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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
AS IN THE GOLDEN FIFTlEs."

The whalers life on the old barks is
much the same as it was in the golden
days of the ffties; his stock in trade and
mode Of operation have changed but little
since then. and ocean greyhounds cut
down records and wireless messages fit
through the air above him with little or
no effect upon his rigging. Seven barks,
two briggs and considerable fleet OF
schooners buck the brine for whales in
the time honored and picturesque manner
that we read about in school biographies
and fiction, harpooning the whale, cut
ting in" and trying ont" much as they
always have done. with the slight change
that a bomb lance is propelled into the
whale by gunpowder. where formerly the
officers OF the vessels administered this
fnal attention by hand.
The most striking change about the
whaling business, or what is left Of II, is
in the type of men who go whaling.
Where Americans were formerly the
keenest whalcmen, il is seldom now that
they are found IN the whalers forecastle.
The whaler OF to-day is manned mostly
by Portuguese, and often has Portu-
guese captain, into the bargain. There
are only six or seven American shippers
left, IL has been stated, and these almost
without exception are in charge Of the
barks and briggs
The Portuguese arc keen whalers and
have crept into the industry as they have
into short distance fishing and all other
independent sea enterprises along the
New England Coast. There is keen rival
Try between them and the Americans IN
the crews. and mixed crews are some
times avoided on this account certain
whaling captain told the writer that he
always made a point OF having Ameri-
cans I'm strong majority when he could
get them, TO avoid by force OF numbers
the occasional outbreaks Of hard feeling
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
Four Of the Venerable Square Riggers Of
1850 Put Out from New Bedford Over
Twentieth Century Waters and Tackle
the Ocean Mammal in the Manner
. of Grandfathers Of Their
Present Crews.

that so frequently became manifest when
the crews were more evenly matched.
West Indians have also been largely en-
poyed by American captains. who have
found them faithful and efficient.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
WAOiNG IN CLEAR sPERMAce1L


After that comes the upper portion Nh'o"
contains the ease" that holds the spe'
maceti This is cut open and the pun
spermaceti baled out in the manner ne.'
represented. II is an oily job as the oiu0.
Der of this portion of the whale is ai'nV,s
pure grease and the men often "au,
waist deep i'm The clear spermaceu ,'s."
When all the valuable portions OF ".
whale have been removed. including VI,
plates Of whalebone I'm the Jaw t"e
is tried out from the blubber III
heavy try works that are butt o" y"
ship for the purpose. and the CASKS
low The decks are filled by means u
canvas hose. The gear Is then s'o"
away and the ship continues once
on her search for other whales.
A singular tragedy is connected WIZ"
photographs that accompany this aru''
They were taken by the wife OF ""a
ing captain named Horace smith,
commanded the bark California
Smith. who was an excellent p"o'v ~
rapher was lowered in sling o'e' ,ns
whaler's side for the purpose OF se0"'.
some photographs. She was useo /"
sells and for the last fifteen years ""'
companed her husband on MS NV'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
PRECEDED WIFE TO GRAVE


A short time over two months as lag
Sc: out with her husband on ~, and
voyage. but was suddenly taken ~ ,srI.
set ashore, returning to New pane
which was her home. Her illness nat
more serious. and when it was seen ~, "a
she could not live an effort was ,'' 's ses.
summon her husband, who WIN w .as
sci. the schooner A. NJ. Nicho'sv" ,,ser
somewhere in the Atlantic A ~ CAP.
whaling captain. who was friehu y, ,sreh
tain Smith. volunteered to go !" s.nce.
OF him. and securing tug al ~ s,,ud
set forth in pursuit of the out"a'J ssre ne
whaler. steaming to the location .,,ost
thought he would find his friehu' was
Immediately the whaling schoone. .osbt
sighted end Captain Smith was his
back TO New Bedford In time 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

! him whea 10 comes to the surfaO "
| breathe. Then the boats officer Yields
the lance with an explosive head, which
is fired into the whales internal arrange
ments from a clumsy looking gun and
which finishes him effectively. Or some
/ times using q different method. the lance
/ and harpoon are both projected into the
whale at the same time and both fired
/ from the same discharger. II is said that
twice the number OF bomb lanccs are
being used by whalers now than was the
case twelve years ago and that the sup
ply of oil that they are bringing in mas
increased proportionstely.
When the whale is lanced his struggles
at once grow weaker and at last he
goes into his death furry" whirling
about on the surface of the water and
lashing it to bloody foam in the throes Of
his final agony When finally dead
hole is cut i'm his flesh. tow rope in
serted and the mass of meat and blubber
is hauled TO the side of the vessel, where
preparations for cutting in are already
I i'm progress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

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for Ike purpose. @I2y !, Ac AxleAnronac
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

Continued on fourth pss"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-05

doubt those who lost their lives would
agree with him II they could add their
word.
And now the tango has been barred
from Chicago restaurants. And the
dancers will have to grin and bear" 1t.
II it Is true that the Thaws are
cramped for money we shall soon set
rid of the whole caboodle. A Thaw
without money can't keep in the public
eye or stay in court. Equal opportun-
ity in court seems to be connected with
equal ability to pay.
The automobile still has a good lead
on the white horse and his rider. Same
old number of killings in the same old
ways. Perhaps were Nautilus TO re-
write it he would substitute the motor
for war in his scheme Of keeping down
population.
The patient rallied we'll after the re.
organization operation but the danger
of peritonitis still remains Meanwhile
every one seems to be busy at one
thing or another and willing to await
developments. Fact is there seems to
be too much resignation TO the out
come whatever it may be.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-05
Topics of the Times

Why not suggest laws to the SUI
preme court and get permission to pass
them? Or why not make the supreme
court censors of bills instead Of laws!
Seems like 1t would save time and
amount to the same thing as the pres
ent rule by appeal to the courts.
The Carroll Herald is not satisfied
with Woods. How would Ben Salinger
suit the Herald for chairman of the
national republican committee? They
were wont to work together in harm
ony.
In Germany, under new rules, 1t IL
reported, no telephone conversation is
permitted to last longer than six min
utes. The rule Is evidently aimed at
the young man who does his counting
over the free phones in the drug stores
and smoke houses.
The road making prison camps e
Iowa and Illinois seem to be making
good in every way. Why is it that we
avoid and argue against g sure thina
and buy gold bricks at a premium
| The road work for convicts is sure
thing for all the parties concerned.
j. Pierpont Morgan says or tne
| calamity on the New Haven line I'VE
don't like these things to happen" Ne
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-05

| watching. 1t is worth while keeping
an eye on every active, impudent cut
no matter how poor his surroundings
A lot Of the best and biggest we grow In
| this country. where we grow them big
ger and better than anywhere else
originated in spots that the rest Of US
designate as undesirable places to live
in. And it is also worth watching, not
from curiosity at that, how easily the
generation which has never learned the
cruel necessity of thrift descends from
the mansion to live In Ill Of a
place" and begin all over again that
redevelopsnent which usually requires
three generations between outworn cot
tages in the undesirable district and
mansions on the boulevards.
Old Pat Flaherty came direct from
the bogs. He couldn't write his own
name and all print was a mystery to
Pat. He never earned over dollar and
a half a day. He couldn't tell his own
age. The Flahertys lived in a HI of
a place" and belonged TO Shantytown.
But the Hon. Jawn P Flaherty has
been speaker of the house in his state
and that eminent financier, James
Aloysius Flaherty. formerly "Jocko').
states and one OF these invited TO con-
ferences with the treasurer of the
United States Nobody speaks of
Shanty1own in that connection. Jawn's
boy married first cousin of the gov
errors and James girl is the Countess
Whatdoyoucallem.
Then there was tina. bunch Of Dutch
that lived down in Grant township.
About all the consideration they got
was that they We're all right to pay
their debts. But when your girl goes
ack there on visit and speaks feel
ingly OF the FaussInann boy who has
the big imported car and who leads the
social sheep as with a shepherds
crook. you ge, some idea of change and
the mutations Of time. Why, his
old Grandad Haussmann smelled
Of garlic mile off, was much
inclined to cowhide boots and dirty
overalls and the old woman never
spoke a word Of English in her life.
Theyhad a patch of land down on the
bottom thai a land agent stuag oid
Haussnann with. 1t also was a I'll
of place to live in" But you ought to
see the place now with its added 1000
acres and its villa Of beautiful build
ings
Never mind. never mini about that
place where the dry goods boxes are
the lumber bill and the hen house grew
by degrees. Remember the FTahertys
and the Haussmanns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-05
Tho End Of a Holiday.

And autumn comes-not as the spfng,
With song Of bird and breath OF
cheer;
No pageants to its passing bring
The dying year.
No shout OF triumph fills the ear,
No cry of sorrow, even. to lend
A note of change-but dull and drear
Our summers end!
And autumn comes with whispering
So softly that we can not hear
The voiceless dirge she seems to sing
BY summers bier.
And if the leaves today are scar,
We're yesterdays much greener? Mend
Your phrase! When have ycu seen
appear
Our summers end?'
And autumn comes, not with the sting
OF sharp regret; no sudden Veer
OF winds-a soft, Disgusting thing
That sheds no tear,
She's finished half Of her career
Ere we begin to comprehend
That she has come, and brought us
near
Our summers end!
And autumn comes, But we. my dear.
Care not, for she has been our friend.
And taught us we need never fear
Our summers end
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-05
The 1RAhscohIlhEN1AL.

The Denison Review states in an
article devoted to highway routes
across the state that our Transconti-
mental route has been neglected. and
especially from Council Bluffs east to
Carroll. The markers along the line
elers are unable TO travel with safety
along the way and this, perhaps, is
more noticeable west Of Dunlap until
Council Bluffs is reached. altho it is
bad enough al the way thru. The
road, it says, from Missouri Valley t.
Council! Bluffs is simply indescriba bly,
bad for at least one-haif the distance.
One is impressed while passing over
the road that it has not been looked
after by any one, and no tourist can
feel otherwise than disguised after
having gone over this section of the
road.
The Review concludes that unless
the T-anscontinental is given more at
tenrion tourist traffic will take other
routes across the state. And this is
true, especially traffic entering from
the west.
The stretch between Carroll and
Council Bluffs seems to be the only bad
stretch in the Transcontinenoal. There
is Of course a reason if it can be made
evident. Whether il is thru the in
attention and carelessness Of the towns
and farmers along the line, whether
that section is a replica Of crackerdom
of whether there. is a studied neglec:
OF the Transcontinental in order 10 IA
vor other lines or whether the road is
unfortuna teiy laid thru standpat poll
teal territory it would be gratifying at
least to know.
The Transcontinental Is worth much
more to the territory it traverses than
has been realized. East of Denison and
Carroll the road is good and the best
route thru the state. 1t should DE
made equally good from these places
west. Whose fault is it that it is not !?
The politicians?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-05

l1efed and presumably sold $500 worth
Of cholera serum during the past three
months. His neighbors and they ought
to know, say this veterinary is making
800 a day for aervices and medictnes.
That beats the newspaper business.
80
New Sharon has only small city
park, but they have hxed 1t up in ms
shape. New cement walks. cement
band stand. more shade trees. all at
tract attention OF outsiders. The new
Osborne Crippen block is big addi-
ton to the business part Of town. The
Chippen meat market is equal to any
thing in towns ten times as large.
The postoffice at New Sharon is one
of those run to accommodate the pub
lie. If the train from the north is late,
the postoffice is frequently kept open
and mail distributed at $50 p. m.
They don't have to-" but do 1t to ac.
commodate their patrons.
One day this week men and teams
were working the main travelled road
between Searsboro and Lynnville. And
let it be recorded, If italics were used
in this column this scribe would so
mark it, they are actually cutting down
the hills Really are blowing the road
on the top of the hills and hauling the
dirt down to the bottom. For over thir-
ty years the writer has driven over this
road and sees every trip hills not five
feet lower on top than thirty years ago.
This is the road where. in the past.
dirt has been hauled up hill to fill
washed out places. If the men working
this year, this road, had done the same
kind of work for the past thirty years.
say five feet off the hills each year. to-
day there would be a comparatively
level road between the two towns.
And not cost the taxpayers any more
than thep resent four miles of up hill
and down again.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-05
TEMPERED SORROW.

According TO a news dispatch from
waverIy thieves took $4,000 IN cash
and securities from the bed room Of
wealthy bachelor OF that place the
other night. Twenty-s!x thousand dol
lars OF the loot was in real money.
parently for good.
Two points stick out in this story
One is that there still exist here and
there men "eccentric'-wh!ch in these
cases is another term for foolish
enough TO keep large sums hidden
away in their bed rooms and up Chin
news and down cellar instead % put
ting it safely into farm mortgages,
where It would pay small but honest
tax or in a bank where II might Go
somebody some good including himself,
the banker and the man who wants TO
borrow on good security. The other
point is that this robbed person is
bachelor and that his bed room was
occupied only by himself and his
monoy and bonds. Had he been mar
ried he would have known better than
to leave money around in the bed
room.
Let US hope that the thieves will be
discovered and the old bachelor ges
his money back. But il grows harder
and harder every year to sym athize
greatly with those who offer an invi-
tation TO robbery by carrying large
sums on their persons or hiding their
cash in socks and garbage cans. Mostly
these persons are victims Of their own
distrust OF the honesty Of established
concerns that make a business Of pro-
tecting other peoples money or Of
their desire TO avoid the assessor. Why
the waverly man kept his wealth in
his room is not stated but generally
the reasons above hold good.
In 1913, when every dollar is worth
dollar, when practically every bank
is as sound as a nut and when there
isn't the slightest trouble in finding
secure borrowers for big or little sums
it is up TO US TO be sorry for tae loser
but in a temperate way.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-05

great year In lows politics." The signs
Of It are not numerous. Next year ~
not far away, and II there 10 any ex-
element 1t h hand made. The people
who, rule are promiscuously engaged.
Even at 90 much OF q center OF oaP
politics ~ Fort Dodge, It was semi.
officially declared the other day. fol.s
lowing the close Of the chautauQua
season. that the next things In order
was the bumptiousness Of the corn
crop. Corn has something to do with
politics. for corn has relation to pros
perity; but the thought OF Fort Dodge
was not chasing around the corners In
eager search Of politics. Iowa news
papers. without much reference to color
or previous condition Of servitude. were
never freer Of political excitement than
they are right now. Few Of the news-ss
papers appear to be watching to see
which way the cat 10 most likely to
jump. And this 10 20 because the Oldest
subscriber Is otherwise occupied. Close
inquiry would develop. nine times out
of ten. that there 10 nothing DOING,
There IL passing interest in the post-S
office. where that has not been settled:
and in Webster City not many. aside;
from the Hunters and Bert Kelz, know
that Ed Knott - lingering in the Office
Of United States marshal for the north.
eHn district Of Iowa: ana less is known
that Colonel Temple. who has offended
the arm Of the law In the southern
district Of Iowa. Interest has been
confined to . coterie The republicans
are not expecting anything. Times are
as dry for them as for the prohibitions 3
lists. Hope Is 80 low in the breast that
excitement u . physical impossibility.
The best laid plans for rehabilitation
have gone Awry. There IS nothing In 4
prospect except the steady price Of coal
and hard winter. The leafy month OF
June will como. to be sure, with its
statewide primary, and the birds will
mate again; but there - no prophecy
worthy Of acceptance that 1914 is to see
the republican politics Of Iowa freshly
crowned with glory. Nothing to that
end can be done according to Hoyle.
aud the opportunity to stack the cards
or to run In . cold deck il the poorest
ever. Entire candor compels the con-
fession that next year may be great
year-another great year-for the dem-
ocrats. Nothing succeeds like success.
It IL . long time since Iowa had
democratic United States senator beal-
ing no other laael. 1t has had no su~h
senator sin:s the days Of Augustus c.
Dodge and George w. Jones. and they
were on prior to the civil war and tho
appearance on the scene Of the ma
tional republican party. That is
long time. but wonders never cease.
Only last year. with the indirect aid Of
men calling themselves republicans.
some Of them men Of distinction, Iowa
gave its electoral vote to Wilson and
Marshall. AMI nothing Of that kind hail
occurred since Iowa was an infant in
arms and before the t'me ~ r!emar.
and Dayton. who led the volunteers In
the campaign Of 1856. iowa dc:nL-
cratic state! II 1912 was great In Iowa
politics, 1914 may be.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-05

Tiers day, and nag day. and raisin
day and all manner Of days now IN
such profusion that nobody can res
member them all, and consequently
very soon all will be ignored.
There has been no prune day pro-
mulgated for the simple reason that
the prune Is supposed to be with VI
always. For the same reason the pro-
mitigation OF one or two good roads
days does not seem to meet the re-
Quirements. We should have good
roads everywhere, and we should work
for good roads at all times and every
where until &c get them. and then
work at all times to have them kept
in the very best Of condition. The
good road is a proposition that ought
to be with US always, like the prune.
and therefore we ought not to have
one or two good roads days, but we
ought to make every day Of the year
good roads day.
That may not be so spectacular as
the good roads day, which 10 solemnly
proclaimed by the governor and per-
haps opened by him in person, like the
baseball season is opened here and
there. But 1t will save US a lot Of
explaining If we never begin some.
thing which is going to prove q COM
pIete nzzie. u dismal jo;He a::e- {: :c-".:
years shall have passed and which will
ultimately leave the roads in no better
condition than they were before good
roads by proclamation were thought Of.
For the work that is done in two days
by men who know nothing about road
building is apt to be undone by the
rain and the wind and the frost and
the snow, all of whom are no respect
ers Of person. even tho they should
be governors with new ideas on the
subject Of road building.
However. that road work and road
building are urgently needed, the good
roads day may prove OF some effi-
cheney. as means Of calling attention
to the fact.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-05
Looker-On In Iona

Searsboro, Sept. 5.-A daylight trip
from ST. Paul to Marshalltown over the
c. G. W. railroad fails to show from
the car windows any damage TO the
corn crop. The fields are all green.
stalks big, and large ears hanging
down give the man in the car an idea
the loss in Iowa and Minnesota's corn
crop has been over-eStimated.
Minnesota has unquestionably the
biggest and best corn crop in its his
tory. So big and so good is it that the
local weekies and correspondents in
the city dai!ies are now claiming they
are in the corn belt. Governor Ever
hardt has actually proclaimed under
the state seal a week to gather seed
corn. Other crops IN that state are ali
good. Abundant and frequent rains
just when they were needed produced
this result.
Here's something wrong: Last Sat
urday Duchess and wealthy apples re-
tailed in St. Paul for 40 cents a peck.
Last Saturday in Mahaska county,
Iowa, at New Sharon, hundreds OF
bushels Of those two varieties were ly-
ing on the ground. unstable at any
price. The hotel man has started a
cider press and hopes to get something
out Of his crop in the way of cider
vinegar. AS said above there's some
thing wrong in the system when ap-
pies are sold at 81 bushel in one
place and ESQ miles away they rot on
! the trees. This is not "a newspaper
| story" The writer bought the apples
| in ST. Paul and yesterday in New
| Sharon was offered all he wanted &c
| carry off for nothing. Probably by
| next week home grown apples in Min
nesota will send prices down, but a,
White Bear lake new apples sold fol
| 4 and cents pound all thru August
and were going to waste z51 miles
| away.
| Around here opinions differ as to ths
| corn crop. One owner Of two farmi
near New Sharon went into his fields
gathered number of ears in differen
parts Of the field. On one place not al
ear but what was filled out. On thu
other farm several ears were not devei'
oped fully. On the outside ali !ockes
| alike.
But there's no two opinions abou
hog cholera, so-called around here
Along the road to Lynnville there wa
a big bon nre in an adjoining nnss!!44
Nine cent hogs made a big blaze. On
veterinary surgeon near here has or