A. TOUR UXDER TOE'SEA.
A Queer Craft tJutt Was Tested in Vie JTonlt
River on the SSUt.
New York special : Tho dream of Jules
Verne seems to have been realized in a boal
constructed by an American inventor.
The World this morning gives the followinj
account of tho trial ol the boat : "The sub
marine torpedo boat invented by Professor
J. H. L. Tuck was yesterday tested ant
proved a practical success in the presence
f a large party of gentlemen interested
They went aboard tho steamer Chance
Shot at Eighty-sixth street , North river
The submarine vessel lay like a gigantic
turtle lashed to the steamer's side. She
lias been christened the Peace-Maker. She
was constructed at the yard of C. H. Dela-
ineter & Co. , and is thirty feet long with a
breadth ol beam of eight and one-half feet
and a depth ol seven and one-half feet.
The bow and stern taper off from amid
ships , si nd the lorvrard end of the vessel is
' surmounted by a dome twelve inches high ,
which is .set withg'nss ami just largeenough
for a , pilot to get liis head into. Admission
to the boat Is through a circular scuttle
nbaft of the dome. At the stern there is a
propeller and rudder of tho ordinary fash
ion , : uul two horizontal rudders with which
the boat may bo deflected up or down.
The interior is half filled with machinery
and mechanical devices , including a power
ful little WcstinghoHse engine. Compressed
air irt stored in six-inch pipes running
around the interior , and tho arrangements
are made by which air may be supplied by
chemicals. A guage registers the depth ol
the vcHsel beneath the surface. Light is
tarnished by incandescent electric lights.
ACyeitordjy'u experiment Captain John
G. Holland and Engineer John H. Kline
Hlippul down into the iron hull and fast
ened the air light scuttle. Then the cap
tain's head appeared in the Lookout dome
and thu iron fish started up the river. She
had : iot gone ono hundred feet before sho
dipped her nose into tho water and gradu
ally slid out of sight beneath tho ruffled
surface. The spectators anxiously watched
the spot where she disappeared for three
minutes when she reappeared aboutnquar
ter of r mile to loward and headed toward
them. The Silvan Glen was coming down
the river only a few hundred feet above ,
and Iior captain was much surprised at the
sudden appearance of the iron monster. He
tooted his whistle vigorously and put his
wheel aporb , whereat tho torpedo boat
kicked up its heels and again disappeared.
Tho Peace Maker attained a depth yes
terday of forty feet and attained a fair
rate ( if speed. The torpedo portion of the
experiment was not tried. It isdesigned to
like torpedoes attached together by a chain
and fastened to corked magnets , which will
attach themselves to the iron or steel of
the vessel to bo destroyed. They are to be
fired by electricity after the torpedo boat
lias reached a safe distance. Professor
Tuck is working on a device by which he
claims tl.e occupants of the boat will be
enabled to leave it at a depth of forty feet
and return again in safety.
PERSONAL AXD OTHER XOTES.
Senator Jones of Florida is to open a
law office iii Detroit.
Matthew Arnold is the guest of Mrs. Bur
ton Harrison in Boston.
Maurice B. Flynn was born , lie says , with
a gold spoon in his mouth.
Henry Villard is expected to reta rn to
New York about October G.
Remcnyi , the violinist , is playing in India ,
it is said , with great success.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is spoken of for re
publican candidate formayorof New York.
Bret Harte is engaged on a new Christ
mas story , to be entitled "The Queen of the
Pirate Isle. "
Dan de Quille.Mark Twain's ex-associate
on the Virginia City Enterprise , is writing a
history of Nevada.
Thomas Powell Fowler 1ms been elected
president of the New York , Ontario & West
ern Railroad company.
Justice Stanley Matthews and his bride
a are buying ornaments for their home from
obliging London dealers.
Senator Jones of Nevada is so jolly a
gentleman that everybody feels glad that
lie is so big a millionaire.
Fred Douglass will visit llieliistoricllliine
and the Alps in the company of his accom
plished wife in September.
Gen. Phil Sheridan and Col. Mike Sheri
dan lately went to Somerset , Ohio , on a
visit to their mother , who is 81 years old.
Slade , the Maori pugilist , is fighting alco
hol at Auburn , Cal. He can knock out a
customer who does not pay up with one
hand.
Mr. Beecher's style of oratory docs not
appear to take in London , but that does
not surprlbe his friends. There is no scan
dal in it.
Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett , are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field , of
Chicago , at their summer home , Beverly
Farms , Mass.
Col. A. L. Rives , of Virginia , has been
offered $23,000 a year by M. de Lesseps.
So says rumor. The colonel is to boss the
Panama canal.
Patrick Ford , of the Irish World , has re
cently been in conference with Mr. Elaine
and is even now "resting" at a quiet hotel
at Bar Harbor.
zsr RUIXS.
VICTORIA , TEX. , Aug. 24. Indianola Is a
complete wreck , not more than three or four
houses having escaped destruction.
Dr. Fisher , the quarantine officer , with hfs
wife , Mr. Mahone , Captain Adolph Sternbrook
and a negro woman named Martha Ellis had a
narrow escape from drowning. The quarantine
station was washed awav early Friday morn
ing and they were forced to take refuge in a
large grove of Spanish cedars to which they
clungfor nine hours.
Nearly every house on the upper end of the
Island was swept away , and Beattie Meade , a
negro woman , and two children were drowned.
Nearly all Uie sheep and cattle on the island
were drowned and the remainder will probably
perish for want of food. There are no pro
visions on tbc island except meat , as none of
the survivors saved an3'thing besides what
they had on , and much suffering will ensue
unless aid is at once extended.
Additional news of the destructive force of
last Frldav's storm are constantly being re
ceived. The latest advices report the loss of
Captain William Moore , his wife and five
children and his brother Dolph Moore , his
wife and three children. The former lived at
Demon's bridge and the latter at Elliott.
They rowed down Mataeorda bay Thursday
erenlng to visit friends on Matagorda peninsu
la.
la.On the same evening the party left Indian
ola in the sloop Dauntless for their destina
tion. Yesterday the vessel was discovered in
the bay bottom up.
In consequence of the destruction of Indian
ola the seat of Calhoun county will be remov
ed back to Lavaca , the former county seat ,
which will also be made the gulf terminus of
the Gulf , Eastern Texas and Pacific railway ,
which Is badly damaged by the storm.
JPARXELX IS DEFEATED.
His Amendment to the Address in Reply to
the Queen Rejected.
London special : Mr. Parnell's amend
meut to the address replying to the queen'
speech was rejecte'd in the commons to
night by a vote of 304 to 181.
Lord Randolph Churchill announced tha'
it was the intention of tho government to
oppose tho abolition of the secret service
fund , which amounted to 40,000 lastyear
Mr. Thomas Sexton , who was loudly
cheered as he arose to follow Lord Church
ill , said that tho government enjoyed greal
advantage in regard to Mr. Painell's
amendment because , besides having th
power and emoluments of office they were
by the aid cl tho casualties , relieved of the
necessity of forming A policy in the cabine
and defending it in debate. Ho regrettec
to notice that Mr. D. Chamberlain was not
in his seat , but he was not surprised at his
absence. The failure to be present he re
garded as a questionable example of Brit
ish pluck. Mr. Chamberlain showed what
confidence he had in his cry by running
away. [ Laughter. ] He regarded a speed :
by Mr. Chamberlain as a positive advap <
tage to his opponents. Mr. Cliamberlaii :
was what might be called a political mis-
doer , and only needed sufficient opportu
nity to execute the ends of public justice
upon himself. Mr. Sexton spoke aboul
two hours.
Mr. Chamberlain entered the house
shortly after Mr. Sexton began speaking
and remained until the conclusion of the
speech. Ho did not , however , arrive suffi
ciently early to hear Iho part of Mr. Sex
ton's speech which was most directly to his
own.
Sir William Hart Dyke , Sir William Har-
court , and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach also
spoke on the amendment. Mr. Harcourt
declared that the home rule and purchase
schemes of tho late government were not
inseparable. [ Irish cheers and conserva
tive counter cheers. ]
Parnell's amendment was rejected , 304
to 181. Lord Hartington , Chamberlain
and the unionists supported the govern
ment. Sir William Vernon Harcourt ab
stained from voting , and Mr. Morley voted
with the minority. The announcement ol
the rcsulb caused little excitement.
GLADSTONE'S PAMPHLET.
Gladstone's promised pamphlet on the
Irish question has just been issued. It is a
lengthy document and somewhat similarin
stylu to his brochure on Hie Bulgarian
atrocities. At the outset he compares the
pamphlet to an apology he wroto on his
change of attitude in regard to tho Irish
church , but continues : "In the present case
I have no such change to vindicatebutonly
to. point out the mode by which my lan
guage and conduct have been governed by
uniformity of principle. I hare simply fol
lowed the various stages by wljich the ques
tion of autonomy for Ireland has been
brought to the stage of ripeness for practi
cal agitation. "
The pamphlet forcibly argues throughout
in support of tho well-known views of Mr.
Gladstone on the home rule and land pur
chase question , and declares the writer's
utmost belief that Ireland has now lying
before her a broad and even way in which
to walk in order to consummate her wishes.
' 'Before her eyes , " ho concludes , "is
opened that same path of constitutional
and peaceful action , and of steady , free and
full discussion which has led England and
Scotland to the achievement of all their
Pacific triumphs. "
CLEVELAND'S VACATION.
Prospect House ( N. Y. ) special : When
Contractor Watts Cook of Patterson , N.
J. , who is going to build tho new Harlem
bridge , left there early this week he gave
orders that his little steam-launch , tha
"Nellie , " should be placed at the presi
dent's disposal. Two guides brought it
alongside the wharf this morning and cot
up steam , when they tried to get back into
deep water , but ran aground. Finally sho
was got off and the president and party
boarded her and ran down tho lake , dart
ing through the channels between the
numerous islands. Treating lines and a
ride were aboard , but the party gave them-
t-clves up to enjoying th.'sail and no fishing
or shooting was done. Lunch was eaten
eight miles from home , on the banks of tho
lake. The cottage was reached about G
o'clock and all expressed themselves as
having thoroughly enjoyed the day's trip.
Td-ni ht a german was given at the hotel
under the management of Miss Cutter of
Boston , Miss Warner of New York , Miss
Albert of Germantown , N. Y. , and Capt.
Curtis of Indianapolis. Mrs. Cleveland re
ceived an invitation which she at once ac
cepted. Tho presidential party will proba
bly attend church to-morrow in the little
chapel on the hill back of the hotel.
THE REJUIXS OF MR. ROGERS.
Washington special : Five years ago E.
II. Rogers , of Fremont , Neb. , was ap
pointed consul at Vera Cruz , Mexico. Al
most before reaching his post he was strick
en with yellow fever , and upon his first visit
to the consulate fell unconscious and soon
after expired. He was buried at Vera Cruz ,
and owing to a law of Mexico forbidding a
disinternientundcrfive years from the date
of burial , his remains could not be returned
home until tho present year. There is a
fund provided by which the state depart
ment is enabled to fetch home the bodies of
those in its service dying abroad and a feu-
weeks since , Consul Hoff , at Vera Cruz ,
asked permission to remove the remains.
He telegraphed yesterday to the depart
ment , saying that ha bad procured a
casket , and that the necessary prepara
tions were made for the removal. Secretary
Bayard cabled him authority for the nec
essary expenditure out of the above fund ,
and the body of tho dead consul will be
soon resting beneath hia native sod at
Fremont , Neb.
ACQUIT1ED OF MURDER.
Dayton (0. ( ) dispatch : Tho trial of
Christian Holweger for the fiendish murder
of his little thirteen year old daughter con
cluded to-day , and resulted in his acquit
tal. Considerable interest has been mani-
'ested in the trial of the case , and many
witnesses were examined. It was claimed
3y the detectives that they had positive
evidence which would convict Hohveger of
the awful crime , but they failed to produce
it on the trial. After the witnesses had all
been examined , J. D. Miller , attorney for
the prosecution , arose , and stated that no
was convinced that the prisoner was inno
cent , and Squire M. Deciliter , the prosecut-
ng witness , withdrew the case. A scene of
jlie wildest excitement ensued , and those
present rose up as one man , and shouted
jnthusiastically. There is much bad feel
ing expressed against the detectives , and
all manner of savage threats are uttered
against them.
SEDQEfriCK. AT THE CAPITAL.
CUT or MEXICO , Aug. 3. General Sedg-
wick arrived here this morning and was met
by Consul General Porch. He spent the day
with Mr. Jackson. He has not yet visited
Minister Variscal , of the foreign department ,
bat will probablv do'so to-morrow. He will
make his principal investigation at Chihuahua.
A rumor is cunent among the Americana
here that General Scilgwick carries his com
mission as minister to succeed General Jade '
son. J
MISCELLANEOUS POLITICAL NOTES.
Congressman Culberson was renominated
in the Fourth Texas district.
Clifton R. Breckenridgo was nominated
for congress by acclamation by tho demo
crats o ! tho Second Arkansas district.
Sam Barnard shot and instantly killed
Newton Harris near London , Ky. Tho
two quarreled about a dog. Both aro
farmers.
The democrats of the First Maryland
congressional district met at Ocean City
and renominated Hon. Charles H. Gibson
for congress by a rising vote.
J. C. Levering , of Knox county , 0. , was
nominated for congress on the second bal
lot by tho democrats of tho Ninth district ,
in convention at Delaware.
The following congressional nominations
were made : Samuel Griffin , democrat , in
the Eighth Virginia district ; J. W. Culber-
sons , democrat , in the Fourth Texas dis
trict.
Albany special : Deputy Comptroller
Thomas E. Benedict this evening received
his commission as public printer at Wash
ington. Many congratulations were ex
tended to him.
Ex-Gov. St. John , of Kansas , opened tho
prohibition campaign in Maine at Calais ,
speaking for nearly two hours to a largo
audience. The promoters of the meeting
have hitherto voted and acted with the re
publican party.
Col. Charles S. Stewart , of the engineer
corps , who was next ; in rank to Gen. New
ton , has asl'cd to be placed upon the re
tired list of tho army on account of ill
health , he having served forty years. Col.
Charles E. Burt , who is next in rank , will
be retired in February , so that Col. James
C. Duane is practically at the head of tho
engineer corps , so far as tho question of
promotion is concerned. His chances for
succeeding Gen. Newton as chief of engi
neers , aro increased by tho fact that ho is
a life-long democrat. He served during the
war , but so strong were his democratic
ideas that Secretary Stanton recommended
his dismissal for dibloyalty. At the same
time the commander of the army of the
Potomac recommended he be promoted
a brigadier-general for gallant service.
President Lincoln , it is said , sent for him ,
and holding one recommendation in one
hand and the otherin tho other hand , said :
"Captain Duane , one paper recommends
your promotion and the otheryourdismis-
sal. I guess they balance each otherpretty
well , so you go back to your work and
take it up where you left off.1'
WHT 1HE SALOON 3IEN 2IIET.
Sioux City special : The Haddock coro
ner's jury resumed its work this afternoon ,
the witnesses examined being saloonists.
The investigation is now with reference to
a meeting of leading saloon keepers , which
was held at John Holdenreid's saltfbn on
the afternoon of August 3 , the day that
the assault was planned against Messrs.
Wood and Walker , and the night of the
Haddock murder. That such meeting was
held and that the question of saloon litiga
tion was discussed , and that counsel for
the saloonists were present and were paid
quite a largo sum in cash from tho general
fund raised by assessment is not denied ,
but in the minds of a great many of our
best citizens there is a connection between
this meeting and the tragedy of the same
night. Later on the same day another
meeting WHS held and a second assessment
levied. Tho exact nature of these confer
ences , the decisions arrived at , etc. , are
what the jury want to learn. It is believed
that the fund raised was placed in tho
hands of H. L. Leavitt , and from it the
fines of King and Walteriug were to be paid.
The latest developments of the inquest
are to the effect that a prominent saloon-
ist has given valuable information upon
which n number of arrests are sure to fol
low. There is beginning to be considerable
public talk against District Attorney
Marsh , who , it is claimed , if not trying to
prevent the arrest of the guilty parties in
the awful crime , is doing little or nothing to
hasten their apprehension and arrest. The
reason given is political.
HEECHER'S BROTHER SUICfflSS.
Elmira ( N. Y. ) dispatch : Rev. James C.
Beecher , of Cos Csb , Conn. , brother ol
Henry Ward Beecher and Rev. Thomas K.
Beecher , of this city , committed suicide at
the water cure here thiseveningbybliooting
himself through the heart with a rifle. He
bad been suffering under severe mental
troubles for a number of years , and for a
time was under treatment at the Middle-
town asylum. Beecher was about fifty-
nine years old and the youngest son of Dr.
Lyman Beecher. He was graduated from
Dartmouth college and Andover theological
seminery. He was chaplain of the Seaman's
Bethel in China ; chaplain of tho Brooklyn
regiment during the rebellion ; bee nne a
: olonel and was mustered out a brevet
brigadier general.
RICHMOND DECLARED INSANE.
St. Joseph ( Mo. ) special : After being
out forty minutes this afternoon the jury
n the Richmond murder trial brought in a
verdict of aofc guilty on the ground of in
sanity and decided that Richmond is insane
sometimes. He was given over to the
sheriff , and to-morrow steps will be taken
to put him in lunatic asylum No. 2 , near
this city.
The case was hotly contested , and the
arguments on both sides were tho most
carefully presented and powerfully con
tested ever witnessed in this county. Tho
verdict is not generally satisfactory , but
public opinion is so divided that no ver-
: lict that might have been returned would
have met with popular indorsement.
BUFFALO BILL'S ZO.
A New York dispatch says Pushalnck ,
the Pawnee Indian who ran away from
Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" camp with a
pretty young lady hailing from Newark
last Sunday , was found by two of Buffalo
Bill's searchers yesterday , and arrived at
the camp on Staten Island this morning ,
bringing with him Mrs. Pusbalnck. The
pair were regularly married by a clergy
man in Philadelphia , and had taken board
in a house on Ninth street , frequented by
liuman curiosities. The bride has some
57,000 in her own right , and is respectably
connected. She seems happy with her
: hoice , and will go to the reservation with
trin at the end of the season.
AETF TORSi AROUSED.
It is thought the information received by
Assistant District Nicoll in New York con
cerning the meeting held there recently by
: he anarchists called to sympathize with
; he condemned Chicago bomb throwers will
result in the indictment of those most con
spicuously identified with the meeting for
unlawful assembling , by the next grand
jury.
CUE NATIONAL PAEK.
Some of the Beauties and "Won
ders of the Yellowstone
Reservation.
Streams Where Brook Trout Can Be Caught
with a Pitchfork or Eatrieved
by a Dog ,
A Region "Worth Protecting ? .
A Fort Keogh , Montana , correspond
ent of The Chicago Times writes :
There are many wonders within our
great national reservation that have
never been noticed by the numerous
uide-books , and there are just as many
more outside of the border line and in
the neighborhood which should have
been included when the park was cre
ated. The mistake was in not making
it twice the size , for the whole country
roundabout is one region of continuous
wonders , such as no other portion of
the known or unknown world can boast
of. The Cinnabar mountains , the
Devil's slide , the beautiful valley of the
Stinking Water , the Teton basis , just
across the Continental divide , and last ,
but not least , Henry's lake , over in
Idaho these and the other marvels
close by , when taken as a whole , and
leaving out all that is not included in
the park proper , combine a region of
stupenduous and startling wonders
fully equal to if not actually superior
to all that is contained in the 8,575
square miles of the park.
THE CINNABAH MOUNTAINS
are full of petrifications of every kind ,
and the fossils scattered all through the
canyons and gorges and on the peaks
are numerous and varied enough to
supply all the museums in the country
for ages to come. On the summits of
these huge piles arc undoubted eviden
ces of the glacial period. Glaciers ex-
: st even now in the Wind River and
Teton ranges much below twelve thous
and feet , and the tens of thousands of
granite boulders that occur on both
sides of the Yellowstone valley beyond
the Second canyon and from the Cin
nabar mountains to the north base of
the Amethyst mountain in the park
were no doubt stranded in their pres
ent locations by an immense water-
power , which must have swept them
down from thu north ages ago , when
the rivers ran as high as the mountain
tops. But the most remarkable exam
ple of the glacial period in this region
is a huge boulder resting on the brink
of the Grand canyon , about a mile
and a half below the great falls. It is
very compact , a coarse , crystalline
feklspathie granite , in shape rectangu
lar , the edges sharp and unworn , and
its cubical dimensions somewhat more
than 2.5UO feet It is within a stone's
throw of the brink of the canj-on , and
rests upon a series of sheets of rhyolite ,
surely not more than 1,000 feet in
thickness. In seeking the possible
source of this rock one would naturally
turn toward the south , the sources of
the Yellowstone ; but the great ranges
to the east and south are
valcanic , and are not known to con
tain a single exposure of granite rock.
There are no such formations in the
whole tipper Yellowstone ; for there is
a total absence of granite pebbles on
the shores of the lake or in the beds of
the rivers. The home of this wanderer
must be sought in the north , beyond
the valley of the Third canyon , 50 miles
away , and at the southern end of the
Gallatin mountains. To reach its pres
ent position from the northern locality
this stupendous bowlder must have
crossed the course of the great valley
of the East fork and the third canyon ,
and have ascended the river as it now
exists a distance of 20 miles , avoidng ,
on its way by a circuitous route the in
tervening Washbuni range and tiie op
posing mis : of Amethyst mountain a
most curious freak , of nature consider
ed from any po.nt of view.
Pour miles from the northern border
line of the park and just after passing
the Second canyon going south is the
famous Devil's slide , it is a rosy ,
brown-colored shoot running from the
top to the basu of the mountain at an
angle of about oO degrees , and looks
for all the world like a toboggan slide
that has been generously sprinkled
with cinnamon. At the top on either
side rise two lofty minaret towers , so
wonderfully paired in size , shape , and
outline that one might very well sup
pose they were constructed from a sin
gle model rather than being , as they
are , the simple handiwork of nature" .
The slide starts from this point and
shoots down a steep grade , bringing
up sharp and abrupt on the brink of
the Second canyon. The Indians be
lieved when it thundered that the evil
one went plunging down this awful in
cline , pitching into the roaring Yellow
stone at its base , and then by some
subterranean passage within the earth
mounted to the top again , and repeat
ed his little diversion until it ceased
thundering. The lightning was caused
with the road
by friction fiery-colored
bed in the devil's rapid descent.
THE VALLET OP THE STINK1XG "WATER
is the most beautiful little garden of
Eden on the North American continent
The title would seem to convey the im
pression that it is a bad smelling stream ,
of offensive odor and vile taste , as its
name would indicate. On the contra
ry , it is a beautiful mountain rivulet of
the clearest and purest water , but
strongly impregnated with sulphur.
On account of its peculiar odor , it was
named by the Bannock Indians , whose
reservation was , a long time ago , the
park , 'Ynskinmaya Wicista , " which
translated into the vernacular signifies
bad water. Here it is that a few large
game animals still left alive in the
northwest seek refuge from the ready
riilc of the hunter. This beautiful
country is the home of the mighty elk.
Hero arc to be found the brown spe
cies , the giant bull elk. and the rarest
of all game animals , the albino elk.
The snow elk is certainly the scarcest
of the big game still left"in our coun
try , and until a shore time asra was
known to the white man only by tra
dition. The Indians have often spoken
of it but their .statements were never
credited. Now comes the proof in the
seeing. A band of fifty was sighted ia
the Stinking Water country by a party
of hunters last February , and , although
they were pursued for two days
and a night by the indefatigable nioun-
taineers.yet dfd they fortunately succeeii
in escaping the deadly bullets of the
pot-hunters. The } ' finally made their
escape over into the National park ,
where they were safe from pursuit.
The Stinking Water country is no
longer what it used to be. The poor ,
hunted animals are never sure of their
lives there now. With an instinct truly
marvelous they drift over into the park ,
where cold lead and murderous powder
can not reach them. The superinten
dent , his assistants , and the army of
ficer in charge of the improvements as
sured the writer that the large game
animals not already slaughtered now
seek out the park as the only place of
refuge left them in the whole north
west It is about time they were find
ing it out for themselves , as the great
government under which they live has
never thought of enacting any laws
looking to their preservation. There
are a few mountain buffalo in the park ,
numerous bands of elk , numberless
deer of all species , and hordes of
mountain sheep. The park should be
increased before it is too late , not only
to include the natural wonders round
about that properly belong there , but
also to give the few animals living
within its boundaries a wide range.
The Teton basin , and in fact the
whole stretch of country from the
southern boundary of the park as far
as the Garden of the Gods in Colorado ,
is filled with carboniferous fossils , lava-
flows , and volcanic ejectameuta. It is
a country that , if fully explored and
classified , would double the interest
now contained in the park proper.
Just across the western boundary in
Idaho is the lovely
UENKV LAKE.
Before it is too late this beautiful
sheet of water should be preserved
from destruction. It is situated on the
public road built by the government ,
leading from the upper geyser basin to
Virginia City. This lake"is the head
waters of the Henry's fork or Snake
river , and is the breeding-ground of the
salmon-trout so plentiful in Snake riv
er and in the Columbia and its tributa
ries. On my first trip over this road
some two years ago , I fouud on the
banks ofthe lake and hidden by tall
fir and pine trees a rude log-cobSn , oc
cupied by an individual who was there
as a speculator. This money-making
fellow had foreseen that ina'ny park
tourists after visiting the geyser ba
sins would return to civilization via
Virginia City , so he built his cabin on
the road and. near the lake , hewed out
of a solid pine log a dugout boat for
the accommodation of the sightseers ,
and provided himself with scores of
spears for the use his customers who
desired to try their hand at fish spear
ing. How the poor innocent trout did
suller that year. There was terrible
destruction by greehorn specrsmen
who wounded and luntilatcda vast deal
more of the piscatory tribe than they
caught. The proprietor of the log
cabin also kept a seine for the amuse
ment of his patrons , which consisted
in casting the net and making a haul
and the throwing the fish back into the
pond again. At the time I strongly
suspected the miscreant of employing
dynamite or gaint powder as one of his
pastimes.for the shoivs of the lake were
lined with dead trout that bore the ap
pearance of being stunned or having
been killed by a sudden shock. I saw
at one time and in one pile the results
of a night's seining and spearing , and
I think the pile would have aggroirat-
ed close on to nine hunderd pounds
avoirdupois. Fortunately the specula
tor is no longer at his old post nor at
his old tricks , and the trout can there
fore go on spawning undisturbed and
in peace. At present this lovely Iittlts
pondnestled down amid the gi-int peaks
surrounding it. is full to overflowing of
the gamy salmon-trout. They are in
school three and four feet deep , one
above the other , and packed as close
together as fish can conviently be.
These schools extend as far as the eye
can reach.
There are no other kind of fish in tho
lake save salmon-trout , and the num
ber of this species seem to be beyond
conception. There are a great many
more there now than there were two
years ago , and they have virtually
overstocked the lake. They mass them
selves in the small streams tributary to
the lake , evidently for no other pur
pose than the want of room. There
are no larger fish to prey on them , and
so they go on increasing without chock
or hindrance. Where they crowd tip a
stream very thick the leaders often find
themselves pushed into the grass and
reeds , and possibly wriggling around
on dry ground. With a spaJe or
pitchfork thousands could be thrown
out on the shore. An old hunter living
in the neighborhood says when he
wants a raess of fish he
"WHISTLES TO HIS DOG ,
who goes plunging into the water , and
usually brings out one or two in his
mouth. An average of the weight of
the fish in Henry lake would be about
125 trout to the 100 pounds. Of course
they run much larger than this , one
fellow being caught br spearing two
years ago that tipped the beam at 121-2
pounds. From every acre of ground
surrounding Henry lake a ton of grass
could be cut. The soil in places is as
black as coal , and there is no name
for its richness. Game is very plenti
ful , and ducks , geese , white and black
swans fairly swarm about and through
the rushes or hover over the mirror sur
face of this enchanting sheet of water.
Henry lake is rarely the source of
Snake river , which in turn tumbles
into the Columbia , and so finds an out
let to the sea. Snake river , followed
throughout its course , is truly a river
of rapids. For three miles above the
Shoshone falls it flows through immense
caverns with lofty basaltic walls on
each side hundreds of feet high. At
the Twins or Little falls the river is
divided by an island , and the two
streams rush over separate precipices ,
and pitch into a pool 175 feet below.
As viewed from the bluff hundreds of
feet above , the sight is grand ; and as
for looking up from be-low , the gorge
ous panorama is too awful and tremen
dous to describe in words. Five miles
below are the great fulls where the en
tire river descends in one mighty sheel
210 feet. Forty miles further arc the
Solomon's falls. A short distance uc
tho canyon before reaching these falls .
is tho most remarkable sight in Amer
ica. High up on the wall , perhaps two
thousand feet , a river of water gushes
out in one solid stream , and leaps a
cataract into tho torrent below. Jt has
a tremendous volume , and looks like an
immense hose stream shooting out of
the mountain side. From tho high bluffs
following down stream issue numerous
great springs , thu water of which fall
over the rocks , and are lashed into sil
very spray in their descent. The first
of these pours over the cliff in a semi
circular form , and falls over two hun
dred feet. Tho spaces between aro
lined with green moss or shrubs , so
that it presents the appearance of an
immense grotto. As seen from the op
posite side of tho river it is very beauti
ful. The above are only a few of tho
marvels of nature contained in tho
strange country surrounding our great
National park.
Removing Hairs from tho Face.
"The climate of San Francisco must
be very bad for the complexion , " said ,
an Oakland man to his wife on the boat
the other day. "I notice a great many
ladies from San Francisco who go over
two or three times a week to our sido
of the bay , and four out of five of them
seem to be troubled with an eruption
which appears in patches on their
faces. The eruption is confined to tho
cheeks and chins generally , but I saw-
one quite pretty girl the other day with
her upper lip all disfigured in this way.
Look , there is one now. "
"You poor , stupid creattjre , " re
sponded the wife of his bosom , in that
pitying tone used by wives when they
happen to bo possessed of a little ex
clusive information ; "that is not an
eruption. "
"What is it then , small pox ? "
"No ; she has been to her doctor's to
have tho superllous hair removed by
electricity. The San Francisco ladies
< ro over to a doctor in Oakland for
treatment , because they don't want to
be seen going into the offices of thoso
in their own city known as practitioners
of the art. while the Oakland girls go
over to the city. About six out of ten
women are troubled with stipcrflous
hairs on the face or arms , and the pro
cess of plucking them out with a pair
of tweezers two or three times a month ,
is not pleasant. The electric doctor
burns the root of each hair with a
needle through which an electric spark
is sent , and the removal of the hair is
permanent. So when you see a girl
with that eruption on her fa'e you may
know she has been having heV whiskers
removed. Some girls have to shavo
regularly , but that makes the whiskers
grow coarse and stiff like a man's. "
"Yes , I've noticed that often , " said
the husband thoughtlessly.
"When ? Where ? Who is she ? "
And once more the pursuit of knowl
edge caused trouble in the human fam
ily. San Francisco Post.
Ilis Lovely Blue Whiskers.
Oh , but there arc people who mako
foolsof themselves ! When a man sets
out to make himself a fool in the lino
of a park ilirtation he is likely to be
very successful. The Park lounger
over in Allegheny has in his mind's eye-
a stiff-jointed gentleman , in a white
stovepipe hat , who , in the struggle to
give Father Time a black eye. has dyed
his whiskers a gorgeous and peaeocky
Syrian purple. He doubtless meant to
have black whi kers. but the machine
slipped a cog in the dye works he pat
ronized , and his whiskers came out im
Mi. s Cleveland's pet hue , which prom
ises to be fashionable here. This man
walks more miles and makes the least
showing in his efforts to perform tho
feat vulgarly known as masking than ,
any man in Allegheny. Ili attempts
in this line are positively debilitating
to the eye witness. School girls and
sweet sixteens are his especial delight.
But he met with a Waterloo yesterday.
He struck up a flirtation with three
bold young things , and was making
himself agreeable as best he knew how.
Finally the girls wanted to get rid of
him. One addressed him in a low tone
of voice as "Pa. " whereat he colored
up , and laughed feebly at the joke.
This not proving quite petrifyining
enough , another remarked : "What
lovely whiskers yon have got ! Won't
you give me a lock of your whiskers ? "
The old boy was gratified , and wanted
know ' ' . dear ? ' ' The
to : 'Why. my giddy
young thing pushed : ' They are just
: he shade of blue that I want for my
dress. I want , a lock for a sample to
match the color. " The crushed dye
louse sign went out under the shade
of one of the trees which formerly
graced the front of the pcnitentiar-
Jhio street , and when he had fully re
covered he set out for home. Pitts
burgh PosL
Ashamed of Her.
Man ( to wife who justly despises
puns ) "My dear , I saw soniethicg to
day that shocked me very much. *
'
Wife "Tell me abont'it"
Husband "I was standing on the
jtreet when along came a well known
oafer , a regular free lunch fiend. He
topped and would have doubtles spo
ken to me but just then a man rushed ,
ip , seized the loafer and threw him
[ own. Immediately the man who had
hrown the loafer was arrested and
aken to the police court which hap-
oened to be in session , where he was
charged with being an anarchist. "
Wife "An anarchist. "
"Husband "Yes. "
Wife "Why , how could they bring
uch a charge against him ? "
Husband "Because , you see , he had
hrown a bum. "
Wife ( indignantly ) "You miserable
hing , I am a great mind never to speak
o you again.
Husband "Yes , but don't you think ,
t is a pretty good pun ? ' '
Wife "f might have thought so
when my grand-father told it to'me a3
a reminiscence of his early life. If you
want any supper you'll have to cook it
ourself. "
Husband ( crest fallen ) "There you
go. Never saw the like. Why. your
ack of appreciation of American
minor makes me ashamed of you. "
Arkansaw Trader.
