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' DYING, HE SAVED HIS SHIP.
THE good ship Gantock Rock
rides at her moorings oCt
Melggs 'wharf, San Francisco,
swinging with the ebb and
flow of the tide, but the chains groan
wearily in the hawser holes, the orders
of the mates are for once low toned,
and the men move about the decks
with softer tread, for in his cabin is
the cold form of Captain Laurie, the
weighty responsibility of the master
mariner lifted from his shoulders by
the hand of death.
It had been a rather uneventful pas
sage from Iqujque, whence the vessel
cleared with GOO tons of nitrates, eigh
ty-nine days ago. Honolulu was men
tioned in the charter as a port of call,
and It was sixteen days ago that a de
parture was taken from Ivoko Head,
the paradise of the Pacific dipped be
low the horizon and the course of the
sturdy British ship was laid for the
r Golden Gate.
For once the captain's eye failed to
brighten as the spread of canvas
swelled with the wind which drove Ills
craft on toward its destination. He
was indifferent to the record of the
log. and often when working out his
reckoning he would drop his pencil
and clutch his breast in a spasm of
pain. Stubbornly he fought against
the physical weakness, but at length
it conquered him, and long before the
Farallones were sighted he lay groan
ing on his hunk. The simple remedies
carried in the medicine chest of a sail
ing vessel lie knew would be of no ser
vice to him, and the only hope for re
lief lay in reaching port and medical
aid.
The ship was in sympathy with her
master, a factor in speed which the
first mate, 011 whom the responsibility
yof command fell, had not realized; she
H had cheated the log, and when the fog
rolled thick yesterday afternoon the
mate felt sure that be was safely off
soundings, for sixteen days was a short
passage from port to port.
The wind was stiff, but shifty, and
Its very uncertainty seemed to commu
nicate Itself to the mate and urge him
to caution. He had just given the or
der to stand by to heave the lead, that
eye of the seaman which tells him of
the approach of a lee shore, when a
sailor lounging idly on the forecastle
head sent a thrill of horror through
his shipmates by calling out as he
strained his eyes through the thickness
"Breakers ahead!" It was the shore
seven miles south of Cliff House.
There were hurried orders, as hur
riedly obeyed, but the wind did not
serve, nnd to bring the craft about
isecmed an impossibility. The dying
was consulted, nnd his orders
|sVeycd. Signals for assistance were
hoisted, and the tug Relief, which was
returning to port, headed to the rescue.
Just then the manoeuvre which the
mate had been attempting was fav
ored by a sldft of the breeze, nnd the
Gantock Rock turned on her heel and
purged away from the threatening
coast nnd into deep water.
After a hurried consultation with the
captain, who had been aroused by the
bustle on deck, the mate negotiated
with the Relief's captain for a tow into
port, nnd the quarantine ground was
reached just before 8 o'clock.
Here Dr. Whlteman, of the Marine
Hospital service, boarded the ship, and
found that the cabin contained all that
demanded his attention. But even here
his services were useless, the sturdy
Glasgow captain was past human aid.
He was dying with heart disease, nnd
as tlie anchors sank to their holding
ground lie, too, ended his voyage.
! ETHAN ALLEN'S EXPLOIT.
Ethan Allen will always be remem
bered as the man who took Fort Tl
conderoga, though he did other notable
things during the Revolution. Profes
sor Justin 11. Smith, In an article in
the Century Magazine, "The Prologue
of the American Revolution," tells of a
less familiar adventure of Allen's.
Ethan Allen was a large specimen of
a man, with a big heart. He was a pa
triot, a fighter, rash, given to swagger,
but very far indeed from witless. Af
ter the Ticonderoga affair he was
ousted from his command by his ene
mies. and was therefore eager to make
good his brilliant reputation.
He planned an nttack on Montreal In
the fall of 1773. Through the failure
of his fellow plotter to come to his as
sistance Allen nnd his handful of men
were captured after a daring but fu
tile resistance, and led before General
I Proscott in the barrack yard at Mon
" treal.
It was an extraordinary scene. On
pne side stood a British officer, hand
somely uniformed, sword at side. On
tlie other was Allen, n son of the for
est, In deerskin Jacket, cowhide boots,
a red woolen cap on his unruly hair,
all stained with mire nnd smoke.
"Who nre you?" demanded Prescott,
in a tone to make the most courageous
quail.
"My name is Allen."
"Are you the Allen who took Tlcon
iflerogn ?"
"The very mar,"
At this Prescott "put himself in a
great fury," ns Allen said afterward,
brandished ids Cane over the prlson
/ er's head, and loaded him with hard
( names.
Allen shook his mighty fist at him.
"Offer to strike and that's the beetle of
Immortality for you! I'm not used to
being caned!"
Prescott turned his eye upon the cap
tured soldiers and ordered a guard to
bayonet them.
Stepping between his men and the
British, Alien tore open his waistcoat
and shirt and cried to Prescott, "I am
the one to blame, not theyi Thrust
your bayonet into my broast, if any*
body's. They would have done nothing
but for me."
The commandant hesitated, but
finally told the prisoners he would let
them live to grace the halter at Ty
burn.
Allen's courage saved both his own
life and that of his men. It won the
admiration even of Sir Guy Carleton,
the Governor of Quebec.
LIFE-SAVERS' HEROISM.
Two thousand visitors nnd residents
of Atlantic City, N. Jap recently saw
the Government life-savers nobly per
severe, though benten bnck by the
wind and tide, until they reached the
stranded schooner A. L. Lee and res
cued the crew. The vessel belonged
at Somers' Point, nnd had grounded on
the bar as she was trying to make the
Inlet with a cargo of brick from New
York. The schooner rocked in the sea,
broke in two parts, and she was In
danger of sinking from sight any mo
ment. The crew of four men were
driven Into the rigging, to which they
lashed themselves.
When the schooner struck on the bar
the Government crew had launched
their boat with eight men at the oars.
They could not make any headway,
although they pulled with all their
might. The great crowd saw with
dismay the lifeboat come ashore and
then saw it reloaded on the truck. They
thought the crew aboard the wreck
had been abandoned to their fate. The
life-savers, however, after reloading
the boat rushed It down the beach to
a point opposite the St. Charles Hotel.
A second time the brave men pulled
through the breakers, the icy seas time
and again sweeping into their boat
But for the fact that the boat was a
self-bailer, the life-savers would have
gone to the bottom themselves.
The wreck was about 200 yards oft
Ileinz's Pier, but nearly an hour passed
before they reached its leeward side.
The crew aboard, consisting of Cap
tain Gaskill, of Steelmauvllle, Atlantic
County; Mate Charles Creamer, 0/
Tuckahoe. and D. Andrews and N. F.
Bowen, of Atlantic City, had to jump
for their lives, as the lifeboat could
not bo drawn up close to the wreck.
It was brought as near as safety would
permit, and as she rose on the crest
of a wave the seamen aboard the
wreck leaped Into the boat. Benumbed
nnd exhausted, as they were. It was a
dangerous undertaking, but all were
finally landed on the beach and cheered
by the crowd.
Captain Gaskill had made the mis
take of taking the second buoy mark
ing the Inlet channel for his range, in
stead of the first buoy, which had been
washed away by recent storms, nnd Ills
vessel struck on the outer bar. Hun
dreds of views were made by camera
owners of the thrilling work of the
life-savers.
The schooner was owned by J. G.
Scull, of Scullville, was twenty years
old and 150 tons burden.
WALKING TIIROUGn FIRE.
Compared with the volcanoes to the
Hawaiian Islifnds, those in the West
Indies are larger, and exhibit the phe
nomena of nature on a grander scale.
The one of Ivilauen, in Hawaii, holds
a lake of melted rock the outlots of
which are rivers of lava which gleam
like molten silver. In "Fire Moun
tains" Miss C. F. Gordon-Cumming de
scribes her descent into the outer
crater.
"We took a circuitous route to avoid
the fiery breath of the sulphur cracks.
Some of the cones are dome-shaped; ,
others are more open, like witches'
caldrons, and curiosity compelled me
to snatch a glimpse of the fiery broth
within, although I knew that such
stolen peeps were dangerous, as at
any moment the wrathful spirits might
drive away the Intruder with a shower
of molten rock.
"So numerous were the streams
which intersected the bed of the crater
011 this side that it was necessary for
the guide to keep ceaseless watch to
guard against the possibility of our
retreat being cut off.
"We took our stand on an elevated
hummock of lava, and wero thus
raised to the level of the lake, which
had very capriciously selected'the high
est portion of the crater, so that all
the rivers flowed down over the steep
bank.
"Dr. Conn told me he had seen lava
flowing at the rate of forty miles an
hour, rushing down-hill through forests
on its seaward way. I confess I
watched this small, comparatively safe
river with some trepidation.
"So rapidly does lava cool that when
we had gaiued sufficient confidence to
follow our experienced guide, we wero
able to walk across many of the
streams which only a few hours be
fore had been liquid fire. We were
walking on a cool crust. As the
streams of red fluid rock met the air
lliCy seemed to become coated over
with a thin, gleaming, silvery film,
like that which forms on molten metal.
It wns gruesome to think what would
befall us if the thin crust gave way
beneath us. But I reflected that for
love of wife nnd child our guide doubt
less counted his own life precious, nnd
so would not lead us into real danger.
"It is strange how quickly one gets
accustomed to new circumstances.
When luncheon-time came It seemed
most natural to sit on the brink of n
fire river, on a hummock of lava, and
enjoy our sandwiches while we
watched the heaving, rushing lava roll
nnd break into half-cooled cakes, to be
swallowed and melted afresh In the
fire streaiii which flowed within ten
feet of us."
Bibles Sold a Year.
It is stated that the sale of Oxford
Bibles has lately averaged 1,000,000
copies a year.
Many a man has acquired a reputa
tion for popularity simply by keeping
his troubles to himself.
r
THE HAUNTED WEATHER PROPHET.
"I hear strange voices in the wind,
I hear low whispers in the rain.
No matter where I turn I find
It darkly muttered—'Guess again.' "
—Washington Star.
USEFUL QUOTATION.
He—"Pity is nltln to love, you know."
She—"Yes, isn't it a pity you can't
afford that love of a hat for me?"—
Now York Sun.
DEFINED AND DESCRIBED.
Teacher—"What Is a farm?"
Bright Little Girl—"A piece of land
entirely covered by a mortgage."—
Detroit Free Press.
PROOF ENOUGH.
Mrs. HenpeciL-' "What makes you
think he lost his mind when his first
wife died?"
Ilenpeck—"Ho married again."—New
York Press.
NOTHING DOING.
Canvasser—"l've a book here I'd like
to show you."
Busy Man —"l've a bulldog In the
next room I'd like to show you."—Bos
ton Transcript.
THE INCOME PARADOX.
Beryl—"Do the Smythes live within
their income?"
Sibyl—"They don't live within It, yet
they couldn't live without It!" Balt
imore Herald.
CONSIDER THE COST!
He —"That a waterfall! And you
made us pay fifty cents to see that!"
Guide—"Ah, but you must remem
ber it cost us S4OO to make it."—Petit
Journal pour Eire.
READY TO MAKE CONCESSIONS.
Friend—"lt is hard to realize one's
Ideals."
Artist—"Yes, indeed! I wish I could
compromise with my ideals at fifty
cents on. the dollar!" Puck.
LITERALLY SO.
Editor—"Was Longwynde's sermon
exhaustive?"
Reporter—"Exhaustive? Y'ou never
saw an audience so nearly worn out In
your life."—Los Angeles Herald.
VERY STRANGE.
Tourist—"l must move. I couldn't
get a wink of sleep all night on account
of a baby In the next room that cried
all night."
Walter—"l don't understand that.
The parents sleep in the same room and
they never heard It."—Nordlske Blade.
A MATRIMONIAL VICTIM.
Husband—"Now, dear, directly you
arrive you must wire me."
Wife—"All right. How much shall
I telegraph for?"—lllustrated Bits.
BABWIN'S WASTED TIME.
Darwin was in a state of great ex
citement.
"At last," he cried, "after years of
work I have traced man to the oyster."
"How foolish," interrupted one of
his friends, "when you could have let
woman walk there in five minutes."
Realizing the time he had wasted,
the great scientist immediately worked
himself into a stew.—New York Her
ald.
IT MAY COME TO THIS.
"I think," said tile multl-billiouaire,
"that It's about time for me to found a
, few public libraries."
"I Wouldn't, If I were you," objected
the wife of his bosom.
"Why not? I still have more money
than I can possibly spend."
I "Oh, yes; I know that; but I have
1 Just been reading the census reportj
and I find thnt nine-tenths of the peo-j
pie of this country are librarians, whlla
the rest are so busy paying taxes that
. they have no time to read."—New
York Herald.
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The usefulness of such a timepiece is
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| UDHN^EDftORIAI^
J RELIGIOUS
Sends the Following Grand Testimonial to
the Merits of Cuticura Remedies in the
Treatment of Humours of the
Blood, Skin and Scalp.
" I wish to give my testimony to
the efficiency of the Cuticura Reme
dies in what seems to me two some
what remarkable cases. I had a
number of skin tumours small
ones on my arms which had never
given me serious trouble ; but about
two years ago one came on my
throat. At first it was only about as
large as a pinhead, but, ns it was in
' a position where my collar, if not
iust right, would irritate it, it soon
became very sensitive and began to
grow rapidly. Last spring it was
as large, if not larger, than a bean.
A little unusual irritation of my
collar started it to swelling, and in
a day or two it was as large as
half an orange. I was very much
alarmed, and was at a loss to de
termine whether it was a carbuncle
or a malignant tumor.
Will
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•• My friends tried to persuade me
to consult my physician ; but dread
ing that he would insist on using
the knife. I would not consent to
go. Instead I got a small bottle of
Cuticura Resolvent and a box of Cu
ticura Ointment. I took the former
according to directions, and spread
a thick layer of the Ointment on a
linen cloth and placed it on the
swelling. On renewing it I would
bathe my neck in very warm water
and Cuticura Soap. In a few da\*s
the Cuticura Ointment had drawn
the swelling to a head, when it
broke. Every morning it was opened
with a large sterilized needle,
squeezed aud bathed, and fresh
Ointment put on. Pus and blood,
and a yellow, cheesy, tumorous
matter caine out. In about three or
four weeks' time this treatment
completely eliminated boil and
tumor The* soreness that had ex
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tended down into my chest was all
gone, and my neck now seems to be
perfectly well.
44 About five or six years ago my
sister had a similar experience. She
had two large lumps come under
her right arm, the result of a sprain.
They grew rapidly, and our physi
cian wanted to cut them out. I
would not listen to it, and she tried
the Cuticura Remedies (as I did a
few months ago) with magical effect.
In six weeks' time the lumps had
entirely disappeared,and have never
returned.
44 1 have great faith in the Cuticura
Remedies, and I believe they might
be as efficacious' in similar cases
with other poople, and thus 6ave
much suffering, and perhaps life. I
have derived so much benefit from
the use of them m3'self that I am
constantly advising
others to U3e them. Re
cently I recommended
them to an office boy for
his father, who was dis
a abled with salt rheum.
The man's feet were
f swollen to an enormous
size, and he had not
; worked for six weeks.
Two bottles of Cuticura
Resolvent and two boxes
of Cuticura Ointment
worked a perfect cure.
You never saw a moro
. grateful man in j'our life.
44 1 am very much in
terested in another caso
I where I have recom
mended Cuticura just
now. My housemaid's
mother has a goitre
which had reached a
very dangerous point.
The doctors told her
that nothing could bo
done ; that she could live
onl3' two or three weeks,
and that she would dio
of strangulation. She
was confined to her bed,
and was unable to speak, when her
daughter, at my suggestion, tried
the effect of the Cuticura Ointment
and Cuticura Resolvent. Strange to
say, she was very shortly relieved of
the most distressing symptoms. Tho
swelling seemed to bo exteriorized,
and she is now able to be around
her house, and can talk as well as
44 It seems to me that I have pretty
good grounds for believing that
Cuticura Remedies will prove suc
cessful in the most distressing forms
of blood and skin humours, and if
you wish to use my testimonial as
herein indicated, I am willing that
you should do so, with the further
privilege of revealing my name and
address to such persons as may wish
to substantiate the above state
ments by personal letter to me."
Chicago. Nov. 12, 1903.