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Oyster Boat Methods Such' as Caused

the “far of 1812 ‘

LONG 'the shores af /he Chesapeake bay there stalks al historic specter that was supposed 10 hafve been laid

nearly a century ago by the sho/ and shell of war. The spirit of the press gang of 1808 is abroad once more in 1908. ' School children learn from their his- tories that one of the chief causes of the sec- nnd can/lict with England was the -prevalent British habit of impre'ssing A-nzerican sailors for service on the l.~in_q’s 'zvarsl1ips. It is rather singular to had Uncle Sant at this day confronted by nearly a- similar problem pre- sented within his own domain.

Press gang methods of today are called

“5l1l_1"_&’lltlll'1lg,"iduff they are particularly use /'ul in supplying crews for the oystcr-dredg-

_jing 'vessels of the Chesapeake bay. '_'Shang

hai” directors have operated for. years, but only recently ha<ve they -grown bold enough to capture and impress into scr'vice\_ enlisted men of the United States Navy. _ _ ._ . _ ,

` ‘IV hen they “shanghaied” Charles F.

Hammond, aseanlan apprcn/ice attached to the receiving ship Franklin, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, they "cang_ht a Tartar." ll"hile other navy seamen had been inzpresscd of late years the I-Ianpnonrl case, it seems, pro-ved the last straw. /Ina” so Uncle Sam is afterthe press gangs of 1908 with a big stick.

' HILE the impressnicntpl' Amorlcnn sailors for

British \vurshlp.~s was cndcd virtually by tin-

~ - Wal* of 1812, that mcthnd of llillng tho ranks

of depleted crows continued for n number nf

years on the other side, and wus by no means despised hy masters of American meruhantmcn finding them- selves short-handed 'ln home ports. »

'lt was not an unusual occufrcncc for men, bcgin-

Y\|'\i§ with n. round of mcrrimcnt in some drinking l»i:n:c, to sink unconscious from drug;;cd liquor. n\\'.'\kcnlng B. day or two later in thc lorepcak of xl ship at sea.

Nor were men who prowled about docks or wan-

lered alone at night through streets near the water front sate. They were liable to be pounced upon by a lwfli' of kidnappers and hurried oft to a short-handed wssnl in thc harbor. Such outrages were common in English ports. /

A vivid doscrlption of tho press gang methods of

“ "‘"IlUI‘¥ ago is given by W. Clark Russell in one of his sen stories. The supposed narrator, a sturdy young Wilor, _was making his way alonl: thc streets ot Deal

'I lwnril fnnl.<|ti>ps; u :=oun~`l ni' ihc :ri-ini .il lcv' omni:

fwnn linnch hir-uct. l \.\'nllu~d up tim :ll!l_\~ in ihv -_n- ii.»i.|-¢~ of lt, not for n mnincrli. donbtlnf; that thc foi- ls-v.-fa i-dining nlong wc-ru licnl boulnlr.-n.' \`\`i\“.n I rc:~.cii- -»| thc cntranco ut' the nlloy it lindy of lon or iw:-lvo :in-n v~:in\o right upon ine, und in :L hrcntn l was collar- iil in it di-ep, roaring cry of ‘llo\'e's n gum] suilnrl'

“l struggled und was savugcly pgrlppi-il by the nrm.

I stood grzxspcil by two hugc, hrnwny men, onukot \.'ln»m cnllcri nut, 'Nu cupcr-cutting, my Ind. Nu nccd in show pact-s horn,”

“ ‘I um flrst mute ul thc llnyul l`l|'nn.~\vi¢-kor.' I cx-

clillvlieii.

"‘You look likc it first matc-thc rhnp that conkl

Hin nmto. You shall have nmtcs enough, uid ship-f\l\lp- n|.ll|>s :md iucssilintesf

" ‘llcrwe nlxcad, hull' i-xclnllncd n vuici- ihnt wus not

\\nntlnB‘ih roilnerncnl, thnnigh it snunilmi as il' the por- n-in who owned it was rutiicr tlpsy. -

"At tho fnomcnt of scizing mc thc <‘ompnn_\' of [cl-

l<\\\'s had lmlicd within thc sin-an of thc lninp ut lho ':urncr ul' thc islrcct. 'l’l\cy wcrc |\ ivmnlcrfnliy ilno l"'_'ly of mph. n\:|r,'nllircnt oxnn\p|c~:l of thc iii-lilsli *‘"|l0¥`l they wcre urrnsd w|il\ vliilimsc- nnfl sninc ot lhcm carried trunnheons. Two of ilu- muh \vi~rf- "|1218- cd menrliks myself. _

NO MERCY SHOWN ' -

"In n moment the whole body ot us were In motion.

,'i sesmln on either sldo grouped mc by ihnhrin. and iuniledlateiy_bslllnd were Liw olhrr twu iil`LlSl“| "uf"- \\o trudlsd onward. milking fm' the hcni-h. Ihrnscnily imc of \lio.otl.\or prosscd men bcgnn io cur:u; ho used 1 r lb' _ 0 'TA ll?\il`ll‘t§'“:i$\i'n\p on 'the back knocked his hldoono sw-ccii info a ||n3le"hslf-cm-land growl. and uw yculltt Hcnllomnn with the e nd, but husky, voice rnlicd uit: 'lf tht! i. dsxlft bola his jnW»_stutl hll :luuth full at W ami gag iilmi' _ . _L

“I ltucseed 't Kink vmro satisfied with D|C_*‘

Ill! up three t Q nlklt, fol' t-hi>'y -looked neither u the rilht nor to t ti lclt tbr nnsrc, but bonded 3 fiflukhl course for their boat. 'rim onllors room _"fury, an tlmunb the had been n lon tlmv about it-.

“l~ had heard muolt of the brutalllcy of the |'»roi|i_ lin. or haunts md kicks, of mmldcnlns. ironic prom-. as or prize money and glory to _the mlscrnbld \~ou-hos. torn from their homes ur from ilmlr ships: if isliilios una o .rumhends and brown bones- int wlii-..~u»c nofbln o this sort omni.; A- "\~‘“ U11? whose 'nnxnil"I"h flllitll. 'Til if?-':\`| f 17?* '1T.l'.'Gh-l along 1 mu h n 1 sehr that soomodlfns thoush llw bl-'ll lusz liql!g}\_gt§@_but`tl1_e qosd. -

gherlelwm 'hd 1-6| wp rnnicd lr-nv-

nlnheence from th%r|c'ol.\'t'l?|g Frnnsitlin in order ,,,‘,‘,§ he "usm his n mm: into the my or Norfnik “na - Je merry (gr A lilion. ,

“ll how O prddieded to ll end his tlmo Is not

listed, but-durlhl tis evenin ‘lie was drumrcd and.

Curried about-I mio t r hi h soon nftcrwnrd als' nail for ‘lim d|'a%'|il':lv?l'1|euh:l gt the Chesapeake

“°"°'“l Uma! ‘dufln - his lnvoluriinr drain 11°'

'°°'°\ ws l ni ‘ mam .ll _l ‘ina £30# cieexk =o“\'lani"i'i:'iéol=l‘a_nq¢_indirynu; %l°|.g_f°r .

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made his way hack to thc Norfolk Navy Yard, to find, as he uxpectod, that hc had iwvn pnsrcfl as u ilcscrlcr and would linvc to fucc n court-lnnrilal.

Of course, any cnllstckl man who had long over-

stsycd his time might cook up n story of having been "shnnghnied" and detained against his \vlll.`Hammond, however, was able to prove his story to the satisfac- tion of the omclais.

Similar cnscs of “sh:ingh.'\iln;;“ had been lnv_csil-

gated. and with thc lulczit cnsc thc Navy ]>\-purtmcnt grew hcatéd under thc collar.

'A revenue cutter vires sont post-ixnstc nftcr thc ves-

sel on which Haininond had been (stulncd, and its master was arrested and' held for thc action of thc fcdcrnl grand jury. Tho Navy Department is deter-

minrd to break up "shnngi\ailng,“ cspcclally of its cn- lisicd men.

Ncnrly cvery winicr men urc pickcil up on thc streets

nf Now York, Pllllndolphin, Dnltlmorc, Norfulk and nther cltlcs and li\|rl'l(-d into nlnvcry on oystcr boats, but this ncfnrlous work is conducted as qulclly an possible. The kidnappers do not cnro to attract attention; they do not

1-'lah to not into troul\leLihcmsolves nor risk losing D.

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victim through thc interference of other persons.

Bnltlrnorc and Norfolk ure the i_~_lllcs to which thc

oyster rircdgcra lnnk principally for supplies, nn-l there tlcy ship lnost of their crews. There is always u de- mand for crews :luring the dredging sv.-nson. lilcn unac- curitomcd to -the rough llfc :uid hnrdships soon tire and return ashore-if permitted to do'so.

Of course, nil oyster boat masters nrn not bruinl, nor

would all sanction "shanghnllng" by rccclvlng "shang- haied" msn. Tho majority. uc-rhsus. arc ns kindly and

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hcnor:il~l_c ns mon in any other vocation. but the entire class sum-rn hornurwc of the dishonest and cruel m0\llf"lH

l\mun1; their numbers. _ __

in is nnml-fr nf clues tlicrc :irc "cri|nps, _or mon

who mukc n business ot furnllrhi-~;~, rw for vr~:=sv»i:i. no mutter by what moons. Dc-.filing \'.-lin ini- »1y_if.»r ilw-is of tho Uhcsapenkn. thcrc nrr~ mm'¢- ln l::\lll:nor1» :ind Phil.-ids-lphic than rinywhcre olrc. n1\\u|1<.ll.\'. HS Ih".\' fue tho cllics nrurest the field of dcmnnd.

Timo was when mon worn "shu.nr;i|nicd" in the stron'-°

. POVERTY

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- The cottage hue contributed more world'doss honor, was the son of a

than nw castle in the making of msn- wool Cartier: Hvbvrt Burns. WM hw

\ hood, the country has given lylrinh to. `l29»|i'Bll |115 Pllllfe in the Sill”-XY; Uf Brit'

more. great mén than fine city, and the* university of hard knocks has

graduated the best scholars.

By Rev. Madison-'C1 Peters.

I‘ovsrty,,lnstead of pinching, dwsr- , tu t t A i , ling, nndshutting a man up, enlarges H105* Y¢l`°'} 0 B P* °,5“'"?“ "mr ‘ia and ennobles him and sets him tree. 11" Pl`0$l.“¢°d Worked °“ 5 ‘Mm as “ Wm his mother gave him 0! her sm” l

Tl1e_best dowry for a `l>0y is' 3 -boy',,"'_l§`l1d' .when 8' ‘bf-luiéllli ut Dori: ‘ings to my ” sm“u sllnhoatt Withi

BQON To nors

ish poets as'_ an immortal, s, star ot the first magnitude, who_s_\_a light glows brighter in the flight iof'tlme,. was.a plowmanl Daniel Webster, the

can orators, was "the millboy of the' slasl]es," his widowed mother being ISU D00r that she could not send,him l 'to school, but conscious ot his orn- torical abilities, he began to speak in

in barn with only a horso and q cow lor an audience. , Stephen Girard, the second richest

innn in his day] came to America ns n cabin boy on s. vessel, and com- menced life ln the new world with a slxpdnce. but he- made the world his

capital. Cornelius Vanderbilt laid the , foundation of his grent fortune with }

~ childhood spent outdoors. Eighty per. l`n0ii`tl5` 3 mend "mt mm §1`\`_¢ClP9_ '£0 'which 'he t'“"""P°"ted game” `"“°k

"‘ who ,iutrociqow _ 4 _syptm of

son' Smith- lcqilmotlve, victim nv

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- fu-sn'i”`lii'v'Jl£»'»~i'l»i°

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. . _ ;_ ~ ' sn b¢__ M- _ f _ 3*' fu. ~11°omi‘r°f¢l,l»'8Fl,¢5l1'i»lf@-xvsrovkfuilo.--ons;

|oent of the college students coma

common people have always given to the world its seers and sages. Call

ilfe`and death-they _ were born in manger of poverty ami' cradled 'in obscurity. Full 85 por cent,'of the possessors of polices in América were

_ born ln poverty and brought up in

‘tho country. Genius has rocked her lblggest children in the cradle of

' ‘hardship One of the winning forces

in lite consists ln being handicapped. (Jqlumbns, dlscoverer at peerless, ua- rivslod, unapproacheli, and unna- proscl1abio‘Amarlo\,‘~wns the son of a woavertand ei weaver himself; Hon; r was the son -of a small farm-

.. if. .-si-1 _ _

mi ~-sittin _slain-» uanéamd-

`ugb ,yr one _ streets hu begged

' fort ii- ~' - _

Mohemhhdi' founder of a new reli-

_ ,¢i°q‘.1inr'f<ililio mmm the im of

, ,. °ll1l'vi\'¢l.' l¢.i§§,6h. at :_ and ni- ,pap 's own Tablets lor both my -‘ _ '° ¢°l‘Wlfl|!.;.¢;.°9l\'!g’.1_. c t `0Ul>0\'\)l¢u!. ltfté boy and girl for the various

.ma or cnluniooni

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hood ara many and may prove seri- ous if not promptly cured. In homes where- Baby’s Own-Tablets are kept there is e 'prompt "cure at hand lor

stomach,co8.o. ¢onstlpat.lon‘,dlarrhoea. wohus, _.teething troubles and' other, mln _ailments and tba Tablets , can be anjlalnterod so mately to s new born " baby as t? the well grown child. Mrs. Octs e Psulln, Carn- qult, N. B., says 1-"I have used

Ailments of childhood and hnvs found

them always a splendldantodiclne. No mother should be vrltbou the 'Pab- _im m customs." sold by mangigo

\1ml»l§_ ‘dealers or by mall out emu s’ x

hom-’ The ` Pr. -Williams' Medicine 0).,

Igefenbiikui llonstruutied rapidly. John

' aco I or heat illrs for Hayman

n.|.s or nnilynooa ,LW a, _ ,M _ M _

Young man, don't say that you can do nothing because you are poor '

~ ,sri becauseTyou can have no on; to

_ _ _I e _you, ake down say sac op tai The ms of babyhqod and child 'or Ilslography, or. better stlyqll, look

around your city or town and will ses that your distinguished were rocked in the cradles of lowly

sub trouble, M |m1|ge,,u0n' som. cottages and bulleted the hlllowspt'

' late, depending on their own- energy. .

You have no right. to be discourag- ed `oa account of adverse `clrcum-I stances or oven feeble abilities,

every giant oak in the forest was once an acorn, kluhed about by the lest of passing swine. Look about _, ypu for proof of what I say

can easily corroborate

ments. Tho.nt_oet successful men in

business and professional

the world in their ohlrtolocves. It. 'mms that an essential condition of success io the nscelllty ol ' working

bam 'and turing mjbnly.

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greasohls boots, he senr..b».ck'word_f'°“‘ Sim" Island ff’ New Yvfki

‘mm _th-B (m_m_ The country And the- ~.iB\~|‘t my boots lieed other doctm-_ ;City. When the wind was unlavornbloi

ing; _tiheyi admit water' 'and even ‘he Pushed the ‘mat “|0112 DY l7010°» ` . gravel stones;" Henry Clay, whose ,gals 3§;'t£_l° ffelghlfr tg m:l`fk°t an S08' .

I _ - ’ ' l - irvlil er- - 3 W l 5 5 el-Um 0 "Uni the wil of the great und glor ous in péziisliélxggd agsggngrdpntmbgg Am1;n_ ,and build Eteamboatw putting ms:

_ isavlngs into railroads, which then

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nl' llnltinlorc almost ns npcnly as thc press gangs ol old did ihclr \vnrk. \'.'ln-n ihc “crimp” received orders for a <-crinin numlu-r of mon. hc sent out “rnnnt-rs"'to gather in :ill tiny v:~|il~l limi, like thc sc-rvnnts of the man men- fiom-il In ilw New 'l‘t-slnmnnt wrnt into the highways to gnlln-r ;_:n~-sis tor lilo wwiuing fi-ost.

Snl..»»ns along thc wnitr front gcncraliy yieldsd n

fruitful liarvi-st. lntcnrlcd victims were plied with drink, nftrn ilrnggl-il, until sinpeflcil, when they were quickly convcycd to thc security of n vcsscl in the harbor. Hen vu-rc noizcil cv--n us thi-y walked the streets, their cribs l»|\l.'i|z cl.nkt-il oft by gagging or a judicious application of thu suliflli;|5z_

!\.‘o\»', in»\\-<»\-ur, thin business can be done only with

stonltll, it it is dom- ni all, owing to rcccnt legislation ll lilnrylnnfl regulating the method of shipping crewa. But

"slinnghnllng" is gi-l`pg on, nevertheless, deception beln| used ns n general Lning instead of force.

li is surprising how many men are "shanghaied"

from clilrs at sonic distunoc-Philadelphia, New York. l’lttnln\ri!. for oxiunplc. A lnrizc pencentage of the "gn-v~n" nynlcrmsn found on tin: dredge boats hail from

l’nll:ul<~lphin. .

Along the writcr front strccts ot Pllllndclphia mon

i‘nvc bfi-n kidnapped boldly. Taken into snloonl, they winild ln- iillod with liquor and thi-n offered tempting positions un "buy \'i-ssc-ls," \Vlth 11 number of oihorl in a similar stain of intoxication. they would be taken to a trnin :-_nd sent to Ilulilrnorv. In flint city a covered van wonlfl nic!-t lhcin und .~»nvf-_\‘ them to the wntcr front.

ilnmlw-tis .ir mon inn-f\ 1-».'=\ i.-nu-1.1 uf themselves and

rit-will-i-lnnl in i\ Plillzififlpllln snlnon to find thelnselvel n any .ir 1-.vi lnwr ln» lim 1».i:|»<n1; -n on thc dock of an ny,=:i<~" lnnil fair from Ininzc.

'l`l\¢‘ llz1lllm<»rc :mil flliin llzlilrrmil, which Will uléd

prlnvlllally Iwi-:slush ins; stnilon i|\ llnllimom is nearer the \\'nif-r. finally shui down on those shlpmentsnol in- toxlcntcd xnvn, Now tin- nn-thcrl nt thc "crimp in to lm-1- un- vi.-,lim wich pr-nnlsv nf n fine position n Balti- mfln- nn-1 sip;-i mm on n.~~ was inward nun any with n \n.i|l.- nf whisky. 'l'in-||- is :tlwn_vs some one to look ont rm' hlln upon nrrl\~;|l. ‘

.\ hifi-,lnnn <~:i-~i- will Illnsn-.lic nw prcscnt methods.

--1;|\n\~,- hi' ;~n_\~ uni- .-n.»nml in-rv who wnnto a good

jolt?" nuinlr-‘wi thc ni-in-u. Thr- boy pricked up his 0l.l'l; lic wwilfl ilkv ii juli. _

--\\~..|;_ ; \v,\nl,- ~,~n:|'i| ilu," r<\mnrk1~d thc negro. 'You

5,-,._ 1 ;,,,.\“- .»:' if ilnc |w_~:i1lnn on n trump steamshig; \-,,._,-H gf( ;.gf» ;. mi.-viii. cn-~fl fowl :uni have little wot' . \.,»_.t;.1l~,\ n 1-v-_f-1;,-p in .sch lim world. The captain in I. .¢...~.: ii-:frm sr |i.i=\.~_ and 1 ,ii-»mlsi~<1 to find him P- stood

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for

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llio began

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With wealth of hair and maéhlet

Complexion cigar md without 1 fruit ;