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I ICKENS, S. C,, THURSDAY, JUNI+, 24, l
THE NOW-CAPPED "ROCKIES."
3 IMPREisIONS OF A TRIP TrittIn 'TH1E ]
STATE F4'oJ(0,0Ao.
Scenes Along the Route by ltnl-.-Th'e Wonder
fal City. of Denver--The Future of a (.rcat
Conmonwealch.
(Denver Letter in Pomeroy's Democrat.)
Those who ride in sleeping cars in the
East are quito apt to remain in their i
bench to turn, snooze, think, plan and
rest as on they roll. Not so here. ~ Sun
rise, and all were up. The oars of the
Burlington Route were so well laden 1
with passengers that every berth was 1
occupied, the great majority of passen
gers-in the sleepers being persons from t
the East who had never been to Denver, t
never seen its rocky mountains. Near
ing their destination, they were like the
early bird.
It is now six o'clock. In two hours
we will be in Denver. The berths havo
allubeen made'up for the day, the cars
dusted out and people are on the qui
vivo. We are running southwest. Be- 1
hind us is the head of the Republican i
valley and the millions of acres of choice %
Nebraska corn land. We are on top of f
the divide, as a fly would be on top of a f
barrel that lay upon the ground. Miles e
of unfenced country are to be seen, with t
here and there a little house, home of a
homesteader or headquartere4 of a ranch- I
man or cattle raiser whose cattle are to I
be seen grazing on the wide expanse of I
plains here being run over. I
The depot buildings are small, painted t
red and snug. Depots are so far apart I
that several others can be built between n
them in time! The appearance is that 1
of a very now country, yet it is older in c
fact than is the East., as first of all from a
the vasty deep rose the backbone of the
continent, stil to the west of us. 7
*A lady screams: -'O! See!'"
She points to the west and there, sure
enough, areo to be seenI the snow-capped
mountain peaks of the grand old 111o11n
tains. In a little while the cars have s
sped on so that we see the main range,
extending south from Cheyenne or near
there, for hundreds of miles. They rise t
as a great wall might rise along the sea (
shore, the plains to the east being under I
the evening shadows of the mountains A
that rise in the west.
Now we see down into the valley of
the South Platte. Many school teachers
insist that Denver is a city on the North
Platte. Such is not the case. Denver is
.on the waters of the South Platte, about t
140 miles fron where it, heads. Thlee
riyer is not large, except after a freshet.
It runs through a pleasant, wide valley
that ai Denver is fourteen niles east
from the ioot hills and that at (reely is
about forty miles east. Along here is the
choice agricultural lands of the State, i
taking in the county west from Denver t
to Golden in a gorge of the mountains,
Boulder, Longnont, Fort Collins and i
Orcely, in the respective coun)ties of t
Jefferson, Boulder, L:arimor and Weld. t
Longmont being in Boulder county, one t
of the fluest in the State.
West of these counties, west - from ,
Denver, the county-seat of Arapahoe y
county are the Rochy Mountains, rising
as an abrupt granite 1wall to the height of I
ai mikor 8,000 feet above the plains- t
From north to south we see them from i
the cars, a range of fully two hundred c
mile. Denver is about 6,000 feet above a
sea level. We are a full mile near the i
stars than are those who live in New
York. The mountains rise lip into the s
cloudsthat rest, upon their snowy lealks.
from 6,000 to 8,000 feet aleve the plains. 6
The air is light, so clear, so r'arified <
(hat no new comer' canU judge distanee. ,s
To the nortivest we see a very high (
peak, standing like a whitc-headedl Long
JTohn Wentworth, of Chicago, higheri'
than his fellows. That is Long's lPeak. a
It is named ml hlonor of L.ieut. Long, anl i
exlolrer who was a long tinme in getting 1
to the top of it, there to float the Ameri-r
can flag.C
wiIITE AnOvE Til15 onAY AND olt5EEN.
O>now is whilte and deep on thoe tops
aind sA1mes of the mountains, while the
plains below ar'e green with growing
grains and grasses. Away along to the I
Soulth rise thie a)otw-eappedei Rockies, liker
a great cross-cut saw., jts teeth inl air. It t
is seventy miles from where we are thisi
mtorning- in thie ears, west to the top of c
Long's P'eak, yet people in the caIrn esti- I
mate the distance at fifteen to twenty v
miles.
There are big maountainis lad little a
mountains all stuck inl togetheri like C
Eslothes-pins iln a snow heap. About -t
:sety-five nilecs south fr'om Long's i:
P and sixty miles due west from 8
Denver, its snow-white to1) piercing a al
.gray, sniow-made cloud that is beating 1
gip to fall and to whiten anew, rises f
Org's Peak, tihe top of which is 14,441 e
iet above tihe level of (lie sea. It is the
mnountain unider' which the comipaniy oIf 1
which the editor and writer hereof is
piresidenit is driving a tunnel ait the alti- I
tuide of 10,000 feet~abovo sea level, amnd
wvhich tunnel will bie live miles long. a
Welcome, old fellow! We have seen I
you before, as fr'omi your slunit range I
we hlave looked east towvard (lhe Atlantic
and westwardl toward (lie Paifiic, miles I
upon miles. Some of these days we w~ill
walk through you anid ride through you,,
and 'Walk into your hundreds of fissure il
veins laden with gold, silver, co)pper andC a
lead, and get as nmuchl fatness ont of ,youi
as a rat geta out of a cheese it haistur-.i
rbwed into beyond the reach of a cat.
To the south from Gr'ay's P~eak, about]
seventy-five miles distant, with nmanv.
snow-covered peak botweeni us is
rutE's PECAK,
dist.ant ab)out inety mliles fromi Dene
but its top not so igh by fourteenfe
as is Gray's Peak, which uip-shoots west
of Denver, as a.gnide to Salt Lake City ~
iwhich is 403 miles north of west fromn
Denver, ihreet line, and 687 miles dis- I
(ant by rail, via Cheyenne, and 775 miles ~
distent by way of Pueblo and Guion
rimsl the D)enver anId Rio Grane
n411ntain elimnby railroad,l.
Then on to tile south, fair as the eye
can reach, rise thie moneItaUis as a wftll ~
between eastern and western Colorado--~
between the A4lantic and the Pacific, and
known as the Continentail Divide.
TOOK oUlT 111s f7'TU ,
$peaking of the above-naed monun- I
tain route around and over fromi Denver a
to Salt Lake, it is one of the wonders t
of the 'world. A prominent business man a
and capitahlM fro Linoo Nebraaka,
vas on the train and we heard him say:
'I have been over the Northern Pacific,
nd the Union Pacific, and the Central
?acific to the Pacific Ocean. They are
,rand routes. But the grandest moun
ain route of all that I have over rode
>ver is the Denver and.Rio Grando from
)enver by way of Gunnison to Balt
ake. It takes a man to the top of the
nountains above the clouds, and lets
urn down into gorges that almost ex.
slude the sun. I would not have missed
t for anything, and yet I would not ride
>ver it again for ten thousand dollars.
Cho way the cars run down the terrible
frades is frightful. I looked out till my
lead ached. Then I became seasick and
lervous, and it seemed to me that I must
)c dashed to pieces."
Thus do the works and reputations of
,reat thinkers and workers gird the con
inent and stretch from pol to pol; but
here is no more need to doubly insure
rour life when riding over the Denver
and Rio Grando Railroad than when
iding over any other road built and
>porated by men who know their busi
ess.
YEARS AoO.
To Pike's Peak. That is what folks
aid years ago. They did not go to
ike's Peak, but to the junction of Cher
y Creek with the South Platte river,
here in the bed of the stream gold was
ound. Pike's Peak was a landmark seen
or hundreds of miles, and to get within
eventy-five miles of it was "getting
here" in those days.
The beautiful ten perance city of Colo
ado Springs, forty-five miles south from
)enver, is between Deuiver and Pike's
leak, )ut there are no springs at Colo
ado Springs. At the foot of the mioun
ains, five miles west, are springs, at
sanitou, or in the garden of the gods,
s SOme Oo el named this grand, majestic
ocality, from which folks start on horses
r mules for the top of Pike's Peak, and
chance to see the world below. We
cc into the valley of the South Platte.
t comes out from a doorway in the
uountains, about twenty-six miles soutlh
rest from Denver, as the water came out
if the rock struck by Moses.
By the way, Moses was different from
ome people of to-day, as he was a sue
essfl striker.
See the crooked line of bright, green
rces, thrifty cotton-wood, that mark the
ourse of the river. See the belt. of green
arms along the river, clear down to
)enver, and on forty miles north, show
Dg where farmers are getting in their
vork, and by irrigation bringing forth
rop"s that pay large profits.
DENvER.
Now we see the spires of thecity. Now
he city itself. Gracious! what, a city.
here it is, fourteen miles east of the foot.
uills. Fourteen miles east from the
tiountainls, on the plains. It looks like
,n oasis in a desert. A city four miles
wug and about a mile and a half wide.
L city of 80,000 inhabitants. One of the
iandsomcst, most progressivo cities in
lie Union.' Considering all things it has
to rival on earth. Where thirty years
go was a bald-headed plain, now rise
ens of thousands of trees, to almost hide
he beautiful city they shade. Out from
lie green rise towers of churches and
ehools, finler than are to be found else
here west of the Mississippi river till
e reach San Fr;neisco. Cupolas of
alatial private residences, and high
eaded towers for electric lights, prove
hat a modern, progressive people are
hose who live in the city inied in h]on
r of General Denver, the gallant pioneer
ncd statesma;i, who now resides in Wash
ngton.
From the tops of those high smoke
tacks that mark the locatiotl of the great.
melters of Argo, owned by United
tates Senator N. P. Hill, Wolcott and
ters, 1111 of the Omaha and D)enver
melIting works, ownied bIy (ex-(overnor
hraut and others, the snmoke rolls day
nd night withou1t ceasing, as millions
loni millions oIf dollads worth (If gold
ind silver bullion are here each year
oasted and stewed out of thme Ore brought
obycars from the wondrous mines
f oorado. Thiiten raijroad lines
entre here at thme Union depot, one (If
lie'largest and handsomest in the world.
Now we comoc up to the broad1 plateau
*f railroad works in front (If the depot;
*n time to the minute, from Chicago to
)enver direct bly the Bunrlinigton route,
o more worn, worried or weariea than
hough we stayed at home and worked
a the garden. Here are lines (If horse
ars leading to all parts of the city
orth, south, east and west. Here ar.e
ido, rIcan streets of the broad gauge
attern. Amida them on each side runi
treanms of water, used for the irrigation
f gardens farther back. Here are shade
rees making D)enver to appear as located
i sonmc anchanted forest. Here are tele
raph nmessenge.r boys; churches as fine
s. are to be found in New York city,
rithi audiences that cannot he excelled
r dress and all that peCrta1ins to) n1odern
njoIyable religion.
IHere are monthly, weekly and daily
apers, chief of which is the Rocky
lounmtam News. Hero are banks as
mie as well oflicered and as solidly foun
ationed as are any in the country. Here
re moire large, beautiful stores and more
ive, prosperTous merchants than can be
udin aniy city of its sizei in the Unitedl
tates. IHere arq hotels equal to the very
(st in tlas coiuntry, with guests from
11 parts (If the world. Here are manu
acturing est alzihments growing into
erfect life. H ere areL as4 good pe)ople
*nd as de(servinig as5 the sunl ever shone
n, and niore (If pIrogress to the square
neh thaii can he found ini any other
*ities oIf this 'ouintry save Chicago, St.
~auml and Minnueapolhis, as into, the West
ush the vigoIrouis-Ihinded mien who make
o'rtunes quicly,, as; they heuve vim,
rauins and means, with courage to inivest
tot ilone in Dnver prop1eirty, buit in
utside lands and mines1(.
Here, too, are lines oIf gamle rs;, sh ark's,
hysters, (dead-b eai 5, huncoie steereres, ani1(
11 that goes to maitke up a li;e, cosmuo
>olitan city. Here, too, are the jiiy-hawk -
re, black-miler(s anud sceinig plunde(lr
ru of all wvho have legi t imalte b usiniess
nterp)rijies in tow. Hlere, tool, are the
oilfIi, heartle5s grabbers f.or all ]heie
m in sight. Men:~ who get diruink, abuse51
hemselves and all who trust theum. Men
rho have ''played out" in other locali
zes, and who camne here to whet their
angs agaiaj,~ each other, and who rip it
-t al hmte ejn se upo0n 1
uKne5 er ae iser , .~iddes,
11 bunoheli in together and helpin0 to
well the grand variety.
Hero is a n~amie~ o n[m~md
up of Al, men, from first to last. Here
are as fine places of amusement as can
be found in New York, and here gather
audiences that for wit, wealth, worth,
beauty and style, cannot be excelled any
where on this continent.
All in all, Denver is a model city, with
hundreds of attractions and but few
black patches or drawbacks. Her artesian
wells from which come the purest of
clear cold water; her rich gardens from
which come small fruits and vegetables;
her fine hot-houses from which com
choice flowers in endless variety and pro
fusion, and her unequaled climate make
this the capital of Colorado a city to be
proud of, built here as it is in the midst
of what was once called theAreat Ameri
can Desert! And this of a State that
yields the best wheat in the world and
that, with a l)ol)ulation less than 300,000
total, lifts over 40,000,000 of dolars'
worth of wealth out of her coal, iron,
gold, silver, lead and copper mines year
ly, hardly yet dug into except as pros
pects to determine how to conduct future
miling operations. How bright and
beautiful the morning! How busy are
all whom we meet!
0-11 ('113ENA1 COO)N'1. IN cAN%Ih.t.
Efow Somte of thte 1?unnwny' Itogauen 11uwporl
TIheu)Raelvee un'TheIr City of1 Henoge.
A Montreal correspondent of the New
York Mail and Express writes: "John C.
Eno heads the list of criminals in ('ana
da. Hle is living at Quebec. The house
lie rents is large, and the situation de
lightful. It is two and a half miles from
the postoflice. The rent lhe pays-near
ly $2,000 a year-is, for Quebec, enorm
ous. This means, proportiolately, lboult
$0,000 to $8,000 per year in New York.
Rents are very low in the (old lRock
City, and the Eno house at .Beauvoir is
one of the finest, in the sublurbs. Finani
cially, he appears to be at ease. He
drives good horses and is liberal with his
money, but socially he is not known.
Neither lie nor his wife is ever invited
out, nor are they visited by society peo
ple. Eno has Iever been asked to the
Garrison mess, and does not belong to
the only social organization in Quebec
of any pretensions--the (arrison Club.
The old French faniilies do not ask hini
to their houses. Hlis acquaintances are
principally made at barrooms. Some
few society men have a Ilodding uaqulaint
ance with lim. Society is exclusive,
and the old llblesso have long memo
ries. Whenl lEno) gives dinner "parties"
they are only attended by his legal ad
visers, or speculators who may wish to
see him. The Comnercial Clul) he be
longs to is a small place where men of
business meet. It has no social signiti
cance and does not pretend to auv.
Many leslectahle uerelhants belong to
it. These men nimeet. Eno) inl a business
way. 'They do nc ask him to their
hlomes. Some of the: may drink with
lhin at the St. Louis 'Iotel when they
meet him there; that is all. He visit:
the houses of two or three personal
friends, but the stories about his being
received into society are exaggerations.
He attends cocking nams and billiard
tournaments, and lie is a constant visitor
to St. Roch. This is the roughest sub
urb iml the city.
'"The New York Aldermen and their
friends attract much attention. They
are -Billy Moloney, Charley I)enpsey,
Keenan anid )e :Lacy. They all have
rooills on the same floor of the Windsor
Hotel, with the exceltioln of Billy Mo
loney, who is in a small house near the
hotel. )e Lacy and Keenan are great
chuns, and are rarely out of each other's
sight. Moloney and )enpseyJ", . how
ever, seem to be engage in p icket duty
and throwing inquisitive peo)le ofi the
scent. They ?il live like lords, getting
the best of , v.rythiing and scattering
their money abiot liike water.
''New Yor-a has not a monlopo(ly of the
criminals here; Chuicatgo makes a very
good runming for second place. Moris
the 'church deacon,' anid truisted adviser
of widows nd orlitains, hieads the list.
Morris hadut thtousanuds of dollars initruist
ed to his care. 'The p)eople whose mtoney
lhe had were chiefly poor, struggling men
and wyomen, who had saved the gather
ings ittrusted to him after years of self
sacrifice and privation. '[he victims of
this man thought they wer-e saving uip
for the 'rainy day.' Many of his dupes
were laboriig m eii, charwomen and1(
orphans to whem smiall suns of iimney
had b)een left, Hie encouraged the pt
plc to deposit their mnonev in his keep,
ing. When lie got what'hie considered
sutleienit for his wants lielelt. 1Ihe miade
pautper's of hiunmdreds of p)oor peopile in
Chicago. He (lees not appealr to mind
that. H-e as runtmninig a prosperous busi
nes3 her-c. Tie wi-item' saw himt in a
butggy yesterday. lHe sat behind a fast
tr-otting b)lack. Thie luhb of health was
present on his countenance. Tlhere was
no cowardly conscience ini thait moan 's
face. .But the dietectives say that Morris
is no(t at ease, for all his iassumpitioni of
mdiffe~rencte. TJhecy have niotied that lie
always cpu iloys the one driver toi take
him 'to and fronm his platce of business.
'Thley think ho is atfraid of hbeing kidl
nappedc(."
A Itnlh ~dIitor I*nys~ for n ifnt.
Thne Cleveland Pr'ess permits ma little
facetious diversion in its State news colh
umin, which is condtucted by a ytung
Norwalk newspap)(.' matn ne iitloster'.
It is appriopimate to say that. he is unm
marritied and tunengatged. Lanst 'iTisdaiy
lie published a paragraph to this efl'ect:
''A Maion giril started hert gradua timng
essay ats followvs: 'F aim fairly wearied out
with the inceessaiit prnating of the lords
of creation on the ditties antd sphere of
woman.' " The paragraph closed with
the somewhat dmnger'ous asseri,ion th at
the edhitoir woiul bet a new sprinlg lhat
that the authmor of that discourse onI
wotman's spbi .re could not bake a loaf of
b)read. Suurday Mr1i. Foster rec(eived
front Marion 'u large box. ft conmtatied
sundry light le'aves of bread anid enke,
in'arvelimi.1 'oothisomne. An ttaopa
niyi altidav'it bore the solensii o'.th of
the sweet giril graduaimite (who ps sesses
the pretty naime of May Williams; that
hma, unaided, bankedl the wheat bread
mrked "'Exhnibit A," tha two specimens
o)f corn briead marked "'Exhibit B,'' and
the chocobiite cake "'Exhibit C." Thme
notary's seal of onen wtis aflixed to the
aililiavit, and it was settled beyound a
doubt in Mr. -Foster's mind that hiis rash
wag(-r had been aep1te'd. lHe thterefore
weont out and lavished his week's salary
on ai new spring hat. Of course lie had
never seen Misst Williams.--Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Never waitt for dead man's shoes.
Show.
An interesting feature of the West
Point Military Academy on Thursday
last was the mounted exercises of the
cadets in the riding hall. By the time
Secretary of War landicott and party ar
rived, Capt. Augur had a line of horse
men before him. The men wore their
gray fatigue suits and all sat their horses
well. At a word they started off one
after another and swept about the area at
a gallop). Then sabres were drawn and
the drill commenced. First the blade
wac brought down upon an imaginary
foe at the right., then it was twirled in
air, next thrust forward, again backward,
and lastit a sweeping slash was made to
the left. Once the horses were in line,
the nel stood at their heads. ".Mount."
In a twinkling, ),, cry cadet was in air.
In another, without touching a stirrup,
he was in the sadlle. Another com
mand. The men were on their feet
again, but only to vault clean over sad
dIe and all and stand ready at the other
side. Then up again in the saddle.
They twisted around, now facing for
ward, now backward. and again side
ways. A nd while they so drilled two
uprights were fixed at at distance of about.
fifty feet from each other with a pad as
lug as a cap fixed upon each with i han
dlIe attached to it. At a word tihe caval
rytcn dashed off. Now one came along
at full gaellop, leaned over ats he reached
the upright till his 1and was below the
level of the stirrups, and in fall career
picked ilp one pad after another and
tossed it. behind him. it was a feat re
luiring coolness and address, lmt. iearly
all exeented it, satisfactorily.
Next the pad wias placed utpon an ill)
right the height of it main, and at the
salue dlshtitee as before another was
plaeed on it lower stuand. Between themn
was placed horizontally a beam resting
onl two iprights-a good, stiff jump for
it horse im such a litiited space, and one
requiring at rider to have his brain clear.
The wtord was given. A horseman came
galloping on. As he reached the taller
statnd lie drew a revolver. It flashed, laid
the pad, struck by the bullet, tunilled
oil, while the horse dashing oil was it
moment after lifted over the har ill a
lyin'g jnilp. Round still the horseman
wen it, his coirades following one by one.
And tow its hI(le approached the staitd on
which the pad is replaced he has his
sabre on. Ie ainshes at it., hiL it fair-ly,
and almost before it reaches the ground
he is over the bar; his sabre cuts an are
through the air as (e leans over his
hotrse's shoulder and tosses up with it
great slash it bunch of tanbark, and then
just recovering in his saddle he 1rings
down the blade with a SW eep tlou the
pad of the si'cound upright and tosses it
ofl.
In the next exercise the tprights and
pads are still there, but in place of the
jumnp is :a high pole with a tr"atsverse
bar, from which hangs just. within roach
of a horseman's '.abre anll iron ring only
it feV inches iii diamueter. And through
all this, too, the horses go around tt. tIe
top of their speed, the feat, repeated
agaii and again, a few failing, 1nit nearly
all successful.
Next saddles are removed and the menl
ride bareback at will. 'T'here is no circus
performance like this spectacle. 'T'he
pllaec is full of hounding :teeds; some
withi riders leaning over th ir shoulders
till their hands sweep the ground; some
lying at full length upon their ilcks;
some facing to the rear, but guiding them
with lIspir and rein; soie jumping on
and off, like circus riders, while the alti
mal is going at the top of his speed, and
some vaulting clean over them and keep
ing il) the pace. It is a thrilling specta
cle, which a 1bu1irst, of itu)tise riewil
anid thenic the men(1 reeat th1 eir exciting
drill, triinig b)y couples onl hlIf the
iiminher oIf holrses. It wolul 11e called a
gallant etpite,triani show anmywhere. An
old (officer's conunet interplreted tIhe
general oplinion: "I never saw lbetter
riders5."
A ( ycIonei o 'rt-foar Vencrs Ago.
Stories of the reccent eyclone ill Ohio
are Comlinig ini quite freely, but they do(
nIot appIroachI the marvelous storlies of
the f(ornadto flhat swepIt upi the vatlley o'f
the iroarin C1 odoirus, ini Yo rk eounty, inl
the spIrinig of 1812. A fter the storlin we
speak of oneW farnier fotund that hlis well
had been pulled upl by the rotts and( waIs
hianginig onI the limbls~of a white oak t re
four miles awy A cellar blelonging to
one (If his neighb ors was split inI two,
(one lalf of it 1beinig 1blown fthrouigh iI
stonte quarry and1( the othier hal11f tuirned
up_1 (entwise against ai halystackl ini lie
adtjoinig counity. A flock tof geese were
comlplet ely strlippled (If thiei r feathers Iby
the wind, anld a dlried apple pie wa'ts
bIl tti oughl the siticof a school house15,
terrif,ying thl e t eat:her an d sch olars, 1la
sides ruiinhg aL large miap o (f the gralss
hopper dhist.riet.s of Kanlsats. A large
barnil conitainting thlirt een tolns of lIay wats
lifted off its foundtation anti Catried'hnodi
ly six miles tdownt tine valley, whtere it
aett'edl dow!I 50 squaIrely tht thle doors1
((ould he1 oplened witho'ut pIryhlig thlein,
T he wind blew the tails off six I )lrhiam
Cows, anid a Uerkshire pig, weighing 200)
pouls, was blowin complJ)etely throu)igh
lls skmi, the hti(e remaltniing inl It stiand
m g Itositi andit p reservinig aln expression
lIf naturanilness thI at dlecived many vis-t
itorsi. Th'le 1bounldary lilies (If SI veral
toIwnships were bentt a'll (out of shlapl, so
that they lootked like a curled halir mat
tress til at hot gridtdle, anid the ir was1
lownVi so compllletely out (If the valley
when they wianted1 to bireathe'.- Phihudel
lte( (II'fl l,,t Moenhi,,l NihnIiI r.
"'le smiallest newspapecr (ot the contti
lielt iS puiblishied ini (Guadalllajarla, Alexico,
lie catpitatl (If the St ate (If .hdis(o, and1
inl oC(f thte leadin~g cities of th11 e rpulic.
1'h e El ITlIn, a a-yof w hic~h wais
shtownis b y M lajor II ilderi, thle enereget iC
comflniamonerl to thle World's Expjositionl,
in t I city, front Mlissouri1, Is a fouri -
page weekly, five bly thrie incOhes in size,
a.m<t, ao nu- well ho fancied, is a nuirvel
in the waIy of condensation. Thie mlotto
of the paper, as translated, read(s: "i t -
tie straw P-nd1 mhItll wvheat."' TIhe (tIl
olenser of eithe~r the New York or UItati
more Siun wouldi turin greenI withl tnvy
after taking ai ghlimpse at this realhly worIi
deriful little Mexican shleet. TIhe prnice
of the paper peor week is Ine (cent. At
tho bottom (If the ib'st page is printed
theifollowing: "Rtesponsiblde- -Lina Luana,
R. (1. Fuentos, pinflter." 'The coipy ini
hand contains five smlall advertisernents.
-New Orleana8 rTmane8Dmoc.a
A A ittoulntc Fi,h-iLIke maci ne or Whicla
(reat ''I(tag nre Kxpeerd.
Lieutenant Ml. E. Hall, U. S. N., who
for several years has been endeavoring
to perfect a fish torpedo, has one now
nearly perfected at the Eagle Iron Works
in Iiuldo. The Courier describes it as
twelve feet long, in three sections, and
re-enforced by four longitudinal girderp
to give it greater strength. In the Ox
tremne how there is a capacity for a charge
of se'venty pounds of gunpowder. This
is fixed by means of a primer of fuhni
nato of mercury. A )lunger projects in
front, having two crossed knife edges
constructed so as to act when the torp>e
do strikes a vessel at a small angle. 'he
ordinary torpedo in such a case would
simply allow the projectile to glance off
without exploding. The plunger breaks
the screw that holds the spring-firing
apparatus, thus releasing the firing pin
which explodes the charge by striking
the sensitive primer of fulminate of mer
cury. On the bow there are two auto
matic fins used for steering. The gen
erator is composed of a series of tubes
that hold gas and vapor at 1,000 poundis
pressure. The middle section consists of
plaiin cylinder 15- inches in diameter,
and in this the generator is contained.
The fins are worked by small engines
whose valves are automatically controlled
by power derived from the generator,
whlose great pressure, 1,000 pounds to
the square inch, has only been obtained
after incessant labor and innumerable
experiments, many of which were fail
ures. The after section of the torpedo
contains the propelling apparattus, con
sisting of (ardner's patent three cylinder
engimie, vhich works two screws by gear
ing. 'ThFlese screws are two-bladeu, and
revolve in opposite directions. Their
l)ecnliar feature is that the blades of one
screw are each at right angles to those
of another, thus enabling screws of large
diameter to be used as ixner blades of
the screws revolving in the same space.
The three dillerent sections of the
tollpedo are screwed together so as to
lmake water-tight joints. 'The projectile
is so constructed as to dive and keep a
certain depth by means of the aiutouati
(illy controlled pins in the how and the
diving rudder in the tail. Two tails tend
to keep the torpedo upright and regular,
en('losing the screws to )reventt their be
ing fouled by any floating object, such
as seaweed, etc. (I the top of the death
dealing maichine are tlree hand holes
covered b y plates -one giving access to
the aplrriratus which controls the fires at,
the engine, the other aIiording access to
the diving rudde'. The engine is in
closed in a steel case, wl ich slips into its
plhce in the torpedo, and is there held by
three tolts, so that it ean be readily re
moved for examination or repair if need
he. Attached to the engine is a governor,
the invent io1n of Mr. (ardner, foreman
of the Eagle Works. This governor con
trols the eniginte so aS to give uniform
rate of speed while working under viry
ing degrees of pressure.
The great advantage claimed for the
new torpedo is its stratightness of course.
The undulating imotioii of the ordinary
torp edo freilently causes the machine
to (live without striking its object. The
new one, it is said, enli be aimed more
directly and certainly at the precise spot
where it vill have the greatest. destructive
ipower. Anot1her idviltag e is ini the (is
tance traversed. 'I'he ordinary torpedo.
Iis i range of about. 700 yards; the new
finny creature speeds along to the extent
of alout a mile and a half, or 2,400
yards. The engine is the only one made
in this country at all suitable for the
work colitenmlplated, and the patent for
thus part of the apparatus is vested in the
E'agle Troll Works Company. Wit.hout
iany speiail tem.ts or' aphainces, it is
nothing short of woniderful howv eficient
hy the new torpedo in all its parts has
been complet ed :mnd now nearly fit ted
together(1. It wvill shortly lie puit to the
test in Lake Erie. ThIe wholeh aparatus
has a 1lmoyiancy of fifteen feet, and it is
coilmpulted to lie able to( bilow into siinithi
erecens the largest vessel afloat.
i'enatomr t ian Wyck,
Van Wyck, 'of Nebiraska, is the only
Senaitoir who m his ass:>ciates do not' pre
tend( to muledrstaiid. lie is liable to get
recordls of the pre~s mnt Coingress will sh ow
that lie hams h~ad as mi of the funi of
the Senate as aniy two mnii ini it. Van
Wyck is noithing if not audacious. lI e
will attack anmy one who stands in his
way. Only a few days ago Ednmundls
aroise iindi attehmplted to s<muelch tin fiecry
Nebiraskanm with ani avalanchele of Senri~
torial precedenits. it Vain Wuyck ab so
hutehy refuised t be1~ squielchemd, am n mire
hy repl ied ini his mo1(st rasping tonS es:
"Nowv 1 suppihose we shaill lbe trcete to.
the terrors of the Supiremie Court.'" 'The
Semiate, of course, lamghed, and that, too,
it thle (X expise of thle great Ednmulnals.
Vani WXyck is nao resipict er of iersionls.
WhIn fully convinced that, a certain
iroject is right. andu ought, to prit ,ail
therle iSn't an ybodyl. in th e Senate whou
ennm prev'ent his figh tin1g that maeasure ti
the h itteri emid. "O ldh Vain,"' as thei liys
icall h imi, is aigainst secret sessoilns. It e
Ibelieves t hat thie Senate was creiited fior
the ilprpose of aitteniding to a part oif thei
pecople's builsiniess,.'herefore, lie argoues,
thme peopile arem justly emntit.leid to a fullI
knowledge of all I hat is goig oni.- -Wah
mngtoni Letter to tIh' Boston Traveler.
'Thmere are hpeopde who ihmaginte tIhatI a
jiockey's hi fo is it j'oyousi le ; th at ('arthI
canm omter few greater diilighits than11 to
raie Ithe wimn-m of ai greamt racei and tio lie
h.d back toi th li ea1li y anm (estaitie
crowdl, andiu t htt the sole dirawbaiuk toi the
prfsso i'f 111n thii bclimi of Ibiing askedI
to pasy imeomie taix onm ?10,00 ai I) year.
IbIt ho'w utterly unltrule is s1(uchmi oin
ionl is well shlowni by lhe rcinig eirre.
sh,ondenti oif the New' South Waliues IEcho,
whoi saw Archer's face at the I )iiby, anid
thils d'escribes it: "'It was likhe tIluttl of a
n11i abouit to he hiangeid- a duielist fight
inig with ai foe at onc(e feaired and1( hatedi
ai hum, ill shiirG ill aniy po)sitioni of
awul str'ain, withI the ('omplI lex emootionos
of terror, hoipe and resolve, It was all
thme oblservaition of a seciind ; but it
brought hmomie to the Ilmid the abiysmal
depiths oif life smud d1atth, exultanit joy oir
hiorrible despair that underliui the gayety
and the 1bdare, the biright dresses, the
sllmlig womenm, the Pppping (of chaam
pailgnie bottlesi, and the vacuous nioise oIf
Epsoml1 raice' course." After this there
would seem to be nothing for it but to
start a Joekey's 1scuofl Society.-P~all
Mall Gav.ette,
TIE PRINCES AS THEY ARE.
SKETCHES OF THE HONAPARTIsTr3 THE
IEP'UBLIC FEARS.
Pion-Plot, ''ao Much of a Coward to Ever Give
Hattle.-How Prince Loui and Prince Victor
Appeared in School Days.
Tle proposed French law for the ex
pulsion of the princes of noble blood
draws the attention of the world to the
strange political situation of France as it
is to-day and has been for six or seven
years. The republic established at the
close of the Franco-Prussian war feels
insecure with the pretenders to the
throne within its borders, and fears that
through some intrigue the present gov
ernment may be overthrown, though
nono of the pretenders can actually count
upon a sufficiently largo following to
dare to take any decisive stop.
The Orleanist party is rich, but not
very numerous and far from active. The
monarchical party is in favor of a king
by divine right, but has none to go to.
T'he members of this party have been
brought up to hate and despise the house
of Orleans, yet the elder branch having
fallen, .i . ' hated head of that family is
also the heir of Henry V. and of all their
kings. They prefer the republic, prefer
anything to having the grandson of Louis
Philippe and the great-grandson of
'Lous Fgalit" profane the throne of
St. Louis.
"The strongest party, the Bona part
ists, want an empire, but are much in
the same position as the Monarchists.
The heir of the great Napoleon is the
hated Plon-Plon, the most unpopular
man personally in all France. Besides
this, it is objected, his father married a
(ierInan princess, he an Italian. Many
ardent Imperialists say that they can
even )laCe No hopes in the son1s of a man
like that until they have proven them
selves possessed of the virtues that en
deared the founder of tl,eir family to the
French. Had the young son of Napo
leon II. lived, they sty he would surely
have become emperor, but thea brave
lindsome boy went to his death ii
Zululand to gain a little glory, and by
his last acts endeared his memory to the
hearts of his countrymen.
It is probable that if the bill expelling
the French princes should become a law
the majority of the exiles will seek an
asyun in the United States. 'Ile Coite
de Paris, who served during our civil
war in the Army of the Potomac, has al
realy b1een cabled all invitation to come
over by soe over by some of his old
a -my comirades, and it is fully expected
that he will come. The Comnte has many
friende on this side of the Atlantic, and
his literary labors in the revisiolu of his
history of the civil war would be facili
tated by coming here. Prince Jerome
Napoleon has expressed himself on sev
eral occasions during the past few years
as anxious to come to this country, and
will doubtless avail llimself of the excel
lent opportunity for traveling offered by
it orcilble exp;llsiol from France. Prince
Jeromlc is, in his every tastes and cllar
acteristics as different from the first
Napoleon as one man can bo from anoth
er, His cowardice made him cut such ia
ridiculous figure during the Crimean
war that the soubriquet of Plon- Plon he
won then has stuck to him ever since.
Ho takes after the founder of his family
in but one respect, his personal appear
anco. Of this resemblance Pr"ince Jcronle
is very proud; he is rather taller than
the "little corporal" and is just about as
fleshy as his famous uncle was in his hat
ter years. His chleeks and hips are close
ly shlaven and1( his features large and
rather hlandsome. No one whlo is
familiar with the p)ictures of Napoleon I.
wouIld fail to recognize his lineamnents ill
the face of his hleir.
Prince Jerome is a p)olishled malln of
letters, stud(iouls and thloughltfull by na
ture, liberal ini his religious views, ex
tremnely fond of goodl living and leasant
comipany. He has an1 unusua111 abptitude
for languIage., spea1ks well half a dozen
ninsli, anid is initerested ill an ythinga>
perltam tg to p)hilology or etymology. c
hlas written several volumes, whdichl ha(ve
meot w.ithl unliforml success, and Ilas rank
ed amiiong the leadling savanIts of 1:.
counttry. H e is fond of the )ompljoy of
literary 11en1, and likes to walk alo>ng
the streets slowly, with his han11ds biehind
b ack, lis head erect, dlisculssing books
aml( auithiors. Thloughl by3 nalture an
('asy-goimg man11, of pleasant disposition,
le has never b)eenl able1 to get alonig with'
the memblIlers (If his owni family. His
!jIImrr1els with his wife, -lrgely on relig
5)ous grounllds, as8 she 15 a devout Roman
Catholie, attracted as much01 attention
som11 yeairs ago as (did is diflicuilty with
his eko'lest son1, Prince Victor, w1hichl re -
sult('d inl a comiplete sepalirationl, more
r'ecently.
Soith of thle sons5 of Pi nceS Naleon001
maly cOoe to this counlt ry w~hien theOy are
expeI(lledO, anld it is certalin that P'rinlce
V'ictor, whlo is now making ai tour o,f the
world, will be lhere soon1. Some six or'
seveni years a go b othI of the youngl men(1
werle studenCits at the Lycie dui Vauives,
formeruly known as the Lycee dui P rince
hiiipeial, sit uatted just outside tIle walls
of Iliris. lie wr'iter' wals at t hie tiiet at
the L yceo, having been for four years in
the same clauss 11s Prinlce Loutis. Th'le
eider P rine was ai til, raw-bonecd boy
oif nearly six feet ini heighlt. lie hadi
heen~i growinig fast for several years, and
hie was r'atheor clumsy in allppearancee, but
waIs very strong phlysicall1y and1( quite an
Ilihlete. iiis featutres 'were heavy and
raithleur coarse, his hlair' always cult shlort,
los upper' hp shladed by ai slight dark
Iiutstachie. H e was5 scrupulloulsly nleat in
lois dreIss, anld was iniclinled to hold hlim
lif aloof' from hils ()h1Lsm1ates who were
lat I;.r imehnedci to ridicule him t. Hie (lid
aot hoard at the LiyceC, [as thet large ma
ll ony of the stuldenuts didi, but lived ait
i' ouse (If (one (If thet. prloIfessors, Mmr.
unilli(er, a frienld of his -father, whlo
"iO'C(an(liedl him toi andi fromn the 1)1ace
ouarly eivery (lay and assisted1 him with
his lessonsu. [ProfessorI Cluvillier usually
wa11lked uIp auId downvi the corr'idors dutr
inlg the rtecess hiours, tramp1l~ing upJ. and
down slowly with his pIile of bJookN untder
hlis arm1. Victor wals t*n Iuatelligent
scholar, but nlot br1ighhlt 11is ind) waIs
oIf a ratheri he~a1y order, andi while lie
seiiied ho woIrk (1u1d( hard hierarely hel
a bet terl rank ini his class thanll abhout hailf
way. Ih.n mauthema*tic( andl hlistory he
was unuswily studious and1( alwoays stood
well.
Princo Louis was by far the handsomer
and more clever of the two. .4
height, with finely moulded f T
pure (lark complexion, bright
well proportioned body, he,w"ias;
an ideal prince. He had nne
manly qualities, however, that
thuso his fellow countrymen. Ed -I
very much liko his father in one
that of cowardico. He invariably pro
himself as timid as a little girl, and
be put to flight by the slightest indies.
tion of hostility. While the majority of
the young men in his class played bo 'K
ball and other games he would qul
sneak into the playground
around near the door for some kw.
hearted fellow to come u and talk "
him. Of a very retiring i oitlo
wais apt to seek refugo in flgh if the
crowd appreacled him. His great de.
light was to walk up and down with some
other young man, building elabOrate
castles in the air; a few words of praise
would elate him as highly as any harsh.
ness would deject him. He was by na.
turo light-hearted and bright, but wQful.
ly lacked al)lplication. He had at the
time as indefinite ideas about America an
most Frenehmen have, and he often
asked the Americans at the Lycee most
absurd questions about their country.
He was very grateful to the writer for
having protected him from the rough.
ness of is classmates on one or two oo.
casions, and in the plans he made for the
time that his family was to return to
power he invariably included the writer,
to whom he said he intended to give one
of the highest positions in the land.
Louis' laziness caused him a great deal
of trouble in his studies. He invariably
put off his work until the last moment
possible, and then rushed through with
it carelessly, lie frequently appeared in
the class-room without having looked at
his lessons. He would take his seat a
short time before the professor arrived,
and try to make up for lost time. He
had a faculty for committing Latin and
Greek to memory, and could get a fair
idea of what he had to recite in a few
minutes, but lie forgot the lines as quick
ly almost as he learned them. On
.Thursday mornings, which were devoted
to cornpetitions between th6 students for
rank in the different studies, after the
:ul)jeet had been given out, Louis would
generally sit for an hour or more idly
looking at the paper before him, or mak.
ing rough ".iand poor sketches over his
books. When lie finally got down to
work, his sole idea appeared to be to
rush it through in any manner he
could. one day then the competition
was in Latin verse on it subject given out
by the professor, Louis only managed to
grind out one verse during the two and
a half hours allowed to work. The two
Americans in the class had rather the
faculty for grinding out "machine'"
verses rapidly, and stood respectively
first and second in the class, and Louis
)rofessed to warmly admire their
"talent." lie assured the writer that
"when lie becamue Emperor" he would
appoint hin "Latin poet extraordinary
to the Court."
Both of the young Princes Napoleon
are very pleasant socially, and if they
conclude to come to live here they will
become social lions.
NICUOLAS RIDDLE,
.\ li;w sTi'tIE.
Dr. 'anlming:e \Vnni, Labore"rm for King Alcohol
tn iZnl Workc.
The ltev. Dr'. Tainage preached a ser.
monl last Sunday in the Brooklyn Taber
nacle on the Poverty among the working
classes caused by the use of intoxicating
liquors. )r. ''alnitge introduced his
sermon by saying that there ought to be
more public fountains, where persons on
the street could get puro0 col wvater.
"'In Persia," said lhe, '-under the reign
of Darius hlystaspis, the peolo did not
prosper. The iy iuade money, but did
not kceep it. Wh'lat has become of the
:billions and billions of dollars paid to
the working classes in this country?
Some of it lhas gone for the necessities
of life, butt most of it has been wasted in
foolish outlay, wausted at the gaix'ag
table and in iintoxicants. The most per
sistent, imost overpot wering enemy of the
working classes is itoxicatiing liquor.
It is the anarchist of the centuries, and.
has boycotted, and is boycotting, the
body, ind andi( soul of Amierican lab or.
Withiun three hundred yards of the Bands
Street Methodist Chureb, Brooklyn
there are fifty-four saloons, aind anothe -
is und1er preparationa. Stand the saloons
of this country side by side, and it is
carefully estimated they would reach,
from New York to Chicago. While the
ordinfary strikes are ruiinous, I proolainm
a universal strike agaiinst strong drink,
wvhich, if kept up, will be a relief to the
working classes aid the salvation of the
American nation. I will unidertalko to
say that there is not a healthy laborer in
the United Staltes whio, withmn the next
twenity years, if he( will refuse all intoxi-.
eating beverage and( be0 saving, may not
bOcomie a capitalist.
"When you depleCte a workingman's
physical energy you deplete his capital.
'Ihu stimulated.workmnan gives out be
fore the unstmirjated workman. A
brickmaker in England gives his experi
ence ini this matter among men in his
emiploy. Hie said: "'he beer drinker
who made the fewest bricks turned out
659,000, the abstainers who made the
fewest bricks counted up 746,000. The
difference in behalf of the abstainer over
the indulger was 87,000.' When the
Rlussians go to war a corporal passes
along the line and smells the breath of
each31 soldier. If there ho in his breath a
taint of intoxicating Jliquor tho man is
sent back to the barracks. Why? He
cannot endure fat igue. All our yoUfmg
men know this. Wheni they 'are prepar
ing for an athletic event they abstain.
Our working peopl1e will 1be wiser after
awhile, amid the imoney they throw away
oui hurt ful indulgencees they will put into
co-operattivei associations and so becomoq
cap)italists."
DJr. Ta'mlmage las arranged to go to the
'Thousand lIvuH Juie 2( with 600 of lia
congregaltioni. Tlhe'y will travel in parlot
andI sIeop)ag coaches and will be gone
threo dhays.
Last Sunaday thue son of Derry D)ondd: "
ode a muule, 'and the son of Tonm Jog .*
rode an of. While they were rihing togethan
he o turnied and gerued the ammule, openta
ts side so that its entrasils protruded.
was inh sight of l)on-:ldson's wIfe, who a ".
ni ai (dtlente 'oitIlin. The result-was po
icrhius that she (lied next day.-.-Abodve
Pr~ess and Ba'nor