The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-04

His Experience.

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abuse folks over high fence or from
'tother side the river" said the cap.
tain, fitting the key on which be was
sitting 80 that his back might rest
against the fsh-house. His COM
panion sat by mending his nets.
Now when / was quite lad" he
went on, Il he'd an experience that
showed me what uncommon poor
policy it is to be too funny-even at
a distance"
How was that?"
well, was put In alternate cap'n
on one of them steamers that runs in
Frenchman's Bay, an bein' young an
tolerable successful, 1 got to think
In l knowed pretty much the whole
of it.
@One day we was layin' at the wharf
loadin' the freight on, an see lit
tie man walkin' up an down, waitin'
ter to go aboard. He was a pompous-
lookin' individual, an follerin' an
hangin' on his words was two or three
men that seemed ter consider what
he said as golden speech.
Il kept thinkin' that / wished it
would come time ter start when he
was way up 'tother end of the
wharf, an sure enough, jest as he got
much as a rod away it was time ter
pull out.
II pulled the whistle an waited
full time, but he turned round mighty
moderate an come toward the plank.
The men commenced ter haul it on,
an we fell back from the wharf.
Then he broke into a run, an waved
his hat an shouted.
when we was clear of everything
/ hollered back, Hurry up, little
chap, or you'll hev ter waikiki an a
lot Of sech talk, when got a signal
from the cap'n that was 'longside ter
put back, an findin' somethin' un-
usual was up, he'd to.
"rhe men lowered the plank, an
the little man walked on board an
come right up ter the pilot-house an
passed me his card.
"He was the owner of the whole
line of steamers, an he says, very
slow an kind, 'Speakin' of walkin',
p'r'aps you'd better go ashore now,
fore they draw the plank in. We
shan't need you on this trip"
What did you do?"
"Do? Why, 1 went, of course, an
my assistant run the trip. The mat
ter was fixed up, but when 1 make a
joke now l take keer it's one that
amt coming how ter roost."
The Gulf stream.
There is a river in the ocean. In
the severest droughts it never fails,
and In the highest food it never
overhows. Its banks and the bottom
are of cold ~ater, while its current is
of warm. The Gulf Of Mexico is its
fountain, and its mouth is in the
arctic seas. 1t E the Gulf Stream.
There is in the world no other SO
majestic flow of water. Its current
Is more swift than the Mississippi or
the Amazon, and its volume more than
a thousand times greater. 1t waters,
as far as the Carolina coasts, are Of
indigo blue. These are so distinctly
that the common sea water
can be traced with the eye.
Often one-half the vessels may be
perceived floating in the Gulf Stream
water, while the other half is in the
common water of the sea, so sharp is
the line and the want of affinity be-
tween these waters; and such, too,
the reluctance, so to speak, on the part
Of those Of the Gulf Stream to mingle
with the common waters of the sea.
In addition to this. there is an
other peculiar fact. The fisherman
on the coast of Norway are supplied
with wood from the tropics by the
Gulf Stream. Think of the arctic
fishermen burning upon their hearths
the palms Of Hayti, the mahogany of
and the precious woods of
the Amazon and the OrinOco.