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nfpfil 12 iSJErf BA3StISqa CmBXmWtiEr JSUPM MBCH 2Tj j892i Mm gf im HI I Opportnnities forOur City Sportsmen Stream That Are Easy to Reach TTie Best Resorts in Marin Sonoma Alameda and San llateo Counties Written tot tne Chxoxicljl Are you an angler If you are that is a true disciple of old Izaak Walton as the first day of April approaches your heart beats quicker and your pulses thrill with pleasurable anticipations and your arm tingles at the thought as you picture to yoursell some dep and dark shady pool where your past experience teUs you you may expect to catch the king of the stream or where mayhap you hire pre riously hooked and lost the largest trout ever seen and so 11 you are such you will with loring care overhaul and take an inventory of your tackle preparatory to your first trip of the season There is probably no other large city in the United States in whose immediate ricinity exist so many streams that offer its anglers such opportunities for practicing their art as Ban Francisco The easiest reached and perhaps the most fished county in the ricinity of Ban Francisco is Marin It offers two excel lent streams that can be reached quickly and at little expense Lagunitas and Pa permill creeks Go to San Rafael take the Bolinas stage get off at Liberty and you will find yourself at the source of Lagunitas creek The stream is small where you strike it but before you lies some ten miles of excellent water rather brushy in places but full of inviting pools and riffles An enthusiastic angler can cover this ten miles from Liberty to the creeks junction with the San Geronimo in a day of easy fishing You will strike the railroad here and can return to the city the same day the last train toward the city passing this poiDt about 430 Many anglers go on the cars direct to this junction and fish ut either of these creeks some distance and returning work down Papermill creek to Camp Taylor Others leave the cars at San Oeronimo station and follow the San Oeronimo creek to its jauction with Paper mill creek This stream offers fine water You may slso leave the train at Nicasio walk over the hill to the north and striking the Jucasio creek loiiow its fine water until it empties ino the Papermill This is an excellent stream early in the season and can be reached from Tocoloma with ease Papermill creek which is formed from the waters of the Lagunitas and San Geronimo runs its beautilul and enti ing course of twenty miles through forests of redwoods and furnishes the angler of a day with excellent sport Yon may leave the train at almost any point on the stream as the trainmen are extremely accommodating to sportsmen This creek is thought by many to afford the twst better fishing though not so open as the lower part Tailor creek near Hopland la fin large stream bat one mast go pre oared to take care of himself although there are a few farm houses on this creek where one might find comfortable quarters Pieta creek also near Hopland In April or Hay is an excellent stream larger than Papermill or Sonoma and contains an si most inexhaustible number of fish many of which are above the average weight for large fish bat it rather a difficult stream to work Around Cloverdale are many streams of note From this point on the railroad yon make the Geyser and the Little Gey ser The fishing possibilities ot this whole country are great but as has been said the accommodations of this promising field are so limited that this section is not much visited by the angler who desires comfortable quarters after a hard days work No more varied and beautiful fishing country than the sea coast of San Mateo count exists in the immediate vicinity of San Francisco One may go by the Southern Pacific to San Mateo procure a team or take the Pescadero stage which leaves daily save Sunday and drive through an easily graded country to the famous Crystal Springs reservoir of the Spring Valley Water Company thence proceeding over a rather stiff grade into the pastoral valley through which Pilar citos CTeek runs For some two miles the fishing here is good early In the season Yon can leave the stage where the road crosses the creek and fish down to its mouth at Spanishtown no means remain there for the night for while the hotel is not bad you are within four miles of one of the most attractive and modest resorts of anglers to be found on the coast One might pass this little white cottage there oy the road and never dream of the good things in store for him who enters under the sign of Purisima House and yet he who does enter here feels loath to depart for all the good things in liquors and edibles know this place welt Here is one of the most remarkable as well as beautiful and prolific streams in the Bute the Purisima Its entire course of seven or eight miles is well run with riffles and pools that abound with natures trout A fair an ger 1 Mi i ill lit i ijlj ilIP I i iff I fishing from the Taylor dam to Tocoloma but one can hardly select a poor starting point in its entire length Olema creek is almost the equal of the Lagunitas and early in the sea ion is one of the best in the county Take the train to Tocoloma then proceed by stage two miles to Olema and driving up a good road some five miles fish down the stream There is a good hotel at Olema It is supposed bv many people that Olemj creefc is included in the Country Club preserves but this is not the fact San Anselmo creek is reached by way of Farfax You can fish up stream for a mile or more and then turn and come down the several miles of its length taking the return train at San Anselmo station Good sport is afforded early in the season only and the ris are small To reach salmon creek leave the train at Bodega rocds You will find this a most beautiful stream ana nne hsaing its entire length One should be able to fish this stream and make Duncans Mills for the night Austin creek in Sonoma county is a tributary of Russian river and offers unusual attractions It is a large stream wild rooky and picturesque at its source and free and open toward its mouth The famous jinks grounds of the Bohemian Club are on its mammoth redwood covered hanks Take the railroad to Cazadero You will rind a good hotel beside the stream The hotel keeper will direct you how to reach the north fork of Austin creek and you will rind it excellent fishing St any time Drive over the hill dismiss the team and fish down to the forks One may return to the hotel by taking the train that passes this point at about 6 There are a number of small streams within easy access of CaEidero that offer first rate sport esrly in the season You can take a stage at Caxadero for the Wallhalla the north and south forks of which will turnish entertainment to the angler who has bat a day or two at his disposal By getting off the train at Blrdells you will find yourself close to San Antonio creek Petaluma and San Rafael anglers tell of many a fine catch in its easily fished waters You can fish this stream and return to the city the same day by taking the early morning train and should bring back a heavy creel If you have the gentle art Novato creek is small bat early in April many a fine fish can be caught wh ose weight will surprise you The upper end of the San Francisco and Northern Pacific Railroad offers the angler so many fine streams that even the knowing ones are at a loss which to choose Prominent among these are the headwaters of the Russian river which afford most excellent opportunities for good sport and the tributaries are as numerous as the straws in a broom every one of which presents tempting water Dry creek near Healasbure is rather out of the way for the fisherman whose time is limited to a day or two but to the angler who has several days at his disposal no better place could be chosen The accommodations are mainly what you can make for yourself bat there are a few farm honses along its banks that one can depend upon for enough to tide over a hungry spell The very inaccessibility of this stream probably has much to do with the fine fish in it waters that seem only too anxious to attack your lures The upper end of the creek is much the season which fact gives ample promisa of good fishing ground above the dam The most prominent among the tributaries of this stream Is Hookers creek which empties into Bonotha creek a few yards above the hotel at Glen Ellen This tributary terminates so far as good fishing is concerned some three or foot miles above its mouth at a picturesque little waterftlL This stream is remarkably clear of underbrush and affords good fishing the greater part of its length Napa river sind Its numerous tributaries deserve mention bat while the volume of water and large fish would attract the angler the streams are so difficult of access with rods that they do not figure largely in considering the fishing streams in this vicinity though local anglers tell some remarkable stories of the size and number of the fish to be taken anywhere above the dam which is about two miles above Napa City Io the summit of the Santa Crux mountains among its sharp peaks and thick woods tumbles many a fine trout stream and from the number he who selects any of them cann go amiss The way to reach this country is over the picturesque narrow gauge road of the Southern Pacific company Change cars at Felton if yoa would go to Boulder creek and the headwaters of the San Lorenzo river You will find the Boulder creek House beside the stream from which it derives its name an excellent abiding place This is certainly one of the finest streams in the Stat and he who cannot put in three or four days work anon its lovely banks has bdt litUe of the fever that burns In the anglers veins at this season Nature has made this creek a spawning bed for large numbers of fish and the thorough stocking by the Fish Commission of Boulder creek and adjacent streams has been going on for a number of years You will find the Eastern brook trout here There are also several good streams besides the Sin Lorenzo within easy reach of the hotel last mentioned The Ban Lorenzo river from Felton to Big Trees offers never ending sport and there will be found numerous tributaries ou every hand This country is beautiful the streams are easily reached and are usually open and clear making this an easy country to fish By leaving the train at the Big Trees A Yisit to One of Natures Wonders Making the Trip Without a Guide Seven Thousand Feet Into the Bowels of the Earth A Peculiar Descent sosnsLi ntzzx Tha hau are ot fair size numerous ana peculiar to this stream for no fish can enter over its almost perpendicular fall of seven feet into the sea How did they get there How is the stream replenished each year Where can you find a trout so peculiarly marked so resembling and yet so ditierent from the Eastern brook trout Mine host can entertain you for hours on his own and other well known anglers theories The fish were there he will teli yoa when he first opened his hospitable doors some thirty odd years aeo and the stream had never been stocked until a few yeirs ago when the Fish Commission placed a few thousand Eastern brook trout in its headwaters Yet creel after creel ot Its inhabitants have been taken there year after yesr You must have fished the Purisima you must have slaked your thirst and stretched your weary limbs under Douzhertys table you must have climbed over those beautiful surf washed fuls before you sigh for new streams in which to csit your fly Go to the Purisima once and you wili go again San Gregorio is but five miles further down the coast and like the Purisima is on the stage road to Pescadero The drive from Purisima to San Gregorio is of more than passing beauty for almost on the edee of the rocky cliffs one winds io and out up and down the wind whipped coast of the Pacific Very comfortable quarters are obtainable a the mouth oi the San jregono Tue creek is of good size and fairly approachable for fishing though brushy in places near its mouth To the angler who has neither time nor monev for trip of a few days San Pablo anJ Wildcat creeks afford an opportunity for a days outing early in the season and fairly well filled creel sufficient at least to give one an appetite lor something better Some of the Berkeley College allumni give some glowing accounts of catches made there Wildcat creek is reached from the terminus of the railroad at Berkeley by an eajy tramp of three or four miles over the hills and San Pablo by a hurt er walk over the ridge beyond Sonoma creek is easily reached bv rail vii the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad or by the Southern Pacific companys road via Yailejo junction A trip to this stream is probably one of the least expensive of any in the immediate vicinity of San Francisco and it is so easy of access that it is no wonder it has always been such a popular resort of the city anglers This creek as a whole has less obstructions in the way of under you will strike the San Lorenzo lower down the sound of whose rushing waters will quicken your steps and stimulate your every nerve for the strikes that await you No more varied water no more inviting pools await your coming anywhere and though your feet may be weary before you leave the stream near Santa Cruz you will have had an enjoyable and profitaole days sport irly iu the season your tackle should be strong In order that yoa may kill the big fish you are liable to encounter though after the last high water the fish are of but average size Tbe California Powder Works has a large plant about three miles from Santa Cruz and uses largely ot tbe waters of the river but this company has quite recently placed a series of fish ladders in their names which are expected to facilitate the run of fish above their works After fishing down stream to these works you will find a good and direct road into Ssnta Cruz upon the west side of the stresm if you wish to leave it but the fishing below the powder works is easy and excellent Many anglers make the Hotel del Monte their headquarters while fishing in the Carmelo river though ie may find indifferent lodgings near the famous old mission The drive to the river irom the hotel is beautiful in the extreme Tbe stream is attractive during the entire season always affording good fishing the fish being of the largest If you have tha time you should fish the Carmelo The small boy and unprincipled poacher do not seem to affect this great fishing ground the headwaters of which are visited by many a jolly camping party the achievements of whom wouid cause many an Eastern fishermans eye to wink with disbelief Generally speaking the fishing throughout the State promises better sport this season than has been had for a number of years past One reason for this is that the rains have been heavy enough to afford ample opportunity for the fish to ascend all the coast streams to the spawning grounds and if no hevy storm should now ensue giving them the opportunity to return to the ocean many large fisn will undoubtedly be caught Another reason is that two years ago the water was unusually high in all the streams and a larger run than usual took place at th spawning time which has resulted in a virtual restocking of many of them This article would hardly be com plete Sill ACSTtX OZCK brush etc than any other stream in this part of the State and was in fact at one time looked upon by experts as about the best for the angler at any point near San Francisco The principal fishing ground on Sonoma creek extends over about ten miles of Us length One may leave the train at Aena Caliente where a comfortable hotel has been established for some years and then either fish down the stream for some three or four miles to the town of Sonoma or up tne stream some six miles as for as the town of Glen Ellen Or one can proceed direct to the town of Glen Ellen whero he will find good water for upwards of a mile up the stream to the old Lennie Fishing Companys dam where will be found a pool of sufficient size to suggest the habitat of numerous large trout Two years ago this dam was almost completely washed away by the high water of that season since which time the fish have been enabled to pass np to the headwaters in the pawning if it neglected to commend the Fish Commission for their efforts In seeking to lessen the amount of poaching in the streams as wall as to speae of the good work they hare done in many places in enforcing tbe law regarding fish ladders and also the beneficial effects that have followed tbe restocking of many of the depleted waters of the State It may not I be smiss to say in this connection that ii sportsmen generally would interest themselves to the same degree in this behalf much good might be done hereafter in preventing illicit fishing Public sentiment toward sustaining the fish laws is certainly growing and it is to be hoped that every true angler will endeavor to do his share in helping along the good work so ably begun by the Fish Commission Let him devote himself to the care and protection of the gamiest little beauties that were ever decoyed by the cunning allurement of the anglers artificial fly Written fox the Ckbovicljl During the latter part of June one snmmer not long ago the writer found himself stranded in the town of Flagstaff A owing to the failure of some business associates to reach that place at the time expected Enforced idleness in a little mountain town causes time to pass slowly and I at once began to look about for some means of enjoying myself during tbe days that must intervene A choice of two excursions was presented atrip to the ruins once occupied by the cliff dwellers of pre his tor io ages located a few miles south and west of Flagstaff or by a longer ride to the canyon of the Colorado river I had often been told of the won derful sublimity of this greit work of nature and decided to visit it Making inquiries concerning the distance to and the means of reaching there I found that the entire round journey would take five or six days it being about seventy miles and the conveyance a buckooard drawn by two diminuiive horses They were however well adapted to their work as I afterward found for although tbe road is rough and steep in places they jogged steadily along up and down hill I had been advised by en acquaintance that the eating sccommodaiions en route were nil so in preparing for the outing a choe box was secured and filled with bread meat cakes and other eatables enough to teed the driver and myself for a week at least The sun had scarcely cast its first rays ever the hilltops when we made the start most of the dogs and many of the town idlers being assembled to see as off The ride abounds in beautiful views each turn in the road bringing to the sight a new scene and so interesting was the panorama that the day passed quickly When night came we were fifty miles from Flagstaff We found comfortable lodgings and nroceeding early In the morning at noon were at our destination When tbe eye first falls on the indescribable grandeur of the landscape reaching away to the north and west an impressive awe overcomes tbe observer and this feeling is not dissipated for days after whenever the mind reverts to the subject We stopped with John Hause whose home is on the brink of the canyon but a short distance from the trail leading down io the river side seven long and hard to walk miles away although the air line distance is not more than a mile ana a half The afternoon was spent in preparation for the morrows journey and in viewing this beautiful picture of which tbe eye never tfres In my engineering expert ences I have seen much of the most renowned scenery In America both east and west peaks mountains valleys gorges and streams but here seemed a combination containing the salient features of alL Even the glaciers of the British Northwest were represented by the brilliance of the sun reflected from the smooth slopes of shining marble intermingling toe rough sandstone mountain sides Nature contains nothing surpassing it To describe it is impossible and to attempt description would display largely developed egotism in a more pretentious writer than I As well might one with a whitewash brush endeavor to reproduce the best efforts of Angeio or Raphael as for me to try picturing this snpreme scenio wort of nature Had I seen no more than that first view and then retraced my steps to Flagstaff I should have felt amply compensated for the journey 1 had taken but adding the experiences of the following day I believe it to be the happiest of my pleasure trips trips 1 stood in spellbound amazement watching Goas great picture and the more I gazed the greater was my fascinations Standing long in silent meditation I was aroused by the voice of my host who said Ive lived here sixteen years and over and Ive seen that canyon every day but every time 1 look down over it I see something new It is awfully grand From the moment the eye rests on the ruzced landscape until removed from its influence all mirth is suppressed Light thoughts give place to deeper ones and a man of the world communes with his Maker almost unconsciously Thus I spent tbe afternoon determined that on tbe next day I would visit the river flowing so many thousands of feet below Guides were obtainable but then prices were outrageous many of them doubtless having many a time worked a whole month and received less money 1 than they now asked me for one days service A couple came to me secretly later in the evening and offered reduced rates but I declined them both and decided to make the trip alone Of Mr Hause I inquired the prospects of my going down and returning tbe same day and was told it would be impossible to do It without a guide Has no one ever done It Not without a guide and even then they usually take two and sometimes three days Is the trail plain I asked By no means he replied Are there any perpendicular descents Yes several but there is a rope ladder I think at each of them Are the ladders in good condition Some of them but a heavy man broke one of them last month Weighing over 200 pounds myself 1 did not feel especially assured by tbe latter part of the sentence nevertheless with little deliberation I decided that I would go any way so immediately after breakfast I set out for my long walk The entire distance is estimated to be at least fourteenniles with a perpendicular descent oi 6700 feet I carried a luncheon sufficient to last me two days thinking it better to be prepared although I had not tbe slightest idea that I should need it Mr Hause collected 60 cents for the use of the trail which commences on his property The path leads downward almost from the start and it was not long before I found myself slipping and sliding running and jumping on account of the steep declivity In one place it was even necessary to sit down and slide During the first three miles one descends more than 4000 feet after which tbe trail falls more gTsdnally nntil tbe sub canyon that leads to the river is reached At this point it is probably ISO or 200 yards wide and slowly closes iuiinel like until at a point about two miles from the river there is scarcely room for two people to walk abreast Near the head ofthe canyon a pretty little mountain stream ripples down the hill tide and here I left a portion of ray luncheon relieving myself of thatmnch weight for I bad already began to leel wearied from the constant descent though my mind was keenly awake and its entertainment was in no wise monotonous Following the canyon which hers had occasional level stretches the walla became higher and their receding pitch less so that the range of vision was shorter All around was sandstone road at time worn smooth by the waters of centuries and again ragged and frowning I had noticed the geological formation asI advanced and now observed that tha upper stratas of sandstone were replaced by granite and soon found myself treadingtreading between marble walla their apex towering hundreds of feet above me Thus I continued when unexpectedly I came to the first rope ladder Although It assured me that 1 was on the right path which bad became exceedingly indistinct nevertheless visions of the heavy man who had broken one of them came to me and I shuddered to think of the result if one should part and precipitate me to the rocks so many feet below where bruised and battered I should undoubtedly lie suffering nntil death relieved me for there was no one that habitually traversed the trail and at that season tourists were not numerous Strive as I would to repress them these thoughts would present themselves so forcibly that once I hesitated undecided whether I should proceed Tbe first ladder was not more than ten feet long so with less trepidation than I should have had if had been longer I tested its strength and then descended I had scarcely left this point when anoher ladder was encountered longer than the first bat as It wis to be ascended surmounting huge bowlder that had fallen in and now effectually blocked the narrow passageway I felt no fear of It for should It break it would doubtless do so before I was high enough to be Injured by the falL It too was safely passed and the next incident was a steep declivity at which was a handrope to assist descent Then came another difficulty The canyon bad narrowed so that one might touch both its walls with the elbows The sides were like polished mantels and in a depression the wakr and fatigued byvtha rapid movements necessarily made in descending sat down by the edge of tha river and basked in the suni rays until the intense heat upon my unprotected body compelled me to seek the shade of a mighty bowlder standink Iclose at hand While sitting here I thought of the con rageou Major Powell and his party who had passed through thia canyon twenty years before the time I how stood there and my wonder was not so much that two members Should hare been lost from their frail boats bat that any passed through alive Having watched the awe inspiring scene until it wss deeply impressed upon my mind I dipped my ha ids In the muddy waters and then stsrted upon my return I had from the beginning dreaded this portion of the journey but I soon found that with an occasional atop for a breathing spell it tv as easier than coming down The long smooth incline troubled me somewhat and had to make two or three attempts before it waa surmounted I reached and scaled the fails where securing some specimens ofthe terns and moss growing there and donning my clothes I stopped to rest My watch told me that it was but a few minutes past 2 so I felt no uneasiness regarding my ability to safely reach the summit before dark Jogging along as rapidly as I thought prudent I came to and surmounted the different ropes that had caused me such difficulty in the morning and at 315 oclock I emerged from the canyon There I stopped to take a last look at the beautiful scene and ate a portion of the luncheon that was left here in the morning and slacking my thirst from the brooklets clear sparkling water I felt greatly refreshed There were yet three miles to travel and He IfflRlPOlf ijSAt i msrou mm tMe i KM WKH WK VAK Kg II If If IwU a van si uu iir LMep Viaws nf thfi iininm hiiiimiu wn AConyictWhoseBe IsNicotiae It instead od Arsenic Strychnine and Yeraigrtg i xive no ijnvat on His Stomach rs thb eaaim cawtok the full width of the passageway was a pool of water a foot or more In depth I at once concluded that I must now use strategy or return Having come so far I did not want to turn back withont first searching the river so removing my shoes stockings and lower garments I waded on A fifteen minutes walk brought me to a turn a little sharper than a right angle and now for the first time there reached my ears a roar resembling that of a heavy fall of water Soon I came to a stream two or more feet in width having a considerable fall and at this time well filled with water A rope ladder was suspended trom one side of the cataract but the excessive quantity of water now flowing caused tbe narrow channel to run out of its banks and a small stream was trickling over and on tbe ropes I now concluded that I had reached the end of my trip and looking at my watch found that it was 1020 oclock Nonplussed at the situation I was on the point of turning back when the ludicrous ness of my appearance struck me and caused me to smile The more 1 thought about it the funnier it seemed until In the middle of a hearty laugh I happened to think If I have come so tar partially dressed why not completely disrobe and go through the water This I decided to do and after eating tbe lunch I bad kept with me 1 removed the balance of my clothing and soon found myself like Adam before his falL Grasping the rope I slid down through the water to the level below without othr inconvenience than a nettle like condition of the rope where it had been exposed to the sun would give Tbe water was cool but not chilly and as I emerged from it I felt as invigorated after my hot walk as though I had taken a shower bath The fails were thirty five or forty feet in height and at their base was a rich growth of terns and moss Tarrying only lone enouzh to euimate my chances of scaling that ladder when I returned I an ascent of 4000 feet While I was resting I concluded that I ought to cover it in three hours Starting determinedly and with too much energy I soon found my breath coming in short gasps so I rested again Another move was soon followed by another rest each distance passed becoming shorter and the rests longer until 100 feet was about as far as I could go without stopping Thus I toiled and labored on reaching the summit just as the sun was dropping behind tbe western horizon but I was too much fatigued to enjoy its bright and slowly changing colors which soon passed out of sight I bad accomplished what the natives had said could not he done and although tired and worn out I felt as proud as a battle scarred warrior or a victorious football player Old Mr Hause met roe before I resched the house and at first received my story incredulously but when I had described the entire pathway to him and minutely pictured that last slide so strongly marked upon my memory and elsewhere he was convinced Although a considerable period has passed since the writer made his visit there yet its wonders are freshly pictured on his memory and were he now tochoose another outing it would be to the grand canyon of the Colorado EDUCATION OF TO DAT The Two Modni Systems Leave bat Half a Man With all its novel modern powers and practical sense lira forced to admit that the purely scientific brain is miserably mechanical it seems to have become a splendid sort of self directed mthiuean incredible automaton grinding on with its analyses or constructions Bat for pure sentiment for all that spontaneous joyous Greek wavwardness of fmcy for the temperature of passion and the subtler thrill of ideality yoa might as well look to a wroaght lron derrick Science found Written for the Chbohclb Up in the penitentiary at Polsom 1 prisoner known to hlsr fellow convicts 1 The man with the copperHai4i stomach He is William Troy who wti sent to the prison about three years 1 to serve a term of seven years for burglary 4 stories told about him are true and tttr ll are vouched for by Warden AuitDepjZ 3 Warden Hughes and Brlagleihai has rifhlv earned his rjninrm nnKi i His stomach is capable of receiving 1Bj retaining withont apparent injury tq his health some of the most fioleat pbLwm known to science Nicotine one of tit most virulent of poisons Troy conjunj in large quantities every day When he entered tha prison his syitsa was shattered through the habit of opiaiij smoking to which yice becams aJ dieted in this city Each a wreck mentally and physically had Troy become that he wss unable to work and the initial month of his imprisonment was spent la thihos pitaL Of coursehe could get no bpioaL and his sufferlngVwere acute Thetresji ment he received in the hospital to ji weaned him from the habit that fiaallj tbe doctor sent him to the qnarrieg where he was put at work catting granite With tbe iansr of time the desire to invr opium returned to Troy and being unable to procure tne a rug tue mongnt of a novel and disgusting substitute suggested itself Every three mouths each convict given a new clay pipe and they are lowed to do what they please with taoid used during the preceding quarter of year The quality of tobacco doled out by the State is not ofthe best and the ret snlt is that after a pipe has beeaiacoaV stant nse for a period of three months tha clay is saturated through and through with nicotine It is Troys custom to ceil lect these old pipes from their avne extract the nicotine and drink it ordinary man drinks beer Ha tint tints tha nines libin and pounds them nntu they are rends to a fine powder To this he adds water ana doms tee mess nntu au ue sicoaae I thoroughly soaked from the clay Whs this bss been accomplished the brew I allowed to stand nntil the day hit gone to tne Dottom wnue tne niootme remains on tbe surface Troy skims the niconhi from the water and his substitute fai opium is ready to be consumed Ha drinks ft with apparent relish and com plains no more because opium is not given him This he has been doing eve since he left the hospital and the Scarf of the prison say he has improved bl health When the doctor learned of Troys niee Behring Dispute JpopTilar Ignorance Jhe Onlj Danger di i nvti TVlTd iSourJ DiuKUtar uen 4sTra Snrlfan l1hna J8CJ or Heart 1893 ST Jatos eoaoosr asamtrr the 41 of Loi TIT bad thJ Gol the she tr1 to res wh Ifol Ob res sal the sac Waila Tray the nicoiim irinltr tine drinking habit be examined the coa vict and concluded that the disgusting brew was not doing any harm a condi tion which is accounted for by the fact that his system is so thoroughly sata rated with opium that one poison serves to counteract the effect of the othtfC Moreover the doctor concluded that If Troy continues tbe use of the nicotine hs will become weaned altogether from the opium habit and will In course of tdrns bs able to abandon both practices Nicotine is not the only poison to tha fatal effects of which the siomaca of Tray is impervious In an experimental Viy he has swallowed enough arsenic strycb nine and verdigris to kill half a doa men Nothing seems to harm him They other convicts say if a cobra bit birn the reptile would die while Troy would not lose a moment sleer BO TSt XITTLX COLORADO pressed onward and found still a new experience Another steep smooth rock lay before me without any friendly rone to assist me down Its slope was at least 43 degrees or greater and the surface was smoother than the cellar doors npon which I played in childhood There was but one way to get down I htd no board or even the sheltering protection of that garment upon which my good old grandmother spent so many stitches in much needed repairs but it was go or turn back so I went but before 1 reached the bottom I wished that I had turned back Only those whohave experienced it can realize the pleasurable excitement of such a descent There remained bat dae short rope and I soon found myself beside the waters of I the angry rushing muddy Colorado It was impossiDie to travel any distance up ordown the bank of the stream for on either side the bold precipitous bluffs reared their heads perpendicularly from education blundering peacefully along cultivating half of the mind with charming results and letting the other die of disuse it worked the startling miracle of electrifying this dead half into life and bringing it to perfect activity and straightway satisfied with thia remarkable achievement it proceeded to neglect the ideal half which the classics bad made so much ol and caused it to perish It has substituted a new sort of half man for the old one What would be thought of a world wide school of athletics which should bind up the right leg till it withered and became forever impotent and make ita graduates hop through life on the leftt And what student of education could believe It potsi blethat new grest culture would arise which should graTely bind up the left leg and mate its men hop on tbe right Ye that is what two systems of education are nOW doint Olnrene Xn in Mm A Forum PAItTHlAM AR01T TTie Free List TFas Suspended far ike Song and Dance Atab He was unmistakably a song and daeee man and a prosperous one at that His tile bore a mirror like gloss his long tailed overcoat fitted him without a wrinkle and bis new patent leathers shimmered asl glistened in the gaslight He stalked into Tony Pastors lobby with tne mien of a plntorcrat and after carefully perusing the ley end Posltlysly No Free List wnlch decks the box office window thrust his yellow gloved hind into an inside pocket and brought forth a printed card Say he queried as he laid the pests board before the ticket dispenser do you recognize the profession Yes when we know em answered the gentleman within as he dubiously scanned tne others credentials Welt gimme two Im sorry to say we dont know jonr The applicant for comps gasped with surprise Whatr heexclatmed you dont xao me Jim Smith of Smith Smith the inventors of the Lightnin Bug Act an thf strongest team west of Chicago 1 Aa Wny Tm the author of them songs Dirtin Adoo an A little Lump of Sod Never heard em I suppose you will be aayin next that you never heard of me Never did James Smith with eommiseraHT sigh returned the card tohiapockst Sav he marked fn tones of TitriOd contempt as her turned to go do 7fl know Booth TSva Tort CijAmtrciai A a ver titer ftti TTrt ITvlttjm KverTthlar Bhe stepped up to the edltoifa deiku mureiy ana saia Do you want any writing doner The weary editor looked at her an said inr i innMiifi Tes I have wriUerua little poerryJy HaTe also written several short stonet nnfftt anAtv rilft beg vyoor pardon said jSeledlW catcDtng me areata out iaj jaw thin van haveVtlwritiea 1 dont believe thera isaheissid coaj fidently yet shyly You feero tenoe racher And tv Tie writer and 149 great deal of workfqrUterary jsntlp ft rr anng wn ior lSVfiaunciA rtil os March 20L The strained xela rjfi between the United Btstes and Great Britela on the Behring sea question be 0ng well informed persons herein tor some reason or other the Philadelphia correspondent of the Time belittles rhe whole controversy day after day and send word that nhe subject has failed to Mite much interest among the Ameri Vean peopled Thia encourages the advo cates or tne aoggea poucy oi nw surrender to perseTCre In their coarse and confirms them la lueir oeuu inat sue president and eenaio nr merely engage i orrvlns out an election eerlngdodge hare reason to believe however that Ihe Government is not underrating the dispute They re very anxious to arrir i settlement and thlntihey would be able to do so if It were not for the in Las In Canada This class not largely representative in England forxno section rt theneiisn people worm mentioning Trould look upon the probability of war iwith the united states without norror The Canadian pressure is very strong and eVnitursllT mast hart tome effect upon the 3linistry as well as npon traruament Thare is absolutely no political advantage to be gained for any party in this country by quarreling with the United oif Onf th rj mfrarv The Minis ttrv which placed two countries in peril ft on such a question as the seal fisheries would undoubtedly wiser useir ana that speedily fejBatmnchls to be feared from the lg Borsnce ot tne great ooqy ot tne xiguru people concerning tbe real question at June for they cannot he expected to read the blqe books containing Correspondence and they accept tha newspaper version ot What is going on That as a rule represents the United States as having no case and Its being determined only to force England into a humiliating position We are all is the dark as to the true nature oi the counter proposals made by Lord Salis bury and as to his reasons for refusing to renew the modus yivendi of last year I may add that the belie strong in official circles that the storm will blow ever and that a fair andTeaaoaabls com promise will be arrived at We hear or ao threatening naval preparations on the part of the American Government and I consequently It Is not generally thought inafthe warlike erDrestions Which find IktUrknce In various quarters are likely to te translated Into action St it mait be distinctly reported that no party or section of a party in this country desires to see a serious misunderstanding with the United States on any subject Whatever A Membeb or Paiuakest SALISBURY IS OBSTTNATfi aeml OffleUf BlnU That the Ministry Wilt Hot Back Down Xosnos March 25 AIt is reported to day that Salisbury is more resolute not to renewthe modus vivenai and that the meditated Liberal attack npon the policy in Behring tea hat only strengthened the urposeof the Ministry in this respect he uovernment feels that it wiirbe sus tained by the country in refusing to ae ctde to the American demand and it is generally admitted that the latest note of Jlarrison threatening the use of the mGi ttry and naval forces of the United Stales to enforce the American claim to exclusive rights in the Behring sea has aroused a strong anti American feeling Egamong the masses which Is reflected in the press of all shades of political opinion The Goveromentttlsststei on good authority believes that the newspapers show the popular sentiment and that the Elilnisiry will be supported in resisting the ciaim inavicnring sea cannot do entercu tr nmalVi nrxtinv nnrbflMI As ito fteVal RreparatlonVther9 Is no doubt that in ttructiona hive beenv cabled to Admuai Hotham to go north earlier than usual These ins tractions do sot involve any hostilities against the United States bit the fact is that at the usual time of the entrance of Canadian sealers IntiV Ririn itTtr tha whole I thbu litrenrth of the British Padfia squadron will be within easy reach Of the sceae of ofta dispute and resdv to carry out such orders 1 be S4 aa may then be deemed necessary while I wlll It Is also insinuated that before Jane part of tha British Chinese squadron will be on the way to tbe Pacific coast The au I tuorftiea are officially reticent but there la plenty Of talk going on In dabs and elsewhere by officials and others in a semiofficial war that does not promise any hsckdown on the part of the Ministry ttelerring tor the reported entente do tween Russia and the United Slates In tbe Behring tea question the St Janet 7a to day aayi Both tides know the United States it not going to war with Great Britain but we cannot allow Bosss interfere Borne of the London nepers fear a con filetwinbe precipittted by the indiscreet Fi ot navai ataari i js uio Anmjrat paunon jj wru i A WL1tl i I lil aVa I yHuuanea KHUBjin itdku it both American and British officers executa their instructions how can a col lision be avoided OS Qcxaxiox at issuer rd Salisburys Chang of Heart on the falsi af Damaret Washibotdw March 26 A Cabinet Officer said to day that be felt confident vreat untam would consent to a renewal of the modus rirendi of last year or if ot she would not Interfere or resistihe euorts of this Government to preserve the seals pending arbitration nothing curiner than what has been published nas leea received from LordLSalisbary The minds afd tnatArTtrnf the Senators Lave been cottslderaolyciearei of mlsap reoensio at to th points involved in thje dispute between tnk United Btates ad Great Britain try the discussions in executive sessions darin last weexj fcJt would have been welacroroJng to vaeot the most broad minded of the Sen WAl AAt Loi qn slpnil tloltl thro Hqua Pal meal ltn IX the rublio could have been truth Ji com.