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I'VE dr1fted away easily as the
oars were got out and headed directly
| away from the ship. The crew seemed
to me to be mostly cooks in white
jackets, two to an oar, with stoker
at the tiller.
ELECT STOKER CAPTAIN.
There was a certain amount Of
| shouting from one end of the boat to
the other and discussions as to which
way we should go, but finally it was
decided to elect the stoker, who was
! steering, captain, and for all to obey
his orders. He set to work at once
to get into touch with the other boats,
calling to them and getting as close
as seemed wise SO that when the
search boats came in the morning to
look for us, there would be more
| chance for all to be rescued by keeping
together.
TT was now about 1 A. RI; a beau
tiful starlight night with no moon and
not so very light; the sea was as calm
as pond, just a gentle heave as the
boat dipped up and down III tie swell;
an ideal night except for the bitter
cold for any one who had to be out in
the middle Of the Atlantic ocean in an
open boat; and If ever there was
time when such night was needed.
surely it was now when hundreds Of
people, mostly women and children,
afloat, hundreds of miles from land.
TITANIC STRIKING SPECTACLE.
THE captain-stok told us that he
had been at sea twenty-six years and
had never yet seen such a calm night
on the Atlantic. AS We roWed away
from the Titanic we looked back from
time to time to watch her, and more
striking spectacle it was not possible
for any one to see.
I'm the distance she looked an enor-
NOUS length, her great bulk outlined
in black against the starry sky, every
port hole and saloon blazing with light.
1t was impossible to think anything
could be wrong with such a leviathan,
We're it not for the ominous tilt down
wards in the bows where the water
was by now up to the lowest row Of
port holes
"Presently-about 2 A. NJ, as near as
can remember-we observed her set
fling very rapidly, with the bows and
the bridge completely under water, and
concluded it was now only a question
Of minutes before she went, and so it
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THANKSGIVING PSALM
A Rhythmical and Grateful Chant.

A teacher in Terre Haute public
school joins in the chorus:
Teaching is a business which re-
quires a great deal of brain and nerve
force. Unless this force is renewed as
fast as expended the teacher is ex-
hausted before the close of the year.
Many resort to stimulating tonics for
relief.
For years I struggled against al
most complete exhaustion, getting
what relief could from doctors tom
les. Then in the spring Of 1903 /
had an attack Of la grippe and ma
laria which left me too weak to con-
tinue my work. Medicine failed to
give me any relief, change Of eli
mate failed. l thought I should never
be able to go back in school again.
81 ate enough food (the ordinary
meats-white bread, vegetables, etc..
but was hungry after meals.
81 happened at this time to read an
article giving the experience Of an
other teacher who had been helped by
Grape-Nuts food. / decided to try
Grape-Nuts and cream, as an expert
ment. 1t was delightful experience,
and continues SO after year and
q half of constant use.
First, l noticed that l was not
hungry after meals.
"In few days that tired feeling left
me, and l felt fresh and bright, in
stead of dull and sleepy.
'In three months, more than my usual
strength returned, and had gained Is
pounds in weight.
81 finished the years work without
any kind of tonics-was not absent
from duty even half day.
Am still in best Of health. with
all who know me wondering at the i'm
provement.
Il tell them ali TRY Grape-Nuts!'
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich There's reason"
Ever read the above lettcrf A new
ns- appears from time to time. They
a. pnnuiIie, true, and full OF human
.,ser-.:.
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proved. one slowly tiltec straight on
end, with the stern vertically upwards
as she did, the lights in the cabins and
saloons. which had not flickered for a
moment since we left, died out, came
on again for single fash, and finally
went out altogether. AT the same time
the machinery rOared down through
the vessel with rattle and grOan-
ing that could be heard for miles-the
worst sound surely that could be heard
in the middle Of the ocean, thousand
miles away from land. But this was
not yet quite the end.
ITO our amazement she remained in
that upright position for time, which
I estimate rs five minutes, others in
the boat say less, but it was certainly
some minutes while we watched at
least $50 feet Of the Titanic towering
above the sea and looming against the
sky
TAKES FINAL DIVE.
Then with a quiet, slanting dive she
disappeared beneath the waters and
our ewes had looked for the last time
on the gigantic vessel we had set out
on from Southampton last Wednesday.
And there was left to us the gently
heaving sea, the boat filled to standing
room with men and women in every
conceivable condition of dress and un-
dress above the perfect SKY Oh Dfl-
liant stars with not cloud in the
sky, all tempered with bitter cold
that made us all long to be one of the
crew who toiled away with the oars
and kept themselves warm thereby-a
curious deadening, bitter cold unlike
anything we had felt before.
HEAR CRIES OF DROWNING.
"And then with all these there fell
on the ear the most appalling noise
that human being ever listened to-the
cries OF hundreds of our fellow beings
struggling in the icy water crying for
help with a cry that we knew could
not be answered. We longed to re-
turn and pick up some of those SWIM
ming, but this would have meant
sWamping our boat and further loss
of the lives of all Of us.
1--WE tried to sing to keep the women
from hearing the cries and rowed hard
to get away from the scene of the
wreck, but I think the memory Of
those sounds will be one of the things
the rescued will find it difficult to eff
face from memory. We are all trying
hard not to think of it.
DECEIVED BY AURORA.
I'VE kept q lookout for lights and
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TOOK SAILORS PLACE
North Dakota Farmer Helped to Man
Life Eoat-Explosion Reminded
Him Of Hopper.

New York, April 1S.-Oscar Hetman,
farmer of Bauman, N. D., helped
man one of the boats when sailor,
who was supposed to take place, fell
overheard and was lost. Hetman was
in the last boat to leave the ship, he
says, and pulled away five minutes
before the Titanic went down. Herman
also says that when the boiler explo-
sion occurred a scene followed which
reminded the farmer of what occur
in hopper on his farm.
The steerage deck, he remembered,
was damned about him with steerage
immigrants, and Immediately after the
explosion the deck gave away in the
middle and the people standing there
fell to the bottom of the hold. The
sight that followed was too awful. he
said, to put into words, other than to
repeat that he thought again and
again of his hopper.
Most of the steerage passengers
were killed, the farmer said, when the
deck broke asunder
Il do not believe he said, they
lived long enough after that fall to
suffer great deal. AS l remember it
the water rushed in on them imme
diately For a moment the cries of
the steerage men and women came up
from the hold. but only for moment"
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several times II was shouted that
steamer lights were seen, but they
turned out to be either a light from
another boat or a star low down on
the horizon. About A. M. We saw
faint lights showing on the SKY and
all rejoiced to see what we expected
was the coming dawn, but after
watching for half an hour and seeing
no change in the intensity of the light,
we realized it was the northern lights.
Presently low down on the horizon
we saw a light, which slowly resolved
itself into a double light, and We
watched eagerly to see if the two lights
would separate, and SO prove to be
only two of our boats, or whether they
would remain together, in which case
we should expect them to be mast
headlight and deck light below Of
reScuing steamer.
SINGLE SHIP COMES.
ITO our joy they moved as one, and
round we swung the boat and headed
for her. The steersman shouted Now,
boys, sing! and for the first time the
boat broke into song with Row for the
shore, boys and for the first time
tears came to the eyes Of all Of us as
we realized that safety was at hand.
The song was sung, but it was a very
poor imitation Of the real thing, for
dodfC Ills VotNcS lIldhS poOi S1IIsoo
cheer was given next, and that was
Detter-you keep in tune for cheer.
''Our rescuer showed up rapidly, anG
as she swung around we saw her
cabins all a-light and knew she must
be a large steamer. She was now mo-
tionless and we had to row to her
Just then day broke. beautiful, quiet
dawn with faint pink clouds just above
the horizon and a new moon whose
crescent just touched the horizon.
Turn your money over boys said
our CHEEKY steersman, that is if you
have any," he added. We laughed at
him for his superstition at such a
time, but he countered very neatly by
adding: well, shall never say again
that thirteen is an unlucky number,
boat Is has been the best friend We
ever had"
''As we neared tire Carpathia we saw
in the dawning light what we thought
was full-rigged schooner standing UP
near her and presently behind her an
other, all sails set, and we said:
They are fisher boats from the
New Foundland bank and have seen
the stear..aE- -:n.g too and are standing
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MEN WERE ORDERLY
Max Frolicher-Strehli Says Only Com,
motion Caused by Women Parted
From Husbands.

New York, April 1S.--Max Trolicher-
Stehli who, with his wife and his
daughter, Margaret, was on the way to
this city to visit brother, said:
My wife and two women entered
one of the first boats lowered. Twelve
men, including myself, were standing
near by, and as there were no other
women passengers waiting we were
ordered to get in. The sea was calm.
We were rowed by four seamen, one of
whom was in charge.
THE order maintained on the Titanic
was what L would call remarkable.
There was very little pushing, and in
most cases it was the women who
caused the commotion by insisting that
their husbands go with them into the
lifeboats AS a rule the men were very
orderly. 1t was not until we had lett
the ship that many Of the women
showed fright. From that time on,
however, they filled the air with
shrieks."
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take time to analyze the dope when
| get it. The main idea is to get
away with the goods without being
caught.
Just before you got us went out
aboard a steamer and bought a can.
1 had the money wadded up-200
pesos it was. in phony money.
pushed the wad to the Chinee and he
as quickly handed me the can
Here the man smiled at the recol-
lection Il suppose he examined the
money afterward. | know | examined
what was in the can"
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JUMPS IN AS BOAT PASSES.
Attache of Swedish Legation Saw
Chance and Took 1t.

New York, April 1S.-H. 3. Stephen
son. one Of the survivors, who, it was
said, is attached to the Swedish lega-
ton at Washington, made the follow
ing statement:
"At the time of the collision Mr..
Woolner and myself were seated in the
cafe There was only slight jar, anu
we thought nothing of it until we
heard the excitement on deck. There
was an order issued for all women to
come on deck. Woolner and myself
went two decks down and saw water
rushing in there. A lifeboat was low
cred with several woman and children
from the steerage and as it passed
where I was I jumped in. 1 grabbed
an oar and assisted the two men in
the boat to row away from the steam
err. We were about 200 yards away
when the Titanic went down. There
was hardly any suction. We were
picked up about five hours later, suf-
fering from the cold
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ing it around promiscuously.
When asked the other day by the
detectives how the scheme was
worked. one of the counterfeiters told
the detectives.
Opium, you know" he becan, lis
generally sold at night. Neither we
nor the ones who sell it to us are
taking any chances, SO when We buy
it the transfer of course Is completed
as quickly as possible. | have bought
lots of the drug with phony money
and never yet saw the Chinese
count it. and you can be sure | never
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THREE OF FAMILY DIE
Woman About to Jump Into Life Boat
Discovers Husband Is Missing
Search Is Fatal.

New York, April 1S.--Mr. and Mrs.
H. j. Allison of Montreal and their
daughter We're drowned. Their 10
months-old baby, boy, and his nurse
were saved. Mrs. Allison was about to
jump into lifeboat. where the nurse
and baby were, when she discovered
that her husband was not with her She
went back on the ship to look for him
and did not return.
Many of the stronger women in the
boats helped at the oars. Several in
sisted upon it on the ground that act
ually doing something kept them from
worrying so much. Mrs. Fred Joel
Swift pulled an oar for five hours
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DISORDERED
DIGESTION
If Neglected May Develop into Severe
Form Of Stomach Trouble.
The Bes. Safeguard Is to Keepthe Stomach Toned
Up and the Treatment Should Be Begun
When the First Symptom Is Noted.


"a few years ago." says Mrs. George
Fallu, of Finlayson, Mimi, Il began
to suffer from stomach trouble. It
came on me gradually and do not
know what caused it. 1 gave little
heed to it at the time, thinking that it
was merely slight attack OF 1ndiges-
ton. 1t finally developed into severe
form of stomach trouble and / suffer-
ed terribly for months.
"At the beginning of my sickness 1
had fainting spells and became uncon-
scious. There was gas on my stom-
ach, my appetite was very poor and
what little I ate did not seem to be d.
gested I was sick at my stomach a
great deal and had severe dizzy at.
tacks I had hot flashes when it would
seem as though I was burning up. /
could not sleep night or day during
these spells unless took something to
ease the pain. I was very weak and
was in this condition for six months.
could not do any work and was con-
fined to bed for two or three days at
a time.
"a doctor at Duluth said 1 had gas
trio fever. He did not give me much
help so tried Dr. Williams Pink Pills
upon my mothers advice. l gave the
pills a thorough trial and unlike the
doctors medicine, they agreed with
me. I took several boxes of the pills
and was entirely cured. I think so
much of the pills that / always keep
them in the house"
The tonic treatment with DR.. Will
Jams Pink Pills by building up the
blood so that 1t can nourish and
strengthen the weakened digestive sys-
TEN has made hundreds of cures in
the most severe stomach disorders.
This record Of cures should merit a
trial for the remedy which is guaran-
teed free from opiates.
A new edition of the booklet, What
to Eat and How to Eat" is free on re-
quest Send a postal for it today and
begin to cure yourself by following the
directions it contains.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are on sale
at all druggists, or they will be sent
to any address by mail, postpaid, on
receipt of price, so cents per box; six
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
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RELIEVE ELY MAN Persisted.
Friends Received Word He Woue
Cross Ocean on "New Ship"

Duluth, Mimi, April 1S.-Joseph Kel-
sci of Ely, a weighmaster for the Du-
luth & Iron Range road, is supposed
to have persisted on the Titanic, for
only few weeks ago he wrote friends
in Ely that he was delaying his return
for a week in order to cross the ocean
on a new ship that was about to
make her maiden voyage.
A Dane named Ever Vandlen was
coming across in the Titanic as stocker
helper in order to save his passage
money. He was on the way to South
Superior, Wis, where he had employ
ment in view. 1t is presumed Vandlen
had not less than $500 on him, accord
ing to some of his recent correspond.
ence He left a young wife behind
him. No hope is held out that either
r-aleel or Vandlen was rescued.
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ESCAPE is NARROW.
Case of the Bitter Bitten

Behind the story of the arrest is
tale. told by one of the alleged coun-
terfeiters, which contradicts the Old
saving about there being honor even
among thieves.
The counterfeit money was not
particularly good imitation of the ~
peso bills turned out by the govern
ment, and realizing it's deficiencies.
it's makers hit upon the plan OF buy
ing opium with it. instead OF distrtbut-
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Amusing Transaction In Counterfeit
Bills and Struggled Orium Takes
Place in Manila.

The city secret service is still zeal
ously Investigating the operations OF
the gang of counterfeiters recently
gathered in, and each day brings a
new discovery of some activity of the
gang and the uncovering OF more OF
their paraphernalia
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stern, both togetner,' until we were
some ten feet from the water and here
occurred the only anxious moment we
had during the whole of our expert
ence from leaving the deck to reach
ing the Carpathia.
Immediately below our boat was
the exhaust OF the condensers, a huge
stream of water pouring all the time
from the ships side just above the
water line. 1t was plain We ought to
be kept away from this not to be
swamp by 1t when we touched
water.
IN PERIL WITHOUT OFFICER.
I'VE had no officer aboard, nor petty
officer or member of the crew to take
charge. So one of the stokers shouted:
Some one find the pin which re-
leases the boat from the ropes and
pull it up No one knew where it was
We felt as we'll as we could on the
floor and sides, but found nothing, and
it was hard to move among SO many
people-we had sixty or seventy on
board.
Down We went and presently float
ed with our ropes still holding us. The
exhaust was holding us away, from the
side of the vessel and the swell of the
sea was urging us back against the
side again.
UNDER ANOTHER BOAT.
"The result Of all these forces was,
an impetus which carried us parallel
to the ships side and directly under
boat IA, which had filled rapidly with
men and was coming down on us in Il.
way that threatened to submerge our
boat.
Stop lowering A. our crew shout.
ed, and the crew of No. IA, now only
twenty five feet above, shouted the
same. But the distance to the top was
some seventy feet, and the creaking-
pulleys must have deadened all sound
to those above, for down she came
fifteen-ten feet--five feet-and a stok-
err and I reached up and touched her,
swinging above our heads The next
drop would have brought her on our
heads. but just before she dropped
another, stoker sprang to the ropes
with his knife
ESCAPE is NARROW.
One I heard him say: two as
his knife cut through the pulley ropes,
and the next moment the exhaust
stream had carried us clear, while
boat IA dropped into the water into
the space we had the moment before
occupied, our gunwales almost touch
inc.
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Not Resentful.

"Those people say they don't be-
lieve you ever reached the pole"
That's all right" replied the ex-
plorer, as he looked up from his
manuscript. "The more doubts there
are as to whether landed or not, the
longer this rather remunerative dis
cussion is going to last"
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Better Not to Take a Chance.

A California woman 103 years of age
baked a cake in celebration Of her
birthday. It may be all right, but the
eyesight is not SO good at such an
age, and the old lady might have used
some of her ''rheumatiz' medicine for
the fiavoring extracts.
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Captain Defied Rescuers.

New York, April 1S.--G. w. White
head, steward on the Titanic. said
he saw Captain Smith pushed by Of
ficers on to the last raft which left the
wrecked ship. He said he saw Captain
Smith struggle with other men on the
raft, finally force his way into the
water and swim back toward tho
Titanic.
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Leave Il TO HerI

Mother-'I really think you'd be
happier if you married man who had
less money" Daughter-"Don't worry,
mother; he will have less in a very
short time. boston Transcript.
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SUFFERED
EVERYTHING
For Fourteen Years. Restored
To Health by Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Elgin, Il.-"After fourteen years Of
suffering everything from female COM

plants, I am at last
restored to health.
81 employed the
bes t doctors and
even went to the
hospital for treat
ment and was told
there was no help for
me. But while TAX
ing Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound ! began
To improve and 7
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Same Here.

We are tolerant but we refuse to
take seriously the political, artistic or
literary opinions of a man who car
ries Il lighted cigar into a closed car.
F. P. A in New York Mail.
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Here he paused. and one OF the
sleuths asked. What was In the can?
Did you get stung, too?"
SECURE. The can was filled with
sirup!"-Manila Times
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Black Snow Falls in Alps.

Rain is not always sparkling water,
nor is snow invariably white Black
snow which has recently been falling
in an Alpine valley is a very rare
meteorological freak.
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Ate His Subscriptions.

She-And you are strict vegetari.
an?
He-Oh, yes.
What made you a vegetarian?
Oh, I've been running country
newspaper for twenty-five years!--
Yonkers Statesman.
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The first thing a kindness deserves
IS acceptance, the next transmission.
George Macdonald
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CALMNESS PREVAILS.

CALMNESS PREVAILS
"All this time there were no traces
Of any disorder, panic or rush to the
boats and no scenes of women sob
bling Historically, such as one gener-
ally pictures as happening at such
times every one seemed to realize SO
slowly that there was imminent dan
ger. When it was realized that We
might all be presently in the sea with
nothing but our life belts to support
us until We were picked up by passing
steamers ii was extraordinary how
calm every one was and how COM
pletely self controlled.
''One by one the boats were filed
with women and children, lowered and
rowed away into the night. Presently
the word went round among the men.
The men are to be put in boats on the
starbOard side
MEN CROSS DECK.
II was On the port side and most
of the men walked across the deck to
see if this was so. T remained where
I was and presently heard the call
ANY more lades?' Looking over
one side of the ship, I saw Boat No.
10 swinging level with 3 deck, half
full of ladies. Again the call was re-
peated
Any more ladies'?
Il saw none come and then one Of
the crew looked up and saw me and
asked:
Amy ladies on your deck, sir?'
NO" l replied.
Then you had better jump
DROPS IN BOAT.
Il dropped in and fell in the bot
tom. as they cried, lower away AS
the boat began to descend, two ladies
were pushed hurriedly through the
crowd on B .ieck and heaved over into
the boat and baby of 10 months was
passed down after them. Down We
went, the crew calling to those lower
ing, WHICH end to keep her level Art