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ESKZNOS. HLlDS0N RAX

rapidly depicting the herds for the sake Of
the skins that they were threatening their
own future food reserve.
The next law requires all whalemen to take
out a license costing $1,000 annually. A
third law imposes Canadian duties on all
goods brought into the region for purposes
OF trade with the natives.
A fourth law was restriction on inter-
course with the natives and the prescribing
Of comprehensive rules to prevent the Eski-
mos from being supplied with liquor and
otherwise contaminated az all aboriginal
peoples have been through contact with
white man.
Whaling has been the one industry prose-
cuted In the waters Of Hudson Bay, the
great prize being the giant bowhead. or
Greenland whale. An adult yields nearly
ton of whalebone, now worth 20 a pound
and single capture Of this kind insures
successful voyage.
Formerly about thirty American whalers
wintered In the bay, but gradually the feet
dwindled down, until last season only one
vessel the schooner Era, cruised there.
few shore stations are also maintained
by whalers The whaling ships frequently
remain in this icy Inferno two or three years
and their crews suffer great hardships.
The whalers. entering via Hudson Strait
in July, make their way to Roe's Welcome.
an inlet on the northwest side OF the bay
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where the whales are usually found, and
fish there until the autumnal storms. Then
they 60 into winter quarters near Fullerton
and resume the fishery In the next spring.
two months before ingress by the strait
10 possible.
Formerly the crews lived on the ships
all the time, Usdained to cat seal and whale
meat in Eskimo fashion, subsisted on salt
provisions. and took 10 exercise what
ever, 80 that they suffered intensely from
scurvy. At Marble Island, their favorite
winter anchorage In the bay, the number
of Yraves Is proof Of the prevalence Of this
disease and Of its frightful mortality.
Nowadays the whalers lead more health
full lives. They winter on shore, In huts
built for the purpose, and native habits
are followed as far a. practicable. Tho
Esknlos are employed to hunt aud provide
stores of meat, and the crews are kept
ut work in the open air. clad In native garb.
and feeding on the flesh Of nuskox and
caribou.
The mortality Il now very light and
some OF the whites, who have deserted
from their ships and taken native wives.
are as ready to eat raw flesh as the Eskmos
themselves These men could not Ike In
duced to return to civilization. ~ sati--
fed ore they with their lot In the Arctic
wilderness.
The fishery wealth OF Hudson Ray Is
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erly manned with Eskimoe and whalemen
arc sent scouting around the favorite wha-
ling resorts until they sight cetacean.
when they chase and kill It II they can.
The chase is attended with great hard
ships. The Crews are often away in their
boats tor weeks, with NO shelter save that
from canvas covering stretched on hoops
over each boat, no heat save from the oil
stove they use to cook with. and no means
Of sleeping save In the boats bottom and
Glad a. they are.
Frequently they venture into dangerous
ioe-oumbsred waters, where their boats are
crushed, or else they have to haul the skiffs
upon the foes and make long portages across
the crystal fields, dragging the boats with
them. or are dragged among the foes by
the whales they get fast to. until they have
to cut clear Or else be smashed against
the jagged fragments.
The enterprise Is one that calls for daring
men In all its phases, a. the ships must leave
New Bedford In June to enter Hudson
Strait az soon as tho loo admits, and battling
with foes RATED to q height Of fifty feet
calls for no common courage. Sometimes
whales are crushed and destroyed amid the
los. Before each vessel can get into the
bay the best fishing in ono section ID over
and that further north 10 undertaken, the
ship often winterng and resumlng the next
epring In this quarter, 80 that the cruises
are usually for fifteen or twenty-seven
months.
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VICTIM. but the rapidity and uncertainty
OF the maneater's movements int nsify
the dread he causes.
While 1000 East Indians were building
the Uganda Railroad under the direction
OF about 100 Enelishmsn. three maneaters
suddenly caused suspension Of work for
a fortnight. Four Of the coolies were seized
at their work and dragged into the jingle.
On the evening OF the first attack two
white men were sleeping In freight usr
with the door open, for tho night was hot.
lion leapsd into the car and bore of one
Of the men, whose half eaten body was
recovered NEXT day. Not I'll every lion
In the dastrict had been hunted to death
vas work resumed.
The chief food Of the African leopard
Is monkeys and the smaller antelopas.
but now and then one turns maneater.
He then regardedas even more dangerous
than tho lion. for he turks In the branches
OF the trees, hidden amid their foliage,
and drops upon his unsuspioious victim
who Is following the path beneath.
The fact that indy iduais among tbese
nost formidable Of the beasts some lines
include men 10 their category Of food sur.
pike only intsnsifes the war that il beirip
waged upon them all. The whites who know
them 10 their native wilds say the dsy il not
far distant when they win Re seen only In
the geological gardens and the museums.
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not confined to the bowhead whales alone
Tie white whale, or grampus, about sixteen
feet long and valued for the oil, is also
abundant there. being so plentiful that
at the Hudson Bay Componys pods they
are killed to feed the dogs. Walrus. too
are found there, which yield both oil and
skins of commercial utility. The hides arr
used largely for polishing brass, while
their tusks are Of excellent ivory.
Narwhals are occasionally found also.
Seals are the mainstay OF the Eshmos.
who Hive Oh their meat, make clothes Of
their skin and convert their bones to
various uses.
Edible commercial fishes, like cod, halibut,
salmon and trout. are likewise numerous,
aud large and profitable trade could he
done in shipping these fish to England in
cold storage X the idea OF using Hudson
Ray for commercial purposes, to connect
with railway. should ever tale shape
1t is curious fact that American whale
men have devoted themselves almost ex-
clusively to this pursuit in Hudson Bay,
while the Scotch have chosen Cumberland
Gulf section Of the northern Atlantic,
as the theater Of their operations. The
two kindred enterprises are now prose-
cuted on the same general lines, without
friction or disagreement.
The process IL that from the ship or the
shore several boats are fitted out, and prop
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CHINA's BEARDED sORCEREss.
She II Stirring Up tho Natives OF Kwsns
tung. and May ne Q Man.

tung. and May ne Q Man.
From tie Chino Majl.
It II reported that In the eastern part of
the province OF Kwan gtuns there Ia q cor.
siderable movement on foot which, In some
respects, resembles the Boxer outbreak OF
1900. The leader Of this restlsssness il said
to be bearded woman. She has been
urging the people to form themselves into
a. gild or cancellation. She gives out tina
come down 70 teach the people the arts Of
of psope hsvs been %o1sd s 70 follow RSp hers
lead, She gives out that by sorcery and
magl9 she can cast out fox devlls--ln which
The Chinese are profound bslievers-can fore
happiness or misery shall befaI the lot S" oi
y, BY the same mighty magic. moreover.
IKE the leaders Of the Boxer insurreStion.
sns fram p@Salty e al her
spear, ~ we'll as from the effects OF water
ana nTe. The people are said to be deeply
moved. Wealth 10 pouring into the golfers
e rns . that they hay.
Joined BY largo numbers Of local bsndtti.
Of whom, In every place In China, there are
more ths a. enough They have already
What their ultimate purpose Ia does not
yet appear. but they are laying In stores Of
PROVISIONS, and have 30 far terroriIed their
nelghbors that many Of the well to do OF the
safety In aueter districts. II 10 reported that
already they can muster more than TO- 90.
1t 10 believed. however. that The lncarnat
fairy who appears In the. form Of bearded
s . Sr r h s1 t ma. y .sS r.:
and 9dect. Several counties have been In.
1octeo ~ the 0QptAGtQn. Sss>.->-- ----.-.-.-- .
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I Who are the maneaters among these
animals? All Of these species recognize
| man as king, fear him and fee before him
None of them kills any animal, a. men do,
or the fun OF the thing. The hartebeest and
the zebra may Craze within q rod Of the
lion and they will not DO harmed II his
stomach be full.
Lions usually keep out Of the way Of
men. Explorers have crossed Africa from
sea to sea and heard the lions bark every
night but have never seen him.
1t Is fact that most tigers are exceed
ingly inoffensive. As . rule no human
being can have q fight with tiger unless
he seeks It,
We might think that the maneater 10
among the lordliest and most COURAGEOUS
OF his kind, but this Is not the case. The
young and strong among beasts Of prey
prefer to kill wild animals or subsst upon
the cattle or dogs Of the Indian ryot.
1t Ia most likely to be the old and en-
feebled, whose legs are losing their strength
and whose teeth are worn nearly TO tho
roots, that suddenly makes the discovery
that 1t u even easier to kill a man than
wild beast. The testimony on this point
Is conclusive both In Asia and Africa.
Mr.. Brass says that as rule the man.
eating tigers are aged animals that are no
longer able to follow their accustomed
prey. Driven by hunger. they attack man
and soon acquire the habit Of preyine upon
him exclusively until their career Ii stopped,
as it usually is. by bullet or q trap. The
msneater is as oowardly a. he IL cunning
and will fee before an armed man, dis
eliminating with wonderful sagsoity be-
tween him and the helpless cattle herder or
native woman.
Such vigorous war has been waged upon
maneaters In India that in large districts
they seldom come to notice. In fifteen
years there has been only one Of great fame
in Mysore.
He was known as the Benkipoor tiger
and for few months he caused great loes
Of life. The Government offered a large
reward for his destruction, and after
number Of tigers had been shot and brought
forward as the maneater, the real Simon
pure, q lame old male, was slain and the
killing Of men suddenly ceased.
White men are now quite numerous in
tropical Africa, to which the lion Is chiefly
confined, Wherever one or more OF the
animals degenerates into . maneater 4
grand hunt, led by few whites, IL at once
organized and nothing slse 10 done or
thought Of till the criminal 10 destroyed.
No one has a moments peace until this
perpetual menace is put out Of the way.
II a native Is compelled to 60 out into the
jungle he feels that he Is taking his life in
his hands.
A rustling leaf or a bird moving In the
underbrush sets even q white hunters
heart beating with sense OF danger The
bloodthirsty monster may be sleepins
miles away beside the remains Of his lat
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Lions Tigers and Other Wild Animals That Prey Upon Man
tn 1.-The
Formidable hloNn doomed Eudmhmi

All the most formidable beasts OF prey
are doomed to determination. Their num-
Der is rapidly decreasing, and this IL espe-
cially noticeable in Africa and Asia, where
they are most numerous.
No government shields them from de-
struction. They are outside the pale OF
the game laws. They may be hunted at
pleasure, and premiums are paid for the
destruction Of some kinds Of them.
Large hunting parties are organized
to Kill them; and II the animals are Of the
maneating sort whole communities eagerly
enlist in the work Of Kidding the world Of
them. Happily the animals that prey
on men are not very numerous.
About thirty miles from Fuchau one Of the
ports Of southern China, is district that
has been infested for several years by few
maneating tigers. II was not believed
that there were moro than dozen Of them,
and all or most Of them were known by
their footprints.
II any individual among wild animals
becomes especially interesting to the genus
homo q careful study OF bis footprints al
most invariably serves as o means Of per-
manent Identification and fixes upon him
any crime he commits. The afflicted
natives often give name to each man
killer, and make lists Of the victims Of
each, and nothing that breathes becomes
80 quickly notorious as these comparatively
few animals that live on human flesh and
are differentiated from one another by
their footprints.
These maneating tigers near Fuchau
killed more than 200 Chinese peasants in 1905
Some Of the victims were seized In tho
streets Of their villages, but most Of them
were attacked while walking on the more
lonely country paths.
Usually 1t Ia a very sudden death. and the
victim is mercifully spared any realizing
sense Of what is happening. A spring
through the air, one bite In the neck se YER
ing the vertebrp, and the poor wretch Ia
dead. The maneaters almost invariably
kill the men, women or children they at
tack in this way, and then are on into the
Jungle with the bodies Of the slain.
Some missionaries stationed in the dis
trict back OF Fuchau decided last year to
rid the country II possible OF these terrible
pests. They organized a tiger hunt on
a grand scale. Letters we're written to
every port, as far away as Shanghai, inviting
sport loving white men to participate In
the hunt.
They told Of the oalamities that had
completely terrorized the district. and
begged the cooperation Of all who were
skilled in the use OF the rife. Not few
Englishmen and sportsmen Of other nations
were glad Of the chance to help in this
work Of determination.
The district was practically surrounded
by the white Nimrods and hundreds OF
native assistants. When the hunt was
over they had killed more than 100 tigers.
A number Of Thorn weee identified by their
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N15ALESA AD WHALING ~ NIOSOW R1y

ST JOHNS, n. f., Aug. 1.-THE Newfound-
, land sealer Neptune; chartered by the
Cana dian Government, left Halifax recently
for Hudson Bay with stores and equip
ments for the Northwest police posts
already established there. Her departure
marks another step taken by the Dominion
to assert her authority over the Hudson
Buy region.
During the last few years Hudson Bay
has been threatening to be the subject Of
an international dispute. Canada claims
the whole region. Yet American whalers
have been the only visitors to that lonely
sea. American explorers have chsrted
much OF the vast northland beyond, and
American capitalists have scented new
Klondike in the wilds Of Labrador and
Ungava.
Canadian politicians have been demand
ing that their Government call halt upon
American aggression 30 that the Alaska
boundary question may not be duplicated
here and the Dominion deprived Of another
substantial slice OF territory by new
arbitration. The Ottawa Cebinet, with
lively recollection OF what ensued after the
Alaskan award, has been doing everything
to demonstrate Canadian supremacy In
the north by despatching expeditions there,
annexing all the lands that surround the
bay and establishing police posts to collect
import duties from all comaIs.
In the summer Of 1908 the Neptune was
sent up to Hudson Bay and spent twelve
months there. She conveyed an exploring
party under Prof. Low, which annexed all
the lands on the west side Of Baffin Bay
from Cape Resolution to Cape Sabine. and
through Hudson Strait and Bay to the
farthest extremity where the early voyagers
sought for the Northwest passage.
She also conveyed force Of Northwest
police, under Major Noodle, who was COM
missioned as Governor OF Hudson Bay,
and established headquarters at Fullerton,
an inlet near Roe's Welcome the chief
resort Of the American whalemen.
Last year the Canadian cruiser Arctic,
formerly the German polar ship Ganss
was despatched to replace the Neptune
and assist Major Noodle In enforcing Cana
dian laws among the American whalemen.
The first OF these laws forbids the export
or carrying away Of the skins Of the musk
oxen. the chief meat supply Of the region.
on the ground that the natives were 80
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footprints az among the slayers Of man.
There was great rejoicing over the success
Of the hunt; and II the hills behind Fuchau
are still infested with maneaters news
Of their ravagee has not yet reached US.
These tigers Of southern and western
China. called Annoy tigers. resemble their
Bengal relative In size and habits. They
keep out Of the way Of men az Q rule, but
there are probably more maneaters among
them to-day than among the tigers Of
the India Peninsula, for the reason that
they are not hunted by the more callous
Chinese with the prodigious energy that
Is now aroused every time the Indian MAN.
eater starts fresh chapter Of horrors.
Tho day has gone by when two or three
Bengal tigers that have taken to human
flesh a. steady diet can depopulate whole
dhtricts. British sportsmen are numerous
and when q hue and cry Of 'Maneater!'
Is raised the brute is hunted day after day,
and is usually killed before he has more
than two or three victims to his score.
30 this truly terrible scourge to the timid
and unarmed Inhabitants Of Indian viii
lagos ID happily becoming rare. But the
terror inspired by an Indian maneater
throughout the district where he ranges
- extreme, and the natives themselves are
almost defenssless against him.
1t is q curious fact, on the other hand.
that the Chinese, who have suffered for
ages from these depredations, have never
drawn especial attention to the evil, and
1t has been left to the foreigners who are
living among them to begin war on the
maneater. Emil Brass, the best known
man in the skin and hide trade OF eastern
Asia, wrote early this year that In the
neighborhood Of Swatau and Annoy the
tiger Il still killing and carrying OF many
Chinese every year; and only last summer
the missionaries who frequent the cool
summer resort Of Kuliang told OF a tiger
that had Just invaded the town and carried
of a woman.
The East Asian maneating tiger IL very
widely distributed. He Ia found among
the mountains Of northern Manchuria
and In wide districts Of northern Corea.
In the peninsula Of Kowlun, opposite Hong
kong, there are also many Of these animals
that are greatly feared because they prey
upon men.
The .nRneater, however, Is q rare excep-
ton among all wild animals. II the pro-
pensity to kill men to eat were common
among beasts Of prey there would be nothing
left for the human race but to rise In it,
might and wipe them of the face Of the
earth. accomplishing speedily what 1t Is
now doing surely but more slowly.
The maneating habit develops chiefly
among tigers. lions, leopards and panthers.
The Siberian wolf has a bad reputation
when driven by hunger in the dead Of
winter, but the story Of his succeesful at
tacks upon the hapless traveller, with which
our school readers once made w familiar.
y now true only on very rare occasions.
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Fine vsurs Number Of Property
ending Fires. Lou
lss2 2.606 tS.s79.74s
1897 s,6a7 ll,yl6.4lA
1872 1876 2l.7e7.1ss
.Of the lightning fires In this country
during the five years ended 1902 there
we're 9,s4O barns, stables and granaries;
90 warehouses containing cotton, tobacco.
&c; IS grain elevators, 81 icehouses, IL
lumber wards, 485 churches, l2l school,
houses, lls large buildings embracing
asylums, court houses, public halls, hotels
and theaters; 10 college buildings, lOl
country and general stores 3 car barns,
10 electric power stations, n telephone
and telegraph Offices, lie railroad depots
and 5,2A7 miscellaneous buildings, en-
bracing dwellings, stores, mills, factories,
and similar structures.
There is also considerable damage
caused underground by lightning dis
charges. such as the shattering Of brick
and terra Gotta sewers and the impair
ment Of the joints Of gas and water pipes,
especially where laid In rock or earth Of
poor conductivity. A certain portion Of
the gas leakage less can be attributed
to the destructive effects Of lightning dis
charges upon the underground pipe joints,
especially as gas pipes are generally en-
ployed as ground connections for lightning
arresters
sowing to the greatly increased lightning
Losses the Underwriters National Pro-
tective Association il considering the
adoption OF rules and regulations for the
proper protection Of buildings in this coun-
try. liz obvious that no radical reduction
Of lightning losses can be expected under
the present unscientiflc architecture and
electric engineering.
"The metal work and pipes upon the out
side and inside OF a building should be
meta ideally connected together and bear a
proper electrical relation with the earth
In order to effect absolute lightning pro-
lection. The interior electric light wires
should bear a proper electrical relation
with the interior metal work and pipes In
order to prevent the impairment Of the
insulation Of such wires by lightning dis
charge and also prevent electric arcs and
fires being created In Q building by the
grounding action Of the electric light
current.
From results obtained by me during the
last ten years have found that In village
or any suburban section absolute lightning
protection Of all buildings. structures and
electrical circuits therein can best be
effected by q general system Of suitable
metallic conductors properly employed.
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THE PUTTYBLOWER.
improvements on II, but Not Much Change
in the Small boy That Blows II.

Il don't know when I've seen putty
blower BEFORE" said a middle aged man,
who had just been telling Of seeing small
boy blowing putty balls from one as he
rolled along In an Eighth avenue car. And
there appears to have been some improve
ment in puttyblowers since was boy.
I'VE used to have just length Of tin
tube with q wad Of ordinary putty wrapped
around the middle Of 1t for a stock to draw
upon, but this puttyblower had q wooden
mouthpieoe fitted on over the end you
blew through, and the putty was not just
the plain, pale drab putty that We used to
have, but terra Gotta oolored.
so, In the modern puttyblower there is
found improvement, but the small boy,
apparsntly3 remains about the same
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SoCrAper III not strictly q scientifically con-
Setructed building.
sThe steel framework and great iron
0aiasons are electrified by induction during
10 Thunderstorm; but when they are sep
erated by cement, brick and stone they
4 do not bear a proper electrical relation
with each other, and assures are liable to
b created In such intervening material
by terrific lightning discharges in line with
ssuOh building.
The electric light wires in q skyscraper
4 ~ other building are also highly electrified
s ~ induction during thunderstorm, but
owing to lack of proper electrical rela-
ton between such wires and the interior
metal pipes &C., the insulation OF such wires
= often impaired by such induced charges
1 ~ one or more convenient discharsine
q points coinoident with a lightning dis.
charge This impairment OF such insula.
Hon may not manifest itself until favorable
cnditions are accidentally created for the
grounding action Of the electric light our
rent. which Is then attended with its flow
Ovsr the impaired insulation to its metal
conduit, and thence to adjacent disoon-
nected metal pipe or other grounded metal
work. accompanied with an electric arc
md fire.
The many cases reported OF electric
6res due to defective insulation Of electric
hight wires should really be attributed to
frpscientifio installation.
.Ihs following statistics of lightning
dres IN this country have been compiled
from the Chronicle fire tables, and the great
lnmeese is principally due to the general
htroduction Of wire fences In the rural dis
tsicts, the increasing uss Of metal work
md pipes about buildinp and the Increasing