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AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA By GORDON ARTHERTON ( by Short Story Vxib. Co.) IN JUNE, 1892, the United States steamship Visitor sank on a reef oft the southern coast of Florida with all on hoard. Half of the passengers were saved by efforts di rected from land, and the bodies of half the remainder were found. But one-fourth of the people of the Visitor lay, undiscovered und unburled, in the waters of the Gulf. A few days later divers were sent down with a view of raising the steam ship If she were found to be In good enough condition. Among these divers was one Joel Vaughton, a hardy, woru veteran with scars of the Civil war on his body and the signs of toil and hardship on his rough, honest face. Vaughton was forty-five possibly a bit over. He did not know, but he remembered enlisting In '63 as sixteen years of age. He hud not brilliantly distinguished himself in the wur as so many luckier ones hud, but he had fought hard and well. No opportuni ties had been given him of leading a desperate charge or of capturing an enemy's flag. He had been twice wounded, at Bull Run and at Gettys burg. The surgeons had decided the last time that he was to die, and they had given hfm up. But he had deter mined to live, and live he did. He was discharged from the hospital just In tlm to Join Sherman In his march to the sea. After the war he drifted around doing nothing, and yet doing everything. There was no occupation that he did not try his 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 ception to the rule, and he stuck to It for seven years, making a modest In come thereby. But It was too mo notonous for him. He lacked the ex citement which hitherto had never failed him, and In '89 he discovered the work that suited him. He became a diver. He 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 had sunk, Joel Vaughton and one of his comrades were fitted Into their suits and lowered down to the wreck. Vaughton had long ago got over the singing In his ears and the sickness that is first incurred by divers, and he was steady as a rock when he was low ered cautiously on his rope. Looking 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 boards he gave the signal to stop lowering, and, slowly tind cautiously, made his way to the forward hatchway, ttfklng care to lay his rope and supply-pipe In such a fashion that they might not become entangled In the stray wreck age, of which there was a great quun tlty. His Inspection of the forward part of the ship showed him that It was In no condition to be raised. The bow had been scattered by the contact with the reef, and the grinding had worn away the entire plankings of the for ward decks. 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 was, caused him to titter a cry and to step quickly backwards. Staring at him through the porthole, his face livid and sunken, his eyes bloodshot, but gleaming with excitement, his hair mutted over h's forehead and his Hps moving In what must have been outcries or entreaties, was a living, breathing man. Vaugh ton, at first, thought that his senses bad left him, and he turned away to see If the apparition would have gone when he next looked around. But no the pale, excited face was still there, and tills time the hand was beckoning wildly to him and the eyes supplement ing the movements. Then, u soon as he realized that he had attracted Vaughton's attention, the man disap peared, only to show himself again with a sheet of paper covered with writing. This he held up against the porthole, motioning Vaughton to ap proach and reud It. It run us follows: HELP ! I ! When the ahlp ank I went down with It, locked up In this water tight compartment. Have had hardly anything to eat, and the air Is giving- out. I cannot last an hour more. If you open the door, however, I (hall be destroyed by the water which will rush In. FOR PITY'S SAKE. HELP Mli SOME WAY ! t I AM STARVING KOR FOOD AND AIR I The words were written In a fairly legible hand and Vaughton had no trouble In making them out. But the question was, what to do. How should he save this man? There seemed to be no means of doing It, unless the entire ship were raised, and this, as he had seen by his Inspection, was Impossible. Then, suddenly, another plan flashed through his brain a plan that was, really, the first thing that should have occurred to him. Why couldn't the man trust to his chances of reaching the surface before his breath gave out? He. hlnifelf, could take down a rope and tie It around his body while the men above Ifauled ' hTm up ' by ft as quickly as they could. Vaughton motioned to the man, who had been gazing anxiously at him, and, nodding to assure him of his assist ance, gave the signal to be hauled up. As soon as he was above the surface and had been stripped of his helmet, he told the men, as briefly and as quickly as he could, the strange 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 be done. Then he dived down a second time, taking with him the extra rope. He found the man occupying the position he had left hlin In, only staring up wards, watching for the help that he knew was to come from above. Vaugh ton held the sheet of cardbourd close up to the porthole, and, as the man within read, his face lightened up In comprehension. Then, upon a signal from Vaughton, the prisoner threw open the door of the compartment, and, quick as a thought, was bound around the waist with the rope. The sign was given to the' waiting men above, and he was hauled up as fust as humun sinews could do It. The stranger reached the surface In an unconscious state, but was soon revived, and, after having eaten all the sandwiches that were to be pro cured, he showed great willingness to tell his remarkable story. "I was sleeping," he said, "at the time the ship foundered, and It was by a miracle thut'lhe door of the water tight compartment was closed, else I would not be here to tell the tale. You may wonder at the fact that I slept so soundly that the hurry and confusion on the decks did not awaken me. I will answer that 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 ustonlshment, upon glancing out of my porthole, to find that I was entirely surrounded by water water to left of me, In" front of me, above me.aand to right of me. At first, as you may sur mise, I could not realize what had hap pened. Then, gradually. It duwned on me that I was at the bothom of the sea. This Idea was Immediately strengthened by the sight of a couple of lazy fish, swimming up and down In front of my porthole. I believe thut no one has, hitherto, equalled my ad venture. No human being thut I have ever heard of his lived for two days, clad In his ordinary costume, at the bottom of the oceun, except, of course, In a submarine bout. Well, to con tinue : About the second day I real ized that my supply of air was giving out the compartment whs not very large and I became oppressed In breathing. It was lucky that I was the only one down there to use up the air. 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." Edmund Lowe Inventions That Came From Women's Brains 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 and he patented It. Who Invented the loom? A woman Invented the loom that weaves every stitch you wear. Her name was Sirs, .lacquard. Who Invented the sewing machine' Ask any schoolboy and he will answer "Ellas Howe." Ellas Howe did take out the patent In his own name; but his wife Invented the machine. Howe Struggled for 14 years trying to work It out and 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 H. Conwell during the Civil war. Who Invented the mower and reap er? A West Virginia woman Invented them. Mr. McCormlck, In a confiden tial communication published some time since, so reported. After McCor mlck and his father had failed a wom an took a series of shears and fas tened one sheaf of each rigidly to the edge of a board. Then she attached a wire to each movable shaft and by pulling one way she opened the series and by pulling the other she closed it. The mowing machine Is a lot of shears, and a woman used her own tools to cut man's hay. Who Invented the great Iron squeezers that lay the foundation of all the steel mills and millions? A woman Invented them, according to the statement of Andrew Carnegie. Los Angeles Times. Admission to the Bar Admission to the bur Is formal rec ognition by a court that a person l qualified to practice law In that court A lawyer may be ever so able and yet If he is not admitted to the bar In a certain state be cannot practice M profession there, I'suully u persoi Is admitted to the bar upon examina tion and by motion of a lawyer whr. has known him for some time. Tht qualifications for admission to the bai are different In different states. General Timing "That was a very fine sermon," said an enthusiastic church member who was an ardent admirer of the minister. "A fine sermon and well timed, too." "Yes," answered his unadmlrlng neighbor, "It certainly was well timed. Fully half of the congregation had their watches out." Edward Lowe, a popular leading man In the "movies," was born in San Jose, Cal. He Is 5 feet, 11 inches tall, has brown hair and dark eyes. He has been seen In some of the most promi nent productions. O Your Health ft By ANDREW F. CURRIER, M. D. a DIABETES TN THIS disease the common opln- Ion prevails that Its chief symptom Is sugar In the urine, this latter being erforuiously increased in quantity. But there is u variety in which, though the quantity of urine is large, there Is no sugar. This variety often occurs after middle age, but It is not Infrequent In children, and It may occur in a fumlly, generation after generation. In such families there is usually a highly developed nervous system with tendency to excitability, hysteria, brain tumor, und other uervous 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 dlseuses of different kinds. t Thirst Is Intense, and the gremt volume of urine passed Is as colorless as rain water. It Is also marked by constipation. Indigestion, dry skin, excessive flow of saliva, heuduche, slow pulse, dizzi ness, vomiting, und loss in weight. In the second variety the urine Is abundant, has a sweetish odor and Is somewhat sticky in feeling. Its specific gravity Is high and Its content 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 thence Is curried over the body by the blood and distributed to the cells, where It Is decomposed and used to produc e heat und energy. But it Can he utilized in this way only to the extent of one or two parts per thousund, and If the blood con tains more than thut, It Is transported by the blood to the kidneys, which eliminate as much of It us they can In the urine, the remainder circulat ing with the blood as a poison. It Is more common In men than In women, may be hereditary, and often occurs In those who are fat, who have gout, or who uro 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 thut some of the sugars und fats of the diet may he retained with advantage, Such fruits us oranges, peio-hes. apricots und prunes are usually allowable. Olive oil Hnd cod-liver oil may he used, also meat, lish, oatmeal, cocoa. milk, 'ream und butter. It must always be remembered that this disease Is not tobe trested by any rulep or formula, hut by the Indi vidual requirements of each patient. i) by Gnorjie Matthew Adams.) A LINE & CHEER By John Kendrick Bangs. LIVING WHEN hurricanes arise. Im peding me, I think of sailors tossed upon the hta Who, eager, a.-txe on winds of vary sort And on their wines ride onward into port. I think Tipon the mills that swift ly spin A,r.ld the raging tempest s creaming din Anil from the trials of the stormy morn Ga;her the strengUi with ahlch they grind the corn. w o8j by alcClare Nwpaier Syndicate I 600000000000000000000001 THE GLAD GIRL By DOUGLAS MALLOCH PORTI AIMn OFFERS A MARKET 1 Ul 1 LilllU FOR YOUR PRODUCE VOU know the girl all laughter, A fun. The life of ev'ry party, who Can alwuys auswer ev'ryoue. Dares do what anyone will do, Who sings when all the rest are dumb, And well, the girl who makes things hum? Young man I want to ask you, sir She's great, but would you marry her? Life's rather serious and sad, It has Its problems, has Its woe, And more defeats a man has had Than victories In life, I know ; And then a man will ueed a mate Still undlscouraged, what his fate, Who walks beside him up the hill And bravely takes the good or 111. A wife, It always seems to me, Should huve some depth of char acter ; Whatever need his need may be, A husbund ought to find In her. Faith, courage, Judgment, tenderness, That Is the sort of wife to bless, The best of wives for both their suites- -And that's the kind the glad girl makes. ( by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) G Portland, Oregon. VAUDEVILLE PHOTO-PLAYS Complete Change Saturday Adults, Week day Matinee 20c; Evenings, 35c. Continous 1 to 11 p. m. Children 10 cents all times IMallory Select Residential & Transient 16th and Yamhill. Portland. Oregon. Modern Hreproof American Plan 18 RATES MODERATE Better Franldin Service-Sludge and General Repairing ANDERSON & RICE, B Roadway' 5709 401 Hoyt Btrset.it Ninth Portland, Ore oAmong the OTABLES JOSEPH LEIDY JOSEPH LEIDY was one of the fore most naturalists of America, the more remarkable because he was self taught. Practically every hit of his wonderful knowledge of plants and minerals und animals, he acquired himself without the aid of a teacher. He was horn September 9, 18123, In Philadelphia. It seems that he had quite a talent for drawing and might, had he followed his first ambition, huve become a well-known artist. At sis 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 things and learning so rapidly that he was admit led to Ok- university if Pennsylvania and took his degree as a medical doc tor when he was only twenty-onf. He went abroad and came to notice, first, by his studies of terrestrlul gas teropolds, which, translated Into every day language, Is the form of animal lite that crawls on its stomach. He made some valuable additions to sci ence by his work on fossil horses and was the only American author to work on extinct vertebrate. According to recent professors, his most important paleontologlcul contri bution to the knowledge of the world was a paper on some vertebrate re mains discovered In the phosphate beds of South Curollnu. In spite of the dry-as-dust sound of his work, his re searches led hlra Into many Interest ing and romantic discoveries of dead forms of life. He died In 1S91. ( by George Matlbew Adams.) o 1DHO SAID "Generotity is the Rower of justice." THESE words of Nathaniel Haw thorne have a striking resemblance to that famous speech delivered by Portia In the court scene In "The Mer chant of Venice." Portia Is asking Shylock to be mer ciful, and when he asks why, she re plies : The quality of mercy Is not slraln'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath '. . . And earthly power doth then ihow llkeet (tod's When mercy seasons Justice . Nuthunlei Hawthorne, one of the leading American literary figures, was born In Sulem, Muss., July 4, 1804. He received his education In Bowdoln col lege and graduated from that Institu tion In 1825. His llterury work Is the result of the most careful study. Following his graduation from college he lived a life of retirement and devoted much time to writing tales and sketches. Pew of these suited him and the majority of them were consigned to the fire. The survivors appeared In the maga zines and newspapers of the day. Hawthorne's romance "Funsliuwe" was published anonymously In 1882, and In 1837 his "Twice told Tales" ap peared In hook form. This work re ceived Its title from the fact that It was a collection of articles that had previously been published In period! eals, and thus was literally beiug "told" for the second time. Hawthorne's political offices con sisted of being the customs officer of the port of Boston ; surveyor of the port of Salem; and American consul to Liverpool an appointment he re ceived from bis old college chum, President Kranklln Pierre. Some of the best known works of this author are, "Mosses from an Old Manse," "Mouse of Seven Cables." and "The Scarlet Letter." Hawthorne died at Plymouth, K, H. May 18, 1804. Wayne D. McMurray. it) by Oeerie Matthew Adams.) Baying It with bombs In the Com munist manner makes a most unfavor able clatter around the world. Fruit Trees on Highways. Thousands of miles of highways in France and Germany are shaded by rows of fruit trees planted on either side of the road. Some of them are state-owned and others are privately owned. New York World. Heartbeats In Trees. Sir J. C. Bose, the famous scientist, declares that the life activities at human belntta and plants are exactly alike, and thai every tree has, like the higher animals, a heart which throbs Incessant ly. Queer Acoustics. In St. Alban's abbey, London, the tick of a watch can he heard from one end of the building to the other. In the Gloucester cathedral the gallery of octagonal form conveys a whisper 75 feet across the nave. Length and Age. The Croat Wall of China is the longest but not the oldest yAl in the world. It was built about 214 B. C, hut the walls of Jericho wore built till con hundred years before the birth of Christ, and are I bus about 3,500 years old. CUT FLOWERS & FLORAL DESIGNS Clarke Bros.. Florists. 7 Morrison Bt. We Specialize in Hides, Pelts, Wool, Mohair, Tallow, Cascara, Oregon Grape Root, Goat Skins, Horse Hair Write for Shipping Tags latest Price list Portland Hide & Wool Co. tH UNION 1VINU! NORTH, PORTLAND, 0IUI10N Branch at Pocatello. Idaho The Real Art. "There is no difficulty," says Iho steward of Mollere's miser, "in giving a fine dinner with plenty of money; the really great cook is he who can sol out a banquet with no money at all." Macaulay. Rare American Coins. The half-eagle of 1797 with 10 stars is a very rare coin. At a recent sale in New York one of these half-eagles brought the highest price- 1470. The next highest amount was $280 for a 1792 euglo with 13 stars. Boys' World. Flatterers and Friends. A flatterer Is said to be a beast thai biteth smiling. But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obse quious and full of protestations; for, as a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend. Sir Walter Kaleigh. Highway, Canada to Mexico. The longest continuous paved road In the United States Is the Pacific highway from British Columbia to Mexico, tho only break in the hard surfacing being a short dlslunco In northern California. First English Almanac. Thfl earliest known almanac was "John Somer's Calendar," which was brought out at Oxford university in the year 1380. The first printed al manac In our language was published by Richard Yynson In 1497. Wholesale Family. A peasant girl in Italy, who was the twin daughter of a woman who was one of triplets, presented her husband with six sons ut once. The following year sin- became tho mother of five more, Name of Greenland- Greenland was named by tho old Scandinavian navigator Brie the Red. Ho gave the place an attract ivo name because be wauled to Induce colonists from Norway to settle in the new country. Now For now the fields wi re spread with growth, and the waters lad wilh sun shine; and light and sha low, step by slop, wandered over the illlv.y cloves. Blackmore. Mammoth Loaf. A loaf of bread, said to bo Iho largest ever baked, was made recently in Minneapolis, it was no feet long and contained more than 400 pounds of flour. Nation's Frog Center. Oshkosh claims to he the frog center of Ilio nation. About 2,000, 000 frogs are said to be shipped from the frog farms near there each year. Relic of Old Warfare. Devil Dyke Is an earthwork in Cambridgeshire, Kngland, which is of prehistoric construction about twenty feet In height. It Is supposed to have been erected us a defense aguiuBt ene mies advancing from the Fen country. Greenland Currency. Animals mark the denominations of a Greenland paper currency Issue of this century. The elder duck, saddle bucked seal, reindeer und polar bear denote different denominations. Na tional Geographic Society Bulletin. Twins and Disease. Similar twins not only resemble each other in appoaraiiro and chur SCter, but are likely to huvo the same sorts of disease due to inborn defect or weakness. Science Service. Cut Them Out From Herd. A mother of 17 children, experienced considerable difficulty in gutting her large brood safely to bod, until she hit upon the expedient of parading them in single file and counting them off as i hey passed her. Words of Br'er Williams. Prayin' fer one parlieular blessln" Is all right ef you's sho' you only needs one, hut you Jes' ez well ter ux de good Lord ter make it a full dozen, whilst you's at It. Harvesting Corks. Cork trees of Algeria nre stripped once in nine years after tho ugo of fif teen und give un average of 15 har vests of 100 pounds each.- Science Service. Art. You find works of lltoruturo which may be said to be pure art. A little song of Shakespeare or of (loot ho Is pure art. Huxley. Brother Williams. No doubt dur's money in do river hank but mighty few people, will take tie fisherman's word (of it. Atlanta Constitution. What Really Happens. Politicians aren't uctuully reud out of party; they are merely kicked out from under the plum tree. Detroit News. Favorite Economy. The kind of economy that every body favors Is the kind that doHs not prevent his getting what ho wunts. Capitals Built to Order Two European capitals, Pt-trograd und Madrid, were built to order. The former by Peter the Great, tho other by Philip II, who chose the lofty silo because of the asthma from which ho suffered, Star Spahgled Banner Flag. In the Smithsonian instilulc at Washington is the American liar Dial Inspired rrancii Bcott Key in write "The star Spangled Banner." Where Everybody Is Boxed. A undertaker litis recently suggest ed that bis profession should bo given a more attractive nume. Why not call his shop the Box Office? Loudon Humorist. Still Alive In Pictures. a natural 1st says the American euglo Is becoming extinct. Wo should worry so long us they continue to strike off good copies of it. -Philadelphia Inquirer. You Want a Good Position Very well Take the AassuntaJscy and lualnaas Manacement, Private Uecretarl tl, Calculator, Comptometer, HtonoaTra hlc, Penmannhtp, CorumerclaJ TsausB r' CourM at Behnke-Walker I'ha foremost Business Collet; of th Northwest whlrh has won more Areuracy wards and tiold Medals than any other ferotol ta AmerP-a. Hand for our Bur-resa Catalog Fourth Htreet near Mnrrlsoo, Portland. Or txaac M Walker Pres. P. N. U. No. 29, 1925
