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There. II the prospective traveller be
good boatman he might be safe in at
tempting the trip by the Colorado down to
the point where 1t meets the incoming
stream, which thus early in the year is
always dry His craft he can safely leave
moored to the banks Of the Colorado, for
in this country there are no rowing bands
of Indians or predatory boatmen to steal
it. There are probably not fifty human
beings in that whole region Of the mouth
of the Colorado from one decade to an
other. The journey across the interven-
ing thirty miles of desert and mountain
can easily be made by following the dry
bed of the little river, which will bring
one directly to the edge of the basin
wherein lies one Of the greatest natural
wonders Of the continent. 1t is perhaps
unnecessary to say that supply Of food
and water must be taken.
The valley of the volcanoes is about
thirty-two miles long and from fifteen to
twenty miles wide. 1t has been found
by surveys to be about one-third of a
mile north of the line dividing the United
States and Mexico, and engineers have
ascertained the territory is about 300 feet
below the level of the sea. To the north,
towering skyward their snow-covered
tops glistening in the sunlight are the
lofty Cocopah Mountains. and to the far
west, just within range of the vision, can
be discerned the Coast Range. To the
south are also seen rugged crests of an
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-13
The Uncanng Land bg The Colo
rado River. knovn IS g 5ad Mans
Hun3ins Ground,'' Where There are
Lakes of 1rky 51ackness ard THOU
sands Of Volcanoes spoltinS Fire.

flames are boiling and stewing within. The
noise Of several thousand volcanoes,
seething, grumbling and bubbling, IS in
describable. The ground trembles beneath
ones feet, and a peculiar purple haze en-
VelOps the scene as far as one can see.
On some days a few of the larger volca-
noes-thOse that are 100 feet high and
slightly less than an acre in area-nay
be in eruption. Then the scene is even
more impressive. The rumbling is so loud
that one must almost shout to be heard
by bystanders. A dozen times minute
a fame twenty-five feet high and about
eight feet in diameter bursts from the
crater of each Of the larger volcanoes,
and is accompanied by a sound like the
escape Of steam from an enormous safety
valve on a steam engine. The flame is of
q peculiar dark reddish hue, and when
hundreds of bits of lava the size of cab
bages are thrown with it the noise is
louder, The flame settles back within the
volcano as quickly as it shoots out, only
to burst forth again in four or five sec
onds. Sometimes the large volcanoes are
active for fortnight at time. and then
may rest for year. A few days is the
usual period Of eruption with these, and
the periods may be months apart.
The valley Of volcanoes may be reached
only by a boat from Yuma down the Col
orado River. The journey can be made
only at a certain season in the year, and
then it is hazardous The. danger lies in
the treacherous eddies and rapids of the
Colorado. There are but few reliable In
dian pilots on the river, and none Of them
can be induced to go within miles of the
valley, which they know as bad Mans
Hunting Ground" The route is uncertain,
owing to the unaccountable freak the
stream has Of suddenly drying up when
it is least expected. The best time is in
May or the latter part of April, because
later in the season 1t gets too hot down
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Nothing has yet been definitely decided
as to the Bonner stock farm at larry
town, N Y, the home of Ansel, Startle
and other stations and some thirty-five
or forty mares. The recent death of A.
a. Bonner removed the only, one of Mr..
as to horse breeding. Though the other
sons are skilled reinsmen, friends who
speak with some little authority think 1t
improbable that the Tarrytown farm.
founded some quarter of century since,
will be continued.
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cdor Of birthstone. Strangely IN contrast
with this area OF fire and destruction there
are numerous springs Of clear, sparkling
cold water, exquisitely grateful to the pal
ate parched by the heat and the sulphur
Gus fumes. What is more peculiar is that
the springs of cold water are often found
in proximity to the hot springs and
separated from them only by few yards.
This is land that has never been trav-
ersed. Human beings have tried 1t, but
they never return to tell of their expert
ences or of their discoveries. Little heaps
of bleaching bones can be seen scattered
about here and there over the Iava-strewn
surface of the ground. Bones of animals
also lie about telling the story Of the
fatal wanderings of animals. 1t Is a dan
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these death-dealing clouds may swcop
down upon one. The only thing to do in
such an emergency is to run for 1t and
get as far as possible from the place.
Several times members Of the recent ex-
pedition among the volcanoes were sud-
denly overcome by the poisoned atmos-
phere and their lives were possibly saved
by their dropping PROSTATE on the ground:
but still enough OF the poisonous vapors
were inhaled to cause a feeling of sick
ness and nausea that did not wear off for
several hours.
The scene is one Of violent contrasts
of glaring whites and dead blacks. Some
parts of the valley are wastes of hot
sand, drawn in places into high mounds
by the whirling blasts that sweep down
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Serous spot IN many ways A sudden up
heaval Of molten earth, a huge rock shot
up as from catapult, or a shower Of
scalding water-each or all of them may
overtake the unwary traveller and for
ever stop his progress. But these are not
the greatest dangers, for invariably any
upheaval or violent convulsion of these
forces Of nature is heralded by sullen
roar and rumbling noises that shake the
earth and give one ample warning to get
away. The greatest danger is from the
suffocating clouds of deadly fumes that
perpetually hang over this region and
sometimes insidiously steal down and
overwhelm the traveller, or which some
sudden gust of wind may drive down with
the same fatal results. For this reason 1t
is dangerous to venture far from the edge
Of the basin. and even then puffs Of
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GROWING LATE ToMAToEs.-We
begin the preparation of the ground by
spreading we'll rotted manure in the
winter as we have time. Early in the
spring we plant to early potatoes and
never neglect to keep the land free of
weeds and grass. The mistake that
nearly every one makes is in neglect
ing the ground after the potatoes ma
ture, though it is but little trouble to
keep it clean. I dig my potatoes as
early and quickly as possible. By this
time I have ready my bed of tomato
plants of the best varieties that have
tried, such as Maule's beauty or new
imperial, which 1 find to be the best
varieties of this section of the country.
With the ground in fine condition and
the plants of just the right size, l set
in rows not less than A feet apart, with
the result that 1 have the finest of to-
matoes after all early tomatoes are
gone, and what 1 have to spare COM
mands good prices and are ready sale.
The land is left in good condition,
free of weeds and grass, for another
year.-C. A. Clifford, of Post Oak,
Texas, in Practical Farmer.
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THE COST Of "GLORY."
Sidney Smiths Warning to Brother Jona-
than Seventy-Nine Years Ago.


The New York World has dug up
from the Edinburgh Review, Sydney
Smiths Essay on America. 1t has
rather greater pertinence and signif'
canoe now than it had in 1920, the
year of its original publication:
We can inform Jonathan what are
the inevitable consequences of being
too fond of glory-taxes upon every
article which enters into the mouth or
covers the back, or is placed under the
foot; taxes upon everything which is
pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell or
taste taxes upon warmth, light and
locomotion taxes on everything on
earth, anG the waters under the earth,
on everything that comes from abroad
or is grown at home; taxes on the
raw material; taxes on every fresh
value that is added to it by the indus
try of man; taxes on the sauce which
pampers mans appetite and the drug
which restores him to health on the
ermine which decorates the judge and
the rope which hangs the criminal, on
the poor mans salt and the rich mans
spice, on the brass nails of the coffin
and the ribbons Of the bride, at bed or
board, couchant or levant, we must
pay.
The schoolboy whips his taxed top ;
the beardless youth manages his taxed
horse with taxed bride on taxed
road, and the dying Englishman, pour
ing his medicine, which has paid 7 per
cent. into spoon that has paid Is per
cent. fings himself upon his chintz
bed, which has paid % per cent, and
expires in the arms of an apothecary
who has paid license of hundred
pounds for the privilege of putting
him to death.
His whole property is then imme-
diately taxed from 2 to 10 per cent.
Besides the probate, large fees are de-
manded for burying him in the chancel
his virtues are handed down to posteri-
ty on taxed marble, and he is then
gathered to his fathers-to be taxed no
more.
In addition to all this the habit of
dealing with large sums will make the
government avaricious and profuse,
and the system itself will infallibly
generate the base vermin of spies and
informers and a still more pestilent
race of political tools and retainers of
the meanest and most odius descrip-
ton, while the prodigious patronage
which the collecting of this splendid
revenue will throw into the hands Of
government will invest it with so vast
an influence and hold out such means
and temptations to corruption as all
the virtue and public spirit, even Of
Republicans, will be unable to resist.
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prise. "As a matter of fact, ut the
time the general was in command in
that part of the country / was with
the regiment to which I belonged,
lodging Grant over toward Vicksburg.
I never saw the man in the wartime ;
never heard of him until TO- years after
it was all over"
One of the funniest things John AL
len ever did was when he made a
speech in the house of representatives
Just before the vote upon the bill re-
pealing the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act.
Little General Tracy, not the ex-
cabinet member, but at that time a
Democratic member of the New York
delegation, had just made a speech
thanking other Democrats for the man
ner in which they had focked to the
support of the administration and had
followed his lead in the effort to pre-
vent depreciation of the currency.
Tracy had really been one of the
floor managers of the fight for the re-
peal bill, but he bad led the dominant
forces about as much as Allen had led
the opposition, and Allen had not
opened his mouth in the discussion
until this the closing day of the de-
bate.
There was no one among the 356
members of the house who acknowl-
edged Tracy's leadership, notwith-
standing his activity, and when he
made his speech, thanking his personal
following, the house was astounded.
The bill passed by majority of nearly
100, which included all the leading
Democrats and Republicans from the
northern and eastern states and many
Democrats from the south.
William L. Wilson was the author oi
the repeal bill, and as chairman of the
ways and means committee, was the
authorized Democratic leader on the
floor and the personal representative
of Cleveland as well. Crisp had given
the aid of his powerful influence as
speaker to support the bill, while
Reed, Dingley, Cannon and other Re-
publicans had spoken in its favor.
Tracy's effort was therefore ludicrous
enough; but the house saw no humor
in the situation until Allen arose.
He was on his feet the moment Ira
cy sat down adm began with the pecu-
liar drawl and nasal tone that charac.
terize bis utterances and add to their
humor.
"Mr. Speaker" he began, 81 can
not permit this debate to close without
thanking those who have 80 foolishly
followed me in any effort to prevent
the passage of the BILL"
For 20 minutes he proceeded to sat-
irize Tracy and Tracy's speech in q
manner that threw the house into an
uproar and rendered Tracy the most
uncomfortable man in the whole Capi.
tol building.
He made several references to "Gen-
eral Tracy and myself as the leaders
of the opposing forces and handled the
member from New York with 80 little
mercy and yet with such apparent
good nature that even "Silver Dick
Bland, who had led the opposition and
believed the republic would come to
an end the moment the Sherman law
was repealed, lay back in his chair
and laughed until the tears ran down
his face.
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TELEPHONE For FARMERs.-I notice

TELEPHONE For FARMERs.-I notice
an article on telephones in a recent
number of your paper. 1 can beat
that scheme nicely. l have a line
connecting my residence with tenant
house, distance as run over one and
one-half miles one half this distance
simply connect with ordinary barb
wire fence, part of balance of way
with barb wire running loosely over
an old rail fence, the balance through
woods and across roads and gateways
on a No. IL wire nailed to trees, etc.
The phone is similar to Blake; but
cost me some less than price mention
ed. Have had line in daily use over
IA months and not cent for repair,
save renewing battery material occa-
sionly. Has never failed to work, no
matter how hard the weather, save
short time one day last winter when
one battery froze up. We had to
take it off and then found that we had
yet pretty fair service with battery
at one end only. Would not do with
out it for 10 times the cost.-N. W..
Adler, in Field, Farm and Fireside.
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SUGAR AS FooD.-A lump of sugar
represents about as much nutriment as
an ounce of potato; but while the po-
tato will be eaten only because hunger
prompts, the sugar, because of its
taste, may be taken when the appetite
has been fully satisfied.
Sugar is a useful and valuable food.
It must. however, be remembered that
it is a concentrated food and therefore
should be eaten in moderate quantl-
ties. Further, like other concentrated
foods, sugar seems best fitted for as.
similation by the body when supplied
with other materials which dilute it or
give it the necessary bulk.
Persons of active habits and good
digestion will add sugar to their food
almost at pleasure without inconven-
ience, while those of sedentary life, OF
delicate digestion, or of tendency to
corpulency would do better to use su-
gar very moderately. It is generally
assumed that four or five ounces of su-
gar per day is as much as it is well for
the average adult to eat under ordina'
ry conditions.
So says Farmers Bulletin, No. SO,
entitled "Sugar as Food" prepared by
Mrs. Mary Hinman Abel, under the
supervision of the Office of experiment
stations.
This bulletin shows that the Eng
disappearing people are the largest
consumers of sugar. 1t also treats OF
the chemical composition of sugar, its
food value, use in dietaries of adults
and children, and the sources of cane
sugar.
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"PRIVATE" ALIENS STORIES.
Mississippi Congressman Knows How

Mississippi Congressman Knows How to
Get the Advantage of q Good Joke.
Lots of stories are told of "Private'
John Allen, the Mississippi congress-
man who is now a candidate for United
States senator.
A few years ago, when a candidate
for reelection to congress he had for
bis opponent a former Confederate
general. At one of their meetings the
general, with emotion, told his audi
ence how glad he was to be there.
"It has been 26 years since l have
been in this town." he said. ~ then
defended it in 24.hours fight against
the attack of a band of northern ma.
rauders who came to despoil US of our
liberty and our homes. Some of my
listeners will remember how l account
ed for my stewardship. The invaders
were repulsed-those who did not re-
main dead on the sticken field. Be-
fore I slumbered in my tent the night
after the battle l thanked God had
been able to turn back the horde of as
sassins from the north"
When Allen came on to speak, he
bore warm testimony to the truth of
the others military deeds and saving
of the town. He said: "As that no.
BILE hero lay in his tent thanking God
that he had saved your homes and
preserved your firesides, his prayers
and subsequent slumbers were guarded
by an humble private soldier who had
fought amid the death of the "a dark
hours of which he speaks, and at the
conclusion of the fight, when the last
Yankee had fed, the humble private
shouldered his musket and, with ven-
Grafton for his great heroic leader in
his heart, cheerfully, for the ensuing
12 hours, guarded the hero's tent. 1
was that private" concluded Allen.
The cheers for the general became
an enthusiastic uprising for the "pri-
vate." Allen got all their votes in the
convention and was nominated. He
told the incident at Washington one
day, illustrating how it was possible in
politics to turn defeat into victory.
"It was rather singular, too," some
one remarked, "that you and the gen.
eIal should come together at the same
place after so many years"
81 never had been there in my life
BEFORE" said Allen, with some sur
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WITHOUT SHUFFEING OR EVASION.
From Fenimore Cooper and other
authorities we have gained the i'm
preston that the Indian is stolid,
severe individual, with no sense of the
white mans humor, but one red broth
er showed himself quite civilized
Joker the other day in the United
States court. He was on the stand in
a hotly contested case, and Attorney
D. R. Bailey, of Sioux Falls, was after
him in the most approved fashion OF
cross.examination. Finally, after ap.
parently frightening the Indian with
the awful consequences which would
follow the slightest deviation from the
truth, Mr.. Bailey took his most por.
tentious tone and solemn manner and
demanded:
"Now sir, I want you to tell me the
exact truth, without any shuftiing or
evasion. I want you to look me
square in the eye and tell me how you
get your living, SIR"
The Indian looked straight at Mr..
Bailey, and, with that imperturbabie
air familiar to all acquainted with
the red men, simply said, "Eat."
The courtroom roared, even Judge
Garland smiled, and Mr.. Bailey let the
witness go.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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Humorous department.

EMBARRASSED.-A very amusing
story is current in London Just at
present concerning one of the most
fashionable doctors, one indeed who
has very large practice. 1t seems
that he has telephone in his bedroom.
The other night when the weather
was particularly stormy and the emf
nent physician and his wife were both
fast asleep the telephone suddenly
rang and over the wire came the mes
sage: "Please come around at once
to Berkeley Square; Lady B. is very
ill.,"
The physician uttered an ejaculation
which was distinctly unparliamentary,
and handing the transmitter to his wife
said: "Say I am out of town." which,
like an obedient wife, she Immediately
proceeded to do.
The following afternoon the ply.
sician called at Lady BIS house, and
meeting her husband, exclaimed: $50
sorry was not at home when you
rang me up last night"
"but you really were not at none!
inquired Lord B..
"Of course not" replied the ply
sician, with most unblushing effron-
terry.
"Then, my dear DOCTOR" spoke
Lord B., who is a bit of wag, in
the most earnest manner, ~ must sym
pathize with you in your terrible mis-
fortune. For I distinctly heard mans
voice in your bedroom talking to your
wife,"
The face of the physician is stated
to have defed description, ali the more
as Lord B. hurried off the moment he
had said this without giving him time
to utter a word in reply.-Washing-
ton Post.
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far111 and firesiae.

|. SOUTHERN STOCK OR Cow PEA
These peas are grown in regions suita-
BILE for raising maize or sorghum, there
fore extending from Hindostan to Cal.
ifornia. They make a favorite food
for man and hay for beast, and during
the period of vegetation, promote fer
tility of the land.
An approved method of raising COW
peas, is to SOW broadcast one bushel OF
peas among corn, when corn is being
laid by. In order to do this properly
the corn is to be planted in rows at
least five feet apart. This arrange
ment will permit plenty of light and
air to pass among the corn to perfect
the plants and mature seeds.
The peas soon germinate after plant
ing and grow rapidly, often forming a
mat between the rows of corn which
smothers light.rooted weeds and shades
the soil so completely that the natural
moisture of the soil is retained even
during a hot, dry summer.
The pea being leguminous plant,
draws its nourishment almost entirely
from the atmosphere. The land is
therefore in the best of order, after the
peas are mature, to bear the next
crop.
Corn and peas have been grown in
the above manner for % years in sue
cession on the same field without ex-
hausting the soil on the contrary, the
land was as strong as the first year.
The position of peas and corn were,
however, changed alternately every
year.
Ripened peas make delicious diet
for man when we'll cooked or steamed,
or the seeds may be ground into a
meal and mixed with bran or chopped
feed for cattle. Horses also relish the
pea meal.
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WOUNDS In TREEs.-Wounds made
in the stems of trees by pruning or
otherwise, should have the wood pre-
served to keep it from decay till the
new bark and wood extends over it.
Gum shellac dissolved in alcohol is far
better than paint. Put the shellac
into a wide-mouthed bottle, cover it
with alcohol, and let it stand "a hours,
when it may be applied with swab
or brush. 1t serves, as nearly as may
be, as the substance of bark; is not
affected by heat or cold or wet or dry
weather, and retains the sap up to the
cut, healing the wound without scar:
Amy limbs cut off square on top will
leave dead end from six inches to a
foot, which will eventually die and rot
off. Limbs should be cut off slanting
never square on top-as is often
done.-Meehan's Monthly.
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WHAT He COULD SPARE. An Irish
man, who hailed from very remote
part of Ireland, came to London, and
one Sunday went to church with a
friend.
After the service the usual collection
took place. 1t happened that the plste
was handed to the Irishman first. Pat
stared at the plate, and his friend, no.
ticing his bewilderment, whispered:
"Put something in the plate"
"Phwat shall Oi put in ?" inquired
Pat.
"Wbat you can spare ?" was the an
swer.
Pat dived his hand into his pocket.
fumbled about bit, and then, placing
about half an ounce of tobacco in the
plate, he said to the gentleman:
81 suppose you smoke, sor? It's
rale Oirish pigtail. ."-London Spare
Moments.