Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-14

III consequence vi ttAtIdoIuiiidiS pICooHiC VII
It's columns, by advertisers, another double or
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morrow,-Thursday,- in order that its readers may
have that consi Iteration to which they are
fairly entitled Its columns seem to be regarded
by every body as the only sure means Of reaching
the whole public,-as they are, in fact,-and while
this unprecedented demand exists it can only be
met by these mammoth editions incOnvenient and
expensive though they may be to us. Another
viii Be issued ON Saturday, as usual.
Commander Cheyne, who, we believe, Is or has
been officer in the British navy, delivered
lecture in New York few evenings ago. in which
he spoke strongly against the present build OF
steamships, which, he said, "Only involved ship
wreck" The common model, on account of its
great length and narrow width, he compared to a
plank and asserted that it is likely to break in
two in high sea-" 1t may be that in the desire
for great speed something OF burly staunchness,
and certainly something of the comfort of pas
SINGERS, by the contraction OF accommodations
has ben sacrificed, In the long and hulls of
the present day; but Commander Cheyne's asser-
lions as TO their weakness and utter unSeawOrthi-
Dess do not appear to be borne out by the facts
During the last ten days or two weeks all the
steamers crossing the Atlantic have experienced
Tougher and longer continued rough weather than
any of them have ever known. So severe have the
st0rmS been that every one of them lost rigging
boats, upper works or some part OF their movable
belongings. and all have been delayed from three
t. ten days beyond the time ordinarily required
for passage. Yet, 50 far as is known. not a sim
gle one OF these large vessels has been lost, nor
dill any OF them meet with an accident which in
volyed the WORKING OF the machinery or the integ-
rity OF the hull These facts 90 far to refute the
theories of Commander Cheyne.-who probably
l.Arfa
walls OF old England" and nothing ike leather
for the defence of city. They must certainly
tend to establish confidence in the mind of those
whose inclination or duty requires them to go
down 10 the in ships. We believe t can truth
fully be said that passenger vessels were never so
ssrong, so swift, 80 we'll equipped. or so ably
onicered as they are at the present day.
Heinrich He'ne relates in lmpid rhyme a story
OF tragic love in which the maiden, having piled
all her Siren-like arts and her lovers heart
with an icy, pertidiOuS smile said him nay Then,
81 the story runs, the disappointed swain said
sententiOusly that he would dance ut her wedding
but, on the contrary. she threw himself into the
fathOmesS sea and was dead Heine's story was
brought to mind by the .'siren-like arts which
ninety-pound girl, over In Butler county, Pa. has
been plying upon a rustic curiosity who tips the
scales at 220 pounds at the youthful age OF nine
Teen years ON Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday
evenings, for weeks. she had encO uraged him to
visit the ancestral mansion and enjoy himself I'm
her fathers great chair while she read him from
her favOrite authors She began by reading the
sympathetic lay in which Meredith tells the story
OF Lucille. Under the soft influence OF her melO-
dfous voice her colossal beau fell an easy victim
and though she afterwards sought to enchain his
senses with less enhancing tales he held the fort
as IL were, and only twice or thrice, as his inam-
or1ta trlpped through some of BrOwning's verses,
Old he yield To the sOporific influences OF what to
MS untutOred mind was like ''Sweet bells tangled
out OF tune and harsh.'' and pass into delicious
SiumDer- His acute entertainer after this stirred
her admirers soul with the story of 1.-TWO Women,
as told by Miss WOOlson. and in the midst of the
recital the bulky swain declared his love and
popped the question. His proposal was peremptO-
lily rejected, and then, amid angry accusation and
fearful recrfminatioD, the motive underlying the
cunning maiden's tactics transpired. Beneath the
cushion In her fathers chair was large fiat book
between the covers of which autumn leaves had
Deen placed for pressing. Her fOndncsS for an
adInlrer who weighed 2U pounds is quite obvious:
when IL came to thinking of him as husband that
was naturally different matter. But the kind
reader VIII dlSanprOve OF such hearteSs taInpcrine
win the affections, and little Miss Artful should
her rejected Sultor grow melancholy and seek an
aqueous grave, may. like Helne'S heroine grow
nervous as the years roll on. To her. and to all
petite damsels having autumn leaves to press we
commend Heines story, which closes thus:
"And the siren, still weaving her web
For others, OFT glaHceS aside,
Cneaslly watching the flow and the ebb
OF the tide