Condon globe., May 10, 1907, Image 4

LEAD LONELY LIVES.1
MOST DANGEROUS LIGHTSHIP
STATION IN THE WORLD.
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Maafaraat, Xus la MM1
Harar tallaraa Waa Caastaatlr
Fae Partla la Muf Faease.
Probably upon no reef iruanl station
la the world hare the live of brave
end bold men beta so often haxarded
up on th Nantucket Shoals light
ship, which l located forty tulles south
(Mm Nantucket Mao. More that) half
a century has elapsed sluce the Severn
nient Bret stationed a lightship at this
dangerous and loneeome spot Cnt'.l
recently the lightship wa a tail
equipped vessel, but now It Is stea.ni
propelled; yet whether operated by
steam or sail the dangers and bard-
hips or the men confined on It are
one and the same.
Forty miles out at tea. cooped In
the little shell that day after day and
month after month, swings and tug
at Its T.iXiO-pound anchor lying In IS
fathoms of water, the life of the Nan
tucket lightship sallortnan Is one of
almost complete Isolation from the
first of November until the opening of
the spring months. During the bit
terest six months of the year there art
no reprieves or shore lea re.
Sometimes for two months or more,
daring the severest periods of the win
ter, these docen men are without com
munication with the shore save the
messages sent to them by wireless
telegraphy. Often for days their only
visible companion It the great red
brown buoy swinging In toe sea half
mile from the ship.
ETen this object, which Is endear
ed to the heart of every man aboard
the lightship. In particularly bad
weather breaks adrift from Its moor
ings or it frequently abut out from
tight for weeks by the dense fogs which
drift In over the ocean like a pall from
the southward, and then the melan
choly of the loneliness which pervades
these men Is not lifted until a close
passing vessel or the Infrequent ad
Tent of the winter sunlight comes to
chase away the monotony of their
existence.
But loneliness It only one of the
hardships of the men on the Nantucket
Bboalea lightship, though It Is the oue
dreaded. There are the days when
the fog settles down over the Isolated
vessel In thick, damp cloak, com
pletely enshrouding the hulk from stem
to stern dayt when only the far off
sound of a passing steamer's ghostly
whistle or t tailing vessel's born, or
the systematic roar of the steam fog
horn aboard the lightship, la all their
world.
Once for twelve consecutive nights
NANTUCKET SHOALS LIGHTSHIP.
tnd days the bell which was used
aboard the old ship there was kept
ringing at two-minute Intervals, with
the result that when the fog had lifted
and the noise ceased, the men were
unable to sleep for the first night on
account of the unaccustomed silence.
But there Is still another danger be
tides that of being run down. When
the winter storms of the Atlantic sweep
across toe shoals, tossing the lightship
like a shuttlecock and burying her
tthwartsblps, these men aboard, cling
ing In their bunks between decks or
standing watch through the bitter cold
hours of the night In the lee of the
oak bulwarks, indifferently sheltered
from the Icy sleet and spray, know
not at what moment the great anchor
chain may part under the lunges of
the rolling vessel and set them adrift
In the Inky darkness In a battle for
life.
Twenty-four times the Nantucket
lightship baa parted her chains, usually
In the heart of the bitterest winter
galea, and been swept to tea. Only a
year ago vessel and crew thus adrift
from moorings were given up for lost
Once during the period of the old tail
ing lightship's maintenance the vessel
jwaa fourteen dayt In picking Iter way
ZSaiAHS-S MOST
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UIY BEATKtCE 11U.E CAUEW.
Lady Beatrice I'ole-Oarew haa by Hpu)ar vote Uvn (1 .via nil tl mat
beautiful woman In Engtaud. Her plurality In the contest condumeil by a
London evening newsjwiper was overwhelming. It Is said that four fifths of
London voted. Prluoeis Henry of Mess was awxind. and the Ihiclieai of
Sutherland third. Two American beauties, Edna May and Camllle Clifford,
were well down the list
back to port after having been driven
far to sea.
I'ots and kettles In the cook's room
are always lashed to the stove and the
walls to prevent them from flying
about under the stress of the rolling
ship. Each member of the crew wheu
be sits down to the little me table
below decks has his coffee cup and bis
tin plate securely held In place by a
number of pegs set In the table. Some
times even then the coffee goes flying
Into the plumduff or the scouse (made
of "salt borse," potatoes and parsnips I
and the pork jumps Into the molasses.
Because during heavy gales water
washes over decks In a clean sweep.
the portholes of the berth deck and
cabins which are below decks are never
opened.
Sometimes the rolling of the ship Is
such as to render seasick even those
tried old lightship salts, many of whom
have spent years whaling and grown
accustomed to the "crow's nest." a
maxtbead lookout where the pitching
mm
and rolling of a ship Is most notice
able. In fart, ma! de mer Is very
common on board the lightship.
Of all the perils that overhang the
Nantucket Shoals lightship's crew,
however, the direst Is that of acting
as life savers In a case where a vessel
has gone on the shoals or foundered
In the sea within sight Hut It's a
peril which these brave seamen never
flinch from.
The lives of these men aboard this
particular lightship are considered by
Uncle Sam to be of such Importance
that the crew Is not obliged to leave
the vessel, even in order to save life,
but It has never happened that these
men bave allowed a shipwrecked sailor
or crew to go unaided.
Without the two great octagonal
copper framed lights, each weighing a
ton, which every night of the year dur
ing fair weather and storms cast tbelr
beacon-like rays from the masts of this
llgbtablp for the benefit of the thous
ands of vessels sailing outside Nan
tucket Island, this part of the const
would be avoided as were the Soy 11a
and Charybdls of old.
At It Is, 500 vessels bave been
wrecked and lost around Nantucket
BZAUTX7UL W0JL4.S
and It Is only the ooury and con
stancy of these men alard the lonely
little mldooean monitor that has kept
the total from mounting up far Into
the thousand.
EVEHYDAY LITE OF THeTxAISEB.
Ha la aa Earl, Hl.ar aaa Ills Mral.
Ar slmala.
The everyday life of the German em
Pror Is rather severely syntmntlxed.
says Wolf von Scblrrbrand In I.lppln
eott's. He plunges Into his day's work
with cheerful and vigorous alacrity.
He It an early riser in the
often at 5 ami In tlie winter rarely aft
er 7. During the hunting season he
gets up even before those hours. He
regularly braivs himself with t shower
both and then he slips Into his undress
uniform (for, aa William I. used to
say, "dressing gowns are not worn by
the Hohenzoileros") and g.iet straight
t' breakfast.
His meals, as a rule, are simple rath
er than otherwise. Ills breakfast is of
tlie "English kind," consisting of coffee
or tea, toast, egg, lieefstetik or a cut
let Luncheon Is served at 2. and lie
partakes of soup, one meat dish with
greens, one roast and several entre
ments. Dinner at 0 Is a more' elaborate
Tiieal. Kaiser nnd the kaiserin both In
sist on carefully ami v. hnlenoniely pre
pared food. and. Hlthoui;li she never
cooks dishes for her hiiHl.and or family
as has been erroneously stated so oft
enshe does frequently silsrvlst the
preparing of tills or the other ieela
course. The kaiser Is fond of baked
meats nnd put roasts and likewise of
fish, oysters, macaroni, rl-e, force-meat
balls and of what Is commonly called
hamburger steak. Usually, unless pres
sure of business prevents, be plan
with his wife at breakfaBt the menu of
the dny.
Barfed Trean,
Piratic boards of Spanish doubloons
are not the only buried wealth one may
seek with spade aud pick. A wonder
ful relic of the past has just been
brought to light In Peterborough, Eng
land, In the discovery of a burled for
est The London Chronicle gives an
account of the discovery.
At a depth of seven feet have been
found a number of oak-trees which
have been covered for some two tliou
sand years. Most of the trees are al
most perfect In condition, and are be
ing sold to furniture manufacturers
and others.
Altogether about- eighty trees have
been raised, and hundreds more are
left In the ground untouched, at a depth
of Ave or six feet In nearly all the
trees the roots are found attached.
The wood Is extremely hard, aud can
be worked only by machinery, as It
turns the edge of an ax.
The Old Maid Aaata,
If you want to be Interested, visit a
family where there ta but one baby
and two or three old maid aunts. Sis
ters always love each other In a way
to attract admiration, and an old maid
loves her sister's baby almost at much
as the mother. And away down deep
In her heart an old maid thinks the
baby loves her as much at It loves Its
mother. If we could bave our wish we
would wish to be a baby In a family
where there are two or three old maid
aunts ; then we would receive attention.
Atchison Globe.
Spring
The best is Hood's Sarsaparilla. It
is the best because it dues the most good.
While it makes the blood pure, fresh
and lively, it tones the stomach to bet.
ter digestion, creates an appetite, stimu
lates the kidneys and liver, gives new
brain, nerve and digestive strength.
An uncqualcd list of cures 40,366 tes
timonials in two years proves its merit
Bartatabt-Pnr h.ho pnfer aw
la U(it form, IT.! nMijshntU i. now
SUM
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In etionklsb! tLl.u eitlietl . I . ( . u
In IH u.ut huM f-
harm.tal,. bsre Id.hU-
esily Uw iwm eursUve tmrl.M n 1 1 v. Ittjuiil
lorttt, tw.ltlr. nitm, s if !,. r.m,ftttM-l wr
nir, lhr twIitM mi hw. t .Yap.irall.in. lirvas-
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CiI'auastkkd uiul. r the Food and
Kaonaaaar Mrkaaan la Laataa.
JuOie Ki-ntoiii'a refi-reih' on ttm
biMM-h to the Times as the "Thuinlervr"
remluds us how remarkably this nick
mime bns ivrslxted. The Morning Tot
Is no longer "Jcunes" ; the Stamlard
has not been "Mrs. Uanip" slm-e the de
pea as of the Murtiliin Herald the "Mr
ll.irrl" to wliinn It would allude Man
liiileHMnl'iit atitlKirlty. Itut the Times
I still tlie "TtiunJerer." It owis Hint
name to Cpt. Kdnard Sterling, alio
Is snid to have Ut:iiii a Times' article
with the words: "We thundered forth
the other day an artlrle on the suhject
of ttx-lnl tnd pilltU-nl reform." Lon
don Ially Chronicle.
MaaraV Tall..
Certain lizards are remarkable for
the fragility of Ihelr talis, altboiiiih
this weakness Is not slwajs the draw
back that may tie linnjIncL Tlie dia
mond tailed gecko, for Instance, fre
quently owes Its existence to tlie readi
ness with which It caudal aptiendage
can lie snapiHil off. This reptile, which
will ierch uim a rock bead downward
a tul tall In the air, Is liable to be preyed
Uon by hawks. One of these formid
able birds will swoop down usm a
lliard and seise what It t.iket to be the
head, but Is really the tall. The brittle
tall snas efT. and Hie gecko wriggles
away, not much the worse, to grow so
other. Preeaat laaarjr 1 aatllaltoa.
The man ho entrml the smoking csr
of th elersted train at r'orty third street
strode to the rear end and opened th
door.
Thra be went half way bark, sat down
and lighted a clear.
An Icy sale blew through th car, sod
two or thrra men started for tb rasr
doors far th purpose of closing them.
"Wait a few moments, gentlemen," said
the passenger sitting next to th new
comer. "This msn knew mint kind of a
rigsr be wa going to smoke a great ileal
better than w did." Chicago Tribun.
la tlailt.
-Cruet It terribly abtcnt-mlnd-
Jim-
ed.
Jack I sliould say so. I've known
bl in to telephone to hit ofllce aud ask
If be was In.
Absolatrlr Nrreiaarf,
Chicago Judge Wait a mlnute.
W'bere Is the court Interpreter?
Attorney Tlie witness Is an Ameri
can, jour Honor. Why Is It necessary
to have the Interpreter?
Chicago Judge Because the witness !
It from Itoxton. I
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Marshall Wilder tells of an elderly
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dlord to regard this world as a
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of more than usual gloom. Thinking to
cheer the unfortunate one, the good
hearted uelglilior screamed at the top
of Iter Voice:
"Hood morning. Mr. IlUuk. I'lua
weather we're having."
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Ksearlaaea aa a Taaravr.
"The way to get a thing done proper
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fermentation.
CURED OF GRAVEL.
Not a Single Stone Hat Formtd
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J. I). Paughtipy, music publisher, of
Suffolk, Vs., says: "During two or
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headache, pain In the Wu-k, urinary
disorders, rheumatic pnln, stc. I have
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I passed, hut that is not one-ipiarter of
the whole iiiiiiiInt. "I consider I Man's
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