The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-23

q '.,' h rsnersl session al i0i O'Clock. At
ses,dance small. members and others drop
ming ii asser free-and'essy way. rs u they
sl,d "a a fhey happened 70 feel Ike u, ana
s,.e, wben they had finished their cigars
and mad gotten fully through with the morn
ing greeting OF friends 10 the Conversation
Indeed. II Il very evident that The pre-
,,,il,,ss, ssafnre and attraction Of these meet
snes le The social element. And yet tne
forca ana value of this element Is not 10 We
moderated. II Il really delightful 70 s,t
~s,d systcb the gray old savanis, the haoltueS
~ ,hese meetings. rush almost literally INTO
escb Others arms and conyulsiveiy snake
cecb Others hands over and over agsn'
wb,Ie their faces glow With intensest erasi-
fica,Ion. and the merry laughter oIeahs
forth nugestrslned as they mlrtniully
recall the pleasant past or Dfign'en
IN tbe nresent with almost boyisb iightness
srd enthusiasm. Nor Is 1t less pleasant for
those 10 meet who have never seen eacn
other before, but who know each other per-
Mans intimately by reputation, by com
munity OF labors Ia a common heid, per-
chance by heated controversy on disputed
noin,s. Much OF this pleasure has oeeh
mine. and value much the opportunity 20
ace and sometimes to measure men Win
whose Names and works / have long Deen
familiar.
A half hours quiet talk with that quietest
Of men, Professor Newton, OF Yale College,
the great authority on meteors, Win whom
iourneyed part Of the way to THIS place
or vet longer interview with my Otner
scientific companion, Colonel Edwards, OF
West yir.ipia, who for twenty-five years
mas collected and raised aud STUDIED NORM
American utielfles-butterf'e alone-tlii
he i now perhaps the highest fvinR au-
tbority on that subject; or any one Oh
number of such opportunities OF maklng
acquaintance with noted men, VIII long DE
remembered with pleasure and often Wiih
Substantial profit. / wanted specially 10
seo Edison and Graham Bell, but both are
absent from this meeting.
The time when this social element can
hest manifest itself is ut the daily lunch.
This is great institution, and the citizens
of Cincinnati deserve great credit Tor the
lberallty and efficiency with which It Is
managed. Every day from TO O'Clock
AFT the sections adjourn. and all the wearers
~ the red ribbOn--ladles, OF course, IN
cInded-are invited into large room with
saw one hundred tables adapted Tor Tour
persops each. There we cit In little groups,
and Sith O really elegant and bounte0uS re-
mast before us, without confusion and with
ont formality, eat and talk, discuss persons,
naners. end peaches, coffee, cakes, cream,
and current topics, With all sorts OF good
things for mind and body sandwiched ~.
II is a good time, and everybody enjoys II.
But / must say word as to our PRO
ceedings."
To-day, after the general meeting, the
Association divided itself up into sections
and sub.sections, each OF which retired to
IFS own room aud heard and discussed pa
pers belonging TO their respective subjects.
+ heard several instructive papers in Sec
ton a, which is devoted TO Physics, inelu-
ding Astronomy and Mathematics. The
chemists, with papers some Of which bore
mosi formidable titles, were IN another
room.
AnthropoIogy, Entomology, and Micro.
scopy, had each likewise a separate place ana
a separate set Of papers. / can make no iuf-
Their reference TO any Of these papers now.
Tonight we are to have a citizens reoep'
ton. with address by the Mayor, &C., &c,
at the Highland House, and TO get ready for
this l must close this hasty letter.
T.. II. W.
THIRD DAY.
BANQUET LAST NIGHT AT HIGHLAND HoU'E,
ADDRESSES, &C.. &C. - OBSERVATIONS -
PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS TO.DAY-EXCUR-
sI0Ns.
CINCINNATI, o., August 10, 1891.
The Citizens Reception last night was a
great success. Even the falling rain did
not much impair its briiliancY and enioya-
bleness. The Highland House, at which it
was held, is a unique hilltop resort on the
summit Of what is called Mt. Adams. in the
western part of the city. 1t il reached by
one Of The "incllned planes" OF which
there are several here, and one or more OF
which we ought to have in Richmond. On
it the street car, with Its horses and is load,
is taken up steep incline by stationary
engine, and thus lifted TO the heights above.
One car goes up, mounting in sort oil
cage drawn by wire ropes, While another
connected with it descends on par
allel track. The motion Is easy
and pleasant, as the car Is continu-
ally horizontal, and the arrangement
seems quite safe. Landed on the summit,
we entered the beautiful park, and were
almost dszzed by the unexpected splendor
OF the scene. Four or five electric lights
shed q radiance over the f1ower-plats, the
fountains, the promenades, aud the moving
multitude OF visitors, that filled one with
suggestions OF falry-land, and made one
sorry for groups here and there OF gas
lamps thai, with their faded yellow light,
were yainly struggling Qike 80 many Devies
OF p0SSE beauties) 10 shine as they
used TO do before the envied dkbutante, the
fresh and pure electric light, came in TO
eclipse their brightness. And then the out
lJOk from the Esplanade, whence the great
NJ ifoh ah oil ha OF at m
below, was grand and inspiring. A con-
cert by famous band lent its attractions,
aud on the other side, as a sort of side
show, was in progress Iaundresses'
ball Of large proportions, to which some
OF the scientists" gave, perhaps, undue
attention under the plea Of studying up
sundry laws OF motion. Gathered into a
large and beautiful hall on the grounds, We
had The usual speeches; one by General
Groshom, OF Centennial celebrity, chairman
of the local committee, and one by Mayor
Means, with afeply by Professor Brush, our
president. All these speeches were meri.
tOrious ia that they were brief. Then came
the collation. elegantly served TO thousand
or so Of US 10 the room below; then prom
enading, music, and a trip home IN the
rain.
A scientist that don't observe is no scien.
list at all, and observation is useless with
out record. Let me note, then, an observa-
ton or two:
Cincinnati Is grand place. It's EXPOSE
ton Building. in whose numerous and
ample halls our various sections and sub
sections meet, and whose vast proportions
are under my eye now as / write, is q truly
grand and imposing structure. Would
that We had one like 1t in Richmond. Gin
cinnsE has also grand parks and gardens.
grand hotels and other buildings and its
grand growth in population from afew hun
dred IN 1900 to quarter OF a million in
1880 gives grand promise also for the future.