Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1894 — The Center of England. [ARTICLE]

The Center of England.

An oak tree which stands in the middle in the highroad leading from Leamington to Warwick is said to mark the center of England; How long ago it was planted is not known, except b.f computation of its girt, which is aboi.it 12 feet and shows the tree to be between 300 and 400 years od. Tradition has warranty for the importance it gives to this ancient oak. The bole would be cut in two by straight lines drawn from Ber-wickon-Tweed. to Southampton, Carlisle tojbelsea Bill, Birkenhead to Eastborn. Holyhead to Deal, St. David's Head to Lowestoft, Land's End to Ingoldmell’s Point, Devonport to Salttieet, Bridgport to Hornsea. Portland Bill to Scarbo:ough, Bournemount to Saltburn, the Needles to Sunderland, Brighton to Lytham. Hastings to the north of the Lee, Greenwich to Abergele Hythe to Conway, Dover to Bangor, and Harwich to Aberdovy. These are all places on or near the coast and do not exhaust the list.—Boston Transcript. Theke are times when a weak ruler is more dangerous than a strong enemy. S’Edal legislation may produ e eclipse but can’t make sunlight. Russian railways have ladies smoking cars. __ Sapphires are mined at Franklin, N. C.