, 1866-10-21

inE Claims Of each young lady. The dill
Of three, II being suggested that any one
mc1nbcr, when rcproachcd by rejected fair
onec, cou!1 1nalusain that ba hal been out.
,%.a, so.sS; ett, H. WIS 9rst proposed touppalnt
VAS saised, that the numb r was Increased tn
Gtty, and these had 10 bc chosen III the un.
fortunate committee out of. II is said, l,7oo
applicants, who sent lctters ard photographs
IN showers. The dscss officially dlctased for
tte occasion was as foliows: ~ ,,1
Low dresses of "hie muaalq. viii shnFs
sleeves white muslin pcttIeoats unlte sa'n shoes,
knot ot white ntbon On nc IT . snon!1s. Eoana
Of green 1rases. 9hs only orpament SLOWED, or;
.'nEr. 10 the exclusion of rings. brooches AID
EteAlaeee."
AMopEt "So CARDS" WEDDING.
A 6odus correspondent or the Lyons,
cNaync County)S. 7. Rpubttean tells about
wedding that recently came under his obser-
yatfon In that town. which for Simplicity and
economy fairly bcats anything Of the sort
place at the minister's sesideuce-ttle good
man being called in from loelng his cabbages
10 t'jtne" the anxious couple. The Knot
WAS lied, the pleasing pronounced, tho
customary "saluta" clhimed. and the fec
two suspicious fltty cent "ehinnies" and
isicr returned 10 bis cabbascs, aud the bride
large tree by the roadside, half milo of
Reaching this, they got ont, took of the
horses hcadhtalls, cut them q feed Of grass
from the roadside, and then seated them
selves lovingly under tree. Then the bride
drew from her pocket handkerchief con-
tanning bread and cheese, and the groom ex-
tricatcu from the reccsses Of his coat skirts
quart bottle then the TWO proceeded to the
Asst square neal' Of their welded liEe-As
!! costly as If they were seated before the most
elaborate and elegant rcpast TINT ever fol-
:, loved 3 marriage ceremony. ...
LADits Tu1ADLE SENDS Lto1TS1S9
i Acgoss THE ATLANTIC.
A curious incident Of ocean telcgraphy Is
bcr !: !" The contents Of lady's thimble
, would hardly be expected to constitute
! very powerful instrument. 1t would scarcely
! have been thought capable Of Que Of the
most astonishing ieats ever performed BY
/ this little instrument has nctually achlcrcd
such feat. By way Of experiment, the
engineer Of the company Joined the cxtre-
j nlties OF the two cables which now stretch
! across the ATLANTIC, thus forming m In.
hundred miles. He then put some
acid In q lady's silver thimblc, will
bits Of zinc aud copper, and by this
simple agency he succeeded fa passing sig
nails through the whole length In little more
| thhn second ol Imc. lew years ago nov
Incredible such q statement would have
sounded Il seems, indeed, that the sim
pllclty Of the fact Inns taken even electrf
c1aus by surprise. When cable was frs
laid across the whole breadth Of the Allan
! tic, IL was anticipated that m unusually
high power would be requisite TO dsivc thi
current in sufficient force through such !
| length. In the first instance, therefore, the]
! used battery with fifty cells, and aflerwart
employed 1--WE hundred cells. But this ex
traordinary power only Injured the cable
aud the company arc now working betWcel
Taclntia and Hearts Content With batter!
. cfonly twenty cells. 1t Is, IN met, reulaeka
bic how greatly the success Of the prescn
year has dissipatcd the supposed diItcu1tic
Of distant or deep-eea telcgraphy."