A Dock's Mysteries

It ia nol an arroible siirht, the Dottoni of a ehip'a doek at low waior, bn a thonjrht of wlmt is liidden in aml onder the soft aud bubblinsr mud must ffive pause to nnny a mine!. Diveps and dredsfers only aro familiar bv pei8on.il contact with the probabiliüesöf the hiddendepth.and theirexporifiiioès nre exceedingiy rarled. Thn find niav bc a watcli, a telcscope or whatcver is liablo to fall ovor fVoni the rail of a tied-up vossel, or, horrible possibility, a human bodv. Bilt tho curiositios of dredfóng is the point horo.' A larffe atenmshlp doek in East Boston is beiny cloanod out, lor the iirst time in twenty ycar?, nnd the mnnv finds in thn oosv substanco, a flor it, hfls boen deposited by the ca])acious inaw ofthejnw-llkc d'ipper into the scow, aro very suime-live. Dishes of all kinds, spoons, knivóa and forks arn hooked out by the hundred, whole nil well preserved, to say nothin? of tho rayriad particles of brokcu crocjrnry, Bcmps of irou aud Hit debris, vi siM-vc onlv to em)hasize the ordhiu-j imprecation of the dredijeman as Ma 'pull" provea disappointinir. Bat the strangest hnppening of all and the luckieat ttsh-out oí' the scason occurrod reeentlv, one man recovcrin;,' more tlmn four áozen pieces of tafileware without a crack or a nick (o mat the beauty of their surface - Enüsli crockery of tho heaviest and most ornamontal description in use on a flrstclas passender ste'imship. Tiioseonly who htive travi'lfd kiiviw the (-ure that is taken on a tiiinsatlantic line in ta blo furniture. Dihoi aud tureons, with thoir cover fltting1, aud in une iuslaneo a half-dozen niit.hed diiinerplates with the comp.iny anus, wera l'ouud. IIow dld these vnluables find their way over the vossol'a sides? No othei' theory seenis plausible tliau tli it of a lazv scullion uomniitting to rerlast in' tnnd what hu was too indolent ta wiish. Think how expensive the cheapost servant can bccoino, uuwatchcd, on one of these floatiiy palaces, where the means of ever hidin the object of bis dread of Work nre so near at hand. How easily all the evidences of thet't and pocket pickin ;' eau be obliterated by tho light-flngerod gentry. The depth of nmd in a dock is a(ways problenuttioal uutil tosted by a pole or diver, the lat ter way beinï attended with more or less danser. iSiik) inoiHhs ago a large stcainer was haulin; out, and the in in in charge of tho wuiii'i'-lüie did not slip it at tlic proper ïnoiuent. Tue resul t was, the capsian liead was wrenche 1 from tho deck, and tliis costly piece of ship-gear cast into i he doek. The ve.ssol procee ied on ita voyage, and a diver was engaged foi $6U to recover the caps tan. lia descended in the u-iiial way, with loaded snoes and metallic he.id-dre-ss, hiél lio did not bargaiii to sink sodeep inlÜLli, tliough in water it would have been coinpiiraLively a pas time. Djwii, down he went, vet with painful slowhoss, and nut ■.. i i. i: vrzsn nrt totfnds uutil iie was lar doeper tliau liis own h'i:ii., an l ho was nota "slioi'ty," as the Uoys say. It was out of the queslion to aUeiupt to yrope aiuud iol1 a caps tan uuder such candi tiom, and lie gi-iualted to nse. Nutliiug uuunced iu hia original pui-pose, Uowover, Uo (loíed the looüing trom nis shoesand made a BGcoud Ueüueiit honzoutally, as a sw immer sia.s at wiil, and groped around lor me mUsiug article uutil tia had expiorea by nis seusu ot' toucii tho aurl'aco mud of ihe entire tlock boitoui. JS'o caps tan, no pay ; and tin; uiscuin üted üiver was oulyed to .relinquisil kis search. Tue capotan lias not been found yet, and proo.iüly sank with ita cable attaclied to a g rea ter depth than huin.ui persevcr.inco could fatlioin. It is expected that the prusent dredglng will bring the lost oapsuui to iyht.