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The Jasper news., 1908-02-06

out O. the side Q. his middle coll: As
frisky as We please. After that he used
to go round lookin for boy -constrictys,
fairly pleadin' with them to swaller
him SOS he could fight his way back
to life an liberty. but they fought
kind o. shy Of him after that until
they came to see that II they didn't
do no harm to him he wouldn't do no
harm to them
Mighty intelligent for snakes" said
the postmaster.
YES" agreed the. captain. "Bime-
by" he went on, they all got sort O.
friendly together, an Bildad acted as
a sort O. ambassador extraordinary
between them an me. The pythons
especially began to feel that Bildad's
friends was their friends, an they
used to come around the shack I'd
put up along about twilight, an let
me scratch their heads like as IL they
we're kittens. I'd lie off there in my
big steamer chair softly croonin' to
myself, an wonderin' what mother
was dom to home, an them pythons
would curl up alongside O. me an beat
time to the music with their tails, an
show a general interest in my COM
fort an happiness that was very graf
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length give him a terrible sweep, an
when that there ak come swingin'
around with all that so feet OF accunny-
lated power back OF It, 1t Id whistle
through the trunk o. whatever tree It
hit like a buzzsaw goin'- through .
cream cheese. I'm putty big nnnkin
with an, ak myself, but he'd do in one
stroke what I'd get half done in TO-
The only trouble had was stoppin'
him. Nobody dared go near him when
he was swingin, that ak, an before
night come on he'd chopped down $50
trees, which was several more'n
needed. Fortunately along about four
o'clock in the afternoon he begun to
prespire rather freely, an his tail got
So slipp'ry the ak slipped out OF it an
flew off into the air about a thousand
yards, landin' in the sea. was sorry
to lose the ak, but guess 1t was all
for the best. II 1t hadn't of flowed Off
that pesky old snake would ha' chewed
up that hull woods
"That'ld ha' been serious matter
in that there climate, / guess, said
81 Wotherspoon.
YES" said the captain. I'VE can't git
along without shade trees in lands
where the thermometer averages zoo
The Jasper news., 1908-02-06
THE
DOMESTICATED
PYTHON
Being the
"reminiscences
Of a
Nature Fakir
By
John Kendrick Bangs
By
John Kendrick Bangs
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.j

II was readin' in one O. the papers
the other day about Teller down in
South Ammeriky that had trained
python to do his homework" said
the postmaster, as he joined the circle
of nature fakirs after cancelling the
stamps on the evening mail. Some
how or other l find 1t a hard story to
stummick, but it appears in the
County Clarion, which is the stanch-
est supporter O. the present policies OF
our administration, an l don't b'lieve
ole Guy HUMPHREYS, the Horiss Gree
ley of Piscataquis, would print nothin'
that could be in any way offensive to
the present incumbent of the White
House
"They do say that the president
reads all the proofs O. the Clarion be-
fore goin' to press" said 81 Wother-
spoon. Sam Busby told me SO when
he got me to prescribe. He said the
Citation was the Fiscal Moutpiece O.
the Washin'ton Comment in these
parts
II guess he meant the fishy mouth
piece, ST. said the captain, with a
grin. Il amt never see no soopreme
evidences O. the naked truth in the
Clarion's political remarks, but must
say it's wild animal editor has alters
struck me as one O. the most veera-
cious men in the party. Anyhow they
amt anything very unusual about that
python story to them as knows how
easy it is to domesticate snake. Up
here. where bosses an nired men Is
plentiful we don't have to make use o.
the reptiles for household purposes,
but down round Peru, an Ven'Zuela,
and Patagonia, helps kind O. skeerce
an the people that lives down there
has to use whatever comes handy"
Its burned shame you never was
down there, cap" said the postmaster.
WED a heard somethin' with listenin'
to If we had BEEN"
Il hev been down there" returned
the captain. Where dye suppose l
got my title O. captain if hadn't been
q sea-farin man?
1--we commanded a sloop in my
day, an they amt many ports be-
tween the north an south poles that
l amt been to. An once when me an
my crew, consistin' of bulldog an
two Swedes was bowed ashore on the
coast of tn Argentine Republic
learned lot about tn habits O
snakes that | amt never forgot The
place where we went ashore was about
half way between Rio de january an
Sanity Cruz where the rum comes
from, and for miles an miles In every
direction We couldn't see nothin' but
forests, an tell we they was jest full
of animal life-parrots, monkeys, jig.
gorinos, parapets an snakes hangin'
from the trees like fringe on the bot
tom of sofy. They give us tough
time of it at first, an the two Swedes
deserted after we'd been ashore a
couple O. days, an l amt never seen
'em since, but the dog, Bildad, he
stuck by me to the last. One O. the
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saws an all day long one o. the most
devoted OF them snakes sat cotled up
on the roof with his tail Httckin' 80
feet up in the Air wig.waggin the sea
with an American flag, sos to attract,
the attention O. any steamer or nailins
vessel that happened to be passin'.. I
put a flag pole up there at first but X
blowed down In a hurricane one
night and this little cuss--he wafn't
over so foot long crawied up there
hisself an took its place. I've alters
felt that I owed my rescue to HIN. !"
20, We was rescued, was YET" S. I
said the postmaster.
Il leave that to you, joe said the
captain III We think look as II !
died, down there We can think It, but
ye'd better be careful OF announcin'
the fact. Postmasters otherwise hon
est has been known to be removed
for parrysis. Anyhow, was rescued.
A sailin' vessel carryin' bananas from
Panama to Oyster Bay was passin'
that way one hot day In April an see.
in the flag wavin' In the air, sent
ashore an took me of. Il was sad
partin' with them pythons o. mine.
good friends as they were. an not Civ.
en- to lynn about their neighbors. will
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Unklnd Insinuationl.

Mr.. Madison Squeer--I suppose In
your grace's family there are mum.
Der Of historic Jewels?
His Grace-Y Yes. indeed. must get
them out some day and show them
to you. by love! -
Mr.. Madison SqueerAh. then Hi
stiii haze the ticketsi-T ltHits
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Almost as Important.

II suppose" observed the curious
passenger. you know the exact loca-
ton of all the dangerous rocks along
this coast?"
No, sir" answered the pilot. "but
I know the exact location of all the
safe channels"
The Jasper news., 1908-02-06
Foolsoap.

The word foolscap, Is q corruption Of
the italian folio-capo (folio-sised
sheet). From the 18th to the 18th
century this sort Of paper was water
marked with FOOLS head. with cap
and bells. ~ ha. 81
The Jasper news., 1908-02-06

Books are not made for furniture.
but there is nothing else that so beau
TRULY furnishes q house. Give
ua q house furnished with books
rather than furniture. Henry Ward
Beecher
The Jasper news., 1908-02-06
FIrsmen's Busy Day,

4 Saturday is the busy day Of the
London bremen. In ten years London
had s.sSs Saturday Ares. against 3.0o2
~ Monday. the DAT they wers lesst
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snakes nearly got away with him, but
he was an intelligent pup an had the
aense to bide his time. 1t was a boy,
constricty got him, an swallered him
Jest like frog'd swaller fly. Bildad
aunt make any fuss at all but wait
ed till he'd got down into the boy
constricty's stummick, an then he let
loose like he was in a regular dog
fight with another bull, an in two min.
utes he'd bit his way through the sar
pent's stummick and ribs, an popped
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pet an IT weighed too heavy on his
stummick." ~
''As usual" sneered the postmaster,
as the captain departed. 1.-THE only
witness to the truth o. his story, Q
bulldog. an dead one at that"
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lin to work "a hours a day. an not. .
waikiki delegate amongst EN-"
"An what become o. Bildad?' ask.
ed ST.
"He died week before the rescue"
replied the captain. HE cat para
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20

insurgents was one of the greatest
difficulties encountered. Attempts to
suppress them by superior force were
resorted to, and then conciliatory
measures were adopted,
Prior to the Japanese occupancy
there were no public schools in For
mosa. Now primary schools for Japa-
nese children have been established
in all of the important towns. There
are also auxiliary schools, these being
for the benefit of the native young
One year after the cession of the
island central language school, was
established for the double purpose of
teaching Japanese to the natives and
the native dialects to the Japanese
For the savages a large number of
schools have been opened in the out
living districts. In order that all the
schools be equipped in accordance
with modern ideas, educators were re-
Gently sent to Europe and to this
country to make study of educa-
tional matters.
The island has an area approx
imately as large as that of Long Is
land. The population is estimated at
about 10000 Self Hishida OF Col
umbia university is authority for the
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able to threaten the commerce OF a
large part of western Europe, just as
it now practically holds the club over
the whole foreign trade of Germany
and Russia and the Low countries. In
a precisely similar way the Japanese,
with naval stations stretching from
Korea to Making, have it in their
power, in case of need, practically to
stop the foreign trade of China and
in the event of war, this would prove
a weapon of the very highest impor-
lance. In the event of such a strug-
gle. 1t is highly improbable that Japan
would consent to let pass unframed
merchant ships bound for Chinese
ports The question would not be one
of contraband of war. 1t would be
the wider question of Japan's allowing
the passage of cargoes to her enemy's
ports, there to pay customs duties into
her enemys treasury, and thus to in.
crease her enemy's capacity for
waging war. Unless she resorted to
commerce destruction, Japan would
not make positive gain in wealth by
this stoppage OF commerce to Chinese
ports. But she would make pre-
cisely equivalent gain by cripplin her
enemy's resources,-N. Y. Times.
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certainly cannot afford to 60 to war
now, and her government knows this.
But 1t sees with equal clearness the
necessity of looking forward and the
necessity of making provision for the
things that may happen; or, to put it
differently, the wisdom of taking
measures to prevent what it is desired
should not happen.
Making harbor is in the Pescadores,
islands which lie in the 100-mile- wide
waterway that separates Formosa
from the Chinese mainland 1t is
nearly 1000 miles from the nearest
naval base in the Japanese islands
proper. and is only about 600 miles
from Manila. Hitherto the island of
Formosa had been something of bur-
den upon Japan. But her possession
of that island, together with her pos
session of Pescadores, has made pos
sible to Japan a strategic advance
which may fairly be compared for i'm.
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statement that in the FIRST year OF the
Japanese administration China con-
tinued to enjoy the lions share of the
Formosan trade. Ten years later
Japan's trade with Formosa exceeded
the total trade Of Formosa with all
foreign countries. The foreign ex-
ports in 1904 were 1891 ,l24 yen, the
imports for the same year being H..
S3S,443 yen.
With Formosa and the Pescadores
already in her possession, Japan now
only needs the Philippines to complete
the chain of islands guarding the entire
eastern seaboard of Japan. In the en-
tirely unlikely event of the United
States giving up the Philippines and
trusting them to the tender mercies OF
native government II is certain that
Philippine independence would be OF
exceedingly brief duration. Few seri-
ously believe that the Filipinos are
capable of managing their own affairs
without falling into state OF anarchy
| that would early in the game demand
the forcible intervention of foreign
powers for the protection of their citi-
zens in the islands.
Awaiting Filipino Republic
Before Completing Program.
AS the history of the Samoan islands
illustrates very wildly, protection OF
interests is exceedingly prompt when
there is anything to be gained by 1t;
and in the event of the coming of a
wholly Independent Filipino republic,
it is safe to assume that Japanese in
terest in the islands would suddenly
reach a degree of Importance of which
there is no present sign. Germany, and
in a lesser degree France, have shown
an active disposition to accept such
Southern Pacific trifles in the way Of
islands as were open to occupation, ant
American abandonment of the Philip
pines would seem to promise the prob
ability of struggle between German,
and Japan for the possession of the
Philippines.
One obvious motive for Japan.
wanting the Philippines is the outle
they would give for her emigration
and the resources they would giv'
her. Manchuria and Korea, 1t is true
are now absorbing a great portion o
Japanese energy, but no one is so ricl
or so busy that he would refuse Il
pick up money that he finds in thu
street. And the Japanese development
of Making may well be taken as proc
that Japan is not unwilling to assume
such further enrichment as the prog
gress of events may thrust upon her
Controlling Chinese Com
merce a Possibility for Japan.
The relation of Japan and China a
I regards strategic questions is curious
ly like that of western Europe to tn
, British islands. The position of tn
( British islands makes the British flee
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the lines from North America TO east.
ern Chinese ports along the Hong.
Kong lie either between the Japanese
Islands at the north, or through the
Ballingtan channel. between Formosa
and Luzon. The trade routes from Eu.
rope to all Chinese ports along the
Hong-Kong lie in the space between
Formosa and China. A fleet at Ma
kung would, therefore, have at its
mercy practically all the trade with
China north OF Hong-Kong. Com
merce destruction is charitably sup.
posed to be a thing of the past Yet
IL commerce destruction ever showed
that 1t would turn the scale in a great
naval warfare II Is not to be doubted
that belligerents would adopt It. But
even short of commerce destruction
the Japanese position at Making
would give Japanese warships pc
culiarly good chance to embarrass
commerce by search for contraband
Formosa Treated Differently
in Japan's Plans for Supremacy.
While 1t appears that Japan has
directed her chief energies toward the
establishment of strong naval base
at Making, her efforts in Formosa
have been on an equal, though some
what different, scale. This was her
first effort at colonization, and shows
what the little brown men are capable
of. When China, after the stress of
her war with Japan, coded Formosa
to her conquerors the island was one
of the widest of all in that region
savage head-hunters occupying most
of its territory, and the few seacoast
towns the embodiment of the worst
features of Chinese occupancy
squalid, filthy, out of touch with civil
cation, unprogressive. A recent Wis
itor to the island, who had been made
familiar with it prior to Japanese oc
cupancy, testifies that there was little
or no machinery to carry out the work
of civil government. The treasury was
| depleted, the records were in a state
of hopeless confusion, there had beer
no attempt at sanitation, and the filth
and squalor of the towns were appal
ling. The natives had grown accus
toned to this state of affairs and wer,
ill-suited for the system and ordei
which their new rulers seemed deter
mined to bring about
Effects of Japanese Rule
as Seen In Better Regulations.
Baron Shimpel Goto, physician b.
profession and formerly president o
the bureau of hygiene in Tokyo, is nov
the civil governor of Formosa. He re
Gently made an extended report of hi
administration of the islands affairs
In this he said that when Formos
was placed under the sovereignty O
Japan feeling of anxiety was enter
tanned as to the effects of the ney
regime. The recurring outbreaks c
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n ESIDES heavily fortifying the
x island of Formosa, a part of the
III territory which she had wrsted
4 from China after her triumph
Fer that nation, Japan has now estab-
Shed strong naval base at Making,
Eharbor in the Pescadores. Making
Rs about 600 miles distant from Ma
"a, and Japan's purpose in establish
q naval base at that place is the
psf interesting feature of the work In
Rich she has recently been engaged.
against what nation will she make
3e of Making as base?
hat Could Be Done with Making
Base Against the Philippines.
&rhe first suggestion-and one that
GEMS to be particularly natural In
Hew OF our present relations with
|&pan-is that Making would serve as
base of operations against the
philippines. The nearest American
aaVa base to the Philippines is Ha-
5fli, 4,S00 miles away. With Ma
-4ng only 600 miles from Manila, the
apanese fleet would have obviously a
Meat advantage over an American
Fet' supposing that the operations
'Puld take place in the neighborhood
" Manila. And certainly, unless the
Mlted States proceeds much more
'kpldIy in the future than it has in the
~ with the building of a complete
IVA station in the Philippines, the
N lahese Will have superior repair
'#lllties at Makung.
~ the case also of an attempt by
'fpah to occupy the Philippines with
sPops' Making harbor would make an
~ 1piiirahle hiding place and protection
~ transports, which would be out oi
,#'ch OF an American fleet in case the
y pahese warships were defeated in
n TIE and which could be readily
''p usht to Manila and other Philippine
yRtory
MS is possibility that naval Off
3. III washington have been quick Il
"a, ana appreciate, There is no actua
IA mat Japan intends war-at pres
n ret the existence of powerful
IN al oase at Making, occupied by {
u ION OF great naval efficiency, and {
Al 'uh which would also profit great
- possession of the Philippines,
y, uIo'ly considered a matter of i'm
va lance to this country.
'pah Is heavily in debt, and sh'
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pans struggle for dominion, be that
fusgIe for commercial supremacy or
military success.
What Japan has been doing with
ese outlying possessions becomes
erefore subject which at the pres
\ moment must have peculiar in
rest. Realizing this the New York
ines has made an exhaustive inquiry
10 the matter and herewith presents
/ results of its Investigations.
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Spell Of Beauty.

From whatever standpoint women
may be regarded, it is impossible to
ignore the supremacy of beauty,
which, both in life and fiction, exer-
cises power more potent than any
other human influence Outlook
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|APAN TIGHTENS
HER GRIP ON THE
COAST OF ASIA
,ntinued Military Activity of the Japanese
Shows an Especially Significant Feature
Just Now in the Strong Naval Base
Which Has Been Established at Making,
Six Hundred Miles from Manila.

= HOSE observers who have
W y made a study of Japan's
policy, long ago became i'm
pressed with her apparent
determination to be the
dominant nation Of the
L. to control Asia and to enthrone
|nnon as mistress Of the entire ORR
4 That the Pacific will be the
later of the great commercial wars
1.-THE future, If It is not the scene of
nalct of some other nature, has also
In freely predicted.
Thanks to the territory which she
tuno from the conquered in her two
lent wars, Japan has now an almost
broken Gordon strung along the
lat eastern seaboard of China. A
snce at the appended map will show
chain of island possessions reach
q southwark as far as Formosa and
4 Pescadores, chain of isles which
Z reckoned as of vast Importance in
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portance to Japan with the advance
made by Russia when she reached Port
Arthur.
Its Marked Strategic Advan-
tages as a WelI-Protected Harbor.
From the point of view of protection
by land Notifications, Making bay is
exceptionally well situated. 1t has also
an outpost at Amping, on the south
west coast of Formosa, with which it
is connected by cable. The practical
value of this cable connection will be
evident IL it is assumed that Japan
csc feet is lying at Making harbor in
wait Tor An enemy. In fact, the situa-
ton as it existed in the spring OF 1905,
when the Russian fleet under Rojest-
vensky was making its way toward
japan, is an excellent example by
which to test the question.
When the Russian fleet was APP
preaching the Strait of Malacca, Japa-
nese scouts went far south through
the China sea to keep watch OF the
enemy's movements, but the main
fleet was of necessity kept in strictly
home waters. both because of the eX-
istence of several avenues by which
the Russians might approach Vladi-
vostok and of the extreme undeslra
bility of attempting to fight a battle
many hundreds of miles from naval
base where necessary repairs could be
made or where the fleet could go into
retreat in case of defeat. 1t is quite
likely that Admiral Togo would not
have chosen to fight the Russian feet
in the north of the China sea, even
had Making been a fully developed
base at that time But if Making had
been so developed in 1905, 1t wouid
have been entirely practicable LOT
Togo to have met the enemy far from
Japanese waters
Watching Straits Of Formosa
an EASY Matter from Makuns'
Anv European fleet moving against
Ianon would almost of necessity take
the course followed by the Russians
from the time they left the lhdlah
ocean. and from Making as Dase'
Ianan would be in position 10 keep
close watch over Formosa straits, Pes
cadores channel, and the passages 10
The east between Formosa and the
philippines. In the case of a German
aeet there would be an obvious al
vantage in giving battle in this region
because the German fleet would then
be stiu far distant from its only home
mort in the east-Kiao Chow German
warships which might have to take
aigbt as some of the Russian cruisers
did after the battle OF the sea OF
Japan. would have to take Ie,use ~
neutral ports, where they wouiu oe ~
termed during the rest OF the war,
From another point OF view MaNuis ;
as n naval base would give 'ap" Japan .
position of peculiar Vaiue N ,e NJ
/ to the great commercial routes
Evening journal., 1908-08-15
CONNIE MACK
GETS new MEN

Connie Mack is always on the lookout
for new men. especially youngsters who
look good to him. Manager Mack has
sent contracts to Martin, a pitcher. and
McInnis, shortstop. both playing with
the Beverly semi-professionai team. Mar
tin is a pitcher recommended to Manager
Madden. Of the Beverly team by Bob IN
glaub now with Washington. McInnis is
a Gloucester High School boy and is said
TO be a clever innelder. Last Saturday
when Beverly played Rockport a Philadel-
phia scout was at the game. He was pres
ent on invitation OF Manager Madden. Of
the Beverly team. Evidently the work Of
the pair was satisfactory, for Madden re-
celved word from Connie Mack that the
latter had mailed contracts. McInnis has
been playing shortstop for Iaverhin, New
England League team. lie refused to sign
a contract when asked to by Billy Hamil-
ton. Since joining the nine he has played
wonderful ball Dave Shean was recon-
mended TO the Athletics by Manager Mad
den, Shean having played with Beverly.