The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-13
DEPARTMENTAL WORKERS
Interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
of Government Bureaus.
PENSION OFFICE CLERKS FISHING At SEA
Vacation Time Gives Them Opportunities to Seek Marine
Monsters-TeXas Pioneers Who Ruled Might
fy-Notes of WeIl-KnoWn Men.
PENSION OFFICE CLERKS FISHING A

= couple Of Pension Once clerks, who +
have been spending a fortnight at the F..
seashore have returned chock-fuU Of .
stories of adventures upon land and .
water. Over at Rehoboth on the Della +
ware coast. fishing has been particularly T.
good, and according to these tourists .
they had their share Of the sport Fish /.
ing is conducted a little differently I
there than at rsost places. and is some I
times ATTENDED with considerable dan
ger.
From Cape Henlopcn down the coast /
for q coed many miles there is no haT- /
bcr CT inlet Offering safe refuge FOR sail /
boats. so the only means Of reaching the .
fishing banks. situated FIVE miles ont 10
sea. Is in q fourteen-foot s5ry which IS
KEEP; upon the beach and when needed
is launched through the surf-Tather
hazardous piece Of business. but there's
lots Of sport IN II If one is given 10
strenuous dOiu-s-
The tourists wanted 80 take in every
thing so one day they engaged the ser
vices of enc Of the hes. bcatmen on the
coast 70 rev them Out TO the grounds
early the ucEf mrninE- That night was
q E-fIaE fEEfIE enc \ supper Il.
guests o. the hotel seemed to have moth
ing else 10 talk about except hairbreadth
escapes Of these Who had gone oJI
t]t-Cueh tie surf 10 fish Casually some
II them mentioned that every green
hand Who had gone out il one OF the
little cCchle shells had become deathlE
seasick when the boat was anchored cut
"a Inc long swell some miles from shore
The tourists retired early and IS
q shipwrecks. capsiziDgs and storms
rise as phantoms before TIE eve. Each
C them half consciously began to de-
bate IL his TaiHd the adyisabiiity OF
tie trip. ard TO seek IN excuse for its
tenement.
One remembered an old tooth that
had given him Eaueh trouble in former
days. and tried 10 get up a Hrst-class
ache from IL The ether one called %
mind an i1cipient cough. and began 10
bark little AT the same time recall
ing what his Physician had told him
about salt air being Injurious 10 brOE-
Chial troubles However. It was no
20. and at a m both came struggling
down TO the beach each one hoping
that something unforeseen would keep
the other one indoors so that he him
self wculd have = seed excuse not to
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sista1t was ready. and placing tackle.
food, and several bottles Of wa-er-noth-
ing bat water-in the beat the fTaiT
craft was showed out through the break
eTs and all hands scrambled aboard
Bouncing up and down Ike @ cork, the
little boat rode the surf and TWO pairs
CT iusty arms soon got her clear Of the
rough water. One OF the tourists was
observed to turn little green. while
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Bhuddist. seemed to be contemplating
the i1dniteuess Of things with gaze fixed
upcn the bottom OF the boat. However
both were game, and no voice gave forth
the command 10 "Puu for the shore. T."
An hours hard rowing brought the
rarity to the fishing grounds, where an
Choir was east in thirty feet o. wafer
Lines were baited. and cast overheard
instead Of breakfasts as had been so
confidently predicted by some Of the dry
ground sailors al he hotel Sea bass
vzs plentiful. and the boys soon had I'll
they could do hauling them in and bait
ing W. Only oncc. when . school OF pOT-
poises began 10 EaUt0l sauciiy around
The beat. aid ere CT the tourists cast his
eses toward The dim yellow streak rep
rssent5ug the shore AID was heard TO
nurmur something about being SO near
ara yes 50 far
HsItt-4fE ilt-l LtELl StsL-tl4all@ IL IL
about big fish they had caught, and the
tourists w=rc going them one better
when one OF the latter felt a jerk On his
lire as though tw3-yeaT-OId kentucky
mule had u>ssme hcbbled on the bust
uese end. The head bcatman septeu-
ffousIg remarked -'Shark- and drew his
lire -.
Then came a battle royal In wide
circles around The boat sometimes tow
rrouste-- Tusging and sweating ths
tourist held the line while The b0atmar
shifted his quid snd looked On 10 amUse-
Inent
after q hair hours fight the shark wa'
trouGhr to the side. and Is his mead
was pulled over the euavsie enc ct the
tourists. forgetting where he was, shout
ed Great Scott. what snake, Get q
brick."
= brick sv4 miles out 81 sec,
Texas people IN the departments nevel
tire OF taking Of the pioneers. Lately
q Treasury clerk was telling Of some
OF 1ae oId-tIme 1udges-the men wh'
established the courts. some before and
some after the war They were neces
earily strong men. morally. physically
and mentally. and they were real ter
rors TO a-rongdoers. None Of them wer'
natives o. Texas
Foremost OF the pioneer judges wa
r. Z. B. Baylor, an eminent lawyer
an enthusiast for education and q min
lister OF the gospel, He was also
skilled performer on the violin. He wa
noted for his Kindness Of heart and con
sideration for the young. Baylor Uni
versity was named In his honor
Perhaps the most striking figure OF III
Texas judiciary was Col. Lohn y. Dur
ant He was a judge. preacher, poll
tician farmer. and fighter. Know
Nothiugs" were rampant in Texas, an
he made such d terrible onslaught o.
their lodges that he became known a
the Bishop OF Baggy." He rounded u,
the members. many Of them his friends
and Tambasted them in the warrnes
English ever used IN a debate He va
the foremost foe Of Roger O. Mills. tn
ambitious legal lesder Of the dark
lantern clan OF the know-Nothings, an
he carried a political chip around on hi
shoulder The party was organized int
lcdges in every neigbbcThood before tn
rssforjr- knew % Il. and j. was aluSs