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NEW HAVEN sTElkBOlT COMPANY.

UIH HHTEW UIEWWUuNI 0VtHI WUIs GTEAMKRS leave New Haven daily Sexcept S Sunday) st io..s am and i2 o'clock nio- night Returning, leave Peck Slip, New Torf, q . and II pm. Statcrooms for sale at Peek q drug store. Sunday boat leaves New Haven aa io:8 pm staterooms for latter sold at Elliou House.
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Facts About the Ewes,

1.-THE eye doctor who tells you to wear
glasses while your eyes are good To
keep them so can be safely written down
as a humbug and a quack," says an
Oculist. Il am not saying anything
against shaded or even plain glasses to
protect the eyes from dust, although
even those are of doubtful value, but
the man who says he can give you
glasses to keep good pair of eyes in
first-class shape has either got some
glasses left on his hands which he wants
to sell off or he doesn't know what he
is talking about The moment it be-
comes painful to read in good light
with the naked eye glasses are required,
but until then they are best left severely
alone. II is true that the demand for
glasses has increased very rapidly since
the adoption of electricity for lighting
purposes in ST Louis, but it is more the
abuse Of this powerful Illuminating
power than its use that Is doing the
mischief Electric lights in street car
are very luxurious, but they encourage
reading, and are from an opticians
point ot view Objectionable Chicago
Mail.
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A MECHANICAL PHYSICIAN.
A Doctor Who Confines His Practice to
Typewriters.

IypeWr1terss
He is little old man who always
travels about with grimy black bag
flung over his shoulder and he is known
in several hundred downtown business
offices as 1.-The doctor" His line of prac-
tice is an unusual one. 1t is confined en-
tirely to type-writers and in all the ills
which these complicated machines are
heir to he poses as an eminent specialist.
His knowledge of mechanics is extern
sive and some years ago when type
writers first came in he was out Of work
While visiting the Office of manufac-
turer in search of employment he was
asked To repair machine that was out
of order and he did IL so well that sew
eral Of the other tenants of the building
engaged him TO touch up their type
writers.
He now has visiting list of patients
that extend into the hundreds and in
the course of week he goes entirely
through it.
The stereotyped question which he al
ways asks, Does your writer need
doctorin'?" gave rise to his title and in a
way he is very proud of it.
The greater part Of his work is done
on the spot with the tools that fill the
grimy black bag, but sometimes he finds
a typewriter in such a very bad way
that he carries it off to be repaired at
his home and where that is nobody in
this town has ever succeeded in finding
out.-N. Y. Commercial
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sovereign state. These two republics
have been given to the world by rest
less and discontinued Cape Dutchmen
But still beyond these Boer republics,
extending northward from the Vaal
river to the Limpopo, and covering ter
ritory as large as Illinois, comes British
Bechuanaland. This region was brought
under British jurisdiction a few years
ago and is now ruled by governor ap-
pointed by the British crown. This
territory has already developed into a
great stock-breeding country.
And now, with your face still turned
to the north, cross over the LlmpopO
and you set foot upon soil of the young.
est nation born to the world; this is
Mashonaland - extending from the
Limpopo, northward to the great Zam-
best, and larger in area than all New
England. 1t embraces large portion
of country ruled by Lobengula, king of
the Matabeles. This territory was late
ly acquired from Lobengula by a combi.
nation of European capitalists, under a
charter from the British government,
and known as the South African Char.
tered Company. In many respects this
company has been granted privileges
similar to those possessed by the old
East India Company-particularl as
regards power to maintain an army,
levy taxes. etc. The moving spirit of
the chartered company is Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes, president of the great Kimberly
Diamond Mining Company and present
premier of Cape Colony. Mr.. Rhodes is
a consummate diplomatic and politician
aud is possessed of extraordinary execu-
tive ability. Perhaps but few men could
have overcome the prejudice and hatred
toward the white race entertained by the
fierce Labengula which Mr.. Rhodes has
succeeded in doing. Many months were
occupied in concentrating this most
important concession; but the unstinted
use of that most potential of all argu-
ments before barbarian kings, namely,
a liberal bestowal of hattery and fire.
water, brass jewelry and red blankets,
has in many similar cases before. The
savage cedes away his birthright and
signs his own death warrant at the
same time, and civilization meanwhile
smiles and flaps her white wings, and
erects chapels and factories and prisons
as monuments over the savage bones.
Mr.. Rhodes has lately made a second
visit to his new state, during which he
established for it all the government
machinery for the management and
control of a full-hedged nation The
white population of this newborn ma
ton is at present little more than suffi-
Gent to fill the government Offices, but
rapid immigration is looked for. The
marvellous stories of rich gold deposits
20 be found in Mashonaland will doubt
less attract many people The COM
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THE DEACON WAS MAD.
He Thought Turkish Baths Might DO Good
for Some People,

iOT oomo EeOpios
The two young men had induced the
deacon to take his first Turkish bath.
They had gotten him properly attired,
or rather unattired, and had conducted
him to the hot room.
The deacon didn't enjoy it, but he was
game. lie rolled around nervously on
his cot, and every time he moved he
seemed to strike hotter spot. But he
stood it like man until the perspiration
made rivulets innumerable in running
off him. Then he lifted himself uvcn
his elbow and said, pla intively.
Lets go out Of this"
But the young men only laughed md
told him to keep quiet; that 1t wae funt
getting comfortable.
When he finally absolutely refused -
stand it any longer they led him into
the steam room, and sat down to gossip
and enjoy his discontinue as he felt
himself slowly boiling away.
And the deacon seemed inclined to
lose hts temper 1t was aggravating to
be SO extremely uncomfortable when
they were apparently enjoying them
selves, and would offer him no means of
escape, that would, to say the least, be
dignifed.
But there was an end to it, he got out,
and as he looked "more in sorrow than
in anger" from one TO the other Of them,
one asked:
well, deacon, what do you think of
it?"
The deacon replied solemnly, and with
all due dignity, but rather pointedly:
"It's a good thing young man; it's a
remarkably convenient thing for some
people who need TO suitably prepare
themselves for the hereafter, but for
my part am glad to get on the surface
of the earth again. IN. Quad, in n. Y.
World
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THE 800" CANAL.
1he Great Commercial Importance Of
This Waterway,

tVlporthuco %
This Waterway.
All the commerce of Lake Superior
that Is sent to or from it must pass
through the Sault Ste. Marie canal, I'M
til the Canadians finish the parallel
waterway, which they are building in
order to be in all respects independent
OF us. Nature makes the waters of SUI
perior to flow into Huron by means of
the Ste. Marie river, but in doing so
they drop to Huron's level. which is
somewhat lower than that OF the king
OF lakes. They make eighteen feet of
the descent suddenly by the rapids
which give to the artificial waterway
built to avoid them the name of the
Sault. Ste. Marie canal. 800" and
800 Saint Mary" or "Susan Mary" as
1t IS often called, are western forms
the words take. Comm ercially speak
ing, this canal added Superior to the
great lake system or route, connected
it directly with the Atlantic and the
world at large, and shortened very
greatly the railroad carriage of ore and
grain to the east, and of coal and gen.
eral merchandise to the far west. The
canal accommodates an amount of traf.
fic which for years has been greater
than that of the Suez canal. In 1885
freigh ting through the great African
canal amounted to a gross tonnage OF
6,1Sy 1913 tons, but il has decreased, IL
am not mistaken, while the tonnage
Wat passed "the 500" in 1890 was 9,O41, ).
Si3. II Is interesting to note that OF
this sum the proportion Of freight car.
ried by Canadian vessels was only six
per cent. in 1888, and four per cent. in
1889. II is also worth while to note
that of the nine millions of tons hoated
through the canal in 1890, about $780,
900 were east-bound and 1900, 900 were
west-bound.
But the canal is inefficient; wofully so
in the opinion of the extra energetic
shippers at the Lake Superior ports,
who assert that its inability to pass the
largest vessels fully laden operates to
the advantage of their great rival, Chi
cago. The depth of water in the canal
in 1890 ran from fourteen feet and nine
inches to fifteen feet and three inches,
and during the first half of 1891 it va
ried between thirteen feet and ten
inches to fourteen feet five inches. Such
vessels as are now being added to the
lake service draw sixteen and half
feet, and in view of the present depth OF
water in the canal it will be seen that
they lose several hundreds of tons a
trip by carrying only partial loads. The
government is awake to the situation,
and the new lock which is now building,
at q cost of four millions of dollars, will
be 100 feet in width, 81 feet deep and
1900 feet long.
The fact that the canal does more
business in seven months than the Suez
canal effects in year does not give SC
clear an idea Of it's Importance as is
gained from the consequence of slight
accident to the lock year before last.
This necessitated closing the canal tenn
porarily but it cost the men and com
panies who use the canal loss of about
one million dollars. There were at that
time one hundred and eighty-three YES.
sells waiting to pass out of Superior, and
nearly as many going in the other direc.
tion.-Julian Ralph, in Harpers Maya.
zina
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Especial South African letter.

Especial South African Letter.1
Nearly two centuries and half have
elapsed since Jan Van Riebeck let go
the anchor of his old Dutch lugger in
the waters of Table bay and landed his
sea-tossed band of Dutch colonists where
Cape Town now stands. For more than
century and half previous to
this event the cape peninsula had been
used as a temporary place of call by
Portuguese, English and Dutch ships,
respectively, engaged in the East India
trade; but till now no attempt at form
ing permanent European settlement
had been made, and the little colony
had struggled and suffered, and, al
though from time to time recruited in
numbers by the addition of other ad-
venturers from Holland, made little
progress for many generations. Indeed
1t was not until after the Dutch East
India Company ceased TO exist (ls06)
and ITS South African possessions be-
came part Of the British crown that q
regularly organized system Of govern.
ment was established In Cape Colony.
And from this period the erstwhile
puny Dutch settlement began TO pros
per and expand, and thus formed a
nucleus for the civilization of new con-
tinent.
But after q time there sprang up In
this now commonwealth race problem,
and, contrary to later race problems,
this was not between white and black
men. The race trouble here arose be-
tween the English rulers of the country
and the Dutch olonists-mostly descen.
dents of old Van Riebeck's early set
tiers The latter, tired of British tyranny
and race Determinations against them
selves, resolved upon emigration. Ac-
cordingly one fine day over two hun
dred Dutchmen yoked their long-horned
Kaffir oxen to big lugger-shaped wagons,
In which were slowed most of their
worldly possessions, including women
and children, and began their pill
grimage to the then unknown northeast.
Days ran into weeks and weeks into
months and these sturdy Dutchmen
still pushed on through the wilderness
and in the face Of savage foes, till the
verdent pastures of the Orange river
valley were reached, and here they
pitched their tents-they had found
the promised land! From this hardy
band of pioneers, and their little settle.
ment in the valley Of the Orange river,
sprang the Orange free state. And
later on, and in identically the same
way, the Transvaal republic became a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-06
MODERN HOUSES.
Cheapness In Construction Seems to ID,
the End In View.

Cheapness In Construction Seems to BE
the End In View.
After many hundred years of progress
in almost all of the pursuits of life, it is
rather discouraging to reflect that in
the item of house-building we are in
many particulars almost precisely where
we were in the days of our great grand
parents.
True, we have many so-called modern
improvements, but they are for the
most part too unwieldly and expensive
for moderate incomes, and therefore
practically monopoly. The great inn
provements of the world are those
which save labor or money for the
masses, and this the modern improved
dwelling does not do. Attempts in the
direction of economy of space and less
cost have resulted in the erection of
buildings in which light and air, the
two great essentials to health and hap
piness, are sacrificed. Isolated houses
are put up on the most parsimonious
plan as regards material, and are, as a
matter Of course. cold, fiimsy, and con-
sequently uncomfortable and unsafe
Half century ago, the house in the
country was built with a good, sub
stantial stone wall underneath it,
and upon this secure foundation
was erected superstructure which
had in its skeleton enough timber
to make it substantial and keep it
in place. Now the foundation wall is
built with just as little material as pos
sible; the upper portion is made of light
sticks, nailed together, the boarding is
thin, and to make up for lack of
warmth, paper is placed under the
boarding next to the uprights, and
tackled on. The floors are thin; every
heavy step in the upper stories jars the
entire building; there is no quiet, no re-
tirement, and no real comfort about the
place. If the wind blows, the house
rocks and shakes, and the inmates, in
wonder and terror, manage to exist I'M
til the fury Of the storm is past.
AS an abundance of water is one of
the necessities of good health, if not of
life itself, the choice lies between cum
bersome and complicated appliances or
great deal of very hard work, which,
in these days of unreliable help and
many cares and responsibilities, is
scarcely to be thought of. Contract
work is responsible for much of this
trouble, and, although there is in many
cases nothing else to do than to put
building into the hands Of contractors,
it is most expensive and oftentimes
unsatisfactory way Of doing things.
The building of house. even at the
present low cost of raw materials, is a
much more costly operation than it was
years ago, when everything which en-
tered into its composition, with the pos
sible exception of lumber, was much
higher in price than now. Certainly
there should be something done in the
direction of fitting up homes for the mil
lions at fairly reasonable price.-N. Y.
Ledger.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Slower the Better. - Wife
"What slow train this is" Husband
-"Well what of it? Aren't we going
to see your mother?"-Yankee Blade.
-Bunting-"Why are you fellows al
ways lodging Bloobumper?" Larkins
His first baby has just commenced to
talk"
-He-"I should hate to be refused by
any girl" She (meditating)-''There
is only one sure way-don't ask any
one. N. Y. Sun.
-A-"Isn't. that Chopin piece which
that young lady is playing?" Critic
at is, if some one else plays it,
Fliegende Batter.
&C God Fish Scales-Tom-"Let' go
over to Smiths and weigh those fish we
caught. Jack-"His scales are not in
order. They exaggerate." Tom-"Yes,
know they do."-Yankee Blade.
-Visitor-"What is the matter with
this woman?" Warden (of an insane
asylum)-"She lived in New York and
employed a dressmaker who lived in
Brookly n."-Cloak Review.
-Bagley-"The elephant is the true
bohemian" Brace" is that?"
Bagley He expects to be supplied
with meals on presenting an empty
trunk. IN. Y. Herald.
-Rimer (entering the editorial sane
tum)-"I have written a poem on the
grip, sir" Editor (who is just over q
severe attack of the malady)-"Well, il
deserves it."-Jury
Ladies' Press Club Official-"What
has become of all the members?" Second
Official-"Don't you know it is ladies'
reception day ut the mems press club?"
Club.
Wife (excitedly)-"H you keep on
like this shall certainly lose my tenn
PERI Husband (serenely)-"Nod danger,
my dear. A thing of that size is not
easily lost. Pittsburgh Bulletin.
81 could sit beside you forever" he
said, as they sat together in front of the
dying embers of the cherry logs. II
believe you," she said, yawning and
glancing at the clock, land you intend
to, don't you?"-N. Y. Press.
-Briggs-"What has become of your
new silk hat, old man?" Griggs-'I
gave it to the porter of Pullman car"
Briggs-"What did you do that for?''
Griggs-'It was cheaper to give it to
him than to have him brush it"-Cloth-
Ter and Furnisher.
81 suppose" he said, that proverb.
People who live in glass houses
shouldn't throw stones, applies espe-
cially to women" "Why?" she asked.
miss Bank" he responded, lit is evi-
dent that you never saw woman try
ing to throw stones. "-Washington Star.
His Wife's Mother lin terrible fiut-
ter)-"O, dear! O, my! That heavy
Louis XIV clock upstairs just fell off
the wall with terrible crash on the
very spot I stood on but moment be-
fore" Her Daughters Husband lab
sent-mindedly)-'I always said that
clock was slow."-Brooklyn Life.
There is a story told of Grammont,
who one day dined in state with Charles
the Second of England. Charles babe
the count to notice that he was served
upon the knee, a mark of respect to
guests Of the king not common at other
courts. 81 thank your majesty for the
explanation" answered Grammont. II
J thought they were begging pardon for
giving you so bad dinner"
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navigable for four hundred miles all the
year round, into an interior rich in tim.
Der and hides, gold and ivory" etc., etc.
And such appeals will not go unheed-
ed. The story of the rich deposits Of
gold and other precious metals through
out the region embraced in Mashona-
land is not new. Adventurous hunters
and explorers have voiced it in days
gone by, and that 1t is a fact and no
myth is amply corroborated by recent
discoveries of gold reefs, proved and
tested by reliable experts. And il
further proof is needed 1t is readily af-
forded by the existence in various parts
of the country Of remains of ancient
workings where shafts have been
sunk and rude mortars for the crushing
of quartz are still found. From some of
these old shafts are now seen large trees,
several feet in diameter, growing. At
one place, the Tati settlement, ruins
of old furnaces are found surrounded by
remains of rude Notifications and other
primitive contrivances of defense.
Every indication is that centuries have
elapsed since active operations ceased
in these old workings. Who were these
ancient gold hunters? Is this the region
whence King Solomon's emissaries
brought the gold used in decorating the
great temple? Many investigators an-
swer in the affirmative.
Mashonaland is not only rich in min
eral and other natural resources, but il
is also the hunters ideal paradise. All
the large game known to the continent
may be found here. Elephant, rhi-
noceros, buffalo, zebra, giraffe, besides
lions, tigers, leopards and all the lesser
species Of animal creation abound in
this region, and will be driven back or
exterminated with the native occupants
of the soil and give place TO the white
mans civilization. The history Of the
early settlement of the American con-
tinent is thus repeating itself in Africa.
And here in Africa, as it was in Amer
lea, the blessings of civilization will
only be obtained after the sacrifice Of
much human blood.
From the cape peninsula to the Linn.
pope the country has been reclaimed
from the natives, and is now ruled by
white men. Frequent native wars have
marked this progress, the most desper-
ate and bloody of which occurred about
twelve years ago, when Ce.ywayo, the
powerful Zulu king, tried conclusions
with the British troops. This war
lasted the greater part of one year, but
ended, as all such wars must end, in the
overthrow of the savage ruler and the
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,any have sounded the praises Of tbe,r

pany have sounded the praises Of their
new acquisitions throughout Europe
by means of prospectuses and circulars
In one of these now at hand the follow.
ing is an extract:
''1st. Mashonaland is a country, the
fertility of which is greater than any
similar area in Africa, and whose rains
are regular and to be depended upon.
"2d. A country where drainage and
irrigation are equally simple-grandly
wooded, with a truly magnificent win
ter climate. and, owing to altitude,
pleasant temperature throughout the
Summer.
sd. A country reached by an easy
slope from the sea coast, offering no inn
pediment to the rapid construction Of
railroads, besides having the Zambesj
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subjugation Of his people. Cetywayo
was captured, held prisoner at Cape
Town two years, taken to England, and
finally, after being shorn of all author
ity over his people, returned to his ma
tive land to die soon after of broken
heart.
And similar fate awaits Lobengula
and his Matabele subjects, who love
war and have been a dread and terror
to neighboring and weaker native
tribes for twenty years past. Loben-
gula has grown rich in cattle and ivory,
the proceeds of tribute forced from his
weaker neighborS A savage barbarian
by nature, and accustomed TO undis-
puted sway in all things, it will not be
long before he will tire of the presence
of the whites, and, regardless of past
treaties, will endeavor TO expel them
from his territory. This will be the
closing chapter in the history Of a once
powerful savage nation
J. W. S1KR