Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1896, Page 16

40 . THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 189¢--TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PURYENS RHEURIATISH o Tumbago. or pain pm fails to almost in- been used. CURE A separate cure for each disease, at all druggists, sa bettie. If you need m local treatirent, Muny frre. Lith st. nw. BELLS ON SHIPS. The Mariner's Clock in the American and English Navies. Frcom ths Chicago Recon. The big white cruiser New York has a bell on board weighing @0 pounds, which is, in all probability, the largest bell ever put aboard a ship for use at sea. Ths ship's bell is the mariners clock. The nau- tical day begins and ends at noon, when eight bells is struck. The bell is struck half-hourly, day and night, one stroke be- ing added for each half-hour until e‘ght is reached. when the count begins at one bell. In the United States navy the ship's bell hangs usually under the forecastle or just forward of the foret The captain's orderly keeps the time, and reports to the Otficer of deck the hour in terms of delis. e officer of the deck then bids the messenger of the watch strike the bell. semewkat more formality at eight + than at other times, for then the hour eported to the ¢ and the bell ndt til he ha ake it s the routine on board a man-of- war at S o'clock in the morning: The order- to the officer of the ¢ “Bight vr.” The officer of the deck replies, to the captain cizht bells and chro- then goes to t belis and ‘The captain re- ” The orde jeck and say cap chronon hore if need to their pl: pmate. chronom: «kn ts cut 1 tty sire S may be ae chronometers, ich are kept up to or not the coc tain at eight m the Am the hou i 197 men- } as they were and are on board | ships of other natiors. But in one of | gnal ag n naval he When to slay their pm. re Icllowed the officers upon one | Were driven over the starboard the mutineers, fora time, were in y sion of the ship. When order was restore: throughout the navy the stroke of fi at G20 p.m. in the second dropped from the piace in s five Is retair strok a 30 p.m. in the on ell, at 7 two bells, at at 8 it is 8 hel ) p.m, the seque @s in the United Stat REGISTE: The Heliograph ix Now Coming Into General Use Abroad. Fron the Chicago Inter-Ove The heliograph, although not of recent | invention, is now co: more vortané gen of rr ally into since the ing the nu b om <n in Ita = a bi hours *of the unshine amounted in Scotland Be hi E ad, and al in the w of fogs A Distinction. hat really tr ar fellow, I ¢ this is joa ino om. Asked the re > without S: on, he in we would DR. R. C. FLOWER, BOSTON, MASS. Dr. R. C. Flower to make a profes- Blon trip through Washington and Virginia. R House, April 17 and 18, Va. Hot Friday and Sat- Roanoke, y Atlantic Hotel, April 21 and 22. - April 20. ‘Tuesday and April 29 and 30. physician In the T own than Dr. R. rv. Hits Jamerons and often of such a mirae Yhat many writers have claimed that m: Jures were miracles. Dr. Flowers ability te tell a patient his disease Without asking a question is as well established 2s that Dr. Flower lives. ‘This southern visit of the doctor will afford an reellent opportunity to many to consult this Umirent specialist close to their homies. it ed States better ares are so. $3 nature py of his LEONTINE, Ry E. 1. Andrews. seen. The delicacy of color which charac- FROM LOCAL BRU terizes the flesh tints of the girl is carried out through the rest of the picture in the ae foliage and the flowers in such a way as to Exhibition by Fourteen Well-Known Washington Artists. VARIETY ONE OF THE FEATURES A Trip About a Gallery That is Full of Interest. ORIGINAL AND PLEASING ——— . N AN ENHIBITION of oictures by a sin- gle artist there is rarely a sufficiently wide range of sub- jects and enough va- ty in treatment to sustain the unflag- ging interest of the average spectator from the first picture to the last. Very dif- ferent it is when the best things selected from the work of | quite a number of artists are shown to- gether. Then people of the most diver: tastes are sure to find something to their liking, and the varied character of the paintings is very refreshing. Such an ex- hibition, comprising pictures from the brushes of fourteen of the best-known ar- tists of the city, and including also speci- mens of sculpture, opexed om Monday at Heitmuller’s. On entering the galle the eye is im- mediately attracted to Harold L. Mac- donald’s large canvas, “A Burial in the Catacombs,” which hangs to the ht of the doorway. Quite a number of visitors have been drawn to the gallery largely on never and account of this picture, as it has been exhibited in this city before, even tho: who had seen it in the arti studio have been interested to see the many changes which ke has recently made © By make a most agreeable scheme of coloring. The four pictures which represent Mr. Richard N. Brooke show his leaning to- ward the Dutch school. Two of them are marine views on the cpast of Holland, “A Fishing Smack,” and “Landing the Catch,” which shows the stanch, square-bowed fish- ing boat tossing up and down just outside the surf, while the product of the day’s labor is taken ashore. Both pictures are distinctively Dutch in color and treatment. “The Return of the Flock,” in pastel, is Five Minutes Rest, By Marietta M. Andrews. full of a certain atmospheric effect that can be obtained only in that medium, and he exhibits also a broadly handled study in oil of several cows grazing In a shady spot. Marietta M. Andrews shows three water colors—“In a Barnyard at Ecouen,” a very natural, realistic scene, “A Stitch in Time” and “Five Minutes’ Rest.” The latter, a crisply treated study of a little girl, seated upon the model stand, taking her allotted time of rest, was painted from a pose in the studio of Rhoda Holmes Nich- ols, the well-known New York water col- orist. De Lancey Gill's aquarelles are easily | CE by a very pronounced indi- Lucien Powell, in it The effect of color is masterly, and it has a certain grace and dignity of line that lifts it immediately above the ordi- nary. F The thought of the painting Is best ex- pressed by the scriptural passage: “O Geath, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” In a cavity hewn in the reck the body of an old woman has just been laid away, and against the wall leans a beautiful girl, around whose head hovei a strange fridescent ‘ight, which, on a second look, resolves itself into the form of an irregular cross. It is generally consid- ered to be by far the most striking picture of the exhibition. Occupying a similar space on the other side of the doorway is Professor E. F. An- drews’ painting, “La Petite Leontineg a a md 0. Canal, By Hobart hols. life-size figure of a little girl dressed in the quaint peasant costume of France. She is perched upon a stone wall, which is over- grown with a tangle of flowers and briars, and in the background is seen a mass of light, atry foliage, through the openings of which a delightful glimpse of distance is viduality in the technique. The examples of his work exhibited all show great elabo- ration of detail, this being especially tr of the “Boat Houses Near Bergen Point’ and “Suburbs of the Great City,” the lat- ter giving a view of a group of old tumble- down houses, the roofs and walls patched in a very picturesque manner with pieces i of tin or scraps of lumber. “The Witches’ Boulder” is a daintily handled landscape, showing a greenish, moss-covered mass of stone cropping cut throygh a heavy layer of the russet leaves of late autumn. There are two scenes from abroad—‘Venetian Fishing Boats,” giving a glimpse of the gaily colored sails found on the boats of the Adriatic, and “A Scene Near Verona,” which Is a quiet landscape, with red-roofed oe houses nestling among the distant Trees. “Pan Is Not Dead,” by Howard Helmick, is an Irish scene, showing two buxom country lasses dancing to the music of a wandering player. They have put down the bundles they have been carrying, and have entered into the dance with great zest. Mr. Helmick is well known for his drawing of figures, and for his faculty of seizing and delineating the character of a face, but though many have seen and ap- preciated these features in his magazine illustrations, only those who have seen his work in color are able to fairly estimate his ability. He exhibits also two pictures in pastel, companion pieces, one showing the Irish laborer when he is working for his master, sitting on a wheelbarrow con- templating the task to be done, while the morning slips away; the other giving a pic- ture of him working for himself, digging away with might and main, although the sun fs low on the horizon. The best of Parker Mann's three pictures are “Winter,” which gives a late twilight effect in the snow-covered forest, and “Low Tide.” The latter is an oil painting of a small harbor, with the wharf buildings and the masts and rigging of the ships standing out against a glowing sunset, while in the foreground is-seen a large stretch of mud- dy ground which the receding tide has re- vealed. r. Mann exhibits also a pastel contest “Ths st Rays of the Setting hun.”” 4 In all of the cdnvases by Mr. E. C, Messer there is that,artistic feeling seldom absent from his landscapes. “‘Solitude” and “Pass- ing Rain’ cone in for their share of praise, but “A Fa oad in Maine,” the whole landscape pa’ in the low tone of color of a cloudy day, seems to be the favorite. Hobart NichoJs is represented by four landscapes, hjs\“‘November” and “Sunset” being perhaps the best. There is a particu- larly fine sky effect in “Sunset,” and the dark mass of. frees in the middie distance aids in making.the composition an admira- ble one. Hisiyiew on the C. and O. canal is less popular, put has some particularly good points. There is goed distance in the picture, and*the converging lines of the canal and the roadway aid in giving it per- spective. He. shows also a small twilight study called “Marshland.” In a Izndscape by Spencer Nichols, show- ing the shocks of golden grain standing in a broad field, which stretches away into the biue distance, there is so much atmosphere and light that one cannot help regretting that it 1s the only canvas by which he is represented. Lucien Powell exhibits one of those Vene- tian scenes in which he is so successful, a view looking up one of the canals. The cream-colored, red-tiled buildings, contrast- ed with the deep blue southern sky, make a brilliant color scheme. Mr. Powell shows also his broadly-painted water color, ‘The Rescue,” and an autumn scene entitled “A Hit of Nature.” Miss Juliet Thompson's work in pastel is already well known, and attracts favorable comment everywhere. In her ‘Madonna,” which is good in color and delicately mod- eled, there is a sweetness and grace that is very taking. By R. N. Brooke. Jerome Uhl, though best known to the public by his portraits, shows his versatil- ity in the eight pictures which he exhibits. His painting called “A Jury,” showing a rew of cunnirg httle puppies In a barn, with their mother keeping guard behind the bench where they He, probably attracis more attention than any other. The in- terior of the barn is quite realistic, from the doves fluttering near the roof down to the agricultural implements hanging on the wall, and the, wire netting, which has aug! ome’ loose straw in its meshes. “Rest” is a clever study of the nude, done on a wood panel in such a way that the natural color. of’ the wocd furnishes a back- ground. “A View on Florida Avenue" 13 a scene familiar to all, and his boldly treated study of a girls worthy of notice. Theve is a transparency in the veil which renders the face beneath it very lifelike, though it is only suggéstéd by broad strokes of the brush. ‘The one picture which Carl Weller show. a landscap, entitled “The End of Day,” simple and dléct in composition, as most of his are. Through a rift in the cloud near the horizon is seen a touch of ros: light, which fs ‘taken up by the little pool in the foregfoind. Although the color of the clouds i8’a triffe too cold and bluish to harmonize well'with the rest of the picture, it_is not unture'te nature, and the general effect of the:canves is delightful. The two pieces of sculpture in the exhi- bition are by Mr_U. S. J. Dunbar. His bust of Alexander Shepherd, which received so much praise at the Cosmos, is again extibited. There is a strength and deci- sion in the modeling of the face which seems to present the very character of the man, and it is by many considered to be one ‘of the best things the sculptor has done. His bust of Mrs. Hobart Nichols, which he shows, has also been much ad- mired. Many crt lovers have already visited this exhibition, and it Is likely to receive the general approval of the Washingtonians who have hitherto had but one opportunity dur- ing the ycar, the Cosmos, for the comparti- son and appreciation of the work of locat artists, Although, being so much smaller, the present exhibition may not fairly be compared with the Cosmos, it is much more seclect and representative of those contrib- uting to it, and it is to be hoped that it may furnish a precedent to future seasons, —_—.__ Prince Henry’s Little Conspiracy, From the London Sunday Times. The little conspiracy around Prince Henry of Orleans, though well conducted, is not likely to succeed. It is undeniable that the house of France just now is divided. The knighthood of the Legion of Honor con- ferred by the repubiic upon the son of “Rebert le Fort’’ is the matriculation. He might have found it in his cradle under a monarchy. The initial quarrel between the pretender and his cousin is the mainspring of the present combination, which virtually means the training of a genuine royal high- ress for the presidency of the republic. The Duc d’'Aumale was the former candi- date of what may be called the Chantilly party, and, as he is now too oid, the tacit suffrages are falling upon the head of the really fascinating grandnephew. The Duc de Chartres, if I am rightly informed, ob- jects to a political campaign which, in case of failure, might again send him upon the path of exile. On the other hand, it must not be forgotten that the party of “rallied and resigned” royalists is a strong factor. Virtually, Prince Henry is its nominee. Given the general restlessness in France, it is more than likely that the candidature will be pushed forward at the right mo- ment. Nor must it be forgotten that in a month hence a MacMahon will marry Prin- cess Marguerite, the sister of this prospec- tive president. When it is considered that the other immediate candidates are elderly politicians, the glitter of this “Prince Char- mant” seems just the sort of thing for a hastily summoned Versailles congress, = oe Austrian Dueling. From the Speaker. Continental , militarism exercises its ter- rorism even svithin its own armed circles. Offended honor-ean only be satisfied by the duel, ‘vith weapons and to conclusions reg- ulated according, to the nature of the in- sult. The duel ig nowadays rigidly enforced, and reports ‘very often appear telling of compulgory saber fights between cadets and “volunteers” in their teens, who had ami- cably settled their schoolboy disputes, yet, notwithstanding, had to carry out this bar- barie procedure, The war minister himself supports the cugtom. Fatal termifations are of common and startling ocsyrrence; and from Hungary came the tale the other day of a reserve artillery officer;who had been deprived of his commission because in a merciful spirit be had arranged with his antagonist—the dispute being previously settled—that no bullets be put in the pistols. As far back as 1780, eae Josef II denounced in writing the Austrian system ‘of dueling as “a barbarous practice suited only for the days of Tamerlane.” But as long as the militarism endures, the rules of dueling will remain as ruthless and inviolable as ever, the merciful opinions of emperors to the contrary. = Matrimonial Item, From tfe Texas Sifter. In a San Antonio (Texas) drawing room a lady was narrating her sad experience. “Imagine the frightful position in which I am placed. My husband went north, and now it is almost three years since I had a Mine _ from him.” “Horrible!” groaned the chorus. “Yes, but that ain't the worst. He is likely to turn up here in town any day and heqd me off from getting a divorce for de- sertion.” TOUR ON A WHEEL A Woman Enjoys a Two Weeks’ Bicycle Trip Through England. FORTY MILES PER DAY GN AN AVERAGE Chat About the Roads, Inns and a Proper Outfit. CHARMING EXPERIENCES ——— © THE MAN OR maid with pluck, good health and a wheel a cycling tour in England and on the continent is sug- gested as the most charming of summer vacations, combining with the attractions of a home run the ‘added pleasure of sight-seeing in for- eign lands. In this ‘way a novel and in- expensive opportunity is presented to study the people and their characteristics, as well as the sights that every tourist, be- fore and after them, has seen or will see. It was with some misgivings that two Washington cyclists started from home last spring to do foreign lands, with a modest amount of baggage, consisting merely of the most necessary garments, compactly tucked away in a small bag, which was fastened on each wheel. One thing only was certain, and that was, we would not be handicapped by any super- fluous weight, for the wheels were light, our hearts lighter, and our cash account lightest of all, necessitating a strict ad- herence to the Bohemian program mapped out. John—my better half—had been over be- fore, in his bachelor days, and therefore had some idea of how inexpensively a man could see the sights and live comfortably. But ‘taking a wife along brought an un- known quantity into the equation that caused some apprehension. Remember, no trunk! No dressing! No shopping! No high living!” he warned again and again before the start was made, some lingering doubts of his bicycle chum still troublirg him, knowing she was only a woman, and liable to the failings that are always credited to the entire sex, no matter how justly or unjustly. One bright morning last spring, as the tender steamed up to the Southwark, ly- ing in the Mersey river, off Liverpool, we stood upon her deck, with hearts as light as our few belongings, that were ready packed in the small bags and fastened to the wheels. The bicycles had not been crated for the ocean journey, but had been divested of handle bars and pedals, and made the voyage in the hold in safety, and were now ready, like ourselves, for the eycling jaunt, three thousand miles from home. We lost no time in the custom house, the queen’s stamp of approval, in the shape of a small slip of paper bearing the royal crown, being at once smilingly affixed by the officer, after one glimpse into our bags, and hearing we had “no boxes.” By 4 o'clock in the afternoon we had thoroughiy seen the sights of Liverpool—St. George's Hall, Lime Street Station and the Art 1 lery and other public buildings, and with- out delay took the penny steamer for Bir- Kenbeod across the river, and made our first run of sixteen miles in good time, without any effort, notwithstanding our twelve days without exercise on the voy- age over, reaching the quaint old town of Chester in the best of spirits, and quite ready for our dinner at the inn. Interest in American Wheels. Quite unintentionally we ranked as one of the “sights.” Our wheels, with their wooden rims and guards, were something entirely new in England, and in Chester, as in Liverpool, we were the center of an ad- miring throng as often as we dismounted. A tiny “old glory” pinned on my cap and a bunch of the national colors waving from the handlebars gave rise to the astute re- mark, “Them is Hamericans!” uttered in a very audible aside, which reached our ears frequently as we bowled leisurely along the English highways. We read in every article on foreign cycling of the universal use of bloomers abroad. In our journey from north to south in England, although a number of feminine cyclis were encountered, not a single bloomer girl was seen. In London more women ride than in all the rest of the country put to- gether, and are met in the parks, in smart costumes of all kinds and descriptio: the balance of the women riders, it must be confessed, seem to don the most absurdly leng and full skirts for wear on the wheel, and look very awkward and ungainly in consequence. The English wheels, univer- sally met with, are old style and heavy and with saddles low. The riders seemed to be all knees, and no one but a stury young Briton would find pleasure in propelling ferty odd pounds of iron and steel around the country. No praise is too strong to do justice to the uniformly perfect English roads, which are made of a hard bluestone, crushed and roll- ed, and are similar té our macadamized rcads, and are kept In magnificent condi- ticn. No ruts, no hills and hollows, no mud holes or loose stones to give a header to the unwary, but mile after mile of smooth high- Ways, through green country fields, with the blossoming hawthorne hedge, and the tall old elms and chestnut trees about the quaint old-fashioned manor houses and peeping over the high walls, all reminding us that we are in old England, the haven of cyclists. Even Good Bye Roads. ‘The way leads through tiny hamlets and small villages and under the green canopy of rustling boughs in shady lanes, as well as through the larger cities’ busy streets and over the well-traveled highw: You cannot go astray, for all the roads are good and even in a cut across-country to visit the ruins of Kenilworth Castle, on a road but little used, we were surprised to find it, although out of the way, in as good condi- tion as our best American roads. Another delightful feature of English cycling is the inn. They are found at fre- quent intervals, There the weary wheelman may rest and refresh himself at one-half the price asked at home for like aceommo- dation. The English taverns are the rem- nants of the good old ccaching days, as their enormous stables, now silent and ten- antless, mutely prove; but in these vast old rambling hostelries the good-natured, buxom landlady and the rosy-cheeked barmaid still remain, The latter will draw for you, in a bright pewter mug, English ale, and serve you a good substantial meal on the old oak table, black with age, in the cheery “coffee reom.” One thing that greatly impresses the American in England is the modesty and humbleness of the middle and lower classes. It was amusing to me, in my travel-stained garb—and pleasant, too, I confess—to have our hostess declare her best room (a great, roomy chamber, con- taining a huge four-poster bed and furni- ture that would have delighted a collector of antiques) ‘‘not good enough for a real lady, like yan be!’ At the casement win- dows fluttered fresh chintz curtains, and outside on the broad sills blossomed a num- ber of fragrant flowers. Every cottage, no matter how small, has its array of flower pots or boxes of bloom, and the luxuriance of growth must be owing to the moist air, for they seemed to need no particular care to make them “blossom like the rose.”” As far as our experience goes, the En- glish innkeeper is an honest fellow and his wife a “pleasant body,” as they would say. The rooms were always clean and sweet, and while the cooking was not as highly seasoned as we like it at home, still it was good, and the accommodation all that could be desired, and for the very modest outlay of from two to three shillings a night, for two, ‘Women Riders in Europe. ‘There is no reason why it would not be perfectly admissible for a party of Ameri- can ladies to take a run through England alone. No ore need fear any disrespect be- cause unaccompanied by a gentleman, On the continent, however, a man is an abso- lute necessity, as no respect is shown women, as such, and the party of feminine This Water Goes by Special Order to Paris as Well as to Hot Springs. FOR URIC ACID DIATHESIS, GOUT, RHEUMATIC GOUT, RHEUMATISM, NEPHRITIC COLIC, CALCULI, ETC. Dr. Thomas H. 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Resident Phy- BUFFALO LITHIA WATER a for sale by Drazzists and Grocers general! f.0,b., atthe Springs Descriptive pamphlets guests from June 15th to October Ist. Proprietor, Buffalo ¥, oF in cases of one dozen half-gallon bo'ties, $5.09 sent FRE ‘on application. Springs open fo Lithia Springs, Va. W. S. THOMPSON, Agent, 703 15th St. N.W, cyclists would be badly handicapped. less among their number they po: some one who could speak fluently the dif- ferent foreign languages. Being an American excuses much that is remarkable to the slow-going Britisher, who openly avows, “You Yankees are so plucky, you know!" which is an admission not distasteful to our national pride, and as far as personal experience goes, we found “our cousins across the pond” ready to be very cordial and pleasant with us—the up- per as well as the lower classes—in spite of the fact that we had no “boxes,” by the number of which the respectability of the average tourist is said to be gauged. The ycling Britisher is not a cad, but a good, sensible feliow. In England, it must be remembered, the cities and sights to be seen are closely grouped together, so the cyclist, by maki only an average of twenty or twenty-five a day, will be able to take in the ‘3 of interest to traveler and can ch London in a fortnight without the least trouble. While making no prete: n- ns to being an unusually strong woman—being only of medium height and weight, but blessed with good health and a fondness for athletic sporis—still I made on our trip through England an aver , daily, of forty miles, and although we took a meandering course, sé as to visit all the cities and ruins of interest, we reached London easily in two weeks, without the least trouble, neither of us being at all the worse for our sightseeing and hours on the wheel. It may be well to say right here that we never “scorch,” and make it a rule not to ride up hard hills. It is an absurd waste of strength, and not only injures and racks the wheel, but is most injurious to the rider’s heart and lun; The cyclist who enjoys long runs knows how necessary ft is to have an occasional rest from the saddle, and by walking up “hard grinds” this Is accomplished without any unnee: sary delay. Hill climbing and scorching ere two things that no sensible cyclist, male or female, will do. Plans of Travel. While in London resting up, after the run, there are a number of inexpensive excursions that can be taken. To Windsor, to visit the famous castle; to Siddenham, with its crystal palace and other attrac- tions; to Hampton court, and trips up and down the Thames, by penny steamer, and if neither time nor money is limited, a pleasant visit can be made by Loat to the Isle of Wight and the C! s 5 Being in cycling garb—and probably a lit- tle seedy looking, too, by this time—go, s: ond-class, or even third, when there is a third class—remembering that a penny saved is a penny earned, and that the 3 commodations are almost the same, and certainly not worth the difference’in the fare. Another reason which to me was of prime importance was that in the first-c coaches you are thrown in with only t stiff and exclusive tourists, who have no great desire to meet, knowing what they are like, and how rigidly the: will hold themselves aloof, while in the second and third-class coaches you are quite as good as anybody, and will meet many quaint end odd people. Now, one word as to the weather. While it is undoubtedly true that English rains are “beastly” and English fogs not much better, and that it is rainy or foxzy, or both, two days out of three in London, still we experienced delightful weather during our two wecks” spin, haying only one morning a little rain that did not last long. The atmosphere was delightfully clear in the rural Cistricts, but it must be confessed it was somewhat cold. It was necessary to retain our warm woolen undergarments worn on the ocean yoyage. the whole time epent in England, for the sun seems to shine without warmth through a haze, and the wind comes up in the afternoon, and by twilight it was quite chilly, even in the summer months. An outer coat over the sweater will be found quite # comfortable thing to have, and no cyclist should underiake an English run without warm and suitable clothing. In London we found lodging in a very nice boarding house on ‘Torrington square, a central location, and one most popular— to judge by the number of boarding houses we called at to find them all crowded, be- fere securing accommodation—and were quite satisfied to pay 3 shillings (75c.) for our room, with breakfast when desired for 2 shillings more, which left us free to have lunch atid dinner wherever we might chance to be without having to lose time by re- turning to Torrington square. A week slipped rapidly away, and ten days had passed when we regretfully start- ed forward once mere, turning our faces toward Harwick, from which city we were to take the steamer for the Hook of Hol- land to visit the quaint land of dykes and wind mills. THE VORACIOUS CARP, Clever Rusex by Wh It in Exter- miinating Black Bass. The German carp is a vicious firh after # ‘ashion, and the kind of brains it has is de: W. F. Meehan in the Fishing Says Mr. Meehan: “One day in early June, in 193 or 1894, in Montgomery county, Pa., I was watching the spawning bed ‘of black bass in Perkio- men creek from a bridze overhead, when along came a number of large German carp, One made a feint toward the nest, and when attacked by the black bass fled. While the ss was in pursuit the remainder of the carp darted in, and in a twinkling devoured the spawn in the nest. I waded out to the bass nest later and found scarcel egg in it. I was told afterward of a similar case in the same stream.” ‘The Pennsylvania report of the state com- joners of fisheries says that “there are heartily anathemized by than the carp. They fai! Te; > In the creatur nd charge it w had ones, the mos serious of wh h is that it is a more invet- than the eel, r that it will g2 ous fish The carp furnishes sport, because it refuse lures offere American countrie ittle or ne to take the ordina opular <actly who first intro- duced carp into American w ly when it was done, but Mr. I fornian, some time hefore 1S70, to have been the man. He is regarded In much the same light as the introducer of the h sparrow into the United Siates, and isguided met bits onto Australia. os About Encores, who turned Eng! which all hone ed. Then take a shabby advantag: professiona of the s and it is to be rej few of our performers posscss suflicient cou t 3 e to return to the pl and f form, bow monger cares y, or balance, or « sion be th the oratorio nd crdinary © gained fer, and if his demand ed to he will hoot and bray an attempt Is made to perform piece, as if he belonged to the 1 quadrupeds or feathered biped then we have occasionally what the n papers term “a scene’ % “ Arryism Sization. cal public would but think this matter over and determine to stomp out the nuis- ance one great blot on our English musical performaaces might be eff: Unforiun- » it is not yet quite certain whether encores are more distasteful to the great majority of performers than th aredoa ction of the concert-going public. a He Doean’t Revelgh It. 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