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Show Value of Presence of Mind. Many years ngo tho American wnr-ship wnr-ship Dclawaro camo near foundorlng off tho const of Sardinia whtlo lulling through n heavy squall during n morning morn-ing watch. Tho "unauthorized lotting go of tho foro sheet" alono saved tho ship from going down with 1,100 souls on board. Tho flrst lieutenant, nfterward Commodore Thomas W. Wyman, with difficult climbing succeeded suc-ceeded In reaching tho quarter dock, where, snatching tho trumpet from tho officer in charge, his flrst order, given In a volco heard distinctly foro and aft, was "Keep clear of tho paint work!" This command to hundreds of human begins packed In tho loo-scuppers loo-scuppers like sardines in a box instantly in-stantly restored thorn to ordor and provented a panfc, they naturally feel |