The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, December 17, 1897, Page 3, Image 3
THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. 8 o .? tf-v CAST UPON AN ISLAND. ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF A SHIPWRECKED CREW. HufTrrlng In tho Wont No Tmto of Foot! for Blx Diiyn I.fo Anions tho I'lJIiinn A Ctmccrt (lotten Up on C'lirHtnmH Duy. ERE Is tho story of tho wrack of tho Norwegian t a r k, TtU'iFZsTvi U ScIai'" toltl "" Wlff) Ull tllc BCC0Ml1 Hinte, 'WSMp'YfSOi Mr. Olsacii to a rcpresontat I v o of tho London News. Ho niso gives nn .account of tho ad ventures of the survivo r a. These, numbering sixteen, wore brought to England by tho Orizaba from Sydney, Hjient tho night at tho Scandinavia Sailors' homo, by the West India docks, nud loft for Norway tho next morning: Tho bark was on her way laden with !oal from Newcastle, N. S. Vv'., to Hon olulu. They wcro threading their way through theso dangerous seas, amid tho treacherous currents which rage hereabouts sweeping backward and forward at the rate of as much as forty to fifty miles in tho twenty-four hours when late ono night they struck. They backed tho yards, but In vain. Tho bark was fast, and her hack was broken. Two boats wore hurriedly lowered, eight men, Including tho cap tain and Mr. Olsson, getting Into ono, the chief mate and seven men getting into tho other. They lay off tho sunk en reef on which they had struck until daylight, hoping that they would bo nblo to got more food, and especially tho soxtant and chronometer, llut when day dawned tho seas wcro beat ing fiercely over her and they steered northward, hoping to make Christmas island, or somo Inhabited land. Tho crow had only two breakers of water, u few tins of beef, salmon and sardines and a bag or two of biscuits. They had also n compass and a chart of tho South seas and various odds and ends. Being close to tho equator, which, na a matter of fact, they crossed twice beforn thoy eventually reached land, tho sun beat down upon them merci lessly, though now and then clouds lild it for a while, and also kept them sup plied with water. The rain wator wa3 caught In the sails, and thenco poured into tho breakers. Tho allowanco was four spoonfuls nt G In the morning and four spoonfuls nt C o'clock nt night. Tho men kept watch as though they had been In their own ship four on and four off. Ono steered, one saw to tho sail, tho other balled perhaps that is, until they could not walk from ono end of tho boat to the other, llut though fearfully weak, this was not yet. The captain was tho first to go. About dinner time (how prim tiiesj ev ery day words sound In dealing with such a story) tho captain said to Mr. Olsson: "Olsson 1 don't think I Bhnll last long." "Oh, yes, captain, you will." "Glvo mo a little wnter, Olssen," said tho captain. So Olssen, seeing that he was nearly dead, railed to tho steward nnd whispered: "Let him hnvo just a spoonful." Tho captain swallowed It nnd lay down on the thwarts. When Olsson looked down again ho was dead. Thin was about C o'clock in tho after noon. Tho captain had brought a has with him and clothes In it, charts nnd ono or two trifles after tho wreck. Thoy took off his watch, which con tained photographs of Ills wlfo and children, emptied a bng and reverently placed the captain In It. They spoke ns much as they could remember of tho service for tho dead, sang somo simple hymn which Is sung In Norwe gian houses when ono is dead, lifted his romnlns on to tho gunwnlo and let him fall gently Into tho ocean. lie sank nt once. At last they took their last moal and for six day? nover tasted food. On tho thirtieth morning lnml was sighted and they camo up to one of tho innumer able coral Islands which stud tho southern seas. A fearful surf was lashing It. but they ran tho boat nshoro. She wns shivered to little bits. Two natives of tho Fijian group camo running down, ono brandishing n tomahawk and a long knlfo; but ho Svas ablo to speak a little English, nnd on Mr. OlBscn saying they wcro ship wrecked men, tho two natives and thoir families proved good friends to tho mlscrnblo men. Tho carpenter wns delirious and could not walk, so thoy wheeled him up to tho huts In a wheel barrow. Tho rest being too weak to walk alono took ono another's nrms and thus managed to follow their com rades. Tho Fljlans gave thorn three bottles of boor and tho remains of somo chick en; they niso killed a pig, cooking it In tho ground in nativo fashion, nut not ono of tho men wns hungry. How ever, In a fow days thoy slowly bogan to recover tho uso of thoir limbs, nil hut poor Chips, the carpenter, who died. Ho was a nv.n of CO. And now began their llfo on this tiny iBlnnd, which was practically a desert, but for a fow bannnns nnd cocoanut palms. Thoy built them nolves a hut, cut roads, planted a little, prepared copra, and did tho be3t thoy could. During six months tho turtlej cimo ashore to deposit their egss, and woro caught, oaten or dropped for stock Into a tiny lagoon In tho middb nf Mm lolnnrl Thnv (nncr)if anmn ..... n U Il''&.i.liltti1it ft .i.lilnli AT. Dl.n.ii tin.. v muuuuuo, ui .....wi '... unotii uuu no; tynow tho nnmo, nte ocoauuts, ncd for n treat hud ono of tho few fowls or pigs which bolongod to tho natives, This was not luxurious faro. Luckily they found among conns tools a pair of wlEBors, aud never, therefore grow Into Hoblnson Crusoes. Having nt matches they got Arc by rubbing two sticks together. And on Chrlstmtva day they even managed to get up a llttlo conrcrt beneath tho lovely tropic moon; bnvlng, In fact, found a broken accordion nnd patched It up In honor of the day. On the 17th of July, 1897, looking out over the ocean ono morning, a sail was sighted, which grew bigger and bigger. Greatly excited. Ols3on jump ed Into n llttlo boat belonging to the nntives nnd put off to her. She was a llttlo government cruiser. Her cap tain and Olssen were soon nt close quarters, and, after como debate, tho visitor having but a scant provision on board, agreed to take tho crew to Su ral on tho condition that they brought some of their turtle nhnanl, which they did, nnd arrived safely in FIJI, sailing In nnother Norwegian bark for Sydney, whero thoy went aboard tho Orizaba and sailed for Englnnd. ROYAL MATCHMAKING. Tim Kriiiiirlc.ilito Knrrn.H In Tlmt I. Inn of Quern LniiMo of Driinnirlc. Dcnmnrk Is n small country which does not have a largo part In tho world's affairs, but Its court Is an Im portant ono by reason of its mnrrlngo nlllnnccs nnd tho personal Influence of the king and queen, says tho Youth's Companion. Whenever there Is a court ball at Copenhagen ono of tho liveliest dancers Is King Christian IX., who 13 still young nt heart, although close to his eightieth year. His wlfo, Queen Louise, is his senior by several months, nnd has ceased to dance in tho royal quadrilles. Sho has been ono of the most successful matchmakers in Europe, and still lakes keen Interest in 'this royal sport. For her eldest son, the crown prince, tho queen found a sultnblo partner nearly HO years ago In Princess Louisa, daughter of tho king of Sweden nnd Norway. Her eldest daughter be came the princes of Wales, nnd her second daughter tho wlfo of Alex ander HI, and mother of tho present czar of Russia. Her second son, after his election as king of Greece, mar ried a Russian grand duchcas. With ono grandson on tho Russian throno nnd another the duke of York, destined to reign In Euglnnd, nnd two other grandsons heirs to tho crowns of Den mark and Greece, Queen Louise may bo described as tho grandmother of four emperors and kings. Two other marrlnges this ndrolt matchmaker has arranged. Her third son, Prince Wal- demar, married Princess Mnrlo d'Or lenns, dnughter of tho Due do Char tres, and her third daughter became the wife of tho duke of Cumberland, a great grandson of George III of England, who might hnvo been king of England If Queen Victoria had died in her girlhood. Theso were marriages which brought great fortunes to tho Danish family, for the Orleans prlncoji wns nn heiress, and the duko of Cum berland wnH niso rich. Queen Louise, having married off all her children with marked success, has begun to ar range a new scries of nlllnnccs for her grandchildren. Her theory has been that tho reigning house of n fceblo country llko Denmark can bo convert ed Into a center of inlluenco In Eu ropo by discreet but ambitious mar riages. She acted upon this principle when she advised her grandson, tho crown prince of Greece, to marry a sister of tho German emperor. Tho queen is not only n matchmaker, but also a woman of great force of charac ter, und n good mind. Her influence has been felt In tho family councils throughout Europe. Tho late czar and tho present emperor of Russia have attached great weight to her ndvlce. Copenhagen has been tho capital whero for two generations the Russian Im perial family havo been frequent visi tors and have thrown off tho cares of state. In September Queen LouUc's SOth birthday was celebrated by a re union of her descendants nnd relations in Copenhagen. It wus n largo fam ily party from mnny courts of Eu rope, nnd sho received tho congratu lations of nearly all tho sovereigns ou tho continent. Symmetrical. Walker "The troublo with bicycling la that It does not dovelop tho arms In proportion to tho legs." Whcolor "Yes, It docs, if you will only uso ono of tlioso llttlo two-ounce- hand pumps to lnflnto your tires." Indian npolls Journal. LOAVES AND FISHES. Tho creed will not bo wrong, if tho life is right. A good man is a man who knows how bad ho is. Asking for "Our dally bread" In cludes all things needful. Tho timo is lost that is spent in looking for an easy place. The man who has truth for his friend, will bo helped of God. It Is as necessary to cut down tho weeds as It Is to hoo tho corn. Ono of tho best offices of education Is to teach us how to teach-ourselves. Many a loud amen Is nothing moro than a brag by tho man who makes It. Tho man who can got good out of a good book, already has some good In him. Tho man who sots out for a gold mine too often leaves his fortuno bo hind him. Tho ox standing Idlo In tho shade, has moro troublo with tho files thnn tho ouo wearing tho yoke. Ram'a Horn. So far tho general prosperity scemi to luna blesccd every ono oxcopt thoso who ewe bills at this office. Atchison Globe, HOTEL FOR THE POOR ENCLAND FOLLOWS UP AN AMERICAN IDEA. l'nliitlnt yuurtcru fur Ttrclvn Cciilo n liny Mm Onn l.lwi on rs'oxt to Xntli I'm nml Cnn Conk Thrlr Own Mini. If Tluy Want To. S?' EW YORK. Now York has opened its llrst hotel for poor people, but tills Is yet far from equaling in many lespeets its prede cessor by Eomo mouths In Loudon. Rowton House, the name it goes by, ns far ns its exterior goes, la surpassed by tho American Mills Hotel, for the English structure, with Its hundreds of little windows, llko so many port-holes, has a some what forbidding aspect, llut it Is only after Internal inspection, such lis Mm writer made on a recent visit, tlmt tho observer Is nblo to appreciate the value of so mnny smnll windows. Peep into tho entrance corridor of Rowton House, and you will see its InvlMng, hospltublo aspect. Penetrate further; Inspect the largo comfortable rooms whero lodgers eat, rend or lounge; seo how comfortnblo tho bed rooms are, and how clean the whole place Is, nnd you will readily admit that Rowton House In u model moro thnn in name. Let us havo n loo); round nmong tho occupants. It Is about seven o'clock, nnd tho tollers or unemployed, or whoever tho lodgers may be, nrc turning In. They fllo past tho olllco whero a clerk takes tho 12 cents for n night's lodging, nnd gives the lodger n key. Somo aro permanent residents, and enter their hotel with a familiar nlr. A few who havo supped aro sitting on tho gnrden scats thoughtfully provided for them In tho lobby. To tho loft you enter a Inrgo smoking room, and note tho comfortnblo chairs nnd benches, solid tables, tho glistening walls, nnd the bcniulful pictures, The chairs nro well occupied, Somo men chat to gether in groups, play draughts or domlnoco; others rend papers; a fow nro Industriously addressing wrappera; others again sit silently apart smok ing, thinking out tho problem ot llfo as It presents Itself to this 12-ccnt lodger. Wo pans next to tho dining ropm, where thero Is sitting accom modation for nearly wo. On to way we pass tho shop and a room whera 5xT -iii-Tii-READino-noon - immL 5 5 f ' 1 -AKcTCHIfl-TH ' VV',J ll tho crockery Is stored. Tho shop ! a universal provider so far ns tho lodgers aro concerned. Everything they need may be purchased here. Tho quality is excellent, nnd the price lower thnn In the retail shops outside. The shop sells note paper, slumps and clgnrs from a penny upwards. Thero Is also n restaurant, nnd tho food Is nerved from tho bar of the shop. Evcryono Is Ills own waiter. A largo bowl of soupjuny be had for 2 rents, ronst beef Is S cents, steak pudding 0 cents, cold meat 0 renin, potatoes 2 rents, tra 2 cents a largo rup, und a allco of bread and butter ono rent, llut tho lod:;er may prefer to bo his tnvt rook as well ns hlu own waiter. In that er.so he lias the utensils of tho cntnbllBhment nt hlu disposal, n nlnk with plenty of wnter Just outside the (lining room door to clean his provis ions, and conking ranges are In the room. The lodger can buy his provis ions nt the shop or bring them In. He ran uso his own teapot aud cups If ho likes, ulthoiigh It should be no ticed that the Rowton House eiockery is very good quality, nnd lodgers nro not chained for breakages. You aro Impressed with tho trope there Is for Individual tastes. Communal comforts combined with Individual liberty might bo the motto of Rowton House. You seo one man sitting down to a big spread. He has made n table cloth of an evening paper nnd has bought two or three courses from the kitchen, lie Is dining, perhaps, nt the rate of 25 rents n meal. Near him Is nnother man who has Just cooked u kipper on tho dining-room fire. He has n big tea pot nnd a tin of condensed milk, as It lasts longer nnd Is cheaper. He has largo slices of bread nnd butter. Hl3 dinner will not coat him moro thnn 8 rents. Hut there Is n thin, careworn man, who is sustaining life on two cents worth of soup good nourishing stuff It Is a cent's worth of ten, nnd 11 cent slice of broad and butter. He dines for I cents. Then there In tho library, wrll llghted nnd finely decorated. Thero nre two bookcases nt the end of tho room. Most of the men nre rending either books from tho library or evening pa- ROWTON HOUSE AND ITS INTERIOR, -c.- pors, tho wrapper addressos aro again represented, whllo somo uro lolling unconcernedly In tho armchairs, or hnvo gono off to sleep. Lord Rowton provides tho books and they are lent out freo to lodgers. The favorlto nu thors aro Captain Marrynt, Dickens, Thackeray, Lytton, Klngsloy nud Charles Lover. Tho closslcs aro uot so much in demand. Ono philosopher complained that nil Carlylo's works were not In tho' library. IntbA.luisemntfloxic.B)on-.RsnvIo.ul. 1nsy with their toilet. Thero Is a largo lavatory with hot and cold water always ready to bo turned Into 30 basins. Thero nro troughs for feet washing, bnths which cost a penny. There nro dressing-rooms for thoso who wish to change, a barber's shop, n tailor, nud n shoemaker. The nccom modatlon for theso craftsmen Is pro vided by tho company, and n moderate uliargo made by tho men who do tho work, Tho lodgers' washliouso wns nn Interesting feature. The men cnn do their own laundry work. Thero Is every facility, but n laundryman llnds employment in working for tho lodgers. There Is 11 heating stove for speedy drying, nnd a rare nssortment of linen und garments were hung up to dry or lied up In small parcels. The lookers nre In the bnsoinont. Every lodger linn n locker nnd n key to him self. Theio Is niso u parrel-room whero lodgers ran leave things too bulky for tho lockers. Its contents Just now In eluded nn up-to-date bicycle with pneumatic tire. Tho sanltnry arrangements of tho Hoitpo nro excellent, and ho well nro all tho rooms ventilated that they nro not In tho least "smelly." Tim roiml.tr Cliiitoliilnr. Tho elintelalne is to tho front' ngnln, and tho most popular nro of oxidized silver. Another favorlto Is of gun metal nnd gold plate. Whlto mclnl la nlfo very much In evidence. Tho Jew eled eiintclnlno Is n new departure. In gold or ollver, with precious stones, theso very soon develop Into luxuries beyond tho purso of tho average wom an. Such excellent Imitations can ho brcured, however, that almost anybody mn Indulgo for n moderate price, If so Inclined. It Is usually better to havo all tho attachments match In color, If possible, llut, If this Is not feasible, It Is quite en regie to mix tho oxidized nnd whlto metaln. Tho nttnehnicntn eomo In nny number from three up. For tbroo tho most useful tiro tho purse, tablets and pencil. To thaw aro added, In tho full-lledgod nffalrs, tho salts, bon-bonloro or powder box, mir ror und charity box. Novelties In neckwear aro tho llttlo fur collars, trimmed with lace and ribbon, nnd tho stock and four-ln-hand tlo, mado of plaited moiiB3ol!no do eolo, trlmmod with pencil vol vol and edgod with luco. Tho now cashmeres como In thirty or moro shades. This multiplicity of uunnco has n long list of French name, which tho gonoral shrpplng public will tako a log tlmo to master. Ho charitable before wealth makes ,AKiaauiAhvi mnlfVifmivtf)aftovwv PENCILS NOT WANTED JOURNALISTS WILL USE THE MONOTYPE. tVorkeil I.lltn n TypprrUr Mnttr l.rntl Form Into I. niter. In 1U1 In. croilllity Short Hpiirn of Tlnio Ujimi hltuply l'r(ilngNi I. ever. (Special Letter.) mi journalist 01 tho near futuro will havo no ubj for pads of pap'r nnd well-sharpened pencils. Instead of tending by mrii fiongcr boy nn II legible scrawl written on any kind of nowspnper ono prominent newspaper writer uses mnrglns of old newspapers ho will forward rolU ot thin paper curiously punctured. Tho now LaiiBton monotype mnchlno for tjpo setting and casting will worlc tho miracle. Something much llko It, tho linotype machine, in now used In all tho big nowspnper olllccs of the coun try. In viewing tho monotype at work ono sees u man sitting beforo a klntl of typewriter working In what seems to bo the usual way, till ono bccs tho roll of paper which ho attacks, Instead of recolvlng tho impression of letters. Is being assailed by a Bcrlcs of punches which drlvo nent llttlo holes through It. Hero is n mystery. Tho roll of pa per steadily rovolvcs nnd, unwinding: itself, passes through tho district ot tho punches, nnd then winds Itsolf up on another spool. Aftor n whllo tho operator takes tho spool with th punctured paper nud fnstenn It In a machine of no great magnitude, which stnnds near; then ho turns n handlo or presses a lovor and tho niachlno Btiddonly chnnges nnd clatters and be comes a thing of llfo. Almost Instant ly a glistening typo-letter marches out of tho door In tho niachlno, Imme diately followed by another und nn other and another. They march along nt right nnglcs to whnt mny bo called an ordlnnry printer's galley. Nobody stands near. Whou tho lino ot typo Is us long as the width of tho galley It gravely stops forward, aided by n metal arm, and takes Its placo In tho galloy ready for business. It seems magical and. tho gravity with which tho motal letters march nlong Is Irre sistibly comic; each one sewnu a llr . :mwmwMm is' THE MONOTYPE MACHINE. Ing being, a sort ot woll-drlllcd soldlci doing n march past. That was tho wholo matter; the ono monotypo ma chine, aided by the operator, punched the paper, tho other niachlno produced nnd sot up tho typo aided by no man, and so up In such a fashion that you could tako your stereo or print from It nt once. Each ono ot tho glistening totters that marched along was only about tho third part of a second old when it set out upon Its lire's task; nnd In somo nowspapcr olllccs its llfo would bo but a question of a fow 'min utes, and yet during tho few minutes ot Its sudden cxlstonco It may help to overthrow an omplro or build one up. When tho perforation In tho rib bon of paper roaches a particular spot a portion ot that molten motal is forced Into a mold, then molded Into typo, coolod, picked out and sot on Its legs or rather leg. And tho operation Is repeated about three times In tho second, which is nt a rato In which you could not uttor tho famous "Jack Robinson." How la It done? All me chanically, all automatically. No now prluclplo of sclonco Is Involved, no startling development of electricity. Tho nctunl casting nnd sotting is don , by means of compressed air. Tho ma chine works as fast as tlirco compos itors, and, slnco It produco3 n now typa each tlmo, tho question ot bad Im pressions from worn-out typo or plate disappears. It produces automatically a perfect "Justification," In othor words spacing. In tho caso of writers who can typowrlto no question of dltllcult scribbling occurs. For, tho typewrit ing part being separate from tho cast ing, tho author can wrlto on the ma- chlno nnd sond ovor tho perforated rolls to tho otlico to bo put into tho machines. Ho has lnflnlto cholco or typo, and can havo proofs adlnflnltum. Tho machlno has boon rigorously test- ' ed by many practical men, who nro ! unanimous ns to its speed, efficiency, and tho quality of work It produces.' ' Nnmri of Monthf. Tho four last months of tho year are called tho sovonth (Septomber), eighth (October), ninth (November), nmi . (Dccomber) months respectively In 'stead of llin nth mil, fith n ,..LI I .. 7 ' "" " u ifiiu months ns they now really are. When I tho present names of' theso months , wero given thorn, they wcro corectly . described, becauso then tho yoar com I menced In March Instead ot January 'ns It now docs, and September was the seventh month under the Rnmnn t. IdnT. Tho change was not, made In this UV)WW'WW-- '