Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1889, Page 12

12 ee “THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C... SATURDAY a Pee = WIVES OF WELL-KNOWN MEN. Some Ladies Who Are Prominent in Washington Society. Matrons Who Have Come to Washing- ton With a New Administration— Representative Henderson’s House- hold—Superintendeat Beli and His Family—Mrs. Gilkeson. a During the spirited race for the gavel of the popular body of Congress there were five wiv well known in tie circle ofthe Representatives, any one of whom would have adorned the social environments of the Speaker. One among this number way Mrs@Henderson. More than « quarter of a century ago Augusta Fox and David L. Henderson were students at the Upper Iowa university at Favette. The young lady was a native of Ohio, but her father had removed to Iowa about that time. The young man, a nati of Old Deer, in Scotland, went to Lilincis with his parents as a child ‘MES. HENDERSON. and to Iowa at nine years of age. The young people met while plodding along the ru Pad to knowledge. at the same institu Having finished their course the young woman went to her home household at Fayette and the oung man entered the army as a private. The of a leg did not deter him from taking the coloneley of a regiment as_soon as he fully re- covered. In 1866, having been made collector of internal revenue, he visited the young lady of his heart and in the same year, at Fayette, @ bridal ceremony made Miss Fox and Col. Henderson man and wife. Ihe young couple resided at Iowa City, then the capital, and sub- West Union in Fayette, Dubuque, where Col. Henderson had made important rofessional alliances. It was from this district hat he was sent to the Forty-eighth Congress. During the six years’ residence of her husbandat the capital, during the congressional term, Mrs. Henderson has often joined him and has par- ticipated in social gayeties in a quiet way. Her husband’s wounds in battle have precluded him from taking a very active part in society, and the devoted wife has preferred to surren- der her own enjoyment of this character by cheering him at home. Their eldest daughter, Angie, who spent a season in Washington after her debut in Dubuque several years ago and was a great favorite, was married last summer to Samuel Peaslee, deputy treas- urer of South Dakota. Miss Isabel, a graduate of a fashionable Washington schoo for young ladies, will formally enter society during the wpproaching season. She is a very accomplished girl and wiil be a great favorite. Donald Henderson, the only son, isa student at the military school at Westchester, Pa. ‘The presence of Mrs. Headerson in Wash- ington for the winter is asource of great pleas- ure toa large circle of friends who beloug to the less aggressive portion of the social lite of the Representatives’ families. The republican restoratioa and the conse- quent changes in the personnel of the bureau chiefs in the scale of official precedence has in- troduced into the politico-social life of the capital a new element which will appear in the ite circles and enliven the fashionable enter- Eiinments of the season near at hand. In this interesting class among those who wilb mingle in social intercourse we many ladies of social experience and beauty and accomplish- ments, and they have been social queens in the polite circies of their home communities and will play an important part in making the period of refined gaicties at the nations capital attractive. MRS. BELL. Among the most interesting members of this group of new figures in the social life of the Fepablican administration is Mrs. Laura Brooks Bell, the wife of Mr. J. Lowne Bell, the gen- eral superintendent of the railway mail service of the United States. Mrs. Bell ix the daughter of one of the most eminent electricians in the United States. Her father, David Brooks, was the contemporary of Morse and that chosen circle of scientists who gave the theoretical knowlege of the mysterions agencics of the subtle fluid a utilitarian turn by harnessing it to the uses of man. The Brooks system of over- head insulation was of the great steps which made the electric telegraph a perfect success, The Brooks system of underground insulation was another stride to meet the re- quirements of public sentiment. These valua- Dle patents are now in use by that great electric telegraphic service, the Western Union com- pany, of which Mr. Brooks is still oue of the Most active members on the administrative staff. irs. Isell was educated at the most fashiona- ble institutions for the culture of young ladies. In i874 she became the wife of Mr. Bell, who was then one of the rising members of the op- erating staff of the Philadelphia and Reading Failroad company. Mr. Bell was born in Read- ing, Pa., in 1539, and began life in the hard- ware establishment of Stichter & McKnight, From this post he became a railroad clerk in the Reading company. The exception: ability he displayed in railroad affairs led to his pro- | motion to general agent by the time he was Rineteen years of age. His promotion was then rapid, until he became general trefiic manager of the company at $15,000 a year, In the reorganization of the company, Mr. Bell having withdrawn, he was willing to accept his present task. The distinguished position of Mr. Bell in the Reading corporation was adorned by the high social gifts of his queenly wite. She was « leader in the most se ii cles of metropolitan life, and there acq) familiarity with social affairs which will make ber even more prominent in the fashionable enjoyments of Washington. irs. Bell is a woman of stately appearance and has a lovely face. She possesses excep- tional conversational gifts, supported by a fine education and strong character. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Bell consists of a lovely daughter in her teens, who, unlike her mother whois a striking brunette, is a blonde. The son. Sterl- ing, named after his ancle. is a manly lad, Mrs. Bell will reside at the Richmond and will boid drawing rooms during the season. eZ) In the pie’ ue boro banks of the Delaware ix rtile agricultural aud suburban county ot Backs in Pennsylvania 38 4 spacious old-time mausion associated with many interesting and sometimes sad experiences of family history. For many years this was the home of Benjamin F, Gilkeson. In the restoration of republican rule the influence of Mir. Gilkeson in the party councils of his native county gave him a prominent ee the list of those who were to represent Pennsylvania in the personnel of the new administration. His appointment to the responsible it of second controller of the Treasury brought him to Washington, and’ a comfortable residence in the West End is gow his Washiag- ton home. Miss Helen E. Pike, who left her native city of Philadelphia with her parents when a cbild, was one of the brightest young girls of Bristol. Her school days and the pleasurable expe- riences of her young ladyhood, her courtship aud marriage. were all associated with Bristol, Samuel Pike, her father, was the leading hard- ware merchant of the borough, and in a rich and densely populated county like Bucks natu- rally cari ou a large trade with the farmers ot tentire region, The Pikes came origi- nally from Vermont. jina Dungan, her mother, was of a fumuily of Irisn Qaukers who had lived in the suburban districts of Phila- delphia for many years, 7 In i874 H EL Pik elles, ai ‘h of Bristol on the ne of the borough Gilkeson, an exceed- ud able lawyer at the d. This was one of the events of the borough. The Gilkesous were old Church of Eugland and Quaker stock of the days of the Penns. The groom, there- fore, wad widely known and popular. ‘The bridal couple therefore received quite an ova- tion from the old and young among their fel- low-townspeople and neighbors, Mrs. Gilkeson, during the fifteen years of her married life at Briszol, mingled in the best society of that aristocrs community, She is a w stature with refined features and an exceed- ingiy bright bi ye and luxariant hair. In her manners she served and gentle, but in conversation displays suiicient animation to be pleasing. Mr. and Mrs, Gilkeson have a very interesting family. Helen, the est, is in her teens and well advanced in her finishing studies at one of the fashionable schools of the ewpital. Frank is a student in the preparatory depart- ment of Columbian college,and Ethel has made much progress in the preiiminary branches of a young lady’s education. The death of Mra. Gilkeson’s mother about six months ago at the Bristol home wil keep this interesting house- hold in seciusion from the social gaveties of the season. Deb. BR. K. +00 Saturday Smiles. Life is very short, but it doesn’t seem so when a fellow is waiting for an overdue train at a country railway station.—Somervilile Journal, The green grocer is one who trusts dead-beat eustomers.—.vew Orleans Picayune, In the Garden of Eden circur such that a lack of bodicesin E ewused no comment.—AlLuny E. When things get serious won and men begin.—Atchison Globe. Can anybody tell which college is ahead in the mathematical or in the linguistic race?— Elmira Advertiser, “How to keep a b tosew on his si Free Press, Money will do almost anything. It will holp awoman to change her name even.— Yonkers Statesman, Churches may be very poor and yet not be churches for the poor. —Jndianapolis Sentinel. Perhaps the advice of a certain dear old lady applies to etiquette as well as to other affairs of ances were wardrobe FESS. n stop talking sband at home.” Neglect spender buttons.—Burlingion hfe. “Speak the truth always,” she was wont to say, “but speak it gently.”— Youth's Com- panion, You find many a newspaper man under fifty working like sixty.—Detrot Tribune, Lots of things would be different if they were otherwise.— Toronto World. When Pope his harp attuned to lofty flight, And sang these words,**Whatever is is rizht,” He never had smelled a dude’s vile cigurette, You bet.—Chicago Tribune. Ditlident Wooer—“What is that French erb, Miss Clark, about man proposing, higher power disposing?” Miss Clara—I've forgotten, But don't you thi more men might propose if they (And he acted on the hint. )—Putsburg OV- ut a pondent who has been reading Stan- letters asks how to pronounce Mpwapwa. ke a mouthful of hot coffee and try to say ‘papa without swallowing it.—Quincy (lL) Whig. “Oysters hired fora church festival” is a sign along the whart.— Vhiladelphia decor New York's new Congressman, Iceman Tuar- ner, should be put on weighs and means or on disapproved bilix. Hither would be an ice com- mittee for him.—Philadedphia Ledger. _There are plenty of champions of women's rights in this country, but very few defenders of women’s wrongs.— Rochester Post-Express, Of ail the evilx here below ‘There's notaiue we muy sean v the mannish girl, irish wan. —Piuilatelphia Press, Women must have some doubts about their power over men, and are therefore constantly experimenting to see whether it will work.— Miuwaukee Journal, Before any decisive step in the line of Sena- tor Edmunds’ suggestion is taken the country will want to know whether the proposed na- tional university at Washingtou wouid be likely to turn vut a first-class foot ball team.—ANew York Trivune, Ol! crispy days of autumn! ys SbONT me xrOU, When the turauy's nthe oven Aud the oyster’s iu the soup! —N. ¥. Sun, We have at last solved the mystery why tail- ors put buttons on the cuffs of coat sleeves, It is to tear out overcoat linings and get them- selves a Job.—Burlington Free Press. At Low Tide. even packed to north and to south stretch the sands, Tenderly, daintily smoothed by the touch of the outgoing tide; Soft.as a bave's soit Bair set in place by # mother’s | hands, ach tress of the late-left sea weed is straight- ened and spread out wide. uat us ‘UF Worse—the | Shining and | si Further, far off are the breakers, ald wall Lifted against the sky, and topped witha flame- like foam; Joyous the white crest gleams, then crashing down to its fall, Creamy and spent, it sobs itself back to its ocean home. sudden emer- Wide are the pale blue skies that melt in the in- finite cloud ‘Where sea and sky are one on the far horizon’s verge; But tbe lighthouse down at the point stands starkly, solid and proud, Its feet in & bafiling mist of breakers and sands and surge. On the wide, vague sea of thought are sudden ns of light h up to heaven, bright with a new pe's sun; As we watch they waver and fall, and nothing is left in sight But the bafiling mist of doubt where faith and unfaith are one. Yet, steadfast in whirl and wave, a tower of rift- | Jess FOCI Stands with its feet on a stone, crowned with a quenchless light; Despite the doubts tht darken and the force of © the tempest’s shock, It stands, a pillar of strength by day, and a pil- Jar of fire by night MLB.M. —Cathotie World, ——~e+—____ The Duty of the Man of Wealth. Andrew Carnegie in North American Review. The first requisite fora really good use of wealth by the millionaire who has accepted the gospel which proclaims him only a trustee of the surplus that comes to him is to take care that the purpose for which he spends it shall not have a degrading, pauperizing tendency upon its recipients, and that his trust should be so administered as to stimulate the best and most aspiring poor of the community to further efforts for their own improvement. It is not the irreclaimably destitute, shiftless and worth- less that it is truly beneficial or truly benevo- lent to attempt to reach and improve. For these there exists the refuge provided by the city or the state, where they can be sheltered, fed, clothed and kept in comfortable existence, aud—most important of all—where they can be isolated from the well-doing and industrious poor, who are liable to be moralized by con- tact with these fre yr FROM THE NEW STATES. Some of the Senators Who Represent New Stars on the Flag. The Quartet From the Dakotas—Men of Active Life—The Represeatatives in the Upper House From Washing- ton—Their Terms of Service. ee New York farnished four of the Senators for the new states—Moody, Squires, Pierce and Casey, The six new Senators thus far chosen are men of striking characteristies who have won their way to promi- nence by their energy and ability, First among them, Pettigrew of South Dakota, whose lucky star guided him to the longest term in the lottery drawing in the Senate this week, is best known in a national way. He is probab! the youngest look man in the Senate, He looks like a way-dowa easter with an acquired western carriage. The . thing about him that SENATOR rETTIonEW. first strikes a stranger is an air of keenness and penetration. ‘This impression is given by the expression of his eyes aud face generally and by his movements ‘and natural attizades whether standing or in his place 1 th He is not a pretty man, but there is some- thing striking in his appearance. He 1s tall and lank, rapid in his movements and aly on the alert. Asiight stoop in the shoulde gives him the appearance of eager alertue: suggestive of “getting there.” When Mr, Pettigrew first went to Dakota he walked, and when he got there he was without apenny. He staked out a claim near Sioux Fails, built a cabin with his own hands and set to work likeaman. When he had by hard work and economy saved 1,000 he invested it ina quarter section, taking in what is now the heart of Sioux Falls, He had to go 34.000 in debt to make the purchase, but he soid lots to pay off this, and tho advance in values gave him the foundation of a fortune in the lots he still retained. From that day he became the leading spirit of that city. He was the prime mover in its development and progress, Mr. Pettigrew was born in Ludlow, Vt., in 1848. When he was six years old he was taken to Wisconsin by h He grew up ona farm without es of education, but he. was of fine natural endowment and imbued with the spirit of ambitioa. When he was six- teen years old be went to college, working his thy by building fires and doing other labor to fof his instruction, Under disadvantages which he iabored he stood head of his classes, The death of his called him from his studies just before he YW “sy aduated. Then he started to win his way ia the world, with bat 517 in his (ence it was this was gone that he walked into Sioux when Pulls from Sioux City and began his successtul cay He has held a prominent place in the polit- ical as well as in the business development of South Dakota, In 1875 he began the practice of law, having been a member of the law class in the Wisconsin university some six years be- fore. In 1877 he was elected to the territorial legislature; again in 1879 he was re-elected, and in iss he was clected as de to represent the territory of Dakota in the House, in which capacity he'was of great service to his section SENATOR MooDyY, Mr. Gideon C. Moody, his colleague, who drew the shortest term and may go back to the present legislature to. be returned, is also very well known in Washing- ton, He is some eight- een years older than is Mr. Pettigrew and is a native of New York he was where pub. ‘MBylican about the time of y the birth of that He enlisted in the U. army for the period of the war from Indiana, and when be left the ser’ © bere the rank of colonel. When he returned again to the bar it was to take up a practic: ankton, Dak., and, asithad been with him in Indiana, h got into politics and was sent to the Ic when he was finally chosen speaker of the lower house. In 1577 he settled in Deadwood, and, under anappointment by President flayes, he served as judge of the court of that cireuit from 1577 until 1883. He was a member of the constitutional convention in that year, when the territory tried to force its way into the Union, claiming its rights to statehood, and he was then chosen United States Senator from the state inembryo. He was not then admitted toa seat im the United States senate, but the honor that the territory of Dakota could not conter upon him was afterward bestowed by the state of South Dakota, and he now sits in the United States Senate, where he is welcomed by the whole body of statesmen. SENATOR CASEY. In tho senatorial lottery Lyman R.Casey drew the middle term, ending in 1893, which might be regarded as‘a piece of good fortune, but probably his collexgue, Mr. Pierce, is as well satisfied, since by having the bad luck to draw a term of less than two years the same legisla- ture that elected him this time will have a chance to send him back. Mr. Cascy just misses this advantage, yet does not get a full six years’ term. Mr. Casey is a New Yorker also, and is a successful business man. He was born in New York state in 1837, and was raised and educated in Michigan, He is a man of ed. ucation and has traveled in both this country and Euro Foranumber of years he was extensively engaged in the oyster trade in Baltimore, Buffalo and Detroit. “Since 1882 he has lived in Dakota, where he represented the Carrington and Casey land company, which holds 100,000 acres of land, He is president of this company and is vice president of the Northwestern national bank of Minneapolis, He is a member of the farmers’ alliance. SENATOR PIERCE. His colleague, Mr. Gilbert A. Pierce, is an- other New Yorker who drifted out west to grow up with the country. He is a newspaper man, an author and a shrewd politician of the higher class, When E, W. Halford, the Presi- dent’s private secretary, was managing editor the Inter-Ocean at Uhi- cago, Mr. Pierce was one of the associate editors of that paper. Subsequently he be- came managing edito: In 1834 he was the ma ager of President Ar- thur’s campaign before the convention, and GILPERT A. PreRce. during that year he was appointed territorial governor of Dakota. He is a man somo fifty years old, with high forehead, keen eyes and strong features, His nr angen is that of intellectual energy and quickness, balanced by astrong determination. He has written novels and is a student of Dickens. His familiarity with this author's works led to the publication of his “Dickens Dictionary,” a work of consid- erable value, SENATOR MOODY. SENATOR ALLEN, John B, Allen is a native of Indiana. He is aman who has worked his own way through life, and well. He became a soldier at the age of nineteen, and at the close of the war became the agent of a ‘ain firm in Minnesota, le was admitted to the bar.in 1869, and began the practice of law at Olympia, Washingtoh territory, He did not , have such a practice to start with as would war- rant his refusing a sal- ary of $15 per month as custodian of the build- ing in which he had his Jaw office, but it was not long before his ability and reliability gave him bar that soon Boron its was appointed United States i territory, and in this ugh the ad- delegate froth Washington territory to first Co but, his territory be- coming a state, be givesnp that position to rep- resent, in part, the now state of Washington fh the United States Senate. SENATOR SQUIRE. His colleague, Watson C. Squire, is a native of New York state and is a soldicr, lawyer and politician. He was born in 1833 and had the é advantage of a univer- sity education, He first went to Washington territory in 1879, and five years later was ap- ointed governor by President Arthur. His energy has had much _ to do with the develop- 3, ment of the state. His life has been an active one. At tke opening of the war he entered the Union army, was soon mustered out and went to the study of law. In WATSON ©, SQUIRE. the fall of 1862 he gave this up to re-enter the army at the head of a company of sharp shooters, and served in all the gre: sof the army of the Cumber- land in command of the first battalion of Ohio sharp shootors, After the war ho was agent for the Remington arms in France, Russia, Turkey, Spain and Mexico, see JACK THE RIPPER. A Woman Horribly Mutilated and Her Alleged Assailant Arrested. LIKE The body of Mrs, Annie Borden, a colored widow, was found shockingly mutilated on the floor of her honse in Millville, N. J., yesterday morning. ‘The tloor of the widow's house was literally covered with blood, and there was every evidence of a terrific struggle. The woman was covered with blood from head to foot; her clothing was torn almost wholly from ler person and bung in tatters, Coroner Miller was summoned and he took charge of the case. Medical examination revealed the fact that the woman had been outrageously assaulted and manner rarely recorded in peecine! or criminal annals. At the inquest doctors testified that Mrs, Borden's unds were » most brutal char- her rer having ripped her abdomen with a keen knife, itted zets that sound like 2k the Kipper’s” werk, Police in- vestigation led to the suspicion of a dissolute glass blower named John Knox, who had been seen to hurriedly leave Mrs. Borden's house about sundown last night. Blood had also been noticed on his hands and coat. He was ar- rested late in the afternoon, When bronght before the coroner he was just recovering from a debauch and was scarcely able to talk intelligibly. wo gunners who met Knox ‘Vhorsday night on 2 road hs of town testified at the coron it he had id ther ut heh: with a 0 yield to his advances.” In his own bebalf Knox denied hat he had committed the horrible crime harged against him, avd accounted for the biood on his clothing by saying that he had cut his hand with a piece of glass. The evidence against him is very strong, however, and he was commiticd to jiil without bail to await the result of the coroner's inquest. soe THE WOMAN OF THIRTY-FIVE. Thoughts for the Consideration of Her- self and Friends, crip- From London Society. Balzac has laid down the theory thata woman of thirty is at her most fascinating and danger- ous age—dangerous. that is to say, to the hearts of men. Perhaps no writer understood his own countrywomen better than Balzac, and perhaps no writer has contributed to social philosop nical resiections on the sex in general, c's axioms would ap- ply, as a rule, to acertain type of woman, a type less common, it is to be hoped, in England than in France, The spinster naturally would not enter into his calculations, and even in this country the unmarried girl who admits to having passed seven-and-twenty must be exceptionally circumstanced if she can boast of a large train of adorer he vlushing debutante may have things pretty well her own way and is quite capable of seriously captivating the blase man of the world who trequently tinds an agreeable pian cy in bread and butter, milk and rose- She may indeed prove a more enduring ads. delight to such a man than the frisky married women with whom the game of fiir tion has hitherto been played with in- tense satisfaction, But the old-young girl is neither spring b nor Welsh mutton, and not all the garnishing possible will disguise her anomalous tlivor or give her the charm of the daisies and the meadows. She has lost the freshness and the ingenuous frankness, and she has not gained the experience and finesse which would render her attractive to man; ard unless she be well endowed in the matter of rank or worldly gooods, and matrimony be solemnly contemplated, however agreeable an acquisition she tay be to society, she does not fiud marked favor in the sight of ‘the aver- age “masher,” There isa class of women, the woman who has entered the thirties, upon whose drama the curtain is not likely to fall for many a year yet. In all womanly honesty, it may be, she r is in the purt of heroine and in the dis- turbances and agitations of which she is the cause, She will go on indefatigably playing her part and enjoying it, while the lights grow dim and the audience drops off and the jeune premier becomes wooden and indifferent, This kind of a woman must, as Landor puts it, “warm both hands at the fire of life. Her keenly strung temperament,alert sensibility,and magnetic power of attraction make her the center ofa perfect vortex of emotions. She takes intense pleasure in the storm and tumult of feeling that gathers round her. It gives a zest to existence which without it she would find insupportably tame. She does not mean tu be cruel; she is not unprincipled. In many es she herscif suffers almost as much as her victims. But excitement, even that of suffer- ing, isa necessity of her being and she takes comfort in the thought that she, too, can ex- claim, like Egmont, when the end comes, cease to live. but I have lived.” And to this womun thirty-five is the beginning of the end. To the ordinary woman of poetic tendencies, but no definite inclination toward the dramatic side of life, thirty-five is an age which cannot fail to bring with it a feeling of melancholy and dissatisfaction. It is an uncomfortable point of transition when the mind cannot dwell with any complacency upon past, present or future. ‘The illusions have gone and the solid realities have not yet quite taken their place. In dress, demeanor, and mental outlook a gradual and subtle readjustment has to be considered. It is felt necessary to practice a certain sedate- ness and dignity of bearing which must not, however, be uverdone, so as to appear, alfecta- tion, Attentions which only the other day might have been attributed to the influence of personal beauty and fascination are today open at least to the suspicion of interested mo- tives. Partners at bi are less persistent and fewer in number. The delicate aroma of flattery, once breathed as a matter of course, has become sensibly fainter, Amusement seems to drag, and the business of Jeasure generally inspires a feeling of nguor and depression. ‘The woman of thirty-five is mot yet bidden tostep out of the arena and range herself amoug the spectators, but nature has a disa- greeable way of reminding her that the hour 38 approaching. It is as though the first chill breath of autumn which heralds the Ini summer were making itself @lt. She will be fortunate if her autumn of beauty brings with it the ripe graces, the tender associations and poetic suggestions which give to the season of decay its mellow charm, oo —_____ Dickens’ Letters to His Sons. From the Literary World. Here are two letters from"Dickens, addressed to his younger sons on their leaving home, one for Cambridge, the other for Australia, in which the father’s heart and the deeper side of his nature reveal themselves, “You will remember,” he says to both, “that you have never at home been wearied about religious observances or mere formalities. You i understand the better that will therefore I now most solemnly im) upon you the trath and beauty o! ‘the Ubristion as it comes from Christ himself, and the im- ec of your going far wrong it you umbly, but heartily, respect it, Similarly I impress upon you the habit of saying @ Chris- tian i ee ane = fi — stood throt re, remem- ber that I tried to renaer the New ‘Testament intelligible to~ zon 8 and rey to tea when mere a 80 God you, you were @ “hyer Your Affectionate Father.” eed AN EXPEDITION AFTER THE SUN. The Pensacola’s “Trip to the African Coast. SCIENTISTS WHO SUCCUMBED TO SEA SICKNESS— LIFE ON BOARD A MAN-OF-WAR DESCRIBED BY A STAR CORRESPONDENT WHO WAS LASHED TO A MAST—THE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY. Correspondence of Tar EvENtne Stan. Honra, Fara, November 3. The U.S.S. Pensacola left the Brooklyn navy yard at 6:30 a.m. October 16. For twenty- eight hours she was under steam, covering dur- ing that time a distance of 164 sca miles. Ow- ing to the fact that a limited quantity of coal can be carried it was deemed necessary by the captain to sail a large share of the distance. sequently, at 10:30 a.m., October 17, her en- gine was stopped and her sails unfuried. For over a week her progress was slow in conse- quence of unfav, ie winds and the additional circumstance that the Pennsacola is aslow-going ship, even when winds are favorable. Some days she little more than drifted, making in the twenty-four hours less than fifty-five knots. As it seemed apparent, at the rate she was trave ing, that the expedition would not reach Angola decided to steam to the Azore: “coal up,” then steam to Porto Grande and from there steam tothe west African coast. We arrived at Horta on the 24 of November at 7 am, where he could THE PENSACOLA isa fall-rigged ship, sail and steam, 268 feet in length, 44 feet in extreme breadth, She was built at the Pensacola navy yard in 1858, was towed to Washington, where her machinery was constructed, served in the rebellion, was in the battle of New Orleans, underwent repairsat the » war, and has since served as flag various government stations, On e curries 416 men, including officers and passengers. The officers of the present cruise are as follows: Line ofiicers—Arthur R, Yates, captai: in Hanford, lieutenant commander: Nichols, lieutenant and navigator; L. C. Heilner and M, E, Hail, lieutenants; J. A. A H. Rohrbacher, A. X. Mayer, N. , A. H, Seales and L. 5 8; Wm. D, MeDougall, ams, Gco, R. Marvell, John KR. Pat- Frank Marble and Geo. N. Heyward, Sta oficers—James W. Thompson, chief en- gincer; L. G. Billings, pay inspector; C. H. White.’ medicai inspector; M. Goodrell, captain U. 8, marine corps; Johu K, Matthews, chaplain; J. A. Topin, past assistant enginee! FE, ler, past assistant surgeon; Victor ut cugineer; L, L, voa Wedekind, J. A. Delves. pay clerk. Warrant osicers—Jobn Coste boats: Joln Haskins, gunner; Goo. W. Davis, carp ter; C, E. ter, sailmaker, excicntific party the names, &c., are: David P. Todd, director of the expedition and chief astrono: from Amherst college, Am- Neveland Ab’ meteorologist, gual service, Washington; Frank H. Bigelow, first assistant astronomer, from the 1 almanac burexu. Washington; Eben J. ssistant astronomer, from the nautical ahaanac bureau, Wasitington; Heli Chatelain, interpreter and linguist, from New York; Preston, physicist, from the coast survey, lugton; C assis! Wash- A. Orr, anthropologist, from Clark Worcester, Mass.; G. F. Flint, pher, from Washington, D.C.; Herman is, assistant astronomer, from Prince Arthur H. Brown, assistant naturalist, uational museum, Wash- ington; E. G. Wright, cbicf photographer, from Brooklyn, N.¥.; John Eugene Carbutt, assist- ant photographer, from Philadelphia, Pa.; Michael O Connor, assistant photographer, from New York; G. E, Van Guysling, machinist, from’ Brooklyn 3 |. Jacob; assistant: nin Columbia colle w York; Wim. Harvey Brown, naturalist, from the na- tional museum, Washington, SCLENTISTS “LAID OUT.” The day the expedition left New York was cool and windy, but not uncomfortably so. Some distance from Sandy Hook the ship met a heavy swell, the remains of the previous few days’ t'storm, and she began to pitch greatly. This the’ members of the eclipse party enjoyed at first, but one by one, the di- rector sucambing first, they yielded to the in- evitable. In less than an hour the scientists were “laid out,” so to speak, on the spar-deck ou 8 of barrels and boxes, Tlus amused the sailors, ‘Tribulations were — now Meera. for that night the ship rolled and pitched with all the various combinations of those movemeuts possible. Chairs perambulated across the floors. A bunch of red, round cheeses got adrift in the ward room pantry and left destrue- tion in its pathway. In the midst of dinner the ship gave three great lurches and created acom- motion which was anything but agreeable. The inexperienced balanced on their heads so grace- fully, kicked plates and saucers in the air so skilifully that the envy of a Japanese acrobatic juggler might well have been solicited. Weare ae that the Pensacola is top-heavy and I be- eve it, ON THEIR SEA LEGS AGAIN. On the day following “Jonah heaving” had somewhat subsided and on the morning of the 19th, as the ship drifted into the balmy spring weather of the gulf stream, we had com- letely “regained our sea legs and sea appe- ites.” Beginning now to interest ourselves in things about us we stroll along the spar deck and observe immense telescopic tubes, bur- rels and boxes of vegetables, a coop of chick- ens, tanks of alcohol and several stacks of dis- articulated houses—these last to serve as observatories and dwellings for the astronomers. On this deck are one Gatling gun, four howitzers and two eighty pounders. We descend through a hatchway to the next deck—the gun deck—and in the after part of this we find an excellent library, the offices of the pay inspector and lieuten- ant commander, the cabins of the captain and the admiral, the cabin of the latter now occupied by members of the expedition, On this dock are sixteen guns—twelve 9-inch Dahl- gren smooth bore, two Parrot and two saluting guns. In the space between each two guns is a pile of boxes containing the various instru- ments belonging to the scientists. IN THE GALLEY. In the forward part of the deck is a great range, on which twenty-six cooks prepare the meals for the entire ship. Three times each day this deck presents the appearance of an immense dining hall, and if we happen here at night we shall see several hundred canvas ham- mocks hanging from the ceiling, each contain- ing a blanket, mattress and sailor. One day in every seven this part of the ship undergoes still another transformation, for, if it were 10 o'clock Sunday morning, instead of tables or hammocks we should see the chaplain in his white robe standing by a large pulpit, an or- chestra playing Sunday music, rows of benches and chairs, upon which are seated officers and sailors dressed in their Sunday clothing. THE BLRTH DECK. ‘We now descend to the berth deck. In the forward part of this is the hospital, on the port side of the apothecary shop and the printing room, In the center of the deck is the electric dynamo, and a portion of the starboard side is occupied by the cadets. If we proceed to the after part of the deck we shall find ourselves in acommodious room in which isa large ie table, at one enda pantry and on either side neatly furnished state rooms, r told, is the ward room and is occupied by the staff officers, lieutenants and ensigns, scending a few steps more we are in a sort of idently a store room, for all about us are boxes and barrels of provisions, Next in front of this is the engine, built in 1864, old but yet servicable. Near it are a distillery and three boilers. Finding our way from the en- fie. Ford Holes dialy. lighted by & laatern, 4 a is : ener two bool Here we meet a man ks in his hands, sitting on a barrel, Latin. He is the “‘ford hole per. Perceiv- ing that we are fellow seekers after » he proceeds without to explain to us time to observe the eclipse, the captain | DECEMBER 7, 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES. Of the an tongues, all, with the exception, beliove. of the lancaazes of Turkey and Pin- land. are spoken among the saiiors. If Sunday morning is a pleasant one, and instead of at- tending church, where few sailors are to be found, we roam about the upper deck of the ship, we shall see men playing at cards, bask- ing in the sunshine, talking, reading ‘and a large number with small sewing machines industriously making and mending various articles of clothing. IN THE MAINTOP, Early in the vorage it became my grat am- bition to climb tothe top of the mainmast, a distance of 166 feet from the water. One quiet afternoon I succeeded in satisfying my wish. When ready to descend, however, I discovered thata number of sailors were climbing after me. They seized me and without ceremony roped me to the mast. Upon inquiring the meaning of all this I was informed thata stranger is not allowed aloft on a man-of-war until be has “paid his footing.” his, I was Siven to understand. meant a bottle of beer for each of my capturers, Prolibition principles and indignation at this rough usage induced me to resist, for a while, such imposition. But as the sun disappeared behind the western waters and my prospects seemed good for spendi the mght lashed in spread-eagle fashion to the mast of the ship I persuaded mysolf to yield to time-honored custom, so paid for the right to climb, unmolested, to the top of any mast in the navy. PROF, ABBE MEETS A VARIETY OF WEATHER. If there is a happy man among among us, without question it is Prot. Abbe. By his en- thusiasm and untiring industry he has awakened among tive ofticers of the ship adeep interest in meteorological observations, His little balloons are almost daily floating in the air, and on the high portions of the ship his anemometers are continually whirling. Nature herself seems determined that his efforts shall be richly rewarded, for during the seventeen days of our voyarge from New York to the Azores, almost every variety of weather has been encountered. — Scarcely had we been at sea a week, when, from the borders of a black cloud lying to the south of us, appeared a most magnificent display of waterspouts. Within the space of an hour thirty were seen to form, assume beautiful curves and shapes, and vanish, fully developed ones were seen at one time. Some came very near, and with the aid of s their whirling move- ments could be easily studied. Observations on these were brought te a close by the terrific storm which followed. To the members of the expedition who were plucky enough to stand out in the wind and blinding sheets of rain this storm at sea was an experience not soon to be forgotten. NOT A WRECK AFTER ALL. At 8:30 that evening an unusual commotion on the spar deck drew a crowd from below. Supposing that some accident had happened I foliowed and reached the hatchway in time to see the life boat lowered to the water. Av the starboard quarter of the ship a large crowd was anxiously peering through the darkness at a long black object some three hundred yards distant. The severe storm of the day left no doubt in the minds of all that it was a wrecked | ship. The lite crew rowed swiftly to the wreck, and returned with the startling information that it was only a patch of gulf weed, a bunch of which was brought to the naturalist of the expedition, Wa. Harvey Brown, soe Fargo Offers Sullivan $20,000. At a meeting of the recently organized Dempsey athictic club of Fargo was decided to offer a purse of fight to a finish beween John L. Sullivan and Peter Jackson. A committee of five was se- d to draft rnies to ¢ given until next Monday night to report. Pres- ident Wilson telegraphed to Sullivan informing him of the action of the club, A Baltimore Boy’s Mysterious Powers Louis Hamburger, the sixteen-year-old son of Philip Hamburger of Hamburger Bros, & Co., Baltimore, possesses the mysterious power of making things adhere to his finger tips merely by contact, having performed such feats with canes, glass tubes and other articles, A reporter of the Sun was yesterday gi seunce by the young man at 7 1119 East Baltimore street. » first expori- ment was to place a number 0; pins around the palm of his hands and on the tips of hi ors, On holding the palms vertically the puis are found to drop only after a long time. He next showed his ability to pick up from the table by pressing his dry fiuger tips against it any highly polished, smooth body, such as a pencil or pen. Much more striking, however, was the manner in which the pen, held perpendicularly, would stick to the end of his fingers, He touched his finger pads against a glass tube three-quarters of an inch in diameter, and they stuck with such force that as he pulled them away from it, one after another, there was aclick. The end of the tube thus raised was freighted with a plaster-of-Paris block, and on this were gradually piled leaden weights until 2,450 grams (5!¢ pounds) was reached, ‘This he was able to raise with open palms and without much effort. A varicty of other me- tallic tubes were held fast in the same manner. A glass tube, held verticully, adhered very long to his fluger tips. und it required an effort on the part of the reporter by pulling down- ward to remove it. Prof. Wm. Simon of the Maryland college of pharmacy has developed whatever streugth and remarkable powers the young man displays from the very smallest beginnings, He has hopes of making him perform yet more wonder- ful teats, At present he is engaged in experi- menting with him in ascientitic manner in order to present the case tothe public ina technical journal, He has called the attention of a number of medical specialists in Baltimore to the case, and all are at a loss to give an ade- quate explanation. On the 11th instant Mr. liamburger, uccompanied by his preceptor, will give an exhibition of his remarkable owers before the Scientific ussociation of the johns Hopkins universit, see Canadians Build New Sealing Vessels. The Dominion government have still further advices of the intention of theowners of sealing vessels in British Columbia to add several more schooners to their fleet for carrying on the ecal fishery in Behring sea next season. G. C. Gerow is negotiating for the purchase of the American schooner Mollie Adams, the price to be paid being in the vicinity of 210,000, The San Francisco sealing schooner Ada is also likefy to be transferred to Victoria, The owners of the sealing vessels represent that they are willing to take chances of scizure, as the business is a profitable one and they can afford to lose one vessel now and gain and make a good season's work. A Family Puzzle. From the Lewiston Journal. ‘This is the fiftieth year of ex-Gov. Garcelon's practice of medicine in Lewiston. Now seventy- six years old, he is constantly at work, driving from 15 to 40 miles every day. His health has not been quite so good as usual this fall, but his chaise has beén seen bobbing over our roads just the same. The ex-governor sat down the other day and figured up how many miles he had ridden in those fifty years. He found that he had gone around the globe many times. His long journey amounted to a trifle over 360,000 miles. 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