Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 3, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1879 — Page 4

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15.

TEBS8 (POSTAGE PAID) I INVARIABIiY -CASH IJI AJVANC. - DAIIj Y; Without With fioaday Issue. Sunday Issue. 1 Copy one year '"- rf) $12. 00 1 Otxpy six months 6.C0 .00 1 Oopy three months... 2.50 S00 1 Copy one montn , J4i 1.00 1 Copy per sreek by-oarrier .20 JiS Additions to oluoa received at any time at lab rates. Single -Cosy one year .- 1 1.00 Clubs of ifiVe oaeyear . . J.00 Clubs of ten one year, (and an extra copy to the getter op of the club) 10.00 Clubs of twnty-two, one yenr 20.00 Agents wanted at every post office in the state. Bend for outfit. Bow to end Money. . Remittances may be made by draft, moneyorder, or registered letter, at our risk. Give Postemce address in full, including State and County, and address ISBIAHAPOUS SEMTISEI. CO. It is understood that Grant while in Belfast was for a portion of the time bedfast, growing oat ot the fact that the unkind punch of the Corkonians was more than atoned for fey the festive punches of the rselfastians. Me. Secretary Shkrmas is in a fair way to undergo several investigations, which" we ' conclude will add to the odiousnesa of his character. He stands before the country now as a convicted perjury -broker, and in Addition to this the indications are that it will be shown that he has ussd hia position as secretary of the treasury to add to his private fortune. . Bisxabck is not yet satisfied with his power over the liberties and lives of the ' German people, nor is he likely to rest until they are prostrate and fettered. Bismarck is a tyrant, and if he lives a few years longer, will be regarded as a monster. - The recent success of the Republican party of France pretty effectually settles the question as to the future of that country. France is now a republic, and as such is a standing menace to the king-cursed despotisms that Burround it. There will be other republics in Europe before the close of the present century, and it is this fact that gives such despots as Bis znarck anxiety. The recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United , States, declaring the law of Congress of 1S62 unconstitutional, which makes polygamists bigamists, will likely create no little commotion among the Latter Day saints of Utah. These apostles of lust have appealed to the Bible and the constitution for justification of their beastly habit, and have been able to maintain their hostile attitude toward civilization and law; but the decision of the supreme court will, we conclude, have the effect, at an early" day, to " change the Mormon programme, and we shall not be surprised to see a number of leading Mormons, who boast of the number of wives at their command, inmates of tise penitentiaries, paying the penalties of bigamists. '. Death has been busy during the last few weeks among congressmen in Washington City. In less than four weeks four of them have died, and all of them Democrats. Intimations bare been made by some of the Hepublican papers that these deaths have been caused by intemperance. This is denied, except in the case of Mr. Dobglass, of Virginia,' who was undoubtedly a chronic drunkard. Poor fellow, .he made many a gallant fight against his terrible enemy, but it was of no avail. Sir. Hartridge was said to have -been a very talented, young and handsome lawyer from Savannah, Ga. late dispatches from Washington announce that Representative Thornburgh, of Tennessee, lies at the point of death with a very serious attack of pneumonia. If he dies this will make the fifth congressman who has succumbed to the fell destroyer within a very few weeks. From the day that Governor Williams appointed Hon. f)anfel ygorhees as TJniied tteg senator, to fill tbe vacancy Occasioned, by the death of Senator Morion, the Journal and other Republican organs throughout the State and country have ceaselessly poUffeu1 Upon his devoted head the vile of their vituperation slanders and brothel blackguardism. In this malignant and nasty business ihe journal has aspired to leadership, and has, we conclude, realized the fruition born of success. But while it leads the entire pack of Republican hounds by barking mora lustily than its followers, it has been doomed to disappointment in its efforts to belittle the distinguished senator to the chagrin of defeat In its purpose to change the popular favor with which Mr. Voorhees is regarded, and the low and vulgar character of its tactics has earned for It an amount of opprobrium and contempt rarely falling to the lot of a partisan organ. From the tlay that Mr. Voorhees entered the Senate of the United States he has met fully the expectations of a large majority of his constituents, and it may be, under the circumstances, prudently said that, from the day he made his great speech upon the financial questions before the country, he has almost totally eclipsed the fame of his immediate predecessor, and it is now admitted that Senator Voorhees not only filled he place made vacant by the death of Morton, but has, by his superior ' eloquence, lofty statesmanship, moral courage. and1 devotion to the right, added immensely to the influence of Indiana in political affairs. The Journal realizes the truth of all this, but being destitute of magnanimity and the victim of partisan prejudice and malevolence, continues to bark at the great man with about the same 'effect that a "yiller dog" has upon the moon when it makes the night hideous by baying the queenly orb. The Journal, in an article referring to the. certainty of Mr. Voorhees eke lion to the United States Seaate, says: - He knows the Democracy of Indiana, and it must be presumed that he also knows some- . thing of bis own character and caliber. He must know that he is not a, statesman, but be also knows that the Indiana Democracy do not want to be represented in the Senate by a statesman. It is proper to say that the Democratic party of Indiana knows that it knows more than the fiepublican party knows; that It knows that Senator Voorhees knows his duty as senator, and knows how to champion the light, of. tho jrie, sod iht Sv&tuei

knows that what little the Journal knows about the election of Mr. Voorhees hts been impressed upon its muddy mind by processes not essentially different from those employed in the education of the feebleminded, and hence it is about equally an object of commiseration and contempt.

THB DEMOCRATIC PARTY. If, during the past two decades' of years, the logic of events has proved anything at all, it has demonstrated beyond all national controversy that the ' Democratic party 'of the United States wust rule, or the institutions of the Government, founded by the fathers, must perish. The rise of the Republican party, its supremacy and its decline, embody every necessary proof of the proposition we ' have ' laid down. Quickened into Efe. under influences destructive of all Government, every day of its existence has served to develop its inherent infamy, until the people determined in their soverign capacity to dethrone it, and this they accomplished at the ballot-box in 1876; and to-day it is doubtful if there is a State in which the Republican party has a majority of the people who favor its policy. In the days of Grant the Republican party was supreme; its power was unquestioned; its opportunities grand. But being an aggregation of hates and crimes, it fell, until in the days of . Hayes it is a thing of unutterable loathing. The people, outraged and disgusted, resolved to dethrone it, and the grand work began in the states which, under the influence of the sober second thought of the people, wheeled grandly into line under Democratic banners, and were ready In 1876 to pronounce their verdict upon the Republican party ol "guilty." This guilt touched with paralyzing effect every great interest of the country, and there was but one remedy and that the reenthronement of -the Democratic party. Notwithstanding this, the. verdict of the people, so . emphatic in its pronunciation, so beneficent and far-reaching in its effects, so entirely in consonance with truth and justice, the organs of the Republican party seek to regain its lost power by repeating and perpetuating the vilest slanders upon the Democracy of the country; as, for instance, the New York Tribune, inherently vile and venomous as a hooded cobra, says: "that the very nature of the elements 'which form a great portion of the Demo'cnitic party compels that party to become 'the party of the repudiatora and of the 'communists," and ' that "the Democratic 'party is "essentially the party of the turbu'lent and lawless. And all that is danger'ous and law defying in the outgrowth of 'communism, trades unionism or socialism 'finds in Democratic demngogues of the 'lower order its natural allies." It is by pouring such a steady stream of malignant vituperation as the foregoing upon the country that the organs of the Republican party hope for success. Every allegation made by the Tribune is notoriously false and unsupported by any facts worthy of a moment's consideration. The Democratic party has never favored repudiation. On the contrary, it has been the advocate of the strictest justice between debtorand creditor. It has opposed the financial legislation of the Republican party because the effect was to increase the wealth of capitalists while it impoverished the producing classes of the country. The Democratic party has been always the friend of the working people of the country, and has sought by every means at its command to remove unnecessary burdens and to increase their prosperity. A more malignant falsehood is the charge that the Democratic - party is the advocate of socialism or communism, in any offensive sens 2. Like the other charges made by the Tribune, it is so essentially at war with the history of the Democratic party that it can not be made available in arresting its onward march to supremacy in the country. Tbe Democratic party points with just pride to its past record and to its present purposes. After the 4 th of March, 1879, it will have control of the legislative departmt ot the government, and this fact, since it shows the disposition of the people, is snfie'ent of .itself to stamp tie Tribune's malignant charges as puerile partisan lies. PRACTI0A1 EDUCATION. There seems to be a well defined purpose, on the part of the representatives of the peo ple, to reduce the expenses ot Government, whereby the people will be relieved to some extent from the burdens of taxation which now oppress them. This is eminently wise and prudent, but requires great ability so to shape legislation that while relief is obtained in one direction, great wrongs shall be avoided in another direction, for it may be possible to err in the line of economy. With some reformers the point of attack is the educational system, which, they hold, costs too much. The New York Express, in an article commenting upon "practical and or'namental" education, refers to . those who would confine free school education to the rudiments and says: - why should the State educate the children in anything? Why not regard all children as the private proper'y ot their parents, anu leave lueiu lo parenuu care -and discretion? For the excellent reason that the interests, the welfare, the morais of the community require the education of all children. The people consent to tax themselves to support schools because persuaded that education promotes public interests and prosperity and morals. W here exactlv : the nue at which education ceases to be a public benefit and becomes merely a private and personal advantage? What are the "rudiments" about which so much ado is made? Is grammar essential tc success In life? What is the use in teaching arithmetic beyond long division? Certainly if a boy has any brains and brightness he will learn how to compute interest for himself, Recent experience shows that ciphering may prove a dLgerous accomplishmentAnd there is a point in the objection of the old planter to having his son le.rn to write, that he might forge a note and rat harmed for it. Considering how much of the reading of the present day is to no purpose, li is a serious question wheiner it should be included in the essential 'rniliments " A bright and ambitious child will learn to lead without schooling if ance taught the alphabet. The alphabet Is the lundamental thing, the acorn from which the educational oak must grow, and, if that is properly planted in a mind that has any wanmh and moisture of intelligence, all the rest will come in due time. To this conclusion mast the "rudiments" be reduced at last. The true line is n t between the higher and lower branches, as the rost is constantly sy' ina hot. hptvmn the useful and the merely or namental In education, lhe object of the public schools of all grades Is to ao tescn and ttaln their pupils that the state will be tbe richer, and better, and happier, and more virtuous on account ol their education. Tbey should teach tho studies which tend to make their pupils good citizens, useful members of society, puniio neipwrn an wnusnwiim. anybody tell where a really practical education ceases to be a public advantage? At that point public education should atop. It is of immense; consea.asa6 to la? community to

give this practical education, and all of It the children and youths have time to acquire, because it tends directly to enrich the Btate. It tends to the exercise or intelligent enterprise, to the Improvement or the mechanical arts, to discoveries In science and invaluable inventions, to the advance of civilisation. What we ought to fight against is Uie waste of the people's money on useless accomplishments, and a kind of namby-pamby teaching which does not educate. Let. us have practical enucation In the public schools, and all of it the children will take. It is the wisest use the money of the people can be put to, and tbe one that will bring the largest return in public benefit. But no more money should be squandered on useless studie and accomplishments that benefit neither the possessor nor the Btate. It may be a difficult matter to draw the line between tbe practical and tbe ornamental in educational affairs; to determine at what point the practical ends, and the ornamental begins. There are studies which would, doubtless, be classed as ornamental that are valuable chiefly for the mental discipline which tbey imp see, and are practical only in so far as they help the student to solve problems in departments ' of knowledge which are conceded to be practical, but there need be no great difficulty in arriving at satisfactory conclusions in such matters among those who are earnestly seeking for prudent adjustment of conflicting theories. Tbe real point is this: that there should be no' retrograde movement in the educational policy of the State. Errors may have crept in, and should be removed, and expenditures may have become unnecessarily large. These things may be corrected without " affecting the grand purpose of the system, which proposes to increase the wealth and prosperity of tbe State by fostering a system of education which secures the largest development of the mind-forces of its inhabitants.

STATE BUREAU OF STATISTICS. The Hon. J. B. Conner, one of the Representatives of the Legislature '. from Marion County, has laid upon our tible a bill which he will offer during the session, providing for tbe creation of a "Bureau of Statistics." The bill provides in one of its sections for the Bureau "to collect, systematize, tabulate 'and present in annnal reports, as herein'af ter provided, statistical information and 'details relating to agriculture, manufacturing, mining, commerce, education, labor, 'social and sanitary condition, vital statistics 'and to the permanent prosperity of the 'productive industry of the people of the 'State." We are inclined to the opinion that such a measure will meet with very general approval, and we see no reason why it should not become a law. Mr. Conner, who has devoted considerable time in collecting information upon the subject, in a brief accompanying the bill says that learned and tbonghtful men have been consulted in its preparation, and adds; "How shall the Legislature perform its important duties intelligently without facts? Members of thelegal 'profession come here imDued with the idea 'of certain lines of work to be done.. S3 of 'the medical profession, the manufacturer, 'farmer, etc ' Their thoughts severally are 'mainly in' the line of their callings and con'tact. , It is necessarily so, without the study 'of properly collected and tabulated, wide'reaching facts. It is this information which 'is sought by this bill an aggregation of 'facts which reveals symmetrically and entirely the great and diversified industries of 'the state as a harmonious whole. ' Impartial 'facts respecting all or these can alone do 'this. With such, the various classes aud 'interests represented here would be able to 'see a great harmony of interests, and tho?e 'entrusted with the duties of this body 'would be able to approach such with a 'clearness of conception which would result 'in very much greater benefit to thoss rep'resented." It should be remembered that this is a utilitarian age, and that statistics are eagerly sought after by intelligent men who are seeking favorable locations for the investment of money in the establishment of business enterprises, and such data as the bill under consideration proposes to furnish would be of incalculable benefit to the State of Indiana, as it would be likely to attract immigration and largely increase the development of the wealth of the State. The subject is eminently worthy of thoughtful consider ation, and we shall probably refer to it J again. CLIPPINGS. The mother's life is full of prose. From early down till daylight's close, , But oft, amid her household cares, Borne little poem unawares ' ' Is written down within her heart, . And of her lite becomes a part. Some loving words a child may say, A golden curl long put away, A half-worn shoe upon the floor. An outgrown dress the baby wore, A broken toy or faded flower, ' May touch the heart-string any hour. i ; 8t. Louis Times-Journal. What did billet doux? , .. ...-.-,; To 1878 Does yonr mother know year out? Baking powder is used for blowing up breadNew Orleans Picayune. A good motto for a young man just starting a mustache down in liont. - Ohakces for businessmen can be found at at any church fair. Erratic Enrique. Ptrr not vour trust in kings." Three aces and a Jack will skin them every time. Why is a bald headed man line a cnuuiess one? Because he has no hair apparent. THE public debt was increaseu aooui o.vuu,000 last month owing to nnfortunate specu lations in mackerel ana oiner nsn. menuen Recorder. . "All of which j: saw," said the big steamdriven "circular" to the pile of lumber. "Part of which I was," replied tbe scantling. New York News. AN exchange says that Mrs. T. 8. Babbitt bas 1280,000 worth of diamonds. Well, hasn't ber husband the soap to pay for them ? New Ycrk Herald. tt 0v, ii at. nnn of the mistakes of Moses was In- not browsing around in search of a champagne rock before be did his smiting. A V'll ... . CoOhtekfeit pennies have appeared in De troit. This la a diabolical scheme to ueirauu the printers and compel 'em to go to cl-urch to get rid of lhe bogus stuff. Norrlstown Herald. M ubt doesn't always make right, to be hntthan the fellow with the most mus cle in his elbows generally gets the best seat for viewing Fouith or July nre woraa. uv rrrtlt. Free 'Press. As the prospect of a European war grows dimmer and dimmer, mere seems to oe no amusement left for America except watching in aea when Dr. Mm Walker will appear in a new pair of spring bottom pants, Philadelphia Chronicle ,-r

STEAM HEATING.

Aa Exuaustive Report on the Workings of the Holly System. Facts and Figures Eespectiog the Use of Steam in Lockport. Tbe Plaa ProBoaneed Feasible by Practical Men. - fUtlcaN. Y.) Observer. J Tbe general committee appointed at the the last meeting of those gentlemen in Utica who have taken an interest in the Holly Steam Heating System, met Tuesday afternoon at the office of II. H. Fish, of the Utica Gaslight Company. The attendance was encouragingly large. The committee of experts, appointed to visit Lockport, consisted of Messrs. Curtis, Wiley and Fish. They gave careful attention to the system in actual operation in Lockport, also ob'alned data from other cities where the Holly System is iu use. All unite in praising the system. The report of the committee was read by Mr. Fish. It is as follows:" ; TBE OONXITTEE'S BF.lrORT. In compliance with wishes expressed at meetings recently held to consider the expediency of introducing the UoUy.sygtem of heating by steam, mo undersigned have given the subject such attention as their limited time and opportunities would allow; and tbey And that a necessity for some more perfect method of heating and ventilation than any now in use seems to be very generally recognized. The primitive tire-place, which within tbe memory of many served all the purposes of the household, has gradually given place to stoves and ranges lor culinary and laundry pumoses, and to grates ana furnaces lor heating and ventilation. These changes from primitive methods undoubtedly indicate considerable advance in labor-saving and economy of fuel, bnt at the expense, eenerally, It Is feared, of Impaired health, from noxious gases and imperfect ventilation. Some few, with whom economy Is "a less urgent consideration, have adopted some of the various methods of heating by steam generated on their own premises; still, relying upon stoves and ranges for kitchen service, tteqnirinu, as we do In this rigorous climate, artlccial heat at least eight months in tbe year, for health and comfort, and the whole year round for household necessities, this question of economy la heating is seen to be uiie of ontrolliug importance. In Kngland aud Scotland gas is coming into use hirgeiy for liolh heating and cooking, and in some f tvored localities id tills conn ry it is found to b-i more convenient aud economical 1 ban wood or coal cunsumed in the usual way. Still, there is no increasing interest every where manifested in the question whether heat may not oc supplied, like WHter and gas light, In large i;uaiiilli(H, and systematically distributed with giealer economy over large districts. EARLY INTENTIONS. The subject hm engaged- the attention of able engineers during the past few years, and elicited many Inventions. Mr. Coleman, formerly of Providence, K. I., elaborated a system seme four or five years ago for heating towns, not unhko that adopted at Lockport. His general plan, ns explained and Illustrated by maps and drawings, and as lie proposed to Introduce It in Iondon and Chicago, seems almost Identical with that now under consideration. THS HOIXY SYSTEM. ' Sut Mr. Birdsell Ilo'ly, theemlnent engineer and inventor o' the "Holly Water Works system," Is undoubtedly the tlrst in this country to attempt a practical demonstration of the distribution of steam over large districts lor general heating purposes. The numerous ingenious devices be has Invented and combined in his "system'' attest his thorough knowledge of the subject, and il'Ustrate his appreciation of the detailed requirements of this important service. DETAILS OP THE SYSTEM, They are described in his specifications as: 1. An underground steam street main in combination with steatn-supnlyingapparalns, and with a metre constructed to control the pressure or steam in a building, and also record tbe consumption of steam from such main. 2. Junction boxes admitting expansion and contraction of mains longitudinally, aud with heat-radiators In the buildings. 3. A steam metre to control the pressure and record the consumption of steam in the building. 4. Heat radiators. 5. Bteam trap. 6. Steam trap and reheaier. 7. Water nyorant. H. A street steam hydrant. t. Kteam automatic regulator or governor. 10. Know and ice reservoirs having open-ended or perlorated steam pipes for escape of steam therein. 11 aud 12. Expansion chamber, bood, lorln pipe and expansion chamber. 13. Adjustable ring. 14. Junction box and outer-covering of steam main. IS. (Section of steam main made of nickel plated metal. 10. Convex ring, wall of expansion chamber eye bolts. 17. Sieam street main, lseiaieajana uramea uy uie. in. Meter details. 19. Radiators, adjustlble. 20. fpriug clutch and pencil forger and valve stem. 21, Conducting and Bteam pipes having a coll and connecting chamber, A contrivance or contrivances for supplying steam 1 for warming districts of dwelling houses in cities and towns, and for "driving" machinery and for other driving purposes in said districts, consisting of steam supplying apparatus, street mains having heavy expansion junction service boxes, service pipes, having connecting pipes and meters. Connected with these several appliances are a boiler honse and stack, four hnllnm with heaters for feed water. 2.8U0 ft. 4 m 4,W f t. 3 in 4,400 ft. H in., 7.810 It. 3 in., 1.70U ft. 1H in. and l,3U)ft.of 1M iu. wrought iron pipes or street mains, miw pipeatr mains are first coated with asbestos and cov ered with a jacket of cow hair felt ing or other non conducting sansianue. wi.ich is nrotected with hard wood strips secured with copper wire, and the pipes thus prepared are lusertea in logs oi wooa bored so as to leave an air chamber around the pipes, and then the whole struoture laid to a grade over well-constructed tile drains. At intervals of about UW feet the Junction boxes. with hoods and service pipe connections anu nickle-plated movable joints, are inserted in a well of masonry 24 feet square, which give ready access at nil times to their port ions ot the structure. The lougest single stretch or pipe is 1 miles. ... I lXCKPORT. ' ' ' During the past winter tbe company heated some 40 dwellings, a large school building and a large hall, and furnUhed steam to run two engines, one of them nearly half a mile distant trom tne boiler house, and it is claimed that houses a mile away from the boilers are heated as readily as those near at hand. - The consumption of coal from 12 m., Decern, ber i, to M iii.. December a, was as follows: Krom n ton till midnight, December 19, 2 tons, l,3a0 pounds; midnight to noon, December 20, 8 tons, 850 pounds, total for 24 hours, 6 tons, 200 ounds. '.temperature from IS9 to 20s above lero. . . The whole space or area now heated was given as 2,00,OUU cnblc feet, and l.UuO takers, making an average of lO.ouo leet for each consumer. The largest buildings we visited were the Baptist Church, with 176,001 leet area; the school-house, with 106.UM feet, and Dr. Bishop's residence, with 22.X feet area. Every part of tbe school buildlug seemed of uniform temperature of about 701-; the air was very pleasant and fresh, although the session bad continued nearly three hours: the pu p!i is looked fresh and la.ithriii. and the teaoners informed us that tbey found no difficulty in keeping the temperature uniformly as we saw it. Tue numerous apsrtmentsinDr. Bldiop's house were also of uuilorai temperature, and house pan is la several rooms were very vigorous. The uoin whs let on to the church at 11:30 o'clock, and at 12:15 o'clock the thermometer indicated 58", show Ing remarkable facilities for heating so large a space. The only ot her buildings heated by this system that we vWted wers a store 77x18 feet and 12 feet high, and an office nearly ba f a mile from tbe boiler house, bith of which were very comlortably warmed by radiators 60 feet. FIGURES. Tbe cost of piping and fitting np the church, including all the appliances except the meter (for which no charge Is made) was (715.45; that of Dr. Bishop's house (which is very elaborate and complete In all tho details) was 1340, and that of the offios mentioned was (18, consisting of sewer and drain pipes and a pretty M feet radiator. They estimate the average expenses of introducing the pipes and fixtures at pff). and the relative cost of heating by this

system as compared with Individual nietVxls as follows: District system of say 1,0M consumer, at

an avervge cost lor natures ol rJW wresi4 14 00 t in DepreclaUon and repairs.. l early bills to company for sleain. 89 m Total cost per year by tte Holly syslem J 67 80 Furnace system at averace cost of furnace at say 1275, 10 tons of coal at (5 per ton 1 so 0 M) percent, repairs aud depreciation of Investment . ,,. 27 60 6c per day for attendance . 12 00 7per cent, interest on Investment 19 25 L n red need cost of insurance . 5 Qu . (113 75 Individual steam ayste ro.wlth estimated cost of boiler and fixtures at (oo, running expenses 12 tons of coal at (5 per ton ( 60 W) Depreciation and repairs. .. 40 00 l ie. per day for attendance , 36 tin 7 percent, interest on investment...--. UH W Cost of reduced insurance-. . 5 w (197 00 THBSa EKTI MATES show great apparent advantage of the proposed system over existing methods; and we have n-j doubt of the Intention to make them as accurate as the limited cats upon which they are predicated will allow. The svstem Is new. Its practical working has been tented on a limited scale for a single season, which can hanlly be regarded sufficient to develop all Its merits or lossible defects. As laras tried, the result seems to be promising to Its projectors, and hishiy Fntisfactory to their pairoas. Parties conducting the experiment at Lockport evidently comprehend the requirements of lite system and have made very iotelllg.ntand Ingenious provisions for the difficulties and-dangers connected with it. Whether tuey are snob . as will pelmanently overcome thi se incident to maintaining an extended line of steam street mains Intact in our severe climate, provide for contrnctlon, expansion, corrosion anl neces'isry decay of their costings and coverings, take care of the condensation, and form their capacity for adequate supply ot steam, will, or course.be fully demonstrated only by a more extended experience. Mr. Holly hvs kindly furnished the following statement of experiments bearing direclly on these points: , TESTS KEliAKlJINO condensation. . The largest main, six inches, runs for a short distance lrom the boilers, where it 1s reduced to two lines ot lour luehes esch. We will folIjw one line, which will show the result of all similar lines. Starting, then, where the four Inch line starts, near tiie boiler, it passes through the alley 400 feet to Locust street, when it changes to two other lines of three inches each. One of these lines runs north 2U0 feet to Walnnt street, thence west 1,400 feet, making 2000 feet iu all. Here we stopped to make tests on condensation and capacity. RKSUL.TS. At the furl her end of the 1.600 feet of three inch pipe, which was down grade all the way, we placed a trap to separate the water from the i-team. This trap was put underground, so arramced that the water from enndtnsation was discharged into a tank placed on scales, sad the amount caintully weighed by an expert every half hour for twelve hours. The amount of waterobtained was Hi pounds per hour. Assuming that one pound of coal Trill evaporate nine pounds or water, -we hsve 82-:- pounds o coal per hour, or 210 pounds per 21 hours, 10 overcome condensation, with a pressure on the pipe ot 18 pounds. Condensation and capacity increase "with the pres-ure. la order to show the per cent, of loss compared with the capacity of tbe pipe, we made the following u-su We had a pressure of 25 pounds reduced to 10 pounds i good warming pressure at the extreme end of the pipe. The pressure was reduced by keepine a two inch gluba valve wide open at the end of the pipe, and small openings along the line of the three inch pipe, but none within Too foet of the boiler. The coal was carefully weighed for several hours, which showed that 400 pounds per hour could le burned and send all the steam tniougli the pipe. Then 400x3-41,600 pounds of water. Kach pound of water makes 2S cubic feet ot steam at tiie pressure of the at' mosptiere: or 3,(X)x2S looyjo cubic feet of steam per hour, showing the per cent, of loss by condensation to be 9 pounds In 400, or 2 per cent. Allowing I.00O cubic feet ot steam per hour for each dwelling, which will warm from 12,OoO to JSO.OW) cubic feet of space, according to Its location dwellings in blocks taklug less steam than those exposed on all sides th -11 we have 10oj0O-:-l,0UO-100 dwellings, or fifty on each side or tho street, giving a frontage oi 40 feet to each dwelling. Two hundred and sixteen pounds of coal burned to overcome condensation, divided between 100 hundred consumers, leaves 2 ltf-100 pounds per day for each consumer's share of the loss, while In case of those who use sina 1 trailers for warming separate dwellings, it requires from 40 to fO pounds to keep steam on such small boilers, even wlthoutdrawlng or using any. Many tests were made with regard to the time I hat steam would remain lu the pipe, with the supply shut on. These tests were made before the service pipes were put Into any of the dwellings. Following is the result of one: We raised the pressure to 60 pounds, and then shut off the supply, noting the time to condense each atmosuhere. or each la pounds, aa follows: From eo to 45 pounds It required 18 minutes: from 45 to oU pounds, 28 minutes; from Si to 15 pounds, 40 minutes; from 15 pounds to the pressure of the atmosphere, 51 minutes; or two hours and twenty minutes to condense the four atmospheres, stlli leaving one, or 15 pounds in the pipe. The following table will show the Increase of capacity as the pipe is enlarged, and the decrease In condensation compared with its capacity; also abiut the distance from the bolter that steam can be furnished : i-8 J5 a 1 a 3a 1.0 iS.a2 s - c I p 5 s.l IX.. 1,000 18,000 n r, 400 : S,4U0 18 r6 12 11,100 Condensation in a six Inch pipe is double that of three inch, but it will deliver just six times as much steam with the same pressure. THE MOST RELIABLE DATA . we have been able to obtain with which to compare these estimates, was kindly furnish ed oy Air. uranam.tne ouugingeugmeer 01 uie New York State Lunatic Asylum. Here the area warmed and kept at a uniform temperature is about 2.000,000 cubic feet. Into this space is forced a continual supply of fresh out of door air, amounting to a volume of o.0o0,0u0 feet per hour, thus practically changing the atmosphere in that large area every 24 minutes. A uniform summer temperature is maintained; nnd the important procefs of heating and ventilating appears to be conducted in this institution with efficiency and economy nearly approachit g perfection. One of the rear wings, with an area of 249,800 feet, was kept at an average temperature of 71HC during the month of February, 1878, and with 15,431.41 Inches, or about 9 feet, evaporated per hour. This raised the temperature during the month from 81.6 In the passage to the fan to 71V4U in all the apartments. At this rate it would require the evaporat ou of 80 cubic feet of water per hour lor the entire establishment. Of course the quantity will vary as the tern perature in the cold air passage varies. The boilers in use at the ssylum are what are known as the drop floe. Tnere arelhreeof them, with 1,100 feet of healing surface each, aad from the figures given there are two feet or space to be warmed for every foot of heating space in the boilers. It is estimated by Mr. Holly that 15,0:0.00 cubl- 'est could be properly warmed with ten boilers, each of five feet diameter, 16 feet long, with 64 tubes, 28 inchesln diameter, which unitedly would have a heating surface of 11,360 square feet. This wonld give IXI feet of space to be heated by every foot of heating snriaee in the boilers, or about double the space heated at the asylum, for which it would be light t consider whether the rapid changing of tbe air at the asylum, as compared with the requirements of private use, Is cot a full equivalent. It would be unreasonable toexnect to maintain an extended iy-tem of steam street mains, will, their connections, b.-ancues, coverings and attachments through a series of years without meeting at times with considerable, and perhsps serious, trouble. Bteam, at the pressure proposed in the uiulns, is an active and aggressive agent, and nnless great care and vigilance are constantly exercised, will be seen to manifest Its power to give trouble. The system has not been in nne long enough to furnish sufficient data In these respects. Considerable experience will be required to get these points correctly; and parties engaging in this enterprise should have regard to these contingencies and fix their tariff ot rates or rentals so as to cover, to the best of their Judgment, these features ol the system. Tbe advantages of the proposed systen are the economy of generating the steam at one place and in large quantities tbe increased safety from having the - apparatus lor generating 4 the steam In the

hands of well-trained and competent men, who most understand their business. The generation of the steam is not only concentrated at one point, but also the dirt and dust consequent upon handling the ooaL and working the fire, so that its patrons know nothing practically of these nuisances. Tbe risks from fli are also greatly lessened. When the metre is perfected they can see for themselves how much steam they are using, and practice economy to tbe extent of their wishes. H. H. Fish, Benjamin K. Ray, Phi ix) 8. Cvanss, c. w. Hutchikson, liaoKcK H. Wiley, a. D. Mathf., T. W. spuKcta, L. M. Thomson, V. H. Stewakt, 8. 8. LOWEKY, Committee. On motion of Mr. Mather the report of tbe committee was accepted and ordered published.. Mr. Fish suggested that action, so far as I" tics is concerned, be postponed for tho present. The committer, after discussion, concluded not to tase action until spring. It is likely that tbe project will be developed by private capitalists gentlemen of means and enterprise, who will know no such word as fail.

BTEAM 6PERSEDED. Cwaprtwd Air Nfreet Cars fa Oara lira tm Kew YrU. ISew Yock Sun.l An air car or pneumatic dummy, made by the rneumatic Tramasy Engine (Company, is running reculariy on the- . Second Avenue railroad track, between Niuetysixth and One-Hundred and Twenty ninth streets. Tbe rajtive is comprised sir. Au. engine at One-Hundred and Twenty-sixth street pumps the air car full as often as required. The vehicle is capable of carrying 100 persons. Xothicg of the apparatus that runs the car is visible. Six rolled steel cylinders are situated beneath; two under the seats, and four in an inclosed place under the body of the car. By the engine at One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street, air is condenssd into them until it reaches a 'pressure of 3oO pounds to the equsre inch. Tbe six cylinders together hold 100 cubic feet of air. The driver of tbe car stands in front and maipulates a pair of levers similar to those employed on a locomotive. He is nrtnecssarily an engineer; any one may learn the whole manipulation of leavers readily. The air compressed in the cyiinders is capable of propelling the car for six miles, and the speed may be regulated up to 30 miles an hour. The car can be stopped almost instantaneously. By the multiplication of cylinders it is fesstble to make trips of any distance. The time required for charging the cylinders depends wholy upon "the power of the ergine employed; tbe car that is running is charged in about six minutes. Xo smoke, of course, and no noise greater than that made by the ordinary horse car ' attended its progress. The Second Avenne Company intend to have ready six cars of this sort to do all their carrying between Xinety-eixth street and Harlem Elver by the 1st of February next. Poisons amtX Antidotes. The following list gives some of the mora common poisons snd the remedies most likely to be at band in the case of need. The directions may be old, but in case you get a good, strong dose of tte poison down, you will- not object to a cure on account of its age! Acids Theee cause great beat and sensation of burning pain from lhe mouth down to the stomach. Remedies: magnesia soda,, pearlash or scap dissolved in water; then. use the stomach pnmp or aa emetic. Alkalies Best remedy is vinegar. Ammonia ltemedy: lemon juice and vinegar. Alcohol First cleanse out the stomach by an emetic then dasb cold water on the head and give ammonia (spirits of hartshorn). Arsenic In the first place evacuate the stomach, then give tbe wbite of ggs, lime water, or chalk and water, charcoal, snd the preparations of iron, particularly hydrate. Lead, white lead and sugar of lead Uemdies, alum, cathartic, such as castor oil and epsom fairs especially. Charcoal In poisons by carbonic acid gas, ' remove tbe patient to open air, dash cold water on the bead end body, and stimulate -, nostrils and lungs by hartshorn, at the same time rubbing tbe chest briskly. Corrosive sublimate Give white of pggs, freely mixed with water, or give wheat flour -and water, or soap and water freely. Creosote White of eggs snd the emetic. Belladonna (night henbane) Give emetics, and then give plenty of water and vinegar or lemonade. Mushrooms. when'Jpoisonons Give emetics, and then plentyjof vinegar and water, with ether, if handy. Nitrate of silver (lunar caustic) Give a strong solution of common salt, and then emetics. Snake bites, etc Apply immediately strong hartshorn, and take it internally; also gWe sweet oil snd stimulants freely; apply a ligature rigbt above tbe part bitten, and then apply a cn pping glass. Tartar emetics Give lsrge doses of tea made of galls, Peruvian bark or white oak bark. Verdigris Plenty of wbite of eggs, and water. White vitriol Give the patient plenty of milk and water. ' Opium First give a strong emetic of mus tard and water, then .strong coffee and acid drinks; dash cold water on the head. Xux vomica First emetics, then brandy. Oxalic add (frequently mistaken for Epsom salts) Remedies, chalk, magnesia, or soap and water, ar.d other soothing drinks. Prnssic acid When there is time, administer chlorine in the ehspe of soda of lime. Hot brindy and water, hartshorn -and turpentine are also usef al. Fsfltx Wartli Kememberlat. One thousand shingles laid four inches to the weather, will cover 100 square feet of surface, and five pounds of shingle sails will fasten them on. One-fifth more siding and flooring is needed than tbe number of square feet of surface to be covered, because of the lap in the siding; and matching of the floor. One thousand laths will cover 70 yards of surface, and 11 pounds of lath nails will nail them on. Eight bushels of good lime, 16 bnshels of sand and one bushel of hair will make enough good mortar to plaster 100 square yards. A cord of stone, three bushels of lime and a cubic yard of sand will lay 100 cubio feet of walL Five courses of brick will lay one foot in height on a chimney, six bricks in a course will make a flue four inches wide and 12 inches long, aud eight bricks in a course will make a floe eight inches wide and 16 inches long. The lsw assists those who are vigilant, and not those who sleep over their rights. Americas Wives of Foreign Dlplomat- ' ist. rPhiladelphia Press.) It is a singular fact that 15 of the ladiesconnected with the present diplomatic corps at Washington are American girls, whose beauty and diplomacy captured distinguished husbands Among the number are the wives ot the French, Italian, Guatemalan and Turkish ministers, aud 111 my others of lesser -rank, including Mrs. Young Wing, of the Chinese legation, who was a Miss Bartlett, of Connecticut. In the diplomatic corps of Europe there are a!o several American ladies, such as tbe wife of the Italian minister to The Hague, and others. Whether American women have a peculiar penchant for diplomacy, or diplomatists for them, is a difficult question to decide. At all events, diplomacy is a career for which onr women seem to be admirably adapted. They have also broken down the exclusivenets of hereditary aristocracy, and some of them are connected with the oldest noble families of England' and the Continent. Proverbial as is their beauty, their natural grace and dignity of manner, and their intelligence are no lea striking. , y " - ;