MAKE  HAY  WHILE  THE  SUN  SHINES 
and  giving  up  that  train  of  reHectlon,  was  In  a 
quandary  to  know  how  the  piilpy  part  of  the 
orange  got  out.  Colored  eggs  were  also  8i!rve<l, 
In  the  lii.slde  of  which  were  fouial  nuts, ,)  el  Ilea, 
mcata  and  eonfeetlouery.  When  oneof  the  Atnerl- 
oans  present  asked  the  Intorpreier  to  e.xplain  tills 
legerdeiunlu  of  cookery,  he  expanded  his  mouth 
In  a  hearty  laugh  and  shook  hl.-i  he.ad  and  aalil, 
“  Alelleaii  man  heap  smart ;  why  he  not  llnd  him 
out?” 
Readlugof  such  scenery,  every  I  rue  American 
may  feel  a  Just  pride  In  the  wonders  of  this  mar¬ 
vellous  country;  and  when  the  traveled  tourist 
liratesoftho  Khlnc,  Alps  and  Mediterranean,  wo 
can  match  the  scenes,  and  the  gra  ndeur  of  our 
scenery  causes  them  to  pale  their  inefrectual  hres. 
from  Its  mouth  In  the  Bay  of  Fundy  to  Its  source 
and  from  its  source  directly  north  to  the  aforesaid 
illghlatids,  comprehending  all  Islands  within 
twenty  leagues  of  the  coast  or  tho  rnl ted  .states 
between  lines  drawn  east  from  the  t(.‘nnliial  boun¬ 
dary  line  at  Nova  .ScoMa  and  Ka.st  Florida,  except 
Islands  now  nr  heretofore  within  the  llmlta  of  the 
I’rovirieeol  Nova  Heotla.’’ 
At  this  time,  only  six  of  the  states  had  dollnito 
bounds.  Those  were  New  Hampshire,  Ilhode  Isl¬ 
and,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Delaware  and 
Maryland.  Mas-suchusell.s  cUilmwd,  under  charter, 
all  belwced  i  r  and  AS*  t.brfmghout  tho  main  lands 
from  sea  to  sea  and  the  territory  of  Maine,  t  'on- 
neetlcut  held  that  her  chiirtors  and  granijj  covered 
territory  between  lines  drawn  in  conllnuatlon  or 
her  nofl.h  and  south  bound.s  to  the  “  Great  South 
Sea.”  Virginia  claims  wore  founded  on  the  grant 
to  the  Virginia  Company  In  isi'.i  all  betwe.en  the 
Ohio  Ulver  and  the  continuation  of  her  southern 
bound,  as  well  as  a  large  tract  north  of  the  Ohio; 
and  still  riirtlHu,  by  rlghtof  coiuiuesU  much  terrl- 
toiy  now  comprised  in  tho  .states  of  Indiana  and 
lUInots,  having  In  iT's,  without  aid  or  direction 
from  the  Congress,  sent  a  force  uudor  Gen.  gko. 
Rookkh  f:i..vitK  Into  that  territory— then  In  pos¬ 
session  of  the  UrrtlHh  do  prevont,  If  possible,  fur¬ 
ther  Indian  forayson  her  Kentucky  border.  This 
expcdlMon  In  that  your  took  Ka.sk.askl;i.  and  tho 
year  following  captured  VIncennas  and  the  fort 
near  hy,  pushed  across  the  country  to  the  Missis¬ 
sippi  and  erected  a  fortltlcation  on  that  river. 
North  Carollnla  claimed  tbc  territory  now  com¬ 
prised  In  the  .Slate  of  Tennes.'iee  <is  well  as  a  strip 
twelve  miles  In  width  adjoining  the  southern 
boutid  of  Tcuncssoo.  Wluai  the  lino  hotween 
south  Carol Ina  and  Georgia  wiw  established.  It 
was  found  tliat  a  tract  twelve  miles  wide  adjoin¬ 
ing  North  Carolina,  remained  to  tho  former  state, 
while  all  south  of  that  westward  was  claimed  by 
ticorgla. 
Soon  after  tho  conllrmatlon  of  tho  treaty  of 
1TS3  thosl.x  Stales  with  dPllned  bouad.arles  made 
petition  to  Congress  that  whereas  they  had  con- 
trtbuled  both  men  and  money  to  the  prosecution 
of  the  war  and  thus  aided  In  securing  r.he  territory 
beyond  tho  moiintulns  to  tho  Federal  Govern¬ 
ment,  they  shouUl  be  ctitltlcd  to  receive  some 
advantage  t.liurefrorn.  'I’lie  qimsilon  was  warmly 
debated  In  Congress  and  re.viilted  In  a  riMpiwt 
froth  that  body  that  tho  St,ati«  clalnilug  owticr- 
ship  In  said  territory  shrmlil  rellnfpilsU  tlioir 
claims  thorein  u>  the  General  Government  of  the 
I'Dlted  Btatos  and  proposing  iJiat  the  proceeds  of 
the  sahts  thereof  should  bo  used  to  pay  the  public 
debt  which,  with  .some  re.servatlf/ns,  w.is  llnally 
acceded  to. 
Tliero  had  been  much  dispute  between  Mas.sa- 
chuselCs  and  New  York  as  to  territorial  rights, 
which  was  settled  lu  1781  by  tho  rcllnqulsliment 
of  the  former  State  of  all  Jurisdiction  within  tho 
present  limits  of  tho  latter  reserviiig,  however, 
the  right  or  soil  and  pre  emption  to  all  land  lying 
•‘west  of  a  meridian  lino  drawn  from  tho  S‘2d 
mile  post  In  the  Pennsylvania  line,"  excepting 
some  reservalJons  on  tho  Niagara  KIvor.  'Phis 
line  commenced  at  the  now  southeast  <-orner  of 
Steuben  County,  strikes  tho  western  shore  of  Sen¬ 
eca  bake  and  reaches  Lake  (mtarlo  at  Soilus  Bay. 
All  west  of  New  York  claimed  by  MassacliiisettM 
was  ceded  to  the.  United  states  In  1TS."S. 
In  ITsfi  counecHcut  ceded  her  rights  In  all  the 
territory  wc-stof  Pennsylvania  (having  previously 
rellmpiLshiid  title  to  all  east  to  Pi‘nn.syiviuila  a.ud 
New  York)  except  In  a  tract  In  the  northeast  part, 
of  Ohio,  comprising  a, i5(i(i,iH)ip  acres,  still  known  as 
“  tho  Heservo.”  uf  this,  In  1 7!>'^,  500,0iio  acres  were 
given  to  citizens  or  Connecticut  whose  property 
had,  during  the  Uevoliitlou,  boon  burned  by  the 
British.  This  tract  was  known  as  the  Fire  Lands. 
In  I7!i5  tho  remainder  of  tho  Reserve  w'as  sold  to 
the  Connecticut  Land  Cnnipany  tor$l,'iOo,ooo.  This 
money  was  made  a  permanent  fund  for  tho  sup¬ 
port  of  public  schools  uf  the  state  of  ConnecMout. 
JurtsdlcMoii  In  this  Re.sorvo  was  .surrendered  to 
the  General  Govermnent  In  isu7  and  was  Imtne- 
dlately  transtorred  to  Ohio. 
Tho  claims  of  New  York  to  any  portion  of  this 
western  territory  apipcar  not  well  founded  ;  but 
to  prevent  any  future  mlsundorstaiullng,  as’wcll 
astoilx  her  western  boundary,  m  ITSU  deeds  of 
oosfilon  were  made  of  all  right  In  and  fo  lands 
west  Of  a  mertdlan  drawn  through  the  west  end 
of  Lake  Ontario.  It  Is  supposed  there  Is  a  re.ason 
for  all  things,  but  1  ha  ve  never  been  able  to  learti 
why  this  point  was  cliosen  from  whloh  to  deter¬ 
mine  the  boun(Ls  of  New  York. 
In  iTS-i  Virginia  relinquished  all  claims  to  terri¬ 
tory  north  of  the  Ohio  River  reserving,  however 
tho  1  Ight  to  locate  boundary  l.tucLs  between  the 
S(aota  and  J.ltMo  Miami  l{iver.s,  ir  it  should  be 
found  she  had  not  sufTlclont  territory  south  of  tho 
Ohio  and  In  17H6  ceded  all  south  of  that  river.  |u 
I  . 'HU  North  oaroiitia  gave  up  what  Is  now  Ten¬ 
nessee. 
in  1787  South  Carolina  ceded  the  Pi-mllc  strip 
before  mentioned,  and  In  IWi  Georgia  relinquished 
her  rights  to  whatever  wa.s  west  of  her  present 
bounds,  roiapvlng  the  territory  between  her 
northern  limits  aial  Teime.ssco. 
in  178(1  the  we.stern  line  of  Pennsylvania  was 
There  is  an  old  maxim  I  wish  you  would  read, 
And  wh(;n  you  have  road  It.  its  tsonnsel  would  heed 
”  Make  hay  while  the  sun  shines yon  see  it  is  old. 
And  yet  it  is  worth  a  whole  bSK  full  of  (rold. 
So  work  while  the  sun  shines,  and  never  delay 
The  work  to  be  done  on  a  stinshiny  day; 
For  if  you  put  olT  Mil  to-niorrow’s  begun. 
The  day  may  l>e  wet,  and  your  work  go  undone. 
Make  hay  in  life’s  sunshine  hy  doing  (?ood  deeds 
To  thoMo  who  are  round  you  with  many  great  needs, 
And  the  good  deeds  you  do  in  llio  sunshine  of  life 
Will  strengthen  your  heart  in  tho  heat  of  tho  strife. 
AMERICAN  SCENERY, 
The  engraving  on  this  page,  which  we  arc  en¬ 
abled  to  give  our  readers  through  the  courfsjsy  of 
Mr.  IIeskv  T.  WibbtAMs,  Isa  falthriil  reprcsc>nia- 
tlon  of  a  very  strtklng  bit  or  American  scenery. 
The  American  Canon  Is.  pcrlnaps,  the  grandrxst 
natural  view  on  the  line  of  the  P.acirie  Railroad, 
and  approaching  It  suddenly  the  scene  Is  so  ovtw- 
powerlng  as  to  mock  di'scrtptlon.  At  a  distance 
of  two  thousand  feet  above  the  (pilctly-llowing 
American  River  winds  tho  track  of  the  iron  horso 
around  curves  and  rocky  promonoUirlos  that, 
might  well  Instill  fear  Into  the  8ton(,ost  hoai-t.  To 
quote  tho  langriagc  ol  Mr.  \Vu.ma>i3;— •• 
ward  Is  scon  Uie  chasm  where  bight  and  peak  and 
summit  hang  loltlly  over  the  little  vale.  South¬ 
ward  Is  a  sea— yea,  an  ocean  of  mounialns-atid 
the  observer,  seemingly  upon  thij  same  level,  Is 
bewildered  at  tho  immensity  of  Nature’s  lavish 
display  of  mountain  wonders;  night  comes  on 
and  the  hlghts  catch  the  soft  light  of  the  moon  as 
It  shines  and  twinkles  aitross  and  among  the  tops 
of  the  pines,  lighting  up  the  open  canons  and  ron- 
dering  still  more  deej)  the  contrast  with  tlie  shady 
glens— tJio  snow  nclds,  cold,  whlto  and  clillllng 
with  ever-changing  turns  of  the  railroad,  jnako 
tho  evening  rldo.  beyond  a  doiibi.,  the  most  plen.s- 
urable  that  over  falls  to  the  lot  of  the  slght-aeer. 
The  tourist  must  stay  up  long— see  for  yotirsolf 
all  the  beauties  of  the  81erra.s,  while  there  is  the 
least  poasihle  Uglit ;  Kmlgrunt  (bip.  Summit.  i)oo- 
ner  Lake,  Blue  Canon- all  are  delightful,  and  the 
lover  of  scene  pleasure.^  must  not  foraake  his  win¬ 
dow  or  the  platform  till  the  midnight  hour  llnds 
him  at  Truckee." 
There  is  scarcely  a  person  travitlcd  or  iintruv- 
olcd,  who  has  not  heard  of  the  Sierras  or  “saws,” 
and  some  of  rhi;  inosr,  popular  recent  literature 
has  Its  scenes  laid  among  these  mountains  and 
the  wonderful  country  adjacent  thereto.  Descrip¬ 
tion,  however,  falls  to  convey  an  adequate  Idea  of 
the  sublimity  of  most  of  Uiese  scones. 
Speaking  of  tho  etreet  of  moonllglit, 
Mr.  WTumaM.s  .lays: 
“Just  at  evening,  when  the  sun 
casts  Its  last  glorious  rays  across  the 
mountains  and  lights  up  the  peaks 
and  snowy  sujnmlts  with  splendor, 
the  train  arrives  at  Cape  Horn,  and 
the  thrill  of  liitercst  of  tho  c,xcitcd 
tourtst  will  never  be  forgotten.  Take 
a  good  look  from  tho  point,  westward 
down  the  grand  canon  of  the  Ameri¬ 
can  River.  Kt.ep  toward  the  edge  of 
the  cut  and  look  down  the  fearful 
precipice,  which  Is  often  broken  eio  A 
It  reaches  r.lie  lowe-st  dcsiumt  of  2,000 
feet.  Ills  a  scene  more  famous  In 
pleasure  tnivcl  than  any  yet  known.” 
Prof.  Hatdkn,  In  his  prinred  repoi  t 
of  tho  survey  of  the  Colorado,  gives 
descriptions  of  canons,  mountain  ra.sl/- 
nesses  and  relics  of  extinct  clvliiza-  / 
tions,  that  read  more  like  the  (jinan- 
atlonsof  brilliant  fancy  than  su-rn 
reality ;  and  as  one  pursues  tiKj  pages  /- 
with  breathless  interest,  still  fJm 
wonder  grows  that  we  nave  within 
our  national  boundary 
OUR  COUNTRY; 
m  AOQUISITIOH  AND  DIVISION. 
BV  I.ESTER  A.  ROBERTS, 
(Continued  from  page  109.] 
Originai,  Bopndaries.— The  original  bounda¬ 
ries  of  the  rrnlG’d  atates  a.s  delltied  by  the  treaty 
on 78::  wore  as  follow.s; 
“Commencing  at  I  ho  lujrthwoat  angle  of  Nova 
Scotia— viz.,  the  angle  formed  by  a  line  drawn  due 
nortlifrom  the  source  of  the  St.  Croix  River  to  uru.! 
along  tho  highlands  that  divide  the  rivers  that 
empty  themselves  Into  the.  St.  Lawrence  River 
from  those  that  fall  int/>  tho  AthinUc  ocean— 
thence  down  the  middle  of  a'lld  river  to  latitude 
45*;  thence  duo  west  lo  Mos  ( uilaraguy  (now  Upper 
St.  Lawrence  River);  thence  along  the  middle  of 
said  River  to  Lakfi  Ontario;  thence  through  the 
middle  Of  Lakp.H  Ontario,  Erie,  Huron  and  through 
the  middle  of  the  water  coiotnnnlcatlons  of  said 
la.ke.s  to  Lake  SniaaTor;  thence  through  Lake  Su¬ 
perior  norihward  of  Lslo.s  Royal  and  Plilllpean  to 
the  Long  r.ake;  Uinnco,  through  that  lake  and  lUs 
water  communicatlon.s  to  Lake  nr  llm  Woods,  to 
tho  most  norl  hwest  part  thereof ;  thence  duo  west 
Ui  the  .Mls.sl8slppl  River;  thence  through  thoinld- 
dleoftho  Mississippi  River  to  the  norlhermosi 
part  of  the  SI"  of  north  latUudo;  thenoo  duo  east 
to  middle  of  the  river  Apalachicola  or  Catahoucho 
River:  thence  uloug  the  middle  thereof  lo  llji 
Junction  wll.li  the  Flint  River;  thence  straight  to 
tho  head  of  St.  .Marys  River  and  along  the  middle 
thoieof  to  the  Atlantic,  ’riien  by  a  line  to  bo 
drawn  along  the  middle  of  the  ilvcr  St.  Croix 
BY  MAY  MAI’I.E. 
I  WAS  the  youngest  of  the  family, 
consisting  of  the  parental  heads  and 
eleven  children,  start  not,  g(;ritlo 
leader,  at  tlic  Idea  of  so  numerous  a 
progeny  ;  a  large  family  was,  at  the 
time  of  my  advent,  tho  pride  of  our 
anci'sl.oi’s.  But  i  was  destined  to  be 
the  “  black  sheep”  of  the  llock.  I  was 
not  like  the  rest  of  the  youngsters, 
and  “  yvjo  /.o/e  ”  must  have  been 
stamped  with  lines  of  name  upon  my 
brow  from  tho  very  iirst  hours  of  my 
extstonco.  Even  In  my  infancy  I  was 
troubled  with  a  consciousness  that  I 
was  not  petted  and  tomlcd  like  tho 
ili-stllngs  of  tho  llock.  Ah !  l  was  too 
late  to  bo  a  rarity;  and  as  l  was 
a  country 
which  for  variety,  extent  and  sub¬ 
limity  or  scenery,  would  be  the  ever¬ 
lasting  fortune  of  some  country  be¬ 
yond  tho  seas,  where  It  would  be 
enormously  adverttsen  and  all 
wealthy  Americans  would  surmount 
every  obstacle  to  g.aze  upon  its  won¬ 
ders  and  patriotically  sigh  over  the 
fact  that  his  country  did  not  conlalu 
such  a  clime.  Truly,  we  do  not  half 
appreciate  our  loriune  in  this  rwipect. 
One  fact,  strikes  tho  American  tour¬ 
ist  with  full  force  In  Ids  Journeyings 
toward  the  setting  sun,  and  that  is, 
wherever  he  goes  there  will  ho  al¬ 
ways  llnd  the  ubiquitous  “Jons.” 
The  Chinaman  nas  ot;izc(J  Into  the 
most  out-of-lho-way  plact-.s,  and  hts 
entire  willingness  to  do  twpjc  the 
labor  for  half  tho  pay  demanded  by 
the  Caucasslan,  naturally  causes  him 
to  ho  looked  upon  with  sentiments  or 
wholesome  disgust.  Those  among  us 
who  are  “born  tired,”  cannot  brook 
such  proceedings,  of  course.  As  cooks 
the  Chinese  are  superior.  The  author 
says  of  them : 
“  Americans  who  dine  with  the  Chi¬ 
nese  are  surprised  at  the  perfection 
to  which  they  carry  their  cooking 
During  a  recent  Chinese  baniiuet  la 
San  Francisco,  an  orange  was  laid  at 
the  plate  of  each  guest.  The  orange 
Itself  seemed  like  any  other  orange, 
but  on  being  cut  open  was  found  to 
contain  within  the  rind  five  kinds  of 
delicate  Jellies.  One  was  at  first  puz- 
locl  to  e.xp  lain  liow  the  Jellies  got  in. 
