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I 1 t . TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY , S8 , 1807. REVUlUriON IN TANNING Extraordinary Power Possessed by the Canaigro Weed of California. RESULT OF GOVERNM1NT EXPERIMENTS Pnriiin Oiirnoil for CtillUnf Ion nf ( he U'cril I'rollfN Hfllllrcd .NcTV 1'rodiicl friini D < ' iTt 1.it mix. 'In the OJllfornla canalRro , hitherto looked bpon OB little else' than a beautiful weed , agriculturists may nml n new1 do Id for pro duction nnd manufacturers an exceptionally useful product. When the Spaniards came to America they found that the ImUjiisot the southwest ntrc Bklllcd In the oldest of all the practical tutu , that of iMthcr tanulnfThu Spanish his torians of Mexico mention that the Inhab- Han's of the country used the Juice of a native plant In curing skins , andwhen , oH- tie were Introduced that this same plant was found ureful In tannin ; ; their hides. Ilccognlzlni ; the plant as a relative of the European dock they called It "cannlKrc. " which Is n comuln.itl'u of two Spanish words meaning "sour dock. " Canalsre pos sesses the greatest store of taunln of any known plant , and It Is this that gives It "a value almost Incalculable- will make It world-famous , rourtecn > cars ago a resident of Jeraej City , who was employed In railway con struction In Mexico , saw an Indian lantilnj a hldo with ) the Julco of caiulgro , and , being curious to know the properties of the root , cent ncmie specimens lo n llo-iton chemist. The report returned was that the roots con tained pure tannin In a proportl n of 40 pe. ' cent of their bulk. This w > s the hcglnnlns of a sc'Ics of experiments conducted for seven years nnd costing many thousands of dol.'ursi and deiminsttntlng beyond tlu possi bility of a doubt that a veguLnblo tanning agent had been dUcovored which would revolutionize the tunning of leather. Lo thi'r tnnnlng , as Is well known , Is a Blow , laborious and dlbagiecablc process , nnd lias been subject to fewer changm than any other Industry. Until within our own cen tury the methods onip'oycd ' had progressed but little beyond those used thousand ? of years ago. Oak , hemlock will w , birch and many other larks and \arlous nuts were ntcepa.l In water and the solution thus inado was use'1 for the Imme'sion of the hides. In the last clxtv jcnrs many Ira provomcnts In depllltatlng and handling hides have been made , but the time eon- Bimifd In turning a hldo Into fine IciMicr wns not materially shortened , weeks and even months being tie e siry for thjp.o ess. DESIGNED KOIl TANNING 1'UHPOSSS. The experiments with cunalgro , coiiductcd by the government ahJ by private Individuals , show that the pin t was evidently designed by nauire for ( arming purposes. All of tilt tanbaiks and nuts mint be used with skill and caie , as the hides left tco long In the tanning solutlrn arc burned and weakened. Cutting throujh an ordinary piece cf lea her , a fno dark line Is scun near each surface. showing that the dibtrlbutlou of the tan ning fluid Is not uniform. Singularly enough. hides tanned by canalgrc absorb only a cer tain quantity of the llulil , and i.o matter how long they arc left In the vat will neither take more nor be Injured In any way by bi-lng subjected to the Influence of cai.algro tanning. Until within three years ago there was not a canalgrc farm 'In the world , and the first commercial crop was harvested In Cull- fornH last jear upon a farm of 22,000 acres , reclaimed from the du-ert for the purpose , TJO experiments In Arizona had proven that the quantity -tannin In the roots of the plant was largely Increased by cultivation nnd that no crop could be grown with less labor or would yield larger returns. The bul letins sent out by the government declare that It costs $10,50 per acre to plant , Inlgate , cultivate and harvest caralgrc , while the ro- turnh aru XC5 to $70 per ton , and thu yield from twelve to twenty tons per acre on new land. Although nature succeeds ln > propagating canalgrc frcm the seed , man has not yet Icarnnl her secret , and on the three cannlgro farms In thu southwest , where the Industry Is In n sturdy and piomUlng Infancy , cut tings from thu toots arc the solo means of propagation. Thesu roots arc dug In ( he remote desert the supply nearest railways liavtMg been marketed In the. las' three yeirs I O.ily that portion of the plant nearest the stems will grow , nnd even after these cut F tings have been dried and etorcd two years h they retain their perfect virility. They are eet three feet apart and six Inches below the Biirfcco , beln > 3 planted by machinery In ridges , as sweet potatoes are , set. They aru also dug with it potato digger , and their culture Is easy , t\u > Irrigations annually be ing all that Is required. PACKING AND SHIPPING , After the cuttings uro taken from the nppor part of the root the lower portion Is sliced by machinery to the thlckners of "Saratoga potatoes , " These thin slices are then dprcad upon canvas and exposed to the BU-i for twenty-four hours , when they are reaJy to bo placed In bags ami shlpptd to the commmer , Of courno the process of decay begins In n hldo the Instant It Is removed from the animal , and the object of tanning fluids is to arrest decay , Thu sooner the process Is i completed the stronger and more perfect < the leather , and for llfty years scientists have ! t sought a chemical combluatlan that would Immediately arrest such decay. What they failed In nature accomplished In her desert storehouse. The culture of canalgre has opened un a great desert agriculture , established a now Industry and source of wealth for the nation. The English tanneries arc extensive consumers , and the demander ( or canalgre chips has giown so rapidly that were every arid acre In southeastern Cali fornia and Arizona , the native and favorable iiabltat for the plant , set with canalgre , there would bo no danger of glutting the market. The limited area In which the culture Is passible h > only small compared with the Kieatnesi of our country , for thousands upon thousands of acres of desert land , still government domain , yield the wild plant , and the marketing of the wild plant payg the lint expense of the cultivation , A local preacher , being anxious to Interview - view Hov C. H. Spurgeon , called at Ills fOU ) e , but was Informed that the great preacher was engaged. "Tell him , " said the caller , "that the icrvant ot the Lord pbticti to it > him. " "Ah. " reviled Mr. Spurgron , "tell the servnnt of the Lord that I nm engaged with his Master. " "Why , man , I've had whole audlcncoo ( nil to their knees In terror nt my description of the day of Judgment " The other exhortcr smiled pityingly. "Ah , yes , " ho replloJ. "Uut the other night I portrayed the destruction ot the world with euch power that a man ctmn up after the ( services and atked me whom he should see about the klnetoscope rights. " "Our minister preached n sublime sermon on Sunday , " recently remarked a Chicago woman , according to the Post of that city. "I did enjoy It oo much. And right la the middle of H I hit on how to have my black serge fixed over. The whole scheme came like n miracle and will work out no end of , swill. That frock has been such a torment I have had no good of It at all. It hung In the wardrobe , a reproach and a waste of material. Sermons arc so beneficial. You really ought to go to church oftencr. I am tehamcd that jou missed that ono ! ast Sun day. " A Kansas City exchange vouches for the following : "Helen Hunt , a Chicago girl , found a purse In church and notified Hie pastor that she had It , so If anono reported the loss It could be returned. The next Sunday the clergyman made the following announcement from the pulpit : 'Someone lost a purse hero hat Sunday evening nnd If the owner wants the property ho can go to Helen Hunt for It. ' " AIIOUT Atmi > Richard Harding Davis , according to the Philadelphia North American , "wns employed on a local paper in a reportorlal capacity some > ears ago. One day an extremely fresh young man joined the staff , and In three days ho was addressing every man on the stalt by his flnst nniuo. That Is , everybody but Davis. Ho entered the local room one afternoon where Davis _ wnn bcatcd and , slapping him familiarly on the shoulder , said : 'Hello , Davlsl Say whnt IB your first name , any how1 ' .Mister , ' tepllcd Duvls quietly. " Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer tells a story lllUiT.ratlng the almost boyish modesty of th ? poet Whlttler. A little woman forced her way Into the. penetralia of a IJosion mansion , when Whlttler was visiting there , and , claspIng - Ing both the poet's hands In her own , ex claimed : "Mr. Whlttler , this la the sup erne moment of my life ! " Whlttler stood at flrtit on one foot and then on the other , withdrew his hands and clasped them behind his back and replied , prosaically : "Is It ? " Giovanni > ! 3attls'a Cavalcaselle , the noted Italian writer on nrt , la dead , at the nge of 77 years. He died In Home. His prlncipil work Is the "Now History of Painting In Italy" (1SG1-72) ( ) , w Ittcn In collaboration with Joseph A. Crowe of England. The acquaint ance of these two men , both of whom began rs painters and then turned to the historical study of art came about through au acci dental meeting In a German poa'chatso Just fifty years ago. This acquaintance ripened In'o an Intimate friendship and a close union In lllcrary work such as Is reldom seen. The will of the late John Sartaln , the artist , of Phi'adelphla , gives to the Philadelphia School of Design for tVomcu his folios of prints , his plcui cs and his library , with the condition that they bo usd only within the building and never loaned out of It. His daughte/ ss Emily Sartatn , principal of the school , Is made residuary legatee , and his friend. Geoi-so W. Hall , 1131 Arch street , treasurer of the School of Design for Women , Is appointed executor. The Art club of I'hll- -delpMa p-opcses to hold an exhibition next month of the works of John Sartaln , who was the only honorary member of the club. Von MoUke , whose letters of the Franco- Germ-n campaign have Just been published , was or glnally an olUcer In the Dan sh army. At the ago ot 9 years ho. wta entered cs a royal cadet , i. e. , he wcs to be educated at the expense of the king. Frederic VI , in the Copnhagen Military Academy , and , having tnken his examinations' , he wore the Danish uniform until he as a E'lblleutcnimt at the age of 27 , petitioned the king for three years' leave to p oceed to the continent to studv the military art. as he says Jn hapetltio'.i ! , "to be able on his return to employ his ac- oulremcn s for the good of his country. " This petition was granted , but the count also naked to he allowed to retain his pay , and , EC the king refused this , he took his dis charge and entered the Prussian army , a re cruit whom that organization has eve y reason to hold in enduring memory. It was In the late John Sartaln's magazine 'hat Poe's poem , "The noils , " was flrot printed. Of Poe's last visit to him In h's ' old Sarrsom street house Mr. Sartain recently said : "It was on a Monday In 1S19. Pee had been locked up In Moyamcnalag prison over Sunday IntoxIcUlou and was completely urstrung Ho though' there was a conspl-acy to kill him and asked to be hidden I humored the frenzied poet's hallucination and for two dajs he remained In concealment In the San- som street house. I even went so far as to cut off Poe's mustache at 'he latter's request , In o'dp1that his fancied enemies might not rccognUo him. " The first draft of "The Hcll " consisted of rnly two stanzas , and for these htMVffi paid $15. A couple "of days late ho appeared with another verse and before the pscm was published he had added again to It. Hy this means he received $15 for the poem and , had not the day of publication been near at hand he would probably have kept on adding to It In the hope of receiving adltloral remuneration. I..VMOH AMInU.ST Y. Olean , N. Y , , Is to have a big silk mill. Gel many has fifty Iml'atlin bolter factories Glasgow has Imported American laborers lo ! > < y the asphalt on " 3 streets. Now England print cloth recently touched the lowest po'nt on record , as did also the price of southern cotton. More men are now employed at the Car son City Nov. rallrcad shops than at any time during the last three years. The balance In the tieasury of the natlon.il organisation of street railway employes on November 1 was $1,290.H. Latest reports show that the foreign trade of Groit Britain Is materially diminishing , while that of Germany and France continues to Increase. Thu shoo factories use 1,000,000 kangaroo skl'is yearly. Australians have begun to talso and breed kangaroos as they would sheep. Labor Commissioner Cox shows that there were 1,000 moro factories and shops In opera tion In Michigan this year than last and that the general condition of tabor In the state. Is vastly Improved. Thu Knights of Labor , at their recent an nual conventlrn , set apart the last Sunday In Juno as a labor memorial day. The next convention will bo held In Chicago on the first Tuesday In November. The new dairy map of Minnesota , Issued bv the State Dairy commission , shows -145 creameries , 02 skimming stations and C9 cheese factories In that state. Of the total number. 234 creameries , more than half are In the twenty-two counties couth of Henncpln and east of Hedwood , The revolution In Cuba Is working a revolu tion In the tobaoco business In the United States. This trouble has been a great thing for the tobacco Industry In this country. They are growing excellent tobacco In Texas , Wisconsin , Ohio , Florida and other states und the high prices obtained lead to greater earo In Its cultivation. The smokers of domestic cigars < tro getting a far better article than they ever did before , As a result of a conference between Sec retary James J. McIIugh of the Stonecutters' union and tbo heads of all the central bodhs of Chicago , Including the Uulldlng Trades council and the. Chicago Federation of Labor and many prominent local leaders , It has been decide * ] to formulate a demand in the name of organized labor that a clause be Inserted In all contracts acid subcontracts for cut stone work for the new postoltlce requiring tl.ut the stone be cut In Chicago , The amount Involved will bo $1,250,000. Consular reports received at the Slate de partment show that the Importation of Ameri can flour into China bos Increased from $3G3- 20Q In 1691 to $1,172,000 during 1890. The Chinese do not make bread , but they eat flour dumplings about tbo sire ot a email biscuit , Oiled with finely chopped meat. These uro made up In great quantities and are pre pared for eating by being steamed over boil ing water. They also use a great deal ot flour la tbo manufacture of vermicelli. " B The Thief of Time Is procrnstlnntton. this Is the ( - rent jewelry buylnir scneon , nml If you put oft your shop ping too IDHK you'll nml etoik thinner nnd crowds thicker. Drop In now nml look our Block o/er nt Jfour lolMir * . We ImVc the IntKeft anil flnctt selection In ( he city. WATCHES In Kolil , silver nml cnnincleil nt nil pi lees' . DIAMONDS mounted' In nil styles nnd nt price * thnt nro rlKht look In other store ? then call on us. You will ob serve the Urge selection no hive nnd the qunllty or Roods fnr supcilor to ntiy other hou c. A. Mandelberg , iT Jcwolor. N. n. Cor. loth and F.irtiim. JBcttcr Your Oh. No ! We Don't Cut W nt A Mail AYBE you h iven't ordered Selection _ $1 00 Lamberts Llstercne Carrier your hard coal yet now is for is always greeted time whi the a good e price We've just received tin elesnnt stock of 23c Laxative Hromo Quinine w i t h a pleasant fcinilo Wo are always is and winter is afar off ] Muu-shatini ! and liriar Pip-js mid Cigar right ' . ' . $1.00 1'lnkh.im's Compoui.il- , i h t Holders for Christmas ways greeted v ' presents unques We're selling Hard Coal for tionably tlio finest display in the city. Bet $1.0) ) Steam's Wine of Cod Liver' t li o broadest of ter have us iav one asiilo tor you and you Oil , smiles for wo never know wo sell tit cut prices. This is the Fountain Syringe ? , warranted , Atlr bring bad tiding A ton of we toll cigars : $1.00 to tOC. We're hero to do way Atomizers , all i libber fittings , 2.000 good work on your 3 General Arthurs for . 20o ' . extra good , on'.y slovo that's ' out of ' ' pounds. II Mciclmnt's Club for . 'Xla Atomizers , perfume. O5- , * - order. Send for us ' AuC. 'i Guidon Crow ns for . 20c for 7 Five Cent Cigars for . 23e Hot Water Bags , warranted , nnd sco how quick $1.00 to we make it right. W. C. Cough Syrup. Honrhound , Tar and Wild Cherry ( the old fash-O5t < -i Omaha Steve Repair Works 402- Careful Cut jRrJoe Store lor.ed kind your mother ( lJV' . . . .140G FARN.V.n. . . . J. I-ltli mid ' ' , Hnnvn IJIock 208 S. Kith St DOUGLAS STS. 1207 Douglas. Te' . ! ) ( , ( ) . Skates ! skatesi 1'rotcctcil Popular and Order Progressive Woodcraft Before the Theater The Latest Fashions for Men. , Shirts All the newest can be V. WOODMEN G t a box of our Italian found lieie colored .shirts white shirts Barney and Berry' ' make ac " Chocolate Wo know she will v.'llh colored bosoms and the best all whlto knowledged U.V nil bkate users and mnntifac- "OF THE WORLD. love you till the ifioro for your shirt over Fold. tnroi-s to bo by till odds tlio best neatest CftjmMc JirinttlKn ll'iiiit'il. Oiniilnirl > . thoughtfulnoss. Neckwear An e'cqa'it assort- and most perfect hkato in the market. Our popular and original features commend mrnt of nock wear novpltlc ? In leek1 * . bo'\s ' niid scarfs the popular priced stuffs are the order to favorable consiueration. OUR PRICES. . . . here In abundance. S500 to S3,000 Uunjfits at O.-ath. Gloves No such virietv can be This lower tlnn be- monument Both of into ever A year are placefl OimJfcl lit assessment the if rnU cvciy : deccavil J101 member. you drop seen ol ewheie dross and street gloves In ore and our stouk was never so hii-RO anil I'aj-ment nf assessments gnue and dues cejse at the our lunch room and try our in- the up-to-dite shade ? . We guarantee our cuinpleto n-i now. Call early und of ten wo end of 2) to 3(1 ( > eaib accoidlns to age at join imi'ublu hot chocolate. gloves ) . ing. IJmeiKt-'Hcy fund K < eis nasessment at a can suit .you. minimum 10.000 members. S1.WX > ,00\00 lois-s Williams & Smith Co. , - paid and oter 800 monuments elected to date. ADDRKSS : aldltff Farnam Tailors anil Fiir.iislicrs , Carter Hardware Co. . .1. C. HOOT , Sovereign Cnminniiilcr , or 1/101 Kirn mi. , IOI1T. . YATEi , Sovori-lui Agents for Manhattan nnilMonarch and Confections. Shirts and Slu.tujrtur UnJernuar. Sliecly HIOL-k , Oiniiliiiel ! > 1405 Douglas St. Our of fir * U TT .7" A Child Can Buy ns Chaap as a Man. MACKINTOSHES- IT WAS serving The of key.of sale recent \V > have now on our A GRAND genuine Ceylon . ' purrhfise from ono of Ilootnn's hirRp"t Our woman's m.iiiufac'uieis of i\atei proofs which SUCCESS Coffee to our lady calf and vici wo purrliRicil nt n.'l I-t : per cent lc h than shoes at actual cost to imike callers last w : ek. 20 men's black diagonal Mackintoshes \\Ilh our price Is i rape Is our ability to please our many luO men's fine Trleo Mack'n'oshos- THIS We are going1 to serve patrons $2.50 and wlth cape made to sell for $ s u > ourf WEEK our 35 cent CofTee the We take an interest in the worlc 103 lirUe men's Is- box coatH nbfo'utely natcrJ.E i Mocha and Java blend wo do for you and sco that , it is done right $3.00 proof ni.rdo ' to sell for SdO-our - prlcc'l"- ' OCU ladles' all wool caHliiucio , two i-api1 and that the charges uro correct us wo aim blue MackintoshesUvet collar < K for dollar kind \Uvet the three a pounds to render our bills "for value received. " are as Rood In quality as ninny of the shoes maJe lo sell for $ S our price ll"- * We're not afraid of any criticism so in We solicit next order and hold at $1.00. We luive tlitm In all the new Ono lot of Indies' very line Hos on rape vite all to civil and enjoy our hospitality. your toc-s wl'h the heavy and light boles a Mackintoshes Kit gc rolling < olnr ! will prove our usbortions. dressy ahoe perfect In fit. the latest novelties In green gray blue and black made to sell for fjj CfJ Omaha lea& Coffee Co. KRUGER BROS. nur price Is .iJV . A. D. MORSE , . . , . Q.imhu Tent & Rubber Co. THE PLUMIMJUS 1/107 DOUGLAS ST. Tel. 1270- 1 HO 1'urnam. 1517 Douglas St. 1311 I'AUN.UI MANHATTAN'S ' MIGHTY BORE Connecting Jersey Oity , Now York and Brooklyn by Tunnel. COST AND PLAN OF THE PROJECT A Siiliwiiy Uiulor Two nivvrH nml .llun- liilttiui Inland ISiitriiuceH 111 the Co n ii i-c I ml Cltli-H A TOII- I Mlllloii-Uullitr Job. It I now proposed to connect. Brooklyn and Jersey City by means of a great tunnel ex tending beneath the Hudson rlverj" tne Cast river and tfew York City. The New York Hoard of Aldermen will consider the matte. * tomorrow , and If an affirmative decision Is reached the metropolis will soon possess one of the most marvelous underground transit schemes In the world. The- project Is being pushed by the Drooklyn , New York & Jersey City Terminal Hallway company. The plans for the work have ell been drawn , the neces sary capital has been enlisted , and as soon as the necessary franchises have been secured work will bo begun at the Brooklyn end ot the tunnel. It is expected that within a year from the beginning of operations com munication will bo established between the two principal sections of Greater Now York beneath the Bast river. Although It Is the put pose of the Drooklyn , New York & New Jersey Terminal Hallway company to ultimately build a tunnel from Brooklyn , under the Bast river , beneath the great skyscrappers on the most crowded part of the Island ot Manhattan and again below the North river to the great railway termi nals In Jersey City , one-half ot the work will bo completed before the other halt Is be gun. gun.Tho first half will begin on the Drooklyn side and will extend across to the Now York ahoro at a point between the Fulton and Wall street ferries a nhort distanceiielow the Drooklyn bridge. Thence ho tunnel will be continued beneath Maiden lane , Broad way and Cortlandt street , to conneit with the great railway ferries. H will bo necestury to keep the tunnel eomo sixty-five or seventy feet below the surface to avoid the founda tions ot the great sly-scrappers , some of which extend down nearly to that depth. From the character of tbp soil , however , which will almost ontlre-y do away with thif necessity for rock tunneling , the projectors of the scheme do not anticipate much dilll- culty on account of the unusual depths. The plans for the work have all been drawn by the English engineer whi constructed the existing tunnel under the ICast river for the w * JiTj f ' ' > i 1. ' i ' ' ' fT r t JT FHATUHES OP THE NEW TUNNEL WHICH WILL EXTIJND UNDER TWO OUEAT RIVUIIS AND CONNECT THItBH GHBAT KSS companies. They have been pataed upon by a committee of five of the most prominent engineers In America and pronounced per fectly feasible. The work will begin In Drooklynwhere a etiaft will bo sunk , near -the river , large caough to Admit the machinery necessary for the work , and to servo afterward as a sta tion. At the depth of seventy feet two gangs of men will bet set to work. One will tunnel Inward beneath the city of Drooklyn , where a subway similar In general construc tion to the Iloston subway Is to extend under the most crowded part of the city a dis tance of between two and three miles. This will be a eteel arch double-truck passageway - way nineteen ftct high by twenty-live In width , and wll admit of the paeage of a double line of cars. > Tim GJIEAT TUNNELING SHIELD. Tfao mott Interesting part ot the work , however , will be In charge of the other force of men , who will carry the tunnel beneath the East river. When tba old Hudson river tunnel was attempted twenty years ago It was a failure because of the Impotsibillty of keeping the water and water-soaked earth from caving 'In on the workmen , the accident which finally caiibcd the abandonment of the work killing twenty-one men li > a single cavelii. Modern methods and the use of eompiesBud air have , however , made the salt and sand beneath the two great Now York rivers the cheapest and easiest kind of boll through which lo dig. ' IA great shield of the dimensions of the tunnel will bo thrust out beneath the bottom tom of the river. Inside tills will be a couple of airtight compartments Into which compressed air will bo forced by IWD pumps on tlio suifaco , This will cquall/o the pressure - sure nllhln and without the tunnel and will prevent cither earth or water from rubbing In ou the workmen. The earth will be taken out by pick and shovel and tmuled away by a hoUtlng onglno to the surface. Ab fast as the workmen remove the soil the soil about tile rim of the shield the latter will bo driven forward 1 > y hydraulic Jacks , BO that the men will constantly nave o hydraulic roof over their heads. Behind them will comu another force of men constructing the wall of the tunnel proper. This will con- slst of steel platen , ten by eighteen Inches In flat dimension , and an Inch and a quarter thick. AB fast as each plate Is fastened on the ends will bo "grouted" on the outolde by waterproof cement and a covering of cc- mont will bo spread on to make It perfectly waterproof. Inside there will bn another lining of cement which will be kept freshly painted to make the Interior of the tunnel dry and pleasant. Electric lights will be put In and the whole Interior ot the pat&ige will ha kept brightly lighted. The usual damp and dreary effect of underground paseagcnay will bo entirely dona away with. M3NGWI AND COST. The ventilation of the tunnel will bo provided for by liafts with suction pumps at each end. H Is not expected that these will iiced to bo regularly operated , for the rapid passageof cam through the tunnel Hill change the air every three minutes , but whenever the pumps are needed all the air In the tunnel can bo pumped out and the pace : thoroughly renovated In eight minutes Instead of a single passage large enough for a double line of track , two pipe tunnels will bj built Hide by side , so that the line of cais through each ono will air/ays be travel ing the earne way. Tlila simplifies the problem of ventilation and doen not increase the cost. On the Nt-w York side a double- vaulted subway , similar to that in 'Brooklyn ' wlJJ bo tmlU with tutleng sod levatorn reaching up to the fctirface at convenient Intervals. Tim length of the tunnel beneath the Hast rher will bo a llttlo over 3,000 feet , the New- York subway will be about three-quarter * of a mile long , and ll.e North rlu-r tunnel , when constructed , will bo iibont I fiOO feet In length. The Hrookljn subway will be tlio longest section of the sjstem running for something like two milts beneath that city. The total length of the sjslc-iu , when com pleted , will be over four miles , and the estimated ctst Is between $8,009000 and $ io- 000,000 Tlio line will extend diagonal ! < lie- noath the most congested section of th& greater city , and will bo a great relief to thn traffic In that section , which Is already fur tou great for the bridge and tlio ferry lines. TOM ) Ot T OF COI'ltT. ' "I heard that Alle.bee treated his law yers to a fine dinner after they won that money for him. " "You heard wrong , then , The lawjcr treated Allerbee. " "I was up to him , " said a witness be fore Lord Mansfield in an examination de scribed by the London Ixiw Notes. "I'p ' tr him , " said his lordship ; "wh'it do you mean by being up to him ? " "Mean , my lord , why I was down upon him. " "I'l1 to 'llm ' and down upon him , " said his lordship , "what does this fellow moan ? " "Why I moan , my lord , " uald the witness , "Hut as deep n he thought himself I ttagKcd him. " When his lordship still Insisted that he did not understand what was meant , the witness oxcliilmed : "Ixml , what a flat jou must ha ! " If ho only had said "on to him' his lordship would have "tumbled to him " A curious rase Is reported , says the Lon don Law Times , in tha Year Hook. 4 H < n > y VII C , In which an ecclesiastical chanu-'lor ' , Archbishop Morton , threatened a dofun < lJ t with punishment in the next world us tha common law could not reach him in tlim The null was against an executor who huil released a debt due to the testator without the absent ot the co-executor. It was argued that the law gave no remedy agilmt Hi - han an act. The chancellor * ald : "Hlr , I kiww well that every law Is , or of right ought t < bo , according to the law of God ; and t'J ' law of God is that an executor who Is of an evil disposition shall not expend all 'ho property ; and I know full well that If 'IS doc * so , and does not make amends , or N not willing -to make restitution , If It bu lu his power , he Khali be damned In bell , " If you want a strictly pure champagne that lu extra dry eet Cook's Imperial , rally fermented.