Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1895, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. Te Exper Daicanien G (a by Irving Bachelier.) CHAPTER I. You do very well, my friends, to treat me with some little reverence, for in hon- oring me are honoring both France and yourselves. It is not only an old gray 1 officer whom you see eating | tte or draining his giass, but it is a plece of history, and of the most glorious iets wh our own cr country | In me you see one of the last of J mea, the men who were when they were yet boys, who to use a sword earlier than a 1 who, during a hundred battles ver once let the enemy see the color of their knapsacks. For twenty years we were teachiig Europe how to fight, and even when thoy learned their lesson it was only the thermometers and never the bay onet which could break the grand army down. Berlin, N. Vienna, Madrid, Lis- ton, Moscow—we st our horses in them all. Ye again that you do well to send y ldren to me with flowers, for these ears have heard the trumpet call of France, and these e e seen her stan 5 here ey may never be when I doze in my armchair I can see those great warriors stream be- fore me, the gre cketed chasseurs, the &lant cuirassiers, Dom»rowski's larcer: the white-mantled dragoons, the nodd' bearsk! And of there comes -he thick, low rattle of the the h grenadiers. and the bvre with La with his Gascon amidst the sleam of feathers I catch a the maa with the pale shouiders and the far-off ‘ey 1 of my sleep, m: ng from my chi cracked voice calling and stretched, so that Madame laugh at the 5 the shade Although Iw fidunting him, 3 a full chief of bri the came to an } and hi hor being made a general | vision, still rather to my earlier that when I wish to t and the For you will unde officer has so man: er him he has his mind and remounts, fodder and farr: o that even when he is not in the f: the enemy, life is a very ser ous matter for him. But when he a lieutenant or heavier t ders. glorie a tand that wh men and horse ull of pis girl, a gallant is Ukely to hi adventures, and most often to that time that I in the stories which I may tell l. will be tonight when I tell you of my to the ¢ of Gloom, of the strange sion 0; bieutenant Duroc and of leath of the man who w: Jean Carabin and afterward as Straubeythal. know, then, that in tpe Feb- of 1807, Immediately after the taking | Major Legendre and I wer 1 to bring 400 remounts from } astern Poland. ye r, an especially the had killed so man horses that there was some danger b utiful tenth of hussars becom- ing a battalion of light infantry. We knew, therefore, both the major and I, that we Would be very welcom? at the front. We did not advance very rapidly, however, fer the snow was deep, the roads dete: able, agd we h but twenty returning in- ¥v s to assist us. Be: it is impos- sible when you have a daily change of for- are, anid sometimes none at all, to move berses faster than a walk. I am aware that in the story hooks the cavalry whiris past at the maddest of gallops, but, for my €wn part, after twelve campaigns, I should be very Satisfied to know that my brigade could always walk upon the march and trot in the presence of the enemy. This I say of the hussars and chasseurs, mark you, so that it is far more the case with chesseurs 1nd_dragoons. . For myself, 1am fond of horses, and to What Can a Soldicr Do but K His Hand? have four hundred of them. of every age and shade and character, all under my cwn ha was a very great pleasure to ania for the though some re from Nor- ard some from Alsace, and it dus to notice that they differed in ter as much as the people of. the provinces. We observed also what I have often proved since, that the nature of a horse can be told by his color, from the coquettish light bay, full of fancies and nerves, to the hardy chestnut, and from the docile rean to the pig-headed, rusty black. All this bas nothing in the world to do with my story, but how ts an officer of cavalry to get on with his tale when he finds four hundred horses waiting for him at the outset? It Is my habit, you see, to talk of that which interests myself, and 0 I have hopes that I may interest you. We crossed the Vistula opposite Marien- werder, and had got as far as Riesenberg when Major Legendre came into my room in the post house with an open paper in me. Tney were from P. mcest_ part, mandy | hoped to have some RE | ¢: | Straubentnal might be. 8 LISS Tite BRIGADE: ETSTACIASILE OF .GE ter. I was already very well thought of by my superior officers, although I may that none of them had quite done me Hee. It was evident to me, therefore, that this sudden order meant that the regi- ment was about to see service once more, and that Lasalle understood how incom- plete my squadron would be without me. It is true that it came at an inconvenient moment, for the keeper of the post houre | had a daughter—one of those tvory-skin- | | black hatred Polish girls-whom I had further talk with. Stull it is not for the pawn to argue when | the fingers of the player move him from the squate, s> down I went, saddled my | ck charger Rataplan, and set off upon my lonely journey. i, it was a treat for those poor Jews who have so little to brighten their dull lives, to see such a pic- ture as that before their doors. The frosty morning alr made Rataplan’s great black 1 and the beautiful curves of his back and s‘des gleam and shimmer with every gambol. As for me the rattle of hoofs a road and the jingle of bridle cha‘ns comes with every toss of a 1 would even now set_my blood ing through my veins, You may year, I, Etienne Gerard, the pick- an and surest blade in the ten of hussars. Blue was our color h—a sky blue dolman and pelisse th a scarlet front, and it was said of us the army that we could set a whoie ation running, the women toward us ere were bright eyes @ Riesenberg windows that morning ned to beg me to tar but what his bridle as he rides upon his us a bleak season to ride through and ugliest country in Eu- It v the poorest rope, but there was a cloudless sky above a ht cold sun which sh! e the huge snow flelds. My b: into the t and Rataplan sen Ntwo of steim from his nostrils, | tes dropped from the site | trot to warm think of to To north ed the : yttled over with dark clumps er patches of larch. A few 3 there, but it 1 = peeped out here a The Poles it is true, but out of a d only the guard » rest had’to live as It did not surprise me, th: of cattle and no smo! d it was said that ¢ ed wherever the ay men, em, had led his CHAPTER I. ay I had got as far as the vil- feldt, as I was on t @rect rozd for Osterode, where the em- wintering, and al: for the of the s nm divisions of in- . the highway was choked with ear- and carts. What of and cuits: it seemed to me that it would ckening stream re ep in snow, so there nt to plod ‘upon our wa. joy, therefore, that I found a sdvon' which branched away from the other, trend'ng through a fir wood toward the fre was a small auberge at the and a patrol of the d hus- ‘onflans—the very regiment 0} wa afterward colonel—were horses at the door. On the T officer, a slight, pale young Ked more like a young priest from a seminary than a leader of the devil- ‘a sfore him. said he, seeing that I orse. 1 answered. rd of the tent! I could see by his face that he had heard erybody had heard of me since ith the six ‘fencing masters. My , however, served to put him at his th me. 1am Sub-lientenant Duroc of the third,” ewly joined?” I xsked. st week.’ I had thought as m face and from the way in which he let men tounge upon their horses. dt was not . however, since I had learned my- i na schoolboy has to sive orjders to veteran treopers. It made me blush, I remember, to shout abrupt 1s to men who had seen more ba ties than I had years, and it should have come more natural for me to With your permission we will now wheel into line," or “If you think it best, we shall trot.” I did nov think the less of the lad, therefore, when I observed that his men were somewhat out of hand, but I gave them a glance which stiffened them in their saddles. ay I ask, monsieur, whether you are going by this northern road?” I asked. “My orders are to patrol it as far as Arensdorf,” said he. fhen I will, with your permission, ride ar with you,” said I; “it is very clear and the longer way will’be the faste So it prove, for this road led away from the army into a country which was given ever to Cossacks and marauders, and it was as bare as the other was crowded, Duroc and I rode in front with our six- shooters clattering along in the rear. He was a good boy, this Duroc, with his head full of the nonsense that they teach at St. Cyr, knowing more about Alexander and Pompey than how to mix a horse's fodder or care for a horse's feet. Still he was, as I have said, a good boy, unspoiled as yet by the camp. It pleased me to hed im pratile away about his sister Mari and about his mother in Amiens. Presently we found ourselves at the village of Hay- enah. Duroc rode up to the post house and asked to see the master. “Can you tell me,” said he, “whether a man who calls himself Baron Straubenthal lives in these parts The postmaster shook Wis head and we rode upon our way. I took no notice of this, but when at the next yillage my comrade repeated the same Question, with theesame result, I could net help asking him who this Baron Tam Lieut. from h's white “He is a man,” said-Duroc, with a sud- den flush upon his boyish face, “to whom I have a very important message to con- , this was not satisfactory, but there something in my companicn’s man- ner which told me that a further ques- tioning wouli b2 dis teful to him. I said nothing more, therefore, but Duroc would still ask every peasant whom we met whether he could give him any news of the Baron Strautenthal. For my own pert I was endeavoring, as an officer of light cavalry should, to form an idea of the lay of the country, to note the course of the streams and to mark the places where there should be fords. Every step was taking us further from the camp round the flanks of which we were tray- eling. Far to the south a few plumes of gray smoke in the frosty air marked the position of some of our outposts. To the north, however, there was nothing between ourselves and the Russian winter quarters. Twice on the extreme horizon I caught a glimpse of a glitter ot steel, and pointed it out to my companion. It was too dis- tant for us to tell whence it came, but we had ttle doubt that it was from the lanceheads of marauding Cossacks. The sun was just setting when we rode over a low hill and saw a small village upon our right and on our left a consid- erable castle which jutted out from among the pine woods. : ‘A farmer with his cart was approaching us—a matted-haired, downeast fellow in a Eis hand, “You are to leave me,” said he, with de- epair upon his face. It was no very great grief for me to do that, for he was, tf I may say so, hardly worthy to have such a subaltern. I sa- luted, however, in silence. is @n 01 from General Lasalle,” fe bontinued. are to proceed to Tosgel instantly, and to report yourself at the quarters of the regiment.” No message could have pleased me bet- sheepskin jacket. What village is this?” asked Duroc. “It ts Arensdorf,” he answered in his barbarous German dialect. ‘Then here I am to stay the night,” sald my young companion. Then turning to the farmer, he asked his eternal question: “Can you tell me where the Baron Straubenthal lives?” “Why, {t is he who owns the Castle of Gloom,” said the farmer, pointing to the dark turrets over the distant fir forest. Duroc gave a shout like the sportsman who sees his game rising in front of him. The lad seemed to have gone off his head, his eyes shining, his face deadly white and such a grim set about his mouth as made the farmer shrink away from him. I can see him now, leaning forward on. his brown horse with his eager gaze fixed upon the great black tower. “Why do you call it Gloom?” T asked. “Well, it is the name it bears upon the country side,” said the farmer. “By all accounts, there have been some black do- ings up yonder. It’s not for nothing that the wickedest man In Poland has been liv- ing there these fourteen years past.”, “A Polish“nobleman?” I asked. © “Nay, we breed no such men in Poland,” he answered. “A Frenchman, then,” cried Duroc. Taey say that he came from France.” “And with red hair?” As red as a fox es, yes, it is my man,” cried my com- panton, quivering all over In his excite- ment. ““Itis the hand of Providence which led me here. Who can say that there not justice in this world. Come, Mon- eur Gerard, for I must see the men safe- quartered before I can attend to this private matter.” He spurred on his horse, 1 ten minutes later we were at the door of the Inn at Arensdorf, where his men were to find their quayters for the night. Well, this w: no affair of mine, and I could not imexine what the meaning of it might be. Rossel was still far off, but I determined to ride on for a few hours, and take my chance of finding some wayside barn in which I could find shelter for Rata- plan and myself. I had mounted my horse, therefore, after tossing off a cup of wine, when young Duroc came running out of the door and laid his hand upon my knee. “Monsieur Gerard,” he panted, “I beg of you not to abandon me Ii good sir, you would tell me wat is the matter and what you would wish te to do, I should be better able to the Castle of “Why, it is he who owns the castle of Blooms.” you if I could be of any assistance to ou_can be of the very greatest,” he “Indeed, from all that I have heard of you, Monsieur Gerard, you. are the one man whom I should wish to have by my side tonight.” “You forget that I am riding to join my ment.” ou cannot in any case reach it tonight. Tomorrow will bring you to Rossel. By ying with me you will confer the great- est kindness upon me, and you will aid me in a matter which concerns my own honor “1 the honor of my family. I am com- fed, however, to confess to you that some personal danger may poasiily be in- volved.” It was a crafty thing for him say. Of course T sprang from Rataplan's back and ee ithe groom to lead him back to the stables. “Come into the inn,” said I, “and let me egy actly what it is that you wish me to do. He led the way into the sitting room and fasiened the door lest we should be interrupted. He was a well-grown lad, and as he stood in the glare of the lamp with the light beating upon his earnest fa @ upon his uniform of silver gray, whic 1 him fo a marvel, I felt my heart a toward him. Without going so far as to say that he carried himself as I have done at his age, there was at least similarity enough to make me feel sym- pathy with him. “I can explain it all in a few words," said ke. “If I have not already satistled your very natural curiosity it is because the subject is so painful a one that I can rdiy bring myself to allude to it. I inot, however, ask for your assistance thout explaining to you exactly how the ter le you must krow, then, that my father the well-known banker, Christopher who was murdered by the people acres. As you jon of the chose three so-called- judges to ntence upon the unh: y aristo- crats, and then tore them to pieces when they were passed out into the street. My father had been a benefactor of the poor was Dacro, during the September mas: gre aware, the mob took po: prisons, pass si all his life. There were many to plead for him. He had the fever, too, and was car- Two of ried in half dead upon a blanket. the jud: x in favor of acquitting kim. Th a young Jacobin, whose huge body and brutal mind had made him a leader among the wretches, dragged him with his own hand from the litter, Kicked him again and again with his heavy bocts, ard hurled him out of the deer, where in an instant he was torn limb from limb under circumstances which are too horrible for me to describe. This, as you perceive, was murder even under He Led the Way Into the Sitting Room their own unlawful laws, for two of their own judges had pronounced in my father's favor. “Well, when the day of order came back again my elder brother began to make in- quiries about this man. I was only a child then, but it was a family matter, and it was discussed in my presence. The fellow's Tame was Carabin. He was one of San- terre’s Guard, and a noted duelist. A for- eign lady named the Baroness Strauben- thal having been dragged before the Ja- cobins, he had gained her liberty for her on the promise that she with her money and estates should be his. He had married her, taken her name and title and escaped out of France at the time of the fall of Robespierre. What had become of him we had _no@means of learning. “You will think, doubtless, that !t would be very easy for us to find him, since we had both his name and title. You must re- member, however, that the revolution left ug without money, and that without money such @ search is very difffcult. Then came the empire and it became more difficult still, for, as you are aware, the emperor considered that the eighteenth Brumaire brought all accounts to a settlement, and on that day a veil had to be drawn across the past. None the less, we kept our own family story and our own family plans. “My brother joined the army and passed with it through all southern Europe, ask- ing everywhere for the Baron Strauben- thal. Last October he was killed at Jena with his mission still unfilled. Then it became my turn, and I have the good for- tune to hear of the very man of whom I am in search at one of the first Polish villages which I have to visit and within a fortnight of joining my regiment. Ard then, to make the matter even better, I find myself in company of one whose name is never mentioned throughout the army save in connection with some generous and daring dee (To be acluded next Saturday.) ————— Household Economy. From London Tid-bits. In order to reduce expenses a careful couple accustomed to drinking ale at sup- rertime, hearing that a saving of twopencée a quart might be effected by having a bar- rel in, decided to do so. The first night, after drinking their usual quart and sitting by the fire, the old lady thoughtfully said: “Billy, we've saved twopence tonight.” “We have,” answered Billy; “and two- pence saved Is twopence earned. “It 1s.” Then, after a few minutes’ si- lence, the old lady sald: “Billy, shall we have ancther quart and save another two- pence?” WORK OF THE WORLD Will Be Done Mainly by Electricity -. at the Present Rate. aa THE VARIED USE IN EVERY-DAY LIFE Large Number ‘of Applications Re- ceived at the Patent Office. SOME UNIQUE DEVICES ELECTRICITY DOMI- nates invention now- jadays. .A steady stream of new ideas relating to the mys- terious fluld is pour- ing into the patent office. Yet this branch of research is only In its infancy. Before long, if progress con- tinues at its present rate, the work of the world will be mainly done by electrical apparatus. Already electricity contributes enormous ly to the luxury of the rich. The house- hold establishment of Mr. Gorsius Midas is fairly run by harnessed lightning. The walls of the dwelling are threaded with a maze of hidden wires, the currents dis- tributed over it being controlled by switch- es and automatic regulators. A complete electric plant in the basement furnishes lights and runs an elevator, which has no attendant, being perfectly controlled by push buttons, On waking in the morning, Mr. Midas summons his valet by a push button, and presently is notified that his bath is ready. His ablutions are accompanied by a mild serub with an electric brush, which pro- duces a pleasant tingling sensation, and is healthful for the skin. Emerging from the tub, he rubs hiniself to a glow with an electric towel, which is woven on a loose web of very fine wires, so as to be perfectly flexible. ‘Towel and brush are connected with a small storage battery, and the cur- rent may be made as gentle as desired. The same remark applies to a comb that hangs by the shaving glass. Nobody has yet invented an electric razor, but that will come in time. Mr. Midas uses an electric toothbrush for : fit of his gums, and then, feeling fit for a ttle exercise, he devotes five min- utes to handling a pair of light dumb bel These also are electrical and give a series of mild shocks to the person employing The genileman is now ready for his it. His coffee is drunk out of a cup of precious metal, which is readily at- teched to a little battery beneath the ble by hooking it on to the end of a fine wire. In his left hand ke holds a small electrode that terminates another wire. The act of drinking clos the circuit, nd the liquid onveys the electricity to’ the alimentary jal and stomach. This is not only ex- cellent for digestion, but it renders more palatable the fluid taken from the cup, be- cause the electricity stimulates the organs of taste. ; AH Patented Devices. Having finished tieakfast and read the morging paper. Mr... Midas takes his hat and cane and starts down town for his of- fice. The stick pas a massive gold head and would be a prize for a sneak thief, but it reposes safely In the hall rack, which has an alarm attachment, so es to give in- stant notice in case a coat or anything else on It is removeil. The cane referred to Is itself electrical, sending leasa: thrills through tae body of the user. Leay- ing Mr. Midis to pursue his way to bu: ress, it will he aS well to return to his Wife. She is musically Inclined and spends most of the morning/in playing on a piano which is so contrived that she receives a series of shocks while manipulating ihe keys, thus undergoing a treatment for rheumatism incidentally to the perform- ance. Upstairs the children are playing with dolls that are made to dance by e tricity. All this might be considered rather far fetched were it not that patents have beea taken out for eve! one of the devices de- scribed in this article. To such a point has electrical service been carried that some day one may see in common employment such automata as are spoken of in the ro- mance of “The Coming Race’—mechanical servants actuated by push buttens, which will glide noisel ly about, attending to their work and never “talking back.” When Mrs. Midas is ready to go out, she summons her carriage by touching an elec- trie beil that communicates with the sta- ble, Instead cf walking down stairs, she calls the clevator by a push button. Though without ar attendant, it responds to her touch, pauses to take her aboard and car- ries her to the first floor. The closing of | the docr behind her releases the elevator and places it at the control of whoever else may want it. Mr. Midas occasionally has an engager ment at his club that keeps him out late. It 1s so this evening. At the close of busi- ness hours he drcps in at a gilded saloon in the neighborhood of bis office to get a eacktall and to have his shoes shined, the latter process being performed by an auto- matic contrivance. He drops a nickel into a slot. sits down into a chair and puts his feet upon two supports provided for the purpose. An electric motor actuates the brushes—first a brush that carries black- ing supplied frcm a reservoir and then po!- ishing brushes. On his way home several hours later, the night being dark,. Mr. Midas wishes to know the time. His watch is provided with a very small electric light bulb, In his other waistcoat pocket, con- nected with the watch by a chain which serves as a conducting wire, is a little bat- tery. An instant’s pressure upon a charm that is attached to the chain closes the cir- cuit, ignites the lamp and illuminates the dial. _ Tattooing Made Ensy. When Mr. Midas reaches home he has no trouble in finding the keyhole. He pushes a button and an electric light shines through a round hole in the door, illuminat- ing the keyhole. As he enters the house all is silent. The only noise he hears, as he passes his wife's room, is that of the baby’s cradle, which is being rocked by electrici He retires to rest and dreams that he shipwrecked on a desert island, where savages amuse themselves by tattooing him with very improper pictures, so that he will never again be able to appear in civilized society The precess is*infinitely more painful than the modern method, by which a needle, actuated by electricity, jumps up and down and makes punctures so rapidly that a line is described with it almost as fast as if drawn,carefully on paper. Thuse the sketch is outlined and is filled in with a similar machine carrying five needles and making a stripe'one-eighth of an inch wide. The needles are dipped in vermilion for red. To turn out a tattooed man in this wise, all ready, for exhibition, costs only $200. Of course, Mr. Midas has an electric pleasure boat. The power for running it is contained in storage batteries concealed under the seats. Electricity is rapidly, com- ing into use for navigation. It is said that electric boats are replacing gondolas in Venice. A new iftvenfion is an electric float for the life-savirfg sérvice. It is sent out through the surf to @ distressed vessel, be- ing propelled and stéered from the shore and carrying an eleétric lamp of several hundred candle ‘powér. An improved life buoy is provided‘ with an electric light, so that it may attract the attention of a drowning person when it is thrown over- board. Canal boats are now run by elec- tricity, and the Baltic ship canal Is to be equipped with 25,000 electric lamps. It is expected that some day ships may be pro- pelled by electricity drawn from the ocean, the latter furnishing the motive power as well as a medium of transportation, Ald to Vegetable Growth. The records of the patent office show that electricity is constantly invading new fields. It has been ascertained recently that certain vegetables may be grown to advantage under the electric light. When the sun is not shining the lamps are turned on, and the plants are not allowed any time for sleep. Lettuce and various flowers, such as fuchsias and petunias, thrive wonderfully under this treatment, 5 | ben. developing rapidly and luxuriantly, Ex- periments have shown that equally favora- ble effects may be securad by the direct ap- plication of clectricity t) the plants through wires. In this manner the production of certain vegetables has been doubled and even quadrupled. The galvanic currene has been ap d to seeds, causing them to sprout more quickly.’ Electrified peas, beans and sunfiowers germinate In half the time required for the sprouting of seeds: not thus treated. Medical science could not get along with- cut electricity nowadays. If it is suspected that a person has anything the matter with bis stomach the physician obliges him to swallow a small light bulb, which illumi- nates side, so that the presence of any disease or foreign body may be per- ceived. This idea was originated by a Frenchman, who used to induce fishes in an aquarium to swailow a light-bulb on the end of a wire; when in the dark their anatomical structure would be perfectly revealed as they swam about. By sim means the en face is illuminated, a light being introduced into the. pharynx, Doctor: at present use an Hing through diseased bone and for various other operations. They alfo employ electricity for cautery Most Powerful Magnet. The dirigible balloon of the future will undoubtedly be run by an electric engine. Col. W. R. King, U. S. A. is the inventor ef an eleciro-magnet which has been mounted on top of a fort at Willett’s Point, near New York. It is the most powerful magnet in the werld—a horse- shoe made of two big cannon and a metal bar, with miles of insulated telegraph wire wound around the muzzles of the guns for spcols. A current is supplicd from a dy- e the compass of an enemy’s ship a a 2 of six miles. A new application ef electricity is for a jail cell, the wails of which are composed wholly of bai 2s much light and ventilation as possibl ‘The bars are hollow pipes, carrying heat in winter, and are connecied with a batter, If the prisoner saws through one of ti the circuit is broken and 4n alarm sou Patents for alarms are in great varie One of them is set off by escaping gas. Another is designed _as a safeguard for Mr. Hayseed. His effort to blow out the gas tilts a delicately balanced electrode, closing the circuit and giving ngtice in office of the hotel. An alarm ir the offic of a cemetery gives notification of any at- tempt to rob a grave. There are several Gevices. for connecting railway traci wires so that no train can enter a block while another train is on it. One of these stops the entering locomotive, shuts off its steam automatically, and spiils sand on the track. One dollar's worth of ordinary: commer- efal gold leaf covers %) square inches, but this material is thick compared with the gold leaf that is now made by depositing yellow metal with electricity in a bath upon a highly-polished sheet of copper. In this manner a film only one-four-millionth of an inch in thickness may be produced. Mounted on glass, it is transparent. Only jectric furnace could M. have achieved his recent cess in making r diamonds artifi- cially by mel wrought iren with car- It was i ing for diamonds by a similar process that a Pittsburg inventor uot long ago procuced “caryorundum which is coming into general use as a sub- stitute for corundum in grinding. The bright crystals of this new substance, which is harder than ruby or sapphire, were at first mistaken by the operator for the gems he was secking. Fusing by Electricity. There is a small bar at the patent office which consists in different parts of its length of steel, brass, tin, copper and sil- ver—all so perfectly united that it might be suppcsed to have been formed that way by nature. It was made by the process of electric welding, which consists in placing two pieces of metal with the ends almost together, and fusing them by passing a powerful current through them. The high- €st producible temperature ‘s that of the electric are, which runs up to 8,700 degrees Fahrenheit. By means of this enormous heat various feats have been accomplished recently, which hitherto were deemed im- possible. The metal uranium and other substances, which could not be liquefied before, have been transformed into gas Uranium, is a metal of great hardness, and, when struck against a flint, gives out sparks of much greater intensity than those produced by steel. Similar! plati- num, copper, gold, iron ahd silica have been’ volatilized, and chromium and titani- um have been obtained in a pure state in large quantities. ‘The last fifteen years have witnessed the creation of the electric light, the el railway, the telephone, and a large variety of industries depending on electricity. Th: have opened new fields and fresh dema for labor. From our point of view to it seems edd that people could ever got along without those conven:ence: now are regarded as essertials of civiliza- tion and necessary to comfort. RENE BACHE. eS ROOSEVELT IS GAME. ‘That is Hix Reputation, Whether Op- posed by Man or Wild Animal. “The papers are having a good deal of fun with Theodore Roosevelt,” remarked a far northwestern Senator to a Star writer. “They make a mistake, however. Reosevelt should be taken seriously. When one knows the new president of the New York police board, there is very little chance for mirth. He is a man of the most tremendous energy, added to great bram pewer. He is what some Englishman once called a ‘steam engine in breeches.’ “For myself, without having any intimate acquaintance with him, I admire Theodore Recsevelt immensely. His force, his vigor- cus intelligence, and withal his honesty, have led me to like him. Besides that, he is a man of dauntless courage. We know a good’ deal of Roosevelt out west. You will hear of him all through the cattle ranges west of the Dakotas. He has fame there for absolute fearlessness. He has faced and killed more grizzly bears, for ene thing, than any two men who ever lived, and a man who enters into a personal con- _troversy with a grizzly bear, however welt ciganized he may be for the interview, must have his nerve with him. “Then the ranches out where Roosevelt cireulates have never been able to produce a bronco which he dared not ride. The wilder and more furious the animal, the mere smilingly and ingenuously ready was Roosevelt to mount him. And on these bronco as Well as on the bear occasions it was noticed that he showed those white teeth of his, just as he does on police oc- casions, and about which the New York papers feel such wondrous glee. “Aside from combats with bears and con- tests with broncos, Rooszvelt has unhesi- tatingly made valorous battle with three or four hard characters whose trails he cross- ed in his western rambles. One character, who was regarded as desperate, and who did business under the nom de guerre of Long Ike, once helped himself to a glass of whisky which’ Roosevelt had poured out. Tke evidently relied on his length, his six- shooter and his evil fame to make good his irrolence. He expected Roosevelt would submit tamely or pass it off as a joke. “He was wistaken. Roosevelt in an in- stant had holt of him like a tiger; and be- fore Ike had gotten the whisky, or any- thing else that he might boast of, he was thrown into the middle of the street. Even then he didn’t have peace, for Roosevelt was after him like a landslide, and had thrashed him lame and black and blue be- fore he was fiveeminutes oldzy, Our police beard president then returned ty the saloon perfectly calm, his white teeth making their usual exhibition. “Nor was Long Ike's scalp his only trophy. The annals of the northwest show others. Today he is famous through the whole upper Missouri and Yellowstone ccvntry as a man utterly game, and you would rot be able to find a chy-acter ‘so reckless of his own safety in that region who would for slight cause pull on trouble with Theodore Roosevelt. In the words of one who came in ccllision with him, ‘He's as clean strain game as a grizzly, and if there Is any live thing on earth he’s afraid of, I'd like to see its brand and learn its range. I'd want to keep away from it” ——— Reward. From the Chicago Record. Noblest words have not been spoken For the greatest throngs to hear, But are breathed in accents broken Into lonely sorrow’s ear, Noblest thoughts have not been written Ant embalmed by printer's art, But have soothed one mind, sore smitten, Are engraved on ove sad heart. Noblest viet’ry ne'er has hovered Where the grass drank rain of red, But has crowned mistukes recovered, Or repreachful words unsaid. THE EVENING STAR has a Larger Circulation in the Homes iE of Washington than all the Other x Papers of the City - Added Together, because it Stands Up Always for the Interests of the Peopie of Washington; Contains the Latest and. Fullest Local and General News; ‘ and Surpasses allthe ~ Other Papers in the City in the Variety > and Excellence of its Literary Features. It Literally Goes Everywhere, and is Read [ by, Everybody. It is, therefore, asa Local Advertising Medium, without “a Peer, Whether Cost or Measure of Publicity be Considered. RAILROADS. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Station corner of Gth and B streets. In effect June 28, 1895. 10:30 A.M. PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED.—Puilman Sleeping, Dining, Smoking and Observation Cars i isburg to Chicago, C pnatl, Indianapolis, Louls, Cleveland aud Toledo. r to Hurrisbure. FAST” LINE.—Pullmaa Buffet Parlor burg. Parlor and Dining Cars, Har- o Pittsburg. « ‘AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.— to Harrisburg. Sleep Cars, Harrisburz to St. Louis, ville’ and Chie: Buffet Farlor TERN EXPRESS.—Pallman Louis, and Sleep- a. RESS.—Puliman Sleeping i, Canandaigua, Rocheste, and Hy, except and Dining € Harrisburg to PACIFIC tly, 8:40 Dost, ster, Butt day, with Sa : Leep= aspeusion’ Bridge via for Erle. Canandaigua, Rochester, Buf- Magara Falls daliy, Sleeping Car Wash- Elunira. East. M. N BS ."" all Par- lor Cars with Dining Car from Balthmore, for New for Iphia week-days. t 7:05 (Dining Car), 10:30 ar), and 11:00 (Dinin, Regular (Dining 3 a ia only, Fast Expresa ess, 2:01 and 6:40 wetaay ttbout change, 7:50 A.M. weekdays, 15 P.M. datiy, timone, 6:25, 7205, 11:00, any 0, 6:05, 6:40, 5 5 For Pope's Creek Line, 7:20 A.M. and 4:36 P.M daily, except Sunda; For Annapulls, 7:20, P.M. daily, except and EM. Aulantic Coast Line. Express for Richmond, Jac\ souville and Tampa, 4:30 a. 20 P.M. daily. Richmond and Atlanta, 8:40 P.M. daily. Bich- Jy, 10:57 ALM. weell-di modition for Quantico, O45 A xandria for Washington, 6:05, 6:43, 10, 10 10:25 A.M., "1:00," 2:15, SEASHORE C¢ “TIONS. City, 9:00 Satund: |. Week days, 12:15 dails. For Cape May, 1 PM. we Tic A.M. (Soturdars only), 12 eek days, and 11:35 P.M. daliy. Mices, northeast corner of 13th street and nia avenue, and at w tien, 6th and re orders cau be left for the check- to destination from hotels and res- J. R, Woon, General Passenger Agent. eS, 1895. from station corner ae and of New pats. Louis ind India eapress, 120 nd, expres Fe x ington and Staunton, 11.30 a, For Wiuchester and waty ons, i For Luras, X: x3.10, 11.33 pan, iv, 25.10, 6.90, 'x8.00,_ 29.00, % For Annapolis, "7.10 and ‘3.30 a.t., 4:28 p.m. Sundays, 3.50 a.n:., 4.31, pin. i For Frederick, bY.00, a9.30, 211.30 a.m., b1.15, 04.30 For For For 3 p. itech Might. Boston und the ‘Can, Dining Car), 11 5 Dining Car), im. . ning C . AZOL mighty. Sleep! 10.00" pn lor Cara on all day trains. 55, 10.00 ‘and 11.30 a.m., g 30 p. 5 Car open for puss Buffer P = xExp Baggage called for reside Sy Union Trans! SOUTHERN RAILWAY. (Piedmont Air Line.) Schedule in effect May 19, 1895. All trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvania Passenger Station. 8:00 A.M.—Datiy- Local for Dauviile. Connects at Sunday. and and ru daily, tural Bridge and —Dally—The UNITED STATES Pullman Buffet Sieepers New on to Jucksonville, uniting at Char- « man Sleeper for Aug: also Pull- man Sleeper New York to Mentromery, with con- nection for New Orleans; connects at Atlanta vith Pullman Sleeper for Biriinghum, Memphis and St. o gait? P-M.—Local for Strasburg, dally, except Sun- iy. Manassas for Strasburg, daily, exce at Lynchburg with the and “with C. & 0. ing lotte with Pul arlottestille. ir \ AND SOUTH. WESTERN VESTTBU LIMITED, composed of Puliman Vestibuied Sieepors and Diniug Cars, Pall- man Sleepers Wasiington to Chattinooga, via Salis- $, Asheville and Ruoxy ew York to Mem- phis ‘via Birmingham, New York to New Orleans via Atlant, and Montgome-y, and New York to Tampa via Charlotte, Columbia and Jacksonville. Day Coach Washington to Jacksonville. Parlor Car Co: lumbia t Dining Car from Greensboro’ to Monte "TRAINS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND ROUN! HILL leave Washington 9:01 A.M. 39 P.M Sanday for Leeshurg; Aeturning, arrive at ¥ d 7:00 P.M. daily, ond day from Round i trains from the south airive at Washing- 2AM. 2:20 PAM. and 8:30 PM dais, Sunday, le. information 300 Pennsylvania ave- nue, aud at Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Sta- ton. W. H. GREEN, General Superintendent. aud JM. CULP, “Trattic ager. W. A. General Passenger Ag@nt. my20 L. 8. Brown, Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept. CUESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. Schedule in effect July 1, 1895. Trains leave dally from Cuton Station (B. and 6th and B si urough tie grandest scenery in America, with tt idsomest and pv mmplete solid train serv- ice west from Wasti Louis: ineipnatt and St. a 2:25 PM. DAILY. Wast ing sand St. Loui: to Louisville, without change from Washington. Arrive Cincinnati Indianapolis, 11:30 a.m., and Chic Louls, 6:45 p.m., Lexington, 8:35" au. ville, 11:50 a.m. DAILY.—The famous “F. F.V. Lim- id vestibuled train, with dining ‘ear an Sleepers for Cin tu, Lexington and Louisvitie,. without change. per Wash- ington, to” Vinginia Hot Springs. witlout elange, lve week days. Observation car from Hinton. Arr Cincinnatl, 5:50 i Louis. 240" p.m, Shite + and St Counecte tt Union Depot for_al = "M.,. EXCEPT SUNDAY.—For Old Point . Only rail Une. LY.—Express for Gordonsville, Vaynesboro", Staunton and pri hla points, dally; for Richitnond, daitr, ex ¥- ts at company’s of- fices, 513 and 1421 Pennsylvania avenue, = H.W. FULLER, General Passenger Agent. MEDICAL. 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