousness of his nature is, even after
a year’s imprisonment and training,
easily aroused, and the snarls and the
greenish glitter of his eyes at such
moments make him anything but an
object of affectionate consideration
from the average citizen. He is rap¬
idly clearing his quarters of rats.—
("Detroit Free Press.
THE GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN
NERVINE TONIC
-AND
Stomach^Liver Cure
The Most Astonishing Medical Discovery ol
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in the
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To the Cheat South American Medicine Co.:
De. r Gents:—I desire to say to you that I
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My daughter, Crawfordsville, twelve Ind., old, May had 19,1886. af¬
years been
flicted for several months with Chorea or fit,
Vitus’s Dance. She was reduced to a skeleton,
could anything not walk, but could milk." not I talk, had could not swal¬
low to handle her
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(State Montgomery of Indiana, \ / sb:
Subscribed County, before May
and sworn to me this
19,1887. Ciias. M. Travis, Notary Public.
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in
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not a horrible dreams,
on account of irritation, pain,
and been general caused by nervous chronic prostration, indigestion which and dys¬ haC
pepsia of the stomach and by a broken down
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Crawfords ville, Ind., June 22,1SS7.
My daughter, eleven years old, was severely
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in years, am sura is the greatest rem¬
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Health from, whatever cause.
John T. Mish.
State of Indiana. 1 55
Subscribed Montgomery County, J ’ Jun*
and sworn to before me this
22,1887. Chas. W. Wright, Publio. 1
Notary