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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01
PITTSBURGH MEAT FAMINE.
Prices Are Three to Six Cents HiShe,
Than Year Ago,

Pittsburgh, Px-Pittsburgh faces not
only the highest prices but the most Sc
rious meat famine in the city's history.
Prices of veal, s%irloin, tenderloin, nut.
ton and lamb are from three to s;x
cents higher than at this time las. year.
Pork as. yet has not risen. Shortage
OF cattle ia blamed for the advance II
prices.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

An American woman has sailed for
italy to find a singing bandit whom she
would put in grand opera. He
might be unable to keep his eye OF
the box office.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

In Justice to our domestic indus
tries 1t must be said that homegrown
sunburn cannot be distinguished from
the imported variety.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

"Bonesetter' Reese, called to attend
a disabled dancer Of the tango, left
an Eisteddfod to do it. However, he
was not at work on the E%isteddfod.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

Boy pupils who detest the decimal
system should be reminded that when
they grow up it will come in handy In
computing the batting averages.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

The happy medium praised by phil
csophers is so hard to realize that the
bather is too cold while In the water
and too hot while on shore.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

We suppose hat in a couple of hun-
dred years from now there will be a
society of descendants Of those who
came over in the Imperator.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

located in New Jersey. He left his
wife without support. giving as his
excuse that she was suffering With
tuberculosis.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

Every man knows ne could do a bet
ter Job thar the love-making scenes
that are put Oh in the moving picture
shows.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

Collisions between aeroplanes are a
new danger OF civilization. Apparent.
ly. there is not room for similar am
billions ven in the boundless space
of the atmosphere.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

Though a person may dodge the un-
muzzled canine and sidestep the de-
ceitful canoe. he may be unable to
avoid the ptomaine germ that turks
here and there during the summes,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

They never throw old shoes at a
bride in Chicago. A Chicago shoe In
classed as a deadly weapon.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

When Sir Thomas Upton gets tired
OF trying to lift that cup he might try
his hand at polo.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

No other business is quite so impor-
TAM as making the children happy and
keeping them healthy.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

An eastern court rules that tipping
a porter is voluntary. Nevertheless
it's an act of self-defense.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

The Joy ride continues to maintain
its reputation as being fully as dan
Eerous as any ride.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

ems A Kansas court has decided that
. pretzel is not a food.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

Now that aviation has become q
business, enthusiasm has quite nat
urally waned a bit
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

P~aradoxical as 1t may seem. the
heat wave was not invented by a Paris
hairdresser.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

It's a poor form of Sunday recrea'
ton that requires a week for recup-
GRAFTON.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

Hot weather is good for the crops.
And the dispute in the Balkans 10
good for the Krupps.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

Even hot weather isn't so bad when
you can get plenty of good fresh but
termilk.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

Money invested in a good vacation
Is well spent
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

Duck suits would be better II they
were oiled the way ducks wear them
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

Some people play tennis to keep
cool.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-08-01

Somebody should provide a vaccine
for sunburn and freckles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

tcmpts to sound more deeply than is
usual.
often the whaleboats remain on the
Ships davts after blow until the
whale has sounded. for the whalemen
think that there is less possibility Of
frightening the fish" IL the boats APP
preach while the whale is under water.
When the whale sounds the time is taken,
for the length OF his submarine excursion
can be calculated To a nicely. Sperm
whales are said 10 remain under water "a
minute 10 a barrel" meaning that for
every barrel Of oil in the whales head he
will remain one minute below the surface.
When the fish has finally sounded. how
ever. or II the captain does not believe IN
a more careful method OF stalking, but
desires to have his boats made fast 10
whale as soon as is possible, the order to
spread out" is given, and the boats pull
i'm the direction where the whale last
showed himself When he roappears. with
his sonorous spout" rolling his huge
back above the water. the boats are cat
ticusly rowed in his direction and the
harpooner poises his weapon. With a
swing of the body In which the drive OF
the back muscles takes Il powerful part
ne hurts his weapon into the cleaning
mass of wet. black flesh in front of him,
and the boat is instantly backed as the
whale thraShes the water white in his
astonishment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
TRAINING GREEN HANDS.

When a vessel is properly fitted out Tor
Ler long and tedious cruise no time Is lost
in familiarizing all hands with the gear
and outht that they will be required To
use as soon as the whales are sighted.
often the ships officers take advantage OF
an encounter with school OF blackiish
o, porpOises to familiarize green hands
with the formidable task Of catching and
killing whales The oil from these minor
sea mammals has a certain market value
and their flesh can be used for food.
But once upon the haiing grounds the
work begins I'm earnest. \ lookout Is kept
I'm the crows nest at the masthead from
sunrise To sunset 10 watch for the familiar
jet of spray or cloudy vapor that gives the
water. when the familiar cry of There
she blows" is sounded tho vessel Is
stirred into instant action. The tubs of
whale line are made ready and the whale
boats swung down from the davits. These
whaleboats are graceful looking affairs,
are manned by crews OF six men. They
are capable of carrying a large cargo Of
the gear that is needed in their work
and are filed with harpoons, lances and
tubs OF whale line. Each boat carries two
line tubs holding 225 and 100 fathoms. re-
spectivev. The longer length OF line is
fastened to the harpooE shaft, while the
extra 10 or 100 fathoms il an emergency
store to be bent on in case the whale at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

faithful employe OF Mrs. Butterheld for
twenty-one years. points out Constitution
Island. which was fortified and from which
an enormous chain. each link weighing
over 90 pounds. was stretched across the
river TO keep the British In their place
The river beats with a musical sound at
your feet You do not wish to so away
ever any more. And then from hill's
summit to summit again are thrown back
the echoes OF cannon fire at West Point.
II used TO be currently believed by the
settlers along the river at this point that
the Highlands were under the dominion
OF supernatural and mischievous beings,
who had taken some pique against the
Iutch colonists In the early time OF the
settlement.
The echoes set you dreaming. You
recall that II was this spot OF which the
poet wrote:
Where Hudson's wave oer sivery sands
Winds throt gh the hills afar.
OH Cronest like r monarch stands,
crowned with single star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
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preached where they can reach IL AT any
time when they are free from their
duties on deck. Canned goods arc now
given two or three times a week. while
at the start OF voyage as many potatoes
and fresh vegetables are taken az there
is any possibility Of keeping. The chief
drawback to the sailors food Is still. as
IT always has been. its careless prepare
ton for the sea cook is by no means an
accomplished chef and no experience is
considered ample qualification Tor the
job.
Some of the whaling grounds have be-
come exhausted. and there is now little
whaling on the part Of the New Bedford
fleet outside OF the Atlantic Ocean. Tn,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

tons. ranging from one-thirtieth 10 one
eighth of the entire proceeds. while the
owners take the remainder. The aver
age boat that puts 10 sea to-day is
manned by thirty-hve men.
are the chief food supplies OH voyage,
but the general average Of the sailors
food is better than it used to he. owners
are compelled TO carry certain extras by
law, and take greater care than for
merly to see that their provisions are
good. Occasionally salt beef will be
shipped from one voyage to another. but
the men now are allowed soft bread
three times day. while on some OF the
ships barrel OF ships biscuit is always
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
ON THE CUTTING STAGE"

\ swinging platform is rugged from the
vessels side that is called the cutting
stage" Here three or four men are
placed with blubber spades and COM
mence the difficult operation of cutting
away the head. The whale is rolled over
and cash is made around the socket OF
the lower jaw with the object OF remoy-
ing il altogether. The blubber Of th'
head and body is also cut in spiral form
into great chunks that are called blanket
pieces." 4 blubber hook is then Attached
I'm the first blanket piece which is lifted
into the air by heaving on the wlndlass
This rolls the whale over until the cut
ting spades can complete their work
around the Jaw socket and tackle is
made fast around the jaw itself. This is
then wrenched out and hoisted aboard.
The crew" says Church. now heaV'
in more on the blanket piece until the
whale is rolled right side up. when cham
.trap is rove through the back part OF
the head. forming two loops Through
this a fiuke chain is passed and the moose
drawn taut the other end being taken IN,
board through a hawse hole and mace
fast. thus securing the head when de-
tached.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

Nine. Reconsideration accomplished
her homes In Fifth avenue and at Cold
Spring he-Hudson, among the chief
resorts OF literary and military society
that pretended to fashion
They say she retained her beauty
beyond Mime. Recamer and beyond Nine.
Bernhard and that her only rival in this
city was Mrs. Frances Harper Lynde,
who kept the appearance Of youth until
sixty. They point out that. like Nine.
Recamier. even in extreme old age. Mrs.
Butterfeld never lost her attraction and
was TO the very last an Ideal hostess.
OF course. the natural attractions OF a
country seat such as Cragside may have
made the entertainment Of guests there
a less arduous business than might other
wise have been the case Even I'm the
throes Of ar imminent auction sale Of all
its contents, the home OF Mrs Buttertcld
at Cold Spring showed to bewildering
advantage Oh an Afternoon few days
ago.
Cold Spring is beautifully situated
among the Highlands. on the east bank
of the Hudson River one mile above
West Point and fifty-two miles north OF
New York. Cragside stands high on
Mount Taurus, which faces the grandest
group of all the Highlands. including
Crow Nest and Storm King.
Through the lodge gate, up a winding
driveway at the side Of which stands a
statue to mark the camping place OF
Washington and his army during cam
pafpn I'm those braya 7n'g .L.o,cL .;r
heavy with perfume of flowers that are to
he seen on every slde-and by the time
YOU arrive at the front door OF Cragside,
YOU have forgotten, in the grandeur or
the view. that heirs ever went to law.
and large humber of other things. dor
list see Encyclopedia BritannicaD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

OF other guests of the past, including
Philippe Comte de Paris. Due Dues.
Colonel de Jarseval. DR.. Recamier. Due
d'Orleans. Comte d'Haussonville and
Marquis de Lasteyric
She was hostess to the Russian feet
officers during their stay There is the
picture OF an Indian prince. whose name
is forgotten. but who experienced the
charm OF her hospitality.
Everywhere there Is brlc-a -brac. II Will
be a great rendezvous for the pessimistic
second hand man. There are four cows,
three horses one automobile and won
derful assortment Of cabriolets and odd
shaped vehicles OF an earlier day. includ-
ing Russian sleigh.
There will also go under the hammer
an iron staple that helped To hold the
chain that was placed across the river.
and bell recovered from the British
frisate iussar. sunk opposite Port Nor
rs, East River. during the Revolution,
October %. 1850.
Craigside was long a rendezvous for
literary people. Up to the Civil War Il
was almost as famous as Sunnyside. The
neighborhood of Storm King seems TO
have been particularly attractive to
literary workers
Craigside dates back TO Nathaniel
Parker Willis, who lived In the vicinity
and whom some OF the neishbors used
to speak of unappreciatively as THE
dude poet of the Hudson" But Incl
dentally, Mr.. Willis succeeded on De-
slowing the title OF Storm King on the
mountain as a term betting it's dignity.
The estate was Familiarity known to
Fftz-Greene hialiock. Charles Fenno Hoff-
man, Joseph Rodman Drake and General
George +. Morris. And h. u. Roe may
have had 1t In mind when he wrote
"DriXen Back To Edcnn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

The drive is bordcred by maple trees
two feet in diameter. which were planted
by Mrs. Butteriield when she came to
Cragside with Mr.. James. in 1852. There
are beds Of hydrangeas. hibiscus sur
rounded by red and yellow cannas. cos
mos. Geraniums. agapanthus, calaiums,
salvias. zlnnias, yellow coleus and white
yuccas.
You wander to the belyedere and look
up at Mount Taurus There is story
that a wild bull once terrorized the coun-
try back Of Mount Taurus until at last 4
strong party undertook to hunt down and
Kill the creature. lie fed before his pur-
sUers TO the top Of the next mountain,
where his impetuous flight carried him
over the verge Of the crags. Down he
crashed to the rocks below-the rocks at
your feet--and there he was found with a
broken neck
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
Continued from first page.

sold the railroads, which were never car
ried through. would have no principal 1t
was a dividend, II was claimed, like the
dividends paid TO the creditors OF bank
rupt.
To the great establishment OF the heirs
and their attorneys the courts Of this
state held that such dividends We're in
come In other words. that although the
stock had been principal of +. p. James's
property when he was alive. the proceeds
Of the sale Of the assets Of the corpora
ton when distributed to stockholders was
income.
IL this way, the heirs held, Mrs. Butter
field obtained many thousands of dollars
of the principal of the estate, whereas by
the terms Of the James will the whole Of
the principal must remain intact until
after her death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
WEARING THE VICTIM.

Then the whale sounds" and the limo
is taken out Of the line tub with amazing
rapidity. IL is said Ito shrek and whistle
as il burns into the loggerhead and rushes
out through the chock at the whaleboats
bow" This speed is diminished by TAX
ing an extra turn OF the line around
the loggerhead and the bow OF the boat is
allowed to be pulled down until the water
is about TO pour over the gunwale. Then
the line is slackened and the whaleboat
rights itself and the process is repeated
with the purpose of wearying out the
whale.
The leverage and strain upon the fight
ing monster are tremendous and il a
good Iron" has been placed in the
whales side the boat inevitably overtakes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
CHARACTERISTICS OF CREWS.

But the crews of different vessels vary,
as do the whalemen themselves. Some OF
the men save their money and become Of
fcers and owners, while others at the
end of a long cruise will have only $40,
or whereabouts, to show for their long
labor. particularly il they have blown
in" their funds at the ports touched dur
ing "A cruise. Still others. on the theory
that zone good drunk is better than three
or four little ones" as an old whaler re-
Gently expressed il. will save the greater
part of their money until they reach their
final harbor, when they will spend il
as fast as they can with the free and
easy hospitality for which the sailor is
noted one whaler recently did better
than most Of his fellows. In a little
less than a week he got away with over
$500, slept it off, shook himself and went
TO sea In his shirt"
The whaler to-day is conducted on prac-
tically the same scheme as that on which
il always has been, each man receiving a
'lay" or share in the vessels catch. the
amount OF his advance pay and the bill
for his supplies from the ships 'slop
chest being deducted.
The average hand receives one one
hundred and-fo Of the catch, while
boat stecrers get double this amount.
Ships officers are allowed various por-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
A HOSTESS TO GREAT MEN.

Inside the home Is given over to the
business OF selling out. China, books,
pictures-all will soon be going. gone.
Her private Office In the north part of
the house Is fitted up like that OF rail-
road president. The spot on the nall
ioor where Mrs. Butterneld fell three
years ago and broke her hip-only to dis
card clutches In few months-is shown.
There are a Van Loo George II and an oil
painting by Rossiter called Picnic In the
Hudson" showing Mrs. Butterfield seated
In company with II. Weir. Parrot. w.
kemble James Morris and Generals War
rem and Seymour.
She entertained here Grant and Lee and
Admiral Phillips. There are photographs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
ON HISTORIC GROUND.

The day is too beautiful to dwell on
the rugged path trod by the heirs Of tho
James estate There to the left is West
Point. with its shaggy cliffs reaching OIL,
into the stream and overlooked from the
rear by wooded heights. The landscape
is softened TO an almost cloying sweet
ness. You are I'm a melting mood. Al
most you would give Benedict Arnold,
who in 1880 agreed to deliver these forti.
fications into British hands. another
chance.
In front Of YOU rise the great rounded
crags OF Crow Nest aud Storm King.
which overshadow the river. The river
font Of Crow Nest is called Kidd s
Plug Cliff" on the supposition that a mass
OF projecting rock on tho face of tho
precpice forms plug to an ori1ce where
the pirate hid a store of gold.
One Of the household, who has been a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
GETTING AT HIS "INNARos.'

The whale is again rolled on his oscS'
and another strap rove through the front
OF the head The tackle is hooped on
and all hands heave on the Windlsss until
IL is raised as high as possible 10 taelh'
tate separation from the skull bone. S
the sperm whale has no real upper Jaw
this skull bone takes its place. lhe
officers on the stage now thrust theT
shades along the edge of the skull, WINE
the enormous weight OF the bulky mas
hanging down opens the cash. The otne'
tackle is then Stacked down, thus throw
ing the entire suspended weight upon 'ne'
head which IS soon cleared from the sNuh
hone by vigorous labs OF the cutt'ns
spades. The incison around the throd'
now deepened and the backbone uh.
iointed. leaving the severed head attacheu
TO the ship by the chains previously row
through. This completes the most GIN
cult part OF the process of cutting IN u's
whale. and after securing the head iu'
Their aft, the process OF removing INV
blubber proceeds
one after another the blanket piec"
are hoisted aboard and lowered INTO the
blubber room. When the whale is suippe'
the useless carcass is cast adrir Tor 'n'
sharks. and attention is turned 10 the mas
slye head. which is still swinging alohs'
side. The head is too heavy TO be tSAs"
aboard all at once. and first the lower
part called the Junk is hoisted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24

! whalers now go TO what is known as tha
western grounds" which Is south OF
the Western Islands and also do some
fishing of the western coast OF Africa ana
of the coast Of Brazil At the present
time the whole feet is hunting for whales
ON the western ground. with the exception
/ OF a few schooners that are whaling OF
I cape Hatteras. But there is gruinolng
about the western grounds at present pc
cause the whales that are captured there
are not az large as they used TO be.
/ 4 G. Church. In The New England
Magazine" has given "A graphic account
OF the methods used by the modern Ne"
: bedford feet that h. describes in the fol-
llAInv manner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24


~ and whales and whalemen are rele-
gated 10 the same state of picturesque I'M
reality as the buffalo of the Dakota prairie
and the pirate of the Caribbean Sea. Pc
,roleum is thought to be sufficient for the
lamps and cogwheels Of the world; whale
oil and spermaceti are forgotten products
and the only reminders TO most good souls
Of the men and ships that used TO put
forth on three year voyages, of the sturdy
oarks that won both fame and fortune
ror the sleepy seaport of New Bedford, are
The strips of whalebone used for corset
lining.
Were these people TO step down 10 the
waterfront Of the famous old whaling port
that once upon a time was the wealthiest
town of it's size in all America. they
would open their eyes with interest. In
secluded slip. stones throw from
where the New York steamers dock, they
would find the oldtime whaling vessels.
on the wharf beside these antiquated
square riggers they would behold huge
casks of whale oil. while on the street
hat leads up the hill TO the heart of the
town they would read a sign that adver-
Uses harpoon guns and lances.
Every year considerable fleet OF whal-
ing vessels puts out from New Bedford,
and the smoke of the whaler's try works
stin can be seen by passing steamers on
more than one horizon. For some Of the
Did square-riggers are still doing business
on twentieth century seas. and neither
the old-fashioned three-year voyage nor
the still more Anticipated salt horse has
been driven from the Atlantic by modern
Improvements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
A sUpRsMELY CLEVER BEAUTY

Mrs Butterfield was born and brought
up in the old City Hotel on Broadway.
In her early days she was noted beauty
and belle In this city. She always re-
tanned her good looks. even in the last
few years OF her life seeming to want TO
appear young.
Up to short time ago she was in per-
feet possession OF her faculties IL you
talk with descendant of an original heir
you are led to believe that her faculty at
retaining possession of the income from
the one-half of the estate that didn't be-
long to her was almost superhuman
throughout three decades
She visited Europe a number of times.
and was presented at the courts of Eng
land, Russia and France. Her friends
refer to Mrs. Butterlield as a modern