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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16

business at the best and a task that
involves I'm danger all connected with
the undertaking. When q dozen dom
key boilers and as many. or more,
heavy pumps have to be placed on Il
stranded vessel the danger and labor
are increased just by that much. All
the time the wreckerls mind is dis
turbed by the fear of a storm that
would wreck his calculations and per-
haps utterly destroy the ship.
With holes patched, pumps installed
and a supply of steam available. the
wreclSer is almost ready TO put his cal
culations TO the test. The pumps are
usually started for time to make sure
of their capacity to control the amount
of water In the hull. Sometimes aft
er being freed of the weight of water
the vessel raises from the bottom and
opens other holes hitherto undiscov-
cred. but which must be patched
before the derelict is toWed into deep
water.
In the case of vessels with double
bottoms the temporary patching is
usually unnecessary. If the rocks
have penetrated the second bottom, the
chances are that they have gone fur
ther. and that the damage to the hull
is so great that the expense of wreck
ing world be greater than the wreck
Is worth.
used in the final effort to dislodge the
stranded vessel. but where possible.
the hauling is done by power on the
wreck itself, with tackle extended to
heavy anchors inlbedded in deep water
offshore. One good anchor that holds
is worth several tugs. and wreckers
prefer this method. Not only can
they get stronger pull, but they can
absolutely control the strain. which is
sometimes a matter of grave impor-
tance.
The Alameda was pulled of by tugs
because the anchor which was to have
been used was not delivered at the
scene of operations in time. A great
mushroom anchor and another mud
hook of regulation pattern, and weigh
ing seven tons. will supply the OFT
shore resistance on which Captains
Metcalfe and Pillsbury depend to dis
lodge the Manchuria.
The floating Of a wreck Is attempted
on the highest tide available. When
tide has been agreed upon the pumps
are started long enough before high
tide to insure an empty hull by that
time. AS the water lowers IN the
hold the cables attached to the an-
chors are hauled tight The strain is
gradually increased until the suctipn
OF the bed that the vessel has made
for itself is broken.
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rHE, Miow1skA'.
ON TsHE, kOc,k =.
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fits Gad starts. and the going na-
tives we're worse than the engine.
After faur months hard work Cap
tain Thsyer decided to make the at
tempt TO haul the ship into the lagoon
He was anticipated by a storm which
washed the vessel from the beach. and
would have driven her ashore on the
outer reef had not the anchor been let
go In time. The anchor held. but in
such deep water that it had to be aoan-
doned. Captain Thayer being without
the power necessary to raise 10.
The fire had destroyed every bit OF
woodwork on the vessel, and when she
started for Tahiti her insides resem-
bled many OF the Easements In the
burned district OF this city. Her steel
framework was twisted and gnarled.
and a more unpromising bit Of floating
property was never intrusted to the
mercy OF the sea.
A Perilous Prize Voyage.
The voyage TO Tahiti was made at
a time when the moon was full. the
light being necessary to save the mem
bers Of the crew from falling Into the
hold. To get from one part OF the
ship to the other II was necessary TO
walk or crawl along a twisted steel
beam. In the native crew was no man
who would 90 very far aloft. and lower
tain Thaysr could induce them to bend.
1t was lack of lumber that made the
open-work deck a necessity, but, thanks
to the moon, no accidents nlarred the
voyage to Tahiti, which occupied twelve
days. The Pyrenees left Manga Reva
with just twelve days provisions on
board. and reached Papeete just about
the time the people on the Pyrenees had
nnished digesting the meal at which
the last speck of grub had been served
Captain Thayer brought the shell OF
the Pyrenees to this port. and even
when he got her here shipping men
shook their heads aud said encourag-
ing things about white elephants and
paying extravagant prices for whistles.
What was the fre-scarred wreck cf
the Pyrenees is now the American ship
Manga Reva. She has been round the
Horn twice since her resurrection. and
is practically as good a ship as ever
was the. Pyrenees.
Some day there may be established
on this coast. either by the underwrit-
ers or by private enterprise. properly
equipped wrecking plant. Until that
time comes the shipping world must de-
pend upon the pluck and resource Of a
few sailormen whose efforts. so far.
considering the tools with which they
must work, have been wonderfully sue
cessful.
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Diver Patches the Holes.

The diver employed by the wrecker
must be a jack of all trades. While
the men on the ship are clearing the
hull of its burden of freight the diver
is either placing canvas, wood or metal
patches over the holes he has found in
the bottom or looking for more breaks
IN the steel or iron skin.
Meanwhile the wrecker is making
provision for the power that may be
needed to rid the hull Of water, dis
lodge IL from the reef and keep 1t
aHoat until the drydock gate closes on
the saved ship.
II sometimes happens that the yes
sells own engines can be used. but more
frequently all the power must be pro-
vided by the wrecker. Powerful pumps
are installed wherever their suction
can reach the depths below decks. The
power for these pumps is provided ac-
cording to circumstances.
Sometimes IL is possible; when the
wreck lies near some center of civil
izat.on, TO run a cable from shore to
ship and operate the pumps by cleo
tricity. Usually, however, steam is the
direct power used. This is generated
in donkey boilers installed by the
wrecker for the purpose.
In the case Of the Alameda the
donkey boiler steam supply was rein
forced by steam from the tug Pilot
which lashed alongside the liner
Where the wreck is in shoai water 1t
is not possible, OF course, to do any
thing like this.
Not the least of the wrecker's troub-
les is the task of getting his gear
on board the wreck. Transferring
a heavy donkey boiler from a lighter
in the midst Of heavy surf is ticklish
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16
The Final Decisive Pull.

When it comes to that last pl IL
nerves are strained almost to the snap
ping point. AS the cables tighten the
wrecker's mind is busy reviewing every
step he has taken in preparation for
this moment.
Tighter and tighter stretch the Cit
bles and tighter tugs the tension on
the wrecker's nerves. The engines are
exerting their full power, the cables
are as rods OF steel. the hull creaks
but makes no move for an interval
that SCENE an age.
Suddenly everything relaxes. The
hull Is off the rocks, rising and falling
once more In the swell; the anchor that
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16

to some distance on either side and
out 20 deep water. Upon conditions
developed by these soundings depend
the plans Of the wreckers.
Divers are sent down to examine the
ships bottom and upon their report
also much depends in the planning Of
the scheme to cheat the sea of its
prize.
With 9 record OF all conditions under
\vster the wrecker can go ahead as
cOnfidently as If his task were the
moving of some structure on dry land.
Where pinnacle rocks or other OBJ
stacles likely to rip the steel hull are
found in the way over which the YES
sci must be pulled to deep water they
are removed with the aid of high ex-
plosives. Sometimes channel is
dredged from the wreck to deep water.
After satisfying himself that the yes
sci can be moved and that she is worth
moving the wrecker gets very busy and
there begins for him and his helpers
a time in which sleep is a rare luxury
and concern about the weather an
ever-present perplexity.
The hull must be cleaned of cargo.
Where possible this is discharged into
lighters. Sometimes It is thrown over
board. AS the cargo is removed the
hull is usually allowed to ill with
water for the purpose of holding the
vessel firmly in her bed until all is in
readiness for the attempt to float her.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16
Puf.lnE Hin Foaf in n.

She-Father won't let US be married
for five years. But don't look so sad.
Bobby-you are quite young yeti
He-Yes. / know. dear-but I was
thinking OF yous
(Now it's all of. )-Sketchy Bits.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16
An Insinration-

why do you think women could not
compete with men in business?
why, 1T takes q woman longer to
make up her mind about the shade
of yard OF baby ribbon she wants to
buy than it does a man to bargain for
a piece of real estater'-Illustrate4
Bits.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16
GOOD JOKES AND SOME BAD ONES

against Mignonetts is another seed
that likes fighting for life. so II you
are putting any in. press the earth well
down on top OF IL.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16
Reversed.

Jason-Many a wise word is spoken
IN Jest.
Mas0n-Yes; but they can't compare
with the number OF foolish ones spoken
in earnest.-CasseIfs Journal
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16
Sentiment.

George-The ring doesn't seem to fit
very well. Clara Hadn't I better take
it back and have it made smaIler2
Clara-No, George; an engagement
ring is an engagement ring. even il
had to wear 1t round my neck--Tit-
Bits.
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Had Never Henrh n.

He told her the old. old story.
And caused her heart TO stir.
The tale was a blaze OF glory,
For 1t was new to her.
-Sketchy Bits.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16
A Tough Lot.
LIKES Fishsins.

Have you ever wondered why the
onicn bed in the garden Is battered
down after the seed is sown till 1t is
quite hard and smooth? It's because
onicn seed when ii starts to grow likes
10 have something TO fight and struggle
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16
shown,


The celebrated Egyptologist and the
equally celebrated Assyriologist were
having warm discussion about the
relative advancement of the two ancient
peoples whom they were studying
why, sir" cried the Psychologist.
1--WE find remains of wires in Egypt.
which prove they understood electric
ityi"
''Pshawr" answered the Assyriologfst;
I'VE don't find any wires in Assyria.
and that shows they knew wireless
legraphyr-Cassel1s Journal.
Cnly q Joke.
Father-Come. young man, get your
jacket off and come with me-
Tommy-Youre not going to lick me.
zre you. dad?
Father-Certainly; didn't I tell you
this morning that should settle with
you for your bad behavior?
Tommy-YeS; but I thought it was
only a joke. like when you told the
grocer you was going to settle with
hin1.--Smiles.
A Tough Lot.
The Landlady-I'm told your only
daughter was married last week, sir.
Didn't you ind 1t hard to lose her?
The LodgeT-Eh? Oh, we'll. it was
bit hard; in fact, I was beginning to
give 1t up. and then We had the luck
to hook this fellow at seaside resort
Pick -Me-Up.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17
MISS LILLIAN

.~-,rl-uoCs in Vocal and In
s.--~-cya. Music For Terms
apply u Methods, Parsonage
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-20
NiAeARA's SUICIDE.

IF you want to see Niagara in its
glory, get there early" is the advice
that some Of the enemies Of the plan
for Harvesting the falls give to the
world, and others contend that the
great cataract is gradually committing
suicide. AS to the latter matter there
is little need Of worry for several cen
turtles, but the scheme for utilizing the
power generated by the falls presents
a more serious proposition. The men
who would harness the falls are pro
gressive in their campaign. Their
main arguments follow:
1. 1t Is estimated that the falls are
capable of producing 100000 horse
power. Is it reasonable to suppose that
this great power exists simply for the
qualification Of few tourists?
2. Every year they are wearing away
and there is no way to save the great
est power in the world, bur to stop
the overflow. II we use the water we
save the falls; if we do not use the
water we lose the falls.
3. Coal and gas will In a few years
become scarce and expensive Elec-
tricity Is the only power that can take
the place of these. This $50, 900 900
horse power can and should be devel-
oped 50 that it can be utilized for all
the power, Light and heat required for
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-20

every purpose in central New York
and central Canada.
The plea of the "would-be despoilers
Of Americas beauty spot as
they are called, Is sure to
attract many supporters in this age
of practical men and utilitarian ideas.
However, the New York Times de-
clares Its unbelief in the theory that
the falls are to be lost anyway and
wants to know where this information
was obtained. In addition, the Times
presents some arguments in rebuttal
President Dow Of the New York reser-
walton at Niagara has stated that the
falls are visited by 100000 tourists
each year, coming from all parts Of
the world. According to the best cal
culations Of the power companies, the
total horse power Of the cataract is
but 100000, which would be In
creased by the additional fall from the
height OF the rapids to the crest of
the falls" "As a matter of fact" says
the Times, 'the millions of dollars set
in circulation by the visiting tourists
render the falls some benefit, even
from the comm ercial point of view"
Three or four centuries from now.
perhaps the supply of coal will be ex-
hausted, according to scientific author
tiles, but the Times and many others
believe that this matter should be left
to those who will live and worry
about temporal matters three or four
centuries in the future. Perhaps, by
that time, coal and water power, too,
will be out Of date. Greater things
hos h~r ~ 3s.
AS to the theory that the falls are
committing suicide, New York's state
geologist, DR.. John M. Clark, says:
"The heavy bed OF tough dolomite
limestone at the crest of the falls,
which is the occasion of their existence
lies above a thick mass Of soft shale
which easily caves In under the re-
bound Of the falling waters, and by
doing so becomes the chief cause of
the breaking down Of the crest and of
the catarnct's retreat. This bed of
shale runs down into the earth in the
direction from which the water comes,
the south. 1t will be out Of the reach
of the cataract after a while leaving
an escarpment wholly composed
Of the tough limestone, which will
make the problem OF retreat henceforth
quite a different one from what 1t is
today There are, moreover, fifty
seven fest of hard dolomites above the
crest of tho falls over whose edges the
water now descends In rapids AS the
cataract moves southwark by the fall.
ing away OF its rock face it will grow
higher instead OF lower. until after II
has passed the parting Of the waters
above Goat island. Indeed, it may be
come fifty feet higher than it is now
and so firmly upheld by the heavy
masonry of limestone that caving in
must cease and further retreat will be
reduced to it's slowest terms"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-20

race has. we shall develop some school
of American music. 1t IS going to come
through you originally.
1T is peculiar pleasure to me to
greet you today: and no body of our
fellow citizens can have greater claim
to being received at the White House
than body like this, which stands for
the fundamental duty of American cit
izenship. the duty of self-education. I
am, OF course, as we'll as we all must
be, peculiarly interested in the kind
OF development of which, am glad to
say, think we can accept this school
as typical, not as exceptional, but as
typical. There are great many very,
very excellent charitable people In the
country, but some of them tend to for
get at times that the only charity that
does permanent good is that kind Of
charity that is not charity at all, that
teaches some one how to help himself
or herself. The only way in which any
section of our citizens, Of no matter
what color, can be permanently bene-
fitted is by teaching them to pull their
own weight, to do their own duty, their
duty to themselves, their duty to their
neighbors, their duty to the state at
large.
II have felt about the schools Of
which this is type just for instance
as feel about Mr.. Washington's school
at Tuskegee, that one of the reasons
they are so good is that-they can serve
as an example CT which we should try
to develop just as many schools Of the
kind as we can for the white people
just as much as for the colored peo-
pie. The white man needs just as
much as the colored man to learn that
for the average man the education
that fits him to do work In life is In
dustrlal. Other things shall be added
to 1t, or ought to be added to 1t, but
that must remain as the basis"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-20

Public Opinion at tho close Of 4 re-
view Of the play entitled "The Clans
man." based on Thomas Dixon's book
Of that name. New York newspapers
have with one voice condemned the
play because 1t appeals to racial pre-
judice and therefore may suggest
La wlessness. But the play keeps run
ming to crowded houses.
The Minneapolis Journal comedies
with Public Opinion and concludes
that some day the forces that make
for righteousness viii find out what
q mistake they have made In yield
Ing the stage so largely to the forces
that make for evil"
It is a mistaken assumption that
only drama that Is improperly sug-
gesttve can attract crowds. It Is an
rnwarranted reflection upon tho moral
standard Of our people. For. what
ever the church may say In Its die
tuns. most Of the good people, In the
cities at least dn attend the thsater.
That plays With q purely moral
point can succeed has been repeatedly
shown. One OF the striking illustra-
tons Of this fact ts the success that
attended "a Message from Mars" For
Ave years the Same company produced
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-20
sEHRlna AND TUBERCULOSIS.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil.- Professor
Behring, Of Berlin, who created q sem
sation at the tuberculosis congress
last fall by announcing that he had
discovered a cure for tuberculosis, re-
Gently attracted renewed attention by
q public discussion Of a method OF
preventing consumption by inlnuniz-
ing milk COWS. The doctor still res
fuses to make known his remedy.
having only this to say at present:
For. the moment I may say my cure
is not seram or q vaccine It L. not
only preventative but curative, and
solemnly avow my entire conviction
this cure, which is the eliminating
point Of many years Of labor. Before
another year has passed the world
will be in possession Of a secret which
will speedily rid it Of one of the great
est of plaques"
That is a great and impressive
promise coming from the disroverer
OF the diphtheria serum. and heids
chief interest for those following the
experiments Of the professor, but for
the time being his scheme Of I'm
munizing cows and thereby reaching
the human animal Is not unfntegest-
ing. The aim Is to secure milk hRvA-
ing trnmunizing properties. DR.. 'Beh-
ring asserts that he has approxf-
nastely solved this problem. Cows are
treated when very young with a fluid
which Prof Behring calls tuhercu-
lase- It Is injected under tho altn Of
the young cows repeatedly Tor two to
four weeks The remedy at fpxt was
very costly, bccarse Il was almost I'm
possible to preserve the fuid Ia good
condition. but a method has recently
been discovered by whsah II can be
preserved satisfactorily and ct a mod
crate cost. Professor Behytng Also
treated cows which showed vfruient
type OF tuberculosis in their mink. Dat
the baetlh disappeared after several
weeks treatment Ills theory Is that
/ children fed on milk from cows rem
dered immune through his treatment
become themselves immune.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-20
THOMAS plxoN,s LOGIC.

Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr.,is getting adj
play founded on his book. "The Clans
man" has been decried as a bad play
in many American cities. 1t is not i'm
moral but 1t is so decidedly anti-Afri-
can in its tone that 1t is calculated to
stir up a great deal Of sentiment
wherever there is even a moderate
sprinkling of colored population. Rev.
Dixon has asked to be allowed to car
ry weapons. claiming that he fears he
will be assaulted on the street. Sever
al such pieces Of grand stand work, so
well known to men Of the "frenzied"
type are credited to the gifted
preacher, whose antipathy to the ne
gro has brought him so prominently
into the lime1ight.
Recently Mr.. Dixon engaged tn a
joint debate with number Of co1ored
men, the subject under discussion be-
ing the question Of the races. His ar
gument is expressed in one Of his
often repeated sentences: eff we do
not remove the black peril we will
have to fight It," The Toledo Blade, re-
ferring to his outburst of speech, says:
"It is incendiary speeches like this
that cause more trouble than even the
lynching bees in the south" But one
of Rev. Dixon's opponents scored heav-
lily upon him when he said:
"He tells us to go back to our home;
the land we came from All right;
well agree to it if Mr.. Dixon will go
back to Germany where he says his
forefathers came from. Reasoning in
that way he will give this land to the
red men, to whom it actually belong.
ed. Or we will agree to go back IL
they pay us for the service we have
rendered to this country during the
many years we were slaves and up to
now"
Mr. Dixon is relentlessly pursuing a
policy of villifying down-trodden peo-
pie and inflaming racial feeling, so
that 1t is not to be wondered at the
Brooklyn Times declares ut is pity
there is no law under which he can
be indicted as public nuisance" and
the Toledo Blade suggests that he be
mnzzled.
Mr.. Dtxon's foolish and fmpractic-
able ideas are not what sane and
sensible man would be expected to
hold, and there is but one explanation
for his conduct. That is that he is
trying by demagogy to attract the at
tention he cannot command while he
sticks to legitimate and sensible lines.
Thus he becomes just one more of
those thoughtless grand ISLANDERS with
whom the public is now afflicted and
whose work is doing great damage to
public sentiment and to the very ma
ton itself