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Tllti NOKFOr.lC NEWS ; Kit I DAY , NOVEMBER M. 1002. ' A FIGHTING .WHALE . . . | [ Copyright , 1M2 , by C. D. Lowla. ] I was one of the crew of the whaling ship Crosby when I came across a gi gantic whale that had often been seen before , that had destroyed many lives. lie had come to be known as Tom Bowline - line and was recognized by a V shaped car on his head. Thu Crosby was to the west of St. Helena when hu was raised by thu lookout. Tom Bowline came to the surface with a rush and then lay wallowing about. Three boats were lowered , and the whale was recog nized by his scar. The mate's boat had the lead and got within striking distance first. As soon as thu harpoon peen entered the whale settled away like a rock and went down 350 feet. Then ho turned and rushed for the eurfacu like a wild locomotive , broachIng - Ing his full length out of water and filling aud swamping the mate's boat with the waves kicked up by his fall , lie rested a moment and then slewed around and started for the boit. | Ho caught It with a swing of his jaw and made splinters of It and killed three h men at the same time. For five min utes the mate , who was supporting himself by an oar , was alongside the fish and rubbing against his body , but he llnally pushed himself clear and reached one of the other boats. The monster had the three boats at his mercy , but for some reason was satis fied with the destruction of the flrst. Perhaps It was because the others re mained perfectly quiet while he eceuicd to be searching for them. Fif teen minutes after destroying the boat he moved slowly away , and those who had escaped his fury returned to the ship. We were at this time over half full of oil. One hundred and fourteen days lat er , when 400 miles west of the Island of Tristan d'Acunha , In the south At lantic , we cut In our last whale , cleared the decks of the tryworks and set our course for Salem. We were full to the batches and thus far had made one of the best seasons on record. In about three days we had the ship cleaned up and most of the smoke and grease washed off our bodies , and we were about to begin painting when at noon on the fourth or fifth day after turning on our heel for home a whale suddenly breached right astern of us and not more than 300 feet away. Ills fall raised three or four waves , Avhlch pitched the ship about as If we were lying to In a gale , and , though the monster settled away out of sight at once , we had Identified him as Tom Bowline. It may seem queer to you to read that every man aboard , from captain to apprentice , wns badly frightened as soon as It was known that our old tcneiuy had hunted us down , as It were. We had left him al most four months before at a point 2,000 miles away , and yet he had over hauled us as If he had been a steamer cent in search and posted as to our cruising ground. Ills breaching so near us was taken as evidence of his evil Intentions , and some argued that he had meant to strike the ship. All work wns at once suspended , and the men were ordered to move around the decks on tiptoe. We hoped the le viathan had not seen us and that his breaching so close aboard was quite accidental , and after half an hour had passed away without further sight of him everybody began to feel easier. A man had Just started aloft with a glass to scan the sea when the whale rose to the surface about a stone's throw to windward. From that time on for flve hours he swam with the ship , paying no at tention to us , but maintaining his dis tance to a foot Then of a sudden he Bottled down , nnd wo all heaved a sigh of relief. We had not seen the last of him , however. An hour before midnight the odor of a whale sudden ly saluted the nostrils of the men , and they looked to the windward to catch Bight of a great black bulk on the wa ter. It was Tom Bowline. Word was passed around and all hands turned up , and from 1 to 3 we were In a state of suspense. At about 3 o'clock the .Whale began lashing the water with his flukes. When ho had churned an acre or more of surface to foam , he clewed around and headed straight for us , but miscalculated our speed and passed astern , though clearing the rudder by not more than flve feet. As ho rushed to leeward , swinging his head and ihrashlng the water , wo luffed sharp up until we were heading t't due east Whether ho located us by eight or sound no man can say , but as he slewed around I saw that he .would come head on for our stern. As he started on his mad rush the ship's head was brought duo north again in hopes to avoid him , but he changed his course as well .and came down on onr port quarter. Every soul aboard knew the ship was doomed. She was heeled to star board until almost on her beam ends , and the instant she settled back thcro was a rush for the boats. No one gave the whale further attention , but every effort was put forth to get the boats Into the water as the ship was luffed into the wind. Her docks were awash no the last ono got away , and that was About fourteen minutes after she was struck. When we came to look around for Tom Bowline , ho had disappeared from sight , and no whaler ever report ed seeing him after that It bad al ways been generally believed that ho received Injuries in striking us that caused his death. Wo were picked up three days later by a Scotch whaler none the worse In health for our adventure - venture , but the small fortune which that rich cargo would have given ev ery man if safely landed had gone to bottom of the Atlantic. Atlantic.M. M. QUAD. Wanted Another Wife. A traveler In Persia tells the follow- ng : "My liuiithl walks Into thu voraii- In. Ho In an nged man , wrapped In a long black cloak ami wearing a green lurlian , denoting him a noyd , or a de scendant of thu prophet , llu Is very polished today. HlH bwinl IH dyed Uio brightest orange with henna , and ho lulls a string of beads whllu ho waits. Wo plunge Into stories of thu Callphnt and dictation written from loft to right with a reed pen , and presently the rea- eon of his smartness Is told. Ho has a favor to ask. Would It please mu to advance him threu months' pay la or der to buy a wife ? Ho Is old and ho la poor , yet hu has fallen a victim to the moon face and stag eyes of a damsel of fourteen , but her dowry Is large. 'Why do yon not support your old wife ? ' I Inquired sternly. 'Shu Is crip pled and nearly blind. You do not give her suflielunt sustenance , and I send many things to her. ' 'Shu Is too old , ' ho replies , with a shrug. 'Shu Is ugly as an afreet. Added thereto she has no money or children , and of what good Is an old woman unless BUG Is rich ? ' " Wlmt duration Will Do. A railway company was erecting a line of new poles along a highway. One of the men engaged to 1111 In the dirt and clear up around thu poles was an Irishman , new at thu business and new to America. Uo had not got beyond - yond hln llrst polo , says the Philadel phia Times , but stood pondering how to dibposo of the dirt which had llllcd the space now occupied by the polo. Ills sense of the lltness of things mnst , have been strong , for ho was- averse to .piling the loose dirt around thu base of thu pole , as Is the custom. A negro wayftirer stopped for a match , and the Irishman asked his advice. "If I was a-doln' dat Job , I'd Jus' dig a hole 'bout where you ah standln" and shovel do dirt lute It. Much bilge. " As the negro sauntered away the Irishman scratched his head aud mur mured : "Well , It's not to be denied that cddl- catlou has been afther-r doln' a gr-r-eut deal for-r th' neygur-r ! " PrcncliInK nnd Practice. W. S. Gilbert on one certain occasion was on a visit to a friend , the owner of a flue English country house. On the morning after his arrival ho was chatting with his host before break fast when ho became suddenly aware that family prayers were about to bo read. The household filed lu , and the distinguished guest knelt down oa the spot where he happened to be stand ing. Looking up , ho caught his host's eye fixed on him with a warning glance , which he , however , fulled to read aright. The bervlce began , "Almighty Father , who ha&t made all men ullko" ( more telegraphic glances ) , "rich nud poor , gentle and simple" then , unable to contain himself any longer , the host called out , "Gilbert , you are kneeling among the servants ! " Hetl mid Inllniiicil Eyelid * . Red and Inflamed lids , lids which look as though the person had been keeping very late hours , says n recent periodical , and lids which hnvo little crusts formed during the night at the root of the eyelashes , are usually an Indication of a low degree of astigma tism. In some cases no relief Is had for this condition till proper glasses nro procured. A large proportion of the cases , however , will be cured by the following ointment : Yellow oxide of mercury , three grains ; yellow vase line , one-half ounce ; mix thoroughly nnd apply a very little to the edge of the eyelids each night Jewelers' Cir cular-Weekly. The Limit. "Don't you think , " said the soulful young thing , "that a ruined old church with the Ivy clinging to Its crumbling walls comes nearer than anything else to realizing one's ideal of patient res ignation ? " "That's what It does , " replied the young man with the camera. "I don't know anything that will stand for be ing photographed half as often. " Ex change. .To Clean Drn . To clean brass and keep It always bright rub It with a solution of oxalic acid , one ounce of acid to ono pint of water , and alternate with a solution composed of one-half pound of rotten stone and one ounce of oxalic acid , with as much water as will make It Into a stiff paste. Apply the solutions and polish with a piece of leather or an old silk handkerchief. Both solu tions should bo labeled "Poison. " Attended To. "I've sent for you , " said the old mer chant , "to paint a new sign for us. I've taken my son into partnership. " "Yes , sir , " said the sign painter , "but your son gave mo the order for the sign several days ago. " "He did ? " "Yes. sir. Ho told me to make It read , 'Job Lotz , Jr. , & Father. ' " Phil- adelphla Record. . Hard Word * . Mrs. Tucker Tommy , what makes you so late ? Tommy Had some words with the teacher , and she kept mo In after school. Mrs. Tucker You had words with the teacher ? Tommy Yes'in. I couldn't spell 'cm. Chicago Tribune. An Invaluable Aid. Boney Unable to Increase Hawley's salary and not desiring to lose his services , the Sharpes have taken him Into the linn. Sklnnlo That's great ! Iloui'v Hut then the flrm la loslnc mo dally. Philadelphia North SHE WAS TOO GOOD , \Viir Old twin l.luc ! . < M tliu Wholn Cull In to 111 * Wife. Ono winter In thu mountains of North Carolina I met old Llgu Downs , a familiar character of those hills , trudging toward town with a bundle tied In a red bandanna slung over his btoopod shoulders. "Good morning , Uncle Llge , " I said. "Mawnln1 , mlH y , " ho replied , taking his hat from his kinked white crown , "Are you going away ? " I asked. "Ywmim , " hi > answered , "yoHsum. " "Where's Aunt llootlu ? Is she going too ? " "Nome ; she ain't gwlno wlf mo. I ain't no llttln' cump'ny for dat woman nohow. " "Why , what's the matter ? " I asked , amassed. " 1 always thought llootlo was the bent wife In thu world. " "Yeswim ; dat's what she shorcly Is. But a pore , mls'blo slnnah lull : mo kaln't stan' so much goodnosH. Dat woman nevah did know du power of eln , an' du parson hlsself kaln't come tip to huh for preachln' . Du hull cabin slllnea wlf glory , but mu I ain't nullln' but a black spot. " "Why , Unolu Llge , you cannot leave your wife because she's good , " I said. "That would bo a strange cause for divorce. " "Duys lots of urn does It , missy. I ain't no dejections to huh bein" good. but \ \ hen anybody gits BO good dat doy ain't got no feelln's for nobody , what dey wants Is a cabin to ( lore- selves. " The "black spot" moved down the sun Decked road toward other blacker spots that wilted for him In the vil lage. Exchange. Iluvinll'ii The languagu of thu Hawaiian Is lands , as every ono knows , abounds In vowels and therefore ripples deliciously - ly In the month. It la only necessary to pronounce such names as Honolulu , Oahu , Kllauea , IIIlo , Mauna Loa , Ka- mahamaha and Lllluokalanl to discov er this. A young Presbyterian clergy man of Brooklyn who visited the is lands two or three years ago aud prepared - pared a lecture on them on his return declared that there was only ono place on the Islands which possessed a uiimo lacking In euphony. That place was Bpreckelsvllle. This euphony of the Hawaiian tongue was productive of ono of the Jokes of his lecture. The first time he gave It he remarked Inci dentally that ho "took the steamer Wy-ally-ally to go to the town of Na- willy-willy. " A laugh followed the re mark , and thereafter he always in cluded this phrase In his lecture. It Invariably produced the same result when used. New York Tribune. AtrprrnintliiKlr I'cciillur. Up In the mill district of Kensington It Is the custom for employees to con tribute so much per capita each week to a fund for providing soap , towels , Ice water , shoo blacking , etc. , one of the number In each mill being appoint ed to take charge of the purchasing and distributing of supplies. A young Celt has had this duty In one of the mills for some months. Ono evening after the whistle had blown for thu stopping of work for the day a grimy machinist found a very damp and un lovely towel after he had reached the wash sink. "Say , lleddy , " he called to the custo dian , "this Is the limit to ask a man to wlpo on. " "Don't yez be so alrlsh ! " retorted Rcddy. "Fifty or sixty Just as good as yo have woipcd on It already , and ycz Is the first to complain. " Philadelphia Times. A HUtorlo Tree. The oak tree under whoso branches Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas held a political debate in 18,18 Is still standing In Bloomlngton , 111 , It appears to be centuries old. In 1858 the tree marked an Inclosure then known as Hcnshaw's pasture , a former public meeting place. George lien- shaw , the owner , was a Democrat. He arranged to have the debate there , be ing an admirer of Douglas. The two candidates for United States senator had engaged In a series of debates , nnd the ono held In Bloomlngton at tracted voters from far nnd near. A platform for the candidates was con structed directly unaer the boughs of this old oak. Its shade protected the audience as well as the speakers. pie point will sway a foot and a half. Usually It sways from seven to nln Inches. Painting It means reaching for a spot on the right sldo and finding It on the left , and when making a dlvo for It on the left to see It sway back to the right. Yet In spite of the con stant danger a born steeple climber exults In his work nnd Is at home only when high above the world. Ho can stand triumphant nt any height If he j can have two and a half square Inches to bear his weight. Sornnnmbnllniu. Farmer Jones was awakened by a misplciouu noise In his barnyard , and , going out with n club and lantern , In an auglo between the chicken coop nnd barn he saw a colored neighbor standIng - Ing bolt upright , with his eyes closed. After receiving a sharp blow on his head the Intruder opened his eyes. "Where Is I ? " hu asked. "Is dat you , Farmer Jones ? 1 spcct I'zo been walk ing In my sleep again. I often does walk In my sleep nnd Jus' stand round and don't know where I ls. " New York Herald. Money nnd Politic * , Simple I suppose the correct way to go Into politics Is to go In with a bar rel of money ? Wyse It Is not so much how one goes In , hut how ono comes out. Come out with a barrel of money , nnd you may l > e sun > you are a successful poli . tician. Boston Tranicrlpt An Odd NiuuH of Hold , have bocn many largo and ( . ' .Idly Nlmpi'd gold nuggets found In the United Mtalos and olxowhoro , but the oddest of thorn all was that din- covered at the Mldlms uiliio , on Hulky gully , near Melbourne , Australia , lit 1SS7. The nugget wns Hat and almost the exact counterpart In contour of a colossal human bund hold open , with the exception of thu thumb and foru- linger , which were closed together In 11 milliner so as to tnako It appear that thu thumb was holding thu linger In placo. Its greatest length was 1UV6 Inches and HH greatest breadth 8 Indies. It wi8 | of the very purest gold , with but a llttlu of foreign substances ad hurlng , mostly between the "lingers , " and weighed 017 ounces. It was found In the northwest main drive of the Mtdluis mine , I'M foot below thu sur face of the earth and at a spot otilj fifty foot from whoio the famous Lady llrasscy nugget was discovered the year before. It weighed fifty-oiiu pounds of pure gold. I'rrlliulniiry to ( InlliiiidNin. . When Illsliop ( ! oo of Melbourne was a curate , a famous pugilist In the par ish , who wont by the nuiiw of .Mm the Slugger and who had never darkened a church door , called at the. parsoniigu iisKIng him to haptlxo the baby. Ac cordingly the bishop repaired to Jlm'ii house , but was surprised on being ad mitted to sco , lim lock the door and pocket the Key. "Ho you the parson come to sprlnUlu that Kid ? " hu asked. On the bishop assenting hu continued , "You can't sprinkle that kid till you and mo bus had a light , parson. " Thu unfortunate parson protested , but finding protest useless "stood up" to .Mm. The battle wont for the bish op , and Jim , pulling himself from the floor , muttered , "He's the parson for me. " The baptism wan proceeded with , and , as the story goes , Jim took to church going from that day. Pull Mall Gazette. Adequnto Provocation , An old Scotswoman had Imbibed no much of thu doctrine that music In church was sinful that when she came to this country she refused to sub scribe to the general sentiment In fa vor of choir singing , etc. She scowled ono day In her own church when the congregation took up an anthem that was scored rather elaborately and complained to her pew neighbor of the foothold the devil was getting even In the service of God , says thu Philadel phia Times. "But , " protested her neighbor , "that anthum Is very old and very sacred. Why , David sang It before Saul ! " "Wccl , weel , " commented the old woman , "I nee for the llrst tlmo un- derstan' why Saul throw a Javelin a' David when the lad sang for til nil" So l < Ml ( li < - Win * ? Two llttlu Philadelphia girls thu oth er day strayed Into the realms of theology elegy and anthropology , though of course they didn't know It. "Say , " said the flrbt , "wu's Dod's 'It- tie angels , Isn't we ? " "Yeth , " lisped thu second , "but wo hasn't dot any feathers on uth , like the 'Ittlu angels my mamma showed me In a picture book. " "Well , we had once , don't oo know , " returned the llrst , "but Dod pulled 'cm all out before him sent us down here. " "What for did him do that ? " "So that we couldn't fly up In the trees when our mammas want us to come In and be washed I" . The Cannibal. "And what , " asked the cannibal chieftain in his kindest tones "what was your business before you were captured by my men ? " "I was a newspaper man , " answered the captive. "An editor ? " "No ; merely a subeditor. " ' 'Cheer up. young man ! Shortly aft er my chef has finished his perusal of the cookbook you will bo editor In chief. " Laughing heartily at his bonmot , the cannibal chief wanted to know If the captive had a funny bone. Judge. Napoleon and III * Mother. Soon after Napoleon's assumption of the Imperial purple ho chanced to meet his mother in the gardens of St. Cloud. Ho was surrounded by courtiers nnd half playfully held out his hand for her to kiss. "Not so , my son , " she gravely replied , at the same time pre senting her hand In return ; "It Is your duty to kiss the hand of her who gave you life. " Chambers' Journal. Tueorlcii. "I suppose you have thoroughly In vestigated the conditions of which you nro treating In your book , " remarked the friend. "No , " replied the literary woman who had undertaken a great work. "You see , I'm afraid an Investigation might Interfere with some of the beautiful - tiful theories I have evolved. " Chica go Post AVliut Money Can Do. Struckoylo ( showing his art collec tion ) Ain't that bullfight picture n beaut ? I paid an artist $2,000 to paint that for me to order. Cutting Well , well ! It's surprising what some men will do for money , Isn't it ? Philadelphia Inquirer. Coimldcrnte. Sandy Yer say dat lady was consid erate dat threw do bollin * water on yer ? Cinders Cert ! In dese days of germs nnd microbes she was considerate to boll It before she threw It. Philadel phia Record. The first fourteen Roman emperors nil shaved their faces clean. Then ? Is n portrait bust representing Nero with a be.urU , out it In not believed to bo authentic. The Taste Distinctive of Guild's Peerless The Deer of Good Cheer is the result of tlic use of choicest Hohcminn hops and barley-malt and our improved methods in brewing. JOHN CUND BREWING CO. , LaCrowe , Wls. W\ . \V * Fall Term Opens Sept. I. \mrnm ' fc & , Catalog Free. ROHRBOUGH BROS , , PROPRIETORS. 17th and Douglas Sts , of . Study Rnatir nailno * , ComMn.rt , Prep r lniy , Norinnl , Shorthand. Trinwrlllni. T lcKr'l | > 7. Pemnnrulilp , Tun-Ait , Uloeutlon , Urtlnrr > ml I'lirtlonl Ciillnrn Adv nt pCollaK . llmiil.ColleKsOrchMliii , Ilonrcl of TrmU I'rlnlliiK Olflc * . Mlerurr Socl lt. * Law School , I'ulilla Kiitrrlilninitiiti ami Allilellu. Work for Uoard Any iliiilnnl on work fur bo r > l . AiMrr < v CoUlod-Our MW Illutlratcd frnn lo notm. . KOUKIIOUGII 11HOS. . OMAHA. HKD YOU MUST NOT FORGET That , wo a ro consiantly roumf , ' ' " " 1 ( ! nrl 'of milking Kino Photos , and our products will.al- ways bo found to embrace Uio and Newest Siylcs in Cards and Finish. Wo also carry a fine line of Moldings suitable for all kinds of framing. I. 33UE Who's Posted ? "Who's the bowl , posted on the market , the man that's there every day or the man that's there twice a year ? Who is the mont com petent buyer , the man that in out in the yardn all the time or the man that goes out once a month ? Our buyers live in the market , They're there every day in the year. They know every mill ; know six months in advance what tlio mills are making for the following season ; know what the styles will bo ; know a good deal about the prices. They're i'i a position to buy intelligently and buy right. Who'll take the most pains buying for you , you're hired man or yourself ? The enormous trading done by our two stores necessitate buyers who do nothing but buy , and buy right. Jf you send for our new fall catalogue you'll see how you cai buy clothes for men and women , and buy them right. urcnt uninuiern. In Europe nnd the new world the moat Inveterate gamblers are the Span- lards and their descendants. Among African tribes the llauosas run the Chinese very close , and there are some Kanaka tribes In the south seas who push the hazard of gambling beyond the grave and stake their very bones on n last throw of the cowrie shells , which they use as dice. A Cnll Down. 'Ta , nln't you a director of the school board ? " "Yes , I am. What of it ? " "Well , teacher called mo down to day , and she wns awfully Impolite about It. " "Were you on the schoolhouse prem ises when she called you down ? " " "Yes ; I was on the roof. " Plttsburg Press. Still Under the Spell. Mrs. Powers Uczeklah , If you were to live your life all over again and it came to the matter of choosing n wife do you think you would choose me ? Mr. Powers ( submissively ) There's no doubt about It , Maria , provided you wanted me. Richmond Dispatch. All the actions and attitudes of chil dren are graceful because they are the offspring of the moment , without af fectation and free from all pretense. Northern WUcoimlu llnllwiiy Farm Lund FurSnln. The Chicago , St. Punl , Minneapolis & Omaha railway has for sale in North ern Wisconsin , nt low prices and easy terms of payment , about ! ] 50,000 acres of choice farm landd Early buyers will secure the ad van tngo of locations nn thu many beautiful streams and lakes which abound with fish and furnish never ending and most excellent w tcr supply , both for family use and f > r iook Land is geunmll well timbered , the i-oil fertile and * a \ < > f cultivation and this in rapidly di > inping into ono of tliH greatest s .uul cattle raising regions In the n ' lvt. , Mil < k > , St. Paul , Minn. Duluth , S i > rior , Ashland and other towna on ' The Northwestern Lino" furnish good markets for stools and farm produce. For further particulars address : ] GKO. W. UKLL , ' Land Commissioner , Hudson Wig. , or G.H MACRAE , t. Gen'lPasa. Ati't.St. Panl. Minn. 1 WO RACKS 0EXAS A NEW FAST TRAIN Between St. Louis and Kansas City and OKLAHOMA CITY , ' , WICHITA , DENISON , SHERMAN , DALLAS , FORT WORTH And principal polnta In Toxus and the South west. This train la now throughout and la made up of the finest equipment , provided with oloctrlo llfrnta and all other modern traveling conveuloncea. It runs via our nevi completed Red River Division. Every appliance known to modern car building and railroading baa boon employed In Uio make-up of this service , Including Cafe Observation Cars , nnder the management of Fred. Ilarvoj- . Full Information oa to ratoa and all details o\ \ n trip via this new route will bo cheerfully tarnished , upon application , by any repro * txnitaUvo of the 1 Thla atgnaturo la on every box or the gennlad Laxative Drome-Quinine tfct nmsdy that cwrea eolU la *