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whom In use. and when packed away less than
three feet. The net closes up like an umbrella
and wraps round the handle, while the handle
telescopes to half Its length. 1t costs 81.
There Is a new fish and eel spear, The or
binary type is simply a trident with three or
more barbs Of fine elastic steel. These were
sprung or opened by the pressure on the bot
tom. when the fish was struck. The draw
back to this spear was that it was of no use on
a mud bottom, as striking simply pounded the
fish and did not open the teeth. Eels mostly
lie in muddy places. and many other good
spear fish do the same. The new spear Is in
ended to work both on hard and soft bottoms.
1t can he made at home. Take a finely tenn
pered spike and drive it into the end of a pole.
ringing it with iron to prevent splitting. Then
make two pieces of tough. hard wood into
rockers of such a length that they can be Sc
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AN EARTHQUAKE AT SEA.
Experience OF Yukon Miner on the Trip
Down from the DiEginEs.


Down from the DigginEs.
Locke McKinnon, a Yukon miner. got into
Juneau recently, having come out from the
d~iggings by way of st. Michaels and Unalaska n.
At Unalaska he took passage by schooner to
Port Townsend and on the voyage there was a
disturbance of the sea which the sailormcn and
passengers believe was caused by All earthquake.
This is how Mr.. McKinnOn describes the oc-
currence:
1.-THE day the earthquake happened tho sea
was as calm as a millpond and had been so for
several days previous. Not a breath OF air
seemed TO be stirring. At twelve O'Clock the
Captain took the sun and found we were nearly
500 miles from Cape FlRt'ery, at the entrance Of
the San Juan de FucH straits. The passengers
and crew were lying around the deck In o lazy
manner, some OF us singing and others reading,
At the frat shock, which occurred AT half past
four in tho n'i"rnoon, | think every heart ON
board the schooner ceased beating. One looked
At another and whether from fright or terror |
don't KnOy7, nut ~ seemed hours before any ono
uttered a word. can't describe the sensation.
The noise heard sounded Ms though tho
schooner had grounded and was s~craplng her
bottom on the rocks. The litile vessel trembled
and quivered from stem 10 stern ard there was
nothing movable aboard TINT did not bob around
like IA cork. At first We knew lot what wRs
taking place, but upon reEnining our senses
after the fright concluded II was IA suhterTaneaR
disturbance Of unusual severity. The water
remained calm during the shocks. which lasted
a tritle over q minute, hut things ON boRrd sailed
around AZ though on wheels"
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ball as they run makes many fumbles, and
the smooth floor made many q tumble, from
which the girls. rebounded with the elasticity
OF the ball itself.
THE baskets are OF netting. ten feet from
the floor, eighteen inches deep and rs many
wide, and If you think 10 Is easy, with your
brain Teeling with eXcitemen and your hands
trembling with e~Xertion, aud the enemy tear
ing along just behind YOU, to toss the ball into
tho basket, you want to try 1t and Sec"
Basketball was not invented as a girls game,
aad II Is n pretty lively romp for lusty boys.
The girls had evidently. seen the boys play
the game, and had al the boys tricks. They
and tossed It over their shoulders, ard when
throwing for the basket made straight, clean
throws, with a powerful hoist from the shopl-
CharaCterizes the average woman's shy at "a
hen. In ths first half each side scored one
goal, and when time was called the spectators
another. At the call OF time the girls threw
themselves fiat on their backs on the floor,
spread ont their arms and painted. Attend,
hands, and then t.Ie sirls sat mp and sucked
oranges. When they started in for the sec
ond half they Looked damp and some hat he
stuck to their faces like wet ropos and their
boomers were covered With dust from the floor
on which they had sat down frequently and o.
In the second half the playing was Fast and
eager. There was a tribe more Interference
and a good many more mixes, II was the lol,
as much excited as The players. At tho call OF
time the goal stood . 10 l In favor Of the slen.
against he University Of California girls and
two against Stanford, And so Stanford won
tho first Pacific slope intercollegiate coed
Il really wasn't a hair,pulling match such as
they had in Massachusetts,. As the teams
trooped OFT to their dressing rooms, the stan
ford girls In the gallery shouted in unison 10
the captain OF the successful team;
Stella. you're q daFllnEl"
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Conjecture Based Upon the Contents OF the
stomach OF One of the Cntch.

Lieut.. Coyne and some fifteen member Of
Comuany Z started cut on u steam launch a
little after. 10 A. NJ. SUNDAY for the purpose
of doing what they could with II certain FAINT
ly of sharks reported To have been seen out;
side the harbor. Trey stocked the launch well
preparatory to an all days hunt.
Just outside the harbor unmistakable signs
In the shape of several fins were noticed pro-
jecting above the surface OF the water. and
they made the soldiers hair brIstle with ex-
Of pork and attached to a heavy line. was
thrown overheard. There was a bite and II
pull, and before long a good sized shark was
hauled alongside and filled with rifle and re-
but when. after the line had been thrown over
again, another shark was CAPTURED in the
same manner. the men in the launch could
hardly remain in their places:
The line was cast overheard once more. and
soon there was q tug that caused a very burn
ing sensation to pass over the hands OF the four
men who held it. The launch was pulled
here and there by what seemed to be n mon
ster twice the Size of the others. This seemed
to be proven when the shark stuck Its fin above
the head Of the monster. and after II hard fight,
during which the launch wRs i'll imminent dan
ger of being capsized, tho prize was brought
alongside aud towed with the other two TO the
feet $ inches from head to tip OF tail. and 53Ls
inches around at its largest part. The largest OF
the remaining two measured o feet X inches.
Upon being cut open the large shark proved
to have IL stomach exceptionally void. which in
some degree accounted for the tug given tho
line. one o the smaller ones stomach was
found TO contain two hats. one towel. and
half of the top OF a barrel, which one OF the
soldiers construed as meaning that two native
women had gone out in q canoe with n keg of
had devoured one woman. the head OF another,
and tapped the key In u peculiar manner.
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THE POST OFFICE SIDING,
OHs OF the Varied Features or the Rail-
roadinE Carried On In This City.

Ous OF the Varied Features or the Rail-
roadinE Carried On In This City.
When anybody speaks OF a railroad siding
It suggests a remote place, perhaps on a single
track road. where freight trains haul out for
mas senger trains to go by. In time a little set
tlement may spring up there, and come to have
A name. and TO attain thediginity OF type on the
time table, and occasional passenger trains stop
there: reaching 1t perhaps at the end OF a lonely
stretch OF road, and starting OF upon another.
SometimesShere comes new of a wreck at tho
siding; the train took an open switch at the
siding. Is the phrase, and take IL altogether tho
sidin. is not associated in the nina with the
But there Is a siding in constant daily use
right here in the heart OF tho city. the little
spur that runs out from the tracks Of the Third
avenue railroad, along the northern face OF the
Post once building, on Park row. The white
mail cars that run on the Third avenue road are
switched on here, 10 stand by the Post Office
until they are ready to go out again. When
that time comes a team of horses driven tandem
is hooked 10 the car and ii Il pulled out on to
The main line and there coupled 10 the cable
car that is TO haul il; all this takes about a min
MT. more or less; and then away goes the car,
not over a lonely stretch OF road In the open
country, but along some Of the busiest streets
on the continents; up Park row, and through
HE Bo~ery. and so on mp Third ayonue.
There are sidings and sidings; the Post Once
siding is a siding In the city.
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The wanderlngs OF Mr.. md Mrs. forenoon,
Who Wish to Keep Cool.

VINO WISH 10 Aeep tOO.
It is not likely that many persons have made
so striking and complete IL change of residence
in the search for n nov home under congeriil
circumstances as have Mr.. and Mrs. -Jorenson,
who arrived in Juneau. Alaska, three weeks
ago. en- route from the torrid desert Of the
Cooleardie gold fields in Australia for the ice
bound mining town Of Circle city, inside the
Arctic circle and at the opposite end of the
earth from where they started. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jorenson tried to run n hotel at Coolgardic.
but they found it altogether too arduous a
business. Coolgardic is a long way from every
thing catahle or drinkabie, being situated in
the midst Of n sandy waste. where not a drop
of water ever has been found nor an edible
plant has been known 70 grow, IL Is also I'M
speakably hot at all times. and during the re-
cent hot wave that scourged Australia people
we4t insane there, and hundreds fec,
Mr.. and Mrs. JorensOn evidently left Cool
gardie before the hot wave got there. ..Ac-
cording TO their story. they were making their
v wey to ha S{aee become wils t tho PapthIG}ld di," "pIsGr n
with Coolcardie. although they did not lose
All Their money K ,hGrei J., when they chaneed 10
side the Arctic circle. The prospects Of life
ing after their experience in Coolgardie, and
they started forthwith for Alaska, taking a
thence to Juneau, to s~ontinue the Journey oyer
the snow-covered mountains and frozen lakes
to Circle City. They propose to open a hotel in
Circle City, and expect to make things com
Portable for mincrs. at about So n day.
Mrs. Jorenson viz bring the total adult fe-
teen. sixteen women were there last winter.
twelve OF them being wives Of miners. About
800 miners wintered at Circle CITY. Accord
ing to present indications. the female populn-
ton Of Circle City il likely to be considerably
increased during this spring, as many of the
several hundred miners who have started
within tho past week or so from san Francisco
and Puget Sound for The Yukon region have
taken their wives with them.
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M NEWEST aABp.

enoloses the fsh between the two hooks. which
are then an 90" There is only ono size, and
It can DO used for any fish from two pounds up
to twenty-five. The price is 81. 80 each.
For smaller FISH there is a new landing net
which has much TO It. lite OPEN
ing is triangular, with an angle at tho handle
so as to give the mexlmum space to the fish.
The net is mounted on n steel frame with q
cam movement, and n double spring lever.
The fish Is brought TO the side of the boat, the
rod Is held in the right hand and the net in the
left, the fish is ''pouched" and the pressure Of
the thumb on a key In tho handle OF the net
Immediately closes the net with the fish inside.
1t weighs less than one pound, Is four feet long
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in Just to play bail of a kind that would be be

in Just to play ball Of a kind that would be be.
yond criticism and beyond comparison.
The only regrettable feature OF the game
was that the male person was vigorously ex-
cluded from witnessing 1t. That is. he was ex-
cluded officially, but a considerable number
of men managed to see the game eurrcptt-
tiously but satisfactorily. The game was play
ed on the floor Of one of the big armories. In
the galleries fully 700 women spectators were
crowded, and from the reports, of course by
women reporters, in the san Francisco news
papers. those roo fashionable women hooted
and rooted and acted generally like the grand
stand and bleacheries crowds a n Yale
Princeton football game. They all wore the
college colors of their favorite team, either
flags or long streamers of satin ribbon tied to
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the handles Of umbrellas. blue and gold for
the University of California girls and cardi-
nal for tho Stanford young women. They
also had learned the college yel!s. and these
they shouted and Gang. and as the game pro-
ceeded they yelled and roared. until the win
dows ratified and the police outside became
nervous.
Away up among the rafters Of the roof
chung a dozen or more young men, who some
how had eluded the vigilance OF the ~jnnitor,
while the roof outside was crowded with men.
old as well as yonng, who tried hard to see
through the painted skyliGhts. A detail OF
strong armed women stood by the windows
and worked their long sticks with a fiail-like
motion up and down before the windows to
DISCOURAGE the men who tried hard to get a
glimpse of a show that was not for them. The
mon were 30 persevering that the poor women
missed the whole game in keeping them out
One little window In tho end wall, up near to
the peak Of the roof, could not be guarded
and this scintillated with masculine eyes.
Most of the players had been in athletic train
ing In the gymnasium for two or three years.
and they were a superb set OF graceful anna
IONS. Tho way they prepared for the game
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NEW IDEAS FOR ANGLERS.
n sNhP GAFF FEAT THE FIsH
HELPS 10 OPERATE.

n New LsndinE Net-Asother Nctiou for =
Fis and Eel Spear, sud Fresh Lures for
the Trout Ftshermen-snap Hooks for
shy Fish-A Device Tor Pot Hunters.
This year there ia . wealth of novelties to In
terest the fisherman. One thing Of interest TO
those who 20 after large FISH IL a new auto
matte gaf. The old Rafr, simply an enlarged
hook fixed on q handle, was a more or less
dangerous thing TO have lying around n boat,
and the spring gan introduced last year was
even more p%erilous. The new gan consists of
two large hooks which when open are In the
form OF the letter 80" when n fish Is gated
tho resistance Of the fish. or even It's weight,
brings the top hook forward with a snap, and
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RAILROAD YARD IERROR5.
Even Train M~a Cannot Cross the Tracks
az Night without Being Confused.


at Might without Being Confused.
"It's hard for the ordinary traveller to realize
tho terrors OF the average railroad yard" said
an old and experienced trainman at one OF tho
big Jersey City terminals to a Sun reporter.
THE commuter who scans the yardsdnily as he
Is smoothly riding through them, naturally
enough fails TO appreciate the mass OF detail
in the duties Of the men " no are employed to
switch him safely into tho station. OF course
the routine work we do, frAught with response
bility and danger as II Is, becomes mechanical
enough 10 us in time, but there is ono thing that
| have never been able 10 do with coolness In all
the years ! AVE been employed here, and that
is to cross thus network Of tracks at night. Tho
experience Of Thomas Bouker, the freight CLERK
AZ the Lehigh Valley station In Commute paw, IL
nrun' that | am not the only hardened IA. lroader
afflicted in that uav. Buuker vas run Town ny
an engine because heg0t h"wildcTed in the mas
Of l-aCKs. don't blame him Why, it's enough
To give u man heart disease 10 attempt 10 cross
such an aggregation OF rails, with "A lot of head
LIGHTS moving all around him and scores OF
bells and whistles ringing in his ears.
ID" Every time that am compelled TO make
snch a trip and | only do 50 nowadays when [
am compelled tu-I get the lay ~ the land we'll
I'M my mind, and note which engines are NOV
inc and whIch are not: but IT, IL Of no use. By
the time I'm IN the middle Of the yard my head
Il In n whlrl, tie headlights are dancing all
tirhllv until get safely ON the other size,
Usually most ~ the locomotives ara standing
still In the train shed, but it's hard 10 bAtevp -
when you are In front Of them, some CONF
walking into the station from the yard TO save
the trouble Of going around bT the regular way.
but when can always warn them OF the dAA-
ger OF doing sOs'
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CURED on easy spring clamps at the side of the
pole and harg lust down to the spike, leaving
a heart-shap2d space around 1t. When a fish
Is struck on the mud the rockers open automat-
ically and the spike is driven through the fish.
The rockers close underneath and so prevent
tho Ash from wriRglinR off the spike. This
spear can be used in twenty feet Of water II
necessary.
For trout fishermen there is a decided nov
city in natural wing trout flee" These
have the natural wing OF the insect used, and.
It is claimed, are more attractive, are certain
ly more lifelike, do not get sticky when wet,
like the silk artificial wings. and are stronger
and wear better. The latest fly is the Lucifer-
GUS May. 1t has a transparent body, which
is inflated and Theoretically sesled, so as to
be unsuitable. The body is soft, hollow,
ribb.sl. and 4 marvellous imitation of the real
insect. The daylight gives this fly, when on
the water. n curiousiy natural and telling eff
feet. An idea which is claimed to be very et.
fective in sea water. and also for bass, is a fly
mounted on n rather long-shanked hook. At
the top OF the ny there IL II stop. and between
that and tho leader eve there is IA tiny spinner
Of nickel. This is said to catch the attention
of the hsh with great effect. and carries out the
notion of some old bass fishermen that a spin
ner or spoon is all very well in the early sea-
son, but that later O bait of some kind Is neces-
sary. The spinner only catches the eye: the
hy is Intended to do the rest.
tried from time mmemorial. but the great trou-
bic with them has been their complicated set.
ting and Hr,iG N. a 4 new ,EN S ons aGti S1 g"Sr aet
scribed above. 1t consists OF n short shanked
heck eyed ,I On TO Bent q loT tSwa %aNG he he e2e,
where It Joins on 10 q swivel extension OF hook
wire running up to the leader, which is also
h hassS' and en to 3hs q s spues'' and dhs sh t%WsF h hSSk is is
Sef FIR L,,h
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he has caught seventeen nsh. at one haul. This
II q market device, pure and simple.
The tendency n to lighter trout rods than
ever. the latest being only one and 1--WE -eighths
ounccs in weight. One OF these rods has
a ten-inch butt for the pock et. the remainder
Of the sections going one inside the other to
form n walking cane. The reels show some
novelty, but no great Increase OF utility, II lie.
ing generally accepted that the better quality
American reel Is practically perfect. One new
reel runs on ball bearings like a bicycle, with a
multiplying movement, and this Ia said to I've
an advantage for long casts for bass Uut Into
the. surf. Another one has an uut-running
click action and an in-running multiplying nc
ton. Bass spoons are improved In easy run
ming this. year. Hitherto the fisherman had to
modify thoir action himself or pull quickly to
get the spin. A useful idea is n collapsible line
dryer Of ni,kel-plnted brass. Hitherto the de.
vices for this purposo have been very crude,
and the fence drying If not always 40 tisfactory.
The automatic float Inns been still further i'm.
proved. and now can he adjusted to q line TOR
deep water. When n Ash II hooked and the line
is rrcled In, the nont Is drawn to the tip Of the
rod and the touch throws II out Of gcar and
slides II automatically down the l'nc SO that
the line can be reeled In right up TO the hook.
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included one or two features now to the dress
ing room. as told in innocence and good faith
by the ChToRicls's woman reporter. After the
girls had struggled into their boomers and
sweaters they all sat down on the door and pro-
ceeded 10 clip their finger nails. This was e
truly delightful bit OF femininity, and It was
also good policy, as a precaution to insure that
the game shouldn't turn out a scratching
match Then the manage sung outI TAKE
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-02-19

Miss Mary Rockafellow, daughter
OF Joseph Rockafellow, residing about
two miles cast of Pennington on the road
10 Reaville, was seriously injured on the
Sth inst. She started to walk to Reavilie
to visit friends, and while on the way was
overtaken by Nathan Wilson, with whom
she consented to ride. When they reach
ed Reaville Miss Rockafellow, in attempts
ing to alight from the wagon, touched the
horse and caused it TO kick and plunge.
She was thrown to the ground, and the
horse kicked her, breaking her jaw-bone
and severely decorating her face. She was
badly bruised about the body, and it is
feared she sustained internal injuries. =
H,nterlon Republican.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-02-19
THE fair Of the Llbertv Band, Of this

The fair of the Liberty Band, of this
city, held last week, was somewhat inter-
fered with by the stormy weather, but a
fair sum was realized, Notwithstanding.
The firemen's trumpet, very pretty one,
was secured by the Union Fire Co. There
was but little competition on the part OF
the other companies. The gold ring 10
tie cake was secured by Mr.. -,
of Philadelphia. Considering the will
ingness OF the Liberty Band to give their
services gratuitously on many occasions,
our citizens and organizations did not
patronize them as we'll as. they should
have done.
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ImnortRnt Facts.

If you have dull and heavy pain across
forehead and about the eyes; If the nos
trils are frequently stopped up and follow
ed by disagreeable discharge; if sore.
ness In the nose and bleeding from the
nostrils is often experienced If you are
very sensitive to cold in the head accom-.
panied with headache; then you may be
sure you have catarrh; and should Qm-
mediately) resort to Ely's Cream Balm for
cure. The remedy will give instant
relief.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-02-19

John Slack, who for many years was
resident of this city, died at the resi-.
dence of his son -in-law, VIM. McNeal, at
Stockton, last Sunday. He was eighty
eight years old. Mr. Slack dug the first
shoveltul of earth in the building of the
Belvidere Delaware Railroad (now the
Belvidere Division of the Penna. r. RI.
Many years ago he saved from drowning
the late Ario Pardee, of Hazleton, the
well.known coal magnate, and he was
often remembered by Mr.. Pardee, among
his gifts being an occasional carl load of
coal. Funeral services will be held TO-
day at Stockton. Interment in Mt. Hope
cemetery, 10 this city.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
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We the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
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out any obligation made by their firm.
WEST & TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists,
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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
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