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from the bank and takes his chances at
losing leaders and flies on the Alders and
young Ar trees. From McQoud. where a
comfortable hotel will be found. one can
take two or three day packing trips
back into the heart Of the wilder country
IL he wishes to find q stream hat no line
but his OWN will whip for days at q time.
Within striking distance Of the MoCloud
River country and tempting because Of its
superior fishing opportunities 10 Klamath
Springs, about thirty miles north on the
Klamath River. The springs. In turn. are
but Q stepping stone to the little visited
and wonderful Klamath Lakes country.
just over the boundary line In Oregon.
The second trip out OF Ban Francisco
find time to 60 packing up into the southern
slerras IL taken by night train over the
Southern Pacific eastward to the crest Of
the sierras and beyond In the Tahoe and
Eruckee River countries. The train oon-
veys the fisherman to Truokee. q little town
just over the ridge and on the eastern side
Of the mountains. From Truckee there
are q dozen points that can be reached by
tram, stage n boat.
Before Truckee In reached The forks OF
the Yuba River on the western side Of the
Sierra Greet offer q strong lure. Back Of
the Yuba are several little cold water lakes
snuggled In granite hollows Of the moun
tains. notably Fordyos Dam. which repay
the most amateurish casting at the right
season Of the year. Independence and
Weber lakes. each reached by stage from
Truokee. are famous for gamy trout.
In the latter body Of water one hnds the
cutthroat, Loeb 1evsn and the Eastern
brook trout In great quantities.
Lake Tahoe and the great park Of ragged
peaks th at surrounds II on every side are
perhaps the Ideal fishing grounds OF Cali
fornia both from the point Of view OF va
rietv Of sport and accessibility. One reaches
the upper end Of the twenty-three mile
long body Of water By train from Truckee,
Of the lake once q day conveys passengers
70 all Of tho dozen odd campo end hotels.
The trip on the steamer 10 In Itself o strong
spur to the eportsman's fervor. In the
crystalline waters thirty. forty and Fifty
darting shadows. and the smaller fry. in
themselves respectable pan trout. swarm
about the nose Of the steamer when 1t
stops. All about the lake. especially on
the western shore. little snow streams
drop down into the blue basin.
The big fab In Tahoe are only caught
by trolling. because Of the excessive
altitude-the lake = over o mile above
sea level-a cotton line will not sihk In the
lake waters. and q thin copper wire. ftne
the spinner. The lprs IL q spoon made
Of pesrly. abalone shell as big as the palm
Of ones hand. or q particolorsd copper
and silver spoon; sometimes q minnow
The line = dropped down nifty feet and more
into the blue depths In the deepest water
where the big Fellows lie. Silver trout,
the MaotinAw trout, introduced several
years ago. and the Tahoe trout. q distinctive
OF thirty pounds and oyer. are the fab
Behind Lake Tahoe and within easy rid
Ing distance are dozens Of little mountaln
iakss IN The lap Of the bald granite. where |
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SNAKES EGGS MATCHING.
TIP On the Young Reptiles Snout With
Which IL Breaks It's Way Out.
From the Scientific America

From the Scientific American.
Because Of the popular aversion to the
serpent family there is a surprising amount
Of ignorance about even the simplest OF snake
swers could be given to the question whe Their
snakes lay eggs or bear their young alive.
As q matter OF fact. some species are vivi
parous and others oviparous, Most OF the
poisonous snakes, as we'll as many Of our
harmless varieties. belong to the former
class.
III. European ring snake is closely allied
to our common water snake and goes by the
scientific name Tropidonotus natrix. Cur
iously enough. all other members Of the genus
Tropidonotus are viviparous. and this species
alone lays eggs. Furthermore. according
to Gadow's "Amphlbia and Reptiles" the
new laid eggs sually show not the slightest
visible sign Of an embryo. unless oviposition
is delayed. when the embryos are more or
less developed.
The eggs are laid in July or August in q
soft bed Of loan or decaying vegetation, or
In O heap Of manure. The older snakes some
times lay as many as q dozen eggs or more
and they usually stick together 90 that the
entire cluster can be picked up at once. Some
times. however. If the process OF laying is
slow. they will be separated. The eggs are
about an inch long and Of o whitish yellow
color. The shell is thip and flexible like
parchment.
The young hatch In late summer or autumn.
Before Matching they develop a sharp cal.
careous growth on the tip Of the snout known
as the egg tooth. with which the shell 10 slit
open. Unlike Matching chicks. which are
suddenly dispossessed by the breaking Of
their brittle shells. the young snakes may
make many incisions In the parchment en-
velopes and take many peeps at the outside
world before venturing forth into the new
environment. Shortly after latching the
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FISHING ON A PLAPJACK BASIS
WHAT CALIFORNIA OFFERS TO
MEN WHO WILL ROUGH 1T.

Rivers Where Trout Abound mat Are
Available to Those Who Insist on Hotel
Comforts-Rare Kinds In the Noun.
tain LAkes-WIre Used for TroIling.
Californians are disposed to say that
everything they have out there. from pump
kins to earthquakes, IL the largest and
finest in the world. Yet. allowing due
margin for exaggeration. q conscientious
angler may accept their boast that up In
the Sierras one may find tho greatest trout
fishing in the whole Far West. There Is 90
much OF it, such variety of woodland and
mountain wilderness. that to have ished
once under the big Sierran pines 10 to have
visited a fsherman's paradise.
There are two courses open TO the stranger
who wishes to whip the mountain pools
for the first time. Either he may remain
within striking distance OF the railroad.
which means keeping q base Of creature
comforts; or he may 20 high up and away
from cities and towns where he lives OF o
bacon n hapjack basis n find the
trout fshed for only by the bears.
There are two general trout fishing
grounds in California directly available
by railroad. These are the McCloud River
country UP beyond the shoulder 81 Mount
Shasta, In the northern part Of the State.
and the Nhoe and Truckee River terri
tories out to the eastward along the line
Of the overland railroad. Both may be
reached by train from San Francisco after
an overnight trip, and at both places summer
hotels guarantee TO the sportsman a certain
amount Of civilization.
One choosing the northern fishing grounds
has a range extending along the whole
upper reaches Of the Sacramento River
and Its noisy continent. the McCloud. TAX
ing the evening train at q Francisco the
fisherman finds himself by 0 O'Clock Of
the following morning up in the middle
Of the Sacramento River cahon above
Redding. where despite Its nearness 10
the railroad the wild mountain torrent
yields q gamy IN a plenteous reward
for the diligent angler. In the Sacra-
mento fishing has to be done with con-
siderable art. for the stream 10 open. the
railroad trains run along thirty or forty
several times, and the fsh are extremely
wild and wary.
II the sportsman Wishes to 20 up the
McCloud he finds a spur lumber road avail
able at Sisson. one Of the stations In he
Sacramento River oahon, and this takes
him into the very centre Of one Of the best
fishing grounds in California. Here the
famous McCloud River trout. O slight variant
from the common rainbow Of California
waters. has his home. The McCoud and
it's tributary streams afford every problem
In casting that the angler could wish For.
Il IL O brushy territory. the river In fun Of
pools. rifles and ~oatAracts, and In most
places wading 10 impossible. One fshez
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bank, Scotland, for Ogden Goelet. The
Thompsons were her builders and she was
one Of the handsomest vessels Of her kind
afioat when she was finished. She made
her first and her only cruise under private
ownership when she brought the body Of
Ogden Goelet to this country In 1897.
When the war with Spain began the May
flower was bought by this Government and
Is the largest and finest. though not the
fastest. Of our converted yachts. All her
fine fittings were taken out Of her before
she was put into commission, but after
the val many Of them we're restored.
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When she was built her various rooms
were finished in different woods. but they
are now uniformly covered with white
enamel. She has several beautiful marble
mantelpieces. and her interior woodwork
has some good carvings and mouldings.
The former library has been made over
and is now transformed into two staterooms
for the use OF the President and his wife
or his guests.
The china. liner and such furnishings are
different from those which the vessel would
receive II she were not used by the Presi-
dent. But the difference 10 only to this
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pleasure?' he goes on. Somebody invited
him to 60 a few years ago, and the invitation
must have struck him when his stock Of ex-
cuses was ~phenomenally low. At any rate
he couldn't seem to beg of. 80 he very
reluctantly went abroad and the yacht
started.
But just as it left its anchorage the
President suddenly declared that he had
forgotten something Of the utmost i'm
portance and that he'd have to 60 back
after it. Threats, prayers, entreaties-
all were vain. The mysterious something
must be got and by himself.
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BUSY YACHT CLUB OFFICIALS
TWO MEN on WHOM THE BULK
OF THE REAL WORK FALLS.

Commodore and the Chairman OF the
Regatta Committee Have the Chief
Part In Making q Club q Success-Some
Of the Men Who Hold These 0nices.
There are two officers in each yacht club
on whom. more than on any Of the others,
falls the work Of making the club q success.
The commodore and the chairman Of the
regatta committee must make the plans
and then see that the plans are properly
carried OUT Largely by their individual
effort and influence is the organization
made to take its proper place in the yacht
Ing world. The commodore 10 not q figure
head. as so many think. He does not just
fly his flag on his yacht. entertain on the
flagship and offer prizes for the yachtsmen,
but he has to plan and work.
Often a member has been elected senior
flag officer, has thought 1t a compliment
TO himself. and acting on that belief has
done little or nothing for the club. When
O commodore gets such an idea ip his head
the club very soon runs down.
Il Ii almost as important that the chair
man Of the regatta committee should be a
hustler. He should be a man with executive
ability. one who thoroughly understands
the yacht racing game and is In touch with
all the racing yachtsmen. He must be a
man who ear think and act quickly. and
always sure of himself, for there are
times when. to hesitate Is to be lost.
Early in the season 1t Is his duty to ar
range q programme Of sport that will be
attractive. He must study the classes and
the yachts that are going to race. and II he
can arrange races that are somewhat out
Of the ordinary and offer prizes that will
bring together the best Of the racing feet
he will make himself popular at once. When
the races are to be sailed he must arrange
all the details and tell the yachtsmen his
plans as clearly as possible.
At the starting line he must show that he
is a fair judge Of weather and figure out
Just which course to select to give the yachts
tho best and fairest test. II the wind is light
and fuky he must have patience and be
able to withstand the requests Of some
yachtsmen who want to start under any
conditions. The yachts must be sent away
properly. and although he may have several
assistants he must have an eye on all. The
yachts have 10 be watched as they are racing
and II he sees any violations Of rules 1t is his
duty to disqualify without waiting for a
protest. At the finish he has to figure out
the elapsed times. and often allowances
and corrected times. Then protests may
be made and he will have 70 constitute him.
self q court, hear the testimony on each side
and then render q verdict.
Two leading organizations on the Atlantic
coast are the New York Yacht Club and the
Eastern Yacht Club. The New York club
has a large town house and eight stations at
dinerent points along the coast, These
stations are small houses for the use OF men,
bers, and are at the foot. OF East Twenty
third street. New York. and at New London.
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"A small boat was called, for the Presi-
dent insisted on rowing himself ashore in a
local boat; and Of he went. Yes sir, OF
he went-and he never came back. And
that. you understand, was his one and only
yachting trip for pleasure.
IF he could whang the whole ship around
maybe he'd like it better. But when he has
a voyage Of any consequence to make,
8 the cruise to Panama, he doesn't go
on the Mayhower anyway. He goes on
a big battleship, where there are plenty Of
things to keep him interested
The Mayfower was built In 1899 at Clyde
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degree; that they are the special linen. china.
&o., provided for use by ar Admiral. These
are all especially made for the use Of our
Admirals. and display the emblem peculiar
to that rank.
The vessel. however. is not commanded
by ar Admiral. nor does any special rank
60 with its command because Of It's per.
sonal use by the President. 1t has Q oom-
plement Of 8 officers and 1875 men. Il built
Of steel. is 1890 toms displacement. has a
speed Of 1913 knots, Ii 27s feet long. 90 feet
in breadth, and has a mean draught Of II
feet 4 inches.
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want Doss Kep. out Of rexas cnurc,es.

From ne Plano Star Courier.
n It's really necessary fof dogs to attend
church we believe a separate apartment
should Be given them at suoh q tims TIA
could be given up sxoluslvely to dogs.
For the preacher 10 b Inundated and the
entire congregation 10 be worried at the
pesky CANNES scratching hsas under their
feet and constantly changing positions from
under the pews 10 the pulpit and even In the
pteachsrs oushton chair 10 too much sacrihcs
Just Tor the AAttsfeotion Of the owners. Dont
church.
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Church Tower HIS pu,p,t.

From hs London EpeHiRo Standard.
Sunday last being Feast Sunday the
upon the novel idea Of preaching from the
church tower. The greater part Of the con-
gresation, seated themselves in the church,
yard. while many stood on The highway. :
THE Bp1lidsrs and US Tower. and. p pss 80.
d ms 3 itr0es 4; Ss,Ss s,e be e rs~ar :, C yiEs ssSsS
, 1908-07-23
New Gas Suspected.

H. p. Cady and D. F. Mcfarland
have found the fare element neon, to-
gether with helium, in natural gas
from southern Kansas. They report
that In addition to all the stronger
spectroscopic lines Of helium, which
they carefully identified, they find If
teen fairly strong lines which a not
be identified with those of any Of the
familiar gases. These lines having
previously been found by Dewar in the
spectrum of gas from the Bath spring,
and also reported in lists of lines
shown by the more volatile gases from
the atmosphere, they suggest that they
may represent a new elementary gas.
soft Disc Cuts Hard Steel.
The curious phenomenon of a soft
steel disc revolving at a high speed
cutting hard steel has attracted the at
tention of numerous observers, and F.
w. Hartford has e~ndeavored to throw
light on the subject by publishing in
the Engineer the results OF a micro
scopic examination of the revolving
disc and of the material subjected to
It's action. He finds that the material
acted upon is heated at the point OF
contact to a temperature approaching
II not equal to, the melting point of
steel, and that this high temperature
is confined to the surface In contact
with the disc.
, 1908-07-23
HEIR
TO FORTUNE
NORTH PLATTE LADY WILL IN
HERTZ QUARTER MILLION
DOLLARS FOR HER UNCLE.
Sister Of Man Who Formerly Resided
in Laramie and Close Personal
Friend Of Tranmaster Letts-
Greeks Sent to Rawlins Find No
Work and Almost Cause Riot.

The North Platte Tribune. a copy
of which was received by Trainmas-
ter Let's this morning, contains the
announcement that Mrs. Shirley Will
son, formerly Miss Nellie Ziebert of
North Platte, has fallen heir to an
estate valued at $3.50, 900, being one
fourth Of the million-dollar estate left
by her uncle, L. W. Hall, Of Omaha,
who died recently. Another heir is
her brother. who is old and feeble.
and who has made his home with Mrs.
Wilson for some time. and it is an
open secret that In case Of his death
his sister will receive his portion of
their uncle's fortune. Mrs. Wilson
is the sister of =. w. Ziebert, now
running a restaurant Mt Sidney, but
who was formerly connected with the
railroad here for several months. hav-
Ing a position in the yards. Mr.. Let's
is well acquainted with the Zieberts
and Mrs. Wilson. they having been
neighbors at North Platte.
, 1908-07-23
HARDWARE DEPARTMENT
VISITED BY THIEVES,

The hardware department of the
Laramie Grocery Co.. was entered by
burglars last night and three Colts re-
~volyers, valued at SIS each, were
taken, a cheap pistol being thrown
upon the floor at the showcase. The
cash register was pried open, but moth
ing was missing, as no cash had been
left in the drawer. The burglars en-
tered the store by breaking a pane of
glass in a rear window. The burglars
tried to open the back doors from the
inside, and removed the bar that was
placed against the doors, but the locks
withstood their efforts and the thieves
left by the way they entered. Nothing
but the pistols was missed, the grocery
department having been protected by
locks.
, 1908-07-23
MAKING GOOD MARK
AS THE PRESIDENT.

F. w. Bross, the insurance agent,
formerly pastor of the Methodist
church here, left this morning for Sar-
atoga in the interest of his business.
He declares that President Merica is
making a wonderful impression with
the people of the state in boosting for
the university. He has heard nothing
but good reports concerning that tai
ented and enthusiastic official Of the
University of Wyoming.
, 1908-07-23
No Work for Greeks.

N. J. Mandanes, a Greek labor agent
of Omaha, arrived in Rawlins Sunday
night with thirty Of his countrymen,
whom, it IS stated, he had engaged for
the Union Pacific as day laborers, says
the Rawlins Republican. 1t seems that
no one here had been advised of their
coming and consequently there was no
work in sight. The Greeks, who sus-
picioned something crooked, went to
Sheriff Horton with their troubles. The
sheriff looked into the matter and told
Mandanes to either find work for the
or take the consequences. Shortly
afterwards the Greeks were promised
contract work unloading coal. But
this offer was by no means satisfactory
and had it not been for the local Of
icers Monday afternoon there would
have been trouble at the depot when
Mandanes took the train east.
, 1908-07-23
Taft May Garry Georgia.

Omaha. Neb., July 23.-"Should an
election be held in Georgia today, said
e. A. Benson. who returned Monday
from a three weeks tour Of the north
ern part Of Georgia, Taft would carry
that state by a large majority" AL
though Georgia is simply teeming with
democrats. there is considerable feel
ing among them against Bryan, whom
they have supported unsuccessfully at
two elections" continued Mr.. Benson.
coneede Defeat Of Bryan.
II talked with a great many peach
growers, business and professional
men faithful to democratic principles,
who coRcede the defeat of Bryan at
the coming election, not because he is
at the head of the democratic party,
but for the principles he stands for.
To say that l was surprised to hear
such sentiments emanating from that
democratic stronghold would be put
ting it mildly
, 1908-07-23
DEATH OF A BABE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

The eight-months-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Nate Johnson died yesterday
afternoon, at 5 o'clock, at the parson-
age Of Trinity Lutheran church, Of In
anition, and will be buried from the
church tomorrow morning, with. ser
vices by the pastor. Rev. Oscar Woods.
The babe had been Ill almost from
birth and dangerously Ill for two or
three days. Mr.. johnson. who was on
the ranch, was summoned home yester.
day in time to be present when the
end came. The child was named Edith
Anna Sophia, was born November 1,
1907, her mother being the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Berglund.
, 1908-07-23
CHARGES FELL / A
President Aylssworth Upheld in Report
Of Fort Collins Committee.

Fort Collins Colo, July 23.-All
charges, reports and insinuations of
immoral or improper conduct on the
part of D. o. Aylesworth, president of
the Colorado Agricultural college, and
efforts from certain quarters to make it
appear that the college was falling off
in its effectiveness by reason of differ
ences among the faculty, fell fiat yes
terday when the special committee ap-
pointed to make an Investigation made
report to the state board Of agricul-
ture.
, 1908-07-23
VETERAN ODD FELLOW
GIVEN A SURPRISE.

AT the meeting last night of Albany
lodge, Odd Fellows, the third degree
was conferred upon two candidates,
n of them the son of George Geb-
hardt, the veteran member of the lodge.
After the %initiatory exercises some of
the friends of Mr.. Gebhardt arranged a
little surprise for him in the shape OF
a banquet, the affair being both pleas
ant and fraternal. The Gebhardts,
father and son, We're made much of,
one as almost a father of the lodge and
the other a. one of its twins babies.
, 1908-07-23
FUTURE KING OF ENGLAND HELP
ING IN CELEBRATION OF AN.
NIvERsARY OF FOUND.
ING OF CITY.
His Arrival Was signal for Beginning
Exercises Marking Three Hun
dredth Anniversary Of Coming Of
champIain-First steamer Loaded
With Ore for Great steel Works
at Gary, Indiana, Celebrated

Quebec, July 23.-T he ar ,tal Of the
Prince of Wales vas the signal for the
official opening today of the celebra-
ton commemoration of the Booth an
niversary of the founding Of Quebec by
Champlain.
Prince Presided.
The Prince presided over the open
ing exercises, receiving the foreign
representatives at the foot of the
Champlain monument and reviewing
the historical pageant reproducing
Quebec's history.
Fac sImils Of Ships.
The arrival Of Champ3Ain and the
rev on a fac-simile Of the ship Don
Dieu, In which Champhtn crossed the
Atlantic, is set for 3 O'Clock this after
noon and a review by the Prince will
follow.
Received oficIai Calls.
His h;ghness spent the morning re-
turning naval visits end calls from
foreign representatives.
, 1908-07-23
cleary Praises Bryan.

Milwaukee. Wis, July PIT. M.
Cleary. who was the permanent chair
man of The Democratic stete oon IN
ton, today in a speech declared that
Bryan had succeeded In convincing the
public that the policies of the republi-
can party are destructive and its lead
ers the willing tools Of special privi-
leges.
Endorses National Platform.
The platform adopted endorses the
national democratic platform, and
especially commends its declarations
respecting tariff reduction, trust con.
troll, valuation of railroad property and
election of United States senators by
direct vote.
No Nominations Made.
The convention adjourned without
making any nominations. They will
be made at the primaries.
, 1908-07-23
Bryan Quits commoner.

Lincoln, Neb., July 23.-William ].
Bryan has retired from active work
on the Commoner and will not be per-
s~onally responsible for the matter ap.
pearing in it during the campaign.
Charles w. Bryan will be the publish
er and Richard l.. Metcalfe the edi-
tor. All profits from the Commoner
until election will be turned over to
the democratic national committee.
, 1908-07-23
SEAMAN KILLED.
Neckerchief Caught in Training Gear
of Big Gun on B~attieship.

Newport, r. l., July 23.-Joseph J..
Henry, an ordinary seaman, a powder
passer on board the new battleship
Mississippi, was killed during the gun
drill in one of the forward eight-inch
today. His n~eckerchfef caught
in the training cogs of the gun and
he was drawn into the machinery, his
neck being broken.