vrrTiv. :-; "Jlfs. : T.--4USkJi .- il;v' "s AX'. ur-'.v. ',s, VK'"'- f. , T" ,-t-'JJH i I...W ;P. l & " .w r v - v '.Avr v-v ,i . ,K Jci' fi . - -i. - vr -- "--1 'VP' f ."-, - TTi THE IAStOASTEtt DAJLJrf ENTELliGEtfOEIt, feATUftfllY, AUGUST 24, 1889. --.IrW frv s.xn 1.' sm rf MTTi W' l.JJJ yr v W& MS Hfl?5 ' istvezt . yftsrit S I!. Jnwjk K fe' e.i-sra jE.'t 8fe aw BiSS1 '' ffl.- SB A ; tr 1 S3 w, Ifea.'. 4,V -- 3a... CtfQ n j - . JUGIJR ELEVATORS. MMJLT Of A TRIP. THROUGH THE ' u'AAMircn cTATrft patfnt office. & HfeVraHer Watlnan Thinks Te May Jele -?.) rt by Thstr Elevators, or "Lint," KiglMi DctlgM le Denominate Ataartisati Srvatara In tha latt. 'S? t8peclal Correspondence. CfWAKaT03, Aug. 22.-On the (op &.! e tfce United States patent office I Vdmm neon a large class case filled with edels of passenger elevators. I thought i?'Wt '. mom ei we umcriuuiiuf nwuiiuia u English nnd European elevator or ,' Ik 5ittft" which Murat Halstcad has been ' i hrfHtlng. A a gtance ene would say rWe( the elevators In this case pre-M-iwrtsAltki rlans en which the foreign P' $j$ ilfl,,rere built clumsy, complicated, SIS' t-TLk . . . .t t QAmA1iniTi n. jC ' ailWf) oes strong nuu.is;iiu. ""'" ir "- ..ft ii.ntiHit naturally folleivs that &? v 41,- rn tell n neonle hr their clovaters. iLAv-iW elevator has beceme such nn Im- fU& mrtaut feature of our civilization mat u WF mirtakcs of the characteristics of tlie Fl' lLltwoele who make and use it, anil when SfSSbf em gees te a city or country the Inhab .ifWTrkahts can be pretty well judged by the a'-.?S '.nnn In ..-1.1M. flmv rnrrr roil vcr- , BWUIIll . ...,w. ...s-j rf ,, XYlf- S. A TVriCUO- CASE. jtically, and by the sort of machine which they use in Uelne it. Mr. liaisicau nas iteld us what the English clovater i9 HUe 'just what you would expect it te be like strong, slew, clumsy, pauence try ing, but reliable. That is the national clovater of .Great Britain, nnd probably the type Is little varied in different cities. But in America the .clovater in which you ride in New Yerk is net lilte the ele vator used by the Philadclphians, nor yet like that in which Chicagoans travel from basement te root. It is a very odd fact, pointed out te me en excellent authority, that the elevator baa really had its greatest development in the west. The irreprcsslble mail of statistics comes te our aid with the fig ures te show that Chicago uses a greater number of clovaters than New Yerk, and 6t. Paul and Minneapolis together a greater number than Philadelphia or Bosten. This can be easily explained. It is net that the poeplo of the east arc mero fend of walking up stairs thruf their friends of the west, but that the cities of the latter region had their growth chiefly after the clovater had assumed its present impertance as n la bor and time saver. New bulldiugs in the west and these western cities me largely composed of new buildings are arranged for ene or mero elevators just as they are provided with roots una drainage. Ne longer is the clovater looked upon ns a luxury it is n neces sity. It was net se when the vast ma jority of structures in the elder cities wcre built, nnd these nncicnt houses wait nnd wait in vain for the day when the proprietors will sce It te their advan tage te tear them down and rcplace them with modern structures, clowitera nnd all. The fastest elevator In the world Is the iChlcage elevator. This is conceded by nil authorities, and nobody detdes that it is in keeping with the characteristics of the place. Chicago Is n rapid town. The clovater expert of the patent olllce says the avcrage speed of Chicago "lifts ! about 400 feet per minute, nearly all of the clovaters In the large blocks 1 mi ning COO feet u minute or mere. In the great olllce buildings of that city thcre is no little rivalry in eluvater speed, each new builder trying te outdo these who have preceded liun Jopeo Jepeo Jopee plo from the country it Is n temcuhut 'novel experience te lx shot up te the reef of a tall building, past lloer after fleer in such rapid succession as le inake ene almost dizzy. But the coming down Is mero unpleasant than the going up, for the sudden steps jar and shake many passengers into something nkin te er er tlge. Thousands of Chicago people will net ride en the rapid i unning elevators, and In ene large olllce building of that city, where there are sis clcvateis, two of them are run at a slew tteed for the especial accommodation of passengers with weak nerves or susceptible stoin stein stoin eclis. On the wlre network which sur rounds most clovaters 1 icmcmber hav ing seen in a Chicago building a placard, telling peeple who were afraid of rapid traveling te taue tlie stairs, it Is need less te say, however, that the nverage Chicagoan likes his elevators, as every thing else, about as fast as it is possible for it te go. The ether cxtreme is reached In the iclty or Masningten, wiiere tliere are ivery few clovaters except these In the Igevernmcnt buildings. Nearly nil of tthese are as blew as mules. They creep .lazily up and down, the doers are opened .in a leisurely way by the attendants and jnobedy seems te be in a hurry. This is in striking contrast te the methods used in western cities, where doers are opened ,and closed with a snap and n bang irri tating te the nerves of timid passengers. In the government offices the elevaterj are large, roomy concerns, two or three times as large ns there is any necessity for. Half the peeple who go from ene fleer te another walk, nnyway, and the elevator conductor really has a sleepy Ume of it. It is net very uncommon te eee a conductor, particularly if it is n warm afternoon and he is a colored man, taking cat naps between floors. New Yerk and Philadelphia strike n liappy medium between Chicago and Washington. Their elevators nre run neither at breakneck speed nor at m alew a pace as te try ene's patience In New Yerk it Is said there nre new nbeut 8,500 elevators, and in Chicago nearly 4,000. Of the "lifts" iu New Yerk mero than 123 run te exceed 100 feet, the long leng yt distance traveled being te the tower of the Produce Exchange 20j feet. Iu Chicago the tallest &haft in which an elevator runs is that leading te the tower of the new Auditorium building about 230 feet. The highest elevater in the country Is in the "Washington monu ment, and that runs 500 feet. It travels at a rate of a little less than a hundred feet a minute, which is just about the peed au actire boy or man can malte mailing down the stairway. fteafevftterfau fairly revolutienised eJUttl TPfl i- sAn, dir. twnl 1 13 i modern architecture nnd added millions upon millions of dollars te the value of clt v real estate It la the clovater which makes it posslble for the owner of a vnl- uable plece of greuud te rent ten lloeis te better ndvantage than he could for merly rent four. It Is the elevater that has mnde it pessible te build the great hives of humanity, a thousand work ers under ene reef, new se commonly found in the large cities. The clovater has even Invaded the pri vate beuse, and a number of intents have been taken out within the last year en machines particularly designed for use In residences. In New Yerk there are a hundred houses with elevators, nnd many In Chicago, Bosten and ether cities. In the resldcnce of Cyrus W. Field there are two "lifts," both of them beautiful pieces of machinery, and orna erna mental nnd attractions furniture. It Is new the iepular thing te have a resl resl dcneo elevator, with carved weeds in the car, rich upholstering nnd nickel plated cylinders. Even the While Heuso lias an elevator, though n very little one, just large enough for two persons te squceze In, nnd net two if they nre both as fat ns President Clevcland was. Mr. Clevcland, by the way, h the last man that used this clovater, ns It has net been kept In running order slnce he left the Whlte Heuse. Thcre is net much use for It at licst. It was put in for the ac ac ac coeodation of arandina aarfleld, who was tee Infirm te walk upstairs, nnd then the assassin Oulteau canie along and spoiled (Jrandma's piopescd islt te her fien. The elevator has lieeu an un lucky ene from the Mart. Twe White Heuso empleyes hne Iieen hurt by It, nnd ene nearly lest his life. Thlscasoef models in the patent office, and the huiidredsef inventions for which no models were furnished, nre strongly suggestive of the Ingenuity, the le le Beurees of man. The experts loll us nil elevator machinery is cry simple, and yet here nre nearly eight hun dred patents en clovaters nnd parts thereof. Sotneof them de net ap pear te be se cry simple, either. The elevator is n growth of the last twenty years, and Ihcrcfore nearly everything about it Is still protected by patent. Tills explains whyelei valers cost from ene thousand te two thousand del lars. AU the ic ic liable fiufety valves, power np pliances, etc., are covered by pat ents, nnd I h e chief examiner of the elevater FAN ATTAUIMT.NT. division tells me thcre Is even a patent en n certain nuinlier of ropes that enter thedrawhead nt the top of ihecarnud sustain the weight. One of the Interesting clovater patents Is Basse's, by which the pptieu of the car, upward or downward, actuates a ventilating fnn ever the heads of the pas sengers In the car. It Is a pity this do de vico Is net mero generally applied, for many elotnter cabj nre uncomfortably het. It might nlse he n geed idea le at tach nu automatic dovire te the conduc tor, le make mire that he keeps awake. Anether novel iin entien Is that of a stair way elevater, te le npplted te any flight of stairs, the car being drawn up the in in eline en a little railway. A number of patents cover devices intended te tighten or release chains attached te weights, se that ns passengers ttep off or en the car may be always in it balance. One of these patents calls for no heisting ma chinery, tlie plan being for Iho conductor te pull the car up or down hygiasping the repn. Anether requires a passenger en cnteiing the ear te take therefrem u weight about equal te his own nvoirdu nveirdu nvoirdu peisnud hang it upon n hook en the outer wall provided for tlie ptiqiese; en lea lug the car he must lake n weight from Its hook nnd place It In the cab le preserve the counterpoise. It is needless (e nay that this invention has net conie into general use. Hundreds of patents have tven taken out en safety du Ices alone. These nre automatie catcher, elect rie brakes, stir cushions iu which un elevator might full fiem n tenth story without hinting any of Its occupants, safety doeis which pro ject ever the landing and make it Impos sible for the car te meve either up or down till (he dders nre closed, automatie doers which push laggard passengers out and In, and wedges wlilchgrlpniid tight ly held the car the Instant the iope breaks. It Is worth while mentioning, tee, that the elevater is au American institution. If net eiiglnallyiuvented here, it is heie that it has had nUmt nil of its develop ment, here It has been brought te its hich statoef perfection. VAi.ii:;t Wm-uian. A CURIOUS LOVE SCENC. Iai: from tlie Strrt IIMury it ltii"ht. Sit-clal t'orre-iwiuliMico 1 Nuw Yeitic, Aug. SI. Moonlight ever Ihu terrace of the czar's country palaee at Peteihef. A tall, hatittsome young officer in the uiiifeiiu of the Rusnian Imperial guard and a girl hi a cosily ball diets leaning ever tlie eaned balus trades of the tuiraee hand in hand, or gazing silently Inte each et hut's eves. "Will jeu net tell ine jour name, even new" asked the young man at length, in a tone of tender entreaty. "Oh, no, un-riiet jell" answeied the girl tremulously. "I,et us be happy while we ran it will net lie for long!" "Net for long?" echoed the young offi cer wenderiugly. "Why, what possible harm euu cenui te us from my simply knowing who you nre, dement? Tell uie what all this means." "1 cannot tell you, I niut net tell you," she replied despairingly. "Eer bince that day when we 11 r4 met in the weeds" "The happiest day or my life." "Ever since then," shu continued, "I have Iieen dreading that each meeting would be our la.st; for if any living soul were cicu tebiispect that we hae met and spoken thus" Hut just then there enmen stningeand startling Interruption. A vast black shadow fell athwnit the moonlight, and n towering figure In the gorgeous uniform of a Russian cuirassier came striding toward them along the ter race. There were few men who would net have recognized at a gl.mce that uuisshe head and gigantic form, and these cold, piercing ej es w hich no touch of human feeling had eer softened. "Daughter,'" cald he, iu a cold, ineas- tired tone, mero ominous of evil than the neUiest anger, "they aie looking for you iu the ball room; go quick! !" At the word "daughtei" the young guardsman started ns if he, bad" been shot, lie had no difficulty new iu guess- i ing who his mysterious lady leve was, , when her father steed licfore him lu the person of Nicholas, emjierer of Russia! The czar waited till the yetmg grand , duchess had disappeared, and then, turn ! Ing te her lever, asked in the deepest tones of his commanding veice: I "Who nre you?" In ft chvu unfaltering tone the deemed - t man told nu nanie and rank. Nicholas started slightly, ns if that name were fa miliar te him, and then be said coldly! "Fellow meP Se saying he led the young subaltern (who followed with as llrru a step as if he wcre going te a court ball instead of le apparently certain death) away from the main front of the palace through a low slde deer and up a winding" stair into a small room which seemed te bave no furniture beyond a chair; a writing table nnd a lamp suspended nbove It, The czar seated hlm&lf, and, looking keenly nt the young Russian, said, In the deepest tones of his commanding volce: "New, what liave you te say?" "N-jthlng," answered the guardsman, with the reckless ceurage of despair. "1 might say, indeed nnd truly that I knew net who her imperial highness was, but I will net plead even that ex cuse. Sly life is lu your majesty's hands de with It ns you will!" Their eyes met, nnd for a moment the two men gazed fixedly nt each ether In silence. Then the czar turned round te the table nnd lcgau te write. Was it n death sentence that was being written no quickly nnd coolly? Huddcnly Nicholas rese and handed him n healed letter, addressed te the vice roy of the Caucasus. "Take this letter," said he, "and step net by day or night till you deliver it." The young officer Iwwcd and departed without n word upon a journey of sev eral thousand miles, which might very Rwslbly "have n violent nnd shameful dentil at the end of It. Meamvhile Nicholas went back te the ball room, with the very ghost of u sniile plating ever his marble features, like moonlight uieii n statue. He thought that he had merely get rid of n pro pre pro biimpliieus lad, and was doubtless well pleased te have dene se. What he had really dene (though Iw himself nevcr knew it) was te decide the event of n mighty war nnd te open n new chapter in the history of Itussla. Twenty years had passed slnce that night, nnd all St. Petersburg was in u fever of joy and triumph. The long war with the Circassian mountaineers of the Caucasus was ended nt last, and the ter rible mountain chief, Schamyl, the life nnd soul of that despcrate struggle, was entering the ltushlnn capital ns a prisoner, side by side with his conqueror, the great Prince Uariatinskl. And l'rince Baria tiuski was no ether than the grand duchess' former lever, the young officer of the Imperial guard. Many changes had occurred slnce he left St. Petersburg en that memorable night, expecting te sce it no mere. 1 he Czar Nicholas had died by his own hand, with his Iren heart broken by the disas ters of the Crimean war. Ills daughter was far away, reigning ever n loveless home and a crumbling kingdom; whlle her lever, the unknown subaltern of the guard, was new governor general of all southeastern Russia, knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevskl, nnd, for the moment nt least, the most famous man iu the whole Russian empire. "Ha, Eaglel" cried n familiar voice In 1'ieiicli, culling him by his regimental nickname, "hew gees it, old comrade? We never could And out why Nikolai Pavlevitch (Nicholas, the son of Paul) sent thee te the Caucasus In such a hurry; but, anyhow, It was tlie luckiest event of thy life!" "Se it seems new," answered Prince BariallnsU, with a ineiiientury cloud upon his handsome face; "but I can tell thee that nt the time I thought other wise!" And probably the grand duchess had thought nthcrwise, tee; for although she and liaristinski never met mere, it was whispered that she never wholly forget Iho handsoine voting officer who bad conie se strangely into her life, and had U'cn se suddenly taken out of it. David Ki:u. ALL lilJSSIA IS ltLAZING. KCNNAN'S LETTERS TO THE CENTU RY HAVE DORNE FRUIT. Tim flnirr-imi'iit Hit Scut u "('tiiiniilv ltm" tit Slberlft te Imrntlunte. Ihu ClmiL'i'" ( Cnit'l Ti minimi "f IUIIhk. A Snniilti iiT IU Werk. Svclul CuriunjionJtMice Ni:w Yenic, Aug. 2!. Oeorge Ken nan's nrlicles en "Exile Life iu Siberia," published iu The Century Magazine, have proxed of Bitch impeitancu ns te itrouse the iiiteiest of the whole civilized world. They by some means have penetrated even into ,Sil.'i iau wilds, mid convicts iu the bitter iieith pi-iise and bless his work lu their behalf. As the lesult of Mr. Kon Ken nan's revelations nil eyes nre turned to te waid Russia, awaiting her action in n matter of such vital impertance te mill ions of her subjects. That soine forward movement must I hi made the Russian go eminent well understands. Conse quently n committee of ln estimation has laeu f ein led nt St. Petersburg te make a tour of the Siberian provinces nnd lepeit en the condition of the exiles. O. Nlenashelf wiites a long letter te l'ree Russia, published Iu (luiiexn, Swit zerland, and fiiuii his letter I have trans lated the fellow ing extracts: The Government, ns announced In the Russian papers, M'lit a commission consisting of (lens. RoiuiuelT, De Ilaiier and stalf te investigate Iho condition f the prisons. Tlie revelations of ourteirlble suffer ings, made by the gieat Aiiieiican writer, Oeorge ICeniiau, have been the luuans cf biingiiig tlie question up for iuiH'iial consideration. The Russian government accuses Mr. Keiman of hav ing lietrayed its confidence, but we peer eviles bless him for it if he lias. We, the convicts of tlie city of Temsk, had been advised ten days previously of the com ing of these high officials. We consulted among ourselves and decided en what basis our complaints bheuld be formu lated and presented te the commission. Tlie day of the arrival of the Peters burg officials the chief of pelice an nounced te us that his excellency Gen. RousiuelT would receive ciiuiiuals nnd hear their complaints after l'J o'clock the ne.t day at the Hetel Etirejw. "All will have te isit him; these who wish te sce him and theso who de net will be conducted thcre by force," he said (as was the ease with soine of our col leagues). I was net among the llrst let te enter the general's room the follow ing day, but remained standing lu the hall for some time, thus having nn op pertuulty te study tlie faces of the peer fellow s ns they emerged from the gen eral's presence. Their first act en coining out was te spit en the lloer, their faces at the satne assuming n sarcastic smile. We who were waiting understood the Indications, nnd that our most moderate ideas of amelioration would have te Ihj aban doned. Alas! nil our bright expectations were scattered te the winds, our jietl jietl tiens had been iu vain; thcre was no heHi of a U'tler condition for us. "N., X. and .., please conie te his ex cellency," shouted the gendarme. We stepped forward and were conducted te his room. On entering we baw a man still young, with a very bald head and sharp gray eyes, dressed In 6ouie i-trange cestume. This was Gen. Rousineff, ihe same w he offered his bervices te hang Sephle Perevskala when the goven geven UiesUU hangman, FrcisS. r'r.t- form that office. Frem that time Roust Reust Roust nefTs promotion was rapid. "Your names," said the general, look ing ever our hcadj. We introduced our selves. He replied: "I knew, I knew. Being secretary en state criminal proceedings I knew all about you without ever liav ing seed you." Pointing te ene of us he said: "Yeu, If I mistake net, were en trial at Kicff in 1883." ' "Ne, sir. I was ene of the nineteen In the Odessa trial." "Ohl yes, that is true." Pointing te another the general said: "Yeu wcre ene of the twenty-ene en trial nt Petersburg." "Ne, sir, I am an adintulstratlve ex ile." "Yesl yes! I confounded you with Ivanelf. Take a seat, gentlemen," the general said as he pointed te a chair. JIe drew his own chair befere a round table covered with books and papers. "I, ns you knew," continued the general, "am sent here by the ministry te ac quaint myself with the )ositien,of the elitlcal exiles living here, nnd te hotter their condition ns much ns possible with in the jurisdiction of the law. I have been told you liavcconsiderabledifficulty in obtaining work. This is net the wish of the government in sending you here; en the contrary, de as you please; we ure also willing te assist you In finding employment. One thing, you nre posi tively forbidden te teach; you must net even think of such a thing. We nre under moral obligations te protect our youth from bad influences and your past, gentlemen" nnd the general made a giaceful movement of his hand to wards us. "Can I practlce as a feldsher?" (assist ant doctor), asked ene of our number, medical btudent holding a diploma ns feldsher. The general replied: "But you are do de prived of nil rights. 1 cannot ask the court te restere you.". I then bpoke: "But I, ns administra tive exile, nm net deprived of my rights. I would like te take up literary work, as n corresjiendent for the papers. Can 1 communlcate with editors independent of police Interference? I had becu a writer provleus te my exile." "What Is the use?" he replied. "Can you net get semcthlnr else te de? What plcarure can you tlnd In writing damag ing articles against the government? No body reads them, and then, se much is written that is utterly false and untrue," I at last asked the general if he would permit me te serve ns n clerk In the court of Investigation. "Yeu, sir?" he replied; "it is net a proper position te allow nn cxlle te occupy. There may nt times le secret investigations te make, even ns te political character. Yeu must admit that state criminals cannot occupy such responsible positions." Weary nnd heartsick, we were en every hand met with the satne old story. "We de net wish," continued the general, "te have you think we wish te persecute you because you nre exiles. Anether tiling te be censidered: when you have employ ment we nre no'; forced te give jeu monthly rations. I would like te knew eery detail of ye ir life in Siberia; hew you live, bow you pass your time, with whom yeuarcacqimiiited in fact, every thing en de, se ns te enable us te help you Fer this purpose we have ceme te Siberia, and intend traveling nil ever the country, te study your life here, nnd compare it with the life of the In mates of Schlussclhurg fortress, near St. Petersburg. I visited that prison a hhert tlmu age. It is in every respect u model institution, and no belter can lie found In Europe. Tliere they enjoy regular family life; and tlie commandant is kind and fatherly. Just think, each prisoner has his own little garden, where he raises vegetables, even flowers. On the occa sion of my visit they presented me with bouquets from their gardens. Can j en llud anything of the kind iu western I at ieie? Ne! net even lu France, with her stupid and nonsensical government. Yeu must acknowledge, gentlemen, that no where lu Eurepe nre political prisoners cared for and nursed like childien as iu Russia." Tlie general sxike nt length about kt mlttlug tee much learning in Rusia. Tliere wcre tee many universities throughout the country, he said; he also soke strongly against the project of a university at Temsk, nnd tried te im press en our minds that we exiles should net desire such an institution, for en its establishment we would all be sent te another part of the country te prevent the intliience of htate criminals fiem affecting btudent life. "If en investiga tion it could be proven that any of you were connected with any of tlie ciicle of the Temsk iryniliasiiilii, you would be immediately transposed te the Yakutsk oelooscs (hamlets), you will be punished Beveiely, no mercy will !e shown you, and you will be left entirely destitute." "Your excellency," said ene of our number, "why bheuld my wifu and my children be inade te suffer for etlieis' transgressions, simply because ene of the exiles had made the ncquaiutauce of one of the students' circle?" "In Yakutsk," shouted the general in rnge, " ou will be jet mero sou'iely punished for tlie bad Influence you exer exer cise ever our youth, the future hepe of Russia, and you have jour friends te blame for it all." Then he heard each ene explain his grievances. Referring te the law ami his secret Instructions, he threw au ini ini mense amount of pathos into his tones ns he advised us, as tlie best and shortest means ten solution of our tieubles, te "petition tlie all merciful great White Czar, of whose mercy and goodness you have no conception, with the greatest contrition for causing him trouble, and you will be twrdened by him." I "After fourteen years of life iu prNeu, j In mines nnd iu exile, such nn act is I beneath human dignity," our friend X. replied. " hat I appeal for tueicy after such unjust treatment?" We became anxious for the fate of our friend who could show btich temerity in Iho gen eral's presence. "Belew your dignity te votitien te tlie czar!" cried tlie general. The general rose, nnd se did X. "What shall I ask? Why, I was kept four years In prison licfore I was brought te trial, and then when sentenced te the mines I was taken te the PetropavleusU fortress and keptthiee years In solitary coutlnemcnt, and even here I was kept in prison two years after my term had expired. Tills iu addition te my seveie Rcntonce," said X., calmly but with de termination. "Ahl ah! nli!" shouted Oen. Rousi Reusi Rousi eoff, advancing toward X. "This is very iutcrchting te me; very Interesting, hi deed, te listen te such language." Mr. X. next complained that the chief of pelice, Nekrasseff, suiectiiig him of the authorship of the letters accusing him of stealing the golden saber, intended sending him far away from Temsk. He had purchased the Instruments for his bhip en borrowed money, ami If the chief of pelice carried out bis intentions, his creditor would be a loser te tlie ex tent of 1,000 rubles. I next appeared with my grievances. "Fer six months I have been unable te obtain a passport te which I nm justly entitled by law," I began. But nt this juueture a gendarme appeared en the 6ceue and announced the criminals Qoly Qely Qoly bietf, Obedzinaki and IteuUeu. ami . witneut further ceremony, were obliged te take our departure. On leavlaf the general said: "Very well, very well, geed-by; and with you, Mr. 3L, I will speak seme ether time, we shall sce you e Jain, if net at present then en my re turn, and I shall liet bid you geed-by, but au reveir!" We afterward ascertained that the general parted with every exile in much the same manner. The result of the investigation made by this commission was that Tlie Siberian Oazctte, for giv ing employment te exiles, has been pro hibited. An exile employed en the statistical bureau was discharged. Tlie candy manufactory of A. M. Roub Reub le!! was closed, aud we were all finally sent from Temsk. Even theso whose terms bad expired wcre sent with the rest Tills is n sample of Russian jus tice It was by such means as just men tioned that Oen. Rousinelf bettered our condition. It is pessible that these remarks nbeut Rousineff, If they reach the eyes of the Petersburg authorities, will in their esti mation enhance his vn up. and he willbe t given nn opportunity te hang mero 8c- pnie rcrevsknias ana realize his dream of the highest destiny of man. But let the world understand that there Is little difference between the hangman FroielT and Uen. Rousineff, nnd what difference exists is certainly in favor of the former. Count A. Nobkaikew. When ene of our number tuVcsl the gencr. hew uuuij thnui he hed visited the rertruu, and when, he replied only oem. In January, he waa nu,anj lie was il and ftftked hew was It u!ble te ratte vctKelnulc and Dewers In Uie errre wlgter weather of lVters bun?. The eeneral hecamu cnnnixfsL ami maM it miNt lmv Imvii Miinmer hen ha was there. Bvlilusscluurg U 11m worst of all IbfcuUin (irUena. THE lilG SHIP TEUTONIC SPEEDY, THOUGH BEATEN DY THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Him li the tincent VmmiI of Any Kind New Afloat, nnd Here I a l)ocrltlen of Iter Hiiro with the New Yerk, Te gether with n Cut from a Sketch. Te the modern school boy who studies geography the Atlantic ocean is getting te be "that body of water lying between Eurepe and America upon which ocean gieyheunds race." There Is te be no in ternational yacht race this year, nnd the lever of salt water sports permits his In terest te be absorbed in the records or the races between the leviathans that swim between England and America. The big race of the season has just taken place between the Teutonic, of the White Star, and the City of New Yerk, of the Inman line. Tlie Teutonic had just been Inspected by the eniieier of Germany, and, fresh from the fluttering flags nnd salutes of a naval parade, stalled fifteen minutes after her rival from the harbor of Queens town. The City of New Yerk wns also in trim shape, having been a month in the hands of theso who gave her a thor ough overhauling. It was nbeut 2 p. m. when the City of New Yerk get away. She lounged lazily along, waiting for her antagonist le get a geed even. The bhip of German name seen came up and steamed ahead of the New Yerk, and, taking nd nd vantaeo of her headway, ran directly ncress the bows of her antagonist. The decks of the two vessels were crowded with interested spectators. When the captain of the New Yerk saw bis rival showing her heels in such uncivil manner he called for moresteam. Tlie Teutonic get her full headway, and as the hours flitted by it became appar ent that the ship ahead was net gaining se much as she bad becu. After awhilu theso who were watching began te sce that the New Yerk was slowly gaining en the Teutonic nnd that the latter was blewly dropping astern. After awhile bhe passed out of sight in the mist But the City of New Yetk, after three days rushing her engines, was obliged te blew down en account of heated journals. One engine was steped altogether and the ether run at half speed. TI113 oc curred at night, nnd the next morning passengers coming en deck and seeing officers looking niixieusly asteiu, beg.in te leek themselves in the same direction. .-&: "- Tltn 1FUTO.NIC. ISkctched hi her deck by eurgpcrtul ertbt 1 Presently en the horizon out of n inUt came the great ship they had left behind. She gradually came up se far as te ever lap tlie Ionian steamer, and then its rap tain concluded, his journals having cooled, te put en 111010 bteam. Up came the speed fiem ten te nineteen knots while the hull of the Teutonic again giadually faded away in the distance astern. At two minutes befoie 12 o'clock midnight, lietween the litis and 15th et August, the lights at Sandy Heek were abeam and the race ended. Soen aftei the Teutonic also came abreast the light ship, making her maiden record of ti day, It hours aud l."i minutes, against lh- tpitckest previous maiden effort (the Ameiica, in 1831) of C days, 15 hours and 41 minutes. She was beaten by the New New Yerk by only twenty-five minutes, though bhe sailed a course ten miles bherter than the winning steamer. Te have dene se well en her maiden tiip is a victory for the Teutonic. She was obliged te hiy off as long from fog ns her rival was from heated journals, nnd the time that the New Yerk over lapped her was infinitesimal for se long a voyage. The Teutonie is the longest of all the ocean greyhounds. She is se large and se steady that, notwithstand ing the tciujHstueu3 weather through which she came en the voyage, the racks for holding the dishes ou the table in the saloon were never fixed. It will le seen from the following table that every day bhe sailed bhe made an Increase of speed: Pate. Mtleiinta. Mile. Vlh an 13th 410 huh 401111th 4M llth 4I0.1MU I.7 Kill 431 1 Total .2,70 "With such a record en her maiden trip (net half a day beyond the quickest time) the City of Paris, uew the cham pion, would better leek te her laurels. The Teutonic's machinery ence settled and oiled te business, and with geed weather, she may seen break the record. The Teutonie is the longest ship afloat. ruilreHdlnc lii Africa. The journey around the Conge cata racts, which new takes between three aud four weeks, will be made in two days by the Conge railroad, which is new in ceurse of construction. The loco motives will weigh thirty tens each, and the speed at first will be about eleven miles per hour. Tralus will lie run only during daylight. There will be three intermediate stations en the 225 tulles of tract. 'J he railroad ts expected te pay expenses from the start, as the outlay for carrier service ever its route already exceeds $130,000 a year. Chicago Tribune, v3k' " . . RELICS FROM OLD ATHENS. THEY HAVE DISCOVERED MANY IN TERESTING THINGS THERE.' Arehale Figures That War CtMently tke Werk eT Salplert Who Ufed HaftdrM of Tears B afore the Bra of Chrktlantty. Th Were BrhjfcUr ralatea. A great Interest has sprung up throughout the United States In Greek antiquities because of the lectures re cently Qellve'red by Professer Mahaffy, no. 1. of Trinity college, Dublin, at Chautau qua, who has only recently returned from Greece. This, perhaps, will rendei timely the following condensation of a long article that recently appeared in The Manchester (Bng.) Guardian regarding the excavation by the Greeks themselves of the Acropolis of Athens, which has at length been finished after seven years of Blew but continuous progress. Tills it considered te be the most important work dene in Greece lately. The platform of the Acropolis prove! te be artificial. Originally the Acro)elu was a conical hill, nnd the amount et earth and rubbish that was put there tc broaden nnd level its top must have been enormous. Many statues and valuable relics were unearthed during the excava tien, nnd although seme of these hart thrown little light en any ebscure period of Grecian history, they have been el much importance in nrt. Nearly tin whole surface of the hill baa been dug down te the rock, ns deep as twenty feel and mere in some places. Thus walk nnd foundations nre brought te view it the innumerable architectural fragments drums of columns? capitals and meld itiRS, cornices nnd reliefs that are scat tered ever the rebuilt surface of tlie tabh head ou which the original Athens steed nnd, lastly, iu the wonderful nrchah hcillpturcs in the new museum which ha. been erected for their reception. The earliest temple of Athena Is the most interesting slte recently uncovered. An interesting discovery is the partial recovery of the actual sculptures of th principal odiiuent of this carliest Pan theon. The style of the work belongs tc the last decades of the Sixth century B. C. Iu this temple iu later days wat found the special shrine of Athena Pelias, the city guardian. It contained the olive weed image te which every four yean the solemn precession of the citizem made its way, bearing en the mast of it; galley car the festal mantle, or pcples, the goddess' birthday gift. The archaic figures nre perhaps the most wonderful series of objects brought te light. Many of these were found un der the Acropolis wall built immediately after the Persian invasion of -180 B. O. They are divided Inte ten principal clauses the early groups wrought in poteus stene and reutine figures in mar ble. Three of the pediment struct urn relate te the combats of Heracles. The subject Is a three headed monster with winged but etherwise human bodies, ending In the triple coils of serpents which taper off te All the gable end. The heads have ))einti-d beards, curving slightly under the chin of a brilliant blue color; the hair is also blue, the bodies red, the snaky coils banded alter- na. 2. nately with red and blue. The inenstei represented Is unquestionably Typhen, whose lower extremities were composed of serpents, anil whose triple body is described by I'uiipides. He holds in ene band a flat object, the significance of which Is uncertain, and is appaiently engaged in watching tlie struggles be tween Heracles and the Triton. A number of archaic fciuale slatuef clad in mantles and tunics are the most characteristic of the vetive single figures. Tlie most naively simple of these, w itb her woolen tunic nnd peaked red 6hees, leeks just like u peasant woman; bei shoes nre very like tlios'e of the Greek country people of today. The first figures discovered resemble theso of an ancient island school of which Chies wai a principal eenter. These aicbaie statues have one and all a monotonous, meaningless smile, and the large staring eyes which, as seen in the primitive images of Athena, gave her the epithet of the "owl eyed." The eyes, indeed, play n very Important part iu these early figuies, supplying, as has been demonstrated by a series of obser vations, the canon of measurement fei tlie wkole face. The breadth of the mouth, the length of the nose, the posi tion of theckhi and brews me in fr.ct determined ey multiples of the diameter of the pep'!, the eutline of wind s ie still te be seen in the old head of Herant Olympia, which shows a central point and scratched outer circle) was first traced with a compass. Tlie whole cou ceu cou strnctieu of the face Is thus mathemati cal. A group consisting of two liens teat Ing down a bull is a recent find. Tills group is in high relief, s;ulptured en eeverul tufa blecki set side by side; it is of gieat jiewer, and the effect is In creased by the brilliant coloring. The later of the archa'.e figures found show a great sdvance en theso mero primitive methods. As illustrations of nrt history they nre of much importance, as they afford us n series of examples of the early Attle school of sculpt ure of the decades that preceded the Persian In vasion. Before these statues were dis covered the real character of this art was only te be gathered from a few iso lated examples. But new It is revealed te us in a whole series of works of In In llnite delicacy and refinement. It is very interesting te note the stiff archaic style melting under the bright and genial influence of the Attic sky. Thetresset of the hair mere icicles befere fall gracefully about the shoulders; wanuth and Ufa begin te te Infused into tha con. Jiff ill v"3S" "1 "i ' ... i . .. tears et the body; the drapery hangs in mera elegant folds; individual expres sion new peeps forth in the faces; the eyes are less staring and obliquely set; the chin is finer cut; the curve of th exquisitely modeled mouth dissolves in evanescent dimples, suggestive of that "holy and speaking smile" which wa the distinguishing charm of this rips archaic art. m ria. 3. A columnar base was found contain ing a fragment of a dedicatory inscrip tion recording the fact that the statue which It had originally supported wae the work of the 6culpter Antcner. On tlie top of this base was a socket, show- , ing that it was intended te roccive tlit two feet of n statue. Tlie tlgure Is that et a woman holding up the corner of het mantle, like early Etruscan figures ei Hepe, although she seems te have held lu her right hand a fruit rather than a flower. Tlie folds of the falling drapery nre curiously undercut, being hollowed out two or three inches, nnd round the edgo'ef the pcples runs a rich Ionic bor der of star flowers, with their petals al ternately painted red and green. Tin chiten or tunic below Is of a reddish pur pur pte hue; the hair, as in most of these vo ve vo tive figures, has been painted red. The eyes nre Inlaid with crystalline stones, and show Iris sockets ence filled with a darker material. The eyelashes are el metal. Brilliancy of color seems te be mesl remnrkable point in all the figures, ei which they still show evident traces. As a rule, the faces themselves and the broader surfaces of the drapery appeal te have been left in plain white marble. Such ancient conventions as gave a crim son hue te the hair are most repulsive tc modern notions, and yet, taking the fig ures as a whole, notwithstanding theii original brilliance, no 6igns of barbarous or tawdry coloring are seen. The ex perieneo obtained from these Acropolis statues is unfortunately itself of a most transient nature. The colors, which art se fresh and brilliant when first brought into the light, fade almost befere the eyes of the spectator. AN $1,800 HOUSE. Plans or n Hiiiiilnnine l'rnnie Tim Story unit Attle Duelling. FrninoTive Story nnd Attic Dwelling. Btone foundation. (Attle unfinished.) Par Par eor nnd ball llnUlied lu bard weed; inside VIEW. blinds, oil finish. Height of steries: First story, lOfeet; second, tl feet 0 inches. Col Cel lnr, D feet 0 Inclit. Kirp t story contains hall, 0x14, with wardrebe off; parlor, 14x15 (ultu GROUND FLOOn. fireplace); dining room, 11x15; kiiclien, lOx 111; imitry, 4 feet 0 inches x tlfeet (1 inches. Ijirtju china cle-t. Second story contains four large chambers, Urge sitting hall, bath room nnd closets. SECOND BTOnV. K-tlmntiil cost of building, fl,S00. Ar-tl-tie Hemes, published by National lluilJ Ing Plan Association, Detreit, Mich. Itcllrrnient nf Glhlx. Ueorge M. Gibhs, the famous nnu intle nmnteur runner of the Terente At hlutic club, lias retired iwruianently from the pnth. Hid lst record is -tin. '.'" 2-fts., made ut tlie A. A. IT. ehiiiiiplemhlp cnuiesat Detroit last Sep tember In this race he defeated T. P. Cen-ik-iT, tlie itnrdUUince man of this country. CViimeir, however, turned the tables two witls later nt tha Canadian championship Knim, held at Montreal, nnd there was then the pleasing upectacloef seeing the amateur champion one mile runner of America a Canadian, nnd the wune time for Canada an American. It would Ik html te say when both men were fit which would lw the U-tUir nt tliis distance, but if nny odds were j-iveu they would I .lightly hi favor of Conneft" J'c Vui I Sun. Xiitlilni; Knew. We soe by the pajiers that the "Con gress of Hypnotism" is uew-in session tit Paris. Hypnotism that is a jieculiar kind of sleep; deep and profound. We have that kind of a congress iu this country, but It won't meet utitil next winter, unless the president calls an ex trasessiuu. Burdettein Brooklyn Kagle (ieerci l.lltlewoetl's lli-tlrrlll-lit. Oeorge I.utleveul, the champion six day go-es-jeu-pjenm iiedestriau, hu perinuiieutly ri tired from the track ou account of nn at-U-k et muscular rheumatism. This has ca ca ceurugn Hcrty te challenge Alberts te a race for the world's championship. """"" '"r-';afyeita ;Tjrii)Pac Perch. IPintru'lct. r"i I Kitchen.. HOining'tioem. Pored. Hall. I Parler., i i-i r Clv Ctiamtirjl ChambtrJ Nlhl B - Sitt7j nU. I i Bilceny Ctuwb.rj hmbt I -j5 ..- & fc . -. !!- ,,&.? .. . - fi--i3 fSafc- 5 &''.. - S-..'
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