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4 of the river 22 feet wide just the Width of the steamer, and the scraping and scratching of the branches on either side awoke me. We stepped out on deck, and saw the most wonderful Bight of all. "The Gates" as it is called. Here the stream is so narrow that the branches of the great cypress meet overhead, and the gray Spanish moss bangs down like a long delicate veil. It all seemed -very uncanny., as if the witches were after us, with gurgling water and the disturbed birds scream ing and crying like lost children. The next morning when we left the Dklawaha and passed into the Silver Spring, the water suddenly became as clear as it eut off with a knife. Im mense gar-fish and cat-fish swam about In shoals. A large hawk perched on an old dead trunk, and a great blue heron winged his stately way, slowly over our . heads. We soon landed and with regret bade good-bye to our pleasant fellow travelers. We reached Eustis at half past live for it had taken all day to make ?0 miles. At Eustis w spent nearly two weeks, surrounded by lakes and pine woods. rrr Hi JAOlfiHotreE, JlKlllOMUlt ;MnMfutd MUSEUM. rmlMnflun AmKilUiMM limuiFiittfJ TOKttMH iioun iomh ran am. A BY-WAY Of ST. AUGUSTINC Bach day we drove through the deep sand, the horse Just walking; but it was lovely, lazing along after this fash ion, through pine woods, tall straight trees with a fiheaf of leaves at the top, and always the gray moss swinging gracefully in the breeze. Mattresses Of Moss' This Florida moss, by the way, IS not moss at all, but a kind of minute pineapple, and it seems that both it and the pineapple are true air plants. There is no underbrush in these Flori da pine woods except now and then patches Of scrub palmetto, which looks like the ordinary ornamental fan palm that we cultivate for ornament in the north, except that it never grows nigh nor has any trunk. Coming over a little rise we would perhaps look down on a pretty lake, its banks lined with orange groves. Every drive we took showed us several new lakes so that this seems well named the Lake Region of the state. Colonel T has a beautiful home among the pines, end there I plucked my first orange and grape fruit, my first lime and lemon. There, also, I saw the fragrant blossom, the green orange and the ripe, yellow fruit, all growing on one tree. One of the finest groves we visited contained 1,000 trees, cover ed with oranges, while many of the trees were full of bloom, These bride's flowers look like white wax stars among the rich, dark, varnished leaves, and the trees met overhead, forming arches under which we drove one of the most attractive sights Imaginable. We pulled all the fruit and blossoms we wanted. It is a faaoinatlng experi ence to stand under a large orange or (rape-fruit tree, and look up through the branches, the leaves so' rich and green, with golden globes hanging from them, their weight sometimes bending the branches to the ground, end all this wealth of vendor grow ing out of white sand. Plcnlclng Among The Oranges On the first day of March we drove to the young grove in which my hus band and son were interested, there plcnlclng in the pins woods along side and sucking oranges by the dosen. This reminds ms that when oranges are ripe and the season is six months lone you never take a water bottle with you when you go driving through Florida. The mornings and evenings have been cool enough for a little fire, but the days are like those Of our northern June. We eaw bananas growing, and the long purplish blossom is Very odd. The fruit stows exactly upside down. Eustis Park is a pretty place; just a drive through pine woods almost clothed in Spanish moss. They bury this moss in the sand to rot off the out side, the inside tibef making a good substitute for hair which is used in the manufacture of mattresses. There are several factories. I am told, in the State which make fine mattresses out of this moss. In the Park the gray squirrels chase each other tip and down the branches, and we counted 14 in less than two minutes. The blue herons fly continually back and forth, and the little ponds through the park are full of white water lilies. Next week I will tell you about a real south era darky baptism. , O. O. Q. I . I An ancient gentleman telling of Alex mndrla in Washington's day, announced that breeches were hung on hooks and lbs wearer donned them by going up three steps and then letting his person down into them from above, Buch breeches hooks can be seen at the pree ent time la the Boberdeaa horn in Alexandria, - In s1A InW tian rivallnrl ttiit-" first boots for women's -"htott in 1828. -JT'-'' LEASING PUBLIC LAKDS. DINGER T9 TEE HOMESTEAD IN ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE LWf . STOCK GRAZING, . Measures Pending In Congress to Allow Stockmen to Fence' and Craze Difficulty Lies la Protect ing Rights of Settlers, There Is a strong movement afoot, and several bills have been introduced In this Congress to provide a system of renting or leasing the public graz ing lands of the West at a small charge oi from one to five cents per acre. There are some 300,000,000 acres ot western public lands which come under the general classification of "Grazing Lands," some ot which are extremely barren in character almost desert and are capable of sustaining live stock at the rate ot only about one head ot cattle to 30 or 40 acres; ojtber lands where there Is more rainfall, are much better for grazing purposes, ana some of the beet of them are capable ot sustaining a steer on probably 2," 3 or 5 acre a Many ot the latter class are. however, suitable for homesteads. The difficulty .has always been, as It Is today, to provide a rental plan which will give stock raisers a sufficient con' trol of the land to warrant them in fencing It and Improving Its grazing capacity, at the same time leaving the conditions such that the settler and prospective home-steader will at all times have free access thereto. Under the Improved methods of farm' ing advocated by the Department of Agriculture, and the new drought re sisting crops which are being intro duced by that Department, large tracts hitherto considered fit for nothing but grazing, are being constantly brought under the head or agricultural land. The cllmatlo conditions of the Inter- mountain region are extremely varied, and the settler (where he is not hin dered by stock growing Interests which mOM ANASTASIA ISUND. are naturally against any settling and development of their regions), is con stantly encroaching upon their graz ing domain and finding new localities, here and there, of a very great aggre gate extent, where he can acquire a successful foothold to carry on agri cultural Operations. The) Lacev Leaslns BIU.N One bill la particular has been intro duced by Chairman Lacey ot the Public Lands Committee of the House, and is apparently intended to protect small stockmen as Well as -to provent any re strictions against the settler. In the first place it provides that no corpora tion can lease government land. A man who had ft homestead or owns a blece of land, may lease as much as 8,200 acres, which in most grazing lo calities would cot be aa excessive amount The measure provides that such leases shall not be transferred, and that where they Include watering places there shall be left open a "right of war for other stockmen to pass through the land and to use the water for their stock. It also leaves the leased land open at all times to home stead entry by actual settlers. On the face of it this looks equitable, and as though it might be administered so as not to work to ths detriment of settlement snd of the small stock holder. On the other band it seems apparent that it would be exceedingly difficult to prevent a big cattle corpor ation from-hlring a dozen cowboys to take up homesteads In their own names erecting thereupon shanty residences, as has been done in thousands of cases in the West, and simply to hold their claims and their 3,200 acres each, ot leased land, for the benefit of their amniovers: so that st single cattle bar on might easily acquire the use or so or 40 thousand acres. : v Hard for the Homesteader, , It is also not at all-certain that once holding a to the land and with a fence r S.the cowboy might not bull'" '-settlers Into passing A"' hostile region, r No he be made of ex- oares to attempt "ice of a Wln- t if he st ance wires n off and him that T gone !e has with ns, to 11 prii'ii $ 'y:t''ml a leasing bill which will give some pro tection to the overcrowded grazing lands and at the same time afford the honest settler an advantage at all times to establish a home, is considered to be a dubious question. Chairman Lacey's leasing bill does not Beem to be mucn of an Improvement upon the measures previously brought before Congress. Unless the small stockman and tne homesteader, with 2S or .60 head of cattle or a band of 100 or 200 sheep, feels that he is to be protected, and not driven out of business by the big out fits, he will kill this bill as he has killed all Buch previous bills which have been presented. Viewed from a broader standpoint the danger to the country lies in tying ue under lease lares areas of fertile country which are suitable for home- making under their present natural condition without Irrigation, and which are gradually settled at further know ledge Is Kalned of them, ana better methods ot tannins them are intro duced V . STARVATION SELDOM OCCURS. .-.,-." . ,aanfaaoaOSBas ' Doctor Proves Theory That Terror More Frequently Causes Death. Vr, iWUilaYTtl Aa IHUUIHiUHH VI LUC physicians ot Passaic N, T., by whom Tli -. . -J 1 rf,u.t....a Jam, .i .ti he was always spoken ot affectionately as "Doctor Dick" died at his home re cently of Intestinal cancer. . He had not eaten anything for over a month, and to the last bantered his brother prac titioners on the fact that he was a liv ing example of his pet theory that no one would die of starvatioa It ae had plenty of water to drink. The aged physician, who was a stal wart man, became ill about seven months aso. He speedily diagnosed his ailment as Intestinal cancer,and gave out a fatal pro miosis of his own case. All the Passalo physicians and scores more from the neighboring town and cities called on him la the months of his illness, with many suggestions as to treatment, but he turned a deaf ear to all and only employed such pallia- - OID POET MARION. tire measures as suggested themselves to himself and his eon, Dr. Perry A. Terhune. , ' - , After a time Doctor Dick" found that he could no longer retain food, and gave up eating. For five weeks nothing except water, and now and then a little medicine passed his lips. One Sunday night several physicians dropped, in to see him, and he to.ok the Opportunity to enlarge upon his non starvation theory. "You see," be began with a smile, "I cannot retain anything but water, yet I am strong and able to move free lv about in bed. I am proving my old theory that no one ever really dies ot hunger. So-called death from hunger is simply due to terror, it -there nlehtv of Water to be had. "I will call your attention to the Case Of young girl that came under my own Observation. She was ui witn a disease which was pronounced in curable by skilled physicians. That girl did not eat anything for forty- eight days except about half a soda cracker a day. Did she die? Not a bit of it On the contrary sue got entirely well, and la the forty-eight days when she did not eat, she pursued tne even tenor of her ways, went to parties and danced, too." MUCH HAfifi AND HE MAGIC STORY. I was sitting alone in the cafe, and had Just reached for the sugar prepara tory to putting it into my conee. wnue I dreamed and sipped, the door opened and closed, admitting Sturtevant. Bturtevant was an undeniable iauure, but, withal, an artist ot more than Ordinary talent - As I raised my eyes .to his i was conscious of mild surprise at the change in his appearance. He was not dressed differently, yet there was some thing new and strange in his appear ance. I noted the brightness of his usual lack-luster eves, and the health ful, hopeful glow upon his cheek, with Increasing amazement "Have you lost a ncn nuclei" asked. "No," he replied calmly, "but I have round my mascot" Brtndle bull, or terrier!" I mquirea. Currier," said Stdrtevant at length, "I see that I have surprised you. It is not strange, for I am a surprise to my self. 1 am a new man. a different man. and the alteration has taken place in the last few hours." "Do you know an artist who pos sesses more talent than It" he asked, presently. "No. Do you happen to know anything in the line ot my pro fession that I could not accomplish, it 1 applied myself to it? No. Tomorrow say new career begins, Within a month I Shall have a bank account WhyT Because I have discovered the secret of success." - The Strange Story Yes," he oontlnued, "my fortune is made. I have been reading a strange story, and, since reading it, I feel that my fortune is assured. It will make your fortune, too. All you nave to do la to read it You nave no idea What la will do tor you." You amaze me." I said, wondering ''Won't you tell me the storyt I should like to hear it" Certain. I mean to tell it to the Whole world. This morning I was starv- ina. I had gone to three of the papers for Which I had done work, and had been handed back all that bad sub mitted. Then I found ths story and read it" "But what is the story, Sturtevantr' "Walt; let mo finish. I took those same old drawings to otner editors, and every one of them was accepted at once." : The waiter Interrupted us at that moment, informing Sturtevant that he was wanted at the telephone, and. with a word of apology, the artist left the table. Five minutes later I saw mm rush out into the sleet and wind and disappear. One night on the street I encounter ed Avery, a former college chum, then a reporter on one of the evening papers, 'Hello, old Chan." be said: "how's the world using youT Still on spacer "Yes." I replied, bitterly, "with pros pects of being on the town shortly. But you look as If things were coming your way. Tell me about it" His Friends All Hear It "? "Things have been coming my way, for a fact, and it is very remarkable. You know Sturtevant, don't youf It's all due to him. I was plumb down on my luck when I met Sturtevant He told me a story, and, really, old man, it is the most remarkable story you ever heard; it made a new man of me. "It must be a remarkaDie story." i said, incredulously. "Sturtevant men tioned it to me once. I have not seen him since. Where is he now!" "He has been making war sketches In Cuba, at two hundred a week; he's Just returned. It is a fact that every body that has heard that story nas done well since.. There are Cos grove and Phillips, friends of mine, you don't know them. Sturtevant told them the story, and they have experi enced the same results that I have; and they are not the only ones either." DO you know the story!" I asked. "Will you try its effect upon me?" "Certainly; with the greatest plea sure in the world. Excuse me a minute Will youT I see Danforth over there. Back in a minute, old chap. He nodded and smiled, and was gone. I saw him join the man whom he had designated as Daniorth. My atten tlon was distracted for an instant and, when I looked again, both had dis- anneared. - If the truth be told, t Was hungry.1 My pocket at that moment contained exactly five cents; Just enough to pa my fare up-town, but insufficient also to stand the expense ot filling njy stomach. There was a "night "owl" wagon in the neighborhood, where I had freauently "stood up" the purveyor of midnight dainties, and to him I ap plied. He was leaving the wagon M I was on the point of entering it end I accosted him. "I'm broke again," I said, with ex treme cordiality. "You'll have to trust me once mora Some ham and eggs, I think, will do for the present" He coughed, hesitated a moment, and then re-entered the wagon with me. ' . tontlnueJoupg8). THE WELSH CACCBIT. A fair Patent Attorney. 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