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COLORADO'S SEVERE STORM.
U)S "KBE T.F,D TP AM)
' rH ()\ 191"'* RA> short.
it-jni Full Snow Seen in Fif-
U * * warH -ltllManl Ha* Abated,
V>rioiiff Iteault* Are Threat
,l \round Leadville—Show
' a,.ported From Several
" ivokomO Threatened by
Overhanging lee-Only One Road
Hanning Out of I ' e * dvll,e ’
i i a n 29.—The snow storm
Denver, 1 ' "
, as i. . n raging on the mountains
„! i; : .( week, has subsided. The
t ' ! ', ro neh the clouds to-day and
etir broke
the wind abated.
the fall of snow has been
In f’A.'* l *'' * _
|„ ,viest in rtfteen- years. In an,d
' i . uivila- serious results are threat
a" 1 .jl■ , supply of coal and provisions
the smaller mountain towns has be
in ~h j and suffering must result
come I 'a aa •
.the railroads can be opened.
■ o.itt .lides are reported from several
‘ but t) |,i from Apex, where three
i> ',' iv hiiud, has come information of cas
*'tir lnformation from Kokomo is to
the effect that great masses of hard-pack
'l F!|iUV ov. i njng the town, threatening
It w ;,h s, rious damage should they give
rtav. Kokomo was carried away by an
avalanche in the early Ws and the resi
dent- are fearful lest this should be re
n£f)[eft now.
The gouth Park road has been tied up
hetivt.n Como and leadville. Several days
aco an alt. nipt was made to run a train
wl ,h provisions westward through the
snow Th. train stuck near Dickey,
where it has remained ever since. A snow
shd. near Hagorman tunnel on the Colo
rado Midland has blocked that road west
of Leadville and train sto Glcnwood have
gone ov. r ihe Denver and Rio Grande
tracks. Between Como and L*-adville
the snow has drifted in the cuts to the
depth of thirty and forty feet.
The only road running west and east
from Leadville lhat has been clear is the
Denver and Rio Grande, which has felt
but Utile inconvenience from the storm.
HI RIED i M)ER AN AVALANCHE.
Snow Slide in Colorado Kills a Moth
er anil Two Children.
Apex, Col., Jan. 29.—Three lives were
lost in a snow slide here to-day.
The dead are Mrs. W. H. Rudolph, and
her two children, aged two and four.
Snow has been falling almost continual
ly during the past week and had reached
a depth of fift.en feet on the mountain
sides. The pack gave away to-day, swept
down on the Rudolph home and carried it
away. Rudolph escaped, bub his wife
and three children were swept away in
the avalanche of snow.
A searching party rescued the six-year
old son alive. The other three have not
been found.
WAV DOWN BELOW ZERO.
Severe Coiil Reported From the In
terior of Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 29.—Specials from
points in the interior of Wisconsin report
very low temperatures. At Appleton Ihe
thermometer recorded 35 degrees below
zero, the coldest in recent years. Black
River falls reports a temperature of It)
degrees; Medford 40, and Whitehall 38 de
grees below zero.
CHARGES BREACH OF FAITH.
Kinrnlde Cannot Understand State
ments Made by Hill.
Boston. Jan. 29.—T. Burton Kinraids.who
Is supposed to he the sole possessor of the
Keely motor secret, in an interview to
night about the alleged expose of the Keely
motor by Attorney Charles S. Hill and
Hansom S. Bridges, said that he was In
dignant at the treatment of himself and
the apparent breach of faith with him by
Mr. Hill. He said:
- a comprehend the action of these
two men. My letters lo the stockholders
of the Keeley Motor Company had been
carefully preirared and was merely waiting
for the return of a document from them to
Mr. Ht!. i ,i:,| not give my consent to any
of th. i.ien tided disclosures made by Mr.
Uni or Mr. Bridge, nor did they inform me
regarding ihe course which they have pur
sue] despite ihe tact lhat 1 have been in
daily communication with Mr. Hill.
do not know whether there is or not
auMhing of ,i criminal nature in the
■ l item* niy of up] or B r j,jg ej but I will
a 'e something to say on this particular
u iject alter my talk with my attorney,
.ate to-night I received a telegram from
• J Smith, a director of the Keely Mo
„o,Tr,any in which he said he gave
■ r Hill no authority whatever to use his
“ ms in ,he m atter, and he is. amaz
t o'" ;ii should have done so. Breach
of fai’h i- clearly shown in this instance.”
VOW COMBS AN ICE TRUST.
Harvesters of lee Are Going: to
1 feeze tlie Consumers.
Onic'igo. Jan 29.—An ice trust, to *n
'Gd" i., tne hig ice harvesters in the
ri cd States is, according to the Chron;
ide. in pro. ess of formation. John Field,
1 'ire Knickerbocker Ice Com
’Ugo, is said to be the active
com n ' lle ' ffort to consolidate the ice
T "•of the country. .
hart' " V '* ' r ust will embrace all the
•Main. V ' he rivf,r and lake region of
two -of Wisconsin, from whlr'a
of ip, 1 :lt ' sreater part of ihe ice crap
dai.i - ls athered. By eonsoli
cojr.i,. i, n ” consequent wiping out of
be rt.'n ", R o'almed that prices can
r "' u ' an.l profits increased.
MRge f ARGO SECURED.
111 lief uses to Permit Work
C/ " 1 11 '"tea Near Punama.
Tacit. ’ Jan. 29.—The opposition
t!,, , , n Navigation Company and
nor,. ,' , 1 'ines, which were extended
cure.i . ' mont * l ag0 ' have already se
careo J '°" s 0f coff< ' e and a similar
*aM„,i' merchandise to be for
lt .s t .‘is-.,- * ,‘ ,ra ‘ ts o f Magellan.
a: ' hat ! he railway people
cargo. - . 10 wor k at barges with
W.i, n. , v ,7.'"”' ,he ncw wharf at La.
tatnrvfr,,, , mama, bui the government
*>l p ’‘ rewn ‘. because Laboca is
i*!ll> recognized as a port.
"‘ KK ,N A severe gale.
"I'o-t Deoil From Exhaustion
Qu... " " l ' ,nH,, y Rescued. '
hark Li . '' Jan ’ 29—The Norwegian
huco. i, rom AJardilT ton Pernam
ito-fiat ,i ,? V into Queenstown harbor
day. ‘ 0,1 af,er battling flfty-one
F,,. , ’" rma in the Atlantic.
*H . ' r ' m steamers had her In tow,
hu w,,. , • rasp the hawser broke and
li.. , "l-" slu <?I was obliged to aban
i i . members of the crew
fir,al i .ir.d 1 with cx haustion when
CHIDWICK ON THE MAINE.
Chaplain of the Battleship Speaks
Against Imperialism.
New York, Jan. 29.—An immense throng
filled Carnegie hall to-night to hear the
lecture by Rev. John P. ChidwieK, who
was chaplain of the Maine, on ”Our War
W ith Sprain, Its Causes and Results,” pre
ceded by a description of what he saw of
the blowing up of the battleship.
Gov. Roosevelt presided.' Maj. Gen. Roe,
w ith his staff. Admirals Erben and Miller,
Lieutenant Commander Delehanty. Adjt
Gen. Avery D. Andrews. Col. Treadwell,
Commodore Philip, Capt. Goodrich and
hundreds of other officers were present.
Gov Roosevelt made a brief address,
after which Father Chidwiek spoke for an
hour, giving an interesting account of the
sailing of the Maine for Havana, the ex
periences in Havana and the blowing up
of the ship. He spoke of the heroism of
the sailors when the catastrophe occur
red, and afterwards when suffering in hos
pitals.
Imperialism? What do they mean by
imperialism?” said he in the course of
his address. ”What does it mean, this
departure from the settled policy of the
nation? Must it be that this policy,
thought o>ut by the founders of our gov
ernment, is to be laid aside as useless
now? God forbid that ever imperialism
may find a foothold in this country. I
believe that imperialism would be short
lived in this country were it ever estab
lished. We would not be able to hold on
to it. The whole tide of the war is toward
republicanism. Shall we go back a steo in
the progress of the world?
“The holding of the Philippines is not
against the principles of our nation. The
treaty does not say that we are to hold
them eternally, but the American people
must not let them go back to Spain. They
must hold them till this nation can place
them, as they must be placed, among the
free peoples of the earth.” *
COLWELL SPEAKS IN LONDON.
Says tlie Anglo-Saxon Race Will
Dominate the World.
London, Jan. 29—Lieut" J. C. Colwell,
naval attache to the United States lega
tion, at the banquet of the Engineers In
stitution in this city last evening, re
sponded to the toast, "The Anglo-Saxon
Race.”
In an interesting and much applauded
speech he predicted that the Anglo-Saxons
would in time dominate the world, and
that wherever they planted a colony it
would remain.
To Observe Lincoln. Sunday.
New York, Jan. 29—The American Mis
sionary Association has issued an appeal
to the Congregational churches of the
United States to observe Feb. 12 as Lin
coln Sunday.
A GIFT TO AN EMPEROR.
Curious Liberality of the Japanese
Diet.
Kobe Letter in London Standard.
One of tlie first acts of the Diet on as
sembling for the winter season has been
to vote unanimously a present to the Em
peror of 20,000,000 yen out of the Chinese
indemnity, a circumstance which, must
strike ail who do not owe allegiance to thd
Emperor of Japan as somewhat remarka
ble. The present ministry, like its prede
cessors, finds the greatest difficulty in pro
viding for the annually increasing expen
diture of the country. The budget, Much
has just been published, show's, on an es
timated expenditure of 225,000,000 yen, a
deficiency in the revenue amounting to
thirty-five and a haff million yen. No one
who has any knowledge of ihe rate at
which Japan has enlarged, and still contin
ues to enlarge, her navy, will need to be
told that it is the naval department and,
in a lesser degree, the military department
which are responsible for the country’s
present financial difficulties. These two
departments claim nearly one-third of the
ordinary expenditure, and about five
eighths of the extraordinary expenditure.
While the government is terribly perplex
ed as to how the deficit in the revenue Is
to be met—since a strong opposition exists
to the increase of the land tax—we have
the remarkable spectacle, at the opening
of the Diet, of absolute unanimity among
the political parties in voting a sum of
20,000,000 yen out of the indemnity for his
majesty’s private purse. The reasons for
this action are so interesting and remarka
ble that I cannot do better than give a
translation of the resolution adopted by the
House upon the subject. It reads as fol
lows:
“Whereas, during the war of the twenty
seventh and twenty-eighth years of Meji,
his imperial majesty, our illustrious sover
eign, this empire’s great civil and military
ruler, advanced the imperial standard to
Hiroshima, and in his imperial person di
rected the affairs of the war so that abroad
the soldiers of the country offered up their
lives for the public cause, and at home a
united people, one and aif animated by a
warlike spirit, offered up their resources
for the conduct of belligerent operations,
with the result that peace was finally re
stored to the East, and the glory of the
country made to shine throughout the
world; and whereas we, his majesty's sub
jects, are profoundly sensible that these
issues were mainly due to the imperial vir
tues, we desire to express the sincerity of
our respectful gratitude by including in the
imperial estates, as a memento of the sig
nal success achieved in khe war, a sum of
20,000,000 yen from the indemnity obtained
in consequence of the country’s victories.”
The resolution speaks for itself. It shows
the peculiar sense of loyalty prevailing
among the Japanese people. One or two
exceptions have to be noted. Certain news
papers discussed the proposal when it was
first announced in a manner so frank as
to cause considerable astonishment among
their contemporaries, for it is still consid
ered a high misdemeanor to criticise af
fairs relating to the sovereign; and it is
alleged that this eonsideraiion precluded
other patters from adversely commenting
on the proposal. Besides the reason set
out in the resolution, it was urged in the
papers favorable to the grant, that, inas
much as the civil list had remained at
three millions since the reformalion, the
appropriation was necessary in view of
the enhanced price of commodities, and
the large donations constantly made by
his majesty for charitable purposes. But,
on the other hand, it has been pointed
out that the Emperor is not entirely de
pendent upon the appropriation annually
voted by the Diet. He is, in fact, describ
ed as a multimillionaire, for besides hav
ing large areas of land and some valu
able mines, the imperial household has
many million yen worth of shares in the
Bank of Japan, the Specie Bank, and the
japan Mail Steamship Company.
It will be seen, therefore, that on the
ground of Insufficiency of Income, there
was no Justification for the) appropriation,
•m.l it is quite possible that his Majesty
will decline the money so generously voted
to him for services rendered in connection
with the war three years ago. It seems
, xtraordinary that the idea should strike
the Diet three years after the conclusion
of the war, and one prominent journal has
gone so far as to hint at it being the W'ork
of certain speculative schemers, who are
seekin"- to hatidie the money when It be
comes available for investment. This,
it appears to me, can hardly be the ease,
but of the total sum of 362,000,000 yen re
ceived from China, 289,000,000 has been ap
propriated by the Diet, leaving only about
73 000 000, and very little of this remains
in’ cash, as the greater portion of It has
been invested in various domestic bonds,
ll is presumed that if the Emperor ac
cepts the vote, 20,000.000 worth of these
bonds will be handed over to him.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. JANUARY HO. 1800.
CLARK IS A FREE SILVERITE.
MONTANA’S NEW SENATOR STATES
SOME OF HIS VIEWS.
Believes Silver Should Be Coined at
a Ratio of lit to l—Manufacturers
Should Be Satisfied With I’rotee- |
lion Agrniust Cheap Foreign Lubor.
Haw Material Should Be Protected.
Did Not Commit lliinself on Ex
pansion.
Helena, Mont., Jan. 29.—United States
Senator-elect William A. Clark is a free
silver man. and although a Democrat, is a
protectionist so far as raw material Is
concerned. Mr. dark was asked to-d.iy
to define his position on the financial ques
tion:
”1 stand.” he saldl “for the restoration
of silver to its former status before its
demonetization in 1873, and at Ihe ratio
of 16 to 1.
“In the arrangement of the tariff sched
ules the producers of raw material, such
as wool, lead, sugar and other products
of the Western states, should be amply
ami fully protected. The present tariff in
cludes sufficient revenues to meet the ex
penses of the government, and in the re
adjustment of the schedules, while it
should be provided that the manufacturer
should receive protection against cheap
foreign labor, whigh is eminently proper
and just, they should be content there
with and not seek an unfair advantage
over the producers of raw material as has
been the tendency heretofore."
Mr. Clark declined to say in specific
terms whether .he was an expansionist or
not.
"We may be well proud." he added, “of
having driven the Spaniard from Ihe west
ern hemisphere and from the islands of
ihe Pacific ocean, and on having lifted the
yoke of oppression from the necks of 12.010,-
000 people. Yet, elaied with this marvelous
success, we must pause to consider with
the greatest deliberation the rights and
welfare of the people who have been lib
erated and provide for them a just and
appropriate temporary government, bear
ing in mind the danger of foreign diplo
matic entanglements.
"It is an experiment that will put to the
test the highest statesmanship, but I be
- we can safely rely upon the abilities
and patriotism of the people of the United
States to solve the problem with justice
and satisfaction to all concerned."
STAKE-MEN.
The Hobo’s Contempt for AVhnt He
Terms “ Gay-Cats.”
From the New York Evening Post.
A few months ago, as I was starting out
on an investigation of the tramp situation
on one of our railroads, a friend said to
me; “I wish you would also get all the
information you can in regard to the fel
lows we railroaders call ’stake-men.’ In
the Middle States I estimate that there are
at least 20,000 brakemen who come under
this head, and many of them are known
to railroad officials and never employed.
They only keep a job until they have a
stake—enough money to lie off for a while
—and they make no effort to find another
until their stake is gone. Between the
Mississippi and the Atlantic seaboard and
the Gulf and Maine, there are easily 50,009
of these idlers battening on the commu
nity. Not ail are railroaders; some are
carpenters, machinists, masons, mill
hands and so on. They constitute not a
small part of America’s so-called army of
the unemployed, and I should like to know
what the tramp thinks of them.”
These “stake-men” were already famil
iar to me. but under a different name. The
tramp calls them “gay-cats,” and it was as
sueh th*9t I had learned to know them
while making my tramp Studies. His
term for them comes from his disgust of
their faint-hearted , vagabondage. They
only go on the road in summer, or at
least this is their plan, and when their
money' gives out and they have to beg to
get back to where they started, or wher
ever it is that they want to go, they gen
erally prepare their appeals for assist
ance with requests for work. The hobo
hates this unprofessional method of satis
fying hunger; to be a genuine member of
his fraternity one must know how to live
without work, and me "stake-man” usu
ally lacks the nerve to manage on this
basis. He has the hobo's wanderlust and
love of liquor, but not the hobo’s Bohe
mian abandon. The latter calls him “gay
cat,” because he goes on the road thinking
it is all joy and merriment. In the hobo’s
opinion, tramping, to be done well, re
quires a tiresome apprenticeship like every
other profession.
The most convenient place to make the
acquaintance of the “stake-man" is at the
railway watering tank, the railway tres
passer's “depot.” Here they gather to
wait for freight trains, and to meet their
cronies, and they are easily distinguished
from the hoboes by the bungling way they
jump on to trains, and their faked "tough”
talk. What they are after are quick re
turns for nervous spurts of labor, and
then they start railroading again. Now,
it is the harvest in the West that attracts,
and hundreds of them will beat their way
out there to get the benefit of the tem
porary high w'ages, and again it is a big
government job on some river. Winter is
their usual working season, although
wages are generally lowest at this time
of the year. Many, however, are able to
earn enough In the fall to keep them
through the winter, and then wait until
spring before looking for employment
again.
They are nearly all men with trades,
but they are as likely as not lo take
work outside of their trades. I have seen
electricians “taking in” the harvest in
the West, and farm hands from lowa em
ployed on railroads in the East. The bulk
of them are comparatively young men.
They are generally dressed better than the
hoboes, and are foolish enough to carry
watch chains and other decorations on
their travels. They are consequently fre
quently being robbed by hoboes. A favo
rite pastime for many tramps on our rail
roads is “holding up” these “tenderfeet."
Cases are known where they have been re
lieved of ail of their clothing and money,
and have had to don the rugs of the
hoboes.
The tramp's theory 111 regard to them
is that they are possessed of “the railroad
fever.” An old roadster of the West once
put their ease to me this way: "They are
just like the kids you see runnin' up an’
down some road. They don’t know, any
more than the kids, where they want to
go. but they keep on ridln' an' ridin’ Just
the same. After awhile they get so that
they ain't happy unless they’re on some
freight train. They are neither good
t ram its nor good workmen: they’re afraid
to do nothin' but beg, an' they’re too lazy
to do nothin' hut work. I wish they were
all dead. They hurt our business more
than all the charity societies and police
forces In the world. They make people
think that tramp* are really lookin’ for
work, an' you know well enough that we
ain’t. Why, they’ve spoiled this state
we’re In, so that lots o’ times women have
the nerve now to ask me If I'm willin’ to
work for a meal. Of course, I tell 'em
that I’m Just out of a hospital, an' ain’t
able to work; but they’ll get on to me
after awhile, on’ it’ll be those blasted gay
eats that put ’em on to me. too."
The honest workingman, if he would,
might bring an equa.ly severe charge
against the ”siake-u)pi).’’ They are al
ways in evidence at his strikes and labor
disturbances, and are frequently those
who lead him on to violent performances.
They have practically nothing to lose and
everything to gain in such undertakings,
and the excitement of it alt is t pleasure
lo them. They were out in full force in
“Coxey’s army,” and they were very no
liveable in the Pullman strike. In win
ter, if they have not succeeded In finding
work after their summer’s holiday, they
railroad to our large cities and help to
swell the ranks of the much-pil ed "un
employed.” Probably a third of every
city's unemployed are "stake-men.” In
the spring they start out again on theit
wanderings, halting fori.a aroqth or two
somewhere to pick up "a stake" sufficient
to keep them in tobacco amt liquor, and
then begins the summer outing.
As citizens in times of peace and just
after they have got (heir "stakes” they
are very patriotic. They think that this
is "God’s own country,’’ and are most gar
rulous talkei’s about America for the
Americans. Indeed, when down on theit
luck they try to explain their penniless
condition on account of the influx of for
eign !alx>r. In w'ar-times they are no less
talkative on these subjects, but during
the late war ivith Spa n they frequently
found it more convenient lo speak their
minds up in Canada. Just before war was
declared, dozens of them were to be seen
railroading hard toward the Canadian
oourvlary line. There had Hone no sug
gestion eff a draft, but they thought it w ise
to be on the safe side of the line until
they were sure that a draft would not be
necessary. They are not naturally cow
ards; in personal encounters they can
often put up very goes! “fights,” and some
of them make their “stakes" wrestling and
Nixing in barrooms and “athletic acade
mies;" but they cannot hear to he com
pelled to fight, and it was this that they
feared in the late troubles with the Span
iards. One “siake-man" whom I talked
with a few days before hostilities began
hint it to me this way: ”1 want to have
a good time this summer, an’ I’m goin’ tip
to Montreal to be sure of it. If they
catch me before I get there an’ send me
to Cuba, I’m goin’ to fight as hard as 1
can. The harder the Americans light the
sooner the thing will lie over, but I’m not
planning to get into the scrap."
Ii is. perhaps, on itjle fancy, hut 1 cannot
help thinking that, if (he government had
been able to send an army of “stake-men"
lo Cuba, they would have come out of tlie
ordeal with less loss from fever and camp
disorders than ihe case among our
volunteers. The “stake-men," like the
tramp, knows how to take care of himself,
and I have met him in post-stricken dis
tricts gorging himsetf with impunity in tho
descried homes of tne frightened inhabi
tants.
How large his class is must remain a
matter of conjeciure, for. like the tramp
again, he is a very difficult man to locate
absolutely, and a complete count of his
companions Is Impossible. I think, how
ever, that there are mote than 50,000 east
of the Mississippi, which is tlie estimate of
one who has had good opportunities of eal
culat'ng the number of railway "stake-
Counting all the different varie
lies, 75,000 would seem to me to eotne
nearer the mark. In the West they are
not so numerous, but it is hard to believe
that they number less than 25,000 there.
AH over the country they are gradually
becoming the American counterpart of the
degenerated German Handw. rksburschen,
anti although they may never develop into
a full-fledged tramp class, numbers of
them do, from time to time, join the hobo
fiaternitv.
DEVIL FISHING.
Methods of Capturing; the Sen Mon
ster in the Bermudas.
New Haven Letter in New York Post.
One of the tfiosf tnar'reldus of fishermen
turned out by Yale in many years is Mr.
Clarence Yerrill of the senior class of the
Scientific School, and son of the well
known Yale professor of the same name.
Mr. Verrili’s chief characteristic is his
love for big and unusual game. He does
not waste his time angling for brook trout
or trolling the sea for biuefish, but returns
from his periodical excursions with tro
phies sueh as the venerable Isaac Walton
never imagined. A short time ago, for
example, he returned to New Haven with
a tempting string of ten or a dozen devil
fish, ot ihe most up-to-date octopus brand,
measuring anywhere from four to four
and a half feet from tip to tip. Mr. Ver
rill captured these with his own hands
off the Bermuda Islands, and has depos
ited them for the benefit of science in
the Peabody Museum. Next year he holies
to spend his vacation in the same way.
He is an expert devil-fisherman, and, un
like his few rivals who have pursued
ihe same sport, he catches them ulive and
with naked hands, by a method all his
own.
“1 presume the average civilized citizen
will regard me as a somewhat ghoulish in
dividual,” jtaid Mr. Verrill, detailing his
experiences, "when they learn that I take
delight in this unusual sport. The aver
age man associates 'he devii-flsh with all
that is horrible and mysterious—there is
probably no sea monster that is more
dreaded or the object of more supersti
tious awe. I found that the natives of tjie
Bermuda Islands, where the octopus ls
unusually numerous, regard this sea crea
ture with particular aversion, especially
the negroes. They call him the ‘scuttle,’
and no animal ls more dreaded. They will
not gel within hailing distance of him,
and will avoid all places where he is likely
to be found. One of our attendants, oth
erwise an intelligent man, would not
touch a pail in which one of our devil
fishes had lain for some time. These na
tives regarded me ami rqv father, whom
1 accompanied, as strange and unnatural
creatures, to be avoided almost as much
as the devil-fish himself.
"The octop. < is frequently caught with
spear or dredge, but such methods did not
suit our purpose. It is a very difficult mnl
ter to catch them alive; for they are hard
fighters,land are like.y to do you harm un
less you keep your wits about you. The
sense of self-preservation is strong, even in
sueh a social oulcast as your octopus. The
difficulties begin early, for only an ex
perienced devil-fisherman can locale his
prey. They possess some of the- attributes
of the chameleon,and change color accord
ing to the color of the substance upon
which they rest. The Bermuda Islands,
however, possess ibis advantage, that the
water is so transparent that the bottom
can be eeen at a depth of thirty or forty
feet. It is not always easy, however, to de
tect the devil-fish eVen though he may be
In sight.
“The first requirement for a devil-fishing
excursion Is a bathing suit. The second Is
a flat-bottomed boat. This is all you need.
No bait, no fish line and pole a re required.
You have to be very careful in rowing your
boat about, for the devil-fish Is a very
wary fellow, and vanishes ai the least
shadow of an approaching foe. You have
also to be well posted upon their habits
or haunts, or you may padSle noiselessly
around all day without even as much as
a glimpse of your inte.nde-d vlotlm. When
you finally reach the spot whf,re you think
the devil-fish may lot. the only thing to do
is to stop your boat as quietly as you
can and await developments. The novice
will study the water and the bottom of
the sea, but will seldom detect the hiding
“There’s the rub.” (Hamlet.^
/ —U *- e * n onc ‘ hand, and the effect
r\ (ml ' n t^ie ot k er ’ Good design for a
II soa P “ad.”—isn't it? Question of
L health, if nothing else, ought to make
Mf OJ| if rubbing with soap, and take up the sen
§L/*J f sthle way of washing with Pearline—soaking,
boiling, rinsing. Ihe washboard rubbing, done
in the midst of soiled clothes and tainted steam is harmful to
any woman. If you think it isn't, you'd better think again, 570
octopus. lie may,see many other things,
such as beautiful corals and large and
brightly colored sea-anemone, but not the
object of his search, although the slimy
rnoster is there, perhaps quietly lying In
wait for the unsuspecting crabs or lobsters
that are so plentiful In those waters. The
bottom of the ocean is of limestone, and
there tire numerous overhanging rocks and
caverns. It is uyder the shade of these
rock? or hidden under these caverns that
the devil-fish is to he found. If you wait
long enough, you are likely to see some
thing move; or If you advance too far.
the shadow of your boat may disturb his
quiet, and send him slinking from beneath
the friendly rock into fil’d view.
“He Is not on object of is nitty, looking
remarkably like a huge spider, and for the
moment you are likely to regret that you
came on your tishlng trip unarmed. He is
in reality about four feel across, but the
Witter always magnifies, nrtd he appears
much, larger. He has two eyes, but if you
get ih view of these the slimy monster
will dart under the rock once more. You
therefore slowly creep to the stern of
your liont and prepare the attack. Un
less you are a good diver and swimmer,
and are quick of motion in the water, you
had better give up the gome at onee. If
you have full confidence in yourself in
these respects; you take your position in
the stern of the boat and await the favor
able moment. The strlctesi silence must
be maintained until suddenly you spring
from the boat and dive into the water, di
rectly at the unsuspecting fish. It is only
once in a great while that this attack.is
successful. Nine times out of ten the oc
topus sees you coining and gets out of the
way. If he catches the slightest glimpse
of you, or hears the teast noise, all your
trouble is in vain. Once in his home under
the rocks, no persuasion can draw him
forth again, and the only thing to do is to
leave him nnd to seek for other prey.
"Occasionally, however, your dive will
he successful, if you come upon the mon
ster form behind so that his piercing eyes
do not get a glimpse of yon or your shad
ow, your chances of catching him are fairly
good. Hut even when you reach the poor
devil-fish in time, you are by no means sure
of landing him. There is only one way of
catching hint alive, and that is by em
bracing him from behind with your hands
in his throat as it were. It is useless to try
to get him in any other way—your attack
is not only unsuccessful, but is Olkely to
be dangerous. The thing you have to
avoid Is not. according to the popular idea,
the eight long, slimy tentacles, which are
dangerous on'iy in an octopus of unusual
size—though they arc uncomfortable nnd
unpit a sail t always—but the mouth, which
is located on the under part of the body,
as in the shark, it consists of a sharp
beak, which strikingly resembles the
beak of a parrot. It is his principal wea
pon of offensive warfare, and unless you
are agile and firm it is likely lo be used to
ugly effect.
• "The first thing the' octopus tries to do,
after you have laid hold of him by the
head, is to get away, and fnore often than
not he succeeds. If you hold him tight
ly, not only will he fall to escape, but the
inky fluid which is one of his defensive
properties will find its means of exit chok
ed. His body Is soft and slimy like an
eel. If, however, he does not succeed in
squirming through your hands, he begins
to light. He tries to get his long, slip
pery antennae into play, and you feel one
of them wind quickly around your arm.
It is an unpleasant and growsome sensa
tion, and occasionally painful. Each ten
tacle Is provided with a large number of
suckers, by means of which the .octopus
seizes its prey. Each one of these stickers
when fastened upon the body acts as a
vacuum cup, and clings firmly by virtue
of the pressure of the Hit outside. The
effect is precisely like that of a multitude
of cupping-glasses. There is only one way
of freeing your arm and the other por
tions of the body to which the tentacles
attach themselves, and that is by taking
them at the extremities and peeling them
off. It is seldom, however, that they do
any great harm. In a few instances they
were painful, and for some time after our
devii-fi“b!ng trips in the Bermuda tny
father's arm was covered with black and
blue spots, the result of the cupping pro
cess of the tentacles.
"In the main, however, you can afford
to ignore this attack. The devil-fish only
uses it, indeed, for a single purpose It
is not for the sake of sucking your blood,
as some imaginative persons would have
us believe. The devil-fish is no sea vam
pire; he fights with his beak, like the
most respectable animal in the world. His
whole aim is to turn on his back so that
he can get this weapon of defense at work
like the shark. He has wound these an
tennae about you for the simple purpose
of getting a purchase so that hfe can
turn himself. Your main efforts, of
course, are directed to preventing his get
ting Into such an advantageous position.
By the time you are ready to start for
the surface you are likely to be somewhat
tangled up with the eight tentacles. It is
a position not altogether unmingled with
horror, but after a few experiences you
become hardened to it. What I have de
scribed, of course, takes place very quick
ly, and a few seconds after your attack,
if everything has gone well, the whole
wriggling mass rises to the surface; the
devil-fish worming and squirming to get
away, winding Its tentacles around you
and attempting to get its beak in a posi
tion to use, and you holding on \o the
head for dear life in your efforts to reach
the surface without losing your game.
“It is the rarest and most exciting sport
I have ever known. It is a moment of su
preme exhilaration when you reach the
surface, jump Into the boat and begin to
peel the slimy creature off your limbs. He
is still lively and still shows light. When
you finally deposit him in the bottom of
the boat the poor octopus continues the
unavailing struggle. He squirms around
like a huge spider on his eight tentacles,
and In his fury attack the side of the
!*>at, upon which he fastens his suckers
as tenaciously as the human arm Itself,
Only one melancholy fate awaits hint. He
is taken on shore, packed in alcohol, and
sent home to he deposited In the museum.
As soon as he gets out of his element he
begins to shrink, and turns a dull grayish
color. And it so haiipens that all the devil
fish which we brought home and which
are now deposited for safe keeping in the
Peabody museum do not do Justice to
themselves. They are much smaller than
when caught In Bailey bay.
"It may be added that not ail. nor in.
deed the larger number of our captives,
were secured in the way I have described.
We captured a great many without go
ing to th< trouble of diving In deep sea
wafer. The smaller ones can be found in
shallow water. They creep up close to
the shore among the numerous rocks that
line the Bermuda coast, hoping for stray
ducks—the devll fish lielng fonder of poul
try than anything cite. He creeps along
slyly until he catches sight of an inno
cent duck swimming about overhead. Sud
denly one of liis tentac.es shoots up vo
the surface; there comes a melancholy
‘quack,’ ait-1 the duck dlwapiiearH fdrever
from mortal view. The constant Inroads
of •In' devil fish niton the poultry farms of
the Bermuda farm- rs does hut add to tho
already bad name lie has acquired among
’hem. This habit gave us the o|>)iortun
ity of catching a great many devil fish
by simply wading out in bathing suits.
One of the weak ihHiils of the octopus,
from a combative standpoint, is the fact
that he lias no great (stiver of endur
ance. You can frequently get the Ix-st of
bun simply by playing a waiting gum?
and by tiring him out.
The average size of those we caught
was four feet across. We say larger s|ter-
Imens, hut did not succeed In lauding them.
The natives have many wild tales lo te.l
of the size of these creatures and of their
ferocity. There were stories of a 'seut
tle’ in Harrington sound that measured
o’.ght foot aero-e. ami was colored a yellow
and gray. We kt nt an outlook for some
linn- for this monster, but did not suc
ceed in discovering him.
"The devil fish is a hard tighter, lint he
is by no means the terrible creature he is
portrayed. No animal has been more mis
represented. I suppose many people get
their ideas of the octopus largely from
Victor Hugo, who has identified the devil
tlsh with satan himself, the personifica
tion of evil. No such creature, however,
as is described In the ’Toilers of the Sea’
exists. It is as much a myth us the mer
maid or the centaur. Indeed, the cephalo
|K>d that sucked away Hie life-blood e
Sieur t’tuhln and came within an arc
treating poor Gillian in the same way has
long been a joke unit tig scientific men. I
suppose there are devil fishes of such size
that they might make dangerous fas. For
tlte most part, however, their capture Is
the most exciting sport, and may some
day become popular."
FAMILY OF IIEIIMIT HABITS.
Fullers They Are by Annie, nnd Live
lAenr riyinoiitl: Hock.
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fame, is the village of Plymplon, which
would never have been known outside Its
own county had it not Itecn for the "Ful
ler hermits." For more than a century
there has Itecn at hast one hermit In the
Fuller family. One of the earlier Fuller
hermits, Daniel, was a remarkable trap
per and hunter, and the sporting corn
pan ion of Daniel Webster on many n long
hunting trip down the cape. Webster
was the only human being whom this lone
ly mortal ever confided in or showed any
liking for.
Peter Puller, another hermit, has lived
in a lonely spot far from any neighbors
for twenty-six years. His house, a little
one-story shanty, erected for temporary
occupation by Its former owner, stands
in n half acre of cleared land. In his
“barn," another shed a few rods from the
hermitage, he keep? an old-fashioned
eidar press and a few barrels of apple
cider, also a few scrubby horses, for Peter
lias u penchant for swapping horses. It
is only when engaged in these operations
or in the infrequent purchases of clo.n
ing and ammunition that Peter has ap
proached the habitations of other men
since 1872, when he retired into the woods.
Although oniy about 80 years old, his long
gray hair and bushy gray beard make him
appear much older.
Of course, it is said that a woman is
responsible for Peter's way of living, not
withstanding that it is go common a Ful
ler trait. Peter shipped years ago on a
Mediterranean trader its cabin boy, de
serted at Venice went over to Africa and
returned to Plymplon after an absence pf
seven years.
Once more he went to sea, this time
bound for the West Indies, but eight
months later he returned with a handsome
young woman whom he introduced as bis
bride. Mrs. Fuller did not fall into the
staid ways of P’.ympton, but was wild
nnd reckless, until her husband finally
turned ner out. Then she went back to
her own people, and Peter became despond
ent ami retired to his pr-stenl alxxle to
spend the remainder of his days.
There is another Fuller, Orlando by
name, who claims kinship with neither
Daniel nor Peter, but who has the hermit
habit. Twelve years ago he settled in a
charcoal burner's cabin near Silver Lake.
Every spring he fishes for trout in the
streams that empty into the lake, and his
catches ate the envy of the whole coun
tryside. That is the only work he does.
• I've got enough to live on, why should I
labor?” he says. He has a theory that
close-mouthed men outlive babblers, and
as he lias a dread of the "mysterious here
after” he keeps his mouth Shut. He says
that he could give Edison pointers on elec
trical matters, and that he has already
established communication with the in
habitants of Hie planets, but he refuges to
lie more specific in his statements.
Albert Fuller, another of the hermits,
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"I can do as I’ve a mind to here, and
there’s no one to gossip about it. I used
to Is> like other forks once, but my ene
mies drove me out of the busy world, and
if I had the chance to return I would
choose to remain here.”
Alltert Fuller is a weather prophet.
“Hook out for deep snows the third week
in January,” he says, "and let seafarers
look out for a northeaster Feb. lo.”
—On the Trail.—“ Well,” said the chief,
"are there any developments In the co
logne mystery?"
"Not yet," replied the great detective
in a hoarse whisper. “But I'm hot on
the scent.”— Philadelphia North American.
—He Had a Beason.—"Why have you
been fighting, little boy?” asked the kind
lady.
"Fer exercise," was the answer. "Do I
look big enough to lie a perfesstonal fight
in' fer a purse?”—Chicago Evening Post.
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