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The Washington herald., 1915-11-07

they got OF as they did.
The Jeanne was about half mile to
the west ,, Tf Us now e bsr u0iosa ous
spare men and arrange for another at
tack. As we reached her the whale
slowed around 70 face the west. and
Capt MCGOWAN got a good look at the
the fact of two harpoons In his hump;
and Judged him to be an old pioneer and
a tighter. The third mates boat dropped
into the water. and after caution from
the captain We separated so as to ap-
proach the whale from different points.
The oars hadn't dropped a dozen times
before the monster sank quietly out OF
In silence and with bsted breath we
watched for his reappeaiance. suddenly
there was q great shout behind US, ana
a cradle and two minutes later the whale
preached half a nile 20 the west OF her
and began to lash the sea with great
fury. He had scarped her keel a he
along the head for a distance OF fifteen
feet. 1t was a mark SO plain and per-
manent that he was ever efterwafd loen-
titled by it.. The sea kicked up by his
raised by a breeze blowing fifty miles an
hour, and he continued II for fully TWEEN.
ty minutes. when he nnaIIy grew quiet
irons rom he was lying fiukes to Is. maxi
ing no movement except to roll from side
to side as q hog wallows In the mud !
pulled on to him from one direction and
the third mate from the other. As he
had the shorter line. he got there hrst:
He planted his iron and gave the word
to steer or" but before an oar had
touched the water the big fellow Slowed
around as rapidly as you souid turn q
horse, and lunged forward like Q beast
Of prey, and with one sweep OF his
mighty lower jaw he reduced the boat
against his starboard eye, and 1 de-
clare to you that took notice Of a lump
Of barnacles which had formed almost
in the corner Of It, and that optic looked
as malignant as a bull dog when aroused
to anger. We sat like statues, not daring
to drop an oar or even speak aloud. and
once or twice the swell caused the boat
to almost bump against him.
believe we were In this position three
whale let Us out. He forged slowly
ahead. and when his fiukes were well os
yond US we picked up three men who
were treading water near by; The rest
Of the boats crew had been killed by the
sweep Of that jaw, and the boat Itself
The whale ran of to the northeast
about mile. showing every sign Of de-
hance. and breeze sprang up by The
time we boarded the snip. We sailed
away and left him master of the sea.
In the 1--WE years that this whale was
known to blubber hunters he killed at
least thirty mep, destroyed as many a.
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had departed. II was only the spirit of
horse, but can We say that there Is not
a land beyond this where a horse lives
I'VE can't. We can'tr' was the gen.
1T was a sorrowful day IN ROM. or
Venice or R Athens or Sher ever l.
their tolling all day long and the chick
ems went 70 roost two hours earlier than
usual. Tie horse was buried at o'clock
in the afternoon and the funeral process
sion was six miles long. Everyone who
rode or marched wore q badge OF mourn
ing. Even the delicatessen stores had to
shut up all the afternoon. No crowc
unless every man was shedding tears.
The grave Of the old horse was bedecked
with flower and over II was erected a
headstone on which was inscribed the
words: More Faithful than Man Could
Mr.. Bowser. in looking down the street,
had seen two policemen coming on the
run, and though the crowd shouted to
rather lost the thread Of his DISCOURSE.
"An stand back shouted the officers
as they came up. What are you all
gawping at this old dead horse for in
blockade? A dozen OF you catch hold
here and help move him.
Sir" began Mr.. Bowser. as he raised
his hand. IT demand that"
Shut up and take hold" was the COM
mand
Everybody shut up. including Mr. Bow
ser, but no one took hold Each one
went his way and the officers had to
ring for the dead horse wagon. Mr.. Bow
ser had hoped for a chance to move the
world a peg or two higher and he had
found IL and met with unqualified sue
cess, He said nothing to Mrs. Bowser
about II when he got home that night,
as he fully realized that she would say
something to unmake a hero and he
wanted to hold the feeling as long as
possible.
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BOWSER,S CHANCE
A Dead Horse Furnishes 1t.

At the breakfast tabls the other morn
ing Mr.. Bowser assumed wise look be-
tween sips OF coffee and said:
Mrs. Bowser. there Is a question I
meant to ask you last evening but for
h.sa ssost ss s sEtsss is.r s Ss. .ks
No, ma'am. IL isn't
Can you give me an Illustration Of an
,h Il can n. was ,, the prompt SsDlya"two Of
Ing two-shilling stockings while her hus-
band smokes 2o-cent cigars. The other
is letting the butcher sell him half bone
win the kitchen far cheaper than his
HUMP" muttered Mr.. Bowser, and
he said Lo more, but cut his breakfast q
As he stood on the corner. waiting for
his car, he said to himself:
by John, but that wife OF mine takes
every chance to humble me. There will
world will have to admit that I know
thing or two"
His chance was near at hand. The car
had gone about I'VE blocks when 1t sud
got on to see what was the matter and
the discovery was made that dead
horse lay in the middle Of the track
few yards ahead.
It was a white horse. 1t belonged to a
grocer. He was galloping gayiy along 20
deliver an order for a package of break
fast food at a residence half a mile away.
The lady OF the house. who was rich.
had telephoned the grocer that IL the
package was not delivered within hve
minutes, she would withdraw her trade
with him. The driver of the wagon was
therefore instructed not to spare the CAD
and he was obeying orders with the ut
most cheerfClness, when the old horse
suddenly halted, gave a shiver and then
fell dead in his tracks. The boy stood
there crying. when the car stopped. He
was not weeping because he loved the
old horse, but because he knew II meant
the loss OF his job.
A crowd was collecting. and Mr.. Bow
ser saw that his long-looked-for chance
had come. He stood at the head Of the
dead animal and demanded:
who saw this horse die?''
No reply. Not even from the boy. and
he continued:
My friends. death Ia always a sad
spectacle whether Il comes to man or
horse. We will take this poor. dead an
imal by the head and heels as gentle as
possible and lay him one side"
Mr. Bowser said they would but they
didn't. 1t was not their horse and why
None OF US can tell of what the poor
horse was thinking as his last moment
came He may have had rosy plans for
the future. He may have been thinking
of the grassy pastures Of the country
OF the shady dells-of the singing birds
Of the sparkling brooks. Because q
horse can't talk Is no sign that he can't
think. He may have anticipated long
years of happiness yet but they were cut
short as suddenly as you blow out a can
die.
Five or six voices in the crowd tried to
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1t was advertised by written notice
tackled on the postofnce door, that my
Lecture this even eSsninE wou M, be en!i,sa
lecture will not be delivered. A pano-
rama will take its place.
At woodchuckville yesterday 1 met q
around t tie coun saSn and show this psne-
rama, and thereby uplift the moral stand
ard OF the public He was a good man.
He wanted TO make the world better; He
had made II better, but he was hard up.
He had no money to pay his fare by
railroad. and he had a stiff knee and
could not walk the highway.
1t Was stiil further touched when he Of
fered me this holy picture for a dollar
and half had to sell one OF my shirts
to make up the amount. but I bought
IL on my shoulder all night on the rail-
road track. Its aim and object is to up
lift as ] said. / have not yet seen the
picture myself but 1 hope # will make /,
does shall be more than satisfied; II It
does not, i shall return to the lecture
held with renewed efforts. :,
Our hrst picture shows the cedars OF
Lebanon. There are seven of them and
they are not much to look at. There
used to be twelve when ! went TO sun
day school. but fve have disappeared.
The owner Of the grove probably sold the
cigar boxes. There ia nothing about
these old trees to elevate you and so
Our second picture shows the city of
Jericho. You will not think II much Of
a town, and don't either. The streets
are as narrow as the alleys and the in
habitants are either asleep or have gone
of to a circus The only living thing to
be seen in the streets is the forlorn look
ing dog with hind legs about six feet
long. II ] was that dog l would use
town of Jehosaphate as soon as ] could
and never come back. Quite a number
OF prominent people lived in Jericho at
one time, but the town has gone down
hill rapidly since all the soap factories
were removed. We need not look for any
Tplift here.
Our next picture shows the whale swal-
lowing Jonah. There has been a good
deal OF doubt whether the whale did that
thing or not This goes to prove that he
lid. and there need be no further dis
pute about it. The whale was looking
for his dinner when Jonah was cast over
board. 1t made no difference to the mon
ster whether he swallowed Jonah head
first or feet-first but the head being the
handiest. he took him in that way. There
fore. you see Jonah's feet and part of his
legs. II he had been swallowed the other
way and you could see his face, there
would probably be a smile of contentment
spread over il.
Our next picture shows the whale
had got through with him and had no
further use for him. He was evidently in
a hurry TO get rid Of his victim and let
him go around telling his story, for you
can see that he sent Jonah ten feet into
the air when he blew him out There
is no picture to follow to show that
Jonah got ashore safe and sound. but
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IT WAS ALL ARRANGED.

How much for a magpie?" he asked
as he stepped quietly into a hardware
store.
"A maybe? Ny dear sir. do you take
this for q bird store?'' was the reply.
Then you haven't any magpies for
sale?''
of course not. This Is a hardware
store, as YOU will see II you cast your
eyes around you"
yes, I see II is said the man, after
gazing around for q minute. Being it's
a hardware store / suppose I would not
buy a maybe hereT
mo, sir. You might as well go into :
drug store and ask for q ton of coal"
'T see. You keep crowbars. however"
I'VE do
keep magpies, but do keep crowbars, I'll
take along q crowbar to kill a magpie
which I'll buy somewhere else"
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Whar's My Niger?

In the month of January. 1860. in
going down the big river from Vicks-
burg to New Orleans, had happened
% strike a boat on which were half
q dozen professional gamblers. There
were a large number of other pas
sengers. and a game was going on in
the cabin night and day. I happened
to fall in with two young men at
the start, and incidentally learned
that they had been on on a speSIla-
ton which turned out disastrously
and were returning home so close to
dead broke that they could only raise
$50 between them. On the second
night one OF them came into the game
with this money. and in the course
OF an hour won 500. Then luck shift
ed and he was cleaned out. As his
last dollar went the banker inquired:
Have you anything to raise a stake
Yes. whar's my niggerr was the
,eply. a., -
voice. and a young and likely" as
ii used to be termed, negro boy about
20 years old entered the cabin and
bowed very humbly.
in gold" said the young man. How
much will you put against him?"
Twelve hundred"
Done"
In Just forty minutes the last dol
lar was gone. luck and trickery being
too many for the young fellow, and
as he rose up the banker" called
out:
Luck seems to hate some folks.
Whar's my nigger?'
No one could answer. but a search
for him was at once instituted. Three
or four men looked high and low.
but he could not be found, and Il was
finally concluded that he had gone
overheard.
There was a great deal of "cussins
around" but II didn't help matters
any. and all finally turned in for the
night. When / went to my state room
found the washbowl full Of black
water, and a strange coat and hat on
the floor. I was wondering over these
things when one Of the young men
came in-the one who had not played.
81 came to remove these things" he
explained. II got into your room by
mistake, you see"
But what does II meant"
1T means that ! am the Niger
who was put against twelve hundred
dollars apiece, but IL was no go.
Hope you'll. excuse my intrusion and
And all the rest Of the way down
to New Orleans the passengers mourn
ed the death Of that likely Niger"
and wondered whether he went right
down or died by inches
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curbstone. This amt no time for .
The crowd now numbered 100 or more.
but no one "ketched hold" On the con-
trary. half a dozen men shouted to MI.
Bowser to go on with his speech
Thanks" replied the hero Of the &C.
caston. There is specinen OF mans
lnhumanity 10 man; This dead body be.
thing to It. While he was in the fun
that his days have been numbered. man
regards him as he would an ash heap.
Would we be doing our duty TO sling
this body against the cur5stone as II II
was that OF a carrion?"
No, No! Mo- shouted the crowd
Il am glad to hear you say that. OBJ
served the orator He must be taken
away by gentle and sympathetic hands.
He must not be taken to a bone-boiling
factory and converted into glue and
soap. That would be a cruel and ignom-
inIous fate for a faithful friend. He will
not get a grave on a sunny hillside where
the robins sing by day and the nightin-
gales MARBLE by night. but that Is not be,
cause he does not deserve It. We shall
not be able to place roses and violets at
the head OF his last resting place. but !
have only to look into your faces TO know
that you ro %Ggd S %e 1T woG gSg yelled al
most every man and boy.
by hockey! but this Is too much ex-
claimed the conductor. Where In blazes
Is the polcet II any boy mere VIII ana
one. ! will give him 10 cents. ] am now
nine minutes behind time. II I lose
three or four more. my Job will be gone. 4"
He stepped forward and seized the hind
foot OF the old horse and rave a tug and
got red in the face No one else tugged
with him, however. and he soon gave
over and the crowd turned to Mr.. Bow
ser to hear some more oratory. He had
II. He gave IL.
You have all doubtless heard OF Cic-
ero. He lived hundreds Of years ago,
and among the many things which will
make him remembered hundreds Of years
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ten boats. rtove and sunk Russian
brig, carried OF ten or fifteen harpoons
and three or four miles Of lines. and was
finally killed by a Nantucket craft The
crew OF our ship saw him as many as
FIVE times in two years, but we never
lowered for him except the once.
We heard OF Madagascar Jim through
New Bedford whaler while At Port
Natal. The Yankee came In there for
repairs after a fight with this monster
about q hundred and fifty miles away.
This was the first time that the whale
was raised by any whaling craft. He
spouted dead ahead Of the Yankee ut
noon, one day, and two boats were lower
ed for him. Before they got near enough
TO throw a harpoon he rushed down upon
them, crushed one boat in his jaws, and
demolished the other with the sweep of
his fiukes, causing the loss of both boats
and eight men. The whale then ran for
the ship. head high out of the wafer and
all steam on, and struck her a glancing
blow on the quarter. She was shaken as
II she had struck q rock, and at once be-
gan leaking. The whale ran on. without
giving her further attention. 1t was seen
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SOME FIGHTING WHALES

Strait of Sunda and then shaped a
course to the southwest out into the In
dian Ocean. when one morning at
covered a spout We were a clean ship,
and the men were. Of course, very anx-
ious to make a capture. The breeze was
mile or more to the windward. The
whale lay quiet on the surface after
spouting and the crows nest reported
him Of medium size. Mr.. Jackson, the
the same time I did. and we had a hot
race to see, who would reach the whale
first. He was lying fiukes to US, and we
swept to the right and left and planted
two irons in him at the same time. He
shivered, moved about a cables length,
and at the thrust of the lance rolled over
and died. He made so little fuss that we
were all indignant at his cowardice. We
ship began working up to us, and she
had covered about half the distance and
we were idly watching her slow approach
when one Of the men sang out:
Look out and let go and back water!'
Each boat was fast to the whale bur
on different sides and the men in one
boat could not see those in the other un-
less on their feet The man who cried
out was IA Mr.. Jackson's boat We
heard him and without knowing the ma
ture Of the danger threatened, but realiz-
ing that Il must be close at hand. let go
and sent the boat backward with a rush.
We were perhaps a hundred feet away
when Mr. Jackson's boat rose twenty
feet in the air with great crash. and It
was followed by the head of one of the
largest whales ever seen IN the Indian
Ocean. 1t rose up and up like a great
rock being heaved out by an earthquake,
and when thirty feet of the lsviathan
was clear Of the water he fell right
across the dead whale with a crash you
could have heard three miles away
Every man of us knew what had hap
pened without looking to his neighbor for
explana tons. A second whale, and a
humping big one at that. had preached
right under the other boat The swell
kicked up by his tail tossed us about for
two minutes, and as soon as the waters
had quieted down we looked for the crew
Of the other boat. The big whale lay
north and south. right across the small
Of the dead whale. jackson and his men
had padded along the body OF the dead
whale to the head. which was cooked
high In air by the weight at the other
end. and were hanging the lips and
jaw. We quietly rowed down to them
and got them aboard. and were glad 20
find all there and unhurt. Their boat
was mass Of splinters and all her out
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You would think II strange at first
glance that O whale should become so
well known as to be given a name by the
blubber hunters of several nations, and
to be recognized by them in various
localities for q number of years, but sew
ersl instances OF this is apparent during
the palmy days of whale oil trafic.
No two whales look alike, any more
than two black bears, or two deers, or
two foxes When you come to look at
any two bugs of the same species you
will find some points of difference.
Two whales Of the same size, half q
mile away, will look exactly alike. but
a closer view may reveal a great differ
ence. I have had a close view Of go
whales In my time, and ! have noticed
as much difference In the shape of their
heads as in a human being. 1 have seen
a whale with a hair lip. I have seen
cross-eyed whales. have seen three OF
four who were born hunchbacks Thus
when one makes It a business to hunt
whales, he will find the same difference
between them as the hunter does be-
tween deer, and It will be almost as easy
for him to recognize certain ones again
In my time a whale called Mocha
Dick was always to be found in the
Indian Ocean south of the Sunda Islands.
Sometimes he would not be more than
twenty miles on shore and again he
would be two hundred We met him one
season of the Island Of Moui. due west
of Cape Landandy, Australia, and three
months later he had worked 1000 miles
70 the west opposite Central sumatra.
There was a second whale known as
''Madagascar Jim who had his stamp
ing ground on the south coast Of NADIA
gascar. He would sometimes swim
.Tr- IN M flro rrz n
posite Cape Of Good Hope, and would
sometimes 60 up the Mozambique chan
mel 200 miles. A third one was called
'CaIiao Tom," and was TO be met with
from Cape Blanco on the coast Of Ecua-
dor, south to the tropic Of Capricorn. A
fourth fellow had hts run on the coast
OF Brazil. from Cape ST. Augustine down
to Cape Trio, and from time to time 9TH
ers appeared in various waters and run
a brief career.
The Scotch whaler Jeanne had the hon
or of making Mocha Dick known TO
the world. and was second mate of her
at the time. We had gone through the
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There was a block Of trolley cars
the other day and an old woman wait
ing on the corner asked q 2ohceman'
.0n1 t h1scE matter ms!,m ne~ he replied
Cant they GO, orr
But they can go on later
And they'll eventually get some
They will"
Then guess I'll g, ; on and az finish isl,
worry about H..
You say" said the lawyer. who
y yai m GS4s't the defendan. on n. 17th.
Now wasn't It on the 18TH or istnF
No, sir"
You are surs?"
But how can you be positive?'
Because, sir, he loaned me ~ In
cash. and though I've lived In this
70. sv eleven yfa Tha lend h Sns
cent. His action made such a pro-
found impression that i shall never
forget the date"
He came running around the corner
and staggered up against a man who
was waiting there and after getting
MS BE ers careful " y S old fellow.
and don't get run over"
But you are the one TO be care
fu WAS ws The r TfPy p.rt YSqys sU Bet
understand" observed the lnebrtated
after a pause. The man who is tight
Is tight and vice versa Tell you
what I honestly believe.
We are both sober. and that lamp
post over there has got a IS whoop-
de doc on"
Gould you tell me the meaning Of
street car passenger who was folding
Are you going to ride two or three
blocks farther" was Queried In re-
ply Yves. sir"
Then you'll see one The conduc::
tor has carried that sharp nosed
wanted TO get on already. and she'll
wake up soon and start a catastfophe,
an epoch and a cataclysm all roll
ed into one"
II WISH" said the old man to a
fellow passenger on the rear plat
form-'f wish ! had the gift OF what
why. can't You talk back" was
sNot to amount to anything--not
one quarter Of which ,, she can ! Se.
am trying to get out three or four.
"I suppose II Is about the war;!
ITS about the war and most every.
thing else This morning when i left
home my wife called me stink,
sneak, a fool. q liar and a william.
and / couldn't even tell her tnaI sne
when we fell in love with each other
and were married"
A big man with shaggy eyebrows
a x g.. RhnA9hOn-
s snS after looking around and closely
scanning the proprietor he said: 49,
You are not the man who ran this
shoI fifteen years asoF
Are you his son. brother. or any
reistionr
where is the man.
He is dead"
"what-deadi"
"Been dead fourteen years. Owe
you sSo ohf I oWed him something. owed
him the ali nredest licking man
ever got: and I came to give II 10
well; you Arr, are too late why did
He was a big fellow and had a
bad look to him. I was only boy
when came ne In Say mere I'm TRe put Sr on the
heel Of my boot, I accidentally up.
set some Of his traps, and he put ne ne
grow for him. and that's what l
"sorry for YOU" said the shoemaker
as he shaved away at piece OF sole
"Itis a mean trick It's fifteen years
thrown dead away. Have MS helrs
any claim on this shop?
None whatever"
And are you not related?
Not in the slightest"
Then I couldn't punch your head
on the old counter? -, ,
Mercy. no. Might as well punch
the man next door.
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good man or bed. we show him q certain
reverence. We give him q comm ano 2
grave, and II he has been q good man we
say that the world will miss him. Here
before US Hes the dead and cold body of
a faithful animal. He did his work and
the rnillionaires, but he made no kick.
He ate his hay and oats, no matter how
mussy they were. and hoped that the
next feed would be an Improvement"
stalled car came forward and said:
Here. what's all this row about ]
can't wait here all day for q dead horse.
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Only Once.
do you see the man7"
Yes. / see the man"

DO you see the manT'
Yes. / see the man
What is he doiny?"
He Is blowing his fingers, jumping up
and down and acting IN such a way that
his wife looked at him in establishment
and fear There. he has kicked over two
chairs. torn down the lace curtains and
made a rush for the Kitchen
But has the man gone crazy all OF a
sudden"
"Oh. no; he was hunting for a collar
button and picked up his wife's red-hot
curling tongs In an absent way. Lots OF
husbands do that-once. He won't speak
to her for the next three days, but, ne
will not die Of his injuries, and the ex-
perience may DO him good"