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FEW RECRUITS FOR LIFE-SAVERS
Small Wages
Surf
HE United Statei wo-
saving service Is finding
It Increasingly difficult
to nil gaps In Its crows
cnused by death and
resignation. Tho young
er men of tho coast do
not seem as willing to
accept tho small salary
and great dangers of the
outInn net wnra ItlAlP
Torofnthcrs. It Is still possible to find
father and son serving in tho same
,crow, and there aro Long Iitawd fam
ilies that can boast of having every
male incmbor a coast guard; but
these instances are by no means as
frequent as they used to bo. Tho
turfmen aro beginning to doubt the
I value of a service thnt pays, at most,
'a salary of $1,104 a year, with no pros
meet of nnn!nn nr Inrlrmtilflcntlon It
a man dies In the performance of his
duty. Why should a man adopt such
m life when he can do better and live
safely as fisherman or oysterman, or
combination carpenter and yacht
skipper In the summer months? Why,
Indeed T
Along tho 10,000 miles of coast line
thero is no stretch that Is so uniform
ly dangorous as the tenuous sand spit
that runs along the south sldo of Long
Island, projecting 120 miles' Into tho
Atlantic. The Great South beach, it
is called, or Fire Island beach; but to
men of the sea it is known as "the
Graveyard of the Atlantic" because
of the ships thnt havo brokon their
backs on the shifting bars that dot Its
length.
' 8lnce the white man first sailed
these seas, tho Great South beach has
taken Its toll. Bluff-bowed Dutchmen
out of Rotterdam; Spanish galleons
from Cuba; high-pooped English
merchantmen thnt traded to the loyal
colony of Now York; king's ships and
fishing boats of tho old days; stout
clippers and ocoan liners all theso
and many more have driven In with
tho flying scud, setting their sterna
doep in tho clinging sand that has so
cldom let loose Its prey.
1 You find evidences of them in the
shattered thlmbers that lino tho beach
from Flro Island to tho Hamptons
and beyond stout spars, sections of
planking, water-soaked timbers of
many shapes and ages; and off-shore,
sometimes one catches a glimpse of a
shattered hull, draped with the green
seaweed or a sunken mass of engines
and boilers and twisted pipes.
The government long ago recognized
the peculiar dangers of the Long Is
land shore, with its menace to the
liners that ply between Now York and
European ports, and measures to safe
guard it were taken. At Intervals of
five miles along the most dangerous
section, tiny stations aro plnnted.
There aro 13 of them, each mannod
by eight men from tho first of August
to the first of June. Between theso
dates all the crews, except captains
or keepers, go off duty without pay.
These are are stations at New York's
door. They are also tho stations
which do the greatest amount of work
and bear the heaviest responsibility
a statement that casts no reflection
on the remainder of the 300 stations.
Somo of the men In theso stations
have performed noteworthy deeds of
valor, but tho most they have over re
ceived In recognition has been a few
medals, and In one instance tho
thanks of the New York legislature.
Despite the undoubted hardship of
their work, and tho fact that they are
called upon to risk their Uvea more
often than soldiers or sailors, or even
firemen probably, the government 'has
not seen fit to raise their pay or In
crease the comforts of their surround
ings. One wonders how long such an
attitude will be preserved. It seems
unfair and unwise, Inasmuch as It has
already begun to react by curtailing
tho Bupply of recruits.
It should be borne In mind that In
all the history of tho life-saving serv
ice there has never been an instance
of cowardice not once. There has
never been a time when a captain
bad any difficulty in getting his men
to follow him Into the surf. Thore has
never been a time when it was neces
sary for the captain to repeat an or
der. Now and then, men have been
known to drink and neglect patrol
duty, but even these have never
showed themselves to be cowards.
And porhaps, after all, that is the
thing the service is most proud of.
"Yes, they do say l' a hard life,"
said old Capt. George Goddard of Lone
Hill, when somo ono once asked him
why ho still stuck to his Job nt sev
enty. "Yes, it may be a hard life," ho
mused. "But I like It. Thirty-odd
years I've been on the beach, for I
was a middle-aged man when I Joined
the service. But I'm good for a spell
yet, and then I've laid aaldo a little,
bo'b I can live comfortable. They
don't glvo us a ponsion, you know."
This InBt was not a complaint, but a
fact. It was spoken, too, by a man
who had reached three-score years
and ten and who was still able to
Hand up In the stern of a big surf
boat and handle a kicking steering
oar, with tho seas piling In higher
every minute and tho North German
Lloyd liner Prioress Irene fast on tho
outer bar. His tones -expressed a
certain amount of surprise, but no
and Lack of Pension Fund Are Driving the
men Into Less Hazardous Callings. '" "
complaint In fact, no member of the
service complains about his lot, even
when he resigns.
A man went to the captain of his
crow not long ago last summor, to be
exact and remarked: "I'm goln' to
quit, Cap. Too much work feedln'
the folks homo, now we've got anoth
er b'aby."
Tho captain took his pipe out of his
mouth and grunted. That was all. He
know perfectly well, as well as the
man In front of htm, that with a fami
ly of young children to be brought up
and educated In theso days of ex
pensive living, it was Impossible to
get along on the coast guard's pay of
$65 a month and $9 extra for rations.
If the coast guards aro somewhat
rough and uncouth outwardly, they
aro as gentle,, and courteous as wom
en. The visitor will And nothing too
ACVVCVC Sir-
good for him. When you sit down to
eat with thorn you are expected to
forage for yourself. They take it for
granted that evory one does that at
any table. Every man knows how to
roach for tho condensed milk can, ac
cording to the coast guard's view
point. But ir they onco get It Into
their beads that a visitor Is not far
ing properly they will make amends.
Any stranger who goes to a life-saving
station and appears to be a decent
citizen can havo board and lodging
and ho Isn't asked to pay, either. That
part of tho bargain Is loft to himself.
Even if ho does pay he won't be al
lowed to tax himself more than the
cost price of everything. This Is not
said unknowingly; It is a fact. The
life-savers of the Long Island coast
have a codo of hospitality as .rigid as
tho American Indians.
They aro of the purest American
stock, often with a strong vein of old
Dutch blood from tho colony at West
Sayvllle. In most cases they have fol
lowed tbeea from father to son for
from four to six generations. Ono Is
almost Inclined to bellovo that they
are born leather-skinned and ablo to
pull the heavy fourtoen-foot aBh
sweops that row tho surfboats and
"self-bailors." Some of the Long
Island fishing families have estab
lished enviable reputations for them
selves In tho service. Tako the Rhodes
family, the Bakers, tho Reynoldses,
tho Raynors, tho Seaman s and many
others. They havo all furnished at
least ono hero.
Captain Baker of tho Point o' Woods
station has two sons In tho service.
Tho oldest, Eddy, Is No. 1 man at
Point o' Woods; tho second, Wally, Is
at Blue Point, and the youngest, Sim
my, Is already on the eligible list for
appointment at Lone Hill. They are
fine, husky, strapping boys, the best
typo of young Americana of their
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class and calling broad-shouldered,
strong-limbed, with deep chests that
have been developed by hours of tug
ging at orrs that had to moot the un
dertow and bite of the surf. In a way
ono Is sorry to see material like this
wasted on tho sea. But there Is an
other side to tho .story. Is It wasted,
after all? These youngsters lead cour
ageous, healthful lives, out In the open
air. Tho city means nothing to them.
Eddy Baker, who bossed tho Job
In his father's absence when the An
tonio Lopez came asboro near Point
o' Woods two summers ago, and wont
out to her with a scratch crew of cot
tagers and bay men, was once Invited
to spend a week In town with somo of
theso same cottagers, who had taken
a fancy to his strong, simple nature.
Ho was so dismayed by the confusion
of civilization that ho lost himself at
!&?fiOZW vcty
Jamaica, where ho had to change cars,
and It took the police halt a day to
find him. He bad never seen the In
side or a big theater before bis visit,
and he went Into ecstacles at the din
nerMablo over some tco cream that
had been frozen in fancy molds. But
he could fry bam and eggs as dell
clously as the best chef that ever
handled a griddle, and he knew his
way through the mysteries of flap
Jacks, plum duff, and other dishes that
form tho life-saver's menu.
It was this same Eddy Baker, by
tho way, who summed up tho whole
vlowpotnt of his kind as the big Prln
zess Ireno headed for Now York, after
For the Sake
8mall Girl's Excellent Reasons for
Wishing She Might Be a Hen, If
Only on Occasional Sunday.
Out back of the house, on a graBsy
bank overlooking tho chicken yard,
sot Miss Thung and Margaret last
Sunday. They wore absorbed, espe
cially Margaret, In watching tho
chickens.
"They scratch Just the same on Sun
day," observed Margaret reflectively,
"as they do on weekdays. It's wicked,
I 'spose."
"Oh, no, it Isn't wicked," objected
Miss Thung.
"My mother says that 'musmenton
Sunday is bad for tho soul," remarked
Margaret. "But chickens are not jlke
little boys and girls, are they?" she
questioned with a baby sigh, s
"No, they are qullo different."
"They haven't got a soul, have
they?," pursued the child.
"No."
Margaret paused long and reflect
ively, "i wish I was a hen," she said
at last with decision.
four tugs had unexpectedly dislodged
hor from the sand bar:
"I'd like to be aboard her," said a
man, wistfully, as he thought of the
long trip back to the city by boat and
train.
"Why?" asked young Baker. "To
go to New York? Shucksl What do
you want to go there for?"
Somo of the Lone Hill surfmen had
been standing around when Baker
made this remark and, afterward, 'in
the messroom of their station, just
after supper, and the "sunset" patrol
had started out, the subject was
brought up again. They were mildly
amused by their visitor's inclination
to return to New York and, finally,
Jim Reynolds, who, as ho said him
self, had had more schooling than the
rest, was Induced to frame the philos
ophy of his mates in concrete phrases.
1MID
"You see, down here, we've got the
clean sea and the wind," he said.
"Everybody knows everybody else.
And tho everybodles aren't so thick
that wo can't have lots of space and
air and sunshine on all four sides of
us, outdoors and in. Nobody down
here Is after your money. I don't need
to knock the city. But down here they
liko you for yourself. Eddy Baker's
right. I can't see bow anybody likes
to live In tho city. Why, think of the
breakers and the fights we have with
them. Do you have anything like that
in the city? No, sir; I guess not."
The fact is, these men do not mind
the dangers and privations they un
dergo. They are nerveless, or prac
tically so. They are not wholly Ig
norant of fear; they realize it In grad
uated degrees. Men like Captain God
dard of Lone Hill or the Bakers of
Point o Woods have reduced the ap
prehension of danger to a minimum.
Although, It should be said, even Cap
tain Gooddard, stanch old veteran that
be is, has been known to break down
and cry.
of Novelty
"But don't you like to be mamma's
dear little girl?" Inquired Miss Thung
In surprise
"Oh, yes, I 'spose so," replied Mar
garet. "But,!' she concluded wistfully,
"I think I should like to try being a
hen for a while."
Fraternal Fractions.
Lodger My brother Is coming on
a visit; bavo you a couple of spare
cots?
Landlady A couple! Is he so big
as all that?
Lodger No, but you see tho fact
is, he really consists of two half
brothers. Accessories.
Bacon A small pleco of tubing
fastened across tho handle bars of a
motorcycle will hold convenient small
accessories for which there is no oth
er place on a machine.
Egbert By accessories I suppose
It means arnica, wltcbbazel and court
plaster.
D0QS OF OLD ARE PRESERVED
South Kensington Museum In England
Contains Many, Specimens of
Canine.
London. The rush to Europe season
Is at hand, and visiting Americans and
others fond of all the animals, and
birds on earth are advised to visit the
South Kensington museum, which Is
the natural history branch of the Brit
ish museum, London. The Kensington
building is an enormous place and only
a two penny fare from Charing Cross
virtually the center of the metropo
lis. The collection of everything with
legs and wings is nothing Bhort of won
derful. In an ordinary zoological col
lection many of the most interesting
creatures are asleep or otherwise be
hind the scenes. At 8outh Kensing
ton, however, every dead beast and
bird is very much "alive," and one can
Ancient Egyptian Greyhound or Z
- lughl.
study Its form and peculiarities with
much detail and continued charm.
All dogs are named and their breed
ing, owner and records given forth In
plain lettering. ,
The day of stuffing animals' skins
with tow is over. The model of the
body is now made of plaster and the
skin is fitted on to the prepared ,block
of the proportions of the living dog.
Already there Is noticeable a consid
erable change of type, an evolution
that can hardly be carried in the
mind's eye among the dogs of quite
recent times.
GJRL RESISTS HEAVY BOLT
Young Woman Unconscious Several
Days but Lives After Shock
That Melted Steel.
Baltimore, Md. Medical scientists
are Interested in the peculiar case of
Josephing Jones, sixteen years old,
who is slowly recovering at St.
Agnes' hospital from a lightning
stroke. Dr. Pierce Wilson says that
one of the most 'interesting features
of the case is the fact that for several
days following the accident the girl
was in a state of anesthesia caused
by the terrific shock on the nervous
system.
"For some days she wsb insensible
to pain. There was no muscular
paralysis, but the nervous system was
numbed. On making an Investigation
I found that the depression made in
the sidewalk where she was struck
measured two feet in diameter and
fifteen inches in depth. A tremendous
Impact caused the sinking of the
earth. While in Europe, several years
ago, I searched for unusual electrical
cases, but this one Is the most marvel
ous I have ever known. The body
resistance of the young woman Is
what saved ber life.
"The bolt melted her necklaco and
the steel rod of the umbrella she was
carrying. The girl was burned the
entire length of her left side, the
wounds have not healed and may re
quire a akin grafting operation."
SHOES DEFY TIME AND WEAR
Mount Joy (Pa.) Man Thirty Years
Trying to Discard Them, Without
a Peg Yielding.
Mount Joy, Pa. Isaiah Zug of Mil
ton Grove is the owner of a pair of
shoes and of a pair of boots that, in
a way,, are as out of the ordinary as
the famous slippers of Clndorella.
They promise to be everlasting, for
the shoes have resisted for thirty
years the efforts cS Zug to wear them
out, while the boots would fire the
enthusiasm of former Governor Pen
nypacker, with their record of twenty-five
years' wear.
The shoes aro of the variety known
in the rural regions as "Sunday
shoes,", while the boots are bis "wad
dags," or workday footwear.
Both pairs were the production of
Abraham Ebersolo, now dead, who
had a cobbler and shoe shop at Mas
tersonvllle. Zug and the shoes have
never missed a Sunday at church in
the thirty years since EWrsole made
them to order for him.
WANTED "BROWN-EYED WIFE"
And Secret Service Man Arrested Ap
plicant a Smuggler When She
Answered "Ad."
Philadelphia, Pa. The quest of
"Acll Alexander," who is in reality Go
raez Wilson, one of the government's
shrewdest secret service agents, for a
"brown-eyed wlfo" has ended.
Wilson, who posed as a seedy Indi
vidual, sought a woman suspected of
counterfeiting and smuggling. Her
eyes were known to bo brown. The
woman, whose name is Chrlatin
Chandler, was found in Shamokin and
has been taken to Duluth, Minn.,
where she 1b wanted. v
Some tlmo ago the government re
ceived reports of smuggling being car
ried on between Canada and tho Unit
ed States, and a description of the
woman was placed in the hands of
Wilson, who devised the schema of ad
vertising for a wife whose eyes were
brown. The auspect answered and
was rrrju, i
HARD FOR THE
HOUSEWIFE
It's hard enough to keep houso If
In perfect health, but a woman who
Is weak, tired and suffering all of
the tlmo with on aching buck has a
heavy burden to carry. Any woman
in this condition has good cause to
suspect kidney trouble, especially If
the kidney action seems disordered
nt all. Doan'fl Kldnoy Pills have
cured thousands of women suffering
In this way It Is tho best-recommended
special kidney remedy.
A MEBBASKA CASE! MrB Mary
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Ttlltabtory' Wtl dordon. Neb.,
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pain all
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Get Dean's at say Drug Store, 50c s Box
Doan's "SSjy
Unmanageable.
She Can you manage a typewriter?
He No. I married ono.
A CURB FOR PILES.
Cola' Ctrbolfoalva atops Itchlnir and pia-
and cur pile. All druwUU. 26andG0c
Reservations.
She Let me be the first aid to the
injured.
He If you're sure It won't be lem
onade. Baltimore American.
Pitting Crime.
He I know who egged you on to
this.
She Who egged mo on?
He That old hen.
Hurry, Girls!
Uncle Sam has lust issued a little
brochure on fattening calves. Hurry,
girls, as tho edition will soon be ex
hausted. Washington Post.
Instinctive.
"So you took your wife to tho base
ball game?"
"Yes," replied Mr. Meokton.
"Did she enjoy It?"
"Only part of It She thought they
wasted a groat deal of time running
around the lot, but she thought tho ar
guments with the umpire were quite
interesting." Washington Star
Births In the Air.
The International Congress on Ae-,,
rial Legislation,' sitting at Geneva,
Switzerland, is evoking a very de
tailed codo of laws. One of Its sug
gested paragraphs reads: "In the
event of a birth occurring in an air
craft the pilot is to enter the event
in bis log book and must notify the
fact to the authorities at tho first
place at which he descends."
Moving Pictures Popular,
In a recent number of tho Dally
Consular Reports are collected memo
randa from cities and towns in vari
ous distant parts of the world showing
the universal quality, of the 'popular
interest which tho moving pictures
excite.. England, Japan, Turkey, Mex
ico, India, Australia and tho Islands
of the sea all havo the same story to
tell; wherever tho clnomatograph
goes it finds an instant and sustained
welcome.
How He Left.
The servants wero discussing the
matter below stairs.
"Master and mistress 'ad something
of a row last night, I 'ear," said the
butler ponderously. "
"You should have hoard 'em," an
swered the parlor maid in a shocked
tone. "Scandalous Is what I calls it!"
"They tell mo 'o ran out, cranked 'is
motor car and left In it."
"No," said the maid, positively, "he
didn't leave In his machine; I dis
tinctly heard tho mistress say ho left
in a huff." London Answers.
WELL PEOPLE TOO
Wis Doctor Gives Postum to Con
valescents. wise doctor tries to glvo nature its
best chance by saving the little
strength of the already exhausted pa
tient, and building up wasted energy
with simple but powerful nourish
ment,
I "Fire years ago," writes a doctor
"I commenced to use Postum In my
own family instead or coffee." (It's
a well-known fact that tea is Just as
injurious as coffee because it contains
caffeine, the same drug found in cof
foe.) "I was so well pleased with the
results that I had two grocers place
it in stock, guaranteeing Its Bale.
"I then commonced to recommend it
to my paienta in place of coffee, as a
nutritious beverage. The consequence
is, every store in town is now selling
It, as It has become a household ne
cessity in many homes.
"I'm sure I prescribe Postum as oft
en as any one remedy in the Materia
Medica In almost every cobo of indi
gestion and nervousness I treat, and
with the beat results.
"When I onco introduce it into a
family, it is quite suro to remain. I
shall continue to uso It and prescribe
it iu families where I practice,
"In convalescence from pneumonia,
typhoid fever and other cases I give
It as a liquid, easily absorbed diet.
You may use my letter as a reference
any way you seo fit." Namo given by
Postum Co., Battlo Creek, Mich.
Read "Tho Road to Wellvlllo," la
pkgs. "There's a reason."
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one nppenra from time to time. They
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