O’BRIEN TO BLAME
'vlH chhealoneknew bow todiaH lI.a,,,!
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of which « 8i„gie drop wou|(, pr
human life to an indefinite extent.
A miserable criminal, dying of slow
“ M . SVARVERUD &
For Stranding the Wetmore—The Of­ tsease in prison, besought the king to
ficial Inquiry Proves the Disas­
give him a drop of this magic potion.
ter Due to Negligence.
Solomon refused. “ Why should I
prolong so miserable a life?” he said.
"ill give it to those whose lives will
bless their fellowmen.”
The board of local marine inspectors,
But when good men begged for it the
¡„session at Seattle on November 21,
king was in an ill-humor, or too indo­
^ve a decision bolding Captain John A.
lent to open the vase, or he promised!
O’Brien guilty of negligence in strand­
and forgot. So the years passed until
ing the Whaleback Charles E. Wetmore
he grew old, and many of the frien Is '
the night of September 8, off Coos Bay,
whom he loved were dead ; and still the
and has revoked his license. The fol­
vase had never been opened.
lowing is the text of the board’s decision :
Then the king, to excuse himself,
“It appears that the steamship
threw doubt upon the virtues of the
Charles E. Wetmore sailed from Taco­
elixir. At last he himself fell ill. Then
ma September 5, 1892, coal-laden. The
his servants brought the vase that he
weather was hazy, but she passed down
the Sound and rounded Cape Flattery might save his own life. lie opened it.
But it was empty. The elixir had
at a safe offing. At noon September 6,
evaporated to the last drop.
she took her departure from Tatoosb
Did not the rabbi or priest who in-1
island from the sound of the fog whistle
vented this story intend to convey in it!
at that point. It further appears by the
a great truth?
courses ami distances given by Captain
Have we not all within us a vessel I
O'Brien that the ship ought to have
been nearly 40 miles off shore at mid­ more precious than any emerald, into;
which God has put a portion of the wa­
night, September 8, but half an hour af­
ter of life? It is for our own healing—
ter midnight she grounded on the Coos
for the healing of others. We hide it,
Bay spit.. Captain O’Brien claims that
we do not use it—from false shame, or
lie found her position by observation
idleness, or forgetfulness. Presently we
some eight hours before she struck;
begin to doubt its efficacy.
that th is position agreed with his posi­
hen death approaches we turn to it
tion by dead reckoning, and he believes in despeiate haste. But the neglected
the ship was set in shore by a strong faith lias left the soul. The vase is
easterly current, together with a heel­ empty.
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Will Pay, through its Advertising Col­
ing error. By these causes he accounts
T h e S w e e t F ace a t th e W in d o w .
lor the stranding of the vessel. It is ap­
umns, a larger Dividend for the Money
She hustled up to the ticket window
parent that Captain O’Brien’s observa­ in the Michigan Central station a
Invested than can be realized from any
tions were not correct; neither was his knocked impatiently on the frame for
other source.
position by dead reckoning correct. It the busy man behind the bars to wait
is evident that if the courses given by on her at once.
A
compass were steered, they were not
“ What do you ask for a ticket to Cin­
made, and we have no doubt that a close cinnati,” she inquired, when he ap­
Because It is read by the people with
observer and careful navigator would peared.
whom you expect to do business. Can
have noticed the ehange in water and
“ I don’t ask any thing for one,” be
you expect them to trade at your store
the character of the swell in time to replied sauvely.
unless you invite them to do so? I
iiave changed the ship’s course and
“ Why, it isn’t a free ride is it,” she
taken her out of danger. We think asked with surprised expectancy.
there ¡8 no reasonable excuse for run­
“ Ot course not.”
ning a steamer ashore on this coast in
“ You have tickets, haven’t you?”
Is a standing invitation. Do you w a n t
tnir weather, even though it be foggy,
“ Yes, madam.”
T H E P E O P L E ’S T R A D E ?
“'ranting that there was a strong east-
“ They ate to Cincinnati, aren’t they?”
,ri} current, and eight or ten degrees
“ Yes, madam.”
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"esterly deviation, had the ship been
“ Can I get one?”
j ' treiully navigated she would not, in
“ Certainly, madam.”
GIVE THE B E S T B A R G A IN S IN
I "“f opinion, have stranded. When in
“ How much is it?”
I Lubt, the deep-sea lead should be the
“ Seven dollars and a quarter, ma­
-'tide, together with a close and careful dam.”
"ntch of the sea and the color of the wa-
“ Well, why didn’t you say so at first,”
,er‘ Bad the ship’s course been she snapped, as she took out the money.
' nnged to south by west, parallel with
“ You didn’t ask me.”
IN TH E C IT Y OF E U G E N E .
d'e land, for a few hours, she would
“ Yes, I did.”
UNDERTAKING and E M B A L M IN G a Specialty
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cleared th e-a p e all right. There-
“ I beg your pardon.”
WHY?
AN ADVERTISEMENT
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FURNITURE
unii CARPETS
1,rp, we find th at the stranding of the
I ' ,llllsbip Charles E. Wetmore was due
' n'gligence on the part of Captain
'^ ln A. () Brien, as cited above. For
a*d negligence in the management of
• " \<‘88el, we have this day revoked his
license.”
“ Yes I did. I asked you what you
asked for a ticket to Cincinnati.”
“ And I said I didn’t ask for one.’’
“ Well, " h a t did you say that for?’’
“ Because I didn't want one.”
All order, for Furniture nent na from theH lii-law w ill lie .lilpped from Portland direst.
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C ,fAMBERLÍN.
“ But I did.”
“ You didn’t say so.”
“ I did, I tell you. I asked you wbat
T he E m e r a ld V ane.
you asked-----”
I beg your pardon,”
Ibc cathedral nt Genoa there is an
, be interrupted,
l,traid vase which is said to have been “ hut you "ill have to stand aside an 1
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1,11 rvcpived it he filled it with an elixir cigar in sympathy.
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the gifts of the Queen of Sheba to let the others in to the window.
She moved out, but not until she bail
’"“on. Ita authentic story goes back
jammed
her umbrella into the man be-
hundred vears.
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tradition is that when King Solo- hind her, and he gave the ticket cle
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