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thirty-five days cut and were about
midocean.
But bad weather could not last for
ever; after the storms blew them
selves out. we had spells Of fine sail
Ing. The rough seas were soon for
gotten.
Almost every evening there were
dances and entertainments OF one sort
or another
was particularly attracted by a
family group of father, mother, three
sons and three daughters. They were
Of evident refinement The father had
been In business In America az a
young man, returned to Ireland and
engaged In business there, but times
being bad. had decided to sell out and
again seek home in the republic of
the west. His wife was a splendid
type OF Irishwoman, careful of the
education Of her children.
X X \ 4
THE thing that attracted me par
ticularly to this family was their
deep religious feeling. Every morn
ing and evening 1 saw this family
40 pioyCEs Innocence ana
purity were stamped on the faces of
the girls. The thought occurred, what
an asset such people are to the land
oi eheir adoption; physically strong,
oright. Intelligent, but withal highly
moral!
Shakespeare said somewhere: 'rhere
10 divinity that shapes our ends
| foush-neW them as we will" ana n
seems that on this voyage 1 was des-
tined TO meet my fate" In the person
or my future mate through life
Though i had left on shore my early
name, became very much interested
IN one OF these daughters. She took
q great interest in the ship and was
quite an adept at learning many
things about navigation.
Naturally. sailor has many onnor-
tunities Of making friends on a trim
lasting, as this one did, sixty-nine
Gays 1t might be said, In fact, that
knew practically everybody on board.
even the pets. It was not until wears
arterward, however, that this young
iaoy and l met under other circum.
stances. 1t was when had managed
70 rise considerably in the world that
l Drought to final conclusion the open-
ing chapter Of this romance. But Of
this more anon.
Copyright. 1921
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OF course. like every one else in Ire
land in those days, l had dreamed
of going to America at some time in
my li9e for, with the vast numbers
OF people constantly going out, had
many friends and associates in that
country. i do not think ! would have
gone to America just at this time had
i not chanced upon the embarkation
scenes at the Irish village which filled
me, as l said, with the sudden i'm
pulse to make the voyage.
1t looks, at times. as IL there were
a mysterious fate in our affairs i'm
pelling us to take certain steps and
do certain things at particular times
which have a tremendous influence
upon the future course of our lives.
1t will appear later on that this par
ticular trip on the emigrant sailing
ship was one of the turning points In
my career.
Although had shipped as an able
seaman on this vessel. I made up my
mind to continue my study of naviga-
tion as far as possible so that would
lose nothing Of the very valuable in
struction which had been given me by
Mr.. Lane on the ship bound for
Archangel.
Very fortunately for me. on this
trip l made friends with one of the
officers, who. finding me interested In
navigation. offered to help me along.
He was a fine mathematician. He
took me in hand and gave me
thorough review of algebra. trigo-
nometry and geometry. Before had
completed the end of this voyage
had become a really good navigator.
Up to about the fifth day out we
had very fair weather, but now
things began to change. The sky be-
came ashen and "wool packs" gath
cred in the northwest. An old salt
said: IT'S going to blow" and he
was right. 1t took US very little time
to shorten sail, all our "kites' came
down and our topsails were close
reefed in no time. Never before have
! seen such a high sea make up in so
short a time. Within less than four
hours the ship was literally riding
over mountains.
The condition Of the passengers at
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CONSERVATION. Needless to say. my
relief was immense when the tail Of
this whale disappeared into the
depths.
Never In my life shall forget this
unique experience. For two or three
hours after this I did not feel alto
gether myself. / consider that I had
very close call. If had fallen
forward instead Of backward I guess
it would have been all over with me.
We reached Falmouth in due course
was paid OF as a second mate. and
you can just depend upon It that
lost no time In making my way back
to my home in Ireland. My home
coming was welcomed in truly royal
style. My family and friends greeted
me with more enthusiasm than they
had ever expressed before.
It may seem rather far-fetched for
me to claim that my sweetheart upon
this occasion appeared more beautiful
fairy queen, stepping out Of a beauti-
ful romance. I had idealised her in
my imagination, but I felt that she
fully came up to my fondest dreams.
1t was due to her that had made up
my mind to become q master.
Having been ashore for some time
and my funds running low, I began
to look about for a ship. Business in
the shipping line in Dundalk was
very slack at the time, but a sailor
whom I met on the quay said some
thing about a full-rigged ship bound
for America, with emigrantA that
was lying OF Warren point, at the
head of Carlingford lough- ! made
up my mind to seek out this vessel.
On arrival at Warren point I was
astonished to witness a very un-
usual scene in the tiny Irish village;
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THE ADVENT OF PROHIBITION IN
ENGLAND.

THE ADVENT OF PROHIBITION IN
ENGLAND.
As written In the correspondence
Of an American visitor
TIOw glad am that have lived
i to see this wonderful reform of
prohibition at last accomplished in
England. There Is something 30 diff
cult about the British, 30 stolid, 80
hard to move.
But at last it has come. After the
most terrific efforts We managed to
get this nation stampeded. and for
more than a month now England
has been dry. I wish you could have
witnessed the scenes just like what
we saw home in America, when 1t
was known that the bill had passed.
The members Of the house of lords all
stood up on their seats and yelled.
"Rah! Rahi Rahl Who's bone-dryf
We arew And tho brewers and inn
keepers were emptying their barrels
Of beer into the Thames, Just as at
St Louis they emptied the beer into
the Mississippi.
I can't tell you with what pleasure
I watched a group Of members of the
Atheneum Club sitting on the bank
Of the Thames and opening bottles Of
champagne and pouring them into the
river. / got one to give me q few
bottles as q souvenir, and got some
more souvenirs. whisky and liqueurs.
when the members of the Beefsteak
Club were emptying out their cellars
into Green street, SO when you come
over. I shall be able, OF course. to
give you drink.
I must admit, and am sorry to
tell you this. that now we have pro-
hibition 1t 10 becoming increasingly
difficult to get q drink. In fact. some-
times, especially in the very early
morning, II 10 most inconvenient and
almost impossible. The public houses
being closed, 1t 10 necessary-Sto go
Into . drug store-just as IL is with
us-and lean up against the counter
and make gurgling sound like apo
plexy, One often sees these apopiexy
cases lined up four deep.
But I don't want you to think that
II you come over here to see me your
private life will bs In any way I'm.
paired or curtailed. am glad to
say that have plenty Of rich con-
nections whose cellars are very am
ply stocked. The Duke of BlanlA IL
said to have 5000 cases Of Scotch
whisky, and have managed to get
q card of introduction to his butler.
Copyright, 1881
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instead OF finding the place practical
ly deserted, as supposed 1t would be.
1t was crowded with hundreds Of
families. mostly peasants from the
northwest counties of Ireland. seek
ing passage to 1.-The land of the free"
Fathers and mothers. brothers and
sisters were going to America. Each
group appeared literally to have hun
dreds Of friends to bid them a fond
farewell. Many children, particularly
young boys about twelve or fourteen
years old, had domestic pets which
they refused to leave.
MOST of these people were leaving
their homeland, owing to the
dreadful economic conditions which
were forcing them out practically at
the point of starvation. Numbers had
sold their little belongings and really
ed whatever cash they could get to
pay eight pounds required for the
passage.
It seemed like the whole Of Ireland
had come to Warren point on this
occasion. The boats were waiting to
take the passengers out to the ship,
but in many cases the families found
1t impossible to separate: mothers
clung to their sons or daughters as
see them again.
had no particular desire to go to
America on this occasion, but I sud
denly made up my mind that I would
make a DESPERATE effort to get on this
emigrant ship. as I felt that a trip
Of the kind would be a very unusual
experience This succeeded in doing.
well remember the date of our
sailing, September IA. which was clear
and fair. with a fine northwest breeze
blowing.
Once out in the channel, we set
every stitch Of canvas, with starboard
braces checked in. Our course lay
across the entrance of Dundalk bay
On this occasion I had a feeling OF
lonesomeness as the shore of my ma
tive place passed from view. There
came to my mind vision of a sweet
girl standing there waving me adieu
with a prayer for my safe return on
her lips.
had said that had no particular
desire to go to America just at this
time. There was a reason; 1 was very
loath to part with my sweetheart
7 had a vague plan Of remaining ir
European waters until could make
u good living for myself and ulti.
mately settle down somewhere, pref.
| erably In some nook or beauty spot
along tho Irish coast, with my "col,
leen."
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My establishment was so great that
second, paraiyzed with fear. as Ham,
let says: "Bestilled almost to jelly
with the act Of fear" My hair stood
on end like Quills upon the fretfui
porcupine."
A vague, unconscious, elf-preserva-
tion impulse seemed to draw me
backward from the tafrrail, and
managed to get four or Ave feet
away from this terrible object. the
nature Of which at the moment / was
wholly unable to discern. owing. OF
course. to being too close to It
Suddenly there was a great spout OF
water which ascended into the air at
a height Of about thirty-five feet.
reaching more than half way up to
the jigger yard. At that instant
realized that my terrible visitant was
no other than a very large whale.
which happened to come up just un-
der the quarter of the skip and to
blow" on reaching the surface. This
monster seemed to turn a sort Of half
somersault, and l next saw his tail
with it's gigantic hukes stretching up
into the sky. II
may frankly say that I was never
80 frightened in the whole Of my ex-
istence. For a moment I was face to
face with the cavernous mouth Of a
whale, and I hadn't the slightest
doubt that this object had risen out
of the depths for the express purpose
Of making a meal out of me. To say
that I was physically and mentally
scared hardly expresses the idea
\ X X
T SHALL never forget the roars Of
laughter that went up from both
officers and crew when they saw my
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'WHY THEY DRINK IN SCOTLAND"
ephen Leacock Says Duty Provides Many Reasons.

~ ECAUSE they manufacture the
X best whisky in the world, the
Scotch, in popular fancy, are
often thought to be addicted
to the drinking of 1t. This is purely
q delusion.
During the whole Of two or three
pleasant weeks spent in lecturing in
Scotland, / never on any occasion saw
whisky made use of as a beverage.
] have seen people take 1t, of course,
as a medicine, or as a precaution. or
as a wise offset against a rather
treacherous climate; but as q bev-
erage, never.
The manner and circumstances OF
their offering whisky to a stranger
amply illustrates their point of view
toward 1t. Thus, at my first lecture in
Glasgow. where I was to appear be-
fore a large and fashionable audience,
the chairman said to me in the COM
mittee room that he was afraid that
there might be a draft on the plat
form.
Here was a serious matter. For a
lecturer who has to earn his living by
his occupation, a draft on the plat
form is not a thing to be disregarded.
Nor Is 1t altogether safe for the chair
man, himself. a man already in middle
life, to be exposed to q current Of cold
air.
In this case, therefore, the chair
man suggested that he thought 1t
might be "prudent"-that was his
word, "prudent"-if 1 should take q
small drop of whisky before en-
countering the draft.
In return I told him that could
not think OF his accompanying me
20 the platform unless he would let
me insist on his taking a very reason
able precaution. Whisky taken on
these terms not only seems like q
duty, but 1t tastes better.
In the same way find that in Scot
land 1t Is very often necessary ia
take something to drink on purely
meteorological grounds. The weather
simply cannot. be trusted. A man
might find that on going out into the
weather" he is overwhelmed by q
heavy fog or an avalanche Of snow
or . driving storm of rain. In such a
case a mere drop Of whisky might
save his life. 1t would be folly not ta
take It.
Again-''comine In out Of the
weather Is a thing not TO be trihed
with. A person coming in unprepared
and unprotected might be seized with
angina pectoris or appendicitis and
die upon the spot. No reasonable
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~ the ruins of Babylon 1 made
~ my way back to the port OF
Muscat. When we had finished
discharging our cargo of coal we
cleared away for Basseine, in British
Burmah.
1t was while on this trip that we
met with one of the most dreadful
experiences 1t has ever been my mis-
fortune to encounter.
A few days out of Muscat almost
every one in our crew of forty-four
sort of intermittent fever. One of the
alarming features of this was that 1t
made each man delirious three or
four days at a time.
The sickness not only involved the
men before the mast, but extended to
the navigating officers and even to
the captain himself. There were days
nobody on the ship without fever ex-
cept two apprentices and myself.
1t was the season OF the north
east monsoons. and after we had set
our sails we kept on down the Ara
bian sea with breezes blowing steady.
This was an extremely fortunate
thing, for, If we had had to touch a
brace or a yard during those ten aw-
full days when everybody was ill., or
IL gale had come up. or even a
heavy breeze requiring the furling OF
single sail, there would have been
no one on board capable of doing it.
X X
ONE of the features Of this illness
was the terrible thirst that 1t
caused. On leaving Muscat we had
enough water for a thirty days sup
ply, counting the usual allowance on
board British ships. But the men
were so crazy for water during their
spells of fever that 1t was not long
before we got down to one quart of
water for each man, for all pur-
poses. over a period of twenty-four
hours. Men grabbed their quart of
water and drank 1t down at one gulp
in spite of my warning that they
would not get another drop for any
purpose-for tea, coffee, soup, wash
ing-in twenty-four hours.
The men during their period Of de-
1irium, which amounted almost to in
sanity, went about the decks, cutting
up all sorts of strange, unholy antics.
One or two of them became homicidal,
and wanted to kill their best friends
others attempted to jump overheard:
some imagined themselves to be Ma
homet, Christ and other leaders of hu-
manity. These would pass their time
in making long harangues and trying
to convert the rest Of the crew to
some form Of imaginary religion. i
had to select certain men who were
not so sick as the others and appoint
them to keep guard over these men.
Perhaps the man on board who was
more Ill than anybody else was the
captain himself. He lay for several
days absolutely unconscious and
thought that he would surely die. The
second officer and the senior appren-
tice were also down with the dread
disease and, In consequence, had to
get out my navigating instruments
and virtually command the ship.
Navigating the ship, however, did
not worry me at all compared to the
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end of the day often showed gain
of less than forty miles. The outlook
certainly indicated long passage.
With favorable winds. passages to the
westward were often made in from
twenty to thirty days. We were now
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Travelling Incog.
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Fost.
The stranger signed the hotel register.
'King of Italy," and was soon accosted
by the manager. who demanded that his
guest sign his proper name, adding.
"You are not the King Of Italy. you
know" NO" agreed the guest. but I
travel under the name--it's my In
cognito"
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this time was pitiable. In heavy
weather, of course. it was necessary
for all the matches to be battened
down. The tossing of the ship' the
darkness below, and the ignorance of
the passengers who felt that the ves-
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Edltor's Note: This IL the third OF
q series OF exceptional articles by
Chief Kenlon describing his adventures
In fourteen years as sailor. Last
week the author told how he shipped
for Archangel. undergoing furious
storms and gaining an opportunity to
learn something Of naviga tion. Il had
Ssne away O boy" he wrote; II came
home q man"
He also described how, having ar
rived on another voyage In British
four-master, square-rigged ship at the
port Of Muscat in the Gulf Of Oman. on
the Arabian sea, an infection came
within an ace Of costing him his leg
or his life However, through a sim
pie treatment he had learned from an
old Irish doctor. he saved himself by
pouring cold water upon his fnfiamed J.
member all night and was up and
around on his feet again when the
surgeon arrived to arnpntate II. From
this port, following his recovery, he
went inland to visit the ru MS Of Baby
Ion. Here the story proceeds.
Evening star., 1923-11-11
BY JOHN KENLON.

4 FTER spending some days amid
~ the ruins of Babylon I made
~ my way back to the port OF
Muscat. When we had finished
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N ECAUSE they manufacture the
X best whisky in the world, the
Scotch, in popular fancy. are
often fhoupht fo he addict ed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-24
ReIlis- M ann

John p. Rcllis, Gardiner and Miss
Alvina S. Mann, Bath, were married
at o'clock Thursday morning at
st. Mary's church at Bath, by Rev.
t'r. Nicholas j. Koran. The bride
wore a blue travelling suit with hat
to match and carried roses and was
attended by Miss Anna Rellis of
Gardiner. sister of the groom. as
bridesmaid while Alfred King OF
Bath was best man.
After the ceremony wedding
breakfast was served at the home
OF the brides sister, Mrs. Mabel
Morse, 40 High street and the cou-
pie left on the 1872 train for their
honeymoon. The automobile used
here was gaily decorated and nu-
merous tin cans ratified the fact that
some Of the occupants were newly
weds.
Mr.. Rellis is a son of Thomas
Rellis of Gardiner and served over
seas with the 10Th division -
months. He was severely gassed in
action. He is a member of the
Gardiner council Knights of Column
bus and the Gardiner post Ameri-
can Legion He is to enter the vet
Grams vocational school in Portland
and they will reside in Portland.
Mrs. Rellis is a daughter of he
late Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Mann of
Phippsburg.
,; out Of town guests at the we'd
olhg were: Misses May Ellen and
Anna Rellis 1lbert Brown. Card
ner; Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Barry. Nor
way; Miss May Glidden. Quincy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-24
their characterizations a great deal

their Characterization a great deal.
They say
The public likes me in a certain
kind of role and I'll stick to that
kind and give them what they want.
I won't try to do anything new.
Gladys Walton in Gossip, the
Universal attraction at the Johnson
Opera House. today. has character
ization the very opposite Of anything
she has attempted before. Usually
her roles are those of flappers Of to-
day. sometimes very sophisticated
flappers.
Gossip" will present her in the
person OF a little girl of the old
South who is fifty years behind her
times and the exact antithesis of q
flapper. Caroline Weathersbee. the
heroine of Gossip, believes that all
gentlemen protect ladies in distress
and all men are gentlemen. In other
words, she is wholly ignorant OF the
change that life has taken In the
modern world since her aunt, who
raised her, was a girl.
Coming with this strange philo-
sophy into the dizzy whirl Of exist
ence in a northern city of manu-
featuring and society. she is utterly
unequipped for the fight before her,
and yet by sweetness and simplicity
manages to win the hearts OF all the
life hardened souls about her.-adv.
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HalloWell Soldiers
of MadaWaska War

An interesting item in Tuesdays
/ journal says that among those bur
led IN the Hallowoll cemetery. one.
at least. was q soldier Of the NADIA
Waska war. | think there are many
more than one there buried. and send
| You the names copied from the
Kcgimental roster, of the IS men who
made up the two companies of mil
tia who went from HalloWell. Many
OF these men Will easily be recalled
to memory by the older Hallowcll
citizens and the graves of such as
are buried in the Hallowell cemetery
should be found without difficulty
They were called into actula ser
vice by the State for the protection
of the northeastern frontier. and
served from the 25th day Of Febru-
AIRY to the 10Th day Of April. 1899
Hallowell Artillery-Captain. Alo-
ion =. Arnold; lieutenant, Charles b.
Bates; sergeants. George +. Aver,
William T. Caldwell. Cyrus c. Fair
banks. William Walker; musicians,
Charles L. Hodges, Sumner Smith;
privates George Allen. Josiah Allen,
George NJ. Atwood. Orrin W. Blais-
dell; John W. Brown: Samuel But
ler; Rufus Campbell; James t.
Choate; stephen Dudley: Joseph
Earle: Francis A. FoSg; John +.
Follett; Cyrus II. Folsom; George Il.
Haincs; Sampel p. Hall; George ".
Hammond; John Jacos: Augustus
Knowles; John knowles; Daniel
J-awton; Moses ID. Leeman; William
Lyon: Adorno l.. Melvin: Edlon ID.
Moody: stephen Moshicr; Charles
Il. Page; David l.. Page; Jonathan
Patch; William Perkins; William
Plnkham; Ivory Quint; Harvey
ltamsdell: Samuel 3. Russell;
George w. Stanley; Nathan Web
ster; Jonothan Whittier; James NJ.
Wiggin; Phincas Yeaton, Jr.
Hallowell Light Infantry Captain,
William S. Haines: lieutenant. Thorn
as Hoyey; sergeants. Abner Pitts.
Jr.. Alexander T. Cation. +. NJ. Col
lier, William Thornton, Jr.; corporaIs,
Eliphalet Rollins. Asa Trask. John
Tarr, Nathan SHETLAND; musician.
Silas Hunt; privates, Jesse Austin:
William Beedle; James Booker: Abicl
Brown; Rufus Bunker: William
Christopher; William II. Collins:
John Covell; Samuel Croker; Moses
Q. Cummins; Moses Davis; Ben
jamin d. Emerson; Samuel Gray:
Jacob Heath; Thomeas w. Holbrook;
William Little. Jr.: George w. Lyon
charles Mckinney: Dwight Minor;
Charles Moody; Lewis Moody; John
Moody; Joseph f. Norton: James w.
Potter; T. w. Rollins: William II.
Stacy; Hiram B. Stevens.