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The earth turns like a corkscrew.
hie spiral revolution affects the
Wad of the earth.
of them elft. It Iu, ?meg the discoverer,
the motion which compensate/ for
the earth'., greet velo$ills nn I leo.
dwell final results—the ultimate move.
The Crete, of the earth moves ns moot of all millet -tibial bodies. ,
lMould the akin of an orange were it ItI.
:Whited spirally, Independently of The Blank to be Fiiled.
Inner pair, The absence of endil a spiral stove•
the spiral movement at the earth
(tot Conflict, but harmontz with moat of the earth tut Andrews al -
not
'OHM With the dally rotation,
'!rife "glacial period" of geology le
'VCt an isolated phenomenon, but u
i 1311thite us effect of the spiral move -
Neat of the earth.
Hence, all parte of the earth's auto
tette, have, In turn, a glacial period.
Benda the present polar ttgione will
be dropped by the aplrai revolution to -
Ward the equator.
The present temperate regions of
the earth will be twisted Into the
Polite atmosphere and become ace
tanked.
Tito dluturnal motion of the earth
pekoe place approximately every 81,-
000,000 years.
Title diuturnal motion of theenrth
le the sum of the results of alt Its
other forms of motion.
Tho diuturnal theory of the earth
10 the dhstxovery of William Andrews,
born 1798, Bled 1807.
It is now made public for the first
HMG,
Our earth turns eke a corkscrew.
theta this hypotheel. flit ub cu.e Allier -
tette Woo It,s teem, In Ilk grate inatej
a t.04en years founded a has,c theory
of a (Lutenist reiolutwou of the earth
Wll.ch Nevins de,tlue.I to taut la scion
tt(tc imps:tanto any el:co,ery 01uce
Newton's. Accept fig thud theory, u
groat gap In the pltye1eul selectee. 1
filled. Geology, no longer a nuts, of
diseonttoete.l knowledge, become,/ re
duced to order. , hatwmeua heretofore
eettug the wits loin of !lux Ile Aga. -
els and Humboldt at flat detinuce ur,
rendered sttecepttble of the elutphet
explauat on. Nor does this theory 01
the dluturnal revo!utlou of the earth
involve any negation of eiscoterl•e
heretofore made. The earth I, ndndt
ted to make those diurnal and annual
re%o!ntlome 1❑ spare with which the
text Cooke of our boyhood have Dun 1
Intelsat us. All that we are %tow usketi
to do le to conceive the earth ON 11
liquid mase encased In n cruet whh It
dpi apically es the skin of an orange
might do were It 44114110 to revolve ludo
pendently of the pulp.
The Discoverer.
The diuturnal theory of the earth,
here made public for the first time,
Coes its existence to Willi/en Andrews,
a poor and unknown man all Ida life,
Who was born In Thiladolple a, oil Jan.
Sud, 170& Ile (fed nt Cumberland,
)td., August nth, 1887. Without early
advantages and orphaned when barely
In Ile teens, he eulieted for the war _
Of 1812. Ills father l:eforo flat had
served with Ilietlnctlaa In the war u; .
the revolution. The 5econ11 struggle
with Ettg4.u%'.l having come to nn end
7
taeheen of that dny, to the L!ppineett
publishing house la Philadelphia. Isere
it0 motored the bookbinding trade, I
dubsequently lie litchi moue the
Shakers, and later MID he travelled
to what was then the far weetern
wlldernese of Tennessee. For thine
years he wits ono of the publishers of i
a Nashville newspaper.
But the best years of his life were
spent in C'umberldnd, Md., in which
place he settled down Mout 1837. Ills
livelihood trite obtained from the pro-
fits of a modest book and atationery
store, but the energies and abilitlee
of the mon were devoted to a etudy
of the natural sciences. He collected a
prodigious number of specltnens in
natural history, classifying and ar-
rutest them with such eclentifie no-
muley that upon his death the State
rNew York was glad to purchoee a
onsldereble portion of the whole.
nether traction of the collection,
embraring 110 lean than twenty thou -
feud geological epechnens, passed to e
arylaand !nettle)ion of learning. Still
another portion is now the property
of the Marylgnd Academy of ecienees,
et Baltimore. Ao'tews was too de•
Opted to w-tentttie pursuits to be e
eceaslul business man. lie spent en, MAP SHOWING SIS
pre diays wandering the Maryland .
l fllde In /march of specimens. In pr.,- :
` of time he amassed, s rent lib- -
eery of works of oclance. Ile eorres '
ended with men of learning all over
he world. The entire latter portion
yf his lite was spent in the elaborntlon
• ff bis diuturnal theory of the earth':
Vallee she In the preparation of an
,exha native book on the eubj'et.
But he published nothing du:ing iii tItelime. 'The next century," he
oldie, say, "w111 appreciate what 1
ve'-wt'Itten." And so for years hl:
antgttt1pt has reeled to obscurity.
t now his daughter, MIAs Myra An
,
reals, leas arranged to give the vol-
)tme to the world. Ih
The Meaning of the Theory.
ming Andrews was bound cut, In the
Nos , 1
WILLIAM ANDREW$
teen to exist leaves a void. So much
to admitted by geologleal selene to.
day. The want of such an ultimate
eno'tou or our phnot tind,, the mien.
ill, world de9rl e.i of any natural
(xpl (nation o, the etratlfhsel cruet o1
the otrth. Thti was the dilemma of
eologlete In the days of Kant and
Hutton. On the other hand the ac.
eepta;;ce of the diuturnal revolution
is an Integral part of the system of •
movements to which the globe le
ubject fully accounts for the whole
scheme of stratification. The die-
ter/till theory is time a key to the
facts presented by the stratified rocks
with their involeod organic retualne
of ancient flora anti tonna.
The aspect of the islands and con•
tinents forming the land dtvlstone of
the earth has greatly altered dur-
ing the Mwee'aslvo changes of sur•
Moe on our planet, Thls le (natter
of popular knowledge. But 1n the
•
tumn and winter. The glacial period
of the earth, of which the gcotoglate
make 14o much, wan '1141.)1Y one of these
winter periolre.
Ono +liuturnal revolution Is 0ain-
pri5od thus in ov011 complete spiral
movement of the earth, During one
auels spiral movement the geographi-
cal configuration of th„t globe rare -
oily changes. This is the renull not
of changer) in the ()CII (1414 level, but of
elevations nal deprctssi0ne of territory,
The earlh's shell is acted upon by It
tremendous wave movement resulting
from the 1tuturnal motion. It is this
spiral turn wlKch auto es an aejaist-
ing principle. Without It the earth
would not W held in its spheroid shape,
the ocean waves would know no res-
traint. The gtountetns would be rent
atoaumdpolo, er and Hee sans dashed from pole
V,
Tho Glacial Periods,
Whet are culled the glacial perieta
eompriso but one perpetual phenome-
nen of con.inuous force and activity.
Thy foregoing reutenca le the timer -
let's own words. The groat central
pain of our own country' is suspect-
ed by geo;ogi.ets to 1.10) been the
bed of one vest inland tea. Over this
sen roamed colossal leebdrge, In the
heart of wheel giant b.,w,uere re-
posed. The melting of those i;ebeigs
lett rock maesca in the b.,soni of our
-country whose preee44ca defies expl.,n-
atlon on any other hypothesis. Now,
viewing such phenomena 0o these in
the light of the eiuturnal theory of
the earth, it Is easy no see that no
element of mystery existe whatever.
The Arctic Ocean covers what was
once a Girlie) awaatry, T11.1 Aleutian
Archipal .gQo was once tuner the torrid
const,llati.ns. Tisa moun•1 builders er-
igineted, flow tithed and faded away
in torrid climes. Such are the requite
of the application of the theory of
Willem Andrews, These results, even
to that minds of the most burdened
seepp ice, furnish.* working hypothesis
whlah atande the severest tests.
It would to the greatest error to see
In tate sueeoeAve glaclli periods of
every portion of the earth's eurface
any cause for regret. They aro, on
the contrary, It w-,ao proilelen of
nature. Tho motemettt le so gradual
that no disturbing effects are felt at
all. It Is true that the region now
known an the ilnited State, of Anter•
ten will in time become as Ire locked
ne the North Pole to now. New York
and Chicago will be oubmorged be-
neath ooh limltlees frozen expanse,
The )(tabbing cold of the solea, North
anti South, may now eervo to conceal
extinct civilizations. Aeons hence,
when the polar regeme are blo0 on1-
Ing under a tropical sun, the fossils
of their past will he nnearthnl by the
humanity of the far distant future no
scientists to -day dig nut the relics of
the mound builders,
- Every geologist will admit that hie
eclapae le In what may be tetmei
;tehwork condition, There are eel.
IA normal periods and climatic
when es In the holy of the earth
'Which have never been satisfactorily
.ezplalned. Such sclenttste ae Biotite,
,'for example, have pulated out the need
rot 4 hypothesis, at least, to account
.,ifor phenomena which have been ob-
•erved, but which no one hex 5110 -
/seeded in adequately explaining.
changes of itiface level and geologi-
Mal etratitiaations observed alt over
»the world have been noted as my-
- -vteries f vulsdons of athe eremote past, naturaldue to con-
'be-
17ond thle aclence has stool perplexed.
missing link in the geological
E1ehty-four 41011100 years ago met
of the t'artbbetwl elm was under the
uortlu,rn sidereal polar regions
Fort,} -two million putts ago Nova
Scotia wits under the eontheru side.
nal polar regions.
To -day North Atuerh'a has return-
ed to Its in•estnrt i °shin ir.'uratlt the
Ft Areal lteavtni,
It Lo Lee. Raub that (lratul in I vtall
pass through and within the bout-
11;111114of that reeeet now *lug me
dor the northern sidereal hoar re-
gions.
This eau be put in +mother way.
Au lutervtl of (arty -two 11111,10a era's
chi peed between oath of the follow••
lug perlo.k:
1runt tiro boghadttg of the tomtit,
Goa codglomerates W the close et
the ofd red sumletono system.
From the beginning of the moun-
tain litttetkone to the close of the
carbonitcroua system of the northern
hemisphere,
Froin the beginning of the new roe
sandateno system tote Close of the
green semi etratuw.
From tits beginning of the (retare-
outs period to the close of the terti•
ary formation.
1'rotn the close of the tertiary for -
motion of the northern hemisphere,
or the time the drift was spread over
the northern continent)), to the pres-
ent position of the globe.
"What," tneueren the diuturnal
theorist, "has occurred on oar globe
since that eventfue period f Mare
could posalbly 1/1 described in floe
thousand volumes, if authors would
but do justice to each, department of
the science ani to the progressive
development of the human family even
from that standpoint." He concluded
this part of the subject with n de-
-11ratiou that the etidenet is strong-
ly in favor of the existtence of human
beings on this planet as far back as
the rideene, or middle tertiary, per
cod.
VIII,
Man's Antiquity.
The progress of man in civilization
and enlightenment is made by our the-
orist to depend upon the diuturnal re-
volution of the earth. Hie existence
dates from the drift period. The con-
sequence of the diuturnal movement
of Europe ant North America from
the equator to their present poe1-
lion is that a vast pedal of tine
b.as been afforded the iahabitanta of
the northern hemisphere for the at-
tainment of their present degree of
enlightenment and progression. The
;amend builders of North Amcrira were
it more enlightened race of people and
further advanced in general develop-
ment than the native Ineieno of this
continent because of their presum-
able connect inn with the preceding
inbabltents of the region of the Aleu-
tian Archipelago,
The native h111111114 of this continent
in later days, however, may have
been the desoendante of tribes, either
from Northern Ada or front the sante
retire° throngli South Ainorion. Its
ancient )and connections undoubted-
ly coniittue.l with the routhern por-
tion of the Astatic continent. "After
unheeded years had run their silent
course through many tboneend ages
Europe !Want, rho Wilt of distribu-
tion from wide), sprats+ the nucleus
111 the first , icillyd t hthnbitants of
North Aware)." The Aelatle nation,
usually deemed the oldest of peoples,
must to reality bo much younger In
time theft the many thoueaudet of
ginerati ol1 whicEnrolee have pawed away
Tlute the dt-
utuntnl revolution becolney tho mea•
sure of the scale of human existence,
IX.
What the Theory Scttlee.
The Hearings of the theory of WO•
Ilam Andrews mem the scientific con•
troveretee of to -day may be summed
up very briefly.
It adjusts tufo anttroverey between
the followers of Darwin and the fol-
lowene of Agnasiz la favor of the for-
mer. "The Netters& Theory of the
Earth," as Willi^m Andrews calls ble
work, to specifle on this point. Ani-
mal lite always exlede:l on a warm
part of the globe, whilst a former
troplwal part made its polar transit.
The bulging of the earth at the
equator makes a bridge for the pass -
ago of epeclee. Blologiets have always
assumed much a bridge. Tho diuturnal
theory shows how the bridge ivne
made.
The vartntlone in the mollons of
earth and moon are explained. Profile.
mor Newcomb coiled this an "tneoluble
problem In notronomy."
Climatic evidences are held to
prove the theory co ehislvely. Such
- evidences follow with remarkable ex-
aetitude the spiral path of diuturnal
. revolution,
Earthquakes aleo tit into tube the -
POLAR TRAM SITIONS ACROSS Tf1E WESTERN ore. So; teo, do volonnlo phenomenn
BEMIS MERE, and the &leg of South America and
the Pinking of r, /Noland. The earth',
right of the Andrews theory a great • The Earth's Shell crust rises grndgalty at the equator
mark of polar action Is that o the and Milks at th poles. This adjuet-
nee great continent of which the The earth tlo,ta upo.l a eelml-llqui.i meat prodnoee the breaks and fissures
,Vest Indies and the islands of tate element etgttt thouean 1 relies in 111- in the strata. 3
'arlbboan Sea are now the only Inter. The surmce strata are a re- The dtulurnnl theory allows toast
remnonte, That le to illy, the snit to a Qrent extent of the Interior Dana, with Ido elevatory theot;v:
land dialdone of the globe In tbeir apt. heat of the globe, wh.ch throws out Chnmherl•aln, with hie eneborilc arid
cal movement are eubjeot to the Wttat may be termed tore gn sub- gas theme; Le Conte, with hie rontl-
tremendous convulelone of which geol. stances or 01.1 matter remelted. The nentnl teeing and felling theory, teem
ea has taken note. But they are sub- ' th,ekoess oI the earth's crust Inas no lad hold of pert of the truth. remit
,eat to something more. This some• eepec.al bear)tig upon the dluturnal "nw a small aro of the great circle
thing more Is glacial action. Now theory. The d.t(meter of our glom to, whore entire circumference was first
the glacial periods of the past have_ of course, vastly greater than tho ontltne(1 by W11Bnm Andrews. He rltllm
uses recognized by Keener/to. Various th'ekuexe of the mere shell. thin nat0re'e own th oro of the earth.
theories in regard to them have been Tho actual th;eknese of the earth's It purports to explain nil phenomena,
.ormulatod. But no adequate ex- shell may, 1n fact, never bo positively and, having been applied to one, 11 -
planation of them Is possible, unless asoertamed. But the diuturnal th,ory Itminatee them ale—New York lIer-
a eplral movement of the earth to aecounte for the volcanic and set mho ald. _'
taken Into account. The spiral move. comet's:one of the eartlha surfaeo by French Knots.
went brings the surface of the .globe the tendency of the inner liquid Imes A lo'itce of heliotrope 011- la newest
at regular but Immense Intervale w1.h• to eject all foreign aubstancee. The covered /boelee f Sema)) knots in sant
,n the sphere of glacial Influence, The Wavel ke motion of the crust has rt tea- brown ell. Thee beautifulh knots
is in R'al
ions
.ountrlee which today are un;oying dopey to project fragments of the are the Intrust work In embroidery and
e mild and lambent climate mast Ile- terrestrial shell into the lIqul,l mase. 1111°1
ill the 1 tot work embroidery
by then•
oeeenrlly become Ice covered to a Thee( fragments aro nnfa'hngly dot. P n
great depth. Such a fate will over- ed. Hera, thou, i5 a romeWhit general ilio spot, or silk emhr"ldery on flan•
take the city o1 New York, ad It lute but still adequate explanation of vol. ttol or velvet nnt.,te.
already overtaken the northern and etude ern Gone and earthquakes. The French knots are tendo by the
southern polar regions, William Andrews 1e very To aloe In needle -woman on the fitted garment.
IV. his contention that the earth's cruet 05411 101* ; Pun can p.. , feet a
length of elik or velvet dcrorated with
The Terrestrial Corkeerew. le a mere film, "little better than a
length
The effect of n corkecrew or spiral
of liquid ere Cnmpnrod with its 11la-
movement of the earth during an 11- meter, the earth's crust i not much arollatd the levet() etO before taking the
limitable expanse of time is the trans- thicker than "the dao -e on a mate of .eeee
'
poeitlon of the eoverat parte of the Inolten lead," Thlo film or shell to ten to rope silk or ruble emcee are
earth's eurface. The north polar of/etainei In o Alenby hereto from, often used for the. French knots be-
muse of the globe moves conrtantbY P cause it le easier to make them of
wltbin nhd froth wltlhout It float3 t•t' 1 t Baer twisted
ted
Frenc
knots. Tho knot le mule by
mass of materinie floating on a era winding the silk or crewel tightly
ehslC was surmised to bo connected in toward the south. The eouth polar , these materinle than n der w s
Int of the earth neceeearlly moves a natural and perpetual equilibrium i sllk l
way with the crust of the earth,
point between these forces, "to le disturbed!
t how, or when, or why was an un- toward the north. The result of only bya revolution or rotation which V hem !t i tap (lute8 of an under•
newera�lls question. such a movement moat next be, in taking to stake a whole bodice stylish
But William Andrews answers the IloInt of timethe locking of the Rus• nature designed fmmthebeginning 1ci• with Freteli knots All npplieatlon of
r7, cnuae tt ,
,,puwp4etlotn in a way which gives all elan Empire in Icy fnstneeees. Next to move to ono slow but 1pel them is made la bandit for the collar,
lube
physical solrrecee a compose to wHl roma the turn of the Ch apse Em- 1lctual wave." TI wave produced the Duffs, n yoke or bolero or for up -
by There must be, he declares, ptre, Including the great desert of and le still producing all the phen• and -flown bands or the waled girdle.
utlot of lite earth of which see Sahara, followed by that of the grout• omens of which man le cognizant fu --- --
heretofore has taken no note. er part of China, Hindustan and Cen- rrtntlon to the earth's otratifientien. Teo 3luelt t'ar the 3ltniis er.
le the Petrel movement of our teal Ethiopia. Tula will be followed VII.
There in n very perry young Indy,
wet, Wldeh, as has been etnted, by the polar depreselok of that d1• The Progreamme. .
the daughter of oma of our big cor-
hot conflict with the dtu.rnal ro ' vision of viral territory In which are Tia, author of the diuturnal theory potations lawyer:, who attends a Sun-
tton, nor with the annual revolt- at this time the Philippine Ielundo, dnhw'e up a plan of the rotations. l'hi day Scheel tie in Harlem, which is
-•v.si, nor with the 21,000 year gyre- Borneo, Sumatra, the Indjan Ocean plan roveale for edentifle purp(tee€ attached to the Papist Church. The
talon, nor even with tete nebular by (tad a portion of > outhetn Africa. Tho the nesantsic motion of this, our plan- 160th wen was the lesteme and in it
o
'o.heeds. Rather, It implement,/ and diuturnal revolution of the flltit nt, 1,1 relation to thew and etratifl- occurs the words: "Let us praise the
armoneses them all. Not only are period of glacial action will submerge cation. The periods of 1(101 aro not Lord with song and dance,"
nese no conflicting cluaracteristice the Cape of hood Hope In a polar at- decisively, but they aro approximate- "But how can wo praise the Lord
Moves this spina movement of too' [nowhere. The Australian continent Iv, cxlrrect, with d'tn:^, 17 dancing 63 sinful l"
earth attd the magnotio currents en- 1e now tending upward from a period Two ltutidred tout ten million yenrh asked the young one.
ling the globe from went to emit of glacial submergence at the eouth. 1 ago that part of tho southern ocean "The word dance did not mean in
Iran east to weep, but there is This upward tendency of the Leland pit which We Swath 8hetlapd Island, thugs days, what it means aovv;' re-
oonfUot. to quote Andrews' own oomtinent Will go an until Australia i4ons ttow sfttnted woe, by the Reh'itf eponded the twu'hc•r. ' in I h • •' I
r,..."evewi't1hthethleoriesofEanta Imams the centre of great end i' voluttntt or the 11111,,, ;,,,,•• 0,4 d,y., (t.; 4,eopes d,uacad Alone."
attar, Coperntens or any other powered' empires under ',mat ri :1 11,3;,8 under southern oIberetol polar 'Kind Of skirt dance, wasn't i' 4"
theor * of the earth to bo loon° on constellations." This is to take place, loom
Tlae teacher caLiapsed,—Vew Y n'k
rsntfltl Tlah is the resent of tlae however, nut during Ataetrulla'a up- Otte huncheal and elety-fight n111 Journalist.
Met that the spiral movement of the ward movement, but when the Leland Icon years ego Putagonla passed ding•
earth is not as old as any of these returner southward niter a stay of onally moose the southern sidereal A movement loam been started in
syetents. mottoes of the earth now rages In the northern hemisphere. polar regions, iiootreal to give Lord Strethc•0na a
isstabilsied maystill remain thesame These slow movements and vast Ons hundred and twentyex nee public dinner on has arrival, and to
me contents tI'neixa eternal operations changes, will, however, require him- hast years ago the valley of the Rio proeent htm With rho iree0lom of the
int Ctrs concord. But alae movement Wail "6"
durations of time for ))bele con- de la Plata, involving' Bogollivia and the city.
W 1:osWs foe bases of rho dlutnr• tntmmatiat, The diatnrnal revolution lead waters of the Amasoea, passed Bon.- 'm, Tatt, former memllor of
fir 1 Andrews may be added period, like the annual revolution per- clammily under the eonthern aide. the Northwest Coonan, te dead at
to Complete the Viten pod, kis its atlanmar, its voting and an- � real polar reptons,
SAO
Readingly aged 73
yenre.
WITH DER WHIT
e TKelN11VAAI, OKIt'Pt'HES,
Et Peel oda, the ('appal or the 'Traube
V4111.
Pretoria is alta tell about 4,180 let 0
41.00e sea level; It le dlattttit triol How a New Yorker Wooed a
Johannesburg, by rind, 39 miles ; by Toronto Gill,
train, 40 tulle.+; front Delegrin Hay,
:tit, at:'lee; from Durban, 511 utiles,
News of' Gen, Buller's First
Failure Caused Dismay,
AREDETERMINED AND HOPEFUL.
1.01111011 Pahl!: War letters (trout
Ladysmith monopolize to -day's Lou-
don papers. The Timet corespondent
at ('bat place w•ritoa under date of
Derumber 18th:
"It is impoesib:e to express the feel-
ing of consternation with: wbleh tho
news of Ganerai Buller'e check on the
'regale at L'otenso was tee/Oval In the
invested (owe. All had made up their
minds that the period of enfah:ed in-
activity WAN at an end. We We.e
proud to 1h:nk flet we should he
able to meet 1415 rtli,aving lt'.topi with
the little 11ia40(403 of our own regard-
ing the Gun and Surprise Hill bat-
teriec, No one for 11 moment imagined
that the southern force would be eny-
ibing but successful.
"Heavy firing had been hoard on
December 184h in the direction tf
Cotenoo, whole on the following day
the pickets on Uaeaar'e Camp and
Wagon 1E1: lied teen the enteks made
by the bursting ebrapnel. 'Then we
eel iled for news—waited brae thieealy
for orders to be given to the flying
coltunln, composed of the Devonehi:e
and Manchester regtmente and Gor-
don Highlanders, to leave camp to
complete the devastation which the
southern farce had begun. Men and
women congratuiuted themselves in
the streets when they heard that one
of aur aguh(lvonloot
\Vagus Hill to cover ahaad movementeen t
the ('lyinheg coluvymn.ns
"But the silence was prolonged,
Ihougb the helto sus winked cease-
lessly from the hill tops. Rumor had
its may, and stories were told of a
eplondid victory, of deserting Boers,
of fleeing Dutch and elaughteted
burghers. But nothing froth head-
quarters.'
ead-
quarters.'
BOERS FIRE1 SPITEFUL SALUTE.
"December 10th was Llugnan's Day,
the nenlvcreery of the declaration of
Independence of the eolith African Ro-
wlett(' by the triumtlrate in 1860. It
was thought that tits tanald be a sell-
able date for nil toenail' the power of
the rebel State. hay dawned, and with
the advent of the sun the big .gun nut
ltutwa(ut opened ' a eiijtetul Tire,
Twenty-one ronut% were flew] Into
the town. The Iloers had ret l'ttbt red
the eahtto which we had tired on the
Prince of Writes' birthday. Grimly on
Dingnans Dae' they retermvl the so. -
IMP, anti with• eltrrt for there ,t-eeo
three fatal enaualties from the tire.
'Still, the garrison eongrntetatwt it-
sOf. 9'hls salute lyes bet the song of
the dying 10V11 11. hi o lit of bravado
the rncuty had Bred into its before re -
1110% leg the gun to escape the advance
from the south(. A 14t•ery coma in from
Intomte ('amp that the Boers had sent
a number of wmlw 1orl retch f ft Vt•d'nte
anenm lieciteniettt ran high, and 11
spx,rubttl•e photographer circulated a
notice to the effect that now that the
elege was practically at an end he
would bo happy k/ take :t 1%1[115 gi.mr'-
of the. cellir. 15 30in find survlv0d.
"But on Saturday night a sinner
orCatretltrmredelli llettterl1eatnetatels,td
to the flying column were sent back to
their posltlons on the lino of defence.
Ott the morrow the following general
order was published to the garrleon :
"Tim general officer ctnntuauditg
the Natal field force regrets to have
to announce that tieneral Slr Redeem
Buller 111(41 to make good hi first at-
tack on Coleuso. Reinforcements will
not, tlterefore, arrive here as early as
wart expected. Sir (Merge White Is
confident that the defence of Laaly-
endtlt will be continued by the garrl-
emt in the mune spirited manner as It
Inas hitherto been conducted until the
general offleer eommonding In chief
In South Africa does relieve it"
DISi11Y FOLLOWED BY CALM.
"Thi; news was received with blank
111001ny. The dlaeppolutment was
overwhelming. Then, pts the eltta•
Con began to be studied calmly,
the tension was relieved. It did not
really matter if the investment
Meth] a tow woke longer. We find
few of the luxuries of life, It ie true,
but there woe a full ration of the
necessaries for at least two
months. The defences were practf•
cabby secure agalnet attack. Our
worst enemy was disease.
"Tho situation woe anything but
desperate. The men, having au long
stood to the field fortifications.
seeped satisfied to remain 011 the
defensive. The disappointment was
acute, but as far as the garrison
was concerned, the situation re•
mined unchanged."
BOl7It9 LEARN OF MOVEMENTS.
The Standard's eorreepandent nt
Ladysmith devotes much of a two.
column letter to the subject et spies.
He writes:
" That there are traitors nndsplee
white as well as black, In the gar•
Hawn at Ladyemitlh Is certain. The
enemy never Calle to receive notice
of our movements. Gen. Joubert, in.
deed, Is said to have been very an.
gry because on one oeeaston he had
not iheard of the order counter•
mending a night attack. He aim•
plalnod of Gen. White's want of
constderatlon In keeping the burgh -
ere out of bed.
On Mournful Monday—the Immo
given by common cement to the tiny
of Nleholeon'e•Nek—filo Boers gave
dlsaetroua proof of acquaintance with
our plans by withdrawing their mait1
body from the centre of attack a f,d
preparing en ambush for the (11.„,e1
taro The reconnaissance under Col.
Brocklelturet, also showed that they
had been warned In time t-, elute;'
their positkm. In sheet, It is iI„I„w-
slblo avoid tl(o ,rtlertiou that we
are intp an euNtly's lxtttlltr�
"The loyalty of tits itriti-h eul lllkte
la beyond suspicion, tact the Datel
eletnettt ht Natal 1s 011 rtronq. Ser
ernl farmers have ben came it red•
handed, and many eitelin(10 turd vol•
tIlteerg lave brth•,1: and couetne
flghting oft the other side. Every' pro•
jest i known 11111 ,hax'ussed hi the
volnnteerat itnru lo,,:4 tsafure the regu•
late kava any oleo of it, and officers
have received e. amtern1111ule of orders
that 4ave nr err
',melee] then(."
Wily (x',111 AI'rlr%ut Natives.
"Nothing." //OR a man who spent
many y, hr- in eolith Africa, "gives
a nati',, greater pleasure than to
)rad the 111111tr+nnrW of rt white man
when he bemire the latter wants in-
form ilc It. For it plce0 of tobacco
lie will tranll up an cutting story,
nee for an extra quarter he will lay
it Reit seen them
'`I tills thickly. Itat 0 t
entle, their eyes twinkling
well delight while they have been Im-
pnrthig Nome confidential otaternent
to myeelt and utherrt: and it i quite
i, ,,1 tip tt Gee ate waking s lits state-
ments no to these supixosed itttlea
and the terrible hem of life which has
been Inflicted upon the enemy,"
A decree baa been issued nnn0unc-
ing teat the bubonic plague has dhs-
appeared from Oporto, and that the
quarantine of that port has been re-
peated,
While J. Todd, a young man, uvea
thawing dynamite at. Rat Portage,
' Lt exploded and blew bitn to pieces.
"PREP( MINNIE LEE"
111111 from tape'i' nvu, 1,010 111110.8. Thor
country mutt I J'retur;a p410000 0( few
natural hrnnt'es, whin flu except:on
(tf the road to "the Fuantttins,"
Mow in len elettott, where the ntng-
tilfirent spriaga.front while thewat -r
supply Is drawn, take. their glee. .1
flue thew over the town and sttrronuld-
ing� country i obtained from too sena
mit of the Signal Hill. The plateau
at the foot of the hal was tate 501)118
of the English lunger during the War
of 1881. The city has goul hotels,
eevoral elute,, a large mnrket ttu.t.ling,
six churches, a nubile iltenlry, a
museum, a pular
111 +plt111 Ind Atulhu•
instltntlon5.
THE OR.1Ntil: FREE STATE.
Tho eefmatexl area of the Orange
Free State Is 49,950 square miles. Ac-
cord:ug to the feet comity tba pope-
latba toneletei of 77,717 whites sad
129,787 natives, a total of 207,:101.
The roads generally aro fairly good,
and bridges have been built over
ninny of the most dluhgeruue rivers.
Pp to the end of 18)0 a total Noun of
$1,100,001) bind been spent on the con-
struct'on of river bet:Igoe, Until Jame
ary, 18,17, the Oraugo Fro State did
not actually pllas004 any railway's;
now It has about 400 [MIA. Natural-
Izetlo:t requires a three yenre' resp
dente, and conelsts of a slmplo oath
of nileg:antae witheiout renum•latlon of
outer nnfmtnlity, hiuurinde au.l real
are the prinetp.hl minernse of the
repnbl Ir,
PORTITGIIES1I EAST AFRICA.
Portiigtteeet Bast ifrLea (e moat un-
healthy for Europeans, even at ILla-
goa Bap, and further north the
enlist lends are swampy, malarial and
littio short of peat:reroute Evers up
the Beira Railway this hotels good,
more or less. The Gellatly covers an
tree of 271,000 square ulnae—greet-
er than Texas, the largest State In
the United States Delagoo Bay to the
beet natural harbor in the whole
of eolith Atrira, and let destined at
no distant dote to he one of the most
important. Ily special treaty between
the respective' gti't'ernmenta, ell pro-
ducts of Portuguese East Aires and
o2 the 1Trutasvael-may pace in an out
of either territory'free of all duty..
Liotta and other carnivorous animals
,pnn, nd t io b, oar -
APPEARANCE tai'' Tile: DUTCH.
In 1596 the herrn clutch fleet was
wren in South Aft sou waters on their I
tidy to Leila. In 1420 the Englirdt
flag was hoisted on S:gnal Hill, but
no' settlement was attempted, and
flotiling of importance took plane until
1048, wlvatt a Dutch vessel, the "Haar-
lem," wad driven ashore and wreck-
ed La. 7able•.Bay. Atter a resede.nce
•of several sleuths the crew was tak•
era oft, and gave, fetich a
glowing account of the country!
and ltd terbui'(-es that the Netberbanda
Eget India Company decided to form a
station in tete bay where the Emit Iu-
lcnvn fleets might obteln•-retreelunent,'`
Ini6711'three vessels, under Jan tali 1
Rlebeck, left holland, and arrived In
Table Bay after 11 pnr50ge of 101 du ye,
these being praetlrally the first y1m-
sels despatched with Mouth Afrlea for
their destination,.
HORSES IN tklbTfl .t ERICA.
South Africa offers one of the lest
breedhtg• ground,, in the world. Experi-
ence In the Indian service has proved
that the ugly, underbred .tfrietn horse
possessed much more endurance titan
any other horse. The number of horse
In South Africa is given am follows/ •
Cape Colony, 415,200; Natal, 52,170;
Orange Free State, 278,400; Trans-
vaal, 940,000. horse sickness le at
Clines a terrible plague. It filet ap-
peared 111 South Afrlea, 111 1719, and
has never been stamped out. Iu 1854
no less than 70,000 homes and moles
died of It in Cape Colony alone. Haws
which have been attacked and have'
recovered are called "salted," and Nell
nt very much higher prices. The aver-
age price of n horse in Soul' Africa lo
tihoi t $130.
HIS $500 WORTH OF BLISS,
New York Telegraph.)
titcrybotly knows Julius Kaufman,
the high grade expioltetr of (Mam-
pegne. Kaufman Wail grently smitten
slut tato oavmeeof bliss Minnie Lee,
and It looked He titoiiglt this lady,
who comet trete Toronto, would fully
reciprocate !tit affection.
But Littre canaott gloomy day. Miser
Lee and lir. Eaufuan had it slight
dtepgrnemont. Tho lady, for sumo rea-
son fleet known to herself, cumhadetl
that the winter 5ea51m was newly
more eeeloyable In Toronto than New
York, end went lame, with meant
hnvetaking of the ovine ttgcut.
1t was then Ito called "Mammy"
Newnan into counsel. Mr. Newnnin
0341)1(100 4beer,110heart
but, although not to wine
agent, is n noted anthorlty upon af-
.
'•Oo to Canada and see Iter," wits
Sir. Newmnn's dictum. "Make prnpl'
tlatory offerings. Admit yourself In
the wrong, A man always le in ea5e1
like tads, and the Weller he aeknowi-
edges the fact the better for him. Be
wise, my fly, be wise. lie to Toronto
end admit ,your error at once and ask
for forgiveness."
"11111 you conte along and back me
up?" queried lir. Kaufman. "I need
moral support In n matter like this.
It le the !trot tltno In my life I ever
Itad to admit I was In tit0 wrong, and
It COMM hard, I ran tell "ash ,Still,
I think you have the right lien, 441'0111
1f you do push beer."
And so it conn about that those
two gentlemen Journeyed to Canasta
Inst week, but nelther of then( heeded
the ch111 Binet and other discomforts
o1 11fe In a high latitude.
Before lie left New York Mr. Kalif -
man laid 111 n stock of ,melt thing.(
n5 he belleval Mles Len Wo111d regard
with favor. There wile n sat'hel
which, with the engraved plate, coot
tt72, , There were tele pair.+ of silk
hosiery worth $174. n pair, takes of
Mop at 4143 n threw. ,tiantotele rind
other thing,/ whirl brought the W-
tal evpemlitere up t t 1(140 than $301t.
All theme he ltd with him when lie
fended in Toronto under the oottv'cy
nr .3(r. NOW/1111 A.
'': 1.1(1- S,.MILEB,
An sea 11I'Itl1114 th1ey Ind handed 'Air.
Kaufman sought out ale home of
,tiles Leo. Site walled upon hem, She
also received the presents he had
brought and listened to Ids explana-
tions graelonsly. She seemed to ap.
Ipreclate the fact that he had Lound
jgayest New York a dreary, deadly,
dull thing without her presence. Shu
weer ' apparently altogether forge.-
� etthis inliicomplaisant.
was notlalt. Ae Mr, Kauf-
' man gazed mem her and basked In the
' radiance of Iter smile a realizing sense
of the inattequncy of her gifts wee
lutpresscei ulxm him. They were all
too height to mhos the full fordo of
his affection. Hence he opened his
Menet uttd hi polketlook still furth-
er and bestowed 8500 upon MIs. Lee,
aeconfxulled by it fervent petition
that she purcimse Some small sont-
1eiltl' of Me happy reconciliation. The
young woman smiled etlll more sweet-
ly end Mr. Kanimw went away In a
glow of blies to report pr ren to
Mr. Newman, el, , wits wafting out.
rudIte,
took them tome "time to reach
Witnete ,hotel at whichwhichthey were put.
tkig ,up, for the happy Wino agent
emitted upon buying all along the
LIE GOT 1111 PRESENTS BACK.
'lVhttt th,;v dt1 got there the clerk
headed W. Kaufman a bundle ant)
a note. The note stated that WAS
Lee tett herself greatly dieteeaed
by the presence of Mr. Kaufman In
,'torcula, It might load to unkind
'remarks upon the part of her
friends. It his protestations of re-
gard were Arne he Would show Ida
feeling lege by at once leaving the
city nisi returning to New York.
in the bundle 115 would And all has
Otte, evelrte.' the 83 cakes of soap,
but she had been compelled to es0
the 8500 cash, which she would send
to him in New York as soon Si she
conveniently could.
That le why Mr. Kaufman looks
end and chastened these days, and
ie also the reason why he dome
trot take Mr. Newnlan'e adobe on
any subject, even to the backing of
home. Still he has his presents
hack, all exoept the cash, and what
could a mau ask more than that 7
The Greatest Banquet or the World.
The greateet tit} is history took
place Aug. 181 1 lee when the 40,-
000 Mayors of eat at a table
I',
In the lisle' n
de i dastrle in Farts.
There Were three relays of about
13003 guests each, To prepare the
feast requireli „_,,enty•five Chief
cooks, 13,000 waiters, feeelious, cellar -
men and helpers; 80,0(10 platers, 62,•
0011 glasses, knees, retire and pewee
in proportion ; 40,000 rolls and flak;
meat and fowl by the tan. The ban.
(met was part of the Centenary vele
bratlnn ht the events of 1789.
A Fighter, Not an linter.
An naming story le circulating In
Noticing circles in London concerning
one of the clerks who, belonging to
a volunteer regiment, offeree his
eervlcav for the front and was pro-
visionally accepted. The young gen-
tlemnn, who, according to a London
paper, to of unusually tine phyolque,
pr eente(1 himself for metileal inspec-
tion, and Wns eongrntulating hhn-
self on his perfect Nolindm,es when
the doctor told h1111 to open hi mouth,
and then shattered his (lopes by say-
ing he could not pooeibly prise hlw,
11e hie teeth were detective. "But,"'
said the yellunteor, "I ant thoroughly
round otherwise, noting wrong
here," efee laic hie (hest. "No,' 4'
[Alec! the Aar, "but f valet pass
you with those trete." " What 1)w ,
tut rot," • impatiently exclaimed tho
young; man, 'I want to go out to
fight the burghers --trot to eat them."'
A mon of health Inepeetor Pearson,
of Winnipeg, loft Ids life at Mebntoeli,
Wash., by drowning.
A lourrd of Inquiry will Iniov4tigete
the charges leading to the dont)) 4.11
Ganser \ ollnce, of Toronto, n ux•ur
late of C flattery, at K(itaetelll.
The Slight Directory publishers es-
timate the population of the city of
Toronto at 280,2014.
NO TRIFLING
WITH T1113 NERVES.
Opiates- Hasten the Decay of Nerve Cells --Dr
Chase's Nerve Food Restores and Revitalizes
, Wasted Nerves.
Tour physlcitw 10111 tell you that otiutl• ut•i.ites. They only hasten d0•
tuorphbm, colt -tine e curd other . 031.4 col .
atee eMuco met and sleep only by - l.rl retro l talo. Get right down to
deadeningthe q eves, that stall re tile foundation of the trouble and
build tp Who system by using hr.
Ref le only temporary, and that 11,1, 1, (lu,ae'e Nerve Fool
use of such drugs nctually hest els ; Thly great restorative is ht pill
the decay of the (terve cells. form and Ooettaltte the very elements
The aterime moat -tot be frilled with, of naturae, which go to forst new red
No one eon nfftr! to wAete n,'rrnn5' oorptlsrles to the bevel and (rent',
enertry, the vital force of the body. new nerve 0118.
No one can afford to ne,r tie( (itemised It is worth Wh11,' in rralenils•r tall1
nerves until overview b} nervous the ('hta0'e Nerve 1'001 it not n hill•
pn)ltrath51, paralysis, epilepsy or out medicine, but the grteateiIt pry -
insanity. erripttom 1/1 Dr. A, W. 411805, author'
It let next to Impoesible to ,ethnate of the famous retch °, book.
the effect of di4alr'34 1 ect•0es ou the De. chase's N i't1 Food le an up -
orgasm of the tole. The whole nut• to -date, sclrntifie pmparation, which
chinory of circulatin. veneration told 11,14 ptovet itself to 8o 'metallic for all
digestion can only 110 lusiperly ear uertous 1b0nses. ft ontnot fall, 11
ried nn libel torr" I, supplied by t he i h"e I p t- I t,•ntI h r;nwe 't :,eta
1,er%41 I aft,, rebuthu4Oat revitalizes the Wasted
Rtarvrd, evlutuetod steels 11100 1101/1 P111. It It espeolaliv recommended
pains ouch tie headache, nrltrnl_;ia, fl' Ills peculiar to Iro214141, 1st:cause
sciatica, rheuinntlem, backache Oki , 111/5 almost luverlably arise from ex-
nchhtg limier. lmete:l derv'/. Dr. Close's Nerve
Tie begitmings of nerve disorders Foo:l. 50 amts a box, at all dealers
aro usually eleel/lreytces, irritability, or by mail, from Etimenvon, Bates
Mover energy and appetite, atwitele & Co., Toronto. Book on nervous div-
ing of the mttecles, Orel bruin and moms free.
depressed spirits. For coughe, colds, croup and bran.
When you can't sleep nt nightennd retitle, Do Chase's Syrup of Linseed
toes In misery longing for daybreak and Turpentine len prompt and thor.
to come, do not yield to the temp- ough cure, 25 cents a bur. Family
taunt to use morphine, cocaine or tile, three times as much, 00 dente. ,