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GREAT BATTLE FOR LIFE, STORY OF THE SURVIVORS Of THE BARQUE CARRIE E. LONG. Hail to Make Their Way I* Ike h>re Tiirou-u eke*l orhark. After rickt- Imm Ih.ir Way Thranxb Fire n-l MSJ*e>ke. Six men who fought for their livei through fire and water arrived at Nw York the other night from Nassau on the Britiih steamer AntilU. They were the survivon of the ill-fated American barque Carrie K. Long, which, laden with acidi and petroleum, was bound from Philadel- phia to Havana, when ihe was struck by lightening and burned to the water'i edge. Thoee who escaped were blutered by heat, bitten by ihark* and worn and exhausted by a long battle against the tea. There was death for them on board the barque, and in the water* underneath. They came back worn to the bone, forlorn and pennileet. they told the etory of how they bad strug- Isd. how they clung to a burning wreck, of bow they had aeen their shipmates die, and how they had landed on the deenUte enait of Qua Cay. It wae equally on the nigh* of May 21. The Carrie K. Long WM peeding along under thortened aail over dark water* and into a blacker night. The lightening flatbed from cloud to cloud, and at nine o'clock the crew were blinded by a flash which lit iky and sea, 8TRCCK BT I.IOHTSISO. They were nurled from their feet when the bolt (truck the vessel. A terrific ex. ploeion followed. The deck* were thrown up a* by volcanic force and flame* *hot from every hatah . The hull WM aa un- quenchable Toyhet. Spar* and *ail* were toon on fire. Captain Rolf, who wa* Handing aft, aeized a life buoy and plunged into the sea. He wa* never *een again, the vessel rocked and ewayed. She trembled under the force* which wer* raging beneath her deck*. Yard* had toppled down, boat* were hurled from their chock* and imaehed upon their deck*. The second mate. Tip Stanley, and Jama* Corcoran and Lan Ivenon, seamen, ruihed for a lifeboat. It wa* on tire. They swung Ihe email boat into the tea. It capsized within a few yard* of the veaael and the three men struggled in the tea. Tip Stanl-y struck out from the vessel, calling to hi* shipmates that he wa* going to try to reacn land. Corcoran and Iver- on abandoned the boat, for it had been tma*he<1, and even if they ha.1 luooeeded in righting it, it would have been useless. They took the line which .lackion threw them and got back on the chip of tire. AIDIMI A SICK orfTrtK. The aide* of the craft wen hot and bint- end ae they climbed on board. Tne flames kad penetrated to the depth* of the hold. The men tcampered over the blazing deck*. dragged Kubrrg. the first mate, from hie cabin and took him out on the boweprii. Tn* man had been ill for daya and could scarcely stand. Iverton, McXamara and James Corcoran crawled out with him on the bowsprit. .Toeeph Corcoran and Jam** Jackion truited themeelve* to the xa on a booby hatch. Donald Cameron and Jam** Houitim threw thenuelvea over- board, seized with an idea that they eould reacn lan<l tomehow. And the men on the bowsprit waited. Then oame an explosion which caueed the tea to tremble. Deckt, bulwarks and pars rose in fltmes. One of the big oil tank* had exploded. A few minute* later two diatmct exploeion* came. and the main mait came clattering down, falling forward and narrowly missing the men who oluug to the bowsprit. With the explosion streams of burning oil shot from their prison place in the bold, and the water* became a sea of fire. The bowsprit wa* burning now, and the men dropped from that into the water, where the burning oil had not reached. The heat was intense, ihey clung^o th wreckage and dropped into the sea to allay the tortures of the beat. Their faces and hands were blistered. The spar* to which they clung were chain- ;d to the vessel hy wire stay*. M'KHtil M'Xn BY SHARKS. Kssbarg, ill and exhausted, looeened his lold and 'ell into the see, James Corcoran, Iverson and McNamara clung there ex- hausted and almost burning. They looked out over the sea and they saw a black nose rise out of the water, and then some cnature rose to the surface, floating on its back. It was a shark. Other black noses appeared. The men scrambled on top of the wreckage to which they had been slinging. McNamara felt an iron grip ipon bis heel. He fried himself by a nighty effort. He beats the marks of that rice-like 'ouch to this day. Evil eyes (learned at the men. Dark forms lurked >n the outskirts of the sea of fire. And it teemed as though re'ief might oome. A tramp steamer passed within half a mile. Her commander seemed to lake no notice olthe burning vessel. He thought, perhaps, that no human being could be near it and alive. Iverson waved hie cap and shouted until his voice wa* gone. The steamer passed hy. The hull burned and the night wore on. Tip Stanley, when he struck iut from the small boat, swam towards what he believed was a distant coast. He Jad iwum nearly a mil* when he found two small oar*. He clung to these and threw aside hie olothing to make swim- ming easier. He had gone about a mile further when he made out a man struggling in the water several hundred yards away. He called to him and found that it wa* Houston. DROWNINO or HorsioN. " You come to me and I'll meet yon and give you this other oar," he called to Houston. The man was worn out. He tried to make a final eH'ort, but when only six feet from the oar which Stanley wa* holding out to him he lank from light. Stanley drifted and (warn. He hailed I'anviron feebly swimming. Cameron reo- igni/ed him, then weut aa Houston bad. Stanley was floating when he telt a sharp lip on his lag. He was attacked by a ihark. He got us leg away from the grip at the moutter and forced one of the oar* down the creature'* throat, when it rolled over on its back. There was a battle between the man and hark. The teeth of the ttsh dug deep into the blade of the oar. Stanley rammed tne tick further down. He struck it over the head with the other oar. He left the oar- oase behind. Stanley's tent struck a rock at four o'clock in the morning, and he was soon on the shore of (inn Cay. Hs saw two figures half a mile away nearly. They were those of Joseph Corcoran and Jack- ion, who had clung to the booby hatch and drifted ashore. Thf shipwrecked men fell in with an old negro named Butler and hi* ion, who owned the little schooner Sister*. The negro had seen the flre. Stanley went with him to the scene of the wreck. The tirss were nearly burned out The three men, blackened with soot, weak snd in wasted terror from the sharks, were still clinging there. They bailed their comrade with a cry that made hi* heart glad, and the old negro said the Lord was good. The men wer* hauled on board the) schooner, and there was a reunion on the beach of Gun Cay which would hav* brought tean to any eye. No trace was ever found of the captain. The men were forwarded to Nassau, where they took passage on the An tills. WILL SCIENCE LENGTHEN LIFE ? Th* TISM May Cesae When Peeple Will Live Oar dree) Tweatf Tear*. Mr. Balfour, tne Ko.gu.ih statesman, has been discussing the question of the effect of increased scientific knowledge on the ' lengtening of hnman life. Medical practi- tioners are a necessity in a modern commun- ity, but the most valuable part of their work is that which gives a profounder insight into tne nature and into the cause of disease, and thus increases the sum of human knowledge of the healing art. Mr. Balfour believes the time will toon come when the ablest physicians and surgeons will be able, through Government endow- meat, to concentrate themselves on medical and surgical investigations, irstead of waiting the greater part of their energies in the struggle to live. One of the foremost of living physician*, with whom he hap been speaking of these happy prospects of scientific medicine, had told him he did not see any rital or sufficient reason why, when medicine was in the immediate future belter understood, and when those temp- erate habits which medicine might counsel but which medicine could not enforce ob- tained deeper and larger hold on the great mates* of the civilized world, as un- doubtedly they would, he did not are I any reason why when that time came the I span ol hnman life should not be extended to the patriarchal term of 1 JO years. He did not know whether that forecast was oversangume,but it suggested to his mind, at all events, ths reflection, which had frequently occurred to him before, that, after all, death was not the enemy wnich the medical profession had to fight. It was rather the pain and the disease which rendered us ineffectual for practical work. Cases an constantly heard of in which by the extraordinary skill of some great practitioner, and by the appliance* of all the most, recent medical discoveries, it had been found possible to prolong for some few day* or weeks the doomed life. When this command of the most scientific mwiical resources becomes the rule inatea 1 of the exception, snd people learn to re- gulate their mods of living according to the laws of common sense, there can be no doubt that the period of useful existence of the human race will be appreciably lengthened. A Miniature Railroad System. One of the most iuterestmg models perhaps ever made, in a popular way, has been prepared by an English clergyman, the Rev. H. L. Warneford. of Windsor, England. l>r. \Varnsford has a small yard in the rear of his house, surrounded by an ordinary brick wall. Along the rear end of the garden be ha* built a railroad from wall to wall, in that distance overcoming the inconveniences of the ground which usually require) the mechanical ability of laiiroad builder*. Ths road runs from a little station called Chicago al one end to a mall elation at the other end known a* Jericho. It is complats in every detail, and as thoroughly to as if it were one of the great line* that run across England. The two station* even hav* advertisements pasted over them, as any ordinary station does; and the terminal facilities, though they are small and rather simple, are in their way as complete as in any full-size railroad. The track is over 80 feet in length, with a gauge of 2( inches ; and in order thai he might get in these SO feet all ths differ- ent forms of railway construction. Dr. VVarneford has made the track so that it runs over tome of the uneven spot* in his yard, and iu this way, in the pi*je where bridges are required, he baa constructed that torm of bridge whi:h would naturally be best suited for the particular form of ravine or cavity over which the road is to run. One of the prettiest of these bridges is a thoroughly constructed cantilever bridge, on the form of the great Forth bridge between Scotland and England, which pastes over a little excavation immedi- ately alter the train has come out of a long, thoroughly constructed tunnel. Another bridge is a psrfeotly constructed skew arch, which the train crosses a few feet after leaving Chicago. Then com** the model of an American trestle, and after passing over this ihe road runs through ths tunnel, over the cantilever bridge, through a cutting, and finally over a steel tubular bridge into Jericho. Too Previous. Husband This cake is very good my dear ; but it seem* to me there ought to he a little more Wife (in clear, icy, incisive tones) That cake came by mail, and was made by your mother. Husband Yes, as I was saying there ought to be a little more of it. Twenty-three hundred and ieveoty-two employe* are engaged in handling the annual output of Chicago's postomoe. A WORKER OF MIRACLES, REMARKABLE POWERS ATTRIBUT ED TO A NEGRO GIRL. Ske l *ald ( Heal Ike sirk and Ie Pr*pk- esjr, aa<t. Altheack I nnluralnl < n stead ! Play ikr Plane Wonklpord by Ike >rgreea mt ike Brato* Down in the big Rruos bottoms, Texas, where there are ten negroes to one whit person, there ie a jet-black negro girl.abou 18 year* of age, who is turning the world in which she lives upside down. Th negroes claim that shs performs miracles every .day, and white people who have teen her and witnessed her strange conduct and manifestations com* away shaking tbsir heads and lacking words to sxpren their astonishment. No ons ever notioed anything extraordinary about the girl until she "got religion," as the negroes say, at big revival on* night last winter, Then she began to prophesy, heal the sick and do other wonderful things. During this revival an old negro school teacher, of more than average intelligence, who had been going on two crutches for a dozen years, put hi* faith in the new wonder . She rubbed her hand* over his rheumatic, stiffened joints, and hs instantly arose, threw away hi* crutches and went home njoicing. Thsre are hundreds of negroes who** testi- mony sustain* this statement, and then are plenty of respectable white people who know old Osburu well, who know that he has been babbling about on crutches for many yean and who know that ne luddenly regained hi* strength and the use of his limbs. The girl has be-n going tbuut from school house to school house and from church to church, exhorting, prophesying and healing the lick. 'Jreat crowd* of negroes follow her about almost worship- ping her, and a* afraid of her a* they an of the devil hm.se f. fNTACIlHT BCT LKARSID. It is positively asserted by hundreds of people who have known her from childhood that she never maetered toe alphabet, and yet she now read* as wall as if she had had the benefit of a collegiate education. She u a living, walking, electric battery. No mau can hold her hand for two minutes. Taks hold of her and you will feel as if 10,001) needlss were pricking you. She will stand on the door of a room and suc- cessfully defy a dozen men to move her. A few day* ago a half doxen hunters from Louisiana, who happened to hear of her, visited the cabin in which her people live. Aaiong other wonderful things they witness- ed was thi* : The girl ttood up and placed the palm* of her hands against the wall of the house. Three or four elrong men seized her and, suspending her body in the air, they tailed to pull her loose from ths wall. The trouble is that in taking hold of her the average mortal receives tuch a thock, it u ta'd, that hs is glad to let loose. The girl also astound* everybody by her wonderful display of musical talent. She had never seen a piano or an organ in hr lif* until after she began ' manifest her strange powers last winter. N'ow she will enter a parlor and seat herself at the piano and improvise the sweetest music that ever enraptund mortals. She will sit with eya* cloved and listen to a performance on the piano and then take the sect and imitate to perfection all that she ha* heard. This ! not the end of her ama/.ing musical talent, for she i equally as skillful in pro- ducing mutic on any other instrument, A VOODOOED TKKAarHK. She came very near losing her hold and influence over the mind* of her follower* in the beginning of her itrange career. She told the negroes that there wa* a pot of gold bnrivd under an oak tree in a cotton tielii, and warned them that they were only to dig for it at night a* long a* they could see a hunt in an old abandoned cabin located about a mi.e from the tree. Sure enough a light flashed up in the old cabin on theuight that she had predicted. The negroes seized spades, shovels ami hoes and llew to the old oak, when the prophetess had told them the gold was buried. They dug away like demons fighting flre until the light sudden- ly weut out in the old cabin. The next night ihe same thing occurred, and for several night* ihe neirro**, men, women ami children, dug and packed dirt out of the big hole a* if their very lives depended upon faithful exertion, one night, much earlier than usual, one negro'* pick struck something that rang like a bell. The light in the old cabin went out, a dark cloud came over the face of the moou, and the noise of an approaching cyclone seemed to make the tree* tnmble. Pots, kettles and pans began to rain down on the heads of the bewildered treasure hunters in the big hole. The women scnamed and the men reared for mercy. .Scrambling out aa best they could in Cimmerian darkness, the affrighted negroi'i lied to their cabin*. Superstitious to the core, the 'next day they assembled in little groups and discussed the prophet*** in whispers. Some of them proclaimed her a witch and there were plenty whose voices were for pretty rough treatment. She ap- peared among them at once, and very soon it was noised around that an old negro who lived in the neighborhood had in some mysterious way suddenly come into posses- sion of several hundred dollar* which he had been compelled to display in gaying for hi* land. The theory was started that th* old negro wa* a voouoo in league with the devil, and that the mortal* of earth sod the immortal* of darkness had dipped down into the hole and stolen th* gold, and then the devil had turned hit imp* loose to frighten the other people away. Thin theory grew, and the old negro, in danger of losing bis life, sold hi* land and Ced to th* hills. MYSTtBIOl'M POWM8. All this oaused the few whits people in the country to take aome notice of the strange girl All agres that she possessed tome strange, mysterious power beyond the comprehension of ordinary mortals. She tells the negroes where they will find stray horses and cattle, and they ar* all ready to wear that ihe never fail* to find anything that has been lost. She ie a living bar- ometer. Whenever she says there is going to be a storm, the storm come*. " Don't be uneasy," th* stid to an old lady, " your on is not lost nor dead ; he ha* been away down in a hot country with a dark people, who robbed him and put him in prison. He is on his road home, and will be here next Sunday." Thu son came. He had been in Mexion, where he had been arrested, and suffered imprisonment for many montn*. It i* no wonder that th* negroes regard her with grave superstition. She oame down to Houston not long ago, where she preached in the streets, or rather delivered a commentary on the morals of tne people, which was heard by an intel- ligent crowd in wonder and admiration. She baa received some very templing offers toenter the lecture field and show business. ust now there is a shrewd fellow following her about, trying to induce her to go to Bos- ton, and to him she seem* inclined to lend a willing ear. Ask her name, and sue will reply, "Ah, Shiel, Levmia Tolsen, 8ir," sounding the " sir" as if it were a part of her name. Though occasionally mixing some very ridiculous things wir.h the dis- play of her remarkable powers, she is not lacking in plain common sense. LONDON'S PEOPLE. 11 ail Mir. as te Ike Pnpalailoa r ike World's lirealeat CUy. The London county council has just issued a big volume full of interesting sta titties. It appears that of ths resilience population only 65 per cent, were born in London, and of born Londoners living in England 77 per cent, still live in London and 23 per cent, in the rest of the country The southeastern counties, the south mid- land, the eastern and the southwestern are ths only districts that contribute (severally) more that 3 per jeut. of the population. The total foreign percentage is no more than iJti. It is noteworthy that, while the native population nas decreased in the last tnir'y years from S4 to 77 per cent, the proportion of London Scottish has remaned stationary, tn Irish having decreased considerably, and the fomgnen, chiefly Poles and Russians, incnased. The actual total population of registration London at me last census wa* 4,211,743. Thi* total fall* snort of th* totai a* calculated on the basis of the known decennial increase, and u i* estimated that :i:>ti,:HU person* have gone to live elsewhere, the large majority, no doubt, finding their home* in outer London. The ngitlrar general'* nturna for IS'.I'J show the total number of birth* as 1. TJ, :: rate of illegitimacy, 3.75 per cent.; total number of death*, Sti, >.'{:;, <>t whirn 10 per cent, represent infant mortality under rive yean of age; total numl er of persons married, 74, 3si Tne age tables show that more than 44 per cent, of tne population are either und>-r 2'< yean of age or over 70, and may be peraumed not to be mainly supported by their personal labor: the remainder, mostly between tne ages of 20 and .")0, may be reckoned aa vorkera of one sort or another, without taking count of the unoccupied. Of these workers of both sexes, in round numliets, I'JO.OOO are described as professional, 391,000 asdomrs- tic, 340,000 as commercial, and 1,000,000 as industrial, the total occupied claes niiin benng nearly '2,01/0,000. Of the "industrial" million builders and carpenters account for I 1.~>,OUO, mechanics and laborers for I lii.' and "drees" for more than -Jixi.oiH), about 70 p r cent, of whom are women. The rest of this particular million are distributed among minor trade* and industries. UNIQUE RAILWAY CYCLE. far Be a Track as Easily as a w h. . i Asphalt. Th* accompanying illustration shows a cycle that is coming into use among rail road officials and employs*. It is laid to be especially adapted to the purposes of - - V. tupurinte.ioents, road masters, inspectors oi bndge %n>l line repairers. This unique wheel weigh* only fifty-two pounds and may readily be run on the rails at a speed of twenty five miles an hour. It requires no more exertion to ride it than it does to ride a bicycle on an asphalt pavement. EMPLOYMENT^ WOMEN l.:irt:r Inrn *i- or Wumrn I inpl.... - i n Ike I mini Males in K. . .-m Tear*. A bulletin recently issued by the Census Bureau at Washington contains some infor inainiti regarding the employment of wo- men that i* interesting to people on both ides of th* line. According to this bulle- tin, very nearly one-half IS per ?enU of persons 10 years of age and over may be classed as working people or people engag- ed in " gainful oociip uions. ' The total number of working peoplx is placed at 2i,73."),b'RI, and of these Is, ^'.'0,950 are males and .'i, HI 1.711 are females. There has been a very large jjni,i in the number engaged in gainful occupations between ISSO and Isil'l, suoh increase beinc. "..!.:!, . r >62, and of this gain l,'-'i>7,.V>4 are femaies. In this connection it is interesting to notice into what branches of bua : ne*s the million and a quarter of women have entered io gain their living. The occupations into which this vast number of wage worken have gn ar* trade and trauaportation, and in these occupations the increase of male* have been 7tt percent., while the increase of females has been considerably over '263 per cent, Th* fsmale wage- workers have gone chiefly into store* and offices as clerks, bookkse per, lnographei s, cashieit, typewriters and n'aswomen. A number also have gone into various depart- ments of the printing and publishing industries. One of the characteristics oi the end of ths century is the advsnt of the " new woman, ' ami her influence in fixing the per centatre of male* lhat have entered these industries must have been very con uderable. GAINED A POUND A BAY A LANARK COONTY FARMER'S RE- MARKABLE CURL. Takra wlik Bllluus Fever Ike r.. r I er Wklrk ariiuulii Him Alsswsl i Iks .rare Hr t.ltl i > s)s>eaks inr Ike n>e i er wikrr sasTrren. -mull'* Fall* Uncord. Mr. Joseph N. Barton, who live* about a mile from the village of Mernckville, U one of "ie hast known farmers in Ihe town- ship i t M n igue. Up to t.'ie epiiug of 18(M Wr. Barton had always enjoyed ths best of health. At thst time, however, he was taken with a uiliou* fever, the effect* of which left him in a terribly weakened condition. When the tint* came around to begin ipring operation* on the farm lie found himself too weak to lake any part in the work, and not- withstanding that he was treated by aa excellent physician, be was constantly growing weaker and hi* condition not only gteatly alarmed himself but hi* friends. Having read so much concern- ing Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, he deter- mined to give them a trial, and without consulting ni* physician he began their us*. He only used one box, and, not feeling Iwtter, he discontinued tn* us* of th* pills. This was wnen hs now admits he made a serious mistake a* he not only fell back to hi* former weakness, but became won* than before . He could now do no work of any kind, and Us least exertion left him al- most helpless. Life was a misery to him and I QAIVKD A POUND A DAT. h* was on the point of giving his case up a* hopeless when a friund atrongly urged mm to again begin the use of Ur. Williams' Pink Pills. He agreed to do so, and by the lime ne had used tnree boxes there was a marvel- lous change in hi* appearance, and he fell i.ka a new men. He atiil continued to use this life-saving medicine, with astonish. mi' results. During his illness he na>i fallen in weight to I.V> pounds, but h* soon in- crsaseu to 1>0 pounds. In fact, as h says, th* increase averagail about a pound a daj while lie wa* taking the pill*. He is no*) able to do any kind of work on bis farm, and u ia needless to say that he is not mj a firm believer in tne efficacy of Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Piils. nut loses no opportunity to sound abroad lhair praise, with ths resuli that others in his locality have i*ue- tiled by his experieace and advice. To those wno ars weak, easily tired, nirvoiis, or whose blood u out of condition, Ur. Williams' 1'iuk ('ills come js a veritable boon, curing wnen all other med ones fail, and restoring those wno give inem a tair trial to a full measure of health and strength. They will be found an absolute cure for St. Vitus' dance, locomo'or a'.axia, rnaumatiam, ptralysi*. sciatica, the after fTectsof la grippe, loan of appetite, headache, >li//ineas, chronic erysipias, scrofula, ate. Thsy ar* also a specific tor IPS troubles peculiar to the female system, correcting irregularities, suppressions and all forms of fsmale weakness. In the case of men they ellect a radical cure in all cases arising liom nieutai worry, overwork, or excesses of any nature. Dr. \Viiliamt' Pink Pills are sold only in boxes Injaring the firm'* trade mark and wrapper (printed in nd ink), and may lie bad oi all druggist* or direct by mail from !>r. Williams' Sleilicme 1 'nmpany, Brockvi'le. On'., or Schennctady, \. \ ., at 5O cent* a box, or six boxes (or 3-J.30. The Clay Lamp-Wide. There has been n. vented a lamp-w.ck of lay whioh it is Claimed givee !."> per oent. more light than ths ordinary wick of cot- ton. The wicki, which have already been, UiBied by use in microscopical and labor- atory work and given perfect satisfaction ar* made capillary oy incorporating with tlie c.ay win'." MI a loft state tiUiut nt* al untuun YBget'ifcie tihro, which la burned out in the process o: milling. The object of llie inventor has been to pi ovule an indest ruoti- bit wick which tball posse** all the advan- tages and qualities of an ordinary cotton or filwr wick, and which (hall in addition burn an indefinite time without renewal or nee- assry of 'rri.ni.ug or care. Owing to the perfect ouinhu.it ion of the wick, the flams is perfectly white, without odor or smoke. The burning out of the fiber leaves capillary tubee through which the oil from the lamp is raised tothe flame. True Politeness. An excellent suggestlou was that con- tained in the rem*r< of a lit tie ten- year-old girl from the country, wiio had been visiting a summer friend in her city home. Did you have a good time ? naked ths child's 'mother when the girl came back from her week's visit. H.-nutiMil ' replied the little traveller, with <rea: eut.h'isiasm ; why, they were st :>ohte thoy ni Ie me feel just as if I was lie uue that was at home, and they were visitiu'. I had a Iwuut'.ful time ! For twenty-five years DUNNS BAKING POWDER I !:.! N|> vi I IN ^i^4Ui.