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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15

| need, WAS there any great hurry about
the Sarah Sands. She was two long
months reaching Cape Town, and she
stayed there five days to coal, leaving on
October Goth. By this time the crew
were all but openly mutinous, and the
troops, who must have learned little Of
seamanship, worked her out of harbor.
On November 7sh, nearly three weeks
later, equal struck her and carried
away her foremast, and it is to be pre-
sumed that the troops turned to and
cleared away the wrecksge. On Novem-
Der 18th, the real trouble began, for in
the afternoon Of November 1lth-three
months out from Portsmouth, party of
soldiers working in the hold, saw smoke
coming up from the after hatch.
They were then, mayb4, within a
thousand miles of Mautitas, in half a
gale and a sea full of sharks. Captain
Castle, the skipper, promptly lowered
and provisioned the boats; with some
difficulty got them oversize and put the
women into them. Some of the sailors,
the bad kind-the engineers and firemen
and few others behaved well-jumped
into the long boat aud kept away from
the ship. They knew she carried two
magazines full of cartridges
The troops, on the other hand, did not
make any uss, but under their officers
orders, cleared out the starboard or right
hand mags zine, while volunteers tried
to save the regimental colors. These
stood at the end of the saloon, probably
clamped against partition behind the
captains chair, and the saloon was full
of smoke. Two lieutenants made dash
for them and were nearly sufFocated; a
ships quartermaster, Richard Richmond
was his name, put wet cloth over his
face, managed to tear down the colors.
and then tainted. A private, and his
name was W. Wiles, dragged out both
Richmond and the colors, and the two
men dropped senseless on deck, while
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15

button" but the troops probably admin
istered their own justice during the
twelve days sail TO port. The men who
were berthed aft, the officers and the
women lost everything they had, and
the companies berthed forward lent
them clothes, and canvas 10 make cloth
ing.
On December Goth they were all re-
embarked on the Clarendon. 1t was
poor accommodation for heroes. She
had been condemned as a coolie-ship,
was full Of centipedes and other animals
picked up in the Brazil trade her en-
gines broke down frequently, and her
captain died of exposure and anxiety
during hurricane. 1t was January Goth
before she reached the mouth of the
Hoogly.
BY this time many men probably con-
sidered this quite as serious as the fire
the troops were out of tobacco, and when
they came across the American ship,
Hamlet, Captain Lecran, lying at
kedgeree, on the way to Calcutta, the
officers rowed over to ask il there was
any tobacco for sale. They told the
skipper the history Of their adventures,
and he said:
"Well, Pm glad you're come to me,
because l have some tobacco. How
many men are you?"
"Three hundred" said the officers.
Thereupon Captain Lecran got out
four hundred pounds Of best Cavendish,
and a thousand Manila cigars for the
officers, and refused to take payment on
the ground that Americans did not ac-
cept anything from shipwrecked people.
They were not shipwrecked at the
time, but evidently they had been ship
wrecked quite enough for Captain
Lecran, because when they rowed back
second time, and insisted on paying, he
only gave them some more grog,
(which" says the record, "caused it to
be dark when we returned to our ship"
After pipes were lit ''our band played
A"HNSO DOOuiOJ pluO llSutb were DuTu'
ed, the signal.gun fred" that must have
been lively evening at Kedgeree, land
everything in our power was had recourse
to, 80 as to convey to our American
cousins our appreciation of their kind
ness"
Last of all the commander-in.chief
issued general order to be read at the
head OF every regiment in the army. He
was pleased to observe that 'the be-
havior Of the oath Regiment was most
praiseworthy, and by its result must
render manifest TO all the advantage of
subordlnatlon and strict obedience to
orders under the most alarming and
dangerous circumstances in which sold
iers can be placed"
That is the moral of the tale.-Youth's
Companion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15
THE BURNING OF
THE SARAH. SANDS.
By RUDYARD KLPLING.

MEN have sailed the seas for &c
lvl many years, and have there done
such Amazing things in the face
OF danger, difficulty aud death, that no
one tale of heroism Exists which cannot
be capped by at least score of others.
But since the behavior of bodies Of I'M
tried men under trying circumstances is
always interesting, and since l have
been put in possession Of some facts not
generally known, ! have chosen for my
contribution the story of the Sarah
Sands.
She was small four-masted-you
must specially remember the masts--iron
built screw steamer of eleven hundred
tons, chartered to take out troops to In
da. That Yves in 1857, the year Of the
Indian mutinY, when anything that
could sal. or steer was in great d mand;
for troops were being thrown into the
country against time.
Among the regiments was the 54th OF
the line, now the second battalion of
the Dorset regimeni-ag good corps, about
a hundred years old with very fair
record OF service, but in no way differing
so far as one can ser, from hundred
other regiments.
1t was hurried out in three ships. TIE
headquarters, that is to say the lieuten-
ant colonel, the reRimental books, the
pay chest, band and colors-you must
specially remember the colors-with
some fourteen officers, three hundred
and ffty.four of the rank and file, and
perhaps a dozen women left Portsmouth
on August 10, all packed tight on the
Sarah Sands.
Her crew, with the exception OF the
engineers and iremsn, seemed to have
been foreigners and pier-head Jumpers,
picked up at the last minute. They
were bad, lazy and insu5ordinate.
The accommodation for the troops was
generously described as "inferior," and
what men called inferior in '57 would
now be called vile. Nor, in spite of the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15

tie troops cheered. That, at least was
good omen.
The saloon must have been one Of the
narrow, cabin lined old fashioned "cud.
dies" placed above the screw and all the
fire was in the stern OF the ship, behind
the engine room. IL was blazing very
close to the port or left hand magazine,
and ~ an explosion there would have
blown the Sarah Sands in two they call
cd for more volunteers, and one OF the
two lieutenants who had been choked in
the saloon went down first aud passed
up a barrel Of ammunition, which was
iOyfully hove overheard. After this ex.
ample work went on with regularity.
They pulled up the fainting men with
ropes, while those who did not faint
grabbed what they could gat at in the
smother, and an official and serene
quartermaster sergeant stood on the
hatch as he jotted down the number OF
barrels in his note book. They pulled
out all except two which slid from the
arms Of fainting man-there was a
great deal Of fainting that afternoon
and rolled out OF reach. Besides these
were a couple OF barrels OF signalling
powder for the ships use; but this the
troops did not know, and were the more
comfortable for their ignorance.
Then the flames broke through the
afterdeck, the light attracting shoals OF
sharks and the mizz ,nmast Jared up and
went oversize with a crash. This would
have veered the stern of the ship head
to wind, in which case the flames must
have swept forward, but man with a
Ratchet ran along the bulwarks and cut
the wreck clear, while the boats surged
and rocked at a safe distance, and the
sharks tried to upset them with their
tails.
A captain Of the 54th he was a jovial
soul and made jokes throughout the war
headed a party of men to cut away the
bridge, the deck cabins, and everything
else that was inhAmmable-this in case
of the flames sweeping forward again
while provident lieutenant with some
more troops lashed spars and Things to.
gether Tor raft, and other gangs pump
ed desperately on to whut was left of the
saloons and the magazines.
One record says quantity: at was
necessary to make some devitiation from
the usual military evolutions while the
flames were in progress" The men
formed in sections, countermarched
round the forward part of the ship,
which may perhaps be better understood
when it is stated that those with their
faces to the afterpart where the fire
ragged were on their way to relieve their
comrades who were working below.
Those proceeding forward" were going
to recruit their exhausted strength, and
prepare for another attack when it came
their turn.
No one seemed to have much hope of
saving the ship, so long as the last pow
der was unexploded. Indeed. Captain
Castle told an officer OF the 9th that the
game was up, and the officer replied.
We'll fight till we're driven overheard "
1t seemed he would be taken at his
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15

Der 18th, pumping, buoketiDg, sluicine
and dampiug, they began to hope that
they had bested the fire. BY nine o'clock
they saw steam coming up instead Of
smoke, and at midday they called in the
boats and took stock of the damage.
From the mizzenmast aft there was moth
ing you could call ship, except the shell
of her. IL was steaming heap Of scrap
iron, with twenty feet Of black, greasy
water flooding across the bent and twist
beams and rods, and in the middle OF It
all, tour huge water-tanks rolled to and
fro, laundering against the naked sides.
Moreover-they could not see this till
things had cooled down-the powder had
blown hole right through tine port
quarter, and every time she rolled the
sea came in green. OF the four masts
only one was left, and the rudder-head
stuck up all bald and black and naked
among the jam Of collapsed deck-beams.
The photograph Of the deck looks ex-
actly like that Of a Quilted theatre after
the flames and the fireman have done
their worst.
They spent the whole of the 18th
pumping water out as zealously as they
had pumped it in; they lashed the loose
tanks as soon as they were cool enough
to touch and they plugged the hole at
the stern, with hammocks, sails and
planks, and sail over all. Then they
rugged up horizontal bar gripping the
rudder-head. Six men sat on planks on
one side and six on the other, hauling
on it with ropes and letting go as they
were told. That made as good a steer
ing-gear as they could expect.
On November 18th, still pumping,
they spread one sail on their solitary
mGst,-it was very lucky that the Sarah
Sands had started with four of Them
and took Vantage of the trade-wiuds
to make fer Mauritius. Captain Castle,
with one chart and one compass, lived
in tent where some cabins had once
been, and at the end of twelve days he
sighted land.
Their average run was about four
knots an hour; and it is no wonder that
as soon as they were off Port Louis
Nautilus, Mr.. Frazer, the Scotch en-
gineer, wished to start his engines. The
troops looked down into the black hollow
of the ship as the shaft made its first rev.
olution, shaking the hull horribly, and
II you can realize what it means to be
able to see naked screw shaft at work
from the upper deck of liner you can
realize what has happened to the Sarah
Sands.
They waited outside Port Louis for the
daylight, and were nearly dashed to
pieces on coral reef. Then they came
in without loss of single life, very dirty
their clothes 80 charred that they hardly
dared take them of, and very hungry
Port Louis gave them public banquets
in the market place, and the French in
habitants were fascinatiDgy polite, as
only the French can be.
But the records say nothing of what
befell the sailors who consigned the
ship to perdition." One account mere
ly hints that "this was no time for retri-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15

word, Tor just then the signalling powder
and the ammunition casks went up, anC
the ship from midships aft looked like
one volcano.
The cartridges sputtered like crackers
and cabin doors and timbers we're shot
up all over the deck, and two or three
men we're hurt. But--this isn't in any
official record-just after the roar OF it,
when the stern was dipping and all be-
lieved the Sarah Sands was setting fol-
her last Durch, some merry jester Of the
54th cried Lights ont !" and the jovial
captain shouted back, "All right, we'll
keep the old woman shoat yet.
Not one man Of the troops made any
attempt to get on the RATS; and when
they found the ship was still floating,
they went TO work double tides At this
point in the story we come across Mr..
Frazer, the Scotch engineer, who, like all
his countrymen, had been holding his
trump card in reserve. He knew the
Sarah was built with a water-tight bulk.
head behind the englne-Toom and the
coal bunkers, and he proposed to cut
through the deck above that bulkhead
and drown the fire. Also he pointed out
that 1t would be as well to remove the
coal in the bunkers, as the bulkhead was
almost red hot and the coal was catch
ing.
SO volunteers dropped into the bunk
ers, each man for the minute or two that
he could endure, and shoyelled away the
singeing, tuning fuel, and other vol
unteers were lowered with ropes into
the bonfire aft, and when they could
throw no more water they were hauled
up hslf-roasted.
Mr.. Frazer's plan saved the ship:
although every particle of wood in the
after part of her was destroyed, and a
blush vapor hung over the red-hot iron
beams and ties, and the sea for miles
about looked like blood under the glare,
as they pumped and passed water in
buckets, flooding the stern, sluiciug the
bulkhead and damping the coal beyond
the bulkhead all through the long night.
The very sides Of the ship were red hot,
so that they wondered when the plates
would buckle and wrench out the riyets
and let the whole fight down to the
sharks.
mi
The mizzenmast, as you know, had
gone the mainmast, although wrapped
round with wet blankets, was alight, and
everything abaft the mainmast was one
red furnace There was the constant
danger OF tine ship, now broadside on in
the heavy seas, falling off before the
wind and leading the flames forward
again. So they hailed the boats to tow
and hold her head to wind, but only the
gig obeyed. The others had all they
could do to keep ahoat one of them had
been swamped, though all the people
were saved, and as for the long boat full
of mutinous seamen, she behaved in
famously One record says that "She
only held aloof but consigned the ship
and all she carried to perdition." So the
Sarah Sands fought for her own life
alone.
About three on the morning of NOvem-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15
For La Grippe.

Thomas Whitfield & Co., 24O Wabash
av., corner Jackson st one of Chicago's
Oldest and most prominent druggists,
recommend Chamberlains Cough Rene
DIV for la grippe, as it not only gives a
prompt and complete relief, but also
counteracts any tendency of la grippe to
result in pneumonia. For sale by A. R.
Fisher, Cloverport; R. A. Shellman,
Stephensport.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15
Coughed Is Years.

Isuffered for % years with a cough,
and spent hundreds Of dollars with doc
tors and for medicine to no avail until 1
used DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-H Honey. This
remedy makes weak lungs strong. 1
has saved my life.-J. b. Resell, Grants
burg, Ill.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15
Wheat's "Farthest North.

Wheat is now grown farther north
than ever before. At Fort Providence,
on the Mackenzie River, 200 miles faFth-
er north than Sitka, Alaska, a splendid
wheat crop was grown last season in the
fields belonging to the Roman Catholic
mission.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15
Weak Ewes Are Made Strong

dim vision made clear, styes removed
and graduated lids or sore eyes of any
kind speedily and efectually cured by
the use of Sutherland's Eagle Eye
Salve. It's put up in tubes, and sold on
a guarantee by all good druggists.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15
Another Useful Substitute.

A substitute for emery powder has
been produced by a Russian inventor.
He burns fire clay at the temperature Of
23OO degrees Fahrenheit, and the result
ing powder is equal as polishing mater
ial to emery.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15
MOUNTING UPWARD.

Some people win by working hard
And some succeed through chance alone,
While now and then man gets up
BY honest efforts Of his own;
But where one honest person strives
To gain the height all seek TO wn
A dozen others try to mount
BY constant waggings Of the chin.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15
How Plants Can Suffer.

That plants when injured suffers from
fever is a n,E discovery by British
botanist. Plants suffer in similar man.
ner to animals under like conditions.
The rate of respiration increases and the
temperature rises, reaching a maximum
within twenty four hours.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15
TO THE soRRowFUL.

[DEDcArED n. GENNKi@l
( AIRY your place apart,
And sit with them in silence for awhile.
They are Gods messages sent TO reconcile
His vastest ways with each poor human heart
And you shall learn that all their keenest sma
Is under aw-as the OF the year,
Which bring the flower o bloom the seed to bear
And then pass calmly, having done their part
February TO- -E.G
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15
LING Irritation

is the forerunner to consumption DIR.
Bells Pine-Tar- Honey will cure it and
give strength to the lungs that a cough.
or cold will not settle there. Twenty
five cents at all good druggists.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15

Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup is still in
the lead. The people to like this old reliable
cough medicine, and don't blame them; Il Il the
best remedy Tor deep-seated cough or cold, aud
will affect a cure in ons day.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-02-15
GOOD WEATHER.

A little blizzard now and then
Is relished by the wisest men;
IL nips the bill-collector's toes,
And leaves US cash to buy some clothes.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-21

Of satin Two or three of the snowy
beauties are ensconced among their
CLASSY foliage with accompanying buds.
and 10, We have summer with US: In
roses we have from the delicate coral
and Bengal tints to the deep rich shades
Of the ROi and the JacquemiEOt. Then
there are many yellow ones, with rudy
foliage. and others of white green, with
frosted foliage.
Mauve is a difficult color to place
among flowers, yet IL Is prominent In the
boxes of the wholesale milliTer. The
kanunculus, the pansy, and the glycine
alone will trim many hats. Entire gar
lands will be worn; some composed Of
the small purplish red rose leaf that &C
companies the white rose These are Tor
straw and tulle hats. They are intended
10 be placed surrounding the crown, with
a cluster in front or AT the side. A nov
city in the foliage line are the sick
leaves These are the spotted leaves,
black brown, or yellow, and they really
form very attractive sprays.
Grasses, also, initiated or natural are
10 be much used: and fruit, such as cur
rants. white and red, whOrtleberries, and
small Strawberries, all with their leaves
These are often formed into gaTlaH1s
and terminated by cluster of roses, red
or yellow.
/ told YOU last week that very fashion,
able women were 10 dispense with peJu-
coats and wear beneath their closely tit
ted dress skirts, tights, or satin kniclIer-
bOckeTs. That is all true, but must sup
plement that information by the follow
ing: In order 10 show the indispensable
killed silk beneath the raised walking
skirt they fix a fioGnce into the lining,
and thus produce the soft and tiuty
effect they cannot relinquish. AND the
corset cover is now made in one with a
skirt. scanti!v eOred. but taking the place
of the two gam ents-chemise and corset
cover
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-21
A FAMOUS FRENCH 0MELeTTE.
Lillian Bell Is Initiated Into the Mysteries
ola Noted Chefs Arr.

From the woHsns Home Companion.
Nine. Poularde can cook so marveiously
that she is one OF the wonders of Nor
mandy. Her kitchen faces the main
street: you simply step over the threshold
as you hear the beating OF eggs. and
there, over an immense open fire, which
roars gloriously up the chimney, are tie
fowls twirling On their strings and drip
ping deliciously into the pans which stz-
ze complainingly on the Goals beneath.
Presently the roaring ceases, the fresh
Goals are fiattened down. ana into skill
let with a handle i've feet long, Is
dropped the butIer-Wnieh melts almost
instantly. A rat little red-faced boy
pushes the skillet back and forth
10 keen the butter from burn
ing The frantic beating OF eggs
voice Of Nine. P0ularde screams voiuble
French al her assistants She boxes
somebody's ears, snatches the eggs. gives
them one finally puffy bea ting which
causes them 10 foam up and overflow.
and at that exciting nlCms NJ out they
bcbble into the smoking skillet. the han
die OF which she seiZes at the identical
moment that she let's 90 OF the empty
bowl with one hand and pushes the red
faced boy over backward with the other
Ii Is legerdemaiEl But then. how she
MANAGES that skillet. How her red
cheeks flush. her black eyes sparkle, and
her plump hands guide that ship Of state
We we're ali 20 excited that We got hOr-
ribIy in her way, and almost fell into tire
fire IN our anxiety. She EiiTs and coaxss
and coQuettes with The lovely foamy
mass until il becomes as light az the yell
Tow down on a iedgiings wings. She
calls II an oFnelette. but sEe Is scra m
bling those eggs. Then when i Is almost
done she screams IL us 20 take our
pIaces. The red-faced boy rings a huge
I ben. and We all tumble msdly at the mar
row stairs to the dining room. where the
maids give u bread ana bring our wine
| ana get our plates alitready.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-21
PANCAKES IN CHICAGO.
Experience of Stranger Unused to Windy
City Fiapjacks.

From the Chicago later Ocean.
Il cont feel very hungry said the man from
Michigan he sat at the table Of Chicago re-
tsurant. and hastily glanced the bill Of fare
Waiter suppose you bring me hale dozen German
pancakes"
The waiter allowed a look OF polite astoB!shment
TO fit over his usually impasSys face.
Folks don't usually order more than one" be
said. in apologize tone.
Tie from Michigan looked sHgry.
Il guess ! kos What want" he declared.
bringing his q, down the table 20 that TIE ami
t4tloa egt-glasa sugar bowl ia r4ttled city peo-
Dls may think il polite TO eat Only one nzplack
but I'm raliye Of Michigan. and when vas a
tOy I used 70 eat ten German pancakes for break
fss,- Are you gons 70 hH ny crdsrT'
The waiter bCsed, and dls4yDs4fed- The nsn
from Michigan rcd DsDcr Tor NAils Thcn he
that he had nor coLe % the city % sDeRd ths day
Ia l1hlic enihg-room- Al ne end u h.teen mia
1tez SIX walters approached his table. The hrs de-
Dositsd PLAYER o. ne lsrset z.zs. In the eater
Sss 4 paLcsks eighties inches In diameter. Il was
rsDked b. pieces q Lesson sEd half concealed Ia
powdered sugar. ne second and ihlnd waiter lore
duplicates Of the hre. pzncsks - dld the iOurtk
Afth and sixth. There sss L0t room o. the liable
20 81 the gelcskos. b, tso v iAen we've placed
bit TIE DefS6ar Sho wee enjoying !aaeseon oesaa
% sEiIe. one nan ls8ghed 2iyld
TIE slsltor if0A h.esissa io9keS - BIS esres
Which called Tor $50 Thfa ks E1Fssys1 ab1gt
;osrto-a sq1srs feet X German ysaosks
'-Isese tsinEs sen 70 have gfSAh tihcs SaS a
boz BE- osssrFst
ztteHttca. The owner q tAe raEsskz= frozns4 a.
the-s. Thsn te ors-Fed tt- walters % rive saeh :
pancake. Twenty peFugas si9ppcd eating y sEgfeEs
ne nsr from Miealxsn lnneciately became ROOT,
raturse ffe cousa,aed fso u ne vzacsket gave
ne waiter uAo IA t@kea he oss-r haf asliar
b. N9al4 ct t.e me4s1F-sais y thiass % 80 20
fore as y1Asd ;h-a oat from chie4ES b!Il u fare.