FOR Till FAIR HEX.
Incompatibility.
41 limt, line* 'Uou art all my own,
love, my ule, my promised hrido!"
(lit murmurs soltly, •inking down
Ctarinds's peerless lor in tiesiile. .
" bet's figure, sweet, how we'll (Mycin
Our married stute tliat is to be."
"Yes, love. To cut a figure in
The world is all my wih!" says she.
" For house,' Buys he, " what tetler llian
A tiny cot hy ocean's How ?"
"Twould do," she revs, behind her lan,
" U marble Ironts were searre.you know*"
.. *• Ahem! And wo might well engage
One moid-01-nll-work, stout and neat'"
" Y-e-e-s' and a lootman, cook and page,
And conch and pair!" she tnunnurod swecl.
- Why, really, dear'—but wool* are air—
With love tor guests at homo a Held,
Our iood shall be tho siinpleat tare,
Our drink tho dairy's snowy yield!"
"Y-e-e-s! with etceteras rare and blest,"
She coyly adds: " thai money brings—
Fish; game i n season; wines the best;
Broils, stews, trail cake, ico-i:renin and
things!"
" In Mulas' name!" he crice, with look,
And tone and mien from rapture tree,
" Dost deem a millionaire to hook,
Ambitious girl, in wedding meT"
" Why, not at all, Sir Stinginess!"
She quick reeponds, with scornful shout;
But )ust remember none the lees,
As servant I'm not hiring out!"
They sever—she witl. angry look
That never bids him pause nor stay;
He clutching tight hi* pockethook,
And precious glad to get away.
" Dissembling might have done with tar I,
It not too aooa la-traycd," says she;
•* How lucky that to sober lart
I brought her ere too late'" says ho
Fashions of the Season.
Among the new dress goods in siik
and wool mixtures nre found some
novelties in the fortn of welted striped
goods, the stripes running across, not
lengthwise the goods, producing :i cor
duroy effect; and upon this surface,
whose ground is cither gendarme blue,
bronze, plunt, dark green, brown, or
black, bright silk threads produce a
flowered design in jardiniere effects, tlie
figures fa'ing tor the niost part small set
designs. This stuff is intended for the
paniers. back draperies, cuffs, rovers,
and collars of costumes whose under
skirts, sleeves, and minor parts are com
posed of self-colored, all-wool, welted
striped goods of tints and shades eorre
- spending with tho grounds of the figured
goods. In the plain good* intended for
the underskirts the wetted stripes are
also crosswise the goods.
Other fancy silk and wool mixtures
have narrow alternate stripes ot plain
wool and figured silk, thesilk stripes in
sninll bright arahesuue or arinurc de
signs. Other striped cloths have parti
colored grounds of bronze, French gray,
cherry, garnet, peacock, gendarme and
navy bluett, ar.d shades of stone and
ardnut or slate color.
Plaid Jacquard is a genuine novelty,
the large plaids being produced in a
variety of novel and striking designs
and sharply contrasting colors woven in
a Jacquard loom, and. while they imi
tate the size and colors of tartans, are
very unlike them. Broken blocks,
squares, and dashes of color are pro
duced in the midst of tiie wool mixtures
by bright threads of silk thrown in, the
predominant tint* being old gold, sap
phire and turquoise blues, cherry and
other shades of red, and bright shades of
green on dark grounds.
In plain all-wool goods, in addition to
the camel's hair goods, cloths, flat nets
and cashmeres of last winter, we are
shown a new material called toilr <U
tamjlier. This is plain woven, but ha*
a rough surface, and resembles hunting
made sufficiently heavy to serve for warm
winter dress**.
Th* ready mads suits, thousand* of
which are sold every season and sent all
over the world, are shown this fall in
dark cloth colors in the new shades of
amaranth. Rembrandt green, gendarme
or duck's breast and navy blue*, dauphin
and dark French grays. Hurgnyne and
golden browns and black, with garni
tures and part* of the costumes of trim
ming satins, plain, plaided or striped,
siik plush. Jacquard corduroys or welted
stripes, wide woolen braids and Scotch
and Jacquard plaids, or other trimming
goods of silk and wool mixtures similar
to those dejcril>*d above.
The greater part of these suits are
made up in the form of a coat hnque,
with pointed waistcoat in front and a
po tilion back, curved shorter on the
nips. When the basque ha* not a waist
coat it i* givi-na stomacher like a plas
tron, which i pointed fa-low the waist,
and consists of t wo rovers sewnl together
down the middle, extending from the
n"ek down and tapering gradually nar
rower to the waist. Under tliis p!a*tron
waistcoat or stomacher the Risque is
fastened with small flat buttons. The
plnstron may fas either of plain elotti or
satin, or it may tie covered with pnr.dlel
lines of zigzag braid set on crosswise in
points. • imstilion hacks are MOM*
times pointed, hut oftoncr square, ami are
given flat tw>x-plaits beaib-d witli fancy
buttons. The skirts are short, trimmed
with the usual flounce or flounces, in the
usual variety of kilt, knife blade and box
plaiting*. I'anier* appear on nianv of
these skirts.or scarf* arrang. dto produce
panier effects. Wide hells are seen on
many of the basques, fa-ginning in the
seam under Hi* arms and fastening in
front. Other tmsque* are half doiihle
breasted. and otliers again have surplice
plaitscr athera in front; and blouse ef
fort* si* also popular in basques, fasten
ing down with three-inch wide belts, to
which th* aid* pocket is attached. The
buttons on the waistcoats are smaller
than those on other parts of the costume.
Few outside pockets are seen, hut some
times a long square or pear-shaped ap
pendage of this kind is attached to the
lower edge of a basque, and made very
effective with trimmings. Plaid silks
and silk plush of tiw same shade ss the
wool material of the dress, and self
colored Jacquard corduroys. also of the
shade of the woolen stuff, are used for
trimming cashmere*, Unit <U> Itult*.
camel's T.ali anil Unit tit mnglitr cos
tumes. These ready-made suits rang* in
(rice all ths way from $9O to $75 and
100.
Large and small bonnets, the first very
jtrge and the second very small, are seen
among the importations of millinery
goods. The large bonnet* are eiiutr
poke* will, close nides. dircctoir* fam
aeta with "ouare crowns nnd fisring
brims, or iUbagas bonnets tluit frame
the face like n halo. The small bonnets
art slosa r ottags shapes, or are square
crowns and almost brim less, such ns have
been worn nt Saratoga nml Newport
during the summer, nnd the favorite
Carmen bonnets with greater breadth in
tlie iiack. Other shape* serve as either
a round hat or a bonnet, and English
turbans, Derbies nnd largo Tyrolean lints
arc all among the new shapes. The
(iainesboroughs and other fanciful, pic
turesque shapes are not by any means
discarded.
All these shapes are brought out in
smooth soft felt, silk plush and fur
beavers, with piUan inch long. Some
times the crown of the hat will be of
silk and the brim of beaver or tlje re
verse, and sometimes felt brims are
given fur or silk crowns, or felt crowns
are seen with plush or beaver brims.
The feather felts which were introduced
last season appear again this season in
greater numbers, and in the delicate ecru
and beige tints and cream and pearl
white, which show that they will lie
used tor the richest full-dress occasions.
The felts, beavers and plushes come
in the same variety of colors and tints
this season that they did last, or even
greater. The new tints of cloth shades
that are seen in the dress goods appear
in the bonnets and lints, showing plain
ly that costumes will require a hat or
bonnet to match this winter, and at
least an attempt will lie made to revive
that fashion. For the new shades, colors
found in fells nnd other millinery goods,
new names are givsn. Rembrandt is a
a new name for a dark bluish shade of
peacock green. A new red with a dasli
of|uirple in it is Ami ninth, nnd the old
Egyptian or Pompeii an reds arc now
vieux rouge. Japoniers is anew green
blue, ar.d gendarme blue takes the title
ot Douariere and duek's-breast blue,
golden brown is rmvurnr, and the most
fashionable shade or plum brown is
Ilurgoyne. Old goid is as fashionable
as ever, and the ciel blues nnd rose
pinks, the tieige tints witli cream, ivory
and wax white, nre ail in demand equal
to the supply.
Fancy feathers will he used to excess
again in trimming fainnet* anl hats.
Whole and half biros, tails, wing", pom
pons, and feather fringes and ruches are
all seen in the millinery stores. I*>ng
gray ostrich plumes ot the natural color
are also to be revived, and tips, demi
long and Mrrcutio, and willow plumes,
nre all to be worn.
The fall wraps are for the most part
mantelet visiles similar to those worn
last spring, but ulsters, round cloaks
and close jackets will be worn as tlie
season advances. Most of the fall suits
now in the bands of the dressmakers
have a jacket of the material of the suit,
and jackets of light, dark and black
cloths arc found in abundance in all the
houses where ready-male garments are
sold. When the jacket is a part of a
costume it is trimmed to match the
same, hut the independent jackets nr.*
untriromcd, save witli rows of stitching
and effective buttons of ivory, horn,
stiellor metal.—A Tew I'ork Hm.
The I'se of Pain.
The power which rules the universe,
this grvAt. tender power, uses pain as a
signal of danger. Just, generous, beau
tiful nature never strikes a foul blow;
never attacks us behind our backs ; never
digs pitfalls or lays ambuscades: never
wears a smile upon her fare when there
is vengeance in tier heart. Patiently she
teaches us tier laws, plainly she writes
her warning, tenderly she graduates their
force. Ixmg fafore the tierce, red dan
ger light of pain is flashed, she pleads
witli us—as though for her own sake,
not ours- to he merciful to ourselves and
to each other. She makes the over
worked brain to wander from the sub
ject of its labors. Site turns the over
indulged body against the delights of
yesterday. These are tier caution! sig
nals, "Go slow." She stands in the
filthy courts wnd alleys that we pass
daily, and beckons us to enter and realize
with our senses what we allow to exist
in the midst of the culture of which we
brag. And what do we do ourselves?
We ply wldpand spur on the jailed brain
as t hough it were a jibing horse—force it
hack into the road which leads to mad
ness. and go on full gallop. We drug the
rebellious body with stimulant*, wf hide
the original and think we have escaped
the danger, and are very festive before
night. We turn aside, as the Pharisee
did of old, and pass on the oilier side
with our handkerchief to our nose. At
liist. having broken nature's laws, and
disregarded her warnings, forth she
cornea—drums beating, colors living
right in front! to punish us. Then we
go down on our knees and whimper
about it having pleased find Almighty j
to send this nlflictfon Upon us. and we
pray ilim to work a miracle in order to
reverse the natural consequences of our
disobedience. or save us from tbetrouhle
of di ing our duty. In othei words, we
put our lingers in the lire and beg that
It may not hurt.— Icnipir. liar.
Words of Wisdom.
What makes life dreary is the want of
motive.
The reward of one duty is tho power
to fulfill another.
Better fa- Upright with poverty than
wicked witli plenty.
Hope softens sorrow, brightens plain
surroundings and eases a hard lot-
Know well your incoming*, and your
outgoings may he lietter regulated.
How few faults are there seen by us
which we have not ouracl ves com mi I ted
To he wise is to feel that all that is
earthly is transient, and to experience
misfortune is to fan-onie wise.
There are some persons on whom
their faults sit well, and others who are
made ungraceful by their good qualities
Have nothing to do with any man in a
passion, for men are not like iron, to be
wrought out when hot. or molded into
any given form.
Many a man has reached the summit
of fame, and then looked down into the
humble valley lie came from, and longed
to be there again.
The keenest shuse of our enemies will
not hurt us so much in the intimation
of the discerning as the injudicious
praise of our friends.
The violet in the shadow of the deep
woods is as lovely and fragrant and
precious as the violet in the conserva
tory of an avenue palace Real value Is
not to he measured hy notoriety.
Humility is a virtue all preach, none
practice, and yet everybody U content to
hear. The master thinks It goo* doe
trine for Ills servant, the laity for the
d'rgy, and the clergy for the laity.
The world is a looking-glass, and gives
back to every man the reflection ot his
own face. Frown at it. anil it will turn
and look surly upon you: Istigh at it
and with it, and it is a pleasant, kind
oompaoioß.
Till mage Visits a Coal-Pit.
The Hev. T. I)o NVitt Talmage is print
ing some characteristic sketch) sol Eng
lish scenes and life. This allows how lie
came out of a coal-pit:
But we must say good-bye to these
underground workers. We get into the
"cage" ami prepare for ascent. The
guides warn u* that we near the top, and
the speed of the cage 1h slackened; the
sensation will lie somewhat distressing.
Sure enougli! NVo get aboard, throw
our arms over the Iron bar with a stout
hug, the signal of " All ready!" is given,
and we lly upward. (Joining near the
top, at the slackening speed, it seems as
if the rope must have broken and that
we are dropping to the bottom of the
mine. A lew slight "Ohs!" and (lie
delusion passes, and we are in the sun
light. Illess God for this heavenly mix
ture! There is nothing like it. No ar
tiliee can successfully imitate it.
You need to spend a few hours deep
down in an English mine to appreeiate
In the eontrast it seems more yellow,
more golden, more entrancing. You
take off your hat and bathe in it. You
feel that the world nis-ds more of it.
Sunshine for the Immlv ; sunshine fur the
mind; sunshine for the soul. Sunshine
of earth; sunshine of heaven.
In the words of the old philosopher,
"Stand out of my sunshine!" l/x>k
here! NVhy do we want any more of
tin-He miners' lamps? They might a*
well he extinguished. Their faint flicker
is absurd in the face of the noon-day.
They were useful to show us where to
tread among the seams of coal; they
were to light up the genial laces of
the miners, while we talked to them
atxiut tlieir wages nnd tlieir families.
Lamps are valuable In a mine. But
blow tfieni out now that we stand under
the chandelier which at twelve o'clock
noon hangs pendant from the frescoed
dome of these blue English heavens. 8o
all the tallow-dips of earthly joy will lx
submerged when the Old Belfry of the
next world strikes twelve for celestial
noon. Departure from this world for
tlu-gixxl will only lx- getting out of the
hard-wot king mine of earthly fatigue
into tiie everlasting radiance of Edenio
midsummer. Come, now! stop that
moralizing and drop that lantern of the
collieries.
A Lendrille Washerwoman's Lock,
But it is not alone in mining opera
tions that fortunes have been made,
writes a Iz-ndville (Col ) correspondent.
Mrs. Sarah Kay, an old Irish washer
woman. who was among the earliest set
tlers, lias a somewhat romantic history.
Her stuck in trade when she came con
sisted of a pair of tubs and a waslitxianl.
She Iw-gan business under an old pine
tns- on tiie hillside, having no means of
hiring a house. She sixin, however, got
togetlii-r with licr own hand* a rude slab
cabin, and. a busim-s.* was good at 92 sfl
per dozen for washing, she gradually
began to provide for her wants. She
got a camp stove, t.nd, after furnishing
Iter cabin comfortably, began to ai-< u
mulate money. The town began to
grow in the direction of her cabin, and
alter a while she employed laborers to
put up a log house. As there was a
great demand for miner's Ixiarding
liouses. Mrs. Kay eon eluded to abandon
tiie wash tub am! start a Ixiarding-house
in her new edifice. In this iilea she re
ceived great encouragement, and the
house was opened with flattering pros
pect* In this venture she proved to be
very succsful. nnd made money and
saved it. By the growtli of the city her
house finally got to be in the very center,
and, as the streets were laid out. it
provM to occupy a Icx atinn on the cor
ner of Harrison avenue ami State street.
Business was gixxl nnd she to
make money, which slielnvestcd wisely.
She built another log house and rental!
it. Then she put up a frame buil l ng.
which was rented before it was finished.
Atxiut this time some of the iandgrah
her* disputed kcr title to the land and
tried to dispossess her, hut the old lady
hail so many determined friend* among
the miners that the effort was given up.
Several months ago site refused an offer
of f lo.ono for her property, and since
that l me ha* built n two-story block
fronting on Harrison avenue, and as de
sirable a piece of property as any in
She still live* in her ld|t
house, hut she now intends to tear it
down and cre< t a two-story block in its
place NY lien her improvement* are
completed she will have an income of
more than 91.660 a month—a pretty
gixxi record of husineas success for an
old washerwoman.
I'spa NN'ranrel's" Gin.
" Papa NVrange!." the venerable field
marshal who died last year in Berlin,
had more than the proverbial German
tlitift. A roniica! illustration of hiseco
nomieal peculiarities has jut eonie to
light at NViishailen. where a famou* mil
itary hospital exists, named nttar the
Einpeior. nnd founded chiefly by army
sulmcriptlnn*. everv officer in the Ger
man forces, fiotn sub-lieutenant to field
marshal, having contributed one day's
nay to the original flortof tOMMKIiga.
Papa NVrangel vi*itei| and rarelully in
spected I hi* inst'tution in 1M72. I ut de
parted without making the customary
contribution "x> ita collection-box. A
fortnight later, however, the hospital
authorities received a large but not very
heavy packet, accompanied by a letter
from his excellency, stating that the
package in question contained .a gift for
the infirmary, hut must not be opened
until after the death of the illustrioui
giver. No mention was made of tli*
value oi the present, but the size .and
weight of the parcel led the trusting di
rectors to belii-Te that it contained se
curities or perhaps bank note* to a con
siderable amount. A short time ago the
packet was formally opened (n the pres
ence of several army ofllerrs, invited to
witness the ceremony, which was pre
fa< ed hy aa oration expatiating upon the
generosity of the deceased field marshal,
" the hospital's noble benefactor." The
seals were broken; first one paper cov
ering, then another, WM removed, and
so on. till quite a hillock of wrappers
arose upon the table. At last raise a
crad-board case, and inside it a photo
graph of I'ana NVrangel's favorite
writing-table in his study at Berlin!
The photograph was not even framed.
Uentf Fish.
"Are these good fish, boy*" said an
individual to a Uiy at a fish stand.
"Yes. sir." quickly rrpliml the boy,
running up to the customer with a de
termination to make a sale at any pri*.
" How do you know?" questioned the
old man. sharply, looking the little fel
low straight in the eye, determined to get
the truth Irnm him.
"'Cause, they were caught on Sunday,"
•xciaimed the yooth. as the shocked cus
tomer mad-* four laps to the mils down
the street.
TIIK CAMO!* OF NIAUAKA.
Store Myatrrlons Ihsn the falls Them
•elves—Tile tlepth of the Water—SCs
eltlllß i:i|il.,relloMS.
The canyon of Niagara, anyx a corre
spondent of the, Syracuse ShtU'liird, is far
more mysterious lluui tlic fall* them
selves. Within the era of civilization
in Americano one was able to success
fully pierce through the fierce and terri
ble undercurrent to the bottom, until
cently the government itself thought it
necessary, in behalf of science, to under
take the task. All the great schemes
imagined to be strictly scientific, were
put in operation by bunglers to obtain
the depth of water beneath the falls.
Itars ot railroad it on, pails of stoni-s,
and all unreasonable, bulky and awk
ward instruments were attached to long
lines ami cast off frotn tie railway bridge
nnd elsewhere, but positively refused to
sink. The very huix of the instrument)
was sufficient, no matter what tlieir
weight, to give the powerful undercur
rent away to buoy tli'-m upon the sur
face, or near it. The United States
Corp* of Engineers, however, with a
small lead of only twelve pounds
weight attached to a slender rope, or
sounding-cord, easily obtained the depths
from the falls to the lower bridge. As
your correspondent assisted in tlie by
drographical operations, the facts may be
given as they nr-wented themselves.
One day he launched in a small boat
not far Ix-low the falls and entered on a
most exciting and perilous exploration
of the canyon. The old guide, long in
charge of the miniature ferry situated j
here, accompanied the party. With
ft eat difficulty we approached within a
short distance of the Americnn falls
which darted great jets of water on us
and far out into the stream. The roar
was so terrible that no voice or human
aound. however near we were to one an
other. could he heard. The leadsman !
east the line,which passed r ipidly down
and told off cighly-tlirec feet. This wa*
nuite near the shore. I'ass in gout of the
friendly eddy which had assisted us up
so near tiie fulls, we shot rapidly down
stream The next caat of the lead told t
of 100 feet, deepening to 192 feet at tiie
inclined railway. The average depth to
the Swift Drift,where the river suddenly I
becomes narrow, with a velocity t<x
great to lx- measured, was 153 feet. Just
under the lower bridge the whirlpool
rapids set in, and so violently an- the
waters moved that they rise like ocean
waves to the height of twenty fee',. At
this point our eorresponde..'. at the
time of the survey, computed th< depth
at 210 feet.which is accepted as approxi
mately correct.
The terrors of the gorge below this
poitit are known to hut few. Indeed
the fxt of man scarcely ever treads this
infernal legion, where 'most perpen
dicular walls rise on each side of the
verge of the river from 270 to 560 feet in
height. Hen- the continually crumbling
of the rx k* has formed a precipitous
pathway in plan) on the rivm-*! nLp;
elsewhere one must cling to the crevlccs
in the risk, to jutting crags, or other
wise to get along. A pari vof four of us
made a survey of the interior of this can- i
yon from !x-w*lton to Suspension llridge.
NN ith great difficulty we clambered
along It was a tearful yet exciting ex
ploration. At times the river would
rise suddenly some ten and even fifteen
feet as if a great dam aliove had broken,
causing a hasty retreat of the parties
up the side of the canyon. From points
alxive, rock* and stones frequently fell,
eau-ing lively apprehension, and, to add
to the catalogue of embarrassments, an
occasional rattlesnake attempted to re
tard our progress, and one of them was
killed and his rattles preserved in com
memoration of the ever t. Getting into
the canyon at Ixwiston was com para
lively easy hut making one's way out
was another tiling. N'-arly a mile be
low Deveaux College, which is situated
half a mile north of Suspension Bridge,
the possibility of making our way along
the river's edge ceased. Night was just
approaching, and it was a day's liard
work, nearly, to make Ix-wiston. Above,
the rock towered nearly 300 feet. NVr
had the alternative of remaining in this
abode of terror* overnight ami return
ing to Ix-wiston the following day. or of
fighting an almost impossible passage
to the stem leading down from the col
lege. NN e determined to accept the
latter.
After an hour's elimh we made our
way to within 100 fret of the top. where
jut a narrow ridge formed by the
crumbled debris seemed to extend. NVo
followed this perhaps half a rod. when
it i aim to an abrupt termination. Sev
• ral fed" 1 > vond was a broad pathway
leading up to the rocks.hut in the interim
only the hare wall* of ri>. k, nlniost ixr
pendiittl.ar from the top to the rushing
water. 870 feet !x-low, met the despoil
ing gaze of our party. Just above our
heads was a crevice in the ro ks which
seemed to iross the intervening spare.
NVitli almost certain d<xirn staring u*
directly in the face, we determined to
try to eros by standing tiptoe in the
crevice nnd cling to the ju tings oft lie!
rock*. The various implements of the
party wrre divided t.p. a heavy theodo
lite falling to your correspondent, which
was strapped on hi* la k. The lalh-sl
clambered un to the crevice firsf. the
others assisting and following, and the
writer getting up last. Then began a
perilous struggle to reach the pathway ,
beyond. All arrived there safely, when
your correspondent, with the heavy
burden on bis hack, wa* but midway 1
across. H-re a sharp rx-k just the height
of the- breast impeded the way. In at- |
tempting to ip-t around this the boot i
failed to find a resting piece. The heavy
instrument was pulling me off my bal
ance. The fingers were loosening tlieir
slender hold; 100 feet aliove was the
calm, safe world. 107 bcl.iw the roaring
of the waters. One loot slipped off and
was going down—down; a mist came
over the eves when my foot caught on
a slender gooseberry-hush and a hand
suddenly grasped back and drew me
around to a sa'e standing place. In a
moment more the pathway was reached
and the safely of all assured, hut never
will Uie frightful scene leave the senses.
One of the party saw the danger and
rescued the participant, or else the
gooseberry-hush was the saving means—
ws have never quite understood whick.
A NVest avenue father found Julin's
lover slaying so late every night, foi the
past two weeks, that he finally thought
It best to break In upon the couple in the
parlor, and ask the i oung man Ills inten
tion*. "My intentions," exclslmed the
frightened hut sagacious youth, " are to
dig right home as fast as possible
Mamma told me to he sure and not stay
out past nine o'eloet. and I guess ft
mu*t lie near that time now. Goad
night.— HockrMrr KrprtM'
Machinery lias been put up at Fernaa
dias, Fla., to experiment making
papsr frotn palmetto Ibsr.
The Intei-occanlc ('anal.
At the meeting of the Association for
the Advancement of Neiet,.j„ Karatoga,
Commander I! I' l.uli. 11. H. N , ;. ;M f n
paper on "Tli'' Intern .•, Canal
Problem." -iving nn ik count <J il - <•*.
plorntlons for connecting tlao A .antic
and Pacific On, tits, in which lac ho*
been engaged with oilier*. A conuuh-
Hion had examined till the reports, and
found only two practicable routes—one
through Nicaragua and another lay
Panama. That through Nicaragua in- I
eludes * an essential feature tiie use of
Lake Nicaragua, situated ten mile*from
the Pacific coast. h..t with a surface 197
feet above mean tide on each side. It i*
119 miles from the Caribbean Sea to the
lake by the river San .fuan, the outlet of
the lake on tiiis side. A canal from the
lake to tiie Pacific Ocean would be
in 3-10 miles lung, only seven mile* of
which would be difficult. The excava- !
tion would average fifty-four feet, and
ten lea ks of tui feet lift each would be j
required, witli a tide lea k of seven f'-et
at tiie seashore. An artili. ial harbor
Would be required on the Pacific side,
with a break water, for which the ma
terials are easy to he obtained. There
an- fifty-two miles of navigation on
Isikc Nicaragua which will need little
work. except at the south end. where
are some six miles of swamp. The total I
length Iron: the Caribbean Sea to the j
Pacific is Imo 7 miles—llfty-seven on the
lake. 61.7 on the canal, and sixty-two
slock watc-r The estimate makes the !
bottom of the canal seventy-two feet i
wide, nnd gives twenty-six feet depth of
water. The lovks are to he 472 feet long.
Estimated cost. 964.000,000, and it may
conic to 9100,000,000 as the outside cost.
The Panama route, near the line of i
the Panama railroad, would require a
feeder near the summit, which cnu be
had. The highest place would nut 'be -
hottomof the -anal seventy-eight fwt
aliove m<-an tide, and the surface ot tiie
water in the canal 124 feet nlxive mean
tide. Total distance, forty-one mil'-s,
witii twelve lift locks on each side of the
summit. The heaviest cut would be
170 feet. The feeder would require 13,- i
000 feetof tunnel and two aqu<-ducta.
Tli' break water and seawall at A spin
wall, I ,MOO feet: cost estimated at 9'-M,- j
OOn.noo. Materials are more accessible
in Nic mm, and the country is more I
healthy. The Nicaragua line enters the I
oca-an at a much less distance from the
1 'nited Ntati - on each side than the Pan
ama root#
11-' crith i- the t-l*fl at the Pre neb
congress recently hdiKnd did not re
gard a sea-l' v <-J , analM practicable. In
one j-lac- t! c cost ofllic excavation of
certaiA ill's <>n his pSm would be $lO.-
500.000, and for the French plan at the
s- a level. 940.000.000. He did not believe
thin generation would ever see a sea
level canal.
fien. Alvord. U. S| A , said, in the
discussion. that the Cnitsd States gov
ernment had had the matter under con
sideration for thirty years, land has sent
its Ix-st officer* to examine and survey
routes. }
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Mad Clear rtiropca.
It i* related that Gen. Scott's famous
letter to Zach.-iry Taylor), announcing
the withdrawal of most <(f the regular
troops from Taylor's ootnmud. to lx
placed under ins own 'A a projected
movement from Vera (7rtix toward the
capital of Mexico, was received when
(ten Tay'or was at suwl*r with hi# stiff
n- ar Monterey. The Jmeral asked Col
Bliss to read it to hint- iie had just re
plenished his coffee cup. ud was en
gaged in cooling it with a spoon while
he reading went on./ Tlii* npprared to
make no further Itn|ir***ion upon him
than that indicated I ry a contemptuous
"sniff,*' hut aa the n"*' import of the let
ter began to nppeAr hi* whole manner
changed, and be af#*'raePally dipped the
spoon into abowlcf mustard, which sat
upon the table, a#d stirred it in the cof
fee. This he rrp**atad until by the time
the reading oL'the httir was finished
the contents off the mustard howl were
exhausted. Without saying a word,
and to Bliss' Astonishment and liorror.
lie raised tiie i fiU> to hi* lip* and gulped
down tiie who]/:l(*>minah!e compound
lie tiien hrokiC COT/ 1 " excited and pro
far,e harmgu .4t>ngto evgfiaati n(r
infamy ever*^ 0 * of hwned the pro
posed and only
- easing h was overtaken
hv aparoxMiof stuttering, which, with
him, ustnwly followed a violent out
break of temper. The colonel fell-ure
that from the amount of mtatard It<- lia-i
swallowed, eombineil with the intelli
gence Ijaliait received, it would inlalli-
him. but nothing umnninmn
1 " K.ilebuie, at that nio-
Rliss, " would, I am con
vinccd. have had no more effect uix-n
hint than upon the stomach of a Mith
ridate*." Gen. Plcasaiiton, who com
manded the gmeral's escort in Mriica,
■ays that when core thoroughly aroused
he wa the tnaildi-st man lie ever saw
mad from the < ruwn of hi* hat to tiie
so.e* ol his boot*.
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t'onnterfeit Eggs.
Several most staid and dignified Brit
ish journal* hare recently been moat
rii liiv sold by a ridiculous story in the
San Francisco Pod last Winter about the
manufacture of artificial eggs in Cali
fornia for tran*ix>rtation. The pleasant
squib was much epjoyed hy newspaper
exchange editor* on this side of the
water.hut produced a very different effort
on the other side, forming the text of
grave and evrn indignant artlrlea in the
/WI M,iU Untitle, the Mark fxine Ak- f
prtM. the Me.bourne Auttraltan. and
even in tiie hauling Prussian paper, the
k'reuw/unff. The latter, indeed, re
views the article in great length and
roneludi-a that the importer* should be
wary in the matter of American pro
ducts, because a chemical study of the
new egg. based upon the /W descrip
tion, sliows it to he rank poison. " The
wooden hams and nutmegs sent from
New England," sav* the angiy Krmt
rixtutu, "are still fresh in memory, and
now*tlie Americans holdy impose upon
theworld a counterfeit egg )io*Um Ad
vert iter. '
Three Nnceesslre Utiles NVeddlng*.
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mre.
Charles Francis Adams took pi see re
cintly nt Quinry. Mass.. in the same
house where that of John A 'arok wae
celebratert in October. JMI4. and that of
John Quinry Adnrasin July, IH7. The
intervals are tliirty-tfiree and thirty-two
years—the lifetime of a generation end
there lias probably never been another
instance in this rounlry where three
successive grncraiions have celebrated
their golden weddings Iwneatli the same
roof. John Adams wa* seventy-nine
yea<s old and John Quincy Adams
eigtity years old when they celebrated
tlieir golden weddings. Cbarlea Francis
Adams married earlier in life than either
his father or grandfather, and he Is now
sevsnty-two years old.
Daniel Bonne's Knake.
fiie Cincinnati Commercial | now the
country * principal reservoir of snake
stories. A rwnii issue contains a dozen
r more, among which there is one of
peculiar merit. The narrator tell* how
lie W un engaged J n blasting with gun
powder some large and touch logs. From
one of the Jog* thus split open crawled
an.w,nous serpent which was easily
killed. |he rnan wlm tells the story
'.'7' ,n " r 7, r '"" 'is point an foil ,w7
On stretching it out I found it to t
M .7"l°2 < ' ! rt two jn"hr* in length, and
the thickest part of iu body meaaurcd .
twenty-nine inches in drc-umfkrance It
waa a different specie* „f gerpent from
any I had ever wen >efore. Ju Ui) wu
mined with a sharp-pointed ind curved
imm ; its body was variegated with alter
nate brown and dirty yejlow stripe and
on ( lose examination I discovered that
it had lieen totally blind, its eyea seemed
to Jave turned into a reflection lass, l.ard
bone-like substance. Tnis explained iu
undivided, hesitating movements wli'-n
it first came from the Jo*. A Strang#
crease appeared about the neck, just back
of the licnd, which I found to Is: c aused
V a " t ", ut l '">r of leather, about which
the flesh of the serpent had grown until
it was sunk almost out of view. Cutting
the thong and removing it, I found
attached to its under side a copper plata
which had Ixx-n heretofore hidden by
tin* laxly of the snake, and on one side of
which wna scratched ' I). Boone, April
, 7 72 ' ' *p'it the log in two, luid near
the lower end of the hollow I found
where there had once been an opening,
hut long years ago it had lwv*n closed up
witli a plug made of oak wood, about
and over which the maple had grown
until it was almost concealed. The dead
anpearanceof the small portion visible of
the oak plug was all thai ( ailed my at
tention to its existence. My theory of
the matter is this: Daniel Iloone, many
years ago. probably on the date recorded
upon this piece of copper, caught tits
snake, then young, ami imprisoned it
within the hollow of the tree by mrens
of the oak plug, where his snakeship had
remained until the day I delivered him
to the free air and sunlight again."
Advertising.
The man who says that he doesn't be
lieve in advertising is doing iust what he
im*t'*nds to despise. He hangs costs
outside hi* door, or puts dry goods in hit
window—that's advertising He lias
print(d cards lying on his counter—
that's advertising. He sends out drum
m'-rs through the country, or puts his
name on his wagon—that a advertising.
!(<■ labels his article* or manufactures—
that'* advertising If IK* has bst his
cow, IK- pllta a written notice i,< the jxist
offlce, or tells his sister-in-law—and
that's advertising, too. He has his
name put in gilt letters over his door—
and that also is advertising. He paints
his simp green or red; or if a tailor, ha
wear* the latest stvle; if a doctor, he
ha* his lx-y call him out of church in
! haste; if an auctioneer, he bellows to
attract the attention of passers-by; if a
heavy merchant, he keeps a huge pile of
ixiscs on Ins sidewalk in front of his
store —and all for advertising. A man
can't do business without advertising,
and tlie question is whether to c*il to
his aid the engine that moves the world
-the printing pre*s—with its thousands
of messengers working night snd day;
or. ejecting these, go hack to the time
wle n newspapers, telegraphs and rail
road* wercunknown. " Rut advertising
costs moneySo loss anything elss
that is worth having, and those who
judiciously advertise—in the nrws
pajxrs, and not by means of clap-trap
devices which, while tliev may attract
at first, always fsil in the long run—ars
*ure to reap rich rewards.
Little Johnny's Hear Jifgf"
An'now I'll tell ymw about a
bear. One day the>br, fa, wrnt among
a nock of (licsjp and picked out anion
little lanth and rot it, and the lamb it
K"I Mn ha ha!" roe it knew it was a
to be et evry lit tie tiny bit up. But
the bear took it up in his fore pos. like it
was a baby, ai d eet it upfmll length and
rocked it and s id :
"There, tin re; never m'.nd, my
pros hue darlin. Where does it hurt
yoti * "
Rut that lamb k pt a hollrrin louder
and louder, one wile the bear was a *mii
in and singin hush a hoy, lie was a
ska wee xin titer and titer ail the time.
Riwr by the old ran.b tie aeen w hat was
Up. and l.edropl hi* head, the old rntflh
did. and come up like lie waa shot out of
n run, and let him have it, and doubled
him tip like he waa araaor, and sent him
a rollin over and not without any
preshnus dailin. And wen the bear had
puiad hlawlf together again and ehuk
the dust out of his hair, he aaid :
"I have ohncived thai liml*' tails
was quit kcr'n lightin. but I dident know
they was powerfuih-r. loo."
.lest then he set<l how it was. for there
li the old ramb a litulin down his
head, ready to h t h>m have itagain, and
shaking it. like lie bed.
"That little shavrr vrudrnt make
more than a mouthful for a feller like
you. 1 gucsa you better sera* up ths
old man.
Rut the hear he worked off s sbakin
liisn. 100. mu< h aa to say ;
" I don't hanker sAer n dinner which
goes against mv stomach like ihatf
Ths Derated Chsrrh.
The Worsted church, of Canterbury. '
K. 11., is described in Uie correspon
dence of the Ronton Tramtthr The in
terior ia a mosaic of needlework of
vines, flowers and <) prorations of worsted
in all colors and designs. Few persons
would believe that such chamiing ef- ,
lects could be produced with such ma
terial. Crocheted lambrequins cover
the curtains at enrh window, and hash
eta filled with aenhyr wool flowers hang
from the renter Harps, crosses, anchors,
wreaths of flowers snd festoons of vines
*re placed hetwern large tablets of ar
tistic designs gracing the walls like aa
< leal tapestry, and inacribed with ftorip
tural selections. Thenr tablets and in*
scriptions are composed of various col
ored crimped liseuepaprrs upon a back
ground of cloth. Tte lettering is we|
executed, and no two inacripltaeui are in
the same character An immense orna
ment of flowers and drapery Is suspended
front the center of the ceilisg with twn
targe :.rches of flowers snanriaa the in
terior of the church. 'lns flowers look
so fresh that the beholder is almost
tempted to pit* k a rep* lily, n blush
ing rose, a radiant dab ha, a modest
forget nie-not, or the Hit of the valley
with its fairy bella. Who hsis done all
tills workf A young widow, who mads
a work-n on of an apartment near lbs
entrance of the church, and who not
only decorated the walls during the
we. k. hut conducted service every bun
day for live yraie. rending Mr. Bcohsrth
srrmona from ths pulpit.