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THE WING AM TIMES, .DECEMBER 23, 1892
SAS BY A MIRACLE,
,t PROVIDENCE RESCUES 700 SOULS
FROM SI11PWRECK•
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.7'l;a -ere of the sweets I!asseugees Heard
,and Answered I+'rouu on Slgls= Tlulilin
Stories of the Pettus anal Sufeerluag
Aboard the Sidg.
No great ships' company ever escaped
scot free from severer perils than those
Which threatened700 souls on the .eteane
ship ,Spree during the first forty-eight
hours after the disaster to her machin-
ery. The extent and nature of the
danger was not made known to the pas-
sengers until the 4th Deo, They knew
that they had faced death, but they did
not know that escape was almost mira-
culons. They did not know that for
hours the ship's officers expected hei to
sink with but little warning. They did
not know that .the lifeboats and rafts
were provisioned and made ready for
sudden launching,and that the officers
were armed in preparation for the des-
perate rush that might come in such an
extremity. They did not know that re-
sort to boats in such a sea meant death
to most if not to all. The danger is over
now, but the memory of the anxious
hours of a week ago is so appalling that
stout hearted Moody, the evangelist,
could not speak of the trying time with-
out emotion. Most of the passengers
are loath to talk of the frightful strain
which drove four or five to madness and
ono to suicide. Mr. Moody earnestly
affirms that nothing short of the direct
interposition of providence in answer to
prayers saved the lives of the whole
ship's company.
BY DIVINE INTiiiRVENTION.
"Did you ever hear 700 men and wo-
men pay?" said he. " There never was
more earnest prayer to God than that of
those 700 souls on that helpless, almost
sinking ship in mid -ocean that Sunday
evening, when we met in the saloon to
implore God's help. And God answer-
ed
nswered us, as I knew He would. He sent us
a rescuing ship and He calmed the sea
so that for a week it was as smooth as
it is in this harbor, though there were
storms all around us. It was the grand-
est test of prayer I ever knew. My son
was with me. He is a student in Yale
college and the learned professors there
have instilled in him some doubts about
od's direct interference in answer to
yer. After we had prayed that night
ad reached a point where I cared not
hether it was God's will that we should
go up or down, T determined to go to
rest as if we were sailing safely on our
way. My boy could not rest. We were
fast drifting out of the track of vessels
and our peril was extreme. About 2.30
he came and woke me, tolling me to
come : on deck. There he pointed out
an occasional glimpse of a tiny light
that showed over the waves as our ship
rolled heavily from side to side. `It is
our star of Bethlehem,' he cried, *and
our prayers are answered,' Before day-
light the Huron, on whose masthead
was the light, had reached us and the
waves were still, and the winds were
hushed by divine command, while we
were drawn out of the direct peril to'
his atelhlaven,"
ery simple and very thrilling is the
narrative given by Gen. 0. 0. Howard,
"The weather had been rough for some
One when the accident happened," said
the one-armed soldier. "The alarm was
not very great at first among the . first
cabin passengers. It was a terrible ex-
perience for the second cabin and steer-
age passengers, who were asleep in the
compartment next to the last into which
the water first rushed. `They barely
reached dock ahead of the inrushing
good and they saved nothing but the
clothes they wore. It became evident
that the shaft tunnel had been burst in
several places and pumping was quite
useless. The two near compartments
were entirely abandoned to the water,
and it made rapid inroads into the
third. The passengers, I think, behaved
splendidly; instead of selfishness and
complaining there were most touching
demonstrations of sympathy and desire
to help others throughout the ship. Yes,
the minds of three or four gave way
under the strain, but there was no great
excitement at any time. Some rather
foolish things were done, but they did
not seem amusing at the time. The
ladies were wonderfully self-possessed
and Considerate throughout the crisis.
Neither I nor my daughter-in-law, who
is travelling with me, felt any alarm. I
' had throughout a strong, perhaps
unreasonable intuition that we should
all escape. We tried to impart the same
c en i dente to others. It was an experi-
e, ,ti tlnatAraught out ' as nothing else
ld do the common brotherhood of
;.nate. There wore some closeconfidences
exchanged among us those two anxious
days, The case of the young Austrian
who jumped overboard was a very sad
one. He made a confidant of an Arneri.
can lady to whom he gave up his state-
room after the accident. He said his
name was Patel Itarnsler. He was sure
that almfsst all would perish, and he
begged this lady if she escaped to coin-
reunicate with his fiance and to say it
Was his wish that all his property should
go to her, Ile had. it is said, a very
rge sum of money in his possession.
GOD IiEAltll Tile ritA'YERS.
"lit Moody had suffered much from
sea•siokness tip to the time of the acct.
dent. I met hien on the deck two or'
three hours after the crash, *hen every*
body was most apprehensive. "General,
come down to my room with my son
and me,' he said. We went below and
Mr. Moody dropped on his knees and
offered one of the most touching pray.
ors Ir have ever beard. We Bread the
91st psalm, and r too asked God to
save not only the lives but the souls
of those on board, Wilt Moody,
too, offered aI raya which I shall
;sever for'gei thunk leo Otte oil
d want .,aft bed that first
t We were a garret,: b "J
rus10 z>y. tbt i'
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Moody .asked ' me to organize a service
in the saloon. I asked the captain's per.
mission and his reply was. 'Most • cer.
tainly; I`arn that kind too.' We gave
notice of the meeting, and to our our.
prise everyone on board attended except
of course, the officers, and crew who
could not leave :their posts. You will
readily believe it was the host iniprea
sive religious, gathering any of ;us °vet
attended. Jews, Catholics and all, others
forgot differences in creeds and denomi•
nations f there was no robin for them in
snch•an hour.. Mr. Moody read the Olst
and 107th Psalms, and one of the Ger.
mans translated them verse by verse for
his eouutrymen. Mr, Moody offered a
most fervent prayer and I.utade a short
address. God heard us and answered
us. I went to my stateroom to rest
after the meeting, and I was asleep
when someone touched me. I awoke to
find a sweet, fond little German girl,
the daughter of one of the passengers,
by my cot. She could not understand
a word of English, but lay daughter
had drilled her to speak four English
words, which were the message she
brought me, 'The steamer is coming.'
And then she added her German halle-
lujah. After that, with reserve at hand
in case of necessity, the tension on all
our minds: was relaxed and the week
passed net unpleasantly."—London .Cor-
respondence Chicago Herald.
AN ARISTOCRATIC DUELIST.
Death of the 1Ian`Whose Chief Character-
istie Was Coolness.
A rather remarkable Englishman has
just died at,DavasPlatz, in Switzerland,
where he had gone for the benefit of his
health, viz.,' Harry .Vane Milbank, son
of the well-known baronet, Sir Frederick
Milbank.
The money he got through with in his
time must have been at least what
would have constituted two handsome
fortune, and he began the art of extra-
vagance when quite a youngster in the
Life Guards. He was at one time en-
gaged to be married to the notorious
Mabel Gray, but, luckily, that mad step
was prevented in time. His affairs with
the best-known money fenders of Lon-'
don and elsewhere have during the past
twenty years furnished much food for
chroniques scandaleuses, but the Jews
always liked Harry Milbank, for if he
made them wait he always paid them in
full in the long run.
As a modern duelist Harry Milbank
,was facile princeps, and it was in this
particular branch of manly,' science that
he particularly,distinguished himself.
In one of his many duels, where he
had, according to all the accepted rules,
been challenged by and had killed the
roan whose domestic honor -it is impos-
sible to deny he had violated, he, a
couple of years later, was:quietly sitting
in a cafe in Paris when a stranger, to
whom he had been pointed out, came
deliberately up to him, asked him if he
were not " M. Milbank," and, coram
publico, slapped his gloves across 'his'
face. Aftor such an affront there coul&
bo but one issue. ' The insulter was the
lady's brother, who the following morn-
ing shared the fate of her husband, for
Milbank was a dead shot.
Illustrative of his pluck is hnother•in-
stiulce where in au encounter be had re-
' ceivtd his opponent's first fire full in the
chest. He contriveti to rave himself on
his elbow and, calmly aiming at his
man, sent him to kingdom come.
And yet with all his deadly power
with the dueling pistol and the gun—for
on the nioors with his father his bags
wore phenomenal—none could call
Harry Milbank a fire-eater or a bully.
Ile belonged•to a fine . old • stock. . The.
blood of his, seventeenth -century ances-
tor, Sir .Harry Vane—from whom, by
the way, he received his surname-=
flowed in his veins and the manly Inde-
pendenoe even to so commanding a
spirit as Cromwell breathed in his de-
scendant, Harry Vane Milbank, whose'
loss will be indeed deplored in the circle
of intimates he had gathered about him -
in his latter days.
Sage appeared before the Council and
asked to be relieved trout his eiog tax,
as he gave away leis dog shortly after be
was assessed ---No action taken, Wm
Lawrie handed in an account for X20,
salary as treasurer, which, on motion by
T Raeand a Vogt, was passed and a dea.
Denture ordered for the same. On motion
by T Rae and Wilt ,Lee, the alexic was
instructed to have the statement of the
Treasurer and Reeve printed at the office
of the East Huron Gazette, On motion
by Wm Lee and. Thus Rae, the clerk was
instructed to write to the. Electrio Light
Company to ascertain the probable cost
and other information about lighting the
streets by electricity, On motion by J'
B Vogt and Thos Rae, the Council ad-
journed to meet on the 20th hest,.
J. Cowrri, Clerk.
SHE
ECLIPSE"
1 have the
BIGGEST AND Ap B�CHEAPEST AS
SORTME11.
OF
Cfriir nd Frult
in town.
Give us a call. Prices to suit the
times.
T. C. SPAWN.
TURIMBEHEY NO MATIONS.
A meeting of the Ele tors of the Town-
ship of Turuberry will• e hold '
Ili the ForestersNall, Bluevale,
-eN
MONDAY, DE' 26th, 1892,
AT 12 O'CLO Ii, NOON,
For the nomination of 't and proper Iter
seise
Reeve, Deputy -Re
Councilors
r
ve and three
For the year 1898, and
ed such Poll will bo op
THE 2ud DAY OF J
the following places, ut
Pulling
Sub-Divisioi
.School House, Lower
Daus IrI, Deputy Return
Pollin;,, Sub -Division
shiers' klall, Blnevale,
turtting Officer.
Polling Sub -Division
snu's School House, 7.
11,puty Returning Office,
Polling Sub -Division
School House Gan B
1-
ed uu MONDAY,
NUARY. 1898, at
f a poll Is detnatu
nely :
No. 1. --tit the
ngliatu, A. G.Ic-'
is Officer.
o. 2 -At the For -
r Oiln. L'urgass, lie.
Returning Officer.
Said Poll to be opened
and kept open till :i o'clo
longer.
{ JOHN BU
Turnberry, Dec. 10th, 18
HARNESS �. GOLL2 R
Having bought out the Ambler. klaruesti llahiuess and started iu lii:a t,ld stelae,
alt prepared to furuisil• the pubi o with evorythiug usually kept in Is hnrneinn bun p
such as
HEAVY, LIG KT .cud TT3rAGTC I1AI IESS, -
NE'T'S, DUSFURS, -
WIiIPS, CURDY CUl1SS,
53RUSklES, WE, COLILARS,
TRuv VALISES and •
TRAVELLING 1340S, &o„ Se,
I snake all any. owu Collars and guarantee satisfaction.
Give me a trial and 1 will use you right.
PAT ERS°
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER
to
1 have just received a full supply of Christmas goods, consisting of
WATCHES, CLOCKS', SILVERWARE,
and Jewellery of all kinds and 1a4e' v mese+,ns
BIG BARGAINS From Now Till Christmas.
All goods bought f•ar cash and we tett sell as chew at 1 h cheapest head
cheaper
Repairing Promptly]Done and Satiisfiactiom Q><lina¢alleateed Cent
0:0 -Give me a call
M PATTERSON..
8 -it McPher--' 1
tn. R. • Powell, :
o.4 --At Scott's
Scott, Deputy
t 0 o'clock a. tn..
p. rn., and no
GESS,
oturuing Officer. r
2.
e LADIES,
SENA FOR
Illustrated Catalogue of'tadies'
Specialties.
Ca1.Crc+n�. t
.TNE. PARISIAN MEDICAL' APPLIANCE CO
ADDa1LSS -
IT WILL
PAY YOU BEST
IN THE END.
NOTHING LESS
SHOULD SATISFY •
YOU.
Clever, Energetic Young Ken and Women
who intend to qualify' for positions in Bonk -keeping, Shorthand and Typewriting, shquld write for
catalogues of both departments of
of CHATHAM, ONT., established i376. This institution is the peer of any bml.ess college or shorthand
school in America, andvastly superior to any other school of the kind in Canada.
These are the ndvu,ttta8es wo etre+ : The two best penmen in Canada, the best and largest stair of
teaohera, the best course in shorthand and typewriting, the hostcourae;nf brashness training the best suiteof roosts, the best equipments in every respect the best record for placing its students in the host pavii
positions in the business world.
Our college rooms occupy over 8000 square !oat or space. wu pay the railway fare of students canine:
from a dittatice to the limit of 44.00. +aoo,l board in pleasant homes for l•edies at 31, gents 32 50. For
catalogues of either department, address. D. 1140..ACE4AN, Principal
Will offer for the next
Startling inducements' in
11'►r. Moir, that. nreeent Reeve. hn.•tne
decided to retire this yew., the content,
for that office. it is said. will be between
Councillors peter Clark and ,Tos. Wel.
wood. There is not likely to he any rm.
p-tsitipn to Deputy -Reeve McKay.. The
aspirants for Councillors are too nutter_
ous to mention, there being fonrteou
spoken of for these positions. Plenty to
choose from; surely.
Gorrie.
The new hall, lately erected for Court
Gorrie, No 57,0anadian Order of Foresters,
will be dedicated on the afternoon of Fri-
day, :Tanttary 0th, at • 8.80 o'clock, The
following High Court Oflioers are expected
to be present and take part in the proceed-
ings : Thos. White, High Secretary, Brant-
ford ;
Brnnt-ford; 1`). M. Gordon, High Chaplain, John
Neelands, High Treasurer, ,and 11.. Elliott.
Past high Chief hanger, Wingltam. In
Me evening, a grand concert will be given
in the town hall, when the following talent
will take part: i'as, Fax, of Toronto, Itl'iss
Wetherald, elocutionist, Toronto; Mies
Lelia Berry, soloist, of Lueknow ; Mies
1 Annie Perkins, pianist, of Gerrie. The
_(l; Gorrie orchestra Will also be in attendance.
;Mr, Thos, White, of T3ralttfornl, will occultly 1
the ohai:, and deliver a short address ou
Forestry,
WreiXete r.
rouhoil met on the evening of the 15th' r
19 eueete ST. EAST,
TORONTO, ONT.
Mention this paper
At the
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you that your
This is to notify -6il Ill i 1
c- �I, [ l
count at the batik -' '
of health is over-
drawn; at this rate you will soon be
bankrupt, utllees you take
LS
c,
Id
Of Pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil
and Hypop lospllites to
build you up.
It will STOP it COMM'CVT.iUl A
COx,b, rifut dumb OO14180.0XPftZOi't and
elf forme of W1ST',ING Alta A$BS.A1-
tnot as palatable ns Milk. i'repnred by
Seott w lown* , Belleville. Ver sale bq,
Ertl' druggists.
of December, Members present-'
Meters Sanders, Vogt, Rose and Lso..
The Reeve in the obair. 11Xiwiote6'of last
*era ;wail *tad comers ed. IMM;
BOAR FOR SERVIOE
The undereigined will keep lot nowise on the
prettllees, Park T.eb 46, Winglt.mToter' Piat it Chet.
ter White Roar, 'forme ---76 octets et Woe o't service
wait privilege oftetutnln r 61,,S6 hot so paid,`
ProottePar,
Many lines a:, 50e. on the dollar.
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The ,
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MANTLE CLOTHS
and SEALETTES,
must be cleaned. cut if prices will
do it.
FLANNELS
Best makes in the market. Prices be-
low the lowest.
Ready ado Olothin,
Stock complete. Prices pi;':ht.
We have the Long -Boot at a short
price. If you see them you'll buy
them
a
Cali and see us.
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