THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1009.
DRY FLY FISHING.
Hints to the Angler How to Entice
Big Flan.
Dry lly fishing Ib very little prac
tised In "lis country for the reason
that almost all authorities seemed to
agree that the wet lly method Is the
only one suited to our strenms. G.
M. L. La Hranclio, In an article in Re
creation, declares that a lly "doctor
ed" with a very light application of
parafllne is nearly always to be pre
ferred to n wet lly, if an angler onco
gets "wise" to the right way to cast.
A few of the points ho emphasizes are
as follows:
"If the angler wants big Ush and
we all do -the dry lly will take thorn
when nothing else will; but it must
be presented properly to the highly
'educated' trout of streams that are
much fished. My one great difficulty
at the start was a seeming inability
to check the Impulse to give the lly,
after it had alighted, n few spasmodic
jerks, thinking to make It look alive.
This action is fatal. The small fish
will take it, of courso, as they will
also when It Is Just floating; with the
current, but I have never taken a good
fish except when my line was quite
slack and the lly floating naturally
with the current. What Is known as
the 'drag' also destroys any chance
of a rlsi, but this in not always the
fault of the angler. It must bo avoid
ed If possible, and the only remedy I
can prescribe is practice, if a cast
should be bungled, don't become
exasperated and snatch the leader and
lly off the water In disgust you court
disaster when this Is done, for the
chances are better than even that you
will bang up good and fast In some tree
behind you. Permit tho fly to drift
downstream until It reaches u point
Dearly opposite you, and then retrieve,
and the danger of scaring a llsh that
you might get on the next cast Is
minimized.
"The lly should rest on the surface
for but an Instant, then be lightly
whisked off and a false cast or two
made In the air to dry It before drop
ping It again on the water. Each cast
must count! If tho point of the rod is
raised gently at the end of the cast,
just before the lly alights, and this
elevation continued afterward, tho
leader will be kept out of water, and
the danger of drowning tho lly, i. e.,
drenching it, will be avoided. Care
must bo taken, however, not to make
(his action too quick, or a motion will
be Imparted to the lly which is as
unnatural as that caused by the
'drag.' "
PRIMITIVE ANIMALS RETURNING
Wild Creatures of Which Kansans
Thought They Were Rid of.
Some time ago Kansas newspapers
printed a lino or two about the dis
covery of a white weasel at Oak .Mills,
adding that white weasels are ex
tremely rare. Lewis and Clark, in
1S0., in tho journal of their famous
expedition, speak of having procured
from an Indian on the Missouri "a
wct-'cI which was perfectly white, ex
cept the extremity of the tall, which
was black." I'c. ips this weasel was
the progenitor of the Oak Mills ani
mal, lly the way. It seems that Kan
sas is coming back to its primitive
condition again, especially as regards
wild animals.
Many wild creatures that wcro
thought to have iong since disap
peared from our soil are making their
appearance again. A little over a
yo:ir a;;o a paroquet was killed on the
Uem.iburg farm east of Potter. Paro
quets sw.irmed in this locality in tho
early days, A beaver is occasionally
won in the Missouri River along the
Kansas shore. They were formerly
as plentiful in Stranger Creek as
mtiskrats are now. Last year Herbert
Rogers caught a beaver In the Kaw
River near l.ooompton.
Sam and Will Mct'onnell Wiled a
large black bear near Elk City some
time ago. John II. Illcks of Kingman
county killed a lino specimen of a
bald eague out there recently. John
Hums caught n white squirrel near
Sallna last .lan-.iary. It was a perfect
albino and had pink eyes. Charles
Hus'ed. ' e ir Lawrence, comes for
ward villi a hl-clt pocket gopher, cap
tured near that place. It is on exhibi
tion at the uit" university.
Some time e.-e u deer was roaming
about In tho wes'toni part of Atchison
county, but w have not hoard wheth
er It was captured or not. Deer wore
onco plentiful and Atchison county
has a stream named for them. Klk,
antelope, buffulo, wild turkeys and
other game which once abounded
hero have entirely disappeared, but
we may expect a stray specimen of
most any of these primitive beasts
and birds to bob ua any old time.
San Salvador Prosperous.
"San Salvador Is In a good many
respects the bust country in Central
America," declared Felix Mugden, a
merchant of that place, who has Just
returned from n trip to Europe. "I
make this statemont because I bo
liovo that it Is true. Financially and
In a great many other respects tho
country is far ahead of its neighbors.
Wo have not tho disturbances that
have racked somo of tho other Central
American natious, and wo have not
intorfored in the troubles of others,
Tho President of our country, Figue
roa, Is a fine man In many ways, and
wo all love and respect him. lie is
doing much for San Salvador. IIo Is
honest and Ih an ablo statesman of
tho highest typo, besides having a fine
rocord as a soldier. He has been a
conspicuous flguro In public affairs for
moro than forty years. Wo did not
fool the depression that disturbed
buslnoss in this country, and commer
cially wo aro prosperous. The Indi
cations aro that tho coffee crop this
year will be good, and prices promise
also to be very favorable."
Cn nn .rii mi mi iim
I THE DRUMMER'S I
j STORY
.11 .iim iisi -nil "iiii mi u5 ;
Tho short December afternoon had
closed In the little Colorado village
among the mountains, and this was
Christmas Eve. i
The boarders nt the Fountain, a ,
small hotel, and the only one tho town
afforded, had finished tho evening 1
meal a meal similar to that which
was to be found at all small villages
in the West. i
Tho Inmates of the hotel comprised
tho landlord and his buxom wife, two
hired girls, some 10 or a dozen min
ers, and five or six drummers, knights
of tho grip, who were forced by tho
Inclemency of tho weather to take
ref"ge nt the Fountain.
The snow had been falling steadily
all day, and wns still falling, tho
drifts in some places being several
feet deep.
The men were seated around tho
table, some playing cards and others ;
tolling stories. "Come, Tom," said ;
one of the drummers, "It's your turn
for a story; give us something good
something true this time."
Tom was a dark, handsome fellow,
with black hair and deep blue eyes
eyes that were full of magnetic pow
er. He pushed back his chair, cross- '
ed one leg over his knee and, with his
bands thrust deep In'o Ills pockets,
began;
I onco know a fellow at school, who
for Instance, I will call Fred bright,
quick-witted, generous to a fault, but
very mischievous. His pranks some
times brought him to disgrace at
school, but as Fred was a general
favorite he finished the term all right
and was graduated with honors.
Ho entered college with bright
hopes and high aspirations, and while
there made some brilliant successes;
but, alas! there was to be a fall. Ho .
became Intimately acquainted with an
other fellow of an entirely different
stamp. i
Dob Turner was a la:.y, good-for-
nothing fellow, who wanted to see the
world at tho expense of someone else.
He told Fred that if they had a few
hundred dollars their fortunes would
bo assured. Ho accordingly Induced
Fred to forge a check with his fath-
er's name, and thus was committed i
his first act of crime.
They then went to New York,
where their money was speedily dis
posed of, and Bob. seeing that Fred
was now penniless, basely deserted
him.
Fred at first did not know what to
do, as ho was without money or
friends. He could not go back to his
home with such a disgrace attached
to him, so the next thing was to look
for employment.
After a long and tedious pursuit ho
succeeded in ohtaluing a position In
a small office, for which he was poor
ly paid. He ren..ii,ied there aliout six
months and then obtained a moro
lucrative position as travelling sales
man for a leading New York firm.
One of his trips took him to Ohio,
to the city of Cleveland, where ho met
a beautiful ghi.
Alice Hastings was a pet of society
and used to being admired. Sho
showed a marked preference for Fred
from the lirst and soon became as
much attached to him as ho was to
her. They were engaged about six
months and then there was a quiet
wedding at Alice's home. Their
lioneymoon was spent in making a
tour of the State;--, but alas, his hap
piness was to bo short lived.
While stopping at one of the prin
cipal hotels In Chicago Alice met a
stranger whoso polished manners and
flattering tongue, together with his
handsome face, soon won her affec
tions. She walked with him, danced
with him and drove with him. despite
her husband's objections.
His kind heart forgave her many
things, thinking she would soon for
get tho stranger.
One night, after a hard day's toil of
travel and dust and smoke of trains,
Fred returned to his hotel footsore
and weary. IIo cl'mbed the stairs to
ills room with a heavy heart. There
was an Indescribable so'uet'.-.lng which
would not take form tugging at his
heartstrings. Ho longed, yet dreaded
to enter his apartment. At last he
reached tho doo- and fitting the key
to tho lock ho pushed it open nnd
stood inside.
The room held no other occupant.
Ho passed on to the next, calling as
ho went, "Alice, Alice!" but no re
sponse. He searched them all, but
in vain. Then he thought she must
bo at tho opera, when suddenly his
eye caught sight of a note on the
mantel, in a conspicuous place.
Ho snached it. opened it and
read, "Dear Fred You know the
lines, 'I have another life to meet,
without which life my life is incom
plete.' I have met that life and must
abido with it. Don't look for mo, for
by tho time you read this noto I shall
bo far away. Don't grieve for me,
Fred, but try to to; give and forget.
Your lost Alice."
"And tho husband?" nsked tho
miners and drummers who had been
listening Intently. "Is here," Tom
said, as he dropped his head upon
his breast, while a choking sob shook
his frame. HELEN GERTRUDE
KELLER.
Flavors of Honey.
It is not generally knowu by ti.e
consuming public that there are us
many honey lluvors, and just as dis
tinct, as ilavors to apples and pear
grapes, and other kinds of fruit.
Tho average consumer seems to havt
the idea that any honey that doe.
not taste like what was produced
"oti from tho old farm" Is bogus. A
person reared in a hasswood-olover
district regards as impure a honey
that is mild in flavor, like tho moun
tain sage of California; indeed, he
very often will cluss it as nothing
moro nor less than sugar syrup. The
unsophisticated in a buckwheat dis
trict foel a suspicion toward any
honey that does not have the char
acteristic tasto and color of that sec
tlon. Another, who is accustomed
to the delightful, rainty tasto of al
falta car. scarcely be persuaded t
bolieve that a willow-herb or a pal
metto honey is tho ;.cnulno product
from tho hive.
Throughout this broad domain we
find that beo-koepors have been cat
ering to the peculiar flavor to which
tho locality Is accustomed to such an
extent that tho consumer thinks
there is but one flavor to honey. Mr.
Selser says that he can not sell for
his bottling trade anything but a
clover honey; indeed, ho will reject
anything that has any basswood or
other flavor In tho clover, "because,"
he says, "my trade won't have it."
Gleanings in Deo Culture.
A LEAN-TO POULTRY HOUSE.
Very Comfortable and Convenient
When Built Against a Stable.
Tho accompanying cut represents
n very convenient and comfortable
poultry house, built against a stable
or other outbuilding. The portion ad
Joining tho other wall is eight feet
high, and the lowest part of roof Is
six feet. The roost3 and droppings
boards are set parallel with the yards,
and a partition separates the two
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The King and the Doy.
An amusing anecdote relating to
the King'1! recent stay at llrlghton
wrs related last evening by the Rev,
Cecil Maunsell, vicar of Thorpe Mills
or, to a gathering of his parishioners,
who made a presentation to him In
celebration of his return from llrlgh
ton, where he has been staying for
the benefit of his health. ,
Tho reverend gentleman, who
vouched for tho authenticity of tho
story, said that a few days ago a boy
walked up to his Majesty as he was
strolling along the esplanade at Howe
and said to him:
"Mister, can you toll rae tho time?"
"Yes, replied the King, taking out
his watch; "It is a quarter to one."
Tho boy then informed his Majes
ty that he lrid "been waiting two
hours to see the biooming King," add
ing. "I am not going to wait any long
er." "Neither shall I," replied the King,
as he resumed his walk. His Majes
ty himself, aald Mr. Maunsell, after
ward related the Incident with much
gusto. London Globe.
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Discovery of Peat Bog In Maine.
An analysis of tho strange mixturo
which spurted ten ieot in the air
wl.cn Henry Ilagan was digging a
trench on tho Alonzo Davis place at
NoiTidgowook, Me., a few weeks ago
tiows that it is the finest peat.
So finely separated are the parti
cles that tho substance after the wa
ter evaporates Ironi it is nearly all
carbon. It hardens quickly, and when
In this state bums readily. Hawaii
wan digging a trench through a pice
of low ground when he struck the
vein. It spurted into the air with r
rush that drove the men from the
trench. The substance was so fine
that tho men thought it contained oil
but the analysis showed this contu
sion to the orro eous. About ton urns
are in sight, and it is believed ti...t
there is a still larger dopo:-'it under
tho surface. Those suppositious are
borne out by the fact that the stun
spouted out like an oil well for a
while, indicating that somewhere it
is under great pressure from a clay
or other deposit.
A Good Bargain.
"I wish," said a Capitol Hill man
recently, "that peddlers would keep
away from my house. Somehow or
other my wife can't help buying their
wares, whether sho needs them or
not. All the peddler has to do is to
say his article is cheap. When I get
home at night I usually find some
new stove polish, a new fangled kitch
en utensil or something else lying
around. Last night my wife had a
bottle of something to show me when
I entered the house.
" 'It's an asthma cure, John,' sho
said.
" 'Asthma euro?' I repeated with a
frown. 'Why, Mary, no one in our
family has asthma. Wo don't need
that stuff,'
" 'But, John, just think how cheap
it was,' sho said, it only cost a quar
ter. " Denver Post.
! Decapitated Turtle Walks.
1 Arthur iiiomason caught a fine tur
tlo ono day last week, cut off its head
i and placed it on ice, expecting to havo
a fow friends enjoy it with him the
i following night. The next day ho
i went to tho ice-box after it, but found
1 the croaturo walking aimlessly about.
; He has been back to the Ice-box sov-
oral hours dally since, but tho turtle
Is livelier than ever. Arthur le op
posed to boiling it nllvo and ho foars
. tho turtle feast may have to bo post'
' poned Indefinitely. Friends havo In'
formed him that n turtle will glvo
signs of life six months after It Is de
capitated. Liberty (Mo.) Tribune,
A Wonderful Rabbit Fence.
After five years' work Australia's
great transcontinental rabbit-proof
fence has been comploted. Its length
Is 2,036 miles, and the cost of Its erec
tion has been noarly $1,250,000. It Is
furnished at Intervals of five miles
with systems of traps, In which hun
dreds of rabbits are captured and de
stroyed dally. Inside the barrier
thore appears as yet no trace of their
presence.
Pity She's No more.
There was an old-fashioned woman
who would blush if company caught
her with less than six different kinds
of cake and soven different kinds ot
preserves in tho house. If a guest
liked coffee for supper, sho thought It
was right that sho should havo It,
Her pies were always rich, and sho
used lots of butter and cream. Sho
had never heard of tho dlot cure, and
believed In people oating Just what
they liked. What u pity It Is that son
Isn't alive, so we folkB who are tlrf4
of dieting could go and visit her.
houses, so that they may each have a
ynid, as shown In illustration.
The nest boxes are placed under
the dropping boards nnd the straw
and litter ,i e kept on the floors of
the houses.
Of course wo prefer the sopnrate
scratching shed, but when something
cheap, designed for utility, Is wanted
then the above Is most admirably
suited. It may bo built any size de
sired, and the most will bo much less
than that of a separate house and
yards.
Size of the Eggs.
While it is true that small eggs and
large eggs all sell alike, yet it is
equally true that a basket of largo
eges will be tho first to soil, even
though they bring no more than the
small ones, and It Is also true that
the poultryman who can furnish large
eggs of uniform size and color will
have customers, when those who sup
ply a mixed assortment will some
times lind that his supply exceeds tho
demand.
A good way to develop large eggs
is by selection of hens. Each year
those that conto nearest laying tho
kind of eggs wanted should be kept
for the next year's breeding yards,
and in tills way a flock of fowls that
will lay largo eggs may bo obtained,
"ho time is surely coming when
market men will discriminate against
small eggs, and the tooner wo secure
a flock which will furnish us tho pre
ferred kind, the more cortnln are we
to reap the early profits from tho
change.
How to Improve a 'Flock.
It often happens that ono who has
heretofore kept only mongrel fowls
becomes convinced that lie should
keep a puro breed, but tor some rea
son he fiuds It inconvenient to secure
tho same. The cost in many cases Is
too much, and, though ho would like
to havo boiler fow!-;. ho feels that he
cannot alfoi'd it.
In such cases wo would suggest a
gradual Improvement, a bulldlug up,
as it were, of the mongrels he has.
A male h'.vil of souio good breed
will give him the first year half
breeds, and these mated with a pure
breed will tho next year further im
prove tho Hock, and so on for a few
years, when ho will have a good
strain of puro-bred fowls. Begin next
year to got on the right road for
nrofit,
A Change of Food.
Fowls not only relish a change of
food, even from the. best, but It Is ab
solutely necessary that they have It.
Continuous feeding of tho same things
In the same way will in tlmo become
tiresome, and the fowls lose their ap
petite. They must have a change
oven though wo give them something
not so good.
It is best to plan for this and ar
range tho food so that each day will
find a different kind for them. If wo
have not enough variety to do this,
then wo should prepare those wo
have in different ways, so that each
kind may be inviting to the fowls.
One day we can cook their food, an
other day we can feed in somo other
way, and so on, giving a change al
most every day.
Foolish Hens.
There are some foolish hens which
should never bo allowed to set. They
will step on enlckens, smother them,
trail them through tall, wet grass,
lose them, and do all sorts of silly
things. On the other hand, thoro aro
natural mothers which may be de
pended upon to bring successfully
through the ills that chickens aro heir
to, a dozen out of every thirteen. To
those hens may be entrusted valuablo
eggs.
Muslin Curtain Front.
You have hoard of the muslin cur
tain front for poultry houses. Why
not try such a covering over at least
one of the windows of your poultry
house? Tho verdict of those who
have tried them Is that tho hens aro
healthier and lay better where houses
aro so equipped.
Tho Kind You Havo Always Bought, and which has been
In uso for over 30 years, has foorno tho signature- of
and has been inado under his per
gonal supervision since- its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" aro but
Experiments that trillo with and endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago is it3 guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Fcvcrishncss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
nnd Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears tho Signature of
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The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STI1CCT. NCIU YORK CITY.
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U.S. SALMON, CWsiiiKK
W. .1. WAliD, Ass'r Cashier
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f this Hank.
Geese Are Hardy.
Geeso are good fowls to raise. Thoy
aro hardy, and subject to no particu
lar diseases as are turkeys. Old
geoso of two or throe years are more
profitable than younger ones. There
Is two-fold profit to be had from geeso,
flash and feathers. Marr R. P. Hatch.
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