The Washington herald., 1910-02-26
AT THE HOTELS.

There is. no doubt. in the mind os
George AIDE. the author and playwright
who is at the New Willard. as to whethsp
Senator Beverage will succeed himself
in the Senate. Mr.. AIDE said the temper>
anee question should not have been tns
Jected into Indiana politics, and that jim
Watson would have been elected governos
If it had not been for this issue.
II is also the opinion of Mr.. AIDE THAI
Indiana viii elect Republican governor
to succeed Gov Marshall. provided. %
course, strong candidate is named who
can unite the whole party. and also pro-
vided the temperance or prohibition guess
ton be eliminated from politics.
Mr. AIDE agreed that the Hoosier Stats
had produced more literary genius to the
square inch than any other Commons
wealth In the United States, not excepting
even the blue-stockinged Hub or Phila~
deIphia. the home OF Mr.. Box, and othea
literary outputters.
Gov. Stuart. Of Pennsylvania, has
given the people most satisfactory ad-
ministration." said John R. Miller, man
facturer, Of Reading. at the Arlington
last night.
There is nothing remarkable. or pecu-
liar, or extra great. or startling about his
administration; It was simply 2 good,
easy going. safe. and sane government.
Business has considerably improved and
confidence is gradually returning. / nave
not heard anything to the contrary, but
don't think that Gov Stuart viii be a
candidate for reelection. haven't heard
lanybody's name mentioned in particular
who is being pushed to succeed Stuart
There is absolutely no excitement in
Pennsylvania at this time outside the
Philadelphia car strike.
! Mr. Miller said that Senators Penross
and oliver are giving highly satisfactory
services to Pennsylvania. and that both
/ of them will be reelected. Mr.. Miller
said that Secretary Knox also is very
popular in Pennsylvania.
/ OF all the queer farms. none are mors
unusual than alligator farms. according
to John N. Mcdowell. OF Kansas City,
who was seen at the National last night.
There are only two in the world" said
he. "One is at St. Augustine, Fla, and
the other az Hot Springs. Ark The lat
ter Is by far the larger. It is on a small
mountain stream that feeds a series OF
little lakes OF ponds. These are made use
OF 10 form the breeding grounds stock
yards and winter quarters for this
unique branch OF this great American
live stock industry.
There are at all times on this farm
between 500 and 500 live alligators. rang
ing in size from little baby gators, less
than six inches loris, up to Big joe
nearly fifteen feet long The little feI-
lows have all been Matched on the farm,
but the big ones were caught In the
swamps and bayous OF the South.
The alligator is a cannibnl. and for
that reason it Is. necessary TO separate
the ponds by means Of heavy wire net
ting, and 10 place reptiles OF very nearly
the same size IN each Enclosure. Big
Joe. the monarch Of the establishment,
| Weighing almost 800 pounds. Is kept by
himself Otherwise. he would soon bs
the only alligator there. One practice at
the Hot Springs farm is not likely 10
meet with the approval Of the boys there.
THE city poundmaster delivers all the
homeless and unlicensed dogs caught on
the streets TO the manager. Then the
poor dogs are killed and fed to the aIii-
gators. When a sufficient supply Of dog
meat is not available, tainted meats are
procured from nearby butchers or from
the great packing-houses of Omaha and
Kansas City. The alligator is not at all
particular. but seems 10 prefer HIS meat
a little bit spoiled"
DR.. Allen B. Norman. OF New York. who
is at the New Willard. referring TO an ar
ticle he read in the papers recently. in
which priest recounted his treatment at
the hands of a Chinese doctor, which,
though crude in the extreme. was sue