Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-16
Books and Authors.

In Harry "A. Franck's article. Three
4 Hnboes in India which will appear in
the March Century. the writer tells
the actual experience Of penniless
wanderer in India, and describes the
| system by which the hobo gets almost
unlimited food and railway transTor-
tation for the asking. Mr.. Francks
book. "A Vagabond journey Around
the World" will appear in March.
Charles J. Bonaparte, recently at
torney- general OF the United States.
contributes to the March Century an
article, entitled Experiences of a
Cabinet Officer under Roosevelt" II
contains many interesting side-lights
on President Roosevelt. His country
men will remember him." says Mr..
lBonaparte, las president who was
not afraid to do right
No hunting dog excels the beagle of
today as an all-round artist in the
field and on the show bench. He fixes
up the double requirement handily.
hence bis immense vogue from coast
to coast. He is loved. too, as pet. for
gayer, gentler heart never beat within
the body of dog. Then as a must
cian-ah, the melody of his voice. be it
baritone or tenor.
The beagle is the west pocket"
hound, and his quarry is the hare or
rabbit. He is relentless hunter. and
in the chase he may be followed afoot
Or on horseback. Reduce the foxhound
to fifteen inches at the shoulder cut
off his head, and for all essentials you
have the beagle His color matters
little, but his pedigre does. Our best
&c back to England's best.-From
Buying A Dog by Frank r. Carl
ton, in February Recreation.
u. w. and A. S. Iddings, who have
recently returned from trip in the
interests Of Recreation through parts
OF Mexico little known to the outside
world, obtained an interesting audience
with the Governor of Chiapas. In
writing of this interview, in February
Recreation, they say:
1t was from the Governors lips that
we heard the story of the awful trag-
| edy that followed the rebellion of the
Chiapanecs after the first three years
| Of Spanish rule, almost unmatched in
| the worlds history and yet little
! known. The defeated Chiapanecs. fac
ing return to the Spanish bondage
rushed in body from the City of
Chiapa to the edge of high cliff over
| hanging the Gri iava river, and.
locked in close embrace fathers,
Imothers and children cast themselves
upon the rocks below or into the swift
running stream. They preferred death
at their own hands in this frightful
manner to dishonor. Vainly the Span
iards strove to prevent the great city's
complete depopulation. but of the null
titude, variously estimated at from fif-
" to hundred thousand, scarce two
| thousand souls were saved, This was
in 1926
| Logging is sometimes considered q
hazardous occupation, but in noun
| famous countries there is much
greater loss of life among the horses
than among the men. When a heavy
| lead of logs is being dragged down a
steep descent, the chain. or other device
| used to hold them back, sometimes
breaks and lets the whole load down
on the nearest horse. There is one
horse which has been logging in the
White mountains for years, and not
withstanding many narrow escapes,
"Old Bill seems to bear charmed
life. Leonard Dewitt Sherman in his
logging in the White Mountains in
the February Recreation, thus de-
scribes this horses tactics:
| Up to a few days before Old Bill had
been working with mate called Cher
ry, hauling logs with a single sled di-
rectly from the stumps to small land
ings or yards beside the main roads
| One day, on a steep pitch, something
gave way and let the load onto them,
| and they We're unable to hold it. Old
| Bill promptly sat down on his tail and
! Slid: Cherry, with less experience and
| lacking the knowledge of what to do in
an emergency, threw himself and was
| broken neck. That is what they called
"sluicing team
50 Old Bill was put to work
"twitching" logs. He was pretty slow:
1 had to look carefully to see which
| way ne was going, and nothing in the
| wide world would make him move fas-
| ter. When he came to pitch lie
| would stop and look about to see if
anybody was going to help him down.
After the driver had pushed him over
| lie NOuiC SIT COWI IL anu Siltt. IL tlie losS
he was dragging had a tail chain
wrapped around it,. everything went
smoothly: if it didn't. it would slide
down and bump him. In that case he
would make nifty hop to one side or
else spread his legs and let the log
glide between them. If he was swept
off his feet, it was all one to him, and
he was apt to sit down on the log and
ride to the bottom. | watched the per-
Torrance two or three times with ever
growing 3maZement.
Ever since 1906. on the occasion of
the Presidents last visit to Fort Sam
Houston, as Secretary of War; when
there was a grand review with all 1.-The
pomp and circumstances of war; the
Construction Department has been
planning and working to enlarge the
post from a legimental to brigade
post. In 1908 alone $560000 was spent
for this purpose, and when the estab-
:! lishment of the brigade headquarters
is finally made the garrison will con-
sist of one regiment of infantry, one Of