Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-29
Old Newport.

pKS' luis sst tueLu All, anu cHJpy tEcLu
blendei. But the fashionable Newport
really knows very little of the historic
ard if, il the pause of the waltz or on
the polo ground. Romeo should ask
Juliet if she has ever seen or heard o!
the window pane at Rochambeau's head.
quarters on which the name of Polly
l.awton is scratched with diamond,
Juliet would PROBABLY propose another
tNrn. and wonder, rs she whiried, who
was Polly Lawton and who Rocham-
beau. The pictures in the Revolution
AIRY memoirs of the gay French camp,
on Rhode Island. the dances by moon
light, and the French admiration for
the Yankee life and the Yankee bead
ties, are very pretty aud pleasing
among the general rather grim rem
iniscences of that time.
Polly LawtoL ives a Quakeress, a
Quaker belle, who lives in the memoirs
OF the French officers and in local ira
ditions, AID the contrast is very quaint
between her simplicity and the gallan-
try of her adorers. She was the reign
ing toast, and her figure is one OF the
most fascinating that moves across that
long vanished scene. There was M
uel Elan also, who made the beautiful
estate OF Vaucluse, on the eastern
shore of the island, beyond the town.
In the last generation, and perhaps in
this--for change is gradual upon that
coast tho stiff old garden and E!anta-
ton, with which Evelyn would have
been solemnly pleased, and along
whose paths the danes of Versailles
might have walked and felt themselves
at home, still recalled the earlier day
in which they were laid ont. To this
sylvan retreat and to its generous hos
pitality all noted strangers were hid
den. Every Saturday, according to
the legend, the stately equipage of Mr..
Elan appeared in the streets of New
port, and returned with distinguished
guests to feast at Vaucluse. The old
gentleman, a Quaker, we believe, bid
ding the unknown strangers to his Ia
BILE, recalls Montague, upon his journey
to Italy. stopping at all the castles and
fine houses to pay the respects OF one
gentleman to another. Montague and
Elan lived before the days of the Lam
as-good. as-you spirit which is now de-
scribed as distinctively American.
1t would be pleasant to compare a
Vaucluse dinner with dinner at a
cliff villa to-day. If De Lauzun had
kept his youth until now, and had
daily known the most exquisite of Pa
risian dinners, he would yet be amazed
as he sat dining ut some Newport table,
upon which the spray of the ocean
waves might be almost dashed from the
neighboring rocks. Such elaborate
summer houses by the sea. such luxury
and comfort, were never elsewhere
known. \ distinguished Englishman
aud his wife strolled along the cliff.
passing front one finished and beauti-
Iul estate to another, at every step sur
prised and fascinated, and ut las: he
exclaimed, 1--WE know every sea. side
resort in England and on the Continent,
and nowhere is there anything compar-
able tcNewport." - EDIToRs EASY
CHAIR. in HWper's Magazine for Sept.
A Tiny Steamship.
The tiny steamship Anthracite, which
had been built to test the Perkins sys-
tenn of engines. arrived at quarantine
late Friday evening, and anchored of
oldICu 4oitauus SuC ASAG aAh4OuthS A1b8
land, on June 3, and called ut ST, John
on Juue 81, and after rema!ng there u
few days, proceeded on her voyage.
She has been. twenty-six days. nnder
steam, during winch time che traversed
$3.50 miles of ocean, her miniature
propeller making 3 .945, 035 revolutions.
She is the smallest vessel which has
ever crossed the Atlantic under steam.
Her dimensions are Length, 81 feet;
breadth Of beam, 16 feet; depth of
hold, 10 feet; gross measurement, 20 2G
tons; registered measurement, 1892
tons. The Perkins system of engines
includes q boiler containing q large
number of small horizontal tubes weld
ed at the ends, and connected with
each other by means OF small vertical
tubes. The boiler is charged with
fresh distilled water, and steam is gen.
Grated at an exceedingly high pressure.
After being made into steam and used
in the engines, the water is condensed
by special process and again made
into steam and is used over and over
again. Not more than five hundred
gallons of water was used daring the
whole voyage.
The boilers carry tive hundred
pounds OF steam to the square inch, and
have been tested ut $500 pounds.
There are two double acting and one
single-acting cylinders. Their respect
i've diameters are s. Ii and % inches.
and the pistons have stroke of 10
inches. The eight-inch cylinder is
placed Immediately over the sixteen
inch cylinder, and both work with a
single piston. In one of these cylin-
ders the steam, instead of being allo we'd
to escape after being used, is saved,
and, after being CONDENSED into water,
is used again in the shape of steam.
The horsepower OF the engines is
twenty, nominal, and 1GS indicated.
The engine and boiler room is amid
ships, ana is - feet inches in length.
This style of engine is very saving in
the use of coal The Anthracite only
burped rs tons during the voyage.
The little steamer is built Of iron, is
schooner rugged, and is painted white.
She has sharp, rakish bows and an
overhanging stern. She is commanded
by Capt. James, and carries crew of
twelve men. She came out in ballast
but will probably 60 back with small
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