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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-03

TIE HIGHEST CHIMNEY IN AMERICA.
and the rest of the chimney is without
lining; no fire bricks are used in the
lining.
The chimney receives two horizontal
fues, in which it is proposed to place
feed water heaters for the boilers. About
one thousand pipes will be included in
them. 1t is believed that much more of
the waste heat can thus be economized
than is usual, as, owing to the great
height of the chimney comparatively
slight heat in the products of combustion
will generate ample draught. The ad-
large a chimney will be derived from
this factor of economy.
A remarkable feature of this piece of
work is that it was built in 150 days Of
nine hours each. In the erection of the
three taller chimneys much more time
was spent. Townsend's chimneys at
Glasgow, Scotland, is 454 feet high, and
was more than three years building;
Tenant & Co.'S chimney, Glasgow,
Scotland, is 485 feet inches high, and
was built in year, as was Dobson &
Barlow's chimney Mt Bolton, England,
which is 1857 feet 6 inches high.
The total weight Of the new chimney
is 10,091 800 pounds; the total number Of
bricks in the stack is 1857 1881, and its
cost was $50, 900.
No way to ascend the shaft, after the
elevator used in its construction was
taken away, has been provided. If it
should be necessary to do so, balloon
will be sent up the central fiue and al
lowed to lose its gas and descend on the
outside, providing means for drawing up
q line OF sufficient size for q man to
climb. 1t is estimated that during q
high wind the chimney will sway about
six inches
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We are disposed to adopt the customs
Of European nations without taking into
consideration why they exist there, and
the possibility that they,are not necessary
In our country. So long as the French
nation was considered the first military
power in the world, we used French tao
tics and wore French uniforms. When
the Germans conquered the French we
donned the helmet. We adhere to rigid
lines in ranks and drills, and to unneces-
sarily complicated systems, when every
officer Of experience knows that they
have no value and are not used in actual
warfare.
A member Of the national guard is
liable to think that he knows the whole
art Of war If he can take the prize at
competitive drill or q target practice, ON
an armory floor and with an unCbstructed
range. In actual war he would not be
able to accomplish the facings In plowed
field any better than the volunteer of a few
weeks, and the accuracy of his fire would
Sbe materially affected by the unfamiliar
lground and TIE knowledge that there was
Ian enemy who might fS first. Modern
warfare Is influenced in greatly dimin'
Iished degree by what remains to us Of the
tactics of Frederick the Great and his
Itime. All that Is ever used Of the endless
thrilling, when in actual campaign, Is the
passing from column into line and from
lime into column by the simplest methods,
and no other movements, no matter how
favorable the ground or how perfect the
dnll.-Gen. August v, kautz In The
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THE BRITISH MINISTER.
LORD SAckvllLE, ERsTWHlLE SIR
LIONEL SAcKvIlLE WEST.

Something About the Man Who Has
Managed TO Put HIS Foot In II So
Nicciy-His Record and His Interesting
Family Of Daughters.
Lord Sackville, erstwhile the Hon. Sir
Lionel S. Sackville West, X. c. NJ. g.,
envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary of Great Britain to the United
States, is certainly wiser man than he
was q month ago-if he is capable OF
learning. Not only has he violated long
established rule of diplomatic usage
that an accredited envoy to any country
should not interfere in politics of3that
country--but he has, with rare stupidity,
walked open eyed ia.o trap that would
not have caught fourth rate American
politician. A letter is received by him
purporting TO come from an Englishman
naturalized in America, and asking how
that Anglo-American ought to vote at
this election, and the minister answers 1t
in letter of feeble platitudes that can
only be understood by reference to the
letter of inquiry.
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cess. and n states WILLIAM t. HAMILTON.
man of broad capacity and long expert.
ence, he most delighted in being known
as farmer, and his estate was o model
Of care and cultivation. He not only
carried on farm and practical law and
delved into politics, but he was president
of bank, president of manufacturing
company, the proprietor of the hand
soonest hotel in western Maryland, and
the leading spirit in most of the public
enterprises in Hagerstown. Then, too,
he was the richest man in his county,
his wealth being about 100000. He
was 6S years old. He was born i'm Mary
land. In 1S43 he was admitted to tho
bar. Three years afterward he was
elected to the Maryland legislature. In
1S4S he was an elector on the Cass presi-
dental ticket. In 1849, although almost
boyish in appearance, he defeated a noted
general for congress, ard he was twice
reelected. In 1868 he was elected United
States senator, and in 1879 he was elected
governor OF Maryland. In politics no
was always q strong fighter, and his ag-
gressiveness never grew discouraged.
He first made sure of his facts and then
he went ahead without fear or favor.
His death is distinct loss to the state,
and it is regretted by all parties alike.
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Stage Lights and Shadows.

The audience in a theater think as lit
tie of the man whose work enables then
to witness the stage performance as rail
way passengers do of the engineer VIII,
conducts them safely to their journey
end. They see the show, and If they o
Joy it they never trouble themselves
inquire what causes produce such brilliant
effects. But for every light in the audi
torium, and for every shade of illumina
tiOn behind the scenes, they are indebted
to the humble gasman. who stands by hi
post in the wings next the footlights
Here, by means Of number Of little hant
wheels, he regulates every gas Jet In tn,
theater. Before him is plot Of the play
and he listens for his cues as anxiously n
any actor in the company. A false NOV,
on his part, such as the turning Of ,
wheel at the wrong time, may ruin thu
whole scene-a moonlight effect may b,
spoiled by food of dazzling light, o.
total darkness may obscure the stage
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-03

In the old days the nervous patient
was one who met with but little forbear-
ance from others. 1t was universally
conceded to be matter of the patients
own will she could be different If she
would, and only the more charitable
called her possessed. But nowadays
it Ii commonly admitted that the
nervous patient is irresponsible -
that scolding and reproaching are
worse than useless, inasmuch as they arc
cruel and wicked, and that the only cure
for the trouble is complete indulgence
and rest. For it has at last been recog-
nized as trouble, a real trouble, and not
a voluntary matter within the patients
control; a case not Of fidgets, but Of tired
and sick and naked nerves, that must be
soothed and cushioned and clothed and
made whole again.-Harper's Bazaar.
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A VERY HIGH CHIMNEY.
Only Ono Structure in America of Greater
Altitude.

Only Ono Structure in America of Greater
Altitude.
The Washington monument Is the only
structure on this continent which is taller
than the great chimney lately built at
Kearney, N. j., to serve the twenty big
boilers of q thread manufacturing com.
pany. 1t is a king among chimneys, as
there are but three taller ones In the
world, and none of those were built fof
boiler furnaces, but for carrying off the
products of chemical processes, and dis.
tributing the gases thus produced.
The kearney chimney besides being O
triumph Of the builders art as regards
stability and height, Is q very handsome
shaft. 1t is circular, and rises with q
perfectly uniform batter from the bottom
to the neck below the cap. Its diameter
at the base is 2S feet 9 inches, and ut the
neck is IA feet. This gives q batter of
feet inches, or 2.S5 inches for every ten
feet. Its total height is 1886 feet. Its in.
ternal diameter is IL feet, giving one
circular flue. At the summit 1t expands
into well proportioned capital sur.
mounted by cast iron coping. The
latter weighs six tons, and is composed
of thirty-two sections.
The foundation on which this great
mass of bricks rests is 40 feet square and
8 feet deep, and weighs ZOO, 900 pounds.
As it starts from the base the chimney
is double. The outer wall is feet 2
inches in thickness, and inside Of this is
a second wall 90 inches thick and spaced
off about 20 inches from main wall,
and, of course, concentric with it. From
the interior surface Of the main wall
eight buttresses are carried, nearly touch.
ing this inner or main fiue wall, In order
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English and American Women.

English and American girls bear of tha
palm among the nations of the world.
There Is, however, a difference between
their respective qualities of beauty.
have elsewhere sufficiently portrayed tho
sweet and coy beauty Of our American
girls not to tell them the whole truth on
this occasion. The English girl Is thor
oughly active In her pursuit Of healthy
exercise; she walks, and runs, and plays
lawn tennis a great deal; riding, II she
have the means, Is one Of her most favor
ite amusements; while boating and tri-
cycling Is eagerly sought whenever op-
portunity occurs. Our American rose
buds" on the contrary have a very trying
climate to contend with; they take too
little exercise and too much iced water.
Tho result is that English girls are able
to bring more roseate bloom to their
cheeks, To walk longer distances and to
stand much more fatigue; they are, in
fact, more robust and have better devel-
oped figures; and although there are, no
doubt, in New York, or in any other large
city of the United States, a dozen women
as perfectly beautiful In form and face AZ
any chiseled by the greatest artists, our
American girls are In tho main less bright
in color, more delicate and pale than would
otherwise be the case If they more stead
fastly resorted to the invigorating means
of health, outdoor exercise, long since
adopted by their English sisters, and to
which, doubtless, the latter owe their ex
quisite forms and also the fact that they
remain youthful in appearance much
longer than our compatriots; in fact. an
English woman of 40 looks younger than
an American woman of 80 years; of course
do lot now refer to women Of the work
Ing class, Prank Leslie,
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bells are stiIl used when they can be LEI
down directly over place where work
is to be done, but for moving about or
prying into dark corners the armor Is
alone effective, and has largely sup.
planted the bell.
In order to keep as much water as pos.
sible out of the diving bell compressed
air Ia used. This affects some people
very disagreeably. Usually there Is q
pain on the drum Of the ear, which
comes from the pressure without the ear
being greater than that within, and there
not being perfect equilibrium.
There has been no special improve.
ment in diving apparatus for number
of years. The diving bell was known in
the time Of Aristotle, and diving armor
has now been I'm use many years. The
methods Of raising vessels have doubtless
been improved upon considerably during
the past half century.
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VICTORIA,
AMELIA.

grace. AS she died before he came to
America, his oldest daughter, Victoria,
has always been the presiding lady of
the legation. AS all the daughters were
born and reared III France, French is
their mother tongue; so they learned
English by the same lingual gymnastics
and mental wrestle with photographed
anomalies and Congregational intricacies
as bother other foreigners. The second
daughter, in fact, learned the language
In the United States and speaks 1t with
piquant French accent. Miss Victoria,
still unmarried and owning to twenty
four years, is lady of many accom-
plishments and prime favorite in WASH
ington. Miss Flora, now Mime. Salanson,
married in Paris on the 10Th Of June
last, is tall and classical looking, with a
fine Grecian profile. Miss Amalie, the
youngest, Is more petite and demure
The British minister's house at Wash
ington is owned by the British govern
ment, and luXuriously furnished through
out; 1t Is among the largest residences i'm
the city, has Us much interior space and
more social convemences than the presi-
dental mansion. For many years the
British legation at Washington has been
noted for the beauty Of its ladies, and
among the wives Of attaches are several
noted beauties.
The British nobility is so connected by
marriage that it is no surprise to learn
that Minister Vests sister was the sec
ond wife of the late Marquis of Sails
bury, and therefore stepmOther to the
present Lord Salisbury, premier Of Eng
land, and eX-officio chief of the depart
ment of foreign affairs. Since the death
of the marquis she has married the earl
of Derby. II is not so uncommon thing
TO dismiss foreign ministers as might be
supposed, from the fact that II has not
happened for many years in this coun-
try. Washington requested the recall
of the French Genet; Taylor perempto-
rily ordered Poussin, also French, to
withdraw from Washington, and Grant
refused recognition TO Catacazy, the Rus
sian minister, whose government re-
called him. Three times in three-quar-
ters Of century is not very often, but
Minister West should have known better
ON general principles.
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A Hint TO Smokers.

1t Is remarkable that people smoke 81
much tobacco, in its various forms, tina
is impregnated with deadly nicotine, whei
by simple method, which would not dc
tract one whit from its good quality, bu
would remove all that is OBJ bjectionable
the tobacco could be made free o
this poison. Merely soak the tobacco /,
day in shallow trough, and then lay 4
in the sun, II feasible; If not, dry by TIN
most convenient means, and the weed L
robbed of all odoriferous properties and q
nicotine. 1t Is then 50 sweet the fume
would not offend the most sensitive lady
because 1t has no fumes. Besides, thu
vessel in which it is burned does not DO
come "strong"a valuable thing for {
man who prefers a meerschaum pipe t.
cigars. .--Sergt. McNamee in Globe-Demo
prat
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whose masts alone are visible, suggestive
of casualty by water, and bringing home
to the traveller sudden appreciation of
what thin shell lies between him and
destruction.
The Atlas 1t will be remembered was
run in; by ferryboat not long ago and
sunk in few minutes. She is con-
slant menace to vessels where she lies,
and il is desirable that she be speedily
raised. This will not require tho long
time taken to raise the steamer Wells
City, sunk in the North river about year
ago, and some two miles above where the
Atlas lies, for the former was loaded
with tin and it was necessary to remove
her cargo before removing the vessel.
AS the Atlas Is laden with coffee and
fruits, the case is quite different.
The method usual in raising sunken
vessels, is to first get chains under her
keel fore and aft, and indeed at as many
points as necessary. Floats are then ar
ranged on either side to which the ends
of the chains are attached. These floats
are sunken by being filed with water,
the chains being made taut when they
are at the lowest. The water is then
pumped out, and as tho pumping goes
on, the floats rise bringing the vessel to
the surface with them. When she is
raised to a sufficient height to float
readily she is towed away from the place
of disaster to a point where she can he
worked upon more readily.
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DlSEh AL Wohh.
This is the method that was used in tho
case of the Wells City, and doubtless it
will be repeated in the case of tho Atlas.
placing of the chains. For this purpose
divers are employed, who go down and
work the chains under the vessel. The
divers occupation is certainly hazard
ous one. He wears curious sort OF
armor on his submarine trips, and the
air he breathes is pumped down to him.
OF course, any failure of the air current
means death, unless tAe diver is removed
Immediately. There is strong rope
tied around his waist, which he holds
with one hand while descending, and by
jerking on this he may readily give a
signal. In the helmet are thick glass
windows, through which he may look.
The helmet is of copper, the suit of rub
Der.
When the water is clear the diver may
readily see objects horizontally, though
overhead there is glare. In the North
river the water is SO muddy that it is not
probable the diver can see SO far. The
electric light is now used, which makes
things very light near by, and the diver
can see much further with it, but it
makes the surrounding darkness darker.
A diver in q river flowing by large
city sees some singular sights. The bot
tom of the North river is covered with
mud and slime into which the diver
sinks sometimes to his knees, or his
waist, or even over his head. There arc
telegraph and telephone cables, many Of
them broken; pipes for conducting oil,
lost anchors and parts Of vessels and
boats. The electric light usually attracts
fish which examine the diver in evident
curiosity.
Divers in the North river have reported
stumbling on the holes which We're made
some four years ago by the caving in Of
the tunnel which engineers attempted to
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construct. 1t will be remembered that
this tunnel was intended to carry trains
from New Jersey under the Hudson
river to New York. One day the roof
caved in and all the men at work except
a few near the entrance, were lost. Since
then the tunnel has broken at other
points, for the divers report number Of
Divers say that the most disagreeable
feature of their work is stumbling across
a dead body. These bodies usually float
n few days after death, but there are
cases where they become entangled, or,
as in the case of suicides, are sometimes
loaded with weights. 1t is dismal enough
to be at the bottom of a muddy river,
without finding ones self face to face
with the swollen body of fellow being:
Divers have a superstition that 1t Is bad
luck to touch these bodies, and they
never do SO if they can avoid it.
The diving bell was the first contrly-
ance used to explore places covered by
water. Any one can see the working Of
a diving bell by taking glass tumbler
inverted and pressing 1t down in bowl
of water. 1t will be seen that the water
does not enter the tumbler, for the rea-
son that two substances cannot be In the
same place at the same time. So in the
diving bell the water does not enter the
vessel, though it presses upon the air
contained I'm the bell, COMPRISING II
somewhat, but cannot fill the bell. II
the vessel were let down to depth OF
thirty-threc feet this compression would
be so great as TO half fill the bell. With.
in the bell, at sufficient distance above
where the water comes, supports are
-nlacad. on which tha diysr sta -paxina
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The Press has learned that the pictures
of the presidents used in making tho
composite photograph were as follows:
Washington, jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe, Harrison, Tyler, Taylor and Fill
more engravings from the original
paintings by Chapel; John Adams, por-
trait on stone by A. Newsam, p. s.
Duval, photographer, Philadelphia; John
Quincy Adams, engraving by v. Balch
from q painting by Durand; jackson,
engraving by q. Kruell from the litho-
graph by La Fosse, copyrighted by NJ.
knoedler & Co.; Van Buren, engraving
from Brady's imperial photograph by
Richie; Polk, engraving by V. Balch from
q daguerreotype; Pierce, engraving by
ii. B. Hall, New York, from a painting
by Healy; Buchanan, portrait on steel by
John Sartain, Philadelphia; Lincoln, en-
craving from the original painting by
Mast; Johnson, engraving from paint
ing by Chapel, likeness from a photo
graph from life; Grant, engraving by q.
kruell, from photograph in possession
of Mrs. Thomas Mast; Hayes, engraving
by j. G. Buttre, from a photograph; Gar
field, J. A. j. Wilcox, Sc, Boston, copy
righted by j. +. Ryder, Cleveland;
Arthur, selected.
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LORD SACKvILLE. FLORA sACKViLI.E,
The Scripture tells us that the net Is
spread in vain in the sight of any bird,
but this is an exception. And Lord Sack
vile is a very ''old bird" indeed, for he
has been in the diplomatic and other pub
lie service for forty-one years, and much
of that time man of much social prom
inence. His house at Washington was
the social capitol of the national capital;
his annual balls to the diplomatic corps,
officials of the state department and other
dignitaries were the great events of the
season, and his three lovely daugh-
ters were admired and courted by oil
tho young diplomats. The marriage
last June Of his daughter, Miss
Flora, to Monsieur Gabriel Salanson, of
the French legation, was thought to be
an affair of international interest, and
many columns of description were tele-
graphed from Paris. His house In Wash
ington was the standard for oil that is
elegant, and though the British govern
ment allowed him $50, 600 a year for en-
tertaining, his expenses went far. beyond
that. 1t may safely be said that the
bellies and beaux Of Washington will
mourn his departure-for go he must
as much as the politicians will, presum.
ably, rejoice.
~
Lord Sackville is IA son of the fifth Earl
of War;, and was born July 10, 1897. He
was bred TO diplomacy and other public
business, and at the age Of 90 was made
attachc to the British legation at Lisbon
In 1868 he was made first attache at
Berlin; in 1853 secretary of legation at
Turin, then the capital of Victor EN-
manuel, who subsequently united Italy
in one kingdom. He was soon promoted
to charge d'affaires, and served in that
capacity till 1863, when he was trans
ferred to Madrid; in 1867 he was pro-
NOTED to be secretary of embassy at Ber-
lin, and finally reached the top rank as
minister plenipotentiary at Paris in 1868
and 1869. After a brief interval in
lower post he again served as minister at
Paris in 1871 and 1879. In September Of
the Argentine Republic; was transferred
to Spain in 1878 and to the United States
in 1881.
One would naturally suppose that such
an experience would have developed his
bump of caution till it stuck out like q
door knob, especially his work in Paris
in the days of intrigue in 1S11 and now,
to be taken in by AN unknown American,
is certainly humiliating to him and exas.
perating TO his government. The name
of Sir Lionel's father is better known in
America as Delaware, the "De la" mean.
ing "of the" SO it is given above in the
old peerage style as WAR" He is q
descendant of that Sir Thomas West who
was governor general of Virginia early in
the Seventeenth century, and from whom
the Delaware river is named. Early in
life he married the Lady Elizabeth,
daughter of the Duke of Dorset, of
family ennobled by William the Con.
queror, and as the ladies of both families
have long been noted for their beauty, il
is not matter of surprise that the three
daughters of Minister West are among
the noted beauties Of the age Lady
Elizabeth Sackville West was quite noted
In her time, both for beauty and social