Evening star., 1869-09-04
EVENING STAR.
LATE fELEGRAMS, &c.

Sheriff Davis, IL Is said, has refused TO give
the Registrars Of Voters in Baltimore city the
precinct books containing the list Of voters In
Ihe several wards OF :he city. At a meeting
held last evening the Registrars appointed q
COMMITTEES Of their number to wait upon Mr
hnott, the States Attorney, and obtain nis
opinion as TO the right of the Snerin TO retain
possession of the books.
The Pythian Base Ball Club, colored, of
PhIIadelp phia. after challenging a number of
white clubs Of that city, who refused TO play
from the Olympic yesterday, which dsfeatsd
them by 9 sc ore of ~ TO % The novelty Of the
snair drew an immense crowd, II being the
first game play ed between white and coiored
umpire
The BoscabeI,a propeller, was burned below
81 Clair, Michigan, yesterday, proving a total
loss, and Involving the loss Of the baggage of
her passengers. ten in number, besides freight
The engineer was drowned in an attempt 20
escape by jumping overheard.
In the Fifth North Carolina Internal Reve-
hue District tobacco factory and contents, the
whole valued at 45O,OOO. have been seized, ow-
ing TO the fact that the boxes containing the
tobacco man nufactured by the establishment
bad counterfeit stamps upon them.
There is great activity in the sawed lumber
trade in Otta wa, Canada. About 10000 900 feet
are now piled up at the mills there, and in
addition 70 these about $1,000, 900 feet have been
shipped from ottawa TO the United States this
season.
A dispatch from the agent OF the Kansas
Pacific railroad at Denver states that 2OO,OOJ
pounds of Colorado silver ore have been
shipped TO the end of thar road by wagons
destined to London, England.
EENTILATIoH-we have now to describe
one OF the best and simplest modes of ventlla-
iIng ordinary rooms with which we are ac-
quainted. 1t Is one equally applicable in
Winter as well as in Summer, because ali
opened az the top, downward draught is fire.
quently felt, and In rainy weather 1t is eften
impossible TO keep the window open. The
present plan Is applicable in all kinds of
weather, and would be perfect If the ventilation
could be effected nearer TO the calling.
As It can be applied at an expense of few
cents, and as no unsIghtly appearance Is made.
II is equally applicable 10 the cottage and to the
mansion A piece of wood an inch or more in
thickness, three inches wide, and as exactly as
long as the breadth of the window through
which ventilation is TO be established. Is to be
prepared. Let the sash be now raised, aud let
the slip Of wood be placed upon the side of the
window; the sash Is then 10 be drawn down
closely upon the slip OF wood. If the slip has
been well nfted-and the fitting may be made
more complete by adapting 1t TO the grooves in
the sash and its frame, IL any exist-no draught
viii be experienced in consequence OF the dis
placement OF the sash at this part. The effect
OF such an arrangement is, however, TO cause a
separation between the bars of the sashes at the
center BY this means a perpendicular current
OF air will be projected into the room between
the glass in the upper and lower sashes and
their respective bars or else the current Will
pass outward in the reverse direction, in a
manner by which all inconvenience from
draught Will be avoided.
SuppOsIng that two or more windows at op-
pOslte sides of room are fitted In this manner,
very satisfactory ventilation will be secured
owing TO difference IN Its equilibrium, the
air Will rush in on one side and rush out on
The other side OF the apartment. II the slips of
wood are painted OF the same color as the
windows them they will attract little
nOuee.-GoOi Health.
LpNAR HEAr-Lord Rose has been meas
NNwla UTaalr haaF 49,
20 u from the moon. Using one Of his great
reHectng telescopes as burning mirror. he
has con densed the moons rays upon one of the
most delicate of heat gaugers-a thermo pile
Without beng able 10 determine by what frac-
tlOn OF Fahren heit's degree the lunar warmth
increases the temperature Of the terrestrial at
mosphere, he has found as an approximation,
that the radiation from the moon Is about the
unety-thousandth part of that from the sun.
He conceiyes that the variation CT heat from one
satellite follows the same law that OF Its light
VIZ, that we have the most warmth from the
fUl moon, and least rom the nearly new. By
comparison with the terrestrial source OF heat,
Lord ROsse estimates the actual temperature of
the moons surface AZ lunar md day TO be about
i've hundred degrees Fahrenheit. This scorch-
ing results from the slow rotation of the moon,
u Inch mai "s its day equal TO our month, and
fTOm the absence OF any atmosphere 10 screen
the lunar world Years ago Sir John Herschel,
VINO has more than once proved himself
prophet by his sagacIous inferences, remarked
mat ''the surface OF the full moon exposed TO
must necessarily be very much heated. pos
sihly TO degree much exceeding that of boiling
water" Fontenelle and his followers 10 the
contrary, the moon can be no place for living
beings, unless they are salamanders.