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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-08
DR.. Boris Zarnik:
o BOJIH v ZIVALSTVU.
(Dalje.)

Drugl ST vzpcnJaJo ter Sku-
sajo z izrazom divjega strahu V
mrklem pogledu in z jezeGo ST gri-
vo ubczatl bcSnecemu viharju. pa
lndiJanci Jill ~zagamjajo nazaj V
vodo. Nekateri vendar uidcjo paz-
lJivosti ribicev, dospo ma brcg, pa
s%potikaJoci 81 pri vsakcm koraku
Sc zgrudiJo pesck do smrti so
izmurrni III udi so jim odrcvencli.
Prcdcn preteGc > minut. utoneta
diva konja. Ogorji. XII so poldrug
meter dolgi. ST pritiskajo po Nth
z vSo dolzino svo.jcga clektritncga
organa. Srcc. crcvo in trcbuSni
zivci trpe pri TEN najvec. Jasno
jc, da .jc utinck iSte ribc pri kon.iu
mnogo .iajti kot pri tlovcku, XII 81
jc dotaknc 4 roko ali nogo. Brez
dvoma ribc konj ne ubiieio. ne
go le omamijo, potapljajo Sc pac
L. zatu. kcr ~ ne mOrcjo pobrati,
Nphl'i ~ WV .Id WI IuelI NULL a.
drnpimi ogorji. - Toda polagoma
borba p%ojrnjujc, ribii treski so We
dino mani in mani jaki. NapoSlcd
opeSajo ogorji popolnoma in Indi-
janet Jill polovc 4 lahkoto.
40 let pozneje je priScl ncmski
potovalcc T.. Sachs one krajc. -
Kcr jc hotel proutcvati clcktriG-
ne goric, So obrne do domaGinov,
da prircde ma ribe tax low 5 konji.
Pa le ga dcbclo gledajo; ko jim
natanGno popiSr, kako je Hum
boldt lovil ogoric. Sc mu 2atno od
srca smc.jati. o taken lovu namrcc
nj nikdo pray niceSar vcdcl. tudl
najStarcjSi l.iudjc ne. lumboldto.
va porocilo j. tore.i prcccj dvom
Live vrednosti. Najbrzc gre le IA
sluGaino nakljucje, da so has Y
trenotku, ko so hotel loviti ogor
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-08

mislili. ia posebno Skodujejo ucin-
XII elektricnega toka Ia osredno
zivcenJe. ma mOzgane III hrbtni
mock. ia je tn iskati vzroka smrti.
Toda omenjena ucenJaka sta po-
kazala, da je Smrt pri clektricnem
udarcu izkljucno posledica srtne-
"a krca. XII nastopi vSled elektric-
mega ra~Zdrazenja srcnih mlSic. 49,
Iato j. clektricni udarec le tedaj
smrten, ce gre njegova smer pre-
ko Srca. Zivcevie steer jaki elek-
tricni toki omotijo. toda &c srce
hi trpelo. nina To takih Skodlji-
viii poSledic.
Pri ribah 81 slede udarci V KRAFT
kin ~presledkih. torej slicno kakor
pri izmcnicnih TOXIN. Poskusi ka-
zejo. da 80 ucinki izmenicnih to-
kov : 50-l00 presledki v sekundi
ravno najpogubne.jsi, docim SO to-
XII 4 vecjim stevilom presledkov do
kaj mani Skodljivi. kakor ONE
memo. imajo pa clektricne ribe ri
TEN 5000 treskov ma sekundo.
torcj bias oni ritem. Xxi vpliva ma
ziva bitja najjace.
Elektritne lastnOsti ogorja in
soma torej odgovarJaJo vsem "a
htevam. da proizvajajo smrtonos-
ne ucinke in najvecjim zivalim. -
Scveda cclotna elektricna cnergi-
ia, XII jo oddajejo ribe, navadno
ne prihaja v postev, ker gre velik
del toka skozi vodo; v n%eposrcd-
nj dotiki. posebnO V blizini srca,
pa j. lahko ogor.iev tresk pogubcn
vsaki zivali. Dalje prihodnjic.)
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-08

Med Prusijo in Bavarsko je spor. Poznavalec
nemSkih razmer sc ne DO temu prevcc cudil med
severnimi in juznimi Ncmci so stara nasprotja
in najbolj menda "leze" Prusi in Bavarci drugi
drugim " zelodcu. Tudi V nemSki literaturi Sc
To precej moCno izraza. Seveda Sc To ne SINE je-
matt proved t%ragicno. Simpatije i'll antipatije so
povsod naroda, cigar tlani hi Sc vsi ljubili kot
bratje in lizali, hi ia svetu. Cast, ko so Sc juzni
Nemci ma strani Avstrije bojevali proti Prusiji i,
SO minili. Sedanji spor tudi nj nastal zaradi mona
k~ovskega piva, ampak zaradi reel, XII je V soda
Mi vojni dobi Sc nekoliko vaznejSa kakor IIof
bracuhaus V mirnem casu. Prepiraio Sc zaradi
zivil.
Monakovski casopiSi ostro Odgovarjajo Der
linskim, Xxi slikajo Bavarsko kot deAelo, kjer tece
med in mleko, XII pa egoisticno zanemarja svoje
dolinoSti napram NemGiji. Berlinski listi oGitajo
BavarSki, da krSi nemSko Solidarnost. ker prepo-
vcdujc izvoz, pa zahtevajo svobodno izmenjavo
zivil med vsemi nemSkimi zveznimi drzavami. Ma
drugi Strani pa kritizirajo Bavarci severno IA
pravljanje' in pomanjkanje organizacije.
PredSednik bavarSkega agrarnega druStva
zahteva, da maj Sc, predcm Sc komu odvzameio Ii
villa, dozene, da So enake o%mejitve IA vSe. maj
pref maj 81 odpravi pc velikih hotelih postrezba
Z jedili po jedilnem listku."
VA to odgovarjajo berlinSki listi, da Sc Ego
Iii. dc vlada kdaj zatisne oci, TO lie 4 ozirom ma
mevtralne goste.
Spor ina gotovo nekaj resnega V sebi, kajti
prczivljamje Y GaSu voine je resna rec. Sklepati
IL tega, da p~rihaja partikularizem p%osameznih dr.
Iav ma povrSje, kakrSen je bill pred zedinjenjcm
Nemtiie, hi bilo napaGno. Bias zato, ker Sc to ne
SINE Sklepati, pa kazc Spor vehko moe goSpodar-
SIKH v~praSanj. V Bcrlinu in V Monakovem hoceio
cdinStveno Nemcijo: vSi SO deutsche Brueder, am
pax Ge nj "a vSe brate dovolj Jedi, hote najprci
i,>ti tiSti brat. Xxi kaj ina
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-08
NEMsKA socIALNA DEMoKRAcIJA.

IL Lausanne V Svici prihaja porocilo o skle.
Pr, III Jh Jc Storilo vodstvo nemSke socialno
dem"kraticnc Strankc ma eni zadnjih sci. &c So te
NeStI praNllnc, 81 ie glavni odbor bavil najprei T.
zadrN" zNcza I'M potcm z vpraSanjem miru. Ma
p"SI"d 50 bile Sprejetc tri reSolucije.
Prva pravi: "NodStvo Stranke odlocno pro-
tcStira proti vsakemu nadaljnemu zviSavanju cen
III zahteva enako razdelj vanje zalog, XII so ma
razpolago."
DruSa reSoluciJa pravi: ''NztraiaioGi Y cello
u ma temelJlh mlrovnega programa, XII so bill cd
Socialno demokratiGnc skupine nacrtani Y drzov-
mem lhoru. proteStiramo proti zahtevam ancksio-
hlSt"N, III le povcravajo odpor nash sovraanikov
IN laako podaIjSaJo vojnO do popOlnega iZGrpa-
MIA. Socialna demokracija Sc poStavlja roper vs.r>
ko anekNijo in roper vSako polititno ali gospo.
darSk" hcgemonijo mad katerimkoli narodom.
kaJtl vNaka TAXA hcgcmonija hi nljno vodila 10
pet IA v"jn". Socialua demokracija jc mnenja,
da mora biti cdini cilj vojne obramba nemSkc DO
hticnc cnotc in varno>t IA goSpodarski rozvoi
NcmGijc."
PROT tel rcSoluciji ie glasovalo oScm nayao-
en- Nr'Ha J" Jc pa Sprejela. Razviiuo nj IL poro-
ella Y kakSnem zmislu il je maniSina naSpro-
tovala.
Trcta rc~olucija Sc bavi 5 prapravami "a kon-
ference, XII maj Sc Sklice "a reorganizaciio Strankc.
Nojna porojila imaio to zanimivo lastnost.
da pripovcdujrjo. kako nude Sc godi |sovraIni
I'm nal ... I,LI.. .;.r =,
r.a,..rn i'." 90" ." III" a"s'eNN"
,L. .r,aI, = .,Io - n" ) =" "'"-
s,,,tna K ~ y" "N 'J""" !"
t.ah., 80, y ...rn. H"N "'""N' P',''"J"
~. ,'' ~" IT.. lH," S""" |' "P"H'N"''" ,'
a.; -. " "'"'J" :'"J' N'S' q : "
taricnr doka<c. Take p%orocajo Angler, ia 50 ma
Si y n%svojcuih nemSkih poziciiah d|okumente. XII
.La,, r.,I. - 'NS"". ! ' ' '"S'''
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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-08

Japonski list "Dzidzi Simpo"
pravi, da je povecanje ameriSke
mOrnarice povsem naravnO. Neka-
teri Americana raZumejO polozaj
povsem krivo, ko smatrajo Japon-
sko "a sovraznico Amerike. - To
bi 81 bio treba zapomniti.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-08

NcmSki kronprinc jc hotel biti hraher. Zad
Mi trden je prvic poletel L v%ojaSkim aeroplanom
in jc oStal baje cclih petnajSt minut mad franco
Skimi linijami. PoroGilo IL Berlina pa pravi, da
50 tam pray herald S~prejeli to vest, teS da ne hi
Smrl preStolonaSlednik : takimi nevarnimi pod
jetjl riSkirati ~svojcga livljenja.
HIM, VSi kronprinci so hrabri in e~nergitni.
To je lc stara rec. VSaj Y vSeh knjigah, XII so pi-
sane Ia dinaStije. je to povedano. Iakai torej ne
hi smell blti nemSko pruski kronprinc hraber in
energitcn, zlasti dokler skrbi njegov papa tako
previdno Ia svoje dragoceno zivljenje, kakor smo
zadnJlc titall' Steer njegov polet L aeroplanom
ncmara vendar nj bl tako nevaren. kakor mi
sligo Berlintani. In potem ina "a vsak SuGaj Sc
nckaJ bratov. Glavno je pa to: kaj so Berlin
tani pOpolnoma izgubili vero V bozjo previd-
noSti NebeSki Dee, HI je namenil, da DO Nilcetov
najstarejSi poba nekoc vodil usodo vsega meme
Skcga naroda, Ie tudi poskrbi. da Sc njegovemu
izvoljencu ME ne zgodi. Ali ne!
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-08

Ako Selis citati najnovejse in
dobre novice, potem Sc naroci ma
milwaukee Leader" navecji So
cialisticni dnevnik vzhodno cd
mesta New York. Stane 25c ma
mesec. Milwaukee, Wis.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-08

StraSna katastrofa parnika Titanic j.
bila Y Soboto, %. julia, Sc enkrat priklicana V
Spomin, ko je sodiste Y New Yorku reSilo druzbo
White Star Line vSake odgovornosti. Prot druz-
hi so bile vlozene tozbe IA odSkodnino V Skup-
mem znesku Is miljonov dolarjev, ker sc je trdi-
10, da je kataStrofo, HI je zahtevala 1900 cloves
kin lrtev. zakrivila malomarnost. Ker pa so hi
Ii tekom obravnave podani dokaZi, da je potop
zakrivila n%esreca, SO Sc t~ozitelji izvcnSodnijsko
poravnali l. drulbo, HI plaza 665000 dolarjcv ODD
Sk0dnin.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-01
HON. SAM w. LATHAM
Candidate for Nomination for
Lieut.. Governor.

Senator latham lives at EldOr-
aio. Saline County Ill. a large
Republican county.
Sou Tern ILL.,. is entitled to the
second place on the Republican
tickst for state Office and the
Senator is the man for the place.
He is able and his stand Tor the
Republican principles entities
him 10 the votes OF the party
He is real american. Best 0
all he is cIuan man. honest and
q man o, the people.
He stands for prosperity MIX
ing policies and the full protect
ion oil every amtrican citizen and
interest Tor social justice aud fer
the Rspublicsn national platform
in iull.
He is not an orator. but he Is
ufan oi m<steriul iorce. He knows
how to accomplish things.
He is a successful Physician
but has studied law He made
h,s own success, and therefore
knows how success is made. No
man has ever aceusrd him OF uD-
fair - Illes Inmate business iri.-
cipies
he is a friend OF the COMMON
people and has a warm spot in
his heart for The colored people
because OF their faifrs,s him
and their struggles to o.er-thIow
their environments which have
been poteat factors to hold them
down.
lie was elected two years ago
by good majority on the Re-
publican ticket for State Senator
IRON the 5sst Senatorial district
Let US nomiaate him Tor our next
Lieut. Governor.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-01
RALPH PROCTOR

Ralph prortor. ot MeLeans-
boro. candidate fr mea,ber OF the
State Board ot Equalization was
vas bora on q farm in Hamiton
eounsy. and has risen thru adverse
circumstances to a place oi prom
inence in the councils III his party
His Strenuous fight Tor success
in lie proves him worth. ot his
gallant ancestry. Hist thrr gave
the best OF his Lille in defence oi
his country dsring The civil war
and his grandfather fought thru
the revolutionary war that we
might enjoy our pre,ent degree
oil independence.
Mr.. Proctor has been = life long
Rcpub liean srd has Tor years
given freely Of his time and means
Tor the promotion Of the success
OF the Repubiiean party. Dusine
previous campaigns he has unset
iishly fought for the election al
hn opponept m Office With out
comp~nsssioo OF pronfse Of per-
ferment. Ills many friends thru
cut the district beIeive that the
party should honor these years
uninterrupted service by nomi-
nating him him Ter member OF
the State Board Of Equalization.
Mr. Psoctor is an old Rebobli.
can. bur a new candidate. His
personal popularity and admir-
able mixing qualities make him
by FAR the strongest candidate that
can be nominzted Tor that Office
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-01
provinces KEYNOTE
Candidate For Attorney General Believes Republican Parys Ab
hy To Solve Problems.

His faith in the Republican
party is foanded upon hrs belief
IN efficient service. Waller M.
Provine OF TalorviIle. candidate
TOR the Republican nomination
or Attorney General. declared
today.
Il believe in the Republican par
ty. its wonderful record Of "a
chievcments. its ability to solve
questions OF governmental policy
and its future success. he said
II believe in honest and eff
eient service by public officials.
that ia order TO render this ef-
fective they must be ready at all
times to Withstand any onslaug ht
that may be made by a bi-parti-
san combination OF these elements
10 both parties that continually
oppose and strive to nuliiy and
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-01

Elwosd Barker. Of Hamilton
county. fer re-eieciion as a mem
Der Of the Legislatsre from s1st
Dist, made . good showing and
shsuld b re-neminated.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-01

Senator Sam w. Latham who
is candidate for Lieutc nsnt Gov
ernor. Is growing in favor and
popularity with the voters.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-01

repeal safe progressive legislation Public officials
defend
M enfor cement of wise
THE the within the gift
of
OF he of elected
the Legislature He the Repubi
he refused o bipartisan combine
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-01


Counties Christian Shelby and Fsysts) Water alter M Pro-
efficient First choice Of the Republican cau for speaker but
simplifying procedure protested against increased
pon and the deficiency Made OF the best records In the
Assembly.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-01

II is given up by all that Oral
p. Tuttle will be renominated by
a big majority. M
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-01

Lou l.. Emmerson will be NOM
mated for Secretary OF state by a
large majority. He Is . thorough
business mar, and a friend to all
classes Of citizens and al~ ays has
a listening ear TO the cries OF the
distress. The negro can safely
ote Tor Mr.. Emmerson.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-31
Fighting the Columbia Quicksands
By H. ]. Shepstone

guine of success that he engaged a
tug to be on hand at a specified time.
Within fifteen minutes of the time
named he had the vessel afoat, but
the tug failed to put in an appear
ance. For two hours the vessel was
kept clear of the beach, but at the
end of that time she again drifted
upon the sands broadside on, and
there she lies to-day. stripped to
bare hull.
1t was certainly one Of the most
remarkable salvage operations ever
performed that literally dragged the
Columbia River lightship from the
terrible grip Of the North Beach
The lightship went upon the beach
in a terrible hurricane in the year
1899. stranding upon a narrow neck
OF land lying between the ocean and
a deep bay in the rear.
A cradle was built around the YES
sci, and by degrees the craft was
lacked lip out of her sandy bed and
securely fastened in the cradle, which
was constructed OF heavy timbers.
Then, by the aid of powerful engines,
the cradle with its burden was hauled
out OF the sand and pulled almost a
mile across the neck of land and
launched in deep water. 1t is the
only known instance of a lightship
having made a journey across country.
The British iron bark Poltalloch
was another of the fortunate vessels
20 escape the grip OF these western
uuicksands. She went ashore during
the Winter of 1900 at the north en-
trance to Willipa Harbor, riding so
far I'D on the sands that horses were
driven around her at low tide. II
was freely predicted that she would
never feel water under her keel
again, but her master, Captain Young,
was so positive that he could float
her that he was allowed 10 make
the trial
He simply made use of an ole trick
long known to wreckers-taking ad-
vantage OF the great lasticity stored
up in the huge manila hawsers which
stretch about thirty feet in every two
hundred fathoms. Large anchors are
planted to seaward, and to these the
hawsers are made fast, the shore
ends connecting with the winches
aboard the ship.
AS the seas roll in against vessel
she shudders, jumps, and finally
slowly bitches down toward deep
water, provided that the sand pos
sesses the requisite firmness. Every
inch OF slack hawser must be taken
up by the winches. II is slow. nerve
racking work at best and vet Can
tain Young kept at il for nearly q
year. moving his huge vessel IN this
manner for more than three miles
along The beach, and finally into deep
water.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-31
The Ten Little Lanterns

Q UNDGAU Is a smiling little town
y In Upper Alsace. During all
the years OF the German occu-
patton 1t had remained stubbornly
hostile 10 the usurpers. and aside
from a few officials, no Germans
had dared to settle there. Fewer
still were the men who had served
their term in the German Army.
most had left at an earlier age or
had met with some accident that
made them unfit and a story was
still told Of a young recruit who.
when he appeared naked before the
examining military surgeon was
found to wear tatooed on his breast
a tri-color, and the inscription,
''vive Ia France"
Now war had come and when the
French Alpine chasseurs. the blue
DEVILS" as the Germans called them,
came down from their Lountaintops
and took possession Of the town
they were received with boundless
enthusiasm. All doors opened TO
them, and young girls in Alsatlan
flowers.
In the evening the major and his
staff were invited to a banquet by
the most prominent man In the
town. NJ Blech, the owner Of the
large sawmills, who had sacrificed
three fingers OF his right hand 10
escape German military service
when he was a youth.
NJ. BleCh. who was a widower. had
an only daughter. Rose, whom he
adored He had not had the heart
90 send her to a convent or a pen
sion. but had enga led a German
governess, Fra-4ein Emma HOfer
Of Strassburg. 10 teach her. Frau
lein HOfer had shown splendid ref
erences and been Immediately en-
gagged. She was an orphan. but said
that while her mother had been a
German, her fatEer came Of an old
Alsatian family
Rose was present at the dinner.
seated next TO her gOverness. who
sh ed great interest in the CONVEX
sation. Rose left the table when
coffee and liqueIrs were served.
The house was situated N the top
Of a hill from which there was a
splendid view Of the country all
How charming these French OIL
GERS are" said Fraulein Hofer 20
Rose. when they were alone in the
latters bedroom. so different from
the naughty German officers / feel
like doing something TO help cele-
brate their arrival We have here
some Japenese lanterns from the
last fair, what if we hung them In
your window and Illuminated the
house2 II would make your father
so happy TO see that you, too. had
thought OF doing something 70 SHOW
how happy they have made US feel
The child was delighted with the
idea. The governess had In a draw
er about twenty lanterns and Rose
wanted TO light them all
NO" said tho Fraulein. that
would make them hang too close
together and spoil the effect Ter
will be enough"
A few moments later ten multi
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-31

what appears to be a cross. A closer
inspection proves that It is indeed a
cross, formed by a yard hanging hori-
zontally across the foremost of the
buried ship. Il is as though the lost
vessel had marked her last resting
place by the formation Of this en-
blem.
The remains OF all the wrecks that
have preceded her have disappeared,
and so have most of those that have
succeeded her; yet there. above the
lonely dunes, stands erected this
pathetic memorial of the lost Cairns
more.
AS may be supposed. the vessels
grounding upon these sands were not
given up without a supreme struggle
on the part Of the wreckers, who
worked for the reputation of the pro-
fession as well as for the salvage OF
the ships. Every art known to the
trade was tried-pontoOns, Golfer
dams. derricks. centrifugal pumps.
kedge-anchors, and a dozen other
devices-but all in vain. The shore
is so fat that the tides do not rise
sufficient to permit the effective use
of pontoons and other lifting devices,
vet they are high enough 70 wash
back the sand that may be labori-
ously removed from about the hulls
of the vessels. thus rendering useless
the labor of weeks.
In their salvage operations the
wreckers have used some very re-
markable devices. and their ingenuity
should certainly have entitled them
TO success. When the bark Potrim-
pos went ashore. in 1896, and became
Graded in the sand. the salvage en-
gineers, after trying many other
schemes, finally cut a number OF
holes in the vessels steel hull, and
through the openings forcibly ex-
PEELED thousands of gallons of water
by means of huge centrifugal pumps
which hurled the sand away from
the sides of the ship.
Then the holes were stopped up
and a quantity OF water was taken
aboard for ballast. At the next high
tide the vessel rode free, but as the
waiting tugboats were towing her
out through the breakers she toppled
over in a much worse position than
at first. ard was finally abandoned to
her fate
Anot5er case in which the salvage
operators we're cheated OF their re-
ward at the last moment was that
of the schooner SOlanoi which in 1906
went on the beach opposite he vii
lage of Oysterville. The wreck was
sold at auction. and Captain A T.
Stream undertook 10 float IT, A long.
weaTisome struggle with the sands
snsued, but the captain was so san
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-31

A T the mouth of the Columbia
~ River lie two long stretches OF
1 = beach, officially known as
North Beach and Clatsop Sands,
which are the deadlieSt in the world,
for they swallow ships wholesale, and
IL is seldom they relinquish their grip
once a vessel is in their grasp.
Dense fogs prevail at certain sea-
sons of the year off the Columbia
River. and the master OF an incoming
vessel, prevented from getting a reck-
oning for days, not infrequently finds
himself. in the event of a sudden
suuall, hard and fast ashore almost
before he becomes aware of the prox-
unity Of the land Finding his vessel
practically uninjured, and noting the
absence of reef and rocky shore, the
mariner is apt to underestimate the
danger that threatens his ship. With
the aid of a kedge-anchor or the
services OF a tugboat, he confidently
expects to get afloat at the next high
tide.
AS a matter Of fact, the moment a
vessel strands, that moment she be-
gins digging her grave. At each
succeeding tide she settles deeper
into the quicksands, and by the time
measures can be taken for her RELIEF
her case is apt to be hopeless. OF
the hundreds of vessels that have
thus come to grief only three or four
have succeeded in getting back into
their proper element
For instance, the British bark
Cairnsmore was wrecked on the Clat-
SOD Sands in 1888. She was bound
10 Portland from London with a
cargo OF $500 barrels Of cement OF
the mouth of the Columbia she ran
into dirty weather, and her master
lost his reckoning.
She came in on a heavy swell, and
upon nearing the breakers her sails
were set aback, but too late 70 allow
her to escape She struck some dis
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by for fifteen hours her crew took 70
the boats, and we're finally picked up
by a passing steamship and landed
at Astoria
The vessel. which Immediately be-
gan TO sink into the yielding sand.
became a total loss. together with
her cargo Year after year the hull
OF the vessel has continued to sink,
until to-day il rests a full seventy
FIVE feet beneath the surface of the
shifting sands.
Approaching the spot where the
CaiTnsmore met her doom, one sees