The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-08


HnrE Tw1fw.
The title Of Mark Twasnss ssurv- -av
Debut as Literary Psrseu. rsSss m
idea OF the terrible fra-pssy Of wsssrh 81
tells n May. fsrss a nsrehaursaxss
was destroyed by ire as sea.aaes rhsersw
and two passengers pug Of Ta rhre-
beats. with rafians for tsu DAYS Tx1
Of the beats were lost Bot the eapssis-z-
with Is frfghrfutEy eTrs~izf~t rz1-a
aboard. reached the HawaEan asEaras
80 days later. after voyage os saao
usIrs or SO. One % si1e fsso passengers
still survives and has long besrs = pro-
fessor in Trinity college. Hartford
Mary Twain eDt the storr from the sur-
vivors. whom be accompanied frozu
HonofuEu 20 san Franchises.
"rt IS an an-szing aeS~euture. There
Is nothing of is sort in TSssorr that <nr-s
passes &c IN irnpsses pssTsies uszssse posS5-
bic In one extraordinary s~fasE-sfa-
survival of every p@rson IN the ocat-f5
probabFY stands alone IN The history
CT adventures OF It's kIHf. TsusITy
merely part of Boats cor1peny szsr-f
tzFaH@f~- zfaA<@ -
ed and tendsrfy reared men unused so
hardship and heavy Eabor: shs un-
trained. roughly reared harsS workers
suecumb. Bat N thTS ease evan tFa@ rsssf-
ess and ruugfess steosF me prTvaT5gns
and nsiseri@s % the voyage almost IS
well as did the coiEs1s-brses vouHg
brothers and the captain. HTsau. ply
icaEIv- The minds % most Of The sasE-
ors broke down IN the fourrTs v=~~s arss
went so temporary r7EIs,- but physically
the enduranes exhibited was aSssussFF-
ing Those msu did not szsryfvs 5y arr
r1erit sf their own. 81 rryssrss bgst -FsT
merit Of the character ans. 5gtsEs7vsrss
OF TIE captain they lived ss tfas mas
ferry % his spirit Wfthous hiun tFs~
would have been children uEssauT >
nurse Tkey ssouEd hsss4 exhausted
their provisions n wewk- and Their
pluck would nos have lasted even -
long as the provisions
The beat ram. near 20 b~fn~
wrecked ss The Eass ~ &c snpruaeh~ss
the shore che sail WIS 1T zu- anT esgEus
down with a run: then sFss ezpta5n sew
that De was drifting swiftly Toward AZ
ugiv reef. ard an e4sa-- we zazete~ 20
hoist the sail again: on. e cuTfIS roe o..
done. the Hs>n's strengths xas wholly
exhausted: fhsy could Hos ever psEI TT
oar. They were helpless ard cfezzth 5rn-
u1inent- # vas theu that they were lis
covered by the tw9 Fanasa< ~fsS
achieved the rescue. Thsv Sxauz scS
and manned The boa. ard ssilatetE hs-
through q narrow ard EGErsfTv H0r5es-
able break in The resf-tTIs snIv 8rgas
IN &c IN stretch ~ 3 miles. The spoe
where the landing wss Es8sgs WIS tf4-
only ore m that stretch xEss-s footing
could have bssu found an sF~ =hor~.
everywhere else p-~~fETres c4rr1e sFsr-
down into 81 f8thor< 1f war@- 4sso.
IN all that stretch thfs was th- snIy
spot where anybody lived;
Within fer DAYS after tie FarsEf-~
all che neu but ore were ~ ard CREEPY
ing about. Property fFs~v oE5zfIt "a ha~-
killed themselves with fFIe 'Eoozf' -
she last few davs-soFas of them. -
any rate-ss=u who had f-sfghs<es .fs-sr
stouEarts wIth strjps ~ leather frsr-
Gid boots and with chips from rTss 5rre-
tsr-cask: f-efghtags which thsy did
not get rid Of By digestion. F1rsf BY Other
means. The eaptaEu ard tE1s fvro pas
senrsrs did ret eat strips and ekfBs- as
the sailors did. brit serzoesf the bssgr-
leather and The wood ard made 1uEr
of the ssrapTHgS Dv moTsrsuTnv them
with water The third mate tslG IT,
that the boots were old ard fTzff Of hafsS-
then added tfouvf1tsBITy- bar rhss holsz
digssfsi the best Speaking ~ digs
tIoa- here - h r=rrarkaElIs th3n-. and
worth sotfHg: dtTrin this strange zov-
age. and for awhile aFrervxares On shore
the bowels % SOME Of che ns~rs vFr-uaT.-
csSsesi from their functions; ~ sofrs-
eases there vas 10 'FGn FIR II and %
days, ard in ere Ease for -. SFeepfns
also came "a - rar-. Yst tFs men id
very well without IL Ds1rfr.. many
days the captain did not sleep II all
u 7 think On one stretch.
when the landing WIS made. all rf-
men were successfully protected from
ovsrsaffBe sxrspt the 'Porrvgh~e.- ~
escaped the watch ART ate a. sr-rsxFfE,Is-
uumi1r Of banauas: n hundred ard ffftv-
tVTo. the third mate said. bar tEis vxsx
undoubtedly an syagvsratfa7= Z think
IL WIS III Hs was already nearly fl8ET
Of leather; ft was HzagfHE ouF ~ ITs
ears fT do not state This On the third
mates authority for we have sezn wFiss
sort of PERSON he WIS: sfafs K OF ny
ovvn-t The .Portyzhs~' osTgEt 20 have
died. Of course. ard even row IS s~wnns
a pity that he didn't bsfs Be- zcs we'll.
and a. eaFEy as aHy Ut them: and all tHfI
Of leather tso. tEs evay he xas- ard bsfr-
tsr-tinber ard harsfkerrhi@ss and NJ
HaEss. Some Of ths zIen did -7e hand
ksrehisfs in these last days. ASA soess-
and he was one Of them. --EsHsurv.
How Cure Huyus
great DEAF Of unnecessary suffering
IS endured in this world and urrssFq fgTf =
* e4st1=asf ks.- nztv--S 1FsE sssaEzT. --a-.