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clothing. and the choosing of such spots for
residence as are located above the mias-
matte level.
A DANGEROUS DISEASE.
The most dangerous affection in Nicara-
qua is the calentura. sort of congestive
chill, commonly brought on by exposure in
damp clothing, or by the direct absorption
of malaria poison when the system is in an
exhausted condition. The habits and oc-
cupation of canal diggers are necessarily
such as to predispose directly to fevers of
this order. Gambling, drunkenness and
riotous living will fill graves in Nicaragua
quite as quickly as in Panama, but scores
of American families have lived in Mica
raguan towns for years past without a
solitary case of sickness. 1t is to be noted
that the central and western sections are
much cooler and healthier than the eastern
coast.
From Fort San Carlos, at the head of the
San Juan river, on the lake, to the harbor
of Greytown, at its mouth, is about 80 miles,
more or less, following the windings of the
river. The canal will probably shorten the
distance from Sc miles to 88, taking into ac-
count the cutting off of curves and rapids,
and the construction of short route at the
river mouth, below the junction of the Colo
RADIO.
The San Juan flows with deep, regular
current for "a miles, till the Toro Rapids
are reached, when the banks rise high, and
garlands of tropical creepers descend to the
waters edge, giving thescenery a character
istic aspect. All the glorious translucency
and gorgeous atmospheric effects of tropical
sunsets are developed in Nicaragua to an
extent entirely beyond the power of word
painting to describe.
SERIES OF RAPIDS.
The Toro Rapids are the first of system
extending down the river for about Is miles,
but none of them are really formidable OBJ
stacles to navigation by small boats, except
the Machuca.
All the rapids, however, Will have to be
passed by an artificial excavation with
locks, the river being damned up. Two
miles below the Toro Rapids lie those of the
Castillo, so-called from the old fort or castle
which commands them. This fort is one of
the most interesting historical objects in
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VERY STRANGE STATEMENTS

Made Unintentionally by the Omission of
Marks of Punctuation.
The following specimens of curious pune
tuation are given by the Printers Register:
A man who was suddenly taken sick
"hastened home while every means for his
recovery were resorted to. In spite of all
his efforts, he died in the triumphs of the
Christian religion" ga man was killed by
a railroad car running into Boston, sup.
posed to be deaf" A man writes: 1--WE
have decided to erect a schoolhouse large
enough to accommodate 800 scholare FIVE
stories high" On a certain railway the
following luminous direction was printed:
thereafter, when trains in the opposite
direction are approaching each other on
separate lines, conductors and engineers will
be requested to bring their trains to dead
halt before the point of meeting, and be
careful not to proceed till each train has
passed the other" A steamboat captain ad-
vertising an excursion, says: Tickets, 25
cents; children half-price to be had at the
Office"
A hotel was thus advertised: ''This hotel
will be kept by the widow of the former
landlord, Mr.. Brown, who died last summer
on new and improved plan" Wanted,
saddle-horse for lady weighing about $50
pounds" An Iowa editor says: "We have
received basket of fine grapes from our
friend W, for which he will please accent
our compliments, some of which are
nearly two inches in diameter. I"
"Board may be had at No. 4
Pearl street for two gentlemen with gas"
Over bridge at Athens, Ca, is the fol-
lowing: "Any person driving over this
bridge in a pace faster than walk, shall, if
a white man, be fined S., and if negro re-
ceive % lashes, half the penalty to be be-
slowed on the informer." A newspaper
contained this: "We have two school rooms
sufficiently large enough to accommodate
800 pupils one above another
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no attraction to Northern men, Neverthe-
less it may be said that the most successful
farmers and business men in this vicinity
are from the North, or from Germany. A
large farmer here named Powell is from
Michigan, and he is kind and thoughtful
enough to know that the working Of the
cotton gin-Eli Whitney's great invention
would be of interest to Northern people
so he holds over large amount of cotton
until the winter visitors are here, and then
advertises the working of the cotton gin on
q certain day>for their amusement and in
struction. Last Saturday was
GALA DAY
for the visitors to go to Powell's farm. Here
were to be seen acres of peach trees in beau
tiful pink bloom, and pears in snowy white
blossoms. In the barn, worked by steam
power. was the gin, clearing the cotton OF
seeds and packing the snowy product into
marketable bales. Mr.. Powell gave each
visitor liberal samples of the cotton, and
enough to plant any number OF acres. This
was a profitable and instructive goal for a
beautiful drive through the pine woods and
the budding luxuriance Of the southern
forests.
Spring here has come. Long presaged by
the robins, the blue-birds, the red-headed
woodpeckers, she has made her appearance
with bursting buds and blooming flowers.
The oaks look odd. Their somber autumn
leaves still remain unblown away, while
the pushing leaves of the new season give
lovely olive tints to set off the somber
browns. In the gardens the Marechal Neils
show beautiful buds with the sweet sus-
picion of brilliant bloom. The
Banksia is ready for the opening
with million buds. The Iris
in royal purple tints-the hyaeinths in
richest bloom, the orange blossoms and
"bridal wreath" are all out in loveliest pro-
fusion. "Sweet April time-O cruel April
time" as shown with us, is in the South
the loveliest of months-the charm of all
the year. And as seeing it here and now,
it is evident that the poets have been main
" inhabitants of the region where May
catches the fancy and inspires the pen.
April at the North is tickle, sobbing, blow
ing month suggestive of nothing so much
as house cleaning and dampness and SHOWS
and blows and chills-at the South it is
"Spring in all its splendor of birds and
blossoms and flowers and leaves and
grasses" Spring with its breath of OPEN
ing roses, the balm of 1owery May, the SER
entity and sweetness OF golden June.
BESSIE BRAMBLE,
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suffers little by comparison with the great
fresh water lakes of the st. Lawrence. 1t
is truly an inland sea, with the remarkable
popularity that, while its waters are fresh,
sharks and other marine fish are abundant
in it. Storms arise with great suddenness
and frequency, and the surf is occasionally
quite heavy, but there is nothing to imperil
the safety of an ocean steamer. Some dredg-
ing will have to be done where the canal
enters on the west, and much more con-
siderable amount on the San Carlos fats at
the eastern end. But the transit across the
lake is all plain sailing. The volcanic
island of Omatepec- Medera, so called from
the huge twin cones which dispute the title,
is magnificent object on the western side.
The domes rise to height of more than
5000 feet, directly from the lake, belted
with clouds, and frowning with grim
grandeur. There is no other object of in
terest on the eastward passage except Solen-
tiniane Island, about midway between the
eastern and western outlets of the canal on
the lake.
FORT SAN CARLOS.
The difficulties of the enterprise commence
when the eastern outlet is reached at Fort
San Carlos. In the times of the Spanish oc-
cupation this was a place of some impor-
tance. The Notifications are dismantled,
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Ornetepec- Mdderds Lake Nicaragua.
of the San Juan afforded a commodious
anchorage for ships of war; now it is entire
ly silted up. The Rio Tipitapa is now an
insignificant streamlet, and in the dry sea-
son the bed is bare over two-thirds of its ex-
tent. But the harbor of Realejo or Corinto
remains one Of the best and safest on the
Pacific coast of Central America, and in
fnitely superior to Brito in every respect.
The present harbor of Brito will have to
undergo many changes before it can be
made fit for the purposes of modern CON-
merce and navigation by vessels of deep
draught. Corinto or Realejo is guarded
from the revolving storms and heavy swells
of the Eastern Pacific by the Island of
Carbon. Brito is greatly exposed and the
available anchorage is very small, with a.
depth of water ranging from Is to 80 feet.
1t is conteAded, however, that in the event
of crowding, vessels could be temporarily
accommodated at the port of San Juan Del
Sur, Is miles TO the south. The latter port
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QUEER THINGS IN COTTON BALES.
Matches, False Teeth, Brie-a-Brac and LIV-
ing Animals Found There.

Matches, False Teeth, Bric-a.Brnc and LiVa
ing Animals Found There.
Providence JournaI.l
At the Wampanoag mill the other day
the workmen in the picker room stopped a
package of matches just as the bundle was
disappearing into the picker. 1t had come
out of cotton bale the men had Just
opened. Had they gone into the machine
there would have been a lively blaze.
Speaking of this incident, man who has
tended picker for several years said that
the things which come out of cotton bale
and evidently grow on bushes would aston
ish one. One day he heard something
grind inside the picker, and stopping the
machine found silver spoon. Lizards and
small snakes were common.
A set of false teeth, small coins, knives,
tobacco and occasionally articles of more
value have been found. These things un-
doubtedly get inside the bales accidentally,
but there are other things which evidently
get inside in accordance with a fixed pur-
pose, and by strange coincidence they are
found to weigh more than cotton, and not to
be worth as much per pound on the market.
Sand, scrap iron and dirt are often found
wrapped inside cotton bale for ballast.
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FRED GRANTS FRENCH.
A Translation That is Still Tradition of
West Point.
Providence Journal. ]

Providence Journal.l
A physician of this city, who was at West
Point in 1867 when Colonel Fred Grant, who
has been named by President Harrison for
Minister to Austria-Hungary was passing
an examination for promotion, tells story
of the young mans linguistic abilities
which ought not to be told at the Court of
Vienna Major MeMullane, the instructor
IN French, gave Grant French passage to
translate at sight. the passage being entitled
Leopold, Due d'Autriche."
The young man was to begin it and give
an easy translation to the end Of the pas
sage. He read the French with fair ac-
cent and then began the English. He
halted over the title but an instant and
then read off Leopold, the duck and the
ostrich" The anecdote is one Of the tradi-
tions of West Point to this day.
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Crime In High Places,

New York SUM-
'It is curious coincidence. said de-
tective the other night, 'that nearly all
tenement-house murders occur on the top
floor. In 10 years experience in this city 1
think I can count on my fingers all murders
in tenement-houses that did not sustain my
statement. The most fruitful cause of crime
is poverty, and the poorest people live in
the cheapest rents, which are, of course, the
top floors of the big tenements.
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Wastes Well Formulated.

In an article in the Forum this month
Senator Stewart calls attention to the possi-
bility of placing population of 200, 900, 900
in the Great American desert. Those look
like pretty large figures for the remains of
what was few decad es ago regarded as an
uninhabitable region. But they seem to be
accepted by scientific authorities.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-07

Rapids derive their name from Captain
Diego Machuca, who explored the river in
1929. It is in this portion of the stream
that the engineering difficulties will be
greatest. For nearly nine miles the current
rushes with great violence over rocky bed.
The steamer Orus, sent out by the Ameri-
can Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Com
pany, some 80 years ago, assembled the river
to this point, but was completely wrecked
on the rapids.
SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES.
The mouth of the San Carlos river, trib-
utary of the San Juan, is reached 13 miles
below, the navigation being now easy. Next
comes the mouth of the Serapiqui, near
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VERY COMFORTABLE GARMENTS.
All Sins Clothing an Improvements on What
Americans Wenr.

Americans Wenr.
Chicago Herald.]
ga Chinaman is not pretty to look at, and
his clothes do not fit him like the traditional
paper on the WALL but think his attire
the most comfortable in the world" said a
man yesterday morning. '"To begin with, |"
he resumed, "the Cinnamon wears a soft,
low-crowned, broad-brim felt hat, which is
easier on the head than a stiff derby or silk
hat and greater protection to the eyes.
Then his neck is dressed more comfortably
than ours, too. He wears but single band
around the neck, or two at the most. Have
you ever counted up what we wear? Mol
Well, just figure it out now. The under
shirt band is one, possible chest protector
is two. shirt band is three, collar is four,
a necktie is five, vest collar is six, coat
collar is seven, an overeoat collar is eight,
and neck scarf sometimes makes the total
nine-nine bands around the neck. What
chance for respiration! Yes, the China
man rig is more comfortable"
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Old Sentry Boz at Fort
San Juan. respects hey
have been for the most part mere collections
of financial and engineering statistics They
have furnished no idea of the wonderful
resources Of this country and the manifest
destiny of its progressive population toward
consolidation with the vast United Repub-
lie which will one day extend from the sixth
parallel of north latitude to the sixtieth.
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rcozREsroxDEEcK pr THE DISPATCH.

CORINTO, M
CARAGUA, March
80. - The many
accounts which
have appeared in
American news
papers regarding
the proposed Mic
aragua inter
oceanic canal have
been deficient in
three important
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-07
A FIRE-BRAND.

This, it is thought, will fire the soul. !of
some of the brethren and upset all the
smoOthly-laid plans of the compromisers
and those who believe in making the best
of things and of submitting gracefully to
the inevitable. Some of the colored minis
ters rather objecE to the union, because they
submit that the whites will rule, while
others favor it because their equal status
will then be defined, and their brains will
have an opportunity to display their power.
One by one the roses fall, saith the poet,
and one by one the barriers Of prejudice
and caste yield to the spirit of the age, says
the tongue of progress.
What is needed in South Carolina, said
recently one of its State journalists, are i'm
migration and capital from the North. Not
benighted foreigners, but straight-out, native
Americans of push and enterprise, who will
lend their aid in developing the great re-
sources of the State and furnish the funds
for the enhancement of its prosperity
and for showing forth its immense
possibilities. This is a frank admission,
but it means, as a man bluntly put it, that
Northern capital and men are wanted. If
they will keep out of politics and keep
their heads shut. But such provisos present
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was the distributing station for the old
Nicaragua transit to Virgin Bay on Lake
Nicaragua.
No very difficult engineering problem is
presented in the short cut across country be-
tween Brito and the lake. The taking out
of the curves on the Rio Grande will be a
trifing affair compared with the operations
on the eastern section in the valley of the
San Juan.
BITTER RIVALRY.
Rivas, the ancient capital of Nicaragua
is quite close to the point at which the pro-
posed canal will enter the lake on the west
ern side, and the inhabitants are confident
of successfully disputing the commercial
and political supremacy which Granada,
Leon and Manaqua have asserted. Ever
since the memorable days of Walker and
his flibusters there has been bitter rivalry
between these cities for the honor of being
the capital of Nicaragua. The canal
may settle the question in an unexpected
way.
Few Americans have any conception of
the magnifcence of Lake Nicaragua. It
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clothing, and the choosing of such spots for
residence as are located above the mias-
matte level.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-22
REEDS FRIENDS
GIT THE COMMITTEE PLUMS.
The Speaker Of the House Looks After His
Own.
ONLY OEE WEST YIRGIKIAN,
Mr.. Wilson, is Treated With Any Special
Consideration.
.n.cinl Ttl.nnm 10 tll Reatster.

Special Ttlegrdm 10 he Register.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 21.-
In the assignment of committee places,
Speaker Reed cannot be accused of any
partiality for West Virginia, the only post
of any Importance given to the State goes
to Mr.. Wilson. who is placed on the Judi
ciary Committee. Reed could scarcely do
less for Mr.. Wilson, who has not only
been one of the most able of members of
prominent committees, but has won by
sterling merit conspicuous and enviabie
position in American politics Mr.. Will
son is also placed upon the special COM
mittse raised by Butterworth's resolution
to Investigate the Ohio ballot box forgerlss
matter, Forsker's scheme 10 down Camp
bell and at the same time to cripple Ger
tain prominent Republicans. This assign
ment may prove to be more important
than that Of the Judiciary, for Mr.. Wilson
will compel a thorough exposure OF the
Foraker ballot box conspiracy.
Mr.. Pendleton goes on claims and the
committee on expenditures of the Treas
ury department, Anderson on private land
claims and reform in the civil service,
jackson on improvement of the Mississippi
river. Reed has distributed the offices
among the men who supported him for
Speaker, and has given men who opposed
him back seats.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-22
POWDERLY WILL SUE.
ROCHESTER, JOINS.

Association Remnants Trying to Effect an
Organization.
COLUMBUS. December 21.-Tne Roches'
ter, n. Y, club was admitted to the Amer
lean Association yesterday. Won der Abe,
of St. Louis; Lazarus, Of Columbus, and
Whitaker, of Philadelphis, were at RO'
chester, and as soon as business was ar
ranged the club was taken into the Asso-
citation. The stock Of the club has been
purchased by Major Henry Brisker, a
wealthy citizen Of that place. This means
the wrecking of the International League,
as with Buffalo out, it Is expected Detroit
and Toledo will soon be asking for admis
sion to the Association. In fact. Detroit
has already made application. The Col
umbus managers are enthusiastic over the
prospects.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-22
NOT A DYNAMITE.
A Report Which Shows the Murdered
Cronin's Sentiments

Report Which Shows the Murdered
Cronin's Sentiments
CHICAGO, December 21.-A portion of
the report which Cronin is alleged 70 have
read in his Camp before the murder was
committed, is made public to-day. 1t is
of interest, as cOnfuting the reports that
Oronin was a dynsmiter. The following
is an extract:
But what concerns us more than aught
else is the disclosure that the governing
bodies of the r. B. and V. O. are net
sorking unitedly, bat are pursuing widely
different policies. We find that S123, GOO
has been paid to the R. D., which,
of course, means the American
members of that body and that it is the
portion which favors action. What are we
to understand by favoring action? Is it
the policy Of expulsion? OF spending large
sums of money on failures? Is it the
scattering of mortar, stone ard brick, the
breaking of windows, and the manning of
innocent men, women and children, among
whom are your own race, travelling on rail-
way trains or standing at railroad stations?
Are these the lofty heights to which the
organization aspires? If, however, this is
not the policy, what is it, and on what has
the money been expended?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-22
AN ELsMERE CHURCH.
Remarkable Design and Purpose Of - MIL
vaukse structure.

Remarkable Design and Purpose Of - MIL
waukee Structure.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, December 2l.-A
novelty in church architecture was dedi-
Gated here to-day in the new Plymouth
Church. The plan, by a curious coinci-
donce is to be that laid down in Robert
Elsmere.n
The church proper, or auditorium, is
merely an incident to the general scheme.
More prominent are the club looms, read
Jug room, dining room, amusement hall
and gymnasium, which surround 1t. These
will be used as the steps by which the
Gentiles are 70 be led to the cove repre-
sented by the auditorium. The building
in exterior appearance resembles fashion
able club house more than church. 1t
is three stories in height, all ct which are
occupied by the different parts OF the
general scheme for redemption. The IN
terror Is finished in rich and attractive
colors. Altogether the church is such a
new and novel departure from the conyen'
tional orthodox as to cause the straighter
sects TO throw rs their hands in horror.
This has 20 effect on Rev. Judson Tits
worth, the pastor, nor on the congregation,
who support him warmly IN the plan.
The church, when completed, will cost
500. 600.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-22
xAsON's FARMERS
Org Farmers League-An Import
AMI aTovauaenf

Org Farmers League-An Import
ant Movement.
spec gram to the sunday Register.
P- EEAsANT, ". Va, December 2l.
"A H1nbsr Of representative farmers and
siockua assembled at the Court House
today 10 form q Farmers League for
Easoa county. Ex State Senator P. @
Ess-lau was chosen President, and Capt.
John InOrnburg Secretary. Addresses
were delivered By Hon. Rankin Wiley,
Peter S. Lewis and others. The co titu-
ao- Of the Farmers Club of Augusta
county, Virginia, was adopted, John
S.eenberber, Joseph George, Peter
s. Lewis, P. Z. EAstham, John
Handley, George W. Pulhn, John NJ.
E-sard, Phillip Blazisr, Charles Z. Nc
Culock, Thomas FinnemOre, Thomas
Mitchell, W. II. Clarke and A. J. Stevens,
representing the ten districts, were ap-
pointed. and on the 4th of January ensu-
ing viii be the time Of the first meeting Of
the permanent organization. This prom
ises TO be one Of the most important farmer
Organi zltiOns in the State.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-22
CULVER PROTESTS.
The Stubborn. Juror Denouncss Newspaper
CritIca.

The stubborn.Juror Denounces Newspaper
Critics.
CHICAGO, December 21.-Juror John
Culver, the man who held out against the
infiction of the death penalty in the Gro
min trial, sends to. the Daily Nelos a long
statement in answer to the published
structures on his conduct. He says:
"When 1 was sworn to try the case in
which l was empaneled, according to law
and the evidence, l had no idea that
I should be required to satisfy the
popular clamor, and 1 now think
that Jury trials have become the veriest
farce if it is true that one must suit his
verdict to the demands of newspapers or
public opinion (if, indeed, the newspapers
express instead of manufacture public
opinion), or be denounced and maligued
and his action attributed to the most de-
testable of all corruption-bribery; his re-
liRion derided, and even his family and
wife dragged in to enhance the sensation.
The Ne,rs also publishes a number of
abusive, obscene and threatening letters
which Mr.. Culver has received since the
verdict was rendered.