The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-17

the steamer the pilots know that the |
services OF one of their number are re-
ouired. In case there is pilot already |
on board the Jack is hoisted only half
way up The mast. 1t is an anxious time
In the cockpit of the pilot boat Wnen
the hull OF the steamer rises above the
horizon. She is then only about three
miles away. The pilot. whose turn II Is
TO 60. is arrayed in his store clothes
and with valise sn hand. waits until the
flag signal is hoisted. When the steam
er is within half a mile OF the boat one
of the ya,wl boats Is thrown over the
side stern foremost. The pilot Jumps
in and takes his seat In the stern anu
two sailors, each taking an oar. row
him to the steamer. The steamer - al
WAYS approached from the bow ana the,
boat floats down the port side OF the
mammoth hull which looms UP IKE a
brown stone house. The water runs
ALONGSIDE the steamer Ike mliirace.
a rome As thrown to the boat from the
forward gangway OF the steamer wnbcn
is made fast to the span OF the yawl
This span" Is rope wnicn runs iluin
the stern to the bow OF the yawi. Inc
man on the steamers deck permits tne
boat to float sternward until Ii reaches
the rope ladder which bangles over the
side OF the steamer. The pilot stanus
nm. grabs the ladder and climbs 10 the
steamers deck. 1t Is a teekehsh clMno;
The rope is loosened and the yaWI
floats astern. French steamers always
lower a bag containing several loaves
Of bread. a big piece of cheese ana Two
bottles of wine into the boat Tor tne
sailors. This Is an old French custom
and Is done so that the sailors Will
have some provisions in case they 90
not get back to the pilot boat. fho.s
are sometimes put on stea IN
weather which Is extremely HAZARDOUS
| to life. Last February Larry. the p0as-
| keener of the Lawrence, put Paul Nou-
erich on the deck of steamer Wnsn
| the vessel was rolling so deeply IN tns
trough of the sea that the piiot SeePps1
from fhe yawl upon the deck. In jan
uary last an accident occurred 10 VIII
| ia m Nc. a ughlin, who is a sailor at the
present time on board the Lawrence.
| At the time alluded to Mclaughlin was
| a sailor ON the pilot boat Warren. Al
| ter helping to put pilot on ooaro
steamer he loosened the line from the
"spaa' in the yawl when 1t caught tne
| forefinger of his right hand, tearing
away the nail and badly laceraung the
| flesh The pilot refused to let MIN re-
| turn in the boat on its next trip rom ION,
| New York because his finger was Sun
| sore He secured the services or Jonn
| Johnson. a Norwegian sailor, who had
| iofned the Salvation army ana VINO hao
| two weeks to spare before entering on
| his labors as janitor OF a Savation
/ army barracks. He was also ioon 4ils
4 forward with pleasurable anticipatl on
/ to his marriage with a Salvation lassle
| who was captain Of a slum brigade IN
| water street. Johnson INTENDED tne
| trip in which he acted as a suostitule
| for Mclaughlin, to be his last al SEQ.
| Rut he never returned. The warren
was lost in the blizzard of Feb. l. On
a clear night the light OF a steamer
| can he seen about 10 miles. The pilot
boat signals a steamer at night with
torch. Close to the wheels In the COCK
Dit of the pilot boat Is wooden poN
Containing a can filled with turpentine'
The torch consists of a wire-work cage
containing a ball twice as pig az
tIa se,ball made OF waste. TO TINS Is al.
fixed a handle protected by gauntIe'
of tin. This ball is dipped in the tur-
pentine, set on fire and the loren -
| tossed in the air. II the steamer wants
a nilot her captain shows blue light.
To the landsmen the trip In the LAW,
renee was one of exceptionable delgnl
and instructive. There were at al
times in the wake of the schooner
number of Mother Careys cnlckehs
E Now and then school OF bonita,
; beautffully colored FISH about three zee
long sported in the water beside IN
Q | vessel. their scales shining lridlsceh
| through the clear water. Wnen IN
$ schooner had been four days at sea
E dead whale rs feet long and 10 Zee
Il X. a.
I triangular back fin of the sword ms
I was seen frequently while passing owe
v GEORGES shoals. while school OF youn
: whales sported playfully around IN
| stern one afternoon. The ever-cnangln
colors of the sky and sea were con
| tinued source Of gratihcarion. IN
schooner was 300 miles from Sand
Hook before it reached blue water. y
soundings the water has green's
tinge. but when deep water. from q
TO 1000 feet is reached the water as
sumes that deeply, darkly, beautifull
blue" color alluded to by the poets y
the surface It looked black, but whe
1 broken by the vessels bow 1t shon
with serenest azure. The landsme
were treated to views OF dusk an
dawn incompatible for their eve
changing forms. The stars multiple
in the clear sea on a million fold, IN
air was a divine elixir. invigorating
new wine. and the landsmen file
themselves to bursting with the exec
lent food presented by the pilots, burr
ed their faces with the bright sunligf
until the skin peeled off their noses, an
were happy and contented. The bot
covered nearly 1000 miles OF water. p'
seven pilots on as many vessels, an
was out of sight OF land for 10 days:
Ernest Jarnold.