The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 30, 1897, Page 9

{ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1897. 9 MISSOURY THE NEW JERUSALEM Mormons to Build a Mas- | sive Temple at Inde- pendence. The Plan 10 Be Drawn and | the pians ana specifications upon which he { and nis adherens buitt & temple in Kirtland, { Opio. When it was completed and dedicated {0 ligh God, in acknowledgment :ddenly came to his temple” Joseph Smith and Oliver Cow- stending upon the breastwork of : temple and offering - 110, Book Doctrines venants.) Thus we see the prophecy of Malachi was { literaily fu'filled. The Lutter-day Saints have ser temples—one in Nauvoo, Ill., since been dcsiroyed by their ene- ur in Utab, the crowning work of mies, and fc which stands in Salt Lake City, and is more | th Israel was scattered in ancient days, and, | according to the Scriptures, must be gathered in the latter days. Ten tribes Were carried away to the north. Judsh is known all over | the earth, but the tribe of Ephraim 18 lost, lost both to himself and to ihe worid. No man to-day among the Gentile races can say that 1our times the size of the Temple of Solo- would be erected long before John the Revela tor's day. In the Pearl of Great Price is found the following relerence to it, given by the Lord to Enoch: “Righteousness and truth will T cause to sweep the earth as with u flood, to gather out mine elect from the four quar- ters of the earth unto & place which I shall prepere; & holy city, hat my people may gird up their loins and be looking forth for the time of my coming, for there shall be my tab- {ernacle and 1t suall be called Zion, u New | Jerusalem.” The Prophet Ether, who lived 400 B. C., was rmitted to sce 1n Visions of the future the g:lnlflul city of the New Jerusalem, ana he also saw that it should be built upon this land by the remnant of the seed of Joseph—a holy city unto the Lord—prior to the time of his coming. The word of the Lord through Joseph Smith, the prophet of the nineteenth century, de- clares that the 5pot selectea. by him as the site of the holy temple to be reared in this gen- eration is Independence, Jackson County, Mo., and sperking o the eit: hall be built | there the Lord says: “And it shall be calied T0 VENTURE OB NOT T0 VENTURE Mrs. Dimond Again Consid- ers the Matrimonial Problem, A Two Years’ Open Offer of the THE EMPORIUM. THE EMPORIUM. I THE EMPORIUM The Emporium Will Be Closed All Day Monday, May 3l, Decoration Day oy he is or is not of the tribe of Ephraim, but § Ephraim must be known, Israel gathered, the | of the latter days built up and a temple | ¢ Lord erected prior 1o the second coming | the New Jerusalem, & laud of peace, & city of refuge, & piace of safety for the sainis of the Most High God.” (Doc. and Cov., p. 1 " Watch Zi Given Man by the Divine Heart and Hand of Mr. Architect. A Revelation That the Site of the Garden of Eden Lies in the Mississippi Valley. The Mormons intend =oon to fulfill the word of prophecy, and in the doing thereof will crect a massive temple at In- dependence, Jackson County, Mo. The site, they by divinity. This temple surpassing anything tecture ever before es: of Jesus Christ of Lati n the way of archi- r-day Saints, and ate, has been revealed to them | 18 to be built on a scale far | ed by the Church | ; ol our Savior, when he will take vengeanee on the wicked. But the Christian worla seems to overlook the fact that Christ is to come to his temp'e. aud to be known in Zion and her palaces in the latter days, long refore his final coming 10 all bis glory. ' He has aiready come to his temple, and the day isat hand for the estab- lishment of Zion, when *God will be known in her palac " Already has Ephraim been “pushing the people together from the end of the carth.’’ lsrael has been gathering to the place prepared and held in reserve for this people by the Almighty. rophet Isaiah looking down tbrough the ages saw the picture as it now stands out n bold relief to all wh w. it with an ojudiced mind 1i:2, “And it shall 10 pass in the last days that the moun- tain of the Lord’s house shall be established in 0] ntains and shall be ex- , and all nations ghall day Saints fulfiil this prophecy the mountains of Utah. ophet of the living God, with Ive aposties at the head of the church and at temples, which together form the ELDER E. H. NYE, President 18 e froti thias sacted Wiitings that tho land of America (in the eves of the Almighty) | 15 choice above sil other lands on the face of | the earth and en so from the dawn of | creation. In what is now the Mississipp! Val- | Tey was the sacred spot where the Garden of :den stood. Here also will stand the holy city of New Jerusalem, the Zion of the latter days—this city which' was promised by the L b, ] d, foreseen by the prophets and described y John the Revelator. And when the hour of vengeance comes and the earth is' about to | receive her buptism of fire, When the words of | the spostie will be fuifilied, by all who are alive and have kept the iaith being caught up | to meet their Lord in the clouds, then shall this holy city be caughtup and all iis inhabi- tants to meet him in the air; and when the earth 13 purified and cleansed of the wicked- ness and abominations that are upon its iace the saints and the holy city will descend to the earth again preparatory for the great mil- lennial reign of our Lord and Savior. It was at this particular stage of progress when John the Revelator caught & glimpse of the city of tue New Jerusalem. FORESTERS HOLD BEEL The Members of the Local Courts Have a Gala Day at the Chutes. Sports in the Afternoon and a V.ude- ville Eatertainment in the Casino in th2 Evening. The Independent Order of Foresters had a gala day at the Chutes yesterday, after- noon and eyening. There was a good attendance during the afterncon, and | much enthusiasm was manifested in the | programme that was presented, and there "was considerable rivalry in the contests | | | | of the California Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. the plans are soon to be revealed by the Divine Architect. When constructed it will be the New Jerusalem, from which the people of God will ascend when the plagues are poured forth from the vials of God's wrath upon a scoffing and sinful world. Elder E. H. Nye, the president of the California Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will deliver a lecture on this subject of the temple to- night at Pythian Castle. He spoke very freely on the subject yesterday, and also vouchsafed the information that by divine revelation the site of ine Garden of Eden is known to members of his faith to have been iocated somewhere in the Mississippi Valley. His elucidation of the prophecies and their fulfillment, leading up 1o the founda- tion of the temple, is as follo As time rolls by the Lord reises up men to | work out his plans for the re children, to usner in dispensati Joseph Smith, the great Latt Prophet were given the keys snd power to ush “the dispensation of the fullness Having brought forth the Book the power of God. and he to the world an atthentic and d the predecessors of the Amer: was next commanded by th butld a temple to whicn the Lo in fulfillment of the words of Malachi: “Behold 1 willsena m and he shall prepare the way be the Lord whom ye seek shall sudd to his te: the messenger Covenant, t in, b shall come, Lord’ ot (Mal. fii:l.) Here it is clearly shown that before th ond advent of our Lord a messenger will be sent 1o prepare the way and 10 rear a te 10 his name, where he wouid come and reves himself to man. Look abroad upon the fac of the earth and you look in vain for a tem the plens and specifications of which been given by revelation from God. Mos ceived on the tu{; of Mount Sinai the p upon which he built the tabernacle in the wilderness, and when the building was com- the leted it was dedicated (0 the Most High God. | 150 was the temple of Solomon. Tc one can find temples almost innumerabl built to fmmortalize the name of some mam, sect or order, but a temple of the Lord is not found save among the Latter-day Saints. God revealed to his servant, Joseph Smith, NEW TO-DA' Specific No. 10 strengthens the Weak Stomach. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. 10 cures Dyspepsia. 10 corrects the Digestion. 10 tones up the Stomach. 10 makes the appetite keen. 10 preventsdistress after eating 10 relieves smokers’ heartburn. 10 steadies the Nerves. 10 removes liver spots. 10 gently assists Nature. No. 10 promotes health. No. 10 is only equaled in merit by “77” FOR CRIP Al druggists, or sent for 23¢, 50¢ or §1. MEDICAL BOOK.—Dr. Humplreys’ Hom- eopathic Manual of all Disiases maiied frae. Humpbreys' Med, Co,, cor. Willlam and John sts.. Now York. | bu { mountain of the Lord’s house. It is estab- I ops of the mountains, exalted s, on | nt. and people of all nations And thousands are coming up to of God, using in substance the e prophet, “Come ye and let us go ountai of Jacob; and he will teach us of will walk in his paths; for 1l go forth the law and the om Jerusalem.” (Dan. ii:3.) people have been going up to ter-any Zlon, for_the purpose of the Lord, that they The law has been e law of faitn, re- . the aying on of hands of the Holy Ghost; and as time e word of the Lord will go forth from Jerusalem. Already the Jews sre gath- ering to their promised land in immense num. his | out bers. This fact is well known to all. In 1843 Joseph Smith, {n obedience to a command of God, sent Apostie Orson Hyde to Jerusalem to go stand upon the Mount of Olivet and there in the name of the Lord remove from the land of Palestine ite curse that hed so long pre- vailed over i1, and also to dedicate the land to the gathering of the Jews, preparatory to the | coming of the Son of man. From that day a change hes been steadily wroughtin thatland, and the Jews are flowing in from other lands, particularly from Russia. The Lord is using the Czar of ia to drive the Jews from that land, And why? Because the day has come for them to gather back to their own land; ey will not go wilingly, hence the Lord | moves upon the Czar of Russia to rise upand oppress them and drive them out, that they might go to their own lands prior to the com- ing of their Messiah. The Zion of the Latter Days is to be estab- bed in Americs. Speal the Prophet Isaiah says (sixtieth cl “Arise, shine, for thy light is of Lord is risen upon darkness shall cover the he people, but tne and his glory shall n upoun thee.” learl re when Zion shall arise shine and the glory of the Lord will be seen upon darkness covers the earth and o what way will ppear? It is told in th chapter o1 Isaiah, fifth verse: ‘‘And von every dwelling-place on and upon her assembiles a | cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fize by night, for upon all the glory - a defense.”’ he Prophet David caught a glimpse of this | wondertul scene, as shown in his forty-eighth [ psim: “Great 1 the Lord and. greatly 10 be ot our God, in the moun- beautiful for situation; 5 y-eightn psalm: “For Io, e assembled, they passed by 1 saw it and they marvelea; they ubled and hasted away; lear | took hold upon them there and pain as of a woman in iravail” What did they see? They saw the cloud snd smoke by and_the | shining of a flamiag fire by night, and upon | the glory a defense over this wonderful city of | Zion, which, nceording to .the revelations of God fothe Prophet. Joseph Smith, will be es- hed at Independence, Jackson County, in this generation. According to the Book of Mormon and the #ook o Doctrines and Covenants, which are {he guldes of the Lutter-day Sainis, America isa land choice above all other lands to our heavenly Father, The Garden of Eden wes upon this land, in tho great Mississipvi Valley, and theve the city uf New Jerusalem will be built, the Zion of the Latier-day Saints, and the great tem- ple—which is to be much larger, grander and more magnificent than the one in Salt Lake City—snd there the promise will be fulfilled that the glory of the Lord shall rest upon it in the form of a cloud and simoke by day and the shiningof & flaming fire by night. Then &l who are permitted 10 go into that teraple shail | bebola the faco of the Son of God, and the prophecy of David will be rulfilled: | is known in her palaces for a refuge.” This eity of the New Jerusslem is to be built upon this land. This statement may conflict with the views entertained by orthodox Christians gonerally, because the only knowl. edge they have of that wonderful cityis the statement made by John the Revelator, when {he was permitted to behold the city coming | down out of heaven adorned as a bride for the bridegroom. But this is not the case with the Latter-day Saiuis. We have in our possession writings which clearly set forth the fact that ho.y men of Goa were permitted fo view the i | i box of tea; second prize, | seco | the backbone. of the | n of the Lord, to the house | sets forth the fact mn:ln day | for the various games. the list of winners of events: 100-yard race, with a_turn—First prize, box The following is the afternoon | of cigars; second prize, six bottles of some- thing nice. second. Young ladies’ race—First prize, an elegant fan; second prize, bottle perfumery. Won by Won by R.B. Parnell, E. Empy | Jenne Siattery, Jeannita Cohen second. Putiing sixteen-pound shot, for members of order—First prize, an order for a hat; second | prize, s halt-dozen botiles of perfume. B. L | Salomon, 25 feet 7 inches; P.J. Jarvis, 24 feet 6inches. Potato race—First prize, $2; second, $1. The distance to be covered in this contest measured 1530 feet and was wou by N. Crone, W. McBeth second and F. Adams third. Married ladies’ race—First prize, fiye-pound n_pounds beans. Mrs. O. J. Joly | Won by Mrs. Nellie Burns: nd. 3% and ladle race, for ladies—First prize, elogant box of candies; second prize, 100 vis- itiug cards. Mrs. Nellie Burns cawe 1n the winner, with Mrs. 0. J. Joiy second. Sack ‘race—First prize, one d zen bottles whisky; second prize, box of cigurs. Parnell and Empy won this race in the order men- | tiones | " Ovstacle race—First prize, a sweater or pair | of bicycle bloomers made to order; second prize, box of cigars. Empy was the winner, Coruell seeond. Hop, siep and jump—Prize, box of cigars. Won by Cornell. Wrestling exhibition—R. B. Cornell vs. G. Hilderbrandt of Olympie Club, This bout was very spirited and interesting. Cornell won. Four-round boxing exhibition between | Joseph Reay and IL Hilbert was lively while {itlasted. | The attendance at night was very large, | the Casino being crowded to its canacity | with _Independent Foresters and their friends, assembled to witness the enter- tainment that had been prepared for them by the committee composed of Ben 8. Solomon (chairman), L. A. Kern, T. P. Jarvis, 0. J. Jolly and W. L. White. G. | A. McEifresh, the high chief ranger, de- | livered an address, during which he gave | & concise history of the order, its objects and beneficiary features, and what he said was loudly applaaded. The following was | the programme presented : Selection by the Venetian ladles’ orchestra; vocal selections by ihie Knickerbocker quar- tet—First tenor. D. M. Lawrence; second tenor, C. M. Elliott; first : second | bass, L. A. Larsen; vio nzonetta' {Godard), (b) “Zabateado” Henry Larsen; whistling solo, Miss ‘Wetjen; | musical im{tations, William ~Massett; “La | Petite Rose,” the California Magnet and Han- nah Davis’ (late of Loie Fuller's Company. vocal solo, Mrs. Lonise Hansen; three-round boxing exhibition, members of lympie Club, M, Heyes vs. D, Whalen; 8. Carter vs, E. Sulli- van; wrestiing bout—L Epiro vs. D. Mahoney of the Olvmpic Club . Miller vs. ¥, But- ler of the Olympie Club; Vincent White vs. J. | Peterson of the Columbis Club; blackened | glove contest, C. Catheart vs. F. Carter. The entertainment as well as the sports during the day were voted a success. STRENGTH OF THE BRITIRH ARMY The Total of All the British Imperial Forces 1s 221,000. Recent returns show that the strength of the British imperial forces at home and abroad is very nearly 221,000 of all ranks, exclusive of the army reserve, and thus well in excess of the 219,955 provided for in the estimate of the year. Of the total nearly 106,000 ate at home, about 76,000 in Inaia, 4000 in Egypt, and the remainder are distributed over the Mediterranean garrisons and the colonies. At home there are, in round numbers, 26,000 troops in Ireland and 76,000 in anda and Wales. Of the large force required in India, the Bengal command has the greatest share of the 76,000, having some 24,000 British troolewhflu the Punjab command has 26,000, Madras and Burmah 14,000, Bombay 16,000, anG the remaider to complete the total are on passage. | “sontn Adrica bas intteriy occupied the services of a considerable number of im- perial troops, and there are still about 5000 men at the Cape and in Natal and in the territories which have recently been the scene of trouble. The garrisons of Gibraltar and Malta absorb over 14,000 men, the West Indies about 3000, the West African colonies 1000, Hongkong nearly 3000, the Straits Settiements 1500, Ceylon rather more and Mauritius 1000. In Australia there are no imperial troops; in the Canadian Dominion some 150). Ot all the foreizn military stations Cyprus and St. Helena are the smallest. the for- mer having about 150 British troops ana the latter not 800. For the most of the colonies the numbers include soecial local corps ol natives, as the Malta artiilery, the Ceylon artillery and engineers, the Hong- kong regiment and the West Indian regi- ment; but the great Indian native army is, of course, sdditional to the 76,000 im- perial troops quartered in the great depen- dency.—Boston Transcript. —————— Lese Majoste. A queer case of lese m Adolf Hamburger, in Asc lenburg, Ba- varis. During a conversatfon in the tailor-shop of his father he .made aruae remark about crazy King Guo. One of those present was & deaf and dumb work- man, who, of course, did not hear this re- mark, but who, noticiag the look of con- sternation on the faces of the others, had i scribed for him on a piece of paper. Several years passed and nothing came of it, until one day the deaf mute quarreled with the son of his employer, aud then went and denounced him. The court city tn its glory sud learn from Bim where it [ sent the young man to jail for six months. Briggs of Yokohama. A Moonlight Fiooded Deck, Inquisitive Passengers and a Unique Proposal. “Once bit, twice shy,” is the way Mrs. Dimond sententiously sums up her Jatest love affair, offering the trite old gxiom as her only excuse for keeping the “‘dearest, sweetest fellow in all the world'’ waiting for the answer which 13 to make him the happiest or most miserable of men. The fair and buxom Carey is perturbed. Her plans are indefirite and her opportu- nities many. With her it is the embar- rassment of riches. Should she decide to continue to sail her craft on the turbulent waters of a theatrical sea there isthe Mon- tana angel awaiting to launch her on the gay New Worla metropolis. Should she desire to return to the home of Ler girlhood, again does fortune smile on her—her stepmother has recently passed from this worid of care—and Mr. Higley, her noble sire, stands ready to welcome her to his heart, hearth ana home. Last, but not least, there is a handsome young Yokohama merchant who is praying and watching for her in Ris Far Eastorn honte and who generously lets his offer stand open for two years. This latest romance of Mrs. Dimond is quite the most romantic of her not un- eventful life. It 1eadslike a chapter of a to-be-continued-in-our-next story, and opens with that delightful clause, “‘Once upon a time."” This is the way Mrs. Dimond tells it, accenting the telling points with rippling laughter or deep sighs, just as the situa- tion demands. “It was on my way down on the Coptic, when Idetermined to go back and battle for my righ! He was seated at my leflt at the purser’s table, and incidentaily our conversation turned on Iowa, its customs and its people. ‘Do you kno'w any people in Cedar Rapds?’ he asked. ‘I passed through there fifteen years azo and at- tended a wedding. One of the brides- maids was a little schoolgirl with the merriest laugh it has ever been the lot of a poor mortal to hear. I have traveled halt over the world to hear that laugh once again.’ I laughed—I could not help it—and he recognized me. ‘You are Carey Heyley,’ he said, and from that mo- ment we became fast friends.” Mrs. Dimond tells of the tete-a-tetes with only the pale moonlight sbining cn the water to play ciaperone, and of the Yokobama merchant's growing interest in the girl with the merry laugh. “Then I told him all,”” said Mrs. Di- mond, *or I should say, 1 gave him the papers, in which the case wasso widely exploited. He took them down to his cabin znd came up two hours later, his eyes red and swollen. ‘You poor little woman,” he said, ‘I did not mean to speak just yet, but I must tell you what is on my heart. First let me tell you, that if it be best for vou and your interest to effect a reconciliation with Mr. Dimond do so. If not, and you can see it in that light, come out to me in Yokohama. 1 want you for my wife ” This unselfish declaration so touched the sensitive heart of the iaudy that it ap- pears it was only the inquisitive passen- gers on deck who kept her from flinging her arms then and there about his neck. And then he sailed away to his Far East- ern home. Each steamer brings 10 the fair divorcee tender letters filled with sugary speeches and devotion. Each one couciudes with a wait and hope expres- sion, and Mrs. Dimond is seriously con- templating the givine to his care, in tue near ruture, her undivided attention. The name of the chivalrous gentleman Mrs. Dimond decided to keep to hereelf, but in her enthusiasm it slipped out, and it is just plain and ordinary Briggs—Mr. Briggs of Yokohama. At present Mrs. Dimond {s sharing her querters at a downtown hotel with Mrs. Jennie Douglass—she of new-woman fame, whose husband procnred a divorce recently on the ground that she was too progressive. She acts as a chserful anti- dote to Mrs. Dimond’s frequent attacks of the biues and is altogethiur, according to her hostess’ opinion, invaluable, In the midst of all her cares and multi- tudinous plans Mrs, Dimond finds time to think of her sisters in distress, *“l am so sorry for Mrs. Abell,”” she said, “I will call on her to-morrow. RINGING THE BELL AND RUNNING. A Pastime That Seems to Be Disap- pearing From the >ports of Youth. “In the days when knockers graced the house door,” said Mr. Sioggleton, ‘“‘the small boy found sport in banging the knocker and running. When bells came in he»{ nked on the bell-pull and then fled. owadays he mysteriously presses the button, but the sport of calling people to the door for nothing is not what it was, and jt seems probable that with the gen- eral introduction of the push-buiton it will finally fall into decadence. “'There was some fun in pounding with the door-knocker, whose thunder rever- berated through tne hall and filled the house, all of which you could hear your- sell. And you could yank the bell-pull out to the limit, causing the bell to fly almost off the epring; there was fun in But there is no_such fun in push- ing ip a push-button. You can press that in perha: quarter of an incn, and that is all you can do with it. Bay you are in the vestibule of a tlat. Very likely you don’t hear the bell ring at all; it may be that it is up three or four flights of stairs; you hear no sound. Nobody comes to the door; you don’t have'‘to run. Possibly the people whose bell you have rung ma; press a button up there in the air som where and you may bear the click of the door-opener at your side, or they may not doeven that. “It is dry fun; not like the old slambang knocker on the outside of the door, or the bell-PuIl with the jingle bell right in the nall.”—New York Sun. P e R Downright Destitution. She was not & woman who could see suffering without waniing to give reli “1 think,” s:.e said to her husband, “that something ougnt to be done for the Barkers in the next block. I don’t be- lieve the neighbors realize how desper- ately poor they are.” *Why, I thought they were fairly well off,’”” he answered in surprise. “On, dear, no,” she explained. *‘They have to endure all sorts of privations. Why, they only have one bicycle in the family, and even that is not a’97 wheel.” —Chicago Post. Tl e An Illustration at Hand, the world,” sagely observed Mr. ver knows what the other half “Ha Billus, is doing. “That's generally true,’’ retorted Mrs. Billus, eving him sharply, “‘as to the better hall.”—Chicago Tribune. (o St ApvaNces made on furnl and. planos with or without removal, Noonau, 1017-1073 Mission, % The Emporium, Jorour Startling i nnouncement in g e mormng hapers | Juesday), June.l. A ! < o [} NOVICES MADE 600D TARGETS Heavy Batteries of the Third Artillery in Practice. “ Indirect Aiming” by M:ans of the Raoge-Finder a Great Succass. A New Mechanical Apparatus for Making Correctio:s for Wind, Velcceity, Etc The eight heavy batteries of the Third Artillery stationed at Angel Island, Alca: traz, Fort Mason and the Presidio com- pleted their annual target practice with the heavy rifled armament at the Presidio on Friday. Each battery fired three rounds from the 12-inch breech-loading ritled mortar and three rounds from the 12-inch breech-loading steel rifles. None of the batteries had ever fired these guns beiore, but for all that the targets made were exceptionally good. In the mortars an 800-pound shell was fired at ranges of 7200 and 5000 yards. For the former 70 pounds of brown pris- matic powder was used and for the short range 453 pounds. For these ranges the mortar is given an elevation between fifty and sixty degress and the shot takes nearly a minute i its flignt through the air. With the 70-pound charge the shell starts with a velocity of nearly 1000 feet a second and strikes with a velocity of about 100 feet less, but still quite sufficient to penetrate the decks and vottom of any ship afloat. Grouped in bauteries of six- teen and having a range of six miles these mortars will prove most formidable | weapons. The firing is done by electricity, but the most interesting part is the aiming. As the target is not in sight, what is called “indirect aiming'’ is resorted to. Observers were stationed at Points Bonita and Lobos, provided with an accurate instru- ment for measuring horizontal angle something like a large theodolite. Thes: angles were sent by telephone to the cen- trai station at the mortar battery. These angles were then plaited on a large chart of the harbor, thus locating the exact position of the target. From this same chart were taken the distance to the target, and the exact angle at which the moriar must be set to point toward the target. By means of carefully computed range- tables, the elevation for the particular range and initial velocity is then taken out and the gun set. At these long ranges, owing to the ro- tation of the shot in the air and the long tims of its flight, ch»rojecmc swerves to the right. If pointed direct av a target 7000 yards away the projectile wodld strike at a point something over 400 yards to the right of the target. The proper al- lowance for this drift must be carefully computed and applied in setting. Ina similar way the point where the shot strikes is platted, and by measure- ments its exact deviation, right and left, over and_short, of the target becomes known. From these data the proper cor- rections are made in the next sot. The assumed target for the mortars is an imaginary rectangle on the water, 100 yards by 20 vards, representing the deck ofa ship. The hits are given different values, according to their position in this rectangle. For the 12-inch rifle the range was 6775 yards and two_sized charges were used, the larger of 360 pounds brown prismatic owder made by the California Powder E"orkl. The projectile weizhs 1000 pounds nd starts with the high velocity of 1725 [eet & second. A 1000 yards this shot would penetrate about twenty inches of steel. Owing to the slow - burning nature of the powder used in all heavy guns the shock of discharge is much less severe than in many field pieces using quick-burning powder. Noinconvenience was suffered by standing quite close to the gun during discharge. The target was a 8 buoy located L yond the outer heads. The gene method of locating the target and plat- ting the shots was the same as in the mor- tar firing, as at that range the arget is indistin=uishable; but in addition use was made of the Lewis range-finder and | | | | | { | | successfnily used. the Rafferty relocator recently installed. The range-finder, by simply pointing a telescope at the object, gives at a glance its true direction and distance. These are then mechanically transformed by the locator into the corresponding elements for the particular gnn-firing. The shots are platted on a vertical target 210 feet by 35 feet, representing the side of a man-of-war. A ldrge proportion of the shots fell close to the spar buoy, and nearly all would have hit a vesiel an- chored in that position. For tiring the rifle a new plece of appa- ratus, devised by Captain Pratt, Third Artillery, commanding Fort Mason, was This machine me- chanically makes the necessary oorrece- tions for wind velocity, etc., and the ret sulting elevation for the gun is read off a, a glance. It thus saves much computing- m::& is certain to be adopted by the ar tillery. ONE NAME FOR BROADWAY A Plan to Make a Single Thoroughfare of It From Bowling Green to Yonkers. Incidental to the proposition now pend- ing to construct a bridge across the Spuy- ten Duyvil Creek at Kingsbridge in place | of the present footbridge there is & move- ment to'drop the various names given to parts of Broadway. 1t forms a continuous thoroughfare from Bowling Green to the Yonkers line and it 18 proposed to give the title Broadway to the whole?! of it. At present it is Broadway to_Fifty-ninth siraet, thew it becomes ‘the Boulevard as far as One Hundred and Seventieth street, from there to Spuyten Duyvil Creek it is ! the Kingsbridge road and in the Twe fonrth Ward 1t again becomes Broadway. Wkhen, how and why the chief business thoroughlfare of the Greater New York was first called “Broadway” is one of the mysteries of Gotham. It is not broad, and many other streets, the Bowery con- spicuously, are better entitled to such a designation. Originally, in fact, in old New York, lower Broadway was called Heere sirza. Afterward the northern portion was called Great George street, under the Foglish rule, and the extreme pper Broadway was called Bloomingdale road. In the early part of the centary Broadway had alength of about two miles only, the lower half being paved. On either side of it were dwelling-houses of brick, and it is one of the distinctions of Broadway that_the first sidewalk con- structed in New York was built on it be- tween Vesey and Murray streets. The early chronicles of Broadway’s growth seem to the present generation of New Yorkers somewhat remarkable, for at what was calied Anthony street Broad way plunged sharply into the Canal street val- ley, between Fresh Water Pond and the Lispenard Meadows, and at what is now Astor place Broadway ceased, being crossed at this point by the wall of the Randall farm. This wall put a stop tem- porarily to the growth of Broadway, but the removal of the obstacle was onlya part improvement, for many years after- ward the upper part of Broadway, north of Thirty-fourth street, was widened, and the proceedings not only consumed much time, but also entailed cost and litigation. The extension of Broadway across t Spuyten Duyvil Creek line by the con- struction of the bridge at Kingsbridge, in the annexed district, is part of the local improvements which are incident to the construction of the Harlem River ship canal. For several years work has been going on there and the channel has been greatly improved. The work is under the direction of the chief engineer of the United States army. The project of making a navigable connection between the Hudson River tock shape more than twently years ago, a survey of the route having been made in 1874. The first appropriation was made in 1878, and plans for the work were com- pleted in 1879, to July 1 last the total expenditure on the Harlem ship canal wae $1,000,000 of the estimated cost of $2,700,000, but the bridgs, which, it is ex- ected, will aid in the development of Tpper’ Broadway, is not to be paid_for from this fund, but by the city of New York under bond issues authorized by the Legislature for bridees. Broadway may not be, technically, a broadway, but the amount of business done on 1t continues to be larger than that done on any other street in. the United States, probably. It isone of the duties of the Board of Aldermen to supervise the street names, and the attention of its members has been invited to Upper Broad- way.—New York Sun. g gios 1N Hard Times for the Rich. Alas for Dives! whom every reformer wants to reform, whom every Socialist wants to strip, whom every Populist wants to loot, whom every demagogus wants to fatten on and every promoter and philan- thropist and college presidentand trustee of schaol or hospital r mnsenm to **in- terest.” Alas for him! Tnere was an Attlla who was a scourge _and a Charles who was a hammer. Our Dives is neither, but a far milder thing—a pocket. Every rascal tries to dip into him; good men warn him that he should relax hisstrings; bad men tlreaten to rip him up, and 1n the intervals between assaults his own conscience warns him that he has far more than his proper share of this worlds’s goods. He 1s not happier in this world than most of us, and for the world to come the scripture gives him only slight encouragement to hope for tetter times. What shall we say to him? Not much—there is no need; he talk to himself. But what we do say, let us say to him directly and let it be comforting if possible. Let him try to be honest. That is al Scribner’'s Magazine. ————— A New York woman has invented a hat- box which will prevent-the crushing ot the hats when in transit. It consists of a box baving removable outer covers, the inner covers having holes into which the haterowns fit and the box being filled with a springy material 10 hold the hats rigid in their places, Can You Remember, Sweetheart ? Was it— Ah, Ha! Why, of course. 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