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PLYMOUTH. N, C, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1905.
NO. 52.
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ROM white
.Neath a sky 01 deepest :bJue, ::,., ..V;;?. V
L pledge for the wide world's wealth" and weal,
AVith P.SP.h mimmpr'n nun nw:-,. t
And ere fierce winter can call his clans,
Or his shrilling trumpets blow,
The fields shine white, through the autumn light, ;..
With my harvest .crown of snow!
' -. . y ' -.y. j.'-''; a.' ' i
Then on,Jn the eager world's emprise,
I hasten to bear my part ;
There's highway for me, o'er land and seai
And welcome in every mart. ,
My vassals true are the gin and screw, i '
' The wind and the winged steam. 1-.
My thrall the boom of the mill and loom
And the dancing shuttle's gleam.
From rainbow tint to the opal's glint
My varying colors run,
And I change my form as the clouds that swarm
The couch of the setting sun. . .
The spider weaves in her nest o leaves,-
No gossamer wbvUke mine, ... ;
And strong the grasp that my fibre's clasp'
In the twisted cord and line.
I enter the doc? "of rich and poor, .
I clothe the king and the clown, ;
And serve man's' need with my stalk and seed
When my, leaf-is. sear and brown. .
. A truce: to your wains of golden grains,'.
' While my flag is still unfurledj ' '"
O'er mill and wheel, and spindle and reel,
- I rule the trade of the world!,, 1 ,. ""'.'
"." ' "' ' ' From Youth's Companion.
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BOWS': m
t- ' ': :" ' '.-' . .
HAT water, at the last
cast?" "Marie, thirteen;
no bottom, sir.". "Then lay
your- lead in." The leads
man in the gunboat's port
uxitiiii coiled up. hi leadline ana se
cured t, swung1 himself .inboard and
disappeared down, the forebatch in
search of his tcj.v Astern was the red
.jsector of Kuropn Point Light, which
Eiows over the Pearl Rock, and to the
starboard " the lights of Algeeiras
-twinkled in the gathering dusk si fine
vening in ate September, clear and
liotj "but the- west wind swept up the
Straits of Gibraltar, bringing with it
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' a cool breath of the North Atlantie.
Soon dusk changed to blue-black, dark
Hng.night arid the wind dropped to the
lightest of zephyrs. The stars burned
in the cloudless sky with such intehsi
',Vr"ty as to reproduce themselves on the
JgJ greatest of all ocean highways, save
jne, the English Channel,, which does
, not concern itself with stars in this
iiianjuer. She , is' outside the Fearl
llock. now and rising Tarifa light, and
from the lookout man on. the ..forecas
tle head comes reports of lights seen
, ,: fa quick v succession. Trom all the
western ocean, from the North Atlan
tic and the South, from, the Baltic to
the. North Sea, from Ushant and the
Biscay ports, and the. harbors of the
English Channel, the ships pass In an
.ttnending procession. Man-of-war,
jnail steamer, tramp,, wind s jammer
" .-ailiMSf. through the Gut, and faring on
ward past the Pillars of ,. Hercules, to
.iimfcnown destinations -in ."the tideless,
sea." Those who know the great sea
thoroughfares will telJ you that at
times they seem crowded beyond be-!
Jief, and at other times there is an al-
most unbelievable absence of sb'ps
. -tvh ere ships are usually most in evi
dence. But on this occasion the for
mer condition of affairs prevailed, and
,,-alI the surface of the waters was span-
rgled with Hghts;moving, seme swiftly,
.gome at a nail's pace. With all her,
glaring electric lights shining through
open ports a 7000-ton liner'rushes past
and a faint strain of music is 'borne
across the sea "as -he passes- wall id-
v etl, swift, and businesslike. A. red
blur crawls, as .were, reluctantly into
-s!ght, and the slgnalman on the bridge
stares i;t it intautly thrtugh bis night
.glasses;. . . . ., ' ' .
"One o' them' there Norwegian tim
. ba: :s1Fm,4hiukhJg, sir,' he says
at last,
A great mun: oowea 4iou-ton
.::ies' hard on her fieels one
- -rt they build by the mile and
hy tlie fathom on Thames,
A Clyde a smother of white
iises from uader her clumsy
tramt
of the
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THE SEA.
bows, and on her iron decks grow der
ricks of portentious size and ugliness,
an up-to-date vessel. But an electric
eye winks maddeningly for above the
navigation lights of a vessel approach
ing from afar. 1 " 'And me -up that
there ' lantern. Bill," says the signal
man to the quartermaster of the watch.
It's that there new battleship, sir,
what's bdund up the Straits to Malta."
On battleship and gunboat the lanterns
blink in bewildering flashes, long and
short. "Wish you a pleasant passage,
sir; that's tho end of tho message'
says the signalman at last. 4 Fifteen
thousand tons and 300,000 horse power
surges past at a short quarter of a
mile, going well within herself at six
teen knots. Meanwhile a felucca, show
ing no. lights, gets under, the gunboat's
bows and is nearly run down, and
Jose, Juan and Jaime hear some pretty
straight talk from the bridge of the
latter vessel as she jams her helm
hard-a-port and slides 4 under their
stern. They shrug their indolent and
ineffectual shoulders, .and mutter "que
importa" as they light fresh cigarettes.
On the forecastle, where the men are
smoking their pipes, the comments are'
lurid and picturesque.1 "And if we'd
a' run her down, we'd 'ad to lower a
boat and pick the blighters up, and I
don't 'old with lowering no boats at
sea after what I seen one time in the
North Atlantic," said the chief boat
swain's mate. -
"What was that, Alf ?" asked a chief
stoker.
"Time o. the. sailing frigates, my son,
what you never seen; we was four
days out of Halifax, bpund for Lisbon,
and what you might call ugly weather,
not blowing a gale, you understand,
but a tidy lump of sea on, and the glass
dropping and it breezin' up. They
clears lower deck and reefs tops'ls, an
the capt'n of the maintop o' that there
frigate 'e was just the smartest man
wot ever put a foot to a rattlin' run
out along the yard; he did always. No
foot ropes for 'im. ' I was a young A. B.
in them days and in his watch. Well,
that day o was on the yard and out, aj;
the--yr da rm afore any one of us was
bare clear of the futtock riggin', aa
he slugs out, Up, you blighters, ' an' ;
light out to, wind'ard! Am T to reef'
Oils 'ere tops'l all my lone self?' and
he lays back.wihthe earring in both
'ands,- lifting for all 'e was worth.
That there earring carries away just as
she rolls to wind'ard and he falls clean
on" the yard plump into the sea, where
I seen 'im swimmin a moment after."
The narrator paused and knocked out
his pipe. "Well, fee went t Fiddler's
Green, poor chap, but that ivasn't the
tale of it by no means. Wo 'eaves the
ship to, near takin' the sticks out of
her in doln' of it, and starts in to lower
the lee quarter boat, 'im .swimmin'
grand and rlsin' on the crest o' them
big . rollers.'.' .. The , chief boatswain's
mate became somewhat husky in. bis
speech and spat ferociously into the
"8pltkid.-:-;VvfAll....x,ead.y. sir,' sings . out
the coxswain o the lifeboat," and-they
starts to 'lower. Well, what the right
of it was no one never quite knew; but,
anyways, some one lets go the line of
the patent slipping gear, and the for
ward pin weren't out. Consekens,
down-goes the ster-.and up comes the
bows," and - afore yon could'say Jack
Robinson there's the whole boat's crew
thirteen men and the midshipman,
overboard, too. All this time the sea's
gettin' worse and worse. Well, we
starts in and lowers the other boat, and
she gets away clear, and then my
God! she capsizes. All whatever got
aboard out o' that mess was two men
what caught ther bowlines we hove to
'ein, so there were seven and twenty
went to Davy Jones' locker that day.
And. that's why I've never seemed to
fancy seein' boats lowered at sea."
"Not much' wonder, neither," assent
ed ttrt? chief stoker.
The coast of Portugal greeted them
fair and bright, the land lay steeped in
sunshine, the sea cobalt blue, and no
tiresome head wind came to mar the
complete cpinfort of this part of the
passage. . "Looks, like .making a flat
cal m of it al 1 the5 way home," remarked
the captain "to the navigator as they
paced the bridge- together. A mile on
the starboard hand lay Finisterre, land
and sea asleep in the evening sunshine.
. ".looks like it, certainy sir, an
swered the latter. "butCfiere's one
thing you can never count 011, and
that's the Bay. I came home one time
when the glass started to fall when we
cleared the Straits, and by the time
we got as far as this it seemed as if
someone had knocked the bottom out
of it. so low did it fall; and yet we
didn't have a breath of. wind all the
way to Plymouth." '
"Rum turn out that," remarked his
superior officer, "but I must say I pre
fer the omens as they are this even
ing."
"She's on her course northeast half
north, sir," reported the navigator to
the captain an hourater4 just as. the
latter officer was finishing his dinner,
"and I'm sorry to teli you that the
glass has gone down a, tenth and it's
looking, a bit wicked ahead."
"Ah, I thought I felt, her getting a
bit of a jump on," replied the captain..
"Let's hope we're not going to reverse
your experience which you spoke of
this afternoon."
"Hope not, sir." But the hope was
in vain. As tho night closed in. hard.
reasy looking clouds spread them
selves in menacing masses across the
northeastern horizon, and the glass
fell another tenth: by midnight it was
blowing hard and a considerable sea
was. running. At that hour the cap
tain came on the bridge and took a
heavy dose of spxay slap in the face
as he raised his head above the bridge
weather cloths. "We're in for it, I'm
afraid," he remarked to the officer -of
the watch, and the latter nodded grim
ly. "I've had to ease her, sir. and I'm
thinking it's about time. I eased her a
bit , more." A gray-green .sea climbed
past the starboard cathead as he spoke,
and roared over the topgallant fore
castle, falling in tons on the deck be
low.
'Yes. ease her; high time." was the
answer. It did not come all at once,
but hour by hour the wind grew in vio
lence, the sea -mounted even higher.
The captain did not leave the bridge.
At 4 in the morning she was going dead
slow, but the water was slopping
aboard of her in ton..
'This wpn't do. I'll heave, her to as
soon as the light comes, and I won't
trust the trysails in this breeze. Let
the watch rouse out the'sformsails and
bend them." It was not a nice job or
a particularly safe one. that bending
of storm sails, for the hands on deck
worked as often as not waist deep in
water,, "and. the inen aloft were nearly
blown out of the bowlines in which
they sat;, but it got Itself done at last,
and, with the engines stopped, a storm
staysail and two storm trysails, and
the helm lashed hard aleet the gunboat
rode the gale. It was at its height
nowT and the outlook was. not cheering
for, those on board. )
"It's a very queer thing," remarked
the captain, "that there are people
knocking about, presumably in posses
sion of their senses, who will tell you
that a gale of wind at sea is a beautif ul
spectacle.'
'I wish to the Lord," said the riavl
gator sourly, "that we hatt some of 'em
aboard here now; I wonder what
they'd think of it?"
The real big Atlantic sea was run
ning now, the sea which becomes un
checked and unhindered over, thou
sands of miles of water. As tho ship
fell into the-trough of the sea the wind
fell light and puffy, and this, perhaps,
was the most disagreeable of all th
sensations experienced by those on
board. Then, on a long slant, for she
had chosen, as all ships do, to heave
herself to in her own way, and not in
the . way those., pn board, would have
likedand nearjy broadsfde to the'Svirid
she tossed" her bows heavenward and
slid up the incline to the boiling fury
that crested the seas. Here the wind
smotes her, and the water dashed
aboard in. a chaotic mist, and it was
only by the thud on her decks that they
could-tell when it canje in "green."
Then once again would she slide "down
ward, with freeing ports and scuppers
Spouting like a wounded whale.
"Thank the Lord for plenty of sea
room," said the navigator.
"Oh, yes, we're all right," answered
the captain; "she's as tight as a bot
tle, only it's just like this if one of
those chaps," pointing upward at the
foam-crested monster whose side they
had just begun to descend, "really
makes business of , it and comes' aboard
solid he'd simply drive us to the bot
tom like a stone" .-. ..-. . . .
"Pretty thing, a gale of wind, 4ain't
it?" said the navigator? "living on cold
'Fanny Adams' and biscuits, let alone-
the chance of being drowned;'
But all things come to an end atlastj
and after" two days" of unmitigated dis-
comfo'rt, the gale wore itself out. . As
the sea went dowiv and the gunboat
settled into her stride once more, pea
Lple got into dry clothes and contrived
to get a meal. .
"Eut I stick to what I say," com
mented the navigator to the mess at
large. "I'd like to see any silly fool
who says a gale of wind at sea is a
magnificent sight put aboard a hooker
like this, and sent to look for a snorter
like the 6ne we've just gone through;
then, it he did not die of fright and sea
sickness, . I should like to ask'-for his
impressions. I don't:think you'd find
he'd want to see another,"
To which the mess responded, "Hear,
hear:" Pall Malf Gazette. . ' " '
Tlie Sign Hyilj, Spreading:.
The fuss about the framed signed in
the New York City Subway has start
ed an outbreak of the billboard fever
in an entirely new direction. Men were
going around the downtown skyscrap
ers last week putting up small framed
signs in the elevators. They were
hung up and devn the steel sides and
the back of the car, advertising mani
curists, stenographers, breath sweet
eners, patent medicines, sign painters,
stationers and various other persons
with whom men who ride much in ele
vators are assumed to have business:
In many cases they were fiimsily fas
tened together and toppled down at
the least provocation. A man who
jostled against' a sign m a crowded
car jvas likely to bring the entire outfit
on tne neaas 01 nnnseii anu jus un
offending fellow passengers. New-
York Press.
The Slasen ViUin- Ship,
According to Prof. Montellus. the
Viking ship unearthed at Slagcn, 111
Norway, is a pleasure yacht of the pe
riod, having several marked charac
teristics which distinguish it from tho
Gokstad shit. The shutters closing
the oarholes and the shields along the
uinyales are absent, proving that the
ship was not Intended for warfare or
long cruises. It is very low amidships;.
Several costly carved objects were also
found.vsuch as sledges, in which even
the coachman's footboard is decorated
with a handsome carved design and
numerous small figures of men and ani
mals. One object was part of a walk
ing stick, the handle of which was
carved as a dog s head in hue, almost
modern style. Gangways to ships were
also found, and oars handsomeljr orna
mented, and so well, preserved as to
warrant the uso of them to-day. Xho
ihenaeum.
To Keep Soldier Alive.
An emergency ration, packed In a
small tv,-o-compartment cylinder of tin.
is carried in the .hayersack of every
British soldier. As its name suggests,
the ration. Is not to be used except in
cases of the direst necessity. .One
compartment holds four ounces of co
coa paste and the other a similar quan
tity of concentrated beef.v If consumed
in small quantities, it will maintain
BtrAnffh fni minr hnnr S
The Slaby-Arco-Braun system s of
wireless telegraphy is in use across
Lake Baikal.
Consul-General Gtienther at Frank
fort reports thr.t the chemist, Verneuil.
has succeeded in making artificial
rubies, pure and brilliant in color, and
apparently possessing all th physical
properties of natural rubies., by melt
ing a mixture of clay and oxid of
chromium at a temperatu. of 70UO .
degrees, obtained by means of a blaze
when suddenly cooled becomes very
hard, and can then be cut and polished
like the natural stone. A ruby weigh
ing five pounds has thus been pro- '
duced, but so inexpensive is the process
that the value of this huge artificial
gem is sold at only ?G00. Natural
rubies of line color are among the most
costly of precious stones.
In the great corn and wheat belt of
the Middle West improved windmills
. J ,1 . v - t -v Alfll'ltll rMVA1f
fni 'vnnM'nl nor rm lniv f:1ms. At hrrft
v. yv-iav-m v ry- -- . ,
the electricity so obtained was ' em
ployed only for lighting houses and,
barns, but more recently it has beed
utilized for running small motors,, ,FoC- -
many years wmamnis .or raising waier.
tn ivrisrsite lh land have been almost
as common in: some parts of. Uie.pnairie
States as in Holland,., but-; ofeit.ttiey
were auite crude in construction. The,
Department of Agriculture has now
taken up the subject, and begunthe
distribution of information among the
farmers concerning the latest forms of
windmills, and it is such improved
mills that are found useful for devel-V-oping
electric power. In Germany elec-'
tricity derived from the wind for agri-
cultural purposes , has been used 'sue-?.
cessfully for the past two years. . r...
Although the problem of color pho-
tography is still far from solved, prog-..:
new Gerriian discovery that of Dr.
color negatives, and depends -upon the
use of paper coated witn coJiouion solu
tions of colorless compouuds of green
ish biue, cherry red and' yellow dyes '"
. ... . r
posure to light. The set , of three
necfltives is first made under t tie usual
first coated with the solution of the
ish blue, and, after drying, it is ex-
posed about thirty seconds under the
negative taken through the red filter.
When the required depth of color is
reached, it is fixed in a solution which
removes the unaltered dye compound.
The paper is then recoated, this time - .
mi .1 it. i y 1 L . 4.
(Villi llU IJUllUlllUil 1UI kUC ICU (J1IU1, '
and exposed in exact register under '
the green negative. After this is fixed
the third coating is made, and the yel-
low image is developed under the blue
negative. -
Artificial cotton is noy made from
various woods, as from pine in Ba-.-varia
and from fir in France. In the
French process, tho wood, freed from
bark and knots, and pulverized by a
special machine, is steamed ten hours '
in a horizontal brass lead-lined cylinder ;
of 3500 cubic feet capacity, after -which
2000 cubic feet of a bisulphate of soda ;.
Avasii is uuueu anu tue wnpie is neaieu
thirty-six hours under a pressui'e of
xuree aimospueres. j.ne 11 ore, inus
made very white, is then washed and
ground by a series of strong metallic
meshes, after which it is given electro
chemical bleaching by thlorideof lime.
Tho mass is dried between two power
ful rollers. The resulting pure cellu-
with a mixture of chloride of zinc and
hydrochloric and nitric, acids, to which
is added little castor oil, casein and
gelatine to give resistance to tho hlmy
The very consistent paste produce'
drawn into threads through a k
draw plate. The threads arr
over gummed cloth, then
weak carbonate of jsoda
between two slowly t'
and finally given so.
'acr.l bath.
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