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woods. my purpose is to demonstrate
the self-sustaining power OF modern man
to prove that man. though handicapped
with the habits Of civilization. is the
physical equal Of his early ancestors and
has not altogether lost the resourceful-
ness that in the early stages OF mankind
brought nature into subjectton. MY ex-
pertinent is purely scientihc, ana. l De-
iieve, II successful, will be instructive to
those who enter the woods for pleasure.
"I shall take with me absolutely
nothing. l shall leave all OF my clothing
with the party that escorts me to the
woods shall take no food, but Will
rely solely on my own resources to Sc
cure sustenance. shall not take a
match or any device for making fire, but
will make my own fire in primitive ways.
shall take no gun, knife or otner mou-
ern device for protection. NO impiement,
tool or device shall / take with me or
use during those two months
I'm fact, the casting on OF civihzed nfe
will be complete. From the moment Wnen
eat my last breakfast at KING ana
Bartlett camp I shall be entirely moe.
pendent OF the rest OF humanity. snail
accent no aid from any source, unless
accident or illness compels me TO emerge
from the woods, and In that event my
experiment would terminate.
Il shall keep q record OF time, and on
the 4th day Of October l shall walk OUT
of the forest at the same point where
parted from civilization. When emerge
in October 1 shall be sufficiently clothed
to walk the city streets. l shall be as
comfortably clothed as any human Deins:
From cap to heels shall De ntted OUT
with at least one equipment. and may
possibly have q variety to suit weather
conditions
Il shall go before medical experts for
examination Immediately after l come
ont ~ the wonas This examination will
show the eject Of my independent life,
and am willing the doctors shall sun
init mo to any tests. have been
through the section Of the region IN
which I shall live That was nneen
years ago. when I guided parties OF
sportsmen and lived at :. the hunting
camps. since that time I have never en-
tered the territory. However, ! rememr
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while ! am in the woods I shall de-
pend entirely upon the material that ma
ture has provided for the support of ami
NAL life. 1t has always been my opinion
that knowledge OF nature should be
the first teaching and the fundamental
teaching. For with an understanding Of
what nature has provided no man should
be totally dependent on organized So
ciety for his living and comforts, and for
the propagation Of his species And my
experiment Is made along the lines of
severity In order to prove my theory Of
what knowledge of nature can accom-
plish under the most difficult conditions.
My effort to live under the conditions
l have imposed is not test of endur-
ance 1t Is not a test to show how much
suffering a man can endure. 1t is rather
an object lesson to demonstrate how q
man can live and what he can accom-
pffsh even under the deprived conditions
In which I shall attempt this change Of
living. In fact, the prospects Of suffer-
ing are 30 small that they are unimpOr-
tant Science has demonstrated that man
soon becomes Injured to cold and ex-
posure IL he is healthy: that he adjusts
himself quickly to conditions.
For the benefit of those who are not
familiar with the habits of American
wild animals. / wish to say that / will
two animals that might be dangerous are
the black bear and the moose. The fe-
male bear will protect her cubs with
her life. The bull moose. II disturbed In
the mating season, Is q dangerous ami
NAL The other animals will fight only
when cornered-
For my first few days / expect to de-
pend on berries and wild vegetables.
which are found in the burnt lands and
shores Of streams and ponds. Blue
berries. blackberries, raspberries. wild
cherries, Wild onions and artichokes Of
Ter pleasing and palatable variety and
Being easy to procure I shall have time
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we'd haul
her intoth terhoo n States"

tn question with the captain iv tn
ship. tn chief mate. tn purser, tn
head stoord, tn other passengers an
tn reporthers at tn dock. What is to
be tn policy lords Mexico?' says the
reporthers. I have it in me pocket
says he. I wrote 1t out because Bryan
doesn't know anything about diplc-
matte language. AS soon as tn Prisi-
Mexico with me- he says.
He had a thriumphal reception In
washin'ton. whin he arrived at tn
Prisidints Office tn durekeepOr pushed
him in an said. Here he is 1t is
said tn Prisidint made a gr-reat i'm
pressyun on him. possibly with a bound
or a pa-aper weight. although little is
known about tn intheryiew. Whin he
come out he complained iv a slight chill
an an earache.
"'Did ye read our policy to himr
asked a reporther No. says he, we
didn't get to that. Whin tn Prisidint
let me up tn intherview was over
'Whin dye go back to Mexico? L
haven't fixed a time he says. Nav
thin came up about that durin' tn
conference. But befure / left tn
Prisidint told me that IL / wint down
Pinnsylvarya avnoo- an turned to tn
right I'd find a store where / cud buy
a ticket fr Spokane If 1 used dhiplo-
macy an had tn price he says
.If Mexican pollyticks is so tough.
why shud we want to annex it," asked
Mr.. Hennessy.
"I don't know" said Mr.. Dooley, on
less it is New York needs comp'ny.'
Copyright, 1913. by Finley Peter Dunno.
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In cash in advance rr arms an ammy-
milton an insistfn' that both parties
shud shoot south whin near tn Rio
Grande SOS not to disthurb tn Sun
dah school picnic parties watchfn' tn
rtvolution firm tn Texas shores iv that
brawlin' torrent. Naturally they re-
turn our adiction rr thin, often un-
opened. Tn love iv this simple people
rr their great hearted binifactor is
such that Americans who have lived
a long time in that country get tn
habit iv walkin' backward out Nv all
public places SOS not to ofiind thin.
9TH Prisidint iv Mexico before tn
late prisidint was Gin'ral Perfurio Diaz.
He was q wise or redman an he knew
that there's nawthin' SO dangerous as
an angry binifacthor who feels that
he amt gettin' amy RETURNS on his
to US, dye mind, an he kept US in
good humor be threatin' his own fell
w-citizens az he oftin called thin, fr
he was full iv fun, worse thin he
threated OURS But he grew old, his
inimies were all dead, an public office
held little more charm fr him. Wan
day he see a man with whiskers COM
in up tn sthreet with q brass band.
Who's that?' says he to tn thrusted
chief Of polls. That's our new prisi-
dint,' says tn faithful subordinate.
reachin' rr q gun. Well thin,' says
Gin'ral Perfurio Diax, I s'pose I'd bet
ther abdicate,' which he did, out iv
window, an il now in Europe laughin'
his head of ivry time he opens a
pa-aper.
"This chief iv polls was Htnnery Lane
wilson's frind that Doc Wilson won't
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be inthrajooced to. TIL new prisidint
that swore him in was Gin'ral Madero.
Madero had a sound idee iv what a re-
publican form iv govermint shud be.
It was, In g. gin'rai way, to let on'y
Numbers iv his family know tn COM
bynation iv tn safe. But there were
other pathrites who had large families.
an, fred be their love iv country. they
asst OF Kosciusko Hurta If he wudden't
lead thin in sthrikin' blow fr th'
liberties iv Mexico an tn contints iv
the damper. An he did. He wint at
wanst to tn prisidint's house with tn
insignya iv his oflce in his hands,
clapped thin on tn tyrant's wrists, an
hauled him out iv tn prisidintyal chair,
which he immejutly sat In himsilf.
"It was thin that Hinnery Lane Will
son jined tn game. Born as he was
in tn natural gas belt iv Indyanny.
Hinnery was endowed with diplomacy
firm tn sthart. 1t Is tur'ble to think
what wud've happened to poor Madero
II this gr-reat an good man had not
intherfered, fr tn single minded
pathrites had found tn cash dhrawer
Imply. He inthervened at wanst f'r
tn unhappy man. He put between
tn miserable culprit an tn vengeance
iv his inimies all tn power an dignity
iv our mighty nation. our thraditions
iv frindship with Mexico. an tn in
hoonce Nv his own magnificent per-
sonality. Let not wan hair iv this
mans head be touched sez he Firm
now on he is tn protijee iv me binificint
gov ermint an undher tn protection iv
our noble army an navy. I wrap tn
flag around him an hor We pers' 'nally
responsible rr his well bein'. In be-
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Thanks to it's nachural aptychood an
our binivo1ince. civilization Is maxim
gr-reat sthrides in Mexico, sthridin In
wan day an sthridin' out tn next. AL
though niver admittin' thin to tn
family, we long ago adopted thin, an
we have since bin a kim iv a great
brother to thim offrin' to fight amy
wan that intherfered with thin an
smackin' thin firm time to time to
show thin their place an takin' amy
thin away firm thin that we wanted.
We give thin tn affectionate name iv
'greasers,' an in tn oil days in Texas
they were threated almost like human
Americans, excipt that whin a cilly-
brated gun fighter died in thin days
space forbid givin' TIL names iv tn
Mexicans that had received his attn
tions. But there was always a respect
full footnote to tn list iv victims in
tn obithury notice readin': Mexicans
not tabylated.'
"We flooded their sunny land with tn
best flowers iv our civilization, with
life insurance agents. an sewin'
masheen canvassers, an Standard He.
an excursions firm Ioway to give thin
free lectures on tn Evils iv tn Bull
fight an 'Th' Siesta, their two favrite
forms iv athletics. In their domestic
throubles we preserved a careful moo
thrality an put 1t on tn shelf in tn
panthry. We took no sides. on'y ask
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under the severe conditions which such
change would require.
Before leaving his fellOwmen
Knowles insisted on rigid observation.
He was obliged to select for his expert
ment stretch of timber land Tar IN
the big game country, where ne coulu
be reasonably sure that nature IS su-
preme. But he insisted on a territory
the boundaries Of which are constant
ly observed. Streams and lakes sur
round the section where he IL now nv
ing his wild life. Hunting and nshing
camps. connected by trails, completely
surround his domain. All guides ana
sportsmen camped in the region nave
been informed Of the conditions OF
total dependence which he has mace,
and are on the watch. The nearest set
The man in the forest can have no ac-
cess to aid without showing himseit
or being found out by guides or camp
ers.
And to further prove that he remains
constantly in the section he mas de-
cided to come twice q week to trail
and deposit communications to the out
side world. This is also his safety De.
vice. and IL such communications faiI
to appear at any time guides Will I'M
mediately start into the territory from
all directions
1t is the opinion OF guides in the Sec
tion that Knowles will be able to COM
plete his two months of wild life. They
declare that all of the methods he has
planned for the securing Of food and
protection are practical and can see
no extreme hardship ahead for him
after he has secured his first covering
for his body.
II X
The confidence Of Knowles that he
will be able to overcome every problem
is remarkable. He laughed at the sug-
geStfons OF danger and when he de-
parted into the woods said that he
would come out q new man, better
physically and mentally, and better
equipped to paint his pictures OF the
wild life. Nothing but an unforeseen ac-
cfdent would break that two months in
the solitudes Of the forest, he said.
knowles has led life Of adventure,
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Cuba an Nicaragoo an vinzwala an
Mexico an thin other thropical
diseases till we've no time at all to at
tind to our own stomach aches. An
il we don't cure tn disease all tn
wurruld says we must take it ourselves,
dye mind. We may be writhin' with
internal pain. but at tn sound iv break
in crockery in DOLBY hut mex dure
we have to pull on our pants. get out
tn box iv first aid f'r tn injured. an
dash over to reform our little protijees.
1--WE scrub their fures. tache thin
how to cook healthy meals, wash tn
baby. fumigate tn primises. lecture tn
OF man on tn error iv his ways pay tn
oil bills. an lave little change in tn
sugar bowl to start things goin' again.
An we're no sooner out iv tn house
thin they count tn spoons to find out
what our rale motive was in calm.
give tn baby tn box iv chloride iv
lime to play with. and resoom throwin'
tn furniture at each other.
If it isn't wan thing it's another.
Ii IL isn't Cuba it's Vinzwala, an if
II isn't that it's Mexico. What's tn
throuble in Mexico? Well it's a differ
ence in opinyon in tn Wilson family
about tn kind iv people they ought to
ASSOCIATE with. Hinnery Lane Wilson.
. him that is our ambassadure to Mex
leo but is soon to resoom tn practice
iv law I'm Spokane, is a gr-reat diplo-
mat. good mixer. who takes tn
wurruld as he finds it an overlooks
small faults in tn men that he likes.
Afther Gin'ral Hurta had claned or
i,:s revolver an put his bowie knife
back in his pocket an become Prisidint
of Mexico, Hinnery. who felt gr-reat
fondness fr tn gin'ral in spite iv tn
nervous twitchin' in his pistol finger.
thrasd to inthrajooce him to Doc will
boo. Doc says he, 4 want We to
00a0nD hands with me frind Hurta. Ye
- boyU ought to know each other,
V u th same line Thin he whis
D~1 70 Doc: Don't pay any attintfon
- III face. II Is not aisy to look at,
ut No has a heart Nv goold. He's
hsan ~ high sthrung timp'ramint
thrfde careless iv human life at times
an somewhat given to threachery.
but who iv US is without faults?
"Besides I've already reco'nized him.
an we might just as well get into line
he says. But Doc Wilson has become
got to be Prisidint. He said he'd be
somethin'-or other-if he'd reconize a
prisidint that got his certyhcate iv
ONCE firm tn coroner. If he wanted
TO hook up with that school iv states
manship he'd ask Gyp tn Blood to come
down to washin'ton an visit with him.
This here spoort iv KILN prisidints
has gone far enough he says. L
don't sympathize with it in tn laste 1t
is a bad precedent an I'll do nawthin'
in amy way to establish it, he says.
An now. just because Doc Wilson is
so exclusive. it looks as though we'd
got to go into Mexico an do semethin.
But what it is 1 don't know. Wan
statesman says we must meedyate,
which is tn same thing sayin' to
this distracted people: Boys, ye must
make frinds fr my sake. o, we'll, thin
IL ye won't ye won't Another idee is
that wee sthrike a bargain with this
onaisy nation be which they agree TO
finance tn disordher IL we'll supply
IN polls to quell II. That is what is
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Special Correspendence Of The Star.
SPENCER, Me-, August 4, 1918.
TN the presence Of group of sports
men and guides, Joseph knowles of
Boston, a painter Of wild life. today
entered the unbroken forest for stay
OF two months, durins which he will be
entirely cut on from the rest of humanity
Without clothing food or Implement of
auy kind he entered the virgin forest on
the shore of Big Spencer lake. He will
be entirely dependent for two months on
the resourcefuiness of his own mind and
body to secure food, clothing, shelter and
fire. Like Adam. he will have to earn his
right to live with his bare hands alone.
Absolute independence Of civilization is
the plan OF life this man of the woods is
trying to demonstrate. That man has not
altogether lost that primitive instinct.
that knowledge of nature which was so
necessary in those early days when our
ancestors fought for supremacy. is the
claim of this self-isolated man.
Within his forest domain Knowles will
hunt, fish and trap. In the mountain
streams and the bordering lakes he will
Ash without hook or line; in the forest
ne will conquer with his own wits and
agility the animals he will need for meat
and clothing. Not gun or knife or mod
ern weapon or aid of any kind will he
have: nothing but the crude materials he
will find in the forest.
.+a
That Knowles is able physically to make
this change Of living 10 the opinion Of
Prof. Dudley A. Sargent OF Harvard. Dr.
Sargent. after an examination made last
Wednesday. declared that II It Is possible
for any human being to suddenly drop
the comforts, the food and the habit Of
civilized life and live the life of our re-
mote ancestors, Knowles can accomplish
the task he has set himself. Knowles
experiment will have scientific value,
thinks Or. Sargent, II IL is carried out
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has sailed and travelled n-many cIimes,
has studied life at its lowest and high
est levels. His study Of animals has
Wild life most appeals to him. With the
education he has CLEANED by uphill
work ne has gone back to that which
calls him. the better equipped to mas
ter the artistic as well as the practical
side Of primeval life
He will not be satisfied to simply
maintain his existence and secure COM
forts in the forest. He has planned to
accomplish as much else as his time
will permit. and this effort will be di-
rected to the field Of art He has plan
ned to make his own paper by grinding
pulp on the rocks and pressing 1t be-
tween heavy layers of bark Water
colors he will make from berries. barks
and roots, and his brushes from the
furs Of animals.
Knowles occupies a considerable stand
ing In the world of art as a painter OF
wild life. He has studios at Boston and
at Bradford, VT. His work is gaining
recognition among those who know wild
life. and he has long cherished an am
bition to show that he knows the life he
paints.
His boyhood was spent under deprived
conditions, in clearing in the Maine
woods. He never had a toy until he was
able to make one. and the distance to
the nearest school shut him of from edu-
cation. He worked among men and did
a mans work. At sixteen he ran away
to sea and shipped In all kinds of craft
until he reached the full rugged ship The
navy next appealed to him, and he serv-
ed two enlistments. 1t was through Uncle
Sam that he received his education.
Later he returned to Maine and guided
parties Of sportsmen in the woods. These
men were different from what he had
known. He had seen only the rough side
Of life. He liked these men from the
city, and he started out to try that side
of life. The sportsmen encouraged him
in his art work, which he had been slow
ly developing without instruction. In Boz
ton knowles went into art with such ex-
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"They pds beyond scein that
grass 8 cut"

called inthervintion. But most iv me
fellow citizens. includin' tn most in
threpid iv our iditors, has made up
their minds that Mexico has become
such an oncurable nuisance that we
ought to annex it. Yes. sir; tn hour
seems near at hand whin Mexico will
be wan iv tn brightest an heaviest
jools on tn neck iv Columbya.
1--WE always thought that tn time
wud come whin we'd have to grab this
fair neighbor an. haul her. bitin' an
squealin. be tn hair iv tn head into
tn sisterhood iv tn states, but / hoped
'twud not be durin' my life. We ought
to lave somethin' fr posterity to do be-
sides payin' tn debts we run up fr
thin. But it looks now, be what 1
read in tn pa-apers. that we'd have
to perform this jooty at wanst. An
here am 1 har'ly KNOWN what to say
to tn new mimber iv tn family that
will soon be prodded into our domestic
circle. To tell tn thruth. 1 haven't
paid much attintion TO our beautiful
but sulky neighbor since we had a war
with her. but now that she may soon
be settin' at tn table with us an In
thrajoocin' broken glass into our
dhrink I've got to read up about her
an her past, which is sprightly but
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treme industry and ambition that he
made success.
At the age of forty four he is now en-
tering into a new life, he says, to gain
more complete education in nature,
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iv tn people iv Texas. an on tn south
be more throuble fr us firm tn Monroe
docthrine. It's soil projooces an
abundance iv rocks iv all sizes an it's
inhabitants range in color firm dark
to darker, an NANNY iv thin ARE fv
Indyan extraction. but tn Indyan
has not been completely exthracted
firm all iv thin. In recent years large
numbers iv tn young men iv TIL land
have become pathrites, or, as they ARE
called in Mexico. bandits. in prepara-
ton fr pollytickal career, but nanny
iv thin have failed on account Nv bein'
too tendher hearted whin ilivated to
Office Often a SUCCESSFUL Mexican ban
dit has turned out to be a weak an
sintimental sicrety iv tn threasury.
"Mexicans injye a republican form iv
govermint often whin away firm home.
be found in tn catalogue iv tn nay
tional muzeeum in tn departmint iv
humor. TIL presidint is ilicted be tn
people, on'y he don't let thin know till
he has took Office, whin he informs THIN
that his predecessor has committed sui
eide be shootin himsilf in tn back.
They have no throuble with their ex-
prisidints beyond seein' that tn grass
is kept out. In fact there is no such
term as ex-prisidint in tn language.
Tn former executive is ayether spoken
iv as TIL late prisidint,' or TIL remains,
or II he survives he is known as a
fugitive firm justice. AS soon as tn
new executive has claned UP the Office
he removes tn rilitives an frinds Nv
his predecessor an negotyates a loan.
TIL cabinet takes tn oath Nv ONCE
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half iv civilization, in behalf iv tn ties
that bind our two nations together, in
behalf iv humanity. an, what is more.
in behalf iv mysilf. I not on'y ask. 1
command We that no harm befall him,
sez Hinnery Lane Wilson. 'Ye'er TX
cillincy has but to whisper a message
firm our dhread but family neighbor to
be obeyed.' said Ginral Hurta, fallin'
safe.' he says, bucklin' on his revolver.
will go an attind to tn "details my
silf,' he says He come back in about
a quarther iv an hour, an says he:
He's all right now. He's safe Where
is he? says our ambassadure. In tn
morgue says Gin'ral Hurta. 4 took
him out fr an autymobile ride attinded
be a sthrong guard. Whin I wasn't
lookin' he seized tn rifles firm tn
times in tn back iv tn neck, exclaim
in, "Hooray FIR Hurta!" His last
wurruds were: Regards to Hinnery
Lane Wilson, "A happy solution
says tn American ambassadure I now
be tn power reposed in me be mesilf
acknowledge We as tn boney-fidey reg
lar de facto Prisidint iv Mexico he
says. An I'll write to Cousin Wood
row an tell him to do tn same he
says.
"An' was this gr-reat diplomatic
coop appreciated? 1t was not. Whin
Doc Wilson heard about 1t he sent
message to Hinnery askin' him wud he
plaze come to Washin'ton an be blamed
quick about it. An tn gr-reat man
onbended an came On tn way up
he preserved tn customary or Ameri-
can diplomatic reserve. on'y discussin'
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on Choosdah; on Wfnsdah 1t takes tn
cash dhrawer, an on Thursdah. whin
tn prisidint an his term expires stimuli
pursooed to tn coast be tn incomin'
ADMINISTRATION who serenade tn ship
with gatlin' guns.
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Der its topography, and am told that the
section still abounds with game Of al
kinds. and is an excellent forest for my
experiment.
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- . - -
roe" said Mr..
Dooley, Il have
no doubt he was a
fine man in his
day. but bad cess
to him, says I. fr
putin it up to US
to go thrapezin'
around tn conti-
ent docthrn'