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THE DIVER'S PERILS. i ' Sharks Rock Cod and Octopuaea Ever Present Dangers. A diver risks his life every time he descends below the surface of the sea, far countless danger.; beset him in his undersea work. One of the greatest risks he runs is ' the fouling of the a:r pipes. A French diver has just lost his life in this way though working at a depth of only fifty-two feet. To prevent such fouling the diver must be very careful to note exactly where he wanders o.ioe he touches the ground so that he can return the _ame way. If not the life jine may become entangled, and it is the hardest thing /? #Kio it in tho nflrtifll Ill U1C ^VUU W 11VV AV M.V yw. darkness. For this reason sunken wrecks proride the biggest dangers. The diver must exercise caution when climbing about the holds or penetrating from cabin to cabin that air pipes and life lines are quite free. Another great danger is the pressure of the water. At a depth of 200 feet there is a pressure of 88 pounds to the square inch, and this increases or decreases proportionately. Should a diver feel himself getting dizzy he must signal to be hauled up at once, otherwise he may have a bad seizure owing to the blood running to his head. It is generally ^bought that the diver's chief foe is the shark. This is not so, for a shark can be frightened off by the bubbles the diver makes _ wt^en going down. ? 1 A much worse enemy is the rock od. This creature, which attains a great size, hovers about the diver while he is working and seizes his cii&nce to bite the man's hands at the wrists, jtist where the diving dress, ends. And this fish is afraid of noth1 The octopus is another terrible foe nnfli fnr hi? tflntflfles W UV KCUBiVUIAI TTiwu; will strangle a diver once they get a hold. All divers are supplied with small axes to ward off the attacks > ?f these ceatares. r I Rays and devilfish are also dangerous, but are not bad to fight as the octopus, which adds to the danger of a combat by squirting a brown fluid about in the water and bewildering Hie diver. Everything possible is done to insure the diver's safety. His dress is ?i one pieze, made of tanned twill and i rubber, with a large opening at the edt The helmet, wkh screws tightly on the shoulders, is of copper, and 1 Anvn Sn i I jBB ' I SK11 I < 41 S8S > H fH*1 i IVCoa * wn | I! Advertise K"' 1 the air is pumped into it through a canvas covered rubber pipe. Outlet valves are fitted for the escape of bad. air. This helmet weighs about twenty-eight pounds, and the two boots with leaden soles and heels are of an equivalent weight. Training for the work is long and arduous and the diver must be physically strong. He starts in four fathoms and gradually works on till he can dive safely in 120 feet. But a long time elapses before he can do this. Though a risky life it has its advantages. It is well paid, and the diver has the knowledge of knowing he can work where other men cannot, and he is proud of this.?London Mail. -o??? Negro Army Officer Dead. ' * t Says the New York Herald: Colonel Charles Young, whose death was reported Friday by a cable message from Monrovia, Liberia, had the distinction of being the only negro in the Regular Army servce to reach the rank of Colonel, of being one of three negroes to be graduated from the United States Military Academy, and of serving with credit in the army from his commission as a Second Lieutenant to his retirement for disability in the world war. Young was appointed to West fomt irom unio; ne won ms appmiument by gaining the highest marks in a competitive examination held by a congressman of his district He came to the Academy when the Whitt$ker incident was still fresh in the minds of authorities and cadets. This incident was c. lesson to him; he accepted the social limitations imposed by his race. He was unmolested by the cadets and he had no complaints to make regarding hi3 treatment by the cadet corps or the officers of the Academy. He studied hard and accepted without a murmur the severe discipline of the Academy. He was graduated well up in ihe class of 1889. His career as a cadet was closelv followed, especially by those persons who had interested themselves in the case of Cadet Whittaker. This cadet was found in his room one morning in April, 1880, lying bound on his cot, with cuts on his ears and other marks of violence. He said that the injuries had been inflicted by fellow students; the authorities were from the first convinced that Whittaker's story was untrue and that he had himself inflicted the injuries for the purpose of obtaining exemption from certain examinations or for some other motive. An investigation cleared RTISING ? ) As th< growth drought ? stimulat financia sever th a time, death, greatest ed peri difficult Persistently , the authorities from the char?* of : discrimination and exonerated the cadets from the charge of hazing ' Whittaker. He was afterwards tried by\ court-martial and dismissed from the\Academy. Whittaker was the eleventh negro to be appointed to the Academy; he was the third to pass the entrance examination. General Schofield in his report on the Whittaker incident said that "the white cadets respect the legal rights of colored cadets more scrupulously than those of each other." He acknowledged, though, that the negro cadet was "without social recognition"; that the white cadet was no more disposed to make him a social equal at the Academy than he was at his own home. It was this isolation from companionship which no doubt made Young's four years at the Academy a severe trial. Only two other negroes withstood the test to the end, Alexander, who died soon after graduation, and Flipper, who was discharged from the army. Young's attitude at the Military Academy on the question of racial equality was uncharged while he was an officer hvthfc army. was assigned to negro regiments, and served long with the famous Tenth Cav1111 n n n 111111111111111 h ii Attractiv I . 0 i Mens' Suits < ? l ? I 4 I '< We have a fe ii & Marks Suits, i i round wear, that v i i Attractive Prices. < i / I We also ha^ :: values in Overcoai McGILL 1 !; | Store I ; |: Kingstree, 1 munn 11 ii inmmiiM -The" / ; "Tap-Ro with mc likewise :e busines: 1 depressi e plant's " it would To take . prumuicj od is on :ies. \ -Consistently?N airy* although for ten months ha was a First Lieutenant in the Seventh Cavalry. Besides his military service he was detailed as superintendent of national parks in California and in 1912 he was sent aa military attache to Liberia. 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