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ivjf VV.tif.1 Tcld by Herbert R. Reynolds and Set Down by Fredarlck A. Talbot
. A thrilling tragedy of the m. showing how an Infuriated rachnlnt
tried conc-htmoin witii the Aourii:nn whaler "Knthlwu." The story Is
told hv the thin) mate of the ill-uiteil vemel, and lorins it dramatic
ptw In the aanahi ut the whaling industry.
Whaling is at all times an exciting
and exhilarating vocation, but it sel
dom happens in the strenuous battle
between the hunters and the mam
mals that the monarch of the ocean
comes off best. Yet now and then
dramatic tragedies are reported from
the whaling-grounds, and the roll of
fatalities caused by the prosecution
of this dangerous calling is apprecia
bly lengthened. It is doubtful, how
ever, if the whaling industry can fur
nish many such another thrilling ad
venture as that which befell the
;whaler Kathleen during her last sea
son in the tropical seas in quest of
the cachalot or sperm-whale which,
by the way, is ono of the "gamiest"
members of the cetacean tribe.
The Kathleen was a respectable old
barque, belonging to Messrs. J. and
,V. Wing, of Now Eeelford, Massachu
setts. She had been in the business
for many years and had brought
home a large number of heavy nnd
valuable cargoes from the whaling
seas.
We set out from Now Bedford on
the 22d of October, 1901. The crew
were all experienced whalers, under
. the command of Cnptain Thomas Jen
kins, who is himself one of the most
expert hunters in Massachusetts, and
tan "smell a whale" a couple of hun
Hred miles off. I myself was attached
to the Kathleen as third mate. Oil
this trip the captain was accompanied
by his pretty young wife, and the
(hip's company also included n grey
African parrot, some eight years of
kge, the pet of the captain's wifo.
Our hunting-ground was the "12
10," about 1000 miles oft the coast
tt Brazil, in which tropical waters
the cachalot is found in abundance,
we had not gone very far, however,
tefore we experienced our first trou
le. We ran into a fierce southwest
ale, and for days, so temped x.cus
as the wind and so great the fury
f the seas, we had to keep all the
hatches battened down. The Kath
leen, bains quite empty and conse
guently riding very light, was tossed
about like a straw, and we had n stilt
ob to keep oft the dangerous coasts
Nhich we passed.
Twenty days after leaving port wo
found ourselves in the Gulf of Mex
ico, and the vessel's nose was then
pointed towards the Cape Verde Isl
Unds, where we increased the num
( per of the crew to forty by taking on
board a dozen Portuguese sailors.
The captain then set his course for
Hie Rio de la riata, end' ten days
afterwards we fell in with another
Bedford whaler, which had had a
flne haul, and was returning to port
ivlth some ninety barrels cf oil. Wo
, "gammed" this vessel (the colloquial
txpression for exchanging visits), and
the good fortune of her crew some
what put our captain on his mettle,
as so far we had not even caught
tight of a whale, let alone captured
one.
Ead luck, however, seemed to dog
os throughout the voyage. We
reached the hunting-ground in due
course and oruised about for several
days, but our only haul was a tiny
sperm-whale scarcely worth the trou
ble of pursuing. To make matters
worse we lost our second mate and
burled him at sea on the 2d of Feb
ruary. The captain, disgusted at the
Ill-fortune that was attending his
efforts, resolved to leave this hunting
ground and try a somewhat more
northerly region. We started oft in
the southeast trades, and experienced
the most diabolical weather until we
bad crossed the Line. Worse still.
We spotted no more whales, which
greatly annoyed both the captain and
ourselves, seeing that we had now
been out nearly five months.
We were bearing up towards the
Windward Isles one bright evening
and were anxiously scanning the seas
for signs of a "spout" to cheer us up,
when the captain came on deck and,
sniffing the air, exclaimed:
"Smells like sperm-whale about
here. Eet you a plug ot baccy we
raise whales to-morrow."
I was not disposed to accept the
skipper's challenge, for we all knew
that his faculty of smelling the mam-
. mals was so acute that I should In'
vitably lose. And, sure enough, the
captain Was right In bis surmise.
It was the 17th of March, and we
were in latitude thirteen degrees
north. Bad luck was still behind us,
we told one another, for we regarded
that ominous "thirteen" somewhat
significantly. We were lolling list
lessly about In our bunks in anxious
expectancy, when suddenly the look'
out bawled:
"There goes white water!" He
meant that a whale was churning and
splashing the waves with his tail.
"Where away?" roared the skip
per. v
"Two p'ints on the weather bow:"
"All hands on deck!" shouted the
raptaln, excitedly. "Sperm-whale!
. Look lively!"
The various members of the crew
sprang from their bunks and tumbled
up the compa,nion-way as fast as pos
sible, falling over one another In
their haste. The deck, which had a
moment before been almost deserted,
was now a scene of the most Intense
excitement and bustle. The Porta
guese sailors were running to and fro
getting out the tackle and lowering
the boats, and above the babel of
tongues the lookout's voice could be
heard distinctly as he sang out,
"There she blows!"
I rushed to the ship's side and saw
the "Kathleen."
a whale blowing quite close to us.
Then up came another, followed by
a third, fourth, and fifth, until pres
ently the sea all round us was a mass
ot fountains as the mammals rose to
the surface to spout. By a stroke of
luck we had run Into a veritable
school of cachalots.
The captain showed not the slight
est sign of excitement, although he
was Inwardly boiling over with the
good fortune that had come his way.
lie quietly climbed up aloft so as to
obtain n good survey all round, and I
soon followed him.
"Gee! We have run Into about
three hundred of 'em," he ifjmarked,
and I do not think he was exaggerat
ing In the slightest, Tor on all sides
as far as we could see were the black,
lolling bodies of the whales, blowing
their spouts of water high into the
air. It was certainly the largest
school of whales that any of the old,
experienced hunters on the Kathleen
had ever seen. Truly the Fates had
been kind' to us after five months'
idle cruising about, through storms
and calms, with only a single in
significant catch to our credit.
The captain was determined to
profit ai much as possible by this
stroke of good luck. "Lower every
boat," 'he yelled, and in a few sec
onds, amid much groaning and
squeaking, the four whaleboats which
we carried were being swung from
their davits into the water. As soon
as the boats touched the water the
crews, eager tor the coming fray,
tumbled into them and got the tackle
aboard. Soon they were pulling
might nnd main away from the ship.
Whaling tackle comprises a har
poon attached to the end of a long
length of Manila rope an Inch and a
half In thickness. The harpoon is
fitted nt the tnd with a hook having
a single barb, which, however, is
fixed on a pivot, so that It can swing
round easily. The harpoon is at
tached to a heavy pole of strong,
tough wood, specially selected so as
to withstand the severe Bt rains to
which it is subjected. Ons edge of
the harpoon is ground flne untl. it
has the keenness of a razor, whilo
the other is quite blunt. The rope
attached to the harpoon is carefully
celled in tubs, so that when It Is ra
pidly paid out there Is no possibility
of It becoming entangled and thereby
pulling at the catch. The length of
rope within the tub varies, some con
taining only six hundred feet, while
others hold twelve hundred feet of
line. Tho shaft of the harpoon is ap
proximately thirty Inches in length,
and is made of the best soft iron, so
that the danger of its breaking under
the heavy and sudden strains im
posed is rendered a remote contin
gency. Three harpoons or, to quote
the whaler's parlance, "irons" are
generally carried in each boat, fitted
one above the other In the starboard
bow.
The harpoon Is used solely for
hooking the catch, and is absolutely
useless for killing it. For this pur
pose lances resembling long, thin
Bpears .are utilized. They are each
about four feet la length and have
broad points as sharp as razors. The
wooden handles to which the points
are attached are about four feet long,
with light lines fixed to them, bo
that after a thrust has been made
the lances can be withdrawn if nec
essary with little exertion. These
lances are carried on the port bow,
and when thrown by a skilful whaler
penetrate right into the vital parts
of the catch, thereby quickly render
ing him liors de combat. In battling
with a big, powerful whale very often
two or three thrusts will be required.
In the space ot a few minutes the
whaleboats had left the Kathleen's
side. The captain's decision to dis
patch all the boats simultaneously
practically denuded the whaler of its
crew, the persons left on board com
prising the captain, his wife, the
cook, and a cabin-boy. This, ot
course, left the skipper plenty of
work to do, since when the boats are
out, owing to their being low down
upon the water, their range of vision
Is limited, and they have to receive
instructions from aboard the whaler,
one ot the crew being stationed in
the crow's nest for this purpose. In
this case this work bad to be car
ried out by the captain.
I was in charge of the bow boat.
"First blood" was drawn by the chief
mate, De Viera, who got his harpoon
well home In a big whale. As for
myself, I could not get a glimpse of
the school; but presently the cap
tain's voice came bellowing over the
water: "Keep going to leeward, Hey-
nolds, and you'll run right into 'em."
My men bent to their long oars,
and we bore down very rapidly. We
kept going for an hour, and then I
descried a big bull whale, and at the
first shot got a good hold of him with
my harpoon. Now the fun began in
real earnest. He was a big brute,
capable of yielding, I should think,
some forty barrels of oil, so I de'
termined to stick to him, come what
might. Soon I was able to get a
lance home, and the blood spurted
out in a fountain from the puncture
I made in his body. He lashed his
tail about in impotent rage, and the
water was quickly churned up Into
pinky foam.
Then the great brute "sounded"
that Is, dived In an attempt to get
away. The rope attached to the har
poon flew put like lightning, with a
hies and a roar. Two or three timet
I attempted to stop his mad career,
but directly I checked the running
out ot the line our boat careened
right over on Its beam ends, and for
tear of being overturned I had to let
him have more rope. Towed by this
monster cetacean our little craft trav
eled through the water at breakneck
speed, throwing the spray in nil di
rections, and the men had difficulty
In baling the water out quickly
enough to prevent the boat from be
coming waterlogged.
'I'll bold on to him If he takes us
to Brazil!" I exclaimed to my men,
who were in a fever of excitement at
the sport offered by our catch. But
presently, as I know would be the
case, the whale came to the surface
again to spout; and then, getting
close up to him, I jabbed my lances
into him for all I was worth. For
tunately every throw told, and we
promptly backed out of his way, as
he was now In his death-struggles.
He plunged his tall In all directions,
and as I knew the cachalots are very
pugnacious I kept a sharp eye upon
him in case he decided to rush at the
boat.. At last, however, he expired,
and we set out to tow him to the
ship.
The first mate had also made a
splendid haul a big cow whale nnd
I saw him towing his quarry up to
the ship, where he moored her on
the port side, and the tackle was run
out from the masthead of the whaler
In order to raise the dead mammal
into the right position to be stripped
of Its blubber and other products.
At this moment the skipper caught
sight ot an enormous bull whale on
the starboard quarter, and, overcome
by the excitement ot the chase, he
yelled, "HI! there, mate! Get after
that bull. We'll Bee to the cow."
Nothing loath, De Viera and his
men bent to their oars again and
made their way towards the bull. He
was a wicked-looking brute as he
lay upon the water, his large bullet
head standing out like a rock. His
back was studded with large lumps,
which Bhowed that he had been pre
viously harpooned moro than once,
but had always succeeded in making
his escape. Now, a bull whale who
has got away from the harpoons a
few times la the most dangerous and
vicious brute to tackle. He alvays
shows fight and does not take long
to make up his mind to attack you;
nor does he wait to bo harpooned
first. This fellow was about a hun
dred feet in length, and I should
think weighed about the same num
ber ot tons. De Viera and his men
pulled lustily towards the whale, but
he did not wait for them; he turned
his bullet head In their direction and
came straight for them. It was an
anxious and thrilling moment, but
the danger did not daunt the mate.
Standing In the prow, with his har
poon poised in the air, he calmly
watched the approaching monster.
At the psychological mantent he
plunged it with such terrific force
into the cetacean's back that it dis
appeared from sight in the flesh. The
whale "sounded" Immediately, and
rather unexpectedly, taking the line
out with a buzz and whirr. In fact,
it ran out so rapidly that the friction
on the gunwale twice set It in flames,
and the men In the boat were hard
put to keep the heat down with buck
ets o water. As suddenly as he had
dived, however, the brute stopped his
mad career, and the slack was quick
ly hauled In. He then rose to the
surface directly ahead of them, and
spouted terrific columns ot water into
the air In his rage.
The boat was cautiously approach
ing the mammal whoso ponderous
tall was lashing the water into clouds
ot spray and foam in order to get
another thrust home, when, without
a moment's warning, the whale set
oft at full speed. Tho men could not
pay out the rope quickly enough, and
the boat was towed at express speed
through the water, while In her gun
wale, wherj the running rope chafed
the wood, a big rent was charred by
the friction. Do Viera, however,
stuck tenaciously to his quarry, and
was too much preoccupied in his task
to observe Its tactics.
But from our position we took In
the situation at a glance. The whale
had directed Its nose towards the
Kathleen, and was now bearing down
on her broadside at full tilt. He was
traveling at over twenty miles an
hour, spouting and thrashing the
water furiously the whole time.
At this Juncture I realized the
cause of this unexpected develop'
ment. The whale was bent on re
venge. Evidently the cow whale
which De Viera had previously killed
was the bull's cpouse, and he could
now see her dead body rolling list
lessly on the water, which was dyed
for yards around with her life-
blood. So great are the ties of af
fection between male and female
whales that a bull will defend his
mate through thick and thin, and at
such times is a highly dangerous foe,
De Viera, who had up to this point
held on tightly, saw that something
unusual was going to happen, so with
his hatchet he promptly severed the
harpoon rope. That action saved his
boat and companions. The whale,
however, never swerved for an ln
Btant from his object. As he ap
proached the Kathleen be slightly
ducked his head, for all the world
like a charging buffalo, and smashed
clean into the barque right amid
ships, just under the waterline on the
starboard side. The Impact was
terrific. The huge square head of
the whale, filled with its several tons
of spermaceti, crashed through the
hil of the barque as if it were card
board, and we distinctly heard the
croaning and splintering of the tim
bers. Hitting the side of the ship so
squarely na this made the barque
shiver from stem to stern, and, being
empty aid light, she almost rolled
over under the iapa-t. The whale,
as lis inished his head through the
hull, lifted it slightly, end the barque
listed away from him as though
raised by a crane. Evidently pleased
with the damage be had wrought.
and considering himself amply
avenged, the whale sank and we saw
him no more. Not that the concus
sion had damaged his anatomy in the
slightest, for a sperm-whale's head is
like an India rubber ball.
The hole torn In the side of the
Kathleen was of enormous dimen
sions, and we saw at once that the
poor old ship was doomed. A sperm
whale's head is the largest part of
its body, and the rent practically
gaped from'the keel to the main deck.
When the whale withdrew Its head
and sank the stricken barque rolled
over, and the water , rushed Into the
hole with the fury of a mountain tor
rent. Hurriedly we pulled up to the
Kathleen's side In order to take oft
the skipper, his wife, the cook, and
cabin-boy. There was juBt time for
the captain to secure eighty pounds
of biscuit and eighteen gallons of
water; then he leapt down Into tho
boat. Just as we were about to push
oft from the foundering vessel, the
captain's wife cried In great alarm:
Polly! You've forgotten my bird!
We must fetch her." .
The crew cursed that bird vehe
mently, and could not understand a
woman bothering about a parrot at
such a moment. However, one ot
the men hastily scrambled up the
Kathleen's side and rescued the bird.
Afterwards we somewhat appreciated
the lady's feelings for that parrot,
since it afforded us considerable
amusement by its Idle chattering and
antics when wo were adrift upon the
ocean, thirsty and hungry.
As we pulled away tho Kathleen
gave a sudden lurch, and with a
wierd, gurgling sound dived head
foremost beneath the waves. By
dint of hard rowing, however, we
just managed to clenr the whirlpool
produced by the suction ot the sink
ing ship.
Presently we met the fourth mate,
Nichols, hanging on like grim death
to a bull whale that he had har
pooned. He and his crew had been
so Intent on their work that they had
not seen the Kathleen rammed. As
they approached us Captain Jenkins,
Jocular still in spite of the over
whelming misfortune thnt had Just
befallen him, sang out, "Got him
fast, Nichols?"
"Aye, aye, captain," replied the
mate, proudly.
"Then I think you had better cut
him loose," continued the captain,
dryly, "or else you'll be taken after
the Kathleen."
The mate was amazed. He did not
understand the skipper's cryptic re
mark. "Cut her loose?" he asked, won-
deringly.
"Aye! And lively, too!" retorted
the captain. "The old Kathleen's
sunk!"
The men were utterly dumfounded,
but they soon realized the truth of
the statement when they looked
round in vain for a sight of the fa
miliar old barque. After we had
briefly recounted the story of the dis
aster, the various boats fell into line,
with the crew equally divided among
them, and the scanty store ot pro
visions and water doled out. Our
stock gave twenty pounds of biscuit
and four and a halt gallons ot watef
to each boat, each carrying ten
souls, so that you may see that the
prospect before us was not very com
forting. We arranged to keep all to
gether at night and to spread out
during the day over a wide area on
the look-out for some passing vessel
which might pick us up.
We were in an uncomfortable pre
dicament, far oft the trade route.
The nearest land was Barbados, a
thousand odd miles distant, and the
captain decided that our best plan
was to steer in that direction. Our
rations worked out to two biscuits
nnd hnlf a gill of water per day
not a very substantial diet upon
which to do hard rowing. Fortun
ately, however, on the third day the
captain's boat fell In with the steam
ship Borderer, of Baltimore, bound
for Chile. Captain Dalton, ot the
Borderer, hove to and cruised round
In search ot the other boats. I was
picked up second, and later the third
boat-load was rescued.
We searched for De Viera until
nightfall, but without success, and
then reluctantly gave him up. The
Borderer landed us at Pernambuco,
in Brazil, where we caught the steam
ship Pydna, which brought us back
to Philadelphia.
We subsequently learnt that De
Viera's boat had not been picked up,
and those on board had passed
through a most trying experience,
De Viera had made his way to Bar
bados, rowing a thousand miles with
a starving crew, the mate maintain
lng his course by the aid of a pocket
compass. When they reached land
they were nearly dead and no won
der! The water had been doled out
with a little tin bottletop In the pro
portion ot two tablespoonfuls per
man per day, with half a ship's bis
cult each. Providential showers from,
time to time enabled them to slightly
replenish their water supply, while
they also succeeded in catching a few
flying fish, which they ate raw. At
Barbados they fell In with the steam
ship Madiana, bound for New York,
Six of the company took passage on
her, and upon arrival at the Metropo
lis ot the Western Continent were
taken In hand and well treated by
the Seamen's Friendly Society, until
they secured fresh berths. As fo?
myself, upon reaching home I set oft
on another hunt in Hudson's Bay.
The Wide World Magazino.
Belfast's- linen trade amounts to
over 520,000.000 a year.
AijHf lfUr rl II TI llAl'-d
Mm
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You cannot grow a good plant In
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Take -the plant to tne sink, place it
In a basin partly filled with water,
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As a bed of solid color, Phlox
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After the tops are cut off in the
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It one happens to see a dsslrable
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Every orchard owner should have
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Cultivator,
THE WINDOW GARDEN.
The plants in the window garden
should be blooming well. Give week
ly applications ot fertilizer. Turn
them at least once a week, to pre
vent them from being drawn so much
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their becoming permanently one
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Once a day is not too often where the
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It you have neglected to mulch
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They must be covered in winter, not
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Wheat or oat straw is the best mulch,
Two Inches deep Is enough. Shake
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Corn No. 2 yellow, ear 5t
Nn. yellow, shelled 47
Mixed eur 4l
Oals No. 3 nlilie 17
No. if white 4
Flour Winter patent 8 trt .
Fancy strnlittit winters 4 00 .
Bay No. 1 Timothy 19 (XI
Clover No. 1 17 50
Feed No. 1 while mid. ton ti to
Ilrown middlings SO Oi)
Bran, hulk zl M
Straw Wheat 10 00
Uat 10 U)
Dairy Products.
Butter Elgin creamery , S3
Ohio creamery
Fancy country roll
Cheese Ohio, new
New York, new
Poullry, E!c.
Hens per In f
Chickens dressed
Etfgs Pa. and Ohio, fresh .,
Fruits and Vegetable.
Potatoes Fancy white per bn..
Cabbage per ton ,
Oulons per barrol
BALTIMORE. ,
Flour Winter Patent J...t 5 5'
Wheat No. red Ti 74
Corn Jltied 4U 47
E(t)fs I. M
Butter Ohio creamery. ...i 1& HI
PHILADELPHIA.
Vlr.ti, tTlnln,Patnnt ft 8 F4)
8 75
Whoat No. 2 rod 1. 1 7"
Corn No. 2 mixed.
47
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Oats No. S white
Butter Creamery
Ktftfs Pennsylvania firsts.,
NEW YCRK.
Flour Patents I 8 SO 8
Wheat No. 3 red 8-
Corn No. 2 j r, J
Oan No. 3 white 4'J
Butter -Creamery
KKs" Slate and Pennsylvania.... 1
, LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Extra. 1,4.7) to lbs I S 11,1
1-rlnie, l.JD to 1.4.MU.1 185 5
Good, 1.30 to 1.8 W lbs 5 60 8
Tidy. 4,IM to l.l.M) It, . 4 84 S
Common. 700 to Vn lbs 8 no S
Oxmi . '. 3 7i 4
3ulis i 51 .4
Cows . 1 SO X
Heifers, 7n0 to t!OI !U 4
Fiesh Cows and Springers 16 00 SO
Hcgs.
rMme heavy M 9
Prime medium wHht 6 DO
Best heavy YorkT B
fcood light Yorkers 7i
Plft..... 6 59 6
Houghs t ft 8
Stags v 4 00 S
Sheep.
5S
Prime wethers $ t 50 8 7J
Oncl mixed 10 8 49
Fair mixed ewes and wetberj 5 oil SCO
Culls and cojamon J OI 8 is)
Lambs 8 00 7 50
Calves.
Veal calves 5 50 8 5
Heavy and thin calves 3 5J ( DO
Oil Markets.
The following are the quotations tor credit
balances In the different llclds:
Pennsylvania. Tlona, 1171; Second
Sand, tl 6S: North Lima. .4c: south Lima. r9a
Indiana. 69c; Somerset, fc9c; Hagland, 112c; Can
ada, Four hundred tons of beet root will
yield trom 25 to 30 tons ot sugar.
The St. Loul9 Republic contends
that inventive activity In the field ol
aerial navigation implies that St. Louis
was wiser than she schemed when the
International balloon races were capv JT
tured lor this city. Almost dally hau- J
penings in the ne science indlcato I
that It Is advancing with stirHes little
appreciated by the Uuay woria on
terra flrtna."
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