Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-02
Saved the Ship.
c,,r,ey. the Mascot of the Man of Har
Nipsic.
,,, tbe Vessel Vas Not Wrecked IN
~. disastrous samoan Hurri
cane.

4 ..rb. Nfusle wss saved by mascot"
4esaafarIpg MAJ 8h0 had spent years
al the vessel when he heard OF the
me cyclone 81 Samoa. The Nlpslc
-. .uiy one OF the three OF the
4 ..,..r vessels that withstood tbe re-
I1rricane. All the old salts lay the
- fortune OF the Nipsic 10 the fact
-. che mascot was aboard. Sailors are
..,sr-titicus az baseball players, and
- tbav may oe said to be even more
IN. men on the Nipsic believe that
"a mex will tend them just so long
p Charley stays aboard. To inIure the
,a+ vou.d be serious matter should the
kcF-nd,r bv caught.
CHARLEY, THE MASCOT.
The first name of the mascot of the
D,rzi5 IA Charley but nobody seems TO
,5u bis last name. Charley Is veter
II At the high seas, having teen all
sr.nnd the world a number OF times, and
\ I. bas painted all the Big cities of Europe
"a mon more than one occasion when
of On lark with MS messmates. Thomas
Wb-lsn. who was "a marine On board the
fNfp-lc Tor two years, tells some queer
SORES about Charler.
SETTLING A REITs LION.
One day the Nipsic put into Gibraltar
N rspfeuish its store OF provision. There
ia. an English man OF war alongside of the
whsrf. and on il was tremendous biz
black cat which shrutted up and down tne
nam deck like a British lion, but he tried
In initiate a camel a. soon as he saw
Charles. The latter mad his weather eye
omen. and he asked the blooming British
begst TO come on shore and have few
.ou.ds Immediately al the officers and
sailors Of botA vessels gathered around,
and the fehues went at IL tOotl and Eall
49, mostly nail Betting was about even at
the ouening round, but Charley had his
rl.gs fast IN John Bulls cats wool in a
naq. ana in about two flies the British
ffraud gore was scattered all over tho
wharf. and the big fello would have been
slain { Charley had lot been beaten off in
time.
SCATTERING Tux MONKEYS.
U5ou another occasion, at the same
Mace. L. native went on board the NipAic
win hslf a dozen monkeys, which he
offered for sale to the officer. As soon as
II the monkeys were on deck Charley bound
ed into the midst of them aud created g
CONSERVATION. The monkeys went up
into the agging and Charley remained
below watching for them to rome down,
but they did not dare to bulge until the
ship sailed, and the native went away
minus the monks Every time a native
came on board with parrots or caueries,
Charley laid low IN Il coil Of rope until
the opportunity offered, then he pounc-
cd upon and made g meal of ore of the
birds.
VERY oBRDIHNT SAILOR.
He is just al well posted with regard
to naval tactics us any sailor, and when
the guns are being fired Charley goes
aoft and stays there until the smoke has
cleared away. He Is always up early in
the morning and takes his place IN the
llue 1t roll call. He gets bis breakfast
ana other meals JUST as the sa Tors do, and
takes srog before gong to bed like an
old tops-. lie has oeeu on number Of
u'nsr vessels aud was on board the Nip
4 70 when she RAJ on bar in the River
\ 8gns while going into Lisbon.-Paila-
delphia Record.