New-York tribune., 1900-07-08

telling of pluclly boy who put $500 in his
trousers pockets, and it seemed big fortune
to him lie deserved all he got The British
ship Beaver captured by the French years
ago. The French took out all the crew but the
master and this boy. They put prize crew on
board and the master was ordered to head her
for a French port. He did so. The boy was
ordered to break open cask and pass the
liquor around He did Soon the French
men were asleep. all but sentry The boy
told the master. Together they fell upon that
sentry and slew him. Before the sleeping rum
soaked Frenchmen knew what was the mat
ter they had been knocked senseless and
thrown overheard. The Beavers head was then
turned in the opposite direction. and if a severe
storm had not arisen her brave crew of two
might have brought her into port alone and
claimed all the salvage. They were obliged
however, to take a tow from English friga te
and thus the salvage was divided among many
The boys share even then, l remember, was
$500 and he had spent given it all away
before month was gone. Thereby he showed
himself to contain the makings of true sailor.
Your genuine sailor of high grade never let's
so. In July. 1880, the steamer \. n. Hansen. of
1867 tons, from Palermo to Antwerp. lost her
propeller and was taken in tow by the steamer
p, loaded with mineral ore. \ storm arose
and the hawser was snapped in two again
and again, bat each time Il new one was made
fast in spite of the heavy seas The Hansen
toWed heavily and the master of the p. was
short of coal. Most men would have dropped
the tow and started for port before the coal
supply gave out altogether. Not So the cap
tain of the p He deliberately ordered his crew
to chop up all the woodwork of their ship that
they could without letting the sea into her:
and, feeding this into the furnaces he brought
his tow safely into port. When he got there his
own vessel looked like the wreck, while the
Hansen was as neat as paint. 1t was costly
trewood but the sailors earned 5000,
MUTINY LEADS TO SALVAGE.
"Mutiny sometimes leads to salvage In De
cember, 1919, the bark Standard Bearer load
ed with wheat, from Talcahuano to Queenstown
was sighted while flying signals OF distress by
the fun rigsed wooden ship s The Standard
Bearers master had been abusing the crew from
the day they left port and they had mutinied
This seemed to turn the captains head entirely
He went mad. and instead of attacking the
crew. shot at the steward and mate, killing the
former and wounding the latter so seriously that
he could leave his bunk whittier the crew
carried him after they had seized the captain
dsarmed him and locked him in his own cabin
None of the crew knew anything of naviga ton
so the s. put her own mate aboard the Standard
Bearer. who brought her safe to port and re-
ceived 81 0G0 therefor.
Most sailors love the chance to make salvage
or prize money, and the fear of sudden death
has little power to deter them from taking great
risks to attain the reward, but they generally
dread yellow fever too much to brave the dan
ger of contagiOn, even for large sum. Osman
Osmundsen a great reputation for bravery
therefore, in 1877. when his bark the H. on
which he was the only mate, sighted the bark