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THE SANDERSVILLE HERALD.
Ltd By Ttat Qoddtst tf Liberty; Quided By The Star of Bethlehem.
CAUGHT MONSTER FISH.
LADY ANGLER LANDED BIG JEW'
FISH OFF SANTA CATALINA
ISLAND, CALIFORNIA.
Finny Monsters of Three Hundred
Pounds and Upwards are Now
Caught With Rod and Reel-Jew*
fish a Gamey Fellow.
Women who enjoy angling, and, In
fact, everybody who likes to hunt and
fish, will be interested in the exploit
with rod and reel of Mrs. A. W. Bar
rett of Los Angeles, Cal. The fish in
the case was a black sea basB, or Jew-
fish, of the Pacific Ocean, weight 368
pounds, caught off Santa Catalina Isl
and, Cal., laBt month by Mrs. Barrett
after G3 minutes of BtrenuouB battle.
Tho black sea bass of the Pacific-
one of tho gamiest of its kind—is in
season on the Southern California
coast from about April to November,
and affords favorite sport to anglers of
both sexes. Owing to its great size, It
cannot, of course, be pulled with rod
and line into the boat, so, after one is
booked, the plan Is to play it and tire
it out and then, as it comes exhausted
to the surface of the water alongside
the boat, the boatman thrusts his gaff
into it and tows the conquered levia
than ashore.
lip to twelve years ago no one
dreamed of landing these monsters of
the deep, except with heavy hand lines;
but since General C. D. Vlele, U. S. A.,
one summer day in 1894 managed to se
cure one with rod and reel, no true
angler thinks of fishing for them in any
other way than with a rod.
A well-known fisherman, in describ
ing his experience with this fish in the
Nature Library states that he has seen
a 200 pound black sea bass or jewflsh
snap the largest shark line like a
thread, and large specimens straighten
out an iron shark-hook, while at the
same time skilled wlelders of the rod
catch these giants of the tribe with a
line no larger than an eye-glass cord.
His first experience with the Cali
fornia jewflsh was a most remarkable
one.
“When we got out to the fishing
ground,” he stated, “the anchor was
tossed over, the rope ran merrily out,
and the hook baited with a 0-pound
whitetish, went hissing down to the big
submerged rock.
" ‘Sometimes he bite, sometimes he
don’t,’ remarked Joe; ‘but whether he
do or not, we have the flshin’ all the
same.’ And be looked at me inquir
ingly, to see if I was of that variety
“I was an old shark flshermun, hav
ing caught many of these monsters in
the Mexican Gulf, and had taken a
Florida Jewflsh and n tarpon; and I
saw that work of a similar kind was
before me now. The line jerked
heavily in my hand, then began to
run steadily. When about 6 feet had
gone over the gunwnle i stopped, gave
a glance at the coll to see that all was
clear, and when the Hue came taut
Jerked the hook into my first jewflsh.
“I have every reason to believe that
the latter was ustonisbed, as for a
single second there was no response;
then came a jerk that almost lifted me
from the boat, and the line went hiss
ing over the rull like a living thing,
playing a merry hornjlpe of its own
composition. Nothing could stop such
u r ish, and I simply waited, while Joe
pulled up the unchor. When the lutter
was in, 1 grasped the line and braced
back for tho light. The light boat
whirled around like a top, uud away
we went, like a tug surging through
the water, un ominous wave of foam
rising high around the bow.
“A 10-foot shark never pulled harder
than this gamey fish, and for 5 minutes
it was a question who was master. I
took it in with the greatest difficulty,
gaining 10 feet, only to have the fish
rush toward me and then dash away
with an Impetus that was more than
irresistible. Then I would stop him
again, slowly making foot by foot,
hand over hand, tnklng a turn on the
cleat, slacking and pulling, in attempts
to tire the monster—tactics that for a
while were of no avail.
“One of tho tricks of this fish was
to stop a.id jerk his head from side
to side violently, a proceeding that pro
duced an effect equivalent to striking
blows at the holder of the line—tre
mendous jerks that came, one, two,
three! then one, two, three!—then the
line would slacken as the fish rushed
up. And if I took the line in quickly
enough to prevent a turn, well and
good; if I did not, the fish would turn
and dash at the bottom, making every
thing hum and sing.
“Giving and taking, hauling and eas
ing off, for 20 minutes, I was almost
satisfied that I had done my whole
duty In the premises, when suddenly
the fish rushed up, and recovering, I
took In slack, and with a final effort
brought the black giant to the surface.
For a moment 1 saw a pair of eyes
as large as those of an ox, a rich chest
nut black, and then, with a tremen-
dous heave, the fish threw Itself over,
deluging me with water and half cap
sizing the boat It wus the last
I struggle. I kept my hold, and with
another haul had the king of Pacific
I coast at hand’s-lengtb, where it rolled
CANNON AT SEVENTY.
A GREAT ADO MADE OVER THE
ANNIVERSARF OF “UNCLE
JOE*S’* BIRTHDAY,
Greeted With Hearty Applause on
the Floor of the House and Honor
ed With Reception Which all Ofiicial
Washington Society Attended.
There were great doings in Wash
ington town last month when “Uncle
Joe” Cannon, the "Czar” of the House
of Representatives reuebed his seven
tieth year.
In the first place a great storm of
cheers greeted the Speaker when he
appeared on the floor of the House.
Both Republican and Democratic
members upplauded the Illinois states
man long uud loud, Mr. Cannon ac
knowledging the salutatiou with u
homely bow.
In the evening, official Washington
honored the Speaker at a reception
tendered him by the House of Repre
sentatives, where some 1500 guests
were invited. That the passage of
“UNCLE JOE’* CANNON,
time was not worrying Uncle Joe was
manifested by the hearty hand-clasps
with which he greeted his friends, us
well as the salutations extended to
those who confused years with age.
Uncle Joe was “seventy years young.”
President Roosevelt Joined in tho
ovation, offering the Speaker his
htarty congratulations, not because ho
was getting old, but because he was
doing it gracefully. Mr. Cannon did
two things which might worry many
a younger man. First he had«t0 sign
something over a thousand photo
graphs of himself, which were given to
the guests as souvenirs, and again be
shook hands with the guests upon re
ceiving an equal number of personal
congratulations.
There were many sly digs and re
marks regarding the buzzing of the
presidential bee around Mr. Cannon's
head, and one of the throng remarked
at the close of the reception, “Any man
who can stand and shake bands with
twelve hundred or more persons be
tween nine and twelve o’clock, and not
show signs of fatigue, is well fit to
enter the presidential race, and ought
to enjoy the prize if he wins it”
There were many friends present
from Danville, 111., who had sent a
number of handsome wreaths and
floral decorations. Mr. Cannon, how
ever, is a native of Guilford, N. G.,
and if his friends have their way the
Speaker will be the first Southern man
since the war to become a White
House occupant.
Speaking seriously of the presidency,
Mr. Cannon said, “No man would de
cline to become President of the
United States, but not all men can af
ford to be a candidate for the place.
The bee is not bothering me. I want
to do my work as Speaker; that will be
glory enough for me, and if I were
a candidate I’d have to lie about my
age, and I’d have to live constantly in
fear and trembling, not as to whether
I’m doing my duty, but as to whether,
by doing my duty, I wouldn’t give of
fense to somebody.
"I guess I’ll just go along and ’tend
my own business.”
GIANT JEWFISH CAUGHT BY MRS. BARRETT.
of fishermen who are never satisfied
unless the fish are always on the line.
‘I no happened that I found pleasure
in the mere anticipation; and we sat
fnloiit for half an hour, \ holding the
throbbing line that the ebbing tide
flayed upon as the string of a musical
instrument. * • * I glanced at my
‘■otnpaniou, and was wondering if in
•hs veins ran the blood of the Aztecs
° r of the Indians whom Cabrlllo and
ethers found here centuries ago when
t^anta Catalina was hh empire in It-
Rp lf and owned by them, when sud
denly I became aware that we ten
sion of the line I held had increased
to a steady pull; then came a Jerk that
curried my hand into the water.
“Jewflsh, sure!’ whispered Joe,
awakened from his reverie by my ex
clamation, ‘Slack!’
”1 paid out the line, while he seized
tlie anchor-line and made ready to
haul up.
“ ‘Give him 10 feet, and then hookl’
were my orders.
and tossed, its huge tail bathing us
with spray, protesting against its cap
ture.
“What a wonderful creature it was!
The experience of the moment, the
sensations, could not have been pur
chased. It was worth going a long
way to accomplish. Imagine, you
casters of the black-bass fly, a small-
mouthed black bass lengthened out to
six feet, balky In proportion, a giant
black bass—one Increased to a size
that tips the scales at 347 pounds!
Imagine this, and you have the Jew-
fish, black sea-bass, of the Pacific
coast—a noble fish, a gamey fellow.
“It has always been doubted that a
large jewfisb could be taken on a rod;
but during the summer of D4 I went
to the Jewflsh grounds one August day
with Major Charles Vlele of the
United States army, and watched him
bring a Jewfisb of 158 pounds’ weight
to terms, on a Tufts-r-Llyon yellow-tall
rod of 16 ounces and a No. 21 Cutty'
hunk line, in Just 2% hours!
Members of the local teams very
quickly recognize the faces of the on
lookers and take pardonable pride In
pointing out to the visitors the big
guns of the nations. It is an Impartial
crowd too, which sits In judgment on
the work of the athletes on the dia
mond and good play is appreciated and
applauded no matter which side makes
the exhibition. There are nine Judges
on the Supreme Court bench nnd a
majority at the ball park is not an
unusual spectacle. A quartet is a cer
tainty, comprising Associate Justices
Harlan, Day, McKenna and White,
who can often be seen engaged in
discussing a knotty point regarding
n foul or strike, or close base play,
showing as much seriousness as
though some intricate problem re
garding the flag, the Philippines or
the tariff was under question. Justice
Day is probably tbe best posted on
the national game of any of his asso
ciates on the Supremo bench, for be
has played it, and never misses an
exhibition when he is In the city, and
a ball game is advertised.
ARDENT CONGRESSIONAL FANS.
Thero are nearly five hundred con-
gressmen In the two branches of the
nationnl legislature and it Is pretty
safe to predict thnt fully one-half ot
this number are Interested attendants
during the championship season. They
are not nt all dismayed at the pros
pect of a long season of Congress
when sure of an afternoon’s recrea'
tion following a long-drawn war of
words at the Capitol eurlier In tbe
day.
President Roosevrlt a few weeks
ago, was presented with a golden pass,
entitling him to free admission to alt
ball games in the National and Ameri
can Leagues and circuits. He prom
ised tbe presentation committee to en
deavor to occasionally visit the ball
park In Washington nnd witness the
bull games played there. Frequently
his son-in-law, Nick Longworth and
his wife occupy seats in the grand
stand, preferring to be among the en-
thuBiustlc gathering than to a' 11
themselves of tbe President's pass and
a seat In the private box.
When iuere Is n call of the House
or Sennte and the sergeant-at-arms Is
charged with the duty of bringing la
absentees the first place to which tbe
deputies are sent, If the base ball sea
son Is on, Is out to the ball park.
One of the most picturesque spec
tators at National Park is the Chinese
minister in flowing oriental robes,
usually accompanied by his little son.
When he was a student at Amherst
the Chinese minister played on bis
class team, and he Is Initiating bis
heir Into the myst jrles of the Amer
ican game.
MIGHTY ONES OF THE LAND.
Three of the President’s official fam
ily, Attorney General Moody, Post
master General Cortelyou and Secre
tary Metcalf of Commerce and Labor,
dispel the Irksome routine of depart
ment life by going out to the ball
game whenever they can steal away
from their desks. They generally sit
together and, being postmasters In the
art, keep score nnd compare notes as
to base hits and errors. Attorney Gen
eral Moody has a warm spot In his
heart for the cntcher, having played
that position when he was a collegian.
Vice-President Fairbanks wants
front seat when he goes out to witness
the national game, his favorite place
being just back of first base, where he
can command an uninterrupted view
Of the entire field.
Surgeon General Wyman was
pitcher in his early days, and when
not busy with quarantine matters or
other details relating to the public
health he finds bis greatest enjoyment
in witnessing a championship contest
between two evenly matched teams.
One 0f the first things Prof. Willis
Moore of the Weather Bureau looks
for in his morning newspaper is the
base ball record. This Is contingent
upon tbe fnct, however, that he has
not been a spectator, for the professor
never fails to answer present when
he can get away from the study oi
prognostications. Moreover, be is fre
quently lntdemand, e rlier in the day,
to predict if the weather can be de
pended upon for a game.
BASEBALL AT WASHINGTON.
Games Played Before Cabinet Offi
cers, Diplomats, and Congress
men.
At the base ball games In Washing
ton, the learned Justices of the United
States Supreme Court, law makers of
both Houses of Congress, members of
the Cabinet and the diplomatic corps,
sit side by side with the merchant,
artisan and government clerk, all
keenly enjoying tbe national pastime.
The big men of this and other nations
In the capital are base ball fans of
the highest degree, and are glad to
eschew court decisions, railroad and
other legislation, national* and Inter
national topics for tbe less weighty
decisions of tbe diamond. As soon as
business can be transacted at tbe
Capitol and In tbe departments it Is
customary for these distinguished
buse ball enthusiasts to betake them
selves to National Park for an after-
neon of enjoyment, rooting for their
favorite teams and resting from af
fairs of State.
The different teams throughout the
country like to visit Washington for
tbe privilege of playing before the
most distinguished spectators to be
found in any country on tbe globe.
A Kindly Smile.
Mrs. Coxe has the same kindly greet
ing for every one, whether he be the
miner, blackened with the grime and
dust of the mine, or in a higher sta
tion of life. She suggests to the parent
that in the home there should be im
portant training of the children, but
the idea is never advanced excepting in
a spirit of kindliness and of the broad
est kind of sympathy. Her love for
the masses is not simulated; it is the
joy of her heart. She has paid the rent
for many a widow and orphan; has
helped out so that the little ones may
attend Bchool, and has provided the
mother with employment so that the
home may be kept together.
Mrs. Coxe’s home, like her life, Is the
paragon of modesty; she leads the
“simple life” in all its real simplicity,
Her chief aim seems to be to assist the
poor and needy. She has no pet phil
anthroplcs; there are no endless callB
upon her time from society folk; there
are no wonderful gowns, no costly mil
linery; no splendor of Jewels, laces or
sables adorn her person. It Is not,
after all, the charity which she dis
penses that has won for her the love
and admiration of the tollers of the
mines, and that pf their wives and lit
tle ones, but it is the purity of her
character that constantly teaches a
beautiful lesson, not only to tbe mining
town, but to the world at large which
may study to Its own improvement tbe
generous, unselfish, sacrificing life of
this noble woman.
A folding baby carriage U on the market.
Thia will be a great boon to worried
fathers, as you can abut tbe baby up at
any time.
A SORE SAFEGUARD.
CO-OPERATION AMONG PRODUC
ERS A FOUNDATION FOR ANEN-
DURING SOCIAL STRUCTURE
An Address by George H. Maxwell
at Bloomington, III., Showing How
This Principle Will Overcome Op
pression by Combination of Capital.
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
Convention:—
I am a profound believer In tbe capa
city of the human race to work out the
high destiny of which it Is capable if
its genius is rightly directed. I am a
most extreme optimist In my expec
tations of what tho people of this na
tion will eventually accomplish In se
curing In fact as well as In theory not
only equal rights, but equal opportun
ity for all men and the achievement by
all our people of the highest average
standard of life of which all are cup-
able and which can be brought within
the reach of all.
Unless this Is accomplished our
boaoted civilization will be but a
wave on the great ocean of time, ris
ing Into a brief existence, only to be
submerged, ns all the civilizations that
have gone before us have been sub
merged, beneath the rottenness and
corruption which has followed In
evitably In tho wake of vast accumu
lation of wealth, uud the gradual ab
sorption of the laud luto great estates.
HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.
Already In this country the hand
writing Is on tho wall, and he who
runs may road the warning which
Byron painted In words when he
wrote:
'There la a morn! of all human tales,
‘TIs but the aniue rehearsal of the past,
First freedom, uud then glory—when that
falls,
Wealth, vice, corruption—barbarism at
Inst,
And history, with all her volumes vaat, .
Hath but oue pnge.”
Our history will not be written on
that page, and 1 .mu here to tell you
why, aud to tell you that your move
ment In the Hue of co-operation Is one
of the reasons why we will escape the
fate that has at last destroyed all tbe
great nations of tbe past
But we have already reached tbe
stage of “weulth—vice—corruption.”
No one wlio knows wbat goes on In tbls
country doubts that for a moment.
If any one questions It be should read
the recently published book entitled
“Tbe Shame of tbe Citl-- ” by Lincoln
Steffens.
How are these dangers to be safe
guarded against?
THE CAR OF JUGGERNAUT,
It cannot be done by purifying the
cities, because they cannot be purified.
Man will not rise above his environ
ment or the dominating Influence of
that environment, and the Influence
which controls all things In our mod
em city la tbe mad race for wealth
It la a car of Juggernaut which crushes
public and private Integrity and
morality and every Just conception of
patriotism under Its wheels as it rolls
ruthlessly onward, driveu by the
multitude who are ready to sacrifice
not only themselves, but their country
in the great gamble for quickly gained
wealth.
We closed up the Louisiana lottery
In a burst of righteous public Indigna
tion, because it was encouraging tho
gambling mania and corrupting tbe
people.
The district attorney of New York
has recently set the machinery of tho
luw In motion to stop the operations of
a gambler named Canfield.
In St. Louis and Grand Rapids the
foul brood of brlbe-glvers and bribe
takers has been held up to derision
and disgrace, and a few of them may
be punished.
COOPERATIVE commonwealth
But we have gone so far that cor
ruption has become a business system
and conditions lu our cities will breed
two corruptionists where one Is pun
isbed. Those conditions get worse and
worse as the profits of preying upon
the people become greater with the
Increase of the population of our cities
and our political aud social iustitutious
are rotting at their very sour**
The corruption of our cities will In
evitably taint and in the end control
our national politics and the admlnls
tration of our national government—
Unless—
And here is the only safeguard—
Unless we plant the great majority
of our people on the soil and maintain
it there, aud the people themselves
learn to do for themselves by co
operation; so that In the end we shall
eventually become a great co-operative
commonwealth.
I am not proposing socialism, as its
devotees understand it, or as it Is
usually defined aud understood, as a
remedy.
I am proposing the exact opposite
Of U.
I am proposing the very highest
form of individual rights, opportunity,
activity and development.
Socialism is to dream about doing
things, and to begin at the wrong end
and fall.
Co-operation is to do things, and to
begin at tbe right end aud succeed,
Co-operation is evolution—not revo
lution.
Evolution Is the law of God.
Evolution Is the natural law whlcb
has controlled the creation of tbe
earth and all tbat there is on it
It Is the law of tbe development of
the human race, and we need only to
learn Its lessons and study It as
method for tbe solution of every social
problem to save tbe people of this
nation from tbe social and political
dangers that confront them to-day.
The trouble, with most theories for
tbe reform or betterment of social con
ditions is that they are too radical.
Reformers of that class plan an at
tractive theory, and then urge its adop
tion all at once as a substitute for
social conditions wblcb have been a
slow growth through the centuries.
GROWTH MUST BB GRADUAL.
They would create a tree Instantly
and have It all complete and perfect at
Its crentlon, doing It while you watch
them, like a Hindoo Juggler. They
are not content to plant the acorn and
let the sturdy oak of social strength
grow gradually In accordance with the
law of nature and as was Intended by
the all-wise Creator.
But we cannot change Nature’s
laws.
They are as unchangeable as the
stars.
Whatever men may do they must
first lenrn to do.
Every oppression from which the
producers *of tbls country or any other
sufferer to-day Is because they have
not learned or been trained to do for
themselves the things which they
leave It to others to do for them.
And those to whom they leave such
things to be done, plan to make the
greatest possible profit to themselves
for doing them.
It is human nature that they should
and nlwuys has been and always will
be so.
THE DELUSIONS OF POLITICS.
The delusion that you can protect
producers from such oppressions by
making laws or by electing tbls man
or thnt man to office or putting this
political party or that political party
in power, is a delusion which has long
been maintained by a multitude of
people.
But It Is only n question of time
when those who are misguided by tbls
delusion will awaken from tbelr
dream, and learn that there Is no help
for them but to help themselves and
do things for tbemselves.
Tbls great movement In the direc
tion of doing things for themselves by
cooperative methods among producers
from the land is something more than
mere question of profit and loss.
It Is the slow awakening of a slum
bering giant, who Is Just beginning to
feel his strength, and when he has
finally raised himself up to his full
height, and trained bis mind so that
It can direct for his own protection all
the faculties which God bus given him,
he will look back with surprise and
astonishment at the days when he
Imagined be was bound hand and foot
by the Llltputlans by whom he was
surrounded.
AWAKENING OF THE GIANT.
And It Is In tbe awakening and
training of this giant—a symbolical
embodiment of tbe abilities and ener
gies of tho people themselves, which
Is the hope of tbls nation for the
future.
You cannot oppress A man who
draws the rewards of his toll straight
from nature’s treasure vaults—gets it,
from the land Itself—land which be
owns—land on which no money lender
holds a mortgage—provided, always,
that tbat man has learned to co-op
erate with his fellow men of the same
class, to do for themselves the things
which It Is beyond the power of the
Individual man to do for himself—the
things which require the combined
aud co-operative effort of many men
to accomplish.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF BUSKIN.
The broad solution of our social
problems wblcb I am presenting to
you contemplates the creation of con
ditions lu this country under which
we will carry Into practical effect the
sound philosophy of Buskin when he <
said:
“But since we live In an epoch of
change and too, probably, of revolu
tion, and thoughts which are not to
be put aside are In tbe minds of all
men capable of thought, 1 am obliged
to affirm the oue principle which can
and in the end will close all epochs
of revolution—that each man shall
possess tbe ground he can use, and no
more.”
It contemplates as a part of oar
pubUc school system that every boy
should be trained so that he Will know
how to till the land for a livelihood.
It contemplates tbat tbe rush to the
cities shall be stopped by the better
ment of all the conditions of rural life
—good roads, uear-by neighbors, rural
telephones, net works of electric rail
ways, rural free delivery, thickly
settled communities and towns and
villages in close proximity to every
farm home, so that every farmer may
enjoy as well as tbe city dweller tbe
advantages of schools and churches
and libraries and gymnasiums, and
where art and music may be studied
for enjoyment In the home as well as
la tbe cities.
It contemplates that wherever tbe
thing to be done for the benefit of
such a community requires the effort
of more than one man, tbat those who
require to have tbe thing done for
them, whatever it may be, shall com
bine together and do it for tbemselves,
provided it Is within reach of the
united and co-operative energy and
capital of tbe aggregated number of
Individuals who require to have the
thing done for them.
In this category are creameries,
laundries, rural telephones, associa
tions for the co-operative purchase of
supplies, associations for the sale or
disposition of the products of the soil,
and many other associations whlcb I
might mention for mutual economy,
mutual benefit or mutual protection.
In sections where Irrigation la
necessary, co-operative canal systems
and Irrigation works come within this
category; aud In many parts of the
country where irrigation is not now
generally supposed to be necessary,
co-operative pumping planta might be
established among farmers for the
irrigation of lands which they couM