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touched the bottom of the boat it
doubled. leaped or sprang into the air
and fell on the gunwale. The next
second l was treading water, and the
boat, which had sunk by the stern,
shot up, bow first, shedding oars. gaffs
rods and the many things that make up
the sea anglers kit. I recall good
American pie and meerschaum pipe
sailing off from the wreck. We were
nearly a mile offshore. and my COM
panion called out, that he could not
swim
THE boat was turned bottom up;
the unfortunate angler hauled himself
on her land, finding that he could pre-
serve his balance. we struck lout for
the launch, lying 600 or 500 feet off
l had on corduroy suit and leggins
and heavy shoes and the outlook was
not enticing, but we made fair head
way. / shortly distanced the boatman
and saw to my delight that the launch
had started up and was coming for U.S.
When within 100 or 200 feet of me a
woman in her bow, the wife of our
boatman, began screaming that her
husband was drowning. / looked back
and saw that he had indeed disap-
peared. Three times this occurred I
thought of sharks, but he cried out he
was all right and still had my tuna.
This proved to be the case. He had
never released the fish. 1t was still
impaled on the gaff, and it was this
splendid fish that plunged down, took
him out of sight-literally dragged him
under water. He refused aid and we
again took up the swim, he swimming
with his right arm, dragging the tuna
with his left. When we shortly reached
the launch two men took hold of me-
but 1 was so heavy that they could not
haul me aboard. A rope was then
passed around my waist, and 1 was
lashed to the shrouds and hauled up TO
allow the water to run off,
Tn the meantime Gardner threw his
legs around the propeller, and we rest
ed after the SWIM after which all hands
laid hold and / was rolled in, to be in
at the death of the to be famous tuna
] leaned down over the stern, the crew
holding me by the legs, while Gardner
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YELOw- FIN yUhA 10 POUHOS( W41l

ing strain, and the skill and patience
of a man, and the man won. He says:
The boatman kept the oars in the
water and tried every reasonable trick
to tire 1t; but the tuna kept on towing
us, always stern first. l stopped it
several times; it charged us again and
again and took us half a mile off shore
then turned and dragged us stern first
Into a heavy sea, which threatened to
sink us; but by good fortune, which
surely was on board, I turned the fish,
which now headed to the south for the
belt of smooth water. The continual
strain on the left arm had brought me
to the verge of acknowledging that
something would have to be done, but
i finally stopped the fish directly op-
posite Avalon within a stones throw
of the spot where had hooked 1t four
hours earlier its last run being about
four miles" Then he goes on to say:
but 1t was a small fish, SS pounds
lighter, that really gave me the most
sensational contest. / was fishing off
Long point with light yellowtail rod
to see if l could land a tuna on it, when
had a strike, a fine fish, which FAs
brought to gaff after a surface play of.
40 minutes. 1 had the same boatman,
but lower and lighter boat. With me
was Mr.. Dinnison, an ardent angler.
We had, as often happens. two strikes.
and by good fortune I saved my fish.
! turned him at the quarter. the boat
man gated it, slid it fairly in and
then-then the unexpected happened,
which will illustrate the possible dan
ger of big fish angling. l was stand
ing up TO watch the fish, and as IL
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were visited, and Ii would be difficult
TO find anywhere a more appealing
story than that of Chinetti, whose
ranch includes about 10 miles of the
most God forsaken country have ever
seen-and I have ridden over the Mo-
jave desert when the thermometer in
dicated $50 degrees in the shade" who
lives alone except for the voices of the
sea that talk to him; whose pastime is
to run races on the beach with his dog
and his colt: whose friends are the lit
tie foxes that come to visit him. whose
library consists of two large volumes,
the history of one Willie Westinghouse
Smith and the life and adventures of
colored gentleman who was continually
applying for a position. with the re-
mark, seen yo' ad in the paper:
whose cabin decorations consisted of
flag made of pieces of women's dresses,
and an olive bottle filled with pure
spring water hung upon his wall, be-
cause he's so beautiful; and who is
never lonely. Surely here is man
Sufficient unto his own occasions"
The motif of the book, however, is
the big game fish of these waters. their
habits, how TO cultivate their intimate
acquaintance and what has been done
for their protection and the elevation
and promotion of real sport by the Tuna
club of Avalon, which was founded by
the writer in 1898 and which now has
branches and membership covering
practically the entire world. A most
interesting chapter is devoted to the
aims OF the club and the progress made
toward their attainment, the work each
year. the history to date. trophies and
prizes, rules, membership and individ-
ual catches, with a sketch of allied
clubs with similar objects. Instead of
the slaughter of these game fish by
hand lines, the club contended for and
has established the use of light rods and
reels and. threadlike lines. To quote
from this chapter what is of intense
interest would be TO quote all of 1t.
The real thrill, though, comes with the
sfnrias of Individual catches.
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The Great. Game Tuna

The gamest of the very large fish is
the tuna. There are three-the leaping
tuna, about $50 pounds; the long finned.
about so pounds, and the yellow flnned,
about - pounds. The bait generally
used for them is a flying fish, which
measures something like Is inches and
weighs one and half pounds or there
abouts. These flying fish are described
a s looking as they rise from the water,
like a gigantic dragon fly standing on
its tail which it is wriggling vigorous
ly; few seconds later 1t is clear of
the water, and with four big wings set
soars away" They travel in schools
or ought We to say fiocks Numbering
up too hundred or more. and the tuna
viii leap at times eight or ten feet out
of the water to catch them. They can
fly perhaps an eighth of mile
Mr.. Holder describes in detail his
Ia adine Of one of these tuna, weighing
1S5 pounds, after a four hours fight,
this being the first instance of a very
large tuna taken with rod and reel, the
rod being Z Il feet, weighing 21 ounces
and 500 feet of 81 thread line The fish
measured 6 feet 4 inches, and it's fight
ing strength, which was equal to tow
ing the big launch. was pitted against
light line with but AZ pounds break
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Bass as Big as Bears

The largest of the big fish taken in
the locality is the black sea bass, and
the record of individual catches ap-
pended to that chapter shows them to
run in weight from 327 to 436 pounds,
though specimens weighing 500
pounds. have been taken farther south.
THE black sea bass begins to bite in
May or June, but is caught in largest
numbers in July and August, when 1t
is spawning. That its eggs are de-
posted here there seems little doubt,
yet the angler is rare who has seen a
black sea bass under one or two
pounds weight. Nearly all the fishes
taken run from $50 pounds to 300
the record rod catch being 436 pounds.
This was at San Clemente. Re-
Gently we saw big bass beneath our
boat 1t was fascinating sight to
see this colossal fish moving slowly
about not Is feet below, browsing, as
1t were, along the sides of this noun
tain of the sea. l have seen these
fishes in the act of biting, standing
on their heads literally. toying with
the bait, taking it up to drop it, and
when they felt the hook dashing
away with force which tossed the
heavy leaves of kelp about like ehaff."
Doesn't this suggest a wonder of
transparent water?
A tale of woe that will rend your
heart is the chapter ashore at the
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wnt was lashed to the yacht, reached
up the big fish as well as he could.
Anxious not to take any chances of
losing the game thrust my arm down
into the tuna's throat, grasped 1T by the
gills and gave the word. The crew
hauled on my legs. 1 hauled the tuna
and dropped 1t, still alive and vigorous.
into the cockpit; then, Gardner having
been hauled aboard, we made the well
kin ring with cheers. In answer came
a faint shout from my plucky COM
panion, who, lying fat, did not dare to
raise his head, but still wished to be
party to our triumph. The launch was
now headed for him. He was hauled
aboard; then the boat was picked up,
and Captain Harry Dow, who had
rowed out, gathered up the fotsam,
which covered the sea.
Now comes another extraordinary
Incident. AS we sat watching the big
Ash Gardner put his hand down to his
trousers and cut out a hook that in
some way had caught. 1t was con-
nected with line which was found
to run overheard, and upon hauling
In 500 or 800 feet of 1t, my valuable
rod and reel came in from the bottom
Of the bay Gardner had not only
towed the fish, but this as well.
The tuna had thrown out the hook
which stuck in the boatman's trous-
ers. 1 believe 1T is not going
too far to say that nine men out or
ten would have cast off a tuna under
the circumstances" Bearing in mind
the rule of the Tuna club that tackle
must be shown when the catch is
weighed and that this was first eff
fort made with such light tackle, 1T
might appear a special providence fa-
vors the Tuna club
This fish story is quoted at length
as being rather the most spirited con-
test recorded, but 1T is only one Of
many.
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aired and free from a%voidable dust.
Fresh air and sunlight should be con-
stantly admitted, and litter or food
should not be handled during the
milking hour.
Be p%unctual. The COW knows as
we'll as you when the hour has arrived
for milking, and delay will not only
cause a diminution of her yield, but
also a decrease of fat percentage.
Milk at as nearly ever intervals OF
time as possible. A good deal of at
tention has been given to this ques-
ton, and it has been found that milk
poor in tat is very largely the result
of allowing too long an interval to
elapse between m~ilkin5s. But what
ever hours are chosen see that they
are very strictly adhered to.
Observance of these rules should
lead to the largest amount of milk,
with the greatest proportion of but
ter fat, at a minimum of trouble to
the milker.-W. R. Gilbert, in Farm
Journal.
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A Useful Pen.

Little chicks come as many COCK
erels as pullets. Few ROSTERS are Mt
to save, and all the rest are good only
to eat, so take them from hens, put
them in pens, and turn them into
dough by turning dough into them.
An old packing box makes a fine pen.
Get one without a lid about three or
four feet square for six or eight roos-
tiers. Knock off n side, and here
an inch and a half apart nail laths
from one end of the box to the 9TH
er. This is the floor Of the coop.
Droppings fall through to the ground
after four legs are nailed to the box
one at each corner. Now nail laths
three inches apart across the front,
only leaving enough space for a small
door, so as to reach the hand and
arm in and pull them out. A good
trough or pan should be fastened
outside the coop near enough for the
ROSTERS to poke their heads through
and eat. If the pan is put inside
ROSTERS step on it and turn it over,
or get their feet into it n make a
mess, and then they don't like 10 eat
the befouled food. Put in a perch
New York Press.
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Millions Natural History.

The pigeons that found nesting
places in st. Paul's Cathedral were
probably the only species of bird with
which Milton was familiar in his early
years-unless we make an exception
of the ubiquitous sparrow. He went
in his seventeenth year to Cambridge,
where he made acquaintance with the
sedgy flats Of the Cam and took as
much interest in birds and flowers,
beasts and trees as his greater inter-
est at that age in literature and philo-
sophy would permit.
But for him the most accurately
%observant period Of life for nature
study was over-the period Of from
eight to sixteen years of age-and he
therefore fell into mistakes in his use
of imagery and description Of natural
objects. He strews, for example, the
laureate hearse of Lycidas with flow
ers that are not all in bloom at the
same season; he gives the lark's nest
a matched roof and he calls the hon
eysuckle eglantine.-From the Scots
man.
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GansekIein or SchwarZ Sauer.

This is an economical dish beloved
of the Germans. It is made with the
feet, wings, gizzards, hearts, necks
and blood of several geese. Scald
the feet in boiling water and remove
the skin. 1t will peel off like a glove
finger. Cut wings into two and necks
into three pieces. Wash all In cold
water, then place ove the fire with
Just enough water to cover. For
every quart of water used, allow two
onions with three cloves stuck in
each, half a tablespoonful of salt,
one bay leaf, twelve peppers, and a
sprig of thyme, tied with three sprigs
parsley. Cook until tender. Now
make a white sauce by cooking to-
gether in a small stewpan n tea
spoonful butter and two of -four,
cooking a few moments, then add a
quart OF water in which the pieces OF
goose were cooked. Cook five mill
utes. then add blood and just enough
vinegar to give a sour taste. Add a
tablespoonful sugar and a quarter
teaspoonful pepper, cook two min
utes and strain. Skim out the goose
pieces, add to sauce and serve with
bread, farina or potato dump~ings.-
New York Telegram.
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Hints For Mixers.

Remember that you are dealing
with a living machine, and that there
fore kind and quiet treatment will
produce more milk with less trouble
than harsh methods.
The machine can only work at its
best when properly handled. Every
drop of milk should be drawn, for
only by this means will the udder be
induced to work at full pressure, and
give a supply of the richest milk. 1t
should also be borne in mind that the
last milk is the richest.
Observe cleanliness in all things.
Make sure that the milking utensils
are above ~reproach. Cleanse the
cows udder and your OWL hands be-
fore commencing to milk.
Draw the milk by pressure, not by
the stripping method. Garry out the
operation, as quickly as possible, re-
membering that generally a good
mixer is a fast n and that the cow
is liable to become impatient after a
time.
Pay attention to the cows health
If her teats are sore, if there is any
discoloration or unusual feature
about the milk, do not mix it with the
rest.
Take care that the buildings ii
which milking is carried on are vel
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TRANSMITTING the Red Cedar.

The red cedar of our woods and
meadows forms a much prettler tree
under cultivation than it does in its
wild state. Sharing the fate of all
trees under like conditions, it is much
more esteemed in Europe than it is
here, nurserymen there growing it
as one of the chief kinds in their
grounds. So much attention has
been accorded it that numerous varie-
ties of it have been discovered and
propagated, ONE Of such upright
character as to resemble an Irish jul
niper, others with steel blue foliage.
AS many as a half dozen distinct va
rieties are known, and, funnier than
all is the fact that our rich folks are
buying these sorts to decorate their
grounds. To many persons the at
tempt to transplant these trees from
their wild homes to their gardens
meets with i'll success. OF course,
wild plants have but few roots, be-
cause of never having been trans
planted, which calls for great care in
their removal. No evergreen, trans
planted or not, will suffer its roots to
become dry without injury. 1t should
be the first consideration when lift
ing them from the ground to see that
the roots are kept damp until they
are again in the ground. Trees of
about two or three feet are the safest
to transplant. Get all the roots posi-
bic, keep them damp, and plant again
as soon as possible. LIE the soil that
is thrown in v the roots be as fine
and dry as possible, so that it will
work its way around the roots nicely,
then when the hole is half filled up,
pour in water, two or three bucket
fuls, filing in the remainder Of the
soil lightly after the water has all
soaked away. It is a help towards
success to prune the branches well,
but no evergreen should have its
branches cut back below its green
foliage, for they will not break fresh
shoots from bare wood as d%eciduous
trees and shrubs will. In the colder
States transplanting of all evergreens
is best done in spring, but our South
ern friends could do the work at any
time when there is 10 freezing of the
soil; and they could not find prettier
wild evergreens than the red cedar.
Weekly Witness.
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The Farm Milk House.

In a recent article in Hoard's Dairy
man Professor Harrington, the we'll
known writer on dairy topics, gives the
following good suggestions on farm
milk houses. He says that the laws
of the State of Wisconsin at the pres
ent time do not permit the keeping
of a hand separator in the GOV stable.
1t must be placed in a separate build
Ing or in a room partitioned off from
the COW stable.
Plans for building small milk
houses have been given in dairy pa
pers and the catalogues of dairy sup
ply firms.
At farms where a hand separator
is used and the cream sold, a small
milk house will answer every pur-
pose. One large enough to give
space for the separator and a water
tank, through which the water is
pumped directly from the we'll and
then to the stock tank, is all that is
needed.
The question has arisen as to the
advisability of placing a gasolene en-
CINE, when this is used as a farm
power, in this milk house. There is
little danger of communicating the
cream from the odor of the engine,
if this is we'll taken care of and the
exhaust from the engine is tightly
connected to a pipe which leads out.
side the building.
The cooling of the cream as it
ONE from the separator is absolute
~ necessary. 1t should be brought
to near fifty degrees as soon as posi-
BILE after separating, then placed in
cans and these allowed to stand in
a tank of cold water until the cream
is collected by cream haulers.
If the milk house contains in addi-
ton to these pieces of apparatus,
some sort of a boiler, for furnishing
hot water and a wash sink, these can
be included in the same building, but
it is advisable to place the boiler in a
separate room.
1t is important that the milk house
be built with a cement floor and
cemented corners from the floor up
the walls for at least one foot. This
gives a sanitary surface which can
be flushed with water and kept clean,
provided the floor pitches we'll to the
gutter and a good drain with a trap
in carries off all surplus water
spilled on the floor.
After the essential points of a good
milk house are we'll understood, each
farmer or dairyman can determine
for himself how large a building be
wants and locate it in a dry, clean
place where it will not be contamin.
ated by the drainage or the odors
from the COW stable, pig pens or any
refuse material.
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Needless Harness.

Horses are placing mankind daily
under everlasting obligations to them,
a y Secretary Pershing, of the South
Bend (Ind.) Humane Society, but
how cruelty and thoughtlessly are
they repaid by those who are most
Indebted to them. A horse is a noble
animal; patient, k~ind-hearted, self
sacrificing, willing to work till he
dies in his tracks, accomplishing, a
lover of kind treatment, and who is
willing to work a whole lifetime with
no other compensation than his bed
and board.
Of the many things which make
the daily life of a horse miserable,
two are binders and the tight check
rein, the worst parts of a horses har-
ness. Very many people believe that
they are part and parcel Of a horse
and that he would not be a horse
without them.
The majority of horses could read
lily dispense with binders, and all
could if they had never been invented.
Binders were first used by a noble
man in England to hide a defect on
his horses head, and later were found
excellent locations for the displaying
of his coat-of-arms.
A horses head was never intended
for binders, for his eyes are so set
in his head that he can see behind
him without turning his head and, of
course, the binders deprive him Of
seeing the very things he should see
for his own safety as we'll as his
drivers. A horses eye is a beautiful
object, and it is a shame to cover it.
Whenever I see a man driving a
horse without binders l always feel
like stopping him and shaking hands
with him. A horses head is the best
part of him and should have on it as
little harness as possible.
Another instrument of torture to
a horse is the tight check-rein. 1t is
responsible for poll evil, assesses,
, sprung knees, paralysis and disorders
of the brain and muscles. 1t spoils
his appearance aud detracts from his
free and graceful movements .-Horse
World.
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Curious Street Names.

The list of curious street names is
inexhaustible. Bermondsey possesses
a Pickle Herring street. Near Gray's
Inn there is to be found a Cold Bath
Square. Most of the Nightingale
lanes and Love lanes are hidden iron
ically enough, in the slums Of the
East End.
But for really bizarre street names
one should 60 to Brussels. The Short
street of the Long Chariot, the Street
of the Red Haired Woman and the
Street of Sorrows are remarkable
enough to catch the least o%bservant
eye. The Street Of the One Person
is, as one might guess, considerably
narrower than Whitehall. But the
cream Of Brussels street names surely
belongs to the Street of the Un-
cracked Silver Cocoanut. This in the
original appears as on ponderous
t~hirty-six letter word.
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MISCHIEF MAKER
A Surprise in Brooklyn.

An adults food that can save a
baby proves itself to be nourishine
and easily digested and good for big
and little folks. A Brooklyn NAL
says:
When baby was about eleven
months old he began to grow thin
and pale. This was, at first, attrib-
uted to the heat and the fact that
his teeth were coming, but, in reality,
the poor little thing was starving, his
mothers milk not being sufficient
nourishment.
Zone day after he had cried bitter
ly for an hour, I suggested that my
wife try him on Grape-Nuts. She
soaked two teaspoonfuls in a saucer
with a little sugar and warm milk.
This baby ate so ravenously that she
fixed a second which he likewise fin
ished.
1T was not many days before he
forgot all about being nursed, and
has since lived almost exclusively on
Grape-Nuts. To-day the boy is strong
and robust, and as cute a mischief
maker as a thirteen months old baby
Is expected to be.
I'VE have put before him other
foods, but he will have none of them,
evidently preferring to stick to that
which did him so much good-his
old friend Grape-Nuts.
"Use this letter any way you wish,
for my wife and I can never praise
Grape-Nuts enough after the bright
ness it has brought 10 our house
hold"
Grape-Nuts is not made for a baby
food, but experience with thousands
of babies shows it to be among the
best, if not entirely the best in use.
Being a scientific preparation Of Ma
lures grains, 1t Is equally effective
as a body and brain builder for
grown-ups.
Read the little book, "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs. There's a
Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and fuH Of human
interest,"