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The daily sentinel., 1903-02-03
Get your hot drinks at Sparks

The biggest nickel's worth of taffy
candy in the city at Sparks & Co.
If you won't believe this, try and
see.
DR.. Price, Matt. Mast and A. P.
Luke started out for lion hunt. this
morning. They expect to camp in
the vicinity of Jacobs Ladder in the
north country. They took several
hounds with them.
Kid Glover, the northwestern light
weight champion, will meet Will
Jenkins of California and Oregon. in
a twenty round contest to take place
on the night of February 9TH. at the
Park opera house. There will also
be two fierce and exciting prelimin
aries This promises to be Il good
contest as both men are in hard train
ing. w. f. Glenn. trainer and mai
ager for Glover; Lee A. Williams.
Jenkins trainer and general manager
of the contest.
A young lady stood in front of the
Red Gross Pharmacy this morning.
She was engaged in exchanging sweet
nothings with an employe of the store
AS the sugary syllables fell from her
lips. she clung onto the awning rope,
even as the tendril'of the grapevine
clingeth to the back fence. The pro
prietor OF the store Glanced to emerge
from the same betimes and thus ht
spake to his worthy assistant ~ have
heard of them that have girls on the
string, but you have one on the rope.
by my faith. -
Late Yesterday afternoon Henry
Amey. young man about % years
of age. was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Smith He was taken to the county
Jail. The warrant for the arrest was
sworn out by f. s. Steele. farmer
who resides five miles east of the
city. The prisoner is charged with
making threats to take the life Of the
complainant. also his son. AIDA
Steele. The trouble originated it is
said through Amey's attempting to
disturb this domestic relations exist
ing. between Steele and his wife.
The hearing of the case was set before
Justice Sweeney at 3. 30 this afternoon.
The daily sentinel., 1903-02-03

A fine smoke for cents at Spraks.
Full line Of confectionery and Gig
ars. at Sparks & Co.
When you want hack day or night,
telephone Platt & King.
Everyone in town has heard of the
excellence of the homemade candies,
at Sparks 81 Co.
Have YOU secured your seat for The
Kilties? Ii not you should do so at
once. Remember they give you n
grand matinee at 80. and grand
concert at s 80.
Post s. BOYD. at the Blue Barn.
have the exclusive agency for the
famous Black Diamond coal. 1t is
So. per ton and will be delivered
promptly. Phone 142 red.
The Progress bakery's reputation
for the fine quality of cakes. bread
and all manner of baking it offers to
the public securess for it the best and
largest patronage of the city. Be
progressive and trade at the Progress
Shade trees 10 c,nts, grape vines
cents. roses 20 cents Usage orange 3
cents. Ornamental trees. shrubs.
Place your order now. Cut flowers
ON order. The Grand Valley Floral
and Nursery company. Office Grand
Valley National Bank block.
Brown Herb Tablets are fighters.
Would it be laughable to see them
enter the quiet home of Stomach and
Kidney troubles and fire off few
shots and see both families tumble
over each other in their haste to get
away r. II. Higgins. agent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-23

That over million baby seals less
than five weeks old are killed every
spring in the North Atlantic and arc
tic waters is a fact but little known
except in the North, where the men
live a part of whose vocation is this
slaughter. The average person OF good
general information knows that the
seals are killed up North some place
and in extreme Southern waters; but
if he were told that seal oil and seal
leather are not by-products from these
same seals and that the fur-bear1ng
seal in the North is on the Pacific side
only, he would be surprised.
Nor would his establishment be les
sened when told that the oil and leath-
er come almost entirely from the young
of two sorts of seals, killed in the
short space of six weeks in the early
spring, veritably wholesale slaughter
by thousands of men of pretty white
coated babies with big black eyes, that
beseech their murderers and shed real
tears in profusion, while cries that are
very like human babies Wailings are
heard on every hand.
BY far the greatest number are killed
by the finely organized fleets of New
foundland sealers, but those taken by
Esouimaux, Russians, Icelanders
Danes and Norwegians are necessary
to make up the great total number In
the last two seasons the seal fisheries
have developed wonderfully and more
than recovered the ground lost when
sailing vessels did the sealing long age
and seal oil was high as well as whale
oil
Petroleum caused the slump then
and the new impetus comes from the
invention of Yankee origin, of process
to tan the baby seals skins into leath-
er for gloves and to separate the rough
white coat from the down coat, makine
a white seal of great beauty. The Sc
cret Of the process is said to be the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-23

have passed their parents swim away
south, leaving them to Shift for them
selves, a very fine training. Thensthe par.
ents return, and once more the herds go TO
the north, where little is known of what
they do till they come south again early
the next year Tse
nal One that comes to mind was cap-'
tured Immediately. after birth, weighing
six pounds. and preserved with the moth
er. AS he grew fatter she grew thinner
At four weeks of age he. weighed sixty.
two pounds.
The babies at play on the ice are beau
tiful to see, as they are both clumsy and
agile. and they are either playing. crying,
or else lying on their backs Hopping their
fippers about lazily.
Before March 10 the whaling fleet will
have left ST. John S, and. with nearly four
thousand hunters aboard be steering for
the ice. Each willy old captain has been
keeping a wind journal for weeks, for If
| the winds have been prevailing from the
east then the loose ice is all driven up
against the shore in a close pack; if from
| the west. it has been swept 70 sea and IS
very treacherous indeed .EpeAtg loose and
Each captain steers accdding to his
| own ideas of where the Zee hnd the seals
are Last season all thdhest missed the
seals, so they turned back md closed in
around the herds from Hhezsnerth. This
made the catch very npey@. nasmuch
/ as the men get the value{in Wages of one
! third what they kill, poor catch for
ship means poor wages for the men. Thus
! the Aurora. carrying 1Sg men, arrived
, back as early as March % last season, car
| rying %, 069 seals, valued bn board at $685.
| 36457, so that each mans wages amounts
! ed to 1921. %
l On the other hand, the Windward had
the worst sort of luck She took out ia
4 men and brought back April only 1,1S5
seals. valued at 81. 1858, so that the men
received only S. each. Also the Pan n
ther stayed out till May wand her III
| men got only s16.53 eachsf for all that time.
| for she brought hack naimore than 1881
seals, worth IS, 852.75. The average share
for all of the sealers for the season was
| $41.93
Sometimes it is possible to take the ship
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-23

itself when it sees the gait raised to kill
it will cry and beg for it's life in almost
human fashion. / have known seal hun
ters who said that the eyes of the babies
they had killed haunted them many times.
Headed for Home.
When at last the load is got or the day
comes when there can be no more killing
legally the ship heads for home, and all
speed is made in the hope of being in
ahead of all OF some of the others.
The ships are always greeted by huge
crowds of Newfoundlanders anxious about
the safety of fathers, sons, brothers or
sweethearts and the amount Of the eaten,
for the few dollars each man makes Is
great. item in the yearly earnings From
May till October the man is engaged in
the cod fisheries and averages only $40
All winter he has been idle and the seal
Ing season is a godsend There being so
many more. men than the number needed
for the sealers, there is competition OF
keen ma ture for berths. This forced the
men to many sacrifices in seasons past.
They were compelled to pay money TO
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-23

means employed to split the skin into
it's natural three layers. The outer
carries the down coat, the second the
coarse white hair and the inner is very
similar, and some think superior, to
kid.
Three Great Sealing Fleets.
Except for some small sealing done
out of Sydney, Cape Breton, and two
land ports, the mass of the fishery is
handled by three great fleets-the Har-
Dor Grace, the Job and theBowrling-
all steam vessels, built with tremen-
dous strength of hull to Withstand the
ice In fact, two have familiar arctic
exploration records, the Windward
and the Kite. The Job and Bowring
fleets are the largest and sail out of
ST. Johns.
At any time of the year, except the
six weeks season, the majority of them
can be seen at anchor in that wonder
full harbor, tied up four abreast, for it
is cheaper to tie them up than try to
refit them between times and put them
in other trades, though few are used
to carry freight and passengers to the
outports of Newfoundland in the sum-
mer time.
They are peculiar craft above deck
as well as below, having very powerful
engines, bows for crushing ice and be-
/ ing sail rugged as well as having steam
for sometimes steam is useless, and,
again, wind, steam and man towing
power are all used to extricate the
sealer from dangerous places.
The terrible power of wind driven
! ice is finely eXampled in the loss of the
Miranda, some years ago, when she
/ was crushed like an eggshell after
heroic efforts to save her on the part
/ Of her crew, commanded by Capt. Will
/ liam j. Farrell, now sailing between
New York and ST. Johns on the Red
| Cross liner Sylvia. Only this last sea-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-23
MAGNITUDE AND PERS OF SEAL HUNTING THE NORTH ATLANTIC And AR66 06Eh


get berths in ships to pay for the coaling
andWfor the cleaning out of the vessels.
and heavy prices for outfits. AT last they
decided to rebel, season before last, just
before the fleet was ready TO sail. There
was unique and most picturesque strike.
The men took their bags out of the ships
and some even started away for their
homes in the outport towns before the
ship owners effected a compromise doing
away with the Objectionable conditions.
When the seal pelts arrive the land
forces of the Bowring and Job fleets be-
gin the rendering of the fat and prepar-
ing of the skins. Men skilled in the del
icate work of separating the fat and
skin with broad. thin knives work night
and day. and soon the great caldrons are
going. and in a few weeks the ships of
the merchant fleets are taking seal oil
away to America and European markets
Later the pelts go. except those used in
Newfoundland for boots. harness, etc.
The total value of the catch last season
was nearly $4,000 and next season IL
will be more. if the catch is as good or
better.
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right among the victims. Again the ship
will get damned, miles away from where
the ice; or perhaps the seals may be
alongside at dark one day and be carried
miles away the morning Of the next,
where the ship cannot follow.
AS soon as the herd has been reached or
the ship has got as near as possible the
gangs of men go over the sides. They are
s.clad in heavy tight-fitting clothes, with
ears well muffied and hands and feet pro-
stected by seal boots and mittenS. To
keep away snow blindness they wear green
goggles. All carry piece of rope, match
es and bits of dry wood. They are armed
with gaff,ea pole shod with iron like
boat hook, and leading each gang of from
five to twenty men is one who carries
rifle using explosive bullets. -
He leads the gang, and as he goes ne
Shoots all dangerous looking dog seals to
facilitate the work. That is the theory of
T IT, but the practice usually develops loss
of system. The old fellows dive into the
blow holes and swim away, as rule, but
return very quickly and bob their. heads
out of the water to see what is going on.
=a--- When They Show Fight.
THUS the rifleman misses shot at
them, and about the time the gait men
get to work killing the babies they come
back and show fight. Often two or three
seals try to go down the same blow
hole at the same time and a. funny per.
Torrance follows. and ain, in the case of
the Hood seals, the ice is so closely packed
that there is no open place into which TO
, leap Then it is that both mother and
father VIII turn savagely on the men and
hard fights follow.
A big dog Hood is sometimes the size of
an OK and can crush mans thigh bone
at bite The wound. even if Slight, is
dangerous, as the mouth poisons the flesh.
I Surgeons of sealers are trying to discover
a successful dressing for seal wounds.
| The big dog can leap hither and thither
| very quickly. and it takes lively man
| to evade him. He has been known to
break several gaffs and to drive his tor
/ mentors from the pan"
The mother Hood will cling to her baby
! until the last minute and shed great tears
t as she strives to protect it, while the baby
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-23

C. Lauer states that his brother was
passed by the examiners OF the insurance
company and the policy made out, but
soon after both Charles Lauer and the
agent OF the company became i'll, and the
premium was not paid, simply from lack
of attention. He says that on April y
the agent came to his brothers house
and collected the first premium, OF s50.63.
About fifteen minutes after the payment
was made his brother died.
A representative. of the company. how
ever. tells different story. He said:
These people took out the policy long
before they paid the premium, and took
it home with them on pretence OF show
ing it to the insured mans wife. They
kept it and intimated to our agent that
they would not pay the premium. On the
day they say Lauer died they telephoned
for the agent TO come down. which he
did. They paid the policy and soon after
announced that the man was dead. We
suspect he was dead when the premium
was paid.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-23
INSURED MAN PAYS
PREMIUM WHILE DYING
Company insists That Holder Was Dead
When Money Was Received.

LOUISVILLE. KY, Aug. %. Amelia
Lauder has sued the Germania Life In
surance company for 81 1000 alleged to be
due on policy on which the plaintiff
admits the first premium was paid only
fifteen to thirty minutes before the death
of the insured. The defendant intinates
that the premium was not paid until aft
er the death of Charles Lauer, on whose
life 1t was taken.
Behind the suit is an old story. Henry
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son one of the stanchest of the old
time sailing sealers, the New Domin-
ion, out of Codroy, N. F., commanded
by Capt. Paul Hall, was lost some
where in the ice fields, with all hands,
numbering twelve.
The seals are of two varieties, the
Hood seal and the Harp. There are
numbers of subdivisions of kind among
the Harps, so named for their outline
when stood on end head down. In that
position they look like the classic Tyre,
the effect of the upper part being
achieved by their two hind fiippers.
The Hoods get their name from the
fact that the dogs can blow up the skin
cap over their heads, making a cover
ing shaped like the top of a derby hat,
a veritable pneumatic pad to protect
the skull.
Very Tough of Body.
In the other parts of their body the big
dogs are impervious to anything less eff
fective than explosive bullets. The Hoods
come from the frozen Businesses of Green
land, and are wild. wary and fierce, pre-
ferring the rough, big ice to the smoother
holes in the ice, as a rule, as there are
natural openings in it. The Harp, on the
contrary is mild and timid, and all mem
bers of the family except the old dogs, are
inoffensive They come from the regions
about the upper part of Hudson Bay.
In December-just when no one knows
the seal herds begin to come south, travel
ing in long lines, following the big dogs.
If the Hood lines and Harp lines parallel
the Hoods will always be found taking the
east, and they seem to exert sort of
| guiding protecting sway over the Harps,
| which are smaller and fatter.
Pure White of Infancy.
The babies when born have pure white
| coat, which conceals them on the ice from
| their enemies and aids them to fish for
| themselves. Thus has ever wise Provi-
dence planned for them. They lose the
/ white coat after the first year and become
] black, gray and white spotted, some quite
! dark, some very light. When few weeks
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-23
Economy IS Wealth

The
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pride
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butw dts
a uniform low
easonab good
teendy We and what ought
tolerated
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-02-19
lRMA.

Seeing no items from Irma l
concluded to risk one trial and if
accepted l will GENE again.
Mrs Lizzie Belt, who has been
on the sick lisi for some time, is
improving.
Eff and VIM Sullenger started
to Evansville few days ago with
fine lot fAhogs.
L. L. Funkhouser Gays he does
not stand back for the mud and
rain when he has date with some
fair lady.
Mrs. Wolfe, who has been deal
ing in merchandise at Tolu, has
doors of his store locked and the
people are sorry for his misfor-
tune.
The debate at F. f. Hoover's
last Saturday night was largely at
t,nded and some rousing speeches
were made.
BARLEY Sullenger, who has been
confined to his room some time,
with a broken arm, is out again.
Clyde McMaster, a popular
young man of our neighborhood,
who has been attending Marion
school, has poor health,
Robt Perry is attending school
at Tolu.
T. j, Hoover and wife. of Sher
idan, visited friends in this section
last week.
Look ont, boys, you need not be-
surprised at any time to hear the
wedding bells ringing announcing
the marriage of Mr., +. Champion
and Miss Ada Large and Lloyd
Herdesty and Matte Champion.
Burt Hardin is expecting a pen
sion at any time as a soldier in the
Philippines.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-02-19
TRIBUNE.
The roads are bad.

The roads are bad.
The boys around Tribune have
all got the Kansas fever.
Tommy Lamb is having trouble
with his feathers; he can't get any
scales to weigh them the same.
We all feel very sorry for Ebert
Hill; he wants to go to Tom Gus
tard's, but we don't think he can.
Kilman Asbridge goes to w. N.
Travis every Sunday. Hurrah
for Kilmanl
Something must be very attrac-
tive at John Corley's every Sun
day evening to Jim Hill.
Dave Allen will start to Kansas
soon.
Miss Ada Canada was the guest
of Miss Vida Travis Saturday.
Mrs Sarah Travis is talking of
selling hats at this place
Charlie Travis has been work.
idg for Marion Thomson.
Ell Travis is talking Of going to
Missouri shortly.
Mrs Effie Porter visited her
father last week.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-02-19
OLD jim.

Mr.. Herman, who has been wor-
king at Old Jim for months past.
has returned to his home in Lola,
The new gasoline engine that
has been installed at Old Jim was
started Friday and she is hum
mer.
r. nj. Franks, of the Glendale
neighborhood visited Fl. @. Farm
er Friday night,
Messrs Blue & Mum are farm
ers as we'll 40 miners, judging by
the improvements being made on
their farms.
Mrs. Sarah Allen was called to
Livingston this week by the sick.
ness of her father, John Stephen.
son, whose recovery is thought TO
be doubtful.
Rev. j. j. Franks has sold his
crop Of tobacco for one, three and
five dollars.
Geo w. Rice and wife, of Glen
dale, visited relatives in this sec
tion Sunday.
E. D. Butler and wife were call
ed to Marion Thursday by the Sc
rious illness of their brother. Roy
Sisco.
A new hosting rope 225 feet
long has been put on the OLD Jim
the old rope, which was $50 feet,
being too short.
Miss Lillian Bryant was the
guest of Miss Myrtle Farmer last
Thursday.
Hughey Hughes and wife are
on the sick list.
Marion Davidson was in Living
ston county this week.
Come here and let me show you
something, is what Mr.. Uren says
to visitor, and he always has a
new specimen to show.
Rufus CLARK has quit school
and gone to jockeying.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-02-19

A recent letter from Lamb, ILL.,, ran
as follows: ITO whom it may concern:
L have a child that was afflicted with
stomach and bowel trouble from birth;
after trying number Of physicians and
lot Of proprietary remedies without
relief, tried Hills Specific which gave
relief at once. Ny child is now in good
health and owes it's life TO Hills Speci-
fic. Hiram Keeling. This wonderful
medicine is for sale by all patent med
ines dea lers in the county. Price %.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-02-19
CRAyN EVILtE.

Born to the wife of Jim McCas.
lin, a fine boy.
Mrs. +. w. Jones is on the sick
list
Miss Lillian Young was visiting
her sister, Mrs. Carrie Deboe last
week.
Mrs. Jennings, wife of Blind
Jennings, as he was usually sailed,
dieu last week.
Mrs. jackson who has been Wis.
iting DR.. Cook and family has re-
turned hume
Born 10 ths wife Of Albert De.
Doe, a ten pound boy.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-02-19
NEWS OF MANY DISTRICTS.
STARR.

Our MARKET.
Goats $3.50 per head.
Corn 35c.per bushel.
Hogs 81 to &c per ID.
Good milk cows $25 to $50.
Sheep $3.50 per head.
Good young horses $75 to 500.
Pigs $3.50 to 50 per head.
Elvis Andrews sold to W. II.
Bigham of Chapel Hill a fine bay
mare for $50, and his fine gray to
G.. w. Cruce for$l25. Elvis has
the dough.
Look out for that wedding; he
is getting ready.
Property sold we'll at the Young
sale.
DIED-Mrs T. j. Jennings, wife
of T. j. Jennings, decd, died on
9th; her husband died some three
weeks previous.
j. 5. Paris has moved to Madi-
sonvllle as his future home. A
mum Der of others willive in few
weeks.
Mrs B. j. Brown is very sick.
Will Vinson, of Enon died last
Thursday.
We met our old friend p. h.
Cooksey Tuesday.
We were glad to hear through
last weeks PRESS from our frien d
John Franks and that his health
is improving. Come back, John
and let us shake"
1t grieved our heart to hear OF
the death of Joseph a. Walker.
We have spent many pleasant
hours with Joe, both in social
and business way, and it was with
sorrow we learned of his death.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-02-19

Tobacco about all hauled cut
in this immediate neighborhood
Horace Williamson and wife
were the guests of Mrs. w. H.
Bigham this week.
G. A. Walker has bought fine
mare from Mr.. Andrews, of Pleas
ant Hill, price $50.
Charlie Clement bought a fine
mare at Henry Young's sale, price
$50.
j. T. Bigham sold 6 fine hogs
to go next Saturday, price 6 cts
l have a good male poland china
md Berkshire hog. Come and
zee him. w. II. Bigham.
w. II. Brigham went to Sturgis
last Sunday to see his mother, W o
is very low with heart trouble and
old age.
James Fowler will put wire
fence on the east end of his farm.
Mr.. Fowler says wire is cheaper
than pickets.
Uncle jeff Yandell is on the
back ground again.
Frank Adams and company have
purchased a fine lot of woven wire
fencing for their farms.
Ora Bebout will work with Cor
ry MINER this year.
Wheat in this neighborhood is
in fine condition and bids fair for
a big yield.
Tom Hill carried off the blue
ribbon for the largest crop of to-
bacco in this section.
Buck Stovall will 20 for big
crop of tobacco this year, so it is
rumored.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-02-19
HOME FOR SALE.

A beautiful home situated in Marion
school district, one mile northwest OF
courthouse square on public road. Fine
orchard, nice new dwelling, plenty OF
good water. all out buildings new. IL
you want to buy pretty, convenient,
and In every respect desirable home,
come and see this one. Also have a
good young mare, 3 years old, for sale.
j.. Il. THURMAN,
38-4w. Marion, Ky.