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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1886. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 11. 3
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THE EARTHQUAKE.
"WHERE ARE SAN FRANCISCO'S LITTLE
SIDE SHAKES NOW?
E?rth'? Crust Rising and Falling In Uilfovry
Wawi Over a Third of Her Circumfertncc
Hourt-reudlng Scones in
Hai>Iess Charleston.
Of the remarkablo scries of great events
that have been happening the world over from
IS81 to the present, earthquakes form n leading
feature. Aud of these the one to be longest
remembered in North America, will be
that which laid Charleston, 8. C., in ruins.
It makes one feel, somehow, as if there wa3
safety nowhere. If any placo> next to tho
great western plains, was to be considered
safe from earthquakes, it was just that part
of the country which has been shaken up. If
the theory of tho cause of these ground disturbances
is correct they ought to be manifest
mostly along mountain ranges, as indeed
they are.
Scientific authority doclares they are caused
by the cooling and settling of the earth's
mass. It was a gigantic, red hot ball to begin.
It commenced to cool upon the outside.
% At length a thin crust was formed as it cooled,
naturally it snranK i nat ntaue me crust
crack open ?nd settle, In order to readjust itself
to fit the molten kernel within. Tho process
still goes an, and will till the earth is
cooled through. Hence earthquakes. Mountain
ranges are There the great cracks hare
broken the surface and thrown the edges of
tlie split up and sideways. When the earth
is cooled through it will be dead, aud there
will he no earthquakes
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MAP OK CHARLESTON.
3. 'Charleston hotel 13. Postoffice.
2. 1'aviToa hotel. 14. Custom botm
3. Waverly hotel. 15. Hibernian It.ill and
4. St. Michael's church. police station.
5. St. l'hilip's church. 10. Market hall.
C. draco church. ir. Orphan house.
7. Central Presbyterian 18. Academy of Music.
church. 1'JL Masonic Terople.
* ITiilMritin nhnivli t 'tairiprftnn
9. German Lutheran 21. Medical college.
church. 22. Roper hospital.
10. Baptist church. 2:1. City hospital.
U. City lialL 21. JaflL
12. Court house. 25. Citadel
. To get the situation properly it will be well
to consider a moment the location of Charleston.
It is iu tho angle formed by the jnno :
tion of tho Cooper and Ashley rivers. They |
unite here and flow to the ocean seven miles j
distant Sea water and fresh water mingle ]
all in one, and this estuary forms tho noble j
Charleston harbor, landlocked on three sides.
The earthquake camo from tho sea on
t-hc southeast and throbbed across tho l>eau- J
tifnL, hapless city toward the northwest
What made the visitation still more distressing
was the fact that only six days before it a
torn tic cyclone had swept over Charleston,
doing vast damage. When the dull, awful
roar of tho earth tremor was heard on that
last night of August many thought that it was
smother cyclone.
v Mr. Dawson, editor of The News and Courier,
was in his oflice at the time. How a man
feels in an earthquake is thrill Lngly told by !
him. He wrote:
"From the first to tho last it was a continu- '
ous jar, onty adding force at every moment,
and as it approached and reached the climax
of its manifestation it seemed for a few terrible
seconds that no work of human bands
could possibly survive the shock. The floors
were heaving under foot, the surrounding j
walls aud partitions visibly swayed to and |
fro, the crash of falL'ng masses of stone and
brick and mortar was hoard overhead, and |
without the terrible roar filled tbe ears, and !
seemed to fill the mind and heart, dazing perception,
bewildering thought, aud, for a few j
panting breaths, or while you held your j
breath in dreadful anticination of immediate I
and crucl death, you felt that life was already ,
jMit, and waited for the end as the victim |
with his head on the block awaits the fall of J
the uplifted ax.
Kot a man in the office expected to escape !
alive. The shocks Itegan at 9:53 P. M. The
clocks that were stopped by tho awful shocks i
mado the record.
' TLXXIXO FOR THEIR LIVES.
All of us remember the pictures the geog- I
mphy books give of earthquakes in terrii !
countries? walls and towers toppling ov?r J
. and (teople fleeing for Xheir lives But n*ne :
of us ever thought th? scene ccttld come to u.? t
in our safe latitudes. It ba.s 1 jtie so. in.i j
now ? ? know there are no latitudes safe from
earthquakes oJust as the pictures repreeerted
the scene In the school books, even so
it was iD Charleston. Women were braver
than the men, it is said, ?ourageously gather(ng
their children together and leading theni
coolly into '.he ftreets, after the men bad fled
In terror This feminine courage in great
emergencies L? often conspicuous.
it was the first shock that did Uio damage I
in Charleston There were nearly, or quite. |
a dozen altogether, occurring within the next |
thirty-six hours The shocks came in waves,
as. indeed, everything else docs The first i
ones were from ten minntcs to half an hour j
apart Those who were cool enough to observe |
the motion of the tremors declare that the j
eartb ruse and fell like the billows of the sea
One man speaks of having seen the sidewaik
rise and full in waves. The effect on the
mind of thus seeing the loosening of the only
fabric we have always believed to be stable 13
indescribably awfuL It is this that makes &a
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earthquake so terrible. All the foundations
of creation ore broken up.
"It's a thing you cannot fight," said one.
That expresses it. All damage done by man, jf
man can resist. Even in a tornado or cyclone
he can cling to the earth of take refuge
under ground But when earth herself fails
us, what is there to do! Man cannot even p,
run away, for he knows not where the ground
will open next. He might run into the very
jaws of the destroyer.
The best part of Charleston Ls a mass of
ruins. It was a beautiful city. The churches
ti suffered grievously,
il. owing to their having
very tall spires.
flj/j The Unitarian (
IRQ church was a noble
KfljSi specimen of architecturo.
Its tower
of the best present
*'fn^inrTt)'. 1"'1 piles of debris and
Fifty thousand
UVITARIAN CHURCH I*1"8005 ^ S0'"b I *
UNITARIAN CHLRCH. flnd dayj Qf k
terror in the streets and in vacant lots. In- i' V
fants were born in several instances, while i ^
their mothers lay upon blankets on the ground. | s J
The earthquake area appears to have been j ?/
the most extensive in modern times. Shocks | y*
were felt from British America to Florida, j >J
and as far west as Missouri. Cable dispatches j ; *
bring the news that on the same night distinct
shocks were felt at Athens, in Greece. The \
gas wells at Pittsburg ceased flowing. The
bowels of the earth were shaken up for more
than a third of the planet's circumference, '
and death and destruction were to pay gen- j da
erallv. 1 of
The center of the quake od this continentj co
seems to have been at SummerviLle, S. C. | a
This is a fashionable summer resort for arls-j ba
J ooratic Cbarlesfonians, and is twenty- j ist
| two miles from the city The whole..wj
; face of the <?arth seems to l>e changed j bo
I fcere. tVbere before were ordinary sand j gr
and clay are now bottomless cracks in wi
the mud. braekisb water and sulphur smells, eh
It will be a long time before it becomes pa
j known juj? bow many persous were killed ru
I '.n tuch jalamities be
j 't i# found out bow I wj
qenerou> Nmar S an
>joture u. Aid ha; ft in
j poured into tb< Pt tn
1 stricken -rity rrom cig go
j all quarters W^nW|| si tn
The call, lender Jul thi
\ spire of St FbilipV *^^kl =5-1 ^ pe
j Episcopal oburcb j as
i stands the highest |||tifl Tb
j in the city. In its iii|il| lai
j graveyard lies tho ^ la(
body of John C. br
Calhoun. On its site / ?' lu<
the first church in 8t. philip's. foi
Charleston was built, a structure older than lx\
the ureseut ona Ita beautiful tower is mined W
The most frightful sensation of all, however, ha
must have been experienced by the train load cli
of excursionists on their way from Columbia tw
to Charleston. To find their train suddenly raj
waving up in the air, then bumping down) pn
upon tho earth, then going up, then down, by
and so on for several seconds without any On
known cause for it, at the same timo with an Ixx
unearthly roar soundiug in their ears, is an i ro<
experience utterly unique in history. The j pit
front end of a car waved upward, while the Tli
rear end went downward, and vice rei-sa. wo
The engineer put the brakes on as hard as he inj
could, and still that marvelous train moved ste
onward. It actually kept tho track through pir
this billowy motion of the earth When tho str
rails were examined they wero found to be tin
bent in serpentine waves. Wl
The most celebrated building in Charles- cal
j ton, howevor, on<
b in tm* JIU'LUI rrxjiii; '*?
A old St. Michael's wii
w clmvoh. It was tie- Uii
' sigiaod tut long ago Sl(
ffia as 17;V2 lijn pujul
' Jj-ffi. tS of Sir Christopher
Iw Is Wrenn, the archil
?' ^ Hani's
-t?flfiiiP'ihin London. In the
fig n 0 w demolished
tower of the vencra,,1?church
hung
/v,V } // I the sweetest chime
*' ST. MICHAEL'S. ?f J*"* U^1 *J"
continent. fck> famous
is it, so precious to the people of
Charleston, that during the late war it was
taken down and sent to England so it
might not be damaged by the Federal can- J
non known as tho "Swamp Angel." Tho Jk
chime is very old. An incident that is said
really to have happened in connection with Q
the belfry of St. Michael's forms tho founda- ?
tion of a fino and pathetic poem that is fro- %
quently recited by elocutionists. Tho hero is ^
a slave man. %
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UUJ leoLUIl liux UWIl Jlttl LltJlUUI IJ UlilUJ IU- f/j
nate. War, fire, tidal wave, tornado, and ^
now an earthquake, have ppent their force
upon the doomed city. Several times the
to mi has been almost ruined. It is enough to
discourage the inhabitants.
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THE SEA SERPENT. Itj
nd(
Portrait of tlio Monster from Dcscrip- l>n
tlous by Capt. Kobert Hnisli. the
From a careful description of Copt. Robert lt :
Brush, of the schooner Alary Ann, we are en- J101
abled to present our readers with an accurate 'lst
engraving of the sea serpent seen in the Hud- *"v
son river by the captain, and by many others |n
on several occasions since. lns
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THE SEA SERPE5T, tioi
There seems to be no longer any doubt of J!1?
tbe existence of this marine monster. For n !r
century cr mere similar ?erpent? bave been ?.
seen and lescribed, but the stories have been 1
'lL-croditoU until this summer, when, through 800
the icrsistence of the monster In exhibiting !
itself. ;t can n? longer be considered a myth I
In the last century * missionary to Green- j,ai
land iescribes such a monster This was on
.'uly 6, 17>4. Soon after this the bisbop of
Bergen, 9 member of tbe Copenhagen ,e0
Academy of Sciences, published a "Natural ?jM'
History of Norway," in which he collects con- *
tiderablo evidence to prove the existence of j J"11
?Ui.. T.. Ht? ono cn.-nnni- .t/nzft.-vt ' tllC
wen opposite Gloucester, Mass , and the Lin- i . 1
naen society of New England, after carefully j
investigating the alleged apparition, reported i rut
that it '.onsidered tbe testimony obtained !
"sufficient to place tbe existence of the animal !P0
beyond doubt." On Aug. o, 1S+S, Capt. Mc- | ...u
Qua lie, in command of tbe Daedalus of tbe '
Hrlsish navy, encountered n sea serpent. But
this year tbe monster has been seen several . *
times, notably off Gloucester on tho Massa- | _
chusetts roast and in the Hudson river and by "01
highly creditable witnesses. If the animal i9 1011
not eventually captured, it is to bo hoped at
least a photograph of bim may be obtained j
when the accuracy of eur picture of bill will V
be established. ? j *yp
PRESIDENT'S VACATION.'
FFERSON OUTDONE IN DEMOCRATIC
SIMPLICITY.
'esldent and Mr*. Cleveland Exchange
the Luxury of the Million Dollar Mansion
iu Washington for the Qniet of a
Log Cabin In tlie Adlt-ofUlaoVs.
TIIE PRESIDENTIAL LCNCH.
rhe tourist traveling through the Adironck
mountains and in the vicinity
Upper Saranac Jake, N. Y.t might
me across a party of four, with
guido and servant, lunching on the
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ni? OL U quiet Dueuiu. uu> u
was unaware that President Cleveland
is spending a month in that neigbborod,
he would never suspect that in the
oup l?fore liini the stout gentleman
tb the great broad back, covered by a
ecked flannel shirt, and whose head is
rtly bid under the gray slouch hat, was the
ler of the greatest nation the world ever
held. Neither could lie detect tlwit there
m any more deference paid to him than to
y other gentleman who might be rusticating
those woods. And yet to this man is inlsted
the execution of the principal laws
veniing 50,(XX),WW of j>eople. Ho cannot
ily Ikj termed their ruler, for no ruler iu
e world could trust himself among his
ople without police or military protection, j
tho president of the Uuitod States does,
le broad-lacked man is President Cleveld.
and the handsome, atldetio-looking
ly in the plain, gray woolen dress anil broadimmed
straw hat is bis wife. Tbe other
ly is her mother, and the jolly looking
irth person, the most richly attired nicnir
of the party, in tho bottle green suit, is Dr.
ard, of Albany. Thespot that tbe president
s chosen for his vacation is the most seided
jxirtian of tho Adirondack wilderness,
cnty-four miles away from the nearest
ilroad station. Tho log cottage which tho
?sident occupies is onethat was ronstructca
the guides thereabout in the winter season,
i the ground floor are a sitting room and
Iroom, and above the whole is a large attic
im occupied by Mrs. Folsom. Here is u
rture of democratic simplicity for you.
e bench outside tho back door with the
iter pail and tin basin for ablution is missbut
wooden buttons are on the doors inad
of knobs, tho bedsteads aro made of
ro and bark, the quaint furniture, the
ips of rag carpet 011 the floor all remind
presidont that I10 is many miles from the
bite House and its anxieties. The whole
>iu and its contents, which the president
J party occupies, look as if it could bo
plicated for ?200. Quito a contrast this
th the palatial mansion which they left l>eid
in Washington with its expenses of over
JO,000 a j'ear.
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TlIK 1'IIESIDEXT FISIHK0.
rhe president is nil enthusiastic fisherman,
is said that President Arthur excelled as an!
ipt lly thrower, which may all be, but j
?sident Cleveland will always be known as :
i better nil around fisherman. lie goes at j
iti his usual thorough way. He requires j
lienor asks any advice from guides. Ho |
ens, of course, attentively to any infornmn
offered. but in tho interchange of points I
the piscatorial art he is more likely to givo
truetion than receive it.
)ne of the guides who accompanied the
sidont on a fishing trip last year ecKiched
on Davy t'nx?kett with tho followHe
said that when the president first
ew his line in Lake Saranac. there was
ite a commotio!i among the fish. A great
ut stuck his head out of the water with *
ghtened look on his wet face, and asked,
i that you, President Cleveland"Yes,
p namo is Cleveland." "All light, Mr.
sveland, I <un at your service." The fish
]>ed out of the water to the president's feet
tlead as a canned mackerel.
,'his story, other guides claim, is a fabricate
They hold that tho tremendous catches
president secures is not duo to any parlity
on the part of tho trout, but to tho
11 and attention which Mr. Cleveland
ngs to bear on bis rod. Mrs. Cleveland
ids also to be fascinated with th? sport,
1, under her husband's tutelage, she is
sly to become as celebrated as ho in theso
ts. In a report of one day's catch of trout
president's figure is put at 115, while his
e is credited with 4'J more of the s|*>ekW
nities. As she has had hut little experi- |
e her success can bo attributed to luck, !
ugh the charming grace with which sho
iillcs the rod should be enough to capture j
most timid fish.
fear the president's cabin is the Snranac
, which will accommodate about seventy
sts. It is owned by a company of the prcsut's
friends, who run it not to naku ;
uey, but jus a sort of private club house, j
.< telegraph connects the place with civation.
'he president left the White House 011 Au^, ;
and it is his intent ion to lie back at his
k ou Sept. IT. Then will the president's
iilen shirts be put away where the mollis
mot reach them. And the trout v'lb-iut
r may rest for another season.
V. D. Ilowelb writes nil his novels with n 1
ie- writer. j
TWO FAMOUS BRIDGES,
High Bridge, Kentucky, and a New One
Across the Hndfton.
In one of the most beautiful and picturesque
locations in America stands High bridge, j
Kentucky. It spans the Kentucky river, and
is the railway crossing of the Cincinnati Southern
road on its track ?o .New Orleans. Pic'
nica to High Bridge are the fashion in summer
in that region for hundreds of miles
around.
A flight of 600 steps lea<ls the foot passenger
down beside the bridge to the water below.
Once an unwary traveler fell down the
itcps and was killed..
HIGH BRIDGE, KENTUCKY.
H igh bridge is ono of the great bridges of :
the North American continent. Its three |
; spn:osare together 1.125 feet long. It is 270 feet j
j high. The idea of n bridge at this romantic !
spew is more than a generation old It was !
j first attonn>ted to bo carried out by the I^ex
ingjon and Danville Railway company. They !
planned a suspension bridge. The president ,
of the company had such faith in it that at !
his own expense ho constructed the lowers j
that appear in the illustration. Then the
organization failed, and the towers stand to '
this day a monument of blasted hopes.
The Cincinnati Southern company bought j
I the road bed of the former concern and built i
across the river a bridge of tho ordinary oon|
structiou, in which the towers were not utilized.
new nudso.v rivet, bridge.
Tho bridge across the Hudson river at
Pcckslrill is not built yet, except upon paper.
It is not, hut it is to be by the 1st of January,
lt>8$, its charter says. The Union Bridge
company, of J>7ew Yoik city?Uen. W. C.
Hurd, president?has tbe contract lor its
construction.
It is to lw a suspension bridge, patterned
aft>>r those at Brooklyn and Cincinnati.
Feekskfll is a picturesque and wealth}' town
on the left bank of tho Hudson, forty-two
miles north of New York city, chiefly noted
for being tho summer homo of Henry Ward
Beecher. Close by Is Anthony's Nose, a
mountain 1,5U0 feet high. The bridge will
cross from ' the sule of this mountain,
at a height above the Hudson
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liver 01 iw? mei. inn wui iwvt<iini>ii uriun
for the passage of ships and strainers. Washington
Irving in his highly veracious history
Buys the mountain got its name from the nasal
organ of Anthony Van Corloar. Tho bridge
will cross from Anthony's Nose to old Korf
Clinton 011 the west bank. The- height above
the water of the towers supporting the cables
will lie something tremendous 310 feet
It is proposed to connect 011 the west side
of the river with tho Erio railway, the Lehigh
and Hudson, the New York, Susquehanna
and Western, the Ontario and Western, tho
Central Railroad of Now Jersey, the Pennsylvania
railroad, the Reading, the Ealtimo e
nnd Ohio, tho New Jersey and Nov York,
tilt' Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, tho
Pennsylvania and Slatington and the West
Shore railroads; 011 the east side of the river
with the New York Central and Hudson j
River railroad and the New York City and
Northern railroad?thus giving direct com-1
munii ation with the elevated railway system 1
of New York city and tho New York and |
Harlem, the Ilonsatonic. tlje Naugatuck, tho I
New York, New Haven, Hartford and Spring- I
field, and the New York and New England |
railroads; a direct all-mil connection between j
the preut western and southwestern states j
and all New England, tlo western nvercoun- 1
ties of New York ami tho city of New York.
A Veteran Prohibitionist.
GIN. KBAI. DOW.
(.ton. Neal Dow was the originator of the
bugl>enr to tho Jiquor traffic knowv as the ,
"Maine law" and might bo termed its back*- i (
bone for t!ic past thirty-live years, or since |
the nresent law was inaugurated. Gen. Neal :
Dow is at present in the neigborhood of TG
years. As thu portrait shows lie liears some ,
facial resemblance to Kuglnud's great states- I
man, Gladstone. lie is also active and vigor- j
ous lint here the likeness onrls, for lien Dow
is a small man with a slight figure. The
stern lines of his mouth indicate great firm- I
ncss of character uml this is carried out 111 :
his career, lie has been an unflinching ad vo- 1
care of principle throughout his whole life. :
I lo is to-day one of the principal let. dens in
the movement to establish an independent
national party which will have fur i;.< plan!;
the prohibition of the snle or manufacture
of spirituous liquor, except for the use of thy
arts anil medicine in this country. This party
he claims will hokl the balance of i*>wer iii :
Uie presidential election of 1L&& I
MCLE SAM'S' TRINTERS.
THOMAS E. BENEDICT, THE NEW
PUBLIC PRINTER, AND HIS WORK.
T1:o Largest Publishing House In the
World?A Monument to the Garrulity :
of Congress, and the Natural Desire to
So# Their Forensic Efforts in Print.
Tlio office of public printer, that was for so
long a time a bone of contention, has at last
been lianrled over to Mr. Thomas E. Bene-1
diet, of New York, who was not an applicant |
for tlio position, and whoso name was not
even thought of by wiseacres in connection
with the place.
THoijIAS B. BENEDICT.
Thomas K Dencdict was born at Warwick, J
Orange county, N. Y., in 1880. His cduca- :
t.imi wfis nlitninpfl nt, thn rammnn school and t
at the Warwick institute. He engaged in t
teaching during Lis early years, and drifted
tbencc into a railroad ofllce, and finally into
bookkeeping. lie always had on affinity for j
printing offices, however, and, wherever he s
lived, was sure to be an industrious corny ^
spondent of the local newspaper. He moved ,
to Ulster couuty in 18(>3 as a lwokkoeper of
the Ulster Iron Rolling mill, and in 1S70 ?
started The Elleuville Press in partnej-ship ^
with his brother, G. H. Benedict. The paper
gained a reputation for its vigorous Democracy,
and in 1873 tho firm purchased The
Banner of Liberty, which they conducted as
a staunch Democratic weekly, gaining for it ?
u circulation that extended to every state .
and territory of the Union. In 1879 Mr.
Benedict was elected to the New York legislature
and was re-elected for four successive
terms, each year bj* an increased majority. 1
There he gained the confidence and friend- *
ship of Governor Cleveland, Daniel Manning .
and other leading Democrats, and in 1884
was appointed deputy comptroller, which of- *,
fioe ho has since filled. Ho is known
specially for his executive ability and un- \
blemished integrity.
Mr. Gilbert II. Benedict, the new chief ^
clerk to the public printer, is a brother of Lis 6
chief, and was appointed by Public Printer ?
Rounds before his retirement Mr. Benedict
twos bom at War- c
wick, N. Y., in ?
184(5, and was educated
at the War- 1
wick academy. At !
15 years of age ho .
began work at the
printer's trade in
the office of Tho 1
Putnam County
Courier, then edited
by his brother,
Capt. Charles E.
Itim/xiwif. vvlu\ nftiii'
i^j7fff"v... ..-, -?--- i
f'm^I Wr//7^ ward died in the
I service of the Union
oif.DKUT rt. nnNEDici. nrniy. From there
be went to Ncwburg, where he set type
on the old Newburg Telegraph, and thence
gravitated to New York city, where, for
nearly ten yeai-s, he worked in the largest
book and job printing concern in the metropolis.
After one or two attempts at country
uewspaper editing, ho formed a partnership
with his brother, T. E. Benedict, in conducting
The Ellenvillo Press and Banner of
Liberty, of which paper he has been sole
proprietor for tho past three years. He was
a member of Typographical Union No. 0, of
NiAv York, during his residence in that city,
and is a stanch advocate of labor organizations
a nd the rights of workingmeiL
wmwwzy
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. j}
Tbo niaiuiuotb establishment that Mr. Benedict
assumes charge of is the largest printing ^
office in tbe world and located a mile north of
the Capitol in what was once called '-swain- ,.
poodle." It requires an army of 2,300 men :
and women tlio year round, with a pay roll i
of about Slli."),(K)0 per month to turn j 01
out it-s productions. Ovor 3,500 tons of I
paper are fed into tbo capacious maw i ^
of this monster to bo evolved into Hanks,! C|
pamphlets, maps, elegant bound books, in fact' jr
everything possible in the way of printed 1 ^
matter. The capacity of this establishment j ^
is practically unlimited and the sjwed with 1
which it can execute work cannot be excelled ;
anywhere. As congress has ordered tho, (j
printing of every bill when introduced, and j ^
reprinted every time an amendment is [ m
adopted, and as sonic of these bills are! ,
amended as often as thirty-seven times the j
numbers of copies of bills printed during a '
session of congress amounts to millions upon |
millions. Tbo copy of a bill or report in; ^
congress, making fifty or sixty largo printed j
pages, may be received at 10 o'clock in tbo j fl]
morning and in two or three hours tho i
printed anil stitched or bound copies will bo
laid on the desks of members. The Congres- 1
sional Record reports tho doings of congress
daily, and contains more matter than two
ordinary daily newspapers, and yet let I P.
ibo night session be long or short Tbe Record, j
L-ontaiuiug a verbatim account of the day's >
doings, will be on each member's desk before I .
Lbs; opening of the following day's session. ' .
J'o do this a wagon u kept going day and
night collecting copy nnd returning proofs of j .
speeches to the mcmiiers for corrections '
'J'lio press room contains nearly KM) of the j
most improved printing presses, from which
ire delivore<Leach hour about 100,000 sheets
:>f printed matter. Thirty immense ruling
machines arc in constant use in the bindery, j j,,
mil in the folding room, as elsewhere, tho i
a test and most improved machinery is used 1
Li> facilitate the work. A brief history of j S(J,
government printing is as follows: j n<|
In t!i<' first session of the First congress, w
I < !', the printing of hills and journals was ' jn
lone under the secretary of flic senate and y,
lerk <.'f the house. In 1704 a sjiecilic appro-: tr
uriation was made for "firewood, stationery I yc
Did printing work," $10,000. In 1 the presi-1 ea
leut's message was the tirst document printed ' P1
tn 1919 each house elected its own printer tot
;he session. The prinera
to congress now
jecame affluent and fc,
sntertained bandlomely.
These also MKL fgLl
rave rise to the party fr? fiy
lewspaper organ sys- feaMK^- ty
/em. The tnost hoted fiir^ljN JT A
vera Gales, Heaton, " * /jk g||^ ]
Blair and Hives. The^jjKtta^yjMfa^ j
printing of the Twen;y-seventh
congress 4
x>st $200,000. In 1846 >^5*^ ,~7e7/
;he contract system sterlwo P. B0U5DS. wa
ivas adopted. In 1853 mi
;he oflice of superintendent of publio ^
printing was creatxxl In 1876 the office waj ^
:hanged from congressional to public printer,; ^
uid appointed by the president Mr. A. M. i ^
Slapp, Mr. John D. Defrees and Mr. Sterling tw
P. Rounds wore the predecessors of Mr. 1 ^
Benedict. The cost of the government print- U8l
ing is now about $2,500,000 per annum. k
AN AIR STEAMER. !?
rhe Steam Balloon Invented by willlam ^
Patterson, San Francisco.
Now comes Professor William Patterson, (
Dridge builder, actor, hunter, squatter, trap- ^
ser, soldier and inventor, of San Francisco, jj(
uid solemnly avers that he has constructed a j ^
Walloon which will float uoon the air like an
? ordinary balloon on <je
the onp hand, and ja|
on the other will ^
permit itself to bo ^
propelled and steered
by steam, libo a
boat upon the |n|
water. All must ^
hope that Mr. Pat- WJ
terson's faith will be
justified by the resuits.
His balloon nu
may not yet be the on
tion which will <
solve the problem of esl
wrr.r.iam ?attebsox. air navigation. yet lik
et no one doubt that the problem will be gli
olved. If Professor Patterson does not do it, pa
ben somebody else will This is the age of tip
yonder. gl:
Mr. Patterson has invented a number of na
irticles in bis time. Ono of them is an auger go
vhich cuts a square holo. He is a disabled cl(
oldier and wears a G. A. R. badge. at-"
For twenty years ho lias been studying Be
ibout this steam balloon. He thought by day an
tnd dreamed by night. At last his mingled as
Iream and thought have taken material form ad
n the machine shown in the picture. po
It will 1? observed that this balloon, like
he steamship and sail boat, takes the shape of ne
i bird or tlsb, those creatures which travel at
ase through air and Water. This is a point ^
u its favor. The whole machine is 180 feet ^
ong. In its widest part it is 43 feet It has P8
l lifting power of 17,000 pounds. A unique *?
eaturo is its propelling power. This consists
>f -i separate engines of 12 horee-power each, ^
10 horse altogether. They work either tojcther
or separately. A parachutcof 11,000
quare feet is attached, to save the air trav- ?"
lers in case of accident. It lies folded upon ?*<
lie side of the balloon, but can be unfurled
ilmost instantly, the inventor says. Great 110
inns or ribs are shot out and the covering w'
traiglitens itself upon them. The parachute
s opened and closed by the balloon's steam ^
nachinery. The .car is 13 feet doep. The ^e
>alloon part alone is 34 ieet high, 'llw en- ^
ire height, bag, car and wheels and wheel P?
hafts is 54 feet. The whole machine weighs
1,500 pOOndl and cost $1.5,000. '
?
&1
'^T f <g~. **
~=*^/' - for
PATTEKSON'8 STEAM BALLOON. un
The man who had faith enough in this air tlu
teamer to advance money to help build it He
ras not one of the California millionaires, as of
ne might expect. It was a person who waa wa
! lr - Pr?f?nr f'nrl in
leyen, of .New York. The fact that he, chi
rith bis experience, put in his money to con- aui
truct the thing, scorcs a long mark in it* loo
ivor. Hie
The car part consists of hickory ?r white am
sh ribs, veneered with birch. It is flat-botlined.
The balloon or inflated part is divided
ito three compartments by strong, white i
otton sheeting. This prevents the rush of sch
as to one portion of the balloon. The bag ii ket
self made of the strong, white xx>tton cloth, cgj]
f triple thickness at the top. The danger of cor
ursting is thereby lessened. ati<
The ling is inclosed in a net of flat woven Tli,
nen bands, with a three-inch mesh. The ^
etting is attached to the car by irou hooks, g^o
Might into eyelets in leather straps. baX
Professor Patterson has expected for two <]
ears to muke the attempt to cross the conti- wa
ent from San Francisco to New York, but cirnmstauces
have thus far prevented his mak- juo
)g t'.ie attemj)t. Tlvort; is lack of money suf- jut
dent to try the experiment, for one thing. car
his is how it it at present with the bright flrs
lea tbftt struck Billy Patterson. The pro- nui
filing force of tho machine id placed inline- jla
lately at the intersection of tho car and i
illoon, so that both can be controlled by it. fl,0
he engine is thus elevated above the bottom ?'
: the car. Tho HerrcshofT engine is employed. ?
Tho wheels that appear below the edge of aut
le car are to catch it when it lands and to j
>11 it upon land. They arc attached to
Limpers and worked with machinery, so a jj,
iey will not jolt and can be turned about in eve
ly direction. The propeller screws that ap- fuj
jar beneath the car are made of hollow stoel unc]
ivered with green rawhide. Each screw is
jerated by one of the engines. No ballast is
?cessary. The balloon is elevated or do- g02
-essed by means of the screws beneath. At pn j
le stern appears the combined rudder and i koi. opeller.
all,
Living accommodations aro provided with- wj?
tho car. In tho bow of the air boat is seen, f
the illustration, tho mouth of a pipe. This 5^
ipplics draft to the furnaces. Tho fuel em-1 j ^
oyed has little bulk. The whole machine is j
instructed to afford the greatest strength cjja
itn tlic least weigut. ,vhi
The
"In Trade" for ra^timr. j0](]
Tlianks to tlw introduction of the praotict ! ftjv
England, it is getting to l>e quite fashion jjC(
>le to he "in trade" here. But to Ixs "in
ade" anil be fashionable, too, you must pos- '
ss enough money to be iii(lei?einl''nt of trade. T
Liat Is to Rav, you may dabble in coals or ^ bar
ine, if you c hoose, or run a line of hansoms, mcl
it you must do it for jiastime, not l?e<'uuse ; cole
>u" huvo to. Tho moment you prosecute !
ude as a necessity your caste vanishes and i varj
>u become a mcro nobody whom "our set" |
mnot afford to bo intimate with at any j -<
ice.?Alfred Trumble in New York News. | ivl
UMBRELLA FIENDS. "
.. ??11
IOSYNGRASIES OF WtttL KNOWN1
NUISANCES.
ttart'a CbMrMiti1 Sho-rtrn by the Way
Be Carries Hi* Umbrella?The Obnoxious
and Osoietou "Jabber"?Swell,
granger and fat Mas. .-'ij
\ man often shows bis character by tbe
ly he carries bis umbrella If bo is aboentnded
bo will lug it by tbe top of tbe handle,
reless of whether it is folded or flapping,
d indifferent if it trails behind him upori :
a pavement He may be bustling, harry-.
_r, in bigb spirits, and if so be frequently '
iris his umbrella in circles from the wrist .
be spins down tbe street If he is fat ha,
? VI. 1.?ll- ? . ?? It Va
iro ma uiuumia ?u a vaiic vi pai iwyj f ?. ?iv ^ ?,
a clergyman bo carries it limply before
11; if be is angry be grabs it by tbe handle
if it were a club; and if he is a dacfe be
Ices tbe fertile ih front of hiitii-fchtil
ihes tbe paremont, and as he passes oq
itches it forward again.
Jne of the most familiar of tbe umbrellarrying
species is the "jabber" or "aliover."
) lugs his parachute under his arm, with ~
? ferule straight out behind and the handle
fid in front He pokes off more bats, im'
nts more stomachs, gouges more ribs and. r
be moro spines as he walks along than one
uld shake a stick at in a week. He never
>ps to soc who be bas punched. Not he.
itb his lips compressed as tightly as the lid
an iron chcst, ho goes on, frowning, bump- v
; into passers-by, and with an air that
ims to say: "If you don't get out of the
iy you'll be hurt" He is generally old and',
in, but sometimes be Las not reached mid5
age. The public abhors Mm,' a ad he is a
isanoo that Ko-Ko most inexcusably
litted from bis famous list.
TDK MILITARY SWILL.
rhe heavy military swell is another inter* >
:ing umbrella carrier. His chest sticks out J
a a pptitqc pigeon's, his new plug hat,
stens like Day & Mnrtin'4< blacking,^ His
ntaloon* aro the newest, his frock coat tt&~'
;btesfc, his mustachq the .itagqsti a^ch-hid'
ire the most ferocious i?een .on titV rpfbme*'* '
de. He carries the umbrella by his side a? ,s
od deal as if It were a sword; sticking
wcly to liis portly figure. It is a scrtdicrljr"
L Even his traducers couldn't dcQjr. Kha^'1
ihold him, with his dandy parasol af ' J
glo of forty-fire degrees, close to his ribrf,.
he strides along in true military step, the" /t
miration and envy of every helmeted
lice man on the beat and the butt for
ilgar jokes from every barefooted passing
WBboy.
rhen there is the countryman from. way. * .
ck, who lugs his venerable rain-distributor
th bim when he goes over to Ridge way
rk. See him on the boat! FGs back fa
ward us, and his ancient, faded, blue pa rail
to is outlined beside him. Ho carries It
:e a hoc, and a boo that ho doesn't care niuch" J, ^
out. Its creascs are worn by weather,' its' g
ndlo was painted, but the paint has worn .
lie is au emblem of tbe hayseed re- .
ins, and so is his parasol, which heciiagttrl
th a grip like the grip of destiny. He may ^
t lug his umbrella with much grace, but
ten ho gets to Ridgeway park it will bo
are with hini; and, no matter bow many'
aes he "saves his life" with tbe island beer, . ;
will hang on to his rain protector, and go '
ck with it to his home among the corn
tches and wheat fields. ~ \ . /,
THEVEftY T\i HA*.
[t i3 a rare thing for the very fat man td
) his umbrella exceptas a parasol, it wards
> rnrirviMfify mmmnr fmin hM "
iuosuitaovwivuuie??.uiHv. ^
und and perspiring countenance. With bk
dgy hand he grasp; the handle and carries
3 parachute over bis crown, while his sum- "
>r vest Haps to and fro, and tbe entire area'
his person is coursed by little rills that run "
0 his shoes. Ho enjoys his umbrella more,'
in most peoplo. As a general thing his'*
>uth is open, his brow is moist, bis feet
lie down on tbe trembling earth like
edrivers as he moves on with majestiestep, *
d his manner of breathing resembles that'
the porpoise when that fish conies to the
1 of tho briny billows to blow. ] , i
rhe Jforfolk-jacketcd young man from .the '
ies, who carries his umbrella with' Ijfci on
> seashore, is a uoticcable specimen of tbff * *
ius of umbrella carriers. The rim of hi*"'
aw liat is as stiff as the bow of a rich man "
a poor rolation, and his attire is faultless, '
is ho not a "gilded*5 youth! His black silk
ihrella is wranned so small and 80 tiffhiir
it it looks like a. Cambridge walking stick*"
i carries it daintily and negligently in front'
him, as be saunters by the sail aea waves', v
telling the witching gambols of themaideni' V
the surf. He is liannless; fco is bis para^.'
ate. Neither of them are intended for hse,
1 both make a combination that doesn't
k at all out of placo on the golden sands of
) sounding shore, when August's sun soars
ibitiously.? Philadelphia News.
Introducing a New Brand.
Tig wino jobbers sometimes reeort to a
eme that puts money iu their pockets but
>ps that of their customers long tied up in
lars. For example, a new brand dT.
lies into the market. The first consider- *
an of tho joblier is how to get a run on it. 7
3 customary advertising methods are brushaside
as inadequate and slow, for yott ' ' ''
uld know tliat wine must go with a ftzt'.
lg! boom! else ft will be a taring speculation.
'hree good looking, well dressed gentlemen
Ik into a leading hotel, register as front
^uit and different cities and order a sump-'
us dinner. The head waiter is asked to pro- "
:ethc wine list of tho house. They scan it
efully and begin to growL "Never saw a
t-class hotel with so meager and hark- '
nberisb a wine list. Havent you th?
rco Bozaris wino heruf
he waiter politely replies that it is not in
bouse if they-do not find it on tho list. ^
Then send ont for it,1 i? tKp command. *
Very sorry, gentlQtnen, but I am not
horized to do that" : " *
he three Marco Bozaris drinkers oratoriy
enlarge upon the necond-clos? character of
atel tliat does nut keep "tho' best wine that *
r was brought into New York," being cartsto
make their oratory and tho test th'ereof"
lerstoivl by all the guests In the room Afdinner
they sannter up to the office and '
the proprietor why they can't get Marco
laris wine at his tables, cxpatiatogenerajly
its superior qualities, and cleverly, though,
teroosly, manage to leave an impressiou-'
aver tho houso that lifo id of tittle north
bout Marco BozarU.
be next day tho new brand is added to fliosaguered
hotel's wino list The other day'*
nntcd the list at dinner and found that my
3] was carrying twenty-two brands of1
mpagne, for not abovo a half a dozen of;
ch is there a call once ill tnreo tnonens.
n I made inquiries of the steward, who
I mo the true story of the three oratorical *
ocates of Marco Bozaris.?Now York Cor.
roit Free Press. .
Tlie Latest Thins: In Watermelons.
ho latest thing in melons is tlio "scaly
k." This is tlio second season for thi* 1
on, and it is extra lino. It i*A dai-k gtwn
?r, ^ith irregular patches of a scaly ap- "*
In nee. It is said to be a most reliable '
ietv, and an excellent article for shipping,"* '
account of its keeping qualities*?lioar
k Evening Post. _