Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-16


when kindly arms carried him 20 the
boat, and, he was soon safe in the care
of the famous explorer of the seas. Cap
tain Cook.
THE AMERICAN SAILOR.
! In 1918, nm American sailor was taken
OH desolale rock ia the South Seas by
q boats crew belonging to her II. NJ. s.
! Queen Charlotte, whose attention had
/ been drawn to the spot by the smoke OF
a seawced fire. He had, three years
before, been left there with three COM
panions all OF whom had quickly sue
enmbed, while he had lived on, sus-
| tanning life by feeding upon the flesh OF
/ birds, and drinking their blood.
Tng FLEMISH oRusoE.
The find OF the Queen Charlotte's
men was not SO surprising as that of the
/ Flemish seaman Pickman, when in
1916, his ship grounded near small
island-r0ck between Scotland and Ire
land, Some Of his men going in search
| OF eggs, come upon q black hairy crea.
/ turc, who by sigus entreated them to
come 20 close acquaintance; and finding
! the strange object 20 be really q man,
! they took him on board with them to
tell the skipper his story, II was a
melancholy one. He and two others,
occupants OF the passage. boat between
England aud Ireland had been cap
tured, and alterward cast of, by II
French privateer. Having nothing eat
able, save little sugar. with them, one
OF the three soon died of starvation, the
! others lived 60 be driven on the island,
whore they built II hut out of what was
left of the boat. aud for six weeks lived
! upon sea-mews, sea-dOgs, eggs aud
water. Then the partners in misfortune
parted company one OF them disappear
ing, leaving his forlon friend in utter
ignorance Of his fate; he could only
surmise that he had fallen into the sea
while searching for eggs. Months
passed, and the poor fellow lost all
hope of deliverance. Winter came,
and found him clothesless. Compelled
10 keep within the hut for days to-
gether he only kept starvation at bay
by catching sea-mcws, rs hungry as
himself, by sticks thrust through the
! openings in the novels walls. So he
kept himself alive, until the accidental
advent OF the London-bonnd Flemish
timbership released him from his
dreary durance.
THE STORY OF JORGENsoN.
Less happy was the ending of a won
dorful adventure that beiel Hans Jor-
genson, Swedish whaler belonging 10
the White Wave, a californian schooner
employed in seal and other fishing in
the North Pacific. On September IL,
1879, the schooner being within sight
Of the Aloutian Islands, boat was sent
on shore for water, the crew con- isting
OF Hans Jorgenson and two other sea-
men. Hans. having his rifle with him,
had no sooner landed than he went OH
in search of game, and, as he took no
heed of the signal Of recall, his mates
returned to the ship without him. A
furious gale sprang up, and for four
days it was impossible for the White
Wave to come anywhere near the
island AT the end OF that time n
landing was effected, and Jorgenson
was found TO he alive certainly. but
most strangely altered in appearance.
The spare Swede OF five feet seven,
with bald pate aud a thin straw.col
ored mustache, was transformed into a
man apparently six feet high, SO stout
that his clothes would scarcely contain
him, with his head aud face covered
with crop of fluffy hair, and seeming
ly ten years Older than the ,JOrgcnson
who had been left behind but four days
before.
His explanation of the mystery did
did not make the matter more intelli.
gible. Having started some wild ami
mails, he followed the chase, all unsuo-
cesstuly, for miles before thinking of
,st.., . L.. a 4
think OF it, he began to look about him,
and was nightly surprised with his
surroundings, The country was bleak
and barren, nothing but volcanic rocks,
without a single tree or shrub. Here
and there were rents in the earth, at the
dark bottom of which small but rapid
streamlets sped tortuously along
through masses of lichen, while heavy
volumes of steam, impregnatng the
air with sulphurous odor, rose from
other rayines; giving the Swede the
impression that he was looking upon a
piece OF the earth as it must have been
before ever living creature put foot
thereon
Finding that his shipmates had de-
parted without him, Jorgenson camped
out for the night, In the morning he
sought for something to breakfast upon,
fruitloss quest taking him to the
top of a Hill, when, falling backward,
he rolled down gulch ON the land
side, the stock of his rifle striking
against and breaking one of number
OF pebble-like objects, which examine
tion showed TO be thin she'll of lime
or sulphur or something, he could not
tell exactly what, covering quantity
of Jelly OF light rose.eolor, composed
OF an inlinity OF minute cells, through
which stretched number of ilossy
lipaments Taking small quantity on