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I'cient'fio ' Light on the Problem , How We
TlTnk ,
INTERESTING RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS
nilllfiiift nf llrnhi Cell * CniiMcc-tnl on
Cln-nllM of 'I luiiiKlitN , \\orl.tiiu
on tinI'l lnctili- | u 'IVIi
Illume ( . ' ( -iid-iil OIIU-c.
At lft l fclent'fits Rtein to tc r < n the po'nt
of finding out what happens In the brain
vsh'n a pr-rnon thlnka. It has long been
Itnoui that the brain Is the thinking organ ,
but just how the tnak'ng of thought comfrt
about ban bei-n a pu/zle. The celebrated
Ca ban Is Rolved tlio matter offhand by rayIng -
Ing that the In n In spent on thought as the
liver sccreto.1 bile. This terfe saying passed
Into common utie , but noon came to be
icrognUed art a clever speech rather than nu
explanation of the mystery. Now , however ,
the moil recent researches of the micto-
Moplstrt are mak i.g It appear that after all
the taylng l.s not no far wrong , but that ,
corrntly Intel pi eted , It li > some measure
cxprc scH the facie. Of course thought
being intangible , hi not properly to be com
pared with bile or any otnrr physical sub-
tanop but It appears that the ptoctvPCH
In the brain which produce thought , and
u thont which thinking l Impossible , are
sttIdly comparable to those ohnnge'a Ui the
liver a d olhir orgotm wdlch produce the
tangible M'cretlous.
\ inmmlttei- British pbjolclans , acting
Jolntl } , has for Rome } c-ars been giving pnr-
tluilai attention to till * topic , and their ref -
f ran lies , though not } ct altogether complete ,
aln ad } nhiiw Home very Intere-sllng results
vvhii h taken together with these of 'n\cu-
tlKa'nr * en the continent , let us see a loug
wa } li.to the intrlcaciiv of the brain. It l
hhown tn equivocally , for example , that a
brain i > II. whidi ! n the real ) } Important part
of the Iriln. actual ! } loscd part of its sub-
btaiui dur ng action The bralii cells of
pi' ' , < .in an 1 of aulm.ilH that have.- died dur
ing u pi-rloil of git at exhaustion from ou-i-
t-xiitloi art- found to be gieatl } changed
from miili'lm of the n irmal cell din hi A
times of Ualth 11 d vior The cell of the
exhausted ! n ilu , instead of being plump ail
full of nei VOIM matter U < found to bo hol
lowed out ( H "va tioVUed. " a oivlty within
ItH dtibtae having formed and being filled
with vvatei Tills meniid that .1 part of the
( 11 silt statue has been auitallj consumed
during Ihe time of brain activitj. sueiluely
as coal h r i sunned when , ono getb heat
from n fu run e
It 1- fi niid. further , that if an animal
whifcc- brain cells aie thus exhausted It *
permit ted to rest and to bleep its cells
rapidlv rr-uper.itc. new mate-ilal being sup
plied from the blood until the vacuoUtlon
bun illt-appeaied. and the cell Is practically
n good u.s new again. Tlilri explains why
fleep ia ncres ar ) to our cxlsteft-e Durng
vvakitig IIOIIIB our lirainw are literally woin
nwa > and sleep Is the state during which
the repair she | > s of the brain make gooil
the damage' of the waking hours. Thuj the
brali , of a person who nuffers from insomi-ia
Is in the condition of a locomotive which
! inn night nikl da > without going to the
repalt- shops , and dls.inter munt ultimatelj
result
ii'M-'icT : OF SLinr.
It Is not sleep alone , however , that rests
the brain cell , though sleep Is absolutely
essential to lecnperatlon of the brain at > a
wholeHut not all partH of the brain are
Involved In any one kind of mental effort.
The bloi d supply of the brain Is so ar
ranged that by expansion or contraction of
different arteries parts of the brain may bo
Hushed with blood and other parts dammed
off HO to Kpexik , somewhat ns the various currents -
rents of an Irrigated Held aie regulated by
the gardener And as rapid Mow of blood U
cnsentlal to great mental activity , this meat n
that one pirt of the ibraln n'uy 'bo ' very ac-
tlvclv at work while another part Is renting
and rei .iperatlng I'htfl It Is that a pei.son
miff ring from 'Uiain fatigue may leave his
desk and go out Into the He-Ids with a golf-
bllik or on the highways with a bicycle ,
and. by diverting his niliid , give the over
worked cellb a chance to rest and recuperate.
Hut It must not be. overlooked that such ox
en * c Involves , other brain cells , which , in
tuin , become exhausted , and that , In the
end. for the tecuperatloii of the brain as a
\vhole , sleep Is nlxolutely essential. No
lccitatton , no medicine , no stimulant will
take its place- . The man who does not give
hlnthclf sullli'lent hours of bleep , or who Is
unaible to shep when he nukes the effort ,
Is literally binning away his brain t'Ulwtanco ,
and can no nmie keep on Indellnite-lj in this
ny than a locomotive can run on Indeln.tely
without getting flesh Mipplics of fuel.
In lira new view , It appears that each
Irani cell Is a soil of storage battery , which
can perform a certain amount of work and
then must be reehaiged. This likeness to a
butler ) Is fin ( her emplinslml by the fact
that the nature of the brain ccll'd work con
sists , Ilko Hint of any other battery , of the
M'udihg out of charges of energj along con
necting \\lres. or at least along libers that
may be likened to wltes Drain cells , wlii-n
examined under the mlcresoie , are found
nut to In- simple globular bodies , like i any
other kind , of cells On the eontrar ) they
am Irregul ir in shape , and when properly
stamid. llttlo w lie-like flbem can be seen
jutting nut from them In vailous diicctloiit < .
It Is along these libers that the messages
come > In the eel ) , and ether messages are
urn i out much as messages go and como
from a telephone ecntral olllce.
LIKI : \ TIUPIIOXI : CHNTIIAI , oi-Tiri : .
lhi.s llkuing of the brain to a telephonu
central uliluIn a comparls m ll.ut may be
eairled to a rtfi'urkable length. Indeed , no I i
other cmni'trii onerv ( MJ well to give ciiib
I
> v coirc < t iiutlnti of the method of binln
u , tlon lint until recently there was one
pltisc of i ie matter that could not be ex-
jiKilned H Is It tint the vacloiw nu > Higes
thai au > i > ii'lng ' ; through tlni bruin are dl-
rdtiil to piopei ( tunnels. anuKig these multi-
tinlltions vvltis'1 \\Urn jou call up the i
oe IK 1 i III < jou give u certain num'jcr ' ami |
the lullo pl-1" lounecls jour paitlcular wire
v\l h tli.it iiinnliii When > ou are throiign' '
talking Hit girl breaks the clivtilt utul you |
ran no I'm ' et ( .immunlcate along that line
Ilir is tin ! , , aiivthing hlml'iir to thlb nitiklng
nnO breaking of ircuim possible In the bralut
Asi nli lung ns it n , < teem , the aiiMM'r M
je. ) Tlieie In preclbely * ich a series ol
( hatgrs in the circuits of th brain cells us
Is effi tul by UK"hello girl with the tele-
plum i' u * s
Die nunncr of It h IhUIt'iccnt tudlc
cf 'uc huiin c-'l. partliularly those ir.-Jdo I ) >
u J | in pliyalulo at Hair. JM Cajnl , Imve
thinn tlmi inliiy of the wlrci which lead out
Irr.rn a CP | ! do not go on wl iterruptedly to a
1'Mmirallm In home nther distant cell , nn
tluy were formeily inippoodl to do. but In
stead ter.niiHte lu "b'lnd ' end * . " That lt > to
ta > the ) ' 'tin out toward older cells , bin I
do nut rt < h ( hem Such a Illlnc clearly
rumiut convey anj mif nui' . bccauto , like u
( "le'iilumi lre > tl-'it had heed cut , It iloon nnv j
lead . - ijAlu'e Hut uult-r certain cundltl'in.1
of ciimulu um a verj extniunlliuiry thing
happens The "blind" fiber under btlmu-
Ins fiMin no fnr..il ; cell , lengthens out until
It tcuihes a liber of a neighboring cell , and ,
tircMo' with Built a contact , a circuit Is
completed und n mc-st-igo llabhos between
the cells Manifestly M.ch cMiuliig tagelder
of the "blind" flbew Is ( trecUely comparable
to the "hello girl's" connecting of jour tele
phone with another And , < ia In the case of
telephones , eo In the case of the cellu , vvhrn
ilie couituuuUAttoa U completes ! , tlie conne : *
tltn In broken the pbers relraot and cr nr
to touch OHO nnother , nnd no furthc
mw-fnRc can be sent.
WHY Wi : SOMKTIMBS OHT Pl'Z7.U : .
Pomctlmts the telephoic girl eloca no
undcrftnntl your order , or report * that the
number you wUh Is "engaged. " and joi
( unnot send your mc'sage. Similarly , In
the brain , It nceins hometlmcs a If certain
drculu ttio vvlBhes to use are cnqiged U
other channels ; for bow often dc-rn cne
"purple litr I raltn" to iccall n fnct or a
name , which he feels that he knows per
fectly , but which will not come at command
And thi-n how , perhaps , hours afterward
the elusive name will Hash before him , as
If the telephone girl of his lualn cell had ( it
last FiiceceJed In getting the right connec
tion. WtiMi one reflects that each of these
wonderful brain cells IB microscopic In size
requiring , Indeed , n high power of the mi
croscope to make It visible , and tlmt there
arc billion * of them In n cubic Inch of brain
unbalance MKIs led to wonder that sifh
mistakes of tcnnectlon , or failures to con
nect do not occur oftuntr. As It Is. the
telephone olflro of the brnln ! easily the
most wonderful structure of which we have
any knowledge. The most delicate piece ol
u crude thing Indeed compared with the
tmirvclotM brain cell.
In time of war It oftens happens that nil
Invading aimy will cut the telegraph wlics
and ( leslioy itiHriimcnts and batteries al
the ciuttal otllceH. so th.it telegraphic ami
mechanism evtr deviled by human hands 13
telephonic communication becomes Impels !
bio. A precisely similar destruction of
brain fibers and brain cells occurs under cer
tain conditions of disease. The familiar
disease ixtreslj , for example , consists essen
tially of Just mch a destruction of the brain
structures as this Day by dav , In the pa-
retlo's brnni , dl.vaso Is making Inroads upon
the dc-llcatc mechnnlcm of the cells nnd ,
correspondingly , the Herts that could nlono
lesult from the activities of those cells are-
annulled fotevcr When such destruction
has goti- far , Involving many ets of ccllw ,
It In as Impossible that the parctlc's mind
should act normally as that n telephone
rybtcm should operate with Hues cut und
batteries destroyed.
vi'\iv M\V
Scniir llcrnnliciis tin MIlH'lir of ( lie
spnillsh I.t-Kiilliiii in IsTit.
Senor Polo de Ilcrnahe , tho' new Spanlsl
minUter who succeeds the depaitlug Ie
I.nme. will .not llud hlm elf among stn nge rs
In Washington , sa > s the New Yotk Herald.
lie knows the life of the American capital
Ilko a book having spent eight .soars In the
diplomatic berviceat Washington , beginning
a * , attticho In 1S73 , when his father , the gul
lant Adinlial Polo , ab
minister to the t'nlteil Statca.
The ic-w mlnlbter inailo ina'.iy warm
| file-ill ) when previously fcening In this
countiv aii'l his fnthur is rt-inembcreil ( is a
in-ill of remarkable forceof chnatter.
The naiiio of the > otmger Dernabo recallt
, a homc-lj , bojish lookltiK attache wliote f-icc
' wore a perpetual smile , alnio-t a bread nrl'i
| kullcatlvo of unfailliiK good natureHut
I that was eighteen or twenty je-irs ago. Now
i lin comes luck at the ime of 13 , with the
illgnit > of inertiih ns > efirs and a reputation
i for illploimc > and sehoUirly attainments most
gratifjlng to tboie who knew him as u
lledgllng.
Penor do Ilc-maho hrlng < i with him a vcr >
Io\ely wife , the datiKhter of Scnor Monde/
du Vlgo , pieicnt amib.itEodor of Spain t
llurlln , to whom he was married n few sea
s-cns ago. They have no children. The pre0-
e-nt Spinish leg-itlon \VabhIiigton wa--
leased liv Sc < ior de Lome for several yeats
so It will be the residence of his successor
It Is a handsomely equipped official home-
The walls aie covered with tapestries and
paintings and the house Is fitted throughout
with he-avllj carved furniture.
In the olllce a fine oil painting of Admlrol
I'olo. f-ither of the new minister , hangs ,
There IK a striking lesemblance between the
< td ! diplomat nnd sailor in gorgeous uniform ,
his breast glittering with many orders , and
n likeness of the > oung Polo < de Bcniabo.
which appears among the legation photo
graphs. Admiral Polo was minister of Spain
atV.i hliiBt i from 1S72 through a greater
part of 1S75 , succeeding Scn.ir Roberts , a
mojt popular Spinish representative.
The new minister was born In Madrid
foity-nvo years ago anil Is of a family that
has known admlnjble service with Its gov-
einmtiut on land and , ea. He entered the
sei-vlui as atturho In Washington in 1873 ,
v.as promoted to third
secretary In 1S75 , re
maining hero until 1SS1 , when , after eight
jcari' service , he was transferred to the
foreign olllce at .Madrid.
In 1SS2 he was ap.
pointed pc-cond hcrretary to Holland , from
which posit lie leturned In 1SSS to the for
eign olllce at Madrid. His elevation to the
rank of mlnlMer followed shortly after
when , frim minister to i : ypt and later to
MiM/ll. ho returned to 'becpme ' chief of the
commercial section of the foreign olllee of
Spain.
Senor do IJernabe Is slight , short of
stature , very blonde , with .scant h.ilrsand
beird. An excellent llngnlst , the new mln-
Istjci Is alto 11 man of many other accom
plishments He writes well , valuable tre-at-
Iwe-H on commercial questions being nnung
his works His knowledge of commercial re
lations Is halil to be thorough and highly eh
teemed by Ms country.
j aiimirai juc.rom . ie liernabe , the father
of the newlv appointed minister , was known
I In Washington as a man of great Integrity
I nf character and dignity and of delightful
| personality During his , entire term of w rv-
I Ice at Washington this was one of the meat
I Important posts In the entire Spanish dlplo-
I nvMlc K'rvlce. ns the ten vears' war in
Cuba was In progress and many questions
were constantly arising re-qulrlng gveit dlp-
lomntie fit III and n high order of ability for
, their dlscii'fllon
I I It wns while In Washliigtcn that the Unite I
I ' States and Snaln were brought to Ihe verge
of war bv the Vliglnlus affair. He con
ducted with Secretary Fish n voluminous
conespoiidenco em this case and his dls-
pi-tclies show that he had mattered every de-
till of nil the questions which nroco during
I'rt dlicutslon Ills inaljsls of the docu-
month and the depositions relating to this
affair and his argument In nupport of the
contention that the Vlrglnlus had no legal
right ti My the Ame-ilf-an flag , constituted
on able pre-sentatlm of the Spanish care.
u KM.mse. TIII : iivnv.
I'IIIKI'N Joy OviiIn ( * Vrrlvnl ofiiin -
ln-r Our.
The story In of a .voung and devoted father ,
rtlaics I'earH'w'H ' Weekly. The baby was his
Hist and he wanted to weigh It.
"It's n bumie'r' ' " he exclaimed. "Where
are thi > sca'es' "
The domestic hunted up an old-fashioned
pair , and the proud joting father assumed
charge of the operation.
"I'll try It at eight pounds , " ho said , slid
ing the weight along the beam at that
flture.
"It won't do. She weighs ever so much
more * than that. "
Ho Mid the weight along several notches
farther
"lly George ! " be said. She welgghs more
limn ten pounds 11 1213 II ! la It pos
sible ? " '
He set the baby anil the i-calcs down and
rented himself a moment.
"Hippest baby I ever saw , " he panted ,
resuming the weighing process. Fifteen and
< i half 10 ! This thing won't weight her
See , sixteen U thn last notch , and she Jerks
It up like a feather ! do and get a big pair
of denies at BOIUO nelghbor'b. I'll bet a
tenner that she weighs over twenty pounds
Millie , " he fchnuted rubbing Into the next
room , "shu's the blgge-bt baby In Ibis coun-
tr > welchs over sixteen pounds' "
"What did you weigh her on ? " Inquired
the ) ount ; mother
"On the old scalca In the kitchen "
"Thu figures on those are. only ounces , "
uhei replied ( illicitly , "ilrlug mo the ) baby ,
jojju. "
NAVAL HEROES AND VICTIMS
Ainoricnn Sailors Who Have Met Disaster a
Kttns and Abroad ,
THERE WERE MANY SUCH MISFORTUNES
lint \ttt tin .tinny UN In ( lie
.Yin jMini I'd 11 ml M 1 1 ii n for
Snvr 'I lirllllnu ; MomviitN
* *
< ui Sllliiliiinril.
There have been disasters In the Amerl
can nivy bufotc. There have been disasters
111 all the navies of the world , but It will be
found that In tlie number of the catas
trophes and In the the bearing of theolll
cols and men of the Amcrkan navy In the
face of death there Is no room for the self-
complacent Ilrltlch tncer of the St. James
tli7t > tto when It declares editorially : "The
discipline upon American war ships , accord
ing to Ililtlsh Ideas , Is very lax. " Statis
tics show that with due regard to the dis
parity In the number ofeasels and sailors
them have been more casualties In the
niie-en's ? navy than In that of the United
Statcc.
In the whole record of the serious disas
ters which have overtaken Uncle Sam's
chips In times of peace , relates the Chicago
Tribune , there la not to toe found one In
stance of lack of discipline , carelessness or
cowardice. The stories touching the bear
ing of olllcers and crews of American ves-
fce-ls overtaken by tempestuous seas , vvteckeil
or cut to the water's edge by collision , are
Biith ns to makp every American feel that
Ihcro hd been no degeneracy In discipline
since * the days of the elder Porter , Haln-
brldge and Docatur.
In the number of men lost the accident
to the Maine leads nil the other casualties
In that part of the navy's iccord written In
time of peace. Some of the other UK-asters
have been attended , perhaps , with more horror
ror , because ) before death came In miny In
stances there were long hours of suspen.se
and of struggling against fate. Mot't of the
men of thu Maine went to Instant death
In the first month of the je.ir 1S70 the
United States steam sloop of war Onelda
went to the bottom of the Hay of Yeddo ,
carrying with It twenty-four olllcers and ir > 2
men. It is questionable whether the ac
count of the loss of this vessel be pleasant
reading for Ilrlllsh eyes. It was a dark
night and a foggy one. The Hrltlsh mer
chant steamer llombay crashed into the
stern of the American vessel and practical )
can led away Its whole quarter. The Ilrltis > li
steamer was uninjured It proceeded on Its
way , refusing to answer the halls to "stand
by" which came from the deck of the
Onelda. A large number of the One-Ida's
boats were sto\e In and rendered useless
Into what were left thirty men , told off.
were placed. Then the remainder tcols their
placed well forward and awaited death. In
less than fifteen minutes from the time of
the collision the Onelda sank.
The Ilombay , aftur leaving tho. American
ship to Its fate , put Into the nearest port
The captain's verbal report of the disaster
to an attache of the Hrltlsh consulate was
"I have this day cut the whole quarter off
a d d Yankee frigate anil it served It
bloody well light. "
Captain I : . I' . Williams commanded the
Onelda. The men he caused to be placed In
the boats were the shlp't , siok. The sur
geon he ordered to go with the Invalids. .
Not one man of those to whom deatli was a
ecitalnty murmured at the. captain's act.
The htirgeon and the sick biw the men standIng -
Ing on the deck * and fearless ! } awaiting the
fate which soon came.
ADMIRAL SICAUD'S MISKOHTUNH.
It Is perhaps forgotten today outside of
naval circles , that Hear Admiral Slcard ,
commanding the squadron off the Dry Tor-
tugas , once lost by wrecking a vessel under
bis command. It happened twenty-eight
> ears ago tie\t October and the scene of
the wreck was Ocean island , in the south
Pacific. The admlml was then a Ileiitenai.t
commander in charge of the United States
steam sloop Saginaw. It was the subsequent
heroism of an olileer and four men of the
Saglnaw that mm keel the account of this
disaster as one of the bright pages of Amer
ican naval history. The Saginavv ran on a
reef in an unexplored sea. It wau an earl }
hour In the morning. The commanding olll-
cer had been on deck all night , alert , know
ing that ho was coming to the vicinity of
Oce.m Island. Speed was diminished to four
ami then to two and one-half knots , while
soundings with the lead were constantly
made. There was a bree/e dead astern. Sud
denly the lookout called "Ilreakers ahead ! "
The command was given to back the- engines
The topsails bad been set for an hour nnd
there w is not power enough In the vessel's
t'tcam ' plant to drl\o the ship hack while
the wind In the filled topsails drove her for
ward. The Pagin.uv struck the reef , stove a
great hole In her bow , and the crew were
compelled to take to the boats. They caved
largo quantity of Mores from the wreck and
with them landed on a dtt-ert Island hun-
Ireds of miles from tlio nearest point of
possible communication with the civilized
world. The shipwrecked mariners were far
out of the ordinary course of vessels and it
seemed piobahlo that rnly a bare chance
cou'd save them from ultimate starvation.
After a week's stay rci the bare reef Lieu
tenant Commander Slcard asked for five vol-
mteors to man a small boat and undertake
a perilous voyage of 1,500 miles o\er a track
ers ocean to Honolulu Nearly ever } man
a the fhlp'ij company volunteered to attempt
i Jouii.O } of which there seemed but one
chance In a hundred of successful accom-
illshment. The commanding oltlcer chose
Vcutenant Talbot to command the forlorn
lope , and chose for service under him Coxa-
wain William Halford , Seamen Peter Fran-
Ms , James Mulr ami John Andrewu One
of the ship's boats was partly decked over
with material from the wreck of the Sag-
naw. A small mast wa stepped and pio-
\lslons and a coinias were put on board
riien the expedition started while the
wrecked crew cheered from ihe conil reef.
That frail bark kept on Its way day and
light for a week , otll er and men Inking
uin anil turn about at the bars. At tlmen
ho w nd was with them and then the sail
lelped wonderfully. At other tlmeu , with
llio breeze dead ahoid , they could but croup
tlong , working laboriously at the oars.
AWKUL EXPiiUICNCB : IN A OALI3.
Finally a gale overtook them and for two
dajs and two nights they expected to be
> verw helmed. There- wes no Bleep for nny
no of the llttlo comiuny , and \\hllc two
ullid at the oars to keep the craft's head up
n the wind the others balled. At last a
e spileciinic , mil by lot one mnn was se
eded to watch for an hour , while the ol'ieis
slept. For tx > cnt-four hours they lay to.
r } ing to recover from the effects of the ex-
-itlon of the struggle with the elements. < A
aigo part of the provisions had been almost
ulned by bca water and the supply of friMi
sater ran short I'lun there were das of un-
old suffering The food wait bull-water soakcil
atul Mansions mid created u burning till re.
Nhleh the men did not dare to fully gratify
localise of the shortness of ( ho water uupply
Olicngth was rapidly leaving them , and
et It was necessary to toil at the. oar.-t.
Lieutenant Talboi was 111 almost unto dratb ,
} ot h kept a cheerful face-and Inspired tlio
men by hU > example. Ho worked with a will
burn of spirit rather than of strength.
One day , after a computation. Lieutenant
Talbot canto to the conclusion that owing
to an error In an Instrument they had gone
out of their course. The Information came
Ilko a deathblow to the men. There waf
nothing to do , however , but to change tlio
vcssel'ii head and go MI once mart' . More
days passed by and the exhaustion of two of
the men was so great that they could not
xlt In their places at the oars but fell Inert
at tlio bottom of the boat. The condition of
all nns desperate. Their tongues \\rro t > o
swollen that they could not swallow the
little * food they had. Toward evening of
that dreadful day land was sighted. Lieu
tenant Talbot and Coxswain Halford man
aged to make- some headway with the oare
and a favoring brte/o helped. At daylight
Iho next morning the shore lay before them
but a mile distant , a heavy line of breakers
Intervening Heyond the white wall of surf
they saw men on the heath
At that moment of supreme joy their boat
struck a rock nnd In a moment was over
turned. All the members of that heroic
cnnv were too weak to itrupglo and all tavu
ono \vcro drowucil when tlio lone-bought land
wai almost under their feet Coxswain Hal-
ford managed to struggle for a few minutes
with the waves , then he was caught by a
breaker and thrown to the- sandy phore. Ho
was resuscitated * wJlh difficulty , and then
he found ho was on the beach of one. of the
Hawaiian Islands and that he was the only
survivor of theboat1 * crew. He told his
story , and within twenty-four hours two
steamers were dispatched from Honolulu to
the res-cue of Lieutenant Commander Slcard
and his men , who were found well and
hearty , though living on somewhat fhott
rations.
WRECK OF THE HfllON.
In late- November of the year 1S77 the
United State ! ' steamship Huron , a new Iron
vessel , was wrecked off. Nag's Head , on the
coast of North Carolina , and of a ship s
company of 132 officers nifd men only thirty-
four1 were saved. The cause has never been
thoroughly understood. There was only a
moderate gale blowing at the time , though
there was a tremendous sea running It has
been supposed that some local magnetic
attraction disturbed the compass and threw
the veisel off Its proper course. At any
rate , It struck the rocks and In less than an
hour the disaster was complete The wreck
of the Huron will be ever memo-table for
the heroism displayed by Cadet Engineer
Luclen Young and Seaman Williams. Youtig
had been out of the Naval academy little
more than a vear. When stationed on the
European squadron he had distinguished
himself by jumping overboard and saving
the llfo of n wllor who had fallen Into the
water from ono of the yards and had been
partly stunned by the fall. On the night
when the Huron struck there appeared but
one chance to save any part of the crow
No fjoat could have lived for a moment In
the pounding , grinding sea. A volunteer was
nskcd for to attempt to carry n line to the
shore. Young volunteered to maKe the trial
and Seiman Williams said that he would go
with him. The cadet and the sailor took
what Is krown as a half a , attached a rope
and made their way out upon a spar and
thence dropped into the Icy water. A great
wave threw them back against the spar and
Young was baJly bruised by the contact ,
but ho stuck to his task and succeeded , with
Williams , In escupli g death among the wave-
beaten rocks and In reaching the shore be-
ioml. To these two American seamen many
of these who escaped from the wrecked
Huron owe their lives.
On the sanc's ' and reefs of Samoa ten years
ago were wiccked the United States vessels
fienton , Vamlalla and Nlpslc. Forty-seven
American olllcers and men there lost their
lives. The story of the loss of these vessels
and lives has In It the recltn' ' of a showing
of undaunted American heroism , coupled
with r nuance , which it Is hard to equal In
the truthful annals of the sea. At the time
of the wrecking of the Yankee vessels tlnee
German war ships were destroyed , the loss
of life upon them being much heavier than
upon ours. The German vessels were the
Olga. Adler and Hber. There was In the
Pamoan harbor at the same time her ma
lt-sty's ship Calliope. This vessel vvap the
inly one which went through that awfu :
: ntrrlcano unscathed. It owed its safety 1101
: o superior seamanship , but to the fact that
Its powerful engines enabled It to put to
sea and there with prow to the blast outride
the storm.
On I'rlday , March lli. 1SSD , at 1 o'clock
In the afternoon. Indications of bad weather
were apparent on the hori/on. The coming
disturbance wjs Hr t notlcc-d b } the Ameri
can commanders , who at once made picpara- |
II 113 to meet It. The lower yards were sent i
down , the topmasts housed , llrcs lighted and j
steam was raised , ( The Trenton , flagship ,
held the outborth. while the Niirtic held t ic
Inner. At : < o'clock it wa blowing a gale
An hour later the port bow cable of the
Trenton patted. The Vandalla tiled Us
best to steam out In the- face of the gale ,
but there was not power enough in Its
engines to keep the vessel's head In the
teeth of the blast , and the fahip went crash
ing on to a leef.
THRILLING SCHNHS AT SAMOV
All night long the storm Incrcai-ed In
violence. The flagship at daylight lost Its
wheel , and , though relieving tackle Jntl u
spare tiller were Instantly attached , It was
found that the rudder was broken , and they
were useless. The Trenton was leaking
badly , and. though bedding vvna jammed
into the fissures and all hands went to
work balling , the vv < itcr gained and SPOII
put out the fires. Two of the Trenton's
anchor- held and It was not } et swept from
its moorings. At 9.30 on the morning of
Saturday the hurricane way at Its height ,
and It was then that the Hitlsh vessel , the
Calliope , steamed out of the harbor. It
had a hard task in making It , but It suc
ceeded As the English whip went by On ?
Trenton , over which sc3.s were every in-
etnnt 'breaking ' , the crew of the Yankee vc1-
tel , reall/lng that , while death stared them
in the face , their Hiltlsh brothers wore- going
to safety , ceased for an Ins'tant ' thci > - work
at the pumps and sent three cheers ncioss
thcho boiling waters to the more- fortunate
comrades on the Calliope. The cheer was
answered in good British style-
In the afternoon the wind hauled n bit ,
and the flagship parted It ! ' two chains and
drifted toward the eastern reef Magnificent
seamanship on the part of Captain Faro.ii-
har and his navigating olllce-r kept the ves
sel from striking the reef. The attempt
was made to set slormsalls , hut it was In
effectual. Then i last hazardous experi
ment was tried. The men were ordered to
: he yards , there to form a living sail , as
they stood with their bodies In a compact
nah'i side by side and with arms encircled.
To attempt to mount aloft In that hiiirlcanc
seemed certain death. Fearing that there-
night lu < a hesitancy to obey. Naval Cadet
Jaclu'on , little more than a boy , spuing to
: he ladder and led the wa } aloft , followed
) } the crew. The cxpc-diem was succei's-
'ul In keeping the vessel from the reef ,
Tlong which it drifted in the direction of
the German vesw-1 Olga , which twMeo
avoided collision with the- almost helplcts
Trenton by a skillful uce of steam and helm
finally the Trenton renclud the vicinity of
the Vandalla , which was en the reef with
great was breaking over It every moment
and rapidly going to pieces. Captain Schoon-
naker of tlio Vandalla , with many of his
nen nnd olllcers , had been nuc-pt overboard
and drowned long before. The commander
tad been on the bridge through the whole
of the storm , and , weakened Ilnallj by the
constant pounding of the waves , he wns
inablu to stand the strain. 1IU' last word
vas ono of encouragement and hope to
ils men. and then , with four others , he
vas carried to his death. Of the ofllcers and
crew of the Vnmlalla at the ( line the Tren
ail came alongside thirty-nine were dead
Ihe lest wcro In the rigging , expecting
cveiy moment that the masts would go b )
ho board , and that they would meet the
ate of their comrades.
When the Trenton'k olllcew saw the peril-
tils pohltlon of the Vnnd ilia's crew they ro-
olved to nave their brothers Rockets with
lues attached were sent over the Vnndalia's
Igglng , and then tlio Trenton's men hegan
ho dangerous work of saving. Captain
"arquhar ordered the flagship's hand Into
h - rigging , wheretho musicians were
ashi d. They had thulr Instrumentii w Ith
hem.
"Play the 'Star Spangle * ! Manner , ' " ordered
'aptaln 1'arquhar.
The nuiKlu came with a will , and the
lotes of the national anthem rosoovor the
'oar of the waters and the howl of the
hurricane.
To the strains of ( he anthem the crow
of the Trenton dined cviTthlng They
crept out on the storm-nwe-pt spars and gave
helping IIJMI'H to the incniborn of the Van-
dalla's crew Every man succeeded In gain
ing the flagship' * deck. An the last rallor
reached the firm planking the music of "The
Star Spangled Hannor" ceased , and at the
saiy liiBlant the masU of the Vandalla
w /1 by the boird.
The Btorm abated. The Nlpslc was well
/eachod , but badly broken lip. The seven
men low by that veusel vvero drowned while
attempting to launch a boat Tim leportci
of the tolllccro of the three American nhlj |
told of the heroism of the common solloni ,
but said nothing of their own The story In
full came from admiring aliens.
.ni'TiiiMiv : : .AM > TIII : mn. : MITIOV ,
Sriiiilnr IIH | ' . < ' ' ( iriinlili * I'lrliirc of
.Ii > n < TH < > u mill ! IIIK ( iri-lll VVcirl. .
Thomas Jefferson , to whom thin momen
tous work had htf-n fntrustcd , writes Henry
Cabot LodgeIn Fcritiiier'g. came a young
man to congress , preceded by a decided
reputation as a man of ability and a vigorous
and felicitous writer Ilia engaging man
ners and obviously great talents secured to
him immediately the regard and affection of
his fellow-members Hit was at ( * > , o placed
on a committee ) to draft the declaration of
the rcawui ( or taking ujj arms , auil then
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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
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Agricultural Implements
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Jobbers of Farm Machinery.
and nugclei - Cor. Sth and Jone * .
ART GOODS
Picture Moldings.
Mirrors , Frames , Backing and Artlsttf
Materials.
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WKS1CKN A (1 KM HI Oil
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Rubbers and Mackintoshes.
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Beefs , Shoes and Rubbers
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RUBBER GOODS
Owner of Chief Brand Mackintoshes
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AT WHor nsAi.rj.
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BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS.
SYRUPS ,
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CHICORY
Growers nnJ monufacturera of nil forma of
Chicory Omalia-Premont-O'Nell.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE
Jinjiorttr and tTobbtr
Crockery. C/nnt , Glassware ,
Silver Plated Ware. Looking masses. Chan
deliers , Lamps , Chimneys , Cutlery , lite ,
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CREAMERY SUPPLIES
The Sharpies Boimparcy
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and Supplies.
Oollcrs , nnglnes , Kecil Cookers. Wood Pul.
leys. Shafting. IJeltlns , Ilutttr Pack-
iies of all UlndH.
S07-903 Jones St. -
on ono to reply to the propositions of Lord
.Vorth. Po well did he do hlb part , and so
much did ho Impress his associates , tli.u
when the re-solution for independence ) wan
leferred , he wan chosen to stand at the
head of the committee ) and to him was en
trusted the work of drafting the dec aratlou
No happier choice could have been made.
It was In Its wa > as wlfco nnd fortunate as
the bclcctloti of Wadhlngton to lead the
aimlca. This was not because Jefferson was
the alilett man In the cougress. In In.ellect-
ual power anil brilliancy Franklin surpassed
him , ami John Adams , who , Ilko Kranklin ,
was on tlie committee , wus a stionger Uiaiac-
ter , a better lawjer , and a much more
learned man Hut for this particular work ,
so momentoiia to Aineilca , Jefferson was bet
ter adapted than any o.her of the able men
who si'iuruted America from Kngland. He
was , above all things , the child of his time
Ho had the eager , open mind , the robust
optimism , the deslro for change 10 charac
teristic of those memorable years with which
the elghtee-oth tenairv clcsed. Instead of
fearing Innovation , ho welcomed It as a good
In Itself , and novelty alwajfc appealed to him.
whether It appeared In the form of a plough
or n government. He was In full end utter
sympathy with his time and with the ) greni
forctu than bcglrcilng to 'lr Into life Others
might act from convictions on the question
of taxation ; others mill because they fell
that separation from England was the only
way to save tneir liberty , but to Jefferson
Independence hail come to mean the. right uf
the people to rule
Y < t despite its general acceptance , which
thowt-d Its po itical strength , It was a great
and memorable document Krom that day
to this It has been lintened to with reverence )
by a people ) who have grown to be A great
nation , and equally from that day to this It
has been tiitt subject ut tocro criticism.
DRY GOODS.
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Impeller * and Jobbers of
Dry Goods , Fnrmslnng Goods
AND NOTIONS.
DRUGS.
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a V. WELL13II , V. Treat.
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Order tirnil for Catalogue.
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Druggists and Stationers ,
nee" Specialties ,
Cigars , Wlniu nnd Ilrantilet ,
Corner 10th and Ilurney Btreetb
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Company
Electrical Supplies.
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S. W. Corner irth nnd Howard Sta.
Membere of the National l.t.-iKUe of Commli
Eton Merchants of the Lulled States.
FURNITURE
i WHOUKSALB
Furniture Draperies
1115-1117 Furnem Btreet.
GROCERIES.
13th and Loavciiwortli St.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
1C A A\D COFFEE ROISTERS , Etc.
Meyer & Eiaapke ,
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FINE GROCERIES
I Teas , Spices , Toliaccc nni >
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IMPOHTHUS.
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AMU J0111ll.\a GHOCEU9.
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,11'f'rs
NKtl , HAHni.tH < IX1 > COt.LAllB
i uf leather , Aurfilrrlltintwiitc / , Kte ,
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HARDWARE.
Wholesale Hardware ,
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Wholesale Hardware.
Bicycles and tipoi tin ? UocilB. 1U10-U1-23 Uur-
uuy dtieot.
The reverence lu right , the criticism mis
placed , and founded on misunderstanding.
Tfio declaration Is divided Into two parts
First , the Htatemcnt of certain general prln-
nlples of the rights of men and peoples , and ,
secondly , on attack on CJcorge HI as n tyrant ,
setting forth In a finrlra of propositions thu
wioiifs done by him to the Amedcanb which
justified them In rebellion Orltlclemi ban
been directed firbt agaiiMt the ultuck on the
king , then to the originality of the dndrinen
enunciated , then against Iho statement or
the right * , nf man. Jeffeieon's "bclf-cvldc-nt
trntliE , " and finally against tdu style
The la'it erltlcl-in Is eahlly dltipaKed of.
Year after year , for more than a century
the Delineation of Independence has been
r-olcinnly read In every city , town and hamlet
nf the United Slate * to thousand * * of Amerl
cans who have heard It over and over ugair.
and who listen to It In mcrc-nt silence ana
rejoice that It Is theirs to read If It had
been badly written tliu most robust patriot
ism would be Incapiiblr of thlx h'iblt. I-'alK < >
rhetoric or turgid hentt'iices would have bee i
their own de-aid ujriant. and the pervading
American scriiiof humor would have Keen
lo Itei execution. The mere fact that Jcffer-
woa's worclB have Mood AUK ( totally thin end
less repetition Is infallible proof that the
declaration has the true ami high lllerar >
quality which alone eould have preserved
through such trials Its Irnprc-ii8lvcn vti und
Its favor. To those who will study itic
declaration carefully from the literary Hide
U Is fcoon appuront that thu nngllfih is fine ,
the tone noble and dignified and the utjlu
utroiig , clear nnd Imposing
TinUnllc. .
Dctrc/lt Journal "And the ghost has not
walked1' cxi Iilmed thu Leading Juvenile ,
with emotion
Thu Low Comedian luut'htu. forfc-fJtUnir ,
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' i'lC bnutli 14th St.
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llnrney Street.
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1001 Kiirnnm StreoU
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Liquors and Cigars ,
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PLANING MJLL ,
M.imif.n turcis of do TB. f.ifh , blinds oinoc ,
toi.ml c.ilinin ll\uro ? IjFtlnntca furnished
in an > Mini uf nil I v\oik
Til 1 79 Mill ! < lh anil Duvonport Sts
OILS-PAINTS
Famf Co.
lIANUFACTUnCIlS
Air Floated I\l'literal \ Paint
And Pnlnl of All Klmls Putty. Eto ,
1015 and 101T Jonea St.
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Gnto.lne , Turpcnllne | , Axle GreaBC. Etc.
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Printing Paper ,
Wrapping Paper , Stationery ,
Comer Uth and Howard it reel * .
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Manufacturers and Jobbers of S ten in , Oa and
Water Supplies of All Kinds.
[ \8igfed \ States
w Supply Co . . .
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Steam Putnps , Hnglnea nnd BollcrH. Pipe ,
Wind Mills , Steuni nnd Plumbing
Material. UItlne , Hoss. Ktc.
TYPE FOUNDRIES
G
Type Foundry
Superior Copper Mixed Type li tb * but on
th * Dirrket.
L.iCTnOTYITJ FOUNDllT.
1114 Howard Btreot.
for the nonce , his habitual niisteilty of
"No,1'he ' icjolntij. when ho hud done
laughing. "Tlie Kli st Hcems to be Incllniil
to Hhlrlc tin- willing on Ihe lent of us "
Hut tin * Low Coimilliui
did not miy It vvns
time to net , aril mud ) could bo fort'lveu
.III MillMJ ( ilir.uuv.
llllllKllllllllll Of II HlllHI Wild \VllN fit
fllNI-ll | l | , . .
When Mrs Prank Johncon of 812 Church
street , Kvaiibton , Imd llnlshud Btiiiper Mon
day evening a tramp applied at her kitchen
door for hoineth ng lo oat , relates the Chi-
cage. Chronicle He was C feet 3 Inchru
tall and looked hungry. The big man wau
seated at the table and Mrs. Johnson plated
the meal before him.
Then the tramp J-sked his hostess for a
piece of pic This favor Mrs. Johnson was
niittlde to grant The tramp became Inkolent
und tfho toll ! him to cut his supper and ire
Angered at the refimil ho nelzed his plate !
deposited Its conti nu on the face ) of his
hostfks , who ran set earning from thu
kitchen.
"An hour later the tramp was brought be
fore a polite magistrate , lined upon the tes
timony of Mrs Johnson and the servant ami
paced In a cell There the olIKers searched
him and , despite his resHtanco. which wai
speedily overcome , found tbreo bags of coin
Ono ban tonluliied J30 In 60 and 25-tcnt
pletet ) . A sefoml bag contained 10 In nickels
and a third * „ flllul with dlmt-l , to thu
amount of J10 Il ( ) refiucd to pay bin fine *
Ho gave the name of John Olson.
CMIdrui and .jduitg tortured by burru
cale ! , injurlef. , eczema or tkln dltevuvs muy
secure instant relief by using DoWltt'i WltcL
Hazel Salve. It li tno rcat Pllo rea dr.