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ind herself famous. Miss Kingsley is
modest, diffident little woman in So
ciety, however bravo and assertive she
may be in the JUNGLE and had no idea
that she was celebrity. Barring
Nine. Ida Pfeffer, who travelled about
the greater part Of the earth alone,
and Mrs. French-Sheldon, of America.
Miss Kingsley has made a record as an
explorer unapproachable by any wo-
man. She traveled:1n Africa from Old
Calabar through the French Gaboon,
penetrating the gorilla country of the
interior and proceeding up the Ogowe
River to N'Djole. It is dangerous
waste region and borders the country
of'the Fangwes, who have no cemeteries.
They not ssonly eat their own dead but
such stray strangers as they may for
tunately find. Miss Kingsley was re-
garded by this hospitable folk as
fetch, and was thus insured against
forming part of the bill of fare OF a
Fangwe banquet. She had much diff
ticulty to retain her eight or ten na-
tive attendants however, and it was
only by strong threats of punishment
by the French Government that she
saved the lives of her men. She came
across Nation of vicious dwarfs near
the Fangwes. These were mole dan.
gerous than their man-eating neigh
bors, but Miss Kingsley's party evaded
the poisoned arrows and maintained
the full integrity of the muster roll.
Her chief feats were the navigating o;
Lake Meow, hitherto unexplored, the
crossing of the Sierra del CristaI
Mountains, and canoeing down the
Rumbi River. During all her travels
Miss Kingsley's health was in perfect
condition.
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lay dead round the Dutch laager the
stream flowing by, ever since called
the Blood River, ran crsmson; and
the power of Dingaan and his nation
was for years broken. To this hour
the Transvaal Dutch annually meet to
celebrate ''Dingaan's Day." and re-
turn humble thanks for their crown
ing mercy, that wonderful victory over
the Zulu host.
In their warfare with the Zulus, in
the country now called Natal, the
Dutch farmers used that plan of bat
tle-laagering their wagons IN square
which has been found ever
since an invaluable aid against the
over-powering numbers of savage
tribes. Only SO lately as in the Mat
abele war this old Boer method was
adopted; and by its use-aided OF
course, immensely by Maxim guns
the colonists of Mashonaland won thei,
brilliant victories, and destroyed the
long and cruel Matabele tyranny.
About this same period-lS36- 81
another great portion of the Grea,
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Trek made its way into the present
territory of the Orange Free State,
and thence, crossing the Vaai, sue
ceeded, after some bloody and dis
astrous reverses, in driving Moseiikatse
Gather of Lohengula) beyond the Linn
popo into the country now called
Matabeleland. Noselikatse was then
the most redoubted native captain in
South Africa, and his men, almost all
bred Zulus, who had migrated
from Zululand with him in q body,
were as fearless, as fierce, as cruel, and
as highly trained as Chaka's and Din
gaan's finest warriors. Yet the Trek
Beers vanquished Moseiikatse as they
had vanquished Dingaan, and took
possession of that fair and rich coun-
try pow called Transvaal.
One battle was fought in laager
against Moselikatse's Matabele hordes.
! There were but forty grown Dutchmen
in the camp, but the women and even
the children president Kruger, then
u boy, was, believe, among the num-
ber) served in the defence, loading
the long smooth bore guns as fast as
| they were emptied, and the Beers
finally beat off their savage enemy with
great loss. After this fight reinforce
ments came in and small bands OF
mounted farmers attacked the Mata-
+ belle in their own kraals
In the last of these daring cam
paigns 135 Beers followed up and fell
upon Moslikatse in person on the
| Marico River. Mosklikatse commanded
no fewer than 10, 900 of his finest sol
niers. Fierce as they were, however.
they lacked horses and guns, and
found themselves no match for the
mounted Dutch farmers, all fine game
shots, and all imbued with an III
vincible determination. For more
than week the Beers, with nothing
but biltong (sun dried game meat) tc
eat, and no bed E1t the bare veldt
harried and harassed the Matabel
hosts. A;,ain and again the Matabel
tried to entrap their active opponents
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According to Mr.. Peterson, an expert
dog trainer in London, the life of a per-
forming dog extends to about eight or
ten years. The education of dog for
the stage, according to Mr.. Petersen's
ideas should not commence before the
animal is year old, and generally lasts
for year Some animals, however.
are quicker than others, and a dog found
in the streets repaid his rescuers from
the lethal chamber by picking up all
that was taught him and going on the
stage in three months
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the turn plow with a bull-tongue in
the same furrow, and he makes good
crops whether it rains or not. NV
good neighbor, Widow Fields, has no
hydrant in her garden, but she always
has the finest garden in the town, and
the secret is deep plowing and
fertilizlng. / can overlook her
work from my window, and
it excites me to keep in hailing dis
tance. She has an acre in the highest
state of cultivation, and will make
more on it than will be made on fifty
acres of that land below Marietta.
Work on the gardens must not stop.
Keep planting successive crops every
ten days or two weeks, and have a
fresh supply. a good, arge family
can live well on an acre ft r five months
IN the year. Raise your own straw
berries and raspberries and buy wild
berries enough for jam and jelly.
Then, If you have grapes and peaches
around, you can live like prince and
always have someth ng nice for COM
pany. A few flpw,ls IN the garden
Will he p to make it attractive; and
my wife wants all the old fashioned
herbs, like sage and mint and balm
and thyme and calamus and camomlle.
| She has horse radish enough for
hotel.
| Gardening is the first work of which
we have any history, and it is the most
pleasant and healthy of all occupations.
If q man is good gardener he will be
good farmer. As you travel overland
through the country you can tell a
good farmer by looking at his garden,
just as you can tell good wife and
daughter by looking at the flowers and
vines in the front yard. They are a
sign of good taste and refinement and
good housekeeping and contentment.
They save doctor bills, for half the dis
eases come from diseased minds
mental misery-borrowingt trouble and
nursing it. The cultivation of flowers
is good tonic for indigestion. I have
noticed that the people who are the
most diligent in such occupations are
the least concerned about politics and
silver and gold and the next president
ial election. The farm and the home
absorb them, and are bigger thing
than the spoils of office. The average
politician wants something for nothing.
As Cobe says, "He is just sidewiping
around hunting the photography of an
Office" and when he gets it the frs.
lesson he learns is how to log-roll.
He will vote for anybody's bill if they
will vote for his. You tickle me and
I will tickle you is the motto. and they
call it a compromise of conflicting
interests. Congress has at last voted
every member private secretary with
81, 200 salary. Merciful heavens! When
will this thing stop? Now let them
apply for receiver and sell out the
concern.
But am off the subject, and will
get in a bad frame of mind and have a
fit of indigestion; and so I will quit
and go to my garden, where am
always calm and 'serene.-BILL ARP,
, in Atlanta Constitution
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do it--in their feverish search for for
tune they have not the time.
And yet this farmer of the wilder
ness, rough and uncouth, and often
surly and suspicious as he is, has Il
great and stirring history behind him
in South Africa, of which he is and
has right to be proud. He and his
have struggled, and :trekkel, and
warred, and been massacred, and have
suffered in blood and purse and pas
toral wealth these 250 years past. I
doubt whether an equal number of
English peasants, farmers, soldiers and
settlers, if they had been planted at
the Cape in 1862, as the early Dutch
were, would have emerged from the
long struggle so little spoiled, and
having lost so little of their National
characteristics.
The Dutch Afrikanders are still Of
pure European blood, they still cling
with the simplest and sublimest faith
to the literal teaching of their Bibles,
still cherish with deep affection their
wives and families, still go about
their herding and hunting and trek
king in the old slow, unconquerable,
dogged spirit of their ancestors, still
turn their faces north, and as their
pastures grow small and crowded,
trek for new lands with undimmed
hope and vigor.
In the "Great Trek" as it is called,
hundreds of farmers quilted Cape
Colony, selling their farms for any
thing they would fetch in forced
market, and, with their families be-
slowed in their wagons and their
focks and herds around them. crossed
the Orange River and sought new
homes and pastures. The present re
publics of the Transvaal and Orange
Free State owe their origin to this
movement.
The history of the Great Trek, if il
ever comes to be written, will furnist
one of the most inspiring of epicS
These despised aud slow-moving Dutcl
farmers, armed with only tlintlocl
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by the sheer terror of his name and
arms, to the 'sVoor-Trekkert." We
English, in miserably mismanaged
war, and after shameful peace, have
had our bad moments with the Trans
vaal Beers. But, now that tire has
somewhat assuaged the bitter memories
Of Maluba Hill, those of us who know
and appreciate the sterling qualities
of the Boer character-the stubborn
determination, the simple yet sublime
faith, the deep love of sons land" as
they call the country of their adoption
cannot deny to these rude farmers
their need of praise.
For years after the battles with the
Zulu and Matabele tribes the Beers as
body settled themselves quietly in
the Orange Free State and Transvaal,
peopling the country, growing their
crops, and amassing great flocks and
| herds.
The more adventurous spirits among
them-the elephant hunters-went
annually into the hunting veldt, and
when they had denuded their own
country of great game, trekked far
atield in every direction in pursuit OF
ivory. 1t has been the custom to
| charge the average Boer with lack of
| courage. I cannot follow this imputa-
ton. The Afrikander Dutchman is,
will grant, inert and hard to
move. Even in the agitation among
the Transvaal farmers, before the
1 in NH oh
a large proportion of the popula-
tion viewed the British annexation
with extreme anger and indignation,
they were very slow to go ''out" AS
in former struggles, the vrouws did an
immense deal in screwing up their
husbands to the fighting point. The
Dutch wife has great influence over
her man; she is usually possessed of
lndomitable spirit and determination !;
and in moments of danger and diff
Guilty she counts for a good deal in
South African movements.
When the Beers finally took the
field in 1881, they fought we'll, as
even we ourselves must admit. 1t is
no light matter to take up arms sue
cessfully against the strength of Brit
ain as these farmers did. By series
of lucky accidents, the Beers found
arrayed against them troops weak in
numbers, mostly consisting of young
and unseasoned soldiers, led by Gen
eral who, after a series of extraordi'
nary blunders, paid with his own life
the penalty of rashness and lack OF
judgment.
At Laing's Mex and Ingogo Rive,
the Beers undoubtedly had our men al
immense disadvantage, and by the
: help of their very excellent shooting
: scored their victories. But at Majubs
! Hill, where less than $50 Dutchmer
,, stormed mountain held by 400 Brit
ish troops and defeated them with the
loss of their General, six officers, ano
ninety men killed and a large number
wounded, want of courage can scarcely
be charged against these ignorant
undrilled farmers. They themselve'
still look upon that event in theil
simple way as more an act of Goo
;, than of their own courage. Nor, II
the far more desperate fighting agains
,, the Zulus and Matabele during tn
. Great Trek, can want of courage b'
urged against the frontier Beers.
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A FOur.DOllar Bill.

Yesterday forenoon a man appeared
at the Sub-Treasury and presented a
four-dollar bill of the old "Continental
currency" for redemption. He hit
Bert Farrar, the paying teller, and
nearly paralyzed that person by ask
ing so, 900 in liquidation of the an
cient obligation. He obtained that
result by figuring compound interest
from the date of issue, 1777, and was
displeased when Mr.. Farrar suggested
that "ten cents per 100 pounds" was
about the probable value of such stuff.
Finding that neither SO, 900 nor any
other sum was forthcoming, he gath
cred up his precious possession and
sorrowfully departed.-St. Loui.
Globe-Democrat.
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Rubber-Cushioned Horseshoe.

Nothing is SO hard on horse as an
asphalt pavement, and an inventive
genius has produced to offset the evils
thereof rubber cushioned horseshoe.
1t consists of forged-steel frame,
pierced with Stats, through and around
which a rubber cushion is vulanlzed
to form compact and solid but elias
tic shoe, composed partly of rubber
and partly Of steel. The rubber takes
the conclusion of the foot on the
pavement off the hoof, leg and shoul-
der of the horse. The rubber also
prevents slipping on smooth pave
ments,
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THE STRANGE STORT OF A RISG

THE STRANGE STORT OF RI&6.
1t is stated upon what appears to BE-
good au hority that in one OF the parks in
the Spanish capital city OF Madrid a mag
nifcent ring hangs by silken cord about
the neck of the statue Of the Maid OF AL
modma, the patron saint OF Madrid. This
ring, though set with diamonds and pearls,
is nevertheless entirely unguarded. The
police pay no attention to it, nor is there
any provision made for watching it by
special officers, because it is not believed
that any thief, however daring, would
venture to appropriate it to his own use;
and when the history OF the ring is con-
sidered, it is hardly to be wondered at
that superstitious people prefer to give
it wide berth. According to the story
that is told of it, the ring was made for
King Alfonso XII, the father of the pres
ent boy King Of Spain. Alfonso pre-
sented it to his cousin Mercedes on lhe
day OF their betrothal. How short her
married life was ali know; and on her
death the King presented the ring to his
grandmother, Queen Christina. Shortly
afterwards Queen Christina died, and the
King gave the ring to his sister, the In
fanta del Pillar, who died within the
month following. The ring was then
given to the youngest daughter of the
Due de Montpensier In less than three
months she died, and Alfonso, by this
time fearing that there was some unlucky
omen connected with the bauble, put il
away in his own treasure-box. In less
than year the King himself died, and 1t
was deemed best to put the ring away
from all the living Hence it was hung
about he neck of the bronze effigy of the
Maid of Almodma, where it appears to be
as safe as though surrounded by Gordon
| of poliCe.
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BOER TRAITS.
THEiE PRESENT CHARACTER
AND PAST ACHIEVEMENTS.
The Farmers OF the Transvaal vii
dcrness Have Il Stirring History
The Great Irek-How They
Conquered the Zulus.

X MONG all the white men now
n thronglng johannesburg and
~ other parts of the Transvaal
III search of gold, writes a
correspondent of the London Times.
how many can say with truth that they
know anything OF the Dutch farmer? :?
Not one man in hundred. They will
sneer at him, laugh at his gutteral
tongue and his heavy, uncooth ways,
rail at his Government; but as tor
taking the trouble to acquire his Ian
guase and find out something of the
inner heart of the man. they will not
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to bring them to close quarters, when
their stabbing assegais might be
brought into play. But the mounted
men always evaded them, and at
length, after losing large numbers OF
warriors, Moselikatse gave up the con:
test, retreatins beyond the Limpopo,
and left the whole vast territory OF
the Transyaal, which he had long held
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guns, 'safter suffering cruel reverses
and the bloodiest treachery, met and
conquered the whole Zulu army, then
at the height of its strength and mill
tary discipline. Fewer than $50 Beers
successfully resisted $4,000 of the
nercest Zulu warriors. At the close
OF that Sunday morning battle, fought
upsn December 16, 1888, 5000 Zul,ls
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THRGRIZING.

They were discussing the new boarder.
"tie slips in and out of the house so
quietly" said the widow. that | think
he must have been married man once"
Maybe it is that" said Mrs. Hashcroft,
as a troubled look came over her lace,
land NAV be he is in the habit of getting
behind with his board"
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A STANLEY AMONG WOMEN.
Miss Mary Kingsley's Feats as an
African Traveller.

Miss Mary Kingsley, niece of the
reorganization, has been accorded
rank with Livingstone, Speke, Grant.
Burton, Cameron, johnson, Selous
and Stanley. She has just returned
from long journey of exploration in
West Africa, and is much surprised to
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General LOngstreet's Account.

General James Longstreet, the ex-
Confederate veteran who took prom
inent part in the Civil War, has writ
ten history of that momentous
struggle. It is called "From Man
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Lightness and simplicity of construc-
tion seem to be its best points. The
rider, being suspended below the
machines center OF gravity, maintains
q level seat whatever the seat or grade.
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assas to Appomattox, and the Chi
cago Times-Herald says that it is
''a truthful, impartial and unfevered
account of the Confederate sides tactics
and movements during the war;"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-15

Hills, the forests of Montana, Idaho,
Eastern Washington, the Blue Mountains.
the Cascades in Oregon and Washington.
the Olympics, and finally the Mount
Shasta and other regions in California.
81 suppose there is no man in California
who has personally seen more or as much
of the State as 1 have. While in charge
of the Geological Survey in the early days
l footed it over the mountains for some
thing near 1000 miles, and also rode on
horse back and muleback over 10000 miles
more.
81 want to say word about Mount
Shasta. When we were there recently,
looking about for several days, we found
the region greatly denuded of its trees
that once added so much to its beauty.
We counted thirty mills about there that
had used this timber. Every where great
waste was shown. Lands had been made
worthless for future use. and some of it
had reverted to the Government because
the taxes were unpaid.
II notice the same thing has occurred in
other parts of the State. The water sup
ply has, because of the ruthless destruc-
ton OF the trees, been reduced 40 per cent
while the general damage is much greater.
Lands that was once fertile in the little
valleys and produced crops are now dry
and deserted.
"And, as in the case of Mount Shasta,
much of the beauty as a resort has been
destroyed. Had the forests been pre-
served tourists would go there in large
numbers each year and they would be a
constant source of revenue. Californians
should wake up and take care of their
forests
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slueratlon OF Sunday-school work. Metho-
dlst peooie were also reco mmended 10
patronize the book concern.
The temperance committee, by Rev. J.
w. sim mons, in its report called all per-
sons engaged in LIQUOR traffic criminals.
DR.. J. K. Mclean, representing the
congregational Association, arrived to-day
to prevent the proposition of interdenom-
national comfy to the conference. The
committee to whom the matter was re-
ferred reported at the evening session
against cooperation en- the interdenoml-
against the genius and comfy OF the
Methodist church. a vigorous. broad
gauge speech was delivered by Rev. Z. z.
BENNETT who moved that a committee be
appointed to take the matter under delib-
crate consideration and report at the next
conference. On motion of Rev. DR.. F1l.
ben, the presiding elders were instructed
to oppoint standing committee Olive for
this purpose.
Some cogs have slipped in the matter of
appointments. Bishop Foss sent word to
the conference about 5 o'clock this after
noon that he would not announce the APP
pointments to-day. This meant that con-
ference would have to adjourn till to- NOR
row. An extra days session is something
that has not been had before in years.
The Ladies Aid, Mrs. Rev. NJ. d. Buck
presiding, held meeting in the forenoon
and decided to ask for a place on next
years conference programme, and Mrs.
William Abbott and Mrs. G. ]. Hardy
were appointed committee on constitu-
ton and bylaws to report at the next an
nual meeting.
Chairman G. w. Beatty's report of the
committee On statistics shows: Mum Der
on rotation, 2300; members in full, II, 900;
total membership, Is. 300; number of Sum
day-schools, 264; membership of schools,
4.386; library books, q, 600; paid on build
ing and improvements, $4,000; paid on
old lnde btedness, $15. ZOO; paid III salaries.
$132, 500. The membership and Sunday
schools show an increase, but the benevo-
lent collections and salaries show a de-
crease.
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THE LETTER NOT 4 WILL.
Decision Rendered iM the CONTEXT for tn
Meade Estate.

Decision Rendered in the Contest for The
Meade Estate.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Sept. 14-Dr. Eutha-
nasia s. Meade, practicing physician of
this city, died very suddenly some months
ago leaving an estate valued at over
SIC, 900. No will could be found among
her effects and her only known relative
was brother, Porter sherman of Kansas
City, Kans. Shortly after her death a
mother of the deceased, Mrs. Patience
Sherman of North Michigan, filed a petit
ton for letters of administration on her
daughters estate. Subsequently letter
Mrs. Meade had left for w. L. Wood
row, an undertaken, giving directions for
the cremation OF her body, was filed for
probate as the last will and testament of
the dececeased by Public Administrator
Secord.
In the letter Mrs. Meade stated that the
only one she cared to have advised of her
death was her brother, Porter Sherman of
Kansas City, Kans. The last paragraph
of the letter, and by which it was claimed
the document was her last will, is as fol-
lows:
Ny brother, Porter Sherman, win take charge
OF nv estate and be the sole admins traitor
without bonds, to trade, sell or occupy, as may
seem to him ut.
Judge Reynolds this morning rendered
decision in the matter, sustaining the
demurrer filed by Mrs. Patience Sherman
to the petition of the Public Administra-
tor, and dismissed the petition. The court
held there was no word which could be
applied to make the letter will such as
the law requires, and being SO materially
deficient it could not be recognized as a
will. An appeal will probably be taken to
the Supreme Court.