The record-union., 1891-03-02

/ OCIdlS nave clSIit NOleS 10 SPdIt.
! There has been only two occasions in
| the history OF our country when the cleo
| ton has been thrown into the House of
Representatives. The first was in 1900,
When Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied in
| the electoral vote, and the House elected
Jefferson. The second occurred in 1924
when Clay, Jackson and Adams were
candidates. Neither one of them having
received majority of all the electoral
votes cast by the several States, the House
of Representatives convened under
ART. XII, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES,
And elected Mr.. Adams, of Massachu-
sets.
Consequently, should there be three
candidates for President in the field in
1892, all three receiving some electoral
votes and no candidate receiving a ma
jority over the other two "a plurality
won't do, the Democratic House will of
course elect their Democratic nominee for
President, even though at the general
election he may not have carried but one
| State.
Republicans should note this disadvan-
tage and do their great s'l>icking'' feat
between now and the convention, and
not between the convention and the day
| after election, as has been the custom
heretofore.
MASONIC RECIPROCITY.
The Rev. DR.. II. NJ. Wharton has re-
ceived Masonic apron from South Caro-
lima, which he is to present to the master
of the lodge at Jerusalem the birthplace
of Masonry. Some time ago the Jerusa-
lem lodge sent 4 gavel made of olive
wood to the South Carolina Masons, who
now send the apron in return. The
present, q valuable one, is of lamb-slSin,
bordered with black velvet and fringed
with silver The square and compasses
and the a!l-seeIng eye are stamped in
gold. DR.. Wharton is himself a Mason,
and expects to have a pleasant time with
the members in Jerusalem.
He goes with party OF eScurSiOniStS to
Palestine who sail from New York next
| Wednesday.
/ don't know what language they speak
in that ,Jerusalem lodge, but it is moi i'm
prudent to say that many Of the brethren
i'll Sacramento would doubtless like to
see them work the third" on the cid
stamping grounds.
i ROMANCE OF THE REBELLION.
Milo CASTOR, of New York, passed
through here few days ago accompanied
by his bride. There is very conspicuous
lesson in fidelity connected with this
affair which is valuable to preserve.
In 1863 CASTOR, who is Il native of New
Hampshire, joined a regiment from that
State and went to the front. He was cap
tured and while OH his way TO Anderson
vile prison escaped. lie wandered about
through woods and swamps for nearly
three weeks. When furnished with hun
ger and craZed by continued pursuit, he
decided to give himself up. One evening
he scrambled out of the thcket and made
his way to large, oid-fashioned South
ern home. y cold rain had set in, and
caring little whether he lived or died, ne
walked boldly up the driveway and
knocked.
ss11i,o ,,1ooo eoo,,oo5 1osor4o1 A e,
minutes later he become conscious that
some one was scrutiniZing him from a
window few feet away. He was finally
admitted by young woman who carried
revolver in her hand. She got him some
supper and said she was alone in the
house, but expected her father, who was
home from the Confederate army on d
sick leave to return at any time.
''Shc seemed to take an interest in Gas
ton, and laid him in dark corner of the
garret. There she fed him for two weeks,
and showed him how TO get III and out at
night without arousing her parents till
he finally escaped.
''After the war he returned to Elberton
and heard that his benefactress had mar
ried. CASTOR is now railroad con-
tractor. Last summer he was building q
branch on the Georgia Pacific, when he
learned that she was widow and had 8
family of five children. He immedately
himself known, and the result was
| marriage, which took place a few days
ago"
After reading the foregoing overwhelm.
ing refutation Of an ott-asserted charge, il
is expected the ladies will now discon.
tinue circulating the report that all mer
: are bad.
A MEMENTo OF THE REVOLUTION.
; The death of James NJ. Wright, ven
= and yUp1l- known resident a
Washington, took place at his home, lS0t
Eleventh street northwest, yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Wright was born il
) Alexandria November 4, 1917, and the
whole Of his life was spent in or neal
Washington. His family has an inter
!, Quakcrs, could not take part in the Revo
lutionary war, but his grandfather fur,
nished teams to haul Washington's can.
non to Yorktown. This same grand
father also found Lafayette wounded il
the trenches at Yorktown and carries
gave him his watch, which WAS treasured
by the titmily till stolen by some soldiers
in 1861.
MEASURING THE EARTH.
Professor J. Howard Gore, PHI. D., wa:
the lecturer at the Catholic University o
America this week on the subject o
''How the Earth is Measured"
: After treating of the primitive notion.
regarding the supposed shape of the
earth, its support in space, and the
physical laws attending it, he referred
also to various attempts that were made
; in remote ancient times to determine its
. circumference.
Later on he showed that Eratosthenes
, 246 years B. c., and Posidonius, 135 b. c.
knew the earth to be spherical, and at.
tempted to calculate its true size. Caipt
Almama, Sl3 A. D., Fernel, in 1925, anc
Norwood in 1888, made similar attempts
.. The great Dutch mathematician, Willie.
brod Smell, adopting "a suggestion made
by PtolGmy, was the first to calculate
the size of the earth by the trigometrica
measurement of an arc of the meridian.
After giving a clear and thorough de.
scription of The method of triangulation
Professor Gore gave the history of the
discovery that the earth is not really
! spherical, but spheroidal- -oblate or pro
late. This hypothesis was advanced by
3 Richter i'll 1870, his calculation being
based upon the length of a pendulum
beating seconds. Newton, in 1886 anG
, HuygenS, il 1858, came to the same con
clusion. He discussed the various ex-
periments made and theories advanced
searches in this direction. The lecturer
, concluded with tribute to the import
; ance of the science of geodesy.
, Having so many friends in California
who always seem to want the earth,' ]
! attended the lecture in search of this in
formation in order to facilitate theii
, efforts toward getting it.
RICHARD LAMBERT.
The True Election and the False.
i Mr.. WINS, in his telling pamphlet or
, electoral reform, saws: ELECTIONS are not
, such in any true sense of the word wher
! we simply register our choice between