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Vol V RALEIGH. N.- C. SUNDAY r NOVEMBER- 2, 1902. -TWELVE PAGES. No 129 t A Graveyard Where i SMiDs' Bones Bleach Cape Jalo JTHat xx Mariner to 5 Sr A CX. In New IJke the slim crescent of a horned r.oo.i rljbt across the track of At- li'vtic trarel. with Its hollow side to ? .1 I the mala land, lies a tiny Island c' 5tilvlng dunes which has .-orked wre havoc with ocean shipping than fe-y other darker spot In the known v, ort j. .-abion. the enrly French navigators . .:;d tfcls tiny bit of destruction; i?a- - I-Und. It Is known to skippers of prnt The name Is well f.ven. though the Island Is only a ere- . t rlde of shelving sand cll.fs bare- thirty m!ei long from horn to horn., t-i a salty lagoon, bar, deso'.ate. and i as Newfoundland barrers. lying ! lrid along Its greatest width. From t sloping fhore. terraced by the ever I :Jng wah of combing breaker. -etches a hidden sand reef for a dl t nee of twelve miles. It Is In this t'-.at the ocean Kners, and, freighters, aad fishing ichooners are homed an In a rood hol. . Owing to cold northern 't:rfms me:nr pnu;n wiihm urnr. t l;&nd s atmophere Is near:y ai- , vtvs '.n a state of chronic commotion. T-.e official moteoro.oglst reports tat f.r the Lnst fo tr years the wind h ..T-i-'i e'yhteen rr.'les an hour, th it thr have be-n more th.nT ton g3' ' T-r-ii wlen the wind b!ew a hMr- r ne f lty-f ve mi: an !.o jr, ond t:..U the shrub p:ntel by the gov-j eni i.b-vit the H.e-rJalPg stations h.-ve b-vi shriveled and stripped as bv fre. cnlnst u tide driven aionj : t ah a ulnd few -es'l could holi ihlr o-vtu It r- s.frr and easier to srui bf 're th acro's what P- j - ard to te a pT-ly clear seu Of twirn all mariKrs. from. Sir 1 mphrey GlUwrt sailfg from New foundland to VltglnU In knew of the danserous s.u d -ar.ka which wt r even then cl't-l "a ?r.tfyard. fnb Iland fcCar.adl"M h- calls It wa on the char; of K'vh.'.rd Cnrke. mai.'erof the ship Dellfht. when Sir Humphrey h-a ied his fieet to re:onnoltre the eerie !. Fut what was not on his chart. tr on the chart of all the two hun- t .ed veels wrecked since Sir Hum- i hrer's tln-e. was the shift of the un- seen sand reefs below the sea, nocx priest of the ouxporx una" r-fs stay where they are marked. delightful dlregard for diplomacy: S.tnd reefs may lie in tumbling lines J -Oh. your Ixrdship, with the help of that would be called hills by the lands- ; cod and a few wrecks we may pull men: and along come a hurricane, and J through the winter. . beachcombers, and a pounding tide, j if the. strongest vessels were heln The reef marked "here" today is ' ess before the pounding of hurricane "there" tomorrow; and "there" the nd tide, what could the life WTtrs storm-driven ship strikes and founders jo against such a sea? At the first and sinks In the ruck of a. sand fln boom of .distress, the surf boats are t, flour, so that the old chronicle of Sir launched throu jh the combing breakers Humphrey Gllbet's loss relates: only to be borne back and back and "When we came within twenty tack till the rescue craft had been Ungues of the Sablon. we xeu 10 con- troversy of course. The General (Gil l-frt) came up In his frigate and de manded of me. Richard Clarke, mas ter of the Adm'ral (or Delight) what course was best to keep. The General said my reckoning was untrue and charged me In her Majesty's name to follow him that night. I," fearing his threatening did follow his commandment, and about seven f'clock In the mcmlng the ship struck on ground, where she was cast away. Then the General went off to sea and say the ?hlp cast away, men and all. and was r.ot able to save a man, for there was not water upon the sand much less for the Adml-r-1. that drew fourteen feet." Nameless wrecks there had been be fore the Admiral's 'ship Delight was cast awsy on Sable Island, and name less wrecks there have been since; but 171 losses of ocean-going vessels are recorded on the shlrplng lists ngalnst this thin line of shifting sand lying 1Z0 mi'- from the American mainland and about ninety miles from Canada. Thls total loss does not include the f .ing schooners of the Grand Banks, f i dories, and cockle-shell smacks thit get detached from the main fish- Reet In a fog and when the wind .-.. m rtHvim iv that wind day afrfr day till the sand bars of Sable Thomas lUncock. IIow many lives Kar 1 grate upon their keel. Not a were raved by these uncared-for herds n:mmer passes but some castaway of , wm never be known; but certainly ves th ftshlng fleet is hurled through the ei9 chancing pat Sable Island in brheombers on the sandy terraces of spring ofteft picked up castaways wno Mbte Island. One week the wave drift WOuld' have perished during the win curries tn a poor dory, bottom yp. al- ter but for5 the herd. The American most wattr-lossed. with a draggled Revolutionary war caused the destruc tatter of a sail.. Where are the two tlon d the herd.- pirates and flllbus mn who always go out together la ters from both aides raiding Sable Isl the dories?' land for rerr.ounta and meat. Another week It Is a French batteau Anj now, oddly enough, four centu--ciumsy. large, heavy, black from the atter France's Quixotic attempt to keel up but for the white line around 'coionIse the, Island, the government of the ganmale. It come Tiding la on Canada is attempting the same thing the crest of the galVopmg eombers. ln . different way. Both attempts hen. with a smash; In the boat and have been solely for tho prevention of ccupants are flung pn the drenched recks. For yeafs splendid llfe-sav-sanl. Out of one such bateau the stations have xlsted on the island. Canadian Jlfe-savtng crew dragged jndeed. the life-savlntf population of emaciated fishermen who had drifted lhlg barren sand bar l today forty helpless for five days, subsisting whol- flvet with chapel .senices every Sun lr on raw cod. Each with it personal i day anj a Cormltory school for the rthos. Sable Island works its woe on i cudren. who come to school on their thips of all flags, and sorts, and condl- ! y)njes early Monday, remaining till tiorjt. and ports. No rival transport Friday night. From the main ham- .lilh mnm. ramnlllor . . . - 4 V M. nttiP hamletS. all is exposed. Ships from jiamax xo Llvrrvoh from Boston to Antwerp, from New Tork to London, from Que- j bee to New York, from Franreo New Ej1ajC. have alike left teir ribs Has Lured Many Destruction. YorK Erenlng Post bleaching In the sand dunes of Sable Island. The first Important ship lost that of Sir Humphrey's fleet bore the Eng- jh tlS- The last big wreck was that ' the steamhlp Moravian, bound from J Antwerp to Boston, some two years j ngo, "You cannot -take a walk along the low shores of Sable Island," says i n official Inspector, "without seeing 'countless derelicts, wrecks of all sizes and sorts and flags, sailing craft, and liners, and Ironclads, reaching to the ebb of the receding tide, the naked ribs projecting from the embedded sand like the bones of some dead monster." Where lie the dead, there ock the csrrion birds; and Sable Island no sooner became famous for wrecks than the wreers of the island became fa mous too. An old print, published In 17S1. shows a view of the "Wrecker's Den Near the Pond," a title whose ire-mln? Is fully understood only by looking over the old shipping records !ml nrch!ve.4 of Nova Scotia. It Is re- utei r ow ai.rcpuiaoie men una wumen ! ip t:elr residence on Sable Island .'thnci any vl-Ible means pealing or f-M-.--of support; how false lights jlre - l V-roalrred or befogged vessels to jthr ruin; how the bodies of the dead were wnhed along the sands, '"naked jas b,-T." with the ring finger cut o.T; how salvage vessels found the v. reck had bcn stripped of everything (during low tide; and how the stolen l - - orv sometimes discovered ounea la the sanda. f Acrdn and again thee -rumors of v r- VTs were Investigated by the gov--rrrint of Nova Scotia, but the dead I tl no tale-s and poverty-stricken ftsh rfolk have curious ethics. Always to thee tollers of the deep the sea is a tfown yputh and , age. lover and, hus-1-Kind-?. bread winner and provider: but rometlncs this monster reverses the tabtes and cn-t boundles wealth Into the lap- of - the poor-fishing hamlet and that wealth Is the wrecked -cargo or so. -re rich liner. Asked how his t wrlb was weathertng hard times and Mtter tvlner at an ouipporx 01 foundland a few years ago, the simple pounaea to ainuun wv . inous wreck that of a troopship Douna fn- .York about the time of the Revolutionary war every gte launched from the foundered vessel was swamp ed or went to pieces.' The life line was Hnally got to lend by tying It to an empty barrel and letting the wave drift carry it ashore. Th difficulty was not in getftng ashore, but In keep ing alive in-this utterly shelterless reach of sand and salt water a hun ArA miles from help. . Bits of wreck- age were huddled Into cabins; tattered sails served as roofs; ana inese '"" contributed to the subsistence of cast aways oni Sable Island. There were the terns, birds In myriad flocks nesting on tffe bare sand, lay ing their eggs In hbles lined only with the sand-blndlng grass. There were the wild horses, rangier the Island In herds of three and four hundred, har dy descendants of two Quixotic at tempts by France to colonize the Isl and, first when Baron de Lery in 1518 stocked the island, again In 1'97. when the Marquis da la Roche brought his band of convicts from royal prisons to the "French Gardens" of America. And last there were thr herds of cat tle and heep and" horses , placed on the Island for the sopsmence 01 cai o - m bv a. nhllanthroplst or uosion. : with Ufs-sarlng appliances I and connected by telephone, so thaTf a fStress cU 11 at once answered by M ra!y trt the danger point. In pass it .ay be mentioned itt un hour It Is My Lady Chrysanthemum, All stately and grave and tall! She enters anew i her chosen realm, The Queen of the Early Fall. And proud Is her pose, as oft she hears The sighs of the doting swains, For alwaysNs homage the highest paid Whenever My Lady reigns. of sand drift on Sable Island will bury a telephone pole from sight. This is purely a wind drift, not th tide. On each side of the main station for a dis tances of ten miles, patrols of five men inspect the shore twice a day.. Beyond the range of this patrol, men from the east end or westward or fourth station take up the patrol, so that every -foot of a shore varying from twenty to thir ty miles, according to the sfilft of sand on each side, is gone over twice a day. Shelter houses stand at intervals equipped with bedding, and berths, and nrrtvisirms. Everything that can " be prepared for castaways stands in read- iness to Sable Island. But this Is-tho age of prevention and causes. How could the wrecks be prevented? Europe has conquered the sea. Cannot America? Obviously -the dikes of Holland would not.-io. But parts of the French shore have been reclaimed from the sea by forestry. It Is not the tree trunks nor the roots binding the soil that resist the corro sive, eternal washings of the. sea. It Is the falling foliage, the decaying veg etation, the matting of pine needles, the solidifying of rotting leaves that turns sand to mould. Two -years ago Sir Louis Davies, then Minister of Ma rine and Fisheries, Bent experts: .to France for every variety of tree that bad been found to resist the action of sea on sand. Eighty thousand plants were brought to Sable Island from Normandy and Brittany. Every va riety 'of the pine was set out cluster pine, and Scotch pine. .and. Riga pine, and . Austrian pine by the ten thou sand each, with lots of Ave thousand, and two thousand, and one hundred f other pines. Spruce., and cedar and juniper were planted almost as pro fusely. To these were added all, the common trees of the ordinary forest, rose bushes, creeping plants, flowering shrubs, berry bushes whose fruit could serve as a packer of sand., pea vines, hawthorn, honeysuckles, snowballs, and trees of the larger fruits. It will take more than one year to test the experiment; but the flrst year is the crucial one. The first official report on the trial year has just been made public the dry gales that sweep the island from August to October scorched up "Hny . thousands of the plants, but specimens of all kinds re vive. The same cluster pine that thrives In Brittany flourishes on Sa- Kla Tftland. . 3- CoL Jno. S. Cunningham returned to his home In Person county yesieruu. ImornlnS. . MY LADY CHRYSANTHEMUM. It is My Lady Chysanthemum! Her crown' is a rare le:3snt.; . It may be of red or of gleaming go:d, , Or shimmering, purest white; Whatever her gard, or wherd herthrons The aoroums courtiers coma. All hail to the regnant quoen of bloom, ; My Lady Chrysanthemum! -. MAURICE W. GRAY. IN THE EVERGLADES (Miami MetropolIs. The railroad surveying corps return ed the first of the week from the Ev erglades, having finished the survey. As the route now runs it forms a big letter U, and is sixtymiles long, run ning south from Miami to the Easter Hng, purchase, about six miles below Cutler, west to the Everglades, and then northwest, through that mystical region to a point almost as near Mia mi on the west as it is from Miami to the southern end. , For over a month the corps has been r ,t which has. never been explored wad ing through mud and water by day and at night camping on the silent island in a labyrinth of tropical plants and trees. It was impossible to make more than three or four miles a day, and sometimes fifteen and twenty miles would have been traversed in running the line; their provisions had to be carried in boats, and many times' the boats themselves had to be carried across eawgrass prairies, through which unencumbered, it is difficult -to make one's way. The waters of the Everglades were like a thousand' riv ers flowing in all directions, and some times as many as eight of these would hav to be crossed in going a quarter of a mile. Now and then a deep stream would be found, as clear as spring wa ter, with a smooth rock bottom; but most of the river beds were of oozing and , slippery mud, with the pleasant anticipation of meeting with an alliga tor at every step. .. 1 It was out of the question to carry much baggage. A canvas fly was ta ken to cover the groceries and each man had a piece of oilcloth, four by six feet, a blanket and a hammock, and at night, after a painfully tire some tramp the brave crew lay down with nothing between them and the stars but the crooked limbs -of the co coa palm's shrouded in Spanish moss. The ' hardships the corps underwent can scarcely be realized without a knowledge of the particular work re quired in any surveying work, and an. idea of the country through which the line was run.. The last stake was driv en just over the line In Monroe coun ty at the' entrance of the great cy press forests, and the' crew then cane back over the5 line to the prairies west of Cutler, whence they made a bee line to Cutler and civilization. J. S. Frederick, who was in charge of "the, survey, ent up to St, Augus - - t v 'r tine Tuesday morning to report to Mr. Parrot t. The wagons, with - the ,rest of the corps, with the exception of Ed gar Jones and Tea, Frederick, who came up last Saturday, arriyad from Cutler Tuesday-and went Into camp south of the Miami river. . GOLD BRICKS FOR EDITORS 5 (New York Sun.) , There, is no end to thi schemes con cocted in these days to help along the country, editor,; and incidentally, to fill the pockets of Ahe' promoters. The oldtime boiler phuejand patent inside concerns no longer have a.' monopoly of the country newspaper fieldAThe afr of the editorial sanctum is constantly filled 'with -gold -bricks, and it takes a pretty agile arid quick witted editor to dodge them all, so alluring are the of fers and-so low trie prices asked, i SThe efforts of the promoters are not confined t the old fashioned weeklies or the backwoods journals that are issued every ' now and then. In fact, their campaign for easy money is prin cipally directed toward daily papers in cities of 'from 10,000 to 25.0C0 popula tion, where the struggle In the jour nalistic . 'world is keenest to keep up with the times and keep down the ex pense. Many , of these promoters are men who have failed to mike" a living in the field of metropolitan journalism, gome of them display ability, and the wares thex offer are often of merit, consideringthe small cost at whlch they can be had. . ' ' .. The great "problem that troubles the editors. ofTsmalll dallies is how to get the news of the outside world without paying for putting it. into type or foij a regular telegfuphlc service. - .me cost of this "generally, speaklpg. is only within the means of the most pros perous of. these newspapers. But plate concerns fifnlshjai full page service, sent from Yew."ii)rk every day by ex press, at aost of less than $10 a week and that Ms to suffice. - In offices where typjr.is .atiir set by hand the saving is ireat.. One association in this city furnishes what Is. calif d ."'dally advance news' for $5 a reonth.. In offering its wares to the, editor the .association , says: "The servjee cannot -.be duplicated for any amount of money. It will give you several beats daiiyon good special dispatches.". In the "Gattis-feilgo casf the- lawyers': are -if long time getting wfcat is com Ins to them. ' , " - I ; impecunious Joys $ $ "Mother Jones ait Cooper Union. $ New York Street ScenesA i? & Park Incident. ptclal CrrespBsie By EMEL JAY If it is true that shopping and thea tres cost a small fortune in New York, it is equalty true that a varied enjoy ment if outspread gratis for those of slender purses. The beautiful music of the churches, the concerts in the parks, a whole world of joy in the li braries, and free lectures and art ex hibits everywhere these are for every body without money and with'otit price. Up-to-date lectures free to, the public are given at the various public schools twice a week through thewinter, and a series of elaborately illustrated scien tific lectures at the Museum of Natu ral History is a source-of general pleasure and profit for six months during the year. You simply ask for tickets to those" museum lectures,, and thev are vours. An immense double screen is used , and the pictures are usuallyne. For the autumn series or lectures' there is first the Swiss Alps; next the French Alps; third, historic towns of Central France, and fourth, historic towns of Southern France and the French Riviera. v- All this is given for the benefit, of the teachers of the city and state of New York, though the general pifblic is admitted by tickets. Ine lectures are under the auspices of the state department of public instruction. '(bildrcn and tb.Ptannt '. Educational lines with enticing baits are flung out in New York on all sides to catch the people. A flower and fruit exhibit given at intervals during the yearfor the ben efit of the children or tne east siae is nn nf the many ways in which the Educational Alliance of New York lives up o its name. -v - ... . To attend one of these exhibitions, to see the throng of little children who come and -look at plants and nowers thv have never seen before, is to have somewhat of a revelation. v , There was one of these exhibitions s last wwlc. It was an inter- in JJlUftlVOo ' . esting sight the human blossom ana those. of the flower-world Demg equal ly radiant as to faces, no matter how shabby the clothes. One plant which constantly attract nhanrhpfl erouDS was the peanut. Those boys and girls looked with won der at their old ana iong-ioveu iri.u, oit.- Tposnizable in this guise of scrubby top-growth, and rambling root bearing the precious nut. Every plant had its label; and there were," besides, teacherswho mingled with the children and tofdthem inter mot thincrf. about the flowers, fruits and foliage. An improvised arbor of autumn leaves was filled witn pump bier barrels of . red apples were ranged against the,' wall- Best of all, those rruus .were B.v .MiHron tn eat on the last day ot the exhibit. Then indeed Aft that hall. there were, happy hearts aiong .-iiv.t.0' minds. For the heart of childhood lies very close to its stom ach; and as for the mina wny, better can one gain, an accurate knowledge of things edible than by eating. them? , . Mlottier jon-An ImprfMUii "Mother Jones' was another ;free show enjoyed recently. It was a great w- vvthat little gray-haired rebel ' o enpakin? amid the cheers andhe tears of 3,000 men for the audi ence was by a large majority m-u-line, with only a small sprinkling of womankind. ' Mh.; Jnnes suDoke at Cooper un ion, that grand institution where every thing is free where one may ..'!. fr-o of all cost, from car- pentry to music and from law to labor and socialism ana , tne - Mother Jones. -f . . There is something suggestive in the fact that. Cooper Union is placed just . , i t tho -Rowerv a center or at inc ncau - ..... j light and attraction for all that crowd- ed district. It was cerxaiiuy ter of attraction for thousands at that ,iinnfratic Jmeetlng where recciii. ov.i". - Mother Jones spoke. It was unique occasion. It was Bomeini - multitude swayed by one small woman over 60 years of age. There she stood in her plain mac u f. . ni, .hito at the throat nevea wita - "," - - , - , and wrist-there -she stood ' absolutely silenced by the appmuser a minutes; then, when .she did begin, mSng 'the people laugh an I weep by turns, now flinging a stinging rtbuke . .. i rpst of the animals, at Xiaer auu - . now giving a pathetic Picture of tbe miner's home in prevenwu,,. flath. One story, she fold of hiw and some -inewe oncar- rested; and me jail; but she was an Pldman, sa d the officials; she neeun t go -to jail. But Mother Jones demurred to the de t T,o,- hwn with these'loys in the mines." she said; "I have slept in their nomes, i .- poor XoocL I have watched Vlth them on the rnaitntaln sUle-I will go v itb ithm to joiL -; ;v : .' efThe Mralag Ft It was something to see the answer ing light kindle in the faces of her three thousand hearers as she talked. There was an Intensity of feeling rare lyseen. And no "rough-and-tumble" crowd, either. Intelligent looking men . with heart and brain and nerve all united In a common cause, and Moth er Jones for the time being the mouth piece of that cause. - Yes, however mistaken : one may think this little woman . is in her de votion to the cause of labor, that self immolating devotion is itself a noble thing. . And Mother Jones we must admit is a heroine. ; A Ntwlork atrettSeea New York, like all big cities, is full of picturesque Incidents. A whole vol ume of human degradation and human pity was told in a scene on 142d street the other day. It was Just after break fast when people of that neighborhood glancing out of the windows saw an old gray-haired man crawling on all fours' along the slde-walkrin most abN ject fashion. 'Poor old wretch ! drunk I suppose, commented one. ' ' ' "Eeven the dog is barking at hlmV said another. (. .: "The ambulance wil come along and get him directly," remarked a man glancing out," there's no use bothering over it." ' . ' But more than one woman looked down with compassion at the poor groveling figure once upright," perhaps, and manly. He had reached -the side of a wall. by this time and unable to stand : or eit, stretched himself out against its shelter. Nobody lifted 'a "finger to help him. Passers-by halted a second, glanced at him and went oru, But no there was one Good Samarl tan. For-presently at a door opposite, appeared a gray-haired woman bear ing a pitcher of smoking coffee, a cup , and some bread. The' ready services of a small, boy were secured and the coffee sent.across the steet. to the poor creature. After much persuasion, he took It, and drank, and soon sat up against the wall. A group of children had now collected about him. and were watching him, compassion and . curiosity on their young faces. It was a suggestive picture. Prei- ently a bar-keeper from a saloon near- -by the very place doubtless at which', the old fellow had found his fall came out and hustled him off. The tableau,: to his mind, was a temperance sermon too close to his estbllshment. So, braced by his bread and coffee, the old man shambled off, shaking his fist, and lifting his cane ih pantomime of, threat. "Maybe he can get home now," the; fGood Samaritan was heard to say, her. face full of pify. . .. Maybe so. At any rate If that cup of coffee did ho other good. It surely! gave those children and more than' one grown-up spectator an object les-, son in human compassion for a wreck of a fellow creature. '. . A Park InoldtDt Another Incident of quite another kind comes to mind. It was in one of the parks. A middle-aged man wear ing glasses was seated on a bench en joying the air, the pasaerw-by, and in cidentally a group or children near the top of an opposite slope. The children ranged apparently from eight or nln years of ..age down to the wee occu pant of a baby-cart. - Presently, the man saw a sight which made his heart stand still. . The small attendant of .the baby-cart had unwit-. tingly reached the very top of yth slope and then thoughtlessly let go th. cart' - for a moment, when down th" hill it went, turning over, and spilling out baby, pillows and all, long beforw it reached the bottom. The children,, with exclamations of excitement raced after, but the man reached the srene of the disaster first. "My God," he exclaimed as he bent over the little white figure which had. been pitched out on its head, and was now lying silent and motionless. Ij lifted it tenderly and then suddenly with an expression half-cheap, half re lieved, he looked around at the chil dren, "Why It's a doll baby." he paid. imiirhtpr Greeted his expression of cha?fin. Th only sym pathetic face in tne group of the doll baby's mamma, v ho "was rubbing a scratch on the w:&cn brow The man took off his gl uses. 'lpwi them carefully, and returned to b seat ruminating on the foiloy r-f .need- . less excitement. Citfman-What do you think? Wve & - - t ... r i ' k la I i 1 got the same servant gin - you once. for Subbubs ImpossiDie. Citim art Fact! Subbubs-Impossible. I ray. rv- er ad a servant em " - Catholic Standard. us. r. - s t-.
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