The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
THREE ReMARkAsLE oAlLDREn
They Were Born and Are Being Raised
at Sea.

They Were Born and Are Being Raised
at Sea.
That out Of family Of four children
three should be born at sea, and on one
ehip. Is a remarkable occurrence.
which. taken into consideration with
the facS that the only child OF the fam
lily born ashore did not live to be q
week old, makes 1t more so.
The children are those OF Captain
and Mrs. Carson. and they first saw the
light OF day in the cabin Of the Manx
ship Manx King. Captain Carson's
family consists Of two sons and one
daughter-Tom. Jack and Teresa.
Tom, the eldest living child, was born
on the Pacific Ocean, about three hun
dred miles on the coast OF Chile; but
the exact latitude and longitude was
never determined other than by ap-
Proclamation, rs the sky had been over
cast for several days prior to his birth.
On May 3, 1888. the arrival of the
young sailor was becomingly eelebrat-
ed by the officers and crew of the ship.
Teresa was born in the storm center
of the most dreaded coast in the world,
almost on the peak Of Cape Horn, on
March "a, 1891, when the Manx King
was In latitude 54:42:16 south, longi-
tude 73:35:14 west. When the ship was
laboring heavily in a living gale the
little stranger made her appearance.
When she was about ten days old the
ship, then in the South Atlantic, en-
countered a hurricane and was thrown
on Its beam ends, and set 50 low that
the seas came in through the cabin
skyhghts, completely flooding the cab
ms. The ship was soon got on an even
keel, and reached its destination with
out any further mishap. and with both
mother and child In excellent health.
Jack was born Dec. "A, 1892, In the
North Atlantic Ocean, In latitude 4:16
north; longitude 24:31 west. The
weather when Jack first came into the
world was all that could be desired,
and the noble ship, with It's precious
living freight, was bowling along I'M
der all sail at about fourteen knots an
hour.
All Of the children enjoy remarkably
good health, and at sea. no matter how
hard the gales may blow, these chill
dren Of King Neptune never allow
them TO interfere with their play. No
matter at what angle the ship may
ride. nor how much 1t may pitch and
toss, the children Of the Manx King
play In the ships cabin. The children
have become 50 accustomed to the mo-
ton OF the ship that not one OF them
has suffered any bad mIshap; for,
where they are thrown down by the
violent pitching or rolling of the ship,
they seem In some way to settle on the
deck, much after the fashion of the
storm birds on the ocean waves, and
though In their short lives they have
encountered more storms than falls TO
the lot OF most mortals who live on
land, not one of them has suffered even
Il spralned limb.
Toms knowledge OF nautical matters
Is naturally extensive, and 1t 10 safe TO
say that. II he follows the sea with his
father until he is IA or 10 years old. he
VIII be able to navigate as well as most
men who have been at sea twenty or
thirty years, for with him 1t is natural.
AS young as he Is, he knows the name
and location OF every line and spar on
n snip, and IL II came to a pinch he
could give all the necessary orders for
shortening sail or putting the ship on
us courses.-PortlaDd oregonlan.