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VOLUME 1
ZEBULON, GA.. TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1880.
Humanity.
There is a soul above the soul of each,
A mightier soul,which vot to each belongs.
There is a sound made of all human speech,
And numerous as tho concourse of all songs
And in that soul lives each, in each that soul,
Though all the ages are its lifetime vast,
Each soul that dies, in its most sacred whole
Receivcth life that shall forever last.
And thus forever with a wider span
Humanity o’erarches time and death;
Man can elect the universal man,
And live in life that ends not with his
breath
And gather gl ry that increases still
Till Tune his ,;ks> with Death’s last dust
shall till.
—Ricliaril IVttfsOH Dixon.
A Remarkable Experience.
“If you want a story,'’ said a friend
to a Ban Francisco Alta reporter, “come
with me, and I will introduce you to a
man who will relate to you a very
strange one.”
Tho reporter accompanied liis friend
to tlie latter’s office, on California street,
where he met the person alluded to. In
appearance this man. the hero of one of
the most incredible adventures ever heard
of, was a corp-o. lie was oi’ medium
height, slightly built, features of remark
able strength, but with hollow cheeks,
sunken eyes, and with not the slightest
color in his face to let one know that the
warm life-blood was coursing* in his
veins. What added yet more to his ca
daverous appearance were hair and
moustache ns white as the driven snow;
altogether an extraordinary man, who
would be looked at and pointed at wher
ever he wind. Bui tlo . ps’ou'dar appear
ance was not natural to this man, else
could ho never have lived to an ago of
probably 45. It was a premature age
ing, caused by intendty of agony, of
suffering of the most awful torture.
The reporter was introduced and the
man –hook hands w armly—yet hardly
that, either, for his hands were cold and
clammy. After a little preliminary talk
h<?said: “You are anxious to hear my
story. I was about to tell my friend
here the narrative of those sufferings
which mode me what v,u perceive 1 urn.
He asked mv ti-u pennilton to brim* you
here, atul as arc a lover of strange
thin-. 1 ... i'l la .; ih i; , !„ ........ in
little audu .. ‘ I havt.- not always ”, , been
uee.
such , a Wrcu , li'.d , person as vmi sec me
“
now. „„ 1 his • aye, which , . , weighs . . me. down ,
almost , , to toe ground, was the , result ,. ot
‘
concentration . of ...... infinite T into -
a Euticrjug , .
the short . , period . , of e a week. , T) )J . , 1 shim , .
u'l when I tell you of my sufferings,bear
with me. It is not often that men arc
snatched from the jaws of death to ten
how near they have been to it.
“I am mi Englishman an 1 come of an
old and wealthy family of Esse w I had
a liberal education in mv youth, but
never could re,., why I Aould tend mv
years and j ; Drams to teaching . . a congrega
tiou of coimlr,' id'os the truth of tho
gospel, , and , so, turning . my hack , . on the .,
surplice, . - T l insisted . . , . to J ,
on going sea.
went. What will. „.v influence and my
skill as a navigator i ud seam in —for
which, indeed, I had u natural aptitude
—I soon rose to a po ; dtfon of i nisi, f
became second male of a flue ship.
From that to mate was a short step, and
a few years saw me chief pfiteer of one
of the finest vessels sailing out of Lon
don. It was in my 26: h year that my
ship, the Osprey, owned by Fowler
Brothers, was chartered to come to this
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port for wheat. Wc arrived here safely,
loaded wheat, and soon were outside of
the Golden Gate heading for home.
Everything went smoothly and nothing
occurred to forewarn me of the terrible
adventure the future had in store for me.
“We were to the southward of Vel
paraiso when 1 felt ill. It was a kind of
faintness that would suddenly and with
out warning come upon me, so that 1
often fell oti the deck and lay there until
some one could come to iny a distance.
This continue:] without my getting much
worse, until we got down off the Mayel
lanBta:--, in the Inti;., !, .f
lar, or thereabouts. One day a gloomy,
forbidding day, sueli as the luutiuer
ten meets with down there, I had the
afternoon wnbdi. and whs. .superintend
ing one of my men who was fixing a
rat-lino in (he weather .ni/*c«.l
rigging. The follow was very clumsy,
to say the lea t of it. I got aJiBoyial
watching hi- awkwanlnov; more nn
noyed, in fact than was war
ranted, I thick, now tint 1
look back. But I was grow
ing more and more irritable every clay,
which was j.r-hahly owing to my faint
ing spells. f ; Idcniy I hoc.one so ex
cited that I in ;,e l into the mizzeu
ging, and vr.v: into the u [i in a trice, i
war about to pull the fellow' away from
his job'"lien a lit canto on. A sudden
mist clouded my eyes. My now left
me; I reeled and fed from the top to the
deck. In my descent I struck once or
twice, which earned mo i<> turn over,
with the result; that f foil on my head.
When I recovered consciousness I was
lying in a btuik in tho hospitable. Still
there was a thick mi-t. before my eyes,
I could, indeed, see everything so as to
recognize-where I was, but somehow my
eyes refused to move about, and I could
only rturc straight Up at the
deck. 1 tried to turn in my bunk,
but 1 could nut; to raise my
arm, but I could not; to sit up, but
my muscles failed me. At last the
truth struggled into my darkened mind.
I perceived at last that. I was in a per
fectly cataleptic trance. The strange
part of it was that my mind was almost
as active as aver. I knew all that was
going on about me, and I felt au over
whelming terror at uiy possible fate.
“it was soon made known to mo.
The Captain entered my room. I covdd
hoar imlistiuetly,. as if it were afar off,
his footsteps on the deck. Then the
steward also came in, 1 heard them
consulting together, ami both came to
the conclusion that I was dead; that my
nock was broken by the fall.
“ ‘Tell Sails to come in and take his
measure. We must bury him tomorrow
while tin- flue weather lasts,’ 1 heard the
Captain say, and presently the sailmaker
came in and measured me for the last
hammock 1 should ever sleep in. I
could not feel him, but I knew by his
motions what he was doing. 1 will not
describe how they laid me out on the
cabin table and left me there, while
Bails, close by, made my shroud. Stitch,
stitch, stitch, Went his needle, seeming*
to enter into my brain every time instead
of the thick %anvas. I can distinctly
remember that while I lay there the
steward tried to close my eyes, but,
thank God, they flew up every time and
left the poor! consolation of seeing the
preparations for my doom.
“At last all Was finished. The canvas
spread on the deck and I was laid in it.
Then the sailmaker began to stitch me
up. He had stitched up all but my face,
when I heard him say he had lost his
knife. A rigid search was made every
where, but it could not be found, so
Bails returned to work, and all that time
I was thinking in my dull way what
fools they well for not looking into my
shroud for the lost knife. As I after
ward learned it was next day at noon
th '" 1 waa |>re|»n*ory car f J 011 being ai " ] dtot iM on a
to over
W(L The., men one by one «>ok a
up forever, "V ^ the burml "service was mVem nwl ]
by ilie UapUiu, . there was little delay, ,
1 ’
then the plimk 1 was tilted, and l
shot into the bitter cold water oil _ the
Diego Ham ire/., It must have been
the shock that brought me to my
for, i sank down, ,
senses, as
draggel lower by the shot at my
feet, I felt my feeling and. action return.
\t tin shim* moment my right hand, re
li a - ,1 from its dread inertia, grasped
what I instantly know to be a knife. Me
chanically I forced the blade and ripped
«? cai,vas s!m ” , ‘ 1 80 that the shot fell
and I began to rise to the surface. In a
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f,:w 1 8n l'P 0W ' a " lwo « h
sc.’rncd wars, I opened 1 my eves—for it
is curious; fact that while ;• I lay
a m a
,,f coaul the * nmWod 1 ° pCn ’ yH
whou my feelings returned with the
I dosed them at once—and saw.
once more the light of day, which I had
never expected to see again. I was an
excellent swimmer, and had
soon regained my breath and
cast from me the canvas
which imped -d my movements. Then
f looked around over the waters, and
aw that my miraculous escape had been
all for nothing. The ship, looking like
a great swan, getting smaller and smaller
even ai I looked. There arose from my
lips a frenzied curse against the God that
had abandoned me thus, but almost im
mediately afterward, as if to rebuke me
Ibr my wickeduo s, J noticed a piece of
wreckage floating toward me. Hope
once more filled my breast, and I swam
toward the piece of deckhouse, ns it
proved to he, and clambering on top
thisfe.v myself on my face and wept for
very wretched ness.
“Alone on the wide ocean, a piece of
wo ad the only thing between me and
< hi/i l (in d w(-;tk from my last
terrible experience, what cine could I do
but weep? Boon 1 began to feel an in
tense hunger. By the lowest calculation
l must have been comatose for three
davs, ho for that time I had had no
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n0 urMun) . nt . Til0 , Wck tnht that sud
denly came down eat sfiod iny lli.r t, but
tlioi-e wan nothing to eat, nothing to
eat. I nearly went crazy as the (lay
v.ore on.
“At last night fell and a'ldwl the ter
r ors of the blackness of darkness to the
pgjjgs of hunger, I could never tell the
horrors of that first night. It was a
wonder T was not stark, staring mad
when day broke. The second day
passed like the first, Nothing to cut,
something to moisten my lijis, l)ut no
sail iri sight. The third day broke with
an angry skv and angrier sea, and I saw
that before the day closed n Capo Horn
gale would be. raging with its attendant
gleet and fold] I trembled then, for,
even though I was almost dead and quite
without hnpAl * wanted to live. By noon
the sea had s eti tremendously, and it
was with grew difficulty that I managed
to keep on my raft, Bv>
tho ale wri raging fit/ecly, NBi
.
I was expecting every moment to
bo engulfed in or.o of the teirible abys
ses into which my raft slipped fmi
stantly. This was the most awful night
I over spent— worse even than when I
lay to alt appearances dead on the cabin
table of the Osprey. Tho flying spoon
drift cut mo to the bone. The greid
waves rolled their crested phosphorescent
heads high above me, who, sunk hi a
black abyss, heard tho gale shrieking
overhead. I felt soon that it could not
last much longer. Numbed and weak as
1 was, I clung to my refuge with the
energy of desperation, and waited bit
terly for dentil.
“Finally an immeuso wave highot
than all that had gone before, raised its
wild head to the skies and rolled down
on me.
“My time had come. I was swept
like a child from my raft and carried on
the crest of the monster ns I supposed,
to death. But once again the hand of
the Almighty was stretched out to save
me. I was dashed with inconceivable
violence against something solid ns a
rock. Hopes were Hunting all around
mo. I grabbed several and then
swooned.
“I awoke and recognized the old hos
pital of tho Osprey. Then 1 thought
my burial and subsequent adventures
were all a wandering fancy and that I
had never left tho hospital. But I was
soon undeceived. A kind face bent
over me and I saw once more (bo features
of my good captain. He should not
permit me to speak nil that day, but on
the next I was allowed to relate my
story, which 1 did in a weak and quav
ering voice, 1 can assure you. Then the
captain told mo that after burying me,
as they thought, they had kept
on their course for two days,
when they encountered a heavy
head gale which, drove them back on
their cmites again. They shipped a ter
rible sea which carried away boats ami
houses forward, hut it was the last exer
tion of the gale, for afler that it died
away. When (he waist was sufficiently
clear of water to enable the men to walk
there, (hey had discovered my body en
tangled in ropes lying in (lie lee scupper.
At first they thought, my corpse had been
washed aboard again, as has Ik (hi several
times done, but on lifting me up they
saw unmistakable signs of life, and with
great awe and wonder carried me into
the cabin. As to my comatose sleep,
the captain said he hud never seen any
thing more, like death, lie lutd doubted
if tint most skilful doctors could have
discovered any life in me. He was con
fident my neck had been broken.
“In a week or sol gol around, and
one day, looking in a glass, discovered
to my astonishment that my hair was
quite white. I! was two years before
I got over my lerriblo experience at Capo
Horn sufficiently to go to <oa again, but
it lias left me what you sec me a man of
00 at 45. My ease was thought a very
extraordinary one by medical men, and
tlie medical papers described mv attack
of coma, as they called it, very minutely,
only quite differently from my exper
ience. ”
A Hitman Alumnae.
Conuellsville, Penn., lias a freak who
is of immense value to farmers in setting
outtlicir crops and to tlie superstitious
people who cut their hair and finger-nails
at certain stages of tile moon. The freak
is James li. ltothernWl, a carpenter, pos
sessed of a peculiar birth-mark at the
base of liis brain, it is naturally cres
cent in shape and bluish in color. As
the moon is turning tlie first quarter the,
mark becomes a reddish hue, and the
swelling of the flesh below it, extending
diagonally across the neck to the right
shoulder, is perceptible.
The mark becomes redder as the moon
grows older, and (lie flesh swells corre
spondingly. When the moon is full tho
crescent is of bright red, and (lie flesh
assumes a horn-like roll over two inches
in thickness at the largest part, gradu
ally tapering to a point on the shoulder.
As the birth-mark grows large as the
moon becomes full, so it decreases in
size as tlie moon wanes, and w hen'the
moon is quite dark there is nothing to
be seen but the bluish, crescent-shaped
roark. Mr. Rothermnl suffer.-, no ineou
vcnicnceby enlargement of flic nock, nor
does he c.dnrc much pain. Tie needs
no almanac to tell the change in the
moon, simply placing his hand on the
mark to tell its condition. While going
to school the scholars and teacher often
observed the changes in the birth-mark,
and wondered at the remarkable regu
larity with which they occurred. — (Jin
cirinaM Enquirer.
Latest Fail in Foot Gear.
The latest fad in woman’s foot-gear
is the rubber boot with fancy uppers of
Jersey cloth in plaid or cheek patterns.
The entire boot is lined with Canton
flannel and is buttoned on the same as
pair of walking slices. They are ex
tremely stylish and combine both
fort and warmth. Tim uppers are
made in plain goods, so that there is
tle difficulty in matching the dress
terial.— Detroit Fret Prm.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
One hundred per cent of sugar is di
gested.
Paper is now used as a covering for
lead pencils, instead of cedar.
Electric prostration is a disease that
affects those who work under strong
electric lights.
Nasal troubles affect the brain by pre
venting the cerebral lymph from circu
lating freely.
The longest electric railway in the
United States will soon he pul in opera
tion in Topeka. Kan. Thu distance be
tween the two termini is 11 miles.
If you cut down a tree in the month
of its growth, if you cut it right off at
tlie butt and not trim it out any, in a
few days that tree will be seasoned.
Exhaustive practical tests have shown
that the new magnesia covering for
steam-heated surfaces is practically in
destructible liv either heat or moisture.
Tho power of a windmill has been suc
cessfully applied to tho generationo of lec
trioity for domestic purposes by Profes
sor Blyth of the Glasgow Philosophical
society.
The development of alternate currents
is said to bo greatly duo to the persever
cnce of tho late Lucion Gaulard, who
died .insane at the St. Aim lunatic asy
lum, in Paris.
Iron, when heated, beuds very readily
under weight, so that it cannot be con
sidered the best of material for fire-proof
buildings. Stone,and especially granite,
is very little better than iron to with
stand the ravages of tire.
Nicotine is one of the mwt powerful
of the “nerve poisons” known. Its vir
ulence is compared to that of prussic
acid. If birds be made to inhale its va
por in amounts too small tube measured,
they are almost instantly killed.
The Russian weather observing system
is said to he the most extensive in the
world. It has two prineip:^ observator
ies and 255 subordinate stations. In ad
dition, there are. many volunteer observ
es, so that the 1 isf' report pqblished
gives the milifall of 530 localitiesj^k t.^^^ds
Ai. :' vi.i.-L.
that the preservation of rails in use is not
the resil'd of vibratory motion, or an
electric action produced by the passage
of the trains, but is due to tlie formation
of a coating of magnetic oxide by the
compression (| t the rust on the metal.
Hydrogen is shown by experiments of
Dr. B. W. Richardson to lie neither
nniesthotic nor hypnotic, but if inhaled
so as to lie taken up by the blood it
quickly kills warm-blooded animals, but
suspends life in cold-blooded animals for
a long time before actually destroying it.
According to La Gazette Gcogntpliique
the Cordillera of the Andes are gradually
sinking. In 1745 tho city of Quito was
9590 feet above sea level; in 1803 it was
only 51570; in 1831, 9007, mid scarcely
9520 in 1907. This amounts to a lower
ing of 70 feel in 122 years, or at,-the rato
of about 7 1 2 inches per annum.
Coral Reels Made inhabitable Islands.
A most-remarkable growth _,of coral
islands, allowing tho short tgfie required
to transform reel's in the dbnse still water
of tlie Pacific Ocean to (large bodies of
land, says the Philadelphia' ./iV ■;;/• /, was
reported by Captain Delap, of tin Ameri
can ship York (own, which touched at
Boston Island in March last, while bound
from Philadelphia to Hiogo, Japan. The
Yorklown has just arrived at Sandy
Hook, with a large cargo of general mer
chandise, and Captain Delap made close
and careful observation not only of the
island, but of tho natives also. The first
visit to tlie island was made by Captain
Duperry, a Boston explorer, in 1824. He
named the, island after his native city.
While there lie made an accurate survey
of the Island ns well as tho outlying
reefs, over which 1 lift sea made a clean
breach at times. The largest
island was without vegetation or life,
and has been so marked on all
navigator’s charts, When the York
town approached the islands' the vessel
was hove to, and in a short time was
surrounded by copper-colored natives ol
a friendly disposition, who brought with
them such fruit as was common to the
islands. Instead of reefs, as had been
seen by Captain Duperry, there were 13
islands surrounding salt water lagoons,
densely covered with vegetation and all
inhabited. The group wm called Ebon
Island, and was three miles long, having
grown at least a mile in half a century.
Three Germans were reported to have re
cent I v arrived there from New Zealand.
With the exception of the latter visitors,
who were probably shipwrecked sailors,
and Captain Delap, no white men are
known to have, visited those islands since
they were first discovered.
He Left.
“Do you like poetry, Nellie?”
“Yes, George,”
“Wiiat kind do you like lad?"
“Well, fA whenever 1 a you walking 1
admire poetry of motion,"
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The Bangs My Mother Sung.
I hoar the songs they si tig today,
But never one as sweet
As those my mother snug to mo
When sitting at her feet.
My thoughts go bark to childhood years,
When hope and I were young,
And as of old I hear today,
The songs my mother sung. ■
At twilight's hour I often dream ,; I
I am a child once more;
I seek the house where I was born,
I pass the open door.
There mother rocks beside th ) hearts
Her little ones among,
And life forgets its cares to hear
The song my mother sung.
O, long tho grass has grown above
That loving mother's face,
But still in faithful heart* she keeps
Her old, her dear old place. 9
No other songs can bo so sweet
As those we heard when young,
When sitting at our mother’s knee—
The songs our mother sung.
—Ebcn E. Ji ex ford, in Free Press.
HUMOROUS.
A household word—“Dinner.”
Sonny climbs—Boys ascending trees.
A diamond on the rough—One on a
oafer's neck tie.
Always keeps resolutions—The secre
tary of the society.
Barbers have to listen to a good many
“cutting” They call remarks. it “a duck of a bonnet” be- i
cause there is so much bill to it.
Can he shut up when it bores you,
without giving any offense— 1 The book.
First impressions are everything, par n
ticulariy when one is collecting engrav
ings.
Unfortunately all good resolutions are
not covered with mucilage. People do
not stick to them.
He—I am sorry, dear, your heart is
not honest. She—Explain yourself,
lie—Why, it is always on the beat.
Bob—Wlint kind of slippers does your
mother wear? Are they felt slippers?
Rob—Well, I should rather icy they
were l
Mistress—Bridget, everything in the
house is covered with dust. v> I can’t
siana this 4 us nmi^ t liny l ionWce. Wy Xr'idget-La i..'
Do .m-Tre ur u
lion to it.
Editor’s child: “What's the matter
vith papa today, lie's it. aA awful bad
aumor.” Editor's wife: “Yes my dear,
The regular funny man of the paper is
sick and your father is trying to keep
the department going.”
lie (trying to play a trump card)-- - As
I passed your housj last evening I
thought I hoard an angel' , sing, She
(stiffly)—I was at the theatre last even
ing. Mrs. Mulhooly and her twins were
at our house visit ing the cook.
j.
Startling Prevalence of Leprosy.
Leprosy has lately found its way into
some some parts of Europe, Australia and
into Natal. It was recently brought before
the medical faculty of Paris; in Norway
tho Government with sucIl,,
good effect that in 30 years the number
of lepers has diminished 75 per cent. In
Queensland and Natal the actual invasion
of leprosy drove the inhabitants to sum
mon public meetings, which called upon
the government to net at once and isolate
the infected. The medicinal reports of
the customs give some information as to I
leprosy in China and at the open ports.
Dr. MacGowan says that, according to |
native writers there hav< been five epi
demics of leprosy in China from the 15th
century to the present. Fukien and
Canton are, he says, the seats of tho mal
ady. In 1871 leprosy, prevailed exten
sively in Amoy, and in 1881 l)r. Munson
reported that it had laid firm hold of tho
people, while at Canton it was ia
1871 among il.<; people, J
common
and no doubt continues to be;
so. At Holhow and in tho
neighborhood a large amount of leprosy
existed among the nat ives. In a medical|
report of Shanghai it is said that it is
only since direct traffic by sea and lurid
with the south has become constant and I
easy that leprosy has spread in the Whang-1
hoi district. Tho results of treatmentI
relieved but did not in tire least tend tol
cure tho disease. Hankow had an evi-|
pre-eminence at that time in tho amount
of leprosy. I)r. Dudgeon stated in Chi-J his
report on Peking in 1875 that the
uesc considered that leprosy arises from]
three sources—climate, infection and de-l
fective nutrition, five forms of the clis-j rec-l
ease being met with. Tho Chinese
ornmend isolation of lepers and attention!
to diet. It does not appear to prevail tol
a great extent among the natives round!
about here or at Hankow, judging by the!
reports of the hospitals where only a few!
cases are treated and relieved each year.I
And there would appear to bo many mere
male than female lepers in China as, ini
India.—,Vu» Vrauriato Clironielt. (ga
Lost Control of Himself.
“Was Mueer very excited when yot
told him he was a beat?" AO
“He must have been. Me paid mi
the money lie owed me.”—[Life. A