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MADAGASCAR JACK
BY CEPHAS N. W ATKINS.
"Look out for a big sperm whale with
the stump of a harpoon in his hump, and
about fifty fathom of lino towing
astarn !"
"Ay! Look out for Madagarcar Jack.
Do's a rogue. Yc may know him by tho
hoss shoe mark on his head. Give him
a wide berth; he's a man-killer."
We had hove to, to deliver letters and
have a chat with the crew of the old
whaler, Cicero, of New Bedford, then
commanded by Captain Taber.
The Cicero had been three years on
the Indian Ocean grounds, and was
homeward bound wliea we fell in with
her. She had eighteen hundred barrels
ot oil under hatches, and more than
fourteen thousand pouuds of boue,so the
crew told us. Ours was then a "clean
ship." She was named the Draper, and
was outbound for the same waters.
I was then a young man of twenty
years and was a boat-steercr on board
the Draper, Captain Law ton, of New
Bedford.
C jplain Lnwton had sent a boat aboard
the Cicero with the letters, and we laid
by her for an hour or two, giving the
Captain and crew home news and getting
information from the whaling grounds.
It was pleasant weather, and the vessels
were brought within easy hail of each
other.
I remember they told us of a "new isl
and," or at least of one not down on the
chart, in east longitude about fifty-eight
degrees, twenty minutes; south latitude,
twenty-two degrees, fifteen minutes; and
as our boat was pulling back to the ship
and we were about to part company, the
second mate of the Cicero stood aft and
told us about the whale. Then one of the
men, forward, added the remark given
above.
Whalemen in those days often warned
each other of "lighting" or "rogue"
whales. In the earlier days of the whale
fishery comparatively little difficulty was
experienced in taking the leviathans of
the deep. In their dying throes they
sometimes stove in or capsized the boats,
but rarely made a direct, persistent at
tack upon them.
At last, however, the constant perse
cutions of man seem to have developed
aggressive traits in the harassed ceta
ceans. Boats, and even the whale-ships,
were savagely attacked and sometimes
sunk by whales.
While the more prudent and, gen
erally, the older skippers wero inclined
to avoid dangerous whaves, there were
always bold spirits among the youuger
men, particularly the young mates, whe
desired to distinguish themselves and
their ships by capturing a "rogue;" for
to clear the seas of one of these de
stroyers was justly ranked as a great ex
ploit. It was from the Cicero that we first
heard of "Madagascar Jack;" and after
ward the Dryade, which we fell in with
near Mauritius, gave us further tidings
of a certain cross whale with an iron in
his back and a white sear on his head.
But the Draper did not meet him, nor
with much else iu the way of whales, in
deed, during the first year out, and
sailed for home two years afterward
with a light fare.
My next cruise was in the Acasta, of
Sag Harbor, Captain Harlow, which re
turned on account of the illness of the
Captain and was withdrawn; and it was
not till three ycar3 after, when I was oa
the Oread, Captain Wyford, that I first
saw "Madagascar Jack.'
We went through Suuda Straits and
cruised ou the Indian Ocean grounds fcr
eight months. There we took twenty
one hundred barrels of whale oil, but
thu3 far not a cask of sperm. "Wyford
was an elderly man who did not now
enter a whale-boat himself. Some, in
deed, hold that the master ought never
enter one. But we had a second mate
who made up in pluck and daring for
anything the Captain Jacked.
I have cruised in a good many ship3,
but never saw Cliff Aadrew3's match a3 u
whalesra.au.
One morning during the tenth month
of our cruise a whale was sighted in a
mist soon after daylight. In fact,
we heard him spouting before we saw
him. But the Captain would not order
the boats down till the men had their
breakfast, and the delay chafed An
drews. We ate our breakfast in a few rniu
utes, and two boats were lowered.
Meantime the whale, after blowing a few
times, had gone down to feed.
The Captain said that we should not
see him again for an hour; but we
pulled off to the spot where he had last
been heard blowing, and then lay by on
our oars. ,
Mr. Cumruiugs, the first mate, was in
one boat and Andrews in the other. AVe
listened and watched for a long while,
and meantime the mist lifted a little, al
though the surface of the sea was still
dim.
Ami re ws declared that we had lost tho
whale, "like a pack of dull-eaters who
uust needs stuff ourselves with breakfast,
vhatever betided;" but while he was
'retting, the whale suddenly breached,
icareely a cable's length from where we
ay.
He had been down a long time. His
Dig, square head broke water like a small
Mountain; and he blew heavily as ho
:urned. AVe saw his head distinctly.
There was a semi-circular whitish mark
an it, six or eight feet across, and a3 he
oiled we saw the stump of aa old iron
In his back and another in his side.
"Madagascar Jack!" I exclaimed.
; 'That's the whale that killed the mate
Df the Dryade."
"Ay, Madagascar Jack!" echoed sev
eral voices from the other boat. A de
icrip'ion of this whale was current among
whalemen in these waters.
"I'll Madagascar-jack him !" exclaimed
Andrews. "Give way sharp."
lie stood up, harpoon in hand, and at
the whale's second spout we laid the boat
alongside him.
"Another shoot, boys!" whispered the
nate. "Put me just past his hump."
lie darted the harpoon and buried it to
:he hitches, shouting, "Down to your
"ars!"
Feeling the iron, the whale sounded
and ran off perhaps seventy-five fathoms
of our line, not mere, when the strain
suddenly stopped.
"Back water!" mutterod the mate.
"He's coming up! Hand me that lauce,"
blacksmith. Haul line for'ard !"
Suddenly we felt a tremendous shock
underfoot, and next moment we were all
turning somersaults iu the air. The
whale had breached with a vengeance..
In the swashing and confusion of the
moment, I cannot say exactly what hap
pened; it was every man for himself.
I struck out for the boat of the first
mate, Mr. Cummings's. Our own boat,
badly shattered, had iallea back bottom
up.
Three men contrived to dock them
selves astride it, and Andrews appeared
to have caught a grip on the shank of
one of the irons in the whale. He held
on there for some minutc3.
The whale meanwhile moved slowly
forward, nousiug for the boat; then,
suddenly, with a single clack of its
great jaw, crushed it to fragments.
The three men astride it dived off in
time to avoid the blow and swam for us;
but still Audrews held fast to the har
poon, or to the line at the whale's side.
One poor fellow had disappeared.
There were now five of us with Mr.
Cummiugs, and his boat was crowded.
How to rescue Andrews from his perilous
situation was now our only thought.
We dreaded to attract the whale's atten
tion, and dared not approach. Audrews
could swim like a fish, a3 we knew, and
at length Cummings hailed him.
"Better take a header under him and
then swim for us!" he advised.
'Put in! Put in, man, and fasten to
him!" An hews shouted back, "You're
not goin' to show the whiter feather,
be ye?"
"It's not my duty," replied Cum
mings, "with a boat loaded down to the
gunwale! If you want to get back to
the ship with us, make haste!" he again
hailed.
Andrews let go the whale, which was
still thrashing the fragments of tho boat
in pieces, and swam off to us. Bat he was
very angry.
Cummings headed for the ship. Most
of the men were badly scared.
Meantime the Captain had ordered out
another boat. AVe met it coming off.
Andrews, wet 03 he was, jumped in and
took command.
"I'll kill that whale, or that whale
kills me!" he shouted. "But if there's
any man hero who can't swim, or is
afraid, he had better go into Mr. Cum
ming's boat."
Pour of the crew lost no timo in tum
bling out; but two of us, who had been
with Andrews before, took their places.
Andrews seized an oar and we started to
pull back to the whale.
The first mate,by the Captain's advice,
put his wet men aboard and then fol
lowed slowly after us, to pick us up, he
said.
"Boys," cried Andrews, as we neared
the whale again, "I'ingoin to put another
iron in him. If he makes for us jump
overboard, swim a few stroke3 and then
tread water." AVe wore round the whale
and got within half a ship's length of
him, when he settled a little, rose with
a half breach, and came straight toward
us again.
AVe as rapidly backed water and tried
to sheer off; but in a moment the furious
leviathan was close astern ,.of us, and
threw out his terriblj jaw.
"Jump!" shouted the mate; and we all
went overboard.
For some reason the whale missed his
blow at the boat and rushed by, going in
tho direction of the ship. As we swam
we could hear the shouting on board.
Cummiugs got his boat to lee of tho
ship. The whale coursed back and forth,
exhibiting unmistakable evidences of
angry defiance. They feared that ho
would run them aboard.
On our part, wo saw that our boat re
mained uninjured, and returned to it;
the last but one of us was climbing iu,
when the mate again shouted: "Jump!
lie's coming!"
I took a long header out, on the side
nexi the ship, and as I rose, 1 heard a
ciash behind me. Tho whale had re
turned and made an end of the boat this
time.
AVe ail swam in the direction of the
ship, and Mr. Cummings's boat stole
cautiously round tho bows and picked us
up.
Meantime, "3Iadagascar Jack" was
thrashing the fragments of our second
boat to pieces; there could he no doubt
as to his fighting quality. AVe had already
lost one man and two boats; and tho
Captain deemed any further effort to kill
him unwise and extra hazardous. So
thought most of the men.
But the second mate held out and ex
claimed :
"Is there a man who will 2 with mo
TOk a set at that old man-killer, or wilL
fO see me go alone?"
The Captain did not exactly forbid it;
md three of us, Coles, the blacksmith,
boat-steercr named Preston, and I,vol-i
ur.teeied to accompany Andrews to make
l third attack on the whalo.
AVe pulled around the bows in Mr.
Cu nmings's boat and heard the whala
at a little distance, near where he had
stove the last boat.
A few drop3 of rain were falling, and
the mist had settled again instead of
clearing.
'Ship your oars aud take the paddles,"
:id Andrews. "Dip easy."
He picked up the boat's lance instead
cf the harpoon. "If we can creep up 1
where I can get a good set at him just
behind the hump, it's all I ask," he con
tinued, under his breath.
Immediately we espied the black back
of . the monster theough the mist, not
half a cable's length away. He seemed
to be lying there as if on the watch for
us. Then, after a moment or two, he
thrashed the floating splinters of the boat
aain.
AVith hearts thumping hard, for we
felt it to Le a matter of life and death,
the boat was p-opelled forward on the
left side of the whale, and glide i past
his flukes. Andrews planted his foot on
the rail, and seized the lance pole in both
hands.
The whale moved slightly forward;
but the boat continued overreaching him
for several seconds, till we were nearly
abreast his shoulder.
Then the mate lunged at him with a
will, burying the lance in his side.
He had struck the "life;" the lance
entered so deeply, that Andrews went
half overboard with it.
The whalo squirmed spasmodically,
then started forward, staving ia the
broadside of the boat before we could
edge off. AVe jumped out and dived as
deep as possible, to escape a second
blow.
I swam under water for twenty or thir
ty yards, and when I rose and got the
brine out of my eyes, I saw tho whal
making off. Andrews aad both the
others had risen near me; and a moment
after we all saw blood fly from the ani
mal's spiracles.
"Madagascar Jack" was done for at
last. lie lagged around for ten or fif-
tecn minutes, however.
They could not sec u from the ship;
but they had lowered another boat, and
on Andrews's triumphant hail, came and
picked us up.
This whale made eighty-five barrels of
sperm oil; and we had, moreover, the
satisfaction of haying rid this ocean of a
dangerous "rogue." Youth's Comunk-n.
FARM AMD HOUSEHOLD.
TO START A BALKY HORSE.
A correspondent of Our Tituub Avi-nah
lays that the way to start a balky horse is
:o take up one of Im fore feet and strike
me shoe a few timc with a stone, lie
jlaims to have started several horses iu
.his way which had stubbornly resisted
iiorc violent efforts to make them move,
lie also says that he ha? never known
:his simple method to fail. It is not
oiuch trouble to test this plan, and if it
works there will certainly be a very great
g&xn over the methods usually employed.
It will pay people who are so unfortunate
aa to have balky horse? to give it a trial.
American Dairy mm.
THE FATTEN IXO Ob" PIOS.
Tho most profitable manner of feeding
pigs is to keep them constantly m a con
dition for slaughter. Tne continu
ous giowth thus made i3 the most profit
able, as all the food is turned to the
best use without any loss of time or
weight. The animal that is constantly
growing makes the most flesh io the
least time, and thus turns the food to tha
most profitable use. A pig of nine
months may thu gain the same weight
as one of more than u year, and the feed
ing over the winter is thus saved, with
a corresponding gain. By the best feed
ing the animal, if of a good breed, mty
be made to reach a weight of .00 pounds
in les3 than a year, and without be
ing fed over a winter in which tho food
is nearly all required to support it with
out adding to its weight. The best
breed for breeding for profit i3 pro'oably
the Berkshire, but this depends some
what on the conditions and the locality.
It is advisable in making a business of
feeding pork to keep the pigs on a clover
pasture through the summer and finish on
high feeding with grain early in th
fall and before the cold weather. ?Tcx
York Times.
HECLAIMIXU WORN-OUT LAND.
The only safe way to make farming
profitable is to constantly increase the
productiveness of land. Those who rely
on the profit from selling crops find that
beside the cost of growing them some
part of the farm itself has beeu sold.
Production carries with it part of the
original capital. Unless this is restored
crops decrease, until finally they do no
pay cost of cultivation, and the farm is
only saved from being wholly abandoned
by being left to grow gras?. Urderthis
treatment it may have a little vabwj for
pasture, aad in tiaie gradually inc:u;c
in fertility, until the sod will produce
one or two more cultivated crop3. A
soon us possible on such laud get a
growth of clover, and the first crop thus
got had better be plowed under, as it is
impossible to make tho first crop gro wn
thus pay for cultivation otherwise. By
the time the land has been thoroughly
cultivated one year it should be seeded
with clover again. This crop may be
cut and fed on the farm, taking care to
return all the manure it makes, and m
much more as can be bought to grow
clover again. In a few years poor laud
may be restored to its natural fertility
mainly by use of clover. B it land that
was never rich in mineral plant food will
not be productive until it is applied, and
it needs exceptional advantages of loca
tion to make it pay to reclaim land that
is poor in every respect. It i better to
begin with land that wi originally
rood. Benton Cultivator.
FARM AM) OARDKK KOTK.
Mr. S. D. AVillard decl&rsi "mere ii
money iu chtrrie, especially in sour
ones.
Boilsd pea3 or beans make a good
poultry food during the winter.
Chicks do not need to be fed before
they are twenty-four hours old. i
Plant and cultivate your x silage corn
the same as you do your held corn.
Cows and colts rniy be educated for
their work without their knowing it.
The harrow ia considered tho best
tool for doing the first cultivation of
corn.
Linseed meal brightens the plumage
of the fowls; it also regulates tho bowel
and promotes digestion. Care should be
taken not to feed too much.
The acting horticulturist of the Ge
neva (X. Y.) Experiment Station places
Moore's Diamond at the head of the list
of white grapes for quality and value.
Geese can bo fattened rapidly and
cheaply, as they will eat almost anything.
Care must be taken not to get them too
fat, as excess of fat injures the quality.
Lack of variety in their food will some
times cause the hens to lose appetite, so
that whenever they refuse their food it
will be found a good time to change the
diet.
During the winter hard grain alone is
better than soft feed alone; but the best1
results can be secured by giving soft feed
as the morning ration and whole grain at'
noon and night.
If any defects arc in the bird they will
nearly always show when the new feathers
come out after moulting. Some breeds,
however, moult lighter every year, and
this is not a defect.
It has b.-en estimated that fully 100'J
persons are eugaged iu celery growing
iu Kalamazoo, Mica., and vicinity, and
they manage to make enough from it to
live very comfortably.
There is a good market now for the
quills of all kinds of fowls, especially for
the tail feathers of the turkeys. They
should be gathered up, carefully sorted
and tied iut;j bundles.
The larger the fall growth of straw 1
berry plants the larger the crop of fruit
next season. This implies plenty of ma
nure and cultivation now. A dressing of
raw bone dust and ashc? will do good.
Stormy weather is disastrous to hens
that are not in full feather, and it is bet
to see that they arc well protected by
providing them with a good slaelter.
Late moulting hens need good care if they
arc to be kept over.
HO! SEIIOL1) HINTS.
Do not disfigure the hand with caustic
o remove wart3, but touch them with
trong soda-water several times a day.
rhey will disappear.
Pure onion juice will cure ;rop in the
irst stage. Out the onion fine, put in a
loth, pound with a hammer, and squeeze
uto u small dish; sweeten, and give un
il it produces vomiting.
Flavoring butter with the odor of fresh
lowers is one of the arts of the French
)asantry. The process i3 very simple,
.ud ciusists of putting the little prints,
vhich have firat been wrapped ia a thin
doth, into a tight porcelain dish on a
)cd of roses or whatever blossoms are
:hosen. Among the flowers which givj
he moot desirable results are clever and
lasturtiums.
The waffle plate is a greit alditloa to
,he table ware. It may be ha 1 in plain
:hina or handsomely decorated; the far
rier cost one dollar, the latter from two
.o three dollare. The perforations in the
;op admit the escape of steam, so that the
lakes may e kept warm, yet free froi
rtoisture. The deep ixowl give3 ample
ipace for the half dozen circles of dc
icious brownncss.
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A cream of tartar baking powder.
Highest of all in leavening strength..
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