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CHICAGO DEAIHA6E CABAL HOW OTHER CITIES MAY BE AF- FECTED BY THE ENTERPRISE. s"ar racking; rswrsj>'ae* ef f lie Ksirr prl.r It Will Ul.rkarte Itt.oes feble tru r Witter per aeesad It Will fast TwrBir Mullens ef wollan-sesBe lalrrrstlesj a<-U aa4 rigmrrt. Fow people seem to be aware of the magnitude or of the far-reaching consequences of the enterprise upon which Chicago has smberked for the disposition of its sewer-fifth. Daring the last three yean the city has al- ready spent more than ten million dollars in the construction of a canal which U to tarn a portion of the water of the (jreat Lake* along an old glacial outlet into the Mississippi Valley, and carry the sewage with it so diluted that it will not be a menace to the health of the Illinois valley through which it is to Bow. Ten million snore dollars will have to be sp*>nt before the canal is in active operation ; bat the work is prosecuted with loch energy that it* completion is looked for within the next two years. This is not to be a canal with locks to regulate the flow of water, bat an open channel one handred and sixty feel wide at the bottom, and eighteen feet deep, with plan* for deepening it still more in the future. When first opened it is to dis- cha-ge 10,0.0 cubic feet of water per sec- ond, wciuh is about five per cent, of the amount now flowing through Niagara river. The quantity of water to be dis- charged is fixed by the legislator* of the state with a view to promoting the valley of the Illinois from contamination. Wnen the population of the city f hall exceed 3,000,000 the quantity of the discharge is to be increased in proportion to the siosss. The amount of tb original discharge is so great that the eagineen estimate that it will raise the low watermark of the Miss- issippi one foot at St. Louis. Tbs accom- plishing of such AS isORMors BMaJtraiSK U rendered possible by the psculistr physical geography of the Great Lakes. L*ks Michi- gan and Huron are practically on tht same watsr-lsvsl, about 530 fast above the sea, while Laks Kne is only sight feet lower. Lake Superior is an indspsodent basin twsnty feet higher. The basin of the lower three of these lake* is so delicately poised that only four feet of rock and two of gravel at Chicago prevent them from spilling over into the Mississippi vsllsy at high water. The rook bottom of the Niagirm, where it leaves Laks Erie, U only thirty feet lower than the rock shslf which form* the barrier west of Chicago. An elevation of fifty feet at Buffalo, or depression of the sams amount at Chicago, would reverse the the ulterior object of insuring a ship-canal through which toe largest ocean steamers shall reach the port of in* city i* prom- inently kept in view. The completion ef the drainage-canal will mark the practical accomplishment* of that long-cherished dream. The engineen in charge talk freely of diverting IS or 20 per cent, of the water of tne great lake* into the Illinois, so as to give sock continuous volume to both that stream and the Mississippi as to maks both navigable at all times to the largest steamers. Locks are of coarse contemplated to carry ships past the rapids which will be created at various places. If this canal shall be adopted by the United State* as a part of it* system of internal navigation, it seems evident that the general government will be called upon to protect the other interests involved from injury. This will include the maintenance ef ths normal depth of water in ths harbor* of the lower lakes and in the navi- gable channel to which commerce has already adjnstsd itself. International questions may also arise. If it is not adopted as a national waterway, it will be an interesting question whether the ooet of repairing damages can be sssrsssii upon tb* city of Chicago, which is to receive the direct benefit from this diversion of a public woterway. TUB MOM riAMIBLI WAT spoken of to keep the level of the lower lakes op to its normal stage is to store water in Lake Superior during the early partof tne season and let it down in the drier part* of the year, thus equalizing the flow. But this involves unknown interference with vested rights on both the Canadian aod ths American (bores of the lake, which ' would have to be adjusted by an interna- tional commission. Ths level of Lakes Ens and Ontario could be maintained by slightly constricting the outlsts so as to diminish the cross section of the discharging streams. It must be confessed that tb* boldness of the Chicago engineen, and the promptness with which th* city is proceeding to carry oat 'heir plans, are scarcely less swan sublims. In olden times this project of Chicago might easily bavs become the occasion of a war between the east and th* w*et, or between Canada and the United States. But, happily, the age of arbitration hs* already com* and there will be ample time to prepare for tLe remedy ef incidental evils before the eanal shall become a fixed fact : for so vast an the stores of water in the grstt lakes that four or five yean would Up** before the full effect of such a diver- sion ss is contemplated would be felt upon the laks-level. Mill, even the vast reser- voirs of the great lakes are not sxhanet lees ; and now is the time to forecast the results of such a far-reaching interference with the natural waterways ss the Chicago canal will be when, a fsw year* hence, it is in full operation. It certainly is remarkable that tne solution ef a most difficult problem in disposing of a city'* sewage should reader financially practicable one of the boldest scheme* for th* improvement of internal navigation which havs sver been entertain- ed by engineer* anywhere in the world. SMUGGLED IN WALKING CANES. ar L'silte4 lairs Csutesm* *)B>rr. The United State* Customs officials in Montreal have made some startling dis- oovenee, whian will cause arrests and a sensation among the smugglers of phen. acetin and aulfonal not only in Montreal, but also in Toronto, New York and Boston. During the past year the authorities at Washington and elsewhere have known that vast quantities of the drugs referred to have been, and are now, smuggled through from Montreal to Boston. Special officer* were sent from the headquartars of the U. S. Customs Department to trace if possible the gang operating, bat without avail. The local officers wen tn the alert and hate succeeded in getting " the inside track" of what promises to givs startling disclosures in the coarse of a few days. The head-quarters of the leader of the GRAINS OF GOLD The true life of man i* in society. Simnu. The deeper the sorrow the less tongae It haa. Talmud. Justice ii the ,zreat interest of man on earth. Daniel Webster. Shun the inquisitive, for yon will be sure to find him leaky. Horace. What morality requires true statemau- ihip should accept. Burks. Strive to do thy doty ; then suelt tbon know what is in thee . Goethe. Great mistakes are often made like great cables, from a multitude of strands. Hugo Good intention will no more ouike a truth than s good mark will maks a good shot. Sp ursiowe . The men of action ars, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of thought. Heine. In the work* of man, as in tboss of La- tare, it is the intention which is ehisfiy worth studying. Goeths. gang has been located in tbs East End of Montreal and he is now under the surveillance of a Secret Service officer, who, when the trap is ready to spring on the gang, will be arr-*ted. He is watched night and. day. Phenauetin and lulfonai an two expen- sive * isrman drugs on which then is a very heavy duty wheu imported into the United '. ""!'<* ' .St*t. In Montreal it can be purchased * od. -U Spring in large lota, at 32 cents aod 4A ceals per ounce respectively. In the United it is sold, in the sams quantities, at dollar per ounce. THIS HAVES A PEOTTT Infamy is whose it is received. If thou art a mud waif, it will stick ; it marble, it will rebound. Qnarles. No man ever did a designed injury le another, but at th* same tune he did greater to himself. Home. Sell-denial i* the result of a cairn, de- liberate, invincible attachment to the high- FIGHTING FISH. Two ef Tawam r*e,la*l In a n.uie Exrlieal le I izki drainage and make the four lake* tributary _, to tb* Mississippi. What nature could do I Th Lo don F td t 1U Bow fi fl n * so easii) the snginesn of Chicago an le do in part by ths expenditure of the vast turns put kt their service by the oily. This plan for ths disposal of Chicago's sewage has been devised by the city aad the state without formal oonsnl r e.tion with other parties whoee interests may be affect- ed by it. U seems assumed that, since the canal is wholly within ths territory ef Illinois, it is not necessary to consider the othsr interests involved. But th* cities along ths lowsr lakes are just beginning to be aroused to a consideration of the possible effect of this scheme upon the level of the lakes, and upon the depth of the water in their harbors, and in th* channels which have been deepened at gnat expense to facilitate commerce to their ports. The Cleveland Chamber of Commerce has just petitioned the secretary of war to investi- gate the matter at once, and ascertain what effect the canal will really bavs, so that proper measures may be instituted fvr the protection of all Till IXTBMSn AT 3TAKB. In responss to this action of the Cleveland Chamber of Com wierce, other cities oo the lakes havs joined in ths requeet, so that public attention will be occupied with the question to a large extent for some years to corns. A few words, therefore, with refer- ence to tbs element* involved will not be amiss. Ths total drainage area of the four up- per lakes is '2.">0,00(' square miles, with a rainfall of about thirty-one inchee. If we reckon that from 33 to 40 per cent, of this is now discharged through Niagexi River (whioh is a liberal estimate), it would make the amount to be about 200,000 cubic feet per second. This accords very closely with the estimate made by Major Ruflnsr, the United States engineer in charge of the survey of the lower part or Lake Kris. In 1893 he was set to gauge tbs flow at Black Rock, near the he**) of Niagara River. As a result of this investigation he concluded that the average discharge of the river was a little ever 'JOO.OOO cubic feet per second. It is not, however, an easy matter to deter- mine how n-.uch the diversion of 10,000 cubic feet, or five per cent, will reduce the level of the discharging stream ami so of th* lake. As the channel at Black Rock i* only about 2,000 feet wide and twenty feet deep. Major RuTner estimated that the diversion of 5 per cent, of the water flowing into Lacs Kris will probably reduce its level nine inches. The Chicsgn engineers, baling their calculations on earlier and less perfect data, have been reckoning on a lowering of the level of from three to five inches only. But in visw of the hallow- ness of all the harbor* on Lake Kne, and of the fact that the United State* ha* bat just completed it* work of deepening the navigable channel two feet at a*cost of $2.000,000, sven the lesser estimate is by no means AN INSIUNtril ANT ITEM. Especially does this appear in view of the future increase of the amount of the i*icba,-gt upon the growth of the city to it* possible extent. --- ^. Furthermore, it should be kep* 'n mind tlmt while the tax levy upon Chicago ra made upon ths substantial ground of pro- moting tb* sanitary interests i . ths ci;y. in Siam : Ths two fish are placed in a bot- tle. They proceed to take each other's measun, shouldsr op to each other in schoolboy fashion, and back and push round ths " ring,'' tn* small fins vibrating rapidly all the time, and each little being quivering with excitement and wrath. This goes on for some minutes, until, ae th* spectators are growing impatient, one fish suddenly flips his head round, makes s dart, and a considerable dent .u hi* adver- of $78.50 on veryfivspoundsthe smufgleri succeeded in getting safely " across the lines." The men at the head of '.he gang are wealthy, having accumulated all their riches by the smuggling of these two drugs. Naturally thsrs is a wide field for the smugglers to " work" and they gsl orders for more than they can, with safety, get across, so every day they grew bolder and invent new schemes to get the drugs through. The most ingenious yet tried is the one just brought to light, by the Cus- toms officers, and which ths smuggler* ar* saved the troubls sad enxwty of long roundabout trips in order to evade the officers. The uew scheme is to drill out thick walking sticks and umbnlia nandles, leaving merely s shell. The drug* ar* then packed into th* hollows and the tops neatly replaced, defying detection. In some of those oak sticks as much as five pounds of snlfeaal have been packed. By this new process hundreds ef pounds of the dru<is have been ssfsly taken into Uncle Sam'* territory and disposed of daring th* past month. Recently special agents from tiilis seised a large quantity ef the drugs at Vanosboro'. Ms. AS IT IS DONE IN CHINA. Chine** aa4 British wrikjosU el w*llnle When a British sditor reject* your manu- script he does it either by means of a curt "declined with thanks" or else sends you a printed slip on which he present* his oom- plimsnts, which you don't want, and regrets that hs cannot grant yon what you do; thai is an opportunity of seeing yourself in print. But when a Chinese sditor finds that your article or poem or rory isn't worth the pape r that it is writtsn upon he sends you a letter like this a model that might well be copied in Knghsh newspaper office* : " Illustrious brother of ths sun and moon: Behold thy servant prostrate before i thy feet. I bow to thee and beg that of thy graciousness '.huu mayst grant that I aary's tail show* at once that he has got j may .peak aad lire. Thy honored menu borne. Henceforth there is no hesitation until on* or ths other cries peccavi. In regular fish tights the battle is continued until one fish turns tail and is ciias-.l round the bottle by the other. But this is usually an affair of an hour, and fre- quently of three or four. The pluck and determination of the fighters an wonder- ful. Ths ordinary stream tih do not evince nearly so much ss tboee that have been bred and i eared tot the purpose. The tail is ths part which shows most damage, for it is vsry easily torn, but a good grip on a side tin is more effsctive. W hen one pins the othsr by ths nose a very exciting strug gle take* place, th* two lying fastened together like professional wnsllen, and then shaking each other backward and forward with might and main. Th*y often seem extremely exhausted, but still fight OL bravely, and sometimes it is a natter of difficulty to part them. They display considerable agility in evading their opponent's mouth, and also in suddenly twisting round and taking a piece out of bis taiL In twenty n mutes or so the** append- age*, which looked so brave and bright ss they want into th* tray, are torn to ribbons. The fish's general appearance a'ter the fight agge*t that of a sailing *hip (merging from a hot action, with her canvas hanging in streamers, her topmast* shot away, ana her crew gasping for breath, but f till ready to fight again. The combatants sometimes suovamb to a long coolest, but generally they only take superficial damage, and ate Immediately ready 10 feed. After a match they ar* always rested for a week or longvr, according to the extent of their injuries, aii>l most of the rents and outs are repaired by nature. The New Woman Again. Mrs. Brown It'* funny, but I meet you whenver you go. Mrs. White Yes, faut is, my husband ie right in ths midst of hi* houieclesuing, and 1 am willing to go any w hers to escape from the atmosphere of (capsuds and deluge* of hot water. I really believe he i* crazy on the subject of bouseclsauing. Mrs. Brown That'* just tli* way with Mr. BIOWD. Its perfectly awful ; I haven't been near the house for a week. Came Into It Soon. A grouty old geut',em*n, after making his will, ca led hi* se; vma-man. and remark*!: Michael, I've left you in my will all the impudence I possess. Michael Faith, I'm glad to see that by your guero*ily I inherit the ^rsater part 4>f vour estate. Well, well. Michael, you've eosn* into your inheritance remarkably script had deigned to oast the light of it* august oonnteuance U[on me. With rap- ture* I have perused it. By the bones of my ancestor* n*v*r have 1 encountered such wit, such pathos, *uch lofty thought. With fear and trembling I nturn the writing Wen I to publish the treasure you srnt me the emperor would order that it should be mad* th* standard and that ions be published except such as equalled t. Knowing literature as I do, aad that t would be impissibls in 10,tJ<>i year* to equal what you hav* done, I send your writing back. Ten thousand time* I crave your pardon. Behold, my head is at your feet. Do what you will. Your servant's servant, THE EDITOR. It would be a positive pleasure to receive >ack njected communications if they were Moompanied by such letters a* this. The ngenuity of the excuse for returning this Tlicular manutcripl is quits beyond all praise. It is no less than a stroke of gen- Japan s Learned Soldiers- It appear* that notebooks an quite com- mon in the Japanese army among both soldiers and coolies. They keep regular diaries, and take copious notes of every- thing they see. "It is surprising," write* war correspondent to the China Mail, what a lot they know about the great West. Several of them talk intelligently of Sprtaus and Penisns. Napoleon and his march to Moscow, and sven com; are the abolition of feudalism in Kngland aod Japau. They fully understand all that is n-.plied in the contrast between old- fashioned hand-to-hand warfare and modern iong-rane mtii-i-uvree ; and thsy speak scornfully of the Chinese tactics at Pmg- Yaug, in trying cavalry charges against massed bodies o: riflemen without first . their machine gun*, as the French at V*trioo d>d tl'Sir field p:*<.e, to throw tb* ranks in d'sorder. All thin from the Javanese must b surprising to Europe IDS, because we progress is ers do not greatr know them. Thsir nnd more real than He Would Suit Can you cook, knit and do plain sewing, dear? said the Kmanoipated Young Wo- man to t he luvsiy young man upon whom she had been l>. MOWHI* rter attentions. Yes, wan the linn i reply. Then he mine ! exclaimed the impetu- ous lovr. Man is ths merriest, the most joyous of all th* species of creation. Above and below him all are serious. Addison. He fancies himself enlightened because he sees the deficiences of others ; he is ignorant because he has never reflected on his own. Bulwer. Milton ha* carefully marked, in his Satan, ths intense selfishness which would rathe*, reign in hell than serve in heaven Coleridge. I have played the fool, tbs gross fool, to believe the bosom of a friend would hold a SOB ret mine own could not contain. aesinger. Till then hast conquered thyself thou art tat a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to mother's appetite a* to thine own. Burton. WHISKEY IN KHAMAS COUNTRY. I fan *! wla *)we **! Heeer, kai Ike Wkllea iilvr nia> Treeble. King Khama of the Bamangwatos, Sooth Africa, has long seen known for his anti- pathy to liqaor dealen. Perhaps then is no other country where liqaor is so n gor- msly excluded. Kha>ms make* all his own law*, and hs endeavors to hav* th* punishment fit tht crime; and ss tne drink habit, tn his opinion, is a crime littls lees heinous than murder, it goes hard with the onfortonate subject who is seen to be un- steady on his isgs or is caught with a surreptitious whiskey botll*. Of late years, tiowever, ths King has been having a great T HE EDITOH'S EXPERIENCE A Sufferer For Several Years From Acute Dyspepsia reed MMmseel Mla> <1 II Bexae l Have WeakeBiBsj l.iTrri ih* ea.rt MM? Bcaweeltsa lailf .1 ate'ere a re Was I.BMd. From the Canaoe, N. 3.. Brreae. While newspaper men are ciie<l upon lu tneir capacity MI publishers to print from w*ek to week word* of prais* spoken lu fivor of proprietary medicines, it u not often that Uie editor himself feels it hi* duty to lay a good word on behalf of toy of ihsse preparations. And yet if a newspaper man ha* actually found benefit from the n*e of a proprie- tary medicine, why should he not make it known to hu reader*, and thue per haps point put to some of then toe) road to renewed health. The editor of the Breese beheveo it bit doty to say a few wordi of praiee in favor of a remedy that hae proved an inestimable boon to him, and to lay them without any solicitation on the part of the proprietor! of the medicine, who, at a matter of fact, bad no reason to know thai he was ailing or wae using their medicine. For sevsral yean the editor of the Breeae had been subject U tht distressing complaint, dyspepsia, and only thoee who have been similarly troubl- { ed can know how much mieery thji troucle ' on tain. He had bat very little appetite, and what he did eat caused an unpleaeanf feelinc of fullness, and made him reel Ian- I gnid and heavy, often causing intense pain I in the itomacb only relieved by vomiting np the food which he bad utken. He wa* I also tronbled with palpitation of the heart, I brought on no loubt by the dyspepsia. I Numerous remedies alleged to core dyspep- | tia were tried, but without (access, an<i las I trouble was approachicg a chrome late. 1 At the suggestion of a friend Dr. William* r*fnk Pilli were tried and relief toon follow- ed their ute.and after a few bozos bad been taken the editor was able to assert positi- vely that he had been cured of his dyspepela by this remedy that has proved o great a blessing to mankind. To any one troubled with thii compiamt he would strongly recommend Dr. Wi.l.ams Pink Pills. To newspaper men particularly they will be found juit the thing to impart health and vigor to the whole system and enable* sm to pursuo thair work free from that tired, despondent feeling so pen alsnt among the craft. The editor of the Breeze firmly believes that what they have done for him they will do for others, and he give* them his hearty and sjisolicited sndoriatlun Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are an unfailing cure for all troubles resulting from poverty of the blood or shattered nerves, an.i when riven a fair trial they never fail in oases like that above related. Sold by all dee ers or sent postpaid at 50 cent* a box or A boxes for $2. no, by addressing the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Out., Schenectady, N*. Y. See that tne registered trade mark is on all packages. deal of '.rouble Hook into hi* ith the country, inlerfrreDce witu their hit* men who and ins st that potations is an infringement of their rights. A short time ago Khama, who is gelling well along in lite, paid a visit to Cape Town and mads his first acquaintance with a railroad, a steamship, the sea, and other wonderful thing*. While in th* capital he received a deputation from the various temperance societies, and to these kindred spirits be poured out his grievance*. His language snows lhat he doee not approve of all feature) of the "higher emulation." "I rejoice greatly in your word*, my friends. I hav* no difficulty in keeping liquor from my own people, but my difficul- ty is that tne white people will have liquor, and I do not know how I am to succeed in oairying out the law. 1 have been almo*t in despair on Ui subject on account of this; but, so far a* my own people ar* concern- sd, I nsver will give in. I began when I was quite a boy, and determined that I would have nothing to do with liqaor ; and one of my mduaas present, who is an older mvseli. is one of those who have supported ms in this matter ; and I have others who an faithful to me, and who are doing their vry utmost to assist me in the entire prohibition o* liqaor in or.r country. The one difficulty is that we have white Mople there who have another (j.ivernment, and I cannot control them. I fee', that I hall go back much stronger, and greatly cheered and comforted by your word*." Laces In English Palaces. The Princess of Wales has just made her daughter-in-law a very handsome present namely, three flounces of mo*t mig- mficenl old Kngli*h point lac*, said to be wortb something in four figures._Some lace, of coarse, u a* valuable as precious stone* old Venetian point, point d'Alencon, the best English point, and other*. Now, it ID very wsll knovnto the intimates of Murlbor- ough Honss that the Princess of Wales, who has alwsy* been on* of '.he best dressvi women in Knrope, always keeping within the fashion, though never countenancing eccentricity, has ons cherished hobby in the direction r.f dns* a gnat iou.ineo for collecting lace, of which her Ro\a. Highness has a great number of specimens of extreme beauty, value and rarity, on \ equaled by the collection poetesaed by tn.- Queen, who ! also a great connoisseur u; the same expensive and beautiful fabric* It M said that the Princess of Wales' cu lection of 'ace is worth in actual mom-} over 30,000 while, if "associati'itta" an also taken in'" consideration, some of the more historic pieces ar*,oi'oour**,v But in historical laces, of counv, tn Queen beau the Princess, for her M*js'\ some magnificent lacea, the |<rou irty of former sovereigns, some .-: the mof Iwautiful baring belonged to Katherinf ... Aragon. She Knew Him He will turn the lul-lvson >ou if you ar not careful, said out woman to another. who wa* berating i,e: 'is >u>.l. Turn rolling, an* ic ,-.nne,l, he'ssolayy he wouldn't turn a table if it was on ro lers. Unlucky Number. '1 ain't a inpentitious man," said Hiraai Berry to a friend, u they worked together n the field, "but onct in a whiie it dees oom* on you kinder convmcin' that signs come trus. I'm reminded of one ter'bie certain case np to our bouse." "Yon ain't seen ooihin' spiritual, I hope," said the other man, pausing in wide-eyed expectancy. Yes, ws cal'late we nev had a real case, not 'zectly tpiritual, no, but convincing." Feeling that his bearer's appetite was sufficiently whetted, Hiram went on : "One day last week Mary was going over to her mother 's to set a spell with her an' so she kinder purpoeed to stand us od the noon meat "She didn't gtt oothin' for a niisher, but just warmed up some fish an' potatoes, so's to git it easy. Long 'bout 'ievsn o'clock Aaron'* folks com* over, kind of unexpected, an' as they kep" a-settin' an' didn t make any motion to go, she asked 'em all to draw up an' hsv a bite. There's seven of as an' five of them, with the children, an' we bed to dish oat the meal with ooosider'ble caution. Kact is, I bed to divide an' sub- er more than I've done sence I need to rigger in school. "Jest as we bad settled down comf 'table, in come Nt-hemiah, lookin' as thin an' hungYy a* a b'ar in the spring. He drew right up to the table. I say table, because there wa'n't nothm else left. Mary fell it pretty keen. 'I tell you says she. 'it's un- lucky ' hsv thirteen to a table especially if there'* only enough food on it for twelve,' An' lookin' at it all ways.it'* on* sign I hev a toler'ble good faith in. The circumstance was convmcin'." Nice Army to Fight With. In a letter from an English officer employ- ed in the Chinese army he says : "Since I rive been here I have had no regular Ap- pointment to any Chinese force, and I have had no pay, only a few hundred acilars for expenses. 1 have had three rib* broken, in blown about ten yard* into the air i had all my men deserl me on every }oe*ibie occasion. 1 omnot run fast, enough u keep up with the lighting line, and np o now they have shown no disposition le wail fur me. A nice army, tnia. to go Anting wilh !" The Chinese prisoner* at Tokio are, by Lite way, fud by con racl. Tn* price is lometiiing under one-half a cent a head per i,ain, but tlien you can get c->ui lerabl* MC* in Jup*n for naif a cent. For twenty-fi /e years DUNNS BAKING POWDER THECQQK'SBESTFRiEND LiK<a:sr*i' L i\ MM;, i.