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marine court of inquiry develop a substan-
tial agreement as to the facts of the ships
loss.
"reminiscences of the Wreck.
After rough course of two days, cutting
for eighteen hours diagonally across the
gulf stream, the seasick passengers were
recuperating restfully in quieter seas, with
bright anticipations of the landing at Ber-
muda on the morrow.
At ten minutes before O'Clock in the
morning of February 10 all who slept on
the Madiana were abruptly and startlingly
awakened by jar which caused the ship
to CULVER in every inch of it's frame, &C
companied by crunching, grinding sound,
as if a giant hand were pulling the steamer
like a toy over the hardest and toughest
stones of dry land The ship wriggled con-
vulsively backward as if struggling like a
living thing to extricate itself from the
grip which was dra gging it to destruction.
Some of the startled passengers at once
correctly Interpreted these sounds of i'll
omen and began to dress with all
haste. Others contented themselves with
inquring of their neighbors or of members
of the crew who hurried by what the mat
ter was with the ship or it's machinery
and when a very few minutes later the cry
Everybody on deck sounded through the
steamer they rushed from their state rooms
in night attire, carrying only such loose
clothing as came first to hand. AS faSt as
the passengers assembled in the social hall
on the upper deck they equipped themselves
with life preServerS.
The straps of some of the life belts were
partly missing and a number were other
wise defective. Many cold and trembling
fingers fumbled with imperfect straps In
trying to furnish this protection to some
loved one. Little groups of friends drlfted
together in the social hall. Some of the
passengers spoke words of encouragement
and reinsurance to those about them, ana
and appropriate prayer was said, not, how
ever, by any of the clergymen on the snip,
but by layman, Mr.. B. H. Warner. The
passengers soon discovered and appre-
ciated the peril of the Madianas situation.
She had in some mysterious fashion left
her course and run upon the north reef of
Bermuda. The effort made when she tirst
struck by reversal Of her engines to pull
her back from the rock was unsuccessful.
and the water rushing in quickly through
the great hole in her bottom caused quick
change to full speed ahead in order to drive
her still further on the reef. For now the
danger was that she might slip from the
rock into the deeper water, where she
would quickly go to the bottom, and Few,
if any, of those on board would probably
escape with their lives.
There would have been no time for man
ming and lowering life-boats, no time for
signaling, and the opportunity to put on
life-bets might even have been lacking.
The inrushing water quickly put out the
ships fires and drove the engineers and fire
men from their posts. The electric lights
went out with startling abruptness and
the terrors of darkness were added to the
horror Of the situation. The water Surged
through the passage-way and port state
rooms of the main deck, and as the steamer
listed more and more to the port side the
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reducing the ships resources in this respect
by fifty per cent.
The Darkest Moment of All.
To many of the passengers this was the
darkest moment of all.
Sheets of rain swept over the ship, the
wind seemed to increase. and i. chilled
those clad in wet clothing. The waves kept
mounting higher and beating harder
against the doomed ship, and every mo-
ment there was reasonable fear either that
the steamer might slip from the rock and
go down or that its frame might part from
the fierce beating against the reef. In
either of these events the reliance for pres
ervation was placed upon three life boats,
which could at best hold only a fraction of
the passengers. to say nothing of the Off
GERS and crew. which would perhaps be
smashed in the attempt to lower them N
the darkness into raging sea, and which,
If they survived, might be seized to the ex-
ciuslon OF passengers by the insubordinates
among the crew, many of whom neither
spoke nor understood English and some of
whom had already given evidences of lack
of discipline.
While huddled on the hurricane deck, ex-
posed to the seas fury the men and women
of the Madiana were tantalized by the sight
of lights here and there that were inter-
preted as ships which had noted our signals
or distress and were coming to our relief,
and successfully the shipwrecxed were dis
1llusfoned to their bitter disappointment.
Frequent efforts to communicate the ships
danger to the shore were made. In firing
our first rocket a spark was carelessly
permitted to explode the whole box, smuggling
and burning the captain and first officer,
and making an explosion which it seemed
to US should have startled all Bermuda
Colored lights were burned and bonfires
OF pitch and tow were lighted in iron
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breakers swept higher and higher on the
slanting ship and soon dashed at intervals
clear around the decks outside the social hall,
but not into that room except occasionally
through a temporarily open door. The wind
and the waves, though terrifying, really
played an important part in preserving the
ship. for they tended to push her steadily
higher up on the reef and to prevent her
from working off the rock into deep water
and certain destruction.
The New York Americans imaginative
account of the wreck not only baselessly
slurs the passengers as panic-stricken, hys-
terical and screaming, but fabricates a
courageous closing of the bulkheads by the
officers and an effective operation of the
pumps. In truth, the water came in so
rapidly that the firemen, driven out, could
not escape through the engine room, but
were compelled to come out of the stoke
holes through the fidlee. There was no
time to cfose buikneads or to touch the
pumps. In very few minutes the engines
were dead. and life. light and power had
gone from the ship.
Meanwhile the officers had been inspect
ing the life boats on the hurricane deck,
and had caused them to be hoisted on the
davits and put in shape for quick use in
case Of emergency.
Some OF the passengers had already made
their way to this deck, and soon all who
had remained in the social hall were sum-
moned there. The listing Of the steamer on
and the waves mounted higher and higher
upon the slanting surface Of the hurricane
deck, frequently sweeping among and thor
oughly Grenching the men and women who
were cltnging to the starboard rail adjacent
to the lifeboats or lying, sitting or standing
In the partial shelter OF smokestacks and
other projections. In spite OF the efforts of
the crew, assisted by some passengers the
heavy seas broke loose ant swept away
from the ship the three port lifeboats, thus
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Academic Vulgarity.
From the Pilgrim.

FROM Inc fllgrlnf
There is said to be more vulgarity among
the sturdy English lads in public schools
than in our American schools like those
at Groton, scarborough, etc, which most
resemble them in methods, and KipIing' 8
''Stalky & Co.. illustrates t3is; but a
sense Of reverence and a quiet, self poised
demeanor are more apparent They are
not SO restless az our boys, are less INDUCED
than they. and. no matter from what homes
OF wealth they come. they learn early to
despise the coddling and to endure hard
ness. In most schools a temperature OF
60 degrees is considered the normal one In
winter. and In one Scotch school of which
1 learned the boys are required to take
off their coats when the room becomes
warmer and are compelled to run two miles
before eating breakfast. except when the
snow Is too deep.
Co-education prevails to some extent In
Scotland, and among the lower grades to a
slight degree In London, but Il is unknown
among the well-to-do, except In the King
Alfred School, near Hampstead, not far
from Kate Greenaways red-tied cottage.
Well-paid teachers, both women and men,
conduct the sports well as classes, and
the two sexes are never left alone together,
though, unlike our schools. boys and girls
unite in their hockey and other games.
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men and Women. some Of them advanced In
years and feebi9 frm the hurricane. deck
up and, down INK Ar5f asshell On the noun
famous waves hal Argsd about thes Ship
The captain supervised the work of dis
embarkation Ehe=wsmea were sent first.
Four entered the first boat. It was q deli
With wooden 'steta, Gas lowered from the
deck. A looped fope was placed under the
arms and around the body of: the passen-
ger who descend8d With her face toward the
ship. The rope, held firmly from above.
steadied her and world have been used to
draw her in the steamer again IL she had
The The problem Vas ior the passengers to
jump from the end Of the ladder into the
boat as it lurched past on the crest of a
wave. He or she must drop at a signal
without seeing where the landing viii be
made, and is caught If lucky; by one of the
life-boats crew. The passenger once in
the boat must see to 1t that neither hand
nor foot is caught and crushed between the
Hfe-bOat and the steamer. One of the four
women in the first boat had her foot pain
fully bruised in this way. Then the moment
that foothold in the boat has been secured
the moose must be thrown clear from the
shoulders of the passenger, and not allowed
to tighten about the neck with the result of
an involuntary lynching. Neglect to let go
of the ladder at the same moment when
the feet have dropped from it in response to
the captains direction resulted in several
cases in the passenger dangling helplessly
from the ladder in a dangerous and humiI-
iating position while the life-boat swept
under and beyond and quickly out of reach
of the unfortunate, left suspended in mid
air and almost touching the breakers.
The second ships boat to be launched
contained several old ladies who were
placed in it before it was lowered into the
sea- Three of them were over seventy
years of age and their pluck and uncom-
planning endurance of hardship made them
an example to the younger generation.
With the exception of recently married
couple who insisted on sinking or swim
ming together the women very sensibly
obeyed the captains order that they should
be transferred together in advance of the
men. The chances of rescue of both wife
and husband were thus enhanced. After 1t
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MAD|ANA' " RECK
Acts, Thoughts and Lasting
Impressions of It's Victims.
THE TWO BERMUDA
A SUBMERGED DEVILS ISLAND
AND A VISIBLE FAIRYLAND.
A Very Ancient Precedent for Con-
Trajectory Impressions of Sub
Aqueous and Emerged Bermuda.

Editorial Correspondence of The Evening Starr
HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 81, 1908.
The wrecked steamer Madiana remains
firmly fixed on the north reef of the Ber-
mudas. Under the buffetings of the break
ers her frame is gradually disintegrating,
and she will in due time assimilate herself
to the likeness of the other occupants of
that marine cemetery, wherein lie the bones
of many a stout ship, coral-encrusted, suf-
fering continually a new sea change. In
this curious burial place the deceased sup
ply the framework of their own white mon
uments of coral. ,
The Madiana's passengers are scattered.
Some have gone south on other lines of
steamers to enjoy a portion of their pro-
posed West Indies cruise. Others have
abandoned the trip and returned to New
York; while others are still resting in Ber-
muda until they can safely and conven-
iently proceed either north or south.
Our steamers wreck is now reduced in
interest to ordinary Bermudan incident,
valuable especially as temporary attrac-
ton for tourists. The episode has ceased
to worry the American consul general here
with the necessity of interrupting his con-
genial labors for the success of a fete to
raise funds for memorial window to
Queen Victoria and he is no longer annoyed
with opportunities that he extend sympathy
and sound advice to shipwrecked Ameri-
cans whose lives have been imperilled, and
whose property has been damaged or looted.
All that is valuable of the ship has passed
to the underwriters through the wreckers,
and has been disposed Of at public sale. The
marine court of inquiry has made its inves-
4igation. and has announced It's findings
concerning the causes of the disaster. When
the sea is quiet the enterprising Bermudan,
who takes in a tug party of excursion
lists to visit the marine gardens and to in
opect through glass-bottomed boxes the
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to sink in deep water. nor was broken on the
sharp and jagged teeth of the coral reef.
Once on the Gladisfen, or on the Packer,
lighter draught tug which later came
nearly alongside of the Madiana and took off
some of the men and part Of the baggage,
the wrecked found comparative comfort.
There could be little change of ciothing-in-
deed, many passengers had wet clothes
hours-but there was heat on the Gladisfen
and hot coffee and crackers, and above all
the feeling Of security and peace after a
great strain.
The ludicrous features in the costumes OF
Fellow passengers began to appeal forcibly
to men and women commencing to observe
once more the ordinary small things of life,
and when we were landed late in the after.
noon at Hamilton and were welcomed by
an energetic and vociferous assemblage of
hotel runners, we were all ready to take
notice as well as to be noticed. OF course,
The Star readers will be most interested in
the Washington contingent.
Madiana Society Notes.
Mr.. F. H. Smith, while on the Madiana,
wore his BED blanket in friar style. one cor
ner being gathered cowl-like at the head
while the other trailed slightly on the deck,
and his whole attire was characterized by a
severe and becoming simplicity. His life
belt was of the Friar Tuck cut. He wore
his blanket-mantle pinned tightly at the
neck to conceal an unassuming wooden
headed hat pin, mysteriously discovered
and benevolently contributed by sympa-
thetic lady on the hurricane deck Of the
Madiana, a pin which Mr.. Smith will pre-
serve as valued souvenir of the wreck
Mr. B. H. Warner, doubtless for the sake
of contrast, wore his bed blanket in a dash
ing, piratical style. His brilliantly striped
pyjamas were cut low in the neck, and the
outlines of his throat were not concealed
from the public gaze. His life belt was of
Falstaffian proportions, and was strongly
protective and assertive.
T. w. Noyes after he had shed very
wet blanket. boosted as the characteristic
feature of his costume a heavy overcoat,
which, tightly buttoned, covered, charity
like, multitude of sins of dress omission.
His pyjamas, to his great discomfort and
humiliation, persistently worked their way
down over his shoes after the fashion of
Francis Wilson's trousers in Erminie. His
tan shoes, shrunken by many hours of salt
water bath, contracted painfully about his
feet and gave him tramp-like hobble.
+ A description OF the costumes Of the
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attacks from the fact Of their recent diago-
nal crossing of the gulf stream with its
clash of eccentric currents, which fmpart
an insidious and distressing corkscrew mo-
ton to the ship. like that experienced In
crossing the China sea from Hong Kong
to Manila. $50
-. Perils Marvelously Avoided.
The task of transferring passengers from
the Madiana to the Giad.sfen by means of
the lifeboats was not only slow, but ex-
trernely perilous. By the time that the tug
had anchored in the vicinity of the Madiana
powerful glasses were observing the wreck
and the efforts at rescue from many high
points of Bermuda, and those who knew the
most Of the dangerous situation OF the
Madiana and who noted the height Of the
seas as the waves broke over the wreck and
the distance from her at which the Gladis-
fen was compelled to anchor, were the
most anxious concerning the safety of the
wrecked and most apprenensive of disaster.
The observer at st. Davids Light. who
watched with the eye of an expert all these
factors in the situation, told me afterward
that it seemed to him almost certain that
loss of life would characterize the disaster.
But, wonderfully preserved, no one was
swept from the wreck into the sea, no one
dropped into the ocean instead of the ee-
centrically moving lifeboat, lifeboat
containing passengers was swamped either
in lowering or in passing to and from the
tug, the ship neither slipped from the rock
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had been demonstrated that the life boats
could be lowered and live in the sea, they
were safer than the steamer. which was
still in danger. and TIE sooner the wife was
in the life boat and on the way to the tug
the better her chance of safety, and the
husbands prospect Of living until picked ur
If the ship should happen to go down after
the departure Of his wife was multiplied
Indefinitely by The fact that he would have
only his own safety TO care for.
Admirable Conduct Of Passengers.
Indeed, the conduct Of the passengers
throughout Wfth the rarest Of exceptions,
and especially Of tie women. was Of a kind
to increase ones respect for human nature.
And for this reason the New York news
papers fabrication, which represented the
passengers as panic-stricken,,,. screaming,
fainting and hysterical, was especially of
fensive. Some of the. women-and some OF
the men, too-were temporarily unnerved
by the great peril and rendered helpless,
but so far as I observed they suffered ana
recovered unoStentatiously and In silence,
and no one, so far as am aware, made any
uainfuI exhibition of selfshness and panicky
loss Of nerve, such as are so frequent Wnen
miscellaneous crowd Of men and women
are suddenly subjected to the searching test
OF extreme peril. And, on the other hand.
selfish helpfulness, as well as OF uncom-
planning endurance, to be credited to Doth
sexes The prevailing spirit was admirable,
sust aimed both by hope and Christian resiS-
nation.
The words and acts Of passengers threw
some curious lights on human nature. One
wife in the period of keenest apprehension
which had an especial bearing upon the
situation asked him in detail concerning
the motions of swimming, how the hands
were used and whether the kicking out OF
the feet was simultaneous with the pad
ding motion of the hands, and the hus-
band gravefy and as matter of course
explained the process with appropriate
pantomime, while the ship was creaking
and grooming as the sharp and jagged coral
rocks tore through its bottom and the
spray of the breakers dashed over it. A
the extent of his losses as indicated by the
smallness of what he had secured from his
state room as compared with his laymen
friends "Whom the Lord loveth, He ehas-
teneth" he responded. The indomitabie spirit
of the kodakist was not subdued. Before
leaving the wreck several snap shots were
taken from the bridge. But as the camera
was held parallel with the decks surface.
the list of the steamer is minimiZed, and
the scene is robbed of so much that was
appalling to the participants that the pho
togra phs are pronounced deceptive, though
priced as curious souvenirs. =. - -
:. AS reproduced on this page, they show
sections of the hurricane deck after the
women had departed, picturing few of
the men with life preServers as the most
conspicuous and universal article of their
attire, and exhibiting also the port side
after the life boats had been torn away by
the waves. 81 500 go
It is noted as an evidence of the control
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corals, the sponges. the curious and inter-
esting growths under the sea upon the
ssefs, and who sails around among the
small islands in which four thousand Boer
prisoners were confined, adds TO the attrac-
tons of his trip an excursion to and around
the Madiana.
The visitor TO the Bermudas driving over
the smooth, hard roads TO the Gibbs Hill
lighthouse or TO the quaint old city of st.
George. the ancient capital with its mar
row, steep streets and white one-story coral
houses at his drivers suggestion inspects
from every hilltop the Madiana's wreck.
But soon ii will cease to be even a ten days
wonder.
Those Of the stranded passengers who are
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Realism in the Pulpit.

From the Atlanta Constitution
There Is danger of making pulpit realism
too melodramatic. A conservative old
Scotch dominic, desiring to revive a healthy
fear of the orthodox hades In his frivolous
congregation. preached hot birthstone
sermon and had his sexton howl dismaily
and clank chains at a telling juncture in
the discourse In the panic which ensued
many were injured and the church Is now
divided against itself
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North Rock.

still here have divided their time between
sightseeing. attendance upon the marine
court of inquiry into the ships loss. efforts
70 recover as much as possible Of their prop
orty and comparisons OF wreck experiences,
varied by amused and indignant comment
upon the imaginative descriptions OF the
wreck concocted for publication the morn
ing after the disaster by a few American
oewspapers. Comparisons of opinion among
passengers and the testimony before the
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Washington ladies Is not to be lightly ven
tured AS substitute may be given brief
notes of the attire of some of the other
women as confessed by themselves
II had on wrote one "a white skirt
stockings and a mans coat. Mother was
barefooted. but had dress skirt and
cape" Then there was the lady who ap-
peared in sealskin sacque, and the one
who rescued and wore a fancy dress waist
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of the mind over physical conditions. or as
proof Of the contention that seasickness is
one was even slightly fseasick on the wreck,
in spite Of the heavy sea or in the rocking
Mfeboats or little tug. with all its motion.
its grease and dirt and sitting heat SO
provocative of nausea. Many of the pas
sengers were accustomed to be seasick with
small excuse, and all were sensitive to such
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The Two Bermudas.

Our experience here has taught US that
there is a Bermuda under the water well
as one above it, and the former is far more
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-15
DO.L.ittIeS

W. NJ. Prentis has suggested
to us that, as the weather is
growing cool and the evening
long. to have Pres. Will. p.
Young of the Do-LittIe Club call
the membership together and
reorganIzr for the w,nter's bus
iness-spn ming ydrns-and we
cheerfully Comply.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-15

Aubry Spalding, student at
the Gem City Business college,
is now a reader of the DEMO
Graf. Just as. soon as people
leave home, they turn to the
DEMOCRAT, knowing it gives
the home news.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-15

Prof. J. A. b. writes us to
send his paper to pAttonSburg,
Mo. He is principal OF the
public schools there. He says
that about $50 are enrolled.
On the letter head appears the
picture of a handsome school
building and Mr.. Bell says that
is the real thing. Mr.. Bell is
an excellent young man and a
most successful teacher.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-15
Very Cheap.

Will sell my home of six
rooms and summer kitchen,
with two or more lots very
cheap. An abundance of
choice fruit on the place. Must
be sold by November /. Terms
to suit. d. VAR1'
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-15

Mrs John Ryan of Woodland,
has returned from a pleasant
visit of five week with relatives
and friends in Chicago, Bloom.
ington and Ottawa. lii. She is
a sucker" by birth, but for IS
years has been a resident of
Grand Old Missouri. Durin the
past few years many of the best
people of the Sucker state have
moved to Missouri and they
learn to love their adopted
state.