Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1894, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DA a aT THE STAR BUILDING! M101 Pennsylvania Averae. corzer 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 5. H. EAUFFMANN, Pres't. Now York Oliee, 18 Putter Building ashington, D. C., at be paid i * kno OFF FOR THE ARCTIC The Wellman Polar Expedition Has Be advance sun Its Journey. THE ADVANTAGES OF A DASH liga eect asec How Much is Expected to Be Ac- complished in a’ Summer. Se AND COOKING TRAVELING BaSceaennee Seema ee Byectal Correspondence of The Evening Star. ney to- by the Our start is om schedule and we prop return, a program, time our ing dinners at me. We may be ken, but our be is that it is po ble to plan and carry accor in eat ous arctic trip with something like pre- cision, at any rate so far as the Btarting and ret is concerned. or may not realize all that we he fhe northern end of our journey over the fee, but we y should be able to reach the southern and infinitely more im-/} portant end of it at approximutely the time which we have set therefor, the middle of September. This is one of the tremendous advantages of a plan like ours and of the route which we have chosen. Now that we are actually on our way to the frozen north we may be pardoned for calling attention to o: of the striking characteristics of the effort which we are making, and at our expedition has been pl: zed, equipped and at were business As a rule, arctic put to sea w Nike and practical. efforts become sensational in one of two ways—by doing something reaily valuable in the work of geographical exploration er by getting into painful and pertious sit- vations wh: work h enlist the It is to be rei Bumber the an with their achieve As we sail tods kave But one promise to make to 2 part of the American public whic eompli- mented us with its interest—we shall not harrow up your souls with ot < of woe i may net do deal, but way said we would come, ard in Pretty good condition at that. The Advantages of a Dash, Much surpr' “we should propose to do our work in so short at It is difficult for many peo- pie to understand that we have any chance at all in a journey which begins in May and ends in tember. They remember that most arctic expeditions go out for two or three or fuur years, and come back with- out having accomplished] much. How, then, they ask, can we expect to accomplish any thing in a single summer? There was a time when five or six months were required to from the Mississippi river to San Francisco. It is not so long ago that two or three weeKs was a short voyage across the Auantic. The world moving, and is it to be supposed that modern mechanical arts offer no help in arctic work, and that we are forced to labor under the same restric- tions therein as those which our ancestors endured? One of the strongest features of our plan fs the celerity wiih which we expect to Move. By any oth toward the inner far region a previ wintering is abso- if anything, can the in lition goes out. This is true land route, even in the “across- = ch Lieut. Peary so shrewdly cessfully adopts. It is true of Fran- Land, and all other possible rd the pole. In the way which is going, several winterings Wil, in all probability, be necessary. But by our route, just as the arctic summer sets in, proach our task. Just as the to a comfortable working the edge of the ice flelds, our advance over their surface. h and strong at this time. We ured the rigors of the winter, ed t ssing effects of the Jong polar rig inter brings down the and physical, of the be 30 to SU per cent From this de there is no escape é tering. + moreover, we against severe stomed al. a3 associa rees below ve that there which there ng. Many a n ed friend has » think of going into el to do, so far as headquarters at Spitz- without fur clothing ack we shall 1g only the summe need of such ciothing as one needs In “hic » in ordinary winter have need fo sther heavy auiumn have found w sh are among the first aiiy thinks of im connection 4 journey. The European Draught Dogs, probably the last let- 1 to The Star for sev- ell here to point out nitely the itinerary zed. where we shall com- e a large quanti- ted foods. are wck of fifty or sixty ken right from the toil on the streets Amst ers and randfa- They imaux dog > to pull larger loads, i that ff the ea driver, jer to se i per day, and ovations. making the prin- was to suggest n the theory gulng to be afrakt of in- Thanks- | In ten days we) the > not st perfect nert Wonderful you | ly strong heard ly nm by | the glo could have gone they carried north, bad further | A Device tor Seow ‘Traveling. | On the surface of tt es and fh | polar ice we expect to ny deep, soft snow. It will n traversed. Ibut Instead of plow jit, sinking up to k Payer’s men did cn Fr. j instead of wallowing heads as } of Grinnell L 1, cut of roads and ° | sledges, we have sh our men to wear wherev can }used to advant Mor this, ge are going to try the virt fa device inverted by the writer, a device that w | made upon the theor: t fust asa s shoe is better than an ordinary boot, just as a tool is better th just as a broad-tire w soft roads than a narrow tire be possible to introduee for apty hand, better fe » it should 1oW traveling something to make an artificial road over | the surface, a path over which men and dogs, boats and rdges ay pass without | the enormous loss of energy inct t to wading and wallowir The device ts, therefore, called a snow path. It consists | simply of stretches of navy duck, each | piece two hundred feet Jong and two feet wide, stiffened transversely by carefully selected hickory strips ed twenty inches apart. These path: anled out upon the surface of th 1 of the caravan by one or two men h snow ‘shoes or skis. The weight of each Dp | is only sixty or seventy pounds, and when tested In the park in the rear of the White House at Washington a few weeks ago it was found an easy task ior ome man to drag them ng over the The hick- ory stiffe are on the uj side of th canvas, and the effect is the interposition of a broad bearing surface between the foot of the man or beast and the flat bot- toms of the boats and sledges and the surface of the snow. ‘The snow path thus forms an elon. snow shoe, a stow shoe for all th level snow we expect to find these paths | an advantage. They will not work ideally, of coy Occasionally they will stick in freezing weather, or they will become ter-soaked and heavy. The hickory sticks will break, and shall have to put |in new ones. The path may “buckle up” in some consistencies of snow, and at un- even places in the surface. But that we shall find a large percentage of adv. in their use we have not the s doubt, and every addition to the effective ness of our energy, no matter how small, inereases the chance of achieving success This is one of a number of things which we are going to make the mosi of, and frankly recount the result of our trial If they prove failures we shall throw them away, and tell you why they failed. If they succeed, you may be equally sure of hearing all about it in the columns of The Star. Hor WATER The Wellman Covki tus. How are we to do our cooking in the field? With a cooking machine, desizned by the writer.as an improvement upon such machines used in other expeditions. Doubt- less we have the best cooking devices that ever went into the arctics—the best be- gause they come nearest to preventing radiation of heat, and most closely approxi- mate that ideal of combustion in which the escaping gases are at the same tempera- ture of the food or fiuld to be cooked at the ment they leave the apparatus. The alcohol lamp is im- mediately under it, and the heat passes up a narrrow flue surrounding this vessel.. Two cans, each a semi-circle, in- close this flue, and the water in these is warmed while that In the inner essel ts brought to the Before the : sses can escape they must pass rough a narrow inter- stice below the top can, and when the lamp is burning full tilt one may place his hand at the ng point. heated warmth. We will not weary the reader with technical details of the amount of water heated by a given quantity of aleo- hol, for the economy of the contrivance 1s to be seen at a glance. The cooking we must do in the inner vessel. and the prin- ciple ts that with the heated gases which would otherwise be wasted we heat water for bathing, washing pans and other uses. A pound and a half of alcohol will serve for a day,and we shall have the comfort of speedy cooking and plenty of warm water. Early in the summer we shall find it necessary to ice for water, t. ] ’ “ee SS melt Payer’s Covhing taking Machine. nest peaks of ice, so that it ome b ish by means of jon drawing up the salt of the a. But in June and ard we shall coop up fresh water from the m the igher parts of the solid testing it emicaliy for After uying ¢ 1 don and our shall proce+ n to Aale: ’ de of Icela Ragnvald we shall ake aboard Ch the n ‘Tron a nt the nose of en “WALTER WELLMAN, and all the vehicles to ov \y hat and nothing more. Instead of plung- ug into the snow, the foot of man and| beast finds 2 comparatively smooth and sound thoroughfare. Instead of sinking so deep that pulling is well-nigh impossible, the hoats and sledges slip easily along upon a smooth surface. Whenever we encounter iches of deep, comparatively = point where the gasses | a escape without feeling Greely's Cook- more than a barely pero ing Machine. ceptible degree of Ss WASHINGTON ’ GORGEO ee } | PREPARING FOR THE SPRING SEASIN| The Public Gardener Talks About His Plans. iSOME CURIOUS \ | 1 PLANTS| | = | 2 W great many p= | ais for adorn- th city the comi and ing in to a Among t! Indian shot be conspicuous, It | has bix leaves and | large of tlow- ers. The name comes from a notion— whether true or not 1 am that the Indians formerly which are extremely hard, in of lead | shot We shall set out a great many ‘coral’ led because the big cluswe hey bear joo ewhat hey are ve nd grow | rapidly as to become small trees in the fof a few months. lik: for ion | tobacco, which has beautiful biossoms great spikes. it is a cousin of the weil known ‘herb nicoti but ats leaves not so good to smoke. The var.eyute La j mana, with stripes of 1 als na white on the ve in Zavor. It is a freak jof the greenhouse, and became a variety through the gardeners In truth, the variegation is a dises Many plants {prized for the beauty of tueir tollage owe | their exquisite coloration to a fora uf con- | sumption encouraged by the horticulturist. it is consumption of the tungs--for lungs of plants are their leaves. “in shady parts of some of the parks we shall have a good many real ur -various palms, pineapples, arrowroot and the ‘dumb cane,” | people call the ‘mother-in-law,’ because a bit of the leaf chewed will so swell the tongue that speech ts rendered impossible. ‘The public is respectfully cautioaed not to periment with it, in ‘atayetie and ranklin squares there wi!l be an especially fine tropical display, as well as handsome beds of begonias and fuchsias. Palms and Plants. “The climate of Washingtoa in summer is sufficiently tropical to be very healthy for palms. Those which are set out in the parks do not suffer at all, save such as are in vases, where they are apt to get dry. I dare say you know thatthe bronze vases in Lafayette square, a gift grom Mr. Cor- coran originally, were recast »t the navy yard, The precaution of removing the earth ftom them in winter was not taken, and so the expansion of the soil by freezing cracked them. Now, to preveat 4 repet{- tion of the accident, we put the plants in galvanized-iron pans, and remove pans and all from the vases in autuma, “We shall put out half a millioa plants in the parks this spring. There will be, to begin with, 100,000 alternanthers of difer- ent varieties. These are foliage plants, gold- en and scarlet, very showy. For ‘bedding’ designs we ehall use 125,000 low-growing plants of variegated foliage. Of coleus set down 50,000, Out of fifty varieties of coleus we have discarded all but five, which are handsomest and best adapted for the pur- pose. These are the ‘Shylock,’ the ‘polden bedder,’ the ‘Dr. Jacobs,’ the ‘Verschaef- Feiltu,’ and the ‘purple prince.’ The last was originated in the propagating gardens. Hleaves, w! science, the 1 plants ytons, the whica some Put down 6,000 echeverias, of four varieties. Most people call them ‘hens and chickens,’ from the manner of their re- production. Of geraniums 25,000—scarlet, pink and white. We shall have 20,000 ‘indian shot’ plants, and of pertwinkles 00 more. To these last, which bear such pretty red and white blossoms, tnore agtention ought to be paid by ‘flower lovers. One point about them is that they do not require any trimming, but take care of themselves and are always sutis- factory. Of ‘taro’ plants, with big green leaves, and relatives of the same family, we shall have about 4,000. A feature will be made of ornamental grasses, most ef which have been introduced from Europe. Pythian Floral Designs. “I am going to make a number of beds in designs complimentary to the Knights of Pythias, who are to visit Washington this summer. They will be emblematic, representing their badges and insignia. Something of the same sort was done when the Grand Army came here, you will re- member. For this purpose the many al- ternanthera will be chiefly utilized. 1 would not forget to mention aquatic flowering plants, of which we shall put out about twenty kinds in the fountains.” None of these plants will be set out until the Ist of May. The flowers which vre be- ginning now to beautify the parks are from bulbs, 80,000 in number, put in the ground last autuinn. Just at present the alternan- thera, coleus, geraniums, echeverias, “In- dian shot,” periwinkles, ete.,are being prop- agated in immense numbers in the green houses at the propagating gardens, Soime very curious processes for propagation are practiced at the gardens. One consists in cutting with a knife a ring arouad a branch of a plant. One might imagine that the tn- tention was to kill the branch, but such ts by no means the object in view. The cut having been made, a piece of wet moss is wrapped and tied around the branch at that point. Beneath this protection the sap lare developed. After a few days tne branch is cut away from the parent stem, being then Itself a complete plant, with roots, all ready to put in a pot. ‘This plan is adopted with plants of slow growth, because one plant may thus be Split up into half a dozen or more of good size, Instead of waiting for a seedling or little slip to develop. A modification of the same process conststs in placing a small pot full of earth around the cut place on the branch, fastening {t in posi- tion, When roots have developed the branch {s cut off just below the pot, and a new plant is produced. If the gardener chooses to take the trouble, he can make la separate plant out of every bud on a tree, In fact, an eminent botanist has said that every tree is a village, each bud being an individual. Some Curious Plants. One of the cGrlosities at the propagating gardens is a plant of the arrowroot family, each leaf of which has a pteture of a grow- ing branch on It with leaves, painted by nature to perfection. Young palms are grown from seed in one of the green houses. In early youth they look remarkably lke ordinary grass, Mr. Brown, just for fun, keeps a few sensitive plants. It is wonder- fel to see them shrink and fold their leaves if one does but touch the pot containing them. Nobody has ever been able to find} out why they do this, umless it be supposed that this Kind of vegetable actually pos- exudes from the wound, and little rootlets | sesses some sort of nervous system. | P—— k—"What did that horse cost you?” —“It cost me all the respect I ever entertained for the man I bought it from.” | —-Tid-bits, . ATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1894-TWENTY PAGE US COLORS Days of Exte: avagant Profits are Over Says) TO ADVERTISPRs, Advertisers are urgently re- quested to hand in advertisements: the Gay prior t6 publication, in ®rder that tncertion may be as- Surecd. Want advertisements will be received up to noon of the day ®f publication, precedence being given to those first received, S. KANN, SONS & GO, C11 MARKET SPACE. MONEY MOVIES. TRIE WORLD AND LOW PRICES MOVE OUR GOODS. We divide our prices, but never the quality. ess is Se Silks. Mentions from the largest stock in the city. Dawe Fasiton and the manufacturers bave placed Silks on an footing with Wooten goods; that is to say, that the foreign and home producers have placed Silke on t! arket so low tu prices wt any lady can wear a silk dress and not pay any tore for It than a medium price wool novelty. New Silk Arrivals. Qt-inch All-silk Black and CUlored Duchosse, all the new shades for trimmlug aud dresses, Well worth $1.00, 6gc. ach Two-tone Double Warp Changeable Surabs, excellent value, S9e. 59C. 20-inch Extra Quality Changeable Taffeta, medium and light I for skirts and waists in Plaid Surabs. These goods are extra heavy and warrauted double warp, Mght and medium effects. Never sold less than Se. 59c. 24-inch Double Warp Black Surah, The quality sell of this grade is a pleasure to us and a ud satisfaction to the wearer. None better at 69¢. Dark Shades in Washable Indias, 24 inches wide; just the thing for dresses or waists. 75c. quality. 596. 28-inch Black China at 35¢. and 39c. Have a immense sellés. Ten new pieces for thi: e. 24-inch All-silk Black Grenadine, satin stripe, at 75C. Is great value. . 20-inch All-silk Colored Surahs, no black or navy, but many other good colors. 25¢. 25-inch All-silk Colored Surah, 10 different shades, suitable for dresses or trimming. 39C. Cannot be matched auywhere for less than 59c. 27-inch Extra Quality Plain Black India, fine smooph cloth, which is guaranteed for wear. 50c. None better at 69c. 20-inch Broad Cord Black Bengaline, for dresses or trimming, is one of the best values among al! our many silks. You may match it for $1.25. We sell it at 89. 2i-inch Guinet Silk-back Black Velvet. Never could be sold for less than $3. A little job of 5 pieces enables us to sell this high-class Velvet $1.7 We have the biggest line rR: Fancy Novelty Stiks in the city. Come and see us. Broadcloths FOR CAPES. We bave a very complete line of Domestic and Lnported Cloth for capes, in colors and black. At 39c. We can give you 54 inches All-wool Ladies’ Cloth, in 3 shades of tan and 1 shade of steel, At 49c OC. We can give you inch All-wool Broadcloth, finish in brown, myrth garnet, steel, navy and black, uaragteed material | OUR SYSTEFI i becoming soimbedded in the hearts of the shopping publ we were always here. S. KANN, SONS & CO. a great deal lower. MONDAY *s» THE ENTIRE WEEK THESE EXCELLENT BARGAINS: Col’d Dress Goods. Every day brings something new into this de- Broadcloths. 8 We can give you Imported Broadcloth, in pew taus, new slates, uew browns abd black, that is good’ value at §1 | : | At $1.19. | We can give you 60-inch Black Diagonal Cloak- ing Cheviot, that is we worth $1.50, At $1.49. We can give you the 60-inch $2 Quality Broad- cloth, im cardinal and black, also the very Finest Diagonal Cloaking. Joth from us we will allow any ilege to examive our Iraported Capes, aR idea how to make her own wrap. | Black Goods. | We are showing the most approved designs in | the latest styles of imported and Domestic Fabrics, in all the newest weaves, novelties and mixtures. | Figured Novelty and Iieurietta Finished Cul: mores. 19c. Another cheap dress material. | 49-inch Biuack Henriettas and Silk Finished Serges apd Mohairs. gc. Cannot be matched in this city for 50c. | Figured Mouairs, over 15 difterent desigus. This dress material is going to be first among the many for spfing dresses, and for service nothing made to outwear it. | 49¢. for 62c. Quality. | 46-inch Silk Finished Henriettas. ‘They come in , three grades, G¥c., 7¥c. and S8c. The lowest price Will cost you more th®u we are asking for the oy Wherever they are op sale. We are making a specialty of $1.25 Black Broadcloth, full 54 inches wide, that we are sell- ig at 80c. We are having quite a run on this cloth for ladies’ capes. Take our line of Noyelties, ranging from 4¥c. to $1.19, and you will have’ a choice of untold Laces. Laces. New Laces, in black, cream and biege. Minch Black, Boudon, with lace top, suitable for cape tritauling. Oc. Q-inch Lace Tep Point de Ireland, in eream and white. 25§¢. Black Boudon Insertion, two inches wide. 25¢c. Cream, White and Black Yak Insertion. These soods ate made of the finest Yak wool, and make suitable trimming for wast dresses. 8c. l-inch wide Cream and White Point de Venice Insertion. 6c. Suk Guimp, for nr eee Ce Fancy Cream and Black Novelty Braids. I2ic. %inch Jet Insertion. 5 Y-inch Jet Insertion. toc. We have all the newest things tn black and col- ored Laces. 100 sample pieces of Lawn and Cam- bric Edges, worth Se. 4c. 200, sample pieces of Fine Cambric Edges. Cheap at ‘oe. 6c 100 sample pieces of Fine Lawn and Cambric Edge, extra wide. art at 15e. Ce partment. Tf you are looking for extreme noreltics | you wil find them Lere; if you want med! Frade Kod, wé cam tire your patience showing them, and theu: stacked “to the ceiling. We are gaining-the strength of a Sandow with the people of Washington. ic that it makes us feel as though No matter how low goods are sold elsewhere you will always find ou Want the cheaper gucds We Lave | Colored Cashmeres, all shades, @ark and light. 15c. We have the largest se Mixtures and Two-tone I9c. jects at That you would be able to find in a day’ and if you do find them you pay just 1c. @ yard | more. | ‘w Novelties, in shaded fancy effects, the best | | tinitation of imported goods in ar st gether. If you . ob every yard. Our price, 22¢. 45-inch Shepherd's Tiaid amt Stripe, white, brown and white, navy and wlite. 29¢. Well worth 50e, 40-inch Henriettas, The iotrope, pink, blue, . lyrtle, garnet, se and nile. stay, brown and gray, navy and gray, gray: 39c¢. Excellent value at 50c. aud dark shades. 47¢. for 6sc. Kind. 40-inch Silk and Wool Brocade. take a very nobby dress. §9C¢. The shades are heliotro and medium blue, tan and Faney Pinhetd myrtle. buman eyes could biend to- them you will buy and save 62c. Quality for 39c. All-wool Cheviots, a mixed novelty, in tan and black and ction of Novelty Weaves, hunt, Wack and colors are old rose, tans and élates, magenta, cardinal, browns, cream, Crepe and Nattee Eftect, in 35-inch all-wool ma- terial, in colors of golden brown, light tan, slate The invisible flower in this material is self-coloring aud will garnet, browns, navy heck, solid colors, in all the new spring ‘shades, made of the fiuest wool and extra w 59C. Another sacrifice of 1Gc. a yard. 46-inch Fine Hearietias, the same colors as the 89. quality. 49C. Ought, to bring G5e. a yard. They are worth it. Our 65c. and “79c. quality of Silk-tnished Her hades, riettas, 48 in: in all the new street as Well as evening colors, are worth them. : Minch Cloth Finished’ Cheviots, tects. different. 69c. We have taken our entire line of Imported Fancy Novelties, and most of them are secluded styles controLed by us, and made one price for the eutire choice, which 1s 98c. ‘This is the regular $1.25 and $1.50 kind. There fs no need of! then our . and $1.00, and will cost you that if you go elsewhere to buy | warranted fast color. in all Just the thing for tailor-made garments, SL35 would be considered very cheap if times Were licht ff any one looking pce Pes of Jumbo Toilet Soap, ore if they are out shopping. You get | and Remnants. Edenboro’ Cords, all light of dots, zig zags, fio Dlece, Lege’ in remoanta beauty, the same From the piece, 15¢. New Wool Challies, : selection of styles. From’ the’ nants, 3, Sic. New Fancy Duck, in plain colors, figures and spots, the wotbiesr wet goods season. From the piece, 2c. In remnants, 8ic. Another case of Freuch Percales, a perfect bow of colors, spots, dots, stripes, enecks plaids, Jrom the piece, Ibe. In “emacs, 7c. India Linons, in 4 qualities: See. for Se. ‘quality. Se. for Ie. quality. Sc. for 2c. quality. Azige. for Be. quality. 2,000 Yards Of the Finest Bleached Muslin ever loomed. Ip Gic. ater aoa, ferent Kinds of other remuants, in woot Toweling and Table Linon. Choice bargains in this line of Covering. Fancy Linon Toweling, og rain- 5 , the Sc. kind. 5c. ; 2ES{G Jerse stzod Hemstitched Hock Towels, the 2Ic. LATE 4nd, Heavy Unbleached Turkish ‘Towel roc. Large Colored and Plain Border Doylies, the Sc. ‘kind. 5c. Extra Large Colored Border Doylies, Germar Damask quality, the 12\yc. kind roc. Genuine Turkey. Table Damask, fall width and 25¢. Fine Bleached "Seti ‘Damask, 64 Anches wide, the 65c. quality. “ Cream Dai zoe am Pamask, full 2 yards wide, eoft Qnish, the Our stock of House Linons, Towels and Towel- og will compare favorsie with aay on ealee 1,000 very finely scented retains pure goods, makes very fine lather and ‘the proper attention, you can select from a stock | ts odor. that is entirely new, and get prices that shames all competition. 5c. This Grand Offering is for Monday Next and the Enti re Week. ENOUGH OF EACH KIND TO SUPPLY ALL. MR. MOODY’S WORK HERE. Estimated by Rev. Dr. Hamlin, One of His Active Helpers. Mr. Moody closed his thirty days’ labors with us on last Wednesday evening, the 7th instant, writes Rev. Teunis S. Hamtin, D. D., the pastor of the Church of the Covenant, this city, im the New York In- dependent. I wrote the Independent a few lines shortly after these meetings began, telling of their auspicious opening and great promise. All that we then hoped has been fully realized. Interest rose steadily to the last hour. Nothing occurred to mar the harmony of the vast multitudes cr to impede the work. The pastors and churches of the city gave unstinted labor and the most cordial co-operation. Personal re- ligion has been and ‘is the current topic of the town; and men everywhere are as approachable on this subject as on politics or business, the tariff bill, or the Hawaiian jquestion. Perhaps that statement gives as | comprehensive a view of the results of this thi:ty days’ mission as can be put into a few words. That the capital, with Sts al- most infinite distractions, has its gtten- tion thoroughly arrested and turned to the most vital and heart-searching truths of Christianity means the coming of some majestic ated fairly irresistible power. Of course, in the final analysis, this is divine power. No one could recognize this more fully and reveréntly than does Mr. Moody. It was the central thought of ail the preaching and the praying. But that divine power fs alwavs available. How then shall we account for this unusual and remarkable manifestation of tt here during the last. month? That Is an interesting cuestion for every Christian, and a helpful idvance toward an answer may be found in a brief review of the conditions sur- rounding and attending this movement. ‘The very place of meeting was heiptul. Centrally located and easy of access, fairly attractive in appearance, a good auditor-| jum, safe from fire and for ingress and egress, Mr. Moody pronounced it one of the| while hundreds were talking with ing ers and directing them to Christ, the choir dest places in which he had ever spoken. The Great Throngs. Then the vast audience was itself a source of great power. Six thousand people impart tremendous momentum to any movement that calls them together. This was the regular evening audience, except on two or three very stormy nights. And on Sundays and the last two evenings all below the platform were men, Many of the afternoon audiences also packed the hall; and at no meeting probably were there less than three thousand people pres- ent. These throngs were very skillfully managed by several hundred well-drilled ushers, whose patience, though severely tried, proved unfailing. The occupants of the immense platform were also a source of power. Here, clus- tered about Mr. Moody, were nearly all the leading pastors of the city, prominent pro- fessional and business men, members of Congress, and in general the best people of the city. And most of them were there not merely once or twice to satisfy curios- ity, but steadily, afternoons and evenings, throughout the month. The singing was simply marvelous. Mr. Sankey, of course, fixed all eyes and won all hearts. All movement dnd noise in- stantly ceased when he took his seat to sing. Overflow meetings could be quickly be present, and he has never put more | spiritual power into his singing than now, Other solotsts, both local and from abroad, assisted him; but he holds his place of un- questioned pre-eminence. The Splendid Chotr. The great choir of sixteen hundred voices, massed on a rising, semfcircular platform. back of Mr. Moody and his immediate jhelvers, was a prime element of the suc- cess of the meetings. Mr. Percy S. Foster showed the highest skill in its organization and management. It sang with marvelous precision and feeling and force. The au. dience never tired of hearing it. Long be- fore the hour of opening the service it was at work, and long after the | gathered when it was known that he would | held the multitude spelibound. But, afterall, the central source of power, humanly speaking, was Mr. self, He needed all {only he could have marsh: question of his decadence; but, | heard him for many years, seen him more irresisuble than now. in my hearing. tion for every truth “Oh “it is my business to do that. than ts he of the |who was rather pooh-poohing Mr | “There are probabl men in this country practicing Moody's Greatness. | that he is a very great man.” common sense, tremendous mighty will, quick perception, accurate observation, God and equally profound love fe made him a general « these adjunct ed them! He preached with mighty power. The papers | two or three years ago were discussing the having I have never Moody him- but ‘Mr. Moody, how do manage always to have the right illustr he_ replied, He thus disclosed one of the secrets of his success. No man could be a more diligent student man, Moody: a hundred thousand ‘ou 1 T- | Moody has learned how te master all his resoures 8; every detail is loaded with the | vast total of kis power, and in his greatest public | in | business talents, that in commercial Lfe | would have made him a merchant prinec |his capacity for werk d indefatigal |industry, his instantaneous grasp of a |ation and exh: put unsparingly vincing in which he belleves with and soul and mind and strength istless adaptability into the one men of the truth of that rel all his 1 In all are work of con- ion rt the | speech in one vocation and another; here A Disabled Locomott is the most successful man among ‘them; it will pay you to study his methods.” A gentleman not long ago asked Prof.| | Parks of Andover if he did not think there | was some special dispensation of Provi- ‘dence for Mr. Moody, and he replied: “I do not know about that; you must remember His rare earnestness, moments he is-an orator of consummate skill and of electric power. All these forces, and others that might be named, combining, have mightily stirzed this city. On the last evening of the mis- sion not less than four thousand Christiaas rose to testify that they had been revived and had entered into larger and richer experiences. An unnumbered multitude of people think him a sensationalist, a teller/ careless men and Women have been of stories, a haphazard talker, but they do| awakened, and many have confessed not know him. He is a very close, constant | Christ. Most of the churches are going on and painstaking student. A lady asked pend Pron Special services. The widest and heartiest invitation has been and will be ren to all to come in and hear the Gospel. And the capital of the nation, in all the diversitied elements of its popula- tion, has received a decided impulse toward Vital personal religion. For all which we art of public speaking. | €ive hearty praise to God. | A clerical friend said to a Congre: see RAILROAD SPEED. Rens Five Miles Without Steam Power. From the New Haven Palladium. A marvelous face, up grade and down, in which momentum was the motive power, took place on the Consolidated road Satur- day. Five miles below Stamford the cyl- inder head of the big engine, No. blew out while the train was making express time. Instead, of stopping aad getting stalled, Engineer Scofield let the machine wide and] have its head and pulled in Stamford sta- profound faith tion on time, and not even the conductor men, | knew that anything was the matter until his instinct of command that would have | the engineer called for another engine, and the first rank, 144 was put on and pulled the train to this city. The five miles was run without a pound of steam 4 solely on the mo mentum the train was under when the mishap took pla: oe “How do you know she ts plain-looking? You haven't seen he “I wrote to her in praise of her intellectu- ality, and she didn’t get miffed.”—Bostos rvice closed, ' single-minded pursuit of this werk, Mr. Transcript.