| Show v e rf t 0 A peculiar blindness by sleeping f in the moonlight t three cases of occurred on the british steamship acanthus which reached philadelphia the other day after the low lying hills fringing he shores of batavia faded from bew on the afternoon of july 14 for 80 days her crew of 60 officers and seamen baw no land sighted no vessel and encountered no storm among the crew are three seamen who during the run across the indian ocean suffered terribly from sudden at night alie result of that strange disease of the eyes prevalent in the tropics and know n to sailors as one bright moonlight night while the acanthus was steaming across the indian ocean one of them finding his berth in the forecastle too uncomfortably hot went out and lay upon the deck the moon waa nearing her full and shone almost directly 0 er heid when the watch was changed at mid he was and was horrified to find himself blind at first the captain thought the man might be J avoid going on duty but an investigation was made and it was und that he could not sec although hi ryes were wide open the calmet cal mit as at once diagnosed as a case of and the captain ciu his men against running such when day began to bicak s lagan to return and by sunrise he see as well as unusual had happened all of that day the case formed the chief top c of coiner artion and when night came two more men determined to the effect of the moon after a hours nap in the full alire of the moon both were cd totally blind an order from the ca lain rc Tented any further ex 1 ii of the cyns MANY still SPEAK GAELIC by xo jeana an lans figr in spite of its here A cow has acea from Vater tord to the char cl rc or 0 gaelic in maynooth May college ireland diio new appointee is of fahe gaelic league of dublin and as the first of the archaeological journal of waterford the opinion is iery general that gaelic is an or one nearly extinct and the labors of the gaelic society in diw york to revive its use have lent some color to that opinion op inon nevertheless as fi 13 the gaelic ton gnei is mast tenacious and according to the last reports is spoken though not exclusively by ns in the british isles in ireland in inhales Wales and m scotland though english is the official language of all these countries the pop of english increases slowly despite the disadvantage under which those who use gaelic labor that of hav irr no established grammar and no f alton in an way gaelic ra the colloquial of r tocas id in uhe coun i 3 11 c I 1 rge cities corae v 3 the lac aag e continues to lc copular op ular in of r arsin li tins has i tay t ay though many patriot c irish tie n h c by methods endear r t acy aint others less patriotic vi whap alie cf T 1 ur opan an bags uags has about lobbied in 75 yeara ave times as many er roris speak cogle as did in 1820 medal in the possession of the red jacket club of ua is a medal which the members of the club believe was given the famous seneca chief by george washing washington ton other folks have frequently questioned the authenticity of much to the indignation 0 the bans who assert that its claims to respect are beyond doubt medals almost exact duplicates of cited jackets they admit were presented to other indians bf note imp ahen cited jacket received one is distinguished from all the rest because on IDs rev terpe there pre U stars instead of 15 and remained in the hands of a single family from the time of the chiefs death until it became the property of its present owners |
