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CATCHING THE TUNNY FISH
Driven Into Enormous Nets in the Medi
terranean and Slashed to Death.
One of tlio most thrilling nnd won
derful BlghtB Is tlint of the tunny flsh
crlH In tlio Mediterranean sen. Tho
pursuit of theso groat nml Hwlft fish Ib
not a more tnmo operation of netting.
It Ib a fight between in nn nnd sen
crcnturcR biicIi nB Ib duplicated nowhere
except In tho whale fisheries. Tho
tunny Is n hugo innckcrel. Ho Is n
prodacoous flflh, nnd IiIb courBo through
tho Bens Ib thnt of n destroyer without
pnrnllol. Ho deadly Is tho tunny to tho
Bclionla of herring nnd Blmllnr food
flsli thnt ho Ib called tho herring hog.
In our waters ho In known inoro gen
erally ns tho horso innckcrel. Tho tun
ny flBhorles nro distinctly European,
nnd thoy nro tho oldost inilimtry that Is
known In tho Mcdltorrnncnn ncn. To
capture them men must hand them
boIvpb togothcr In largo hodlcH, for flBh-
ermen singly could do nothing with
thoso fish, which grow to u length of
ten feet nnd weigh over half a ton
sometimes. Thereforo thero Is n sys
tem of co-oporntloti on tho coasts thnt
nro visited by tho tunny, a ayBtcm
which dates back to the Phoenicians,
iwho wore great tunny catchers In their
time. Tho perfection of this system
Is due, nniong othor things, to tho fact
that tho big (lsh liavo absolutely regu
lar hablU. In normal times thoy can
;bo rolled on to make their appearance
(dt certain periods almost to tho mlnuto.
When thoy como It is In hugo schools
'that can bo seen nfar, for thoy scour
tho waters llko ships of wnr, nnd the
ilcnplngs of their prey and tho lonplngs
'of their own bulky bodies beat tho
deep Into white foam and lather,
I Since they nro so exact in their
habits, tho llshcrmcn prepare for them
always before thoy arrlvo. At Bomo
designated spot aro spread enormous
.nets, exceedingly deep nnd mado of
tho strongest of lino. These nro not
designed to catch tho tunnies. Thoy
nro spread out merely to force tho fish
to edgo In nnd in, until thoy nro led
to tho rent prison net, which Ib a vast
contrivance, set In an tmmonse square
and powerful enough to defy anything
thnt swims. As soon ns tho last of tho
school has entered this box-like en
closure, tho sides of tlio great net nro
raised nt n signal. At first tho impris
oned tlsh do not show any signs of
alarm. lint an tho net rises, Inch by
Inch, from tho wnter depths, gleaming,
Bword-llko backs appear hero nnd there
upon tho surface darting with Incredi
ble swiftness from sldo to side of tho
net. Each Instant more of these living
blades appear above tho surfuco. Thou
tho fish begin to lonp. Hero one
launches himself straight out of tho
water, DOO pounds of glorious llfo to
ward the sky, to crash back Into tho
sea with a llnll-llke blow of sides nnd
tall thnt mukos the ocean echo. Another
nnd nnothor rises and falls back. Soon
tho sceno Ib as If tho abysses of tho sea
wore spouting their Inhabitants, for
hundreds of Immense silver-Hashing
fish rise everywhere at once within tho
not.
But now n new elemont ontors. Long,
narrow fishing boats push into tho in
closure. In them stand brown men
with lnncoa nnd spears and big knives
lashed to poles. Then begins a fight
that Is torrlblo to see. Tho men thrust
madly Into tho struggling masses of
fish. Tho fish leap and roll nnd dive
and leup again, hammering tho son
with tails that turn llko tho screws of
steamships, nnd whiten tho waves with
foam. Dofore many minutes boats and
men are drenched with bloody water.
The surface of tho ocean Is red. Out of
tho smoking spray peer faces now and
then that nro dabbled with blood till
thoy look scarcely human. Now and
then a man slips nnd falls among tho
harried fish. Then there are loud
ecreams from his companions nnd cries
of supplication from him as ho calls
to' his patron saint, for it Is no Joko to
fall nniong thoao mighty bodlos that
are dashing around in tholr death
sthroes.
So tho fight continues till In that In
closed spaco of sea thero Is not a fish
alive. Mvory boat is half full of water
and loaded down with living silver,
whoro tho slim, piratical bodies of tho
fish U i-'h Inhabitants of tho town
near tlio sceno of this fishing make a
fete day out of the arrival of the tun-
nu. for It means food nnd employment
for many hundreds of men, women
and children. Tho fish Is n favorlto
article of food, especially when Baited,
nnd tho toe la n great delicacy, which
brings fancy prices. The tunnies thnt
nro caught off tho Italian coasts have
to ho passed through tho custom houso
when they nro landed, like nny othor
merchandise, nnd tho streets there
present n Htrnnge npponranco then, for
on nil sides nro wheelbarrows full of
tho shapely, monstrous creatures.
GENEROUS BUT UNWISE.
Mm.
Ollphant 'Htiitortnl Her Jlrnther,
Nephew nnd Hon.
Mis. Ollphnnt, ono of tho most pop
ular of English novelists, died lately,
nnd hor llfo partly written by herself
has Just been published, snys tho
Youth's Companion. Thero enn bo no
Indelicacy In commenting on facts
which alio herself has given to tho
public. Sho begnn to writo in early
girlhood nnd wroto continuously
through mlddlo llfo and oti Into old
ago, when most womon arc tenderly
protected nnd cared for by tholr chil
dren. Sho was paid largo Bums of
money for her books, nnd with simply
ordinary expenditure for herself would
havo accumulated sufficient for her full
support In old age but Bho died penni
less. Tho reason was that sho main
tained not only her own children when
they wero left fntherlcss, but her
brother and IiIb family. These four
men her brother, her nephew nnd hor
sons whon they hnd reached man'a
eatato, willingly remained pensioners
upon hor bounty. Sho wn8 a loving,
generous woman. Sho mado for them
n full, luxurious homo; gavo thorn lino
clothes nnd dainty fare, and tho best
education which England could pro
vide Aa the bunion grew heavier eho
worked tho harder, not Infrequently
writing nil night. God had ennobled
her with great mental gifts, but she
had no time left In which to give her
best work to tho world. Instend, hastily
wrltton novels, biographies and anony
mous pnpera wero sold to willing pub
lishers to provide thoso four men with
tho necessities nnd luxuries of llfo.
They wero Indolent and willing to bo
THE AfTERMATH OF
After tho storm the calm. If thoro
Is ono man living who deserves tho
rest and peaco and quiet of a happy
homo life for tho remainder of his
yenra, that mnn Is Cnpt. Dreyfus. Aftor
flv long years spent In his horole
struggle for Justice Dreyfus Is now liv
ing peacefully with his family at Car
pentrns, where the photograph from
which tho accompanying picture of the
long exiled French officer and his tani-
iLflRtffl Lv' IHfuilraillSem
MMw "mt KL vfc ffl, JUl'EmWi
Idle, nnd dropped ono by ono Into tho
grnvo, leaving not ono plcco of honest
work behind thorn to Justify their lives.
Was It altogcthe'r their fault? There
nro countless homes in this country
where unselfish men or womon are sac
rificing thomsolvcB to Biipport some un
worthy Bon or brother. Tho world
cnllB them martyrB, but Ib It Qod'B
work they arc doing If not, whose?
HIS PLEBEIAN FAMILY.
t3 f the World' Injuntlcoi Thnt
Hliuuld lie IMghted.
Why Is tho tono In which ono says,
of n self-mndo man, "Ho used to drlvo
a fish cart," distinctly moro favorable
than that with which ono says, "You
know, his father was only a fish ped
dler?" It Is considered quite a compli
ment, among senslblo people, to con
trast the past depths of a man with his
present heights, says tho Now York
Commercial Advertiser. On tho other
hand, even among not at all snobbish
persons, thero Is n suspicion of con
.tempt in referring to n man's ances-
tors when speaking of his present af
fluenco or success. It really ought to
bo tho othor way; for It is far easier to
change one's self than to chnngo one's
family; nnd similarly to rlso from a
family Is harder than to rlso from
merely one's own Individuality, If both
tho family and tho Individuality are
equally unprepossessing In tho begin
ning. This Is ono of those Injustices
of tho world thnt ought to be righted.
Work of the llaptlat Church.
Tho Hnptlata of America hnvo a
membership In the neighborhood of
4,000,000. They havo a Sunday school
attendnnco of nearly 2,000,000. Their
church properties run over ?75,000,O00
In vnluo, and their annual contribu
tions to good works exceed 20 per cent
of that vast sum. They havo moro
than 150 Institutions of learning, uni
versities, seminaries and ncademies,
covering tho educational requirements
of both sexes In tho church nnd at the
same time making provision for the
colored race and nntlvo Indians.
Htlll Wondering.
"Yes," Bald tho bachelor reflective
ly, "I offended her In some way, but I
don't renlly know how. You see, her
baby was fretful, and sho explained
that ho had been cutting his teeth;
whereupon I asked her why sho let
him play with n knife."
THE DREYflS AFFAIR
lly was recently taken. Everyone who
has read thoso touching nnd pathetic
letters written by Dreyfus during his
Imprisonment on Dovll's island will
understand tho satlsfacUon and hap
piness of this affectionate father and
faithful huslmnd on being onco moro
united with that family which he so
loved and who proved such a B(ay and
support to him during his many trials
and vicissitudes.
MAKINQ MONEY ON THE OIDE.
Hon- Many KnglUh Clergyineu lucreaie
Their Incotnr.
From tho London Mall: As tho topic
of tho remuneration of the clergy is
very much to the foro just now, and
Is everi being made tho subject of pos
sible legislation, It will doubtless bo
Interesting to mention a few Instances
In which tho reverend gentlemen havo
not waited for parliamentary Interfer
ence, but set nbout increasing their
Blender Incomes In their own way. Of
course tho most popular form their
efforts take Ib usually that of contribu
tions to various magazines, nnd It Is
safo to say that thero aro dozens, If
not hundreds, of the clergy who earn
an appreciable amount In this way.
The writing and composing of hymns
Is also a method closely allied to tho
foregoing. Ono rector In Norfolk fig
ures ns n nurseryman In his spare time,
his specialty being roses, and many
visitors to tho Broads will doubtless
remember tho sight his garden affords
from tho river In flowering tlmo. Thut
ho finds It yields profit ns well as pleas
ure Is evidenced by tho fact that ho
spends nearly 100 per annum simply
to ndvertlso his various roses and othor
plants for sale. Another cleric, whoso
living Is In the country'of Nottingham,
also lots his supplementary pecuniary
efforts run In tho direction of horti
culture, his particular fancy being
zonal pelargoniums nnd geraniums,
which aro of first-rate quality. Al
though not sold under his name, a cer
tain paste for rejuvenating silk hats la
tho Invention of a Church of England
minister, who directs a snug little busi
ness In It through tho medium of a re
lation who poses ns a proprietor. Down
In Surrey ono of the cloth employs his
sparo tlmo In rearing prize strains of
poultry, to which ho hns lately added
cannrlca as a source of further profit.
In the southwestern counties, which
nro rich In minerals, small collections
of geological specimens nro . formed,
nnmed and sold by clergymen to stu
dents who nro In want of such things.
As much of this business is dono
through the medium of advertisement,
the cleric suffers no loss of prcstlgo If
ho docs not let his name annear. Bee
farming wns taken up by a clergyman J
In Essex, but up to tho present docs
not nppcnr to havo been a particular
success. It will bo seen that It Is
necessary to live In tho country to
carry out most of theso schemes effec
tively. For tho overworked, underpaid
city curate there seems to be nothing
that ho can turn his attention to.
DUSKY JOAN OF ARC.
Huld to Ho Lending- a llrlgado of the
Filipino Army.
The New York Herald docs not
vouch for this story, but says It Is ro
mantic enough to print with a string
on It. It Is reproduced from a Manila
newspaper called Freedom, whoro it
appears ns part of an Interview with
a Spanish prisoner escaped from tho
Filipino lines: "Ono thing not gen
erally known is thnt a saddle-colored
Joan of Arc Is loading n brlgnde of tho
ragtag army. Sho Is described as be
ing about 35 years of ago, a pure Fili
pino nnd very plain looking; sho was
dressed In trousers, high boots, short
khakl jacket and carried a handsomo
bolt with two revolvers nttached. Sho
wore ono of the United States service
hats, and on her shoulders tho straps
of' her rank. Tho natives gavo her
overy honor and said sho was perfect
ly fearless on tho Hold. Her husband.
whom sho was with whon ho was killed
near ImuB, was a major; whon ho fell
sho seized his revolver and tried to re
form tho flying 'gugus,' but In vain.
For this alio was commissioned in hor
husband's placo and has since been
promoted to a brlgndlor for bravery.
Thero Is also a full-blooded Chlno in
tho insurgent nrmy who ranks ns a
brigadier on Gen. RIcnrto's staff. Ho
was with Agulnnldo In Hongkong and
Borved with him against tho Spanish.
His hair has been cut short and ho Is
noted nmong tho Filipinos for his dia
monds nnd cruelty. Ho wears gems
worth $5,000 on his person; tho na
tives say that prisoners recelvo tho
crudest of treatment at his hands, and
his own men are treated with tho ut
most soverlty for Blight breaches of
discipline. There Is nlso a Jap, hold
ing a major's commission, and an Aus
tralian, who Is a licutenant-colortel.
This man docs not speak Tngnlo. Ho
Is probably tho officer hoard several
tlmea during engagementa giving com
mands In English."
Btutae Ijicklng at the Capital.
The pedestalB for the statue of Gen.
Sherman In Washington havo arisen to
their full height to recelvo tho elabo
rate statuary which public and army
subscription havo ordered slnco Gen.
Sherman's death. Tho man abovo all
others who caused this statue to be Is
tho aged Gen. Granville Dodge, a Ver
montcr, llko Dowey, although long
resident In Iowa. Tho ways of statu
ary are mysterious. Although in
Washington City are statues of some
men who havo been commemorated
thero, thero nro others who have been
wholly neglected. No statue of Gen.
Grant is In Washington; no cabinet
minister, though there wero many
great ones, stands upon nny pedostal
here. Within tho capital are numer
ous statues, selected by tho states and
somo by tho government, such ns Jeff
erson, Hamilton, Franklin and Han
cock. Thero Is no statue of Madison.
Neither of tho Adamses has a public
monument. Stanton, Seward, Gallatin,
have passed their opportunity. Kan
sas City Stan
Vatt Wealth of Hindoo" tan.
In Indian there Is moro wealth than
In any country In tho world. Gold, fab
rics, Jowols and spices for ngos theso
havo been produced nnd found In this
land. One of the Indian princes owns
Jewels valued at $15,000,000,
EIAGGARDONTHEWAR
BELIEVES ENGLAND'S DOWN
FALL WILL RESULT.
Calli It Judgment from an High III
Private Ufa 'Will Soon Btand for
Parliament In a Cornwall Constit
uency. ,
Rider Haggard has had ample oppor
tunities for forming his judgment of
Transvaal affairs. Ho says that la the
end England will bo beaten and that
It Is tho Judgment of heaven. He Is ono
of tho few survivors, now only three
or four In number, of tho party that
accompanlod Sir Thcophllus Shopstono
on his mission to tho Transvaal, which
resulted in tho annexation of that
country on April 12, 1877. Mr. Hag
gard spends several months each year
In a big houso In Redcllffo Squaro, Lon
don; but after tho season, It still In
England, ho Is pretty certain to be
found in Dltchlngham Manor, tho an
cestral homo of his wife's famtly.whlch
tho novelist has filled with souvenirs
of his travels. His study is on the sec
ond floor. Its wallB aro lined with book
cases, with pictures abovo them, the
latter being original drawings of tho
Illustrations in his books. Here, too,
Ib Mr. Haggard's greatest treasure a
desk formerly used by Charles Dickens
and bid In by Haggard at the Gads
HIU sale. In this room ho does tho
greater part of his work, writing away
steadily If ho fcols in tho mood, and
often tossing his pen aside in favor of
either a rod or gun.
Mr. Haggard's now book, "A Farm
er's Year," has had abundant success.
Its sales havo been eclipsed by thoso of
tho slxpenco edition of ono of his earli
est works. This Is "Jess," whoso scene,
It will bo remembered, la laid In the
Transvaal. The aatute publisher of
this novel saw his chance, and In tak
ing It was wise enough to mnko the
now edition n popular one. The re
sult Is that ho la unablo to supply tho
demand for tho book, nnd It Is said
ihnt "Swallow," also a story of Door
llfo, Is having n greatly Increased sale.
However, tho author of "Allan Qunr
tormaln" seems to havo no Idea of sit
ting down to watch his royalties pllo
up. Ho la planning a long trip through
Cyprus, Egypt and tho Holy Land,
which Is taken to mean a book from
him. Thero la no truth in tho report
published by nn American paper that
tho novelist has gono in for gold min
ing In Alaska with Lord Ernest Hamil
ton. It wus a cousin of Rider Haggard
Instead who took a large slice of Dill
Partridge's shares oft his bands.
It would be supposed that tho long
and important trip that Mr. Haggard
RIDUR HAGGARD,
has mapped out for himself would bo
enough to occupy him fully, but tho
novelist adds politics to the list of
things he wants to study, and It Is an
nounced that ho soon will stand for a
constituency In Cornwall.
LIQUID FUEL IN RUSSIA.
Aa Important Factor for Firing Loco
motive for Kullnruvi.
The Russian petroleum Industry has
been placed In nn exceptionally favor
able position during tho past year and
a half by tho Introduction of a largo
amount of foreign capital, says the
New York Commercial, and tho im
provement is duo to tho companies
having devoted themselves mainly to
tho production of liquid fuel rather
than to that of Illuminating oil. Tho
output of liquid fuel, or maaut, and of
petroleum by-products has now be
:omo tho mainstay of tho Industry, and
In Russia alone the nnnual quantity of
masut consumed amounts to no less
than 500,000,000 poods, which, with tho
extension of tho rallways,is expected to
further Increase to a largo extent. But
It is not only In tho firing of locomo
tlvo boilers that liquid fuel Is playing
an Important part, but nlso lu connec
tion with tho raising of steam In ma
rine boilers. As a preliminary all the
war vessels belonging to tho Baltic
Beet aro now fired with liquid fuel, and
It la believed the whole of tho Russian
Imperial navy will eventually bo con
verted to the system, according to a
rradual process of transformation. As
to the financial position of the petro
leum companies, It appears that the
dividends paid by tho eight leading
:orapanles tor 1898 the total capital
belnit 28.000.000 rubles averaged 19
per cent. During tho last few years
the supply of oll-carrylng vessels has
oeen extremely Inadequate. To the
United Kingdom nlono tho importation
of oil from America and Russia has
made enormous strides. In regard to
Russian oil, comparing the first six
months of 1898 and 1899, the importa
tion of refined oil Into Europe has In
jreased from 12,821,024 poods to 16,
916,990 poods; In lubrication oil from
1,342,638 poods to 3,627,044 poods.
When the system of transporting oil in
oulk began, some little time previous
to 1880, It was probably not thought
that tho growth of tho industry would
bo so groat, and It wns not until 1883
that any great activity was exhibited
In tho provision of tank Btoamcrs. la
that year olghtccn steam vessel b, hav
ing a tonnagQ of 42,037 wero added to
the oil-carrying fleet. In tho following
year fourteen vessels, of 39,495 tons,
were constructed, and 1890, cloven ves
sels of 28,287, For the year IS93, how
ever, tho largest quantity of tonnago
for tho oll-carrylng trndo was con
structed, namely, thirty-flve vessols of
94,568 tons, whllo slnco thnt year tho
output of vessels has gradually dimin
ished. Tho nverago freight for oll
carrylng vessels In 188C wns 14 shil
lings; in 1897, 12 shillings 7 pence,
nnd In 1898 It had risen to 23 shil
lings 4 pence. The English shipyards
aro still extremely btiBy, nnd probably
an almost prohibitive prlco would havo
to be paid for vessels to bo delivered
within a reasonable time.
BEGINS NEEDED REFORM.
Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, tho newly
elected president of the W. C. T. U.
MRS. LILLIAN M. N. STEVENS,
and succcBsor of the Illustrious Fran
ces Wlllnrd, will this season begin an
nctlvo campaign ngalnst tho salo of
liquor to college students. Sho will
try to havo a national law passed for
bidding tho salo of Intoxicating drinks
near any college campus. The famous
Princeton Inn, which was closed last
year, was largely owing to tho work
of Mrs. Slovens' slaters In tho W. C.
T. U. Mrs. Stovens wns born In Do
ver, Mo., and has alwayB mado her
homo In tho Pino Tree state. Her first
public work was as a school teacher,
but at tho age of 21 sho married Mr.
Stevens, a leading business man of
Portland. Ono daughter, now Mrs.
Gertrude Stevens Leavltt, blessed their
home. When tho Maine Christian
Temperance Union was organized
about twenty-flvo years ago, Mrs. Ste
vens waa elected treasurer, which po
sition Bho held for three years. Sho
wns then mndo state president, and for
twenty-two years was re-elected to tho
position, and In all that tlmo but ono
bnllot was bast for another candidate.
From 1880 to 1893 sho filled tho posi
tion of assistant recording secretary,
and In the latter year was elected re
cording secretary. Of profound wis
dom, Mrs. Stovens holds tho respect
nnd lovo of tho organization at whoso
head sho Is placed. 'Sho Is a born lead
er, and whore she leads other womeu
will gladly follow.
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchlnson
has been governor of Natal and Zulu
land since 1893. On account of IiIb rec
ognized abilities he enjoys tho good
will and confidence of tho crown. In
dealing with tho native chiefs ho has
been unusually successful, rarely over
having failed to carry his point. Be
for taking up South African work this
distinguished Briton wns connected
with Fijian affairs and nlso with af
fairs In Now South Wales. At ono
time he was lieutenant governor of
Malta. Being the son of the fourth
SIR W. F. HELY-HUTCHINSON.
earl of Donougmore, he belongs to one
of tho most aristocratic of old English
families.
Bmalleit Poatofllre.
California claims to have tho small
est postofllco In the United States. It
Is located at Virginia, on a beautiful
stretch of road between E3condido and
San Diego, nnd consists of nn old piano
packing case, In alzo nbout sovon feot
high, six feot long nnd live feot wide.
In its front nro tho locked doors to
five private boxes, in nddltlon to tho
general delivery window. No money
order business is transacted thoro, but
tho office lias tho monopoly of Vlr
glnla's stamp trade.
Stcrllngworth I think people should
marry their opposltes, don't you?
Throckmorton Of course I do. A
self-mado man should wed a tailor
made woman. Judge.
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