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New Zealand.
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sn.c,al CORRESPONDENTS Of The Sunday Republic.
Auckland. New Zealand. Feb. MARX
Twain saws Pittsburg looks like HELL with
the lid Off" I have been travelling through
a part of New zealand, which looks tke
..hell with the lid on" save that there are
n thousand and one holes in the cover
from which all sorts Of poisonous gases,
malodorous smells, boiling springs ana
other devilish evidences are pouring forth-
I am in the Yellowstone Park OF Ne"
Zealand. a land of volcanoes. geysers'
earthquakes and lakes of boiling mud-a
land in which old Mother Earth seems
afflicted with perpetual collie and Is ever
vomiting forth hot paint, or belching OUT
steam loaded with alum
This region is situated Ill miles south
east of Auckland. near the center Of the
North Island. 1t covers almost 2.Wo.ceo
acres. 1t is about thirty miles wide anu
100 miles long. and the crust upon 1t Is SO
thin that as you walk or ride over 1t you
seem to hear a thousand devils rumbiing
and raging below and feel that there IS
little more than a sheet Of brown paper
between you and hades.
The Eruption of Tarawera.
The face of the earth changes from week
to week. Great cracks open and new boil
ing pools burst forth. There are frequent
earthquakes and now and then a mountain
breaks forth into eruption. There are ac-
tive volcanoes, and no one knows when
those dormant may not spring into life, as
Mount Tarawera did in 1856. In that year.
on the 10th of Jnue, the towns about this
mountain were destroyed. Several native
villages were covered to a depth of sixty
feet by a deluge of mud. Both houses and
inhabitants were destroyed almost as COM
pletely as Pompell and Herculaneum by
Vesuvius centuries ago. The bottom OF a
big lake was blown out and in its place
came a roaring crater, which sent up a
column of steam to a height of almost
three miles. The earth broke open. There
was one crack nine miles long. New lakes
were formed, clouds of ashes and dust
turned midday to evening. and for miles
around there was a downpour of water,
mud and stones.
This eruption destroyed the famous pink
terraces of New Zealand. These terraces
were in the form of basins. They were
made by the sediment from the mineral
waters Of a geyser 100 feet above the lake.
The basins were filled with the clearest of
hot water. boiling blue at the top and
changing in color to a lighter hue as 1t fell
from terrace to terrace. They were sur
rounded by walls which seemed to be made
of jewels; some were pink. others white.
The water battered over them in tiny cas-
cades, and when the sun shone the hillsides
seemed alive with falling diamonds, pearls,
emeralds and rubies. The terraces now are
being reformed, and in the near future ma
ture will probably have rebuilt them in an
even more beautiful form than they were
in the past.
Country Scenes I'm New Zealand.
/ spent all day on the train going from
Auckland to the Hot Springs region. Ro-
lorna, the central town of this Yellowstone
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
What! Not Play Bridge! Then You Had
Better Lose No Time in Learning if
You Would Be in the Swim.

and games for tho evening. There are
bridge parties where there are five and six
tables for players. there are bridge meet
ings of only four chosen friends. but a day
without bridge would be a very blank one
indeed in the lives Of most people OF the
present time.
One Of the leading physicians Is quite up
in arms about his patients playing SO much
and cites case after case OF nervous pros
tration traced directly to what he chooses
to call the inordinate card playing, when
one plays twelve hours out Of the twenty
four. However. everybody does not play
to that extent eight and ten hours being
quite sufficient to & up to the delights
of SO fascinating a io!m of amusement.
and even to be in good practice 1t Is not
necessary to bestow quite as much time up
on it as some Of tho more inveterate part-
sans would nave US believe.
The great fnanciers of the day play, and,
It is said, are among the best Of players
while tho schoolgirls play. and play a
clever game. Old people play. and say that
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blue silk. ornate with ribbons and cheaQ
lace. where's that pa~ttern?' she asked
her sister.
"She wouldn't ever do such . thing
moaned Fanny. !
where's that PATTERN"
"what PATTERN" Fanny said. family.
THAT little dress pattern. Her little dres1
pattern, the one you cut over my dress for
her by"
I'm the bureau drawer in my room. Oh,
she wouldn't"
Eva went into tho bedroom. returned with
the pattern, got the scissors from Fanny's
work-basket. and threw her best silk dress
in a rustling heap upon the table.
Fanny stopped moaning and looked -
her with wretched wonder. What be you
goin' to DOR
'Dor' cried Eva. hercely: do! I'm goinf
to cut this dress over for her"
you amt"
Eyes. I be. II I drove her away FROM
home scoldin' because you cut over that
| other old thing of mine for her. I'm goins
to make up for 1t now. I'm goin' to give
her my best blue silk, that I paid a dollan
and q half a yard for, and amt worn
three times. Yes. I be. She's goin' to have
a dress cut out Of It. an she's comm bach
to wear Ii, too. You'll see she Is comm
home to wear It."
Eva cut wildly into the silk with mad
slashes of her. cleaning shears. while two
neighboring women, who had Just come into
the room. started aghast. and even Fanny
was partly diverted from her sorrow.
She's crazy whispered one OF the
women, backing away as she spoke.
"oh, Eva, don't: don't do So" pleadeo
Fanny, TREMENDOUSLY.
"I be-" said Eva. and she cut recklesslA
up the front breadth.
you amt cutting It right" said the
other %neighbor, who was skillful in such
matters. and never fully moved from ha4
own household grooves by any excitemeue
'If you are a-goin' to cut 1t at all. you ha0I
better cut 1t right" e
at don't care how I cut It," returned 1vaSi
] thrusting the woman away "Oh, I don't
care how I cut it; I want to waste II. ]
will waste It." MARY p. WILklN&
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sENAroR DoIlvER ON THIS THE YOUNG MANS AGE

HI career of Jonathan Prentss DonNer. tho mountain boy who became .
Senator is described by Cyrus Patterson Jones SIM Success. OF the Senators love
for humor Mr. Jones says: -
Hi wit is one II the most attractive of his gifts 10 an tell . story with
wonderful effect His keen sense OF humor would have made him comedian.
IL nature had not cast his ther faculties IN q more serious mw. Anaaol" IL
fun crops out only at times
he sad; ~
Z" M first term Congress CAV me my first sense OF exatadon- me people
up in the Iow hills hd a little lake. ad hey named 1t after me-: M q nW
post Office was named in my honor, n a colored woman anne her nby afnF
me I began to think of engaging a niche in I'M temple OF fame
IL in MI second term, I was dsflusioned. A climatic disturbances dned
III the Iake, free delivery wiped out the post office. the child died. 1found
myself back in the very place whence had Started
"A few years. go Mr. DoHyer was Invited to dehver a lecture IN ST. au ant
Minneapolis before the Young Mems Christian Association Lyceum. IN each city
the hall vas crowded wherein h spoka some 10 men attending his ooNc w%
Chances for Young Men
/" That said HI to me was a favorte topic with me- I believed IN young
men n liked to talk with them. knowing full well that If one car stir them
III to energy I'M ambition he Is dong a grand work in the world
"wen. I have mote changed my opinion since the delivery Of that lecture; but
When I got back to Washington 20 resume my Congress duties. q week later. I
began to hear from those particular young men, Letters began to our in N
ne. They cam lin punches of w IN three; thenin dozens,a d finally In bs-
ketuls. Everys St Pau m Minneapolis young man who la heard mi declare
that this is the young mens age. wrotet that he fully agreed Win mean asked
me to gtt him a G Government Nbr"
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THE PORTION OF LABOR.

From Harper's MAGAZINE.
Suddenly Eva turned with a swish OF
skirts, and was out of the room and pound
ing upstairs, shaking the little house with
every step. When she returned she bore
over her arm her best dress-a cherished
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they can carry out their beloved old whist
rules, while the delight 1t has been to the
young married set no pen on earth coulu
describe. 1t undoubtedly has filled in many
hours that would otherwise have been dull
after q formal luncheon or dinner, has
proved an entire diversion from care and
anxiety, has been the means OF forming
many pleasant friendships with acquaint-
tances and has been q most remuneratve
form of employment.
At.one time there was only one teacher
supposed to be supreme, and 1t must be
confessed he still holds a high place and
can charge better rates than any of the
others, but there are other teachers. one OF
whom confesses to an income of $1,000 a
year from the game, Is understood to make
more, has married on the strength OF the
income and now his wife assists to keep the
wolf from the door by having classes OF
her own. There is one woman teacher who
has lone and does marvelously well, and
has no difficulty in making from $40 to $2
an hour, and her services are greatly In
demand. Ten dollars for four lessons. from
an hour to an hour and a half In length,
and with four members in the class, Is a
fair average OF prices. and be II remem-
bered each pupil pays $40.
One course is simply the beginning, 80 1t
| can readily be understood the game may
| come under the head OF a luxury. Still, as
a means of future employment for self
| supporting women. as we'll as men, the
| teaching Of bridge holds for some months
to come q bright future. for that it will
| follow the course Of all Its predecessors and
| cover the entire continent is well assured.
Dark and mysterious are the tales told
| of the immense sums Of money made and
| lost by the smart set at this, their favorite
game Of chance. Some Of the tales are
| not without foundation. but as the people
| who play can as a rule afford to lose II
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
ARTNER. may I playT
ssr$ ,.o,, p1aoSa~

~ ARTNER, may I play?"
- 'If you please"
Enigmats terms to most people
that is to say. they were enigmatc
terms. say, q year ago, but now are quite
as necessary in ordinary conversation as
THANK you." or "Good-morning." for the
bridge mania has spread, since 1t was first
described in The Sunday Republic about
ten weeks ago, with a virulence that Is
worthy Of a better cause.
The game of bridge mot bridge whist
that's quite incorrect to say) has taken q
hold on the community that is simply mar
yelous, and a curious thing is that there Is
no age limit to the game. Old men and
maidens. young men and children all play
and it is not considered In the least ex-
travagant to spend a lot Of money in hav-
ing children-that is girls of IA and lb-in-
structed in the mysteries Of the game 1t
is played literally morning, noon and night.
There are morning classes. when instruc-
tors are present; there are morning prac-
tice games, there are games after Luncheon
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Application No. 66g.
Notice of Sale of GchcI

NGice Is hereby given that on the 18th day OF
Aprll, lyol, at the hour of O'Clock in the after-
noon, on said day, At the door OF the court
mouse III whitman county, Washington the fol-
lowing described school land viii be sold az
puollc auction 70 the highest bidder therefor
to-Wlt. Beginning NJ the west quarter cor
ner OF section SO, TIP. 10 ~. X. "A e. and running
thehCe east 90 rods; thence south Is rods:thence
west 90 rods: thence north 10 rods to the place
OF beginning, containing 90 acres: appraised
at $40 90 per acre, or $500
Said school land will be sold for not Iess than
Vie appraised value and subject to the improve
men y situated thereon, and as appraised by the
oOdtu OF state land commissioners in the man
Her provided by law, statement of which IA
county. ~ " ''''H
Terms of sale are: Under contract. one-tentb
70 oe PAID on the day of sale, and one-tenth an
HudIly thereafter on the first day of March Of
Tayh year, with accrued interest on deferred
Daialce NJ per cent per annum Frovid, Il
tnat any purchaser may make full payment at
any time and obtain deed
The purchaser Of such land will no rac,,rJ
10 pay at the time of sale the appraised ysIue Of
any improvements or valuable m tpriaI on such
land III iull in addition to the one.tenth OF the
sale price. ''" Vi INC
The above described school lands are ofernd
TOT SAFE by virtue OF an order of the board Of
state land commissioners made on the 10Th dsv
OF February, 1901, duly certified and on fiIe IL
once OF said county auditor
lsEALl &. G. RABY. County Auditor
Daled at Colfax, Wash, this 23rd day OF Feb
ruary, A ID. 1901 w
Date OF first publication March 49, 1901
Date OF last publication, April T. 1901
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Contest Notice.
Marsh vs. Julian.

Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Walla Walla, Wash, March
18th, 1901.-A sufficient contest affidavit hav.
ing been filed in this office by George G..
Marsh of Endicott, Wash, contestant, against
homestead entry No. 1871, made Oct. 3. 1899,
for SCI ne}, Section 4, Township Is N, Range
Al E, by Torney Julian, contestee, in which
it is alleged that the said TOrney Julian has
wholly abandoned said tract; that he has
changed his residence therefrom for more than
six months since making said entry; that said
land is not settled upon and cultivated by SAID
claimant as by law required, and that said
alleged absence from the said land was not
due to employment of claimant by the gov
eminent of the U. S. in time of war; said
parties are hereby notified to appear, respond
and offer evidence touching said allegation at
10 o'clock a. NJ. on April 18th, 1901, before
VIM A. Inman, U. S. commissioner, at Col
fax, Washington, and that final hearing will
be held at 10 o'clock a. m on May 9TH, 1901,
before the register and receiver at the United
States land Office in Walla Walla, Washing
ton.
The said contestant having, in a proper
affidavit, filed Feb. 23rd 1901, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
JOHN M. HILL, Register.
THOMAS MOSGROVE, Receiver.
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Contest Notice,
Neel VS.. Kislig.


Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Walla Walla, Wash March
10Th, 1901. "A sufficient contest affidavit hav-
ing been filed in this office by Flavaus D,
Neel, of Whitman county, Wash, contest
ant, against homestead entry No. $3.50, made
April 18th, 1900, for the SET section "a,
township IA N, Range 38 E, by Roy F. Kis-
Zig, contestee, in which it Is alleged that the
said Roy f. Kislig has wholly abandoned
said tract; that he has changed his residence
therefrOm for more than six months since
making said entry; that said tract is not
settled upon and cultivated as required by
law, and that raid alleged absence from the
said land was not due to claimants employ
ment in the service of the y. S. government
in time of war; said parties are hereby notified
to appear, respond and offer evidence touch
ing said allegation at 10 o'clock a. M on May
4th, 1901, before VIM. A. Inman, U. S. com
missioner, at his Office in Cofax, Wash, and
that final hearing will be held at 10 o'clock
a. m on May 18th, 1901, before the register
and receiver at the United States land office
in Walla Walla, Washington.
The said contestant having in a proper
affidavit. filed March LIST, 1901, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
JOHN NJ. HILL. Register
THOMAS MOSGROVE. Receiver.
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STATE LINES.

Every newspaper in Arkansas is in ia
vOr of more effective game laws, and also
of their enforcement to the letter.-Ar-
kansas Gazette.
By an enabling act of the legislature
the school children of New Hampshire
are to decide by their votes in June next
what shall be the state flower. - Elk
change.
Connecticut claims more telephone sta
tons than any other similar territory in
the United States. But the state that
talks the most doesn't always accomplish
the mOst.-Boston Transcript.
They are raising Cain in Illinois be
cause Governor Yates has appointed %
men on his military staff. Twenty-Five,
forsooth! That isn't considered a cor
porals guard in Georgia.-Atlanta Jour
nal.
Vermont invites inspection of her u
ex-governors as examples of how con-
ducive the states cold winters are to lon
gevity Green Mountain boys have al
ways been long lived. They don't run
to flesh, but they last.-New York World.
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In the superior court of the state of Washing
ton, in and for Whitman county.
A. A. Wilson and H. G. Hoskins. plaintiffs,
wife, defendants.
State OF Washington County of Whitman-ss.
The state of Washington to the said William
L. Powers and Rebecca Powers, his wife de-
PENDANTS: You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to appear in the superior court of the
state of Washington, in and for Whitman cOun-
ty, within sixty days after the date of the first
publication OF this summons, tO-wit: within
sixty days after the 18th day of April 1901 and
defend the above entitled action in the above
entitled court, and answer the complaint of the
plaintiffs in said action, and serve a COPY Of
your said answer on Charles NJ Wyman the
undersigned, attorney for plaintiffs at his office
in COlfax, in the county of whitman, state of
Washington; and if you fail to appear and de-
fend said action and answer the complaint of
the plaintiffs aforesaid, within the time afore-
said, judgment will be rendered against you,
according to the demand of the said complaint
which has been filed with the clerk of said
court. The object of the above entitled action
is to recover the sum of $500 90. with interest
from June 4th, 1888, at the rate of per cent per
annum, alleged to be due the plaintiffs from the
defendants on account of the breach of the
covenants and Warranties contained in a GER
tain deed, made, executed and delivered by de-
PENDANTS to plaintiffs, of and for lot sin block 90
IN POWERS ADDITION to the City of Palouse the
title TO which said lot it is alleged has VIII plIy
failed. Said deed is alleged to have been dated
on June A. 1888, aud the purchase price paid fol
said lot by plaintiff to defendants is alleged tC
nave been s0OOOO. Plaintiffs further seek to re-
cover their costs and disbursements In this
action.
For more particular and fuller description
OF plaintiffs, cause of action, reference is made
to plaintiffs complaint.
Dated April 10th, 1901
CHARLES NJ. WYMAN,
Plaintiffs attorney. postoffice address Colfax
whitman county, Washington.
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Contest Notice,
Magee VS.. Huffman.

Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Walla Walla, Wash, March Is
l9Ol.-A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed IN this Office by Felix Magee OF
Whitman county, Wash contestant against
homestead entry No. 1867, made November
10th, 1899, for the S. f. section g. township
IL n, range 80 E., by Joel Huffman con
testee, in which it is alleged that the said Joel
Huffman has wholly abandoned said tract !:
that he has changed his residence therefrom
for more than six months since making said
entry; that said tract is not settled upon and
cultivated by said party required by law,
and that said party has never lived upon. cul-
tlVated, or made any improvements upon said
land, except to erect the walls of small
cabin without roof, and that said alleged
absence from the land by the claimant has
not been due to his having been employed by
the U. 5. government as a soldier, sailor.
marine, or in any other capacity in time of
war; said parties are hereby notified to appear
respond and offer evidence touching SAID allie
cation at 10 o'clock a. m. on May 10th, 1901.
before VIM. A. IDman, U. S. commissioner.
at his office in COlfax, Wash and that final
hearing will be held at 10 O'Clock m on
May 18th, 1901 before the Register and Re
celver at the United States Land office in
Walla Walla, Washington
The said contestant having, in a proper aft
davit, filed March 4th, 1901, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be made. it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
JOHN NJ. HILL. Register.
THOMAS MOSGROVE Receiver.
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OVER THE OCEAN.

1t is the prevailing opinion among con-
tinental observers that Austria is about
to be disrupted, with the immediate re-
suit of severing the connection with Hun
gary.-BaltimOre Sun.
The affair drags along dangerously in
Peking menace to the peace of the ma
tons involved and little less than a scan
dial to our boosted civilization and sense
of right and justice.-New York Herald.
Will the British emperor try to teach
his nephew how to be an emperor with
out being a soldier, or will the German
emperor try to teach his uncle how to be
an emperor and a soldier?-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
The advantage of an alliance between
England and Germany is that the former
supplements the splendid army of the lat
ter with her powerful fleet, thus forming
q combination too formidable to be rashly
attacked by any power or alliance.-Bal
timore American.
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VIEW OF The JOHNSON RANCH.
dogs the visitor finds himself inside a
bewtldering mass of life and color in
kaleidoscope change Add to this a
constant roar of cooling and of myriad
tapping of wings and it becomes in
describably confusing. There are pi-
geOns everywhere. The shed roofs are
crowded with them; the ground is COW
cred with them. They rise in swarms
and darken the sun like a cloud.
There Is no attempt to breed pure
strains there, though the owner mar
ketS the dark squads and saves the
light ones, the object being to eventual
ly make the whole flock light colored.
The white birds make a better appear
ance when dressed and find more ready
sale. The flock is increased by hun
dreds every day in the year At the
age Of 20 days the squad is fully grown
and feathered, and if it escapes the
market it is soon on the wing. Each
afternoon Johnson and his son go
through the buildings and take from
the nests enough of the fat SQUADS to
ill orders for the next day. Early in
the morning they are killed by disjoint-
ing their necks, dressed and delivered.
The pigeons are we'll housed in three
large buildings. In each of the sheds,
running lengthwise and extending from
ground to roof, are tiers of shelves,
with narrow passageways between. On
these shelves, loosely placed, are little
square boxes turned upside down, with
small apertures for doors. These are
the nesting places, and the largest of
the buildings has 1000 inside and 1000
outside. The others have nearly as
many. But the pigeons form nests and
lay eggs everywhere, in the passage
ways, on the floor and even on the
roofs or in any stray nook where a few
straws can be gathered together.
In one of the long sheds 1000 oil cans
are utilized as boxes, the sides and
ends being made entirely of them, laid
like bricks in a wall, each with the
open END inward. Through the center
of the shed runs a double tier of the
same material, facing opposite ways
and extending to the roof. In these oil
cans colony of 5000 pigeons is COM
fortably slowed away.
A remarkable fact in connection with
this place is that the pigeons rarely
leave the ranch, and it is seldom that
one of them gets beyond the high wire
fence which surrounds three sides of
the place. They are fed assorted grain
and screenings, and the cost of feeding
the $4,000 is about 81 a day.