Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-14
Pine Grove Camp Ground.
Especial oryeS oR!c73ce IF The Storl
PINE GROVE CAMP GROUND.

SKag8S arm, II. e., Aug. L, 1915 I
Never before has this Old and favCrite re-
sOrt presented such an suspicious appear
ance for large and enthusiastic camp meet
ing as IL does to-day, and as yet they have
twenty-four hours 10 intervene between this
AMI the dediCatory sermon, when the extern
slVe Preparations to accommodate visitors
Will be completed, and the work commence
in earnest for the salvation OF souls.
The grounds are tastefully arranged, the
tents forming a Semi-Oval, with the stand at
The north facing towards the south. The seats
have gradual ascent from the stand back
TO the circle of tents, thus enabling persons
from all parts OF the ground to witness what
ever may be going on at the stand. On the
right OF the stand is the preachers tent, and
on the left is the tent for the accommodation
OF members OF the committee Tent-nOlders
are DuSily engaged III erecting their tents,
and fresh arrivals are cOnstau tly coming de-
spite the frequent showers.
The Ebenezer revival band of young men
nave large tent erected for prayer-meet
purposes, and at this time they are making
the woods resOund with their songs of praise
and lntcrceSSion for divine aid in the great
work VIII ch is about 10 commence.
FROM the extensive list Of ministers who
have promised to be present during the ten
DAYS the camp continues, the committee are
bcslly engaged in making the appointments
IN order 70 publish the same, so that persons
can be informed from day to DAY who Will
occupy the stand. Arrangements with the
baltimore and Potomac railroad company
have been completed. so that trains Will stop
at special station but a few rods from the
ground going from and coming TO the city,
carry ing passengers at IS cents the round
trip. This Will enable many who cannot be
on the ground during the day TO go over in
evening and return after service on the II
p. N. train. OBSERVER.
MODERN HAMMERS AND GCNs-At
krnpp's famous factory in Germany an enOr-
nous steam hammer, which cost half mil
lion dollars, has long been an object OF ad-
miration; but il is To be surpassed by ham
mer costing million, and proportionally
more enormous. In England they have
made, at prodisious expense, gun weigh
over hundred and eighty thousand pounds
and not satisfied with that they are max
ing another of the same size. IL appears
rom the London paper that "A hydraulic
slide of mighty Dimensions must he CON
structed 10 bear the weighty mass of metal
!or directing IL right or left. or up or down,
according as II may be necessary TO train
the CUR; and then there is. beside, the task
OF raising the prclectile, which weighs more
than thousand pounds, 10 the muZz' z, and
the pushing OF IL home with an ~ Tieldy
hammer some thirty feet ia length. Accord
lng 10 Is constructors, this gun Will send its
shot through eighteen inches of solid iron
giving the attack the superiority once more
IN the unending and tremendous rivalry be-
tween heavier artillery and thicker plates.
The gun is 10 go on board the Inflexible, now
building at Portsmouth, and viii constitute
the ships chief armament. 1t is TO be
mounted In an iron citadel in the middle OF
the lrOnc'id and will be so fitted that IL can
be raised and lowered at WILL Ii is odd to
reflect that twenty years ago ironciads were
unknown, and that the largest service gun
In The British navy was the 68-pOunder,
which was sufficient for smashing in the
wooden sides of the men-of-war Of that day.
SEWER GAsEs.-A practical and effective
contrlyance has, il is stated, been introd luce I
III Paris for getting rid OF the nOxious gases
OF sewers, Its arrangement and action being
as follows: Connected with the main sewer
as pipe tive inches in diameter, and at the
top OF the pipe is a ball SO fixed that IL al
lows an aperture OF q quarter of an inch all
round, through which the sewer gas may es-
cape nom the pipe. Running up outside OF
the large pipe is an ordinary gas pipe, and
Just underneath the ball, at the top OF the
sewer pipe, set OF burners Is so arrang-
ed that, when lighted, they make a com
pete circle of fire. The ball prevents the
sewer gas from rising through the center
and IL cannot pass through the flames, which
entirely surrounds the aperture. The conse
qaence Is that the sewer gas mingles with
the ordinary gas and Is consumed, adding,
II is said, greatly tn the brilliancy Of the
hame. The arrangement may be easily APP
piled to the public lamps, and IL is stated
that one inch pipe may be used, the in
crease In the Illuminating power thus gained
being very great. Another advantage claim
ed Is, that the ball In the upper part OF the
pipe quickly gets intensely hot, and tha ieat
draws the foul air from the sewers, leaving
them perfectly ftee.