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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24

val Academy in June, 1880, served two
ana a a1alf years ON the Pacific station
ON the flagship Pensacola. He was
commissioned assistant engineer I'M
June, 1882; served three years and five
months on the old Kearsarge ON the
European station from 1883 to 1885, and
three years on the Gaqena, North At
lantic sta!tfon. from 1887 to 1890. Dur
ing that time the Gaqena was flagship
to the expedition to release the A!mera-
can steamer Haitian Republic from the
Haitian government. From 1890 to 1893
he was on duty at the navy yard IN
Portsmouth, Va. From 1893 to 1895 he
was on the United States flagship New
ark. which vessel was present in the
haHbor OF Rio Janerio during the in
surrection. He was ordered to duty as
senior assistant inspector Of machinery
all the Newport News Sh1pbuilding IL
Dry Dock Company, and was a member
Of the Board OF Chhmges In July. 1896.
PASSED ASSISTANT ENGINEER C.
B. PRICE.
Passed Assistant Engineer c. B. Price
! was appointed to the Naval Academy
| from Mississippi i'm 1886 and was grad
ua:ted in 1890, taking the special course
| in marine engineering during his last
year there. He was commissioned as
an assiSta Mt engineer in July. 1892. and
was promoted to his present grade in
February, 1897. His sea service OF
nearly six years includes a cruise on
| the United States steamship Baltimore.
| when she carried the remains of the
distinguished engineer Ericsson to
Sweden. and also during the exciting
times of the CE1dqiam trouble in 1891. in
Valparaiso. In 1888 he was ordered to
the cruiser San Francisco. and was
present at Rio during. the Brazilian
revolution, at Kiel for the opening OF
the Baltic and North Sea canal; and.
later. OIL the coast OF Asia Minor dur
ing The Armenian trouble in Turkey
He has been on duty at the Newport
News Sa1ipbualding &Dry Dock Com
ships now being 'buiit There.
1 ORDINANCE INSPECTION DIVISION
The ordinance inspection division nt
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24
lie 6. so ELEVATOR.

The Immense Chesa pealle & Ohio ele-
water wG,.ch ston'ss ait THE head of piers
Nos. S and is cine of the most ca
pacious and sptendudly equipped build
ings of the kind i'm the Unified Sta.'as.
IN 1882 ann the building WAS ready for
occupancy in DeoEnlber 1883 Mr. Hu-
zeltine was THE first president Of the
company President NJ. z. Ingalls,. of
the Chesa peake & Ohio Railway Com
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24

Total for twelve months, s3,763. 7s679
The remarkable growth off the port
cannot be better Illustrated than by
placing with the above table the graft,
flying statement of exports for the ~
months of the year 1897.
The figures for the fourteenth year
Qss7). after record of prosperity
which cannot be eclipsed by any sea
port city, over whose custom house hes
the stars and Stripes. are gwen oy
49,, f<JNC styyS
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
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calling. If there be any such, they have escaped my observation.
 Whatever the dignity of the profes- sion, it does not stand in this respect upon different plane from other pur- suits. The rules of morals, Of arith- metic, of common- sense, of expedfency are the same for the lawyer as for the less fortunate and distinguished mem bers of the human family. He cannot add to or detract from the ten com mandments nor from the revised stat utes because of his exalted calling.
 Diligence, sobriety, self-denial char acter must enter into his stock in trade or he will be bankrupt. provided he has assets to justify the designation. He must be patient and long suffering, he must learn to see others who are, he Is quite sure, his interiors, rise rapidly to honor and preferment, while he waits chafing in obscure neglect.
 All of us cannot have a bank presi- dent in the ascending line of our genea- logical tree kindly uncles like those in the English plays, are not often on hand to pat the nephew on the back, to call him sad dog and give him huge leather pocket book hlled with Bank of England notes. In other words only the very few have the paths cleared for them by kindly gentlemen who have a decent regard for the ties of blood. Most of us must do the clear ing away for ourselves, and if we are what we ought to be may rejoice all the more in the triumph that IS our own. Though the venerable relative
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far north and find there the cetacean in his native habitat. They picture the whaler roaming those wild wastes, en- compassed by danger, verify 'in the midst of alarms the scene about him white with the vast field of enduring ice, and that other whaler, the polar bear, scenting a dead monster for fifty miles and swimming to the spot to find him half under the ice sheet be- meath which he died during the closed season. To a survey of the reality of such things few people can hope to be transported. They are content to per use the narrative of them and to leave the rest to their imaginations.
 But 1t has remained for California, among the States of the temperate zone, to add to her many other fea- lures that of whaling upon it's coast, and those tourists now in the State who wish to witness the novel sight of capturing and killing a whale need not now repair to Alaska, but they may look out of their windows at the Hotel del Monte at Monterey, and there,
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he has in the whale fisheries an at traction which, like Katisha's elbow in the opera of The Mikado," people come miles to see. For whaling has become an industry at Monterey.
 All day long there is a lookout sta toned upon the bluffy headland above the beach spying out over the seaward horizon for a there she blows" He sees many of them, too, some driving north or south far out in the ocean; and then all hands are called, and a gang of eight or a dozen men below stand anXiously watching the course of the giant mammal. Generally he passes on, frequently to supplement the sealions on the Cliff House rocks in affording entertainment to the Vis- itors at that resort. But sometimes, and to the number of four or five month, a spouter will navigate into the great blight of the ocean which forms Monterey Bay, and employ him. self while he Is swimming along in feeding upon the small fish with which the waters of that place teem.
 few days ago I took hand in killing one of the largest whales ever taken in Monterey Bay. The whalers
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south that swept over the pine-clad sandhills of Point Pinos.
 Suddenly the lookout yelled: There she blows"
 Of course the whale in question did not 'blow" at all. because it was not a blowing kind, but different men took up the cry, and soon it reached our ears. And we well understood what it meant.
 The captain of the boats crew jumped to his feet and made dash for the boat, the silver dollars I had paid for the privilege of going along merrily jingling in his pocket. He called to me to jump" Of course I jumped, scarcely realizing which end was up in the excitement that took possession of all hands.
 Then there was a sudden chatter and skurry onf the beach. People seemed to come up out of the ground and rush for a point of vantage to see the chase. While our boat was showing off another boat was doing the same and by the time we were through the tiny line of breakers the other boat was almost be- side us. Both crews were bending to their oars with full strength. We cut
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through the water with the greatest ease and sent the spray flying over us in cloud.
 When we reached position where we could see the whale-about a mile from shore-the two boats separated and pulled In opposite directions, each describing a half circle. By this man. ner we got the whale between us and the shore.
 At a signal from the captain in my boat both crews began to pull together again, and we had our whale where we wanted him. He did not like our ap- pearance, evidently, for he retreated, but in doing so only got nearer to shore. This was just what the captain wanted, and we kept on until he be- came frightened. and In shifting about to make his escape he began to dive. But he had unwittingly beer going in- shore all the time. On the first dive he bumped his nose and came to the sur face more flustered than ever. He was cleverly cornered, and I guess he knew 1t.
 Now was our chance and the gun in the bow of the boat was made ready for firing a bomb into him.
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This instrument looked very much like a short barreled musket of about an inch and half bore. INot much of a charge of powder was used to fire the bomb, as the distance was not great. The bomb is much like a small shell, such as is used in the army, but loaded with illuminate of mercury instead of powder, and having long tube attach ed to it.
 When the captain was all ready to fire he signaled to the rowers to cease pulling. In an instant the boat lay still and hush seemed to fall over us.
 Then came a report like small can non. Instantly the whale realized that something was wrong. At first he strengthened out and then began to lash the water into foam showing plainly that the shot had struck a vital spot.
 We pulled away from the scene, but had hardly gone more than a hundred feet before the time fuse on the bomb reached the illuminate and there was another explosion.
 This fairly ripped the whale open and filled the air with fragments of flesh and reddened the water with blood It was not a pleasant sight and l felt a sinking feeling come over me. But this vanished moment later when with a shout both boats crews pulled for our victim, which by this time had turned over on his back and lay quiet, with his giant spatula of a tail falling Imply downward.
 It is when this moment comes that the whalers display the greatest ac- tivity. The great bulk of carcass, like dereli>t at sea. lies there floating but the men gt ,opes around the fins and tail and they tow the monster toward the lan1 When he gets close into the beach he will ground in about knee-deep water and the-I the rope ends are carried up on the land, where they are made fast to posts. Thus moored the work of denuddtion begins. The sharp bladed spades a. brought and long razor-edged knives seam the black and naked skin with white streaks as the blubber lips curl upward
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to the fncfSiOn.
 The fat is a foot thick, and as 1t is peeled off it looks not unlike fractions of the flesh of some giant cocoanut. As the carcass is stripped the blubber Is floated ashore by men who drag it with hooks on the ends of long poles On reaching shore it is quickly cut up and thrown into boiling kettle, where it is reduced to oil. This is sent to San Francisco to be refined.
 This stripping usually requires whole day, after which, if the site of the catch is far distant from the town, the remains are drawn up on the beach, where they are left to rot, in order that the bone of the skeleton may be se- cured. This is a valuable product, bringing several cents per pound and weighing sometimes several tons.
 But generally the flesh of the Mon- terey whales is not thrown to the birds in the literal sense. Although the meat is coarse in texture and not over deli cate in flavor, yet it is meat for the Chinese fishermen who form a colony at Monterey. When the whale haul has been made they anxiously watch the operations of taking off the blubber, and when these are completed and the body abandoned by the CauCaSians, the Mongolians fall upon 1t and industri- ously ply their knives in cutting away the flesh.
 The odor of whale steak ascends from many a Celestial frying-pan while the carcass Is still fresh Particular parts, such as the brains sweetbreads and even the kidneys. like those of the DOT boise, are esteemed as delicacies, while outlets of the muscles are spread out on racks to dry for some mysterious purpose, not unconnected. perhaps, with shipments to China. The Japan csc fishermen also engage a share of the whale refuse, but they use theirs for bait for other fish. And, lastly, the buzzards of the bay stand a cordon over the ultimate offal.
 Most of the whales that come into Monterey Bay are of the variety called sulphur bottoms, a name given them because of the yellow color of their
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bellies and of their habit of swimming deep in the sea. These are as large as any other of the genus, but they are of the species that is without baleen, or whale bone and therefore are val ued only for their blubber. Still, there have been instances where the sperm whale, with their mouths full of bone slabs that aggregate a ton each, have got into the shoal waters of the bay and have been captured. Such a whale bone Is by far the most valuable part of the whales anatomy, being worth, ac- cording to quantity and state of mar ket, sometimes as much as $7000.
 The boWheadS and right whales do not venture out of the Arctic seas, but the humpback and the black fish whale, the latter the smallest of the order, both distinguish the bay by their visits.
 These whales vary from ten to thirty tons in weight, and are worth to tn 'ir takers from four hundred to eight hun dred dollars each. Of their entire bod ies about two-fifths are Iblubber, and a. ton of blubber yields nearly two hun- dred gallons of oil. This brings from thirty-five to forty cents per gallon.
 Whales enter the bay at all seasons, but are most plentiful in the winter time. It has only been within the past two years that the taking of whales has been regularly prosecuted as an in- dustry at Monterey.
 They were very plentiful there three years ago, and in a desultory way they were captured from tine to time, the presence of baleen whale being suf1- clent to excite a stampede on the part Of the whole fishing populace But un- til lately no one thought enough of the toothed whales to bother with them for their bubber There are now. how ever, not less than a dozen men at Monterey who make their living by catching these whales. As vet onlv row boats are employed in the service: but soon small steam vessels will be used. and then 1t will be possible to pursue the cetacean as far as he can be sighted. Then 1t may be expected that battles royal will occur off the coast of the bay
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breast the waves and fight the tempest.
 success, like the kingdom of heaven, can only be taken by storm Easy go Ing disciples of Epicurus think that the game IS not worth the candle, and that result that costs so much Is too ex- penslve. They may be right, but they are not or those who desire 10 succeed in an arduous profession and who be- ileve that the honor and greatness of the reward are worth a hundred fold more than the cost
 Perhaps this is the place to add that Tn the law, as in other callings. hon. esty is the best policy I have heard this frequently asserted. but I am not quite convinced that it Is true
 l have known sorry knaves in every profession or trade to achieve what they and many others might call sue cess and it was success if by that word is meant the diversion of considerable sums from the pockets of others into their own, without any violation of the penal code.
 But perhaps success means some- thing more and implies, of necessity, the coerced and deserved respect of good men. Be this as 1t may, that honesty will always be frail and open to suspicion which is fed by the belief that 1t pays better than it's opposite.
 If the younger men will look at the seniors who have achieved real success they will not need to be told that these men were loyal and true. whether 1t was policy or not
 end.
 If he Is a real man he will succeed without set rules, if he be not, then, being only the image of man, he may deceive himself and his friends with the belief that fortune has been a step- mother and frowned on him from his birth.
 Why disturb him and them if they are thus made happy?
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T FORTUNATELY for the number
 less candidates for forensic hon.
 ors. no special gift is needed for
 the attainment of reasonable
 success at the bar. It is true that certain minimum of intelligence is required even for this, and 1t would, m doubt be held actionable to-day, as it was some centuries ago, to charge a lawyer with being fool, esnecially with an expletive prefix that odds intensity to the sIur. The reason given being as true to-day as it was then, that, however unnecessary II might be for a parson Ca point which was not directly ruled upon), 1t cer- tainly was necessary for an attorney to be endowed with some intellectual capital.
 Herein the lawyer is more fortunate than the poet. Horace, no mean judge himself, insists that neither men nor gods nor booksellers will tolerate medi- ocrity in poets, but he generously dis tinguishes in the lawyers favor.
 In certain things a medium is endurd
 Who tries Gessala's eloquence in vain,
 Nor can knotty point oI law eXpiaih Si.is o,o,rr For pleading or advice, some right to iaIne' But God and man, and letter'd post denies That poets ever are or mlddllhg size.
 For Messala and Cascellius read Car ter or Choate or Parsons, and the lines are as true as when they were written Of course the youthful and ambitious aspirant feels quite confident that he will be a Cascellius or Messala, which is all the better; he will not strike high if he aims low But he will admit that the moral applies to the other young lmen who are to be his contemporaries VI not his rivals.
 It Is a common and vulgar error to suppose that there are special rules of action for the attainment of success at the bar-a special drill, as 1t were, that fits the student for his chosen
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who sends the early retainer and makes the payment of rent merely a perfume tory and easy operation, should not be mentioned lightly even by those who know him only through report.
 If there Is one quality which more than any other commands respect and
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deserves success 1t Is the faculty of self-denial, a real and genuine capacity to stifle inclination In small as we'll as great things, especially in small ones.
 No other ingredient enters so largely into success as this capacity to turn ones back deliberately on the pleasant
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"THER.E SHE BLOWST'
 IN MONTEREY BAY
Shooting Whales With Bombs at
 Fashionable Resort.

on the broad bay, they can contem- plate the curious performance.
 The manager of the hotel Is serene He no longer yearns for a sea serpent or a Tow rakish craft displaying something on her mainsail which was believed to be a skull and crossbones' {;
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things of life and to take up, gravely and cheerfully, its disagreeable duties. The upward steps are rough-h -hewn and hard to the feet. The sirens lay is as sweet to-day as when wise Ulysses stuffed the ears of his companions so that her music would not draw them
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LAWYER
5. 5. 5. 5. 5. 5. .

from honor and duty and turn them into swine. Nature abhors and frowns
 upon effort; she soothes the path of the siuggard, the self-indulgent, the vain
 and the foolish with her sweet mclo-
 dies It is easier to sleep than 10 watch,
 10 glide with the easy current than to
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and had for some hours been sitting in the warm sunshine, smoking idly and gazing out on the deep blue wat CTS. The whole crowd of eight of us had almost fallen asleep under the se-
 ductive influence of the dreamy sky and the soothing breeze from the
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29

' \ HALING to most people is \ n ''one of those things you H read about" They fancy V ' that 1t is an occupation in-
 cident to certain adventur- ers who skirt the frozen brine of the
The Lamar register., 1898-02-26
80 KLospYKE FoR MB,

Thus says E. Walters, lie Raysville,
Pa, who grew (sworn to) 252 bushels
Sairer's corn per acre. That means 25.-
200 bushels on 100 acres at soc bush
ell, equals 1850. That is better than
a prospective gold mine. salZer pays
$500 in gold for best name for his IL
inch corn and oats prodigy. You can
win. Seed potatoes only $3.50 a barrel
Send Thi. Notice and 10 Cts In stamps
TO John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse,
wis, and get free their seed catalogue
and II new farm seed samples. inelud-
ing above corn and oats, surely worth
x1o 10 get a start. wing
The Lamar register., 1898-02-26
: MaoRous nArrLs.

From the Ner Era, Gresnsaurg, Ind
The following is a straightforward state
.nent OF facts by a veteran OF the late war.
No comrade viii need further proof than
their friends own words, as here given
squire John Castor, of Viewpoint Ind, Is
the narrator, and an honest, respected citi-
zen he Is too. He saids Il have been
troubled with rheumatism in all my joints,
ever since went to the war, II was brought
on nv nv exposure there. Ii came on mo
gradually. and kept getting worse until
was unable TO do any work. tried several
physicians, but they did me no good. They
said my trouble was rheumatism resulting
in disease OF the heart and that there was
no cure for IT Nevertheless had lived and
fought the disease for thirty years. and did
not Intend to die, simply because they said
The Lamar register., 1898-02-26
AN OPEN LETTER 70 MOTHERS.

We are asserting IN the courts our right 70 the
exclusive use OF the word ''CASToRIA," and
s'PITCHER's CASToRIA-- as our Trade Mark
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher Of Hyannis, Massaohu-
sets was the originatorof Of PITCHERS CAS-
ToRIA," the same that has borne and does nov
bear the facsimile signature Of cHAS. II.
FLETCHER on every wrapper. This Is the
original PITCHER s CASToRIA'' which has
been used in the homes Of the mothers Of
America for over thirty years. Look carefully
At the wrapper aud see that IL Is the kind you
have always bouEht and has the signature Of
CHAS. r FLETCHER on the Wrapper No
one has authority from me 70 use my name
except The Ccntnur Company OF which CnAs
u Fletcher is President
March 8. 1881. SAMUEL PITCHER. NJ D.
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sun.hlne sh.dc-Rai.er.

A window shade operated automatically
Ia Berlin novelty. A U-tube. partly
tlled with mercury, is connected with a
bulb containing black wool and one CON
tanning air, and when the sun shines the
absorption of the rays by the black wool
causes the mercury to rise In the oppo-
site tube, closing the circuit OF motor
Is not out the mercury Is level IN the Two
tubes, closing a circuit that winds up the
blInd.-Philadelphia Record.
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must so / hunted up some remedies for
myseif and finally happened on DR.. VIII
Iiams' Pink Pills for Pale People, ] asked
some of my neighbors about the medicine,
for ID had been used by several persons in
the community, and they recommended it
very highly I procured box. The pills
helped me right away, and ] continued
taking them. / commenced taking them
last fall. and finished taking the sixth box
a few months ago I am not bothered with
the rheumatism now,--the medicine has
cured me can most certainly recommend
DR. williams Pink Pills for Pale People"
These pills are not only good for rheu-
matisrn, but are valuable for any disease
that arises from impoverished, or bad
blood They do NOT act on the bowels.
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cn.tnm. ca.e. pcclded.

The general appraisers OF goods passing
through the Custom House have made sever
nj decisions lately which. until passed upon
nv The Secretary OF the Treasury. VIII hold
rood Rut while there Is stability IN thaf
Quarter no system falling In strength can be
orooerly Sustained without the aid Of Hos
fetfer's Stomach Bittcrs n genial tonic and
remedy for malaria. rheumatism, dyspepsia
Constipation and bilious3ess.
The Lamar register., 1898-02-26
Dsnnition.

Tonmy-Paw. what sort Of a fighter
is cyclone hghter7'
Mr. Figg-I don't know much about
fighters. but | suppose he is one who
goes blowing around indianapolis
Journal
The Lamar register., 1898-02-26

..,rhi. mandolin costs only SO. and 1t will
last your daughter a lifetime" A lfetimel
gracious. show that will last her
about ten days.