, 1881-12-18

| in England, Mr. r. W. keates, the consulting
/ chemist to the Metropolitan bnard of Wurks
after careful investigation, reports that the re-
suits are better thHn any ne has known 10 be OBJ
tanned with uny gus burner hitherto invented
conservatory Of the horticultural Society tt,
South kcnsingsou in connection with the
SMoke-Abatesucnt Exhibition.
. VENICE. .>
Gondoiters on St.1ke-Stcambonts on
the Grand Cunai the Source OF
Eroubie. -
Ttnlcs Letter 10 London Netus.
Venice Is in dunger of losing her goudolas; at
least SO say the Kuluoers. The VISITOR will ut
more be ablc ITO swim In u gond0u ucross the
wutcrs OF the broud laguun. The Grand Canal is
y be rooued Ut one Of lis most singular features
the guiding gondu!u, black- nuled. black
roofed.' The exuuisit urt OF rtwlng gondulu.
tile timely judged turn by the coruer, tie dcli-
cate 1aiance Ut the rover, the strange and pict-
uresque cries - Stai' Bremi,' in short, Lulf
or wnut Fensce is to the Stranger. the parsai-
ter7s Auf.uas," that is to many more tnau the
whole. is Ia dMnger of being swept awny. SO
say the gondol,ers. Aad wnat is all this about?
i company have s1ArteI steumOuat5
to ply ou the GRIND Canal between the
station and St. Marks: uud The guuduliers have
g0ue unt on strike. Tie strike ueg.an On MOu-
day Ut midnight. On the evening Ut thut day
the Synd.c and the municipality scut for the
representatives Ut the Kandoier5 to Try aud
AVOID the SCANDAL, il l'vss.bte; tut they fuund
inu lnCn uilunlL,uus, nilu uud 10 ulSuIlss lueln.
" hen tho tuWn woke uu lutStay murltuK 1t
tUuud All the " "tragaettl or lerF!es deserted,
aud tne ltassan dag ny.ux from post ut eaen,
put there Uy tne gutuUters Ill sign, suppuat.
tnuI 1ntS was nut Il unuunAt but MuulclpAl
grievance ugaiust whtcn snej aad szruu6..
T1c oyAdtu did bis best 10 lnett tue difficulty
11,FI1 n 3ut4f uts1
custom nuusG authorities, aud Uue WAS Set to
t'fofk &c eaCh W 1ue prluctpal lerr!es. hui tnss
scuuty supply cUuiu not iueet the demand vi uii
the housewives VINO lad 70 Ku to LIT uurxet;
and 50 Inc irun bridges OF '.tne accurscu Eli"
g!esnmaa; reapeu Il rica harvest Ut two-ceu-
t.lue pieces. Inc Eondul ers certainly ben"ved
with great order aud sounery. There was no
rlolIIy Ill the streets. Only the wine anups We're
u little fuller tbnn usual, anu you met
sluucneu black mats utu couss uver Que shoulder,
tnaklng quietly u the CORNERS Vi lne Harrow
Streets. Wednesday was Ait-5uuls-uay, Wien
must Ut the Venitlasis 80 tu tue cemetery hear
Murauo lu lay wreaLns Oh the graves Ut tnetr
friends. Nune Ut the ordinary gondolas beng
available, there WIS u rush ior sucn scratcu
descripl barkS Win ruwcr5 Ut doubtful pro-
ncency. But whueyer WAS hot II yuliuut,cr ulld
Yet owned II ouas nad here au opportunity Tor
making guou days wages. Very coulempl-a
uous lue guil0ucrs were ub"ut this lnlSctia-
1.vous lieet wucn pl.eu bclweeu the Foudu.ueute
Nuuye and MurauO. On Lnls satne Wednesday,
goudoners. 1t Mus pustru aL every ''traEnettu,"
aud was certainty cuucued III soothsng TERMS
lt'bcgSed the EundoIlcrs ~ return u tntlr wurK+
ul4u uut to trlug discrcdlt ou Il prul essuu winch
had always been So hOlluruble. So weIl-cot-
ducteu hitherto, and Sueu u pride to Fcn.ce.
LIE wording reiAIl.ued 1ue Of those terms Of Gu
luarttenl tue poucts hGru sometimes to The
gul,duliers when lit crush becou,cs tou great ut
u reputtA or II ssrrnade AVAIL! cars: tusi!
.aSys Sa gear py aue
but This Egntte Invitation did uul turn away
wrath, and u uee1!ng betWeen tlu Cuuucii anu
the Eoudoers un "eduesduy evening ca,uc TO
nulhHg. Tn Thursday the ultu hctu Il inass-
meeting In the Mailbran Theatre-very Or
derry and well-conuucled. Iney seeured
sent h,m TO the Syudlc with Il copy Of
Eneir formal demands. IneSt were suurl ana
cuuclse; nothing less Than sns absolute reuluval
Of tpe Offending sItau1Doats. tut, III the nrsL
place, the Syn.tlc refused tu treat with aus bur
principals. aud AS Il preliminary ~ tnnt tuo
goruuilrra must 81 bacK 10 tner ferries: ~
the sAue. time h. intlMutcd tnut the Cou}-
c,l were cotls,derlng thef question OF re-
ductng tue nullber nt EuhdOi1cls ut eacn tra-
ghti1u, which would pe tor tue advantage Ut
tue rclnu,nuer. The tnen, however, stt,ud tu
their action u1,c It seemed tbs II NO ADVANCE
tuwurd settlement cVutu Do 4iadt. Ihls lUohed
sertuus Tor tna 1nun,cipul4ty, us the military
Tuwn., Council that they r1putred tbsr
own hoaLs and men buck ugutn. On
Friday morning, however, one Of t4c
ferries gave way and resumed work. Instantly
there was II rusn Ut ail the other &oudonrs 10
their places. Il cleaning aud dressing Ut b"uts
neEan. Mnd the ,nttIe canals. which fur tnreu
du. $ before hud been 81 full VI gtInuuia5 Lhut
YOU might Wulk ,tcrtss then, werc erpiiru.
Ine uie.n returned TO their Work Oil condtiOu
that the numbca Ut 2uudoliers should be re-
duced.
Sucn an event has never occurred before In
the nssury Ut tne gondol1crs. The iaui'l'ur
Graud Canal would hase luuKeu strange anu uu-
wulItuq tu tie VISITOR. The tr,gnt auu Keen No-
yeun8r sun sGbue' full upun tile houses anu
paaces, but nut II bout moved acru=s tue sp.-
c'ous water- wuys each Terry looKcd foriur1' ard
deserteds only the hated stenincrs Piled pack-
wurd uld forward with Their crowd Ut phssen-
gers. Of course, it WIS froln the first ln,possl-
b't Lhnt the Eosaduers should be ulio"ed tu es-
trade, Or lO lay down the luw fur the WhUle Ut
rcu.ce. They caunot stuy tue uuvallce Ut prog
re=s and OF time Any niurc thui Ct'l- Slotnorp.
Wlth his carriages ullu a.5 nnletllcion5. STOPPED
tue railway truui lunut,n to Lincolnshire
Apart trun thnt il Is very doubtful whether
they nave not exaggerated tne threatened hnrm.
THESE steamboats, are nle Anluhg the tnully
OF tue s.gus LnA1 the cuus1uerc,Ai activity vi
Venice is reyivillg, unu in tins renewal Ut prus-
per.ty tus goudoi!ers vii re- tlsr share Ct tue
10 tue city. d,d HoL ruin item. although they
cried out that II would. 4 good aiiu steaoy
boat and III his profession, n'uy sun earn very
lar lltcuue-belweeu :tsu aiiu 95o Il year, at h
not tou favorable computation. l}ut to the
stranger these new eAtntuals arc yeritnble |
issastcr. No restoration of the Duc.l l'alaee,
~ tapping at the iAusaics VI Suiht Marks
can do 50 much mischief to the beatty Ut |
Venice as these ugly brown sicaulboats |
tearing up the waters 0f the Grand tauHl.
That ulust lovey highway IN the worlu IS dootned
to hourly. my, halt-hourly, dissertation; tue e1-
luslt and mysterious stlllness Ut Its Wulcr pave
neut is tu be broken by tue th.id ana clauk and
pant OF uuiuus screw. and lis palace walls ure
lo echo wit Tue d'scortunt scEeasu or ali engine
whistle. And>Whut ubuut the umnger Ut transit |
aud the peril to pAiuce touudauuns from tue |
,uIJ3tanL WASH Of ten b1entncrss They say thry !
.re going u work ten. 1f the gondullers' STRIKE
sus s,d economically, It aus our sympathy from
III estnetlc punt VI rlew- But cstnetc lHlnettA~ !
ions, the "Ichabuus" of tho lpter vi Neulve, |
ire unavailable Lttore that ''Progressa" whose I
triumph they celebrated Mtciy III "bal1o" ut |
IL lilAn. 1t Is left to US to oo laughing Ur weep
NY philosophers, disciples VI Demucritus Or ]
lcraclltus. Democrilu5, perhaps, Is 10 be pre- |
erred,
Secretary fresf .shuyseu.
Ne1p Tork lF"s.d-
Frederick T.. Frelln9huyseu the third be- |
OuKs to family the ue1nbers OF Which hare |
tgurcd much IN public lite. His grandfather |