The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-05-25
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Strange Cause for Suicide.

IA Chief Engineer in the British navy
has cut his throat under sheer desperation
.atothe ineurab1e nature Of some of the de-
fects in his ships machinery. Her Maies--
ty's ship 'TourTnaline,! twelve guns, left
'sheerness for the African coast some time
about the end Of last year, and from the
day of the sailing series Of contfeteollpo,sS
began. It all referred to the machinery.
Even ON the trial trip the bearings got hot,
but she was soon afterward sent to sea.
She successfully rounded the North Fore
land, am but off Dealshe had to stop, the bear
lngs having again got.hot: Next, the, re-
ceivlng tanks burst, and after there was-a
constant series of mishaps. The laxity of
the boilers, the outrageous irregularities of
the engines, the swapping of ...'srunks'' on
the after cylinder, the wearing away of the
eccentric rod liners, the ssdifieulties',- with
che piston, the obstinaey of the spropellers,
which took four hours to get up, and could
not be got down unless the engines moved
backward and forward about a dozen
tIrrsos, ttIgyw wearing or this and the cracking
and banging of that-all these proved too
much for the engineer in charge, of them
ALL On Januaryss7 the poor fellow cut his
throat; the noisy eecentricst had disturbed
his rest, and e,often thougI,ts that some-
thing was going wrong. 10 w here every
wheel, rod, piston, and ocylinder seems to
have done what was right in it's own eyes,
itmay seem inyidious to name the special
irritant that droYe thepoor engineer tenn
'poFarily out,of his wits, but his nervous
system, having become unhlnget, anything
sutficed, and the man whowo,tld have slept
soundly amid thesdin of 20 steam2engines,
had they worked smoothly, could not close
his eyes n hen one went amiss and threat
ened the safety ofshis ship. And so an exi:s
cellent and evidently conscientious 3officers
lost his life, because he was sent to sea ina
vessel which the admiralty should have
known was unseaworthy o. zla5ss 81
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w nY "A PREACHER LEFT HIS PULPIT.--a
An extraordinary scene occurred a few Sum-
days back in achueh near Gratmore. in the
County of Stirling, Scotland The minis
ter, Que eftthose orthodox Galginists, whose
habit at frequent Intervals tolwarlg his con-.
gregations against the niaehinations of Sa-.
tan, was delivering adiscourse1into which
more than4the usual allowances of birthstone
was integjected, when suddenly large vim:
dow blind and roller behind the pulpit lost
its hold, falling right over the preacler,an
completely -coneealing him for. a time from
his flock. sfA number aaf window panes;
were broken,s and the uaIclatter7of the
falling glass added mystery to an affair
which the preacher, :erishrondede deas he was,
did not understand. aIgnorantaos the cause.
of the sudden darkness and horrible noise,
the Clergyman thought ole might. have ex-
sceeded the bounds of discretion in his,ede-
spuIeiations of the devil, who had there
upon arrived hastily in person, bent on re-
<taiatioh. A frightful shrek Of despair,aRd
ftLe exclamation, n. Fmaa gonerv echoed
through the sacred edifice, nandb with oone.
bound the maddened Clergyman cleared the,
pulpit, nor stopped until he reached the
extreme outer dooflofothe church, aoos !,
roty Et-, 44--11e @-d%iw !,
9ai ADMIRAIa iIoBART PAGHG. .--AdmiralH Ho-
bart Pacha5s of5thel Turkish nasy2fwhosef
exploit in running by the Russian batteries
at, Gaiaiz: is told sing the cable dispatch
es, iszweil known in w Washington. "a He was
ono f t1ss rsY<,s and y,,S,y& ax.0o0
ing of the blockade runners of our civil war;
in which, service he was hemployed by the
formerly yslwealthy bnt) recently bankrupt
London finn 1oflEAlexander Collie 81 Go.
Admiral Hobart wasa captain In the Brit
ish navy, sind took advantagesofa q leaye,ofs
absences granted hin1by the Eng govern
tment togo into the blockade running basi-
ness for sColIieaE Co. IN hen this matter
came tosthe sknowledge of the Lords of the
Admiralty he was suspendadl from his rank.
in. the Blitishsnasy. Thereupon heentered
the Turkish service, arld,a besides being i'm
vested with the rank of admiral, was made
pacha by anlinperial firrnan.oa He next
became conspicuous in checking the rebel7
lion in iCrete, wfere his knowledge of the
blockade trimming business WAS Of great SER
vice IN preventing the 5Graeks from fur
.nishing supplies of arms ana ammunition to
the insurgentss aHy subsequent decree in
council Of the Lords of the Admiralty Iap.
has been rastored to.his rank and. nnmbeg
in the British navy. saa q ss sa4ssi &