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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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