| Show I 1 10 R I 1 al LS S 1 I THE ENGLISH nou non hn u RUNNEL TUNNEL AF AFTER aeter ph lying Y rig still ar awhile h e th e ap leation esti ag ot of boring a tunnel rail rall way purposes under the eng joannel Jb annel annei to connect england and rr a n e aby by a co continuous railway mitis mists meome neome up again some ago money was readily raised to idal lip approach pits on both shores frio 1110 td the chalk bed and to make half mile driftway under the ocean t atan an estimated cost of much of it having been advanced advance by the railroad lines in those coun tries tries the iio engineers report that the late submarine survey purvey con barms firms the idea of t the existence of v continuous chalk bed beti acress the channel and consequently they regard the enterprise as entirely practicable they have even lu 19 caled the spots lor driving the trial I 1 shafts and they design tu to vigorously prose prote prosecute cute the work une enu ihu governments of the tho two coun tri tries es give the company the right to make and uso usi us i luu tue tunnel but nothing more at present it is estimated that four years and aud 4 will be necessary necea sary to construct aud and complete the tunnel but thebe these may bu underestimates us as work has ever been dolie done in the history of the world and hindrances and aud obstacles unexpected may be met with in tao the pro gress atho undertaking bat blit the absing aising of the money ia is regarded aa at the most must difficult part of tho enterprise ter ler prise irise there seems beems to be no particular t necessity for this tunnel the tue beal beat that can call be said of it is its that it win kiil save time tian transfer and breaking of bulk in communication between the two countries count nes ned but a large bLe anler Anier upon the surface of the tue ocean would be infinitely preferable to most people as a means moans of crossing cros ning ming from one of thom countries to the other the shores aru arc dis did taul lant about twenty miles or something like the distance between this t pur of tile tha mountains houth bouth kouth dividing this valley irom irum utah valley if an as probably was once the case this valley were part tofa of a great ihland inland bea hea and any per son in this city wanted to geu get to ehe ite dividing line between this thia valley and utah valley which mode 1 of l transit would ho he be likely to prefer if it both were at command to 10 make the trip in an hour or an L chour bo and a halt in ju a well appointed i steamship or to take the cars and deve into the bowels of the earth tunnel for the same time with neither landscape nor i seascape to admire all the way and unit the fresh frish fri sh air none 00 too oo j 1 I dan dail dau t perhaps ilot riot one person ia five fise hundred would take the submarine route at least not more than once aad and then only out of curiosity bu so with this english french tunnel alide the channell channels channel when built the I probability is that travelers will prefer the over oversea sea route st hilding the chaice of a brief spell vf 0 f sickness ess by the peculiar chopping w geas gear seas of that part ot of the world it ft such would be lie the result the tun Yun tunnel would have to to be used chiefly for freight THE PAN ran presbyterian tu COUNCIL eor FOR OR a week past a grand conclave of representatives of the presbyterian church and all branches of it the calvinistic Calvani faith has been holding its sessions in the ancient and learned city burgh delegates from the chief b parts paris of the world to the number of three hundred have assembled as presbyterian council thu she the preliminary co council A nuell at 1 which the recent assembly was determined upon convened at london in 1875 the grand Vo council unell uncil is to be held every three years and its object is to unit unite e the different forces and varieties f e s of calvinistic presbyter to discus ft the best beat ways amt ami means vor fur the assistance ut of church esthe use of the plebs piet x uie wie of foreign missions miNsio ii 1 thu the of i aniol to infidelity anul anil roula Rould ulam the thu telegraphic reports odthe of the been tery very imea gre bul but bubl we know that the council arwas was wag duly opened on theard the ard last lust in the kirk or cathedral of st gides in the heart of the old downia spot which for a thousand years pars Y has bas been sacred to the scotch vot votaries aries arles of the christian faith and aud cl closed aked yesterday ay wi with 0 an ad ti queen victoria victor la the opening discourse on chrisi christan chrisitan tan itan unity was delivered by rev bev dr flint film who took for his text that portion of the thy saviours Savi ours pray kiaer er just prior to his hia capture and death in it which seafka he asks the father that a all ali 11 his disei disciples ples pies might become one the learned doctor advocated unity of effort for certain objects but considered uniformity of worship impossible and undesirable I 1 if f rhe rho church he be contended jike like government overn ments must accommodate itself itself to different people 11 but a friendly spirit should pervade all churches and it was the object of or the to promote this other noted declared that it was nt the object of lne the As tu effect auy any organic outdo union of the various branches of the thu fres frea by terlan terian church but to unite them in spirit tile desire of christian divines for a union of enn eff orty orts and the suppression of that division and contention which prevail among them thum m and their congregations is laudable but in hi view of the lack jack of knowledge and the utter absence of divi tits titi which w blab bich the they 3 plainly exhibit atty any permanent amalgamation of their incompatible elements is certainly when their aie ate merely i their a lurch libua aru aro various in iti form and add con and their dib dir delpline is subject to the popular wian wish how ho v much union can be bes expected either in it or in act action joll loLi church ja is oue pue he ia Is it its 8 nead head in heaven aud and he mutt in pirth t its ita visible wead head ht ad oft oil on earth or it cannot be his church if he dictates its loam constitution due trine spirit and effects they must be the same in all jand jund und and among all nations alid and they annul annot be altered to buit bult the whims or fancies fati fail cles cies of the people all ail churches which have not nut this and power are the churches of men and their councils and con fere vicer and ase m blies bilea to effect union unon only in greater disunion dis union aud and serve to show the utter abs absence elile etiLe 0 or divinity and authority in their schemes devi devices ees utterances san wan and d conclusions christ Chr isla iala 28 church is 19 one mens chur churchs chus are various AN ONO 10 1 A prediction says bays the heathen bathe shall tabt t tast cast ast abt their idols to the moles and the bats an in dian than Princ ehas recently recently Y shattered his gods BO so completely that there is scarcely scarce y a piece of them left to cast at anything rum Bath nath adars queen became frightfully disfigured with smallpox in spite of the skill of f the doctors alid arid frequent sacrifices to the deities after cutting off the ears and noses of the doctors the disgusted prince ranged heavy artillery before the images in the temple pleat at nepaul and BO so thoroughly demolished them that all the kings binges horses hordes and aud all the kings binges men could not put those false gods goda a in their places again H he e curbed cursed d them as well as the physicians and treated theril them to a six hours cannonade fie he had lavished upon them twelve thousand koals goals about a ton of sweetmeats sweet meats and two huou sand gallons of milk and yet they had not responded to his simple request that his queen should be saved from thi thim is the age ot of and there thorn i ia Is plenty of work wark to be done dune rum hum anti and the rest of the hea their are faro not greater idol idolaters aters than many christian tolk but the soulier they ca loose irom the this objects of their unlawful worship the better for all the idols of all the nations of whatever form material spiritual or imaginary are doomed to the fate ef the gods at nepaul JS epaul th the old men and he the maidi en ens eni shall dejoice h it he the danee 11 this till S was waa tul ful tilled at toledo To leilo 4 he lie ili itier other Iti tr isy liy day at 34 golden goiden et 1 d i s g ulie ulle lile 11 19 dat rat father her had hud li 6 with tile tie old fellows gortat great great granddaughter age aged d sixteen MORMONISM AND MEXICO tim THE san frant frint francisco franeisco isco chronicle has hag the following which may be bp true in regard io to the tho sen sentiments tinie 1 is and nd condition of the mexicans and correct as to the industry and sobriety of the mormons Mor mons but is most likely an invention so far as the purchase of t tracts of land jand is concerned three months ago a wealthy joor mormon mon mou called at the office of the mexican coup consulate in th thib this is city for the purpose of procuring 9 bufunna tion tiou in regard to laud and lud ind land iud titles jn in mexico as be he mas was en youfe for thal thai country and intended slug Jar far farming ruing ann anil grazing tracts in the state of sinaloa or durango Du receiving the intelli in tell teli gence genie needed he be started for maz blitz atlan taking with him letters of introduction to prominent cans upon arrival there mur manlike mon mou ilke like he immediately proceeded to bobinets bubi buhi nets s and was successful in in huing haing ing large bodies of laud land in both the the fhe states slates mentioned the gentleman resumed by the last steamer r and on the ath dinst departed for lor salt bait lake city to make a re report por to the she mormon authorities vr parties tie tle who con cou conversed versed with him aray fray y that bhat he be la Is highly pleased with mexico mt and that he gesya the tierra or temperate zone of that country where tile the cormons mormons intend tu to locate is a perfect paradise tae nral mormon colony has al leady neau reau reached lied hermosillo the principal efty city of sonora bonora nn on its way to 10 fomo denned point beyond them thew I 1 is now a chain of murmon mormon settlements ettle ettie ments extending from utah through into mexico A reporter called upon a prominent mexican yesterday yest erda abobo opinion upon the mormon hegira tu to mexico will interest the as he is undoubted doubled ly y hu he said baid saldie he the themert mexicans vt ouid gladly welcome the moi Mui mons muns as me tile latter were sober and industrious and would rapidly develop the immense resources of the cou cuu country coultry all the intelligent and cultured mexicans were free thi thinkers I 1 long ago discarded eli eil ell giotis prejudices hence the ruling powers uld nut not care what the saluta believed as its to religious matters As to polygamy he ho thought the mexican men meu would not ob object j act 0 it the women would rebel against again st such doctrines but they might be won over as were anglo saxon women who are the most advocates of mormonism rhe ahe leaven of protestantism which has strongly permeated mexico will a nid aid 1 id the ther cormons mormons alor Mor mons motis as it has already broken open a road into the very heart of the republic fhe rhe chroniclers informant stated that the proportion of the tha sexes in that republic was abou teven males to tn ten jemale lemale sand r relative agair figures ea s 1 on the part of the latter were increasing yearly owing to continued revolution revolutions and the more exposed and dangerous occupations of eile the men the of polygamy would undoubtedly seize upon these facts to furth further er their schemes the mexicans anxiously desired population and prosperity and the tho mormons cormons promised to bri bring 69 th so 80 two requisites to the coun country fry iry they would largely intermarry with with the mexican women and the of such unions would become in par the future ruler rulers of the country the mexicans hagemo have bave no obit object c tion to an influx of ang lu sa saxon bakon X on blood in fact rather like it if not forced upon thum them at the point ot of the bayonet hundreds Hun dreda of ame awe allenn algeni ricans I 1 englishmen and germans are married to mexican wo worn enand the unions have in a majority of cases been happy and blessed with large families so far as experience goes the women of that country like to marry foreigners and it Is the universal testimony ony that they make excellent wives monogamy is the only marital condition of the exes sexes by the laws of the how the government would deal with open ouen and establish ed polygamy is a question of the future mexican public opinion in such matters is 14 very liberal the views herein given were very freely ex expressed pr m e d by the gentleman interviewed v w 6 d I 1 an eastern exchange says gilece has eone gone into the greenback bek business passed a legal legai ten ur law 11 it ouid would be morena morona more n lional bo bolever wever instead of calling them greenbacks green backs to mention them as greece e spots HALD HARD TIMES every SVERY everywhere WHERE AN eastern paper talks of the prevailing dep depression of business in the following saddening style never since the battle of waterloo which was the close of a struggle that exhausted civilized nations sunne suffered red with such a ft depression of business as at present when hard times came before they visited not more than one or two colln cotin countries tries in the same year ear leaving others to enjoy the usual us ual or perhaps an exceptional prosperity but buk now the complaints are universal france runners ruff puff ers era least because oe ie cause especially for the last six years the french have been exceedingly cee ly economical the belgians their neighbors are in a deplorable plo rable condition perhaps even worse than ehat ebat of the germans ind industry astry is paralyzed zed in russia and turkey by the fear of or war austria has haa not recovered from the coll coil collapse apte that occurred four years ago canada is full of ot bankruptcy and confusion and in the united states north and Sout south bon hon on the atlantic and pacific sides odes many ninny of the leading industries are paralyzed great britain V the carrier and middleman of the civilized nations butlers with their commercial dal dai all ali anu ann manufacturing dim Olm oldsters disasters |
