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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-19
FRIDGE COATPLETEp.

\ locomotive crossed the bridge of the
Richmond. Petersburg and Carolina
railroad across James river this after
noon, being the first wheels to pass on
the new structure. and marking the
practical completion OF the Southern
connection of the Seaboard Air Line.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-19
Tho Mackenzie League.

Owing to the illness of the speaker,
Rev. Thornton c. Whaling. of Lexing-
ton. and tho sickness OF others whom
tho president of the league attempted
to secure to fill his place, the meeting
scheduled for tonight at the First
Presbyterian Church is postponed.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-19

Mrs. w. F. Farrar. wife of Or. Will
liam T. Farrar, a wellknown physician,
died this afternoon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31
Well-Known Statesmen Who Are
Disciples Of Izaak Walton.
Who HANDLE The ROD
Nothing but the Specified Trout
Will Do for Mr. Frye.
REPRESENTATIVES, WHO FISH


Written for The Evening Star.
As the trout and bass season draws near
there is talk of fish around the Capitol lob
bies and in the cloak rooms. 1t will not be
long. now. before every week will bring its
quota Of congressional fish lies. During the
long sessions of Congress, when the ma
tional legislature sits through the spring
and far into the summer. fishing trips are
much resorted to by the solons as means
OF recreation, pending the time when they
can get away upon their vacations.
There are more game fish within few
hours ride Of Washington. probably. than
any other large city in the east. Two hours
run in parlor car brings one to the home
of the vicious, courageous. small-mouth
black bass of the Shenandoah and the Po-
tomac. Where the blue waters of the IA
nous Virginia stream force their way
around the mountains base and mngIe
with the Potomac is the beginning of twice
a hundred miles of noble fishing. There are
deep pools and shadows: smiling stretches
of still water and tumbling acres of eddy
and whirlpool, beset with boulders and all
teeming with bass. The bass of the Poto-
mac and the Shenandoah are as crafty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31
A TERRIBLE DEPRIVATION.
What One Young Woman Has Denied
Herself During Lent.

They were looking at Easter cards, both
of them elegantly gowned and up to date
in every accessory Of their attire. What
did you give up during Lent this year
Mary?" asked she of the gray cloth and
violet velvet jacket, with hat to match
Gloves" was "Marys' quick response
You know 1 fearfully extravagant
when 1t comes to gloves. l am positively
unhappy when have the tiniest speck on
my gloves. and 1 simply adore white ones;
so 1 said to myself: Now. Mary Blythe,
you can torment your soul by refraining
from buying gloves just much as you
could your body by wearing haircloth so
my self-denial has been real one you
see. am glad that the time of trial Is
nearly at an end. l am afraid 1 could not
stand the test much longer"
But, Mary began she of the gray dress
and violet velvet, as she took in her friend
who was faultlessly gowned In purple cloth
and whose gloves were immaculate 81
don't see low you keep your gloves looking
so Well Certainly those you have on are
perfectly fresh. and you have not worn a
soiled pair. that I can remember"
That's just it," Mary replied, with a
sigh OF resignation. Il told you could not
hold out much longer. for this is my last
pair OF fresh gloves. I made up my mind
early In the winter that I would not buy A
pair OF gloves during Lent so 1 Just laid in
good supply, thinking to make them last
TIL Easter. but I've used them so fastu'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31

his craving any longer He needs must
travel all the way to Florida and spend
days seeking the fierce tarpon. He has a
charming little hunting lodge on the Flor
ida coast and whenever he finds the cares
of craftsmanship or politics depressing him
he takes train and Is away for a week or
two of sport. 1t Is fearful and wonderful
sight to see the doughty senator from the
keystone state standing braced in the boat
battling with an immense tarpon, and when
he has landed his victim he wears the look
of a conQueror at the close of a battle
When times are too busy to go to Florida
he does not disdain to take q whirl with
the bass of the country, and is ready any
time for an outing.
Senator Gears Luck.
Senator Gear of Iowa Is known to every
guide and boatman of the upper Potomac
In fact, there is one famous spot in the
river called Gears Hole, after the Iowan.
1t is near an exclusive rod and gun club
which the senator visits. One day he was
being rowed up the river and had tried all
the fishing holes with Indifferent success.
He directed the guide to row him to a GER
tain place which he spied. and after sound
ing the water, observing the lay of the
land. the character of the bottom and the
drift OF the current said there was good
fishing there. The old guide pooh-poohed the
idea No one had ever thought of fishing
there But the senator insisted on trying
and within an hour or two had caught
thirty magnificent bass. So they called IL
Gears Hole, and 1t Is fished every day in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31

and he is all Impotence to wet line Sen
ator Davis is as skillful as he is earnest
when fishing. He has had great experience
in the lakes of Minnesota, which abound In
game fish. Whether it is the agile trout
which rises to a fly. or the big pickerel
that takes a bait on a troll it is all one
to him, and every famous fishing water in
his state abounds with legends of his skill
He is not especially approachable in his
official capacity, but he is another being in
camp and the old boatmen address him
with imDunity as "Cush." A man is a
fool who wears a robe of dignity when he
goes fishing. He will trip up In it. sure
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania is addicted
to deep sea fishing. The habit of angling
contracted In the trout streams of Pennsyl-
vania, has grown upon him to such an ex-
tent that ordinary sport does not satisfy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31
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one addressing him said, Senator, did not
know you were ambidextrous.'
Yes; he replied, Il have to be every
sort of thing to keep the run of this Sem
ate"
X X X
There is now secretary to the Senate
who knows how to read. The Senate has
clerks employed especially to read from
the desk, but it is the privilege and per-
haps at times the duty of the secretary OF
the Senate himself to do the reading. The
former secretary, under the democrats, I'M
dertook to perform this duty and persisted
in it to the exclusion of the reading clerks,
until ne had so excited the impotence Of
senators that one of them suggested to him
in rather an emphatic manner that he had
better let some one read who knew how.
After this experience it was with feeling
of apprehension that senators saw the new
secretary, Mr.. Bennett, mount the desk TO
read. But to the surprise and relief of
every one 1t was discovered that he was
not only capable of the difficult task of
making himself heard and understood in
readers that has appeared at the desk for
many years. His voice Is better and his
style superior to that of any of the profess
sional reading clerks. Usually the reading
from the desk of paper as part OF sem
ators speech takes all the force out of 1t,
and mars the effect of the speech. but Ben
nett, who, when a member of the House
was looked upon rather ornamental.
shows talent for reading which enables
him to throw all the force and emphasis
into a document or letter read from the
desk that belongs to the speech of which
1t Is part. He will probably be kept busy
for the rest of his term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31

women should not complain that they
have TO stand in street cars and other pub
lie conveyances.' said an old gentleman
Tuesday, as he laboriously made his way
from the transfer man to the herdic
Children learn common poIiteness at home.
II they learn it at all. On the car that
Just left was a handsomely dressed woman
and her SON. a fine-looking boy of ten The
car was crowded when l got on and the
little man and his mother sat near the
door As soon as l entered the boy made a
motion to get up, but his mother held him
down. Mamma, the man is lame" l heard
him whisper. Il don't care if he is You
nave paid for your seat and have a right
to II, she answered him pettishly The
little fellow actually blushed at his mother
remark Now. that woman will probably
read the riot act to the next man who re-
Trains from giving her seat in a crowded
car. but what can she expect, when she
teaches her own son to be discourteous to
the lame and the haIt?''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31

If the following simple rules should be
observed by those who use oil lamps, the
newspapers would not so often publish &C
counts of death or accident resulting from
blowing down the chimney In the effort
to extinguish the flames:
Turn down the flame of the lamp as low
as may be convenient, then place on top of
the chimney piece of cardboard a small
book, or any object that will effectually
close the draft-a pocket handkerchief held
on top of the chimney will answer excel
Iently. In moment the flame will grow
paier and die out completely. There can be
no danger whatever in this method The
reason why the flame expires Is the oxygen
Immediately surrounding the flame is soon
consumed and the vent at the top of the
chimney being closed. the carbonic acid
cannot escape in that way, and so remains
around the flame, thus preventing fresh
supply of oxygen from reaching 1t and sun
porting the combustion, when the flame
necessarily goes out of existence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31
Mauser Bullet Wounds.
From the British Medical Journal.


One is struck with the rapid way in
which the wounded have convalesced. All
except about half a dozen are I'D and
about, with wounds completely healed. and
in only very few cases have the wounds
become septic. This, while partly due to
the style OF weapon used. at the same time
speaks volumes for the excellence of tba
arrangements on the field All are Mauser
bullet wounds except two. One of these
Is superficial wound of the hand Inflicted
by shell splinter. and the other Mar
TIM wound, the bullet having passed no
tween the radius and ulna without annar-
entity having damaged either bone. n had
healed well. All the men agree as to The
very small amount of shock produced nv
the Mauser bullets. many stating that tbev
went on some distance after feeling thew
were hit, one man telling me that he did
not notice being hit at all until he began
to feel dizzy and found that he had lost a
lot of blood. One notable circumstance is
that the vast majority of the wounds are
In the extremities. This the men attribute
TO the wild firing Of the Beers and to the
iact that they were generally hit lust at
the moment of leaving or taking cover
one wound had its aperture of entrance
Just on the inner side of the lower third of
the right thigh and it's aperture of exit In
the right bullock. Probably this was dna
10 the man having been climbing a stean
bit OF rock at the time. Apparently The
bone was not injured. but 1t ia n0tabIe
that the injuries involving bone are inst
as aseptic as the rest. 1 saw one case ~ a
perforating Mauser wound on the cbest
The entrance was about the second inter
space. and the exit just to the inner side
of the angle OF the capula. 1t had COM
pietely healed without haemoptysis or any
other bad symptom"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31
Four Eminent Fishermen.

The big Four among congressional
fishermen are Senator Frye of Maine, the
president pro tempore of the Senate; Sena-
tor Davis of Minnesota. Senator Gear of
Iowa and Senator Quay of Pennsylvania.
What they don't know about fishing is not
worth learning, and what they have not
told about fishing is not worth hearing OF
course, each one thinks his particular kind
of fishing is superior to all Others and is
loyal to his native streams. but all will go
far afield in search of sport.
Senator Frye is probably the most con-
sistent sportsman of the quartet. He goes
into camp in the Maine woods every sum-
mer, wears flannel shirt, eats bacon and
is glad to get it, and lives the life of
woodsman. OF course, he comes back to
Washington all the better for it, He can
cast fly with the best of them He often
slips up the river during the sessions of
Congress and takes a try for some of tie
dainty. small-mouth bass before mentioned.
Presiding over the Senate of the United
States, he is the soul of dignity. Seated in
the stern of a big batteau, rod in hand, an
old straw hat on his head and contentment
on his face, he looks another man, and then
he is doubtless happiest.
A SkiIIfuI Fisherman.
Senator Cushman K. Davis of Minnesota
is an ardent angler. Let anybody suggest
a fishing trip and he will drop his cares as
school boy drops his books to go a-swim-
ming. Treaties and conventions are for
gotten by the honored head of the COM
mittee on foreign relations, for the time,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31
THERE WAS NO CONFUSION.
He Had n Very Good Reason for No,
Going Into the House.

He Had n Very Good Reason for Not
Going Into the House.
The man was sitting on the front steps
of his house at O'Clock in the morning as
the policeman came by and noticed him.
Hello" exclaimed the startled guardian
of the peace, what are you doing there?"
and he drew near cautiously.
Sitting here" responded the man.
What are you sitting there for?'
Its my house and I guess I've got right
to. haven't II"
"Oh, excuse me-" apologized the police
man, coming closer; II didn't recognize you
What's the matter? Lost your night key?"
NO" very CURLY.
Forgot it when you came out?'
NO
Afraid Of disturbing somebody that's sick
if you knock?"
No
ventured the policeman, taking another
tack.
No. shorter than ever.
Want to get in early to breakfast, per-
haps?'
No"
Sitting here to get cool before going to
bed, likely?" and the policeman chuckled
for the thermometer marked considerably
below freezing.
Are you" began the policeman, when
the man interrupted him.
Say" he said, do 1 have to reveal to
you the sacred secrets of my Householder
NO. said the policeman, almost as short
as the man had said it.
DO have to communicate to you my do
nestle infelicities?"
NO
"Do 1 have to tell you that my wife is
waiting at the head Of the stairs in there for
me?"
No
DO have to inform you that she has
declared war;"
NO" stammered the astonished police
man.
''Well, them commanded the man, you
go on away from here and attend to your
own business. III sit here till the middle of
next week If 1 want to-" and the police
man, thoroughly abashed apologized to the
man and went on around the corner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31
the season when Their. are guest. ., tn.

the season when there are guests at the
club house.
There promises to be an expansion Of
the senatorial Big Four into a big
Five Senator Foraker of Ohio is reach
ing out after some Of the piscatorial lau-
rels OF his elders. He will have to do
some active fishing TO get in their class but
he has been making some great records In
the past two years. He is fond of bass and
trout and is enthusiastic upon the subject
o. the Potomac variety Of bass
In the House OF Representatives the chief
OF the fishing brigade is Representative
Heatwole of Minnesota. He is a natural
porn fisherman. He will sit in a boat for
hatt a day with never strike and vet
De happy. and. after ALL that is the SUI
preme test of the fisherman. But let there
come a clicking of the reel: the line begins
TO pay out slowly: Mr. Bass has struck
the minnow and Is taking him away n
yard or two before he turns and swallows
him; then as he feels the hook and starts
on the reel sings in earnest and the erst-
Whiie somnolent aud dignified congressman
10 aii attention for the battle royal which
Is 10 rage for the next Ten minutes. Mr..
heat"oie has fished for every kind Of game
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31

House committee on appropriations. is an
other rain BARI fisherman. as the guides
call the statesmen who stick to the club
house verandas on hot days and let others
blister in the sun. Turing the willy bass He
is very fond of a fishing excursion and
starts off with great enthusiasm, but the
next morning, when the boat parties are
made up, will find Uncle joe manlng for
da with handful of cigars and book.
Photographic Fisherman.
Mark" Smith of Arizona was one of
the most noted fishermen while he remain
ed in Congress. He disdained to use any
thing but a fly, and has whipped every
mile of the Potomac that is fishable from
Harper's Ferry to Cumberland Last Con-
gress he was left at home. He took a
trip to California and went angling in the
Pacific ocean for sea bass. He caught one
weighing 3I5 pounds and had photograph
taken of himself and the fish, which he
sent to Washington. The fish was several
times larger than himself and was caught
with rod and reel. He sent word that
he wanted to hear no more tales from
the Congressional Fish Liars Association
until some one could match his feat They
wrote back that he should have got the
seiners to bring in a 1O0-pound sea bass
to the photographer; 1t would be just as
easy. That cruel fling broke his heart and
they have never heard from Mark Smith
since.
OF course, the king fisherman among
statesmen of latter years was Grover
Cleveland. When he was in the White
House he went frequently to nearby fish,
ing grounds after small-mouth black bass
Mr.. Cleveland's favorite bait was frog
THAT fellow says Old Man Pettyjohn
up at Edwards Ferry, could set on a
rock and cast a frog furder'n any man
L ever seem
He tells the story on the former Presi-
dent that one day they were fishing in
rocky water. and, not getting a strike for
a long time, the President set about to
investigate, when he found that his frog
had calmly climbed on rock and was sun
ming himself serenely. hook in mouth. The
Presidents remarks upon that occasion
were omitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31

fish that swarms sea- lake or river and IL
any one should suggest a heaven without a
bass stream, it would be no paradise for
him.
Representative Babcock of Wisconsin
chairman of the republican congressional
campaign committee. will be too busy fish
ing for votes this summer and fall to make
his usual tour of the Wisconsin lakes The
records of his catches are scattered through
every notable club book in Wisconsin The
muskalonge is his favorite. This denizen
of the clear, cool lakes of the northwest
seems to combine all the fighting qualities
OF every game fish that svims You troll
Tor him in a boat and when he strikes the
hook he makes bee line for the boat The
game is to reel in SO fast that he does not
get any slack line, for the moment he does
he's gone.
How the Speaker Angles
Speaker Henderson of the House Of Rep
resentatfves is a fisherman-after a fashion
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
He has the instinct but his wooden leg in
terferes, so he sits on the veranda of the
club house all day. reading and smoking
and taking in the glorious ozone of the
mountains, chatting with the old guides
and boatmen, until 1.-The boys as he calls
the others of the party, come back in the
evening with their strings, and then he is
as much interested any one. He wants
to know how long this four FOUNDER fought
where that big fellow was picked up, and
AFTER supper, when the fish lies are in or
der, he always has some sumner of his own
younger days to match the best one told.
Speaker Henderson is great favOrite with
the country people around the fishing
grounds and they all know him and come
to see him when they hear he is on hand.
Uncle joe Cannon, the chairman of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31
Marriage and Reformation.

From the Detroit, Mich, Journal.
Hes bigamist," we urged.
81 shall marry him to reform him." re-
piled the girl steadfastly.
Here we burst into derisive laughter.
Reform a bigamist by marrying him.
We exclaimed.
"a bigamist is as likely to be reformed
that way as anybody said the girl, with
quiet dignity.
All, perhaps she was right, after all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31
A Peacemaker.


From Puck.
First Citizen-.I say the century began
on the first of January. nineteen hundred"
Second Citizen-'I say it begins on the
first of January, nineteen hundred and
onew
Third Citizen-"Say, why can't YOU COM
promise this? Why not let 1t begin on the
Fourth of July. nineteen hundred?''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31

What the employer said: Thank heaven,
I've got rid Of that nuisance at last,
I had to give him hints enough. but 1t
was no use, and finally I actually had to
kick him out Of the place"
What the paper said: I'VE hear that Mr.,
Benson Harding has severed his connection
with the Brownstone Improvement Conn
pany."-Boston Transcript
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31
Papa Was Probably Out.

From Tit-Bits.
He-"And did you see Monte Carlo while
you were at Nicer"
She-'No; papa called on him, L believe,
but from his disappointed appearance when
he returned to the hotel, I think Mr.. Carlo
must have been OUT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31

lively and as gamey fish as a man could
wis., to toy with. A pOund-and-a-half bass
in these waters at the end of 100 yards of
silk line on a wisp of a split bamboo rod
will make you think you are fighting
wildcat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31

The fastest flowing river in the world is
s. Su,,e1, In India. Its descent Is 1900
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-18
Florey & Brooks, 21l ws;s'"sto" aSs"a::

All acute and chronic diseases Of men, wo
men and children. CHRONIC NERVOUS.
BRAIN AND WASTING DISEASES A SPEC
IALTy. All diseases OF the Liver. Kidneys
bladder. skin. Blood, Nerves. Womb, Eye, Far
Nose. Throat. and Lungs, Cancers, 'rumors
Piles, kupuue, Goitre, rheumatism, Asthma,
Emissions, all Female Diseases. Leucorrhoea. etc
Gonnorhea, syphilis, Blood Poison, Indscre
ton and youthful habits obliterated. Surgery
TARRHOZoNE. Specific for Catarrh Three
months treatment only $500. Trial free in
otkce. Consultation and examination free
Office hours daily and Sunday, a. M to 0
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-18
This and That.

During the continuance OF time table
Nc. a. Nicholson will be II regular stoi,
for train No. ..
Engine Mo- $50 was put out of the
Dickson shops yesterday for the Della
ware and Hudson Railroad company.
Henceforth when I.ackawanna coin
ductors set bad order cars at Washing
ton. they will be expected to make
notation bills of why the car was set
out, and the agent at Washington must
be- notified. 49,.
The Rookkeepers' club will hold It's
first meeting since reorganization to-
night in Guernsey hall. for the purpose
of adopting bylaws and general rules
to govern the association. The general
work of the club for the ensuing year
will also be outlined.
The 1.ackawanna made the last of it's
December pays Saturday when the
trainmer received their months wages.
I4ackawanna enginemen have been
instructed that when taking water at
the Court street stand pipe at Bins-
hamton, not to move their engines
away from the pipe until the water has
all been drained out Of the pipe. afte.
the valve has been closed. These in.
structions We're caused by the fact That
the water at this pipe has been running
on the ground and causing much dam-
age to adjacent property.