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A Tale of t Three Lions £ by k H. RIDER HAGGARD £ CM A ITER II.—(CoKTiwrsn.) “So we went down to the beautiful spot that 1 have described, to wash. I was the first to reach It, which I 'did by scrambling down the ferny bank. Then I turned round, and started back with a yell, as well I might, for from al most beneath my feet there came a most awful snarl. “I bad lit down almost upon the back of the lioness, who had been sleeping on the slab where we stood to dry our selves after bathing. With a snarl and a growl, before 1 could do anything, before I could even cock my rifle, she had bounded right across the crystal pool, and vanished over the opposite bank. It was all done In an Instant, as quick as thought. "She had been sleeping on the slab, and oh, horror! what was that sleep ing beside her? It was the torn rem nant of poor Jlm-JIm, lying on a patch at bjood-BtalnciJ royk! -'■■"yju1* >!— . CHAPTER III. “Poor Jlm-JIm! We burled what was left of him, which was not very much, In an old bread-bag, and though whilst he lived his virtues were not great, now that he was gone we could have wept, over him. Indeed, Harry did weep outright; while I registered a quiet little vow of ray own account that I would let daylight into that lioness before 1 was forty-eight hours older, It by any means It could be done. “Well, we burled him, and there he lies where lions will not trouble him any more. So there Is an end of the book of Jlm-JIm. "The great question that now re mained was, how to circumvent his murderess. I knew that she would re turn as soon as she was hungry again, but I did not know when she would be hungry. She had left so little of Jim-JIm behind her that 1 could scarce ly expect to see her the next night, unless she had cubs. Still, I felt that It would not be wise to miss the chance of her coming, so we set about to make preparations for her reception. The first thing we did was to strength en the bush wall of the skerm by dragging a large quantity of the tops of thorn-trees together and laying one on the other In such a fashion that the thorns pointed outward. This, after our experience of the fate of Jlm-JIm, seemed a very necessary precaution, since If where one sheep can Jump an other can follow, as the Kafirs say, how much more Is It the case where an animal so active and so vigorous as the Iloti Is concerned! And now came the further question, how were we to beguile the lioness to return? I.Ions are animals that have a strange knack of appearing when they are not wanted and keeping studiously out of the way when their presence is re quired. "Harry, who, as 1 have said, was an eminently practical boy, suggested to Pharaoh that he should go and sit outside the skerm in the moonlight as a sort of a halt, assuring him that he would have nothing to fear as we jWould certainly kill the lioness before she killed him. Pharaoh, however, etrangely enough, did not seem to take to this suggestion. Indeed, he walked away, much put out with Harry for having made it. "It gave me an Idea, however. “ ‘Well!' 1 said, ‘there Is that ox. He must die sooner or later, so we may as well utilize him.’ "Now, about thirty yards to the left of our skerm, If one stood facing down the hill toward the river, was the stump of a tree that had been destroyed by lightning many years before, standing equidiatantly between, but a little In front of, two clumps of bush, which were severally some fifteen paces from It "Here was the very place to tie tht ox; aim, ttixuruiugijr it uriuri sunset the poor animal wan led forth by Pharaoh and made fast there, llttlt knowing, poor brute, for what pur pose; and we commenced our lout vigil, this time without a lire, foi our object was to attract the lioness am not to scare her. "Por hour after hour we waited keeping ourselves uwake by plnchlni tach other -It Is, by the way, remark able what a difference in the force o pinches requisite to the occasion e» ists !u the mind of plncher and plnchc. *- but no lioness came. The moot «ai< I and the moon waned, and thei at last the moon went down, and dark nets swallowed up the world, but n Hon came to swallow us up. We wall s«t till dawn, because we did not dais t go tu Sleep, and then si last we too tut b s broken rest as w» could get That morning ws went out shout tag. not bsvause ws wanted to. fu • S were too depressed and tired, bu because we had no more meal, Po three hoots ur wore ws wandered a bun to the bolting sua looking for emu thing to kill, hut with absolutely » results Pot sum# unknown reuse* the game had grown »•>» #<**»• shoe the spot, though whew I was there tw years before eeery sort <*| large gam e leapt rhtn»weroa end tisphant wa particularly abundant, The Hum*, t whom there were many. *•»«• r*nsu nl ahd I fancy that It was tbs fan « the game they live us having lea petntlty migrated that made them • daring and Nre« t*-o» As a s»»«* nils, n Uon is an amiable anlm. enough tl he is left sinus, but s bun*, lush is almost as d*hg*toas aa s hung* man. into bant# * grant many dit«i Hi opinions shpteses 1 as te> nhetk* or no the Usn to remotest*)* for hi ninragr bo* ih# raauti of *» •»»♦* gmsg to that »*»* mush depends up*) I the state of his stomach. A hungry lion will not stick at a trifle, whereas a full one will flee at a very small re buke. “Well, we hunted all about, and nothing could we see, not even a duck gr a bush buck; and at last thoroughly tired and out of temper we started oc our way back to camp, passing over the brow of a steeplsh hill to do so. Just as we got over the ridge I froze up like a pointer dog, for there about six hun dred yards to my left, his beautiful curved horns outlined against the soft blue sky, I saw a noble koodoo bull (Strepslceros kudu). Bven at that dis tance, foras you know, my eyes are very keen, I could distinctly see the white stripes upon Its sides when the light fell upon It, and its large and pointed ears twitch as the flies worried It. “So far so good; but how were we to get at It? It was ridiculous to risk a shot at that great distance, and yet both the ground and the wind lay very III for stalking. It seemed to me that the only chance would be to make a detour of at least a mile or more, and come up on the other side of the koo doo. I called Harry to my side and explained to him what I thought would be the best course, when suddenly, without any delay, the koodoo saved us apy further trouble by suddenly starting off down the hill like a leap ing rocket. Perhaps a hyena or a leopard—ft tiger as we call it there had suddenly appeared; at any rate, off it went, running slightly toward us, and I never saw a buck go faster. As for Harry, he stood watching the beau tiful animal's course. Presently It vanished behind a natch of bush, to emerge a few teconda later about five hundred paces from us, on a stretch of comparatively level ground that was strewn with bowlders. On It went, tahmg tUc bowlders In Its path In a succession of great bounds that were beautiful to behold. As It did so, I happened to look round at Harry, and perceived to my astonishment that he bad got his rifle to his shoulder. "‘You foolish boy!’. I ejaculated, ‘surely you are not going to’—and Just at that moment the rifle went off. "And then I think I saw what was In Its way one of the most wonderful things I ever remember In my hunt ing experlece. The koodoo was at that moment In the air, clearing a pile of stones with its head. All In an Instant the legs stretched themselves out In a spasmodic fashion, and it lit on them and they doubled up beneath It. Down went the noble buck, down on Its forelegs tucked up under neath It, standing on Its horns, Its hind-legs high In the air, and then over It went and lay still. " ’Great heavens!’ I said, ‘Why, you’ve hit him! He’s dead.’ •. “As for Harry, he said nothing, but merely looked scared, as well he might. A man, let alone a boy, might have fired a thousand such shots without ever touching the object; which, mind you, was springing and hounding over rocks quite five hundred yards away; and here this lad—taking a snap shot, and merely allowing for elevation by Instinct, for be did not put up his sights—had knocked the bull over as dead as a door-nail. Well, I made no further remark, the occasion was too solemn for talking, but merely led the way to where the koodoo lay. There he was, beautiful and quite still; and there, high up, about half way down his neck, was a neat round hole. The bullet had severed the spinal marrow, passing right through the vertebrae and away on the other side. "It was already evening when, hav ing cut as much of the best meat as we could carry from the hull, and tied a red handkerchief and some tufts of grass to his spiral horns, which, by the way, must have been nearly five feet in length, in the hope of keeping the Jackals and aasvogels (vultures) from him, we finally got back to camp, to find Pharaoh, who was getting rather anxious at our absence, ready to greet us with the pleasing Intelligence that another ox was sick. But even this dreadful hit of intelligence could hot dash Harry's spirits; the fact of the matter Iteing that, incredible as It may appear, I do verily believe that in his heart of hearts he set down the death of that koodoo to the credit of his own skill. Now, though the lad was a HUy Ktio! er.oiiKU. inw ui cvurac »u» ridiculous, ami I told him ko very plain ly. "Hy the time that we ha.1 tluUhtd our ■upper »t koodoo (teak* (which would have been better If the koodoo bad f bt«n a little younger), it waa time 10 get ready for Jlm-Jtm'a murdereaa again. All the aflerneon 1‘haraoh udd ua the , unfortunate ok bad been walking round , and rnuud In a circle an cattle In the last atage of red-water generally do. , Now It had eniu* to a atandatlll, and . wan awaylng to and tro with hi* head , hanging down. Ho we tied tutu up to ( the Ktuntp of the tree aa on the previ ous iiight know log that if ihr Itoueaa . did not kill him he would be dead hy r morning Indeed I waa afraid that h I would bw of hui llllle iiw aa a ball , for a (Ion la n •poruman-llh* animal I and an lea* he la very hungry gene tall) pn bn to gill bm own dinner. lbu<tg * when one* killed be will com* bath tv a It again and again I Then we repealed our rnpertew't a <4 the previous night anting there horn e after hour lilt at laat Harry went fnet a eeteep and even I. tb»*egb I am a> • ua f totnard lee thl# *ort vl th ug muld scnieety keep me eyea open Indeed I ■I we» font dropping >l when auddenly I'k*rautt gave me a etine " * I. a'en* he whupvred rf "I waa all awake in a second an* it tutening w»h git my egr« k'rwm the i clump of brush to th* light of lh< < itgktktng eka-teted a’wmp to whub th< ** uk waa Med value a lot i vrakHai I waive fteanwtly It Kit repagtad a Home thing woo moving there tatnllj • and gu etly enough hut atdl wu>ini a noti-eptihir for >n the .Plans# attiin« of the night any sound seemed loud. "I woke up Harry, who instantly said, ‘Where is she? where is she?’ and began to point his rifle about in a fash ion that was more dangerous to us and the oxen than to any possible lioness. “’Hush up!’ 1 whispered, savagely; and as I did so, with a low and hideous growl a flash of yellow light sped out of the clump of bush, past the ox, and Into the corresponding clump upon the other side. The poor sick brute gave a sort of groan, and staggered round and then began to tremble; I could see It do so clearly in the moonlight, and I felt like a brute for having exposed the unfortunate animal to such terror as he must undoubtedly be undergoing. The lioness, for It was she, passed so quickly that we could not even distinguish her movements, much less shoot. Indeed at night it la absolutely useless to attempt to shoot units) the object la very close and standing perfectly still, and then the light Is so deceptive and it Is so difficult to see the foresight that the best shot will miss more often than he hits. (TO SB COXTIVOBO.) AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN TARIFF, Carinas Arrangement Kilillni HHwmi Two Hrniirhe*. Perhaps the statesmen who will presently be wrestling with so much fervor with the tariff question may with advantage to their own enlighten ment tear a leaf from the history of the Austro-Hungarian tariff arrange ment , which Is one of the most peculiar In existence, says the New York Herald. Not long ago, it will be remembered, a strong protest against the existing treaty arose from the Hungarian side of the border. Austria and Hungary form two Independent states, both en joying home rule, but the common af fairs of the federation are dealt with by common authorities and organa regulated by the constitution. The pro portion In which each state has to con tribute to the common expenses Is set tled by mutual agreement every ten years and there Is no constitutional provision for the treuty of rommcrre. Hut in 18(17, when the Hungarian con stitution was restored, It was resolved by mutual consent to maintain the cus toms union and the commercial and economic unity which had existed un der the absolutist regime. The treaty thiiH concluded forms the subject of pending negotiations for the renewal of the Ausgleleh. As the privilege of the Austro-Hungarian bank expires at the same time as the customs and the com mercial alliance, the question of the Ausglelch Is complicated by the neces sity of renewing the bank charter. Should the customs and commercial treaty be allowed to lapse the two states would recover their economic and fiscal liberty. If either of them chose to do so It could surround itself with custom houses and shut out the products of the other without afFectlng the political constitution of the mon archy, but of course such proceeding would be a severe trial to the dual sys tem. The existing treaty expires at the end of this year. Neither country is satisfic'd with It, but both are willing to enter into negotiations for a new agreement, and no doubt an amicable settlement of some sort will be ar ranged. WHITE HOUSE ETIQUETTE. Tlie liiwrltteii I.uns Which Uovern the ■ ‘resilient's Modal 1’osltlon. When the President and Ills wife drive out the President sits on the right hand and his wife on the left, says the Illustrated American. If there are others In the carriage, whether ladles or gentlemen, they must sit with their backs to the horses. When Mrs. Cleve land was first married she tried the ex periment of placing her mother op posite the president and herself in the presidential landau, but the people laughed at it so immoderately and pro fessed to think Mrs. Folsom (as she was then) to be the maid, that It was speedily dropped. When the Presi dent's wife drives alone she sits In the right-hand corner—the place of honor. The lady of the white house cannot eel foot within those splendid houses In Washington whose flagstaffs mark tht foreign embassy or legation. She could not go without the President, and as an embassy or legation Is technically a part of the country It represents the President cm Id not go so that tbs never sees the inside of a diplomatic bouse as long as she presides at tht UtiY* mini” luii, i in i i'oimcih uiuvi only m cabinet bouses and his wife i.limi t dim- auy where without hltu President Arthur dined with Judge* <>i the .Supreme’ eourt and with senator* hut as he had no wife the whole ay*t«m was very much simplified ftir him. The President'* will* may. If she chouse* go to luncheon* where there are nc gentlemen, or to tew*, both being re garded a* eirirtly Informal; hut the danger of giving offense by accepting one invitaiieen and declining another i* so great tbal II la s* duui or nsvet risked. IrsecM I.SM Wiles o> Vale tiling* Yeager sloped with bis sla ter-.ie law, Mr* Kfsbh Yeager 1st tear* age*, from I'atttdete. N J ThS latte t s b l>band suspected they bad gen* west, and be started far that set lion Afier n long »»a» a in wbnh be obtained no traie of the tetuple he • *ut to Korop*, iblnhmg they mighi bat* g* n* to tietnssi IK ifavthre full., s.e.i H. les in b>» seer h, «n Haa i re-wrnrd t» 1‘smden While walking dawn the street T-tosda» he cam* In* to ls*« with tb* pair *he i were walbmg alon* tersoraly and u half an b*dr be bad caused their *r i«t fb*y had been living I Uses at I the U»« I A mditeegair* ef laws Angst** pro I sefctsd tbs » M| a ith ft mm avr** at land i m %• .»**•! tut parb payprwn. IT MEANS BUSINESS. M KINLEY CONCRESS PUSHING WORK. The Tariff Bill doing Forward Rapidly— New Evidence* of Returning I'roa perlty— %'olce of the American Fret* on Returning Good Time*. (Washington Correspondence.) This Is a business administration and a business congress. It has been only two weeks since the meeting of the house of representatives, which Is controlled By the Republican party, and In that time has been Introduced, dis cussed and passed a new tariff bill, which will bring increased and suffi cient revenue to the government In place of the shortages of the present Inefficient Wilson law. This has been quick work. The bill now goes Into the hands of the senate. There It will be considered In committee and then In the senate, and It Is hoped passed and signed by the president In time to begin Its operation by July 1, the first day of the fiscal year. Shock* the Free Nllverlte*. Reports from Japan show that Bhe Is determined to “crucify" her people “upon a cross of gold.” She has adopt ed the gold standard despite the de nials of the sliver people. Those who express surprise that Japan Is not go ing to throw any of her silver upon the markets of the world,even If she adopts a gold standard, are evidently not fa miliar with the history of the growth of silver currency In the world. The mere adoption of the gold standard has not decreased the silver currency at all. In the United States, for instance, the per capita circulation of sliver In 1H73 before the adoption of the gold BiBuunm WHS to cents, while In 1895, ufter ‘it years of gold standard, It was $8.78. I.arge Output of Silver. Silver miners and mine owners,while they want of course to get as big a price for their produce as possible, rec ognize the fart that the refusal of the United States to adopt a sixteen to one standard Is not going to destroy the demand for sliver. Silver mine owners who have been here this week report that their mines are not only still run ning, but turning out unusually large quantities of the white metaJ, and that the improved financial conditions and business activity which have followed the election of McKinley are having their effect upon the mining industry, and tlie demand for the product of the silver mines. The Huger Truxt Muffer*. The greatest sufferer under the new Dingley law will be the sugar trust. Its framers were wise enough to avoid the criticism and the scandal which attached to the Wilson bill and no man has successfully charged or can charge that the present bill is framed in the interests of the trusts. A Former'* Tariff. The New York Press characterizes tho Dingley bill as the "first farmers’ tariff.” "Tho Republican party,” It adds, "has already placed the factory beside the field, and thus given the field the home market for its products, and now proposes to open the markets of other parts of the world to the field as well.” Uryan's Paper Announce* Returned Pros perity. Copies of that sturdy free silver Dem ocratic paper recently edited by Wil liam J. Bryan, the Omaha World-Her ald, which have been received here show that it is rejoiced at the pros pective improvement of the agricultur al industries of its state under McKin ley protection. Quoting in commen datory terms the recent utterances of th^ Republican secretary of agriculture it says: "Nebraska has taken into her feed yards since October last more than five hundred thousand sheep to be fin ished for the mutton markets of the world. The state of Nebraska can 3ufely be set down as the best district of the country in the United States for the mutton sheep industry In all its combined requirements. Nebraska is certain to become a popular.prosperous mutton growing and mutton feeding state.” All tills, be it remembered, the World-Herald promises under the new plans of the Republican adminis tration. which Is giving Its earliest at- ! tention to a protective tariff as the chief aid to the sheep industry of the • country. |u« r«»sril H«ll< ouHrurllun, McKinley prosperity 1* making itself apparent in many Industrie*, but in non* more prominently than in that of railroad construction. The Tlail way Age." a t-onavrvMtlve Journal. ** Ornate* lhai the railway construct i«m of the I'nlteil Hiate* In UhT will be IT. boo mile*, which, by the way. la nut* tbaa twice aa much aa was an-out [dished durina 1‘restdent tTavwtand a entire tern if Ihla estimate [a real ised the railway canatrisriH>n of th* In tint tMate* in IkbT will r sired that of any p*t! **l In th# peat d*. ad* i.m4 Oullw-S l«* Isiiwh. The latnitia of the t utted that** ar* itaely to hay# *a tanewseat market fs i their product d“W* at an aarty date Tha reetprss tap features of the kkaiiat blit ar* espeetesl to open a paid ousar mat beta which ar* now its-aed t* «ut aa*‘cultural product a. In add 11>»•* In lh*t tt I* np hd t«» |lt« W the t atted dt#»aa aueh apec'tal artvwhtesh** wysr !.,f . :.!.!» ** O StlSIK W*a' Set» i« §t*« start farmer* pi as Us ally a wru* i|a>W id th* trashy ih thuaw part# *f ,n, word Th* kurtpi aspwrtatluu «ri Urn* products dw»*t»» the poet is# >«•(» ha* be*a Hi httlti >*• par ahaum s>t which amount IH mtllt*us*.ur **-»ri» If p*t **nt. ha* **>*• t« Ureas hiuu a.t ...u*c p- t# u! th* w.*r% taking t* d it par sett ml owr « spurt* This ah**# the possibilities open to the farmers in the matter of making for themselves as good a market In other parts of the world as they already have In Great Britain. CommendAtlon fop the New Secretary* Secretary Wilson's new plans for an Intelligent distribution of seeds to the farmers of the country and a di versification of Industries is meeting with universal commendation. Dem ocratic as well as Republican papers approve It in unmeasured terms. The Atlanta Journal, owned by ex-secretary of the interior Hoke Smith, comments favorably upon the new secretary’s new plans in regard to the farmers, and numerous ocher Democratic papers Join In the commendation of Secretary Wil son’s work. Will Return to tlis Old Njrstem. The Republicans of the house of rep resentatives are going to try and get back to the old system of placing the appropriation bills in the hands of one committee. The free trade Democ racy adopted the present system by which the bills are distributed to a half dozen committees, and the result has been the enormous Increase In ap propriations which the nation wit nessed with astonishment in the past few years. The Republicans are re formers, and will get back to a sys tem of economy as rapidly as possible. rrofrssor Wilson Condemns the liluglry lllll. Kx-Congressman Wilson, the author of the Wilson law, having been repu diated first by his own district, and then by his nation, has now no forum from which to address the dear people, and is therefore utilizing the columns of the newspapers to disseminate his views, and attack the Dingley bill. His latest attack upon It has been ah as sertion that Its reciprocity features would be a failure. In all the mailer which Mr. Wilson hus presented in the way of an attack upon the Dlngley bill, he has not been able to successfully de fend the law which be himself framed or to make satisfactory explanation of Its failure. This Is a subject which ho avoids In bis tariff discussions at so much per column. G. II. WILLIAMS. llt'iiKHTiitlc Jlunco (iiao K Iposed. The report which Mr. Dlngley filed with the new tariff hill points again the bunco game which the late Demo cratic administration practiced upon l he people. When Mr. Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle were Issuing bonds the people were given to understand that they were demanded for the pur pose of maintaining the gold reserve which was being depleted by the Wall street speculators and money sharks everywhere. It was alleged that these money operators were deliberately working the 'endless chain” furnished by the greenbacks, and a great deal uf business denunciation wus expend ed upon the men who were supposed to be engaged in rifling the treasury Df their own country for the profit which would arise from the handling »f bonds which must be Issued to keep the reserve Intact. Mr. Dlngley’s report shows that the JeUciency In the gold reserve was raused by a deficiency in the revenues, and was not therefore the consequence of a conspiracy to profit the working of the "endless chain."—Kansas City Journal. Improving Dunlin-"* Conditions. With the advent of spring there Is a decidedly better feeling in commercial circles, which trade journals are advis ing enterprising business men to take advantage of in an active way. The Chicago Dry Goods Reporter of Satur day's date says the most Important fact of the hour is the brightening outlook. The most timely advice it can give to the merchants of the west is to repeat: The moment has come for pushing ycur business. "Things have taken a turn. Satisfactory trade conditions are slowly but surely being called back. The new administration Is in power, and the new policy has been satisfac torily indicated. A special session ol congress has been convened to put in force the wishes of the people as rapid ly as possible.” "Now," It says, "let us make up our minds to concentrate all cur energies, faculties and attention upon our legitimate business. There Is no surer way than this for wiping out the la»t remnant of business stag nation.” These terse sentences com prise the key-nous of a very hopeful article. A t tirrrlng Uvrunl. The record of the past week Is cheering, ‘the number of works that have resumed business Is greater than In any work ■iu>o thr lam of Novrm bar. Il U tru* that In many ta»ra ronlrarU huvr brrn rrrurrd at uu luly low |irl««i, ami that ibrrrfor* ihr rat* of ««i«i la nut aa high aa It vaa lu 11)3, but that# la "brrad for tha rat rr," and tbla of itaalf la an into.ova no ut Th* Aral atrp forward muat >** a rrruropUun of work, wagra ar||| rtaa aa tha drain ad for tabor tm raoara It la nut liktly that wa tan raturn gunk l> to tbv p.iwprrlly ’hat Ihr tat‘on t»t K>y»d It «r yaara ago It bat Ultra tour >< ar« to dratroy; rwoaatrur Ikon to* no* b* a**utapltabod la aa many month* Att*r tba naw tariif law kaa I »* la oprratton for a »»»t a.- Mat twaa Judgmrnt upon lb* prwarat ad mialatratioa »**k ruM« dngr«« uf fait n»t» Dad tat liar tkaa thru tain MmtMb Tbo M*pubii aaa and IVIk i of K*MM agtra that Ut * W»*Uti«* • bub baa fwa* miyuatm I **« a >u» ytatatut fa Hula lb lM, *b> t»*l*i* tut* la dt«p»Mt*d to Iota la tbo agtoo* ■mat dull Ua'gMtal la atwrr tor got* uaad for lard la k»« iamb K’ataa tbaa ik «*y •that part tl Aoawrait* PLAN TO SAVE LIFE. (EFFECTIVE DEVICE FOR RESCU ING MARINERS. rite simple Plan of • %«eht Csptnln — Cheap Solution of the Problem- Sub mitted at Washington—Working of the Apparatus. BRAND new plan to enable the coast guard to render ef fective service to ships ashore when the surf runs high was submitted re cently to the gen eral superintendent of the life-saving service at Wash ington, D. C., says the New York Herald. It does not call for an apparatus to shoot oil from shore upon troubled waters, nor for any other spectacular novelty of sim ilar sort. On the contrary, It depends for Its success upon an exceedingly cheap and simple apparatus and an expenditure of good muscle on the purt of our brawny surfmen, an urtl do with which nature and their hardy manner of life have abundantly pro vided them. The plan has been sub mitted to local life-savers In actual government service on our coasts, and has been declared by them to be per fectly feasible and more practical than any yet suggested. This new plan Is the Invention of Capt. Julius A. ('. Jen sen of South Brooklyn, who hail, In Its development, the assistance of Capt. James A. I.oesch of the same city. Both men are bronzed soadogs of i x perlence and each commands a yacht. "I've been thinking over this thing for a good while,” Capt. Jensen told me, "and It seems to mo that tho' scneme is Juki anoui ino rigni iijiiik. It Ih very cheap and perfectly prac ticable. Capt. I/oesch here helped me with It, and we have shown It to a good many seamen and siirfmen, all of whom think It solves the problem." "Have you got It patented?" I uskci^. “No, indeed," said Jensen, "and wo don't Intend to, either. We are not. after any money, or In fact, profit of any sort. If the plan is a good plun and will result In savin* any lives, the government Is welcome to It at the lowest price It can be put In for." "You see,” interrupted Capt. Loeech, “we are yachtsmen and either one of us may get blown ashore some stormy night, and If we do we believe we'd stand a better chance if the surf mm had this apparatus than any other In use or suggested. That Is our inteicsl In the matter." The plan calls for a buoy swimming outside the outermost bar and held In place by a chain fastened to a mush room anchor. Opposite to it ashore Is a pole and from pole to buoy is swung a double endless line, running over pulleys, one pulley fastened to the pole ashore and the other to the bottom of the buoy. This line is of manilla rope of great strength, woven about a heart of cork to keep It afloat. That is the entire special apparatus, with the exception of an oil bag, the pur pose of which will be seen presently. Now, we will suppose a ship goes ashore opposite the spot. A heavy gale blows from the sea und the surf Is ex ceedingly heavy. Those who are fa miliar with the experiences of ships ashore know that the surf is the great enemy of the rescuers. If only a boat could be put through it all would be well, for the sturdy surfmen can han dle the billows, however heavy, once they are beyond the fatal line of surf. But time and again valuable hours are lost to the life savers and the im periled sailors by the ferocity of the surf. There are few cases where llfo could not be saved were It not for the impetuous, resistless force of breakers that set at naught the sturdiest efforts of the rowers. Bight here comes In the value of this new apparatus. In the supposed ease the surf prevents tho life savers from getting out and the darkness and storm prevent their shooting a line across the ship. They then immediately drag their self-bail ing lifeboat to the apparatus and fasten It to the line. They attach the utl bug to the line thirty feet ahead. Tha rowers jump In and cling to the seats, holding their oars tightly. Then the rest of the crew seize the pulley lino und lay to with a will, dragging It In. hand over hand. Out goes the boat, right through the surf not over It— ' dragged with a force that the breakers raunot check, toward the anchored buoy, the oarsmen within merely cling ing fast to avoid being washed away. In this manner the boat quickly reaches the stiller water beyond tho c*t»i»r nor, wnrru, inana* u* (it* oil ha«, lb* *«■» la *alm enough to *uat>l« ro*e» to wrnmbl* to their <ou ami irroap their tiers. Th* captain ha* to ItiKha.l thr pullay Una au4 the boat ba» fcbtlwt llaolf. Tha real ran ba lalt to tba alaloart oaraman Tbla ia tbo aiMpla plan t'apl Jrnarn a I,Ira |« to ba«a aurb a buoy author el ovary ton roll** all along th# cuatt Whan a ven ial root** aabor* lb* Ilf* unrt ha** only lu inti tb* nr* ran u*. to oimt* oar4 at bar alol *ru4 out tbair tltabual. Hit* at. So.'* ah* *aa*rr*<l. 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