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The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
THE ART OF FLY MAKING.
Mouse Whiskers and Brown Bear
Eyebrows are Commonly Used,

Mouse Whiskers and Brown Bear
Eyebrows are Commonly Used.
From the Chicago Tribune.
There are trout and salmon fishers who
pay several thousand dollars a year for
the flies" alone. Few persons can learn
to tie artificial flies. knotting hairs that
can hardly be seen, so the skilled fly
maker commands high wages The ma
terials. too. are costly, for the earth is
ransacked for feathers and hairs, and one
hair wrong makes ''ail the difference"
Tho business done In mouse whiskers is
making OF a wonderful fly. the gray
gnat" and they are expensive, costing
nearly cents whisker. Trout rise
much better at mouse-whisker flies than
at the SAME "gnat" dressed In Jungle
cock hackles, which look much like them.
Bears eyebrows being stiff and ex-
actiy the right shade. are used in fly
that has killed quantities Of salmon.
These eyebrows come from the Hima-
layan brown bear, and cost about $3.50
a set
There are agents all over the world
searching tropical forests for the right
birds to supply fly haekIes. One Of the
most sought after skins is that of the
rare green screamer," an African bird
about the size of a hen. which has a
tiny bunch Of feathers on each shoulder
that are worth SIS a bunch to the fly
maker. One of these birds supplies
only feathers enough to make rings
for half a dozen flies.
There is no limit to the enthusiasm of
an artistic fly tyer who will use hair
from his own eyelashes TO finish off an
extra speciar' fly. Babies hair Is much
sought after, II It is of the right shade
golden yellow-for all the lighter SAL
mon flies. and one curl will make a
dozen hrst-class flies.
It takes an expert only fifteen minutes
70 turn out fly which consists OF a
tiny hook with wings of Egyptian dove
feather, legs Of fox hair, and a body of
mouse fur. wound around with thread
OF yellow silk. A carelessly made hy will
have neither legs nor ''feelers," but the
true expert adds the legs and puts on a
pair Of long "feelers" Of cat hair. white
at the tips. All these tiny details VIII
be exactly in their places and so firmly
tied TO the hooks that the fly will take
half dozen strong fish ana be none the
worse.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
FIr swatting Contest.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Stirred to action by the statement that
the slaughter of one fly in early spring
was responsible for the suppression OF
1.72Se00 in June, the head mistress Of a
paroehial school in Wiltshire, England,
persuaded her pupils 10 do their utmost
to exterminate these household pests.
The results of their effort have been
as follows: Twenty eight girls killed 2,2l0
flies: "A boys killed $3.50 flies
The biggest haul of any one child was
2T5. secured by a boy. but the highest
score of any enc girl was 100.
In all. $3.50 flies are known to have
been accounted for. Reckoning that
every fly is responsible for 1.72s.0e0 of its
species. ii is evident that these de-
termined exterminators have saved the
world from the lsesence Of ga. 0S0.0OO
dies.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
HOT WEATHER

When we were having dark and cloudy
May Days.
The sour, disgruntled bard
Put up a peevisk kick about the gray
days
And took things hard.
But now no cause for feeling gay is fur
nished
And we are far from brisk
The sun is hot and pitiless and Furnished,
A flaming disk.
The bard, who has scarcity OF pay
days,
Evolves a painful rhyme.
We think that even he could use some
gray days
About this time
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
Barring the Prize Fight Pictures.

Considering the disorder and rowdyism
that occurred the night of July Fourth
here and elsewhere. due TO a spirit Of
racial animosity aroused by the combat
at Reno, the District authorities have
properly and without hesitation forbidden
the display Of moving pictures of the
Johnson-Jenries fight in Washington.
1t was not a question that called for
even a second thought.
Undoubtedly the authorities have the
right to estop any such exhibition. II
they have not the right. they are fully
warranted In assuming the right.
Washington and the whole country. we
think, have had enough of this prize
fight business-a surfeit Of 1t.
California escaped a lasting disgrace
by refusing 10 allow the encounter within
her borders. Nevada to-day occupies an
odious position among the States, because
she not only permitted but invited the
spectacle
The feeling generally, now that It is
all over. is that Of disgust. People who
allowed themselves to become keyed up
to a high pitch Of excitement over the
highland they constituted nlne-tenths OF
all the people. no doubt-are. In the
main, eager to forget it. and naturally.
They take no pride in the thought OF it.
Being human, they know, down in their
hearts, that if such thing were to
occur again they would readily be con-
sumed with interest as before. but they
all OF us, We mean-would feel Infinitely
better if the glorious Fourth had not
been marred by the affair at Reno and
the petty rioting and bad blood that fol-
lowed It.
There is little excuse for the racial feel
ing that has ensued No self-respecting
white man is called upon to fly into A
passion by way of redressing Jim Jeffries'
undoing. The fallen champion was more
Of a man when he was an honest. IN
known boilermaker than he has ever
been since, even in the heyday Of his
pugilistic fame, And no good negro is
making a hero of this fellow Jack john
son, who so obviously has nothing in
common with his race. But racial ami
mostly has ensued, and the inoffenslve
negro, as IS too often the case. has borne
the brunt Of it all The bad negro-and
Johnson's victory made for an increased
number-nobody cares anything about.
For the promotion OF law and order
and the conservation Of peace and de-
cency and, above all. 10 hasten the re-
turn Of common sense and the recognition
Of the eternal fitness of things, il is
time 70 be done with the Sshole prize
fghting business. Therefore, the Com
missioners have our hearty commendation
in barring from Washington the moving
pictures taken at Reno.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
According 10 History.


Capt. John Smith was about to be ex-
ecuted Pocahontas rushed forward and
spread herself protectingly over the pal
pitating bosom of the paleface just as
Powhatan raised hisa knobstudded war
club and the assembled aborigines raised
a shout.
Let er go. professor they yelled,
and the operator of the moving picture
camera began 10 turn the crank.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
Politics in Indiana.

From the Indianapolis News.
1t appears from the gatherings and dis
cussions of the candidates Of both parties
here in Indiana that % the Democrats
are going to sweep the State: and %
that the Republicans are sure Of sub
stantial victory. This would seem to
show that politics is in a normal con-
ditiqn in Indiana. Each side, TO make
assurance doubly sure. is going to es-
tablish a press bureau-as usual-in In
dianapolis. The partisan papers of the
State will thus be able to rejoice In the
customary amount of hand-me-down.
conf1dence-inspiring pabulum direct from
party headquarters, accompanied by
those altogether delightful predigested
editorials. This system has given the
country papers that cheerful sameness Of
political expression which has long been
JOY to the reader Of many of them.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
LIGHTHOUSE FOR AIRSH1ps.
spandau, In Prussia, Pioneer in
Movement 10 Guide Man-bIrds.

SPe-A-N4Hf II AENHs1d3 f1oneeF In
Movement 10 Guide Man-bIrds.
From the New YORK Tribune
Consul Thomas II. Norton reports from
Chemnitz that for several months there
has been keen discussion in Germany
regarding the best methods for enabling
aerial travellers 20 establish with GER
tainty their location after nightfaH and
in foggy weather The consul also de-
scribes the initial steps In this direction.
Numerous plans have been proposed
for a systematic network OF signal sta
tons TO cover the entire empire While
no one system has yet received official
or professional sanction, an initial step
in this important matter has already
been taken at the town Of Spandau, In
Prussia, where an aerial lighthouse is
now in full activity. The necessity Of
such a construction has been felt more
particularly at this point, where the ex-
periments Of the German war Office with
aerial craft are largely conducted and
nocturnal flights are increasingly fire.
quent
This pioneer beacon for aerial guild
anee is comparatively simple in its con-
struction. 1t consists of an elevated
support, on which rests, in a horizontal
position. a wooden ring Of considerable
diameter. Thirty-eight powerful incan-
descent electric lights are placed at equal
distances about the circumference. and
there is an automatic arrangement for
interrupting the current, at regular inter
walls for a short period
The location of Spandau is thus
clearly indicated 20 a traveller passing
over the place by large, luminous cir
Gle. alternately disappearing and reap
pearing. While this device answers adj
mirsbly for the needs of aeronauts dur
ing the night, it Is of little or no use
when fog prevails at any time. For such
contingencies it viii be necessary 70
install siren or similar apparatus"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
Rn0sereIf and Tnft

From the Philadelphia Record.
When Roosevelt was President he acted on the
ground that everything permitted him that the
Constitution did not absolutely forbid His more
modest successor acts on the doctrine that he can
do nothing that the Constitution does not expressly
permit But then Roosevelt never pretended to be
constitutional LAWYER.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

to end. who had nothing whatever wa
gered on the result, and who Is not dis
posed 10 talk about It particularly, now
that it Is all over. We shall not disclose
his identity, we shall enjoy him selishiy
and all to ourselves.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

From the Ysnceyville Sentinel.
Let our girls learn the stately measure
OF the rolling pin, let them run the scales
upon the resonant dishpan and with the
highest realization of the sculptor's art
leave the impress Of their dear, sweet
fairy fingers upon the plastic pone of
the crisp corn bread.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
THURSDAY. JULY l. 1910
Home News Away from Home

Washingtonians who leave the
city. either for a short or long
stay-whether they go to mountain
or Beashore, or even across the sea
should not fail to order The
Washington Herald sent TO them
by mail. It viii come regularly.
and the addresses will be changed
as often as desired. It is the home
news you viii want while away
from home. Telephone Main $500.
giving old ard new address.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

From Judge
Did you folks down in Bingville see
Halley's comet this spring? asks the
visitor
Nope" replies the native. I'VE never
get any Of those big shows until after
they've Riayed a year in New York.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
Can II Stand the Strainf

From the Charleston News and Courier.
IL IS true, as contemporary asserts that Okla
homa is suffering from oFercaptsization, but think
what constitution the State has
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
Practical ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,

This eminent phiianthropist disap-
proves Of prize fighting"
Well, then. let him hang up a purse
for a Joint debate"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
A Chronic Pessimist.

What are you gloomy about now?"
Il was Just reading that there are
1000 murderers loose in this country"
"WeH?"
Yet II / were to commit a murder,
pose somebody would want to hang
me-
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
As II Actually Hannens.

"Cholly thought he was going TO get
engaged number of times during his
two weeks at the seashore."
And didn't he2"
He got engaged the first week all
right enough, but IL took him the whole
OF the second week to break Il of"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
A Wise Wife

Prom the birmingham Ass- Herald.
I'm so sorry to be so late. my dear
A friend asked me to stop by and take
pot-luck with him."
We'll. did you win the pot?"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

Our faith is still strong TO believe that
this country will survive II Mr.. John
Lawrence Sullivan, Prof Bob" Fitz-
simmons. Col Battling" Nelson. and
Maj. James ]. Corbett are never heard
from again.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
SO stone untnrned.

From the Atlanta Constitution
Great men going abroad for their vacations will
risk Of losing their voices, since T. r. has
saved them the trouble Of saying anything at all.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
Nothing More.

"A great many people are discovering
that the state Of their health requires
them 70 summer near Beverly, Mass"
What's the joker"
There Is no joke. I indulge IN plain
statements OF fact. occasionally"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

Denmark wishes to sell the United
States a few more islands. II the
United States did not have more Islands
now than it knows what TO do with, Dem
mark might make a trade.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

'Anatomists say a person can hear
best with his mouth shut, notes the ST
Paul Pioneer Press. It does seem. too.
as if those people who talk all the time
never hear anything worth talking about
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

Porter Charlton. it is said suffers from
confessional insanity" exhaustive psy-
Ghosts" and 'hebephrenia" This sug-
gests the suspicion that Charlton's an
nual income must run well up into six
figures.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
A socIaI Function.

And now that I have described my
symptoms, said the languid lady in
blue. tell me OF your ailments"
i have no special ailments" responded
the brisk lady In brown. II thought I
was attending an afternoon tea.
didn't know II was 10 be a clinic"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
we Had Feared II Would,

From the st. Paul Dispatch
The prospects for a safe and sane sum-
mer are not as good as they We're The
Saturday Evening Post is printing an
other serial story by Robert W. Cham
berz
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
On InstaIIments,

We should do kindly acts each day.
The sage affirms
That happiness is bought that way
On easy terms.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

P. J. Carragan. an Alaskan miner.
claims TO have climbed Mount Mckinley
and discovered Or. Cooks brass tube and
records just where the good doctor said
they might be found. Automatically, OF
course, Mr.. Carragan goes to the Ananias
Club.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

why do women not borrow money
from one another?" inquiries a writer of
feminine persuasion. Every husband has
his suspicious, of course.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
No Nod Of wor,,.

From the Birmingham Age-H Herald.
Bella is wearing a Kiss Not button. :"
She might as well wear a life pre-
server to bridge whist party"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

The Albany Times-Union denounces
Mr.. Roosevelt as a busybody," notes the
Scranton Tribune, Mr. Roosevelt is
never denounced as a nobody. however.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

While st. Louis surgeon was op-
Grating for appendicitis the other day. a
thief robbed him Of SO This probably
cost the patient an extra SIS.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
Effect. of Nem LrrisIntinn-

From the Boston Globe.
Virginia has just put into operation a new anti
cussing law. and the dressmakers are working night
and day making gowns hook up in front
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
Maud Muller.

She tired Of country life. poor dear, and
got job as A cashier. Now at a NOV
ing picture show, she's busy raking in
the dough.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

Pittsburg man tiokled a mules ankle
with a straw on Monday last We shall
have TO class that method of celebrating
the glorious Fourth as strictly unsafe
and insane.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

King George will have TO struggle along
on a paltry 100000 per annum. Parlia-
ment must imagine that the high cost
OF living does not affect kings.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

can the country really afford a
s2,oo0O000O0 Congress9' inquiries the ST.
Louis Post-Dispatch. Well. the country
seems to have one, anyways
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

Twenty years from now. at least every
other Pullman porter will revel in the
euphonious name of Jawn Arthur John
sing, We suspect.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

Mr.. Bryan appears TO have slipped back
into this country without any extraor-
binary homecoming fuss and feathers.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

We make considerable fun of the Bal
kans as source OF perpetual near-trou-
bic, but the Balkans are not in it win
Central America
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

We do not believe. really, that any,
body of Importance has been hurt as =
result of the Reno contest.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
CHAT OF THE FORUM.
Take II for Granted

From the Charleston News and Courier
Most Of our putocrats are convinced that hon
esty is the best policy, although they have never
tried it.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

II stin remains 10 be seen. however,
whether the Thanksgiving Day football
players viii all come out as sound physi-
cally as did both Prof. Jeffries and Prof.
Johnson.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

Mr.. Nicholas Longworth may be the
next governor Of Ohio. says the Balti-
more American. The ODDS still are some
what heavy on Mr. Harmon, however.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

Do not be too sorry for JEFF" gentle
reader. he carries home about couple
OF dray loads Of money. all right.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

A contemporary speaks OF the recent
rebuke Of Mr. Roosevelt at Albany"
Pifiiel The New York legislature could
not ''rebuke" Mr. Roosevelt If It
wished to-
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07
GRANDMOTHER.

Another gown as l declared
How many more is it going 20 bel
And y0w forehead all hid in a cloud Of hair
It's nothing but folly. that I can seel
The maidens Of neWaday make too free;
To night and TO left is the money flung:
We used TO dress as became our degree
But things have altered since I was young.
STUFF. in nv time, was made 10 wear:
Gowns,we bad. but never but two or three;
Did We fancy them spoilt if they CHANGED TO tearl
And shrink from a patch or a damn Not we,
For pleasure, sossiping dish Of tea.
OR mushroom hunt. while the dew yet hung
And no need. next day. for the doctors fee--
Bat things have altered since ] was young.
The yellow GIG and a drive 70 the fair;
keepsake bought in a booth on the lea
A sixpence perhaps 20 break and share
That's how yoW grandfather courted me.
Did your grandmother blush do yon think-not she
When he found her. the churn and the pals among
Or yOur. grandfather Ike her the less? Not hel
But things have altered since was young
ENyoI.
Child, You pout and you urge your plea
Better il we're that you held yonr tonguel
Maids should learn at their elders knee
But things have altered since was young
MAY Probgn.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

The fight on the fight pictures is sched-
uled to go TO a knockout, too. so the
ministers declare
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

"A lunatic in ohio thinks he is Theo-
dore Roosevelt" says the Charleston
News and Courier. OF course, he is a
lunatic; but he must be a very happy one.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

The impression is gaining ground that
the colonel is still fairly stanch Re
publican. nevertheless and notwithstand-
ing.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

The odds are stin long in favor Of
Uncle joe coming back. just as he
says he viii
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

One of the not very big surprises OF
the day is Secretary Ballinger.s an
nouncement that he Will not quit
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

The Congressional elections seem to be
about the only excitement ahead now
adays
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

We know a mana rare, sweet shv.
modest sort Of ehap-who did not know
how the Johnson7Jefries fight was going
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

Looking backward, San Francisco prob
ably does not harbor any unconauerabIe
regret that the big fight went to Reno
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

Retiring from the wheat pit seems to be
quite a fixed habit with Mr. Patten.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-07

tnelr own battles. but he granted new
charter and made Phipps the first roval
governor OF Massachusetts.
Inc war dragged on for several years
longer but It consisted only in desultory
sailles and frontier massacres. Various
towns IN Maine. New Hampshire. and
massachusetts, were the scenes Of bloody
CONNECTS hundreds OF people being
slain.
In 1857 treaty OF peace was signed
at hyswick. village near The Hague.
Holland, and the cruel war was tenn
PVIsTliy over. Acadia, which had been
pLematurely incorporated with Massa-
chusetts. was restored 10 France But
,llis treaty was only a truce. The Eng
Hsh and French nations had not learned
TO love each other, and the questions in
dispute had made no progress toward
settlement.
After the death of William and Mary.
me crown of England was settled, in
liV-, on Anne, the sister OF Mary. James
me exiied King. died in l70l, and his son.
known as James the Pretender. was pro-
claimed King of England by the French
sovereign. This act alone would have
brought another war, bat there was an
other provoeation.
King Louis OF France placed his grand
SON. Phllip or An1Ou. on the throne Of
spain. and thus greatly increased his
power among the dvnasties Of Europe
This was distasteful 10 the English, and
the war that followed was known as the
war of the Spanish succession. but in
America ii was styled Queen Anne's
war.
On July Z. 1865. four Of the conspirators
In the assassination Of President Lin
coin, Harold. Payne, Atzeroth, and Mrs.
Surrat were hanged It is the date of
the battle of Tirnova, Bulgaria, in 1877.
and the annexation of Hawaii to the
United States In 1898 II is the birthday
of Philip S. Physick. the Father of
American Surgery d76S): Chief Justice
George Sharswood (1a0); Mrs. Sarah P.
Parton (Fanny Fern, the author QS1D.
and Miriam c. Harris. the writer of
popular fiction $3.50 II is the date of
the death of Edward / of England a300;
William Warburton. the English prelate
G79 and Richard BrinsIey Sheridan,
English statesman. and Baptiste Ro-
ehhambeau, the French dramatist (1Sl6l.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-10-28
Fort Withdraws.

Springfield, Tenn, Oct %. Official
announcement is made that Dancy
Fort, Of Clarksyille, recent nominee of
the Montgomery County Committee for
Senator to represent the counties Of
Montgomery and Robertson, has with
drawn from the race. This leaves the
Hon. V. A. Bradley, Of this county,
who has been indorsed by the Inde-
pendents, without an opponent. 1t is
hardly thought at this late hour that
Mr.. Bradley will have an opponent, in
view Of the fact that it is generally con
ceded that Robertson County is entitled
to the Senatorship and there is no other
probable candidate in this county
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-10-28
Lid" Being Put On.

Chattanooga, Oct "a. The lid is be-
ing put on in Chattanooga this after
noon. Every saloon inside the corpor-
alton holding Federal license is being
closed up by order Of Judge S. y. Nc
Reynolds Of the criminal court. The
order was issued about 80 O'Clock inn
mediately upon reconyening court.
Sheriff Sam Connor and his deputies
were started out at once on their closing
mission.
This action OF Judge McReynold' s
follows the decision of the supreme
court sitting in Knoxville last Saturday
in which that body rendered the opinion
that Federal licenses were prima facia
evidence that whisky was being sold.
Upon this decision Of the supreme
court, !" said Judge McReynolds, to a
reporter Of the Sentinel this afternoon,
/ am acting. While that opinion is
not final | think it is sufficient to act
on. There has been considerable agita-
ton Of the subject and ] think the
proper thing to do is to act right now.
So every saloon holding Government
license will be closed this afternoon by
the Sheriff. They will remain closed
until further notice is given by the