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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
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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.
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use vai nana. "k"' " " "
doctor, "Yecommtuded strips of blubber
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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
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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.