Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11


along the arbitrary portion Of the
most of these landmarks were simply
rude piles Of stone, and the ease with
which they could be destroyed or re-
moved was soon discovered by the
nearby settlers, never loath to seize
an opportunity for quarrel with their
neghbors on the other side Of the in
ternational fence. Finally. In 1882,
owing to continual boundary quarrels,
| convention to settle them was ar
ranged between the two countries.
But on account of various delays 1t
was not until November, 1891, that
members OF the international Boundary
| Commission were at last appointed.
Ry the month Of June, 1894, all work
along the entire line, both surveying
and mountaineering, was fnis he'd.
TWO hundred and fifty-eight monu-
| meuts, some Of stone, and some OF iron,
had been placed along the seven hun
dred miles OF boundary west Of the Rio
Grande. The intervals between them
| were varied to suit the requirements
OF the different religions, but the dis
tances averaged about two and three
quarter miles between each two.
Some of the experiences of the MEM
bers OF the survy are we'll worth more
extended description than can be given
here. The mountainous region for
many miles about Nogales, Ariz., 10 one
of the roughest and most arid ON the
ointment. In this neiehborhood was
seen for the first time the strange and
ungainly giant cactus, called the "su-
guaro" by the Mexicans. Its fruit.
when ripe, Is used as food by the Pa
paeo Indians Of the region. who eat it
fresh. dried and preserved, and make
from It. besides, slightly Intoxicating
! drink. In the broad valley called the
Moreno Flat. west OF the Baboquivari
| Mountains and about fifty-Hve miles
west OF NoEales, d frightfui stan6storm
was encountered On July 5, 1893.
| About 4 O'Clock in the afternoon, q
| dense, dark brown cloud was seen ris-
| ing in the south. The brilliant sun was
soon overcast, and In q few moments
after the cloud was first observed tho
storm broke In all its fury. In ten or
| fifteen minutes 1t was as black as mid
night the atmosphere was filled with
loose soil of the valley to a height Of
several hundred feet; respiration be-
came almost impossible. and 1t was on
ly by breathing through a handkerchief
held in front Of the mouth that sufto-
cation was avoided In half an hour
the wind began to subside, the darkness
diminished. and In little more than
two hours the setting sun shone family
through the dust particles that still
filled the air.
| Wonderful mirages were seen while
crossing the lonely deserts. Just be-
fore sunrise crsggy peaks would ap-
pear, capped by similar inverted peaks,
which would gradually fatten out into
strange forms. Once a city, with all
Its buildings, appeared in valley to
the northward, but the morning sun
resolved it into a mass OF large bowl
ders near the base of a mountain. At
another time, on the bare Yuma Desert,
the reconnaissance party seemed to be
In level depression, surrounded on
every side by vertical wall OF rock,
fifty to oae hundred feet high, which
moved with them as they 1ourneyed
toward the river, but lessened In height
until II finally vanished. The COM
monest deception was seen in the heat
OF the day, when beautiful lakes, firing
ed with trees, lay apparently only q
few hundred yards away. The details
were SO perfect, even to the reflections
in the water, that the party did not
wonder that thirsty travellers were Of
ten lured from the road to procure this
water, which never could be reached.
The mirage distortion of the size and
form OF animals was also remarkabl
In one case herd Of wild horses was
mistaken for herd OF antelope and
followed for several miles before the
mistake was discovered. At times a
jacA-rabbit would loom up ON the de-
sert with the apparent size of a COW,
while occasionally the legs OF animals
would be 80 cemically heightened as to
make them appear mounted upon stilts.
! A New Science.
Clossomancie is a new science" ia
troduced by Miss Erbere No Of Paris.
consisting OF reading the character by
the form and size of the tongue.
| The guiding principles are as fol-
lows: II the tongue is long 1t Is an in
dication Of eranknsss; II it 10 short, of
dissimulation: If it Is broad. Of ex-
pansiveneSs; If narrow, Of concentra-
tion.
| When the tongue is both long and
large 1t implies that the possessor is q
great gossip, frank to disagreea bleness,
and thoughtless. If the tongue be
long and narrow, Its owner is only half
frank, thinking as much az IL uttered,
but not always uttsring all that IL
thought.
| II the tongue Be short and broad.
there is premise Of plenty of gossip
and falsehoods; 1t talks q great deal,
but says littls OF what is really
thought.
| II short and narrow, II indicates deep
J cunning and lying; inapenetrability and
prudence. This tongue bslongs to those
persons always ready to make mis-.
takss, but eager to inspire esAAAsncs.