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IN THE JAWS OF DEATH,

a long distance from the ship, with a brave
crew, who had sighted a whale and made
for the monster with all possible dispatch
When within proper distance, Leonard
threw his harpoon. striking the fish hare
and deep. In some manner the line as i,
was running out caught the body Of one OF
the men in such II way as to throw him
| overheard. The man sank, whereupon
Leonard transferred his line to a boatmate
and sprang into the ocean in aid of the
drowning sailor.
The whale, now maddened by his fast
flowing blood, made a rush for the boat.
Remarkable and horrible TO relate, Leon
ards friend had managed to regain the
boat, while he himself was caught by the
whale bet wem his jaws, his position being
inside the monsters mouth, with nothing
protruding but one of his arms. In this
name the man was in reality within the
jaws Of death. The whaleipstantly plunged
down into the deep, and, in the words Of
Leonard, THE fish seemed to be going
down. down into eternity itself"
The imprisoned man, after all this, had
not lost his presence of mind. He mustered
his entire bodily strengthened he was a
powerful man-actually bracing himself in
such Il position as to compel the fish to
spread his jaws. AT the same time, with
his free arm, he grabbed the sheathknife
out OF its socket, cutting right and left.
No sooner was there a sufficient opening
made than Leonard forced his body outside.
Up to hesurface he swan, when, strange
to say, he found himself within an arms
length of his boat. He was saved. The
| marks Of the whales violence and the
dents of its teeth were very plainly visible
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Fishing In Frnnce.

In France the laws are very strict in rc-
gard to fishing and shooting. The season
opens and shuts like a iaekknife-with a
~snap-snd woe to the transgressor, writes u
correspondent of Forest and Stream. On Il
certain day in July, l think, the season
opens, and long before daylight of the day
| the banks of the river all along the Bots de
Boulogne are lined with fishermen sitting
side by side and almost elbow to elbow.
l strolled down to the river one day
and witnessed the sport. Taking out q
cigar, | paid a woman 2 SOUS for u chair and
sat down to get a wrinkle in French fish
ing. For half IN hou all sat in silence
with not a movement. Presently one fell
low had a nibble. Immediately every eye
was turned on the little red float on his
line. The float moved perceptibly. The
man, with every nerve trained and eyes
riveted on the float, breathless with excite
ment, watched. The foat dipped again.
The mar pulled, the cork came to the sur
face, but no fish. All along the line of fish
crmen there was an ejaculation of "AhH"
The disappointed fisherman put on a
fresh bait and waited. Presently the fish
took hold again, and this time he had
him. Carefully he worked him in to the
bank, and an attendant slipped a delicate
landing net under the fish and carried him
up the bank. There was a cry all along the
line of SO or more fishermen of Bon, bon,
tres JOLT" Several laid down their rods
and gathered aroun the basket, lined with
leaves, in which the fish was carefully
placed. He was amonster, nearly 6 inches
long, and must have weighed about four
ounces. Then all went at it again with
renewed hope and courage.
Presently a cab drove up, and there de-
scended from it a dude in On elaborate
sporting neutrality-suspicious. and a broad
brimmed hat. Walking leisurely to the
bank, a man, who had evidently been sent
ahead to secure a position, vacated. A serv-
ant brought from the cab a folding stool
and placed it on the bank; returning to the
cab, he produced a delicate rod and satchel.
The rod was put together, the satGhel was
opened and a small silver baitbox, a
towel, a piece of soap n a bowl were
placed on another stool alongside.
A servant opened an umbrella and held
it over the tisherman's head to screen him
from the sun, and the fishing began. 1t
was a long wait for a bite. Finally there
was a nibble and a miss, several more nib
bles and misses, and presently there was a
fish. sure enough. The excitement all along
the bank was intense. With the aid of the
landing net the fish was secured. The SER
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INFORMATION.

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want essayed to take it off the hook, but
the fisherman anticipated him and held it
up in triumph. But this operation wet the
dudes gloves, and he took them off and
threw them away. Things were getting
interesting and exciting, and blank the eX-
pense.
Presently another fish, which, being Sc
cured, the servant dipped up water from
the river and banded the dude the soap
and towel, and he washed his hands. This
was repeated every time he caught a fish.
All this time a gendarme had been walk
ing up and down. Approaching the lucky
fisherman there followed an animated con-
versation with much gesticulating, seem
ingly a protest against such ndiscriminate
slaughter. The dude waxed indignant and
quit. The servant unjointed the rod, gath
cred up the stools, umbrella and fish basket
and placed them in the cab, which had been
waiting. The dude entered and was driven
Off with his catch, numbering about six,
the aggregate of which might have been
two pounds-an immense success. I have
no doubt this great catch made an item in
next mornings paper, with the usual lie
about the weight of the string and the big
one hat was lost.
l. filu learned now lne french DO 1t.
Evidently /. little fishing goes a long way
with a Frenchman. No doubt my little
man went home, took q rosewater bath and
lay down to rest after such a fatiguing and
exciting episode. thought to myself how
! would like to get that chap cut in the
Rockies on a thorn brush creek on a hot
day and make him wade the stream, with
an occasional stumble over a slippery bowl
der and a souse under. What Il power of
good it would do him, and what fun for me!
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BonB1NG FOR CATFISH.

one, but hadn't much game. In a few sec
onds a head the size of u prize pumpkin
and eyes like an OWLS showed on the sur
face. At sight of us in the boat the owner
of the head turned and dived down again
pulling the line through my hands unit
my fingers burned.
"'Whew!' said old June. He a 'viat'ar
o. de deep, shots yo' BON! We dassent
hist i'm cen de boat, Mas Bent He
swump it, sartin!
II began to think he was a leviathau
of the deep, sure enough, for it was only
after several sharp tugs at the line, with it
wrapped around my hands, that / turned
the monster again, and he started up to
ward the surface once more.
1--WE dassent hist i'm cen de boat, Mas
Ben" said June, quivering with excite
ment. He swump it, sho's yo' BON! !
iees' paddle to do islam yonder, I'm we tug
i'm up on lam
''June padded toward a small island
that lay Off TO our right a few rods, and !
towed the big fish. When the boat was
run up on shore, we got out, and both tug
ged at the line. The fish offered but feeble
resistance, but if he had only known it he
could have pulled us both in the water and
ran away with us. We drew him high and
dry on the island, and he lay there and
fixed his big yellow eyes on us and dashed
his tail for a few minutes and her was
quiet. The trophy was a Sunk Lands cat
fish. When we got him home two hours
later and weighed him, hetipped the scales
at 95 pounds.
81 new see de lecks o dat said old
June. He '~viat'an O de deep, sho's yo'
bonn
THAT wouldn't have been a very good
catfish to bob for, but that's the kind they
have in the Sunk Lands lakes Of Arkansas.
Ii any one should ask me where to 90 fish
ing, | should send him down there, and no
mistake. Those waters have one draw
back perhaps to the modern southern tour
ist-there are no alligators there. But
they've got the next thing to them-gars
II feet long"
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"A TA1sP0H, \ A BIG FELLOWr'
three seasons without taking one said, az
10 not wish TO dispnragc our skill, but
really you We're very lucky 1 quite agree
with the Q4ntiemma; l certainly was.
Tarpon fishing is, III my opinion, the most
ma5nil2cent fishing sport in the world. !
understand th1t veterans Mt it now refuse
TO take up the anchor after hooking q fish,
preferril& to part company rather than not
10 bring hIrl UP to the boat by force of rod
and reel only, AS compared with salmon
fishing, the vast difference in the size Of the
two fish is e vital factor on the side Of the
silver king. Anglers with but slight cX-
perience have at least an even chance of
saving a salmon, but what accomplished
fisherman expects TO land more than one
tarpon in three II n salmon were equal
to q tarpon in weight and still retained pro
portionatcly its activity, it might beamure
formidable antagonist, but 40 pound saim-
on are rare, whereas 80 pounds is not
much more than the average weight Of q
tarpon-which shows the ~futiiity of such
an argument.
Tho manner of fighting is practically the
same as regards running and leaping. The
tarpon does not sulk as the salmon is so
fond OF doing, nor so far rs my experience
gees does c double on the angler, which of
curse is "A n interesting trait III the sal
MOI Nor indeed are the surroundings OF
a tarpon fisherman 10 becompared with the
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Imitntors and Inposters.

The unequaled SUCCESS OF ALLcocK's PoR-
GUS PLAsTERs as an external remedy has in.
duced unscrui ulous parties to offer imita-
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artu nfounded, their Wanted me.it unsur-
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The ablest medical practitioners and
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PLAsTERs the best external remedy ever
produced.
Beware of limitations and do not be de-
ceived by Misrepresentation. Ask for ALL
COCKS, and let no solioitation or explana'
ton induce you to accept q substitute.
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Catching n Monster Entfsh.

"To canOeists the weird lakes Of the Ar
kansas Sunk Lands offer a paradise, 8
cially if he is q lover of sport with the roc
and gun. Those messy tree grown lake!
TEEN with the best of game fish and swarm
with wild fowl of the choicest species. II
the gum and sycamore swalnps the beaver
otter, mink, raccoon and possum are a!
abundant today as they ever were any
where. Black bass, southern bass, a rar,
and garny speckled trout Of unpxcellec
favor, which grows TO seven pounds il
weight; sun perch, gar, the most enormou!
catfish and Il fish known down there as tn,
silver sided perch give the angler whit
seeks The Sunk Lands lakes such sport q,
he will never forget. The silver sided percl
| never saw anywhere else, . said Il residcn'
Of that region to Ed Mott, sit is the hand
soonest fish | ever looked at and is a,
gamy us q black bass.
The last time l handled a canoe on til,
water Of the Sunk Lands was in October
1879. / had been enjoying great sport with
the bass and trout-both take the fly read
ilyin that Inonth-when the darky who was
handling the boat for NC, old June Green
o Guinea relic Of very faraway Slave DAYS
sad to me:
4'f'"' 1'''+r l'ttSI a htllih " tttJ itClIt
bike haas an Try yo. luck fo' ketfeesh.'
con- | sud, June, nobody wants t.
spoil a nice black bass by cutting bait out
Of it for Il no account catfish
"'ldup yos doan' call di1 yur Sonk Lar
ketfeesh 10 count, Mas Bent exclaimed
June, with a show of indignation. L weesll
70 ices geet mol o one, den, lcck one ] gcet
iaa5' mont, TN IF yo' duan' teenk yo' nc
count yo'se'f den oil June hup a possum
famine COMM
II knew that when old June hoped a
posslm famine would come il cat fishing
wasn't worth while ha was in dead earnest.
for june was a possum epicHre. So | lei
him rig me mp a line for catfish, and from
the size Of the line and hook | thought hc
was afraid might fasten to IL shark. | il
%tlHuatca as much to June. lie PaYe hi,
head a solemn shake and said:
".fo' jees' snag a t beeg Sonk Lar
Eetfeesh, un mcb' yo' woun teenk 20
kotch asharl., OATS ALP
June battered the hook with something
like a ponntl OF flesh cut from my s~nlallcs'
bass II threw the bait overheard. !
wasn't more than Oh the bottom. in Il fee
OF water, before something seized it ant
gayea jerk that almost pulled me out @
the boat.
! Gee i'm time, Mas Benz exclaime,
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flowed by a Harmon.


| Tie following incident of tarpon fishing
in Florida waters is related by Robert
Grant in Scribner's:
was reeling in my line after a short
| abortive cast when suddenly Pierce made
al exclamation, and I turned to see his line
running out rapidly, SO rapidly in fact that
the handle OF the reel knocked a piece out
of his foref1nger. He reached me the rod,
and just after [ had seized it, taking care
TO exert no pressure, a large s~ilvery mass
leaped out Of water straight into the air
end fell back again.
"A tarpon, and a big fellowl' cried
Pierce.
The fish jumped two feet out OF the wa
ter, and the leap terminated his first rush.
He had taken out about so yards of theline,
and | had an opportunity to reel in about a
fourth of the amount before he started off
again. Meantime my man had hauled up
tho anchor, and we were in process Of being
t0wed by the big fish, whose frantic efforts
10 escape were making the reel revolye at a
famous rate. From long experience with
salmon / knew enough 70 keep the point Of
my rod as high as possible consistent with
the heavy strain, and the monen the rush
diminished in intensity / clappnd my finger
on To the leather drag and resisted stoutly,
reeling in every inch Of line that | could re-
cover. But before long he was of once
moro i'll mad career aud out of water, vi
ciously shaking his head in determined eff
forts to spit cut the hook. His failure to do
this alter aseries Of e~ndcavors showed that
he Lad swallowed the bait, and that ny
cli3ef concern now should be as to the
strength of my tackle.
IS he 5Sy on GIlr yy2y home and that
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TOLD BY THE FISHERMEN.
Veracious Narratives Apropos the
Season Of Angling for the
Finny Tribe.
A Modern Jonah,e Marvellous Els
cape From the Jaws OF q
Whale.
Peculiar Methods Employed by French
F~ishermen--A Dude of the Pisoa-
toriai VAriety-Tarpon Fishing.

A retired officer of the navy tells the fol-
lowing story of the very remarkable ex-
p~erience of a sailor with q whale. He
says: George Leonard, an acting master in
the United States navy during the civil
war, told story of heroism and exhibited
marks on his body that corrohorated his
words. The year 1850 found Leonard as
one of the crew of the ship Enterprise, a
whalrr in the North Pacific. One day he
was stationed in the bow of q whaleboat
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June, with some show OF excitement. GEE
I'm timer
"Tugl tugi tugl 1t was all could do to
hold the line. Presently the fish or what
ever 1t was started up the lake. and the
boat started with it.
".He yo' meatl' exclaimed June. 'Yank
lin cent
II hogan to pull, but it was not an easy
matter to yank him in. Finally, however,
the fish turned and followed the line to-
ward the surface. He was evidently a big
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beautiful scenery and picturesque life on a
Canadian salmon river. Bait is q dirty
substitute for the trig fly, and tho monotony
Of ~listless waiting pals OIL one accustomed
TO repeated casting. But all the same any
one who has hooked and landed a tarpon
can we'll afford to smile at the enthusiasm
of any other fisherman in creation. Try it
for yourself and see.
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A Boon fer. Il

French Tansy Tablets ara for the relief
and cure of pcinful and irregular menses
and will remove all distinctions. no mat
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NCTICE TIC CD-OWNERB-TO J.. Il. SIN
~ clair, hiS hs!ra, executors, administrator


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~ clair, his hs!ra, ezecltors, administrator
and asRigns:
Aou are hereby notified that J.. Fiak J. Bialaf.
your co-owner, have. III accordance with see ion
2.82I of the Revised tta5 utes rf The United
states,, expended in iabUf and improvements
upon tho / eaGer quart luao mining cain. ST.
uated in Scratch Gravel tunors4nizedt nliu.n,
aistriets in the county Of Lewis and Clafse,
state OF Montana. the SIM of ono hGEared tSIu0)
dollars for the pnrpose OF he din an rFpre-
eenting said claim according to lazy for tho years
1871 AMI 1892, and unlesa ypu contribute or
canse 10 be contributed your share OF ouch e1-
ponditure, amounting 10 10 for each year, to
the undersigned at Helena, IN tho county o.
lewis aud Clarke. ststo of Montana within
hp,nat I, t :, dsys after the serge ;ptn5 OF tAis Notice;
Il adler quart lode mining claim will bo for
teitod and hec0ine tho property OF the under
signed. as provided b. said section 2,e24 Of Re-
vised Statutes of the United States
fiek j. SIIAFfER.
Dated Helena. Mont, aug, Is. 1853.
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Iron exists both in the earth and in the
sun, but on the earth iron is a hard, tough
substance, while on the sun it is a glowing
vapor forming incandescent clouds.
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The Duke of Westminster has spent over
a million pounds in rebuilding Eaton hall,
which is now considered to rival Chats
worth as England's finest house.
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GroCers
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Selling
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the inducements we offer,
but you must visit cur store
to understand fully what we
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around. Everytli is
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we're always glad to show
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