Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-04-02
A NobleMan " no is a Mechanic. Eu,,u.er.
ard Astronomer

ard Astronomer
The Earl Of Rose Is the Tuba, t,si, ., ,ns
IIlsh peeraga-a noble Vulcan, a smith, and
an as1rcncmer-equally at home i'm the forge
or among the stars. Most people have heard
OF his lordship. or If they have not heard of
MS lordstfp, they have heard Of his great tele-
scope, nifty three feet long and six feet in di .
ameter, through which the celebrated nebu Ia
OF SIR John HeTschel was first seen In its most
oisuhct aspect OF myriad clustering stars, and
last summer il rs ass srted that his Lords \, n
mao al early private view, through this same
monster instI ument, OF the approach Of the hot
weather, and was thereby enabled to erect
sneos ioi ms cattle The great telescope sta a
In TIE middle OF the Gemesne, and Is slung ne
tween two massive stone walls, something liz 2
yier OF the Suspension bridge, wilhou lhs
drch connecting the siue masonry.
lie first thing that strikes Won is, tha; N is
IKE glgan tic piece of wooden ordnance, beng
out together with tremendous stAves like n
cask. The instrument is. pointed at y given
angie towards the heavens, and down il the
bottom OF tie huge cylinder. or csAk, il Won
cntose to call 1t such. is the speculum or re.
rector, the largest that hts ever been made,
and the manufacture Of which, under his o "
surfrlntenusDoe was the triumph OF J.or
hosse's mechanical powers In tbs metalli.
mlIror is reflected the heavenly body under
observation, al d on a stage near the openiug at
the TOP stands the observer, examining at
leisure planet. fixed star, meteor, or nebala,
Jrst as he case may be. Here pIgmy man re.
views the heavenly hest but Lord Rosse l. no
piem?. Ii his father had worn a blacksmith
apron ins sead OF OF mine or ables, the son won
lave risen from he cinders of the forge To be "A
StepbeI son or a Herschel.
The LaTls residence, Rose Castle. Ia a moss
amusing mixture OF the forge and the feud,l
fortress. The greater part of the structure IS
comparatively new, but portions of the cid
castle, which III the JacobiCe wars stood brief
siege. srlI remain, ard bear upon them the
traces OF cannon balls The present no oleman
hss surrounded the building with rampant
and forts, Sc that III sudden emergency At
might be turned TO strategical account For;i-
ncaticn one of the MANY b arches of knovI-
edge To vh5ch be has turnei his thoughts: bat
when yoG get witbin he iIue of Il faag.s what
n contrast To barODiaI OF military force the
OBJ. eis that meet Your eye afford! The genus
oi ats btpml is over the imltitiols Of Vau.
b5ii.
where cannon might have bri<.l,d, a tidv
steam eneine "a orkef: great lathaS tnrrsd IN.
Ger ne towers that frowned def tncs at Jam =ss
CIc7si in he ia ,Ies. Wiere racing stud of war
seed iflis ht have been sheltered, q most IN se-
nous and powerful aHparatus tor 90, shipy
the Ereat 81 ecuism wa iixed; In thu ,ar cf
ShS castle JaFd was furnace, aat close by
StoCC TIE iECufGs'fn VIII en- the monster refisC-
toIs were cast ~ his iorGshp. wi n IA p aai
! anGs tee I med With sweat and 4, al dnst-au
tNeEt more sIaIo2 las, bu- Get As woTthily r--
corded, as ths casing OF Schiliers bell Sep,
ef non and smiths al rswed the g,ounI:
and, instead o. the haytug ~ hounn or hori of
Hunter you hear the sustained deep bre atnine
o. :. p2lf q forge bellows, aucye " hIcu r. ~
The measured cianC OF sledge and anvil for MS
To- dsi III IL never idI-. Nnen Lord Oxmin-
town, Ia lepresenr.d Kings cu untv f. Pi.la.
Lon
don, wouid sometimes escape from a Suu A.
late l. The forses Of Birmingham Or the ship
building walls OF Bia akWali
S3ne an Using cirEums -ancas occurred dur.
lhI tGeS, 3ft6ETft" visits. his lO- dship T. a
stf'ng bull, mechsnicai-Iooking msa, and
many a tune has a brother operah We, IL admir-
alCE CT iiis ability, pressed pot of porter up
or him, 1t is even said that ne or twice
shSrsd the honest ptrter. op such occasions
with the HE busted engineer, sooner than 70 art
v i,h a Gle ar hea LED handlcraftsman
mo Nnftf - IN fk,..,,
at some manu1ac ory-tne na me have hear Il,
sat save to- gotten Ia val king tsronyh .
him well versed in the sunject ard takingh,m
!cr practical man. explained some improve.
NJ hts that he was ABOUT TO maze His lord.
ship dis covered faltacy IN he plan, and pre-
cictso that II would fail !; 6t,t the othr WAS
eonrdentln his calculation. ar d so they partsj
Some limr afeTwa ards, when his Iordshiu was
waking 20 Inc House OF Commons. ne was
atcostsd an TIE street BY one " ho turaed out %
be MS 100 tohfoent q uainfa anCe aid who saI 5:
nave heen of:en, since we last ms., wish
ing 10 see you. You were right, aud l was
WRONG, and Lam going 10 make Won an osar
MY engineering foreman Is going b. leave me,
ana II yon Will cone down anu coDstruct ,ns
wefF Scnr own way. will give yon a post"
:. am much Obliged replied his lordshp p
'o,' cc'to mo- accept your offer withoae
consulting my father. -
"One would think Won wee old enough
saio the other. " ith some scorn, sto ha ouC III
Leading Strings. And when can you hear from
your DADDY p
CAmsntown. who saw his father, the th.n
Earl OF kesse. approaching
When the latter came up, he was informed
OF the Cfler. aud entering into The Joke, said ns
was quite Willing his son should accept the
posi- i Il did not interfere with his parliamsn.
tsry duties.
"And who is he! And who are you, o,d
ssltjsmaD," Iouehly deinan ded the Brumnl l.
gem.
II am Earl Rose" was the reply, "and rnis
Is lCTG OSmantowp.''
T. mol 6t.-r rto1
for q few days IL War " ick shira, and Civ. e,s
friend the benefit OF his best ad vice, which
ended, this tine, la fhe thoroughly successfnl
completion Of the improvement in hand.-Cor
ByiStol Times
A WOMAN CULTIvATEs A uou srAcHH AVID
NAERIEs A WoMAK.-A woman soldier ;
clothes, was arrested In this city Las week ON
account OF complaints fsom Manitowoc IN is
sh. Lad married woman IN that place, tak-a
hsr money anG decamped Upon learning Of
her arrest here. officers from Manitowoc cana
hr,ueh and took her 10 that place Tor trial
We learn that she formerly lived At Bay os
NOQuet with her husband. and that her huS.
.and lives now somewhere on the shore uf
Lake Michigan. that she has rean absent tran
her husband nearly two years. part Of tn. time
il camp al Madison i'm soldiers uni.ar "a IN &C
she speaks two or three languages, has c3lT-
waited n light moustache ard, ike some of the
counterfeit money now in circulation, at first
glance is calculated to deceive. She has 0a.r
brought to sudden halt ia her wiId cars-r
ard we trust Will ba taught lesson that wi
make her wiser and better wo!ua In future
Green Eds (Wis) Adroedte.
PRENTiCEANA.-The Miunesota Post, a n ~
cal ps per, denounces the Isou,svi.ls Journsi
The difference between he two paasrs is In &c
one is pillar OF the Union. aud the other only
apost.
The Ros;on Post has detected philosopher
Greeley in a firtation- The object Of his ar
dent attachment Is Miss q. q. Nation,
The Richmond Whig says that the rebel sol.
dieIs have a sufficiency OF clothing Weguess
that ii is q bare sUfi ciency.
~ Philadelphia is ende iyoring TO get tas
seat of the Pennsylvania State Goyernm mt
removed from Harrisburg To that city Fas
Common Council have passed an ordiuan ,