Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1883, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: . WASHINGTON, SATURD hie oF AY. APRIL RELIGIOUS NOTES, CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE. —Rev. Mr. Park, of the Congregational 7 Chureh, Va., has returned after — The Catholic Benevolent Legion of Mary- Jand will hold a meeting at Carroll Hall, in this city, next Tuesday evening, to interest the Catholics here in the organization. — Rey. Dr. Meador continues his revival meet- Ings at his chureh, the Fiith Baptist, in South Washington. There have been sixty conv sioas and thirty-tive baptisms, and the congre- gations are large and attentive, with every indi- cation of a general awakenin —A steward of one of our sonal o! ofthe sery |. the usual coll ations have haprov spiritu: the new pastor of the Chareh, who entered on his a fine impression 1 asa pastor. On the day 1 (the 6th inst.) he commenced his and has since been busy making + flock. n rch is te built at Pensa- cola, Fla. and will cost about $30,000. 'y churches states that whenever a 3 on Sunday have ctions have been d, and doubled, the ¢ the chareh has — Rev. Dr. Hunt Metropotitan M. duties Is In the Ohio Wesleyan University there have beea over two hundred conversions among the students. FE. Payson Hammond, the evang x special meetings at the Bre kya "s Chureh, of the Baltimore. Josephite f the Pr ently 4 Ss in the palpit. Riordan, once a Catholic priest in <been received asthe minister turch in Victoria, bons contirmed nearly 100 t's Chureb. 0 Thureh, “l the eus- persons Sunday, several bs —The second Pres bu: Va. received —T ebytery of Los An stablish a female seminary ns, Cal., pro- after the 0,000. ladelphia, “aham pastor, recently ed 9 rs, and the Northwestern Church 29. ampbell Fai ¢ the Charen s to sail for his mother tn Enrope in Tretand. — Re une, on a visit to Ge F. Moore, of the Presbyterian Zanesville, Ohio, has been elected ot Hebrew in Andover Theological W.H. Gill, of Greensburg, Pa. has ed a tnanimous call to the First Presbyte rian Chur . ¥., which pulpit he is of Owego, . formerly editor of the ot, Simmons and ist Fathers (consregation of | da mission at St. Ann’s | York road, Baltimore. - Chnreh (Rey. $. Shannon mmenced April | pastor, and | twenty-four conversions the ‘drst | men aon t enary of Bishop Seabury, who was | t American Episcopal bishop in 1783, | ‘ated Mareh Woodbury, Conn. | jams zyimen were | Bishop W pr E John Elliott Wright, late pastor of Jef an church, Chicago, has alled to the Market $ nehureh, Germantown, Louis De formerly assistant copal) Church, Batti- ered upon his duties as reetor of . at Prince Frederies, Carroll i terly conference ot the Centennial | —The « M.E. Chureh (« adopted a re red), in Baltimore, recently m“that camp meetings as onducted are detrimental to the Hvureh.” t,of the Tompkins Avye- regational Chureh, New York, has now 90 members in that church and the mis- | sion attached to it, and receives generally Bew members each month. — The number of students in the Presbyte- | Flan theological seminaries during the past year | Princeton, 125; Union, 129; Alle- Chicago, 3 S —The First Presbyterian Church at Marion, 0., | B. Ratfensperger pastor, received 54 | members on April Ist, whose aes ranged from 11 to 98 years. Many more are expected to | Joln the cliurch at the next communion. | ver ten weeks past an important re- | ing has been In progress at Denver, Rey. IL. W. Brown, of Chi- nzteccations fill the Tabor Grand the lar; building in t of the ond Pri e overtures to the consolidation of the congre: ions, with a view to the ed churches building on Baltimore street, near Broadway. —The Rey. Dr. S. Hun i at the —The trust Chureh, - Broadway Church lookingto th it, of the Christian Ad- ew York conference 50,000 was applied on | debts and $10,000 turned over to the conference —Harri college and piled the Py Clarke, a graduate of Princeton rological seminary, who has sup- at Vienna and for some weeks, pastorate of call ‘to hurches. —Mr. John T. Grape, a member of Harford Avenue M. E. Chureh, Baltimore, has recently erected on Mosher street, a neat chapel, which 4 Websterchape! in honor of Rev. now of Dumbarton Street ‘own. —Miss Catherine E. Wolfe, of New York, a Felative of the Lorillards, js said to have made | her will, and given $3,000,000 for charity and re- Ngion. It is understood that the bequests are | 1,000,000 each to a public gallery, a library and | ‘an Episcopal cathedral. — At Findlay, Oho, a series of revival meet- ngs at Rev. Mr. Yingling’s church, under the Special charge of Rev. J. H. Weber, in onemonth Fesulted in 5 conversions. Abont one-half will unite with the M. E.church and others with the evangelical churches of the tow —The new building of the P. E. Church of the Atonement in Baltimore ts Tapidly being inished, and will be occupied about the latter part of M The congregation are now Worshiping in Lang's Hall, on Chase street. Rev. Bavington Warren Crampton is the rector. — Acti pon the recommendation of the Presbyterian synod of New York to raise a Bberal endowment for Hamilton College, the North Presbyterian Church of New York city, Bev. J. R. Paxton. D.D., pastor, has made a subseription of 363,000. ” Russell’ Sage led oif with 210,000, — Rev. Dr. Richard Mefiwaine, of Baltimore, has been d president of the Hampden- Bidney coileze, located near Farmvilie, Va. Dr. s Rey. Dr. J. MP. Atkinson, ccount of ill health. Dr. Mellwaine is at present secretary of the Presb: terian board of home missions. . — Thereception tn the Newark M. E. confer- ence of Rey. W. Ii. Roxers, trom the African M. B. church, and Rev. Dr. H. Henderson, from the M. E. church, south. on April 2d, presented gm unusual spectacle—as the first named is a black man and the latter an ex-colonel of con- | burnt hard, but in every instance the ash |an upward tendeney. | structed them for burial purpo: PREHISTORIC STRUCTURE The Mounds of the Mississippi Basia. T. H. Lewis in Magazine of Art. The mounds of the Mississippi valley vary much in form and size. The greater number are small, being from one to fonr feet in height and from eighteen to one hundred and fifty feet in diameter. There are thousands ot mounds in Mississippi and Arkansas, and there are prob- ably as many in Minnesota. My own personal surveys In the latter state now exceed one thousand, and the localities of at least as many more are known. Those in the bottom lands wrmer states are gencraily composed of dy loam, and an examination proves burial mounds. In addition to hu- mau remains they usuaily contain earthen vessels and pipes of all sizes and shapes. Hint and stone img there is f these mounds. ‘They ud it is very seldom imple be suid in mounds on the bluffs along the Mississipp High mounds are not very numerous. In fact, mounds of twenty feet and upward in height are to be found only Occasionally. ed with mounds of other nd are never Isolated. They have ap- proaches or graded roadways built to their sum- mit, and generally have aprons or terraces on their sides. Their size, and the great amount of labor and expense attached to thelr excava- tion have probably prevented the true character of the mounds from being known. But it is a well known fact that the smaller ones having the burial purposes. A years ago some parties made an excavation f nd on Captain Hunt's 1, near Greenville, Miss. They found ns of two human skeletons, several broken ¥ vessels and one carved stone pipe. This mound is sixty feet | a has ore approach and one apron. Numerous as may be the mounds in Ohio, there are but three Known and cribed as temples. PLATFORM MOUNDS are but another class of temple mounds, and have from one to four approaches. Some of t Known to contain human remains. ing four approaches is situated on the plantation, near Stoneville, Miss. I saw it when the ground was‘ first el up. It was square, with the sides of equal length, I so steep that it w liffieult to plow. After of cultivation human remains and large quantities of broken pottery were thrown out. All the other monnds in the group that were put under cultivation were also burial mounds. There is another class known ag HEARTH Mor: What they were built for is dificult tosay. They hardly ever reach four feet in height. and the hearth 1s covered with earth from three inches to two feet in depth. In one class the hearth is regular and unbroken, while in others it is com- posed of broken pieces of burnt clay, resembling broken brick, intermixed with earth. The hearths vary in thickness from one-half to thir- teen inches. In some mounds there are two hearths separated by eight or ten inches of earth, in which case the upper hearth is much the thicker. In only two instances haye I found them to contain remains. In one witha con- vex top some human remains were found di- reetly beneath the center of the hearth. In another the yemains were upon the hearth, on the south side. ey had evidently been placed | there after the fleshy portions of the body had | decayed. * * * These mounds could hardi be called altar mounds, tor there are more ha conieal tops than there are having flat or ¢ tops. In some cases the hea cone: , and at most only a few pieces at are found. If they had been u: x places there would be quantitic found, such as naturally accumulate. nounds continue at intervals along the »pi river as far nerth as Little Falls, nd up the Minnesota river to Blz : thence along that lake and Lake Traverse, | and down the Red River vailey beyond Winni- | peg, in Manitob The mounds t upper and lower structed for dw ru M ki at I have examined both in the valley seem to haye been con- BURIAT. PURPOSES, and the modes of burial were relatively the The vertebre and other small bones are ‘Lhe skeletons are not in natural po- The relics are generally found near the skulls, and are of the same form. HOW MOUNDS ARE FORMED. It tstrue that aftera few years the debris would form a solid mass, but it would still re- tain the concave top and would remain practi- cally unchanged {n after years, as no action of the elements wonld ever make its top level or while the opening in its side would still be apparent. Clay and black loam, of witlch the of Minnesota are formed, does not have On the’ contrary, the movetent is in an opposite direction. As most of the MOUNDS ARE BUILT upon ridges, it would be impossible for them to take form In this way. Another point to be taken in consideration is that all the mounds in an undisturbed state are very symmetrical, slop- ing gradually from the highest point at the cen- ter to the outer edge of the base. After being thrown up they must have been sodded over, for unless this e done they would not have retained their perfect shape and even surface. An illustration of this may be seen along any railroad. The sides of the roadbed are contin- lly washing down, so that earth has to be from time to time until vegetation has wained a foothold. Another fact not to be lost sight of is that the mounds show no signs of ever having hada fire built in any portion of them. In nearly all the mounds, however, more or less charcoal is found, and occasionally a heap of ashes; but a careful examination of the { earth shows no sign of its ever having been sub- | ected to heat. This is evidence enough that the ashes were placed there at tie time of the build- | ing of the m The appr are also regular and show no of use. A question naturally arises: Why are there so many human skeletons found within mounds? Would the builders have con- and after- | So far as all the evi- ‘ontain many tons, and are simpiy places of ward used them as dwelling places? my examinations have extend dence goes to show that they human sepulcher. a Roman Names. From tt tleman’s Mawazine. After a man’s first name came the name of his clan, which always ended in tus. The ancient Roman clans seem, like the Highland clan of to- day, to have been often designated from the name of a supposed ancestor. As the descend- ants of Donald are called Macdonald, so the de- scendants of Marcus were called Marcius, those ot Quintus Quintius, and those of Publius, Manius, Servius and Lucius bore the names Publilius, Manilius, Servilius and Lucilius, When all the members of a clan have the same surname, and the stock of first names has from any cause become limited, it is obvious that a good deal of confuston may arise. The High- landers obviate this inconvenience by a resort to descriptive nicknames. Now, just as in the Highlands people might be distinguished be- tween two Fergus Macdonalds by calling one Long-beard and the other Curly-head, just so in Roman ilstory we read of 9 Titus Quintius Barbatus and a Titus Quintius Cincinnatus. The Romans, however, went a step further than the Highlanders haye’ done, for with them the nickname became hereditary as a family sur name. There were many Romans who (elther from thelr special celebrity, or because their surnames were extremely common) bore, in ad- } dition to the regular set of three names, an ine | dividual nickname called the agnomen. It to worth noting, a a relie of prehistoric usage that Roman men had no regular names ex. cept those indi longed. The eleyen daughters of a Cornelius were to the outside world Just Cornelia and nothing else. In the family circle they would, of course, be distinguished by designations analogous to our modern pet names; but on this | Subject our information is singularly limited. omplexity of the Roman name system was | not easily understood by Greeks and Jews, aud the Roman names inthe New Testament are curlously contused. Sometimes a man is spoken of by his first name, as Gaius, Publius, or Mar- "us; Sometimes by his clan name, as Julius or Coraelius, and sometimes by his surname, as Pudens or Niger. In Simon the Cyrentan we have a remarkable example of the mixture of languages brought about by the Koman con- que: & native of Africa, bearing a Hebrew hame, calls one of his sons by the Greek name | drank and federate army. Dr. Henderson was appointed to Siojpson street church, Jersey City. Alexander and another by the Roman surname Rufus. FIRST aID TO THE INJURED. ‘The Police Taught How to Succer Per- sons Suffering from Street Acci- dents. BANEFUL EFFECTS OF STIMULANTS — DISTIN- GUISHING BETWEEN CASES OF DRUNKENNESS AND FORMS OF DISEASE. From the New York Heraid, April 8th. A conversation was had yesterday with Dr. A. E. Nichols, of No. 63 West 38th street, who is engaged In delivering to the police of this city a course of lectures on beha!f of the Soclety for Instruction in First Aid to the Injured. This society was organized in January, 1882, upon the same principles as the St. John Ambulance Association of England. “The object of this society,” sata Dr. “is to give instruction as to the proper manner and means of aiding sick and injured persons, and the result which It espe; accomplish is the saving of that nee ing in cases of accident which is so frequently caused by the ignorance of the unskilled per- sons with whom the patient is first brought in contact. How a person suffering from a broken limb should be handled, how bleed- ing from an artery can be stopped, and the treatment of other Injuries requirmg prompt action, are the matters to which the society gives most prominence in its course of Instruc- tion. Since its foundation a large number of lectures has been given to both pay and free classes at the central office of the society, No. 6 hast 14th street, to railway employes at the ‘and Central depot and to the empl of some of the large factories in the city, such as Robert Hoe & Co.'s and the Delamater Iron Works. Any one can take these lectures by ap- plying at the central oftice. At present only two classes haye n formed in the police art ment. Each class consists or about thirty men from the first precinct. I lecture to one class and Dr. W. H. Murray, of Chambers-street_hos- pital, to the other. “Its the intention of the society to Instruct the whole police department in first aid. A course consists of fiye lectures, one lecture e SICK PERS! FOR DRUNKENNESS. The reporter called the attention of the doc- tor to the large number of sick persons igno- rantly arrested by the police as intoxicated. Many of such cases are known to have resulted in deatii, when this might have been prevented or the patient's lite prolonged by proper medi- cal treatment. “It ts the very object of these lectures,” said Dr. Nichols. ‘to obviate any such fatal results. It is our aim so to instruct the police that such cases cannot occur in the future.” it not a common thing for persons to be found insensible inthe streets and to be arrested by the police and locked up as drank 2” When a man is found insensible,” responded Dr. Nichols, “ in many cases it isimpossible for any one to decide at the first exa whether he ls drunk or whether he is s from some other complaint. He would no ptom sufficiently prominent to enable one to distinguish between alcoholism, concus- ston, or compression of the brain, epilepsy or other like diseases. These lectures will teach the police that there are other canses of insensi- bility than drunkenness.” “But a man who Js drunk will have the fames of liquor about him.” “Now,that is just the trouble; that is the one misleading was the rep! “It is avery common thing for a man who is sick or becomes insensible to have whisky poured down his thro: some 4ynorant but well-meaning person. No matter how little the patient may have swallowed he will smell of it, and it fol- lows that some inexperienced offi nto whose hands he falls willmake up his mind that he is will treat him according! Then, again, it may be that the unfortunate one, not feeli well, had taken a glass of wine or two preceding his stroke of apoplexy or his tit. He smells of liquor, but the man was not drunk. A CASE IN POINT. “A case In point is reported in te-da One Stephen MeTighe was arrested yesterday or the day before in Jersey City for drunkenne Later in the evening he was found | conscious in his cell. The city physic his removal to the city hospital, a there yesterday mornin Jt was apaple which Was supposed to ha used his death. Now f do not mean to ss it this man’s lite would have been as in others of the same kind, his life might at least have been prolonged. In cases of eoncu: and compression of the brain the chances of living are very good provided the patient re- ceives proper treatment at the outset.” “The police frequently enough find genuine cases ot drunkenness. “Do you propose to say what should be done with thos ° “A man who ts thoroughly drunk,” said Dr. Nichols, ‘needs as much good treatment as any other wno from different causes is unable totake care of himself. His temperature is lowered and he is Hable when in such a condition tu contract disease, especially pneumonia. He should be put to bec and kept warm instead of being locked up in a cold cell. Of course it does not seem Just, according to the common way of looking at the matter, to treat a man well who has voluntarily piaced himseit in such a state, but when you think that life may be at stake it does not seem so unreasonable. A drunken man is almost invariably Jn a condition to con- tract pneumonia, the worst form of this disease being alcoholic pneumonia, and very few of these cases recover. The police shoul at least see that such a person is kept warm and not suffered to lie in the wet and cold. Whena man is found insensible a surgeon ought to be called at once, and this is the practice of many of the police captains. A man who Is suffering from concussion of the brain should also be kept warm and put to bed. In cases of accident, where an ambulance is called the police are notified, as it is through that department the call 1s made, so that a po- liceman ig always present very soon after the oc- currence. Thus we see the importance of their being instructed in these matters. After the ambulance is called it may be fifteen minutes or half an hour before it arrives, and during that tine, unless ¢ ‘ent aid is rendered, the patient may die from ioss of biood or the loss of blood may be so great that recovery Is impossible. The ald rendered during this t before the arrival of the ambulance—frequently decides the fate of the patient. In cases of fracture a sim- ple fracture may be rendered compound by un- skillful or rough handling. One of the sharp fragmefts of bone may be pushed through the skin or the main artery of the part may be cut, leading In some cases to fatal results, or at least to an amputation of the limb. We teach the police how to handle these cases, how to im- provise splints out of any~ strip of wood hat may be handy, and how to apply them and put the man in a proper position.” THE DANGER OF GIVING LiQuoR, “Js it not a common practice,” asked the re- porter, “‘in such cases to give the injured person ardent spirks’ “Yes, It is the practice to give the patient all the whisky he can drink, or even to make him take more than he really wants, thinking that in this way they will counteract the effects of the accident. Serious results frequently follow the giving of such large doses of stimulant. The patient's stomach is so intensely irritated that uncontrollable vomiting sets inafter a time, and when the patient most requires nourishment he is unable to take St.” “Then you condemn the giving of liquor in such cases?” “Not at all. Stimulants are absolutely neces- sary, but they should be given, not by the glass- ful, but in small doses and frequently.” “In your practice at Bellevue Hospital as house surgeon did you meet many cases of whisky-dosed patients?” “Yes; and the quantity of liquor they had paper. been given had positively endangered their re- covery. In serlous accidents. where men have been run over or otherwise have had their limbs broken, this giving of strong liqnors in large quantities 1s extremely dangerous. When a man begins to vomit after suffering from shock z ee jider it 1s well to call'in the priest and his jends.” STOPPING HEMORRHAGES. “What are the means taught for stopping hemorrhages?” “At the first lecture we teach them the course of the main arteries of the body. Knowing these points, they are taught to apply pressure Above the wound elther with the fingers or the improvised feld tourniquet. That is, pressure 1s made somewhere in the course of the artery between the part and the point where the artery is separated. The improvised tourniquet is one of the simplest of all the remedies and the most easily applied. Supposing the leg is badly crushed below the knee and there Is very profuse hemorrhage, a handkerchief or other piece of cloth is bound loosely round the thigh hear the body and tied ina hard double knot. A small stone or other hard pad is placed frer the artery; a small stlek is then passed be- las the leg and the handkerchief onthe outer side of the thigh and twisted up tightly, thus completely cutting off the flow of blood ugh e err Of the great number of persons who are injured and who die very many could be saved by receiving efficent ald immediately after the accident. By'the time aneglected case of accident gets to the hospital not all the sur- geons in the world can rally the patient, because the shock has been so profound and he has lost so much blood. Now, @child with the proper knowledge could apply a tourniquet such as I have indicated.” “What other subjects are treated of?” “We teach the class how to apply artificial re- spiration in apparently drowned or otherwise suffocated persons; how to treat burns. scalde, frozen limbs and bites of rabid animals; signs of fracture and the first aid to be rendered in sach accidents, with ilinstrations. The fourth lecture will be on first ald to those suffering trom shock or collapse, fainting, heat strokes and poisons. The fifth will treat of the improvised method of lifting and conveying the sick and injured on stretchers and thelr carriage by rail or cart. At the end of each lecture practical instruction 1s given on the application of bandages, splints and tourniquets and questions are asked on the preceding lesson. At the endof the course each man will be examined, and those who are pro- fleient wili receive a certifleate from the so- ‘¢ the police Interested in those lectures?” Ithink they are. Their attendance is com- pulsory, and they have to come when off duty, in their own time. I was afraid at first that the men, not liking this, would not give proper at- tention to the work., You know the members of the force are always striving for promotion or reward for meritorious conduct. men have been rewarded for saving people from drowning or from burning buildings. I have tried to make them understand that they just as truly save life by applying artificial respira- | tion and resuscitating an unconscious person who has been taken from the river or a burning building as when they risk their livea in first making the rescue. Without the aid of arti- ficial respiration their rescue would be useless, as most probabiy the person would have died. In the same way they save life when they apply a tourniquet and so stop profuse hemorrhaxe. I hope hereafter that men will be rewarded by the department for applying their knowledge in such cases.” o+-—______ People of Prominence. Peter Cooper was latterly in the habit of amusing himself with rubber balls, which he tossed in the air, trying to catch them as they came down. “It furnishes me with a good deal of pleasant exercise,” he sald. “and It lends a curious relief to the mind that I never could have found in it any time during the last three quarters o fa century. 1 am a boy again, there is no doubt abont that.” Goy. Cleveland, of New York, a confirmed bachelor, seldom appears in public, and visits so little that the unmarried element of the female population of Albany has its curiosity greatly piqued, especially as the Governor {s in the prime of life and with personal attractions of a high order. Herr Most says the United States fs not a na- tion, but a great country, whose people ate of many different nationalities. as: He proposes to ciate into one grand society all who enter- tain socialistic Ideas aud theories or sympathize | with them, and the headquarters will .be in Chicago. Rufus Hatch is reported by a London corre- | spondent as organizing a “personally conducted party,” whose inembers are to be of different European nationalities, inclusive of “several prominent men, for a grand trip through the United States next fall. The young wife of ex-President Diaz is the possessor of very rare and costly diamonds. On one of her bracelets is a single stone 20 carats, as well as several other smaller solitaires. Her earrings have each two yery larze soi one below the other. One set. of diamonds, which her husband presented her wien they were married, f en months ago, cost $25,000, brooch, pendant, neck- lace, and tiara Louis Veuillot, the noted French Journalist, who died a few days ago, used to regard )i self as the beadle of the church, charged to re move ail thoze who Interfered with the deyo- tions of the plous. The knob of his stick loaded with lead, and he brought it down witi a thwack th One of but for its beneficial effect upon her yolee, whieh is always clear and full. The Czaritza of Russ of Denmark and and of Ge fond of de to the dishke hesitate to li daughter of Herodias. Victor Hugo is menaced with the loss of his old friend and companion, Mme. Drounet. This 1 has been associated with his life since Marie Tudor” was first played. She pe d that Queen. The whole town raved about her. and the poet thouzht her adorable. To please him she guitted the stage, and has ever Sh . daughter of the king r of the Princess of Wales sing of Greeee, is ely and this fondness subjects her C y Museovites, who do not Czaritza to the dancing i devoted herself to 1 e was for a loug course of years his lite: ‘y. She srov s the lio i tion. When | Victor Hugo was free to marry her she refused to urge him to make use of his liberty for her adva anadmission that thelr friendship was not a righteous one. Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., 1s having built for his new residence a magnificent billiard table, constructed of Imported old English oak, in renalssance style. Costly and elaborate carvings from designs by a celebrated artist embellish the sides and ends broad rails, which are curved, in- stead of the usual straight bevel. This Is done to show off the rich carvings to greater adyan- tage. Cupids playing billiards and other fanei- ful illustrations carved in the solid wood adorn the cushion rails. The cost of this table will be $2,500. Gen. Arthir is a good salmon fisher, says a New York expert, and has the highest record of any man in this country. But it fs not alone as asalmon fisher that he excels. He casts a sal- mon fly beautifully, he casts a trout fly su- perbls, and he casts a bass balt equal to any- ody, A new tenor has been discovered by the man- ager of the Hamburg Opera, Mr. Pollini. Eight- ecn months ago this new singer bestrode the box of a tour-wheeled hackney coach, earning a scanty livelihood, his com only knowing that Henry Botel “could sing a son: Mr. Pollint quite accidentally heard’ Botel sing, and took him in hand at once. After a carctul training, Botel was brought out some time in an evening concert, and delighted his di guished audience by the power and sweetness of his volce, Then followed a successful ap- pearance as Lionel in Martha.” E bor said to a reporter the other etimes think that no man in this country has been abused and lied about as I have. ‘I don't call myself a great man; all that Iclalm gthe right to be let alone. I never saw the like of some of these newspaper men. They say ‘good morning’ or ‘good evening’ toa man, or perhaps passa dozen words with him, and then go away and write a column of stuff about him, telling how much he pays for his night shirts and all that sort of thing.” On one occasion, when the newly appointed Postmaster General was on the U.S circuitcourt bench, the district attorney announced that a certain important case, just called, would be withdrawn trom the’ docket. “By whose au- thority?” inquired Judge Gresham. “By In- structions from Washington.” “But whose in- structions?” The answer was unsatisfactory. “We do not recognize the right of anybody at Washington, even the President himself,” said Judge Gresham, ‘to interfere, whether ‘by in- structions or requests, in the trial of a cause be- fore this court. Proceed with the case.” Mr. Wilkie Collins has finished his new novel, and it will be published early in May. He has been suffering from a slight attack of gout, and is about going for a short time to the Isle of Thanet, his favorite place of recuperation since the discovery of Broadstairs by Dickens. ——+e-—_______ Fish Planting. The following is an extract trom the annuat report of Col. Marshall McDonald, the commis- sioner of fisheries of the state of Virginia, just published: The enormous plants of 1880 and 1881 in the Potomac river should this year begin to bear fruit. If favorable meteorological conditions exist, so that during the fishing season our con- tinental or river waters are warmer than those of the Chesapeake, we have every reason to an- ticipate the largest ran of shad Into the Potomac and the most successful fishing season that we have had for many years. Should, however, cold rains and melting snows send down cold waters during aa and May, then the river fish- eres will be a failure. Shad may swarm in the bay in countless myriads, but they will not, in the attempt to reach thelr spawning grounds, pass from a higher to a lower temperature ot water, unless the former temperature exceeds 70° Fah. Such condition of things as above indicated, ‘whilst disastrous to the river fisheries, ought to determine a large catch and a successful season for the pound nets on the Eastern Shore from Cape Charles to Hongres creek, and for the very extenslye pound net fisheries on the West- ern Shore that cluster around alee Point and extend along the bay shore from the York to the Potomac.’ ad Numbers of tage, as she thought, marriage would be | TRE GREAT RUSSIAN TELESCOPE, The Largest Refractor im the World. A TRIUMPH OP AMERICAN SKILL. From the Scientific American. We have seen the wonders of the starlit sky through the largest and best retracting tele- scope in the world; but the wonderfal instru- ment js not destined to remain in this country. The ntost important part of it, the object glass, with the cell that holds it In place, will soon be on its way to the Russian Observatory of Pul- kowa, located on the Pulkowa hills, nine miles south of St. Petersburg, and commanding a fine view of the capital. The observatory was built and richly endowed by the Czar Nicholas in 1839, and has won high renown on astronomical annals for the work it has already accomplished under its first director, the nent astronomer Wilhelm Struve, as well as under his son. Otto Struye. who became director in 1864, upon the death of his distinguished father, and still holds the honorable position. The Russian government was not satisfed with the capacity and size of the present work- ing force of the observatory, and determined to have a new retracting telescope constructed which, in mechanisin and optic power, should surpass any telescope in existence. The director truye)was commissioned to carry ont the plan. The most perfect workmanship attainuable was to be put in requisition, and Strnye chose trom all the world, for the execution of the diMeult and delicate task, the M ‘8. Alvan Clark & Sons, the famous telescope makers ot Cam- bridgeport, Mass. TUE OBJECT GLASS LARGER THAN aT WASH- INGTON. Struve came to this country, and intrusted to their skillful hands the making of the object | glass, with a diameter of thirty Inches, and its cell. The mounting of the great telescope is being made in Hamburg, Germany, by Messrs. Repsold & Sons. The Pulkowa object glass 1s four inches larger than that of the Washington telescope finished in 18° and seven inches larger than that of the simiiar instrument re- cently completed for the Princeton observatory, both telescopes being the work of the same makers. The arrangements with Messrs. Clark were made in the summer of 1881, and the great objective was completed in October, 1882. A temporary equatorial stand was erected in the yard of the workshop, in order to test the quality, power, and pertection ot the #1! It cousists of a pler of solid masonry, to which a tube of sheet iron, made in three sections, is firmly fixed, with the necessary mountings to secure Its movement in the required directlon. The object glass, the pleces, and purtenances being ther placed in po: great refractor was ready to show its working power, and to reveal any slight imperfections in the polish or finish that required attention. The precious glass bore the testin process with tri umphant success, aud is pronounced by the makers to be the best that has left their hands. But the supremacy of the Rnssian Ope as the largest of its kind in the world wiil be of short duration. The same trial mounting will be used by the Me: Clark for testing the thirty-six inch object glass which they have en- gaged to make for the Lick observatory of Cali- | fornia. Th pier of the temporary structure is twenty- seven feet in height; the tube is forty-five feet in length, with an aperture of forty inches in diameter. Figures, however, give a faint idea | of this giant structure. Jt must be seen loom- ing up under the sky be‘ore its huge dimensions | can be realized. A View of the heavens through | Its great eye must be taken betore its wondrous ligh(gathering power can be imagined. A VIEW OF SATURN AND JUPITER. The evening of our observation is intensely | cold, but the sky is undimmed by the shadow of | di, the atmosphere is free froma breath of | moisture. The heayens present a scene of ex- | ceeding beauty as the party of observers take | their piaces under the stars. The last lingering s of twilight faintly suffusethe w st, the new an, oniy ada » holding the old moon In the horizon. and th it the dark st stars and 1 friendly would Among them ithe planets Jupiter and Saturn, whose rs, are wht with necromantic « from a surface of unbroken snow, + up with shadowy indistinetness, to pierce the skies, Sat its base dwindle to pyg- it the After a short time the instrument is ready for action: Its open eye is turned upon the planet | Saturn. ‘The serene star, upon which a moment | before we had turned our unaided eye, is sud- jdenly transformed into’ a creation of 's jing beauty. A superb golden eph as the full moon, lies before | softiy cradied in the. prot ing rings, and nof his eight moons sible as bright points on the dark back- | ground of the sky. Titan, the largest moon, has a perceptible disk. Every detail of the magnificent and complex Saturnian system 1s complete. The outer ring, with its faint line of division; the division between the outer and in- the Inner or second ring: the third or crepe ring, closely joined to the second; the break on the rings formed by the shadow of the planet; and the soft markings on his disk. Nothing Is wanting in the minutest details, and there is but one imperfection in the picture. The definition is not good; the outlines are not clearly defined. The view does not differ greatly in dimensions from that presented by a smaller telescope, but planet and rings are flooded with light of delicious brilliancy and softness. Here lies the advantage of a great telescope. It brings to the eye all the light that. enters it, so that, within certain limits, the larger ‘the jteleseope the larger the amount of light {t collects, the more easiiy visible will fatnt objects become, and the greater the number of objects before unseen that will be revealed, THE COLORING IS EXQUISITE. Terrestrial colors are muddy in comparison with the celestial hnes of liquid gold of the disk and rings, and the creamy tints of the belts that cross the disk with the lightness and grace of scudding cloud bands. The sphere seems almost to stand upright within the en- circling rings, only a sinali portion of the planet being seen beneath them. We har len upon favorable conditions for a view of urn, for his rings ate opening to their widest extent, his northern declination Is Increasing, and he is’ ap- proaching perihelion. HOW JUPITER LOOKS. Jupiter is the next object to test the space an- nihilating power of the instrument. The Prince of Planets is superb, larger than the full moon, though but little larger than we have seen him ‘many times in a telescope of elght inches aper- ture. fle 1s, however, much brighter, and though by no means as’ magnificent as Saturn, we have the pleasure of feeling that we see him on a much larger scaie. He seems so near that we are impelled to put our hands behind the glass and touch him. His broad belts are de- Neious in coloring, now suffused with pale rose, or mottled with soft gray, while shades of purple, brown, and delicate green are inter- spersed. Never before did we behold the va- riety of tone and tint, the flood of light we see this night. Never did our giant brother seem so near, 80 grand in prone lone, 80 symmetrical in equipoise. His four satellites are brightly beaming on his left, and bear testimony to the bower of the telescope by presenting disks in- stead of points. The famous red spot is want- ing in the view. We mourn its nee, for, since 1878, its well known features have become ‘as familiar and firmly fixed as if they were a permanent feature on the planet’s disk. What shall we see next? 1s the question now discussed, for the extreme cold has congealed the oll, and the monster refuses to move. His eye is turned to the meridian, and no effort will make him swerve one inch to the right or left. In this emergency, a member ofthe party volun- teers to mount to fhe top of the pier and lubri- cate with fresh oilthe joints of the it. The plan is successful, and with many a lek and groan, the lower end of the tube rises and the ‘upper end falls, until the Cyclopean eye points to the great Nebula in Orion. THE CELESTIAL GLOW. The little wisp of cloud haze visible to the naked eye is transtormed Into one of the most glorious visions thatever breaks upon the en- tranoed eye of the observer. The most wonder- fal nebula the northern sky reveals lies before us. filling the whole field of view and suffused bya light that never was on.sea or shore. Now ‘we appreciate the power of the great 5 the triumph of the optician’s art. For definition igof little consequence in ol . ee x the "ontestial glow that el of the low per- vades the acene is beautifal bey: pezium, consisting of four bright starsand two smaller ones. Around this sextuple group ra- jate what seem to be the head and branching horns of some huge animal, the trapeztum occu- pying and the open month, surrounding a space which the blackness ‘piral curves of nebulous haze fill m the Ofsky within of dark- Ress. 6 field of view, the radiating mass being of a deli- cate green tint, while dotted over the shadowy haze are man: iliant stars, throwing an ele- ment of life into the formless void and helping to light up this scene of loveliness and gran- deur which no pencil may paint nor pen de- scribe. We feel, while with reverent eyes we gaze upon the picture, that we are looking within the eternal gates, and enjoying a glimpse of the glory to be revealed, that “eye hath not seen or ear heard.” THE NEBULA OF ORTON. Tt is said that no one cantook upon the Apollo without standing erect and feeling a sense of the divinity inherent in human nature. But what is this masterpiece of Greek art, chiseled by human hands from a block of marble in com- | parison with this creation from Nature’s fash- joning hand brought near to mortal eyes by telescopicart! Where butin the neavens shall we find such an exhibition of majesty, vastness, and celestial grace as is symbolized In the great Nebula of Orion, beaming with suns, peopled with ghostly shadows, and glowing with light thats hundreds of years when it reaches us! | Ourearth and her brother planets will have cooled down to dead worlds, the sun’s fires will be quenched in utter darkness, when the star dust on which we are now looking will quicken with the pulse of physical life, throw offits con- centric rings, and concentrate into beaming suns and 5 ms to take the place of those Whose rat run, whdse mission ts fulfilled. 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