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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14
DEMOCRATS, TAKE NOTICE.

Al, a meeting OF the Democratic State
Executive Committee Of West Virginia,
held az ParkersourS on me -2-n aaS o-
February. 1850 B., was ordered ma. lhs
West Virginia - entitled iu the Democratic
NarlOra. Convention -0 be held az chicago
ON ,ne 1-h iay of July. l>th. 20 noutAd. e
candidates for President ana y Ice 5esl-
follows.
The democrats ir each county in the
STATE shall appoint a- such time anu l.e.s55
and .l such manner IS me Dr-..r a..
Executive Committee OF each county may
determine. ialela-es to Congressional us
trtor Conventions -1 Pee held in each OF the
on the nth day Of June 1875. al tAe -o4-
IN -r5 F.-s- Congressional District a.
Carkshurg in the county az Harrison. ~, L"
the second CONGRESS .orsl District az pa
vIs. ir t1- county OF Tu-ker I'm the IniI1
Congress .or8. District ar Hinton. IN lne
county ~ Summers tn Che Fourth Ou..-
Eresional District a- Point Pleasant ih lhe
Bach ~ said Confessional District Con-
ter-ions shall appoint one 1vleea,,e -
arse and one alternate IN lelol A-t 7, ~
district delegates and two alternates t1eI e.
for Co represent tha Democracy or West
Virginia IN said CHICAGO Convention.
The basis 90 representation IN edcn or
sac congress- 2nal L'.s-It-- '' f,,,,5-,S
VIII De one vote for each one auh9Ie 2!
votes and fraction thereof over MY cast
for Grover Cleveland for Fres-1ent ar me
&0va~7 her election 90 fSq2 and each county
delegates 90 each Congress .onal D.Strlet
Convention as votes i- may be entitled 70
by ne above basis Of represent auon,
The county ~ NI.rEo having been Iorul-
~ from che county NJ I.or2r. eac1 or -4. I
counties VIII he entitled 10 he number OF
Democratc votes cast in lN2 al the Noli,S
precincts Within each This vote was -
Logan county and SO IN MinSo.
Pv order ~ The Democratic State Exec
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14

A number of New York doctors have
appeared before the Legislature Of that
State in advocacy of a measure making
doctors bills a preferred claim on es-
tates. Chairman Robbins Of the judi
ciary committee before which they ap-
peared. however. says that amendments
will be proposed making the claims OF
attorneys, grocers. butchers and other
professions preferred, and the bill is
likely to be laughed to death.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14
LIS VISIT TO MOSCOW.

Colombo. Ceylon. April Iii Hung
Chang. the distinguished Chinese
statesman. who is to represent the En-
peror of China at the ceremonies at
tending the coronation of the Car. at
Moscow. Ass arrived here. He was re
ceived with high honors. Ii Hung
Chang is quoted as saying in the course
of an interview. that after leaving Mos
COW he will proceed TO Berlin. Essen.
Paris and London and thence 10 Amer
lea. returning 10 Picking in November
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FOURTH PAGE

FOURTH PAGE.
Jewett's RefrigeratOrs-Nesbitt &
Bro.
LOst-PockstbOOk.
Nanted-BOarding
Wanted-Drug Clerk.
For Sale-COw.
Wanted Harness Makers.
Wanted-Man 10 Take Charge OF
Office
Houskeeper
Wanted Workers Everywhere.
Gard of ThankS-NrS. William
FrOhme.
Misunderstanding
FIFTH PAGE.
Opera House-Leah, the Forsaken.
Finest Tsilor-Made Suits-Mis1t
Clothing Parlors.
SIXTH PAGE.
Statement German American IN
iurance Company OF New York.
EIGHTH PAGE.
A Big Store-Geo. VI. Shook & Co.
Featherweight Suf HaJS-M. ]. Nc
7adden
Lace Curtains-Stone q Thomas.
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WATER flLTERS-EwINe BROS.
NIATURAL STONE WATER FILTERS.
You can get the best will filter enough water Tor
- family of ten persons) at
= w

tages belonging only to the American reg
lister. For limited Ierm OF years Ameri-
cans ought 10 be authorized TO buy ships
wherever they can and sail them under
The American flag. For emergencies spe-
c.al remedies are required. Protective du-
Ties canno, retrieve the present prostra-
zion Of American shipping. Let us get
ready for an enlarged export trade by the
quickest method open 10 capital and en-
terprise The East has no more right 10
be sectional about shipbuilding than the
Wes- about silver.
This covers the case pretty fully, with
the exception of the proposed limitation to
a few years of free ship law. The United
States alone OF commercial nations refuse
registry 10 ships built abroad. We need
free ship law, but without Limitation as 10
time
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DIED..

SCHREBE-On Monday. April 18Th 1Sa6.
a = o'clock p. m. Chas. Schrehe aged
- years.
Funeral from his late residence Oh Forty
seventh street, Wednesday afternoon AZ g
o'clock. Intermenr ar Bogss' Run Gene
terry. Friends of the family invited to at
tend.
HARRGSON-Of pneumonia. on Thurs
DAY morning. April Q. lSS. az Episcopal
Hospital. Philadelphia Pa Rev. VIM H.
Harrison. aged Is years.
Funeral viii take place from $. Mat
thew's Church, Wheeling. ". Va. Tues
day afternoon. April 18th. at o'ciock
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14

Hon. George Fred Williams. OF Mas
sachusetts. a well informed and brainy
man OF affairs thinks the business Of
the country Is now under the most IA
vorable conditions for safe and steady
advance. if the politicians would only
keep their hands of. Bu- it cannot
stand any more tari6 tinkering.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14
MALE HELP WANTED.

HTSTLING WORKERS everywhere 70
Ike orders for Cuba and the Fight for
F~eesom." SEQ pages Retail N.50 Elab-
crs-ely Illustrated with views OF the
armies. camps and engagements. secured
at great hazard. Sells as sight Books on
c-e3r. freizht paid. best discounts, any
ore can earn B 70 So daily. Complete OUT
mr. but o5c Address GLOBE BIBLE PUB.
co.. - Chestnut s.. Philadelphia. Pa.
aTi4eu
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Snecial 10 the Register.

Parkersburg. w. Va. April 13.-Pipe
line connections were made yesterday
with the Joanna Drake well, and the
well is flowing steadily AT a 100 barrel d
day gait. Some very large bonuses
were paid and are being paid for Terri
tory near the well, and a small piece
of land over two miles ahead of devel-
opments was leased yesterday, for
which the owner received bonus Of
$50 and S25 monthly rental.
Baer & Afford, who are operating eE-
tensively in the Ogden field, purchased
a drilling outfit here to-day, which was
taken out 10 the field this morning, ten
teams being engaged in hauling it to
the new location
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rn NV nEMocRArIc rRIENps:

Owing tothe shortness Of time before the
primaries. may not be able on accoun- OF
phvsical disabilities with rheumatic atfiic-
mon 10 see many of my Old trends person
allv. Hoping this statement VIII be salts
facrory and thar YOU viii notwithstanding
turn out az the primaries on The 18th inst.
and give me your assistance for Clerk Of
the Circuit Court Of Ohio county.
Very truly yours.
.ap12duevgd JOHN W. MITCHELL.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14

The pins appear 10 have been well SET
up in this State and everything in the
G O. p. not having the Mckinley brand
has 10 get out Of the way.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14

Napoleon Mckinley appears 20 find
il easy TO cross the Alps Of the Eastern
bosses opposition on his way 10 s..
Louis.
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PROMINENT MAN DEAD.

Special TO the Register.
Morgantown. W. Va. April 13.-Wm.
Jones. aged IS years. a prominent and
wealthy farmer. died at his home three
miles from here
Grand opening and free lunch at
Charles Oberman's saloon, No. 70 Thir-
ty-third street. this evening.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14

We trust that our esteemed contem-
porary. Col Hart viii no- neglect TO
distinguish himself az $. Louis.
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STUDENTS CALLED HOME.

Constantinople. April 19.-An i'm
perial TRADE has been issued command
ing all Turkish students now abroad
TO return to Turkey. The object of this
order is TO prevent these students from
Joining in the young Turk movement
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3DbreIin9 Re9ister
CHARLES II. TANEY, Geuerll N-aager.

The REGISTER. embracing its several
editions. IS entered az the PostofTice 81
Wheeling. W. Va. as seeOnd-class matter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14

Grand supper Will be served this
evening from till II o'clock at J. P.
ONIalley's saloon, corner Of Twenty
third and Main streets.
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FOUND

FOCND-GOLD RING. on THE sTH
irst. Owner can have same oy proving
property and paying for this advertise
ment. Enquire az THIS office. apl1erdq
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LOST

LCST-GENTL ENIAN'S CUT LEATHER
pockethook. Finder please return 20 this
Office and receive reward. apl+s
LOST-DIAMOND RING. or Tuesday.
March S1St. The finder viii be rewarded
by returning 10 this Office.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14

Grand supper will be served this
evening from till II o'clock al J. P
ONIaIey's saloon, corner Of Twenty
hind and Main streets.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14
prick MACHINERY

one Potts brick machine. orc
crater, ore mould sander one
dumping table, one 81 hOrse-r.8
engine. ] 900 steel pallets. i'H
brick moulds trucks. pulleys h-
win be sold on time or eXcnare
es-a-e GEORGE *. Nft-
aplleda
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ITO THE DEMOCRATIC NOT-
Fps nE OHIO CnINTN

I very respectfully ask for your vote and
influence 20 secure the nomination for
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
AZ the primary election 10 be held Satur-
anf5zfs JOHN A. WHITE.
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WANTED.

'''''
WANTED-HARNESS MAKERS; first
class harness makers. WA. SCHN EkI
FEGER. apliq
WANTED BOARDING BY A YOUNG
professional man iu a private nome. best
of reference. Address Ed. Register. apl4r
WANTED-DRUG CLERK. REGISTER
ed ana capable. al once. ADDRESS Win rel
erences, stating salary expected, IOIRoL-'
care Register. apis
WANTED-ROARDIN FOR THE sun
mer by a couple and TWO male chlldren,
win nurse near the city. Address j. H.,
p. O. Box -, Wheeling. ". y .. al-l..-1.a-
W7ANTED-A WOMAN TO TAKE charge
of a house with family Of two persons
middle-aged woman preferred. References
required. Fair wages VIII he paid. Apply
a No. 81 Fourteenth street. City apliedh
RELIABLE FIRM WANTS MAN TO
take charge of their Office ar Wheeling:
salary Sl.-o9 year. $50 cash and references
required: commercial reference furnished.
Address Bon 40 Pi,rsburg, Pa apl+q
wANTED-TWO GIRLS TO LEARN
dressmaking. Apply lOn Chapine 81.
aplles
wANTED-sTOCK OF GOOD GENER-
al merchandise: $500 20 5000 in good
town. Box Go, Newberg, W Va. apSedra
WANTED A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS
had some experience in mill. to assist IA
dressing burrs; state age and experience.
Address MILLER, This Office.
apl2dqgQer
WANTED-S3.Gn0 WILL GIVE FIRST
mortgage on city properly. address F. o.
Box $40 City. aplZdqer
WANTED-TWO YOUNG MEN TO RUN
as News Agents on railroad trains. must
have SO cash security. Apply or address
Union-News Co, 3. & o. depot.
apgedh
WANTED-RELIABL MAN N Every
county. Salary from start. Steady work.
Secure territory Immediately. BRAGG q
CO.. Kalamazoo, Mich. mr2Sesb
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EoR sALE-M-s cELLANEous

FOR SALEM SCELLANEOUS.
FOR SALE-SPLENDID FRESH C0f
five years Old, gentle and par
For information inquire az this Office
L'OR SALE-Fine Mare. three and ONE.
] wears old. aud cart: cheap. Cal
William Seamon, Caldwell's Run. aDl-
FINE DRIVING TEAM FOR SALE It.
Kentucky bred m ares. sound ana w.l
Address r. ;. WEIGH. Fairview. ONO.
FOR SALE-INCUBATOR ~ GOOD '
dltion. Apply No. III Jacob stree.
FOR SALE-TO RAISE MCNE}
high grade bicycle for 50. CCll
feet. Address NECESSITY, Res
apl2dqes
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4 INVOLVEMENT.

=
for The Republican nomination for County
Assessor country district. and respectfully
solicit the support Of voters Of Ohio county
a. ne pr. mary election.
mri5d 10 ap2j ROBERT ANDERSON.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14

NOTICE.
c. D. Thompson respectfully asks for
your votes at the Republican primary cleo
ton on the 18th of April, 1896 for the office
of Clerk of the Circuit Court. ap2edi
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AGENTS WANTED

AGENTS TO SELL THE ONLY SELF
working skirt supporter for shirt waists
and belt. No safety pins. Neat. dainty.
elegant; big profits. s. J. & ". o. SIM
MONS. Boston. Mass. fe24ev
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BUSINESS CHANCES.
HOW $50 MADE $500 ~ 20 DAYS.

Our book How Fortunes Are Made aV
plains. Sent free Write az once, a 60
edition Is limited. The BENNINGTON lA
NESTNIENT Co. IS Wall s.. y. Y
apl2d, Tu.Th
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WANTED-HARNESS MAKERS; 8 first
class harness makers. WA. SCHWERI-
FEGER aplfq
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WANTED-DRCG CLERK, REGISTER
ed and capable. al once. Address win rel
erences, stating salary expected, IkCL'
care Register apis
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FOR SALE.
STOCKS FOR SALE

Aetna Standard Iron and S'ee. 10.
wheeling Steel and Iron O..
Wheeling Ice and Storage 60.
New Steel Bridge.
Wheeling Street Railway.
Riverside Class CO.
Bloch BrOs. Tobacco co.
Provident Life Association.
la Belle Iron Works.
Crystal Glass Co
Natiorai Bank Of West N-r
Wheeling Mould and F0la-r.
Central Glass Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14

WANTED-BOARDING BY A YOU NC
professional man in a private home. Best
Of reference. Address ED, Register. apl4r
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What we need IS as speedy an addition
as possible o. ships 30 The American regis
ger. Ber.rroriry WIZ increase this need.
Anticipation or i-. resting on assured legis-
,a-or WIZ stimulate our merchants in
s.ek-.E oNnarsl-u .. ships with ne aavan-
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WANTED-BOARDING FOR THE sun
mer 10y a couple and TWO male children
win nurse near the city. Address j. H..
p. O. Box 70, Wheeling, W. Va. apllejl
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Notice to Democratic Voters.

". r.. CHlLIoN, CndlFul4n.
WI. A. OHLEY. Secretary. ap7eSg
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-07

w. uhANUEh,
Recorder of the General Land Office.
United States Land Office Seal. Rec
ord of Miscellaneous Military Grants,
vol. 203, page 464.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-07
MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY.
A Wealthy Missouri Farmer Drained
and Robbed Near Jeffer-
son City.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May Nick
Linehardt, a wealthy farmer and stock
dealer living one mile west of Lehman,
in this county, twelve miles southwest
of this city, was brutally murdered
last night for his money. He was re-
turning home from Lehman about s
O'Clock, where he had been on bust
ness, and when just out of town he
was hit on the head with a club, from
the effects of which he died to-day.
His money, of which 1t is believed he
had about $3.50 at the time, was taken
and his pocketbook left lying beside
him. This morning a negro named
Mckenzie, who had worked for Line
hardt until a month ago and who was
known to have no money, was found
to be spending money freely, buying
watches, rings and fine dresses for his
wife, spending in all more than 500.
He was arrested on suspicion by the
police. When searched but As cents
was found on him, but the police be-
lieve that he had given the money to
his wife, who hid 1t before the house
was searched. An old negro woman
who lived with Mckenzie and wife
states that he left home at IL O'Clock
returning at 4 O'Clock this
morning. This would have given him
sufficient time to have gone to Lob
man, commit the crime and return. He
claimed he got the money from q
in a poker game last night.
The circumstances indicate McKen-
zie's guilt. He will have a hearing
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-07
To Kill Chinch Bugs.

FROM the JOurOdl OF agriculture
The results of experiments in killing
chinch bugs by spreading a fatal con-
tagious disease among them, made by
this station during the past four years,
have been quite satisfactory.
Reports from all parts of the State
indicate that these insects have lived
through the winter in good condition,
and are now stirring actively. Unless
the weather is unfavorable for hatch
ing they r likely to do very great
damage to all crops without some
concerted action is taken to check
them.
The experiment station has every
thing in readiness to again begin the
free distribution of infection, upon
condition that those who desire dis
eased bugs will send with their re-
quests as large a quantity of fresh live
bugs as possible. This is necessary in
order to keep up our supply of infec-
ton. Facilities for distributing the
infection have been improved, SO that
if the farmers will keep us supplied
with bugs there need be no delay in
receiving the infection Immediately
upon receipt of their request. Send
your live bugs, and request for dis
eased ones, to Prof. J. NJ. Stedman,
Entomologlst, or to the undersigned.
II. j. WATERS,
Director Mo. Experiment Station,
Columbia, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-07
Paw As You Go.
From the Farber Forum.

AANAb NAN
Pay as you go. If you can't pay,
don't go. It's the best plan in all the
world. Better live not SO high and
deny yourself some of the luxuries of
life than to run in debt when you can't
see your way out. The credit system
is a past number, anyway. 1t has
ruined more good people, financially,
than anything else, the buyer as well
as the seller. Our advice to the young
men and the boys growing up in Au-
drain County is, "pay as you CO." The
bit of advice is old-the Greek phi
losophers may have preached it, but
it is good to-day and will be good a
thousand years hence. Think a mo-
ment when you ask the merchant to
''charge it," Reason with yourself
that the crops may fail, that sickness
may come and that you may not be
able to meet the obligation. There is
one family in Farber that pays the
physician his fee before he leaves the
house. There will be no doctor bills
probated against the estate of this
family. In all matters of business the
pay-as-you-go plan is the best.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-07
j. K. JONES MISSING.
Crooked Orders on Nursery Stock
Causes an Iowa Company
Anxiety.

CENTRALIA, Mo-, May ID. K.
Jones, a married man of this city, has
suddenly disappeared from his home
and his whereabouts are unknown.
The past winter he has been soliciting
agent for the Stark Nursery Company
of Louisiana, Mo-, and also agent for
an Iowa nursery. He took a large
number of orders and received his
commissions in cash from the COM
pany. The orders were promptly filed
and when the stock arrived for deliv-
cry it was discovered that many of
the orders were reported forgeries,
the parties denying having bought any
froas
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-07
Dreadful
Malaria.

There are numerous diseases having
their origin in the blood, but which on
the surface do not appear to be a blood
disease. Such is Malaria, which is a
poison breathed into the lungs, and thus
taken into the blood and circulated, I'M
buing the entire system with its morbid
effects. Those who have suffered from
this dreaded disease know what a life
less condition ensues and how the vitality
is wasted away SO that death is often
caused by some simple malady, because
of the low ebb to which life is reduced
by this poverty of blood. This condi-
ton of the blood often gives rise to
boils, carbuncles, Assesses and ulcers,
and not infrequently causes catarrh,
bronchitis, and even consumption.
Captain Henry Bond, late of the U. S.
Navy, has been a se~a-faring man all his
life, and has been in all parts of the
world, having sailed twice around the
Cape of Good Hope, once around Cape
Horn and three times through the Suez
Canal. Captain Bond resides at the Ma
tional Military Home, Dayton, Ohio, and
in a recent letter says: "For thirty-two
years I have been a sufferer from ma
laria, and certainly know what this terri
Bile disease Is. I have tried remedies in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-07
The Moral of Bill Taylor's Death.

from the Kansas City star.
The fact that in the hanging Of Bill
at Carrollton, Mo-, one of the
most a~trocious crimes of the age is ex-
according to the forms of the
law, is not the only eason that the
event will be regarded with satisfac-
ton by the public. 1t serves to a con-
extent, at least, to refute
that erroneous and m~ischievous i'm
preston that wealth guarantees i'm
munity from punishment for crime.
Bill Taylor had money to employ
every expedient which might con-
tribute to his escape from justice. He
had the means to bride a jury, but so
far from helping him, that circum-
stance aided in strengthening the
chain of evidence which waa suisse
quently forged about him.
Bill Taylor had plenty of money to
make the fight for his life. He had
funds to appeal from n court to an
other and invoke every legal agency
and statutory technicality to check
the current of justice. But, as his
body lies in its grave clothes, it serves
to admonish the world, not only that
"murder will out" but that with the
disclosure of crime, justice will mex
orabIy force its mandates against the
malefactor, whether he be rich or
poor, learned or illiterate, high or low
in the social scale. 1t is not neces-
sarily cruel in its operations, but it is
inflexible in its purpose, and the law
which exacts a life for a life was
honored in its observance in this in
stance at least.
Justice travels with a leaden heel at
times, it is true, as for example, inthe
case of Bill Taylor, and falters occa-
sionally, as in the instance of George
Taylor, but it proceeds in it's own way
and gains the victory in the enc, how
ever it may be retarded and delayed
by one cause or another. The hang
ing of Bill Taylor is a substantial
proof of this fact, and should serve to
estop those who complain without
reason of the opportunities which
money procures.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-07
A SHARK AMONG MENHADEN.
Taking Advantage of a Bluefsh
Charge to Provide Itself
With Food.
From the New York Sun.

"The other day. a fisherman said,
"I read about the bluefsh charging
the menhaden and driving them
ashore. Did you ever see the bluefish
charge a school of menhaden at sea?
That is something worth seeing, too.
The biuefish throw their lines forward
until they almost surround the men
baden, and they attack them flank
and rear The menhaden fairly make
the water boil in their efforts to es-
cape, while all around the enemy is at
them tearing relentlessly.
stInto all this commotion comes a
great shark; it's a picnic for a shark,
a school of menhaden all herded up
for its benefit. 1t swims leisurely into
the midst of them, opens its mouth,
and takes in half a dozen menhaden
at a gulp. 1t swims around and bites
out half a dozen more from the school;
it gorges itself without effort.
"But the menhaden are not nearly
as much disturbed by the presence OF
the monster swimming among them
as they are by the charging bluefsh.
The shark takes a half dozen fish OF
more at a bite, while the bluef1sh only
bites a piece out of a single fish; blu,
there is only one shark, while there
may be thousands of bluefish, plung-
ing and tearing necessarily, and kill
ing and manning at every stroke.
"The sharks a brute, but under such
| circumstances the menhaden has less
of fear than it has of contempt for
| him."