Walla Walla Statesman

The Sensation of Drowning.
A sailor named George Forbes, who was lost overboard from a scow in Lake Michigan and nearly drowned before he was rescued, thus describes the feelings he experienced on the occasion. We quote from the Detroit Free Express: I was feeling more courage and striking out with a will, when a sudden cramp catched me all over, and I could not do another stroke. I felt like a lump of lead. My head began to spin around, a great lump rose up in my throat and choked me, and my eyes closed as if a weight had been hung on the lids. I began to drown- I felt it; then came a feeling something like a red-hot rod being drawn through my brain. My head felt like fire. A humming, roaring noise went through my ears, and my body felt as light as a feather. The waves carried me about without an effort on my part, and I laughed-it seemed so curious that I actually laughed. I didn't care to be picked up-didn't care for Lizzie-only wanted to float and drift forever on the rollers. The water came into my face and mouth, but I never tried to keep my head up. I wouldn't have moved to have been aboard the scow. It grew darker and darker; the old fire feeling came through my head again. Something clutched me by the leg and drew me down. I rocked to and fro, felt a noise like the discharge of a cannon, and then dropped to sleep.