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Land OF the Beers.

The Transvaal is the country 10.
Gated in the highlands of Southeast
Africa, officially the South African
Republic. The length of the country
from the Vaal River. its southern
boundary, to the Limporo River.
which marks its northern limit, is
over 400 miles, while line between
the extreme southern and eastern
points running from thirty-two de.
gress east longitude, reaches 700
miles, the area of the republic as a
whole being 119, l39 square miles.
The population was, Mt the rather
incomplete census of 1890, set down
ut 1912 Europeans, OF which half
consists OF the original Boer popula.
ton. The remainder are mostly Brit.
lsh born or British colonial emigrauts
from most OF the other European
Nations are also represented. The
native population in April, 1891. was
estimated at $40. IS, and the British
Indian population at 300.
The climate is, asa rule, healthy, and
In some parts exceptionally bracing.
The natural seaports of the Transvaal,
geographically speaking, are Delagoa
Bay aud Dunbar. From these ports
lines of railroad tap the centre of tho
State. San Francisco Chronicle.
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In view of the possibility Of war the
cipher code OF the State Department
IS receiving some attention. IT is said
to be so antiquated and SO easy OF
translation that it can be easily read
without the key.
During the negotiations with Chile
a few years ago in regard TO the in.
demnity, the Chilean Minister often
got tho dispatches from the State De-
partment to the American Minister
before the latter received them, and
on one occasion he interrupted prop
osition with the remark: '1 think
You have not seen your latest instruc-
tions Rom Washington II you wish
will furnish you witt copy"
The American Minister was Obliged
to make use, when he could, Of the
code of the Navy Department, which
Is said to be uutranslatable without
the key New York Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-04-07

AS there has been more or less dis.
cussion about the ages Of trees, it will
be gratifying TO know that n German
forester, who is considered as author.
ity, says that the oldest trees in Ger.
many are known to have lived nearly
600 years. The silver fir has -four.
ished for upward of 400 years, and
the evergreen oak has been known TO
i've 40 years, while other varieties of
oak are from 3l5 TO 800 years old
The larch has stood the storms and
shines Of 275 years, the red beech 245
the ash Ito, tho birch zoe, tho aspen
200. the mountain maple 22j, the elm
$50 and tho red alder lao years. Nov
York Ledger.
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African Climate.

AS for the climate, writes Henry NJ.
Stanley, describing the development
OF Africa, in the Century, it is no
worse than that found elsewhere in
tropic lands. The heat is not so great
as in India or rs 1T is sometimes in New
York in summer Fortunately, the
coast-belt on both sides of Africa,
where the heat is greatest, and where
the climate is most unhealthy, is mar
row. In four hours railway train at
ordinary speed would enable us to
cross it, and SO avoid the facilitating
temperature. Ascending the sides of
the coast range by the same means of
conveyance, we should in two hours
reach n rolling plain which gradually
rises in height from 300 to $500 feet
above the sea. Here the climate is
sensibly cooler, and the white man
can safely work six hours of the day
IN the open without fear OF sunstroke.
though he must not count on i'm
munity from fever. In some ten TO
twelve hours the traveller by train
would meet another steep rise, and
would find himself from 5000 to 5000
feet above the sea, on the broad CEN
trial plateau of the continent, which
varies from 600 to 1000 miles ncross.
1t is in this section that the areat
lakes, snowy mountains and tallest
bills are found. Here we have cold
nights and hot sun when the skies
are not clouded, though the air in the
shade is frequently cool enough for an
oVercoat; and 1T is on the immense up
land that the white man, when com
PEELED by circumstances, may find a
home
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-04-07
Tons OF Flour Gold.

Another remarkable story of . gold.
en- lake has come from Alaska, tt ether
with an ingenious scheme by which it is
proposed to get hold of the treasure
The claim consists of 1873 acres about
eight miles from Sitka, and is called
"Pande's Basin Placer Claim" With.
in the limits of the claim is n lake.
1000 yards long, 400 yards wide and
$50 feet deep. The lake is fed by
water from glacier, the constant &C.
ton Of which for centuries has brought
down from tho mounsains above lar2e
deposits of "hour" gold, and this has
oil, of necessity, been held within tho
boundaries OF the little body of water.
The action Of the glacier, the deepness
of the lake and the shallowness of tho
outlet, is the combination which is said
to have covered the bottom of the
lake with millions of dollars in flour
gold.
Assays OF the sand from the shores
OF the lake, made by assayers of the
Tacoma Smelling Company, show, SO
it Is claimed, that it WI produce tho
astonishing result of $50 a cubic yard,
while quartz from the lodges all
around the lake assay as high as s3S to
the ton. The statement that half y
cent a cubic yard will allow man TO
make $4,000 year will partly illus.
trate the enormous size of this find.
What is proposed, and will proba.
bly, be done, is to tap the rock wall Of
the lake on the lower side, so that the
water can be almost entirely drained
out. Then will be left q field Of Aour
gold.
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PITH AND POINT.

The cream of book is not obtained
oy skimming it.-Truth.
The small man may he n little TOO
much for you. Adams Freeman.
Chess playing Is scientific manner
81 wasting time Adams Freeman.
Those who would borrow trouble,
never have to go far to find IT, = RAM
Morn.
Diplomacy consists largely in back
ing down with dignity when you have
gone too far. Puck.
First Bunco Flow is bust.
nessP" Second Bunco Man-"Well,
it's suffering from want of confidence. >
Puck.
Prosecutor, viii you tell me who
was present when he defendant slapped
you in tho face?." Myself, your
Honor. "-Charivari.
Mapes-''Hav You q good memory
for dates?" Kicks-'Yes. All those
orientsl fruits give me such frightful
Indigestion. TO Date.
Every woman regards the COZ fession
OF young nan that he is striving to
be better man, as equivalent to o
proposal. -Atchison Globe.
Bruder -"Newbg seems plain mat.
ter-of-fact' fellow" Known - ''Yes;
but in reality he is an elaborate mat.
ter ot-fction fellow Truth.
She-"T thought you told me your
salary was fifty dollars n week?" He
-"Oh, no; said earned fifty, but
| only get ten. Yale Record.
Hojack-"What do You mean by
saying that he treated you like u
lord?" Tomdick -"He borrowed five
hundred dollars from me. Puck.
Fred's coign of vantage with fair Ellan,.ics
In his hard-earned reputation as n scholar
But Tom Is far more sure to win the prize
His coin Of vantage is the mighty dollar.
-ro-Date.
A household magazine says "few
persons know how to make bed
we'll. " We have often heard of per.
sons making an artesiRn well.-Nor
ristown Herald
Madam" remarked Rollingstone
Nomoss, 81 was not always as you see
me now. Once lolled in tho lap OF
luxury. j lived on Diamond street
and ate gold fish every morning for
breakfast. "-Philadclphia Record.
"Pa," said the humor1st's little son.
calling his fathers attention to two
hundred pound female bicyclist who
had just tumbled from her wheel:
would You call that "a great falling
oil In welght| "-Norristown Herald.
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O0stinacy Killed a Thriving Village

Chicago is composed of one largo
aggregation of buildings aud of num-
berless smaller collections, which be.
fore annexation we're denominated in
dependent cities or villages. Some of
these were manufacturing places only,
while others were merely lodging
places for workers in the greater city.
One of these, Cummings, was, six years
ago, most thriving iron manufactur.
ing town. Nails, especially, we're
turned out galore.
Then there arose trouble between
the employers and the employed. A
general strike came on, but the fac
tories continued to run, although
there were fights of almost daily oc-
currence between the strikers and
those who took their places. Many
were frightened by the constant menace
TO their peace, and departed for other
places. Soon the employers grow
weary of the strife-perhaps low prices
had somewhat to do with it-and
closed up their shops
Five years have since passed, and in
all this time the place has been dead
rs the ruins OF Ephcsus. No sound of
hammer has been heard, no fire oil
forge has been kindled What was
once thrifty and growing commu-
nifty has become mort, pulseless. This,
too, within the decentralization of n
great city OF 1000, 900 souls. New
York Press.
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NeneZnela's Riches.

The chief wealth OF Venezuela con-
sists in products of the soil, natural
aud cultivated. There are many Coz.
fee and cacao plantations in the noun
tain valleys near the coast, and coffee
to the value OF fourteen million dol
lars is exported yearly, which is dou.
bile the value of all other exports.
Among the other cultivated articles
are manloc, sugar, cocoanuts, maize
Indian corn), tobacco, wheat, cotton,
indigo, sweet potatoes and melons.
Canoes which ascend the upper Or
lnoco and its branches to the forested
region of the southeast bring down
rubber, vanilla anil tonka beans.
fruits, gums and drugs. The forests
are also rich in cabinet and dye woods,
useful tibers, from which cordaQe and
hammocks are made, and variety of
other products. The deadly arrow
poison called urari by the natives is
made In the district south of the Or
inoco.
The central plains OF the republic
form a vast grazing range which sup.
ports millions of horned cattle, horses
and asses. These herds are subject TO
great vicissitudes; they were reduced
to small fraction of their normal
size by the war for independence. and
again by the civil wars ending in 1868.
while vast numbers of horses and asses
were destroyed by murrain which
broke out in 1S43. Their numbers
have, however, been restored, and the
stock has been improved recently.
Sheep and goats are bred in the noun.
famous district of the northwest,
whence goatskins known as Curacon
KID are largely exported. p opular
Science Monthly.
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Wanted 10 Arrest MONKEYS.

There are three monkeysil Calcutta
just now which disport themselves
along the bank of the river near jug.
gernath, Chat, and, according TO n
serious charge preferred against them
to the police by several aggreved per-
sons, they are stated to be the great.
est thieves and robbers that disgrace
the City of Palaces. Considerable
amusement was caused the other day
when seven people, who had been
treated very badly by these monkeys,
walked into the Jorabagen thana and
IN all seriousness wished to lay
charge of theft and causing mischief
against the offenders. The Inspector
regretted he could not az. pit the
charge, and advised the complainants
to destroy the troublesome animals.
This suggestions they would not ADOPT
on account of religious scruples. Tho
inspector then advised the men to 90
to the police court and charge tho
monkeys with being burglars of n very
bad type, and apply for "A warrant Tor
their arrest. The deputation left to
consider the position of affairs. Pail
Mall Gazette.
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Into the Wilderness After Mu,k.ox.

On the seventh of July, 1898, l
landed at Fort Rae, an isolated and
insignificant station kept by chief
trader of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Rae lies sixty miles north of the main
body or the Great Slave Lake, and
about nine hundred miles north of the
last railway point. The main object
OF my journey to the Far North was
to obtain musk-ox for museum speci-
mems. / had chosen Rae as nv head
quarters, as 1T is the nearest post to
the Barren Ground, which occupies
the northeastern portion OF the CONT.
nent beyond a line drawn from the
mouth of the Churchill to the mouth
of the Mackenzie. The musk-ox are
now hunted by the Eskimo from sud.
sons Bay and the shores of Corona
ton Gulf, and by the Indians, from
Fort Good Hope to the eastern end of
the Great Slave Lake. They were
found ten years ago at the edge of the
timber, but cay have been hunted
during the lat few years for their
robes, until they have been driven
back from 100 to 200 miles beyond
the limit OF forest growth. -Scribner.
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Eject OF Centuries Of Foot Compression

81 want you to look at this foot, &"
said Professor Ward, OF the Natural
Science Department, taking out a
mummy leg. See the fourth toe il
IS longer than the big toe and the big
toe is not much IL any larger. You
will notice the same popularity abou.
the best Greek statues. ] made meas
urements Of the foot OF the Venus in
the Louvre. IL was just one-sixth o;
the height Of the statue and the fourth
toe was longer than the big toe. Cen
turtles OF COMPRISING the feet into
shoes OF unnatural design have altered
the shape of our feet and have in
creased the size OF our big toes. -
Rochester IN. " Posi-.
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Durable Bricks.

There is no building material so
durable as well-made bricks. In the
British Museum are bricks taken from
the buildings in Nineveh and Babylon
which show no sign of decay and dis
Indignation, although the anoients
did not burn or bake them, but dried
them In the sun. Tho baths of Cara
Gala and of Titus, of Rome, and the
Therm@, Of Diocietian, have endured
the rayages of time far better than
the stone of the Coliseum.
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Bw EBS.

Spider, spider! weave thy threat
Over living, over dead;
From early morn TO sunset red
Spin, spider, spin.
Over palaces and graves,
Over mounds where green grass waves,
Where stream the rushes laves,.
Spin, spider, spin.
Over novels black with Crime,
Over many scene OF crime,
Over many deed sublime,
Spin, spider, spin.
In late autumn's pleasant days,
With wide web and artful ways,
Sharing every fly that strays,
Spin, spider. sTin.
Dead man stretched on lonely bier,
Scarce soul dare venture near.
Feet pass quiet, stepped in fear,
Spin, spider, spin.
Over sorrow, over mirth,
Over everything on Garth,
Over death, and over birth,
Spin, spider, spin.
spin; this cobwebby old earth,
For that purpose gave thee birth;
Other deeds are nothing worth;
Spin, spider, spin.
Chambers Journal.
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This Prince Was a True prophet

Prince Napoleon, in 1870, was some
thing of prophet. When he heard
of the Emperor's declaration of war,
he hurried to St. Cloud and had a
stormy interview with the Emperor.
He didn't hesitate to say cit is the
Empress who has brought this upon
us, and the Emperor, while offended
at his frankness, admitted that "your
presentiments perhaps correspond with
mine" Then the Prince fred his last
shot and showed that though he
might go astray in many things, he
knew of the weakness of France and
the strength OF Germany. He turned
on his heel aud, with that bitterness
which he didn't hesitate to exhibit
when occasion required. said, $50 be
it, so be 1T Let us, however, make
haste to pack our possessions, for we
are already beaten" And so the re.
suit proved. New York Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-04-07

The old story of changing envelopes
by mistake was told in Washington
few days ago, only with variations. A
young man, whose income is by no
means sufficient TO keep up his style
Of living, received tailors bill. He
is engaged to a youug lady, who is tho
happy possessor Of comfortable bank
account. The young mans tailor sent
him a bill with the remark written on
il that it was long past dine. When
he received the bill he was engaged in
writing note TO his fiancee and in
some way had his attention called away
as soon as IL was finished. He returned
to his desk, placed the tailor's bill in
stead OF the note in au envelopes aud
directed It on his typewriter, which
fact was ell that saved him. When he
called she was very indignant, but he
was quick-witted and began beratinQ
the tailor for sending her al account
which he disputed in order 10 preiu.
dice her against him, out OF spite
because the young man would not paw
an unjust claim. The next inornins
the lover told the tailor oil abont the
affair, paid the bill and the maker OF
clothes helped him out by sending the
girl an apology, by which kindness no
obtained au order for two suits OF
clothes, Washington Post.
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Up-to.Dale Rabbits

Australia is progressive country
oven the rabbits are wide awake and
up TO date. Those which arc now in.
Testing Queensland have learned To
climb trees by their teeth, dovouring
the bark aud twigs to q height OF over
eight feet. Fences are Intellectual
against climbing rabbits.
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Navel Oranges.

1t has been shown that the tangerine
orange, and possibly some other
varieties, are formed through the eff
fort of the orange to make u secon Diary
growth ut the apex OF the original one,
only that 1T failed to make any orr.
ginal ut all. In other words, tho
tangerlne orange is well-developed
secondary fruit. How this can b.,
brought about NAV be readily under.
stood by carefully examining the
oranges known in the market as the
navel variety. In these cases a small
orange can often be found at the apex,
sometimes OF considerable size. When
the small one is largely developed, and
the larger one wholly suppressed, then
we have the tangerine. -Jpcksonville
(Fla.) News.
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LIFE'S VARIED stpGS.

There is merry side to lifo;
God put it in His plan,
A long wry lace is not a grace.
So laugh whenever you can.
There is happy side to life;
Look for it, dowucast mani
Don't NOPE and sigh; brace up and try,
For that's the wisest plan.
Perhaps there is mournful side,
Dark clouds we cant see through;
But keep up heart, aud do your part
Beyond, the skies are blue.
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made me sick for week, and after
that we were worse enemies than
ever.
u say We" continued Brown, "but
that is little too sweeping. BY what
process L know not, but from the mo-
ment L held her in my arms and
dragged her limp and dripping to
where her mother aud brother could
lay hands on her, felt-telt--"
You're sure she hates your"
'Oh, L have no doubt of it," said
Brown. al called. and that call com.
plctet my downfall. have
never had the same respect for myself
since"
And you think she hates your"
by ioye, L tell you she is getting
even with me for being the instru
ment of fate to rescue her from the
waves. That girl would thousand
times rather have died than owe her
life to my efforts"
Van Tweet thought for the briefest
OF moments, aud then looked up like
a physician who has reached a con-
cluslon at his patients bedside.
brown" he said, "you are either
fool or else you are perversely en-
tertaining-I will not even say be-
guillng-your heart with an interest
. ing illusion. You know that the girl
loves you, or else you are so blind
that 1t would be charitable to hold you
non compos mentis. Now, don't try
to bewilder my Judgment with a mass
OF pretty fancies conjured up Just be-
cause the girl has too much good sense
to fling herself into your arms the first
time you knock at her door. Your
COMPOUNDED pride does not allow YOU
to see that she is just as proud as you
are; but the right is all on her side,
and you are acting the part of a very
stupid assg if you will pardon my
pIainness, for not stripping off this
unbecomlng dignity at once and going
to her very humbly with plea for
pardon"
Pardon?" exclaimed Brown. 81 ask
pardon-IW
Van Tweet's eyes began to flash
angrily. "5ee, here. old man." he
suid, "this girl is far too good for you,
and you know it. Doyou stand there
and tell me that you love her, love
her to distraction, to rashness-
for you do-aud yet hold her too
cheaply to humiliate yourself by ask
ing her-what? whether she loves
you?"
But Brown insisted that he knew
what he knew, smote the side of his
chair with his fist, and declared that
nothing could alter his views. She
hated him, and was only waiting for
him to humble himself, like the rest
OF her suitors, so that she could give
him his quietus, and pay him of for
having saved her life.