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THE M1DDLEBIIBGH POST.
GEO. W. WAGGENSELLER,
Editor aud Proprietor.
MitM,rnt K, Pa., I'm. fi, 1890.
China has to-day twentysix porta
open to foreign commerce.
Taking tbo wholo land surfaco of tbe
fdobo into consideration, tboro aro
twenty-two nml a balf acres for each
inhabitant on thin planet.
If Turkey should bo wiped out, it
would mean tbo loss to Russia of an
annual sura of $7,!00,O0O, which Tur
key pays brr by way of indemnity,
and will have to pay till 1977.
Rudolph Cronnti declares that b'lins
Indisputable cvidenco that tbo re
main) of Columbus still rent in tbo
jatbedrul nt Santo Domingo, Iluyti.
llo Asserts that tbo remains transferred
to Si)ain in 17'J5 wcro thoso of tbe
great discoverer's fnn, Diego.
Tbo Louisville Courier-Journal
states that tlio question of beeping
down tbo cotton acreage for 18'JO in
attracting n great deal of attention in
tbo South. Tlio cotton exchange aro
urging planter to diversify their
crops and plant no moro than they
did in 1S'.5.
Th Statemeu's Yearbook for 1SS",
an acknowledged authority on statis
ties, gives the area of British Ouiumi
us 7i','l')0 square miles, wbdo iu tbo
issue of 1 ." th frill' country is
credited with an area of 1 0:1,0 0. No
treaty is cite I to account fur this in
cre.v-o afdd.Oiil square mile. This
Deems to tlio l'athiiti ler a matter for
pcientiiio investigation. Of tbo in
creiiMo of species lliero is deilnito
knowledge, hut tbo mutter of terri
torial multiplication is anomalous, in
fact without explanation, unless it bo
duo to alliuvial deposits along tbo
coast.
The New York Herald fays that
"the cable despatch of congratulation
addressed by tbo Emperor William to
President Krueger, of tho Transvaal
Republic, v hicli is worded in tho cus
tomary phraseology of messages from
one Chief of Stato to another, is an
historic document of far greater im
portance than it 'appears nt tbo first
glance. It is tho recognition of tho
ubsolute independence of tho Trans
vn.d Kopublio ami a repudiation of tbo
right of suzerainty which England
claims to exercise over tho Houth
African Repnldio by virtuo of tbo con
vention of 1 s 1, which provides that
tbo South African Retmhlie shall con
clude no treaty or engagement with
any State or Nation other than tho
Orange Frco State, nor with auy na
tive trilie to tbo cant word or westward
of tho Republic, unless tho sumo 1ms
boeu approved by Her Majesty tho
Queen. This passage is tbo solo foun
dation for Eii'jl md's claim to suzer
ain rights iiver tho Boers, which is
uow denied in the CSermuti Emperor's
messayo, issued ufter calm delibera
tion iu council with bin Imperial
riiunceK r and with his Ministers of
Foreign Affairs and of tbo Navy."
Tho Atlanta Journal nays that
'Georgia is to bavo another immense
rolony of Northern and Western set
ters, if tho plans of four gentlemen
who are now iu this State materialize.
The names of the members of tho party
ire : Messrs. W. W. Taggart, of Breck
inridge, Miuu., who was iu tho last
Legislature; C. II. Fairall, of West
Branch, Iowa, fanl a brother of
Judgo Fairall. of that State; John J.
Gamble, of West Branch, Iowa, and
A. E. Sauburn, of Rreekinridgo,
Minn. Theso gentlemen, who aro all
well known in their localities as busi
ness and professional men of high
rank, bavo been iu nearly all of tho
(States of the South prospecting for
suitable Inn. Is on which to establish
the colony which they have in mind.
They have about concluded to negoti
ate tor u tract of 8',O0O acres iu tho
outhern part of this Stato, having
been more impressed with Georgia
than with any other State iu thiB sec
tion. It ix their purpose to secure
this laud and divide it into lots of
farms, which will be sold or rented, at
tho choice of the settler. The move
ment which started Home time ago and
culminated iu tbe great Fitzgerald
colony iu Irwiu County, has caused a
deep current of interest in tho South
to be awakened throughout tbe North
west, and iu Minnesota especially there
is s btrong desire on the pnrt of people
to como to this section. The winters
are so severe in the Northwest that
the people are growing tired of tho
couutry."
Nell "I wouldn't like to lie In your
shoes!" Belle -"No! they'll pinch you
frightfully, wouldn't they?"-Philadelphia
Kmrd.
the river. .'.
I am a river flowing from Ood'ssea
Throng h devious ways. Ho napped, my
course for met
I cannot change It; mlna alona the toll
To keep the water free from grime and
noil.
The wlmlJng rlvpr ends where It berant
An 1 when my life baa'compassed Its brief
iran
I must return to that myBterloos source.
Bo let mo gather ilailyon my course
The perfume from tbo blossoms as I pass,
Halm from the ilaes aaJ healing from the
pra.
And carry down my current as I go
Not common stones tut precious goms to
show.
An! tears (the holy water from sad ryes)
Hack to God's sea, which from all rivers rise
Let me convert not blood from wounded
hearts,
Knr poison whleh the upas tree Imparts.
W hea over flowery vales I Imip with joy,
Let mo not devastate thotn, nor destroy,
Rut rather leave thnm fairer to the Right.
Mini be the lot, to comfort, and delight
And If down awful chassis I noojs must
leap
Let mo not murmur at my lot, but sweep
On bravely to the end without one fear.
Knowing that He who plann?d my ways
stonls neur.
Love sent mo forth, to Love I go again,
For Love Is ah, nod over all. Amen.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, In Independent.
WON BY WHISTLING.
ARTLEY, or rather bis
wife, had been giving
a musical "At Home,"
and a pcrformnnco of
siflleurshaJ proved tho
hit of the evening s cn
tcrtainment.
An hour or so later,
tbo "crowd" having
dispersed, Birdy Jackson, Hartley and
I wero idly discussing the events of the
affair iu tbo smoking room. Jackson
und I wero stopping over night with
our host, being old chums of hi", sud
living Homo distauco out of town.
"No idea yon could give ns such i
ripping performance, Birdy," re
marked Hartley ; "and when'your wifn
joined in I was perfectly astouudod.
Jackson laughed roftly.
"No, slut doesn't doit nt'ull badly,
he admitted. "Yon know, Dick, there's
a bit of romauco nttachnd to that
whistle of hers; iu fact, it was tho
means of bringing our mntriraonial de
sires to au abrupt point at an extreme
ly critical period in onr courtship."
Hartley gave mo gentle kick.
"Theu yoir union had a fiplco of
romneco about it?" bo said.
"Rather I Unique in the arjnals of
lovo making, I should say. Biit folks
nro so incredulous nowaday, I've
never attempted to tell tho yaW but
ouco, aud then 1 swore I'd novjer do it
ugnin." I
But ho bad to on this ocoason, and
soon began to interest us as follows:
'Tirst of all, you rnimtVnow, fM"r.
King" addressing me" I'm called
Birdy on account of hnv'ng practicod
from earliest infancy a cheap form of
musical recreation. Though cuffed as
a boy, severely reprimanded for warb
ling iu slack business hours und sound
ly execrated by the neighbor?, I never
theless persevered.
"A year this last summer I camo in
for a sum of money, which rendered
me a practically wealthy aud indepen
dent man, and to celebrato my good
fortune I threw up my business berth
and went into Yotkshiro to spend a
few weeks with a professional bachelor
friend and to idle generally.
"While there I was introduced to a
Colonel nud bis daughter Evelyn, aged
twenty-two, who lived at Tho Chase,
and wero intimate friends of my chum.
Nice g;rl sho was; plenty of 'go' with
out beiug tho least 'fast.' In lessthsu
a lortnight I was over head und ears
iu lovo witu her. Tho subsequent ut
ternoous at Tho Chase were too hot for
teuuis. Colonel Altou spent them
snoozing iu hisstudy ; Evelyn's elderly
companion nud her father's house
keeper lor Mrs. Alton had beeu dead
some years nodded iu tbo shade of
bcr favorite elc, and my friend bad
invariably to leave (for au important
ease before tbe toa came out. Very
nice of him, I thought.
Thus thrown togothor, Evelyn and I
monopolized tbe arbor, and I used to
nruuse her by trilling selections from
the operas, latest airs (comio and
serious), aud she would occasionally
join iu as a kind of fillip to my per
formances. Though a woman in every
respect, she could whistle. In most
of the well-known tunes, up to date or
pathetically aged, she excelled, owing
to tbe fact that during tbo winter
months for some years past sho had
always o flic iu ted at the piuuo for the
village popular concerts, when tho
vocid and instrumental items wcro
naturally of an amusing and light
order at times scarcely high class,
perhaps.
"Then came tho tims when the
Colonel bad to be npproaohod. The
mau gave me a prompt and curt re
fusal. He had other views for his
child. I triod remonstrance, then
dogged persistently, bat with no
avail. Evolyn stood out like a brick.
This burst of iudopendonce rosultod
iu ber immediate banishment to
regions unknown to mo, under the
surveillanoe of a relative of mature
age aud experience, and all communi
cation between ns strenuously denied
aud forestalled. All chances of elope
meut, even, were reduced to nil.
"A few days later I left my friend's
for Bournemouth, tbore to recruit my
shattered heulth and hopes, and think
thiugs over quiotly. I was crushed
for the time being. As I alighted
from my cab at the entrance to the
North Cliff, where I had taken rooms,
n elderly lady came down the steps.
Her face seemod somewhat familiar
to me, though I could not at th, time,
reoall to miud when and where I had
een it before. Wlisu sbe stated as
he taw me, -and somewhat hurriedly
re-entered the hotol, I was farther
mystified. A thought struck me as I
was signing my name in the hotel
register of visitors some time later.
Two pages back I found an entry t
Miss Alton and Miss E. Allen.' I
stumbled to it in a second, then. The
elderly lady I had encountered wss,
undoubtedly. Colonel Alton's sister,
who had been staying at The Chase
and left two days after my arrival in
the village, and before I knew any
thing of Evelyn I had once passo.l her
walking with tho Colonel, and she
must have recognized mo again.
"I remarked on the entry to the
clerk in a casual way, and be volun
teered the information tbot Miss Alton
had, but a few moments previously,
given notice of her intention to va
cate their apartments the next morn
ing. Tho news staggered me. Then
Miss Alton certainly did not know all,
and had decided on flight as tho only
snfo remedy under tbo circnmbtanccs,
"Not a climnso could I catch of
Evelyn. Alter dinner, from a search
on the pier I returned to the
North Cliff, and sat disconsolately
smoking ont on tho balcony of my
room in tho crowing dusk. Almost
unconsciously I lapsed into melody,
ond Appropriately commencod to war-
bio softly. 4Alico. Where Art Thou?'
A slight movement on tho balcony
above mine, and ono win low 'to the
left caused mo to glanco tin, A figure
in whito met my gaze, with one of its
bands, as if demanding silence, point'
inn warninjrlv to tbo window behind
her. Yes, it was Evelyn, but her at
tendaut dragon of an aunt was evi
dently at hand. Verbal communica
tion, as well as writing, was out of tho
question. An idea suddenly flushed
upon me. Why not try? No sooner
thoustht of than done. Softly I wbis
tied tho last lines of 'Whisper and I
Shall Hear' refrain. A slight shake of
the heal and then a rendering ol
'(Joodby, Sweetheart, Ooodby,' lloated
down. Then they wcro really going
away.
"'Evelyn, I don't think it'sqnito
proper for you to be i-.tnndiug there,'
came a voice from within, and wuicu,
by straining my ear, 1 could just
overbear. My heart beat wildly, and
the trirl turned to address ber 'aunt
without leaving tho baleonv.
" 'It's almost d irk now, nnd I can't
stay cooped up all tho evening our
last oue, tool What does papa want
ui back iu such a hurry for?'
'Because he wishes it, y dear;
that's all tho reason 1 can givo you.
You renl'y iiiust help mo to tlnish the
picking in a few minutes.'
"Then her nunt bad revenling noth
ing, and believed ber yet to bo in ig
norance of my presence at the hotel.
Lucky, but tho case was n desperato
one. Evelyn returuo I to her lormer
position and leaned over aain.
" Where Aro You Going To, My
Tretty Maid?' I began. Tbero was a
momentary pause, nud then the answer
camo iu a iino of 'Home, Sweet Home,'
from my darlin&'s Jios. . t
" 'I do wish you would drop that
vulgar habit of whistling,' again came
the voico inside the window.
" 'But, auntie, there is no piano to
sing to,' was the somewhat lame ex
cuse. 'I must do somethiug, and I
can't possibly shock any one up here.'
"Then there was silence once more.
"Back to Yorkshiro again. No
chance there. Anyhow, sho still eared
for me, nud I must put her atlectioiis
to a severo test. It whs our only
chanco of securing happiness.
" 'Oh. Nannie, Wilt Thou Gan j WY
Me?' I piped,
" 'Where Aro You doing To?" was
again utilized iu reply.
" 'I wasstumped for tho minute, but
n bar or two of 'Big Ben,' a favorite
song of mine, came as a hazardous res
cue. Sho understood, bless her 1 but
a lengthy pause intervened before ber
onswer. Then 'No, Sir ; No, Sir ; No,
Sir; No?' was repeated four times in
succession. Sho refused, then? But
why so emphatically? What a silly
idiot I was? The fourth time the girl
iu tho Bong said 'No' she meant 'Yes.'
I breathed again.
"But about our departure. The
moruicg York train via Bath left nt
C. 4."5. The earliest Wuterloo was 7.45,
and wo should be easily trucked and
our inteutions frustrated iu conse
quence, if we loft it uutil then. I con
sulted my watoh. It was I), 13. The
night train up left nt 10.3i). 'Oh,
Why Should We Wait Till To-Mor-row?'
went up without dolay. 'All's
Well' from above soon settlod that
question satisfactorily, but was fol
lowed immediately by a few bars of
'Bradshaw's Guide' ditty. I knew
what sho wanted, so, utter a slight
hesitation, I warbled 'Come Itto the
Garden, Maud,' and chirped ton times.
Hope on, dear loved one, wo shall
meet again,' from 'Dream Faces,'
proved that I was clearly understood,
and then she turned to address Mits
Altou in louder tones than before.
" 'I declare, you're nearly asleep,
auntie. I'm tired, and have a head
ache, too. We've a long jouruey be
fore us, so I think I'll go to my room
now. Don't disturb, there's a dear ;
tho packing won't take long iu the
morning. You'd better do the same.'
"The proposal evidently suited Miss
Altou down to tho ground, for sho loft
her chair inside and came a littlo way
out on the balcony.
"A good idea, Evy; so wo will,'
she answered.
"I crept baok, and a minute or two
: later 'Uood-nights' were exchanged ;
: and the subsequent slam of a doer
, notified that Evelyn had left for her
apartment.
"By 9.45 I had settled up ond loft
instructions that my heavy baggage,
fortunately not nnpaokod, would be
; called or sent for iu the course of a
I week or less, dangling an old telegram
I form in my band as 1 did so, to give
color to my hasty departure. At 10
prompt I picked up Evelyn under the
I pines in the hotel gardens, and, with a
. dressing bag and a small Gladstone be
tween lis walked to the station, ana
eventually reached London ssfoly,
early in the morning. I put her in
one hotel, where I knew she would be
safe, with strict injunctions not to
venture ont till I had fixed everything
np for the ceremony, and went myselt
to another. The long and short of it
was that before we were anything like
tracked the deed had been done by
special license, and the Colonol defeat
ed for once in his life.
"Come round, did he? Yes, when
he afterward discovered that tho man
he intendod for his daughter had al
ready been engaged for two years, aud
got married shortly after we did!
Even I could have told tho old fellow
that, had he been more communica
tive and explicit in the first instanco,
for my rival tnrned out to be none
other than the friend I was visiting.
He actually admits now he couldn't
have wished her a better match, but,
anyhow, he"
And Birdy broke off into "Can't
Chango It."
no rose quietly from his seat and
gently opened the smoking room door.
"Listen," he said, "if you can't
quite swallow tho yarn you will not
fail to take this in."
Then ho went through "Oh, Come,
My Lady Fair," from the "Gaiety
Girl'' song. Scarcely had he con
cluded than away from another quarter
of tho house camo the answering
chorus of "I'm coming," from tho
melody, 'Teor Old Joe." naif a min
n to later in strolled Mrs. Jackson and
Hartley's wife.
Birdy winked knowingly at ns.
"I've just been telling them howyort
wero practically wooed and won by
whistling, my dear," ho remarked to
his wife," and they want another tuuo
buforo wo turn in."
Evelyn blushed. "No, Sir," etc.,
sho warbled three times.
Then Jackson took np his cindlo
nnd marched upstairs with tho strains
of tho Natioual onthora on his lips.
Tit-Bits.
I'nknnnii Region ot Ontario,
Of Ontario's area, estimated nt 200,
000 squaro miles, 100,0 )0 square miles
aro iu an unknown region, only the
o.lges of which have been cxplorod.
This is tho teritory known us tho Hin
terland of Outurio. It lies between
Lakes Huron and Superior to tho
south nnd tho Albany River nnd St.
James Bay to tho north. In this vast
nre' is the Height of LanJ, which
separates waters flowing to Hudson
Bay front thi streams empting into
the St. Lawreneeand tho lakes. North
of tho Height is what is called tho
Hudson Bay slope, consisting of about
80,000 square miles. This Hlopomay
bo describod ns an unknown land.
The Height of Land is not a ridgo of
hills, but is a level plateau some 1200
or 1300 feet above tho sea. "Tho
scenery," says a purveyor's report,
"though diversified by bnndre ls of
streams and rivors and thousands of
lakes and innumerable crags and bills
of rock, is certainly lacking in that
nobility and largous"cT view which
only the presence of lofty mountains
can bestow." Of the rivers Mowing
north from this slope, the Albnny is
the most important, being about 473
miles long, and unviirable during the
season of high water for 2."0 miles.
Of tho short slopes south of tho Height
of Luud, in which are situated tho set
tlements of North Bay, Sturgeon Falls
and Sudbury, there is ilc'.luite and
general knowledge, but the whole ter
ritory sloping north remains unex
plored. The Hinterland is Ontario's reserve.
Much valuable limber in this region
is destroyed by tires that sweep south
of tho watershed. I'ine, spruce, tama
rack, poplar nud cedar nro varieties
of wood existing in abundance south
of tho Hudson Bav slope. Here, too,
are valvable mineral?, but the treas
ures hidden iu the region north of tho
plateau aud t'uo resources of tho plain
itself await tho searching of some in
trepid explorer. Tho Hinterland will
reward the eager discoverer, and v.-iieu
ho has exhausted that territory the
regions of the great Northwest remain
uasur'veyed. Winnipeg (Manitoba)
Free Press.
IIow Treasure is Transported in China.
We have beard much, especially ol
late, of the diverting of public treasure
to private gain by Chinese officials of
all ranks, and the pitiable evidence of
it in the failure of the Chinese army
and navy to be ready for the inevita
ble struggle with Japan is too recent
aud convincing to be disputed; but on
the other baud, we can only wonder
at the power of this law of responsi
bility which, iu such a land, enables
the remotest province to transport its
dues to Fekiu in solid silver, by tho
simplest means, without loss by tho
way and without the protection of n
single soldier. Nothing impresses ono
with the absoluteness of this power as
applied to transportation than to meet
a lino of pack-mules, horses, or camels,
loaded with silver bullion. The silver
is usually confined iu rough logs of
wood that have beeu split, hollowed
out, aud then bound together, and
each load is marked with a little Hag
of imperial yellow, stating the amount
and destination. That is all the pro
tection there is except the ordinary
drivers, who carry no weapons, and
are attended by no guard. In what
other land on the face of the globe
could tho same be doue? Century.
Carrlcr.Pigeons lor Jliuiug ' Camps.
Experiments are being made in Ari
zona in the establishment ot carrier
pigeon messenger service between re
mote mining camps and the nearest
towns or railway shipping points. So
far as tried the service has proved suc
cessful and very valuable. The trails
out from some of the large camps are
long and difficult to traverse at times,
and the carrier-pigeons insure a grest
saving of timo in exchanging com
munications. New York Hun.
THE SCALLOP.
PECULIAIIITIES OK TUB
TKU'S ONLY RIVAL.
OYS-
Svrlms by Rapidly Opening and Clos
ing Ills Shell-How lie Is
Caught and Shacked
The Kdlble Tart.
TC LTIlOUOn comparatively
new, the scallop trado is an
important industry in tho
villages of New Suffolk, re
conic, Mattituck, Sag Harbor, South
old and Greenport. In its various de
rartraents it gives employment to a
lurse number of men and women. Of
course, the catching of tho scallop is
the most important feature of the
work. Every morning at daybreak
during the season a fleet of about 100
vessels assembles in Teconio Bay and
beuins the work of dredging. The
dredges are niado of a network com
Dosed of iron rings fastened to each
other. This is kept open in the shape
of a basket by an iron framo made
very strong. Each vessel is equipped
with two such dredges. They are fas
tened over tho sides of the craft by
ropes, one on each side. Tbe vessel
then sails away, with sheet eased,
drsgging along the dredges to gobble
np everything that comes in their
way. Oue at a timo they are banlo I
np, the scallops aro removed from
among Iho shells and other sea
rubbish, and the dredge is put back
into tbo water. This is continued un
til tho vessel has a full cargo, an. 1 then
sho sails to tho nearest "shuckius"
bouso to leave bcr load,
"Shucking" is tho vernacular term
for rcmoviug the scallops from their
'hells. The flinching bouses Bro small
shanties at various points on the shore.
Tbe interiors aro fitted up with long
tables. Upon theso tho s'jolltish ore
dumped. Then tho shuckcrs who are
principally young men and women,
armed with i.tout knives, began their
work. Each scallop is opened with
ono twit of tho wrist, tho edible) part
is placed in n pan, nu I the shells aro
emptied into wooden traps,
Tho shuekers work very rapidly,
some of them opcuiug a gallon iu a
little moro than an hour. There ure
from 1700 to 2100 scallops in u gal
lon. The sbuckers receive fro-n six
teen cent to twiuly cents a gallon.
The more rapid workers sometimes
makes us much ns 3d or jJI.'jO a day,
when they bavo plenty of work. This
year, however, scallops nro so scaroo
that the dredgers bavo dono must of
tho shucking themselves. The opened
scallops are packed in stone jars or
wooden tubs, aud shipped by rail to
New York. Thosa for which there is
no market are placed iu largo boxes,
packed in ice, and kept there uutil
tho freezing up of the bay stops tho
dredging and makes higher prices.
New York, Philadelphia and Bosfou
consumo most of the scallops. Abcut
2000 gallons are eaten every week in
Scallops first make their appearanos
very year about the 1st of Septem
ber. Then they swarm in great num
bers in Peconio Bay, mostly to the
south and southeast of Robin's Island.
They are also found along the north
ern shore of the Sound, but last year
tho Connecticut nnd Rhode Island
crops wero total failures, while iu
Become Bay it was tho best season in
years. March is tho last mouth iu
which they aro usually caught. Their
habits aro peculiar. On one day they
will bo plentiful, aud ou tho next not
one will be found. In uppeurance the
scallop is much like the elam, except
that it hp.s sina'l pectinations or ridges
radiating from tho bso of the shell.
Tho shell is mucli moro fragile, and
tho interior is delicately lined with
tuother-of-pcnrl. The only edible
part is a small muscle, similar to
"tho eye" of the oyster, only much
larger. This is eaten stewed, fried,
broiled, or chopped into au omelette.
The housewives of Suffolk County also
preserve them and can them.
Tho scallop swims by rapidly open
ing und closing his shell. He does
not rest ou tbe bottom, like tbe oys
ter, but seeks tbe seaweed sand grasses
and bides among them. This pe
culiarity has to be taken into consid
eration when drodging for them.
The dredges ure not dragged along
the bottom, where they would scoop
no all sorts of sea refuse, but are tied
off at a length of rope which just keeps
thorn off tho bottom. Tbe scallop is
a very voracious aud a very active
creature, seldom resting loug iu one
place.
Aside from their valuo as edible
delicacies, the scallops are valuable ou
account of their fragile shells. These
are called "cusb,"aud are spread over
oyster bods, where they catch the
"spat," or youug oysters. This is tne
best shell ever found for this purpuse.
When the young oyster is about the
size of a cent the scallop shells aro
piled on the deck of a boat. The
oyster planters then rub tbe shells to
pieces with their hands, which can
easily be dono without injuring the
young oysters. Thus separated from
the scallop shells, the! young oysters
are spread during the month of August
over new oystor grouuds. Planters
of oysters pay from two conts to four
cents per bushel for tho scallop
hells. New York Times.
Oil ou the Waters.
It has been known for centuries that
oil poured upon the angry bosom of
the enraged ocean instantly allays its
tempestuous heaving. Improving on
tbe old method of applying- tho oil
near the ship, a European genius has
introduced a storm cnunon, subduing
tbe angry waves to a long distanoe.
Tbe projectile is hollow . aud filled
with oil. During its. flight from the
cannon's mouth tbo soothing fluid is
scattered through suitable orifices.
I thus opening a smooth road through
, the agitated waters.' Detroit Free
Pross.
Boerl independence. Par.
It is an interesting coincidence that
defeated and compelled to surrender
qnite close to the spot where the Boeri
are wont to celebrate their day of Na
tional inuepenuence. iuo leonvsi
takes place every few years on a farm
called Paardckraal ("horse inclosnre"),
situated near Krugersdorp, a minim?
town situated eighteen miles west ot
Johannesburg, with which it is con
nected by rail. Tho meeting, which
is held in tho month of Docemuer, was
originally instituted to commemorate
the defeat of tho Zulu Chief Dingaan,
but, after iho war against England,
was continued ns commemorating tho
vindication ot National freedom.
The farm is one where a small num
ber of Boers met before the outbreak
of tbe British war and resolved to
fight for their Independence, ratifying
the compact by erecting a small cairn
of ftones, a reunion of tbe victors
taking placo there after the close of
tho war,' when the cairn was increased
in size. At that time, of course, the
Government was poverty strickon, but
after money iu plenty had rolled into
its coffers on gold being discovered, it
resolved to spend a considerable sum
in the erection of a National memorial.
This took tho shape of a monument of
free stone (white). The monument is
spread out at the front in tho form ot
a gothic arch, under which tho origi
nal cairn ftill remains. On tho four
sides of the monument are panels
bearing a list of all tho wars native
and otherwise iu which the Boers
havo been engaged.
Here it is that tbo Roers asscmblo
from time to timo to thank the Al
mighty for deliverance fromtho foreign
yoke. To see tbo hundreds of wagons
camped ("outspanuod'' is tbo proper
term) round the monument, each with
its white tent glaring iu tho bright
sunlight, and tho thousands of oxcd
quittly browsing on tho neighboring
hills or drinking nt tho dam clove by,
tho Boers with their vrouws and chil
dren tuoviug about from place to place
wherever the I'resideut or other celeb
rity is tj bo found nearly all carry
ing seats, for some of the services nro
Ion, and religious ceremonies take
place from sunri.jj till sunsetis
sight nut to be readily forgotten by
those fortunate euonvh to bavo wit
nessed it. New York Herald.
Married Eighty Years.
Thi oldest living couple in tho
United fctates beyond a doubt has for
the last forty years resided within
three miles of Black River Fulls, Wis.
Louis nnd Amelia Darwin wero bora
in tho Province of Ontario, not far
from Montreul. Tho husband was
bom on September 21, 178S, or one
year before the iuuugurnation of tho
tirst President of tho United States.
Tho wife was born at La Pero's Isle on
March 17, 17'Jt, and is now past btr
101st year. Tho aged people ure de
scendants from a race which for many
generations was noted lor remarkable
Jonevitv. v t
Eighty years have passod sinoe they
were joined in wedlock, and a family
of twelve children was the fruits of
their marriage. Five are still living
in tho vicinity, rangiug from seventy
to fifty-four years. Tho oldest child,
were ho living ti-day, would be soven-ty-nino
years old.
For thirty years Grandma Darwin
was totally blind. Strange and in
credible ns it may seem, iu her uinoty
ninth year sho recovered her second
sight und was ablo to distinguish her
children. Yet during the period of
bcr blindness hlio performed her
household duties without nuy assist
uuc:;. The oil gentleman has been are
raarkablo mm. When he was 100
years old bo could dunco a jig equal to
a dancing master, but tho pait four
years he has gradually wasted away,
until to-day he is but a shadow of his
former self. Every day is telling upon
bis great vitality, uudh is dissolution is
daily looked for.
The edd lady, whose health has been
poorly of late, is somewhat improved,
and she is likely to lire to ns great an
a.;e as hr veuara'jlo cjuijrt, nyw
uearing his cud.
X Lnnz Trip iu a Bu;xT.
Mr. J. A. Emery, of Faulk County,
South Dakota, arrived in Atlanta, Ga.,
recently, hav.ug travelod the entire
distance from his northern home to
Chattanooga iu a buggy. He said to
a Journal reporter :
'The climate iu South Dakota is too
severe and the seasons are very uncer
tain. For thirteen years I have been
a resident of Faulk County, but on
account of crop failures I have at last
decide. 1 to make a change for tho bet
ter and will probably locate in tho ceu-
tr,il itiii'liiiri .if fttioF'rii, f liiLv.t
much about the advantages ot the
South and am going to select a homo
here iu Georgia. If I find just what
I am looking for I shall doubtless be
able to iutlueuoe many of my friends
iu Dakota to come to this State. So
far as 1 have been I am delighted with
the Southern country, for I have seen
many evidences of prosperity.
"My trip through tho country in a
private conveyance was very pleasant
and it aflordad me a splendid oppor
tunity to see the vast region of conn
try that extends from Dakota to tbe
Stato of Georgia. I left Faulk County
October 30th, crossed the Mississippi
at Maoon, Mo., and came via Hanni
bal aud Nashville. At Chattanooga,
I abaudonod ths team and after stay
ing a day or two with relatives took
the train and came on to Atlanta."
Prussia's Smallest Officer.
The smallest non-oommissioned of
floor in the Prussian army is Eugene
Mayn, serving in the Ninth Battalion
ot Jaegers. He is a native of Sprot
Uu, aud measures but four feet 9
inches. But his chest measurement is
good and his soldierly qualitiei art
above reproaob. Chicago Record.