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Show WHIMS OP SEA-SICK PEOPLE. H The csptaln of a big liner aays chal H bo should consider himself a rich man gH If he had as many sovereigns as tber jf were cure for sea-alcknes. Kverj H person who sslls with him knows Jusl jgsaiLgtgef bow to act when tho "go roundand- hEsdE round sdrl of feeling" begins to aiaerl LaKlsflB llselt, and thcrs aro so many ccr- lOSXlv' tain remedies that ro.il de mer ougbl DJw?N long ago to have lost Us terrors. VsVuKls? During a very rough trip across tbs KmBjIV Atlantic, a well-dreeseil gentleman sat IJfjSfJ down In the renter of the wave-washes' MS?a deck, produced a photograph, and star- PSnKf! Id hard at it for hour Passengers HsjsljH?) who were In a condition to notlro his ftmfSi strange conduct thought he was gating WMiSw upon the face of hla beat girl, and MHKflaM winked knuwlngly st one another, but HglflBS their surmise was an erroneous one, j&XsHac The idinlngraph was realty a rcpre- ggfOHffl sentatlnn ot the gentleman's wurst en- HsHxU emy, and he firmly believed tbat If ho gsflaW glsred at It long enough the bitter gsasK thought aroused In his mind by tba IHgBl sight ot It would ward oft aea-ilcknces. gsafitaH "Fix )our mind upon some ono you RH hate," hn explained, 'and you will K never be III while nt sea." H There was a wild commotion on board another vessel one morn Ing. for H the captain found that some thief had H broken Into hi cabin lb.it night and H stolen bis best uniform A hue nnd cry was at ouc raited, and the rough H sailors, secretly enjoying tho Joke, H questioned' every one on board, not H oven aparlng tyie flrst-elsss passengers, H At last, however, ll.e missing unl- H form walked unsteadily from tho H cook's gvlley. and th person Insldo H made n bee line fur the bulwarks "I H always thought the togs raplalns'woro H we're a preventative of sea-sickness," JH he stullered "hut I'm afraid I've been H laboring under n delusion. Tell tho H skipper I'll let him have 'cm back In 1 half a minute-they're nn good to me." H One ut the sailors i a Vessel out- H ward bound for India -rushed on deck H with a livid face, and startled the cap- H lain by slating that seven passenger had licrn found dead la their berths, B Instantly assuming that there bod been foul play, tho captain aroused tho doc- lor and they went together to visit tba B stricken sleeping places. To all ap- penranre the frightened sailor had HBSBb spoken Ihe truth for passenger lay while and still, not a sign betraying H thst life still rcmalnid lo them. nBVI The doctor examined them, and then went away with a frown on hie face, HHyJ returning ahnrlly with a dapper little HHVJ Frenchman, who had made himself a H favorite with every uup,.' M "This gentleman will be able to set) BBVJ your mind it rest ciptaTu." remarked BVJ the doctor, and tbe FrcHehmun, with H a cateless smile, rabidly proceeded to BAJJ rouse all tho quiescent passenger. It H seemed that ho was A professional BBbJ hypnotist, and that for., foe of one HHVJ guinea he agreed to scyij; any ono who jH feared tu undergo the pang of sea- , HKVJ sickness Into a sound Aieslnerlo sleep, Ilut for the doctor' Interference, . BAVJ aald, his patient would hsvo slumber- . H rd until the shore ot , India wee "" sighted. |
