Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1885, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: CITY AND DISTRICT. Protection from Lightning. ‘To the Editor of Tae Evexixe Sri In view of the public interest felt in the pro- tection of the monument from destruction by | q lightning, [ conclude that any light thrown | 4, upon the subject will be of interest to your readers. In the Nautical Magazine of 1843 will be found a history of the effects of lightning on some 200 ships of the English navy, collected from the logbooks of H. M. ships—a history which may ciaim to be considered as a valuable record of the phenomena of electrical storms. These cases comprise 87 ships of the line, 55 | 5! frigates and 78 sloops of war and smaller 'ves- | 7 sels. There were destroyed or severely dam aged, in these cases, 164 lower masts and 152 opwiasts. In 1813 nearly one-half of the In- uw ading Toulon, were on one occasion struck at the same time by lightning and more or less Gisabled. After an elaborate investigation of this question, both experimentally and by a large induction of facts derived from the ob- served effects of lightning on ships, as re- corded in the logbooks of the nav: Snow Harris, F. R. 8. was led io diseard | “I hay when none but wild beasts and savages were upon far | Present tohear it. Tome there is something views and Pie py to lightning and the general opera- teri els: e, and to the prevailing the nature of x > tion of atmospheric electrical disctia consider the whole question as base more practical and general Those Commonly entertained.” Without stop- Ping to consider whether electrical phenomena Were derived from the operation of an invisible fluid or fluids always present to us, and attract- able or attracted by certain Kinds of matter, he came at once to the immediate results of ex- perience, and merely assumed in conformity With these results that what we call lightning is an explosive form of action of some unknown | natural agency when forcing its way through bodies or other matter, the constitution of | which is such as to resist’ its progress. For ex- ample, such matter as atmospherie air, or such bodies'as glass, pitch, wood and many others, that, when failing upon other kinds of matter, such as metals and some other bodies, the con- principles than | P) it si of electrical agency, then this explosive torm of action termed lightning no longer obtains, bat is converted as it were into a quiescent cur- Tent, the amount of explosive or expansive force being always in some direct ratio of the resistance, that the great law which deter Mined the path of a stroke of lightning and its attendant destructive effects was real! % law} dependent upon this general fact; that so far as the unknown principle or agency we term electricity was concerned every substance is in respect to any specific attraction alike indiffer- | Will it take place azain until the yeur 2089. ent to Ita conelusion fully borne out both by | | Th ure absolutely no perceptible specific the experiment of Cavendish and Coulomb,who | differences between the seventcen-year and the found that an electrical charge is independent ofthe nature of the substance upon which it is accumulated, and that an equal division of electricity always obtains without any regard to the kind of substance of which bodies con- aist;—that fn the prog stroke of lightning the electrical agency, what- ever it be, seeks to pursue a course which upon the whole is the least resisting. If metallic bodies are present and happen to lie in a position favorable to that course, then they be- come necessarily subject to the operation of the discharge; but if not in such a position, although | present, then the discharge becomes determined upon other, and perhaps worse, conducting bodies;—and hence it is that the masts of a ship | are shivered in pleces. The whole question is, | therefore, resolved into a question of resistance | and distance, und it is tothe laws deducible from a practicable scientific investigation of these elements that we must look for an ade- quate explanation ofthe apparently precarious and capricious course of the electrical discharge as seen in its effects on the monument under the form of lightning, and in the several anom- Jous instances in which it appears to seize upon, or avoid, good conducting matter. The French philosophers, under the impres- sion that lightning strikes the highest points, and that conducting bodies can attract and determine the course of lightuing, Were led to imagine that when judiciously ‘applied to a building as @ defense against tts destructi effects In the usual way of a lightning-rod, such rod could protect surrounding bodies Within a circular distance equul to twice the Yadius of its elevation [see Annales de Chimie et de Physique, volume 26], which 1s by no Means a general truth. Experience is at variance with such a deduction. For ex- ample, in the cases of ships in the British navy, struck and damaged by lightning, we fird | instances of lightning striking the fore-mast, & Hightning conductor being applied to main mast. All this, in fact, depends on the Fesistance to the course of the discharge in this or that direction, and hence lightning does not always strike the highest point or fall in a cer- tain direction upon a conductor. The follow- ing deductions bearing on this question, and derived from an analysis of the numerous Instances above alluded to, are not without much practical value. From this analysis it appears that in regard to ships, Ughtning strikes upon the top-gallant masts or highest bag oe about twice in three times. In about one in five times it strikes the topmasts, or next highest points. In about one in seven It strikes the lower masts, and in aboutone in fifty times it falls directly upon the hull, so that @stroke of lightning must frequently assail a ship in directions more or less oblique. In. two inst out of three a ship is struck by light- ning on the main mast only; in about one in five cases on the foremast only; in about one in twenty on the mizen mast only; in about one in eighty instances on the jibboom; in about one instance {n_ 200 lightning has struck the ex- tremity of a yard arm without falling on the masts. The fore and main masts may be struck simultaneously, or the main and mizen masts, and even all three masts simultaneously; but We find no instance in which the fore’ and Mmizen masts are struck simultaneously, ex- elusive of the main mast. We further find that once in sixteen instances the discharge has fallen on ships in a divided Stream, producing a sort of double or even treble aise! in about one in twenty cases lightning has fallen obliquely in respect of the mast and hull; several cases occur in which the foremast has been struck, a chain conductor having been appiied to the main mast. ‘These important deductions from a large col- lection of facts evidently confirm the view just taken of discharges of lightning, and prove that their course is In no way determined by any Specific attractive power resident in metallic bodies, attached to the masts and yards, or otherwise forming a portion of the bull, but by other causes foreign as it were to the mere pres- ence of such bodies, and which are to be con- sidered rather as the patients than the agents im determining the path of a stroke of light- ning. —— then the truth of these examples it should follow that if a ship or building were Perfectly non-resisting in all its parts in respect Qfelectrical discharge, no damage could possi- bly occur to it by lightning, since at the instant ofthe electrical discharge striking upon any | a Point of the general structure, the lightning ‘would immediately vanish, and would be con- Verted into what may be considered as a com- paratively qulescent current or currents of elec- city, having unlimited room for expansion inal! directions. To arrive, therefore, at per- fect security for ships and buildings in ‘electri- cal storms, we should endeavor to bring the general fabric intothat passive or non-resisting State it would assume supposing the whole ti fel we fr woul ci fel A oo On the “Pe: lished. “It is pronounced the most complete and comprehensive treatment of the subject ever structive Industry, their quarrels and thelr in- stincts afford abundant food for our love of the marvelous; but few species can claim such a singuiar history asean our periodical ctcada. We teen years in the bowels of the earth, should at last ascend from its earthy retreat, chan; shore fleet under Lord Exmouth, while block: | Sggish, creeping and wingless form, «nd, en- zen of the air and e1 sun. that this same insect has appeared in some part or other of the United States at tervals of sevenwen Sir W, | for ages wi back in thought particular month of a particular year, or even toa given day, when the woods resounded with 1863, or will the present yea: ance of one of which was recorded as long ago as 1633, there are also thirteen-year broods; and that, though both sometimes occur in the same states, v¢ year broods maybe said to belong to the northern Se eres ere hae the catiieC Eome | minton she Gillie tite Seine ieee eae 38 degrees, though in some places the seven- in Illinois the thirteen-year broods runs up con- teen-year broods, together with one of the largest thirteen-year broods, neously in the summer of 1868. Such an event, so far as regards these two had not taken place since the year 1647, nor thirteen-year broods, other than in the time of maturing; but while the insects forming these two classes of broods are not specifically dis- do not cross, and I have, therefore, for conve- ress of what is called a | plence sake, named the thirteen-year broods Cicada tredecim.”* oceur in both races, a large one and a small one—the former being the more numerous, Tne large form measures, on an average, 1 from the head to the tip of the close and almost always expands over three inches. ‘The other or smaller form is not, on an average, ie e than two-thirds as large, and the two are large form has been observed to make its ap- pearince from eight to ten days earlier than the small form. THE SEASON OF THEIR APPEARANCE AND DIS- pearance differs somewhat with the latitude, though not so materially as one might suppose. According to the records, they appeared in 1868 earlier in the south than in the north, but the last half of May can be setdown as the perlod during which they emerge from the ground in any part of the country, while they generally leave by the 4th of July.’ Int. Louis county, on the 22d of May, apd by the 28th of thesame month the woods resounde concourse of the perfect insect. wit make their ap} the latter part of the ¢ very few males will be heard. or retard their development, as ‘was proven in 1868, when Dr. Hall, of Alton, IIL, in ing underground flues for forciig caused the cicadas to 20th, and at consecutive periods afterwards tll May, though, strange to s: Individuals did not sing. They trequently ap- jarge numbers, the year before or the year after their proper period, This is more éspecially the case with the thirteen-year brood. It has been discovered larly wet and marshy spots, the pups continue their galleries (places of residence in the earth) an orifice of egress even with the surface. the w tra in flight and song, as their muscles harden. The males alone are capable of “singing,” and they are true ventrioquisis, thelr rattling noise being produced by a system of muscles in the lower part of the body, which works on the drums under the wings, b; ing and loosening them. approaching the infested w tion of that of a distant threshing machine and ent trees, and tho PROF. RILEY THE LOCUSTS. jeal Cieada”— e Ruin They Their Strange Habits—T! Work in Orchards. Prof. Riley, entomologist of the Agrieultaral lepartment, has prepared @ bulletin on the ‘periodical cicada,” which will soon be pub- indertaken. At the outset Prof. Riley says: “The metamorphoses of insects, their in- re moved to admiration in contemplating the act that an insect, after living for nearly seven- its lowed with the power of flight, become a dent- Pa enjoy the fat glory of the But our wonder increases when we reflect ular In years for centuries—aye, in the past! Long ere Columbus trod, erican soil this lowly insect must have ap- red regularly at its appointed time. It must e filled the woods with its rattling song, len: ant in the idea that through its periodicity e enubled with tolerable certalnty to go for centuries in the past, to a is song in the same manner as they did in s FE! AND THIRTEEN YEAR LOCUSTS. It was my good fortune to discover that be_ des the seventeen-year broods, the appear. t in generai terms the seventeen- ‘ar brooas extend below this line, while iderably beyond it. It so happened that one of the largest seven- appeated simulta surticular broods, net, they are good and distinct races which Prot. Riley sets forth that two distinct forms inches wings, erently marked. There are sufficient dif to separate the two forms as distinct, he APPEARANCE. ‘The season of theif appearance and disap- o., In 1868, they commenced issuing d with the rattling As is the case insects, the males veral days before the at sooner. Hence, in da season, though the ‘oods are siill full of females, the song of but @ great many othe arance o disay males, and al Circumstances, Prof.Riley says,may accelerate nstruct- these premature ar in small numbers, and more rarciy in that, in places, ‘particu- om four to six inches above ground, leaving in end of these chambers the pupw per found awaiting their approaching time of change. These holes are cylindrical, and are evidently made by appressing the earth on all sides and throwing the refuse to the bottom, which must be quite a feat when they penetrate hard roads or come two rocks, as they frequenily do. are frequently found at a great depth, notwith- standin; between he larve the denial of the fact. Prof. Riley gives Instances where they have been found ten feet below the surface, THE TRANSFORMATION. When ready to transform they invariably at. tach themselves to some object, and, after the fly has evolved, the pupa skin is left still ad- hering. The operation of emerging from the pupa most generally takes place between the hours of 6and 9 p. m.; and ten minutes after the pupa skin bursts on the back the cicada will entirely have freed itself from it, ately after leaving the pupa skin the body 5 soft and white, patches on the veloped in less colors of the bod: hours have elapsed. These recently developed Immedi- with the exception of two blac! rothorax, The wings are de- an an hour, but the natural not acquired till several jcadus are somewhat dull for a day or so after orming,but soon become more active,both. Fpiitemately tighten- ‘he generai nofse on is, 1s a combina distant frog pond. That which they make when disturbed mimics a nest of young snakes or young birds under similar circumstances—a, sort of scream. They can also produce a chirp somewhat like that of a ericket, and a very lond, shrill screech, prolonged for fifteen or twenty seconds, and gradually increasing in foree and then decreasing. Alter pairing, the in the twigs of differ- for this purpose they males deposit their ough refer the oaks seem to and the hickories, they structure were metallic throughout or nearly so | oviposit in almost every kind of deciduous tree, ible. and even in herbaceous plants and in ever- closer we approximate to such @ condi- tion the greater the security. . H. VAN Zann. Washington, June 12th, 1885. age ut Prof. Henry Upon Lightning Rod ‘To the Editor of Tux Evexrno Star: Many communications have appeared in tu as rapidly as does an ant. tricated itself from an exceedingly fine mem- greens. The eggs hatch between the 20th of July and the Ist of August, or in about six weeks after being deposited. "The newly-hatched larva dif fers considerably from the full-grown larva, bu- principally in having much longer and ‘dist Unetly eightjointed antenne. t is quite ac— ve, and moves its antenne as dexterously and As soon as it has ex- your paper looking to the protection of the | brane (the amnion), which still euvelops it after monument from the disastrous effects of light- | 1 ning. The late Joseph Henry, of the Smith- sonian, was a professor at Princeton college about fifty years ago, and in his lectures to the students on the subject of electricity made some experiments in their presence to show the impropriety of having more than one point wa lightning rod. He exhibited a small house bi together and having a lightning rod at- tachment. On the top of the rod there was a Single polnt, which, was no larger at any place than Tod itself. The electricity passed through this to the earth without any hin- drance or damage to the house, but when a Knob was substituted for the point, and the current of electricity applied, the house waa immediately shattered. The professor said that the three points, which were often used, or more than one point, was unnecessary and dangerous. The aluminium tip on the monu- ment is much F than the rod below, and it is believed his advice—if alive—would be the Substitution of glass for the aluminiua, and that the single rod should pass through it sev- eral feet. & Wo HEARD Him, —>—. Shooting That Shouldn't Re Permitted. To the Editor of Tar Ev the United States but published some account ki ENING STAR: be erately to the so insignifican gently and as softly as does a feat THE SUPPOSED STING OF has left the egg, our ttle cicada dro; delib- ground, its specific gravity being that it falls hy the air as er. THE PERIODICAL CICADA, It is astonishing what a wide-spread fear ex- ists of the cicada on account of its supposed stinging power. There is scareely @ paper in of a “locust” sting in 1868, while unpublished aceounts were equally numerous, Some people even denied themselves the pleasure of eating blackberries, raspberries, and other fruits, be- cause they feared these fruits had been isoned the eggs of the cicada, while others Heved na that the insects poisoned water. Prof. Riley says he has endeavored to trace a number of these reports, but has invariably found that they were either false or greatly exaggerated, and there is no doubt whatever that the i majorit the fertile imaginations of newspaper report- Coe who are ever ready for the sensational. He of such accounts owe their origin to he says, handled thousands of them, and ws hundreds of persons, including children, who have done the same, and yet have never een able to witness a single case of bona fide.| Last year when the Buffalo Bill troupe was | Stinging by the cicada, here, among other things they fired shot and | T bullets up into theair, The rifles they used were 44 cal., and, fired at an angle of 28°, will send @ bullet about 144 miles, which would strike the earth again with sufficient velocity to go through @ man. The police, either through jorance, indifference, oF they had “a jeense,” permitted this to be done. 1 desire to in the Interest of public safety, against ted. The Commissioners should about, tins of them published in 1846. The late Dr. Smith, should be be more discriminating and active. itied augiete: ae fie teeter aire eee mitted anyhow, as the reper ora disturb the neighbors, €.B A a2 a Drink for the Dumb Animals. capable = fow up thelr twiga, ‘To the Editor of Tar EVENING StaR: Let me intercede for the dumb animals, | 1 Cannot s cup be inserted In the lower part of the public fountains to retain a continuous supply of water as it weathes As sagt action is desirable, Thors weather. ion that Major Dye, and not the overtaaked eng meer Coi F, Will be object consummated without k PHILANTHROPIST. ————+o The Way With Her. From Drake's Magazine. i oe "Es Estelle—No, indeed. Inever think of going “BELGE cae Este! we ee ‘ways like to have a chap around, accused of killing pear trees, and more espect- ally by Miss Margaretta H. Morris, in accounts I don’t | produce in this May be due to the fact ment, and the necessarily small nourishment taken at any one time. not generally felt, it isa vi in our orchards, ad vinced that there is no available wi ihust tuis suites | preventing ruinous Bork whee ieee once Pencete oviponte, ‘The nursery of Mr, Partridge, a miles west of Bt, a ry HE INJURY WHICH CICADAS CAUSE TO FRUIT TREES, While living under ground they have been of Baltimore, however, who made extensive ans denied their being capable of such jury. Mine trath of the matter seems to be, that @ permit (if it | while they do ture and deriv. = ited at all), and the patiee should ment f bots 4 praeiy iene from the roots af trees, they rarely if ever ‘way any serous injury. This of their alow develp- amount of Inthe pertect state, however, the female ts doing great injury to trees by hack- in the process of oviposit- heir injury in the forest is different thing ing. and alth¢ a especially is surrounded on ail sit riously 1 — May inicred than an thus saved But it becomes their disastrous work when the with me. I al, there rou “2 leave the ground, they ®& hopeless task full power of feeble and to far greater advantage by human agency, but hogs aud poultry of all, winds "sagen iy devour them. There were, it is true, many accounts afloat in 1868 of hogs being poisoned by them, and though it is not impossible that one ‘was occasionally killed by over-glutting, such cases were very rare indeed. Distriet Officers From Abroad. PLACES THAT MAY BE FILLED ROM THE WORLD AT LARGE—MR. RIDDLE'S CorNION IN THE CASE OF THE SCHOOL suUPEMNTEN- DENT. ‘The Commissioners, as stated in Tue Star, submitted the question raised as to their au- thority to appoint @ non-resident as superinten- dent of public schools to Attorney Riddle, who returned an opinion confirming their power to make the appointment from any place they chose. Mr. Riddle said in his opinion:—“As you are aware there exists no such office as superintendent of schools for the District, ex- pressly and directly created by any statute of Congress, or of the District legislature. The act of the District legislature of August 21, 1871, created the office of superintendent of public schools for the city of Washington,and required that he should bea resident, and in the ex- ercise ofthe elective franchise of said city.(Laws D.C, 175.) The act of the District legislature id August 23d, 1871, created u like office for the county ‘of Washington, and no- tices the existence of a like office for George- town, with like qualifications. (Id. 256, see. 96) ‘The act of June 20th, 1874, abolisbod the elec: tive franchaise (as well as the District legis ture) in effect by a repeal of the laws by which {t could be exercised, so that one of the qualifi- cations is at this time impossible. The effect of this is acurious but unimportant problem. How comes it that there now exists a superintendent of public schools for the District ai large? The act of June 20th, 1874, referred to above au- thorized the Commissioners created by it to abolish and consolidate office under’ them Under this authority, on the 'd June, 187 the then Commissioners consolidated the three Offices of superintendents ot public schools to one for the District and named his sulary. This really was and {s a new officer. To permit him the poe ceeteae Tequired by the laws creat- ing the three was a legal impossibility. It may be doubted whether a strict compliance with the power conferred was in this instance possl- ble. What the order really accomplished was the abolition of the three Offices and the crea- tion of a new one, as stated. No question can now arise as to the tenure of office by the new officer, for Congress annually appropriates for his compensation. This would by implication create the office. Tt is undoubtedly the true holding to regard the provisions of the acts of the District legislature reterred to as repealed or superceded and made obsolete by the act of June 11th, 1878. That act covers the ground occupied by the acts referred to, and hence under a familiar rule supercedes them by this its later and superior authority. (20 Stats.) It will be found that this act ot Congress deals directly with the matter of the restdence of the officers of the District. The Commissioners a; pointed from civil life must have a residence in the District of three years as a qualification, So the new board of nineteen school trustees are all to be residents of the District. The act is silent as to all other District officers, and Con- gress must have been uware that the old trus- tees and the old superintendents were by the law of their creation residents not only of the District, but of the particular sections for which they were to a When it satisfies Itself with requiring a residence of the new trustees, it se is Wisely to have left the Commissioners the world at large from which to select a super- intendent, as indeed all its other subordinates, These views conduet to the conclusion that in selecting the officer named in your note, here- with returned, you are not limited ‘to residents of the District.” oo Locusts as Food. WHAT A CLERGYMAN HAS TO SAY ON THE SUBJECT. “Our dishes,” said a well known clergyman to @ STAR reporter this morning, ‘seem to be as conventional as any of the different soctal for- malities and usages of life. While the hare in England and the rabbit In our own country are relished by all, and the yambon reco gnized as an oceasional attraction on every table, both, how- ever, were considered unclean by the children of Israel, who ate of those ani mals only which divided the hoof and chewed the cud, What Soever of flying things possessed four feet were also abominated, unless the same, in conse- quence of the shortness of their antennee, were necessitated to hop over the ground. Locusts, therefore, were lawful food, and before the con: clustoh of the nymph or pupa state, even the Athenians, we are told, esteemed them as such, aad sacred commentators inform us that the Asiatics were wont to eat them when dried in smoke and salted. Anacreon and Virgil have immortalized this insect, and the Greeks wore golden images of them ‘as ornaments for the hair. In the gospel of St. Matthew we are told that’ the food of Jotun the Baptist was tocusts and wild honey, which Cornelius A. Lapide pronounces as typlifying temperance, poverty and penance, while Hieronymus Mercurialis informs us that this species of diet tended to abbreviate life, and to generate phthisiasis, ‘though John by the favor ot God waxed strong and throve upon them,” Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed us follows: Chas. H. Bruce to Moscow R. G. Pendleton, lot 42 and pt. 43, sq. 1002; $200, C. McAuliffe to John Halloran, pt. B, sq. 563; $—. C. Xander to Isaac Bowbeer, pt. 2, 8q. w. of 484; $3,800. G. C, Randall to T, £. Waggaman et al., pt. lot 5, pt. 4, sq. 255, 3 and 5, sq. 348, 7 and 8, sq. $4,000. “Martha E. Freeman’ to Binily & N, sq. 874; $1,200, 1, Scott, interest in Mt, Vernon Livery stables; $400. Anu M. Booth to Robert Toomb, pt, 19, sq. 51; $525. Sally Ann Seaggs to 8. H. Walker, pt. 1, 8q. 8. of 825; —. Amanda F. Owens to same, lot 1, do: ~ Julia A. Cox to C. Arnold, trustee, lots 12 and 14, sq. 114; $50,000. W. Fletcher to F. Briggs, lot M and w. 4, F. Grofflin to Sarah THE COUNTRY. Summering on the M: litan RB. R.— Cel. Brooks and 8” Station. Correspondence of Tax EVENING STAR. Brooks, D. C., June 12. Guided by au advertisement in Tak EvKx- ING Srag, I have found, just three miles from Washington, on the Metropolitan Branch of the B. and O. R. R.,a delightful “rest.” Sixty years ago Col. Jehiel Brooks, 9 warm friend of Andrew Jackson, erected here a stately man- sion of noble architecture and surrounded it with choice shade trees, which now constitute @ magnificent park. Among these trees are the oaks (white, Spanish and magnolia, one of them measuring twelve feet in circumference), Indens, ashes, walnuts, beaches, tulip-poplars, aspens, elms, birches, catalpas, sugar and other maples, gams, paw-paws, pines and spruces, co! cans, cedars, &¢. The orchards con- tain apples, peaches, pears, &¢., In ‘abundance, and across a jungle of roses there comes float! {ngto me here in my hammock, swung be- tween pine and holly, that most pleasant and grateful of all June odors, the scent of the lossom of grape. Is tt a healthy place? Well, cast your eye at that erect figure moving Across the green lawn. That is Col. Brooks, the founder of the place, a man in every sense worthy of “the fine old name of gentleman,” He isin his ninety-first year, with a pertectiy healthy physical organization and a mind “as clear as a bell.” His son, Dr. J. H. Brooks, manages the farm, which comprises about 156 acres, The doctor and his wife are the ideal host and hostess. Lord, how we eat! On an adjoining hill a splendid Catholic college ts soon tobe built. Near us are old Forts Bunker and Totten, From the summit of the former the Nlew 1s grand and extensive, embracing a sec- tion of Washington, with the dome of the Cap- itol and the great, silent monolith. This old house, With its fluted stone column its carved doorway, its ample chambers, an its arboreal walks and drives, is to my fancy the Hall of Tara,on whose historic walls the harp of other days hangs mute; but we have romance, fun and music Just the same. Birds wake us with thelr carols'in the morning, and sing to us again at close of day, when the light- ning express, like a comet shot from sheol, gomes dishing by at the rate of sixty miles ari hour, and Dr. B. begins to teil his jumbostories. Aniong the guests registered here for the sea- son are Mr. C. E. Creecy and wife, John Henry Boner and wife, Jamés B. Price '(Eastus”) et ais, A three-months’ commutation ticket may be bought for $6, and trains run conveniently for office hours In town, Allis beauty and comfort here, excepting the little railroad station-house, which is conspic- ous as an illustration of the niggardly man- agement of the B, and 0. roads. station is simply a box shelter, with no convenience for the public, not even'a drink of water or a re- 8. De Land, pt. 2,8q. 481; $1,240. M. J. Adler et al., trustees, to Amanda §, Dowling, pt. 9, “Slip,” Georgetown, and pt. 17, B. & H's addi tion to same; $885. ' Mary C. Waters to same, t. 9, Slip; $50. J. J.” Bogue, trustee, to J” Noonan, pt. 157, B. & H.'s addition, do.; $1,150, George &. Mitchell to H. Bohnke, lots 19 and 20, sub, Long Meadows; $570, Joseph Forrest to R. W. McPherson, pt. T, sq. 70* $1,050. P. Lynch to Josephine " johnson, lot 9; sq. 587; 325. G. E. Emmons to Prinius Davis, lot 3, arfield; $100. C. W. Thorn to Emily H. Reed, lot 5, sq. 814; $1,841. Mary R. Squires to Jos. L. Barbour, sub. lots 80 and’81, sq. 513; $6,000. Jessie A. Sunderland toS, M. Mills, lots 130 and 131, sq. 156; $6,565.62. G. E. Mitchell to S. D. Webb, lot 3, Long Meadows; 8300. C.C. Dun: canson to A. P. Fardon, lot 34, blk. 11, H. and E.'s sub, Meridian Hill;’ $560. "W. H. Clagett to A. A. Wilson, pt. 5, L. B. Parker to W. E. Burford, pt. 000. W. E. Burford to Sarah Kearney, came proper G ys $8,000, L. A. Wood to Ella’ D. Hindle, w. pt. lot 22, sq. 1020; $547.60. A.M. Reed to RE Miles, sub. lot 20, sq. 786; $925, L. Clephane to W. J. Pearson, pt. 15, sq. 289; $4,200, N.B. Smith to Elizabeth C. Breese, pt. sub, 8, sg. 243; $288, J. T. Stevens et al., trustee, to L. Gardner, lots 80 and 82, Pretty Prospect; 370, 'G. E. Emmons to Chas. Smith, lot 95, ; $100. A. Y. Leech to E. H. Fay, ptt 194; $3,000. Geo. Bogus to Nathaniel Freeman, lot 38, sq. 863;$3,725. E.J. Hill to M. Verlinda’ Chapman, lots 35 to 43, sq. 690; 8— T. 8. Huntley to Mary Louisa Cutter, lot 18 and pert 17, 8g. 193; $3,850. W. B. Greene to W. A. Jones, fot 17, sq. 275; $1,800. W.M. Jones to Mary Jones, game property; $—. i. Bradlc: et al. to C. A. Shields, lot 3, sq. 1011; $1,415.64. C, A. Shields to N, 'P. Murray, part lot 3, do. 750. G. W. Clark to F, Emmons lot i6, sq. i, $30,000, 8. G. Stewart to O, M. Ball, part lots 10, 12 and 13, square 578; $—. C.C. Dun- canson to A. P, Fardon, lots 1 and 2, block 11, H. and E.’s sub. Meridian Hill; $1,667.40. Same to Edwina P. Chamberlain, lot 19, block 8, do; $1,499.96, America the dag to Salute the Congo 5. Rear Admiral English, in a dispatch to the Navy department, dated st. Paul de Loando, May 4th, reports that he sailed from the river Congo May 24a to assume command of the South Atlantic squadron. Although suffering somewhat from the debilitating effects of the climate, the gen- eral health of the officers and crew of ‘the Lan- caster continued good, Charles H. Francis, ordinary seaman, second class, died of pnoumo- nia, at Santa Cruz, February 26th, and was bu- ried in the English cemetery. The Lancaster arrived off the mouth of the Congo April 28th, where she found the Kearsarge at anchor, bel the only man-of-war in port. .\pril 30th Col Sir Francis de Winton, administrator gon- eral of the International Association’ of the Con made an official call on Admirar English, and ‘upon leaving the Lan: caster he was saluted with seventeen guns, A. salute of twenty-one guns was extended to the flag of the agsoclation, the first salute by any nation to that , and the honor was specially reserved for the Lancaster. The Kearsurge was at the Congo for nearly two months, but no French or German man-of-war arrived during that time, Portugal and England were, how- Kcatsarge Tan April. Bun for Se "eau a Cal je ie Loatida, and 2 ine 2a of May for Monrovia on jer way nor’ ving on de Winton. On the “2d of jn turned even to tain = papers relating mation.” ‘The Queen's Red-Nosed Secretary, tiring-room, Soxus, PRISONER CLUVERIUS. Will He Speak Out Now? BELIEF THAT HE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY IF SENTENCE IS PRONOUNCED TUESDAY— PHASES OF IIS JAIL LIFE, From the Richmond Dispatch, June 14. Cluverius’ céll ts the third on the right as you enter that portion of the city Jail in which the white prisoners are kept. The door is a mass of iron bolts and bars; the lining of the cell is of iron, the furniture is scant, aud the walls white and bare; but, withal, this cramped place of enforced abode is well lighted and ventilated—a charming home, indeed, compared with some that convicts in the penitentiary have. Here Cluverius sits or lies, awaiting, calmly enough t00, the decision of the court to be rendered on Tuesday, a decision which, according to popular belief, will dismiss the motion in arrest of judgment and end in the pronunciation of the Judgment of the court—in other words, the death-sentence, After that, practicully, the supreme court of appeals is all that stands between him and the gallows. THE PRISONER. And here is the young man to be thus doomed todie: Twenty-four years of age, short of sta- ture, of frame well knit, shape good; hair dark old-mahogany color; face heavy; lips and jaws rather sensual; eyes an uncertain brown. Of old his color was ruddy; had the glow of health, strength, youth and country life, Now it ts paled by imprisonment, and. the signs of care more and more plainly present themselves, is breaking steadily, {i not rapid!y. Anxiety Is leaving Its'traces. No more jaunty airs of in- difference; no more smiles on smiles at the idea that he should be accused of murder! “Ridicu- lous!” He promised to explain all when he came totrial. Atthe trial he explained nothing to the satisfaction of the jury. Hence his present predicament, The prisoner gets a fair amount of sleep, but his nights are evidently not nights of peace. His meals come from a restaurant, or rather cook- shop, kept by a colored man, and all that he doesn’t ent he gives to his fellow-prisoners. fis appetite is poor, but there are other fellows around him to Whom outside food comes very welcome. All that ne can’t eat goes to these. A WONDER TO THE PRISONERS, Claverius’ cell-door is not yet locked upon him, except at night; but he keeps it closed or nearly closed all the time. After sentence he goos into solitary confinement. He wants no visitors, and the other prisoners haying been so informed, do not. intrude. They bebave well to him; say that he has always behaved like a gentleman to them, and in an unusual degree respect his feelings.’ Many of the prisoners say. they can’t understand the man, and that if he is guilty of murder he doesn’t look it. fe is @ wonder to many of them, THE AUNT. Cluverius’ express orders, or wishes, are that no interviewers shall be brought to him. Ho Wants to see none but friends—old and near and dear friends at that. Ofthese there 1s no evi- dence that h@ has a large number. If he ever had many tifey tail to come forward now in the hour of his great need. His aunt, Mrs. Jane Tunstall, still remains here in the'city, and visits him daily. Many are the tears the poor old lady sheds over this her “dear, dear boy.” In her fetter to his honor Judge Atkinsshe no doubt expressed the true state of her feelings—taith in the innocence of the young man, both ofseduction and murder. Her Idea is that the prisoners the victim ofthe machinations of old man Madison, Lillian’s father; but she had no proof, no suggestions of eviderice obtainable, and Judge Atkins could not act on her letter.’ It was written to beg and pray and entreat him to give her “dear boy” a. now trial, but it afforded the judge no basis of action, and that very morning when the letter was received he overruled the motion for a new trial. Mrs. Tunstall’s mind_ is no doubt rooted and grounded in the belfef that Lillian com- mitted suicide, Before the officers reached her house to arrest Tommte that seed had been sown—by whom may be guessed—and that, too, in defiance of the fucts presented in the uch (then at hand), showing that Lillian's death Was from murder, and not from suicide. HIS LAW BUSINESS, Cluverius (Kla’veers) spends most of his time inreading. Of late he has been doing some little writing, too, Willie Cluverius recently brought up from down the country some of the prisoner's law papers and accounts, and these documents the prisoner now has in his cell to “fix up.” ‘The papers are few in number. Clu- verius had not builtup much law practice; he was doing fairly well fora young lawyer {u the country, but he had no great amount of busi- ness on’his hands, ———_s9¢___ Wednesday Whatnots. ‘The last deal of the Illinois legislatute turned up a Jack.—Lowell Courier. When a man is Just about to sneeze you goulda’t buy him off with a consulate.—Boston Four ounces oll of cloves, two ounces oil of peppermint, eight ounces Pérsian powder, four ounces gum camphor; mix, The prepsragon is warranted to drive a mosquito out of the room. Ir it as hit him with @ wet towel.—Detroit ress, “Have you,” asked the {adge of is cecently “No, your honor,” convicted man “anything replied the prisoner, “my lawyer took my last Truth. fore sentence js passed cent.”—Seranton It was a little five-year-old who, in desoribi the affliction of a neighbor, said: “He is biti from head to foot.”—Norristown Herald. The Lowell Citizen remarks that the “world now makes use of 68,000 nilles of submarine cables, mostly for the purpose of advertising traveling actresses and announcing the deaths of people nobody ever heard of.” Attorney General Garland decides that an I; dian cannot holda itoffice. Not having a very loud voice in the matter, this paper will not criticise the Attorney General’s decisio1 Basis coe seem thata Rare who on hold a uckjumping pony can hold almost anything. Arkansaw Traveller, i “Are you at all esthetical in your tastes?” she asked in @ sprightly manner, as she moved to- ard the piano. rel, a little,” he answered. "'m esthetical tothe extentof having an admi- ration for unsung .” There is now a deep ‘which nothing can bridge.— “Do you like candy, mat” asked # little Aus- Sn bor. of his mother, A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. ‘The Zeal of a Few Prelates Rewarded. A SITE SELECTED AND THE LAND PURCHASED IN WASHINGTON—MISS CALDWELL’S MUNIFI- CENT GIFT. Washington Correspondence New York Times. The Catholics of America, but particularly the Catholics of the United States, who stand by the faith as declared by the holy father at Rome, have hope that before many years have passed away there will be firmiy established in this city a university that will be worthy to Tank with the noblest and greatest institutions of the church in ancient or modern times, The first steps have been taken. The holy sce has approved the proposition, after it had been un- folded by learned and devout prelates, and the hearts of pious laymen have already been stirred to generous aid by the appeals of the clergy. To those who are familiar with the history of the achievements of the Roman church the record of its growth and expansion in even those countries where circumstances Oppressed and discouraged its endeavors, the eSpectations of the entusiastic Catholics who have determined to establish a great university in the United States, where no obstacles are in- terposed to the tree growth of the church, can- hot appear to be unreasonable. A university offering to Catholics opportunities for broad and comprehensive culture, for “universal” educa- ton, bas been the dream of some of the mi learned of Roman Catholics, clergy and latt for yeara. Although provided with many col- teges, from which have been graduated thov- sands of young men equipped for the chureh or the professions of law or medicine, it has pos- sessed no higher school to which the graduates of colleges might be transferred for greater cul- tivation, lars of the church, feeling the need of such @ central institution, have pre- sented their views In lectures, in the pages of church reviews and in the columns of church papers. The idea was well received, but action upon it has been deferred. When the ehureh had finally recoznized the necessity for the in- stitution and the approval of the pope was ob- tained, there were many Catholics In this coun- try who had been educated to believe that the day was not far distant when the cornerstone | ofthe first building in a university group would be laid, and some others who were not too old toexpect that they would see the universi grow to be strong and broad and full of the spirit of n vigorous chureb. As with ail great projec tablishment of a had its conspicuous and ett | Bishop Spalding, of Peoria; Bishop Becker, of imington; Bishop Chatard, aud Mr, John Gihnarische, layman, were perhaps the most persistent to urge the matter before the church, and they found attentive and sympathetic it teners. “The seed planted years ago by those zealous men who suggested the university came up slowly. | Among its many friends the un versity had none more earnest or practical than Bishop Spalding of Peoria, and about two vears ago he went to Rome to s mit the idea to the holy see and solicit the ont difficulty this was obtained. tion was discussed by the archbishops called to Rome in November, 1883, and with the solemn sanction and benediction of the i promulgated to the plenary council Inore in November last. “The papal decrees touching It, full of encouragement and inspira- tion, were’ read before the council. Bist Spalding, full of the projec! on Sunday, November 16.'in which he spol very earnestly pf “the higher education of riests.” In this discourse he dwelt upon the importance of mental cultivation as supple- mentary to merely technical education. He this one for the es- oman Catholie univers apal approval. With- that which the Catholic priest most needs, after Virtue, is the best cultivation of mind, which issues in comprehensiveness of view, in. exact ness of perception, in the clear discern- ment of the relation of tratus and of the Mmitation ot scientific knowledge, in fairness and flexibility of thought, In grace of expre: sion, in candor, and in reasonableness; the in- tellectual culture which brings the mind into the habit of attention, and develops firmness of grasp. The learned prelate, speaking vei warmly, evidently did not believe that is the existing institutions of the church furnished the intellectual food upon which he would have Catholics fed. What the church needed. according to his sermon, was “not profound dogmiatists, erudite canonis so much as a philosophical habit of mind, en- larged intellect, and supple faculties, In its way the ecclesiastical seminary was well enough, but it was not aschool of intellectual culture, in America or elsewhere, and to imag- ine that it could become the instrument of in- tellectual culture was to cherish a delusior “Its methods,” he said, “do not open the mind or give it breadth, flexibility, strength, ex- pression, or grace, All that the seminary Glocs, in Bishop Spalding’s opinion, is sjmply to papere the requisite skill tor the ordinary ex- erclse of the holy ministry. Therefore it {3 that zealous, earnest, self-sacrificing priests rarely possess intellectual culture. They come from seminaries, and it is the university, and not the seminary that imparts the culture lacking in the priesthood. Bishop Spalding did not stop at the edge of the subject, however. He had prepared him- self to speak definitely, and broached the sub- Ject of tl Ly ees d university eloquently and plainly. “In whatever direction we turn our thoughts,” he said, “arguments rush in to show the pressing need for us of a center of life and light such as a Catholic university would be. Let there be, then, an American Catholic university, where’ our ‘young men, in the at- mosphere of faith and purity, of high thinking and plain living, shall become more intimately conscious of the truth of their religion and of the genius of their country, where they shall Journ the repose and dignity which belong to their ancient Catholic descent, and yet not lose the fire which glows in the blood of a new. ple; to which from every part of the land ail ve May turn tor guidance and encourage- ment, seeking Ught and self-contidence from men in whom inte!lectual power is not separa- ted from moral purpose.” His idea was pretty clearly defined, although no definite plan had yet been agreed upon, te is a mark of immaturity,” he deciared. The church builds not for to-day, but for all time. “While we look, therefore, for the founding of a true uni- versity,” said the bishop of Peoria, “we will te- gin as the University of Paris began in the twelfth century and as the present Universi! of Lourain began fifty years ago—with a n: tional school of philosophy and theology which will form the central jacuity of a complete edu- cational organism. Around this the other fac “ulties will take their places in course of time, and so the beginning which we make will grow until, like the seed planted in the earth, it shall wear the blooming crown of its own develop- ment.” Bishop Spalding ealled upon his hearers to open their purses to help forward the university plan, ‘The appeal was repeated in many churches throughout the country. One answer to the appeal has become well known. A young lady—she is yet scarce 23, a devoted tholic, earnest in the support of the proposed univer- sity, and wealthy—promptl contributed $300,- 000 as the neucieus ofaiund. For this munifi- cent gift the students of the university and all Catholics who hear of her generosity will hold her name in adiniration, Miss Mary G. Cald- well, the giver of the gift, is the granddaughter of James H. Caldwell, once an actor of high reputation, and afterward a successful man- ager builder of theaters and business man. Born in England in 1793, he came to America in 1816, ace his firstap) nce in Charles- ton, In 1817 he managed a theater in this city, His energy was prodigious, for he built a theater in Petersburg, Va., then went to New Orleans, and after introducing an English com- ny hé built the first theater for English per- formances ever erected there, afterward built theaters in Nashville and other southern cities, and meantime acted as stage manager and in leading parts in his own companies. He retired from the stage in 1843. At timore he had seen Rembrandt Peale’s exhibition of illumi- nating gas, and he returned to New Orleans to introduce it to thatcity. Becoming president of the first gas company, and an owner of stock to a large exteht, he laid the foundation of a great fortune, which he bequeathed to William Shakepeare Caldwell, his son, the father of the young lady who has set so noble an example of enerosity to all wealthy Catholics, Mr. James $F" Caldwell lived in New Orleans until 1869, The rale of Gen. Butler drove him to New York, where he died on September 11th, 1863, in the seventieth year of his age. The son of Mr. Caldweil, who inherited the fortune which he had accumulated, lived in Richmond, Va,, where he was noted for his Many benefactions to Catholic institutions dur- ing the time of Bishop McGill, the predecessor of Bishop, now Archbishop, Gibbons. Among bis liberal acte was the presentation to the Lit- tle Sisters of the Poor of his fine residence in Richmond and $20,000. Miss Caldwell was born in New York, but her parents were both Virginians. The mother was a member of the distinguished Breckinridge family, of which Vice ident Breckinridge and Dr. Robert Breckinridge were members. ‘The estate inher- but that, follow er in beatowing f er donation u) that they Wil ‘be cupeiiea with endowment fund bet they have determined Upon the size and character of the first build- ‘to be erected, t, In the face of the modern wortd, | gives it the control of its faculties, creates | teachings of the _ best tutions” in many drawn upon, they will be adapted to the American university, with reference to the de- Xelopment ot broad ‘culture in the American Catholic church. From the university, as con- ceived by its rs, it is expected that there will go forth in course of time men pro- vided with attainments in theology, science, inevert te tof the bet producteot th ig in every respect ve tp acts: 1c « gst schools in the world. In the school of div:n- ity, which will be the central department of the institution, the ablest expounders of the Catho- lic faith will tmpart that faith with great thor- oughness. The school of philosophy will ac Quaint the students in all branches with the eories of all the great teachers, in and out of the pale of the church, thus fitting the future priests and doctors and lawyers of the Catholic chureh tor Intelligent conceptions of the rea- sons which impel non-Catholies to the specula- tions which keep them apart from the fuithiui, A school of science, exact and experimental, in which will be treated the higher mathen physics, chemistry, mechanics, and related branches, will be provided. The scheme of ihe university also contemplates the establishment Of schoois of law, medicine, engineering, archi- tecture and political science. Bearing in mind always the “universal” pur. pose tn founding such an institution the atin of ts founders will be to see thatthe students who enter it shall have greater opportunities and achieve higher results than can be expected from the ordinary colleges, however well con- ducted those colleges may be. The priest Who comes from the university will not be a priest alone. He will know much of philosophy, of medicine, of law and the sciences. The lawyer will know much of religion and. phi Wellas the law. Upon the theory that ¢falist 1s well equipped who does not on knowledge of all subjects related to that in which he proposes to teach or practive, the cul tyation to be imparted by the university. will be broad in the sense of rounding oat the | knowledge of its students and supplement- | ing the preparatory instraction of the colleges, Atpresent, and until the charter of the uni. versity has been obtained, the managers will Hot announce the names of any ot the faculty of the university. Its teachers will inclade the best and most talented scholars that can be se lected in this country, and in the old world. It is deflaitely decided, however, that next spring work will be begun ‘upon the schools of theok- ogy, philosophy and science, and that these de- | partnents will be the first to throw open their doors to those who de-ire to avail themselves of | @ higher Catholic education. Betore it had been announced that the mane- | gers of the university were looking for a site upon which to erect their buildings, and before | even the question had been decided ax to what | part of the country would be the best In which to build, Father Chapelle, of Washington, had impressed the advantages of this city as greater than those of any other for many reason: | Many citi substantial support lu case either of the places, | Joutside of this city, were selected. Ruther | Chapelle laid all the attractions of Washington | before the managers. He dwelt upon the fact | that the capital is growing rapidly, as a social | | as well as political center. Its literary circle is | ® growing und liberai one, Areai general | library, open to all who desire to use It, a su- perb law library, scientific works and collec Uons, the museuin of the Smithsonian Institu- | | tion, and in the National Museurn, the observa- tory, the vast historical and other collections, | were all enumerated as material attractive and | useful to the student. Then the agrecable eli- | mate, the beauty of the city, its convenience of access, and many advantages of a comfortable | character were ‘suggested. They 1 alto- | gether to help the managers in deciding that | | Washington should be the seator the univ ir | sity. This decision did notcome to the ear of the land speculator, Without having excited | | the cupidity of the real estate spectilators or the curiosity of the public, and before making any | decision known, the managers had purchased a | | site of sixty-tive acres. These bi acres ad- } Join the property of the Soldiers’ Home, and lie on a hill that slopes toward and overlooks the | entire city, the shores of the Potomac und the | Eastern branch, and the hilis of Virginia be- | ._ About two miles distant rom the city, | it is easily reached by the Metropolitan braneli | of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, or by the | Seventh-street road and Lincoln avenue. “Sid- | | Rey,” as this tract was called, was the estate of #famity named Middleton, ‘and it Iscapable ot | being inade as attractive as the grounds of the | Soldfers’ Home, the Central park and pride of all Washingtonians. E insti. . D. ——$ee—___ THE STILETTO’S GREAT SPEED. The Principtes Upon Which the New Yacht is Built, | Noevent in the last 20 years has created so | profound and widespread an interest among | New York shipping merchants steamboatmen | and yachtsmen as the performance on Wednes- day last of the little steam yacht Stiletto in beating the fast steamer Mary Powell. The Stiletto is conceded to have shown a speed of 24 miles an hour in her racé with the Mary Powell, which was up the Hudson river. Since that event, wherever the little boat has appeared, she has been greeted with @ chorus of steam whistles, and has ex- cited the most eager curiosity. On Thurs- day last she took out a party to wit- ness the regatta of the New York Yacht club, and was quite as much an object of attention to the. thousands of spectators a8 the raciug yachts themselves. On Friday she carrled ex- Gov. Tilden and his famiiy on_a_ flying sail u and down the waters of the Hudson. Mr. Til- den, iCis sald, greats enjoyed his trip on the little vessel, insisted on having her ran at full speed, inquired of Mr. Herreshoff if an ocean steamship built after her model and furnished with adequate engines of the sume character would be capable of making the same speed, and asked many other puzzling and scientine mestions, The ladies of his party were de- lighted, s “The Stiletto was built by the Herreshof Man- ufacturing company, of Bristol, of which Join B. Herteshoff is president and N. G. Herreshotf | superintendentand designer. She was launched in April. John B. Herreshoff says that the hull of the Stiletto is the product of a series of exper- iments made with models in the same manner as was followed by Froude, the English ship- | builder, and of the {mprovements suggested by tests of the numerous steamers previously built by the Herreshoir compan: ler len, over all is 94 fect; beam, 11 feet; depth of hold in the center, 74 feet. Below the water line both ends of the craft are very nearly alike, beli modeled so as to present the smallest possi- ble surface exposed to the water with = ee flotation, as it is In theattainment of very igh speed “skin” or water surface friction is ie factor of major resistance. ‘The lines of the bows are very nearly straight, and the bottom is made in round sectious. The slight slope of the deck forward and more pronounced siope aft from the center, which gives the peculiar appearance so noticeable in the boat, as well as in the inclination inward are given merely tor the purpose of getting rid of unnecessary weight In the hull, consequent loss of deck room being a matter of'no moment in a boat of this kind. “is not only of conveying business men quickly to aud from their country resi- dences and. the city, but also to produce a craft which would be serviceable to the government in case of necessity as a torpedo boat. The problem of the naval warfare of the fature, it seems tome, is to be solved by md dyna- mite—or, tobe more specific, iron-clads of the present time would be ‘absolutely at the mercy of a number of small boats of great spced armed with dynamite us. The proportion of beam to len; which in this boat is § 6-11, ls about that which ex. perience has demonstrated tobe the best for obtaining high speed and that to which we are tending in the construction of ocean steam- ships. Some years ago the tendency was to make them much narrower, and the proportion was worked down to about 11, but lately it has been carried up again to about 9,and the results have proved mare satisfactory “The engine is designed to produce the great- est amount of power with the least possible amount of vibration. Itisan annular valve inverted compound engine. It has two cylin- ders, one of 12 Inches, the other of 21 inches diameter, with 12 inches stroke of piston. With the maximum steam pressure of 150 | they were when he was @ mountain cireuit | one word will outweigh | cannot geet | week In Atlanta, From the Adanta Constitation. After singing several hymns and a prayer, Dr. Munhail announced that he was very hoarse. from constant use of his lungs at these meet ings, and that the Rev. Sam Jones had con- sented to preach for him. Whon Mr, Jones came forward there was a stir in all partsof the great sea of faces in the effort to get a good look at the Georgia exhorter, whose recent re- markable sermons in Nashv vegiven him @ national reputation. Mr. Jones does not ap- pear to be in the least affected by the fame he has acquired. His manners are the same as rider in the North Georgia conference. His ng is as homely, as direct and as atiegs as ever. He is the old Sam Jones still, and Is liable to remain so, His sermon last uight was upon “Che Grace of God which Hath Appeared for the Salvation of Men.” He thanked God that there was such a frand meeting going on in Atlanta. He had ng prayed for such # mecting, and be prayed now that God would turn it to the accomplish: ment of great good in this city. He thanked God for such a text on such an occasion. That word salvation is the biggest, broadest word in the whols language. If you take the 39,900 other words iv Webster's Unabridged Diction- ary and put them in ove side of the scale this them ail, Thank getting amore religion and jess iu this country. Your sulvation and does not de the particular creed we sign our to. Religion must go decper creed. It must » d@ep enough lo change & man’s life; to make fii cease to do e T'iearn todo well & philosophical proposition t ae same space at hurches, your 200 x t isthe matter the people are ae Thetr chock full of error that they have no room tor some peuple set up “ightning rods to lectricity of the guspel and to pre ingtuen, We have a great many now. They are getting in the hat man is a Joolof the first > behave iu this S big a fool as I was once, but, mM hot that sort of a tool any God, we are theolog: mine With all your more. Christ. will redeem yon from such folly, will wach you what Socrates uever dreamed of The applied for it, with assurances of | Pt The word many ofyou. ‘That's all y. around, it him the run ? to save this world He found it and He came sw eanght this poor we and throwing His zed it tocon men! Aw Christ came mn the run,” rhing light and He ng away from God, ving aris around it, be to strike you as it did St. P ting to be hit by acannon ball. (Laugiite od adjusts His ammunt- tion to the size of the man He ts after, Mustard- Seed shot will do for you, [Langhiter.) God n't keep a man sober who hus a quart of Hquor in him ail the time, God won't Kee oung lady plous who has her waist encircled seven times a the arms of a spider- legged dude, {Laughter.) A religious meeti that don’t break up germans, clubs, and ca! playing hasu't got init. Why don't you say (aughter.} This club in Atlanta is run by the enemies of God. Look at them from bead to foot and see. The germans in this town are run by the ene- miesof God. Look at them from head tw foot and see, Card playing in this town is ran by the enemies of God. Look at them from bead to foot and see. Unless this meeting breaks up these things in Atlanta it will take you some time toconvince me that God had’ much to do with it, (“Amer all around.) Some iellows don’ ‘hat Tsay, and write card bout me, All I have to say is, sign your name to what you write, and by the time I get through with you you'll hit the ground run- ning. “(Laughter.] I want to see the time when the good men in # community shall set it fashions and control Its society. If you do your duty you can kill out the club and the and card playing in Atlanta, (“Amens” all around.) A german is nothing but hugging set to music. [Laughter.] A girl who was not to dance the germian sald all the by she got was in the german and she didn’t mean to give it up. Thal the german is. “Now, if you don't like that you just lump it. [Laughter.) Sow whi and —- drunkards. wocards ani reap gamblers. Sow germans and reap spider legs. [Laughter] Imade it so warm for the spider legs in Nashville that before I left there they began to unload on the negroes, You could see ttle negroes around town with tight breeches and tooth-pick (Laughter) Some of the spider lege in Nash- ville talked about ping m, When they told me about it, I said wi js Tanita the spider Jog has Nery sound judgment on one point. knows better than any one in the world whose jaws toslap, (Laughter) If you are not « member ot the chureh I would Join'the club if I were you. I would have all the fun I could on the way to hell. [Laughter, But a man who projesses religion has no busi- ness belonging tothe club cing germans and playing cards, [say amen to that myself, These people around bere are winking and blinking, but they don't suy amen, {Langhter.] What is my religion worth if it don't make me cease from doing wrong and keep me doing ght? Let us kick this oid world like a rubber ball beneath our fect and make it the stepping- stone to Heaven. God grant us allan @bup- dant entrance there! Mr, Jones concluded with an eloquent to ali who heard him to forsake the ways of sin and turn toward a christy life. He asked that all who meaut to live betier, whether members of the church or not, should rise 3,000 people stood up. Mr, Jones sai Who mean to go to hell just keep y This way of putting the question eral handred recruits 0 the army standing. The choir, led by Mr. Willis, grand hymn, in ‘which’ thousands joined. “Aner Prayer the co ion was dismissed, and, while most of the vast multitude went to theit homes in every quarter of the city, @ large number remained to talk of their anxiety the condition of their souls or to express the determination to lead better lives, The Poet and the Emperor. HOW DOM PEDRO MET VICTOR HUGO. Paris Correspondence of London ‘Truth. I was present when Theophile Gautier the younger came to Victor Hugo with a message from the Emperor of Brazil. Dom Pedro, who ts the most worthy potentate alive, said to the former, “I have been now some time in Paris, and feel that I bayé seen nothing, because I have not met Victor Hugo.” “Tuere is nothing, sire, easier thun to see him. He is courteous and acccuiliant to all who call at bis house.” Tshould not.” returned the Emperor, “mind taking the initiative of calling on him, but I should freatly mind my visit not being re- When this conversation was being repeated, Victor Hugo Was sitting between the wife of journalistand a blind girl, the daughter of an evenings at hie Louse, Becsaty tee rel ines evenings at his ase With Dea, the heroine or who was sightless, “Tell his Majest never called on ef often do me the honor to come and weé How, then, could I pay a return call to an. as it will make 450 revolutions per min- Ete, and is capable of working with that high pressure and high number of revolutions with very little “wear and very liability to break down. The required for it is very much smaller than that occupied by any other engine in use of the same power. The ordinary yacht engines are capable of making guiy from 176 tp 225 revolutions per minute. The essential teuture of the engine Is in the con- struction of the cylinder, which consists of one eylinder within the other, with an annular space between in which the 'valve works. The Steam ports, or openings through which the steam enters the inner cylinder, are all around it atthe top and bottom, so that the steam re is exerted on the head from all sides atonce, and not, as-in the engines ADMIRAL JOUETT TRYING TO BRING ABOUT PEACE IN THE BARRANQUILLA DISTRICT. A Panama dispatch says: The flagship Tennes- see, bearing the pennant of Rear Admiral Jonett, lef Aspinwall June 4th for Savanilia, Dr. Justo Arosemens sailed on the Tennessee. It ia stated that the visit of that vessel to the coast i a ror? I never visit any body. My house is the dsporal of aay iiende, “Hf Bom Weare we me by self at home in it.” vitation. He rang at the outer door at about seven. The Guernsey cook—an Irishwoman— who remained in the poet's service to the end, answered the bell. “What name shall I give?” she asked. “Don't give any name, please; just show me “But the master never wishes to be disturbed before dinner. . Teo Ieapeee wes aan kee ‘he ‘drawing- ror ry room where Madame Drouhet was aitting. “I ” he said, “you will not intra regi hie HE if i i Po