Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02
The First Cataract Of the Nile.
From the Culver

~.,~ FROM Lne IlulVeT.
II At first we went very well, and
were beautifully steercd first from one
rock, then from another, until we
came to the Gate. The crews raised
their oars, and the dahabeah pitched
straight down. The rush md power
of the water was awful; the only
sound, for every one held his breath
for the moment. All would have been
well had the cataract folk stuck to
their oars and rowed on he left to
get the better of the water the instant
the boat regained its level, for there
is only space enough to clear Scyll
and Chary bids, and all depends upon
the work of a minute. But the pilot
steered badly; the crew saw it, lost
their presence Of mind, and dropped
their oars and scampertd like monkeys
up the rigging as the water dashed
over us; and bump we went against
one rock, then bump against another.
Despalring sbrieks reechoed through
the boat, and all flew to the bows;
the gentlemen, both passengers and
visitors from another dahabeah, who
had come TO witness the fun, all help
ing to bale. We womenkind, think
ing this was a temporary Gelay-an
ordinary humping out Our
paints and began sketching the wreck
of the Sultana as it lay before us.
had just scrawled "7:30 We have
bumped" under mine, when up came
one of the gentlemen, gun case in
hand, saying: Get anything you
really care for; we may have to leave
the boat" A few seconds afterward
up rushed the gen Imam, crying:
The water is gaining rapidly; conae
instantlym We shall never forget
the scene. Oh! the yells, the screams,
the confusion. The one thought of
our crew proper was to save themselves
and their goods. The dragoman turn
eu out the sailors from the felucca
(suaall boat to make room for US,
and in we scrambled, and in few
moments we were all landed. and the
gentlemen returned TO the Bessie Ca
mac for the crew. and then went to
and fro rs salvage CORPS. They work
ed splendidly, IN and out of water,
under a very hot sun, and with every
thing against them. No one was In
command. The dragOman had com
pletely lost his head. the dahabeah
was rapidly fitting over, the natives
swamped the felUccas and crowded
the cabins, the water rushed in, and
but for individual efforts none Of orr
things would have been saved. It was
really dIstracting to see the gilt cor
nices, pillows, soup dishes and cur
tains being handed out instead of our
precious Lares and Penates. How
ever, two of our salvage corps climbed
threw out our treasures just as they
came, as soon as they had caught the
swimming mattresses which were
blocking up the way. The Arabs were
worse than useless, and the dragoman
beside himself, poor fellow, shaking
all over and doing nothing.
a Foe In 1he AIR.
A foe. all the more dangerous because unseen.
turks in the air OF every locality where malaria
is developed by marsh nlistS, noxious gases or
the vtporizati0n of water contaminated with de-
cayed vegetation Fever and ague bilious re-
mittent, dumb ague, and the forms of fever
which assume typhoid character are its pro
ducts. There is safety, even for the most Wig
orous constitution, unfortied against this insidi-
Gus foe ana the danger TO persons of bilious habit
or feeble constitution, is doubly great. Protec-
ton may, however, be sought with certainty in
Hostetters Stomach Bitters, the leading Ameri-
can preventive and specific for the disease It
regulates the bowels, purifieS and enriches the
blood, nealthfully stimulates the liver and by
Increasing the activity of its various functions
puts the system on guard against disease Be
sides its usefulness as a febre preventive no
finer remedy exists for rheumatism dyspepsia
inactivity OF the kidneys and bladder ana other
inorganic maladies.
General Samuel Draper, of Laneas-
ter, is the smallest voter in Wiscon-
sin. He is twenty-five years old, forty