The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-06-10
A MAN, PRoPosEs., TO MAKE tn THE Descent

"A MAN PRoposEs TO MAKE THE DEscEy1NSrr,l en-, |
OF NIAGARA FALIs' IN .A, LIFE. BoaTE
lSince,the days of the BIond;n furornee ywhen, n,
men and women stood ayhast ~ the fool.
hardy darig of tbe gresf Ppm rnne
the performancc Of h;s maarIoble feots a.
the Niagara FaI,s NO ~, ,s1ncb avn;,ann,ant h
been Known 'n nro;ect ro;et .bas rscen,lv aar
started Ionwevver Will, n 't,s cs,r,sJ ~ sH "
cution, viii, eclipse any feat Of dar;ng ;eye ever
vet attempted lI'a''. n' 20 7','i'' 7''I
Charles Oclo y ads'fp - sso;. 1di ~ r. MG.; u
houlr. skater. has conceived the h'nf idea IF max max
ing tile perijouso passage '' over file Falls If
Niagara raj in an India rubber life.boat of G ne.
culiar construction A few weeks ADO iHS h? !?
thing 81 sugoaested itself "a biSS mind and nndn
communicating r 10 some rs'fE Eastern foentlehn
men. ii was ,pronosed IN tbem t6nf eIrrS,i purse
of SaO OO0 he raised ~ inanca a M, e p
tie ma ppdertaki;ngr accort nn1rfactSS
boat has been 'iet y tSe GnaSyasr 3 RnISer tn
Comnany for IA 0o0 Tbh,srSfY; Tbs hsostf fwY;,I IL *
lono with a mean d,amoter. IF siaht iaaf
six inches tIick IF ton nFsdf md s;des and tbrae
feet % tI;ck at liz bottom bsafD sh,att IT, of f tSs
same mafer;ai ria WI will ey,end Sais s =, e
in the centre. On Which WiIi1 be swung Y S1 on Z
pivot seat to which the adventurous occu.
pant Will be e fastened 'Opeenine at the ton
will be an aperture suffictiientlv 1arpge for him
to get, inside, after which It viii be filled
with air and closed up. It is ca calculated
that sufficient air can be retained to sustain
life about twenty minutes A small cable
will be attached to the boat. by which it
will lie towed after the descent shall have.
been made. for which purpose ~ parties Will
be stationed in boats immetliately below tn,
Falls. ''.' 'Ht =" ~ ~ "'iJ ah
. The model of this novel craft Is now in
this eitv, and there is no doubt that the at
tempt to carry this startling project into ex-
ecution will he made during the present sea. sea-
son. Mr.. Ockford is quite confident flat
he shall succeed, hut the chances iorrI success
certainly look dnh;ons ShouId baa ,,m ,s,nmco.o.aad
MI sydney Doty Of Pontiac viii m aiso mn
dertajse the s,me feat p DsttoH ~ E.es p.as.
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SMoKI[NG IN SpAIINloMLlAto tcso,rrresnondent
writes from Spain 7 Everybody smokes ev.
erwhere. extent n church II il nat infer.
dicted in 1anv denart,nent If anv railway
ca,r-riiaoej ooeej Occasionally notice IN soma
hotels the rnjeI Inostea m in Tho d;n;nar rnuon, i
"smokinno no,t pIinwedb fRnf noboIs hendS
if Al ottemnt tn enforce If wnbld iead ~
the. ,departnre If all the Snan;sb ;r,ests fror,
the house. At the LARGEST and LEST hotel IN
Madrid sixty or seventy nersons Iad;.s and
gentlemen were at dinner ftobIe ,rbote ana
in the midst Of dinner between tbe ,.onrsos
them Tand resIred tba;r a1;nc, , w AZ
notic, forh;dIng s,nnsr ~ MOS l., s,n ,;ansli
or Vac nnt;I thc cinnd ot s,,np6 ntscn+sd az ~
w ~
small and innvent;IIafed nina M nf tan ~
spmokingo all the tina AID tfe thonabt neSyeSr
occnrs to one Of them that Sthis IS aSihs = :,
nl,,;sanns 70 o}baro up ~, IA ,,nt
tbeatres in tha m;dst nf ,N.r I tha "s s,,,1; s
ence snake in tbe,r seats Ina , If onv wy rans
,,er makes r,I. restra;n ~ ths " h hshif aa IN
| dons Of Snain nav NO sort ef a4.entis, M 4s
| it, rho Church is the only place where they
| do not smoke Children smoke at an earlier
age than in other countries. 1t is not rrlrl.'
common for them to begin at six. or even
FIVE Years of age. Ladies' smoke. Not Of
ten do we see them with cigarette in their
pretty mouths on the street or in The cats.
but in The cafe and in the drawing room
they eriitov it, as we'll as in the boudoir and
in the Bath. BY cool fountains in a marble!
paved Datio among the oranoe trees or ulol.c
linz at noon On siiken coucbes thew love ito
smoke and their lords have s,3oilcd tbpirrI oa vi
brcatbs and taste too effect,ialh 70 make ainv
objection where borb or neither eat garlic I
II amounts 10 the same thine ,GIild5'sS7sNd'S
- ,yiiau hua
"a RoYAL SCANDAL THE true cause of
the refusal of King Louis IT Of Bavaria. to
marry his cousin the Princess Sophia. for
Which he was ridiculed and censured 50