OCR Text |
Show SiUl-CHO- P,, DEALERS IN f"' Merchandise- - General ff&i U M , cn LI A11. HOTEL Pi Oppcsite ja-inN- st Gits Office. a Call. ua Oalina. - - TJtnlx. ' Fred G-.Will- es. DEALER I- N- PENEIRAL PIERCHAIMDISE. Agent for Studebaker Bros, Wagons, Carriages and Carts. Agents for Amos Whitneys Steel Mowers and Reapers. Pest Office, Salina, On tho 25th of May, 1S7. I sat alone upon the deck ol the Sparbaxxk, a thn . masted scnooiwr, built, according to a description In the cabin, at backport, Me. I was not only alone on the deck, hut 1 w as alone on the ship. The k was a derelict; that is, if a xes-swith a man on hoard of her can be said to be totally abandoned. I had now been on board the schooner for eight dajs. IIow long before that she had been drifting about at the mercy of the winds and currents I did not then know, but I discovered afterward that during a cyclone early in April sho had been abandoned by her entire crew, and had since been reported five times to the hydrographic otiiee of the Navy Department in Washington and her positions and probable courses duly marked on the pilot chart. She had now become one of that little fleet abandoned at sea for one cause or another and floating about this way and that a, the wild winds blew or the ocean currents ran. Voyaging without purpose, as if manned by the spirits of ignorant landsmen, sometimes backward and forward over comparatively small ocean spaces, and sometimes drifting for many months and over thousands of miles, these dere.icts form at niglit and in fog one of the dangers lpost to be feared by those who sail upon the sea. As I said before, I came on board the abandoned (Sparbaxxk on the 17th of May and very glad indeed was I to got my feet again on solid planking. Threo days previously the small steamer Thes-pla- , from Havana to New York, on which I had been a passenger, bad been burned at sea and all on board had left her In the boats, Wbat became of the other boats I do not know', but the one in which I found myself in company with five other men, was nearly upall Cuban set by a heavy wave during tha second night we were out, and wo were all thrown into the sea. As none of the Cubans could swim they were all lost, but I succeeded In reaching the boat, which had righted itself, though half full of water. There was nothing in the boat but twp oars which had not slipped out of their rowlocks, a leather scoop which had been tied to a thwart, and the aforementioned w'ater, Before morning I had nearly baled out the boat, and fortunate It was for me that up to the time of the upset wo had had enough to eat and drink, for otherwise I should not have had strength for that work and what followed. el st., T - - Utah: cigar-maker- ' Mrs. I. B. Brunet rases pleasure in informing the ladies of Manti. and surrounding country, that she is now opening, in her parlors an inmense stock of the newest and latest styles of Millinery goods. Consisting in part of the latent, s, Not long after daybreak 1 sighted the IBparhawk, and immediately began to make such signals as I could. The vessel appeared to be but a few miles distant and I could qot determine whether she was approaching me or going away from me. I could see no sign that my signals had beep noticed and began frantically to row towards her. After a quartpr of an hour of violent exertion I did not appear to be much nearer to her, but, observing her more closely, I could gee, even with my landsmans eyes, that novelties in Hats, Ribbons, Gloves Hosiery, flower, etc. etc. Inviting a careful inspection of her Hie tenders goods and prices. tier thanks to her many patron end friends for past taxor r.nd hopes that by strict attention to business and the w ants of her and by fair dealing to merit a continuance of their esteemed patronage and favors. pat-to- n, nOJlSEMliy READ. was hailed from the steamer, her. something was the matter with were Portions of her mast and rigging stern apgone and one large sail at herwind. peared to he fluttering in the But it mattered not to me what had 1 H. Peacock will stand hi .celebrated Cleveland Bay Stallion $10.00 and $15.00 for the Season at his Stable Two Blocks South of the Temple, Manti, San-peCounty, Utah, fr te TEMPLE Malm hotel, Street Manti Erst Class Accommodations. .hoe visiting the Temple All should inquire tor Ibis llou-Free conveyance to the emple everv d.iy- I lay. Grain and Stabling. c. t 1 Ebbs Jesssv, Proprietor - work i.x- red! Inc n l Guaranteed 1 DFVILRS n:i M... afloat happened to her, sho was a ship her. Tired, hungry reach must and I and thirsty, I rowed and rowed, but itI was not until long after noon that reached her. She must have been much further from me than I had supposed. man-- 1 With a great deal of trouble I found and aged to clamber cn board, the ship deserted. I had suspected as I had that this would be the case, for some seen have would 1 drawn near was noticed had isign that my approach board to per-- J there been any body on ceive it. But I found food and water, I and when I was no longer hungry or myself in a berth ar.d thirsty I threw sun was high the next the until slept vessel I had nowr been on this derelict debeen had she for eight days. Why was not serted and left to her fate I seaman enough to know. It is true that IN General Merchandise, GROCERIES, restaurant TMJUr'XXX. hi r limits and rigging were In a auefui minion, hut she did not appear to bo baking, and rode well upon the sea. There w as plenty of food and w ater on board and comfortable accommodations. I afterwards learned that during the terriblo cyclone which had overtaken her she had been on her beam ends fog ai hour before the crew left her in the boats. For the first day or two of my sojourn or the tsparhawk 1 was as happy as a mai could bo under the circumstances. I thought myself to be perfectly safe and believed it could not be long before I would be picked up. Of course I did not know my latitude and longitude, but I felt sure that the part of the Atlantic in which I was must be frequently crossed by steamers and other vessels. About the fourth day 1 began to feel uneasy. I had see but three sails, and these had taken no notice of the signal which I bad hung as high in the mizzenmast as I had dared to climb. It was indeed no wonder that the signal had attracted no attention among the fluttering shreds of sails about it. I believe that one ship must have approached quite near mo. I had been below some time looking over the books in the captain's room, and when J came on deck I saw the stern of the ship, pt rhaps a mile or two distant, and sailing aw ay. Of course my shouts and wax ings wereof no axail. She had probably recognized the derelict Spurhawk and had made a note of her present position in order to report it to the hydrographic otiiee. The weather had been fair for the most part of tho time, the sea moderately smooth, and when tho wind was strong the groat sail on tho mizzen-mas- t, which remained hoisted and which I had tightened up a little, acted after Hie manner of the long end of a weather-vam- e and kept the ship's head to the sea. Thus it will be seen that I was not in a had plight, but although I appreciated this 1 grew more and more troubled and uney. For several days I had not seen a sail, and if I should see one how could I attract attention? It must he that the condition of the vessel indicated that there was no one on board. JIad I known that the Sparhawk was already entered upon the list of derelicts I should hate been hopeless indeed. At first I hung out a lantern as anight signal, hut on the second night It was broken by the wind and I could find only one other in good condition. The ships lights must have been blown away in the storm together with her boats and much of her rigging. I would not hang out the only lantern left me, for fear it should come to grief and that I should be left in the dark at night in that great vessel. Had I known that I was on a vessel which had been regularly relegated to the ranks of tho forsaken I should better have appreciated the importance pf allow ing passing vessels to . see that tnere was a lignt on board the Sparhawk, and, therefore, iq gJJ probability a life. As day after day had passed I bad become more and more disheartened. It seemed to fno that I was in a part of the great ocean avoided by vessels of every kind, that J was not in the track of any thing going anywhere. Every day there seemed to be less and less wind, and when I had been on hoard a week the Sparhawk was gently rising and falling pn a smooth sea in a dead calm. Ilpur after hour I swept the horizon with tbe captains glass, but only pnee did I see any thing to encourage me. This was what appeared like a long Jiqa pf black smoke against the distant sky, which njight have be.en left by a passing steamer; but, were this the case, I never saw the steamep. Happily there were plenty of provisions on board of a plain kinL I found spirits and wine, and even medicines, and in the captain's room there were pipes, tobacco and some books. This comparative comfort gave pie a n new and strange kind of despair, f to fear that I might become con tented to Rye out my life ftlono In the midst of this lonely ocean. In that case, wbat sort of a man should I be? It was about half-paeight by the I came on when chronometer captains deck on the morning of the 25th of May, I bad become a late riser, for what was the good of rising early when there was nothing to rise for? I had scarcely raised my eyes above tbe rail of the ship when, to my utter amazement, I perceived a vessel not a mile away. The sight was so unexpected and the surprise was so great that my heart almost stopped beating as I stood and gazed at her. iron steamer She was a medium-size- d and lay upon tho sea In a peculiar fashion, her head being much lower than her stern, the latter elevated so much that I could see part of tho blades of her motion, css propeller. She presented tho appearance of a ship which was just about to plunge, bow foremost, into tho depths of the ocean, or which had just risen, stern foremost, from those depths. With the exception of her position wa3 and the fact that no smoke-stac- k visible, she seemed, to my eyes, to be in good enough trim. She had probably , been in collision with something, and her forward compartments had filled. st . llou-- e. ppoairs, couBTnoiTSE, be-ga- M -i ieii tie ( UNEIHI rru i Spar-haw- flKSTCLASS ACCOMMODATIONS r fe at Bench Peter son& Hanson, 1t szzsmwHm Gr. Agents for the Cooper Wagon and the M CormickMaehinery. LIZA; Dentist iy Groceries, jg ' ni;-r- tul dry goods, CliOTHIN J, B.Stscsy, Yk jEr. IeuKtd u N. ouutioi.K for .111 fi 1 HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, accimitn- - Lodging. H. H. HAWKINS HIOR. Also MAMFACTCREKS T.c. BAILEY, LASD AllOltXKY, OltKf n.xldoor to amt V CHket ity. obtains pan litn? !U.,r1 Lamia aim inlii mat uni ai ..mV. orn.-c- , I far -, ( eu. Sait icmilltyni MUST CL1SS SlNDtkiON, 1ROPRItTOK. German Gam. is Now the time to stock your Poods and Slough? with German Carp. Yearlings at For sale by $5.00 per hundred. (HAS. MUSIG, Residence $ Mile South of Funk"'-- . Lake, Staling, Sanpete County, Utah. and Agant For tha 'White Sowing Machine. A south of Salt Lake City. do well by buying their Orders by mail us, and yard opposite fee U. Jl John Henry Smith, A. II. Cannon, Preeident. Dow book of IS XL Vice-I- 'i lit O.II.Pattet, evident. Sect. : Treat, COOI IUEKITUEE 00., UTAH. Edition npiEIffllL Largest Stock The people of the Routli xxill Doors, Windows, Etc , from Piomptly attended to, Ollioe C. and I). & li. G. Depots. We carry the rj W. H. n. FAXMAX, Dealer in Drugs. Medicine, Paints. Oils, Etc. Chemicals. Proprietary Articles, Groceries, Cigars, Tobacco, etc. Rfady, all kinds of BUIIiDIIlGf XYvCWAVXtiV, I7ftth I- N- Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Pickets, WINDOW, DOORS, MOULDING and BLINDS. LARSEN, EPHRAIM CITY, AND RLTA1L XlFALtRS XVnOIXSAl.E (0(IMU01Tlsas 1 H. P. EPHRAIM CITY.UTAHi LUMBER AND BUILDING CO., Co-o- Ceiinieicial samplejit ms furbished l us rail SJ BOOTS AND SHOES, orr. loud, FAI1LYIEW nOUSK Corner west of OK WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ott ptfi(fMFlne inort information of vilup to ADVERTISING (i'ort,ier Dealers and Manufacturers, ver pullcatlon ifnupn. It gi'ts Ahe name of ever newspaper published, hftxinfa circulation rating in die American Newspaper Directory of more that plea each leeue, with the cont per hue foi Liatofthe beet paper of irivoruaiDg them local icitrolntinn, iu ererv citv and tow n of more iiiOOQ with hn population price by ihe inch for me month. &pecial bate of dadv country not cla paper. Bargain offers of vaine to Mnnl HduoTti'oT or those wialnug to experiment nulinoiiHlv s ith a armtll Hinotitit of money. Stoona nclusie!y how to get the mot er Ice fur th monev, eic., etc Sent pot paid to any addrew for Si) cctitH- Adcirea Gtf F Kohkll A CO., Iuhlieher ard general Advertising Agent, H' Spruce MNvet,, NeW York Lit). ExcelsiorBakery -AND- We Carry a Complete Line of Furniture, Carpets. Lace Cur tains. Windoxv Blinds. Iron Wagons, Feathers, Etc., Etc. If you deal with us you will get Reliable Goods and Fail Treatment. When in ourCity, kindly call and see us. Furniture Co., 41 Main St., Salt LakeCity Co-o- p. r. WILLIAMS i-- (o-i- a ncstaurant, OF I'OSI rr. Til ES I KK. P IU . Lieid, Cakes, and Cont cl i ocry. The Bet Ilace t, get a Gond uare Meal forOnly Hut IWs Only 25ct$. IBBIMR MK8 and 0BKAHSHT5. H.E- OSTERLOH PROP - Proyo Utali. RfXanti Horse Co., Will stand their Full Blooded Loraine Stallion Clydesdale this Season for $12.00 and 16.00. F'or Club Rates apply to Aaron Squires, the Manager. Jacob Wintch, Pres. NAV. Anderson Sec. Dr W.H. ( I r kn rmd. W'.v . Woodrino m Ml. I'leaNaat Kphriaitn, Sf will TO- - b. IF YOU WANT A GOOD Dr. W. 1L Surgeon ol the S. P. V. Ry., and County (Jimi inline Fhician, GO D. O. C ALDERS Ol.-de- n practice in Lite ol Gynecology and Surgeonrx-Dr. V. V. Woodrmg s! -- and SURGEONS piIYSICIANS Asti Mss'te Vivx, ORCAfJOR PIANO . Kunas Citv and graduate ol an Ohio College, will, as heietohue. folloxv N. genoial practice. 15. w Utlegrams will only be lien m ule or endorsed bv paM.es, MASOK Fine Lot of Young Tree. Iu.m of Gilead and Bengal Poplar, width I xvdl All at piiees. orders receixed by Chari s Musig Mile ."outli of Funk's Lake, Sterling, Sanpete Co., Utah. have a 'r rea-onah- le HAMLUT ORGANS from $75. up. TreesITrees!! I I KIMBALLifJ ORGANS Fiotn $65. up. Horeit price and of y 7 J trnj p"nnt. e 45 W. 1st. S. St. S. L. City. 4 |