Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
Boardwalk. MOsquitOes and Wander
ing Mustcians-Recent Visitors
From Washington.


lions, however, on the part of those con-
templating a trip to this resort, because
all of the hotels of the latter class men
toned are like the street car-there is
always room for one more no matter II
that one turn up his toes to the ocean
breeze on the top of fire escape; and
there is no diminution in the price on
this account, either, the higher you go
seeming to be the signal for general rise
in the price of your airy lodgings.
The presence of the visitors is noticeable
on the boardwalk more than anywhere
else. This justly famous Strolling ground
resembles bazaar more than anything
else at this time, and the way is crowded
all day. At night the crush on the walk is
terrible, and between and 10 o'clock the
exit to circus tent is about the best sim
ilie to be used in describing it.
A Desperate Fight.
A number of persons have seen the devil
fish within the last week, and Tuesday
morning Guards Parker and French ran
across him while in a life boat. 1t appear
ed to them to be a huge monster with
enormous arms or tentacles, and as they
had no weapons they did not insist upon
an Introduction to his majesty.
Yesterday morning fisherman in a boat
was nearly dragged from his craft by one
of the long arms of the devil fish, and al
though he, fired a number of times at 1t with
revolver and seemed to hit 1t several
times, the bullets did not take effect
Guards Parker and French went out to
sound the beach yesterday afternoon. an
operation made necessary by the shifting
of the sand. and again saw his SnakeShlp
CT his devilship They had just put for
the shore when they felt tug at the
stern of theboat and hastily looking around
We're dumfounded to see the largest spec!-
men of sea life they had ever become ac-
qualnted with. 1t possessed a dozen or
more tentacles, all CT them about the size
of a fire hose, and one had already encir-
cled the stern of the boat and begun to
pull it out to sea- Guard French stopped
to reach heavy stick which happened to
be lying in the bottom of the boat The
monster evidently noticed the inimical
long arm into the boat and seize the guard.
Guard French involuntarily drew back,
and in doing so tripped and fell over the
ether side of the boat into the water.
The monster Immediately emitted an inky
black substance from the countless little
cells or suckers on its tentacles which dis
colored the water all about the boat.
French however, grabbed the gunwale of
The boat, and with the aid OF Parker was
once more aboard
The monster then devoted all of Its at
tention to the two men in the boat, and
drew close that the men could see the
tIeary eyes of the fish and the horrid
Shiny back and barrel-like sides of the
monster. The guards seized the oars IN
the boat, and both brought them down
with resounding thwack on the back Of
mind this in the least, and still crawled or
swan closer and sought to encircle the
boat with another tentacle.
French now aimed the blade of an oar
at the protruding eyes of the monster and
struck it so fairly that the fish gave pc
cular rustling noise with its arms and
redoubled its efforts to crush the boat with
it's tentacles. LATE" Parker took out his
jack knife and hacked away at the tentacle
thrown across the boat until he almost
severed it. This was too much for the
fish, and it backed away from the boat.
dragging it's wounded member after it and
dyeing the water with a crimson stream.
The guards also had enough of their
strange encounter, and pulled with might
and main. while the creature. seeing its
enemy fleeing, gave chase until 1t reached
the breakers, when it sank below the wa
ter. The guards never stopped rowing IN
til they reached shore.
The board walk was crowded with peo-
pie during the encounter, which took place
but a few hundred yards from the break
ers, and the guards were warmly congrat-
ulated upon their escape.
Two Pests.
There are two plaques in Atlantic City
the mosquitoes and the wandering musi-
clans. The former are not so ravenous now
as they were earlier in the season, and
may be kept away by liberal application
of camphor keeping the curtains down.
Fut the musicians are not to be disposed
or three, the case may be-is likely to
| strike your porch about every two minutes
| in the day from rising time in the morning
until killing time at night.
Neutrality-suspicious. There.
The following is a partial list of Wash
| ingtonians who have registered at Atlantic
City hotels in the past few days:
| st. Charles Hotel-F. j. Diendern, J. 7.
Smith, A. H. Reynolds.
py, David Wolf, Ben Nordlinger, jr, Mrs
| T. A. King. NJ. Z. Taylor.
The nesworth-E. NJ. Dyrenforth, Mrs
| John Conroy, Miss Mary Ryan.
| The Garden Hotel-Mrs. ]. D. Frazee.
The Lehmar-Capt. and Mrs. Leonard
Miss Leonard. DR.. and Mrs. Dieffenderfer
| Miss Ingersoll and Capt. Emmott.
| Hotel Windsor-Wm. G. Lewis and Mrs.
Lewis. H. E. Quinn. L. R. Webster.
| TIE Traymore-Harry c. Car
Seaside House-Chas. r. Fdmonston Louis
| d. Wine, Mrs NJ A. Rudolphe, M. Van
Reessen.
Haddon Hall-Miss Majorie McMonigal,
| William H. Troulaud, William T. Otto.
| The Chalfonte-Wayne Boyer, A w.
| Bright. Mrs. Frank l.. Harvey and Miss
Harvey.
| Grand Atlantic Hotel-B. Almeida. W. L.
| Cole and Mrs. Cole, A. H. Seton, Webster
Davis, T. o. Varnell and family, Malcolm
VarneI. G. Taylor Wade and Mrs. Wade
| United States Hoiel-F. W. Smith.
| dOtel Luray--A. A. 1enStall, M. r. Moran
| and Mrs. Moran. M. J. Barnett, J. H. Clip
per and MIS-. Clipper, Miss r. E. Bond
Miss Rose Easton, Louis A. Fisher, Frank
lin Moore W. C. Allen, G. C.. Wedderburn
| The Berkeley-C. Christiani and Mrs
| Christian, Karl ChriStiani Mrs. c. A Will
ber James A. Pooe and Mrs. Pooe, w. W.
Fox. F. E. Percy and Mrs. Percy. Mrs. E.
| L. Johnson, Mrs. HI. B. Simpson, Miss Nam
RE Conner. Mrs Bloom. F. r. McMorris
| Owen McCabe.
The stratford-Dorsey Clasett and Mrs
| Clagett, VIM. Ramsay and Mrs. Ramsay
Z. c. Snyde Benz. J. Eslin, Miss Julia Sea-
| man. Miss Katherine A. Shea Chas. r.
Cleaves and Mrs. Cleaves, L. C. F. Hugo
End Mrs. Hugo, p. c. Gardner, Mrs. Gard
| rer and son.
| AT AVON-BY-THE-SEA.