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New-York tribune., 1906-04-08
By p. T. McGrath

foes may have been wheeled about frequently,
meanwhile, by winds and tides. The mothers have
great difficulty in inducing the young to swim, and
for the first month the pups are helpless. After
that they enter the water, and their white fur
changes to brown. lust before this they are in
their prime between March and 3o and it IS then
that the sealrnen are keenest after them.
The mothers will fight desperately in defense of
their young, and so will the dog hood which Is
tremey fierce not hesitatng to give battle to two
or three men, so that he has to be shot usually.
Conflicts between them and the hunters are fre-
quent, and the latter are often torn by the teeth
and thppers OF the furious creatures The male
harp, though is a coward, and flies at the first sign
of danger The old hoods sometimes weigh three
hundred pounds and this tribe generally, is larger
brown. The young of both difficult to tell
apart, save by the nails their fippers which in
the harp are black and in the hood white.
Growth of the Industry
THIS seal-fshery has been prosecuted by the New
tOundanders for nearly three centuries, first in
boats, then IN smackS, later in sChoOners and for
the last forty years in steamers In the early davs
the losses OF ships and men were great, and the
spring of the Wadhams, when sixty vessels were
wrecked on some islands of that name, and over one
hundred lives lost, forms memorable epoch in the
history of the business. Sailing craft were at the
mercy of winds and waves and frequently lost big
catches through being unable to force their wav
into the lce-pack. Therefore, the introduction Of
steam was welcomed, and although peSSimistS de
cared that this would speedily prove the ruin of
the enterprise, their predictions falShed: for
the hunt Is now followed by steamships only and
of late has been attaining degree of prosperity
and unqualified success approaching that of the
earlier times In proof of this needs only TO be said
that the number of ships in the fleet is being IN
creased almost every year that now it stands at
twenty-h whereas 1t had been reduced to seven
teen few years ago, and never previously was more
than twenty-three There is also a prospect of a
further increase next season.
The steamers are OF special construction. and in
strength have no equal anywhere being Sheathed and
buttressed within and without that into situations
where an iron steamer would be crushed like an
egg-shel these boats may venture with impunitv
and in the hands of skilful captain NAV be said to
be invulnerable Their bows too are shod with
iron bands and the ship acts as a RAM hurting her
sell against the HoeS and cutting her way through
them, even when the ice IS three four feet thick
The tioeS spread over the North Atlantic and it
requires the keenest Judgment to locate the seal
nerds among them, the least error frequently re-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

fingers succeed one another, grave and gay, tender
poignant, absurd.
Sometimes she laughs aloud in her singular, in
dividual way. Around her people sit or pass, in
tent upon their affairs. Sometimes they jostle
her in their play, and Helen, smiling, extends
inquiring hand to see" who it IS. Children bury
their heads in her lap or come to her and ask for
story, for she is a capital story-tcler repeating,
for instance most of Kingsley Greek Hero Tales "
almost word for word they stand in the book.
All children quickly learn to understand her some
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

L ne HrSt, known also as white
coats, from the creamy fur
they show when born, are
the present years birth; bed
lamers, or half grown, are
last seasons; old are adults.
The mother seals mount the
ice-hoes off Labrador, deposit
their young, and drift south
with them, the fathers fishing
for the family at first, but the
mothers joining in this as they
regain strength. The harps
are mild and companionabie,
and form great herds, extend
ing over miles of floe. The
hoods are fierce and solitary,
Each family keeps to its own
fragment of ice, about fifty
miles separating the two
classes, which never mix.
Seals are gifted with an in
stinct that has no equal; for
a mother, starting to fish in
the morning, will return to
her own offspring unerringly
at sundown, though there may
be two hundred and fifty
thousand in the herd, and the
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR APRIL 8, 1905

what indistinct spoken words with readiness,
Her goodnight as She rises at last TO go away TO
bed, is softly spoken; but it IS answered with ca
resses.
Helen's life has its vexations its griefs, and its
hard passages; but these leave no resduum of bit
terness or -nature for some reason that it is hard
to fathom. Before she had language, as child OF
six and seven she was cross and violent. She OBJ
tanned her needs by kicking and striking She was
decidedly impatient if her wishes were not gratifed
at once. With the dawning of speech, her violent
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08


year is now in full progress. Though it lasts
for only about six weeks, from the middle of
March till the end of April it ranks among the first
of the islands industries. Its results enormous,
when its short duration IS considered. Thanks to
prudent legislation, it prolific ever marked
contrast the Pacific sealing enterprise, which has
been reduced to the vanishing point by unrestrained
slaughter.
Thirty years ago two American whalers from New
Bedford ventured into the Newfoundland sealing
cruise, but found it uncongenial; decade later
Scotch whaerS from Dundee tried it. but also with
out success more recently Nova SCotan capitalists
started in it, though with poor fortune too; and
now, as heretofore, it is confined to the NewfOund-
landers themselves, who, because of having prose-
cuted it for centuries have acquired special apti-
tude and experience for the work.
1t is most perious and exciting business, next
in these respects to whale hunting, and it employs
thousands of men at a season when, owing to the
severity OF the winters IN Newfoundland, other
avenues of labor open to them. Its annual value
is nearly million dollars; it maintains fleet of
twenty-five wooden steamers; and the average an
nual kill of the four thousand men who form the
crews IS about three hundred thousand seals worth,
say three dollars apiece Prior to the discovery of
the petroleum beds in America whale and seal-oils
were IN universal demand as 1lumlnantS. The
largest cities of Europe and America absorbed the
supply for their street lamps. Now Seal-o is used
largely in lighthouses and for making high-class
soaps. 1t is also employed a substitute for olive
OIL after the Stearin has been extracted, when it
can hardly be detected from the genuine article.
Habits of the Seal
TITLE is known of the natural history of the seal.
- They of two genera: the fur seals of the Paci-
fc and these hair seals of the Atlantic the former
valuable only for their rich ve1vety skins while
the hide and fat of the others turned into leather
and oil. The seal IS amphibious, like the whale,
being strictly marine mammal, though maritime
countries class it fish. 1t is gregarious and its
herds of countless extent; its peagic wanderings
reach from the Grand Banks to the Arctic zone.
1t feeds the fish it finds on these submarine
Plateaus most of the year, and in February moves
north to the ice-flOes borne southwark bv the
Labrador current, the young being deposited on
these crystal wastes. About March I each female
seal gives birth to one pup"
There are four varieties of seals in Newfound-
land waters: the harp, hood, bay, and square
fipper. The last two found so rarely as to
be of little commercial value; the harps and
hoods, however, may be counted by hundreds
of thousands The harp is So-called from a number
of dark spots which show its back, bearing
a rough resemblance to a harp; the hood owes
IT'S name to loose appendage of skin behind it's
head which it can initiate when angry. OF each
there are three grades: young, bedlamers and old
The first, known also as white
coats, from the creamy fur
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

year or the -1c Ne'-u
applied 10 seas.
ON ar-iyr ST. Johns,
the cargo AIDED, anu
the fat from the
skin bv t1 orera-veS.
This Is c1uver ge va-S.
where the lUed oi-
of IL and - II De-
comes ta>-C -o-orlc>S,
while the raniied
and CouEcr -el-.'ei-
The United LIS I4Nen
tWO-thIrd~ lA,s y
the la>- -c Ior
mduutJC--- s-l--.-lO'
and Nt-baC- Aes-'
and fat Is lA'io'
and it Is -~l I--
ships uD-or ~
TO secure Oi-'
shall TIL casSes.
which bern pc San
be turuet .'-'-s-
Warehouses tl -
making he 'id '
tract of U. AA -l'''-
Sau>a age-tI.u- lesA =
much Ike a.-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

fortunate one may come back loE-.ae1rd The n
du5trv Is therefore much OF gam H. l1r both shin
owners and sealnen- The former IS to suffer not
alone the loss on his capital but also on his ourS-
for the particular cruise, while cre men have als0
to lose a month or two N the hunt and Their pros
peCtive earnings for that period e- so keen IS
the interest IN the business that -1ndreds and
thousands of men gather at St. --s before the
ships leave, seeking berths or places on board
though the unluCkv ship may not earn them auv-
thing. while the fortunate one may -.-e them sxrv
dollars. and though they endure -te greatest Dis
comforts from OVerCTOWd1nS. u-z----a-v COnll-
tOnS, and lack of ventilation, as wei from poor
food and the peTIls incident 70 the lerv as pur-
sued upon the foes The ship IS crowded Wirh
coal and provisions when she goes OUT and the
men have often TO sleep about the decks. The
same thing occurs under more acceu-uated cor
d1tions when she IS loaded for the s.eeping-quar-
terS piled full of seals and they have shelter
t0r the two or three days and nights occupied N
the run home.
Frequently the seals are driven So continuous
winds against the land, and the residents along the
coast swarm off on the foes and Kill them bv hun
dredS Even women, BOYS and girls rarricipate N
this novel hunt; that there are cases on record
where family made as much as FIVE ta1t tre dollars
IN week from the spOils of this se IN the
extreme northern section of the island -pOn which
the 1lOeS 1mp1nge every year, the -e- -enrS reap
substantial harvest through this means.
The seals are killed with clubs. known as gaHs.
The pelt is skin and fat Is Srrlu-e rom the car
CaSS, which latter Is discarded aS te'eSs- The
young seals, known as whiteC0arS .e.-cSe Of Their
creamy fur are the best prizes. as -he the Enest
oil and skins and are the most easi. 1ll5d. They
make no resistance, being helples@ r-5- baby seals
The Probable Catch
ZACH skipper of a seal-ship steers -ling to his
- own ideas of where the ice and the are. some
seasons almost all the ships miss -ls md r.
turn with poor success. On one occasions
ships C1rcumnavigated the island 1ueSt. Al
other times vessels which when load -ould carry
forty thousand peltS have come d-. L as few as
twelve, not enough to grease the er y brand
new ship one year had only ninety md another
sent her entire catch, twentv-siN q ashore n
boat on returning TO St Johns wears ago.
But IN years when 1t Is possible the ships
right IN among the herds catches made with
amazing rapidIty Two wears az HrSt ship
home had been out only nine dav- She secured
full load of eighteen thousand But that
season was a most favorable enc. l- ueSr year
the first returning ship was out tV-- .arS, having
met hOeS OF unusual thickness V. She was m
able TO force through. The l load ever
brought back from the ice-teIls -ha- of the
Neptune in ISO2, which had forrv-. -Sand nlne
hundred and eighty-three pelts n Other og
catches, IN point of number, werc IN 1905, me
,-,.- .- -- .-L5 vv0ri
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-29
THE DINNER TABLE.
SIMPLE ADoRNMENT NOW THE
lNVARlAHLE RULE.
Era of Elaboration Has Passed, and
the Up-to-Date Hostess VIII
Have Nothing But SimpIic-
.aooldIsauAo Air
'sooldIsluAo kll-

Simplicity and refinement provide
the keynote for the well appointed
table Of to-day. The era of plush cen
terpieces and satin ribbon sashes has
passed away So, too, has the looking
glass lake, with china ducks and
swans placidly resting on its surface
and an island OF ferns and flowers ris-
ing mountainously in the middle. Tall
decorations, whether of flowers or
potted plants, are, in fact, tabooed
among up-to-date hostesses. There
never was a shadow Of reasonable ex-
cuse for their popularity. Nothing Is
more exasperating than to be seated
at table where one can only guess
at the identity of ones opposite neigh
Dor.
The present-day table appointments
are exquisitely chaste. Linens en-
broidered In colors are seen only at
luncheons, when no tablecloth Is used.
AT dinner all the table napery is pure
white, this being the only correct
background for the glittering services
of silver and cut glass. If wax tapers
are used they are placed in low and
rather broad holders Of silver, bronze
or porcelain, and are usually fitted
with silk shades representing the flow
er predominating in the table dec
orations. Often, however electric
lights are substituted for candles,
each bulb being concealed in the heart
of a flower These are much prettier
than candles, and are less liable to
accident
The popular centerpiece for ordinary
use is a low-growing fern, set in a
squat iardiniere OF silver or porcelain.
There is no daintier ornament for the
round table. and it has been discovered
that the delicate fern fronts Of soft
green have a peculiarly harmonious
effect not only upon the table appoint
ments, but upon the guests. Green is
restful color and discordance SIM
ply cannot long exist where 1t is the
dominant note. 1t blends, too, with
gowns Of all shades. while flowers Of
brilliant hne often seem to scream at
the gay colors around the table.
Long-stemmed roses, carnations or
chl@santhemums are sometimes
strewn upon the tablecloth instead Of
being placed in vases.
II artistically arranged the effect is
pleasing, hut the flowers wither quick
ly. When long-stemmed blossoms are
placed in vases the latter are invalss-
ably Of transparent crystal, extreme
ly slender, and too high to obscure the
vision OF those seated at the table,
Moreover, not more than two or three
blossoms at most are placed in each |
A bouquet OF flowers or a set piece"
of any kind, is never seen. haa tnno
It Is considered Inbred nowadays |
to place fruit upon the table; conse-
quently the once inevitable epergue
piled high with hothouse delicacies, is |
among the things that were and are
not. Baskets OF porcelain or crystal |
are now preferred to fruit dishes. and |
these, with the rest of the dessert |
service, are arranged upon tire side
board. whence they are transferred to
the table when needed.
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Victoria, B. C.-Advices have been
received by the steamer Belierophon
that the japanese naval department.
has decided upon a naval programme
for the improvement Of the japanese
navy, the expansion to cover a period
Of eight years. The diet is asked to
vote s1s5,OOO.000 for the purpose. Of
which s12,0o0.O0o viii be used to re-
pair present vessels. among them the
former Russian vessels captured and
raised. Many Of the vessels now IN
service viii be replaced. The pro
eramme Of the naval department viii
be to have a battleship squadron Of
eight vessels. representing the strong
est and newest types, two armored
cruiser squadrons Of eight ships each
and three fast cruiser squadrons Of
four ships each, representing a pro
gramme Of shipbuilding for the next
decade.
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Boil pint Of milk with the pared
rind Of a lemon in it. Strain OF the
lemon-rind and put in three ounces
of rice. Cook this slowly till the milk
is absorbed. Add two ounces of cas-
tor sugar. Beat it well with spoon
to crush it, and next press the rice
or the bottom and sides Of a cake
tin, and let it dry in a cool oven Have
ready some nicely stewed apples
which have been rubbed through a
sieve: add to them the beaten yolzs
Of two eggs and one ounce Of butter.
Stir over the fire to cook the eggs.
but do-not boil It. Beat the whites Of
three eggs to a stiff froth and add
lightly to the apples. Put it into the
rice boiler, and bake IN quick oven
about half an hour. It must be served
imnediately.--N Montreal Herald
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LIVES SNUFFED OUT.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT
Passenger Cars On Seaboard Line
Plunge Into Open Draw Of Bridge
With Fearful Results.

Atlantic City, N. j., Get. 29-As
details in yesterdays terrible wreck
on an electric line, were received dur
ing last night they became more APP
palling. The total number Of per-
sons whose lives we're snuffed out all
most Instantly will probably reach
66, with nearly score of injured; sew
eral Of whom it is thought will die.
Forty-eight bodies have already been
brought to the surface. There were
81 persons on the train Twenty-Five
Of this number has been accounted for
which with the bodies already recoy-
cred makes the total % This leaves
10 unaccoutted for and who are sup
posed to have been drowned. 10 Is
possible some Of these may never be
found. It Is believed by divers that
some OF the bodies ioated through
broken windows out into the thoro-
fare and were carried by swift current
into the Atlantic The thorofare Is
a small waterway mile outside or
thlscity. Several fishing schoors had
just passed thru the drawbridge when
the electric Grain hove m sight Be-
fore the dTawbridge could swing into
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-29
A New Magazine

The Frank a. Munsey Company
has, with the addition of its newest
magazine "WoMAN" increased the
total number OF its monthly publica-
tions to six. The Oldest one Of the
six is The Argosy, which is now near
| ly twenty-four years old. The others
are Munsey's, The All-Story, The
Scrap Book and The Railroad Mans
Magazine The total circulation of
these six magazines is over 2,2OO, 900
copies and the amount Of fiction issued
by this one publishing house every
thirty days, it is said to weigh oyer
five TONS
WOMAN" is a straight reading
magazine, making up for its lack Of
illustrations by its wealth of stories,
articles and departments. 1t was APP
parently built on the principle that a
woman would read a good story than
glance over few pages of more or
less interesting illustrations. The
principle is undoubtedly a sound one,
when the stories are as much worth
reading as those in the November
WOMAN
The first number indicates that Mr..
Munsey has again accomplished seem
ing impossiblity in finding new field
for new magazine. This Is, how
ever, as it should be, for since Mr..
Munsey introduced the first 10 cent
magazine, the publishing world has
gotten more or less into the habit of
waiting to see what he win do next.
WOMAN is the latest answer and a
very good one.
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SUN BATHS FOR BEDDING.
Said to Be Guaranteed to Produce
Healthy Sleep.

According to the latest health ad-
visers, nothing induces healthy sleep
like sun-bathed beds and bedding
Instead Of making your bed the first
thing in the morning, take your mat
tress and bed clothing out into the
garden, and lay them in the sun.
Leave them long enough for the
sweet fresh air and life-giving proper
ties OF the sun to be thoroughly alb
sorbed, and to dispel the odors Of the
night
Blankets are especially susceptible
to bad odors, and if cleansed by the
sun they renew the life-nke elasticity
Of the natural wool which is 50 sooth-
ing to tired nerves. Moreover. It is
astonishing how long sun-baked mat
tresses and pillows retain the sweet
freshness Of the outdoor world.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-29
He WAS HANDY
WITH A KNIFE

Last Friday night there was a
dance and a fight at the home Of Mat
Fields IL miles west Of vinlta. j..
Jackson had been drinking, It Is said;
at least he was full Of fight, and in
his picking around for a fuss tackled
It. Marang and called him some ugly
names, after which Maran9 struck him
Jackson used a knife to good advan-
tage on Marang, cutting a cash I'M
der his left arm and sliced his chin,
causing him to bleed almost to death
before getting co a surgeon.
Marang come to town this morning
TO see the officers Of the law in refer
ence to having warrant issued for
the arrest Of Jackson
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-29
4 most Worthy Article

When an article has been on the
market for years and gains friends
every year, It is safe to call this medi-
cine is a worthy one. Such is Ballard S
Horehound Syrup. 1t positively cures
coughs and all pulmonary diseases.
One of the best known merchants in
Mobile, Ala. says: For five years my
family has not been troubled with the
winter coughs and owes this to Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup. l know it
has save1 my children from many sick
spells Sold BY Peoples Drug
Store. W
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-29

/ place there were three cars running
at high rate of speed dashed into
the tressel, which is twenty feet high.
The forward car left the rails and
dashed into the guard rail, the other
two cars following. The first two cars
were instantl submerged, but the
third car caught OH an abutment ana
remained suspended 1t was the car
from which nearly al the injured
were rescued. When the Two cars
struck the bottom Of the waterway
they stood almost on END. The first
diver did not descend until several
hours after the accident occurred.
Hereported victims were packed III
lower ends Of submerged cars SO Tight
" itswas difiicuit TO move them.
Whenthey were finally taken out the
bodies, one By one were carried to
waiting train aud laid side by side,
later to be brought to this city and
placed I'd temporary morgue Thou
sands Of people gatheredat the scene
before boats surrounded tile spot but
they wereunable 10 render aid.
EMANUEL bernard New York ac-
tor and nephew of Sam Bernard
comedian, we're among The killed.
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Henry e. Jones of Tampa, y Fla
writes: can thank God for my pres
bnt health, due to Foley's Kidney
Cure. / tried kidney cures, but moth
ing done me much good Till / took
&F0ley's Kidney Cure. Four BOTTLES
Ncured me, and have no more pain in
Nmy back and shoulders am 62 years
sold, and suffered long, but thanks to
IAFoley's Kidney Cure l am we'll and
lean walk and enjoy myself. Tt is a
.Npleasure to recommend it to those
breeding a kidney medicine. A. r..
TOwens
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-29
EPUDL|CAN
MEETINGS

Dates for Republican meetings have
6Ben arranged as follows:
4 Estella, tonight, T. J. Farrar and
w. B. DePue
& Union school house, Wednesday
hight, e. M. Probasco and t. J. Far
far.
B Centralia, Thursday afternoon,
Hon. bird S. Mcclure and w. ri.
Darrough.
Vinita. at court house, Thursday
hight. Hon. Bird S. Mcclure
Nix School house, Friday night, Z.
NJ YProbasco and 7. r. Farrar.
Big Cabin Saturday night, E. M.
Probasco and T. J. F'array.
West Point school house, Saturday
1Aght, W. H. Darrough and I. f.
Murphy.
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INDIANS ARE "
ON WARPAT

Sheridan, Wyoy Oct. POI Cavalry
now approaching bands Of renegade
Utes from five different points and IL
is only a,question OF time until the
redskins are forced to surrender or be
annihilatesl. The band is making
direct for tue Cheyenne agency. 1t is
believed that battle will be fought
in Valley Of Tongue river near Ash
land.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-29

Tulsa |. ~ Oct. 20-rl Specially The
conference Of the Indian mission Of
the NJ e. church. South, will meet in
Tulsa on November 10, With Bishop
y, ]. Tlgert, presiding. -Four hum
dred delegates ministerial and lay,
will attend The mission comprises
both Oklahoma and Indian Territory.