rT ao ~ BITTENBY By Ralph E. Cropley. In the old days a whaling voyage used to last the best part of three vears. Judging from where the Essex, of New Bedford, was when a whale sank her on Nov. 13, 1820, we are led to conclude that she had put to sea at least two years before. Following the usual track cf New Bedford whalers, her skipper no doubt had first crosed the Atlantic toward the Azores, worked his way south and then headed east and up into the In- dian Ocean. Probably he had gone through the Strait of Halacca and, passing the Philippines, had kept east of Japan until he had reached the Sea of Okhotsk. After completing his catch there, he had probably worked down toward the Sandwich Islands and probably was cn his way southwest to- ward New Zealand when, on that un- lucky 13th of November the lookout | "shouted, "There she blows!" and three | boats with killing parties put off. The boat crews were at once lucky; each got its harpoon into a whale. The first mate's prize proved to be especial- ly frisky once it felt the lance. Raising its gigantic tail, it rolled from side to side until the surrounding sea was white with froth. Then down came a huge fluke on the gunwale of the boat, and so severe was the blow that the first mate had to cut loose from his catch and give all his attention to get- ting his damaged boat back to the Es- SeX. Only his remarkable seamanship en- abled him to save himself and his crew for the whale, which was of the largest variety and which evidently was the dam of a small whale that the men in the captain's boat were capturing, made rushes at his boat and tried to crunch it in her massive jaws. Some- how 'the boat reached the Essex, but the men had no sooner scrambled up the sides than the mother whale charged the ship. The blow was stag- gering. As the whale scraped under the bottom she knocked off part of the false keel just abreast of the main channels. All hands thought surely that the end had come, but the ship righted herself and continued on her course. But Madame Whale was not through. Coming up alongside, she tried, some- what to the amusement of the crew, to clasp the Essex in her jaws. The sailors hurled many harpoons into the A WHALE to do was to put to sea once more and try to reach the coast of South Ameri- ca. Three of the men decided that, rather than venture forth on such a long journey in an open boat, they would remain on the island. The rest set forth, and after a succession of misadventures, regarding which there seems to be no record, those who re- mained of the crew reached Valpar- aiso, where they found in port the United States frigate Macedonian. On learning that three American saliors were marooned on a barren island in the middle of the Pacific, Captain Downes, the commander, resolved to rescue them. At the expense of one thousand dollars, a large sum for 1820, he fitted out a Chilean schooner and sent her in search of the unfortunates. But after a month at sea; during which time storms drove her off her course, and eventually dismasted her, she limped back to Valparaiso. At that Captain Downes was for set- ting out in the frigate, but unfortunate- ly he did not have to go; for the cap- tain of the British ship Surrey, which was on the eve of sailing for Australia, ! agreed, for the sum of three hundred dollars, to run a bit out of his course and rescue the stranded sailors. - On Thursday, April 5, 1821, almost five months after the whale had wreck- ed the Essex, and four months after the boats had set out from the island for South America, the commander of the Surrey sighted an island that he thought might be the one on which the Americans were. As he came near it he discharged a signal gun. Looking through his telescope, he saw the three men for whom he was searching come from the woods and begin to wave frantically. The rescue was accom- plished with difficulty but with even- tual success.--Youth's Companion. * A Skirmish of Wits. The eminent painter, James McNeill Whistler, was as famous for his wit as about the quickness and sharpness of sics of anecdotage." Sir Johnston less familiar in his Random Recollec- tions. Whistler, he says, frequented the Beefsteak Club a great deal and was Though a good for his art. There are scores of stories! his tongue, many of which are "clas- Torbes-Robertson tells some that are Stranded in India. The English aviators who tried to fly round the world two years ago had many misfortunes before their final wreck in the Indian Ocean. One night in Sibi. just over the borders of Balu- chistan,--so we learn from Maj. W. T. Blake in Flying Round the World,-- they had a miserable rest owing to mosquitoes, sand flies and fleas and the terrific heat. They decided therefore to push on at daylight to Quetta eight miles away in the mountains. The morning was misty; as soon as they got into the air they found that they could not see landmarks and so re- turned to the field at once. On landing they broke the undercarriage and the tail skid of their machine. | To say, writes Major Blake, that we were anncyed, is to put it mildly. We | had no petrol; we had no facilities for | repairing the broken undercarriage, and we were miles away from help. The only thing to do was to telephone through to Quetta to ask for a mechanic and the necessary supplies to be sent down to us. Luckily the railway authorities had a telephone along the line from Sibi, so that with compara- tively little delay I managed to speak to an officer of the R.A.F. stationed up in the hills. He promised to send a break-down party with the things we needed. All that morning we worked. The temperature greatly increased until it equalled the previous day's heat of 119 deg. and then went on climbing until it touched 121 deg. in the shade. We kept as far as possible in the shade thrown by the wings of the machine, moving the aeroplane rcund as the sun moved, so that the shadow always fell about the undercarriage where we were working; moreover, we, were wearing huge topees and thick .spine pads. At intervals during the day na-| tives brought large boxes of ice and dozens of bottles of soda water from the station. 2 We endured another night of terrific heat and sand flies. We arose before dawn the following morning, and soon afterward the break-down party ar- rived, having had a rough journey from Quetta. Despite their fatigue they at once started to work on our machine and by lunch time had it ready for ser- vice. Again the heat was intense; the ther- mometer steadily climber until it reached 123 deg. in the shade and about 170 deg. in the sun--a tempera- ture in which it is almost impossible for Europeans to live. We filled cur THIS PIECE OF PAPER! «+ It Was Once It is a big jump from a plece of wood to a sheet of paper, but this page prob- ably started its journey paperwards as the trunk of a tree in some northern forest. You see, to-day, the forests of Nor- way, Sweden, Canada, and the United States furnish the bulk of the world's paper-makng material. A sheet of paper is a sheet of vege- table fibres matted together, dyed, and surfaced according to requirements. And it is from woed that the fibrous part of the paper is obtained. The wood-pulp, as it is called, is made in this manner. The trees are cut into logs, about two feet long, split and the bark and knots carefully re- moved. The logs are ground up by revolving stone wheels, water being supplied to keep them cool, and to mix with the wood to form the pulp. This pulp contains all the impurities after the first grinding, so it is strained through a wire sieve, which allows the finer pulp to pass. * * * & The good pulp, still containing im- purities, is now subjected to a refining process in a machine resembling two huge grindstones placed one on top of the other, - The top stone revolves, and the pulp is fed through a-hole in this, being fine- ly ground between the two stones. Our "tree" is now ready to take on its first appearance in the form of a "sheet." The refined pulp is passed over a wire gauze cylinder on to a felt con- veyor which passes it to a pair of steel rollers, the top one taking up the end of the web of pulp and gradually wind- ing it upon itself. When the necessary thickness has been attained, the pulp is taken off the roller, opened out and dried. In this state it is termed "half stuff boards." hy Part of a Tree. But paper made solely from this me chanical wood-pulp--to use its trade name--would be too coarse and im pure, and would quickly discolor and turn brittle. It is therefore invariably mixed with a finer grade of pulp which has been chemically prepared. The better quality, instead of being ground, is cut into small pieces, and boiled in a solution of sulphite of soda, in huge vats. The boiling process extracts the ims purities of the wood, and breaks it up into pulp which is then drained off, washed and made into "half stuft boards" as already described. * * * * To produce an even surface the cor: rect proportions of the 'half stuff boards" are loaded with china clay and so on; and to ensure a white color a solution of blue is introduced into the machine. Sizing material is also add- ed. This prevents the oil in the print- ing ink running when the paper is printed on. We are well on our way now to the finished sheet of paper. The pulp is strained carefully and conveyed to the paper-making mac chine, running on to an endless belt of wire mesh, about forty feet long by 3 eight feet wide. The This belt, now coated with a wet: sheet of pulp, is supported by brass rollers, moisture being extracted from the pulp by suction. The pulp sheet next passes under a roller which ren ders the surface smooth. At this point the wire belt makes its return journey under the rollers and further moisture still is extracted from the damp sheet of pulp as it passes over some steams heated cylinders. As the paper comes from the last drying cylinder it is wound upon reels, which contain in some cases, miles and miles of paper. In this reeled condition it is cut to a required width--ready for use. A Bargain in Millinery. Here is a story of a family who are chronic borrowers. One Sunday morning when Mr. Bor- rower wished to shave he sent one of the numerous small Borrowers to Mr. Jones. "Daddy is shaving this morning, and his razor is dull," sald the child. "He 3 while she is resting. But I'll tell you what I will do: I'll let you wear my hat." Miss Borrower left, too furious to be articulate. But the next afternoon, when she knew Mr. Gray was not at home, she called again for the hat; and this time Mrs. Gray gave it to her. It ; was presented with gracious courtesy and accepted as a matter of course. sures We be Ley fie 2 drive I to match wits | tanks and got ready to take off, but ants ge know if he can borrow your aad ae er, ast, findin a ras 3 : ofl just a 8 W ET ime Sirop : nc cceeding 1 ae with him, be giveys-Rad ihe pan § pe SeRping ddenl 5: rns Fern CRBS MT. Jonesy TX whale turned and, going under the Svery/exchanie "On only one gecesion o 2 i. . or : 4 y alr ndered the strop. T inutes lat ; == ta ort Dh at te A. do I remember his being "graveled," apsed. We had a little ice left, and . e Je si os rop. en minutes lates SX wi hin Sy, a on and that was when a reporter printed with it we proceeded to do our best to 39 er sme Borrower appeared. Ng Sx a iss A ids : ox in his newspaper that "Whistler and bring him round, laying him under the | Deady thinks the reason he can't { Sa RL ae ah Bh, Oscar Wilde were seen on the Bright-| Wings of the machine in order that he i shave is herane he hasn't £04 enough Bot Stn Tod crt br es : on front, talking as usual about them- TugRE have the only available shade. 08D. Gan e Li yours? arte =n sd Balin nO Sn Le selves." Whistler sent the paragraph Then without warning the sergeant- ak 1; ones i 1) m 2 Preven 2 8 fr, Al = her tail and with lightning speed made io Wilde, with a brie? note saying: *1 Mujer WAC Ws Nib fle puiy In mm 1 > hin i ~ we pL o> : - for the Essex. This time, instead of wish thevesreporiors Would be scours 2 a Ei had Do ie, and vd iy = 5 > dh ot ke aE Se a ate; if you remember, Oscar we were is obviously in such a bad way that = say E00 ; Ck e sent me to bor- 2 i ships, she choose the bow just under telling aboutane." ws hud foudtive = Gi don of staring. in als oo t 1 fferi § ATOR ANY : Phe Athans. Thongh du iver voy Wilde sent him a telegram saying: I eo as quigkly as possible down Tl 2 2 Pom a long-suffering HLM 33 A going at four or five knots. an hour *1 Is trie, Jimmie we Were ielking 3 : S ene bos itel 5 59% help and But yg a harhood it ft Es YIAINE3Ls80 when the erash came, the vessel, more about you, but I was thinking of my-| ° 5.1 inne i re ougn amusement = th > Lp S| > Jenvoag than merely stopping dead acquired soll: gallo gway If Inlet wo iad M: pins Sh oa ing ry > RE La sufficient sternway to send the oe But whistler got his revenge, for,| '€l Sond #a) is Ee tue 1a Lk ne an, : ih iri . To ) = F smashing through the aft cabin ports. Some {ime alter, he Wey bdden 1010s bo je boSpim en se Phe had been | sip yr re Co i hae 5 The Shorle of the iow Lod cir car Wilde's wedding. Wilde, as the helping us and who was with me in my, 3 » 4 pre % 20. 3u : e ore she a Hon 16 the Jock: The Tos var oy, | service was about to begin, received a tonga"was also overcome. It was won- = Lo sa 2 Wear it young Miss = FEF son letely wove Mons it hati: Hon! telegram from him, saying: "Am de- derful how everyone had managed to : Banrower as ed i She Ergin have the EE fs] Simi Biota dein Day | tained, don't wait." bear up until the work was done. It 9 0 wear o a party. And Mrs. Gray Sele iia Mie il aro] Sn was probably only the fact that all, adn't the courage to refuse. was not long before the Essex, weight | Perpetuation by Use. Iares of us knew that ws kad fo keen} Ties pre fhe young Jyomen hors 1 ed down with her two Vode Ay of| Wise forest protection does not going thal engbled Us to carfy on, The! Towed ne at and bil i ang then FF ; whale oil, filled and went over 3 her Mean the withdrawal of forest re- Ie moma few 2 ane, ye Ry Sor en to har Hn 4g ES i : beam ends; her towering masts and Sources, whether of wocd, water, or pa 3 = for she should certainly never wear it H gABNE ? sails dipped in the sea. | grass, from contributing their full No Need for Alarm. herself > ; AL Hoke At the time the captain's boat and Share to the welfare of the people, but, Maid--"M"m, I just accidentally let The Hot time the young lady called 3HL AN Sos Sughan ly that of the second mate were both ©n the contrary, gives "assurance of|the baby's blanket drop out of the ppp Gray answered the doorbell. : =| fast to whales. On beholding the aw- larger and more certain supplies. The | window." "Is Mrs. Grap at home?" : 2 ful catastrophe both crews immediate- fundamental idea of forestry is the Mother--"Awfully clumsy of you; "Yes; but she isn't feeling well and Jess than half 2 sound of radiwn ly cut loose from their fish and made berpetuation of forests by use. Tor-|now baby will catch cold.' is Yesting. Is there anything I can do | Bins Does veodured in Lok re Lun for the wreck. As soon as the captain ©St protection is not an end of itself; Maid--*""Oh, no, m'm, he won't. He for you?" | Me Curie discorored this es got aboard he gave orders to cut away 2 is a means > increase and sustain | was inside of it." "Perhaps you can. I came to see if clement in 189% = i Sails the masts. Since the vessel had ca- t 9 yemguress oi our country and the mA a ite I could borrow her hat, the new one' Exports of a er and paver. pr teened ea her side, the task was not industries which depend on them. Use of Time. with the pink roses, to wear to a PATE duh fron Cos PR the al : 2387. ? et, being used-to facing all! To Goes a : to-night. She sometimes lends it to year 1924-25 were valued at $99,941, inds of emergencies, the men soon | Invented Telescope. Employ thy time well if thou mean- pe» |910 as against $96,957,962 in the pre-' Caenpse hs fue aie 28) thal Te telescope was invented by Hans on to Es a you ere ok) "Weill, I don't foel that I can lend | vious twelve months. Newsprint ex- ails, l ssel Lippsrshey, a Dutch spectacle-maker, | Sure ol a minute, tnrow no. away an. Mrz, Gray's hat without her permis-! ports accounts for nearly 92 per cent. righted herself. in 1609. hour.--Benjamin Franklin. sion, and I don't want to disturb her of this total. 3 It was readily seen that the Essex could no longer afford shelter to her og crew. Her decks were awash, and | there was no dry place aboard her. | Salvaging what food he could, the skip- | per ordered all hands into the long- | boats. For somes time, hoping that an-' other whaler would come on the ! grounds, >= men remained by the abandoned wreck; but at last, when | no help came, the beats stcod away to | the south. The men hcped to reach! ome one of the groups cf islands that | - = dot the southwestern Pacific, but the winds were unfaverable. I'he official record of the catastrophe says that for thirty days the boats con- tinued to beat about and were carried eastward toward the middle of the Pa- cific, where islands are few and scat- tered. On the thirtieth day they reach- ed an island that prebably was one of those rocky, barren bits of land be- tween the group known as the Society Islands and Valparaiso, Chile. The island offered the shipwrecked sailors scarcely any nourishment, and the captain decided that the only thing One of the finest hunting and fishing districts in the world is said to be in the district of Gaspe Bay, a sheltered bit of water on the northeast end of Gaspe Peninsula.