Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-30
4 BLASTED SHARK.
Ia Operation Performed by a
 Meal of Gun Cotton.
Torpedo Expert Retaliated Upon a po" sea-Lauyer That Tried to
 Eat Him : Peaceful End of the Big Fish

Y Y rho,oh they failed to achieve glory
 .,nce the revolution collapsed before sbev struck blow at it, the men who
 S IA to Brazil last fall in President speivoto's improvised warships were in \ anv instances repaid by the new ex- '''s n.;ences the adventure afforded them f ..,o,,o them were number of Brook. ;tps the most prominent of whom
 4as Baron Nils de Foch, Swedish
 obleman who moved In large and ;tauential circle.
 poron de Foch is torpedo expert. M was trained in the best torpedo sabooIs of his native country and |Trance. and having, moreover, made s< rood record in the service of the. Emitted States government, the agents
 1f the Brazilian government in New
 v orl. were particularly anxious to se- ,,ra him as ordnance officer of Fries
 Ems submarine gunboat, the De- 2 3rover. which was renamed by it's
 Dew owners the Pirating. The baron,
 trbo Is tall and distinguished looking. lthough democratic in his tastes and hammers. was glad to accept their
 atfar for he had hitherto longed for lnothing so much as an opportunity to go into actual combat, and he was, |noreoyer, enthusiastic over the De- |xtrover. his admiration for which was Heightened by the fact that her in |xentor, of undying Monitor fame, was ''a countryman of his birth.
 Baron de Foch,s disappointment, Therefore, over the fact that the De-. .stroyer did not get into action must Have been particu arly acute, but that |he has abundant reason otherwise to Nook back on the expedition with satis-. faction, to say the least, is indicated by a recent number of the Smalands Ale Ibaude. prominent paper published in |the Swedish city of Jonkoping, where; Ifhe baron was born. It contains let. |ter from the baron giving an account. lof an experience of his in Martin Hue, the Destroyer's first port of call Eon her way from New York to Pernam- lbuco. He narrowly escaped from be- ing eaten by sharks.
 Early one morning, the letter says, being a good swimmer and fond of sea water bathing, he jumped overheard for bath. Presently he was startled by cry of: Shark, sharlS!'' 1t was Welled at him from the deck of the De- |gtrover. as well as from the decks of geveral neighboring vessels, and when Inc looked around he saw q dcrsal fin Iskimming along the top of the water, 8and not far eff. It was only a matter of few strokes, however, and he was ion board the Destroyer At the shark tin cans and other things were thrown, and 1t was even fired at, but still it Powered about and was joined by two others Then the baron took about
 bound of gun cotton, the identical ter
 rible explosive with which the De-
 gtroyer's submarine gun was to blow
 np the insurgent Warships in Rio har-
 Dor, and filled quart bottle with it. He put fuse in 1t and effected a con- Election with friction electric bat tery, such as is used for blasting pur- Doses. A large piece of meat was tied around the bottle, which was then thrown oyerboard
 < The three sharks rushed for it imme- Niately. One of them swallowed it as 1eisurely as a ravenous shark can swal- How. There was scant opportunity for digestion, the big fish moment later .being blown to pieces.
 & When the water subsided a section spf shark came to the surface, but it Twas not large enough even for purposes Dpf Identification.