Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-09-25
THE BEAUTY or A SHIP.

THE BEAUTY or "A SHIP.
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Vessel Under Salt b
= Mrs. Stove. in 4"Tho Pearl Ct Orr's1
island gives this fascinating descrlp E.,..
tion Of q ship uaHa.l sail: What = =
there belonging to this workaday world
Of ours that has such iund cf Ieyer.
failing poetry s,s,d grace as a ship! ~
ship is beauty ard a mystery wber-
ever we SEQ it. Its white winRs touch
the regions Of the unknown cid tho
imaginative. They seem to rs full q
the odors OF quaint, strange, foreiga
shores, where life, we fondly dream.
moves in brighter currents than the
muddy, tranqail tides Of every day.
Who chat sees one bound outward, witt.
her white breasts swelling md heaving.
as if with . reaching expectancy. does :
not feel his own heart swell with =
longing implse to 60 with her to tho
farof shoreS Even ut dingy. crowded
whaxfs, amid the stir and tumnlt of
great cities, the coming in of ship u
an event that never can lose its later
est. But on these romsntic shores q
Maine. wheoe all is 50 wild and still
and the blue sea lies embraced in the
arms Of dark, solitary forests, the sud-
den incoming of ship from Q distant
voyage is sort Of romance Who that
has stood by the blue waters Of Middle
bay, engirdled as it is By green slopes
Of farming land, interchnged here and
there with heavy pillows ii forest trees
or oocky, pine crowned promontories.
has not felt that sense Of seclusion and
solitude which is 80 delightful? And
then what a wonder! There comes Q
ship from. China, drifting in like 9
white cloud, the gallant creature! How
the waters hiss and foam before herl
With what great, free, generous plash
she throws out her anchor4 as II she
said a cheerful well doneP to some
glorious work accomplished The very
life and spirit Of strange. romantic
lands come with her. Suggestions OF
sandalwood and spice breathe through
the pine woods. She is AN oriental
queen, with hands full Of mystical gifts.
All her garments smell of myrrh and
cassia, ont Of the ivory palaces, where.
by they have made her glad No Won,
der men have loved ships like birds and
that there have been fo1:nd brave, rough
hearts that in fatal wrecks chose rather
to 60 down with their ocean lave than
to leave her in the last thrOes Of her
death agony ~-'%.&
Queer Human Beings. 8
An island in the gulf of California is
inhabited by queer human beings. The
Ceris, without doubt, are one OF the
most interesting tribes Of aborigines to
be found on this hemisphere. They are
said to have fair skins and blue eyes
and bear no resemblance whatever to-
the Indian tribes Of the mainland or Of
the peninsula. In former days they
made excursions upon the mainland,
spreading havoc along the coast, but in
later years they have kept closely TO-
their island home. They are extremely
ierce and warlike and use venomed arr
rows in fighting. The island is known
to be very mountainous, with innumer-
able rugged canyons and gorges. where
the Indians ambush and which renders
subduing them almost an impossibility.
Beyond the fact of the existence of the
Ceris tribe very little is known. Their
habits and language are said to be Pc
culiar to themselves, while their origin
is subject Of conjecture. The island
shows no sign Of vegetation from the
gulf, and their method Of gaining O sub
sistence is unknown. Shippers cruising
in those waters carefully avoid this is
land peopled with blue eyed savages,
and its rugged outlines. which loom up
in the gulf, are shrouded in mystery
Oakland (Cal Echoes.