| Show E day dry 0 g R fal VAL A L S T THE house of representatives ahas taken action on the report of the committee of if milry miary military affairs which was authorized to investigate the expulsion of certain cadets cabets and their subsequent enforced 1 resignation from the military academy at west point it seems cadets cadetis whose navies names are baird fleckinger and und barnes were abse absent U fiam fram from their th air ifal quarters itei questioned about tb their ejr eix abee absence nee ace they denied jt the members of we the first elas clasi were nvere offended at their conduct mad wad ta take ther their punishment bito rito their own hands so they called pilled oil dil the offenders and dragged them gut aut out of bed fur tur furnished them with citizens jc clothes lothes and drummed jhen then out of town I 1 warning wein never to ner nee er turn the officers of the academy academe in elead of taking steps stepa to arrest and M try the first class for their thein outrageous conduct in taking the punishment of their fellow cadets cabets into their own hands bands gava gave official ex expression pres preb n to their b ellef elief that thit the cl class ass were actuated 4 by good motives in ill taking this thib action and suffered the first clash clasa to continue on duty as cadet officers ceis cels I 1 virtually placing the government of the academy and the maintenance nance of its discipline into int oits its mau MaW hands han the officers gors dors also advised the three cadets cabets to resign and dud urged the i I 1 immediate mined late acceptance accetta 4 ce of their resignations the committee in its report censured the officers of the academy for their conduct and closed 6 by recommend recommending recommending in 9 the adoption by the house of the following resolutions resolved Sc solved that the house of re representatives recommend holthe to ithe secretary of war to restore cadets cabets baird FI eckinger Flecking br and barnes to the military academy at west point to take effect with the beginning of the next academic year and then permit them to proceed edwith odwith with the fourth class without further punishment for the offense heretofore committed by them resolved that the house of Re presenta represents tives recommend that the secretary of war convene a court of inquiry for the purpose of ascertaining what members of the first class were instigators and leaders in the affair of january 8 3 at the united states military academy and that such leaders and instigators bo be at once dismissed from the military academy and the remaining members of the class engaged in the IF affair be punished in the discretion of a general court courts martial to be convened for their trial it will be seen that these resolutions have heen been adopted by the house and it is decreed that dismissal shall be the punishment of the leaders and instigators of the first class and court martial shall decide what the fate of the others shall be we see ic it stated that the leaders of the class in this riotous affair are a son of president grant a son of col townsend adjutant general and a stepson of admiral dahlgren they were probably encouraged or thrust forward by their comrades with ahe view that their influential relatives relative would screen them from punishment but the house committee and the house itself take a different view of the cad cae case this is not the only time that the first class at west point has been guilty of taking affairs into their own hands four years yearb ago a part of the first class elass took a cadet andi andt and without any cause branded chief it upon him and drummed him from thel ther point the tar of the offense offence was tried by court martial convicted and sentenced to be dismissed but hut on application to the authorities at SV ashington the thet sentence entell ce was remitted and CHouse thet flie House committee comm I 1 atee in speaking bf this transaction say that the recent outrage must be regarded as in parti the fruit of the clemency th en shown resolutions ibe yie 6 7 carried out the anat arat class clasi ali bao ble 1 l likely key to discontinue this kind bf manly amp amusement emerit eme fit ft r 1 journal of the tac ar telegraph ph ia Is published at new newyork in the interest of telegraphy magnetic motive power the editor of this journal jQ firnal feels strong ly ly induced iad fad to hall hail as the comlus worker fon for millions of men and for purposes innumerable reay heay s if bj q nol noi mistaken we ar are oja eja in the dawn of ofa A ne new W economic safe efficient motive power he proceeds to state to his readers what he has seen been A ato ago he says we accompanied on invitation beveral several gen gentlemen tle tie to the works of mr arl H M payne Pa ylie of newark N J on a small shelf we found a daniels battery of four cells the ingredients of which were the bl hr ornate of pot ash in the porous cells 1 w T yv and dilute sulphuric j acid cief citi of ordinary or binary strength in the outer vessel it was entirely inodorous beneath if it firmly bolted to the floor wab was waa an iron circular frame of a diameter of aba about ut eighteen inches the width of the periphery or rim being about five inches five apertures aper tures equidistant equi distant were cn into the edge or face of this iron case three and a half inches in length and of the width of the frame into theda theste were inserted the faces fades of five iron iron core cores colled c oll oli ed with w ith what seemed tous no I 1 4 covered d cop per wire r standing ta out from fro m the frame and firmly r m y fastened f en e d thereto in the iii in tenor was a w wheel eel on whose rim were set six additional magnets the same as on the iron case and BO so set that the faces of the magnets in their revolutions would meet each other at different yet periods corresponding with the thib double crank device in locomotives to prevent stevent a dead centre by acting on the periphery ail ali all waste of power was of bourse course avoided on the shaft which extended from thel the magnet wheel there was placed a beit belt wheel of the usual diameter I 1 connecting conn epting with a wheel shaft on bu the ceiling which in its turn was wag connect connectedly connected edby by a belt belc with a circular saw on a bench no power was gained by the diameter of the wheels as they were all equivalents of each other the wires were then connected when on oil the lu instant stant great rapidity of motion was WM at once acquired the floor of the room shaking violently with the power devela develd developed pad pieces of wood were sawn rapidly and without apparently disturbing the rapidity or evenness of the motion two gentlemen weighing pounds each endeavored to stop the motion of the wheel ty by the pressure of a concave brake having a surface six inches by four bearing on the belt wheel but without visible effect this thid rapid and effective action has been beell watched nine consecutive hours by investigating vesti gating parties artles arties without any perceptible cep tible of power and with a consumption of less than thau half abound of zinc a cost of less than half a cent per hour the power developed was rated at two horse and can be maintained for twenty four hours without intermission at a maximum maxi nidin cost of ten cents such at least is the statement made to ns us by mr payne and confirmed by a well known gentleman who thoroughly examined it by increase of ti diameter alameter and width or nr by multiplication of wheels and the number of magnets the power can cali be largely increased so we were assured by the bame same number of ceils cells this was proven by the fact that by the addition of wire in the circuit of sufficient fent length to surround another set of magnets no diminution of power was apparent although the mhd action of the battery was necessarily less thus another wheel with nillar similar si power could have been added the four cells we saw were stated as capable of maintaining the speed and power produced in our presence nor for sixty hours without renewal at the cost of about a single tage stage fare on ori broadnay broadway per day in referring lo 10 the wonderful extent to which this hiew fiew new motive powe may be applied if til the statements made 6 con cont berning it prove to 16 he correct the editor bays says I 1 we may yet see bee e the atlan atlantic uc crossed crosse by huge vessels propelled without aa ounce by bya a power the initiative of which the captain capt aln ain may ilace place besida his writing deskin his big cabin which a child can cad apply and the bittles t fingen finger may stop the be grimed inhere furnace man mazi ray then come out from these hese lower hells and anix walk the agthe passenger ils iks and a nd the blazing fares fires ba put 91 94 and it ft may be chat in the mys mya ite ltd rious workings 0 the almighty these P tl e electric forces which ar nce ace e on evelyb avery every hand and developing the themselves melves as aalthe the life ilfe bf I 1 the hw woi wot ld id quickening its pulses from pole to pole able the cause of growth and the cardinal element brement of 4 a power the limit of which la Is yet unknown may be Q ordain ed td remove from man part hart att art of he curse of toll toil unbending the he hi borers laborers back and adin to stand erect as at the r farst first jy JW was john randolh randolph we wt belleve relieve who jn in speaking of washington called it ube the uhe city cit of magnificent distances instances iut tub ti ii since his day da great changes have jeen een effected at the capital nf nt the aaton naton ion lon naion nalon Froman erom from an article in the til evening star on ozi the status of washington we learn that lp in 1860 washington stood number seven beven zin lin respect peet to the per of growth show flag bg an increase duning during the decade then ending of perce percent per cent ut of the fourteen cities which were ahead of washington in point of population at that time six led her in the quantity of per of increase as follows in the order named brooklyn F st it louis buffalo philadelphia louisville and new york but in 1870 her rank among the fourteen i n cities then containing over one hundred thousand inhabitants anesin in respect to per of increase was number four being led in this trying fest test of growth only by the cities of chicago san ban francisco franciaco and st louis in the order named the per in washington ashington NV dur duri 1 ing the last len ten en years afis was while that of thet the three cities lead leading ingher her was respectively and prom this it will be ue beed seed seen been that the I 1 ratio of increase jn creasi creast of population in washington has been greater than that of any of the tho larger largen cities oh oil the atlantic slope elope JOHNW eorney FORNEY in o of public men illustrates the up mei Wei business hess bess sagacity of stephen A daug douglas las by relating ho how bow N the tha fatt fait iatter latter er induced him hirm to purchased purchase a share in superior city at fond du lac the head of lake superior he hd borrowed 2600 2500 2600 2500 for th the purpose and th then th atthe at the request of mr douglas divided bis hia share equally equall with a friend he cut put his remaining ulf cio halo half share into five parts and sold and gave threet threes r fifth fifths to other othen trien frien friend d s si he re realized from the remainder he closed by saying for that I 1 was indebted to stephen A douglas and piously adds god bless him 11 when A man van makes makess at nine tine line speculation like th that a he be is apt to fel feel el good and d it Is perhaps lueky lucky for the little giant glant that the venture turned out put well weli for if mr for neya purchase had bad re resulted suited jn loss th the e recollection of that borrowed 2 2500 SW would have so troubled mr F thae thai thal that the tue anecdote if told at all might have had a jess pious termination the tilee american builder chicago for february contains an excellent editorial artiel article on thene thet needom edof skilled labor in which a comparison Is instituted between the en ea glish gush and american methods of workmen the writer explains the reason remon for BO so frequently chasing foreign workmen ta labor in many of the american manufactories manu factories particularly what may be termed the e cominer commercial cial industries the american workman while otten often of ten a valuable man is noticeable rather for his adaptability and originality than in qualities of precision and thoroughness of execl tian but the european workman travels in ill a clearly defined and beaten track of labor and haying having a special end in view does his work with almost absolute skill for the performance of a special work the latter workman is superior to the amerlean american but bat when a man is required to adapt himself to circumstances the american is undoubtedly superior the writer argues that it is for epenial work that the laborer is in nine cases out of ten required the men who attend te U d loom looms 8 I 1 orlay or lay brick brlek and stone or work at the forge are not expected to eyer ever 11 change work as do the farmers in the lcou country and help each other in time of need were this the case the american adaptability would be more wanted is workmen who can pan do the work skillfully and perfectly and of bf such men the writer says there are eis sis T the e cause of bf this thia difference between een of the wd awo continents he ile at attributes tributes to the daffe r elit erit systems of ap sp snip which pr prevail eVall ewall here and hele bele TI it lla iia A certainly not pot ill in lack lick of on the part of the amerie american an to masten master amter the details of a trade but there id 14 a shrinking on the part of both parents had aid sid oad child this thib country from the tehyi of apprenticeship which is 16 nee hec necessary essary to form a finished workman he says that it be 18 understood I 1 that the boy who spends fave five or seven years of his early life in becoming equal to his work vork ia Is likely to be much better aff at the age of thirty than one who without preparation begins at once to receive wages wilkes which evell unskilled labor commands in america the sp apprentice system its as practiced in england aud arid other othet countries s of europe is doubtless attended with many evis ovis which v aich press too hard upon the indentured youth but he Is compelled to admit that the system produces excellent workmen hemin he id in favor however of discarding these devilb hild hilj anu ana adopts adopting ng a system by which yount young youn soun men will receive the ne cesary necessary education for the proficient performance of their work in the west there is a glut of untrained muscle and skilled labor Is ever in demand and the man who has devoted himself to his trade for years and knows ita its every trick and hab has ae acquired the manual dexterity dexterity in execution which comes by long practice can always obtain a good price for his services such men are accustomed to the careful per faction of their work and deen deem ida lda it almost af a sin an to 81 slight any portion of it but the man who enters upon the duties of his bis trade deficient in that knowledge of its requirements which Is most essential is i full of devices to diminish labor and seeks to do his work quickly and not with that exactitude and care which are tare T THE iii lii suez canal has now been opened over abear a year and the there thero has bee nUme to test the chances of its success as a financial undertaking the london economist of ofa a jata lat date has an article in relation to it and sad if its statements are correct the results of the yearns business are very unsatisfactory and furnish no grounds to hope that financially |
