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Let others frame their creeda: mine la to workv
To da my beat, however far It fall
Below tha keener craft of stronger hand.
Tt be myself, full hearted, free and true.
To think my own thoughts straight out from tha heart,
To feel and be, and never stop .to ask:
"Do all men soT Is this the world's highway f
Charlotte M. HalL
A: ... . UMHJTCD PRAISE OF CONGRESS
The Republican press of the country Is now engaged In administering a
tooat of whitewash to the Fifty-seventh Congress, and is proclaiming that
tl has made a record upon which the party can aafely go before the
4 public In the next elections. This would not be the Judgment of an Im
. partial critic. In many Important respects the session was productive
Of serious disappointments. In the next national campaign Republican
Orators will find themselves forced to take the defensive, and it will be no
easy task for them to gloss over the fact that their party has signally
i Called to carry out its pledges.
But for the obstructive tactics of Republican Senators, there would
have been no necessity for the extra session of the Senate, called by
President Roosevelt. It remains to be seen whether even now- the pur
poses for which this extra session was called will be accomplished.
.Many most ' important measures in which the people were deeply In
terested were blocked by the filibustering of Republican Senators. Even
tha anti-trust law which was passed is of very doubtful utility, and
many whose Judgment is entitled to respect, assert that it win prove
but a feeble barrier to tha encroachments of those gigantic . aggre
gations of capital which are the greatest menace of our country's welfare.
THE LAWS DELAYS. ,..
The mills of the gods grind slowly, but
In many instance tha mill of Amer.
ican Justice grind much slower still.
Witness the case of Cordelia Botkln.
For several years she has been' de
prived of her liberty and the state In
which she Is under arrest has been put
to the expense of tens of thousands of
dollars in the several trials and stilt
the question Is not fl natty solved
whether she is guilty or innocent.
There are, and have been in the past,
many similar cases.
It is not necessary for us to pass
upon the guilt or innocence of Cordelia
Botkln, but It is perfectly plain that she
cannot be both guilty and innocent at
one and the same time, and if the for
mer, she has lived too long, for the
crime with which she is charged is
sufficiently heinous to warrant hang
ing, If anyone should hang. On the
other hand. If she Is Innocent, this
woman should not be detained in
prison for one moment and has already
been deprived of liberty and rights
where government should have no
power to restrict.
Temper Justice with mercy and
there Is mercy in speed.
BAR PIUOTAQq BUSI
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The town of Bloomlngton, in Mis
souri is preparing to move ten miles
across country in order to plant itself
Upon a railway line. For 62 years the
cltlsens of the town have been praying
that a railroad might come their way.
Six times their hopes have seemed
upon the point of realisation, but in
each Instance they have been disap
pointed. So at last Mohammed will go
to the mountain. The citizens have
made up their minds to pick up their
homes bodily and move to the nearest
railroad. Here's an opportunity for
anyone who wants to buy a second
hand town site.
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of publicity aa to the operations of the trusts, but more than publicity
jiwlll be required to check their operations. Nothing Is more essentially
undemocratic or more radically at variance with the principles of our gov
' t'irnment than the destruction of all competition, which Is the primary
-(Object in the formation of trusts. In the next national campaign, the
curbing of the trusts will be. one of the chief Issues to be submitted to
the people, and the record -of the Republican party upon this issue is a
- aorry one.
President Roosevelt realised - the necessity of anti-trust legislation,
fcnd but for Ms determined attitude the Republican majority in Con
Kress would have left the subject entirely untouched. But the Presi
dent's Views were far too radical for his party, and the law which was
finally passed was lacking in nearly all those restrictions which be regarded
to essential.
There were many other serious sins of omission on the part of the
Flfty-seventa Congress, and its record is capped by the most extravagant
expenditures the country has ever known. The total appropriations
. exceeded $1,500,000,000. European governments have looked with utter
tunaxement upon this unparalleled prodigality and the voters of the country
HrW eertainly demand a rigid accounting from tha Republican majority.
1 It would be wise tot the Republican press to begin the preparation of
apologies for the Fifty-seventh Congress, rather than wast time and space
la unmerited praise.
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Ajrra lAtn chops.
km la PertlUsing and Pruning Pe-
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Recent study of ants has added an
other to the many facts that show the
Intelligence these Insects possess. This
' SENATOR GORMAN.
;, After an absence of four years Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland
Again resumes his seat in the United States Senate, Mr. Gorman was
a worn In last week and was accorded a tremendous ovation as he appeared
pn the floor of the Senate chamber.
During the interim, in which Senator Gorman's seat was occupied by
ft representative of the opposite party, placed there by political chance and
be heavy Republican landslide four years ago, Maryland did not have the
brilliant representation that it enjoyed when Senator Gorman was in power.
The defeat and return of Arthur Gorman to the Senata are but another
evidence of the peculiar state and doubtful trend of the great game of
.politics. It marks, in Gorman's case, an epoch in the life of a man, and
Indicates a gradual return of former Democratic states to the fold and
file of true Democracy.
: Maryland should hever have gone over to the party of trusts, of opu
fence, and greed. Four years appear long to sufferers,- and Maryland
ftvaited but four. Her pride was wounded, her patriotism questioned. Then
he anger was aroused and plans were considered to save, to reclaim her
(ram the clutches of the Republican party.
The moat tangible evidence of Maryland's resentment was the election
, Of Senator Gorman. At the meeting of the senatorial caucus. Senator Gor
loan was chosen chairman, the office carrying with it the Democratic
leadership of the Senate. Senator Gorman's return to the Senate is a
cause for Democratic Jubilation. He is a man of brains, "a great speaker,
p. sound debater and will make bis presence felt among his colleagues.
THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COLUMBIA.
Washington advices afford strong ground for the expectation that the
. Oovernjment will soon enter upon the great work of Improving the mouth
- of the Columbia. The Secretary of War now has under consideration the
report of the Board of Engineers, recommending the construction of Jetties,
and he has assured Senator ' Mitchell and Senator Fulton that he will
reach a decision within 10 days. It is believed that he will adopt the
board's suggest lone.
The Government is expending very large sums in river and harbor
Improvement, but it is doubtful whether there Is a single case where a
similar expenditure will give aa great and as beneficial results as In the
Opening of the Columbia River.
The Journal has had frequent occasion to comment upon the necessity
of- improving Oregon's great waterway. The people of tbe State will cer
; xainly hold the Republican administration responsible, if with all its tre
s mendous outlay of public funds, it is neglectful of this crying need. The
j; e-ppropriations of the Fifty-seventh Congress amounted to over a billion
find a half of dollars. In this enormous total were Included many large
i Items which it would be extremely difficult to Justify.
None wjll be found to criticise any outlay necessary for improving
- the great natural channel of the commerce of the Pacific Northwest. It
, Is a work of vast importance to the people and will prove of Inestimable
'.: Value la the development of trade.
The Sultan of Turkey evidently expects to crush out the insurrection
In Macedonia without any interference from the powers. He doubtless
expects the usual flood of diplomatic protests, Joint notes and ultimatums,
all of, which he will calmjy ignore. Meantime the Turkish troops will
carry on their campaign of barbarities until all opposition is at an end. It
At an old story, repeated many times.
actually plant And raise their owri crops.
The big leaf -cutting ant of the tropics
is the most proficient species in the agri
cultural line. These ants visit plants
and cut little fragment out of the
leave. Borne times they will ruin a
whole plantation over night, leaving the
plants with ragged fragments of their
foliage.
Until recently it was supposed that
the loaf-cutters ate the pieces of leaf.
But now It Is known that they carry the
fragments to their mounds, where they
chew them over and over, moistening
them at the same time with sold secre
tions, until they have made a soft
spongy mass. This Is kneaded and
worked over and over again until It is
a big heap full of small holea
In this spongy mass the snts deposit
the spores of a certain fungus wulch
forms the greater part of their food sun
ply. Different speclee of ants have dif
ferent species of fungus.
The most highly developed of them all
Is grown by a Draxtllan ant. It Is
known as the Rozltea gongllophora.
This fungus Is very rlcn and full of al
bumen, which Is particularly loved by
the ants.
To produce most albumen the fungus
must not be permitted to seed. Of
course this Is a simple matter, well
known to every florist and agriculturist
But It certainly is wonderful that ants
should have learned it.
They attend to the pruning of the
fungus stems and suckers Just aa care
fully as a human planter would. As
soon as the fungus begins to grow it
sends out fine thread-like stems into
the air. If these are allowed to grow
they will finally bear spores. But the
ants do not permit them to grow. They
keep certain members of their colonies
busy biting them off the moment they
appear.
After being prunea for a short time the
fungus begins to develop llttlo swellings
wnicn are particularly rich In albumen.
"And after being cultivated for a few
months the little swellings are found
everywhere around the bottom of the
pile.
Homo species of ants carry fertilisers
to their gardens. They bear finely chewed
wood, mouldering leaves, dead insects
and other similar material to the fungus
plantations to enrich the soil and in
crease their yield.
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ASTORiA, ,Ora. March I. The control of the bar
pilots has always beea a prolific source of trouble, and
of more or. leag -"iyfl Whenever the eueJeat Is
broached here, invariably creep into the conversation in
timatlons that makt one wonder whether or not It Is
possible to handle ths business without these deplor
able eeadltloae reatalalng. -
However, it has been the avowed Intention of Gov
ernor Cbamberlaisj te caeee an administration such a
will eradicate these abuses, if they exist, and elevate
ths pilotage business la the estimation of tbe people
vi Mwit ana or inose wno go aown 10 ins see in
ships. With that end in view, the Governor appointed
the following commission under the law of list, now
In force:
Captain X E. Campbell. Oeorge Nolaod of Astoria,
and Sylvester Farrsll of Portland.
The board that served under Governor Oeer was:
E. W. Tallant. Martin Foard of Astoria, and Sylves
ter Farrsll. the last .named being reappointed by Gov
ernor Chamberlain.
TaneUJCat Veea Ignored.
The impression is general here that Mr. Farrell,
the Portland member, has not been consulted by the
two Astoria members In any matters relating to the
p flotage on the bar, but has been compelled to confine
his attention te the river pilotage. - Under the law,
bar pilotage IS compulsory. Incoming vesssls must
accept pilotage, when spoken by the pilot Schooner, or
pay full pilotage rates. Outgoing, they must accept
pilotage or pay harf the rates. Pilotage on the river
above Astoria Is non-compulsory. It Is the bar pilotage
that makes what trouble grows-out of tha situation.
The new commission appointed by Governor Cham
berlain will assume Jurisdiction on March IS. In the.
event they accept the offices. Mr. Noland and Mr. Far
rell will accept Captain Campbell haa not yet con
sented. He hesitates bemuse, as hs stated to The i
Journal correspondent, he believed the sale of the I
state's pilot schooner, the San Jose, had' robbed the j
oommlastoa of all Its power. ' As a matter of fact, i
the sale of thst schooner U of doubtful wisdom. Dem-
ecru Is here allege thst It was a Republican scheme
to tie the hands of the appointees of Governor Cham- i
berlain. At any rate, in the judgment of Captain Camp
bell and Mr. Noland, the schooner should not have
been sold, unless provision was made to purchase so
other.
a Expensive Pareaase.
The San Jose was bought In San Francisco about
IS years ago. Connected with that purchase is one
of the many allegations of "graft" that are Incidental
to all Astoria conversations anent the pilotage. It Is
alleged that the San Jose waa bought after a former
schooner was lost. A man was sent to San Francisco to I
buy a schooner. The San Jose was lying In the har
bor, bearing a sign, "This schooner for sale for M.tOO."
bui ib.ouw or me state s money wss paid ror it. n. of all the forma of ram that flee before the gun
craft was brought here, put Into proper cond tlon, n of the can)era the .hyest and wariest la not the
some few bottle, of wine were opened at several so- j cratur, of th, for.,t or .tream, but the ordinary un
cial festivities., and., when the San Jose put out to sea chinaman. Between lack of comprehension and
aa the official Oregon pilot boat, there was left no ...ntjou, fe.r, he regards the little machine, with
money from the UO.eQO of Insurance the state received th, ,Bppng ,hutter in a aplrit of mingled awe Aid
'ro!".th low! of th. ',rmer choonr- .. hatred.- That is why good photographs of American
The San Jose, therefore, represents a 110.800 pur- rhinamBn . . ,.,.
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John Weaver, who has Just been elect
ed -Msyor of Philadelphia, is one of the
moat able men who ever filled that post.
He was formerly Philadelphia's District
Attorney.
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The sale was consummated by authority of a reso-
been really successful in catching th Chinamaa as h
Sierras, and has had the wild beasts of the country sit
unconsciously to him for their portraits; but When he
feels his wits sharpened for particularly difficult work
be puts his smallest picture taking apparatus in his
pocket and goea down into San Francisco's Chinatown.
There he passes for a collector of curios and rare
prints, as. Indeed, he Is. After visiting a few of the
shops he takes up a position on a corner where the
light is favorable and where he himself Is not too
conspicuous.
Past hint flows the unceasing business and pleasure
of the Oriental quarter. It may be 16 minutes or half
an hour, or even an hour before some eddy of slant
eyed humanity will present the phase that he wants.
Then comes the sharp click of the shutter, fortunately
unheard, as a rule, in the bustle of traffic.
Misumroaiea oy auuioruy oi a reso- miMUt hl dailv himtn.Hi. Arnold Oenthe of Hun
lutlon which was adopted by the Leglslaturs during ; Fnncllco. Mr. Oenthe has tramped through the almost
the confusion of the closing hours, rew persons here , unknown p,rt. 0f Mexico, atudylng the inhabitants; he
knew of the proposal to sell It It la understood here , hB, rrled hl. 0.m,.. ,nto unmaooed reirions .of the
that Governor Chamberlain learned of It only three or , H. tha ,t .... h. tt
four days ago when informed thereof by an Astoria
citizen who was In Salem.
Sals aa a Surprise.
"The sals of the San Jose," said Captain Campbell,
"wis a great surprise to me. I am not sure I care to
serve now that the schooner has been sold. By ex
pending 11.000 it could have been madu ses worthy. It
would have been -my policy to do that and have it
ready for use next- fall. Now. there Is only the pilot
achooner, the Pulitser, In use. It Is owned by the pilots.
"Of course there should be two pilot boats, one
cruising north and one south, during the winter sea
son. And one of them should be owned by the state.
As' it Is now. the pilot boat Is controlled by the pilots,
and the commission Is not In a very strong position to
give a good administration. There'a aomethlng wrong
about the sale of that sehooner.
The Importance of all these mattei to Portland
U great, indeed. The friction that has been created
heretofore has been detrimental to the chipping Inter
ests. The Oregon and the Washington pilots have
been at loggerheads. Charges of corruption tiave been
mado against this and that person connected with the
Washington commission. Allegations are freely made
that the Washington, commission has exacted tribute
from the Oregon pilots. And, in fact, tne whole sub
ject is wrapped !nfnystery and clouded with charge
and countercharge. , every citizen taxes a view amer
ent from that of every other cltlcen. So that it oalls
for somewhat of moral courage and public spirit to
serve on the Oregon Commission.
The present members, howev.er, are all determined
to bring order out from chaos, to administer their
offices so as to conserve the Interests of both the ship
pers and the pilots, and they may be depended upon to
do this during tne coming rour years, it Wuj iw a
service of inestimable value to the City of Portland,
the City of Astoria, the shipping men and the pilots
themselves. .
.Those insubordinate boys and girls at Oregon City who are seeking
to compel redress of their supposed grievances by refusing to attend school,
te not likely to get much sympathy. The plan of biting off one's nose to
spite one'a face is never very satisfactory as a method of retaliation. If
these young people choose to stay away from school, no one will suffer
so mqcn as themselves.
In spite ef the vaunted anti-trust legislation by Congress, there are no
glgne of panic among the trust magnates.
Vw.li took a century for this Government to pacify the American Indiana.
yUl It take as long to pacify the Filipinos?'
Chinese Newspapers.
There nave recently come to our
study table the first issues of three
magazines In classical Chinese: The
True Light, a monthly magazine pub
lished by the American Baptist Mission
In Canton; China's Toung Men, also
monthly, published by the National
Committee, of the T. M. C. A in China,
under the editorship of Mr. D. Wlllard
Lyon of Shanghai; the Luklang News,
an Amoy newspaper started by ths Rev.
Jamea Sadler of the London Mission.
Huu jQBum every au uaya.
The first of these is, of course, de
toted mainly to the interests of the
wapusi v-nurcnea . in ,tne canton pro
vince, and the name of the Rev. R. II.
Gravea. one' of the beat sinologues in
South China, in connection with this un
dertaklng, is sufficient guarantee of its
success. The second Is published bi
monthly snd, as Its name indicates, is
devoted to the Interests of the young
men In China, and the low price puts It
within ths reach of all. We predict Sot
it a large lnfluenoe among the student
class in China. The name of the third
is an old name of Amoy, and the paper
is designed to be a thoroughly up-to-
date newspaper pervaded with Christian
influence and of sufficient literary finish
to secure large circulation among the
literati, as well as the business men of
Southern Fukien and the Amoy Chinese
Who have emigrated to the East Indies
and the Isles of the Pacific. The under
taking is financed by a company in
which most of the shares are Held by
Chinese officials and wealthy business
men.
The Shanghai Mercury of Mar S. says
that "if some philanthropist would only
supply a dally under proper foreign ed
itorship with the sinews of war until It
was fairly on Its feet. It needs no gift
of prescience to see that such a paper
would in a few years have a million aub
scrlbers, and we don't know how many
million readers in every province of the
Empire. The reputation of the for
eigner for veracity is high, end Its news
would be read with confidence. But
more, it would contain, besides a lead
ing article, really leading somewhere,
plenty Of other useful information now
conspicuous by its absence In the usual
native paper. We are not without hou
that the Say of such an enterprise Is not
far distant" Christian lateUlgeaoer.
WOXX or THB T. AL 0. A.
Rsv. J. Wilbur 'Chapman, D. t., secretary of ..the
Evangelistic Committee of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, is now conducting a series' Of
services in Toledo, Ohio. In the course of his address
to a large assemblage of men Saturday afternoon,
he declared that the spirit of evangelism waa not dead
among the men of the great cities of North America,
and cited the remarkable work that has been devel
oped in the last few years by the Young Men's Chris
tian Association In its special evangelistic meetings for
men. He said:
Studies the Weed of Man.
T have been connected with the Toung Men's Chris
tian Association from my youth up and intimately as
sociated with there in their work for young men.
They have always been Intensely earnest in their evan
gelistic effort, and have constantly studied the needs
as well as the temptations of men. With enterprise
and persistence they have adapted their services . to
reach the largest number of men of the cities, rail
roads, and colleges of ths country. Since the appoint
ment of specialists to conduct these meetings four years
ago, immense men s meetings in in Aires nave oeen
developed and sustained Sunday after Sunday, crowd-1ns-
the largest theatres in the cities.
"I am indeed surprised myself that even in the
City of Washington, a place which has been supposed
to be the least responsive to evangellstlo effort, to find
that for two years a great service haa been held With
an attendance often exceeding 1,600 men, and averaging
for the winter over 1,600. The most men In Washing
ton are found in constant attendance, participating in
the actual service with the enthusiasm which charaor
tertsed the old . Moody . meetings. Since January 1.
100 men have in these meetings declared their pur
pose of leading Christian lives.
Work In Many Cities.
In the old City of Baltimore a series of men's
meetings has been averaging over 1,000 men each week.
Here over 600 men have signed cards expressing tne
purpose of leading a Christian life since November
1, and pastors report constant accessions to their
churches through these services, conservative old
Springfield, Mass., often gathers over 1,600 men at a
theatre service. Kansas City has averaged 1,100 men
a week for three months, and in New York, Carnegie
I ail $8 often packed with great audiences or men,
who listen to the discussions of great moral (Questions.
Indeed, the associations spare no expense of effort
or money for these audiences, engaging the beet music
al talent and often circulating 40,000 Invitations for
a single service besides posters, newspaper adver
tising, etc, to attract tbe attention ana attendance or
men. . . -
Tie Ken CHve Taeix Aid. ;
in soms niaces at least 300 men are engaged on
different committees working up these meetings. The
addresses for the most part are straightforward, vir
ile, manly appeals te the brains and consciences or
men, and without wavering or apology men are urged
to take an Immediate stand for what Is dean, manly
and Christian. Probably the man who w roost suc
cessful in this work for men la this country is Fred
B. Smith. For at least 46 Sundays m tne year ne is
addressing audiences of 600 to 1,000 men, and last
year over 1.300 men expressed their purpose to lead a
Christian life at meetings, conducted by him. No email
proportion of these men are leaders in .the social, in
tellectual and business lifs of their communities. This
is one of the most encouraging demonstrations or the
fact that the old Gospel has not lost its power, and
where men unite with, courage and power in under
takings of large purpose, large results follow. What;
V.A Tmim, Uan'a r'HnlHtlnn aaMlAtlotf h&Ji A Tnnrtpflt
ef Is possible in every city and town In $bl country.",
Patience is the main requisite for this work, and it
often happens that a morning's work will not bring
out ons first class photograph.
In ths course of the recent New X ear's festivities
he took several pictures, showing the festival life there
men, women and children In the gayest of rich apparel
celebrating Chinatown a great day.
In all hla pictures, however, one notices at least one
face on which Is imprinted an expression of startled
wrath and alarm; sometimes even of murderous hatred.
This is the face of the man who has seen, too lata
that be is being photographed. Sometimes the hands
are half raised and outstretched. In one picture, a Chi
nese mother is pathetically grasping at her little child
to turn its face from the American devil machine.
Were It not for Mr. Genthe's powerful build and
unmistakably athletic bearing, he would probably Jose
many of his pictures at the hands of ths subjects, and
perhaps come to Injury himself. As it Is, he is by no
means safe In Chinatown, now that he is becoming
so well known there.
Just what the objection of the Mongols is to being
photographed Mr. Genthe has not been able to deter
mine, though many of them have talked tb him and pro
tected against his work. They seem to believe that
the production of the picture lmpllea a lessening of
tbslr own vitality and force, as if a man were made
up of a multitude of thin layers and ons laysr were
taken from him to be fixed upon a glaas plata, Even
the cultivated Chinamen have this dread of the camera.
Once, after Mr. Genthe had secured an excellent
street picture and was enlarging it a polite and richly
dressed Chinaman called upon him. The wlelder of the
camera at once recognised bis face as one which, in the
picture, was a distorted mass or wisiiui emotions.
"How much do you want ror tne picture you iook
of mer' asked the visitor in good English.
"It is not for sale," explained Mr. uentne. "it you
Wish a print you are welcome to one."
"No; I want the plate that makes tns pictures.";
"I am sorry, but I can't let you have that"
"How much does he give you for HT" demanded the
Chinaman, suddenly, after a pause.
"Whor"
"Lo Chung Chi."
"I don't know him."
"He is my enemy. He must not have tbe pictures.
What use might he not make of it against me? I will
nav vou more than he."
. "Please understand," aaid Mr. Genthe, "that this plo
ture Is not for sals to you or Mr. Chi, or any ons elss.
It is for my own collection."
The visitor waa disconsolate. As nearly as Mr.
Genthe could determine, he believed that his enemy, by
obtaining the picture, could practice tortures upon it,
which inflictions would be repeated on the person of the
original and cause him to pme away.
The Chinaman finally went away, only half satis
fied with Mr. Genthe's promise that the photograph
Should not leave his own place.
"You make It unsafe for us and our wives and our
children to show our faces," said he bitterly.
wmzaauora nr tkb show.
. The News takes pleasure in presenting the first fully
authenticated and conclusively proven snake story of
the season. Like all good tales, it comes from Canal,
noted for woodchucks and chipmunks. On Saturday,
8, D. Hasson, well known in this city, started to drive
to Utlca, and when In the vicinity of the Luce farm
he caw a snake crawling on the snow. It had bean lying
Oft a rock sunning itself nd had started for its winter
home when Sam discovered it. He took his buggy
whip and threw the animal into his sleigh. It measured
three feet in length, and was quite angry when cap
tured. ' Sam drove on to Utlca and made the statement that
"spring was surely here, as be had seen 'a snake erawl
in alone- the road." There were a number of doubting
Thomases tbsre, who immediately inferred that he hod
been seeing things that were mythical. Sam stuck to
his allegations until some claimed that he had not seen
any reptile at alt but was lying. Then be took them to
bis sleigh and brought forth the live snake. ,,It vu
taken to one of the stores in Utlca and placed on ex
hibition. It ts like the common garter snake in appear
ance, only much larger. The reptile was apparently
uninjured by Temg out in iw cow. anu some inina
it may be a species of winter snake, that used to be
common in Canal, but of late years was thought, to be
extinct -v ' . ;
- It's a sure sign of spring, and many are glad Sam
rot it merely because it will offset the woodchuck, who
predicted six weeks more of -winter weather. Franklin
(Fa.) mews. .!
A mail carrier wss killed down In West Virginia
the other day. But he wss only a white man, and ,
there is no undue excitement In administration cir-
cjtyi. 'Waabington Ppsfc
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"Alkali is a stockmen's station in mid-desert in Lake
County.. It Is about 76 miles from Lakeview and 40
mtlee from Paisley. The nearest point te ether water
IS at the liead of Albert tLalra tn.th mnth anA tir.ut
Z6 miles. Alkali la the last stODDlnsr nolnt where there
s water en the route from oivtiiutina tn th iur
It Is la the center of a great alkali bed. the plains
tamar miies arouno. oeing covered With the white
substance; giving it the appearance from a distance of
great snow beds. Here in the center of this wssts a
nam moth spring bolls forth, sending out a stream of
Jure water which Is soon absorbed by the alkali and
ry sands.
The Xost and Kis Station.
James Johnson, a whltehaired old man trnnwH
throughout tha eountrv aa "TTnol linni, vr. h
station at Alkali. The station consists of a 10 -room
shack, a few haystacks and a watering place for horses.
It was established exclusively for atoiknun mnatiw
sheepmen, the only persona who ever venture that way,
savs an occasional tranner. "ITncla Jimmu" nmiim
at this station yeer in and year out though there are
times thst he does not see a human being for weeks.
In ths fall and spring it Is lively st Alkali, but through
the winter travel Is scarce, and In mid-Summer a vis
itor Is a novelty to the old man. Tha ahMnman aA
to the desert early In the fall to take advantage of the
winter range. At this season of tha vaar tha nn riia
and melts, producing a growth of short grass suitable
for sheep feed. All through the winter the sheep thrive
on this graas and .eat snow In the adjoining mountains
and foothills for water. By the time inrln la
the grass Is all gone and the sheepmen drive their flocks
from the desert before the soorchlng sun kills every
thing in the way of vegetation and dries away the snow
snd water. As these sheepmen come and a-a iTnoia
Jlmmle has his hands full entertaining them. He knows
every man from one end of the deaert to tha othar. ui
all speak well of Uncle Jimmy.
Boreee, of Information.
The old man Juat suits the nlsoe. He rmamh.r
everything he hears. Is a fairiv mntu nnnir
Matured and makes his guests feel at homa His bis-
una may oe a little yellow with soda, his bacon may b
fried a little too brown, his coffee msy be a little toe
black, for his condensed milk gives out occasionally,
put Uncls Jlmmle makes up for these defects In some
way. He will surprise his guests with fried duck tor
supper occasionally, or give them boiled eggs for break
fast or make a rloe pudding. It might not look tempt-
Ing to the rugged stockmen at homa till ft tnrtnths
of camping out and eating their own rooking one of
Uncle Jlmmle's meals Is considered a treat fmm mafi
points of view.
Then he knows the news. He la V
He remembers everything each guest saye. It matters
not how many of them there may be at one time,
and he tells the next guests what th. f,i.r
AiA anf i,M T t nn i , . - . .. .
- iuu ui nigs in news rrom civili
sation about the wars and politics and social events of
the kind that Interests these people. Uncle Jlmmle re
peats It all to future guests until he gets something
better. Then occasionally some one leaves a ItwalwlMP
with Uncle Jlmmle. This he reads ever so many times
during his Idle days that he gets It committed to mem.
ory and if It chances to be worn out when , tha n
fSie tome, he.ttlH. ,.m wnafas lii it. - v:
. Haa Maay Divers less.
The old man finds many diversions during the long
periods of loneliness. He has his dogs, his cats, chick
ens, ducks and geese and he Is surrounded by coyotes.
While the bounty law was on he made some extra
money trapping these animals. Then he catches an
occasional wildcat and sells Its hide. The outside of his
shaok Is covered with hides and all kinds of ugly traps.
He has two or three old-fashioned guns, but hs is a
dead shot with them. lis hunts for geese and ducka
and goea fishing occasionally.
How Uncle Jlmmle catches fish and kills ducks an!
geese out on the desert is a mystery to the stranger,
but Uncle Jlmmle soon convinces one that hs does it
The spring bolls forth from a crater-like opening li
the ground. The hole Is 20 or 30 feet across and oi
unknown depth. Uncle Jlmmle has thrown up a circular
embankment around the spring which gives It tbe ap
pearance of the inside of a circus ring, exoept that It
is full of water to the top. A ditch out through this
dam enables the old man to irrigate a small garden spot
and his pond around the spring has been planted with
fish. He has constructed a walk out over the Dond to
the. spring and he walks out to the spring and fishes in
the deep water where he has no trouble in landing a
mess of beauties for favored guests. The man with the
small bottle usually receives these special foods.
A remarkable thing about this Bprlng Is that it ap
parently haa no bottom. Hundreds of feet of cord have
been let down into It with a weight attached, and
none has yet been found long enough to reach the bot
tom, Sow He Hants.
And the duck hunting is Just as simple as fishing.
Uncle Jimmy has only to close up his house and hide
Inside and keep still for a day or two and the wild ducks
will come to his pond and attempt to catch his fish.
He waits until a large number of them light on the
water and then he turns loose one of his old-fashioned
guns, and he never fails to do execution. He never
gets but one shot but he makes it count.
. But wild geese hunting Is more difficult After the
water has disappeared in the alkali sand it rises up In
a swale a half a mile from his shack. A rank growth
has sprung up here since Uncle Jlmmle fenced it in
and the wild geese light and feed In the shallow pond
among the weeds and grass. Uncle Jlmmle has dug sev
eral pits at convenient points around the pond and when
the geese get to coming In pretty lively, he hides in
one of these pits long before daylight and at dawn
ha usually gets a shot, and he never shoots without
aLilMl.
Domesticated Bees a.
The host at Alkali has a large flock of wild geese,
which have become perfectly domesticated. He found
the nest of a wild goose down among the flags In the
alkali pond and watched It from day to day. When the
old goose began "setting," Uncle Jlmmle "swiped ' her -eggs
and placed them under one of his common hens.
They all hatched out, took to their hen-mother hand
somely, have continued to breed and now he has a
large flock. They swim upon the circular pond in his
yard and never think of leaving. They arc as gentle
as the commonest aomesucaiea geese.
Then he has his funny episodes to help kill the time.
He started in with a pair of cats and soon had a dozon
or mora He was too tender-hearted to kill any of them,
and there were no neighbors with whom to share them.
Coyotes and wild cats are death on house-cats, but the
cat never strayed far from the house, and but few
were lost In thia manner. Tbe cats were tuklng the
place. Whenever he left the Kitcnen aoor open mty
ransacked the cupboard and table In seurch of food.
There was nothing else for them to eat near the plum,
and animal instinct warned them against straying
out into the desert where the coyotes- were watching foi
them. '
round a Bemeay.
Tha old man found, by accident, a way of keepln.
the cats out of the kitchen, but it worked BucceBfuil
and permanently. In whlllng away the time he decided
to make some ornaments for his "parlor," and starteJ
in by stuffllng a coyote's skin. When he had sewed it to
gether and stuffed it he found that he had no head
for it as the scalp had been taken. Not to be outdone,
h .iit the needed part from a wildcat's skin,. sewed
i. tha novota skin and stuffed It accordingly, placing
glass 'marbles of different colors in the openings fur
ovps Stuffed and placed erect on a board the animal
was a ragged-looking one as well as a novel out. It
did not look well enough, to place in thf parlor, ho
nirt miin ntood it In the kitchen. The cats were
under the floor, watching for an opportunity to enter.
x.. oiHont the old man left the kitehen door open
while he went for a bucket of water. The cats all
antered in a body, and in a moment he heard a noise
that startled him. He rushed back and found the cats
clinging to tbe walls snd celling and mewing In a
moat Pitiful manner, at the same time gazing at his
stuffed animal. They had torn tne tame cioin ana
the cloth from the cupboard In their attempted flight
The Cats Scattered.
The old man was dumbfounded. He thought they
had all gone mad on the spot He attempted to drive
them out and In doing so broke the only window pane
m th room. This was all they needed. They made
a grand rush for the opening and they poured through II
like a stream of water until the last oat had escaped.
Two or threelays afterwards they approached the
place cautiously, the old cat In the lead. She reared
up on the stoop and looked In. There stood the fok
animal. It was sufficient She ran for life. The otheri
followed. Uncle Jlmmle was not troumea turiner who
his cats In the kitchen. A combination of two of theit
most destructlvs enemies was too much for them.
- vnr months after this episode the old men enter.
talned.hts guests by telling ths story and demonstrat.
ing the truth of it by taking the animal in his hands,
end chasing tbe 'eats "from one point to another about
the place. .
In his Isolation tbe host at Alkali dees not find
life so burdensome, after all. - '
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