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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