New-York tribune., 1900-04-30
THE PASSING THRONG.

George English an old railroad man of Pittsburg.
in speaking of the danger of accidents in railroad
ing said yesterday at the Hotel
FAMILIARITY Victoria:
OFTEN There is saying truer than
BREEDS that familiarity breeds contempt.
ACCIDENTS. Take, for example men who handle
high explosives. When they first
go the work they handle the explosive as tender
ly and gingerly young mother would her first
born babe. but with the constant handling of the
dangerous compounds they grow careless. and dan
gerous and deadly explosions frequently the
result We had a bad accident at one time. and in
order to clear the tracks it was necessary to dyna-
mite was in one box on fatcar, with the caps in
to place the dynamite cartridges when capped and
ready for use. The two men In charge OF the dyna.
the accident, began to make ready the explosive.
One man affixed the cap to the cartridge and and then
who GanEh, Snd laid tbe Il he b0S we
his catch, or the other dropped cartridge in cap,
ping but the car. dynamite and men were wiped
ties had been marked the scene of that familiarity
was at one time at work in the setting up pit
wheel OF the locomotive weighs lot. Another ap-
bolted to the engine proper. A long screw with
a thread does the trick It's pretty tidy task 10
the engine must Exactly correspond or the bolt
viii not enter The Kid, next me one day had his
that everything all right. He's been shy
sharpening"toois on an emery IS another dangerous
thns; that Is DANGEROUS in the sense OF alfording
one day with chap who was sharpening some cold
being distracted the Wheel caught the chise and
threw his hand up so that his index finger came
took the end of his finger of down to the bone In
less me fhn m ookG 1t At 10 tell M an e as
seemingly mPersonai ana unint tereSted way, until
of and wound up by fainting."
William A. Campbell, OF this city who has Just
Fla.
waters. said of his recent expert
FISHING when seen at the Waldorf
FOR Astoria yesterday:
TARPON. I'm fishing for tarpon your equip
ment consists of a belt about your
waist with socket attachment. pole some seven
feet long and reel which will hold from five to
six hundred feet of the heavy silk line it is neces
ing in wsght from haIf pound to twenty or thirty
l should think a piece about four inches square
aSf uf s easRV FoPda G and but dom shows
fdnG m on fb the east s and The h is 6
for tarpon you rOwed from a quarter TO half
boW Whe 1Re negro in the stern fnrnshe the
motive power, The tarpon usually betrays himself
by the he kicks up in the water and by the
fins which project above the surface. This is par
ma Of b ue bev W accent an
sometimes they will reject the bait. In the four
/ have been lucky enough to get even bite. The
se"sGa But o return to the Sport int s 9oG
make your cast which. if you are an expert will
considerabiy less The bait is allowed to sink and
your first evidence of strike comes when your line
slowly begins to move away from you. Your mig
ger boatman IS sure at this point poi to break In With
end 50 YOU i' let him go his own gait After going
say a hundred feet; the tarp9n Invariably comes to
rises you place the butt of the rod in the belt
tinsing sport that is to come If salmon catching
the sport of kings. arpon catching is surely that
of emperors
LAS the tarpon comes the surface" Mr.. Camp
bell went on you give tremendous 'yank' to the
line and the niger at the same
GETTING time pulls rapidly possible In
IN THE the opposite direction. If you have
GAME hooked him the tarpon makes
end Of a row, trying to extricate
himself and usually winds up by making rush
usually away from, but occasionally toward the
boat. AS rule the fish makes for deep water; the
Niger pulls as rapidly as possible after him. while
or four hundred feet of line Inc away away from you the
reel him in. the boatman pulling at the same time
in the opposite direction, With the double object
should get % lack and the fish make a rush before
certain to break your line. The tarpon jumps fire.
efforts get clear of the hook. and these times
he sayagely shakes his head in the same manner amer
and you have to exercise the greatest care in order
oose For II it is too taut the FISH is likely to twist
it; If too slack he will break it, In my case, after
the second third rush the tarpon started off and
towed us at least thTee-Quarters OF mile at a
speed of six miles hour. Your object is always
TO get him as close 10 the boat possible the
rule is that when possible the boatman always
rows away from the fish The second fish I caught
doubled on us and came directly for the boat which
Eecessitated rowing and reeling like the dick
ems. When you get him close In the boatman- gaffs
him, hut sometimes YOU row in shore. and for safe
tvs sake land him on the beach. The tarpOn is
the gamieSt fish have ever seen. and like a really
good fighter has always blow left in him. Even
when YOU think him ready for the gan, he is likely
start eff again, and many fish has been lost In
this way. one OF my FISH weighed $50 pounds, and
il took hour and quarter of the hardest work
ever put in bring him to the gaff. I all
and completely used up Tor that day when
had him finally landed.
SYMPATHY FOR OTTAWA.