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GHOSTS UNI Strange Things Seen 1 La] JVcio Ye "In spite of the fact that no deep water lake diver goes down without feeling that the chance is by no means remote that he has looked for the last time on the sky and the earth and all he loves." said one who was formerly engaged in that perilous calling, "there is a fascination about the life that few divers, after becoming fa miliar with it, have ever been able to resist. This seems the more singular because no diver shut up in armor and held down in the depths by a hundred pounds or more of weights can ever banish entirely the thought that a little stoppage of the air pump, a leak in his nose, or some slight careless ness on the part of his tender in the boat above, is sufficient to bring down I upon him the weight of a mountain and crush the life out of him as. in the twinkling of an eye. There is always danger, too, of the diver, fouling his life-line himself by catching it on some projecting splinter, or around a sharp-edged timber, and in his haste to release it he may precipitate the catastrophe of which he stands the most in dread. The fouling of a line frequently occurs, and I never had it occur to me-as it did more times than I care to recall-thal. I did not turn cold in my efforts to release it at the thought of what a sle adcr thing held back the clutch of death down in those moaning dephts. "There is no sound down there but the intermittent wail and moan, wail and moan, of the swaying waters all around and above, and yet seeming far away. There are no waves in those depths, only a mysterious swelling and swaying of the waters. Foundering ' vessels pn the lakes, especially sailing | vessels, frequently sink so squarely that the diver who goes down to work in them finds them resting on the bot tom as trim and neat as if they were still ploughing the surface. It is a weird and startling sight to come sud denly upon a full-rigged vessel far down in the solemn depths of the lake, standing erect on her keel, as if she were dashing away before the breeze in the sunlight and freedom of the lake above. It is a sight uncanny and ghostlike. The moaning sway and swell of the waters give a see-sawing tossing motion to the spectral craft, which is all the more spectral because there is no creak of timber, nu sound of straining ropes or grinding keel. The diver might climb the rigging, walk the deck, or go aown into the sunken cabin as readily and easily as if he were a sailor and the vessel were sailing along with only the sky above Jier-but he can't help the intruding ihough?s of death. The lake diver would much rather find a sunken ves sel a wreck indeed. He naturally ex pects to find a broken ruin on the bottom of the lake, not the ghost of a perfect ship. He can work and search with better cheer among splintered beams and shattered spars and broken keels, where he has to chop and pry and batter down to uncover the object of his quest, whether it be merchan dise, treasure or corpses, than he can on a sunken craft that gives him free and easy access. "This spooky situation of a foun dered vessel standing erect on the bottom is more apt to occ. r in Lake Huron than in any other of the great lakes. What the scientific explana tion of the fact that is I don't know, but a diver can work on the bottom of Lake Huron at a depth of at least twenty feet greater than" he can in any of the lakes. In Lake Superior a diver can't see further than ten feet into the water surrounding him. but j in Lake Huron he can plainly distin- j guish objects fifty feet away. At a depth of IOU feet in Lake Superior a diver can work not more than one hour at a time, the feeling of oppression becoming then unbearably painful, | but I have worked five hours at a j stretch in Lake Huron 115 feet below ! the .surface, before thc pressure forced ; me to signal to be hauled up. A man drowned in Lake Superior never ap pears on the surface. The dead float on the waters of Lake Huron, and yet all the water of that lake conics from Superior. "I have gone down to the lake bot toms many times engaged purposely to release the bodies of men, women and children who were known to have per ished in wrecked vessels, and I early became insensible to any shock, feel ing of horror or even uneasiness in searching among sunken wrecks for corpses. Hut there came a timi- when [ could not go down simply to recover goods or valuables, no one having been carried to the bottom with thc vessel, without being constantly haunted by thc dread that some dead person would risc .suddenly from some part ol' thc wreck and confront mc, ar that corp ses were floating in thc water above or around nie. That feeling came to be a part of my work from an experience I had on a wreck not long after 1 be came a diver, lt occurred in Lake Huron. I had gone flown to recover a valuable cargo from ;t vessel that had J )ER WATER. by Divers in the Great irk Sun. foundered so suddenly that thc cap tain and crew had barely time to escape by the boats. The wreck lay in ninety feet of water. It was badly broken up and rocked and swayed in the water so that I kept my balance with difficulty as I worked among the timbers. I was prying and chopping my way to the hatches when from some place about the wreck, but from just where I never could tell, a dead man rose suddenly in front of me. '.'The corpse was not more than ten feet away, erect in the water, facing me, and seemed to me exactly as if it had risen in alarm at my approach. The man had died with both hands tightly clutchinghisbveast. Hisopen mouth, widely staring eyes, and dis torted face made such a picture of horror as I hope never to see again. The corpse stood a second facing me, and it seemed to me as if its horror was of me and because of my presence there. I stood as if paralyzed, such was my terror. The dead man rose at last toward the surface and in such a way that it deepened the impression that I had disturbed him in his sepul chre, for it was for all the world as if he were fleeing from me. Several times before the corpse disappeared beyond the line of my vision it turned io the water and seemed to gaze back at me with that haunting look of hor ror, the hands still clutching the breast. .'After the body had gone out of sight I tried to proceed with my work, but I was so much unstrung that a fish swimming by or the air hose flapping against me gave me such painful starts that I had to be signaled to be hauled to the surface, and it was a long time before I could summon courage to go down again. Never after that could I go down a hatchway into the cabin of a sunken vessel at such times without shuddering over the thought that per haps some poor victim of the wreck was imprisoned there, and that he would suddenly be released by the lurchings of thc ?iulk and appear to me in all his swollen, wild-eyed hor ror, notwithstanding that all the time I followed diving after my first start ling experience I never came again face to face with an unexpected corpse. The one I encountered on that occasion must have been the corpse of an unfortunate stow-away, for none of the crew-knew the dead man nor of his presence on the vessel. "Lake divers get big pay for their work, but as there are a good many iu the business, and jobs are sometimes far between, they do well if they average more than fair wages, taking the year through. I have made as much as $1,000 in a month, but there were a good many months during which I did not make a dollar. Full of peril as the life of a lake diver is, it is safety itself in comparison with the life of a lake sailor. I would rather take my chances, nine times out of ten, in going to the bottom and working there among the ever-present dangers that beset the diver than to sail before the mast on the great lakes. I didn't quit the life of a diverbecausc of its perils or its hardships. I fol lowed the calling ten years, and after escaping with my life by the narrow cet "nance from threatening and. im minent dangers on the uncanny bottom of the lake, fathoms and fathoms down in the subterranean gloom, 1 was,compelled to abandon diving by an accident that happened to me in the full light of day and while breath ing the free air of heaven, with no sign of danger nigh. I was preparing to go down to search a wreck off Toledo, lief ore 1 was ready tu de scend a keavy chain fell from the derrick of the wrecking scow I \/as on, just missed my head and striking me on the right shoulder, crushing every bone in it. Thc accident crippled mo so that I was unfitted to resume work as a diver and I reluctantly abandoned thc profession that had so much fasci nation for nie. Thc diver who went down in my place on that wreck hav ing been down long beyond the time it was possible for any one to remain in that water, the men above hauled him in. He. was dead, his life line having been cut by a jagged piece of iron on the hull. 1 don't know whether that might have happened to me or not if the chain hadn't fallen upon me and prevented my going down. I*erhaps it might." For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature o A cup of liol water. clares Sir Andrew Clark, ol' London, possesses til- same medicinal qualities tittrib uted to c^ual amount of whiskey, while lacking thc injurious properties. Hot water in abundance i- especially recommended in malarial troubles. - The last word in ? ,|iiarrel is m>t nearly so good as the li rsl word in a reconciliation. . Veterans Unfit For War. WASHINGTON, March 24.--'The next war, whether it be fought this year or ten years from now. will be fought by young men who have had nc military experience," said an official of the war department to-dny. ''There has beeu a great deal said and publish ed about thc veterans of the late war forming the nucleus of thc army that some of us expect to invade Cuba or defend our own coasts; but as a mat ter of fact most of these veterans are barred from ser v ice. In the first place. they are too old; and, in the second place, they are drawing pensions be cause of disability. Either of these con ditions would disqualify them for mil itary service." This oifical explained that thc records show that very few of the Revolution ary soldiers served in the war of 1812, which was begun twenty-nine years after the peace of Paris, which closed the Revolution. Thirty-three years have elapsed since the close of the Civil war, and boys who were 18 in 18O*D are 51 years old now. The age of military service is between 18 and 45 the world over, and those veterans who were youths at thc surrender at Appomattox are now far bej-ond the limit in age. The war, however, was fought, for the most part, by men of midddle age, who are now. of course, much too old to endure the fatigue of a campaign. There is another matter that dis qualifies a host of veterans of the war. This is the pension roll. Veterans who receive pensions are supposed to be suffering some disability. Tf they are, they are disqualified for active service, and could not pass the physical examination necessary for enlistment. Moreover, in the opinion of this official, the Govcrnrueat would stultify itself by accepting for active duty men whom it has pensioned because of disability. The pensiou roll, therefore, would become a list of exemptions. "Many thousands of these old sol dier, ' said this official, "have practi cally volunteered their services al ready. They are anxious to serve their country in thc field again, and it will be a matter of grave regret that the country cannot use the splendid valor that won Gettysburg and saved the Union. But that it cannot make use of them is evident: and we are /.looking to the younger generation, which has, we are confident, the same amenity to discipline and the same natural qualities of the soldier which won our wars in the past and can win them in the future." Even if the veterans where accepted for military duty, it is thought they would not be able to. withstand the rigors of the Cuban summer climate. A few marches would send most of them into the hospitals or home sick on leave. The war department ex pects, therefore, to depend on vigor ous young recruits, officered as far as possible by men who have been sea soned by service in the "West or veter an officers of the Civil war. Among the veteran officers were mentioned (?ens. Miles and.Merritt, whose robust health fits them for active duty in the field. But the department realizes that the war must be fought in the main by the new generation, and that it must rely upon undisciplined troops and to a large extent upon officers who have had no experience in actual war fare. This applies also to the veter ans of the Confederate service, though to a less extent. They would have no pensioned disability in the way of en listing, but old agc probably would bar them from thc army of occupation or active defence. On the other hand, thc Spaniards have seen more military service than thc troops which the I'nitcd States could put in the field. They have many veterans of African. Philippine, Cuban ami Carlist wars, and thc regu lar troops are greatly in excess of those of the I'nitcd States. These matters, while they are con sidered seriously by the military de partment, are not disturbing its confi dence in any degree. It is dialing, however, like the navy department, under the present policy of thc Presi dent, and the wish is often heard that an Executive like Lincoln or .Jackson occupied thc White House in this cri sis. To-day an officer, who said that he wished Lincoln was at the helm, so that a definite policy, whether ol' peace or war. might bc adopted, said: "Wc need a strong guiding hand now as wc did when Lowell wrote: '(>. for one hour of Cromwell and the Lord. " The news of thc westward move ment of the Spanish torpedo boats has stirred the department to even greater activity. \\ oik on man-, commissary and field -applies, and on fortifica lions, and tle completed organiza!ion of thc army i- heine pushed with fev erish haste, and thc department bas become as warlike in appearance a- an army headquarters. Xe'ir )'?.<!: Ti.ms. . The liest Liniment. -"Chamber lain s Paiii.Hal tn is thc finest OM earth, write lid wards ?V: Parker, ol' Plain.-. ' ?a. This is i he \ crdict of all who usc it. Kor rheumatism, lanie back, sprains, -wellings, ami thc numerous slight ailments and accidents common to every household, this Liniment lias no equal. With it in thc house, a | great deal ol' pain and suffering may j bc avoided. For sale by Hill ' Irr I Drug I 'o. The Wild Man of Cherokee. BhASKSBra?, March 21.-Out in a dense patch of woods, about five miles northwest of this city, lives a white man, between iJO and li;") years of age, by the name of John Starnes, com monly known as ""Wild John/' He is thc son of a highly respectable fariner,, of the same section of country, by thc name of John Starnes. From early childhood John showed a disposition to shun the society of his youthful companions. That dis position grew stronger and stronger, until one day, when about the agc of 20, he disappeared. Sometime passed, when it was discovered that he had gone out in the " woods, dug a hole, covered it with brush and poles and was living in it. What prompted him to take such a step is not known. There are numerous reasons suggested for his leading such a life, some of which are: Failure in love, an acci dent when a child which impaired his mind, and fear of being required to enter the army during thc war between the States. However that may be, his relatives tried to get him to give up such a life, and offered him a house at the Gaston mill, but he spurned their offer, and continued to live in the hut. About 1895, during a very heavy snowstorm, he was found in his hut frozen near unto death. He was carried to his* father's house. After recovering, he fancied that his relatives were de termined to kill him, and, in spite of their earnest entreaties, returned to his hut. A young photographer at this place, by the name of Gold, was anxious for a picture of John, so he went to see him, and finding him in his hut, induced him to partake of some of the dispensary's ''chemically pure (?)" 80-proof. That had the desired ef fect, and a picture was obtained. Un fortunately^ proved a failure. Mr. Gold determined to have a good pic ture of this freak of human nature, went back again some time after wards. This time he obtained a re markably good picture. He sent a copy, in a beautiful frame, to John. The recipient showed his appreciation of the gift by getting wilder than ever and tearing it to pieces amid soft and delicate expressions of love and affection for the young artist. "Wild John" is of average height, extremely thin, and dressed in rags. His features are bold, resembling those of an Indian. His eyes arc bright, and show slyness and cunning. His complexion is sallow, and his blacjc hair long and unkempt. His abode beggars description. He sleeps in an old dry goods box, which only covers the upper part of his body. His food is cooked on a flat stone. When he leaves his home on a hunting or fishing trip, he never fails to lock his door, which consists in the placing of a board across the opening, with stones and chips upon it, so that should anyone attempt to remove the board and enter, he would know it by the chips and rocks having fallen off. "Wild John" dislikes for anyone to visit him. Whenever he sees a per son coming he endeavors to hide in the woods. Sometimes he succeeds, and sometimes he does not, but he has never been known to fail in his at tempt to seclude himself when thc in dividual was a woman. To him the female is the incarnation of thc world, the flesh and the devil. Of thc outside world he knows nothing. Of its pleasures and trou bles he has no conception. Money and its value he has never seen or learned. On one occasion some gentlemen, while out hunting, discovered John in his "castle." He would not talk with them. They hunted around his place, and on their way back passed his hut. .lohn was still there, but as uncommunicative as ever. They laid a piece of silver money on his door sill and then departed. A few min utes later John arose, and satisfying himself that his unwelcome guest had departed, he picked up thc coin gin gerly, examined it dubiously, and then carried it some distance from his hut and placed it upon a stump. When asked once why he never vis ited l?lacksburg. he replied that he owed some people there, and that they would ask him for it. The truth is. nothing worries' him so much as to have to go where people are. Ile has a horror of even going to a cross-roads store in the neighborhood for shot and powder, which he gets in exchange fur peas and corn, refuse gathered from the lields of others, lint he has this tn du. tu secure ammunition. Ile subsists upon game and li sh. Although lu' is. to a certain extent, responsible for his condition; there is something indescribably sad and pa I liol ii about t lia! lonely, errat ic, un kempt cn at ure. as -ecu dunlin thc hunting monson in th?' woods, looking for game, ott tin; hanks of thc Kowen river and adjacent streams irving io catch li.sb, or in that low. dingy, loath some hovel, wit hout even thc com panioiiship ol'a dog. Ile ha- no con ception ol'the trials ami tribulations of this world, the bearing ol'which de velop thc manhood and character ol' ?i human being. W illi no desire for the "-teem or companionship of his Iel I Largest package-greatest economy. ll F4^^3C^ I 01 , THE W. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, I iitOtjB?fft ^Chicago. St. Loma. New York. Boston. Philadelphia. | '^^803^ THE FARMERS LOAN AND TRUST CO. Is Now Ready for Business. J Farmers M?ir?fb?t. B^k, Money to Lend at .Reasonable Rates. Interest Paid on Deposits. The Farmers Loan and Trust Co. will set as Executor, Administrator or Trustee of Estates and Guardian for Minors. NINE rich men in South Carolina out of every ten commenced life poor. They l?came rich by spending lass than they made. No one gets rich who does not spend lesi than he makes. Any one will get rich who continually spends less than he make?. Every young man can and shoald save something each month or each year. The man who will n^t save a portion of a small salary or small earnings will not save a portion of a large salary or lar^e earnings.* The boy who saves something every month TWJI be promoted before the boy who spends ull he makes. True niauhojd is required in order to deny ones salf and save. It is M-eakness and folly to spend al! regardless of the ' rainy day." Industry, economy and integrity cause prosperity-not luck or good fortune. For reasonable Interest and absolute security deposit yocr savings in the Farmer i Loan aid Trust (To. 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JO vans Pharmacy. - President Kruger is something of ? ?i Solomon, lt is said he was recent ly appointed arbitrator by two broth ers who could not agree upon the di vision of their father's estate. "Von are the eldest?"' Kruger demanded of one. *'Ves,'" was the answer. .'Then you shall divide the property, and. he continued, turning to the other, "you are thc younger, so yu shall have first choice." A torpid liver robs you of ambition and i ruins your health. boWitl's Little Kar lv liisers cleanse the liver, eure const i | . lion and all stomach ami liver troubles. I'vans Pharmacy. Tin' woodsaw does nut have i" resort !" ;i toothpick alter ii has exer cised ?ls 1 erl || . PIANOS, ORGANS. I can save you 15 per cent, on Or gans and 20 per cent, on Pianos by ordering direct from Manu fact urer. Sample Piano and Orgains can be seen at my residence South Main St. Personal attention given to corres pondence. M. L. WILLIS. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedule in KfTt'ot Februarv 27, lM>s. 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