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II 1 I fin MCl w It. 3 till W 3 'Or yW?5. MERRYDEW'S .;i: RESIGNATION. & g T'8 Just what I always pre dicted," groau I'd Mrs. Merry duw; "I kuew k this sort of y thing," with n glance around her cool, airy kitchen, where the bull-fiiugod curtains flutter- ig the breene and tne tnu rws io.u ,be .crouds with leltitirely dolllicra. , "wan a deal too good to Inst! 1 .inied lust night tl'nt I saw Sam lu , .incllim sheet, nnd this morning Ln the letter came I knew what was It word for woru, Deiuro enr i Lit the oal'." yrhat has hnppeneur eagcriy qucs- ,oed Illl'y Johnson, the village gos x who bad stopped on her way to the L where sho wna engaged for a Ift work at dressmaking to auk how I Jlerry.iew nicuiuuusiu wu. hldln't-dcnd?" Dead!" cronked the old lady, "what start you, do give one, to ho sure! ti-ot course be alu t dead! lies jr-ma fried!" Bell, I declare," sniu liuty, -it kit dua't heat all! Your Bain mar- ar Married last week, ..old Mrs. Mary !lrydcw, "and going to tiring tils rhle to see me to day. What am I Vint to do, I'd like to know, with a lalntlly flue lady from tne city, wuo i.n't know a spinning wheel from a Bribes press, and never put her hands k'oi pan of good scalding dishwater k ber life?" 1 Well, hut," said Hltty Johnson, "It terns to me ns If that was borrerln' nulile afore It's duo! How do you mm hut what you'll like her?" Did you ever know one of these city Itrli that was worth her salt?" con- mpluously demanded Mrs. Merry- Mr. ".Not everybody knows wnat iny p-i has been, all my life long. If fen was a bad egg lu the bllln' I was liwys rertain sure to get it; it I light ticket No. 7 lu the rnllle at a iburch fair, No. 8 was always the tick- f to draw the prize. I didn't expect farthing better, nud I'm resigned to the Lord's will! Oh, dear, dear, this U hard world to live In!" "A queer kind of resignation," iliought Miss Hltty, as she hastened !n, leaving Mrs. Merrydew willing her yes with a yellow silk iiocket hand- whlcf nnd sighing like any furnace. And If Sam Merrydew really has got Parried, I hope to goodness he's got a f oman who won'Utnke the world quite Jo bard as his mother does!" Tea, I'm resigned," said Mrs. Merry- lew, os she cut the white, crisp fall ap ilea Into IiiIct sllcna fnp n t.'irt. nnd purnfully filled tho stove with fresh ood. "Though I don't s'pose Sam's Ife will keep the old china nnd the liver candlesticks nnd the Houghton arpeta as I've done; no, and she won't ti't uo store by the old furniture that ns been lu the Merrydew family for a deration and a half. She'll set and Md her hands, and let everything go to 'rack and ruin but I'm resigned. And fam, he'll be neglected, and bis shirts III be destroyed, and his stockings foa t be mended who ever heard of a lly lady taking the trouble, to mend lockings? But I nJn't one to grumble, id I always did say that, whatever uppened, I would try to he resigned!" The baking was all done the table 'as set for tea, nnd the firelight gleam- through the cracks of the stove lanced merrily up and down on the ellow-wnshed wnlls, and Mrs. Merry was alternately dozing over her 'Uttlng and wiping surreptitious tears roni her spectacle glasses, when there ftnie a loud, Insistent knocking at the !or, and In walked a tail, untidy young K&man In a cheaD blue silk dress, Fhose mancrv trnln drew Itself over the fr, and a black lace hat overloaded Ith ragged artificial flowers. "less me!" said Mrs. Merrrdew. only W awake, "who are your ' m barn's wife." said the young foninn, looking around her with lu cent Interest. "And I s'nose you re FT mother-in-law ?" iouT gasned the noor old lady, prceiy able, at first, to realize the "Pflnlng of the hnndsnma slattern's Jfords. "You Sam'e wife! It can't be posslhle!" The yountf wnmnn untied the strlncs K her bonnet with a laugh, and flung carelessly on the table. "I guess I ain't good enough for you," lu iie. "Snm said his folks wouldn't lust fancy me at first, but we're tight arried and there's no helD for It: so "I'll Just have to make the best of lllgs." "Tou-IOU are from the city?" hesl- poor Mrs. Merrydew. not know- t what else to say. "I Waited In n restnnrnnt." xnld Sam's Ife. "Thnt'a vhin hA flmt unw me. New York." Ue never told me that." said Mrs. 'frrydew, faintly. "I s'pose It's dreadful dull and poky ut here," said the young woman, with i shrnv v u a. i i,,.i,Muf- Eo tie crickets always keep on cheep beeping, like this? And don't the -ad ever stop moaning through the "? Dear me, what a crasy looking Jia clock! Why don't you change It off j1" wmethlng modern? Tea? No, I don't care for ten. I'd a deal rather have a glans of liecr. Ileer always s-ts ti;e up when 1 feel faint. Or p'raps you might put Just a drop of gin or spirits In the tea?" Mrs. Merrydrew grew sick at heart she leaned up against the wall and closed her eyes. "Is this my only son's wife?" she aak ed herself. "This coarse, untidy, half educated creature? Oh, what have I donu to be punished like this? Sam's wife! In all the pictures of her that I painted to myself there was never ouo like this. No, never! ' And the picture of her boy's blighted life, her own desolate future, rose dark ly up before her mind's eye w Ith sick ening distinctness. "I can't be resigned to this!" she tt tered aloud. Sam's wife eyed ber with lazy Indif ference, mingled with rising dislike aud prejudice. "Humph:" sjild she, "I don't see how you're going to help yourself, mother-in-law. What's done cau't bo undone. Sam's sick of his bargain, and you're sick of you in, but I ain't tired of mine!" with a slulster chuckle. "It may be dull and stupid here, but It's a peg higher up than waiting In a fifteen cent restaurant, anyhow." "Where's Bum?" Mrs. Merrydew ask ed nbruptly. "Alu't he here?" said the young wife, opeulug her china-blue eyes. "Why, he came yesterday!" "Sam?" "Yes, Sam. Sampson Tarley Tarktns, Esquire !" with un Insoleuce which was heightened by a detlunt toss of the head, "If you want the full name and all particulars, old lady!" "There's some mistake," said Mrs. Merrydew, with a sudden sensation of grateful relief at her heart. "My son's name Is not Sampson Parley Parkins, although I believe there Is a young man of that name living at the grist mill, four miles up the road. My sou Is culled Samuel Merrydew." "liood gra"Ious!" cried the bride, starting to her feet In a scrambling, terrltled sort of way, and making a vague clutch at the shabby bounet. "Then I've made a mistake nnd come to the wrong place! They told me It was a red house, back of four big wil lows!" "Yes," said Mrs. Merrydrew, "It Is a red house behind four large willow trees, but there" (with conscious pride) "the likeness ends. Perkins' Mill House Is not by any means such a pluce as this!" At the same moment nn open wagon, well bcsplushed with liquid mud, clat tered up to the door, aud a shrill voice was heard crying out: "Kvenln', Mis' Merrydew! Seen any thing of a young 'omnn In a blue gown nud red shawl hereabouts? I've some how missed my wife at tho depot, and why, there she Is now! How on earth come you here, Louisa Jennnetta? You might ha knew I'd a-come nrter you, If yon could ha waited a spell." And Mr. Sampson Parley Parkins, a long-limbed Yankee, lu n blue checked shirt and n suit of pepper-and-salt cloth, helped his wife Into the vacant seat of the muddy wngon nnd rattled away, leaving Mrs. Merrydew standing staring on the door step. "I am resigned now!" said that ma tron aloud, appareutly addressing her self to the crows and the crickets. "Good land o" liberty. It was Just exact ly like a bad dream!" Hut Mrs. Merrydew had hardly re turned to the cozy sitting room again, when a second souud of wheels broke upon the fragrant stillness of the Oc tober evening, the door was flung open aiid a cheerful voice exclaimed: "How d'ye do, mother, denr? Here's my wife! Give her a kiss, for she Is prepared to love you dearly!" Aud a sweet, child like young face, framed In by smooth bands of shining hair, was lifted to hers, while a soft voice .whispered: Dear mother, do try and like me a little, for Sam's sake." "My dear," said the old woman, with tears In ber eyes, "do you thin you can get along In this old-fashioned place with ouly me for a companion? And Sufi's wife answered: OH, mother, It is so beautiful and quaint nnd quiet here, and during all those years that 1 taught In the city I have so longed for a home-a real home, like this'" Hltty Johnson . looked In the next morning. "Just for a minute" again, aa she trudged by. "Feel any more resigned, Mrs. Merry dew?" she asked, lu a voice of careful ly attuned sympathy. "Of course, Its a drefful trial, but Mrs Merrydrew smiled broadly. "Resigned!" said she. "I never was so reslgiied In my life. Lily Is a gem of S-l a,c, Sam 1. the luck i,s fellow In the world, and I-ell. I couldn't have suited myself better If Pd looked all creation over for a daugh-ter-ln-luw! I'on't talk to me aliout res gnatlon! Folks don't need to he resign ed when a golden streak of good for tune comes to 'em!" Do tell!" said Hetty Johnson. W ell. I never did '"-New York Ledger. Some people are like one-legged mllk-toola-no good unless sat upon. RENEWED OLD TREES, o liclov.d Old Lsn.1m.rfc. M., B. I'rcxrvcd ta l. Old trees are among the most cher ished treasures 0f rural and suburban hoium. They art the most costly, too as every fltilshi-d product Is costly Into which has entered thoo transforming nnd creative processes which only long reaches of time can furnish. An old holse may fall down or'ba destroyed by Ore, and while we mourn the loss of the visible sign of old associations, a better aud more beautiful structure can be made to take Its place. Hut when an old tree that has been the guardian of the home for generations, ami stood there before the home win founded, surrenders to the blust, the Ws Is beyond repair, for a long time, at least. As there Is no Immediate remedy jsjsalhle, the ueed of precau tion becomes all the greater. When one of these old sentinels be gins to show signs of disease and de cay, uud year by year grows more at tenuated lu Its branches aud weakei lu leaf growth and power, we watch It as we watch a frleud attacked by slow hut Incurable maludy. Hut rem edies are now Udug discovered for al- most every 111 of the body, and SUC- tessful tree surgery Is or may be at enn rcency, and the millions that had ac coinmou as the higher form of thai cumulated thrniiKh apcrnf oil wert invest scluuce, A recent number of Garde!) d manufacturing. The rusting hnr aud Forest discusses the rejuvelles- lK,,u were trnimrnrmcd to shining spin cence of old trees, aud gives practical iiiiv' ""' cniiest-tosscd timbers ot sban- dlrectlous for effecting It. Mrectly to j "J'11"' tvi ",p ,"w," ""'TV01 ii,.. .... in" ,.i a .i enterprUe, romance of the sea fled sway the point are two I lustrations of the , ,.ll(.lrlc ,h,j(lweJ ,,. M ,,,; same tree, a Venerable oak In the Ar- .but thrifty profit cheerily nestled In the nold Arboretum. Tho tlmt Is of a tree embrasure of Hip nl.l New Knirlnnd man- with fur-reachlng brunches, but murk ed by Infallible signs of decrepitude, the leafage scanty and the gencrul pnxqicct of life discouraging. The second Illustration shows the same tree twelve years Inter, shorter 1 of limb, It Is trim, but displaying every , characteristic of youth and strength and hopeful promise of longevity. No miracle, not even one of nature's has been performed. The result Is simply oue of skillful tree surgery, of Intelli gent priming according to the Ie Car system, which, Instead of sending the tree blood long distances through col lapsed and withered arteries, oontrrrts the area anil applies the nourishing forces In such a way that they can be assimilated and made to promote the growth of all the members. The process Is oue which almost any Intelligent farmer or tree owner should Ito able to apply, "Vigor can be restor ed to a tree lu this condition by short ening all Its branches by one-third or one-half their entire lengtli. The only enre needed In this operation Is to cut i lines encn main iiruucii to a ucuiuiy ( lateral branch, which will nerve to at- tract aud elulsirntc by ineuns of Its j leaves a sufticlent flow of sap to In sure the growth of the branch." Those directions must 1k carefully olswrved to prevent further decay, nnd enre must nlso lie taken to leave the lowest limbs the longest, so that thereatest possible leaf surface shall lie exposed to the light. So If somo old tree, near roadside, or dwelling, that has been the Inndmnrk of a century, shows alarming symptoms, the owner should not despnlr before he hns treated It ac- scorched under the "line." Thry have sail enrillnir in !! orenernl nlnn here laid d in every ses, roving In unending com- down. Boston Transcript. A GOOD INDIAN. Grave of Chief Who PlirneJ h Treaty of William l'cnn. A short time ago near Sunbury. Pa., the remains of one of the Indian chiefs, . , . ... i 1 wno par i.-.pn.eu ... " " "' treaty, through which Illlnm I etui j enme Into possession of Penusylvnnla, were unearthed. The remains are those ' of Chief Shlkellimy, graud sachem r.f' the Lennl-Lennpes nnd the deputy gov-1 ernor appointed by the Iroquois upon their conquest of the Susquehnnn.i In- uu ir co.i.uii ui mo i i dlans. He Hvel In the Iudlnn village of Shomoko. on ho present site of Sun- bury nnd Northumliorlnnil, anu wenit "target," but whalers, sonked ss they thence to sign the treaty under the eliu are with oil, nnd, when trying out hluhher, tree. Chief Shlkellimy was a good Indlnn. . .. i.i.. .i..., a true representative oi eyr, i. ... was grnnd In the Indian character; w no i never proved untrue to bis word, be- I trnyed a white man nor condoned a crlme On account of his ability to govern nnd his nobleness of character, . i ii.. i,i..r nf the Six he was selected by the rlilff of the Bis Nations to rule the Indians nlo ig tuo Ot-xln-nch-son, as the benutlful hus i nnelinnmi Hlver wns cnlle.1. When the Iroquois tho so-called Six Nations, ' mnde wnr upon the original owner, of luiiue wui i .. .. .. . T.pnnl- tho Susquehanna n 11 . the i , LenniH.s. they succeede.1 In si iMiiln them after a bitter struggle and sent a i m.l .al UI. M. j.II t iita i f deputy governor, t-uici DNn.-i.nnj. rule over them Under bis leadership tho Letinl- Lelinpcs never tried to throw off the burden of their conquerors. 1'n to this time very little Is known of the chief Ue was an Oneida Indian llie cum. ... and was born In Canada or in '!" , northern part of New lorn fcinie. near , Thpy wpre pnrlied , ,ik. the lorder. After ho settled In 81l-1 anrdincs. Only a limited supply of light moko the Moravian missionaries found ! ani) ar t.nn KPt through the little hstch, him there nnd converted him. They wlich Is sealwl up In rough wenther. How nlso estnbllshed a mission under his , over a score of men rnn live and keep nrnUtl ii At the signing of the Pei.n , healthy r.nd happy In this dark and fear pr0,PC,i ' I ! . Presented tho 1 . hole for month, or year. 1. a mys- treaty v...... j Oneldn Indiana and the Lennl-Lennpes. In 17-18 Shlkellimy died and was burled by the mlsslonnrles who had converted him. In bis grave were placed many trinkets which hnd been his share of tho purchase of the price of Pennsylvania nnd many of these were found Intiwt when hi. remain, were recently discovered. Female llet-pnrado. Cora Hubbard, the PlnevlIIe (Ark.) bank roblier, Is 2.', nnd was born In Ohio She Inherit from her father a slight admixture of Indian blood. She Is fairly well educated, and her favor ite book In childhood wns the "Life of the James Boys." Cora doesn't drink, hut an inveterate smoker, and swears like a trooper. Her chief complaint against her captors Is that they didn't allow her to put on her best togs, but "l,Hed T her off In a Mother Hubbard. Pari Dct'-ctlvc Hlruck. On hundred Pails detective, went on strike recently. They objected to one of the Inspectors, and to ixdng obliged to keep the run of traveler, when they cave hotels and boarding bouse., as hey hnd all they could do to watch them on their arrival, in inanrnnce policy often make, a man more valuable after death than during hi life- , r....... i.ink because a man I alway 7m.n ; alwav. a man i always harping on oue Idea that he I a born , I musician. 1 flUXTING THE WHALE DECAY OF A ONCE PROFITABLE INDUSTRY. The Old Phlpa, Crew., and Implement. Kinploed In the luduntry thut Formerly Enriched the Nw Knvluud Coaat Town.-Peril, of Whaling. An Aim oat Forgotten FUh. The city of New Hedford, M.mi., re. N-ntly celebrated Its fiftieth siiuirerssry s a municipality. It Is a typical New Lncluiid city, whose people, with Yankee aiinptlvciieas, have replaced thr wlmlinu iuOualry -ouce Its principul reliance with uinny more modem hiuiness eiittrrpri.es. The wliiiter, like the Indian, the cow boy uud the loKiicr, Is a vuninliing type of A merlon. A reiiluiy linds bin relented from ninotiK the foremost festures of the New biigiund seubonrd to be sn almost fortfotteu (inure. The famous fortune "dowu Knal" were built ou s foundation of cetaceous blubber, and tin wheels of proHrity were lubricated with sH-ruiu-ceti, hut when the rock farms of Penn sylvania bcKun, geyierlike, to spoilt pe troleum, the hollow roar sounded the death ktull uf tli Khullno' tnilnttrv. Tim keen Yankee. ImuevHr. un. nn.ml In H.m tie trees, siiiiliuir st the ghostly memories sud heroics of long ago. Hare ) d New Ilcdford. What of the fleet of 4lH) whaling ships once registered from New Bedford, Nau tucket, Gloucester sud Provincctowu? ne would liml ouly a few remnants of this glory to-ilny. New Ilcdford, Indeed, is one of the lantern manufacturing cen ters of the Kast, but Nantucket is merely an exhibition stnud for tourists after a "dip" or in search of colonial curios, w hile I'rovincetuwn is a sleepy point at land's end. I Iowa at the moks-grown wharves of New ilcdford there is an ugKregation of queer old ships, Hinting monuments of the ancient fleet. There they lie, in their quiet rckcrvatimis, honry in ace, linked In pairs, as though to keep up the old form of "gam" (whaler's gossip) and look In mild re'mke at the wheezy, Impudent lit tle tints that hustle about the harbor ag gressively attached to lurgcand Insy ships that sre re mlug from or going to foreign shores. These old heroes, that were once the pride nnd glory of American seamen when our flag floated lu every port on the Klolie, are freighted with rare romance and curious lu contrast with the craft of io.ty The largest of them did not niensure over 1-5 feet, or exceed 500 gross tonnnce. Take the old Commodore Morris as a type. She wns built in 1841 tonnage, &IN.V.1; Iciil-Hi, 107; beam. 2 depth, 17. The quaint old figurehead is battered almost beyond recognition, but may take pride In the fact that It cleared f 11 H),000 for owners In s brief commis sion. The Whalcshlp Structurally. Their Lows, broad, round, sre heavily timbered, onuite with curious curving, and their sterns are trnikiit and square, giving an uniinlnly look; yet these old ships have boldly battered arctic ice and unnniuii, uiiiu im-ir wnier ciisks were iiueu with oil. . Notwithstanding the Standard Oil Co., venturesome whalers still sail Into New Itcdfonl, and unload their car goes on the ancient wharves, where hnr rels and barrels are wulting a favorable market, protected from the weather by musses of dried seaweed packed about them. fMierm oil Is now cents tier irnl- 0; it used to command from fl to 1.50. Tw0 o( wllHpl(,1i1,ll came nMUig UltQ jjlw itedfunl recently the Rising Sun, odoriferous with oil, sfter a three-months cruise, nnd the Dolphin, packed with w hnlehone, after a cruise of thirty-three months around Cnpc Horn The ltising Sun JP distinctive architectural feature of her deck forwnrd (hc b,g br,(.k fllrnilce. invlmluK le oil ,,, A (ire s,,(.t.tl,r miBnt eM it tne roil or tne snip seeming to send names up to the masthead, seldom burn a fact one oniy 10 me uiosi vAiriioruimiry can- (e woo((,n wu(er UMng 1b )Ut )he flmmcps hl,ug kp,)t con,tantly filled. The galley was no larger than a dog- house, nnd did not admit of that tnnctiou- ary stnniling up w hile al his labors. The muster, Captain Taylor, extended an invitation to go Into the cnbm. 1 lie w nm) ypry tUwery. we ,P.,.Pmi,.d on ,h(, ir 11P (J () I)Pnk The little room was about ...yon by eight feet, w ith three open berths 0n a side nnd a small folding table In the center. Things were neat enough., and locker, all about the sides and under the no( ,n nw prP!tPrTP(,. A trnp d,s.r In the floor d , ie lnxreUe whpre the tnbie .' delicacies were stored. In the Captain's Cabin The cnntnln's wife, a delicate and rc- jjP(j tte womn, had made a number of I voyages with him, and found this csbin quite comfortable. The apartment wa ; roomy and distinctly "swell" compared '. frn.i In nn tn I ho hnw. where tery. A whaler's crew usually enlists from twenty-four to thirty men, esch man on TKRILS OK bis "lay," for they all shsre in percent age of the profit the first mate, 1 in 24; i the second mate, i in ov; me o.u.-ra m.i I ,i,.n according to rank, the figures vsryln with the market and the site of ... . , Trure r four mates, a stew trJ a cooper, ordinary ses men snd hsnds-th Inst getting the drudg- green ry and the light "lay." The latter are f i- h iira u ln , nnTrnlshed quantity Oul I'll rlri iv-.,. m It Is rtlt.,,d that It requires $.10,000 to lit fur a long vo.vsje, ss every emer gency mutt be sntlcipnlcd and pruriilcd fur say a period of three years. Into the hold are packed l.'MI barrels of salt beef, petenty-live h.irtels of salt pork, thirty birrcls of ship biscuit, thirty or forty barrels of flour, Ihs) gallons of mo lasses, " pounds of coflVe, L'lKI pounds nf tea, r.isl pounds of sugar, equal quan tifies of rice, meal, beans, dried apples, hums, butter, rulslus, cheese, canned gcHsis, vinegar, aud food stsplrs. The new nil ensks sre tilled with fresh water, sud theie sre qusntities of oak and pine staves, headings snd Iron hoops, with a thousand and one things, from paint snd tsr to pills snd gunpowder, in the spare supplies. The Whalrboat. The conspicuous equipment of the whal er is the sharp, douhle-prowed hosts that hang from awkward looking wooden da vits, one on the larboard and two or three nn the starboard side. The Yankees that devised thiscrsft built for speed, stability and buoyancy. These tweuly-four-foot boats, stepia-d for a most, aud arrungi-d for six oarsmen, with platforms at en.-h ud for lancer and steersman, have brought more wealth from the nether world of the deep than can he cnnipul.il. Aside from their complete equipment their distinctive furnishing Is a tub, where spir ally roiled n conrentrl'1 Isyers, or sheaves. is the whale line. Ibis Hue Is a maiilla rope, two-thirds of an Inch In thickness, and measures something over "ist fath oms, l his line Is sttncheu to the harpoon, and the other end Is uimttsch.il, tirst, as s matter of safety; second, for fastening to a second line should the whale "sound" so deep ss to take up the entire, length of line. (Scoreshy records an Instance where the quantity of line withdrawn from the different hosts engaged In the rapture of one whale amounted to 10,-PK) yards, or nearly six English miles.) The upiier end of the line Is tskrn aft from the tub, and, after passing around a loggerhead, is car ried forw-ird the length of the boot, rest ing upon the handle of every man's our, so that it Jogs against his wrist In row ing; passing between the men ss tljey alternately sit st the opposite gunwales, to the grooves In the extreme prow, where n little wooden pin prevents Its slipping out The whale line thus enfolds the boat In its complication, and nil Its crew In Its contortions; when it whirls out fast to a frightened and frenxied whale it fairly smokes, snd keeping the line free Is essential to the safety of all concerned. The hnrpooning is done by the man who handles the steering onr; this merely gets the boat fast to the fish; the ofllcer In the bow does the lancing, which Is to give MOV. OOWM A PA os on, TlMcrr.,. --r- NEW HEDFOHD the whale the quietus. In modern whal ing bomb lance, are tired nt the harpoon ed whale from a short gun that kicks like n mule. Even with these powerful aids, a whale Is not alwnys easy game. Ilon.b Lance A whnling captain recently told the writer that It took no less than seven mod ern lance bombs to finish a big whale on his last voyage. The modem German whalers (steam ships) attack tho whales directly, without the aid of small boats, the harpoon and bomb lances being fired from a big swivel gun In the bow. This was the way En peror William captured a whnle two years ago. In the North Sea. It may appear uncanny that man should feed upon the creature that feeds his lamp; but others than the not over-fastidious Eskimo have so feasted, without the odoriferous vlntnge of trnln-oll. It Is re corded thnt three centuries ago the tongue of the right whale was esteemed a rare delicacy In France, and In the time of Henry VIII. a ccrtnln court chef won royal recognition for eoucoctlng a sauce to be served ltb barbecued porpoise, a species of whnle. The monks of Dun fermline hsd a great porpoise grant from the crown, serving and seasoning the meat TI1K CI1ASE. ... I L - II - 9....m n.ta. an Jllll.ttltia use vai nana. "k"' " " " doctor, "Yecommtuded strips of blubber . .. !..! ., .1 n.(,.a Tor inrsuis a. ju-j " In the esse of a smsll sperm whale the brains are accounted a fine dish by epi cures. The scrsps of blubber are called "fritters" snd taste like pork cracklings; on the whalers, however, they are used for feeding the flames thst try out the oil. .. l I I. Ciudinl.nit hit! I.JMn v naiers w rec.i-u u ui""i. - - known to subsist upon moldy cr.os of I Ml II i'fl l III It Ml I I I JtmG ! 1 1 . . t . A blubber Ihst hsd been left s shore, which Is a tribute to their nourishing quality, In a pinch. In the order of leviathans, the sperm whale sud the r Ik lit whale sre the ni t luiNirtant, ss the only ones regularly hunted for by ms'i. The external differ ence between litem Is mainly marked in their hen. la, the sperm species having a symmetry that la lacking In the right, whose chief tieskiito is whslehonr. Cant over the sperm whale's hesd that it may lie bottom up, snd bsve a peep down the LAJJriNO mouth. Wbst a really beautiful mouth! From floor to celling, papered with a glis tening, white niembrane, glossy ss bridal satins. Pry up the lower Jsw snd expose its rows of great ivory teeth, it seems a terrllle portcullis, snd such, alss! It proves to many a poor wight In the flattery, upon whom its spike, fall with Impaling force. Hut far more terrible la It u bku, whn fathoms down In the sea yon see some sulky, harpooned whale, floating there suspended with his prodigious Jsw, some f'..een feet long, hsiiglng straight down at right angles with his body, for all the world like a ship's Jibhonm. The Fowcrful Lower Jaw. The tower Jsw csn be unrlnged by a practical srtlat snd hoisted on deck for th purpose of extracting the ivory teeth thst the sailors decorate with India Ink de signs, and the hard, while whalebone that they fashion Into canes snd whip handles during their long days of Inactivity. There sre forty-two teeth, those In old whales much worn down, but never decayed. One of tho darkest tragedies of the ocean resulted from a whale sinking the whaleship Kssex, Nor. 10, 1810. The In furiated monster first struck the ship just forwsrd the forechslns, with a tremen dous shock that stsrted her butts. The fated ship was settling when the whale A" O't. WHABST liELICS OF A GREAT AND IlEltOIC ISDVSTUY. relumed and alruck her under the cat head, and compleiely stove in her bows. Some of the survivors of the crew drifted in open bouts for three months, their lives being sustained by cannibalism. As for the head of the right whale look nt that hanging lip; what a mammoth sulk and pout! lly measuring It Is twenty feet long snd five feet deep, snd will yield you some ft )0 gallons of oil or more. The risf of tho mouth Is about twelve feet high, anil runs up to sharp angle, like a ridge pole; while these ribbed, arched, linlrv aliliia l.rckullt na with those wotitlcr- f ill vertical scjiiltcr-shnpod sluts of whale bone, say aoo on a sl.le, wiu. n, .lepen.iiiig from the upper part of the crown hone, form flexible Venetian blinds. The edges of these are fringed with hairy AVrs, through which he strains the water, and In whoso Intricacies h retains the small fish, when open-mouthed he goes through sens of hrit (a minute yellow sunsianre upon which the right whnle largely feeds) In feeding time off the famous lirnxil banks. The colonades of bone so method ically arranged resemble pipe organ, r or a nai-iwl ii. llila nriran I. . tongue that the bold voracious sharks occasionally snatch out sometimes when tne tonueuteu whale Is alive before th whaler can cen vr It Intn flva harreli of oil (whalebone commands from $3 to $0 per pound). The right whsle has two external spout noies on top of his hesd. the sperm w hsle only one. The grest bstterlng ram of the sperm whale', head yields his most pre cious oily vintage, the highly prised i.nrmnnetl In Its mire llmnld snd odorifer ous state; nor is this precious substsnc found unalloyed In any otner pan or me creature. A large whsle s "esse yields fjOO gallons of stierm. In a w hale eighty feet long the head Is about twenty-six feet long. One mny assume that the bluo tm il.a Ai.litnrtit ta It hna anmethlnff of the consistence of close-grslned beef, but tougher, more elastic, ana compact, ana ranges from eight to ten, or even fifteen ln,.l.a In Ihlcknoas. In the ess nf a large sperm whale there will be a blubber yield of 100 barrels of oil. V nen one con siders thst this only represents three- r,.ti,.itia r iha antlr eoat. snd thnt ten barrels to the ton is a fair allotment, one may guess thst a whale weighs as mucn as a small locomotive. Fperm Whale' Characteristic. The sperm whale, like other leviathans kiii unlike niher flsh. breeds Indifferently at all seasons. Agsln It is wsrm-blooded .n.l rmlrua air tn fill Ills IllllKS. Ill IU baling is done through the spiracle or hole In the top of his head; not through his mouth, which Is eight feet below the sur ri,. wln.n ilia til fih cnnirs un to "blow and tnhaian anmethiua like au hourly pro- Asld from th wld txpmdlng and msMf re Jaw of the sperm wbsle his tall I. his powerful srtn of defense. To begin with, st Ihst point where It taper to the girth of man, it comprises on Its upper surface sn area of (Iffy squsr. feet; tha comiHift hoily of its root expsiidiug Into two briMi.l flukes, shoaling away to less than sii Inch in thickness. The entire member Is i webbed bed of wedded sin ews, with subtle elasticity and amasing strength, that semis the owner through the sea like a Hash, flourishes gloriously graceful lu the sunshine ss he dives, or A WHALE. deals nut death In a stroke when vicious ly aiming at a whnlehoat (hurling boats with their entire crews Into the sir as a Juggler tosses up a ball). When a whale has sucrumbed to lanc ing and dyed the tea with stunning blood tjie huge body is towed to the ship ami Isrge rhnlna are put shout the hesd and nuses to hold the body fast, r.uoru.uua tsckles sre swsyed up to the msln top, snd firmly lashed to the lower nisst head, the strongest point shove the ship's deck, to the end nf a hawser-like rop. Winding through the intricacies Is th blubber hook, weighing a hundred pounds. The blubber tnvehqics a whale like a rind does an orange, and as the ship rsreens to th strain of the tackle fixed to the heaving windlass, the hook takes hold snd follow ing the line scsrf msde by the keen rut ting spades, the great body rolls over ss strip sfter strip of the blood-dripping blub ber Is pulled shift and lowered through the nisiuhnt. h to the blubber mom. There it Is rut tip by double-handed knives, and passed up to the deck to be tried out In the smoking brick furnaces, with wooded wster bsrks shout their bsse. The whnling spade, like all the lancing and cutting equipment. Is of the best steel, Is kept as sharp as possible and h boned -rav77,lpVJ illlJJiilTis7 like a raxor. This spade Is shout ns large ss man's spread hand, and has a socket in which Is a pole handle twenty feet long. These edge tools are kept In rsnvss pock ets, lined with wool. On. nf the mint nrofitnhlc and rurinua products derived from the sperm whsle Is su.bcrgris (gray amber), a morbid secre tion of the liver or intestines. It Is a solid npnqtie Inflammable inbslsncc, llilitnr ilmn wafer, having the consist ency of wsx, sud having wheu heated a fragrant odor. It is highly soluble in alcohol, nnd Is used particularly ns th holding bsse of perfume, snd wss one nniMnrfi1 na hnvlng great medicinal properties ss an aphrodisiac, and for spic ing wines. It Is sometimes oi.taim'U iron. FAST TO A FISH. post-mortems on diseased whulc, or found floating on the water in tne neignooruoou of the Hahamas In masses of from sixty to 2i!5 pounds. Ambergris of the best grade Is now quoted st per ouuew. Chns. E. Nixon, Ui the wnicngo imcr Ocean. Perseuutlon Air Hel'ttbin. Cbnrles Cross, a letter carrier of Huntsvllle. Ala., has scored a doubtful victory after having been suspended from duty for refusing to work on Snt nrrfnv. He Is a Seventh Dny Advenllst, The department ordered his reinstate nient on the ground there was no dispo sition to Interfere with a tiian'. relig ion, belief, but the postmaster was In structed, In case Cross should again refuse to work, to report him for lmui dlata removal.