Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-07-15

cool ell the temperature in his room by means
of IA trough of water within il and a blanket TO
gather 1t up by capillary attraction. A better
arrangement would DE to hang up the blanket
III window, closing the other, so that no air
from the outside could get into the room eX-
eept through the blanket This is the way
they do IN Italy. In India a still better APP
pliance Is IA 'tattie'' or mat of the fragrant
"kaskns' root, very loosely woven and kept
wet, whereby the thermometer inside a house
is often sent down 20 degrees below what it is
outside in the shade. The scientific explana-
ton of il is this: water has ii normal tempera-
ture of 81 degrees Fahrenheit. If hot blast
OF 10 degrees strikes sponge or mat full of
water, and is detained in its passage through,
it loses considerable of its heat
What shall we do with the assassin? 1t
seems ten wears is all he can get for an attempt
TO Kill, and we don't want the President to die
IN order To give rs the satisfaction of hanging
his murderer. Not anticipating such treatment
OF the elected Chief Servant of the people, we
have no laws about highl treason, affecting
individuals, but there Is no reason why we
sheuldn I. When the Duke of Ednburg, the
second son of Queen Victoria, was shot in
Australia, though not very cleverely, the asSas-
sin was hanged in three days. Is Guiteau in
sane? Perhaps everybody angry to kill any
body is insane, but proportion Of such luna
ties are annually judicially jerked into eternity
In the province of Farther India, when Malay,
after getting intoxicated on little 100 much
'hhang,' or India hemp, runs ''amok' with
naked kris, or wave-edged dagger, slashlng
right and left at every one he meets, man, wo-
man or child, the people turn out with any
weapon they can get, just AS they do here when
IN over-driven steer breaks loose, and Kill
him like mad deg. The suggestion has been
10 nS ks m
several have already beea locked up for threa-
tening the lives of Vice-PresjdenI Arthur, eX-
Senator Conkling and other prominent men,
that the best deterrent effects might he produc-
ed by giving Gniteau geoa hogging for his
diSgraCeful, cowardly crime. Hall he is TO
get is ten years in Jail, certainly am in favor
OF the logging but I'd have il administered
in nstallments. say 100 lasheS in Washington;
then when he gets pretty well over that, 90
lashes in New York. in n few weeks 30 iashes
somewher else, and on ill his ten years
were out Hd probably refrain FROM doing
anv more shooting in "A hurry, or supply him
self with weapons to Kill next time and ensure
himself a hanging. 1t is stated that he was
Lieutenant-Co lonel in the volunteers during
the war II 50. ne must have been an ass Ia
suppose a half-ouuce bullet propelled by Tiny
pinch of power could he eifectusl. That il Was
so nearly so is 10 me by no means the least re-
markahle thing in the whole affair.
Talking of shootng-and really this ieploTa-
bic business has so occupied mems minds and
the daily papers as TO exclude news OF almost
every other kind must jnsu refer 10 the
Grand Archery Tournament now being held IN
BROOKLYN. and OF which, ably. seconded, the
reviver OF this exceedingly noble gracefIl, and
altogether "tonv" diversion, Major \. q. Con
stable the President ct the National Archery
Associatiou Is the head and 'rontand observed
of all observers md all Kind Of thing He has
been Leading his MACY ujfsrul' equipment to the
men o' the press for practice aud Instituted a
special prizc tor hem, and the Whole affair Is
likely 10 hr O o. the most rujos able and de-
Iightiul thing To participate m AEd rScad ~
after DAYS There ! a remarkable assortment
OF valuable prizes and the 'Htu""l ct gallant
and fair ToNophjhlies : large ami attractive.
The reriver Of this old, old pleasure. deserves
the reward OF the inventor Of a new one, fof
he has made the old new by the modern IN
prossmeni he a. introduced Archery beats
dov. murder
kAplN.