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ENEMY OF WHALES
Strange Creatures Said to Exist in
AlasKan ; Waters ,
, , \Yhile operating a lishery l 1 on Ad.
-1 lniraly island , lmka : ; , last t slun
BIt'I' ) , says a wriier , mJ attention
and the attention of my fishing
- , - f crew was almost daily , attracted
(0 ( a large 111H1' 1w el'eatnr'p ' that
would appear in the main ; channel
of HpJ'llwtIl' ( c'anal and our ii111111.'di
ace viciuitJ. There are large l1um.
i " hers whales of the species For .
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. dual there , and the monster
, seemed to bp their natural elwm ' .
The whales generally ; travel in
schools , and while at the surface
to blow one would be singled out
. . . nnd ; ; attacked bJ' the fish , and : .1
battle was soon in order.
" It is thc mltnre of the rornal to
make three blows at intervals of
from two to three minutes each ,
, and then sound deep and stay ; bee
heath the surface for 3001' 40 min
utes As a whale would come to
the ( surface , there would appear
always at the whale's right side
and just above where his head
T w'mld connect with the body , - u
! . great , long tail or fin , "judged bv
. . five fishermen and a number of In-
i3 dians after seeing about 15 times
. . , . at va 'ious distances , " to be about
24 feet long , 2j feet wide at the
. ( 'nd , and tapering down to . the wti
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. , tpr , when it seemed to bc about
I ' 18 inches in diameter , looking very
\ ' much like thc blade of the fan of
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. . _ . . . . . ' . . c.3 > an old-fashioned Dutch windmill.
. I - - 4 The great club : was used on the
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. ' ' back 9f thc unfortunate whale in
. . such a manner that it was a wonder .
I a del' to me that every whale attacked .
tacked was not instantly ; killed.
_ Its ' seemed to have
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feet control of its movements ,
, " - . and would bend it back till the end
would touch the water forming a
horseshoe loop , then with a sweep
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" it would be straightened and
brought over and down on the
; t' , back of the whale with a whack
\ . that t could be heard for several
; . miles If the whale was fortunate
t.
. enough to submerge his body be.
I . ' fore the blows came , the spray
M . " ! ( . . _ would fly to a distance of 100 feet
'r'1 ' : - " from the effect of thc strike , muk
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: " ' . ing a report as loud as a racht's
( I : : > , - ' . . signal gun.
. : < ' , What seemed most remarkable
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. , { r : - . to ml was that { no matter which
j } " way the attacked whale went , or
! J . ' _ . how fast ( the usual speed is about
, 1 14 knots ) that great club would
m" . , , .fouow right along by its side and
; ; l deliver tlwse tremendous blows
at intervals of about four 01' five
s collh . .It would always get in
J from three to five blows at each of
' , ' , the three times the whale would
t come to the surface to blow The
f whale would generally rid itself
of the enemy when it took its deep } )
twund , especially } if the water wa
40 fathoms OJ' mare dcep. During
the day the attack was always off
shore , but at night the whales
would bc attacked in the bay and
within 400 yards of the fishery
eo # "I do not know of any whales being .
. ing killed , hut there were several 1
hat t had great holes and sores on
their bacJs Questioning the Indians .
dians about it , I was told that
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Mere was only ; one , that it hail
been there for many ; years , and
that it once attacked un Indian
canoe and with one stroke of 011. '
great duh smashed the canoe !
into splinters , killing a1)ii ) dro\vn
lug several of Us oecupunta.
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Bridal Shirts
The Scandinavian bridegroom
presents to betrothed \ u prHJc .
hook and many other gifts. She
in turn gives him , especially in
Sweden , H shirt , and this he invariably "
riablr wears on his wedding day.
Afterwards he puts it away and in
no circumstances would hc wear
it again while alivc. But he weUl'
it in his grave , and there art !
Swedes Who earnestly believe not
only , in the resurrection of the
body , but.in the veritable resurec
tion of the betrothal shirts of such
husbands as have never broken
their marriage vows The Swede
ish widower must destroy 011 the
eve of his second marriage the
bridal shirt which his first wife
gave him
An Ounce of "Seed.
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An .ouncc of onion . seed was
sown in the gnrden of Miss Care
withen , .at Springfield , Newton
Abbot , last Mureh. Recently the
gardener gathered 460 Pounds 01
onions.
Sometimes ,
Sometimes it is difficult to rlis
tinguisll between ' contentment
und laziness.
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A LACK OF EYEGLASSES
Returning Traveler Complains of What
He Found in British Isles.
Thc clergyman took off his PJ'e.
glasses und carefully wiped them
with his sill handkerchief , says
thc : New York Tribune.
"The next time I spend the sum
mcr in thc United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland , " he re
marked , with vindictiveness in
his tones , "I shall carry with me
several extra pairs of mJ' particu
mar lenses. Maybe you don't line
derstand what it means to break
Jour .glasses in the territory of
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Edward VII ? " '
The listener , not being afflict.
pd with eJ'eglases , shook his head. ,
The clergYman continued : ,
"I have been abroad about ten
times , and seven of those ten trips
were aimed at the British Isll's.
I have been through Ireland , Scot.
land , England and Wales , and I
have never Been offered for sale in
country , hamlet 01' city store a :
pair of light weight silver 01' gold
rimmed spectacles , and as for thc
rimless variety , such us these are ,
I don't believe the English opti-
clans know what they arc , judge
ing from the way in which they
stare when nn American takes ill
n. pair for 1ixing.
"The only kind of spectacles
worn in the British Isles , as far
as mJ' observution goes , is the ironer
or steel variety , such us our grand
fathers and mothers used to hang
upon their noses when they pet
rused thc Philadelphia und Bos.
ton news letters I repeat that the
light weight gold and silver
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To Make Room , tip,1 = ,
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For Spring Purchases.F
We offer the following
for the next two weeks
Kitchen Cabinet like cut in size , but not r'
constructed of cottonwood and gum
Pull size 28 x 48 top , only - - - $4.25
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Solid Oak Bed Room Suit - - - $16.00
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CARPETS , all grades at REDUCED PRICES ; 4
BRUSSELS BY THE ROLL H :1 :
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We handle no samples :
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eaves 1 & Abbey y
rimmed spectacles are almost un
known in England. You can get
them made for " but .
you , you can
not buy them over the ountcrs. :
"You ask whY , ? Well , I cnnnot
tell you that any more than I can
explain toou ; why the English
insist on riding in the old-fash-
ioncd apartment carriages on the
railroads. I have mJ' own private
opinion on the subject , however ,
and it i8 this-the cause is to he
found in the thriftiness of the pee
pIe. 'Ve arc more careless , and
a broken pair of spectacles is so ore
dim ; rJ an incident of everyday life
here that the Ulan who i8 forced
to wear them generally keeps
himself supplied with two or tlllee
pairs for emer'gencJ's sake. In
England ' thc breaking of a pair of
spectacles is viewed ill the light of
. It calamitJ' It is no land for the
oculist. The steel rimmed glasses
have seen to that. Why , you cnn
tale U pair { of those heavy weight
i pcctacles and dash them around
regardless of any danger of a col-
lapse. That is the reason , experi
ence has taught mc , for thc luck
of - the light American variety of
glasses It may be satisfactory
for the English , but it is an no ; } ' .
ing for the American tourist , att
I have found to InJ' SOl'row. Once !
in Ilirminghaln I had to wait over
three tltlins to get lUJ rimIeR
glasses repaired , and I hud an inl
portant engagement in London
that daJ' You ask Rome other
man who's been much in England ,
with spectacles attached , and see
if he does not tell you the same
storJ' "
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. . BROOK FARM AMENITIES. rl
Some of the Humors of the Colony ;
of otablea.
Mr. Lindsay Swift , whose worl ; y
on Brook Farm is really one of the
most thorough monographs ever
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written in the country , reports a t
legend that one of the younger , i
members 01' pupils confessed his : ,
passion while helping his sweetheart .
heart to wash dishes ; and Emerson -
son is the authority for stating
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that us the men danced in tIlt' p'
evening , clothespins sometimes ; , .
dropped from their pockets. IIaw ; .r
thorne wrote to his 'sister , not . ,
without sarcasm : "The whole fea
ternity eat together and such Ii , ;
delectable way of life has never . . '
been seen f'n earth since the days I ,
of the early Christiuns. 'Ve get : ' ( . -
up at half-past six , dine at balf- ' -
past twelve and gi to bed at nine. "
An element of moral protest also
entered into the actual work of the ;
more serious members , writeR
Thomas Wentworth Higginson , ill
Atlantic. Thus MI' Ripley said ' = w
to Theodore Parker , of John
Dwight , afterwards eminent as a ; ,
musical critic : "There is your accomplished -
complished friend ; he would hoe
corn all Sunday if I would let him ,
but all Massachusetts could Dot
make him do it on Monday. " Rue' ,
mol' adds that Parker replied : " 1 t
is good to know that he wants to ;
hoe corn any day of the week "
The question is not how far these
details were baaed on fact or were
the fruit of fancy , but the immediate -
ate point is that they materially !
aided in keeping up the spirits of
the unbelieving world outaide. {
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