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. THE PACIFIC COaniEBCiAXi ADVERTISER: HO3TOI0JIAJ, JA20JAJBY 14, 1895. A BOY'S QUICK EYE. DETECTED PERIL ON BOARD THE LAKE SCHOONER ARIADNE. AUnni 6prd by Swift Yert Drought Vp the Sarfbot Crew and Saved Three Per ching Sailor True Tale From the Life Savers' Logbook. Copyright, by American Pre Associa Lion. Iiook. ricbta reserved. HIPWRECKED mariners, even when their vessel Etrikcs on the phoals far off from dry land and be yond the ten of the outlooks and patrols of the life saving corps, still have many chanc es for rescue by the heroic and in defatigable fiurf raen, ever alert for the call to duty. The extensive ocean and lake coasts of the United States make It impossible to patrol every stretch of beach or plant a crew of life savers within reach of all exposed points. In order to remedy this defect in the system, the telephone Is used to connect stations with each other and with the settlements along shore. Sig nal flags are also provided at places whero they may bo seen from a long distance, and since a stranded vessel usually enjoys several hours lease of life, sometimes a day or more, it is hardly posslblo for a 6hip to get into desperate straits without an alarm of some sort making Its way through the air or along 6hore, arousing coast and river boatmen, farmers or villagers, and so spreading to the nearest life saving station in time to bring help. A striking instance of the play of chance in connection with Uncle Sam's well do vised resources was afforded in the case of the Canadian schooner Ariadne, which stranded during a blinding snowstorm in Mexico bay, on the northern coast of New York, Dec. 2, 1876. Tho vessel was en gaged in tho grain trade, and at the time of the disaster had on board a cargo for Oswego, N. Y. The season for lake navi gation was over, but- the masters of the Ariadne needed the profits of one more trip to tide over the long winter of idle ness, and although buffeted back by high winds on several attempts to get to sea they persisted and finally got underway on Dec. 1 and reached the middle of the lake with a moderate breeze and fair weather prevailing. Suddenly a snowstorm set in, and the wind increased to a gale, stirring up a powerful sea. But the schooner out rode the gale, and at 6 o'clock sighted Os wego lights, about two miles distant. The lake, however, was too rough for harbor tugs to venture out and bring in the tow, which, of course, could not work up unaid d to the harbor entrance. Her masters made the attempt on bare chanco and got near enough to sight the breakwater and see danger signals sent up from the Oswe go llfo saving station. Unfortunately the strain of the wind and seas sprung some of the seams of the schooner and tore open her sails so that she became unmanagea ble, and with dangerous land all about tho Oswego coast thero was no alternative but to rnuko for Henderson's bay, over 30 miles distant, where there was prospect of a good leo and shelter from the gale; but the vessel was unequal to the voyage. Sho wallowed badly, and her creaking timbers and rising water in the hold showed that sho must speedily go to pieces or sink, and her captain decided to turn her head to land and beach her in Mexico bay. In changing her course the main boom snap ped and split the mainsail so as to render it useless. The pieces of tho broken boom also fell across the pumps, rendering them useless, and to make-bad worse the schoon er shortly struck upon a reef over hair a mile from 6hore and overlive miles from a life saving station. It was 2 o'clock in tho morning, Dec. 2, - when the Arladno struck. It was still snowing, and tho thermometer stood at 18 abovo zero. The sea broke over the decks with such power as to drive all hand3 be low,-where they remained until the water arose over the cabin floor. Then the crew rushed for tho main rigging, but the cap tain, in spite of tho remonstrances of his men, climbed to the top of the cabin, from which he was almost instantly swept away by a wave which carried the cabin top overboard. The unfortuna:o man clung to a plank for some moments and then dls appeared forever. In tho course of another hour the schooner worked over the reef and drifted shoreward until she reached another bar, 200 rods from land. About that time tho mainmast broke loose at tho CLUXtS TO A TLAXK FOR SOME MOMENTS AST) THEN deck and fell against the foremast. Warned of danger, tho crew had abandoned the main rigging for the forerigging, and see ing that tho foremast was about to go clambered to the deck and took refuge for ward, the only portion of tho vessel lying above water. In this situation day dawned, and the eyes of the crew turned anxiously to shore in hopes of descrying some signs to give hope. But the driving 6now shut out the land. The cold Increased, and the waters dashing over the men soaked their clothing and soon turm-d to ice. The ropes and rails and everything which offered a hold were coated with ice. The decks were ankle deep with freezing but the hardiest frames ordeal. One sailor fell corpse frozen to death. slush, and none could stand the to the deck a Three seamen and the mate, father of the drowned captain, now remained. It was y o'clock in the forenoon, time for landsmen to be stirring, and with strained eyes the hopelefcs fellows looked shore ward. All at once two persons appeared on the beach gesturing in the direction of tho wreck. On receiving answers from the f-ailcrs the pair, two school boys. rano2f at full spet-d in different directions. One of the liys while on the way to school, had sighted the wreck through a rift in the snowclouds, and hailing his fellow had run down to the beach. On separating one notified his father, who, in turn, . spread the ft'-inu until it reached Lake- Tiew nocex. a primmer rwnnTVn wwuv pond. A telephone carried the new tn a postoffice on the way toward Big Sandy life Urine station. whfT a tnM dispatched to Captain W. A. Jenkins, a ittB navigator, wno got the news at 11 o'clock. Hoisting a flag at the masthead of his schooner, which was ice locked near nw noose, ne set out across the marshes to alarm the station, some mllM tv outlook at the station saw the messenger vuujiug ana arousea weeper Irish, who started in an iceboat and met Jenkins ju6t as the latter struck rotten ioe upon the marshes and could proceed no farther. Jenkins told his story briefly, and the two hastened to get out the lifeboat, which was iracKeu along 6noro in order to save a pull of two miles to the windward in the stormy lake and the danger of swamping her in meeting the bends in the coast. It was rough, laborious work, and the boat, with its weight of three men, who guided u, was oiten cast ashore. Finally the par ty was met bv a farmer with a tam in readiness to haul the boat to the scene of tho wreck. Even then the difficulties of travel were not overcome. Tho (mot Araln and again filled with water and needed to oe constantly pushed against the surf to keep her afloat. Fortunately sho was of the self balling type, and no time was lost in freeing her of water, but tho spray which the wind dashed over the struggling party froze as it fell and even showered a . m me corses anu me men ioiiowing on snore to keep the boat in her course. The ther mometer dropped to 16 degrees, and soon the clothing of the surfmen, tho harness THE GAT J. A NT LIFE CRAFT. and tow rope as well as the oars and poles became stiff with an icy coating. Tho wagon to which the rope was attached also became weighted and clogged with ice, so that the driver, having his hands busy in managing tho team, couldn't keep his place on board without help. It was 8 o'clock when the ter.m pulled up opposite the wreck. Before attempting rescue it was necessary for tho purfmen to beat their clothing and the oars, thwarts and rowlocks of the lifeboat with heavy sticks in order to crack' and loosen their thick scales of ice. Meanwhile signals had been given to cheer tho survivors on tho wreck, three of whom could bo seen cling ing : to the hillock of ice out in the surf. for such the frost covered bew of the schooner appeared to be. The trip of the boat to tho wreck was the fortunate event of the rescue, for al though the sunken schooner was surround ed with wreckage held to her by lines and pounding up and down in the heaving surf, the gallant life craft bore through it and broughtup alongside the forerigging without a 6erious collision. Three men at the point of perishing and too far gone to display any interest in what was taking place crouched in the lee of the bulwark, with a dead shipmate half burled in Ice at their feet. The deck was covered with ice, and at a motion from Keeper Fish the poor fellows loosed their holds and 6lid across to the rail above tho lifeboat, where strong erms received them One of them appeared to be crazed, and on finding hiuifelf safo asked after his cap tain. Taking a hint, the surfman exam ined the wreck further and discovered, in a coffin of ice, the body of the mate, who had perished of cold early in the day, or 6oon after tho schoolboys sighted the for lorn vessel and started on their secmin?y hopeless quest for aid. . ' Geohge L.. Kilmer. The Lord Protector Team. In 1654 the Count of Oldenburg sent Cromwell a present of six horses, and the protector's anxiety to make trial of their quality led to his well known adventure in Hyde park. On Friday, ept. 29, ho went, with Secretary Thurioo and somo of his centlcmcn, to tako tho air in the park, ordered the 6ix horses to be harness cd to his coach, put Tbuxloe inside it and undertook to drive himself. "His highness." 6ays a letter from the Dutch embassadors, "drove pretty har.d somely for some time, but at last, provok ing those horses too much with the whip. they grew unruly and ran so fast that the postilion could net hold them in, whereby his highness was Hung out of tho coach box upon tho pole, upon which he lay with his body, and afterward fell upon the ground. His foot getting hold in the tac kling, he was carried away a good while in that posture, daring which a pistol went off in his pocket, but at last he get hi foot clear, and so came to escape, the coac h passing away without hurting mm. 11 was presently brought homo and lit blood, and ;;ftor s-omo rest taken is r.cw well again. The secretary, being hurt on his ankle with leaping "out of the coach. hath been forced to keep his chamber hith erto and been unfit for any business, so that we have not been able tcV further or expedite any business this week." Mac- luillan s Magazine. Fricht and lieasc. "Sneakinir of neonle frightening them selves into a belief that they are sick," c.1 l.l n. vonni? doctor the other day. 4I saw n. pmp whrn I was in one of the New York hospitals where a man was frightened into tr tf Inp well. One dav a call came for the ambulance, and when the wagon returned it brought a man wiio was supposeu to do 1 - . . r 1 1,- dying el an atiac-K o: nean iauurv. e l.iid him carefully on the operating table, and after a minute's diagnosis the surgeon in charge concluded that it was only hys teria. There was nothing we could do for the man, and he seemed to be uncon scious, but the sr.rgcon turned to one cf the assij-tants. and asking for a knife said he would cut, down to the heart and see what the trouble was. The effect was like magic. The patient gave one leap from the table and started for the door. We stopi-ed him and asked what was the mat ter. 'Nothing.' said he. Let me out cf here, quick.' Y U t him our. and be never came tack nsaiii." Washington Pest. Tbe Hawaiian Gazette Comfany manufacture mbber Bt8Ecp of all ! descriptions. -tor ' Ladies Colu n. "- -i In entering upon the New Year, we do so realizing that nothing can give the intelli gent or judicious bujTers more satisfaction than to have us stick to our QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS SYS TEM. It has been the means of saving them money on every purchase made of us. While to us it has increased our trade nfrom the day we adopted it. We will have no shelves for shop worn goods, NEW GOODS. GOOD GOODS, STY LISH GOODS, and plenty of them, with a reasonable price fixed on them will be the order of this coming years business. We want your trade and will have it, if goods and prices have anything to do with your buying. ' We propose to keep in touch with New York, Paris and London, at as near their prices as is consistent Each Department in the STORE will be found to con tain a Choice and Varied Selection of the Newest and most Fashionable Materials and Garments of every des cription. We want you to pet into the habit of expecting this, and inspecting our stock. It will save you time,; trouble and money. r This week we have some fine Indian Rugs, some Car pets and Curtains that you will make no mistake by buy ing. The contest over our Vol cano Trip closed Wednesday. Miss. J. Tanner, Royal School, presented us 275 checks, many of winch she collected from her friends, thus enabling her to secure the ticket. Miss Greenwald came in a good second witn luo checks. B. F. SHLERS & CO. opt op sight DOES SOT APPLY TO PICTDEES ! FOR THEY ARE Always in Sight JJOTHISG BETTER FOR A n i i tmOC PFACOnt THE3I THAN AT 3S57-1 HOTEL STREET. Jas. W. Bergstrom9 TTAXO, PIPE AND RIED ORGAN L. Tuner and Repairer. Ordere left a '1 brum's Bookstore, will receive prompt attention. 5866-y WE MANUFACTURE Rubber Stamps ! Self-inking any size. Datera with removable or changeable reading matter. Band Daters; can be changed each dav without soiling fingers. RUBBER STAMP MANUFACTURERS Hawaiian Gazette Company. Send for j our Plates and get your cards printed in Honolulu from "Engraved Plates. Orders taken for Steel Plates and the printing done here. HAWAIIAN GAZETTE COMPANY. 3gftS.tf Head This ! IF YOU V.A A MOTIVE POWER, order a Keoan Vapok or Pacific Gas Exgzks; thy are tbe Ytt, eafest and simplest ?r- the world. JO. TISKEK, Sole Agnt. E&Fezul lor catacpre. Honolulu, H. I. 36S8-t Chris BRO S Commission Merchant, Silk Goodn. Cotton CreDee. Underwear. Japanese .Metal consisting cf Match Boxes, lecorated Japanese Hand Bags, Just received by Cbina and Bentala Soap, Cotton and Silk Goods, etc. oanaples of all kinds ox Japanese Goods which I can import on snort nouce. gD&Try our S. T. TEAS. Prices the lowest. JOHN , : - :Efb-,.. ,i! 0 - -' fr . ,,,, Steel and Iron Banges, SOESIKXXFISB 600E3 - . " r AGATE WAKE IN White, Gray UFT AND FORCE PU1IPS. !ELXJBB JECE& Pinasters' Stock; Water and Sell Pipe. PlimbiBff, Tin, Copper DIZIOZTD BLOCK. 95 ENTERPRISE PETER HIGH & CO OFFICE AND AIIXiX : Alakea and Richards near MOULDINGS, Doors, Sash, Blinds, TURNED AMD ronipt attention to all orders. T E L K P H MUTUAL 55. per bark c. JTJST rAT?pr.TS t?ttS and AT ATS m the latest Datterue. IVXA... -A- tr, Hand Sewing Machines, all I iliSU m r -v Westermayers Celebrated Cottage Pianos Parlor Organs, Guitars and other jlusicai. ii:strumenia. B"For sale by ED. HOFFSCHLAEGER i CO . Kine Street, opposite Castle & Coqkb Give the Baby FOR "T AND INFANTSiNVALlDS. TRArrROfHiTlit ABCRAy MARK. BENSON, SMITH & CO., Sole JUGJitm for tlie Hawaiian Island. IWAKAMI SHOTEN, Hotel Street. (NEXT DOOK TO MCK.'S COMMISSION ROOMS.) We wish to call vour attention to our very complete stotk of Japanese Silk and Cotton Crapes, fc-iik Shirts and Pa jama. A tee assortment of bilk Handkerchiefs and ecktiea for Ladies and lent8. Silk S boulder fehawla, Kimonos and Jewelry : Bamboo Screens and Mattings, Japanese Crockery and China Ware, Parasols and Umbrellas; Lacquer Ware, Lanterns for decorations: Fancy Articles and Toys oi all descriptions, the verv things for bo'iday pre.-ente. IWAKAMI SHOTEIST. 405 KING STKEET, Wholesale and Betail i ' I A. 4 Towels. Hat a and Cape : Fine Lino ol Safes, Ash Trays, Cam CsSes, Soap etc. from Japan, Provisions, Matting, Toilet .MPT Stoves and Fixtures 15D IITdEI UTISM1S, 4 GEEAT VARIETY. and Silver-plated, HOSE ! WATER CLOSETS, UETALSf, and Sheet Iron Work, V asd 87 HUSO STUPE?. PLANING MILL Proprietors. Queen Street, Honolulu. H, I Screens, Frames, Etc. SAWED WORK. O N : 3S- BELL . bryant A with the latest improvement. UU AlCtXAV" fn . w i w m . A Perfect Nutriment FOB GROWING Childrcn. Convalescents. Consumptives, dyspeptics. and tbe Aged, and In A rote Illnr and all Wasting Diseases. THE Best Food for Hand-fed Infants. OFR BOOK for th? Ir.etrftin cf niotLers"Tbe C'nrc and Feed ing of In(ants,"'"iii uiaiitni io m.y adtiress, ur r. reqaes:. DOLIBER-GOODALE CO BOSTON, MASS.. w-.S. A. MO ARRIVED JUST I HID. J. T. Waterhonse Io. 10 Store ladies' and gent's BATHING SUITS I Ladies' and Children's Cloaks and Jackets, Children Pinaforeo, Silk, Shetland and Woo! Shawls KID GLOVES, CHAMOIS GLOVES, LADIES' AND CHTLDBE2?'S TRIMMED AND UNTBIMMED, Dress Goods in great variety, Rainbow and Embroidered Crape, 't.-r- Feathers and Mowero New Curtain Materials, Leather and Silver Belts, Novelties In Buchls Chiffon Handkerchiefs ana Ties, LACE AND EMBB0IDEIL2D FLOUNGINeS ! 2523 The Latest by the Steamer it China !" Silk Goods, Silk Shirts, Silk Underwear, Straw Hats, Cotton Crape, Also a fee assortment of ' Of every description. X?"The finest Japanese Goods in town. X. FUEUYA, Robinson Block, Hotel Street. 3653-y Election of Officers. a T A MEETING OF THE CHINESE Fire Company held Wednesday night, January 2, 1S95, tbe following officers were re-elected : Foreman Chang Kim First Assistant O. Am&na Second Assistant H. SingFook Treasurer .Lam Sing tary Lati Cbong 3S83-3t Hats and Boonets ! JAPANESE GOODS