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9kji . JB| Ug^jjj^B^U BBlKisliSSfcf., \ i\ 5 T callings that etn ■ brace dancer and ro- W manoe that of diving L\ JjT probably cornea first, and well it might, for not ■ only does a diver work In an element foreign to hia own, but he facea a score or more of dangers, any one of which might be fatal. Not only are there the danger* of acci dents under the water, but the diver's life is always in the bands of his helpers, who must, while he is below, not fall for a moment to keep the life-giving air pump going, but they must be able to comprehend his sig nals and act accordingly and prompt ly- Scores of stories of the work of diver* have been written. Some of them true, some are fiction, but whether real or imagined, they do not in the least detract from the romance that aeems to shine like a halo around tboee who perform their work deep under the water. Usually divers are aasociated with sunken treasure, wrecks, the gather ing of shells, pearl oysters and aponges and but few give a thought to the fact that the direr is engaged in numerous other, and leas romantic, occupations In which riaka far great er than the mere going into a wreck are taken. In bridge building, for Instance, di vers are frequently employed to lay the foundations for the great pillars of stone and concrete that will sup port one of the spans of the structure. A notable piece of work of this char acter was done on a bridge that was built a couple of years ago at Cape Colony. There It was necessary that a foundation be laid In 180 feet of water. One hundred and eighty feet of wa ter Is a depth that la very seldom at tained, and there are but few In stances on record, yet the foundation was laid. It Is said that the record I* held by Hooper, an Englishman, who deacend ed 201 feet to the wreck of the Cape Horn, lost off South America In 1896 A. Eros tar be went down 180 feet to the wreck of the Skyro, off Cape Fln isterre, and sent up bar silver valued at $450,000, after first having blown the ship partly to pieces with dyna mite. Another deep-water record was es tablished by Alexander Lambert, who recovered $360,000 In gold from the wreck of the Spanish mall steamer Alfonso XII., which was in 180 feet of water. It Is said that the last time he went down he remained four hours, this in itself being a phenomenal rec ord, as two hours Is regarded as about the limit of any diver's endurance. Diving Is a peculiar work and there are not many who can do It It not only requires soundness of body, but one most be something of a mechanic as well, especially If be Is going to engage In under-water building. Be sides that be moat be a man who Is willing to take chances, must be able to keep his head at all times, no mat' ter bow scared, and then, maybe, he will die in bed. A diver named Donovan recently ccjne very near dying in Baltimore harbor, but he did not know of it at the time. He was working In 25 feet of water directing pile* that were be ing driven by a 4,000-pound hammer. In some manner the hammer was re leased and the great weight plunged to the bottom of the harbor. Dono van was directly in the path of the huge weight, so close that It struck his air hose within two feet of his helmet. Fortunately the force of the blow burled the diver away from the weight, Instead of under It In the meantime the men above *«w aimnat frantic with fear. They knew that the diver was directly under the ham mer and they naturally supposed he had been struck. There was terrific commotion and the life-line man be gan to Jerk and pull as hard as he could to ascertain whether Donovan was caught or free. The suspense for a minute or two was fearful. In the meantime Donoran didn't know Just what it was that had thrown him. The water was so mud dy and dirty that he did not see the weight; In fact, he was astonished by being Jerked by the lifeline, and as soon as he overhauled his air pipe to prevent fouling it he tugged the signal to be hoisted. Up he went and it was with many sighs of relief that his big, round bslmet was sight ed at the surface. He climbed partly out of water and rested on tbe gun wale of his punt while his hslpsr un screwed the helmet. the deuce is the matter T~ This Gold Fish Was A Banker ' Fish stories are rife in May, and un der the seductive Influence of balmy ■print new vera (one come to light of the Mm* old itortoe ire have heard since boyhood days. Congressman Plumiey of Vermont, of porteotousiy serious mien, assorted to a smiling group of colleagues that a couple of ITT ago he lost his watch and a ISO gold piece overboard while wait tag by a placid pool for a bite. The he allied m soon as his head wu free. , ~ His helper, pale and trembling all over, could scarcely tell him, but he finally managed to describe what he and the other workmen had thought. "Humph!" replied Donovan. "Tell those fellows to be ]ust a little more careful. Now put on that helmet and HI go get that hammer." In a few minutes he bad a line fast to the hammer and It was hauled up. Donovan doesn't take much stock In reports of diving deeper than 160 feet; that Is, for practical purposes. He ! declares that a man cannot stand such a depth for more than an hour, or pos sibly an hour and a half, and that aft er he comes up he must rest for at least It hours before going down again. "Where It catches one Is in the abdomen," he said. "The upper part of the body Is protected by the ribs, the arms and limbs are comparatively solid, but the abdomen has no bones at all, and there Is where it hurts. I heard of a man who got SIO,OOO for go ing down 204 feet, but he only lived seven days after. The strain rup tured his intestines. In deep water 76 feet to 100 feet, that is our great est danger. The only way to over' come It is by wearing heavy weights and taking plenty of air. The air off seta the pressure of the water and the weights hold us down. If by chance the air pressure should leesea, even a few pounds, our situation Is critical. "In the water it Is pretty much like It Is on land," be continued. "If a man Is hunting for trouble he's pretty apt to find it. I have been diving for 18 years and I've been all along the coast, from Halifax to Florida, and I have never been attacked by anything except a conger eel. He was a big fellow, too; six or seven feet long and as big around as my thigh. "It has been my experience that If a man keeps busy nothing will disturb him. The fish are afraid of him; sharks are, anyhow, and he has no trouble. With this eel, however, it was different. He came at me with out my doing a thing to him. I was so scared that 1 could not even find my spear, which I generally carry, and he stuck his ugly head right up to the glass In my helmet. Ugh! I could almost hear his teeth snap. I was that seared. I stuck my hands under my belt to protect them and stood still. I don't know how long, about two minutes, I guess, and then I gave the signal to go up. " "What did you come up for 7" asked my helper when he had taken off the helmet. " 'Came up for something to eat,' I replied. "'I reckon yon did," he replied. 'Why man, you're pale aa a ghost.' "I didn't let on Just what had hap pened, and after getting a bite and taking a smoke, I went down again. This time I went after my spear and found it Then I let everything else go while I looked for Mr. Bel. I soon found him, for he evidently was wait ing for me. He was lying on a little ledge pr rock, but before he knew Just what was what I had that spear Into him. Twist? Well, you have no idea how that fellow squirmed. It was all I could do to hold him (town and we had as lively a ten-minute tussle as I • next year, he declared under oath, he ' caught a fish In that self-same pool— • » "gold fish" of course—and he found I within the finny armor of that Ver i mont baas his watch, the ISO gold ' piece and 30 cents accrued Interest. - Fish Commissioner Bowers Insists ' that this Is another result of his la > bora to propagate thrifty habits among • gold fish. Ho says that th« monetary i j question has boon so much discussed you'd ever want to see. "But I fin ished him all right and sent him up Just to show the boys what he looked like. That night some of the boya had him (or supper, but I never did like eela so I let them have It all. "As for sharks, well, I suppose they would attack a man If he worried them, but the worst sea creatures are seals. I remember once I was work ing down near Halifax; working on a wreck, and there waa a school of about 100 seala around. I cautioned everyone about throwing anything at them and I went on down. It wasn't very deep, not more than 50 or 60 feet, and every now and then a seal would come along, kind of noae me over and then go on. "Now, you wouldn't think cat fish would trouble you much, would you? Well, they will, and what Is more, they bite bard. "There's another queer thing about fish. If you are wearing gloves that are split and your knucklea or flesh shows through, the Ash will worry you by biting at the exposed parts. You can hardly drive them away, but the moment you take off your gloves and expose your whole band they, won't trouble you at all." While there baa been but little Im provement In divers' equipment, the rubber ault helmet or the pumps that send down the air, and the outfit of a decade ago la aa up-to-date aa the one made yeeterday, yet the modem diver haa a number of advantages over his contemporary of even a few years ago. The use of the telephone has been one of the Improvements that comes In bandy, but the greateat of all Is the pneumatic tool. By means of compressed air tools a diver can now do more In one hour than he could in five with handpower ed tools, because bis diving suit ao i hampers the freedom of his anna. With a pneumatic tool all be haa to do Is to hold the machine still and the air does the rest. He can carry a pneumatic tool wherever he can go for the hose that feeds It Is no larger than bis air hoae, and, besides, the pressure of the water greatly reduces the weight of the tool, so much ao that In deep water It Is necessary to weight It down so the diver can oon trol it These pneumatic toola will do any thing that can b« done by hand. They will operate augers or drills and will also hammer. They are the greatest aid to the diver In all kinds of con struction work. While diving as a trade Is followed by few, the United States navy haa a school for divers and encourages young men of exceptional physical stamina to take up the work. At thla school the young men are taught how to take care of themselves In emer gencies, and before they are graduat ed they have been through many rough experiences, even though these 1 experiences are carefully planned and executed. Every* naval ship of any slse carries i two or more divers, ani there Is al ways use for them. They are sent i over the side to Inspect the bottoms, scrape barnacles off to adjust outboard i connections or to make new ones, for a ship, like a house, can always be improved a little by the addition of something new. J In Washington, that It haa affected the ■pawn aent out through the country, and If theae flah • tor tea continue he will not b« reaponalble for reeulta. Aa the party broke up it waa agreed that Congreaaman Plumley deserved the plum of the flah atory aeaaon.—"Af faire and Folka," Joe Mitchell Chappie , in Joe Chapple'a Newa Letter. Not Fitting. "Here la an effective minor chord." "Not in thla military mualc. All the chorda muat be majora." Save the Babies. INFANT MOKTALITY is .something frightfhL Wo can hardly realize of all the children bom in oivilized oountries, twenty two per or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach one year} thirtyseven per cent., or more than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before they are fifteen I We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save a ma jority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these infantile deaths are occasioned by the nse of narootio preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children's oomplaints contain more or less opium, or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Oastoria' operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of Ohas. Hi Fletcher. Oartoria causes , the blood. ,to circulate properly, opens the pores of the skin and allays fever. I Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. %. F. Peeler, of St. Louis, Ma, sari: "I have prescribed your Oastoria In many eases and have always found It an efficient and speedy remedy." Dr. Frederick D. Rogers, of Chicago, 111., says t 1 have found Fletcher's Castoria very useful in the treatment of children's complaints. I Dr. William C. Bloomer, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: In my practice I am glad to recommend your Castoria, knowing it is perfectly harmless and Dr. E. Down, Of Philadelphia, Pa, says: "I have prescribed your Cas toria in my practice for many years with great satisfaction to myself and Dr. Edward Parrlsh, of Brooklyn, N. Y, says: "I have used your Cas toria in my own household with good results, and have advised several patients to use It for its mild laxative effect and freedom from harm." j Dr. J. B. Elliott, of New York City, says: "Having during the past six yean prescribed your Castoria for infantile stomach disorders, I moat heartily commend its use. The formula contains nothing deleterious to the most delicate of children." - Dr. C. 0. B.irague, of Omaha, Neb, says: 'Tour Castoria is an ideal medicine for children, and I frequently prescribe It "While I do not advo cate the indiscriminate use of proprietary medicines, yet Castoria la an exception for conditions which arise in the care of children." Dr. J. A. Parker, of Kansas City, Mo, says: "Tour Castoria holda the esteem of the medloal profession in a manner held by no other proprlo tary preparation. It is a sure and reliable medicine for Infants and chil dren. In fact. It Is the universal household remedy for Infantile ailments." Dr. H. F. Merrill, of Augusta, Me., says: "Castoria is one of the very finest and most remarkable remedies for Infanta and children. In my opinion your Castoria has saved thousands from an early grave. I can furnish hundreds of testimonials from this locality as to its efficiency and merits." _ k _ V QCNiIINE CASTORIA ALWAYB fcat. the Signature of - The Kind Ton Have Always Bought |n Use For over 30 Vearß> TWt OVNTAOM MMMNT. VT MURMf aTMIT. NCW TOUR MOT. Women waste a lot of powder when the enemy lan't In tight Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Hyrnp for Children teething, wltui the (uni, nducti Influnm*- Hon, allajra pain, cures wind colic, Me a bottle. A girl may not marry the beat man at her own wedding, but ahe should try to make the beat of the man ahe tn&rriea. The Paxton Toilet Co. of Boaton, Mass.. will aand a ltrge trial bos of Pa*tine Antlaeptic, a delightful cltans lng and germicidal toilet preparation, to any woman, free, upon request A Lottery, "la that picture one of the old mas tera you were telling me about?" aaked Mr. Cumrox. "Yea," replied the art dealer. "It Is a genuine treasure; absolutely authen tic." "I'll buy it. I already hare three Just like it, and somewhere In the *>unch I'm liable to hit the original." The Giveaway. "Jane," said her father, "bow doea it happen that I And four good cigar i on the mantelpiece this morning? Dl 1 Henry leava them for me?" "No: he took them out of his rest pocket to avoid breaking them last night, and I guess he forgot ail about them afterwards." The laugh that followed made her wish that she had been aa careful with her speech as Henry had been with hia cigars.—Detroit Free Presa Excellent Plan, "I see," aald Mrs. De Jonea, while Mrs. Van Tyle was calling, "that you hare a Chinese chauffeur. Do you Ind him satisfactory?" "He'a perfectly fine," said Mrs. Van Tyle. "To begin with, hlg yellow com plexion is auch that at the end of a ■ong, dusty ride he doesn't show any apota, and then when I am out In my limousine I have hia pigtail stuck through a little hole in the plate-glass window, and I use it as a sort of bell rope, to tell him where to stop."— Harper's Weekly. Voice of Conscience. A western Kentucky negro was In Jail awaiting trial for stealing a calf. His wife called to see him. On her wsy oat the jailer, whose name was Grady, halted her. "Mandy," he inquired, "have you got a lawyar for Jlmt" " **No, iah,** said his wife. "Ef Jim was guilty I'd git him a lawyer right away; but be tells me he ain't guilty, and so, of co'se, I ain't aimin' to hire none." "Mr. Grady," came a voice from the cells above, "yoa tell dat nigger wom an down thar to git a lawyer—and git a dam' good one, too!" Saturday evening Poat : • * «• 1- ' IRE NOW ON Buy unlimited life scholarithip now and aava from fio.oo to $17.00. Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typewriting and English Courses. We train for Businen Employment 1 and SoccpM. Send for College Journal and full information. Address 1 KINQ'B BUBINEBB COLLEGE, Raleigh, N.C. or Charlotte. N.C. > Pittsburg Chivalry. "What's going on here?" demanded , a man as he came upon two little boys ' battling In a vacant lot on the South side. The lad who was on top was rubbing weeds over the face of the un der one. 'Stop it," aald the man, grabbing the victor by the neck and pulling him away. "What In the world are you trying to do to his face with those weeds?" "Do? Why, he swore In front of Borne girls, and 1 rubbed some smart : weed in hia eyea to become a great man like Abraham Lincoln." —Pitta- burg Sun. Why They Went. As the Sunday school teacher en tered her classroom, she saw leaving In great haste a little girl and her still smaller brother, _ "Why, Mary, you aren't going away?" she exclaimed In surprise. "Pleathe, Mlth Anne, we've got to go," was the distressed reply. "Jimmy 'th thwallowed hlth collection." —LJp- pincott'a Bait. First Suffragette—lf we want to get the young girls interested in our meetings we must have something to attract them. Second SufTragette—Which would It better be —refreshments or men? — Life. Advantage. Stella—Has that summer resort any 1 views? Bella—Er—no, but It Is close to the moonlight. f * Old Michigan's wonderful batter Eats Toasties, 'tis said, once a day, For he knows they are healthful and wholesome And furnish him strength for the fray. . ■' •»—■ -- ■■ . ■ His rivals have wondered and marvelled To see him so much on the job, „ Not knowing his strength and endurance Is doe to the com in TY COBB. Written by J. T MAO KB, 1410 W&thlngtun Bk, Two Blvere, Wla. One at the 10 J Invite for which the Poet urn Co., Battle Greek, Mich., p*M (1000.00 Id M«jr. -C % , " LOGICAL QUESTION. Stage Manager—Why didn't you go on when you got your cue, "Coma forth ?" Supe—ol was waltln' for the other three to go on first. Sure, an' how could I come forth If I wlnt first? Worth While. "See here!" cried the boy's father, "If you don't behave I'll whip you." "I wlsht you would," replied tha bad boy. "You do, eh?" "Yes, 'cause when it's all over ma will gimme some candy."
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