, 1890-07-31
BOUNDARY STONES.
Line of Demarcation Be-
tween Two Countries.
UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN
The Longest and Straightest Line
Between Nations In tho
World

become an Interesting region III the
event of the oft-threatcned hostili
ties between the two governments
on tho Bchring sea question, says
the Butte Miner. From British Co
lumbla, on the Pacific, east to the
American settlements of Dakota
and Minnesota and the Canadian
province of Manitoba, there Is long
distance of frontier practically un-
guarded, and, 1t might be said, prac-
tlcally unknown. The Traveller
with the curiosity, time and pa
tience necessary to the work, can
trace the boundary line, If he Is
equipped with the necessary instru-
nents. He will have to walk straight
ahead, regardless of natural obstruc.
tions and barriers, and ut equal dis
tances Of a mile apart he will find
erected In the woods, ON the hill
sides, or in the open or level, sur
veyors' stones, standing nearly two
feet above the earth's surface, In
which they are imbedded so hard
that nothing but the application OF
tremendous force could move them.
These stones face to the north and
south. They mark what is doubt
less the longest and straightest
boundary line between two nations
In the world. The one which sepa.
,a'es 'no ,1e'a-o PoSsessio's vi NUS
~" no.. s"e ,a, 0'ne'' oni'ie 70 pioo',
o1 a.As :. a0ns'", uuV 70 no' heaiiy
~ sy," ""u "',r"iyins VI
ey sy "u'' "onne. nele ~ no'
synr,d % than uy th,s nemeu nas 'aoht'er IN .ne
resnondemt Of tbe 81 .oni,
Republic. The northern faces of the
surveyors stones bear the initial let
ter's "B. Az for British America,
ana sneir south faces convey to the
wa3 wa3 .h't ~, In ;ne n,agiG letters m ~. ?.
land of tha fres 90 and I the honso :" -, ,he .he
brave. IN these stones were in sioht
of each other aud could be seen in
their continuity from the east to the
west END OF the long straight line
.ncy constitute tney would De a tes-
tha,,, thara ~ s,nr ann ..as, en wiz piaceu
iiahfu had res,,lted in the AahSnr-
ton treaty and something less than
fifty-four-forty without a fight.
A WIN co,,Nrpv
VIVA, -. aa.,,.u...,.
,,arts wars a.. a.aa,sa a.. oa
49,, une eoun
"ocrness'
Aons Tue ii"e, anu ior miles pack
OF II on either side, II Is not much
moro now. Dense woods cover
most of the country and the roads
are few. The settlcmepta both or
tha T,anadiam "a Ar.,
-. N..,' 'i'o''
a''cr se'n"e Yves. Oh DaKota, are
low ana iar oetween. On the Ca
madam side the country Is almost
a wilderness vet. Wandering In
dians of most miserable osnect and
heIona,ro 20 trihas ne -,
,a,,,,,ts, ."p,o-
no"noeao'e ii'',ies' swarm over the
eouh.ry anu supsist upon the game
which that country still affords.
Game Is being thinned out rapidly
of late years. but 1t still remains n
hunters paradise. TSere aro
novy NJ loas, 49,. L..
LII, -. uo p
shsn iorus ana dukes shooting
IN western canada. The Marquis
de Mores, who was lately sent to
Jail in Paris for a misdemeanor.
spent several wears I'm the North west
country ,yhan ha ,,as -, h.,,a.a
cjnI form OrIv sau vo Do,ei nnnl'' -
was The oxvnar ~ rah aso n1
thousand acras naar W. ao'Iih' "a,
This and tho f;ne hIaadad ~.
on n mr. the ti,ne h bawo iii oo n nSP.
the hamrner ~ ,naat d%ah,s % SLY anuel
contrncted at the s,,n,in's ~ 49, L'o, ~,
PARIS and Momao' 'rl aus ~
,va. a nnn,,,ar nin,q uIs
He was thor,,nhi,' ErS .,e oolaer:
course disIissd ~ E',, anu, ol
ali the emnhasis of nasai lsin,,,a, am ,, Nun
This nj onco araya L;,ss '.ion. at,i M '.
here as on exar,' a,h Poslsioh, ioI
that ever ayis,.a - oVluer nhe
tinatbv oxis,;,,' al an'
iiY;na IN H. -, oeISeen n,S she peoples
nohndv can ewn,aiu u T., ~ WHEN
profo,,nd naace th;s fa,ii t. h VI
a,,entiv aa.cr,ed liz ;,saisin ELLIS hs mas IRE ire'
treone1tIv ,,,rie,r> ,.,I,,,,a - "nu ,
made s,hiact. oS in,an,, h ar no'
Germ only bec.,,s. the .,ona, INV con
ments re,Ii1e mt u,h,,a % w sosern-
o,t Of the most intan.ad any sprIns
,,ted nation,I faoIin.. n,
diynified ,nto n,atts,., 20 isI iI Nv. =, ~.
i,nnortnnce me ,a>,ipt,n, i,"'i' y
snarse and scattared pl'a,'.ion u
of this isoj.tinn H. % , ,,1 as u rtsut
Canadians and n1ar;oo, .'e,s, oo.l
lighting ms n means af an,sonan, san -
III somebody had nttemnted 70 Iaa,
n notched sticL intSnatipr Nv W MI
Der of border murders wbich hax.