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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-06
By Williams Il Bowe,
bY " IIIIIIIIN BOWe,
Real Estate Agents and Aucii0necrs,
Eleventh street between Main and Bank.

Real Estate Agents and AuctiOnccrs,
Eleventh street between Main and Bank.
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VERY
LOTS on GARY AND FIFTEENTH STREETS
AT AUCTION In execution of DEGREES OF the
Chanccry Court of the city OF Richmond. in the
case of Spillman rs. Wortham's executors. &C.,
the undersigned. the surviving special commits
~ioncrs. VIII sell by public auction. on The premi-
ses, respectively. on
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8. 1884.
1T ~ O'Clock NJ. the following VAIUABL T.
REAL ESTATE of which the late Il. c. Workman
dicd seizcd-tO wit:
First. The LARGE BRICK STORE and WARE
Hon 81 long occupied by McssrS. T. & =. Workman
& Co.. situated at the northeast coracr of cary
and Fifteenth streets. II covers the whole lot.
which j. 10 2-l2 feet by 72 feet, and Is occupied
by II. VI. Workman.
second. The LUMBER-HOUSE adjoining the
above, fronting ON Fifteenth street - 9-I2 feet.
running lack ~ ieet, with slip of ii feet wIdth
extending out Ia spruce allcy.
Third \ LOT on the north side of Cary street,
I'm rear of No. l--about 81 by IS feet.
Fourth. The GRANITE-FRONT THREE
STORY BRICK STORE and WAREHOUSE No.
3 south Fifteenth street. recently occupied by
with the LARGE BRICK sMOkE-H0UstS
thereon.
This property Is all located ia the centre Of the
business part Of Cary street, convenient to all the
points for transportation. and being very desirable
for business purposes. offers good opportunity
for safe aud profitable investments. The highest
bids will be reported TO Court for It's coniirma-
ton.
twelve months, for negotiable notes. with interest
odded with the right for the purchaser to pay the
whole In cash If he should elect so 10 do.
j. q. STEGER,
X. ID. WORKMAN,
COMMISSIONER.
WILLIAMS BOWIE, Auctloneers. de ~
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.UcrIOy sALEs-Yuture Days.
By r. d. Chaiiln 4 Co,
Real Estate Arctioncers.

rRUsTEE,s AUCTION SALE OF DE-
WEST Gary STREET, CONTAINING NINE
Rooms Go6KINGsA y Az gAL n WATER dl;s5
And $500 ier 90 $50, and recorded in he Rich
m e" chspcery Court in d: ., leg 4, page sl5,
and 1T the request q the noie-holdcr deisnt hay
Ing been made IN us payn'enl' VIII sell by pun
tic auction, on the premises on
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1884,
n 4 O'Clock p. NJ. the aboyc.located DWELL
ING, which Is conveniently arranged. has nine
rooms, donblc parors, with marblelzed naniels,
closets. &C.
This sale offers a good opp rtunty to secure q
nice home or 10 make paying Investment.
TERMS: fash 10 pay note Of 1850 and cx-
pcnges OF sale balance on terms to be announced
AT sale X. - ShAfFlN, Trustee
sale by n. B. CHAPLIN & Co, Auctioneers.
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by Frank ID. Hill & Co.,
Real Estate Agents and AuctlOncers.
HOS Main street.

n l. W STOCK-BRICK DWELLING.
~ No. SOB NORTH TWELFTH STREET. ONE
DOOR FROM CLAY STREET, FOR SALE AT
AUCTION.-On
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY o. 1884.
1T AZ o'clock T. NJ. on the premises. we Will offer
at auci on the above PROPERTY. The house *
new and well bnllt. contains about ten rooms with
modern improvements. and. being I'm nice neigh
nOrhOpd, convenient 10 the business part of the
city, offers good opportunity for investment
Now rented 10 good tenant. Lot lSx132 feer.
TERMS: One third cash: balance i'm six and
twelve months, with interest added, secured NV 4,
deed Of trust. FRANK ID. HILL q co
jas Auctionecrs.
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sTATEROOMS ENGAG ED FORDAY OR
NIGHT

FREIGHT.
Freigh: received daily for Norfolk Portsmouth
Smlthheld, ard Hampton; Washington, d. O.;
Ncwbern, Washington, and TarborO' y. c. and
all points In Eastern North Carolina: also, FOR
Eastern shore OF Virginia, Old Point and an regu-
lar landings on James river, at LOWEST RATES,
ana through bills Issued. -. B. TATUM,
" Is SUPERINTENDENT.
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tONNEIIiDNN
Al Richmond with associated ratlwIyf fur II
points south, and Richmond, Frederick burg a' Il
Potomac railroad for all points NORTH; ~ Lynch
burg with Nirglpia Midlsnd railway for an uo.iis
north. and Norfolk and West ri r'i road fnr
Knoxville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Cincinnati.
II. Louis. Nashville. Louisville. Memphis. NrN
orleans, and all point In the South. >ouihwe.f. lft
TeNa sleeper lynchhurg 10 New orleans l.d
CHATTANOOGA wisn"ut change. and on all night
trains This train makes close connection %
Memphis and all southwestern points, aud ayoi Is
several hours layOyer ~ CbastInOO2a.
Sieeping-eGr attached 10 Nignt Etprss' !, :
Lvschburg.
Trains marked daily except SUNDAY
!. X. MAtNl RIO,
H.. MI
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Surcr.
Jos. W. Thomas. Hutcheon, Johnston
7. Wiley Davis, d Donald,
George w. Duke, l.. Spies,
W. A. Chesterman, j. +. Phillips,
". Il. Thomas. d. II. Pyle,
Il. Il. Van Buren,, VIM. l.. Carnea.
John j. King, Hudgins Il Ford.
j. il. Williams & Co.. Thos. j. Smith,
Geo. g. Vim. Gibson, Bell 4 Bowles,
Sadler & Wright, Jarvis d Glinn,
Geo. L. Redford, Chas. W. Allen,
Davis & Crump, +. s. Dalton & Co.,
Geo. Lumsden & Co., q. 4 A. Bargamin,
Blantop & Jones. West Il Branch,
Jos. +. Wingiield. W. J. Anderson,
Powers d Crump, JnO. |. Stevenson,
Marable e Dansey, Arthur G.. Evans,
Asa Snyder q Co., w. ID. Twynhan,
Geo. Il. Dean, John Bowers,
Gilman & Son. j. ID. Carneal,
Carter & Bowles, Snead * Scott,
b. NJ. Batllins. ID. w. Bowles,
A. {. Houston, l.. J.. Lacy,
l.. {. McGce, Il. Maynard,
4. ID. Henys, James Hayes,
Whitehurst d Owen, James Fox,
Gilbert j. Hunt, f. ii. Kelley,
BlOunt Il Quay, William N. Allen,
L. L. tinpDcii, bruce ~ Archer,
Andrew Green, J. J. Montague,
l.. A. Crenshaw, W. b. Hoge.
Shanks a. Barrett, Sewers a. Miller,
lietzer d Ganzert, Lambert & Co.,
Aug. Arsell. Jr., L. Neale,
G. w. Snead, James Netherwood,
w. \. Gardner. W. III. West,
Ready & Phillips, f. Sitterding.
Many Others were called on who desired
t. sign the above. but were absent from
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EOR NEW YORK.-The an -

EOR NEW YORk.-T Old E -
A Dominion steamship Company ssczsaaszsszs
pr1poNeI sallings Tor the week following alc.
W. ANOkE. Captain HULPHERS, FRIDAY
January It'll. at , O'Clock II. VI.
MA\IlAITAN. Captain STEVENS, SUNDAY
January 9th. at O'Clock \. "
OLD DOMINION. Captain WALKER. TUTS.
DAY .Januly Sth. at O'Clock =. VI.
Freight received until l'o'cock T.. VI. FRIDAY
, o'clock +. II. saturday. and to o'clock L. VI
Tuesday.
Through bills Of lading signed, aud goods for
wardci with dispatch To an points north. south
east, ana west; ai>o 10 foreign ports,
Passenger accommodations Unsurpassed
Cabin fare 10 Sew York Including meals and
BERTH. flt: rOdnd-trip tickets. SIS. Storage
with subsistence. -: without subsistence. So
Passengers leaving Richmond Mondays, Tues
days, Nednc sday., and saturdays by lie Chpsa-
pcake and Ohio railway no 1885 4. ". rfd New
ports News viii make connection az Norfolk
win steamer leaving those days. Tickets t. Dee
had at The Chesapeake and Ohio depot and \. W.
CAREERS. 1000 Main -ucet.
fOr frci ght or passage apply 70
GEORGE ". ALLEN 4 CO.. gents.
il COMMANDS " harf. Roc kaff=.
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- edmond AND LEGHAN
IA RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE OF TRAINS
IN TFFFtr DECEMBER 10. 1883.
ARRIVE RICnMnNn.

9:2O 4. II. NAIl. daily except sunday.
lO45A. VI. ACCOMMODATIONS daily i,Nc. 90
sunday.
1855 A. NJ. NIGHT EXPRESS daily except
Monday.
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Il ELEGANT JAHEs-EiVER FARM III
am authorized by tire owner, who resides In a dis
TINT part of this state. 10 offer for sale that vaua-
BILE estate LOWER TUCkAiOE." In Gooch-
on the Richmond and Allegheny railroad, which
passes through H. affording excellent iransporta-
ton facilities. II contains 701 ACRES, of which
1876 acres are low grounds not surpassed by any
on James river. About 275 acres are highlands,
In high state of cultivation: and the balance In
original forest growth. The improvements consist
of a BRiCK-AND-FRAME DWELLING. with
six rooms, and several out houses.
Price and terms Of payment yei rca sonable.
III. SELDOM TAYLOR.
"a Ait Real Estate a gent and AuctlOnper,
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ID HILADELPHIA RICH - 80,
MOND AND NORFOLK
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Appointed sailing days: Every TUESDAY and
FRIDAY At II VI, and every SUNDAY at 5
a. VI.
Freight for Tuesdays and Fridays steamers re-
ceiyed till Il3U 4. VI; for sundays sleaI0er Il =
Z. VI. saturday. Freight received daily till 8
T. VI.
Fare, tS.
For further information. applyto
j. W. MCCARRICK,
General Southern Agent Office Rockets.
W. =. CLYDE Il CO.,
DO9O 4
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'OLDDOMINION STEAMSHIP 1lrSss
~ COMPANY. $780,.
FOR NEW YORK.

This company VIII dlspatchone ef tAeirspeadid
ste2mers-GC 1ANDOTTE, ROANOKE. MAN
HAITIAN, OLD DOMINO ana RICHMOND
EVERY TUESDAY, FRIDAY, and SUNDAY
lFor hours OF sailing. see advertisement below
steamers leave New OrkTU ESDAl :. THURS
DAYS, and SATURDAYS ats p. NJ. from Pier "a
(neW NUMBER North river, foot Of Beach street
They nave splendid saloons, state-rOoms, and
bathrooms.
unsurpassed.
After-cabin fare TO Se~ York lncluding meals
anu berthl flO' round-trip tickets flS Storage,
Freights for points beyond New ork forwarded
With dispatch, and nc charge made except actual
expenses incurred.
Freight received until ) o'clock +. NJ, daily,
fOr further Information, apply TO
GEORGE ". ALLEN & CO., Agents,
ly2e 0Llce ComhnnN.s WharEo. Rnckai,e.
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Warranted the Strongest Toughest and Most tlas-
tic Glue on Earth. ROYAL FAMILY GLUE Mend.
Everything SOLID AS ROCK HARD AZ ADA
MANI. FIRM AS GRANlTE!u New Scientific
Discovery .-RcvOutiOnl2es the Liquid Glue Bust
ness Of the Wordi! ROYAL GLUE Is Absolutely
Usbredkdbie and IHSepdrtbtel a SAM>ONiAN
GIANT among other Clues and Cementsl MIL
LIONS of People are sing ROYAL Glue and Sill.
LIONS MORE Must Have IL. No Heating-No
Glues CHINA, WOOD, GLASS, Leather, Billiard
Cue Tips and Cloth, Crsckery. Ornaments OF
Every Kind Metals, Patches on Leather and Rab-
her Shoes Book Backs. Brlc-a-Brac. and Every
Thing Else with lnseparable Tenacity! MANU-
! FACrURFRs of Textile Fabrics. straw Goods,
Artificial Flowers, Imitation Stained Glass, Gum
| Labels, Fine Carriages and Pianos, Paper. Card
I BOARD, on Cloth and Carpets. who use ROY Al
GLUE for Sizing. Sttiening and Glueing Purposes,
supplied by the Pint, Gallon. or Al GALLON
BARREL. Royal Glue TALKS Tor ITSELF The
/ News OK Its Marvellous and Extraordinary In
breakabe Qualities, lts Great Smoothness. Flext.
bllityand strength FLASHES LlhELiGHTNIN6
! from onc Cgsts mer 90 Anothrrl LIVE SALES
MEN JOB Thousands of Bottles of RcynI Glue %
| druggists, Grocers. etc. SMALL BOY sell Hun
drsds Of Bottles To Business Offices ana Families
| 25 CENTS per Bottle, with Crush and Tin Cover
! by MAIL, POSTPAID. 10 ceptsextra. MANUFACTURED
/ by j. q. 0'MEARA & CO.,
13i7 Pennsylvania ave. Washington, u: 9.
! ty throughout the United states, Canada, Europe
and South America. sold by Druggists, Gioeers'
stationers, Hara wsre and Variety Dealers every.
| where. The Trade aud Public supplied by BURR
! q BRIDGES, 1895 Franklin street, PuRCELln
LADD & co. POWERS. TAYLOR 4 Co, NOD-
EKEn BROTHERS, OWENS MislR, R,sh-
moad, Vac Ss'As
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Many Others were called on who desired
t. sign the above. but were absent from
their places of business.
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DOR SALE PRIVATELY. A De 81.
Il SIRABLE BRICK DWELLING on Nj
Grace street between Fouslee aud Adams: also,
a COMFORTABLE FRAME DWELLING on
south side OF Grace street between Monroe md
Henry. The lot fronts 33xl55 feet TO an alley.
Price and terms of payment reasonable.
II. SELDOM TAYLOR,
In 4-3t Real Estate Agent and AuctIOneer.
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Pasg'r daily Freight aal- sr~i.i.f daiIy
EEK. Sundly. lyeN. sund'y .cN. SATURDAY.
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ARTISTS SUPPLIES.

WLLIAMs & BOW, Auctloneers.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-02
A GOOD SUGGESTION.

Chicago Current: There will lie an
important labor congress in Chicago the
TIN of October, aud the eight-hour idea
will probably figure as the Ieadipg mat
ter of discussion. The furniture makers,
at the Pittsburg convention, have shown
disposition TO advocate the scheme at
Chicago. II would be q good thing for
the unions, If they shall see 1T to cut
down the hours of labor. to impose &
certain amount OF study on their mem
bers. The principle by which unions
are made practical and energetic is Ger
tainly an arbitrary exercise of power
and it would be no great addition tC
the authority of q union 70 make IL.
members, In accepting two hours Of
daily leisure, devote 9 portion OF those
hours to = betterment of their intellec-
tual condition. The moment the wage
workers OF the United States become In
telligent enough to detect the difference
between what will help and what vii
hurt them, they can have things all theil
| own way. The trGde-unIons of Paril
came Toto control of the whole city II
1871, but could 60 no further for lack o
bralus. So the literary men came for
ward and set up the Commune. Their,
Is no use In the labor unions of AmerIci
dethroniDg the present captains of IN
dustry IL they can do no better than 4
give things over into the hands of pro
| fessional agitatOrs.
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NOTES AND MOTIONS.


The latest is that pride gOeth before q
fall election.
Senator Ingalls, calls the Democratic
party 1.-THE rubbish heap of American
history"
Harper's Weekly has dropped one
bird in its circulation since its advocacy
of the "mOral" Cleveland.
The New York Sun suggests about
Oklahoma Payne that perhaps a consul
ship in some unhealthy climate would
be the best way TO dispose of him.
The London Times once said that an
Irishman is never so useful TO England
as when he emigrates to the United
States and there votes with the free
trade party.
A New England woman thinks that
apropos OF a recent celebrated elope-
ment, "coachmen make fully as good
husbands as these rich dudes who are
out all night gambling and drinking"
Ferdinand Ward is said to have re.
Gently remarked that If he had his life to
live over again he would eschew the city
aud work on farm. "They that make
haste to be rich are not wise"
A Democratic exchange says that
the great work" of the Republican
party will be done on March 4, 1885.
Correct; that work will be the Inaugural
ton of James G. Blaine and John A.
Logan.
The New York Witness asserts that
the Kansas State Temperance union is
the only state union in the nation that
does not endorse st. John and Daniel.
st. John has many acquaintance in
| Kansas.
A cOlored coachmsn of New Brighton,
Chic, has thus far eclIpsed the exploits
Of all his white fellow craftsman. Not
content with ono, he:eloped with two girls,
and when last heard from the happy
trio were still at large andstogether.
Poor fellow.
Miss Florence Finch, Kansas girl
and a graduate of our State University,
has left her position on the Boston
Globe to accept the managing editorship
of the Troy IN. " Telegram. Kansas
leads, as usual. Miss Finch is q bril-
liant writer.
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LN0ENDLARLsM IN CLEVE.


The city of Cleveland has been visited
during the past two weeks with a sue
cession Of Incendiary fires so frequent,
so persistently kept up, and 80 mysteri-
Gus in their origin as to awaken alarm
ing apprehension for the safety of life
and property on the part of the people
of the entire city. In some instances
these fires have been preceded by
anonymous warnings, and the incen
diary preparations have been so success
fully carried out that the aggregate of
property already destroyed is very large,
while In several instances, only the
most energetic work has prevented d
cOnhagrstion Of large area of the city.
The record is made Of twelve such in.
cendiAry fires in the torty-eight hours OF
Friday and Saturday last and that was
not the beginning. while it
is feared the end is not yet. Those who
have read the "Bread Winners will re-
call the stirring scenes therein recount.
ed. and its pictures Of dangerous social
istic agitation will come forcibly e
mind in connection with these Occurren.
ces, indicating as they do the presence
OF dangerous element, determined anc
reckless in It's disregard Of life and prop
erty. That these dastardly outbreak
are not the result of organized design
does not seem 70 be possible; and it il
TO be hoped that swift discovery and lie
gal retributIon may be visited upon tn
perpetrators Of these outrages, and If i
be that they are the ignorant though dc
prayed tools Of others. upon the devil
ish demagOgues who prompt them.
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4 TRIBUTE TO KANSAS,


The Chicago Current, in a recent edi-
torial on the crop prospects and produc-
tons of the present year, In estimating
the relative standing of states, has this
to say of ours: kansas next year in all
probability will take the place Illinois
SO long occupied as the greatest agricul.
tural commonwealth in the union"
Such an acknowledgement is not sur.
prising ~ US, who have heard it reiter.
ated as 4 prophecy over and over again
and who have been seeing year by
year the extraordinary development Of
our young state, yet such statements are
gratifying us indicating that the period
of prejudice against Kansas because Of
the manifold ills that have been charg.
ed to her account is becoming entirely 6
period OF the past, because the claims
she has made for supremacy are sus
tanned by the ''facts and figures" The
Current goes on to say: illinois, how
ever. has not declined In energy or pro
ductiveness." That this ID true, there II
no doubt. The secret of the disturbance
of the agricultural equilibrium" o.
which It speaks lies in the fact that Kan
sas has grOwn-and present prospects
arc that it will keep on growing in the
same remarkable ratio.
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EMPTY HONnRS

The Atchison Patriot has got down to
business and is measuring things on the
cash basis, as may be seen from the
following suggestive remarks in con-
nectiOn with the Soldiers Home.
Politics is and has been the bane on
Atchison. We have been for years sub.
Ordinating every material interest to
political interest. We have had offices
we have had senators, judges, mail in
spectors, managers of the Soldiers
Home and the Lord knows what. All
the benefit that all combined have
rendered Atchison isn't the value of
hoop pole factory. We have
spent our time and money to build
bOnfires for the politicians, and made
night as bright as day. The same
time and money expended IN advancing
our material interests would have given
US packing houses, public buildings and
and manufactures. Isn't it time that
We let some other portions of Kansas
have the political glory upon which we
have been starving for years, and address
ourselves to the business of looking after
our material welfare? A packing house
Is worth more than a senator; a factory
of any kind ls worth more than q goY-
ernor; q wholesale house Is worth more
than any supreme judge. And another
thing. When such institutions as a sol
diers' home como knocking at our door
let US ask some other citizens than the
politicians and office seekers to bid them
welcome
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4. d. Mayo, one OF the editors of the
Journal OF Education, discussing the
relative superiority of the English and
American school systems, says: "In our
northern states to-day. the largest pro
portion of IllIterates is from the impor.
tatIOn of British subjects; In Massachu-
sets less than one per cent of native
born population being ignorant. Indeed,
with tho exception of a small influx
from southern Europe. Great Britain is
the chief source of supply for Ignorant
Immigration to our country" This IL
indeed, as the writer remarks, surpris-
ing statement, and one naturally seeks
the explanation which he Immediately
proceeds TO give: mo aristocratic or
der of society has ever gwen anything
but the most meager schooling to itE
lower classes, until forced by the threat
of national ruin, as in Germany and
France, or by the uprising Of the masses
as IN Great Britain.
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TIE MERIDIAN CONGRESS-


There will assemble at Washin gton
tomorrow an international conference
whose announcement seemingly has at
tracted but little public attention, and
yet, as an asssmblage of scientists of
high reputation, 1t will be q gathering
of great interest, while its work, if salts
factorily completed, will be very import
ant in facilitating geographical and as
Economical computations.
This conference will be composed of
five delegates from every leading nation,
and its efforts will be to seek uniformity
in the establishment of prime geo.
graphical meridian, to be used by all ma
tions
At present each nation has its partic-
| ular standard and scientific calculations
! as to location suffer material in
convenience from the confusion
thus arising. Fur instance, in
our own country, as is we'll known,
there are two generally accepted stand
ard meridians for the measurement of
longitude, those of Greenwich and
Washington. It may not be so we'll
known that neither OF them can lay
claim to recognition as an official gov
eminent standard, as the United States
Naval Observatory uses the meridian of
Greenwich In all astronomical tables,
while the interior department, il Its
maps and charts, uses the meridian of
Washington.
It is also true that nearly all nations
IN their sea observations, use the meri-
dian OF Greenwich, but in their scientific
and land calculations, make use Of some
local meridian. Calculations of astrOn-
omers and others have to DO reduced TO
the standard, used in their particular
country, and In many ways the lack OF
uniformity Is q serious hindrance.
It Is thought that because of its more
general recognition than any other the
Meridian of Greenwich will probably
be selected as the zero. and It is hoped
that another convenient change will be
agreed upon, that of counting longitude
to $500 around the earth instead of Us
ing the confusing terms least" and
"West" and stopping the count at 1909
The credit for inaugurating this
movement for uniformity belongs to the
United States. By sct OF congress, Au.
gust so, 1882, the president was author
lied to extend invitations TO the govern
ments Of nations in diplomatic relations
with this country, to send delegates TO q
congress Of this sort. A circular Of in
Vitation sent to ali the governments, 70
ceived such favorable responses that the
president issued the call for the conven
ton Of this congress TO meet October, 1
and it is in pursuance of thi
call that IL now assemblies. Ii
addition to the scientific bearing o
the work of such a conference, IL has 10
value in promoting . closer intimacy o
International relations, and will be on,
of the steps towards the uniformity tina
, Is SO desirable in weights. measures anC
all standards Of value In order 10 fscill
tate commercial and social Intercours
, | bAtWeen natilns