Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-31

ble morning went to the far west. I threw myself into business, caring little whether l was successful or not. I prospered. In due time learned through a friend of your mar riage to Mir. Grampus. threw myself still deeper into business. I made fortunes and lost them again, unmoved by either success or failure. At present I am not rich, but am in comfortable circumstances, with my means invested in a business that furnishes me satisfactory income. l learned Q few days ago, by accident, that you had been s widow for several years, and longing oame upon me to zee you again. I could not re- sist 1t and am here. Are you sorry to see me, Florencea"
 "I-I am not" said the widow, softly. "You have told me of yourself, Ar. Slum- pus--"
 "Call me Harry, please"
 "Wcil-Aarry-and it may interest yeu to know that Ar. Grampus, while not wealthy, left me competence which is invested in g business that is in every way prosperous"
 "May ask what it isi'
 "It is an establishment for the manufac- turing of russet shoes."
 The visitor rose and took his hat Ny romance is at an end, Mrs. Gram pus, he said, in q hollow voice, "I am g manufacturer of liquid shos-blaokipg." FISHING WITH BOTTLES.
 4 New Use for Something That is Csualiy Used for Carrying Bait. lE,rom Wide Awake.l Catching fish is surely very novel use for bottle, but the feat is easily accomplished and affords great deal of amusement. A number of empty champagne or beer bottles being obtained, each one is to be filled with sand or shot until it will stand upright when fioated in water. Each bottle is then tightly corked and strong tapering ash or hickory stick, eighteen inches long, is passed through each cork, this stick having 6 small, bright oolored burgess (s thres-cor- nered fagl at it's tip.
 Next piece of wire Is twisted around tht neck of the bottle, 50 that it cannot slip of and in this wire large loop is made tc ! which the fshline is fastened. The length of the line must depend entirely upon the depth of the water to be fshsd; ten feet Ia ! usually long enough. The hooks for general ! use should be of medium size-say No. 5. Moderately heavy sinkers are attacked to the | line. A swivel will make the outfit com. plete, although not absolutely necessary. If ! the bottles themselves cost nothing, dozen may be prepared at a cost of twenty-fye | cents.
 The bottles thus having been made ready, l may be used in a number of ways. They ! may be set in a TOW cn the bank of @ stream or on pier, cloae to the edge; the hooks ! having been properly baited, are to be dropped in the water. It will not be long before one Of the bottles will begin to waveI 1 and suddenly take Q mighty leap overheard, ! swimming of and bobbing around in a very peculiar manner. The excitement which a ! row of these fishing bottles will arouse, and | the guessing as to which bottle will go first | is very amusing, and not to be dsspissd aa sport.
 One or more of the bottles, having popped l off and been taken in tow by c fish, must ! now be rescued; this can be done by meani of long stick having three hooks, witk' ont barbs, lashed to it, back to back l some ons of the hooks will soon catch into the loop of wire around the neck of the
 bottle, and you can draw in both bottle and fish.
 Where there is lake or pond at hant
 and . boat available, the bottle nay b
 taken out from shore and set afoat around
 the boat. If the fish are at sll lively, an,
 there are many bottles to tend. thsro vii
 bs some very exciting sport in chasing th
 bottles, for they will start in all direction 1 at every moment.
 Where there is a number In the part
 "sides" may bs ohosen-two sets of botti, being furnished, and even number of eac ! l and each set having flag differing in co , or. The side catching the most fish vii 1 the prize.
 For sea fishing an additional arrangemsl
 is needed, because the waves cause the bo
 ties to bob up and down, so that it is hal
 to know when a fish bites. The flag r brought into use ss a signal. The uprigl
 rod is furnished at it's tip with . small sore
 eye, and strip of tin three inches long k fastened by its lower end to tho lower end
 tho rod parallel with it, so as to make l. spring clip. The flag Is fastened to the er a of the line. and Is set by being caught in u i. clip made by the strip of tin. 7 In this position the flag is lowered" as were, being ct the foot of the rod; but wht l. the fish bites he pulls it away from the ell l and raises it to the top of the rod whore a stops, being too large to go through the ey
 That the flag may fly straight, and not
 drawn into the eye and crumpled, it Is be @ to sew 1t to straight bit of wire, having
 loop at the top to which the line is tied. Another improvement is to paint the i
 side of the bottle white, by pouring in whi 6 paint and shaking 1t around and then pou
 ing it out and letting the bottle dry. Tn , prepare the bottle as described, and should large fish turn the botsle upside down, as F very likely will, 1t can be readily seen al | fn1Ioue3