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The Name America.

The name of America for the new
ly discovered continent was first pro-
posed in the little volume put forth
at st. Die, in the Vosges, in the year
1907, by Waldzeemuller, better
known by the Helized form of his
name, Hylacomyius. Three or four
editions Of this treatise were pnb-
lished at St. Die before 1907, and a
few years afterward an edition with
out date was printed at Lyons by
Jean de la Place. All these editions
are Of extreme rarity, and probably
that printed al Lyons is the rarest of
all, though the library Of the British
Museum possesses two copies of it.
1t has never been suggested that any
maps were engraved to accompany
either of these editions, but it has
always been supposed that the earli-
est map with the word America"
marked on the new-found world was
the "Typus Orbis' engraved on wood
for the 'Enarrationes Johannis Cam
ertis in G. Julii Solini Polyistoria, !"
ptinted in Vienna in 1860 for joan
mes Singrenius. In this map the new
world is represented as long island,
on which is the inscription: "Anno d
1897 hac terra cum adjacentibus in
sulis inventa est per Columbian Ian
uensem eX mandate regis Castelle.
America provincial
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was horrid sight. Lobengula wait
ed moment. Then he said, DELHI
erately:
"'You have heard with your ears
that it is not allowed to drink Kings
beer, but your ears are no good to
YOU
"Off went the poor wretch's ears.
He looked at the King with a look
dreadful to see.
"sYour eyes-cover up his eyes,
shouted the King. PUT his fore
head over his eyes that they may not
see Kings beer' and they cut the
forehead of the man and turned down
the flap of the skin as surgeon
might turn it, so that it hung over
his eyes.
"Then the King babe them beat
the man with logs Of wood. They
beat him within an inch Of his life.
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looking around in a way that is
dreadful to see. He has bullying
blood-shot eyes caused by the smoke
of his hut in the WATER time. King
Lobengula is easy enough of approach,
but for white man the task is dis
agreeable. If you visit him in his
house you have to crawl On your
hands and knees through small aper-
ture in the front Of his hut as II
you were bee entering beehive
The ordinary place of reception,
however. is in the center Of the
kraal. where the King administers
iustice with his chiefs around him.
Tn that case the visitor has to sit In
the broiling sun until the business in
hand is disposed of. While holding
a conference or granting an inter
view, the King is very fond of sitting
on an old box and leaning against
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Unparalleled Cruelty.

An instance of Lobengulas cru
city is thus given by Mr.. Thompson,
one of the agents who obtained the
concessions which brought the Brit
lsh South African Company into ex-
lstence. Il remember once when |
was waiting for an audience to have
seen a man brought in who was
guilty of having drunk some Of the
Kings beer. 1t was at the time of
the great dance, when for a month
there is special license and when any
one carrying beer about is liable to
have it raided. But This man had
levied toll on the Kings beer, when
it was being carried by the Kings
women. The poor wretch was brought
before the King. He was horribly
afraid. His eyes stuck out of his
head, and his knees knocked together
as he tried to make obeisance. The
King babe them hold him fast, then
he said, looking the culprit up and
down
"sYou have nose and a mouth
and two ears and two eyes. You
have used your nose to smell King
beer-(turning to attendants)
off his nose,'
"They cut off the mans nose
"'You have used your mouth to
drink Kings beer; cut off his MOUTH
"They cut off the mans lips. He
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Water.

One Of the simplest methods by
which micro organisms can be re-
moved from water is by the addition
of alum. Experiments at Leeds
showed that the addition of one-half
grain of alum to a gallon of water
reduced the number of microbes by
80 per cent, and the material has
recently been used for purifying wa
ter on large scale in America. 1t
is found that in all cases after agi-
tating water to which small amount
of alum has been added an absolute
" sterile liquid is obtained, though
as many as 120 microbes originally
existed in cubic centimetre (0.06
cubic inches).
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WEAKNESS OF BIG IRONCLADS.
Valuable Lessons Taught by the Recent
Disaster In the British Navy.

Valuable Lessons Taught by the Recent
Disaster in the British Navy.
The following are the principal
points of the speech in which Lord
Armstrong, at the meeting of share
holders of his famous company the
other day, expressed his views con-
corning the dangers involved in the
construction of gigantic ironclads:
The ram of the Camperdown, al
though striking with restricted
momentum, was buried deep into the
side of the Victoria, and it cannot
be doubted that while armor is in
jectiles, and netting against torpe-
does, nothing can withstand the
power of the ram. But although in
the case of this dreadful accident the
blow of the ram was inflicted with
incomparably less force than that due
to the full speed of the ship, the
damage done to the ramming vessel
was such as to place her in imminent
danger Of following her victim to the
bottom. 1t appears, therefore, that
the strength and stability of the
PROV and ram of the Camperdown
are quite insufficient to enable her to
deliver an effective stroke against an
adversary without at the same time
imperiling her own t1otation. This
is like having great gun that can
not be fired for fear it should burst,
and l apprehend that what applies
to the ram of the Camperdown would
apply equally to the ram of every
great battle ship in the British SER
vice.
Vessels specially designed for ram
ming need not be large nor costly,
and they would be free from all the
complications of battle ships. Per-
sonal dash, of which there is no
want in the British navy, would be
the chief quality required in direct
ing tn 4ir use, and the occasional loss
of such vessel would be Of small
Importance in comparison with that
of battle ship. / am therefore of
opinion that a considerable number
of inexpensive ram ships should form
an item in any future ship building
programme.
While on this subject | cannot re-
frain from expressing my apprehen-
sion as to the disastrous effect of
high explosive shells discharged in
vast numbers from quick firing guns
against the unarmored portions Of
our battle ships. The experiments
made some years ago with such shells
against the Resistance, which was an
armored ship of small value given up
for experiment, proved that such
shells would be competent to wreck
the unprotected plating down to, or
possibly below, the water level, and
that even where streak of armor was
applied at the water-line the damage
might be low enough down to cause
the ship to be flooded by the wash Of
the sea. 1t was proved also that
armor of small thickness insured the
bursting Of these shells harmlessly
outside of the ship, which, of course,
raises the question whether, if armor
has to be used at ALL it ought not to
be applied in varying thicknesses
over the whole ship.
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Stray Leaves,

II understand, said Mrs. Connois-
seur, as she swept into her seat at
the academy of music, that Herr
Sopolisbie is to play to night.
"Ain't that nice?" responded Mrs.
Parvenue Hes regular-master.
piece ON the fiddle, l understand.
"Ahem! yes; had you heard that
he has a Stradivarius?"
mo! is it possible?"
Il heard So"
where did the poor fellow get it?"
They say he got it a year or two
ago on the continent"
"Well, that's awful. Can't nothing
be doue for him? It seems as if the
cholera and all them dreadful diseases
comes from those dirty foreign
places"
Mrs. Connoisseur's face is a noe
turne in black and yellow.
No NAN is absolutely free from
hypocrisy.
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ABBLE BRIDEGROOM have supreme
sOl, but over which he exercises
Opposed to war against the
&h because knowing its futility,
is been forced into the field by
2ghting men of his race, who re-
the shedding Of blood as the law
Rir being.
aengula is the son of UmZiligaZi,
HmOre than sixty years ago re-
against Tchaka, the King Of
! jmziligazi, leaving Natal,
/ Tchaka brooked no rival, set
at first in the Transvaal, but
pressed by the Beers he crossed
LimpopO River and settled in
eIeIand. There in the heart OF
pcal Africa he established a
belle counterpart to the original
hngdom. When he was gath
70 his fathers Lobengula sue
to the rulership The author
Lobengula is absolute. His
Is law. About 300, 900 men.
b and Childen call him lord and
them not less than among his
0orS his authority is maintained
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'ne %, 600 lighting men who
'ie standing army and whose
form a military hierarchy by
loe government of the country
sI'eu on. The Matabele nation
I" Zulu in origin, in lam
ana IN customs, has greatly
t[Etated from the original Zulu
=! the Incorporation of the in
S'ioeS 1t has raided and con-
nom time to time. There are
EuuStrleS, the tribesmen living
l. oE The aSSegai and the cattle
F'eu on raids. On these expedi-
Tue men and old women are
o''u' the children and young
H. oeing carried away and
d Natabele by a hole made
nj III, asSegai in the lobe of the
EA nn' lads grow up recognizing
's country than that of the
'uo no other religion beside
An Intelligent Savage
l. u so is now 80 years old and
L - oOV pounds. He is 5 feet IL
H. \" height His natural dis
| Nv. Is said by some to be not
'"I oy others he is painted as
! Very SP intV3d and bloodthirsty.
Ii Son inteillgent and his mem
nos IhleUnlng wonderful. He is
b. Fnaiu-"orked man in the
lars r rom morning until night
&nionS' por0s from all parts of his
\ c cns, arranges the settlements
|.o taSes' judges criminals and
h. sC ~, farm business. He ia s'a y
A'Sdhtic scale, for he has
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until nightfall. Then he crept down
to the stream to battle his wounds. !"
Witchcraft forms an important
factor in the Matabele economy, and
greatly influences the King. To &C
cuse your enemy of being witch is a
simple and well-understood formula
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inc control and management of al,
natlon's cattle. He is the centar
rom which everything radiates and
20 "hlch all things converge in Mata-
oele land. The destruction OF a
plilaglng regiment or the death of =
cali at some obscure cattle most ara
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for comprising his death. Evidence
of guilt is not required, neither is the
accused party allowed to rebuff the
allegation brought against him.
Treachery, no matter how hideous,
murder, no matter how foul, is ex-
cused by the simple allegation that
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alike reported to him with minutest
details.
The Kings Audience Room.

A writer who has frequently visited
King Lobengula says that he walks
as he has never seen any other man
walk, moving his elephantine limbs
one after another, seemingly as if he
were planting them forever, rolling
his shoulders from side to side and
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Lobengula, Of
the Matabeles.
OF all the saw
age rulers of
our day there
is none who
stands forth so
picturesquely
as Lobengula.
He has all the
greatness a S
well as all Une
grOssness of the
savage and has
the misfortune
Of being the
victim of cir
cum S t a n C e s
over which he
is supposed to
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or beer, each can holding about gal
lon. The King consumes vast guam
Titles of beer, beef, and tobacco. After
feeding, he wipes his greasy fingers
on his bare legs.
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Ullc NlCUlLuS udu Dctu pldCUlC1uE
witchcraft. Lobengula himself is
continually travelling about lest he
should become the victim Of malig-
nant spells.
The Present War.
The present war between Lobengula
and the English was OccaSfOned by
raids made by the Kings armies into
the territory of the Mashonas, who
are under the protection of the South
Africa Company. Considerable fric,
tion has existed for years, since the
very time when f. G. Selous, the
famous South African hunter, led the
advance columns of the South African
Company into the land Of the
Mashonas. The company was en-
couraged in picking war with Loben
gula by Cecil Rhodes, the British
colonial Governor of South Africa,
who simply wanted the Kings terri.
tory. The English forces, with their
allies, number 4, 100 men, nearly all
of whom are mounted. Their main
ally is Khama, chief of the Bamang
wato tribe. He is Christian and
the most enlightened native ruler in
South Africa. Lobengulas troops
number 10000, but they are poorly
equipped, their weapons being the
assegai, shield and knob kerry, the
latter a long piece of wood with a
knob on one end. AT close quarters
this is good skull-cracking weapon.
The result of the conflict will be
destruction of the fighting force OF
Lobengula and the submission Of his
people to the British.
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WAR IN AFRICA
,o7 RFTWEEN CiVlLIZA-
Ian AND SAVAGERY,

trcnn Savage who Is Fighting the
/ l., the South of the Dark COnti-
/ - Mode of Life and His Awful
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THE messenger boy is welded te
his idles. -Glens Falls Republican.
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King Lobengula.

| u,ar between the English and
~ Natabeleland, South Afri-
concentrated the attention
/ ciriIized world on that cOun-
mystery and romance. There
kation and saVagery are once
in conflict, to result as all other
, ronAicts have resulted-in the
Nall Of savagery. The repreSen-
l. fthc one are clothed in the
H. ofnineteenth century prog
Ebose of the other are naked
|vield the shield and assegai
Ehot similarly as'their ancestors
Thousand or two thousand years
!, interesting amid this condi-
Rfthings to take a glance at the
4 figure in this drama, King
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At last. the poor wretch mustered
strength enough to crawl away, like
" broken snake, along the ground,
and he went and lay under a wagon
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No MAN is absolutely free from
hypocrisy.
The herald., 1893-08-09
THE TIDB is TURNING.

1t will doubtless be some time before
we hear the last OF weak banks in all
all parts of the United States going to
the wall, and of industrial institutions
that have been overweighted by expan-
sion and reckless expenditure closing
down but there is a system of adjust
ment and liquidation going on every
where which will bring business down
to healthy basis. When the bottom of
those kind OF mistakes mas been reached
there will be clear field open to the
energies and enterprise of the country,
aud business OF all kinds will be resumed
in business-like way, with wholesome,
conservative and safe methods guiding
it to success. We take the following
cheerful summing up of the situation
from the Call, remarking that it is not
30 much the want of money-great as
that is-as the sudden panic in public
confidence that precipitated condition
upon the country which might have
been brought about at any time. Says
the Gall:
IL l6 Pheasant to note that three iron
mills in Pennsylvania are about to re-
sume operations, thus giving work to
about 5000 men. The tide evidently has
turned. A panic without cause is pass
ing away. A large amount of property
has changed hands, but no real property
has disappeared. The depreciation in
stocks, of which 30 much has been said,
is mere readjustment OF values. Stocks
had got too high, and in the order of
things they had to come down. That a
great many men are hurt will be admit
ted. But there is as much wealth in the
country now as there was a year ago,
and the earth is doing her part to show
the annual increase. 1t will probably
appear in time that the money question
had nothing to do with the scare. The
proposition that the purchase of little
more than 500, 200, 900 of silver caussd a
jar upon the industries of the country is
absurd. If some securities come back
from Europe on account of the appre
hension that bonds might be paid in sil-
yer we have fewer interest bearing eecuri-
ties abroad in consequence. Manufac-
turers are without doubt apprehensive
The herald., 1893-08-09
g. A. X. ELECTIONS.

Sam Kutz Made Commander of the En-.
campmsnt a ssociation.
SANTA BARBARA, Aug. S.-The South
ern California G. A. R. encampmeni
association today elected the followinl
officers for the ensuing year Corlmand.
er, Sam Kutz, Los Angeles; senior vice.
commander. Captain Ollie, San Diego
junior vice-commsnder, @. A. Storke.
Santa Barbara; council of administra-
ton, Captain Wakely of Pasadena, Col
onel Brooker OF Los Angeles, Frank Nc.
Keerich of Santa Fs Springs, II. w.
Cowles of Los Angeles, Frank Hobart of
Ventura. M. M. Davis of Riverside, w.
H. Ssllada of Santa Barbara, j. W.
Francis of Los Angeles, NJ. G. Hibron of
Riverside. L. E. Laycock OF Los Ange-
les, 0. @. Carle Of Santa Paula.
The w. r. @. association elected the
following offieere: President, Mrs. John
Brooker. Los Angeles; senior vice.
president, Mrs. H. F. Hammer. Santa
Barbara; junior vice-president, Mrs.
Stewart, San Diego; treasurer, Mrs.
Kate Munson, Los Angeles; executive
board: Mrs. Rasey, Pasadena; Mrs.
Brady, Whittier; Mrs. Martha, Pomona; |;
Mrs. Moore. Santa Barbara; Mrs.
Proctor, Santa Paula.
At the camp grounds tonighs the w.
R. G. furnished a programme. Depart
ment Commander Seymour was one of
the speakers. Thursday closes the en-
campment.
The herald., 1893-08-09

ing OF the mines In the silver states
have worked their way into that city.
whilst many unemployed from the east,
who have been thrown out OF closed
mills and other works, have swelled the
number of the idle to alarming proper
tions. These men are all destitute, and
will not starve If they can help it. If
riots for bread or work on large scale
should start in Chicago, they will be fol-
lowed by uprisings in all the large
cities, where destitution and idleness
are now concentrated in appalling num-
bers. Ne one can tell to what such q
commotion would lead. Should it be.
come general in the large centers q reign
of anarchy and bloodshed would ensue.
When Mscaulay drew an awful picture
of the condition of Europe with its
dense populations of starving and reck-
less poor, he said that the United States
was happily free from such terrible con-
ditione, but would not remain so. de
appealed to the goth century for the
verifcation Of his words.
The herald., 1893-08-09

GIVE US the Times for downright au-
dacity of assertion and vacuity of reason.
1t has the temerity of the ostrich in q
sirocco, and shows the better part Of
itself when it discusses grave political
problems. With the self-sufficiency of q
footing owl it declares that all the evils
of the hour are due to the election of q
Democratic administration, and compla-
Gently ehaunts out lot of fapdoodle
about the country having for thirty
years sailed on the sea of calm and
continuous prosperity under Republican
rule. 1t grandiosely ignores the fact that
Hsrrison's administration, with its Nc
Kinley tariff abomination, laid broad
and deep the foundations for disloca.
tion of the business affairs of the Repub-
lie. before it was spat out of the mouths
of the people BY their overwhelming
condemnation. After driving the ship
of state into the quicksands OF danger,
the Republican party, with the Times at
its head, sits upon the shore of it's refuge
and laughs at the new crew that ID do
ing its best y gave the endangered craft
For thirty years, forsooth, the Republi.
can party carried the country on in pros.
perity without shadow to dim the lug
tre of it's splendid guidance How about
1873?
The herald., 1893-08-09

The fruit-growers of this state have
for year past been subjected to 3 fruit
ring in Chicago by which the prices OF
their consignmeDts have been manipu-
lated by small coterie OF purchasers.
This has been done in way that has
been most shameful. The houses to
which fruit has been consigned have
placed it on sale at an auction house
which held sales open only to body
known in Chicago as the Fruit Buyers
association, and outaide OF the members
OF this association all bids were refused.
The consequence mas been that tho buy
ers virtually fixed their own prices, and
the decline in the selling value of fruit
has gone down far below what it would
be under sales open to all. This is
shown by the TACT that last Satu rday
sale OF twenty carloads was made in
open auction by another than the house
that was in the conspiracy to boycott
all buyers outside of the association.
The prices realized were 25 per cent
greater than those offered at the boycott
sales. The peddlers, small fruit mer-
chants and many members of the asso-
ciation were present and bid against
each other, with the result stated. This
shows that the fruit-growers of this
state had allowed their business to fall
into the hands OF lot OF selfish hogs.
The herald., 1893-08-09
Splendid Issue.


The ILLUSTRATED Los ANGELES HERALD
very appropriately dsvotes its fret pages
to an article on Port Los Angeles, Civ
ing fine picture OF the great wharf of
the Southern Pacific, and also coast
map showing the geographical advan-
tages of Santa Monica and another map
showing the present commercial routes
retween America and Europe and the
prospective change in the event OF the
co -struction OF the Nicaragua canal.
We repeat, it is especially appropriate
to occupy the first page of this splendid
Issue OF the Herald with picture OF
the great pier at Santa Monica. This
wharf is by far the most important inn
provement OF the year in Southern Cali.
fornia, and the re-opening of this port
marks the starting point of commercial
ctnnections that will shift to Southern
California the great transportation line
that leads westward from Asia to
Santa Monica Outlook.
The herald., 1893-08-09

as to the action OF congress on the tariff,
and this unrest has been intensified by
silly talk about repeating the Sherman
silver. purchasing act. Except az an in
dication OF the policy congress will pur-
sue on the silver question, the repeal OF
the Sherman act is OF little Importance.
Those who have hastily come 10 the
conclusion that the silver act has been
the cause of all our ills do not take the
fact into consideration that the silver
purchased under 1t is in some
degree represented in the volume
of circulation by certificates. How
available tended to contraction which
produced the crisis it is difficult to see.
1t had doubtless the effect, from extra
neous and exceptional causes, to for a
time drain large amount Of gold to
Europe. But the natural course Of
trade and exchange has put stop to
that, and the tide Of gold has set in
again upon us. Nothing will contribute
to the resumption of healthy state OF
business all over the country so soon as
restoration of confidence. The condi.
tions warranting 1t exist and it cannot
delay in showing itself. The indications
are now that the crisis has reached it's
eliminating point, and that henceforth
a general improvement in all kinds of
industries and business will take place.
Congress may help, but it cannot pre-.
vent an early restoration of normal
timaa