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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
Finest Fishing in the World,

hoDert Grant IN Scf1Dner.
Tarpon fishing is, in my opinion, the most
magnificent fishing sport in the world
understand that veterans at it now refuse 10
take up the anchor after hooking fish, pre-
ferring to part company rather than not TO
bring him up to the boat by force of rod and
reel only. As compared with salmon fishing
the vast difference in the size of the two fish is
vital factor on the side of the silver king.
Anglers with but slight experience have nj
least an even chance of saving a salmon. but
what accomplished fisherman expects to land
more than one tarpon in three? If salmon
were equal to a tarpon in weight and still re-
tanned proportionately its activity it might be
more formidable antagonist; but 4O-pound
salmon are rare, whereas one hundre d
and twenty pounds is not much more
than the average weight of a tarpon-which
shows the futility Of such an argument. The
manner of fighting Ii practically the same ms
regards running and leaping; the tarpon does
not sulk, as the salmon is SO fond of doing. nor
30 far as my experience goes, does he double
on the angler, which, of course, is an interest
ing trait In the salmon. Nor, indeed, are the
surroundings OF tarpon fisherman to be COM
pared with the beautiful scenery and pictur-
esque life on a Canadian salmon river. Bait il
dirty substitute for the trig fly, and the mo-
notony OF listless waiting pals on one accus-
toned TO repeated casting. But, all the same.
any one who has hooked and landed tarpon
can well afford to smile at the enthusiasm Of
any other fisherman in creation. Try for your-
self and see.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
Venetian Funerals.

From the COrnhllI MaRazlne.
Where is the person who, upon the first eager
introduction to the gondola, has not felt that
he is stepping into his coffin when, with scant
grace, he creeps into the black cabin of the
1.-the black boat? With me the impression was
perhaps deepened because in our passage up
the canal we twice made way for a funeral pro-
cession bound for the island cemetery to the
north Of the city. The one funeral was that of
q girl. She lay under a blue pail in the middle
of the boat a crown of white flowers, symbol
cal of her virginity. being over the pail. The
other was a youth, whose tender age was
marked by the crimson pail Both were
fianked by tall candles. After the bodies came
the friends in other gondolas priests in violet.
and acolytes in scarlet The sun blazed upon
all from the blue heavens, so that even this
dolorous scene, enacted ON the smooth purpled
water, between the high widowed old '.palazzi,"
was not wholly melancholy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
g. NOTE THE RESULT: -

THE STAR HAS MORE THAN
THREE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR
SUBSCRIBERS and MORE THAN
FIVE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR
READERS AS ANY OTHER DAILY
PAPER In WASHINGTON. Ii is de-
nvered regularly by careful carriers at
the HOMES OF THE PEOPLE, AFTER
THE BUSTLE AND WORRY OF THE
CAY ARE OVER, and IL is thus read
leisurely and thoroughly by EVERY
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
They know that il prints all the news,
and has only the interests Of the people
of the District i'm view, with no partisan
measures to advocate, and no private
schemes to forward. They know il, I'm
short, to be THE PEOPLES PAPER,
and nothing else. As an ADVERTISING
MEDIUM It is, therefore, ABSO-
LUTELY WITHOUT A RIVAL. Ii ID
I'm fact worth more as a means Of reach
ing the public THAN ALL THE
OTHER DAILY PAPERS In THE
CITY TOGETHER.
Furthermore, I'm proportion to the re-
turns il gives its patrons, ITS ADVER-
Using RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST
In THE CITY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
HE SAW THE CORPSE MOVE.
Then the Undertaker's Apprentice Re.
tired Permanently from Business.

From the New York Herald.
"Grimly ludicrous incidents happen occa-
sionally even in such a grave business as that
of burying the Dead" said a Sd avenue under
taker with whom was talking the other day.
"One of the most amusing cases in my expe-
rience happened last week and resulted in
actually soaring out of the business boy whom
had taken as an apprentice.
Beginners are frequently required to act
as watchers during the night. One night last
week l sent my apprentice, bright, active lad,
who seemed eager to learn, to sit up all night
in death chamber at 5th avenue residence.
The body was supplied with what we call a
corpse preserver. This is a hollow zinc case,
fitting close over the breast and abdomen of the
dead person. The body is put on a cooling
board, and the preserver, filled with ice, is
placed upon it, The supply of ice is renewed
from time to time by the watcher. and as the
ice melts the water runs off through rubber
tube into pail on the floor. The body in the
5th avenue residence was provided with pre-
server of this kind.
Several times before the boy had sat up with
corpses kept in exactly the same way. had re-
plenished the supply of ice in the preserver
properly and seemed to have no timidity about
the work. There was no intimation that he was
not fulfilling his duty in the usual matter-of-
fact way on this particular night until about
o'clock am. Then the whole house was
awakened by a series of yells from the death
chamber. A second later the boy rushed from
the room, down the stairs and out of the house
without stopping to get his hat He was not
seen again that night. AS he did not appear al
my place the next day / hunted him up. and
after much persuasion got him to tell me the
story Of his experience in the death chamber.
HE had been frightened nearly out Of his
wits and even when talking to me was still
suffering so from the experience that he could
hardly state the facts connectedly. He said
that he had fallen asleep for few minutes and
just as he awoke he heard gurgling sound
for all the world like person struggling for
breath. There was no living thing in the room
with him, and still probably half asleep as he
strained his eyes toward the stretcher, he de-
clared solemnly to me, and stuck to the state
ment doggedly, that he distinctly saw the corpse
move. Just at that moment he heard the grue-
some gurgle again from the direction Of the
stretcher, and-that settled it! He yelled and
rushed from the house.
"The whole thing is easy Of explanation
even if all the boy said is true. The noise wal
made by the water from the ice rumbling
through the rubber discharge tube. / have
frequently heard it make such a gurgling
sound As to the movement of the corpse
that was probably the work Of the boys imag-
ination, though the relaxation of muscles some
hours after death could easily produce such q
movement. Anyhow, the boy was badly scared,
and notwithstanding my explanations of what
had caused his fright he decided to retire per-
manently from the undertaking business"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
LOOKED STUPID BUT HE WASN'T,
How Mr.. Stones Under-Gardener
Bought a Fine Lot of Roses.

From the New York Tribune.
One of the favorite lounging places for up-
town Brooklynites is the sidewalk in front of
the extensive gardens in Franklin avenue of
Mr.. Stone, the editor Of the Journal of Com
naerce. Only low iron railing separates the
onlooker from the wonderfully verdant lawns
and the flower beds planted with mathemati-
cal exactness and kept almost miraculously
neat. On Sunday afternoons the Head gardener
brings from the lighthouses such of his rarest
treasures as will stand a br ief exposure in the
open air and deposits them near the railing.
Mr.. Stone usually stands close by and is
quite ready to explain and descant on the beau
ties and peculiarities of his flowers
The garden covers about an acre. and at the
back are long ranges of glass houses Imme-
diately in front of these are great beds of roses
The writer asked Mr.. Stone if the vast increase
in the number of buildings and the CONSEQUENT
additional smokiness of the air did not inter
fere with rose-growing out of DOORS Mr.. Stone
pointed to a bed of white roses and said: "A
few days ago l told friend of mine that l
thought there were 5000 blossoms on that bed
He laughed at my estimate. and es was bit
nettled, L called the gardener. and ordered
2, 500 roses cut. The men gathered 275O and
no sppreciable difference could afterward be
| noticed in the bed. / sent the roses to friends
and to hospitals and institutions that l keep
suppneu, LOT L nave never sold a flower or a
plant, thought must have given away millions
Il was the first person to show that the now
favorite Jacqueminot rose would grow in the
open air, continued Mr.. Stone. by the way,
the name was originally two words, jacques
Minot. after a French general. This was a little
more than twenty years ago and was the second
or third year after the importation OF the rose
All the stock was held by grower up the Hud-
| son, and he advertised a sale of $50 plants in
lots OF threes. The terms of sale were that the
buyer Of the first lot might take as many as he
| pleased at the price at which the first was
knocked down to him. / had in my employ at
that time as undergraduate a boy who was
the stupidest looking country lout that was
ever seen. But he knew all about flowers and
was remarkably clever buyer at auctions.
! Il sent him up to the sale and when he got
| there he was the butt for everybody's Jokes.
When he said he'd like to buy some roses all
| were prepared to have fun with him. The first
! lot was put up and everybody waited for the
| boy to bid. He offered Is cents, and as no one
thought he had any money no other bid was
made, the desire being to see wha: he would do
when stuck with the lot. The auctioneer
Knocked 1t down, and inquired with mock
polteness how many lots the purchaser would
| like. Il will take them ALL he answered, in
his usual imperturbable manner, and they're
1 for Mr. Stone of BROOKLYN"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
Figureheads.

From the Christian Intellgencer.
A writer in the Richmond Reliqious HeraM
relates the fact that once the late DIR. ]. B.
Jeter was chosen by a syndicate as vice presi-
dent of great corporation with the offer of a
salary for the use of his name. He replied: 81
would despise myself to do thing like that. ~
He was not willing to be used as a decoy duck
to draw in innocent Baptists who might invest
in the venture simply from seeing his name in
the list of officers. The thing failed, and a
million of dollars was lost, but his conscience
was clear of any responsibility. milder case
of the same kind was seen in the action of the
late DIR. Woolsey, who for many years was
chairman of the committee on versions of the
American Bible society. The time came when
he felt unable to make the journey from New
Haven to New York to attend the meetings of
the committee and accordingly he resigned.
His colleagues on the committee all earnestly
besought him to retain the position even though
he could not attend. But that he resolutely
declined, for it would be wrong to give the
appearance Of a service which he knew he was
unable to perform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
pIEDMoNT AIR LINE

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and Georgia pac1fc Railway
Trains on Washington and Ohio division leave WASH
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Through trains from the South via Charlotte Dan.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
THE MAVERICK TRIAL.


In the trial Of Mrs. Maybr at Liverpool
yesterday, after the testimony given in TIE
STAR, the defendant read her statement. In
this she explained the presence of fly papers in
the house by saying that she had bought them
for use as cosmetics. For many years she had
| used a cosmetic prescribed by DR.. Griggs Of
Brooklyn, which contained arsenic. She had
lost the prescription, and, wishing to make a
substitute, had soaked the fly papers in elder
flower water and lavender water, and had COW
cred the vessel holding the mixture with a
plate and a towel to exclude the air.
Continuing Mrs. Maybrick said: "On the
night of May 9, after the nurse in attendance
upon my husband had given him some meat
Juice, / went and sat by his bed. He COM
planned of being very sick and depressed, and
implored me to give him powder. Earlier in
the day he had made a similar request, and /
had declined to administer the powder. But
that evening I was overweight, terribly
anxious and miserably unhappy. His distress
unnerved me, and as he said the powder was
harmless and could put it in his food, con-
sented to mix it with some meat juice which
gave to HIM. After taking it deceased fell
asleep and appeared better on awakening.
was not anxious to administer the powder.
Afterward placed the bottle containing the
meat juice on the wash stand, where it re-
NAMED until Michael Maybrick, my brother
in-law, took possession of it. The day before
my husband died l made full confession to
him of fearful wrong had done him and re-
ceiyed his forgiveness"
This statement caused
SENSATION IN THE COURT ROOM.
One result of the trial is the renewal of the
agitation in favor of allowing prisoners to tes-
tify in their own behalf. Sir Chas Russells
application for permission to read a statement
prepared by the accused and the judges con-
sent under certain restrictions served to start q
heated discussion as to tie propriety of permit
ting such proceeding. The reading of the
prisoners statement adds interest to the dis
cussion and gives it point Those who urge
the necessity of reform in this particular,
point out how absolutely essential the facts
disclosed in this statement are, to enable the
jury to gain clear understanding of the case,
and yet how utterly impossible il would have
been to present the facts except through the
accused herself 1t is a little remarkable that
though the necessity for this reform in the law
of evidence is all but universally admitted, and
in point Of fact has been admitted for years, no
action was possible. This is due to the politi-
cal features of the question. Whenever q bill
is introduced with this reform in view the
Irish members promptly move the extension of
the principle to Ireland, and as this is always
refused they not only vote against the meas.
ure but obstruct it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
JAKE KILRAIN CAPTURED.
Arrested While Trying to. Escape TO
North Carolina in q Boat.

A Norfolk, Va, special to the Philadelphia
| Press says: Jake Kilrain visited Ocean View
on Sunday, and after enjoying himself with
Mrs. Kilrain and party of friends who had
sailed with him across Chesapeake bay from
Hampton started to return home about O'Clock
in the afternoon. Before he reached the house
Of A. J. Ruth, where he has been stopping, he
was met by Hampton friends and told that de-
tectives were in town looking for him. This,
| of course, caused a panic among the party.
They went in hiding until about O'Clock yes
terday morning, when they embarked on a
catboat and started from the ancient village of
Hampton across Chesapeake bay.
Hardly had the boat started before through
the fading and fast decreasing moonlight a
trim sloop was seen putting out after them.
Although the kilrain party made every effort
to shoot their craft ahead by putting out every
stitch OF canvas, they were overtaken at 4
o'clock when miles off Ocean View.
The first news OF the capture was brought to
Ocean View by some fishermen who were near
when the sloop ran alongside the cat boat
They say that as the sloop rounded the cat
boat and almost capsized her, so heavily did
she strike, two men jumped from her, and one
with paper in his hand and the other with a
revolver pointed directly at the pugilist, de-
manded that he surrender. without resistance
kilrain gave himself up and was at once trans
ferred to the sloop.
Mrs. Kilrain was much excited and through
eyes dimmed with tears asked that she be al
lowed to accompany her husband. Her request
was granted, and with the little woman and the
big husband aboard the sloop turned her nose
across the bay in the direction of Old Point
Comfort, followed by the catboat with Kilrain's
friends.
1t is thought here that Kilrain when arrested
was making for North Carolina. His boat was
pointed toward the capes, and by sailing close
In shore after getting outside he could have
reached North Cardinals shores inside of three
hours. Nothing has been heard of him here
since he was arrested, but it is thought he was
put on board the steamer at Old Point for Bal
timore or Washington to be sent from there
south.
sULLIvAN's RETURN TRIP SOUTH.
Sullivan's friends, who so earnestly protested
against his being jailed Sunday evening, al
lowed but a small part of Monday morning to
to elapse before they obtained his release,
which they effected about am. He was then
taken to his room at the Edwards house, and
there remained until IL o'clock when a hearing
was had before Judge Campbell of the supreme
court on a writ of habeas corpus. The judge
ruled that Sullivan must repair to Purvis,
Marion county, and give bond for his appear
ance August r. Sullivan and party left last
evening to appear before Justice Carter to-day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
Terrible Riot i'm Siam.

The Japan Gdzette received at San Francisco
by the steamer City of Pekin, contains an &C.
count of a terrible riot between two factions
of the Chinese coolies at Sang Kong, Siam.
About 5000 men engaged in a conflict Spears
and firearms were used and a great number
were killed The coolies were more or less
under the influence of drink and fought like
demons Several times the coolies would dig
their spears into the wounded men and hold
Their bodies aloft, ali the time yelling hideously.
1he slamese troops charged the rioters, and.
after bayonetnng number of them, quelled
the disturbance. and captured 800 of them, who
were afterward released with a light fine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06

Equally does THE STAR lead all fits
contemporaries I'm the publication Of the
NEWS OF OUR OWN COUNTRY.
Receiving the regular dispatches of
both News Associations; with alert and
enterprising special telegraphic cor
respondents at all important points; and
with wires leading directly from its own
office to the general network Of telegraph
system touching every city, town and
hamlet In the United States and Terri
tories, 1t is enabled TO receive and print
at once a full report Of every event Of
consequence occurring during the day
anywhere between the Atlantic and Pa
cific Oceans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
President Eliot's Gift to His Pilot.

From the Mount Desert Herald.
President Eliot of Harvard was one of the
pioneer tourists to the Maine coast and spent
many seasons cruising around Frenchman's
bay in his yacht before Bar Harbor obtained
its worldwide celebrity. One year he had q
skipper from Waukeag Point, now known al
Sorrento, to sail his yacht. In the fall the pro-
fessor gave him as token of gratitude for
favors received Webster's Unabridged Die
tionary, which, as the man could neither read
nor write, was as useful to him as a side pocket
would be to toad. The skipper received il
with all due gratitude and left it for safe keep
ing with the village doctor. Several years
passed by, when one day the shippers wife
came to the doctor and said: II guess I'll carry
that ere book home now, for Sammy's ben
goin' to school all winter, and he knows enough
to read the stories in il nowI"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-06
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