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Ji Portion of th "East of tho
Mountalns'Reglon Thai Pro
ducts Millions.
By PJtVL DoLJISEY.
CONTRIBUTED "BY DJtVID 8.
' OGDEN. PUBLICATION COMf
Sheep-
Science
Uoe Oreg'bii Desert
Land Colombo; Chose for His Home
; - Where His Remains Are Laid. ,
Mint-K run OREGON, of th9 -FIRST
CHURCH; OF CHRIST,
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- " NOTE. The region described by Mr.
De Laney In th following - article Is In
Its Southeastern part of the state and Is
entirely distinct In characteristics from
' th other portions from which com' mil
' Hons of mineral products, million of
- bushels of wheat, hundreds of thousands
(A1 dollars' worth of fruit. In which are
rich farms that have attained somewhat
sf 'diversified method, and dairying la de
Velopod to the proportions of a great In
' eustry. The majority of the people of
- Eastern Oregon llvs In ths other produc
tive localities, the "desert" described by
Mr. De Laney being sparcsly settled.
Editor.
, Ths sheep Industry of Interior, or
Southeastern, Oregon is carried on la
. ... a" different manner from that of any other
, . place In the world. ; ; , ; i. ; '
' f This applies mors especially to Crook,
Lake, Harney and Malheur Counties. Near
the line between Lake and Harney Coun
ties stands a high peak designated on ths
" snaps as Ram's Peak, but "known through-
, lout the desert as Wagrontlre Mountain.
This mountain, geographically and topo
. " graphically, occupies . ths center of the
exeat Oregon desert To the east of this
peak lies sv vast section of country, sur
, rounding Juniper and Little Juniper
Mountains, extending to the rlmrocks
Overlooking Warner Lake and Abort Lake
on the south, Stein's Mountain to -the
: - east, Malheur's Lake to the east and to
the west and southwest covering .the
' Section bordering the Paisley, Summer
Lake and Silver Lake countries.
X Ths Wlntsr Rang,
. This great scope of country, containing
- millions or acres, is called the Winter
f Bangs by the sheepmen living adjacent
to It. It Is not adapted to anything else.
.' Its location, its altitude, the growth of
. -wegetatlon. where there ts vegetation, all
. iv eo to make it the-sheepman's - winter
range. It Is a barren w ast of rocks,
and, sagebrush, a short stubby grass and
, marauded over by jackrabblts and coy
,, otea. There Is so water there for man
or beast either winter or summer, but in
-, the winter ths snow falls along the moun
, tains bordering the desert and lies there
until spring-. Upon this sheep, horses and
men are sustained.
The desert country lies at a low altl-
tude, so tnueh below the . surrounding
' country that snow never . lies on the
ground, melting as soon as It strikes the
: ground. Just sufficient moisture is left
to sustain ths stubby gnus that grows)
as roots or tea sag and wiregrass.
Destitute In Summer.
In summer no living thins; can survive
tier. As soon as the spring sun begins to
appear the snow melts from the mountain
Ides, the grass becomes parched on the
. desert, great dust whirlwinds roam ths
barren wastes and. man and beast must
- seek the valleys In ths far-away moun-
tains for sustenance. And the men do not
. know thin any setter, than the sheep. By.
the first of April the sheep begin to turn
" jthetr -course toward 4i mountains and
valleys, where lies what Is known as
the summer range, and nothing but. the
skillful work of the herder and his dog
can keep them from over-exerting them-
selves In leaving this country, which they
now. fie from as If It were plague
stricken. But when fall comes they turn away
from the exhausted summer range in the
Valleys and mountains and rush for the
Winter range and again have to be re
strained to keep them from traveling too
far each day, -
Traveling Back and Fourth.
: Many of them are driven hundreds of
. miles twice a season, none of them, less
or at the foot of a mountain, where the
now Is sheltered and kept from melting.
. The sheep start out on the morning and
jr night are very thirsty. As they are
driven . Into camp about dusk ''they rush
than a hundred miles, and the wlnte
.'. and summer ranges and the travel be-
tween them aad the manner of conveying
provisions and, salt into the desert, and
establishing supply-houses and preparing
places in which to live are managed with
: as much skill and regularity as the best
equipped railroad system in the country.
- Few sheep equips are established within
- less than a hundred miles" of the nearest
human habitation and this necessitates
.-..triple provision for both man and heas
have ssJCSaen must TOuaVy clothing
. and sqbstantial food, and wen there are
guns and ammunition, medicines and a
. hundred other things needed in spend-
- ing half of ths year outside of clvllixa-
.. tlon.
LEPROSY CONQUERED
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Vienna. Doctor Claims to Have
jl; SoJyclJtsJlFStery,,...-
ITS CURE DECLARED POSSIBLE
Baths- and Mastag Ar Features of th
t, Treatment Detailed , Report of th
' Treatment Have Been Sent to Wash-
ington The Seoret of th Reported
j -New Cure for That Most Loathsome
'f0t All Dlsssses.
. 1 'X cur for leprosy, that terrible dlse&
, which heretofore has known no conquer
; W, has been announced by -Robert Mo
Wad. United . States Consul at Canton.
Mr. McVade-was one of the -passengers
who arrived by the CP. R. at earner Tar
tar on Saturday afternoon, and in an in
terview he tells ot the successful results
Of the experiments conducted In the leper
colonies In th East by Dr. Raxing, of
Vienna. If , true, this cur will revolu
tionise a theory of medloal science, which
has hl& that leprosy was incurable. Dr. 1
Raslag has been for some time connected
-with th United States army corps in the
Philippines, and entrusted to Mr. Mo
AVsde th particulars of the cure.
Th consul stated the doctor had In
deed found the cur aad that th whole
particulars wer 'consigned to Washing
ton in hi cane, describing the discovery
tad th results: "Fourteen cases wer
lrat4 with ucoesa by. Dr. Rails at 1
It Is estimated that more than 1,000,000
sheep are wintered on this range every
year. These represent owners in the sur
rounding counties. Each band Is ranged
ton .different territory,, and by a sort ot
common law' right every owner knows
hi territory and that of the others, so
that few ever tresspass on one another's
rights. Each owner has one or more out
fits. This outfit consists of from 1000 to
7000 sheep a herder, a camptender, or
or more dogs, five to seven horses, an
"ark" and often a light spring wagon.
The "ark" Is fitted Inside like a house. It
is simply'a miniature house built on an
ordinary set of wagon-wheels. It con
tains a cooking-stove, dining-table,, gun
racks, bed, and has a basement below
containing two or three weeks' provisions.
Two to four horses are bitched to the
"ark" in traveling from place 'to place
and one Is kept for going oh errands, or
used as a packhorse. Each outfit occupies
a large area of country, being moved from
place to place as one division of the range
Is grazed low and given' time to recuper
ate. ' An ordinary ' "ark" will not contain
more than two or three weeks' supplies,
and for this reason there must be a re
source to draw from.
Supply-House In the Desert.
Supplies are usually stored at various
points In the desert. Traveling in and
out, .and from pla.ee to place, necessitates
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A CAMP JEN DER'8 WAGON ON THE DESERT.
this. Owing to the long distance to tim
ber and th dearth of good roads, build
ing of any kind is very expensive. For
this reason the sheepmen generally Club
together and build shacks at given points
Within a day's ride , or drive from the
central portion of the range. These are
stored full of provisions, salt . and grain,
at the o-enlng of the season, and to this
pohrt wren -come with pack-horses and in
spring wagons and convey supplies into
th Interior. These- supply houses are
never locked, the doors merely being fas
tened by a rope or string, and while they
contain flour, sugar, coffee, hams, lard,
baoon and everything In the way of sub
stantial provisions, they are as safe thera
as if under the strongest lock and key
tn civilisation. '
Everybody Welcome-- . . -s
"Travelers, whetherHtey be sheepmen or
not, passing hat way, are welcome to
help themselves, and if they are short on
provisions may take what they need with
them, yet It is claimed that this privi
lege has never been abused. From these
supply - shacks the "arks" are " kept re
plenished from time to time through the
winter.
Winter Range "Water."
The visitor to one of the desert sheep
camps Is more Interested In the manner
In which the horses and sheep take to the
"water" than any other feature of camp
lire. Tne camp is always In some jpijch
a retiso. unis is Me only ,n.- ,h
Lhav of securing water, a, , ,
liking it as well as
la It. liquid "HorBM aISO take t0
v 00 mis element
it readlf
"J3a "Water"
in s Qunnysack.
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IitYs
amusing to hear the camptender re
quest th border to bring gom..wa5r ana;
see the herder take up a gunnysack and
go to a clean pile of snow on the moun
tain aide and shovel it full of snow and
bring it in on his back. The snow Is then
melted and kept cool with" other snow
and the men get to liking it as well as do
the' animals.
Canton. The viceroy, who Is my personal
friend, had some new houses a hospital,
as it were specially built for Dr. Razlag,
and the people upon whom the doctor
operated were there segregated from
their fellows, and no communication al-
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THE LEPER CAST "OUT.
Dr. Raslag was given no help, and de
frayed all expenses of food, medicine.
etc.; from his own pocket, for none of the
friends of the leper ever offer any as
sistance after the disease breaks out, as
the Chinese leper is an outeast. His peo
ple, relatives and friends, cast him out,
and Dr. Razlag, In order to continue his
experiments, was able tb get a number
of typical cases where the disease had
been well advanced, and with fourteen
patients under constant treatment, be de
veloped his discovery, which' will mak
another mark in the discoveries of the
country. In each case the disease soon
manftested an Improvement and In one of
the worst cases that of a Chinese coolie
between 30 and 40 years of age. the ad
vancement was very marked." This .man,
who had been a powerful coolie, had been
bent double with paralysis, as a result
of the inroads Of leprosy, and was
obliged as a result of the disease to walk
using his hands, practically on all fours,
but as a result of the treatment of Dr.
Razlag . this man is now completely re
covered, aa srtalght as any of his fel
lows and can carry aa heavy a load as
ever he coult.'V
THE SECRET IS SENT.
Mr. McWad said he was carrying full
particulars of the . great discovery, in
which th United States is much interest
ed, with Its large leper colony at1 Mol
okal, to Washington, -and will make a
lengthy report covering all details of the'
subjects Xi,msU I
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The winters are long and lonely. Sav
the bleating of sheep day and night, ths
howling of the coyote and bis raids on
the sheep, the snowstorm on the moun
tains and the mists on the desert, there j
Is but little, day or night, to change the
monotony. Occasionally a visitor Comes
along a trapper or another sheepman.
When they do, then there is a Jollification.
The greatest difficulty with the visitor is
to get sway. The camptender and the
herdpr soon get ' accustomed to each
other and learn all that tHvtber knows,
and t bey long for fresh eoterpany. When
a visitor comes they entertain him roy
ally for a sheep camp. Card playing oc
cupies the"Mght until late inside the ark,
where a stove is kept red hot for
warmth. Next day a hunt hy the camp
tender' and visitor generally secures on
antelope. Then night again comes on,
and toward the end of the visit, and
when it is thought he can be kept no
longer, the hidden bottle, only fit for
kings In the desert, Is drawn forth and
ho Is Invited to drink. He is welcome to
spend weeks with them without cost, and
hU- departure Is always sad.. To the
sheepmen It is like losing a relative or
bosom friend forever.
Breaking Camp.
But the Ions winter finally passes.
Spring comes and with it the warm, sun-
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ny days. The sheep grow res fleas, and as
the days dry out the grass and melt ths
snow they become alarmed and start for
the home In the valleys and mountains.
They reach this point just before lambing
time, niul here follows another interest
ing feature, after this xomes the shear
ing season. All sheeptnen leave the win
ter range about the same time, and arrive
there about the same time. The cus torn
has grown as regular as clock, work.
When , they begin to leave the desert In
spring one may climb to the top of the
adjoining mountains and see through a
strong glaas a hundred thousand sheep
moving In different directions, In bands
of various sizes, leading out toward their
respective summer ranges.
Friends and a "Good" Tims.
I The rrlval of the sheepman from the
wfnTCr fane l'ke returning home from
a foreign country. He does not think! of
his persona1 appearance. His clothing is
worn thread?)are. hla shoes are fragments
of leather, hl&eard nd hVrrUiveoSl,
gro
to a long raggSd Vitybrtion an.
y he la
tanned until It is difficult to tell r hat race
he belongs to.
But he Is happy, the happ'.jgt of men.
Everything looks good to Yiiin. Every
body is his friend. is strong in will
power, a few ta" of celebration wtU do
hlrn$u4 J e gettleg down to -tne reguar
v "routine of life, if he Is weak, he goes on
a debauch and never sobers up until his
moiiey and credit are gone. Frequently,
after this state Is reached, if he Is a good
herder, some sheepmen will stand good
for a haircut and a shave, buy him new
overalls and a Jumper and a hat and hob
nail shoes and then take hlril on the range
again. This Is the life of many, but many.
iYea:-ed,4orUne.trojnflhln; in, thft
sneep country- and today count their
wealth by the thousands and some even
by the hundreds of thousands. And ml-
Hons of dofars come annually from the
runty grass at the foot Of the sage and
wire grass on the desert of Eastern Ore
gon.
covered by Dr. Railag in the report. Tho
details were not made known by Consul
McWade, but it is understood that tho
treatment lies chiefly In massage and fre
quent baths1Jjjfreah.aad aatt-w4iv-and
medical bathing, with Internal remedies.
Lr. Kazlag, who was formerly a promt
nent physician of Vienna, went to the
Philippines as an officer of the United
States medical corps, so that he might
be enabled to continue his experiments,
on which he has been, working for years.
In the treatment of leprous diseases, and
he resigned from the United States army
corps in order to continue his work at
Canton the crowded !ty of Southern
China, where lepers are very numerous.
Vancouver, B; C, world.
RAISING THE WIND.
It seems incredible, but is nevertheless
a tact, that aa late as ths year 1814, an
old woman named Bessie Millie of Po
mona, In the , Orkney ' Islands, sold fa
vorable winds to , seamen at the small
Prtcft of ixpence a-vessel. For many
years witches were supposed to sell the
wind. The Finlandars and Laplanders
mkde auite a trade by selling winds.
The old woman, after being well paid by
the credulous sailors, used to knit three
magical knots. The buyer was told he
would have a good gale when he untied
the first knot, the, second knot would
bring a strong wind and th third a se
vere tempest Irish Times. .
PROFESSIONAL PRIDE.
Ton gave that peelar a whole lot o
wrong elcwa. What did you do it for?"
asked Bill de burglar. 'Tou hadn't noth
ln' to gain by it."
T know it," said Muggsy de crook.
"It's a heap o" satisfaction te outU a
Utc.tiva,"Chloaro Trlhuaay
CASTLE COLON STILL STANDS
Ths Big Clbo Tree Near the Spring Is
Nearly jBOO Years Old. and Thousands
ot Its Leave Ar tent to Friends by
Vlsltona R very Year The Mystery of
tn water Supply.
There has always been more or less
confusion in the public mind as to the j
difference between the two republics of
Santo Dominao and Haiti. As a matter
of fact they might as well be a thousand
miles apart aa far as resemblance Is
concerned. Haiti is' French, speaks a
French patois and has almost entirely
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lation is almost entirely made up of ths
descendants of the slave, brought from
nated by the-whites.' has been generally
ruled bv .them imi m.t Af th business
f h. nh!i 1. . a,, hv them.
of the republic is conducted by them,
The language is a good Spanish and an
almost insuperabf mountain range sepa
rates the two republics. Haiti is the
"black republic." The other republic is
no more so than' Cuba, for the whites
rule. It Is therefor at the present time
a safe place to visit, even though under
a provisional government, one white
president having driven out another In
tho recent revolution. And thereris no'
more interesting place than the capital
city, the oldest city on this side of the
Atlantic. . .' r
THE CASTLE OF COLUMBUS.
There it was tnat Columbus was Impris
oned, and there th Columbus family
sought to make a -home, selecting it as
the fairest spot in all ths newly discovered
lands. The castle of Colon still stands, a
massive and Imposing ruin. But it was
never completed and 'never occupied. Its
massive walls at th city gate and over
looking the river were too formidable in
the early days, and it was whispered
about that Columbus was to be king, and
this was to be his "Impregnable strong
hold. It was this story sent back to
Spain that made'th tower -tots home- in
stead, and the castle built by Diego
Columbus was never completed, hy order
of the king.
Just below it, on the river bank, stands
the broad-spreading clbo tree which his
tory says Columbus fastened his boats to
on his first arrival. It is 600 years old,
it is said, and many grow to that age,
Many hundreds of - its leaves find their
way to all parts of the world, for the
casual visitor from th ship In port for
the day must tell the story and Inclose
leaf from the famous tree In a letter
back to friends at home. The Spanish
government sanctioned the story during
tho Columbian exposition in this country
at Chicago by sending a cruiser to take
away to Spain two immense boughs bf
the tree. What was done with them
afterward no -u - in.- un to Domingo
knows, but they probably found a place
In the exhibit of Spain. Th well of Co-,
lumbua stands near the tree, a pool cov
ered and surrounded ' by solid masonry,
except for the door at one end. The water
is fresh, that in the river la brackish
for many miles farther up, and the mys
tery ot Its freshness ho one is able t
explain.
PROBABLY A 8PRINQ.
There are various atoajaLjjuit the most
probable inJtJTTfTl,. imnlv apring,
proiectafT h ,. m.mnrf frnm V" 010 I
tnatlon to poison the .water whichaTrhlv t)peared ao far show this war to
enemy was in tne naDii or aoing. i n i
general belief Is that It was piped la
some mysterious manner from aome dis
tant river. It waa here th water supply
for all the ancient vessels was obtained.
and no doubt many casks ' of It found
their way to Spain. It is open now, and
little used except by the younger genera
tion, who find It a safe, swimming pool.
It is outside of the city wall and entirely
too far from the gate to Justify a lazy
populace in seeking it for a city supply.
Most of the water in dally use come from
the cisterns, which are not always clean
and contain animal life ' visible to ths
naked eye In fact, so large are. these
wriggling anlmalculae that Americans re
fer to them as "alligators." When there
k,.,a .jfltaMht ajid,.. clsterjna are .dry
boys peddle cans of 'water about the
streets, the supply generally coming from
a large cistern constructed by an Amert-
can company which erected a brewery
and operated it a few months.
Just below the castle, on the point at
the mouth of the Ozama ' River, Is the
tower, unimpaired by age, where Colum
bus spent so many weary hours. It it
tali and dreary looking, th windows are
barely large enough to permit a ray 'of
ugnt to enter, and the inner walls ar
1 ugti M.M.Aurj.y..-A..iong wau. riina arouno
It, and this contains the barracks of the
army of today. Washington Star'. .
THE PENGUIN'S BUMP fP LOCALITY.
On shore the penguin is an "awkward
creature. Water is its element. When
uuuieu uii me ice noes, tne Diras gen
erally trf to run away in an upright po.
sltion, but just as the hunter thinks he
has got one, the bird lies down on it
white belly and paddles along: over the
snow very quickly, the hard smooth
quills slipping over the snow crystals al
most without friction. A remarkable
characteristic of the penguin Is his' bump
of locality. Both on shore and m th
water, he never loses his way. To hu
man eyes one Jce flow Is precisely Ilk
another, but under that roof of similar
ice flows I have seen a penguin of the
larger species find its mate r on a floe
after diving and swimming for a full mile
under water. Leslie's.- . ' ,
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THE LARGE8T TREE, ' ',
John Mulr, the famoua naturalist and
6X20reLf .th!wP'flc "Iop n" oJC0r-
t w 8 enenU Grnt National
Park, Preano County, Cal.. that surpasses
in measurements any of Its 1antlo n- gaiter. . drawn tight .over the solid,
ate of the Sequoia group. It is p feet Lare-toed, heavUy naUed hoes; a dl
ln circumference. - V I ...a . h. ,
the other CROWNV-. , ( I
QueerT Helena, of Italy, haa written a I
poem, which Is to appear ahortly In the
German review, "Berliner Leben. Jt Is
entitled "The Other Crown." . and gives
th reverse of the medal ;f royalty, as j
uauaiiT aeea pr fiQUlar ayav .
in this hour when Oristiaa Bcienc Is
being- given, mere, or less .prominence in
the pubUs'' press, -it msy be of Interest to
the readers of Th' Journal u know
something of thm history. accompllsh-
ments and. mission "of tht. rnMi mrm'.
I ing-denomination. - '
In the year 171 the first CbrtstiaD
Science Church was established by the
Rev Mary Baker O. Eddy In Boston
with twenty-six members.' This church
is known "Th First Church of Christ.
Scientist." or th "Mother Church" of
the denomination. At this date, but 13
years later there are, in this country and
abVoad m incorporated branch churches
of this J'Mother Church," and US unin
corporated societies holding regular ser
vices, making-a total of .719 branch or-
ranlsations. Kin. new churches and tour
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month'f September, -
during ths
. Th MsmbersMp.
T Membership ot the "Mother
Church", is made up of Christian Scien
tists from all over the world and in June
of the present year numbered 84,415, mi
new members navjng been added during
the year. At the, recent annual meeting
In Boston it was unanimously decided by
vote of th 6000 or .more members present
to contribute any portion of 12,000,000 that
may be necessary to provide an auditor
lum having a seating capacity of from
4000 to 5000 to meet th growing need ot
he church.
The remarkable growth shown by this
comparatively new Christian ' denomina
tion has Impressed with respect even
those' indifferent to its teachings and has
forced the conclusion that 'suet results
are certainly not the outcome of a doc
trine devoid of rationality and truth, and
it la granted that a religion so earnestly
endorsed, adhered, to and . auppcmd by
these thousands of men and women, of at
least average intelligence, la certanly
worthy of the 3odspeed of humanity.
Endless Misrepresentation.
In the past because of misstatement
and misconception. Christian Science has
had to endure a generous share of oppo
sition jiriUism,httt,thjs jxftWt .feWK.
gives Indication of an enlightened break
ing down of these conditions and those
who have demonstrated even in a degree
the practical worth and Christian purity
of this Science are confidently willing to
abide th ancient Scriptural text of
Gamaliel prescribed for the early Chris
tions: "If this counsel or this work be of
men, it will come to nought; but if it be
of God,' ye cannot overthrow it; lest
haply ye be found even to fight against
God."
It is not expected nor is it the purpose
of Christian Science to supplant Chris
tianity 'as accepted by the world, but its
whole effort Is to render Christian teach
ing more practical and health-giving that
it may meet the need of humanity by
providing a sure means of relief from
the distreBs.of disease as well as. ot aln,
-Practical Aspect. ,
TJ. Jr?.!tLeJ-a4vnjLwinect Ot
Christian Science Is well illustrated by
the fact that the death rat among tho
members of the "Mother Church" in Bos
ton during the year ending June, , 1902,
was but 132 per 1000. This, showing la
BOYS IN BATTLE.
It is Inevitable, now the South African
war Is ended, that there should be a
superabundance of reminiscences of men
whowook nart in it. Th accounts that
D3 ar0j
mor strangely.
books,
Philip Plenaar of
the
Trans vaaV. Tele-
Pffitjtuiiu norror ana nu-
blended, wj? 01
"With Steyn and D?"' D
graphic service, contains this brief i'e1ieTinUiKJJortal8- They -j married,
"I went to see my brother, who was after a thorTou . wh.n h i,.
stationed at Pepworth Hill, aome six
miles to our right. " He belonged to the
artillery cadets, who at the beginning ot
the - war had been distributed amongst
the various guns in order to give them
practical experience.
"Of the four that were attached to his
gun,' two had already been wounded, it
was glorious to see thete lads of 15 and
IS dally withstanding the onalaught ot
the mighty naval guna The rocka around
their howitzer wer torn by lyddite, and
STOund strs-sjs frtta- s!jraptj -Bet.
' " The British say we are trained Ger
man gunners. Quite a compliment to
Germany said on youngster, laughing.
'"And I,' said- another. Inflating his
chest, 'am a French or Russian expert.
Dear me, how we have surprised them!' "'
A severe thunderstorm now. broke over
head. They had no tents, and had to find
shelter as best they could under tarpau-
jJn, 8trtched between the rocka Theae
were, indeed, the children of th Dutch
remibUc.Waahinson Btar.
ACTIVE SEAL POACHING
Russia does not find It an eaay matter
to preserve her seal fisheries, although
she adopted drastic measures . for that
purpose. Since the wholesale slaughter
of .eai, ,n the waters about tne Prlbllof
islands by poachers it has been more
profitable- to hunt far seals on ths Siber
ian Coast. Russia gave notice that per
sona caught poaching in her maritime
; Jurisdiction would be Imprisoned for three
months and their vessels and cargoes
confiscated. Three ' fast gunboats were
sent to patrol the Siberian Coast with In
structions to sink any vessel that refused
to surrender. But all these, precautions
have not. It appears, succeeded: In' stop
ping the so-called poaching. Philadel
phia Press. ;- ' -r.,.
: . THE FRENCH PRE8IDENT.
'President Loubet of France "Papa
EmUe," as he ' ! familiarly called has
been hunting in the famous forests ot
Ramboulllet and Mardy, once the hunting
grounds of kings. ; On who saw him there
recently describes him in this way: Rifle
m hand; plp0 to mouth, wearing an old
w,,. - Mt w.h hi. .ton w.iin.
MlNuucy, caa; ulmms wi .... v n . ,
Dlcturesaue disorder on his head, he looks
more lik a benevolent poacher than a
President ; - '
; CATCH THEM ON FOOT.
X man doesn't have to have an auto
mobile tn order to run down his nelgh-bora.-J'hflgdslphla
.Seoord, : r . . . ,
unusual when it la -remembered that the
majority of th membership is composed
of those -iwho have- sought ; Christian
Science in ill-health and that th death
rat among policy holders of th leading,
lnaurahos conapaaiea is from to D) per
joooT ,;. ,.;'- ,;Vw .k;v-' ...
:A concise-definition of Christian Science
is given in th Standard Dictionary as
"a system of moral and religious Instruc
tion founded upon principles formulated
by Rev. Mary Baker Q. Eddy (1866) and.
combined with a method of treating dis
ease mentally.. At presented In Mrs, Ed
dy's Bclenc and Health' Christian Sel
ene is based on Ihe -teachings ot Scrip
ture which it interprets, giving the Christ
prinoiple and - rule In Divine metaphysics
which heals ths sick and sinner. It ex
plain all- caxtse-?andV" effect as-mesial,
and shows the scientific relation of man
to God." ,
Ths Founder.
In conectlon with this statement of
Christian Science It will be of Interest
to know; something of the life and char
acter of th ntoble woman through whose
effort It has been' founded, and this is
most ably given In the remarks of Judge
Septimus J, Hahna in a lecture recently
delivered in Chicago. ! Judge Hanna said:
"Mrs. Eddy la at once the discoverer and
tha founder of Christian Science. She
discovered for herselj the great fact that
God had healed her of a.aieknesa, the
result of an accident which, ' according
to all ordinary evidence, had placed her
at the very door of death. This may be
said to have been her original discovery,
This aroused within her a burning desire
to know how God had. healed her, and
alao to Impart to others the knowledge
of how .the sick are healed. This led her
to search tho Scripture that she might
And the healing principle. She pursued
her search until she found the healing
Principle to be God. , She proved this by
hearing .all manner of diseases, and she
proved as well that the same understanding-
of God which healed sickness also
destroyed sln, Having to found and
proved th healing and saving principle.
she proceeded to teach others, to found
A . CjQdftm- tor teaching this heallntr ys
tern, to found periodicals for its propa
gation, to found a church wherein the
healing Gospel could be preached and
expounded through public services; and
she adopted, from time to time, such
other propaganda as became necessary to
the establishment of a healing and sav
ing religion. That such a system has
been successfully established I need not
say, for It Is a matter of common knowl
edge. Thus I say, Mrs. Eddy Is both
discoverer and a founder.
Her Instructor.
"And what of the life and character of
on who has accomplished so much' I
am sure a few words in reference to
these will be welcomed by every sincere
inquirer. i
"Born amid the beautiful but rugged
hills of. Bow,., sjear--Concord1,' If. a., tt
sterling and strictly religious parents, de
tcertflfid from a.JLong.Une of jaracthy-aisd
dHatlngulthed ancestors of Scotch and
English blood. Mrs. Eddy was favored by
nature and nature's God. with advantages
which fitted her for swatuture great car
eer. Her early environments were such
&he New Program
Down at Smith's
r
Smith and his wife,. Charlotte, tfe?e both
only
been out of school a couple of
months. Smith had .followed his Drofes
ston so assiduously that he had given no
thought to the subject of matrimony,
until he began to learn by experience.
Charlotte-or Lottie, as she had come to
be called knew no more of the great.
wiae world than an angel from heaven.
so she, too, was learning many of the
harrowing details of wedlock by expert
ence.
' .....
wmte oeara, cowing locks that envelope
his face and form, sandaled feet, a staff
in ft island, a girdle about his waist and
a look in his eyes to steadfast and un
faltering that wo are not afraid when he
takes us by the hand. But our faith fails
us at times, when he heads toward the
Jesert. The way la rough. The sands
are Diistenng. The sun is mercilessly
not. we try to pull away and tarn back.
But his hand -closet upon ours with a
clasp so gentle, yet so masterful, that
. w.e.. M.e.LE.!iT,..MSana
upon our bruised feet"," hoping to" come
upon a path soon, worn smooth by the
marcnlng millions who have preceded us.
Smith and his wife had a few well
founded ideals and one th,at both agreed
upon was that married people could "get
along.". . -
They were now trying-.
. "Lottie, your mother was a frugal, in
dustrious woman, who was not worried
by the little things of .life. Why, I im
agined that her system of keeping house
was so perfect that nothing ruffled her,'
Smith was saying, as. they discussed the
increasing grocery bill.
' "Phllanderr th 6nlynphiceyou knew
my mother was In the parlor. . You never
went over th account with her. Tou
saw her smiling and pleasant, and didn't
know that under her most affable smile,
she was thinking that the coal bin was
empty, the potatoes 'out and that two
pairs of pants most be . patched before
school Monday "morning, "' I want to say
that , keeping house Sunday . evening, in
an easy chair, is quite different from
keeping house tn the kitchen, in the mid
dle of the week." -" ; v
. .
"Oh, I expected tome excuse, 'N Smith
replied ' without looking up from his
paper. ' . ;;'':-'v
"I am not hunting tor an' excuse. I
have no excuse to oiler. Facta are facts.
But you either don't know them when
you see them, or won't recognise them."
she snapped at him.
"My experience is perhaps equal to
your, and in the matter of judgment "
: "Now. Smith, don't, don't; if you knowJ
so much, tall taa Aunejjtfng. Don t critic
as to nurture and -enlarge her inherited
gifts. ' She was a student by natural bent
and Intuition, This native trend was '
strengthened y by careful training in
schools and academies,' as well as by
competent private' tutors, among whom
with her brother, Albert Baker, a gradu-.
at of -Dartmouth College, and a dlsttn
guisbed lawyer and member of Congress
elect, he having died,;' after a short ill
ness, before taking his seat.--; -.'.
" "Among her other instructors weir such
well known educators as Mrs. Sarah
Bodwell Lane, Mr. Corser of Sanbornton
Bridge Academy, and Professor Dyes H.
Banbonj, author of Sanborn's grammar.
This early training has been supplements
ed by long years of careful and thorough
research and study. Poetry was withr her
a natural gift; - As-af youog girl-sh wrols.
poems of such merit' that tftey were much
sought for and published in newspapers
and magaslnes. She was also a-prosa'
essayist of distinction long before she
began her labors as a Christian bclentist
In evidence of this I make mention of a
single circumstance: During Mrs. Eddy's
. residence in the South, as the wife of the
late Colonel George W. Glover, " of
Charleston, S. C, she' wrote much for
Southern magazines. Upon her return to .
the North, after the death of Colonel
Glover, her reputation as a writer bad
become so wide that the Rev. Albert
Case, then editor of the Odd Fellows'
Magasine, offered her a salary of X3000
per year to become a regular contributor
to his periodicals. At that time this was
a large salary for literary workv and
speaks strongly of th estimate put upon
Mrs. Eddy's literary ability. Bhe has
studied deeply in many of th higher
branches of learning and In general lite
rature. She is, from every point of view,
a woman of sound education and liberal
culture. ;
From Personal Knowledge.
"Ijt may not be amiss for m to say that x
for-nearly ten years, as First Reader la
the Mother Church in Boston and editor
ot the official periodicals, I have had op
portunities which enable me to tpeak In
telligently of Mrs. Eddy's life and charac
ter as weir a of her labors and Uterary!
qualities.
'Speaking from this vantageground. It
can truthfully say "that, intellectually.
she is, without exception, the most acuta
and alert person I have ever seen: that
she labors incessantly and unselfishly for
the cause to which she has devoted her
life, and .that, notwithstanding her years.
she performs an amount of labor each
day which, if known, would seem incredi
ble, even If done by one yet in the adol
escence of life. As to her religious char
acter, I speak my profoundest conviction
when I say that I believe it to be as near
ly Christlike as is possible to a denlsen of
this earth. I cannot conceive how a ner-
sor. on this plane of existence could walk
more closely with God or exemplify a
more exalted Christian life. ' " '" .
And dortat Ttfte wonderful' 'results of her
work, even thus far, prove thlsT To
those, familiar with them they most as-
suredly do. To the many thousands ay
over the globe who are "the conscious
beneficiaries of her work, she has in
deed proved hersef to be a religious fe
foimer and a Christian evangel."
By Sort Huff
man. S 01110
Philosophy for
Married Peopot
else all the time. Instruct me Just a.
little," said the wife, holding out herj
hands, as if she would push him lntd,
the next county.
"If instruction were possible " ha
said with Increasing coolness. But she
had gone to answer a ring at the ball
door. V
Smith sat looking at his paper, with
out seeing It. Mrs. Smith had taken th
visitor Into the parlor.
.
"This Is civilized society," he: tald to
himself, with something like a lump In.
his throat.
-Returning-home.o diaaex, .ha fait th. .
chill as soon as he entered the house.
Dinner was finished -with no more
words than necessary.
As he waa preparing to go back to the
office, his wife told him, aa gently as she
could, under the tense strain of the mat
rimonial machinery, that she was going
to visit her aunt In the, city tor a few
days.
Smith thought it was. a separation, but
when he saw that she didn't take her
trunk he knew it was only a bluff;
It was quite lonely at home that night
The house seemed twice" as large as usuai.
Smith could now think undisturbed.
He found, by taking up th conjugal
chart, that he was drifting away from
his wife and he was drifting- In an op
posite direction. -
Or they were at anchor on opposite
shores; of the matrimonial sea.' '
BeCg a reasonable man, under ordl
nary circumstances, h said to himself
that this state of affairs would hot do.
He wondered why Lottie didn't look at
things at he did. Then he thought again
that may be he should look at things
as Lottie did. But the strong instinct ot
leadership called him back hurriedly front
that point of view.
The more he thought th more lonely
he became.
Finally, about midnight, he came to
himself and found that he was steaming
back across the sea that separated themg
to where Lottie was anchored.
. . '
He took ofat his dairy and wrote In It.
What ' he wrote no one but himself
knew for several happy years.
In rummaging among, old keepsakes on
a closet shelf one day Mrs. Smith found)
the old diary and it opened where a leaf '
was turned down. On the opposite page .
she read: "The New Program takes ef
fect - today. When Lottie . comes home
she can attend to her business and I wQl
attend to mine." -- --. .
By referring to daces sacred to th fans
11 y history she found It was written oa
the" day she went on that visit.
She had often wondered during those
intervening years If ah or Smith had
conquered, a...
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