The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-02-22

/ monument WAS NOT NblHIlN''' "'''' '''.'
e2599l32G The structure il granite, OF large
| proportion and measures about fifty feet rom
base to top. upon which is placed bronze hV"re
of Washington mounted upon his charger
Around the base, about fifteen feet high and a.
equal distances are Nllcgorcal figures IN bronze
and ten feet above them, also in bronze, clEh or
ten feet in size, statues Of Nelson, Lewis, Mar
shah, Henry, jefferson and Mason. II is one OF
the finest monuments in this country.
A monument, erected to the memory ot stone
wall Jackson is another attractive feature IN tins
park This was presented 10 Virginia 10y mum
Der Of " English hero worshippcr'." The statue
is of heroic mould and size about seven feet
high. and represents jackson IA II stalwart mill.
tary man Of commanding aspect. The statue is
of bronze, and the pedestal Virginia granite, on
which is inscribed, Presented 10y English gen
tcmcn rs II tribute OF admiration for the soldier
and patriot, Thomas j. Jackson, and gratefully
accepted by Virginia in the name OF the southern
people Done A. ~ 1873, in the hundredth year
Of the commonwealth"
ST. johns Catholic Church, in which Patrick
Henry, in the Virginia convention Of l775, raised
his eloquent voice for the freedom of our coun.
ITN anu HtttEtu tllt tNtl IntHibI6hAN WHINE, 'i''
me liberty or give me death" is an unprctentious
wooden cdiiice, not differing essentially from
other buildings Of its kind, and unless ones at
tention was called To il, no particular notice
would be iukcn OF it, 1t i. the oldest place of
worship in Richmond. II i. surrounded by an
antiquatcd brick wall, and stands in the midst OF
Il churchyard full Of tombstones, and cmhowered
by outrageous trees all presenting picturesque
appearance.
From the top of The capitol forty feet above
the highest buildings, q magnificent view Of the
city and surrounding country is obtained, which
for beauty Of landscape and variety Of scenery is
seldom cquallcd. AZ we reach the vrranda a
most beautiful panorama grects our view. Below
and, as il were, directly beneath us lies the city,
with il. varied residents, buildings, factories,
shops and mills; the river lesping over rocks and
whirling and eddying IS it rushes ON towards the
several islands far beyond are extensive fields,
neat li:.le cottages and seemingly we'll cultivated
farms or plantations. In the distance We catch q
glimpse of the National and other cemeteries,
and beyond the battle fields, entertainments,
forts and esrthworks, all presenting a picture
that il novel and interesting in the extreme.
There are many other important points that /
mi ght mention, such rs the National and Con
fcderate cemeteries; but have already detailed
so many grave subjects that any more would
seem like crowding the mourners. Many OF the
forts, entertainments and Notifications around
Richmond are in At good state of preservation
TO day us when the war ended. Nothing, il seems,
has tempted the owners on whose land they were
erected to disturb most Of them, il beng their
to allow them to remain as "monu-
ments to the Lost Cause" j. ID. II.
An important electrical discovery has been
made hv Mr. W. ". Gary, of Boston, which
plishmrnt of the general Introduction of cleo.
trio illumination. In the present method Of
producing electricity for Illuminating purpo-
ses, iron armatures are revolved rapidly in the
face of magnets, at an expenditure of power
proportional to the size and number of revOlu-
tons made per second. As the speed is in
Crcased-as II must be to obtain an increased
supply Of clectricity-more power is required,
so that a large and continuous supply Of cleo
tricity, by the present system, is simply ques-
ton CT application and Of power, The cost
of power is what alone stands in the way OF
the general adoption and use of the electric
light. The subdivision of the current is II
thing which was accomplished some years
ago by Nose, c. Farmer, the electrician, and
it is a thing which Edison and Sawyer both
claim to have accomplished, so that now the
only drawback is the want of cheap supply
of The electric fluid. This new discovery sup
plies the want. Magneto-electricity Is pro-
duccd by Mr. GaryS process on the principle
of simply moving the armature or iron above
and below the neutral line, the whole scope Of
which movement is hut about the eighth of an
inch. 1t will thus be seen that, with the lever
holding the armaturc on nice balance or adj
iustment the power required to vibrate it rap
idly would he "A mere nothing. Another point
in favor of Mr. Gary's method is that the
armaturc is all the time within the magnetic
field, and can SO be adjusted as to make a
thousand vibrations second, while by the
present system, the iron in whirling vertically
to the plane of the magnets, Is necessarily out
of the magnetic field during the greater part
of its revolution, and there is beside, limit
to its revolutions very far indeed below that
which can be SO easily reached by the vibrator
on Mr. Gary's machine Another most impOr-
tant discovery is the application of this system
to biography by which each Geographic in
strument or transmitter can be made itself to
furnish the electricity for sending message
anywhere, the power being simply projected
by the manipulation OF the key by the opera
tor That this can be done is concluslvely set
tied, and it will not only completely change
the present system to more economical one
but will enable the telegraph companies to so
reduce the rates of messages that it will be al
most as cheap to telegraph rs to write. This
would seem almost too wonderful for belief
were it not that other astounding developments
have prepared us for almost any new revcla
ton that may he presented.
The people of England just now are ahSo
'uclv lrxuriatng in the abundance of Ameri
can apples They are about as plenty and
cheap in London as they are anywhere in thi,
country. The great ladies' newspaper, TN.
Queen, is prolific in receipts for using and
cooking, especially in "stcwing" them, ;