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line was 800 fathoms long, length that is
usually enough, for It isn't often that whale
This one did, though, and In order not 10 lose
him bent on another, 800 iathom line and let
lha h 90 Ta 9 n 6 Dsa oSnoa i Rers he didn't nna
CHANCE to Shoot a 6omb Into him, II and / had
sometimes the hnlnmeEI, wouldn't fall when you
pulled the trigger, Well. it lust failed up
for SECOND time he ran out the G0O-fqthoin
line, We pulled ~ again and that time took
him. Of course. but he fopned around. hit tho
The men. in the. boat said I've Went UP up at least t
90 feet @ don't know It seemed 6oo to me, and nd
quite somo hnEne o'pS as tie 1e Tstor " WheD e
I came down or elso wouldn't be sitting here
to tell you about il, We, got the whale"
Yes, that's the best place, but you can't
always take your choice Of spots, and you can't
shot, l remember once, seeing whale 20
straight for boat with his mouth open, and
thS them mate fred right into the critters throat It
bomb wont In at the whales side, and after
the thing exnoded, ho never stirred. 1t killed
Is II true that whales ever attack boats and
take them Into their mouths" inquired the
aF'f hlFisHG is repiSd 5l0 GsSt William vdon
doubt thqt thousand lies have been told!
about such things, but I've seen II done. and II
J. tell you this story / don't want you to think
that I'm codding Of you. We'd been having
tolerably poor luck, and this whale, hod been
struck. and We were waiting for the proper
time to come to pull up and lance, or shoot
him. The captain was anxious about II. and
he ordered boat forward too soon. II went
up. ! was In another boat not far away. and
the mate stood ready TO use the lauce. when
the whale turned suddenly and grabbed tho
boat In the middle, square In his mouth. The
men were oil spilled Of course. and the boat
crunched to bits. Another boat picked up all
the men, while pulled up and went for tho
whale. He could have made 1t troublesome for
us II he hadn't been such u plaguey fool rs TO
go to, butting the wrecked boat H9 would
draw back o few yards and then 90 forward,
smashing his nose against the wreck, or q
plank. and he would snap up splinters Of wood.
mere chips. though was plugging bombs into
him all the while. lie drew back and butted
five times. and before We made him quit had
fired four bombs into him, and had got in
FIVE thrusts with hand lance.
That's q pretty tough one. l suppose. but
every words true. and heros another Just eX-
actly as true and not q mite laid on. Tho
trouble came from the same cause as before.
too. much anxiety and not waiting
until the whalo was exhausted before
lRncing. The first mate drove his boat
up close to the whale. and Just as tho
mate was going to lance the whale gave
a flip with hts jaw against the boat, nearly
caDsized it and spilled ont every man but ono.
That one was the mates son. young follow
on his first cruise. The mate had told me that
he couldn't swim. and that II anything hap
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in. It often happens that the critter runs
away off somewhere out of sight and dies

in. It often happens that the !crltter, runs
away of somewhere out OF sight and dies
should think So" assentod Capt William
Waitert = sGot tinbacF about three miles
time. and after fret sighting the whale !
under. and. q course, didn't tknow where he'd
come up. But suddenly | saw him sliding
along Just under the surface and he rose eX-
actly forward. about two boats lengths away.
That's about as far of as you want to b be when
you fire at 'em with bomb gun, It's better to
be nearer. Wall, fired. and he began to spout
blood right of. We couldn't signal to the
for pr, she nt q sTa T1hae HqnE ss M
days later we heard that he had noated ashore
on the Isles OF snoals. That was too far away
tS Shass pry G &c SF sEd m d %
Perhaps somebody else gets the benefit"
The artist suggested that tho bomb gun
80 % Il might" said Capt. I'd Walter III We
put Sp Ordinary GharEs For that reason We
shoot shoe tan an o5SI6ary gun n with an Ordinary shot"
So the talk wagged on until, nearing Lopg
Point Light the sea became heavier and the
Saptain went & I9rTaFd 70 assist MS mnts man IN
and as the Steamer wont, further and further
toward the open she slid up and down the
maes IN 69 tSe G se Wnd wes d
ahead, and every waye sent clouds Of spray
from stem to stern. Now and again the Dol
Rb Rn 5Gr St5an S6%r n9 hS
Ing the insult, banged the steersman about
forward. drenched the passengers aft and on
fs TRe Artist erSs dug his nGers the deck and
toes into the seine. and longed for bulwark.
as he tried to enjoy the beauties, Of the rain
Boy e1 s%Sys aoesd es he
gasped with salne accent as the steamer
began to rise after descending an unusually
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Some Baking Powders
Lose Their Strength Quickly.

For twenty-five years the Royal Baking Powder
Company has refused to be controlled by the mania of
its comprehensive produce cheap baking powder at
the sacrifice of quality wholesomeness. Some lower
cost brands now being pushed on the market which
are made of inferior materials and lose their strength
quickly after the is opened At the second or
third baking there will be noticed falling off strength.
lts always the that the suffers in pocket
fno in health by accepting any substitute for the Royal
Baking Powder especially when the substitute is offered
on the ground that it is cheaper.
The Royal Baking Powder is the embodiment of all
the excellence that is possible to attain in abso
utey pure powder 1t is always strictly reliable 1t is
only economical because of its greater strength,
but will retain its full leavenng power until used and
make wholesome food
Was there any article of human consumption
that has many friends among housekeepers the
Royal Baking Powder?
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inches long and weighs 2S pounds. The. barrel
j. about 2 e iuches in liameter, with bore OF
about inch. Ii Is loaded with n small charge
OF Runpowder and fired in the old style by nor
cus5ion can Tho proIectile, u inches long ts
"a COPPER tube. The forward end is armed with
n sharp uont and the rear with metal or rub
Der nanges which expand IA tho bomb leaves
the barrel. and serve, like the feathers OF an
arrow, TO give balance and direction in its
Tight. The body OF tho proiectie is illled with
powder. which Is connected with the tin by n
fuse. A percussion cap on the forward end OF
the fuse rests against a, splinter OF W9od jnst
top strikes n whale tho shock Ia snicient 10
break The spintor. and tho cap coming IN con
tuCt with tho metal OF tho tiDs base, CNplodcs,
and the fuse Is lighted.
"The fuse" explained Can't Ed Walter " is
timed to burn twelve seconds. BY that time
The bomb is well in side the whale, IL II hasn't
gone clonn through. as Is sometimes the case,
and It bursts. 1t Kills the whale, sure pop, but
and we don't manage TO tackle on, he sinks.
and we have TO mako note OF tho SPOT. After
ecventy-two hours the whale will come to the
surface again. Then We 20 out and take him
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made rapidly for the Back Side as tho eastern
shore OF the peninsula H. called on the Cane,
and as she dwindled in the distance the mon
on the lookout resolved themselyes into
black ball making the craft look like light
tont hunting for sunken ledge TO anchor
over. Capt William set the sloop's sail
on the stnrboard tack, .,clewed up the
staysAil and lib, set the wheel and
made II fast, and, then won't below TO
wash dishes and bake bread for dinner. He
remained there nearly an hour. mixing and
kneadlnG, and watching the baking and doing
all other necessary kitchen work, while the
sloop bowled merrily ovor the waves atter the
steamer never altering her course by as much
as half point lie came mp fora i9r Sle moment ,It nt
waters divide the bay being on one side, tho
occnn on the othor; and the division Is actual
AZ we'll as geographical. 1t Is hard place to
pass In rough weather because Of the conflict
OF the tides For about q quarter OF q mile
there is always soothing tumblinG. choppy
sea there that not infre1ucntly baffes tho
fishermen altogether in their efforts to cross it.
After Capt. william had finished his baking
be came on deck and navigntcd the sloop 80
that he could always have tho steamer In view.
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HARDLY 4 CASE IN POINT.
Christian Science Proves to Have Been
Hacked Up by Another Innuence.


There was n funny incident out In one OF our
intellectual suburbs. which did not 60 far to
help the Christian Science doctrine. The oc-
U g"f s in es TsS 81 nsan
wns invited by n numbor OF ladies' In one OF the
subu bs who had bocomo Interested In these
tion OF them, to come out and talk on the sub
jeoi. she came. and began her address in u
TadIes," she said, II wish TO Impress
as It appears to us to exist. Al matter is, un-
Ing is material is mind And this truth Goos
not apply merely ta what Is called disease and
called disease. 1 will give an Illustration.
Yesterday ] WAS engaged 10 housework,
Of YOU p al kReH'EFS
terribly guipces are, supposed TO, stain and
hlaeksn the hands Eor days and days under
the old thought, have worn upon my fingers
the, dark status made by pariug quinces, Well
as worked over these ounces Yesterday par
real. unF ubstanilal, MOI. eAisung things should
sEni1,, sIaIn my han,iSi" and roS9ivol tnet ,ho{
Would not look 1t my "fiI! insors r" pntii 'I"t my
work wa over Gn4 then would Ind th@p or
completed them bad oc 'ason 20 cat aud pre-
pare y Imb9r o. tomatoes, a. YOU snow
how dirRiful they lra supros 'd tp be. !
handling them freely al he timo whnn Waa
Gil duno Win both I rih ed my An i aud
looked nt them, UnH thuy re pr,i,t liy clean
a4d White, with OL AN anon them
Whom the "Ncieutist " had rnprll"d tho stage
o. t"o 'pnnimos lhe women O me audience =.
one another, an. when slIo HupOGucoi th0
N, ,racle hanikorcbiois were -luiird INTO mouths
all pyor the little hu!! and chests wugc heaYing
wi,h suprrOssed laughter. Eelp@ ~ cCn7idVr-
ablo part housewives, the 'Rd!es knew that In
ne phiuTe ol psr, GlHie. al LhiD=s tho Juice of
tho stain Of auy other fruit whatsoever. aud
ihat aiior cutting up tomatoes not yestige of
the ounce stain could have been loft upOn tho
Yoma9's hands, Christian science OF no Chris.
tiRn 6oioRcO.
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early sprlng and mackerel later, always with
an eye to whales OF course. This has been q
great coast for herring In past years yea, but this
WIFI aeserS sniS q ThoS fS We're H due three @ weeEs
ago, and they haven't come yet. The result is
that we don't let po,Giss go a 6y now wi without Hi
Isn't big enough for that kind Of fishing. This
seine is only II fathoms deep and 1856 fathoms
make sure Of a school q po gies. But one good
ketch OF m1ackerel would make up for season
"How about a whale ?" asked the artist who
had listened with some impatience to these in
terosting details.
CAPTAIN. e We viii take in anything that will
make dollar. good sized right whale
would turn the, scale handsomely in poor
season. tinbHcks aT0 not ueary so profitable,
bone Is no yory valuable. Whales You know.
nall nal TR" Aiis reas6n IN WV WV tho in nback hasn't as
much blubber Us tho ri!ht whAle Is mat ih9
method Of eating Is different Both nlod
taking n Thousands o. the itto things they
ont and both strain tho wnter they tafo IN ly
eNrolnq Il 10 TINT il runs across he bones i IN
onE hair 'at eatc,oa ne 1904 a9d rctSlhs IL;
Gt'nE u, reat @ 80 ~ 'ar NO wv 'arlstnH5I sG5
many times more water lhHn tho right whale
does. on TO .iuback,s belly reaching from
call Ihcm ginGo r.lH, Thoy enclose what Ice
'Olu0s a biz ctri'y wien tho whale l9ed7 JIG
ii"i@Ss down IN mo tho 1aSi,N or or lag, ond
~ tho %otsr com'.,7 in iho GIngsT rolls
expand ard Gou,d out smoo a. lney
and when fin tho water Is ehDelej and tue
rolls la,i int, rlare aoatu. I'll" last two l!r-
ba as wp cau.:ht s0I 20 III oil ln"tory on
SHORE iHoI" i": 'Ji sphere. Tn" riGnt whales
that ~" got ias' fcpoon We io"oa 10 hoS lel-
i"I. ,olnt = bone uIs al. ueJ Ee.i"4 uS
J. %. IAal W., -umeIh.n" #Drh whilo.
though We az, rot le'upg any ilnbueEs 60 By.
I,Or zen a hUinb Euu"
Tho CAPTAIN wont forward and brought one
OUT, He carries three on tho steHmOr y he gun,
which IL ared from tho shoulder 10 about 10
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ers charge against him something on account
OF the slop chest Or the clothing and 80 forth
about takes away a his profits. When the
business was better the common sailor used to
Rct little something. but not now"
BIG TALES cF BIG WHALES.
Il suppose the whales give YOU a hard fight
Yes" replied the Captain: "the sperm
whale lRhls. with his mouth and tho right
whalo with hi, tail. Tho nnback doesn't fight
ut Ill. he only runs. but II he knew enough
Cape to pieces. remember one case Of n
right whale, making light that euded very
strangely. | was frsl mate on tuat trip This
irylIg TO get chnnuce 70 lance him. or shoot
bomb into him. The Captair's buat got up TO
him irst aud the Captain himself gave MIN a
aud up went the Captain into tine mir and on
went the whale quite Il piece. The CAPTAIN
came down on the gnnwale loi into tho water,
only man thrown out by the blow. / was two
miles away with my crew and hurried ~.
AZ came noar tho men criod out that tho
alive. though, and had chance for H. so as
there was . man on board that could Tend to
him as well as could, | ordered tho CAPTAINS
chased tho whale with my own crew.
Well, We chased him, until sunnown, and
had o give u up though II was clear that HE
condition He was so lad art, tlOuEl that
J, ordered tho ship home.ward The next day
tho Captain fell better aud -eGmod 9 cheerful
that wO dc I led 10 Keep ou whHlii g lust Le ere
dirk we Toll IN with apOtho snip thni hnd Yer
ihe matter and found thai ef Captain w,.s
which was ap easy capture for Them % ac-
count OF bis weAkness rom our WOunua They
had got him AlonESldS and were pTepmiDg 10
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hoist him no so MS to begin cutting whom some
tackle got out Of ffS on the yard pulley block
dropped. struck the CAPTAIN on the head and
he didn't know what killed him.
Capt william paused to nut tho slooD upon
the other tack before he resumed.
-" / got Knocked In the mir myself once, but 1t
didn't hRppen to hurt mo any. We had struck
q whale and he ran out with the line. Our
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He was anxious to hear the four whistles, or
SEQ the four clouds OF steam that should warn
him that o school had been sighted and that
the soop was wanted at once to take the fsh
on board.
No whales were in sight. In every direction
were steam and sail craft cruising about. and
at the masthead on every ono was man scan
ming the sea for any sign OF fish. big or little.
and a few poked along after the Dolphin down
the Back Side. One little steamer she look cd
like dory, fitted with an engine. puffed up and
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took her IN tow while tho crew and pnSsengers
breaklAsied in sertiDns The meal consisted
OF beetstsal. hot hrenI, and coffee.
"iuzl reach over into -" sugar bowl and
help yourself" said Capt ri walter; We
haven't got room or time Tor ceremony heTs;
I'reak,AE oyor, the stohmer Ghst on with all
the party on b0ugd slA0 4 AIT william and tho
Ia-srngers who preferred 70 reHuin on tho
slOo,, whore 'Eern WAS mole room 10 move
about Without Ee,tipI IN no wny, y ihoy
lowis mouptni 10 III" ookout; TRut Richard
". NTH. n engineer snw that tho screw
Kent tuI Mag around; taut teOrg" lich. the
other pgrtDor h0lpe Him keen tho machinery
oiled. Ablo psatuan Mcley worked tho rudder
Iopog. ana Burt Smith, tho othar able seaman:
generally useful and picturesque. The steamer
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F0Hl ne PhiiadelphII Tm,I
Tue fayonie game IA New Jersey In more ssns,s tha,
Que centres about tue mosquito ltH hide aud sSsEl
IhS summer visitor furRiShSs The hide Aua Lls neS
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-04-25
Property Notes.

Adam Weitzel is erecting store build
ing at the corner of Centre and Fairview
avenues in Springdale.
On Saturday last Lev McQuistion, Esq
purchased the Judge Bredin property al
north end of Main St, for $l0,500 from
Howard Thompson, and Thompson tooh
the McQuistion property on W. Cunning
ham for 81, 700 Jno. Il. Grieb purchased
lot of the same property from ting on W
Pearl for $ll00.
George Walter is building on Water st
Mr.. Mays is building on W. Cunningham
on lot purchased from Mr.. Otto.
Mrs. Eyth is improving her property on
W. Cunningham, and Gabe Eyth has laid
off the old Sullivan property into lots.
Mrs. Susan Dean has built store room
atthe corner of W ater and W Diamond SITS.
The new Bole machine shop on this side
Of the creek is up, and the p. d W. will
build switch across the creek to it.
The Plate Glass Co. is enlarging theil
plant, and intend increasing the capacity
of the works
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-04-25
Personal.

Miss Emma Ssrver of Buffalo twp. Is Sc
riously i'll
DIR. VIM Irvine OF Evans City intend:
building house in Zelienopie
Miss Julia Townsend is the guest Of Mrs
K. Z. McAboy.
Will Heineman viii play with the Mead
ville's this summer.
Mr. f. Ii. Oestering Of Mt Chestnut j:
now clerkiDg for A. Troutman Il Son.
DIR. Donaldson and family are occupying
the Miller house on ". Clay st.
Mr.. j. c. Kelly has moved back Il
Worth Twp. from New Brighton
Mrs. Byrer Of Du Bois is the guest of heI
dau ghter Mrs. Wesley Roessing.
Fred Marshall has removed his family Ia
Karns City and is clerking for ". II. Ne
Gafic.
After long confinement caused BY
rheumatism, Mr. August Jackman OF near
Herman is able to be about again.
Mr. J. A Vaughn and his son have re
signed their positions IN the p. d ". de
pot here, and intend going 10 North Caro-
Tina.
Ahce Lee, daughter of DR.. G. II. Lee.
formerly of Butler bat now of New Castle,
died last Monday of inhammatory rheuma
tism caused by getting her feet wet.
Mrs English of the vicinity OF henner-
dell and Mr. Reed of Harrisville, Butler
county, were married few days ago. The
groom is 10 and the bride 90. 1t was the
groom's second venture i'll matrmony and
the brides third Franklin AeTs.
Mr. Daniel Shryoek of Minneapolis is
visiting his friends in this county and Is
also teaching music. He has large class
at North Washington and will give all en-
tertainment there this evening. He is a
brother of Mrs. Andrew Wick, Mrs. Hugh
Moore, and Mrs John Hindman. He has
been teaching music nearly all his lite, be-
ginning in this county fiftyseven years
ago and has been very successful.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-04-25
Mail Carriers.

Postmaster Eastman informs us that the
free delivery syytem will go into effect in
Butler on the lst of July next or shortly
after, and that he has already had several
applications for the positions of carriers.
There will be at least three of these to
start with and their pay will $50 per month
for the first year, with a chance in the
course of time, of a raise to $75 month.
The carriers must be over IL years and un-
der 30 years of age, unless veterans Of the
late war, who if capable. are employed
when over 50 years. They must have a
reasonably good education, and must be
examined by physician and have his GER
tifcate as TO their physical ability. Each
carrier will make four trips day over his
district, which will require him him walk
about thirty miles day.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-04-25
Great Insurance Companies.

1t requires study for one to fully
comprehend the magnitude of the in.
surance business. However, it is not
our purpose to write an array of be-
wilderi1g figures, but to note with
pleasure the old and powerful com.
panies that protect the homes, bust
ness blocks and other property of our
citizens. the Guardian Assurance
Co, of London, has assets amounting
to $2l, ,S39,75S.
The London Assurance Corpora.
ton, organized one hundred and
seventy years ago.. has assets OF
SIT, ,662,6l3 The Insurance Co. o.
North America. organized in Phila.
delphia, almost a century ago, repre-.
senls assets of S9,07l ,696. Then
there is the Continental, Of New
York. having $5,2I7, 773; the London
and Lancashire, 81 009,846; the
Springfield. of Mass So, ,4l0.9 the
Franklin, Phil'a, $3.l74,357; the Ger
mania, New York, S2,965, 1876 and
the Orient. of Hartford, $l,836, 1872
One of the largest financial institu
tion in the world is the New York
Life Insurance Co having assets oI
over $l05, 100000, being thirty mil
lions more than the Bank of England
These companies, ,atfording absolute
protection, are represented by
T.. Il. ABRAMS Il Co.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-04-25
LOCAL AND GENERAL

The rain of Thursday brought ont the
hop tosds.
1.-THE suckers now have legal right to
suck worms of hooks, and the boys are
catching them at it.
Make note Of Ritter d Ralston's three
great bargains as set forth in their adv.
to-day.
The United Presbyterian Young
Peoples Institute will meet in Grove City,
Tuesday, April 20. Afternoon session at 2
o'clock; evening session at 7:ao.
pr. Kelty has concluded to remain in
Butler and has changed his Office to Dia-
pond. south of Court House, 3 door west
Of CITIZEN Office.
"a. w. Grossman, formerly Of this
county, wss instantly killed at the Marquis
quarry, MGR New Castle, last Saturday, by
the premature discharge ofa blast that hi
wsa temping. His. eyes were blown out
aud pieces of his arms were found fifty feet
eway. He was sober and industrious
maR and .lasEss a. wife and five small
children.
DIR. J. J. Donaldson. lately of Green
vile, has opened an Office for the practice
Of dentistiT, on the second floor of the
Miller bidding, over 6chauPs clothing
store. He IL . graduate of the Ohio Colleg.
Of Dentistry, has had ten years experienc,
and comes to Butler well recommended
His Office viii be open, and he viii b.
ready for business on Tuesday Of mex
week.