Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-16
BY WILLIAM S. WALSH

States postmaster, 81 from the Vermont side,
addressed to the Quebec side, it goes from
here to the junction, then to Newport, then
to White River Junction, and back to Len
knoxville, Quebec, over the Boston & Maine.
There it is transferred to the Grand Trunk
and goes to a southbound mail pouch and
comes to Stanstead Junction, and then back
to this same building"
Where Is the Chinaman
CIR ROBERT BALL is fond of telling the
~ story of Chinaman who entered the
bridge over Niagara Falls. He started from
the American side, with the idea of crossing
to Canada. On arriving at the Canadian
end, however, he was met with the lnfor-
nation that there was toll of ten pounds
on all Cinnamon coming into Canada. John
hadn't ten cents in his. pocket. So he
started back again. Arriving once more at
the American side, he was stopped. No
Chinaman in any circumstances, they told
him, was allowed to enter the United States.
Now, the problem that Sir Robert Ball pro-
fesses himself unable to answer is, Where is
that Chinaman now? Is he still on the
bridge? If not, by what process of circum-
lions Circumvented?
Pumpkins without a Country
A MOTHER story that leaves food for
speculation appeared recently In pa
per published in the State of Washington.
Theodore Mastin, it appears, owns a
piece of land in that State whose north line
forms an infnitesimal fraction of the inter
national boundary between Canada and the
United States. Mastin never had cause to
regret it until last year, when he planted
Is o1O t1,a1 I~,
the field of corn he planted pumpkins. When
harvest time arrived, Mastin wrote to fed
eral officers in Seattle asking how he could
gather some fifty pumpkins that had emf
grated into Canada without taking out
naturalization papers.
Some of the pumpkins were as much as
thirty feet into alien territory. The jurists
replied to Masten's letter that he might
stand directly on the international line and
pull on the vines that had root in the United
States. If the pumpkins could be dragged
in, we'll and good; but if any were snapped
off and remained in Canadian territory, he
must leave them alone.
And here, so far as we know, the matter
rests. What Mastin was able to do with
his pumpkins is as uncertain as how the
Chinaman disposed of his own person.
Texas and MEXICO
IN the south by the gates of hell" said
~ the orator. Many Texans, it is true,
hold that Gods Country ends'where Uncle
Sans dominions plump against the land of
the Mexicans. Yet there are some Texans
who find Gods Country little too monoto-
nous on Gods own day. Then the Mexican
inferno exerts temporary lure. These Tex
ans line the north bank of the Rio Grande,
where a dry Sunday is legally enforced.
There is only one wide river to cross into the
Mexican border towns where all is wet
Consequently, the Texan ranches, even those
lying as far back as score of miles, furnish
a continuous stream of visitors every Sun
day to towns on the Mexican side. These
visitors often try to srnuggle back with them
a supply of intoxicants. The American Gus
toms inspectors at Eagle Pass, Ell Paso,
Laredo, and other border towns have store
rooms full of bottles as result of their work
on Sundays.
On the Mexican side this Sunday liquor
traffic has grown so extensive that hundreds
of new saloons have sprung up. They line
the streets that lead from international
crossings. In many instances men who run
saloons on the American side have estab-
lished branches across the river in Mexico
to accommodate their customers on the
Sabbath as we'll as on week days.