Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-24

tGGt Tor the cp9 year CT 1915 there were 81
vessels wrecked. and ever IS 100000 worth OF
their cargoes saved. 5000 600 worth being
swallowed up by the wares, snd there were
5 95l sesnen saved, aud only 500 drowned:
all, but for these stations, would have been
utterly lost.
| spent go hour or two 10 CSC of these
establishments. They ere built wl,hio
few feet of the high water marx, and
usually have four rooms 10 the FIRST room
is sWuog the life boat and the su:f boat,
which is designed 10 % to the sss,stanco Ct
the Wreck-lhcss beats have alright compart.
meDts, AID are so buoyaut that they can ride
| ,u'f that would swamp auy Ordinary craft. Ia
these boats are grapliog irocs. cnk Jackets,
coils OF rope ADD The llf, car. which is designed
| 10 carry enc persoo .! lime from lho wreck
| 10 the shore, Slid alot G rope, just IN such o
usnner as MsbOmst tells Us the faithful be.
levers 10 the prophet a'c carried over the mouth
| OF hell into Paradise. The life boat is Usually
| named by tWeIvs lner. Ia this front room
| also is the three inch smco;hbore cau1oB, which
| fires long prof .ct!tc, 10 which Is attached
rope, to distance Ut $50 yards. Thus Is used
ouly when o boat clnuoi be gotten 10 the
| wreck. There Is also mortar for the same
purpose. Upon revolving s:atd GEAR BY arc
| the sigoal rockets Ct different colors each c)Ir
ADD combination of coors haviGg its OWu Egr
t:cullr meaniog There is also 10 theit Proper
places all the miru I of the profession, such
8 powder and carlriises. balls, H,sks, sbo,
lues, s.bots, friction prmtrs. CORK jackets,
pakiog boxes aud all kinds Of nplemcuts. The
next room is the kitchen. with large slovc aud
everything complete. Up stairs il where the
signal flags arc KEEP: that communicate With tie
VESSELS, spy glasses. 10. A stove ls also there,
and The m=d!ol0e chest, a5d library is furosh
ed by lho government. The fourth room Is
the sleeping apartment OF the crew. visitor
is strurk with the neatness sn1 order Of every
thing. Nohio2 is out Of place, but all Is ship
shape, and rigid discipline Is kspt up.
To my mind the greatest cul9s'ty OF tls
whole c,ecli,n is tn. rubber lite siVlog silt,
such ono as tho famous Capt. Buytou wore
when he crossed the T.. ish chaDncl 10 rough
weather, and a,a:ed IOWA The Mississippi from
ST.. Louis TO New Otltaos asked the gcLiIl
keeper If this s'sluu, Capt. Clumb,, to alIos
me to don this Iudia rubber SUIT. ard Try how
i. would wcrk. II, kindly Consented. aud
brought Gu. the sea proof clothes, Hh!eh cen
sisted of two distinct psfis, the puts. legcloss
AID shoes b: log one aud The shirt, glJVls and
| helmet bang The other. Igu need DOT take th
your clothes, bur simpy lave your SHOES CT
boots behicd. y u nrst pu; co til, breaches.
which srcuud The walstbaod IS solii clic'e.
something iis" & barrel hosp inside the lin OF
your pao's. You u.xi slip 90 your upper rl5-
Der yarmeut. AID tie grooves Il tEc O0c hI To-
TO lbe lrJoves Of The other ty a very simple
process, which makes the whole water tight.
Attached TO the suit are some bal! d1z:n g1tlcr
perchs tubes, Ike those ;ed 10 carriages. for
the people Inside. who wish to coumuuicate
With the diver. Th, IS, tub aic u:ed Tor it
h.tirg the suit With ar. You place them 10
your lips AID bow. acd The thln man b.cins 70
grow larger AID noro rotouad 10 u most cul
Gus manUcr; bis chcst cgpend; his stomach
fills our; bis LEGS decrease IL siz:, while ,Ec
b.ck tf his head pufj On: Ike pillow, cod
the edges OF The helmet fl hi: ilc1 50 ccs:Iy
that not drop oil water can cu,Cr Having
been filed with ar, aud the ri;es screwed up.
the wcarcr Il ready ior tic bfioy deep. He
prsseots q Curious appearance as he wad-
dies aloor; j huge, bsck. uoGslnly OBJ
isct, uothog tx, man except that
his eyes, ncs, ADD mouth, alcne are
visbl.; he reaches h0 wafer a1d plunscs
into the breakers heediarsm0s; he i'm redIa!eiy
whiyls around OF bic back, and cannot Il )at aIy
other way. Tie I,illoT like protubersuce bacx
Of bis hesd keeps him well w., and he lies on
tho crest Of The waves, and daCces on the top Of
the breakers, lighter than thistle down and
moro buoyart and hirily thsn cork Your
first sen.stion is Mingled one-hait pleasure.
half wonoer then you lie go perfectly at rect,
rocked iteIa!ly On the pillows IF the deep. Bye
a1d bye, tho ri3o and fail Of the waves, the
dreamy murmur Of the surf. the sighicg OF tho
| vino, tho measured mts Ter!c motion. all com.
binoi, suLerinduces q soft lsuguor tina! uils you
| 10 sleep. Surely there WAS Fever moro luIu-
rous sensation tbs! MORALS can feel than this;
no softer couch could be made Haphuo resting
on Ter bed Ct wild thyme and flowers or tho
rosy, Laughing Bscchsnte reclining on their beds
of roses; Venus Graded on lhs 10. an of the sea.
or JunU slecp'ng in her crimson cloud. or Titan,
| Queen Of the Fairies, swinging lazily in her
hammock OF wovea spider WEBB, could never
| have had softer couch than l. Before this
poetry of motioa the waltz p.!es aud tho gsiop
SINKS out of sight. Wcro l n Sytstite would
| sleep only on the bosom Of The waters
Saw in 4 u Sliivs copy OF the Gazette gross
| per:onsl attack made upon nyself6y 8 jew" l
might l,t,or myself, If were not 80 mod.st and
| bsshlul, with the knowledge that the Saviour OF
mankind and 1 were botn Eereecu!ed and con-
| dem5ed by Jew. Tho gano of DIP. Was &C.
tusl fact. l narrated IL ust as it occurred, with
out gild, ornament or eIsggeratioa, and the hat
and spectscles were taken for debt by an Alex
sndrian. did not intend, and mono but o n.uio
headed son of Abraham could have inferred.
| tnsI WAS striking at the Jewish race, for whom,
| like every other student Of history, l hsvo n
| high regard, and know that, without the Jews,
half ct the worlds history in all deeds that Gg-
| vor of heroism. grandeur Of character and
| mighty achievements would never have boon
written. The cent per cent follow who made tho
sltsck upon me might as we'll have damned
Shakespeare for drawing tho imm orlsl character
of ylock. or of Walter Scott for Inning tho
deteslable Isaac the jew. or of Dickins for crest
ing Fsgin. or of-but lower myself by entering
| INTO q Newspaper controversy with such people.
1t was Sancho Psrz, who wisely observes:
whether the jug hits tic stone or The stone hits
the jug. its very bad thing for tue Jug" UEo
thing more: The Jew suid that whenever Look
into glass would ses Jewi.h face. must
confess that got me. l have been cslled like
many people, but nevor likes Jew. l shiyered.
tremb ed and then made a rush for q mirror. but
they havn! ouch a thing ss that on this island
80 made tracks for the ocean beach, and there
in its clesr, limped depths studied ny face with
as much attention hs q belo giving last search.
ing glance in her looking q sss before departing
TO. b ball. saw and was relieved l hayn't
hook rose, ard l am not your brother, Mr.
Jew lesyo you to read your Ia mud and to
play your harp. CaAssEUH
India