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Having service at Washington
they sometimes speak of " a
night's work on the Jersey
coast," which, to a casual listen
er, curries no especial signifi
cance, it is only when ono is
curious enough to probo behind
the matter-of-fact attitude of tho
depnrtment ofllclals, or dig Into
the time-yellowed reports of the
coast patrol that ono obtains a
glimmer of what this branch of
government service expects of
Its servants, and of tho unemotional heroism
that is concealed In that casual phrase "a
night's work.'
From Washington, if you go down into tho llfe
avlng stations along the Jersey shore, you will
And the same casual Indifference to the Btory of
ono night which Is now history an Indifference
that might lead to the belief that tho occasion
was a trifle, wero It not for the fact that in the
memories of the old men of the service Its de
tails are still vivid.
H was the third of February, 1880. Two storms
were rushing along the Atlantic coast. They met
off the Jersey shore, a howling, roaring conflict
of wind and weather, snow-rent and slcet-rlven.
As darkness settled tho life-saving crews In the
stations along tho wind-swept coast watched the
sea with foreboding In their hearts. At midnight
the storm was at Its height.
In the next twelve hours during its continuance
the apprehensions of the Jersey patrol found
realization. Within those twelve hours there were
five wreckB within the scopo of four consecutive
tatlons, while another disaster engaged a station
short distance beyond. The men of the stations
rescued forty-three persons, tolled hungry and
half-frozen In darkness and tempest, established
a standard of bravery and fortitude that Is unique
and went through the ordeal with that offhand
carelessness of personal risk which characterizes
those of their calling.
At one In tho morning Keeper Charles H. Val
entino of Station No. 4 lay gravely 111 of pleurisy.
At 1:30 Surfman Van Brunt) staggering Into the
drift of the gale on the west patrol, caught the
red glcnm of a light In the breakers. So fierce
was the wind, filled with driven sand and sleet,
that he could not look into its teeth, but by
shielding his eyes and looking across It ho saw
the outline of a largo schooner. She was the
E. C. Bnbcock of Somers Point, and she was on
a bar close to shore.
Van Brunt run for the station and gave the
alarm. Despite his illness, Keeper Valentine rose
from his bed and In person led his crew to the
rescue. Baffled by the snow which lay thick
along the beacb, by the gale that tore seams in
their faces, and by the Intense cold which froze
hot line and beach apparatus, the life savers
fought for two hours to get a line aboard the
stranded vessel. At length they succeeded, and a
man came ashore in the breeches buoy. He said
that the captain of the Dabcock had his wife
and two small children on board. The breeches
buoy was sent out again and the captain came
ashore in It, his six-year-old daughter in his arms.
His wife followed. Then came the mate with the
other child. Last came the rest of the crew.
The life savers went back to the station, and
In the early hours of the stormy dawn were hastily
rearranging tho apparatus when one of the men
saw a largo brig coming head on for the shore.
Keeper Valentine had gone back to bed, but once
more ho arose and Insisted on leading his men
again to the scene of danger.
Before the crew could get the half-prepared
beach apparatus to the surf, tho brig, running
furiously before tho tremendous sea, her sails
split and tattered, struck with terrific impact
The tide was very high, and the brig, the Augus
tlna from Havana, came up close to the station
and well Inside the breakers. Just before she
struck the life savers could see a man at the
wheel, apparently steering composedly, his face
emotionless, a pipe in his teeth.
When the shock came a torrent of frothing
seas broke over the vessel's stern, covering the
helmsan; but a moment later he could be seen
standing at the wheel, unmoved. Then the brig
swung broadside to the fusillade of thundering
surf, and her crew fled forward to the bltts.
By this time the life savers were on the beach
with their gun, while a crowd of some hundreds
of persons watched from the shelter of the higher
dunes. The brig was so close to shore that Surf
roan Garrett White, following a receding sea
down the beach, succeeded In throwing a heaving
tick. and line on board her.
This the crew secured, and hauled the whln
llne on board, but, getting the tallblock, did not
Jcnow what to do next In vain the life savers
signaled and shouted to them. They were Span
ish, and the directions on the billet attached to
' the lines were In Italian and English only.
At this moment the life savers were filled with
horror. The crew of tho grounded brig, unable
to solve the mystery of rlglng the breeches buoy,
-were preparing to take a terrible risk. One of
them seized the lino and started the attempt of
coming in on it hand over hand.
Meantime the wreck of the Dabcock, a quarter
of a mile up the beach, had broken up, and tho
fragments of the vessel, together with her cargo
of cordwood, were being swept by the current
down about the Augustlna, filling the surf with
tumbling debris which well-nigh Insured the
death of anyone who fell into It. In a moment
the whip line, over which the sailors were pre
paring to come In, fouled in the wreckage. Dis
regarding the shouts to wait, tho first sailor, clad
only In a pair of trousers, seized the line and be
gan working his way In on It hand over hand.
Rushing waist deep Into the breakers, White
seized the man, and as the brig rolled Inshore
and the line .slackened be slipped the bight from
the sailor's neck.
The next second both were caught In the In
rush of wood and water and torn from the line
to be hurled beneath the breakers. By a tsr
rifle effort White succeeded In regaining bis foot
ing and, still clutching the sailor, dragged him
out of the surf.
While this struggle was taking place two more
sailors had started down the line from the brig.
Surfman Van Brunt sprang into the water to aid
them, but was swept from his feet, bis life bang
ing on a straw in the deadly mass of tumbling
timbers. He was carried down-shore a hundred
yards, where friendly wave shouldered him up
on the beach. At the moment Van Brunt's peril
it --P
was recognized by those on shore, Surfman Pot
ter leaped to his assistance, only to bo himself
unfooted and flung on co a floating mass of drift.
As he lay thero struggling to get to his feet, the
line suddenly tautened In the current and falling
across his breast held him pinioned under water.
For fully a minute he lay there helpless In sight
of his comrades and slowly drowning. At last,
nearly dead, a wave washed him free.
Meantime one of the two sailors was torn from
his hold on the rope and washed ashore uncon
scious. Surfman Ferguson went for the other
and brought him In. Surfman Lockwood rescued
the fourth man.
And so, one by one, In grim hand-to-hand com
bat with the storm, the crew of the wrecked brig
were rescued. Hours later she was boarded In
the surfboat In the cabin, lying in his bunk,
a pistol bullet through his head, they found the
captain. He had been part owner of the vessel,
and when he had seen that she was lost, he had
gone below, scrawled a note In Spanish saying
he was ruined, and shot himself.
While the men of Station No. 4 were battling
at these two wrecks, those of Station No. 2 were
rescuing seven men and the captain's wife from
the three-masted schooner Stephen Harding.
While five miles off shore tho Harding had been
In collision with the schooner Kate Newman,
which had gone down with all hands, save one
man, who, as the vessels came together, leaped
over the bulwarks of the Newman on to the deck
of the Harding.
At the same time Stations Nos. 11 and 12 were
waging one of the grimmest and gamest fights
against masterful odds in the history of the
service.
This struggle was at the wreck of the schooner
George Taulane. The night before the big storm
she was off Naveslnk, running steadily in the
growing wind. An hour found the snow shutting
thick over the rim of the sea, and the gale In
creased to a hurricane. It was two in tho morn
ing when the craft found herself In distress. At
that hour the deck load of lumber, piled high,
broke loose. The terrific roll of the schoooner
In the high sea sent huge timbers tumbling about
her decks, making It almost Impossible for the
crew to stay above hatches. Twenty minutes
later fire was discovered on board. Flames shot
aft from the forecastle, igniting the deck load.
With .her progress somewhat arrested toward
shore by tho dragging anchors, tho Taulane be
gan drifting parallel to the shore, getting in close
to it very slowly. At this time she was discov
ered by the life savers of Station No. 11.
This crew, leaving beach apparatus behind
and knowing that no lifeboat could live in the
breakers, followed the craft as she drifted along
the coast, calculating that she would ground near
Station No. 12 and depending on that station for
apparatus. Shortly afterward the wreck was seen
by Keeper Chadwlck of Station 12, who ordered
out his crew with beach cart and gun.
At this time the vessel was about half-way be
tween the two stations. On one side the crew of
Station 11 were following her along the beacb;
on the other the crew of No. 12 were coming in to
meet her.
It wns between nine and ten o'clock when the
two crews met. The horses that had started
with the beach cart oft the men from Station 12
had refused to ford the sluices between the hills
and had been left behind, the men dragging the
cart themselves. The helpless Taulane was then
still holding off the bar by her dragging anchors,
and still drifting along shore. The two life-saving
crews now Joined forces In a strange and ter
rible battle. ,
The vessel was 400 yards off shore, her men
in her rigging, the seas breaking and tumbling
whito all over her hull. But she was still moving,
steadily, surely, alongshore, her keel free of the
sand.
The life savers at once placed the surf gun
and a line which was fired fell across the Tau
lane out of reach of her shipwrecked crew. Be
fore another could be fired the vessel had drifted
southward out of range.
Loading the gun and apparatus Into the beacb
cart, the two life-saving crews started after her
alongshore, laboring manfully In the sand and
flooded sluices to keep pace with the drift of the
vessel to leeward. In order to do this they were
obliged to proceed at what was almost a run.
After twenty minutes of breathless work they
were again opposite her, the gun was once more
planted, and another shot fired.
At this portion of the beach the sand dunes
were low, and the only point of vantage from
which the gun could be shot was the top of the
knolls. The knoll on which the effort was made
was In an Indentation In the shore, making It
farther from the vessel, and, the line being wet
and heavy, It failed to reach the Taulane.
Once more the crews of Stations 11 and 13
loaded the heavy beach cart and staggered on
after the fast drifting schooner. As the chase
led to the south, the conditions on the beach
became worse. The surf washed In higher, the
sluices became more numerous, and the dry sand
dune tops further separated.
The next dry hill was 400 yards farther on,
dVA
and tho beach that lay beforo It was well-nigh
Impassable. After twenty minutes of grim effort
It was finally gained only to find that tho vessel
had passed It and wns drifting on.
Perhaps the best account of tho remainder of
tho terrible march to Its ultimate end Is given
in the report of the Bcrvlco of 1880, which says
of it:
"From first to Inst the difficulties of the llfs
savers and tho perils which beset them novor
Blackened a moment. The wheels of the cart,
in coast phraso, 'sanded down' so rapidly that
la, sank so quickly In tho Infiltrated soil that the
conveyance had to be kept on the move lest It
should be lost. Often tho cart had to be partial
ly unloaded and portions of the apparatus car
ried by the crews to lighten It sufficiently to make
progress possible, and at other times tho men
would have to fling themselves upon the wheels
and hold them with all their strength to prevent
the cart from being capsized by the Inequality!
of the submerged ground or tho overwhelming
tnburst of the sea rushing high over the axles.
"The escapes were numerous. It was with
great dlfflcutly that tho men could keep their feet
In this constant onslaught and pelting of drift
wood. But not a man fell away or flinched from
the work before htm.
"Not the least difficult of their tasks was that
of keeping tho lines, and especially tho guns and
powder, dry In the universal drench around them,
and It Is difficult to understand how they con
trived It; for, aside from the number of actual
firings, wherever a momentnry pause of the ves
sel as she grazed bottom, or a slowing of her
motion, offered an opportunity for action, at least
a dozen times, and probably more, tho cart was
hurriedly unloaded on the nearest eminence, the
gun planted and the shot-line arranged for the
effort, when the wreck would suddenly roll away
upon her course, and tho men would have to re
load the cart and toll on again after her. In this
way and with these Interruptions, they worked
down along the beach to station No. 12 and a
quarter of a mile beyond It, when a chanco of
fered for another shot; but the line parted. The
crew again moved stubbornly on. It was now
noon, and suddenly tho roan so long seen hang
ing In the rigging fell Into the sea and was gone.
The crew still followed the vessel with unslack
ened activity. Half an hour later they saw an
other man drop lifeless from the ratlines.
"Laboring forward now for the rescue of the re
maining five, they suffered a misfortune. In stag
gering and floundering through ono of tho worst
sluiceways with tho cart, the gun toppled off Into
the flood and was lost. A desperate search was
made at once, and finally It was found in four or
five feet of water, fished up nnd wiped dry, and
carried thenceforth by tho stout keeper on his
shoulder. A man was dispatched back to No. 12
for a dry shot-lino, while the crew, moved on to
a point three-quarters of n mile below the sta
tion, where they got another chance to fire a
shot, which, however, fell short, the tide having
forced tho firing party farther and farther back
on the hills as they advanced, and the line, too,
being weighted with moisture.
"The cart was again reloaded, and the march
resumed. A mile below the station the man over
took them with the dry shot-line and, chance of
fering, tho last shot was fired. This time It was
a success! The line flew between the foremast
and the Jib-stay, and, the cut sweeping the bight
of the line In to the side or the vessel, the sailors
got hold of It and fastened it to tho fore nnd
main rigging.
"As the schooner still continued to drift and
roll, nothing could yet be done, but while the
greater part of tho force loaded up the cart and
trudged on with It, throe or four kept fast bold
of the shore end of the shot-line, and kept pace
with tho wreck in leash. At tho end of another
quarter of a mile the vessel suddenly struck the
tide setting north, stopped, swung head offshore
and worked back to her anchors under the comb
of the breakers. The time had como at last; and
the whlp-!lnc, with Its appurtenances, was bent
on to the shot-line, hauled aboard, and mado fust
by the tall of the block to the mainmast head.
"The wreck now slued uround broadside to tho
sea and rolled frightfully. Tho hawser followed
the whlpllne on board, and tho breeches-buoy
was rigged on, but the vessel rolled so that it
was Impossible to set the hawser up on shore In
the usual manner, bo it was rove through tho
bull's-eye In the sand-anchor, whllo several men
held on to the end to give and take with each roll
of the vessel. The work or hauling the sailors
from tho wreck was now begun with electric en
ergy. After two men were landed, the vessel
took the ground, but tho circumstances increased
rather than diminished her rolling, and some con
ception of this powerful motion may be derived
from the fact that in one Instance the breeches
buoy with a man In It swung In the off-shore roll
fully fifty feet In the air.
"The strain and friction upon the hawser were
so great that the llgnum-vltae bull's-eye through
which it ran at the sand-anchor, despite the hard
nesB of the wood, was worn fully half an Inch
deep during 30 minutes or use. Within those 30
minutes, however, the five men we're safely land
ed, the last man getting out of the buoy at half
past two."
And so closes the story of that which In the
department at Washington, Is spoken of casually
as "A night's work on the Jersey coast."
BITTEN H D06
CONVICTS CONFESS RELIGION
AND ARE BAPTIZED.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What Is Going on Hers and Thsrs
That Is of Intarsst to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Beatrice Tho epidemic or hydro
phobia which Iiub been alarming tha
residents of Glcnovcr hart spread to
tho tnnln city nnd the llttlo daughtoi
of Divlght Colt, cnahlcr of the Gorman
National bank, of this city, has boon
bitten by u dog supposedly mad. Tho
llttlo girl, who Is about threo yean
old, was playing with tho family dog
when suddenly It How ut her Iti n rng
and bit her. Tho animal rapidly grow
Worse and wan killed a short time
later and the family started for Chi
cago with tho girl for treatment. An
analysis of the dog's brain at tho Pas
teur Institute rovcaled unmlstakabU
signs of. rabluB.
Convicts Embrace Religion.
Lincoln John Bll and Jesse Chat
tell, two Douglas county convicts al
the state penitentiary, were escorted
to tho First Christian church her
Bundny and baptized by the Hev. N,
T. Harmon, chaplain of tho peniten
tiary. Both men confessed tholr mte
deeds and asked that the blessing o!
tho Iord bo upon them In their futurt
endeavors.
Commercial Club Banquet.
Hartlngtou Tho Ilartlngton Com
tnerclal club gave Its first annual ban
quet hero Thursday evening, !!G5 per
sons being present, making it tin
largest attended function of its kind
la tho northeastern part of Nebraska
Killed by a Stray Bullet.
Kearney A stray bullet, supposed
ly fired by somo hunters In tho Umbo
along tho Platto river threo mllei
southeast of here, struck Glenn Holt,
twelvo years old, in tho breast, killing
him almost instantly.
THE SAFE LAXATIVE
FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE
New 8chool for Osceola.
Osceola Tho laying of tho corner
stone for tho new $40,000 high school
building will take place on Wcdnes
day, Juno 12, according to present
plans.
Postofflce Building for Lyons.
Lyons It has been aocldcd to re
model the poBtoftlco building hero and
erect ono BUltablo for poBtofilco, cltj
hall and tire department.
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J STATE BASE
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Superior was shut out at Columbus
Monday, 2 to 0.
Grand Island defeated Seward Sat
urday, 12 to 8.
Columbus defeated Superior Sun
day in a sand storm, 12 to 3.
Falls City Saturday shut out Ducky
Holmes' aggregation by the scoro of
4 to 0.
Wllber was defeated at Crete Sun
day 7 to 0. Norton of Crete fanned
sixteen men.
WlBscr's "WhlzzerB" Bhut out tho
Hiawatha Indians Tuesday afternoon
by tho score of 7 to 0.
Tho fenturo of a gamo at Pender
Sunday was a trlplo play In tho sev
enth by tho home team.
Largo Bcorcs wero made In most ol
tho Stato loaguo games Wednesday
Tho high wind was responsible.
Tho stores wero closed and tho en
tire town turned out to see tho open
ing game at Columbus with Seward
Wednesday.
The pitchers In the Stato league are
getting theirs this year. On the other
hand, players are rattening tbolr bat
ting averages each day.
At Beatrice Monday, Hiawatha de
feated tho home team 1 to 0. It was
tho best game of the season at that
place und a pitchers' battle.
Clay Schoonovcr, left fielder for tho
Omaha team last year and a substi
tute this season, hns been sold to
Grand Island or tho State league.
Averages nro closo in tho State
league. Tho winning or a gamo or
two would Bend a team from second
last placo to tho second rung of ths
ladder.
Tho Polk County Baseball leagui
has been organized and a aeries ol
games nro to bo played In each of th
county towns, commencing on Juno 4
Averages in the stato league wll
shift a great deal for tho next two
weeks. Bvery team In the league has
a good chance for tho pennant as far
as averages go.
Superior Is the surprise of the
league so far. Last year's pennant
winner have not been able to get a
start and have won but one game, al
though playing at home.
The features of the Monday game al
Humboldt wero t'hree base hits by
McClellan, Thuere and Murphy ol
Humboldt and Free of Auburn,
Despite a temperature of nearly 101
degrees nnd a gale of wind carrylnj
dust and sand, the game at Fremon
Sunday with Hastings drew a bl
crowd. Ramey struck out eleven men
The following has been posted It
the grandstand in the St. Louis Na
tlonal league park: "Notice: Any
person using profane or abuslvo Ian.
guage, directed against either home or
visiting players, will be expelled from
the grounds."
Most elderly people are more or
lens troubled with a chronic, per
sistent constipation, due largely t
lack of sufficient exercise. They ex
perlence difficulty In digesting evea
light food, with consequent belching
of stomach gases, drowsiness after
eating, headache and a feeling of lasst
tudo and general discomfort.
Doctors advise against cathartics and
violent purgatives of every kind, rec
ommending a mild, gontlo laxative
tonic, like Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin,
to effect relief without disturbing the
entlro system.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is th
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tho tasto. It poHBOBscs tonic proper
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kind bowels nnd Is a remedy that has
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thousands of families, und should be
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Druggists everywhere sell Dr. Catd
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send your name and address to Dr. W.
D. Caldwell, 201 Washington St, Mom
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Lamb's Tenure of Llfs Not Long.
A party of privileged sightseers
wero admitted to a private view of
monagorlo between performance,
and among other things were shows
what was called a "Happy Family,"
that Is to say, In one and the same
cage there was a toothless lion, s
tiger, somewhat the worse for wear,
and a half-famished wolf. Beside)
theso wild animals, curled up In on
cornor, was a diminutive lamb which
shivered as It slumbered.
"How long have the animals lived
together?" asked one of the party.
"About twelve months," replied the
showman,
"Why," exclaimed a lady, "I am
sure that little lamb Is not as old as
that."
"Oh," aald the showman, quite us
moved, "the lamb has to be renewed
occasionally.
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