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RESIDENT THEODORE
ROOSEVELT, exter
minator of nature fa-
All kers, enemy of preda
Jj tory wealth, world-
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queror of San Juan hill
and present occupant
of the white executive
mansion In Washing
ton, has added a new
title to his long role.
It Is that of savior of the Salmo Roosevelt-
tl Evermann, which In cosmopolitan lingo Im
plies Golden Trout. He has saved the Itoose
Telt Golden Trout, a product of the west, from
exlnction. This rare fish Is known as the
most toothsome morsel which the finny realm
holds forth as the trophy of the rod and reel.
The Roosevelt Golden Trout is the gamest
and showiest species of trout In the United
States and if promises of the United States
fish commission are to be believed, this spe
cies will be angled for in hundreds of streams
In the country within a few years.
Some time ago President Roosevelt stirred
the fish commission Into action when he told
Its members that the Roosevelt Golden Trout
was threatened with extinction.
Tho tall minds of that august body at once
set about to find out what the Roosevelt Gold
en Trout was. A ponderous probe developed
It was a fish and that there was only one
place In the United States where it was to
be found in Volcano creek on the slopes of
Mount Whitney, Cal.
Several of the fish were captured alive and
put In great tanks in Rozeman, Mont., and
Leadville, Col., to hatch eggs. This they did
as prescribed by the fish cultural stations.
Just the other day word came from those
stations that a sufficient quantity of eggs had
been secured to stock streams in which trout
are to be found, in every part of the United
States. Upwards of a million eggs were propa
gated and soon these will be planted through
out the United States.
Hence In a few years the present-day Izaak
Walton, who passes his summers angling for
trout and catching old shoes, tin cans and the
like, will occasionally be rewarded by feeling
the nibble of the famed Roosevelt Golden
Trout at his hook. If the fish nibbles strong
enough the fisherman must use every bit of
cunning at his command, for the finny creature
Is one of the toughest customers to land.
This rare fish was appropriately named the
Roosevelt Golden Trout. It derived that name
because of the chief executive's strenuous and
successful efforts to save it from extinction.
As stated above, the only place where it is to
be found to-day is in Volcano creek, the turbu
lent waters of which prove a particular attrac
tion for the species and which make It diffi
cult for the angler to lahd the flBh, because of
the latter! propensity for winding the hunts
man's line around a rock and sawing it in two.
The streah, which is hard to find, is situated
half-way up Mount Whitney and is 16 miles
In length. It takes a guide of some Intelligence
to land his patron on its banks and In a spot
where the Golden Trout is to h found in any
quantity.
Only recent
ly President
Roosevelt
learned thatthe Golden Trout
which has been given his
name was in danger of exter
mination, because it was such
a toothsome bite, and the pres
ident at once took steps
which resulted in measures of
preservation by the bureau
of fisheries. President Roose
velt has many friends In Cali
fornia and it was about two
years ago that his acquaint
ances there, knowing his in
terest in game, appealed
him to Bave this finny crea
ture, the most beautiful and
delicious member of the fish
tribe. Presidential proclama
tion made Mount Whitney a
government forest reserve,
which saved it from the In
roads of fishermen. At that
time Volcano creek was far
removed from human habita
tion and declared to be almost
Inaccessible to all but the
knowing ones.
Despite this fact the friends
of those versed in the forest
lore visited Volcano creek and
aided in depleting the stock
of Roosevelt Golden Trout,
until the hue and cry was
raised by Californlans.
The president's response
to the plea in behalf of the
fish which was subseauontiv
named after the chief executive brought the
matter to the attention of the United States
fish commission with the result that soon we
may drop a hook and line Into almost any
stream of the country and pull up a Roosevelt
Golden Trout, the ancestors of which years
before thought themselves to be marooned
forever In Volcano creek.
It was not an easy Job for the fish commis
sion to gather many of the Roosevelt Golden
Trout, for the fish possess that wariness
which Is common among the members
the finny world In mountain streams. However
a highly developed Idea in the way of a trap,
well baited, drew a sufficient number of the
trout Into Its inner recesses. The first step
of the work having been taken the rest was
easy. The fish were transported to Bozeman
and Leadville, where they were allowed to
propagate until great numbers of eggs were In
the hands of the fish commission.
The Roosevelt Golden Trout Is essentially
a trout, but instead of the conventional gray
and white of the average trout In fresh streams
and lakes. Its sides are streaked with a beauti
ful golden tint, which Imparts a color to the
surrounding water and makes the fish visible
to the fisherman's eye from a distance of sever
al rods In clear water.
A member of the United States fish commis
sion In speaking of the efforts to save this
rare species from extermination spoke as follows:
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"At first It was almost Impossible to gather
any of these fish in order to Install them In
the cultural stations at Leadville, Col., and
Dozeman, Mont, but finally we delegated
several guides of the Mount Whitney region
to go out and use their utmost energies to
wards capturing the fish. Upon the promise
of substantial sums they did this and we were
abl to secure several beautiful specimens.
"These we immediately hustled away in
large tanks in order that the fish might not
die and they were then placed in larger tanks
with water containing chemical preparations
and allowed to propagate. Soon our efforts
began to derive fruit and now we have prob
ably the finest outlay of eggs which we ever
secured in an effort of this kind. We may be
pardoned for the especial pride which we take
in this work becauso it has been accomplished
with success. I may say that the residents
of California who were the first to make appli
cation for the saving of this species are grati
fied at the means taken and they have In many
Instances personally thanked President Roose
velt for his efforts in pushing the crusade.
Ruth Tate Brady of Oklahoma is the richest
gfrl in the far west. She Is 12 years old nnd
has In her own right an Income of $400 a day.
Her mother was a half blood Cherokee Indian.
Miss Brady received 300 acres of public land
on the allotment, and on this tract oil wells
have been developed producing daily 2,000 bar
rels of olL
WANT MODERN CLOTH Eb.
Traffic In Wine Proves Big Industry
on Dark Continent.
To give an Idea of the comparative
and the potential values of the kafflr
trade in the districts of Inharabane,
Gaza and Lourenco Marquez, MaJ. Bald
win, the British representative at the
port of Lourenco Marquez, instances
the consumption of wine.
He calculates that last year the total
disbursements for wine by the natives
in the districts in question amounted
to almost $2,500,000. The selling price
of the other imports for the kafflr
market during 1905 is, at a moderate
estimate, $1,750,000, and the amount
received In native taxes was, for ap
proximately the same period. $735,000
in hut taxes and about $235,000 In im
migration fees. The total disburse
ments amount, therefore, to more than
$5,000,000 a year.
There are no accurate statistics of the native
population, but it Is reasonable to suppose that
it Is Increasing and to Infer that the an
nual sum available for the purchase of cloth,
cutlery, clothing, foreign foodstuffs and other
articles of the kafflr trade will not diminish.
It must, however, be remembered that the an
nual exodus and return of natives to and from
the Transvaal is having considerable effect up
on their tastes generally and a steady
decrease in the demand for beads, blankets
and other articles manufactured solely for that
market may be expected: on the other hand,
however, MaJ. Baldwin thinks a corresponding
increase may be looked for in the demand for
Improved substitutes for these articles, espe
cially in the way of ready-made clothing. Jer
seys, caps, boots and cheap finery generally.
Retributive Justice.
A case of retributive Justice, as far as It
goes, la reported from Paris. An attendant
at the Andral hospital, where physiological
investigations are being made, discovered
that a dozen rabbits had been stolen from their
hutches. The loss of the rabbits themselves
was not a source of trouble to the authorities,
but the fact that they had been inoculated
with various germs has had a disturbing effect.
It is known that the rabbits had all been in
oculated, and several of them were tuberculous
or typhoid subjects. The police lost no time In
warning the thieves of the dangerous nature of
their "swag," but nona were returned.
ABSALOM REBELS
AGAINST DAVID
SnnJay School Lcnoa for Nov. 1, 190S
Specially Arranged for This Paper
LESSON TEXT. 2 Samuel 14:1-12.
Memorv versa Bfi.
GOLDEN TEXT. "Honor thy father
and thy mother; that thy days may be
long upon the land which the Lord thy
God Rlveth thee.' Exodus 20:12.
TIME. The exact time In uncertain.
The following; dates are as exact as can
well be obtained: David begins to reign
at age of SO, D. C. 10G3-1012. David's sin
and repentance, U. c. KM2-99I. Amnon's
crime, one year later, D. C. 1041-9!W. Ab
salom kills his brother, two years later,
11. C. 1039-9SS. Absalom's exile, three
years. B. C. M3G-9S5. Absalom two years
In Jerusalem, IJ. C. 1034-9S3. Absalom's
plotting, three or four years. 1. C. 1030
979. Death of David, B. C. 1023-972.
PLACE. (1) Jerusalem, the capital and
home of David. (2) Hebron, the oldest
town of Pulestine. 20 miles south of
Jerusalem, where Absalom began his open
rebellion.
DAVID. About C2 or 63 years old, in
the thirty-second year of his reign.
SOLOMON. Probably eight or nine
years old.
DAVID'S COUNSELORS. (1) The
prophet Nathan, who was also one of
David's biographers (t Chron. 29:29). (2)
Ahithophel. the grandfather of Bath
sheba, and a man of marvelous sagacity,
whose advice was like "the oracles of
God" (2 Sam. 16:23). (3) Ilushal, a wise
friend of David.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Young Man Absalom. Absalom
was the son of Maacah, a princess, the
daughter of Tnlmal. king of Geshur,
a region northeast of tho Sea of Gali
lee in the foothills of the Lebanon
mountains. He was born soon after
David became king of Israel, and
hence was between 25 and 30 years
old at the time of his rebellion.
His Inheritance. IJeing the descend
ant of kings in both lines of descent,
of distinguished appearance and
princely manners, Absalom inherited
"all the handsomeness, manly bear
ing, and beauty of his father's hand
some and manly house. The sacred
writer expatiates with evident relish
upon Absalom's extraordinary beauty.
In all Israel there wa3 none to be so
much praised as Absalom for his
beauty. From the sole of his foot
even to the crown of his head there
was no blemish in him. And the hair
of his head is a proverb to this day."
Alexander Whyte.
But this was not all he inherited.
From hl3 mother he inherited all that
a corrupt court and heathen tenden
cies and environment had impressed
upon her nature. From his father he
inherited a great mind, a strong will,
a large nature, strong passions, but al
so a power of self-control, an enlight
ened conscience, a religious nature,
and all that the training of his lieth
lehem homo could Impress upon hl3
character.
Conditions Favorable to a Change of
Government. 1. It wa3 a time of gen
eral peace throushout the wide em
pire. For all restless, warlike spirits
an opportunity was given for Internal
dissension, fault-finding, and opposi
tion. 2. There was a growing dissatis
faction with the king. The business
of the law courts, over which the king
himself presided, had become too vast
to be attended to by one man. Ap
peals from inferior judges and cases
brought directly before the king could
not all receive a fair hearing.
3. David was very busy preparing
materials and gathering money for a
future temple. Nothing wa3 visibly
accomplished, yet the taxes were high.
4. David would naturally at his age
be less active, less In tho people's
eye, doing less for the outward glory
of the kingdom.
5. It is possible that tho events de
scribed in the last chapter of 2 Sam
uel took place before this time. The
enrollment would be unpopular. The
plague that followed would intensify
the discontent.
6. In this case David was near the
end of life, and Absalom would try
not so much to take his father's king
dom from him, as to insure that he
himself shouTd be the successor.
V. 1. "Prepared him chariots and
horses and 50 men to run before him."
The orientals are very fond of such
display. Dr. Trumbull says when his
little party started from Cairo for the
pyramids a handsome young "Sals"
bedecked with scarlet and blue and
green and gold ran before them at the
top of his speed, calling out for a clear
path among the camels and donkeys
and foot passengers. Oriental Social
Life, p. 215.
V. 2. "Absalom rose up early" to be
on hand when the peoplo came to pre
sent their cases to the king. Business
in the cast Is held early, In order to
escape the heat of tho day. They re
tired early, for modern lights were not
in their houses for evening work.
Kings therefore held courts in the
early morning. "Reside the way of the
gate." There was usually an open
market place near the gates for busi
ness and public meetings.
We should inquire of our own
hearts whether wo are grateful to
God for all his benefits to us, and
whether we are showing our gratitude
by our lives.
The story of King Lear is a com
mentary on ingratitude,
V. 7. "And It came to pass after 40
years. Some think this number is
counted from tho beginning of David's
reign, but most regard it as a tran
scriber's error for four, a mistake
easily made when numbers were des
ignated by letters often very similar.
The It. V. margin says: "Some ancient
authorities read 'four years.' ""So does
JoBephus. "Let me go and pay my
vow, ... In Hebron." A place
conveniently distant for hl3 purpose,
and at the beginning of David's reign
the capital of Judea.
Far worse than Ingratitude of man
Is Ingratitude of children to parents.
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TROUBLE AHEAD.
He I fear the worst
She What's happened, George?
He Your father has paid back that
125 he borrowed.
What the Rod Was For.
Mose Fowler was observed by his
pastor with a long fishing rod la his
hand.
"My goodness, Mose Fowler!" ex
claimed the minister, "is yo' goin' fish
in at yo' age?"
"No, I ain't goin flshin', suh," pro
tested Fowler. "I know It ain't seem
ly, suh, but yo' sermon las' Sunday on
sparin de rod made slch an impres
sion on me, suh, dat I done borrer dls
rod off Dick Perkins, an I'se goin t'
stan mah whole thuteen chillea in a
'ow, suh, an' Jes' make one good Job
outer it, so's they won't spile; an den
I kin return de rod wif a cl'ar con
science, suh."
The Second Wife.
Little Dorothy could not have paid her
father a higher compliment or better
expressed her love for him than when
she said: "Papa, I would like to tell
you something if you won't tell mam
ma." "Why don't you want mamma to
know It, daughter?"
"Well, you tell her things I say, and
she laughs at them, and I don't want
her to know this."
"Let papa hear what you have to
say, anyhow."
"Well, I have often thought that it
mamma were to die I would like to
marry you." Delineator.
Eagle Lost Its Prey.
Eagles still hover over the crags that
make the Cumberland narrows noted.
John II. Horchler, an engineer, found
a pheasant fluttering in his yard at
Cumberland and observed a large
eagle flying away. The eagle had
dropped the pheasant and made fran
tic but unsuccessful efforts to recover
it, flying Into the yard, but was fright
ened away by the presence of Mr.
Horchler, who found the pheasant
fluttering with Jagged holes in its neck
from the eagle's talons. Baltimore
News.
ASTONISHED THE DOCTOR
Old Lady Got Well with Change of
Food.
A great scientist has said we can pot
off "old age" if we can only nourish the
body properly.
To do this the right kind of food, of
course, Is necessary. The body manu
factures poisons In the stomach and
Intestines from certain kinds of food
stuffs and unless sufficient of the right
kind is used, the injurious elements
overcome the good.
"My grandmother, 71 years ofd,
writes a N. Y. lady, "had beea an In
valid for 18 years from what waa
called consumption of the stomach and
bowels. The doctor had given her up
to die.
"I saw so much abont Grape-Nuts
that I persuaded Grandmother to try
it. She could not keep anything on her
stomach for more than a few minutes.
"She began Grape-Nuts with only a
toaspoonful. As that did not distress
her and as she could retain it, she took
a little more until she could take all of
4 teaspoonfuls at a meal.
"Then she began to gain and gror
itrong and her trouble in tho stomach
waa gone entirely. Bhe got to enjoy
good health for one so old and w
know' Grape-Nuts saved her life.
"The doctor was astonished that in
ttead of dying she got well, and with
out a drop of medicine after she began
the Grape-Nuts." There's a Roason.
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