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Show submarine. Never was there such ! jaaintn e i.overtv appeals reciteil. ite, ; small children, inortae on boat, only t means of family sustenance, entire I earthly posHcssii.ns represented by his ship, about to be sent to the bottom. Crews Assembled. Both crews were assembled on deck, and the Unn captain became interested. He turned and, pointing out to sea, instructed in-structed the captain ot the Nicholson "to t'et out of there," a privilege accepted ac-cepted and immediately acted upon. j In our columns we have played tip ; trout, bass and muskie fishing in the I inland waters, and have attempted to conciliate both anglers and fisiiermeu. I It is now my intention to introduce you i to the methods of capturing, playing) and landing the leviathans of the deep sea. I Captain Charles A. Smith is a man with thirty-live years' active v.halmg ; experience to his credit. He is now ; custodian of the ..Museum of Whaling! Curios, at New Bedford. Conm A half- ' size reproduction of the Lagoda. the most successful money-getting whaler he ever sailed from that port, graces i the museum. During a sailing life of forty-two years, making twelve round trips to different whaling grounds, this vessel netted her owner the neat sum of 5651,000. Few are aware that the "whale is a mammal, raising its young upon a milky substance, and that the whale does not belong to the fish family except in form and environments. ' The most common species, the sperm whale, attaining a length of thirty to eighty feet, is known to have produced 165. barrels of oil in some instances. As 1000 barrels is an excellent season's sea-son's catch, it requires the catching of but few "spcrmers" to fill a vessel's oil tanks. Whale Oil in Demand. The seductive price of (f-10 per barrel has done much to rejuvenate the whaling whal-ing industry. Government demand for whale oil as a gun lubricant and leather preserver, or waterproof er, has materially mate-rially increased the price. By-products are spermaceti, for candle manufacture, and an ocasional lump of ambergris (a morbid secretion found in the whale's intestines), used in high-class perfumes, are a source of additional revenue to whalers. One piece of ambergris weighing seventy-six pounds was recently sold in N'ew York for a $35,000 consideration. considera-tion. On whaling grounds crow-snests are continually manned by lookouts. When a whale is sighted, the call goes down, "There she bl'.vs! V or "White water!" at the same time locating direction, di-rection, fc-mall boats, with crews of six men each, immediately respond. The leviathan once located, the boats approach from the rear. AVhen near, an expert gunner fires from an especially espe-cially constructed gun an explosive harpoon har-poon loaded with a quarter of a pound of powder, with a nine-second fuse attached. at-tached. When struck, the whale dives, and th; rope attached to the harpoon runs out so rapidly friction fire is lre-(mently lre-(mently started. The whale comes to the surface, another bomb lance is fired into his vitals, followed b3" the "dead whale flag," for assistance in towing the carcass to the ship, to be cut up ind rendered. Capturing a human fish! Aquatic sports are th? popular line of diversion at 8anta CataLina islands, located "o miles off Los Angeles countv coast, across the channel of San Pedro. En route, fh-ing fish arc ever a source of interest, until the crescent shaped harbor har-bor of Avalon is stn. Catalina island is 22 miles long, one-fourth one-fourth to seven miles wide. Mount Orizaba, twenty-three hundred feet high, is the tallest mountain. Cabrillo, a Spanish navigator, landed where the little city of Avalon is now loca!i?d, in 15-i'J. Later coast pirates, who looted rich galleons in the Philippine trade, built and called Avalon their home port. Our steamer Cabrillo glided up to the pier. "Squirrel," deepsea eoin-diver, eoin-diver, stood in his boat, awaiting th? casting of silver coin into the depths. Hands extended, both eyes wide open, he would dive for the "shimmving .v5jf .i-a'.ex - m. JDXAH resided for three clays cuddled cud-dled up in the belly of a whale. Guess that is going somo for a fish story. He would have been accused of Kinkadiug for a land title had he been domiciled in Uncle Sam's domain. During a recent visit to the interesting city of New Bedford, Conn., my loafing headquarters were established estab-lished at the store of S. Horvitz, "slop chest outfitter" for sailors and whalers. That little fish story about Jonah was on many occasions made to sound tame by some of those old weather-beaten weather-beaten tars connected with the whaling whal-ing industry for the past half century. Whalers, like cowboys, are diffident' until a confidence has been established; they then thaw out and become loquacious. lo-quacious. It required several immediately ac cepted invitations to "come out and meet Johnnie Barleycorn," before the conversation water took desired effect. The gabfest then opened in a most satisfactory way. Whales of size immediately im-mediately sprung into form, caught by some of the assembled harpoon throwers. Submarine Experience. Jonah's place of residence, where his "homing record" was made, was placed in the "piker class" when an old salt told of a whale he once captured, cap-tured, whose stomach was so capacious Jonah, with all the wives of King Solomon, Solo-mon, could have enjoyed the shimmie dance in its abdominal cavity. Captain John T. Gonsalves recited his experience with a German submarino during the recent world war. Skippering Skipper-ing out of the port of New Bedford on the. schooner A. M. Nicholson, a 100-ton 100-ton whaler, when off the Cape llatteras coast there suddenly appeared off his port bow, arising from the depths, a German submarine. The boats were so near together, the torpedo tube could be reckoned on a direct line. The skipper of the Nicholson immediately shouted "Kt merad." and headed his boat for the com," never allowing one to strike the bottom. Whi.'it visiting Catalina T attended their aquatic carnival. Swimming, diving, water polo, tug of war between skilled oarsmen, pulling square-stcmed skiffs, glass-bottom boats. -'Old Ben," the one-eyed seal, continuously disported dis-ported along the dock, awaiting the arrival of some visiting fislnerman into port, that he might be treated to a fish banquet. Captures "Man Fish." All were featured and interesting. Advertised as the thrilling acme of real sport was "Aquatic deep sea swimming versus tuna tackle contest, man against man." Captain Sam Weslbrook, expert angler, equipped with a tuna rod, multiplying reel and twenty-four thread line, fishing from a row boat was mulched against Edward Adargo, a man weighing P0 pounds, recognized expert swimmer, water dog, goat hunter and coast guard, officiating an human fish. The man with the tackle was to land the "man fish" within a period of 15 license, which you will have to wear as a licensee. Question. L'nderstnnd they are coini: to have nn event in the Grand Anvri-can Anvri-can handicap of l'JL'O for women erans who ha-ve rasped the nae of tiS. Is it true! MRS. F. T. 1IEI1XKK, M ilwaukee. Answer. Have henrd nothiui; of such an event. Am satisfied iStonov MeLinn, the sceretnr--manairer would not promote an event where it would be necessary for any woman to declare her tpe. MeLinn i a mnn of the world. wis? in its mcanderincs, too wise to pet up acainst a came like that. Mrs. Hcidner, I feel safe in nssertinc an event for fis-year-old women will not be pulled off. minutes, at the sido of his boat, readv for the introduction of tho "gaff" into his floating ribs. Should n greater time elapse, or the line be broken, the honors of contest were to be accorded the "fish." Ore. hundred and fifty feet of line handicap was allowed, forty feet more were added before "Weslbrook pet Ins hook, and commenced to reel in his human fish, which he "pumped" and plaved bcientificaily. When "pumrvd'' the "fish" was almost al-most lifted from the water. In thirteen thir-teen minutes Adarco wan deprived of his "uoat," was reeled in within eaf-finjr eaf-finjr distance, capitulating without having hav-ing the "hooks thrown into him." Marshall's Answers to Nimrod. Question. "Will 1 be charged a license li-cense to hunt larco cnnv in lfritish Columbia? If so, how much and when are the open seasons? Aro thev very strict in Canada? I am going then' to visit a friend, would I have any trouble, taking mv guns in and out? HTTIIKHPORD JOHNSON1, Birmingham, Ala. Answer. Yes, you will be called upon lo pay non-wsidcnt license of S-LI."., with an additional assessment (,f for each grizzly bear, moose, sheep, wnpitn or caribou killed under the license. li-cense. Kor each hear, goat or mule deer iflr) extra must be paid. l'rotn HepU iiiber 1 to December 1.1 on deer, mule caribou, bull moose. No open season sea-son on buffalo, elk, voting of deer and goat a, and females and young of moose, caribou and sheep. You will fin, t)u, hunting and fishinu laws very strenuously strenu-ously enforced in 1 he I'omiiiii.ii. 'The warden issues license, but tnerv mounted police is an netiy,. eanu'o warden. It will save vou much trouble and annoyance, especially nt this lime, if you leave your guns nt home M,i have your friend nuilie a borrow front iieiglilmis at'ler vour arrival. The fish, ing li.t-nse is $ per sens. in pr 1 per dav up lo five ilavs. Stay on, the Kite ride of tint proposition and take out |