The Globe-republican., 1903-09-03

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; SO near that Chapman could easily
!. have jabbed his gaff, which bus flve-
foot handle, into the whales nose.
During the two miles chase the
whale never went completely out Of
sight but plowed along on the sur
face or only a few feet beneath and
never spouted.
The fishermen estimote the whales
length at sixty feet. 1t was Of a va
rlety known as the FIN back Its
head was between four and five feet
across and eight feet long
THE BRAVERY OF A WOMAN.
How brave is a wOman7
That depends on circumstances. II
is a woman's nature to be afraid Of
little things. She screams when
mouse runs over her feet, Fear
clutches her heart when she Is alone
at night. Almost every woman will
say, "I'm a terrible coward"
That is only true to very limited
extent. When the time for bravery
comes the grandness Of womans
unselfsh courage is apparent And
when love nerves heart and hand, you
have a force to move the world.
DR.. and Mrs. William II. Logan left
their good home in Bethany, ILL.,, at
the call Of duty and went to China as
missionaries. DR.. Logan became very
Ill with appendicitis.
1t was 800 miles to the nearest doe
tor
He told Mrs. Logan that his only
chance for life lay in an operation, and
asked her to carefully listen to his
instructions and perform it.
Can you imagine a position more
tragic? And her unskllled hand might
STAY the man she loved!
She listened to Dr., Logan. She
prayed, too; then gave him an anaes-
thetlc and successfully removed his
appendix
After that came loving care and
tender treatment, until he had rallied
sufficiently to be moved, when Mrs.
Logan took him 800 miles by wagon
and rail TO 4 physician, who completed
the treatment.
Are women brave?
Mrs. William H, Logan has answered
the question. Florence Nightingale
never did a more heroic act than was
performed by the missionary woman,
hundreds Of miles from civilization
Cincinnati Post.
PRESENTMENT SAVED Els LIFE,
According to Captain Dlggdon, Of
the Nova Scotian schooner Gold Seeker,
which was lost on the Mosquito coast
on the night Of July l, presentmcnt
Of impending danger saved him from
drowning, with the larger part Of the
crew. The Captain arrived recently
at New York OH the steamer Yucatan
from Colon.
The vessel was bound from Carta'
gena in ballast for the Isle of Pines
to take Oh n load Of cocOanuts for this
port. On the night of the wreck the
schooner was within ten miles Of the
Isle Of Pines, and Captain Dlggdon
had retired to his cabin in the ex'
Doctation Of reaching his destination
he following morning. But he could
not sleep. A presentment as Of trouble
made him restless and he returned
o the deck. Five minutes after he
merged from bis cabin sudden squat
truck the schooner.
Its force was so great that the vesI
eel was capslzed. In rolling over \
Imprisoned all on board except the
Iaptain and three sailors, who were
n deck at the time. Among those
Who We're sleeping at the time and
we're lost were a Colombian custom
ouse officer, the ships mate, cook and
oatswain. Even IL these men were
wakened by the inrushing waters
hey could have done nothing to help
and must have persisted
liserably in their prisons in the over
lrned hulk.
Captain Dlggdon supported himself
Y clinging to floating wreckage. The
lree sailors saved themselves in the
lme manner, and when the squat
I'd passed the four succeeded in clear
g the vessels boat and making ths
lie of Pines,
The Gold Seeker was built In Liver,
,ol, N. s., in 1896, and was of 190
MS register.
RISKED LIFE, TO SAVN DOG.
At Wells, VT, Charles Humphries
ID Smith Horton risked their lives
save that Of common everyday
g. The dog had in some manner
t part way down the almost per-
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