The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-16

KeTHper hall. From there ON fhn dgre
becomes a blur as of a long barrgr
waste of sand, until the horizon egfx
off the view.
The scene off on the lake was the
majestic and awful one To stand au6
watch the big rollers coming toward
one, with the wind whisking of ther
crests and blowing a spray heaVIeT
than the most severe rain storm, is all
the argument one needs to coRviHce
him of the terrific force which easiIY
brushes the hulls of the most staunchZv
built OF mans sel works, as th0u gh
they were egg shells.
As one looks over the large sea Of
waves the impression seems to ffJ
lOGgment that much of the talk Of tgge
waves is gross eXaggeration. 0He
sees, now and then, an article on wares
describing them as perhaps fortY,
sixty or 100 fees high. Looking as
them from land they never look TO Tx
SO high and from this view, if twelve
feet were placed as the measurements
Of their height it would >eem an amgEe
figure. The shore view, however, MAY
be less than half way from the bo1dm
to the top of the wave. A boat in rid
ing the waves finds it has to go all the
way from the lowest part of the troUgE
to the highest part of the crest. T}mFe
is undoubtedly where the great di6ef-
ence comes in. Perhaps from tae
trough to the crest OF those waves Mau-
day it might have been forty feet.
We did not stay long at the sRYaH
lookout Three young men haG Wgg-
coded us there and the station mas
rather small to hold six separate AVID
distinct individuals. After taking
look out through the small windows ar
the wild scene raging on the big poHG
we stepped outside and tried to make
our way back.
The trip back from the lookout was.
if anything, harder road to travel tiEar
the outgoing trip had been. Now We
had to face the wind. BY dint Of edg-
ing along we got back, but just haw
will undoubtedly remain something as
a question. 1t was all a wild scramble
"a clutching at straWs of men dr06agd
IN aOi1ad
Once back at the lfe-saving sfaf5ar
Capt. Cameron showed the reporter
about the building. In the south roam
of the building was the apparatus TG
the right as we enter stands the LITTLE
brass mortar which is used for shooting,
line from shore over a vessel liz dis
tress. Right next it stands + e eaNE-
pact apparatus Oh wheels which is TaG
out in cases of need. The cart hs2aEs
such necessary utensils as life busy,
the powder and material for the moElsTrrs
the life lines and tackle and other parzk~
phena!ia used in the resuscitatioE Ct
the drowned, including medicige
chest, ETC. Back of this stsGG
the big self-rigAting life beafx
so built that it VIII right itself
and empty all the water in her sa1as-
maticaliy. Close by is the surf baa1
and ove: head hangs the life ear wkicE
looks much like n sk.tf boat, but is az
closed on all stiles, admitting air Is
imprisoned passengers through t2z
smallest of holes. These maehnss
and pieces Of apparatus are all WIKI
the easiest reach and are always r&zIF
for an emergency.
The men all sleep III the station, and
the vigilant eye Uncle Sam keeps sc
the sailor lad is never closed. Afa4E
dark there are patrols along the bead
one along the north shore and &zaa
along the south, about half mile AT
low Kemper hall. This work contiEGsS
from the opening Of navigation ia sas
spring until the close in the fall, aEs1 d
one Of Uncle SANS greatest mercies