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I little way along the west shui-c of
en Island, just beyond the You
Btst. _ '
Brighton Railroad, stands at long row of
buildings of marble and white striiio.
fi-ontcd by an expansive stretch of lnwn
Ind gravel walk, the whole fenced in by
i tall iron railing extending nhout ai quar-
tsi- oi' a mile along thc water front. wnicli
|¢ompriee the most unique institution in
ithis country-the Sailors’ Snug lim-bor.
' The Harbor is"for the exclusive usn of
imen who have sailed for not less than
me years under the American ting and
who are disabled, through age or othcr-
lwise, so they can no longer make a. liv-
,ing on the sea.
` The institution is unique not only be-
faussof this feature, but because it is
:immensely wealthy and yet it has never
nceived s penny from anyone save its
loinider, who left it well -provided for
i,-when he established it.
, Robert R. Randall was s master mar-
_iusr who had seen something of lite
dost on each of' the seven seas and lie
-_iesliied _the average skipper had but lit~
tle c.liance"`of~~accumnlating anything whilc
ltlis svcrage m:\`n"beioi'e the mnst had
(mi less chance. ln the last days of
`l||s|iy of the men who followed thr do-
imsin of Neptune for a livelihood Cap-
|t.iin Randall snw murh suffering and priv-
litioii, That was more than 100 years
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lhe left of his earthly goods a home tor
ithe benefit or' dlsablcd sailors of the Ani-
crican merchant murine.
The will was drawn June 1, 1801, and
Captain Randall hequ<=atlie<l practically
and maintenance of .1 home for aged, de-
crepit and ivornoiit sailors, to be known
_us the Siiilzi-s’ Snug Harbor. The instru-
lment further proviflcd that thc trust
,should be coiniiiittcfl t-i tliosc who niiiglit
;froin time to time occupy the following
lpositions: Cliuiicellor oi the statc of New
‘\ork, the mayor of the city of .\cw
’Yorlr, the recorder uf the city of New
_York, the president of the ;\In.riiie Soci-
ictv of the city ul' .\’c\v York, the Hrst
Wholesale Illlllflnthmlly Waslvicc prcsidont ol thc Marine Society of
unknown . l.`liu_rc iiiuy li11\'<`_ thc city of New Yiirlt, thi- rector of '.l`riu-1
mens ll°m°S mf Ul°_5*`-‘ Wim ily Cliiircli of the city oi New Xork, and
b“l f°1` th"'5" “'l’° l°ll““'*’d the minister of the l-`ii~t l’resoytcrinii
uvru, -  ~~ . _
f-ll€I`€ WEB 110i/l1lU8~ . Church of the city iii Nt-iv '.\orl&.
ri deep impression
nn
were
secrctnrv of
The ostute that ("nptnin Randall lic-
d when he fcltniicntlird coiiiprisiiil nbout 2|) acres of
spent lie called 3 lunfl now rouglily lniundcd liy l-`ourth 'rind
-tlie’~friciul l"il`rli nvciiiic_~s unit .“li:;lli nnil ',l`i-,ntli
_ streets in New York city, and hc stipiri _ __ _
and explained i lutcd that thc tru~ti~<>s .~'limil\l. iiold thc iiru spending their lust rlnys there airi: ini-i hor of Ric. ll/'ith a piatd il Pitlicr hand ‘Fllte giudod the little craft to an island.
that he desired ts establish with list
bis,entire estate for the establishment'
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property forever, using the i~e\'enue froiii
it to cstablisli and maiiituiii the Hui'l;ioi'.
\Vhile proliibiting the snlie of tln- cstaitc,
there wus nothing to proliiliit tin- purch-
asing of inure [ii‘operty.
Following the death of Captain ltaiidaill
thcrc was litigation and it was not until
June, 1831, that thc site for thc iiarhor
was selected and 200 ."ici‘cs.oii Staten Is-
land on tlir- banks of the Kill von Kiill
were secured. The erection of ai suitulwlv
building was begun :it aiirrfl, and the l`ol~
lriwiiig yi-nr 50 sailors wvrc udniittcd.
Fi-oin then to thc presciit. iiinc thi-
nunilici- ot"linilflings anil tho iiuiiihcr of
iiiiuiitcs li:ivr-, incriinsed until now ther.-
nrn 48 striictiwcs and :ibthrt 95|) “t)lil
Snng.=." as they arc known.
Since Captain Rnndull passed nwiiy
tlicrc have been great. rliaiigc iii .\`c\\'
York city, unil thc property that lic lust
snu' as ii farm is noir 1-o\'cri-il li_\‘ scores
of nifigiiiiiccnt. buildings in thi- Iii-.irt. iii
ltlio ini ti-opnli- :ind pay to thi- i-stiitv :iii
lannuril inr-oinr~ ul' about. ii million iliilliii-.~>.
3 Thr- linrlior is one of the iiiosi iiiti-i-1-at
ling plzici-s to visit for c\'r~i'_y\\'liii'c is tlu-
latniosphere of the scri. The iiien who
mensely proud of their lionif. On any
clcnr day unc may sce guthdrctl on the
spacious lawns little groupli `ot' uld menl
who may be playing ii game of chess or
clleckers, goissiping or gathered :irounfl
one, who, behind spectacles of extra
power, is reading the news Of the day or
it story from it book.
Looking urouiul among the groups of
\\'liitc~li:iirr-d veterans on the lawns or ly-
ing ill and broken in the hospital ni' in
ilu-ir own little rooms, one will .seo on
i~\'ei-y face ii tulc of ai life-long wiiitlict
with the sc-ii: u i-niiflict oi' two genera-
tions with thc iiiiglity deep; it conllii~t`
with ilcritli in iiiiiny weird sliiipes; of cs-
rapes in which thc life of the sailor hung
liy niercly ii tli|'i,-nil.
To tall: of il(-:ith :ind diingi-r to tlir-sc
"0l<l Sniigs" in ns talking of nothing for
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it the niist time that lie and death hd
'been companions in a lonaly§ vigil, for
when his ship, the Lucille. went m,pino|
is ms mm as oss. ces hs t-i:3_`w s
qnar and Hosted around for 70 Dv
l fore he was picked np.
J Practically n'cr_\' imts in the III'
tall ii similar story and were alllibe
gatlierad and set down then would bo 5
if
volume mon replete with advssitnrs in
he stood ilicin oil while his crew looked
mi. At the crucial moment his eldest
daughter, p.il.~ but calm, went to him and
laid her head on his shoulder. This arous-
iil the manly instinct in t-he breasts of his
crew und they beat; the nirnteis off.
On the voyage -back from Rio yellow
fever broke out. In three days his wife
and one flnugliter. and half of his crew
snccumlied, but the brave skipper, aided
hy hi_ other daiiizhtcr and ii couple of
men worked the ship until he was tnkon
ill. Then thu mute was .~.l1'icken and ilic
into of the vessel and those on hoard was
lcll. to the dniighter who heroically did
lier part., ixlternately nursing the men and
steering the ship till ai passing vessel gave
help.
While in coiiinianrl ol inc liark Osceola
tlicrc is scniu-l_\' iiiiiain iii thc; li‘\rln-i- who ,
tlierli is :=ca|'cel_v ai inaii iii the hurlior wliil
t~`;n-rlrv on iiniiiy xi. r~ri\ise._ 'l‘lu~i'i- \\';if-a‘
(faipt. (ieurge N. .\iiiii§l“riii\g, for iii.=t:ii.ci-.l
\Vliilc iii vriiniiizinil ol' the bark 'l`i'ii\pl:ii'l
front San l"rniicisco to Rio and ot.lic~i'_
South Aniorican ports nitli silver . his;
vcsscl was nttaclced by pirates in the har- 1
trading lietircen .San l"i'aii~isi-ii :ind Chinn,
thi- \'es=cl was csuzlit in it ~i|n0on and
ilriven on ii rut-l-: ii<:\i‘ uni- :if lliv thouvl
sand |ittli~ i.~l:iinl»' iii tlliv- ,\'.»n\\i l’ucitii'.
The croiv tool; to the boats lui t`iipinii:
_-\i'nnitroiig stu:-E; tn thc ship. \\fh\\n slic
lirtiki- up he got f-li.ir of the wi-ccl;age in
ii iiiii:ill skill with in-itlicr riulfler or ours.
Dczzr>_»221Zez_'y 5’au'Ja!zJv_¢r
1n_\' story ever imagined by Ohm lvl! Vd-
.itile ol authors. _
'1'l\¢ ifllllllfl W! illdnd I W¢l¢01D6 bi* Ydt hare are those men who hu lilo(
terra tirhin for it meant safety' and l . mn "gy ,,,,_ 0,11," msg," dug, fu.
but Ili In l‘Vf\\| l"l'l¢°- - two, yet escaping his clutches, pub
om”
the other," said the Captain, "and I'-`
it about three by tive miles, but 1
was no signof habitation and the un
truth dawned upon me. 1 was on a |~-i‘
of land with nothing save the cloth..
which I stood and with no fellow-ci-i-ii'
within 50 milm. l was far ont of
nounsc 0l` any vessel and my olisiiii-»
lieing taken off v\'<-re as one in ii _
sand.
“The desire nt' lite was ativng .
"I oovenad the island from one en ’ _ ,
-tl from all qiiarteiu of the klobo to
ss their remaining days upon dry had
iid all the comforts denied than in *til*
i-ly days.
l-Expense hu not bun spared tn Qin
~ llarhor not only a haven of ndz, boi
place of mental enjoyment. One of the
'gc buildi is a beautilirl cha Whit
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‘-i_\' Sabbath the old man gather to ball
wlospol and s sermon by some wall-
.vn “sky pilot." Another  U
`-,i-ntn, not merely s building eonvertd
etermined tn live. hive l did, iw img u“_ but ¢ playhouse especially
.ind having all the acoemorias they
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nirl (lend fish cast up ‘iw thi- ocean
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sol while the close of day saw nie
knees praying for deliverance. -
been sent to find me was on in
wlien the crew toolc me oil" I u-.i
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Captain Arnnatmng from the si-.i
ir months’ my daily diet was bird
i ` -' ' i class house of amusement should
At least once a week a thaatfhnl
wt is brought from New York and
‘il Qnup" an treated to a polfouh
ight nf dawn saw nic standing
'ooh peering across the water ti :
i i- huililing 'lo a library 'Ill ll
<..-i i ~1 the day,
uiiifl Jbooks may 
'ni.i..ling is abs hnpti what
.~ »r.-_sstmdsdyssssdlssiqisy
J.~»ir mm lullhl. '
"ln the meantime a vessel ui.
it jubber that was no lsngu.i;.
Hut even this adventure rliil i.
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At the meeting of the Ministerial
Association yesterday morning, the
fulloivint; arrangements were made
for union services during the Week oi
Prayer:-- '
Monday evening, .January 4th.--
Gmce Uhiircli,.1cader, Rev. T. F. F‘u1l~
100 Tioy’s three ptoco suits.
gf, B0y's two plncs cults. ~
2; Boys Ovcrcoat
43 B¢y§ Rceters.
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250 pair Mi-u’is I’n.l\tu.
48 Shower Proof Costs.
4-'I Men’.~i Ovcrcoats at l-ll nil.
24| Sheep lined c
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llnnk T\’<i\'n Fvniin <`ln\iiilvri~
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lerton; subject, God's -Falthtulness
and Man's Responsibility.
1 ’l‘i'ic..dn.y evening, January 5th,-
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Baptist Church, leader, Rev. D. Mc-
Lean; subject, Missions. .
Wednesday evening, January 6th.-
Christian Church, lead-er, Rev. Geo.
E. Ross, People‘s Church, leader.
Rev. G. R. White, subject, Family
und Schools. . »
' Thursday evenng, January ith.-
lFirst Methodist Church, subject,
British, and Foreign Bible Society,
address by Rev, Wm. Harrison and
|Rev. R. G. Strathle.
Friday evening, January 8t.h,-
Zion Lhurch, leader, Rev. H. E.
Thomas; subject, Gambling and In~
tcmpcrnncc.
Saturday evening, January 9th_-
St. James' Church, leader, Rev. F.
J. Floyd; subject, The Signs ol the
Times.
| All these services will begin
Ipriiniptly at 7.30 and close at 9
’ii’clock. An ollerlng will be- received
int each scrvtco and devoted' to the
iI‘. E. Island Hospital less necessary
‘expenses ol Ministerial Assmimlon.
l On Sunday, January 10th, l' .c usu-
lnl exchange of pnlpits will ‘»c mnde
lin the morning as follows:--
" Grace Church-Rev. G. R. \‘/`.'ii.-.e.
Baptist Church-Rev. Wllliain Hur-
rlsoii.
First Methodist,-Rev. Geo.  liars.
Zion Church-Rev. H. E. 'l‘ho'nas.
St. James Church-Rev.J. F. Floyd.
Christian Church--Rev. T. F. \”‘i\l~
lcrton.  
MINABD' S LINIMENT.
Halifax ANDRIW KING
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MINARD'S LINIMINT. _ , , __ ._ .
LT. COL. C. CREW! READ. .
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"What shall we give the Children ?" Why not
permit SKATES to enter your consideration !
Can you think ol' anything that is of more real
lienef`i't,or tlint will afford so much and such lasting' '
liappiiiess? We have tnein for boys aiil for girls.
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inrriilie L 7. Igcoiniiilodattng ID anions
nmsrsd inthe centre spacious groan and'
m",W,,,|,_.d by 9|(-gsm .limieil tri-.es making lt
¢-sperlnlly ileulrabln fnrtoiirrnra ln the summer
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