Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1881, Page 10

INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION OF ELECTRICITY, DESCRIPTION OF ITS FEATURES—OPENING RE- ViEW BY PRESIDENT GREVY—THE VARIOUS NA- TIONAL EXUISITS—A WONDERFUL DISPLAY— WHY THE AMBRICAN EXHIBIT CAME NEAR BEING A FAILURE. Correspondence of Tae EvENtxa STAR. Panis, Sept. 2, 1881. One of the most magnificent thoroughfares of the world is the Champs Elyseés of Paris. At one end stands the Are de Triomphe, which does homage to the victories of France, while at the other is the Place de la Concorde, containing » walks and fountains and a lofty obelisk, once the pride of Egypt, but now an emblem of anti- quity, and marking the spot of the execution of | Louis XVI., in 1798; farther on lies the Jardin | des Tuleries reaching to the Palais des Tulerie, } Where was the drawing-room of the hero of St. | Helena, but now in ited ruins, the vestiges | of the destructive work of the late Commune. On the side of this fashionable avenue next to river Seine, stands the Palais de I’ Industries. ‘re is held the International Exposition of Elect In dimensions this building de is S82 feet in length, 302 feet in width, n artistie roof of glass 124 feet e: besides there is a grand pavil- ce. Arranzed around the outer | are large exhibition rooms on the first the back part of the ground floor is left for the necessary machinery, while the interior is one large open space, permitted to receive at ali times the venial rays from heaven's orb. It | Was erected for a permanent exposition build- ing in 1868. No sooner does one exposition close than another is waiting to take its place. | In the month of June terminated the exposition of Fine Arts. In consequence. when we arrived in July, the exposition of electricity was much behind our expectation, and only by untiring efforts day and night has it attained its present aspect. At the end of this comes an exposition of agricuture. OPENING OF THE EXPOSITION. Notwithstanding its backwardness a formal Tevi-w was en by the president of the French republic on August 10. It was attended withall the usual pomp on such occasions. All except actual exhibi were requested to vacate the Palais. The noise of the hammer, heard for many weeks, was silent. The ever beautiful Marseilles Hynim swelled full upon the air, and thus entered the stately Kttle (got of Jules Grévy, his wife and daughter, and escorted by a | few of his higher officers and many friends. The | exposition was then permanently begun, and in | the afternoon a private review was given to about five thousand persons. However. it could not be said until the illumination by the electric light, which was privately shown to the “press” on the evening of August 26th, and which was certainly the real object of the exposition, that | the positive signs were given that a grand and | most glorious success will be achieved by the inventors and exhibitors in electrical science. | The pul interest was manifested by an at- tendance of twenty-five thousand on the day of | the third illumination. In general every branch | is repre~euted to which electricity is t the railroad ear, and from its | bation up to the most ingen- ious filling teeth. It is fuily believed that hereafter expositions | of one art or one science will be the great suc- | cesses, and we are indebted to the energy of the | French government for these beautiful illustra- | tions. T part of the globe manifests so great an interest, and no where else do we sce the same results. They ha in this instance, furnished the building grat: They have given Money to show to otiers their various systems of governmental appliances in electrical science. | The electrical world will hasten to. give them the credit they so richly deserve. At present i will speak only in general of the exhibits by the various governments here repre- sented, and more in detail at another time. Bezinning with the most important, we “ould | ex to find at the head of the list the aome | government. THE FRENCH EXHIBIT. On entering the grand pavilion in front, the eye first rests upon the animal statues, in the , shape of three magnificent beasts, products = the zalvano-plastic process. To the right and | left are la rways of solid stone, leading to inated by | ance to the | handsome chandelier of six lights, furnished by Siemens Fréres, of Paris. This sec- France, occupies one-half of | In the center stands a feet high, with revolving around whieh is a basin of water , i This is erected at the mment to illustrate Here, also, is a rming display of plants, that breathe into their cells the rays of the everywhere dazzling light. Opposite to our entran aconservatory, hat plants no less than human eyes wonderful light, for they thrive won- under its influence. Above us rides a miniature balloon, about 12 ‘ feet long. carrying a chemical batt forces the prc & générale délectricité oceupies the largest space allotted to any French ex tractive, interesting and beautiful. ver | of the tine arts will gaze with delight, while the seientist fuds cause for thoughtful observation. Moving a little farther on, we come to Chris- ‘ated prodnets of the in different metals. Close by who haye a delightful and well- «© arranged. but small pavilion. In our winding tour we now find ourselves amidst clanging of bells, colored signals, railroad switches, minia- ture cars. signal bells. and everything which may tend to illustrate the most careful railroad sys- tems for which Europe is famous; one railroad company not having had a single accident during var, though a train is started from one Point every ten minutes. The display of telephones in this department is very large. and the visiting public find unceag- ing delight in testing their capacities, and the sounds of the call bells are ever in the air. In- deed almost every see! is fluent with tele- phones and teleplione exchanges, but of this I ay speak more explicitly in the fature. We find next a pavilion. The city of Paris, representing how the police clocks of Paris are kept in exact time: also, disp! of fire alarms. Siemens Fréres, who seem to ™ turn up everywhere, have a complete system for the transmission of power by electricity, besides | made in 1864, from Friederichsdorf can be found along with Hugges’ type printer. To follow these various developments in detail up to the most improved used type printer would fill vol- umes. Reiehs’ Se ao department shows the complete system of the government t The firm of Siemens & Halske have the largest private exhibit. It is well filled with the most useful inventions of the day. They have on one circuit twenty arc lamps. The gov- ernment of Germany has taken great pains to make her exhibit a success in every , having already spent a large amount of money in this way. BELGIUM'S EXHIBIT. Considering the small size of the country, no nation does herself more honor than Belgium. We find here one single-instrument capable of recording the temperature, humidity, atmos- pheric pressure, direction and velocity of wind, and rainfall. It is connected bya single wire running from Brussels to Paris, and recording at the latter the conditions of the former. Nothing can be more beautiful than her exhibit of photos taken by electric light. The Jasper are light makes a good display. There is also here a large telephone exchange and signal apparatus. THE AMERICAN EXHIBIT. Through the untiring zeal of the American consul and the enthusiastic energy of his son, our department in the exposition is barely saved from being known by its emptiness, asa German periodical reported this section. Notwithstand- ing the little interest manifested by our home government in this exposition, our American in- ventors rank high in the estimation of others. Had the necessary funds been advanced, the American Commissioners, then having some- thing to work upon, could have made it much more interesting than it is; but they have had to go down into their own pockets and foot the bills, that the United States exhibit might be a success. in hopes only that Congress may remu- nerate them. In the signal service exhibit, we find a coinplete —— of field telegraph, also several self-recording meteorological instru- ments, which are skillfully presented to the public, in actual operation, by the gentleman in | charge, though with limited means at his dis-, posal from the government. The Edison exhibit is one of the finest in the exposition, occupying two large rooms, containing his numerous inven- tions, and no piace is more sought for by the inquiring visitors than this. The maxim exhibit is not complete. but promises well. The Har- monic Telegraph system, by Prof. Gray, attracts much attention. This system at present is capable of transmitting five messages at one time in each direction over a single wire. In this department several telephone companies and three telephone exchanges are represented. THE ENGLISH EXHIBIT. England has a tasteful exhibit of her useful inventions, with many ancient instruments. Like the other nations, she has admirably illus- trated her system of telegraphy, and she controls it in full at home, as do the other powers of Europe. Again. we find the Siemens Bros. with an elaborate display of their cable works. A model ship of Faraday is presented in fullrig, laying out the cable in the north Atlantic ocean, ith specimens of rocks from many fathoms; also, one of their huge signal buoys. The Brush Electric Lighting Co. make a fine display, run- ning 40 are lamps in one circuit by a 40-horse ower engine. This is an American invention, ut Mr. Brush found it more to his advantage to exhibit along with England. The international Congress hall is lighted by Swan with 500 incan- e% it lamps. A large dining room has in it 300 Swan lamps in three chandeliers; », the same exhibitor has 48 are lights, all supplied by | | a Brush dynamal machine, giving to the visitor | an idea of the utili nd grandeur of electricity. The exhibit of England has in all 196 horse power, of which Brush has 121 alone. There are about 100 are lights, and near 900 incandescent. THE ITALIAN EXHIBIT. The exhibit of Italy is not yet completed, but is certainly very interesting. The instruments have a peculiar appearance, and not that fine finish which mark our own inventions. It con- tains the original Pacenotti ring, made in 1860, ich is to-day the foundation of most electric light. The style of the Italion pavilion is char- acteristic of Roman architecture. THE EXHIBITS OF SPAIN, RUSSIA, NORWAY, SWIT- ZERLAND AND SWEDEN, are each small, but show their relative advance- ment with other nations in electrical science. The latter country has a complete field telegraph nicely arranged. One of its curiosities is a description of the results of erecting telegraph poles in Sweden. It is claimed that telegraphy has driven the wolves out of the country, from the fact that telegraph poles resemble’ in a great measure the old traps used for catching these troublesome animals, and the latter, sup- posing them to be only more traps, have left in disgust for wilder regions. it is also alleged that birds pick holes in the poles, only because the hum of the wire sounds to them like insects within, and that the bears dig the poles out for the reason that the constant hum sounds not unlike & swarm of bees, and bruin thinks he smells honey. THE DISPLAY FROM HOLLAND is very creditable. One of its many attractive | features is an enormous electrical friction ma- | chine, with two large glass plates 64 inches in diameter, made by Van Marum in 1785. Also a tremendous large Lydengjar battery. AUSTRIA has a beautiful display of fine electrical ma- | chinery. We see here a Morse alphabet printer | by C. Schafler, of Vienna, built upon the Meyer | System; also a Schafler type printer, m¢teoro- | logical instruments and their system’ of postal telegraph. THE GENERAL DISPLAY. Ihave here mentioned briefly the features of the different national exhibits at the Electrical cent display is during the evening; not the illus- tration _of any one system, but the effusion of nearly 500,000 candle power of light, giving the brill of the noon-tide rays. Those who witness these illuminations can never forget them. It is a success of science, and mostly of the present day. A place for study, thought and reflection, as well as for those who live for | gayer hours. All gaze in rapture on the brilliant | Scene, admiring a thing so nearly like the sun | itself. Has not another epoch begun? Has not science leaped forward by a single bound? It | is the march of Progress under the banner of 3 3 Wisdom. other very skillful appliances. One can not but | ‘ pause for a few moments before what seems in Pocahontas Attacked. Teality a perfect mine. Here is represented all | From the London Standard. the preparations to mine in the solid rocks, and | * the exhibit attracts zeneral attention. One pa- | evilion is a real electric art gallery, | containing exquisite patterns of — vases, statues and group ornaments. Pavillon da Ministere des postes et des télégraphes is the French government exhibit, containing complete collection of all kinds of telegraphi tus, comprising the needle, hand and Wome system; also, the type printers of Hugles & Baudot, and fac-simile telegraphs of Casselli | and Meyer, of French and Italian origin. We | find here one of the most complicated instru- | ments in the exposition—a multi All of these last mentioned ex! tinually in operation; Founded by spectators. well ted the war and navy department, a @ port: electric light engine, carrying a| Seheliograph for optic telegraphing, and an instru- | ment for measuring the velocity of cannon talls * sumnd the like are amongst the wonders. Here, | tetoo, the Prussian can inspect, at leisure, some otof the bomb-shells that the Parisians hurled at anim in the late seige. At the extreme end we ‘find a machine of peculiar purpose by Mr. Felix SSermaize. It is for agricultural use, and by it, « @dynamal machine, stationed at the side or cor- ner of a field. works a plow, reaper, or the like, » over the extent of the field, without the aid of « The cry of chickens next calls our attention, * for electiicity is applied also to the breeding of | ‘ fowls. Even we the natural sound of old mother hen’s cry, and we are no less deceived than the chicks. Passing around to the south side we arrive at the Accumalateurs Faure, Force, et Lumiere. where electricity is “bottled” Up in jars, and can then be safely transported to any required place, and seemingly poured out like water, or in other words, it can be disposed of at will for any use. This is an im- Provement on the Plante system. Sixty in- candescent lamps were made to run five hours » by this condensed electricity. Scarcely less interesting are the various kinds of motors used for driving the dynamal ma- chines, of which the French alone have 1,200- power, not a little being supplied by gas one having the force of 50-horse power. THE GERMAN EXHIBIT. Germany appears next in importance in the exposition. The Germans have Placed in front iple telegraph. | hibits are con- | being constantly sur- On the north side is ‘fally ornamented twenty-five feet high. Instruments, ancient and tbotoale, are here from the Betlin Poste Museum, veom the first telezraph instruments ever , and at each step illustrating the various ‘Mdvancements in telegraphy since 180. The original invention of Professor Rice's telephone, conventional heroines of romance. The late M. Edouard Founier, spent a cynical life in up- setting figures which uncritical’ chroniclers had | set up, and in showing that half the smart say- ings attributed to celebrated men were never ittered by them. The first American romancer as not even been spared evisceration. In the parish register of Gravesend in an entry which every year the “‘good American” reverentially pe- ruses. It relateshow, in “1616, March21, Rebecca Wrolfe, wyffe of Thos. Wrolfe. gent., a Virginia | lady borne, was buried in the chancell.” This, of course, refers to the Princess Pocahontas, of —which was her real name—one of the numerous friends of Powhatan, the Indian “Em- of Virginia,” who saved the lifeofdoughty - John Smith, married John—not “Thomas” —Kolfe, and for the year preceding her death ‘was the sensation of the English court. It now turns out that so far from being the innocent young barbarian of the novelist, she was an impish and not very well-behaved little squaw, well known in the court-yard of the E fort at Jamestown. She even scandalized the free-and-easy Virginian dames by becoming in | early life the brevet spouse of one Cook- ham, a captain of volunteers, and _ sub- sequently was “married” to John Rolfe, simply as part of the policy of that unscrapu- lous satrap, Gov. Argall, in order to extract favorable terms from her Rr thong! Powhatan. So far from her having saved Capt. John Smith's lite, as related by this unfortunate adventurer, there is every reason for believing that he was barely acquainted with her in Virginia, and cer- tainly never saw his suppeses benefactress on her visit to land. Indeed, the story was most probably invented after the red damsel be- came famous, in order to give currency to the “Generall Historie of Virginia,” and its penniless author. As for Master John Rolfe being the love-sick swain he is invariably represented to be In the transpontine drama, it is now ascer- tained that he was a married man, and therefore more rogue than fool when he committed big- amy with the “Virginia lady borne.” ‘There threatens to be no end to this cruel awakening from the dreams of our youth. gaboeseet Shs a aA The Cistern Question. To the Editor of Tax Eventna Stam: Below will be found a solution of the problem propounded by “Q street” in your issue of the 16th :—Volume of cylinder is=to n R® A, or, in other words, it is 3.1416, (4)% and sh stl give 1810.55 aus for the capacity of ‘will give ns ‘y the cistern. si Ex-Hiau Scoot. Exposition, but the most beautiful and magnifi- | THE MAD DOG. DIFFERENT STAGES OF RABIES. To the Editor of Tae EVENING Stan: The most terrible disease the dog communi- | cates to man is hydrophobia, and in order to avoid such a catastrophe, it is not only neces- sary to shun {ts companionship, but to under- stand the symptoms which indicate the malady. | Rabies in the dog, like hydrophobia of man, is divisible into three stazes—tfirst, second and third. The first stage dates from ‘the reception of the bite to the commencement of the active symptoms of the effect of the ice of the | Virus, and is known as the time of incubation. The second stage commences with the charac- teristic symptoms of the disease, and termi- nates in a visible failure of the vital powers to resist the force of the poison, and is recognized | as the period of recrudesence. The third stage begins with the confirmed symptoms of the isease, is attended with increasing exhaustion, | and always terminates in death. THE FIRST STAGE. This stage has nothing remarkable connected with it. The wound inflicted by the rabid ani- mal goes on to heal. and in due time becomes well, leaving a scar to indicate the spot at which the tooth entered the skin or hide. The dnration of this stage is exceedingly unsettled.and varies | from three weeks to nine months, and the prob- | ability is, that if the dog does not go mad within | this time he will not be affected at all, and that he was either not inoculated, or his nature was proof against the virus—for all dogs are not alike susceptible to the poison, and the blood of some of them will refuse it at one time and re- | ceive it at another period under inexplicable cir- | cumstances. While this is true of the inferior | animals, it is also applicable to the human sub- | Ject, and the manner of the infliction of the bite, in almost every instance, determines the intru- sion or non-intrusion of the virus into the wound. For example, if one hundred individ- uals “were bitten by a rabid dog through one or two articles of clothing the chances would be highly in their favor that not one in twenty- the same number were bitten inthe face or about the hands the likelihood is even then that not more than one-half would receive inocula- would escape without any other inconvenience than that of the dread of the disease. The ex- planation is that the virus is wiped from the tooth while passing through the hair of the brute and the clothing of the human, and that all animals of the same species are not alike sus- ceptible to the disease. This fact affords relief to those who are laboring under apprehension of the disease and indicates to those who handle rabid dogs and hydrophoble patients to be very careful not to approach either without having the hands well protected by stout gauntleta. THE SECOND STAGR. This stage iscalled the period of recrudesence, because the scar becomes raw-sore and opens | afresh, giving rise to a thin watery discharge | from it. The dog indicates this condition by eagerly licking or gnawing the seat of the bite inflicted weeks or months before, and which had so hot and painful the dog is forced to gnaw |and lick it in order to relieve his distress. ‘This is the actual beginning of the disease and | accompanying this condition of the scar there is very evident change in the natural or usual dis- | position of the dog. He becomes dull and sul- len, and does not meet with his wonted | familiarity the caresses of his owner.” If untied | he will seek quiet and ‘hide himself in some secret place; and will not be induced to leave it, by either offers of food or advances of kindness. | At this period he steadily refuses to eat, and if undisturbed, he will lie quietly until the dis— | tressing feeling about his nostrils and throat | drives him to seek water to appease his. thirst. If he obtains water he usually laps it with | avidity, and it seems impossible for him to allay his eager desire for it. Ifhe cannot get to water he will lick the surfaces of such cold substances as he may find, in order to relieve the heat of his mouth. It confined, he will be restless and constantly changing his position to rid himself of the light and sound about him. Restraint adds much to his distress and often makes him more violent thon he would be ifallowed to seek the posi- tions which his instinct indicates. His whole ap- pearance shows him to be very uncomfortable, and his gaze bears all the marks of intense sus- picion. He regards all that goes on about him with a fixed expression, evidently fearing that | every movement is intended for his injury. All | his sensibilities are acutely aroused, and this itation makes him irritable and indis- | posed to be disturbed. These symptoms |last for one or two days, and are succeeded by others more violent and con- firmatory of the disease.” The dog’s aspect is | now lean and distres: His flanks are hollow and heaving, and he stands in a stiffened posi- tion, with his ears and tail drooped. His nose | is kept almost on a line with his body, and his |eyes glare and glisten with a preternatural | flerceness. His eyelids are stretched wildly open, presenting to view fully one-half of the globes of the eyes. The muscles about his face occasionally twitch, and his lips are slightly separated, showing partially his teeth, through which issuesin a foam-likemanner, thick, white | and tenacious saliva, which, collecting upon | the hair about his mouth, gives him a very dangerous and revolting expression. If he is unconfined, and is now approached with a stick or whip, he shows no disposition to attack, if naturally of a tractable temper, but will get rapidly out of the wa: waking his exit at the nearest point of egress, and makes off at a smart_pace, rarely biting objects, unless in his immediate way. “His condition is now very ap- parent and soon the cryof “‘mad dog” follows him and he is despatched in the most summary manner. These symptoms last about twelve hours, and if the dog is allowed to live, they are succeeded by those of a more aggravated character. The general emaciation increases and the loss of vivacity is perfect. His appetite becomes depraved, and not knowing what he is doing, he tries to devour the dirt and filth that may be about him. He is sometimes delirious, and is in constant agitation and uneasiness, and often makes violent attacks upon real and imaginary objects. If he attempts to bark or howl, his voice is internal, strained and hoarse; and is marked by a peculiarity unknown to any other disease of the dog. While sitting or stand- ing, he elevates his nose. and utters the pecu- liar sound of rabies. It is the natural bark, abruptly terminating in a painful and singular how, five or eight notes higher at its ending than five of this number would be inoculated; but if | tion and die of hydrophobia, while the other half for a long time been healed, but now growing | ‘lish | at its commencement. The sound once heard is never forgotten, and those familiar with it can instantly tell by it that the dog ismad. The frothy secretion about his teeth is succeeded by a tough fluid, which he endeavors to rid himself of by constant pawing at the corners of his mouth. While doing this he sometimes tumbles over on his side, and his efforts to in his feet give rise to the expression, “that he hashad a fit;” but this is not so—the rabid dog does not have fits during this stage of the disease. It is only during the last moments of his existence that convulsions sometimes come on and at once terminate its life. THE THIRD STAGE. The period of exhaustion now sets in, and the dryness and heat of the mouth is most intense, and produces such an intolerable thirst that the dog, when near water, will plunge his nose into it and endeavor by fruitless efforts to drink; but the loss of the use of the muscles of his | Jaws prevents his swallowing, and very little water passes his throat. His breathing becomes quick and labored, and his weakness steadily increases. He loses control over the muscles of his lower jaw, and it hangs down, leaving the tongue protruding from his open mouth, The loss of muscular power soon extends to | the loins and limbs, and he reels, staggers and falls, when he attempts locomotion. After thus falling, he sometimes regains his feet by violent efforts to do so, but the loss of physical power rapidly augments, and at the end of the ‘third, fifth or sixth day from the beginning of the dis. as ae epee now and then in convul- ions, but ina fe Majority of cases without the slightest muscular dnetaes J. B. Jonxsos, M. D., New York avenue. ——age To Find the Capacity of a Cireular Cistern, To the Editor of Tur Evenine Star: Mr. N. B., of Q street northwest, refers to my letter of the 13th, giving capacity of the areas of roofs and square and says he has a circular cistern on his ises 8 feet in diame- ter by 5 feet deep, and desires to know how — gallons it will contain, and further ses C. L. Freeman give a rule and solution?” The circumference is 25 3-10 feet. Area 50,265. Equal square inches side surface are 7.080. ‘The rule to find the circumference of the circle is to multiply the diameter by 3.1416, and the will the circumference. Then mult ply the h in inches, and divide the pro- e quotient will be the number 231, tl gallon. Henee, the cistern will contain 1,880 gallons, and it will hold $13.340ths gallons for every ten inches in depth. Ex-Water i, Inspector. A cruel maiden: “Are lonely to-night, Miss Ada?” “No, sir; I I were lonelier.’ And he bade her adieu.—. SOME NOTABLE DINNER PARTIES—A WASHING- TON WEDDING ENGAGEMENT CARRIED oUT— THE TWIN SEXATORS OF RHODE ISLAND—JOT- TINGS OF TRAVEL—PLEASANT EXPERIENCES AT “THE HUB.” Corresyondence of Tur EvENIxa Stan. Lone Branch, Sept. 16th, 1881. Returning here, after ten weeks’ absence, I find some of the same people at the hotels whom I left here, and life going on much the same. The morning and evening concerts still are given by a good band at the West End Hotel, where I find so many of the Washington correspondents that I feel quite at home. All the cottage owners seem to be still here, and during this week. when the President has been improving. several notable dinner parties have been given, one by General and Mrs. Grant, another by Mr. and Mrs. Childs, and one last evening by Commodore Garrison. at his new cottage. At the latter banquet, which was po in honor of Mr. Walter, of the London and his wife, there were among the guests, Gen. and Mrs. Grant, Colonel and Mrs. Fred. Grant, Mr.and Mrs. Victor Newcomb, and her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Randell, (Mrs. Garrison’s parents), Miss Lily Randell, and Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Childs. Some of the same Indies and gentlemen and At- torney General and Mrs. MacVeagh, were at the | dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Childs, Wednes- day eyening. : THY SLACK-BULKELEY WEDDING. I think that evenat this late date some par- ticulars which I haye received from a private source about a wedding which occurred last Sram ‘njedialy an the engagement reralting i Srar, ly as. the engagement tin; the wedding was: made in Washington ast winter. Irefer to the marriage at Geneseo, N. Y., on September 7h, of Mr. Slack, of the navy, son of Major Slack, of the Marine corps, and Mies Bulkeley, of Geneseo, who passed last | winter In Washington. The choral service was | used for the marriage ceremony, which was sol- emnized at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. The building is a pretty little Gothic structure with stained glass windows, and the chancel was trimmed with flowers and brilliantly lighted, although the service eccurred by as ‘The choristers came up the aisle singing a wed- ding hymn and grouped themselves about the altar, after which the groom and best man, Lieutenant Payne, of the navy, both in uniform; came out of the vestry room accompanied b: the priest. The groom and best man await the coming of the bride at the foot of thechancel, where part of the ceremony was performed. The troth was plighted and nediction said at the chancel j Tail. This manner of performing the wedding ceremony is said to be the very latest fashion for church weddings. Dr. Ruth and Lieut. Bab- cock, of the navy, who were the ushers, and Major Slack and Mrs. Bulkeley, the bride’s step- mother, preceded the bride up the aisle, she en- tering with Gen. Young, a relative. She wore a rich white silk, embroidered by hand and draped with white crepe lisse. The bridal veil was fast- | ened with orange blossoms and white jessamine, and the bouquet was of white rose buds. An elegant seepac followed at the Bulkeley fam- fly home—B lexk House—an old-time mansion in the Queen Anne style, surrounded by trees. A small and very distinguished company was pres- ent. Among the many magnificent presents in silver and bronze were some specially tasteful ifts designed by friends, one of them a work- ket sent bya naval officer's wife. Thestand- ards were three oars of polished cherry wood, between which hung the basket, a fish net lined with maroon silk, tied with ropes and knots of silk. THE RHODE ISLAND TWINS. In writing last week to Tue Star [ referred to the many deaths which had occurred this sum- mer among those who are prominent figures in Washington each winter, and since then the greatly esteemed Senator Burnside has veen included in the already too long mortuary list. How greatly he will missed in Washington when Congress meets, for no two figures were more familiar than those of the two Rhode Island Senators, whose close companionship caused me three years ago to dub them the Rhode Island twins. They said to me soon after the letter in which I did so was published, “You have given us a name which will alw: stick to us.” They seemed rather to like it. When I last saw them at Saratoga they were as constantly together during the week they spent there as all who knew them in Washington know it was their habit to be. They always went to the Senate and returned together, and always lunched together when at the Capitol. Yet they | told me they did not always vote the same way. I remember specially that thei variance when President Hayes was sustained by the Senate in opposition to Mr. Conkling, with regard to the New York custom-house appointments. I believe Senator Anthony has always voted in favor of Mr. Conkling. NOTES OF TRA Have you hada great deal of grey weather withouw rain this summer in Washington? Ihave found it wherever I have been, especially this month. While in the mountains of New Hamp- shire, where I remained the first twelve days in the month, I saw but one clear day. That was September 8th, which was a perfect specimen of a bright autumn day. The observer at tne sig- nal station on the of Mt. Washington said it wasthe best day for views fromthe summit which had been seey there in fen years. THE WHITE MOUNTAIN HIGHWAYMEN. The day was so fine that all the people at the mountain resorts seemed tobe riding or walking. In going from the Glen house to Glen station, over the same road on whica the highway rob- bery has since occurred. we met fully twenty vehicles, and the travel was as great all day long. The robbery could not havebeen so ox~ly accomplished on that day, or the next, for on Friday when we were at the Profile house, my mother and I walked three miles alone on a road with forests on each side and felt no fear, because so many vehicles were constantly pass— ing. While at the Glen house we often walked alone over the roads and were not afraid, be- cause every one had assured us that asthe law regarding vagrants was so strict in New Hamp- shire tramps were unknown there. A Scotch lady and gentleman, whom we met on the 8th, the day previous had walked alone from the top of Mt. Washington to the Glen house, a dis- tance of eight miles, over a much less fre- quented road than that leading to Glen station, on which the daring robbery occurred less than a week later. In passing through Plymouth, New Hamp- shire, I saw Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Davis and their daughters, who spent last winter in Wash- ington. They are charmingly situated in a cot- tage they have built on a picturesque natural terrace on the banks of the Pemigewasset river. Their place is called Terrace Lodge. THE HONEST HACKMEN OF BOSTON. T found in Boston a rara avis in the shape of a hackman, who had every opportunity to take advantage of two ladies traveling alone through a city where they were utter strangers, at a late hour of the night, and who, instead of fleecing them kept to the strict letter of the law as to charges. My mother and I arrived by a bee fa train Monday at 11 p. m., and engaged the first hackman who approached and gave his number. He offered to take us for fifty cents each wherever we wished to go, and when we accepted the offer he found our trunks and took great trouble to get them from the immense re of baggage and fasten them to the back of the carriage. He took us and them entirely across the city at that late hour of the night and when we asked if there was an extra charge for the trunks he said “No.” We owed him only one dollar!!!! I think he ny a to be immortalized for his strict hon- esty, for we were very timid, neverhaving before arrived in a strange city without an escort and could have been frightened into paying double had we fallen into the hands of arogue. The number of the carriage, which was a very nice one, was 714. I am sorry I do not know its Sone ae ere fon. WS rot travelers and in seeing them enforced. me the hotel where we passed the night, and where we were also unknown,,our experience was equally Pleasant. Ary Also. I wish the landscape gardening in the in beauty that of the Capitol grounds equaled Boston Public . I saw there Many more beautiful results of fhe money expended in or- namentation than is wn by the “tomb of the Capulets,” which co t 80 much in the Capitol grounds. Miss Grunpy. Niont Am axp Mavarn.—' officer of the New, Jersey phe eateh person! points out the facb-that hstanding the a @ single case of that anne the lunatics, who last Attendants and laborers has been year humbered about the institu- votes were at | notwitl great prevalence of ‘malaria in that section, not | tty disease 2 found How To Construct a Cistern. ‘To the Editor of Taz EvExrxe Star: For the information of those that desire to construct cisterns, the following tables wit! save time and calculations, besides being as near cor- rect as practicable: Capacity in gallons, Canacity of wells or cisterns for each 6 inches in depth. Seer rtsascenne’ You will notice a cistern 8 feet diameter and 10 feet deep contains 308 gallons to esch foot in depth, or a capacity of 3,030. Two years ago I had constructed a cistern, with filter, &c., 77x10 teet—2,700 gallons. The filter, located bet’ cistern, is 3 feet square and 2 feet deep, with a division through the center making two pockets or compartments 3 feet by 1.6 and 2 feet deep. | The one nearest the house receives the water near the top. which passes under the division, (which is kept 1 inch up from bottom:) the ch |. The water up through the groun the top into the cistern. After rains the water should be taken from the filter, so the charcoal, &e., can dry. The filter is of brick—4-inch walls, in cement mortar, the top level with the ground and covered with wood top. I think, however, the filter would be better if made of 23-inch white Dine plank, 314 to 4 feet long, 15 inches wide and 15 inches deep, with division across the center and set on brick piers or cedar posts about 15 inches above ground, and hinged door to top, and outlet cock to draw off the water. Four- inch cast-iron pipe or earthen pipe can be used from the filter to the cistern. A loose elbow should be fit to the main spout, so as to turn the water into the filter after the dust or dirt has been washed off the house. We use the water for drinking and cooking, and find it is better than the spring water and as cool. W. G. P. Worry and Overwork. From the Nineteenth Centu: Overwork is im) ble 80 long as the effort is natural. The use of stimulants in aid of work is, perhaps, one of the commonest forms of collateral influence suspending the warning sense of exhaustion. When the laborious worker, overcome with fatigue, “rouses” himself with alcohol, coffee, tea, or any other agent whi may chance to suit him, he does not add a unit of force to his stock of energy: he simply narcot- izes the sense of weariness, and the guard being drugged, he appropriates the reserve. Not un- frequently the warning eense is stifled by the cy, intensity of the motive power or impulse. Ambition, zeal, love, sometimes fear, will carry @ man beyond the bounds set by nature. No matter what suspends the functions of the guard set at the threshold of the reserve. if the residual stock is touched, two consequences ensue—waste and depreciation. Without a re- serve of mental energy the mind can no more continue the heaithful exercise of its functions than a flabby muscle without tonicity can re- spond to the stimulus of strong volition, and lift a heavy weight or strike a heavy blow. The cause, or condition, whicli most commonly exposes the reserve of ‘Imental enerzy to loss and injury is worry. The tone and strensth of mind are seriously impaired by its wearin fluence, and, if it continues long enough, they will be destroyed. It sets the organism thought and feeling vibrating with emot sses under the division which are not consonant with the natural libera- tion of energy inwork. The whole machmery is thrown out of gear and exercise, which other- | wise would be pleasurable and innocuous, be- comes painful and even destructive. It is to see how this must be. The longest note in music, the most steady and persistent ray of light—to use an old fashioned expression—the tonic muscular contraction are all, we know, produced by a rapid succession of minute motive impulses or acts, like plosion and discharge of electricity from alternately connected and separated points in a | cirenit; in fact, a series of vibrations. Mental energy doubtless takes the same form of devel- opment. Ifa disturbing element is introduced by the obtrusion of some independent source of anxiety, or if, out of the business in hand, the mind makes a discord, confusion ensues, and for the time being harmonious action ceases. Working under these conditions in obedience to the will, the mental organism sustains injury which must be great, and may be lasting. The function of the warning sense is suspended: the reserve is no longer a stock in abeyance, and it ceases to give siability to the mind: the rhythm of mental forces is inter- rupted; a crash is always impending, and too often sudden collapse Occurs. The point to be made clear is this: overwork is barely possible, and seldom, if ever, happens, je the mind is acting in the way prescribed by its constitution, and in the normal modes of mental exercise. The moment, however, the natural rhythm of work is broken and discord ensues, the mind is like an engine with the safty-valve locked, the steam-gauge falsified, the governing apparatus out of gear; a break- down may occur at any time. The state pictured is one of worry, and the besetting peril is not depicted in too luridcolors. The victim of worry is # ever on the verge ofa catastrophe; if he escapes, | the marvel is not at his strenth of intellect so much as his good fortune. Worry is disorder, however induced, and disorderly work is abhorred by the laws of nature. which leave it wholly without remedy. _ The eaergy employed in industry carried under this condition is lavished in producing a small result. and speedily exhausted. The reserve comes into play very early in the task, and the faculty of recupera- tion is speedily arrested. Sometimes loss of appetite announces the cessation of nutrition; otherwise the sense of hunger, present in the system, is for a time preter-naturally acute, and marks the fact that the demand is occasioned by loss of power to appropriate, instead of any dimiaution of supply. The effort to work be- comes daily more laborious, the task of fixing the attention grows increasingly difficult. thoughts wander, memory fails, the reasoning wer is enfeebled; prejudice—the shade of de- inct emotion or some past persausion—takes the place of judgment;physical nerve or brain disturb- ance may supervene,and the crash will then come suddenly, unexpected by on-lookers, perhaps unperceived by the sufferer himself. This is the history worry,” or disorder produced by mental disquietude and distraction, occasionally by. peace disease, ¢ first practical inference tobe deduced from. these considerations is that brain-work in the midst of mental worry is carried on in the face of ceaseless peril. Unfortunately, work and worry are 80 closely connected in daily expe- rience that they cannot be wholly separated. Meanwhile the worry of wopk—that which grows out of the business in hand—is generally a need- less, though not always an avoidable evil. Ina large proportion of instances this deseription of disorder is due to the lack of education in brain- work. Men and women with minds capacious and powerful enough, but untrained, attempt feats for which ti is indispensable, and, being unprepared, they fail. ‘The utilitarian pol- icy of the age is gradually eliminating from the educationary system many of the special pro- cesses by which minds used to be developed. This ig, in part at least, why cases of sudden col- lapse are more numerous now than in years gone by. It is not, as vanity suggests, that the brain work of to-day isso much greater than that exacted from our predecessors, but we are less prepared for its performance. The treat- ment of this form of affection, the breakdown from the we of work, must be preventive; the sole remedy is the reversal of a policy which substitutes results for knowledge for education. It is a serious cause of discomfiture and sorrow in work that so much of the brain power expended is necessarily devoted to the removal of extraneous causes of worry. Labor life because it is so difficult te live. ‘ween the spout or house and | second ee! ig filled with gravel, sand and | tothe outlet pipe near | , | duty of the Solicitor to have Ward prosecuted the ex-} play con while » that tal potest hres its victims by teas sands, a holocaust of minds sacrificed demon of discord, the foe of happiness, rality, of success. es Chemistry Revealing Forgery in Court. A REMARKABLE CASE. From the Chester, 8.C., Bulletin, September 14th. The recent death in our state penitentiary of W. W. Ward, the former sheriff of Williamsburg county, recalls the circumstances that led to the discovery of his crime, which are the most extra- ordinary in our criminal annals. At the spring term, 1879, of the court of com- mon pleas for Williamsburg county J. H. Liv- ingston brought suit against Ward to recover the sum of $5,000. money loaned on Ward's sealed note. His honor Judge T. J. Mackey pre- sided, and by consent of counsel heard the case without a jury. The plaintiff proved the execution of the note and closed his case. Ward's counsel then pro- | duced the receipt of Livingston dated two years previous to the trial, for tie whole amount due, prinelpal and interest, and a witness testitied he adseen the payment made in one hundred | dollar bills and four five hundred dollar bills, to | | Livingaton himself on the day named in the j receipt. | The pilaintif took the witness-stand and on | examining the receipt admitted that it bore his | true and genuine acastare, but solemnly pro- | tested that he had not received one dollar from | Ward and had never entered Ward's house in | his life. forany purpose. He declared that he | Was ruined, and that he and his wife would be | made homeless by a false receipt which he could | Rot explain, but which he never knowingly | Signed. On cross examination, —Livings- jton, who was an old man, admitted that his memory was very infirm and that he had | on previous occasions received a payment of two | |hundred dollars from another debtor of bis | which he afterwards had denied receiving, but which he recalled to memory when shown his | Teceipt. |. The plaintiff and his counsel at this stage of | the proceedings were in utter despair, for their | cause was apparently lost. Judge Mackey, how- ever, whose subtle brain and nothing can escape, and who follows ie through all its windings, directed that the receipt should be handed to him. He then ordered the sheriff to proceed to the nearest drug store and purchase adrachm of muriatic | acid, and a smail piece of sponge. On the re- | turn of the officer with the articles named, the Judge said to the plaintiff, “Mr: Livingston, did ‘ou ever write a letter to the defendant, Ward, lemanding payment of your money?” The | plaintiff answered, “Yes, sir; I wrote him many letters but never received an answer from him.” Judge Mackey then observed to counsel, “I | perceive that on the face of this receipt there are several peculiar brown spots and the original sur- face or sizing of@he paper has been removed ex- cept in that portion of the paper where the siz- nature was written. The body of the receipt is in the handwriting of the defendant. In my | opinion the defendant has taken a letter of ti itis and removed the writing with muriatic cid, and then wrote the receipt above the sig- nature. I will now apply this acid to the writ- ing onthe back of the complaint inthis case, and it will be seen that the writing will instantly disappear and the paper will at once exhibit sev- eral brown spots ideutical with those on this re- ceipt.” The acid was applied to the paper, and as the writing disappeared, the brown blots were seen upon its suriace atid the crime of the de- fendant was clearly revealed! Yard at this juncture looked as horror- | stricken as Lady Macbeth when, gazing upon her fair, but murderous hand, exclaimed as | she vainly rubbed it, Out damned spot!” The judge immediately rendered his decision in favor of the plaintit, ting that it was the at once for his audacious forgery. On the next morning Judge Mackey left for Georgetown, forty miles distant, to hold court. While there he received a letter from a friend warnin him not to returnto Williamsburg, as he had promised to do. in a few days, for the purpose of hearing an argument at Chambers, as Ward | had sworn sulemnly to shoot him down at sight. | The judge's record. however, shows that he is | not one to swerve from the line ofduty becanse | of an armed enemy in his path. He returned to Williamsburg after an absence of five days and mecting Ward upon the street demanded whether he had threatened to — take his life. Ward answered that he had, but | that he had abandoned his purpose. At the next term of the court Ward was indicted and | placed on trial for forgery. When the verdict of | guilty" was rendered, Ward rose and discharyed his pistol twice at. Livingston, the prosecuting witness. one of the balls passing throngh his coat. He was instantly disarmed and sentenced toaterm of seven years at hard labor in the ing in his community. He died last week in the penitentiary, illustrating by his career the truth of th pture—“The way of the trans- | gressor is hard. ——--_______ Marriage in Two Centuries. Sir Henry Taylor in the Nineteenth Century. How were young ladies dealt with. and how were marriage: ed in the iifteenth cen- n of young ladies have ice that they were 1 400 years ago. They | if they have attended to ned up their parents in the | way that they should they may choose | | for themselves, wi r without discrimina- | tion, as the ease | their parents may have taken the view which I recollect to have heard from Mr. Rogers, that it does not muci signify whom one nauries, as one is sure to find next morning know very well t | their duty and tr: may not be prepared to go quite this length, short of it. It was otherwise as firmly as parish stocks; and there was but one | escape—the flight to Gretna Green, a sanctuary known now only to history. The coolness with | which it was sometimes resorted to may be ex- emplified by a quotation (given to me by a grandson of the parties) from a letter written, yet. from one cause or another, the youn in | guamissic their wilfulness and strength will not seldom | which oniera are executed ‘Stock act, and the old in their impotence concede, in it: tose cities and reported back promptly. such sort that they might seem not to stop far $f in the last century. | duly. Parental rigor in those days could hold its own | with Gievateh. Hee v Soy yn Fig Pg A "Fes 88 hy ERE cB SAAT 00 0 6V COREE coe 700 AA Tr WE REMIND TRE TRAVELLING PUBLIC, ag WELL AS OUR CITY FRIENDS, WHETHER THEY STAY AT HOME OR GO ELSEWHERE, THat FROM THIS DAY FORWARD THERE WILL BE FREQUENT OCCASION FOR THE USE OF A LIGHT-WEIGHT OVEROOAT. OURS ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL, AND IT'S SUR- PRISING HOW GOOD A COAT A LITTLE MORER BUYS OR HOW FINE A COAT ONE CAN OBTAIN HERE READY-MADE. PRICES FROM $5 TO $35. 4. 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The slackening of restraint in this century may have better results on the whole than the “un- natural behavior” of the last, but it sometimes leads to impromptu arrangements by young people which may seem not to have been made with a sufficient sense of their seriousness. I know of a proposal in this century by a young Viumbing, Tinning and all Jobbing promptly at- tended to. No, 409 NISTH STREET NonTHWRST. 016 S@vER BANGLES. Have opened To-day a full line of SILVER BANGLES. , gentleman to a still younger lady. who gave this SAM'L LEWIS’ SONB, ready reply: “Oh, let usbe married. It Will be soeh awful fan!” T trust thet her somes ernst eri what sudden and sanguine expectations were | 223_ 2215 Pennsylvania avenue. fulfilled, I have no reason to think that they | — Vtr younsELVES were not. But there is something to be said for A taking time on such and looking be- oF THE sesleynee = = a EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS Frederick Wol itzomers, * said by the Advertiser of that city to have ‘‘sud- | Weare now offering in denly developed into a millionaire.” He is the READY-MADE ¢ pet ose tamer par ling ‘i sess When Tom Moore wrote “The Canadian Boat Song” he was visiting one of the Thousand Islandsin the St. Lawrence. At that time the island could have been bought for $40, but it is now estimated to be worth $25,000. are taking. "Weare offerina wuch deductions aa will ale ato of buyers to give us call, offering 8 ‘hice MEN'S, YOUTHS’, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING, SPORTING GOODS. together with a fall line of HK. RUPPERT, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, ‘NOS. 403 AND 405 TTH STREET NORTHWEST. FOR CASH. De got rid of by persistent nbor cause can only o' en' , ‘This is the crux of the difficulty, and in the at- tempt to cure the evil ee finds its ‘tate involved in a vicious morbid re- actions. Nevertheless, itis the fact that work inf e refuge in excuse for private asylums of the coun- for victims of “over-work,” sees fig) meray oed have fallen a NOAH WALKER & €O., 625 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. §F Entrance on C street. Goods on second fioor. #15-lw SEADOO AOATEE OME the cheapest for besuty, comfort and durability in the ‘FO BT Pg goa of and ‘Traveling we MEST TO GET IN NEW STOCK. THE TRADES. Jo? PRINTING, THOMAS McGILL & co., Bd SHEPPARD'S EXTRA WASHED SILVER GRAVEL; McALLISTER’S IMPORTED MIXED BIRD’ SEED; BISHOPP’S MOCKING BIRD FOOD; ‘FOR SaLe BY GEO. E. KENNEDY. & SON, : conse FLOUR. for * Swan” Stee onneas Santa Ls JOHNSON & CO., BANKERS AVENUE AND WoT