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Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-09
A EVEN McINTYRB & 60. A MULTITUDE 0F BARCALNSI Positively the Most Remarkable Aggrega- tion of Values Ever Offered at This Season of the Year. .--- Also Great and Unique Sale at 19c.
 APPRECIATE YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
 Such Offerings Are Very Rare.
CAFES.

CAFES. 50 MORE LADIES' All wool 3-piece Cspss, ru filed collar, just received, in black, navy and tan. These are made of fine Ladies' Cloth and would be ohesp at $2 75. Our price $l.58 each. 25 MORE Ladies' all wool 3-piece Capss, rutfled collar and trimmed, made of good brcadcloth, brown, black and navy A bargain at 8 50. Our price $2.50 each. SPECIAL.
 Ladies' Black Capes, silk braid trim med, very cheap at $6 30. Our price $500. SPECIAL.
 Ladies' all wool Cspss, lace trimmed, sold readily at$7 5O.
 Our price $5 50. Ladies' Black Cspes with rows all silk,
 wide satin ribbon, equal to any sold at
 $lO.OO. Our price $7.5O.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-09
TEA GOWNS.

We offer the finest assortment in the land. Beautiful shaded materials and perfect fitting. It's 8 pleasure to be able to show such handsome and stylish gar ments. = 15 dczen Ladies' Tea Gowns, In choice designs, worth $l 50. At $1. % each. A superb gathering of fine styles in Ladies' Tea Gowns, cheap at $1 75.
 Price $1 25.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-09
SUITS.

100 Ladies' Duck Suits, in various de- s'gns, cheap at A co. Our price g 9S. 75 Ladies' Extra Heavy Duck Suits in beautiful colors, very hobby, cheap at %. Our price 8 9S.
 25 Ladies' all wool Storm Serge Suits, in black and navy, Oxford Jackets, cheap at $S-O Our price $8 50.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-09
M0l'S Furnishings.

Have just purchased what ws consider the grandest value in Mems Fast Black
 Hermsdorf Dye Hose that ever came to
 New Haven. These are sold everywhere
 at 50c pair, but in order to convince our
 men customers that they can always buy
 furnishings cheaper here than in any other
 store on earth they go to you Monday at 29c pair, or pairs for $1.00. ALSO.
 Mems Fast Black Hose and plain colors, in . superior quality, 2-thrsad, double heel and toe, pairs for 60o. Mems French Bslbriggsn Shirts and Drawers. shirt made with ribbed skirt, pearl buttons, drawers made with gussited seat. striped back ard pearl buttons, cheap ct 76o, our price 50c each.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-09

TWO SPECIAL LOTS Lsdiss' House Gowns, entirely new cuts and pretty effects, worth good deal more, we let them go at $1 98 and $2 25.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-09
l9c ONLY 19

j. OC ONA lSC Jet Gimp, worth 29c, only 19c. 1 dozen Metal Buttons, always sold at 37ac, only 19c doz.n. 10 spools Brooks' Cotton, black, white or colors, for 19c. spools best quality Sewing Thread, equal to Coats', Ciark's or Wllimantic, 40 | and 30 only. for 19,. 2 epools Black 100 yards Sewing Silk, always sold at soc, for 19c. 4 boxes Waste Silk, each box contains 35c worth of silk, boxes for 19c.
 6 balls Knitting Cotton, all colors, al- ways retailed at So ball, 6 balls for 19c. pieces Feather S,ich Braid, white or | colors, for 19s. Worlds Fair Stick Pins, Chicago price | 50c, only 19c. Hair Ornaments, sold everywhere at 25o, l only 19c.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-09

The Oldest Daily Paper Put
 lished in Connecticut.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The savings banks of New Hsmpshire now hold by foreclosure western resl estate to the amount of $1 085, ,735.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1894-07-11

Uouo, aus benz %eute, Die In Solse
iraenb melder @ertdltnilie ibren
yebensunterbalt perlcren baben, err
nabrt peroeu, slrnutb sibt es i'm
eigentli6en Gimme ni9t; per,nas ber
Ginseborene iid ieinen 2ebensunter.
balt ntdt gu errin9en, 10 ftnoet er
unterltiieuns bel ieinem Gorfaltelten.
&dne es ieood por-lo oerli9erte maj.
mtr-bab etner lein @ut aus 2eidts
linn offers perIdmenoet unS bann ben
slelteiten I'm Sebeusmittel angebe, 70
miiroe er einfadb aussepielen iperber,.
gielleid)t niinmt ibn bann ein anberes
Dorf an, beiiert er ii6 aber ri9t, 70
ipiiroe Inn bic 9lufnabme fernerbin
and bort perlast, unb beim @teblen
ergriffen. wiirbe er bann iebr balb ers
tdlasen iperoen. GS loll aber duBerit
ielten porfomnlen, baB elmer ni6t feine
notbisen 2ebensmittel proSusirt unb
lie peripaltet.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1894-07-11
Inter Der lleber5dbrift. .

Inter Der ueberiarift: ,2eben.
big begrabens" bersei9net Der v3eitser
4n3eiger" folsenbe Wa6ridt aus benz
bena6barten Wittsenborf: Dieler
Gage itarb eine Grau arus. 2lls man
bas 8rab ibreS Dor ettpa IA ssabreu
berforbenen Wannes berri6ten tpoate,
ftieb man auf befen Sarg. bon benz
Der 9edeI seboben mar. Beim tpeites
rem yto9fsri i9en ergab iih, hoB bas
Stelett Der i'm Sarge geborgen gene.
iene Geiae in elmer @de bes @rabes
fi9 aufammensetauert porfanh. 60
bic @radblung, Der mon inioTern bort
8lauben beiaumeNen seneist 1T, ais
3rug on &rdmpfeanfdqen gelitten bate
unb m6gli6er WeiIe feline 8eerbigung
in einem 3ufanbe erfolgt iein f6nnte,
bic mon aIS s6eiutubt beaei9net.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1894-07-11
Gin 6aaSfchats.

@ %. suusr ppn Sanaiobarie. g.. g., iast. hab
sr smmsr @ Or. SINGS @eue Gnteeduns i'm 9auie tabre
tmmer BITE beten Grfclse er3telt babe. Gr Soat, er
mo4te gar Mot mebr sbnc bieles Mtttel fein s. u.
Dpteman. Gpctbeter tn Gatsttq, y. g., iast, pas
Suiens aRebietn iet; er Babe beiebe ats Sabre lang
tn ietner gamlte bennst unb Ge babe F REFS in CLAN.
eneer Beiie bepdbIt. Werum iou man alIo ein
Setlmttte ni4t prpbtreu, eas lid idpn 70 tretht& Be-
pdtrt bat. 4rpbeEai6eu fret in Der can Nntouio
Drug 60. &esuldre @rpse so Gts unp 100.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1894-07-11
Rudlens Nrntea 9nIhe.

Dts tsfs Salbs her Welt fnr S&nttte, 0uet{2un.
gen, Gsi6nare, gtsber' uub 9aut. .aus&Ias EIedten,
setten; furtri 3dmorrbotbe cber eetue HesabIuna,
Sbatgt 8ufressnbett saranttrt pber has WsIS nth
,urlderftattet. 25 GentS bte SGd9tfI, Gum Werfaui
n aGsn Meotssfsn' abolpt @resbi 3sUmsfOu 4 Co.,
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1894-07-11

See WscMaiiter, Seuer. unb llns
falss sWerfi6erung. Office: 73S South
MlamosStraBe, San Nntonio, 5eras.
s 3elepbon 443.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1894-07-11

Weibs nnseitdrfte Senbeu, nit itarfen lei. |
nenen 8uien 49 @ts
> einfaae 8aIbrissan lntsraisb.aleiber, Is
unier Goodyear faIbIeberner Sdub fir
9erren, in allen Saeons unb @r5ben; $500.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19
"Once Upon a Time"

The dark continent is now nothing
like its name. We know it almost from
end to end and side to side, along each
of it's lines of longitude and parallels of
latitude. True, Rider Haggard has civ
lily tried to cheer US back into the old
paths of eerie belief, but though he
does well in the matter and gives us
momentary thrills he fails to convince
us. His thousand year old queens and
cavernous treasure chambers are exceed
ingly welcome, yet when we get to the
word 'tFinis" it is all up with fancy
We shut the book, exclaim, Pretty
good for ie!'' and resume our unro-
mantle work at so much an hour or so
much year, fundamentally unconsoled,
though the romancer has romanced ever
SO closely to natures lines.
AS for commonplace, "Once upon a
time" we laugh it out of court. The
tale that presumes to come before US
marked across the brow with the words,
"I'm pleasing but wholly improbable
story" may be good enough for our
children in knickerbockers and short
frocks, but it won't do for u.s. We de-
mand subtle stories of living and NOV
ing individuals, and every action and
gesture Of the persons on the pages must
ring and feel true and thoroughly ra-
tional ere the book as whole can be
praised. ALI the Year Round
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19

Marriage seems q great failure in the
case of curates One of them writes of
the sad lot of his class as follows:
"When Wears in charge of fashionable
suburban parishes insist on having only
young and unmarried curates, it may,
in the opinion of mere worldly men, be
very nice for the girls, but is it very
good for the church? Why do married
Wears invariably advertise for unmar
ried curates? Are their own marriages
all failures? My case is a common one.
am a curate and want work. But
am too old, being no less than 81 years
old, and I am married, so of course
must stand aside. That l have enough
income to live ON is lucky for me, but
does not alter the case. My father served
as a curate nearly all his life, and
thought I might at least be permitted
to do the same, but the action of the
bishops in ordaining men wholesale dur
ing the last 25 years has enabled the
majority of Wears to reject all who, like
myself, are old or married. and so we
are left in the sad position of your hum
BILE servant, who signs himself Out OF
Work "-London Telegraph.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19
cHUReH DIRECTORY.

First Presbyterian Church, on Frederick SC
between New and Market streets, services
II a. IN. and Q p. m. Pastor, Rev. A. N. Fraser
Second Presbyterian church corner Freder
lex and Lewis streets. Services at II a. m
and g. Pastor. Rev. Wm. Cumming.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church. worship at Y.
NJ. C. A. Hall. Services at II a. m, and p. M
Rector, Rev. 4. C. Jett.
Trinity Episcopal church. Main street, be-
tween Lewis aud Church streets. Services at
Il a. H., and p. m. Rector, Rev. W. Q. Hull
linen
United Brethren church. Lewis street, be
tween Main and Johnson streets. Services at
| II a. m and 8 p. NJ. Pastor, Rev. j. D Don
ovan.
| Methodist church, Lewis street, between
Main and Frederick streets. Services at. IL
m. and p. n. Pastor. Rev. ]. H. Boyd, D. D
Christ Evangelical Lutheran church Lew
is street, between Main and Frederick streets
Services at II q. m. and p. m. Pastor. Rev.
| II. F. Shealy.
| Baptist church, corner Main and Washing
ton streets. Services at II a. m. ana p. M
Pastor, Rev. W. j E. Cox.
| st. Francis Roman Catholic, North Augusts
street, Mass at and 1890 a. m. Vespers and
lbenediction of Most Blessed Sacrament at
| D. nj. Pastor Rev. Father McVerry.
Young Mems Christian Association, corner
| Main and Water streets. Services at p. m.
Sunda
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19
Proud but Resourceful.

When Baroness Sprecher finds her
supply of cash running short, she gen
orally buys her daily provision of food
at the pork butchers, but in order to
reconcile her aristocratic dress and bear
ing with the plebeian surroundings she
goes to work as follows: Entering the
shop with an air of extreme curiosity,
she will say:
saw, tell me, I pray, what is that
thick, strange looking object you have
exposed to view in the shop window? 1t
has the appearance of mosaic.
''That is collared brawn," is the re-
ply.
"Coll-what did you say?"
"Collared Drawn.
''And is it fit to eat?''
"Certainlyr'
'tDear me! How you excite my Curl
osity. Would you mind cutting me a
little of that peculiar substance"
"For how much, MADAME
"Ah, it is out of sheer curiosity, you
know! Say twopence worth, please. -
The mistress of the establishment, in
order to secure her ladyship's patronage,
cuts pretty thick slice of the strange
looking object" and the baroness, after
disbursing the twopence, sweeps out of
the shop carrying her dinner with her.
-Meggendorfer' Blatter.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19
A CURIOUS CALLING.
Sweeping For Lost Anchors In the Bottom
of Vineyard Sound.

of Vineyard Sound.
Sweeping for lost anchors is one of
the curious and remunerative trades Of
Martha's Vineyard sailormen.
When likely spot is reached. the
sweeping line is made ready. 1t is
small, about the size and strength of a
whaleboat's towline. In its middle two
weights are bent about 10 feet apart.
One end of the line is fastened to the
stern of the schooner, while the other
is taken into the boat. Three men step
into the boat and row some distance
away from the schooner. Then they
range the boat so she will drift with
the tide with the weighted sweepline
on bottom. Schooner and boat proceed
at equal speed, and the line between the
weights drags on the sand ready to
catch on any projection, be it anchor,
wreck OF rock.
The man in the stern of the boat ham
dies the sweep most gingerly. He is ever
in readiness to pay it out when it catches
on an obstruction, Sometimes mile of
water will be swept before the line
brings up Then comes a sudden yank,
and all hands are OH the qui vive. The
boat signals the schooner to stop, and
the vessel is brought into the wind so
as to lie practically notionless. The
crew Of the boat back on the oars, while
the man in the stern slowly hauls in
the sweepiine, being very careful not to
dislodge it. Foot by foot it comes into
the boat, as that frail craft gradually
draws near the schooner Then one of
the weights comes to the surface, and a
few seconds later the sweep between the
sinkers is examined for trates of rust.
If the line exhibits the reddish tinge,
the sweepers are confident that an an
chor has been caught The utmost care
is exercised so as not to dislodge the
line from the f1uke or stock of the an
chor, for if that accident occurs the la
borious work must be repeated
The men in the schooner have at hand
a chain or heavy rope, in one end Of
which is thimble or eye. The other or
free end is bent to the sweepline and
then carefully pulled down to the OBJ
struction, under or around it and to the
surface by the boats crew. When this
work is performed, chain occupies a
position formerly held by the sweep.
The free end of the chain having been
passed through the eye at its other end.
a sort of slipnoose or running blight is
thus formed. The moose is worked down
to the anchor, and when the sweepers
are reasonably sure it has fallen to the
proper position strain is brought to bear
on it, and all effort is made to raise the
anchor to the surface.
If the anchor weighs 80, 900 pounds,
it is difficult matter to break it out Of
the sand, but by dint of backing and
filling the schooner this is usually ac-
complished, and the ungainly mud hook
is raised to the surface and got aboard
by means of purchases
If the anchor is in good condition, it
can be sold, according to the iron mar
ket, at varying prices. There are today
hundred tons of anchors thus secured
by Vineyard Haven sweepers that should
bring 8 cents per pound. Boston Her
aid
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19
Why He Laughed.

The leader Damrosch once took an
aged Hebrew friend to hear Meyerbeef' s
opera of ''The Huguenots. % Suddenly
the old man burst into a loud guffaw, as
if some funny idea had struck him.
"Why do you laugh?" inquired Dam.
rosch. ''Laugh! It's dc beth game l ever
thaw. Wy, dare's bloomin lot O. Prot
ethanth an Catholicth a-killin Of each
other to music written by Jew. Ha!
hal I'll come every night"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19
Sidney Smiths Suggestion.

When Sidney Smith was rector of a
parish in Yorkshire, he found his vestry
were discussing the propriety OF other
wise of paving a certain approach to the
church with wooden blocks Having
decided to undertake it, the question
arose as to how. Gentlemen" said
the witty rector, '1 think if you will
all put your heads together, as the say
ing is, the thing can be accomplished
without mucn difficulty" - Boston
Woman's Journal
Wife-William, 1 do Tank oaaF ~
are the worst ever saw. I'm sure ties
don't get it from me.
Husband (snappishly)-Well, they
don't get it from me.
Wife (refectively)-No, William; you
seem to have all yours yet.-Detrol'
Free Press
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19
Hours for Arrival and Closing Of Mails at Stdul
ton POStQfhCG.
ARRIVE.

BY C. AND O. RAILROAD.
5 a. III. from north, south, east and west.
9.15 a.. m. from west.
2.30 p. m. from Clifton Forge and intermediate
points,
J.. .55 a. M from Richmond and intermediate
6.45 p. M from north, east and south.
BYB. ANDO.
yO4 a. M from Lexington and intermediate
points.
LAO D. M from the north.
6.45 p. m from the north, Harner's Ferry and
intermediate points.
STAR ROUTES.
a. IT, from Plunkettsvlie, daily exccpc SUN
10 a. m. from Mt. Meridian, daily except sun
day.
5 p. m. from Middlenrook, daily except Sun
$50 p m from Monterey, daily except sunday
CLOSE.
FOR b. AND o.
$50 a. m. for Lexington, Harrer's Ferry and
points north.
1l25 a. m for Harrisonburg. Woodstock and
points north.
110p. M for Lexington.
100 p. m. far tz2a lance.
500 p. m. for lexington and intermediate
points.
FOR q. AND o.
s45 a. m and p. m. for north. east, south.
800 D. m. for east, north, south and west.
II: a. m. fo- Clifton Forge and intermediate
points.
90 p m. for tho west
STAR RoUTEs-DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
$50 a. m. for Monterey.
600 a. M for MiddlebroOk.
LOO p m. for Mt. Meridian.
g. Is p m. for PlunkettSville.
H. p. m. for Mt. Solon, Tuesday Thursday
and Saturday.
STAUNTON OFFICE
Opens a. H., closes p N. Money order
and registry business opens al a. M. closes
D. m w. r. McCUE. P. M.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19
Useless Trouble.

A mesmerist, on his trial for q crime
which had no connection with hypno-
tism, empbatically exclaimed, ''To
prove my innocence am prepared to
send the court to Sleep"
Prisoner" the judge replied, you
may leave that to your counsel. lib
lera1.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19
CASTE.

A violet once in a garden grew
At tho foot of sunfower bold,
And he fell in love with her eyes of blue,
She with his crown of gold.
But he never could stoop to tell his love,
Though again and again le tried,
And her voice could not reach to the heights
above.
Thus they yearned for each other and
died.
l. X. Friedman in Kate Fields Washington.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19

A return of memory sometimes oc-
ours in drunkenness, as in the c.,se Of
the Irish porter who, having lost pack
age while drunk, got drunk again and
remembered where he had left it.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19

The above space is reserved for two
very funny jokes that we thought OF the
other day, but unfortunately cannot re-
call at the present writing.-Jewish
MESSENGER
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19

ROOMS FOR hENT.-Those wlsn1ng TO reuu
IL rooms, either furnished or unfurnished,
on reasonable terms, would do well to apply
at No. liz COalter Street or the SPECTATOR
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19

HUGH G. EICHELBERGE ER.
III ATTflRNEY-AT-LAW.
STAUNroN. VA.
ew- Prompt attention to collections.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19

A LEX. F. ROBERTSON,
"A ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, w,
STA UNTON, VA.
oiace MOI Lawyers Row. in rear of Court
house.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19

Staunton Lodge No. 13, A. F. and A. NJ, meets
every second and last Friday night in each
month, in Masonic Temple, Main street. Jas
M. Lickliter, W. NJ; B. 4. Eskridge, Sec'y.
IINION ROYAL. ARCH CHAPTER
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19

DR. ID. A. BUCHER
~ DENTIST.
Office in Crowle Building, Room p, 2rd moor
ONCE hours from i, NJ. to p. NJ.
may 27
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-19

The Deer Played the Bear Against the Pam
ther, and They Killed Each Otl,er-Then
the Colonel Shot the Deer and Captured
the Two Bear Cubs.
The morning call., 1894-12-09

dispatched vessel every year to Boston
with cargo of hides, tallow and beaver
skins-abOut 10000 hides iD each cargo.
Thls.he did for many years and never lost
a vessel.
In 1886 he married the daughter of Don
Jose Antonio de la Guerro Noriega. the
head of the most influential family in the
country and shortly afterward sailed with
his bride TO the East. He lett his younp
wife-she was only IA years of age-at
school and returned to California again.
his headquarters being Santa Barbara, In
1912 he returned East again with the inten-
ton of taking up his residence there. He
took with him some specimens of the first
discovery of GOLD, which he left at the mini
in Philadelphia. The certificate of that
assay is among the archives of the Society
OF Pioneers.
La 1S4S Mr.. Robinson was appointed
confidential agent at San Francisco of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The
steamship California had been dispatched
two months before around the Horn. and
MI. Robinson followed and joined her al
Panama. -
In the meantime the stories of gold dis
coveries in California had reached the
East. and Mr.. RObinson's descriptions OF
The morning call., 1894-12-09

impossible desert Alfred Robinson, this
revolutionary soldiers son, who is still
living here, sailed through the Golden Gate
when it was not the Golden Gate; he ira
versed the bay OF San Francisco and saw
only the bald shore line of California.
Down toward the south little way there
was ngle ribbon of smoke. scarcely de-
Unable in the blue sky. where the Mission
Dolores sat in the SAND.
The sailors put him ashore and he
climbed hill to discover if he could any
further signs of human habitation. Even
the mission was hidden from his view.
now, by other hills, and the whole line of
the horizon revealed no sign of living
thing save his own ship. The hills and
sage brush and a few trees and solitude
that was ALL A thin path led along the
beach southwark and he knew that those
who followed it would reach the Ion ely
mission. The wind now and then picked
up the loose sand on an opposite hill and
whirled 1t round aud died away.
He Is suffering what is probably his last
illness now in house that stands on the
crown of Rincon Hill, almost on the spot
where he stood on that February morning
in 1929, and the constant effort of mis-
gentle nurses Is to soften to his ear the
eternal roar of a great city.
1t is difficult for the heyday genera ton
to realize that there is still an actor living
here who was on the stage long before
the curtain rose.
These stories of how the waters of the
bay used to wash along ths,lne of what is
now Montgomery street; of how the dis
covery of gold built a town here in few
weeks; how ships came sailing in from
every path that the ocean has, and. with
out taking in their sails, struck their keels
into the beach and were deserted by off,