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,____j,___~__, `__'_’f_‘fj1l_____ ~ CHARLOWPETOWN, PRiN`cE EDWARD ISLAND; CANADA, SATURDAY, MAY ie, 1908. '{.i”s,'i»ii?’»i‘»ll‘ii‘i‘§v’i:‘ii“f.‘i`iiéilWiLl”»
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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 .
. _ , ,
.~...‘.‘.::lii»i.2'.lg;.‘i°~i.",:z:}.;.':;.fam"r.if;.‘.lal.’:'.%
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
o 11 err/ Uysfc r./Preqgerv
»i_._\___,`__:_ uk _i
*Q5 -_

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
.
' _
- 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
--- . i
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.
(Continud on pages.)
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.
Civ-ill-fi |'n|.»ll~_ i7 _xi-|r.~i oil was sinnding nn n street
.-,.1-,,.~-in Phllnih-l|»l.l:| uni- in-~rnlnl: in inte autumn. when
lu- \\'.-\~: 1|;-pr-\;\.n<~i| hy .l nupxn. _t
--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
""H,i»'y,., __.,..] pi- |',.» ilnllm-y. ns wcll ns lln~ pr<_~-pvct of a
|.._.-;:~~~, 1,.; |:.- .V-.~.-.»n\;»nnl¢>|l the -»tln»r in the plus of n
._.,.|»\,,~\.n ;....:o ‘irln\p,“ ifmldiiclod uriidcr the lulle
.-,f :rn .in ,rw nf amor, 'i`l|ov-r~_ nmmrcnt y much to his
,;;_,,,,,,, ,|,,.», =~».»r -'-llsun\'crf:d" that the steamshlp hm!
tus; .\uil<\|l.
iticntiniicil on page 2.)
yt] ll
111911
for 
_ and you
Gly state-
llio began
Those who l
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1 rn. s an Min ofbmcm fm;
arms ,
si='..f¢giufum°fAsssv'ssALr
slr§=
1 rsawesowiu
With wealth of hair and maéhlet
Complexion cigar md without 1 fruit ;