Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-20

preyious 10 the Russo Turkish war, the
citizens of the United States obtained
news of the Bulgarian troubles before 1t
was recaiyed in the Turkish capital At
present there exist nine big submarine
cables stretching $1,000 miles. An answer
TO q question can be received In London
from New York within Ave minutes,
distance of over 1000 miles, covering
both WAYS. While In the office OF Cyrus
Field, in New York, the other day, q
messsRe was sent around the world via
China. Professor Huxley asserted last
month that the arts OF war and peace
have been reversed by arms of precision
and the telegraph. Recently patent
was Issued for measuring weight OF
$780, 900 pounds as accurately NJ the
weight Of human hair.
At Krupp's foundry Of Essen, the I'M
menae steel hammer will drop with ter
rific velocity and weight on the anvil,
but is stopped in an instant to save
watch which Ia placed on the anyiFa face
from being crushed rs thin rs hair.
One thing man cannot create ID per
petual notion God furnishes the
power. Man uses it. Tbs speaker has
seen steel In Toledo SPAIN, and In
Damascus which used to cost dollars for
| the ingots, but which now, through
recent invention, cost only as mLny cents.
The spectacle of Gambetta in o balloon,
soaring over the walls OF besieged Paris
and the German armies, bearing dis
patches to the French army, ID sight as
| wonderful as the falling Of the walls Of
Jericho to the blast Of Joshua's trumpets.
At Mont Oenis in II, the speaker saw q
snowflake fall and develop pneumatio
power to bore the mountain. Let poets
sing of Hannibal crossing the Alps. That
ia nothing to the snowflake boring
through the Alps. What started the
snowflake was sunbeam. AT Prikipol,
an island in the Aegean, Mr.. Cox stood at
Hannibaps reputed grave. The shep-
herds there had no knowledge OF 1t.
From the speakers observations In
Egypt the worst plague that Pharaoh
must have encountered was the plague Of
flies. In the museum of Boulak Mr.. 90,
shook hands with the ancient Pharaoh
In one OF the recent battles between thu
troops Of the Mahdi and the Egyptian
there was dense black cloud In tn,
desert is miles long and 10 feet higt
coming from the slain bodies OF th'
Egyptians. The speaker then went into {
mathematical calculation Of the waste O.
fly power.
General Harrison shook SO hands pei
minute, leaving out Sundays. In eigh
years he shook 65, 100000. That woulC
be procession "a miles long.
In ancient times the workers in iron
the smiths, were the most honored o
men. The iron pots In King Edward
kitchen were his jewels. The leaders o
armies were always careful to capture tn
metal workers.
When Captain John Smith was cap
tured Pocahontas knew what she wa
about. daughter The registrar o
census In England discovered one-thirt
of million OF Smiths. The smiths wer
J honored in ancient days and drank fror
the kings cup. Thor in hIs harness 4
I the old Northiand represented the divinit
] of the Smith family. Let no one spea
: Ill OF that name. The lecturer has sat i
! Congress for Ohio and New York. Their
> are 1000 Smiths in the New York cit
3 directory. Az long as he lives, Mr.. 90
. declared he will never speak Ill of th
' Smiths. Laughter
A Reyefting TO the question OF vast
! power the speaker said there are 679 mt
! tions in q BARRIERS hand, but who eve
! counted the movements Of barber
j mouth as he shaved2
: The wonders " photogI phy nra rtow
I In the detection Of she bsns burglar. j
4 the iuDE.ss " India the other day q
Englishman was photographing heif,
. tied to tree. A tiger sprang upon Ii
: heller and the photographer got pi
3 ture Of the tiger In the act of springin.
o But the man ran and left the tiger to
as he wished.
= The wonders Of the Hpeotroscope an
! Its advantage in astronomical purBui
= was shown. He considered Stephenson
+ invention Of the locomotive as the grea
: est of all. II is substantially the san
p in use now as invented by him.
! At the close of the address the diplom
n were presented to the graduates by Pri
oipal Goldey. Job Ii. jackson made Il
Y address, whioh necessarily on account
J the lateness OF the hour was brief.
/ The graduates were as follows, Ladie
d Cora Lowry, Lula Dillin, Bessie
II CLARK, Mary e. Neary, Florence /
d Aspin, Wilmington. Gentlemen; Il.
x McMullin, Porters, Del; W. B. Bntls
: WAHlihBtohf Ia hoWhTu JbbLeT, w
q mington; j. L. Scott, Pouomoke OFT
v Md; H. B. Burbage, Pocomoke Oit
., Md; G. II. W. CLOUD Of Wilmington
% 7. l.. MoWhorter, Miliington, Md; o.
u Way, Csntreville, Del; John Park,
L Parkersyille, Pa; George l.. suyd,
T. Newport. Del; C. X. Clayton, MIDI
10 town, Del; Howard W. Taylor Hockessi
to Del; j. W. Redmile, Wilrningto
% Shorthand and type-writing depal
Is ment: Ladies-Ella l. Aager, Lenape p
ID Ella Biggs, New CASTLE; EsteIla Bowin
le Wilmington; Sarah Dickinson, Rocktol
N Anna Wollaston, Stanton; Matte A. Tue
" ton, Wilmington. Gentlemen-He Herb
j Mayne, Greenville; William G. Short,
o. and Wesley Meeteer, Wilmington.
D. The valediotory address was made
" B. Burbage, when the Rev. W. L.
O. Murray offered the benediction.
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