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Jyjj m cnmplnB, lialilng and outing park
lesurvauou mat is in every
BonBO unique.
Few oven of tho best Informed
peoplo In tho Hawaiian Islands,
or out of them for that matter,
appreciates this Important Pos
session nt lta renl worth. This, however, Is not
so difficult to understand as It might at first seem,
elnco hardly one In a thousand of tho limited
number who have desired to mnko tho Journey
nmong them has ever been pcrmH,tcd to visit
t ao llontlng bits of coral sand that apparently
bob aimlessly about, ndrlft on tho bosom of tho
great wide ocean. Few Indeed havo a first hand
knowledge of what these possessions really are
and know of the fnsclnatlon they and their In
habitants possess as objects of nutural Interest.
Then, too, tho Idea of utilizing the distant Islands
In any way that would suggest a natuinl park Is
eo novel and out of the ordinary that It has not
yet taken root In tho mind of tho man In tho
street.
Though nil put together the exposed dry land
and rocfH of tho rosorvatlou would hardly have nn
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flsh and bird life. Tho sea bird population alono
probably ennnot be equaled in any other part of
the world. Tens of millions of feathered fowl
mnko their home on these lonely specks of land,
repairing thither each year in countless flocks
to establish rookeries and to rear their young.
Tho reefs nnd wnters about the Islands fairly
swarm with flsh and other forms of lifo, so that
they really form a densely populated natural zoo
logical garden.
To tho naturalist, the out-of-door enthusiast, the
nature study photographer or the man who sim
ply loves out-of-the-way places and the unusual
and novel, these Islands leavo little to be desired.
A chance to run down along this chain Is tho
opportunity of a lifetime and bound to result in
a really worth while experience one that will
live fresh In tho memory long after the details
of other trips nnd experiences have been mingled
with the commonplace of life.
Unfortunately, at present, visiting; tho Islands
1n the reservation Is not .the simple matter that
It should bo, nor that It Is hoped It may bo made
In time. In former years tho operations of a
guano company, then engaged In exploiting the
guano or bird lime deposits on the Islands, made
It possible, by invitation, to mnke the journey to
Laysan Island from Honolulu during tho summer
months In one of tho company's sailing vessels.
While the Islands of the chain are all different
from each other and all Intensely Interesting,
Layson is In a certain senso typical of most of
them. It is a raised coral atoll approximately two
miles across that in general form has been com
pared) to a broad, shallow platter composed en
tirely of sand or raised coral reef not more thnn
40 feet about the sea at the highest point on tho
sand rim which completely surrounds the salt
water lagoon that occupies the central part of the
Island. This lagoon Is of special interest, since
Its water contains more Bait than does that of the
open sea. This Interesting fact tells much of the
geological history of the Island and points unmis
takably to tho origin of the land. It shows It tn
be a circular coral atoll that at the time of Its
elevation above the sea carried tho water of the
lagoon up to Its present lovel. Since- that time,
and It must have been very long ngo, the waters
have evaporated to some extent and left that
which remains moro concentrnted nnd snlty than
it was when tho Island was first made. About the
dgo of the lagoon tho boggy earth is covered wtlh
crystals of salt mixed with chips of guano. Thin
shell-like substance sparkles In the sun nnd sug
gests a band of silver at the water's edge. About
this barren ring Is a narrow band covered with
low creeping vines. Dack of this again Is a growth
of Juncas which is backed up tn turn by a ring
of low bushes. The prevailing plant of the island,
however, Is a kind. of coarse bunch grass that
grows three or four feet high. More than a score
of plants havo found a footing there during the
long period that has elapsed since the dry land
first rose, so that at the time of its discovery, and,
indeed, on tho occasion of my first visit, for a
sand Island It was well supplied with a low
growth of hardy vines, grass and shrubs. Unfor
tunately the Introduction of rabbits on the Island
has marked a 'sad change since then.
Of the many things which interest the visitor
at Laysan tho great number of birds nnd their
absolute fearlessness are porhaps the most strik
ing. Dr. Fisher of the Albatross expedition, writ
ing of his Impression of the enormous number
of birds, has very truly said:
"The effect of thlB at first was noarly over
powering. Where wo mado our way through the
populous colony of sooty terns we had to exercise
much care to avoid crushing their eggs and
treading on the birds which struggled panic
stricken before us with the old ruse of a broken
wing, and then, taking flight, swarming over our
heads. If we would converse, It was necessary
to shout.
"Turning toward the center of the Island, we
were obliged to cross a wide area with tall grass
and completely honeycombed with the burrows of
petrels. Through the roofs of these tunnels the
pedestrian Is continuously breaking, sinking in
the soft boII up to the knee. From out of the
shadows of the tussocks young albatross, un
couth and awkward, snapped their beaks at us,
and occasionally losing their balance from over
haste fell forward on their chins. This proceed
ing usually made them actually sick.
"Few of tho adult birds, however, seemed
frightened, and with the exercise of a little rare
wo were ablo to approach most species as close
as we wished. It was oertalnly gratifying to
walk up to an albatross or a booby and watch It
feed Its young and to record this domeestlc duty
with the camera "
More than two dozen speclos of sea, land and
shore birds frequent this Island In great numbers
during the year. They do not all breed at the
pnme time; In fact, somo of them, ns
tho plover, tho curlew and the turn
stone, do not breed on tho Island nt
nil. Nevertheless, the Island was liter
ally coveted from centor to sea with
breeding birds, nutting birds, nnd
young linlf-grown fledglings of a dozen
or more hpecics.
With such nn astonishing popula
tion, numbering perhaps twlco tho In
habitants of Grcntor Now York, It was
to be expected that a study of the
bltuntion would icvenl a method In
their distribution. Generally speaking,
tho various species woro grouped in
moro or Icsb well doflncd colonies. As
a rulo, theso colonies hnd bottled on
certain localities that seemed to suit
their fancy or convenience Thero is a
constant coming and going nt LayBan,
so that tho visitor arriving thero at
.different seasons of tho year would
find dlfTorent species predominating in
tho bird population, while other spe
cies that at another season would be
equally as abundant might not bo
found there at all. Dut visit this Isl
and or any ono of tho chain when you
will, enough interesting mntcrlnl for a
volume on birds enn bo gathered in
nn hour or two on shore.
One of tho many curious birds of the
'island, tho albatross, of which titers
nro two species, Is of tho most general
interest. This Is duo in part to their
splendid slzo nnd part to their unusual
domestic habits.
Tho Laysan albatross, or white-breasted gony,
Is distributed all over tho Island, with tho pos
sible exception of the sea beach, which Is espe
cially popular with their brown-bronstod, black
footed cousins. In certain places, ns at the ends
of the lagoon, they are or rather were, moro con
gested than in other localities. The denso colony
shown in tho illustration was at the east end of
the lagoon. To tho progenitors of theso birds is
due the exceedingly valuable deposit of bird lime
or guano, tho accumulation of 'ages, which has
been removed in years past and utilized as phos
phate rock in chemical fertilizers.
The old birds do not mind the presence of man,
often walking up to the visitor, evidently intend
ing to welcome him among them. Once in a
while an individual will take hold of the visitor's
finger or gently pull at his shoe strings or legglns,
but once ordinary curiosity is satisfied and the
freedom of the place extended to the visitor they
take up their former occupation or go on with
their amusements in utter disregard of everything
and everybody. Friendly' as they are, they will
not allow themselves to be handled, avoiding
nny attempt to touch their persons, evidently re
senting such approaches as undignified.
Some years ago a company of Japanese were
landed on tho island to kill and cure birds for
millinery purposes. That they wero rudoly Inter
rupted in their spoliation by the United States
rovenue cutter Thetis, 1b a truth well known, but
tho result of their poaching is everywhere too
apparent.
MURDERER EXILED BY HIS CONSCIENCE
Mldwuy island, now one of the most Important
stations on the Faclflo cable, was, the scene of
many wrecks and unsolved mysteries In the days
when the salting vessels roved the seven seas.
Not tho leust of these strange events says the
San Francisco Chronicle Involved tho old bark.
Wandering Minstrel, which was wrecked on Mld
way In 1888, whllo on a shark Ashing crulso out
of Hongkong. All bands succeeded in reaching
shore safely, where they found an old building
erected thirty years beforo by a party of sur
veyors and here the luckless survivors of the
ill fated Wandering Minstrel were marooned for
14 long months, subsisting on flsh and the eggs
of the countless sea birds, which wbeoled and
screamed over tho flashing coral reefs, until res
cued by tho Japanese schooner Norma and taken
to Honolulu.
Tho Wandering Minstrel's company found many
marks of wrecks on the Island, Including a broken
hull marked General Slegel, and on one of the
smaller Islands close to tho main Island they
stumbled across two mounds of sand over which
wooden crosses, mnde from drift wood, had been
erected, hacked with the Inscription "1888."
A llttlo distance beyond, upon the sand, was
the form of a man lying on bis bnck with his
head resting In his bands. As the exploring ship
wrecked sailors spproachsd the man opened his
eyes and without apparent emotion said: "How
are you?" Then he arose and with no more ap
parent concern than as if be had had companion
ship constantly, told them' that he was tho sole
survivor of tho Slegel nnd that the two graves
were those of tho captain and mate, whom he
had burled. His name, he said, was Jorgcnsen,
and he had lived nlono thero for two years.
Jorgensen Joined the Wandering Minstrel's
' party and as tlmo wore along his manner bocam
noticeably strange; he avoided conversation and
especially evaded Inquiry concerning his ship nnd
the details of Its loss until It became tho general
opinion that thero was a mystery ubout tht
affair which he could dissipate.
The man clung to his secret dsjiplto the con
stant efforts of tho othors to get him to disclose-
It. After six months ho fell III and when
dying told tho Wnndorlng Minstrel's men that he
had murdered the skipper and mato succohslvolr
after they landed In revenge for previous 111 treat
ment, nnd burled them whero tho crobhes stood.
When at Inst tho attention of the Norma hai
been attracted and tho maroonod sailors pre
pared to leave, Jorgcnsen refused to go with
them.. He said be felt that he must remain on
the Island tho little white spot of desolation It
was then to watch and wait at the graves of
his victims.
DROWNED III BLUE
LITTLE QIRL INJURED BY TOR.
PEDO EXPLODING.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What Is Going on Here and There
That Is of Interest to the Read
era Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Heat rice. Miss KHzaboth Weston,
was drowned Tuesday evening whllo
wading In tho Hluo river at Windy
ltuud. Sho w-tts with a party camping
there nnd while wading stopped Into a
deep hole. No ono In thu party was
able to swim. Tho body was recovered
about fifteen minutes later by an old
Ualiermnu. Doctois worked over her
for Lout a but wero unable to revive
her.
Dad Fire at Sutherland,
Sutherland. Klto destroyed all the
business places on Kattt Front street
for a block with thu exception of tho
Statu bank and Uurklaud'u guttural
Htoie. Thu losses uro: U. 1). Wood,
hardware; William Gnrmnn, general
stole; L), Lute, fitiiilturu; Fordyco,
nilllliH'o; U'e Case, llory, and A. 1).
Yates, clothing, Thu balnncu of thu
busliiuss places on the street narrow
ly escaped. The loss will aggregate
about $r,n,0i)0, pailly covered by lu
uurauuu.
Injured by Bursting Torpedo.
Kearney. 1'hu two ) ear-old daugh
ter of William Nash of this city wua
piobably fatally Injured Thursday
night when a Fourth of July torpedo
exploded In her mouth. Shu was
chuwlug thu toipudo at thu tlmo of
thu accident. Dr. Kit by was sum'
moued, but gives out llttlo hope ot
her i ceo very, as her lower Jaw was
biokcu, her cheeks mangled and her
mouth badly burned.
4-Year-Old Girl Drowned.
York. A 1-year-old daughter of Mr.
and .Mrs. Thomas Ctirran of this city
wnndcied away from her parents lu!
the giovu at Cedar cicek Thursday af
ternoon. Searchers found that tho
child had been Uiowned lu thu creek)
Tho Cumins were picnicking la the
grovo.
Fatal Fall from Horse.
Alnsworth. Hiissoll Williams, 1R
yea is old, of Johnstown, was thrown
from a horso and tho horn ot tho sad
dle ran Into bis breast. Tho horsq
got scared at a passing ntitotnobllo,
reared up and fell backward on the
boy. Ho Is not expected to live.
Is Drowned While Wading.
Norfolk, Neb. Mrs. Guy Stockton,
aged HO, mopped into a H-'-foot holq
whllo wading with her husband in the
creek near hero and was drowned. She)
leaves a daughter 3 years of ago.
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I STATE BASE
t . BALL NEWS
4-4-4.4. 4-44 4--f-f-:4t--f4-4-4444
Dan Upton of Oklahoma lu York's
new pitcher. 1
Tho homo team dofcated York at
Hastings Friday, 9 to 1,
Dockwltz, Superior's manager last
year, has again taken charge of that
team.
Calloway, who was with York early
In the season, has been signed by Su
perior. Cy Mason of Memphis, Mo., will
catch for Superior the balance of tho
season.
In a close and sensational game,
Monday, Hiawatha shut out Falls City
1 to 0.
By bunching their hits Humboldt
won from Beatrice Tuesday, 9 to 3,
in a ragged game,
Sunday's gamo betweon Kearney
and Columbus was won by the latter
In a Bcoro of 21 to 1C.
Hersche's pitching and batting won
Monday's game from Seward at Hast
ings, 6 to 2. High wind mado hard
playing.
In a well played game ot baseball
Thursday Grand Island was defated by
the home toam at Kearney by the score
of 9 to 2.
Johnny King of Alliance, Neb., the
crack pitcher of tho Sacred Heart col
lego at that place, has signed a con
tract with tho Philadelphia National
leagtio baseball club.
Campbell, a catcher from Lincoln,
has Joined tho Yorks. This is the
young fellow'b first bow In profes
sional baseball, but ho Is heralded ai
a find.
Columbus was defeated by the home
team at Grand Island Monday by a
score of 11 to 10. A high wind pre
vailed and hits were plentiful.
Threo pitchers used by York In
Wednesday's homo game wero pound
ed hard by the Superior sluggers and
the tallonders won by tho score of
18 to 4.
Hastings and Superior broke even
on a doubleheador which drew big
crowds Thursday.
Patsy Qulnn, who has been pitch
ing this season for tho Superior State
league team, has signed to play with
Beatrice In the Mink leaguo for the
remainder of the season.
Tho Ttockvllle team went to lta
vonna Thursday and tried conclusions
on the local diamond with tho Ra
venna club, Ravonna won, 11 to 0.
linvonna business men hnvo raised
f 300 to maintnin a ball club during
July and August, and this was the
first game.
His View.
Howltt This plnco is 1,000 feet)
above tho sea level.
Jowett Hut tho sea Isn't on thsj
lovel; It always makes mo sick.
The Worrier.
Knlckcr Hoes Jnck worry?
Unckcr Yes; he wants to pastcurv
Izo split milk. Jtidgo.
It Is not easy to bo a widow; one.
must rcsumo nil tho modesty of.glrl-j
hood without being allowed oven to
feign Ignorance. Mme. Do Gtrardln.
Oarfleld Tea U InMilunble for nil Irregular!
tlut of tliu lhrr, klilneji and IxiweN. It U
mado from puro and wholctoinu herl.
I nay the dpgrco of vision thai
dwells In a mnn Is n correct moasurs
of tho man. Carlylo.
Mr. Wltmlow'n Soothing Hymp for Children
teething, nofirns tlio kiiiiim, rviliice Inflnmtna
(lou, allay pain, uurea wind colic, SSc a bottl.
And the Lord also helps thoso who
help othors.
Gnrtold Tt-a In a lino Iftxnllra Ixilng com
posed wholly ot puro, health giving UorUa,
Even your best friends haven't time
to do much worrying on your nccoun
k
Mealtime
Should find you with a hearty
appetite
And your food should taste
Rood.
A "don't care" sort of feeling;
Indicates
Some disturbance of the
Stomach, Liver or Dowels.
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
Will tone and sweeten the
stomach
Regulate and assist the
digestion
Make you feel like new.
Try a bottle and be convinced.
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Nine times in ten when the liver 1
nn'"- mic biumucn ana uowcis nro ngnt.
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
gently but firmly conn
pel a lazy liver to
no 11s aury.
Cures Con-.
tlpatioa, !-.
digestion,
Sick
Headache.'
and Distress After Eating.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRIGL
Genuine must bear Signature
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A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
. In thin ag ot reinarch and eiperlment, all nalare
man. Science ha Indeed made (lantitrtdes
111 iu pani ceniurr. ana among we oj no mean
loait Ituportant-dlieovertM In medicine Is that or
xnerauion, wnicn naa been need witn greatsuoeeisii
tench llotplule and that It Is worth? the attenuosj
or tboes who suffer from kidney, bladder, estrone
elm
eneatei, chronic weaknesses. nlcers.sklo ernptlons.
lies, Ac, there Is no doubt. Id factltseemseTldent
from the big stir created amoagit specialists, teal
TIIKHAl'ION Is destined to east IntoobllvloaaU
tot
.hoae auflltlonahla remedlea Lbet were farmer! Ika
sole reliance of medical men. It Is of coarse Impos-
II pie to tell snllerere ell we should like to tell tees
n this short article, hot those who would like to
mow more about this rested that has effected ee
manr we mignt almost say, miracninns earee.
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