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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10


was gross fishernan-he
used q big ny. The biggest pnrt OF his
fishing YVES done In fifteen to thirty feet
OF water and. gcuriously enough, the days
OF his tlshinR were about the last OF the
big trout at Shutdown. if
wall has told me often how Webster:
liked to study his speeches. while fishing
He used to do what Bourke Cockran does
now, believc-t think up some strong
sounding sentence. without y any speciall
reference to It's application to any sub
ject, and then polish Il up. add q word
here and substitute another there tillslti
was Just right When he was out on
the Vail pond fishing he would rehearso
such sentences try them out and see
how they sounded, and his big voice
would s$roll III over the water 4 as he de-
claimed. sss y NJ y s5,,S
After no had tried out such sentence
he would pack 1t away in the back of his
head rend y for use In whatever speech It
would AT into as q sort OF climax. Sonle-
times a trout would take his ny Just
when he was In the midst Of ehearsing
a long speech on some great question
for he used TO practice on complete &C.
#dresses as we'll as special ly5 U construo
sentences and then there would be fun.
K often fshed with grasshop pers when
/ was a boy-yes, and l used some-
times to use the old-fnshloncd short
horsehair lines. made by twisting the
horsehairs together with two quilts.
Sometimes I nshed In clear shallow.
narrow brooks, where I had to sneak
up crawling, for fenr TINT the fish would
see me, and drop the wriggling grass
hopper In just the right spot. Ma ybe
I'd take walk along the strenm one
day and see big trout lying quietly
In the cool clear water between two
clumps OF weeds. The fish would see
mo as soon as II see him and be away
An a twinkllng. It would be no use to try
Z for him then-he' / had his scare But
the next day he'd be pretty sure 70
be In his favorite spot and TX sne ak up.
get in between the two dumps OF weeds
without soaring him. and get him.
United States Fish G Commission.
# But that Ism I the story OF the develop
merit Of fish culture. Our work at tho
Caledonia and the other hatcheries OF the
New York Fish Commission attracted
attention all over the country, and laws
establishing similar commissions have
been passed In nearly half the States.
r was invited to appear before various
legislatures and to furnish the records OF
our work to others. We sent Green
all over. the country to study all sorts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
could go close In. We tried everything
we found n that looked In the least like

we found that looked in the least like
eggs. &. 81 E "a
Once we found some little globulea
fastened together In long festoons. exact
" like small beads strung on thread.
They're eggs said Green. agreed
with him and we pus them into our
Matching boxes. n ii " Seas;
ls.,''These were made OF wood with wire
screen bottoms through which the eggs
couldn't pass, but which would allow tho
free passa ge OF water, and suspended
from booms extending on either side OF
the yacht. g3ss
8..IS might say TINT We Matched cod in
such boxes. in the sixtics. as the folk
at gE$t the Maine hatcheries have lately
Matched them. That's o pretty big thing,
by the way. Cod arc extremely easy
to hatch. It Is only necessary to pro-
Etcct the eggs In Matching boxes set in
moderately quiet water from being eaten
by the smaller llsh. for the proper ti:ne.
8kowSth that the Maine hatchery! people cnn
raise young cod on big scale, they can
he distributed all along our Atlantic
coast md there never5need be any more
short catches OF cod. sss
..But toS get back to the festooned
strings OF eggs which Green and I ex-
;perimented with. 7 After many failures
we Matched them They proved to be
Sthe eggs OF very common small fish
found in greHt numbers along the shore
and OF no value. I looked them up care
fully then and learned what their spc-
Scies is. but I've forgotten that. re-
member the experiments, though, very
wildly. They were important oven II
+ the fish wa Matched out were not. All
tho experiments we made were import
ant, for they all taugiit US somethins.
80 remember very well. too. that ] was
then especially impressed with GREEN'S
Sunquenchablo curiosity about everything
pertaining to fishes, and his everlasting
patience. tried rs many. experiments
as he did, but didn't get results
f''I told him one day that he kept me
wondering how he did It.. I was 50 In
formally unlucky oil the time that I
sometimes felt almost discouraged, while
I all he had to do was to try and tho
result he looked for followed.
That's all very we'll. growled Green
In his deep grufr voice when spoke
about It: its forty failures to ono enc-
cess with me, s
..Then understood his methods bet-
ter. He would try over and over and
over and over. II ono way didn't work,
he'd take up another and keep everlast-
ingly at 1t till he won success.
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enter the employ Of Jewish families,
EFometilnes Christian servant girl will
enter the employ OF a Hebrew family
but the policeman on the beat regularly
collects tribute, for allowing her to res
main, There are just q few businesses
which Jews are allowed to manage, and
only one or two of them may belong to
the directorate Iof any company
Shameless Neglect of Heroes.
no engage In any of the few caillngs
which are open to him, the Jew must
bribe his way from first to last in order
to get on n oil, During the late war
many private physicians who wera
Hebrews weEe drafted and taken
to the front as surgeons, but no
matter how good their record. none
OF these mon were OFFICIALLY recog-,
nized, and those Of them who were dis
abled while in the service Of tho country
were afterward dismissed without PEN
sions even heard OF one who had
served throughout the entire war with
great credit. and who came home dis
abled, being discharged without enough
funds to pay his way home
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Why: the lew Succeeds.

ana the wlneseller begers never anys]
thing but wine-seller. E sssSs
Why the Jew Succeeds. a
though surrounded by the Nth ana pov-
erty OF the Ghetto. no strives to lit
himself above IT.. He plans to improve
tho future OF his chll dren. All his de-
sires center upon the task OF fitting them
for a. better life than no on Joys, He /
tcducates them ana teaches them by his I
own example 4 the value OF perseverance,
and thrift. Surely these are not traits
for which q man should be pronoupcedi1
against and bounded to thei earth, Manyl
people claim that the treason the JewS
succeeds Is because. he la dishonest buka
there are several uni versal ira its, Qf IN evil
ish character which, II observed by otherl
nntionalittes. would tend to make thelnl
equally successful In llfe. The frst cf (
these Is untiring energy ana devotion ia!
BUSINESS; the second N Is the practice oti {
economy. and the third Is regard for the 4
domestic virtues. It stands to reason Il
that any young man who Wilt work and ssSs
save his money and take care Of his n
health stands q better chance to get OH sti
In the world than one who negleets these AZ
cardinal princ iplea OF we'll being. These +
traits are really the basis for Jewish
success, ,5s TAI 3 81 5Ssssa
W AASAA
las surround him in Russia, It Is mott
strange that the Jew often becomes: i
dishonest, The wonder is that he cn.a
even exist by fair means or foal, While
i was In Warsaw the inside story OF q (;
big wheat deal was made public. whiahN;
served to illustrate the cunning Of the
1 Hebrew when the odd, are against him.
When the wheat G.op OF a certain sec
ton was about ready for market, tho Il
Russian. Armenian and Greek buyafssii 4
agreed to oyerbid the Hebrew traders s
to keep them out Of the deal. HoweYsr,l
the Jews paid seyenty cents q bushes fpri5
the grain. paid the TRANSPORTATION % thA
sencoast. and then sold 1t for sixty
cents. How twas possible to d this and n n
stil make a. profit was q r,,ssery fos N
several months later when the ahtpment Il
was refused In london because No. - N 81
heavily mixed with sand. s3ssss
The undoing OF the grR.gl deaier u this il
Instance was caused III the desire of
some OF their own people to ind out hos Il
the trick was turned
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PLIGHT. or THE JEW IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE TO-DAf

BY his father. II has been aptly| nal
That the farmer breeds a farmers sonS
and the wlnesellor begers never angst
thing but a wine-seller. m
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f0-7T was in 1865 perhaps year
yRGa earlier, perhaps a year later.
(Al that two men. one we'll along
Yf1NSny In the fortics, the other not
CSESSD Quite 30 far along In the thir-.
l,-----z--s fiaa emit M fhn aYn,iol y rn, fcat
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-08-09

silk handkerchief was not even dis
colored.
One OF the most disastrous hres o
late years was that which followed .
chemical explosion At Griesheim. IT.
Germany. The explosion took place In
the Grleshelm Eleetron factory, aud
almost simultaneously the whole
building was In flames
Fire engines came galloping up but
as they approached the men were seen
to fall from their seats. Spectators
running after them dropped as II shot.
and. meanwhile. the blaze increased.
involving fresh buildings and even
crossing the river into the village of
schwanhsim. What had happened was
this:
The sudden mixture OF watts OF diff
ferent chemicals under intense heat
had flled the air with gas OF so
terribly poisonous a nature that those
who came within It's deadly influence
we're suffocated al once. Fifty-one
lead and three times that number In
ured was the result OF that terrible
ire
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\ OLD \
cFavoriteS


Old Grimes Is dead. that good old man
We ne'er shall see him more.
He used TO wear a long black eo=t.
All buttoned down before.
His heart was open as the day,
His feelings all were true.
His hair was some inclined to gray;
He wore IL In a cue.
Whenever he heard the voice OF pain
His breast with pity burned.
The large round head upon bis cane
From ivory was turned.
Kind words be ever had for all:
lie knew no base design.
Ills eyes were dark and rather small:
His nose was aquiline.
lie lived az peace with all mankind:;
In Friendship, be was true,
His coat had pocket holes behind:
His pantaloons were blue.
Unhsrmed. the sin which earth pollutes
lie passed securely Ger
And never wore a pair Of boots
For thirty years or more.
But good old Grimes Is now az rest,
Nor fears misfortuns's frown.
lie wore 4 double-brsastsd vest
The stripes ran up and down-
He modest merit sought to and
And pay it It's dessert
He had no malice In his mind.
No rufnes on his shirt.
His neighbors he did not abuss--
Was socisbls and gay.
lie wore large buckles on his sho>s
And changed them every day.
His knovlsdxs. hid from publl< russ.
lie did not bring TO view
Sor MAKE q nolss town meeting days
Al many people do.
Ills worldly goods be never thr~v
In trust to fortunes ehaness
sur lived las all his brothers do)
In easy circumstances.
hus undisturbed by anxious carss
His peaceful moments ran.
nd everybody said be wa
A hne old gentleman.
Albert Gorton Greene.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-08-09

The employer looked on with a pun
zled expression while the new strnoxra
pher carried the typewriter acros. ths
room and placed Il on a chair IN tha
Immediate neighborhood Of a steam ra.
dIat0r.
IN BE- ready in Just a minutr. Mr.
L." she said The typewriter rot
cold while the heat was turned Oh and
II sticks dreadfully.~
Does the cold affect thsmY- hs
asked That's something new
Yes. sir. 7 End that II doe. v.rx
much Some machines regularly ,sls
cold II left long In q cold room. M,
especially hard on old machine. that AZ.
pretty well worn. making them verv
unrnanageabIe sometimes. I've knovn
the cold to remain in an old one un,,i
it bad be--a several hours in a warm
room. whs- IL gradually became better.
'ut usually machine yields TO three or
four minutes Of warmth--chlca9o In.
Ter Ocean.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-08-09
THE APRIL FOOL


| Or all the schoolmasterx of th~ r,r,.
teentn century. says the author Of ..six
Great schooimasters." Doctor Kennedy
head master OF Shrewsbury. Bingham
1885 to 1865. was in many respects thu
most remarkable One Of the mo-,
striking Of his characteristics wa. M.
remarkable memory.
Few members OF the United Service
could have We'd with him in famII,ar,tv
with naval and military annals. In
"ellingtonis dispatches he was a,
much at home as In 1nucydides.
He once met the late Commander
Maypard at the house Of bis brother-in.
law. Mr.. How. when the Conversation
turned upon a certain naval ENGAGE
ment In the details Of which the corn.
mander considered himself wen po.r.
ed What was bis surprise to and tina,
tne schoolmaster not only knew the
name OF every ship engaged. but their
exact positions during the light. and
was In every way better informed on
the subject than be was himself
Another instance Of Kennedy's &c
curate store Of knowledge occurred
when certain boy. who had to show
up an original copy OF verses. was so
hard put to It that be searched out +.
certain rare and obscure cJzsssc. copied
'ut dozen or 20 lines. ana sent them
~ to the doctor as his own ~Ah. ys~-
aid Kennedy, beautiful versest And
l remember right. they 20 on thus Il,
md he proceeded to quote the rest Of
he piece"
An amusing anecdote Is told of b,.
indy humor and readiness to forgive 4,
IN the FIRST Of April mischievous boy .
ad put the clock forward and caused !
be bell for morning chapel to be runs
n hour too soon. The delinquent was i.
iscoversd, and much alarmed BIZ an
ivitation to call on the doctor a little
efore noon, at the usual place of exe-
1tion.
swishl But strange 10 say, the cuL =
rit was untouched SWISH AZ h. :,
IRE. The boy was still trembling 10, u
ie third stroke, when there came III
ords, Go away. you April fooir" :
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-08-09

the Open Scar cuts through his rev
erie.
1t L. shs-his wife, His lips tell II
again to the winds In softest whisper
He sees the sun CLEAN upon the sill
ver-white crown He knows that
some sweet thought Is mirrored In. the
holy eyes looking seward He marks
that the white hands are no longer
thin and wasted, and that there II a
delicate flush creeping from the soft
cheek to the crimson tipplt' ear. and
then he walks across the sands, and
says:
Il am come. Agnacei I had learned
to love you from afar before you
brought me to you and bound me
with a word To you that nights
marriage was only In the name-to
me 1t was the wedding Of soul and
spirit to the one fair woman Of all the
world VIII you now. this day, give
yourself to me to love, cherish and
protect until death shall part us7 Can
Tou do IT. Agnacer
Yes, Clinton"
Then Clinton Calorms kisses once
gain tenderIy and reverenuy this
lips, and there IL the reiig- |
on of a lifetime in the tones of his
Toice as once more he whispers, as II |
he words were sacred, MY wifer-
indianapolis Sun
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-08-09

Two Of the last incident. n, ~.
tfrsnklin'D life are lovingly rsme,r.
bered. IL was he who Introduced a..
motion in the Constitutional conv.n.
ton to s,,en their meetings w,,s
prayer. His last public act wa. -
lnoits from his deathbden as presI.
osnt OF the Society for the AboIltlon
Of slavery. a noble and touching 40.
peal FOR those unhappy men who
amidst the general Joy Of surrounsI,rr
freemen, are grooming In servile suh
lection" In which the warm hesr, =,
tne aged philanthopIst seems unI,ss
70 the unerring conscience Of thu 80
rifed saint II Is ftting that 49,.
and symmetrical IIfs .horls
be closed with this large uttsr.ns
humanity .-Century. VI
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my WIFE"

81 F anyone had accused Clinton
Calorme OF being in love with the
little woman he took pleasure In
walking with on the sands he would
have been very Indignant He was
sorry for the poor invalid. and felt he
was doing an act OF genuine philan-
thropy in trying TO cheer her up.
One evening late. as he was smok-
ing In his hammock, he saw the young
sister OF the subject OF his thoughts
approaching him
My sister babe me give you this"
she said, placing In his hand a minia-
ture OF an old man whom he remem-
bered having been with when he died
in India 'She wanted me to ask you
II you couldn't come over to the cot
tsge tonight She's very badly. I am
afraid" added the girl sadly.
Clinton Calorme followed her. With
out any preliminaries the invalid said:
MY uncle died In Simla In your
arms. Mr.. Calorme. and left In your
hands win which you duly forward
ed to this country to Its proper execu-
tors My uncle was a man of great
eccentricity. and that win. while 1t
put me In possession OF this entire
property. contained a condition that
win cause this property to revert to
you In the event Of my dying unmar-
ned and without natural heirs. In
case Of my marriage and the failure |
Of natural heirs, the win permits me
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-08-09
COMFORT WHILE SLEEPING.

Little Head Pillow. .s an Ala q
Complete Relaxation
The little head pillows should not b
regarded as a luxury TO be had By \
few. but a necessity 10 be had BY every
body" insists doctor whose fad. II II
can be called a fad. Ia that people
should be comfortable az they sleep.
Most people exelaim to me. Why. We
are comfortable when we sleep but
know better. They can't be. with heads
lying ON the usual large bed pillow.
which brings a strain at the neck. Tn
consciously people strive to avoid this
neck strain BY bolstering their head
with arm or hand. BY humping the pill
low about the body. By attitudes that
throw the whole body into a stiffness
that does not permit perfect relaxation
Little bead pillows obvists all this
strain II 10 not a fad 70 have two or
even three TO tuck about ones neck
and back to relieve the slightest EFFORT
against absolute relaxation
II never knew what psacs was TIL
I tried Jour idea one Of my patients
told me. I nevsr walked up In the
morning without q strain Of more or
less annoyance to me In my neck. for
through all my life never had been
able to get perfectly eomfortabIs In
bed Now tuck my little wedge Pill.
lows. as I call them. about me and
never bother about comfort. for l sm
simply surrounded By IT, Speaking Of
comfort In sleep. why are most p~opls
70 hard on themselves In the matter %
blankesi People who can have plenty
n Injuries will stint themselves In the
quality Of their blankets purchasing
'or themselves those made for the tno~t
part Of cctton-heavy. unyieldinx Gov.
rings that settle down like a weight
4 Lead upon one. firing tired-out limbs
III through the night It's warmth
hat one wants from blanket eov~r.
NJ. not weight Every ounce Of weight
70 the body a. Il slecps Is an ounce OF
to b. deplored
let Il Be your nrst lurury. n you
I'll insist upon calling neces.ities for
ealth Injuries. to put . lot Of good
ioney In blankets You'll have to put
b lot Of money. FOR the nns blankets
re expensive very nns blanket.
arefully cared Tor At wash times and I
moth seasons. will outllvs a cheap X
lanket By 20 many years that thsrs is
'solutely no comparison between them.
good solid part Of ones twenty four \
'urs Il spent In sleep Upon n. IL
myth Of that sleep and upon the quail. Il
OF II depend your vitality Ia your r
akinz hours The excellence Of your
ork. the tborouxhness Of your pleas =
. depend upon your sleeping we'll
pa can't sleep well unless you sleep r.
mfortably. kansas city Journal
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10 make testamentary disposition OF
the lands. moneys and estates with
this singular stipulation. that / have
In the meantime become your wife.
Loving me he would have wished me
10 become the wife of an honorable.
true-hearted man only. and, believing
you to be all this, l have sent for you
tonight to ask OF yeu the greatest
favor. II seems to me. that woman
could ask OF man
In all the world / have no relative
or friend, save only my sister Blanche.
1 took her wee. helpless babe, from
our dying widowed mothers arms.
and gave that mother my solemn
promise to make the child my sacred
care while life lasted.
Only In one way can my last hours
on earth be smoothed Of the intoler
able dread for her future which now
Expresses them, and so I have courage
to throw myself upon your mercy-to
ask you to make me this night your
wife, thus giving me the power to pro
vide by win for my sisters future.
and then to go far away from here
until life shall have ended for me and |
you are freed from the shadow of a
bond that will have existed only I'm
name 1t will be for such a little
time"
He wonders vaguely to himself be
Ing 20 much moved, but with q strong
effort gathers his faculties and saws
slowly, but with great earnestness.
II win do all you ask It viii not
be for long. but, please God. this good
action shall bear its fruits Of right
for you"
1t was strange betrothal; but mar
rage there was. and as Clinton Ca
lorme went out at last alone through
the dewy, fragrant garden path. a
kiss burned upon his Ilps
and faint passionate whisper thrilled
upon the night air-the strangest NJ
all whispers to come throbbing mn
from this mans heart, and yet II came
softly, reverently and humbIy tender
My wife"
Five years passed and Clinton Ia
ohhr was sun NduueFer over the !
ACE OF the earth. 4
Once only In all this time he had .
leard from the woman whose Inns be e
lad once kissed In solemn acknowI. =
dgment Of vow the letter OF which
lone had been asked Of him. leaving n
be spirit all unpledged, and that once I,
be Paris physician had written him. n
The case is not hopeless" And re-
Giving this he had gone his ways a
ut of civilization into the wilds of :
Erica and Tar Arabia until there !
anne day on which he steadily set
is face homeward.
At the little questionable bathing
sort he comes to halt 1t is noon V,
ay, but be takes his breakfast, and a,
len walks down the pebbly beach. ~
There are human sights and sounds
] about him. but Calorme sees or M
'arS nothing Of 1t until the voice Of a n
oman's quoting, dreamily and low.
Rrry Cornwslrs Tho Sea, the So. "a
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They were walking out together on
cloudless night under the light Of
the big round moon. which seemed us.
usually bright and beautiful. Sudden.
" he stopped. clssped his hands and
cried rnpturously.
"Oh. Maryl Look ct the moon to
nlsht Isn't it Embellishments
cent?
fes. Amt IL William abe 70
piled. with equal enthusiasm. III
looks Just IKE a big fSdSl egg. don't
u. dearr'-rondon Judy