acai Bas. m the , : Delaware. 2 "The battle Toyal of my ite with fe * 'said an -angler o'}) and varied experience witl : the, zea, "Was wi a ten 'aaa -. surf or in. its haunts in the estu- Bares of the sea coast, although se fish were mote plenti- ful thas they are now # twenty- five pounder was not uncommon and sixty pounders not unkaown. This particular ten pound striped bass of which I have pleasant mem- ory was hooked and killed in the sage cold, rippling fresh water of the upper "Delaware River a hun- dood | an more miles from the sea. "T was staying « few days at a Delaware Valley village one fall nome years ago, and out early one morning for a stroll toward the river I met a native with two fish strung on a forked stick. The . sight of them surprised me and I . stopped the man and asked him where in the would be got those fish. 'Them rockfish? said he. 'Ketched 'em in che . river last very go These here two is nie for an' I'm takin' 'em to the man that spoke lor 'em.' "The rockfish were striped bass and good eight pounders. The thing that amazed me, ose was that striped bass enould en in that fresh water so far ay from the sea. I learned that they were no novelty there, having -been-caught as long as any one - eould remember every fall. They were taken in eel! racks. "No one thereabout had ever thought of fishing 1er the bass with hook and line. I knew the extra- erdinary game qualities of the striped bass and the idea of accom- plishing the unheard of feat of kil- ling a striped bass with hook and line in those far away mountain waters appealed to me. There was no tackle thereabout fitted for striped bass, so I went to New York and got mine. "T had no necessity for getting any of the baits we used in the home waters, for I found that the striped bass that fell to the eel racks in the Delaware were feed- ing on small, s.tvery fish, which were strange to me and which on. inquiry I found were young shad, | the product of the spring's hatch- ing. As there were many of them intercepted every night by the cel racks I had no trouble in getting bait. 'One October morning I rowed across the river to the Jersey side, landing a mile up stream, at the head of a rift in which an ee rack was set. The bed of the Dela- ware River is rocky, and a rift is a@ stretch of more or less fall that makes of the water passing over it & miniature rapi "Near the shore at the head of this riff, just where the water be- gan its flight over the stony fall in a glassy reach of stream, was a deep, eddying pool, overhung by «water birches that darkened it with their shade. A hundred feet above the pool I waded into the! river waist deep and cast so that I drew my shadlet bait slowly along the outer edge of it, between that | and the upper end of the eel rack | wing on that side of the rift where the water began its swift entrance | to that thoroughfare leading to the trap below. I had judged that the, pool would be a good lurking place , ™* for a striped bass "T must have judged rightly, for 'T had trailed my hook and bait le's than half way along the edge: felt the un- | mistakable chug that telegraphs to, of that pool when I tht fisherman the strike of a striped bass, the line suddenly tautened, the thick tip bent into a half circle, the reel began to whirr at lightning | speed, and I knew that the vim and fury of at least one striped bass | fad not been lost to him by his, teming into those mountain waters far away from the sea. "And I soon found that fighting with a striped bass in water where the sea room was limited and char- acterized by a bottom of slippery | 'stones and swift tumbles of rocky rifts called for skill and endurance | on the part of the angler exceed- | lng even those qualities required of him in handling a big fish in the ee At first th.s bass confined imself to the pool in making his nishes, and then suddenly he made | s dash out into the swift upper | ~ water of the rift and then down it in the rapid leading of the eel rack. The ree! whirred and whir- | started up the rapid stretch of | processions to the churches to strew red, although with one thumb I) * was putting on brakes with all my might. I strove to check the rush of the fish in that direction, as if ae 32 kept it he would go headlong to the rack, thus spoiling. my wort and robbing me of the credit | of landing -him and of establishing 8 record in angling in the upper Jeaches of the Delaware River. ost 200 feet of my line was _ Spun off the reel wy the rushing ck . . fOr Anse 'prow' 'of Catching the pool, this way. and that way, nee or twice leaping from the | watee and trying to shake the hook oose. n I saw that he was a prize that wonld have been worth gaining even from the tossing surf where the big'ones 'While the bass kept to the pool I took advantage of it to wade out toward the ie of the river, where the water was shallower, ho oping sto snag the fish that way and h him from another dash Soon, "oe rift and the possibility of his yet meeting his fate in the fish, trap. ut the bass was not, in- clined to be led out into the river and he started down stream again. This time, though, he passed out- side the Jersey shore wing of the eel rack and took to the smooth glide of water thaf lay between that wing and the shore, a reach of stream perhaps a hundred feet wide running down a good 300 feet to where the river broadened out below the rift. '*T was unable to hold the fish in check, and he soon whirred off nearly all the line on my reel, and as he showed no intention of turn- ing back up the giuding passage no- thing was left for me to do but fol- low on the trail of the bass if pos- sible, and I took the trail. How I ever managed to make my way + | along that course and maintain my footing on the slippery stones of all sizes and shapes through the swift water of various and unknowa depths, keeping the rushing bags in hand the while, until I came to the securer ground of the broad and quiet waters below the rift is to this day a mystery to me, but I did it, and as the changed his manoeuvres when he found that different environment I soon re- gained a good portion of the line to my reel, thus getting a new ten- ure of advantage in the fight. "But though the desperate fish ran no longer straight away he by no means stoppeu his strugghng. He simply changed his course. He made a rush toward the Pennsylva- nia shore, but came to a sudden stop when he had whisked fifty feet of line from the reel, paused a mo- ment and then turned back with a pap for the New versey side, mak- ing three leaps from the water as |he sped along in a distance of less than a hundred feet. '"'Again he stopped suddenly, paused a moment as if 'considering what it would be best for him to do next and then headed himself | swiftly and directly toward me ; where I stood almost waist deep in ;the water. He came so fast that it was impossibie fo. me to EI kn] did not think of it on the moment the belief cume to me soon after- ward and I hold to it yet that the bass had a deep plan in that move- ment of his. It was to whip around me as I stood in t#® water, take a hitch about my legs with the line, as I have seen black bass and trout do with a line about a projecting root or snaggy log, and thus get a hold that would enable him to break loose from the hook. "And there isn't any doubt but that he would have carried out his plan if I had remained in my posi- tion, but with the intention of aid- ing my reel in taking up the slack in the line I began to move back- j wa ard as fast as 1 coul in the 'water. I had taken but a few | steps in that way when I slipped jfrom a round siene I had got my {foot on and fell sidewise into the | water. » "Although I west under with the © | sprawl, I he'd my red steady above and scrambled to my feet. That j change of position upset the fish's plan and the commotion in the water frightened him to another course and I had scarce!y got to my feet befure the line was taut again and the bass was whirring it off the recl in a dash diagonally lupstream directly toward the tur- 'bulent water where the eel rack i discharged the overflow of the rift from above. "He took out 200 feet of my line before he reached that spot, and 'as he tarried in that tumbling tor- | rent I walked toward it, reeling in 'line as I walked, endeavoring at the same time to draw the bass !away from the rest he was getting. |] succeeded, and away he went lagain toward the Jersey shore. | "Many little sandbars lay along that shore and a long stretch of 'the shore itself was gently sloping sand, This was a fortunate thing i the slack of the line, and while I |< hind him until the -eel sang and 'again. to fght against shis fate and came into the shallow* water. "Tired as he was, though, at sight of me again ne made another stand and turned to go back. f reached for my gaff. It was gon from its place in my belt. 'I had lest it when I fell in the water re-' }out in the middle of the river. "Here was an unlocked for. di- lemna, and one that-might lose me my prize now that it was with: my grasp. I took che bass in hand again and soon he came following the reeled in line. Right on close to the sand bar he followed until the water wa' so shallow it did not cover his: body. Taking the line in my hand a couple of feet above the hook I reaclied carefully out to slip my finger under the gills of Pomy fish as he lay apparent- ly helpless in the shallow. "My hand was almost to his gill cover when he flopped out of my reach. Mechanially I brought him around with a tug on the line. of his together with the weight of the bass, broke the hold of the h ok in the fish's jaw. "That bass scemned to know on the instant that it was free, fur with vigor astonishing in a thing apparently so nearly dome for it gave a flop and landed back into the water. Then was when it was fortunate for me that the Jersey shore was of these sandy bars aad shallows. The bass was wriggli:g to get into deeper water, but I threw myself flat in the water and} on top of the struggling fish. "Tl wasn't a secund too soon. foade a desperate grab for the fish and caught him in both hands just back of his gills. It was the work of only an instant then to slide a finger up under a gill and haul = bass out. I never paused with until I had carried him off the bar, across the slip of water that divided it from the main shore and stretched him high and dry on the =e in the shade of a choke cherry ush "Just an hour I had been fighticg that game fish tu a finish, and T found that I was almost as nearly finished as the bass was. But I had landed o ten pound striped bass from fresh water high among the Pennsylvania hills a hundred miles away from its home in in doing it. I had that one grand experience with striped bass, un- precedented, unique, I believe, one before which all my other ang- ling experiences, many of them full of excitement and thrills, be- came mere incidents of the sport." --_----__ k____. BELIEVE GRAVE CURSES THEM Afflicted Persons Visit Burial Place in Ireland for Relief. Two quaint old ceremonies, one of very ancient date, the origin of which is not quite known, have just taken place, one 4p Ireland and the other in tne old world village of Braunstone, iu Leices- tershire. In North Kilmurry, some 12 miles from Cork there is a grave to wiheh certain country people still make pilgrimages at certain periods of the year, believing that] they will be cured of rheumatism and other ills. On the grave are a number of e¢rutches and sticks which have been left by pilgrims who have been "cured." The pil- grims bring with them cups and jars of holy water, which they place on the burial place, some of them also tearing off parts of their clothing, which they hang on a thorn bush beside the grave. The tombstone bears i "Erected by the memory of Rev. worth; died January, years."' "The Holme Patrick Dil- 1833, aged 66 Meadow," at Braunstone, is always mown oa the Thursday before "Feast Suan- day," and the hay taken by the parish clerk, who, having it remov- ed to the village church, has it strewn all over the aisles. The origin of the custum is not known, but it is thought that it had its 'for me, as I found a little Jater | on. I followed along after the! fish as fast as I conld, and when! | he was within a few yards of the 'shore the water became too shal- low for him ana «we turned and_ stream down winch I had made, my wild rush on urs trail when he | started from the pool above the! head of the rift. "He was weakening, = T could plainly see, and I hurr to one of the sandbars near the shore, took my position on [ and pro- ceeded to manage th s from there. With my rod fending like a tree in a storm I reeled in line against the faltering retreat of the fish. He gradually kaye way to the ressure on him and began an- in his course. Prot or the tug of the line by g beginning in the time when the | floors of churches and houses were yn earth and covered with rushes, }times in which there took place 'each year the ceremony of rush beating, the villagers going in ithe floors with new rushes. Few men carry a bigger roll of bills than the professional detecter of counterfeits. It is a felony to have counterfeit money in one's possession, but each counterfeit} detecter has a special licegse from the treasury department at Wash- ington to carry ut 150 san 4 of bosus money 'or each coun feit bill detecter carries ' genuine note of the same kind.and denrminati But he was arty the} time coming, and at last he ceased} treating from the ge f the fish | Jeb the less 1. Tn the beaiiaingete the sons T iesaoh w we shall come'u nh a time was no longer Jiste: ed: to. crisis had not yet arrived. But Jeremiah had already declared the cértainty of a captivity lasting for seventy years (Jer. 25. 11). What he does in this chapter is to set forth the difficulties under which he has announced the will of God in the prophecies of the chapters Pp re ig. 2. Stand in the court--The outer. court where it would be most casy to get a hearing before the people assembling from the cities of Judah. iminish not a word--Through Moses, Jehovah's people had been commanded neither to add to nor diminish the message received by them from Jehovah (Deut. 4. 2). Standing as le did in peril of his life, it would be natural for we project to wish® to suppress the harsher portions, of his 'warning. 3. It may be they will hearken-- Jeremiah's judgment of the conu.- tion of affairs in Judah is depic- ted in his arraignment : * Jehoia- kim (Jer. 92. 13-17). But none could more fitly have declared not only tue wrath of Jehovch against a guilty people, but also the ev- erlasting love and compassion of ehovah, and his long-sufferiog. ts of peace and pardon were still held out, but on this and an- other occasion (Jer. 36) the peo- ple and their leaders contemptu- ously refused to change their course. Compare Jer. 7 5. Rising up early and sending-- A phrase peculiar to Jeremiah aud occurring -- in his pro- phecy 6 Shiloh" town of Ephraim, central in position, which accounts for its choice by Joshua as tne re:ting place fur the ark and tab- ernacle. Though a town of con- siderable importance in the time of the Judges, it became excessive- ly idolatrous, and so lost the ark in the days of Eli, and fell into the cruel hands of the Philistines.. €25,/In Jeremiah's day it was a vil- | lage of no special significance. dn this way wa' Jerusalem to be made contemptibie among the nations. 7-15--The charge against Jere- miah by the prophets and priests before the princes and people, and his defence. 7. Prophets--These were the false prophets, who, however, had the ear of the populace. They were in constant opposition to co remiah, both' in Jerusalem and Babylon (23. 8, 28. 1, 29. 1). They succeeded in neutralizing bis mes- sage with their lying tatteries. 8. Made an end of speaking -- That none offered to molest him till he had co-clided bis address shows that, in spite of incredulity, they still cherished a half rever- cording to the Mosaic law (Deut. prophet. It was only after he had done speaking that the people laid hold on him and declared that, ac- cording t the Mosaic law (Deut. 18. 20), he must be put to death. Their charge was one ot blas- phemy---Jeremiah had spok | with- out the command of Jehovah. 9. Whv hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah ?--It was in- comprehensible to them that suc things should befall Jerusalem as came upon Shiloh. 10. The princes--It is thought these were the heads of prominent houses of the -tribes, who had brought with them to Jerusalem in a time of disorder tne prestige of their local reputation. 'rhe power which they here exhibit had gradually grow up through their employment in important offices about the ccurt, and is an evidence of the decay of the monarchy. The entry of the new gate--this was the place oramarily chosen for trials. For the building of this gate, see 2 Kings 15. 35. 11. Prophesied against this city --The case of Stephen comes na- turally to mi:d. The threat of desolation to both city and tem- ple was still fresh in 'the ears of the people. 12. Jehovah sent me--This was the burden of the prophet's de- ense. e firmness of cofviction with which he faced his accusers is seen in the repetition of these words, with the additional affirma- tion, of a truth. in verse 15. He did not shrink in fear-from the worst they might do; only he would have them remember that it was God, and not any one igs against whom em gyi erg a Judah, and had for pres years been the resting place of the (1 Sam. 6. 21). 23. Slew him with the sword-- This arbitrary and cruel procedure en the part of the present king, was made possible by-the fact that was & va of Egypt Bi was made governor of the land by Neb ezzar. In this position the had occasion to stand by friend Jeremiah again ee sane HOME HINTS. Mirrors should be washed and dried, then rubbed Pg with spir- its of wine and highly polished with tissue pepe A brush dipped in parafin will arrest worm hales in furniture, and the holes should be filled up with par wax Choose jugs for household use which are wide enough at the top to allow of a thorough cleaning with the hand or a clot Heat a lemon thoroughly before squeezing and you will obtain near- ly double the quantity of juice you would if it had not been heated. If pieces of toasted bread are put into soups or gravies which are too salt and taken out in a few minutes utes, it will be found that the bread a soe a good proportion of e 5a ieee can be done to prevent flies from infesting the larder. The window should be protected with a wire or gauze blind. Every dish, whether of cooked or uncooked meat, fish, vegetables, milk, but- wah, or cream_ shou of Hair brushes should be cleaned at frequent intervals, but not with soap or soda. Use warm water and a little ammonia, and your brushes will last twice as long, and the bristles will remain stiff. Brass articles that are out of con- ---- green rust. his strong ammonia is as good as anything. Pour it over the article and brush it with a stiff-bristled brush. Sweep your carpets ey to remove all dust-an After an hous slightly damp a broom, and sur- . thig way an old carpet will look clean and fresh, however faded it may he. Infants' feeding bottles --_-- be placed daily in a caucepan - of cold | © water, and allowed to remain on the stove until the water has boil- ed two or three minutes. By at- tention to this simple direction many baby ailments may be avoid- ed. - s contain quite a large quantity of phosphorus, and there- fore are good for brain workers. ey should not, however, be eat- en between meals. tew r roasted apples taken at breakfast time are good for those who suffer from constipation, To extract a splinter take a wide- mouthed bottle and nearly fill it with hot water, then thold the in- jured part over the mouth of the bottle and press down quite tight- ly. The suction will act as a poul- tice and draw the flesh down, and the splinter will come out quite painlessly. A useful precaution when baking cakes, particularly where a gas- stove is used, is to place the tin containing the cake, which should have been lined bottom and sides with white sandwich paper, inside another tin, with a layer of sand between the two. This will keep the bottom from burning. a . CHOCOLATE AND MUSIC. Are Used by Swiss Prison Chief to Reform Convicts. The convict prison of Witzwyl, = the Canton of Berne, one of the largest institutions of its kind in Switzerland, has a new governor, who igs determined to introduce '"'reforms." In order to,make the conviet give up his daily allow- ance of tobacco and stop chewing and smoking, the governor is try- ing to "persuade" the prisoners to exchange tobavco for chocolate of equal value; but he admits that he has not met with much success. The new governor also believes that music "soothes the savage breast." and he was glad when re- cent] four wandering Bohemians, with guitars and violins, arrived at >| Witawyl, under escort, to serve a short. sentence.» Several times a week they play in' the evening t> ef] Ses up their fellow prisoners. --t------ iF Contentnent has been defined as the phil tery held by a eke! at Malta, will oe ae een Kitchener. expects 'him to/¢ crush with a arial hand the grow- aes en ing dissatistaction® of the natives n Egypt. i P "Tt was through his military gpni- habili or Saaenller-inc hief, and firm- ly established the supremacy of Great Britain in that country. CROMER MAKER OF EGYPT. Lord Kitchener's latest appoint-} ment makes him indirectly the suc- cessor of Lord Cromer, the cessor of the late Sir Eldon Gorst, who is known as the maker of Egypt, and was British Agent and Consul-General in Egypt from 1853 to April 12, 1907, when he resigned. Two important events occurred duting Cromer's "agency" in Egypt. In 1883 the resto Khe- dive abolished the joint contro! of England and France, and on the recommendation of the British, ap- pointed an English financial ad- viser. The Anglo-French conven- tion of April 4, 1904, further re- moved restrictions which incumber- ed the management of Egyptian finance. GOT KITCHENER THE JOB. It was Cromer who secured the appointment of Kitchener, as com- mander in-chief of the Khedive's army, which was ultimately to make life and property as safe as in London as far south as Omdur- man and beyond. It was Cromer who damned the Nile at Assouaa, to increase the irregated area of the valley. And it was Cromer who, satisfied with the work al- ready done, proposed in 1906 a change in the internal administra- tion of Egypt which he believed the country was ripe for. AS HE is. Lord Kitchener's services in the Boer war added to his military re- nown and made a the popular idol of the Empir A tall, ar ian! limbed figure, deliberate in vement, stil] and piéreing eyés" 'or deep "blue, com- plexion sunburned a dill brick red, a square, cleft chin, a reso- lute mouth, shaded by long mous- tache, the face stern, cold, in- flexible. Such is Lord Kitchener. Born in Ireland of English par- ents, in June, 1850, his boyhood s passed in that country. Ra- ther a bookworm than an athlete, he showed but little capacity for|t outdoor sports, his talents ieee chiefly toward mathematics. entered the army as a leuiisams of Royal Engineers in 1871, and first saw service in the Franco- Prussian war, having offered him- self to the French authorit'es, and was actively engaged on several occasions, but owing to an attac of pneumonia was invalided back to England BEGAN IN PALESTINE. At the ecartiest opportunity he sought service abroad, and was sent to Palestine under the aus- pices of the Palestine exploration fund. In this work he was con- nected with many well-known men, such as Farrar, Holman Hunt, Walter Besant and Sir Charles Warren. After spending six years of danger and adventure surveying Palestine, which had not then been civilized by Cook's tourists, and was overrun by roving bands of robbers, he was removed to Cyp- rus to organize the courts and put the civil service on a firm basis. In 1879 Lord Beaconsfield appoint- ed him one of his military vice consuls in Asia Minor, and he sub- sequently returned to Cyprus and ade a survey of the entire island. MASTERED LANGUAGE. During these years Kitchener had obtained a mastery of the Arabic a and character, which was to stand him in gocd stead later. When the Egyptian army was be- ing drilled by the English officers in 1882, he volunteered his services and was appointed one of the two majors of cavalry. When the ill- fattd Gordon was shut up in Khartoum*it was Kit- chener who managed to smuggle through the little news of the outer world, which Gordon received. and who assiduously sent news to Khartoum northward, uofortunate- ly in vain. CONQUERED THE SOUDAN In 1892 Kitchener was appointed sirdar, or commander-in-chief, of the Egyptian Army. Then com- menced the conquest of the Son- dan. Without a single pavfse the work went forward. Kitchener is never in a hurry. With rigid self control he feels the groun rm fore advancing & used camels he conceived the ofa cailtwat 'and turned a raid inte an. 'irresistible' conquest: ~ f IN SOUTH AFRICA. Thea came South Africa. - He i es ER oe | Dwellers > in Pro us on er in Egypt was re- him" He became SLEEP INSURANCE. The complaint . "Besseneny, mays a ssingly common, is in-. i causes sleeplessness. ten the victim foolishly resorts te hypnotic drugs, which in turn gravate the in n, and finally poh sai a pleas wreck, to the - Women suffer. scarcely less fre- quently by worrying over the ene b the household, and so turbing the sleép that should ae peaceful to be refreshing. The con- sequences are often most serious, for sleep is more important than ood. A good night's sleep should satis- two conditions--it shou and should last long enough to repuir completely the nerve and muscle wear and tear of the day. As to length, a child of seven years requires twelve hours; a boy or girl of sixteen years must have at least nine hours; while the aver- age adult should sleep seven hours or a little more. Some can do with less, but for the majority of peo- ple seven hours is _ minimum. And this a be seven hours sou do its restoring work effectively. Unfortunately, dwellers in cities have to endure such @ multitude of noises that tranquil sleep is seldom attainable. ut we can do much to approach ie ideal, if we cannot quite reach i The saan should be as far as possible from the main roads, rail- way stations, and other centres of noise, and in a.street free from noisy milkmen and other early traders. The bedroom should be in the quietest part of the house, and, as both darkness and fresh air favor sleep, many doctors insist on the windows being provided with Ven- etian blinds. There should be a rule in every house against the banging of doors, loud talking, and other noises of inconsiderate early risers When light falls on 'the closed eyes it stimulates the brain to ac- tivity. Therefore, the bed must not face the window, but be placed. with the head toward it. For yc ung people and the middle- aged a moderately hard and firm bed is to be recommended, but old people are more comfortable in a soft And toe ---- of es room ought not to e 60- ok Fahrenheit, except Se. cases of elicacy or illness. When ca rg comes on it can generally without drugs, unless it is due to one dis« ease or ne: The first thing to is to find out the cause and to rains it. Indigestion, for example, is very common cause of sleeplessnest and the remedy appropriate is re- moval of the indigestion, and not resort to sleep-producing drugs, which make the indigestion worse, Indigestion is of varied natur but acid dyspepsia is probably tht most trequent as a cause of insoms nia. In this case one should avoid tea, fruit, and all articles of diet containing vegetable acids, iclud~ ing vinegar and acid wines. Fried fat must also be avoided, and the diet generally should be carefully regulated. A little pep- permint-water or essence of gin-. ger at bedtime is often of great -- ue in these cases. Other common causes of sleep lessness_ are' asthma, bronchitis,' heart affections, and anaemia, and the unwisdom of taking hypnotic drugs is shown by the fact that each of these producers of insomnia re- quires distinct and appropriate treatment, Sometimes sleeplessness is merely the resuft of hunger. may dine at seven o'clock and go to bed at eleven or twelve o'clock without taking any more focd. ,By me time the stomach is empty, its owner cannot sleep. A glass ey warm milk or a bow! of thick soup would send him off at once,! --t$------ ITEMS OF INTEREST. .. As a rule, those who do much mental labor need regular physical exercise, which tends to cares and worries easier to bear. It is weed te for one while feeling exhausted from mental work to take vigorous physical exercise, es- ecially immediately after or ore &@ mea There is an easy way to tell ifa diamond is genuine. Make a small dot on a piece of paper with a lead pencil and took at it through the diamond. If it shows but a si dot: the diamond is genuine. If it shows more than one, or the mark appears scattered, it is net a co une diamo gx the "@glivery of an Durin: dress at a len meeting, the pa oe 'supplied by « re an. a boy he aharned, it out by Fe gu ianly turning the hande, Cities -- Get per A person . "te, render . be- |