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An Uuknow'n Country. Seattle Press.* The country in Washington shut in by the Olympic Mountains, which includes an area of. about 2,500 miles square, has neygr, to the positive knowledge of olcl resi dents of the state, been trodden by the foot of man, white or Indian. These mountains rise from the lev el country, within ten miles of the tutes for jute as good, as easily ob- Straits of San. Juan de.Fuca in the north, the Pacific Ocean in the west, Hoad’s Canal in the east, and the basin of Quihalt Hake in the south, and rising .to the height of 6,000 or 8,000feet, shut in avast unexplored area. The Indians have never penetra ted it, because their traditions say it is inhabited by a very fierce tribe, which none of the coast tribes dared molest. Although it is improbable that such a tribe could have existed in this moun tain country without their presence becoming known to the'white men, no man has ever ascertained that it did not exist. White men, too, Macon Telegraph. Okra fibre is attracting consid- years at a time. erable attention as a possible sub, stitnte for jute, especially in South Carolina, where numerous experi ments have been made with it and preparations are on foot for its manufacture. But may there not be within our reach other sabsti- have only vague acconnts of any having white man having ever passed through this country, for investi gation of all the claims of travel lers has invariably proved that they have only traversed its outer The most generally accepted theory in regard to' this country is that it consisted of greaf valleys stretching from the inward slopes ofjthe mountains to a'great central basin. This theory is supported by the fact that, although the country around has abundant rain and clouds constantly hang over the mountain tops, all the streams flowing to the four points of the compass are insignificant, and rise only on the outward slopes of the ranges, none appearing to drain the great area shut in by the moun tains. This fact appears to sup port the theory that the streams flowing from the inner slopes of the mountains feed a great interior lake. But what drains this lake? It. must have an outlet somewhere, aud as all -the streams pouring from the mountains rise on their outward slopes, it must have a subterranean outlet into the ocean, straits or the sound. There are great discoveries in store for some of Washington’s explorers. “It Mought Have Been Corn.” A traveler crossing Kansas saw for the first time a great field of sugar cane, but mistook it for In dian corn, which it somewhat re sembles. Intending to be affable, he said to an old farmer sitting near him in the car: “That’s a fine field of corn, sir.” “Call it corn; up your way, do you?” was the response. “Why, isn’t it?” .S “Well, it mought be corn, meb- be,” said the farmer with a slow smile. “It mought be corn just as our cat mought have been a rabbit, the time he got shot for one.” “How’s that?” “Well, old Tom was licking his way through the woods back of our house one day as fast as he could go.'aiid my son Jake was out with his gun and shot him down for a rabbit! When we come.to jibe Jake about it he says, says he, ‘Well, I Tow ho moughthave show ed more ears.’” . The traveler laughed heartily as •he "glanced again from the car window at the slender, earless stalks of sugar cane, and he laugh ed again as the farmer concluded “An’ jest-in the same way, stran ger^ that thur cane mought have been corn if it contrived to show more ears.”—Pittsburg Dispatch. -tained and as cheap as okra? At any rate, it is well to encourage in vestigation and experiment in this direction. Hon. W. J. Northen, president of the Georgia State Agricultural Society,and a very successful prac tical farmer, made a discovery a few days ago which is worth con sideration. He conducts a large dairy at his home, near Sparta, and uses “old field peas” liberally as food for his cowsl The peas are run through a chopper, which frequently, becomes clogged with the pieces of vine attached to the pods. Recently while- cleaning the machine Mr. Northen observed that these portions of vine after being mashed presented a very fi brous appearance and wrapt close ly about different parts of the chopper. Stripping off a handful of the mass thus caught, he was surprised to find IioWtke vine had been threaded out and how strong was its fibre. When dry and.twist ed it is difficult to break with the fingers a very small strand of this substance. Mr. Northen exhibit ed at the office of the Telegraph a handful of pea vine that had pass ed through his chopper. It was a tangled, browish mass, darker than okra fibre and lighter than jute. The pea fibre was easily unraveled. Comparisons were made of okra fibre which the Telegraph had re ceived from South Carolina, and proved that the pea fibre is much the stronger. It seems certain that it would work very easily, is not more inflammable than okra fibre. Mr; Northen is naturally very much interested in the possi- bilities.of the pea vine, and it is to be hoped that he.wfll continue his experiments with it. So far he has found everything in its favor. Snails sometimes sleep for four There is a breed of dogs in Rus sia that cannot b.-.rk. There are thirty towns called Washington in America. It is said that the population of Norway exhibits the highest known percentage of light eyes. Mr. and Mrs. Tibbels, of Cincin nati, have a baby that was born with two molar teeth in its upper jaw. - y An Albany, (Yt.) man shipped to Western markets last- year 8,000 tons of maple sugar, valued at $97,000. . Sophie Bennington, of Xenia, Ohio, has given birth to her twen ty-fifth child. Her husband claims this beats all known records. ■Will be sold before the court- house door in the town of Perry, Houston county, Ga., between the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in February 1890, the following property, to-wit: Fourteen hundred pounds of seed cot ton, more or less, ungatheredin field; 1 one-horse wagon. Levied on as the property of H. J. Fountain, to satisfy a VJicrt.rocc rrarranf from TTnncfrvn P,nnnfv The “Pilgrim’s Progress” has been translated into Amharic, the language of Abyssinia. The book has now been translated into eighty-four languages. A rabbit-proof fence is nearly constructed between the* New South Wales and South Australian borders. This line of fence at completion will be 350 miles long. It will; perhaps, interest some readers to know how much fuel locomotive burns. On freight trains an average consumption may be taken at about one to one and one-half pounds of coal con sumed per car per mile. With passenger trains, the cars of which are heavier and the speed higher, the coal consumption is greater, A freight train of thirty cars, at speed of thirty miles per hour, would, therefore, burn from 900 to 1,350 pounds of coal per hour. The average age of members of the Federal House of Representa tives is not more than forty years. It is a striking fact that o our na tional legislators are younger than were those of fifteen or twenty years ago. Five Strong Points of S. S. S. Aleck Harvey, of Talbot county, is now living on a farm owned, by Gapt. J. W. Robins, and he has lived there for more than fifty years. During that time th9 farm has changed hands several times, but Alec always remains with the new landlord. 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It is entirely vegetable, con tains J no minerals or poison of any kind, and builds up the sys tem from the first dose. Second. It cures Cancer of the Skin. No other remedy or treat ment has. ever cured it. Third. It cures Hereditary Blood Taint, even in the third or fourth generation. No other rem edy has ever done it.. Fourth. It has never failed to eradicate. Scrofula from the sys tem. FitK It cures Contagious Blood Poisoh in all its stages by elimi nating the"horrible virus from the system, thus giving relief from all ■the consequences of this bane of the human family. - S. S. S. builds rip the general health of the patient,. instead "of pulling it down, as is the case with the Mercury, Potash and old Sar saparilla mixtures. It is harmless to the : most delicate woman or child, yet such is its healing power that it searches out; the poison in the blood and roots it out. entirely, thus giving nature an opportunity to assert itself, and’ It is weirdly reported that “hid eous and unearthly cries” are heard “emanating” from v the-holds of abandoned canal boats lying on the river banks near Schuylkill Haven, Pa. The slowest walking horsas in the World are to be found in Ger many. They are trained to a slow gait on the theory that the slower they move the better they will keep their flesh. For the twelve months ended Oct. 31,1889, the efports of can ned beef were 62,640,721 pounds, an amount in excess of the previ ous year of a little over 20,000,000 pounds. According to the latest records the number of Indians in this country is 250,000, and the reser vations which they hold comprise 116,630,103 acres, or 466 aeres for each man, woman and child. A “fossil forest” has been dis covered in Scotland. Thirty forty fossils trunks have already been laid bare, most of which are gray freestone. One of the trunks is at least two feet in diameter. ‘distress -warrant from Houston County Courl, in favor of E. M. PattersonWs. H. J. Fountain. J. N. TUTTLE, C.B. Jan. 2nd, 1890. Georgia—Houston County; To all whom it may concern: Lizzie Davis, 7 years of age, Lou Da vis, 4 years of age, and Sonnie Davis, 2 vears "of age, all colored, and minor chil dren of Mary Davis, of said county, having recently been left without father, mother, or any near of kin, by the death of their mother, and being entirely -with out any estate, support or maintenance: — therefore to cite all persons These are interested to be and appear at my office bn Thursday, the 16th day of January, 1890, to show cause, if any there be, why said minors should not be bound out to D. C. Dunbar, or some other fit and prop? er applicant. Given under my official signature this 19th day of December, 1889. , J: H. HOHSEB, Ordinary. 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Arrive 10.43 a. .m.: 3.39 “ 2.15 “ Arrive- Wise, Arrive 10.U-) 3.44 “ 2.21 “ Arrive Butland Arrive 10ri 3.52 “ 2.28 “ Arrive Walden Arrive ioj- 4i • 407 “ 2.45 “ Arrive Bvron Arrr. c lO.i -o * e 417 “ 2.55 “ Arrive Powersville Arrive y.'i 435 a. m. 3.10 a. m Arrive Fort Yallev Leave 9.4.0 n. m ] ' ■ ' . BETWEEN FOKT VALLEY AND I'E 8.25 p. m. 1T.30 a. m. Leave Fort Valley Arrive G.Nv m. 9.10 p. m. 12.15 a. m. Arrive Ferry Leave 435 a. m. 3.10 p. m. Leave Fort Talley Arrive * 9.42 Tii. 4.50 “ 3.25 “ Arr Everett’s Arrive UN-' “ 50.2 “ 3.40 “ , Arrive Bevnolds Arrive [).Td ” . 5.19 “ 3.58 “ ' ArrivG Butler Arrive £.*oE 5.30 “ 4.10 p. m. Arrive Scott’s Arrive 5.40 “ 422 “ Arrive Howard Arrive 8.0 > i 5.50 “ 433 “ Arrive Bostick Arrive 3^2 ** ’ 6.04 “ 445 if Arrive Geneva Arrive 6.14 “ 4.57 “ Arrive Juniper 'Arrive 7.4-3 “ 6.22 “ 5.06 Arrive Box Springs Arrive 6.38 “ 5.24 “ Arrive tfpatoie Arrive' 7.2D- 7.00 “ 5-4S “ Arrive Schatuljfa Arrive T.co “ ; 7.25 a. m. 6.15 p. m. 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