Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-19
! IHE VALLEY Of DEATH.
L,.,o, STORY OF A SHIP THAT
|'''' NEVER KNEW WATER.
90, believed That the
-. Of saison lake wonid Rise
n" =. M, Loeaiity--stranse
~ >, An Old Forty-Niner.


!. Francisco Can.
~. II the queerest and most sur
.,..,nr sights l ever saw in all my
,.,.rs, over the wilds of this coun-
: IA E. c. Traver, a well-known
4 ,,,or and civil engineer, few
~ Dwas newly-constructed
y uving on the floor of Death Val
"A 1, is there yet, so that any
~ see IT, When ] first saw It I
.,r,o.t paralyzed. l could not be-
yves. and thought l must have
4 through some mental lapse and
1 ~ M Death Valley at all. But
gazlng at the strange object Il
minutes ard then looking around
"a seeing the wastes OF burning
!. and feeling the hot breath Of
desert wind. I knew that every
about me was most realistically
!, vas by the merest chance that
srross the vessel" said MIR.
H, .sbecause II ! had been a few
|. ,.,,her south | would never have
Il Yon see, / had been working
~ eastern side of the valley for
~ weeks without success and
I.iused TO go 10 Mount Darwin.
u would at least be sure of eS-
~ | was crossing the valley at
| ,orthern end. which is quite mar
Ind about the lowest spot on the
M surface. / am not exactly GER
mi think that where the vessel
Ia II is about 200 feet below sea
After the first surprise had
M | begSn to figure out how
4 nh came there. That the ves-
"a a relic OF a past age never
.ri my head for a moment, be
d was constructed ON perfectly
IN lines, and the wood had a yell
appearance. Indicating that It had
ban cut very long. I am some
Of a sailor myself. and the first
n told me that II was the work
,sne modern shipbuildcr. but that
rais the mystery greater.
Xflng close | made a careful exam
m on my strange find. II proved
a perfect brig Of about 400 tons
had never been in the water. Eiy-
Alie about II was OF the best style
vorkmanship and showed plainly
The builder had put forth his best
n The keel was laid Fat on the
md the starboard side placed M
,n small reef of rocks. Tho
die was supported In the usual
Eust Climbing on the deck by n
N RIPE ladder ] found everything ia
shnpe. The decks were as clean
vhlte as a man-of-war's. and ev-
spe in It's place. Entering the
found everything neat and
j and several hunks with bedding
II 10 sleep in Such n thing how
would have been Impossible, 40
hat was simply unbnarable. and
|A to 90 to the door gasping for
NJ before ! had completed my in
sailon. The more I looked the
Interested and mystiliud / hc-
b II was plain the brig had been
Fhere she was, but by whom and
rtat7
.7ent the whole afternoon climb
over the vessel. ! went into the
M and looked over the surround-
auntry, but could see no sign OF "A
~ being. when night came on i
Ned to camp near by, but had
'ner got fix comfortably when
from somewhere called; Good
b. You may be sure I jumped,
nerves were feeling a little weak
q ny strange afternoons expert
There was no need to he
-si. though, Tor good-naturcd
ag man with gray hair and beard
smiling at me. or course, / at
oncludsd that he knew some
shout the brig. I was right, and
few moment he explained the
thing to me, and also showed
nat ends foolish idea will drive
"a,
said that his name wns Fred
d Evans; that he was 8. ahipbph1sF
Il prospect
fe In Salton
fRs at work
II he alNeS,er 20 ,ualiy reach
spen ,aEs AZ NO pAA n the new
!, se ia ayo~,ov " mai hui
asash money n to lAff{/a sa'pie y
y % help him lay the keel 10 va,
\ :, put IN the masts and do Other
" work AT first the work wal
y rapidly. but when the water
Asnesd TO recede Evans tool
: sasy and did all the work him
> because he thought the waite
not come again for n year. III
e@n disappointed every year since
snll thinks that Death Valley vii
~ sea and he IS ready for It
vas well treated by Evans" sei'
.'aSer, IN concluding. He tool
aH abode. which was a deel
II lew feet from the brig, with {
rlal temperature. I stayed witt
n w days ana found him a well
-isd man and very interesting
n Aasn left him his last word
n When the water rises l Will
~Hag Tor IT."
II Pays to Thin Fruit.
a .snlng the fruit is not popula
4 With farmers. But II pay.
tt =; .. sher, he fruit expert used {
J; wen speaking Of thinning apples
y Nut must be picked anyway
4 = June y October. II Is no NOR
y PICK part Of it In June, the
= iisinalhs In october will be wort
+ass Dr. Fishers large, hand
. aPpts sometimes sch Mt thre
" price Of the common fruit.
lse Of the short life Of man
. n. ssshards IA found in the negleS
=, rsf to thin cut the fruit TIL
1. : 40 moved 10 mature big crol
Y ! n,r ,gi,s weakoned by the strsii