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THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA.
CREWSOME INCIDENTS AT SEA.
A Kami Officer Rotation of now Mea
mat' Body Wa Burled.
"I wa nearly soArcd out of my
a-cuites once," rt-markod an ofTlcor of
the United States navy whoso name Is
a syuouyra for all that Is courageous
oa land and sea.
There was an immediate demand
from the Washington Star reporter for
the story and the accommodating offl
cor proceeded with it.
"It huppened on the old ship Towhat
an," be said, "several years ago, and we
w ere auchored off a West India port.
One day a young sailor, a general fa
vorite with offlcers and crew, fell from
ft mast and broke his neck. Ho waa
dead when we picked him tsp, and we
at onoe prepared the body for burial,
the Bhip's carpenter making a wooden
coffin, which he nailed together, as
there were no screws suitable in his
kit. We had expected to take tho body
ashore, but the authorities refused per
mission, and we were forced to a sea
burial, and had placed n couple of shot
Inside tho coffin at tho foot to sink It.
The body lay in state .on deck that
night, and the next day all hands were
culled to attend the funeral. Tbo cap
tain bogan reading tho burial service,
very solemnly and with much feeling,
for all of us felt the loss of the young
fellow keenly. lie read along quietly
until it was about half through, when
all at once there, camo a fearful rasp
ing, screeching sound from tho cofllu,
and the lid bejjan to rise. Tho super
stitious sailors fled in dismay, tho cap
tain's face blanched, the other offleers
fctood Irresolute, and I grabbed the
wheel and held on to it with all my
strength to keep from running clean
away. Scared? Why, I was so scared
1 didn't know where I was. But in a
minute wo began to realize that the
swelling of the decomposing body
had forced the nails out and It was
their giving way that had made tho
fearful noise. In a few minutes the
sailors were recalled, tho coCin was
nailed up aain and lashed with ropes
and tha last sad rites were finished
without further incident.
"That is to say," continued tho ofil
cer, "there was no further incident on
deck. It was my duty to go with a
loat's crew some distance from tho
bip and sink the body in tho sea, and
I can tell you now I did not relish tho
job at all. It was duty, and that
must bo done whether ono likes it or
not. By this tirao tho sun had set, tho
sea was quite rough and tho men to go
with mo were badly rattled. At a
Miltable distance I stopped tho boat,
committed the body to tho deep and.
with a feeling of tho most Intense ro
l'ei, ordered the crew to 'give way' to
return to the ship. I sat in tho stern
of tho boat facing the crew, and they
hud not taken a dozen strokes nntil I
' noticed something was wrong. Their
faces began to take on tho color of
ashes and in a minute tho bow oars
man stopped. 'It's after us, sir.' ho said
in a tone that made all my blood go
c.ean down to the soles of my feet.
cast a quick glanco backward. Eight
on our heels, apparently, and end on,
jv.niplnff out of the water in weird,
fantastic leaps, came tho coffin in our
mike. Then it was, in my nervousness,
I wanted to scream, or faint, or do
something1; and for an instant It would
have been a positive relief to mo to
I.ave dona nil three in rapid succession,
and wound it up by plunging into thJ
fcea, but tho eyes of the men were oa
nus, and they were wcrso scared than I
was, and I couldn't do that. To put
back was all there was to do, and at
the command the boat went back, but
I can assure you none of us wanted to
go back with it. However, necessity
compelled It, and in a few strokes we
were a'.orprside the coffin and had mado
it fast v, ith a rope. The:i wo discovered
that the uir in it supported It, tho shot
at tho foot keeping it almost perpen
dicular i:i tho sea. and the dancing
waves did tho rest. In a minute wo
had kroeUed one end of it In; a mlnf
xiUs Int. r it had sunk out of sight with
a Rraother! gurgle, and my scare was
over, but the effects of It remained for
weeks, and even yet I can make my
self uncomfortable thlnki ng about it.'
A Frightful Uut Langhnlrio Experience oa
tbo lied Sea.
In Werner Von Siemens' "Personal
Recollections" tho famous eleotrician
narrates a Eed eea adventuro which
might havo turned out tragically. lie
was laying a cable and one nhjht was
In his test-room supervising some part
cf the work, when suddenly he heard a
loud shouting overhead and violent
running1 to and fro.
The man at the ship's head, intrust
ed with the continuous soundings, had
f 1.1 ilea over beard. As tho whole deck
was well lighted with gas, many' of tho
pooplo thero could seo him la tho
water, rm.1 in answer to his lusty cries
for help they threw him life-bolts,
which v.-era k.ipt everywhere on board.
Tho.vrel was stopped and boats
put out, which dii-ippeared for an un
comfortably long time in tho darkness.
At lust thy returned with shouts of
triumph.
The man h:id kept himself afloat by
Hwimmin-y, and had been lucky enough
not to seized by -eny of tho nu
merous sharks which dinport them
selves in tho P.ed sea, and aro said to
have a special relish for white people,
while they rarely molest a black. He
was trembling violently when brought
on board, and had his knlfo still open
in his hand.
On being qucstlnoed as to his expe
rience ho said that he had been sur
rounded by sharks, but happily had
l.ocn able to draw his knlfo and de
fend himself until the boats arrived.
"We were all shivering at his vivid
description of his adventuro,' says Von
Siemens, "when tho boatswain stepped
Into the ring and announced to the
captain that some of his life-belts,
which had been thrown to tho unfor
tunate man, had been recovered, and
that several of them showed curious
signs of having boon pierced with a
knife."
The cold shivers gave place to good
natured laughter. In his fright the
nan had taken the white belta for
-(harks' bellies.
GREAT MOSQUE OP DAMASCUS,
Hotrallitlrta; of the Fnmoaa Fan Now la
Rapid f'rogr.
A correspondent of the London
Times gives some Interesting facts In
relation to the recent burning of the
frrcut mosque of Damascus, once the
oncient cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist. 1 ho Turkish govornment has es
erted every effort since the calamity
to prevent any report of it from being
published. He sayst "The Christian
were accused by some at tho time of
netting tho building on Are, but, m
the fire broke out in the high roof of
the building a little before noon, tho
accusation was so manifestly absurd
that it had little Influence on the Mos
lem mind. Had it ooourred at night,
when the facte might not have been so
manifest, the report would have met
with readier acceptance, and it is un
possible to say what, in that case
might have been the consequences,
to the Christians. Moreover, as thero
was a h igh wind blowing toward the
Christian quarter, If it had been
at night when people wore asleep,
tho destruction must have boon
much more extensive. The work
of rebuilding seems to have
been taken in hand with vigor.
A gentleman In tho city recently tak
ing a ride with his wifo and son out
side the gate, met hundreds of men
bringing in tho large poplar beams
for the work, which they wero draw
ing in carts by ropes, with loud sing
ing and clapping of hands. Tho riders
at once turned away by another road,
giving them as wide a berth as possi'
ble, for it is hardly safo for a Chris
tian to get among them in their pres
ent mood. Tho library, containing
books and manu scripts of priceless
value, was saved from the flames; and
nothing of value was lost, excepting
tne most precious gem of all namely:
'Othman's Koran,' which was deposited
in a place apart, and was not thought
of until too late. This is said to havo
been (and probably really was) one of
the very four exemplars deposited by
the Caliph Othman, A. H. 80, in the
four great mosques of Meeca, Medina.
Kufa and Damascus the only surviv
ing copy. These were to be kept
there as the sole authoritative copies-
after all others had been called in
from every quarter of the Moslem em
pire and committed to tho flames. It
la a matter of congratulation that tho
ancient inscription In Greek on the
cathedral wall over tho silversmiths'
and sundal-makers' bazar has not
been injured. It is the thirteenth
verse of Psalm cxlv., the name of
Christ being added thus; 'Thy klng-
uom, U (. hrist, is an everlasting king
dom, and thy dominion is from gener
ation to generation."
THE WILDERNESS OF CEYLON.
A Deaf Elephant Suppoaed to Be Srcd
to Uaddho.
We were In the absolute wilderness
of upland Ceylon, where the virgin
beauty and freshness of nature un
spoiled by man instills a new sensation
into every soul which vibrates to
her mysterious voice, says Cornhill
Magazine. Tho rolling green patenaa
are cut oil sheer and straight from the
encircling belts of jungle as though
measured off by human hands, a strik
ing feature of these elevated regions
which has never been satisfactorily
explained. The mountain ranges which
inclose tho grassy plains aro clothed
from base to summit with primeval for
est, heavily draped with moss which
forms a green fringe, hanging from
every bough.
An appalling loneliness broods over
the ncene, no song of bird stirs tho
rdlef-Oc, and the deathlike hush which
reigns over the gloomy forest is un
broken even by tho rustle of a leaf, for
noon Is tho midnight of the tropics and
the black depths of the haunted jun
gle are wrapped in spellbound sleep. At
nightfall tho litho cheetah glides
stealthily through tho shadows and
crouches for his prey among the crowd
ing trees. The branching antlers of
the elk rise above the tangled under
growth and the moose deer browses in
tho shade of tho mossy boughs along
which tho wildcat creeps, while the
savage boar roots among the fallen
leaves.
When tho rising moon illuminates
the lonely landscape, herds of wild
elephants emerge from the dark jungle
and roam over the vast expanse of
desolate country which still renders
the interior of Ceylon almost an un
known land. The elephant grass,
which breaks the uniformity of tho un
dulating plain with rustling sheaves
of long greet spears, is the forage for
which tbo strugglers of the herd scour
tha patenas, and many Cingalese su-.
pcrstitions linger round this elovated
tableland.
Tho recent Bpoor of an elephant
marks our track and ceases at a deep
pool known to be & favorite drinking
place of the wild animals which haunt
tho junglo. A deaf elephant frequent
ly perambulates tho Elk plains. Ho is
supposed to bo sacred to Buddha, and,
therefore, Invulnerable, no sportsman
having hitherto succeeded in piercing
his hide a fact probably due to th
(Treat ago of tho animal.
. In the Wild and Woolly Vfot,
It happened in a saloon in a western
town. The usual crowd had congre
gated ono evening, when tho propri
etor's most profitable customer, who
toasted of having been drualc in everv
Btato in the union, offered to wager
mat ne ooujo, minded, tell the name of
Any drink by tasting It The offer
was taken, and a handkerchief being
tied over his eyes the trial began,
A half dozen different kinds of
booze-produciSg liquids were hand
ed him,, and in each oaae he
promptly and correctly gave the name.
Finally a quantity of water was
poured into a glass and handed to him,
but as bo tasted this a puzzled look
came over his face. He thought a mo
ment, then tasted again; another mo
ment elapsed, then he remarked: "Boys,
I guess I'm stuck. I remember of
drinking somo of that stuff 'bout ten
years ago down in Now Jeroey, but I'll
bo banged if I can romembcr what they
called it I'U give it apt I'm beat I
know what It is, but I can't think."
OWES MOST TO THE DUTCH.
few of New Ronlniid'i t'nllnarr Idea Can
lie Traced to Old Knglnnd.
Even In Connecticut was tho sltill of
tho Knickerbockers admired, says Har
per's Magazine. A new lnvontfon or
improvement was suld to "beat tho
Dutch." Tho Delft tilos on tho hearth,
tho crockery on the drestcr, the blue
tiles lining tho front of tho fireplaces
in mo Dest nouses show how tho Ihitch
had a part In tho evolution of tho Now
England houso. Hundreds of open fire
places in New England wero decorated
with theso tiles after tho Dutch fashion.
and contained not only "proverbs in
porcelain," but abundant Biblical illus
tration. From the evidences of relies
nearly as much of the imported fine
furniture or the northern colonies came
from Holland as from England. Not a
few of tho old toapots and other table
aervlco, which followed upon the in
troductlon of those oriental hot drinks
whloh drovo out tho beer and tankards,
did indeed come over from Holland,
though not on the Mnyflower, as so
often anochronlstlcally alleged. W hen,
too, tho open fireplace gradually gave
way to supposed Improvement, It was
to a Dutch thing with a Dutch r.nme
tho stove. Not only in Plymouth, but
elsewhere, numerous houses had what
can be occasionally seen throughout
New England to-day (nor by this do
we mean ttio later substitute of tin)
a Dutch oven, I,t was under this spa
clous dome of brick and jciby that those
famous articles of Yankeo diet, the
pumpkin pie, brown bread, baked beans
on:! tlsh balls had their evolution.
No smoker of tobacco in the snow'
white meerschaum rejoiced moro In his
coloring of tho seafoam clav than did
tho rosy housewives of Massachusetts
bay in tho rich hues of bean, bread and
fish. The Browning olubs of early
aays mot in wo kitcn.cn rather than in
tho parlor or vendomo. Tho doughnut
may havo been too cosmopolitan an
article to claim invention at tho hands
of any ono people; yet what Yankee
"fried cako" or doughnut ever equaled
an olekoek? Was not cruller, whose
derivation confounds tho dictionary
manors, wno call it "a kind of" douplv
nut, first brought to perfection by
Capt Kroll (pronounced and sometimes
spelled crull), the whilom commander
and Dutch churetl elder at Fort Or-
ango? To this day tho "cooltev
(ltockje), noodles, hodgepodge, smear-
caso, ruinciues, cold slnw and other
dishes that survive in New England
larmnouscs arc, despite their changed
pronunciation and rpclllpg. proofs thai
the Yankees enriched their monoton
ous menu of early colonial days by bor
rowing tho more varied faro of their
Dutch neighbors la the west ond south.
As for tho popular American winter
breakfast luxury, tho buckwheat cake,
it was Introduced from Central Asia bj
tho Hollanders, acclimated, cultivated,
named "becchmast" (boclcwclt), ond in
the form associated with heat, sweets,
aroma and good cheer 13 a Dutch invention-
BRAVE AND CUNNING.
Hew tic W!nU Steals riah and Came from
Sportsmen Down East.
Probably tho most cunning of nil nni
raals is tho mlnlc. Its propensity for
stealing is marvelous, and the methods
of stealing and hiding the proceeds oi
its robberies ore unique In the history
of the lower species. We do not rafer
here to the depredations of tho mink
among poultry, for they resort to hen
neries only when tho waters are frozen
or a supply of C:;h is unqbtainable,
says tho LewlBton Journal. Two gen
tlemen wero flshinr on ono nf t.hi rl rf.ra
of Maine. The fish were qulto nlentv.
nnd as soon as or.o was caught it was
thrown behind on tli ffrn.n Aft
somo time one of tha gentlemen thought
he would take a rest and at the same
time examine his canturo. i;ut hp
not Cad a single fish. lie charged his
friend with havicg played him a trick,
but tho friend was ns mimi-innil n, ha
They now determined to watch their
nest fish, and their astonishment was
unboundad when they saw a mink run
from a hole near by, snatch up a fish
and carry it oil to tho hole, where they
afterward found their
cunningly hidden under somo dead
iouves.
In tho same munnnr thn mini tita-ila
game which sportsmen shoot On ono
uuuuhioa a genucman snot a wuu duck,
but beforo the dors could o-it tn it n
mlnlc had stolen It, carried It off to a
nolo in tne 'frozen 6now, which ono
mink had cronared whNn t.7m nt.ru.
watching for the opportunity to steal
too sportsman s game. Notwithstanding
this rartieul:ir '.liiLru't.-.TMitir tl ,n!nl.
Is a brave as well as ferocious littlo fel
low, and he is excelled In these qualities
onlv bv the ormir.A. TTn Ama Vi-.-
a peculiar aversion for the muslcr&t,
una, inougn tno muslcrat 13 generally
moro than double his sl-.n. thn nlnlf st.
tacks him fearlessly, and alwav3 wins
. . . , . . .... - .
wie uatue, oner wnieh no drags his
dead enemy to somo hiding place, as in
tho oases of tho fishes and wild duck.
They aro found in almost every state
in tho union, but mott frequently la
Maine and in tho states bordoring the
groat lakes. Mink skins aro sold in
great uumbers by Maine trappers, and
aro sold for furs under various names.
A Valuable Manuscript.
Tho pope lately prosontod to thn vnt.
icon library what may be re,-jardol as
a re re treasure. It consists of a manu- J
script riven by tho celebrated IVa. Gin.
condo, of Verona, to Lorenzo do Medici,
linown in history as the "Magnidecut"
Vosarl, in his llfo of Fra Giooondo,
writes of this work. tmX notes that.
Politan mokes mention of this book In
bio "Muggcliano," ond describes tho
author as "tbo most learned man of
tha old days." This work had been
lobt for a long timo, and its recovery now
is looked upon as fortunuto. The name
of Fra Giooondo crops up from time to
time in the mora rcoondito studies nf
the Italian Renaissance that period
when learning, scionco and art made
such Immense ctrldcs in the highest
degroe of excellence He was known
ad a man of groat learning, and Is
sometimes compared with that most re
markable scholar and marvelous artist,
boo Uattista Albert!.
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