THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
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UniNO tho contlnuanco of the present
war thoro havo boen recordod scores
of actB of gallantry and high heroism
by tho sailors of nearly all the natlonB
ongagod. Tho complete chango that
has been mado In tho vessels of war
within tho last "thirty yoars has had
no effect apparently upon tho Bailor.
Ho Is tho samo foarless and self-sacrificing
fighter against man and tho
olomonta that over ho was.
In tho North sea and In tho Modi
torranoan wo read almost dally ol feats of con
spicuous personal gallantry on tho part of tho
modern seamen. Sailors aro said to bo much
alike tho world ovor. Tho .United Statos Is not
engaged In war, but If It woro It Is believed that
our drcadnaughts would bo manned by tho samo
kind of mon that mado famous tho Constitution,
tho Constellation, tho Kcarsargo, the Hartford and
tho other old frlgatos and ships or tho lino.
In tho navy department In Washington thero
aro tho records of American Bailors' daring on
many high occasions. Tho seaman always Is In
danger, bolng compelled to engago in InBtant war
with tho elemonts. So It Is that where thore Is
pcaco on land tho sailor Is novor Buro of peace at
ea. Wind, tho wavo and tho lightning always
seomlngly aro ready to declare hostilities, and
then thoro aro tho other porlls of tho deop tho
doroUct, tho rock, and, when tho fog hangs heavy,
tho moving ahlp whoso warning signals havo been
unheard or havo been misunderstood.
In tho whole record of serious dlsastors which
havo ovortakon Dnclo Sam's ahips In tlmo of
poaco thoro In not to bo found ono Instance of
lack of discipline, careloBBncss, or cowardice
Tho stories touching tho bearing of ofllcors and
crows of American vossols ovortakon by tem
pestuous seas, wreckod or cut to tho water's odgo
by collision, aro such as to make every American
fool that thero has boon no degenoracy In dis
cipline since tho days of tho oldor Porter, Daln
brldgo and Decatur.
In tho number of mon lost the accldont to tho
Malno loads all the other casualltles In that part
of tho navy'a record written In tlmo of poaco.
In tho first month of tho year 1870 tho Unltod
States Btoam sloop of-war Oneida went to tho bot
tom of tho bay of Yoddo, carrying with It 24
offlcora and 152 mon. It is questionable whothor
tho account of tho Iobs ot this vohsoI bo ploaBant
reading for British oyos. It was a dark night
and a foggy ono. Tho British merchant stearaor
Bombay crashod into tho atom of tho American
vessol and practically carrlod away Its wholo
quarter.
) Tho British stoamor was unlnjurod. It pro
cdodod on its way, rofuslng to answer tho halls
to "Btand by" which camo from tho dock of tho
Oneida. A largo number of tho Onolda'B boata
woro Btovo in and rondorod usoloss. Inu u-hat
woro loft 30 mon, told off, woro placed. Thon tho
remainder took their places woll forward and
awaited death. In loss than llftoon minutes from
tho tlmo of tho collision tho Oneida sank.
Capt. B. P. Williams commandod tho Onolda.
Tho mon ho causod to bo placod In tho boats
woro tho Bhlp'a sick. Tho surgeon was ordered
to go with tho Invalids. Not cno man of thoso
to whom death was a certainty murmured at tho
captain's act. Tho surgeon and tho sick Baw tho
mon standing on tho deck and foarlosaly awaiting
tho fato which Boon camo.
It Is, perhaps, forgotten today outsldo of naval
circles that near Admiral Slcard, now deceased,
onco lost, by wrecking, a vessol under his com
mand, It happoned 48 years ngo last October, and
tho scene of tho wrock was Ocoan Island, In tho
South Pacific. Tho admiral was thon a llouton
ant commander In chargo of tho United States
Btoam sloop Saginaw. It was tho subsequent
horotsm of an olllcor and four mon of tho Saginaw
that marked tho account of this disaster as ono
of tho bright pages of Amorlcan i aval history.
Tho Saginaw ran on a roof In an unexplored soa.
It wris on early hour In tho morning. Tho com
manding ofllcor had boon on dock all night ..lort,
knowing that ho was coming to tho vicinity of
pcean island. Spood waa diminished tj four and
thon to two and a half knotB, whilo soundings
with tho load woro constantly made. Thoro was
a breezo doad astern.
Suddenly tho lookout called, "Breakers nhead!"
Tho command 'ras given to back tho onglnos.
Tho topsails htd boen sot for an hour and thoro
was not power enough in tho vosaol'B steam plant
to drivo tho uhlp back whllo tho wind In tho
Ailed topsails drovo her, forward. Tho iaglnaw
struck tho rocf, Ltovo a great holo in her bow, and
tho crow woro compollod to toko to tho boats.
TJiov savnd largo quautltloa of ntorea from tho
wreck and with thrm lander on a desort island,
hundreds of miles distant from tho noaroet point
of posslblo communication with tho civilized
world. Tho shipwrecked markers wero far out of
tho ordinary courso of vessels and It Boomed
probablo that only a baro chance cou'.d savo them
from ultlmato starvation.
After a week's stay on tho baro roof Lieutenant
Commandor Slcard asked for five volunteors to
man a small boat and undortako a perilous voy
ago of 1,500 miles ovor a trackless ocoan to Hono
lulu. Nearly ovory man In tho ship's company
volunteored to nttompt a Journey of which thero
Boomed but ono chanco In a hundred of successful
accomplishment. Tho commanding offlcor chose
Lloutonant Talbot to command tho forlorn hope,
and choso for sorvlco under him Coxswain Wil
liam Halford, fjeamon Peter Francis, James Mulr
and John Androws. One of tho ship's boats was
partly docked ovor with matorlal from tho wreck
of tho Saginaw. A small mast was steppod and
provisions and a compass woro put on board.
Then tho expedition started whilo tho wrecked
crow cheered from tho coral roof.
Tho frail bark kept on its way day and night
for a wook, offlcor and men taking turn nnd turn
t about nt tho oars. At tlmos tho wind was with
them and thon tho sail holped wondorfully. At
other times, with tho broozo dead ahoad, thoy
could not but creep along, working laboriously
at tho oars.
Finally a galo ovortook thom, and for two days
and two nights thoy expected to bo ovorwholmod.
Thoro was no sloep for any ono of tho llttlo com
pany, and wnllo two tolled at tho oara to koop tho
craft's head up to tho wind tho others balled. At
last a resplto camo, nnd by lot ono man was
soloctod to watch for an hour, whllo tho others
fllopt. For 24 hours they lay to, trying to recover
from tho effects of tho exortion of tho Btrugglo
with tho olomonta. A largo part of tho provi
sions had been almost ruined by ilea water and
tho supply of frosh water ran short. Then thoro
woro dayB of untold suffering. Tho food was Bait
soaked and nauseous and created a burning thirst
which tho mon did not dnro to fully gratify bo
causo of tho shortness of tho water supply.
Strength was rapidly leaving thom, and yet It was
necessary to toll at tho oars. Lieutenant Talbot
was 111 almost unto- death, yot ho kept a cheerful
face and Inspired tho men by his oxamplo. Ho
worked with a will born of spirit ruthor than of
strongth.
Ono day, aftor a computation, Lloutonant Tal
bot camo to tho conclusion that owing to an orror
In an Instrument thoy had gono out of tholr
courso. Tho information camo liko n deathblow
to tho mon. Thoro was nothing 'to do, howovor,
but to change tho vesp-i's head and go on onco
moro. More days possod by and tho exhaustion
of two of tho mon was so groat that thoy could
not sit In tholr placos at tho oars, but foil Inert
to tho bottom of tho boat. Tho condition of all
was dosporato. Tholr tongues woro so swollen
that thoy could not swallow tho llttlo food thoy
had.
Toward ovenlng of that dreadful day land was
sighted. Lloutonant Talbot nnd Coxswain Hal-,
ford managed to mako Bomo headway with the
oars, and a favoring broozo holpod. At daylight
tho next morning tho shore lay boforo thom but
a mllo distant, a heavy lino of broakors Interven
ing. Beyond tho white wall of surf thoy saw mo"
on tho boach.
At that moment of supromo Joy tholr boat
struck a rock and In a moment was overturned.
All tho mombors of that horolc crow woro too
woak to strugglo and all savo ono was drownod
when tho long-Bought land was almost under tholr
foot. Coxswain Halford managed to strugglo for
a fow mlnutoB with tho waves, thon ho was
caught by a breaker and thrown on to tho sandy
shore Ho was roBUscltatod with difficulty, and
then ho foun i ho was on tho boach of ono of tho
Hawaiian Islands, and that ho was tho only sur
vivor of tho boat'B crow. JIo told his atory, and
within 24 hours two stoamora woro dispatched
from Honolulu to tho roscuo of Iloutcnant Com
mandor Slcard and his men, who woro found woll
and hearty, though living on somewhat short ra
tlons. On tho sands and roofs of Samoa 27 years ago '
were wrecked tho Unltod States vessels Trenton
Vandalla and Nlpslc. Forty-sovon Amorlcnn ollU
cera nnd mon thoro lost tholr Uvea. Tho story
of tho loss of these vessols and lives has in It
tho recital of a showing of undaunted American
heroism, coupled with romance which It is Jard
to equal In tho truthful annals of tho sea. At tho
tlmo of tho wrecking of tho Yankee vessels thrco
Gorman warships woro destroyed, tho Iosb o: llfo
upon thom being much heavier thai, upon ours.
Tho Gorman vessols woro tho Olga, Adlor and
Eber. Thoro was In the Samoan harbor at tho
samo tlmo hor majcaty's ship Calllopo. This
vessol was tho only ono which wont through that,
awful hurrlcano unscathed. It
not to superior seamanship, but to tho fact that
Its powerful onglnos enabled It to put to sea and
thero with prow to tho blast outride tho storm.
On Friday, March 15, 1889, at ono o'clock In tho
afternoon, Indications of b .d weathor wero ap
paront on tho horrlzon. Tho coming disturbance
f was first noticod by tho Amorlcan commanders,
who at onco mado preparations to moot It. Tho
lower yards wero loft down, tho topmasts housed,
fires lighted and steam was raised. Tho Trenton,
flagship, hold tho outer borth, whllo tho Nlpslc
held tho inner. At throe o'clock it was blowing a
gale. An hour later tho port bow cable of tho
Trenton parted. Tho Vandalla tried Its best to
steam out In tho face of tho galo, but thero waa
not power enough In Its engines to keep tho ves
sel's head in tho tooth of tho blast and tho ship
wont crashing on a roof.
All night long tho storm incroasod in violence
Tho flagship at daylight lost its wheel, and,
though rollovlng tacklo and a sparo tiller woro
inBtantly attached, It was found that tho rudder
was broken and thoy wero useless. Tho Tren
ton was leaking badly, and, though boddlng was
Jammed into tho fissures and all hands went to
work balling, tho water galnod and soon put out
tho tiros. Two of tho Tronton's anchorr held and
it was not yet swopt from Its moorings. At halt
past nlno on tho morning of Saturday tho hurrl
cano was at Its holght.
In tho afternoon tho wind hauled a bit. and tho
flagship parted Its two chalnB and drifted toward
tho castorn reef. Mognlflcont seamanship on tho
part of Captain Farquhar and his navigating offl
cors kept tho vessol from striking tho roof. Tho
attempt was mado to sot Btorm sails, but it was
ineffectual. Thon a last hazardous experiment
was tried. Tho mon were ordered to'tho yards,
thoro to form a living sail, as they stood with
tholr bodies in a compact mass sido by sldo and
with arms encircled. To attompt to mount aloft
in that hurrlcano seemed certain death. Fearing
that thoro might bo hesitancy to obey, Naval
Cadot Jackson, llttlo moro than a boy, sprang to
tho laddor and led tho way aloft, followed by tho
crow.
Finally tho Trenton reached tho vlnlclty of tho
Vandalla, which was on tho roof, with great Boas
breaking ovor It ovory momont nnd rnpldly going
to pieces. Captain Schoonmakor of tho Vandalla,
with many of his men and ofllcors, had been
swept 07orlwnrl and drownod long boforo. Tho
commundor had naon on tho brldgo through tho
wholo or tho Btorm, nnd, -wikcnod finally by tho
constant pounding or tho wnvtra, h was unablo to
stand tho strain. His last word waa ono oC on
couragomcnt nnd hopo to his men, and then, with
four othors, ho was carried to hlB death. Of tho
ofllcors and crow of tho Vandalla at tho tlmo tho
Trenton camo alongsldo 39 wero doad. Hio rest
woro In tho rigging cxpoctlng every moment that
tho masts would go by tho board, and that they
would meet tho fato or tholr comrades.
Whon tho Tronton's ofllco: j saw tho poillous
position or tho Vnndalla's crow thoy rosolved to
savo tholr brothors. Rockots with linos attached
woro sont over tho Vandalla's rigging, and the
tho Tronton's men bogan tho dangerous v ork ot
saving. Captain Farquhar ordorod tho flagship's
band Into tho rigging, whoro tho musicians wero
lashed. Thoy had tholr Instruments with thom.
"Play tho 'Star-Spangled Banner,' " ordorod Cap
tain Farquhar.
Tho music camo with a will, and tho notes of
tho national nnthom roso ovor tho roar of tho
waters and tho howl of tho hurrlcano.
Tho storm abated. Tho Nlpslc was woll beached,
but badly broken up. Tho sovon mon lost by that
vobboI woro drownod whllo attempting to launch
n boat. Tho roports of tho officers of tho threo
Amorlcan ships told ot tho horolsm of tho com
mon Bailors, but said nothing of tholr own. Tho
story in full camo from admiring aliens. '
Besides playing an Important part
In spring millinery nnd now lingerie,
ribbons, In obedlenco to fashion's call,
aro making tho most of on extended
Hold of usefulness. Wldo nnd nar
row ribbons sharo honors equally In tho
great variety of uses to which thoy
are put. Tho narrower widths aro fea
tured on street and Bpqrt hats for
spring, whllo wider ribbons appear In
high bows and ruches on ftressier mil
Hnery. Thoy glvo tho desired tall ef
fects and aro wired and plaited and
ruffled and draped In no end of
clover ways.
Tho narrower rlbbonB on street and
outing hats aro placed In prim, neat
effects, and entire shapes aro covered
with them.
in beach pillows and bags, in bor
ders and other embellishments, on par
asols, ribbons shlno down their rival
decorations. Thore is no part of tho
apparel of women and girls that does
not borrow of their beauty this sea
son. Among tho prettiest Items that are
mado of wldo ribbons, bonnots for tho
llttlo miss of four or moro years aro
calculated to captivate both her and
her mother. It Is a slmplo matter to
mako them, and plain soft satin rib
bons aro' used for tho bonnots and lor
tho flowers or rosettes that trim
them.
Tho bonnet shown In tho picture is
mado of light pink ribbon. Threo
shlrrlngs over small cable cord shape
It to the head. Tho ribbon Is gathered
qulto full over tho cord, forming a
frill at tho bottom and top of tho bon
net. After the length of ribbon is
shirred tho ends aro sowed togother at
tho right sido. Tho crown Is a scant
puff made or an oval-shaped pleco of
tho ribbon sowed in at tho upper row
or shirring.
For tho rosettes tho ribbon Is cut
along tho center lengthwiso. Each of
tho two pieces Is doubled along tho
center and tho edges brought together.
Thoy aro gathered on a strong thread,
and this Is pulled up to form the
rosette. Ono Is placed at each sldo
to finish tho bonnet, which does not
requiro lining.
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New Models in Nightgowns
Two very protty new models in
nigutgowns aro pictured hero, show
ing combinations of val laco and tho
finest of organdlo embroidery In their
mako-up. They aro both cut on em
plro lines, with waists mado of alter
nating rows of val Insertion and em
broldorcd organdlo Insertions. Tho
skirts aro of nainsook, and In both tho
models, tho Bleovos are mado In ono
with tho waists.
In tho gown at tho loft tho nainsook
is laid in flno tucks in groups or throe,
and a sufficient number ot groups to
tako up tho width or tho skirt and re
duco it to that ot tho waist Tho val
and organdlo embroidery aro sowed
together along tho tiniest or hems at
tho edges ot tho embroidery, and In
tho gowns pictured this work Is dono
on tho sowing machine. Tho effect Is
good, but oven bettor when tho val
Is whipped by hand to tho smallest ot
rolled hems along tho edges ot the
embroldory. Tho lace and embroid
ery aro to bo sowed together In a
pleco sufficiently long and wldo to
mako tho waist, and tho waist cut
out by n pattern as In any fabric.
Tbo lines will bo moro or less di
agonal, according to tho way tho pat
tern ia laid on tho matorlal.
Tho nock and very short sleoves aro
finished with fine 7al edging, and a
llttlo ruffle ot It la sot on whoro tho
skirt nnd wnlst join. A bow of pink
satin ribbon Is .1st at tho bottom of tho
V-shaped opoulng at tho front, and a
knot with two sprightly ends is
porched on each sU.ovo.
Tho gown at tho right Is mado in
much tho samo -pay oxcopt that tho
skirt Is sot In to tho waist by means
of a narrow band of organdlo om
broidery and Its fullness disposed In
gathers Instead ot tucks. Tho lines In
tho waist run on less or a diagonal and
the sleoves aro finished with a frill
mado ot tho ' embroidered organdie
edged with a narrow val edging liko
that about tho 'V-shaped neck. In
both gowns tho necks havo ahortor
openings at tho back or tho nock than
at tho tront.
Thoso aro Inexpenslvo and dainty
models in simply-mado lacy garments
that mako ono marvel at tho beauty
or tho lino weaves or cotton.
betit (TpUrfVt.;
,
Furs Agalnl
It Is an assured ract that wo aro
again to adopt tho Parisian costumo ot
wearing rur during tho summor. Lastt,
yuiir u ub cuiuinuu io me uso ot a
boa ot whtto fox, but tho frocks and
millinery designed for tho spring and
summer of 191G aro trimmed with nar
row fur bandings. Sheerest frocks of
dainty laces, tulles, chiffons and mous-
BuwiiuB nuvu iiounccs, tunics orl
draperies edged with fur. wtw.thJ
this will bocomo a popular fashion ro-l
mains to do seen.
Satin Tailored Suits.
In the tearooms or tho amart hotels'
tailored suits ot a heavy wolght ot
satin aro frequently seen. Tho coats
aro usualfy In emplro effect, with flar
ing hem and trimmed with fur. Tho
skirts aro gonernlly of moderate width
novor In tho exaggerated fullness Tho
dull, soft tones provall.
High Neck Ruffles.
High plaited neck ruffles of tulle aro
worn by stylish women at tho theater.
Usually thev form n i.n ...n
- - ----- - ..ubu iuiio uuuor-
fly bow at tho back of tho neck and
aro fastened to tho neck of tho thea-
lUi Will),
In Making Wash Skirts.
Put washable aklrto n
inside bolts by means ot a strln of
snappers and them u,m i ,v ."
crumpled and ruined in the wlng. &
