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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

parent OF. the powerful sugar trust
guiding some humble Jersey farmer
about the place, discussing the hest
methods of feeding solid food to calves
with as much earnestness as he would
give to corralling senate. To run his
farm, his villa at Newport and his man
sion in Madison avenue cost much more
money than the duke of marlborough
or, rather, the duchess-spends upon
Blenheim palace.
In Westchester county there is q still
newer variation of the English country
house. No one who owns less than ST.
Co0.O00 can afford it. The Harrimans.
the Iselins, the Storys and others pos
sessed of similar incomes compose the
Westchester set They have model
farms of considerable acreage and
houses of elegance and capacity which
they use as permanent homes. Oliver
Iselin's place at Premier Point is. in a
general way, the pattern of all the rest.
His house is situated near the sound; :;
back from it is his dairy farm. run by a
head farmer with sa1aricd assistants
and a score of farm laborers. English
landlords let their. property out nova
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

the Goulds; but they have enough to
keep so employees, herd of cows, a
flock OF sheep, stable OF horses, many
sorts of carriages, dozen bicycles, and
to entertain Il houseful of guests.
In wages alone it costs nearly $4,000
a month, or $40 day, to run such a
home, for the head farmer and his as
sistants draw bigger salaries than most
doctors and lawyers. Just the monthly
butchers bill OF the household, regard
less of the farm annex, amounts to more
than it costs a bookkeeper's family to
subsist whole year in relative com
fort.
OF course, in some instances the farm
is made to yield something above the
cost of running it. This is true, how
ever, of very few of such Westchester
and Long Island country places. When
farming is conducted as Havemeyer
conducted his, it is a source of income;
he got yearly dividend of from seven
to ten per cent. out of the Mahwah es-
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30
THE MAMMOTH JEW FISH
It Is Caught Around Catalina
Island, California.
Headquarters of the Annnias Club
for the Pacific CoRst-A Wonder-
ful Fishing Ground-Some
Royal battles.


Catalina island, lying in the Pacific
ocean, 20 miles off the coast of South
ern California, is famous for It's fishing
banks Indeed, it has been jocosely
referred to as the headquarters of the
Ananias club for the whole Pacific coast.
But, as a matter of fact, more genuine
big catches have been made in Catalina
waters than anywhere on the western
side OF this continent. 1t is here that
the tremendous leaping tuna of the Pa
cific are found; and here the 5O0-pound
Jewish offer sport to the ambitious
fisherman who does not mind being
towed out to sea several miles in the
battle royal which always precedes the
capture of this king of the bass family
Here 1t is that the frisky ycllow-tail
gambol about in the briny waters, and
schools Of slim. shining barracuda,
tawny sculpin, gamy albicore and rare
little pompano lurk in numbers so great
that the catches are really almost be-
yond belief.
Catalina sportsmen invariably fish
with rod and reel-a mere "pot-hunter'
gets no quarter. a Canandaigua O.
~ man well-nigh broke the worlds
record recently when he landed a 251-
pound Jewish with a light rod and q
15-thread cuttyhunk line. after bat
tie lasting three hours and thirty-fivc
minutes. The gamy monster towed the
boat with three men in it out 21h miles
to sea; and the fight took place after
dark. The worlds record up to that
date was 235 pounds with q 21-thread
line and stiff tarpon rod.
An even more gamy fish is the leap
ing tuna of the Pacific, which ranges in
weight from 90 to 500 pounds, and is
from six to ten feet in length. A pc
culiarity of this fish is the fin upon it's
back, which folds up at the fish's con-
vcnience and fits snugly into q little
groove along Mr.. Tunas spinal column,
entirely invisible when the fish is wet;
and the tuna can fold or unfold this
fan-shaped fin at will. The prey of this
mysterious monster is the flying fish
great numbers of which skim over the
surface of the sea in this region, with
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30
WASHING VS.. WORKING.


Tramp Makes a Test of Glass Su-
Dcrstition.
The drummer who sees his trade in
the northern neck of Virginia by 60
ing down the Potomac on a steamboat
and doing the rest of it via q blackboard,
was talking the other night on the
steamer bound for the field of his la
bors.
-Four weeks ago." he said, ION one
of those warm days, was driving in
toward Kinsale, and when about three
miles from town l ran upon a COM
bination which was as surprising as
it was unaccountable. About so yards
ahead of me 1 saw tramp sitting in
the shade, on the bank of brook that
babbled softly through q fence, and
slipped quietly across the road. He
was gazing at something as if spell
bound, which, upon coming nearer, L
saw was his travelling companion wash
ing his dirty face in the stream and
spluttering like porpoise. 1t was evil
dent that the spluttering had awakened
the tramp on the bank, and the sight
that met his gaze had fascinated him
as basilisk might charm. The road
was so sandy that was within speak
ing and hearing distance of them and
they had not heard me.
'Hully chee, Muggins!' calculated
the one on the bank, when he had re-
covered sufficiently from his astonish-
ment to speak, but what on de cart er
yourse doin' dere?'
Its like dis spluttered the other,
as he rose, dripping like Venus from
the sea, and blew the water out of his
mouth, I hears somebody a-sayin' in
de noospapers dat dere wasn't nuttin'
worse'n work, an I'm jis seein' if it's de
trut'."
by this time was discovered. and
the two of them dropped all abstract
matters and questions and came down
precipitately to the concrete PROPOSE
tion that 1 contribute nickel or so to
theiremaciated eXchequer. ."-Washing-
ton Star.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

have meant all she said, but she had Just
returned from Sunday in WestchesteI.
where the butler and his assistants and
the maidservants had wheedled big tips
from her.
Country house tipping is getting to be
more of nuisance here than in Eng
land, because the practice hasn't been
regulated yet. In England men fee the
men servants and the women fee the
maid servants, and all is understood.
But here both male and female servants
look for backsheesh from every visitor.
AS these estates are isolated. it be-
comes a necessity to do n lot of enter
tanning, as life on them would otherwise
not be bearable to their masters and
mistresses. That is why in the subur-
ban correspondence printed in newspa
pers Westehester is always gay" The
round of entertainments is interrupted
only twice-first when the lords and
ladies' of the manors are invited to New
port or Bar Harbor by persons whom
they have entertained, and again when
the lords and ladies of the manors come
down town or go south to Aiken for a
month or two in winter and take apart
n,en;s. All the time they are at home
they live in formal pomp and ceremony.
there is none of the old-fashioned do
as-you-please and dress-to-suit-your-
self. Domestic life is as conventional as
in city house, for servants are even
more numerous and ubiquitous.
Your luggage is taken to your room
ahead of you and there unpacked. If
you value the esteem of the servants
you will have it contain nothing that
hints of cheapness. In the morning
breakfast is served in your room (there
is q breakfastroom where you may go
If you are a MANI; lunch is from one to
1880; afternoon tea, an important event,
comes between five and six, and dinner
is served at eight with great solemnity.
George Vanderbilt's habit Of having a
light tea at six and the heaviest meal of
the day at $3.50 is gaining vogue. be-
cause. as he argues, dinner spoils an
evening if it comes at seven o'clock.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

their glittering, iridescent wings out
spread in very bird-like fashion. The
tuna sometimes leaps from the water
ten or fifteen feet to catch these cTCa-
lures, which dart up and away the in
slant they see their deadly enemy. In
deed, the Pacific tuna will take no bait
but the flying fish, and is most easily
caught at twilight or on moonlight
evenings, which seem to be favoritc
hours for sallying forth in search of
toothsome refreshment.
One June night last summer c. p.
Morehouse, of Pasadena, booked 1877
pound tuna that fought gallantly for
nearly four hours before il surrendered.
At the very first rush the fish took 500
feet of the light, 21-thread line, and the
skill, with three men in it, went skim
ming along after the living engine that
towed it with irresistible power for
full mile down the coast. The gamy
fellow then kept towing the boat back
and forth with such velocity that n
passing power launch presently came
to the rescue, and it staid by the in
trepid sportsmen for 1h hours, so great
was their danger of capsizing. Fisher
men declare that the tunas have more
vim and go in them than q tarpon of
double their weight; and they have run
away with more lines and broken more
rods than any other fish on the Pacific
coast-save only the big Jewish.
AS has already been hinted, some re-
markable fish stories are told at Cata-
lima One August morning in the sum-
mer OF 1898 school of porpoise chased
a drove of yellow-tails into a cove at
Whites landing. Ahead of the yellow
tails was swarm of sardines, which,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

tablishment. But the lesser places are
not run with such science and economy;
they are kept up for convenience and
for amusement at cost that one who
has seen some of the accounts declares
to be not less than S240 for every "a
hours. That is the net expense of the
place, not counting the bills of tailors,
nilliners, clubs and money spent in
travelling or for opera and other Incl
dentals.
Even to visit these houses is more ex-
pensive than some who get invitations
can afford. For instance, one must be
prepared to leave at least ten dollars
among the servants after an over-Sun-
day visit. "That would put one up at
the SWEETEST hotel in town-and you'd
have better time for your money" said
woman the other day. She may not
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30
ON The WGNE.
Bull Fighting No Longer Popular
Among the Spaniards.

Bull Fighting No Longer Popular
Among the Spaniards.
Bull fighting is on the wane in
Spain, and its popularity is rapidly de-
clining. This, says the New York
Tribune, is shown by the fact that the
Madrid chamber OF commerce has just
presented a petition based ON the
unanimous vote Of its members to the
governor OF Madrid requesting him to
put a stop to weekday corridos, save on
exceptional occasions. 1t is urged
therein that bull fights on working days
injure trade and industry. are detri-
mental to the dispatch of business in
the government Offices and. favor idle
ness with all Its accompanying evils.
The governor has promised to accede
TO the petition, and his decision is ap-
proved by a large and influential por-
tion of the public, while the remainder
of the people view the matter with in
difference. Yet 20 years ago the bare
idea of any restriction of the number
Of bull fights by the authorities would
have raised a storm of indignation,
possibly developing into revolution.
The altered condition of public scnti-
ment with regard to this national
sport is mainly attributable TO the en-
ceilent influence of the queen regent,
who has always set her face against
bull fghtng, resolutely declining to
countenarce the corridos by her pres
ence.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

or William and Mary, never conducted
her famous country estates with half
the lavishness that characterizes these
modern manors of the New York rich
Servants are more expensive, soil is
more expensive (some of it being with
in city limitst, and the application of
scientific methods OF agriculture has
made "gentlemen's farms" enormously
high priced. The income of a million
will scarcely maintain the most modest
Of them.
The case of Theodore Havereyer, the
sugar baron, who died the other day,
leaving a mansion in New York, villa
at Newport and a 3,Oo0-acre farm at
Mahwah, N. j., is typical. Seward Webb
has castle now going up in the Ad
irondacks, and not long ago bought up
a whole county in Vermont. Z. D. Nor
gan finds it necessary to his pleasure to
support a mansion in town, a villa at
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30
SUBMARINE RIVERS.
That Strangely Break Through the
Oceans Bottom.

Oceans Bottom.
A break in the cable laid between the
Senegal coast of Africa and Pernam-
Duco, in Brazil, five years ago, has led
to an extraordinary discovery, related
recently by Mr.. Benest to the lnstitu-
ton of Electrical Engineers. The cable
was as fine a one as modern methods
could devise, yet after three months it
broke about $50 miles from the African
coast; it was repaired and broke again.
1t was then found that at the place
where the break occurred there was a
great deal of vegetable growth resem-
bling river weed; that the color of the
sea was dirty brownish green, indicat-
ing the presence of fresh water, and
birds feathers, pieces of orange peel,
scraps of carpet and bits of driftwood
were taken from the bottom of the ocean.
The phenomenon was purely local, as
the nearest river was rs miles away.
and discharged its waters in different
direction. 1t was surmised that it
meant the sudden breaking through of
q submarine river, and the cable was
moved to a distance; after two years
it broke again, and was moved once
more, and engineers are waiting to see
what will happen. Submarine rivers
are known TO exist in other parts of
the ocean, off the mouth of the Congo
and in the Gulf of Carpentaria, for in
stance. This explanation, however, does
not account for the carpet and orange
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

Newport and superb estate at Hemp
stead. w. c. Whitney recently acquired
Il house in Fifty-fcurth street near
Fifth avenue, New York, and for him
self and son, in addition 10 his place on
Long Island, he has followed the new
fashion by investing in domain in the
Berkshires which will rival George
Vanderbilt's celebrated Biltmore estate
in North Carolina. Frederick Wander
bilt has Hyde Park on the Hudson, one
of the finest houses in Newport and a
beautiful home at Fortieth street and
Fifth avenue. H. Mex. TNwombley re-
Gently purchased the Lorillard house
at Newport and laid out $1,J00,000 on a
2,000-acre farm at Madison, \. j. These
movements We're all in emulation of
the action Of John Jacob Astor and Levi
P. Morton in putting millions of dollars
into estates at Rhinebeck-on-the-Hu
son, and they, in turn, took the infec-
lion from England and France.
Representative of the tendency to
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

go the English one better in their own
practice is the Havemeyer undertaking
at Mahwah. AS Mr.. Havemeyer's SON
in-law, Mr.. Mayer, has taste for the
same thing, this great farm is likely to
be kept up as in the sugar baron's life
time. Thirty horses for private use are
in the stables; there is 9o0-acre deer
park, containing 60 deer, on the prem
ises; pleasantly stocked with 1000
birds, and 400 Jersey cows housed in
stables lighted by electricity. This
farm is one of the farming wonders of
the world Every fine Sunday it is Wis
tied by scores of farmers, some coming
from other countries, to see the apothe-
osis of agriculture. Mr.. Havemeyer
used to take his recreation in studying
the details of farm management, and il
was an edifying spectacle to see this
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

in the wild pursuit, were driven quite
up on the beach. where they were
scooped up by the basketful. The fish
ermen at once cast their net for the
yellow-tails. and, like the disciples OF
old. were not able to draw it in for the
multitude of fishes. Old fishermen who
had lived on the island for years united
in saying that this was the largest draft
of fishes ever seen on Catalina shores.
There is still another story which.
while it is vouched for by reliable wit
nesses. almost staggcrs belief.
Aschool of yellowtail chased swarm
of smaller fry into shallow waters near
the beach. and u four-year-cld boy took
his stand among the fishermen to cast
his line for sardines. An older brother
took the precaution to tie the end OF
the line round the little fellows waist
to prevent his losingit. \ scream from
the child attracted the attention of the
excited fishermen, and they beheld him
being towed out to sea: u gamy 40
pound yellow-tail. in his chase after a
sardine. had caught on the hook. and in
his frantic efforts to get away was
dragging the line, boy and all. out to
sea.
The boy was rescued. however
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30
To Preserve EIephants.

An adequate effort is at last to be
made to prevent the extinction of the
elephant The government of India has
adopted regulation preventing the
killing of these animals in reserve
which extends from Sheikh pass to the
Afghanistan frontier. The area is ap-
proximately 200 miles by so. The herds
of elephants which remain In this re-
serve are at present confined TO a much
smaller area of about 40 miles square
in the Gadabural mountains.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30
OVER COUNTRY ESTATES.
Houses of the Wealthy Classes of
This Country.
Some of Them Are VAST Modern Man.
ors-Few of These Estates Pay
Theodore Havemeycr's school
for Farmers.
.ICopyright, 1877

America is rapidly producing leis-
ure class like that of England. 1t used
to be said that we had no leisure class
"except tramps"-but that condition
has passed, as one may know from the
increasing number of vast country es-
tates, where our rich families live in
something like feudal grandeur and
maintain little armies of retainers.
Westchester county, Long Island. and
parts of New Jersey contain most of the
great country estates of New Workers
English country life as it was in the
Georgian era is reproduced at these
places, but on a more splendid scale
Virginia, in the days of Elizabeth, Anne
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30
A HOTEL IN TWO TOWNS.
If One Town Goo. Dry the Bar Can

If One Town Goes Dry the Bar Can
BE Moved Into the Other Town.
In selecting the site for the Grand
hotel in the. Catskills, on the top of
Pine Hill mountain, the owners evil
IDENTIFY had in mind the vagaries of the
excise vote. 1t is not generally known
that the Grand hotel stands on the boups
Diary line of Ulster and Delaware coun-
ties, the boundary line passing almost
through the middle of the hotel build
ing. The hotel therefore is in the town
ship of Shandaken, Ulster county, and
In the township of Middletown, Della
ware county. Should Shandaken go
dry, the hotel bar could foe moved to
NIiddletown. and vice versa. Advantage
has been taken of this fact by the ho-
tel owners to keep down the assess
ment, says the New York Sun.
The assessors of Shandaken placed q
valuation on the property of $4,000,
but agreed to assess it for only $4,000
if the hotel would remain in that town
ship. This year they have raised the
hotel assessment to $4,000, and the
owners have notified them that they in
tend to remove the hotel to Delaware
county. where the assessment will be
made much lower by the town of Mid
dletown. The assessors of Shandal<en
township are going to try to have a bill
passed by the next legislature Great
ing this hotel property into special
district. and giving to the stockholders
the privilege of voting as to where they
shall be assessed or whether they shall
l,a oScecca1 NJ oil
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30
4 Youthful Iiar.

"What are you two boys doing in the
pantry?" asked Mrs. Chaffie, sharply.
Bob is trying TO steal some JAM"
replied Johnnie, in an indignant tone
of voice.
"And what are you doing there, too p"
"Me@ Weller, was tryin' to coax
Bobbie not to do it. I'm having lot of
trouble with Hmm. Y. World.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30
Couldn't Lose Her.

"My friend" solemnly remarked the
man in black. "you don't know how hard
it is to lose your WIFE,"
'Hard?" he echoed. "My dear sir. it
is simply impossible. Chicago Times
Herald.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

DR.. Meguin, in lecture delivered be-
fore the Paris Academic de Medicine,
stated his opinion that dogs, from their
close association with human beings,
are subject to many of their nervous
ailments. The brain of dog is much
more highly developed than that Of any
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

A man who has no one to tell his
troubles to feels about as dismal as
woman who has no one to tell other
peoples troubles ton. Y. Press.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30
As Good as His Word.

Scribbler-WheD is that review of
my novel coming out, Scather?
Scather (professional critic)-Well,
to tell the truth, have not read it vet.
Scribbler-Yet, when I brought the
book to you, you assured me that you
would lose no time in reading it.
Scather-So did. Wen, I have lost
no time in reading it yet.-Tit-Bita-
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30

A woman thinks a man who looks
around the room is planning a burglary.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-06-30
Nervous Aii..:crts of pors.

he boy was rescued. however.
f. A. 3.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
HOStilitieS; Renewed.

The new board of audit and con troll
met this afternoon at the state house,
the session .convening at 2 o'clock. W..
r. Andrews, of the newly appointed
board, is not present, but Col. Ridpath
is here from Spokane, H. J. Snively
from North Yakima and Judge Stall
cup from Tacoma. If we may Judge
from appearances, the earned neutral
ity" that has existed in the Official
camp since the decapitation of the old
hoard about to break forth in a renew
al of hostilities. State Printer Hicks
has filed with the board set of charges
against Capt. M. M. Holmes. secretary
of the old board as we'll as the new,
charging that dignitary, among other
things, with lack of responsibility and
INSTRUMENTATION. This seems to be in
addition to his late public charges of
Holmes with being an "unmitigated
liar" How much heavier this signed
charge of the renewed onslaught may
prove to be on full reading we are not
now prepared to say.-Olympian.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
Pension to Indian WarVeteranS.

Washington, June Ex-senator
Gallinger, from the committee on
pensions, today reportedlfavorably the
bill granting pensions to the survi-
vors Of the Indian wars of 1882 and
1912, including the Black Hawk,
Cherokee, Seminole and Sac and Fox
disturbances. The report goes into
the reasons for granting the pensions,
concluding as follows:
Today the annual reunion of the
Indian war veterans of the North Pa
cific coast will be held at Portland,
Or. 1t is the fiftieth anniversary of
the Cayuse war, and the forty first an
niversary of the Yakima and Rogue
River Indian wars. 1t will be crafty
ing to them to receive a message that
this bill has been favorably repor ed,
and that this long delayed ACT of JUS
tice is in process of settlement. These
men average 10 years older than vet
Grams of the late civil war, and that
statement alone is sufficient to show
that at least the bounty of the gov
eminent can be bestowed on them at
least for very short time ~