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and the small plat of ground surrounding
| it, but leased it to another party, because
of his pronounced objections to the de-
struction of the trees of the valley and the
change OF any OF the natural features. But
when Bernard became the lessee of the
hotel property in '78 he offered Hutchings
the use of his old cabin, the occupancy of
which Hutchings resumed and continued
in until the present lessee of the Sentinel
Hotel took charge of the property about
three years ago. Since then Hutchings
has been living in San Francisco, visiting
the valley often and always hoping that
he might some day return to live in
the picturesque little cabin where
he spent twenty-five winters; where
he wrote his book, 'In the Heart of the
valley from 1880 until 1884, where he was
visited by many prominent people from
all parts of the world, who were anxious
to see and talk with ''the oldest in
habitant"; for that little cabin was lined
with curios of the valley, and its pioneer
occupant was an encyclopedia of knowl-
edge to those who wished to gain informa-
ton on the flora of that region, on the
birds, on the glacial formations. on the
neighboring mountain regions and on the
Indian legends.
For forty years he, more than any other
one man, has made the Yosemite known
to the world He has written three books
sketches of the valley for the periodical
press. including the first mention that was
ever made of it, and he has travelled over
the country for years lecturing on the sub
ject, sometimes before audiences of several
thousand people.
The Legislature, always magnanimoCs IN
its treatment of the original settlers of the
Yosemite, passed the following resolution
at the last session: 'l'olpet4
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring:
That the use of the cabin erected in the Yo-
semitic Valley by ]. NJ. Hutchings, and the or
chard adjoining of about five acres in extent
granted to said ]. NJ. Hutchings for the term Of
ten years. .s
A wrong impression has been current
that, in accordance with this resolution,
adopted last March oy the State Legisla-
ture, the old Yosemite settler was in pos
session of his reminiscent old cabin amid
the pine trees. But the legislative action
must be ratified by the Board of Yosemite
Commissioners before the premises can be-
occupied.
The Commissioners meet tomorrow and
will take action on the matter. That this de-
cision will be in accordance with the wishes
of the members of the Legislature represent
ing the various districts of the State can
hardly be doubted.
And then when the lease of the present
lessee of the Sentinel Hotel shall expire
next October, the old pioneer may be per-
mitted to go back to spend his declining
years in the spot that has become part of
his life and his constant love-the valley
where his three children were born and
where one of them rests in the little grave
yard not far from the old cabin.
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could fully understand it until he got down
among his fellows-came in contact, as it
were, with the great, beating, suffering
heart of the people. How he sympathized
with them. He exerted himself to be en-
tertaining. He talked as animatedly as
interestingly, as he would have tried to do
at the table of his richest acquainta nce.
He owed it to the humble folk to give them
of his best as freely as they had given
him of theirs. He was sorry he could
not wholly remove their sense of
constraint. They sat and listened to him,
but without eating. What pity there
SHOULD be this terrible gulf between hui
raised in his presence. Even Jimmy, the
other boy, regarded him reservedly, with
an anxious air, as he allowed himself to be
helped to the last potato. the last bit of
meat in the dish. He did not care for
these. Nor did he want another slice of
bread, nor any more of the terrible tea,
but he ate in the effort to make them feel
at ease, to show them that he did not de-
spise their meager fare. But he felt, as he
had never felt before, the austere cIannish-
ness of the poor. Even at their own table
they would not really meet him half way.
When would they learn that the chasm
between them and their more prosperous
brethren was largely of their own making?
He was relieved when at last the food
was all consumed ana Jney le1J the table.
His entertainers had eaten almost nothing.
Would they never cease to be overawed by
him? Would they never understand that
he felt himself to be only their brother?
He went back to the sick boy, but he felt
depressed and discouraged. He would
have liked to give the father some money
and retire, released of responsibility. But
he would not degrade fellow-creature
with the proffer OF mere material aid. He
had let them enjoy the higher blessing of
giving. He had broken bread with them.
He would not insult their humanity by
the offer of charity.
But he went away disheartered. He felt
that the problem was bitter one. His
heart yearned to help, but he seemed help
aess. He would come next day and try
iagain.
But on the next day he was very i'll.
The bad air, the coarse, unaccustomed
food, the strain upon his sympathies, had
combined to produce serious gastric at
tack, and he was confined to his bed for
fortnight.
When he recovered he went back to visit
his friends. They had gone. The man
had been out of work, they were back in
their rent and had been obliged to seek
other quarters.
Alas the difficulty of maintaining these
one-sided friendships with the suspicious
poor. Why had not this man, whom he so
longed to help, turned to him for aid?
ADELINE KNAPP.
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He was a lover of humanity and had
high faithin the great destiny OF the Race.
He believed that the way to lift Man IS to
get down, beside him, into the pit. He
had lofty ideals as to the dignity OF labor,
and of the equality of all human beings.
He longed to meet his fellows upon per-
fectly equal footing; to watch with his
lowly brother, eye 10 eye; to talk with
him as: one man to another. He used to
meet with the workingmen's clubs on
Sunday nights and address them upon the
economic fallacies of the day. On these
occasions he always appeared in working
mans garb, and it was source OF regret
to- him that his hands were not stained
with the marks of toll. lie endeavored,
always, to adapt his expression to that OF
the members of the clubs, so that they
would recognize the fact that his creed
proclaimed his oneness with them. 1t de-
lighted him to feel that he was one with
them. 1t was well that the gulf could be
thus bridged, since they could never be
one with him. 81 am no better than the
least of you all, F" was what he endeayored
to make them feel.
He was calling upon one of the boys in
an evening class which he had established.
The lad, who worked in machine-shop,
haG. been struck on the head by flying
bit Of broken gearing. He had received a
nasty cut and was in a high fever The
Altruist sat by his bedside in the little
stuffy tenement for over an hour, bathing
the hot head. He rejoiced at this oppor-
tunity to be of service to his fellow-creature
From time to timethe boy S father tiptoed
in and out of the room. He had been out
OF work for some weeks and thus had time
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to look after the patient, while the mother
In the next room finished some fine laun-
dry work she had got to do. There were
only two rooms in the tenement, and the
steam from the living-room filled the
little dark bedroom, where were two beds.
The transom giving upon the hallway was
shut, as the noise of passers on the stair
ways made the half-delirious boy restless.
Presently the wife and mother came to
the bedroom door. She looked at her hus-
band, and then whispered to him. He
turned to the Altruist. Dinners after
bein' reddy, sorr," he said, "an' Jimmy's
KEN in from worruk an must be atm an
off agin. Mebby yen De DRAWN up wild
u.s. sorr?"
The half-invitation was extended hest
tatingly. The Altruist. in turn, hesitated.
The mingled odors of laundry and culinary
operations were oppressive-almost repul-
sfve to him. But who was he, to refuse the
invitation of a fellow-being? What his
brother Jared upon, daily, must his dainty
stomach refuse? Should he turn from the
proffered cheer of any human creature,
when the world was crying out for per-
sonal association, the giving of ones SELF
in human sympathy and companionship,
as man to man?
So he accepted the invitation, and went
with his host to the other room. There
was a dish of stewed beef and potatoes on
the oilcloth covered table. This, with dry
bread, made from rye. and tea, with no
milk, constituted the meal.
The Altruist felt a generous glow of good
fellowship pervading his being. He took
the proffered chair and the proffered plate
of beef and potatoes. The latter was de-
testible to him, but he ate heartily, chat
ting the while with his host and hostess.
These humble folk were his brother and
sister. This after all was life. No one
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thing had to be packed over the Engaging
trails on mules. The first four-horse stage
that reached the valley was taken into the
Yosemite in parts on the backs of mules.
Partitions had to be made for the big
rooms, for the women could not always be
asked to share the upstairs apartment and
the men the room below. The nearest
sawmilI was forty miles away, and lumber
could not be packed over the winding
trails on mules. Cloth could be brought
in, and muslin was used for partitions. 1t
was not, however, a protection against re-
markable silhouettes when the roomers
were careless in placing their lights when
retiring.
Two men were employed and worked all
the next winter in getting out lumber with
handsaw, but the insignificant product
of their labor proved that, with the greatest
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industry, enough lumber for building pur
poses could never be made by such means.
Hutchings went to San Francisco and
bought the machinery for sawmill, and
hired millwright to put up the plant.
But the wheel would not turn. Finally,
after much labor, Hutchings got it to go.
The great rainfall of the previous winter
had softened the earth so much that when
a heavy windstorm came fully 100 large
pines and cedars within an area of eleven
acres toppled over and were uprooted.
These supplied the logs from which was
made the lumber used for buildings.
The location of the hotel was such that
in winter, owing to the narrowness of the
valley and the great height of its walls, the
sun only reached it for two hours in the
day. Across the river there was a spot
that got the sun for over six hours day;
and lover there" Hutchings built his log
cabin in the fall of '65, and planted small
orchard of five acres, principally apples,
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companied by Lamon, an old Yosemite
pioneer, AMI Galen Clark, for many years
the guardian of the valley. Everything
was covered with snow to the depth Of
from two to ten feet, totally obscuring the
trails and making progress uncertain and
perilous and very fatiguing.
His companions would not continue and
urged him to return with them and await
the melting of the SHOWS. But then his
purpose could not be attained, and he de-
termined to keep on alone. For six days
he floundered YEARLY through the snow, the
crust on which continually broke letting
him down among snow-covered bushes
from which be would have to Chamber up
to the surface. So great was the labor
that he averaged only about miles prog
ress day. Getting free from the snow
ON the afternoon of the ninth day he en-
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fered the valley and found comparatively

Iereo the valley ana Iouhu comparatively
little snow there.
If they were to make their home in the
Yosemite some means of gaining liveli-
hood must be devised. Mrs. Hutchings
suggested that they keep hotel. There
was building in the valley already that
had been put up for hotel purposes several
years before, but it had not been patron
lied very much and was unfinished, It
one above the other, but there were no
windows or partitions. The hotel, with its
possessory land claim, was purchased, and
in April, 1865, the family effects were
packed into the valley on mules for dis
lance of fifty miles over rough and
narrow trail that is now the CoulterviIle
road. 1t was then the only trail The
four-horse wagon that had brought the
things to Coulterville was taken apart and
carried into the valley on muleback.
Crockery, chairs. looking glasses, every
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ph Belgium January 1872
Catholic Seminary Louva present
Haeaii untort,ss separated by
the the inhabited word himself AZ
at the age Of % gears.
The best-born hero that may be,
The very bravest in peace n
Since that sad night in Gethsemane-
Horns of the OF five-horned starr
Why merely Belgian monk and the least
The lowliest-merely peasant-born priest.
And how did he fight? and where did he fall?
And whom did he conquer in the name of God?
The Cross And he conquered than all
Famed captains that fought fre-shod.
Now, lord of the sapphire-set and Skies
Far under his Southern gold Gross he lies.
Far under the fre-sown path of the
His ashes slow gather to ashes
His great chorus and his tides
To dulcet and liquid soft cadences.
And, glories great deeds gone,
I'd rather be he than Napoleon.
Hear this! Hawaiian doomed leper lay
Lay prone in the sand, cast out and alone,
The Levites passing by the other way,
Their proud hearts hardened a hard milestone.
This priest bore water, kneeled prayed, and tore
His robes into shreds till he bound each
He rests with his lepers, for whom he died;
The lOrn outcasts in their cooped-up isle,
While SANDER purses her lips in pride
And proud gather their robes and smile.
They mock at his deeds in their daily talk,
Deriding his ways in their Christian % walk.
But the great wide, honest the wise, big world,
Or sapphire splendors o midnight sun,
1t is asking the while that proud lips curlcd,
Why do We that monk hath done?
Why do ye if so drawer than he,
Some bra world might
THE HEteHrs y
Oakla "a August1S l.
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AN IMPORTANT ORDER.

fostai employees Prohibited from At
tempting to Influence Legislation
WASHINGTON, Dec. IAN importan.
order was issued today by Postm aster-
General Wilson, directed against the
organization OF postal employees to
secure legislative action. Reports have
oeen current for comparatively long
period that employees Of various classes
were combining and pooling funds to
furnish expenses Of the committees or
other representatives sent to appear be-
lore Congressional com mittses in behalf
Of legislation.
Inns action Is now practically prohib.
ited, and penalty was imposed by to-
days order, which Is as follows:
"orderec: That hereafter no poet
% MASTER, postoffice clerk, letter carrier,
railway postal clerk or othor postal ON
pioye, shall Visit Washington, whether
on ieaVe without pay for the purpose of
influencing legislation before Congress
ANY such employe Of tho postal service
who violates this order shall be liable
to removal
"Postmasters and other employees of
the postal service are paid by the gov
eminent for attending to the respective
duties assigned them, which do not in
clude efforts to sc cure legislation. That
duty Is assigned to tho representatives
CT tho people elected for that purpose.
III bills are introduced in either
branch OF Congress affecting the ossal
service, upon which any information or
recon mendation is desired, I am read
at all times to submit such as lies in M
power and province
(Signed) "WILLIAM l.. WILSON,
"PostmAster General"
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THE LATEST LONDON GOSSIP.
The Eastern Question the All
important One.
The Guardshipo Not SO Much a Necessity
for Protection as a Test OF the Com
cord OK the Great Powers-Japans
Practical Way of forwarding valor.
Princess Beatrice's Husband.
Copyrighted 1895 by t. A. P.


LONDON, Dec. 7.-While IL ia trpa
that domestic policies have been utterly
ouil the surprises of the eastern cues.
tion have been followed in England
with most intense interest. Naturally.
the main point in the East throughout
inc week was the question as 10
whether the sultan would or would not
grant tho permits 1ecessary for the
extra guardships required by Great
Britain, Russia, Austria and Italv tn
pass the straits OF the Dardenelles'
Inc interest taken in this extrs
Suardship question Is not so much due
to the fact that the powers consider H.
necessary to have additional protection
LOT foreigners within easy reach in the
bosphorus as to the knowledge that IL
IS really test Of European concord, IL
sne powers back down 1t will be q
demonstration that the Turks we're right
In believing that the accord OF Europe
could not last for any length OF time
ana that the sultan was holding oat
until the eventual break occurred. But
should the powers rems sin firm in their
accumulation to have additional guard.
ships in the Bosphorus, 1t will clearly
demonstrate that the accord of the
powers Is capable of withstanding 3
stIunB teSI
The British press, naturally, demands
thae Europe should not recede from the
position taken up by the powers. and
that the sultan should be forced to Weld
to the pressure brought to bear upon
him. The authorities upon interna-
tlonal law, however, contend that the
sultan is technically right in his refusal
to grant the firmans demanded.
Ihe curious statement has been made
here that the Japanese governments has
ordered Is, 600 cheap watches from firms
In Switzerland, with the intention of
presenting them instead OF medals to
the soldiers who were engaged in the
war against China.
The court newsman chronicles the
departure of Prince Henry. Of B.tten-
burg, husband of Princess Beatrice, for
the Gold Coast Of Africa, in order to
take part in the Astansee picnic, 40
called. The newspapers have been
printing details of the alleged special
equipment and of the luxuries which
were to mark tho princes journey.
All this called for good deal of ridi-
Guile from the radicals and others, until
nnaliy thore was sudden and unex-
pected change made in the program,
and an official statement WAS Issued
that Prince Henry would go to the Gold
coast simply as the other officers of the
British army who are to take part in
the expedition.
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ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. THE Mary
land delegation had most lovely weather
for the celebration of the State day.
The weather was cool, but the suns
rays tempered the atmosphere with
just enough chill to prove invigorating
to soldiers and sight-seers. Tho troops
of the Fourth and Fifth regiments,
Naval reserves, etc., formed into line ct
1890 o'clock and marched to the
grounds, excorted by the city guards.
On arrival at tho Exposition thew
were reviewed by Governor Brown and
staff from tho music stand, opposito tho
Pennsylvania building. Tho DAYS ex-
ercises at tho auditorium began al noon.
Rev. IL. N. Murhlo delivered MARYLAND
Day" GRAFTON.
Governor Brown, In bis addrcss, spoke
in part as follows. the fnterosss OF
Maryland and of Georgia are one" he
said, "and l thank the people of
Georgia for their aid In having begun
making baltimore the metropolis Of the
South"
"Tbe solid South" he exclaimed.
"YcG, God forbid it otherwise. Bound
together SO we are by tho ties OF blood
and fra.ernal fellowship, we gro a united
people in defending our rights as
American citizans in supporting the
integrity OF this groat and glorious
union OF States. From the banks OF
tho Rio Grando to the shores of She
chesapeake wo stand as one man In
whatever Is fos our material interest
1t is truo We may locally be attracted
momentarily by glittering magnets, but
as the needle TO tho pole. and whom the
fluctuations ere over we raturn to our
henring6 and are again tho solid South.
'"Tae Same blood courses through our
veinH; the samo spirit moves us, and
the same love Of country and it's insti-
tutions will ever guide us in whatever
id best for this American continent OF
ours, "a guided our forefathers whom
they resisted all attempts to infringe
upon their rights as free American citl-
zens. And let me cay to the sons OF the
south that the pulse of the people of
Maryland, whilst ever the blood OF their
ancestors holds its vitality, will ever
respond to whatever intereats her sister
Ssatee OF the South may have that would
aseist in the least in furthering the
interests OF our common country
And now in closing let met say,some
| OF the people OF Maryland have in the
past stood shoulder to shoulder with the
gallant sons of Georgia in the field of
battle; some are now resting side BY
side in the hallowed and sacred grounds;
some are hero to-day to join hands with
you in folio Wship and with one accord
we all proclaim one God, one country,
ono flag and one people,"
Mayor Hooper, OF Baltimore, followed
in felicitous address. The exercises
were attended by several thousand
Marylanders and crowds OF Gaorgians,
who joined In the sentiment of the day
with great enthusiasm.
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A Democrat Elected.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. Dec. Tho Demo
Gratis won TO day in the special elec ito n
in the Eighteenth Legislative district,
securing j. G. Carroll to the legislature
by majority Of 1873 over Charles A.
Blatz, the Republican nominee. AS a
result the Kentucky legislature is left
with lie on pint ballot. and the bal
loting for United States Senator to sue
coed Senator Blackburn is likely to re-
suit In deadlock. On joint ballot the
Republicans and Democrats will have
fifty-eight votes each. and the Populsss
two, and 1t Is pretty we'll assured
that the Populist vote will split. The
election was holly contested one. Car
rol. had refused his certificate after
the November election because of tie
secret withdrawal Of Shreye, the Repub
licsn candidate.
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Fast Mail Service to the so,,,,

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. "A new train ia
to be put on by the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois railway which will eclipse all
previous service. Today it was def
nitely decided to put into service, on
and after December 18th. a new fast
train, which will negotiate the 44O miles
between Chicago in 12 hours and 90
minutes, or just ono hour and thirty
seven minutes loss time than has ever
before been made. Mail posted late in
the afternoon will be delivered in Nash
Vile the following morning, reach Chat
tanooga early in the afternoon and
Atlanta in the evening OF the same dsy.
The government officials have arranged
to have all Southern mail forwarded by
this train, and it will furnish the beat
service ever maintained with the South,