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Show (Copyright UM. North Amrieaa - Newspaper All 1a net.) Straightest Surveyed Line in the World Th bounttarjr lln (hat rum northward betw. AlMka ant Canada from th coast te tha Arctic Arc-tic acaaa la aald ta a tha atralabt-t atralabt-t of tha world'a aurvayad lina Th Una cons lata af a vlata twanty faat wlda cut through all ttmhar. of moo u man t a aat at lotarvaratMa point a not mora than four mlla apart and of a datailad map of tha atrip of country two mllao each Ida of tha boundary. At prominent promi-nent rlvar eroaalna-a, and at mala point a of travels tha pionumonta are actional ahafta flva tot algh, of aluminum-bronaa. waln-bln IN pounds, aat In a ton af concrete. At laaa Important points tha moau-meats moau-meats ara thraa feet hlg-h. and aat la 16 pounds of concrat. Ta apaakln af tha aotual avrway-Ibs; avrway-Ibs; work, a member af th com m lesion appointed ta mark tha boundary Una, aald, "Tha treaty ma k era (Amarlraa and British. 1S47) laid a ruler oa a map and aald. Thla ahall ba tha dlvMlnv llne. Tha roan ml salon waa five years ffnlahlnar tta task. The boundary boun-dary runs for toe) milts over (rest mountain ranges, glader," swift rivers, gulch sands, bottomless mo rasaaa. Hlsh summits were croeeed. raatns; torraata forded, camp mada on alaelara. Evsry obatacle of tha wllderaaaa was fought a ad conquered. con-quered. , , Plenty af bora la laora la evidence evi-dence than tha horn of plaoty, - Crean villa Pled moat, v Only Few Indiana Left in Tex&a Tne InSlaa has almost glean peareS from - Tens, hte ittg-time terreetlial hunting around. In Polk county. hewSYsr, still llngsr some ef the Alabama Isglaaa aa tnr are. eaJlen. the sole eurrtvlag ae-ertgle ae-ertgle In Taxes with the eKcee-(Ion eKcee-(Ion of those at lalata. Once the stas waa overrun ejr them. These Indians hsvs stripped of their buckskins aaS now wear hickory shirts, cotton orsralls ana arogana. Tbey oecupr a reasrva-tlon reasrva-tlon ef 19 square miles granted then by Taaas In 11(4. Th. typical typi-cal noma la a one-room log house. Tn fumtture Is hemp-made. In every yard will be found a corn mortar, made of a hollowed out log. Tha wooden pet la about four or five feet loag. With lha mortar and pee tie they msks the food catiad-aotkl. catiad-aotkl. which la a vsrletv of homier, hom-ier, which la their principal sustenance. suste-nance. Their lenrt I -r-uttt - f - productive as any that could b found la that eeri'On. t the .-U The Commoner prospered ea II ! I but suspended publication, publica-tion, en evolution. Cleveland Time ... 'I "Aborigine" Came From the Romans "Aborigines we the name which tne Romans applied to a tribe which they found In I-ttlun. assuming as-suming that that tribe had beea there since the besinnlng f-.h: from, and "origins," beginning) the old Rom ana called thoe. peopl literally lit-erally "Prom the Boglanlngr Whea Englleh-epesJtlng persons and cam -munlttee came In contact with pee-plee pee-plee who had beea la a givea territory ter-ritory , before they arrived there, they appllrd to them tha same name, spesklag generally. In America one seldom spsaka. In popalar parlance, of the Indians as the abortglnea la Australia, bew-eyer, bew-eyer, the word la In commea use aa applied to the original Inhabt-taate Inhabt-taate of that continent. The trouble with the olataad law Isn't defective teeth but ttchlsg palms. Auetta Amer-' Amer-' Icaa. . Fondness for Pie ' Made Houdini Famous ' A- tend-iees for pie msae Marry Msudlnl the "Handcuff King." Houdini Hou-dini waa bor and ralssd tn Apple-ton. Apple-ton. W Is. In tha hesrt of a berry district. Hta mother made woater-ful woater-ful plea out ei berrle. She kept a large supply on heed locked In the pantry. Mondial experimenting experiment-ing with such crude tools ss hajiw pinediscovered that he had s natural nat-ural talent for picking locke. He the berry p'ee started aisa oa hi stac career, - - - - . . |