WHALE CAPTURING. An Exciting Catch Mado off the Island of Bermuda, Harpoonor'a Thrilling Ride on the Levlathan'3 Back. In yenrs gone by there wns a whnl ing station in Bermuda this speck lying upon the bosom of tho Altnntio can, seven hundred miles enst by 1 1 11 m JNntr lnrt ami I HI mi eft enai of Charleston, S. C. lint of late ycnrs the whales bare been living "away tip ia the North sea," and the indus try has been abandoned. Recently, however, the writer had A thrilling experience during tho enpturo of a whale on tho reefs of these coral isles. While the stanch steamer Trinidad was nearing the const, captain Frszor spied a school of eight wbnlos. The un was at its zenith and its rays shimmered from the whnles' backs. No suoh leviathans of the sea had been seen in this neighborhood for many years, and tho fnct was signaled to the islands. By a code of military flag signals this information was soon known from one end of tho group to the other. Presently Joseph C. Foxnnd screw, in tho whaleboat Bhnmrock, put out from the shore and started in pursuit. At tho same timo a pilot was brought in a skiff to tho Trinidad, and the writer, on informing tho captain that he represented the Spy, wns allowed to leave the ship in a small boat. The Trinidad passed on with its joyous passengers, and the whalers went in the opposite direction. By this time the whalers had divided into three groups two in one group, and three each in tho other two groups. Mr. Fox deoided to attack one of the whales in the third group, and, tak ing advantage of a change in the direc tion of their course, he so manenvred the Shamrock as to got directly in the path of the nearest whalo. As the monster approached, quite unconscious of dnnger, for a sperm whale cannot see an object lying directly ahead, a skillful movoment of the steering oar brought the boat within five feet of the whnle and en. abled Mr. Fox to send a well-aimed harpoon into its body near the right fin. This made "his whalelets" mad, for instantly his tnil flow straight up in the air and he began what is termed "sounding" that is diving straight down. The coil of rope ran out so rapidly that it kept thrco men busily engaged in drenching it with water to prevent fire by friction. The whale was a good diver, for ho stayed under half an hour before ho came up to do his "spouting." While he wns iu tho act of throw ing off the vaporized water, which was just beginning to form a pretty siphon, Mr. Fox fired a bomb lance, which exploded in the whnlo's side. This onrnged the monster so greatly that he upset tho small boat with his tail, nd threw one wbuleman high into the ir. The man fell on tho whale's back, and while holding on to the har poon, rode several miles before it oa ourred to him to get off and suffer himself to be reaoued by his compan ions, who in the meantime, bad been picked, up by the larger boat The hero of the bonr was the one who rode on the whale's buck, Isaac Nadolo, native of Ohio, who had served in the French army during the Franco Prussian war. He has bad many ex citing adventures, but he voluntarily told the Spy representative that it was the first time he was ever really frightened. Then the attnok began again. There were many thrusts of the har poon, while the bomb lance was fired occasionally to vary the monotony. TUo "big fish" did not '-sound" any more, but lay most of the time on the surface of the water, rolling and beat ing tho sea with its Hum and tail. After a struggle of two hours and a half the whale auoeunibed, and an other half hour sufficed to strap up the carosss and take it in tow. It was fifteen miles from land. The whale was sixty feet long, and it is es timated that the blubber will yield sixty barrels of oil. The catoh is . eaid to be worth something like 41.600. . The writer had steak out from the whale's aide, and the French chef at ' the Princess hotel toasted it to a beau tiful Xrown. It lacked that tooth some flavor often discovered in the steaks of Worcester boarding horses. ''Enough was as good as a feast" The waiter was told to take it away. Woroeater Spy. The area of Chiua, whioh la all habitable, is 6,600,000 square miles, and that of the United States 4,936,106 square miles, A Notable Flight of rig-con. Aided by a southerly wind and a perfectly clear sky,the first test of the pigeons which are to represent the first Chicago Homing club in tho Na tional Federation races this yenr wns a most tiolnblo success. It took plane on a Saturday morning, and the trial was remarkable in more than ono feature. Two hundred and eighty-one birds.tho largest number which the club has ever liberated from ono racing sta tion, made tho trip, and of that num ber every bird wns reposing peacefully in its loft by 1 o'clock in tho after noon. The timo mado by the first birds to arrive homo was tho fastest ever mado over the course, and repre sents a speed of more than a mile a minute. The birds were liberated at Moneo, forty-two miles nwny from the near est loft, at 7.30 o'clock, and White Wings, ownod by L. Verschuoren, stepped back into his loft at 8.14 1-2. Whito Wings was closely followed by nearly half the flock, and fifty arri vals were roported between 845 and 8.17. Inasmuch as every bird spoilt at least five minutes in circling before starting on a line for home, the ipeed shown is materially more than a mila in ench sixty seconds. The members of the club were delighted over tho performances of their pets, and tbey unite in saying that the club will be the richer by sovernl of tho federation racing diplomas before the sesson is over. As an illustration of how little even tho best fanciers are able to judge of the merits of their own pets, it is in teresting to note that White Wings hnd been considered almost worthless. Only a month ago he wns flown from Sixty-first street a distance of eight miles, to his loft, and took sixteen days to make the journey. This was his first trial, and be was sent to Monee quite as much iu the hope that ho would be lost as for any other reason. Chicago Chronicle. Bold American Counterfeiters. Walt street money brokers have been interested in the reports re ceived here that the Spanish Govern ment has for several years been made the viotim of Amoricau counterfeiters. Thousands of silver five-peseta pieces are said to have beon scattered broad cast over the Spanish-Americas, es pecially Mexico and Cuba. Money brokers in this city are given the credit for exposing tho sham. The coin is of equal fineness to the genuine Tho weight is tho same, but tho dies toll the tale. The counterfeiters, it is claimed, have their headquarters iu or about this city. Tho Secret Service of the Trasury Department has been appoaled to by tho Spanish Govern ment to locate the moo. A five-peseta piece is equal to about ninoty-six cents of American money. That value is not the exchange value.tho brokers giving only sixty cents for the coins. A five-peseta piece contains 383 8-10 grains of silver bullion, or ninety-five grains less than an ounce. Commer cial bar silvor sold in this city the other day for 60 3-8 cents an ounoe. It is claimed that the oouuterfeitors bought bar silvor when it was lower than the price quoted, and by using tho standard weight of silver in the fraudulent ooins they reaped a hand some profit New York Advertiser. The Home of a Maine Family. Down near Jonesport the hulk of a schooner lies high and dry on the shore. It is slightly careened, and the timbers are not sound enough to take a swim in the surge, Tet they can stiffly breast the wind and the sweep of the rain. The sohooner is stranded in a lonely cove, and doesn't look very inviting, yet the family of a lpbster fisherman dwells there in great oomfort They have oonverted it into a sort of a seaside rudder grange. 'Tweeu decks ha been partitioned off, win dows have been cut through the hull, and funnels protruding through the deck carry awuy the smoke from the 'two stoves. Within, this extempor ized homo is fairly oosoy, even if the floors do have a tilt to starboard. The children have lots of fun rolling mar bles down the iuoline, and as the lady of the housealwayssweep"dowu hill" her work is greatly lightened, Lew iston Journal. Novel Picture Gallery. The Hull House Settlement of Chi cago ia about to establish a circulating picture gallery. The scheme is very simple ! the pictures are framod aud are to be eiroulated just as are books from a library ; any oue picture may be retained for two weeks, with the privilege of renewuL It is said that the pictures moat in demaud in the Hull House oolleotion are the "Para dise" of Fra Augelioo, the Sistine Ma donna and other works of a devotional I oharaotsr. THANKS TO THR W'HRRL. Bicycle dress has brought about a reformation fur soma women iu skirts for rniny days. They are worn short enough to clear the ground by four or five inches. For women who can not hold up their skirts neatly aud at the same timo effectually, this fashion is a blessing. ACCOMMODATING WOMAN TEAOHRnn. The big department stores of Chi cago have hit upon a novel schema to attract a certain Hue of custom. It consists in cashing the warrants issued to publio school teachers in payment of thoir salaries. It is sometimes iu conveniont, for various reasous, for the teachers to have their wnrrnuts cashed by the city treasurer, aud, though the department stores do not exnet thnt the teacher shall buy any thing, still there are few women who can ruu the gauntlet of a glittering array of tempting goods with a full purse and not make some purchase. San Francisco Argonnut WHV WOMEK LIKE TO DRESS WELT It would bo a most difficult mnttor to tell for what object women choose their drosses. Sime wiseacres say womou dross to exoite the envy of tho less fortunate; others say to attract the attention of men. Harriet Pros- cott Spofford says: "Women are actuated only by their perceptions of tho beautiful," and this generous sen timent fills the case of the large ma jority of womeu. Thero are a few whose miudi are so warpod they can enjoy nothing which does not excite jealousy and envy iu the hearts of others. But, taken as a whole, it is undoubtedly truo that womon dres themselves for tho lucro lovo of the beautiful aud because they have a keen sense of tho fitness of things. New Orleans Picayune. Colorado's dairy commissioner. Mrs. Anna D. Cleramer, tho dairy eommissiouor of the State of Colorada is an euorgotio woman, who has done much for the west. Sho was born in Danbnry, Ct Her husband's health failing, she accompanied him to Colorado. Beared in a homo of plenty, an only daughter, Mrs. Clem mer had never known a hardship un til callod upon to face pioneer life in Colorudo. Today she is described as a handsome, self-reliant, pro gressive woman, whose gray eyes look out frankly upon the world and at the duties of life unflinchingly. She is in the prime of lifo, aud a busy woman. She lives at Boulder, whore, besides a pleasant home, she has Jersey herd, and with ber own hands makes 200 lbs. of butter a month. Two miles from Boulder she has a hay ranoh of 160 acres and 1,000 chickens, to all of whioh she gives ber personal atten tion, besides looking after her office in Denver. BIOH COLLARS FOB OIRLS. Summer girls are to wear chokers this year. Their collars are to be as high those worn by their brothers, and will be of the same patterns. One of these iollars, two and a half inches high, with eorners which tnrn over slightly andur pressure of tho chin, is known is the "Poke" point It is a most alarming example of neckwear, and the girl that wears it is sure to keep her head up. She must, unless she means to cut her throat Some girls with particularly long necks, will go another half inch in their collars, aud wear the "Puke" point fully three inohes high. The stook oollar has been worn for the last few months iu silk. Now it is to be made in summer goods. It will be in grass olotb, madras cloth, piques and lawns. The atook collar ia a necktie and oollar oombinod. It is a wide band of material that goes oompletely around the neck, and is tied in a bow in front It is all ready to put o ., bxiug msde like nien'a even ing ties, with a loup thut fastens to a button at oue snap. All the collars worn by the summer girls will fit auugly. They are made with buttonholes to fit tightly to the buttons aewed npou the shirt waist, no that the whole arrangement ia solid There are do oollar buttons to oome off and roll under the bureau cither For the tailor-made girl there is the "mufti." It consists of three pieces a high whito turnover collar.a stock and a four-in-hand tie. The t iilor made girl can slip on this combination in a seoond. Then sho slips on her jackot, her skirt and her hat, and she is dressed. She needs not ono pin to cumplete hor toilet, which is ono of tho great advantages of beiug a tailor made girl. New York Press. TIXR RICHEST WOMEN. The United States claims two of the six richest women in the world. The remaining four are of different nation alities. Senora Isidora Cuusino, win Be name stands first on tho list of these notablo women, is a native of Chile, Senora Isidora Cousino has hor home in Santiago, She was an ouly ohild, aud at her father's death inherited magnificent landed estates, which had beon accumulating for gel e atious.and upon which rich coal mines havo since been developed. Hor husband was iiIbo an extensive' land owner, aud dying soon after her fathor.the senora was left the possessor of lauded estates which, under her supervision, have increased in value until their present estimate is reckoned at the magnifi cent sum of $200,000,000. Tho revenue from her coal lands alone amounts to 890,000 a mouth. Sho is royal in her beuellconces wherever her fauoy leads. Some years ago, when the American fleot was at Vulparuiso, tho admiral aud his ollluors were invited to become hor guests. They wore most royally cuter taiued at her p.ilutial resideuoe. Hetty Robinson Qreeu is tho richest woman iu tho United States and the second iu the world. Her birthplaoa is given as Rhodo Island. Her father was a wealthy ship owner at New Bodfoid, Mass., aud later at New York. Ho accumulated huudrods of thousands of dollars from the profits of Lis whale ships. Ho diod iu 1801, or thereabouts, leaving an immense for tune to Hetty, which, by Bhrewd man agement, has increased to its prosont colossal propurtious. By those who have the best opportunity of judging, her fortune is estimated to be about $50,000,000. Hetty Oreou has two grown children, a sou aud daughter. Her husbaud is an invalid, who sits in his easy ohair iu thoir unpretentious home in Rhodo Island, while his wife, in the plainest of bluok bonnets and gowns, flits here and thero eugngod in litigation against somo trust or rail road company, some executor or trus tee. "Life is apparently with Hetty Greon oue long business tangle." Chicago Times-Herald. EA8HION NOTES. Llerre effects in lace are new. Bluets are superseding violets ia popularity. Wide wedding rings are not con sidered good form. White and black effects are airier thun black aud white. The summer girl will know what tormentiug viciousneBS lies oououaled in an obstinate collar button. A crushed collar having an enor mous bow attached is a new idea, and makes an improving addition to any one-colored waist Fiohus have made their dobut, and will increase in favor as the season ad vauces. Beiug low at the nook, they wake a very desirable hot weather collar. Some few summer gowns show small flounces at the hem, which are made to tuke scalloped lines nnd are trim med with narrow black baud of velvet ribbon. Many plain parasols of light and dark colors having the Dresden floral pattern are being shown. Also a large number of printed warp Persian ef fect The silk-hnndkerohief waist is as popular as ever, i or evening wear embroidored chiffon over silk or satin, either of contrasting or self color is the mode. Gross liuen with embroidered dots of teverul oolors, sotuotiines three colors, is a noteworthy feature. The trimming is chosen to match one of the three colors. LEVEE JTENDING. stopping Urevi3S33 in tho Mis3:S3 ippi's Artificial Banks. It is a Thrilling Moment When a Laak is Discovered. When the floods rise nnd the winds sweeping over the bosom of tho swol len Mississippi, dash cutting waves against tho earth works, the mon em ployed to watch tho levees to stop leaks, to streugthen weak sections and to do all iu their power to provont a srevnsso from forming, are on duty night and day. Ench gnng is in shnrge of a "high-water foreman," a veteran who has earned his spurs in many a hard fight with tb? father of waters, Ho is there to hold that levee against nil comers, flood, hurricane, waves, in ink rats, and seepage. 'The alarm is given that at a certain place the levoe is in danger. The foreman with his force of men hurries to the place. His rxperieuoed eye locates the poiut of greatest danger at once, and like a good general be lays out bis plan of campaign. Small time is givon to him for this, for when the water once finds a leak or makes a break the levee goes out in great lumps, and ovory minute counts. Sometimes, whoti the waves have made a cut iu the front slope of the embankment, planks are driven dowu into tho levee, anchored at the bottom with cleats and reenforoed by other planks nailed lap streak, and then earth is tilled iu behind the wooden wall. Brush, cotton Btalks, bagasse the refuse of tho sugar mill cluy aud small trees are sometimes piled behind the timber palisade,but the high-water foreman's favorite weapons in fighting floods aud storms ore sacks filled with earth or clay. These sacks aro kept on hand for just suoh emergencies. Thoy are generally now and of two kinds, oue turgor thau the other. Tho foremau divides his men into squads of three; ono to hold the sack aud the other two to fill it When the sack is filled it is sowed tip and laid iu position before the caving, crumbling part of tho dyke. The men who place the filled sacks in position are experts at that work nnd hardy enough to Btond tho exposure, for they work in cold water up to their waists. Tho work is so severo that they nre relieved at short intervals. The sacks are placed according to tho situation J somatimos with tho butts toward the rivor nnd somotimes thoy aro luid parallel to tho Btrenm. The break in tho lovco may bo so wido aud tho ourrent of tho flood rushing through the gap may bo so swift that the crovnsso oaunot be closed. Then tho foreman bends all bis cuergios to prevent tuo crevasse from becoming wider. To do this ho must protect tho ends of tho levoe from tho ourreut, and he strings loadod sacks on ropes or wiros and, beginning at tho bottom of the alopo lays thorn evonly aud solidly over the fsoe of the brouk to the water's edge. When this method will not keep tho water from undermiuing the levee and thus widening the gap, piles are driveu out from eaoh end of the break and sacks, brush aud other material aro thrown iu botween the row of piles and the embankment This makes a breakwater which turns the current away from tho embankment and generally stops the nuderoutting. Small crevasses can be olosed by throwing sacks iuto the gap until a temporary levee of earth-filled saoks is made. Then the men hastily fill in back of the sacks with clay aud earth, brush and othor material uutil the cre vasse is closed. Another method of closing gape is to drive small piles of scautliug from each end and throw saoks in front of the piles. This is doue by driving a pile in close to the embankment A piunk thou ia l'd on this pile, with one end on tho levoo and the other end overhanging. A workman standing on the ovor hanging end drives another pile with his heavy maul, and thia operatiou ia continued uutil there is a row of up right timbers aoross the crevasse. The wutor rushes between the piles, but other workmen, carrying out filled saoks on the bridge thus formed, throw them in front of the timbers and thus gradually build up a dam whioh holds the flood iu chock until earth, sand and loam can be brought to niuke a new levoe. Before it levee is built, the ground on which it is to stand, ia thoroughly cleared of stumps, trees and vegeta tion of all sorts. Stumps sometimes are removed with stump pullers, bat the popular method is to blow them out of the ground with powder, It has boon found that dynamite 1$ too rapid In its work to thoroughly remove the roots. When it is used,' the stump is blown to pieoes, and the roots remain. It is necessary to re (novo the roots, for they rot and form chauuols under tho levee, which are enlarged by the water. Powder, acting more slowly thau dynamite, lifts the stumps bodily- out of the grouud, bringing with them tho roots. When tho ground is all cleared it is plowed so that the fresh earth thrown tip to make tho levee will form a closer union with the foundation. Wheeled scrnpers generally are Used in building levees, and, if possible, the dirt is taken from tho ground between the river and embankment Aftor the embankment is made it is sodded with tufts of Bermuda grass. This is a jointed grnss which spreads rapidly, and serves to bold the earth firmly aud thus partially proteots the levee ngninst wind, rain and waves. Where it is possible the engineer who has chnrge of tho levee, leaves heavy uuderbrush growing between tho levoe and the river, for it offers a strong protection against wave ac tion. Chioago lteoord. Fleet or Foot Captnin IL L. Scott, of the famous Seventh United States cavalry, re lates some marvelous tales of the mwers of enduranoe and flootness of foot of the members of I troop of his regiment, whioh is composed of Chiricahua Apaohe Indians from Arl zouia,to a Sioux Falls Argus reporter. II.) relates that on one oooasiou full- grown and able-bodied deer ran through the cavalry camp and in stantly with a series of wild yells the Indians gave pursuit on foot 8tK' by exceeding swiftness and skill they actually ran it down, caught it about nine miles from camp, and brought it iu unharmed. On one occasion nine of them were returning to camp, after a full day of hard work, riding upon a government wagon drawn by a mule team. A coyote was seen close by the trail, pursuing a youug calf. Instnntly the fatigues of the dny's lubor were for- gotton, tho dusky driver, in his wild enthusiasm, even forgetting the team, and tha whole gave chase, and after a wild yelling, scrambling chase of two hours, tho wolf was captured, tied, gagged aud packed into camp. . The mules had menntime quietly and de corously wended their way to camp. This soems strango to tho average pale-face, and the Sioux look upon these wonderful foats as something approaching the supernatural ; this, in short,indioatos tho difference whioh different mothods of life, pursued through generations, makes in psople of the samo general raoe. Tha pale face would full by tho wayside in a niilo, the Sioux would shrug his shoulders, grunt and lie down, or would fly to his trusty pony, on whioh ho will do more work probably than any other man living, without regard to the cbaractor of his mount California Redwoods. A now venture has been tried in the ' shipping of California redwood to England. Two British ships have lately started on their homeward voy age carrying cargoes of rodwood. This wood, whioh is nsed nuiversally and recklessly here in general build ing, has in England attracted the at tention of decorators and architects. Its rich reddish tint renders it adapt able to interior deooratious, panelling, and wainscoting. The two ships just started are taking their cargoes on speculation. This is another menaoe, to the redwood forests, whioh, as it is, are rapidly disappearing. Those in terested in the preservation of the Golden State's beauty have unsuccess fully tried to stop the wholesale dem olition of these famous forests the wondor and beauty of California. Save in tho few cases where the red woods have gained the giaut growth of "Big Troes" no attempt has been made to presevo them. Ai they only grow iu tha foldings o! the Sierra, the iis Is not fur distant when tha canyons will be swept bare of them, and California will wake to the realiz ation of the vandalism that has robbed it of its greatest scenic charm. Harper's Weekly. It Is a Disease. Mr. Banks. I sea that it has been discovered that paper money carriee the germs of disease. Mrs. Banks Ah I then that ie the reason so many bank, oashiera go to Cauada for thoir health. Puck. The longest Egyptian railroad bow extends to Girgeh, 330 miles from Cairo. It is soon to be extended to the first cataract, 710 miles from the coast This means, of ouurse.au ulti mate railroad connection with the British possessions ia South Africa.
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