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A PARSON CATCHES THE DEVIL. An Up to Date Fish Story by Bev C. C. Brown. Wheo oae wishes to go fishing in these waters, he should start the day before. By doing this, he will be able to get off the next day. Two oat of four tourists who visit the \y \oh want to go fishing, and are possessed with the idea that a pole and line are all that one can need in the way of preparation After trot ting op and down the plank walks until bathed in perspiration, they fiod the pole and line, and theo make the discovery that tbe btats are in use Bat they can wait for the boats Thia they do, only to find that the boatman bas no "swimps." Can't they be gotten ? No, sir ; only at low tide. At low tide, all things are ready, and theo the boatman informs the piscatorial tourist that the fish will not bite till the tide turns to come io. By that time, the dinner or supper hour has come, and the excursion must be deferred till the next day. I went fishing on Saturday last by starting the day before. Our objec tive point was an old wreck about 300 yards from shore in the open sea Of these "wrecks there are two They were blockade runners-so tradition says-in the time of the war between the States. Two of them met in the ocean at night. Each thought the other was an enemy, and both ran ashore. All the wood work has long ago been consumed by the barnacles, and the brine of the sea is still at work on the boilers and iron stays, some of which appear above the water at low tide Two gentlemen, two oarsmen and two clergymen made up our party Making our way to the wreck, we made fast tb it with a rope. The wind was blowing from the shore, and oar rafe was by no means steady A man given to mal de mer would surely have been inclined to cast op accounts, along with anything he bad eaten daring the day or two pre T OQ8. Oar party proved to be sea worthy, however, and no casualties were recorded. One of oar party who left the boat and stood on the boiler, dome of the old wreck, made the first catch of black fish and trout. The next notable catch was annonnc-j ed by a yell from a partner at my aide. After some effort he landed a sea eel about 28 inches long. He was a stoutly built beast, and weigh ed at least six pounds Next came my turn. My first idea was that I . bad hooked the rodder or wheel house or gable end of the wreck beneath us' Palling on the line seemed to produce bat little result. I surely was fastened to the bottom of the sea. But when the tine shot out seaward, and the pole bent double, it was man ifest that I was fasteaed tc* something moveable, and. since the world began, no man has discovered a sea with a moveable bottom. However, the thing I had hooked was moving I threw myself back, braced my feet, hat my teeth together and deter mined to hold on till something torn .ed up or the boat sunk. The line was wbizzing through the water and made music as if Aeolus had swept bis fingers over the taut string. But sign of fish, there was none. What ever exploits the beast was perform ing were ali under water. Even the Dame and nature of roy prey were a mystery. AH made guesses, as they eat watching the struggle. 'It's a shark !" "It's a turtle !" "No, it's ac eel !" I didn't guess. Fact is, I had no time for any mental exer eise I was exercising all my fonc tions in holding to the pole, and leading my catch about from side to side, with the hope of outwinding him I was a little set back, how ever, when I recalled the fact that these, sea monsters, as a rule, do not make mach ase of wind. To sit and hold while the thing on the hook did the squirming was my manifest doty, and this I did After five minutes or more, I found that opposition was diminishing, and with an extra ex penditare o m sele, I drew the beast towards the surface of the water We caught sight of two great eyee as large as a marble which is a very vague comparison and a pair of flabby wings of flesh It then came my torn to guess, and I meekly remarked that I bad caught and overgrown leather wing bat, that waa surely out of place in water 20 feet deep. This guess was based opon first impressions and a very brief appearance on the otage of action Ten min tes having elapsed, my wrists having grown weary, I said to one of the boatmen that this prolonged struggle must be brought to an end because too much of a thing is enough. "Fetch 'em roun* dis way, sir," be suggested. After various aod sundry hauls in circuits, I brought the line near to the boat, and the negro seized it. The fight was thus taken out of my hands. The negro hauied the varmint to the ganwale, and lo ! we made the dis covery that I had hooked a veritable bona fide devil fish, weighing 15 pounds or more The boatman haol ed him in, and then a quantity remarked, 1 Oe preacher done ketch de devil for true.'' I have, in my time, ruo up with his emissaries on shore, bat this was the first one I had j ever hauled one from tbe deep After another drop or too, I did] actually book fast to the wreck, and broke my line This ended the ex ploits of tte day. I went ashore with my game, and was soon sur rounded with a multitude who looked i for the first time up.-u a devil fi h. Capt Mayo-a tar of the blockade days-carried the fish to bis restau rant, saying he would eat the wings and the liver. I did not dine with him. I don't think devil fish would make good eating I am not epicu rean enough in my taste I lack culture. Alas ! what a costly luxury ignorance is C. C Brown Ocean View Hotei, Wrightsvil e, N. C. A WEEK DAY SERMON BY EEV. C C. BROWN Mr. Editor : While frvie Rytten berg is looking after and reporting concerning things on the other side of the world, PH try to keep you posted concerning the current issues on this side. Here by the seashore many things happen. It is here that people are a study full of curious interest You see we are an aggregation of strang ers from all sections of the country Some are willing to remain strangers, but others have a vain ambition to make themselves known Mr A wishes to create the impression that he is wealthy, and so talks as to get the report started to that effect. That he is wealthy, no one knows-he himself mav not know it, but if be can get the rumor afloat, he is happy. Mr. D is anxious to make it known that he is doing a very large busi ness ; ne is none of your common trash. He succeeded in making some believe all he said ; but his wife played havoc a few nights ago, when she said a glass of beer always made her feel better after a day's bard work at the ironing table. Here and there you will find a man who keeps on band a pet ten dollar bill, and if be wants to buy a cigar, he always first pulls ont his bili, and then ends by fishing np a nickle from the doubt ful depths of bia trouser pocket To live in a vain show is a ruling pas sion with some. Their life is all a thin veneering When this is torn off not much remains, and they de scend to take their place among the masses to which they belong These are the sad cases, which cause us to become disgusted with our kind. The mirth-provoking folk who come here are those from the interior, who have never before seen the neran. The comments of the dolt from the rural recesses are ludicrous Some of them carry away with them bottles of water from the ocean for the people at home to taste and know that it is sall One of them had a beer Dottie filled to the stopper, but was arrested by a wag who told him the sea water rose and sunk every six boars and would do the same in the bottle. The result, he said, would be that the bottle would burst unless some of the water was poured ont. The ruralist accepted the state ment in good faith, and poured ont about a third of the water, and so left room for the tide to rise in the bottle On the train to Wilmington, while crossing the sound, I beard a rank raralist exclaim, "Why look here doctor, when, we came over here this I morning, all this place was covered with water and now it ain't nothin7 but mud " 'Yes, the tide was in then, and now it is out." " Well, sir, does the tide come away back here too ?" And he was not a half mile from the ocean. Sitting on the front piazza, two nights ago, a couple went walking down in front of the hotel-the man's arm around the woman and the wo \ man's arm around the man A bevy of girls were looking on One of them said, "That's nobly." "Humph !" said another, "that's nothing, they are married ; but 0, if this old beach could talk, what stories it would have to tell !" From what I had seen, 1 inwardly applauded the silence of the beach. I hope it may con tinne to keep its mouth shut. On Sunday, a few of the demi mondes are here. They march through the pavilion to the beer shop, and disappear until the train is ready to return They seem to come down for the ride and for the glass of beer. Except for the fact that they stand unabashed with men at the beer counter, there is no mark to distin goish them from the fair sisters whose feet have not taken bold upon the pit. There is a path in which womeu walk, only to find that a re turn to better things and a purer life is impossible We shall never reach the climax of civilization until the law that crushes the woman shall also bind tbe fallen man To enact and enforce the law belongs to woman. There is no consistency in her withdrawing her skirts lest she touch ber fallen sister on the streets, while she gives herself to the arms of the fallen man in the mazes of the dance and in the fellowship of the ball room. If the unwritten laws of the world are uujust to women, a large part of the blame must rest on the women themselves. Because women are purer than men, they abjure the fallen among their owu sex; but, at the same time, they decline to apply to fallen men the same law they apply to women The explanation of this must be the awful indictment most men are fallen and the woman who eschews the company of the i fallen man most lire to herself apart and know no sort of companionship with men. The world is waiting for its great reformer who will arise to set in piace the things that are out of joint The yong widow is here, and am sorry for her. She is the butt of talk If she changes one drees for ! another-if she crimps her bair-if she dresses a little outre' for the surf -if she sits with a man on the porch after dark-if 6he strolls on the beach -if she does anything at all that a woman has a right to do, she is j charged with being "on the lookout for a catch 99 I am sorry for the young widow, and feel like goiog out iu her defense ; but even this would be counted against her, and I guess I bad better not take up arms io her behalf. But, just to spite the world and grin in the gossipper's face, I say right here, I hope the young widow may "make* a catch" She has just as much right to a husband as any woman has If her married experience bas taught her the tricks of trade, and she knows better than the unsophisticated maiden bow to ensnare a mac, then let ber drive her business for all it's worth, and when she leads ber victim to the altar, PH try to be on hand to rejoice with her over her conquest. She has only done what many others would- do if they could. Ail hail to the young widow ! Other persons are here also. The demure man is here-the fellow with nothing to say to any one-the man who never smiles, who seems to be dyspeptic and to have inflammation of the disposition-the man who sits in a corner alone-who answers all questions in monosyllables, and who seems to be incapable of any feeling of anger or love, of pleasure or dis pleasure This fellow, I imagine, would be a tartar in the home I am sorry for his wife. I don't know why a woman is so blind to fate and the future as to be willing to become the wife of such a man I don't want him here on the beach Ile is the fly in the socia ointment How a woman can live with the beast in a house passes my knowing" I would like to advise all my female friends concerning the matter, and, here and now, I beg them to give the mitten to the demore image, to the glum snarling cynic, to the snappish, white faBged cur. To live with such a mac year in and year out is some thing to be avoided, and that woman is a fool who thinks that by her sweetness and gentleness she may teach her lord to become likewise. A home without the pleasures of per fectly free and genial social inter course is but a pugatory which never expergates. But I began to write about the seashore, and now I scarcely know "where I am at." I must lay aside this desultory document, and resume my moralizing at another time A train load of fresh excursionists is in eight, and the rule here is to stand gaping on the porch to see them dis embark. Pray let me go and gape with the rest. C. C Brown. His Life Wa Saved. Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen of lian nibal, Mo., lately hal a wonderful deliverance from a frightful death. In telling or it he says: ' I was taken with typhoid fsver that ran into pneumonia- My lung? became hardened. I was . o weak I couldn't even sit up in bed Nothing helped me. I expected to soon die of Consumption, when I heard of Dr. King's New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I continued to use it, and now am well and strong. I can't say too much in its praise." This marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all throat and lung trouble llegulnr sizes 50 cts and $1.00 Trial bottle free at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store, every bottle guaranteed. 2 The mileage acquired by the Southern during the past twelve months by tbe addition of new roads is over 700 miles, raising the total to 5 958. On an average of 5,377 miles in 1898 '99, as against 4,937 miles in 1897 '98, gross earnings increased over $4,250,000 and net earnings $1:403,000 A table is pre sented, however, showing what the addition would be on the same basis of mileage, from which it appears that even on this basis there is an increase of $2,620,588 gross and of $595,899 net The improvement is nearly evenly divided between the passenger and the freight depart ments To Catch Tobacco Flies. Mr W. H Baker, of Southwest j township, showed us Saturday a can full of flies that he bad caught in his tobacco crop Mr. Baker says be takes a tin can about 24 x 30, several inches deep, puts three pints of mo lasses, mixed with gallons of water, into it. This he sets in the tobacco patch, and the odor arising from this preparation attracts the tobacco flies, which generate the to bacco worm One can of this simple preparation is said to protect several acres. 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