A " Falls Route" At Last

There never yet has been, aocurately speaking, a Niágara Falla route between the east and the west. There never yet has been a route by which the man from Kalamazoo, going back to see the folk " deown in Maine," could get a fair look at Niágara Falla from his train. We select the man Kalamazoo for an illustration, not because we have any ill-will for theOem City of Michigan; but beoause that euphoniously-named crosa-roads happens to be situated on the Michigan Central railroad. The Michigan Central is not the only road that has advertised all these years - ever since the Suspension Bridge was opened - to be the great and only Niágara Falla route. The public - up around Kalamazoo and Oshkosh, and thereabouts - is a oonfiding public. It buys its tickets for its annual eastern trip " by the great Niágara Falls route," and starts for the east in happy antioipation of a view of the falls that hall equal the pictures and descriptions which adorn the schedules of " the great Niágara Falls route." But, when it gets to Niágara Bi ver, and finds that the only view of the falls it has is a most unsatiafactory glimpse from a point a mile and a half down steam, little wonder that it feels its confidence has been abused, and that it comes to a unonunous verdict that Niágara Falla ain'tn no great ahakes anyhow. But at last- this very day- the Michigan Central railroad company opens a through east and west route which is honestly a Niágara Falls route, and which gives the tourist suoh full and leisurely opportunities to see Niágara Fal'-s- without once leaving his seat- that a generous public may well accept the new pruvisions as ampie atonement for all provious shortcomings. By the new route the traveler is not simply given a distant and obscure view of the falls. He is taken down the river on the New York side. From Buffalo to Tonawanda he rides, much of the way, along the ïiver bank, and can study the force and sweep of the great current. Then, as he rides along, he has a full view of the two great arms of the river that encompass Grand Island. Just before he reaches Niágara Falls village he can see the tirst break of the river into the upper rapids. He crosses the stream by the new cantilever bridge, and has a general view of the falls which ia better than that heretofore obtained from the old bridge, because it is a nearer view. Then he skirts alnng above the Canadian bank until "Falls View" is reached. This point of observation has heretofore been reached only by the Niágara City branch of the Canada Southern. It has not been on the east and west route at all. Now all through trains stop at " Falls View," which is really one of the finest views of the falls anywhere to be had. Certainly such a route may be honestly called a " Niapara Falls route," and the traveling public cannot be long in finding out the genuineness of its attractions. It only remains to add that by the new route, opened to-day, no through Michigan Central trains go directly east from the falls, but come to Buffalo, thus seouring the advantage of all the city connections, and at the same time making fast schedule time on the through route.- [Buffalo Express, Sunday, Feb. 17th. Hebe is a temperance lecture in a nutshell; Two of the handsomest andbrightest young men that have grown up in the capital city of Kentucky since the war were Thomas Ciïttenden, grandson of the great and good John J. Crittenden, and James Arnold, son of Kev. Isaac Arnold. With physiques lithe and ainewy as the thoroughbred horse of that bluegrass región, with the heritage of honored names and wealth that was lavished upon their schooling, these two young men and bosom friends might have climbed to any position of honor among a people who love to bestow honors upon robust men of courage and culture. But Torn Crittenden and Jim Arnold early took to drink, in a town that boasts the manufacture of the finest whisky in the world, and introduced the breezy affluence of fmntier dash into the very proper society of a staid old village In a word, they painted the town a sunset red, and finally made it too hot to hold them. Arnold dnfted west and becanae the prinoe of rowboya. Crittenden went to Louisville and took leadership among bar-room broilers. Arnold, while driving cattle on one of the western trails, n company with a degenerate aon of Lord Paget, was shot nd killed by negro. Crittenden killed a negro for teat f y ing against him at a miademeanor ■rial before a country magistrate, and has just been sentenced to conflnement in the Kentucky penitentiary for eight years. Both leave behind them honorable fathers and loving, but heart-bioken mothere. Arnold left a tenderer tie than that of father or mother, and a not leas tenacious. Whisky wrecked all these lives - [News-Joarnal. Cincinnati should have a hanging festival, for in the past 18 years over a hundred murders have been committed in Hamilton county and only one murderer paid the penalty with his life. In commenting on the subject the NewsJournal says Ohio led all the states in the number of murders laat year, and yet the party in power at that time can find no better issue upon which to get back into power than the charge that the southern states do not punish murderers. Hmging, like charity, ought to begin at home. The pleuro-pneumonia bill which passed the house last week provides for a bureau of animal mdustry, to be organized by the commissioner of agriculture, with a chief whose duty it shall be to report the number, value and condition of domestio animáis in the United States, the causes of contagious diseases among them, and how to cure or prevent such diseases. He may appoint two agents to report upon treating, transporting, or caring for animáis, and th means for extirpating pleuro-pneumonia. The bill prohibite the transportation from one state to another of animáis af fected with any contagious disease, and appropriates $250,000 to carry its provisions into effect. The sooner the real Irísh patriota take j hold of the dynimite ruffians the better it will be. Thia buaiueaa does not help Ireland; it does her cause infinite injury, depri ves it of sympathy; and it will surely result in some terrible outcome in England, while the damage it can do England at the worst is infinitesimal. Wht is it that qo loud and prolonged howl is made about the most serious disturbance that has ocourred in any of the southern states for five years? The Hot Springa affair ia the moat lawlesaly disgraceful reponed from that quarter for many a day. And yet our esteemed bloody shirt contemporánea are not on deck pointing out two oivilizations, suggesting the necesaity for national interferentie, or swearing that the republio oan not proceed unleas the national arm shall take a hand, aa it were, in the business. On the contrary, they aeem well enough content to let this matter work itself out, leaving the reault to time and social progresa. The differenoe between this and other oasea ia aolely in the faot that there is no element in the Arkansas affair by whieh these occurrence oan be linked baek with the war, sectional, and race queations, which are to be warmed ovar. They afford no pohtioal stock in trade for insincero, Fecksniffian, caloulating " business " politioians to uae for effect with the still blind, who can not aee that the race question, like all other questions, must now work itself out to a practical solution, no longer oontaining any national element, or the posibility of any sectional element, except in bo far as it may appeal to lingering prejudice and ignoranoe. The young ladies of La Grange, Mo , propose to take advantuge of leap year to feather their nests, if suoh a thing were possible, and have isaued a proclamation which starts off in the f ollowing langunge: "As this is leap year, we the undersigned wish to state to all eligible y 'ung men, bachelors and widowera of La Grange and vicinity, that we are now f airly awakened to our Heeting privilege s and aroused to action. We aak for husbands. Knowing that time flies swiftly, we ask any such not to hesitate or be too long in nieditating this matter, but to respond immediately. 'No time like the present.' We present ourselves for your cousiderations." We can vouch for the aincerity of the young ladies who have aigned the proclamation, for they belong to the wealthy, aristocratie and influenfamilies of ihe place. Tbe annual banquet of Kent ohapter of Phi Delta Phi occurred Thuraday evening at tbe St. James hotel. A large number of the alumni were present, among whom were the Hon. T. M. Coo ley, Prof. H. W. Bogers, the Hon. Geo. H. Hopkins, of Detroit, J. D. Bonan, Eaq., of Monroe, Fritz Morria, Esq., of New York, Louis Blitz, Esq.. of Detroit, Lucius Weinachenk, of Chicago. Prof. H. Wade Bogers delivered an eloquent address. The toosta whioh followed the supper were all ably responded to. Kent Chapter- Frank Healy; Our Beputation- The Hon. T. M. Cooley; Clasa of '85- A. H. Meeker; Vocal Solo- Fred Reynolds; Our New Chapters - Lucius Weinachenk; The Lawyer in PoliticaThe Hon. Geo. H. Hopkins; Our absent Members - C. J. Gunderson; Vocal Solo - W. H. Loomis; Succeas at the Bar - The Hon. Wm. P. Wells; Glassof '84- E. B. Wright; Phi Delta Phi- J. D. Bonan. Mr. A. F. Martin, in connection with a well known Lumber House of the Saginaw Valley, ia about to open a lumber yard at the corner of Maine and Madiaon sta. , on the Toledo & Ann Arbor railroad. They will keep a stock sufficient to meet all demands of the city and vicinity, and will make a speciülty of furnishing special bilis and car load lots on short notice. Mr. Martin will be assisted by a well known Germán citizen and will cater to the trade. They will be able to furni-h anythtng in the lumber line, and will endeavor by square dealing to merit a good patronage. Their stock is already on the rail headed this way. Look out for their "ad." when the lumber arrivés. Their Mr. A. F. Martin is an old citizen, born in this county, and a practical builder, although the new firm will not follow building, Mr. Martin will be able to give valuable sugestiona to those contemplating build ng. The new firm will be known as A. F. Martin & Co