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.22 . r.§¢ v rushed on to the root- with frightful force. Only four of her crew of nev. ‘cnty-tivo men got whore. What the wavu (Inn't gct of the remainder were ponndm‘ ‘to death on the con! roots. MDDEST OF ALL STORES. THE AWFUL DISASTER IN THE BAR- BOR OF APIA. ‘l'ho loco-c Went In“: lurflnne mus But the sky was blue, the birds sang and the rebels were quiet on March 11, 1889, when the American ship. arrived, and no one abroad thought there was "lithing more dangerous in prospect than a possible disagreement with the Germans, who were putting on airs and threatening to blow the rebels off the face of the earth for daring to fire on a boat's crew wearing the uniform of the kaiser. This was Monday. On Thursday the scene changed in such an awful manner that the supersti- tious natives attributed it to the direct Interference of Providence. There had been trouble in Samoa, the native chief Mataafa having re- belled and fired on the crew of a Ger- man man-of-war as they were rowing ashore. The United States govern- ment ordered the Vandalia, Napsia and the flagship Trenton, under the com- mand of Rear Admiral Kimberly, to proceed to Apia to look after American interests there. When the United States fleet reached Apia they found there one British and three German warships with a mixed lot of mer- chantmen. The harbor of 'Apia is en- tered through a narrow rift in a chain of coral reefs, there being just enough room for a ship of large size to get through. The chain of reefs is only three miles in circumference, and when the great fleet of warships and mer- chantmen lay at anchor in close proxâ€" imity to each other and to the treach- erous reefs the situation was not a desirable one from a Samoan's point of View. The instruments aboard the ships in Apia harbor gave the usual warning of an approaching storm, and the custom- ary precautions were taken. Sails were furled, superfluous spars hauled down, an extra hitch taken in the ropes. the fastenings of the guns looked to, additional anchors dropped. and every care taken to be ready for the hurricane which all knew and dreaded in that quarter. Every vessel remain- ed in the harbor, a mistake that some of the naval men had reason to bitter- ly regret later. THE STORM COMES. Thus the storm king found the ves- sels in Apia harbor when he burst up- on them in a whirl of wrath in the afternoon of Thursday, March 14. The fight began with every man at quar- ters, and the knowledge. from the fury of the elements, that only the best sea- manship and strictest and smartest obedience to orders would save the day. Four anchors held the Trenton fast for awhile, but in the course of the long fight the fierce seas and incessant rush of the wind broke the cable of one after another, until at last the Tren- ton drifted, the interior of the ship a demoralized mass of wreckage, the en- cine room flooded, and little between the crew and death but the hand of Providence“ yarns of deadly hurricanes experienc- ed in the uncertain trepics. They in- clude stories of a sudden rush of fierce winds, a rising mountains high of war- ters that five minutes before were smooth, and then catastrophe. death has started every ancient mariner of story-tolling proclivities to spinning and the eecape of the narrator by a hundred to one chances. But. of all the stories told of hurricane and death. none compares in interest with the nar- rative of the great Samoan disaster. More than once in that terrible night when the rudder became fouled and the anchors parted, the officers and men of the Trenton gathered on the heaving deck, and solemnly shook hands preparatory to the final plunge, but narrow as some of the escapes were the Trenton managed to keep off the deadly reefs. With the reefs only a feet from the bow of the seemingly doomed Trenton it was seen by Admir- al Kimberly that unless some sail could be set the end was only a matter of seconds. To set a sail was an absolute impossibility. The men were ordered to the shaking yards to form a human sail. It looked like death to mount the rigging in that fearful gale, but the Jackies hesitated only a moment. The next they clambered up the rig- ging, the wind caught the compact hu- man mass, the ship swung around, and again the Trenton was saved. THE MORNING 'S HORROR. What a sight met the appalled gaze of the Trenton's men when day broke on March 15. On the reefs were the remains of the German warship Eber, the angry waves dashing and pound. ing over the poor wreck, while the wind howled a triumphant accompani- ment. The Eber had been the first to (all a victim to the fury of the storm. Her misfortunes began when she collilend gilt: tilt. AtmIWthe dvessel Nipsio. ‘ _9 a or _ emon of the gala ulnfthe yberzand she was ambandmmfl r-War The fight continued among the sur- vivors all that day. Towards night- fall the Trenton, in the course of her erratic and rudderless tossing, ran on a coral reef close to where the ill-fated Vandalia lay. In the rigging of the latter the survivors still clung. Life lines were shot from the Trenton, and the Vandalia’s survivors were got on board. It was done none too soon. for the storm had attacked the refuge of the Vandalia’s men so furiously that shortly after the work of rescue the masts to which the Vandalia's men had been clinging were swept away. Not until midnight did the raging storm show signs of abating. At day- light of March 16 the sun shone on as calm a sea as Samoa had ever known. Only the wrecks on the reef and sand. and the bodies that were being washed up by the waves reminded the surviv- ors of the terrible time they had ex- perienced. thing for the great seas, which lifted her up as though she had been amere chip and flung her on her side on the coral reefs. A score of men were thrown into the water and lost. The rest of the crew of 130 men managed to cling to the stranded ship until the storm abated. The Vandalia of the American fleet collided with the Bri- tish ship Calliope early in the strug- gle and had to be beached. Through the awful night the officers and crew clung to the rigging, but when the men of the Trenton rescued them the next day thirty-nine brave jackies and four officers had been lost. Among the officers was Capt. Schoonmaker, who was knocked overboard by a gun that had broken loose from its fasten- ings. He was never seen again. “ I A1 _______ A ‘1’. bor, for she tossed around, smashing into almost every ship there. Her captain go ther out of the clutches of the storm at last by beaching her and saving her crew. THE CALLIOPE'S ESCAPE. The most remarkable escape of all the thrilling experiences of that.ter- rible night ,was that of the British man-of-war Calliope. When the Trenton's officers looked over the de- vastated harbor on the Friday morn- ing. the storm was at its height, and there seemed no more hope than be- fore of escaping death, except for the advantage that the daylight afforded. When the Calliope came tearing through the seething waters her comâ€" mander shouted to Admiral Kimberly that his anchors had gone and as a forlorn hope he was going to try to find his way out to the ocean. It was a desperate resolve, and the men of the Trenton, hardly knowing them- selves whether or not they would live out the storm, gave a rousing cheer for the Britishers as the Calliope went on her way. \Vonderful to relate, the British commander found the path to the open sea and then rode out the storm without the loss of a man or any serious injury to his ship, thereby mak- ing a red-letter record for her ma- jOStY'S PQVY' A Young omeers Narrow Escape From a llorrlble Death. Dinner was just finished and sev- eral English officers were sitting around the table. The conversation had not been animated, and there came a lull, as the night was too hot for small talk. The major of the regiment, a clean-cut man of fifty-five, turned to- ward his next neighbor at the table, EXCITING ADVENTURE IN INDIA a young subaltern, who was leaning back in his chair with his hands clasp-_ ed behind his head, staring through the cigar-smoke at the ceiling. The ma- jor was slowly looking the man over, from his handsome face down, when, with a sudden alertness and in aquiet steady voice, he said :â€"-“Don't move, please, Mr. Carruthers, Iwant to try an experiment with you. Don’t move a muscle." “ All right, major,‘ replied the subaltern, without even turning his eyes; “ hadn’t the least idea of moving, assure you 1 What’s the game?” By this time all the others were lis- tening in a lazily expectant way. “Do you think,” continued the majorâ€"and his voice trembled just a littleâ€"“that you can keep absolutely still for, say, two minutesâ€"to save your life 9" “Are you joking 3” “ On the contrary, move a muscle and you are a dead man. Can you stand the strain i” The subaltern barely whispered “Yes,” and his face paled slightly. “Burke,” said the ma- jor, addressing an officer across the table, “ pour some of that milk into a saucer, and setit on the floor here just at the back of me. Gently, man! Quiet!” Not a word was spoken, as the officer quietly filled the saucer, walked with _it carefully around the table, and set git down where the major had indicated ;on the floor. Like a marble statue sat ithe young subaltern in his white lin- lwhich had been crawling up the leg got a wonder? fauna I hm a...» “derinc t ver learns Were Your Biz mum lore Iona-s to pm on This Planet-loud». There Are [on Icon to lake I!) Fol-«Good Prices. With the principal wheat crops of the world now practically secured it is possible to arrive at a fairly accurate estimate of the total production in. 1898. From the commencement of seeding the crop scares that are usu- ally plenty in the critical months have been missing, and this fact led many to believe some time ago that the to- tal yield would be above the average. although few anticipated such a re- cord-breaking crop, the world over, as is now calculated by well-known sta- tisticians. HARVEST IN WINTER. he has relegated the crops grown in the current year to the previous year; for example, the Argentine crop which was ready for marketing in January, 1898, he has reckoned in the crop. of the season 1897-98, believing that the disadvantages in sodoing are less than in reckoning the crops as still available which were all consumed prior to the 0Pening of the current season. The same thing has been done with Uru- guay, Chili, Australasia and India, the crops of which were ready in the first three months of the year; thus in ar- riving at a total for the year 1898 he has had to be content with estimates of the growing crops. In each of these cases he has allowed for rather over a full average crop except in the case of Australasia, which is so far advanc- ed as to be calculated more exactly. On this continent alone the increase in the crop is extraordinary, the total this year reaching 54,000,000 bushels, or 12,000,000 bushels more than the pre- vious biggest yield; enough to provide an exportable surplus of over 24,000.â€" 000 bushels. Other totals are equally surprising, and the grand total for the world's crop of 2,607 000,000 bushels, compared with 2,270,700,000 last year, or an increase of 336,300,000 bushels, is sufficient guarantee that the world is in no danger of a famine just at present. The crop of the United States has been calculated at 650,000,000 bushels, a total thatis stated by many author- ities on this side to. be too low, but in every case the figures are conserva- tive. Russia, from which country com- plaints have recently been heard of drought is still calculated as having produced 24,000,000 bushels, or includ- ing Poland and Caucasia, which do not come under the head of Russia pro- per, 296,000,000 bushels compared with 285,000,000 last year. Estima-es 0\ THE FRENCH CROP have differed considerably of late, ranging from 339,000,000 to 381,000- 000 bushels, but here again Mr. Broom- hall strikes an average, his estimate being 352,000,000, compared with 248;- 000,000, the unusually poor crop of last year. Taking European countries alone, we find that the totals exceed those of last year, by 235,500,000 bushels; the principal increases, apart from those already mentioned, being in Italy, 40,- 000,000; in Roumania, 23,080,000; in Hungary, 19,000,000; and in the United Kingdom 9,000,000. The only European countries which fall below last year’s totals are Spain, 10,000,000; Germany; 7,000,000; Portugal 2,000,000, and Swe- den, 800,000. In America. the United fiat-pm can...“ vâ€"wvâ€"v â€"vâ€" The most recent of these estimates is that compiled by Mr. Broomhall, the editor of the Liverpool Corn Trade News, a recognized authority both in this country and in Europe, and his figures display the stimulating ef- fect that the recent high prices of wheat has had on the acreage sown this season in all countries. A careâ€" ful study of his figures shows that in calculating the total crops of each year he has departed from the usual method and has taken for his purpose the crops grown in the second half» of the years named. In the case of those countries which Although the. world is confronted with the largest wheat crop ever pro- duced. it must pot be immediately conclude that the statistical position of wheat .is very bearish. f wuuuwa wuwu Lau below last year’s In America. the United states shows a gain of 60,000,000; Canada. 11,0000()(); and Argentina, 10,000,000. while Mex- ico, Chili and Uruguay also show slight gains. the total amounting to 88,000,000 bushels over last year. In ASla we find the only real falling off, the total being- 319 nnnnnn -....:__l Mn the two principal delinquents. the for- mer producing 10,000,000 and the lat- ter 8.000.000 ‘bushels less than last year. 'Africa shows gains all along the line. Algeria. Tunis. Egypt and the Cape all helping to form the in- crease of 12,000,000 bushels with which she is credited ney are now acknoW- the lowest point re- t is impossi_b_le to ob- pal wheat crops of 'actioally secured it g at a fairly accurate total production in. D against 332 - and India are was wonws caor, . I bur we find that the total supply at wheat available during the cereal year 1897. 98,amounts to 2,719,000,000 bushels. Fol. "9 lowing the same course With the re- cords of previous years we find that in 1895 the total crop of wheat was :very 2,420,100,000 bushels and the reserves ll .. 296,000,000, making a total at 2.716,- less 100,000 bushels, or very close to this year's total, while ln 1894, the banner ' year, although the crop was less than '8 01 this year's amounting to 2,588,900,000. d it yet the reserves amounted to 828,000,- Lrate 000, making atotal available supply of in 2,916,900,000 bu. or alarger supply by n 197,900,000 bushels than we have now. l 0‘ Looking at it in another way we find usu- that the total crops of the four last years are smaller by 343,400,000 nan y buhsels than the crops of the four pre- ceding years, and that the average crop 3 to- of the past four years is 2,415,600,000, rage, compared with 2,501,400,000, the av- a re- erage crop of the preceding four years. annn 1994 the nonulation of the V-" v Since 1894 the population of the world has been increasing at the rate of 6,000,000 people a year. according to Sir William Crookes, and thus, com- paring the present situation w1th that in 1894, we find that with 197,900,- 000 bushels less available, we have a population 24,000,000 larger to feed. It stands to reason, therefore, that there is no reason for prices to go back to the level of 1894, and present in- dications are that farmers the world over are not inclined to part: with their wheat at low prices after their recent experiences. Ever since July last they have demonstrated their intention of holding on to their wheat, and it farm- ers in northern Europe follow the ex- ample of those of Italy, Greece. Spain. and America there is no immediate prospect of large supplies unless the price should rise. the extension of the Deer Park lead. although the fact has not yet been definitely ascertained. On the Iron Horse the double compartment shaft is now down to a depth of 20 feet. and the entire bottom is in ore. As soon as the seven-drill compressor is installed the work of sinking the shaft. will be accelerated. The Victory- Triumph shaft is down88 feet. During six days the shaft. which is 4x7 in the clear. was sunk 13.5 feet. The shaft. on the Novelty has reached a depth of 20 feet. and there is four feet of ore car- rying a high per cent. in copper. but small values in gold. The main shaft of the Giant is down a. distance of 70 feet and the showing of mineral in- A Prediction of the Minor-Progress In the lumen-It Campsâ€"Mining Notes. The Rossland Miner says that the ore body on the Velvet has been locat- ed at the 165-foot levell. and the show- ing at that point is the finest that has yet been uncovered. The Centre Star has resumed operations. and J. B. Hastings. the Superintendent. ex- pects to have close upon 100 men at work shortly. The Miner says that there is no doubt that 300 men will w- vuu‘J loll-U LULJQ The strike in the Commander is re- garded as an important one. At a depth of 225 feet in the shaft. :1 body of ore that is two and a half feet wide has been .encountered. The ore at this point is of a shipping quality. as it averages 832 to the ton in all values. There are 200 tons of market- able ore on the dump. The work of development. is in progress on the Monte Cristo. principally on the 400- foot. and 600-foot levels. -'.A strike is reported on the 400-foot level. the ex- mined. It is announced that’the mine will resume shipping as soon as the spur from the C. W. is extended to Its bunkers. THE NUMBER ROSSLAND PROPER- TIES WILL EMPLOY. TWO THOUSAND MINERS. be employed there. The War Eagle force is to be increased to the same number. while the Le Roi will be working as many. men in the course of the next few weeks. It is evident that these three properties alone will employ between 900 and 1,000 men as soon as the arrangements now pend- ing can be completed. ‘On the basis of the universally accepted maxim that every miner supports at least five neople. Rossland will have a pop- ulation of 5.000 on the strength of the men employed only in these three great mines. Other properties. how- ever, will certainly work at least as many men as the" three already men- tioned. and it will be a matter of on- ly a few months before Rossland will have 2.000 men employed in the mines right aronnd the city. 71“. _ I Isaac, Seniorâ€"4‘ umprellas 00? ‘0 '91:: for three un vâ€"uv -â€" Rolinghrokoâ€"l '- oertiticate do? thing to standing be this loan. Ladyâ€"You say. professor. 00 is an aid to thought and . . but lant to the reastmmg frxcultlesu il Professor Grealhead s-cys to tar/(‘0 $5“, "61‘! way injurious. ilm'v do yo count for that difiexjént'le. 1--.». ma- After a recent railway ( Midlands, a Soulsmuu was from the wreckagv by a Who had escaped unhurl. Never mind. Smdy. his I marked, il's nmhing serious 'll get damages for it. V “ammonia? rnrn‘ed EMMY- I? “Damages? Iornedb eneucht Guid sakvs, i1 seeking the [100! N.â€" A PROPER CERlll 1C HE â€"' Uâ€" V'- Mrs. Foxuhdred 1f19r reflection" Presume the maln‘ugm left it there 80 so we could 511011 11 10 the 9190lem the stage when 111911 chatter inw’ rupts our conversm 1011. The Professorvrlusily en dam, Profvs or Gn-zuhead smoke, and consequently he think straight nor reason « Mrs. De Style in theater was this p! 1cm! Nu Lou Put in our box for? \Vhy are not two bootblacks apair of rubbers? Mrs. Booze â€"Aren't you ashamed? People all over town are saying you can drink enough for three or (on! men. “V... Mr. Booze-That's envy,. my dear pure envy. ‘ THE THOUGHTFUL MANAGER Why isn't a drunken steer been “'hy does the desire to make afool of one‘s self spring eternal in the hu- man breast. Why shouldn't one expect to find ticks on a watch dog? \Vhy don't more people follow the advice they give to others! \Villieâ€"But pa, why didn't you file I. looking-glass? u; qua: Lb. 0le! VIII}! Willie 0TB In very noticeable quantitips. 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