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harpoon pole. As soon as it is slack ne
hauls in again, and pays out when it
tightens. So on it goes until the boat
NAV have been towed several miles, but
still holding on en- taking another shot
every chance offered, and as soon as the
whale is killed it is hauled along side
and fastened to the ships chains. The
process of ''Aensing" or cutting is then
commenced. Some of the crew having
their boots armed with iron spikes to
keep them from slipping, decend upon
the carcass and cut into the blubber with
blubber spades, removing broad
strip or blanket Of skin twenty to thirty
feet long, which is hoisted by block and
tackle. Great cubical pieces of blubber
of half ton or more in weight are then
cut out and hoisted to the deck. 1t is
turned over and over until all the fat
is removed. Meanwhile part OF the crew
remove the baleen or whalebone from the
mouth. The remainder of the carcass
is flung adrift as food for bears and
fishes.
The blubber after being received on
deck is cut into smaller pieces and heated
in large pots, afterwards strained, and
the scraps or cracknels from one pot
serve as fuel for others. This is called
trying out, and is very similar to trying
out lard, process known on every
plantation in Georgia. When the blub,
be1 is being boiled the ship is perfectly
filthy with smoke, SCOT and grease. The
oil is put in casks, to be purified at
home. The bone is given no attention
except to be dried. Ships sometimes
90 through a whole season without
making a single capture. Then they
are said to 60 home clean.
Many sailors refuse to handle the flesh
of whales killed by dynamite or booms
containing arsenic, prussic acid or other
poisons, claiming that it is extremely
dangerous.
In the early days of whaling there was
no guns used, but all tho killing was
done with harpoons and lances. The
wounds made by these did more towards
enraglng than killing when first hurled,
and the men were in great danger. The
Nova Scotians engaged in this business
exclusively, and so keen was the spirit
of it that girl would not marry man
who had not "killed his whale"
The whales 60 north as soon as the ice
commences to break up in the spring,
and stay there as long as possible. They
breathe like other amphibious animals,
and cannot stay under water over twen-
ty minutes at time, having to come to
the surface to get fresh supply of air.
When the ice commences to crust over
in the fall they cannot come to the sur
face to blow and spout, so they migrate
70 warmer climates. They do not, like
other fish, spawn, but bear the young as
a mammal, and attend them with as
much care as a cat does its kittens, and
woe be unto him who molests them. The
period of CESSATION is uncertain. One
young is produced at birth and IS from
ten to fourteen feet in length when horn.
Sometimes whale fishers harpoon the
young, which is of little value, in order
to harpoon the mother. About like some
young men praise their girls mother, or,
as the saying goes, feed the COW to catch
the calf, only the order is reversed.
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JOHN F1Tcu's STEAMBOAT, 1888.

Franklin, Robert Morris and others,
and after struggling vainly to put
his invention on a commercial foot
ing he became discouraged and com
mittcd suicide. His idea was,in reality,
the principal of the paddle-wheel, but in
addition he invented and constructed a
working model of a steamer to be moved
bya screw. similar to the present pro.
peller. Fitch was too far in advance of
his time, however, and after vainly en-
deavoring to interest capitalists In his
plans, and pointing out the possibilities
that lay in them (for which he was called
a lunatic, though his prophecies have
been more than fultilled), he became ut
terly disgusted and took his own life.
Whether Fulton took his ideas from
Fitch's invention is rot known, but it is
altogether probable that he did, for he
was a resident of Philadelphia at the
time and must have known of the sue
cessful tests made of Fitch's steamer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
Ducks are Rapid Travellers.

Mr.. John Petty, noted small game
hunter of Omaha, Nebraska, in a recent
interview, said: "There is not railroad
train that can hold candle to the
slowest duck that flies. But the canvas
back is the racer of them all, If he lays
himself out to his work. When this duck
is taking things easy, enjoying little
trip around the block, as it were, ne
goes through the air at the rate OF about
eighty miles an hour. If he has business
somewhere and has to get there he puts
at least two miles behind him every
minute and docs it easily. If you don't
believe this Just fire square at the leader
In string of canvas-backs who are out
on a business cruise some time. Shot
travel pretty fast, and if you happen to
hit one of the birds see if it is not the
sixth or seventh one back of the drake
or leader. A drake does not always
lead, but generally does if there is one
in the flock; if there are more they sell
dom take the lead, but wise old hen
will be found there. If you wish to
bring her down you must aim at least
eight feet ahead of her, and if she falls
YOU will find her long distance
off-say several hundred yards. The
mallard, is slower; it is all he can do TO-
make mile minute, but he can do it
if he wants to. His regular fight IS
about forty-fve miles an hour. The
black duck is a close relative of the NAL
lard, is also slow compared with the
canvasback, and the pintail. wldgeon
and wood-duck are but little faster. The
redhead can go easy and make ninety
miles an hour. as long as he likes, all DAY
if necessary. The blue wing teal and
his beautiful cousin, the green wing, can
fiy side by side and make lou miles an
hour without turning feather. And
maybe you think wild goose. cant ny.
But he can. If you see flock OF Dlg
Canadas moving along so high up that
thew seem to be scraping the sky With
their backs you would hardly think they
were making hundred miles an honr,
but they are. The wild goose is not
much of pedestrian, but on the wing
he is hummer.-Nev Orleans Times
Uemorrnt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
An Island That Smokes.

The revenue cutter Corwin has arrived
at Fort Townsend, Washington, after
four months of cruising IN the northern
seas. The Corwin was instructed to visit
the unf1equented parts of Bering Sea,
and ascertain whether the seals were
changing their haunts. The investl'
CATION was extended over wide range.
Bristol Bay and the north shore OF the
Aleutian Islands were included in the
cruise, and the almost unknown island OF
Nunikaki was circunnavigated.
Captain Hooper declares, as the result
of his observation, his belief that the seals
are not changing their haunts, and he
thinks they will continue to frequent the
old rookeries.
The mysterious little island of
Bogoslov, which has excited so much
wonder in scientific circles, was also
visited. It lies about sixty miles west
of Iliuliuk, and since its discovery in
1895 volcanic eruptions have changed
it appearance to such an extent that it is
hardly recognizable. When first found,
Bogoslov was single, needle-like peak
or islet about 311 feet high. In 1884,
after an earthquake had been felt at
Iliuliuk, and shower of fine ashes had
covered that settlement, an extension OF
the island with another rocky peak, even
narrower and sharper than the other, ap-
peared. A strip of sand spit and rock
connected these two peaks.
In the winter of 1sS9-90 more dis
turbances were telt at Iliuliuk, and when
Bogoslov was visited during the next
summer most of the stretch of sand had
disappeared, leaving only very slender
strip, and the soundings were radically
changed. This summer the Corwin
found the connecting chain of sand and
rock entirely gone. ''Sail Rock" as
one of the minor peaks was called, had
disappeared, too, while another peak
spouted fourth fire and lava that cast a
crimson hue over the waters for many
miles in all directions. In short time a
passageway for ships was found between
tho peaks by the Corwin. soundings of
the passageway vary from twenty fathoms
to no bottom. OFF the shore, where
once there was good anchorage, the lead
failed to find bottom.
The rocks continue to steam and
sputter. The peaks, which seem more
like geysers than volcanoes, have no real
crater, nor, with the exception >of the
one mentioned, do they discharge lava.
The exhslation is like steam, white in
color and very dense, possessing dis
agreeable odor. 1t shoots out as if under
heavy pressure from many openings in
the rocks, and these steam jets unite in a
great cloud rising to an immense height
in calm weather. It was distinctly seen
by the officers of the Corwin, aud ap-
peared like white cloud at distance Of
thirty miles. The top of the island is
seldom visited, for it is always envsloped
in cloud of steam. The island is wear
ing away rapidly under the continued in
fluence of the internal heat. Great
masses of rock break from the top and
sides and fall into the sea. The island
was covered with seals, sea lions and sea
fowls, and the temperature of the water
around it Is much higher than at any
other point. York. Times.
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National Conventions.

With two exceptions no National Con-
vention of either of the great parties has
been held west Of the Mississippi River.
These exceptions were the Democratic
Conventions which met in st. Louis
one in 1875, nominating Tilden, and
the other in 1888, nominating Cleve-l
land.
The first convention held anywhere
in the West-we are referring only to-
the Presidential nominating conventions
of the two leading parties-was the
Democratic Convention of 1856, which
met in Cincinnati and nominated Buch-
anan. No convention was held as far
West as Chicago until 1860, when Lin
coin was nominated in that city. For
twenty years before that nearly all the
conventions had been held either in
Philadelphia or Baltimore, the latter city
getting the greater number.
The Whig Convention, which nomi-
mated General Harrison, in 1910, met at
Harrisburg, which has not since had q
National Convention. The DemocraticI
Convention of that year was held in
Baltimore, and nominated Van Buren,
In 1914 Baltimore got both the Whig
and Democratic Conventions, when Clay
and Polk were the candidates, and it
had them both again in 1852, when
Pierce and Scott were nominated. Inl
1S4S the Democrats nominated Cass in
Baltimore but the Wing Convention, !
which nominated General Taylor, met
in Philadelphia, giving that city its first
National Convention.
In 1856 General Fremont, the first
Presidential candidate Of the Republicans
party, was nominated in Philadelphia, |
the Democrats meeting in Cincinnati
that year. Four years later the Repub-
licans nominated Lincoln in Chicago.
while the Democrats met first in Char
lesion and afterwards in Bsltimore.l
Since the nomination of Fremont the
Republicans have held but two con-
ventions in the East; in Baltimore in
1864, when Lincoln was renominated,
and in Philadelphia in 1872, when Grant
was renominated. In 1875 the Repub.
licans met in Cincinnati and nominated
Hayes, and the three Republican Con-
| yentions following have been held in
Chicago, where Garfield, Blaine, and!
Harrison were successfully nominated.
The Democrats held their first con-
vention in Chicago in 1864, when tneyi
nominated Mcclellan, and they did not
again meet there until twenty years later,
when Cleveland was made the candidate
In 1868 they held their convention In
Tammany Hall, New York, and noml7
mated Seymour. Four years later they
met in Baltimore and ratified the So
called liberal Republican nomination OF
Greeley, which had been made some
time before at Cincinnati. That wasl
Baltimore's last National Convention
and it was the same year that the last
one was held in Philadelphia. The
Democrats have twice since then met In
St. Louis, 1875 and 1888; once In Gin
cinnati, 1880, and once in Chicago, 1884,
I-Pailadslphia Press. -. .
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A Vessels Queer Load.

A curious and interesting family of
foreigners arrived at Almond street yes.
terday on the British steamship Ailsa-
craig, from Java. While they do not
dine with Captain Hazel, the Ailsacraig's
affable commander, nevertheless they
are carefully attended to by the crew,
and fare sunptuously in the forecastle,
away from the noise and throbbing OF
the ships massive machinery.
The company includes two balloons,
fifty monkeys, sixty parrots, thirty cock.
atoos, FIVE boa-constrictorS and a large
American eagle. The latter flew on board
the vessel during the storm at sea and
was promptly Gagged. The list was
much larger at first, but many were sold
at different points along the line OF the
Suez Canal. Part of the collection will
be given to the Geological Garden.
Captain Hazel says that the Ailsacralg
presented a curious appearance as she
passed through the cana on her way to-
ward the Mediterranean. The monkeys
scampered to oil parts of the rigging,
and the constant jabbering of the par
rots and cockatoos was great attrac-
ton to the Mohammedan Arabs at Port
Said and Ishmalea. They crowded on
the vessel from all quarters TO see them.
at Suez fight took place between the
baboons and the monkeys, and for hours
they scampered to all parts of the rig
ging and armed themselves with the
loose stuff picked up about the decks.
The baboons secured the iron Delaying
pins and held their own against their
enemies as we'll as the crew for long
time. Itbecame necessary at last TO call
on the gendarmes to force the baboons
to their quarters and preserve ORDER
Philadelphia Record.
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her," said lady on Austin avenue to-
Mrs. Gibson Biglove's little boy, who res
piled: ]
'I'm glad your coming, and mamma
will be glad, too"
"How do you know your mother Will
be glad to see me2" asked the lady. !
s'Because, heard her tell papa yes-
terday, that nobody ever came to the
house except men with bills to collect"
Teas Siftings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
NO FLIES on HIM.

.swhat are you killing those harmless
flies for9" called out the answer-to-
queries man.
81 have no hostility to the flies them
selves" replied the poetry editor, crush
ing the life out of another hapless in
sect, "but their presence over here
(Hhack) is reflection on my depart
ment. "-Chiea2o Tribune.
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4 PAT REPLY.

Pete Duzenbury thinks that it is very
smart to ask silly questions. Colonel
Yerger was standing on the sidewalk at
Galveston when up comes Pete and asks
him:
"What are you thinking about when
you are not thinking about anythinga"
ssIn that case I am thinking what
answer to make man who does not ask
me question. "-Teras Sytings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
rHE WRONG NAN FOUND.

Citizeness-"Did you 60 and thrash
that editor for printing those things
about you?"
Citizen-ssI went to the Office, but
couldn't find him."
"Whom did you find there9"
"No one, but great big bull-necked
fellow who pretended he was responsible
for that article. but I knew from his
looks be couldn't write. "-Good Ne0s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
SAVED USELESS ExERT1oN.

she-"Whata dull man you are in the
house, John! When you used to come
courting you were pleasant enough, the
best of company in fact"
Hell was out visiting then, you
know. When I go visiting now I al
ways make myself agreeable. ."-Boston
Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
AN ACCOMMODATING JUDGE.

Judge-"one year aud fifty dollars
fne."
Prisoners Lawyer-'I would like to
make motion to have that sentence re-
versed."
Judge-"All right, Fifty years and
one dollar fue."-Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
The First Steamboat Ever Built.

The popular belief that Robert Fulton
was the first inventor of the steamboat
is far from correct. According to the
Philadelphia Press, John Fitch, poor
mechanic of that city, built steamboat
in 1886 that successfully navigated the
Delaware River. His ideas, however,
were ridiculed by such men as Benjamin
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
THE FAITHFUL NOSE.

"What q disreputable nose Windle
has,"
"Disreputablea Quite the reverse. It
is the only feature Windle has that re-
tains self-respect enough to blush
st. Louis iStar.Saytngs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
cnNHIcTED HIMSELF.

CONVICTED HIMSELF.
Charlie Youngnoodle-'I've brought
the ring tonight, Alice"
AIce-sLet me see it. It looks too
large" ,
Charlie Youngnoodle "oh, that's
what all the girls said."-Th JsveIers
Circular.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

The Inevitable-The jolly Copper
The Faithful Nose-Two-Edged
Thrust-Convicted HIMSELF
A Good Memory, ETC., Etc.
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AT THE CONCERT.

AT THE CONCERT.
she-"What do you think Of my new
hatT'
He-"There seems to be something
mysterious about it."
She-"How9"
"He-"The men who are behind US
says they can't see through it."-1udgs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
A HINT.

"Well, John," said his employer,
chow do you feel after your vacation"
"Like new man, sir"
"well, it's good thing, John. I've
been thinking I'd try new man at your
work; but perhaps you'll do."-Puek.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05

TIE man who tells all he hears
probably doesn't hear the things that
are said about him.
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He quite forgot to brush his hat,
And, as along he flew
With head bowed down, of course he met,
Whole squads Of girls he knew.
Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
BLIND TO HIS MISFORTUNE.

"What ever made you make Brackins
present of pocket comb9 Hes as bald
as billiard ball."
"That's just it; I wanted to make him
think never noticed it."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
Ills DIFFICULT TASK.

Teacher-"Georgie Gazzam, what is
the meaning Of the word transparent"
Georgie-"something you can see
through"
"Right-Now give an example"
"a ladder is transparent. "-Harper's
Bazar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
IN THE USUAL WAY.

IN THE USUAL WAY.
Hell am learning to ride q bicycle" /"
she-"Indeed! How do you get on9"
He-ssIn the usual way. Spring up
behind, you know, and then fall off
front. ."-Mp York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
Two-EDGED THRUST.

'sI think she is two.faced creature" !"
said one of the girls Indignantly.
"Oh, no." returned Miss Cordial; "if
she had two faces, she would never use
this one."
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AT THE CLUB.

AT THE CLUB.
Gay Bachelor-"Do you think there
is ANYTHING in the theory that married
men live longer than unmarried onesa"
Henpecked Friend (wearily)-"Oh, I
don't know-seems longer. ."-Lys.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-05
A WICKED BOY.

"Get through your breakfast quick,
sonny; YOU will be late to school," said
a Harlem mother to her hopeful. :.
"rm not going to school until I get q
dime"
81 won't give you any dime"
swell, then, I'll just keep on eating.
T will see for once if cant cure you of
your obstinacy," replied the hopeful,
taking fresh batter cake.-Tsras Sitt-
ings.
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THE JOLLY COPPER.

"Pretty fatiguing times" said the
pedestrian to the policeman.
"Yes, a great many people need
arrest nowadays"
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A GOOD MEMORY.

Harry-"So she refused you, did she"
Jack-"Yes; and shall remember
what she said as long as I live"
Harry-s'What did she say2"
Jack-"She said NO "-Pack.
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A LONESOME FAMILY.

"Tell your mother I am coming to see
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They were IN odd-lookirg pair, the
brothers, as they walked together in the
garden of the army hospital at Cairo. 1t
was fortunate that Jack knew Arabic,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-03

IL largest gath
ering Of the Citi-
Zens' Guard ever
held since that
organization was
brought into be
ing took place at
the reunion at the
Drill Shed Sat
urday evening.
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OF Abraham Lincoln who had ! dog,
an ugly, savage dog, which was such
= terror TO the town that be became a
public nuisance. No one could get
near enough TO kill him with safety,
so a scheme was devised TO that end.
a lump Of meat containing ! charge
of gunpOwder and q slow fuse was put
where he could find it, and the results
were very disastrous TO the dog. His
grieved owner, 8 churlish fellow, who
had rather enjoyed the brute's savage
ry, viewed the remains OF his fayOriCe
and sadly said: He was good dog,
but as q dog his usefulness IL ended ~
fear that my usefulness on this Oc-
casion will not begin, but have two
ideas suggested by the remarks OF the
preceding speakers, IL no more.
The President mOdestIy said: Il De
lieve that this Govern meut Is sup
ported by the patriotism OF the Eco
pie" Permit me 70 go d step further
than Mr.. Dole and say that [ knOlg IL
is Great applause. 1t happened
TO me 10 arrive here in January Of
last year, when this community was
greatly disturbed by recent events,
and learned through old friends that
you had actually resolved TO march 70
Brewers wharf and resist, il ueces-
sary any attempt 10 land troops TO
interfere with your Government.
That was resolving great deal 1t
was indeed convincing proof OF your
loyalty. Before leaving California 1
had been asked more than once IL the
officers and men Of the Philadelphia
would fire upon Honolulu friends, and
l replied that IL ordered TO 20 so they
probably would, bUt that il would be
done with tears in their eyes. The
same is still true. IApplSusel. L
thought then, and [ have often
thought since, that those in authority
az Washington had been insurficiently
informed as to Hawaii. Could they
but once breathe the American at
mOsphere OF these islands they would
probably be impressed aS 50 many
others have been. On the Phlladel-
phia We see nearly all OF the prominent
Americans who come here, and they
are usually men and women OF posi-
tlOu, wealth, intelligence and luhu-
ence in theif respective communities.
No matter what views they hold on
arrival, my testimony would be that
they 20 back IS friends, and you
need have no fear OF their re
ports. I have known these Islands
for twenty-five years, and am willing
to submit 70 examination and cross
examination a. 10 them. Viewed from
the most selfish, sOrdid, merceuary
taudpoint-thag of dollars and cents
il would seem = pity for America to
see pass into other hands that which
she has IN great part created. [ au =
witness 70 the fact that most OF your
wealth, your commerce aud your iIu-
portance are due TO the reciprocity
treaty Things were dull enough here