Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-28

The throat of the largest specimen is
not more than three and half inches in
diameter
JONAH WAS VERY SMALL MAN
if be made the round trip through whales
throat
Have any of the species been extermin-
ated?'
For what we know, it is not probable
For few years the right whale disap-
peared totally from the North American
coast. None were stranded, and there was
no evidence that any more were IN exist
ence A year or two ago one or two speci
mems were seen, and now they are reason
ably plentiful again. Whather they dis
appeared because they were pursued by
man or for some other reason We cannot
establish, that they totally disappeared,
however, Is conclusive. The fact is that
when a certain kind Of whale becomes so
scared as to be in danger of determination,
it then becomes Improbable to chase it,
and the opportunity for a renewed of the
breed is favorable The Norwegians are
great whalers, and they follow the in-back
whale. They, too have been effected by the
low prices of oil, and the business is not
likely to be again followed with as much
energy as in the past. Consequently it is
reasonable to assume that the whales will
toe more numerous in the future than
they are now, unless some new use of them
should be discovered that would prompt
Srenewal Of the slaughter
DO they breed rapidly
"One or two at birth is the rule. The,
smaller varieties generally bear twins. and
a single one at birth Is probably the case
with the greater varieties. The infants are
born pretty well able TO take care Of them
selves though they are carefully nurSed by
the mother until they are swift enough to
take care Of themselves with food IT. is
the belief that the mother floats on her
side on the top of the water when nursing
so that the young can suckle with their
blowholes out Of the water. Whether this
is true or not I DC not know A female
with young is very wary and difficult to
approach, so that very little can be gather
ed ON this point from actual observation
DO WHALES EVER SLEEP
That is one of the many things that we
do not know, 1t is not of any practical
scientific value. and do not know that a
thorough investigation of that subject
would do more than to enEghten the curl
Gus Sperm whales have been known to
lie on the water motionless for consider
able period, bat it can only be guessed
whether they are asleep or not A whale
could not sleep under the water for any
length of time 1t has a capacity for stor-
ing a great deal of air in the blood vessels
that FIJI the neck and are well down
through the body; but at furthest this
could not last it more than a half hour,
when it would have to come to the surface
to blow. II is assumed that many of the
lower forms Of life never sleep; but in the
case of the whale do not know that that
point has ever been investigated 1t will
be long time before we know all that is
necessary to know about the royers of the
sea. 1t is, indeed, strange fact that
while the external and internal peculiari-
ties and the life-history Of numberless
insects and minute and lOwly animals
have been thoroughly investigated, many
OF these great beasts have been entirely
neglected
The Mormon Women Arc the Shameless
Adherenis of the Peculiar Institution
A New York World correspondent once
talked with Eliza Snow. reijct of Joseph
Smith and of Brigham Young. and pOetess
of much repute among the Mouons She
was So years Id ut the time and perfect
pending and the correspondent asked Miss
Snow what she thought of the prospect of
having polvgamy abolished. She reused
from her usually passive state and with
some eloquencc said that pOlvgamv could
never perish. She spoke Of the sufferings.
and of the martvrdom of several Mormons, |
and said that men who would make such
sacrifices for principle could not afford to
see it destroyed. She reflected the senti-
ment of the heads of the church. At one
time it is known that Wilson Woodruff, |
then acting President of the church, want
ed to issue a manifesto declaring against
the anti-polygamy plank in the proposed
Utah Constitution. but the,politicians and
plotters talked the church government ont
of doing il, and Woodruff kick was al
lowed 20 waste itself on the vast and vacant
air. Eliza Snow wrotepoems to her broth
er while he was in the pen, and in one
way or other she urged all the prosecuted
brethren to remain steadfast in the
faith.
1t is rather curious that the intellectual
women of Utah, Of whom there are many. /
take such favorable view of p0lyoamy 4 !
little volume called "rhe Women of De |
seret has sketches of some thirty or more
ladies who possessed great mental gifts, /
and they were all stanch advocates of
poygmy. They justify ID on Biblical
grounds. Indeed, the MOrmous build their
hopes more largely on the Bible than they
do ON the Rock Of Mormon. and they
claim to have more justification for their
creed in the Scripture than can he found
for any form of Christianity in existence.
The wise Gentle does not engage in Bible
argument with the Mormon The Latter