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Show PROCTOR AND FRYE ARE THESENATE FISHERMEN WASHINGTON, Moy 3 In tho Senate Sen-ate on Trlday President Frye sat In his chair and gazed ut the celling, benitnr Proctor tore the back off an envelope and wrote on It. "Dear Frye. How can you sit thero when the Ice la out of the Hko? Piootor." He sent the noM to Senator Frye, who reid It and made a gesture of despair de-spair that caused a dozen Senators to wonder If the presiding ofllcer had heard bad new a I'roctoi und Fryo nre famous fishermen fisher-men For thirty sears benator Proctor has been ln Vermont on tho last night of April, with llshlng tackle reuly, and for thirty jcnin at sunup on the first of May has begun casting for speckled trout. He will be theie this car. Senator Foraker today worked off a new Philadelphia stors. Ho wob speaking speak-ing against the Chinese exclusion bill, when Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania Interrupted him, calling attention to a case In Federul Reports 57. Mr. Foraker Fora-ker said that did not constitute a modem mod-em Instnni. ns the; Sup.eme court hns rendered decisions since that time. 'This .eference to Federal Reports 57." said Senator Foraker, calls my attention at-tention to the stors of the man who was busily engngfd In busing oil tho last sen s ctlendaib he could llnd. A surpil'ed friend nsked why he was buying this quantity of lust year s cal-endais. cal-endais. Tho .eply of the buyer was, 'I m getting them to sell In Phil idel-ohla idel-ohla ' " Senator Hour Is chuckling with great glee over a letter he received from u Boston publisher lt seems thnt more thnn a sear ngo this publlhser conceived con-ceived the Idea thit It would be a gieat thing to codify tho United States laws He started a big force of clerks at the work. A few days ago ho heaid It Intimated that tho United Stntea Gov eminent was also dolus something of the kind, and vvrot In great haste to Senntoi Hoar to find out, saying he was doing the snnie thing at enormous expense Iho Senator sent tho letter to W. D. lly-num, lly-num, one of the codifying commission, nnd nsked him to nnswer It. The coillfslng commission has been nt vvoik M. eight si".", and will soon hive Its work completed Mi. riynum does not know whether the Joke Is on the man fiom Ronton, who Is trying to compete with the Government, oi on the codifying commission, which hns been at work Mr eight sears without an Inkling of Its lalim getting to Ros-ton. Ros-ton. Senator Hoir thlnka It Is a double-barreled double-barreled Joke The Ronton mm Is p. oh-ubly oh-ubly unable to sco the humor of the situation an enthusiastic golfer Is Gen. Miles It is related that den Miles once went to the links of a club In a Southern city. ' Roy, ' he said to his caddy nn the Muith link, 'how long Is this one? ' Ono hundred nnd ninety-seven yatds, General" tho caddy lerlled. "Ah," sild tho General, "a drlvo nnd n, put " He teed up his hull und struck at It viciously. Instead of hitting fall ly he ' topped ' It. The hall rolled u few sards In a sickly sort of n way und then stopped That s nil right General" sild tho cudds. .enssurlngls . 'now for u 'bun Inni,' put, It Is lelnted with grcit Ueo that Ren ntor McMillan ulso a golfer, took Senator Sen-ator Hale with him ono day to go mound Ihe couisc 8enntm Ilile had never played golf before Senatoi McMillan Mc-Millan pic ked out u good c addy for hlin and they slatted out. The boy made it nice little Ice for Senator Hale, plnced tho hull on It and stood buck respectfully Senator Hale looked at tho hall In a helpless sort of vvjy and then mnde a sums! ut It with the driver. Ho ploughed m Iho ground bo-hind bo-hind It, but dl 1 not touch the ball "Roy," he said to the caddy, "what did I hit?' The District ot Columbia, sir," the caddy replied |