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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11
KILLING FLIES FOR BASS.
The Invention of u Western Aamateur
Very Efficient mt This Season.

New York Sun.
On September waters, which run swiftly
over shallow places and have deep pools
here and there, the angler for black bass
may, II he chooses, discard all bait lures,
from frogs to bare spoons, and use only
artificial flies. The fish rise readily now
TO the proper fly, and certainly in all fresh
water fishing there is nothing finer than a
fight with a big black bass of three pounds
hooked well and handled with fly rod.
The angler is, however, restricted in his
choice of flies. In spring and summer light
flies for dark days and vice versa, but in
the fall none of the drabs or dull grays or
whites and blacks seems to be effective
Only flies with strong dash of crimson
are good and the feathers to go with the
crimson must be either light gray a
strong brown.
There is a fly tried by Western amateur
and unnamed which will catch more bass
In September from rapid water than any
one of the standards. 1t consists only of
feathers tied to form the upper part of the
body and the wings. The upper part of the
body is bright scarlet and the line of
demarcation between the feathers is plain.
sect with red belly. When wet it is much
like a variety of bucktail, and the buck
tail has been noted bass lure for more
than fifty years.
The brown and scarlet fly is used plainly.
or If the fish are disinclined to it, a small
gold No. i spoon is mounted on wire just
ahead of 1t. In one form or the other Is a
sure killer.
The spoon, which is thin as tinfoil and
no larger than a nickel, does not detract
from its beauty or the facility with which
it may be cast, though it's presence makes
of the lure a fly spoon, so called. not a
true fly, and it is therefore dstasteful to
the hy-casting crank who disdains to use
anything except the untrimmed bug, pure
and simple.
There is another fly, also home made
which is almost entirely scarlet, having
but few brown feathers, scarcely enough
TO lessen the general fiery tone, and on GER
tain days the bass attack 1t viciOusly, their
combative qualities doubtless excited by it's
hue.
In general, flies which a man ties himself
are better than any that can be bought
because they are the result of experience
The ready made flies. being tied according
to formulas devised a long time ago, are
dom that any of them will be found to fit
fall needs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11

says to me on de sly, "All right, James; we
is out for to study sociology, and you can
drink at de table wit me, and no harm
done" OF course, he didn't know who Mag
gle was, neider did Boston, and whispers
to her to say noting, and she wouldn't be
found out.
go along wit your she says. I'm in
me place here, and shame TO be found
out. It's dose high rollers dat isn't in DER
place."
Well, / was worrying a bit, but de swells
wasn't and dey all. de leaders as well as
de swells, tries to find out who de unknown
champeen was-for she had put Maggie out
of de running for fair. But 1t was no use:
She wouldn't say noting in a regular
voice, and dough Boston offered her a box
of gloves if she'd take off her mask she
only shakes her head and gives him de
ha ha.
Say, dere must be something what Mr..
Paul calls celebrating about taking a glass
at Roseleaf ball, for pretty soon de swells
was letting out DER college yell, what dey
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11

And guarantee that no man who wears it..
IL temperate. will suffer from heat to a
dangerous extent, and the danger from
pneumonia will be reduced to the minimum.
First. wearing undertook es in two pieces
doubles the clothing over the loins. which
heats them unduly In summer and makes
the skin thin; and when the air strikes the
back after bathing. it causes muscular
rheumatism in the lumbar region. Hence
the underclothes should be in one piece. In
summer l wear a coat or tunic cut in mill
tary style, buttoning all the way up to the
neck and made of very open linen. In our
hottest days in Missouri-so good for corn
and bad for people, sometimes pin col
lar and cuffs to this coat and wear nothing
under ii. 1t makes a person comfortable
the hottest day, for the radiation from
the surface is almost entirely unobstructed.
When DR.. Sven Hedin, the Swedish ex-
plorer, was nearly perishing of heat in a
Chinese desert he saved his life by lying
naked under a tamarisk tree. / had
trousers made to go with the linen coat of
gingham, In small blue and white checks.
These, with the linen coat, socks. shoes and
hat We're the whole costume for short
time in the hottest of the summer
spent summer in Florida and noticed that
some of the men wear only shirt, coat
and linen trousers; no underclothes.
For winter in a country where pneumonia
claims as many victims as in ours, there
is no greater folly than the open vest and
coat showing the shirt front. No scarf
and no pad under the shirt can take the
place of coat buttoned up to the neck
! knew a ''greenbacker" who wrote of the
folly of using gold for money who died of
pneumonia from wearing open fronts
whose chief purpose was to show gold
ornaments on the shirt
GEORGE WILSON, Publicist.
Lexington, Mo-, Oct s.
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[E SPEND DE r S

r OF THE THIRD GENERATI

BY Harry Leon Wilson
Copyright Lohrop Publishing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11
CONCERNING MEMS CLOTHES.

ITO be Continued Tomorrow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11

We is back in time again. and l feels
so fit to have stones to walk on. noises to
keep me from falling asleep in de day time.
and cars ard cabs to dodge to keep me in
training, dat l has to sing me little song
about ii, or trun a fit.
When we gets settled in our town house
Whiskers says to me, "Chames," he says
TO me, 'Chames, 1 am expecting a visit
from me fren from Boston, and he is a
student of sociology" What's dat?
Sociology? OATS de void, de very void
Whiskers used. "And me fren being a stu
dent of sociology" he says, 81 may want
you for to guide US on some little tour
where we may obsoive.' he says ode lower
orders in DER natural habitat he says,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11
One Man Who Has Courage to Make
Himself Comfortable.

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
There is one exception to your statement
that ''men swelter and swear but make
no change in dress" And he is a descend
ant Of your last territorial Governor. The
shirtwaist for men has the fatal defect
that it exposes to sight the part of the
trousers that quickly show wear from
sitting down. Besides, 1T makes short men
look shorter. 1t is an impossible fashion.
After a nearly fatal malarial fever one
summer, and an equally bad attack of grip
in the winter, it became plain to me that if
heat prostration spared me in summer,
pneumonia would call me hence in winter;
so evolved from my inner consciousness
a garb suited for each season, defying
tailors, clothing stores and public opinion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11

washington Post

Washington Post.
A calm-faced lady in the dress of a relig-
ious order sat in a car coming from Alex
andria one day last week A man with an
unmistakable look of belonging 10 the Sal
walton Army came In and took seat across
the aisle. Perhaps he did not notice her
habit or perhaps his zeal overcame his dis
cretion. He leaned toward her.
do you love Jesus?" he demanded.
The Sister regarded him calmly
Sir said she, without trace OF per-
turbation in her soft voice, that Is none
of YOUR business"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11
aryan.. Confidence.

Kansas City Star.
Colonel Bryan is about TO be OF for Eu-
rope feeling confident that Tom Johnson Is
fully capable of being defeated without fur
Their assistance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11

blowout was a fancy dresser, but dey would
be fancy enough If dey hid DER mugs wit
masks. Duchess tells me dat she wasn't
going, so 1 didn't have nobody to look after
but Sporty and Whiskers-but dey Is
enough. l chases down to de drum of me
fren de barkeep and at 10 o'clock me swell
company comes along and makes good by
ordering de plug pulled from quart and
asking me and me fren to split it wit EN-.
Its all by way of studying sociology"
/ hears Boston say. Dey has a hack wit
EN- and we gets in, puts on our masks and
goes TO de ball, in time for de gran march.
what 1 leads wit Maggie de house maid.
she being de steady Of me fren, who's de
president OF de Roseleafs.
We amt no political club, see! so we
plays bote parties district leaders. II
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-05-07
n. p. Crop Report.


The Northern Pacific has issued tho
first OF its series of spring crop reports,
bulletins from all sections of the system
Indicating that, while the season is
backward in many places, conditions
are generally favorable for large
yield OF grain this summer.
The Red river valley in particular.
gives promise of an enormous yield of
wheat, conditions being reported the
best in years almost the entire length
of the valley.
Other Minnesota points report the
ground well soaked with seeding well
IN progress. About the same amount
OF grain will be put in this year as last.
from present indications.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-05-07
OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,

OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,
Princeton, Mimi. January 9th, 1903.
To the Honorable Board of County Commits
GENTLEMEN
Herewith submit to you statement of the
receipts and disbursements of Mile Laos
county for the fiscal year ending on the 31st
day of December, 1902, also statement of the
finances of the county the debts and liabilities
of every description. and the assets and other
means to discharge the same
Respectfully,
Seal E. E. WHITNEY,
County Auditor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-05-07
BALANCES, RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.
Balance in Treasury January /, 1902.

To the credit of the following funds:
Taxes and penalties. .................. $780, 70
Current school fund =. ............... 9.45
County revenue fund ............ 2,743. IS
County poor fund: ...:......... ....... 1874 .S4
Road and bridge fund 1865. ~
redemption fund. .................. 317 .S9
School fund (dlstrlcts) 49,: .......... 1872 80
Town city and village funds ......... 1851 .35
State revenue and school fund Is so
State lands and interest fund. 428 IS
County bonds (railroa6 -. ......... 3,50S "a
County bonds Court hOuse) ........ 5978 SO
County bonds refunding) $3.50. ..... 676 go
Surplus fund. ................ ....... $50 IS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-05-07
COUNTY REVENUE FUND.

Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 19O3...
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Notice..

Notice.
Persons holding county orders and warrants
numbered as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

sors, but ! have never yet known one
who had not some redeeming traits,
and L have never known one who was
a coward. 1t was in the early eighties
that 1 went from Tombstone to Bisbee,
Arizona, to look over some mining
ground, concerning which litigation was
expected. Our party consisted of the
owner of the mine, his expert, my wife
and myself. We were in light two
seated vehicle, the mining expert as
driver. On our return the next day we
found several vehicles near the bank
Of the arroyo, waiting for the flood
occasioned by a cloudburst-to pass
by. Two hcrsemen drew rein near our
vehicle and one of them dismounted
My wife was anxious to get view Of
the flood from a point about 200 yards
away. 1t was not possible to drive the
carriage there, so after the free and
easy fashion common to the wild and
woolly West, she addressed the dis
mounted man and said, Wont you
lend me your horse for a few minutes
so that 1 can ride down to the river
bank and take a lock at the flood"
After hesitating an instant he replied,
Certainly, madam: assisted her to a
seat in the saddle, from the pommel Of
which hung a Winchester, rifle and a
belt Of cartridges. The horses are not
accustomed to being separated" said
he, "and my companion will ride with
you" The other horseman escorted my
wife to point of view several hundred
yards away, and the dismounted man
approached the buggy in which 1 was
seated and holding out his hand ex-
claimed, How do you do" I returned
his salutation and looking him square
ly in the face said, Really, you have
the advantage of me, but I do not re-
member that We have ever met before"
why, don't you know me?" said he.
Indeed, / do not" / replied Don't
you remembering appearing in court
and trying a case for me at Prescott?'
1T may be-" said I, but somehow my
memory fails me-" Nothing more was
said, and my wife having returned the
two men rode off southwark toward the
Mexican line. which was a few miles
away. An hour or two afterward we
reached Charleston, where we were to
stop for the night. ''It is strange you
did not know that man. said cne of
my companions; che seemed to know
you so We'll" "Oh. 1 knew him we'll
enough" was my reply, "and he knew
that / knew him, the fearless devil.
That was the outlaw, Curly Bill"
Why" said my companion, there is
$4,000 reward offered by the Territory
and the Southern Pacific Company and
Wells Fargo Company for the capture of
that man. And we could have taken him
just as well as not, for his horse and
arms and conrade were gone" Yes"
/ answered. "and my wife was with
them. Besides am no thief taker and
owe no duty to either Fargo
Company or the Southern Pacific Com
pany'
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

Mr. Hunt was accused of assault with
intent to murder. and being a very bad
man, he hcbbled into court with ankles
encumbered with shackles. / demand
ed their removal. The presiding Judge
refused my request Thereupon, 1 whis-
pered to the defendant: If you are
convicted 1 will obtain new trial. for
it is your absolute right to be tried
without irons" The jury disagreed ard
the case was again set for trial. You
Will not have this point next time"
said I, for the Judge will discover his
errcT ard will order your irons re-
moved"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

take that Off" said /. He tried, but
couldn't" said the prisoner. II poured
some shot into the keyhole so that the
lock wouldn't work. Oh, I've got 'em
dead to rights" You are an idiot"
l remarked Just then the Judge called
me up to the bench: You were right"
said he, the other day. and I directed
the Sheriff to remove the prisoners
irons. He tells me that the defendant
has been tampering with them, and
that the steelboot cannot be removed
without cutting it off with a cold chisel
and that will take a day. do not feel
justified in delaying the trial, and II
you demand the removal of the irons
shall be compelled to state the reason
why they were not removed-maybe
you had better call attention to the
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

This time the jury acquitted him and
ne was free to go. He limped into the
SheriH's office and said, II suppose you
want this Oregon boot" We'll"
drawled tie Sheriff, "it will have to be
cut off. 1t will be destroyed in doing il.
1t viii take a blacksmith day to do
the lob. There are no county funds
available to pay him and 1 don't feel
inclined to contribute any funds myself.
Besides, there is nothing mean about the
county of Yavapai. 1t will make you
a present of that steel boot You can
take ii as a souvenir But you had bet
ter not go in swimming with it OMIT
might trouble you"
Clothing himself with curses as with
a garment the deferdent departed. He
had no money with which to employ
blacksmith, but he was able to borrow
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

The prisoner was an illustration Of
the maxim that "a little learning is a
dangerous thing" for week afterward
when his trial was called he came into
court with his right leg below the knee
in the clasp of heavy steel. Oregon
boot. "DidH't you ask the Sheriff to
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

discouraging smell. 1T is copper" was
the verdict, and copper it was. we
will catch those scoundrels, said the
victim. They have never stopped at
Oceanside and their train will not reach
Los Angeles for an hour yet. Let us go
to the office of the Chief of Police and
have him telegraph to Los Angeles to
arrest them. I did not believe that the
Indians would stop at Oceanside, Meth
er did 1 believe that they would go SO
far as the Santa Fe depot in Los Ange-
les, but / agreed to help my friend
through, and we went TO the office of
the Chief and found it closed. 1 knew
the Chief at Los Angeles and L wired
him a circumstantial account Of the
transaction and a description of the
operators. Through inadvertence / ne
elected 70 name the sufferer, ard l
signed my own name to the telegram.
The reporters at Los Angeles were
diligent and the Chiefs office was
leaky. and imagine my horror next day
al reading in the Los Angeles papers
a circumsta- -tiaI account Of how L had
been gold bricked." Deny it? OF
course 1 denied it in the papers de-
corously and in private conversation
in emphatic phrase. But what was the
use of denying it? Letters and tele-
grams of sympathy and congratula-
tions poured in upon me from all quar-
ters for weeks, and the substance of
them all was expressed in one letter l
received from a stranger living in Gill
roy. Until to-day" he said, Il always
supposed that 1 was the d-dest fool
in the State OF California. l was bun
koed in New York, shell-gamed in Chi
cago and badgered at Kansas City, but
even / could not have been gold
br!cked feel relieved now. So Ions.
In the course of many years law prac-
tice in the Territories 1 have had occa-
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

He h4d been in prison about year
when he employed me to try to obtain
a pardon for him. The One-half inter
est In the mine he had conveyed had
become very valuable and the circum-
stances Of the conveyance were such
as to give color to the suggestion that
the deed had been made under durass
and could be set aside. I agreed to give
my services toward obtaining a pardon
in exchange for a quitclaim deed to his
equitable interest in the mine. He be-y
ing civilly dead the deed was required
to be made by his heir-his father, liv-
ing in Nebraska. All this was accom-
plished by correspondence. The COM
pany to whom the mine had been con-
veyed being made aware of what was
going on sent an agent to Nebraska and
offered the father first $4,000 and then
$4,000 for a quitclaim deed. But the old
man replied that he had already signed
a deed to me and would not sign an
other, unless his son requested<him to
do so. Then the manager OF the mining
company went to Yuma, interviewed
the convict and offered him $4,000 and
a free pardon for a letter to his father
requesting the old gentleman TO sign
a ouitcIaim deed to the company. The
convict refused 20 do this. saying that
he had already caused deed to be
made to me AID that it would not be
the square thing to sign another To
this position ne adhered, although
threatened with all the infieunce of the
company to defeat my efforts to secure
a pardon.
On being informed of his action / set
tied the case. making it the first cOndi-
ton of the settlement that the influence
of the company should eXercisedl in
aid of a pardon. BY cur joint efforts
we obtained the pardon and the man
who would not go back on his word,
though threatened with life imprison-
ment for keeping it, was once more a
free man.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

VIII II be believed that this mining
superintendent, who was a man Of
means. experience and ordinary shrewd
Judgment, was about 10 tumble neck
over heels into the trap? He procured
$4,000 from the bank, but at the last
moment had the wit to obtain lot Of
green paper cut to the dimensions Of
Ereenbacks AID made them up into
bank packages, labeled $1,000, with $50
bill on the top and bottom of each
package. These he wrapped in one
package and placed in the center Of the
package a note addressed to the Indian
chief. stating that this course was
taken from caution and not for the pur-
pose Of defrauding the gold bar owners,
and if one CT them would come or send
in 10 his Office in San Diego the next
day he would-if the bar was all right
pay over the balance of $4,000, there be-
ing S400 Of genuine money in the pack
age.
Thus equipped for business the even
ing train from San Diego carried the
gold bullion buyer 10 the appointed
place Of meeting. The dusky miners
and their agent met him a hundred feet
from the depot. It was tco dark for
close examination and the bar wrapped
in d grain sack was hurriedly trans
ferred and the money package received
only a hasty scrutiny. Both parties
were in too much of hurry-for rea-
sons-to linger long in each others COM
pany. The two Indians and their COM
panion averred that they were in haste
10 reach their camp near Oceanside and
would go by the same train that had
brought the victim to Delmar, and the
victim was anxious to return to San
Diego by the south h-bound train. which
would be due in a few minutes at Del
mar. So thev parted with words Of
goodwill on the part Of the Caucasian
and grunts from the red men. supposed
TO express aboriginal approval.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

arrived at San Diego the mining su-
periutendent and his assistant lugged
the big gold bar into the hack and hur-
ried 10 the assayer's shop on the Plaza.
NY Office was in the same building and
there they came first and the gold bar
was triumohantly exhibited. Then the
assaver was awakened, a bottle of
nitric acid produced and a few drops
poured upon the yellow treasure. Alas!
and alas. the fiery liquid wnich "oulo
never have affected gold ate into that
bar with a heartrending sizzle ana
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

matter" I thought so too and the pris-
oner was again tried in irons.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
CLEVER
CROOKS
Gbe Fifteenth of
These Clever
Articles.
Copyright. 1908, By Thomas Fitch.

COpyrlSnl, 1915, o. lnoIndS rlbCn-
~ SEPERINTENDENT OF Lower
( California mine residing in San
Diego. Cal. was approached by
4 a half-breed, who represented
himself as the friend and
partner OF several Indians who had
been mining near the Alamo. He stat
ed that they had found an exceedingly
rich Vein Ct gold bearing quartz and
that from a half ton of it they had
pounded out in a hand mortar about
eighty pounds Of pure gold which they
had melted into a crude bar: that the
Mexican Government would Motif
they knew Of the ind-permit the In
dams 10 retain the gold, or hold the To-
cation; that the aborigines had. there
fore, brought the gold brick up with
mem overland from Ensenada and had
II at their camp in the brush near
OoeaEside; that they desired to obtain
me services Of my friend in marketing
the sod bar and in securing title to
the mine; that as superintendent Of
uch mine he could dispose Of a bar of
gold without exciting suspicion. and
that his relations with the Mexican au-
thorities were such that he would have
no difficulty in locating and holding the
mine, and the half-breed proposed that
II be would take hold Of the business
they would give him for his services
oEe-fOuTth the proceeds of the gold bar
and q One-fOurth interest in the mine
He averred that they needed no money
until the bar should be disposed of.