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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1895)
FROZEN FISH IN THE ARCTIC. A Vast Shoal of Them Kncoantered Re cently tn Bchringr Sea. Some recently returned salmon fish ers, whalers and sealers from the Arc tic tell eft a stranjre'thing- an occur rence without a parallel in the experi ence of those who sailed to the far north, saj-s the San Francisco Chron- j icle. A sea captain who was a passong-eron the salmon schooner Glenn tells the story with much circumstance The Glenn left the city in March last, hound for llehring- sea, which was reached May 4. In the latter month there is usually a little drift ice. but seldom enougrh to interfere materially with the progress of the many whalers, sealers and other craft which make for the sea at that time of the year. This season, however, the sea was literally covered with drift ice. extending1 from the Alaskan peninsula clear . across northward to the Yukon. The south west winds usually blow off shore, and driving- the ice further from the land leave a passage between ice and land. The Glenn intended to make Bristol bay and stood to the eastward, but was unable to reach it on account of the ice, and so had to put back toward the peninsula to await the delayed south east winds. - It was while the Glenn and four others passed up toward Bristol bay that the phenomenon was encountered. The vessel had just eraerg-ed from Ounimak pass, about half way between Amoukhta island and Bristol bay. when a vast quantity of dead fish wore encountered. They were in the water as far as the eye could see on each side of the vessel, and for sixty miles the Glenn traveled through the shoals of fish. On examination they proved to be silver hake, a kind of codfish, but nar rower and smaller, and having- only two dorsal and one anal fin. They weighed between four and five pounds, aud were perfectly fresh, the gills be-ing- still red. Some of the sailors were afraid to eat them, thinking- they had perhaps been killed by some subterra nean upheaval or, possibly, through the overflow from the volcano of Wenyalmnor. which was active last fall. Other sailors, less fastidious, did not hesitate to cut the flesh open, and then a peculiar condition was revealed. Although the fish were fresh and had not stiffened, the gills and intestines were found to be full of ice. This was not the case in one instance, but with every fish which was opened, and apparently accounted for their sudden subterranean upheaval. The anomalous condition of the flesh was the subject of much talk and spec ulation. That the fish should be com paratively limber and that there should be ice within them seemed to indicate that a shoal of them had been sudden ly overtaken and frozen to death, and on the thawing" out of the ice the car casses had been released, but had not risen in temperature sufficiently to thaw out the ce in their bodies. Those of the sailors who cooked the fish said that they tasted as good as ever, and "hat thev were not tainted bv sulphur, as they might have been in their death being- due to a sudden subterranean upheaval. The area of the frozen fish was not less than half a mile wide and sixty miles long-. When the Glenn on its homeward-bound journey reached Ounimak pass again. August 29, every sign of the fish had disappeared. Many had doubtless been eaten by the g-ulls and other birds, and others had sunk in the warm water. A COSTLY PROCEEDING. The Penalty of Asking for a Kin la llrlt tfh Burinah. The police court reports in the Lon don papers sometimes- quote the price of a kiss, which usually ranges from half a erown to half a sovereig-n. according- to the temperament of the magistrate. How ridiculously cheap this is. says a writer in London Truth, will be seen from the following ac count of the cost of merely asking- for a kiss, which has been sent to me from India: "Probably you will hardly credit the story, but it is quite true. and. though the names are withheld by the Allaha bad paper which gives the facts, the parties are well known. An officer of the Madras medical service was hold in one of the most -desirable civil surgeoncies in the province, and there he received a visit from a civilian and his wife. While drivipg- with the.lady in a dog-cart the doctor asked her for a kiss. It was very wrong-, (especially as there was a native servant sitting behind the couple), and he met with the stern repulse which his, impudence and imprudence invited. This exemplary woman afterward wrote to the doctor that she had told her husband of his conduct. The doctor then wrote an abject apology, which the husband submitted to the Madras government. Without being allowed to say a word on his own behalf, the doctor was forthwith officially advised to re sign the service to avoid dismissal. Since then the Madras government has leen induced to modify its decision. The offender is graciously permitted to serve the further nine months neces sary to qualify him for the lowest scale of pension, but he has leen transferred from his civil surg-eoncy back to mili tary service and packed off to a remote station in upper liurmah." Electric Teeth. A case of electricity generated by a plate of false teeth occurred recently in England. A man feelinrr a severe pain in his tongue consulted a doctor and dentist, neither of whom could find anything wrong-. He then went to an electrician, who found that his false teeth were fastened to the composition plate with two metals. They were con nected by wires to a galvanometer, which, as soon as the metals were moistened by the saliva, showed a ur rent strong- enough to cause ulceration dnd severe pain. The plate was cov ered with an insulating- varnish, which put an end to the trouble. ENGLISH SPORTING LITERATURE About One-Sixth of the Knellsh Periodi cals Are levoted to Sport. It may give some idea of the place of sport in English life to the sedentary American to say that is difiicuH to find an Englishman between IS and (i'u in fair health, and not supported by the rates, who is not a performer at some kind of sport or interested in some phase of it. Of the 07H reviews and magazines of a nonreligions character printed in England, says the Forum, one in six is largely devoted to some form of out-of-door sport or occupation. Between isso anil iss.", according to a private index kept in the British mu seum, there were HW books published on the one subject of sport or athletics: between 1SS5 and 1S1I0, and, al though the figures for the last five years are not at hand, the number of books on the same subjects promises to be even larger, almost forty Inxiks on golf alone appearing during the last five years. Nor does this list include books on topics germain to the subject, such as books dealing with voyages, geography, history, biography and trade, of which there were 73S pub lished in London in 1S9S, and probably more than a thousand during the hist year. In a word, John Bull loves the frenh air. He is a sportsman, an athlete, a soldier, a sailor, a traveler, a colonist, rather than a student, and all the fig ures War me out in making the state ment. During those horrible days in the Crimea, these sport-loving "young barbarians"" were "all at play' when they were not fighting: racing their ponies, getting up cricket matches, and off shooting such game as there was. One family the IVlhanis have hunted the Urocklesby pack of hounds for more than 175 years. THE END SEAT IN THE PEW. It Is the riacc Oreupie! by the I'rotector of t he l-'uiiit!y. "It is common enough." said Mr. Gratebar. according to the New York Sun. "to see a man sitting in the aisle end of a pew in church get up on the arrival of some other memWr of the family, step out into the aisle to let the late coiner in and then resume his seat at the end of the pew. It seems to me that I have read that this custom originated in New England in the early days, when the men all sat by the aisle so that they could seize their guns and get out promptly in ease of attack by Indians. We don't have much to fear from Indians nowadays, but the seat by the aisle is still occupied by the head of the family. lie stand, in theaUle while the others pass in. and then calmly takes Wis place in the end seal, at the head of the line, as a sort of gen eral protector. "Sometimes in these days (we are so very free from Indians now) the head of the family thiuks it is safe for him to stay at home when he has a headache, and then the young- son takes his place. I imagine that he talks it over with his mother on the way to church, so that it is all understood. When they get to the pew he stands in the aisle while his sisters and his mother pass in. 1 fancy that his sisters are rather glad when they are all seated and no longv r con spicuous, but npon his mother's face as she brushes past him into the pew then is a smile of affectionate pride: and then he takes his seat in his father's placcand sits there with fine boyish dignity." TWO BIG POKER HANDS. Cpon Which Two ' BllMtsalpplatns Itel Kverjrthlns They Owned. "It takes something very pmxl t beat it. I tell you." said one of At lanta's most prominent lawyers the other day. He had reference to three aces and two kings, says the Constitu tion. "Yes, sir." he resumed, blowing a great curl of fragrant tobacco siiioko high in the air and looking after it longingly, as though there were a lot of money going up in it. "Yes. sir. it takes something jroixl to Ix-at a full lion of this variety, but I once heard of the strangest game of poker that ever was played. I know. It was in the old days and there were two wealthy old Mississippi planters in tin game. One of them caught just what I have descriled. three beautiful little aces and two of the knightliest kings in the deck. He was dead in it and sent the lets up right lively, indeed. After the others had fallen out except the other rich- old planter the man with the full house became more en thusiastic and sent the bet higiier and higher. They put up everything they had. borrowed all they could get around the board, and. being hot headed old southerners, still held out against each other. Their plantations were deeded on condition of the bet and the deeds sealed in envelopes with everything- else they had on the face of the earth, and they went home to sleep over it and decide the next day what should be done. Neither of them was willing- to call and neither would drop out. So the envelopes were intrusted to the county clerk for safekeeping un til the bet should be determined some way or other. Neither of the men ever called as long as they lived, and when both of them were dead and the will of the last one of them was to be probated, it was found that in the en velope of the one there was. together with his deeds, a straight flush, and in the hand of the other "the three aces and a pair of kings. The sons of the two men made the changes in owner ship of the lands as indicated by the value of the hands held by their fathers in that memorable gr.mc." chemistry, while yet in its infancy, lias already .shown what the possi bilities t)l chemical compounds lire. We can already produce tea and coffee artificially, as well as many other food substances. A new process claims to produce stiyar from e;ases at the cost of one cent per pound. There is always a supply when a demand becomes im perative, and when concentrated food tablets are insisted upon, there will not be wanting- inventive genius to study out the whys and wherefores of chemical theories and furnish the articles required. YOUNG MEN AT THE FRONT. Few Venerable to Be Found Anion); Ku ropean Sovereigns and Statesmen. During the first decade after the Franco-German war, and throughout the major part of the second, the des tinies of Europe were controlled by mouarchs and statesmen of advanced age. Their power is now -vested in the hands of comparatively very young men. This is, indeed, the epoch of youth. Lord lieaconsficld. Prince Gortchakotf, Prince Bismarck. M. Thiers. Ilcprctis, Gladstone and the Danish statesman, Estrupp. have all either dieit or witliurawn into private life, and the same may be said of their masters. The German emperor, who is undoubtedly the man at the helm in the Teutonic empire, is only thirty three years old: the prince of Bulgaria is thirty-three: the emperor of Russia, twenty-six. while the king of Wur temberg, the king of Portugal and the king of Greece are all young men. Still more youthful are the queen of Holland, the young king of Servia and the little king of Spain. As regards statesmen, we find young men, such as Lord Kosebery and Mr. Asquith, the husband-elect of Miss Margot Tennant. occupying the principal executive offi ces of the British crown. The Austrian prime minister. Prince Windischgraetz. is under forty, and Cardinal Kampolla. the pit pal secretary of state, is barely one or two years over that age. M. Casimir-Perier.- the French president, is about forty-eight years of age. while M. Dcpuy, formerly prime min ister, ami now president of the cham ber of deputies, is alwmt three years younger. Many other names might Ik-add-.d t the list, but the ab.tve will suffice to show that we are living in the golden age of youth, and that while age and experience an- at a discount youth ami eulhuKiasm are ulxve par. DIX'S FAMOUS ORDER. The Orllnitl Ilnrument l Apiuirrntly Nol Where ll should lip. Representative Grady, of North Caro lina, is a gentleman of correct habits and gieat dignity. He is also mi anient stndent of history and literature, savs the Washington Post. Not long ago he walked into the house library, and. ac costing one of the young men who are appointed to wait on meii.lers, he re quested him t get a copy of the Uok containing the fatuous order of Gen. Dix to shoot any man on the spot who attempts to haul dowu the American flag. The clerk Wgan to search for the lHk. running over shelves of historical volumes, groping in dusty corners, and turning over pages of war histories that would If likely to contain a copy of the nler. Finally, after spending half an hour in unavailing search, he said to Mr. Grady: "I can't find it. There is but one place where I know you can find it." "Where is that'." asked Grady. "In Blank's saloon, on Pennsylvania avenue. I've seen the original order there, in a frame hung up for the in spection of the public." "In Blank's sal-ion. eh?" et-hiH-d Mr. Grady, fixing his eyes sharply on the young man. "Well. sir. I never go into a saloon. It strikes me. young man. that you know more alxtut high grade whisky than you do about litera ture." 4 ANGLOMANIA. How an American Woman flebukcd a Snobbish Friend. An American woman returned to New England after living for a season in Ixuidon. and wearied her friends with her affectations and mannerisms, says Youth's Coinpunutii. She was ashamed of her own country ami did not hesitate -to say so. She not only imitated English customs, dress, ex pressions, spelling and pronunciation, but offered offensive evidence of her acute attack of Anglomania in con temptuous references to everything American. One of her friends undertook to :nl niinist.T social discipline in a tiiii-iiic way. She sent out invit::t ions t- :i l".nch party in honor of the r. : .'. tra.--.lcr and collecicd a h-.r-r-- y in hi-r drawing-room. Alter i -'ii. -t had been cordially v.clcoi-n d. the d-rs in the dining-room were o;k-:ic!. The room had been decorated with bunting and the (lowers wen- massed in effects of red. white and blue. There were flags everywhere, in the chande lier, on the mantel and on every bit of plate or china displayed on the table. The table reserved for the guest was draped with the national colors. Never, perhaps, was a broader hint conveyed at a social reception that it is ill bred and bad form to be ashamed of one's country. THEY SHET THE DO NOW. (eorgla Cracker Actunlly tilAcnvrr llnw to KMp Colli Out. In "Cracker" cabins in north (ieorgia. no matter how cold the weather, both doors, back and front, stanil oh-n from daylight till dark, the year through. This, perhaps, is accounted for by the fact that there are no windows in the houses, and the iloors are kept open for lipht. One bitter cold winter's day. says an exchange, while hunting for a work man, a northern superintendent of the Ueorjj-ia Marble company went into one of these cabins and found the whole family, blue with cold, huddled over a few pine s! ieks in the tin-place. Kvery door was open and the icy wind was sweeping through the room un hindered. liefore proceeding to business the northerner banned to the doors, threw several lojs on the coals, and soon had thinirssteamins-. As they ifrew comfort able, he remarked: "Now, don't you see how quickly yon warm up when you keep the wind out'.' See what a difference it makes to shut ihe doors?" The. thawejl-out Cracker turned to his wife quite energetically and said: '"Wife, (landed if hit a n't -so! Don't forget it. When hits cold arter this, le's "shot the do'." PERSONAL. Mrs. Harript Beecher Stowe has just celebrated her 84th birthday. John H. Wise, collector of the port of San Francisco, has returned from a trip to Washington. Robert McCalhini, a young Scotch man, has started from New York 1o cross the Atlantic in a 23-foot boat. His only companion is a small Scotch ter vier. General Schofield, commander of the United States army, is in San Francisco. He is on n lour of inspection of the army ln-fore his retirement, which oc urs next fall. J. S. Coxey of Commonweal Army notoriety will probably le a candidate for governor of Ohio before the Popu list convention which will meet at Co lumbus on Aug. 1. Rev. Dr. Merritt Hulbert, pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal church at Wilmington, Del., donies that he had ever said that President Cleveland went fishing on Sundays. Secretary of Agriculture Morton has abolished the division of microscopy of his department which has been in ex istence since 1873 and has been presided over by Dr. Thomas Taylor. E. -Congressman Bryan of Nebraska is anxious to meet Secretary of the Treas- Wy Carlisle in debate on the silver question. The secretary has returned to his desk at Washington. M rs. Nathan Sprague of Rochester, N. Y., daughter of the late Frederick Douglass, will contest her father's will. The widow of I he famous colored ora tor received the bulk of his estate by tin- terms of his will. Dr. Todd of Abbey ville. X. C. a brother-in-law of Abraham Lincoln, now 79 years of age has gone blind. He was division surj;sn in the corps of General Longstrett and served all through the war as a Confederate. Joseph Sinkinsori. a deaf, dumb and blind inmate of the Home for the Adult Blind at Oakland left for Philadelphia the other morning. He travels alone and with no further aid than a shipping tag tied to his button hole and his ticket. Sinkinson has leen deaf, dumb and al most totally blind since his birth. Though hamjiered by the loss of three senses, Hnkinton has managed to learn much at the home. He has not entirely lost his eyesight. By hol.l lage letters in front of him he is able to read but in no other way. Hie nsual method of talking with him is by tracing letters on the palms of his hands. He replies by shaking his head. Henry Filling, president of the First National bank of Portland. Or., has 1 been indicted by the grand jury. He refused to comply with the law requir ; ing the presidents of banks to furnish ; the conuty assessor with a detailed i statement of the hanks depositors and i the amounts on deposit. Such state I luents are required by a state law but J this is the first attempt to enforce it. The penalty is f.VX tine, and Mr. Fail j ing expects to pay it and continue to withhold the information demanded by the assessor. The tankers of the city have united to test the law. They say the statute has been a dead letter "for 20 years. They also assert that theenforce- j mont of the act would ruin their bnsi- ness. ; Christian science, represented iu th? ! person of Mrs. Weisner. wife of a Chi cago doctor, and great natural will 1 jiower in the person of Paul Goldsbnry, aiso or v incago. naa a remarkable struggle for mastery at Warwick. Mass.. recently. Mrs. Weisner is a Christian scientist, while (ioldsbnry. al though a Christian, does not believe in Christian science. Mrs. Weisner chal lenged (ioldsbnry to a test and he ac cepted. They were to clasp hands and the one that yielded last whs to he the victor. Hands were clasped and the clasp was not broken for 18 hours, and then only by force. 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