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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.

E@,,Aa IA n MEETING SE1,Sea OF THE SURVIVORS OF
KEY Fo1%e Mccsans asa c.an
ad Asfs: .,. ssh so O'Clock at Cosmopolitan Hal s'h
CGS NorTCE.AT A ltsETIN1 or THE
81 revised sea Of he Gnaed
70 the the ese sess F Of tine Board
Sr on to Se na
he and sh days Of % sepssmber a. B. 1856,
she f. NO sou4 lzi Of g. c,oc ad
and to said Stock
are invited 70 attend and sign subscription there
' " 1s MESsY sSsS q B Hfsf.fl sRsE Secretary
E~ HOW TO ACQUIRE GOOD MEMORY
= Tn,,da dree Lecture by Prof A. 5 BOYD. at y; n.
ARgus; gus :, g. e. p m collsetion taken HIS
81 NV. Lessons by mail Send for circ,. ar.
By the Instructions from Prof BOYD, my small son
Can reproduce lecture or q sermon Of a hour after
listening to ts delivery. and repeat ,ndred words
4 Fapa: - N' ~'''' DeA'''s '"eH' oNis au4at* aes:-
(E~ GARDEN AND LAWN PARTY
sATHnWaS At nWASHINGI9A .;g!I4sT GR2YE. T2
Tickets Isa,s. SEQ I nom ,,s satardsS @ sl Monaay
~S lawn feSnis SSf sadlhs Sarsp 3a., S0sts and
afternoon. Music and Literary Entertainment at
10 pm. Good hotel on the grounds Net proceeds to to
be DIVIDED between the Presiding Elders Cottage and
Was6s.oh $40 and io:os ao1 and as iaso m
returning I 1885 and 7:lO pm. aust
U PoEANB FoEANB sPkINs sPkINs WATEk WATEk
A sure cure for all Kidney troubles.
twenty-five barrels received This Morning direct
from the Spring
JOHN KEYWORTH,
Sole Agent for the d. of c.
9u4-3t 9Th and sts n.w.
(ESs. LOUIS RCTHsCHILD, WHOLESALE
O>-IA dealer and importer of wines and liquors.
mas removed hi place of business 217 An street
public au3fsts
(fES THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART
- Will be closed to the public for i'm nprovelnents
by order OF the Board OF Trustees
au2eo3t VIM. MACLEOD. Curator
c~ TO oRGANIzED LABOR AND THE
O>A GENERAL PUBLIC
Bakery Local Assembly 1853 respectfully recon-
mend5 the hereinafter mentioned employing bakers
friends OF organized labor. to the District aud public
geheraily and TO nights of Labor and trade union
ISIS particularly for their patronage.
Inc Assembly also urges all knights and trades
l., In a triangle.
Employing bakers can arrange for the stanp with
the Assembly. ~
Charles r. Roller, Geo. Hudson
Adam Weuzel John III. Smith,
j. b. Bumenberg, Vim. Rnehart,
"A Detlefer Geo. SeltZ & Son.
John Weidman, Joseph Bernley
l. IL Lamb, Mrs. Heintz niger,
Casper Sauter. Andrew Gross
GeO Maushauer, q. L. ShultZ,
). NJ Ruth, ben GeIsel,
a. Neuhaus, Fred. StOhlman,
George Schaeffer, H Boch
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A labor Tick et In Chfcawo,

CHICAGO, August 4.-The fact Is announced
In the iOcal papers that the trades uniolls, the
Knights Of Labor, the Central Labor union ana
all the German and Bohemian labor orgxnixa-
tfons are about To enter the political Held in
earnest A cali has been issued 10 all the labor
organizations throughout the city To send dele
gates on Saturday, August II, To consider the
expediency OF putting up . full labor ticket for
tho support OF the working classes. &fssf.s
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7~ UNION CAMP MEETING.

I-~ UNION CAMP MEETING
Inc mon Camp Meeting of Baltimore and Wash
inGton Districts, Washington Conference Methodist
Epscopal Church. will be held at Irving ParS n, Or
annapolis Junction. on the b. and O. K K. commenc-
inx fRlDAI; August 9th, and closing TUESDAY,
Z4th Inc following churches o1 this city will
ana an Sentra those OF Baltimore: sharp street, John
Wesley Zon "A. NJ. f., Asbury of Annapolis Patapsco
ana Bladensbury circuits tickets must be purchased
atthe depot, corner of New Jersey and ST. Fare
ior the r0und trip ~ cts children half fare trains
leave for the camp ON week days a. follows 4O $50
AM l2:lO $50 4:3O 4:4u Z, IL ~; sunday trains.
o:3o IN: 100. $3.50. .:40. T. IL PM. cordial invi-
tauon IS hereby extended Rev. Benz. Brown, Prest
ReV. w n Draper, V. PresL; Rev. h. W. $ Peck,
1reaS' j. II. SLnith, sec: I. ]. Hall, Asst Sec,
N.4,3l .au2, ,3.4.5.6.7l4.C
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THE EVENING STAR
PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday,
AT THE STAR BUILDINGS.
Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and1lth st. BY
The Evening Star Newspaper Company,
GEO. W. ADAMS. Prest

TIE FvFSINe STAR ia served 10 subscribers IN the
city by carriers. their cunt. 10
week. or Sc per month Copies at the counter
cents each. BY Tnail-postage prepaid-SO cents
month: year ST. six months. So
Entered at the Pust Once al Wxshinzton. D. c,
ee<Dnd-ciass mail matter.I
Thy WEEKLY SrAR-prbiishef Frfday-$l
year. postage prepaid Six months. 80 cents.
49, All mail subscriptions must be paid advance
Is paper sent longer than is paid for.
Rates of advertising made known on snncaton.
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A Destructlye Prairie Fire.
Shooting at the Grand Viaier. u.
A TARTAR ASSASSIN PuRSUES THE OFFICIAL
WITH SWORD AND PISTOL.

LONDON, August 4.-Advices from Constanti-
nOple report an attempt to assassinale the grand
vizier. That official was out driving Suhday
fired at him by u Tartar. Neither OF the SHOTS
struck its mark. The assassin then pursued
the carriage with drawn sword, with which he
endeavored to strike the grand vixier. he was
arrested and taken before the sultan. To kis
majesty the Tartar oeciaied that the grand
vixier had prevented him from securing justice.
He implored him TO hang the vixer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-04

\ party OF eighteen clergymen OF various de.
n0e1apaiionre started on y ten days bicycle bug
inGe4 kse Tetk yesterday.
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EXCURSIONS, PICNICS, ETC.
nor MARSHALL HALL,

LNOR MARSHALL HALL,
STEAMER
w. W. CORCORAN
VIII make Two Trips to
MARSHALL HALL
IhC kSDAY and FRIDAY. 9TH and 9TH
Boat Will leave her wharf foot OF 9Th street. At 10
W and $50 p m. returning at $50
and 10 d. m sharp.
farles desiring to spend pesisnt DAY at TINS de-
nghiu resort. Can utilize morning tickets on last re-
turn boat
Fare. round trip, 25 cents. au4-3t
IL DAY AT BAY RIDE
"A CARROLL INSTIl CTE INCLUSION,
THURSDAY, Al GUST IL
The only chance to spend whole Gay at Bay Ridge
Special trains will leave h and o. depot at $50 q
M, I.sl0 and 430 p.
Tickets 81: Children under II years of age. Soc
Tickets sale by members of the board of dr ectOrs
and At following places: tIckling's Pharmacy,
Georgetown; DenIonet Il son, 11l4 Pa ave. w. III.
Lepy, rs 18th ~: q. g. G.. Simms, l4th and y. Y
ave: John r. 1920 18th -: J. X Cassin. Ith
and VI SIS; H e. Lancaster. S27 7th 81: d. A Bros
nan. 6l2 9th ST.. Ellis music 931 Pa ave: W.
8 RoOse l2:S3 Pa ave; J. ~ Waits, AT 9Th st. W.
T. X DO ley. Sd and Pa ave. Connell. 1st and
au4...9.l0ll
LNIGHTH ANNUAL EXt tURsION
IL OF HEBER rE IT, No 10, I. r,
Will be given to Low Err CEDAR POINT
On tuesday,. AUGUST 10TH. 1856.
Steamer JANE MOSELEY will leave 9Th street
wharf a. D o'clock sharp. returning at p.
Tickets. 5Oc.: Children, 25c-
wagons VIII be In waiting the corner of High and
Bridge streets West Washington. deliver baskets
from that section the boat tree of cost Cars will
Also Be In waiting au4-5rs
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OuR Woo MAsrE1s.
TILES AND FIREPLACE FIXTURES

ufacturers with much care to meet the artistic
Of this market aud believe are Offering Rreaier
Inducements In the way Of extensive and Weli-ar-
ranged stock and low prices than any in any
city
HAYWARD d HUTCHINSON.
424 9th street.
what you want Our sales In this article are now
double that OF amy previous year. jy3
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m ATRCBES. RANGES, FURNACES AND NAN
IL Tells Ut Low Prices Tin Roofing and Jobbing
promptly done Get prices
je1SSm 0lsa L GARTRELL'S SIS Sth St NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-04

THE PRESIDENT SENDS A MESSAGE OF con-
DoLENCE-THE SCENES AT THE CAPITOL
WHAT DEMOCRATIC LEADERS sAY-THE P0-
LITICAL EFFECT, &C.
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ENGLAND's TWO GOVERNMENTS.
MeestWgs Of she Conservative Cabinet
amd the UnOssciNl Whtg Cabinet.

THEIR IRISH POLICY A HARD NUT FOR TORIES
I'd CRACK - WHERE HARrfreroS SHALL
SIT - THE ExTRADrrIoN TREATY ABEn-
DEEMS TgIVMFRAL TOUR, Ere.
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LADIES ATTENTION.
LATEST PARIsJAN MODES IN HAIR GOODS
MILE N. }. PRANDI, 1909 F STREET
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A MEETING OF THE SURVIVORS OF
- the I'd Battalion d. Z. Volunteers. Captains
harrington. Kelly, FOxwell McClelapd aud Calan's
companies, will be held THURSDAY EVENING.
August oth. 1870 O'Clock. at Cosmopolitan Hal. sth
000 T. cts. NV aul.o
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oPHELIA BANGS, ENGLISH BASKET PLAITs
LOUIS XIV. BANGS, EVkNINIi COIFFURES
hair Dressed and Bangs Shingied mha,5m<
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-06
Subterranean Bells.

Among the various traditions and SUI
persttions in regard to bells prevailing
among the people of eastern countries
is one ascribing to them the power of
ringing underground. In one of the
sketches in "Outre Mer," Longfellow
speaks of buried convent in the
mountains of Spain, from which, the
tradition runs, the bells may be heard
at certain times ringing to vespers. At
Crosmere, near Ellesmere, Shropshire,
England, where there is one of a num-
Der of pretty lakes scattered through
out that district, there is tradition of
a chapel having formerly stood on the
banks of the lake. According to a
superstitous belief once prevalent,
whenever the waters were rufiled by
the wind, the chapel bells might be
heard ringing beneath the surface.
There is a similar tradition associated
with the Fishery Brow, near Kirkby,
Lonsdale. In this neighborhood there
is a sort of natural hollow scooped out,
which the inhabitants show as the spot
where, in days gone by, church, par
son, and all the people in it, were
swallowed up. Every Sunday morn
ing, it is said, anyone who doubts the
truth of this tradition may put his ear
to the ground and hear the bells ring
for service. In little book entitled
Christmas; its History and An
tiquity" $3.50, the writer says: In
Berkshire it is confidently asserted that
if any one watches on Christmas Eve,
he will hear subterranean bells. In
the mining districts, the workmen de-
| clare that at this sacred season high
mass is performed with the greatest
solemnity on that evening in the mine
which contains the most valuable lode
of ore, which is systematically lighted
up with candles in the most brilliant
manner, and the service chanted by I'M
seen choristers.n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-06
Stray Shots.

GENERAL BLACK, commissioner of
pensions, left last week for the West
on public business. During his alb
sence he will visit the soldiers homes
at Dayton, Milwaukee and Leaven-
worth. He will also visit and inspect
several of the western pension agen-
cies. The commissioner has been en-
gagged since his return from San Fran
cisco in the preparation of his annual
report and estimates.
THE history of the Eighth Vermont
Regiment is on sale at the Phinney
bookstore, MONTPELIER. The book is en-
tertaining and interesting to the general
reader as well as to the men of the regi-
ment, for whose benefit it was more espe-
cially written. In telling the story of
the service the author deals with the
agreeable things and allows to remain
forgotten the disagreeable. He praises
worth and noble daring, without seeing
it his duty to condemn and criticse the
mistakes and blunders that may have
occurred during the four years of the
gallant service of the regiment. The
book is illustrated with engravings and
maps.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-06
The Wonders of Prayer.

Abraham's servant prays-Rebekah
appears. Jacob wrestles and prays,
and prevails with the angel. Esau's
mind is wonderfully turned from the
revengeful purposes he had harbored
for twenty years. Moses prays-and
Amalek is discounted. Joshua prays
Achan is discovered. Hannah prays-
Samuel is born. David prays-Ahito-
phel hangs himself. Asa prays-a vic
tory is gained. Jehosaphat cries unto
God-God turns away his foes. Isaiah
and Hezekiah pray-one hundred and
eighty-fve thousand Assyrians are dead
in twelve hours. Daniel prays-the
lions are muzzled. Daniel prays-the
seventy weeks are revealed. Mordecai
and Esther fast-EIaman is hanged on
his own gallows in three days. Ezra
prays at Ahave-God answers. Nehe-
miah darts prayer-the kings heart is
softened in minute. Elisha prays-a
child's soul comes back; for prayer
reaches eternity.-Hebreo Standard.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-06
Room for All.

The growth of the Grand Army has
in the past two years been marked,
particularly in the East. Thousands of
comrades have joined the ranks who,
until recently, had never been associ-
ated with the organization and there
are thousands yet to come. The amount
of good accomplished in the different
ways for the benefit of comrades, the
proficient manner and the honesty of
purpose in which the organizations are
governed, the intellectual and social
advantages gained by being connected
with it has, in Il measure, been the
cause of the flattering increase. The
same can be said of the West, where
the increase of late years has been
noticeably large, especially in Michigan.
The origin of the organization in that
state was principally due to number
of reunions held by few comrades,
and from those gatherings the vets
made their intiatory step into the Grand
Army of the Republic. In March,
1876, there were only siXty-three mem
bers in that state. In 1879 there were
al; in 1884, II ,79S, and at the present
time membership of over 10000 and
800 posts. Through their efforts a
soldiers home has been built by the
state, which at present is caring for
four hundred disabled veterans. And
so all over the country has the work
been progressing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-06
The Late Reunion at Mortified

Mr.. Editor:-The third reunion of
the " straw-hat company" Company l.,
Eleventh VermonD recently held at
Mortified, was the most successful and
interesting of any. The entire roll of
the company was called, to bring to
mind the sick and the dead, as well as
the living. The annual address was
delivered by Comrade Rev. u. B..
Wheeler and remarks made by Rev. L.
p. Booth and others. Music, cheers
and storytelling abounded and the time
assigned for the reunion passed quickly
away. The fourth reunion will be held
at Hardwick September 18th, 1887. A
committee of arrangements, consisting
of Ira f. Batchelder, John S, Drenan
and Londus Haskell, were appointed.
The following officers were elected;
Major II. Templeton, president; Lieu
tenant j. 5. Drenan, secretary; Lieu
tenant S. II. Foster and S. ID. Blake,
vice-presidents; L. ID. Haskell, treas
urer. j.. S. d.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-06
South American Streams.

The explorations of recent years have
considerably changed our notions of the
comparative rank of the great rivers of
the world. If we class rivers according
to their length, both the Nile and the
Yangtse-Kiang must be named before
the Amazon. The Niles four thousand
miles of waterway from its head-waters
south of Lake Victoria to the Mediter-
ranean makes it the largest river in the
world, nearly as long as the Mississippi
and Missouri together, and about one
thousand miles longer than the ANA
zon. The Amazon is the greatest river
in the world, because it has immense
tributaries, some of them larger than
the Danube or the Rhine, by means of
which the Amazon basin covers an
area about one million square miles
greater than that of any other river.
The Congo river is the fourth longest
river in the world, but in the volume of
water that it pours into the ocean it is
second only to the Amazon. A very
curious thing has been discovered about
the three greatest river basins in South
America-the Oronoco, the Amazon
and the Plate basins. 1t has been
found that they are so connected by
water courses that the traveller can
pass steamboats, or canoes from one
river system into another. He can as
cend the Oronoco river for hundreds of
miles until he comes to the Cassaquari,
on which he can travel for about two
hundred miles to the Rio Negro, one of
the largest tributaries of the Amazon.
Floating down to the Amazon, and
then descending that river for some
distance, he can ascend the great Mede-
ria tributary. In its upper course he
can turn into the Mamore, then into
the Guapore, then into the little Algere
river. Here, as is often done, he can
haul his canoe over a low, grassy flat
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-06
Questions Answered.

P.B., Observation-Disclosures for
removing charge of desertiou from
the record should be made to the adj
jutant-general, United States Army,
Washington, ID. G.
GO. N, RUTLAND-There are about
fifteen hundred clerks employed in the
pension Office at Washington, or one
hundred less than year ago. Captain
Fisher of Vermont is not the chief
clerk of the pension office, but is re-
tanned in the Office as an examiner.
j. f. r., BARRE.-The best thing for
you to do is to send the additional
testimony to the commissioner of pen
sions and ask for another investigation
of your claim by special examiner.
You could hardly expect to have your
pension restored with the present con-
dition of your case without another in
vestigation.
G. w. D., LISBON, n. H.-A special
examiner of the pension Office would
not probably be sent to investigate
your claim after pension of 81 had
been granted you. If you are entitled
to 1914 month you ought to apply for
an increase of your pension and furnish
the testimony of the physician who is
attending you, fully describing your
disability. You would then be sent to
a board of surgeons for an examina-
ton, when the proper rate of pension
would be established.
w. S., ST. JoHNsBURY.-The min
ute men were citizen soldiers in the
revolution who, John Randolph said, in
the senate of the United States, in one
of his rambling speeches, " were raised
ina minute, armed in minute, marched
in minute, fought in a minute and
vanquished in minute" They were
dressed in green hunting-shirts-h home
spun, home-woven and homemade,
with the words " Liberty or Death " in
large white letters on their bosom.
Their banner displayed a coied rattle
snake, with the motto, Don't tread on
me-" They wore bucktails in their
hats and carried tomahawks and scalp
ing-knives in their belts. Although
they appeared much like savages, yet
they treated the prisoners they cap
tured kindly.
G. w. S., WHITE RIVER JUNO
TIoN.-You ought to comply with the
call from the pension office for testi-
mony to complete your claim for pen
sion. If you are unable to furnish the
identical evidence required, give your
reasons why you are unable to furnish
it, and procure the best testimony OBJ
tainable. 1t is immaterial which evil
dence you furnish first. Your attor-
ney is evidently misdirecting his efforts
in obtaining testimony to show that
you was treated in II hospital. He
should procure testimony to show when
and where you contracted the disabil
ity that made your condition such as to
require hospital treatment. The rec
ords of cases treated in hospitals are
carefully kept and examined for any
evidence they may afford by officials
of the pension office in every claim fol
pension. All you are required to dc
is to send to the commissioner of pen
sions the names of the hospitals il
which you was treated to obtain the
benefit of any fact appearing upon thu
record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-06
A Good Story.

President Lincoln used to tell a good
story, which he located at the war de-
partment at Washington, during the
last war with Great Britain" when
General Armstrong was Secretary.
Armstrong was settling the accounts of
an old gentleman from Vermont, who
had been active in recruiting troops for
the Niagara frontier. In the midst of
the interesting inquiries of Armstrong,
a member from South Carolina came
into the war office, and not being inn
mediately noticed by the secretary, his
high southern spirit kindled into a
blaze, and he addressed the secretary
in lofty tone of complaint that South
Carolina, whose patriotism was so con-
spicuous, was treated with indignity in
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-06
Source of the Mississippi.

Most of our geographers and map
makers now assert and publish the fact
to the world, that Lake Itasca is not
the source of the Mississippi, and in
proof of their belief have assigned that
distinction to another smaller body of
water to the south of Itasca, and named
Lake Glazier, in honor of Captain Will
lard Glazier, the discoverer. This en-
terprising soldier and popular writer
in July, 1881, organized and led an ex-
petition to the headquarters of the
Mississippi, traversing the rough and
almost impossible country of the Chip
pewas to the west of Leech Lake, a
wild section of Minnesota, which it is
believed had never before been trodden
by the white man. The members of
the expedition were furnished with
canoes and comissariat at the expense
of the leader, whose ultimate object
was the descent of the great river from
its source to the Gulf of Mexico. This
feat was finally accomplished, but we
have now to do only with the impor-
tant discovery made by the intrepid
Itasca. This lake, as, is well known
to every schoolboy, was discovered by
Schoolcraft in 1882, and has always
been held to be the source of the Mis-
sissippi. But Captain Glazier, from
much study of the matter, had an ink
ling that the source lay farther to the
south, and his Indian guide, Che-no-
wa-ge-sie, whose hunting-groundi is in
the immediate vicinity, confirmed this
conjecture by emphatically assuring
him that another lake did exist to the
south of Itasca, and was connected
Herewith by respectable stream
which was, in fact, the infant Missis.
sippi falling into that lake. Hence il
followed that Itasca could not be the
source of the Mississippi. This con
tirmation determined Glazier to extend
his explorations. He assembled the
stream, and with the assistance of hi:
guides, pushed, his canoe through the
reeds and rushes and other distractions
into a beautiful and placid lake, nesting
among the outrageous pines, and never
until now, known to exist. This lake he
discovered to be the final fountain-heat
of the Father of Waters, and the name
of the discoverer was at once fixed upor
by his companions as its appropriate
designation. Lake Glazier, now recog
nized as the true source of the Missis
sippi, is about two miles in diameter
and nearly circular in shape. Its south
ern shore is rocky, and the water a.
clear as crystal. SO lonely is the re
gion around the lake that for fourteen
days not even an Indian was seen, will
the exception of she guides. The lati
tude of Lake Glazier was found by OBJ.
servaion to be 47o 10 25", and it,
height above the Atlantic Ocean, | IS:
feet. The reason why the precise 10
cality of the fountain-head of the rive
has been so long enveloped in obscurit,
may be found in the fact that it is in 8
remote, region of country, and entirely
out of the usual route of the fur-trader
The party, on leaving the newly-dis
covered lake, descended the river, anC
finally as before limited, after voyag,
of B, 1S4 miles-the longest canoe voy
age on record-paddled out into tn,
Gulf of Mexico, having occupied on,
hundred thirty-eight days in the Jour
ney.-BoStOn Transcript.