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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-02

Every one was carried away with admira-
tion for Capt. SCHwENsEN and with pity for
his fate, when the first accounts were pub
lished Of the manner in which he refused TO
leave the wreck Of the Pomcranla, and went
down into the deep rs the vessel sank
Great and sincere rejoicing was felt at the
subsequent accounts OF his having been
found 0iloat on piece Of timber, aud rescued
The enthusiasm for Capt. SCHwESsEN, so
far as it arose from the determination he
manifested Ia devote his own life TO saving
the passengers who had intrusted their
lives to his care was well deserved. He pre-
ferrcd 10 die himself rather than that one Of
them should unnccessarilype perish And this
is n good deal to say OF any man.
A willingness to sacrifice himself Tor
others in great emergency, however, noble
and generous a. 1t may be, Is not all that is
required 81 tho commander Of q steamship.
lie should possess the pa udence and watch
fulne-s which see to it that such an omcr-
gency does not arise unnecessarily. There
IS room for very grave doubt whether tho
loss Of the Pomerania was unavoidable.
Some of the testimony elected goes to show
that the collision might have been prevented,
was wholly at fault
More than this, one Of the first requisites
for safety in ocean navigation is tho most
thorough discipline Of the crew. This must
have been wholly wanting on board the
Pomerania, or the sailors would not have
crowded the lle-boats, to the exclusion of
women and have saved their clothes, and
bedding even, al the cost Of the lives of pas
scngersl
Heroic as was the conduct OF Capt
SCHwENsEN at the final moment, when he
stood apparently face to face with Death,
he seems to have been wanting in the faculty
of discipline and command which every cap
tain OF steamship ought to possess.
Ex-Gov. Cox OF Ohio is supposed to give
voice in Congress TO HAYES personal opinions
and wishes. Cox announced a few weeks aeo
that by the principles Of civil service reform as
well ms for purely political reasons. Mr.. VII
LIAM A. WHEELER WAS the proper person to be
the next Republican candidate for President
This suggestion has been received by the party
in all sections Of the United States with do
| greo Of enthusiasm that ought TO encourage
| WHEELER to retire permanently into the woods.
The johbcrs and lobbyists, OF both sexes,
are gathering Mt Washington, The last session
of a Congress always finds them on hand be-
| tmos. This year moro than the usual percent
age OF mcmbers have failed Of q denomination,
or, having secured that. have been beaten at
the polls. and the lobby is corrcspondingy hope
iuL corrupt or corruptible man may resist
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-02

Tho present fashion among ladies Of wear
ING open pockets on the sides Of their dresses
leads the youthful mind into temptation. Nearly
every day in the police courts boys arc mr.
raignod Tor picGing these pockets. With many
90 the culprlts it s their first offence. 1t might
bee supposed that "a pocket heavy with in luck
to its wcarer and OTIS plundcrcr would be done
away with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-02

1t is over week since Capt. McCULLAGH,
or any other policeman. has offered to the pub
hc any new clue in the STEWART case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-02

The HcrdM Ambassador is still dazod with
establishment at tn, high standard Of morals
and manners he observes in his friends the
Princess and Marquis. At the Convent Villa
Maria. on Saturday. ten lovely girls. besides
half u dozen fairy children and hundreds
Of beautiful young ladies greeted tho Marquis,
yet the latter never winked at one OF them:
The domcanor Of the Marquis Lorne partook of the
NNios>c.sun of man Of the world of three tunes lls
wears aud tNpcfrucr. Ills acknowledgment
stand might have been that Ut rtuagenaran,
and s gaze In response 20 the anrius blaze gauces
- which lc Was the recipient mild her Roy
liighuess beside him could have wished
Another thing that tho Ambassador liked
about his EXceency the Right Hon. Sir John
George Edward Henry Douglass Sutherland
Campbell. Marquis Of Lornc T. c. =. s.. X. c.
NJ c.. and Goyernor-Goncralo f tho Dominion
II Canada, was that though the flite tho ton, "
Of Montreal came to the Windsor House. on
Saturday night. in evening costumes which he
tho Ambassador regarded as outshining tho
Ploadcs In splendor, yet the Marquis and IA 4,
royal wife encouraged their guests TO "ap,
proarh them not Us rats. but as upright fellow
creatures
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1878-11-22
The Peerless Josephine.
Ny. Cor. 81. Louis rcnnh,ic,,

~ L. Cor ST. Louis Nepublican,
was in Sypher & Co.'s the other day
looking at music box their agent in Paris
had Just sent over. II was the property of
the lovely Empress Josephine. and there
still fingers about it her favorite perfume
musk. Alas she had such passion for
tins abominable odor that her dressing
rooms and private par!ors were so perme-
ated with il that it was sickeoing to those
not accustomed or not liking the perfume
60 such an extent. The fragrance about
the box nJw is just sufficient to remind one
OF this sweet woman who was so iiolized hv
that little great maa whom nations feared
and ambition wrecked !; who tore his heart
from his sou to crafty a d, naslic louginr
for soSes Ign peatefify, divorced the wprn-
an lsls Is egfa IN i;iFes fes s, and bri6g to tho
throne Of his oeios1d France the very
woman he had put away, while his own
King IF Rome T lies moIdcrng in the
dust.
Who dares to say there is no invisible
hand at work upon the mutations of life's
history? Sweet, big-hearted, loving wom-
an, Josephine the tingling sound Of her
music-box set memory and sympathy in
tune, and it's hard to como back to an old
Dutch clock standing like a grim-faced
time-keeper over the pretty box. The
ponderous old thing has been keeping Hol-
land family hours for a hundred years, and
tells not only the minutes, seconds, half
hours and hours, but tells the day Of the
week and month, and also the moon's
changes, and chimes a set OF sivery bells
every half hour. Who says the Dutch have
no genius tor anything but bald-faced
cheese
A exquisite little shell fan, the sticks
about six inches in length, elegantly c,lrv-
ed, gives in the centre, as it is opened from
end to end, four dainty but perfect paint-
ings of the interior and exterior, back and
front of historical castle. This pretty
and costly little toy was pr sented by the
Marquis de Lafayette. to an American
lady whose family have, by the revolutions
of fortune, been obliged to part with many
valued relies, for practical necessities, and
this fell into the hands of those who make
d specially Of collecting such things, or dis
posing of them for palti,s.
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An Improved Gun.

An exhibition of an improved gun was
held the other day at Bridgeport, Conn.
This cannon is most destructive instru-
ment, throwing steel shells that explode
with frightful force when they struck the
water mile away, scattering fragments
far and near. After firing few separate
shots case of ammunition, 10 cartridges,
was fixed in the feeding trough, and the
whole discharged continuously. The dis
charge of 10 shcts occupied six seconds.
The piece consists of four revolving barrels
mounted on carriage, and having fixed
breeeh containing the mechanism which re-
wolves, loads and discharges them. This
mechanism is operated by crank turned
by a man. At every revolution by the
crank one of the barrels is loaded and one
discharged, the capacity Of the piece being
about so shots per minute. The ammuni-
tion is introduced through an opening in
the top of the breech at the forward part.
The cartridges drop into this orifce from a
trough filled with them. cover or top
piece over the opening rising with a regu-
lar movement to allow one cartridge to fall
into the leading groove at time. A bar
which slides backward and forward along
the groove pushes the cartridge into the
barrel; at the same instant firing pin
which darts back and forth in the lower
part of the breecb, strikes and discharges
the cartridge in the lower barrel, and SC
the operation goes on, the swiftly revolving
barrels taking in and expelling their dead.
ly contents in constant stream While &c
shots per minute is tie capacity Of the gun
the actual number OF projeetiles which il
delivers is about 1000 per minute, as il
discharges, not balls, but percussion steel
shells shich explode when they strike al
object, and burst Into about 25 pieces each
The gun exhibited weighs only 1,oe(
pounds.
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Texas cattls.

The average number of cattle in Texas,
owned by individual stock-raisers, is 500
to so, coo head. An interesting feature OF
the business is that the wealtLiest cattle
men to-day are in South Texas-men like
King, Of Live Oaks county, who can com
mand millions of fdollars-rose from nothing
and from the humblest beginnings King,
the cattle king of Texas, began with a few
ole cows, after driving and acting the @eow
boy" for somebody else. After several
years his stock had increased to such an
extent that they put him on footing and
an inequality with his former "bosses " and
employers. He formerly resided in Corpus
Christi, bat now lives in Live Oaks. one of
the widest counties Of unsettled Texas.
The great point of shipment of cattle
now is Rockport on the Gulf-a port that
exports annually vast numbers of stock
from their place TO Havana and New
Orleans--a trace thatincreases every year
and brings in vast surplus of money to
South Texas. In addition to this, Rock
port rtexpolts large quantities of packed beef,
preserved by patent process, and that goes
chiefly and directly to Europe. The
packeries near Roekport, operated by New
York capital, slaughter one hundred
beeves per day, and their business is ON the
increase.
The prcsens price Of cattle on the hoof.
taking COWS, steers and yearlings as they
run Is s8 head. This is almost as mod
crate as tlle figures fer horses. Pretty fair
horses. adapted to the saddleor The wagon,
bat unbroke, can be had there for sl2
The finest Spanish pony, Wild as the fleet
gazelie, and costing s5to break, can be had
for SO and as no corn or fodderls neces-
sary to keep a horse in Texas. the sncculent
grass Of the pra;ries being TO him more
delicious than anything yoa can Offer him,
the consequence is every yhody. rides, and
the unfortunate individual who can't sport
and own horse In tlese wild pra:ries ii
indeed to be pitied,
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DRIVING NAILS WITH A GUN.-Respect-
ing an implement ON view at the Yelling
ton Industrial exhibition, the New Zealand
Times says : sOne Of the most simple, and
at the same time most ingenious imple-
ments on view at the exhibition, is an in
yention of young man in this city, Mr..
F. Falkner. 1t is called a nail gum and
is used for mailing down flooring boards.
We have seen the implement in use, and as
far as we are able to judge, it Is quicker In
it's work and insures greater cleanliness
than hand mailing could do. The appara-
tus is not unlike gun in shape, and about
the same length. It is kept is position with
foot and knee, and the nail is placed (point
DOWN in an aperture at the top Of the con-
Germ. 1t slides down to the bottom and
then the operator draws up q rod, and by
one downward stroke of this the nail is
cleanly driven into the boards beneath. 4
practiced hand, by this contrivance, could
do the work of half dozen men. We be-
lieye that Mr.. Falkner is now improving
upon his invention and is making a nail
Gun which viii be self feeding. We have
no doubt that when the implement comes
to be generally known it will be brought
into general nse.''
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1878-11-22

1t seems that the steel ship built by the
British government is a success, and the
London Times says that whatever doubts
NAV have been entertained with respect to
the speed performances Of the Iris, steel
dispatch vessel, were conclusively set at
rest by the long and varied trial to which
she was subjected On the measured mile in
Stokes bay. She was proved tobe not
only the quickest ship 10 the navy, but the
quickest ship afoat, having surpassed the
highest speed realized by the Lightning,
torpedo vessel, and even outstripped the
most sanguine expectations of Mr.. Barna-
by, her designer. We read that the Iris
was in every respect an essentially expert
mental craft. There was nothing resem-
bling her in the service with reference to
the proportion of midship section to length,
the extreme fineness of her entrance and
run, and the ratio of her enormous horse
power to displacement; and as result
there were only very imperfect data to
guide the Constructive Department as to
D6r pFOUaUlo poIlOiLAduooa IAVuA ouO 1eeu"i
performances of previously existing ships.
The ship was trimmed by ballast and coal
to Is feet inches forward and 20 feet 6
inches aft, which was near about her load
line; and the new experimental four
bladed screws were l6 feet 3 inches in di-
ameter, with pitch of 90 fest. The
blades were smoothed to prevent friction,
and conica1 caps had been tapped into the
| bosses over the nuts which secure the
screws to the shafts for the purpose of
preventing the wave which has been round
to follow bluff ending, whereby the re-
sistance against which the ship has to con-
| tend in passing through the water is aug
| mented. The result of the trial was in
every respect more than satisfactory.
Four full-power runs were made On the
mile with the following surprising results:
Steam at engines, 60 lbs.; vacuum, ~ in.
revolutions, starboard 96 and So port !;
horse power, 7,7S4.s5, speed of vessel, 49,
572 knots. The engines thus developed
fully 700 more horse power than theeontract
while the ship realized two knots in excess
of the speed obtained from the larger
screws, and fully q knot more than the
Constructive Department anticipated to get
out of her.
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Ediscn's Domestic Lightning.
Newark Advertiser, Oct. 1s.


Menlo Park is put to it's trumps, and
for once the presiding genius Of that scien-
tifc suburb is in corner. and must force
the Lightning to do his bidding even under
circumstances of danger and difficulty. In
ordinary circumstances the world is dis
posed to be very lenient to inventors, and it
is pretty we'll known that at Menlo Park
there are great many things IN trGnsitu
between conception and success, some OF
which may be failures, some are merely ex-
perimental, and others will achieve the
ends aimed at. The people are interested
in all of them, but the people have no right
to demand success. 1t is in Mr.. Edison
both to deserve and achieve it, and his past
is the best prophet of his future. In the
matter of electric light, however, Menlo
Park is committed. If its presiding genius
has published nothing over his own sigma
ture he has given all that has gone out the
validity of his authority. The statements
have been SO full and explicit as to create
panic in England and knock down gas
stocks here Is per cent. In interviews Win
reporters he has asserted that he has
achieved success, and was only waiting to
secure the patents in England and France
to be ready to make it public. Tue iight
has been shown in his hall of science,
MEMO Park is very soon to be illuminated
and the Professor has visited Albany with
a view to the illumination of the Capitol.
| Verify the philosophers stone mas oeeh
| found. Whatever the magician OF MEMO
Park touches with his wand turns to gold.
There is a world wide difference between
his experiences and those of past inventors.
Many have dieu in debt and some in prison.
GOODYEAR had his bed sold from under him
and Morse had 60 beg his way TO tame.
with Edison all is changed. Obliging re-
porters trumpet his deeds to the four quar-
ters Of the world, and people wait as they
waited at the gates of the Temple of Del
phos. Capitalists stand ready with any
amount of money to go into anything Mr..
Edison proposes, and II that gentleman does
not reach the port of success it will not De
for want of favoring breezes.
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Doctor and Patient.

"saye, me, DOCTOR, and I'll give goa a
thousand dollars
The doctor gave him remedy that eased
him, and he called
{" Keep at it, doctor, and I'll give yon a
check for $780,"
In half an hour be was able to sit up,and
he calmly remarked:
g Doctor, feel like giving you fifty
dollar bill. y
When the doctor was ready go the sick
man was up and dressed he followed the
doctor to the door and said
Hsay, doctor, send in gear bill the first
of the month"
When six months had been gathered iu
Times bosom, the doctor sent in . bill
amounting to S.. He was pressed to cut
| down to So. after doing SO he sued TO GET
it, got Judgment, and tie patient put in q
! stay Of execution. .ET
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Schumann,r. na-i-.,

Schumann tells the story of F." The Old
Captain" describing the presence in the
Davidite circle of veteran, who was re-
ported to have begun the study OF the piano
late in life with the most difficult Of Beet
hovens sonatas, and to have practiced itin
solitude for ten years, alternately hoping
and despairing. He used TO come to the
Musical Evenings, and sit listening in
corner 81 never" says Schumann,
"played better or more gladly to any man
than to him. His presence was inspiring.
| mastered him, led him whittier I would;
and yet it seemed as if | received all my
power from him. After time he came
no more. But l will not spoil the pathetic
end of the tale by fragmentary quotation.
| A contrast to this is the account Of the ar
tistic ball at the editor $, who invited young
musicians, in order to get reviews out of
them; here the writer hangs charming
little sketch on the simple incideot of his
getting engaged for the same dance to two
| of the editors daughters. In his maxims
and aphorisms also, though too thorough
German always to avoid mistaking solemn
commonplaces ON the one hand and nebu-
lous verbiage on the other, for wisdom and
profundity he has said many good things.
For instance, Zone voice that blames has
the strength Of ten that praise :" He
who sets limits to himself will always be
expected to lemain within them" The
saying, 4 have thrown it in the fire. is Of
ten but shameless boast. detest people
who throw their compositions in the fire."
"He who is anxious to preserve his origin
ality is in danger of losing it." "The
great is admirable even in ruin, Dismem-
Der symphony by Beethoven and one by
Gyrowetz and then observe what remains.
Works of mere talent or compilation, when
destroyed, seem but overturned eard-houses:
while after the expiration of centuries, pill
lars and capitals of ruined temples still ex-
ist."
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g WHITE LABoR."-Tn San Francisco
many of the cigar manufactures and other
establishments, catering to the popular
feeling against the Chinese, advertise
goods made by white labor and get
for them prices above the ordinary rate.
The Virginia City Transcript narrates
that Nevada man called at one of the es-
Establishments and approached side door,
where these signs, painted in bold letters.
attracted bis attention No Chinese En-
ployed." q Private OtTice." Positively
no Admittance." Thinking the circum-
stance would warrant his disregarding the
last line, he pushed open the door and en-
tered the g private Office. As he did SO d
door leading from that to oommodious
inner room was hastily slammed shut. The
momentary glimpse he had of that apart
ment, however, revealed to his astonished
eyes between 6Oand 10 Chinese cigar-ma-
kers working there.
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GLADSToNE's HOME.
AN AMERICAN CORRESPONDENTS ACCOUNT
OF A VISIT TO HAwARDEN.
Cincinnati Gazette.

| Cincinnati Gazette
Hawarden itself seems a perfect castle OF
Incidence in its approaches At the lower
gate, by which | entered, there was no
porter in charge of the unfinished lodge.
and had nearly miles walk through a
leafy avenue without any ore to challenge
my right to enter. Next a battlement came
IN view through the screen of branches, then
a large outbuildng, inscribed "Mrs. Glad
| stones Orphanage," and was in the court
yard. There was still not sign of human
being, not even an orphan; but presently /
caught sight of thoroughly characteristic
figure for place of this description, the
oeggar at the gate. | passed the beggar.
rang the hall door, but as no one answered
either first Or second summons, was glad
to return and take my place by the sturdy
fellows side. The servant lad who came
out to relieve his wants was made acouaint-
ed with mine; and | returned TO the main
door to have it opened to me by the first
man, barring the mendirant, | had as vet
clapped eyes on in the domain. It was
still a silence, if not solitude, as the rural
Jeames took my card with a word. There
was, however, no lack of good company in
many portraits of the Glyn family hanging
IN the spacious hall. Most of them evident
ly belonged to that period of the great civil
war i'll which the Glyns made MIGHTY
stride in fortune by purchasing Hawarden.
one of the seqncstered estates of James. 7th
earl of Derby, who had just persisted by the
axe. They held it thenceforth until Mr.,
Gladstone came to share the possession
through his connection by marriage with
the family. One seemed very long way
OIL, indeed, from the civil or any other war
IN this peaceful yestibule; and the,e was
nothing to disturb the harmony cf associa-
tlon in the drawing room, richly stored with
old china beyond. Old china represents
one of the tastes of which Mr.. Gladstone
1epresented-a sort Of folly of youth, in
which he spent many thousand pounds of
his once ample fortune. But he las rep.
resented like the most of US, not without
some snatches of kindly remembrance of
the pleasures of the old sin. There is still |
china enough in Hawarien, such as it is. |
TO sustain the good reputation of many a
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w aiting at the Party.

The lamp-fowers wreathe the walls below, 3,
And drop their tremulous golden bloom
On gem and smile-and must go
From this dim, lonesome room
1t is not long, but oh !! it seems
Since those bright girls went down the stair,
I've crossed thousand years of dreams,
And landed everywhere.
III tropic palms I've caught strange birds
With summer painted on their plumcs--
I've teigned the south winds music words
To WOO his wild rose blooms
I've watched great mirage buds break through
Their sand leaves in red desert moons,
And gathered pearly bells and blue
BY pad northern moons.
Yet most I've seen q lily band
of buried visions l should know
Rise from that misty fairy land
We call the Long Ago,
These wear deaths snow calms in their breasts,
Like great white fowers-and linger near
Oh, beautiful, oh, pale still guests
Who did invite you here?
Once more hear the music start,
And murnur througl. its veil of light,
And the deep fountains of my heart
Are broken up tonight
-But-you are waiting at the door.
With half frown and halt smile,
Thinking no doubt, I've stayed before.
The mirror all the while.
And, as your delicate fingers twine
Unrestful Though your curls of browr-
You lift your cold, dark eyes to mine,
And ask "Shall we go down 2"
Yes, if you will. A funeral chime
You say is in my voice. 'Tis true.
What have thought of all this time?
All, sir have not thought of-you.
HaSque Of Poets.