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cannabalistic. But no schooner came
along and grew restless, for wanted
the pictures.
starts Out in whaIeboat.
FINALLY I secured a whaleboat be-
longing to a trader and five Vac men
for crew. We provisioned her at
night and one morning before sun
rise we sailed away. The eyes of the
mission boys were big as they saw
us leave. for they also warned us
against going. L had tried to persuade
my wife from accompanying me. She
in turn tried every way in her power
to dissuade me from going, but when
she saw that was determined on the
adventure she gave in and said that
if l went she was going along.
Shortly after noon on the day of
otr sailing from Vac we came into
Big Numbers bay and drew the boat
upon the sandy beach. At first not
a native was in sight Then about
twenty-five savages emerged from diff
ferent places along the horseshoe bay
and came TO us. They We're of larger
stature than any had seen in this
group. Around their waists they wore
dark bands that covered them from
their upper hips to their first ribs
This band is a sort of a belt that is
wound around two or three times
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luminant Whale oil lamps and sperm
candles were discarded and were soon
relegated to the limbo of historical
relics. while the substitution OF rattan.
steel and celluloid for whalebone low
cred the market value of that product
No material, however, has yet been
found that can replace whalebone for
all purposes, and the demand for it
is nearly always in excess OF the avail
able supply, 1t is now the whale prod
uct of primary Importance. and II a
completely satisfactory substitute could
be found for 1t the whaling industry
would probably go completely out OF
existence.
During the present generation
whales occasionally have been pursued
Long Island. and many whaling i'm
plements and pieces of apparatus are
In the possession of certain families of
that region. a consider able collection
of these relics was gathered by the
museum OF the Brooklyn Institute OF
Arts and Sciences and installed as a
temporary historical exhibit during
the early part of the present year, and
this exhibit attracted so much atten-
ton and aroused so much interest that
II encouraged further activity, and It
is now the intention of the museum
authorities to add to the collection as
material can be secured and eventually
to install and arrange It as a perma-
nent local historical exhibit.
The spscimens mo- In the possession
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or the museum include weapons,
tackle and tools employed in the cap
ture and subsequent disposal of a
whale; instruments of navigation, etc. /;
models. prints, and "scrimshawn." The
latter term includes trinkets, orna-
ments and artistic articles of utility
made by the whalers from whale ivory
and whalebone, wood. silver, mother
of pearl. SC, Walking sticks Jewel
boxes and pastry markers or "jaggin
wheels" are among the most album
dainty represented items.
These scrimshawn productions are of
especial interest as representing, per-
haps. the only truly native handi-
craft Of the white people of the United
States
In the Brooklyn Museum Quarterly
for July may be found an illustrated
description Of the exhibit, which ends
with the following paragraph;
The Brooklyn Museum seeks 10
obtain representative rather than
exhaustive collections of the old
whaling memorabilia. II has no wish
TO vie with the splendid and peculiarly
appropriate museum in New Bedford
1t desires merely TO install a perma-
nent exhibition which will show the
facts and suggest the spirit of Lone
Island whaling and whaling times.
| With this end in view il welcomes
gifts OF objects appertaining to the
whale fishery, which can here best be
made to carry their message "a
poEtsrttSk e
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Diseases of Watches

THO MOST people the whims and
caprices OF a watch are a
deep mystery. The many
parts. of timepiece apparently enter
into a conspiracy to the end that the
owner may miss trains. ferries and
business appointments.
When a fairly good watch leaves
the hands OF a reputable matchmaker
1t is always in drst class condition
and il it does not behave itself after
ward 1t is generally the fault of the
man or woman who owns It
One very common cause of the
watch gaining or losing Is the dlspo-
sition made of II at night II you
wear a watch next TO your body dur
ing the day and place 1t on a cold
surface, as a marble mantlepiece, al
night or anywhere in a cold room
the watch is sure either to gain or
lose. Cold causes contraction Of the
metals used in the construction OF a
watch, and the watch consequently
gains
When the heat OF the body causes
the parts to expand the pivots and
bearings will tighten up and the
watch will lose time. Thus your
watch is slow when you retire and
fast when you get up. II will vary
according to the temperature in which
1t is running. An expensive watch
which has a compromising balance is
of course, not affected by changes OF
temperature. Some metals expand in
cold and others contract. and the conf
pensating balance is made of both
kinds Of metals, so that the contrac-
ton OF one may balance the expansion
of the other.
Everybody knows that the proximity
of a dynamo will magnetic the steel
parts OF a watch and ruin 1t for the
time being. A watch may be affected
by slectricty without the owner having
been near a dynamo. The amount OF
electricity in some people is so great
that 1t affects the steel parts of a
watch. Watches slightly magnetized
are often brought to the Matchmaker
who demagnetizes them. When de-
livered TO the owners they are eau
TONED to keep away from dynamos
But when a man has the same trouble
continually II Is proof that the cleo
trtctty In his body has affected his
watch.
An observant matchmaker said that
dark people are moro likely to affect
their watches In this way than light
people. and women more so than men,
The amount of electricity in the
human body is. of course, very slight,
but very small amount is required
to magnetiEe the delicate steel parts, OF
a watch. Persons of high electric
organizations should wear a watch
with steel Ease If they wish TO re-
tain an accurate timepiece.
n watch should uAzax b laid
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Couple oRisked
Live S to Photo.
graph South Sea
Islanders Were
First White PEG.
pie to Visit "Bip
Numbers "District
and Get Away

my wife they were watching. and
could tell 1t was her they were talkin,
about. I had her stand up beside tbs
chief and she smiled sickly smile "a,
the benefit of the camera. Then
packed my apparatus and made sipr,
to my savages to pick 1t up and tina,
we would leave. stretched out INV
hand to say good-by with the chief
and mechanically he gave me his hand
so large that mine was lost in II.
told my wife to do the same which
she did, but he did not let 60. Instead
he stretched out his other hand fen
her arms and face and ran his hand
over her body. Poor girl. she wa,
ready to swoon with fright; as for me
l was almost ready to pull my guns.
Finally the chief let her go and 70,
the first time took his eyes of her
and turning to my men he com.
manded them to drop my apparatus
which they did. He then growled ONT
what / knew to be orders to them ana
they backed away. My wife cried for
me to look around, and in the bush
and cane grass surrounding us IN
every direction were big bushy saw,
ages, at least hundred of them. ".
backed off. BY this time l had de-
cided to get away If possible and leav.
my apparatus. but as we backed down
the hill we were both seized. ! tried
to get to my revolver, but my arms
were held from behind. Osa screamed
as they took hold of her. No words
were spoken except by the chief.
cried to my wife not to struggle That
would only make our condition worse
/ had decided to tell her to draw her
revolver and shoot as many as posi-.
BILE. / would do the same and We
would make run for 1t; anything was
better than letting her fall into the
hands of this big, brutal chief, who
evidently had decided to add her to his
collection of wives, while my fate,
had slight doubt, was the cooking pot
But here a miracle happened.
British Patrol Boat Arrive.
81 was still being held when heard
the first word of English spoken BY
tuese people. 1t was man O. war and
a tremendous chattering arose. Every
face was turned toward the bay, where
VIC could see the British patrol ship
Euphrojine coming into view around
Espiegle Point and swiftly pointed
into the bay. My three carriers came
running back and talked loudly and
excitedly to the chief His people all
Jabbered at once. The chief stood
like an image, saying nothing but
watching the Euphrojine as she
dropped her anchor as a boat was
quickly lowered. l seized the advan'
tage quickly, and through motions
made it understood that the man o
war was coming after us. l again
ordered my carriers to pick up my
apparatus. They waited for the CHIEF
TO speak, which he seemed hours IN
doing. my men then picked up my
effects and taking Osa by the arm
moved quickly down the hill we
were not stopped. but my heart was
in my mouth until l reached our boat
on the beach"
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BY DR.. ARTHUR HoLLICK,
New York Botanical Garden.


oh, the rare old whale, mid storm and
gale.
In his ocean home will be
A giant in might. where might is right,
And king of the boundless sea.
old Whaling Song
r TOW many of the residents of
Greater New York other than
those whose business it is to
know such things would be able to
identify a fragment of rib or even
an entire rib bone or any other part
OF skeleton as that of a whale? And
would the average citizen be likely to
guess whale" rather than any other
large animal In the event of discover
ing bones of unusual size in the sands
OF any of the beaches of the city =?
Apparently not, inasmuch as such
bones were uncovered by recent Sc
we're storms at Rockaway and at Great
XIII on Staten Island and "mastodon"
was the first guess of the discoverer
IN each instance.
Why the mastodon should have had
preference over the whale under the
circumstances In the minds and imag-
nations OF two individuals indepen-
IDENTIFY may perhaps suggest a prob
lem in psychology; but that is a mat
ter which need not be made a part of
the present story. The matter of i'm
mediate interest is that these bones
were submitted to our local museum
authorities competent to pronounce
Judgment upon them and that they
were definitely identified as the bones
Of whales Such being the facts, what
do they recall in regard to conditions
that prevailed In this vicinity at the
period when these remains were parts
OF living animals?
Whaling on Manhattan.
Not many OF the present generation
OF New Workers have seen a living
whale within the limits Of a days
cruise from Manhattan; but TO pre-
Viouss generations they were common
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When Whaling Flourished
Off the Island OF Manhattan

objects in this vicinity and old records
tell of several instances in which
whales blundered into the shallow
water of the lower bay or inside the
Narrows, became bewildered, ran
aground and were captured and con-
verted into oil, tallow and bone prod
ucts by the inhabitants of the region.
A number also suffered the same fate
from time to time on the ocean
beaches of Long Island, and drift
whaling" as it was called, developed
into an important local industry.
As early as the year 1920 whale
fishing was carried on by the New
England colonists, and Richard Ma
Their, about 1885, in his journal" mem
tons the whales OFF the coast ''spew-
ing up water In the air like the smoke
of a chimney and of such in
credible bigness that I will never Won
der that the body of Jonah could be
in the body Of a whale" Cape Cod,
New Bedford and Nantucket were
the centres Of the industry, and in
1862 it is recorded that the town Of
Eastman. Mass, voted that a part of
every whale cast ashore should be
appropriated for the support of the
ministry.
The first prosecution OF whaling as
an organized enterprise, however, ac-
cording to the historical Starbuck and
Howell, was by the settlers on the
eastern end OF Long Island. In the
year 1864 the town of Southampton
was divided into four wards of eleven
persons each, whose duty it was to
attend to all drift" whales cast ashore
in their respective wards, from which
we may infer that whales must have
been quite plentiful in the adjacent
waters at that period.
Coincident with drift whaling CATCH
ing by means of small boats was also
established, probably as early as 1850,
and Daniel Denton. in his brief De-
scription OF New York, formerly called
New Netherlands, with the Places
thereunto Adjoining, etc." published
in 1870, says: upon the South-side
of Long-Island in the Winter, lie
store OF Whales and Crampasses,
which the inhabitAnts begin with
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| horizontally at night, but shouN
always be hung upon a nail. Changs
of position will not affect mechahr
cally perfect watch, but such a watch
Is yet to be made. Should the pNo
of the balance wheel be in the leaS
worn the change in position will maHe
the watch gain or lose. The jewel Cd
the under side of the balance Wheel
known as the cap Jewel, and the pIVo'
does not go through 1t. Unless tns
pivot fits right up against TINS cay
jewel a change in position VIII man
the watch lose. Therefore always
keep your watch IN the same position
night and day. -,
It is we'll known that a watch WI,
stop for some unexplained reason anu
go on again all right II 1t is gwen
slight jolt. The same trouble may HV'
occur again for years. This Is an ~.
cident to which all watches are hao'
when worn on the person. II Is ua'
to the delicate hairsprins catchihs !"
the hairspring stud or in the regula,
ing pins. The cause is generaHy
sudden jump or quick moNehe",,
such as boarding a car, &c. A ut
given to the balance wheel ana n9I'
spring. and this renders the catCh'Hs
possible. The Jolt must come at
particular fraction of a second aur'ns
the revolution of the balance "DeV'
otherwise the spring would not cav"
A watch should be oiled every e'5,
teen months, because no oil can
made which will not dry up III '.'',
time. A watch will sometimes run q
number OF years without Ollie
the wear and tear on a watch in "hlo,
the oil is dried up is much sIea'o
than when II is regularly anH P'Or
erly oiled. Never attempt TO OIL !or'
watch. Let a matchmaker attend u
In eXaming a watch brought III "
be repaired the watchmakefs hrs.L
all follow the same course,
they examine the hands 10 see II ~,
are caught, then they take oNI va
balance wheel, look at the piFo,s a ~.
the ruby pin. Next they let down wv
handspring and examine the ""''
The last part they examine Is w.,
escapement, which is almost Away -
good order. Sometimes a Waterman,
will puzzle for days over an RES I,a
watch One nf the most perp.eN'"H
faults to find is a little burr on Wv
tooth OF a wheel. This rarely hapPen.II
but when 1t does II causes so0'
deal of trouble.
Women and watches DO not az ~
In proportion TO the number so'
there are twice as many watches ~
paired for women as for men "o'"'.
rarely wind a watch up regularly y
watch should always be wouna elei
morning, so that the sprlns s"A" -.
at its strongest tension during Wv
day, when the watch viii De lo.'e1
more or less. At night the We4-'
sprinK has nothing 70 disturo Il
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small boats to make a trade catching
to their no small benefit"
The industry soon became so i'm
portant to the community that every
able bodied man in the town OF
Southampton was obliged to take his
turn in watching for whales from
some prominent place on the shore
and to spread the news as soon as
one was sighted. The industry was
confined to local centres for many
years, as long as whales were abun-
dant there, and although some boats
were fitted out for cruising they did
not venture far and were seldom
away for more than a week or two.
In 1868 a company was formed at
Easthampton that entered into an
agreement binding certain Indians to
go sea whaling" The wages were
three shillings per day. About the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century
Nantucket took the lead over Long
Island as the most important centre
Of the industry, with New Bedford and
Cape Cod not far behind. The decline
of whaling in connection with Long
Island was apparently due, at least In
part. to conflicts between the whale
men and the Colonial authorities of
New York, and in I'LL 1t is recorded
that a writ was issued TO the Sheriffs
on Long Island to seize all whales.
Shore fishing as an organized indus
try was, however, carried on until
about 1850; but whales had been con-
stantly decreasing in numbers in local
waters since the early part of the CEN
tury. and deep sea whaling had begun
10 Do the most important phase OF the
industry, with Sag Harbor as the prin-
cipal Long Island port at which sail
ing vessels were QUILTED for the pur-
pose.
In 1879 whaling vessels had pene-
trated north as far as Davis Straits,
In 1853 the coast OF Guinea was visited
and in 1774 the coast of Brazil.
During the War Of the Revolution
the industry was almost annihilated
and whales again became more or less
abundant along the eastern Atlantic
coast. When peace was established
there was q briaf revival. untii the
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outside of this they were entirely
naked.
Most of them had very hairy faces
big heads of hushy hair, arlnlets and
anklets of wild boar tusks, but their
faces were the striking part about
them; they were the ugliest and cruel
lest and most repulsive l have ever
seen; their mouths were large, their
eyes those of an animal their skin
looked thick and scanned with lines.
y few of the younger carried bows
and arrows and clubs, but without ex-
ception the older men carried rifles.
II should have been warned right
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down again, so I told my natives to
pick up my paraphernalfa and that we
would go back. But they made signs
to show that the chief was coming.
Then ON top of the ridge there sud
denly burst into view the biggest
most savage, handsomest and finest
type of savage 1 have ever seen. He
was more than feet tall, a mass OF
round symmetrical muscles. His body
was glossy black. He came toward
us with bearing that seemed to indi-
cate that he owned the earth, and
when he stopped in front of us we saw
a handsome face that had more char
acter in it than any I had ever seen
But it was a cruel. brutal character
He stood and glared at us and
then shot quick, deep chested ques-
tons to his men. He fastened his
eyes on my wife, and then 1 became
more frightened than l ever was in
my life. / handed him a package
that I had prepared beforehand, con-
sisting OF twelve feet of colored cal
leo, fifty sticks of tobacco. twelve
boxes of matches, a sheath knife and
a large mirror But he showed no
signs of friendliness and only handed
the things to one of his men, keeping
his eyes on Mrs. Johnson. Poor girl!
Her face was drawn with terror.
had to put up some pretence of photo
graphing, so got out my apparatus
and went to work and in fifteen min
utes exposed more films than I ever
did before in twice the time.
II just photographed to be doing
something. but every action was me-
chanical, and when 1 finished the big
Numbers" savages were still glaring
at us. It was no trouble to photo
graph them, for they were scarcely
paying any attention to me. 1t was
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understand me, but waved me with
gestures that / thought meant that
the chief was not far away. While
we stood there four bushmen made
their appearance on another ridge a
short distance away. BY this time
was getting a little frightened, bu. It
was too late to back out.
when we reached the bushmen we
got our next fright. Their cruel faces
were made more hideous with big
plugs through their noses. They
glared at us in sullen silence, then
started fierce jabber with my own
savages. One stepped on a large boul-
der and started a queer shouting
7 chant that was so shrill that 1t seemed
to penetrate for miles. In a short
time he was answered by like sound
from away back in the hills. I judged
we were almost 1000 feet above sea
level, and about three miles from the
sea. 1t was 4:30. and I was afraid
Tit would be dark before we could get
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here that such savage animallike
beings could not be trusted. But 1
had heard of the chief, who had thirty
wives. and l wanted to see him, and
these people told me that their master
was close by, so decided to go to him.
Four Bushmen Appear.
Following the lead of our guides,
We climbed up and up. first through
heavy jungle on the side of hill,
then on top of a plateau. We walked
through scrub for a mile, and then
tried to find out from my guides how
much farther 1t was. They could .not
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MOST people the whims and
caprices OF a watch are a
deep mystery. The many
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-14

CHIEF NAGhPHTE OF TIE
~BiG NUMBERS" CANhi6AlS
WHO WISHED MRS. JOHNSON
TO BECOME HIS FIRST
WIFE. 3.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-09-18
1U1InH1D 8v11Y xHU1sDA1
asrrma aEruass OUT OF zzuos.

oE11n0 1E1U1NS OUT OF 11uGoS
get something something else to
first something into it.
Especially that hold good in for will
will the who apparently
generally right front
doing something for his The who puts
getting something
is prevent
sacrifices on his when the occasion
demanded and helped to keep things moving
the fall and quite lot Of Inn
should attention before the weather
necessary
spring
months will doubtless
cold weather
which
something toward fixing streets and sidewalks.
Don't you get you
walking neghbor makes putting something
q good
The Holly chieftain., 1919-09-18
4 sENsIBLE ARoU7lENr.

The subject Of buying home has discussed for and
until threadbare And there
something about subject which will repetition
freight and additional publicity bringing
their knowledge the goods prices Not that
matter specification they
adjust the matter satisfactorily with the who sold
Of mail withers local
business enterprise
But there Of this problem There
OF business flowing the mail
merchants millions
advertising that So producer
would dollars advertising his the
merits Of his goods would Offset the nailOrder
You've fight fire with fire sometimes and in this fighting
The Holly chieftain., 1919-09-18
BEATING THE rRAn.

majority accidents railroad crossings are not due to the
that people driving automobiles approaching
they the that the drivers seeing
beat it, that h they believe they
the train
Practically all this
There
dancesand It not rule these curved where the
be that people killed Accidents
where trains and Of mile
reaching the crossing But the speed approaching train
generally
II the Holly IN figure
how long requires the SO miles
travel few hundred yards he will have trains
tracks he travels though the country will
to beat them crossing
There always be accidents
less desire will considerably
old Jack Frost league profteers viii
the job until nkers garden
; harvested.
Wen admit that feed for the higher
buy milk Of the opinion rung
price for the cud
rundown appearance Of the white
thing good cd
ts last legs
3 y - : - y
The Holly chieftain., 1919-09-18
SAVE YOUR NERvIs.

Our advice the people Of Holly vicinity let the
living weather.
talks about all the time It experience for everybody find
high living they have always Mvedw
enjoying plenty barely having sufficient enable them
live There really fewer this than
States than there before
Stop talking about how bushel
dollar dime Nobody prices
And
always hard times think
think the time hired three dollars
human being working three dollars
ask yourself II you want to return to those days
The truth living iii the lived
problems which
doesn't solve them sitting talking
the high living Work the only thing worth
al work win save the world