Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1913 — Page 3

Inlets of Old North Carolina

THE North Carolina coast is a paradise for fishermen, and the past season has proven no exception to the rule. October and November are the banner months for the sportsmen, but there 1? good fishing at practically all times. In October and November continuous north and east winds cause the fish to leave the bays, creeks and rivers and seek the warmer waters of the ocean, “schooling up,” preparatory to migrating south. The waters around Beaufort, N. C., seem to have an especial attraction for a great variety of fish, much to the surprise and delight of visiting sportsmen. Among the many kinds caught with hook and line, are blue fish, sea trout, (squeteague) Spanish mackerel, sheepshead, black fish spot, flounders, sea bass, butterflsh, croakers, drum, king fish, cero with an occasional tarpon and cabio. The individual weight of the last three mentioned, being anywhere from 10 to 70 pounds.

Some Big Catches. Along Bogue, and Core sounds, around Harker’s Island, In the straits, and along the sandy shores, from Beaufort inlet to Cape Lookout Point, (a distance of ten miles), netfers are continuously on the watch for mullet during the fall months. The fish, at this time are large and fat, often weighing from two to three pounds. When a catch is made they are sold to the fish houses in the town, and immediately drepsed, cleaned and salted down in barrels of about 100 pounds each, shipped throughout the state and to northern markets. The seine fishing Is done by the larger boats, outside the three-mile limit. Often large catches are made in this way. The record catch of the season was made by the schooner “George B. Balstor,” consisted of 66,000 pounds, selling on the wharf for $1,600, being about two and one-half cents per pound. This catch was exceeded a year ago by the schooner “Dewey,” when 90,000 pounds were taken at one haul. This Jot was sold for $2,250 spot cash. Some 12 or 15 men constitute the crew, and in the case of the latter no man aboard received less than SBO for his share. The owners of the boat, captain and mate, of course, receiving much more. Shrimp are also caught along shore in great quantities during August, September and October. These are brought? to the fish houses, dumped on the floor, and every boy, white or colored, who wants a job, and can get a box to sit on, is set to work “heading” the shrimp, as shown in the illustration. Both hands are employed - in this work. The beheaded shrimp are thrown into a bucket in front of each boy. The full bucket is taken to the floor boss, who gives each boy credit. The shrimp are then packed in boxes with cracked ice, layer for layer, and immediately shipped north. Great hauls of shrimp have recently been

made, the largest consisted of 82 boxes (about one and one-half bushels to a box), they were sold on the wharf at $7 per box; $574 in all. The waters outside of the inlet were alive last fall with edible fish, and the “hook and liners” are having great sport, many declaring that the fish were so plentiful they could feel the sinker striking against their backs as It went down. One seine fishing boat brought to the fish house recently 10,000 pounds of trout (weak fish), as three other boats brought In 5,000, 3,000 and 2,000 pounds, respectively. > , Odor Only Waste. Greatest In point of value are the menhaden, often called bunkers, or fatbacks. These fish are very rich In oil, and millions of them are taken, to one of the edible variety. Twenty auxiliary schooners, with capacity of 200,000 to 300,000 are employed during the season from May to December ip catching these fish. Six factories, in the vicinity, receive these fish from , the boats, paying at the rate of $1 per 1,000 for them. The fish are "tried out" for the oil, and the remainder, called “scrap,” Is dried and sold for fertiliser. Nothing Is lost or wasted, except the odor, which permeates Uhe air for miles to leeward of the .factories.' The fish arb hoisted from the hold of the vessel by means of an endless chain of buckets, emptied into cars at the top of the hoist, and so carried on the railway to the factory. Some ten miles from Beaufort inlet,

the coast makes a sharp right-angled bend, with Cape Lookout at the apex. From the end of the cape, a narrow line of shoals, of coral formation, extends much farther out. The cape, and its submerged continuation forms a wall, ks it were, reaching seaward 15 miles or more. Cape Lookout is so shaped as to embrace a bay, a quiet and beautiful sheet of water, called "Lookout Bight.” The coast configuration thus forms a remarkable natural trap into which fall the fish, migrating northward. ‘

HISTORIANS AND THEIR WORK

American Authors Occupy Foremost Places in the Ranks of Those Whom the World Honors. \ Views of what is the distinctive historical faculty, whether breadth of vision, power or organization, pholosophical insight, or narrative talent, must vary as widely as historical styles and aims; but upon one requirement, skill and patience in research, all agree. Evpn the impressionistic author of the “French Revolution” had to bewail in his “Frederick the Great” “the mountains of dust and ashes to be tumbled down to disengage the truly memorable.” It is in this light that one notes with especial pleasure the remarks of James Ford Rhodes aboi|t the preeminent advantages of America in her historical depositories. Even foreign detractors, he told the American Antiquarian society, must admire “the easy and methodical arrangement of our historical materials, the accessibility of our libraries, and the various helps” connected with thdm; particularly since their own scholars still had “to pore over books without indexes, ajd delve among manuscripts in dusty archives." The justice of his statement needs no comment. A remarkable historical zeal has long been manifested in America. Every state and nearly every large city has its historical library; colleges and universities are jealous of their collections; the veriest hamlets, in our older localities,Thave their historical and genealogical societies; and private accumulations are innumer-. able—all /reely at the service of the, ihvestigator. The organization before which Mr. Rhodes spoke has itself closed a century in gathering a specialized accumulation of almost unique fullness. Only the federal government may be accused of lagging behind. —New York Evening Post. ,

Real "Deserted Village.”

A “deserted village” which contains only one single soul, a woman, is that of Woolstein, a hamlet near Cassel, in Prussia. It has been abandoned by its inhabitants on the ground that life there is hopeless. The soil is sterlie, and the authorities refused to link the village to the outer world byrail. About a hundred of the inhabitants left, in a body for America few weeks ago, and since then those who were left behind have been moving dally to neighboring villages and towns. The village school was closed not many days ago because there were no more pupils, and’ on the following Sunday service was held for the last time ip the village church. The houses are empty, and the village looks as if it had been swept by the plague. Only one inhabitant remains, Frau Hoeft, a shepherdess, who is eighty years old, and declares that she will die in the village where she was born.

Benevolent Earthquake.

•- Earthquakes, as a general rule, are disturbances not greatly desired, but one occurred at Piru, Ventura county, a few days ago that proved a money maker for the Diamond Valley OU company—most of the stockholders of which are Anaheim parties. The Diamond Valley company had been having lots of trouble with No. i well, which ceased to be a producer on account of water. The trembler came along when the well was about tobe abandoned, aqd completely shut off the water and started a fine flow of 32-gravlty oil. The well Is expected to continue as a steady producer, nob withstanding the queer way in which It was brought in.—Anabeln (Cat) Correspondent Plain Dealer.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

WANT GRIDIRON SERIES

Postseason Match Between East and West Is Urged. Critics Ridicule Plan and Declare Proposition la Impracticable From Every Standpoint of GameFew Reasons Cited. Every once in a while some critic or a number of critics conceive the brilliant idea of a world’s series in football with the champion of the east meeting the champion of the west in a postseason conflict Judt at present the idea seems to have taken a hold in the east and a number of experts are calling for such a contest. They declare it would be a great thing to have a championship gridiron eleven and propose a conflict in sohae neutral territory. They compare the proposed game to the world’s baseball series and declare a contest between Chicago and Yale or Harvard and Michigan or some similar meeting would fill the largest athletic field in the world. It is all very well to speak of such a contest, but the easterners evidently have forgotten a number of objections to the plan. First and foremost, of course, would be the difficulty of getting the faculties of the schools interested, but granting this to be obtainable, how is one to determine which is the sectional champion?

Of course, last year produced a well defined eastern leader. Harvard won the in the east beyond a question, but could any one pidk a similar leader in the west. Wisconsin and Notre Dame had an equal right to the title last season, and to select either one would provoke a riot at the other school. So far as picking one this season—help!

There seldom have been well defined champions either east or west. Of late years there has been no western champion in fact, the honor being claimed by two, three or a half* dozen teams. To talk of selecting a title holder when there is ho elimination between Chicago, Wisconsin,' Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska and Notre Dame is ridiculous. These teams are mentioned because they are usually at the top of the heap. Every season, however, sees one or two “outsiders” with claims to present, such as the Michigan Aggies this sbason and South Dakota last year. Nor is the eastern champion so easy to pick. Yale, Harvard and Princeton are usually considered the triumvirate of the eastern gridiron, but it is not. too much to say that every year sees some other elevens with equal claims to press. For instance, Brown a couple of years ago and Penn State, Dartmouth and Carlisle more recently. The person who picked the strongest eastern team would have just as pleasant a task as the man to whom selection for the western title !holder was delegated. Up to date intersectional football games have proved flat failures. The

Pontius, a Michigan Star.

Chicago-Cornell series was abandoned for this reason. Of course the Ma-roon-Red games drew good crowds and became the "society” games of the year, but they were not football. Chicago would a hundred times rather beat Purdue or Northwestern than Cornell, and Cornell cares more for one Pennsylvania contest than for the entire list of Maroon contests. Exception .might be taken to this assertion by quoting how the Mich-igan-Pennsylvania game* have drawn. This is about the classic of infersectional contests and has become Michigan’s big game of the year. Ask any Michigan alumnus or undergraduate how he would like to have Chicago and Minnesota substituted for Pennsylvania and Cornell on the Wolverine schedule and one will discover how scantily these games have taken root in the affections of the Wolverine rooters. ' t

Lauds Joe Agler.

Billy Gilbert, who once played second for the Giants and 1 Cards, but who is now scouting for the Yankees, says that Joe Agler, first baseman for Atlanta aqd Jersey City last year, will be Frank Chance’s first sacker next season.

FRANK GOTCH CRUSHES HACKENSCHMIDT

Final Fall in Gotch’s Second Battle With Hackenschmidt.

Volumes have been written on the second encounter of the world’s champion with Hackenschmidt, in which the "Russian Lion” was decisively beaten before the largest crowd that ever watched a battle of mat gladiators in modern times. Some writers have cast suspicion on the integrity of this match, alleging that the public was victimized. This is an erroneous opinion and a manifest injustice to the world’s champion* The real fact is that Hackenschmidt was defeated before he went on the mat. He • feared Gotch and his toe hold, but he did his best, and the better man triumphed.

• Hackenschmidt and his trainers contended he was handicapped by strained tendons in one of his knees. This Gotch has repeatedly scouted, contending 1 it/was in the heart that his famous foe was injured. There was. no hippodroming in this match, Gotch asserts. He went to the mat with the Russian with the intention of taking no chances and of crushing his opponent in as decisive fashion as possible.

The story of the battle, which occurred September 4, 1911, at Comiskey’s new baseball park in Chicago, is one of the' triumph of speed over slowness, of courage over fear, of brain over mere strength. From the time the gladiators took the referee hold at the call of time until Hackenschmidt wailed for mercy at the finish, the superiority of Gotch was manifest. At the start the wrestlers bulled it about the mat for five minutes, stabbing for holds, with the American on the akgresslve. Suddenly Gotch caught Hack by the neck, pulled him

NOTES of SPORTDOM

' Judson Girl trotted 85 heats thlp and won $17,960, which is something remarkable for a 4-year-old. * • * Spike Kelly thinks there is no money in fighting except in opposing champions and Packey McFarland. * ° * Capt. R. G. Ritson, who led the English polo team which failed to lift the polo cup in the Meadowbrook matches, is ill in India. * • • Boxing promoters say there is no money in promoting fights, but few pre, known to quit the business which is their privilege. « • * Yale university’s new bowl-shaped stadium will include a 220-yard straightaway. The players will start out of a chute. ' • • • Jimmy Duffy, the Lockport, N. Y., fighter, scored a knockout in the sixth round over Frank Carroll of‘Toronto at Hamilton, Ont • « • Walter Maranville and Tommy Griffith of the Braves have gone on the stage for the winter. They will sing songs written by Griffith. George Castle picked up a mighty good horse in Tommy Finch, 2:091-4. This stallion won three firsts and a second during the two weeks at Dallas. n. • • • The Athletics have a great baseball team, says Walter Johnson. “And,” he adds, “they have an Abe Lincoln on the bench watching every move they make.” • • v

Mind* of Penn is rated as one of tie best forward passers football has ever developed, and few colleges, by the way, have turned out more good men in that respect than Penn. • • • Princeton numbered its player* in the game with Harvard and lost. This whs no argument against the system, as Brlckley wasn’t looking at those number & when he booted the oval through the posts. • • ’• The newest sensation in the athletic line is D. F. O’Hanlon, the Irish broad Jumper, who has come to this country to reside. Although scarcely out of his teens, he 1* capable of covering 24 -feet, and be has ambition* to own the world's record ere he is 25.

-forward, and tried for a leg hold, but Hackenschmidt dodged away. They tugged and pulled and shoved, each missing attempts to gain leg holds. Gotch, after 12 minutes of rough work, made a lightning shift, sprang forward, secured a leg hold and hurled Hackenschmidt to the canvas. Gotch tried for the toe hold and Hackenschmidt, scenting danger, crawled about the mat to elude the much feared 'grip. Hackenschmidt, in a desperate mixup near the ropes, came to his feet, but Gotch again put him down. Hack came to a sitting posture, broke a waist hold and again was free. Hackenschmidt at this point showed to the best advantage in the match. He bored in, secured a waist hold and put Gotch down, but the American easily broke away and again hurled Hack to the mat. Gotch caught Hack off his guard, lifted qis near leg, grapevined the far leg in a flash and then reversed the grip into a crotch, applying a half nelson, and Hackenschmidt fell back in defeat in 14:18. At the start of the second bout there was some preliminary feinting and stabbing, then a shuffle, a moment of suspense and Hack went sprawling to the mat. In a flash Gotch had one of his opponent’s legs imprisoned for his famous toe hold. Hack begged Gotch for mercy, but the Xvorld’s champion insisted on a fall. Gotch pressed his free arm against Hack’s chest and pulled his foot back. Hack .grabbed the ropes, but was forced to let go. It was the despairing effort of a defeated veteran of the mat and Hackenschmidt sank back for the bitterest defeat of his career in 5:38. ~ (Copyright. 1913, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

All Swimming Records Are Broken at Frisco

Myrtle Wright, twelve years old, swam the Golden Gate at San Francisco the other day, and broke all previous records for women swimmers. Her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Wright, swam with her, and* also made a new record. The young miss made it in 35 minutes 40 secpnds; the mother in 35 minutes. The best women’s record is 42 minutes. The distance Is between a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half in a straight line, but swimmers always are carried well out of their course. 1

A. A. U. CLEARS KOLEHMAINEN

Noted Finnish Olympic Runner Satisfies Investigators He Has Not Forfeited His Standing. Hannes Kolehmainen, Olympic runner, who came here from Finland and joined the Irish-American Athletic club, appeared before the registration committee of the Metropolitan district of the Amateur Athletic union the other day. Kolehmainen surprised the committee by producing three more trophies

Hannes Kolehmainen.

than the investigators had recalled. The Finnish runner drove up in an automobile filled with cups and medals, and proved to the committee’* satisfaction, it was said, that he had not pawned any prizes awarded him. All of Kolehmainen’s prizes were returned to him. It was learned that no direct charges were filed against the runner, and in some quarters the inquiry was regarded a* the outcome of statements by athletes envious of Kolehmalnen’* success.

TAKE PLACE OF MEAT

NOURISHING AND CHEAP MEALM| MADE OF NUTS. s ? Turkey Roast One. of the Most AjM proved Methods of Serving Them —Meat Loaf Also Is an Excellent Recipe.

Nut Turkey Roast. —Thoroughly! wash one cupful of German lentils! and soak over night. The next morning boil slowly until tender, then rum through a colanddr. Add one-half! cupful of chopped walnut meats, on& well-beaten egg. a quarter cupful oft minced onion and one cupful of mincedl celery that have been browned together in a little olive oil. Add salt) and sage to season and thicken withi bread crumbs. Dip thin slices of breads in a mixture of one egg and a cupfull of milk beaten together. Now in a< well buttered casserole or baking pan; make alternate layers of the two mixtures. Surround with any dressing preferred and bake from forty to sixty minutes in a moderate oven. v

Nut Meat Loaf.—One-half cupful of chopped or ground pecans, one-half cup of walnut meats, one cupful ot dry bread or cracker crumbs, two eggs and one tablespoonful of melted butter. Wet the crumbs with milk„ and as the crumbs soak ad more milk if necessary. It should be a little too thick to run. Butter well a small! bread pan. Turn in the mixture after stirring well and cover with dots ot butter. Bake in the oven a halt hour.) Cut in slices and serve hot. The next; day slices can be covered in thickened and strained juice from a can of! tomatoes and fried. Served with) creamed potatoes meats a good combination. All walnut meats make ai roast a trifle dry, but can be used it pecans are' too expensive. Nut and Vegetable Roast —Take cooked beans or peas, press through; a colander to remove the skins and| mix with an equal quantity of finely chopped nut meats. Season to taster and put one-half the mixture in a buttered baking dish. Spread , over it a dressing made in this wise: Take four slices of zwieback and pour boiling) water over it to cover. Let stand ten> or twelve minutes, break up with a fork and pour over it one-half cupful! of sweet cf®am. Season with salt, a bit of pepper and, if liked, a touch ot sage. Cover the dressing with the remainder of the nut mixture, pour over all one-half cupful of cream and bake slowly an hour and a half in a moderate oven. Serve in slices with Cranberry sauce.—The Delineator.

Pumpkin or Squash Pies.

In making pumpkin pies I make the shell, first, crimping the edge and making sure the air is out from under the crust.* In the meantime I have my squash or pumpkin cooking on the stove, pared and diced; when I can pierce it with a straw I take it off the stove and drain it through a colander; when perfectly dry, I rub it through colander with my hand. This is my rule for pumpkin pies. I add an egg for squash and leave out ginger, qne and one-half cups pumpkin, one and one-fourth cups milk, cooking spoon flour, little nutmeg, salt and ginger, one-eighth teaspoon of cinnamon. I heat this all together and let it stand perhaps twenty minutes, when 1 heat it again and pour into shell. Bake in slow oven, sometimes half a day. My pies are dandies. Try it and see how you get along. If your pies boll they are spoiled. A squash or pumpkin pie should.bake at least two hours to be really good.

Baked Apple Dumplings.

Pare and core six nice round apples. Put a piece of butter and a tea-spoonflit-fl? sugar Into each. Then make a covering as follows: Take four cups of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, and four teaspoonfuls of baking powder and stir thoroughly. Add a piece of lard as large as a duck egg. Moisten with milk, a pint, more or less, according as the handling of the dough permits. Work it . quickly and lightly. Form the (lough into cup shapes and in them place the apple, drawing the edges together in the middle. Pierce all over with a fork and bake in a quick oven about 20 minr utes. Serve hot with cream and sugar.

Tongue and Egg Salad.

Cut cold tongue in thin slices, then cut again into pieces about one Inch square; arrange a layer of tongue on fresh lettuce leaves, and on the tongue place a layer of hard-boiled eggs sliced thin; then another layer of tongue, and cover all with a good mayonnaise. Decorate the dish with slices of cold beets and parsley.

Meat on Toast.

Take cooked meat of any kind. Put through the meat grinder with a little onion. Then pus* in pan with a little water and piece of butter, salt and pepper. Heat hot and put on toasted bread. This is a good way to use up. pieces of meat and makes a nice dish for supper.

Poor Man’s Boiled Dinner.

Two fiigs’ knuckles, one head of cabbage, one large turnip, one carrot, four large potatoes; boll knuckles two hours, then add cabbage, turnip, carrot; boll half an hour, then add potatoes; boil half hour. Delicious. - ■, <j

Apples for Pies.

Apoles cut in irregular pieces win J cook more quickly in a pie than if sliced, for they do not pack closely as slices do and so the hot air comes more easily in contact with the fruit and cooking is facilitated.