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Show AST1HDE A LIVE SIIAIlk. DARINQ FEAT OF A CLIFORNIA SWIM MIMQ TEACHER. A re't tperl wllh e Mtrlne te,lr 71,. I'l,. Il.rml...r... .1 . II. L lUkln Bht,k Atnplf ll.meniltal.J Ik. tl.lt,.,, K. Lt.r Air. 1,1. That a man thould Uko art lain a live thark'a tack, aarenlly with all the dVHKht of a wild cowboy breaking In an unruly rnmung, wonld be dlOlvult lo believe unlern ctrcmn.tancet were preaented to verify ll Such an occur rence hat really taken j lace, however and at to abort a dutance from Sen Francttco that any doubting Thoniaa can eailly Mll.fr liimielf by making a pertonal lnrettlgation. Tor the pail few Jean the flibennen In the northern part of Monterey Xay near Santa Crnx, have licen grratly annoyed by bukllig thrka TIim abarka, wblle In ftearch nf food, often run Into the neti of tl.hrrmtn, ami In thra.hlng about ami trying to eicape frem the meehea which enfold thnn, tear the neta and Injure llein to that the uiherwen at timet tolTcr the lote of hnndretU of dottara, tiuinolliari a iliark ttrngglet about eo much In the watir at to wrap the neta around It In each a manner ttat etcape It Imponlble and the huge fl.h die from the exhaut-tlon exhaut-tlon produced by lu wild efforta to ret free To eitrleata the dead Dnh from the nett It It eonietlmet neceeiary to tow It alhore, and to recover art of the Iom tuitalned In tliedeetrnction of the beta the flibennen try out the liver of the ahark and obtain a quantity of cheap tut protltableolL aa octLAn tiEHOMmuTIO A l.nxe buklugihark about thirty cr forty fret long bvcaluo entanifled In the neta of tvuie ruhennen off Wxjuel point, about four uillee from Httita Crux. The l.liaik. Mill alive an I enfolded In the nett wai towed by the fl.hermen lu burnt to the wharf at Capltola. dear rival Cleated great excitement among the vliltora at that retort The fact that harkt, any iharka, were near the beach drove hnndre.lt of bathert from the wa tcr, and people tcan to make op their niiiidt to leave the lace. No amount of auuruce on the pert of the proprietor of the hotel or the fMiermm that baik Ing iharkt were not man eaten, an 1 that ' many had Leu cautbt with no accident happening, could entirely quiet the feara of the vliltora, and bathing waa altnott j given up. Home ocolar demomtratlon of the fact tkat a balking iliark wat harmleta there. trre becAitiv neceaury Bwlmming i l.a, h. r 8iriM,ii, or the Capltola tutlia, tltcu Uttermiued to give au exhibition 1 with the ilmk which thould convince I the moat timid A performance fol lowed tho like of which uo man ever ' participated In before. Bwanion put en ! a bulling anlt end twain to the wharf where the r!lally eiLauatcl monittr lay, ttlll rtly wrapped In Ike lorn and tanglnl llnhlng ntu Klowljr epprmch-Ing epprmch-Ing the gaeingyetenrageil montter, a whale in tlie If not In libelee, teuwn twam clow to Ita aUe, ami then clambered clamb-ered llowly on top, a moderately eaey talk to accouipllih. aa the lhark lay timet entirely under water. Hitting aitrlde the huge fl.h like n, baby on an elephant, the bold twfmmer thouted In trlnmphant deriilon at the rtveralhnn dre.1 people on the wharf, who had gathered tu wltneaa the ttrange per formance. cot cxcn to rr. .Hit Bong of aucceitwaa quickly cut thort, for aa toon at the lity thark real IzM It luvl gtthereil aomethiug more on lu back It commenced to thrash about and threw Mwanton cfT Women In the crowd ihrieked In frer and men held their breath In eicltrnirnt. It wai hardly hard-ly a minute, however, before Hwanwn appeared unlnjurcl aud laughing out-tide out-tide of the line ot foam canm! by the thark'a ttrngglet. The crowd on the wharf breathed morn freely when they aawthoman emerge from the teething i watera and milled that lie had not been devoured, at they expected him lo bo. The undaunted awliniuvr again ttcnt to the aide of tho ahark, and once mure luonntod hit marine eteed. The ahark again thowed Hi fear aud angtr by thak. thg him off but not o vloltutly aa before. be-fore. With great periltteuce Bwaneon again tllinbod on to the inomter What teeme,! tfore to the uiauyipeo tatora a inott foolhardy act, and bqt the courtahlpof certain death, now became a ttraugely comical tight Hn anion mounted the fl.h, and the ahark becoming becom-ing accnitomed to tta queer burden, merely rolled the man off each time he got on lu buck, limply turning tailly lo the water and linking hlmtclf, ThU wit rcpiatcil teveral timea, and the large ttowd of icople who came elpxt Ing lo are the mtn killed and eaten departed de-parted laughing at the ludicrout ending of the crformatice, fiwanton brcame the hero of the camp, luilhlng waa relumed re-lumed an 1 even more freely Indulged In at u coniequeoce of the eihlbltlou, and no one can now be found lo Camp Capltola Capl-tola who will admit that they fiar a hark, or a hoiking ahark at hut-Sin r rancitco Chronicle. Can wu make It rain? Yet, nntwein General Itobcrt O, I); renforth, In The North. merican Itevletv. Aa roof he initnucua cawt In which heavy ralnt have folloued great buttln and con tinned oxploalona of jiowder too often to leal e any d mht of the matter. Cau w e make 1 1 ral uT No, nmw ert li-ofiwaur Simon NewcumU In the aime ret lew, at hut not by llrln.t off eipludvei Into the ntiiiMi here. Hit reaion It that inch a thing would bn contrary to aclenco. MA thuuaaul ditonatlunt can produce no irore elTt nn the ulr. or on the wjteryaiior(iilt than a thomand re-bnuiidt re-bnuiidt of a liuoll l.iy't rubber bill vouldpruluoe on a ilono wall" I'ro-f.iuor I'ro-f.iuor Newamib more thau half Intl-matetthitif Intl-matetthitif tin Unite,) Htatet goiern-ment goiern-ment had comulteil the quiet, rather dull lent ' mi n of tclence before lu iking the i propnatlun for producing rain by exploilont It would havo Iwn coualdcr-ably coualdcr-ably better on than It la now 11,. In., ul l.ol.llou. lie Such n fearful dronm m I had hut night, dear! 1 thought I m.ii mi utterly mid nlnclutely nlouo that tho drtuil mmiio of liututlon AHuku me. Rho I'oor Mlowl Uiat nnrt whoro did )0ll teem tn bol Uo I droaiutd I uai an oyitrr In a chnrcb iupjr ttew 1'ituburg lluile-tiu. |
