National Republican., 1877-07-13
WATERING. .PLACE NOTES.

The cheapest summer breeze TO lie had: A
Japhnesr ia'
The O""an Grove coach Atlantic is a novelty
al L"Lg E'HLth
Tho pleasant places on Long Island Sound
are 'IihHg up, and the steamboats, running never
WtrC IL better Oriicr.
Delaware Water Gap people say that the
Jcr,cy mountain nud Kitatuny are especially
beautiful this sUnSnn.
Clam-haics down in Rhode Island are at.
trnCtivc, AMI 50 nr" the ruddy.chceked daughters
Uf the CUEv little STAT"
Delightful showers every other dny are an.
prcrin'rh. mud there will be no lack of water this
season at Newport.
War on the hackmen at Niagara has begun,
and the hotclkecpets protect their guests from ex.
tortions by having their own stables.
Hudson river travel Is brisk. Tho local
lines on the short routes are doing well. and the
steamers running to Albany are crowded with
tourists bound to Saratoga and the North.
Newport celebrated the one hundredth ami
monies Oh Tucsday and the hundred years have
given changes alike in place and people.
The Senate session for the trial Of Bank Su.
pcrntcnhent Ellis Will he feature Of Saratoga IN
lHy or 50. Pleasant, this linking Of business pay
aud pleasure for our worI.out legtslatorsl
The New York Yacht Club folks are running
In and ont Of harbOTs on the sound, and some nf
them wandering on New EnglAnds coast The
columbia Is away with Wallack, Montague and a
party.
Unwary lovers at Couey Island are in danger
now for the place Is directly connected with the
outside world by the Atlantic and Pacific TcIr
graph wires the line going into operation on Mon
day
The polo lot at Newport Is decorated with
pcnnHnts md the tCnts are all up, and everything
l. IN readiness for the sport to begin All ihst i
wanted is the player, II few of whom have already
arrived.
There are a hundred race horses at Saratoga
for the meeting soon to bcgin--but how about
pOnlS? They say they will he sold. but legislative
CnACtmCnts may have something " do with H. and
horris'cy ought to know II.
The charming little Lotta has taken up her
quarters Gt Cape May Tor the summer, and wishes
Il to he said for the ninety and ninth time that she
Is not engaged to bc married to any Of the young
gentlemen with whom she Is daily seen promen.
aiding or bathing.
The thermal waters of Virginia range in
temperature from ~ degrees at the Healing Springs
10 ~ degrees nt the Warm Springs, and 10 degree
At the Hot Springs. All are situated In beautiful
valleys some 800 feet above the sea. The Warm
Springs are monsters, 900 gallons OF wafer min
ute hnbhling out Of the ground where they sit.
ueted The water Is diverted into b9ihing'houses
one nf which has pODl 90 feet In diameter and
another ~ feet In diameter.
Tho Cape May Cottage Directory" has al
ready Oh its pages 90 names and there are many
score more visiting strangers at the hotels. The
naval band from Annapolis have arrived, and VIII
give Opcn.nlr concerts during the remainder Of the
summer. Mr hptnurnas, an excellent harpist, gave
Il concert last week. Upon July 4 seven railway
trains filled with passengers arrived from Philadei.
phia. GyOriie amusement Il to climb To the
summit Of the gigantic lighthouse, from which II
magnificent view Of the ocean can be obtained.
Wagon Wheel Gap In Colorado, Is 5000 feet
above the sea level and Is situated near the head
waters Of the Rio Gmnde river, In a well-wooled
country. In the GGp there Is fine sulphur spring
whose waters have temperature OF llj degree
The spring uOlcS from u bowl Of 10 or T. feet IN
diameter, sunk In II beautiful meadow, whose dark
heavy grass grows 10 tho edge Of the water, The
wuters. II Is said have an excellent effect on skin
diseases and II IL predicted that ths place will sOOu
be numbered among the famous springs Of the
States