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The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20
A WONDROUS LAND
The Yellowstone Region as James
 BTidger Saw It.
AND HE WAS A TRUTHFUL MAN

His Adventure With an Elk at the Fa-
 nous Obsidian Cliff and the Effect
 of Ride Through Alum creek-Sto-
 ry Of the Mountain That Was Cursed.
 As teller of tales Munchausen had a worthy rival in James Bridger, the celebrated hunter, trader and guide, whose name and career are part of the pioneer history of the west Bridger was thoroughly familiar with the re- glon now comprised in the Yellowstone park as far back as 1880.
 In his book, "The Yellowstone Park, |" the author, Hiram Martin Chittenden, brlgadier general United States army, retired, sets down some of the yarns Bridger told about that land of won dcrs. Many of the Yellowstone coun- try tales ascribCd to Bridger have sur yiVed to this day, probably because they have never been capped. The first story General Chlttenden tells re- latcs to the celebrated ObSidian cliff, 8 mass of black volcanic glass with which ali the tourists are familiar. Its discovery by Bridger was the result of a hunting trip, and it happened in this way:
 Coming one day in sight of a mag niiccut elk, he took careful aim at the uuSuSpeCting animal and fired. To his amazcmcnt the elk not only was not wounded, but seemed not to have heard the noise of the rifle. BridGer drew considerably nearer and gave the elk the benefit of his most deliberate aim, but with the sane result as before. A third and fourth effort met with sini- lar fate. Utterly eNaSperated, he seized his rife by the barrel, resolved to use 1t as a club, since 1t had failed as a tirCarm. Rushing madly toward the elk, he suddenly crashed Into an i'm movable vertical wall which proved to be a mountain of perfectly transparent glass, on the farther side of which, srl, in peaceful security, the elk was quietly grazing.
 Stranger still, the mountain was not only of pure glass, but was a perfect telescope lens, and, whereas the elk seemed but q few yards Of, it was h reality twenty-five miles away"
 Another of Bridger's discoveries was an ice cold spring near the summit of a lofty mountain, the water from which flowed down over a long, smooth slope. where 1t acquired such velocity that 1t was boiling hot when it reached the bottom. This, later in ycsuga,or of the Firehole river found, was a case in which a hot spring dis charged into the river bed.
 Alum crock, a tributary Of the Yel- ,gwstoDc. received its name from an accidental discovery by Bridger, One day he fgrdcd the creek and rode cut several miles aud uacE He noticed that the return journey. was only a
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20
BALLROOM PATHOS.
Tragedy of the Yearning Heart That
 Was Left to Itself.

The fourth dance was nearly over, and she was still sitting by the wall her hands claspcd in her lap and her blank program Luugling at her side The expression of pleasure which had been spontaneous at the beginning of the evening had become fixed and strained through the long period of waiting. At last the music ceased. and the dancers, flushed and laughing. scattered about the hall.
 The girl rose stItly and tried 10 min gle with the crowd A few acqualnt- ances nodded abscntly, then moved away. Bold in her distress, she elbow ed ber way into a noisy group and laid her hand tImidly upon the arm of one of the girls.
 That's a pretty dress, Marie" she said, trying to smile. ''Th0nk you Are you having a good timer Love ly," she answered, with a brave at tempt to smile. Her friend hesitated then turnel deliberately to her own coterle
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20
lRRIrABlLITY A WARMING,
Ore of Natures Dsarer Signals That
 Should B Hsedc5.

Ore of Natures Daarcr Signals That
 Should B. Needed.
 Arc you uvd"ly quick tempered: Do vau find yourself. cu sight proT"t1ti'n' g...ng y,ut to petty outhUG~ts ut an. g,r: Are guu constantly uaE-tn@, fault unIug and uump.I.utg-:
 .i chronic irr.a@1luy k one of your characteristics it is important for you r5 recognize that fact For irr.Jam.iW is always a danger sigma. It paints to ike presence of conditions which ms uc disastrous to you unless rene dies
 In rarli.uar. Writau..iW means that .1ur nervous system Is uaJ oi gear. wh.. uar h. the result uf either p1ys- .al ur .vu,.l ruuscS OF u Nv,an.-a,IyA If l.;a. Usually 10th ahEs,"" and ..r..I gauscs Ouccr in to intensity n"' a-r..erS harmful effects.
 l....~ tltr q. .....u.,-t ut u'' ,Hu~gs tl re.y.&s di. ,urauy1 is worry. Worry, oS .. known. msnr.crcs with au the ru5.v Iuw.u.u>. It is especially dam. sIN h..aH.a...H". ..t| ..'N 'ftEHN
 When the f.od js ult properly digest rf t'.c nervous system .E poorly urur ishcf anf severely strained lt is also .l g. ula d. -gen poisoned by the c..tu.a- Eoa in ,nc l.ooI gl suos;aacuS which .nu.l otherwise have been removed hy .ln cE.minu,iye organs.
 AI,u., causes a nervous tension tAat u~y express i,sglf in chronic '-rausll Ls~s" ur in frequent attacks ul bad J.migr. These at,a.ks in their turn ,au~c increased weakening of the di -as..vc powers.
 What is needed to cure both lle in digestion and tae i.rtta1iI.ty is tie cuI uyagon of an p.imi>tic attitude. The tendency to worry. look on the dark side If things, must he oycrcomc.-I AdG.ugton Bruce iu Kansas City Star
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20

small fraction of the distance going and that his horses feet had shrunk to mere points which sank into the solid ground so that the animal could scarcely hobble along. Seeking the cause, he found 1t to be in the astrin- gent qualities of the water, which was saturated with alum to such an extent that 1t had power to pucker distance itself.
 Bridger also found a fine place to fish: Somewhere along the shore ali immense boiling spring discharges its overflow directly into the lake The specific gravity of the water is less than that of the lake, owing to the ex- pansive action of heat, and 1t floats in a stratum of three or four feet thick upon the cold water underneath. When BrIdCer was in need of fish 1t was to this place that he went Through the hot upper stratum he let fall his bait to the subjacent habitable zone and, having hooked his victim, cooked him on the way outy'
 The visitor to the region of petrihca- lions in the northeast corner of the mark end to various points in the hot springs districts will have no difficulty in discovering the base material out Of which Bridger contrived the following picturesque yarn;
 "A mountain in the park was once cursed by a great medicine man of the Crow nation Everything on the noun tain at the time of this dire event be came instantly petrifed and has re- mained so ever since. All forms or life are standing about in stone where they were suddenly caught by the petrifying influences, even as the in- habitauts of ancient PompeH were sur prised by the ashes Of VesUvius- Sage brush, grass, prairie fowls, Hntclopes elks and bears may there be seen as perfect as in actual life. Dashing tor rents and the spray mist from them stand forth in arrested motion as 4 carved from rock by a sCulptor's chiscl Even flowers are blooming in coloTS of crystal and birds soar with wings spread in motionless flight while the air floats with music and perfumes silIceous and the sun and moon shine with perrifed ughtT It IS denied though, that Badger was responsible for the story that even the laws O. Cravitation were petTifed in the region
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20
HAITrs LONG-FELT WANT

It is improbable that the black republic Of Haiti will eyer again -- s---.--.-- ---. .-,--,r. .'r- wild. There is good reason to be Iieve that the United States will ke.D armed forces in that unhappy and bloodstained country until some arrangement can be perfected for a certain supervision Of Haitian affairs.
 It is high time for such step iu the iuterest5 of common Lumaui- tv and civilization 4 century and mere of entire independence has proved Haiti's inability to main tain order, promote progress and education, insure the most elemen- tal civil rights ot it's people or con- duct it's affairs with decent regard for the good will and legitimate in teres.s of other nations. Now the;e $ need of at least a little su- pervision by some competent out side authority and the United States is the only power free to act.
 Other turbulent, demoralized and hopeleSsly uuprOgressiye states near enough Haiti to see what hap pens there, may learn much which they have urgent need of knowing by observing the course of events in that part of the rich island where the first white settlement was made in the new world.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20
Unique American Families.

The Harrison family, like the Adams family of Massachusetts. on its illus tgipus genealogical tree carries the names of one S'-ner of thc Declaration of Indepcudcucu and two presidents of the United States, and in this record the Adamsos aud the uuvjsons stand apart iD a class by themselves These distinctions in one family. it can be noted, will never again be cIualed, They remain unique in the history of the country.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20
He Wasr't Kissing.

One of tho ushCrs approached a man who appeared to be annoying those about him.
 "uont you like the show"
 "Yes, indeed"
 Then why do you persist in hissing the perCormcCsT
 "Why, m-mau alive, w-was-n't h-hissmg. l v. was s-s-imply s-s-s-ay- ing to S-S-s-Sar,G'c that the s-s-SinglnE Is s-s- -s-supcrb." New York Globe.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20
SlRI Reward SIna

The readers of this paper VIII bs pleased tO learn that there is at least one srlalgl disease that science has PPe= able to cure in all its stages. and flat is Catarrh. Halls CataTrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being 9 constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treat mpnt. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken in- formally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces or the system. there by destroying the foundation Of the dis ease. and giving tho patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The pCnprletoTs have SO much faith in its curative pow CTS that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails tO cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
 Address: F. !. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. 0.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20
IlnonrtroIInbIs curIosIsy.

'I don't see how It is that Mrs. JoT' wag has so many friends She Cossips terribly"
 Yes" replied Miss Cayenne Every body seems willing to take chance OF being talked about for the sake ot hearing what she says about the oth ers."-WashinCton Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20
An An--cslated Kindness.

MT. GrowyI" began the visitor, "I don't want to disturb you'-
 Very considcrate of you 10 come in here just to tell me that" said the busy man. ". appreciate it, sir Good dayr'-New York Journal,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20
Fat ur-estior.

If were l.., popular young doctor I would not low my wife, as his does. to call wr nGcly.'
 "Why not:"
 Tt might make people think was a Quack."-BaI. more American.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-20

There is only one sort of shahbiness that matters-0 shahhineSs of the soul -Edwin I'uCh
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25
POWELL PERPETRATEs POETRY

Powell of the Clearwater Sun
emulates Walt Mason as follows:
Come all you folks from Illinois,
Ohio and New York; from London
town and Paris, too, and those who
hail from Cork; let's sing a song of
live oak trees, or mocking birds and
honey bees, and scent the eprfume in
the breeze In Sunny Florida.
Who wants to live in Iowa, Wiscon-
sin or Kentucky? Where old Jack
Frost nips flowers and men and roads
are rough and muclky; let's sing
song of sun and sky, where feecy
clouds go floating by, and have our
fill of berry pie, in sunny Florida.
Who stays in towns like Kalamazoo,
and either melt or shiver; or hug the
fire IN Davenport, beside frozen
river? Come down and try the land
that's best, and make your home
where every test will prove that we
have the best in sunny Florida.
So pack your, duds, where'er you
live from Washington to Maine, and
grab your grip and check your trunk
and get aboard the train; for though
you come in summer time, you'll find
our climate sublime, and vow to live
back casts a crime, compared with
sunny Florida.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25
And All Other Products In Their Season Also CompIet
Grocery Line
CARN-THOMAS COMPANY

make study of the hog disease, has
his mind set and it's set on hog chol-
era. Many of our hog raisers know
it, and we also are sure that the dis
ease from which the hogs are dying is
not hog cholera, but a disease in
which worm mot kidney worms)
causes the death of the hog. It is
impossible for any man to decide or
study a disease in an hour or day;
there may be few cases of cholera,
but the learned gentleman who was
here decided that the hogs were af-
fiicted with hog cholera. What should
be done is, that the state or the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
send competent man here, and one
who will stay here long enough to
make a thorough study of this new
worm -Summerfield Chron-
icle.
Well, now, what do you think about
that?
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25
A SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION

"The innovation of employing city
physician is succeeding admirably in
Ocala," says the Star. "The present
incumbent is most efficient and takes
great interest in his work and the
principal of the primary school re-
ports that the health of her scholars
has never been so good" The idea
is new in some sections, but once es-
tablished the practice of having a
competent physician keep track Of
conditions in the public schools will
never be abandoned. Of course the
doctor cannot prevent an occasional
case of measles or mumps or whoop4
ing cough appearing in school, but
prompt recognition and attention pre-
vent the spread, and where sometimes
in the past an outbreak of measles,
for instance, would mean the closing
of a school for weeks, now the quar-
antining of few children safeguards
the remainder and the school goes on
as usual.-Times-U Union Short Talks.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25

3
Willis Powell acknowledged a visit
from George Ade, the humorist, re-
marking the while that "aIl US hu-
morists must stick together" Now
we should like to know if this is an
admission, confession or a boast.
We are bound to testify in confrma-
tion of whatever it happens to be
that Powell has that sad and care
worn look that most humorists carry
about with Orlando Reporter
Star.
Last time we saw him, he looked
not only sad but despairing. It was
midnight, all the saloons were shut
and the Star and a real estate pro-
mOter were working on the last pint
he had left.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25
ONLY ONE ENEMY
John Bull is the Special Aversion Of
Germany

London, Jan. 26--Under the head
ing, eve have only one enemy, the
Hamburger Nachrichten, according to
Reuters Amsterdam correspondent,
says:
GA striking proof of this phrase is
to be found In the new prizes which
the official Reichs Anzeiger announces
have been set aside for special mill
tary achievements. Three of the four
prizes are aimed against England and
consist of sums of money varying in
value from 1925 to 1925.
"These amounts will be awarded
to the first soldier who steps upon the
soil of Great Britain as a combatant;
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25
WILL THE WOMEN
ABOLISH WICKEDNESS? /?

1t is popularity supposed by the
most earnest advocates of equal
suffrage, that when the women are al
lowed to vote, that the evils which
men are supposed to be principally
responsible for-namely, war, drunk
enness, gambling, cigarette smoking,
cussing, etc., will be greatly reduced,
if not abolished. And it is natural to
suppose that, that being the case,
soldiers, barkeepers, gamblers, Gig
arctic smokers, and men of rude
speech and untidy appearance, will
not be eligible to Office. A slight jar
to this theory is given by the follow
ing from the Daytona Journal:
The WOmen's Choice
Several days ago the Wornen's
Democratic Club of the second ward
of Chicago, ILL.,, advertised in the
newspapers for an aldermanic candi-
date. It was announced in the adver-
tisement that to receive the indorse-
ment Of the club the. successful ap-
plicant would have to be:
A clean, respectable citizen.
A possessor of horse sense, not
necessarily a college graduate.
A friend of woman suffrage.
An advocate of subways.
A voter for bathing beaches and
play grounds.
A leader, not a follower.
A man of constructive ability.
Six replies were received. The
applicants were a machinist, brok.
er, clergyman, manufacturer, 9
physician and saloonkeeper.
The announcement of the lucky
candidate awarded the support o.
the club through the unique competi
ton was made Friday night, and tn,
saloonkeeper won.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25

Owing to the motor that
runs our linotype breaking
down, the Star is delayed
today, and has to leave out
all news except telegraph
that was not set before
ten o'clock this morning.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25

Harry Thaw received quite an ova-
ton when he arrived in New York.
No doubt but that he is more popular
than his prosecutor, Jerome. The
state of New York is disgracing itself
by it's persecution of this man, who
has been acquitted of the criminal
charge against him, and has proven in
the last two years that he is as sane
as the average citizen. Judging from
the tone of some of the newspapers
that denounce him, his imprisonment
Is mostly due to desire on the part
of certain New York officials to prove
that rich man can't buy justice in
the courts of their state. If they
would devote the same amount of eff
fort to securing justice for poor men,
the public would be better served.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25

A paper entitled Filthy Paper
Money" by F. j. Walter, M. D., of
Daytona, was published in the De-
cember number of the Journal of the
Florida Medical Association. All
that DR.. Walter says about the dan
ger of filthy paper money is doubt
less true, but there is remedy. In
the treasury at Washington the gov
ernment operates several machines
for laundering paper money and no
banker or merchant in Washington
would think for a moment of hand
ing a customer a dirty BILL. In most
of the larger cities extremely filthy
paper money is the exception rather
ahan the rule. When the people de-
rnahd clean money they will get it,
Tor then the banks will send it to
Washington to be laundered or re-
placed with new -Daytona
Journal
The Star has never heard anybody
In Ocala make any howl about the
condition of money, tho it has often
heard people grumble at its scarcity
However, the Ocala banks have a reg
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25

From an esteemed afternoon con-
temporary: Harold Lee Judd, End,
one of the wealthiest men in New
Britain, Conn, where he is prominent
socially, will be married on january
so, at Minneapolis, to Mrs. Charles
e. Gates, who died not long ago of a
gunshot wound received while hunt
ing. Columbia State.
Probably the result of a diabolical
collaboration between the linotype
operator and the proof reader. Often,
In hasty glance over the proof we
find Mrs. So-and-so went to the lake
this afternoon to pass Sunday with
his wife," or some similar item; and
the deuce of it is, that hasty glance
sometimes glances off.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25
FORD AND GoMPERs DO NOT
BELIEVE IN PHILANTHROPY
They DenOunce Public Charity and
Believe in Giving Men OppOrtun-
ity to Help Themselves

ALy 70 nelp themselves
New York, Jan. 24.-Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, does not believe any
conclusion the Rockefeller Foundation
might reach as to Individual condi-
tions would carry conviction to work
ers or greatly influence employers of
labor. He said so yesterday in testi-
fying before the commission on indus
trial relations inquiry into the admin
istration of the country's philan-
thropic foundations and the cause of
industrial unrest.
Mr.. Gompers urged that immigra-
tion be restricted. He said he believ-
ed the companies are working to-
gether to combat any legislation to
restrict such legislation,
The witness thought wholesome in
dustrial unrest and healthy discon-
tent had done much to better working
conditions. He entered protest with
the commission against the use ON
employers of detectives to spy on en-
ployees and on labor leaders and or
ganizers.
George w. Perkins and Henry Ford,
of Detroit, millionaire manufacturers
of automobiles were heard next. Mr..
Perkins declared that what industrial
unrest if any could be blamed direct
~ on the new tariff law.
Mr.. Ford said he would guarantee
to make man of every convict in
Sing Sing by giving him decent Iiv-
ing wage and comfortable surround
ings. Mere philanthrophy is not suf-
ficient he said. Mr. Ford gave figures
to show that since minimum wage of
s5 day and profit sharing system
his employees had come to place their
wages in savings banks and that their
health improved. The interest of the
men in their work has become acute,
he said, that executives of the firm
had to hold the workers back.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25

Perhaps if American ammunition
and firearms factories can supply the
European belligerents with S1,194, $40
worth of guns and $1,231, ,235 worth
of cartridges in month, they can
produce all the munitions of war our
own army will need when that "in-
vasion" comes for which we are so
unprepared.-NewY York World.
Let US hope so, anyhow.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25

Will end, the Toronto Mail and Empire
dopes out some of the probabilities as
follows:
The Last Man
In the Cologne Gazette a Professor
Perseval says that the allies should
remember that in the event of their
defeating Germany they would be un-
able to collect any indemnity because
practically the last man and the last
German dollar would have been spent
by that time. Nations do not fight
literally to the last man or the last
dollar. The most heroic of them on
ly continue to send men to the front
while there is apparently a hope left
of saving their country. They only
continue to spend money on the war
so long as it is plain that money can
be spent to some purpose. When the
truth is forced home upon the Ger
mans that the sending of another man
to the front will not prevent over
whelming defeat, they viii stop send
ing men. In other words, the last man
and the last dollar would have gone.
This stage will come probably while at
least half the men in Germany are
living; and while Germany in potential
resources is a wealthy nation. The
allies do not contemplate a time when
there will be no more Germans left.
They expect merely to see the day
when the hundreds of thousands, or
even millions, of Germans under arms
will refuse to continue the fight.
When that day will dawn is mat
ter upon which expert opinions vary.
Some say it will occur in 1915, some
in 1916. Kitchener is quoted as hav-
ing stated that he did not know when
the war would end, but that he knew
when it would begin, namely in May.
An Italian is quoted as observing that
Italy would enter the war when Bri-
tain did. He meant to say that when
Britain was ready for her great for
ward movement with million men in
France and Belgium, Italy would
throw in her armies, too. By holding
off until this new and final phase of
the war had been entered upon Italy
would save the lives of tens of thous-
ands of her men, and would avoid a
war expenditure of probably a couple
of million dollars a day for the next
four months. Her Intervention would
be all the more effective because she
would be throwing in her veteran
troops when they had only half-train-
ed enemies to encounter. When the
Germans begin the final retreat, with
perhaps Italy and Roumania added to
their foes, with Russia pouring new
millions of men into Austria and East
Prussia, with Austria perhaps plead
ing for peace, with her colonies al
lost and her Turkish ally driven out
of Europe, the day would dawn fol
the German people would be at hand
All these things are likely to occur
in the next six months.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-25

the crew of an airship which before
Dec. 81, 1915, accomplishes the first
fight to the English coast and drops
a bomb on English territory, and the
aviator who drops the first bomb on
Dover"