Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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cheering, ‘the number of works that
have resumed business Is greater than
In any work ■iu>o thr lam of Novrm
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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
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only lu inti tb* nr* ran u*. to oimt*
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