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WORKS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
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THE ELACKMAM IM HAVANA.
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par tf.a 4tUr. Tfc UJk aua Xot
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ft Ti JwJtow iit j, taOT,jur
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er JJto to ) Vitiwit tuiut to lo
to It rju a ! rx.. K&eli bs4
; va 1m nursr tfc; tu Jn
iii ikhImu wr ry tiuiim. Kiiul
J J xifK. a hsijmwu -Jci'ratlon
p.J4 ot a jU Ufl turM
it vy U)rt tjf 4rirr. TJire
ujxio the wHlt rnu foii4 bU
ttji rJjJit off jin,j nxueui
Hi Jt lw, fcut JM ut of ifarji. "Ca-f:li,-
-x.rhlMX-'l tat bUtJc nun. a
ti JoHr iipri row hU flajcr aJ
rollrt dJr lb rarlajf. Tae whltt
laau vu tek ) K4V; up bU tM-l3
Jat thottsli )j liaii fa dyJtiK fj
do all alouK wbllt hU IjJack brother
MrarnVM a't-r aU iti-u uadr t!i
wiM-U - bti!ye iai uIkkm h
rartir'n fura." w tht Krinnlnx
toa-wcat of an old (JnorKtaa who wt
hard Ijy aur wjiuwk' tbt i-fU'le
llilm Hlfl Mu, 1, f.trr tnr.
tH-uth ttrtel, i'bUadi'ipbia, i one of
tb k!rariKt In the wd. This Is
ot,e w irxialalon by tbe atitlent Qun-,
ktra, ho ruan;wJ the affair of lie'
ciiy whori Houtb htri-t wa one of the
mont Important in Philadelphia Iwa '
were then macUd that rldewalk ten
dira, iUil.kw-pn. venuun wjnuirilri
produw and opeu ulr dcaloris could
only uutmie aide of the street for aut-h
purpos'-a Kix niontha in the year. Tim,
from ApVl! in Hcptemlwr, the fcouth .
aldo of (ho' street In w1I nlsb Impaa.
abjf, v'hlle tbe othor nix months It in '
ddcru-iJ.
Ilmxlr ami (lalluiir.
An InterwitlriK anecduto Is told of
tho nitfttliiB of the lata KvatiKcJIst
Moody and Mr. Olndstorm in fStiRluud.
Mr. Gladatono attended tho Motxly and
Hanltcy ineollriBs, and wan deeply 1m
prefcHcd. Heartily KraaplriK Mr. Moody's
hand, tho old atntornan said to hlms
"I wIMi I had your body." Mr. Moody
Imnwdlatoly risiillr-d: "1 wish I had
your head." Mr, Oladstono reapond
ed, "I menn, I wish had your luriBs;"
to which Mr, Moody ajitln replied: "I
wish I had your brains." and with
hearty good wlshea they parted
it liaawatalgatiiJiiiit 'irtf.tfi. JL.
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UaWliav't dw.f jur. rw: lAtfc t
su42trftiriiic 'j.-r ivr hmWr.lhf
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'rerr kasit. mat t ti attwrtl wt
atrt?t.fc ki4 tit tdrtx awiatt4 "rvA
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vailvtUa t.hv14 st i- li?i.Jr xoJlti
aa.2 tii pit Is a xiom nr; vzlrr.i
U Ir 4tmjsl V ixrt tit fli: cot V
jii- la .-vr fate. Krta wits lr'?
la Mock te 1 H list tlir-tir 7ltj
atakrtHaj! bUI vsi Ja a Je w-kf.
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Jrflt vktaj U kac itea a4 let 31
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rwit tjkt -wt'-r r.ttitrta la ti foMt
tuf jti?in tit fakiic viiidt Ions. tit
rTrii--31ia.ai;.'t 3hu.
SUPERSTITIONS
?XI Ttal Jt tttrrid hf tb VlH41T
'ioauty Atliiu of tie Uritlai trar
ka asaaj MitrttJliOU aa! fafthi it
aM tiat roa:ajaJt4 i OSIrtr
pvrtr4V." tr-rt.JjJJ-j tftiikt &
itftt rtrtlJIt J lontd! and itari a
wk wo, it It tett5 as a alpa of
go )Mtk. mi hit daty i foct cnttr
lallr 4artn ti- day, for it coatldtr
it J fcift aot to gtt iato trouilt. If.
kow-rr. it tiould btai a do? bark
Wlyrt tbt Mirni30B to turn out Ik
Mows va tbt ial-. It U a ctrtaio
fja of zaitlortaat. aad "Tommy" j;ott
aivt bit duty during tbt day w)tb a
rat tat of drtfcd, and If bt U pua
liJ for aay atjltct of Soty or breach
of dirSpliat, bt paU It doara to lit
fact tkat fcoaitboiy' wakeful lerrttr
htsVM itfort rertHlt. A wldltr acloa
of a lone Hat of fcotdltr oonvtjutd a
kat ad batv-rtd button which bad
ita baadtd down ui iim from aa aa
i wwr, a Scou KajilJtr suardirnaa who
bad foa;bt at Tal&rtra and bad bttn
.truck by a tatat buJJtt oa that rtry
hutvju. HuMttdiai; generations of tol-dl-r
bad rarritd that button about
with then?, and it bad acitd aa a tall
man, for uout of tbtm bad tvtr bttn
tbot, tboogb ottta la action. One car
rld it through tbt Crimean war, and
waa iu tbt bottett part of thf battle of
Aiwa, but raptt through the campaign
without a tcratcb. in the cavalry
many wr-n ptn their faltb to a horve'g
tojth aa a ullcraan aalnet injury in
battle, but it mutt be tbe tooth of a
hunt which hai gone uninjured
through action. A trooper of the Sev
ltnttentb Iiucera rode uuacatbed hlrn
lf tbroujh tbe charge of Ulundi. and
attribut-a bit cacape to tbe fact that
be bad doneeal'-d about bia ptraon the
tooth of a war horte which bad aur
vIvcm unhurt tbe charge of Ualaklava.
DIM Uin fur I'urklu Ool.l Iaf.
lilbles are often made use of in tbe
K'Jl'Mcaf trade; the gold-leaf belug
psckevl In UhiVs made at paper leave
cut from the lilbl-. There is no Inten
tion on the prt of the dealers to be
Irreverent In thus using tbe pagea of
tbe Illble, but It has become a univer
sal practlfe In the trade. Most of the
gold-leaf i;oe to shops where artista'
materials are sold, and It Is packed be-tfcM-u
printed sheeta becauee the slight
Indentations In the paper made by the
printing servo to hold the delicate film
of gold in plate Tho reason for using
the lilble ahecta Ik that tho Illble Is
usually printed In small type and la
always very evenly set. and the lm
preEslon of the typo on tho paper la
very slight, but ijulte enough to hold
the gold leaf In place without Injuring
It. Hmall type editions of the Prayer
book are used for similar reasons.
Duiim Are Ntirrwil,
American pork Is not popular In
Germany. Tbe brand prejudices it
The Danes, having discovered this are
buying largely of Amerlcati bacon, re
moving the American label and substi
tuting tho Danish, and stocking tho
Berlin rnarkot.
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TKAJfCIS P- OVJKCS GREAT
KOJfETAfTir DEALINGS.
i IS JCr Tksii n HMBwn f
uU& . Him II- O-it Tittt Tr
I Lt XxrUt U Vu r tb KJ-1 ft
tb rfc-
caa.f.t ja)
A- CiitJtpa jata ,tbtr.kSt Is tit
-'xt Jte &x.utvt It Fnzn&t ?, Ortia
Kt U ;csuLailt 3j Sur lit tus
-rtOti, Vat Sw tit aoniA-ru 4ttn it
uawtr. id UtiiCtAt aajr,7:?lT g ts
mtsJr J5.U017 Tit ifcct tia.t it
srwti iif jBjp ms isiia ti iitw.'
Wjz s&jz oitcvMt thus if it ti.t hi.'
tnsisiutt ti tiuvaat ja Sit uat ;t
rtL a 6tfcSt TJTiflt it if. t iit
aai9rttr, a ia-rs ziuttc Joant rlti
at it rrtatt tiu J U ttaatsr ttf toowa-
itK ar ear Oatat. Tit ia7 si tit
lata w 4:tlf la 4r m ij2..r
i via in lhJt c lit tatifS tsi-E-XiAetnat
wait t. lurtrva it a. ?tr: f
Ciictrtr limwrr rrRSKit ? Orlivin
if tit nuts w clEtaS lit afita p!
a? ii fK-jttc jfci.t w a. Vlib Jtc
iaSMias vjm.s-m a Ht iartoiitjC tit
Xwt tai vt ai? u Jtt-Et tiurry
ViWia?t at tit fewcitbt Citract ! t V-
ll
r. Fwr i Ttiuri -e tiT "jaii
it 4cc:atm oaairaCtiS ;iJ tnu.t
raastj 'ja tit -Sviiva itrict ti2
Ji t tit t?voa f tart't-vBtntct
tit t.trwsi:j ia Ciackj. Owlufi
Fi&rt- .acaaar aiwt t frsCLf as
ii itiarj ji ti- innilitbf wwrii
iraaifil iUs m rwaJaj'siJ W7t tit
pttitti i t MMKithaftC yrtxitouz tilt it
tiii v. nwa att iii iltrt izi iti'c
rtser oixiu tt hfUSHL jtatrt -saiL-,tj
ca..tt5 m t itar utirt 3t vtt
it -a-im Vrweit t tit vxz ti 4tt
f iMaTMfcag ttrA;c. Artiittr.it
rrfa?J. &a- to rSi4 seEMar uai
t tit sitekti. fersaitieo ;
wiici 4cv-aurv-a ta!4lsgt rt4, ts
t rt ;vsttlw for iaaLctc ia cj tit
irfUlatl T-t arxtcktsi. 3t 01i5
tp4 tit nryxAutiLir - tity
OtrJar to si.'rt ia.itt t-(rratuii
FRANCIS P. OWINCS.
Ow.'ngi) -at obliged to fail, and while
otbtra haTe proflti by bia butiaeas sa
gacity acd btcoaje rich, be U today
acting u clerk In a broker"! ofSc.
That bia career will -nd In tbe bank
ruptcy court Is not thought so&tible, aa
be has shown hltattlf to be a fiaaacler
of tbe Srtt order and oae of tbe most
remarkable rata
kaowa.
tbe west ha trer
OIIUl Chaff.
Tbe young daughur of a former
PbiiadHphian is a schoolmate of little
Wa, the ion of tbe Chines ambassa
dor at Washington. During a recent
visit here she ofttn talked about tbe
little Celestial, and told tales about
biro that stemd to Indicate that little
V.'u at times gently guys bis Christian
Rcboolmatts. "He is awfully cute," ahe
said, "and speaks very correct Eng
lish. He's just my age. yet he's ahead
of me. What he likes best to eat, be
cays, is milbl. Triat.U young mice,
dipped in hoDty and swallowed raw.
A horrible thing, im't it But Wu
says that milbl aren't half so gquasby
and slimy as raw oysters. His moth
er's feet are so tiny that ebe can hard
ly walk at all. She Is pushed about
in a wheeled chair. I asked Wu once
If be didn't think it was cruel to tor
ture tbe Cblneae ladies' feet like that
He said: 'Virginia, my papa says that
whenever any person asks me that
question I must make the following re
ply: 'It Is not more cruel than for
American ladles to torture their walats
In steel co reels until their noses are
beet red and their shapes like an hour
glass."' Then he gave a loud laugh
and walked away with bis little hands
In the pockets of his baggy brocade
trousers. He looks awfully grave and
funny." Philadelphia Pre3.
Col -J Dot Not Can Colilt.
According to Its natural meaning
It would seem that a cold was an af
fection produced by exposure to low
temperatures, to cold weather. Notb-;
Ing could very well be farther from
the truth than this. Colds are not
nearly so common In extremely cold
countries aa In the temperate zone.
They are not nrarly so frequent high
up amid tbe Alps aa in the cities at
the foot of tins mountains. Hansen,
tbe Arctic explorer, spent over two
years amid tho Arctic snows, with
tbe temperature so low most of the
time that the mercury was frozen In
his thermometer, yet be and his men
never Buffered from a cold. They had
been back In civilization scarcely a
week before some of his companions
were laid up with tho grip.
If a woman doesn't worry about hnr
husband It Is apt to worry him because
ho doesn't.
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'l 111 l'lM..in1 I'lnlJn 7 aillilil I"! II lllljll
omc'" "-i. .
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Ltke trtrytVlag U tfeit int
lusaamtiy, tit vatti ft cw. t-ajsoit
la Jit Twst feras Izwxt tib krUa of
a 4 tsetse a&Atxc ja? c2et 17?.
tit ttot w Aa IS: line ancatHxsti
? list oxftt. it rurtfnS arx
aaS ca62it Tr-tsr-r ffifljfiSijil nt tit
rtttLfx zrwaiK to. vtill at. in The prkufi
tAiteit t tiit jiUJnreK. fc imC iu tteir
suir aC -rnpw: unfi ut-plefit U vnv
yxitr. ttC artraranni. Tht "wiia, 3ftt
tatir tOi-r ralar Thtaph. Tt tut
Set", la sir ciarat. viic-t. in n;dte tif
itrstrac OlHijratr 5: wrve ja trarf: tie
niSta Ikcvmil taiCHOK nftltstiltiL u
tikt tif tit 3tuaa i:. Tie Kacrefl
au&Dt of tit- ptixnt St jirwttrveS to t
cruix riat ia QtrtKtir.n xe 3t it
trcaiSaniHiS t t. ick a! rtTwitaltmt
2at.at tn tif MatI ; tie ttnVtciiif
Sfc. Ittdtcfc. icbtataj! 4f SpriBt norr
liiwt A. a ZM: wat iutraxtC r tit
caTCit i 7s44d -wwi; tit rt-riiatc. o!
tit Iiac-xT- .t it TFi-i tbtm ;cuscsj
it tit ErnuiL CbtitCit tuj&rxi. to
w-iiiii iic -u t tusiit.at fcntt.
Ti VBitsl tt&4s la i.a;i'. tit 1
ofrtir atearcj- is tS Sjitla. j it Aif
ftrS Vat liUSt frsca titt wfl la iir
n2jtrit' titt -Ctat. Tiii ri. l-
lcTZti luiart tit ticiti Rtatac?-.
-witx iht Jtowt 4riS lrrrt.34 H?iii.
"raj kIB witirLlttl iy tit CiriitlLat
Ir ti t' i& riarritt f T4o. wiKi
tit Uort fciutdoat'f iitw titir ttp
fart of tit tXr. ca4 w. i?ttsr tiit
at, a3'.-C tie itoariti rKt. v Till
t tava tstt op4erd ia PmTtaDt
LS Ittiy Ti ttirisciif is H ia
ti rtUgkrai tzza wu taJfci iy St
Ifctiort ""ssoot -e irs?i3it,' zzt
"rVStiitly BTtf;KS4 to tie iaFtr
SJtat viici. Ja ti tacitat .rrtS
iJJje!. ucc&pkr3 tit rte. a tor.
of ijr;;t iirtitti :t ctitrrfas lt
tort Ciritt. Aad tiu t tit rtilot
dtatt of tit szi&iit Lent Jt a.i i tie
iscJtst hLtzfi tz. m tit wsla i aa
Tfcrti of tHi rtJifioa isatt. iiv
teg a.i4 tirwagi masy cixagts it
fore trrJTfag at iu artwnt torza. la
tie eltftati oearary, wita tie Gre
gorian ritt rs??ii2tfca tie iloorith rite.
tie iarrt SA&appirei from tie ci-rci.
It pprrt-S Terr qakkly la Bdt "'
ter tit isn carolt. a wori 3triTe.i
froa ti Litis "cisk." afttrwari
sadtr that of aasw; diiot, 13 wii t
grani rtlates. tlass aad ilgaiurles dii
aot dislila to Jo:s. cornea-! of tiret
parts, two vxr rio aad oat Tery
lively. Tie ptople aad at thii tls
all who were aot of tie cltrgy or roy
alty wtrt tit peoplt ai3 tie latter
part called tie uorciaa. wilci. light
er aad more lively, appealt-3 to ties.
asd. little iy little. It itcarae citsged.
Ic Italy it was nt s-tpiraud from tbe
rest under tit same of romaaceata.
aad from tbtre it pawed iato Pro-react
and aoatbera Ctrmaay. In Germaay
it wa dtveloptd into the galllard and
volte, while tie Germans, more dreamy
and ilow, cbaage-1 the romaacat-cs In
to the allemaad aad waltz. The volte
the sixtetata century. Sy the very rea
son of Iu exc-is. iut the Gtrman lived
loag. aad proiaced the walu which
reigns today. London Msslcal Courier.
RAILS ARE MADE TOO HASTItY
Tb7 Canixot Wiltttand tlta trnr of
rrrHUt-Ui Urm Trafitr.
A high authority on railroading says
that with locomotives weighing 140
tons and upward and freight cars of
1O0.OW pousds capacity and a steadily
Increasing speed, the time Is fast ap
proaching when all the old rails will
have to be taken up and heavier rails
laid. For some reason the steel rails
made now are sot as durable as those
made twenty years ago. One reason Is
that tbe blast furnace Iron. Instead of
being cooked and run Into pigs, is run
fluid from the furnace to the mixer,
thence to the converter, where it Is cast
into IngoU. Eleven passes through
the rolls turn an ingot into a bloom,
and tne bloom, before it bas a chance
to know it, Is tossed into a heatiuq
furnace and turned Into a rail, with
only nine passes through a train of
rolls running at a terrific speed of Wi
feet a minute. Tie rail Is, it" Is said,
finished too hot and too quickly by the
last pastes through tbe rolls being
made with the rail at a temperature of
2AO to 2.200 degrees, while twenty
years ago it was not hotter than 1,400
to 1.CO0 degrees. This lower tempera
ture allowed the steel to take a cer
tain "set," and it wa therefore,
stronger.
Crlmlaal Jleolu of a Vcar In Franca.
The French Ministry of Justice, in
publishing tbe annual report on the
criminal resuiu of the year a report
which is always two years behind time
states that in 1691 offences against
the person were less numerous than
bad been the case for several years, the
total being 1,212, as against 1.300 in
16&G, 1,302 in 195, 1.G51 In 1691 and
1,019 In 1893. Offences against pover
ty had, upon the contrary, increased
very considerably from 1,221 in 1895
to 1.977 in 189C, and 2,087 In 1897. this
latter being a higher figure than bad
been reached for twenty years. Out
of the 3,453 persons tried for criminal
offences, only CK0 were women, and the
number of accused persons under 16
were only twenty-three (seventeen
boys and six girls), while those be
tween sixteen and twenty-one were
479 males and forty-six females. The
number of persons prosecuted for
petty offences had decrease 1 from 206,
324 to 1SC.O00 In four years. The num
ber of suicides showed an Increase,
reaching 9,356, Including 2,137 women
and 615 persons under age, but there
waa a slight decrease In the .number of
deaths by accident, which for some
reason are included in this return.
For I am .the only one of my friends
that I rtn rely on. Apollodorua.
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J.t to JJiJ.J 1"1 J Uii AWiL
LORD fcTANLEY OF PRESTON
HAS A BLUE PENCIL.
rt f lHttf Will Krivr lb fU
tatrt toioUrj 1r-m tmth Afri.a
A Sil of On vl tfca lHxl ran
tllo U KrltaJa,
(Special Letter.)
Lor Sttsley of Prettoa. the -arI of
IeiT. tit sewly appolatd otaAor of
3rtaii stwt of tie Traatraal wr, U
tit rixtttsti of hi family to bear tie
tfcJt Tat fasfly 1 descended from
tit SittJtT " f5cr ratier proml
maiUy ir Hx-iard III , aa-d who dt
ftsea lra ti tkiack practically
5aStid tit iitlU- f Bw worth la favor
f Htiry of Kjchzaoa! Tie pat
t-AiS wa ra ta Jul 15. 1ML la
Ltraflea. wai t.;tit at Etta dltge,
inS tt tit trt of IT -eattrti tie Grta
xfiltir jiLrflr. Kt rt-prtf-tstta Lsaa
iiiirt onHinfSK-itt atiaaKaiy frm
Jiy, 2Mi. so iit tit-ratrftt to tit pr
txt ir llht. fa -artof tWet it
vat kc-4 of tit 4inJtr. iatatal
h&z-euar f wxr tai flaasHtl -ttry
f tit trtawuT. la 3', it wa
t of Srt wti hi? srty la 15.H
it was rtui to ti ;ttr&xt a lc tie
titlr at Lx4 Sttay. aaa la 1.? was
ij3litt4 csTr3sr gtaeral of Cana
ia. Ht wu tmtt la 1MJ ky 1srd
ESrfs. Oa tit !ib of Ms brothtr.
In 112, i ntKxx-eati u tit titles and
ta tstui. Lmovstiar to .KJ arret.
;risciptar la LaactJiSrt. Whta tit
Ptrls tatitwy ftJI T&t-aat ia lW :t
THE EARL
was offered to Lord Derhv. hm ho .in
clined it. The countess, his wife,
the oldest daughter of the fourth earl
of Clarendon. The Stanleys were Impor
tant office holders during the reigns of
the Plantagencu. The present earl has
been made a knight of the garter. Ills
father was thrice prime minister of
England. On ccount of tho peculiarly
telling nature of his oratory he was
styled the Rupert of Dekite.
OSTRICHES ARE CURIOUS BIRDS
lotcrvatlnc I'oInU About tho tlncalnly
Lavlathan of tho t'aatlicrml Trlbo.
Ostrich farming has grown lu im
portance both in the United 8tate3 and
South Africa of Iato years, and tho ex
periences of the raisers aro. quite in
teresting. There are tales without
number of the strange antics of the
curious birds. Naturally tho llrat
thought on seeing an ostrich Is, How
fast can It run? When feeding tho
stride Is only twenty to twenty-two
inches; when walking, but not feeding,
the stride Is tweuty-aix Inches, hut
when terrified the bird possesses won
derful sprinting qunlltlos and takot
steps varying from eleven ami ono-hnlf
to fourteen feet. Taking twelv foot
as an average, they would cover about
twenty-five miles an hour, but tho
stories of birds traveling a mllo a mln
ute are open to question. Other tr.tlts
of which we nre always hearing- Is
their lack of both suspicion and Intel
ligence. Bushmen clothe thomselves In
one of their skins and under cover of
this go near enough to kill them with
poisoned arrows. When tho bird con
siders that he has distanced his pur
suer he often puts his head lu tho sand,
thinking he has thereby mado hhnsolf
Invisible. Sometimes when hotly pur
sued he turns upon his enemies and
gives severe wounds with his feet. Tho
habits of ostriches are not particularly
attractive. They eat fruits, game, veg
etables, loaves, tender shoots, Insects,
snails and any other food that can be.
picked up, Including all kinds of in
digestible substances, which they swal
low from stupid voracity. They are.
equally foolish about laying tholr eggs,
They often begin heforo tho spot tins
been fixed upon for tho nost ami tho
solitary eggs are often found lying for
saken all over the district frequontod
by the ostrich. Tho nesU aro simply
holos In the sand and vary from throo
to six feet In diameter. In thnso tiro
laid by a slnglo bird or many In a
Mipjt
A " J
KVl TUr jtJ9 jsOTi,, Vy at-i t
tt to tie itat of Jit raa car sir .
tay. Tie iatJtt trttt la tie 'a ,
Jloa a4 lm is Ukirg cxrt "A
rtnzuL oatlf tity eta proTiSt for ti
ttlrtf. Wbea tit onxici cilckt s (
Mg as a cxmz&oa fowl tity rsa -a- 5
great rapidity.
ON THE TUCELA RIVER.
Iazi tt IU Ctrt.
The T-agtla, or Startling' r'v- .
tbe loagett rfvtr In Natal, islar
Vt milts loag, attaintag a brea.'. a
IU mouth of 50 fL For tit .w
mile or of IU eoart Jt i-rzui
boundary ilnt betw-: Naul in 3 z
land, the latter being aow a pv
of Nau! It ritt oa tie F.' .- .
side of y.oni aox Soarctf. la f
tasberg aaountaiaj. ti ztren
era point fa NaUi, and it o-
down law tie colony with a fa "
iy oat or two ledges of l.5i '
iiritft waterfall In tie world :
:a tirovgh a canyon ovtr tar
loag. joined here aad tiwt t
a foaming stream from kl:of r '
tide, and cat tie cotoay in '
anting Xlip river coanty from ''."
county. Iu 2rt trlbttury of r
rortance before reaching Cou-
Little Tagela. Sowing in ir
hovib. At Coleato It was c-'
the Ualwer road brMge and a s..
tlal railway hr'Aze, oonlt!ag c'
ttone piers and five Iron tpiat- -dlttance
itlow ColtaEO th r
mous Klip river,on whkh ttan .
Emits. Sow in from tie .-.-'
OF DERUV.
Olauwkracz river next 'olns In on ta
south bank, and a few miles near'
the mouth the Tugela Is ugmenteJ b
the Bushman river, on wi.!ch EMcour
stands. Ten miles lower down. bJt
on the north side of the "Startling
river," the Sunday's river comes toa
Ing In from Its distant sources In th
Blggarsberg. past Elandslaagte, Tb'
latter river receives the Inkunzl anl
Waschbank streams.whlch traverse th
southern districts of Natal's coalfield?
Just berore the Tugela reaches the
Zulu border the Mool (good) river runs
in irora tho south. At the Zulu bor
der the Tugela receives Its largest trib
utary, tho Buffalo or Tmxlnyatl river
which from lu source near Charles
town, flows southeast, forming Natal's
eastorn boundary between her terrl
tory, tho Transvaal and Zululand. Th?
scenery throughout the whole length
f tho Tugela, Is picturesque, and at
places wild and magnificent. High
clirts, lofty hills, deep ravines and
wooded kloofs mark IU progress to
the sea, I.lko all Natal rivers (save
tho llrdt few miles of the Umxlmkulu
In tho extreme south), tho' Tugela Is
not navigable, and a bar of sand
stretehes neross Its mouth. Pall Mall
Garotte.
HllelitfHl CKlnry .Not Worlhtr.a,
It Ih n mlslako to suppo.e that
blighted celery Is not worth nutting In
for winter Ubc, ju,iRiK i,y the follow
ing fxperlenro with badly blighted
iron", rolntfil In "American Agricultur
ist: About tho tlrst of October
1 Mm up tho plants, leaving
wily tho heart leaves, a shal
low trench iu the cellar Is well
watered, mid tho roots, with as much
will as run bo conveniently left on are
lUneoil In th,, trench, more, water is
liven ami Hand or other light dry soil
Ih worked carefully in mxx aoout tne
Wants, leaving only the tips exposed,
liner celery I imvo never had than
wii'li roots furnished in January or
I'obruary. if the long, white, brittle
atnlka aro em off squarely not too
rlnsn-n second crou bus been ready by
April. Phis Is ..Rlvler, of course, than
tho other, hut rt dainty luxury for the
Reason,
Nut n QiiNlinpnllon.
Tho Youth-! could dlo for youl Tho
Roubrotto-rvo got too many dead
ohm on the list now.-ludlanapolls
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