Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1889, Page 8

LOCAL MENTION. The Weather. FORECAST TILL RIGHT A.M. WEDNESDAY. Ws Sow the largest line and choicest selection of wood mantels. Our prices are the lowest. Harwarp & Hurcumsox. Casu Ice Cream Satoox.—75 cents gal- Jon, not delivered; will furnish ice, Bur no freezer, at 1410 I st. nw. Bautonrwoop Races Thursday, August 15, 8 p.m. Furxace axp Stove Repatmixe promptly Gone by Suzpp Buo., 432 9th st. Butstxern’s Ice Cream. 235 G street. “Tur Natioxat Frower.”—Get the popular song, Sweet Arbutus, dedicated to li ebil- dren by « Virginia lady. At Exxis’, 937 Pennsyl- ‘Vania avenue. Go ro BR. W. Hexprnsoy’s, 1113 F street for wall paper, window shades, room linerus' ita, walton, dc. ALL ane Isvitep to i a of doing work. @ rush still con- tinues at the Exrme Canret CLeanrxo Works, 681-63 Masa.ave. n.w. Telephone 787—2 Wau P, House and Fresco Painting. P. Haxsox Hiss M’r’c Co., 1310 F st. nw. Your Coal, Coke and Wood from Jouy- on Baornazs, the leading frm im the Dis- trict. Tux Amznicax Meter Co's Economy Gas Ranges, 8. 8. Suxpp & Bno., 432 9th st. Savz Your Evzsiour. Consult Hempler, cor, 434, CITY AND DISTRICT. CONDENSED LOCALS. The case of Mrs. Lizzie Maurice, charged by the commissioners of Hyattsville with keeping « disorderly house, has been sent by Justice Hurley of Bladensburg to the grand . The defendant has been released on Julia Sledge, residing at 613 6th street, yes- terday took an overdose of laudanum by mis- take, but under the treatment of Dr. Murstella she recovered. In the register of wills’ office yesterday the executors of the will of the late Robert H. Spindle filed bond. Daniel Mahaney and Charles Hilton were fined $5 each in the Police Court yesterday for fighting on Pennsylvania avenue Sunday morn- ———_ SOLD FOR $400,000. Carry’s Brewery Purchased by a New York Brewery Company. Yesterday afternoon a deed was put on record im which Albert Carry conveys all of square811 bounded by E, F, 4th and 5th streets northeast, on which his brewery plant is located, to “the Washington brewery company” for $400,000. ‘The purchasers are incorporated in New York under the above name, the capital stock being $200,000 in shares of $100. The directors are William Rasquin, jr., Monroe Crawford, Ed- ward H. Carpenter, John 8S. Lockwood and Fred. J. Winston. With the deed a number of mortgages on the property, aggregating $225,000 in all, were also recorded. Notes of this amount are made payable to A. S. Worthington | and James A. Clarke, trustees for Albert Carry. The purchasers, Mr. Carry states, are all Americans. Mr. Carry retains two-thirds of the stock and will carry on the business for the company. He says that a new building will be erected for brewing and also one for a storage ware house. It is the intention to increase the = from 50,000 barrels yer year to 100,000 —_—_—_.___ NATURAL GAS. How It Was Known and Used by the Ancients. ‘To the Editor of Tae Evestne Stan: In the Saturday evening’s Stan, August 10, the article headed “Oil Struck in Chicago” calls to mind the fact that geologists have long known that Chicago was built upon veins of “petroleum,” or, as it has been commonly known, “rock oil,” which i 0 new thing under the sun.” It has been known in Italy for more than two hundred years and was used for the light houses of Parma and Modena. More than two thousand years ago it was used as a medi- cine in Burmah. Alexander the Great saw the flames of the ignited gas issuing from the earth, as we can learn from Plutarch, who says: “Alexander was much surprised at the sight of @ piace where fire issues in a continuous stream | from a cleft in the earth and where a stream | of naphtha not far from the same spot flows out so abundantly as to form a sort of -lake. This naphtha, in other respects resembling bitumen, is so subject to take fire that before it touched the flame it kindled at the very light that surrounded it and intlaned the intermedi- ate air. The barbarians, to show the power and nature of it, sprinkled the street which Yea to the ‘king’s lodgings with little drops of it, and when it was almost night stood at the further end and with torches lighted the and at once, as quick as a man could think, from one end to the other it took fire in such @ manner that the whole street was one continued flame. An Athenian who attended Alexander re - en to make an experiment of the naphtha upon Stephanus, a young man with « ridiculously ugly face, whose nt was singing well. ‘For,’ said he, ‘if it take hold on him and is not immediately put out we must allow it to be of most inconceiva- able strength. * * * As soon as he was anointed and rubbed with the naphtha he was touched off, and his whole body broke out into such a flame that nothing could have prevented his being consumed by it if, by good chance, there had not been people at d with a Great many vessels of water.’" A cruel experi- ment, truly! mene corals and shells and stems of or- of American strata, which are yastly elder than the oil and gas-bearing rocks of Asia, are the rocks which produce the hydro- gascous and fluid. In New York at Watertown it trickles from the pores of the coral. In Trenton lime stone, as also in the lime stones of Canada, it fills the chambers of orthocerata, and on the shores of Lake Erie in the pores of a honeycomb coral. So also all slong in that region toward Lake Michigan. “Dr. Hunt has analyzed specimens of the oil- limestone under Chicago and shown that, although this rock does not yield oil in quantities that pay working. each square mile of iteontains seven and three-quarter million It would not rise me, if a fair test were to be made, that this industry in and about Chicago would result in great profit to those who will undertake to develop the resources of that underlying lime stone—a specimen of which was experimented upon as above stated. a. R. SinGLeTox, ——_-—_ Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Ed- ward Lucas to T. C. Brown, lot 54, blk. 8, Barry $650. J. M. Forbes to F. J. betts, farm sub 37, sq. 163;%—. John Roney 2 Lorenza Casta, pt. 4, sq. 324; $3,100. Thomas A. Mitch. eli to rge R. Arrington, sub 108, W.'s sub of pt. Long Meadows; $400 Ciarlotte J. Pile to Helen V. Harrington, subs 29 to 31, 8q. 914; . Averella Lambert to Martina Carr, half imterest in pts. 6 and 7, sq. 409; @—. W. 0. Denison et al. to Elizabeth C. Hallett, lot 10, bik. 16, South Brookland; 427.50, Fs rf Hi i 4 rit i i f ? { i i | ! ibe 3 e | i Hi] pe Wilmot won the game from the“ osiers yesterday by lifting a couple of balls ser the right-field fence for » home run eash, The port, but could not prevent a series of bunched hits that nétted seven earned runs, Neither already out, in the fifth = Seery, McGeachy ac! made les. and Glasscock pes and Mack (who layed right field) an error, iving the Hoosiers =: lead sixth, however, the Statesmen Piseeese ss Save game by scoring 3 more. ith two out Mack hit fora single and scored on Arthur Irwin’s beauty to center for three bases. Then John helped his brother home with a tw and scored himself on Daly’s single. hth saw the last scoring, the Senators making 2 more. his second home run over the right-field fence and Arthur Irwin hit for a base, scoring on | two-base hit. Washington made 10 hits and 6 errors and Indianapolis 9 hits and 0 errors, OTHER GAMES, Philadelphia took a game from Chicago by means of early hitting and good field work, the score being 11 to 9. Gleason, Sanders and Schriver and Tener and Farrel were the bat- teries, Chicago made a beautifal spurt in the seventh, scoring 7 runs on 4 singles, 2 doubles and a home run, but Anson could not over- come the great lead of the Phillies. Chicago made 12 hits and 6 errors and Philadelphia 16 hits and 1 error, Mulvey made 2 home runs and a single. Boston batted at the right time and won from Pittsburg by the score of 5 to 3 after the west- erners had a lead of two runs. The batteries were Clarkson afd Bennett and Morris and Carroll. Boston made 9 hits and 3 errors and Pittsburg 7 hits and 1 error. New York scored in the ninth on Ward’s base on an error and O’Rouke's two-bagger, thus winning the game from Cleveland by the score of 4to 3. The points were occupied by Gruber and Snyder and Keefe and Ewing. New York made 5 hits and 1 error and Cleveland 5 hits and 8 errors. ASSOCIATION GAMES. At Kansas City —Kansas City, 10; Columbus, 1, At St. Louis—St. Louis, 11; Brooklyn, 0. At Cincinnati—Baltimore, 7; Cincinnati, 6. At Louisville—First game: Athletics, 9; Louisville, 3. Second game: Athletics, 10; Louisville, 5. WITHIN THE RING. The east had the earth yerterday. One more game is due from the Hoosiers, Ferson still holds his rank among the leading league pitchers, St. Louis is showing a clean pair of heels to — Brooklynites after the latter had struggled ‘or a tie. Wise eee nine of ten chances yesterday and Arthur irwin ten of eleven chances. There were 1,100 people at the Indianapolis game, 2,500 in Chicago, 3,500 in Pittsburg and 3,000 in Cleveland. This made 10,100 for the day, or probably nearer 10.000, aliowing for the estimates, In the east these same games would undoubtedly have attracted 15,000 peo- ple under the same conditions. Big Dan Brouthers did some record fattening yesterday, making two doubles and a triple out of four times at the bat. Mulvey made two homers and ee fourchances, Ryanmade three singles and a double, five chances. far- reli made a home run and two singles, four chances. It was truly a great day for the slug- gers. ere were 19 hits in Indianapolis, 28 in Chicago, 16 in Pittsburg and 10in Cleveland, or 73 for the eight clubs. Indianapolis has released Krock and has re- called Rusie, who had been loaned to Burling- ton. Geo, Keefe will not be able to join the team on this trip and his place will be partly filled by young Thornton, the amateur whose curve struck Keefe in the head. He will be held asa last resort. Washington can at least boast of having the crack second-baseman, outfielder and pitcher. Ferson has won haif of the Senators’ victories. The Douglass team defeated the Never Sweats yesterday 25 to 9. Good Templars Enjoy Themselves. Friendship lodge, No. 11, I.0.G.T., which had increased its membership by twenty-eight persons during the last quarter, met last night and the following program was well rendered: Chorus, by the lodge choir; Col. Switzler made some interesting and timely remarks; recitation, by Lulu Cole; vocal duet, by Mr. Lindsay and Miss Osborne; cream and cake; recitation, by Mr. Berg of Independent lodge imitation banjo solo, by Josephine Burgess remarks by Mr. Mauphin and Pag ag ae of New York; vocal solo, Bell Jenvey; reading, by Emma Bishop, 8. J. 'T.; chorus, by the choir; piano solo, Bro. F. A. Berry; remarks by Mr. Reid, Morning Star lodge; reading, by Mr. Green. —_.—__. Excursions. Tue Natioxat Ririezs will give their last ex- cursion this season to Marshall ball on Thurs- day evening next, the 15th instant. The steamer W. W. Corcoran will leave ber wharf at 6:30 sharp. Je ATTENTION 18 CaLtep to the sale of three- story brick house, No. 1612 9th street north- west, to be sold at auction tomorrow, August 14, at 5:30 o'clock p.m. See advertisement. To Pex Mar Avover 14 via Pennsytvania RatRoap.—The special excursion to Pen Mar via the Pennsylvania railroad, leaving the 6th- Street station at 8:45 a.m. tomorrow, August 14, promises to be a grand success. This is an ex- cellent opportunity to spend a few hours on the summit of the Blue Ridge at slight expense. mae iat th md only $1.50. Special train re- turning reach Washington at a seasonable hour in the evenin; = THE RUSSIAN EMANCIPATION. It is a Failure After Twenty-Five Years’ Trial. From the Nineteenth Century. After a trial of a quarter of a century the emancipation act is now acknowledged to have utterly failed. The reports of Russian officials, of statistical professors a Moscow, such us Jansen and the nihilists, with Stepniak at their head, all alike agree that the misery of the rural class is greater than even in the days of serf- dom; cultivation is at the lowest ebb, the yield wretche and less than in any other European country. Each peasant must plow, sow and reap as his neighbors do, The three-field sys- tem of corn, green crops and fallow, which was abandoned in all good agriculture long ago goes on with disastrous results. As the lots are hanged by the mir at their pleasure, after every year, the tem owner does not care to manure, &c., or in any way to improve his land, Although the rent is sometimes as low as 28. an acre, yet the oot Mad le id a sufficient it WI and a sufficient amoun' otiank to enable stress crops to be grow, 80 that if one fails it does not mean starvation, for another may succeed. The ian ant has none of these qualifications, Peasant Lage one can neither the mone; owing to government for Ess Z pen faril we i é i ff é E Ey i ! & peasant Agriculture is a business requir- The eir land, nor even pape and communal taxes, and are i j jit a He i i EE af 52E smoking car, whereupon and abusive and amaulted the . Policeman Burrows arrested him took him before the Police Court yesterday. judge Mills fined him $10 or 30 days. ‘Tue Canat.—In a conversation this morning with Mr. Frank Fisher, one of the overseers employed on the canal he stated that in his opi if the weat! continued favor- able about fifteen days, there would be water enough in the Georgetown level of the canal to have the mills running, but that would not mean the completion of the work, for there would yet be a great deal to be done upon the banks. There could possibly be about 4 feet of water turned on in the canal about that time. Mr. Fisher also stated that a large gang borers and a number of carte and wagons My it bai this oper the a x partof force being employed upon the long wash- out, work upon which is being rapidly pushed toward yooprray ee a Hewory that the rains led a good portion ig work done on that break before. Portis d section have been rebuilt to out 4 feet of the water mark in the ‘ch working day finds one or more of the millers upon the scene of labor anxiously watching the progress of the work. Tue Execraic Ramroap.—A of labor- ers were on hand this morning re: to goto work laying the ties and rails of the George- town and Tenleytown railroad, but owing to the non-appearance of Mr. Hodges of Johns- town, Pa,, who is to superintend the construc- tion of the road (who arrived later) ic was done at the Georgetown end of the line. Burwpine Association Mxetixa, — At the seventy-eighth monthly meeting of the Citi- zen’s equitable building association held last night at Goddard’s hall, money to the amount of 36,200 was sold at werage of 161. Tue Reau Estate Compaxy.—The board of directors of the Georgetown real estate com- pany met last night and decided to build a re- taining wall in the rear of the company's lots on M street and Prospect avenue. The grad- ing of Bank street was also a subject of discus- sion, Insurance Company Evection.—The follow- ing board of directors of the Potomac insur- ance onepeny were elected at a recent meeting: Messrs, M. J. Adler, C. A. Buckey, W. 8. Cox, G. T. pene: RE. Er Thos, Knowles, Philip May, Dr. L. Mackall, J. H. McDaniel, W. F. Seymour, H. M. Sweeney and Dr. Peter. The following officers were also elected: H. M. Sweeny, president, and May- hew Plater, secretary. Nores.—There is a leaky hydrant at the cor- ner of 35th and U streets which requires the immediate attention of the authorities, whose attention is also called tothe presence of a large and dangerous hole near the corner of 3ist and P streets.—The ladies of Mt. Tabor M.P. church will give a lawn party tomorrow evening. See advertisement elsewhere.—Al- bert Murray and Henry Stewart, the colored men arrested Saturday night for engaging in a fight, forfeited their collateral in the Police Court yesterday, CaTTLe Manket.—The following sales of live stock at Drover’s Rest yesterday are reported: 105 cattle up and sold, Best, 3%c. to 4c.; good, 3140, to 33¢c.; medium, 23(c. to 3c.; com- mon, 2c. to 23c. 583 sheep and lambs. Lambs, 5340. to 63¢c.; sheep, 2c. to 4c.; calves, 434c. to 5}¢c. - 12 cows and calves, $25 to $45 per head. ‘ket brisk for cattle and lambs, TEMPERATURE AND ConprTIon or WATER at7 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 74; condition, 30. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 77. Con- dition at north connection, 11; condition at south connection, 20. Distributing reservoir, temperature, 77. Condition at influent gate house, 15; condition at effluent gate house, 18, High tide in the river today at 948 p.m.; low tide at 3:49 p.m. ere ae ANACOSTIA. Srx Cunrure 1x THe Sovra.—Mr. Samuel R. Lowery of Birmingham, Ala., who has been in the capital a few weeks endeavoring to secure from the Agricultural department a recommendation to Congress for the establish- ment of an experimental station for silk culture near that city, spent yesterday in this village and left for his southern bome today, He had with him specimens of cocoons and raw silk grown there. His efforts are backed by Senator J. T. Morgan and other southern men, and he has been given a hearing by agg of Busk. He paid a visit yesterday to Hon. Frei erick Douglass, Persoxat.—Mrs. McAffee of Philadelphia is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Barrett, of Pierce street. Mrs, Barrett presented her hus- band with a daughter Saturday last,—-Mr.and Mrs. D. L. Pitcher and Mr. Saml. Brewer have returned from a week’s visit to Norfolk, Va.—. Mrs. G. W. Pitcher is home from Hamilton, Va., where she has been the past month. Miss Nellie Ford of Falls Church, Va., is ing Mr. J.C. Lee's family.——Mrs. W. L. Poates and daughter, Miss Alice, left this morning for a visit to relatives in Virginia.——Mr, George Simpson of New York,who recently retired from the government printing office, is passing the summer with friends here.——Henry Matthews of Giesboro was kicked by his horse yesterday and severely injured, one rib being broken, — Sergeant McCathron and Officer kK. O. Prather are still off duty on account of sickness, but both will be out soon.—Mrs. Ball of Forrest- ville, an aunt of Mr. Henry Langley of this lace, is very low. Mrs. J. BR. of jonroe street is sick.—NMrs, Rollo Pursell, aged 82, is sick at her home on Jackson street. ——_———_ FOREIGN NOTES, ry G. 8. Patterson of the Philadelphia cricket team takes tlie prize for the best batting record made during the tour of the team, and H. P. Bailey wins the cup for the best bowling record. Mr. Gladstone will shortly go on a yachting cruise to the west of Scotland. During the trip he will visit a number of places and make speeches of a political nature, A company has been formed in London for the purpose of promoting Russian trade in Central Asia, The capital of the company is 5,000,000 rubles, A pro-Cretan demonstration was made in Athens yesterday in front of the residence of Prime Minister Tricoupis. The crowd refused to disperse and were c) ed upon by the mili- me During the melee one gendarme was killed and several Cretans were wounded, Mr. Tener, agent of Lord Clanricarde, while riding to Woodford, Ireland, at which place a number of tenants were to be evicted, was fired upon by some unknown person. Tener escaped injury, but his horse killed. The artist Bellerman is dead. The Riforma announces that King Humbert is about to start on a tour of the Italian coast for the purpose of Seepecting the military de- fenses. He will first visit Spezzia, going thence to Taranta. In the debate on the tithes bill in the house of commons last night Mr. Chas. W. Gray, a conservative, moved that the tithe rent ¢! be recoverable from the landlord only. motion was rejected by-a vote of 1483 to 141, The smallness of the government majority elicited cheers from the opposition. A private cablegram received in from London announces the death of Fred Leslie, the leading comedian of the London gaiety company, which visited this country the past winter and spring. The election in the north division of Belfas to fill the vacancy in caused by the death of Sir Wm.Ewart, conserv ative, resulted in the return of Sir Edward Har land, conservative, polos. sri nT wef A Museum of Princess’ Garters. From the Pall Mall Gazette. A very curious collection of ladies’ garters is kept at the Hobenzollern museum at Berlin. Mr. was the Terror of Third Mud Creek. ‘From the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. ‘Today several newspaper men came in to see him, among them one he had known when he was running a ranch out in Dakota. The ashe said: “I met her once, and I didn’t at- tempt any foolishness while I was there. In my most polite manner [ greeted her as ‘Madamn’ and observed the utmost politeness while I was in her presence. You couldn't fool with her, and she at that time wasn’t such bad woman after all. But there was a woman up on Third Mud creek who was a second Kate after her fashion. She was small, but, oh my! She had a husband about her own size, but he hadn’t the nerve, and she ruled the house, ‘They had a kid, too; not their own child, but F oungster they had picked up and adopted. Mire. — (dare not mention’ ber namee be- eause she is living re made fine buckskin shirts, and one ie f rode over to have one made, Assoon asl reached the house I saw that there had been a family squall, and I acted accordingly. I sat down on the porch and waited for ——. She came di- rectly and stumbled over my feet. ‘Keep those ———- —— big feet out my road,’ was the par she — igen under ny e . Anyhow, my order for the Aen} rode ‘away. 4 “Some weeks afterward I went over after it. Instead of the husband and the kid I found ‘Cherokee Jim’ installed as the rietor. I didn’t dare ask Mrs. —— what was the matter, but — itout of Jim. It seems that afew days fore a bullwhacker on came along and stopped for dinner. In the wagon was a of whisky, which the kid stole and drank if of it. That spoke volumes for his consti- tution. Then the kid started to clean out the old man, and was about to split his head when he was shot in the side, but not fatally. The old man then emptied the jug of whisky, and, feeling brave, thought it a good opportu- nity to assert his rights, He took the wooden ramrod of his gun and started for his wife. She waited till he was almost on her and then with one of those things you lift the lids off a stove hit him full in ‘the face. Then she jumped astride of the prove fori, took it yy the ears and banged his head against the floor till he was reduced to a state of insensi- bility. All this to the intense amusement of the bullwhackers, who were watching her through the window. She then picked up the body and threw it through the window, The boys lifted the old man, the kid, and the empty bottles into the wagon and drove off. I tell you, those women have to be treated with respect.” ————-+00 —___ MOSQUITOES SPOIL THE PLAY. They Came to Feast on Cesar, Not to Praise or Bury Him. From the Boston Herald. “You would not thi: said an old actor, “that a little festive mosquito would break up & performance, would you? Well, such is the fact. You remember Ned Buckley, don’t you? Used to be leading man in Boston theater; also with Booth and Barrett. One rather warm night, before some sort of a holi- ay, Ned took a snap company out to # town in western Massachusetts to do ‘Julius Cesar.” It was not a sumptuous performance, by any means, but still it pleased the audience. Buckley played Cusar, and did it well, If I am not mistaken Fred Bryton was the Manco Antony, It became so hot before the perform- ance had fairly begun that the windows in the rear of the stage were wide open. It was not very long before the stage was swarming with mosquitoes, they being attracted, no doubt, by the strong light on the e. Buckley had on a pair of white tights, and he discovered at the last moment that there were several small holes in the legs. So he got a piece of billiard chalk and whitened over the tights where they were burst, play ran along smoothly enough ” ren the until the time came for Mare Antony to bi Cesar and not praise him. Poor Julius ae lying on the bier, and just as Marc began the oration he felt the infernal little animals get- ting in their work. Buckley said forever after- ward that they were educated. They just picked out the spots where he had used ‘the chalk. He stood the agony just as long as he could; then he began marhoring his torment- ors, Several times did Julius slap his limbs, and every time he slapped he grunted with re- lief, He kept slapping his limbs and grunting all through the oration, the audience shouting with laughter all the while. The audience just about knew the cause of the trouble, because | they were doing some slanghtering on their own hook. Buckley stood the agony just as long as he could, then he gave Antony a tip, andthe oration was cut remarkably short. The audience was tickled immensely ‘and in- sisted upon the actors going before the curtain several times, The mosquitoes who made the hit went with them. The performance was a farce for the balance of the evening. Every time that somebody began to act one of the auditors would begin to laugh and everybody would join in the chorus, oo—_____ The Prince of Wales a Sufferer. Edmund Yates in New York ‘Tribune, The prince of Wales has been suffering very much from his leg since he went to Cowes, A vein which has never resumed its normal size since he had typhoid fever swells and causes him great pain from time to time, and lately it has been yery bad, making his leg of enormous size, and Leathe the prince from riding or walking much. Indeed, with a varicose vein of such long-standing and size as the one from which the prince suffers he ought to be up for some weeks and not use his leg atall. The doctors of course know that such treatment is not possible, as the prince, being a hearty eater, requires a certain amount of exercise, He goes to Homburg in a few days, but his time there is generally more for amusement than health. Death From Tight Lacing. From the St. James’ Gazette. A verdict of death from tight lacing is, per- haps, still to be sought among the curiosities of law. Buts Birmingham jury have come near it in a verdict of death from pressure round the waist. The victim wis a poor servant girl who died after a fright, and her death was attributed by the medical witnesses to the fact that she was too tightly belted to enable her to stand the wear and tear of any sudden emotion, She was a notorious tight lacer; her collar fitted so closely that it was impossible to loosen it at the critical moment, and under her stays she wore & belt so remorselessly buckled as to prevent the free circulation of the blood. oo A Millionaire’s Floating Palace. Philadelphia Times, Atlantic City Letter. A strange looking craft appeared off the ocean fronta day or two ago, being pulled along ata slow pace bya tug boat. The fog was 80 dense that not even the many seafaring people around could make out what it was, Some suggested that it might be Noah’s ark, ticipation of a the inlet on the flood tide, when its true char- acter mae yi Aprpaecee to be tamtonan bee in waiting. ay ap] loat- ing i house, on slower oor of which is snugly resting a very handsome steam launch, which can be run ont at ‘WHAT MAKES THE GULF STREAM? | Theories of an Observer Who Says the Moon Controls Ite Current. ‘From the Philadelphia Inquirer. “I was anchored for three months over the true source of the gulf stream, and what I learned of the nature of that mysterious and erratic current during that time knocks all the accepted theories as to its origin in the head.” ‘Thus spoke W. S. Howard, late of the United States coast survey steamer Blake, yesterday, ashe reclined upon one of the chairs in the Girard house lobby. “I was attached to the Blake for three years,” continued Mr. Howard, “and during that time we definitely fixed the source of the gulf stream. We spent two years in tracing up tho gulf stream and studying its peculiarities, and, while we are still in the dark as to the primary was simply the continuation of the Mississippi the immense out of which cleaved its way through old ocean, and, preserving its own distinctive characteris- tics as to temperature and color, finally was lost and assimilated by the waters of the northern seas. Others held to the opinion that was formed and controlled by the (ieee the winds. Our observations and inves- tigations furnish us with conclusive that neither of these elements has an: to do with it, One curious fact was how- ever, We found that THE MOON AFFECTED THE GULF STREAM and that the current was controlled absolutely by that body. The true source or beginning of the gulf stream, established by careful scientific observation extending over a of two ears, is at a point between Fowey rocks, Flor- ida, and the Gun cay on the coast of the Ba- hamas. At this place, in 498 fathoms of water, we anchored, and for months devoted ourselves to a careful study of the great ocean river. Let me tell you something about the uliarities that we noticed, Tp bagi with, the sucxeat of the gulf stream at the point where we were anchored, and which we unanimously upon as its true source, varies daily in velocity. © difference in the flow was at times as much as 2}¢ knots per hour. The greatest velocity noted was generally about nine hours before the upper transit of the moon. The variations Were most excessive on the eastern side of the straits, and least on the western side. The average daily currents vary during the month, the strongest current coming a day or two after the greatest declination of the moon. The axis or TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE GULF STREAM (determined by fixirig the position of the strongest surface flow) is eleven anda half miles east of the Fowey Rocks light house. The strongest surface current found here was five anda quarter knots per hour, the least one and three-quarter knots and the average three and six-tenths knots. We used two meters in our observations, one for the surface current and one for the sub surface strear. The wind has no effect upon the velocity of the stream and does not change the axis of the current. The surface current, it was noticed, has a much higher velocity than the subsurface. During our observations we occupied twenty-six differ- ent stations, eo | anchored at each for several days at atime. We took 1,557 current observa- tions with the meter and 1,807 current observa- tions with the pole during this time.” “And what deductions did you make?” “These only: That neither the Mississippi tiver nor the trade winds were in any way re- sponsible for the gulf stream; that it was affected by the changes of the moon, and that this particular point, 113¢ miles east of Fowey Rocks light house, was its true axis or source.” THEORIES, “What theories have you in reference to the Probable first cause of the stream?” “Hundreds. It is a great field for specula- tion, Just imagine, if you can, what would have been the result if we could have donned submarine armor and dived to the bottom in 498 fathoms of water. We made soundings, but they revealed to us nothing. The bottom was @ sandy coral foundation; fish and other submarine creatures lived and dii d them- selves in the depths, and all the time that surg- ing, resistless current boiled about us, defying inquiry as to its true origin. “It might be, for aught any one could say to the contrary, the mouth of a great river, with itssource deep down in the bowels of the earth, among those everlasting fires that scien- tists tell us are continually burning there. The superheated water gushing to the surface of the ocean at that depth with a power that can- not be estimated would be apt to displace the chilled and heavier water of the ocean, and, with an initial velocity of nearly six miles an hour, would certainly clear for itself a pathway through the ocean until chilled and rendered inert by the frozen waters of the arctic seas. “Again, it may be that we were anchored over an immense and ever-active volcano, which, in no way crippled by the constant in- flux of the cold ocean water into its yawning crater continually, with a power that human thought cannot measure, hurls back the heated waves, and this repulsion, going on day after day and year after year fora period of time that has not yet been fixed by observation or deduction, has increased the volume of the at first puny geyser until now it has become fixed and well-founded current, differing in color and temperature from the water that surrounds it, and with a sweep and stretch that extend over thousands of miles, You can theorize all day over the matter and perhaps be as far from the truth asever. The obser- vations made by the Blake settled several dis- puted points: tthe winds and the Mississippi “First. T river have nothing to do with the formation of the gulf stream. “Second, That a point 1134 miles east of Fowey Rocks light house, Florida, in the Carib- bean sea, is its true axis or source. “Third, That the velocity of the current is controlled by the declination of the moon.” eee. The Baron’s Gambling Case. Baron De Paronet appeared in Justice Van Dorn’s court at Long Branch yesterday and swore to three affidavits charging the proprie- tor of the Pennsylvania club house with keep- ing a disorderly house, selling liquor without a license and violating the gambling laws. The baron say@he Will prosecute the Pennsylvania club house people, and that his former land- lady in Philadelphie. denies that he had failed to pay his board bill for several months, patois Aeeeses 7 sites Sen A Canadian Cry for War. The Regina, Ont., Leader, edited by Nicholas Flood Davin, Q.C.,M.P., writing of the ‘inso- lence of Yankee cruisers,” exclaims: Oh. for one hour of Palmerston, or, better still, Crom- well! It was timidity that destroyed the Roman empire and invited the barbarian. We our- selves could raise a very large and much more devoted army than the United States, while a few regiments could be sent to us, and the English fleet could sweep American commerce from the seas, Extensive preparations are being made to celebrate the one hundred and third anniver- sary of Davy Crockett’s birthday on the farm where he was born, near Limestone, Tenn, ROYAL BAKING QUEEN VICTORIA VEXED. Some Troublesome Incidents at Princess Louise’s Wedding. it 4 H I i k i a » i | bb z | i th i ' 8 ile if it i Ba TF) F Mi i E Hi ae go out first. The bride and bridegroom waited | for the queen, but the queen thought it their business to’ lead the way, and finally | ‘the prince uf Wales, never at fault in a social ¥, told Lord Fife to go on, and on | they went. Last of all. it appears that Lord | Fife, @ shy man, did not salute in the usual | way the mother of his bride. Probably it did mot occur to him that even in these cireum- , and by virtue of this new relation, | he had become privileged to kiss the princess of Wales, At any rate, he did not do it, and_ the queen noticed the omission and was vexed, and one of the household, who does not like | the marriage, said: “If he had been a prince he would have done it as a matter of | course.” But there are consolations in this | world, and, perhaps, Lord Fife would not ex- e his lot even for that of a Battenburg | a German prince of @ more genuine | oe kind. Two Gi Camping Out. j From the Lewiston, (Me.) Journal. Away up on the Cupsuptic Lake, one of the | Rangeleys, above Camp Frye, is a little old log | cabin known as “Twombly’s Camp.” Last week two young ladies, Misses Lura Smith and | Gertrade Hutchings, from Pennsylvania, rented | the camp and are there alone for two months in the wilderness, They chop their own wood, | catch and eat their own fish, row their own | boat for miles and miles over the lakes, abd seem as happy and contended as can be, The Cheapest Season. Boston Letter Providence Journal. I once asked a wretched old creature who lived in a cellar-like basement, which she liked best winter or summer, “Oh,” she answered, “it's whether ye'll be freezin with cold or smotherin’ with the heat. They're both sufferin's an’ sufferins, but the summer's the cheapest. ens A Novel and Cheap Elevator. ‘From the Scientific American. A Berlin inventor has devised a simple and | inexpensive elevator for private dwellings, in place of the ordinary staircase, which may sug- gest to some inventor a better means of accom- | plishing the same object. The Berlin invention | is on the principle of the inclined railway, and | the motive power is furnished by the city | water, which is applied in the cellar; each ] flight has its separate chair, so that for ex-| ample, one person can ascend from the first to | EXCURSIONS, PICNICS, &c. L@*? #xcunsiox SEASON OF 1880. THURSDAY EVEXING, AUGUST 15, 1889. Steamer W. W. CORCORAN. Boat leaves wharf at 6:30 o'clock. eul3-8 EXCURSIONS, PICNICS, &. a of the MARION RU WEDNESDAY AUGUST LAY er WW. COMUOKAN lecten the whart at aberp. centa, The stean: bt _ Tickets, aul2-2t ay ENING EX ON OF THE CALE- DSN es POMS ew ERA AUGUST 16, 1859, Steamer Mary Washington leaves 7th-st. at Dam. and 6 pan sharps ret both telpa” Bates otose th trips.” Extn Ladies : Tickets, 250. ; Ge RAND FAMILY EXO GYAN GAS-LGHT OO. ASSOCIATION to KIVER AUGUST BRD. Stew ing Association an _sulo-ae* Cea Saas EXCURSION To COLONTAL BEACH WEDNESDAY, A DGUS' COLONIAL BEACH kid Chabet Adult's Ticket, 50 cen’ i vearer Jane Moseley will leave Tth-et. wharf a.m. sharp. lose > RAND. Tickets, 50 H. red. ._. Sateniamaies “LIFTON BEACH. GRAND FAMILY EXCURSIONS AT POPULAR FIVE HOURS AT THE BEACH. HOME 9 P.M. DAILY AT 10'4.M., SATURDAYS EXCEPTED, From Street Fs Whart. GOOD DINNER 30 CENTS. Cafe 1 to 5 p.m, Parties © pe cay. ig steward ut os jendid Bath Houses abd Baths Fine Shady Grove, with Chairs \ee All ‘he | Pistorio’s pular ARE ONLY 2 au6-Im me . TEAMER GEO. LAW Is for charter 10 any Point Envi "nguire of” "7 & weccne « OF the second story while another is on his way | Upper from the second to the third, or still another is descending from the fifth to the fourth. The chair being only the width of the human body, leaves a free passage for any who wish to up or down instead of riding. It is set in mo- tion bya simple pressure of one of its arms, and after it has been used it slides back to the bottom step, its descent being regulated in such a manner that the passenger is carried with entire safety. The motive power is, of course, more or less expensive, accordi to the cost of water, this being, it is stat Berlin at the rate of a little more than one- tenth of a cent only for each trip. Some Every-Day Paradoxes. From the New York Herald. Acold reception makes the average man hot. Your sweetest girl may sour on you. Even men who always do right get left some- times, Strange how people go to the salt water to get fresh air, isn’t it? Many a fellow bas turned pale at a flush— when he held only a small pair. Haven't you noticed that weak-minded peo- ple are nearly always headstrong? Loose morals often lead to close confine- ment, Remember that straight tips on the race fre- quently come from crooked people, and save your money. Mase No Moisraxe, If you have made up your mind to buy Hood's Sar- ‘Saparilla do not be induced to take any other. Hood's Sarsaparilla is a peculiar medicine, possessing, by vir- tue of its peculiar combination, proportion and pre- parstiou curative power superior to any other article of the kind before the people. Be sure to get Hood's. “In one store the clerk tried to induce me to buy their own instead of Hood's Sarsaparilla, But he could not prevail on me tochange. I told him I knew what ‘Hood's Sarsaparilla was; I had taken it, was perfectly satisfied witb it, snd did not want any other.” Mrs. ELLA A. GOFF, 61 Terrace street, Boston, Mass, HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA Sold by all druggists, $1; six forj@5, Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Masa. 100 DOSES ONE DOLLAR. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD THURSDAY, AUGUST 35, 1889, Round Trip Tickets, valid for ten days and allowing 8 stop-off at Wetkins Gien, 418. A GRAND VACATION TOUR ARRANGE FOR YOUR HOLIDAY THER. _3¥30-2awtoanl TON BY o Nerchants and Miners: Transportation Oo Baltimore vie k to Every Monday and Th: r, 40" = = formation see circulars at hotels in We AL BU raguene Daumer 247, oe CITY ITEMS. Elegant Claret, 5c. bot, MerzoEn's,7th n.w. Smoke‘*Toss Up!” All Havana and Sumatra.5e First-class Groceries. Lowest prices sible. Mzrzorn's. ” “Toss Up” Cigar! Sales 1,000,000 a month 5c Splendid Creamery Butter, 25. lb, Metz- GER’s, 7th st. 1° wi on Safe Deposit Co., 916 Pa. ave. Safes rented; $5 per year. my+4m ———__AMUSEMENTS. __ IES OF MT. M. P. CHURCH SNE tata te etbhcahs beatame ee ‘at G o'clock p.m. ee 'S NEW WASHINGTON TI! Kee sare ae GRAND OPENING REG! ~ MONDAY NIGHT AUGUST IB: Sooo The house has been igual upholstered snd thorvagliy resonated: EES ALCAMEAICAR CORBINSTION, ani2-01 AS SON. SUISSE Tacotart oat lst Face Bee Bights. Largest riding school int. my)’ Pew s Suan GaRdES, ‘708-710 E street northwest, — ‘ CONCERT EVERY NIGHT BY BEST MUSICIANS OF WASHINGTOR |. rales ON THE CHESAPEAKE THE MOST COMPLETE IN ALL ITS aPPOIND- MENTS OF ANY RESORT ON THE CHESA- PEAKE BaY OB POTOMAC RIVER. Music by the WavaL ACADEMY BAND, ‘First-class Hotel and Restaurant HASTA A ars aaa ar ROUND TRIP, ONE DOLLAR. Br scien tye mates eee Jeri erty Be By miei ER oat ge RWGuisG TOMAS Most PorcLas RESORT,