The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-02

years do the inventing and the great
pieces Of executive work and make the
discoveries. Is it any wonderland the
youth Of England and the Continent are
| commencing to come to this country for
technical training?
The HERMIT OF CAPE MALEA.
why he Lived and Died ON a astupendous
Cliff, Within Sight and Sound Of the.
Ocean. Is;
There is one feature of Cape MaIea that
rarely fails to attract the notice Of the
most careless voyager doubling at by
day, touch of human tragedy and
pathos, belonging in point of chronology
to our own time, but in universal inter
est to all ages. AT the extreme pitch Of
the cape stupendous cliff rises sheer
from the fretting waves for about q hun
dred feet. Then comes an irregular
plateau: or shelf, Of perhaps Two acres
in area, the mountain rising gain
abruptly behind it to a height Of about
2,000 feet. This plateau is apparently M M
accessible, and yet perched upon .huge
bowlder in its centre, mass OF rocAade--
tached from the mountain ages ago, IS
a house It Is rudely built OF wooden
fragments fngenIously fitted together,
! but its outlines convey at once@@fhe 1dea.
of It's designer having been an Anglo
Saxon. 1t must be firmly built, too. sfor
it is exposed to the full fury of wind re.
the observer instinctlvely wonders why,
If a. house must be built on that44snelI,
so terribly exposed a position was Sc.
1ected. Then If he be fortunate ne Wall
near its story, says E. =. Builen, .ln41ne
| London Spectator.
About twenty-five years ago there@was
a young sailor who, by dintsof hard work.
integrity Of character and hrmness OF
will, reached at the age OF 70 the Asumm1l MI
| of his ambition-becon1 maSter.oIsWndl
would then be called a good-slzsd steam 4
ship, some 800 tons register. y pom TINS
accession to good fortuneshe marr1edgt-n1e
girl OF his choice, who had aEently
waited for him since as boy. and#sgglIl III
i.sweetheartss they parted on his shrstsgolng
| to sea. And with rare complacencylh1s
| owners gave him the inest1mable privilege
OF carrying his young bride TO sea VIII
him How happy he was! How deep ana @
/ all embracing his pride, as, steamang
down the gr1my Thames, heSexptalned 10
the light Of his eyes all the Wonders
that She was now witnessing for the first
| time, but which he had made familtar;to
| her mind by his oft-repeated sea stories
during the few bright days between
voyages that he had been able TO sdevoIe
to courtship! The ship was bound q 90
L
ing late autumn, and consequently me me
most ideal season for honymoon tndt ta
/ could possibly be imagined. CadlZ,s Genoa,
Naples, Venice, a delightful tour with not
! one weary moment wherein to- WlSn.SloE SloE
something else! Even ylngnls.sy -
for the two officers, rejoicing m. snelr ne =
| happy young skipper's joy, saW5to .it.tnat {
no unnecessary cares should =trouple nlul,
! and bore willing testimony, IN oraeEs lnas ~
| he should get as much delgnls.. oul .,.A u
those halcyon days as possible, tnal tne
entire crew were as docile. as could .oe
wished, devoted to elrsbr1gnt connaiio-
er and his beautiful wife. :,
Then at Venice came orders to@proceea
to Galatz and load whea tor none: e i,,s !:
would see Constantinople and the pan pan
| 11be...Iife would hardly be long enough
| to recount all the wonders OF thu Mth1S moss lls ~
| wonderful Of wedding trips. And.stney
| sailed with hearts overbr1nnlng w. W.
ioy as the blue sky above themSseemed
yelling over with sunlight. Wind and ID
weather favored them; nothing occurred
to cast a shadow over their@happlnesS
until, nearing Cape Malea a nat3,iata! .a1Ia1
hour Of the morning, just oeIore.aaWn, W.
other time, they were run lnIo aDs, - 9
biundering Greek steamer coming lne
|! other way. and cut down annldShlps 10
the waters edge. To their peaceful sleep
or quiet appreciation OF the nlghtS.sa III
yern .splendors succeeded the oyerWhei.m:
ina1 food: the hiss and roar Of escaping
| steam. the suffocating embrace OF dealn; l
| In that dread fight for life all perIsnea
! but one-he so lately the happlesl..oi
men-the skipper. dnsancIlseiy, Nv Ia bee5
washed ashore under Cape Maieaa aal.tns Ls
ebbing of the scanty tide and ms sSlrons
! physiaue. reasserting itself, enabled NM M
/ to climb those rugged battlemenl .sana san9
gazing seaward by some goatherds VINO, sile9'
1 lsin search Of their ninble-foote HocAS,
! had Wandered down the precip!tous slde
Of the mountain. They endeavored- %
nersuade him to come with them .pacA se.
to the world, but in ne Woulo I've. ,lae
| nnrovision. but from that WATCHING
be would not go. And those rude peas
/ ants understanding something OF us us
| Woe sympathized with him so deepfy
that without payment Or mo nepeol ana ang
Eent l,a him supplied with such poor NOR
4 esis of food and drink as sufced for-his
\ stunted needs. :;
all his waking hours upon that .lnss1us lss1us
had suddenly beer quenched, lived req
mil quite recent years, the Worio.Ior--
I eerting by the world forgot, 8 a ily1nS
monument of constancy and patlent, uIl7'
! complaining grief. By his humble irlends,
whose language he never earned, me Gas SsS
they rheS came upon his lfeless# body, fallen
forward ft,rv upon-its knees at@a little glazed
window through which he was Wont.to
look upon the sea where his dear one slay, q;
1 they felt confirmed in their oplrlion, OF Tue tue
sanctity Of the hermit OF cape Maiea.
11NcoLN,s gIRTHPLACE
To be utilized as an Asylum for
Jnebriates.
Down In the Blue Grass region OF Ken
lucky. on the same farm where Abraham
lincoln was born and spent his boyhood