Small Courtesies.
Habit counts for so much in little
things that one cannot look too care
fully after the small courtesies in one's
own conduct. A writer In the Interici
describes a visit to a homo where the
young people possessed the true
ness which liablt had made natural.
One evening last week I entered a
room where several young men witli
hooks 1 and work were sitting around
the lamp. The young man with the lex
Icon and the grammar on the table be
fore him was the busiest of the group,
but he instantly rose and remained
standing until I had taken my seat.
Ths little action was automatic; the
habit of his family is to practice small
courtesies, and the boys have been
trained from childhood to pay defer
enee to women. They always rise
wlielflver a lady, their mother, sistei
frle&L or guest of the house, comes into
the room where they are at work.
Neither mother nor sister goes om
after dark without an escort. One of
the boys can always go out of his way,
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to a .friend's door, or to the meeting
which she wishes to attend. Most win
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ing which these young men have ac
quired, which they wear with an un
conscious grace.
"You should not care so much about
the merely superficial conduct," says a
friend. "Veneering is only a polish laid
on. 1 approve of the man or woman
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him a little brusquenesJ' which may be
his only misfortune."
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O U *WAIXGOATING? F tf*
AN OLD WHALER'S SERMON.
JONAH AND THE WHALE; A REPLY
TO 3KEPTICS.
An Able Seaman Tells of the Experi
ences That Convinced Him of the
Truth of the Hiblo Story.
PESPITE modern scientists re
searches and learned treatises
of eminent divines, who have
sought eagerly to prove to
the world the unreasonableness of the
assertion that a whale can swallow a
man, I desiro to say, without fear of
•reasonable contradiction, that from
practical personal knowledge on tho
subjoet I know they are all wrong.
Thirty years ago I sailed from Now
Bedford, Mass., on a whalo ship for a
forty-four months' oruise in the South
Seas with the veteran whaleman,
Captain Elisha Babcook, who is well
known to the whaling fraternity. We
had a very successful voyage up to tho
time I left tho expedition, twenty
seven months afterward, oil the coa9t
of Borneo. Now, a whale is tho big
gest of all God's living creatures on
sea or land, and what wo call a sperm
whale is the smallest ot whales,varying
in length from 50 to 180 feet and
large in proportion, making from 40
to 140 barrels of oil.
One beautiful day in August, ISG3,
on the Western Ocean a wh do was
sighted by the man at tho masthead,
who sang out:
"Ah, she blows."
Those words had the effect of nn
elcctrio shock. Every man in the ship
from stem to stern was up and doing
in nn instant. Presently the Captain
shunted back:
"Where away!"
"About three points on tho lee bow,
sir."
"How far off?"
"About three miles, sir." Then snid
the Captain to the crew :
"Back your main yards." "Bower
lioats and away," was the next order.
Our ship carried four boats, each
manned by a crew of five men aud an
ollieer. The boat in which I was
reached the whale first. When we got
to him ho was asleep. It was the most
dangerous time to strike him, because
nobody can tell what movo a whnlo
suddenly aroused will make first. He
was tho largest sperm I think I ever
Baw, nnd probably was good for 140
barrels of oil. That is a vast amount
to get from a sperm whale, although
from a bowhend whale one sometimes
gets 250 barrels. When wo struok
this fellow ho raised his tail, whioh
measured about fifteen feet across, and
made the water seethe and boil a
moment or two; then he went down.
Being fast to him with irons, we paid
out tho line very quiolily to keep
from going dowu with him.
Presently the lino grew slaok,
which means that he had stopped
soinewhero just beneath us. But the
water was so thick with his blood that
we were uuable to see how far down
he was. Wo knew he was near, but
how near we could not tell just thon.
While wo were eagerly looking over
the side of the boat, quick as a flash
he struck the bottom of tho boat and
we went llying. When I reoovered my
senses I was about fifteen feet below,
looking for fresh air. When 1 reached
the top w hat should I meet hut the
whale, just as h# was raising his tre
mendous tail high nbovo my head. I
darted to oue side. Dowu came the
tail with an awful splash. If I had
been under it 1 should have been
smashed to smithereens. As I was
making desperate efforts to get away
from tho whale, who should como up
right alongside me but tho harpooner.
He could not swim. A few stokes
nway there was a buoy. 1 secured it,
dragged it to him, aud just ns hu was
about to give up in despair ho grasped
it, and was saved. Then we both
citing to tho buoy und took in tho sit
uation. T'Uo bow onrsmau was thrown
over about twenty rods. The tub oars
mau, stroke oarsman, and the second
mate were thrown ill difiorcut direc
tion.". I, being midship oarsman, bad
been picked up, as a pancake, and
flopped over and shoved down. While
the tiarpooner aud I hung to tho buov
wo, wero kept busy kiokiug away
sharks, pushing them first oue way,
then auother. Not sharks of tho kind
one sees around the bays nnd rivers,
but big fellows,from fifteen to twenty
live feet long—tho kind that ouu divide
a fellow at one nip.
Our stroke oarsman could not swim,
but he got hold of a piece of the boat;
that pieoe was fast to tho liue aud the
line was fast to the whale. He passed
us like a shot, reaching out his bauds
aud shouting, "Bill 1 Bill 1 Save me !
Save mo !" He had no sooner said it
than ho was gone. Presently the whale
went down, tho pieoo of boat wont
with him, and the Btroke oarsman was
left at tho mercy of the waves, a good
distance away. Meanwhile the other
three boats were coming up, and just
as ho had exhausted himself, strug
gling to keep on top, the third mate's
boat reaohed him. He was rescued,
and then the rest of us were pioked
up.
All this happened witliiu ten minutes.
Nothiug remained of our small boat.
Tho 500 fathoms of line gono us were
also the lances, harpoons, and the two
buoys. One of the other boats, how
ever, put for the whale and captured
him.
Now, when I Has clinging to that
buoy the Bible story of Jonah aud tho
wliaio came forcibly to my mind, and
I wondered if I was doomed to go
through Jonah's experience. When
the whale was ly iog at the ship's side
and we were cutting him in I told tho
boys of these feelings. They urged
me to go through the whale's throat,
and I resolved to do so when his head
oaipe on deok, to demonstrate tho
possibility of Jonah's experience. 1
did not then believe in the Bible, but
I verified the whole story, for when
the head was on the deok I weDt
through tho throat as easily as I had
crawled through bars when a boy.
Tko bead containing the spermaceti
oil is always cut from the trunk and
hauled in whole. Of course the
whale's jaws come with it, and they
measured often from eight to twelve I
feet. When we killed other whales, '
from time to time, some of the men ;
lifted up tho lower jaw, while the rest,
one alter another, would crawl '
through tho throat, not down where
Jonah went, bat to the deck. This I
did more times than I have fingers and
toes. It should be remembered that j
in each case we crawled through the
throat of a dead whale. If, when dead, j
a whale had a throat to admit me, !
then weighing 170 pounds, what would
be the possibility of a live, mad and
hungry whale? Although a sperm
whale is large, tho bowhead whale is
much larger, with a throat not only
capable of swallowing a well-built
man, but, in my judgment, a good* I
sized horse or cow. Thus it can read- '
ily be understood how and why I am
so emphatic in ray remarks at the bo
ginning of this article. I would fur
ther say that all the stories and learned
opinions that havo ever been devised
and related in reference to the inabil
ity of a whale to swallaw a man are
simply absurd. I am a skeptio no
longer, and, whatever men may say or
believe concerning the wonderful
whale story of tho Bible, not one jot
or tittle of it ought to be abated,mod
ified or left out.
When a whale is killed he never
dies unless his head is toward the
sun. Sometimes the skips would be
overcast when we killed a whale, but
when the clouds would vanish it would
be seen that his head was toward the
sun. I never knew a whale to do
otherwise. I cannot explain it, nor
did I ever hear it explained, but some
how, I have an idea that God, the cre
ator of this monstrous creature, has
given him tho instinct to turu to the
light while ho is sinking in darkness
and death. Is not this a lesson to tho
higher creatures, teachiug them m
darkness and despair to keep their
faces ever toward the Greater Sun?—
William H. Crampton in New York
Sua.
WISE WORDS.
There is not in the world a mask
that cuu disguise vulgarity.
The eye of ambition is au orb that
can bo closed by no opiate.
A man or woman out of temper is
like an instrument out of tuue.
It is far easier to sec through a
stone wall thau through prejudice.
Many a man grovels in the dust who
lias au arm long enough to reach the
Bky if he would only put it out.
Good breeding is the result of much
good sense, some good nature, aud a
little self-denial for the sake of
others.
A man hurts himself more in his
wife's estimation by beiug brutal to
other pooplo thau ho does by being
brutal to her.
There are people who would do
great acts, but because they wait for
tho great opportunities, life passes,
aud tho acts of love are not done at
all.
A pretty girl is like a catchy air
when you first hear it you go uround
everywhere humming .it, but tho
first new ono knocks it out of your
head.
A girt who cau'fc see an old dead
horse in tho street without cryiug,
will walk a mile to look at a lot of
dead birds stuck on bonnets in a shop
window.
When wo are children we would
rather bo whipped tfiau apologizo for
anything ; after we get older we would
rather apologize for anything thau bo
whipped.
Just a little bit of loviug thought
can give so much happinoss, aud tho
richest people iu tho world are those
who have learned tho joy of sharing
all their happiness with others.
Life is mado up, not of great sacri
fices or duties, but of the littlo things,
iu which smiles, aud kindnesses, aud
small obligations, given habitually,
are what win and preserve tho heart
aud secure comfcrt.—ThaSouth-West.
Penalty for Kiiiiig. r liiig,
An English custom of not so long
ago was to hang smugglers ou gibbets
arranged along the coasts, and then
tar tho bodies that they might bo pro
served a loug while, a* a warning to
other culprits. As late as 1822 three
IUCU thus varnished could havo beeu
seen hanging before Dover oastlo,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch. Some
times tho process was extended to rob
bers, assassins, incendiaries aud other
criminals. JoiiQ Painter, who fired
tho dock yard at Portsmouth, was first,
hanged and theu tarred in 177 G. From
tirao to time lie was given a fresh coat
of varnish, aud thus was made to last
nearly fourteen years. Tho weird !
custom did not stop smuggling or j
other crime, but 110 doubt it worked
some influence as a preventive.
Evaporation of Moisture.
Soil that is covered with vegetation
evaporates a very much greater quan
tity of moisture thau soil upon which
there is no vegetable growth. It ap
pears that the root?, stalks aud blos
soms of the plants are conslautly
drawing up moisture from the eartn
and throwing it out. Experiments made |
by Professor Nollney demonstrate tliat
bare ground gives out only the quan
tity of moisture received from the
atmosphere, but that wet soil covered
with plants, whether it be swamp
lands or irrigated, will, under favor
able circumstances, give out a much
greater amount of water than that
which corresponds to the precipi
tation that occurs during the same
period.
An lowa man was sentenced a fow
days ago to ninety-nine years in
the penitentiary for murder, and
I three years for horse stealing.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Professor Huxley says that an oystei
is a far more complicated piece of
machinery than the finest Swiss wutch.
Tokio, Japan, has adopted the arch
system for the two miles of elevated
railroad which it has been decided to
build there at a cost of $2,000,000.
Health Commissioner Starkloff", of
St. Louis, Mo., will at the next meet
ing of the Board of Health recommend
that preliminary tuberculosis be de
clared infectious.
Celery is said to be excellent for tho
nervous system aud is a fine remedy
for rheumatism and neuralgia. It may
be taken in the natural state, or iu
salads, soups aod iu tea.
A horseless sleigh is ouo of tho lat
est inventions. Gasoline furnishes
the motive power,and a sharp-toothed
wheel under the centre of the sleigh
applies it to the frozen earth and
pushes the sleigh along,
v In North Carolina the long pine
needles of certain species of pine arc
treated with a solution of soda to se
cure the fiber, which is woven into
coarse blankets, cloths aud mats. This
product is also made iu Germany and
Sweden.
A complete series of photographs of
the recent Chinese-Japanese war,taken
on the 6pot, forms a feature of the in
ternational photographic exhibition
now being held at Berlin. The collec
tion has excited much interest as tho
most comprehensive photographic
record of war yet shown.
A product called "wire-glass" which,
it is asserted, presents an effective
barrier against fire, consists simply of
a mesh-work of wire embedded in a
glass plate. Even when licked by
Haines and raised to a red heat it does
not fall to pieces, and it not only re
sists tho heat of fire, but also the
shattering effects of cold water poured
over it while it is yet glowing hot.
At a Bargerton (Ohio) match factory
recently 177.926,400 matches were
made in a clay. At that rate that
factory can produce in a year 64,913,-
136,000 matches, which meaus 927
mutches a year, or nearly three matches
a day for each one of the 70,000,000
inhabitants of the couutry. All this
work is done by automatic machinery,
that is without its equal iu the work.
A double-deck tuunel is the project
of the Metropolitan District Railway,
of London, for facilitating traffic on
its underground line in that city. The
present underground line lias a double
track and it is proposed to build two
single track tuunels at some distance
below thi9 line, to be used for express
trains, there being only ono station
between tho terminus and the poiut
where tho low level lino will rise to
the grade cf the existing line.
Should One Sleep Alter Ealing!
We would not now revert to this
oft-disoussed question to give anyone's
theoretical views or personal belief iu
the matter, or to bring forward the
familiar argument, that because ani
mals sleep just after they have eaten,
hence the human animal should do the
same, says the Medical Record. Doc
tor Schule, of Fribonrg, has, however,
approached the subject from tho
chemico-experimental 6ide, and his re
sults are worthy of reooid. Having
analyzed the stomach's contents in two
normal subjects a few hours after
meals, some of which were followed by
sleep and others not, he finds that
sleep has for its constant etlect the
weakening of tho stomach's motility,
and at the same time there is an in
crease in the acidity of tho gastric
juice. On the other hand, simple re
pose in the horizontal position stimu
lates the motive function of tho stom
ach, but does not iucrease the acidity
of gastric juice. The conclusion is
hence reached that, while one should
stretch himself out for a rest iu tlio
Horizontal decubitus after a hearty
meal, ho should resist tho tempting
Morpheus, especially if there be pres
ent a dilated state of tho stomach or
if its juices bo hyperacid.
Power of Pedaling;
A series of experiments imva been
made by M. Bouuy, of Paris, says En
gineering, to determine the power ex
erted iu propelling u bieyclo at differ
ent speeds. The method adopted was
to take an autographic record of the
total force exerted ou the pedal through
a complete revolution. Au examina
tion of tho records showed, in tho
place, that there was 110 absolute dead
point 6uch as occurs with an ordinary
connecting rod and crank motion ;
aud, secondly, that there is always
some pressure-on the pedal during tiie
rise, and this, of course, tends slightly
to reduce the speed. For a speed ol
ton miles an hour nineteen foot
pounds of work was done per serai
revolution, ami for a speed of twenty
miles an hour the work douo was sixty
seven foot-pounds. These figures show
that the average pressure of the foot
required on tho pedal increased very
rapidly with the speed, treble tho work
being needed in order to double the
velocity. Tho bicycle was run on a
wooden racing track, and tho results
would probably differ considerable it
tho trials were made ou a rough road.
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would now fetch big figures. Tho
value of her pictures by Landseer
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