Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-12-29

10 concur with the various IancleS ana
ideas of different nationalities.
It is not improbable that the original
Flying Dutchman was that described
in the old Morse tradition Of viking
who had sacrilegi ously stolen q ring
from the gods, and whose skeleton was
ever afterward seen seated on the
mainmast Of q black spectral ship en-
veloped in fire, to behold which fore
BODIED wreck and disaster. A later DAN
ish variation of this story no doubt in
spired Longfellow's lines describing
A ship Of the dead that sails the sea
And is called the Carmilhan. So T%
80 In tempests she appears ~.
Without a helmsman steers sa-N
Tradition says Of this ship that hid
eous faced goblin invariably sat on the
bowsprit smoking horrid pipe filled
with more pernicious weed than to-
bacco, and i'll betide the luckless vessel
that encountered her. for
Over her decks the seas will leap.
She must go down into the deep =
" And perish mouse and man. ~ ,a..
The most generally accepted version
of the Flying Dutchman, however, Is
that of the pigheaded Dutch captain
who swore he would round the Cape Of
Storms in the teeth Of terrific hur-
ricane. His fatuous determination
scared the crew out of their wits and
eliminated in threats Of mutiny.
Eventually they became obstreperous,
but the bold skipper, not daunted,
clinched matters by throwing few of
them overheard and, terrifying the re-
mainder, reiterated his oath with
treble violence. Then an appartion
endeavored to turn him from his pur-
pose, to receive most impolite, not to
say irreverent, reception. It doggedly
persisted and so enraged the captain
that he fired at It with his revolver.
But instead Of hurting the ghost the
ball lodged in his own arm, Mt which
| misfortune he, not unnaturally for a
| sailor and Dutchman, became even
more sacrilegious in his expressions.
| He was forthwith condemned to navi-
gate his vessel forever and ever; with
gall to assuage his thirst, redhot iron
for his hunger, forever sleepless ana
without hope Of arriving at port. By
the aid Of his friend Satan he was able
to bring about disasters and tempests,
and his ship was .'the harbinger Of
wreck and woe alluded to by Scott In
"Rokeby." &s5 VI X Y. 's II 's NJ
The French equivalent Of this ship
was the Courier Hollendais, which was
said to sail around the world In twelve
hours, with terrible disasters follow.
ing in her wake. 4. Il. ~ : :s..3. q a
German tradition is rich In phantom
ships and tells Of one on board Of
l which was q nobleman who had been
forced to leave his fatherland because
Of great crime and who was alleged
to toss dice with the devil for his OWL
soul, while another Teutonic creation
was death ship which was supposed
to be chock full Of murderers and Grim
inals Of the lowest order. A skeleton
holding an hourglass stood IN q con
spicuous position, and
80. The shin vas black. her nasts wer,
black,
And her sails coal nlack a q de an,
AND , hnu Wy s1 z, 80 49, ~
And Knocked At their failing breath.
vh,ch undoubtedly mist have been /,
most prewso,ne snectacle to ru,
against and Something akin to the al
neara nce On All saints' tlay of the soul
4 nf sailors drowned during the year.
, teIief which was pr,eyalent il til
|, country Il was said that IL the darl
neaa 81 the night the watchmen on I'll
vharfs would observe 4 boat With
nan. ana, hasIehlng y gag. Z. 6 ilns..
Woulu ulsapsal. a ~. ' sn. 49, ~
nigntfuI snr1eks WOMB reno ' me ar.
block ,slana' s e .ne A..an ''ss eea.