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Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22
SHOOTING WHALES.
Modern Whalers Use Cannon and arr
Explosive Harpoon.


Explosive Harpoon.
Whaling with modern methods In
Alaskan waters is an exciting game.
especially for those who are new to-
the business The modern whaling
steamer is a little vessel almost round
on the bottom, which enables it to be
turned and managed with the greatest
ease. Mounted at the bow is a small
cannon that shoots a harpoon weigh
ing more than 100 pounds and having
an explosive head, called the bomb.
If the shot is good and the harpoon
is planted squareiy behind the fin, the
bomb crashes into the lungs, killing in
stantly; if not, the struggle may last
for several hours
After a whale has been killed the
carcass is brought alongside the boat
and inflated so that it will float. A
long coil of rubber hose, one end of
which is attached to a pump and the
other to hollow spear pointed tube
of steel. with perforations along its
entire length, is used for this purpose.
The spear is thrust well down into
the whales side. the air pump started
and the body slowly filled with air
When inflated enough to keep it afioaE
the tube is withdrawn, the incision
plugged with oakum and the carcass
cast off. A buoy with a flag is at
tached to the body, and it is then set
adrift to be picked up at the end OF
the days hunting.
The whaling station is group of
buildings situated in bay or cove
near enough to the feeding grounds to
allow the steamer to come in each
night with the days catch. The
whales are anchored at buoy in front
of long, inclined platform, upon
which they are drawn, tail first, by
means of a steam winch
The saying that every part of the
pig but the squeal is now of market
value is also a fact with the whale.
Not a particle of the animal is wasted.
After the skeleton is stripped of flesh
it is disarticulated and the bones chop
ped in pieces.
The blubber is tried out for oil. and
the meat and bones are boiled for the
same purpose. Later the flesh is arti-
ficiaA~ dried and sifted, making fine
qua she bones are ground up
for len the blood is boiled
andiggest and fhe flesh, and the wa
terae world IF the blubber has been
trieduout makes excellent glue. The
fins and tail, after being sliced into
thin strips, are salted and barreled and
shipped to Japan as an article of food
Worlds Work.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22
1908. by c. W. Dillingham; Co.
CHAPTER III.

n We was a skillful architect in
deed who first devised the
bandbox apartment houses so
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22

an apron from force OF habit instillea
into him by his wife. ever careful OF
his clothes, and reappeared with a
carpet broom and dust cloth. He
was laboring under excitement, as was
manifest by the reckless manner in
which he used the broom. Finally,
with an expression of determination,
he said in a firm voice:
Emma. you know it will be six
months or year before get another
chance at raise-unless, of course, /
quit and ger a job somewhere else.
was thinking that perhaps you're tired
and want TO call it off"
"Call what Off"
"Why, everything the whole busi-
ness. ! mean our marriage he said
desperately
Her eyes opened wide with incredu-
lous astonishment.
'You mean separation
THAT'S exactly what mean"
"What for because I'm tired"
Something like that"
ssWhat an idea! You must have the
blues badly to talk such nonsense as
that Don't you think it would be as
well to wait until l complain? ?"
You have complained
"No-at least can't remember
mot in words. but
"But what p
eLook here" he said impatiently,
"don't you suppose have eyes? Don't
you suppose have feelings? I've seen
II know that you're sick of this
drudgery and all the rest-sick Of it
and sorry There's Smith with his
1--WE thousand he wanted you first.
You could have
She interrupted him sharply. her
face flushing.
'sJoer'
"Well, think
That's enough Of thatp'
"Oh, WE'LL" he declared sullenly,
turning away and dropping into a
chair. Il didn't mean
She followed him and placed her
hand on his shoulder.
Joe, | married you because / loved
you" she said gently, land for nothing
else, in the world. There wasn't any
influence except that, and that over
came all the rest mother and all of
them"
Il know all about that"
ssThere has been little hard luck
'.'There has been precious sight too
much of it,"
Il know you haven't been treated
right. but bad luck and ups and downs
are what woman ought to expect
when she marries. She has to take
the bad as well as the good, and she
ought to know enough to accept the
one as cheerfully as the other when
the bad is nobody's fault. That is
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22

"Joe, married yoat because loUed yoat.s =
what think, and that is what / have
tried to do. But there are some
things
She paused, reluctant to carry her
thoughts further into words.
What? You may as well say all
you've got to say while you're about
it," he snapped
''It's just this,' she went on. Never
refer to Jimsy in the way you did. |
married you. Joe. Please try and
leave unsaid things that might make
me regret it,
He ventured no further remark and
lapsed into his gloomy reflections.
Emma put her arm around his neck
and snuggled her face against his.
Poor old boyr' she murmured. 'That
setback we got today when we had it
all fixed up was enough to make yoL
feel sore and glum. Never mind; cheer
up. You know what Jimsy says, Hard
luck can give you an awful battle, bus
Ii you're on the square you can hand
it a knockout punch some time"
1t was no use, however. Joe's sulki-
ness had sunk in; his temper was vi
cious, deep and ingrowing, a temper
such as she had never suspected in
him, and all her petting, all her loving
coaxing, could not wean him from it.
She pressed her cheek more closely to
his and fondled him, but he jerked
away from her embrace and surlily
sought another chair.
AS he did SO the bell rang from
downstairs.
'I'll bet that's Jimsy now he NUT
tered
Much hurt. but Disgusting her feel
ings, Emma hurried into the kitchen
and pressed the button that opened
the entrance door of the house.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22
A THINNING DIET.
No Necessity For Too Rigid Dietary
Perseverance, Wins.

Perseverance, Wins.
The girl who would train down
should not starve herself. She should
eat plenty of the right kinds of food
Most people are fat because they over
eat fat making foods
Here is a diet list that. faithfully
persevered in, never fails to take OF
pounds of superfluous flesh. If you
want to get thin you may eat:
Fish-Nearly all fresh fish, boiled.
Meats-Lean beef mutton or lamb.
chicken. game (sparingly).
Eggs Boiled or poached on toast.
Farinaceous- Stale bread, dry toast
or crusts (sparinglyl.
yegetables-Spinach, lettuce, celery.
crosses. asparagus. caulffiower, onions.
white cabbage, tomatoes, radishes.
olives.
Desserts Ripe fruits only, acid vari-
eties prefera ble.sS
Drinks-One cup of tea or coffee
without milk. cream or sugar or one
glass of pure water slipped at the end
of the meal
You must not eat:
Soups, salmon. bluefish, eels. salt
fish, pork. veal sausages, made dishes.
fats. potatoes. mecaroni. oatmeal, hom-
my, spices. rice, Reets, carrots, tur-
nips, parsnips. puddings, pies. pastry
cakes, sugars. sweets Amilk, cream.
sweet wines, champagne, malt or spir-
ituous liquors.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22
ALSO

Desirable homes at Paulsboro
and Gibbstown.
Terms liberal.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22

ly-why doesn't Joe get on?
II really don't know. he averred.
I'm afraid you do,'' Emma insisted.
Honest. | don't I've been so busy
getting along myself that | haven't
paid much attention to any one else.'
He passed and gazed up at the cell
ing, engrossed in thought.
You know. Emma" he went on sud
denly, turning toward her. this get
ting along business is funny game
Such a lot depends on what a man
means when he gets along Some get
along when they have got lot of
money, some when they have wife
and a home and a bunch of kids, some
when they are able to pick pockets
and fool the coppers. Getting along
and why you do or why you don't de-
pends good deal on where you want
to get.''
"And you. JimsyY she questioned
Have you been getting along?"
"Oh, yes, ! guess so. amt got a
whole lot to kick about: perhaps lit
tie less, maybe a little more, than Joe
But the great idea Is not to get sore
Joe's all right. Maybe he's just being
prepared for a better living. When it
comes he'll appreciate it more'
Somehow ! don't seem to under
stand him as used to" she confessed.
There's been change that worries
me that worries me greatly"
Three sharp rings of the bell put an
end to fnrtner conversation, and she
rose, disappointed. and pushed the but
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22

Continued next week.)
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22
Courtship In the North.

The old Eskimo lit a cup of waAsus
oil and peered over the sealskin cur.
tain.
Aurora he called, sharply, '.is that
young man down there yet:n
Yes, pa answered the Eskimo
belle.
We'll, ! want you to cut him out.
understand n
Er-you'll have to do it yourself
pa He has been here so long he is
frozen to the snow settee." Success
Magazine. -
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22
CHAPTER ".

WAHERE was knock, the un-
latched door opened, and James
Smith walked in
Anybody at homer" he de-
manded briskly.
"Not solitary living SOUL. Emma
assured him. Come In"
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22

General dealer in real estate.
Will sell a lot and build a
home or business place, on liberal
terms.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22
FOB SALE.
SPLENDID


Two new eight roomed houses
at Wenonah. All conveniences
and np-to-date.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
SEA SICKNESS
of the GyrOscOpe Promises
TO Modify the Roll of
Vessels.

An adoption OF the gyroscope has heen
made that promises TO put a stop to the
side-to-side motion of vessels at sea. II
perfected it will do away with seasick-
ness and the shipping of heavy seas, and
will enable gunners to shoot accurately.
Billiard balls and the noon meal in the
salon will behave as on land. The deck will
resemble a middle west prairie, while waves
are foaming impotently over the erect and
steady side, Storms will become legendary,
and special prayer for those that go down
to the sea in ships will be obsolete.
Some of that win be a long time com
ing. But some of IL has already come. The
gyroscope is an apparatus which hereto
fore, by means of a mighty flywheel sucks
up and fights the motion from side TO side
OF the body to which ii is attached. Al
ready r. VI. s. Lochiel, plying from Bunes-
san to Three, on the Scotch coast, has dl-
minished its roll from IS degrees TO about
6 degrees. II is a vessel OF AS tons dis
placement and its gyroscope weighs seven
tons. 1t Is close TO being stable even in
a severe storm; ana IN certain ports. riding
at anchor. IT is used as a dock to which
the little lighters, dancing on the waves,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

tie up. and from which live stock may he
safely landed.
Such a gyroscope as successfully operates
on the Louchiel is being installed on a
Hamburg-American coastwise liner at a
cost of about 800.
A distant relative of Admiral Sperry,
an electrical experimenter of high profess
sional standing, Elmer A. Sperry, has
turned from the European passive gyro-
scope and theorized along new lines. His
invention is being installed on a model OF
one of the new battle ships. The Navy de-
partment is cooperating with him in his
experiments. His is the active" gyroscope,
and therein differs from all former adar-
tations of the flywheel and rotary idea.
His instrument is able to impart control
impulses in any given direction in rapid
succession. The swing of the European
gyroscope is that obtained from the COM
paratively small angle of motion of the
ship itself. The Sperry gyroscope gains a
full angle swing, as 1t functions lnde-
pendently of the motion of tho ship. More
simply stated, the ship must rock to make
the European gyroscope operate. In the
Sperry gyroscope, external power for de-
v~eloping control is largely derived from
the oscillating parts of the machine itself.
1t develops more powerful impulses with
which to light the rolling ship, and it Is
far lighter in weight than the European
model. 1t makes up in activity what is
lost in weight,
If this instrument should indeed hold
a vessel on a steady keel ocean travel Will
lose many of it's insecurities.-Collier'
Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

strongly to the man who has any trouble
with his collar in the morning, and, with
the double collar still almost universally
worn, anything which has a tendency to
improve this popular shape will be warmly
welcomed.
The curious summer coat worn last win
ter in the production of Fluffy Ruffles'
by young Grossmith, which was cut like
an English walking coat in front but like
a sack coat in the back. has made it's
appearance in one of the great mems out
fitting shops in Broadway, so perhaps we
will see our youngsters wearing this hybrid
garment this spring after all. Another
new coat seen in a shop window in Broad
way has a vent in each side instead of
crescent slash pocket.
The newest scarfs for wear with outing
shirts or, in fact, upon any occasion in
which a waistcoat is discarded, are folded
four-in-hands, having widely flowing ends.
They are made of Rumchunda and come in
various dark colors, such as green, navy
blue, garnet, and the like. The apron is of
solid color, but at the point, where the
scarf knots. the silk has been tiled and
dyed" so that there is a brilliant rainbow
erect IN many cOlors. These scarfS are
not very well suited for wear with the
waistcoat, as they present rather a notified
appearance when the apron is hidden and
do not seem to have any particular raison
deere.
1t is now possible to get the famous black
and white neckwea of tha moment in %
cent scarfs. 1t Is to be noted, by the way,
that there is a decided revival of bat
wing ties for morning wear this spring and
another feature of the ties Of the moment,
apart from their narrowness land they are
unusually narrow just now, is the fact
that nearly all the newer scarfs have
horizontal stripes. The day of the vertical
and the diagonal stripe seems to be on the
wane, A new graduated four-in-hand is
crossed by stripes quite an inch wide, self
colors, OF course, one being in plain weave,
the other a basket weave, but the ma
iority of the striped scarfs of the moment
rather narrow stripes, many of them
in effects, which seem to be
especially we'll suited TO the verv narrow
cravats of the noment-Fairchild's Maya
zine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
MEMS EXCHANGING STYLES
Lords of Creation Gripped by the
Tyranny of Sameness.
POSSIBILITY OF BREAKING AWAY
Coming Innovations Promise 40 Send
Present Garments 10 the Dump
-"Whithcr Are We
Drifting"

Isn't 1t rather curious, when you stop
o consider ii. that while women's fash
IONS change so radically from year to year
that each successive season seems to bring
with IL the reproduction of some definite
period" some such marked and perfectly
patent difference IN model or cut as tC
make any particular season a man recalls
stand out in his minds eye. as far as his
women folk are concerned, yet for dec
AIDES one might almost say there has been
little to distinguish one years fashions
for men from another? Coats a littl,
Longer, perhaps; shoulders a little broade;
or a little narrower, as the case may he
There have been little variations, perhaps
in the manner of waistcoats worn by Ger
tain individuals, a little more color in tn
scarfs of one season than of another. bu
OF radical changes there certainly hav
been none. Tho man of the western civi
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

The always possible danger that some
thing may happen to an engineer who is
driving a railroad train was again placed
in evidence recently on a fast freight on
the Reading railroad near Shamokin, Pa.
The engineer thrust his head from the cab
window when a plank from a lumber car
on a siding struck him on the temple,
rendering his senseless. TIL leaderless
train rushed on for some time while the
fireman failed to note anything unusual
until many curves were rounded at a high
rate of speed and crossings passed without
the usual warning whistle from the engi-
neer. When at last the fireman discovered
the inert engineer he stopped the train,
fortunately before serious consequences had
resulted Springfield Republican.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

ization is known far and wide by his
cylindrical trousers, his ugly hats, his
graceless coats, his armor-like neck-har-
ness, which Includes the stiff, stiff col
lar, and in recent days, the perfectly mean
ingless, narrow scarfs.
Indeed, for the past few years a ire
mendous artificiality has been the note
most loudly sounded in the mems wear
of the moment in the western world. But
isn't it true that the Orlentals alone have
for years possessed the true secret Of
dress? While our western women ring the
changes of mode from season to season
and our men persistently continue in the
thraldom of the inartistic, the jewellers in
the far east have been wise enough to
appreciate the fact that looseness and
grace are the real requisites Of perfect
dress. 1t is only within the most recent
times that. carried away by the inroads
of the so-called western civilization. our
brothers in the east" have begun to
adopt the absurdly stiff and conventional
habiliments decreed by the European
mode. Men of ancient days, Egyptians,
Romans, Greeks, the jewellers in the old
Hebraic regime, for example, must have
been comfortable in their clothes as no
modern man can ever be at ease in the
olose-fitting garments of the younger CEN
tury.'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
One ON the Man of Method.

Don't wait Tor me-, he said to his bet
ter half. II may be rather late; but bus
mess is business you know, and can't be
helped"
The next morning the man of method
was far from either looking well or feeling
well. At breakfast he sat listlessly toying
with his toast and coffee, while his spouse
sat stonily silent behind the coffee pot.
The breakfast room clock was equally
silent.
Maria, my dear. there must be some
thing wrong with that clock; l am sure
! wound 1t up last night" remarked the
husband.
mo" answered his wife, you wound up
Freddy's music box instead, and had II
playing Home, Sweet Home at 3 O'Clock
in the morning. The hall clock has also
stopped. and you nave screwed your cork
screw right into the telephone. Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
Stomach Trouble.
Your tongue is coated.
Your breath is foul.

Headaches come and go.
These symptoms show that
your stomach is the trouble. To
remove the causeis thefirst thing,
and Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets viii do that. Easy
to take and most effective.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
An AppeaI to the Voters of Omaha

We, the undersigned tax payers of the city, being thorough,
miliar with the situation and having the best interests of TIN
ty at heart. would advise all voters to vote against the Sc, $4,000
alter Bonds, as we do not think they should be voted before tn
Sc is finally adjudicated in the Supreme Court of the Unitec
ates. The voting of the Bonds now would look like a surrende
d might have a serious influence against the City's case.
RS%s R kltshsp sG Fsst aS'f Hotel.
To VI Hanson HTso r. Hf fr Gr oaei Hotel
Arthur G Smith. President M E: Smith Co.
Tno@a s; C. DH BgTne, P ssss tgS'i syrne 7 i n s%f Dry G Goods Co..
G 6sasi / B: F Fn%%'7 Vice Ds' Pr PsSss@t"i b9 1zsefihan%'i DF Ry Goods Goods CO. G"
". G. Ca" Src., seSret "a = o1 RT Dsa Co Paper Co.
G. F. F %shsT, Richardson &c a Sda'H Drug % Co.
r. r. c. y pS SonIOR RohardsOn Drug CO.
Yetter-payison wall Paper Co. VIII l. Yetter.
EeelGnsss DAnSd ea iI Hardware W e Co.. Co ' c. NJ ANDERSEN. Treas.
M STRe stswsFi : Beaton Carpet and Furniture Co. + I. D Miller, Pre-.
isaFS ;3n SsSsh ss8 : o9 esn o S@Isss's s. = Gsssst Go.
4 H 81 ! T Hss: T s:sss;s., SI sss ! { e. e. D''''
e. Omaha s ki PAINT F g disss cor. Q &c: H. White. President.
DTeibGs Candy CO. " ~
HG c copp.
g e'3 VI, Hui Co Co. G G. " + Hull Ia Presidents %1ass''
Ha7ens-White Coal Co
Omaha Ies : : Cold Storage Co, Frank Lehmer.
Albert EdhOlm, Jeweler 18th and Harvey.
G g E sSuEert FurrieT. 18Th and HsTneS:
S S5:as : :: ,i sHss;; s SS'f $aa s' e. Co.
MyefsD1ion Drug Co, 7. B Myers. President
Hess a. ODO FIOTlSS.
Y w.! Il. s s'f Fa&is@. h sssslssat os sfn%s.'i ps Z ses9ss e. C"
Nebraska Cycle Co, Geo. E. Nickel.
Arthur F. Smith. A. F. Smith Co.
Joseph Houska. 26O3 Sherman Avenue.
A. Hospe Co, A. Hospe President.
j.. p. Cook Co. James Cook.
Updike Grain Co, N. B. Updike, President
Edward Updike. 3612 Farnam.
CaveTs Elevator Co, j. A. Cavers.
Boyer Van Kuran Lumber & Coal CO.
Black, The Halter.
W. C. Billiard. Bulard, Hoagand. Benedict Co.
Geo. A. Josyn. President Western Newspaper Union.
John A. Scott agent estate F. !. Ames.
{. B. Nash Co, L. F. Crofoot.
Paxton Real Estate Co. w. A. Paxton, Jr, President.
J. n. Willard. Omaha National Bank.
William Wallace, Omaha National Bank.
John ID. Creighton. First National Bank Bldg.
John NJ. Daugherty, First National Bank Bldg.
X. c. Barton.
!. C. Root, Woodmen OF the World.
John I. Yates, Woodmen of the World.
Geo II. Fitchett Supt Woodmen of the World Bldg.
Alfred G. Kennedy, Real Estate.
John Grant. Grant Paving Co.
Geo. w. LOOMS.
Z. II. Hoel lNt
F. ". Corliss. VIZ
Wm. p. Mumaugh, Contractor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
stuffed shapes.

Not content, however, with outlining,
more or less truthfully, our human form
Irvine in most combining cerements, al
oeit they are of wool, we have, we Ameri
ans. been padding and building up our
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

TO THE PEOPLE OF OMAHA:
Many questions are being asked in regard to the prop
osition to vote ~$6y500,000 of water bonds of the city.
We deem it proper that the public should know the rea-
sons why we urge the people of Omaha to vote for the water
bonds.
NUMBER l.
We believe municipal ownership to be the best solution
of the situation; that it will result in better water service,
more prompt extension of water mains, and in reduction of
water rates without increasing taxes. There can be no NUM-
cipal ownership without voting bonds.
NUMBER q
We believe the plant will sustain itsef-paying in
terest on bonds, cost of operation, and create a sinking fund
to pay off the bonds, without additional taxes. In other
words, we believe we will be buying a revenue producing
property which will carry itself.
NUMBER 8
We cannot and will not use the 100000 Of bonds
heretofore voted.
NUMBER
It is important that the bonds be voted now that the
water board may be in position to make immediate COM
promise of the litigation, if this Is possible.
NUMBER g.
IF immediate compromise cannot be made, tt equally
important that the bonds be voted, that the water board be
in position to pay the amount found due by the United States
supreme court.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

NUMBER 3
award [~$6263,000], unless compelled to do so by the decree
NUMBER 7
We will not compromise unless upon a substantial re-
duction of the amount as found by the award. We will
try to compromise the matter Immediately if the bonds are
voted.
NUMBER g.
We are not in position to make any compromise until
the issue of bonds shall be authorized by vote of the peo-
pie. In previous attempts to compromise, we have been
met with the statement that we were in no shape to carry
out our proposition until bonds were voted.
We do not believe in granting a franchise to the water
company, nor to any Omaha syndicate. If it is a good pro-
position for a syndicate to take hold of, it is a better thing
for the city to handle for its own people.
NUMBER 10
If the bonds are voted, they will not be issued, nor will
they bear interest, until the water works are acquired by
the city.
No more of said bonds will in any case be issued than
are actually necessary for the acquisition of the plant.
NUMBER 10
Should the decision of the supreme court be against
the city a decree will be entered which must be paid. The