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T„b WEEKLY TRIBUNE M. QUAD’S STORY. AMODERNCRUSOE. (Copyright, 1803, by Charles B. Lewis.] Were a sailor to be asked the question, •'What is an ocean?” he might truthfully answer, “A large body of salt water ever thirsty for a sailor’s life.” Out of every storm comes disaster —every calm is a menace to his peace of mind. We were holding up for Acheen Head and the straits of Malacca in the bark Briton, and the bay of Bengal was with out a whitecap, when, at 5 o’clock one afternoon in the year 1862,1 was ordered over the bows by the mate to clear the flying jib downhaul, which had become jammed. I was a fairly grown boy in the second year of my apprenticeship, and an order to call the captain on deck would seemingly have involved no more peril. I scrambled out and was working away with both hands when the bark sud denly rose to a roller which came racing at her from the north, with a crest as smooth as if it had been oiled, and there was an angry flirt of her head as she came down, which broke wy hold and flung me far out on her -starboard bow. I was under water only a few seconds, but yet when I came to : the surface the ship seemed half a mile away, while a sudden squall was giving the crew plenty to do without looking after me. It had come out of the east and out of a sky as clear as a bell but a moment beforehand it had come with the swiftness of a bul let. I was seen to fall, and as a shout was raised the man at the wheel flung a life preserver over the starboard quarter. A LAST SIGHT OF THE BARK. ' This article was simply a block of cork covered -with canvas and a stout strap made fast at either end. Two of them always hung within reach of the man at the wheel. The life preserver must have fallen close to me, for when I got the water out of my eyes it was close at hand. I rec • ognized the squall asone of those sudden puffs rightly named a “Bengal terror.” They fly like an arrow’ discharged from a mighty bow, and as their approach is unseen and unheralded many a good ship has been wrecked aloft while sailing peacefully over a plaeid sea. I fully ex pected to be picked up after the squall had passed and was not a bit worried, as; I got the life preserver under my chest and made the straps fast. The squall did not last three minutes, but it had no sooner passed than the wind, which had hitherto been from the north, whisked into the west and began blowing a gale. The sun was obscured, the sea got up wonderfully quick, and the last I saw of the bark everything . was confusion aboard, and both topgallant masts were gone. Five minutes after she was out of sight I realized that I was doomed. Had she suffered no damage by the squall, she would never .lower a boat in the face of that piping ga-le and frothing sea to hunt for a boy whe might reason ably be looked upon as drowned within three minutes after striking the water. I of course had no idea ®f the position < of the bark when the accident happened.i I simply knew, as did all the other hands [ forward, that we were pretiv well up to' . ■ w——.<l that two days of fair sailing would see us around Ach een Head. Indeed, I didn’t bother about the position, but as soon as the bark was . out of sight I give up all hope, of being . saved. Why the sharks didn’t get me during the next 30 hours has .always been a matter of wonder, as the-waters of the bay of Bengal were swarming with them at the time. I had been drift ing an hour or more before I thought of the monsters, and as night came ondjizlr and, stormy I got so frightened at <t|ie idea of being seized thgt I shouted ftp help untjl. hoarse and then became par tially unconscious. I remember very' little about the events of .that night or the succeeding day. Looking back to it is like recalling a dream. Hunger, thirst, fright and ex posure kept me ip a semiconsejous state most of the tiipd, and it was probably better so. The gale lasted most of the night, and as it filled down the next,day it still blew from the same quarter, so that I drove steadily to the east frcin the hour of falling overboard. I was not fully conscious of my surroundings wjien I heard the roar qf breakers, and 1 did not realize that I Was being drifted ashore until I wws carried ip on a big roller, left on a sandy beach for a mo ment and then carried into tije foam again by the undertow. The next time 1 felt the sand under my I»et, however, I made a struggle for it, airl after being half drowned found iny •ck’ on a sandy beach beyond the reach of the waves. I was sick and weak and throw myself down on the ground, and when J Anally awoke from what was like a troubled aleepa full moon was shining in my face s;id the night was half gone. / Up and looked tuoiinj u H <J dlmiy *»■ i?, 1 , 11 j > -’ - ' ' • ! >7 ’ t i* h I ' f * »n' * i reaiueo uiUc 1 nau urn ten asnore, anu then crawling on hands and knees un der the trees I slept again and did not open my eyes till the sun was an hour high. I had made a drift, as I afterward learned, of about 60 miles, and waves and tide had cast me ashore on the west side of one of the Babil islands. There a»-« 18 islands in this irroun. which lies off tire coast of Sumatra, distant about t 0 miles. The largest island is about 30 miles long by 10 broad, and none of them Is yet permanently inhabited. Most of the smaller islands are seaward and westward of the big one, and when 1 came to look around me I found I had been cast ashore, on a bit of land com prising not over 200 acres. It : did not take me over an hour to walk around, it, and I discovered that it was entirely covered with trees, contained two or three fine springs, and that I was six or seven miles from any Other island. As for eatables, there were oysters clinging to the rocks at low tide mark, wild fruits and berries to be had for the picking, and I made no doubt of finding edible -roots in the forest if I ‘Cared to look for them. Before night came again I had con structed a shelter of limbs and branches under the trees, and I slept through the night as soundly as if in my bunk aboard the bark. lam not going to enter into particulars of the life I led for several weeks, for you can easily imagine there was very little to interest an outsider. 1 got up a signal staff on the west shore, spent much of J my time in looking for a sail and was cast down and elated by turns over the situation. I had no means of building a fire, and my food was con sequently partaken of in a raw state. The weather was warm and pleasant, and after getting accustomed to the lone liness of the situation I rather enjoyed the Crusoe life. I had been - on the island 43 days when I got up-one morning to find the sun hid den by a htee which I knew portended a storm. At about noon a typhoon came out of the-southwest with such violence that within an hour I was driven to seek •shelter at the center of the island, where tfhe forest was thickest, and as the fide was coining in at the same time there -was fear that the island would be sub merged. At 5 o’clock in the afternoon and again at about 8 tidal waves swept up the beach and into the forest 208 feet abovehigii water mark, anil "between the same hours the wind had such fury that at least-half the island was denuded of trees, bushes and plants -aad left.as bare as my hand. For hours I lay flat «®a the.‘ground, -clutching the roots of a-stout bush, and a dozen-times over I had-a ll I could do to keep from being blown away. The gale began to blow out at sundown,-and then name aaainfall lasting till midnigh Ifcand it was.sunrise next morning before-I -moved do wn to the beach to look around - -and see- w hat damage had been-w rought .About the first thing my eyes, rested-on •was the'hulk of a vessel resting almost ■on. an even keel afar up the beach. Both anasts were gone a few feet .above the • deck. Most of her bulwarks had been .swept away, and as I took a second look the hul k I made her out to-be an old -derelict-in place of a craft just driven ■ashore. : She had probably been brig rig ged, but«masts, rigging, bowsprit and .rudder were gone. As.l wenfacloser, my heart in my mouth for fear I -would find corpses on the beach, I took notice of the seaweed and barnacles • clinging to Hie wreck, and when I got-ck>se up to her I found great knots of shellfish sticking out here and there .along her sides. I could walkclear . around her, the tide being out, and it ' was -not until I had made the circuit : -twice that I solved the puzzle of her bo , mg there. - One of those tremendous xwaves of whichjl havespoken mnsthave lifted her .off .the bottom of the sea. fgfc '' ' ran v\ -<■< v ]• ,•) ft . '' IT ~~' ri I~i ~~Mi ~ - : • > -for I A BOATLOAD OF SAILORS PULLED ASHORE, miles.away perhaps, ana nnng ner wnere she rested. The shape of her hull was ancient, and she earned a figurehead the like of which I had never seen before. There .was lots of scroll work on the stern of the wreck, but if she had ever had her name painted there the salt water had effaced the letters. I looked .along her sides clear down to her keel to nee if I could find the cause of her going down, but the hull was perfectly sound •iml in good condition. I hesitated to board her, and in fact it was nearly noon before I did so. I had a fear, as I must admit, of encountering the skeletons of the sailors who wont down with her. When I had at last plucked up courage to sci amble over h>«r bows, the spectacle was not near as lonely as I hud pictured. Her deck was flush from stem to stern, no cabin gkvJlidit, The two win- 1 I ~1. :| Ii<.I!I «>' V . * I I,’ [.,!•>’ fi •rj ’9 *.'V< ,vi . i ts«, a 1 * 4 ' '» ’ 1 HOME, GA., JHUKSDAY NOVEMBER 30, aows at the stern Had lighted the cabin. There was a companion way, with a slide to protect it, and something of the* same sort forward. Though the decks were covered with weeds and shells and slime, I could make out that the craft had carried six cannon on a side. There had been a cookhouse or galley on deck, but that had gone with other fittings and belongings. She was fitted with an an cient windlass, and that was still intact, with a dozen coils of rotten hempen ca ble about it. On her port bow was an odd looking thing of wood and iron which the craft hid evidently made use of as an anchor, and the sight of it was enough to satisfy me that the hulk be longed to a period far remote. She had but one hatch, and that was amidships. with the covers firmlv se cured, or to tney seemed until 1 got a pry under !he rusty iron bar and broke It at the firr.t heave. That was the first • thing I did toward seeing what was be low the decks. I expected to find the hold full of water, and as there was none to be seen I took another Ipok around and finally found her stern post smashed and twisted and room enough there for the vCater to pour iii by the barrel. 1 A modern steam pump could hardly have saved the brig after that injury, which was doubtless caused by her striking a rock. She may have been dismasted be fore the collision, but she certainly did not float an hour after it. ‘' j About all I accomplished on the first day was getting the hatch open. The mud was drying up rapidly and the wa ter still draining out of her, and I thought the delay would be to my bene fit. I doubt if I could have overhauled her had I been so minded, as an odor which was l-.orribly nauseating arose from the hatch and drove me to give it a wide berth. On the morning of the second'day I opened up both cabin and fo’cast-le and met with the same odor, though not so strong. Theri I carefully lowered myself into the main hold to see What I could discover. The craft had only about six feet depth of hold, and though the slime and weeds were abundant and far from pleasant I ‘knocked about down there ®or hours. I feund over a hundred barrels which were ■still of liquor of some sort, and I cannot tell you how many balesand boxes, which fell into a mass of mold at the slightest kick. There were also water butts and barrels‘of pork and beef, and it was from these latter that I got the sickening odor. I got nothing whatever out of the hold, though I flattered myself that if the bar rels c*f liquor were all right they would bring me a pretty penny when I got them to market. C-n the third day I overhauled the cab in and fo’castle. There had been a great rattle of stuff in both places, but every thing was mold as I touched it now. The cabin was small, but the fo’castle was so large that I figured on accommodations for a crew of 60 or 70 men, 'Of seme things there was a great plenty. Mus kets and cutlasses and boarding pikes -were to be found at every step, but each one so rusted and eaten that it would hardly support its own weight. I boarded the wreck on the fourth morning with the intention of getting ’ into the run under the cabin, where any t’. thing in the shape of treasure would be i stored away, but T was hardly on her ; decks before a boatload of sailors pulled , ashore from a Dutch ship bound down the coast • for Batavia. She was about to pass the island two miles away when she sighted my signal and the hulk and stopped to investigate. The men at once took possession of the wreck as a lawful prize and carried me off to the ship. I was not only treated with calm indiffer ence by the officers, but some of the sail ors were - positively brutal in their con duct. The shij) was sailed in as near the shore as.they dared go, and for four days ©very man was busy at the wreck. Th ;y took out .135 barrels of wine and brandy and a great amount of what I then thought was pig lead, but which I after ward knew to be silver. I was not car ried to Batavia with the ship, but trans ferred to a trader going up the coast, and of all the treasure I never got a penny. The claim which I filed with the British consul at Batavia was pigeon holed from the start, and tlie only satis faction I have had up to date was the information that my share of the plun der, if justice had been done me, would have amounted to several thousand dol lars. ‘ ' ADVANCE IN PIC. The Tennessee Ceuipeny'H Bl e Sale—London JBaiikers Ju vest in g 1 in Iron, NasHville, Tenn , Nov. 2S.—The Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company have advanced pig iron twenty-five cents per ton, which is the second advance in the past thirty days. Since selling fifty-six thousand tons last month the company has sold thirty thousand tons additional at an advance of 25 per cent. Fifteen thousand tons of iron was taken by American consumers and eleven thousand tons as an investment by London bankers. In addition to these the London bankers offer the company the same figures for the product of four furnaces for six months to the amount of one hundred thousand tons. The offer was declined. PAID EVERY CENT. The Htewanls of the Neeonrl M«tho<llat Chnreh Meet. The Stewards of the Second Methodist church met Monday night to wind up the financial obligations of that church for the closing conference year, and after getting all the figures together they found that they were behind the LfllHi jHinv pastor, and |44 00 behind on the church collections. After a good deal of inves tigations as to who had paid and who had not, the Sunday school was pledged to pay that $44 00 and the stewards (4) assumed the $89.40 due the pastor be lieving that the members and friends of the church will come to their aid and not suffer them to bare this additional burden, after having paid their part, but they say they will do it rather than see their faithful pastor go away without bis salary. So Mr. Duval left for conference yesterday with every cent of the con ference collection and his own salary paid in full. THE'FAREWELL BANQUET , . To Colenel Walton Was a Success lu Every , . The banquet last night by the Masons of Rome in honor of Col. A. W. Walton was a success in every particular. A large crowd was present, and every one took pleasure in the occasion. The following programme was rendred: i Music, iii ■> | Address by M. M. Pepper, in behalf of Rome Commandery No. 8., Address by Chas. W. Underwood in be half of Rome Chapter No. 26. Music. 't Address'-by R. A. Denny in behalf of Oastanaula Lodge. ; Music. -l > Address by Max Meyerbardt in behalf of Cherokee Lodge. Address of Dr. R. B. Head den in be half of the Masons of Rome. Music. Banquet. As Dr. Headden drew to a close he presented Colonel Walton with a hand some clock, given by the Masons of the city. Colonel Walton responded in a few words expressing his gratitude. Following this was the banquet, which was an elegant affair. All the addresses were eloquent, and received much ap plause. It was an interesting occasion, and was a high and deserved compliment to Colonel Walton. A NEW MANAGER For the Singer Sewing Machine Osmpany. Mr. Jones Goes Out. Mr. J. T. Jones, for a long time city manager of the Singer Sewing machine company has resigned his position to ac cept a more lucrative one with the Cash Register Co. With this company he will have Georgia, Alabama aad Tennessee as his territory. *■’ Mr. Frank S-. Willingham has been ap pointed to fill the place with the -sewing machine company. Mr. Willingham is one of the most energetic and successful young business men tn the city, and is sure to keep the mac nine well before the public. He is sober and industrious and Che company is to be congratulated in securing such a worthy successor to Mr. Joz.es, who has handled the business so well. WRECK TUESDAY NIGHT A-t SIl««r Creek —A Brakemau Gainfully In jured, A through freight from Atlanta to Chattanooga on the E. T., V. & Ga,, was wrecked Tuesday night about 8 o’clock at Silver creek. It was caused by a drawhead pulling out and falling on the track, derailing the rear part of the train. Several flat cars were smashed. Only one man was hurt—T. L. Allen, of Dallas, who'was knocked off a boxcar. He was badly bruished, but while painful the injuries are not thought to be serious. Dr. T. R. Garlington, surgeon of the road, skilfully attended him, and soon had him resting comfortably, sending him home on the passenger last night. A WELL KNOWN CHARACTER Who Was Popular With AU Died Night Be fore Last. • One of the best known characters about Rome died Monday night and was buried from the East Rome Metho dist church yesterday. For years he peddled and sold “big hominy” around the city, that gained for him the familiar soubriquet of “Uncle Hominy” Morgan. It was a name of affection, for a more scrupulously honest or genial old gentleman never lived. His friends live all over this BBCt’on, and their regret is deep because of his death. BURIED YESTERDAY. The Body of Mr. Thomas Craton Laid hi its _ast Besting Place, Mr. Thomas Crayton was buried yes terday morning at Pleasant Hope bury iog ground. About twenty-five Mas© s went from Rome, and his many friends in all that section gathered to attend the last sad rites. It was a large gathering, and showed that the good works of the deceased were not forgotten. Mr. R. A. Denny con- ' ducted the Masonic part of the ceremony. 1 Dr. R. B. Headden preached the funeral 1 sermon. A NEW CASE AT BRUNSWICK. 1 —.— | The Weather Warmer—Only Four Cases i Ender Treatment. Brunswick, Nov. 28.—-One new case today, colored, and two discharged—one ( white, Annie Von Kohler, and one col- i ored. This leaves four colored under I treatment. The weather la slightly | warmer. . . -i' »■>.•■* ' - I Isl ff t ■ 'T*. ■ * 1 THE LEGISLATURE. THE INCOME TAX BILL. Special to The Tribune. Atlanta, Nov. 27. —There was one' fight before the legislature today—that over the .Savannah registration bill. When the first vote was taken there was no quorum voting but it looked as if there would be no opposition. On the second call, however, Nicholson,of Weir, proposed to amend by submitting the question to the people. That is just what the friends of the bill didn’t want as it would throw the registration for such election into the hands of the Dil lon crowd. Then Harrison, of Quitman, spoke against the bill, believing it was unconstitutional. The opposition brought out a number of speakers for the bill, most of them supporting it because the delegates were unanimously in 'favor of it. Whpn the vote was taken there was 96 in favor of it, and only 2,' Harrison of Quitman and Wright of Brady, against it. | ' ■ ! Busy But Sensational. It was a busy day in both houses, but not a sensational one. ( ; •’-I I■ ‘ The principal features of the house was the introduction of new r bill»—two of them being of special interest) Those are Mr. Hogan’s bills providing an in come tax, and Thomaaon’s bill on state banks. t Mr. Thomason’s bill is based on th© clearing house idea of personal liability of stockholders. It provides for the scheduling of all property of sharehold i ers as a oasis for the issue. The bill dif fers radically from the others that have been introduced on the subject, as all of ! them has adhered more closely to the , the national bank idea. The Technological School. Mr. Sears, of Webster, introduced a ’ report of a special committee on the Technological school, which speaks in the highest terms of the work done out there. The lucerne Tax. ■ Mr. Hogan’s bill for an internal tax •prov des for taxation of incomes of $2,000 and upward. i ' , Col. Candler Argues. i Special to the Tribune. 1 Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 28. —The bill pro s viding for the issuance of bonds to re deem the Hays and Scott bonds was the ■ special order for today in the house and j was the only matter of general import i ance before the legislature. This bill 1 was introduced by Mr. Bacon, of Bibb i and covers the very familiar subject of i the bonds for which Judge Kibbee, of I Macon, has secured nineteen favorable i reports during the past fifteen or twenty . years in which he has represented the > holders of the bonds. In this legislature as in former legislatures the matter was referred to a special committee. That committee made a study of the subject 1 with the result indicated, that is a report favorable to the payment of the bonds. 1 Col. Milton A. Candler, ex-congress -1 man from this district was the chair ' mao of that committee and when the bill came up as a special order today, made a strong speech in support of the the pay ment of the bonds as provided in the bill and in the committee’s report. It was the first set speech which Colonel Candler has made in the pres ent legislature and was listened to with apt attention. The subject was one with which he is very ff miliar and he has made an especial study of it in con nection with his duties as chairman of this committee. Co). Candler was not through when the hour for adjournment arrived so the matter will come up again, probably tomorrow. There is not likely to be much oppo sition to the payment of the bonds, but there may be opposition to the payment of the interest on them. Indeed Mr. Wheeler, of Walker, introduced an amendment providing for the payment of principal only, and it is understood that in the Western and Atlantic betterments case it was held by the supreme court that the state was not holden for the in terest after maturity unless expressly j stipulated in the contract as is not the < case in these bonds. The Normal School Bill, The first thing this morning was a motion to reconsider the bill of Mr. Flem ing to admit females to the State Normal , School at Athens. This was done after some argument and it new seems prob able that Mr. Fleeting’s bill will be adopted as it cannot possibly cost the state any money. Dr. Jone’s Funeral. The senate did nothing except routine business, adjourning at 11 o’clock to at tend the funeral of Rev. Dr. Jones, so long chaplain of that body which occurred at that hour at the Central Presbyterian church which is opposite tbe capito). The regret of the death of that good man is universal. He was one of natures noblemeu, a man who was literally a son of God, Mr, Wheeler’s Cruelty. Col. Bill Bmith the special champion of tbe shad administration in the waters of the Savannah, wanted to get up today a bill regulating tbe oatcblng of fish and protection of the streams In Gwinnet county. Col. Hill baa posed as the "■■’■Wi i special champion of this species of the finny tribo, and it was nothing short of cruelty in M-. Wheeler to object to the bringing up of the matter which of course had to bo unanimous as it was out of its regular order. Major Bacon's Platform. M»jor Bacon at the night session, in troduced a series of resolutions declaring for gold and silver as money for final pay ment, and that there should be no limit to the coinage of either, less than the product of mines of this country; de claring for state banks, customjduties for revenue only and an income tax. This is generally regarded as the maj >r’s platform in his race for the senate and created a sensation. t HARRY HILL CAUGHT. Arrested in Cincinnati—Will be Brought ww ii I Back. Special to' the Tribune: Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 28.—Harry Hill was arrested in Cincinnati last night and will be brought back to Georgia. . ? . SEVENTY YEARS OLD.. > Y4t He Goes in Swimming Every Day, Summer or Winter, Special to the Tribune. Powder Springs Nov. 27,--We have an old gentleman, Mr. D. A. Cochran, 70 years of age, who enjoys the exhiler ating exercise of bathing and swimming in Powder Spring creek these cold days. He goes in bathing once a day summer and winter when the weather is so that he can get to the creek, and says he kept it up nearly all his life, using mod eration in the length of time he remains 1 in the water, and rubbiog well when be 1 comes out. He is the father of Mrs. F. ‘ A. Simms and Mrs. S. P. Lindley of this place, with whom he is stopping. He is as active and vigorous as a boy of six- ■ teen, and says he can walk twenty-five * miles a day without feeling the least fatigued. Married Sunday. My. Silas McKichen, a young merchant here and Miss Sallie Walden, daughter of Rev. W. T. Walden, near this place, were 'married here Sunday morning at the ree ’ tdence of Esq. Uriah Matthews, who performed the cerem ny. 1 A GIN BURNED' ■ With a Loss of *3,000-A Prominent Mer. f chant Arrested. i Special to the Trilune. Genre Ala., Nov. 27th.—I,ast Friday , evening the gin, mill and thirteen bales , of cotton, belonging to J. D. Jordan, were destroyed by fire, caused by matches , in the cotton. Loss $3,000. No insur ance. Mr. J. W. P. Johnson, a prominent merchant of this place, aas arrested and carried before U. S. Commissioner Charl son, at Atlanta, last Saturday, on a charge of violating tho revenue laws. It is the opinion here that the prosecution is a ma licious affair. Dr. W. H. Darnall delivered two very able and interesting sermons at the Meth odist church yesterday, morning and evening, in place of the regular pastor, Rev. T. A. Kerr, who could not be pres ent on account of sickness in his family, THE BLOODY AXE. A White Man Hacked to Death by a Negro. Baxley, Ga., Nov. 28.—News has just reached here of the killing of Mr. O. G. Herndon, woodsman for Ketterer & Dean turpentine operators, by one Newt Jones, colored. They became involved in some trouble while in tbe woods cutting br xes. The negro seized a long box axe and ct opped Mr. Herndon in the ehoulder and chest, killing him almost instantly. The negro was fired at several times, but escaped. Considerable excitement prevails, and if he is caught he may be may be quickly dealt with. 'Officers are in hot persuit. Mr. Herndon was a highly respected young man. AFTER THE EMPEROR- Anarchists Send Him an Infernal Ma cliiue, Berlin, November 28.—1 l now ap > pears that Emperor William on Sunday, 1 was the recipient of an infernal machine from Orleans similar to the one sent Chancellor Von Caprivi yesterday. The infernal machine sent the em peror was accompanied by a letter. Both the machine and letter were de livered at the office of the emperor’s civil cabinet, where some employees be came suspicious of the contents of the box, and accidentally discovered its real nature. They soon managed to render it harmless. DR. WARREN DEAD, A Prominent Hu pt let IMylne Died In Maron on lh« iilltli, Macon. Ga., Nov. 27. ■ ..f Hun city, ' ■ f>i'"o Hu.