Dayton tribune., July 16, 1925, Image 7

AT THE
BOTTOM OF
THE SEA
By GORDON ARTHERTON
:
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_N JUNS, 1802. the United 8t»t**
I »tea mail Ip Vi»Hor Bank on n n-‘f
I off the aoathora cna»l of Florida
with nil <m board. Hulf of th*
paaacngvr» worn »»ved by effort» <11
rected from land, und th« bodion of
half the remainder were found. But
one fourth of the people of the Vlaltor
lay, undiscovered und unburted. in the
waters of the Gulf.
A few days luter diver» were »ent
down with a view of ruining the »team-
ship If the were found to be In good
enough condition. Among three diver*
wm one Joel Vaughton, u hardy, worn
veteran with »car» of the Civil war on
hl» body and the »Ign» ot toll and
hardship on hts rough, honest face.
Vaughton was forty five- -possibly a
bit over, lie did not know, but lie
remembered enlisting In '63 a» »lateen
years of aga lie had not brilliantly
distinguished lillUMlf In the war ns
So many luckier one» had. but he hud
fought hard and well. No opportunl
ties hud been given him of lending a
desperate charge or of capturing an
enemy’s flag. He had been twice
wounded, nl Bull Run and at Gettys­
burg. The surgeon* had decided the
last time that he wa» to die. and they
had given him up. But he bad deter
mined to live, and live lie did. He was
discharged from the hospital just in
time to join Sherman In Ids march to
tli* Bea. After the war he drifted
around doing nothing, und yet doing
everything. There wa» no occupation
that he did not try bls hand at. and
there was none that he tried longer
than a week. Finally he drifted south,
and In ’82 started farming on a small
scale. This evidently proved the ex
ceptlon to the rule, end he stuck to It
for seven years, making a modest In
come thereby. But It wa» too mo­
notonous for him. lie lacked the ex
cltenient which hitherto bad never
failed him. and In ’Hit lie discovered
the work that suited him. He became
a diver, lie was well fitted for It
physically, with his sound heart and
his good lungs, and he made a success
of it almost immediately.
Three days after the Visitor tied
sunk. Joel Vnughton and one of hl»
comrade» were fitted Into their suits
and lowered down to the wreck.
Vaughton hnd long ago got over the
singing In hl» ears and the sickness
that 1» first Incurred by diver», and he
wa» steady as a rflek when he wa» low­
ered cautiously on hla rope, thinking
down he saw the deck of the Visitor
looming up beneath him. Already It
was covered with weeds and green with
Slime. As his feet touched the board*
he gave the signal to stop lowering,
and, slowly and cautiously, made ills
way to the forward hatchway, tifklng
care to lay hl» rops and supply-pipe
in such a fashion that they might not
become entangled In the stray wreck­
age, of which there wa» a great quan­
tity.
Ills Inspection of the forward part
of the ship showed him that It was In
no condition to be raised. The bow-
had been shattered by the contact with
the reef, and the grinding had worn
awny the entire plankings of the for­
ward docks. He returned slowly to
the stern of the vessel and climbed
over the remains of the rail down on
to the sandy bottom. Then he walked
along the stern of the ship, keeping a
sharp lookout for any damage done
In that direction.
As he did so he beheld a sight that,
cool veteran as he wa*. caused him
to utter a cry and to step quickly
backwards. Storing nt him through
the porthole, his face livid and sunken,
his eyes bloodshot, but gleaming with
excitement, bls hair matted over bls
forehead nnd Ids lips moving In what
must have been outcries or entreaties,
was n living, breathing man. Vnugh­
ton, nt first, thought that hl* senses
had left him, and he turned away to
see If the apparition w-ould have gone
when he next looked around. But no
—the pnle, excited face was still there,
anil thia time the Imnd was beckoning
wildly to him nnd the eyes supplement­
ing the movements. Then, ns soon ns
he realized that he had attracted
Vaughton'» attention, the mnn disap­
peared, only to show himself again
with n sheet of paper covered with
writing. This he held up ngnlnst the
porthole, motioning Vaughton to ap­
proach and read it. It ran ns follows:
HELP I I I
When the ship »link I went down
with It, locked up In this water­
tight compartment.
Have
hnd
hardly anything to ent, and the
air Is giving out.
I cannot last
an hour more.
It you open the
door, however, I shall be destroyed
by the water which will rush In.
FOR PITY'S SAKE, HELP ME
SOME WAY I I
I AM STARVING FOR FOOD
AND AIR I
The words were written In a fairly
legible hand nnd Vnughton hnd no
troulde In making them out. But the
question wns, what to do. How should
he save this mnn? There seemed to be
no menns of doing It, unless the entire
ship were rnlsed, nnd this, ns he hnd
seen by hla Inspection, wns Impossible.
Then, suddenly, another plnn dashed
through his brain—n plnn that wns,
really, the first thing that should have
occurred to him. Why couldn't the
mnn trust to his chances of reaching
the surface before his breath gave out?
He, blmself, could take down a rope
and tie It around his body while the
meh above Vauted him lip by ft as
quickly a* they could.
Vaughton motioned to the mnn, who
had been gaging anxiously at him, and,
nodding to assure him ef ills assist­
ance, gave the signal to be hauled up.
As soon as Im was above H im surface
and hail been stripped of hla helmet,
lie told the men, a» briefly and a»
quickly as tie could, the str align sight
that he had seen. A long rope was
secured and Vaughton wrote out his
plan on a piece of cardboard, so that
the man might understand exactly
what was to lie done.
Then he dived down a second time,
taking with him the extra rope. He
found the man occupying the position
ho hnd left him In, only staring up­
wards, watching for the help that he
knew was to come from above. Vnugh­
ton held the sheet of cardboard close
up to the porthole, nnd, as the man
within rend, his face lightened up In
comprehension. Then, upon a signal
from Vaughton, the prisoner threw
open the door of the coiupnrtment,
and. quick as n thought, was bound
around the waist with the rope. The
sign was given to the waiting men
above, und he wu* hauled up us hint
as human sinews could do It.
Th« etranger reached tlie surface In
an unconscious state, but wns soon
revived, nnd, after having eaten all
the sandwiches that were to be pro­
cured. he showed great willingness to
tell Ills remarkable story.
"I was sleeping.” lie said, “at the ■
time the ship foundered, and it was by
a miracle that the door of the water­
tight compartment was closed, else I ।
would not be here to tell the tale.
Yon may wonder at the fact thut I
slept so soundly thut the hurry nnd
confusion on the decks did not awaken
me. I will answer thut simply by tell­
ing you that I regularly roll off my ,
bed at night and never wake up. When
I did wake up, however, imagine my
astonishment, upon glancing out of my
|K>rthole, to find that I wa» entirely
surrounded by water water to left of
me. tn front of me. above me, and to
right of me. At first, as you may aur-
mise. 1 could not realize wiiat bad hap­
pened Then, gradually. It dawned on
m» that I was at the bothom ot the
sen.
This Idea was Immediately
strengthened by the sight of a couple
of laty fish, swimming up and down
In front of my porthole. I believe that
no one ha*. hitherto, equalled my ad­
venture. No human being that I have
ever heard of hla lived for two days,
clad in h!» ordinary costume, at the
bottom of the ocean, except, of course,
In a submarine bout. Well, to con­
tinue: About the second day I real­
ised that my supply of air was giving
out—the compartment was not very-
large—nnd I became oppressed In
breathing. It was lucky that I was
the only one down there to use up the
nlr. Finally, It occurred to me ttat
divers might be sent down to the ship,
and I prepared the sign that I showed
at the porthole. If it had not been
for your timely assistance, I should
have been a dead man by this time.”
Invention» That Came
From Women’» Brain»
Who Invented the cotton gin? Ell
Whitney has received the credit
through the years. However, the cot­
ton gin was Invented by the wife of
General Greene. She gave It to Whit­
ney und he patented It.
Who Invented the loom? A woman
Invented the loom that weaves every
«tltch you wear. Her name was Mrs.
Jacquard.
Who Invented the sewing machine?
Ask any schoolboy ami be will nns > er
"Ellas Howe.” Ellas Howe did takei
out the patent In his own name; but;
hl* wife Invented the machine. Howe j
struggled for 1-1 years trying to work
It out nnd failed. Finally Mrs. Howe
decided If something were not Invent­
ed pretty soon they would starve to
death. In two hours she invented the
sewing machine. Howe acknowledged
It to Russell 1!. Conwell during the
Civil war.
Who Invented the mower nnd renp-
er? A West Virginia woman Invented
them. Mr. McCormick, in n confiden­
tial communication published some
time »Ince, so reported. After McCor­
mick nnd bls father hnd failed a wom­
an took a aeries of shears nnd fas­
tened one shenf of each rigidly to the
e<lge of a board. Then she attached n
wire to each movable abaft nnd by
pulling one way she opened the series
nnd by pulling the other she closed It.
The mowing machine Is n lot of shears,
and a woman used her own tools to
cut man’s liny.
'Who Invented the great
Iron
squeezers that' lay the foundation of
nil the steel mills nnd millions? A
woman Invented them, according to
the statement of Andrew Carnegie.—
Los Angeles Times.
PORTLAND
Edmund Lowe
General Timing
"Thnt wns n very fine sermon,” snld
nn enthusiastic church member who
wns nn nrdent admirer of the minister.
“A fine sermon nnd well timed, too.” .
"Yes,” answered his unadmlrlng
neighbor, “it certainly wns well timed.
Fully half of the congregation had
their watches out.’
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OU know the girl- ull laughter,
Y The life fun. ot ev'ry
party, who
t'an always answer ev’ryone,
Dare* do what anyone will do,
Who »Ings when ull the rest are dumb,
And—well, the girl who makes thing»
hum?
Young man I want to ask you, »lr—
She'» great, but would you marry her?
Life'» rather serious and sad,
It haa Its problems, has it» woe,
And more defeate a man has had
Than vl< lories In life, I know;
And then a man will need a mate
Still undlseouraged, what hi* fate,
Who walk* tieside him up the bill
And bravely takes the good or UI.
Edward Lowe, a popular leading
man In the “movi»»," wa» born In San
Jose, Cal. He 1» 5 feet, 11 inches tall,
ha» (®
brown
hair and
dark eye».
He ) ha»
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A wife. It always seem» to me.
Should have some depth of char­
acter ;
Whatever need hi* need may be,
A husband ought to find In her.
Faith, courage, judgment, tenderne»«.
That la the »ort of wife to bless.
The beat of wive* for both their «akes—
And that'* the kind the glad girl
makes.
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LyOTABLES
n
ANDREU' S
E
CURRIER.
And from the trials of the stormy ¡
morn
M D.
J
OSEPH LEIDY wa» one of the fore­
N Tiffs disease the common opin­
ion prevails that It* chief symptom
Amid
the
raging
la sugar
in
the urine,
thia tempests
latter being
screaming din
enormously Increased In quantity. But
there 1» u variety in which, though the
quantity of urine is large, there 1» no
sugar.
Thia variety often occurs after
middle age, but It is not Infrequent
In children, and it may occur In a
family, generation after generation.
In ouch families there Is usually a
highly developed nervous system with
tendency
to the
excitability,
hysteria,
I think upon
mills that swift
­
ly spin
brain tumor,
and other nervous dis­
orders.
It may follow Injuries to the head
and may be preceded by the form of
diabetes In which there is sugar in
the urine.
It may also be produced by exces­
sive use of alcohol, worry, emotion,
and Infectious disease» of different
kinds.
Thirst Is Intense, and the grent
volume of urine passed is as colorless
as rain water.
It Is also marked by constipation.
And on their
onward flow
Indigestion,
dry wings
skin, ride
excessive
port.
of saliva, Into
headache,
slow pulse, dizzi­
ness, vomiting, and loss In weight.
In the second variety the urine Is
abundant, ha» a »weetlsh odor and Is
somewhat sticky In feeling.
Its specific gravity Is high and Its
coptent of sugar large.
Sugar is the product of the diges­
tion of starchy material In the small
intestine when acted upon by the
secretion of the pancreas. It Is ab­
sorbed from the Intestine, carried to
the liver and theme Is carried over
the body by the blood and distributed
to the cells, where It Is decomposed
and us<-d :<> prodine heat and energy.
But It । an tie utilized in this way
eager, aelae on winds of
only Who,
to the
extent of one or two parts
every sort
per thou- nd. and if the blood con
tains more than that, it is transported
by the Id.iuJ to the kidneys, which
eliminate as much of It as they enn
in the urine, the remainder circulat­
ing with the blood ns a poison.
It 1* more common In men than in
women, may be hereditary, and often
occurs In those who are fat. who have
gout, or who are Intensely nervous.
It may follow grippe, typhoid, and
other Infectious diseases, and may be
caused by worry, grief or Injury, espe­
cially to the head.
Diet Is usually more Important than
medicine, and It often happens that
some of the sugars and fats of the diet
may be retained with advantage.
Such fruits as oranges, peaches,
apricots I and
prunes
usually
allow­
think
of are
Bailors
tossed
able.
upon the sea
Olive oil nmj cod liver oil may be
used, also meat. fish, oatmeal, cocoa,
milk, cream and butter.
It must always be remembered that
this disease Is not to be treated by
any rule or formula, but by the Indi­
vidual requirements of each patient.
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By John Kendrick Benge.
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JOSEPH LEIDY
naturalist* of America, the
J more most remarkable
because he was self
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row* of fruit tree» planted on either
aide ot the road. Some of them are We Specialize in
atate-owned and others are privately
Hides, Peili. WM Mehr,
owned.—New York World.
Tallow, U mva Oregon
Heartbeats in Tree».
Grape Roe*, Goel Shu,
Sir J. C. Bose, the famous scientist,
Horse Hair
declares that the life activities of
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human beings an«! plants are exactly
alike, and that every tree has, like
P ortland H ide a W ool C o .
the higher animals, a heart which
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throbs incessantly.
Branch a' F'oeatallo. Id^.o
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Admiition to the Bar
Admission to the bur Is formal rec­
ognition by a court Hint a person 1.«
qualified to practice Inw In thnt court
A lawyer may be ever so able nnd yet
If he la not admitted to the bar In n
certnln state be ennnot practice Mi
profession there. Usually a person
Is admitted to the bar upon examinn
tlon nnd by motion of n lawyer whe
hns known him for some time. The
qualifications for admission to the bar
nre different In different states.
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taught. Practically every bit of hi*
wonderful knowledge of plan * and
mineral* and animal*, he acquired
himself without the aid of a teacher.
He was born September 0. 1823, in
Philadelphia. It seems that he had
quite a talent for drawing and might,
had he followed hla first ambition, have
become a well-known artist. At six­
teen he left school and took a position
as a drug clerk. While he was not
waiting on customers, he began study­
ing botany and mineralogy and com­
parative biology and such th igs and
learning »o rapidly that he was admit­
id t<> th» DiUverslty >f ?’•» -ylvanla
and took his degree na n me -cal doc­
tor when be was «ni» twenty on-.
He went abroad an«! car« to notice,
first, by bls studies <f :« rr. «trial gas
leropoids, which, translated into every­
day language, Is the form of animal
life that crawl* on It* stomach. He
made »orne valuable additions to sci­
ence by lil* work on fossil horses
and wa» the only American author to
work on extinct vertebrata.
According to recent professors, hte
most important paleontological contri­
bution to the knowledge of the world
was a paper on some vertebrate re­
mains discovered In the phosphate beds
of South Carolina. In spite of the dry-
as-dust sound of his work, his re­
searches led him Into many Interest­
ing and romantic discoveries of dead
forms of life. He died In 1891.
Queer Acoustic*.
In St. Alban's abbey, London, the
The Real Art.
tick ot a watch can be beard from one
end of the building to the other. In
“There is no difficulty," says the
the Gloucester cathedral the gallery steward of Moliere’* miser, "in giving
of octagonal form conveys a whisper a fine dinner with plenty ot money;
75 feet across the nave.
the really great cook is he who can
set out a banquet with no money at
Length and Age.
all.”—Macaulay.
The Great Wall of China is the
Name of Greenland-
longest but not the oldest wall in the
world. It was built about 214 B. C.,
Greenland was named by the old
but the walls of Jericho were built Scandinavian navigator Eric the Red.
fifteen hundred years before the birth He gave the place an attractive name
of Christ, and are thus about 3,500 because he wanted to Induce colonists
years old.
from Norway to settle in the new
country.
Rare American Coin».
The half eagle of 1797 with 16 stars
Now
Is a very rare coin. At a recent sale
For now the fields were spread with
in New York one of these half-eagles growth, and the waters clad with sun­
brought the highest price—1470. The shine; and light and shadow, step by
next highest amount was >280 for a step, wandered over the furzy cleve».
1792 eagle with 13 stars. — Boys’ —Blackmore.
World.
Mammoth Loaf.
Flatterer» and Friends.
A loaf of bread, said to be the
A flatterer is said to be a beast that largest ever baked, was made recently
biteth smiling. But it is hard to know in Minneapolis. It was 60 feet long
them from friends, they are so obse­ and contained more than 400 pounds
quious and full of protestations; for, of flour.
as a wolf resembles a dog. so doth a
flatterer a friend. — Sir Walter
Nation’s Frog Center.
Raleigh.
Oshkosh claims to be the frog
center of the nation. About 2,000,-
Highway, Canada to Mexico.
000 frogs are said to be shipped from
The longest continuous pav«>d road the frog farms near there each year.
in the United States is the Pacific
highway from British Colur. bia to
Relic of Old Warfare.
Mexico, the only break in the hard
Devil Dyke Is an earthwork in
surfacing being a short distance in
Cambridgeshire, England, which is of
northern California.
prehistoric construction about twenty
feet in height. It is supposed to have
<© br Georg. Matthew AilUM.1
First English Almanac.
been erected as a defense against ene­
The earliest known almau c was
mies advancing from the Fen country.
“John Somer’s Calendar,” whi- h was
brought out at Oxford university in
Greenland Currency.
the year 1380. The first printed al­
Animals
mark the denominations of
manac in our language was published
“Generality it the
a Greenland paper currency issue of
by Richard Yynson in 1497.
I this century. The eider duck, saddle-
flower of jaetice.”
backed seal, reindeer and polar bear
=3
&
Wholesale Family.
denote
different denominations.—Na­
HESE words of Nathaniel Haw-
A peasant girl in Italy, who was the
thonie have a striking resemblance twin daughter of a woman who was tional Geographic Society Bulletin.
to that famous speech delivered by one of triplets, presented her husband
Cut Them Out From Herd.
1'ortla in the court scene In "The Mer­ with six sons at once. The following
A mother of 17 children, experienced
chant of Venice.”
year she became the mother of five
Portia Is asking Shylock to be mer­
considerable difficulty in getting her
more.
ciful. and when he asks why, she re­
large brood safely to bed. until she hit
plies :
upon the expedient of parading them
Twins and Disease.
in single file and counting them off as
The qualify of mercy 1» not strain'd.
Similar twins not only resemble they passed her.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from
heaven
each other in appearance and char-
Upon the place beneath; . . .
Capitals Built to Order
And earthly P"wrr doth then show ! acter, but are likely to have the same
Hkeet God's
sorts of disease due to inborn defect
Two European capitals, Petrograd
When mercy seasons justice . • .
' or weakness.—Science Service.
and Madrid, were built to order. The
Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the
former by Peter the Great, the other
leading American literary figures, w as
Words of Br’er Williams.
by Philip II. who chose the lofty site
born In Salem, Mass., July 4. 1804. He
Prayin’ fer one particular blessin'
received his education In Bowdotn col­ is all right ef you's sho’ ybu only because of the asthma from which he
suffered.
lege nnd graduated from that Institu­
needs one, but you jes’ ez well ter
tion In 182S.
ax de good Lord ter make it a full
His literary work is the result of
Star-Spangled Banner Flag.
the most careful study. Following his dozen, whilst you’s at it.
In the Smithsonian institute at
graduation from college he lived a life
Washington is the American flag that
Harvesting Corks.
of retirement nnd devoted much time
inspired Francis Scott Key to write
Cork trees of Algeria are stripped
to writing tales and sketches. Few
"The Star-Spangled Banner.”
of these suited him and the majority once in nine years after the age of fif­
of them were consigned to the fire. teen and give an average of 15 har­
Where Everybody is Boxed.
The survivors appeared In the maga­ vests of 100 pounds each.—Science
A undertaker has recently suggest­
zines and newspapers of the day.
Service.
ed that his profession should be given
Hawthorne's romance “Fanshawe"
a more attractive name. Why not call
wns published nnonymoualy in 1832,
Art.
nnd in 1837 his "Twice-told Titles” ap­
his shop the Box Office?—London Hu­
You find works ot literature which
peared In book form. This work re­
morist.
ceived Its title from the fact that It may be said to be pure art. A little
wns n collection of nrtlcles thnt had song of Shakespeare or ot Goethe is
Still Alive in Picture».
previously been published in periodi­ pure art.—Huxley.
A naturalist says the American
cals, nnd thus wns literally being
eagle is becoming extinct. We should
Brother William».
“told” for the second time.
worry so long as they continue to
Hawthorne's political offices con­
No doubt dar's money in de river
sisted of being the customs officer of bank but mighty few people will take strike off good copies of it.—Philadel­
the port of Boston; surveyor of the de fisherman’s word for it.—Atlanta phia Inquirer.
port of Salem; nnd American consul
Constitution.
You Want a Good Position
to Liverpool—nn appointment he re­
Very well—Take th» Accountancy and
ceived from his old college chum.
What Really Happens.
Business Management, Private Sacratart-
President Franklin Pierce.
zl, Calculator, Comptometer, Btanogm*
Politicians
aren't
actually
read
out
phie,
Penmanship, ur ConuaarClal Tsacb-
Some of the best known works of
•ra' Courao at
of
party;
they
are
merely
kicked
out
this author nre. "Mosses from nn Old
Manse,” "House of Seven Gables,” from under the plum tree. — Detroit
and "The Scnrlet Letter.” Hawthorne News.
died at Plymouth. N. H., Muy 18,
The foremost Business Coller» of the
Northwest which has won mor* Accuracy
1864.—Wayne D. McMurray.
Favorite Economy.
Awards and Gold Medals than any other
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school
Send for our Sueeaaa
The kind of economy that every­ Catalog. In America.
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Saying It with bombs In the Com­ body favors Is the kind that does not
prevent
his
getting
what
he
wants.
P.
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No. 29, 192S
munist mnnner makes a most unfavor­
able clatter around the world.
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