Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 September 1897 — Page 8
A MYSTEKlOl'S RACE. A SETTLEMENT OF WHITES WHO HAVE LIVED 300 Yt A Hb UNKNOWN.
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That white races of mysterious origiu and uf an advanced grade of civilisation exist in certain of tbe tu yet unexplored plateaus of Afru a hat long been a mat ttr of traditiou among all those who have devoted their attention to the ethnographical and geographica 1 science of the dark continent, and Kider Haggard and other Knglish novelists have found in report! bearing upon the subject the theme of many of their most popular tones. But no attention has been drawn as yet to the fact that in the interior of San Jago, the largest of the Cape Verde islands, which nestle in the Atlantiu off the moat westerly point of northern Africa, there exists a strauge people known by the name of the Cantadas, who for 800 years past have been absolutely cut off from all intercourse with the outer world, and who are fair haired, light complexioned and blue eyed, whereas the remaining population of the Cape Verde inlands consists of negroes and of Portuguese, who are almost as swarthy and somber in color as fnll blooded Africans. Clear aud sharp against the sky liue of Han Jago the mountain of San Antonio towers aloft in a pinnacle to the height of some 8,000 feet Iu form it conveys the impression of an ancient volcano, with its sharp slope on the side toward the sea, but on the inland side the declivity is broken by a sort of cup shaped interval, at the farther end of which there is the stump of what seems in times gone by to bare constituted a second peak, of equal height to San Antonio, but which, through some great cataclysm of nature, has been broken off some ,0uo or 6,000 feet above tbe common base Strangely enough, the peak of San Antouio is accessible to clever mountaineers, whereas the muter mountain
that is to say, the broken off peak is quite the reverse. From the point where it rises from tbe surrounding desert table land there is nothing but a steep wall of volcanic rock, not merely hundreds but probably a couple of thousand feet high. Indeed the only point whence access could ever be obtained to tbe summit of tbe sister mountain of San Antouio would be from the cuplike interval which divides the two, and mention of which has been madeabova This cup, however, is filled with water and is known by the name of the Cantadas lake It is a great sheet of water of marvelous depth snd clearness. On this father end of the lake, and in the interior of this sister mountain
of San Antouio, dwells the mysterious white race known as the Cantadas. Distrustful, apparently, of the gaae of strangers, these people of the mountain seldom leave their habitations during daytime, and on the slightest alarm of visitors they seek the shelter of the rock. But by hiding on the opposite cliffs until evening and with the aid of glasses it is possible to get a good view of them when they begin at sunset to gather on the grassy meadow which fronts the opening of the caves and extends down to the water's edge. beautiful, fair haired, white skinned girls, clad in flowing white linen garments, which scarcely conceal the sinuous beauty of perfect grace and form, oome out to wash linen in the lake and to sport on the cool green grass. The men, too, are simply dressed in much the same way, their white linen garments being admirably suited to the tropic climate. Many other signs of a high degree of civilisation appear, and from certain points near the summit of San Antonio it is possible, with tbe aid of strong glasses, to catch glimpses) through fissures here and there in the wall of rock of tbe twin mountain, of sheep and cattle graaing, of green fields and trees and of white, flat roofed houses running parallel with one another, all brilliantly lighted by tbe sun, and therefore leading to tbe belief that tbe intorior of this sister mountain of San Antonio must be hollowed out Into some valley, possibly tbe erster of an extinct volcano, which, through some freak of nature, baa been converted from barren basalt and lava into grassy and fertile slopes. An intrepid explorer would not have
great difficulty in reaching the Cantadas people. All that would be necessary would be to ascend tbe San Antonio peak, to descend on tbe other side until one reached the cliffs that overhang the Cantadas lake, to have oneself lowered by means of a rope to the surface of the latter and then to swim across the lake, which may be anywhere from four to sis miles in length. Certain scientists who have investigated the tradition and rumors that exist about the Cantadas among the inhabitants, Afriessi and Portuguese, of tbe Cape Verde islands, are inclined to tbe belief that they are of Cornish origin. This theory is das to the faot that what is stated to be their tongue resembles the dialect of the natives of Cornwall mors than any other known language. New York Journal.
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CaMiiuf rt. Speaking of maple augar brings
mind the fact that there la no product of the farm concerning which there la greater ignorance ou the part of consumers than maple Hugar aud sirup. It seems to be almost the universal opinion ' that maple sirup to be genuine inunt be jdark in color and of a thick, heavy ; body. I have carefully studied this matter, and I am convinced that dealers in ! large towns aud cities art .argely responsible for this. Maple sirup is one of the eaaiest things to "doctor. " For instance, s gallou of strictly pure, light colored maple sirup is received, and foreign aubataucea, as cane sugar or glucose, are added and three gallons made, and all are branded "pure maple sirup. " Some years ago I stepped into s grocery store in the city of Denver aud inquired if they bad any genuine maple sirup "Ob, yes" and I was shown cans branded "pure Vermont maple sirup. " I asked the grocer if be would kindly let me taate a sample. He did so, and as 1 koked up I suspect he began to "smell mice" and asked if I was a manufacturer of the article. I said, "Yes, and I ship it every spring to your city." Seeing be was fairly caught, he said: "The fact is I cannot fool you, I see. This sirup of ours was probably made in Chicago." Last spring I sent a gallon by request to a pastor of s church in Brooklyn who in bis boyhood days used to live on a farm in Chenango county and l knew what real maple airup waa. We sent him s gallon of esrly make, of a! light amber shade, aud at once received word that the airup waa entirely ahead of any be bad ever seen, and that it ! was an utter impossibility to procure such in tbe city. Why is it impossible? I know fine sirup is made and shipped. Tbe fact is, as I said before, the consumer is not allowed to taate that flue, light colored, genuinely pure article, for once he geta a taste of it tbe trade for the bogus ar-1 tide is gone. A few days ago a friend
DAYS TO COME. . A ions;, jt'im corridor . sullen liar I Of hht athwart the pavement, whars act fleet, to Pais sunshine aurmulx fur dark her winding
sheet A light uot horn of n.u r placid star Uluwa lurid turuagh the gl'ui, while fruui afar Heals marching l ' Innumerable feet. Ia thta the place aere tragic armies meet? The throb of terror that presages warf 1 trato to mm- then softly on my night There falls the vision, manifold they coma White, liatleaa day chained to her brother Bight : Their hands are shackled and their llpe are dumb, And as they meet the air where each one (Ilea They turu and smile at me with weary sjea. Helen Hay in Century.
INAUGURATION DAY. Waea It Will rail I'm Sundays
What Then Happens. From tbe year 1917 to the year 2086 inauguration day will fall on Sunday every 28 years, but in changing from the twentieth century to tbe tweutyfirst the 40 year period comes in, and after 2085 the next inauguration Sunday will be in 125. So, there will be a 40 year period from 2181 to 2221 and from 2277 to 2317, but only a 28 year period from 2373 to 2401, as 23 is uot divisible by 4. During any century whose number ia divisible by 4 inauguration day falla on
Sunday 4 times. During any century whoso number ia uot divisible by 4, it falla on Sunday only 3 times. From I 3000 to 2100, for instance, it will fall
ou Sunday 4 tunea and also from 2400
to 2500, 20 and 24 being divisible by 4, but from 1900 to 2000, it will fall on Suuduy only 3 times, and so from 2100 to 2200, 19 aud 21 not being divisible by 4. Observe that, in speaking of the "number of a century" we do uot mean the year; 20 is the number of the century which we divide by 4 and 2000 is the year. Observe, also, that in all this we are not speaking of the recurrence of the date, March 4, but of the particular March 4tha that are inauguration days. Here is a table allowing how many
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made, by one of our farmers, to his mother in Baltimore. The cake weighed 18 ounces, and as it went by mail it cost him 18 ceuts postage. Tbe letter carrier who delivered it said it must bo something valuable to pay so much postage. The lady said she mold guess what it was. It was a cake of maple sugar her boy had sent her from Mew York.
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As the carrier lived close by tbe Isdy JJ'Uy. told him to come in durincr the evening ,uru"-v
sud she would show him something good. He did so, but the moment he saw it he said: "Yon can't fool me. That isn't maple sugar. Maple sugsr is always blaok. " She chopped off a corner and told him to sample it He declared he had never seen maple sugar before and wanted the lady to write and order him 100 pounds. The sugar was shipped, cash received, and one man learned that maple sugar, in order to be genuine, need not be black as a stovepipe. Country (ieutleman.
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MEDITERRANEAN RENTS.
Highest at Olbraltar aad Lowest oa tha Island of Malta, In no place ou tbe surface of the globe is rent so high as at Gibraltar, the reason being that the geographical position of the town precludes the possibility of its being extended in any direction. A long, narrow strip of what was once seabeach is aloue available for building purposes. All the rest is precipitous rock. Upon this narrow parapet, in some cases less than 100 yards in width, are crowded the homes of 25,000 people. As much as $10 a week is asked and obtained for the use of one small room, and this, too, in a place where the normal rate of wages is quite 10 per cent less than in America. Naturally the overcrowding ii fearful, and, tbe water supply being scarce and intermittent, cleanliness of living as we understand it is almost impossible. No wonder that iq tbe old days tbe plague and tbe cholera ravaged the "rock" with a virulence unknown in the filthy and pestilential cities of the far east In Malta, on the other hand, house rent is ridiculously cheap Anywhere outside of Valetta an excellent seven room house can be bad for $16 a year, while rates and taxes are unknown. Tbe houses are built entirely of the cream colored stone of which the island Is composed, and which is so soft that it can be out with a saw into blocks or labs of any desired site or shape. So while tbe Maltese builder is digging up his foundation be is at the same time getting out the material for his walls, his flooring and his roof. Philadelphia
inquirer.
Perhaps it wight be well to say that
when inauguration day falls on Sunday, tbe incoming president takes the oath on Saturday, March 3, but is not formally inducted into office until Monday. March 8. This is doue to prevent a lapse in the office, for the outgoing president has no authority as such after 12 o'clork, noon, ou March 4, whether that date fall ou Sunday or on any other day. If, therefore, occasion should arise between uonii on Sunday, March 4, and noon on Monday, March 5, for tbe exercise of the preaidential authority, the incoming president, having taken the oath of office, would be qualified to perform the duty. Such a case uever has arisen, but it might arise. Philadelphia Times.
IWchers Only Poena. It was related by Mrs. Beecher that during their courtship Mr. Beecher once "dropped into poetry" and wrote a few lines of verse teeming with affection for his sweetheart. But the verses were always kept sacred by Mm. Beecher, and nothing could win them from her. One day Mr. and Mrs. Beecher were in the office of Robert Bonner, the publishes. "Why don't yon write a poem, Beecher?" said Mr. Bonner. "He did once. " said Mrs, Beecher. "Recite it for me, won't you, Mrs. Beecher?" But the eyes of the great preacher were riveted ou his wife, and she knew that he meant silence, "Come," said Mr. Bonner, "I'll give you $5,000 if you will recite that j-x'in to me," addressing Mrs. Beecher. "Why, it ran" quickly said Mrs. Beecher. "Eunice," simply said Mr. Beecher. And although Robert Bonner offered to double the sum first offered he never got the pDffll from Mrs. Beecher. It had been hiddeu away ever since by Mm. Beecher and cherished as one of the deareat treasures her husband left her. Boston Globe.
Hanson I saw Winten on horseback yesterday. Yon could see daylight between him and the saddle half the time. Nausoo Yes; that's because he is such a humane man. As he la off the horse half the time, it gives the animal a good deal of rest Boston Transcript. At the French Crystal palace was shown a lock that admitted 8.674.88 oombi nations Flehet was four months
in unlocking ii
Aaaaradala, "Until a few years ago a little Wisconsin hamlet waa known simply as Hog Back, from the peculiar shape of a hill near there." said a Milwunkna
drummer. "Finally the citizens held flt
an indignation meeting to wipe out the plebeian name and choose a better one. It was decided to honor the place by giving it tbe name of tbe oldest settler, a man named King. Somebody suggest sd 'King's Mills' and another 'Kings Tille, ' and so on, but the old man himself objected. Then it was agreed to name the town for one of Mr. King's daughters, but be had seven of them, and jealousies promptly cropped out At last some genius noticed that all tbe girls were redheaded and suggested 'Auburndale. ' And Auburudsle it is to this day." Troy Times.
Man's Most Vulgar Habit "If men were compelled to wear skirts for a period, I think they would insist more than they now do that their fellow mm should stop the nasty habit of "pitting iu public," writes Kdward W. Bok iu The Ladies' Home Journal. "There ia no practice of man which is more distressing to women than this disgusting habit. Women constantly complain of it, especially in our larger cities, where sometimes the sidewalks
for them to walk upon.
They revolt at the uractice. and thev
- s ar are right in ao doing, yet year in and year out the habit uot only con tinner but increases, and the protection of cleanliness, to which every woman walking upon our streets has a perfect right, is denied her. "
Now. true word it
According to the computation of VIIlalpandus, the cost of Solomon' tennis WM$77,M1IMI$$$,
The Boaster Taken Itowa. A silly youth was bragging of his great friends in a miied company, ia Which Douglas Jerrold was present, and Said that he hsd dined three times at Devonshire House aud never saw auy sh at table. "I can't account for it," be added " I can. " said Jerrold. ' ' They to it all up stairs."
Rut Ha Realises It Mrs. Reitham Many a
spoken in jest Mr. Beuham That's so. I little dreamed when I said, 'With all my worldly goods I thee endow, 1 that yon would take every cent I bad. Twinkles.
It is not too much to say that in Britain a million of money might be saved annually on funeral and marriage ceremonies with no disrespect to the dead and an increase of rnmort to the living.
The great fire of New York took place in 1835. The value of property destroyed on this occasion was $16,000,000.
AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WK ARE ASSERTING IN THI Col'RTS QUI RIGHT TO TUR EXCLUSIVE UU Of THE word "CASTORIA," AND ' PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS oik TRADE mark. , DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA." the same that has borne and does nou) f . on ever1 bear the facsimile signature of CLm&ff7&jC4 wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA,'' which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty a a. av s m a. a aasa asst a a a a a i s a a t t
years, lüük CAKtrULLY at tne wrapper ana see mat it is
the kind you have always bought and has the signature of
per. No one has authority from me cept The Centaur Company of which President.
March ,9. 7.9.97.
Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the ingredients of which even he does not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF
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on tne wrap-
to use my name exChas. U. Fletcher is
Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You.
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Hall TownHhip Ihwlalim Notice is herehv riven thut iha '-
t m ' I s V UUV4A I - siKiie.1, TniHtee of Hall township, will attend to townsliin hnai
nnlay of the year, at my ottioe, and eronn havinp township business to trati-sa-t are required to present it to him ua Batardays.
The townshiti lilirArv will lo.. l ...,,. i
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isens are invited to call there (or library
uuuai. The Indiana Series of School hook 8 may be had at my office, and at John J. Meschede., in (Jelestine. LgVI I,. J ATOMS, Trustee Hall township. Aug. . 187. j v Koone Township Trusteed Notice. The undersigned, Trustee of Boone townahip, Dubois county, hereby given notice .Ml he will attend to all buttine pertaining to the office of Trustee, at his residence, aHMit one mile west of Portersville, on Portersville and Irelaml roiid, on Saturdays of each week, and r.-,iie8tM all persons having township business to present it on Saturday. Citizens desiring books from the Töwnidiip Library, are notified that the Library is kept by Wm. McHarris, in Portersville. N. B. Cokkman, Trustee. Aug 7, 1897 y. IfarhUon Trustees Notice. Notice ix herebv vivtn that tha ii ndor.
signed, Trustee of Harbison township,
wm an -nu to townsinp business on each Saturday of the year, at my office, and IHTHOIIS oavitlV Inuniliin kii.in ...
-m .... .-. aiiar-i ... trrnsact an- reoui;-.! o nntwnt it to klaa
V " w vwwaasj a avr tutu on Saturdays. The township library will be kept at my home in Haysville.
(igOROK Nu, Aug. 21, 1897-y. Trustee.
Columbia Towiimhip Tnif-
tee'H Notice. The iindersifl-ned TniMto r' Colum
bia Tp, DbOM county, Ind., will attend to Towrinhip biiHiness at his residence on
every Satur.'ay, and persons having township business to transact are requested to present it on that dav of the week. Tbe Township Library is kept at the office of the Trustee, wiiere thoae entil led can obtain ls.oks. R. P. Smith, Trustee. Aug Itith, 1897 y.
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