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The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
UNCLE TOM SMITH
He Is the Oldest Known Survivor
Of the Late War.
Wss elxty-Ons Years Of Age When He
Enlisted and Now Carries Three Con.
federate Bullets in His Body
"A Grand Record.

| It is doubtless matter Of conjecture
as to who is the oldest living veteran
Of the late war, writes ST. Louis Post
Dispatch correspondent from Paris, ILL.,,
but it is the opinion of many who have
made the matter subject of study that
| the claims of Thomas Smith, of this
city, are at least entitled to respectful
consideration.
If not the Oldest veteran "Uncle
Tommy" feels that, in point of expe-
rience, at least, his record will discour-
age the aspirations of ambitious rivals.
He carries in his body three confeder-
ate bullets; one just under the skin OF
the right knee cap, another. which en-
lodging somewhere in the fleshy part of
the back, and third in the right hip.
Aside from these little reminders of
southern hospitality, he has two badly
deformed arms, one broken with a
blow by a musket and the other there
suit Of being ridden over in a cavalry
charge at Nashville. On this latter oc
casion his breast bone and several ribs
were crushed, but he set aside the SEN
OCACC "a uCoOh pronounced ny SilC dt-
tending physician and lived to render
two more years of active service for the
old flag.
Not twithstanding his many infrmities
and the weight of nearly nlnety-five
years, most of which were passed in
arduous toll, Uncle Tommy keeps with
in his withered, parchment-like skin a
young heart and relishes joke as
keenly as the average man of twenty
five.
When approached by the Post-Dis-
patch correspondent and asked to tell
something concerning his life, he
manifested the deepest interest, and
though he experienced considerable
difficulty in remembering names and
dates, he was finally able to recall
nearly all of the essential particulars.
He was born September Is, 1900, at
Powell's Valley. Campbell county,
Tenn, and resided in that locality up
to the beginning of the war. Under
the administration of Gov. Cannon,
though a mere boy, he enlisted in
state military organization and assisted
in the removal of large body of
Indians from the Georgia and Tennes-
see purchase, which they had refused
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
THE PEOPLES
WANT COLUMNS.


The Want Columns OF a Daily Paper tell
you where II pays 20 advertise
IL You have anything to BUY. SELL
1RADE OR RENT. try these columns
PAYABLE STRICTLY IN ADVANCE
NO advertisements taken for less than 10
cents
One line advertisements charged same
IHIe as two lines.
..rr1ces given under classified heads IN
Wis Wis column applicable only 10 local ao-
seItusenerts. sI No foreign advertisements
eaken at above rate
answers TO advertisements sent IN care
wtnIh ten days OF insertion. When ao-
sIus..S wish replys forwarded 10 them
Stamped envelopes must be sent.
sheIerence 70 former advertisements
snouid give description and date OF IN
ssIuon or copy o. the advertisement
MOI responsible for advertisements given
OF discontinued by telephone
SiaSsired adver easements will he cents
Per hr:e each insertion; average seven
words TO line. agate measurement
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gunboats Speedy and Halcyon, and
the admiralty yacht Enchaptress,
under the command of Vice-Admiral
Fitzroy. This feet of ten warships
will carry III officers and 4,S90 men
and have total displacement Of 7S,660
tons.
Austria will send four warships,
which will carry fifty-two officers and
1912 men, and will represent a dis
placement of 1884 tons. The Austrian
feet will be commanded by Rear Ad-
mira1 Archduke Charles Stephen.
Russia will send three ships under
Rear Admiral Skirdloff, with seventy
officers and 300 men, representing 20,-
972 tons. Italy will make a gallant
showing with nine warvessels, carry
ing $50 officers and $500 men, and rep
resenting 1896 tons. The Italian feet
will be commanded by the duke of
Genoa. France will only send three
ships. but they will represent $500
tons, and will be manned by sixty of
ficers and 1 800 men.
Scandinavia will send five ships, rep
resenting s.594 tons, with ffty-five of
ficers and 675 men under Rear Admiral
Klinteberg. There will be three Span
ish ships present, representing 17,s66
tons, with ffty-six officers and 1888
men. The Danish flag will be repre-
sented by six warships with thirty-two
officers, 1870 men, and 1850 tons. The
Netherlands will send two warships,
representing 4,575 tons, with twenty
FIVE officers and 413 men. There will
be two Roumanian warships present,
representing 1850 tons, with twenty
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

HisBT So cstAsD so.--Nrs. gsr-s.-ss,-
fhss box tsse sr1ttez e1za rsS~t cf "a
ltcl@ inesesa-s % ocr married ltfe = Osd
Eorsc<r - - 81 fAzss.y scrsyhoox,
Tee Ezrest wsy % ~ nap5x &. q rs.-r.
l.rssre y02r cEE sslssgslss = ynunux.,
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bfi-r Drytessrf To-n1r-AI ssSs.s rc. or
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= = "a s-t<sa .szss sho1A1 x.ssF t1esz<
ee-J "a sa-ascFts1e- e--Sz2ossce-
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
eEEAT NAva. Eas9lAx
NaSuifc<,nt Array of Warships to AittsA
tho Kiel Festivities.

tho kiel Festivities.
The United States warships San
Francisco and Marblehead, from the
Mediterranean. and the New York, will
rendezvous at Southampton and will
proceed together to Kiel in order to
take part in the elaborate fetes pre-
pared there to celebrate the opening
of the North sea and Baltic canal
in June. 1t is estimated the four
United States ships will represent
81, tons, with seventy-6ve officers
and 1,497 men. Great Britain Will be
represented by four frst-class twin
screw battleships, the Royal Sovereign.
Empress of India, Resolution and Re-
pulse; the frst-class twin-screw cruisers
Blenheim and Endymion; the third
class cruiser Bellona; the frst-class
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
HYPhENATED NAMES.
Csc OF the Eyphen Is Usually Piece Of
Sepseloss SDobbery.

Hyphenated names in Europe may DO
divided into two ategories-namely:
those wherein the hyphen is mere
piece of snobbery and affectation, and
those wherein it is consequent upon
legal obligation. The latter are in the
minority and are borne almost in
variably by legatees and their de-
scendants, who have inherited proper
ty, usually real estate, contingent upon
their tacking the name of the testator
on to their own. Or else they are men
who have married heiresses and been
accented as husbands for the latter on
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
P-rzlexinx PrnhIern-

"who is going TO be the best man at
your wedding?7 asked Hicks OF Gar
raway. who is shortly TO raarry new
woman"
Il don't know said Garrawsy. sadly
miss >trongmind and I have not set
tied yet which Of rs Is 20 have that
honor r--Harper's Bazaar.
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inst whu. She S-.s.,

hate-fes, / am going to the mas
queraoe after ali / have taken the
part Of a goddess OF cards. but I cannot
decide what headdress to wear with i.
Jack-Why not wear a chip hat? (
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Ihr T.ua, xrr.ainr.

Papa said Benny Bloobunper
.what do you mean when rou say that
Mr.. Gazzzrn is a man OF sound .adg
meut9~
Il mean. Benny replied Mr. Bloc
bumper. frankly. that Mr. Gszzaust
opinion generally ooiacides with mine
Judge
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
organ. All Right

Youu- Wite-Don't you think ms
husbands 81 health Is due 10 weak Or
grstive o-rans2
Doc.o--So. Nothing On. bad cook.
suz-N. Y. weekly
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

Hebrew calendars. So complicated <tre
the works that it took two years toIput
them together after the clock had bt'en
sent in detached pieces from Switser-
land to Russia.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
He Breaks All Records

A French conscript has broken the
record by claiming exemption on the
ground that he Is, q, the age Of twenty.
the father OF four living children.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
UNCLE SANS BOYS
Soon They Will Wear a New
Style Of Uniform.
The Cld-Fashioned Cap VIII he sup
planted by o Nobby Piece OF Head.
eear-somcthIng Entirely
New in Coats

STYLES in army uniforms are changing
This summer. The order does not come
from the prince of Wales or from any
eutocratic New York or London tailor,
but from the sole arbiter of fashions
for army men, the secretary OF war.
A new order has been issued, to go
into effect July !, materially changing
the style of the officers undress uni
forms. To military man the matter
of dress is most important, not from
anv feeling of personal vanity, bat as
part OF the regular and orderly disclp-
line. the national peculiarities and the
traditions Of service which form the
largest element in the life of every good
soldier.
Following is the text of the new or
der in part. 1t affects both staff and
line officers and enlisted men:
By direction of the secretary OF war
The undress coat and the undress cap
for all officers, except chaplains, and
the undress cap for all enlisted men,
are adopted according to the following
general descriptions and patterns IN
the Office of the quartermaster general:
A single-breasted sack coat of dark
blue cloth or serge with standing col
lar. The coat to be trimmed with lus-
trous black mohair fiat braid. This
coat Will be worn when full dress is
not required. During the warm season
post comma nders may authorize this
coat made of white duck or flannel, to
be worn with white braid, but without
shoulder straps or collar insignia.
On undress duty plaid leather belt
will be worn under the undress coat,
the sword hook emerging through the
opening of The coat on the left side.
For field service, or when the pistol is
carried, the belt viii be worn outside
the undress coat when so directed by
the commanding officer.
The insignia for officers undress coats
will be as follows:
: For all officers, the letters ''U. S."
Gothic design, of suitable height, each
followed by period. embroidered in
gold or made of gold or gilt metal,
fastened to each side of the collar.
For all officers of the staff corps and,
departments. their distinctive insignia,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

tive officers and 400 men. Turkey VIII
be represented by a cruiser of 1929
tons, having on board fifteen officers
and 800 men.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

ARE YOU HONEST. sober. industrious? i?
III SO, engage with rs for 1895: $3O0 a
mouth, $3,6oO yeaI. You can make II
easy; SIX hours a day. Our agents do
not complain Of hard times. Why? They
are making money selling our Perfection
Dish Washer, the only practical family
washer manufactured: washes. dries and
poiishes dishes perfectly In two minutes:
no experience necessary: a child of eight
operates II easily; cheap and durab bic;
weight thirteen pounds; made OF anti
rust sheet steel: capacity. loo pieces;
sIVOOo for its equal: every family wants
one hCu don't have TO canvass: as
soon as people know you have il for
sale they send for a dish washer Each
agents territory protected: no competl-
uon. We furnish sample (weighs six
pounds) in nice case to lady agents 10
take orders with; ore agent made SPA 53
nrst ten days. Address for fan particu-
lars Perfection Mfg. Co.. Englewood. Ill.
Apr. Ism.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

FOR SALE-ts10 neat and staple drug
stock WIN take $40 cash, balance trade,
or - per cent discount for all cash In
vsstisate. Address Lock Box ~ DeYfey
Kansas. sIs-sf N
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

FOR SA1sE-A good clean stock OF drug.
FOR sale cheap. for cash. or viii trade Tor
jeweiry- stock invoices about sgG. Ad-
df7-9f a
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
SNAKES INSIDE A COW.

Veterinary Surgeon Makes n decidedly
Startling Discovery.
Nicholas Gradner, well-kuown and
prosperous farmer of near Portersville,
Butler county, twelve miles from New
castle, Pa, told the following remark.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
statesmen WANTED.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR SALE-Bargaini Nice clean sfock
groceries; all clear: splendid location,
ready Tor business. No money required.
Enquire al once 1854 oSGih Lawrence.
df7-sf "a
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WANTED-An experienced bookkeeper:
one who understands shorthand and can
use machine. A permanent position Ad-
dress Mail Carrier No. 13 dlS-tf
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

WANTED-Position by Intelligent young
lady, as stenographer; wholesale house
preferred. &C. t." 402 n. Walnut ST.
d3-l2t a
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08
OLDEST AMERICAN ACTOR.
c. W. Cou,dock Has Been on the Stage
Kifty-Eight Years.


Fifty Eight Years.
Fffty-eight years on the stage Is the
record of Charles ". Couldook, and,
with one exception, he is the oldest
actor in the English-speaking theat-
rical world. There is a member of
Henry Irving's company, Henry Howe,
who was born in 1919, and is three
years older than Mr.. Couldocl1. but here
in the United States there is no player
who can equal the long active service
of Mr.. Couldock, or the eighty years he
reached on March 90 last. A talk with
him, says the New York Sun, seems to
link one with every period that has
been notable in the dramatic annals Of
this country and recalls events which
seem too remote to have been particle
pated in by so hearty a person as Mr..
Couldock is to-day. His associates in
England were Charles Kean. Nine. Yes
iris, Vandenhoff and Nine. Celeste, but
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

SITUATIONS ED-eEMALE
tunder this head Sc per line per dayJ
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WANTED-To take a girl baby "a nv
very own 20 rzise Afress Mrs VIIf,-a
Dunegan. Aulvane. sumHe. Co, Kansas
a
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Onder this head PC per line per dav,
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AGENTS WANTED.

AGENTS WANTED-s20 to so per day
easily made in any locaHuy. We furnish
a line of samples free and allow 30 per
cent commission for selling. Particulars
free. or we mail a sample of our goods
IN sterling silver upon receipt OF 10 cents
IN stamps. Standard Silver Ware Co.
Boston, Mass. dI0s-25t-eod
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

WANTED-Agents everywhere to repra-
sent the Niederlander Wooden Hose Coup
Ter. Big Inducements offered fiG y.
Main ST, Wichita Kansas. diet
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SITUATIONS WANTFD--MAiE
Under this head &c per line per day)
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to vacate, to point in Arkansas, near
the present side of Little Rock.
When the war with Mexico opened
he was one of the first to volunteer and
under the corn and of Col Inmas Swan
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

v AL E-D-We want 20 insure your life
IN the Bankers Life Of Dee Nolues Iov,s
We give you the cheapest and best con
tract obtal1abie. CAL or address, Roo-r,
~ sedgwick Block, Wichita. Kan, n IL
Cole. agent az,
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HELP WANTED-MAlE.
tUncer this head &c per line per day)
WANTED-A good barber. JAG y. Main.
dlS-6t lp
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

WASTEI-All persons Interested IN IRE
quick coupler and aIu-rolisr FOR buTzfss
carriages. etc. % call az Palace stablss-
GI5-s, ze
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-06-08

FOUND.
ftnder this head Be per line per dayJ
FOUND-A cane Owner can have same
by calling al the Eagle ON dg-tf
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Under this head &c per line pe- Say)

PURE AND FRESH HOMEOPATHIC Rem.
eG!es sold only by G. A. Noigt AZ 90
Homeopathic Pharmacy, lis SOnth Law,
renee Ave, Wichita. d17-5f q
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WANTED-Traxe.irz rre- ~ e.~rx -.
Petty HcSe CouFsers az = sISs I1@ A.
dress e. Z Douglas Averze. Vic hifa-
EArL ds<-.f
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-04
corGHLIN AND GEORGE.

Sentences have been passed upon
both Coughlin and George and the
neople have had time to think them
over 1t is rather strange how much
blind sympathy there was for those
two young desperadoes. For the most
part it disappeared when the facts
came out in the trial. but few still
express regret at their hard fate.
A discussion overheard on the street
recently expressed the views of a
good many people on the subject. This
is the way the vigorous talker ex-
pressed himself on the subject:
I'm tired of this maudlin sympathy
for them. I'm sorry for them, but
they brought it on themselves. You
say they were young. and that's true.
but they were old enough to know
what they were about. I tell you
such sympathy is misplaced. It's too
bad that they deserve such punish
ment but it is not too bad that the
punishment is to be inflicted
When it is charged that Coughlin
was responsible for Stages death it
does not exculpate him to say that
when he was sentenced he put his
arm about his mother and tried to
comfort her. He was guilty of about
the blacklist crimes in the calendar
and it don't make him saint in my
eyes because he. said he was glad his
partners punishment was lighter than
his own. We say that he took a hu-
man life and you say that he gave a
watch to a man that was kind to him
BAIL I'm sick of such sympathy"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-04
MARSHAL'S SALE.


MARSHAES SALE-PURSUANT TO
ure to me directed by the district court
Of the Third Judicial district of the ter
ritory of Utah l shall expose at public
sale, at the west front door of the coun-
ty court house, in the city of Salt Lake.
county of Salt Lake. and territory OF
Utah, on the 18th day OF November, 1895,
at IL O'Clock a. m, all the right, title,
claim and interest of Carlton w. Veatch.
Estelle Veatch, Charles L. Crane, Armin-
da Crane. c.. 3. burst, Henry Dinwood-
ey, Parker & Depue, corporation, l..
William ,Crossman. William S; McCor-
A. a. Brin. Aaron Keyser, H. P. Mason,
r. D. Winters. Salt Lake Hardware
Company, a corporation, j. H. Van Horn,
e. w. Wilson, Utah National Bank. a
corporation, The Bank of Phillips, cor
poration, of, in, and to the following
described real estate. to-wit: Lots
fifteen d5) and sixteen ds), and lots thir-
ty-seven go and thirty-eight (3S),
in block four tD, of c. s. Des-
ky's subdivision of part of block nine
90. five (5) acre. plat A, Big Field sur
dition. and situated in Salt Lake county.
Utah territory. To be sold as the prop
erty of Carlton w. Veatch, Estelle
veatch. Charles L.. Crane and Arminda
Crane, at the suit of First National Bank
Of Deadwood, South Dakota, a corpora
ton. Terms of sale cash.
NAT NJ. BRIGHAM,
U. s. Marshal
BY ]. B. TIMMONY, Deputy Marshal.
Dated October 21st. 1895.
W. C. Hall. Attorney for Plaintiff
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-04
MARSHAL'S SALE.

MARSHALS SALE.-PURSUANT TO
an order of sale and decree of foreclosure
to ME directed by the district court of the
Third Judicial district of the terri
tory of Utah 1 shall expose at public
sale, at the west front door of the county
court house, in the city of Salt Lake,
county of Salt Lake, and territory of
Utah, on the Goth day of November, 1895,
at twelve o'clock, M, all the right, title,
claim, and interest of Orson A Woolley,
Alice Woolley and the State Bank of
Utah, corporation, of, in, and to the
following described real estate situated in
the city and county of Salt Lake, terri
tory of Utah, and particularly described
as follows, to-Wit: An undivided seven
Fights (5s) interest in and to the following
described real estate, to-wit, being a part
of lot four "a. block twenty-six (26), plat
3D." Salt Lake City survey; commencing
at the northwest corner of said lot and
running thence east three (3) rods, thence
south seven % rods, thence west three
(3) rods, thence north seven % rods to
the place of beginning, containing twenty
one CID square rods. To be sold as the
property of Orson A. Woolley, Alice
Woolley and the State Bank of Utah, a
corporation, at the suit of Cooperative
Wagon and Machine company, a corpora
ton, and the Salt Lake Building and Man
ufacturing company, corporation.
Terms of sale. cash.
NAT NJ BRIGHAM,
U. S. Marshal.
By JOHN B. CUMMOCK,
Deputy Marshal.
Dated at Salt Lake City, Oct %, 1896
James II. Moyle, Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-04
MEXICAN BUDGET.
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT SUBSI-
DIE ANY MORE RAILROADS.
Coffee Culture Growing Into Great
Observation-Disclosures the Man.
sur Rifle Into the Army-TrOOps
in Fine Condition.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Nov. Sit is
stated that the Mexican National rail-
road will soon shorten its time in COM
petition with the Mexican Central and
Huntingtons International railroad for
st. Louis, Chicago and New York bust
ness. Railway men are already antici-
patlng a reduction of time between here
ana New York to four days.
several new newspaper projects in
GIe spanish language are maturing for
January. 1t is reported that the Mexi-
can Herald will establish an evening
paper soon.
Mexican silver per cent bonds are
Europe, These bonds are now held in
England, Holland, France, Belgium,
austria and Spain, principally by small
investors, and European bankers say the
demand Will continue as it is generally
believed that silver tends to rise rather
than fall, and a war in Asia would
send silver up rapidly.
The Mexican government is not Great
true that the government will revive the
policy of subventioning railways, IS the
country now has
All the Trunk Lines Required
and when Hampson's Mexico, Cuerna-
vaca & Pacific road is completed to Aca-
pulco and the CentraPs Guadalajara
branch to the Pacific coast is completed,
there Will be perfect system of roads.
anu all IHdI Will De HeSueU lOT d long
time will be short feeding line. Ameri-
can railway men and capitalists who
have been investigating the railway sit
uation here says that the roads built in
the coffee, sugar and tobacco regions will
pay best in the future, as the trend of en-
terprise is in that direction.
Tropical agriculture, especially coffee,
is rapidly assuming great dimensions.
and the condition Of the coffee market
encourages prudent investors to buy
lands al prices which will be quadrupled
at the very least calculation within ten
years.
There is much speculation as to i'm
pending changes in the army when Cen
eral Mena shall have returned from Eu-
rope and begun to introduce contem-
plated tactical reforms, and troops are
provided with new arms. Military eX-
perts, however. are hoping for much
from the introduction of Mansur rifles.
The old Remingtons will probably be
sent to the National guards in the south
ern states, especially to Yucatan, Ia
basco and Chiapas. The English military
expert now here studying the army, says
the morals of the troops is excellent,
and when the men receive their new
weapons and are organized on a new
basis, Mexico will have one OF the
strongest small armies in the world, cap
able of resisting much larger bodies OF
troops unaccustomed to the climate and
unacuuainted with the mountainous TO-
biography of the country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-04
POOR WHALING CATCH.
Many Sailing Whalers Likely to b.
Caught in the lice.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3.-The
schooner Rosario has arrived from the
Arctic ocean, bringing 5000 pounds of
bone, the residue of a catch of five
whales.
She is the first of the whaling fleet
to reach port from the north and it is
within the limits of possibility that she
may be the last. When she left the
ocean the ice was forming very fast
and it was heavier than it has been for
many years. The Rosario brings con-
firmation of the news of a very poor
catch in the Arctic. From the report
of the Rosario it looks as if the entire
feet would be caught in the ice.
This is considered by the whalingmen
to be a very serious state Of affairs.
The steam whalers are amply provid
ed with stores with which to spend
another winter in the ice, but the sail
Ing vessels are up in the Arctic under
much less favorable conditions. The
majority of the barks are provisioned
with only enough stores Ito last them
through the summer. and if they are
compelled to spend the winter in the
north starvation stares the whalers
i'm the face