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sFortv-tvo years ago said an old
nava! officer, Il was in the haroor OF
Marseincs. on the coast Of France an
officer Of the navy and attached to one
Of tbs. best ships Of the American navy OF
that era As frequently happens there at
certain seasons OF the year, there was some
wind blowing. fer in that harbor 1t comes
down to You direct from the Alps and mas
that Switzerland tone, flavor and feeling
that makes it thoroughly unenJoyabIe- Inc
harbor is made by the aid Of an extensive
wall or breakwater. and it works all right
in theory. but significantly fails to work
during a severe blow. Well, our ship was
IN for the worst of it and 1t was very
rough I assure YOU. Merchant ships all
about us were being picked up by the wind
and dashed against the breakwater IN the
most unceremonious manner. and We We're
kept busy sending out crews TO relieve dlS-
tress All Of a sudden it leaked into cur
heads that w should reserve our forces
for our own welfare. for on the sea, as well
as elsewhere lookout for number one Is
good doctrine We here found tnat self-pro-
lection is helped great deal by precau-
ton and while did not declln" any re-
quest for our AID, We did not strain our
ears listening for them Our ship had TAX
en- on the cradle motion and was going a.
a twu-twenty rate and increasing speed
all the time The Iookouts reported that
we had parted all Of our hawSers hut enc,
and that the remaining one was rather
slight affair. About this time things he
came very interesting and the officers be
gan looking around to what was best
to be done. who should do ii and how. In
the midst of the trouble young officer,
who had been confined To his quarters by
order II the commander Of the ship for a
kind of a supposed violation Of discipline
akin to the occurrence on the Olympia,
came up ON deck and had some suggestions
to make-a rather unusual proceeding. l
have to admit but any port in a storm,
they We're welcomed
THE Cff.Use Of this young officer was
rather slight one and like that on the
Olympia was 70 great extent an imag-
ined and iudescrihable one Still. il was an
Offeuse. and technically the young officer
was undergoing punishment for It. being
confined 20 his room. where he was re-
Quirad To- play cards. checkers. domnoes
and O-Her games by himself. instead OF
having the other officers as partners. He
was krowu 10 have nerve. however. which
makes up wonderfully in a sailors favor.
and considerable common sense. What IS
needed TO be GuDe% he asked of the officer
OF the deck. oar hawseTs have parted
and We are depending on single one
was the response. Tie a line around me
and I Will take It to the breakwater,' in
stantly replied the young officer. and in
less time than II takes to say 1t he was
ready for the plunge A light line was
tied around his waist and overheard he
went To the applause Of all. Hand over
hand he went and though he had hard
fight. he reached the hreakwa-er. made his
line fast and soon had hawser on its way
there That being done he soon had three
Others, and the question Of the ship s-ay-
ing there was settled In an hour or so the
young officer returned to the ship in the
ships gig. No one seemed TO remember that
he was technically under arrest when he
volunteered his life for the safety of the
ship, or that he had ever done anything
which could be regarded as a violation of
ri Ton rg~%-
could think Of was that he had taken
line ashore for US There would have been
some cl"udlnE up of his record if he had
not by q master-strokc cleared himself
Who was the young ofFicer2 Oh. yes. I
forgot. His name is George Dewey. but
that was over forty years ago, remember
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We have had double funerals without
number, Of husband and wife, sister and
sister, brother and brother explained an
ettache Of a cemetery near the Soldiers
Home 10 Star reporter. but a funeral
here week before last seems to surpass
them all There are several men who have
three and four wives buried in this and
Similar cases in other cemeteries. as well
as number of women who have from two
TO as many in one instance at least as five
huspands, The case that I refer to as
being something new is not of the kind
referred 10. for there was a IaDse of time
wives spoken of, but a case where a lady
buried two husbands at the same time
And she was not a Mormon, either. Her
nrst husband died in August and his re-
mains were Temporarily placed in the vault
Ihe VIII and certain directions left by the
husband for business and other reasons
directed that II II could he satisfactorily
arranged the widow should marry the
business associate and particular friend of
the deceased In less than three weeks
under these circumstances the widow mar
ried the gentleman referred to- who in
less than three DAYS was confined to his
bed by an Illness thai in three weeks proved
fatal The dDubIy endowed widow arranged
Tor his funeral. and the same time gave
orders that her first husbands remains
NhlcA mad been left In the vault tempOrar-
iy. should be Inferred by his side at the
same time. Two graves were dug and bo+h
were buried at the same time. Their cof-
fms were identical as We'll as were the floral
DECORATIONS. which were rather elaborate.
~ was the first time IN my experience that
ever saw or even heard Of widow bury
ing two husbands at the same time though
II may have happened often elsewher.
Ine widow has arranged that she shall be
buried beside them, the first husband 10 be
on her left"
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The migratory birds have already start
ed on their way to the SOUTH" observed a
night Tatchman at the Washington monu-
rnent to a Star reporter where they will
spend The winter. being. 1 think couple
Of weeks earlier than they were last fall
The number increases each night. and as
a result the bird and feather collectors
are IN evidence every night and will be
Tor some time. One OF the bird men of
the Smithsonian was over here last Sat-
urday night and he was rewarded for his