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is lethargic to marked degree, and can
often be taken with a buath ouk, and sea
birds have been seen sitting on their fiat
bod es as they rested ca the surface.
Two years ago | had .he good fortune
to examine specimen of regalecus
Banksil, the yibbon-like fish that in the
north Atlantic and ON tho Scotch coast
attalns lsneth uf twenty or thirty feet,
and is undoubtedi y the origin OF some of
the sea-serpent tales. The specimen
observed was a small une, Of hardly more
ian thiitpen or fourteen inches In
length, which came asnvre at Santa Cat
alma. 1t resem bled a beautiful whits
satin ribbon. with delicate black bars all
over the body, while from the head rosa
a series Of brilliant coral-p,nk plumes,
forming the first spines OF The dorsal i'm.
which was of the same tint the entire
Iensth If the body. Professor G. Brown
Goode OF the Smithsonian informed me
that this was the first specimen ever r..
ported here. Unfsruaately ths finder
would net part with 1t, ana Unlisted
upon dryias it. SO that 1t was tuin ed but
the Esh enrTsspsndsd In every particular
vita the wsli-knovn rsgslecus bank sill
OF European waters.
Another singular viNtsr 10 CUR shores
10 lampris Ruttats, o. the o. pa, brill
liant -colorsd FISH which att< ms . large
size 1t ranges w and down our sntIs
coast and specimen OF about four feet
in length was seined in Monterey bay not
long ago. Attached to the sharks and
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-24

other large fishes we find the remoras.
have found as many as four cinging TO a
hnmmerhead shark, even alter tbs ami
NAL was hauled high ana dry. have
seen them attached to turtles and FISH
ress m bling our shespshcad (the porRy)
in tbs Gulf Of Mexico. They are dark
slender fishes, the frst dorsal fin being
modinsd into the sucker, BY which they
attach themselves TO larger fishes and 20
are tewed about To illustrate the power
OF this sucker, have taken rem ora by
the tail, that had fastened its suoksr to
and lifted the pail BY IL. In Africa and
South America the remoras are en- ploysd
By tbs natives In fishing, . ring being
placed about che tail to which is fastened
a cord, and when the game. q fish or
turtle, 10 sighted the rsnora is released
and at once attaches ITSELF to the victim
that is IN this way secured.
have seen at least one specimen Of
the genus Antennariss at Santa Catalina.
Once on the borders OF the ia m ous Sareaso
sea l found several living specimens OF
antennarias mar n oratus, Q strange, I'M
canny little creature covered with tanglrs
and basbels OF flesh. which. With its olive
tints, made II perfect mime OF the weed
in which ii rested. So re- arkaole was
this protective resem blance that had
not been familiar with the fish think
should have passed it by though it wa
within Jew inches OF my face. Near at
hand was its nest, a bLnch OF sargassum,
held together IN the form of a Dutch
cheese by glutinous threads which the
fish undou btedly takes from a special
vsntral pore. AZ In the case of the st,ckle-
back. Our species probably lives tmong
the kelp and other weed
The rocks of the Southern California is
land abound in the snakalike morays,
which attain q length OF four or five feet
and bite viciously as the Portuguese fish
ermen OF our C asst can testify. In deeper
water is the conger eel. ! am informed.
tnough personally | have not observed 1t.
While the enumeration OF tEe genera
ami species OF q locality, WITH notes re-
garding their HABITS. generally his the
greatest interest for the naturalist. the
economic value Of the fishes. their direct
vslas 10 nan and the q estioIs that are
involved 10 the preservation and deple-
tiun 81 me supply are of great importance
and we'll werthy the consiieration OF our
seicn tifio b dies.
From ,pis ,spid glance given the ocean
10 hshrs Of 3. uthern California, 1t is evil
dent .hat We have q large number of fine
fo~A fishes and whom the ocean within
100 or 20 miles OF our shores Is FULLY and
carsinily ex plored new fishing banks and
PoFsibly neT hshes will in all probability
b. found. On the Pacific coast we have
1900 n lies Of water front from which we
sstaIa put 5000, 900 per annum fro m
eur ashsrlss OF oil kinds, q less sum than
II realized by New ENGLAND with her 500
miles Of coast. This means that the ASH
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-24

winter months, or into deeper water off
shore.
The VISITOR to our coast cannot fail to
notice the number of oceanic fishes which
are not so common in the same latitude
in the east. One of the best known is the
nlbicore or long -hnDed funny (orcynus
alelonga) predatory fish that follows
the sardines and flying fishes, joining
forces with the tunny-the eastern horse
mackerel (orcynus tbynnns) the "tu
ma of our fishermen item creating a
panic among the small fry.
Several years ago, while at Santa Cata-
lima. / noticed patch OF foam. covering
wide area, moving slowly up the
coast; a suspecting its origin. / rowed
out in email boat and PLACED myself in
nary rush Of fish. school of flying
fisnes was being CHARGED by a com hina-
ton OF this two fishes mention ed, of
when there were myriads. Com pletely
moralized. the fl ing fishes we're soaring
in every direction. passing over my boat,
herding bgneath it in a vain search for
safety, while everywhere their relentless
foes xere charging them along the sur
face or leaning into the air after them.
The alb cores ranged from two to three
and a half feet in length, while the
tunnys or 'tunas' were often six or
seven feet in length. l once asured a
funny or. horse macKerel in Fulton mar
kei, New York, which was nins feet in
length and which weighed over 1000
pouncs. The maximum weight of the
fish may DC consldeiei 1900 pounds.
The leaps made by These ocean acrobats
were almost beyond belief. In tne.r at
tempts to catch the flying fishes they
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-24
ANA@a0MNN@0NN0N-N NNNN NNN@NNNNN

eries ere bndeveloped. California IL in
the lead on the coast in the value of IT'S
fisheries, Employing about 1000 men, 1000
boats and vessels aud having a capital
invested OF about 81, 800, 600. Our ifs err
men take annually about $4,000, 900
pounds OF fresh 6sn, valued at $500, 900:
5000 pounds Of shark fins, 1000 pounds Of
shark oil.
Our principal fisheries IN Southern Cal.
ifernlS are at Santa Catalina, San PEDRO.
Newport and San Diego. At San Pedro
thers Is an ella borats sardine canning fac
tory, whose catch is made by SEEMING az
Newport and other points. Ths fisher.
men at Santa Catalina use gill nets which
they set ut night. Inc canning factory
sends over seine fshermen who take tons
OF herring, s'nell and other small fishes
during the sum mer. The amount of fish
ing carried on at the isla nds suggests that
the Florida method De employed The
smacks that catch fish off the Florida
reefs all have wells. go that the fish are
carried to Havana, seventy miles, alive
and fresh. Fish which | sained on the
Florida reef in 1865 we're successfully car
ried to New York in this way. Smacks
an our coast could fill their wells at SAN
Ia Catalina, San Clemente and other out
er banks and carry them to San Pedro
alive.
At Newport, San Juan and other points
the msthods OF hsning are different.
Lines mile long with hundreds of
hooks are used ana every day, while
others employ the seine, as at Santa
Monica ana Redondo.
Wherever there are Cinnamon will be
found illegal fishing that is, the employ.
ment of neis with small meshes With
which they take thousands OF the young
food fishes; and dsspit, watchful care in
the north 1t has bsen found almost I'M
pos lille to stop them.
Tn approximate total catch Of Los An
eeles county is abort TO- 900 pou,d OF
fish per annum; San Diegi ABOUT 20, 100
pounds OF fish per annum; San LUIS
Ob.spo $4,000 pounds; Santa B.rb ara
county 20o,0n0 pounds; the sum to.al be-
lnx the story OF an imncrtant and erow-
ing indust, which deserves the atten-
ton of everJ citizen ahd the watchful
care Of our societies that it may be fos-
tered insteat oI abused. The rapid
growth and develo pment OF this section
will maks constant ana increasing de-
mands upon our fisheries. There are
fshe, which could he introduced into
our waters to advantnse--thc ea,tcrn
macksrel. the blue FISH. the finest hsn's
in the wurld-would PROBABLY do II
here as well as many others. Tne United
States fish com m ssion Is thoroughly or
ganized and mas cars for the tran-porta.
tion OF eggs and live fish ali over the
country, and Ii We OF South IN Ca. for
ma 10 not yet our share If future di,per-
sails it will BIO necause wa do not make
the demand.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-24
PORT JACKSON SHARK

would dash eisht or ten feet into the air.
turn as gracefully as an arrow and
dive back TO co tlnue the pursuit. Thew
would How flying fish just beneath
the surface and finally seize the unfortu-
nate creature as it struck the water.
saw tuna leap into the air ard strike a
flying fish four feet above the water,
sending it up still higher whirling over
and over, then seizing it as il struck the
surface. Scores OF these excited fishes
were in the air oontinu lily, and
watched them until they continued far
up tbe island shores.
The report of the United States fish
com missioner Pives the weight or the
albl'o (ofcynus thynnus) as II pounds,
but during the sun mer of 1895, i saw a
specimen taken which We ehed sixt, two
pounds. 1t was hooked within fifteen
feet OF the shore and towed the boat a
long distance bsfore being captured. The
alolcore Is found off Los Angeles county
at a II seasons, but is more lien tiful from
cary spring to Decem Der. Ii spawns in
The flying fish iexocoetu. Csl:for-
nj nsls) deserves more than passing men
ton; hrst. because of its value as food
h'h to the largs fishes, and IRON the fac.
that 1t is the largest OF all the hying-
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-24
BY CHARLES r. HOLDER

known in New York as the weak6sh, at
Cane Cod as drummer and in the south
ern states as sea tYaut | have observed
them from FeInandina, Fla, up the At
lantic coast, but none equal the Cnlfor-
MIA species in size and beauty. Our sea
bass attains a length OF five or SIX feet
and a weight OF eighty pounds. The
fishermen call the young, from four to
nine POM :, sea trout and believe them
to be different fish, but thry are merely
the immature cynoscion mobile. In its
habits this fish is very similar to ssriola,
spawning June ana July; but as with
the preceding species, have failed to
hud the young or fish smaller than four
pounds. and assume that they tud shell
ter in the bays and islets along the snore
OF the lower coast. Other allies are ICY
nosoion parv pinnel the 'corvins,"
rancine from san Pedro 10 the Gulf OF
California: the red roncador (corvina sa-
turna), ranging from Point Conception
south wards; the roncaior (roLoador
Stearnsi), from Santa Barbara south;
the little rnncador (genyone linea-
tusl; the yellow filmed roncador Gum
brina roncador); the hagre (men:icirrus
undnlatus), and othefs, all more or less
valuable as food fishes
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-24

The family (srhyisenidee) of the par
racouta3 is represented Oh this coast by
sp yraena arsentea. Its eastern repre-
sc isativ., wi;h which / am familiar, in
I Gulf OF Mexico is large fsh. oitcn
six or eight feet il length. of vieious
ii position and always found .in1ly, but
tie bafraeorta Ter barrscuda) OF this
coast, Which rarely ozcesds three or tsur
feet and weight OF fourteen pounds, is
inavar'abiy fonnd IN schools. They srresr
on GU SPORES in early spring, often, ike
the yei.owtail, tintiog the water for acres
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-24

by their enormous mum bers. In July and
August they are taktn all along the coast
as lar north as San Fiancisco. So indus
triously have these FISHES been folIoued
that the catches have visibly fallen off in
late yesrs.
The parrscouts spawns in August, but
the very young fish though present in
our bays, are rarely sssn. The adult
hahec pro bly, move 80 the south in the
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-24

! had fought for half an hour with a
rbt rod.
Ranking next TO the yellowtaii in its
hen - Is the sea bass com mon all along
( @ lifornia coast, and a, its best in
. f., spring, biting then, and later being
xaken in nets of various kinds. This
magnificent fsh--cyn oscion mobile or
eoyvira-represents the Atlantic squa-
league on this coast, tae genus being
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-24
THE MANY CURIOUS FISHES
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
It Is Fact That Off Our Coast the Greatest CoIIec-
ton of Curious Fishes in the World
Is to Be Found


Habits Yeowtai ule, Tunas Flying
Speash and Many Others, Including Sword
Fish, Has Been Known Almost Wreck a Ship;
Also the Sucker Curious Ribbon Fish
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-27
THROUGH EUROPE.

IL the announcements of marriages
in Spain, the ages of the contracting
parties are always given.
BARRELS of wine, anchors. scythes-
in fact all kinds Of northumberland
conveyed by the post Office department.
II is the custom for house builders in
Germany to leave a small fat place on
the roof of each house, for storks to
rest and build on.
FRANCE has offered 800. 600 600 TO
King Leopold for the Congo Free State,
in case Belgium will not take it, ac-
cording to Berlin reports.
SPAIN has just ordered that all
steamers flying the Spanish flag or sub
sidized by the government shall in fu-
ture carry none but Spanish engineers.
The prevailing practice is to carry at
least two British engineers, and for
merly all were British.
MoRTUARY tables show that the aver
age duration Of the life of women in
European countries is something less
than that of men. Notwithstanding
this fact, Of the list of centenarians col
lected by the British association, a
fraction over two-thirds were women.
GERMANS proposal for the estsblish-
mcnt Of international postage stamps
is being examined by the British post
Office authorities. Such a stamp would
enable correspondents to inclose re-
turn postage for their answers, which
they now cannot do. The principle has
already been adopted in the interna.
tional return postal card.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-27
TAKING THINGS FOR GRANTED.
Remissness in the Matter OF Acknowledge
ing Fav0rs.

mS TtNoTss
There are a few things in this world
which wounds us so deeply as the feel
ing that we are ignored by our fellow
beings, that we are passed by or looked
over. Deny it as much as we may,
every human creature Graves notice.
We all like attention when it is shown
them. For the most part we take alto
gether too many things in this world
for granted, as if they were our due,
as If it were only right that they should
come to us. Often some fancied supc.
riority, either mentally or socially,
makes us feel that certain attentions
are due us and that they are ours by
right. More often, | think, however,
the feeling is born of thoughtlessness.
Nothing in the world is so discourage
ing a courtesy as to feel that the
thought that inspired it, or the trouble
which it cost, is taken for granted, as
if it were something which it was only
right that one should do. One sees
this in so many things-particuliarly in
the small things of life. Some people
seem to possess the idea that gratitude
is only called for where some special
attention is shown, where the courtesy
is one of magnitude. Whether it is that
we are growing too much accustomed
in this country to doing everything
on a large scale, or whatever it is, the
fact remains that we are altogether
too prone to disregard the little cour
tesies of life as courtesies. The most
subtle thought is often shown in the
smallest attention. We all know that
the greatest pleasures in this life come
from the smaller things-not from the
larger. Again and again have | seen
this remissness on the part of people.
A man shows some little attention to a
woman, and it goes unnoticed. A
young man shows a courtesy to u girl,
and it is received as her right. Hospi-
tality is extended, and remains unac-
knowledged. Letters of congratula-
ton are written, and go unanswered.
1t is in these smaller things that we
are lacking in the true spirit of g,ati-
tude. We take them for granted, alb.
solutely forgetting that nothing is ours
by right in this world; that whatever
comes to us in the way of an attention.
be it ever so small, is an attention and
comes by favor. wish that girls par
ticularly might think a little more of
this. One hears a great deal of com.
plant among young men NOWADAYS
that girls accept courtesies altogether
too much as their due. Our girls should
get ovcr this habit of taking things for
granted. Nothing will more thorough.
ly or so quickly stultify the spirit of
gallantry in our young men as an in.
different reception Of their courtesies
or attentions at the hands of young
women.-Ladies' Home journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-27
AROUND OUR OWN LAND.

HALF of the worlds product Of quiz
nine is used in the United States.
FIFTY-EIGHT Of the senators are law
yers; twenty-five representatives are.
CHICAGO has thirty-eight hospitals
twenty-five general and sixteen special.
THERE are nearly two thousand wom-
en- practicing medicine in the United
States.
Connecticut has passed a law pro-
hibiting stress cars to cross steam roads
at grade.
THE annual FIRE loss from %incendiar-
ism in the United States and Canada is
s39, 900, 900, according to conservative
estimates.
The heaviest snowfall In this country
began on February 10, 1717, and con
tinued five days. At its close the now
was from five to seven feet deep all
over New England.
AMERICAN colonial art is becoming
fashionable IN london. A set of ten
handsomely carved chairs, imported
from Pennsylvania $50 years ago, were
sold there recently for SITS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-27
COMPLETELY P~ARALYZED
Physicians Are Assounded By @
Peculiar Casa
A Young Man Stricken With LAndrys
Paralysis and Aet Recover
Irr1 he Tines rhlIaaeipAia. Pa

iF7cz the Tines rhilsielpAiA. Pal
Stricken with Lardry's Paralysis, AMI vel
cared. That neans bur little TO the ayera9c
lavman bat il means a miracle to physi-
cisa. Su,h IS the experience OF o. Z. DALI
more now a resident Of Madison, y !,
aud a rare experience It'll
Yes il is true that / had L2ndry's Par
alvsiS said Mr.. baltimore to a reporter,
',Or else the mos: celebrated physicians q
London were mistaken.
1T was on tile 18TH OF March. this year.
he continued, when l was in New YORK
city. that l first felt the symptoms Of NY
trouble. I experienced difficulty in going
W stairs. my legs failing 70 support ne |
consulted a physician who informed ne that
| had every symptom Of Locomotor Atsxia,
but as the case developed be pronounced il
a case Of Landry's Paralysis and know
ing the nature OF the disease advised ne
to start for my home and friends. lgaye
up my work and o. April 1st started for
London. Ont A ~wel-known physician
was consulted but l grew rapidly worse and
on Saturday, April I, several eminent ply
s!cians held a consultation on my case and
informed me that Twas at deaths door,
having but three to six days to live. still
fingered on. by this time completely para
lyzed, my hand, and feet being dead, I
could hardly whisper my wants and could
only swallow liquids. oh. the misery Of
those moments are beyond all description
and death would really have been a wei
come visitor.
.'Now, comes the part that has astcunded
the PHYSICIANS. Rev Mr.. Gondy, a clergy
man who visited me in my last hours, as he
supposed. told me Of the marvellous cures
Of PARALYSIS that had been performed by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, !
started 10 take the pills About April Is and
a weak after that felt an improvement in
nv claiitipn- There was warm. tingling
sensation in the limbs that lad been entire
Is dead and soon began TO rnoye my feet
and hands, the impro yement continued IN.
til Nav IS when / was taken out Of bed for a
drive and drove the horse myself. BY tha
beginning Of JulyI was able 10 walk up
stairs alone and paid a visit to Niagara
Slowly hut surely | gained my oldhealth
AMI strength leaving Ontario for New York
on October d, 1874. Cured Of Landry's
Paralysis in eight months Tnccnfirm his
story beyond all d oubt. Mr., Dallimoremade
the following affidavit.
Sworn aud subscribed before me Deem.
berS, 1897 AMOS c. RATBBuy,
lsE,LI notary Public.
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements Necessary 20 give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or NAV be had by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n. Y, fol-
80 cents per box, or six boxes for $50.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-27
THE ~SCULPTOR'S ART.

FoR a charity festival In Brussels re-
Gently, the sculptors got up nc-el ex-
hibition Of statues executed In snow in
one Of the parks.
C%URIousLY enough q huge statue Of
Ii Hung Chang, ordered and paid for in
his nest prosperous days, has just been
finished in Germany.
IT is but eight years since Leopold
Won Ranke, the German historian.
died, but the hundredth anniversary Of
his birth is already at hand. 1t is pro-
posed to celebrate II by erecting a mon
nment to him at Wiehe. In Prussian-
Saxony, his birthplace.
A BUST Of John Couch Adams, who
shares with Leverrier the honor Of dis
covering the planet Neptune, has been
set up opposite the bust of Sir John
Herschell, In the great hall Of ST.
Johns college, Cambridge, the college
Of which both astronomers wcro fel.
lows,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-27

The girl who wishes to have the most
correct thing in cotton gowns this sea.
son, especially in white muslin, will
have 1t made with hand-run tucks and
hemstitching. In fact, h%and-tuckino
is creeping into favor again rapidly.
and the white organdies made over
colored silks have bodices draped with
it, balloon sleeves are composed of it.
sometimes in alternating stripes OF
tucks and lace, and again with the sim
pie tuck alone. In fact, the distinction
given to these gowns is to have them
bear the mark Of being handmade, the
machine-made ones being the evidence
OF shop-made. Dainty needlework il
taking the place Of an accomplishment
once more, and the girl who cannot
show some article of apparel of her
W manufacture is out of the race al.
together. The pretty work basket is
brought to the front. and the strip OF
hemstitching and the bands for tuck.
ing are found folded IN them, ~-phila.
delpbls Press
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-04-27
FOR WHAT is YOUR LIFe9
.TaresAA

James ga
Is life IN empty dream.
A cloud o. vapor tinCsd with gold.
our trials what they seems
Iyrants OF stern and veaEetui mold,
or mcrcy's geatle gieans
Is life az idle tale.
N l~siless moments vainly toll.
A ship before th- gale.
Upon The pillows aimless rolled
without q chart O. sall'
Is life a yaudy gen
That In the market NAY be sold.
By Shyiock hard and sr.l
That may become aS Ee F7or old
Pale. valgclcss saI dllf
Is life 8 garment rare.
Nalc tor the noble and the bold.
With cunning ART and care,
But laid aside I'll pis.; ard foit
Are marTei beyond rePatr'
i lie 3 zsteor pale.
Cpielf hY spiri.-fnEe-s cold
OF ghosts o sadisst vail.
That have through deTious vanis-l1ss
sircIlet
TIL hope and purpose tsul
Life &, a fearful thing.
A precious jewel that we hold
q varied light sct colorirg.
Endless IL heinz. ye, controlled
By GCts own vfA AID ordering.
-Chieago STANDARD