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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-14
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The following distinguished persons
well and widely known testify 10 the
valuable properties u
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR:
Hon. Alexander II. stephens:
John W. Beckwith. Bishop Of Georgia
General John b. Gordon, ox-United States
Senator:
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bAma;
Rev David Wills, d. D., president ogleIhorpe
College;
Bishop Pierce. of Methodist. Episcopal Church.
South:
Judge James jackson, Supreme Court GeOr-
Ris:
J. Edgar Thompson;
Hon Benjamin Hill;
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Hiram Warner. late Chief Justice OF Georgia;
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and many others from whom va have
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/ PLEASANT IEMON DRIN

A PLEASANT LEMON DhlNh.
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no fresh iuire Of Lemons combined with other
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Iauts aud hlOod-purihers.
FIFTY cents AID ono dollar per bottle. Sold by
Druggists genei ally.
Prepared only 10y II. MOTLEY, NJ. d., Atlanta,
Ga.
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MACHgNR- " ORA y.
ESTABLISHED iSi-

ESTABLISHED 1865.
DTCHMOND LOCOMOTIVE AND
III MACHiNE-WORKs. RICHMOND. VA,
builders Of LOCOMOTIVES. STEAM kNGlNkS,
stationery ami portable, with plain slide valves.
automatic cuton. or C0riiss gear: BOILERS,
stationary. marine, and portable, SAW-NiLLs,
TANKS, PULLEY :. SKATING, HANGERS, ettL
kectric-cars lsoventeenth-street ltnel run
within two blocks OF the works. M l4-ly
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VORK-RIVER LINE WA WEST
Il POlSE
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.

SAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Tho faVorite route 70 Baltimore The steamsy
on this line are models ~ beauty. elegsnco. aai
comfort Leave Nchmond 1870 Z. N. and AD
q. NJ. arrive a. Baltimore $50 A. NJ, Leave
Baltimore daily eIc-pt sunday ass 4. NJ. ar
rive a. Richmond 90 A. n. aud ~ A. n
Fare Richmond 70 Baltimore flrsi-cissA 81
secOBd-ciass. 8l.l
the YORK River Line affords superior straa-
tages 70 businessmen In enabling hen " IeaTs
Richmond near tho close Of the days trans
actions and arrive a. baltimore early aert morn
ing, after having enjoyed delightful nlghRs
rest frso from tho dust aud n0iso of railway
travel
WEST POINT ACCOMMODATION
Leave Richmond (lUeaty-ghrd-
street depoD. ....................., f9:0 A. u
Arrive Richmond Cfpenty-third-
street depoD Observation-Disclosures. is.O =. "
Daily fDaiiy excopi sunday.
Depot AMI ucket-onics Foot virginia sfos-
Uptown o1ieo Corner Tenth and Nam stIss.A
JAS. l. TAYLOR
General PASSENGER AgeaL
J. :. POTTS
Divlsion Passenger Agent
klcamOnd. Va
SOL HAAS, Trzn.c Manager
PEYTON RANDOLPH. 1sRerai Manager
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DEPARTURE OF srEAnEK&
PHILADELPHIA. RIG H. (ffTk
AOND AID NORFOLK
iIEAMsHIP CoMPANf.

Appointed sailing days Ivory TUESDAY
ana FRIDAY at Y N. and every SUNDAY sl
A. ".
Freight for Tuesdays ana Fridays steamers
re .eiyed till 1899 A. 81: for Sundays steamer
til SIP n. Saturday Freight received daily till
r. N.
Fare, s.
FOR further information apply 70
j. W. McCARRfCK,
General Southern Agent, once Rocketl<
W. T.. CLYDE 4 CO..
not General Agents Philadelphia
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VIRGINIA STEAMBOAT 4,zsn.,
COMPANY, for Oh Point Nor kscx4z0z<-
folk Portsmouth. Newport News Clarsmonk
ana Janes-riyer landings direct BY elegant
"A loon steamer AkihL, leaving Richmond
EVERY MONDAY. WED SEsDAI, and. kIDAI
AZ 4. NJ. sfreet-cars connect
Connections a. Ola fOln. and az Norfolk
closely with al lines for northern cities same
afternoon. James river by daylight Great
tourist line Cheapest routa
Through tickets on steamer and az CarDors
Agency 1907 Main street Baggage checked
through. StAIe-rooms engaged fCr day o. Night
Freighi received dsily tor Norfolk, Ports
mouth. Old Point, WayeriY. HicksfOrd. Va. and
All points Eastern North Carolina, Eastern
NreillA and all regular landings on tho Jane,
river, al lowest rates. ana through bills issued
LuCIEN B. TATUX. Vice-Prssidens
No illi Nzln street and Roekettx
IRvN MElzigBk- Freight AMI Passenger AgenL
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Gray Henricttas are among the most at
tractive of the fabrics represented on the
piazzas of the summer hotels.
Gcntlemeus formal evening costume for
the resorts consists of embroidered bosom
and broad silken sash beneath the coat, no
vest being worn.
At recent wedding the two little brides
maids-tOts of six or seven years were at
tired i'm Kate Grecuaway costumes, sug-
costing that these quaint little gowns
might advantageously be more frequent
ly seen upon the little ones.
Useful garments are vests of lace for
wear with open jackets. hgaros, rcdln-
gotes and similar shaped waists,
Feather pOmpons complete the stylish
couture NOWADAYS. Are we getting back TO
DAYS Of "auld lang syne"? G. Ii. VI.
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IIEDMONT AIRLINE

RICHMOND AND DANytLIE RAILROAD
SHORTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE SOUTH
AND Sol Invest
PULLMAN hLEEPEH~ o. ALL NIGHT
IAAING
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swIFTs SPECIFIC cured me 81 malignant blood
Poison after had boon treated ia vain with OLD
so-calloi remedies Of Mercury and Potash. y y
: not only cured the Biood-foison. but relieved
tho Rheumatism which was caused ~ the pol
sonous minerals GEORGE BONtLL
ei22 Thru avenue. New York
Scrofula developed on my embarrassing
and humps on her rock. We gave her switrs
SPECIFIC and tho result was wonderful ana mo
cuie prompt
= A. DEARMOND. Cleveland, Tenn.
SwIFI's SPECIFIC is entirely a vegetable rene
dy, and Is the Gully medicine which permanently
cures ScrCfula, Blood iIumors. Caacer, and Con-
tagiou= Blood Poison. Soui for books on Blood
and skin Diseases. mailed FREQ.
tbs SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY,
ia 2l-eOd Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ia
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Traiu So. % connects daily Al ksYsyiiis ~,
Chase Guy ClarksVilis, oxford, Durham Hen.
derson, aud Raleigh. tOgnccts daily a. Grosns-
Doro' for Durham, Raleigh. salem, ana Winston,
And all points on North Carollns DiVision. AZ
Salisbury Tor Asheyi 10, Hot springs. and All
points IN Western North CsrOlina, aud AZ char
lotte for Charlotte. Columbia AMI Augusa rAil-
road
Train 30. y connects daily ~ GreeDsDoro' ~
Salem. Winston, Raleigh. 1OdsborO, ani More
head city; AZ Salisbury Tor AsheVilio. lies
Springs, aud si points ia Western North Caro-
Ina al Charlotte win Charlotte. Columbia aod
Augusta railroad Tor Columbia. Augusta. Aiksn.
Charleston, Savannah, 1hOmssYille. Ga. jazz
s0nyille, aud other Words p0ints. alss, win
CArolins Central railr0ai Tor Wilmington
Trains nom tho south arrive 81 klchmsndS ID
A. NJ. and $50 T. NJ
tANELIA COURTHOUSE TRAIN
Leave Richmond ..,..,...... ............ 6O0P. v.
Arrive Richmond. ............ SO A. n
tCLOykR ACCOhAODA1IOS.
beaFo hlfLuohn hls n. -
Arrive Nan asster......... B 10 T. "
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TRAINS NORrHW Ard.



Nos u ami 3, make no stops SO % stops "a
sigual Al Ccntrala 80. IS s'ogr only on 1IsuA
A. Chester, teutislia. and Nau'hesieE No-
l5 and 40 stop ou sigual-a an stations. Nos %.
80. - 30. 81. ~. 3-, adj 10 viii stop d, oil siAAous
fOr passengers.
FULiMAN-CAR SERVICE
Ou Trains 80. u AMI % sleeping cars 0''reen
Now Yor1 and Tampa FLA Ui fncasonVilIet
on Trans SOS ltaui 80 -Iespius-rars fctreen
" ashiugfOn and Charleston. nu irAin so. q
slssping-car- ustsern Sos fnrs A. la kson-
WILLIE on Train 80. ~ sloei iug-Dar letFnnn
Washington and Savannah.
The ONLY ALI~RAlL LINE 40 NORFOLK.
iHkyg. Ahkiff
Richmond ....'g 90 4. ~ Norfolk it p. &C.
Erlrn1ud 'f.nuP 81 Norfolk .fn.u D. M.
Norfolk ...'s..OA. NJ IOrhinond. 100 A. A..
Norfolk ......'5gOr n. i.ehmond. s'1 T. A..
These trains also make Nosb connections fNr
FarmWuo. lyachburg ami south "Hstera points.
auI all ATOMS 0n tho NOrfuik and Western rail-
ROAD. Y. Nllli. ~uperR,snienL
T. T. b. hTERs. Genera superintendent
g. ". EHEKs1S General Passenger Agent
sol. HAAS. Traffic MANAGE myf
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DoOK AND JOB WORK NEATLY
ID xIIcugxD ~ gxn plsrATc& s8Ly
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RAIIROAD LINES.

DICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG
IA AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.-Scheinis
commencing JUNE -, lss9-castern standard
time:
~ A. NJ leaves Byrd-sireet station daily
stops only a. Ashland junction. NIL
ford. aud Frsdericksburg. Sleeper
10 Washington ana Vow York.
lf.O7 A. NJ leaves Byrd station daily. ex-
cept sunday
COS p NJ leaves Byrd-stre0t station daily
sleeper TO New fork.
s.50A NJ arrives A. Byrd street station daily.
sleeper from New York.
93S r. n. arrives At hyrd- Street station daily,
stops al Fredericksburg, Milford
Junction. and Ashland. sleeper from
Washington ana New York
i0.40 r. NJ arrives AZ Byrd-Sueet station daily,
except sunday
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
Gas A. NJ. leaves hlDa Arrives at Ashland AZ
1888 A. ".
400 p. NJ accommodation lesyes Byrd-Street
station; arrives A. Ashland a. =. ".
Got r. NJ leaves Elba. arrives At Ashland ~
6.45 NJ
64J A. NJ. arrives Elba. Leaves Ashland at60j
An
SIS A. NJ. accommodation arrives at Bryi-
street station; leaves Ashland al i:3'
AN
5.59P. VI. arrives At Elba leaves Ashland az
5l2P.M
C.. A. TAYLOR. General Ticket Agent
+. T. D. MYsHs, General superintendent
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AFTERNOON WEAR.

For afternoon wear. even IN the city, and
10 accompany walking costume, the Oxford
tie is decidedly stylish. IL should be OF
oo2c-calf ~ any of it's many gradatlons OF
color. OF dongola. or of duh KID. with pa
teut-lcather fxings.
Proceeding i'm the footsteps ~ the en-
pire revival. there is determined effort 10
20 "a little further and bring into fashion
the true ancient Grecian models. only so
far mOderniZcd "a 10 render them ac-
cordant with prevailing taste and decorum.
This applies chiefly 20 evening attire, and,
indeed, the results are not unworthy OF
adoption.
The fashionable tr0asse0u continues to
include number of tallor-made street
gowns. usually in fine tweeds Of dark
browns, blues. and green's. and PLAIN
checks.
The fashionable morning gown or wrap
per includes the alwsy graceful vatican
plat behind.
Sashcs, broad, many-colored, soft. and
loosely tied have taken an important posi-
ton in the attire OF fashion.
Very many of the lighter summer gowns
are worn over quimpes of snowy lawn or
figured India muslin-the sleeves loose
and full.
Tamise cloth is one Of the fayorites for
walkiug-dI-
Rubber -olcs are imperatiyely a necessity
to those whose vacation rambles are among
the mountains.
Misses and children are wearing light
plaided woOllens for the street, the skirts
plain and gathered and the waists i'll loose
Garbaldl forms. belted IN.
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RICHMOND CRY ASD SEVEN PISEsl
RAILWAY COMPANY.
RICHMOND. VA, July II, 1889.
ON AND AFTER JULY llrH
" trains will leave Twenty-siXth aud streets
on tho electric Line daily except sunday Al 6:l5
A. NJ. 1870 +. ~, aud p. NJ; returning, leave
Seven Pines at 40 A. M.. go T.. NJ. and 7.l5
T.. VI.
On SUNDAYS trains will leave as follows: $40
and II A. NJ, i.2. 3. 4, and =. ~. returning,
leave seven Piuos at 10 and II a. ~, l, :, B t.
amt r. NJ.
Fare for round trip g cents.
HEBEk BURLINGTON.
General Manager.
V. HEcHLgR, Ja., Managing Director " II
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ANEW FAD

AZ the canons OF taste are rendered
stricter and ever more rigid in matters re-
lating to personal attire it has become not
obligatory. but decidedly de riP'9T 20
dress even in harmony with the upholstery
and hangings of the apartment wherein
one presides. This of course chiefly relates
to dinner and reception costumes or 90 tea
gowns They are now chosen according to
the tints and combinations of color used
in the decoration of the apartment wherein
they are TO be worn. Possibly the careful
agreement of color in the dress of her
hostess and the room wherein she receives
would escape the unobserving guest.
Nevertheless. a generally harmonious effect
cannot fail 10 be perceptible 10 the eye
even where its cause is unexplained. The
idea well carried out is wiser and founded
on better reason than at first sight APP
pears.
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DICTATES.
STYLES OF WRAPS FOR THE HEATED
TERM.
Black Lace-Dress and tho Upholstery of
Apartments Must Harmonize--After-
noon wear-Notes.
rcOrrospOudenco Of tho Richmond Dlsu..ah.l

NEW YORK. July 10. 1889.
Az it appears 10 be the opinion OF great
many ladies that, even in summer time, a
street costume is incomplete without add
ing 20 the dress an over-garment of some
kind the inventors Of styles have pro-
vided a variety Of shapes in lace wraps so
extensive and of such differing designs
that the nest diverse tastes may be satis-
fed. First, there is the shOuldeT-cape, that
veriest pretence ola wrap, which has nu-
merous subdivisions of shape and make. IL
may be made upon a plain silk foundation,
reaching the elbows, and covered with lace,
gathered. and with. jet passementerie.
Again. q favorite form includes noless than
three successive capcs a IA Direc'oire, and this
may be called the most graceful Next It
is seen with two long falls of lace, edged
with passementerie, dropping over the
front Of the dress and reaching almost 70
the knees. After the shoulder-cape there
is a style of lace wrap fitted partly to the
figure. adopting generally zouave or
Figaro effect in front, with oyersleeves
coming tC the elbows. broad girdle Of
satin ribbon sadded, whichis drawn closely
about the waist. Last, there are the nu-
merous long forms-mOstly of the Irish
peasant pattern-which have already re-
ceived full description here.
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BLACK LACE.

OF course, all of these wraps are de-
yeloped in black lace, and they are the
most graceful ~ they are the coolest and
most summary Of warm-weather top gar
mcnts.
For tennis the ACCORDION skirt Is well nigh
universal Ii seems well suited TO this pur-
pose. and the active movements OF the ten
nis-players are calculated to display advan-
tageously its peculiar grace and beauty.
For the upper portion Of the tennis cos
tune nothing Is SO well liked as a loose,
easy blouse Of India silk. or flannel or
cashmere with wide, negligently rolling
collar and contrasting vest, the entire
gown decorated with bright ribbons. The
latest freak in the matter of tennis head
gear is the Jockey cap.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-31

The method of photographing stars is in
teresting. When the photographer places in
the focus of the telescope a highly sensitive
Photographic plate the vibrations of the rays
of light throw themselves assiduously ON the
plate and steadily apply to the task of shak-
ing asunder the molecules Of silver salts in
the gelatine film. Just as the waves of ocean
by incessantly beating against a shore Will
gradually wear away the mightiest cliffs of
the toughest rock, SO the innumerable mill
ions of waves of light persistently impinging
upon a single point of the plate will at length
effect the necessary decomposition and so en-
grave the image of the star 1t will be OBJ
vious that this process will be the more com
plete the longer the exposure is permitted,
and thus we see one of the reasons why pho
Biography forms such an admirable method of
depicting the stars.
We can give exposures of many minutes,
or of one, two, three or four hours, and all the
time the effect is being gradually accumu-
gether too feeble to produce an impression
upon the most acute eye, fortified by tele-
scope of the utmost power, may yet be COM
petent when a sufficient exposure has been
allowed to leave its record ON the plate
Thus it is that photographs of the heavens
disclose to US the existence of stars which
could never have been detected except for
this cumulative method of observation that
photography is competent to give. No tele-
scope is required, as the Photographic appa-
ratus takes the exact impression.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-31

INTO greasy pulp that cIogged TIE driving
wheels and prevented them from getting any
grip on the track The train came to a
standstil, aud the conductor and engineer
made an investigation. "Poohi" said the en-
gineer, 'bugsI" They jumped aboard after q
little scraping and tried to start again, but it
was no use. The bugs were too much for
them. As far as the eye could reach, the
littls caterpillars were in complete possession
of the track. The train was in the midst of
TIE woods "Cut bushes and try to sweep
them off, said the conductor to the train
men. All hands tried it, but the bushes
crushed the pulpy mass, and only smeared
the track worse than ever. Sand was then
sprinkled on the rails This enabled the en-
CINE to start, but the caterpiilars soon CREASED
the rails again and the train halted.
A messenger was dispatched to the Sebois
station, and the situation telegraphed to the
manager of the road. He sent an extra loco
motive and crew of helpers to the assistance
of the beleaguered train With a force OF
men scraping and sanding, with an engine to
pull and another to push, the train crept
through the woods at a sDail's pace. And
now, queerly enough, new enemy rallied to
the support of the caterpillars. vast horde
of large and ferocious mosquitoes came out
of the depths of the forest and assailed the
road men, Charge after charge was made at
the steep grades fabricated with squeezed cat
erplllars. All day and long after the sun had
gone down, the locomotives and men toiled to
drag that train from Sebois to Brownville.
The myriads of caterpillars covered the rails
for eleven miles. When the train reached its
destination ct last it bore the most exhausted
and disguised crew ever seen in America out
side of a blizzard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-31

Yesterday as l was going to take drink l
found spider in the glass. told my teacher
and she said might let it be and she would
show us something. She sent Stella after
some water. Then she took a dish, filled it
with water, and set the glass in the middle
of it.
'Now," said she, this spider can get away
without wetting its feet"
We could not think how the spider could
possibly do that. We tried to guess, but she
said it would neither jump nor swim. As it
had no wings, of course it could not fly. 1t
kept crawling round in the glass. Finally it
came clear up to the top. Then it began to
90 round and round the rim of the glass. We
kept watch, but it did not come across.
The teacher said it might not come for ten
minutes, and that we could study our spell
ing with one eye, and keep the other eye on
the spider. So we began to study, and every
little while we would look up at the spider
ALI of a sudden Allie called out that it was
acrossl and sure enough, there it was, run
ming away!
We do not know just how the spider did it.
But it must have spun a thread and let it
doat across the water till it caught the edge
OF the dish. Then it ran over on the suspen-
sion bridge it had made.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-31
A Fatal Superstition.

There is a superstition among the lower
classes that whoever possesses himself of a
rope with which person has been hanged or
has hanged himself is certain TO come in for a
slice of good luck. A young woman living
in the Montmartre quarter, Paris, committed
suicide short time ago, and a neigkbor
helped TO cut her down, but she was dead; so
he consoled himself by putting bit of the
hemp with which the deed had been done
into his pocket, with the firm conviction that
he would hear in a day or two that he had
come into a colossal fortune. He would be a
millionaire and would devote his life to en-
joying himself instead of carrying bundles on
his back for a few paltry francs per diem;
but the fortune did not come
He came to America and to Louisville to
seek it. Perhaps it is even now on the way,
but the man was impatient Then there was
the lucky piece of rope. He would not take
his eyes off it. He kept it in his pocket, and
in the intervals between his errands he pulled
it out and meditated upon it. From the for
tune his thoughts at last began to dwell on
suicide The memory of the deceased girl
haunted him; and the other day, as his wife
returned home, she found her husband hang
ing in their room dead, with the fatal bit of
hemp in his pocket. He had kept it by him
to the last.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-31

There is no particular fish called the flying
fish. The name is given to all those fishes
which have the pectoral fins so very large
that by means of them they are sus-
tanned in short seeming flights in the
air. They are often met with in the
tropics But do fish fly at ala At a
recent meeting of the Physiological society,
Berlin, Professor Moebius spoke on the move
ments of the flying fish through the air. As
aresult of a detailed investigation the speaker
said he had proved that these fish do not fly,
since the anatomical arrangements of their
fins and muscles are not adapted to this pur-
pose. What really occurs is that when fright
ened by the approach of ship or an enemy,
they shoot up out of the water, as do so many
other fish, and are then carried along by the
wind
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-31
The Surface of Mars.

Through the agency Of the Lick telescope
the surface of the planet Mars has been
mapped out with additional clearness. The
canals, which can be very plainly seen, lie in
the torrid, and warmer portions of the tenn
perate, zone and extend from the Northern
to the Southern ocean. They are in general
1000 or 5000 miles in length and over 30
miles in breadth They are generally ar
ranged in pairs 200 or 800 miles apart, and so
exactly parallel that usually no deviation
can be detected. They cut up the continent
surface so there is no spot more than 400
miles distant from one of these markings
There is still much surmise as to whether
these assumed canals are artificial or natu-
raj 1t is argued that they cannot be artif-
cial because of their great width, but, on the
other hand, it is equally inconceivable that
the forces of nature could by the laws Of
accident have constructed such an intricate
system of marking and observed an equal
width in every case The late Professor
Proctor suggested that the canals are the
diffracted images of rivers, produced by
mistS which hang over the river beds.