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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-01-07

Mr.. James Gordon Bennett, the
proprietor Of the New York Herald,
is an enthusiastic whip, and when in
Paris or in the south Of France II seat
in his four-in-hand is free to anybody
paying a regulation fare. The pro-
ceeds Of his coaching tours are de-
voted TO charitable purposes. A
peculiarly OF the millionaire driver is
that he not only expects tips from his
fares, but is much annoyed shonld any
one dismount without Remembering
the coachman," even to the extent Of
very small "pourboire. =" What Mr..
Bennett does with his tips is n matter
Of conjecture. Some people aver
that he treasures them aS eyer-pre-
cious evidences Of his own hard work.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-01-07
AN EXPENSIVE HONOR.
n Costs Something to Be Lord Mayor OF
London,

~ Costs something to be IOrd Mayor or
London.
The expenditures for subscriptions
and entertainment are largely in ex-
cess of the salary and the official al
lowances. 1t costs every lord mayor
anywhere from fl0,000 $50, 00O) to
e2O, 600 800, 000) to occupy the Of
flee. The outgoing lord mayor, Sir
George Faudel Phillips. has probably
spent from E25, 900 1925, 900 to $50.
600 $3.50, 0O0) i'll excess of his salary
and allowances. He has taken charge
of the Indian famine relief fund and
many Of the jubilee funds, and has
been the patron Of all the charities
during nm "annus mirablis" of sub
scription lists and systematic cadging.
He has subscribed literally TO every
fund. His gracious hospitality has
been enjoyed 10y thousands Of jubilee
guests ut the mansion house. The
last year has been an exceptional one,
but the office is always u costly ono.
Whoever accepts II expects to pay
heavily for the honor No lord mayor
ever energies from the Office without
being at least Gl0, 900 1850. O00) poor
or for the experience, but the honor
of knighthood IN invariably bestowed
upon him, and his wife enjoys the dis
tiuction of being addressed as Lady
So.and-So, No alderman who has
passed the chair ever returns To it.
Reelection to the office never occurs.
No alderman is willing topay the tolls
twice. lie might be il no could get
II peoragc for second term.
The election Of the lord mayor il
burlesque performance, with touches
of medieval mummery, like the Mo-
vember procession, with its tinsel
splcndors and grotesque pageantry.
Half dozen ex-sherins have an infor-
nal conference, and one of them
agrees to take the Office and To pay
the costs for year. The common
cricr, the recorder, the common SER
geaut, the mace. bearers, the sword
bearers and the chaplains appear for
dress parade, and small knot of liv-
erymen gives assent. The lord mayor
is elected by representatives of the
livcried guilds, and he exercises iuris-
diction over u square mile of territory
with u resident population of 10000.
The Greater London, with its 700
square miles and 1000, 900 residents
"A world within itself-has no execu-
tive head and no centralized system
of government. II is the centre of
worldwide empire, yet it is IN anoma-
lous tumble Of "disjected provinces"
without unity of action or enlightened
and progressive municipal policies.
The modern art of municipal govern
ment can oaer no more startling con-
trast than that between tho choice of
the lord mayor of London by half a
dozen rich gentlemen who have been
sheriff and tho popular election of a
municipal dictator for Greater New
York. London Letter to New York
Tribune.
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Languages In America.

There are, according to an eminent
Archaeological, says the New York Mail
and Express, no less than from 100 to
1870 absolutely distinct languages in
North and South America. As the
growth Of language is very slow, he
thinks the fact Of the existence OF so
great variety of speech on the Western
continent proves that the native red
men have inhabited them for many
thousands OF years.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-01-07
Trightsn.d for "A Moment.

He-They say that George Hartley
has been talking good deal behind
your back lately. ~
She turning pale) - I'd like to know
what he's been saying.
He-Oh, You know we'll enough.
II was all done ON his tandem.
Then she drew long sigh Of relief
Cleveland Leader.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-01-07
Well Matched.

"I'm a plain, everyday business
map," said Merritt, "and am nothing
il not practical. Miss Wisely, will
you be my wiie?"
az admire your frankness. Mr..
Merit" replied the fair object Of his
affections, "becauso | am inclined to
be rather matter Of fact myself. How
much are you worthT'-Chicago
News.
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"You here?" he questioned, raising


"You here?" he Questioned, raising
a haggard face to hers,
Eyes, Roger" she answered, very
gently. 81 am come to tell you | he.
lieve you innocent. Nothing can
save your life, | fear, but want to
give you proof OF my words. / want
to he your wife before you die"
Metal exclaimed the young man.
"Thank Heaven! Not as my wife,
darling. You shall be no felon's
widow even in mans sight. In Gods
sight / am Innocent He only knows
how that gold was placed within my
claim, but rs | soon shall he sum-
moned to His presence, il never soiled
my hands. Your words have wrung
this from me your belief in me--else
l should have gone silent TO the grave.
Now, darling, leave me, lest you un-
man me for the morrow"
Az silently as she had come, her
pleading in vain, Meta passed away.
The trial was very short, the testi-
mony conclusive and the verdict that
the next morning ut daybreak Roger
Rollins should die. In vain Meta pro-
tested her belief in his innocence, III
vain appealed formercy. They thought
grief had unsettled her reason, when,
IA the shades Of evening were gather
ing, man staggered into the camp
MORALLY wounded He had wandered
beyond the guards and in an encoun-
ter with two or three stray Indians
met his death. He was one of their
number-a surly, silent fellow but one
now needing their attention aud care.
Two OF them sat by his he'd as the
slow hours wore. ON, and one, bending
over him. said;
"You won't see daybreak, old fellow.
ii you've anything 10 say-any mes
sage Ia lcaye--say II now"
80 soon?" he answered in broken
voice, 81 am going now where j sent
poor Hubert. ="
"Wha,?" they questioned, aghast.
eyes, | murdered him; not the boy
Won la p out there in chains. Then |
did not dare use the money, and after
n time | learned to love the girl. She
spurnrd me-would not give ne even
II kindly glance, and one night | heard
her tell Rollins that she cared for him.
Mad with jealousy, | watched my OPP
portunity, and in the darkness of the
night placed the stolen treasure in his
claim, knowing well what would fol.
low. | never should have told. l
don't know what it is makes me tell
now, unless--unless- and with u
great choking in his throat the man
fell back-dead!
No need of notaries and dispositions.
Justice and right ruled in this far. ofi
camp, though clothed in so rude n
garb, and the men knew Phil Carlton 4
words were true. lie had gone be-
yond the reach of their vengeance.
They left him to the mercy of his
Maker.
But ere another day drew to it's
close the solemn words were said
which made Meta Hubert Roger Roll
Inns wife. Her fathers fortune was
hers now with which to build home
far away from these sad scenes, but,
looking into her husbands face, with
its proud, hopeful trust, she felt with
her hand in his she could go any
where. But sometimes, when her fair
est hopes have been realized, in the
evening twilight while waiting the
happy husbands and fathers return,
she tells the children gathered at her
knee the strange story of Phil Carl
tons confession. New York Ledger.
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Reckoning grasses, insect voices,
Breezes balm from slope and fe',
Towering thistle-all rejoices
While the round world says It's we'll
Wakes the music,
Hearts responding,
Let me, too, the story tell.
Come. all genial lie. together
Sing with me-a Joyous throng.
You on pinions rise. with feather,
Swift ascending, move along.
Praise forever,
Gladncss telling;
Life and Joy In grateful song.
New York Observer.
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EVERYDAY VERSES.

All the day from slope and meadow
Vocal song and silent praise
Rise from sunlit fields and shadow
As in fair midsummer days
Bud and blossom
Sky and valley,
Meadow path and city maze.
Tasseled corntops, fluttering sedges,
Far horizons, smiling fields,
Cities set In valleys, hedges
Crowded close where harvest yields
Grass and clover
Seed time over
Ample share for barn and fields.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-16

! ton to the readiness with which ones
own will was given up.
The problem of death seems to be
especially interesting to those who talk
| with me. In order to understand it,
we must first try to understand some
thing of the problem Of life-that is.
! learn of what man, as we know him,
consists. There are many parts to
every man. First the physical, which
is divided into the gross and subtle, or
( etheric; next the astral, which is the
sensational or emotional; then the
mental, which is divided into the in
tuitive and ineffective; and finally the
spiritual; all of these being apart from
the real self, which is the witness of all
| the changes which take place in these
different parts of man.
Death is simply the pulling out of the
etheric part from the gross, leaving
the gross part subject to decompOsi-
ton. After the separation, the etheric
part, to those who can clearly see 1t,
looks like the physical. 1t is what
people commonly call the ghost" OF
the dead person. 1t ordinarily hoyers
over the dead person or the grave
where he lies, and many persons who
are not able to distinguish its ind1Yld-
uality see it in the form of Dlu1sh
light, which disappears when decom-
position is complete. The astral part
is left behind in what we call purga-
tory where it gradually disintegrates,
and the ineffective mind goes to pieces
in the lower heaven. After this the
man begins to get into condition to
be born again-reincarnate as we say.
The plane of this reincarnat1on de-
ponds entirely upon himself.
Much has been excused among men
on the score of heredity. We say. He
cannot help SHINING, because his father
or grandfather or some of his ancestors
did so before him."
iS
bodies in a measure by our ancestors;
but had he who is to inhabit that Dody
been without sin in his past existence,
or had he even lived above the plane OF
that bodys ancestors, he would nave
been permitted to come back to one
free from disease, mental or physical.
Heredity is no excuse, for we come
back to this life to just the surroundlns
to which we are entitled.
It is possible for person to grow so
wise that he can decide the question OF
reincarnation for himself If he wills
to come back, he may do so: and if he
prefers to remain, outside this realm he
can. Such power, however, comes only
when the idea of separativeness is
wholly lost, when one no longer desires
anything for his personal self. Disem-
bodied egos are all around us on the
astral plane. Were our eyes open we
could see them constantly; but, seen or
unseen, they are there.
In our reincarnations we have to
work out the penalties for our sins and
mistakes in other exiStenceS. We can
go forward or backward as we choose.
Karma and fatalism are two different
things Nothing happens by chance,
and if we generate certain causes, I'M
less we can counterfeit. them we must
suffer the results. Sometimes we can
bring to bear on our life lines certain
new laws and forces which will change
things for the better.
A man is entirely under fate only
when absolutely ignorant and devoid of
will power. Freedom is gained by wis
dom alone
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animal Hundreds of them are some
times seen together under a single big
stone.
One of the most picturesque of Cali
fornia fisheries is that of the abalone.
These beautiful cingle- shelled mollusks
are found along rocky shores at low
tide, clinging to rocks above the water
line. Each shell is slightly lifted, so
that the fisherman Is able to thrust a
stick under 1t and pry it off, but If the
animal is alarmed it shuts down its
valve upon a rock, to which 1t clings
with such tenacity by means of its
huge adductor muscle that it can only
be removed by breaking it in pieces.
The meats taken from the shells are
boiled on shore in sheet iron watts. Both
shells and meats are packed in sacks
AMI forwarded TO San Francisco,
whence most of the meats are exported
to China. The shells are shipped to
France, being highly valued for their
exquisite mother of-pearl. This fishery
yields about 100000 pounds Of meats
and shells per annum.
The spiny lobster of the Pacific is
rated by epicures as inferior to the true
lobster of the Atlantic Coast, it's meat
being coarser and less tender. Never
theless the fishery for this animal in
California Is of considerable import
ance, yielding more than 100000 pounds
annually. The spiny lobster Is the most
important of the invertebrate products
of the San Diego County fisheries. 1t
is taken in pots and drop-nets, baited
with fish or meat. South of Santa Bar
bara County 1t is extremely abundant.
Several counties, with view of pre-
serving the species from determination,
have already adopted ordinances de-
claring that no spiny Holsters are to be
caught between May 10 and July 10.
and inflicting a penalty upon anybody
who takes or has in his possession at
any time a specimen less in weight than
one pound. BY the former of these pro-
visions protection is furnished during
the period when the eggs are being car
ried by the female and up to the date
when they reach maturity and are
Matched. The eggs are of brilliant
brickdust red color, and are much
smaller than the eggs of the true lob
ster. Spiny Holsters are shipped to the
San Francisco market in sacks. This
animal is more active and
seemingly more intelligent than the
water with greater speed and quite
1t escapes from the lobster
pot after eating the bait.
The time may yet arrive when the |
true lobster will be present in such |
numbers on the California coast as to
make a profitable fishery. Unfortu-
nately up to date no success whatever I
has attended repeated efforts to intro
luce 1t on this side of the continent.
The first attempt in this direction was
made in June, 1873, when 162 Holsters
captured in Massachusetts waters were
etched hither in a fruit car especially
tilted up for the purpose. The car had
/ large fresh-water tank, an ice chest,
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and means Of carrying an abundance
of salt water, Nevertheless only forty
of the animals were alive when the
train reached Omaha and shortly after
leaving that point the car and it's con-
tents were precipitated into the Elk
horn River by q smash-up.
The second trial was made in June
1874, $50 Holsters, all adult fe-
males bearing eggs, being shipped
from Boston, They were packed
with sponges, which were wetted
from time to time with salt water
Only four of them reached here
alive. and they We're put into the sea
at Oakland wharf, in San Francisco
Bay. The third attempt was made in
June, 1879. Twenty-Five females carry
ing ep~s nearly ready to hatch con-
stituted the shipment. One died en-
route; the rest were taken from the
Oakland wharf to the Bonito light
house, under the shadow of which they
We're put into the sea, in a sheltered
bay. They brought with them over a
million eggs read to hatch. The fourth
attempt was made in June, 1883. BY
this time the business was better UNI
derstood, and the Holsters, 610 in num-
Der, were packed in trays with wet
rockwell. Also 1876 loose eggs were
brought along on cloth bottomed trays
Three hundred and thirty-two of the
Holsters arrived in rood condition with
rs per cent of the eggs. The bulk of the
consignment was planted in the vicin-
ity of Monterey. The A1batross took
thirty of the Holsters aboard and plant
ed them near the Trinidad lighthouse
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are disposed of as a fertilizer for tea
plants and rice.
The experts, of the Government Fish
Commission reckon the product of the
California crab fishery at nearly 3,000,-
900 pounds annually. The so-called
blue" or "Chesapeake'' crab, which is
the edible species par excellence along
the Atlantic seaboard, is unknown on
the Pacific Coast. It's place on these
shores is taken by a species not at all
nearly related, which is termed in scien-
titic phraseology as the Cancer magiS-
ter" This is the common crab of San
Francisco Bay and Of the Pacific-the
largest of the edible species on this
coast, and the only one commonly eaten
in this city. It ranges all the way from
Sitka to Magdalena Bay in Lower Cali
fornia. San Francisco Bay fairly
swarms with these crabs They are
caught with nets, baited with fish and
offal Nothing is known about their
breeding habits, strange to say, and no
female bearing spawn has ever been
seen by a naturalist.
There is another species Of crab.
very abundant in the bays of San
Francisco and Monterey, which would
be considered valuable for food If the
species just described should ever be-
come scarce. 1t is the so-called red
crab," and frequents the rocky shall
lows. The yellow shore crab" and the
purple shore crab" are found in enor-
nous numbers all along the California
coast, but are eaten only by the Chi
nese Their bodies are nearly square,
and their claws large for the size of the
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1t is dried and, if not sold to Chlnese
in this country, is exported to emma.
where it is much priced for making
soups.
California's soft clam fishery IS OF
great Importance, no less than 2,OO0,OoO
pounds of those mollusks being taken
annually. 1t is believed that they were
brought originally with oyster SEED
from the Atlantic coast. Here they
have taken hold in a way which might
have been initiated to advantage by
the eastern oysters, and already they
have secured a wide distribution. In
deed, these waters evidently are par
ticularly we'll adapted to them, and
there is no lack of sand and mud for
their accommodation. They afford
nutritious food, and it is to be expected
that the fishery for them will steadily
grow.
They can actually be cultivated to
great advantage, as has been proved
by trials on the shores of New England,
where single acre of we'll titled mud
bank is worth $1,000. Under conditions
of culture the clans attain a more uni
form size and bring a higher price in
the market They grow so thick as
literally to stand shoulder to shoulder
feeding themselves, requiring no fer
tilizer, and yielding an annual interest
as high and certain as any real estate.
RENE BACHE.
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drawn annually from San Francisco
Bay and it's tributary bays and streams
is unparalleled, though the full re-
sources of the waters are by no means
developed or utilized to the practicable
extent. This enormous productiveness
is due largely to the uniform tempera-
ture of the water of the bay and to
other circumstances which are very ia
vorable to aquatic life.
Many branches of the fishing indus
try on this coast possess a very pic
turesque interest, inasmuch as they are
practically unknown elsewhere. One of
these is the squid fishery. Monterey
County alone furnishes 100000 pounds
of dried squid per annum. They are
caught by the Chinese and cured for
export No salt is used, the squid be-
ing dried in the sun, packed in bundles
and covered with mating, each pack
age containing 135 pounds In this
shape they are sent to San Francisco,
whence the bulk of them are forwarded
to the Hawaiian Islands and to China.
Most native Americans would have a
horror of such diet, but the Chinese
regard squid as a great delicacy, and
so likewise do many foreigners. That
the Chinese consider the octopus, q
nearly related animal, excellent for eat
ing is sufficiently well known. The oc-
topus fishery of California, conducted
likewise by the Chinese, Is Of no small
Importance. The method of prepare
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CELEBRITIES WHO TOOK TIPS

Visitors at an English country house
are allowed TO do whatever they like
during the forenoon. An eminent geol-
ogist, who was entertained at one of
these houses, asked for coffee early one
morning and started out with a suit OF
old clothes and a bag of tools to make
special study of the rock Lodges Of
the estate.
During the forenoon one of the coun-
try gentry came upon him by the road
side, and supposing him to be a work
man entered into conversation with
him. The geologist was seated on a
ledge of rock and was making vigor-
Gus use of mallet and chisel.
The stranger talked with him in a
patronizing way, and, while not receiv-
ing an Ineligible account of the work
on which he was engaged, was i'm
pressed with the supposed workman S
intelligence and good manners. In
deed, he fumbled in his pocket and
brought out a half crown, which he
tossed to the man with the mallet The
geologist seemed surprised, but picked
1t up and put it in his pocket after
thanking the gentleman.
There was dinner party at the coun-
try house in the evening and the same
gentleman was introduced to the emil
nent geologist, who at once began to
laugh.
II have the half crown" he said at
once, land 1 shall not give it up. 1t is
| the first tip l ever received, and shall
| show it to my friends as trophy of
superior intelligence"
Lord James once had similar expe-
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ton for export is similar to that adopt
ed in the case of the squid.
The shrimp fishery of California is
equally unique in its way, immense
quantities of these little and toothsome
crustaceans being obtained from San
Francisco Bay and adjacent waters.
The numbers of the animals taken may
be judged by the fact that more than
five million pounds of them are pre-
pared for market in this State annually.
The industry is in the hands of the Chi
nese. The bulk of them are dried and
shipped to China. They are taken
ashore as soon as caught, and are
boiled in big iron watts. After ten min
utes in boiling water they are taken
out and spread on the ground, where
they are permitted to dry in the sun
for five or six days. Some of the
shrimp yards used for this purpose
cover many acres. During the drying
process the shrimps are turned at in
tervals with queer looking broons
shaped somewhat like hoes. When per-
fectly dry they are crushed by being
trodden upon by Cinnamon in wooden
shoes. This Ioosens the meats" from
the shells, which are removed by shak-
ing them in baskets or by passing the
shrimps through rude tanning mills.
Both meats and shells are packed In
sacks for export to China, where the
meats are sold for food and the shells