The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-15

lliZtng 10 all concerned, ana QestrucLLVt
Of industry and independence. Supplies
are issued this year most lavishly, owing
to the high priCeOfflsh in tho foreign mar
ket. ..yt.l aslt.t sf.. VI
"cArLIN SCHULZ"
Just now It is "caplin schulz" with us,
A beautiful little fish called caplln visits
our shores annually In order to spawn. Il
makes It's appearance about the middle o.
June, and soon the whole bays, harbors
creeks and seas round the coast are swarm
ing with the little creature. For miles
The surface Of the ocean is alive with them.
In such uncomfortable masses do they
come that two men with small landing
net can fill y boat in o couple Of hours,
The caplin Is about seven inches In length;
its color Is avery pale green, with o tinge
OF brown above the abdomen, and Its sides
arc silvery. The shape is elongated, con.
tracting rather suddenly towards the tail
the dorsal fin in the middle Of the back
tail forked and scales minute. Little Ia
known Of the habits of this beautiful fish.
Ia few years ago your great naturalist,
Agassi2, sent here for specimens Of 1t, In
order to make a study Of It's structure, ]
am not aware whether he describes 1t In
any Of his works, When fresh, the taste
Is delicious. Newloundlanders, however,
make little account Of the caplin itself,
seldom preserving 1t, and only applying It
as manure to fields and gardens. II pro:
perly preserved, it would almost equal
The sardine in delicacy Of favor It's ap'
pearance Is welcomed, because with It
come the voracious cod In myriads, prey.
ing on these immense shoals OF caplin and
following them into all the buys and har-
bors. Now the flsherman's harvest be-
gins in earnest, the caplin supplying the
best bait; and during its stay on the coast,
Of six or seven weeks, the largest quaint.
ty Of cod is taken. ti#'.
TRUE, BUT "RATHRR LIKE A WHALE"
Some five or six weeks since, a whale
got cntangled amid huge masses Of heavy
Ice in one Of our northern bays. Two Of
these enormous masses, suddenly mp
preaching one another, "rafted" tho whale
lifting him clean out Of tho water, as ships
arc frequently raised, as on a dry dock,
by the pressure ofthe ice. The huge crea.
tIrc lay quito helpless on the ice, and
when In this condition was observed by
some fishermen. Unfortunately, they had
no means of despatching him, but they at
tackled him with their knives and cut out
Of his plump sides three hundred weight
Of FIT. Suddenly the wind shifted, the ice
opened, the whale regained his native ele-
ment; and went off as gaily as il nothing
had happened. Irathcr think the aDstrIc-
ton Of this slice must prove u sore loss to
the whale, and would speedily end in his
death.l Hl'f NRH.g
THE ROMANCE OF THE SEA.
OF all the denizens Of tho great deep
who live ... (.
"a cold, sweet silver life, wrapped In round
ouIckenod With touches Of transporting fear"
the lobster-and he abounds here-is GER
tainly one Of the most remarkable. !
never can look II in tho face without
laughter. It Is one Of natures standing
iokcs-the Merry-Andrew Of the waters;
and If tho fishes have any perception OF
the ludiCrous, the lobster must be u source
Of inextinguishablc, yoiceless laughter TO
them, generation after generation. SO
otherwise. minded Is this crustacean that
it docs nothing like its fellOw.fsh. II car
ries It's stomach In its head, and changes It
every year for new one, which new
stomach begins its life by devouring the
old. Think I have known some "hu-
mans" who resembled tho lobster in hay
ing their stopachs in their heads, their
existence being mainly digestive but
many Of us poor dYspeptics would be
very glad If we could initiate the lobster
by growing new stomach annually, and
dfscardinE the old troublesome organ.
This absurd fellow, besides, carries hair
inside his breast, US if in sheer contradic-
ton; and when his legs are injured, or
not working properly, lie kicks them of,
and goes to bed till new ones are grown:
What glorious privilege the victims OF
govt and rheumatism would pronounce
the possession of such o faculty. Once a
year, too, the lobster filings off his shell.
clothing, finding, like the growing school
boy with his jacket, that thas become too
tight. In his first year so rapid is his
growth that he requires o new suit
every six weeks. When thus uncl0thedS
he modestly retires from society Into some
convenient hole, till the new crust Is
grown. Other fish carry their flesh de-
Gently wrapped round their frame work,
but Mr.. Lobster carries his only in Ills legs
and tail. His wife retains her eggs within
her body till they become fruitful; and
then partly matches them outwardly, un'