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BATTLING WITH AN ANCHOR.
Mammoth Mmlliook. Was Dlfllcalt to
Handle When the Waves
Were Tosulntc It.
To hoist to the cat-head an anchor
weighing 8,000 pounds, with a gale of j
wind blowing and a tremendous sea
rising, is a difficult task. The New York
Sun tells how this werk was under
taken on a war-ship in Hampton Roads.
In order to raise the anchor to the deck
of the ship the hundred-pound cat-block
had to be fastened by the huge hook
which depended from it to the ring in
the balancing band on the anchor shank
so that the power of the winch could be
utilized.
The great anchor hung so that when
the wave receded it was clear of the
water, but each incoming crest sub
merged it several feet. As the ship
tossed on the waves there was great
danger that the enormous weight of
the anchor would send the anchor
through her thin plating. But with
seas big enough to toss the ship about
as easily as if she were but a fishing
float, and to swing that anchor back and
forth like the pendulum of a toy clock,
it was no child’s game to hook the cat
block.
Two men were chosen, each a fine
specimen of the American sailor. Just
under the arms of each a line was made
fast, and men on deck stood ready to
haul away in case or neect.
The two sailors watched their chance,
and when the ship’s head was well out
of water, over they went. They had
hardly reached the anchor when a wave
rolled in that surged four feet above
their heads. When it passed both were
clinging, almost breathless, to theshanh
of the anchor.
But the instant they were clear of wa
ter they jumped to their work and
strove to get the block in place. With
the ship hauling one way and the wind
blowing another there was small chance
for them to drag that hundred-pound
block in still a third way. Again and
again they had it almost fastened,, when
a great wave knocked it away and bur
ied them far out of sight. Still the two
men struggled at their task.
Then the inevitable happened. The
great cat-block swung far out as the
ship plunged forward, hung poised an
instant, as if taking deliberate aim,
and came sweeping back straight at the
head of one of the two men. It struck
him on the back of the head and
knocked him ten feet from the anchor
Into the sea.
The rush of an incoming wave swept
him away from the ship, and for a mo
ment it seemed as if he would surely
be lost. Then was justified the wis
dom which had placed the line about
his shoulders. The men on deck drew
him in, unconscious but safe, and in
ten minutes he was declaring to the of
ficer in charge that he could surely hook
that block the next time.
But the captain had formed another
plan. He determined to haul up the
anchor as far as was possible, so that
it should have the smallest room for
play, and to make harbor. Just at
nightfall she reached quiet waters, and
onoe more the unruly anchor was let
go again.
A CURIOUS ANIMAL.
Facta of Interest Regarding tlie
Opossum by One Who Hus
Studied It.
The Virginia opossum, it is thought,
was originally an inhabitant of the trop
ics, but has long been a resident of tem
perate regions, also. In fact, writes
Ernest Harold Baynes, in Woman’s
Home Companion, it has proved its abil
ity to flourish in almost any climate, and
its gnome-like footprints hre found
every winter on the snow-covered
ground of Long Island and the Hudson
River valley. Nevertheless, it is best
known in the south, where to the darkies
the ideal sport is a possum hunt, and the
ideal feast, "baked possum an’ talers.'’
An opossum is born in a much more
immature condition than any other of
our mammals. At birth it is one of a
family of perhaps ten or 13, each of
which is no larger than a newly-born
mouse. The mother conveys it at once
to the pouch or pocket, on the under
side of her body, and there it attaches it
self to one of the 13 nipples which are ar
ranged in the form of a ring, with one in
the middle. At first the baby’s mouth
is very large in proportion to the size of
Us body, but soon the lips contract
around the nipple, and the little fellow
remains there for weeks without once
letting go. During this time his mother,
by means of special muscles, pumps milk
into him as he requires it. He grows
rapidly, and when he is about the size of
a small rat, at which time he is covered
with gray hair like his mother, he pokes
his head out of the pouch, and even join#
his brethren in short excursions onto
the back of his parent, scrambling back
again at the first sign of danger.
Achievement* of the Negro.
Forty years ago the negroes of the
south did not own a square foot of
ground, nor a roof to cover them. Now,
on the other hand, there are 130,000
farms owned by negroes, valued at $350,
000,000; 150,000 homes outside the farm
ownership, valued at $265,000,000, and
personal property valued at $165,000,
000. So, starting from nothing, here is
an accumulation of nearly $800,000,000.
When the work began not one per cent,
of the negro adults of the south could
read or write. To-day 40 per cent, can
do so. Fifty per cent, of the children
are attending school, and with more
facilities more would attend. There are
800 colored physicians in practice, 300
lawyers and 30,000 school-teachers.
There are 300,000 books in the homes of
colored people and they own and publish
450 newspapers and magazines.—Chris
tian Work.
Critletae* Shakespeare.
Count Leo Tolstoi has written a
treatise on Shakespeare, whose work*
he criticises adversely.
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