The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-11-12
SEEING THE FAIR
IN DETAIL

Ssels Of Once oFpat Industry -ghaI.
sfS Outfit From North Caroline That
haa Seen Years Of uss--Ths klllina
~ Whale-Ths Kind Of Fowllaa
Piece George Washington Carried.
airds u North cArolina--Tuo That
Tsnayson Mentions - Fisher Birds
and Rebbsrs--bten the Demands Of
mlliiasTs Nearly EStsrminatad chs
Snowy Heron = ehers and Marsh
Birds.
Especial CORRESPONDENCE RY
MARK nEANtTf.l
Perhaps because a near neighboF of
mine followed the sea in his youth and
used 70 segale me in after dinner hours
with narratives Of life aboard . whaler
was more interested than you may be
10 sss old whaling outfit which hangs
10 the North Carolina exhibit. What
exciting scenes must have accompanied
their use. The pieture Ia the old geog.
raphy labeled Whaling In the Are
tics" represented whale breaking q
boat In two with a dip VI his tail, while
men were dying In the air like 40 many
pairs OF Open shears Ia the hands u q
inggieF. That picture gave me q per
petual dlatasts for whaling In IT'S rtgoF-
Gus reality. buE the narratives have
yer iost aayoF
f0n may not know that whaling IL
win AN Industry u no small Importance
along the Atlantic coast. for Me atiIl
must have WhEielSane. Whales are. ia
fact. more abundant than al the time
whaling lost It's greatest importance,
following ghe discovery u petroleum
The whaling Of North Carolina il shore
whaling" bur this whAlsF,s outdt Is the
same a. used aboard ship When the
whales are dashed 10 the sides 60 Le cut
~ and the biubb-r tried 0ul GA hoard
The vessel. THIS 0utft vas Ia use a.
late as last spring on Beaufort on one
Of tbs lancss We may read upon a Label
10 tbs whaiers ONn language. -3ln IN
Is WhnlaA
When a whale was sighted IN the
eld days the hrst act was u barpOon
him. This act was usually atteadsd
with great perti suspect that the
men In the geography picture had Just
haFpoonad q whale aud the whale had
Feaoated Il Thsn came the laEeing
with the long sharp speaF 70 rcArh he
lungu and cnnse death Between the
happening and lanrinE q considerable
interval usually ocruFrud The whale
would sound after hngpoonlng. 20
lnE below aud Iakiug with hlm q boat
had Of Fope attached 70 the harpoon
The harpoou has cvici hsFl5s. ius nrsg
purpose being 10 fasivn q line to tie
whale Humvttfnsa thu line would noG
Fuh smoothly e. the whsle went down.
New and thea II would loop around
nouie object ia the boat-Ecthapa one
- the crsw and many a whaicr has
gonr 20 psry Jones' locker by that
Mt route
aFaE. which you may SO here
fo1den bloek twelve 10 agtecn
- square. with 3 hole through the
water. Through this hosr the hsrpoon
Fupe runs. aud wbeu the drag may b.
safely launched the Fvpc il kaotted
10 bold tbr drag. which - intended 10
Fetard the p-ogrras % siie whale aud
tire him.
The ianring Of the whale IL ararurly
less dangerous than tho happening.
FOR the victim may Htit hare much
strength hnd a worse temper than
uhen tho biE harbcd haraoon entered
hia side
Tho togEie iron IL smother form of
haFpOon. with paint aud barb aa =
hinge. 90 that backward pull whrn
u Il once In the whale spreads the tool
IN Tho animals flesh and hoiis Il more
secuuuly.
Tho whale gun VIVA invented during
he later period Of tic whaling indus /
~. and the harpDoncr bern me the man /
sehtnd the gun Tho whale gun has . .
pOre Of nearly an inch and carrirs a .
20 inch bomb with rubber feathers 20 /
sbe explosive missile The gun /
~not always auru " his whurc. /
Cts Immediately after q slp1t on nc. /
Buut Of a tremendous revuli. The 4
Oub has fuHc SGT at two seconds.
nd when well within the ritala Of a
hale makes quick work Of him. The
pwder horn aud cap box hang beside
~ @t8 AHhs HAAA tAtA W HHAN HAlHAEE. 70
q on the blubher. has sern service In
1ndrods Of whales When passing
onE the north aisle Of The Palace Of
prtstry take n leok nt thnar tools uHcsi
the romantic industry that built up
~ Bedford and other New England
sns in the early part 81 the last
atuFy i
When George Washington weut oct
o his preserves 90 shoot a few duck
other birls, he carried fowllnR
Zee with barrel seven feet long. II
q muszle loader and had a filnt
I. And. by the way. a, flntlock
about a. ingenious an invention Aa
modern breechloadnr A fowlinR
such as Father George must have
Rcd b In one Of the cases Of the
IN Carolina exhibit of yan,n btrta