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THE STORY OF PELORUS JACK; I FAMOUS PILOT NEW ZEALAND By T. J. Smuwmm, A. M., LI..D. To make this fish atory absolu tely true, I shall begin by saying that the subject of the story Is not a real flub at all, but astrauge ani mal that m resembles owe tbat ha 1? known throughout the Houthern Hemisphere a* the wonderful pilot fifth of New Zealand. Instead of being equipped wltb the usual breathing apparatus of the flub, ho In a mammal more akin to the whale. Mm Is a true catucean, but In hfH movements, ho In much more active titan a whale. In size he re semblos Homo species of a largo fltih. 1 1 1h length Is fourteen feet, hi* weight In of cotlrve unknown perhaps 600 or 700 pound*. Thin remarkable creature'* home Ik In the center of New Zealand, in Cook's Straight, which separates the No^th and youth IsJitnds* nnd In that part of the Straight known an I'OlOfu* Hound.' Pelorus Jack In the name by which it in universally known. Not 'only is bin name a houtichold word throughout New Zea land, but even' the Governor him aelf Ik not such a. celebrity an Is Pelorus .Jack; and believe it for it is true, that New Zealand Parlia ment haw officially taken pains to perpetuate hie name and fame to future generations of New Zealand* ers in recognition of his disinter ested service# to the shlppug inter est s of tl?e country . It may bo stated incidentally that thin special legislation on the part of Parliament of New Zealand was enacted at the time when the coun try was aroused over the newH that Home one Imd attempted to kill this famous pilot, and it was tho object of the enactment to protect him by h< avlly penalizing any slm ilar attempt in the future This story of Pelorus Jack is en tirely authentic I took pains to get the story or history from many In dependent sources and only in very minor detail* w^ih there the sllght eat variation. Hut to read about Pelorus Jack 1h very different from seeing him. We had heard so nluch about him that my wife and I de termined to have this experience no matter what else we might have to omit anions the wonders of New Zealand. A coaching party of three days took us through the marvelously beautiful Otlra Gorge and Huller Gorge and on to Nelson, from which port, after a quiet rest of two days, we took passage on the steamer Pa ttella. for, Wellington by way of Pelorus Hound. The reason for tak ing thlH voyage, aH I have already stated, was to wee Pelorus Jack, the pilot. He was a trifle late In keeping his appointment with the steamer Patee.na, probably* having gone a little too far while flHhlng In an adjacent bay. To digress a moment, it may be added that PelArus Jack 1b said to substitute on hU catch of Octopus or Devil Fish. which is getting rather scarce In his own Bound, und he has to make continually longer excursions in search of his food, though he doeB not allow tlilH to Interfere with hlB business as pilot in making his regular trips six days in the week- ? - mee.ing steamers on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Haturdays from Nel son, and. In opposite direction, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from Wellington. While waiting for him to pick up the Btoamer Pateena, 1 conversed with other passengers who being na tives of New Zealand, have made this trip frequently and are perfect ly familiar with Pelorus Jack. The gentleman on my left, an actor, was so fortunate a* to have gotten a kodak picture of him on a previous trip* (he best extant photograph Of 1'eloru* Jack, and waa paid by a poet-card publisher 9400.00 for the negative. Not only during the lit' tie wait, but during tbe eivtlre voy age. aotne passenger* wn<> wore making the trip with the aaiue ob ject ua ourselves apent their time auking questions and getting infdr luatiofi as to the history of i'elorus Jack, which I ahali try to repeat ac curately. 1 Hut, here comes 1'eiorus Jack htm aelf, realizing thai he is a little j (ate, hu ha* hurriedly left hit* flatt ing ground some iniiea away, traveiB a circuitous route to get back Into IviortjM Sound, rounds a promon tory, and thq remaining three mile* I between htm and tin- Pattent J??? travels wlih incredible speed, calcu- ] lat|ng ho accurately the relative ve locity of his own Hwliuining and the it teaming of the Poteen*, that j the trip from the , promontory la made In an absolutely straight line u feat thai a human pilot would hardly be able to accomplish. We had all been atanding on the forward deck, scanning the water ah. -ad of uh, looking for i'elorus Jack to come, and Just aa lie round ed the promontory, the gentleman at my elbow said: "Yonder he cornea," pointing in that direction. 1 missed the Bight, but continuing to look, I Haw in an inataut some thing jump out of the water, again ftfid again, nearer and nearer until In an incredible short time he wae with uh. Hearing the Btoj-y without an explanation of hiB method of swimming, one would naturally in (iUlie, "How la it possible that one can Bet: a flab in the water Mwint mJng at. Bay a rate of25 to 30 miles an hour, aH much aB three mllea off?" "Could one ?ee that far off, any kind of a fish at all even if he were an big aB awhale?" Cer tainly not, but remember please, that he travels In the air aB well as tl< rough the water and It "was only while he was out in tho air that w could Bee him on his rapid run ro meet bin appointment with cur steamer. r ' \ Or cournt a large aquatic mamntal like a common whale, being too heavy too throw his entire body out of the water, can live only by brlng iny hiH head to the ?urface to take the (?lr into bin lungs and as we travel through tho different oceans, we are all familiar with tho sight of whales blowing. It Is different with PelbruqpJack. Helng a mam mal. he must breathe, of course, but he has not the time to do it in whale fashion. Traveling as he does, at a Hpeed of from 16 to 30 miles an hour, it is much easier for him to adopt the method of the flying fish, and this is what he does, ? swims, jumps entirely out of the water, without varying his speed in the slightest decree. This explains how we watched him when he came in such a hur ry to moot UIh appointment with tho Fateena. This explains also how It Is possible to get a photograph of him, and why it is so difficult to Ket a good oone; for the attempt to photograph a fish In the sea would be absurd; and If a camera should ?nap at him while he is blow ing and Is covered with the spray the result would bo an indefinite mass of white that would not be of any. value as a picture. It lias taken longer to tell how PeloruK Jack ealiie to meet the Ha teena than it took him to make the trip. As 1 was standing on the very front of the bow, looking down on tho loft, ' Polortis Jack came up to the ship Immediately below me and BIT/? "SIXCJiE" t'lilFFOHl) ? Op era lloucw Tomorrow Night, the ship'* hjliStiiTiuh U>ok& "le irtS. It looKra ?? If thtro were ?om? con Ueotlon bfttWMn thl* Mud the com ?o? saluUtkm of th? Maori* or nu I v nl n? meeting wh other ZlZSf \?f kUhlnL U(>^K lu Sfr' -v^rp- ?'? ru? to tui appreciated by the paasenjcertt partumyitd 10 *UoW hu im After these salutations were over # ? ook charKe of the ?hlp. ITiSS1!* immediately before her, exactly lu front of her nose, seem Ing to nay, "Be careful to follow exactly where I lead.'" 1 fitncy that the unusual exercise I [Of trying u> ?,,, to tho WlMtnii Id "?* ?>??, "Haunt , flHli Iiik * j ' though I have only the ?taiement of tho New Zealand*? f! ? n Vrobab,y off looking for l)ov|l Fish when he 'arrived in; i elorua Hound, whh probably n the 2!!!."? K ^l*tthlu? (or blowing) Millie what faster than usual, for hits Jump out of tho water seemed to occur at Intervale of a minute each, It rau?t be confessed that my surprise ami excitement fend the ?a?Vi!,at# 1 htul not much m<>ro tha? I, f'f'h of a 8econd to manipulate my kodak caused me to snap It without any attempt to Bight K definitely at *lm; and ho, alt hough I whh fortu nate enough to get two or three picture* pf him. In not one of these did I get him In the center of the field; and thus. although some of them were well timed, no picture that I made succeeded in getting his whole body. It must not be supposed that Pel-* ?hS? ?iC J'l pIlotln* ships that ply between Nelson and Wel Ington accompanies them thruout on? J*n.Te voyHge' a,,y more than one would expect a pilot In charge of a ship starting from New York to Mverpool to accompany it all the way across the Atlantic. There p ,?"ly ??e certain piece of watei- - a?tZ l floun(1r ,n whlcl* he does duty (iV h pilot, the exact distance I do not know. Naturally in my ex in?iUeVt^nd 1,ltere?t Pelorus Jack, 1 did not think to look at uiy watch, but I fancy that the (line with the Paieena wa? about thirty minutes, and the dis tance was therefore eight or ten miles. This is merely a guess of course. ' Pelorus Jack is said to be with out relatives and without friends except the people who travel thru !??*? ^?ters and whoso welfare he devote^ his life to. There is said to be an extant animal that resem bles him? no other member of his wlf?Cf ' Inay caH hIm a Bn,Rl1 white whale, but he is very unlike any other whale. Doubtless he is a freak, disliked by any other whale nL.L ' f,nd who has ooother com JfS! I ^!l e pe?PIe on the thJf he Pil0.t8/ u 18 8ald th?t whales sometimes live to be 1 000 years of age. As to the age' of 1 elorus Jack, it Is guessed that it Js about 200 years old. He has ?fwi en*a?ed ,n tW? business of piloting for thirty-five years. His duties as pilot take him reg ularly through these waters six days In a week. *\>r four, years ??W*ller' .,n,8tead of mnk,ns'aJI six of these trips, he has kept a very rigid boycott of the sterner PenqUIn, and the* most singular part of .the story that during the entire time, he never made a mistake in~the calendar or failed to distinguish be Uu 8hiPS he plloted- avoid ing the Penquin unerringly, w,Th.e penquin was the ship from which the person to whom I have referred, made the attempt upon him Pelorus Jack ? shot at There is an Incident which would seem incredible if It were not un dlsputttbly proven, about the pilot ing of the Penquin. After four years, Pelorus Jack decided that he DUot thJ idraW, hls b?ycptt and Pilot the Penquin as formerly; and ho,.r? f?' 2hav vory n,ght' twelve hours after he had safely piloted her through Pelorus Sound, the 11 VI ? ,a denae fog off the coast w?n? ]} Islaml. a? ?he was nearing Vellington, mistook the shore light <1 went in at tho wrong piece. down l*?1*0" r?CkS a"d Went down with a great loss of life. Of course there was no connection be Tn^n ? beinK ploted by Pelorus wf.u l*noon and her deetructioii at WelJington at midnight of the same day, merely a strange coincidence. \ViU? TJm? Uivvi* <V>. Mr. (). II. McKagen has recently acccpted the position of district salesman of the Davis Acetylene Co., of Kikhart, Ind. Mr. McKagen win have as hit? territory the states) of North Carolina and South CftfO iina with headquarters at Camden. A number of these gas plants have heeai placcd in ispme of the best , homes and business houses in Ker shaw county and are proving as con venient to the rural residents' as the electric light service is to the ! city man. Mr. McKagen will give all correspondence his personal at tention. " *#7 In Old 'Kentucky. A press dispatch sent out from Louisville, Ky., dated March 18th, ?ays: "Place, crowded ball room; time 4 a. m.; actors, two men; plot, satisfaction of an old grudges by "shooting It out;" result, both actor mortally wounded, a bystander shot through a leg, and the "chorus" panic stricken. Thus did former Police l-leutenant Jesse Gardner and Jack llafferman break into prin in this city this morning in Licder kranzx hall." To lluild New Church. Bishopvlle, March 11. ? The Meth odists of this town are preparing 4o let -the contract for TheTr new church. This is to be a very hahd somo building. The building and furnishings are to cost $40,<S?0. Kev. Mr. Edwards is pastor of this church. ? The Presbyterians have let contract for a now manse. SOUTHERN RAILWAY WORKING TO HELP FARMERS OF SOUTH HA8 INAUQURATEO IMPORTAN"* MOVEMENTS FOR BETTER MENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CON CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH EAST. . ?l ? . A LEADER IN DEVELOPMENT How the Southern Railway System le Working to Aid the People Already in the Southeast and - to At tract Capital and Desira ble Settlers to This I Section. Mucii attention has been attracted, In recent year#, to the work which many of the great railroad systems and a number of the lesser compa nies have been doing in the line of practical development work for the territories they reach. There is lit tle question that this work has had an Immense influence in the advance made in nearly all portions of the country and in the general prosperity and growth of the nation. People recognize this fact, and are so im pressed by it that many communities and districts have came to look to the great transportation companies which serve them for leadership in nearly all efforts to develop their re sources. The business of the rail road company Is to handle traffic. Whatever work is undertaken outside of that should properly have a direct relation to the increase of the road's traffic. It is generally known today that In well planned and effective work to increase the business of the road by adding to the population of Its dis tricts and the utilization of the re sources and opportunities of the va rious communities it serves, the South ern Railway System 1b a leader, while in many lin.es Of this work It- has been a pioneer. A resident of Ore gon, connected with one of the great transcontinental lines, who has been making a study of the work of rail roads in this direction, recently stat ed that in its development work the Southern had the best organization In the qountry. METHODS OF AIDING FARMER8. A recent publication of the United States Department of Agriculture said that the manifestation of interest by the transportation companies of the country In the betterment of agricul ture has recently become sp pro nounced and general as to attract the attention of all who are engaged in rural development; that this Interest ha? hf>env shown principally In their providing and running special trains for the dissemination of agricultural information among farmers, and in their appointing agricultural experts to position in the management of the roads to give attention to the devel ment of rural communities, and to the proper handling of agricultural products shipped from distributing points on their several routes of rail way. In all these directions the Southern Railway* System has been prominent. Its activity, however, are not confined to the lines of agricultural work men tioned, and in the way of industrial and of general development work the field of labor hafe been very broad, The activities of a railroad compa ny ' In promotion and development work must be based on the special needs and opportunities of its field. Beginning with the organization of the Southern Railway Company this work has been planned with a view to the largest and bestdevelopment of "both the agricultural and "Indus- I trial resources of the Southeastern States. This has meant a study of the ag ricultural, mineral, forest and manu facturing resources and 'opportunities, j the advertising of them, participation iu the work of educating our people regard!]) p.the valuo of their farm I lands and -'natural resoureee and of the best - utilization of them; and of efforts to secure the fullest co-opera tion of aill interests in the sections advanced. EXTENT OF THE WORK. The Southern Railway System, through its various linbs, reaches into and serves, nearly all the industrial 1 and agricultural districts of Virginia, the Caro'linas, Georgia, Kentucky, Ten- I nessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Northern Florida and Southern Indl- I ana and Southern Illinois/ This in- I eludes a vast empire, in extent, and I one in which nearly all manner of conditions, resources, needs and pos- I Bibilitles are found. To properly I Berve such a territory the develop- I ment of work must embrace many I different avenues of activity. It har, been carried on with the! idea that to fully utilize the resources 1 ai.'d to bring about the needed and J desired development new men and 1 new capital from the outside must bo 1 brought in to work either Independ- -j ently or in connection with the men I and capital of the Southeast In devel- I oping our forest and mineral Wealth I in- extending our manufacturing 1 : ini crests, that mors farmers must ? ? Induced to locate on our * unproved Mid unutilized laud* and that the farmers already io the Southeast uuet be made to mpre fully under ?tend the opportunities at their com maud and to adopt the lines and meth ods of farming which will five them the beet results. Cooperation must be the keynote of alt tb? development or educational work a railway company does. It can accomplish little without the sympu thetic and active Ob ope/atloci of the ; people and the various agencies for development lu Its states. and com munltles. All the Southern's work, therefore, ha 9 been based upon the co-operative idea, has been to assist national aud state authorities, educa tional Institutions, commercial organl- , zatlona and individuals in efforts to advance individual aud general pros perity. The work for devuloplu/ and im proving the conditions along its Hues is done by the'Southern Hallway Sys tem to increase its traffic and Its earnings. However favorably, though, this character of work may affect a railroad company and its stockhold ers, it is worth much mote, If carried on wisely, to the people and the sev eral communities in the road's terri tory. The railway can profit from it only subsequent to, aud as a result of, the greater prosperity of the peo ple. ? ? " ? ?? ? ' SOUTHERN BY. ACTIVE . IN AGKULIIAL WORK ?? Co-operates With State and Federal Authorities and Hasjts Own Hor ticultural, Uve gtoek and Dairy Agents. Today the greatest attention Is paid to the development of the agricultu ral resources. This development must* be largely through the efforts of the people already on the farms and reel* dent In the states of this section. The homeseekers from the North and ftrpip Europe will aid by their work and their practical experience, but Jfc if through better farm education and better farming and the. improvement of farm conditions that the' best and widest development will result. To the efforts of the United States an? State epartment of Agriculture, the college of agriculture and, the ex periment stations, the Southern Rail way is giving the best co-operation it can. Through President Fining and through the Land and Industrial De partment it is helping to dirc^te the bulletins and other publications of the Agricultural Departments 'which are of special talue to the Southern farmer. A few years ago when, li was decided by the United Statek 'de partment of Agriculture ' to Bpfer&ife model farms in different parts o? country the Southern secured the lo cation of many of these farms in its territory and the farms so located have been of great value in improved farm methods in many communities. To the United States' farm demo^Ptf^ t ion 'work in the South the same co operation has been given, and the Southern's own agrlcu^ttyntf agents are working in co-operation with the agents of the farm demon stration bureau. A few months teg fore his/ death the Land and Indus trial' Department arranged with tlW late Dr. S. A. Knapp for a series of 4 dozen addresses in the South in which he discussed, in the most comprehen* slve manner ever undertaken, the spe cial needs and opportunities of the Southeastern farmer. These addresses brought about greatly increased inter est in farm improvements and more profitable farming throughout the territory. The company is in constant co-op eration with the various state depar^ ments of agriculture, enlisting their help for the farmers of particular dis tricts, making use of their investiga tions and securing their suggestions in the introduction of new crops or the development of special lines of agriculture in various communities ; and, wherever possible, aiding these departments to make their work more efficient. Special agricultural and horticultu ral agents arc maintained "by ~ the Southern Railway to study the agri cultural possibilities, to do direct work with farmers in giving instructions! where*" desired, regarding improved methods of farming and crop diversifi cation and working for new lines of farm development. Go-operation 1b given fruit growers in the packing of fruit for shipment and in marketing, it. The development of the live stock industry is given special attention. President Finley has personally given much time to the circulation of liter ature calling attention to the loss to the Southeast from the cattle tick in the infected districts and to the prac tical work of eliminating the tick, A dairy agent, under the Land and In* dustrlal Department, is at work to develop the dairy interests, and; his work. is doing much for this industry. A live stock agent, under the Freight Traffic Department, assists the farth er in his shipments, in developing markets for his stock and in othter ways of advancing this Industry. The Southern Railway System is ee-operatlng with the state agricultu ral authorities in running institute jnd other special trains. A dozen The work of these trains Is ?arefutly followed up. From time to time pamphlets, leaf lets and circular letters are printed for the be&cfttMtf **+ Southeastern Carmer. f| Many a man is ing in a miss-fit posi^ because He hesitates j start on a canvass (or1 new one. <5 A want ad will the place you want an should have. m is needless to n mind you that whe the position hunts & man a better salary i inevitable. ? v& ' ' j .'I I. Wants? For Sale? |M Ada inserted under thin headii for 1 cent per word. No ad t&b for leas than 25 centB. LOST? Gold cuff link with! tials "T. A." engraved. Finder please notify thin office. 4f. " ? ?' 1 ? " 1 ... -'..ii iff LOST ? Black ailk Umbrella,, handle; Initials "M. B."/ Suiu reward for the return of bum. : Baruch. r ? ~ ?? tr ?? ?*? LOST ? Black fur Collar, beta polo field and the Court Inn; wl reward Will be paid if retui the-offlce. ? : LOST or strayed ? one sitoj horned red heifer, will weigh &bo| 500 pounds. Finder pleaae noti Hbberts Market and receive rend LOST ? Conklin Fountain Pta Flfider will please notify Wm.| Stoney. ; X811 Fair street ? -J_ . .. ? IOGGS FOR HATCHING ? strain White Leghorn Eggs, setting Apply to K: lp .residence or W. R. ? jg store. |g| 'OR SALE Sweet Pc, _ ? ilce slips of Triumph and u glA Bucks for sale by O. 0. Ale*? doh Camden, S. C. 41 ? : .J FOR SALE ? Having sold my (an I fitter tor sale cheap the folio* ink: One 2 horse wagon; two iflg machines; one hay rake; 1 ctlTtivators and Dixie plows; two? ton and corn planters; a lot of pta gears; one farm bell; a lot ? hoes, shovels and pitch forks; t* fertilizer distributors; two harrpwij a lot 5>f bridles, collars, etc. Sal these before buying new ones. Cl| pave you. money. F. M. Zemp. 46-47. - ? ?? ? FOR SAt-E? Seed com. My W Cob aeei!Lcorn. guaranteed*)!)! cent pure corn. Price 50 cents l peck. Willie Barfleld, Camdeff, C.. Route No. 3. WANTED ? Tou to bring us yoi automobile tires to vulcanise. Woi guaranteed. H. E. Beard & Co. . ? : ? ?? - ? 5K>R RENT ? Two rooms, eonven iently located on Broad street, wll rent them furnished or unfurnished Apply 1214 Broad street. Op stalh or Chronicle office. FOR SALE ? One horse jsml&ji two horse wagon, comparatively m cheap for cash. H. Trnesdel, Caai den, S. C, FQJl RENT? Tract of land West Wateree, known as the Do Place, property of the Santee Rl? Cypress Lumber Company. AW to L. A. Wittkowsky, Camden, C. 39-tf. .. t \ r FOR SALE? My Indian Runw fWe'WUft1 ribbon- winners 18 layers of large snow white vfMG can* plense yoti - In - quality *? price. Have white end fawn *i whit? runners, black and buff u Pingtons, _.White Wyandotte, W horns. Eggs at reasonable P??i G. A. DeKay. Camden, 9rC. 40 fj ? ? .1 ?-> . ?*-?* JUST RECEIVE D ment of glasses of everjr tion to be sold at 2 for 5c. !0c Store. ~ --7' ?? FOR SALE ? -My deep graced leaf seed corn. Guaranteed 99 cent pure corn. Price 50c per PP Willie Barfleld, Camden, Route ; 'i-* WHEN you plant Long ton* why not plant the be?*- j. anders Upland Long Staple. '? a few bushels for sale. jJ}^ - bustfel. O. A. DeKay, Camden, s. tuAijmimmk. - ADMINISTRATRIX'S *oT|C*' All parties ndebted of F. R. Alexander, hereby notified to make the undersigned, and ? a having claims against th??* tate will present them dm*, ed within the time l-.presc" TSiv ? S ? tT? ? 1 "7~-rOlr*r -Belljf ^A<1 m Camden, S. C., March 19. 19 4T-48-la ^end pointing. Bend us that next order