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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
EENT FARMERS.

Peach Iellows aud Other Matters Dis
cusScd mt IA Meeting of Their Institute.
Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal
MILFORD, oct. 27.-rhe Kent County
Farmers Institute met in regular monthly
session at FELTON, yesterday afternoon. The
attendance was not as large rs usual,
though the meeting was one of unusual
Importance to the members of the iHsti-
tutG and the farmers generally. All should
have heard the exceedingly interesting
and instructive paper by Or. a. I. Neale
of Delaware College, on Contagious Dis
eases. The effect of such diseases to the
heath of the farmer and his family, and
to his general prosperity"
The meeting was called to order at the
usual hour J.. m, by the president,
Thomas b. Courscy. The committee ON
legislation, appointed by the president rs
per instructions at the last meeting. were
DR.. Hugh Martin, w. II, I}urnie and
Riley Melvin. They are instructed to have
the peach ycllowsn law amended as
recommended ut the Harrington meeting
held in September.
\ letter was read from W. H. Croft If
| MidilCtown, whUClaimS to have discovered
a cure for the yrlIows, but who was I'M
merciInlly criticised By Prof. Irwin smith
| at tie Harrington meeting, an account VI
| which appeared in fIIE GAZETTE.
It will be remembered that Mr. Smith
| said MIR. Croft did not have Il cure for the
! ycllows, nor did he even know the yclluw4
when he saw them, besides he lid not
| know diseased peach when hc SAW IL.
MIR. Croft, in his letter. denied these usser.
tiuns and gave rs reference several prumi
Hcnt farmers around Midllctuwn anu
odessa in regard tu his cure. The outcome
uf the letter was that MIR. Croft wanted Il
appear before the institute and explain hi
remedy, No action was taken on til,
matter by the institute
Dr, Nealc arose to defend his friend, nr
smith, and said though he had nothing
against Mr.. Croft, he did not have am,
Faith IN his theory Oi 4 cure for peach Vel
lows, lie has seen the mixture, and thuugl
he never analysed it, j. led to believe from
the taste that 1t is simply a fertilizer.
The introduction Of tic subject of tin
peach ycll0ws hy the letter from Mr
! croft brought some discussion from TIM
members, II was short, however. and Or
Ncalc was introduced nmd read his paprr
IhrtWu diseases dwell On by Dr. Neal
were the anthrax and CONSUMPTION ANON
cattle. Consumption among cattle i, lik
the same disease in the human family, |
Is slow in developing, but Will finally re
suit IN death, though il may lngcr fur
long time That Inc disease /, c0tItaWreu
there is no Doubt AutirlX is more dan
ErFuus and acts quickly. When Il hur,
n COW takes anthrax il dies Immediately
lhrrr i no cure, no remedy t. ullay III
suffering of the animal and the quicker
Is put to icatll the better. The disease i
putsUnuus and even II human being ma
tgkc IL by coming IN contact with III
! blood of tie dead animal After III
doctor had finished lis paper many cllr,
t!uns were asked him by those present, u
ui which lie answered satisfactorily. III
meeting adjourned ~ meet four week
l from yesterday al Wyoming.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
CITY conNcfL,A sEsSLoN.



thursday session 81 tlty lNancii was
briei aud devoted chieily to tlntransactIou
OF routine business.
he llnahcc Gonmittcc reported favor
ably on the petition 81 Joseph j" Jacobs
asking that lie be refunded nycrpaid CAPT
taiioh tax amounting 10 els. The report
was adopted.
Interest due November LIST, amounting
% AZ'Nl"ol was ordered paid, as Was also
bond amounting "a $1,000, held hY the
tarheis. Mutual Insurance Company.
me committee on lire companies re-
pnrlGu liNpranN on the petition Of the
| Liberty tlrc Company, asking thai il be
advanced its srmi-annual approximation,
due next March,
mn, ~. tF, ,,.,. Il :, e. -, %, ,
~, I,inl ,,;i ri't' ~ :i.'nl,5t m
I, /, n.y. .'N''''11l i'nth ~ ~ 'Triil ~
| GlrFti' EXPENSES ana S-b, -5t.bl IN each Of
the four depository banks tn tho same
| credit, making q total deposit of Sl5g,
| G7f "a flr also raported Tho f,Iinyi,,,,
receipts From Collector Mitchell. Si55,
| city and school taxes for this wear, from,
Administrator Mealry, 81 20, similar faxes
4 for last year; from Collector Saycrs. SIM.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
IN GEN ER1L.

p.ir, All hroLer dronned dead
ThmrIdav afternoon on The floor of tho
Rnstn~ StocL EnchanSc
n,ri.,.. ~. aaaart ,,oto =, ,ho Now
Dirihs INC resent EalI vi .,ie -, W
n,;ssin@ nn5 % nersons drnwneI.
80 M,.,,,a,;,,,,. ,,.os boI,
l.; G ,hss ,nes.inS u nv nnnr w" ~ a;f
rikSel, 10 wnp Gtiey g,vo tni I ,h VOC. or
! ma discovery oi 'iie ne" worlu Ia 'ho year
W,,u,. GIL. -, rat, ,ru,, ro
Mi,i'a.n Itark and Davlu uilinseI VIE
nurapa uluer oaIh " c,ay ~ p G,arir
Satu ~ i it,i ~, Ii,, e,ai,,.
i Mas h,iicu anu oHiiieer Prooapiy ia'aiiy
in!ureu'
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

u Counter Antuagit Issued Against q
Supervisor who swore Too ReckIessly.
Among the election officers arrested
and held in $4,000, by Chief Supervisor
Macallistcr, last week, on charges of re-
fusing to show tax receipts TO Federal
supervisors, was Edmund h. Frazer,
chairman Of the board Of inspectors of
the Third district, Fourth ward The
complainant was Supervisor A. Wallace
Hukill, and his formal complaint, as
sworn to before Chief supervisor Mac
allistcr, was as follows:
That Edmund h. Frazer, = 4 on
or about the 22d day of October, A, D..
1892, did hinder and prevent him, the said
a. Wallace llukill. y from scrll-
tinizinY the tax receipts of persons pre-
senting themselves for registration and
producing their tax receipts as evidence of
their right TO be registered rs voters, such
scrutiny being duty required Of him us
such United states supervisor Of election.
THE CHARGE DENIED.
This charge Inspector Frazer denies,
and says that Hukill never demanded or
asked to see Il single receipt. This
morning, therefore, Inspector Frazer
went before Justice Sasse and made the
following affidavit;
That he did not prevent the said A.
Wallace lIukill q from scrutiniz-
ing the tax receipts of persons presenting
themselves for registration and producing
their tax receipts rs evidence of their right
to be registered as voters: that he, the said
A. Wallace liuliill did not ask, request OF
demand from me that he be allowed To
scrutnizc tax receipts, or amy tax receipt,
Of persons, or of amy person presenting
himself or themselves for registration.
Accordingly, Justice Sasse issued a
warrant for the arrest Of IIukill on
charge of perjury. The penalty fol
perjury, by the laws of this State, is a
fine of from $500 to $4,000 and an houl
in the pillory.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
--81@1l7@I9sI7lI---s
PHIEIDELPHT.i .IFF.iTRS.


Blanche Parry, =! years old was run
over and killed by u cable car, THURSDAY,
in front of her home on Spring Garden
street.
a. Watson Atwood, member of the
bar, was held in 81 900 bail Thursday, to
answer a charge Of devising a scheme to
defraud through the mails.
The police were notified Thursday to re-
quest hOusckccpers to discontinue the
washing Of pavcments and footways until
there are rains Of such duration as will ill
up the Schuylkill. The chief of the water
bureau said there was no occasion for u
scare
Peter Swccny pleaded guilty Thursday
70 mansiaughter III causing the death Of
his wife, Margaret Sweeny, on August Sth,
and Robest BraNton, culorcd charged
with the murder of Emma Logan on An
gust s. u; pleaded guilty to murder in the
second degree.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
TRUSTEES MEETING.
Quarterly Meeting of the Board Yesterday
Afternoon Week.

The regular quarterly meeting Of the
bOlrdnf poor trustees was hCldat EarnhurSt
yesterday week. Superintendent Groves
reported the population of the amShuusc
to bc lsS, of which 81 are white women;
o3 white men; II cOlorcd women; gculprrd
mem 8 white and colorcd children, The
board considered il eNpGdiCnt to appoint
u chaplain At the almshousc.
A committee consisting of Willis
lawson and Herbert were appointed n
committee to ascertain the per capita cost
Of supporting the inmates of the aims
house.
The board has at last discovered the fact
that bids for groceries aud other nccCs-
sarCs of the almshOUsc frequently contain
list of articles seldom if ever usrI aud
that low estimates on these articles very
often governed the award of contracts and
operated against the rule Of the board to
give the contract To the lowest bidder. 1t
WAS decided to have new schedule pre-.
pared.
The following contracts for supplies for
the almshnuse were awarded Bread, to
Henry &. Roller, at q cents u pound; to-
bacCn, tn j. l.. French, -! cents u pound:
shoes. to u. X. Crawford; gasolene, to the
Atlantic Refining Company; dry goods Ia
LGhtcnstcin Il Hart; beef, to W. Il. vii.
| kins at " cents pound salt meats Ia
| Hart Il Brother ut s cents pound for
shoulders and SO per barrel for salt pork;
| mutton, to George Reed Il Son. at & cents
a pound for furequarlcrsi groceries, 10
| Dcnnison N Peach drugs, to Il. 7, Dill.
worth.
| Relief expenses for the wear were al.
lowed as follows: For Wilmington hun
| drcl, Allen Smith, $500; John W
| Lawson, SOS; Milton l.nckcy, SIS; q. W
| Jester, SlOI.6l total, S;DO5E Brandywint
bundled, SlOg.50i Christiana, $500 New
Castle, S27s.l2; Mill Creek, S5U.55, White
Clay creek, $500 Red Lion, SlOl 30; 81
Georges Sa32.37, Pencatler. $l595U; Apo
| qninimink, 3JiU; Blackbird, +7l, tGta
outside relief, 81, 1861.
These bills were passed by the board
Hart " Bro, $lI LOO; James NJ. Bryan
ell2; James II. llarkins, sos %. John T
Hyde, $40; Wilmington Coal Gas Co, SS.3S
Mercantile Printing Co., $40, Henry c
Roller, S39i.l7; l.itchtenstcin Il Hart
Sl7ill; News Publishing Co., $3.50; Con
don y McCarty, S5i2l; Atlantic Rrlinn,
Co, SllD.22 j. A. Conner. SlGij James +
Wood ~ co., Sl2.37; journal Printing Co.
Sli.ID Duncan Il Bro, SOS II; Daniel Ross
-, J. j. smith, Sll; Z. NJ. Kemp, SlU.SO
steward \ Chandler, $40; John McIaugh
lin, Sll.Io; samuel j. White, S27l; i. a
Cranstun, S3d Delaware and Atlantic rrle
phone Co., StS.f5; d. W. kaulb & Son
SO; Alexander Beggs, Sl3.25; \. l., White
I'll; Pennsylvania Globe tias Light %.
Sij.2S; Bcllah ~ CO., Sll3,T5; George w
Si6.S5; Il. I. Dilwurth, sil7.5j; Charlie
simmons e Son, S0l7.o9; Hubert a. Room
S22.35; Diamond Ice Co., SS7.2U; Guwthrol
Brother Co., S27S.SS; payroll, $ll3.2i
total allowance, including outside relief
S5.66i2l
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

While team belonging to Hopes &
Townsend, driven by a culorcd man was
crossing Water street at Market Thursday
It's driver. apparently Intentionally. almost
ran it against u furniture team which was
being driven By q white man Whom tile
latter had gotten over INC railroad tracks
the colpred man crpwlclit NJ, on the curb
stone and the wheels of both vehicles he.
came locked, Then the negro asked the
other man it he wanted anything and tile
latter said lie did not After shaking his
iirst in the white mans face the aggrcssur
permitted him to dcpDrt
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
THE COMMITTEE SAFETY.

II Will Probably Take - Hand in Pre-
venting Election Frauds in San Fran
cisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Oct. 2s.-The peo-
pie of this city were startled last night by
the reading OF the following advertisement
i'll an evening paper:
Attention The executive committee of
the committee of public safety will meet
Saturday evening, at $ o'clock; punctual
and prompt attention is requested
This is the same committee of safety
which suDdued the Kearney sand lot riots
in 1877, and it is thought the meeting has
been cal led to take some action in regard
to the election frauds, which it is thought
may be attempted on election day.
The members of the committee are
sworn to secrecy and nothing definite can
be learned as to the cause OF the meeting.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

NporhT UorresPohdenceO I Uazetth and Journnl
EARLEvrLE, Mp, oct 26.--On Mon
day three fishermen living in Frederick
town left in Il sail boat to 90 down the
Sassafras to fish their pound nets.
When about six miles down the river
the boat capsi2cd throwing the men into
the water They all crawled upon the
bottom Of the boat, but one of the trio,
George raman, fell OIL and was drowned.
The drowned man leaves a wife and
two small children. lie was about &c
years old and the son of DIR. Taman OF
Kent county, Md.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

A1niet home wcidingoccurrcd FhuI lay
evening at The home OF SIR. ". H.. -,
corner ct OAK ..ad Broomc streets. fnr
event was the marriage Ut his Youngest
daughter, Miss Elizabeth NJ. Gregg. 10 'Dr.
Charles II. Wallace Of rhlludelphiu.
formerly Of this city. The ccrnonI was
performed by the Rev. o.. q. ludnnr.nn.
before 4 few immediate relatives vi III
contracting parties, The Wedding couple
tgpN ,!3eir departure for Philadelphia, The
place vi their future residence.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
1t Puts the Judge in a lsad Light.

SAN ANTONIO, Ten, Oct. 2S.--In the in.
vestisation of san Antonio & Ara nsas
Pass railroad receivership affairs, Receiver
IoulSnm yesterday testified that lie aud
Mcnamara paid out S2l,O01 towards the
reelection o. Judge King in whose court
the recclvcrShip existed, and were renl
bnrsed by Kennedy, II stockholder. Not q
cent, they said, was paid out of the com.
tuluV's finds
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
The MURDER OF DR.. HILL
Confessions of the Murderers
Read in Court.
ALL THE TESTIMONY FINISHED
No Evidence Offered for the
Accused.

Perry bradshaw, One Of the Prisoners.
Turns States Evidence and Tells About
the Murder--The Case Submitted with
out Argument and to Be Decided by
the Court To-day.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

Building Inspector liuhl has condemned
the, frame house M. 3l5 East Fifth street
and ordered il TO be torn down in 10 days.
before Wilmington Conference meets
there, next spring, Mlddlctown NJ. T..
Church will be reprinted and the sidewalk
relaid.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

WASHINGTON, oct. 2S.--rhe State De-
rartment has been Informed by our consul
1T Odessa Russia, that the cholera sitila-
ton in that country had much improved.
The great heat had passed away and the
temperature is mild and pleasant. The
United States consul at Cairo has informed
the department that vessels from all Medi-
terranean ports, except those of Turkey
and Greece, are subjected to an inspection
by the quarantine board ut Alexandria.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

Armed with big knife, James Langdon,
. desperate convict attacked Patrick
Lynch, an employee at the county Jail. at
Sunbury, Pa, Thursday morning. Lynch
was stabbed u half u dozen times and will
die.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

When Bnby was sick, We gave her castoria,
When she was Child She cried for castoria,
When she became Miss. she chung to castoria,
When sho had Children, she gave them Castorio
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

rested Sunday morning and taken to
Squire Johnsnn's office i'll MillIngton.n
bradshaw identified the shoe in court as
the one he picked up. On cross.oxamna-
ton he said: FLETCHER Williams asked
the boys to kill DIR. Hill ami we said all
right. held the horse because was
afraid OF Fletcher; otherwise would not
have held it."
STATEMENTS TO DETECTIVE NEvfEs.
In his confession to Detective Neyins
Bradshaw stated that after the killing
Williams showed him two-bladei Bar
low knife, which had blood on it, and
Williams said 10 him, Here is the knife
l struck him with"
Mr., Neyins read the confessions Of
HURT, Comegys Emory, Brainard and
others, which substantiated Bradshaw's
testimony in the main. HURT, il his
confession, said he was in town the night
of the murder with Brooks, Williams,
Brown, Benson, bradshaw. Comegys,
Brainard and Emory. Brooks hit DR..
Hill with u stone and Williams cut him.
Brooks and Williams, in fixing the body
in the cart, seemed to push it down hard.
Williams said in reply to question from
Brooks that he got blood on his hands.
HURT is II years of age.
Emory, in his confession, gave his age as
10, and stated that Brooks, Williams,
i'lalllhltl, l'lhtlsluWt llNENlI ipllltHNs anu
himself were present when DR.. Hills cart
came along.
Brainard's confession stated that he is II
years of age, and that Brooks struck the
doctor with a stone and Williams cut him.
Brainara did not think Benson was present
at the killing.
The confession of Comcgys gave his age
as Ii years. and stated that Brooks threw
the stone while DIR. Hill was talking tu
Williams and us the doctor fell over Viii
liams cut him.
1t Is claimed that Brooks knew nothing
of the murder until informed Of it while
in church the following Sunday. Brooks
acknowledged that he found the cuff and
Williams the hat after leaving Cooper
house. Brooks said he was Is years of age
Williams gave his age rs IS. He denied
meeting dog cart, and claimed he got
blood on his hands by holding u horse
| while Mr.. lSolph cut its mouth the morn
| ing after the murder.
OTHER WITNESSES.
Mr., Nickers read two confessions made
by Moses Brown on May lst and 10th. The
| first one Substantiated the testimony Ol
Bradshaw, and acknowledged that Brown
and Benson were present when DR.. Hill
was killed, and that Brown cut the doctor
IN the back Of the neck. In his secOnc
| confession Brown stated positively thn
his first confession was true, except The
part about himself and Benson taking any
part in the killing. He said Benson wa
not present, and while Brown was ther,
lie took no part in the murder.
A number of others were examined t
prove facts already brought out
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

Constipation and all troubles with the d!gr7t-
trn organs ;lnd the liver are cured by HOODS
Piiis. UHcuualled as n dnner pill.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

Disordered liver set right with Beecham'
Fills.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
KNIGHrS or PYTHI.iS.
Annual Session of the Grand Lodge OF
Delaware Reports and Election.

The anuual session of the Grand Lodge
of Delaware, X. of r., was held in this
city Wednesday. Grand Chancellor William
\. Mnllin presided and about 80 pas,
cltanccllors were present. The reports Of
the grand officers were presented and
referred tu committees.
In his report the grand chancellor re-
rcrrcd to the loss sustained by the lodges
in this city and Dclmar through fire and
mentioned that tho Grand Army of the
Republic kindly furnished the Whining
ton lodges with temporary quarters. He
stated that one lodge had been added To
the roll during the year. Friendship, No.
u, Of this city. After speaking in cumpli-
muntary terms of the uniform and enduw-
ment ranks he gave Il detailed account of
his official acts during the year. He
recommended that nn charge be made for
diSpensatlons for lodges to attend church.
The report of Mark l.. Garrett, grand
keeper of records and seal, contained the
following respecting the Grand Lodge;
Assets. ..............,.,.........s GlaSl
Liabilities ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lsOsO
Not resources. ...............'.s.... Ji1'hl
tocelptS. lOul -
balance ON hand beginning OF year,. ~. ~
DlSDufsements4 .,......-s.,.'.....'''. l,u3UWh
'ash on mana. '''..''.'.....'''''''''''' EFhS%
The report gave the following concern
ing the subordinate lodges
MEMBERSHIP.
Members June 3Oth, 1891 ...................l,2G2
Members initntod during year............ l2j
Members admitted by card .......,........ 3
Members roinstated. ...........,........... 20
1850
Members suspended during yenr.......g2
Members Withdrawn during year. r......A
Mentbers deceased during year,
l2
-
Members June 3nth 1892. ..................l,a? a
-
Net gain for tho year ...............,..... q
| Past grand chancellOrs.. Observation-Disclosures. -
| Past chaucellors. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Bio
Knights. neutrality-suspicious.. 81!
I.SlulIes ..'...'... ............-..'..-.''.
| Pages Observation-Disclosures. I3
| &c.
| 1,229
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03

The sixth Ward Republican Club, com
anidrnn corps, went to Fourth and French
streets, last night week, for the purpose
of escoriug tile Republican luyingibles
twhitcl to the opera House meeting. The
lnvincibleS, however, would not march
up Market street behind the sable escort.
and the sixth Ward Club had to march
back by itself
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-03
THE JONES COUNTY CALF CASE

The Jones county calf case, which has
been without question the most bitter
litigation in the annals of jurisprudence
of the west, is setting the Jones Juiists
by their ears. The original calves
which precipitated the conflict 20 years
ago have no doubt long since passed to
grass, as likewise have many of the at
torneys who have fought about them.
As the case has cost $4,000 in the
courts, to say nothing Of the cost of
houses, barns and churches burned in
the course of the vendetta which sprang
out of it, its story is worth briefing:
In 1871 Bob johnson, of Jones county,
Iowa, was charged with the theft of four
calves He sued his accusers for damages.
The first suit ended in disagreement by
tie jury; the second, in a verdict for
plaintiff of So, 600; the third in verdict
for s. 800; and the fourth in verdict
for 81 900 and costs. The latest decision
was affirmed by the supreme court of
Iowa, which, however, dropped out one
OF the defendants. The only question
now left is whether johnson shall have
all the costs, or only six-sevenths of
them. This question will come up for
hearing before Judge Linehan, of Du-
buque, and his decision will possibly
mark the finale of this strange, eventful
history.
This case points its own moral on the
of bewaring entrance on
legal quarrel, since it is clear that the
laws delay" can be quite as exasperat-
ing in our day as when it yexed the very
soul Of Hamlet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-03
Advancing BACKYARD.

During the civil war the colored body
servant of Confederate officer returned
home, and in conversation with the Off
GERS wife was ardent in his praise of Gen
eral Lee.
II tell yer what it is, mis-" said Joe.
Gin al Lee is dc greatest man ! cher seed
He's allus 'vancin."
The lady remarked that this did not
agree with the newspaper reports for the
last few days. which represented him rs
retreating out OF Maryland as fast as pos
sibIe
But, mis-, you amt bin dar," protested
Joe; you don't know how dat is. kin
'splain dat to yer; he's jest 'vancin back
lard outer Marylandg"-Youth's Compan.
ion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-03

Sir William Thomson has calculated
that the quantity of fuel required for
each square yard of the solar surface
would be no less than 1850 pounds OF
coal per hour, equivalent to the work Of q
steam engine of Go, 900 horse power, This
enormous expenditure of fuel would be
sufficient to melt a thickness Of about
forty feet of ice per minute at the suns
surface. Sir John Herschel says, Sup
posing cylinder of ice forty-fve miles in
diameter to be continually darted into the
sun with the velocity Of light, and that the
water produced by its fusion were continu-
ally carried off, the heat now given OFF
constantly by radiation would then be
wholly expended in its liquefaction. on the
one hand, so as to leave no radiant sur
plus, while, on the other hand, the actual
temperature at its surface would undergo
no diminutiOn. "-Gentleman's Magazine.