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jrfgal iiuecrlisemmts.
Jackson Deputy Sheriff’s Sales.
\\flLh l*e sold before the Court House door, in
iV the town of Jefferson, Jackson County, (Ja.,
tt ithin tlu legal hours of sale, ou the first Tues
,lv in December next, to the highest bidder, the
fallowing property, to-wit:
Two hundred and twenty-two acres of land,
more or less, in said county, adjoining lands of G.
S. Duke, estate of Jas. Rogers, deceased, lands of
W. H. bridges and the dower of Elizabeth Howies,
outlie Walnut Fork of the Oconee river, it being
* portion of the home place of Anderson Bowles,'
deceased, and known and distinguished as lot No.
2, agreeably to the survey of James L. Johnson.
County Surveyor, (made for the administrators of
A. Ilowles, deceased.) and purchased (bid off) by
F. M. Whitmire, at the administrator's sale of the
real estate of A. Bowles, deceased. One hundred
acres of said land is enclosed by a good fence;
thirty acres of bottom land; fifteen acres of up
land in cultivation ; fifty acres of pine field, and
remainder in original forest; the whole place well
watered with never failing streams. Levied on as
the property of the estate of F. M. Whitmire, de
cent, (now in the hands of I*. -J. Whitmire, his
administratrix.) by virtue of a Superior Court !i fa.
in favor of C. R. Bowles, administrator, and Eliza
beth.Bowles, administratrix, vs. B. J. Whitmire,
administratrix of the estate of F. M. Whitmire,
deceased, and W. P. Wood, for the balance of the
purchase money due for said land at the aforesaid
sale. Deed to the same filed and recorded in the
Clerk's office, conveying said land to B. J. AVhit
mire. as adm'x of F. M. Whitmire, dcc'd, in terms
oflaw. Property pointed out by plaintiffs. Writ
ten notice given to Win. Oakes, tenant in posses
sion. and B. -J. Whitmire, adm'x aforesaid, de
fendant.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
one hundred and twenty acres of land, more or
less, lving in said county of Jackson, on the wa
ters of'Millberuy river, bounded as follows: on the
north by Gideon Edwards, on the east by Dr. A .
b'ljiperriere, on the south by Joseph M. Weath
erly and Robert Moon, and on the west by Wil
liam S. Whitehead. Said land levied on by virtue
of a mortgage ti fa. issued from Jackson Superior
Court. in favor of Wesley Nance. Executor of the
last will and testament of John Seay, late of said
emmty, deceased, against Hugh It. Bernard and
hilliam A. Weatherly, as the property of de
fendants. said Hugh It. Bernard and William A.
Weatherly, and described in a certain indenture
of mortgage, dated oth day of March, 1872. Said
land is well improved, has a good dwelling and all
necessary outbuildings, and is in a high state of
cultivation. Written notice of said levy served
on 1. 11. Allen and William Weatherly, Sr., who
tire the tenants in possession of said premises, as
the law directs. Property pointed out in said ti fa.
J. J. WALLIS, Dcp’ty Sh’lf.
Jackson Sheriff's Sale.
Wild; be sold, before the Court llohsc door.
m in the town of Jefferson, Jackson county,
'■■i.. within the legal hours of sale, on the first
Incsday in December next, the remainder in fee
Dltcr the expiration of the life estate ofS. A Park,
"'ileolA. M. Park, formerly S. A. Pinson, wid
°l S. Pinson, dec’d,) in the house and lot in the
town of Jotrerson, in said county, known as the
Pinson lot, containing one and one-tenth acres,
more or less. Said house is a good frame build
nig with nine rooms, including the basement,
"hich is of brick and is first-class; there is also
a good kitchen and good stables, crib, tkc., on said
I’he purchaser to take possession on and af
ter the termination of the life estate of said S. A.
ar *L "ho is tenant in dower. Levied on and ad-
UTtiscd to be sold as the property of S. Pinson.
‘ Iy virtue of a Superior Court ti fa. in favor
Hosea 0. Guldens, ndm’r. vs. W. P. Miller,
principal, and P. F. llinton, adm’r of S. Pinson,
security. Fi fa. transferred to and now controlled
s'A\V‘ Hinson. Written notice given to Mrs.
■■ A. furner. tenant in possession, and P. F.
Hmton, adtn’r, defendant.
JOHN S. ULSTER, Sheriff.
Administrator's Sale.
\V Iff he sold, before the Court House door, in
' the town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga..
tU‘ first Tuesday in December, 1878. within
'"'legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, the
following property, to-wit :
All the real estate of the late Elizabeth May
“ar,l. deceased, situate, lying and being in the
j "unty ot Jackson, whole tract containing three
'""red and tilty-seven acres, more or less, sold
1,1 lots as follows:
-ot No. 1, (agreeably to survey of James A.
■ raynge) containing one hundred and fifty acres.
‘l'Ue ;r less, on which is situate the dwelling, a
.'■"'"l frame building, and improvements ; a good
jTciard. Said premises lately occupied by Eliza-
T Maynard, deceased. Forty acres of said land
' and in a high state of cultivation; fifteen
1 '"spine field ; remainder in original forest. Ad
' ’! um S lands of Hilliard Lott, John Wall and
others.
fot Xo. 2. (agreeably to survey of James A.
ravage) containing one hundred and twenty-five
fre.s more or less, adjoining the above Lot No.
•and lands of Pucket, Peppers and others; forty
ti .n' 111 s t"te of cultivation ; ten acres pine
I : remainder in original forest.
s -°| N°. 3, (agreeably to survey of James A.
’IS o )containing sixty-five acres, more or less.
Jmuing Lot No. 2. lands of Bradley. Walls. Jno.
j’ , ;?- vnar and and others. All of this tract is orig
inal forest.
Pot No. 4. (agreeably to survey of James A.
lcontaining seventeen acres, more or
• ' adjoining lands of Walls, Williams and Mat-
H‘n < anl Lot No. 2. Six acres in cultivation,
""•'under in original forest.
lats exhibited on the day of sale. Sold as the
K"l>erty of Elizabeth Maynard, late of Jackson
'!ehf l ‘ V ' for distribution and to pay
. : s • Terms—one-third cash; one-third <lue
"he months afterdate ; one-third due two years
( ' r date ; purchaser to give notes hearing inter
im a , t , SCVcn per cent, from date, and receiving
"and for title, which will be made when all tire
Purchase money is paid.
S. 11. CRONIC,
l)v - Adm’r of E. Maynard, dec’d.
I lie People tlieir own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Administrator’s Sale.
A GREEABLY to an order of the Court of Ordi-
XX- nary of Jackson county, will be sold, before
the Court House door, in Jefferson, in said county,
on the first Tuesday in December next, within the
i ,\ ours °^ sa l e ? to the highest and best bidder,
the following two tracts of lands, both lying in
said county, on the waters of Big Sandy Creek,
being a part of the real property of Alfred Smith
late of .said county, deceased : One tract contain
ing seventy acres, more or less, all original forest,
heauly timbered and lying well. Another tract,
containing two hundred and eleven and a half
.u i es, more or less, and having thereon a good lo< r
cabbin ; about sixty acres cleared, forty of which
is good bottom land, all in a good state of cultiva
tion; forty or fifty acres original forest, all the
balance of said tract psod old pine fields. Both
of said parcels of land being parts of the Alfred
aiV i m -e placc ’ ,s °bl as Die property of said
Alfred Smith, deceased, for the purpose of paying
the debts and making distribution among the heirs
of said deceased. Plats of said tracts of land can
be seen in the Clerk’s office, in Jefferson. Terms
ca !- N. B. CASH. Adm'r.
Sov2 M. K. SMITH, Adm'x.
Administrator’s Sale.
ABLE EABLA to an order of the Court of Ordi
nary- of Jackson county, (Ja., will be sold,
on the first Tuesday in December, 1878. before
t,i- Com t House door, in Jefferson, Jackson coun
ty . to the highest bidder, during the legal hours of
sale, the following two parcels of land, both Ivin
m said county, and being parts of the F. M. \VhiC
mire estate: One tract, containing forty-one acres,
more or less, adjoining the dower land of Mrs. IL
J. Whitmire, lands of A. E. Higgins and W. ll!
Bridges. On said pai cel of land is a good' lo
house and necessary out-buildings. AH of said
tract of land is of the best quality of old pine
fields land. Another parcel of land, containin'*
eighty-two acres, adjoining the dower land of Mrs°
’■ .). \\ hitmire, Terrel Murphy. .V. Lamnions and j
others; all well timbered, original forest land, and
is situated near to saw mill, church, school house,
and is of the best quality of land. Sold to pay the
debts and make distribution among the heirs of
F. M. Whitmire, late of said county, dcceasod
Terms, cash. B. J. WHITMIRE,
nov Adm’x F. M. Whitmire, dec’d.
Administrator s Sale.
WILL be sold, before the Court House door,
in the town of Jefferson, Jackson county,
Ca.. on the first Tuesday in December next, with
in the legal hours of sale, agreeably to an order of
the Court of Ordinary of said county, the follow
ing property, to-wit: One hundred and ten acres
of land, more or less, on the waters of the Walnut
For!- of the Oconee river, adjoining lands of T. J.
Randolph, S. T. Bailey, Robert Davis and others.
On said land is thirty acres in a high state of cul
tivation ; thirty acres in original forest, the bal
ance in old pine fields. There is two log cabbins
on said land; there is also two shoals on said land
suitable for machinery-, <£c. Sold .as the property
of John B. Lowery, late of said county, deceased,
lor the purpose of distribution among the heirs of
said deceased. Terms, cash.
E. A. TRYIX.
MARY IRVIN,
nov2 Adm’rs of Jno. 13. Lowery, dec’d.
Whci ’eas, James K. Randolph, Administrator
of Minor Lipscomb, late of said county, deceased,
represents to the Court, in his .petition duly filed,
that he has f’ully and completely administered the
estate of said deceased, and asks the Court to
grant him Letters of Dismission from the same—
This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, on
the first Monday in January, 1870, in the Court of
Ordinary for said county, why Letters of Dismis
sion from said estate should not be granted the
applicant.
Given under my official signature, this October
Ist, 1878. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
{ \ KORCsiIA, .Siieksoii Uoiiutr.
VJT
Whereas, AY. J. Oakes makes application to me
in proper form for permanent Letters of Admin
istration upon the estate of M. J. Pike, late of said
county, dcc’d—
This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned,
and the next of kin, to show cause, if any they'
have, at the next regular term of the Court of Or
dinary of said county of -Jackson, to be held on
the first Monday in December next, why said Let
ters should not he granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, Oct. 30th,
IS7B. 11. AY. BELL. Ord’y.
TO CONTRACTORS.
\l7 ILL be let to the lowest bidder, before the
T V Court 1 louse door in J etferson, on Saturday,
the 23d of November, IS7B, the contract for build
ing the bridge across the Oconee river known as
the Academy bridge, under the following specifi
cations : Said bridge to be built on level with
west bank, with 12 feet road-way, by spanning
the river with fifty feet swinging span, built on
two arches to be placed as near the edge of the wa
ter as the extension of said fifty feet will allow :
said arches to he built on mud sills 30 feet long,
well weighted down with rock, the uprights to the
same to be 12x12 inches, well braced with timbers
Bxlo inches, extending from well out on mud sill
to within 12 inches of cap sill; in center of uprights
to be put in piecd" of timber Bxß inches. Cap sills
to be 12x1-1 inches, morticed half through so as to
lit on top of tenants on uprights ; king post to
swinging span 10x10 inches ; raftcrsSxlO, and five
sleepers 10x12 inches. Said span to he well bolted
with iron bolts and sweed iron inch thick and
{ inches wide, to bold the same. One other span
to be built on the east, or Jefferson side of the
river, extending from arch under swinging span
to a mud sill, well fastened down, as far out on
the bank as the planks there now extends ; this
span to have five sleepers (5x12 inches. Flooring
to be 14 feet long and 2 inches thick, well spiked
down with five inch stringers. Banisters fasten
ed to uprights, made of three inch scantling, three
feet high and eight feet apart, morticed through
and keyed on under side of flooring plank, said
planL to extend two feet farther out than balance
of flooring, for braces to uprights to rest on ;
planked on inside with inch plank ; four inch strip
over top; all sleepers to lap well on cap sills, and
all timbers to be all heart and sawed, with the ex
ception of mini sills and sleepers to swinging span,
the latter, if hewn, to be well and smoothly done.
All work must be done in a workmanlike manner,
as the work, as well as every piece of timber, will
be inspected, before being placed in the water, by
competent persons appointed for the purpose, so
that the bridge may be received when completed.
Full and complete specifications can be seen at
my office. - oct2(s 11. W. BELL, Ord'y.
Notice.
"VTOTICE is hereby given that application has
Ax been made to February Term, 1879, of Jack
son Superior Court, by John Phillips, to be re
lieved from the disabilities imposed b\ r reason of
a divorce —a vinculo matrimonii —having been
granted to his wife, Emma Phillips, at February
Term, 1877. of Jackson Superior Court, and that
said application stands for trial and hearing at said
February Term, 1579. of Jackson Superior Court.
JOHN PHILLIPS, Petitioner.
PIKE & McCARTV, Att’ys for Pet'r.
N. B. STARK,
4 T his old stand, on the A enable corner, is now
prepared, with good workmen and an excel
i lent stock of material, to furnish Boots and Shoes
at a considerable reduction from last year's prices.
Repairing done at short notice, and good fits war
i ranted in all work made to order. oct2C
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1878.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Under Sixteen Fathoms.
Saving the Cargo of a Brigantine Sunk Eight
Months Ago — What the Divers Brought Up
from the Hold of the Carrie Window —How
they Go Down Into the Sea, oral the Perils
they Encounter.
Far out on the blue water to the eastward
of Sandy Hook, seven miles from the nearest
land, lies the brigantine Carrie Winslow, sunk
in the galesof last January. She lies in 100
feet of water, and her cargo, including 150
bales of Uruguay wool, has been imbedded in
salt water for upward of eight months. Never
theless, the Coast Wrecking Company are
fishing it tip, bale bv bale, in almost as good
condition as ever. Originally valued at 38
cents per pound, and to-day, notwithstanding
its long detention at such a remarkable depth,
it is expected to bring 28 cents in the open
market. At this rate the owners will receive
some $30,000 for their $40,000 loss.
A reporter of the Sun put off for the scene
of operations on Saturday in the Coast Wreck
ing Company’s tug Relief, Capt. Dave Wol
cott commanding. A working force of ten
of the most expert wreckers and divers on the
Atlantic coast, under the command of Capt.
Archie Wilson, were on board, with all their
machinery in the way of engines, cables,
diving apparatus, &c. The fore hold of the
Relief was lumbered up with- the wreckers'
supplies, and a fifty-ton schooner, towed at a
distance of 200 yards astern, carried an addi
tional consignment.
It was a beautiful morning, and the outer
bay was dotted with outgoing craft of all
sizes. Tall ships spread their sails one by
one to the breeze and bowled along gallantly,
while pretty little yachts and snug pilot boats
glided gently about in picturesque confusion.
The Relief pulled along slowly to the south
east, dragging the schooner after her through
j the rising billows, which threatened every
moment to snap the towline. In twenty
: minutes she was abreast of the Sandy Hook
: i\;htship, whose red hull rose and fell grace
fully on the moving surface. A mile to the
southwest, two buoys were distinguished float
ing lazily on the outgoing tide, whereupon
Capt. A\ ilson cleared decks for action. The
schooner was placed between the buoys with
a stern line running to each, which in turn
were connected with two other buoys and the
steamer, the whole forming a firmly set quad
rangle, within the middle of one end of which
was the schooner.
AJ 1
808 | O B
l
BO —-lie ■
A—Schooner containing divers and diving ap
paratus. BBB—Buovs at corners. C—Steamer
Relief.
The object of this arrangement is to secure
perfect steadiness, and prevent the schooner
from dragging while the divers are down.
The schooner is placed directly over the
wreck, so that the descent to the latter may
he made perpendicularh r .
At high noon officers and crew sat down to
dinner on the quarter deck of the Relief. The
weather was delightful, a fine breeze from
oceanward fanning the heated brows of the
workers, and invigorating them for fresh at
tacks on the table, which literally contained
the best the market afforded. Wreckers, like
pilots, are epicures in the matter of good liv
ing, and actually fare better than three
fourths of the well-to-do householders of Xew
York. A “ baron of roast beef” that would
have done credit to old England ornamented
the head of the table, and a round of compact
and finely cut cold corn beef the fcot. Half
a dozen kinds of vegetables excellently
cooked, an apple dumpling that for succu
lent tenderness could not be excelled by any
thing in the Astor House larder, and the
magnificent and appetizing sea air, made a
dinner fit for a king. During the meal the
divers laughed, chatted, and told stories of
plungings into the Mississippi, the Gulf ol
Mexico, and the Straits of Magellan.
IVy 1 o’clock everything was ready for work.
The sea was a little higher than agreeable,
and the schooner rose and fell on the waves
in a manner which rendered the descent more
difficult than it would otherwise have been.
Charles Coolan, a good-looking, athletic j'oung
fellow, with shoulders broader than O’Leary’s
and limbs as hard and muscular as a prize
fighter’s, was the first to go down.
11 is first step was to put on several suits of
extra underclothing to keep off the cold. The
average temperature in 100 feet of water is
40 degrees. Then he drew on an air-tight
suit of white India rubber, terminating about
the shoulders in a heavy iron 1 roast plate.
When safely encased in this, a ponderous iron
helmet, weighing thirty or forty pounds, was
brought out ’and screwed on to the breast-'
plate, until the whole formed a perfectly wa
ter-tight covering from head to foot. There
were three openings, or little windows, in the
helmet, each of the area of several square
inches, and each carefully guarded by narrow
iron bars. Particular attention is paid to the
thickness of the glass and the stoutness of
the bars, lor on these depend the diver’s fate.
The face glass is circular, and is screwed on
last of all, just as the man steps over the side-
Henceforth lie is shut up in a living tomb,
which at any moment may become his coffin.
From the top of the helmet issues a rubber
pipe about the size of garden hose, only
several times thicker and stouter. Through
this the air is forced by means of an air pump
worked by hand. The valves of the pump
are surrounded by ice in order to keep the air
pure and cool, so that wrecking expeditions
are often forced to put back into port for lack
of ice. Inside the helmet the noise of the
incoming air sounded remarkably like an im
mense buzzaw.
Besides the water-proof suit and iron hel
met Coolan put on a pair of shoes—the most
remarkable part of his equipment. It would
make a Broadway shoemaker smile to see the
soles of this extraordinary foot gear. Each
is composed entirely oflead about two inches
thick and weighs from ten to fifteen pounds.
This heavy weight is rendered necessary to
counterbalance the ponderous helmet and
breastplate, which would otherwise prove too
much for the bearer. The weight of the en
tire suit is over 100 pounds, and vet, with the
increased pressure of the water on all sides,
it is comparatively light.
All being ready. Coolan nods to his assist
ants (his face glass has been screwed, and lie
can only communicate with those outside by
signs) and begins to descend. The air is
whizzing into the back of his iron head-piece
at a tremendous rate, as he lumbers heavily
over the side and lets himself down into the
water. Both hands clutch tightly the life
line, down which lie and ;scends, while two men
stand over him, one boi ling the line and an
other paying out the air pipe. These arc
called “tenders,” their business being to re
spond to the signals and look out generally
after the welfare of the man on the bottom.
On their promptness and efficiency the diver's
safety and often his life depends. A green
or careless tender is worse feared than a small
school of sharks.
For thirty-five feet or more Coolan’s course
is unobstructed. Then he strikes the main
topmast of the sunken vessel. Down this he
crawls carefully in the dim twilight, avoiding
the 3’ards and tackle which still hang from
the masts. The scene is ghostly enough for
one of Victor Hugo’s novels. The brigantine
lies on her side, imbedded in the firm, hard
sand, with her masts a i l yards at an angle
of say 30 degrees fr nn the perpendicular.
From the slanted yar Is hang the tattered re
mains of sails and rigging, streaming idly
downward in the quiet, water, like moss trail,
ing from limbs of dead wood. Down upon
the silent deck, among the pilot fish and sea
bass, the diver holds his way. The fish lurk
about the deserted decks in schools, and re
quire blows and strokes with the diver’s knife
to drive them away. The latter weapon, a
rough looking blade, yet, withal, sharp as a
razor, is carric 1 slung in a leather sheath at
the side. A big, striped fish, known as the
hinge, collect about the hatchway in a thick
school. Coolan draws his knife, slices one
of them in two, while the rest scatter.
All is black darkness in the hold of sunken
vessels, and many minutes pass before every
thing is ready for hoisting. Tfie hides, which
constituted a large portion of the cargo, are
packed over and above the wool, and these
have to be dragged off before the more valua
ble commodity can be reached. At length a
big, dirty, white bale, strapped with iron, and
weighing out of water some 800 pounds, is
disengaged from the debris and dragged to
the open hatch. Into the mouth of the later
and just visible in the dark, gray light, dan
gles the end of a rope tackle, which is seized
and made fast to the bale. A certain num
ber of jerks on the rope signify “hoist away,”
and slowly and quiet!v the big bale rises to
ward the surface.
From two to three hours is the usual period
of a diver’s work. The fatiguing employ
ment. the labor of carrying about the im
mense weight of the suit, and the constant
pressure from all sides are terribly exhaust
ing. None but men of the strongest consti
tutions succeed at the business, and even then
it is thought to lessen their lives. In the
present case two or three bales in the morn
ing and as many in the afternoon are con
sidered a fair day’s work.
The next “spell” under water is taken by
Rufus Peterson, Coolan’s mate. He is thin
ner and many pounds lighter than the other,
and at first sight would appear hardly capa
ble of bearing up the immense weight which
is laid upon him. Long years of practice in
the Mississippi and Mexico and in South
America have made him perfect, however, and
he buckles on the marine suit with as much
ease as though it were buckskin. He disap
pears below the bnbling waves, and in fifteen
minutes the tightening of the falls and a jerk
otr tlie life line tell that anotlier bale’ is
hooked.
On deck, the wool is subjected to a thor
ough examination. Notwithstanding its
eight months sojourn under water, the glis
tening fleece is found to be as fine, as soft,
and as flexible as ever. This is due to the
thick, oily- residum which permeates the un
washed wool, and forms an effectual protect
or against the salt water. Had the cargo
been washed before shipping, it would now
have been of but little value.
“ What is the chief drawback of a diver’s
life ?” was asked of Coolan, as the latter rest
ed on the deck after his labors.
“Well. I should call it uncertainty. For
instance, you go down into ninety or one
hundred feet of water, with nothing between
you and the surface except that little air pipe.
Il it should break or leak, or get cut, it is all
up with you. As long as that whizzing noise
at the back of the helmet keeps up, you are
all right; but let it dwindle or stop, and
there’s only one thing to do, to make tracks
out of there.”
*’ Have you ever had it to break with you ?"
“I have had the noise to stop as quick as
you’d shut off steam. I didn't stop there
long, you can bet. I was down in fifty feet
of water, and it took the liveliest kind of
scrambling to get up in time. The pipe had
broken at the top, but one of ibo tenders put
his hand over the break, and tliev managed
to send me a little more air as I was coming
up. The air inside the helmet grew hot and
thick, and by the time I got to the top 1 was
gasping like a fish out of water.”
Next to the air pipe, the diver looks most
caref idly after the little pane of glass which
covers his face. The iron rods, two vertical
and two horizontal, which protect it. are made
and fitted with especial care, so as to afford
the greatest amount of protection consistent,
with a clear view. The breaking of this
glass is generally equivalent to immediate
death, the rush of the water within being apt
to choke the victim instantly. Peterson tells
of a case on the Atlantic coast in which the
diver was drowned by the breaking of this
glass. 'Flic man was exceedingly nervous,
and apt to loose his head when he got into
difficulty. Especially he dreaded the break
ing of his face glass, and for this reason had
it made unusually stout. One day, while
working in the hold of a ship loaded with rail
road iron, he jammed his helmet against the
thin bottom edge of a rail. The glass was
shattered. The green water rushed in with
tremendous torce, and strangled him before
lie could make an effort to get out. Peter
son, groping his way through the dark hold,
stumbled upon the body of hi-< uifortunate
mate, doubled up around a stanchion.
In diving for the Submarine Company of
St. Louis in 1871. Peterson himself met with
an accident that well nigh proved fatal. lie
was employed at Port Leavenworth, in the
Missouri river, in over fifty feet of water.—
While at the bottom of the river, the bell in
which he was at work was overturned, the
bell boots which he wore being torn complete
ly off him by the violence of the shock. The
was running at the rate of seven
miles an hour. lie retained presence of mind
enough to grasp a life line which happened
to be within reach, whereupon the current
bore him to the surface.
Cool an was one of the divers who fished
the sis hundred bodies out of the wreck of
the White Star steamer Atlantic in 1873.
The corpses of the dead were found jammed
against the furniture, crammed through glass
skylights, hid lon away behind stateroom
door, and always in the most frightfully con
torted attitudes. To grope into a cabin in
the dark and come suddenly upon the bo
dies of an entire family—father, mother, and
children—intertwined in one last embrace,
was not uncommon. The most hideous
cases and most trying to the nerves were the
single corpses, hid behind doors, which tum
bled into the diver's embrace on his opening
them.
“Winch is the easiest sort of cargo to
move ?”
“Railroad iron. It is the cleanest and
the easiest to handle. Assorted cargoes,
grain in bulk, and miscellaneous goods arc
the worst." —New York Sun.
What Makes the Difference.
“Ah, mamma,*’ said little Gertrude at din
ncr, “ how poor the soup is ! Really, it is not
good at all, and I want no more of it;" and
she laid down her spoon as if it were a finish
ed matter.
“ I have not time now, my dear daughter,
to prepare another better one. but this even
ing I promise to give yon soup that you will
call most excellent and delicate.”
Gertrude was a poor woman’s daughter, and
after dinner she went out with her mother to
pick up the potatoes that had been dug up
over the field. They worked away putting
up in sacks until sunset. In the evening the
mother prepared their supper, and first
brought on the delicate soup. Gertrude tasted
it, and cried out with delight. “O what a dif
ference between this and that which we had
for dinner! This is so good, mamma, you
have certainly done your best this time.”
As soon as she had finished it, her mother
laughed, saying, “This is the same soup, my
dear, that you found so poor at noon, but it
is good this time just because you have
worked well this afternoon. Industry gives
a good appetite, and hushes all complaints.”
) TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
j SI.OO Foj' Six Months.
Howard Association.
I'UOM WHOM AND WHY THEY TOOK TIIK NAME.
John Howard, F. S., Was born in 1726, fit
I lock bury, near London, the son of a trades
man, and inherited an independent fortune.
It was not used for any low ends, not even for
that higher of low ends mentioned by the
poet, who advised the acquisition of wealth:
l * Not for to hide it in a ditch,
Not for a train attendant.
Hut for the glorious privilege
Of being independent. M
Far from seeking independence, he used it
in making himself the slave of humanity in it
physical sense, but thereby secured that no
ble independence of a man whose moral na*
turc lifts him above trammels of sense and
low desires. lie was on a mission of mercy
to Lisbon, after the great earthquake, when
he met with a misfortune which was the di
rector of his future life. Captured by a
French privateer, his life in prison deter
mined his life-work among the wretched and
vile, to alleviate the sufferings, and seek
some restorations of the means of moral re
form, of which the criminal was deprived by
prison-life discipline. He visited most of the*
prisons of England, and induced the Com
mons to begin a system of prison' reform.—
From that time (1761) lie spent his life trav
elling over Europe, visiting prisons and hos
pitals. nursing and relieving the sick, shar
ing the prison fare with the worst criminals,
and exhibiting the most heroic devotion. He
was temperate, self-denying, simple in habit*
and indict, rigidly abstemious. In 171)0, af
ter a life spent in good works, he died on the
field of honor at his post. It may seem that
such a life should have ended at home, with
friends about the couch, and the sympathetic
hands of wife and children to soothe and ca
ress. and catch the whispered farewell of ono
on whom the curtain has descended in the
last act. llis last act was one of apiece with
his life. A terrible pestilence of fever had
broken out on 1 1 ic Black Sea. and lie hasten
ed to labor for the relief of the suffering and
study the causes of pestilence in the interest
of coming generations, when he was stricken
down at Cherson and died, away from coun
try, home and friends, but died at his post,
walking the dreary round on his beat, guard
ing against death. Such a life is fitly per-'
petuated in the name of Howard, in onr cities,
where luindreds and thousands of heroes, im
luifid with the same humanity, enlisted in the
same cause, win the same bright crown,
either in an honorable death noblv won. or in
an approving conscience. Perhaps no earth
ly name lingers, or earthly fame is enshrined,
but what of that ? The commander's name'
lingers on pages to be written years after’,
but the reward for duty as honestly and no
bly performed, lias been awarded equally to
him who sleeps in an unmarked graved, per.
haps never missed at all from the roll of the
world.
t ~ - TANARUS i C ——
Married Without Shoes.
About twenty years ago. a young follow
named Johnson, in the wilds of Cheat Moun
tain, in West Virginia, made up his mind to
be married.
“ Hut you have not a penny,” remonstrated
his friends,
“ I have my hands. A man was given two
hands, one to scratch for himself, and the
other for his wife,” he said.
On the day of the wedding, Johnson ap
peared in a white coat ami tro-vmrsy but bare
footed.
“ This is hardly decent,” said the clergy.-
man. “ I'll tend you a pair of shoes.”
“ No.” said Johnson. “ When I can buy
shoes I'll wear them ; not hefore.” And he
stood up to lie married without anotirer
thought of his feet.
The same sturdy directness showed itself
in his future course. What he hadn't the
money to pay for, lie did without. lie hired
himself to a farmer for a year’s work. With
the money saved from his wages, lie bought
a couple of acres of timber-land and a pair of
sheep, built himself a hut and went to work
on his ground.-
His sheep increased i as the time passed,
he bought more; then sold off the cheapen
kinds and invested in Southdown and French
Merino'. His neighbors tried by turns rais
ing horses, cattle, <rv gave their attention to
experimental farming.
Johnson. having once found out Chat tfheep
raising in this district brought a handsome
stuck to sheep raising. He had (ho
shrewdness in seeing the best way, and dog
ged persistence in following it. which arc the
surest elements of success.
Stock-buyers from the Eastern! markets
soon found that .Johnson's fleeces Were the
finest, and his mnttons the sWe’etcst. on the
Cheat. He never allowed their reputation to
fall ; the end of which course is that the man
who was married barefooted is rrow worth a
large pnrpcfty.
The story is an absolutely true one and
may point a moral for the fiordes of stout,
•able bodied men who crowd the cities this
summer, complaining that they must starve
for want of work.
An abundance of peace shall be multiplied
unto him who is in his secret heart stead
fastly resolved not to sulfcr from imaginary
ills,
NUMBER 23.