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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-24


Mr.. Pierce had probably been bored sniff
GENTLY by that peculiar class of people, who
conceive that from generation to generation
they are the seneschals and dowagers of all in
coming administrations.
But it was unprofessional for MIR. Tayloe to
have guessed that the great unwashed was
newspaper reporter; for, far as we can learn,
nothing remains Of a durable sort of i've gem
erations of this, the richest family in virginia
but this memorial book of society and turf re-
porting and amateur foreign correspondence.
The horses imported by the Tayloes have
was a mere incidental. 1t lie in a society re-
porter and writer for the sporting pspers
that nearly two hundred years of wealth and
pretension graduates. Mount Airy, If il still
exists, Is indistinguishable amidst hundred
old brick mansions in barren land. Phe race :,
course at Mount Pleasant is but a tradition.
The innumerable dinners described in this
book, with Count This and Baron That, have
all been eaten and the platter licked. But the
interesting moments which Mr.. Tayloe devoted
to writing up races and the nenage of his neigh
bors-not always, we must say, with the most
generosity, and sometimes, we should guess
with little disposition to scandalise-have re-
were the best inspirations OF the Tayloe head
and heart.
Perhaps we have inexperienced the para
graph about the newspaper reporter, and il NAV
have been Mr.. Tayloe himself, acting in that
coDgenial capacity, whom President Pierce
orew Into the embrasure of the window.
YINIs.
But let us take our Virginia pone Is they cook
It In that part Of the country. The spice Of life
consists In just such books, where the truth
ana me medium which CONVEYS It are equally
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THE METRIC SYSTEM.

THE GENERAL ADOPTION OF THE METRIC
SYSTEM AMONG CIVILIZED NATIoNs-TTS
DERIVATION AND DAPPLICATIoN-THE GREAT
ADVANTAGES OF ITS ADOPTION.
The Hartford Courant gives the following
sketch of the history Of the international
system of measure known as the metric: In
1872 Germany made compulsory the metric
or decimal system of weights and measures
which had been legalized in 1864. The IN
telligent Germans have readily adapted
their business TO the change, and ind their
account in the great convenience
and simplicity of the SYSTEM. and
in having system which is uni
form with that Of the majority of civilized
netiors. England still hesitatez to adopt it,
being withheld good deal by insular pride
and by reluctance to accept any improve
ment which is French in Its origin. The
United States legalized the metric system IL
1866, and the country ought by this time t'
be ready TO accept its compulsory en
forcement. Our country ought At bsas
to have no prejudice IN favor o; th
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present haphazard. system Indeed we
ana cast off the English measure in
our money, and adopted the deci-
mai system-ten mills make one cent. ten
GEMS MAKE one dime, etc. since the legal
lzing OF The metric system it las been stead
lily growing in favor with scientffsc men. il
Is In use by the coast survey, by chemists,
Dy many physicians. by engineers also and
otners: The svstem Is the simplest ever in
vented, and lis standard is absolutely un-
.arying- Inc standard IS the rsetez, which
is 5y:5I In ouz inches. A meter is enc ten
milllonthpart oI she quadrant OF phe earth's
meridian. In France up 10 the time of the
revolution the same confusion had ex-
I5ted Ia weights and measures that now
exists in England A trigonometrioal ,nea-
surement OF an arc Of the esrth's meridian
textending through France from Bunkirk
to Barcelona) was instituted, under the d.
rectlon OF the most eminent mashemetieisns
OF Europe. The length of the meridian
thus found In taises was divided ints forty
million equal parts, and each part called q
meter. Hence the meter was declared TO. be
certain determinate part of the toise and
the prototype meter was caused to be con-
structed IN platinum by the international
commission which met in Paris in 1923, and
declared to be
THE DEFINITE BASE
of the metric system of weights and meas
ures; and this base has never been altered.
The subdivision and multiples of this length.
were made on the decimal system, and the
weight of a cubic certimeter of water at four
degrees centigrade, or the condition of its
greatest density was adopted as the unit of
weight, and called a'sgram.r (For 1t was dis
covered that water was densest not at freezing
point, but at four degrees centigrade.) To
avoid any loss OF this standard, which is
kept at Paris, 1t has now been duplicated
and distributed to other nations for safe
keeping. complete set ofstandard weights
and measures for the United States are ex-
pected to be ready in October. This system
is perfectly simple, and can be easily learned
by child; he will only have to master
twelve words. Our present system is
these twelve words are already natural
lied in our language in one way or au-
other. For instance we have the word
meter" in thermometer, the word "are" in
area, and the word "sterer in stereoscope.
These twelve words are as follows:-Meter
from the Greek metron, signifying a meas
nre; liter from Greek Ultra, pound; gram
from Greek gramma, small weight; are
from Latin area, surface; tere from Greek
steros, solid (these five are units;l
milli from Latin mile, thousands; cent?
from Latin centum, hundred; deci from
Latin decem, ten these three are subdivi-
sions); deka from Greek deka, ten; hecto
from Greek hecaton, hundred; kilo from
Greek chilioi thousand; myria from Greek
myrioi, ten thousand these four are null
tiples.) We shall now understand the fol-
lowing simple tables, which contain al
that there is in the metric or decimal system
of weights and measures:
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THE GRAssHOPPER VICTIMS.

AID BEING FORWARDED - PRECAUTIONS
AGAINST FRAUD AND WASTE.
OMAHA, NEB., Oct. 31.-The officers and
branch societies of the Nebraska Relief and
Aid Society in behalf of the grasshopper suf-
ferers are receiving contributions to meet
immediate demands. 1t is proposed to send
a car load per week of provisions
and clothing to each of the six
principal stations in the western counties
where the crops were destroyed, if the liberal
contributions now arriving continue. Nine
car loads of supplies have already been for
warded. Precautions are taken to see that
they go only to the needy, and that
in a fair proportion, and to obtain
such facts as will prevent extravsgsnt ru-
mors from getting abroad. Gen. James s.
Brisbin is travelling and soliciting for the
society. He, the executive committee at
Omaha and the authorized officers of branch
associations, where such are formed, are
alone authorized to receive contributions.
There is already much want and suffering.
CINcINNATI, Oct. 3l.-The Chamter OF
Commerce to-day passed a resolution re-
questing the secretary of war to issue the
army clothing now at Jeffersonville, Ind,
to the Nebraska sufferers. The churches in
the city will take up q collection for the
benefit of the sufferers to morrow.
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GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
MURDER ON THE vANDALIA ROAD.
A BRIDGE wATUHMAN SHOT IN HIS WATCH
HoUsE-RoBBERY THE OBJECT.

MURDER ON THE VANDALIA ROAD.
BRIDGE wAIUHMAN SHOT IN HIS WATCH
HoUsE-RoBBERY THE OBJECT.
lBy Telegraph to the Sentinel.l
TERRE HAUTK, IND, Oct. 30.-A most
heinous crime was committed at the Kas-
kaskan bridge, or Woodville trestle work,
as it is usually called, two miles this side of
vsndalia, Ills, last night, about Q o'clock.
For the past three years Joseph Robbins has
been the Vandalia Railway Company's 8
watchman there. His Matchbox is
at least two miles from any dwell
ling. and it is rather lonely
location. Yesterday the Vandalia
pay car left this city west and ran through
to Highland beyond Yandalia, distributing
money to the men fer the past month. Rob-
bins drew his months pay as usual. About
O'Clock in the evening he was killed in his
watch house, somebody using a shotgun
loaded with buckshot TO do it. Seventeen
of the shot lodged in the window frame,
and two were buried in the brain OF Rob-
bins The one who did the shooting must
have stood very close to the window, as the
marks indicate as much. Robbery was, of
course, the intent, but gentleman crossing
the trestle must have frightened the robber
or robbers. Great indignation is felt at
vandslia, and the citizens are very actively
to ferret out the perpetrators.
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RoBBERY. ARSON AND MURDER.

A IYRRrBLE CRIME AT ALLEGHENY cITY-A
HoUsE ROBBED AND FIRRD--THE SERVANT
GIRL SUPFoCATED.
PITIsBURo, Pa, Nov. Lone OF the most
startling cszes OF robbery and arson on rec
ord was perpetrsted early this morning at
No. ga Federal street, Allegheny City, in
dwelling house occupied by Jacob Fell.
Mr.. Fell awoke a. O'Clock and discovered
that the house was on fire. He alarmed his
family, consisting of his wife, two sons and a
servant girl named Margaret Lynch. Find
Ing escape by the stairway impossible, Mr..
fell and his vile escaped BY means OF a rope
from the second-story front window, and his
son Solomon jumped from a second
story back window, unbarmed. His
son Joseph, however, rushed down the
stairway through the flames, and was seri-
ousiy burned. The girl, Margaret Lynch,
while attempting to escape from the third
story wss overcome by the smoke end suf-
fooated. Her body, blackened and dIs6g-
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SPAIN.

THE GARLIsrs YIRISG oUT-A MUTINY-PRoe-
.RBss OF THE WAR.
MADRID, Nov. Lit is asserted that sever
al leading Csrlists waited on Don Carlos at
Sslssa. and represented to him that it was
useless to continue the war.
The Iberia has intelligence that Don Car
los intends 70 hold an important confer
ence on French territory, and expresses the
hope that the French authorities will pre-
vent it.
The detachments under Gen. Estabsn,
stationed at Granoollees, mutinied last
week. The captain general OF BARGE
Iona sen; a strong force to restore
order, and several mutineers were shot.
The Cantonalists are accused of tampering
with the army.
Gen. Despujol has defeated Csrlists under
Cucala near wslstrazzo. The insurgents lost
10 in the fight.
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WHOLE. NUMBER 1.7T3.
ton Of his conscience, with the cry. ."sfy-
God, am choking,
DID I1-,

"
ID1DIT,,
made full confession. OF his guilt. declar-
ing that he had committed the mur,3er AZ
.ne lnstlgatlon of Mrs. PoElin having fol-
lowed Pculin to the wood and killed him
with a heavy club, Notwithstanding the
piseous plea Of his victim for mercy. as
kneellng before his slsughteEer he offered 10
leave the 7country-so do anything 30 that he
were permitted TO live On this confession
the prisoners were fully committed. and
AT the Gloucester assizes in Sentem
Der indicted and arraigned, ,Galzen as princi-
pal, in, nIs sccompice as an accessory before the
isct, Judge Weldon presiding. The woman
pleaded mot guilty. but Galliet refused TO
speak, standing mute OF maliceu A plea
being entered for him by the court. he was
tried on the Sd of September his confession,
Ts Tesing tae prlncipai evidences against Sim.
Inc jury returnedS verdict of"griity.D
coupling with it a recommendation 70 nsercv
tnat evening, after al absence of two hours
Next DAY Mrs. Pculin was tried, and found
guilty, though Gallien refused to testify
1gslhst Z, ner; The jury in her case was out
All night: Immedistslyon on the rendition of
the verdict sentence ofdeath was passed on
ootn prisoners. Oddly enough it wes-p pro-
nouncec,in English, language neither O/
The condemned persc rs understood. Jp<ge
weldon said TO Gallien that he fulLyscen-
Cured in the verdict, and couT ind
nothing in the evidence to wsrrant
him in recommending to COVER.
nor-gensral TO extend = mn any
mercy. The. woman he re-npdeo OF ner
double guilt, adultery sn6 MURDER warming
her, as well as her associate IN crime, TO
make her peaee VII b God al the interval al
lowed her sss<s will be hanged en- the Sth of
January pcAt, the delay being allowed her
to perpsss OF the birth o. the childwith which
she j. pregnant by Gsllien. While in prison,
a-aitinG; the carrying ou of his
GaElien was very reucent. never
repeating his confession BE protested
hat the witnesses against hun hal
perjured themselves, and despite bis confess
sions, maintained that Mrs. PaUlin had
never melted him to kill her husband He
expressed his willingness to de, and freely
accepted the ministrstions o, his priest,
Father Carter. For seme days before his
his sleep was badly broken, and
he refused 1ood, or only swal-
lowed is with muIl difficulty
Mrs. Poulin denies constantly her guilt,
and even asserts that she rS'ver committed,
adultery with Gallienj and } rat her children
-seven-are all legitimate Her consuming
desire is to see her children and she raves OF
them constantly in her 81 ep. She is yet
confident that her ssnteE ,e wiz be com
muted to Imprisonment her spiritual ad-
visers having urged sslchs ction on the gov
but as officers of the
crown consider her the X re guilty, it is al
most cert-in that she vii be hanged
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FOREST FIRES.
THEY ARE RAvAGING THIS AND Al
JOINING STATES.


CINCINNATI, Oct.a 30.-Forest fires are
raging from Bainbridge to Bonneville, in
Ross county, o., distance of six miles.
Gazette specials report them bad on
the Cleveland, Sandusky Il Columbus rail-
road, being worst at Canton, Forest, Belle
fontaine and Urbana. A high wind TO night
increases the devastation and danger. A
Gazette special from Hartford City, Ind, SAYS
that there is terrible fire raging in the woods
Just south OF there, fully four miles in
length, and a heavy wind blowing 1t along
the track of the Fort Wayne, Munice Il Gin
cinnati railroad, threatening the track and
bridges with destruction. A Day
ton special to the same paper says
that the woods and fields between
Union City and Greenville, and Dodson and
Gfeenville are on fire in many places, hun
dreds of acres being in flames. In the forests
the flames have climbed to the tops
of the tallest trees and present ter
ribly grand spectacle at night.
Forest fires are raging in the vicinity of OK
ford, Logan, Crestline, New Lexington,
Cambridge. Kenton, Ironton, Bellef0ntaine
and Delaware, Ohio, and Rushville, Ind,
and RUSSELL Ky. There is a great scarcity
OF water at all points.
THOSE IN OHIO ABATISe--sUMMIT THREAT
BNED.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 1.-Fires in the forests
In Ohio are reported abating. Danger to the
town of Summit. Ind, is reported tonight
nom forest fires In the vicinity.
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THE SQUARE AND CUBIC MEASURES
are nothing more than the squares and cubes
of the measures OF length. Thus a square
and q cubic miIfi-meter are the square and
the cube OF which one aide is milli-meter
in length.) The are and stere are other
names for the square deka-meter and the
cubic meter. li 30 u
How much better this is than our
present system. or no system, with its
confusion and fraud, with it's different
sorts of pounds and tons and meas as
of the confusion of our weights and meas
ures AT home, we lose greatly In our COM
mercial transactions with other nations. In
1860 the value of the exports and imports OF
the United States amounted to 2,O00,O 600,
of which 500, 600 900 was with nations
using or taking steps to use the metric sys-
tenn Our custom houses and importers have
to employ a great many computors, on ac-
count OF the diversity OF weights,
measures and money. And the consumers
of commodities undoubtedly have to pay
the salaries Of these computors. Look a liz
| tie at the confusion in our accidental sys-
tenn. We have three tables for the weight of
solid bodies. Apothecaries compound their
medicines by one table. and sell them by an
other; bread is sold by third table, or
Troy weight; butter by svoirdipois.
AND WHO CAN TELL
what gallon is. There are 81 gallons in q
barrel of cider, sl1s or Sc in a barrel of ale or
milk, 30 In barrel OF fish, AZ in tiorce4 OF
wine, oil, ETC., 6S in a hogshead of vino, "a
In hogshead OF beer. 81 in puncheon OF
wine. two in peck of grain:
The dry gallon contains gisa a.i,o, 16S 4s5 aS
inches; the beer gallon 2S2 cubic inches.
Compare the simple nomenclature OF the
metric system with some of the terms we
I have to master. We have barley COINS, fur
longs, leagues, lines, points, nails, ellis,
quarters. aunes, bushels. coombs. kilder-
i kins, puncheons, quarterns, tierces, firkinsi
hogsheads, minims and noggiGs, seruples
and carats, grains and drachms
pennyweights and hundredweights
and innumerable Others, and nobody knows
what they mean, for they are not definite
parts.o of any dehUite whole, DOR referabie t.
any standard John Quincy Adams said
1.-The ounce, the drachm, and the grain sr
specific names, indefinitely applied 10 inded
mite parts OF an indefinite whole. Th
English pound ayoirdupois IS heayie
than the pound Troy, but the ouue
avoirdupois Is lighter than the ounce troy
!, The weights and measures OF all the oil
systems present the perpetual parsdox oi
whole not equal to all its parts. Even mum
beTs loss the definite character which Is es
+ sential to their nature. A dozen become
, sixteen, twenty-eisht signify twenty iy'
one hundred and twelve nsa
20 nundred." Is it not time fC
| the intelligent people of th
, United States to ask Congress to establis
Q th simple metric system3 The reasons fc
: Ding so will be found in a cheap little pan
9 phlet, containing tables, equivalents
q value, and chart OF standard weights an
. measures, by Mr.. j. Pickering Putnam
l. published BY Messrs. Hurd Il Houehto
It New York, and for sale by Geer & Pom
70 Hartford.
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THE BROOKLYN EXPLOSION.

VERDICT OF THE CoRoNER's JURY-THosE IN
CHARGE RESPONSIBLE.
DETROIT, Oct. 3l.-The coroner's inquest
over Stoddard. first engineer OF the exploded
steamer Brooklyn. was concluded to-day.
I he Jury rendered verdict declaring that
the steamer was racing at the time, that
the safety valve had been tampered
with; that she was carrying more steam
than the law allowed; that Capt. Brown, the
master; Hiuiard, the engineer killed st the
explosion, and d. Ryder, who were on duty
a. the time. were responsible for the disas-
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ured, was found after the fire had
been extinguished. The burglars
carried away silverware and other
articles of value, and then fired the house
in two places. Mrs. Fell had 81 900 in her
hand while escaping. but during the ex
element it was dropped and lost. The loss
by fire was g, 500, which is covered by in
surance. No clue to the perpetrators has
been discovered.
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A THIRD TERM CONTRIBUTION.

A LETTER FROM GRANT-T WAS WRITTEN IN
1S72-BUT THE GAZETTE THINKS IT has A
BEARING ON THE QUESTION.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 30.-The Gazette will
publish tomorrow letter from Persistent
Grant by his permission given yesterday.
The following is the explanation of the Ga-
zet.e and the letter of the president: SIN ISI2
when it " as found out that Grart would be
renominated the report was circulated that,
in view of the many groundless reports as TO
his seeking the nomination, he would decline
to be a candidate. So positive were the re
ports upon this point that, in
May, 1872 we wrote to him a
private letter upon the subject, to
which reply was received which
we are new permitted to print. This has
nothing directly to do with the third term,
but it SHOWS how Grant felt with reference
to the first and second terms, and will serve
to disabuse the minds OF those, if any there
be, who honestly believe that the president
is capable of scheming for nomination in
1876"
THE LETTER.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May II, 1872.
DEAR SIR: Your favor of the 10Th inst :,
saying that the managers of the Gazette had
decided to come out squsrely for my nomi-
nation at Philadelphia, June 5th, prox.,
when they were met by the report that
would either decline being a candidate
before the convention or would decline
after the nomination, was received last
night after leaving my office for the day.
caused dispatch to be sent to you to the
effect that the report was without any au-
thority what6yer. am not in the habit of
writing letters on political subjects,
and especially have 1 never written
a letter calculated to influence a convention
as to who should be the candidates before it |
or solicited by IT,. But your letter is of such |
a nature as to properly demand an answer, |
more particularly as you say you viii treat |
my response as strictly confidential. Now
will say that 1 never proclaimed |
myself candidate, either before the conven- |
ton which meets in Philadelphia this year |
nor the convention that was held in Chicago |
four years ago. have never written line, |
done an act, nor, L believe / can say |
with truth, entertained thought calcu |
lated to produce action by the republican |
party in favor OF my promotion over that of
any other man in it who might be their |
choice. / do now as i did four years ago, |
since they believe that the interests of the /
whole country demand the success of
the republican party. III deemed advisa- |
ble / am willing to make any sacrifice |
to accomplish that success. 1 feel that did |
make sacrifice in giving up higlr position |
so highly priced by me, and created tor me
by an appreciative public, for which act L /
can never thank them sufficiently. |
to the party that chose me
then I shall render that service conscien- |
tiously and to the best OF my ability. The
personal sacrifice made four years ago can
not be made now. With great respect,
Your obedient servant, u. GRANT.
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THE TOBACCO TRADE.
LOUISVILLE THE GREATEST LEAF ToBAc


LOUISVILLE THE GREATEST LEAF TOBACCO
MARKET II THE WORLD.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 31.-The Courier
Journal tomorrow will review the
trade in leaf tobacco for the past
year, showing Louisville 10 be the
largest market for that product in the
world. The sales during the past II months
aggregate $3.50 hogsheads against SO, ,056 II
months previous, the total amount of sales
being S7,6T,7l0. This shows greatly en-
larged aggregates in all particulars and a
proportionately important gain in value OF
staple.
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DEATH OF GLOSTER.

HE sUCcUMBs TO THE LUNG FEvER-sALE or
POOLS ON FULLERTON AND oCcIDENT.
SAN FRASCIsco, Oct. Colchester, one of
the racers brought out by Budd Doble, died
to-day Of lung fever at the Bay district fair
grounds. The horse was sick when he ar
rived. In the pools to night occident sells
at $ll0 and Fullerton at 500.
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GERMANY.
THE yoN ARN1M BUSINESS.

BERLIN, Oct. al.-The Post says that the
published correspondence between Herr
Won Bulow and Count Won Arnim
contains numerous inaccuracies, especially
that part of the letter attributed to Won
Arnim which refers to an alleged conspiracy
with near relative of the emperor.
BERLIN, Nov. 1.-The Reichstag was or
gsnized yesterday, by electing Forkenbeck
president, and Slsuffenberg and Hainel vice
praSideutS.
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NEW ORLEANS.

CELEBRATION or ALL SAINTS DAY-THE CITY
QUIET.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1.-To-day was All
Saints Day, and the tombs were decorated.
The cemeteries were thronged with visitors.
The city is very quiet. No trouble is antici-
pated to- morrow.
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DEATH OF FATHER LEMMoNIER.

PRESIDENT OF NoTRE DAME COLLEGE.
SOUTH BEND. ISD., Oct. 30.-Father a.
Lemmonier, president Of the Notre Dame
University, died at $50 o'clock last night,
after lingering illness.