" STRUGGLING FOR LIFE. 1
SHIPWRECKED CREW'S VAIN
FORTS TO REACH LAND.
EF-
Ttm Men Drowned on the Kooky Rhode
lelmad Shore Within Ten Feet of Terrs
Hrau A Tlrld Description of an
Awful Storm.
William H. Burns, an eye witness of
the wrecking of the three masted echoo
Tr A. II. Hnrlbnrt, of Gloucester, tells
m th rilling story of the battle .of the ves
el'a crew for life. $he was trying to
Make Newport for harbor, but, being
unable to accomplish this, dropped an-
JC-bor at noon about a quarter, of a mile
off shore. She dragged her anchors and
-truck Black Point about 4 o'clock, and
in twenty' minutes was Unfiling wood.
The crew consisted of six -men. Three
'were' drpwned, , including the captain,
and three were saved. . Every man of
Ihem was on the rocks ' at one time, and
"the captain and steward - were swept
. J " aaaaa, aa.V WW OAMMCJ,
-was an awful 'struggle for- life between
these six men and the merciless waters.
Sums tells the story thusr"' '"
r ' ' Black Point, where the vessel struck, is
three miles south of the Casino.-; It is a
snass of rock which juts boldly from the
bore, but descends into a sharp pointed
eef with jagged protruding edges at its
farther point. It is not one solid body,
lor the action of the waves has worn
wide and. deep crevices in it, where the
water forms in pools. On the-north side
it forms a sort of cove, where the sea in
m gale has full sweep.
I have charge of the cottage of S. S.'
"Sogers, of Buffalo, where I live with
any family, and which is about a quarter
mt a mile from Black Point on the bluff.
.1 was informed about twenty minutes to
4 by Bam Kissouth, who lives near by.
Kuuuutr was guwg on uie point,
fie immediately rushed out, and was on
the bluff about fifty yards from the rocks
when the schooner, drifting broadside
va, struck.. ' The wind was. blowing
sixty miles an hour" and the sleet and
kail cut into the face like needles.
WRECKED BT WAVES.
I was quickly on the shore. . The ves-,
mA was scarcely 100 feet away, and was
sight on top of the sharp rocks, which
'"were exposed by each receding wave.
,TChe men were plainly visible, huddled
aawaat;, uaugiug vaa MJ WIO UUUW UJO
tern of the schooner. At five minutes
to 4, fifteen minutes after she struck,
" the mizzenmast' toppled over "with a
rash that.. was. heard above the pther
cases, and the mainmast and the fore-'
mast quickly followed. As the ' fore
xnast went over the "side the vessel split
in the middle, and the cakes of ice with
which she was loaded came pouring out.
As the vessel parted "the men'' jumped
for the rocks. They all landed. Young
Xawrence, a mere boy," only 18 years
Id, was the last to jump. He never
reached the shore. ; The mate. John '
-off his boots and overcoat. ; .IBs fore-
. awimgii, pTa IXMO XXXO. 1UO dapHUll, lOQ
aaate and the steward, Frank ; Ham-
laannli ...... ) l.i fTO ' . f . 1
awuu, Key, togcuier. wniie xsernara
Webers and another seaman named
Xana tried to work their way over to
ward the south' end of the' reef, "the
then went straight ahead and more
toward the north Bide, where the sea had
xull sweep.
1 had run down to the shore while
JOssouth had gone Rafter another man
sea itowley. - When they 'got to the
the vessel was in pieces and the
struggling for their lives. I sta
tioned myself toward the south side,' and
beckoned and gesticulated,, for the men
come that way. ' I yelled also, but 1
Taould hardly hear . my own voice. . The .
gvoup or three and the young sailor,
jvwever. aepi ngnp on. I Be sea was
washing- over! the ripcki;.witlC terrifici
aaree, every wave completely submertr
ing them. The boles andcreviceswere"
aiwwj whu wBiw, ouu taurongrn iiieee t fie
' anen waded or swam, clinging to the
-aekweed or the slippery- rocks as each
ave struck them.'
washed a Wat. "
Young Lawrence had scarcely covered
-tmwnfv.fiVA too lotaniw, .l
'. "wave struck him and lie disappeared..
' Ha vroa fliA laoi f a ln. V.a. - 1 J
' the first to drown. Kissonth and Bow-
ley had now arrived, and Webers and
Xauno, wbo had crawled and- -swam in.
-were hauled ashore, while I ran over to
the other side, toward which the cap
tain, mate and steward were strutrelintr.
The mate bad caught hold of a cake of
-waA ann TXT Q a anHaavManiw V.w.
vuuuHTwmg w avc?cf nunjnt,
sm it, but soon If t go.
It was only hve minutes since thev
- kad left thn shin, hnt 4i oamcJ am
. So the men on shore who were watching
"he brave struggles of the unfortunate
aailors. Inch by inch they fought their
way along the treacherous, slippery
rocks, holding on for their lives in the
crevices and by the weeds when the big
breakers dashed over them. As the
-waves receded I would rush down the
slippery rock on which I stood in the
"vain, hope that they would get near
Mugh for me to seize them. The rain-
-wtes seemed like' hours, but still the men'
Now they are within ten feet, but an
other wave breaks over them. If I had
3aad a ten foot rope I would have -saved
xnem au. ine suspense was awful ns
the men, with their drawn faces and
w&ut teeth, held on and looked toward
the refuge so hear them. Now the wave
back. A strong effort and they
safe. They press forward; are al-
anost there, only five feet more, when a
XAonster ' roller ' bigger' than the' : others
jftrikes them. It tears their weak 'grasp
xrom the rocks' and buries them out of
right All but.Rooney. frHe. divested
-at his coat and boobs, has a better chance
- -snan me oxners, ana as toe waves go
sack ne lies Htrnggling almost at my
-feet. . It is but the work of a moment to
seize him and drag him'' safely on the
Tock. '.'-... . -
I The others were washed up on the
whintrift amid the driftwood of the vessel
the next day. The steward's body was
-ejotirely stripped of clothing,' his skull
naasbed in ana nis scalp torn on.
.Providence Journal. " ,
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forgewes cosMTtE0 in tcJ
California. Conrtet Wheee Onrer of
CrtaM Did Not End-In PriMB. ; .
By some strange accident there has.L
been discovered in San Qnentin prison a
crime as odd and uncommon as any that
Qabonau s fertile brain ever evolved..
In the ordinary prisons it is usually
presumed that once a criminal, has been
securely lodged within the walls his
career of crime is ended for at least the
term of his incarceration. While this is
not entirely true of the California peni
tentiary, it has heretofore managed to
keep most of its occupants from the
commission of felonies of which other
prisoners were the victims.
It remained for Convict C. B. Bach-
man. however, to distinguish himself in
a way that no jailbird before, him ever
did, and by such ingenious improvement
of the opportunities offered him as to
mark San Quentin as one of the most
uncommon prisons in the world. There
is a great .deal of managerial method in
the administration of affairs at San
Quehtih -of . the kind that carping critics
call red tape. : Among the many forms
which are rigorously carried out is that
of having envelopes, which are intended
to carry communications po the. deputy
warden; printed with nis' name and title
in full upon the face.. . . v
- " When anything of importance had to
oe communicated to the deputy it was
invariably intrusted to a convict to in
sure it safe delivery.
. Bachman, who is serving a long term
for arson; Failing,: a 'life fconyict, ' and
"Fat Jack" Kiley, who has about forty
years' penalty to pay for a felonious as
sault, all had access to the deputy war
den's mail. These three prisoners en
joyed the privilege of reading all these
important communications" addressed to
the deputy warden "whenever -it suited
them to do so, and all because of those
imposing and official looking printed
envelopes.
A supply of the envelopes was easily
purchasable.. ; Whenever there was a
letter intrusted to a convict messenger it
fell into the hands pf one of. the trio. It
was quietly ' taken aside,' the envelope
torn open, the contents read and. "noted,
and provided these critical readers found
nothing objectionable in the letter it was
placed in one of the extra envelopes and
aenvered in due form.' - -.' v? h . :
In his mill, that is to say the deputy
warden's portion of it, Bachman one day
discovered that an old man, William
Phelps by name, who is serving a life
term, for linurder,'. had several hundred
dollars an deposit in the warden's hands. ,
Bachmari' had been spending his money,
in' a royali spfadthrif t ' way , and found
his exchequer in a kw ebb, Here was a.
chance to recoup, and to play a stroke
worthy of his genius and opportunities, t
., He .gained ..the .confidence of the old
man, told him he had influential friends,
and promised to get him pardoned. Then
the clever firebug sent for a lawyer and
told him of the case and interested him
in Phelps. Later on Bachzoan gave t he-
lawyer an"-order on the warden for
considerable sum of money, .with Phelps'
signature attached,'; and . alsQrai.' note of
npproval "bearing an officer's signature.
The order was taken to the warden.
who. wrote a check for the amount, and'
was. abouf togive it to the lawyer when
an officer 'standing bv snirerested that it
would be wise- to send for Phelps and
see if it was all right. The officer was
not suspicious, but simply faminr Keith -l
nis surroundings. - ' .
4'Phelps.; was sent for and denied ever,
having written' the order. It was ex
amined and found to be a forgery. Then
the .officer who had , approved the order
was summoned, and denied as emnhat-i
icaiiy wat be bad signed the note of ap
proval, a nis was also found to be a-
forgery. . .
A little further investigation was Bug
gestea,,. ana, aitnougtt' rather unnrece-i
aentea, was ' tarried - out, - and it was
found .that JBachman was the. author of.
both of the forgeries. San Francisco
Fixaminer. ' 1 . : ; '-' ', . .
raitShter in Pnblte.
What is the reason one hears in
places the loud -voices of women so much
oftener than men?
Women these loud voiced ones-
to .have the fancy that they cannot be
seen unless they are heard. . And so thev '
cant-in their true character. If tt were'!
not that their words and laughter floated
out into 'space and above the hum of all
other voices they really might at some'
time get mistaken for ladies. Fromi
their looks no .one would imagine for an
instant that they were common, ill bred
and vulgar.
A quiet flash of intelligence from their
eyes, accompanied by an appreciative
smile, would really convince an onlooker
that possibly it : was '. the forerunner' of
the-keenest wit. Bat no-wit can ac
company the loud guffaw that bursts
out at the slightest provocation; ho wit
from the boisterdue laughter, and. no ap
preciation of wit in others. Chicago
Future of Wheat in America.
We have had a ',run of prosperity for
s6me years; and had been regaled with
the thought that we had more food ma
tertal..thau the nation could'; consume,
and as much' to spare as the rest of the
world might want to buy. . The indica
tions are that the day of heavy surplus
production ia fast wailing. Our wheat
crop in 1874 was the magnificent total of
612,760,000 bushels. It has not kept at.
ttte upper, notch, and in the year 1889 it
figured a maximum yield of 490,600,000
bushels.. We have a greater population
by nearly 15,000,000 than a decade ago,
and the increase off home consumption
would necessitate a larger yield and not
a smaller. .caconoznist.
, HBri usf voyage. ' ..j .
Clement WraggeTthe Be4 Nevis me-,
teorologist,- threw Overboard '150 well
corked bottle messengers during the pas
sage from Australia to England in 187&j
Only six" of them were heard of after.-,
ward.-- One was picked up at the-en trance
of Mobile bay; after having' made a ' cir-.
cuit Of 5,500 miles in two years. '' It : had.
drifted from 37 degs. north latitude, 38
(legs, west longitude, through the Carib-
bean sea into the Gulf of Mexico. Cham-'
hers' Journal. - -' . ' - . .. . '
OSSERVATIONS WORTHY OF NOTE IN
,i
RORAt: AFFAIRS.
Tlelt'e Three VnTorite Potntoee, the
'. Champion, Perfeetion nnd Ohio Junior.
- Their lndb; Fentares Deeertbed with
' ' - Ilinrstions' Showing Their Skasee..
;;Tuber 1 in. .the accompanying cut
represents in greatly, reduced size the
new . potato,;, - Perfection,' whibh" "Tick
claims is ,one..of " the "best." for general
purposes..,. This is a chance seedlixig, and
'STaMS
1. lKFECTIOW ! r Si' T6H40 ' JTWIOB. S.
: ' -- ' -U . CHAMPION. v
the claims m:vde for it are productave-
neasj -nne appearance "and good cooking
qualities! ' '.The tubers grow compact in
the MIL and 'are 'large 'and -'uniform in
'size,' oblong, inclining to oval;-but gen
erally; flattened i i 'coloT' white,' with a
'tinge'. of pink around the ' eyes similar to
the Hebron. ; ''The vine is of strong, ; vigor
ous gro wth j yet stocky and short jointed,
maturing about the same time as' White
Star. ' " '; : " ;.;;
" Fig. 2 in the same cut represents Ohio
Junior, - originated . in 1881.. This,' al-
; though aj chance seedling, is without
doiibt in some way related to that good
old sort.' ' the Early Ohio, as it' is almost
ideJtica'wii3l. that "" variety iu the form
-and" marking 'of the .tubers,1' habit of
growth.' 'etc. The tubers are oval oblong.
Wund at the seed end, with full eyes,
that are'kTmost '-'even1 with'' the surface.
It U 'an excellent keeper,-' productive,' oT
fine qiiality and has proved to' be a' VaJn
'able addition' to-' the ' list of 'extraearlv
varieties. '-' ::' r -; -.
; 'N6,' 3 in the cut shows the Champion,
a new seedling potato of promise, v Vick
claims that - "the Champion ia one of ' the
most productive Varieties er offered
aid that it' is a eood"keet)er of excellent
'quality. 1 .The tubers are large and white
The eyes are large, full and near the' sur
face. t The Rubers are similar ' in'1 size to
the Qreeif'M6'untain.: but more oval and
f full at the seed end.- '- "'' jv
Clover ae a Weed Extenniaator.
Among its 'other - excellent qualities as
an agricultural plant it 13 'a common ex-
P?6116 mIS' farmers'' that "clover is
'e of best fxierminatorS of 'weeds.
life oCweeds as'They"'are for cultivated
plants,, and when growing rtogether, if
nna1 ala,'f(w''anAV,n4,,tla '-AY. .... 1
yuv tDnuauij icuuuu,, vuaf,aWV aula
overshadow' the" other, if. 'not" disturbed.
it'.eyehtiialfy ' takes ' posseesidn-'' of the
gun'd' So where clover 'is thickly sown
"on ground naturally weedy 'the' t wbyear-
, ly in'owmgi and the shade will prove too
'Tnh try' TVaSjVT-lull '.VaAaaa, Af''AAvaila
f?f ?J , .aaaaj-ai aa. wc,
and when' the ground id ploWed for' a dif
ferent crori' it' will not'ohrv'b6 irriched
from the clover, but' will be tompara
tively free from weedsr 'But it 'must not
. . .... , . -.
be forgotten' that' land may. be scrtinfer
tile' that' clover cannot' be' giown' utwn it
without" first 'manuring '.it: and putting
-jri.: ;,-s -a.- !'-- ..'
we Hiu iuuji a aiKkuie codoibou xor re
ceiving" the', 'seed,T' 'wh3e'iaV'great many
brnaia of weeds have the famltv nf trtfrar.
' ; ... .ang oii .very "poor land ,-vHthoui. any fer
public ;tiluei; whatever "- .
Top OraTtinic Apple Trees.
A corespondent of The'-JTew York
I World saysf. So far as my, observation
extends, or L hayehad', any .experience, I
.have an unfavorable opinion 'of the prac
tice we sometimes see, recbmnieiaded of,
, top griiftuig apple trees of poor varieties
With scions from better sorts." .BT a person
lias two."or; tiii trees standing in a place
where he wants them tq continue,' and is
unwilling to waif for young trees to sun-
ply their places, he may change the' char
acter or most o tbeir fruit in . this way.
So far . as profit is" cohcerhedl'I will in
preference set out thrifty young trees of
such kinds as." I want,' and wait for them
to growjbore I will climb m to old trees
and 6a w off limbs and graft into them
teh or fifteen: feet fronj. the ground to get
a querent, land of an apple.
A Word of Cant ion to "Sheep Giewen.
r- A I writer for Field and Faxni very truly
rays that ope sheepcan infect a thousand
wjthscab or tjcks as well as fifty' or a
hundred can. ' One sheep 'that gets-over
6r.Vthrough the fence citht: being
treated for those pests may undo the'whole
WOTk' ychvcbst a hundred dollars for
labor 'and'as much" more fc' nlaterialg.
a a single scab";, spot "is left undrpped it
becomes at once a new center of infection.
"the" least" atom 6f virus' isleft in the
hpofsjDl'a isiiigle sheep "when'lheir hoofs
are pared and cauterized for foot rot it
may poison the whole' flock and negative
everytmng that has been done. ' "
, , How to Care Baeon.
Few . farmers .'know '. much of bacon.
;JfThey; are" acqiiaihted.". with pork, ; but
never ..took ..the, trouble to prepare any
bacon. s Philadelphia Farm Journal lays
' out . the 'following easy plan: .. Cut the
sides, of . the pig . into strips four to five
inches 'wide and salt ."with 'this pickle:
j?or JOO pounds i of " bacon' make a brine
with six pounds, , of ' salt, four' ounces of
saltpeter and one pound of brown sugar.
Cover the "meat and keep it in the ' brine
. tux weekB and then give it a light smok
ing.. -, Sew the pieces in cotton cloth bags
and . paint tnem witn. lime and ocher
mixed in water. ".'-" '
J. MrHtlNTINCTdN CO.
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Jnsaranee.flgents.
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Opera House Block, The Dalles. Or.
JAMES WHITE,
Has Opened a
XjtulxxoIo. "I Counter,
In Connection With his Fruit Stand
and Will Serve V
Hot . Coffee Ham ; Sandwich, Pigs' Feet;
and . Fresh ; Oysters.
Convenient to the Passenger
Depot.
On Second St., near corner of Madison.
' Also a
Branch : Batery, California
Orange ' Cider, and ' the
Best Apple Cider.
If you want a good lunch, give me a call.
. . 'Open 'all Night
C. N. THOENBUKY, T. A. HUDSON,'3
I-ate Kee. U. 8. Land Office. Notary Public
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5 ALWAYS tN HAND. -
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We will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver ComplainVDyspepeia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Oonetl nation or Costlvenene we cannot
cure with West's Vegetable liver. Pills, when the
directions re strictly complied with. r They are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing SO
Fills, 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations, -rue genuine manufactured only by
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