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across the boundary to feed on Canada's
grass. Such depreclatlons arc carefully
watched by the mounted police. They
patrol the international line weekly and
arrest such cowboys as have their stock.
on the wrong side. They say that all
stock that comes into Canada pays duty,
and they carefully examine all cattle
brought In for tube rculosis, Texas fever
and other diseases.
In tho past there was n great deal Of
smuggling of Chinese through Canada into
the United States. and some OF this goes
on to-day. There are numerous trails
through tho mountains Of British Column
bia, and If the Chinese can escape paying
tho duty which is now charged by Cana
da on each Celestial immigrant they are
liable TO find their way into our coun-
try.
Opium smuggling is another crime fire.
u,,ently perpetrated, The opium Is said to
be prepared at Victoria and carried across
In small packages. The duty is very high
and it. does not take many pounds to bring
n profit to the smuggler of q thousand dol
lars. Our customs officers are on the
watch against such criminals and the Ca
madam government does all 1t can to help
them. There are custom houses at oil
boundary points. and tho American con-
sui Is stationed at almost every town OF
size.
Nevertheless there 10 a great deal OF
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smuggling from Canada intoithc United
States I have bought goods in Ottawa
and have had the merchants tell me that
they could send anything over to me free
of duty at any time chose to order IT..
"a lady friend OF mino examined n fine fur
cloak In Z Quebec the other day. The price
was several hundred dollars and she told
the merchant she could not afford TO take
it aud pay the dsty. he replied that
she need not worry about that, and that
ne would deliver it TO her ut her home
In New York duty free on any day she
chose to name. & & Is
How the Boundary is Defended.
1t is said that Europe Is like an armed
camp. It's every country has fortiflcotions
Mt the places where it could most easily
be attacked by its neghbors and enor-
nous military establishments are kept UP
with vlew{to possible wars This limo
of three thousand miles or moro between
Canada and the United States Is prncti-
cally free from military defenses. There.
is u great fort at Quebec, with old guns
and few soldiers, There is q conlng
station at Eskuimalt, in British Columbia,
which until last year was garrisoned by
British troops, but which Is now held en-
tirely BY Canadians. Tho British, In fact,
have withdrawn their forces from Can
ada, and from now on the Canadians will
handle their own military establishments
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CITY OFFICIAL WHO HAS
NEVER HAD A HOLIDAY

There Is at least one city official In
the United States who has never en-
ioycd the sensation or 4 holiday, and
that popular individual is Mr.. Ben. r.
August, the efficient city clerk OF Rich
mond, who has held the once LOT man!
years.
Mr.. August has held his present Of
flee long time, and prior to entering
upon It's duties was clerk to the coun-
ell committees and sc1geant-at-arr Or
tho body. There arc two things which
Mr. August strenuously peraists IN not
doing-onc Is to ask for a raise Of sal
AIRY and the other to take vacation.
He is satisfied with his position In life,
ami It IL considered an enviable one by
all who know OF It, but Mr.. AUGUST per-
forms THE duties with such fidelity. ac-,
,curacy and expedition that It would be
sdercd the height OF folly for any
one to offer against him. II he should
have the good fortune to live and keep
his present faculties for hundred
years longer. It would be the same old
on merit, for no municipality ever nad
n more faithful public servant
Mr. August Is regular In all his habits,
and IS at HIS office always with promp.-
ness every morning, remaining, often tar
into the night. with only a brief sur
cease for lunch His system of keep
ing his records is unique and perfect and
has been so characterized by some or
the best clerks In the United States.
Mr.. August has often been npor-
tuned by members OF the council to
take a little holiday now and then, but
he invariably replies: II would prefer
to stay here and work." He is now in
the prime Of life and Is a man Of splen-
did health and physique.
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promise was reached on the superstition
that II Richmond ever grew west ut all
Its growth would be only along Grace and
Franklin Streets, aud possibly along hIaiIii
nntl Cary, and so, they argued that Il
there could In ages to come be ally ful-S
fllmcnt OF the prophecy of the optimistic
commissioner. the penitentiary wheresit
now is would forever be out Of reach Of
,Richmond's growth and In the midst OF
an abundance Of cheap land that could
always be bought In acre lots at low
down Figures The optinist WIS satisfied
with the compromise, and IT Is said that
lie died. some years later happy IN the
belief that by his bull -hendedncss lie had
been instrumental In, II not entirely re-
sponsbe for, The work Of locating the
state prison way out In the suburbs 81
Richmond land that It would be I'm the
suburbs ,ntil Gabriel should come 70 70
blow his horn. # n. 81
There are probably some Optimistic
people In Richmond to-day who think
Home Place. Glen Allen and Ashland Will
always be suburban. And yet they may
live to SEQ all Of these right in town
tho same town that the penitentiary Is
.;,,t al IS Val ? Az
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flowing water and crying out III ecstacy
ut the moisture thnt never passed their
lips Or{uttcring sharp curses MS their
dreams faded into the nothing from
which they came. Others still watched
with u hopo that soon settled lhto{a
grim despair. u sasa Il a. III HI e
The sun dawncd bright ana golden IN
tho Eastern seas, flooding all the water
IN II golden stream. AS 1t mounted
higher In the heavens, tie suffering and
hcut Increased until three OF the crew
Jumped overheard ravng 1ranincs
Boys said a the bosn at lnstA
there is but ono thing for ,is to do. One
OF us must die for tho others. It has
been done before, and who knows but
that we may soon catch Il passing. ship? 2"
All the crew ncqulesced with mods, save
the woman, WHO looked OH wlld-cyed and
dumb. n e.. .5f.
"ss,all We draw for the Kid. too 2" asked
ono Of tic men IN q whisper.
yes" the bos'n answered IN dumb
show, ana tho lottery for life proceeded.
f'"rle kid 1t Isl cacklcd tho boats Off
Ger, with n mnnlncal laugh. his lips
lfrotlcd will, specks Of blood. lie waved
his dirk franticnlly and staggered towards
tile shrickng woman.
35"Ahn!" he yelled, nourIshing the knife,
s"wc'll have the kid. Come, give It UNI
An no. not my little baby came from
the split lips the motcr; mot my little
BABY" The raving man still advanced.
his eyes dancing with the flame OF his
thirst. All reason was utterly lost, and
with one movement the whole crew turned
toward the lone mother. s III
With n wild laugh the woman c1ntchc0
tic babe to her breast and sprang to the
boats side. vYavcring for an instant, she
hung herself forward, and babe and
mother pitched into the gistcning sea.
Again the black fin rose TO the surface,
and tlc crimson streak showed that the
greedy fish had been ready for thhe prey.
BOAT nhoyW cried the man at the top
mast OF tho brigalItinc 'Seabrceze."
Boat nhoy on tho starboard side The
good ship put about, and the captains
gig was lowered and rowed to where n
torn sail Tapped idly n mile ahead.
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Indeed, Canada has practi-
cally no defenscs along the land boundary
to speak OF, and it Is the same with the
United States According to our treaty
neither nation can keen more than one
naval vessel on the great lakes, and this
Is more for police duties than for lionhl
protection. Neither country Is afraid OF
the other: neither keeps large military
force, and the relations which now pre-
vail and have always prevailed between
the two lead to the belief that we VIII
always have international peace.
"A Bit of Unwritten History.
Speaking Of the possibility OF II war be.
tween tho United States and Canada, !
heard an official secret the other night as
to the position taken by the Canadian
Pacific Railroad when Cleveland issued
Ills offensive Venezuelan proclamation.
AT that time the feeling against the
United States on the part Of Great Britain
was such that war seemed Imminent
The officials of the Canadian Pacific Itail-
road realized this, and they had their
agents In London and Washington In
structcd that they should be tecgrnphed
my change of conditions. They realized
thnt If II war should be declared by Great
Britain against the United States. ona
of our first acts would be to send an
army across the boundary to capture tho
Canadian Pacific Railroad. and they to
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.sOLICITOUS FRIENDS MAXI u
LIFE a DREARY BURDEN

Hello. Jack; what's the matter With q
your arn?" III 81 s3s3S
The query came from one young man
to another. Both we're standing in the
lobby Of hotel in the city. 81
Its not the arm so much as the hands,
T injured tho thumb" e. sz
l3j2"r say, Jack old fellow, what the K
thunder is wrong with the wing? Been
yaccnated'? second man asked,5&
walking into the two standing people.
IT was Just telling Jimmie here that
I injured the thumb on a rusty wire wire
and 544 55af y mo
Great Scott. who in blazes has been
binginE yo,, around? Enjoyed q holiday
fishing, chg" Tho third qucstioner had
appeared w
a fence and n rusty wire stuck into he i
thumb. Blood poisoning--''s III a .SSE
Gee, that's too bad. Hope you WON'T 4!
have to cut 1t off5aWhen CID IT happen !335g4
the trio exclaimed. AMI "A 5i 81 n
sSt H Y. ~
lead socks, kid, whats wrong now.?'ssS$
Fell on d wagon and broke the arm? 5Big58$
5.tNo, 1t is not the arm, but the hand W:
i was getting over a fence iJ Il f25
"IIello. Jack: sorry to see you la me-
What's tho matter? I'D 81 95 L Fl ii al il n .Sg
Getting over s,s3 Ell N, 3s
AWAIT a minute, Harry: here's Jack
the trouble? What Is 1t. Jack ~ sSs
Getting over a. fence.----''''3sfs 8
4 "stuck the nail in hand 81
."rhat's too bad. Did It hurt much '''ttS3ig8
.''-hand swelled up like I$55s.
don't tell me so! SSa
stuffed olive and got red up ~. III
well, I'll be dinged II you amt lame
What's the trouble, old man aS IS a883ss
the arm and blood poisoning set !7s5a
and II # 53.i$ b5
That's awful; will the doctors cut the &
hand Or the arm off?', N
had to have 1t treated nd lii.E 585iG 8s$
II say old man, what's the nlatters
with yourtarm? | asked you twice hefc.ss#
Amt dumb. are your w ISL ss4s
now It Is getting we'll, but I lsbe8
burned IL ! ain't tired answering these#
questions.
Moral.-When you get hurt put th1E
complete details in some newspa pc y q Il
once and save time and worry. si
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what better than our American nrincesscs.
even though tho latter be the daughters
OF money kings, Indeed. there Is what
might be called an American colony lin /
9Winnineg whose members flock by them
selves and who, In many cases., feel that
they are unwelcome among tho fashion,
able four hundred of the pure Canadians.
This American colony Is rapidly growing
and the male members OF it are among
the chief men Of the city. They have all
ready a high financial standing and In
the coming development will probably hold
their place among the richest men OF the
West Their wives arc we'll educated ana
are fully the equals OF the Condolences, #
In tho other cities of western Canada
the ladies OF the two nations are more
closely associated and the Americans are
even moro popular than the English The
fashions here come from the United States
and the home life Of the people Is about
the same. Nearly every town has its
woman's clubs of literary and social
nature and many have clubs for golt
and other sports.
The Aristocracy of the Dollar.
Indeed, about tho only aristocracy in
Canada Is the arstocracy OF the dollar
The Canucks worship 1t quite as much
as the Yankees and they bend their
knees even more humbly before It.
This Is especially 80 IN tho case Of thu "
managers and officials OF the chartered
banks. who nre In Canada, more than y
anything else, tho visible emblems OF the
golden calf. These people have a posi-. 4
tlon OF their own and are quite on tho 4
top OF the social heap. In the smaller
cities the bank manager and his wife
lead tho social circle. and the $50 a q
month bank clerk thinks himself above
tho dry goods salesman who may have
twice his brains and three times his
salary. For, why, the latter are in@B
trade
IN addition to the bank clerks and capi-
talists is the small society of nobility
made so by the favor of Great Britain, 8
At the head of this Is the governors
general, Earl Grey u silnon-pure nos
bleman appointed By the king Next
to him are few sirs who have earned 4
their titles by service to the country.
These nre chiefly railroad officials, or
such men as Lord strathcona, who was Il
so long at the head of the Iiudson's
Bay Company and who had much to do a
with building tho Canadian Pacific,
The French Canadians, X
Indeed, as far az blue blood is con-
cerned about the purest'in Canada flows n
through the veins OF the French Cana 4
dians Many OF the Old farEiies OF this
class can trace their ancestry back be-45s
you'd the days OF abe Mayfower. They +
are descended from the felidnl nobility
created here by French kings during the
colonial days, They are proud Of their
ancestry. hut on the whole are nat as u
clannish or as exclusive as the English,
who have risen through money making 4
to social prominence ssBs
FRANK g. CARPENTER. ga
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II was dazed for a while when became
perfectly conscious, found myself
3clinging 10 n broken spar on the water.
At some distance from mo %as com
3phnon, the bosnii of the Valkyric,
named Jan Jorgesson, q Norwegian He
had not Vet realized his situation, for
he appeared to be gazing way off into
tho distance. "a
inflow do explain the shpwreck, sud-
don and mysterious as at was? You
smile at my relation. and don't blame
YOU. You think ain telling YOU tho
usual jdi,mners tale, but am not.
This is how j account fori u.
fect that We were sailing due southwest,
ana were II in the Gulf Stream ut the
time my explanation will not appear 80
absttrtl@s Toffweeks and weeks ! thought
dof It, ana eli,lGn now come to the con-
ct,sion that what wrecked the Valkyrle
s,was nothing but ~ dead torpedo, which
was set lint being perhaps during the
#5ransll-Ainercan war perhaps IN some
other way. It had drifted north from
lis home In the West Indies, and had
accidentally struck us hcad-on as we
5floated southwark In the stream.
Has this perconted? Now to the
,cst or the tale Jan Jorgelsson and l
floated on raft for several days, md
were about dceming ourselves dead
goners when we sighted an iceberg. We
drew nearer and nearer. and at last were
enabled to climb aboard. much as you
would board a car going down Main
Street.
.'IIere wc found refuge, and with It
We floated southwark in the ocean cur
rent Our meals were entirely Of the
gulls and other birds who rested on the
berg at night.
."rhey were good eating. too. We did
not make them into delicious bird pie.
but had to eat them raw.
"Furthcrs and further We got. ana after
a while the iceberg began to diminish
perccptibly. We were now In the regions
OF the Newt, midland banks as we after
wards crrnd cut. And cur sa nuur was
near at ha j III
ut was in July tina. We were taken
aboard ..5bl L named tho Sarah Thorpe
owned by II Captain Arde rsoi,, of Pnsi on.
After "a sh,tt end I'm rsn:n sail we
made into Boston, and I gavo up ship
ming forever. Jorgelsson vent out with
the Sarah Thorpe on her mex. trip. and
have seen him once or twice sirce the
time Of our landing IN Eoston
II am all for the dry land, ard the
merry breakers have no charms for me.
IS u like one OF Colonel Murphy's good,
soft beds lots better than bunk aboard
ship
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OIl threw yer down your own chimney
firm where Oh stand"
Come down here. eli Oi'l throw yer
bnck In your Don yard"
At this challenge Mrs. Mulligan opened
her gate and started to descend. while
Mrs. Flanngan, not to be outdone,
opened hers and began climbing to meet
her opponent half way. The ladies evil
IDENTITY meant what they said, and sapred
no time In tho advance. Mrs. Mullgan
having the advantage In coming down
/ hill.
Alttle more than half way down the
Ehill q narrow pathway had been cut. and
each OF the ladies were within about five
yards Of this meeting place when all
hostile relations were brought to a stand
still.
rho large form OF Policeman O'1Iara
came swinging jauntlly around tho path.
wal, wal, loldles OF see your gath-
crlng fur n bit o. gossip" said the sturdy
bluccoat, al smiles; and looking Just as
though, he had not been All eyewitness
TO All that had preceded. "1ndaed, ell
your both looking foln this snornlng;
en- phwat be the subjct Of your discus
son? OF bit It's about Mrs. McDuffy's
moo baby
"Yls. en- faith It vas smiled Mrs.
sMull!gan. "Ain't 1t the cute little red
head Qarllnt, MIS- Flhn0lSan ~ sf7sfs Isl
''Yis, en- sure It Is. Mrs Mulligan.
smiled back Mrs. Flanagan. ''En, do
you know, Mr.. OTIara, Oh behave It's
going to have Crane Dyes.
'"rhat sure will be fon,' '&replled Oflcer
+ O'Hnra. oval, OF must lave you now,
as OF have to report for dooty. So good
morning to ye." And with a decidedly
low bow for such q large man officer
O'FIara went on his way, swinging his
club with all the skill of an old timer.
Amt he the lovely man. exclaimed
the admitting Mrs. Flanagan.
"He sure Isl replied Mrs. Mulligan.
wal. OF must be going, as i hear ono
Of the children n-cryng. Come UP en-
see me, Mrs. F1annigan, en- hiring all
3 the children"
Faith. l will, en- you do the same.
Gootl-day. Mrs. Mulligan.'''
"Good-day, Mrs. Flanagan '8
And with that the two ladies, with all
polltoness, turned and made for their
respective houses. while Officer 'ETnra,
cautiously peepng from, around the hill.
remarked that a stitch in time saved
nine and perhaps q few black eyes to
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4 . f. d (. 4 y + Ed "
They were put up about sixty years
ago, but the frosts and thaws have heaved
up many OF them and thrown others out
OF perpendicular. Some of those posts
have been moved Tho surveyors who
have been going over the line during the
past year found two OF the posts on the
northern arm OF Lake Champlaln miss
Ing. One was sixty feet away from the
line, and 1t had probably been carried
there by an Ice shove when the water
was unusually high. Some of these posts
stood near roads, and thcy had dropped
over into the cutters Many were
Drowned with rust and surrounded with
weeds, The most of these have been
reset or replaced with granite pillars
SO bedded that they will resist the raw
ages OF time.
The Boundary Stores.
Therc is custom house ut Lauricr,
and our baggnge was examined ny ti'e
United States officers as soon as we
crossed over. There are some other
towns situated here and there alons me
line and there nre In some places what
are known as boundary stores, half on
one sIde and half on the other. Such
stores we're more common In tho past
than now. Onc-hnlf Of II building, Tor
instance, might be in tho province OF
Quebec, and tho other half IN tho STATE
of Vermont, Behind ono counter were
shelves OF American goods, ana nehind
the other great stores OF Canadian wares
Tho customer paid his money ana LOOK
his choice, and the tariff laws were ABOUT
MS little regarded as are thosc OF MOSES
In n mining camp,
Such stores were also desirable resorts
for criminals, who, standing on one slde
of tho room, could snap their fingers AZ
the officers on the other side and refuse
to be arrested without requisltion'
Where the Line Goes,
Our boundary with Canada winds In
and ont at al sorts of angles for the
first thousand miles or so from the At
lantic, It begins at the ocean and cspoks
ana turns around Maine, keeping pretty
We'll away from tho st. Lawrence until
II touches that river at the northeastern
edge of New York, It runs with the river
to Lake Ontario, and then winds Its way
through the middle of the Great Takes
until II reaches the land again at re
northeastern end OF Minnesota, on Lake
Superior From here It winds little
through tho Rainy River country 10 the
lake of the Woods, and then takes al
almost straight shoot across the pralrles
ana the Rockies to Puget Sound, we
almost mad n fight at ono time over
PUGET sound the British claiming the
Island OF, San Juan, which was afterwards,
by arbitra ton, awarded to us. Just now
long the whole boundary line Is y DO nov
knew, but 1t must be considerably more
than three thousand miles
Smuggling and Cattle Rustllng,
Two % the great offenses committed
ON both sides of5the boundary in the West
are smuggling aud cattle 6lustllng. me
pastures OF Canada are better than those
of the United States, and the American
Igranehmsa Frequently drive their stock
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By Frank G. Carpenter.
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Especial Correspondence 10 The Times
Dspatch.)
OTTAWA, CANADA, Aprii l6.--The
boundary between tho United states ana
& Canada is being carefully marked. =
land OF surveyors, representing booll
countries. is going over it running new
lines from the Atlantic to the Pacific
md putting up brass posts TO marx
them. 4 have been upon thellinc several
times during my travels In Canada. AZ
tie town OF I.n,lricr in British Columbia,
] found the depot situated on Doth SIDES
or the boundary. There was marx
drawn dIagonally. across the PLATFORM
on one side OF which was paintea NJ
rod All enormous American eagle with
tho words tho United States below It,
ana on the other side Canada and
nicture OF the maple leaf. planted one
az nv feet on the eagle and tho other on
4 thn leaf and stood for a time nstride the
division which separates John Buli's
American posscssins from those OF un-
I Gle Sam. Looking to the south could,
An my Imagination. sec the Rockies roll
= our Mexican boundary and at the North
Tho mountains OF Canada and tho snow
and leo Of British America extending
almost to the pole.
Brass Boundary Posts
I In comnany with MI. G. u, Stone. the
general passenger agent of the Great
Northern railroad, who was with mo,
walked eastward n few steps to look at
one OF tho brass posts which had Just
been put UP to mark tho boundary
The posts are only few miles apart
and they are being put up along the
whole line, with the exception Of the
Great Lakes, from the mouth OF the st,
Lawrence to Puget Sound, AS ! stood
beside the post it reached to my shoulder
f IT is, T. Judge, about five feet high, eight
inches thick at the bottom. taperins to
four Inches thick at the top, where It
ends In q little pyramid as sharp as
that which caps the Washington monu-
ment. The post is made Of brass or copper
plates sodered together, and SO set In
n bedding Of cement that 1t looks like
solid metal. Indeed. did not know 1t was
hollow until tapped It with my knife
One side of this post lore the word
"Canada'' in raised letters, and the OPP
posite side 1.-The United States" On an
pther face was the inscriptions;
'"rreaty of ls40 Line tablished 1857 and
1861. Surveyed and marked 1a08-19o7''
Standing at tho post I could look for
several miles east or west through a
wide road which had been cut along each
Il side tile boundary, right through tha
forest l am told that such marking has
been done all along the line, U
The Iron Pillars Of Vermont.
"a understand that the boundary posts
along the eastern end of the line nrh p
bad condition and that they are being ra-
placed by posts Of copper and granite:
The original ones between Quetnc and
z Maine, New Hampshire ana Vermont we're
made Of IRON