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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04

ends its life you are not indulging in a
parlor game. Some of these big deep sea
fish have leaped clear out of the boat
after they have been landed and a blow
in the face from their tails is no light
matter. One day of deep sea fishing is as
exciting as anything that a tired bust
ness man could want
Representative Webb of North Carolina,
IL he ever gets the chance, is going back
to Honolulu for his fishing. There he ex-
perienced the great thrill of his life In a
piscatorial way.
I'VE were on a big steamer he said,
which was bound for Honolulu. Nearly
100 passengers were on board. / noticed,
trailing over the stern of the boat a long
hemp line like hawser, which reached a
quarter Of a mile astern.
The hook on this line was as thick as
mans two fingers, and it was wrapped
once and a while the cloth would leap
over the surface of the waves as the
steamer dragged the line along.
Il asked one Of the sailors what he
expected to catch.
Anything he replied.
Jonah's whale? asked politely
.Mebbe,' he said
X X
Only a few minutes after that 1 sure
ly thought we had caught Jonah's whale.
The line grew taut, the engine bells rang
and the boat stopped. All the passengers
crowded to the stern. Far away we could
see what appeared to be man tossing
and turning, now out Of the water and
now half covered by the waves. l say it
appeared to be a man because it was
larger than a man. 1t was colored like
a bar of shining silver.
Most of the passengers grabbed the
line and began to haul in. They pulled
and pulled until the fighting monster was
brought to the side of the ship Even ,len
the fish continued to battle for it's life;
yes, even after 1T had been brought on
board.
1T was a tarpon, one of the gamest OF
deep sea fish and about the largest OF
the finny tribe that is fit for food. The
next morning everybody on board had
tarpon steaks for breakfast
Representative Sidney Anderson OF
Minnesota tells this one of a fishing trip
in Florida:
Religion and fishing don't mix Some
years ago several of US decided to go out
one quiet Sunday morning and try for
tuna. We hired the guide during the
week days, and he faithfully agreed to
show up early Sunday morning and take
us out in his boat
I'VE arrived at the appointed place,
but no guide was to be seen. After vast
ing about two hours we went back home,
convinced that fishing had undermined
whatever veracity that guide might have
originally possessed. The next morning
the guide showed up.
II didn't get back in time to take you
out yesterday he said, but I'll take you
out today
Where did you go?' we demanded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
A PoSt-ImpreSSion.

- EORGE LUKS. whose paintings Of
" children and old people made a re-
cent sensation in a 9Th avenue gallery.
was talking about the post-impressionists.
but. Luks," said a magazine editor,
what is a post-impressionist?
With his jolly laugh. Mr.. Luks replied:
"A neutrality-suspicious., my dear fellow,
is an artist who aims to give you the
pcst-impression that he has orders fog
more pictures than he can paint"
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A Fit.

GOV. SULZER was talking in Albany
- about a politician who had groaned
and squirmed and wriggled very sensi-
lively under newspaper criticism.
.'Oh, WELL" said the governor, with his
grim smile. some men shrek and howl
about having lost their reputation. when
the fact Is that they've found at last
the kind that really belongs TO them
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KNOWN PEOPLE
Under the Critics Lash.

MRS. FRANCES HODGSON BUR-
AvA NETT has in Bermuda a white
villa, Clifton Heights. which overlooks
the blue sea, and here every Sunday
afternoon during the season she en-
tertains the elect OF Bermudian society.
Mrs Burnett's Sunday afternoon cpl
grams are retailed all over Bermuda.
Her latest epigram is one concerning
the author and his critics.
Authors she said may be divided
into two classes-those who resent crit.
cism, and those who ignore it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
A HeckIer HeckIed.

THE late DR.. W. r. Thomas, who was
: Pierpont Morgan's rector at High
land Falls, did not believe in socialism
and In socialistic arguments He often ex-
ercised his trenchant wit to advantage.
A Highland Falls man once inter.
rupted DR.. Thomas in an address to
shout:
IF We all had equal opportunities
But here DR.. Thomas in his turn inters
rupted. saying quickly:
I'VE should not all be equal to them"
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see it, This cometlike mass of iron,
HURTING through space at rate of Soo
miles an hour, was with great difficulty
caught by the lens of the fastest
camera in the world. For the first time,
ordnance experts know what happens
when 40 pounds of fine smokeless pow
der is exploded behind an armor-piercing
projectile Capt Francis II. Behr of the
Coast Artillery Corps has succeeded in
making a series of photographs showing
the evolution of shell and big gun in
action.
Experts acknowledge that Capt. Behrs
series of photographs is one Of the great
est Photographic feats ever accomplished.
Besides a mint of knowledge and informa-
tion that he has furnished TO ordnance
and military science, he has perfected a
camera which takes a picture after one
ffve-thousandth of second exposure
Nothing which is tangible moves so quick
" that Capt Behrs camera will not catch
il in its flight.
Unable to determine just how a pro-
jectile appeared when thrust from a gun,
the ordnance experts of both the army
and navy were greatly hampered in their
work of furthering their science The
Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe
Va, was asked II II did not wish to
experiment with the problem. Capt. Behr
decided to solve the mystery. He has a
desire to see what no man had ever seen
before-how steel shell appeared merg-
ing from the mouth of cannon. He
solved the mystery.
The special camera was first construct
ed. 1t looked no different from other
cameras. save that it was larger A
two-inch lens, the finest that could be
had. was obtained and accurately ad-
justed. A revolving shutter, worked by
an electric motor speeding at a rate OF
several thousand revolutions per minute.
was then attached. Special sensitized
plates were prepared and the camera was
ready for work
4 tiny screen was set deep in the
non. To this was attached a pair of
wires The lanyard was pulled and the
powder fired. The shell in its terrible
rush broke the screen and this opened
electric current The lightninglike
flying she'll When the negative had been
developed and the picture printed the
projectile appeared to be suspended in
midair.
Before the desired result was obtained
many shells and a great quantity of pow
der were expended. Failure after failure
was encountered because the wire screen
In the gun was not correctly placed There
were overexposures and underexposures.
nearly eight feet long. This was caused
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over rocks and the soft signing of a
summer wind
Even Nevada furnishes a statesman
who is interested in fishing. He is Rep
resentative Roberts. recently reelected
on the republican ticket. His fishing ex-
perienees date not from the time of his
residence in Nevada, however but is
recorded since his arrival in Washing
ton, D. e.
fishing line that 1 ever saw. said Repre-
sentative Roberts, was on the Potomac
river. l made the trip down the river one
day with party of friends and We
stopped at little place for luncheon.
My attention was attracted by a line or
poles extending at regular intervals out
across the river and / watched three
men who were apparently in charge to
see what would happen.
After a while the men climbed into a
boat and went to the far end Of the line.
There they detached the end OF a net.
which was above water. and slowly be-
gan TO move shoreward, bringing in the
net with them.
When they reached a point near land
they hoisted up the net and thousands
of shining, Topping fish fell into the boat.
i say thousands-there may have been
less.
TO the Washingtonian this shad eaten
for ii was shad fishing that / had
watched-may seem prosaic. But to me.
living as l had in the southwest, 1t was a
marvel which / shall never forget. Since
then j have seen other catches of fish.
But none will remain in my memory like
this first shad catch on the Potomac"
The most unlucky fisherman in all Con-
gress is Uncle Ike" Stephenson, senator
from Wisconsin. Some years ago before
Uncle Ike was a senator he went bass
fishing in the streams of his native state
and this. according to his own account,
is what happened:
Il bought pair OF high boots of the
conventional rubber style, so that might
not be hampered by having to stay on dry
land. Into the stream 1 waded, boots
and ALL and after a little scientific work
succeeded in hooking the largest small
mouth bass that ever swan In that
stream. He was monster. The fight be-
gan beautifully. / Keeling out my line
and drawing IL in again and the bass
hghting away like an ambitious young
bantamweight.
During the struggle 1 stepped back
ward and in some unaccountable manner
the sole OF my boot became firmly wedg-
ed between two rocks There ] stood in
foot and a half of water, with one foot
FIRMLY clamped to the bed of the stream
and the raving, delirious bass trying to
tear up creation with my line.
The more / tried to work my foot
loose the tighter it seemed to hold There
was only one thing to do. and ! did It.
christening the top Of the boot. slipped
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HE tariff is stag
gering along to its
ultimate conclu-
sions, and the Chi
neSe and Mexican
republics are ap-
pealing for recogni-
ton, while Great
Britain and Ger
many, Secretary
Bryan and Champ
Clark and Messrs.
Sims and Glover
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from a tWelve-nch mortar projectile.
In many cases a ring Of smoke is emit
ted from the mouth of the gun before the
shell is thrust out. Although composed
of gas, this ring of smoke is as hard as
steel. If one could try it. it would be
found that to drive a knife through this
ring would be impossible. The knife
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To church, he replied. I couldn't
get back in time
And then we learned that his church
was thirty-five. miles away.
One would never suppose that Senator
Shafroth of Colorado would ever be
guilty of piscatorial faux pas. He is
essentially an out-of-doors man. Hunt
ing and fishing have been his recreations.
Listen. then, to the plant of Senator
Shafroth.
THE only fishing story that remains
in my mind is a tragedy 1t is a tragedy
of the bitterest kind. l tell it because II
/ don't some one else will.
"Some years ago a crowd of us visited
a trout stream, accompanied by a guide
who was the most saturnine man l have
ever met Reaching the stream early
one summer morning, we pitched our
camp and forthwith went out to eaten
what we could catch.
II located a beautiful pool. cast my
line and splashed around with my rub
Der boots. Only few minutes elapsed
before there was bite on my line, and
with a mighty heave | swung 1t inshore
1t landed across berry bush, and be-
held on the hook a beautiful fish.
For a moment ! was disillusioned
From earliest boyhood 1 had been taught
to believe that the trout was a hard
fighter but this fish had been hauled out
as IL 1t was a rubber boot. Then / de-
cided that my sudden flip Of the line had
disconnected the creature. 1 decided that
l would yank all my fish out in that
manner.
Tossing out my line | waited for more
prey In another few minutes | was re-
warded by another bite. Again l tossed
the fish ashore, where 1t lay calmly. In
twenty minutes l pulled in-well, we will
say, eight fish. / was about to go after
my ninth when the saturnine guide came
slouching up the path.
What in blazes are you catching?'
he yelled:
Trout, I replied laconically, whipping
my line around in the stream.
:. Trout nuthin', snorted the guide.
Them things is clubs"
THE full extent of my offense was not
clear to me at first. 1t was not until my
guide told the story to the assembled
catches clubs on a trouting expedition
is equal to the man who goes out to hunt
deer and shoots cow.
erman dates back to the time when, as
a boy, he wandered to stream near his
fathers farm in Michigan and with an
Fashioned line lured the coy white
perch from it's hiding place.
Ever since that time said the sena-
tor reflectively, II have done most Of
my fishing in the fall-about election time
But / can always recall certain sum-
mer afternoon-iust the sort of a day
that al eapeit would have condemned az
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CAMERA Takes Pictures

LIMA dh@S - ASNsAA 49,
~ of Cometlike Mass OF
Iron as 1t Is Hurting
Through Space at 500 Miles
an Hour-Just What Hap
pens When 200 Pounds OF
Fine Smokeless Powder Is
Exploded Behind an Armor-
piercing Projectile-A Field
of Experimentation Which
Has in the Past Been in Alb
solute Darkness-Other Ord
nance Mysteries That May
Be Unraveled Soon by Use
of the Tastes" Camera.
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my foot out and tried to hop toward
shore OF course. l hit rock with the
wrong foot Finally l reached shore
minus the boot
There followed a long silence.
The bass got away" concluded Uncle
Ike, in tragic tone of voice.
AS Uncle Ike is the most unfortunate
of great fishermen so is Senator James
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois the most beau
tiful. He gets ready for a fishing trip
as he gets ready for banquet. Every
thing is just so. The fish basket hangs
at certain angle, the shirt and trousers
are of harmonious shades and even the
boots have luster which ordinary boots
have not.
Thus arrayed Senator Lewis hies him.
self to the place where fish may be had
He drops out his line. just as a formal
ity. 1t isn't necessary at ALL The fish,
dazzled by the sartorial perfection and
allured by the gilded glow Of Senator
Jim HAMS pink whiskers, swarm
around the boat and plead to be caught.
Senator Lewis is firm. He reproves the
forward fish and tells the elect to quit
bothering him and go to the end of the
line and get hooked. His method of fish
glorious days of Izaak Walton. His thea
trical properties outrival David Belasco.
Yet this man, this sartorial genius of the
fishes, modestly refers to his catches as
luck, and says he has never had expert
ences!
It's really good luck" said the sena-
tor when approached on the subject of
fishing. Il always manage to get a fair
catch. But the assumption that there is
anything personal in it is totally in
error"
How different are the methods of fish
ing. Senator MARITIME of New Jersey, a
modest man, declined to furnish any per-
sonal experiences. but he did take issue
with Senator Lewis as to the best method
of attaining success.
Clothes" said he, have nothing to
do with the case. 1 can tell you how to
catch fish. Applejack! Plenty of good
sound New Jersey applejack! Take that
with you in your boat, and your dreams
will be pleasant and you can catch al
most anything you want"
Representative Billy Murray of Boston
cites cod fishing as a sport fraught with
interesting experiences.
II have made trips out with the fishers
of New England" he said, and I can
think of no day more filled with interest
than a day when the sea is a little rough,
the pillows rocking the boat. the clouds
piling up and the fish biting merrily.
Some say that this Is q mild sport, but
I have not found 1t so. When you haul
n hugo fish oy0p the side NJ tho ~,,puo %
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BILE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
BEEN FIRED.

by the shells moving twice its length
during the exposure.
The mortar is the mainstay of our coast
defense. With it Capt. Behr made ex-
tensive experiments. Before finishing the
defenses at the entrances OF the Panama
canal the War Department wished to
know more regarding the action of this
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lit GE projectile. n
mass OF hardened
steel weighing more
than half a ton,
such as our army
and navy keep on
hand to protect the
rights of Uncle
Sam, is thrown
from the puzzle of
a gun at such a
terrific speed that
no human eye can
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preserve an armed neutrality.
But washington's statesmen worry not
about these things. for the fishing season
10 here. When two great legislators get
into a corner il is a nine to one shot that
instead of discussing the Dutch differ
entail they are earnestly comparing notes
on flies OF gauging the relative merits OF
bamboo and steel fishing rods.
Now is the time when the moss grown
fishing yarn springs rejuvenated into the
arena; when congressman, cabinet officers.
ike constables and cabmen, dilate with
bloated chests on their splendid achieve
Inents OF rod and reel and line
Secretary OF War Garrison, ordinarily,
because OF his long judicial training, the
most conservative of men. expands and
charges on the fishing grounds of New
Jersey.
There are not many experiences that
/ have had in fishing" said the Secretary
recently But l have had my sue
cesses. l can recall one day when 1
caught fifteen trout never mind where)
With a fly. And it was not SO long ago
that a monster bass snapped my line and
cracked the tip Of my bamboo rod. He
got away"
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels is no less
ardent concerning the mountain streams
in the western part OF North Carolina,
his native state.
There is fishing in those mountains"
he SAID, that your untutored angler
would never dream OF. The fish will fight
even after they have been landed. II is
North Carolina that leads the world in
TIE use Of the dip net for landing fish,
Senator Goff OF West Virginia is an
earnest angler In the mountain
streams of his state where the ughtsome
trout disports itself the senator, then a
judge. would frequently wade of a sum-
meT afternoon, putting in many patient
hours in the hope of bite.
My experiences" said the senator
recently. may be reduced to the single
idea Of a summer afternoon. a rushing
stream. a trout rod and strong line at
the end of which is an artificial fly"
Senator Com believes in the philosophy
o. fishing. Nothing Is more restful TO
the perplexed mind than the solitude I'M
broken save by the tumbling of water
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would be hurled from the hand and
thrown many feet in the air During
recent target practice at Fort Monroe
one OF these rings of smoke rose rapidly.
twirling like vortex and making loud
whstling sound. When several hundred
feet high a seagull was drawn into 1t.
The next instant cloud of feathers flew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04

1.O24 pounds. When the camera caught
it the shell was travelling just 300 feet
per second. 1t made a great arc, high
in the air, and descended with terrific
force, from a height of five miles. upon
the target. There has never been d
warship so strongly built or heavily ar
mored that it could withstand the blow
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unique war implement. 1t has been
greatly perfected already. 1t can shoot
over high Hill and nine times out OF
ten hit a target six or eight miles away.
The mortar is not sighted: it is plotted.
By trigonometry and tables worked out
on extensive experiments men stationed
in towers, from which they can view
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04

the target, determine its position. From
the result the elevation is determined
and the gun properly pointed.
A twelve-inch projectile is shown leaving
the mortar at Fort Monroe, Va. Instead
The projectile which is seen leaving the
gun. and again in full fight. weighed
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Some say that this Is q mild sport. but
have not found 1t so. When you haul
huge fish over the side Of the gunwale
and risk its teeth before q stout club
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H7ETEEY 7I9NNNs III ~
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-05-29
REEDSB ORCGRADUATES

The following will graduate on May
18th at Reedsburg:
English Course-Walter D0nahue,
Hester Knowles, Nina Pelton, Nal
vim Davis, Gretchen Atom, Dorothy
Hawkins, Minnie HOltz, Henry
Powell, James Fadden.
Commercial Wesley Sny-
der, Ruth Sparkes, Mabel Wiseman,
Agnes Rurd. Ruth Shultis.
German Course-Esther Brown,
Ina Hastings, Florence Thompson
Glenn Miller Ralph Kordenat, Min
ME B. Foss, Clarissa Henry, Caecelia
Thiemann, Forrest Vavette.
Latin Course-Phillip Schweke,
Elva Schultz, Rose Sparks.
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began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and now am strong
and healthy. Mrs. ALICE DARLING,
RID. No. 2, Box Y, Pentwater, Mich.
Read Observation-Disclosures says:
Peoria, Ill.-'tI had such backaches
that l could hardly stand on my feet L
would feel like crying out lots of times,
and had such heavy feeling in my right
side. had such terrible dull headaches
every day and they would make me feel
so drowsy and sleepy all the time, yet l
could not sleep at night.
"After had taken Lydia E. Pinkham S
Vegetable Compound week began to
improve. My backache was less and
that heavy feeling in my side went
away. I continued to take the Com
pound and am cured.
"You may publish this if you wish.
Miss CLARA L. GAUwITz, R.R. Nc. 4,
Box 62, Peoria, Ill.
Such letters prove the value of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
woman's ills. Why don't you try 1t?
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TRANSFERS IN
REAL ESTATE

John G. Markham to Harry New
combe, four lots in Ironton, 5000.
G. J. Schmidt of North Freedom to
John Ell. Claridge of Reedsburg, lot in
Reedsburg, 81.
Ralph G. Watts to Hugh w. O'Con-
nor, land in Reedsburg, 81.
Bernard O'Connor to George R.
Hodge, lots in Baraboo, $1,000.
Alfred Goodell to w. l.. Bible, land
in Washington, $3.50.
Edward II. Buelow to Gustav A.
Kinzler, land in Prairie du Sac, So, 500.
Julius Mold to Oscar Jaeger, land in
Troy,$1.
julius Mold to Ferdinand FEEDER
man, land in Troy, 81.
George Hackett to A. NJ. Pettys, lot
in North Freedom, 81.
A. NJ. Pettys to George Hackett,
lot in North Freedom, $500.
John e. CIaridge to George Templin,
lot in Reedsburg, 81.
E. P. Hymes to Carl Jantz, land In
Baraboo, $4,000.
E. J. Battles to E. E. Archer, lot in
Baraboo, $500.
Susanna Mathews to Elsie Mathews,
lot in Baraboo, ST..
George D. Thurber of Woodstock,
ILL.,, to Arson Priest, land in Reeds
burg, S..
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Married at MGrrinaCk.

D. M. Stoner, formerly resident of
Merrimack, and Emma Krause of
Madison were married at the M. E.
parsonage at Merrimack on Wednes-
day by Rev. Thomas FOulkes. The
bride and groom will make their
home in Madison. Our correspond
emit says that all old friends, even the
boys who did not get DAM wish them
much OY.
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Only Soldiers
Gra0e..a
Glen.

During the war of the Rebellion a
young man in his twenties, an
sWered the cali and Joined the ranks of
company A, 18th regiment, Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry. That he YVES
brave and daring and upheld our
courtry's honor with the strength Of
Irish might, we can readily believe.
Now in the quaint little cemetery at the
Glen lay the remains of this ksoldier,
Michael Donahue, who died October
Is, 1872, aged 81 years, leaving wife
and three little children. Whether he
was wounded in battle the marble
stone records it not. But it remained
for young girl to discover this SOL
dier's grave, the only one in the ceme-
terry, and her tender, patriotic heart
was touched. She decorated the grave
with flowers, placed small flag upon
it and did so while she stayed at home.
Now her sister, a younger girl, has
taken up the task and this Memorial
Day shall see this soldiers [gFaVe
honored again. In the shadow of the
pines and ceGars we have him. Is I'm
troubled by wars alarms.
Taps
Lights out! the march is ended.
The soldiers rest is won;
His latest fight is over,
His long days work is done.
Mrs. l.. A. Dudley.