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SOAPSTONE QUARRIES
Twenty-fveof Them in thef Neigh
borhood of Wish on.
PRIMITIVE CUTTfllN -HOPS.
a h smos 4am5 taswsr?.. .? eile V.ecal
smp-Wb she itetium. "...-uvs. Theae
.ise e Iip... .t . -ts .. of eep
aga...aset...a.4e re
IIFIr HAP BEEN
-a :lk in the news
J . ;r' Lately abent the
i erer ct a wonder
(:1 .J ,. . ptone quarry
wo.r .1 ar. forwer times
I, thae idana. Ibis
wa.- , Rh-e Island
an.l :t was de.crtbed ao
i *Ir'ilue. Neverthe
l-.e tb-re are at least
ta. .:--n'esachaborag
anal quarrses of soap
stone in the neighbor
heed ot Washington. The. biggest of them
g@-ft bet, the most extesive one known- is
t fe Dibtrict of Columbia. -loe by Conneeti
r avene eatended. Such quarries are found
e 1mg Vargna and Mlaryland.
Te .E ot
a ,'omsn
71,
Thse meepetotne quarres tarta-h.. the cook
n uteasai employed by th Indiana an times
ge by. Everybody knows that this stone re
E the action of fire. and that Is the reason
why it is much emplyedat prem.-nt for mantela.
C e and facirtn for fire-place... Many old
",.ed firepac-. in targinia are made of
sgetouae .lab... I here ate many p. of le today
whe emeader that a bn.knbe.at rake is not a
fidy tru buck wheat cake untles at is cooked
ma mapstone griddle. orilid'.- of that ma
bea. haweve . are not in fa, ,r a ith mot cooks,
==n-- at takes a long while t, heat them.
t3DiAa 4.Watso vr!5ELC.
The Indiana used to cut their cooking res
gis eat of the moap-stone rock with lint knives,
gaeging and hollowing out each one before
estung it- bottom away from the matrix. This
tn because it was mnch -a-ser to do the
gig =.. the b.wl .r p' that was to be
Ue- irmi icld .lo.t elaborat- p:pee were
ele carsed by the ahrigine. ,.at .! tns u noe
otebrial. .rip stone t+ :.: perrnt .mst ri r x
Ismvely an hvery -amt "po:. a - r. it was
barmerly t out by the Intamn.a. an in Fairfax
Matt. Th cenans report on mines anad
mthg Just issaed rsat.- that in re~e 12.715
set tems of ordinaary soapstone. -alued at
r1.7. were prowdtaced in the I nitcd Statee.
-is very widely ditr:b.ted. being found in
. bse. stas and one territory. Gteelogists
r is a "bvdrated silacate of magn-sia." It
ias its emmon name from the soap. feeling
wmch it bas to the tour h.
Tin rs[ ra 'OAeTOaE
l *e present day are miany and varions. One
of it. mist important employment. Ia in the
mamafature of lanntry tubs and bath tuba.
It does not abesorb g-e:a.... and is estily cleansed
by washing. It ha. recently received sone at
nastion as a material for tireproof. waterproof
mad acadproof anint. In thi. shape it is utilized
as a protective covering for iron and steel ships,
R preserving wm-stone ant sandstone strue
bees agansut atmospheric changes and in a
Mosr of smilar way. In thi applicntion
eg oapases to the arts C'hina is far ahead. In
fD mosey sospeosk is largely used for pre
emactures composed of stones which
= = to diaumrate under atamospheric in
twsme.n aned the covering of powdered soap
w a the fern of paint on some obelirs in
~s n aid to hre preserved those imone
Moet act fer hundreds of years Thee
tems aet- of its grain adapts sapsptone
s_. y flor the manufa_ .,.re of a protective
ofsuw ote as aefrsetia its ftilied for
glassaadptos a are.fo thed mfac
e interiardwthe coveringf porderessing
msad teathe. and servn tdhlteran-i
oni apt fo aundeso nber. optoe ci
thto a iscs o chalrn ads mataore
aealye asThe messfls eue froa tecive
2006 tebs ndns pwere cadhre away to
* labese andth tne eofewhere it knewnure
esall grea wcaer amnd toubebing utone.
ma pevh vo howsdpt bwere heade ande
ammer a pood mrblae for athearefc
be iasei r Tal coerierra, for ressn.
Thsi a batbr aot af oan adsterqarrid
m Gvesoa. N.le an. rwhich igprtunariy
'enml to ad schor ilen a ma tr afoppr.
~e hmaliht blTh tanme. wch givem to livhe
a lasedeat wees cied awatye in
wi ersal tielt pcaper. nring sornes.
behse a poor sante aute o eatew
,na b1t ahU cnUaetaarge exen in the
The.maurousadmit of tsoaprtfe qncrpred
ae wt th tr n eaanate of lim sa.
t mai blThetne wrod cho tiles ton the
M Monesgat whienesur is* n 2s3,7in
tla petraeri. for usan makhn puar
$ sdae cy maciner to vr e ponwdi te
a e~eh shapeites packed teh and dlvrdt h
adrte amit of "tsunerael pal.p.n
3~ abi Thca- ptcon r a.. ido
ambee atdUiscvery of n ancien wasdian4
thwheeInhaseponag beogt for.ueImkn Ipaher
*bse a myery hiertoo vert orce pte
desighmshape ta frecked aenstd dae-to btaha
cashka the f hymie o mateki polane. va
A ss aed b thsei ch mbrsr.a
WIMe t ek a be dasas bto hae tea
M eimretdsor of alltemaciet thdearnm
h m metr. ihet fom hat Ue Sthe
u s e aermvy ocutoe the rhotit
$s tsse ee rho ter eldeditions. lAa
3m b y of e ay bee ma toshaveio near
and.~ Mr.as Beofs te gnited thithtr.
a es leag-eeght gforr th rhyith
M i was m uma this qurry that the
heso eemd which have been found an
U m iea s eigial village uitse and
ot the retene efthme
et Measu~a a d-times red men.
H is -n of e mest epertoat Indis.
~messid as - mebi awup~m lumps
heh wasds ~i. It was a es
beeagbee is
-samme a Ama.. a this= a
weed The lest eps se, .bkeid in aM.,
where the trace- ef very eutensive guarriss see
to to seen to this day. The Ohio int had also
a handsome color, resembling agate somewat.
INN oLD VOICAIC LAVA
whi< h the Indiat., obtained from South Mem
tai. near Getty.b'irr, resembles In appearance
a lark gra. slate. Scattered about the old en
ravsta1rn are mi==ss= of refuse and thousands
o' N"fasures -that i. to nay, bits which were
found not to adapt themselves readily to work
iag. Mr. Holmes also brought away scores of
stone hammers, with which the implements
were shaped. The latter were com
roughed oat at the quarry and were carried
to the villages to be finished. Threughout the
Chesapeake region numbers of such roughed
out tools are discovered to this day in spots
where they were cached.
ranrrrrva cvrr.zar saore.
These cache, were collections made for pur
poses of barter and exchang. They were the
cutlery shops of a primitive age. It will be
readily understood that all of the Indians of a
tribe did not go to South mountain for the pur
pose of quarrying rhyolite. Some of them who
did go carried away a great quantity more than
they needed for themselves, distributing among
neighbors and friends what they did not re
quire for themselves. It was most convenient
to deposit the articles together in some plaee of
concealment, whence they could readily obtain
them for trading. There was a great trade in
these days for such cutlery ware among tribes
widely separated geographically. The Indians
who lived near the coast and along the Poto
ma.n where their ancient villages are still marked
by the shell heaps they left behind, exchanged
marine shells, dried fish, dried oysters and
clams and other such merchandise for the
copper and pipestone which the savages of
the region of the great lakes had for sale.
And so it was with other things. One cache
of the sort described. found in Ohio, con
tained more than 8,000 flint implements. It
was a cutlery shop of the first class.
NAPOLEON HIS WATNE..
Death of an Old Man Who Meld He Was
the Sen of the "Ltttie Corporal."
There died at the county infirmary at Find
lay. Ohio. yesterday morning an old man named
Paul Jordan, who has always declared that he
was an illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte.
and that he was born at Paris in 1788, which
statement, if true, would make him at the time
of his death one hundred and six years of age.
Jordan's story as told by him on many di
ferent occasions was to t4e effect that he went
to Egypt in 1796 with Napoleon upon his
famous expedition to the pyramids and that he
iJordan was captured by the Turks. living
with them for several years-a nomadic life. He
was afterward released by some Jews and lived
in Jerusalem until a short time after his re
1puted father was banished to the Island pf St.
Helena.
Jordan has lived as an inmate of the Hance
County Infirmary for the past ten years. hav
ing been found in a bewildered condition in the
southern part of the county, unable to give an
account of himself. He afterward proved to
be able to speak French fluently and was con
versant with several of the dialects of the Tar
i tars and nomadic Turks. His name was given
him by the Jews.
The story seems incredible, but Jordan, who
as a fine-looking man, with an unusually large
head and fne broad features, bore a remarkable
resemblance to the distinguished Boae.
Jordan had remarkably small and te
hands (Bosa is's most characteristic feature)
and It could be said they were of feminine pro
portions. Other circumstances also lead every
hody at Findlay to believe that Jordan's story was
correct and that he was the son of the faouin
soldier.
Rapid Transit In !ew Orleans.
A deal has just been made by which the prop
erties of the New Orleans City and Lake rail
road and the Crescent City railroad pass under
the control of a syndicate composed of northern
and local capitalists. Although the purchase at
present includes only the systems named, it is
believed that other interests will soon be
absorbed by the new combination. The man
agers of the syndicate do not care to speak of
their plans, but it is said as a fact that wost
will be begun within the next thirty days to equip
the lines in the combination with electric
power, the mule disappearing with the intro
duction of the new system. The deal means
also that the profile cf Canal street will be
changed and that the car stands will be aban
doned. The money necessary to complete the
purchase will be furnished by the Seligmane of
New York. Mr. Seligman will be president of
the controlling company and Morris J. Hart of
New Orleans will be vice president and general
manager. The money necessary to complete
the purchase and to equip the lines is said to be
$10,000,000.
Snielde of One of the Dupents.
Louis Dupont, aged twenty-six years, a son
of the late French Dupont, who was a member
of the Dupont Powder Making Company at
Wilmington, DeL, shot himself with suicidal in
tent yesterday afternoon at the elub hose of
the Wrilmington Club, a social organization
composed of the leading citizens of thatciy
The bullet pierced his brain and death rsle
intantly. Temporary insanity is the alleged
cause of the suicide. Decease:d wan a graduate
of Yale College and was a student at the Bar
vard Law Behool for a year.
Makers of WIlle Must Otiserve Law.
The New York supreme court in the ratifica
tion of the report of a referee again shows that
makers of wills cannot do as they like with
their own unless they dispoee of their effects as
the law ordains. Sarah Ferguson, a spinster,
left about a millin of dollars when she died in
New York city on June 4. 1887. Her will was
drawn by her brother. Edward, in an original
way. He wan also a witness of the will. It first
provides: "I bequeath to may executors in trust
the sum of $5,000 to he distributed as they
may behxeve to be my wishes." A list of char
itable institni mnn to which the money was to be
given was found among her efects, but, as It
was not part of the will, the referee decides that
the clanee is invalid for indefiniteness. She
directed that three-fourthe of the residue be
disthbuated in equal shares aogher nephews,
IEdward 1., Henry and Walton Fegsnand
HenryM. Davey, andi her nieces, Harsh U. and
Elizabeth D. Ferguson. Thin clauae in held to
be valid. She then provides: "The remainder,
one-quarter. I leave in trust as follows: To Ed
ward M. Ferguson, Henr Ferguson, Walton
Ferguson and Elizabeth D. Fegsnshare and
share alike''
The referee decides that this clause in at
tempting to dinpuse of a residue of a residne ts
invalid as a trust or as a direct bequest and that
this share should be distributed amsong the kin.
She had maade no provision for her brother Ed
ward in the will, but as one of the nsarset
her kin pat of her property is now forced upos
his estate.
Consultting Ged Autheeity.
lrnn Warper's naa.
Young De Merritt-"Miss Winnie, there is a
little question I hare long been wating to ask
you, but every time the words have risen to my
lip. there has been sess interruption. Do
you
Miss Winnie-"Do not bstate, Mr..De Use
ritt-George"
Young DN lerritt-"I was gesIg to ash yen
do you think a pg dog has.7n brains?'
Nee Weddimg Uremsit.
hess rper~. 3ama.
CYCLISTS CELEBRATE
Erd ftieat Eijass s..mfr
Whealman.
OYSTER ROAST AND ?MOKER.
A "Pit Time" Majeyes aO the Chaain Ustge
R-a.e Zteesaami-t- of the Capital
Club-Nes Wrenam the Other leoal Osgent.
0YTOLING IS A
Smeans selscted by many
hundred psoos is tis
city bg which they are
enabled to spend many
pleasant daye and even
ings, but as the condi
tion of the roads outs
an important feature in
the sport, the summer
time is its most favor
able season. Following
the hot weather the cool
mornings and evenings
of the fall months afford the wheelmen much
pleasure, and not until the weather becomes
cold or rainy are the country runs abandoned
by the numerous clubs. The past season was
probably the most enjoyable in bicycle circles
for numerous reasons, one, and perhaps the
principal one, being the much improved con
dition of the roads in and about the District.
Last summer's meet of the League of American
Wheelmen proved such a success and left the
treasury of the local division in such a healthy
condition that the new officers of the league
concluded to give the members a big time in
the country. Last Wednesday nght was the
time selected for the affair, and nearly 200
wheelmen enjoyed the big oyster roast and
smoker which was one of the many successful
events of the local division.
Chief Consul Stinemets, Vice Consul Church
ill and Secretary Stearns did the work con
nected with the run, and to them belongs the
credit of the successfulevent. The place selected
was the grounds of the new hotel on the hill
overlooking the Potomac from the Virginia
of the river at the Chain bridge. A large
trench was dug in the ground, and the iron
plates were arranged in a manner to give plenty
of room for the heavy pine logs that made a
red-hot Are. Three dozen barrels of fine
luscious bivalves were provided, and the ap
proach of the wheel procession was a signal for
starting the roast. The oysters were spread
over the fire, and soon the wheehuen with their
oyster knives appeared and made the roasted
product of the Chesapeake disappear.
On tables about the hotel was a plentiful sup
ply of the fnest smoking tobacco and clay pipes,
and the volumes of smoke ascending in the
air was enough to purify the atmosphere
of the surrounding country. After enjoying
the bivalves a large log fire provided warmth
enough to make it comfortable out of doors for
the wheelmen, and while enjoying the hospi
talities of the hotel proprietor they listened to
speeches by the officers and several members
of the L. A. W., who said words of congratula
tion for the division members who had been
ihetrunmental in increasing the membership
from 250 to nearly 1,000 during the annual meet
last summer.
The large caumpfre being upon such a high
hill illuminated the country for some distance
around and was plainly seen from Georgetown
Heights. The affair laste I until a late hour,
when the wheelmen mounted their silent steeds
and stole through Georgetown without even
arousing a sleeping policeman.
The clbs have not done much in the way of
bicycling since Sunday before Thanksgiving,
the only run last Sunday being made by the
Georgetown Cycle Club. Capt. Cook had issued
a cel fora run and at 11 a.m. he had a good
representation of club members at the starting
place, 32d and M streets. In just eighty-five
minutes from the time the start was made the
wheelmem were ferrying across the ild waters
of the Potomac below the Great Falls, in their
eforts to reach the other side, where is situated
the old homestead of the Dickey family. It is
the where for many years there lived an
etizen known as "tncle Dick," who suc
eseded the father of his country as the occu
pant of the building used as the headquarters
of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company.
A son of the lye "Uncle Dick" has charge of
the place, and to the wheelmen be is known as
"Capt." Dickey. He is called captain for the
reason that he can row a boat through the
rapids with no apparent danger.
on the trip up the road the wheelmen did not
make a ingle dismount. Their message to the
keeper of the county tavern had gone astray
but it took but a short time after their arrival
for a member of the family to decapitate a
number of fowls, while another filled the oven
with biscuits, and then the disappearing act
was begun. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
wheelmen left Dickey's and returned home.
On account of the cool evenings Capt. Cook has
abandoned the Wednesday night run, but will
continue the Sunday run whenever the weather
and roads permit.
The committee has about completed arrange
ments for the big smoker to be held at Odd
Fellows' Hall Monday night. A musical and
literary entertainment has been provided, and
the club expects to entertain many of its friends
on the occasion of the club's first indoor
event.
T7E CAPITAL i. CLUD.
Now that the winter season ham about ar
rived the Capital Bicycle Club's Indoor enter
tain="nts have begun. The first club affair,
with the exception of the opening night, oc
curred hint night, the affair being a club ger
nan. Many friends of the club accepted the
club's hompitality and spent a pleasant evening
in the spaclus dancing room in the club's home.
Congrtulations are in order for the club's
whist team for the hat of their numerous vic
tories when playing out of town. Last week
the whist team went to Delaware 'and played a
seris of thirty-mix hands duplicate whist with
the Wilmington Whist Club and, assusual, they
carried of the honors, winning by eight points.
An Invitation to play the Hamilton Club of
Ph~iaelphia has been aqcepted and the contest
will be played between now and Christmas.
There will be a four and an eight-hand contest
with this club.
TEE cOLU~niA CICLE cLUE.
.It has been a long time ince there was a
regular club run of the Columbia Cycle Club,
probably becatue the club has been without a
captain and the first lieutenant has not taken
an active Interest In road runs. The election
of odiee will takeae Monday evening and
after then it la thuh that the successful can
didate for the caancywill give the members
more sport on the road.
The pool tournament of the club closed the
wee, esss.Humphrey, Doraett and Jose
rigthe fnaals. Snyder was entitled to pa
tin the finals, but buinees prevente his
.Wittenn. Jose won the first prise,
a umbrella, while the second p rIse,
a silver-mounted aene, was captured by Albert
Tomoro, if the weather prmits, a number
of the club amembers will ride to Baltimore,
stoping at Ashton for dinner.
orEsn cLUne.
The Arlington Club has not been on the road
inee Thanksgiving day, when they started for
Ocoquma Falls. Owing to the late start they
enly rode as far as Lorton, where they had din
ner and returned hoe.
Laet Sunday several members of the Crescent
Century Club went up the Conduit road, but
there was no regular club run. The club has
adopted a new e-mlm, and neit season the
members vill probebly wear geld badgs,
."The gusmtion of a free poetal delivery in the
semil dimtrlets ie one ofteese than ordinary Im
portunee, affording, as It is within the bounds
of the poseibilitiem n the preabllntism that It
would do~a practieal and rapid solution of the
road. problems, whick in now admttedly one of
the at important oethne day," says the Dul
As Pseeient hise smi5 In the Wheei. "Let
it he alaw thatnashet sgood roads are eca
steted the pepi logsh read. shell have
bee -postal very seen we should
ee entry hmSmig to eemsnat goo
read.."
"Tee mek m-s emnet be laid upon this
of ruead eemn" eanus.= the
"and he e AmeissaWheel
mena, wh its UNSm00e does net went to
he. s of the fet Gat It -a de woendem fe
me -se by ois6smg end in gto be et
easid't- to ~ uhend neen
et3 ege ey
Larnthee 1ieea is m .
Ussmeeig
As expert M,3e- t has fa and e fur sa
time bn bebseilg the egiseers as a ret
read psaing through askute , Germy, bl
sheetag aerus the teash directly in roat
the lcesmotives, thUeby eYaing the -=g6===
nervew. ever th chaw d ht killing him. A
let another rekles but lesxpt wheelma
tried it with his owe s , was eapture
and therebytherg beas known
Ue got sens mass in pas.sn for his deviltr3
Wrinem we. When..
The chief of then suguMd, eass., are d
ptent has -afa eomplaint that whemeve
there is an alarm stak large numbers a
wheelmen seps to the ire, getting is the way d
the engines and proving a great hindranos to
the drivers, who are sometimes eempelled I
iacken se=d in coder to avoid an accident.
The vo eeiest for the 0760 piano emere
by the New York Recorder to the most popula
we in that city h been decided, and
James 8. Holmes, Jr., Is the lucky man.
Jaames Roberteon, Lauriston 8oodnd,
seventy-two, Is said to have rden 9,75
on an id-style macbine, weighing 72 poudi
duriagltyear
The of Baltimore ae being rapidly ih
rved. Broadway is now paved with asphal
om end to end. Fayette avenue west d
Eutaw place bas been likewise improved.
EARTH CURRENTS.
Their Periodeity and Their Efmet e Tel
egraph Lines.
Wilim Funa ia the leetrial wrild.
It h been noticed during the past half en
tury that at intervals of eleven year. or there
about the working of telegraph lines is seri
only impaired by a series of electric or mag
netic storms, which extend over periods vary
ing from three to eight months. They ocon
however, at intervals more or less irregular.an
seldom last for more than a few hours at atime
The disturbances it such times do not appea
to be coniAked to any particular locality a
country, but are found to exist simultaneousd
in nearly all parts of the world. It appears
moreover, that them periodical interruption
take Rihoe whenever the sun's photosphere be
come unduly excited, which happens most fre
quently during the periods of maximum su
spots, or at intervals averaging about eleve
year.
We are passing through o:e of the period
now, and thus far the year 1892 has been quit
remarkable for tie number and severity of it
magnetic storm disturbances. During recen
storms, for instance, the circuits between Ne1
York and Buffalo, which vary from 450 to 48
miles in length, exhibited the highest electrs
motive forces, the value of which on severs
occasions exceeded 600 volts, and on August 1
last reached the unprecedented magnitude d
768 volts.
An idea of the intensity of this force may b
judged from the fact that it is about equiv.
ent to the electromotive force developed b
720 gravity cells, and represents more than fou
times the actual value of the voltage regularl
employed on the particular circuit affected.
In certain volcanic regions earth current
have been utilized to give warning of impend
ing danger from subterranean outbreaks whic
manifest themselves by affecting telephoni
and other electrical apparatus. Through tI
agency of earth currents it is always possible I
foretell the advent of the aurora borealis, an
in this way they may become serviceable I
science, and it does not require an extraord
nary stretch of imagination to conceive ti
possibility of an extended application of thee
currents to useful purposes at some future time
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PAWNBROKERS' $HOPs.
These Lean Oflees for the Needy Had Thel
Origin With Franetsea Monks.
From the London Telegraph.
The continental monts de piete had the
origin in the Italian monti di pieta, large nun
ber. of which were founded in Italy througi
out the sixteenth century, and the objects a
which were, in the first instance, essentlall
charitable, the avowed purpose of the institt
tion being to counteract the injurious ef'ect <
usury by leniding money on deposits at an a
most infinitesimal rate of interest. The Fran
ciscan monks were the first to lend money o
goods, and in 1515 they were allowed by the pop
to receive a moderate amount of interest; be
in process of time the Italian monti di pieta be
came extensive banking corporations, whic
were occasionally plundered or half ruined 1
forced loans exacted by tyrannical princes. an
sometimes brought to entire collapse by injud
cdons financial speculations.
The Paris Mont de Piete, which was not a
tablished in France until 1777, was suppresse
st the revolution, but re-established in 1804 b
Napoleon L It has been ever since a busine.
carried on under the direct control of thi
state. To the central office only the poores
classes of the population resort, and they a.
as little inconvenienced by shamefacedness c
"mauvaise houte" as their congeners in London
while for those who may be described as "gen
teel" the thoughtful provision has been mad
of installing the "commissionaires du monts d
piete," or branch pawnbrokers, in ofcees whic
are generally up three pairs of stairs, in house
inhabited by numerous other lodgers. A tri
colored flag projectink from an upper story it
forms ladies and gentlemen in circumstance
of temporary financial stress of the where
about.. of the commissionnaire's bureau; bc
the staircase Is common to all, and the ladyc
gentleman who wishes to pawn diamonds wort
a good many thousand francs slips in unnotice<
and may, for aught the passers-by are swarn
be bound on a visit to the tailor on the first c
the milliner on the second floor.
Chiareeal Xitigates City Fegs.*
From the London Daily News.
"Charcoal is the ideal smokeless fuel," say
Mr. Thwaite, the civil engineer, in his paper o
"London Fog" in the National Review. I
general use in Paris, in his opinion, explair
the beauty of that city. Our treasures of fue
however, are not the oak and the yew, and Mi
Thwaite, like other reformer., doks for relief
coal gas properly purified. Though the manm
factus of aniline dyes from gas tar has baconi
such a source of revenue to the companies it:
seriously stated that every year there is mo.
coloring matter sent into the atmosphere .
London than would dye all the fabrics wove
by English looms within the same time.
If we are tfollow the example of Pittsbus
gas must be te fuel used in London fire grate
Establishing' the tystem would involve the cot
version of a great part of the 9,000,000 tons<
eoal into a gaseous condition. The cost, ii
eluding that of the generating plant and it1
distributing mains, would, it is calculate.
probably not exceed ?11,000,000. The mon.
layvalue of the clear eaving to the citizens <
Lodon is estfamated at over ?4,600,000. Thi
London county council, Mr. Thwaite .thlnk
could not undertake a more beneficial task the
that of producing a gaseous and smokeless sul
stute for th9 bitnous and dirty coal.
fliesd on TErmaitty.
rees the Dletroi Tribune.
She was the hired girl, but there burned I
her hesq't a love no less Intsnse than the 6ame
which *arms the coal of the petted daughte
of the -mi=ionae
Verily she was staek cm the greesry sler
who eat beside her in the kitehen.
The little cloek em the mantel strusk the hon
of 9.
The greer elsA got gay.
"Nary
earing loat she lose a portiom of his di.
cOurse he leaned forward until his lipswa
Se averted her was.
"Yom ought-met to ask me."
With.a celerity born et deasertic he msine
his hata Lshe into the darlkass ad the has
yardandPltmien shae..
down th why te wa
not able to se thragh ldder.
A Weed toeb eins----s
Ibem ne Newiask 3meiest
Take t an 55, asasio e mi meisfsai oees
treans me -toW theeths~i Ste m
me ha. iern am u ed- endetim I
GENERAL ATTICS.
Whatis ding On in Gab and 0y7
I SPAR1G CONTESTS TONIGHT
- rowese !mnmssser ser casaMen at Ass
Worse's a-ns..s -m- son t. a. loft
dasse beete T. .a.s --Oe r a M .s et
dsed re~e. ... ,. ai eb
NEW WEEEl AGO
menties was lu==d-s
ally msade here of the
proposed chlb oos. at
the world's fair. The
scheme is growing in
popularity and it is
I also receiving some
opposition. This plan
of erecting a model
- American club house
1 right on the fair
grounds cannot help
but succeed. It will
be for the convenience and entertainment of
members of well-known clubs of standing both
at home and abroad. It was only aftor. very
careful and thorough consideration by mem
bers of the different representative dnbs of the
windy city that the matter was presented to the
fair officials, at whose bands it met with hearty
- r-tion and indors en, the result of
wc was that they immediately asindfor
-ins purpose one of the most desirabl tbons
on te grounds. It in the intention of the com
mittee to erect a building which shall be in
keeping in point of size at laet with its general
I surroundings, and will be nipped with all the
luxuries and conveniences t a clubman can
possibly wish for. It will bably be called
r 'The Columbia Club." It will have a splendid
restaurant, and it is hoped to make this a prin
cipal feature of the club house. No effort will
be spared to make the service and cuisine per
feet. Another feature will be the parlor and
. reception rooms for the use of the wives and
daughters of members, so that they may dine
comfortably and luxuriously and besides find
1rest.
i The membership will be confined exclusively
to club men, that is members of reputable
i clubs in even city. The initiation fee will
probably be 060. Certainly this newest of
I Chicago wrinkles will succeed.
THE COLUMIfa ATLETIO CLUS.
Everything is moving along swimmingly at
this club and it is a great pleasure to its mem
I bers and friends to know that the club is in
such excellent shape. A very recent report of
r the treasurer was not only very gratifying, but
to many a surprise. One of the members re
s cently expressed very tersely the situation of
- affairs when he said, "The C. A. C. is getting
its second wind and is bound to win." The
r classes in the gymnasium afternoon and even
r Ings are large, probably the largest since open
ing of the house. This is attributed to the
i ambition of the new material now coming on
- and to the impetus which the gymnastic exhibi
i tions give, for we all believe that we can do as
e well as some of the performers and naturally
s we come into the gymnasium to try. Some
u succeed and others do not, but all the while the
I "gm" I. full and Prof. Crossley is ha y.
asil Duke, one of the club's best -around
gymnasts, will shortly return from the west
e ani will again p his work in the gym
s nasium.
A. E. Bain is doing well on the horizontal
bar and tumbling.
Dashiell is putting in an appearance again at
the gymnasium and at the next andies' day, to
r be held sometime in January, be and Sewell
will give their very finished exhibition on the
bars and rings. Mooney is likewise preparing
for the above and other events, and with Sewell
r and Crossley will do tumbling.
. Now that the foot ball season is atan end the
players are coming in to do indoor work. Some
of the members of the junior team have taken
up boxing and *restling, and in the former
Lewis, Berrian, McGowan are doing weli. In
- the latter exercise Mann, Lewis, Taussig and
Harry Lee are surprising some of their elders
in that line, and at the future club exhibitions
there will no lack of thisexcellent sport, indeed
- there will be enough to have two or more
i bouts at one time. This would be a novelt.
- At a meeting of the board of governors Lid
this week it was decided, in view of the interest
shown in the sport, to engage an instructor of
box , and as soon as a good one can be found
h hwe be brought here, and the members will
y then have an opportunity of learning more
i about the manly art of self-defense.
- Mr. Harry Carpenter has volunteered to as
sist begnners and others in mastering the art
of fencing. He is well known as one of our
best fencers. He will devote Monday and
r Thursday evenings, beginning at 8 p.m., to this
s work and he will no doubt have a large class.
S TEE OwLING TEAM.
t The gymnasium was very artistically and
elaborately decorated, and, indeed, so was the
entire club house on Thursday evening, recep
- tion night. The work was done by sailors de
s tailed from the navy yard. On account of the
a reception the bowling team did not take its
t regular practice, but made up for the lost time
s by putting in some extra work last evening.
- Because of the large number of new members
- who bowl the interest in the coming bowling
s tournament is on the increase, and from tje
- practice seen some of these dark horses may
t prove*.winners over the present "favorites." At
r a meeting of the bowling committee held last
s evening the matter of dates, prizes and so on
I, for the coming tournament was taken up.
, These matters will be finally settled at next
r week's meeting.
The announcement gives pleasure to his
many friends that Frank McDermott Is rapidly
recovering from the typhoid fever, from which
he has been suffering for several weeks.
Mr. Bush Jamison has returned from Penm
s berton, N. J., where he gave a very creditable
a presentation of the character of the Athletic
Doctor in "A Bed of Roses," a well-known
a omedy.
PUoGEAM or ATTRAcTIoIS Von TRis NONTE.
'There will be at least one entertainment of
some kind each week during this month at the
a club house, and the members certainly have
-much to be thankful for. On December 10, In
5 the club house parior at 8 p. m.. Dr. T. N.
s McLaughlin will deiver an interesting lecture
on "Surgical Emergencles."and no doubt some
very useful points will be brought out.
On the 17th instant there will be a gym
nastic and sarrngexhibition. Then on the
2ist instant Mr. H. i.Wilson, captain of the
Fclub will deliver his interesting lecture on
"I il" lustrated by stereopticon views.
Members are Invited to take part in the
water polo practice Wednesday and Saturdny
evenings, beginning at 8:00 p.m.
'conteeti'to be held in the gymnasiuma tonight
gave the members and their friends much pleas
u ra, for It was seen by the entries made in
the several classes that they are the very
"piek" of their clasa and w igh n their re
a spective cities and spleni well-fought con
tests will be the order of things tonight, begin-.
wrestling contest open toMBS-peund clams
of this District only will open the program with
prelminay wrestling, so that ths conteetats
s may be fresh for the finals, which will close the
a evening. The wstgwilbe under A.A. U.
rrules. The Art wins the contest.
There may be two bouts of fifteen ain
miss each~with three msinutes' interedas, ad
E If no fallis had in that thethem they wrestie
to afalL,
A. A. U. ruesu wim also govern the sparring
costests, which will be In three three-minute
rounds with cne sminute intermissien, and a
fourth reund of four minutes tams e regsrse
dseldee the soatest a draw.
has a eiselM Soar. There wE beanew
sthat thare wlbeaeabm-'-an of light m
no shadows. The oemtestni wE eB be
a t 6 a. tdaand th stsu m
.etal .. s, -ne ' . ...ansee
ta cu man oqs' meyme.
The several evets wBe -psa. enus et
wE Isbew ek elbe qiety in ts feneing
asser: npsimas, 15 pein.. ad A weibet
bas. m eedes3.G9
he ha~l -'s eet mM isisu
.es i s m s em. no p Is
-s of the tmt abmov. ever 4 h1ed base. m
1ae we s eslt be a huge at .e.
- Ad entS wE be esad, wthe may be o
thimd at the 49. et ladub by memebss, and
eh1et sted otde eb may be ebIWd
sahem thr ==memes er at the ....1o
tah.A he desgatioa each hem ae
Warem A. 4, , ~wee and P. A. 8. C. at
pm~mapa West Abbet
Gb expest to atted to eheer en recpes
he ehbatmes as they appear in the ring.
T. I. 0. A. *TmELT9I0.
It is esteamly unfortunate that the cham
piseship of the District te fet ball is In each
-a g udeded shape. The fact that this
team mad theoretw College team both do
!bted Q. A.. a yet have not played together
leaves it an open question as to these two, and
it seem to me a game would be the prer
eper. But Georgetown etill clings to
enim that the game scheduled last mouth was
eameeled by the Y. I. C. A. and new the eet
hThbaboys are out of training.
little talk to the boys one day Poe. the
coash of the foot ball team, suggested that they
tale up foot bl and following thas up the
are forming a em
ay at 148 and Purina at 146 pounds
ar very evenly matched and doing some good
wrestling. It seems unfortunate they cannot
be entered in some of the open events aere and
elsewhere; they are two good men.
Espey ts fast developing into a general all=
-around gymnast.
Morris and Boteer have taken up fencing,
under the direction of Prof. :imms, and are
doing well in this fine sport.
As a worthy successor to Doyle the present
leader of the class in club swinging. Dyer. is
doing very neat, graceful work with the clubs,
an erguson, too, is showing markedjimprove
meat.
Tha foot ball team and some of the wheel
men will next week begin to be in regular at
tendance at the gym. and take good, hard exer
cise.
The foot ballists are still practicing and may
possibly make arrangements for a game next
week with one of the college teams, perhaps
University of Pennsylvania.
B Johnson and Davis of the team are throw
lug weights and hammers and give promise
when prin games open of surprising some of
the people in that line of athletics. Johnson.
aside from being a very powerful man, has the
reputation of being quite ex pert with the
gloves. Townsend speaks of taking to riding
the wheel and getting in shape for early spring
races in this vicinity. He ought to make a good
one.
A series of house and home games of "basket
ball" may possibly be arranged with the Y. M.
0. A. of Baltimore, Wilmington and Philadel
phia. It being something new here it wculd
prove a very interesting drawing card. Mc
Creerv is doing some good jumping, and is a
coming man in that line for indoor sports. The
boys' gymnastic exhibition was unavoidably
postponed from last Wednesday to Wednesday,
the 7th instant, at 8:80 p.m. Cards will be is
sued to friends of the members, but any one
without a card Is invited to come in at any time.
Little Willie Diehl is doing some remarkably
fine work and is giving a wonderful perform
ance. He looks very much as if he were going
to be a prize winner. Cloudy is showing marked
improvement and Roger Fenwick ranks as
one of the leaders of his class, and Towner and
Chesney and Lanston Kaufman are all doing
excellent work and will be heard from at the
exhibition next week. The adult clam in gym
nastics will give its exhibition on the 9th in
stant. The two classes will no doubt redect
great credit upon their instructor, Prof.
Simms, at the coming exhibitions. The average
attendance in boys' classes is sixty; the total
number of all classes taking exercise during
the past month was 2.168; this, of course. does
not mean so many different persons, but that is
the number who were in attendance during the
month.
GEOnGETOWN COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
Through some unavoidable delay the makers
have not been able to place in position all the
apparatus ordered for the gymnasium. This
is unfortunate, as the members ho to have
had things in shape before Thau sgiving, so
that they could have had sufficient practice
before the Christmas holidays, with a view to
giving a musical and athletic performance. It
is possible that such an entertainment will be
given anyway, but outside talent will have to
be depended upon to a large extent to com
plete the program.
Flushed with the victory of two games with
the C. A. C. first and second teams the foot
ball contingent has trouble in keeping its cup
of joy from overflowing.
Capt. Carmody of the big eleven has not yet
returned from Towanda, Pa., where he was
summoned immediately after the Thanksgiving
day game, the sad message announcing the
death of his mother. His affiction more, than
ever draws him closer to his classmates, every
one of whom has great affection for him.
Joseph . McCoy of the foot ball team of '91,
a member of the law school, and one of the
vernors of the Potomac Boat Club, joined
ranks of the Benedicts on Wednesday last,
and the members of the college and of his club
attended in large numbers to see that the knot
was properly tied.
The very manly letter received by the ath
letic management of the college from Capt.
H. M. Wilson of the C. A. C.. congratulating
the boys on their victory of Thanksgiving day.
was much appreciated and all the more tends
to strengthen the pleasant relations between
the two organizations. The suggestion in that
letter that it has been customary for the cham
pions of the year to play the All-Washington
team a game on Christmas receives much favor,
but the unsettled matter of the championship
makes a game doubtful. Georgetown imists
that it was ready to play the game scheduled
with Y. M. C. A. and through no fault of theirs
the game was canceled, but even now it is will
ing to waive that plea. But aside from the ab
sence at present of the two men, Carmody and
Dowd, the team went out of training on the
night of the haut game. Aside from that it is
claimed there was no understanding as to a
game for the championship with Y. M. C'. A.,
nor was there even a league among the District
teams. Oscia P. Scuonor.
Mssissippt's Omelai Vote.
The entire vote of Mississippi was 52.809, di
vided as follows: Cleveland, 40,287; Weaver,
10,256; Harrison, 1,406; Bidwell, 910. Cleve
land's plurality over Weaver was 29,961, and
his majority over all was 27,665. Caoama gives
Catchings a majority of 220 and makes his mea
jority in the district 2,750.
Takiug Mayor Gourley at His Word.
Chief Drown of the department of public
safety of Pittsburg has revoked the order clos
ing the disreputable houses, and haa directed
the superintendent of police to permit the in
mates to pursue their vocation without moles
tation until such time as Mayor Gourley shell
Indicate that he desirer his closing order to go
into execution.
This action was taken after Mayor (ourley
had publicly said that the short notice gives by
the police was "cruel, inhuman and unjust."
It is thought that this is the hust of the era
sade against the evil for the present.
Wreek on the Chesapeake ad Ohi.*
The Chesapeake and Ohio west-bound ac~ess
modation train, from Huntington, W. Va., to
Cineinnati, atruck a wrecking train yestirday,
demolishingaeaboose, tool and box esradbadly
injuring fiepro.The injuedare: Engine
aman John SotFiremen .ar Bucketa 3.
E. Harrie, GereGillespis, Charles Coosmln
nductorn 3. N. Macusher.
Whet a Fetate Will Do.
Frees the Ii. Louts ebsn-Demoerat.
There is a great deal of dining= pewer inan
ordinary Irish potato. In many Aendues
boiled and meshed potaties are usad to pre
daee snowy whitass, and mere ha ene
eamper-s who has fomad hie==f witheut
sap he.sbliss baskhes potatoes as a embstitute
and washed eut anah-hsbm ad shirts with
themn. Aea mater of beet ~sasswill ia
maeve etmias whish refus esus tosa5and
the- e.ami.a stiss is mublees tojirst
nas.
-aps Whe -ann gUt.
A fall, a arue, lajuses a drammams
lees mana sber e beammea, the e
power e1th@e mise being reeie aE esue
b-9e--l-- the be4y.bbn as em inest.m
amlMe haees of b y maisemed,Jer
Nes my appar, Stem es..
het esaset a mes ese et
aslbg e aia ae4sed m es. f
entr~ m isS se
THE NATIONAL GUARD
What WM og.. Do f-r the 8
I8 THERE TO BE A CAMP?
amKpoeeee otf s e ro mie beet and Dimeage
Tlngs-Mabebas and Cempatteimo Detia
Ths. Meatb-Anu se 3eses Cem g
tn oewly-ether Marmasee ac lntiawee.
C ONdBEBIS ALMOST
here ence ms, and
again arises that mo
mentoaenegastlo. "Wl
thesre bee brigade camp
next year?" Everybody
hopes there will be, and
with much reason. Two
years ago Congress
promised, through its
A -' appropriation ammit
jees, that the District
National Guard should
have a camp at least
one in two years; a camp for which a sufficient
sum of money should be provided and in which
nothing should be lacking necessary to sueces.
As every guardsman knows, the promise has
been broken, but there is a possibility that the
wrong will be repaired before the Congress
which opens on Monday Is compelled to ad
journ. Thorough instruction in the new drill
regulations is imposible in the armories. and
thsidact Gen. Ordway will try to make plain to
the congressional nind when he appears before
the subcommittees to argue in behalf of the
e36.00 appropriation which is so. much needed
at this stage of the brigade's history. With the
slimmest sort of governmental support Gien.
Ordway. assisted by a loyal few. has created a
model command, but it is too much of a strain
to preserve such high-grade military excellence
without a sufficiency of cash. Homestead.
Buffalo, Coal Creek and Rathdrum did not call
in vain for troops. and should there be a big
railroad strike next spring-es there certainly
will be-both the general and local govern
ments would have a realizing aense of foolish
ness which has stood between the listrict
troops and unexampled efficiency in all the
duties incident to times of peace.
WHAT THE IN$P5CTORS TALKED AiorT.
The meeting of inspectors of rile practice.
held last Monday evening at second regiment
headquarters, resulted in an Interchange of sen
timent that can hardly fail to be of value to the
command. Discusaion. generally, was on the
subject of "How shall we bring the companies
out to practicer" and several practical sugges
tions were made. Among the be4t of these was
one from Capt. Bell, who advocated the ap
pointment of three men in each company to
act as a committee on rie practice. their duty
to consist largely of such endeavor as would be
calculated to result in a large turnout in the
gallery and on the range, Some such scheme
will probably be Vut into effect during the
present month. eut. Ebert recommended
the display on each company's bulletin board
of the scores made: he had tested the idea and
it worked well. There was also some converse
tion as to the possibility of securing a better
rise range than the one at the barracks--nme
thing more specious and convenient-but there
was no definite action because of the difficulty
of locating a range within easy reach of the
city.
The next meeting-for it is to be a monthly
affair-will be on the evening of Monday, the
19th instant.
bIFLE coPTrTiTiow IN TEE GALLERY.
December is ordinarily a dull month in the
matter of rise work, but this time it is going
to be about as lively as any. Several contests
are on the point of being arranged and some of
them will be of general interest. One of the
most attractive of them has practically been
decided upon. Within a few days the in
spector general of ride practice will request
each company commander to designate one en
listed man from his company as a competitor
In a match, which is to take place a day or two
before Christmas. The prizes will probably be
three turkeys, the competitor making top score
to have first choice birds. the second man
next choice and the third man to take the re
maining bird. Each competitor will Are ten
shots at 20 yards. It seems reaso-hbae to su
that every company will present a cand
, and if such is the ease the -mpeition
will be an enjoyable affair.
Then that indefatigable and more than excel
lent aggregation-company B, sixth battalion
is going to have a match within itself that
prmss to give about every man a prine.
ut. Tomlin.on is, of course, the moving
spirit, and that it is going to be a big succes is
certain. It will take place in the gallery on the
evening of the 7th instant, each competitor
and that means every man in the comaany
fring five rounds at 0 and 500 yards. The
assortment of prises is enticing and it looks as
though every competitor would get one.
somrno som t arnasos To Tara[ or.
Lieut. Gen. R. H. &owne of the English
army has been giving some attention to the re
salts likely to follow the introduction of the
new magazine rifes and has writ en some of
his opinions. These are discussed ty the Arrey
and Nat GaeUtte. "Gen. Browne," it says,
"admits the difficulty which the subject pre
sente owing to the new arm never having yet
been put to the teat of active service. He has
therefore dealt, as he tells as. with 'probabili
ties only.' The chief features of the new area
are of course reducod caliber, increased range,
high velocity and low tajectory. Added to
these are an increased fringcapacity anda lighter
cartridge, which enables the soldier to carry a
greater number of rourads of ammunition. A
further feature is the proposed general adop
taon of smnokeleas nowder. Glen. Blrowne, with
those changes in view, sets himself to consider
a series of points, viz: What is likely to be the
effect of the projectile? Will more men be
killed? Will the proportion of wounded be in
creased? What will be the nature of the
wounds? And, finally, will lengthened trast
ment in hospital be neocesary, or will recovery
be accelerated? These are the prouunt ques
tions which arise in connection with the sub
ject. Glen. Browno declares them to be of
-great Importance.' So they ae. T6ey are of
very great unportance, indeed, and they ought
not to be overlooked, seeing how amch Jepen&
~apra reaisation of the changed
moder ttleconditions. n-enening
the basis of probability, Glea. Browne, after
studying the many problems moest attentively
for some time vast, arrives at the conelusion
that 'the logthin ballet, traveling a$ high
velocity, wil infliet a much larember of
wounds. not very severe in ter '-i.e.,
ean wounds, not aggravated by fragments of
lead and elothing, and not casming' the aback to
the system which rifle wounds have hitherto
done. From the low trajectery it is reasonable
to infer that the number of wounded wRi be
enormeemly inere==m& This, of course. weald
throw a far greater ationt of work and re
'siilyon three departeenta, not to maen
hegeneral staff, viz., th medi
eaR, c.-mmeint and krenqiest. all of
whiah ogt to tabe full eonizance a their In
reased obNgmaoas As Glea. rewne -at it:
'As-enmyn that the peseemtege of wounded I.
fature sions will Increase, the meesry earn
seqaeness mast be an inerease of hespitel sa,
ha lascommnadatio, ransport for wened
e ,i m ea t reanoval of wemmed from the
Beld before removal to the hospitab. Want et
M.. nany at the abeve respects weald
se etand eoM n etb 6r emedied.' It
f-e. therefere, aat me -"-"--e and weB
being et ~ theuma ofn as emy isa
mater et mere vi bpertase then ever, ad
i weald be as waR Ger &eembn samhe
reeie e.
E--mon. e.. avTraa...., oc
Wnaseues DAC., Nesember US,
osaa Na. i:
The arn e=medtoehJr @e ema
esmesalat as seens
wE s enth e inm aundng
h eiu ba af and easm~ s
Oiusms hmst he taa-..
A~mae e eeeas afQi
U is wei ds ne ner eg 1n.
.. |.. ... uu..m.
cm
h to Ed1J. & m
asImn aSe ae pep to emse a r 4
pesse' -x i M. as waOeg a as a
941101sat dos as eamm beliees Or
It was sated tet IS to a
es ast g eawa mads ta obamhs o e 4s
engineer p " imb nd ge- the *0a
l== and IM. and that e eebo e 60 a
A.C. team we engineess.
The faces are that the es e d I
tesen mes each and were isted betel tt
shemting. Lrest. Gehem ftwnad a Wit of
the mens whoop seems wald be esnated in the
ath bto the captain 4t the C. A. '. tem ba.
fore the setores were made. and these were the
sores nounted. The seem wee: E:gitt'ne,
175; C. A. C.. 1O. Med the sewe haghe.4
score of the engineses been eunted. as it aes
stated was done. the ar.u of Lieut. Geubsa'.
teem would have been 18: aed has eam wovod
have won by ninet"em instead of anm.
Also, four meembes O the C. A. C. teem a thus
match are enginese.
liest. Graham h sek esedease to his
team that he eals that he has the etronge t
team of twelve me that can be fond at try
organisation of thme vice of the fseet platow .d
" the engineer corps in thas or say other ceoantry,
and he and his mnar do not relish anr such fale
impressions as may have been made br the t.
port referred to.
"It would be only fair to s." mid laest.
Graham. "to state ttaet the trest on we.
barred from competition in the. ee '
match shot at the arsenal range la-t moet t
the sde reason that they were to', *tro~n a
team Lobe allowed to compete with other cogn.
panted in the iational Guard The g. netad
imptwason ,.htaime in the %au nal 4 uard that
the irst platoon of the enirern is a el....4
pri-t enl of aharlu&ote.rs tranefrred re, ,.
other httah.on in the I. d lsbs is a a...
take. There is a surlpa.uaty smalt number .4
men in the firt platoon m b. have ereed an
other organizataons of the Nata'nnal t.eaardt.
lIent. Graham deser.v. gru'st e itit fir the
excellet shootiag material he La. got to.-tb-r
during the two yer. he ha. Iwon am emarap
of the first platoon of the engineer corps. Me
is justly proud of ha men.
mrmay TUesa arrats re.
All the annal rifle practice rep..rta aee .a4
yet in. although those who ..onh to kn.w sens
to think they might ecaaly hare been cela-4e up
by this time. Ip to last ni.ht report. . - is
from the .econd reinaent stat. arc...,.t tan.
ion staff. first battalion staff. ceu..ny It. fourth
battalion: company A. swenssad battaison: com
pany Is. BrAt separate bettelnsia sitb I.ettalssu
staff: C.ornaay A. fiat battaloen. ousmpan A,
third battalion; eompany lt. third t.ettalihs,
company C. Best battalion. and coeajani I,
.ith battalion. All the otisere are rpented in
before Wednesday. and if they de vat make
their appearance by that day letters of tf
minder will probably be sent the dhdlqueent.
No official etaninataon has yet been made a
the apers alres.ty an. but at leat two of is
report. testify to hard work and entha.iaon.
T'Ive are forty men in company it. saith bt
talion: tifteen are harpshneters. while twenep
fire are marksmen. That is a magnificent shee
ing. for who, it everyb 4dy ne is interreted gives
credit to Lieut. Tomlinson so far as the acted
hustling ii concerned a'd to Capt. Bassett for
the- steady support he has given ide practies.
Te." other renmarkable report eomes from a.pL
lkil. inspector of ride practice for the mered
regiment, and show. that ev-ery member .d te
second regiment staff - c.smiseimsned and ass
comnmisaiel the chaplain only excepted
qualifed either as sharpshooter or markhsea.
PIILaD:LItA orWtra. nays All annos.
ley atone battery A. Pennsylvania atIsed
Oard, locsted at 4lst street and 3a
1 a enue. 'hiladel.bia, has a new areory. Ifs
building is 63 fe,-t front by 109 feet deep, to
stories high. with basement. Towers rise abees
the roof at each conner of the front. The ha
ament is carefully laid out and eoatness ared
roum 22 by 30 feet. with a completely 6
with and toilet romn at rar, 10 by 3
with bot and cold douche and shower bte.
The magariuc for ammunition of all kishe b
located en this Boor, as well as the lecers ae
taiing ctsete for untormm and aecoutwms
and a kitches supplied sad fnrndspd with r
most modern cooking appaete. 1he but
floor contains a large room for the beenig of
the ganl. M by M feet : . arior. 3$ bet se=
and quarteramate~s' andoieer' see
once. with wide halls and stairways teSs
battery drill room. M by IM feet. lesaed wn
the second story. Furnaces in the beaman
heat the bllding. and each oor is ighted it
gas.
The frst story in built of browsn tst and
the escond, with the tower oveseapping. of med
Philadelphia briek. The east ef the hesadger
tees was flhUS. The height fre the base ot
the building to the top of the egsta i ehas
meanty feet. Betsee the temrs is erected
the Bagaf. wermoanted by a gieMn ba
from which Boat a regulation Amasm s Eg.
Thmess new quarters ase amid to be the md
complete of the kind in the Uaited mma
warn rasre moei.
Cyclists and cavalrymen will be IsteemIe
to learn that a series of maily teen has
been made in Germany to determine the sped
of bicycles as compared with that of hemsna.
In covering a distance of thirty-two am two
cavalry aefers rude against two idfantry of.
Beers mounted on bicycles. The latter nme=
phahed the journer in 215 and 2N minasem us
spectively, while the two btirams on horse.
back arrived at their destination asme miease
before the frit bicycle rider. Over a oeem of
twenty-Ive miles th" smme result was obtnsd.
the riders arriving a few minutes in adyaseeo
the bicyclist.. In both rases the cavalry of
es. only rode at a gallop for the first ieftesm
minutes of the Journey. while the bicas
went at full Ieall the way. The (ermes
military at ties. it is mid. "haes beae
thoroughly coanined of th valne obiy
anad their adoptisa may ho lehenmsa Isee
comeluion."
* storme.
This is Mr. flanks' bessy day; the day when
clothing end ordmmac- encangmes ase made,
when every Apollo is the brigade can esemd,
either peeunelly or by esst presy, ae
natl to be refitted. Time and patieme -a
freely expended at berigade headgqerter. o em4
first -laturday In each nmonth. Ordanean d
quiartermasr store room.n are now is the best
of shapie. Ordnane tiergt. tiegiadi has ehoe
cosark led the reforms planned for his apaet
nient. an'd a. a eomsegqene the ordems em
net-er in better condition than now.
Company D. end battalion, was mestesss
in les Monday evesing, with a roll of forte
fire asen. It is coafldently es edthat the
Inrttations ate out for the danessag reeption
of company B. mixth battaisen (the Tresury
Guard 9, which is schedused to tanhe ~emes
Thursday eveniag at thu mtionet '
emory.
It Is W. B, GOeessed new af enempwu
C. third ' eecion- took pines on
Wedsday might.
sletst. Horrigma ot ecompany C. faith bat.
Wae. has been eleeled loe s end beta
anoy of his empany.
First Iet. Geougs E. Plobstt. cosov
fourth battaliss, hbs resigned his cmsrin
gashe- Uctere te steer TemB.
Mr. Km nime IEar. the et...m player, ~ee
has hems playinag a seies of gamses at Udbes
beaves teoa for New York. After a teet a
theme ha tensm fr Imdhemapeto. beraem
- S.m.
The minngftw erstisms lay Ss
of es *mma department of a eemtun pe
ashge in hueklyu m..e...his s.a
-pnn ensmiebe. lhe psime~al Mpped on
the pihaemd eahed hew may eksess
ese - at (hewe d em estd. A e
ebeche"WEB, men she is esset
a tead e bep et hbeu e;
eats te "