Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1893, Page 11

s THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON more momentous purpose than to sj ® | may appear from the of the certificate FI E CTO R \| COUNT. large framed iittogiwph of the worl ner by the Heoretery Of BbGte $0 Oonarems. ya re VAk +) 1. | buiidings at Chicago, leaning against the wall,| The certificates from sil the states having ee . e marblo bust of Vice | been opened and read the tellers will deliver | | istry. I tt contains three largeand two PURPLE FACED AND DESPPRATS. | email Is in the hilt, bat two others of Rebellion tn His so poet Gloom: . D. ©, SATURDAY. JANUARY 7, 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES, available for mining and other ordinary put- poses, has recently been employed by the gov- STUFF THAT KILLS. |pers.tezcogs ben, emsteye step GIFTS FROM ABROAD. Sakon Seo SE ute: experiments. It is cailed ‘‘roseliite,” and is } A SCIMETAR PROW OLD micRORY. directly undernoat President Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, who | the result of the ascertainment of votes to Vice cs i of i. |. Chief examiner i jobody would be api te think that Ol . Pepa made thi tt by dying in it. By the t Me ‘ho will read their +, of the Sivietro of cReeietey ta tae ok office. “ son Rees] Maen Gal _ . le the room famous by dying in it. nt lorton, who wil w report, s of visi el tl tent i i 1 Jaci “elaure o to the dem- 2 National Ceremony Which-Be-| ena or next week, however, its litte shelves | embracing the number of electoral votes to| High Explosives Being Experimented | #.°,civisen cf chemistry in the patent offce. | A Clause in the Constitution Prao- inka oaencss bow ecmes aktoen aoe P Will feel the weight of the precious votes. Only | which each state is entitled, the respective elec- by the manufacture of asphaltam a by-product is tically a Dead Letter. i x yng agreg € gins Next Monday. Vico President Morton and Private Secretary | toral votes cast for President and. Vice Presi- With by the Government obtained in the shape of oh. For = ya . | and very pr ; Chilton know the combination of the safe, but | dent, together with the total of votes received Jong time yo use was found for this oil, Sam- +e } cept from al —s | caer editions a Cove it uy Gin enadidehen of cock iy. op rienge aos cape to ee r ENTS Mi POTENTATES = pause on go —— os oa ee will be rigged up next week with elect ires, | clusion, he wi luce from those res the Fs it not seem to be available for} PRES) FRO! Ss. |" . . Nevertacless, the odd-t RINGING THE VOTES HERE. | alas bells and other apparatus, ¢o that the in- | announcement that Grover Cleveland of New | QUEER SMOKELESS POWDERS. | fav urpose, Fimlly, Prof. Rosell esmecived ing sctmetar, with ite mos =~ © t park of a stant it may be touched by any intruder a | York is elected President of the United States the notion that it might be utilized asa base - handle, came to the White House from th s shctenins warning will be communicated to the armed and that Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois iselected Vice President of the United States, each for the term beginning March 4, 1893, and will state She carried a large ert kept was basy with a welt tan of Turkey and "never rea: until about mx wecks ago, whi with ‘tchmen posted in the neighboring corridor. There the totes and certifieatos wills un- dor strict watch and ward until February 8 for an explosive, in combination with chlorate of ‘Thede are the simple ingredients of “rosellite,” which is said to have many marked Cortifientes to Be Locked Up in the Vice President's Safe—Roxes Made for Their Many Acceptances Have Been Authorized by Trials With Submarine Mines—Dynsmite Congress—Some of the Curious Things That and Rosellite—Some Wonderful Novelties the scimetar, ite a collection of Jnckson felice, wae moving, but that this announcement is by law a sufficient advantages over all other high ex; Exhibition tm the Smithsonian ‘eposited by Mrs. Mary Donelson Wilcox. ®t Ge hu paler Custody—The Proceedings When the Sen-| next. Geclaration of that fact, which, with the list of | Sm Explosives—Yankee Invention Busy 12 | tien Shilo’ Vomewing sitter “x descendant of the hero of New Oricans. ‘The | “M0! (* Bie vorat ate Marches Over to the House. Before that time, and probably only » few | votes, shall be entered on the journals of the| ‘This Line—An Odd Device for War. to 60 cent of dynamite. To begin gift of the Sultan of Turkey to “Old Hickory Pp i” oe = days hence, some Senator from the committee | Senate and House. The people knew it before with, it cannot be exploded by fire or by any Dears the tradition of having belonged to Ma- side the oar and tase - - on privileges and elections. probably Senator | midnight on November § inet, but the fact will apse ar al short of bya fulminate of LL INTENTS AND homes. The Turkish raler gave it as a of | valise formed a barricade © | Yate of North Carolina, wil offer « resolution not be a logal and constitutional certainty until HE MILITARY AND | Mercury cap. “Tule is the method edopted for O ALL INTENTS AND | Mosiem friendship for Uncle Sam. according to | sengers fe!l fr, and ont of the EXT MONDAY THE | couched in these words: ‘this declaration is made, nor can the inaugura- setting look. It is remarkably cheap, no ma- purposes article 1, sec- | the addres of presentation by the Turkish en~ "HI, ater block sas su: tion take place without t. naval authorities of the . electoral colleges will| That the two houses of Congress shall assem- tion 9 and clause, 7 of |Y°¥ "ho brought it. This relic was left in chinery being needed for its manufacture. In ble in the hall of the House of Representatives = the » the stont woman bes. cane sos government are anxious | fact, the chlorate of potash and asphalt oil can the Constitution of the | J8¢k#0n's will to Andrew Jackson Donelson, @ | uneasiness convene in forty {on the Sth dar of February, 1893, at 1 o'clock ‘The Way It Might Be. Sy) to find out something | be satisfactorily mixed with a hoe ona barn Dalted states iow dead | STS2tEephew of the general, and mates one of ~~ nl ae states of the Union and in the afternoon, pursuaut to the ‘requirement | Prom Life. about the new incendi- | floor. It is smokeless, which is a point of great = ioe dead | adoren other interesting articles in that case om behind the barricade, east their ballots for of the Constitution and laws relating totho| gqEn: Sitting room of an uptown house, b ii ted by | importance, inasmuch as laborers working in letter, At various The uniform coat worn by Jackson at New teow he eae ; 4 Vice | election of President and Vice President of the | l-tondd ary bomb invented bY | dark tunnels of drifts are often obliged to wait times the provisions of Orleans’ battlefield and his pirtol ease with con- he little mi | President an ~ evidently belonging to comfortably well-to-do for nse in | tents have long bee: ar useum ~ “a resident. Perbaps no | United States; and the president of the Senate 2 is rate, but 1 > a, the Germans for use in | an hour or more for smoke to clear away after that partionlar piece of at Gene coe = } nt good for = blessed President. | shail be the presiding officer; that two persons | People. 4 fire burns in the open grate, ¥ --* war. This seems des-| a blast before they are able to resume their law have been carried | Sttrections. and the Inte additions are: A por- | ening bat to gu nod eweller other supreme function | be appointed tellers on the part of the Senate | needs trimming and more coal. Two or three tined to be among the | task. Owing to its safety, “‘rosellite” can be trait painted while “Old Hickory” atill wore |" under our srstem of and two on the part of the House to make a list Avk the co: books lie open, face downwards. on the table, and every burner on a large chandelier is at out to ths most literal bis fighting military incignia, a silk puree used coggeated the useless interpretation, and the when attending horse races, fine hand-painted wonders of the next great conflict in En- of the votes as thi government 18 #0 little reauit shalt be del or ro lightly shall be declared; that the | transported cheaply by freight, instead of going ed to the President of the atexpress rates like dynamite. Itis further don't want no free advice from a nickel der | poeebis shane i i ci, | alleged that in mining coal or binsting in stone esult was that the Ne- | ivory miniatures of the general aud Mra. Jeck- | crahber,” she snapped. "We o Jee. | Sehate, who shall announce the state of the vote | Jul! Blaze. Seated in an uneasy chair, gazing =: rope, Exploding with | Quarries this new explosive doce not pulverize Tonal Murenm received |20% 28 Appendix to Blackstone used while | Fane sy.cene sranPat. “Ws Salou regarded as this elee- | 2°" rsons elected, which shall be deemed | "0odily at his boots, is @ Man. Appearances ion tremendons energy it| the coal or rock, but breake them slong the tion: a Jackson was studying law at Saiisburs and a | fies » toral process that will | ‘ation of the persons clected President | seem fo denote that the Manis Married. A — 2 eatters highly inflam- | lines of natural cleavage, thus occasioning. the new invoices of ex-| peculiar heavy wooden cane elaborated with | “Ty out oman thrust the advertisement then begin, toculminste | and Vice President of the United States, and | clock oh the mantel strikes seven tinkling re iA least porsibie loss. hibits, intrinsically worth many thousands of | silver leaves like fish fins. Besides these are a Sth of March; +r with a list of the votes be entered on mablesubstances far and wide. Thusasingle ~ a fan into her husband’ hands, grabbed up be ¢ Sf i weouracy Trench As the records of the patent office show, | dollars, At other times—and perhaps the lat- | fet of jewelry nnd a tortoise--hel! comb belong- | satin boanted off the oat “ee tte A oo Maths | ae Seeronis of toe toe Tesco eo ee one bursting over a town would set a whole ds- | yankco invention is very ‘clive, st present 1 | jor mere in the eoajority-cthe lane hos eo on- | (88 12 Ales. Jackson and'e large ves! presented | “Aven and hosne we pr EE ae ae Sach wae the form used four, eight and) ‘Tax Max (atirring slightly): Hump! trict on fire at once. In fect, this extraordinary | the line of disgovery which ralates to explo- {tine violated mith. no compunction, and in | Pi_JAtiee Of Cincinnati, who requested the | tor” 1 uninteresting. | twelve years ago. It will be promptly referred | Twenty-five minutes past three. No woman | device re] nts the Intest civilized improve- | sives. Even in time of peace enormous quan- oe residents Wits So ster i on the Ge0m-| <<Siow torts 0 to Ge FR Beer boat?” be - when there ia | to committee, reported thence, passed and | can sak me believe ther it in necessary foc her ‘ema he savages | tities of explosives are consumed annually for | Such cases the recipients of forbidden gifts sion of her bushand’s inanguration. She | «isnered berrndle ouduetor, - a fed. And yet, | sent to the House, where, after similar action, 18 | 15 be out at such en hour as this. By Jove, 1| "2! 0D the method practiced by the savages | Lining act “To are sunrise and sunset fans | were alone enriched. Sotne of these nltimatel @ied. however. before that day arrived. The | *'iqhere! Bucwedls ‘ > most important | Wil be agreed to proforma. A few days later | won't believe it! (Hiscs, gors 10 the windore | Of tHe Gran Chaco, in South America, Who, | stone costs Uncle Sim €L,000n day. THO Srdlc | reuched the meceanis as the ‘ouly legal deposi. | tulilteation jteclamation,” printed. om satin orth ¢ | View President Morion will appoint two tellers | nd looks out). Reiwiug,’ Lees of cabs waa the Preliminary to an attack on a village, pour | nary rifle practice of the army isan expense to | tore for articles of the kind covered by the | *4 Presented to Jackson by Hartford friends, | “Why dean’ von get off . ont” esti ft not th wronect | {rom among the Senators, ome of each party, | sual argament with ‘the driver on the side- | flaming arrows into it from hage bows held by | the government of hundreds of theaseads of Gouatination, but ravelveprier ‘te the owner's | Completes the list “eee te ot see the rer a wt post Com: | a the House poy eee walk, I suppose. Ah, weil! Beate, and re- = on Tho Cae stead ‘hey oa dollars veariy, and See death. On quite a few occasions Congress | THE SYRIAN SARCOPRAGYS. j writ if I ketch throe fits and « «unstroke.” \ \ - . nd eve. | {2point two. In 1889 Senators Manderso 2 to 7 city in campaigns of the future will be alto- | periments with guns aud explosives pursued by Liz w “ i ot enathnt Wife w nee ch the urewent watiqnated sv% | Nebraska and Harris of Tennessee served as | Oud retignie ii, Pulte Nerd at ff fortron: | getbor novel, Miuminating shells thrown by the | boomer’ Tepretcat an expendieare ct hamareds | loxslized the act of receiving, and that was in| “Old Hickory” was the hero of another gift ant t0 boss?” suggested the come tellers on the part of the Senate, and Congress. | men Ermentront of Pennaylvania and Baker of | New York on the part of the House. cep pag omens bod angel eS ~ irwosury | after he retired from office, but thie he de- nd State Departments «till ba’ | a Gecorations and the like for American officers, | ‘lined most emphatically, although it was which have never been delivered because of the | offered by Commodore Fitiott. The article ix lacking authority, and dozens of others never | Still known as the “Svrian sareophmgas,” and will be, because they been tost in. the Inpro of | Tests on the north side of the muaenm, where | time and the upheavala consequent upon vari- | it was placed after being removed trom the Gus Ghatiges Of administration, | patent office. The rarcopbagus came from compositions have been patonted; gunpowders, |“ vere High School student knows the con- | Y*ted grounds in the rear of Beirat, Syria, and Diaating powders, nitro-compounds, such 08 | tenteof theclause in question, and it reads: | WS4 embarked on the United Staton frigate | gan cotton and nitro-glycerine, and pyrotech- | «No title of nobility shall bo granted by the | Constitution, flagship of the Mediterranean nie mixtures, including colored fires and flash | rnited States, and no person holding any ofice | *@%adron, in 1899. Who the occupant was is lights. Very few reworks aro manufactured | of profit or trust under them sball, without the | OUly a matter of conjecture, though tt hae been in this country, and puzctecilc compositions | consent of Congress, accept any present, emol- | *Uppored to have been the inact resting place of | are rarely patented, being usually kept secret. . « Roman em auctor, sympathetically, as he reached ap ter | the «trap. tenant to? She does, conductor,” added the little man earnestly, whi ing up the steps as the car began to more rs desperate man. I bought a cowhide thie moming, and tonight Tim going to beat that women within an inch ol “James.” came ehrilly from the sidewall, en did not linger. Te hastily joined his wife on the enrb, » ‘the car rattled oute® sight, the parple-teved and 4 te owner of the cowhide was so Dusy with the famaly sack that it eemed as though the enemy lighting up its fortifications at night with @ glare equal to 100,009 candle power for each shell, while fire-distributing projectiles exploding overhead sprinkle the houses and streots with a shower of diabolical combua bles. ‘These infernal contrivances are also in- tended for burning hostile ships at sca. Another wonder of future wars will be smoke- Tess gunpowder. The ordnance bureau of the navy has been devoting much attention lately to the manufacture of » preparation of this kind for Unele Sam’s use. Many such powders have been produced by European governments. Tho basis of them all is gun cotton dissolved in Wance that Althongh three puifs, then throws it in the fire.) Con-| found a cigar when it’s once out! “I'll light uy a fresh one, although I'm nervous now through | smoking too much. (Goes fo ornamental cigar bor and raises lid). Empty, by Jupiter! Now. Td like to know whut becomes of my cigars, I don't smoke them, and there’s no man in the house. What was that? (Listens), Nothing. Great Scott! When is thik sort of thing going | toend? I think I'll finish it all up and go back tothe governor. Tm always saying #o, but 1| don't do it. (A deep, bass voice is heard sing- ing “Ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay,” some distance down the street, with considerable rallentando). of thousands more every twelve-month. Science says that all of this money ia in one #enso thrown away absolutely, inasmuch aa the material ex- 0 much taken from the richness of never to be returned, At the patent office explosives aro comprised under five heads—friction matches, for which about 100 rrp i ror. When Commodore Eltiott | performance might possibly be crowded a I wonder if that's—. Pshaw! Tt can't be. | nitric acid, the latter element being afterward | When application is made fora patent on a new Sy atargrios otocare en erer frome | caered tt to Gen. Sachiom for the Saal deposit |S nen ne — sie * " = oh Art acti ol A cab drives up to the door with much hoof-| liminuted. Not the least remarkable thing | explosive ft is tested by exploding or burning & ‘There has never been anything to criticise in | Of his remains “Old Hickory” replied with clatter. A short discussion follows i which is ended Bi about them is the queer snapes in which they are turned ont. I have on my desk at thi moment a couple of small sheets of thin yellowish-brown paper. ‘There is nothing about it to distinguish it from any other cheap Paper apparently. I tear off a piece of it an ora. and the Votes: which hont the United small quantity in the laboratery. ADVANTAGES OF RIGH EXPLOSIVES. Necessarily high explosives will figure largely in the next great war, though they are not con- sidered as good as gunpowder for shells which Unprofessional Conduct. From the Detrott Tritmne ‘The women who hastened into the pantryan®@ Teturned with aealeratu biscuit for the perte Patetic stranger at her gate wores gingham, characteristic simplicity that an American's bones could not rest in a receptacle prepared for kings and emperors, and the prevailing | method of burial was all be asked. | _ Aset of gold-mounted knives of Arab mann- the first sentence of the clause, because no leg- islature, state or nationnl, ever attempted to create dukes and barons and the other speci- mens of effete nobility on this side of the § Lawrence river. But bay stopping, @ woice saying: “AN right, old man. Here, take this and get yoursely a drink. Iguess that'll square it.” The front door bangs. The cab drives away, Enter sitting room,a Woman. There ts a joy- , 1 | facture and an equally handsome sword were | gown which she hnd clivrousiy builded with bee f gus lush on her face, an eeetricaparkle in her eee sete ante ving cot | 8r@ to be used against exposed bodies of men, | and “foreign states,” and in not a few instances | the gifts from the Sultan of Zanothar to Com-| Swn bands. ° worthy framers Tae Woman: What, still wy French smokeless “‘poudre B.” pieces too small to iuflict fatal or disabling rst place, violate = “ tend Pear ten t * ‘. ther spelled iu a iP, dearie? I Pf tl of the clause after they did take the goods for | Van Buren and the government generally than | Straight. sitioe of awieeta i peony thought you would be in bed long ago. moe Searee oe fee Tous. One advantage which they possess | the sake of placating the donors. Several of | any other ruler on feoord, and for nearly four] “My man.” she remarked, im compechensive Da rane Why should I goto bed? I csn-) Another specimen on my desk looks like s | Consists in the moral rnny well appail the stout. | them were Presidents of the United States at | years his persist ing different ships “[ will give you this biscuit on one eom- not sleep. ; : wee ; thick string of black india rubber, so flexible that it is readily tied in a knot. This is the English smokeless powder, called ‘‘cordite” on the time. The violation was unintentional, | however, for the articles were passed into gor- ernment possession as soon thereafter as pro- with offerings ma. Carr, then United States con Van Buren n to Thomas 3 J at Tangier. finally laid the matter before Tur Womax: Nonsense, darling. Pure im- agination brought on by nervousness and—and whatever else it is. est heart and demoralize the best disciplined troops. Some notion of the might of high ex- plosives may be got from the fact that “‘explo- CAPT. BASSETT, THE SENATE DOORRERPER ‘On the morning of the notable day for count- T such he undoubtedly waa, tramp, minnte ~ i : A vision could be made for their proper recep- | Congres and after selling the horses the | leaned grasefally upon one fowt . Abe th ji Nene eet Saale | Ee wats, Woteatey,, Sesemeay 9) eet Tee ee eee ee Sai | er ieee Bitten thatoe ee are roe dnc Gil. | tion. although twice the gifts, which were of a remainder of the cargo was ordered placed in | “You mnt saw a sich of wood.” : il . tai: " d id oe kd : ao vm i vd 1d " y stody pation inetit uel OF pain ted acre dir ond | President Morton and Private Secretary Chil- | 40771) ait vou how it oe S Voek wai. Go! |S aoeaaae ‘Hare ales alo coreral (Uk square | of the novelties in. this line’ is the “hellofte™ Case parti eg Pi bec ped polerggicotreee! Siapostion. foe po rape gy aioe stint ‘omit = PETITE SERS To WAREINGTON. | foun cence the packages therefeam med hand | USbty this afternoon—badn't seen her since [aticks. They are bits of the best German | #hell, which contains two glass vessels, one | Psssed into the treasury: and in one case a por. | disposit pearls and jeweled sword helped to urged the woman, “It was laws the governor of each | Tet ser to Capt lane, Bassett, the neventye | Soadnest knows when, vou know—and we went | smokcless powder, which is manufactured in | holding, binitro-benzole and. the other ‘nitric | 0" 0! the gifts sent to Freaident Pierce U» the | Pox, of pearls as prize when the patent office teen minutes ago that another man in enable after j them over to Capt Isaac Bassett, the seventy~ | ito Tryhards’ and got a—a cup of chocolate. | the shape of rolls like maps. The rolls are | acid. The shock of discharge breaks tho glas was concluded by Commodore Perry, the most ob} |, eight veare inter. your businew sawed a stick of wood for one of F ate, who aith bis muuwy. heir hod patriarchal | Well Fou know yourecit how hungry half «| sliced into such sticks, which are packed in | and the two chemicals are mixed by the revolu- | Tam concluted by Commodore Perry, the most | waa rob d ingot from the melted swords, about | my bisenits ee reetere ot] eee Meee ee ack ea an pearehal | dozen —caps of chocolate will make anyone, so | bundles like toothpicks for loading’ arching | tion of the shell in ite ight. ‘The ‘latter ie @x- | Has for want of = mafo repository, and there | 100 diamonds taken from the Van Daren scabs | "he tramp eterted. vistenty ef | beard and leng black frock coa E i r Roll her. ans. For small arma the sticks are chopped | ploded by impact on touching the object fire ser damers os | Neth, Soe taloe ad sean cone cosehl “ewemieen we ath | aeguable tecetieney oi taciesuniion ka sae ree (eage perenngin sa | ap tito cabea, Ths Gevdian — tite.” ancthor | ate. ‘This device, however, seems leas formidable | MANY were entirely lost or destroved. In fact | bard, the attar of Tones and pearls were sealed ‘You astonish me,” he exclaimed. num- h on the successi gurations of Presidents | ©| Van Buren, “Tippecanoe” Harrison, Polk, the | Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Grant, rtitiontes | H jarfield, Cleveland and Benjamin Har- but a very small part of these ever reached the museum, and at this late day, of course, never will, THE in a box after being reclaimed from the thieves, and in 1449 deposited for safe keeping in the treasury vaults. Like all things of the kind tradition had invested this part of the gift with | know, instead of allowing me to imagine ail sorte of thingy? ‘Tae Woman (coaringly): Foolish boy! What could you imagine? I did try to telophone you, than the French “‘melinit civilized improvement on the by the Saracens it the middle A great perplexity seemed to be opprassing him. ~Was it « tell man?” shell, which ix « kind of smokeless power, has grains which ure triangular prisms. Yet another French smoke- leas powder #0 closely retemblex old-fashioned molasses candy pulled out into thin strips that quired. with sore ges, On ex- anxiety. after a considerable pause ploding it sets free volumes of poisonous ganes ACCEPTANCE AUTHORIZED BY CONORESS. . 7 5 = value by the middle of Cleveland's | “Tt was. tote Department | rison heretofore. Capt. Bassett entered the | Sut the wires sive all cater onden one might easily be cheated into biting it. A| which cannot be breathed, asphyxiating the | During the last twenty years Congress has . “beg ee — Fn A wnt . vernment archives | service of the Senate sixty-one years ago as the | PUp {he Tiree were all out of order. with [smokeless powder callod “gelbite” was need | enemy: ‘The base of this infernal mixture is | frequently authorized by special resolutions the | 4ministration, | when hig ofan Peso a A ae there This t n elect- | protege nd used to tweak } messenger boy? Guring the recent war in Chile as ammunition | picrsc acid, s coal-tar product, which has the | reception by a United States officer of gifts |in the Notional Maseum. ‘This erumeer tock | tke woman wodded. bmp ee ecg | hie janenile care of Senator Gorman of Mary- | “Tay Wostas: A messenger boy! Well, dar- | for rifles. Tt looks like thick yellow paper. Shella, Tacloring aerate nred into the | trom foreign governments in the shape of | place February 23, 1887. and then the Smith-| "A longcont, very slimy?" oe Baten fon thote pat. a | ag hen that statesman was a frisky page BOY | Ling, you see—(then in ones vf intense sur-| Not being content to copy any of theso odd | sbells, hardening eabsequently.” Tt would be « medals and decorations. ‘There have been fully | sonian people bad a laugh at the treasury oii | “Ves, : eat sence. te Perform thelr part in | ander him in the Nenate. He turns back the | prise)” but, do you mean to tell me that ‘mo | patterns this government is making its amoke- | nilstake to imagine that the United States in bo- wpe glam pend hast hy anhegeraiien d rent eomenag gr welpoien preg hep | pe fy RRR the al drama. In moet cases | hands of the Senate clock regularly at the clove | Lrossonger her be been hares Ress powder in the likoness of macaroni, For | hind the times ia preparing for war. During ? a plies ia , . the heir «tte capitate. Each | of short sessions of Congress on the 4th of ‘ : ment records, and ibis government in turn does its share of bestowing valuable presents upon brave officers among other nations. But a large | of attar of roses, the amali diamonds and gold number of such medals have not been legalized | ingot mentioned and 130 ponris. The last as property of American citizens, and even if | named contain among their number two large Congress should evince a disposition to make a | pear-shaped jewels of n really valuable natare, wholesale permit now the move would not | although much of the rich luster hus been lost amount to much, simply because the trinkets | with age. The remaining 148 are ¢ rably and valuabies have been stored for years in for | impaired in worth from the fact that they were | gotten places, and even the archives on the | punctured for stringing before prescntation, subject are contents of the most unfrequented | and while the dqmonds are of a pure quality nooks and craunies. and boautifally eat nove own ‘to’a karat in pati Sikh cick Wear Seton: weight, and the whole collection of jewels went ; ;.| by the imaum will net top $5,000 in cash, The most valuable gift ever made to an off-| there were other articles in the ‘gift thougis, cial of thixgovernment was that from the Imaum | worth four times that amount, and’ the loeckat of Muscat to Martin Van Buren in 1840, and the | rugs furnished their quota toward the total, greater portion of It iy now im the masenm. a vee ee The whole cargo would have sold for fglly a : * £20,000 then, but some of the things would be | Whist has become of many of these is another riceless now even in the open market. That, | ™Ystery which the patent office fire in 1877 is owever, Was quite some time after different | responsible for. At the ame timo the best box with diamonds as big aa the Orloff and Kohinoor. Instead they found onc small bottle pcidedly.” The tramp heaved # sigh of relict, ~“Thet's Bill Stokes,” he annow “He's always doing it might be nomebudy of Tur Max: Non€ whatever. Tne Womax: Why, what an extraordinary thing! But then, you know messenger bors never do deliver messages. Took in any comic is These boxes play an important part in the | paper in the country and you'll find it « electoral ceremony. They are two in number, me es Aig on . . ue Wo: | each sixteen inches long, twelveinches wide and | Tir Max id you wend a tressenger? | twelve inches deep, made of highly polished | Tux Womay (with sudden gravity): Do you is — i Fes a with ae = or do you not wish me to tell you all about it? ate constructed. usually every fears, by | = Ty ws: Yes. if ill. the oticial carpenter of the Senate: Mek” He | TE Max: Yes. if you wi " ns ‘Tne Woxtax: That's just what I was going to y 7 t Zimmerman, aud serve as convenient recepta- | ao if you hadn't persisted in. interrupting me. | shapes. For example, tho powder employed | idea of "a highly original’warship. Aw exhib cles in which to earry the votes and certifleates ? vell Mrs. Gaybody, w 't seen | for tho huge steel guns is compressed into hex- | ited by his own plans the vessel had three frana’ the View Fretident'y chamber to the ball | fee” eet sot stent? Tae nee SOO ee ee oe hah in diseeiar iie G bels | Qncke: each Gt ahitbeas ‘aiviten tare menace of the House of Representatives. A pair of | ‘Tuy Max (interposing): You said just now it| through the center of each one. ‘These are Instead of masts it was to have three simiar boxes, identical in appearance, formed | was Mrs. Golightly you met. packed solidly ina cloth bag and thrust into re go arranged that each “lift” should one of the centers of attraction in the great | “"Tye Womax: Nonsense, my dear. the ammunition chamber. Gun cotton is | open into four rooms on each deck. ‘The rooms | electoral straggle of 1877, when Capt. Bassett | yirv, Gaybody. 1 know what I am. talking | formed into solid biocks of the shape and size | were to be built like safos, with every possible and Vice President Ferry had to sleep with | shout, I hada't seen her sinee-—-— of the projectile that is to bo loaded with it, | burglar-proof contrivance, being equipped at them in order to insure the integrity of their | ‘Tyr Max: You certainly told me that it was] while other high explosives are poured into the the same time with “‘all the modern conven- contents frou day to day as the fight wore on. | Mire, Golightly you met and that it was she you | Projectile in a liquid state. ‘The orduance bu- | iences.” ‘The inventor claimed that In old times only one box was needed. there | f use in rapid-fire and other machine gaus it is eed made up into faggots. It must be understood that emoke is an indication of imperfect burn- ing. Accordingly the problem of making a smokeless gunpowder ia simply to produce a powder that is susceptible of perfect combus- tion. ‘The discharge must transform the entire 4 Mass into gas. With this result the shape of | ments are filled with drawings and models of the grains has something to do, and the queer | destructive devices for use in. war, contributed forms epoken of are all dovised with the same | by ingenious Americans. Perhaps the m end in view. Ordinary gunpowder and_like- | remarkable suggestion of this nature was _con- wise high explosives arc used in very odd | veyed by an Illinois man, who conceived the the last vear the Navy Department ordered 50,000 pounds of gun cotton from one private firm, manufacturing at the Newport torpedo station 27,500 pounds in addition. ‘The station has now a capacity to produce 64,000 pounds of gan cotton annually. ‘The archivos of the War and Navy Depart- in_ the briefest tand Vice President | un written statements in triplicate of their voting recoet March, and he is the recognized and official custodian of the “electoral boxes.” THE ELECTORAL BOXES. | ing. There was that which was beatific about the expression of his eyes ax be went his way, cee As Directed. From Judge THE ELRCTORAL Two of these statements of votes cast, accom- 4 by copies of the triple certificate of lection. they will trassmit to the Vice dent at Washington one by the hands of and trasty messenger. appointed by & Tt was . 7 foreign poteniates began their Santa Claus | specimen is still in existence, and the mag- had not seen for. reau will soon manufacture smokeless powder | ship was attacked the officers and cre! in this directi d_ President } i ¥ of taajortty of each cotlege.and the otherb: 1 being but few states and consequently few | VOMAN: y 1 on a large scale, and there is no donbt that it | retreat by meuns of the elevators to theYooms, | Operations in this d ay esident | nificent rug, eighty feet in length, is one of the pee jnanlie teymchagn 5 met rors Loar vate bat aoe bon ce uae d, since one box | - HE Woesax: Do you suppose I don’t know | on a larg ‘Thomas Jefferson was the first officer to be whom I've seen tonight? ‘Tne Max: I suppose you do. don’t. Tne Wowax: That's all right, it was ‘Mrs. will before long take the place of ordinary pow- der for the rapid-fire guns which are d to play so important a part in future wi Meanwhile the engineer cozps of the army has been actively engaged in experiments with submarine mines, These explosive traps, de- signed to blow up hoatile ships that enter har- bors, are of two kinds—sunken and floating. They aro stocl cases holding dynamite, that be- ing tho explosive regarded by this goverament in which they might lock themselves defy the enem; Rex Bacl a Written for The Evening Star. When Love is Dead. When love is dead with all the hopes we cherished What matters every scene of fleeting life, For better to be with the loved ones perished woven curiosities on the muscam catalogue. Its value as far back as the time of its receipt is estimated at $5,000, but the imaum’s offer- ing is really more an cleg: pet than a rug, and there can be few, if any, like it now known. From its antiquenos# alone three times the origi- nal valuation would be a cheap figure for the ketable commodity, while the in which the col- on in ca big enough to hold all the votes would be un- handy to carry. Carpenter Zimmerman made anew pair of boxes for the Garfield-Hancock count and another new pair for the Cleveland- | ¢;, y. Besides (ith a sudden y ~ This latter pairdid further sere. | Gasbody. Besides (vith a sudden thought) what's tho maiter with my meeting them both? ico bg bog Lorri ect gers henna? | TRE Man (teairing the question): Well, go ago, but Senator Ingalls, who was Vico Pr . Garbody or Golightir devt pro tem. at that time and acted as prosid- | OP) 44er you mot Mrs. Gaybody or Golightly, ing officer of the joint assembly of the two | mmchever st wae saying, wo honored in that manner from abroad. When Uncle Sam was having that little sot-to with the Tripolifans in the early years of this c: tury war vossels had frequent occasion to cruise long the northern coast of Africa protecting jean merchantmen from the Barbar. irates. Like the rest of his thieving neigh- bore, the Emperor of Morocco finally came to hats senses about the advisability of robbing this I know I tined a pre id befall th Secretary of & any >pies in Washington of Votes caat from any state be will dispatch « aordinary messenger to pro- the keeping of the district care the copy in Inder. Phan it “ vs ion’s vessels gh 6 Mr. Wayback—““Say, thar, when I TRE ELE MESSENOERS. — Sorpeeeee — went to dine together, and then, of course, I | ®8 most reaitable for, the purpose. Dynamite ‘Than linger longer through this warring strife. SS ele peerry meee "Mandy, tay wife, give mo some eas’ The forty-fo pa ame coapitons, $00! | had to return the courtesy in some way, so we i 75 per cent of nitro-glyceriue, which | When love ts dead the world {s all a biank endehip i e invoi 0 qoch ie wher wilt bring *b are ee ed ae cha Personal souvenirs | went round to the club. ‘There was_an impor- | is too dangerous to be used by itself, absorbed rou riee ut sun to evenin giegoan wwe: Tadenbtedly tee pease: manip in, the future. | that part of the invoice np in the patent office | Test it warme: he present arrived in this coun- try by some United States man-of-war and was accepted from the Morocco mogul on the ground of policy ime tho Prosi- dent received it and where it was stored pre- vions to being deposited at the o!d national in- tant committee meeting there which I was obliged to attend and—and here I am. ‘Tue Max (douhtingly): Humph! (Then, very sarcasticaily) thero were no men, 1 suppose, either at this meeting or the dinner preced- making of by 25 per cent ofa highly porous ‘infus earth called ‘“rottenstone.” Other substances besides rottenstone have been utilized as an absorbent, such as cornmeal and brown sugar. The sunken mines are lowered to the bot! and now tho shawls are purely relics. A long list of Japanese fancy artic shape of miniature temples, screens, vases chinn and earthen ware went into the taut when Commodore M. C. Perry returned from Carpenter Zinimer- | « new pair and Capt. em in his eecret den down on the basement floor of tae | Im these boxes he will stow the scaled | Nor wealth, not power nog all the joys of rank Can ease the heart for Jove lost long ago. dark rsp te ‘There's nothing left to cheer the wounded heart, Except what memory calis its own, r : the expedition to Japan. The tycoon sent s “ - e pm the sealed | ts 14? of the water, where they are held in position by | and that is often ike a polacned dart, stitute in the patent office of later years are | “celestial” saddle, costly eilke and dare ot fa not “ he receives them Bet ey Tue Wowax (surprise): Men? Why, how | their own weight. Each of them contains a| “adr cnine the soul when we are left alone. ae ‘4 el a y ake omen matters the record of which is lost. if it ever realiy existed. But unquestionably the invoice is now at the museum, and a most valuable on in the bargain. The sword, which constitutes one of the articles in the collection, is of the Tidieulons! What do we want with men? Don't | you suppose, darling, (approaching and trying to kiss him) that you are all I require in the world? Now, you musn't be a goose; I've told yountiabout it Iknow I'malittle bit late, but battery so arranged that a shock communi. cated by the of a vessel will set off the charge, probably sinking the ship by blowing a hole beneath her water line. Infernal ma- chines of this description have the disadvan- advantage of z back te reaivante 21 other articles to President Pierce, and a portion of these are catalogued, but dozens of others not, because trace of them was lost at the White House, although a few relics went to the | state into the Seaste chamber shortly after the hoar of noon. t pra al p Yet, far beyond the sun and shining stars, ‘There must be rest and Joy for those who sigh, ‘Where iove eternal Knows no cruel scars ‘THE PROCESSION TO THE HOUSE. At 12:55 o'clock tho Senate will stop in the Lyvt P. Mortox, United States and Presi- | midst of its proceedings, and, forming in a marching body, will move toward the House of leprese Capt. F with an ‘oral box under each arn ! be in the | d by the ra and a/ 1 dress uniform. T of the House | the arrival | erend body Yr enter the} ‘Keant-at-arma and President Morton, arm in arm Secretary McCook. The members and ‘sof the House will rise to receive them. Vice Presi t Morton will mount the Speaker's d take the chair na presiding officer, upying the chair on bis left, and Capt. Bassett with due formality and de- liberation will unlock the boxes and deposit | them on the Speaker's table. The Senators fil the space at the rigitt of the Vice Preei- t. and the Representatives, according to the sarcastic phraseology of the law. will occupy “the body of the hall not provided for Sena- | tors.” The galleries will overflow with female youth and beauty, and members’ and Senators’ wives and famshes will even overrun the House chamber at the rear and behind the brass railings. hail, preeeded by headed by Vic with THE covyt. Then an impressive and instructive scene will be enacted. Vice President Morton, after | a few preliminary remarks, will open the sealed | certificates one by one and hand them to the | tellers. stating at the outset that if there be no first state on the list alphabeticaily—the certifi- | cate from that state will be read and noted by the tellers. ‘Then one of the tellers will read in | full the certificate of the vote of Alabama asa sample, giving ten votes to Grover Cleveland | of New York for President of the United States, | and ten votes for Adiai E. Steveuson of Ilinois | for Vice President of the Cnited States. Next, | following the precedents observed on former | like occasions, Vice President Morton ywill re- jaest that the tellers, having first ascertained dint the certificates of votes are ta due form | and properly authenticated, will omit, in read- ing, the executive certificates of the ascertain ment of the electors chosen and the prelimin- ary formal statement of the proceedings of the | | objection to the electoral vote of Alabama-—the |* you must forgive me like the dear, darling hubby that you are. ‘Tue Max: And you sappose that snch an =planation is sufticient for the houre of tor- tare and anxiety I have suffered? Tux Womax: Come, now, dearest, don't b& cross, You know I love you, even if I have been celebrating a little. ‘Tue Man: Celebrating! have you to celebrate? brating? ‘Tnx Woman (abstractedly): What were we celebrating? Tur Max: Yes. What were you celebrating? ‘OMAN (brightening up, after a mo- ment’s silence): Why, of course. I thought I told you. You know, I hadn't seen Mra, Go- lightly since—— Tux Max: There you go again. 1 thought you decided it was Mrs, Gavboily. Tue Woman (sterniy): My dear, if I did not know that you have been in the house all the evening, 1 should think you had been drinking. Tux Max: Iwant to’ know what you we celebrating. z ‘Tax Womax: Lhavo been trying to tell you that ever since I got home, but yon won't let megote word in cdgewise. Imet Afrs. Gay- a ‘Tue Max: Great Scott! That's the— ‘Tue Womax: Will you allow me toapeak? I met Mira—er_Gaybody. whom I had not seen since our marriage. She, naturally, congratu- lated me, and then insisted upon celebrating it over a little quiet dinner. ‘Tue Max (considerably moliffied): And was it our marriage, dear, you were celebrating with your friend? ‘Tux Womas: Of course it was. If you ob- t to my rejoicing over such an event in our ivee, why—— Tak Max (putting is arms around her): No, dearest, not at all, only—— ‘Tux Woman: Only ie are sorry that I should feel happy about it, ‘Taz Max: Not at all, my darling, but— ‘Tur Woman: But what? Tuz Max: We won't sa} (Kisses and And what right What were you cele- more about it. tain.) tage that it is hard!y possible without great dan- | ger for those who put them down to take them up again. More serviceable in a general way are the flouting mines, which are anchored out and connected by wire with stations on chore. So long as no danger is anticipated the electric currents are saut offand the steel cases roll about on the waves as harmless as so many bar- rels. But let the warships of an enemy approach, andinan instant the whole eystem is alive, From two stations on shore, which ate con- nected with exch other by telograph, telescopes are trained upou the hostile vewels. "As quick as one of them comes sufficiently near a mi she is blown up by touch of an electric button, If preferred the floating mines may be ar- ranged su aa to go off like the sunken on bursting on being tonched. Ail of the princi pal harbors of the United Siates have been carefully studied with reference to defendin, them by this means. ‘The actual position to be occupted by ench mine is plotted on charts now filed in the War Department, and a force of e gincer otticers and soldiers bas been thoroughly trained in the loading, planting and operaung of these formidable engines of war. However, such instruments do not alone constitute an ef- fective vystem for the defense of harbors. They must be supported by shore batteries of hig! wer guns and mortars. ‘The mine fields ai tended to delay hostile ships while the heavy batteries on shore got in their work. At the same time the rapid-fire guns should protect the mines trom being interfered with by the enemy. At present there is most urgent need of high-power guns and mortars for such ser ice. Naval experts are of the pinion that the true function of the electric torpedo, the move- ments of which in the water are controlled by & wire from land, is to defend mines. Daring the last month of December nine frightfal accidents with high explosives curred, that which killed so many people in Brooklyn being the most disastrous. As was the case in this latter instance, te is ro sponsible for most accidents of the kind. It has been estimated that 95 per cent of all fatal freezes at the eurprisingly high temperature of 40 degrees Fabrenheit, and cartridges career be vot off by detonation. According! the practice of thawing the cartridges in stov WHEN TRE SYSTEM 19 ALIVE. "| And where affection cannot doubt or die! ~-JOHN A. Joyce. Washington, D.C. From the New York Herald. “Did you ever cut a man’s throat?” asked a weil-known physician of me last evening. Tacknowledged modestly and regretfully that as yet such a guileless pastimo had been denied ‘One afternoon,” continued the surgeon, “ta would-be suicide was brought to the hospital. He had made a most desperate effort to cut his head off and had slashed bis throat almost from enr to ear, but fortunately for him bad not sev- ered the juguiar. He wasa disgusting-looking object. covered with blood, while his windpipe hung out of the gash like apiece of garden hose, being cut squarely in two, “The noise he made through it in bis efforts to breathe was horrible to an ear unused to sounds of physical suffering. It was quite a neat little operation to get the windpipe in place and sewed up, but I finally accomplished it, cautioning the house surgeon to watch the case closely, and if the trachea became clogged, as 1 expected it would, to cut open the throat again ‘and insert a breathing tube. ‘Two hours later I was hastily summoned to the hospital. As I entered the operating room Isaw the house surgeon, knife in hand, over the patient, j ge about to cut his throat. As he ob- ae the chee handed me the knife, requesting that ‘orm the operation. You seelhe had ver re it my oy foit arity ‘man was lying on operating table with purple face, distended cheeks and eyes nearly protruding out of their sockets. I gave a quick, sharp cut. The pent-up air from the = burst out with a The fellow after- ward told me that he suffered a thousand deaths in those few seconds, and I believe him, If would-be suicides would kindly sever their jugular instead of their windpipe they'd accom- their purpose with greater certainty and Ives and physicians much trouble.” save tl prevailing Arab scimitar pattern, and the two shot guns are likewise, with their long barrels and short stocks, but the latter portions, as well as the barrel casings, are covered with the most beautiful specimens of arabesque work in gold, silver and ivory, and intrinsically from their contents alone ‘ure worth a large sum, aside fromr their value as relics of nearly a cen= tury ago. A ROYAL MANTLE FROM A BACK PRINCE. Commodore Bolton was the next official legally under compulsion to turn over to his government the lavish expenditure of a king, although he was only # biack prince, Tama- hamaha, who ruled the Hawaiian Islands in 1829, long before Kalakauaascended the throne. When Commodore Bolton landed in Tamar hamaha’s domains the kingdom was simply denominated Tonga or Friendly Island, by the old salts on board the commander's fleet, but the lick king gave the finest article in bis possession to the Yankee seaman, and that article was the royal mantle made of feathers, which he wore only on stnte occasions. Com- modore Bolton lenrned much about the manw- facture of this robe and at once placed it in the legal depository when the cruise was ended. Scientists estimate that fully 1,000,000 must have been the value of the mantle, even in those comparatively primitive days, as far as was concerned the trouble involved in secur- the rare feathers of which it is composed. nother present of this nature came from the same kingdom just sixty and Kalakaua was the donor. Lient. T. G. Fillette was made the recipient, of the most unique specimen of a cane by Yes: Kapiolani nnd threo years go it reached the of relict. ‘The article has a large half circle headpiece, made of wild bear's tusk and highly polished, Heavily inlaid with the finest spécimens of chased Hawaiian smiths could produce, the gift was an appreciable addition to the eoliection. AN EXQUISITE SWORD FROM SPAIN. new Teceived it. But for some reason or other YY Years afterward | of) queen of the desert were forced upon his vo- tice. & narrow street, with numbers of small houses oceapied legation was aroused by a tremendous blowing of native horus and the unusual excitement among the ithabitants. Very shortly a pomp- State Depar:ment when the Japanese embassy was weleomed by Buchanan and deposited the treaty Perry negotiated. A sword sented to the commodore by the tycoon is still in the State Department, together with a num- ber of other xifts properly belonging at the t 80 far the transfer hus not been made, in spite of the fact that the act of Con- gress making the museum the legul repository iu this line requires euch action. The highly ‘valuable Grant relies and in- numerable other gifts from foreign govern- ments to Cited States citizens on exhibition atthe museum were made to the recipionts after retiring from office to private life, and the Constitution's bar, therefore, did not oper- ate against the acceptance. The medals and decorations presented by Napoleon III, the Czar of Rassia and the Emperor of Anstria to the venerable inventor of the lifeboat, Joseph Francis, are of this order, but the récipient, nevertheless, in turn presented them to the government. President Cleveland received an offering from the heathen Queen of Madagascar in 1886, but the highly colored silk table covers were at once oy from the executive's sion to the legal receptacle required by the Constitution. " Practically this completes the list of valuable gifte to the higher government officials, co far as they were actually received here, butone other uniqne specimen of the Imaum of Muscat’s liberality died en route to this country in 1842. Encouraged by the re- ception of his previous gift the barburia, chief sont a lion and lioness to Consul Carr at Tan- gicr with the request that the official forward them as a present to the United States from his sultanship, A CONSUL'S TROUBLE OVER Two LIONS. In his letters on the matter, which were printed on the Senate files, Mr. Carr related, the humorous manner in which the king and The consulate at Tauzier war located on Joining y Jews. One day the native presented hiraself to the consi, with ous a@retinue of servants, and gravely announced that he had tase gifta lion and lioness tid ‘sword did oot reach the museum un’ an | Siectoral colleges, aid will aimpty announce the reel ayacutie’ mils teag rae when Grant was about to ‘ ‘con | Fesult and the number of votes of the states beth’ pnd sieemlanebenle, popes imajestios be unless there should be a demand fora fall read- fourth of asecond to Be. wi untere Mr, Carr "“Fpereapon the” teers, al ama —— themselves for own convenience, will rea: ever teen and the cértifieate trom ‘and then those to pen from California, Colorads, Connecticut and so constlar on down the list tg Wyoming. Should objec- government's oe VICS PRESDEXD's sare, | tion be made to apy of the votes, as there may te Then Mr. Morton will turn the packages over | be toucl comes of Calineeata, = " - Michigan, and the two houses country, but further te his private secretary, Mr. Robert 8. Chilton, | ‘ob; in separate and consider yjections in order death from the Jr. whe will carefully piace them, ee on ae report their findings. In — pane heepinpemntnty ge ny n Cg Fee = bel g: of me i ed ae core: ice Presi- to such recei from dent's handsomely furnt.bed chamber in the | m will be banded to the tellers, who ae) Senate. ‘This l'tie mare in only three feet hige, | will’seed only. that ome which ie authenticated | anee would undoubtedly be as an ass, Dus it & of the Cuest workmanship and exqnis- | by the signatures of the electors, certified to by Mtely Guished lt is empty today and serves no the governor of the state over its great scal, as