Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-25
An Executiop-Bread Scene.

IN
VIM. Collier, who was sen en- ced . daash at
the late StafordshIre assizes for the M urder OF
Mr.. Thomas Smith, al Winston Eayex near
Cheadle, was executed in front OF the eoansy
prison at Stafford, yesterday, in the psDssS
of several thousand spectators. Upon pooes-
ing the drop the culprIt was placed uplpr ma
fatal beam, and the executioner, George Smi0,
having drawn a white cap over his face Ne,-
ened the rope around his neck He then sOp-
ped back and drew the bolt, when a scene ETA
revolving character, exciting horror and inats-
natien amongst the m ultitude, tookplace. Tie
culprit fell heavily downward, the weight Of
his body. impelled by the sudden Jerk draxesd
the rope from the beam 10 which it was fast-
ened or rather supposed 70 be fastened, aad
instead OF bang suspended by the nseh -
dropped TO the ground in an upright position,
which he firmly maintained, the rope ssli
round h3s neck and the white cap owes his Ace.
The exetuuoper and prison officials foF soue
moments seemed perfectly paralyzsd - ft
was not until the Rev. Mr.. O'Sullivaa, en-
claiming "Where lie her' and Immediately
rushed down the steps OF the scanold TO where
the unhappy man was standing that they re-
covered themselves and took measures for. the
completion OF the sentence. The priest having
commenced anew the service that had met
with so dreadful an interruption, the cap was
removed from Golfers face and the rope from
his neck, when he again assembled the scaffold
eteps nrmly and without apparent emotion,
uttering the religious res ponses OF his church
in a subdued tone Of voice Upon reaching the
drop the second time-snother rope having in
the meantime been fixed TO the besm-the en-
ecuuOner WAS received Win storm OF yellS
and hissee. Regardless OF those he proceeded
with his task, ano in q few moments the drop
again fell ard after some severe conyuRlye
struggles the culprit ceased 10 exist
Is THE Sun GROWING SNALLKRl-Prof
Pierce, OF Harvard University, read an article
before the Academy Of Natural Sclences, de-
signed to refute Tyndale's work or Heat as a
Source OF Motion, and another, in which be
controyertee the idea that the heat given Off
from the sun was fed by the number OF motors
falling into il. His own idea though not dis-
tinctly propounded, was, apparently, that the
gradual con densation OF the matter of the sup
was sufficient 10 account for all the known
effects. The Nebula theory supposes an ORR
ginal fire mist extending TO the boundary OF
the planetary system, and a gradual conden-
sation OF the whole into our sun and its
planets. II we take our stand at the period
when the sun extended to Mercury's orbit, it
would, by contracting, have given of its
present neat TOR 3.D0O0 OF years, and as at
present IL is only one quarter the density of
our globe, II might 90 on and give on lis heat
Tor as much longer 1t has been found that n
bail OF carbon the size OF the sun gouls last
for fuel about $500 years; ball OF melted IRON
would cool down in about the same time We
have no knowledge OF any substance which by
by Its combustion could for any geological
period produce the heating effect Of the sun
Hence, he seemed 10 think that CONDENSATION
was the source OF its heat So that while re-
futing Tyndale's Heat as a Source Of Motion.
his view is. apparently, that motions is the
source Of solar heat.