Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-27

in the footsteps of Aristotle. No, was
 naturally of a rowing disposition; it was
 my ambition to travel and see the world.
 This determined to do, but on account oi
 my mother's opposition l satisfied myself
 at first with short voyages up and down the
 Adriatic sea. Finally, however, l made
 the master effort, and in the spring of 1873
 left my native town to rcumuhVIgate the
 earth. l crossed the Black sea into Russia
 and one month later found myself at
 Tangarok without lepto ia my pursei
 but being strong and healthy and bent on
 seeing the world my moneyless condition
 did not bother me. l soon found a chance
 to ship common sailor on Liverpool
 brig. Once in Liverpool I cast about for
 an opportunity to ship for some other part
 of the world. did not have to look long
 in this great seaport before 1 was engaged
 as one of the crew to man vessel bound
 for Montevideo, South America, where
 we arrived Jnly 13, 1873. The weather
 there was bitter cold and I decided to re-
 main on shore awhile for two reasons, one,
 to see the country, the other 10 keep warm.
 did not like to be idle, so l secured posi-
 tion in one of the mammoth grease facto-
 ries; in fact, I was put to killing horses.
 For two weeks l slaughtered horses, and
 some of them were the finest that had
 ever seen. At the end of two weeks gave
 up the job, because every time l murdered
 one of these poor brutes it gave me 6
 peculiar twinge of pain in the back part of
 my left eyeball. l asked to be given other
 employment and they transferred me to
 the furnace where they burn horse bones
 to make animal charcoal for refining
 sugar. 1 worked at this one month, when
 vessel came along en route to Valparaiso,
 Chili, upon which 1 shipped as sailor.
 Nothing unusual occurred to us and we
 arrived at our destination safely.
 s'Learning that the copper mines in Chilli
 were very rich and the occupation of min
 ing profitable one, secured berth in a
 copper mine and went to work. One day
 while stepping over at my work something
 struck me in the back ofthe head. felt
 sharp pain in the back part of my left eye-
 ball and knew no more for two weeks. When l recovered consciousness l was ln- formed that the supports overhead had par- italy given way in the mine, striking me and at the same time killing four of my companions. finally recovered, and at the expiration of two months was able to be out again. 1 did not go back to copper mining, as had enough of that sort of lie; still remained in the country and worked with wheat for some time, but the heavy dews did not agree with me and quit that and engaged as a sailor on Liverpool bark. It was a full ship, English vessel, carrying freight. All went well until we arrived in Cape Horn, when storm struck one of the kind that but few ships can
 weather. About, p. m.,. on the 14th day of April, we had brisk gale which increased in intensity until 8 a. m.
 the next morning, developing into oa a | jerking and rocking, being tossed about at the mercy of the waves, which rolled over | the deck, sweeping everything before | them. I was on the mainmast; it gave way and fell to the deck, striking some- senses l struggled to my feet. Imagine my horror at seeing a man lying at full length on the deck by the side of me, with the | blood gushing from his nose and mouth! kt E<rr hi m | plainly and recognized one of the sailors, | an Englishman, whom l knew to have been in the rigging just before l fell. l Almost immediately Il wave dashed over l us, lodging me against the hatchWay, while l it washed my dying companion overheard. l Instantly a strange phenomena occurred to 1 me. saw yividly every horse that 1 had | ever killed in the last agonles of death. l l felt the same pain in the back part of my l eyeball that felt when slaughtering the horses and a peculiar pain in the back oi l my head, exactly like It was when l was | struck in the copper mines. Otherwise 1 had perfect control of myself.
 "The storm lasted two days and nights, 1 during which time neither captain or crew ate, slept or drank, so great was the l excitement and danger. For seventeen l hours the ship was uncontrol liable, being l completely at the mercy of the winds and
 waves, drifting over 200 miles from her l course. N, "When the storm abated my visual illu. sion and pain disappeared, but I noticed 1 that could not see quite as well as before. 1 "On the eighteenth day we patched upand | rearranged the sails, which were torn into | shreds, and headed for Liverpool, where we arrived on the 10th day of August, 1874. | .'I now determined to visit the Untad 1 States, and learning that Birmingham, Ala, was one of the most progressive
 cities in the world, made up my mind tc | go and see for myself. Accordingly on the
 2d day of September, 1874, shipped al | Liverpool as sailor on vessel bound fol
 Savannah, Ga. We had smooth trip and
 arrived in port at Savannah on the 18th oi 1 October. The vessel was ordered on tc 1 New Orleans at once, where she arrived ( | few days later.
 "In New Orleans I met fefgNd wbep0[ suaded me to remain there, which I dl6