Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1894, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT sUNDAY. * WASHINGTON, D. ©., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. EXCURSIONS, éo. L. Old Dominion Jockey Club. FIVE RACES EACH DAY. Race Rain or Shine. Books on New York and Western Races. ‘Trains leave the B. and P. depot at 11:60 am., ‘12:50, 1:50, 8:20 and 4:25 p.m First race at 2:20. ‘Trains return after the races. Positively no improper characters admitted. ADMISSION.....----a0-50 CENTS 1e8-3m Kernan’s Summer Garden. Afternoons, 4 to Female Walking Tatch CHAMPION of ag Be world, Daily exhibitions b pion heel-and-toe ‘of the MISSION, 25 CENTS. 4025-6 Sivery Bresing a= Saturday Matines, he Sa een be Followed by ROBERTSON on Ori ‘° }O “Aris- ws x DRaMa, STAHL, Reserved seats, 25, 30 — a GENTLEMEN'S DRIVING PARK, Asaph Junction, Va. | Information CALIFORNIA. TEXAS, MEXICO. Special semi-monthly Tourist Parties over the Southern Pucile a ‘Sunset and Ogien Routes. Cheap rates. y to THE SOUTHERN Facio o. it, Broadway, » 4 8 84 ate, -» OF German itimore. BZ -skwidse i: NJO QUICKLY AND CORRECTLY TAUGHT F mete or simplifixd method; reduced rates for summer months. Parlors from 10 a.m. until 2 GEORGE DRAEGER, 90 K et. nw. EXCURSIONS, é&c. Boston House Employes’ Relief Ass’n TO MARSHALL HALL, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1894, STEAMER CHARLES MACALESTER Leaves 7th street wharf at 6:45 p.m. Dancing— music by Schroeder's Orchestra. Also, quod for morning and afternoon tripe. Foe : sale at “Boston House. YELLOW BUS LINE; 16 PASSENGERS, FOR SOL- iers’ Home of Zoological, Park, $3.50; on, 7" $5; to other points also; first-class turnou: 4B st se. Tel, 1044-4 Je25-Im° Marshall Hall. Summer Schedule. STR. MACALESTER leaves daily, ith and M Sictimning ‘icares Marshall Hatlvat’1'sed 4.00 Soe mieten taves 7 rs E Sri Hiven QUEEN leaves dain, Oat obey Sunday excepted) gt 9:30 sm. and trom Macai- ors wharf at 5:80 p.m. Mar Hall at 1:30 and'7:30 p.m. “ Sundays. CALESTER | ¢ 1 2:30 Returning, leaves Marabail dali ae 3 Pam. Ret atl R QUEEN leaves Macalester’s wharf at Retarniug. leaves ‘Marssalt Wail cr Gas “Indian Head Trips, Landing st, Marshall Hall both ways. wil, Bence on June 1, a1 turday, aod every Friday and Saturday in June. bear commence on Thursday, July 5, and every Thure- day, Friday and Saturday throughout sumnmer. Parties can avail themselves of the MACALESTER leaves Washington at 6:30 Pm. Leaves Marshall Hall at 9:30 pms ° Parties leaving Washingt toon boats can on any of the Tegular steamers. Fare, Round Trip, 25 cts. Running time, either way, about one hour. Music by Schroder’s Band. Music and Dancing All Day. £7A steamer leaves Marshall Hall every even-€3 ‘at 7:80 o'clock, thus guests the full m4 Summer afternoons and evening sunsets. ft The MACAL! nd RIVER QUEEN are the hendsomes: ‘Uipped excursion steamers LL. has no competitor deaut clegalineas endl good ‘order. “U0 viene ment reserves ti be * all fonable persons en ‘thelr excursiog MT. VERNON AND MARSHALL HALL STEAMBOAT CO., Telephone eall, 825. 308. C. McKIRBIN, $e2-tt Genl. Manager. AY RIDGE, On the Chesapeake, ‘The finest beach in the south. Boating, bathing, fishing. Music by Military Band. ‘Trains leave Baltimore and Obto station, Wash- Angton, week days, 9:15 a.m. and 4:23 p.m. Sun Gays, 9:85 a.m., 1:30 and 3:15 p.m. ROUND TRIP FROM WASHINGTON, $1. CHILDREN, 50c. A 4elightful trip on the steamer Columbia to Baltimore and return, 10 cents. dell-tt CHANGED ‘THEIR NAME. ges At a mecting of a majority of the original Jolly Fat Men, heid tm southwest several months since, It was decided by the club to change the name of JOLLY Fat ¢ CLUB, and make it the FAT SOCIATION. They will give their annual tris year on the 9TH OF ICLY, to RI W. If you want to hare a ER E jaod time go with them to River View on the 9th July. Remember the date, as we have no con- Bection whatever with aay other Fat organization. tay -HO COACH LINE DAILY, 9:30 A.M. 2 Pm, from S11 13th st Cabin J." B. Qnd ‘all points of interest im River View. TIME SCHEDULE SUNDAY—The Pal jeamer SAM. J. PENTZ Teaves at 10: d NTZ leaves at m. Leave River View m. Tickets, 25e.; ehil- 45 6:45 p. 5:00 and 10:30 p. rand family day. the PENTZ at 45 p.m. Everybody 10c. on these DNESDAY and SATUR- Riv Kets, he _ dell F. S. RANDALL, Sole Proprietor. FOR CARIN JOHN BRIDK« AUNCH Wiseenae sc aah e toon a nndavs only. Boat leaves 224 st. and canal at 9 a.m. 30 p.m. i eat Falls and Upper Yoto wable rai Inguti oa. ManGoNN tess, Shi weer, 420 324 at. View both ways. | EDUCATIONA: LOW RATES Norfolk and Fortress Mon- roe, Va. FARE, ‘dean sl ‘D Se Tk ‘IL USED. The steamer LADY OF THD LAKE leaves 6th st. wharf every SATURDAY at 6:30 p.m. Saloon, dining and state rooms fated by electricity; first- class meals, 50 turning, leaves Norfolk 5 p.m., Fortress : rriving in Wash- First Grand Excursion. Crescent Boat Club, MARSHALL HALL, Thursday Eve'g, June 28, 1804. Music and dancing. Steamer Charles Macalester leaves 6:30 p.m. Tickets, 50 Cents. ‘Je27-20° Pac) and Douglas Memorial Ak E Sunday achoola, femorial schools, fe River Vjew.steamer Samuel J. Pents, FRIDAY, june Boat leaves 7th st. wharf at a @:45 p.m.. Leaves River View at 12:80, 5 and 10 p.m. Adults, 25c.; children, 10c. _ Je20-8t* WITH ANNIVERSARY OF THB oyal Arcanum at MARSHALL H. Wednesday, June 27, 1804. Dress Parade and Exhibition dr! Corcoran Cadets. Escort by the Mount Pleasant Drum Corps. Prise Bow! & choice Musical ment, and GRAXD PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY. x . Bieatzel Gusties Macelestor loaves foot of 7th st. at 10 a.m., 2:30 and 6:30 p.m., sharp, stopping xandria’on each trip. at Aickets, 80. cents. Children, 25 cents St ALL, Ail of the ‘Literary Entertain- FOR CHARTER-STEAM LAUNCH BARTHOLDT, Betnae and tala INO. CUMBERLAND & BON, foo of Bret. and N. id my25-30 Christian Endeavor Excursion ‘To Indian Head, SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN SOCIETY, On steamer Harry Randall, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1804. Boat leaves Tth st. wharf at 6:45 p.m. Tickets, 2S cents. Je25-5t Steam Launch Dixie charter for Great Falls and Cabin John Boldgs, or Potomac river ‘trips, at reasonable rates. ire of W. H. N, 414 26th call jezz-1m* e. nw. and a variety of other amusements. | yy: IN WASHINGTON THE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY, James C. Welling, LL. D., President. SUMMER COURSES of six weeks, beginning July 2, im assaying, astronomy, engineering, French, German, history, Italian, Latin, mathematics, mechanical drawing, pedagogy, philosophy, physl- eal science, Portuguese, Russian, the Scandina- vian languages and Spanish. Recitations after 4 p.m. For catalogue address Je23-4,m,w,8t ROBERT H. MARTIN, 8 MISS DAISY LOUGHBOROUGH OF coran At School will open a drawing cliss in Rockville, Md., on July 1. Terms reasonable. For particulars’ address CORCORAN GALLERY. Je23-bt* SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING Thoroughly | and practically taught in three months. School open all the year. vidual in- struction throughout course. “Califor circulars. SCHOOL OF ACME PHONOGRAPHY, a and_@ 7 20-1 mi HEIGHTS ENGLISH AND FRENCH SHOOL FOR GIRLS. 1850 Wyoming ave., cor. 19th st. et Miss FRANCES MARTIN, Principal. WHITTINGHAM INST., TAKOMA PARK, D.C. A boarding and day school for young ladies and children. Full graduating course in Eny Latin, modern languages, ete. Miss ROSS, Prin. mh19t00e1 BANJC QUICKLY AND CORRECTLY TAUGHT by note or simplified method; reduced rates for sumirer months. Purlors open from 10 a.m. to La GEORGE DRAEGER, 904 K st. nw. je7-Im SUMMER COURSE. IVY INSTITUTE BUSINESS COLLEGE, S.W. COR. STH & K STS., N.W. Bookkeeping, -penmanship, spelling and’ all busi- ness subjects thoroughly taught. ‘To government employes and others the best fa- cilities to take a special course in arithmetic and letter writing. Full business sourse: day or night, $25 a year. The typewriting and shorthand course, $16. Established 1576. Central location." Diplomas and positions for graduates. Send for nce- ment. 8. W. FLYNN, A. M., Principal. ap4-4m MER FRENCH CLASSES OF ALL o pronunciation; easy and rapid r beginners: experienced and successful V. PRUD'HOMME, 807 D et.n.w. grades method teache Je¢-im' UNITED STATES COLLEGE OF f VETERINARY SURGEONS, 222 C STREET N.W., WASHINGTON, D.O. SESSION 1894-5 BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST. C7 For prospectus and full information, address C. BARNWELL ROBINSON, V. &, Dean. _my15-eo-tu, th, sat,6mo MISS BALCH’S CIVIL SERVIC INSTITUTE AND Business College, 1207 10th n.w. Pupils brepar successfully for civil service, departmental and __Census examinations. Stenography ts __se2-te WOOD'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL of Shorthand and Typewriting, 311 East Capitol st. Youn le of good character of toth sex: ‘welcome... Positions ‘secured. sessions. Rates reduced. Call or Norwood Institute, ‘4TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, ec80 Mr, and Mrs. W. D. CABELL, Principala, ~ MOUET, VERO, Charles Macalester .w. daily (except Sun- .“Heturaing: reach ADMISSION TO MANSION AND’ GROUNDS, 2c. ‘This com alone permitted to sell tickets of and Grounds. Tickets for ‘at steamers wharf und leading hotels. delightful trip on the famous blue Potomac, with uty and historic interest. route—Arl the United States Arsenal, | a ona to fabington ia incomplete without this trip. ee teeters THE MOUNT VERNON AND MARSHALL HALL Telephone call 825. JOS. C McKIBBIN, Jel Gen'i " Al EL&CTRIC RAIL ROUTE TO MOUNT VERNON, Passing over the famous Long Bridge, in view of Arlington, through the principal streets, of Aler- axdria; past Christ Church, ‘Washington ; the Marsball House, where Col. Ells- Worth was killed; Gen. Braddock's headquarters, Washington Lodge and other historic places, thence south, you traverse the high bluffs, giving 'a bean- tiful ‘view of Maryland the Potomac River for ; you then ente: the Washington estate, 7,600 acres’ (with ancient and revolutionary mansions), which you run through four miles t to the gate of Mansion and tomb. rtments in the morning and visit Mt. ‘evening. Special service, 3:20 p.m. The only route giving an opportunity of seeing all for the pay and takes Due 24 oars Sor round trip; no delays; no smoke; no dust. ‘Take trains Penna. RK. R. station, 9:45, 10:57, 8:20 p.m. Also Alexandria 10:30, 11:30 a. m. ‘Fare, Washington to my14-tf Cruises. Yachting ‘The elegant ger steainer ORINOCO, tonasnteed with electric lights,baths and all latest S 2,000 nts, will sail from New York with at 10 a.m. JULY 3 ard AUGUST fo porte on the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Gulf and River of St. Lawrence, enay river and Quebec. Returning, will leave Quebec July 17 and August 18. These tours will afford the coolest and most intiting trip to the sea ever of- fered. For illustrated pampblets, giving rates of and all other fnformation, apply to THE CTERBRIDGE, & CO. “Agentee 30 broadway, § ae . 2, roadway, Sow ore, of Mewes. HOWAS COOK ‘SONS, G15 15th st. nw, oa, Da mylo-akw2it TAKE A_ PLEASANT, RECU ‘PERATIVE TRIP during vacation, via M. & M. to Boston or Savannah. For fickets, apply to J. tel. CHANTS’ AND MINERS’ TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. QUEEN OF SUMMER TRIPS. BOSTON BY SEA. PROVIDENCE BY SEA, Fairfax. -Capt. J. 3. Essex. Capt Taylor. Dorches . D. P. W. Parker. Gloucester. Capt. F. M. Homes, Ming from every TUESDAY and THURSDAY at 4 p.m., and SUNDAY at 10 a.m. Sailing, Baltimore to Providence, every MON- DAY and FRIDAY at 2 p.m Fares, from Baltimore, ine! luding meals and_main saloon state room bert $12.50 A. L. HUGGINS, Agent, Foot Dock, Baltimore, Md. J. ©. WHITNEY, ‘Manager. Jel-3m DENTISTRY. posomtely Extracting O15 15th st. Washing Ww. P. TU: Gen'l Pass. Agent. This is not the mythical statement Posted on the average dentist's “shingle,” ut it's actually so—we t teeth e without pain or discomfort of any kind. Timid or nervous people or those with an organic ailment of a kind to make them hesitate before going to a dentist to have a tooth extracted need have no fear of the results by our new method. No sleep, no nausea, no after effects. Dr. Graham, 307 7th St. Je27 | DR. S. PARSONS, 9TH AND E, RILEY BLDG. Have you an aching tooth? Do you dislike to have it extracted? We can treat it, stop the in and make it useful for years.” Filliny Specialty. The best solution used in painless extraction. JeT-tr 50c. teeth DEPARTMENT NaT. je5-Im* PAINLESS, YET. SAFE, D ISTRY at moderate prices by experts only. TTH ST. See card tn another column. _ HAIR DRESSING | PACE MASSAG! AND STEAMING FI Dressing and by lat it without injury. improved MPLE OF BEAUTY, 1110 F st. | MISS WILES. EIGHT YEARS WITH MDE. PRAN- i, is in charge of the Hair Dressing Parlor of | the Palsis Royal, G and 11th sts. Hair dressing, 0c. ; shampooing, G0c.; bangs cut and curled, 20c, =} HAIR | COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, €23 La. ave.. bet. 6th and 7th sts. nw. C. K."URNER, A.M., CE, Prin. ‘The leading school of business and shorthand, Highest attainable grade of instruction at moder con tal Branches in the principal American ‘and European cities. Open all summer. WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 1225 10th at. po, organ, &e. ‘ree advantages _tel _ 9. B. BULLARD, Director. ap2s-2m* Gunston Institute. jal6-6mo +r. and Mrs. B. R. MASON. OLNEY INSTITUTE, 1927 T ST. School for youn: Miss V: x ladies ‘and little girls, ‘Irginia Mason D ey. Miss Laura Lee Dorsey, 1mo OUT OF WASHINGTON. UNIVERSITY OF NIB Session begins 15th Academical, en- neering, Iaw, med! For cata- foctes addrews seost” WM. M. THORNTON, LL.D., Chairman, MAPLEWOOD INSTITUTE, CONCORDVILLE, PA. —$195 per year. A successful school; one of the dest to Infuse with energy and to wake up bo} to the duties of life. Pe under 13, $174. J. A.M, ‘Princtpal. SHORTLIDGE (Yale), Je6-w,s&m2mo0* BROOKE HALL SEM Philadelphia. Subur ladies. Philadelph ences: Justice Enive and Washing Jel-eolm&aul-eolm Miss C. FE. MASON. SELWYN HALL, READING, PA.—A FIRST-CLASS boarding school for boys: conducted on the mil- {tary plan; thorough teaching and training; class- feal, sclentific, business, preparatory depart ments; new gymnasium; beautiful and healthy location; athletics encouraged. References— Hon. Thomas’ F. Bayard of Delaware; Dr. William Pepper, provost of University of Pennsylvania; Dr'G. Williamson Smith, president of Trintty College, Hartford, Conn., and many others. Be- gins 20th year, September 12. For information , MEDIA, PA NEAR talogues, 8) (during the months of Tose ana “uly) to Bh, ‘Saar. Ww. MURPHY, A. M.. Head Master, 927 M st. nw., Commencement Week Exercises This Venernble Institution. The commencement exercises of Charlotte Hall, Md., School are now in progress. The written examinaticns were completed last Saturday. Last evening the annual sermon to the graduating class was delivered by Rev. J. Gibson Gantt of Baltimore. The public examinations will be held today, and in the evening the Washington and Stone- wall Society will have {ts annual celebra- tion. An address will be delivered by Prof. J. F. Coad of the faculty, and interesting exercises in declamation and debate are ex- pected from the students, who will compete for two handsome gold medals, Thursday is “Exhibition day,” in the quaint language of the forefathers, and completes the one hundred and twentieth year of this in: tution since its foundation, March, 1774. The morning exercises will be partici- pated in by the students generally, who will ye subsequently addressed by the orator of the day, R. Ford Combs of Hyattsville. Original speeches will be delivered by the following members of the graduating class: E. J. Croker, New York, salutatory; W. F. Dent, St. Mary’s county, “The Indebtedness of Maryland and the Union to Gen. Small- wood; H. M. Bell, Washington, D. C., “Pa- triotism;”” J. C. Edwards, St. Mary's coun- ty, “The Public Schools the Bulwark of American Citizenship;’ J. T. Shaw, St. Mary’s county, valedictory. Then wili fol- low the distribution of diplomas, certificates and medals, President R. W. ilvester of the Mary- land Agricultural College, former principal of Charlotte Hall Schcol, offers the follow- ing prizes for proficiency in mathematics: A silver medal to the first form, a silve medal to the second form, a gold’ medal to the third form, and a set of books to the fourth form. Other medals are offered by members of the faculty. In the afternoon a competitive drill will be held on the campus; prizc, a silver medal. The students’ annual ball will follow in the evening. For nearly a hundred years the beauty and chivalry of the state have turned out to honor this event. ———.—— Strong Men of Old. From the St. Louls Post-Dispatch, Philp, Count of Kirchberg, was so strong that he could drive a nail into the wall with one of his fingers. A Spaniard named | Pedro, who emigrated to Naples in 1555, | drove naiis into the wall with his forehead. Potowka, a Polish colonel, mashed horse- hoes with his hand. Valentine Einstedel, | Count of Schwarzenberg, and Curtof Luet- zcw, a Mecklenburg nobleman, did the same thing with ease. The latter could | carry a tun of wine and throw silver coins | with such force against an oak tree tha’ the edge imbedded itself in the bark. | Frederick of Hazstein, who lived at Lim: burg in 15 could I'ft an aum (forty nglish gailons) of wine and drink from bunghole. Johann, Count of Ziegen- of Hessia (1 pushed aside six ns of wine, wagon and all, which ob- |structed the road over which he was rid- jing. Count Siegmund of Burgstall carried | seven adults on his shoulders and walked about with them for several minutes, SCREW PROPELLERS The First in the Line of Ocean Grey- hounds EXHIBITED IN THE NATIONAL MOSEOM Stevens’ Little Boat That Aston- ished Old New Yorkers. PROGRESS IN THE ART Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. A relic which may be called one of this country’s mile stones in mechanical pro- gress has within a few weeks been donated to the National Myseum. This is the first twin-screw propeller steamboat which ever navigated the waters of any country, built and successfully run by Johh Stevens of Hoboken, N. J., in 1804. Having been exhibited at the world’s fair, where it was a central figure in the marine exhibit of the Transportation building, it is installed in the section of transportation and engineering of the museum, the gift of the Hoboken Ferry Company, in whose cus- tedy it has remained for many years, and now it stands alongside “John Bull,” the father of American locomotives, a congenial mate, the other parent of steam transpor- tation in America. Thurston, in his famous work on the steam engine, says there is a suspicion among scientists that steam power was used for marine traffic in the days of Homer, one thousand years before Christ, and quotes this translation from the “Odysse: “We ae not helm, nor helmsmen. Our tall ships este and plow, with Reason, up the leeps. All cities, countries, know, and where they 8 Heal billows glide, veiled in obscuring mist, Nor fear they rocks, nor dangers on the way.” ‘We learn also from the same scientist that, although steam transportation was rot in vogue while Rome flourished, the paddle wheel was used to propel vessels, and that Claudius Condex took his army across from Italy to Sicily in boats pro- pelled with paddle wheels, turned by oxen. The Spaniards claim that in the harbor of Barcelona, in 1543, a vessel built by one Blasco de Guray was driven by steam. In America other vain attempts were made by Henry in 1760, Miller, Taylor and Sym- mington in 1788, and Morey in 1790, while the immortal Fulton, although an Ameri- can, went to France, and made his debut in the inventive world by building a steam- boat, which traveled on the river Seine in 1803. Stevens’ Propeller the First. All of these attempts were made with the paddle wheel, and although Fitch, in 1787, Unsuccessfulty expertmentet- with the screw propeller, and although it was patented in England by Lyttleton, in 1794, and Shor- ter, in 1704, both of whom worked it with manual labor, “the steam screw propellers of Col. John Stevens, in operation on the Hudson river from 1802 to 1806, were the first to navigate the waters of any coun- try”—quoting an article on “the first steam screw propeller boats,” published in the Stevens’ Institute “Indicator,” April, 18¥3. The Chinese, who gave us our compass, gun powder, and many other necessities, may be said to have been the designers of the form of the screw propeller. In the celestial kingdom for centuries the “‘scull,” @ wheel resembling that of the modern wind mill, placed under the water against the current, has been used in mills, and while we find the same in Spain prior to the Moorish invasion, and in America fore the revolution, it was this form of water wheel which first attracted John Stevens to the screw propeller. As early as 17% he made experiments, “but,” as he said, “failed of success from the inefficiency of the power in the engine.” In 1802 he built a flat-bottomed boat, twenty-five feet long and five or six feet wide, in which he placed a small rotary engine, with a multi-tubuiar boiler (the first ever made), driving a sin; propeller, which he described as having “wings like those of the arms of a wind mill.” This little boat was put on the Hudson in the summer of 1802, and was used until the following winter, running at a rate of four with Livingston and Roosevelt, he aban- doned the rotary and tried the reciprocity, non-condensing engine, also with multi- tubular botler. But in ‘the trial of this on the Hudson the boiler gave way, thus end- ing another year of experiment. Not suffering discouragement to conquer him, by the following year another boat was made, and this is the one which is ncw to be seen in this city. It was a success. From a description published by Francis B. Stevens, grandson of the great inventor, we leatn that in this later craft the Watt design of reciprocating rotative engine was used. “The cylinder was four and a half Inches in diameter and nine-inch stroke; the beam was omitted; the ooller two feet long, fifteen inches wide, twelve inches high, consisted of eighty-one tubes, exch one inch in diameter, the boat was twen: five feet long and five feet wide. This w tried in May, 1804, and had a velocity of four miles an hour. After having made repeated trials with her his son undertook to cross from Hoboken to New York when, unfortunately, as the boat nearly reached the wharf the steam pipe gave way, having been put on with soft solder. ‘This boiler being damaged, the next one was construct- ed with the tubes placed vertically. The kept going for a fortnight or the boat making excursions the (Hudson) river. For a at a rate of not less than seven or eight miles an hour.” The Single Form. Finding in his previous experiments that the single propeller had a tendency to give the boat a rotating motion, he placed in this two screw propellers, on the ends of rods protruding through the stern, on either side of the keel, which was the first conception of the system now universally used by the hip builders of today. From a letter to Dr. Robert Hare of Philadelphia, which was written by John Stevens in 1805, and which his grandson, Mr. Francis B, Stevens, pub- Ushes in his work on “The First Screw Pro- peller Boats,” we quote as follows: “In- deed, it is absolutely necessary to have at least two (propellers), revolving in opposite directions, to prevent the tendency to rota- tion which a single wheel gives to the boat.” In describing the propellers he says they have a number of arms, with wings like those of a wind mill or smoke jack. These arms are made capable of ready adjustment, so that the most advantageous obliquity of |their angle may be attained after a few | trials. The principle of an oblique stroke is | the same here as in the scull, but the con- |tinuity of movement in the wings gives | them greatly the advantage over the alter- | nation in the sculls, both in the loss of time and the resistance of the fluid in the change of motion; besides that, this change of mo- tion must give the boat a wriggling move- ment and it has also a tendency to elevate and depress the stern of the boat. Of the experiments with this little craft | Dr. Renwick, in Historical Magazine, No. 8. vol. 2, says: ‘The first time I ever heard of an attempt to use steam for pro- pelling vessels was from a classmate of mine. He had, in the summer of 1808, seen ‘an experiment on the Passaic river, whicn [he stated to have been directed by John Stevens of Hoboken. In the month of May, 1804, I went to walk in the Battery (New | York city). As we entered the gate from | Broadway we saw a crowd running toward | the river. On inquiring the cause we were informed that ‘Jack Stevens’ was going | miles an hour. In 1808, in conjunction¢ short distance, it is said, the boat would go | over to Hoboken in cece} sort of a boat. On reaching the bulkhead we saw lying against it a vessel, about the size of a Whitehall row boat, in which was a small engine, in which there was no vistble means of propulsion.” Present Conditi of the Boat. Most of the woodwork, and other parts of the boat exposed to the water, became de- cayed or rusted by its having long remained in the river, but in 1844, when it beg ae exhibition at a fair in Niblo’s Garden, New York, it underwent thorough repair, new parts, in exact fac-simile of the old, being substituted. However, the essential parts as they were when made, the engine d boller being unchanged. After study- ing this interesting relic we are struck with the slow growth which the steam- boat has had during this century. The five elements of this boat, viz.: The four-biade screw-propeller, the use of steam of high pressure, the multi-tubular boiler, quick engine connected directly to the pro- peller shaft, and the twin screws, are the essentials of the great steamships of today, and yet a period of forty years, after Stevens finished his experiments, elapsed before the great minds of the world recog- nized the value of his theory. —_-. -— POLICE PASSED HER. Acted as Judges on the Age of Pros- titutes. Josephine Norris, a colored woman who keeps an alleged house of ill-fame in the “Division,” at No. 1323 C street, in viola- tion of law, figured in a case in the Police Court this morning. The charge against her was violating the law for the protection of children, in admitting to her disreputable house a sixteen-year-old colored girl named Mary Green, to live a life of shame. The prisoner was the best-dressed female who figured in the case, while some of the wit- nesses wore clothes of the second-1 or- der. Two of them were inmates of this house, and they were witnesses for the de- fendant. They appeared as though they were under the age prohibited by law, eigh- teen years, although they sald they were older. Mary Green, whose mother is a respect. able colored woman, was, apparently, much grieved because of what had happened to her child, and she gave her evidence in a manner to show the interest she was taking in her child. Mary said she was married twenty-three years ago, and was the mother of twelve children. Four children were born before Mary, and the niother said she was sixteen years old. The evidence of the defense showed some- thing of the methods employed by the keep- ers of these places. When the girl was ad- mitted to the house two policemen were called in to see her. She had said she was nineteen years old, so it was stated, just one year over the lawful age, and, ac- cording to the statements of witness, the officers * " her as an “eligible” in the unlawful resort. But her sister had given notice in this section that she was only six- teen years old. Mary told the court that she was told by the proprietress of the house to say she was nineteer years old. Lawyer T. C. Taylor argued the case for the woman, holding that she had used due diligence in the matter, and that she had every reason to believe that the girl was of the iawful age. Her diligence, the judge said, amounts to nothing. The business is unlawful in the highest degree, and it is wholly immaterial whether she knew the girl's age or not. The law forbids the harboring of a girl under eighteen years for immoral purposes, and she must know the age of the woman she receives, or take the consequences. The court explained that the law was in- tended for the protection of children and sald ek every sofegua rd had been thrown arou em, and the court would certainly do atte duty. ‘wyer Taylor made another plea for his client, and during the course of his re- marks he told the court that there was an understanding of some kind that these laces should not be troubled unless rob- sles were committed in the houses, or there were scenes of disorder, such as are not usual ’n such places. Judge Miller said that the court had noth- ing to do with such an arrangement, and sentenced the Norris woman to eleven months in jail without fine. TUBERCULOS| IN CATTLE. ‘The Tests Made in the Herd at the * Reform School. ‘The tests for tuberculosis made in the herd of cattle at the reform school by Dr. D. EB. Buckingham were made by means of hypo- dermic injections of Koch’s tuberculin, aided by physical examination. Dr. Buck- ingham, in a communication to Mr. A. J. Falls, president of the board of trustees of the reform school, announcing that his ex- amination showed the herd to be free from tuberculosis or other contagious or infec- tous diseases, says that the disease exists among dairy cows almost as universally as it does in the human race. “It affects milch cows in so marked a manner,” says the letter, “because of the strain they are subjected to in forcing large yields of milk from them when they are usually quartered in close, unsanitary barns. New stock is being continually added to the herd to re- place the old cows, and brings with it the danger of infection from outside sources. One tuberculous animal is quite sufficient to carry the contagion and plant it in a previously healthy herd. In six months or cne year two or three cows may develop the symptoms by coughing, a failing or capricious appetite, dry skin, staring coat, hide bound and a general unthrifty condi- tion. feel sure,” adds Dr. Buckingham, “that the disease may be communicated to man by eating meat of tuberculous ant- mals and by drinking their milk. The! hope of the future is preventive medicine, | and when the state shall join the individual | and work to exterminate all tuberculosis of lower animals, then the human mortality of this discase will be greatly lessened. — THE VOICE REFORMERS. Organization of the Society for the Promotion of Vocal Culture. From the New York Sun. The new society which bears the title of Voice Reformers was organized during the past week by a number of young women | who were impressed by the discourse de- livered by Miss Mary Shaw before the Pro- fessional Woman's League. The object of its organizers is to cultivate the organs of speech, as used in tne intercourse of life, and to take means for the refo: tion of those “mouthers and mumblers” of both sexes who deserve the scorn to which they were held up by Miss Shaw. Its mem- | bers will strive to practice the most scien- | tifie and pleasing method of articulation, ‘through the study of physical and spiritual \laws of inflection, euphony and polyphon- \ism; through the relation of thought to | sound, intonation to sentiment, emphasis | to circumstances. They will cultivate the | voice for ordinary service as it is cultivated by singers and actors for public purposes. They believe that they may thus be able to advance the happiness of mankind, to make common intercourse more pleasant, to render ordinary utterances more intelli- gible, to increase the refinement of both sexes, to greatly reduce the number of those broils which have their origin in vo- cal dissonance, and to put a stop to those | j habits of mouthing and mumbling which are so widely prevalent and which are in violation of good taste and obnoxious toy the tympanum. The objects of the society are deserving of universal approval. One of its members, at the first meeting, spoke of the artistic enunciation of the ancient Greeks, who, as is made evident by their harmonious language, must have given utterance in daily life to sounds not |less agreeable to the ear than the words | were clear to the mind. It was pointed out that even the English speech can be issued in such a way as to enable the speaker to take advantage of the full com-! pass of the vocal organs and all their tones. All that is needed Is training and self-dis- eipline. “The voice,” says Miss Shaw, “tells to the listener more than the speaker dreams, more than the speaker often would care to make known. It tells of a fine or of a coarse-grained nature, tells of moral con-| ceptions and spiritual qualities. The voice is the exponent of the soul. Just watch a thought as it springs from the mind; hark- en _to the tone!” There cannot be a doubt that all the gentle people of New York,women and men, will wish good luck and popuiarity to the AMONG THE BERRY PICKERS This section of the country, formerly “Piney Woods,” has been for over a month Past occupied by an army more numerous then the “Coxeyites,” and the rank and file are for the most part on bended knees, byt not in prayer, nor are they preying on the community, or making any demonstration as to work or wages. They are content with the work before them end the compensa- tion. This army is composed mostly of Poles, Bohemians, Germans and other for- eigners,who come out from Baltimore. With the colored contingent within a radius of five miles there are nearly 3,000 engaged in picking peas and strawberries at this time. Fully three-fourths of this force are the foreigners and their families, while the col- ored are native and from the adjoining counties. The home force, when the Polish are engaged, have to give up entirely to them, and should the family desire a mess of berries or peas they must get it through the “row boss.” Not so with the colored force, for they work right along with the home force. The picking seasom requiring outside help generally lasts about six weeks, commencing in May. This year the good commenced about the 14th. The berry picking is now about over, as is the little (dwarf) pea picking, but the larger peas will keep the force here ten days jon- ger, the home force being sufficient to man- age the rest of the truck. To the uninitiated the scenes incident to the season are interesting. The custom is for the trucker, if he desires Poles, to en- gage them in Baltimore through a “row boss” a few weeks before wanted, giving the number required, the time, &c. The “boss” usually charges 50 cents apiece for each hand he secures and arranges for his Wweges—from $6 to $10 per week, with the Privilege of picking at the usual rates. Dur- ing the season he keeps tally, sees to the measuring, &c. Generuily the transporta- tion is arranged for, as are certain privi- leges—a keg of beer at times, carrying in a number on Saturday, &c. Such proportion: has the system attained that not infre. quently do the “row bosses” come out from Baltimore early in the spring, looking for the most promising patches to work, and make a bargain on the ground. Just before the time set for the operations to commence the trucker drives his wagon into Baltimore light and in the evening returns with his force wagon loaded with men, women and children and household articles, including baby carriages. Arriving at the home ‘pro tem. they find a “picker shanty”’—a plain frame building, with bins to hold the straw and furnish lodging places, one being allot ted to a family. A large doorway and an opening or two furnish ventilation. The cooking and eating fs all done outside, each family having a Dutch oven, and these,with @ reugh bench or table, at which meals are taken, are usually shaded by a bower of tree branches. With but few of the conve- niences OF comfarts of life, these people, two-thirds of their time in the field, —_ — to live the short season, and many younger, especially the girls, seem to regard the few weeks as a holiday. The gangs number from a small family of five or six to as high as 130 (for some have in peas and berries as high as 1W) acres). Saturday is usually an off day, and those who do not go to Baltimore arrange their house and clothing for Sunday or Saturday evening. The Pickers’ Saturday Night. At some of the “shanties” in the evening there is a gala time, for some who have been in town will have returned, or perhaps a lot of provisions, included in which are kegs of beer, will have arrived, and soon after voices will be unlimbered in song and laughter. Among the pickers are some per- formers on the violin or flute, and they as- ist the vocalists. While the melodies of fader land” are often hear, that the pick- ers are becoming Americanized is appar- ent from the manner they render “After the Ball,” “Sweet Marie,” and other songs of the day. Some of the girls are quite Althovgh unable to speak our language, it is not difficult to speak a lan- guage through eyes, which is easily under- food by our young men, and not infre- quently a picker girl and partner may be seen enacting a pantomime. In more than =, case have such girls become farmers’ wives. ‘There are some pickers who have been here for years in succession, and with ex- perience obtained in the past they make their quarters as homelike as possible. These steady hands are appreciated in vi rious ways by the trucker, and the com. fortable condition of the shanty often shows it. While most of the force may be classed as poor people, there are many who are well fixed as to this world’s goods, ; and own their homes in Baltimore. Many | dium si work in putting up oysters in season, pick here in May and June, and then go to the Ing houses in the upper counties or Some will leave here soon for six weeks’ work in Delaware. The amount they will carry away will be considerable for a cent and a half per quart for picking berries and fifteen cents per bushel for big peas and twenty for little peas, the picker averaging from two to three hundred quarts of berries and six to twelve bushe! of peas daily, which soon counts up to a goo0cly sum. Most of the Poles and Bohemians are Catholics, and sometimes their priests come out from Baltimore to hold services on Sunday, or to visit the sick. Usually the services are held where the larger gangs are quartered, and, the fact having been previously announced, a congregation | respectable in size participates. Aniong the Germans there are many Lutherans and Catholics, and on one place a German Methodist church of Baltimore has a rep- resentation of eight or ten families, who —" to be as happy as it is possible to be. A quarter of a century ago there was no such farming in Piney Woods as at present, for the principal crops then were tobacco, corn and potatoes, a few strawberries and peas being grown for family use and to fill @ corner in a retail load. Now there is scarcely a place of a few acres on which there is not a strawberry patch or field of peas, and no one now is regarded as a! trucker if he has not one or the other. Generally the home force, the family, with the regular labor, is sufficiently latge to care for the other truck, but berries and peas coming all together necessitates out- side help; hence the “row boss” and “pick- ers” are brought into service. Doubtless there are other sections of the country where berries grow, as well as in Anne Arundel county, but it is doubtful if better berries or yield can be found anywhere. This season both yield and quality have been satisfactory, in some cases over one hundred crates (six thousand quarts) of fine fruit having been picked from a single acre. The old Stewart is now seldom heard of, as the Wilson and the Downing and Kentucky Late are mostly ral; Gandy, Tubb’s and other new were shipped in larger quantity this year than ever before. Some of our fruit found its way to Washington, but the bulk was sent to Baltimore, while from the station above (Harmon's) shipments were made by the car load direct to Pittsburg, Bos- ton and other points. It would interest one of the uninformed to witness the systematic manner the force work under the “boss.” The patch to be picked having been pointed out to the “boss” the farmer need give himself no further trouble till the work is done. The “boss” has his force out at the crack of morn, and men, women and children a eager for the work. They have each tak a light repast and mothers take their b bies to the field in carriages, in which they Society for the Promotion of Vocal Cul- ture. are trundled by a larger child, while they work. Entering the field each one starts a row, using basket or box, as the crop may be pea or berry. When filled ed out, to be cashed as desired. Most of the force retain the checks till the close of the grower gets $180 gross and he pays $54 for picking outside the incidentals for his crates and $9 for commission, thus leaving but $87 net for his labor, plants, manure, etc. Some have lost money on their berries this season, and in one x 3 where shipped north, there was a loss of cents per crate, and the crate was rot re- turned. A number who raised the Gandy, and had extra-sized Kentucky or other large stock, realized good prices, some clear- ing over $200 per acre. Pea-picking is not so profitable as the berry pick, as the picker on the average can earn only a dollar or so. The crop this season is not turning out as in former years, the vines being fine, but the pods not being so large, and, consequently, the picker is not making so much. For big peas the average yield per acre is sald to be forty bushels against ninety in former years, The price is also lower than last year, and will not average 60 cents per bushel, at which rate the grower will g but $15 or $16 for his labor and outlay on an acre. By July 1 the army of pickers will have picked all they were for, and, with replenished purses, leave for other flelds of labor. It is creditable to all that with this influx of many nationalities there have Leen no @cenes of disorder and no conduct oF their part to cause complaint. —o———- POINTS ABOUT HUSBANDS. A Shrewd Young Matron Gives Pointe ers to a Couple of Shy Girls. From the New York San. ‘Marriage may be a lottery,” remarked the clear-eyed young matron, twirling « plump red berry in a sugar snowdrift, “but 1 was lucky in having a wide-awake mam- ma, who looked after my interests. “I wonder if you girls,” she continued, glancing at a pair of debutantes on the op- posite side of the luncheon table, “recog- nize any of the outward and visible signs of good or bad husband material when you see them? No? Well, then, while you daw- die over those ices I'll give you a few quiet tips that are worth their weight in gold. They are valuable, I know, because mamma first put me onto them, and for years I have taken notes, compared them and never found the results fail by a hair's breadth. “First, my dears, when a man gets in line as @ possible parti you want to take the most critical and minute observations upon his dress. It tells half the story. I should add, however, that these rules apply to Americans only, foreigners being brought up with such different ideas. Now, if one of our men affects a showy ring his stock as a@ husband drops owen points. The sort who wear elaborately set cabochon gems on their third fingers are no gvod at all, accord- ing to my standard. They may be moral, but are selfish as pigs. And there's one thing you may count on—he will cut your bonnet bill to extend his tailor’s account and insist on having a valet before you are allowed to have either a Victoria or @ tara. Personally 1 should refuse to consider the of any man who decorates his hands, waistcoat or tie with fancy jewelry. ‘The sign is fatal and infallible. “My advice is to choose a man who is radi- antly clean and immaculately neat, without &@ suggestion of dandyism about him. The ideal American husband should be so ab- sorbed in earning money to dress his wife that he has no tume to study style or detall in his own attire. Another unfavorable symp- tom is a too intimate knowledge Of the rufis and cuffs and farthingale and things we women wear. A man who can distinguish the difference between chiffon and alpaca, or moire and muslin, is a risk I should hesi- tate to assume. Appreciation of the tout ensemble is all we ask. and inquisitive fussi- ness is the most deplorable trait 1 can think of in a husband. “Then, too, there are certain deductions to be drawn from physiognomy that deserve serious consideration. For example, you cam set it down as an axiom that blue-eyed men are invariably susceptible and sentimental. They are simply incapable of resisting femt- nine flattery, are bowled over by an ardent glance and will stand more watching than.« chicken thief during the dark of the morn. For curiosity just observe all the blue-eyed men of your acquaintance and see if I'm not right. Of course I don’t mean that they are devoid of sincerity or fidelity, but it’s @ fact that the woman who contracts to live with a pair of azure orbs has her work cut out for her. Some people may like that sort of thing and value a possession according to the anxiety it entalis, but for my the effect is too exhilarating. Therefore 1 sive preference to gray or brown eyes, “Other unpromising features are white hands, small feet, long lashes, curly hair and slim waists, and, above all else, avoid men with the slightest approach to a stride or a@ strut. Some very superior brands of husbands have a slouchy gait, but a nerv- ous or mincing step speaks volumes and im- plies cay hysterics or tyranny for the uh- fortunate female forced to ke ce with it through life. oe “The best variety, I should say, were me- zed. Very little men are apt to be arbitrary, supersensitive and vain, while the overgrown species are @haracteriess and morally flabby. Are those all the signs I know? Ob, dear me, no. If you girls drop in about 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon I'll read you the advance sh ects of a pamphiet I'm preparing It's called “Husbands in the Rough; or, Blind Lead.’ Good-bye.” snes eee am Base Ball Paw m Mast Be Bollt of Brick. From the National Butlding 5 The Boston base ball managers have been | 2efused permission to erect a wooden pavib | fon on the site of the one recently destroy- | ed by fire. | ‘The reason for the refusal is that the site | of the proposed structure is within the | building limits, ie., within which the erection and Wooden buildings ts prohibited. The refusal of the inspector to issue the | permit surprised the management. That | body took its case to the board of appeals. It employed counsel, Alderman Hall, and the case was argued, but Mr. Damrell was that | firm and argued that: th called pavilion | was a building within the meaning of the lew; further than that it was a theater and was designed to admit more than 600 persons; that ff permission were granted to the ball managers to erect this stractur then the depertment could not in law ot justice the right to householders im that vicinity to do the same. 7 ajpeals sustained | the if ent and the permit was : If the triumvir wish to erect a build now they must construct it of brick, w! will add about 40 per cent to the cost. fu: | — — - | FOREST GLEN, An informal hop was given to the guests | of “Glen Manor” last evening. ‘The ball room was beautifully dressed with the natu- ral flowers growing around the manor,which displayed the artistic skill of the ladies. ‘The music was excellent. Choice and new se- lections were rendered by Prof. Alexander of Washington. During the intermission Mrs. Dyer (nee Mrs. Flora Dennison) enter- tained the large audience present with tine selections of musical gems upon the piano. | A ncvel feature of the evening's fesuvities | Was Miss Ethel Phillips’ impereonation of the character of a gipsy, whose admirabie acting was richly enjoyed. Mr. Frank Keyes of Forest Glen did the honors of the ball room with his usual tact and gentie- manly bearing. Among those present were | Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, Miss Dennison, Mr. Mercer Blondale, Mr. E. Kennedy of Wash- ington, Mrs. Meade, Mrs. Bishop and daugh- ter, Miss Blanche Geyer, Mr. and Mrs. |E tt, Mrs. Parker and daughter, Mrs. Phillips, Miss Ethel Phillips, Miss’ Aline | Phillips, Mrs. » s, Miss Florence Tib- bets, Miss E ts, Mise Annie Tib- M Manning, Miss Rearick, Evel Mr. Dan- Wright, ‘the guests Another hop will pe given at the manor on Tuesday evening, i duly 3