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Ma
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Atlantic Express, 0.51p.m., flat;, daily.
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Pantile Express. B.17 a.m.. dally (flan)
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
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utes slower than New York time.
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Johnstown Ex. 12.53P. M., dally except Sunday.
Mall 7.30 P. M "
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Mall, 2.09 p. m, dallyexceptSunday.
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THE WHALER'S STORY.
"A
'BI-lCIv,' right ahead I" sunn
out tlie niust-liendniHn, mi lioiinl
Ilia Imrk Vtiltuiteer.
" Keep your rye on It," responded tlie
mute, front the deck. " There itiuy lie
something in It."
We stood on for a few minute toward
tlie spot, when another hall eunie down
from aloft.
" Hmnethlng looming up In the slick,
either n dead whule or a carcass."
The mate seized the telescope, anil
Jumped up the rigging, striding two
ratline at a step.
As the language used liy the seaman
might seem to emhotly a " distinction
without a dilierence," it may lie well to
Inform the general reatler that the wonl
"carcass," as used hy whalemen, always
means the worthless stock, or the hones
and flesh after the fat has lieen stripped
ofl. It Is thus employed distinctively
a whale lielng called a whale, dead or
alive, so long as lie has his unctuous
Jacket on. The "slick" is a smooth,
glassy appearance of the sea, for a con
siderable extent around and to wind
ward of the floating hotly, caused by the
escape of oil and fatty particles.
With tlie aid of tlie glass the object
in question was soon made out to be a
dead whale, with a " waif" planted In
him. As we drew nearer, the waif as
sumed a strange appearance ; for, Instead
of being a small white or black Hag, such
as h commonly used for the purpose, it
seemed a stilt', stationary object, like a
sign-board, glistening brightly in the
sunlight. We were not a little puzzled
to account for this phenomenon.
The whale, though considerably
swelled above the surface of the sea, was
evidently in a fair condition, and could
not have been dead above three days at
most. We hove to at a suitable distance
to windward, and lowered a boat to ex
amine and make preparations for taking
the prize alongside.
The captain, Impelled by curiosity In
the matter of tlie strange waif, went in
the boat himself. We pulled up to the
whale's side, the dash of our oars dis
turbing a myriad of ravenous birds
which had settled on and near the
whale, while other myriads were sit
ting in the slick all round him.
" It's a sheet of copper !" said Captain
Hayden. " Who ever heard of a whaler
using copper waifs ? Tull out the walf
pole, Dun," he continued, to the lioat
steerer, " and pass it into the boat. I
want to have a look at the patent ar-
rangemet."
The upper end of the waif-pole was
found to have been split down for a
considerable distance, and the Waif, a
whole sheet of new sheathlng-metal,
was Jammed firmly Into the cleft of the
wootl.
" There's writing on it," said iJan, as
he lifted it into the boat.
" Let me see. Pass it along this
way I" was the impatient order of the
captain.
He seized and held it up, readingaloud
this Inscription, which was graven or
scratched on the copper with soiuo
pointed tool :
" To any seaman who hw a heart in
his bottom: The ship l'arthenia, of
London, took fire from her try-works,
night of July 18th, 20 degrees tiorth.and
171 degrees east, and was totally destroy
ed. Thirty of us are adrift on the ocean,
in four open boats, having saved noth
ing but what we stood in, with a very
small stock of provisions. I shall steer
east-feouth-east, toward the Sandwich
Islands, trying to keep the boats to.
gether as long as possible. My hope is
In being picked up by some vessel, as
tiiere is little chance of our reaching
any laud alive. Ood help us, and send
us aid!
J. R. Inoalls, Master of Parthenia."
' July lHth,' said the captain, refer
ring back to , the date. " Why, that Is
night beford last. They can't have killed
this whale since they left the wreck.
surely t;'- f .
" No, sir," answered Dan, pointing to
the stump, where the whale had been
unjointed at the " small." " The iiukes
are gone ; he has been cut from along
side a ship."
" That's true, though I hadn't noticed
it before; for I was looking at this cop
per waif, all the way from the ship. She
must have had this whale in the fluke
chain, and was boijlug another, when
she took Are."
" Shall we hook, on to him 1"' asked
the lioat-steerer.
" No, no, of course not. The claims
of humanity before all. It seems hard
that some sixty barrels of oil must be
abandoned to the birds; but we should
be worse than savages, If we hove to
now to cut In a whule. Pull ahead I"
he snapped out, as he threw the boat's
head round toward the vessel. '
In a few minutes, the Volunteer's
canvas filled on an cast-south-east course
and the best eyes in tho ship were doing
duty at the mast-heads. We Bteered
until durk in the same direction without
having teen anything.' She was then
brought to the wind, and put 'tinder
short tail.' "
Through ihe night we were lying
aback, and making short boards. The
gun was fired every hour, and not con
tent with hoisting the signal-lanterns,
a bonfire was kept alive In an lion pot,
mounted on the try-works. ,
" A littd spot In the ocean to lie turned
ndrlft In the boats," observed tlie mate
to the captain, as they walked the deck
together that night. "Ho fur from the
nearest land."
" Yes, It seems almost desperate, the
chance of living long enough to reach
Sandwich Inlands. Hut It seems to me,
If it were my case, thatl shouldn't have
taken that route. I should rather have
headed westward, toward Japan. I
don't know,tliough," he added, musing
ly ; " there are some reasons ngulnst It
too. lie may have thought his course
safest In respect of weather ; as It is not
uncommon to catch a taste of a typhoon
even where we are now,and Btill heavier
to the westward."
"It was a bright Idea, his leaving his
report on that whale he cut adrift."
" Quite original," salt ('apt. Huyden.
"I don't believe I should ever have
thought of it In such a case."
" I don't believe you or I would have
thought of cutting tlie whale adrift at
all, Willi the ship on fire amidships. It
must have taken some time and labor to
unjolnt him with spades."
" It Is odd, and I have thought a great
deal about it since I came on board. It
is still more odd that they should have
spent time in writing that Inscription so
carefully, to state that they escaped with
only what they stood In. The story
would seem to indicate greut hurry In
leaving tlie ship."
" Hut you know, sir, they may have
done It in tlie bout, after they pushed
oil". For, of course, they would hover
near the ship all night, or as long as the
bonfire was blazing, as that was their
best chauce of being picked up."
" Yes, that's true," was answered,
thoughtfully.
" And they may have cut the whale
away with their bout-spades, as they
lay to tlie windward of the ship. These
tilings which seem odd, would, nodoubt,
be all explained satisfactorily, if we
could only find tlie poor fellows. I shall
run two or three days on thl9 course, and
we must use every means to avoid pass
ing them In the night."
"Another day went by without dis
coveries, though we carried all sail, and
passed over a long strctcli of ground, the
cross-trees and rigging swarming with
lookouts. At nightfall we shortened
sail again, and kept the bonfire raging,
firing the periodicul guns as before
through the night.
Tlie first light of day showed us a ship
within a mile under our lee, on the
sume track with us. She hoisted Eng.
Huh colors at her gaff, and back her
maintopsail as a signal of a desire to
communicate. We answered by show
ing our American ensign, and keptaway
to speak the stranger, which brought us
nearly on tlie course wo meant to steer
to continue our mission of mercy.
" It will be well to speak him," the
captain said, " and give him the news
about tho burning of his countryman
Two ships in search of the boats will
double the chance of tbelr being fallen
In with."
We had on board an English seaman,
who hud Joined us at Uuam, tinder the
nume of Jack Booth; one of the steadiest
and best men in the forecastle. This
man now came aft to tlie break of the
quarter-deck, hat in hand, and stood
waiting respectfully, as he wished to
speak to the captain.
"Well, Jack, what's the word this
morning V"
" I want to ask you, sir, if you know
that ship under our lee V"
" Know her t No, of course I don't,
only that she is one of your country
men, by the bunting she hoists."
" I know her, sir," said Booth, sturdi
lv. "That'll th PnrthonlBt"
"The what?"
" The rarthenlu, sir, that you suppose
to be burnt."
" Why do you say so V How do you
know It is y"
" I was in her last year, sir, and I
know every rope of her standing rig
ging. There's a dozen marks about her
that I could swear to."
"But you must be mistaken, Jack,
said the captain. "The Parthenia Is
burned, and we have the story engraved
on copper."
"Can't help that, sir, answered the
man, dogmatically. "That's the Par
thenia, or I never sailed In her."
" But what's your Idea of this report
on the waif)" asked the captain, some
what shaken by Jack's firmness. " How
do you account for that?"--
" Well, of course I can't explain it in
full, sir. But she had a second mate, one
of the greatest scoundrel to be found
afloat an out-and-out cut-throat, sir.
He was always tampering with the
men, and hinting mutiny, and tried
hard to lead me Into a plan of taking
the ship. ' I pretended to side with him,
and got his whole intentions out of htn
But when I undertook to warn Captain
Ingalls, he wouldn't listen to me at all
He thought be could trust Mr. Bolt-
wood's word as far as he could mine,
and cut me short before he had heard
the half that I could have told him. I
felt hutt about this, and that's the way
I came to ask for my discharge at
Otitttn."
Well, what's your opinion of this
strange ad'ulr t Speak out what you
think."
" Well, as I told you, sir, I can't fully
understand It. But I'll lay my life that
this ship Is the Parthenia ; I am more
and more certain of it every minute, as
we draw nearer to her. And I am al
most as certain that that pirate Bolt
wood Is at tlie bottom of this puzzle, in
some way or other."
" But, supposing for that Is what
you evidently think that he has mu
tinied and got command of tlie ship, Is
It likely that he would want to speak us,
or Indeed, speak anybody ?"
" Yes, sir. I know what his plan Is
to go to one of the Mulgrave Islands,
and make hitiir.elf a great chief there.
He has lived there before among the
savages, and if he could go there with
all the plunder of a ship, ho would have
all the power and riches that he wants.
He told me all this ( and that if he got
tlie ship, he should change her name,
and pass for a new-comer on theground,
speak other vessels, and buy all the
tobacco and fire-arms he could get be
fore he ran her for the Mulgraves.
There he is, now, on the taffrull with
his trumpet that's Boltwood, sir, or
I'm not Jack Booth 1 What he wants
Is to buy muskets and tobacco, and of
course he daren't go into any port to
get them."
" Is the ship armed ?" inquired tlie
captain.
" No more than yours Is, sir; with a
six-pounder and a few muskets."
" Well, Jack, I am under great obli
gations to you for telling me all tills,
whether it proves as you say or not
But of courso you know this Bolt-
wood."
" Ay, sir, and that fellow alongside
of him too. That's his right-hand man,
Harris at least, that's tlie name he sails
under and as great a villain as his
leader."
"Hanger, of London,'" said the
mate, who had been reading the stran
ger's name through the telescope.
" Ay, that name's as good as any,"
muttered Jack Booth; "but he can't
humbug me with It."
It was time for tlie captain to take his
stand with the trumpet for hailing her;
hut Booth still hovered near, keeping
his face turned so as not to be recognized
by those on board the strange ship.
The captain's name was reported to be
Stanwood, and he invited Captain Hay.
den to come on board, as he wished to
make a trade with him, be said.
" Didn't you notice, sir," asked Jack,
after we had passed, " that the name
was newly painted that the ' Ranger'
is brighter than the ' Loudon,' and has
a different look ?"
"I see," said the captain ; "and I
want to look into the matter a little, Just
to unmask him. if I can.
He ordered his boat lowered a way, and
while this was being done, he conferred
aside with the mate. The boat-steerer
Dan, also received a few words of In
struction, and we pushed off, I being in
my regular place at the stroke-oar.
We approached the ship in such a
way as to have a fair view of her stern,
and then pulled slowly up alongside.
The name " Ranger" was painted on a
strip of canvas, and tacked on over her
true name, as was easy to be seen, when
we passed tbe counter.
Dan threw up his wrap in so clumsy
a way, that it fell short, and he himself
fell backward into the boat. Without
stopping to haul bis wrap in again, be
began eursing and swearing, and seized
bis boat-hook, which be bad taken care
to have at hand. He made three or
four false attempts to book on at the
ship's side, which only bad the effect of
pushing the boat astern, while the so.
called Harris stood-looking over the
quarter-rail, and laughing at our awk
wardness. At the moment the boat's head fell
astern of the ship, Dan, using bis boat
hook with the greatest dexterity, got a
firm hold of the strip of canvas bearing
the ship's name. With a single jerk
downward, it was neatly torn off, bang
ing down more than half its length, and
the letters " P-A-R-T-H" appeared iu
full view.
The captain had been storming away
at us to ship out our oars, and pretended
to be much mortified at our lubberly
manner of going alongside and falling
adrift again. He now picked up a pad
dle, and raised it in the air as if he were
going to break it over some of our heads.
But this, as I afterward knew, was a
signal, and was responded to at once.
Up went the little blue flag at the
main-royal of the Volunteer, and
several men rushed' up her rigging,
while the sound of Bio-o-o-ows '" was
beard at intervals.
" Pull ahead all I" saiti Capt. Hayden,
dropping the paddleagainj w You'll ex.
cuse my leaving you, Capt, Stanwood,
hut my male sees whales, and I must
get on board us fust as possible. Ay 1
ay I where' you f eyes there, aloft, that
you don't see that whule ?" he roared to
his own lookouts for of course the
mast-heads were manned, to keep up
the flppearnnce of an honest whnler.
It was not to be Wondered at that they
hud not seen the whule, Inasmuch as
none was In sight. But our trick was
not long undiscovered, for, as Harris
utnpetl on the stem for a lust look at
us, his glance caught the strip of canvas
hanging down.
Before we were alongsldo our own
ship, the Purthenla had braced full, and
boarded her tucks, showing no further
wish to trade with us. We parted from
her thus; having, of course, no power
to right the wrongs on board of her.
But the reign of Boltwood was short,
for wheu we anchored at Honolulu, after
our season was tip, tho Purthenla lay
there, In charge of a British naval
ofllcer.
It appeared that Captain Ingalls and
the chief mute had been killed hy Bolt-
wood and his gang, who also cut the
whale from alongside, and fixed the
copper waif In him. Tills was done to
account for the disappearance of the
ship, and to avert suspicion, as it was
thought pretty certain that somebody
would see and read mit. The decoy of
leading us off In search of tlie boats,
that they might speak us and obtain to
bacco and fire-arms, erhap3 by forcible
means, was near being successful: and
would have been so, but for Jack Booth
being with us, and knowing the ship so
well.
The mutineers, who numbered about
half the crew, had, as they supposed,
cowed the remainder, anil felt them
selves secure. But they had only half
done their work. A counterplot was
artfully managed hy the well-disposed
part of tlie men, who found an oppor
tunity to rise and retake the vessel.
Harris was killed in tills aflUIr; and the
arch mutineer, Boltwood, was stunned,
put In Irons, and brought In, to be de
livered up, with the vessel, to the
British admiral.
Had he got us on board the Parthenia,
we should, no doubt, have been detained
until he could have found means to get
what he wanted from our ship. The
name on her stern would have attracted
no attention, had not our suspicions al
most satisfied us beforehand that it was
a false one.
Our depositions, giving the particu
lars of this strange affair, were taken, t
be used as evidence ; and Jack Booth,
his cruise being up, went home in the
Parthenia, with the prisoners, as ail'
Important witness. I never heard front'
them afterward, but presume that Bolt
wood and bis associates in crime met
with their Just deserts.
The First Step. " - '
There is no step so long as the first
step In any direction, especially a wrong
one. ' Having once taken it you are very
likely to go further. One who steals a
penny will remember it when be thinks
of stealing a sovereign. If he steals the
sovereign first, when be is tempted by
thousands he will remember that be is
already a thief. A perfectly innocent
person dreads the soil of any sin upon
bis soul, but after the slightest smirch
he cannot say, " I am clean." The vul
gar proverb, " One might as well be
hung for a sheep as a lamb," means a
good deal. Often the lamb was stolen
years before, and now why not take the
sheep V An idle word, half oath, half
exclamation, leads the boy to swearing.
Once having sworn be will swear again.
The first step may not be much in itself,
but in its relation to our lives it is a
giant's stride. It( is well to remember
it.
A Queer Bargain.
Of Governor Brlggs, of Massachu
setts, it is remembered that for several
years before his death he never wore a
collar, appearing thus unadorned at his
levees and on all public occasions. Few
men knew the strange reason for this.
He bad a neighbor whom he liked ex
ceedingly, arid who was on the way to
become a confirmed drunkard With
this man the Governor remonstrated
warmly, until at last the listener answer
ed i " I will never drink again If you
will never again wear a collar."
" Agreed," said the Governor. '
Each kept his word ; the man was
saved and the Governor paid no manner
of attention to the sometimes sharp
criticism upon his apparent carelessness
In bis dress.
A Brittle Boned Horse. '
' A curious accident occurred at Farm
ington, Mich., recently: Ahorse own.
ed by Mrs. CollinB, of Battle Creek, val
ued at $000, was lying down in a stable
and upon being roused sprang up, and
in doing so broke the bones of one of his
legs, making in ' necessary to kill him.
Upon examination It was found that the
animal's bones were as brittle as pipe
stems.