Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-23
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Happy" was the cognomen bestowed
upon Il precocious youngster who spent
several weeks this summer at Camp Good
VIII. the outing place established by the
Associated Charities on the northern sub
urbs of Washington for the entertainment
of the children of the other half. Hap
py'' was described by the officers or the
camp as a good-natured but misch1evous
little fellow, and they tell many good sto-
ries of the FRANKS he played on the other
children On one occasion he called all
the little ones to IL thicket near the farm
house and pointing to the ENHANCEMENT OF
vines and bushes said:
Go In them bushes. fellers an gals, an
see the birds nest full of pretty eggs.
About fifteen boys and girls got Gown on
their hands and knees and proceeded 70
crawl into the thicket Then Happy,
who had provided himself with pole.
reached in over the childrens heads ana
stirred UP hornets nest that was hans-
ing there. The angry insects came puzAihs
out In great swarm and made most
vicious attack upon the little invaders,
stinging them on their bare legs and arms
and faces. The children set up chorus
of the most aSonizlng cries ana Superih
tendent Zfnkhan went to their rescue.
Happy In the meantime ran away shout-
ing with glee: "
That's what yer git fer rubberin.
Detective Michael Muller has returned
from his vacation and has been entertaining
the members OF the detective office fishing
club with stories of the big catches ne
made.
And nobody can question his statement
says Edward Horne. the veteran or the
Office. He goes fishing and sends nome
the fish, but the others tell or the me
tackle they have and never show hsh.
While spending few days In the Ola
Dominion Detective Muller went TO Lake
Smith. from where the city OF Norfoik
gets its water supply. and had such sooo
luck at angling for bass that he returned
and spent a second day on the lake. Muller
and a friend succeeded in landing thirty
two bass and about twenty speckieo perch
or crappies during the middle or the Gay.
I'VE couldn't take out any more, ne
said for the rules limit the catch to
twentv-fve fish for each angler. and so
I. was necessary for US TO PACK up anu
travel long before the going down OF the
sun" 49,,
After catching the fish the first day tne
angler hurried back to Norfolk 10 put
them aboard the boat to SEND theIn 10 ne ne
city He knew what would be said II ne
did not furnish some evidence or MS sue
cess. and when he reached the poa. tLe
whistle had blown. An officer OF the poa.
objected to his taking the FISH ABOARD pu-
the angler was so proud of his catch that
he did not have time to stop ana argue
,be ouestion The next morning the hsh
reached here and were distributed AMONG
the detectives.
"Its the only place in this section where
bass fishing Is always good. says Detec-
tive Muller. Rains do not disturb me
water. and there is no trouble In getting
bait. but 1t costs 81 for the privilege vi
going upon the lake"
The lake Is the source OF consideTapie
revenue to the city OF Norfolk Residents
Of the city OF Norfolk pay fifty cents Tor
a permit for one days fishing. While nom
residents pay twice the amount
1t looks as though the buffalo or the west
ern plains which Is really a bison, ana
came so near becoming extinct few years
ago, were going to come back to his own
In a way OF course the most people nave
heard OF C. J. Jones. better known as Buff
falo' Jones, and know in general way
that he has been working, as have several
other people in this country. to save the
American bison from becoming utterly ex-
t,nct. The "cataloe" which Jones has pro-
duced by crossing buffalo bulls with Gallo
way cows promises to become commercially
profitable The thing that always stood in
the way OF the buffalo surviving In the
sharp struggle for existence IN America was
that he was of no particular use He was
big in the wthers ard small In the flank,
Just the reverse of a good beef steer, so
that he was far outclassed by domestic cat
tie as a meat producer. His meat was
tough. too and while buffalo robes were a
standard article OF trade in this country at
one time they almost passed out of recol-
lection with the slaughter of the great
herds that furnished them in the west.
However. furs are always in demand. and
the catalOe furnishes a pelt that, II any
thing, is better than the straight buffalo
robe. letter recently received from Jones
by a friend in Washington says that the
Galloway cows that have been tried have
furnished splendid robes. and the breeding,
which for years in an experimental
stage has been put on business basis, and
Is now more than paying for Itself.
OF course Jones is enthusiast the
subject OF the buffalo. but IL his cataloes
are producing good gh-grade pelts there
is no question but that the buffalo will be
carefully nursed along and saved from ex-
tinction for his commercial value, which is
a good deal better safeguard than any SEN
timental consideration. The carcass of the
cataloe may not rank with the best beef for
a steady diet. but 1t Is said to be fairly good
eating and TO have the meat better dis
tributed for butchering purposes than it
was on the original buffalo.
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Stock brokers are jolly lot, and are al
ways ready to play jokes one another
in the intervals between their business
transactions. On a good day there is no
livelier nor more interesting place in the