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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-03
DREAMS THAT COME TRUE.
4 Traveller From Far Samoa Fails to
Surprise His Friends.
From the San Francisco Call.

From the san Francisco Call
An incident, remarkable and well anthem
tcated, is vouched for by Benjamin +.
Small. assistant cashier in the custom
house. Mr.. Small handles all the gold re-
ceived in the custom house for duties paid
in on the arrival of steamers from the ORR
ent. and on every ship from the great
marts of the world. The system of book
keeping is so systematic that failure Of
the cash to balance at the end of days
business is almost unheard of But the
impossible happened to Mr.. Small at the
close of a very busy day. He found a
shortage of $40 in his cash. He worked on
the books until l O'Clock in the morning in
the endeavor to find the leak but with
out obtaining the slightest clue to the miss
ing money, and he paid it into the treasury
out of his own pocket. For two days after
ward he spent all his spare time in seek
ing the lost $40. but all his effort was in
vain. He went to sleep with the conviction
tEat Inc money was lost to him forever
and he made up his mind that he would
rot worry about the affair any longer
That night he dreamed that w p Grace
& Co. had the missing money. He dream
ed also that he went to the Office of that
him and that man came up to the desk
at which he stood and handed him the $40.
The most realistic feature of the dream
was the strong impression made upon him
by the appearance of the office of the firm
fixtures, and he determined when he awake
that he would visit the office of the firm
and that If his dream had pictured truly
the arrangement of the fixtures he Won. d
ask for the money. He had never been in
the office; he was not acquainted with any
member OF the firm. and he did not know
where the office was. So that his dream
could not have been a revived memory of a
place that he had once seen
The next day, after he had looked into
the city directory to ascertain the street
and number of the office of W p Grace a
Co., he paid a visit to the office and he had
no sooner stepped within the door than he
saw his dream verified in its every detail,
even TO the appearance of the clerk who
stepped up to the counter to wait upon
NM Mr.. Small told the story of the short
age, giving the date, and asked the clerk
to look at the cash book and see whether
the firm was not $40 over cash on that
date. The clerk said it not necessary
to look, for he remembered that there was
$40 too much money in the cash on that
date and that they had been unable to
place il.
The money was paid to Mr.. Small with
out further question, and as he dropped
the coin into his pocket he realized that
his dream had materia lied into reality.
A remarka BILE dream was experienced
some time ago by George ". Branch. clerk
in the naval office of the custom house in
this city. Mr.. Branch is a gentleman of
standing and veracity, and his story is cor
roborated by score of witnesses whose
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testimony is conclusive and uncontradcted.
During the administration OF President
Cleveland w. r. Branch, brother OF clerk
Branch, acting as American vice con-
sui at Apia, Samoa. one day Clerk Branch
received letter from him stating that ne
expected to remain at his post for three
years longer. The letter had been several
weeks on the way when received. and on
the same night George Branch dreamed
that he saw his brother at Apia taking pas
sage on d schooner for Honolulu. The
dream was so vivid in fact, 50 much more
vivid than any he had ever before expert
enced, that it made deep Impression on
his mind, and he jotted down the dream and
its date on paper.
After a sufficient length of time had
elapsed for the schooner To have arrived at
Honolulu, Mr. Branch had another realistic
vision. He saw his brother going on board
a large steamer at Honolulu, and he SAW
also that his brother was coming home to
San Francisco. This dream and its date
Were 1otted down in black and white and
related by Mr.. Branch to his friends. On
consulting the steamer Schedu il was
found that steamer from China to this
city was due at Honolulu al the date of TIN.
dream. and this discovery was all that was
necessary to convince Mr.. Branch that the
VISION was worth needing. He made all his
arrangements to receive his brother on the
arrival of the steamer and had Ellis
Holmes, inspector Of customs, at the gang
plank to search and pass upon his brothers
baggage. that there might be no unneces-
sary delay in landing the expected visitor
Clerk Branch had a fine dinner prepared
at his home and a hack at the wharf as
the steamer arrived. What was the aston
lshmeut and delight of all the persons To
whom the dream had been told when among
the first persons to step down the gang
plank was the brother of the man who
dreamed He was more astonished than the
people who received him, and could hardly
believe that his coming had been hcralded
in so remarkable a manner but the hack
and the dinner and the throuc of exDectaut
friends the dock convinced him that
dreams are sometimes made of tangible
stuff.
Samoa is about 1900 miles from this city
and there is no cable or other communion
tion between Samoa and the rest of the
world save steamers and sailing Vcsse's
SO that it was impossible for any one in
San Francisco to learn of Vice Consul
Branch's change of fortune or intention
AT the tine he wrote his last letter TO his
brother in this city he had not the re-
hottest idea that he was about to leave
Apia, and he was scheduled to remain there
at his post for three years longer This
change OF plan came about only a short
dfne before schooner was to start for
Honolulu, and he therefore did not write
was congratu ating himself all throughout
the voyage on the fact that he would give
his relatives a genuine surprise, and the
result was that he was the most surprised
person of ali.
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fly that has a wing made from what is
called a brown mallard feather. This
feather is plucked from the scapular region
of the wild mallard drake. The outside is
of beautiful glossy Photographic brown,
and is much used, particularly in salmon
flies. This feather in the shadow shows as
dark brown, but Immediately upon the
fys entering the bright sun-lit water 1t
changes to a silVery hue. AS few of these
feathers grow on each bird, it is difficult
To obtain them in quantities. This makes
no difference to the cheap fly tier; he dips
some gray mallard feathers. which easy
to obtain, into some brown dye, and sells
the flies made thereof brown malard
winged flies. They are brown. and always
stay brown. until washed out, and never
change their hue whether in sunlight or
shadow. Well-informed anglers always are
suspicious of a fly of this kind, if offered at
less than the regular price They know
that flies with the genuine feather will take
fish where the other will not.
In other patterns of salmon flies 1t may
not always make much difference as to the
exact feather that is used, provided it is
very nearly of the same color. This re-
mark applies to the fish and not to the
angler. Salmon flies are an expensive lux
ury and anglers are apt to feel, therefore,
that they should have what they pay for
If fly tier leaves out an expensive feather
or two the angler may not be able to tell
just what Is missing, but he will know that
the fly does not look right. A few years
establishment flooded this country with its
catalogues. 1t advertised extensively and
sent its list to every angler whose name 1t
could obtain. In this catalogue the firm
stated, under the heading of salmon flies
that it was satisfied the salmon could not
distinguish between the feathers of the blue
chatterer and those of the blue kngfisher
any more than they could between the
barred feathers of wood duck and the
feathers from the flank of the widgeon
Consequently 1t made the cheeks of it's sal
terer, and used strips of widgeon instead of
wood duck in the wings. Possibly the con-
Germ was right in its statement that the
salmon would not know the difference 1t
| did not take the anglers into consideration
however. and these did know the ference
and as they wanted their flies made right
the sales of that particular firm in this
country have not been very heavy. The
/ only difference to the firm was that chat
terer skins cost SO each, and are hard to
hnd, while kingfishers may be bought in
any quantity at Is cents each In Teea rd
to the other feathers, some flies call for
both wood duck and widgeon in the wings
The firm was silent as to how IL Wou1d get
| over that point
United States I'm the Lead.
| England has always pretended to be the
| greatest artificial fy-producing country
| and her pretensions were justified until
| lately Now the United States produce
| many times the number manufactured in
| the British Isles. In fact, Americans have
| pushed the manufacture of flies to such an
! extent that the fly tiers of England are
either coming over here for work or else
going out of business. A former Dublin
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MAKING ARTIFICIAL FLIES
Rare Feathers That viii Always Make the
Product Dear
Countries in Their Manu-
tRcture.
MAKING
From the New York Sun.

From thr New York Sun.
A large stock OF knowledge is required
by the maker Of artificial flies for anglers
He must he thoroughly familiar with pat
terms of flies for all waters. and must have
some knowledge of entomology, and con-
siderable kno Wedge Of ornithology. From
the former ne knows what moths. bugs
and other insects will appear upon different
waters in different months. and what
changes will take place in these creatures;
how they will. after a little time. cast off
their skins or shells and appear in entirely
ferent forms and col0rs. His knowledge
OF oTnithology Will tell him what birds will
furnish feathers to match almost exactly
the coloTs of The different insects he coun-
terfeits. The ordinary cheap fly maker
uses feathers of turkeys. pigeons and
chickens and few of the ducks feathers
only, these. together with a dye pot. form
his fUlI stock in trade He pays no atten-
ton To natural insects; his flies contain a
cheap nook. some feathers and silk or wool
and there as ny. it ends OF course. his
products are called by the names OF the
popular flies. but it is sometimes impoS-
sible for either the maker or an angler to
recognize which is which. Not so with the
educated and painStaking fly tier. He takes
pride in his work, makes his goods strong
and serNiCeable. and charges accordingly
His pride Is touched when he hears that
any of his goods have proved unservice-
able
Bird skins and feathers imported from
India and other tropical countries are ex-
psnSive. and sometimes very difficult To oh
tain. For instance. there is a little SOuth
American bird called the light blue chat
teTer. two feathers from which are nut in
many of the salmon flies These little birds
are hardly larger than the common spar
row and are worth from 81 to ST each
The feathers are quoted at retail at : cents
each. yet the artistic fly tier uses these
feathers. Then skins Of the gigantic argus,
the feathers from which are among the
rope today at 800 each and none is in the
market. These birds come from Borneo.
Sumatra and the Malay peninsula. They
have been practically eXterminated in the
latter place, and in Borneo the natives at
tach religious character to them; con-
seQuently IL is doubtful il these skins will
get to be much cheaper in the near future.
Another rare bird much used in fy tyins
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island, nave barrels of gold, dozen dusky
wives and slaves galore. This would cure
me OF 1t If nothing else had before Love
mere Is a greasy sickness, a thing of per-
SEPARATION and spiced foods that i'll suits my
clean and cool northern blood. A man who
mad worked in a glass furnace or a steel
pudding room might successfully embrace
love here, but IL is not for me- | would
have to battle every five minutes and keen
an ice machine close to my heart all the
time
Again he wrote:
This eastern world has a religion that
IS streaked with blood. They look upon a
Christian much we cid upon the Nor
mons years ago. To be a Christian here is
70 De unciean, TO be fit to have your head
cut of. which is not so bad, after all You
may think Spanish priests with their CEN
turtles Of work have made an impression
upon these Tagals, that they have reached
the core of their hearts, and made Christ
that living reality that He is to you and
me when We meet the compass and
square. but this Is not So The bayonet is
the type of Christianity that has always
confronted the Tagal, and he has respected
It just as you or / would "a club in the
hands of stronger man. But he has never
believed In 1t. and | doubt if he ever will"
He also wrote:
THE nights here are wonderful, There
Is depth in these skies our cold, northern
blue does not possess. On picket duty l
nave looked up many night to the con-
stellations, and 1t seemed if my eyes
see the pathway leading to the light of
higher world. l notice that fellows who have
come over here reckless of thought and
speech have sobered down. The lines of
centuries are in the heavens and the
weight of a thousand old civilizations on
the land l am serving in land where
warriors served four thousand years ago.
The day of the white blood has come.
Still, L don't feel good about it. [ would
much rather have come here some other
way"
In another letter, the last, he said.
You remember the abstruSe calculati ton
that made Lake Traverse at least 2,oN
years old? How petty that seems when we
cross streams here that were flowing
thousand years before Christ We have
nothing to learn from these people here;
whether we give them kindness or fight,
they are bound to disappear L wonder at
their shallow lungs, their evident lack of
that bottom that makes our western men
SO great, SO strong. They will fade away
before US, however We treat them. What
Is, must be. l know now that |
will not touch your hand again, nor look
into your eyes ever again. I have no re-
grets about the past and but one for the
future. 1t would please me If Ii could be
so that with horses side by side we might
go down into that western forest again,
that might ride by the clear waters and
feel against our cheeks that sweep of the
western wind. that wonderful wind of hope,
of courage, calling to us both to be up and
and the day most blessed toll
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salmon Flies,

Sffmon ffteS.
Salmon flies are so different from trout
flies tfat they form distinct and separate
class. They are not intended to represent
any natural insect. They simply an
artistic combination of colors. Some are
used in England only. some only in Ire
land, others are tried to attract the salman
OF Norway, while still other patterns are
used only III Canadian and other waters on
this continent Like trout flies. few pat
terms are of service on all waters Some
writers and anglers have declared that
these flies are all or nearly all patterned
from living creatures. This Is a mistake
they are like no living thing. John Fitz-
Sibbon in his rare little book on salmon
f1Shing fully covers the ground when he
says: Some tell me that salmon flies are
taken for butterflies or for birds by sal
mon. God bless my heart We have no
hummtug birds in this country Eng1and)
or insects of Cashmere. Look at the gold
FINCH fly. and in what fairy fields will you
find a bird insect like that? Look at
that gorgeous artificial, the Shannon, and
tell me where, in this cline OF ours, you
will find a living thing possessing the tenth
of a tthe Of its briiiianCy. \ ct these splen-
did formations of feather. gold and dyed
fur are especial attractions for the salmon
Of the Shannon and the River Erne. Are
these flies bred on the banks of the river?
The salmon of other rivers despise them.
In Tweed waters the salmon prefer Nubian
beauty. fer instance. the dusty toppy. Does
the Tweed produce black insects with wings
tipped with white" Further along he says
mo man can imagine for an instant that
salmon takes salmon fly as being the
counterfeit presentment of any sort of
edible 1t has ever tasted. 1t takes it I'M
qUestionab!y for some animated. edible
substance; and that is all | know about the
matter"
Every one knows that certain fabrics will
change their color to a darker or an en-
tirely different shade when placed In water
This is exhibited to a large extent in ar
tificial flies. Not many anglers even know
that silver tinsel. made up into fly will
entirely disappear from sight under certain
, circumstances. They do not have their flies
close enough to them. while in use to be
able to note all the peculiar effects water
has upon them Take the fly called the sill
yer doctor which has body of bright sill
Yer tinsel. with a head of red wool at one
! end and "a butI of the same material a the
other. Experiments show that when drawn
! through the water the silver body will en-
| tirely disappear when the hy passes from
| shadow into bright sunlight. 1t is strange
! 10 watch this fly. the silver of which shows
/ so brightly while in the shadow: when 1t
enters part of the water Illuminated by
the direct rays of the sun the silver in
| stantly disappears and the body appears
| Ike two disconnected knobs of red which
! color always shows either in sunlight or
| shadow.
| An Opposite Effect.
An opposite effect may be obtained by a
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Is the foriCan. or light bustard. This bird
is like the American bison-a thing Of the
past. The cheap fly tier never attempts to
use any Of these birds, and the few high
grade manufacturers who have them in
stock guard them jealouslv
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Not what She Meant,

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
so you have given up your music stuca
you got married. Mrs. Mango?"
''Oh, yes; l seem to have forgotten all ]
ever knew about harmony"
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ChiIdrens Fast Black Jersey Ribbed Hose
extra heavy and medium weights
ciap va sssmiess saturdays .. ope. 12RC.
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Children's Fast Black Full Regular Made
Huse--wooi and fleece lined for winter wear
extra fine quolity-and the very best Dr.
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1t pays to read the want columns of The
Star. Hundreds of situations are filled
through them.
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ChiIdren's Full Regular Made Ribbed Hose,
fast black-tiouble knee. heel and toe \ Q0~v
and double soles-25c. value f0r...... >Ss
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Mems Wool Half Hose. I'm natural gray. red
and hlack-full seamless with splired heel and
to,-the kind you'd naturally ex- n O0/ ~
pect to pay l9c. for. ....-....... ATOSe
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Fashions Dainfies-

I,aCies' Flerce-linod Hose, for winter wear
in fast black and balbriggan- medium ana
heavy weight-fnu regular made with
double sole heel and toe-spccial Or
value. Observation-Disclosures. AONo
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so dozen Mems Nsckwear. in all styles
String Ties, Tecks, Bows. Four-in-hands and
Puffs all newest shapes of silks 4 NH -
and ss,ins-reguiar 25c. values for Il EHCs
Mems Noglge Shirts. Of madras and percnle
with and without collars and cuffs NOfN
all sizes-50c. grades for. ......-.... AY&o
Mems Laundered Shirts of white muslin and
percale-w,ishablc and fancy percales, IN
stripes and fgures-separate cuffs To QGn1
match-69c. and I5c grades. aOSS,
Mems Fleecelined Underwear, in white,
gray hluet &c.-Shirts and Drawers 2 IL
in all sizes-worth soc. up TO 15c.-for oOoOS,
Imported Medicated Red Flannel Underwear.
strictly all DOL - both Shirts ard A6n~
Drawers worth 81 up &c 81 80 for. wv
Mems Fine Quality White Launderel Shirts
pure linen bosoms -includug Monarch, Wa
chusett and 'urited' brand Reg rs r.
ular 81 grades for. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES UCGo
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6 fstS R Rib5ons iaf- | SC.

Tomorrow we win sell finest quality All-silk
French Tafeta Rihbons-nuniber 40-frum to
311 Inches wide1fUr loo. a yard full line
of the newest fail shades, we'll us black
The regular price has always been 23c IL yard
but we want a crowd at the Ribbon counters
all day~so 1t VIII be sold ut I5c. a yard in
stead
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Boys Atwood Knee Pants
in "a splendid variety nf
good. seryiceable patterns
stoutly tinished-have tapped
seams and patent waisthand
all sizes. 4 I" Irregular
soc. quality - Sat Om1
urday for. .. ASSo
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500 & 81 Gloves, 6Qc

1t Is by always having the best value to offer
that TINS Glove trade of is constantly in
creased Tomorrow will sell Ladies 2-cIasp
Ma and Mocha Gloves. the former In black
oNptood ana tans, and the latter in new crays
.ans' nleie, green ard biaek-shades that uii
nave Fashion stamp of approval. The Kids
are worth S9c.-whi.e the Mochas-which are
very scarcc.:le worth dollar. You must
admit the value is extraordinary at 81 cents a
pair
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Bows Heavy FIeece-Iinad and Cancels Hair
Shirts and Drawers. in sizes from 70 10 u
well-made garments. such usually Or
sell at ~ cents for ................ AaVS7
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ChiIdren's Wool-rihbed ''Bneita Combination
Suits in both natural aud whitc-eXtra In~.
well finished regular 6'c. saluc-for. NSSo
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Come for These Toilet
Requisites Saturday.

COIgate7s and OaklUy ) teIcTrlT'U IITpI' IL
tracts in all the new udors, including 'nrnH-
lions La France Rose NoodlaEd Belle. Wood
Violet, Cashmere RouGUet. Caprice. &r-"-"td
regularly nj 35c an ounce. for DC. ounce to-
mOrrf only.
Colgate's Quinmr Hair Tonic. BE.
Oakey's Cachuu Tuuth Powder, IL.
Cords Pure Olive oil Castle SnHIt-tbe uni
versal favorite-fur IL cents a pound.
O4kley's NIOle. Talcum towu-r. I4c-
Largest size Jars ~ Petroleum Jelly, e..
35c solid Briste English Hair Brushes, 2ic.
3gc. Shell Side combs, 25c. pair.
25c Empire Comls, loc.
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Pure Candies, 12c. lib.

To further popalarize5 orr Candy Department
will sell "Monopoie'' mixtures, consisting Of
Cream Dntes. CtrcoiateSBon Bons ard assorted
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We've Bought Out Another Storeg
rAem's& Boys Furnishings SOC ON the Dollar

This tneen's Furnishings Hats. the st
of Hernon Bros of Broadway, Baltimore.
this bargain for will be able
values known i'm Washington
haste
o who eromb
OF
olara
Wegot hall values
o Ito walton eveon eqmcklv
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Dog Collar Belts. in all the newest effects
and deliberately trimmed for 9S cents Zach.
Dog Collar Belts-in various styles-seen about
80 cents-here
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E"ys' Flannelpttc Shirt
Waists in patterns that are
most attractive - specially
suitable for school wear
sold regularly at 2Ic.-
Saturdays special 4 e.
for. ............... L &C.
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Mems SILK and Lislc Thread Carriers
~'id usually at Ne. pair, for.......-.. d.
Mems Natural Gray and Jersey ribhed Under
wear hr'Tc III 81 and heavy wright = D
regular 1or, quality, foT .......... ZpCGs
Mems soft Negltge prrcalc Sbtrts.
Wlfh rob- collar attached worth Jor.. n m
Firrmrn's Black SItren caps worth
l" ''h'S each Tor. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES az
Mems and Boys AH-w"oI taps la great va
rieiy Of styles and rnlorS with snr- and
pull down sides regulsr soc. val uMq/
ufS' l"r''''-' .''-.-...-'-...---. %Z2@s
4 lot o. Mons Hats -Fr,lnrHs and DrrI.,S In
black and hrowu-Hnd pearl gray fe- K m
doFas all sizes sold up 10 81 ~. for DSN,
Nous Fine Quality prrl,ys AMI Fs-iuraS- I'm
an new colors AID hlack sold up 10 n2
go i'' 1890 1880 .--.------ >OAs