Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-10


r her baby. A husband and wife were cla.E
ed in others embrace so firmly that the
conll not pull them apart. It's bat, pr;,G
: tice among some divers to 60 through til
3 pockets of corpses that they find and tax
f all the val,,ables they find. l have know
divers to make thousands of dollars i
that way. There is sort Of pocket il
the armor in which they carry their tool;
and have seen divers culne out OF Il wrec
in which they bad been working, witt
their pockets filed with gold watches. din
mond rings, and pins and all sorts oftrash
dove once in Mobile Bay, where pu
over three hundred chains under an iron
clad.
The greatest danger we had was from
sharks. They didn't dare tackle us, because
| with 'lT arHior on. we looked more lik'
scarecrows than anything else. They
would come sailins along and gradual!
swim up to us with their great big mouths
wide open. but when within few feet o
us they would stop and lay there flappin:
their fins and looking, it seemed to he
like the very devil himself. Finally we dt
viscd way to scare them off that never
filled to frig!.ten item SO that they would
stay away an hour or longer before they
dared to come back. The armor that We
wear is ail-tiglt, you know. Our jacket
sleeves were fastened to our wrists with al
elastic, so that the air could not escape
By running my finger under the sleeve o.
n,v ;.,nl-at I cnrlJ laf fI,o oir Ouf CpI q II
rushed into the wafer it would make sor'
of Kissing noise and volume of bubbles
would shoot up. SO, whenever these i'll
fernal sharks would come prowling around
me, would hold out my right arm toward
them. and. putting my finger under the
elastic Of my jacilet-sleeve. I'd let lot OF
air oilt and send stream Of blubbers inte
the sharks face, with kissing noise like
steam from a g,ugc-cock. The way those
sharks would go scooting off was funny
to behold
Jack said tie interviewer, g it is said
that submarine diving is very profitable
business what is the largest salary that
you ever madey'
II was working for Otis & Brothers,
getting out bales Of cotton. | was to have
S. Il day. work Or play, and S. for every
bale of cotton | got out. l worked about
six hours one day. and got out 4S5 bales o!
cotton. Ny income that day was S2.430.
tell you, have made enough to buy and
sell mary rich mar in this town pt,,,
bless you! could never keep it.
81 have had several narrow escapes from
| drowning" sai,! Jack. us he re-lighted bis
ancient and mue! tanned pipe. . but about
the closest call was when was working
in the water-works crib ut Cleveland. You
see much depends on a good signal-tent!cr.
[ can tell when some one else besides the
| regular signal-nan steps up and takes hold
Of the line. So can any good diver. for
worked tor the Lake Shore Railroad Com
pany when th,y were building the abut-
ments of their new bridge here across the
Maumcc. He. ny the way. was paid forty
dollars day for "a hundred days. He was
working one di,y shortly after he had be-
gan tic job. and went down to see him.
| The signal-tenler asked me if would take
hold OF the lire. did so. and gave it three
or four little shakes that a good diver al
ways understands. He Immediately an
swered hack, and let me understand that
! he knew was there. Bet WAS going to
tell yon about that narrow escape. had
Il signal-tender who didn't hardly Under
stand the business. The moutl, of the crib
had become stopped up with dirt. and
| was clearing it out. Ihad crawled through
the entrance, which was a sort of door
and was outside of the crib. My lifeline
and hose c!lated against the top of the
door, and, all a: once. VIXEN Went to turn
around, l pulled my helmet Of. There
was, out in the water, where, in a short
time. | knew would drown. pulled
twice on the lifeline for the signal-tendel
to pull me up. but he didn't do it. l felt
that was filling up with water fast, and
pulled again. But still he lid not under
stand. OF course all my arinor had filled
with water. and as there was no air in it,
was held down by tons of weight. Sud-
denly George, who was telling you about
and who had just come down to see me-
stepped up and took hold of the lifeline
shook it. and asked r,e What wanted.
had just strength enough left to give two
hard pulls, which meant, Pull me NJ
quick George, l ailerward heard them
tell. yelled TO the signal man and told him
Help me pull in that lifeline, and lull fol
all you're worth. for Jack is drowning.
They hau,cd me out of there mighty
quick, now, tell you, and it took lots o
strength to do it, because my armOr was
/ full of water. When they got me to the
surface I was clear gone. and it was more
than an hour before cane to enough tl
speak.
The deepest water that was in was l6s
feet. When one is down SO low it is hard
to get air. I've had the air-pump manned
by six men working with all their might
and still I've been Obliged to keep pulling
on the airline and calling for more air. >
In his day the hero of this brief history
was a prize-tighter Of much repntc. He
fought many battles, and. it is said came
out the victor in most Of them. lie states
that his hardest fight was in lSA5, with
] Matt Langdon. They fought i0l rounds
in two hours and fif1y-one minutes. Jack
came out victorious, but " a broken
jaw.
The o.d residenter has vii 4 ! family
living in Blackwols. Eng, OF whom
he has seen for years. Out of mis- vast earn.
ings he has saved but little-a farm of wild
| land near Manistee, Mich., being about all
his possessions. But he is happy. and
j what more could be desired - Toledo
Blade.
An effort was made in New York City
! court recently to find ont how many pas.
sengers make full street car load. The