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VOLUME XXV.--XOIBER 20.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1894.
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WHOLE NUMBER 1,268.
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NEBRASKA NEWS.
The Russian thistle has appeared in
Platte County.
There is general complaint of sneak
thieving- at Grafton.
The starch factory at Nebraska City
has resumed operations.
The dwelling of Wm. Felkner, Fair
fcnry, was destroyed by are.
The record for the Fremont clearing
Jiouse 'st week was SS4.000.
The Fillmore county fair will take
place September 4, 5, i and 7.
The I.urlinton road has been reduc
ing expenses at Nebraska City.
The 15ox Butte county institute this
year had an unusually large attend
ance. The German Lutherans at Scribner
are building a neat parsonage for their
minister.
An old settlers' reunion and tijstrict
fair is to be held at Bayard September
.J3and II.
The strike at South Omaha is a thing
of the past and all troops have been
withdrawn.
Uy the explosion of a gamine stove
Irs. Brown of Omaha was last week
burned to deatli.
Fremont has got to erect another
school building to accomodate the in
creasing children.
ieorgc Meisner. a wealthy citizen of
Helton, h.-is finished and occupied a
vi,OfU residence.
.lames Scott died in Columbus at the
advanced age of ?. He was a veteran
of the Mexican war.
L'ermanent survey for the Columbus
can.it has I een completed. Excavating
will soon commence.
The second day of the Nebraska State
Holiness camp meeting at Bennett
found every tent taken.
V. E. (.'arson, a carpenter, fell from a
window in the PueOlo hotel at Pender
and died several hours later.
Mr. Waterman, at Dorchester, has
30,000 bushels of old corn which he ex
pects to sell for about 5--, 000.
Thit Beatrice canning factory is now
running full biast and will continue in
operation through the season.
Bicycle thieves are very active in
Fremont. A number of hrst-elass
whels have lately disappeared
The M. E. and Christian churches at
I'.radshaw v. ill dismiss their pastors till
times get better if it takes a 3"ear.
The little daughter of Commissioner
Tborp of (iarfield county, fell into a
barrel of water and was drowned.
The Loup river is carrying so little
vater that it is fordabie in many
places and cattle are tired of living in
it.
The small-pox scare at McCook is
' subsiding. The four cases are conva
lescing and a rigid quarantine is en
forced. Mr. Pegau's store at Admah was en
tered a niirht or two ago and a large
amount of money and a draft for $iu."
ivere stolen.
A band of tive State university stu
dents has begun a series of union evan
gelical services in the Presbyterian
church at Pawnee City.
H. M. Henry lost seventy-five tons of
hay by fire on his land one mile east of
Wayne. He says the hay was worth
at least SS a ton to him.
Herman Post, who resides north of
"Fremont came very near being killed
by a Jersy bull when he attempted to
lead him from the stable.
Sneak thieves broke into E. A. Stew
arts grocery and .1. H. Stewart v Co.'s
hardware store at Blair. They suc
ceeded in fretting a few dollars.
! A. Elliott of Fremont made an
assignment m favor of his creditors by
giving two mortgages on his stock of
lumber, amounting to S4.70.';.4).
The wife of Daniel Nelson, a farmer
near Butte, was brought before the
board of insanity and adjudged insane.
She was taken to the Norfolk asylum.
-Vch Smith, who was sentenced to
five years for shooting at Keese Robin
son with intent to kill in Omaha last
November, has appealed to the supreme
court.
The business done at the South Oma
ha postotliee has decreased considera
bly in the last year, and it has gone
back from a first-class office to one of
the second class.
Adam. Vrzel. living ten miles south
west of Atkinson, met with the serious
loss of having his dwelling-, together
with its contents, including S30 in
money, destroyed by lire.
The l.Vyear-old son of (Jeorge Fetch
ner, foreman m the B. .fc M. shops,
was drowned in the river at Platts
mouth, while swimming- The body
has not yet been recovered.
Two strangers, who have been camp
ing just north of Nebraska City for a
wek or so, were arrested, charged
with the theft of eight hogs from the
farm of deneral Van Wyck.
Logan county farmers are feeling
cood over the prospect of at least half
u corn crop and a very fair yield of po
tatoes and hay. Recent rains have
helped them out wonderfully.
Ihigulist Robbins. of Plattsmouth.
lied from the effects of injuries re
ceived in a recent contest in the rinir.
A number of sports who were connected
with the affair have been arrested.
Times are always prosperous when
la"bor and capital are steadily employed.
. Western goods for western people. 1-ar-
rcll fc Cos brand of syrups, jellies, pre
serves and m:nee meat: Morse-Coe
boots and shoes for men. women and
children. American Biscuit ,t Manufac
turing Co.. Omaha, crackers.
A mas meeting was held at the court
house in Beaver City to discuss a pro
position for bonding the county for ,
SI 00. GOO to improve the roads and give
employment to the needy. A vote
taken on the question of calling an
election wa defeated by a kirge ma
jority. The pastures are pretty poor picking
zcr stock now. says the U acoW'orid.
but if it continues dry the crows will
have pretty good picking after a while.
.Fremont is aroused over thieving
gangs, who are laying hands on some
of the test bicycles in the city. Some
of the wheels have been recovered but
none of the thieves have been captured.
Fire totally destroyed a barn and two
horses one a valuable stallion the
property of ( hartes s-nodirrass in the
"west end of Columbus. The fire de-
partment. responded but could be of no
assistance as the fire was half a mile
bej-ond the limit of dre plugs. There
was no insurance.
Herman Past a farmer living a few ,
miles north of Fremont, was attacked
and seriously injured by a bull. He
was-thrown from the stable in which
the vras attacked and across the yard
and escaped by crawling into the barn,
but not until his clothing was torn
from his body and he was senously
' gored and bruised.
Howard Richardson, residing c ast of
Fremont, was bitten by a rattl; snake
on one of his to-, and thelegfrt in the ;
knee down swelled to about thret-times ,
its natural size. It vas feared f.ir a
.time that he could not recover, but late
reports froai his physician are moru I'a
' Yoraiile for his recovery.
The Nebraska Manufacturers and
Consumers association gave a big ban
quet at Beatrice, at which everything
on the bill of fare was Nebraska made.
I lne association will give a leea in r re-
mont soon.
J. A. Elliout, a lumber dealer of Fre
mont, made an assignment for the ben
efit of his creditors. Two mortgages,
covering stock and accounts, were
given, amounting to 54,700. Liabilities
are estimated at 5,330.
At a meeting of the directory of the
Dodge County Agricultural society the
secretary, James Huff, was authorized
to make all necessary repairs and im
provements at the lair grounds and
employ a band for the fair.
V. D. Jones, at Elk Creek, met with
an accident on Thursday, which re
sulted in a broken arm and other
bruises. He was working in the bot
tom of a well when a rock was acci
dentally rolled into the well from the
top.
A petition has been circulated and
signed by a majority of the taxpayers
of Humboldt asking the mayor and city
council to call an election to vote bonds
for a system of water works, and a
mass meeting has been called to discuss
the matter.
Michael Hogan, a farmer living five
miles north of Columbus, accidentally
shot and killed himself. He leaves a
wife and family. He was about fifty
years old. He was getting through a
wire fence when the gun was accident
allj' discharged.
A threshing steamer belonging to A.
Hudson of Valparaiso broke through a
culvert in the road near the Richardson
fc Hughes ranch. Hudson and Al Oil
pin went down with the engine, and
Gilpin was caught and so badly scalded
that his recovery is doubtful.
During a thunder shower lightning
struck the big barn owned by Mark
Butler. It, with eighty tons of timo
thy hay, was consumed. The barn is
just outside of Geneva, and the fire de
partment was called out but could do
nothing. Loss S-,000, with no insur
aancc. Chauncy Adams, a boy about 14
years of age, living vith his parents in
South Brownville. was attacked by a
ferocious dog and bitten and laseerated
in a horrible manner. His thigh and
one arm were literally crushed under
the grinding process of the mail brute's
ponderous jaws. The beast was killed,
but no one can tell whether or not it
was rabid.
A. R. Smith, living five miles south of
Wallace, shot himself in the breast,
dying almost instantly. His wife had
just left the room to get water for a
child when she heard the report ami
went to him. He was sitting up in bed.
He gave a scream and fell back on the
pillow dead. The revolver was on the
tloor. It Ls not known whether the
shooting was accidental or not.
Ed Franklin, who has a farm about
three miles west of this city, says the
Lincoln Journal, has three large, fine
looking ears of corn exhibited at the
Capital hotel. An explanation card
which accompany's them says that he
has lt'O acres of standing corn from
which he may gather sixty bushels of
similar ears per acre. The ears will
average fifteen inches in length.
A sad accident occurred in front of
the residence of Mrs. S. W. True, one
mile north of Seward, which resulted
in the sudden death of the youngest
daughter of John M. Strayer. Mrs.
Mrayer and three daughters were just
leaving Mrs True's home in a carriage
drawn by one horse when, by a sudden
cramp of the carriage, it was turned
over and all thrown out. almost in
stantly killing the youngest girl and
severely bruising the others.
(ieorge Fletcher, a boy about 11 years
old, was drowned in the Missouri at
Plattsmouth. He and about seventy
five others were in swimming near the
contluence of the Missouri and Platte
rivers nearly all day. About 3 o'clock
the boys all came out of the water and
dresseil and it was noticed that one
suit of clothes was without an occu
pant. This was the first that any one
knew of the accident. The body had
not been recovered at last accounts.
It is with some feelings of alarm that
the county commissioners of Douglas
county anticipate the coining of winter,
realizing that it means a heavy drain
upon the charity fund. Already the
number of applicants for assistance is
rapidly increasing, although this a sea
son of the year when the commission
ers contend that people should be able
to take care of themselves. During
the month of July, just closed. 404 fam
ilies were assisted at the county store,
the number being almost as great as
during the coldest month of last win
ter. There are several gardens within a
short distance of Thedford that will
prove to any fair minded person that
irrigation means a small fortune to
those who have land that is available
to the ditch. J. W. Purdum, for an ex
periment, planted his garden on a piece
of ground with a northern slope, and
purchased a small force pump and
placed it at the top of the slope, and,
during his leisure moments, would run
water around through his garden, and
he has this year the finest and largest
garden vegetables he has ever raised,
eastern states not excepted.
A McCook despatch says: In view of
the fact that some of the neighboring
towns are seeking to make capital of
the fact that there arc a few cases of
smallpox in McCook and are grossly '
misrepresenting the state of affairs
here, it has been thought best to state
the exact facts. There are but five
cases of smallpox in the city and these
patients have all been placed under
rigid quarantine and are getting along
nicely. There is but one new case in
the city and the authorities feel confi
dent of being able to not only confine
, the outbreak to its present limits but
to entirely stamp out the disease.
There has been but one death, the ini
tial case, an infant. There is absolute
ly no cause for alarm. The limit for
new exposures is about paseed.
Murray, the burglar who was in jail
at Neligh, for the burglary of the de
pot at Elgin and escaped, has been re
captured and securely ironed. Murray
escaped while Clark, the deputy sher
iff, was gone to get breakfast for the
prisoners. The cell lock had been un
fastened with a key and the other lock
lorn off, but the recaptured crook will
not say how he unlocked his own celL
While the family of E E. Stein of
Clay Center were at breakfast, thieves
entered the front part of the house and
departed with Stein's watch and sever
al rings of Mrs. 5-tein. There were
several suspicious looking persons no
ticed around town during the forenoon.
, The returns from Mrs. C. H Smith's
stock sale do not indicate that the
prices of horses have gone to smash in
Lancaster county, says the Lincoln
Journal Everything offered was sold
at good prices. All of the twenty-two
horses were taken readily. One" team
tuat was bought last spring for S14.1
sold at 5150. One three-year-old mare
brought S12.-;, one sucking colt 540, a-nd '
so on through the list. The cows
brought from 530 to Sr0. The farm
: tools went at prices that prevailed in ,
the spring, and hay brought 53 per ton
in the stack. The Lancaster farmers '
, showed at this sale that they had plen- i
, tv of money and even more than the
average city man.
A
NEWSPAPER
' .TORY
THE city edi t o r
opened the door
and peered impa
tiently through
the clouds of
smoke rolling
over the long
center table in
the repo r t e r's
room.
"Did you get
that story, Carle-
ton?" he asked.
"Carleton's not
in yet, Mr. Howard." one of the men
replied. He "
But the door shut with a bang, to
open a minute later, when the same
worried voice inquired:
"Where's Bud'.' No, I supposa he's
not to be found, either! Did anyone
ever know him to be on hand when he
was wanted? Here, Bud," as the
grimy-faced galle3-and general utility
boy in question came in with his
proofs, "go down to the foot of F street
and find Carleton. There's a wreck
off the point, but it won't do us any
good unless he gets here with that
copy pretty soon. We go to press at 3
o'clock in just two hours. Bud "
C He stopped with a half smile, for
the boy was already part way down
the stairs on his way to the street.
None of us knew exactly why we
gave the weird, shriveled specimen of
boyhood the name of Bud. Possibly
it was because of the certainty we
felt that he would never become a
blossom. He was a thin-shouldered,
shrunken-chested little fellow, small
even for his 1J years, with a sharp
featured, unchildish face and the sug
gestion of eternal croup in his voice.
He had drifted into the ofiic one
stormy night about a year before the
time of which I write, and, although
his request for "a place" had been
promptly refuse 1, ho had calmly
stayed on and became a fixture. He
was not communicative about him
self, and we were not particularly
curious. One of the women proof
readers discovered before long that
the gray rat under her desk was not a
more constant habitue of the office
than was Bud. He spent the hours
between the time the paper went to
press and the arrival cf the
day men at II o'clock sleep
ing on a pile of empty mail
sacks in a dark corner of the engine
room, but from that time on
he was alert and ready for business.
As "understmty" for Frank the regu
lar galley boy, he was fast picking up
the knowledge of printing and ha.l
occasionally displayed a surprising
amount of information regarding the
general makeup of a newspaper,
strongly imbued with tiie idea that
all things were secondary in im
portance and must be subservient to
its requirements. Nothing pleased him
so much as an errand of the kind just
given him by the city editor, and we
all knew that he would return if he
was alive.
Carleton was a new man on the
paper, a little green in the
business,
but with a "nose fornews"and a sense
of honor and the eternal fitness of
IT WAS TIIE 2IALr. BOAT.
things, coupled with reliability of
statement Mr. Howard had looked
over his staff that night before giving
the assignment.
Get to that wreck, Carleton," he
said testily. You are the only man
here who can write it up without
having the waves roll mountain
high." And the new reporter had
torn a thick section from the block of
copy paper and hurried away.
Bud found no difficulty in locating
the wreck, although he could see its
dark spars outlined against the sky
much better by running along the
water front as far as II street. The
storm, which had been raging for
three days and had finally caus.'d the
disaster, had subsided a trifle, and
from this distance the great, black
hulk seemed resting efcsiiy upon the
waves. On account of the hour there
were but few spectators only the
hurrying life-saving crews, the pa
trolmen and the inevitable groups of
ragged wharf-rats. And Bnd ob
served, with delight, that not another
paper had a reporter on the .iceme
He looked around for Carleton and
some one told him that the "ciap"
that had been writing tnere for a
long time, sitting on an overturned
small boat, had at last righted the
little craft and set off for the half
submerged ship.
"He hadn't oughter, either," the
man continued. "This water ain't
as peaceful as it looks. We had a
hard pull gettin in the last trip with
the passengers, and the wind is risin'
higher every minute."
It was true that the clonds had
begun to rolL again, while the light
ning threw ever sharper and more
jagged fanjrs across the sky. The
crew on shore made hasty prepara- ;
tions to put out. There were still '
many people aboard the wreck, a j
number of them women and children, t
Bud was the first one in the boat. '
"Come out of that, youngster," said :
a sailor. "Be quick with you!"
'Tm goin",' cried the boy. "I've
got to see Carleton I've got to, I tell
yct-I"
The sailor's hand was on his collar,
but Bud clung to his seat with desper
ation, the muscles of his little hands
standing out like a gladiator s. :
"I've got to get something for thi
, h "
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t
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dropped backward into the water. t
He scrambled to the shore and stood!
choking-with impotent rage, stranga I
oaths pouring from his lips and his
frail hands beating at the air.
The wind increased in violence. The
thunder was terrific, and the heavens
were cut with broad, whita blades.
The night grew ever blacker, but ha
could see by the flashes that the life-
boat rolled heavily and seemed in dis-
tress. He sank down and dug his
hands deep into the sand. All at once
a pjal Of thunder Shook the Solid
n-u. n ...,i. t i:i.: i-...i
iii till, fc ixt.-?. Ui. xjj uiuill lesion
down and seemed to lap up the sea
and ships. Bud uncovered his eyes,
and in a moment his shrill voice was
added to the chorus of agony sent up
from the flames of the fated steamer.
Lightning had struck her, and the '
bo3 had heard the sailor.1 say that
she carried a consignment of coal oil. i
The light was bright enough now, '
nnd the watchers could see a small,
dark object leave her luminous side
and head toward shore. It was
the small boat. Bud screamed in
ecstacy as he saw a man, Carleton, ,
work at the oars. The time seemed '
an eternity, and the boat, over- t
crowded as it was with women and i
children, seemed to make no progress.
It was in danger of swamping. How
long before the explosion must occur?
The boy threw himself face down
ward upon the beach and waited.
Presently he lifted his eyes and saw
the man in the boat rise and gently
put back the hands that were ex- '
tended toward him, as if in entreaty,
and then with a long leap spring into
the ocean. Bud saw him strike out i
with strong, confident strokes, while
the boat, relieved of its weight, made
!
a leap forward. Then there was a
sudden darkening of the sky, as the
llames swirled downward followed
by a lone, reverberating shock and
roar; a glare that turned the heavens
into fire, while the waves hissed
around the scene with the foam at
their lips stained red. There was a
nurrying back an.l forth along the
shore; the whirling of long ropes,
lasso-like, over the waters, and, after
a while, a few charred, blackened ,
shapes upon the be.ich.
Bud opened the office door at 2:.10.
This is a nice time for you to show :
up." growled the city editor. "Where's
Carleton? Did you get that copy?"
Bud approached the table slowly,
fumbling in his coat with trembling
hands.
I've brought the copy," he said, ,
his lips drawn and ashen. "It's a lit
tle wet 'cause 'twas in his pocket,
an' " the boy put his haul up to his !
throat and sobbed hoarsely "you j
see, he got drowned."
SOCIAL AMENITIES.
The Iilnwcr Ilai the Conceit Taken On.
of Him.
The physician in one of the inter-
j ior small towns is a great tease, and
the ceneral storftknun r is a widnnror '
t with an idea that ho is irresistible '
among the ladies. The doctor drives
an aged mulo called Jane to his gig,
says the Detroit Free Press, and the
widower more than once, when he
has met with the doctor with a lady
in his gig, has guyed him for not
driving a better animal. The other
day the doctor appeared in the store.
'There's a friend of mine out here
wants a bale of hay." ho called to
the proprietor, who was at the far
en J.
What's his name?" inquired the
widower.
"It isn't a his, it's a her," cor
rected the doetor.
"Oh. ah, a lady?" smiled tho wid
ower, take me out and introduce
me?"
Cer.ainly." responded the doctor.
Wait till I slick up a bit," and
the widower washed his face and
hands, combed his hair, put on a
collar and coat, gave himself a
brushing and started out with the j
doctor.
How old is ?ho?" he asked as ,
they reached the dnor. j
About IS or 11), I should say. I
Married?'" j
"Oh no." and as the doctor stepped
outside tho storekeeper stepped be
hind the counter and slipped a pep- j
permint drop into his mouth. Ha '
thought the la.ly was in the gig !
standing at the rack, and just as he ,
reached it he straightened his neck- I
ti again and cleared his voice and j
the doctor stopped. '
"Jane." he said blandly, "let me I
present Mr. Blank, the gentleman
from whom you will get the bale of .
hay." and .Jane stuck out her nose j
to the widower in suoh a pleasant. '
friendly manner that he was utterly
overcome, and with a snort ho
turned and fled hack into the store.
..ut to t le:ilo Baby.
One day recently two ladies, ont
of whom carried u
baby, entered a
well-known furniture shop and sig
nified their desire to look at some
carpets.
The salesman cheerfully showed
roll after roll, until the perspiration
literally streamed f.-om every pare.
Finally one of th? ladies asked
the other if she didn't think it was
time to go.
"Not quite," wa? thi answer of
her companion: and then in an under-
tone she added: Baby likes to eo '
. - ,, .. , J. wa-3 LU -t-'3 ,
him roll it out. aad we ve plenty of
time to catch the train."
To Avoid Collision;.
Lieutenant F. Bo.-er ot the French
navy, to avoid collisions proposes to
introduce at the top on all fast sail
ing steamers an electric light, which
will cast a beam ahead to indicate
the direction in which the vessel is
steering. So lon a? the approach
ing ship was not in the actual pen
cil of light it would be unnecessary
for her to alter her course.
At the Toaltry liovr.
Great snakes: There's fifty-seven
little chicks in that box! How- could
one hen hatch out as many as that?''
A hen didn't do it. "They was
hatched in a in a incubus, you dern
fooL"
Nut Necessarily Viiiiu;.
"Is she still of tender years?1'
"She is certainly very sensitive
aoout them." Det oit Tribune.
paper," ana nis votes rose to a sarin
scmam.
T'ne man lifted him cat, sat him,
not ungently, down on the wet sand
and pushed off the boat. With a fierce
cry the boy was after him, clinging
like a monkey to its side. The sailor
loosened the boy's hands and he
CEOZIER'S HISTORY.
LEFT ON A BARREN ROCK
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
IN
Description of Faarfal Scenes on the
Dek or Wrecked Steamer The
Doad Caat Into the Sea Subsisting on
Crah of Hardtack an.l Water.
There appeared on the streets of
Lawrenceburg. Ind., recently a re
markable old man. His thin and
scattering- hair was silvered with the
frost of nearly four score years. His
wan and beardless face bora the
marks of bitter suffering, but his
tall, spare form was as straight as
nn annar nn1 Vita cfan lint. i( n
, much J0n mun Hcl;a known b .
thn.lllil. nf m.rnn thmnrhn..tth
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adjacent portions of Ohio, Indiana
and Kentucky as '-Old Perry Cro
zieri? "It was in December, lS5Ln ho
said to a St. Louis Republic corre
spondent. "I had taken passage on
the steamer Wintield Scott to go from
San Francisco to Panama. Captain
Budd was in command. It was
about midnight I could not sleep
and was walking the deck and watch
ing the huge foam-crested billows.
The captain and his friends were in
the room having a merry time with
wine and cards when tho steamer
struck a rock. Every soul on board
was aroused by tho terrible shock.
The captain rushed Irotn his room
and seeing the situation gave orders
through his trumpet to back the
vessel and then ru-h her with
all force possible forward so as to
laud her as far as possible up the
ridge of rocks that roso in jagged
form above the top of the roaring
surf that shot its foaming spray in
fleecy clouds around our vessel.
The boat rose with tho swell of
the sea. and, propelled by all the
force of her powerful engines, seemed
to almost leave its bed of tumbling
waters, and leaped hih up on the
jutting reof of rocks, where it hung
for several hours swaying- at the
mercy ot tho surging waves. .Every
thing was confusion. The boat was
bending and breaking to piece-, and
everybody was trying to get otT it as
fast as possible. In their excite
ment many sprang from the wrecked
vessel and were dashed to death oti
tho hard-faced rocks, or woro swal -lowed
up in th swirling waters.
Over fifty persons lost their lives in
this manner.
"Many heroic scenes were wit
nessed, and all the strongest traits
in human characte were plainly re
vealed. "The avaricious loaded himself
with his wo. Idly treasures, thus in
creasing his weight and making his
descent down the bliste-ing rope
more terrible on his tender hands
Others showed the nobleness of their
natures by trying to help their fam
ily or friends first and looking after
their own safety afterward. A do
voted mother bound two small chil
dren to her person and reached the
rock in safety with her precious bur
den. The husband and father hav
ing become bewildered with fright,
leaped overboard and lost his Ufa
before the rope escape had been
provided.
A young son. about nineteen years
of age, with his invalid father strap
ped to his back, ma ic the fearful de
scent, and although his hands were
burned to the bone by slipping down
the greased rope, ho rejoiced at pre
serving the life of his sick parent,
unmindful of his own sufferings.
But the poor man never survived the
shock of his unfortunate condition,
and died the following day. and the
brave boy who faced deatii in his ef
fort to save that father, saw his
corpse consigned to the remorseless
waves that broke about the base of
their cheerless retreat.
Strong but Jseltish men fought like
maddened beasts and trampled over
the weak and helpless in their furi
ous efforts to b; the first in leaving
the stranded steamer. I was about
the last one to leave the boat before
she went to pieces. As I was hang
ing over tho edge of the vessel, and
suspended fully sixty feet above the
rock, the steamer broke in two, and
I was jerked by the momentum high
in the air and sent swinging like a
pendulum backward and forward
over the turbul nt waters.
Two men. who were on the rope
with me. loosened their grip and
fell into the raging .-ea and disap
peared forever. I held on to the
swaying rope with all the tenacity
I possessed. My arms were almost
wrenched from their sockets, the
cords and muscles pained a3 if they
were being torn asunder, and my
hands burned as if clasping a coal of
lire. Yet life, amid all these tor
ments, was too sweet to surrender,
and I huxged that rope with a grip
that could not be b oken off. My
strength was giving out when one of
the crew caught the swinging rope
and pulled me to the rock.
Merciful Providence did not for
sake us. The winds that had proved i
our destruction now proved a bless- i
ing. for they blew to the rock sev- !
I :
era! casks of drinking water that '
had escaped from the hold of the j
broken steamer and a numb r of !
boxes of provisions, with many arti- '
cles that in our destitute condition '
contributed to our comfort. j
For thirteen wearisome days and
nights of wintry weather we were j
huddled, without protection or i
shelter, on our desolate aad isolated .
n
allowance for our sustenance. A
r ...i...i u-..., ...v .i -
; eral tablespoon fuls of water once a
day was each one s apportionment, t
Fortunately we were able to capture ,
a few sea lions, and they contributed
largely to our support: But many '
were unable to endure the hardships l
we were undergoing and died. I
When death claimed a victim the '
body was cast into the sea. Sev- I
eral became crazed from their suf- !
ferings and ended their existence, i
One big fellow below became insane j
and attempted to murder his com-
panions. He injured several per
sons severely before he was over
powered and tied with ropes. On
the thirteenth day after our dis-
aster the steamer Golden Gate, hav- ;
ing been carried out of its course by J
a storm, discovered our distress
signals and came to our rescue and
we were taken aboard and kindly
cared for. How many lives were
lost I never inquired, but there were
a great many, I know.
HIS FIRST ENGLISH ESSAY.
A. French Pupll'ii Slightly InTolvetl
STethml of Dencriblnx a UolM.ir.
An English university magazine
prints the following essay on "A
Summer Holiday," writton by a
French pupil in an English school:
The time which I was spending to
accomplish that journey was eight
hours by express train, starting
from the Montparnais station. This
road is a very pleasant one, and
without account the numerous town3
which the peoples are going so often
are: Baths, swim, the immensity of
tho large space occupy with that
wate:and so wonderful aspect. chioily
when we were seeing that for the
first time; the great many steam rs,
sailors, fishing boats, moving m tho
sea with a astonishing easiness, the
fishes of all kinds took
the fishermen along the
eacn uay oy
Siioru. ana
the games.
such as croquet, lawn
tennis, cards, and many others, when
the tide begins to go away. In that
nlace it bei-in at '2 o'cloc'cs to .". an J
then the place it was occupying be
fore is full of people amusing them
selves, and the children carrying
their things begin to raako man
sand mountains, among herselves
seeing with a great joice the picas,
ure which occupc t.ieir children.
When the weather is clear and the
sky without an; clouds, they let a
boat and sail
distance, walking
fishing in the
ster putting
on the knees in
along a little
here and there,
rocks the lob-
their breec
order do not make
thei feet- wet. and when tho dusk
begin to fall, they -tart from tho
seashore and enterinrin the houses
or hotels, discitte about the pleas
ures of the da-. Oh! then how they
find therasclvoi happy in these hours
of peace always thin'cing to their
pleasure. They do not doubt at all
the kinds of sorrows in this short
life, and do not think no more to the
poor people, whom has not so much
good. In order to rejoice himself a.
well as these fortunate travelves
making every year the same thing
in order to preserve their own
health in breathing the well doing
air of the sen, which give appetite,
strength, and finally making their
own desire in execution, that is to
ay their own well-being.
T!it D i.-!c I)ras4.
"We were sitting on a pia.: a like
this a party cf us all young ladies
except myself who was trying to be
the be.iu of the party and to a:ty tho
proper thing in the most approved
way.
'My new dres; came home to
day,1 announced one Miss Kitty she
is called, I think 'an I oh, such a
love it was!'
-And what is the material of
your new gown?' I asked, trying to
1 e very much at home in tho con
versation. 'Duck.' said she.
" -Duck" repeated I. 'Indeed r
Now tell me, do you not find tho.-e
feather dresses rather warm in sum
mer?' "And then came tho laugh. Now.
will you tell me what they were all
laughing at?"
Vltpp.l llllllll .
wall of the south aisle oi
cathedra', in England, is
On the
Hereford
preserved tho celebrated "Mappa .
Mundi" (data circa liS'-i:j )lj). The j
m-iM inhioilv fiil.l w.rh Mom- r.-.!.-.n
f,..,L ..;i- i,; -,.,.;..- '
from ancient historian?. i
1!mih CartM An- OM.
A German historian saya that thu
menu card celebrate 1 itd 40 tth an
niversary in 1X81). It was first used,
by Duke Henry of Brunswick at the
session of the German reichstag at
Kegcnuburg in 1 M'J.
lion- Information.
Tommy Maw, the teacher wants
us to give tho di.feronce between
"hope" and "expect "
Mrs. Figg Well, I hope to meet
your father in the next world, but I
hardly expect to.
STORMS AND DROUGHTS.
January I J, HIO, u":cks'Iver froze
hard at Moscow.
In 1TT5 h lilstono-i said to weigh
twenty ounces fell at Mureia.iii Spain.
In 105 there wa-. a frost in Enirlan I
July 1 that destro .ed nearly all the
vegetation.
In the year .110 harlly a drop of
rain fell in England, and 10.0)) peo
ple died of famine.
The seven years of drought an I fam
ine in Egypt recor led in Genesis be
gan in the year I). C. 17)s.
In 734 the cold at Constantinopl
was so severe that the Black soa was
frozen for fifty miles from shore.
At Bombay twenty-four inches of
rain have fallen in a day: at (Jen- a.
thirty: atGibraltir. thirty-thrcr.
In 10.10 a hail storm at Norwich
England, wrecked hoasis and kille I
many animals that could not reach
shelter.
In 1.14 the w:nt -r was so severe in
Europe that in Flan ler wine was
frozen and was cat in block and sold
by weight.
The heaviest rain ever recorded in
Great Britain was in Argyle. Dicm
ber 7. IS(53 sev -n Indies in twenty
four hours.
The wettest pacj in the world is
Cherrapnngi. in Assim. where the av
erage rainfall fo.- fifteen years has
been 193 inches. In H'il it was 'JOV
In I40;. the cold was so severe in
Russia that the Baltic sea was frozen
over. In 1100 this occurred again,
and horsemen rode from Denmark to
Sweden.
In 954 a drought began in Europe
lasting four years. The summers
were intensely hot and the famine
prevailed everywhere; 3,00 ),00) died
of hunger.
One of the heaviest snowfall
known in this countrv
was February
the snow re
feet deep all
19 to 24, 17L7, when
mained five to seven
over New England.
In 1771 an unprecedented drought
prevailed throughout India. Scarcely
any rain fell for a year, and hundreds
of thousands died of famine, whole
districts being depopulated.
In 1537 drought and intensely hot
weather prevailed-in Northwest India.
Over 300,000 persons perished from
J
lainine. Similar destruction was
wrought by the same causes in ISiiS
and 1S05. over 2.CQ0.0U3 persons '
uerishinir of hnnsrer in tiie two veais. i
A DETK0IT BUILDER.
HE
TELLS A REMARKABLE
STORY OF HIS LIFE.
CAME TO DETROIT AEOCT FOKT1
TEAKS AGO.
LctI Elsrj's Experience TTortliy Seriona
Attention.
From tho Detroit Evenlnjr News.
Away out Gratiot Avenue, far fron
the din and turmoil of the business cen
tre, there are many attractive homes.
The intersecting streets are wide, clean
and shaded by large leaf-covered trees,
and the people you meet are typical
j 'pncre arti many pretty residences, but
j none more mvitin'jr in its ncatneM
' and home-like comfort than that of
Mr. Levi Elsov. the well-known builder
! and contractor, at Tl Moran street just
otf Gratiot. Mr. Elscy is an old resi-
dent of Detroit, having moved here
about forty years ago. He has erected
hundreds of houses in different parts of
the city, anil points with pride to such
buildings as the Newberry it McMullau
and Campaw blocks in which he dis
played his ability as a superintendent.
"I have seen Cetroit grow from a
village to a city," he observed yester
day in conversation with the writer,
"and I don't think there are many toajs
in America to-day equal to it in point of
beauty. I know almost everybody in
, ! the city, and an incident which re
:hes .... ; , ... ,-,. , ,
vciuij iiiifjciiuii in uiv nit: na.-i unv
ested all my friends.
"It is now about eightycars ago since
I was stricken dowu with my first case I
of illness. One cold, blustering day I ,
was down town and through my nat- i
ural carelessness at that time I per- j
mitted mj-sclf to get chilled righc
through. When I arrived homo that i
evening I felt a ser:ous pain in ray left ,
leg. I bathed it that, night, but by -morning
I found it had grown worse.
In fact it was so serious that I sent for
my famiiy physician, and he informed
me that 1 was suffering from varicose
veins. My leg swelled up to double its
natural si.e and the pain increased in
volume. The agony was simply awfuL
I was laid up and never left my bed for
eight weeks. At times I felt as though '
I would grow frantic with pain. My
leg was bandaged and was propped up i
in the bed at an angle of 30 degrees in J
order to keep the blood from flowing to I
my extremeties.
"I had several doctors attending me,
but I believe my own judgment helped
me better than theirs. After aseigeof
two months I could move around, still
I was on the sick list and had to doctor .
myself for years. I was never really ,
cured and suffered any amount of an
guish. '
"About two years ago I noticed an j
article in the Evening News about my j
friend. Mr. Northrup, the Woodward I
Avenue merchant. In an interview I
with him he stated that he had used I
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo- '
pie and that they cured him. I knew j
him very well, having built his house I
ut Woodward Ave., and I thought I !
would follow his suggestion. I must i
confess I did so with marvelous success. '
From the time I began to ta.ie the Pink i
Pills I felt m-self growing to be a new
man. They acted on me like a magical I
stimulant, 'lhe nam departed and I j
soon was as strong and healthy as
jver. Before trying the Pink Pills I
had used any amount of other medi
cine without aii3' noticeable benefit, j
But the Pills cured me and I was my
self again.
"When a rcrson find himself rc-
lieved and enjoying health he i apt to
expose himself again to another attack
of illness. Some three months ago 1
Stopped taking the Pin!: Pihs. ami .rom i
., lK . .. . . .. . . . .
the dav I did so, I noticed a change in '
tny condition. A short tune since 1
' renewed my habit of taking them with
the same beneiicial results which met
. me formerly. I am asam nearly as
strong as ever, although I am a man
lbout .Iti years of age. I tell you, sir.
the Pink Pills are a most wonderful
. medicine and' if they do as well in other
:ases as they did in mine they are the
, best in the world. I freely recommend
1 them to any sufferer. "
j Dr. ihiams Pink Pills contain, in a '
. :ondeused form, all the elements nee- j
' ;ssary to give nwe life and richness to I
i the blood and restore shattered nerves '
! l'hey are an unfailing specific for such
diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial ,
paralysis, tit. Vitus' dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous head
i ache, the after effect of la grippe, pal
1 pitation of the heart, pale and sallow i
:omplexions. all forms of weakness !
! iither in male or female. Pink Pills I
ire sold by all dealers, or will be sent
' post paid on receipt of price, ("iO cents I
1 box, or six boxes for 3-."0 they are j
' never so'd in bulk or by the IOO) by ad
dressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., i
ichenectadv, X. Y.
Chased by a Water-Spaat.
William IL Hallock, who not long
ago waa a passenger on a steamship ol
the Pacific Mail Company, tells of as
exciting experience while the ahip was
off the coast of Guatemala. A water
spont of tremendous power suddenly
appeared near the ahip. In the midst
of the consternation the Captain or
dered his conrse reversed, and soon the
steamer was driving aloug, with the wa
terspout in pursuit. Its crest was hid
den ia a dark mass of cloud, ita base
seeming to operate like an immense re
vol ing colendar, while the entire ex
ternal periphery formed a cushion of
foam, over which the sea bird screamed,
occasionally seizing upon the dead fish
which came within reach. The spout
itself formed a sort of spiral cylinder,
streaked witli opaque parallel lines
throngh it3 whole length, from the sur
face of the 5ca upward. These licei
were evidently ascending columns of
water, for afterward, when the upper
and lower sect,ou3 became detached,
the accumulated volume of water over
head immediately began its descent
within the bedy of the spout, as though
it had been the valve of an immense
syringe. The Trater thu3 released must
have been eqnal to several tons, as it
was solid and almost black and re
turned to the sea with a loud roar, all
the other part3 of the aerial structure
gradually dissipating. Perhaps the
most singular of all was the serpentine
form assumed by the section nearest
the clouds, which moved off at first al
most horizon tally and then turned up
itself in a perfect coi!, so that for a mo
ment, when the end of the aqueous
rope or whatever it was switched
around squarely to the eye of the ob
server, showing a section, it resembled
a ball of ink. 7hen the spont was iu
its finest condition lightning several
times flew throngh the penumbra in
zig-zag courses, making a spectacle not
only terrible in the manifestation of
power, but sublime and beantifuL
Philadelpliiii Timex.
A tep Onwarif.
Hospital Nurte -These new patent
Ere escapes are great Livings.
Hospital Ioetoi fniteed they are.
ft k much easier to cure fracture than
TWP flT.T PCT.TAPT.T?
Cohmlras State - Bask I
(OUatBnklatteftUO
Pays Merest 01 Time DeposIII
EalK Loans si Real Estate
aioirr DRAFTS cm
Osaka, CUeagv, lfw Tmrk.
Taxwica Cavmteiaa.
a3
HLI3 : STEAMSHIP : TIOXTTS.
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