The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-02
WILLIIfM GLADSTONE.
A Pen Picture OF tho Great British Prem

Mr.. Gladstone and his family are
thus pleasantly described in some re-
cent works Of the Rev. DR.. II. L.. Cuv-
lcr: "Thc foremost Saxom-spcaking
man on the globe to-day is William
EWart Gladstone. No other living
man, unless it bc Bismarck, is so ln:-
pressing himself on the affairs of the
civilized world. With II great brain
in II "rrat body (and Il great heart to
b"oD the Woou-chopper Of Uawardcn
is moi ""ly lifting up his axe upon
great trees but is telling to the earth
u powerful party and Tic leader who
Was pr,chcd on its top-most bough.
! ...... first heard Mr.. Gladstone in
Il" summer OF 1857. IIo was then sit
Ga" on the ministerial benches of tho
House OF Commons, in the rear Of
Genial old Pallncrston, and not far
from the dininutiyc figure Of Earl
Chen Lord John) Russell. Glad
stones speech was short, but polished
and graceful. Coming away l said to
friend, 'He reminds mo Of Henry
Clay in figure and in fascination Of
speech IN those times he used to
speak for five hours OH the Budget
with sllch rare charms Of oratory that
the dricst statistics had tho flavor Of
poetry. ...... In 1872, l saw Glad
stonc for the second time he was thcn
Premier of England, aud conducting
the troublesome negotiations with our
country on tho alabama affair." Hc
had grown broader and stoutcr in
those fifteen years. His spacious fore
head, broad shoulders, majestic walk
and sonorous voice reminded me then
or Webster. Spending pleasant
hour with him at his brcnkfast-tablc, |
was immensely impressed with his
downright honesty aud his dcvout
Christian spirit. ~ moro thoroughly
conscientious man has not figured in
English public life since John Hamp-
dcn. MIR. Gladstone is "a dcyout.
earnest churchman, with very cordial
relations towards 'disScntcrs.' Dur
ing the latc election campaign the
ircsbytcrinns and Non-conlOrmists
nave supported linn with immense cn-
thusiaasm: They hclicvc in him. /
have lately rcpublishcl the incident of
AIR. Gladstone s missing the poor
strcct-swccper from before his door.
Iic went to visit him, and said the
sweeper, MIR. Gladstone kncclcd down
by my bed and made " PRAYER for mo.
God send us such statesmen as that!
Mrs. Gladstone, Gu daughter of the
late Sir Stephen Glvm Of Uawnrtlcn
Castlc) is Il noble and gifted woman.
She talked to me about her enterprises
Of Christian charity with much cnth1-
siasm. One Of their sons, Rev. Stcph-
eli Gladstone, is the rector Of Uaward-
ell, and two others arc in Parliament" >"
NINETY MILES AN HoUn.-Thcrc was
turned ont from tho Grant Locomo-
tive Works in Paterson, N. j., recent
~, new locomotive Of peculiar coli
sstruction, intended for tile Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad.
Eugene Eontainc, the inventor, claims
that this locomotive can be made to go
ninety miles an hour, while the ma
chlncry is run no faster than that Of
an ordinary locomotive travelling at
The rate Of sixty miles an hour. The
machinery is all on top Of tho boiler
instead Of under it. The driving
wheel rests on another wheel, which
III turn rests Oh the track. This lower
Whecl mas two rims, ono foot smaller
than the other. The outer rim touches
the track, and the inner Or smaller rim
supports the driving wheel. The mo-
ton or the driving wheel thus COM
mnnicated is magnilicd bv this ar.
~ liltI tIlC lower WncCl
turns onc-third faster than the driving
wheel, aud SO the speed is increased.
The smaller rim Of the lower wheel
bears to the larger rim relation SINH
lar to that Of a very large hub to any
wheel. Ofcoursc any rate of motion
communicated to such Il hub is greatly
ma"&nlticd at the periphery Of the
Whr'l IN the same way The motion
OF ,'r driving wheel in this case is
tea ,Mh"d by the peculiar arrangement
% !i'' u .,""l it rests upon. Mr. Fon-
"un" hr!i"NcS that his locomotive, if il
we're moi tor th" increased resistance
oi rhc n!v, could be run nj the rate of
luj miles an hour. lie expects it to
maNe ninety miles an hour easily. The
machinery Of the new locomotive,
which stood proppcd up on blocks,
was pnt in motion on Saturday with
satisfactory results. Many railroad
men havo visited it.
Two Of tho best steel cngravcrs in
this country arc women, ono living in
New York and the other in Columbus,
Ohio