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{TALES OF NARROW ESCAPES. {Catriona Case of a St. Pierre Prisoneri ’ During the Mont Polo. Eruption. Tho Britiah Bots-oat From CObuFâ€"A Trugody of en. Torriblo Manual... | I Therearemanycnrlomcueaonrec-g ~ord wharedeathtnoneotiumany dreadtonnsotdisutergrlpo an endxe mmmclammyembraceandthen. 'Breat Disasters In Which a Soli- tary Life Was Spared. THE (M SUBVWGBE rest. lets one solitary member or the band slip away to be the sole survivor of the tragic calamity. One hundred and fifty-eight dead, one saved. That was in brief the tale of the wreck of the mail steamer General Ghana, which struck in the terrible atom of Feb. 10, 1910. on the rocks of northwest Minorea. Marcel Bader, the solitary survivor from the wreck of the Chanzy, owed his preservation entirely to the fact that he was a strong and fearless boat put out and found the captain‘ still alive. 2 The Manacles have seen many sights of horror, but none to excel that J anu- = ary night many years ago when two British troopshipsâ€"the Dispatch and idle Primrosch-both went ashore on those terrible rocks within a few hours , at one another. Seven soldiers strug- gled ashore from the Dispatch through 'the crashing breakers and mused the village of St. Neverne. When the fish Host of her crew were swept away and drowned, but threeâ€"the skipper, a sailor and the ship’s boyâ€"clambered on to the keel, where they drifted without food or drink. On the third day the sailor was washed off. but the skipper saved him. Then the boy went mad and died. 0n the fifth day the sailor A few years ago the timber vessel Anna Rebekka, one day out of Meme]. was an, am: in a squall and capsized. was washed off again. and this time the captain had no strength to help him. On the seventh day the capsized vmel drifted in sight of land. A life- , Perhaps the most terrible disaster in modern British history was the retreat. from Cabul in the Winter of 1842. ‘ army of 3. 480 soldiers, with over 12,000 :2amp followers, started southward from fie Afghan capital under promise a: .safe conduct. On the following Jan. i‘13 a solitary figure, filthy, unshaven, unkempt. his mind almost destroyed with the horrors through which he had passed. rode out of the mouth of the Khyber pass. He was Dr. Brydone, the only survivor from all that mighty host. The bodies or the rest, slain by the treacherous Ghilzals. lay scattered for miles along the snowclad floor of the defile. ermen gained the beach the Dispatch had “vanished. But there was the sec- ond ship-the Primroseâ€"on the rocks. They pushed out. but the doomed ves- 8e! was shattered to fragments before they could reach her, and all that the boat brought back was a fifteen-year- old ship’s boy. whom they picked up swimming desperately in the trough of. the icy waves. November 18, 1915. It was stupidity, not treachery, which caused the disaster to a battalion of a Japanese regiment in January, 190]. On the 23d of that month a detach- livers, started southward from tertelt quarter m ”1,8 couecuon plate ; The Building of Blenheim. an capital under promise of he 3f“? mad as it," were a personal Blenheim palace was built out of the luct. On the following Jan. 1038' - rooklyn Citizen. l first grant ever voted by parliament in tary figure, filthy, unshaven. : . - . i. : return for public services. But the his mind almost destroyed. , The unexPeded' 7 treasury proved so slow in doling out horrors through which he had “Sm I admit being a poor man, but i the money for the building that the an ode out of the mouth of the I am determined to marry your daugh- ' chitect, Sir John Vanbrugh, tried to )333. He was Dr. Brydone, ter in spite of her wealth." “ extract an advance from the Duke of survivor from all that mighty 01" well, it thats the case I,“ just Marlborough to pay the workmen when V” o- ,e bodies of the rest slain by remove the obstacle. â€"-Jud.._,e. ‘ their wages fell into arrear. Marlbor- herous (111112318 133’ scattered f, __ -. ongh refused to be bled. According to along the SDOWClad 3001' Of Fashion Changes. Isaac Disraeli, the duke, “aw are that it ’ Mrs anedâ€"When we 8015 married. he gave any order or suggested any stupidity. not treachery. which didn’t you promise me a new hat every alteration he might be involved in the le disaster to a battalion of a season? Nuwed-But you never told expense of the building, was never to regiment in January 190L me that there were about a dozen hat be circumventedâ€"never to be surprised 23d of that month a detach- . seasons in a year. -â€"Life. into a spontaneous emotion of pleasure W or disapprobation Although friendly ' ‘ with Vanbrugh. he never spoke to him n; .;..;..;..;..;..;;....;..;..;.«;..;..§..§..;..§..§..§..;..§..3..;..;..;..;..;..:..1»:«’.'v-$«io~io‘-}»I~~I"I° ‘-}++'II-Ieée-~e2" or to any one acting under his orders 2:: 5 about Blenheim.”-London Globe. low freezing point. They lost their way and wandered on. burning their rifle‘stocks for fuel. By the 25!!) only seventy-one were left alive. Onthearternoon otthez‘lth acorporalalonewaspickedupbya genetparty.auvebutbadlyrrozen. At the end at April, 1902. Mount Pelee, the hunt headed volcano behind StPiembeantoshowsignsotae- flvflw. Theeemcreesednnfllonnay there was a terrific rear, and a huge column of whitehot sand. burning cin- dels and poisonous gases came rolling down the mountain side. Whatever that cloud consisted at. it Wed 81:. Pierre completely. The verystoneswerecracked with theaw- tulheetandwlthlnafewseconds40,- 000 human beings perished. Yet days afterward. when the ruins were cool enoughtoexplomamanwastound alive. He was a negro prisoner who had been confined in an underground cell and who, though scorched. scarred and almost suffocated. still survived- the only living thing in fifty square miles-London Answers. mént a! éio‘men and oficers. umder, INVISIBLE $538368. mandotamajonleftthetownot‘ ' __.... Awombrl for a‘ long mute march. It”, Canditions Under Which J'hey c Soothed Her. Among the many stories about the bishop of London is one told of him and a dying girl who trembled at the thought of death. “Would you be afraid it I were to carry you into the next room?" he asked. And the girl shook her head. “Then why should you be afraid of being carried away by one who is ten thousand times Kinder and more loving?”â€"London Express. “What? I thought you were going t0 mime him John!” "Uh. that was when 1 still thought I had swim-thing to say In the matter.”â€" Idleness begets vices as standing wa- ter produces serpents. Vices are whet- ntones which sharpen Time’s scythe. Asking Too Much. "Itattheendotthefirstyearot your married life." said the bride’s father, “you can convince me that you have been a good husband and have made my daughter happy, I will give you $5. “Another of these people,” said the groom when he was alone again, “who think a man will do anything for money.” â€" Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele- 00-.-- 'v, . Positive Proof. “1 can say this much for Deacon Blowster. He takes his religion seri- ously.” . ' “Yes. When anybody puts a coun- terfeit quarter in the collection plate he gets as mad as if it were a personal loss."â€"Brooklyn Citizen. 0. The Unexpected; ‘ “Sir, I admit being a poor man, but I am determined to marry your daugh- ter in spite of her wealth." Fashion Changes. ' Mrs. Nuwedâ€"When we got married didn’t you promise me a new hat every | season? N owedâ€"But you never told me that there were about a dozen hat seasons in a year. â€"Life. The Change of Mind. “What’s the baby’s name. Bill?” “Algernon." P.. P I” .‘ ..‘0.. Conditions Under Which ’They Cannot Be Seen on Clear Nights: In a recent mtmmmtcation to‘ the New York Tribune Abbott B. Tbttyet‘. the artist. asserts that many vessels hztvc been lost 1);. vu.i:.~ll:us with 108- bergs because under vermin t-onditiuns of sky and light they are invisible He cites the fact that on the occasion of the Titanic disaster, although the black ship was clearly visible to survivors at a distance of several miles. they could not see the white bergs against which they actually heard the wash of the Mr. Thayer claims that on a clear, starry night the hergs are so nearly the same color as the sky that they are totally invisible and that the same is the case under many conditions or cloudiness, the only exception being when the side or the berg viewed is in such shadow that it shows black against the sky. in other words, it is impossible to see white against white. because this is the very condition un- der which the berg is invisible. Mr. Tbayer makes the suggeston that a very simple way to avoid the danger of colliding with an invisible berg would be to use a searchlight. The re- flection would show up the berg very plainly. In answer to the criticism of those who say they never saw a berg at night that was the color of the sky the answer is that this is very natural, Names That Speak of Achievement and of Desperate Need. Geography is a fascinating study. The history of the human race is writ- ten in large characters on the earth’s surface for the seeing eye. Most people know that Pike’s peak commemorates the eXplorations of a daring young oflicer early in the last century. But how many know that in the name of the Bill Williams river lingers the only memorial to a famous trapper and Indian fighter of Kit Car- son’s time. to whom the Rocky moun- tain country was an open book before even Fremont “blazed the trail” to the Pacific. It is around Hudson straits that names cry most loudly of achievement and of desperate need. Fancy what the Bay of God’s Mercy meant to the man who first gave it that name! Or the heart breaking effort indicated by Terror point. Contrast Repulse bay and Mistake bay with the peace implied in Home bay and Cape Comfort It is difficult to estimate the exact depth and breadth of the irony that found vent in Navy Board Inlet. while Mary Jones hay fairly breathes a long- ing for the commonplace comforts and safety of home. Resolution island and Hope’s Advance bay speak sturdlly of the nndiminished courage of whal- em or eXplorers in those barren waters. â€"Outing. ROMANCE IN GEOGRAPHY. m DURHAM CHRONICLE. w’” ” anw Earthquakes. The loss of life occasioned by earth- quake generally depends upon the den‘ sity of population rather than the se- verity of the shocks. WWWRMW EWWWWWWW¥§ :5; Large Sales Small Profits g A fine stock of Men’s All W001 Undershirts and Drawers, which, notwithstanding the advance 1n pnce of wool we are selling at $1.00 per garment. 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