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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-12
Death Of Chris Dart, Jr.

root Texas. August 1.-THE news
s..,h Of Chris Dart, Jr., was receive |
NJ. afternoon with general regret.
4. ~ was the deputy United Stat s
EA,n ia Eastern district with head
.,s here until the new district was
~ .ra Mr. Parish was appointed, and
|.in, M, ~" in for his former home In Gal
Y, p"'' &c an officer of the court he was
l ~ yesnoctcd and was most popular
IL ssp, ba bar for whom he served
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s'V b,stion Of Labor Day.

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kaufman County Press Association.
Kaufman, Texas, August lO,-The Kauf-
man County Press association met here
yesterday and rendered a fine program
They were royalty entertained last night
at the residence of Mr.. NJ. O. Spikes of
this city with music and a sumptuous
BANQUET.
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perhaps more difficult since eternal vig-
lance is the price of a limited force of
domestics. Yet, in some mysterious way.
everything comes to pass and at the late
dinner hour the soup is hot, the dishes
well warmed. the drink well iced, and
marvel to theIfair and observant guest
there are flowers on the table.
The hospitable bachelor of Washington
entertains at least thrice every week not
counting the occasions when his men
friends justidropin or are brought around
from the club TO share his potluck. There
is an elaborate luncheon on Sunday fol-
lowing the after-church hour at the club.
AID this is usually a stag affair; at least
one dinner, bus imOre often u couple of
dinners a week. at which ladies are "ex-
pected," and perhaps ii formal little sup
per after the play, with the Welsh rare
bit and the creamed oysters as spe-
cialty.
The host invites some congenial mar
ried couple, and some spinstcr and him.
self complete the quartette, or else some
girl and her mother, with a crony of his
own, and thus the little supper after the
play becomes Il sort OF family affair and
the unmarried maiden murmurs: How
comfort BILE you are here," and the ma
tron comes out boldly with THE idea of
all this being wasted on a mere man. You
ought to be ashamed of yourself, you
ought really Let me try to find some
nice girl for you. shall II"
The little dinner-anywhere from eight
to dozen-is not quite so confidential; ;
only as the well-prepared food, accom-
panied by the very best champagne or the
fayorite tipple OF scotch and brandy in
duces a feeling of general satisfaction the
bachelor host is equally congratulated
and condoled with.
There is something Incomplete about
all this. old man. well as it's done; you
! need wife," aud as the liquors and
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wldower or by some unmarried man
whose PARENTS have passed away and left
him master Of the premises and thus it
has come to pass that the bachelors sup
per party or the widower's dinner; the
single mans afternoon tea" that re-
4uires chaperon. or the banquet at
which some lady is asked to preside as
hostess and keep the unmarried maidens
in countenance. are numbered among the
principal incidents of the social season.
The unmarried maiden is heard to de-
clare that the dinner at a bachelors tor
widower's) house is more appetizing than
elsewhere-better cooked and better sery-
ed-whereupon the married matron sIyIy
remarks that there is no sauce like ex-
pectation; certainly the machinery of ex-
istence in some of the bachelor establish
| ments OF Washington never seems to
creak. The negro mammy cook, allowed
to give free rein to her fancy, sends up
the most delicious Southern dish; the
French chef, or the Swedish cooking wo-
man. takes particular pains to please the
boss" largely because he is apparently
easier to please than womankind-a pop
ular fallacy that makes the wheels run
smoothly below stairs; the butler, or man
of all work. is laboring under the delu-
sion that he is having his own way, and
this is perhaps why, from the cook to the
coachmaan, from the butler to the groom,
even large establishment under bache-
lor rule goes on without friction
When 1t comes to a small house. run
by two or three servants only with a
man all-work or maid -of-alI work
| to re-enforce the cook, bachelor rule is
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Unlawful to Seine Fish.

cigars lead to the nightcap of mineral
waters and whisky. the REGAIN is always
the same. save en- the part of the phil
osophical friends of the bachelor host who
are quite aware that wife might prove
a serpent in this Eden of little dinners.
little suppers. and little luncheons. and
are quite satisfied with Eden unimproVci
When. as In some cases the host Is a
widower and not a bachelor. there are
no illusions to marriage either past or
prospective, it is reasonable to suppose
that the experienced master Of the prem
ises knows what he is about, and is quite
capable of making up his mind unas-
sisted.
"Givo him a chance to enjoy himself, 4"
say the men.
"Give him time to look about him." say
the ladies.
Bachelor halls in Washington include
some OF the Embassies, notably the Ger
man Embassy, where Ambassador Won
Holleben is the grand bachelor par excel
lence of the Diplomatic Corps. This CHEEKY
parsonage is a genial and courteous host,
and an occasional giver of dinners, with
a periodical reception and small dance
into the bargain.
The Russian Ambassador is widower.
but has his adopted daughter, the
Countess Marguerite Cassini. at hand to
serve as hostess, while the Ambassador of
France. thanks to the disinclination OF
Nine. Cambon to cross the Atlantic. is
virtually placed in the position of =
bachelor. and is assisted in receiving by
either Nine. de Margerie, the wife of the
first secretary. or Nine. VignaL the wife
of the military attache. or both.
The bathelor-host embassies are mu-
steal and generally artistic; both ambas-
sadors are patrons of the arts. and the
conversation largely turns on composers
and dramatists and their interpreters, as
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mans very OWE Is the first step in the di-
rectiOn of the altar.
The nest is prepared where Is the
mate? Theories differ. however; the more
experienced woman is ready TO declare
that a single mans signature to the lease
OF house of his own is a confirmation of
his bachelorhoOd. 1t probably depends
upon the man and his capacity for un-
selfshness.
The bachelor ranks OF Washington, per-
manent and transient, are often recruited
from those accustomed to all the comforts
of home and Of well-kept apartments; "
the bachelors OF England, Germany,
France, Russia, Italy and the world over
as represented in the Diplomatic Corps
are re-enforced by the bachelors Of New
York, Boston. Philadelphia, and Chicago.
some Congressional. some diplomatic.
some out-and-out idlers.
Hence the inception and growth Of the
bachelor establishment: the bachelor min
lister plenipotentiary takes a house TO
serve as the legation, a couple of sccre-
taries Join forces and take house. the
charge d'afiaires takes a house and a
garden all his own, the member OF Con
gress gets tired of hotel life and takes a
house where Mr.. Representative" may
be monarch OF all he surveys, the Senator
takes a house. the student OF diplomacy
takes house, the idler, intent on sport
and exercise, takes hcYse. and thus the
hOspitable house without 4 hostess has
come to be one of the specialties OF the
Washington season.
Now and again bachelor hall Is kept by
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well as on portraiture in which NJ. Cam
bon is something of a critic. Bachelor
hall is also kept b. the minister of the
New Netherlands, the minister OF Sweden.
the minister of Denmark. and the charge
d'affaires of Spain. and, during the past
year or so by the Swiss minister. NJ.
Pioda illness in the family having de-
tanned Madame Pioda in Europe
Some OF the legations rejoice in gar
ders, one OF which is carefully cultivated
by MIR Riane the Spanish charge DAT
faires. couple of Russian secretaries
OF embassy have set UP an establishment
of their own, and. when it comes to our
native American contingent. bachelor hall
is severaily kept by Aessrs. Preston and
Barclay Rives among the wido"ers-~ -~and
by the Messrs. Edward Buckley. Blair, and
others among the single men.
Some of our wealthy Congressman.
whose wives are invalids or indspOsed.
are also virtually installed in a bachelor
hall of their own SO far as Washington is
concerned, and their luncheOns and din
ners and suppers are getting to be cele-
brated for the perfection of the appoint
ments and the genial spirit of the host.
The greatest treat that woman can be
offered is a peep into an establishment
over which no other woman prcsides; she
is always surprised to find a pin cushion
in the dressing room where she takes of
her wraps and puts the crowning touch to
her hair. and an attentive maid servant
in waiting. and it is perpetual source
of amaZement to her that a man can run
house unassisted by woman of his own
class.
How do you know what you are going
to give us for dinner"
Il never know. All l say is. something
new every day; never the same old menu.
so that people who dine here will get to
know the specialties de la maison."
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Z.AEz CREW O

to mellow the anger Of the commodore"
'Candidly." he acknowledged, 'it was
that black will o-the-wisp, Dorsey
Foultz, who caused twenty-five men from
the metropolitan police force to lose
themselves in the jungles of the Potomac
fats
By this time Pilot Russ Dean had
swung the PROV of the Vigilant to
the channel to the west of the fats and
we were headed for Long Bridge. Com
modore" Sutton was himself again. SEEM
ingly having forgotten the passion to
which he had been aroused by the mention
OF the name of Dorsey Foultz.
Wonderful Vegetation.
Some great vegetables are raised on
those fats" he said. Last summer the
watermelons were half as big as whisky
barrels and the turnips weighed, on an av-
erage, nine pounds"
Better throw that cigar away, John,''
advised Pilot Dean from the wheelhouse
and calling The Times man to him he said
in whisper, Il never heard the 'commo-
dore' talk that way before, you didn't
dope his smoke did your"
The pilot was assured that we had done
nothing to furnish his chief with artificial
inspiration.
About them watermclons and and tur-
nips," resumed the commodore" Mind
you. didn't say that ! saw them. 1t was
told to me and reckon ii was Russ Dean
who tried to make me believe 1t. Russ is
a good pilot but you can't trust him
when he gets to talking vegetables
The pilot had signaled the drawtender
on Long Bridge to open the draw and
slowly huge section of the structure was
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of his cruises on the river and by way OF
furnishing him with inspiration The Times
photographer offered him stogie. The
Commodore" after lighting up, warmed
to his task.
'Tll never forget" he observed, with a
faraway look in his eyes. 'the night /
landed on the flats with twenty-five po-
liceman. We were hunting for a fugitive
who was wanted at Headquarters by the
Major"
Here the commodore" became SO alb
sorbed in the memory Of that night that
he forgot to proceed.
did you find him?" asked the man
from The Sunday Times.
Find him?" exclaimed the "commo-
dore," Ibid you say find him? Why, my
boy, it was daylight before we found our
selves. You see that grass there? Well,
in summer It grows higher than a mans
head and every one of the twenty five was
hopelessly lost in it until the sun came up
to givo US our bearings" :.
Whom were you hunting?" asked the
man from The Times. .-,,ru 4r. .
uon just feeoii ho" WI" II was,
cautiously replied the Commodore"
Dorsey Foultz?' suggested the writer.
as help 20 the ''commodore's'.. memory.
A black look clouded the weather
stained visage of the Monarch of the Po-
tomac and in his wrath he roared in a
tone that drowned the whistling of the
stiff gale from the west.
How did you find that out?"-
The writer. as representative of The
Sunday Times. modcstly confessed that in
his official capacity he could not be other
wise than omniscient, and this plea served
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But your bills: they must be enor-
mousl"
They are seldom excessive. My butler
has been with ME for years.
"Yearsi / think myself lucky IL I can
Keep one of the creatures more than Il
month"
My man markets for me as though it
were for himself"
He has probably some understanding
with the tradespSGple."
Probably"
"A percentage"
His perqusites"
Does he ever take drop too much? ]
fancy I've noticed that he
Alas. dear lady. man is weak, and
buffers are only men, after ALL Ny
treasure falls by the wayside twice 5ear
regularly. He tells me that it is his
birthday"
Twice a yeari And you believe him?"
NO; but | allow him to think So Prob
ably one of his birthdays is his mothers
birthday. or his sweetheart's. The day
after he has recovered the choicest flow
ers decorate the dinner table. the service
is perfect. and on We go again for another
six months like this
Il should discharge him on the spot"
"Or course you would. but where should
you find another like nay bt-annual but
Ter? I'm sure l couldn't. Hence"
This dinner; It is perfectly served
and so well cooked,"
Naturally; the cook is in love with the
butler. and when they are married-in
June-l expect them to go on keeping
house for me-
The philosophy that conducts the bach
elor establishment to successful issue
in Washington. as elsewhere, is based
upon individuality; the trained servants
are allowed to have their own way to a
certain point. and each is thus placed
upon his OF her mettle.
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"As to the boys swimming in summer -
said Commodore" Sutton, as We passed
through the opening in the Long Bridge on
the return trip. "the moment we are out
of sight they are splashing in the water
why modest Them" asked the photo
grapher.
The reason, my friend, may best be
have heard" replied the Commodore -
IN a country school one day the school
marin was instructing a class in sentence
building. Addressing herself to one
youngster who knew more about the old
swimming hole in the creek and birds
eggs than he did about sentences, the
schoolmarm said:
Johnnie, give me a sentence in which
are used the three words, boys, bees, and
bear
Johnnie thought for a minute and then
excitedly hollered:
az got it, ma'am.'
We'll, Johnnie, what is the sentence
including the three words 1 gave you?
asked the teacher.
Boys bees pare When tney go III SWim-
min shouted Johnnie, and that" con-
tinued the commodore" lis the reason
why we have to hound the youngsters
during the warm weather."
Searching for Dead Bodies.
The duty of searching for the bodies
of the drowned is the most important
work of the harbor patrol. AS Commo-
dore Sutton says. almost every telephone
rail- to the office of the Harbormaster in
summer is the death knell of poor crea-
ture who has met death in some part
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TIME emancipated bachelor is keeping
pace with the gradual development
i of Washington society and setting
( himself up as an independent host
Nm az es ablishment OF his own. The
bachelor host is, therefore, no longer
lobliged TO entertain his friends and Of
ifer In return hospitality at a restaurant.
On the contrary. the social statistics of
fihe National Capital SHOW that least a
round dozen OF bachelors have taken
houses, furnished Or unfurnished. grouped
their household goes atoGt them, set up
cook or a butler or general factotum,
and gore in for being the lord OF castle
with a regulation back yard and. if pos
sible, front garden.
\ There comes a time in the life OF every
unprotected single man when the restric-
fions of club chambers, the tyranny OF the
average landlady. the despotism OF the
cantor, and the surveillance OF other
peoples servants gets TO be intolerable.
hnd, although he may hesitate 10 take a
wife. he sees no reason why he should
not take a house-on lease.
The wife may prove a risky experiment:
SO. indeed, may the house; but in the lat
ter course the investment has only year
10 run and the landlord and the house
agent demand no alimony. Hence the
ever increasing number of bachelor house
holders who strike out for themselves in
washington, bid their friends TO luncheon
And Afternoon tea, )" including whisky and
soda, dinner and supper, and all the deli
racies of the season, and hence the hopes
ef the marrying woman that house Of
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drowned in the Potomac.

RSNVERY time that my telephone
& X bell rings in summer it means
L IL that another perso2 has been
3 drowned in the Potomac"
n "Commodore" John r. Sutton, Hsrbor-
master of the District of Columbia, made
this statement to a representative from
Erhe Sunday Times in tones that bespoke
an intimacy with death.
z "Sometimes We get the body within an
Ihour or two after death. Often weeks
Epass before the river gives up its dead.
FEometimes it is never found
a The commodore did not speak fippantly
but rather more indinerently, like a ply
sician, for instance, or an undertaken,
E%hose familiarity with death breeds a
Esort of professional Indifference to it, in
Fwhatever hideous form it may present
itself.
8 Patrolled Potomac Since 1882.
e Since 1888 Commodore" Sutton has pa
trolled the waters of the. Potomac as Har-
ibormaster. For two years previous to
tthat date he had been detailed from the
focal police force TO act in his present ca
ipacity, but the Office which he now fills
lhad not then been formally created.
From Jones Point Light just below
alexandria. to Dixie Landing, three miles
above AGueduct Bridge, and up the East
fern Branch as far as navigation is possi-
sble the commodore cruises aboard his
Flagship Vigilant in search of river pi-
lrates, bodies of the drowned, and fisher
Inen illegally casting their nets out of
Iseason, while in the summer months he
lhunts the small boy who bsthes without
Ia proper regard for the conventions in the
fmatter of dress. A busy time of it has the
P'commodore" to do all these things well,
Ibut thus he does them, and grows tat in
1.-THE doing thereof.
Is Commodore" Is Giant.
3 This powerful ruler OF the river front
IS OF kingly proportions, weighing very
fnearly 300 pounds, but he is of imperial
Sstature and broad CT shoulder. Old King
tCoIe himself was not a jollier soul than
tthis Monarch OF the Potomac. His service
Ito the District OF Columbia dates back 20
f1s65 when, at the age of nineteen. he re-
fceiyed commission as special policeman.
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From Jones Point Light Just Below Alexandra,
to Dixie Landing, Three Miles Above the
Aqueduct Bridge, the Viglant Patrols
raily, in Search Of River Pirates Bodies
Of the Drowned, and Fishermen Illegally
Casting Their Nets Out of Season. :. ::

, Though under the legal age, his manly
stature and his efficiency served to con-
ceal his youthfulness, and he was recon-
! which he later received.
The Vigilant's Crew.
Associated with Commodore" Sutton
on the Vigilant are Russell Dean, the
pilot, who knows every current and rock
in the river; Engineer James Neale, Fire
man Maurice Hughes. and the crew, con-
sisting of S. d. Lewis, J. J. Perry, II. C.
Jones, W. H. Sutton, and Edward Ashton.
Those who know Commodore" Sutton
also know the hospitality OF the Vigilant.
An invitation to take a trip on the swift
harbor patrol is a corrollary to an ac-
quaintance with the Commodore and
when The Sunday Times representative
made himself known to the commander
he was Immediately invited to the quar-
terdeck Of the Vigilant.
Steam Always Kept Up.
Steam was up, as it always is. on the
police boat, in readiness for any emer-
gency.
"On the way, Russ. said the commo-
dore" to Pilot Russell Dean.
Cast off," echoed Russ to the deck
hands.
"All gone. SIR" respectfully responded
the able bodied seamen of the Vigilant.
Thereupon we backed out into mid
stream. and Pilot Dean gave the speed
jingle TO Engineer NeaIe. We skirted the
sea wall of the Potomac fats at ten
knot clip. almost within sweep Of the
beautiful willows that fringe the banks.
There is class of people in Washing
ton that makes a living from those willow
trees" said the Commodore
How is that, COMMODORE"
We'll, SIR" he replied, "all the rustic
benches that you see in the front yards
and on the porches around town were
made from the wood that the peddlers cut
from those trees yonder. 1t is one of the
recognized industries of Washington, and
when you buy one of those benches you
are getting home materials made by home
labor"
1t was suggested to the Commodore
that he smoke up on some "reminiscences
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swinging on its pivot. The Vigilant
headed for the opening through which the
current was rushing at the rate of eight
miles an hour. The steady hand of Pilot
Dean at the wheel kept the craft on its
course and the passage was made without
incident.
A Magnificent Outlook.
At this point of the Potomac the outlook
is magnificent. All the beauties of the
Capital are in view. The Capitol itself
looms up like mountain of marble. and
the dome of the Congressional Library
r becomes great ball Of fire in the sun
light. Directly ahead the Washington
Monument cleaves the sky, and beyond
1t the White House nesties within wood
land framework already green in spring
time foliage. on to the southwest. and
rising high above the waters Of the river.
are the heights of Arlington. where the
most striking object to meet the eye is the
old Lee home at the summit of the hill.
Fishing boats dotted the Potomac in
Four Mile Run, which stretch of water
is out of the jurisdiction of the District
Harbor Patrol.
I'VE can't go after the fishermen up
there" said, the commodore" "but we
keep sharp eye on them out on this part
of the river"
Unlawful to Seine Fish.
1t is unlawful to seine fish on the river
and very little OF it. IL any, is done
Commodore" Sutton watches very close
ly. night and day. so that it is indeed a
foolhardy fisherman who ventures to seine
fish in the waters which the Vigilant
patrols.
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time that my telephone
X bell rings in summer it means
I IL that another persoc has been
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TINE emancipated bachelor is keeping
pace with the gradual development
L OF Washington society and setting
himself up as an indepcndent host
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Though under the legal age, his manly
stature and his efficiency served to con-
ceal his youthfulness. and he was recon-
mended for a position on the regulars,
which he later received.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-02-27
CARL ROE.
Secretary.
Obituary.

Henry Oscar Cramer, eldest child of
Sarah and Hiram c. Cramer, was born
IN Cedar county, Missouri, November
=, 1878, and died at the home of his
parents in Enterprise, Oregon the 20th
day OF February, 1902, aged % years,
} months and is days.
Oscar, with his parents, lived in
their Missouri home until the wear
1880, when they came to Montana
where they lived for about two years
They then removed to Oregon coming
to Wallowa valley in October, 1885
where he has resided until the angel OF
Death bade him to his eternal home.
Three brothers, seven sisters and a
loving father and mother are left to
grieyc for him. This dear one
never knew the bounding health Of
chiIdhood, or the vigorous strength Of
manhood, having bccn ailing from
his infancy, and especially have the
last four years OF his life been full OF
suffering. The fraility of constitution
coupled with the cheerful patience aud
sweetness Of disposition ever manifest
ed throughout his many attacks Of
disease and pain served to bind TO him