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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12

one of the Chinese cooks was taken
down with severe cold He died In
few days and was buried at sea. Then
a seaman fell sick, with unmistakable
symptoms of scurvy. He. too, died and
was thrown overheard. The scurvy
attacked other sailors. Early n Jan
uary the Oakes was off the Island of
Trinidad, and sighted the American
ship Governor Roble from New York
to Melbourne.
Were short of provisions was sig
nailed, and the Roble sent aboard
what she could spare.
The fresh supply sustained the sail
ors for awhile, and stayed the scurvy.
But one after one the men sickened
again, and the ship was soon a floating
hospital. The captains wife was the
only nurse In 1t. On March l only
three men were able to do duty. They
were the captain and the second and
third mates. A strong northerly gale
sprang up that. day, and for the first
time the captains wife took the wheel,
which is altogether exposed to every
wind that blows. For eight hours the
brave woman never left her post.
Neither food nor drink crossed her lips.
This was the condition of the un-
fortunate vessel wnen on the night OF
March 10 she was sighted by the Kas-
bek. The Oakes was then 800 miles
southeast of Sandy Hook. At the
wheel and grasping the spokes with
hands blistered from hard work, stood
the captains wife. She knew that the
yards were not braced sharply enough
f. the vessel to sail closely hauled
but she held to the wind as much as
she dared, until the Tapping canvas
warned her, and then eased off again
Abrams, the second mate, stood at
the rail and burned blue cotton lights
as signals of distress. His feet and
legs were swollen with scurvy. One of
these signals attracted the attention of
Captain Muir of the Kasbek, whose
tanks were filed with petrolem bound
for Fiume, Austria. The captain at
once changed his course to help the dis
tressed boat.
To Captain Muir's surprise, the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12

OakeS made no ei'crt TO heave to. ant
IL was SOME lime before Second Maize
Abrams could signnl 10 The rescuers
that they were too short-handed 10
either lower II boat or handle The shin
properly. Help had to he effected
through transferring line $50 fathoms
long and two and one-half inches thick.
After great deal of hard work 10
avoid danger of collision. the KashelS
was rendered almost as helpless as the
vessel she attempted TO succor. The
transferring line had wound itself
around the tail-shaft Of Captain Mulr's
boat and wcnld not uncoil. Nothing
could be done until the nuts were
loosened and turned back enough TO
allow the tail-shalt to be pushed out
ward an inch and half. The space
thus made was filled with oakboard
and the nuts screwed back in place
1t took eight hours to do this. Mean
while the Oakes had drifted away
from her rescuers. In the afternoon of
Tuesday the Kasbek again started to
look for her, and at @ that night she
was sighted. Captain Muir signaled
her that he would stand by. When the
storm abated fresh provisions We're
sent to the Oakes. Another attempt
was made to send hawser aboard the
Oakes, this time with success. The two
vessels reached Sandy Hook without
further mishap.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12

ago, drifting rapidly away from the
steamer which was bearing down on
her with the purpose of rescuing the
charnel, a specter on the high seas
where death ruled. Only four persons
aboard that doomed ship-the captain,
Edward b. Reed; his wife and the two
ranking officers-were able to leave
their hunks when the kasbec made the
heroic and successful effort to rescue
them from certain death. They were
sick upto death, their limbs swollen
out Of all semblance to humanity, their
parched and scaling skins blue and
black with the ravages of the leprosy
of the seas. Hope had long since de-
parted, and but for the indomitable
will and exceptional strength of Mrs.
Reed the story of the wreck and rescue
would never have been known.
1t Is another story of the sea from
which painter and poet may draw in
spiration. 1t Is a story of hurricane,
intense suffering and death. It's CEN
trail figure Is heroic woman, one of the
kind that century produces once,
twice, perhaps, but not oftener.
The ship should have made the time
In 130 days. When more than the al
lotted time elapsed, and no tidings
came from her, she was given up by her
owners. AS is customary, she was re-
insured in course of time, but ON March
13 she became understandable A week
later the gallant vessel with its heroic
woman pilot was towed into New York
harbor by the British tank steamer
Kasbeck, herself cripple, disabled in
her effort to help the helpless Oakes.
When the Oakes sailed from China
on the glorious day of the anniversary
of American independence, she had on
board twenty-four souls-twenty-three
men and one woman. Six of them
died and were buried at sea; twelve
were sent to the United States Marine
Hospital at Clifton, with scurvy in an
aggravated form, and six have recoy-
cred from the sufferings they endured
on an almost endless voyage.
Edward w. Reed. the captain of the
Oakes, Is one Of the oldest seamen in
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12
Companionsnip in Married Life.


'If you wish to be Il good companion
to your husband study to make each
Woodworking that you say to him an
incentive to a better life." is Ruth Ash
N ores advice to young women, whom
she addresses upon The Profession of
Marriage" in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Learn to make each Goodnight
benediction of love Tor the days work,
the days loving and tau Jays syinpa-
thy. Look for lis goai qualities. lie
is like you in having faults; with very
little trouble you can find these faults;
and by talking about them and rc-
minding him of them you can make
your married life uncomfortable. You
can bring about keartburnings, you
can cause strife, ana before you know
it hatred may take the place of love.
Look for his virtues, and, seeking al
ways for goodness. you will grow bet-
ter every day just us certainly IS you
would grow bad if you looked only for
that which was wicked. Remember
there is much TIA. will have to be for
given in you, and whenever you feel
inclined to remind Tom of Ia weakness
read the book in which is set down
your foibles and your follies. a wom-
an who, even after her marriage, care
fully studies her profession, can make
her husband what she wishes him TO
be. Everything that is good is conta-
gious, and the right kind of wife
makes the right kind of a husband.
Respect the rights of your husband;
he is Il man, not n child, and how can
the world honor him when you. who
are his closest companion, do not? DO
not, even in jest, deride CT under:ate
him. People are slow about deciding
when one is jestlng or when one is IN
earnest. And what you meant TO be
funny may cause some stupid person
to say, How horrid Tom must be!
Why, his wife says dreadful things
about him."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12
A Hat Size.

A size in hats is one-eighth of an
inch. According to the English meth
cd, the smaller diameter of the head is
taken as the starting point. One-clghth
of an inch increase in the shorter di-
ameter makes little more than three
eighths in circumference. The French
and German hatters have rule slight.
ly different from this.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12
THE CEDARS OF LEBANON.
Several Groups of the Famous Trees
Arr sun Standing.

In ST. Nichplas there is an article en-
titled silk and Gedars,' by Harry
Fem, the artist, describing IL visit to
the mountains of Lebanon. He says.
Every girl and boy of the Christian
world has hfard ana read. over and
over again. II the "Cedars of Leban-
on but verYfew have any idea Of the
locality and surroundings of the IA
nous grove. II is Il popular error, by
the way, to sippose that there are no
other cedars remaining besides this
group ut the lead of the "Wady" wal
ley or canyon Kadisha. There are. to
my knowledge, ten other groves, some
numbering thousands of trees. This
particular group that we are about to
visit Is called by the Arabs by name
which means 'Cedars of the Lord"
They number about four hundred trees,
among them circle of gigantic fellows
that are called by the natives "The
Twelve Apostles" upon the strength
of an old tradition that Jesus and his
disciples having come to this spot and
left their slaves standing In the ground,
these slaves sprouted into cedar-groyes.
There is every reason to suppose that
in the time of King Solomon these
scattered groves We're part of an enor-
nous unbroken forest, extending the
entire length of the Lebanon range of
mountains, about one hundred miles,
running nearly parallel with the Med
iterranean shore from little below
Beirut. The SUBMITS of the range are
from fifteen to twenty miles from the
coast.
The Lebanon-that is, the "White"-
does not derive its name from glitter
ing snowpeaks, but from the white
limestone cliffs of It's submits. The
first historical mention of the trees is
In the Bible e Sam. v. ~: :"And Hiram.
King of Tyre, sent messengers to Da-
vid, and cedar trees, and carpenters,
and masons; and they built David an
house."
From that day to this the people have
been almost as reckless and wasteful
Of these noble giants of the mountains
as our own people are of these cedars'
first cousins, the redwood trees of the
California coast-range. AS we approach
the grove, which stands upon the top
OF n small Hill, the foliage is almost
black against the snow-covered crags
Of Dahrel-Kadib, which rears its high
est peak over ten thousand feet above
the sea.
There is Maronite chapel In the
grove, its patriarch claiming the sole
right to the sacred trees; and, luckily,
the superstition with which the trees
have been surrounded has been their
salvation. An the cedars of Lebanon
would have been demolished for red
wood years ago were not the people
threatened with dire calamity should
they take q single stick.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12
Strange Himalayan T'E bes.

NM. Olafsen and Philipsen, two Dan
ish officers who recently explored the
Pamir country north of the llimalayas,
found there unknown tribes who are
fire worshipers and ignorant of the use
of money. Their animals are all dwarf
ed, the cows being the size of ponies.
the donkeys of large dogs md The
sheep of small poodles. Women are
sold for five or six cows or fifteen sheep
apiece. Their chief article of barter Is
furS.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12
A BOILED Dinner

q wish,' said the artist who had been
so absorbed in his work as to neglect
his eating, that you would send out
and get nice large head of cabbage" I"
Certainly" replied his wife; "have
you an inspiration for new still llfe?o
"No; | merely want it for pot
boiler" "-Washington Star
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12
HAWTHORNE, EsMERAIDA COUNTY, NEVADA MAY I2 1897

service. He has been commander of
the 0akes for nine years. Three years
ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis
which affected his enunciation. so that
he cannot speak distinctly. The cap
tain's wife, of sturdy New England
stock, with the blood of reyolu-
tionary soldiers in her veins, has been
teen years.
When the ship sailed from Hong
Kong the crew were in good health, ex-
cept the captain, who, under his wife's
tender care, was making heldwny to-
ward complete recovery.
Dearborn & Co., the agents of the
Oakes. had instructed Captain Reed to
come by way of Cape Horn, bnt when
he left the Chinese port lie decided on
quicker voyage by turning the Cape
of Good Hope, trade W lids favorlng
him especially at that time and COM
ing up the South Atlantic.
Six days out in the China Sea, the
Oakes encountered one of the terrific
typhoons peculiar TO those waters.
Fore and main topmasts of the boat
were sprung, and had 10 be braced by
the crew. Emerging out of one gale,
the ship wallowed III another for more
than three weeks. When it ended the
Oakes was we'll out In the North Pa
clfic, far from the course its captain
had set for her, and he determined after
all to go around Cape Horn.
The damage done to the boat by the
gales was quickly repaired by the
sailors, and fine weather succeeded the
terrific hurricanes. Early in November
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12

With Hall which cannot be equalled IN south
western Nevada For terms, Theatrical Mana
gers will address the Proprietor.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12

sNo, Mr.. Coolhand," she said, kindly,
81 am sure l could never learn to love
you"
"Oh, perhaps you could rejoined
Coothand, cheeringly. Never too old
to learn, you know."-Judy.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12

Lieut.. John NJ, Ellicott, t. S. NJ,
contributes to st. Nicholas an article
about lighthouses, which he calls '"rhe
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-05-12
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

MIR. Thomas win conduct nothing but nrst
class house. and a cordial welcome VIII oe ca
tended to all guests.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-12
GEORGE WEIGH Company the League of the Gross
Whose Essay Read Yesterday at St Feters Parish Rally Won
Him the Honor of Representing His Parish the Essay
Contest Next AUGUST.
Contest Next August.

young men of S.. Peters parish and
mum bers sixtv mem bers. The command
Ing officers are at present Charles F.
Skely first Lieutenant, and II. Z. Powers.
second lieutenant. The company was
organized two years ago and has grown
steadily ever since.
Thomas Curtis presided at yeste rday's
rally. Beside bim on the platform sat
Father Mcdonald of st. Peters; Father
O'Rvan. the spiritual director of the
League of the Cross; Rev. Dr. Morrison
OF St. Peters, and the commanding Off
GERS of the pany.
An unusually interesting program me
had been prepared, and the audience,
which more than flied the spacious hall,
showed appreciation of The various num-
bers by hearty applause.
An address by Rev. Father Morrison
and remarks by Rev. Father O'Ryan on
the injurious effects of intemperance i'm
pressed upon the audience the importance
of the evil which the League of the Cros.
was organized to contend against
In the parish essay contest only one OF
the me m bers of Company | had entered
Private George Welch. 1t was said that
the other boys, realizing his ability, diu
not care to try to compete with him. His
essay yesterday, which he read with much
spirit and eloquence, was generously ap-
plauded and commended. In the course
of his essay, which was on the subject.
Temperance the Basis of True Man
hood" he said:
Is not drink the cause and crime the effeetP
Is not inte m perance the basis of almost eyery
thing that is ignoble and unmanly in man? In
temperance cuts down youth in its vigor.
breaks the fathers heart. bereaves the doing
mother, ex tinguisbes the natural affections
1t produces weakness. not strength, death not
lie
Drunkenness is the most destruc tive agent
them OF al that is great noble and manly, II
is the STUN bling block of youth, the wreck of
manhood, the despair OF old age. tits dark
ness in the home cloud in the church. ana
night in the heart of man, and is the sum of
all villianfes, the father of all crimes, the
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-12
GENERAL EZETA'S FRIEND,
Manuel Casin Arrested for Carrying q
Concealed Weapon

Manuel Casin Arrested for Carrying a
Concealed Weapon
Manuel Casin, the bosom friend of Gen.
eral Carlos Eze la of Salvador, is again in
trouble DE was arrested late SATURDAY.
night by Policeman Harter on the charge
OF carrying concealed weapon, and spent
the night in the City Prison. Yesterd ay
morning he was released on $50 cash ba il.
he had been indulging in wine. and at
Market and Ellis streets two women, who
had been amusing themselves by getting
him TO attempt to ride bicycle, took his
silver watch OFT of his pocket.
After the women ieft him he went into
the Peerless saloon to have more wine.
lie missed his watch, and accused some
one In the saloon with robbing him
Drawing revolver out of his pocket he
waved 1t in front of HIM, threatening to
blow out somebody's brains unless he got
ms watch. He was thrown out of the sa-
loon, and as he continued to make a dis
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-12
FOR REPAIRS,
The Camanche Again at Mare
Island, Moored to
a Buoy.
End of a Most Satisfactory Weeks
Cruise in the Old Monitor by
the Naval Militia.

The Camanche is at the Navy.yard
chained to buoy, and awaiting her turn
to get into the big dock to be cleaned
She was brought up there Saturday even
ing by her own c-ew OF naval militia, and
cruise of instruction.
For over year The old black monitor
has been familiar figure off Folsom
street wharf, but il is not likely she will
again be at her moorings there for some
time, as there is good deal IN the way Of
small repairs to be done, and 1t may be
when!she appears once more she will have
really joined the white squadron by law
ing aside her somber old coat of dusty
back.
Captain Turner. who commands the
naval militia, ex pressed himself as bel ng
much satisfied with the results of the
cruise. The organ Zation of the crew was
a difficult matter and it took some time
to bring the men and the officers to appre.
ciate the rigid system that makes a war
ship a word in itseli. 1t is not o thing to
be done in week, but the progress toward
it made by the Camanche's crew is con.
sidered beyond expectations.
During the week all the drills incident
10 working ship and guns were gone
through with. and on Saturday last the
veteran, of years if not OF wars. made way
for her cid resting place off the navy
yard. She came to her moorings there
about clock.
Saturday evening Ensign Stearns, the
inspecting officer, rejoined his ship, the
Bennington, and he introduced the mill
TIA otflcers to those OF the gun boat. The
milltiamen were most Hospitality enter
tained on board the vessel on Saturday
niPht.
Yesterday morning the Camanche was
lett IN charge of her boatkeeper and the
crew returned TO the City on the Month
cello and disbanded at the armory,
through the week there had not been one
serious accident. The vessel had been
kept with steam in hrr boilers all the
time, and not stroke of work on deck.
below, In engine-room or at the fires had
oeen oone by man not regularly enlist
ed. To this Captain Turner refers with
considerable pride, ana adds again that he
is much satisfied with the cruise.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-12
Four Doctors in Constant Con-
sultation Over the Par
alyzed Man.
A SECOND STROKE NIGHT BIZ FATAL
Those Nearest the Patient Predict
That the Crisis Will Develop
Pavorably.

SAN MATEO, CAL, July 1.-"There
has been no appreciate change either for
better or worse in Colonel Crocker's con-
dllion to-day" said DR.. Gardner. head
surgeon of the Southern Pacific Com pany,
when seen late this evening at the
coloneps residence.
1--WE all consider the case very serious,
but not oy any means hopeless" he
added. This statement was made just
after an hours consultation between Drs.
Gardner, Chismore, Whltwel and Mac
Monagle. DR.. Adams, who had been in
consultation with them previously, was
unable to be present on account of sick
ness, or rather a slight wound which he
had received. The four doctors were to-
gether from about 8 to 10 and all were rsa-
sonably well pleased with the colonel s
progress.
The colonel is at present in full possess
sion of his faculties continued DR..
Gardner. 1t is now fifty-six hours since
the first attack and there have been no
symptoms OF second stroke. OF course
every twenty-four hours that pass by is
that much in the patients favor, for the
proba bIlity of a second attack becomes de-
creasingly less"
Drs. Gardner and Chismore will remain
with the patient during the night. and To-
morrow morning at O'Clock the doctors
who consulted tonight will hold another
consultation.
William H. Crocker, who was sum-
moned Friday night by an urgent tele-
gram to come to the bedside of his brother,
arrived here this afternoon and was i'm
mediately driven to the coIoneI's resi-
denCe. He arrived there shortly after l
o'clock and remained with him lor three
or tour hours.
he was ushered into the sick-cham Der
and although, acting under the doctors
orders, he made no attempt to speak 10
his brother he held his hand and re-
mained beside him for some little time.
Mr.. Crocker had just arisen from dinner
at his Burhngame residence this evening
when interviewed by CALL representa-
tive In answer to an inquiry as to
whether the colonel recognized him when
he stood beside the sick man, Mr.. Crocker
said:
II am not positive, but I think he did
The room was dark and | could not see
very well, but l think he recognized me.
OF course, | made no effort to speak to
him. | held his hand in mine and he
looked at me and turned over"
Speaking of his lightning trip from Og-
den across the mountains Mr. Crocker
said: I'VE made the best time that has
ever been made across the mountains.
We beat the time made by the special
that was run from Carson, or, in iaci. any
other special. | was at Green r yer when
! received the telegram announcing my
brothers illness. | was already coming
west on train 1, the last train from chi
cago. I had to remain on that until
we reached Ogden and from there on l
came in the coloneTs car, the 'Misha-
wax"
"Our time from Ogden to Oakland was
less than twenty-three hours. We left
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-12
turbance Policeman Harter appeared upon
the scene and placed him under arrest.
JOAQUIN'S MOTHER.
Mrs. Margaret Miller, Who Gave Us
the Sierra Poet, Better.

| Mrs. margaret Miller, Who Gave Us
the Sierra Poet, Better.
Mrs. Margaret Miller, mother OF Joaquin
Miller, has almost entirely recovered from
her recent slight attack of illness. A rep
| resenta tive of THE CALL visited her yes
| terday and found her sitting up and sur
rounded by all the com forts of home lie.
1T was only little iairting spell that /
had last week" said Mrs. Miller, cheer
fully. iand I'm ashamed to think that it
caused my friends any uneasiness. | feel
about as good as ever, but guess I'll not
do any work in my garden for several
davs'
Mrs. Miller takes great pride in her gar.
den, which she cultivates and tends with
her own hands. The land of her hillside
home is very productive, and at her very
door she has at hand all the choicest vege-
tables and garden fruits OF the season.
A report was current that Mrs. Miller
had suffered from stroke of paralysis,
but there was no truth in the story.
Joaquin Miller expects to go to Ashland,
Or, in few days, where he will join
William j. Bryan, and will speak from
the same platform with him in several
Oregonian towns.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-12

mother iof all abominations. the devils best
friend aud Gods worst enemy.
Following is the complete programme
of the exercises:
Hymn; opening prayer, audience; piano
solo. A Antique; recitation, Miss Annie Lally;
vocal solo, 2. McCurdry; recitation, Master r
OConnor and Miss May Morton; recitation,
Miss Rita Curtis; hymn. 'America," audience !;
recita ion, Miss Bessy Fitzgerald; vocal solo,
Miss Eta WEIGH; recitation, William Sulli-
van. Instrumental quartet-MIss Mary Nc
Aleer and Miss EGith Tormey, violins; M.ss
Clara Tormey, guitar; Miss Isabel Tormey,
mandolin. Essay, ITEM mrerance the Basis OF
True Manhood. George WEIGH; address, Rev
Falner Morrlsoh; remarks, Rev. Father
ORyan; "Te Deum," audience
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-12
A Lucky Shot,

Old Moore's Almanack, an annual
prophetic publication with q wonderful
circulation among certain classes OF the
British population, made an extraordinary
lucky shot in connection with the Paris
fre. With reference to the last few DAYS
OF April it made this prophecy:
we are almost sure to hear news of an
awful fire in Paris, which will involve
great loss of life, while gang OF Ioafers
will be busy among the ruins."-New
York Evening Post.