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Remarkable Adventure of the
Schooner Elwood.
A Trying ExpeiiiM.ee While Near Ju- i
reau, Alaska. The Title Went
Down While She Was Fastened
to a Bert:, Leaving Her
High and Dry.
Strange stories of thrilling enoonnters
?with icebergs havo bi i u brought had;
from tho Arctic by skippers from t:m.<
to time, but they must all take n l ark
soat now und bow low to Captain Chou
tor of tho schooiu r Elwood.
The Elwood bas just returned from
her first halibut fishing cruise in tiiu
northern waters. Sbo left San Francisco
on Jan. 24 in ballast, hut put into Do? .
part uro bay ami took on n cargo of coal
for Junoau, Alaska. After discharging
at tho latter place sho headed for tho
ilnir glacier, tho purpose boiug to lead
tho hold with ico. Tho vos3< I was pass?
ing through t he icy straits and was just
off Hoonia, says Captain Chester, when
ho espied an immense ict I org nboul n
inile away. It was fully ten tinies tho
size of tho schooner and appeared to
havo become fast upon n roof.
The captain considered this a luoky i
find, for ho conbl get nil tho ice ho i
wnnted. The Elwood was hoadod for j
tho berg, and when the vessel was with- ;
in n few yards of it tho anchor was i
dropped. The schooner was then per?
mitted to swing around until shu cnuio
alongside, tho iceberg, to which sho was
.made fast with lines.
Tho tide was at tint full at tho time,
nnd to all appearance tho vossel was
?perfectly safe. All went well until
along toward evening. About !I0 tons
'of ioe hud been dupositcd in the hold,
and Captain Chester oucouragod bis
men to work a Ifttlo fastor, ns bo do
?ired to get theoutiro load nnd leave as
Eoon as possible. Meanwhile tho tide
had been falliug, which caused the ico
borg to settlo heavily upon tho reef be?
neath aud then to gradually tip over to?
ward tho side opposite tho vessel,
Tho iceberg continued to careen, nnd
?Captain Chester began to suspect that
nil was not going to bo well for him.
Ho ordered his men to get. aboard and
was aliout to set sail when, with :v
grinding roar, tho iceberg rolled off tho
reef and started to revolve. Immediate?
ly there arose on the starboard sido of
the vessel and beneath it n jagged spur
cf ice, which until tbou had formed
the bottomof tho iceberg. Withnornsh,
tho ico s truck the keel. Tho next in
ctunt thn astouisbod crow found thorn
eelves and their vessel lifted ont of tho
water and resting in n*sort of groovt Or
cradle at tho south oud of the ice moun?
tain. It was n x>aniu inspiring predica
xuent, to say th? loust, und nil hands be?
gan to pray for their livi-.s.
Tim weight of tho vessol arrested tho
Tpvolntionof tho berg, but did not have
the effect of turning it back again to
its original position. Tho rt cf provt nt
ed this.
Chester ortlercd bis niou into tlio
hoats with instructions to got out. of
barm's way as fast us they could. Be?
fore abandoning tho vessel tho biato out
?tho lines which held her to tho iceberg.
Tho men then polled uway to n safo
distance and anxiously awaited the fato
cf tho Elwood. The anchor held fast,
?and tho schooner, us if realizing its
?plight nnd desiring to escape, tnggod at
tho chain despairingly.
Tho tide dropped a few mor i iuchi i,
tho iceberg carceuod still further, and
-tho Elwood rose still higher into tbo
.air. Although i\t first thought this
;.soamed to render her condition oven
. more dosporato, it really proved tho
schooner's salvation. Tho tendency of
?tho icoburg- to roll over nud raise tho
iTcssol brought such an i normons strain
to bearupon the anchor chain that some?
thing had to give way. Something did,
and to tbo joy of tho flshormen it w is
sot tho anchor or flu-chain. The i to
"berg lurched, and tho schooner was ob?
served to tilide several feot along the
crevice it rested tin. Tbore was nnother
lurch and another slide Then the ves?
sel reached a downward grade nud the
?nest instant shot off tho iceborg and in
rto tho sea, bows on, like n rocket. Sho
'chipped a heavy sea, as tho n mil i I
plunging her nose beneath the surface,
but quickly righted andinftt ;? stnmbling
over hor anclior chain nnd tngging vi?
ciously to get away Bottled down to bur
original stato of tranquillity, to all ap?
pearance unhurt.
"I havo been nttsea u grent many
?years und havo bad, queer experiences,
but this ono beatnthotn all hollow."
declared Captain Cbcstor. "I thought
tho vessel w as doomed und nevi r look?
ed for Euch n happy termination of
our troubles. When tho schooner start?
ed to slide, ihm? was no stopping hor,
nnd sho bounded off lUto ;i tiling of life.
She looked just na if sho worn gliding
down thn w?ys of a shipyard on lit r
launching my. 1 novor saw anything
prettier. You cau rest nssnrod that no
happier mortals over climbed aboard a
ehip than wero vro w hen wo pulled over
to tho Elwood. Wo boverod around the
strxits that nigl c, and when wo took on
the remainder (4* our ico cargo wo took
caro not to armronch too near thn ico
t %Mg. Wo earned tho chunks over in
* our nmall bonus, keoping tho sciioouor
ftt a rospoctablu distance. "
Captain Wytinan, the owner of tho Ill
Wood, accompanied tho vessel on her
recant voyage and'corroborates Captain
?^jChoster's narrutivo of tim oucouut- c
With tho rovtdvnur i i lxvg, as do also
tho mum bor? ?f tk*! c av.?San Fraii
OJfco Clicon iuii
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
Tho ex-Empress Etagenio is now Bot
tli : her villa on Cap Martin until
tho 011(1 of May.
Attoruoy Nyo of Minneapolis, who
convicted Harry Hayward, is a brethor
of Hill Nyo, but ho is not bo tuuoli of a
joker.
tn 1880 Lord Benconaflold said ton
friend, "I givomyself two uioro years
of lifo." Ii?> died April 10, 1881. To
tho queou bo gave 20 moro years.
Sir Joseph Barnby could play iho or?
gan at public services when ho was only
alioy ol 12. Fortunately ho was not
one of those youthful prodigies whom it
is wise to kill.
M. Do (licrs mado no nionoy out of
Russian statesmanship, and being hon?
est left his family in poor circumstances.
Tho cziir, however, has grautod a libornl
ponsiou to Mine. Do Qiersand hor fam?
ily, j
Mrs. F.vti T. Cook of (ilouccstcr, tho
newly eleeted department president of
the Woman's Relief corps of Massachu?
setts, Is a very popular member of the
ordi r and has long been devoted to tbo
work for the votornns.
Matsui, tho new secretary of the
aTnpaut so legation nt Washington, is
only about ~'7 years old. Mo is a gradu?
ate of the Imperial university at Tokyo.
Mr, Mntsui suoooods Mr. Miyaoki, who
was recently trnusforrcd to Berlin.
Roprosoiitativo Tnrsrjcy of Missouri
has propounded a ooliuudrnm. Ho
Wishes to know why Abbott, ill Ills "Life
of Napoleon," always USCS tho word
tologram for dispatch, whou, us ho sup?
poses, the work was written before thn
telegraph was invented.
.lohn Wesley, tho pioneer Methodist,
was for n tituo a member of Governor
Ogluthorpe's tu-orgia colony of adven?
turers. Ho left his studies at Oxford to
join tbo expedition, and his love for
Sophia Causlou, nun of tho colonists,
formed tho tragedy of bis early lifo,
William Knyjnthof Logausport,Ind.,
tlooply griorud over tho death of his
wife and additionally lamenting the
nbseiico of a photograph, called a pho?
tographer to Iiis house, and a picture
was taken of Ins dead wife ill nil up?
right position with hiiusolf stauding by
hor side
.lames Komp, who has just died in
Boston, is said to have bot n tho first
man converted by tho Salvation Army
in tho L'niuul States. A uioinhcr of the
army picked him out of an asli barrel
j whilo bo was drunk. Tho next, day he
j joined the army and Boon roso to be n
1 captain, an office which ho held until
hi.-, death.
Ibson writes very slowly und careful
ly and novt r takas n leal vacation, f.v
cry day ho devotes live hours to literary
work?from s n. ui. till 1. It takes
hint about five months to wi ito a drama,
i Atter completing one ho devotes six or
! seven months to mental preparation for
I a in w ono. Ho rewrites each play three
I times, it is said.
n??- fa V-esi rvo" lie uurf.
Rennet is tho living uioiubrauo of one
of tho stoihuolis of tho calf. Select the
stomauh of a hoalthy calf and empty it.
Remove tho outer skin ami int. Wipe
tho rennet nnd suit it, using about hall
n pint of salt nnd putting tbo greater
part of it into t lie suck. Let this stund a
few hours, then stretch it on n forked
stick. Cover it with netting to protect
it from tho llhs. Hang in a cool, dry
place. When dry, put it in a glass jar
or paper bag nnd keep in a cool dry
place.
It Woulil Sell W. u.
Keop your eye pooled for Qnccn V'o
I torin'H picturo in n rheumatism cure
i advortisemont?Chicago Record.
CHRONIC 8EBV0USHESSI
Could Not Sleep, Nervous
Headaches,
Gentlemen:?I have boon taking
your Restorative Nerviuo for the
rast three months and 1 cannot
1 say enough in its praise. It has
Saved fly Life,
for I lip.d almost, <.-i vr n up hope of
ever being well again. I was a
chronic Miiicrer from nervousness
and could not Bleep. 1 was also
troubled with nervous headache,
and had tried doctors in vain, until
1 used your Nervine. Yours truly,
MRS; M. WOOD, Rlngwood, 111.
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Cures?
Hr. Miles' Nervine is ?c Id on a positive
. euaniiiteit that ttic Drat bottle, will bene?
fit, am drnBRl?tssoil it nttl.Sbottles(S,
o*\ri|| bo sent, prep-iid on receipt.of |?We -
Sold by ASS Druggists.
Is not
GOLD DUST
Washing Powder.
The immense popularity of Gold
Di'st Washing Powder has in?
duced unscrupulous manufac?
turers to put up inferior wash?
ing powder in yellow packages to
deceive the purchasers. The care?
ful housekeeper knows from ex?
perience how good Gold Dust
Washing Powder is, and sees
that she gets the genuine. See
that the Twins are on each package.
Made only by
The N. K. Fairbank Company,
Chicago, i>t. lyoius, New Volk,
Boston, Philadelphia.
Always the helper of the people. The Low Price Great
Gied.L Giver is To-Day Selling
Furniture, Carpets, Mattings, Etc.
at such prices, nuil ou Jsucli term-- as to mnko (lie establishment o[ a Lotuo a
possibility with everyone.
SATISFACTORY TERMS !
JOHN 15. LOUOHRAN lias his fixed terms of oro<lit. If vou wont a HUN
DRED DOLLAR'S WOK I'll OB' OOOD3 and feel you cnu only pay for thorn
iu small weekly instaltneiita, no apology for your light purse is required, Tie
relieves 3'ou of thiit l?y toiling you just how much you ore expected to pay,
ilo doesn't ask for more.
YOU BUY ON THESE TERMS:
caaasii'ticossfosBi! 3e3ct?*es)r.e*?<stt<aoooiuo-.<o?Ge.. j<j jajtsc
S $25 Worth, 50c Cash, 50c Weekly. I
I $50 Worth, $l Cash, $1 Weekly. S
; $75 Worth. $1.50 Cash, $1.50 Weekly. ?
I $ 100 Worth. $2 Cash, $2 Weekly, g
? o
Von ilon'l have make a poor mouth beunuso money is scarce. Von buy
II to Roods, make your tirst payment and your purchase is delivered at ouue.
MY NEW SPRING STOCK
Is now ready for inspection, Great Bargains offered in Clumber Suits, etc.
A ear loml just received from the West.
lW?T riNGS T MATTINGS I
Huudreds of rolls to select from.
R E F R I G E R ATO R
ALL SIZES AND PRICES.
?
IBJ''?IW?l
(irnuil stock of New Spring Suits for men and boy, just received. Call at
once and secure your I2ASTER SUIT, while you bavo the full assortment to
select Irom. REMEMUER, you can buy your suit by payiug ONE DULLAU
PER WEEK. Quality, Btyle aud prico guaranteed,
Good Goo:!s! New Patterns! Laics! Styles! Sire to te i
John
Loughran
205 and 207 Church Street.
UHSVj i;r.3f jubii n_i;? ncai
i. .j.i ??an
nijaru ccaa tia ja atju" jaciu u'.-bc ' auarn
tag sHvi.
r sc.->9
ucuu uses .<?.-. cs?an uoca uinoa
n
yo
fou Want
m I?n8,,,)
cjj "That's tlip question." If so, read theso extraordinary stipn<
_g lations offered you it, reliable Clothing. We havecnlled your atteu
?{ tion to lbo failure of Heed, Hannon -v Co,, ono of the largest maun
?g lecturers of rants in tins country, und of our coming in possession of
?5 tlie entire Mo.-:, at l~. per cent, ou tlio dollar. < Mir branoh store,
jjjj CANNON SAIL CLOTHIM C9KFAXV, 83 MAIN 51, NORFOLK, VI.
g roceived but $12,000 ol this romarkable purchase, of which no less
8 than one-balf lias already been Bold; so those who have not already
?ii witnessed this sale bad better do so nt once, and be convinced t?eso
j|a uru inoiicv savers tor you:
WuH I'll
Men's Working Pants.$ 1.25
Men's P no.I i>ss Pants. !f.?6
Ml ll's Kvtr.i Tan:. . :i (n)
M<as English Oorrinroy Pants . -t -o
Men's t Wo.it linn- bine Punt* . 4.73
.Men g Inn orteii Worsted Extra i ino Pants 7.00
Men's Working Mutts . C.5)
Men!. All Wj.,i I'nsiness Suit- . Iuuj
.Men m All Wool i ress Suit* . 15.0 I
Men's Worsted Extra l ine lir. ns suits .. 20.00
Children s Suit* front. ... ;ts to
Oliiliiren's Knee Pantt in endless variatv. W t?
NOW
14)
a. 10
s!a0
2!U
? 0J
7,.i0
m.on
i oa
EXTRA?This Week Only Boys' Combination
Suit, Goat. Two Pair Pants, Gap to match at $2.
BALL CLOTHING CO,
89 Main Street,
NORFOLK. - - - VIRGINIA.
?ipu siaaa neon snja ?aas -Jin
t iuula tuuui us! alia oas?
sp ???item bibb nans ecus eiBE9
?3bo /ins* inn ucnu bbbh "3d
CUAf. >\? u OKI). CIML A Nil WOOD,
?/S. C??PER,
411 Bambleton Avenue.
B.
LpUpTCTT A ]\I East End Lo.ilt UTemie. Phone ?SO. Ynrd full <>( Coil i
? \. li 1\ X >i I ll| aua Wuoil. Prices ua low *. anylnxlv. Flues! facilities lor .
handling ?na,? in cl.y. PROMPT DELIVERY. I
- I
\ WOOD AMD COAL. t
A ALWAYS HAVE ON HAND A LABUE SUPrliY OP THE UEST SEASONED A
f* L* IJV15 ^VIVI> OAK WOOD. j
f COAL of tine BEST QUALITY, t
TftY TOM'S CHEEK UANNKll COAL, the btejt an ! cheapest COAL on market A
x for gr itn^ \
y CttT'So.tilfilotion tjuar.uitoo 1 anJ price* to suit the times. Q
\ G. S. BRIGGS, \
A OffieeXo^SConiinei'ce.neai'Mnin p
q Yard Kant Kn I Falklank and Charlotte streets. Telephonoa No. 494 and 792. a
COAL, COAL, COAL.
l.."00 ton?Chotea l.eblgb Store, Nut and Kgg Coal, Just^rs>
ceirrd. N i advaii' *t it: prlcts.
We ? ?i in. to i. fc? udvantage oi I ho << lal map i y advnm ing
I ri<. - ! ooio ie 'u tin. < osil t Schaag?, but we ice not Call on
us fur price or phone. A. long t:. ?c have i oal on band to i rto
wtlionie to it at tlie lew Scares,
GORDON DE CORDY & CO.,
Telephone 49$, :io Bermuda street.
$5.50 Per Tm-2,240 FquuIs-CASH!
RAWLINCtS. MCHOLS & CO.
Tlione, "1?. Oflio* and Yard, ."> Nl.lSOO Street, next Silt ot t.'rrr
WOOD! WOOD
Am Hing 1 est "aV nod Pine Wood, rut In any lo^Rt!i sad split ?t J1.23 per
?,ua!t i cord or sj per cord. Stock always large.
CHAS K. SCOTT,
?HONE ML i oifu und Ktaervolr uveiuios.
?.-jgtfi'I,
"And these, our shina, ero stov'd with wheat ; The flmr ia sold by Pawver Proa, L 11
To make :. ur ti - d> '. re id ; p,lst. M n Qregg, Mtj i' White. L E Feu
Perieles. 1.4. ||>e<1 s s'Datin. Goomo W Oood.on. .1 s
l o shins ?peak <> Inoiniclves siomo ,, , . ,. ,.?,. , ..? ? , , ...... u._. ,.
Shi i .? t:.? nl ht ' .n.rs -? .. .k l'B.by&L ?. l.a lup A \\ . i-lit. W in Hart .V
every port where people need br?.ad?good Hr >. it O A J V? Mliuk. .1 U Baxter, I' II
l.road. Daisy Patent, '?iliey Uella, Hood Moylan, Ohas Barnard. BO Sottiiuhani .V o.
lido ?re oi.r brands. We al, > manufacture 1 w ? MeFiirland, K .I White, A It Wlntolnt. st.
Wu als > in hi ifact .10
ea'. If \ i n li.v-nt ine i ;t yet yotl uru
lost iu the ebti .
. ii.msv llOLLR : Mil.l.-.
278, SITU, Water street.
Phone .*s'o. 22".
I P Wbitehurst, II O Gallup A < o. K Hart.
II OWi son, i Sa Ua. E A Perry, s Cohn U
I, Swir*ky. J F. Parr, J \Y liucbanan. too
Others iu Landmark.
.-lni; n som ?' Dollars, purn? full o' .-asli :
II v. li.'ii you wain ? l:\cycii I bal won't go to fmajh,
put c.ti v.mr apcetaclea und reiul hire npluw,
Tbere you will Bad wbere'a in? best place tu ru
ITE & DOD2
131 MAIN ST, NORFOK, VA.
Ladies who wish to ride, we will teach them free of
charge.
(10
GOLD FILLED WATCH
Guaranteed
Willi ELGIN OR WALTHAM MOVEWENT
Fifteen Years.
J. BEiETT, Diaraoofl Broker anil Jsweier, Ha. no Gtiurcti 81.
Liberal advances made on all kinds of Jewelry, and all
transactions strictly confidential.
-W?g
(A TURKISH AND RUSSIAN BATHS, </>
Corner Church and Uutc directs.
ft ALWAVS OPEN I
ffk Hours Reserved for Ladies: Tuesdays, Fridays; 8--4 P. T.I.
SLEEPING ROOMS
I
8
VAN TELUCRG IKH MAN. Manager.
CO AI".. UOOD.
TonToTi^^ncKpi^?I^^
1 i ce, tlrj Pino Wood. * liiea uil) gladden ihe
le rs of your cuoka mid ui:ikr ih<- ? che mil.
i-eml .in . rd.-r. P.mm, 7:s. K '. II. LEE, I ni Ena]
lliilv e.Mi'ii?ed, lain Assistant Bliest Inspector.
?t
Wholesale and Ret.dl Dealers in
We wish to call attention to onr large
supply of
Stove Coal,
which has tust arrival. Also in stock Egjf,
Nut .hi.i Fnruaee Coal.
ELUGAN! SPLINT COAL
for cheerful tires.
George's Creel Cointolani Coal
POM BLACKSMITH PUBPOS K8.
Pocahontas Steam Coal,
A SPECIALTY.
Pineanci Oak Wood,
?i
?PHONE NO. ;".
52 MAIN STBEEP, - - NORFOLK, VA.
anthracite:
NUT.
BTOTjE.
EOG,
FUBNAOB,
W o.I soreans.l.
for crates:
SPLINT I Heal Suliut?.
BUSSEL . UllBKK,
PO "AlION I AS LUMP,
lOM'SOBRBK.
QUANHTY ANIj QUALITY GUARANTEE!},
Well Seasoned Wood.
CEO, W. TAYLOR & CO.,
NO. -17 Gl'.ANBY SI BEET.
I CiTPbono 31.
! COAL.
A
A
AII hinds nn J sizes of
Best Quality
Constantly on baud.
LIME,CEMENT,
PLASTER, BRICKS, LATHS,
TEBBA COTTA PIPE,
Sewer. Drain and CUiiniey Pius.
? AL.O?
FANCY CHIMNEY CAPS.
Batcheldor & Collins,
No. 65 WATER STltEET.
FULL SET OF TEETH,
WIIHUl'l I'i.VfKA
s7.oo?ssv; patest process?st.oa
In order to iairoilnra aiy Psteut Itlnt Testb 1
?rill loscit 11.??in fot ?" |ier ?et iiotll April the 1st,
begiiiuiu: Iebruary ihe iSlli.
DIL W I- DORSET,
No.? Bank streut, nai > ,u.ir- from Mala si.
I li IIMuNIj ill Kit I- No. i": \. Sevenths!
TECl'll EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN.
|)r. W. I. Poriei,
Dear Mr?It give* inn |ileasnre ta te tu'yni< te
the lalnoof yout Kliu Teeth. Alter I failed t ? .???
ti nt by one of ?in prominent dentiati wltli the ol<K
?trie plates I rraolvcd to try yuur patent rlui, auA
it lIvi ?* ? ill ire Kailafat I Ion "
Itesp e "lily. J. ICSTAXSlt?llY:
So, . -i ciav ktreel, lltcbmbnd, V*.
pr. ? K. i oi set,
iHw.S.r Hake pleisoro in layine lo ?on and
tbeiMiblie at large thai the Patent lorn 1'eeth > o ?
made o-r im are all tin y are ? Ininu d lo he, and do
not henPnts to reeoasmend tiiioo Permit route
>iiy Hi i the Invention i? n nroiuler ?>! the age. You
eae refei anyone to we who may sraut arjMftolsJ
teeth.
Pi apeelfilllr vo-.IM.
tiEO. SOTIIXGIIAM,
of li 0. S'ollingbatii St < ???? - ? ' harlotte -iroit,
Nortel!;, Va.
CEO. W. DUVAL ?V CO..
1/
I
> o. IS Water street. Norf. Ik \a
ENG IN KS, UulLEltS. SAWMILL and al?
kinds of machinery of the niosl intprove>I
patterns. Also repairing ?t tie shortest
notice Parlictiliit munition ;<> steal bonk
w:k 1>I VAL'S PA'l'EN I HOILEH TUIIEU
KEItltULES are tlio only |" rf ? t r.m -.it
for leaky boiler tubes. Iheyoanboi ecrti-l
In .. f. w i intil h by any engineer, nn i are
warrant t to stop leaks.
4.
NJECTIO!
A PERMANENT CURE
if the moti ubsileate eiais gnai sate* d in :r<>in 3
o t> oaf it no other treatineni i uul od. and with.
I ???it the nn.atr.t; reMill- ..I dodlln with ? .iheaa.
t opalba ..i - ladul Won! .t l EURE A CO . [tneS
Jceaaorafo Brouj, Ph.ii m.eivu. Puna, At all dr:i*>
! SUU. eli^-U

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