Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-09-18
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PLoDED.
The change In TIE water level win not De
more thsn nom one 20 two feet sfter the ar
plosion- People IN general have an idea that
rs we have made cavern nfteen or tventv
het deep pnder the bed OF The river. the sG-
thick, will fAll into The hole and leave that
fifteen feet OF clear gain In the depth OF The
i've. nv. That Is srest mistake. Toe pillars
cupy at least twice the space they al la
solid form, 20 that the real gain ia depth OF
wsier vii De perhsps not more than \ foot
until after the broken rock has been dredged
NJ. The work OF graphing Tor AMI removing
The debris OF the reef after the blast Will or-
enpy NJ least one year, even Win plenty OF
whether money will be forihc ming. Con-
sress appropriated s5. 400 900 FOR hsroor TIM
Sso,emsnts the present. year and "a. Pres,-
lew weeks, however he has declared that not
more than $4,000 600 OF the Appropriation
mall nal be expanded, 90 that the oficisls Of
amount they expected. General Newton,
Nnen Questioned On this subject was very
70 the expected "show" on TnurS.iay next
wntn The mine IL 10 be fired When asked
~ mere would bot be very severe earth
piled In the negative. The shock he ne
ieves Will not he felt down tow either
oy concussion OF air or earth wave. Locali-
ties along the line Of the reef may he thinEs
experience slight shock at a distance of
half mile, but 10 will not be enough 10 40
more than rattle shaky easements There
are DOW about 5000 pounds OF explosives in
tue mine, and the entire amount 20 DE usesf
will be between 5000 and 80 900 pounds.
However alarming these figures may seem
when one remembers the dire effects PRO-
d1ced by the explosion Of q few ouucss OF
the dreaded compound, The effect will not be
50 terrible as would seem on the nnst APP
quske, because they fancy that Dynamite
eNerts all its force DOWNWARD I'm an explo-
sion, differing IN that respect from eunpow-
This is great mistake. IL il true that N
small quantity of gunpowder be placed upon
table and touched with lighted match it
harmed e.cpn, nss sna ies We the 'soie IN.
slightly scorched by the heat eenersfei, and
that dynamite exploded under the same cir
Spn Gums VIII go down through the table.
ically-that IL, with equal force Ia every d.
rection nom the center, and the explanation
toned is due 20 the fact that gunpo gder can
hardly be said 10 explode at all under such
circumstances, 50 slow IL It's combustion. IL
time To force aside the atmos phere, and as
that offers less resistan than the surface OF
TIE table all It's expansion takes place ana
all It's force IL exerted In that direction. Dy-
Mantle, on the other hand, generates gases
so last that the air cannot possibly be crowd
ed out OF the way quickly enough TO make
loom for them; less resistance Ia offsret by
the table, and, consequently, through the
table they 60.
GENhRAL EEwToN's THEORY
will have enough 10 do In shstterinr the
stone by which they are Immediately sur
rounded, and that they will produce liItleor
that are located at the base OF the pillars. and
which are expected 10 sever the pillars from
me moor. These are the one which will pro-
duce Whatever slight trembling of the earth
may occur when the mine IL blown up, and
The General thinks that there would oe no
greater shock felt II thrice the quantity OF
MI IA NJ a0r
the points where the pillars Join the floor ON
the whole, he is afraid that In trying 20 be
cautious and prepare the residents OF the reef
ior the shock, he has actually made the
blowing up appear OF much more i'm portance
IMAM IL really Is Many wiseacres OF the vi.
entity, however, shake their heads aud de-
combustion produces almost enough force TO
crufh continent, sand where, (" thew ask
sis that rover a goin'P,-E y Herald, I6th
Is DoSALDsoN DEAD me San Francis
co Chronicle says: els Donaldson, the bal
looplst, really dead? Such is the question
uncer debate among those cogniz ant Of the
professors true characters and seInsa incli-
nations, and IL is but Just 10 affirm that
large majority OF persons knowing the man,
give IL 10 be their deliberate opinion that
although the body Of the unfortunate re-
porter, his companion on his presumpfiyely
fatal voy age, was found and identified, and
his note book, abruptly closed. discovered on
the corpse, Donslds on himself is stu alive
and dwelling In obscurity beneath an as
sumed name. IL Will be remem bered that
Barnum Invented as an attraction TO his
chow a marriage I'm mid air with the balloon,
carrying the bridal party, bensa'h Donald
sons management. o. that occasion the
NUMBER nfaS h OF @risI yoysgers seriously inc om-
disaster, seriously informed them that
In The event OF danger 70 his own life he
would De compelled 70 toss them one by one
perish. Now, neither has the corpse OF Dom
aloeon nor me fsintest vestige OF bis balloon
been discovered, and IL is Impossible that
all traces should have persisted, when the
body OF the journalist was found In good
preservation SO shortly after the disaster.
AS clear demonstration OF the professor be-
Ing In the land Of the living. it can be pro-
ven that lady 10 whom be IN believed 20
have been betrothed. incautiously admitted
the receipts OF letters from Donaldson long
after the alleged occurrence OF the balloon
catastrophe Consequently IL il fair 10 pre-
sumo that 10 insure bis own safety during a
moment OF danger, he hung the reporter
AFTER destroying his balloon, In hiding him.
self 10 avoid The penalty Of bis crime.
TEE LAST HOURS OF Henry A. Wise were
painless. At his bedside stood his wife, hie
Two sons, lDr. Richard A. Wise and Capt.
Garpett, Mrs. Hobson and Mrs. MAYO two
OF his grandsons, an old negro servant, and
the hoQsekeeper. BE was conscious 20 the
last. He talked distinctly 70 within an hour
OF his dissolution. In the morning early, be
appeared 10 be much stronger than during
the previous night He remarked, al never
robbed the poor, and what is better, never
robbed the rich" Later In the morning be
was talking 70 his son John, and giving
him advice a. 20 how he should rear his
children. He said, take hold, John, OF the
biggest knots In life, and try 20 unite them;
try 70 be worthy OF mans highest estate:
have high, noble, manly honor. There 10
but one test OF any thing, and that is, is IL
night? III IL isn't, turn right away from a."
He told those standing oy his side that he
nad seen heavenly vision, which he de-
scrfoed In the granoest, most beautiful aud
eloquent language that they bad ever heard
nall from bis lips, and he said IL was not a
fearful thing, but q wonderful thing, 20 stand
IN the presence OF the living God. II was
only toward the last that his mind wandered
little--t Rich,aoao VINO.
A CLKRGSMAN GETS HAPPY AND BRrAKs
A MANS RIBs--At the campmeeting held
by the Evangelical Association In Jenner
township, q serious accident happened,
whereby IL Is feared that Mr.. Heip pie will
lose bis life. One OF the ministers IN charge
became,-what 10 termed I'm religious