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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-08

PERsoNAI.-Dr,,H. e. Leach has returned to
the city from two months trip across the
continent, which he made ~ Exalted Grand
Ruler of the Order Of Elks, in order to visit the
Elk lodges.-Hon. Sidney Mudd Of Maryland,
Chas. s. Burton OF Chicago, and J. A. Higgins
Of Wheeling, are at the 81. James.-Senatoz
Eustis and Representatives Bslden and Coch.
ran were in New York last night
Day, of the geological survey, was in San Fran.
cisco last Sunday.--Gov. T. A. Osborne and
United States Marshal Jones Of Kansas, are IN
town, and were ct the capitol to-day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-08

K, SPECIAL NOTICE.; BRADLEY ADAMS
hat he has opened store No 1914 st. (Houehtons
old rlace, and will sell his stock Of Books, stationery
and Fancy Articles t15 casesJ at Auction and Private
sale. good opportunity for dealers and private pur
chssers before auction he stock must be closed out
by Jan. lst Two safes, show counters and fix
tures for sale. n30-1m
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12
Invention Of the Piano.

The first piano made its appearance about
200 years after Queen Elizabeth's virginal, in
London, at concert at Covent Garden,
the invention of an italian. The piano has
been accepted as the foremost of stringed in
struments throughout every continent. Such
pianists as Kalkbenner, Liszt, Hummel,
Thalberg, Rubinstein, Heller and scores of
other virtuosi have shown to us the varying
compass and power of intonation this instru-
ment possesses; none other but the organ has
an equal succession of harmonies In the
square pianos the strings are in a horizontal
position to the keys, but yet obiquely. The
grand piano simply has its strings horizontal,
but parallel to the keys, and in the upright,
Of course, the strings are vertical-running
up and down. Cristofali claims promi-
nence in many artists minds as the inventor
of the piano; but az the art of printing was
ascribed to Roster by the Dutch, and to
Gansdeisch by the Germans, SO the piano Il
ascribed to Schroeder, Wood and othera
Each played and composed for the harpsi-
chord before he wrote his pieces for tho
ptanoforte, or his grand organ pieces For
Q long time the thumb was not used in fin
gering the keyboard, but was introduced
subeeqsntly by Emanuel Bach. -Globe-D Demo-
crat.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12

departed for the war, Immediately after the
battle of Lexington, he left Anselm at home,
but when he was made major of Col, Fellows
Regiment Of Massachusetts, troops he was as
tonished to find in the ranks of the West
Chesterfield company his own son, then not
quite 10 years old. For over three years
Anselm served as private soldier, doing all
the hard duty of the New England cam
paigns, and was in one severe battle and
several skirmishes.
In ITO he was made ensign, and in 1850
lieutenant by brevet-at the age of Is. Sept.
26, 1880, he was commissioned lieutenant on
the Endorsement Of George Washington, and
from Jan. l, 1889, to the same date 1888 he
served as adjutant in his fathers regiment.
A little later he became captain. He crossed
the Alleghenies in the pioneer band which
located at Marietta April z, 17sS, and en-
gagged in surveying He was the first school
teacher at Marietta, and served as major in
the troops raised to guard against Indians,
and went with the celebrated ocean vessel
which was built at Marietta, ran down the
Ohio and Mississippi to the sea and sailed to
the Mediterranean and Black seas. He died
unmarried, Dec Is, 1908, and his grave is in
Mound cemetery at Marietta.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12
DALLAS, TEXAS.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE LARGEST
CITY IN THE LARGEST STATE.

A 'Way Down South" Metropolis Of 6o.-
600 Population with "Down Eass's
Walk and Business Activtty-New Cot
ton and woolen nIills-The State Fair.
Especial Correspondence
DALLAS, Tex, Oct 2.-The man from
the east or middle states, who has Wis
tied southern cities and has not visited Dal.
las, would be surprised to see the vim which
our people show in every business pursuit
In 1878 Dallas population was scarcely
10000, and her largest business house was
q two story, 50xl00 brick establishment
Now her population is $4,000, and her fine
brick business houses of three to six stories
high and from 5Ox10O feet to 1OOx25O feet
area are too numerous to mention. Fine
buildings of dressed stone, marble fronts,
pressed brick and iron are to be seen in every
direction. People who came to Texas ten
and fifteen years ago were afraid to build
two story frame houses, fearing that in this
great level country high winds would upset
and blow them away. They are no longer
afraid of such a wind now, and our city
boasts Of over one thousand fine two and
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12

. bewildering assortment Of war relics q in
teresting as rare. Here may be seen COM
plete collection Of all arms ever known in
civilized warfare, from tho old matchbox,
wall pieces and blunderbuss to the improved
rife of the day. In artillery pieces may be
seen all improvements in ordnance down to
the Hotchkiss and Gatling gun Of the very
latest patent. Revolvers and pistols Of the
most remote antiquity are in perfect preser-
walton. There are all kinds Of swords, sabers
and cutlasses, and in exhibition cases may be
traced the progress through which the blade
passes from the rude steel to the polished
weapon. Ancient armor and war imple-
ments from every country on the globe are
gathered into museum Of curiosities, the
like Of which cannot be excelled on the con-
tinent When the government shall have
completed its improvements it will have a
plant Of inestimable value.
w. Il. SPEAR.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12

COUNTY COURT HOUSE, DALLAS.
three story residences. The churches of all
denominations are numerous, elegantly built
and furnished. We have six fine public
school buildings that any city would be proud
of, their cost being in the neighborhood Of
$4,000. We have about forty miles Of
street railways, many miles of paved streets
and sidewalks, a first class fire department
and alarm system, an elegant opera house.
six large hotels and railroads extending in
ten different directions. Coal and iron are
to be had from mines but few miles from US
The state fair and exposition, which opena
here Oct. II and continues twenty days, will
be the greatest exhibition of farm and ranch
products, live stock and minerals ever shown
in the state. Over eighty counties will each
be represented by county exhibit. The
associations exposition building, floral hall,
two large machinery halls, buildings for pri.
vate exhibits, privilege booths, poultry
buildings, farm and mill product hall, two
grands stands, 1874 race stables, 100 exhibi.
tion horse stables, 500 stalls for cattle, &C.
commodation for 500 head of sheep and
swine, and mile race track, altogether cover
120 acres of land, beautifully set in grass,
studded with shade trees, evergreens and
various semi-tropical flowers. The entire
grounds are supplied with an abundance Of
clear sparkling water through u, 00o feet of
pipe owned by the association.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12
The Daneers of Idleness.

Tho necessity of labor for human happiness
is at present strikingly shown in the state
prisons of New York. Owing to some neglect
by the legislature the convicts are left with
out employment The result is a great in
crease in insanity. One Of the physicians
recently resigned, giving as reason that
constant idleness would produce condition
Of misery that he would be powerless to ale
viate. Besides, as men are constantly going
insane the danger to keepers, physicians and
attendants greatly increases. While kept at
work comparatively few become sick, and
only occasionally does one become insane.
1dleness has filed the hospitals, and an aver
age Of three every week become unmanage-
able and are sent of to the insane asylums.
It really seems that when convict is SEN
fenced to term Of years at hard labor he is
entitled to relief if the conditions are not in
all respects fully complied with. Confne-
ment in idleness may indeed be so much
worse than confinement at work as to come
within the list Of cruel and unusual punish.
ments forbidden by the United States consti-
tution.-Boston Budget
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12
Jew PosToFF1cE, DALLAS.


Well, you may say, that is all very fine,
and we should like to see it, perhaps will,
but what about your people ''lionizing the
robber chief Frank James?' There was a
notice in a sketch of Quantrill's raids that
Frank James was sin mercantile business in
Dallas and ionized by the people there" but
don't you believe tenth of it. Frank James
is here, and that is all the truth there is in that
statement. So far as the people lionizing
him is concerned, there is not more than one
man out of every fifty or 100 that knows him
on sight, aud his advent here created the
smallest possible stir. The only time ever
saw any one hunting him up was when three
cowboys rode up in front of the dr.. goods
establishment where Frank James holds
position as clerk, and asked that he be
brought to the front where they could see
him. Mr.. James is a very quiet and ordi-
nary looking man and does not seek notorie.
ty, hence the waves of business roll on every
day, one great tide, and Frank James is but
small chip on its broad bosou
Texas may be divided longitudinally into
four great strips. First, down the east side
are tue 'red lands;;" next, broad strip Of
dark and chocolate colored lands extends
from Red river to the Gulf-largely in tho
Trinity valleys. Westward is the higher strip.
alternating valley and grazing ridge; and
west Of that is the cowboys country. Dallas
Is in the north center Of the second strip.
The great Texas Pacific railway is our main
artery; the north and south road connects
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12
VERY HIGH MOUNTAINS.
Information Regarding Lofty Peaks in
North and South America.

Information Regarding Lofty Peaks in
North and South America.
DENVER, Oct. at is scarcely known
that there are glaciers wholly within the
United States, that is, exclusive Of Alaska. In
Wyoming are the only instances south of
British Columbia. Here are the Grand
Teton mountains, several peaks Of singular
grandeur and nobility, rising to a height of
1891 feet. On the crest of Mount Hayden
are the solitary instances Of our national
glaciers and Morains. The glaciers are of
enormous size, beside which the Matterhorn
is babe in comparison. There are num-
ber of peaks which rise higher but have only
perpetual SHOWS.
There are in the United States 493 peaks
above 10000 feet in height, 40 above 11.OOO
feet, 352 above $4,000 feet, 253 above 1900
feet, IS above a. 600 feet, above $4,000 and
l above $4,000. Some Of these peaks are as
follows:
In Colorado-Horseshoe mountains, 13,9s9
feet; Gray's peak, II ,391; Spanish peaks, 49,
$40; Longs peak, 1871; Pixies peak, IA, ,l46;
Uncompahgre, 1926; Blanca peak, II, ,464;
Mt Howard, 1854; Mt. Lincoln, IA 1906; Mt.
Wilson, l4,2s0.
In Wyoming-Wind River mountains, 49,
400 feet; Fremonts peak, 1890; Grand Te-
tons, Is, sol; Atlantic peak, 12,7o0; Washakie
needle, $4,000.
The highest mountain east of the Missis-
sippi river is Mt. Balsam Cone, in the Black
Mountains, North Carolina, which is 6,671
feet.
Mt. jefferson, Washington territory, is
1850 feet high.
Mt. st. Elias, Of Alaska, has had six meas
urements by ambitious explorers, whose
heights established ranged from 1s,661 to
1850, the latter height being by ". II. Dali,
Of the United States coast survey, and un-
doubtedly the correct as well as the official
measurement.
OF course there are no heights in North
America to compare with the highest Of Asia
and South America. Mt Everest, of the Hima-
layas, India, is 29,002 feet, and, with possibly
an exception, is the highest mountain on the
globe.
Mt. Aconcogua. Argentine Republic. is
23.910 feet high.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12
EXPOSITION BU1LDING DALLAs

Us with Houston and Galveston in ono
creation the other way. l will only ion
the elegant court house, city hall ;..!. ost-
Office, as indications of what we have tone
and Of the much greater things we will do.
The latitude is SO degs. SIS Minis, but that
does not give the full idea of our climate,
warm in summer, and bracing at all seasons.
Old residents say they have but two features
to complain of-sometimes there is dead
calm for day or two in summer, when the
heat becomes oppressive, and at other times
s'norther" comes down like the wolf on the
fold and doubles up the delicate men, But
when the .snorther" is over, everybody is
glad it came, for it is generally followed BY
many days of most delightful weather In
deed, the ''norther" seems to be q sort OF
necessity in this country, making tho air
hsalthful and bracing. q.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12
NORTH END, NEW MILLING SHOP.

NORTH END, NEW MILLING SHOP.
fastened down with screws. This gives nc
chance for the guns to work loose, rattle or
become injured. The boxes are built of
solid timber and lined with compound that
renders them impervious to dampness, and
here they may rest for generations.
On Armory hill are located the machine,
milling, carpentry and other work shops
where the lighter work is performed. Here
also are the officers and commentaries quar-
tiers and the barracks of the soldiery, for the
property is under military rule and blue
coated sentinels day and night pace their
monotonous rouuds
Through the courtesy Of and under the per-
sonal guidance Of Col. A. N. Burlington, the
writer was shown all over the grounds, and
introduced into some Of the departments from
which, as a rule, visitors are rigidly excluded.
Col Burlington took command here in Octo-
Der, 1881, and has shown himself to be
skillful and able officer. Under his admins
tration there has been noticeable stride in
the way Of progress.
Col. Burlington was the first to introduce
naphtha into the government workshops as a
heating agency. At these shops, where the
government owns 220 acres of land covered
WAu0 AeauOsoAuot AOOoI0 OT1ck UullQ10GS
where the heavy work Of the ordnance de-
partment is done, the small forge furnaces
costing $500 each, were frequently burned
out by the old method of heating, and every
few weeks had to be refined or repaired at
great expense. Since the introduction of the
naphtha method, the cost of maintaining
them has greatly decreased, and the furnaces
stmuch longer, and coal and ashes are done
away with. The heat is regulated
by mixing air with the gas as it enters
the furnace; there is no free oxygen
to enter and form scales upon tho work as
under the old method Not only does tho
new way of heating save time, but it inn
proves the character Of the work accom-.
plished and saves tho dies, which werc de-
stroyed in large quantities before The gas
is made automatically, aud increases the
facilities for the production of arms at no
great cost, and the practical success Of the
experiment thus demonstrated has had a
tendency to cause the same methods to be
init oduced in various industries at large
with the same success
Another great Improvement Col. Burlington
has introduced here Is the coloring of all the
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12
war MUSEUM, MILLING SHOP AND MACHINE

war, they were kept busy night and day in
turning out small arms, and the capacity was
1000 complete weapons per day. Since tn
war, the manufacture has been largely re-
duced, until today 40 arms per day repre-
sents the output. But the arms of today are
vastly different from the simply constructed
army musket of 1924. The improvements
that have been made in the past twenty
years are SO great as to excite wonder. From
guns capable of two shots per minute, with a
range Of 200 yards, have sprung those with
capacity of twenty five shots per minute,
with range of 1900 yards. And the gener-
al appearance of the arm is as different as
TIE variation in range and rapidity Of dis
charge.
The breech loader has succeeded the muzzle
loader, and beauty of finish and symmetry of
proportion gives the new rifle an added
superiority over the product of twenty years
ago.
The government possessions in this city
comprise 297 acres Of the best and most
slightly land. Seventy three are located on
what is known as Armory hill, in the very
heart of the city. Here is built the arsenal
where Longfellow found material for his
poem, comparing the display of guns to the
pipes of an organ. But it would take long
stretch of imagination today, to recognize
the interior of the arsenal as described by the
poet, in the prosaic arrangement of the arms
of today. The old method of standing them
upright, in long tiers on cases and standards,
has been done away with, and in it's place
may be seen long tiers of cases resembling
coffin boxes, stacked one upon another in q
way which is anything but poetic in arrange
ment But experience has taught that this
method of storage is vastly superior to the
former, and arms stored after the manner of
today may be opened forty years hence
in perfect condition. Each of these un-
painted wooden boxes or gun cases, with long
rope loops at either end which serve as
handles for transportation, contains twenty
perfect, latest improved Springfield rifles
arrayed in two tiers Of ten each. After being
colored all the iron parts, as well as the
stock, are thoroughly rubbed with linseed
oil and are then arranged in the boxes, the
muzzles passing each other in the center and
the butts held secure at either end by NOR
tised blocks that At over them, and are held
in place by the box lid, which is securely
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12

White Tupper, was
born in Easton,
Mass, Oct. II, 17&,
and was, therefore,
but II years and 6
months old when
the Revolution be-
gan. On his moth
er's side he inher-
tied the blood of
the Perrys, who
have contributed
many good fighters
to America, and
were the family
from which sprung
Commodore Perry.
When his father
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12

ance, for the buildings have become
dried and seasoned with the lapse of
years and thoroughly saturated with oil
in the various work rooms, SO that
fire, once started, could be controlled
only by miracle. Recognizing this fact it
has been decided to isolate the work shops
from the main grounds by the building Of
new fire proof buildings on the twenty acre
inclosure north Of Federal street. One Of these
buildings, 275x30 feet, composed entirely Of
brick and iron, has already been been COM
pleted ready for the machinery.
This building is two and half stories
high, and not a particle Of wood is used in its
construction except for the flooring, which is
laid on solid cement surface over heavy
iron girders. The ceiling is formed of brick
and the basement floor is also of brick. The
roof is Of iron. This building will be used as
the milling department, where the light ma
chine work will be done, and is in every way
suited for the work. In the front L., 20 ele-
yator is placed, communicating with all the
aoors, and in the rear will be the inspectors
rooms and foreman's Office.
Ground has been broken for similar.
building east of and directly facing this one,
which will soon be ready for machinery.
The one now ready cost $4,000, and was
built from an appropriation made some years
ago. The second one will be used for the
carpentry mill and gun stocking department.
The appropriation for this is s75,0OO Later
a building of similar design, 400 feet long,
will be erected just north Of these, thus
forming an open square. In front of this
new building, yet in the future, will be an
engine house of ornamental architecture,
and driveway in form of semicircle will
extend around the inclosure, giving accessto
the several building entrances by team. A
handsome fountain will be built in front,
cannon will be planted in commanding posi-
tions, and the wooden fence now there will
be removed and beautiful lawn will slope
down to Federal street.
Power for the new milling shop will be
obtained by the running of shaft from the
old shop under Federul street to the building
by means Of an arched underground tunnel
When the new shops have been completed
the old buildings will be used for storage
purposes, of which the government stands in
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12
MAGAZINE STREET

PLAN OF OLD AND NEW ARMoRY GROUNDS.
I. Arsenal. g. Officers houses s. Command.
ing officials residence. l. Old armory grounds.
8. Present machine shop. g. War museum. q
Army offices. 8. Present machine shops O. New
grounds, where improvements are being made.
TO- Buildings for which land has been broken. II.
New milling shop. 12 Engine house. 13 Pro.
posed large shop. 400 feet long, "a. To be built
on later.
The large building on the south side Of
Federal street is occupied by the Offices Of
the armory, by the present milling shops and
by the war museum. In this latter are stored
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12
MAJ. ANsELM 1uPPER.
The Youngest Soldier Of the Revolution
Rry War. IL
Especial Correspondence

ary War.
Especial Correspondence.]
COLUMBUS, Oct. 2.-Ohio, who is celebrat-
ing her pioneers, and all the veterans who
have been disputing as to who was the
youngest soldier in the war for the Union,
will doubtless be interested in sketch and
portrait of Maj. Anselm Tupper, who was
undoubtedly the youngest soldier in the pa
triot army of the Revolution, and perhaps
the youngest commissioned American officer
who won high rank in actual service. He
was, indsed, real soldier, not a drummer
boy or aid-de-camp; and his fame has been,
somewhat unjustly, obscured by that of his
father, Gen. Benjamin Tupper.
Anselm, Oldest child of Gen. and Huldah
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12

k9eo4 peScs OF the Springfield rifle by the useo1
inter and manganese, which give beautiful
dark blue color and handsome finish to all
the parts thus treated. By this method all
the steel parts Of the Springfield gun are
finished when put into place, and no tool Of
any kind has to be used. The cost is trifling,
as the inter doesn't waste, and is used over
and over In the watts This improved method
OF finishing has attracted wide attention and
has lately been adopted by most of the small
arm manufacturers Of the country, who have
docked to the government workshops to
see the work tested before putting
the method into use at their own establish
ments. The new process was frs5 introduced
here five years ago, and is given to the public
without charge It is in fact coloring of
black oxide of iron that is impaired to each
weapon. The apparatus consists of simple
furnace with an open vessel containing inter
heated to six or seven hundred degrees
mixed with certain proportion Of man.
ganese. Into this bath the steel is plunged
carefully, and after five or six minutes is re-
moved, washed and bathed in oil. It is then
ready for use. Through these improvements
and the most rigid inspection Of everything
used in their composition the Springfield
rifle has become one of the most perfect
weapons made. Private concerns gladly
utilize the refuse discarded by the govern.
ment as unsuited for its use, and yet with all
these improvements a government rifle can
be bought for s12, where one of the old
muzzle leaders used to cost anywhere from
SIS to $40.
Here may be seen force of men, trained
and fitted for the work by years of service
for the government, force which once
scattered never could be replaced In recog-
milton of this fact the government has done
wisely in keeping it employed. The armory
here supplies arms for the state militia and
certain colleges entitled to them under the
law, besides what it supplies for the govern
ment. Notwithstanding the large supply Of
arms here stored in the event of war it
would not be a week before the arsenal
would be entirely emptied
Congress has been liberal with it's appro-
priations for the armory here, which have
been increased of late to admit Of the con-
struction of new buildings to replace the old
ones, which the work has outgrown. At
present the whole arn,ory ground is practi-
cally at the mercy of fire, Notwithstanding
the fact that the government has a fire
steamer on the grounds, besides having made
an arrangement with the city for assist
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-10-12

Holiday is the name Of an Apache Indian
living in Baltimore. Nd. OF course 10 has
crown used to bang observed