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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1902.

ROTENBTJRG ER'S BAIL. NEW PUBLICATIONS. NEW PUBLICATIONS. THANKSGIVING DONATION. GUFF DWELLERS OF MEXICO WRAPPING ON GABLES OF NEW EAST RIVER BRIDGE Perhaps the most beautiful love story ever penned.

A great novel." 'Brooklyn Eagle. permanent coating of the wires, remaining always soft and moist, and be unaffected by heat, cold or water. Contrary to these expectations, it was learned by experience which extended over a time of Ave or six months that the fluid oil In the mixture either evaporated or was affected by the fumes of vessels and neighboring factories. Like other paints the slushing 'oil covering became dry and therefore at some places defective, requiring frequent retouching and suggesting an apprehension that, in spite of the superior qualities of slushing oil, it might not be safe to trust the preservation of the cables entirely and exclusively to the compound. This apprehension, but still more, the consideration that the sheet iron covering, though waterproof, would not be airtight, and that the air space between it and the cable, be3ide Its advantages, had also the disadvantage of causing the moisture of the air In that space to be condensed and precipitated on the cable, with the probability of remaining there forever, led O.

F. Nichols, the present chief engineer of the New East Klver Bridge, to the conclusion to have the slushing oil covered cable inclosed with some waterproof wrapping. After numerous experiments with different material, conducted by Assistant Engineer H. Robinson, it was decided to use a soecial cable compound known as "durable metal coating." This "cable compound" consists principally of oxidized linseed oil mixed with other ingredients and In proportions which are the inventions of Professor A. H.

Sabin. As far as can be learned It seems' that the cable compound is not materially different from the durable metal paint, but it is prepared in different proportions of the ingredients and of a more solid consistency, which can be reduced to a fluid at a temperature of 350 degrees F. The method in which this "cable compound" is used for protecting the cables and how the latter are wrapped, with a waterproof material can best be understood from the following, a part of an abstract from Mr. Nichols' specifications: "Each cable shall receive an additional coating of slushing oil and graphite, and then be wrapped between each pair of adja Everyone is talking about it, and it is called the most intimate story of a woman's life ever told." You must get it and enjoy it. For sale everywhere.

Sixth Annual Event of Freundschafts bund "Well Attended. A great many delegations of the societies constituting the Plattdeutsche Volksfest I Vereln attended last night's sixth annual ball of the Rotenburger Preundschaftsbund at! Arion Hall. The Confectioner's Society, Captain N'ic. Cordes, and the Amt Dorum Wurster Vereln. Ed.

Mollenhauer. president, attended in a body and were heartily welcomed by John D. Plls, president of the Rotcnburgers. i Other societies represented ere the i Volksfest Vereln, H. Behrens.

treasurer; Krels Syker Vereln, Rhader Vereln. Koeh lener Tent, Amt Dorum Women's Society and others. Richard Wendelken had charge of the floor, assisted by Peter Voss, Gus. Dreycr, F. Hin nenkamp, William Specker.

William Krohn. Tho reception committee consisted of Peter Kuecks, chairman; John Charles Schmidt, Richard Specker. William Kappel mann. William Dombrowsky. William Tie mann.

The committee of arrangements were: H. J. Ahrens, chairman; George Wisrhbusen. Herman Heber, E. F.

Wehnke, Frederick Wllshusen. The officers of the society are: John D. Pils. president; William Schroeder. vice president; Henry J.

Ahrens, ex president; John C. Krohn, pro secretary: George Pohn dorf, financial secretary; H. H. Bruns, treasurer; Herman Pape, trustee. IN DIXIE LAND.

Songs and Tales of the South Make Up the Programme at Chiropean Meeting. A large assemblage of members and guests of Chiropean spent yesterday afternoon sojourning In Dixie Land through the medium of "Songs and Tales of Dixie." the topics of the day. Mrs. E. P.

Terhune (Marion Harland) and Henry Gaines Hawn were guests of the club and contributed greatly to its entertainment. The committee on literature and art. Miss Laura V. RoaUe. chairman, had charge of the programme.

In presenting the topics Roake mentioned three periods of Southern history which were represented by as many types of The writers and orators of the first type were those who hud lived through the great struggle of tin: Civil War and had poured out speeches and writings in the white heat of emotion. Tlfe second class were those whom the war just touched in youth and the third those of the present day, to whom It was given to take a broader view of things. Among other Southern writers Sidney Lanier was referred to, and instanced as one whose fame was steadily growing despite the tardy recognition accorded him. Mrs. Terhune was scheduled for an address, but when she arose to speak declared that she had a bone to pick with the club for putting the word address before her name.

"I never made an address in my life." she said, "and never intend to. I did promise though that I would talk a little of Southern life. I am Teminded right here of an after dinner speech I once heart? an Irishman make. The first words he said were 'Before I begin to talk I want to say "Now," added the speaker, "before 1 begin to talk I want to say something." She then gave: entertaining reminiscences of her life in Virginia. Touching upon the subject of negro oratory Mrs.

Terhune said that culture was fast spoiling the originality of the negro. She recited parts of a sermon by John Jasper and pronounced it the most eloquent she had ever heard. In conclusion she gave the prayer of an old mammy as another example of negro eloquence. "The Literary Heritage" was the subject of a comprehensive paper by Miss Marion E. Coppernoll, who spoke of the chief end of literature as the 'expression of life and experience.

Puritan New England found intense expression in literature, she said, and while the Revolution created a period for South and North, it was not until stripped of Its energy by the Civil War that the South received a literary impulse. In introducing Mr. Hawn the president, with her customary felicity of phrase, referred to the absence of "Dorothy Dix," who had been expected to be the guest of the club. "It is said that a great disappointment is sure to be followed by a great pleasure," she announced. "Now, Mrs.

Dix is the disappointment, and Mr. Hawn is the pleasure." The selections given by Mr. Hawn were for the most part sketches in negro dialect which elicited continuous laughter and applause from the audience. Among them were "The Higher Education." "Dorothy Dix" and "An Easter Symbol," Ruth McEnery Stuart. "My Springs" and other poems by Sidney Lanier.

Mr. Hawn prefaced with an enthusiastic eulogy of the poet. The musical part of the programme, consisted of Southern and negro melodies, rendered by Mrs. Eugene J. and the Chiropean Carol Club.

Mrs. Grant, who was accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Florence Brown Shepard! sang "Hush a by, Honey." and "Miss Mellndy." The Carol Club was heard In "Swing Low. Sweet Chariot," Burleigh and "Dixie." arranged by J. L.

Browne. Mrs. Charles B. Bartram presided over the meeting, which was held as usual at the Knapp Mansion, preceded by a luncheon. HARMONY RESTORED.

Deutscher Liederkranz Women's Chorus Reorganized as Section of General Society. The committee appointed at the annual meeting of the Deutscher Liederkranz to take the necessary steps to. bring back harmony into the ranks of the women's chorus and to have the interests of the men and women's sections Join, has completed its work. Conferences have been held by the members of the committee, August H. Tlemann, R.

Ullrich and A. Von der Clott, with the different factions of the chorus during the past week and it was finally decided, that the differences and difficulties easily could be settled by having the Liederkranz Itself take general charge of tho affairs of the women's chorus. The latter will be considered a section only of the Liederkranz and officers of the women'B chorus will not be elected any more but a secretary. The board of managers of the society huving approved of the decision reached last night, a meeting of the members of the women's chorus will be held next week, when the reorganization will be effected and a secretary elected. SCIENTIFIC POACHERS.

It appears, according to the French newspapers, that the first month's pheasant shooting has been rather a failure this year, and that Parisian sportsmen returning from their country estates are complaining bitterly of the evil deeds of poachers, who seem to have had a very successful time among the birds. It is said that now particularly in the "shootings" near Paris the poachers make use of dark lanterns burning acetylene gas. The beam of strong light suddenly Hashed upon the game blinds and hypnotizes them to such an extent that they can be taken without string or wires or any artificial aid Just with the hand. Criminals in France seem to make the most of modern science. Only recently a gang of burglars were caught owing to their automobile coming to grief Golden Penny.

TABERNACLE SERVICES. The two weeks' services of special meetings Inaugurated November 9 and conducted by the Singing Evangelist, Mrs. Grace Wel ser Davis, were suspended on. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of this week on account of the death of the pastor of the church, as previously announcea in me rcnelo the Rev. C.

C. Lasby, D. D. Tuesday and Wednesday evenings were needed for the purpose of making necessary arrangements for the funeral and to permit the body of Dr. Lasby to lie in state in the church, to be viewed by friends who were unable to attend the funeral services, which were held at 2 o'clock on Wednesday TO EARTH AT LAST, After Five Years' Search Carl Lumholtz Discovers Tribe That Lives in Caves.

RARE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS. Explorer Spent Five Years Investigating Lived Two Years Alone With the Tarahumares. "Unknown Mexico, a Record of Five Years Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre" (Seribner's. 2 $12) Is the record of Carl Lumholtz' attempt to locate the almost mythical cave dwellers of Mexico. It is a work of travel, adventure and archaeology of rare value and interest, profusely and excellently illustrated by photographs, colored pictures of primitive pottery and decorations.

Mr. Lumholtz made his first start In the winter of under the auspices of the Natural History Museum and the Geographical Society of New York with a large party of scientists; money ran short and the party was gradually reduced. The explorer traveled 20.000 miles to and fro from Mexico to New York in successive efforts to raise fuuds and in '''S he exhibited his finds at the Chicago exhibition. Finally he continued his researches alone. The first expedition failed to find Carl Lumholtz, M.

Explorer of Unknown Mexico. traces of existent cave dwellers; the second discovered them in the Tuhumare Indians of the Sierra Madre. In the State of Chihuahua. To win their confidence and learn their language and habits, Mr. Lumholtz lived among them for a year and a half.

His investigations afford a unique insight into the ethnical status of the Mexican Indians at the time of the Spanish conquest and illuminate certain phases in the development of the human race. "It was in these barrancas that I was to find the gentile (pagan) Indians I was so anxious to meet. From where I stood the country seemed forgotten, lonely, untouched by human hand (a photograph shows a terrible wilderness of bare rock split by profound ravines). Shrubs and trees were clinging to the rocky brows of the barrancas and vegetation could be seen wherever there was sufficient earth to support It: but on' the whole the country looked barren and lifeless. It seems as if the Indians must extract a living out of rocks and stones; but when wc came down into the barranca and into the ravines we came upon patches of cultivable land and small areas of pasture, although extremely precipitous." "Are these cave dwellers related to the ancient clllf dwellers on the oouthwestern part of the United States and northern Mexico? Certainly not.

Their aversion to living more than one family in a cave and their lack of sociability mark a strong contrast with the ancient cliff dwellers, who were by nature gregarious. The Tarahumare is very intelligent, but backward in the arts and industries. The women weave admirable design's in girdles and blankets and this seems the limit of their capabilities. Their pottery is crude and its decoration Infantile. The Tarahumare never lives all his life in one cave, nor will he leave It forever.

He rarely stays away from it more than two or three years, unless a death has occurred in it. The families are nomadic, changing their abodes several times a year, or once a year or every other year." The Tarahumare's form of leave taking is to say "I go." The Chinese, the politest people on earth, use the same expression, "I walk." The custom of the country is for the girl oooocoooeooooo ooooooooooco 8 Among the Schools, O0O'3OO0C50C5OOO00OO0O0O0O' Commercial High School. About thirty members of the Senior Literary Society offered themselves as candidates for the trial debate, preparatory to the debate with the Thirteenth Street High School of Manhattan. From these eight have been, chosen, who will debate before the society at its next meeting, on December 2. The new system of electric bells throughout the school will be in working order in about two weeks.

Berkeley Institute. The studio of the Berkeley Institute was opened yesterday afternoon to the patrons and friends of the school with an exhibition of photographs of classic paintings, which was enjoyed by a large number of visitors. The collection was made by Miss Shirley Turner during her travel in Europe the past summer. It contains several hundred beautifullly executed photographs, all from the original paintings. All of the classic schools of painting are represented, but the larger part of the collection is devoted to the Italian masters of the Rennais sance period.

Miss Turner spent a good portion of the summer in Italy and made her selection of photographs in the galleries, aiming to include everything of an important interpretative value. The collection will remain on the walls of the studio a few days, In order that many more may have tho opportunity or inspecting it. The seniors have presented upon the chapel stage (luring the past week a number of taking recitations. Miss Dorothy Storey captured the whole student body Thursday morning with a recitation in character called "Aunt Elnara's Hero." Longfellow's "King Robert of Sicily" was given by Miss Josette Eclusc. Miss Mae Warlow presented a humorous sketch by Mrs.

Burnett, entitled "Editha's Burglar," arid Miss Marion Wright recited James Whitcomb Riley's "Prior to Miss Belle's Appearance." The classes in physics and chemistry are rejoicing in the arrival of a large invoice of new apparatus and The shelves of the laboratory now present very much the appearance of a slick, new drug store and the operations at the working tables now are going busily forward. OLD TAVERN BURNED. Saratoga, N. November 21 The old Captain John Erkenbrack tavern at Greenfield Center, Saratoga County, was burned to day. The Annual Event at Church Charity Foundation Was Well Patronized.

The annual reception and Thanksgiving donation of the Church Charity Founda tion, was held yesterday in the various buildings on Herkimer street and Atlantic and Albany avenues. The festival was opened at 11 o'clock yesterday morning and continued until 10 o'clock last night. Unusual activity was displayed in each of the buildings all day long. At 11 o'clock when the institution was thrown open to its many friends, the buildings were attractively dec Orated with ferns and palms and the tablc3 and booths In the different rooms were gay Iy decorated with immense bouquets of vario colored flowers, principally banks or enry santhemums and smllax and. a number of species of ferns.

A lunch was served in the orphanage from 12 to 2 o'clock yester day afternoon and light refreshments during the rest of the afternoon and evening. At night a hot dinner was served In the Home for the aged. Donations of all kinds rolled into the Foundation the whole day long. Many barrels of good things for the store room and pantry were received from the numerous friends of the Foundation on Long Island. A member of the festival committee said last night that it could not be stated just how much merchandise had been received, nor could any comparison be made with previous yearsT At 3 o'clock the children of the institution gave a very interesting entertainment in the school room.

The entertainment included songs, recitations and musical selections. At night the Bedford Orchestra gave a mu slcale in the orphanage, rendering the following programme: Intermezzo "Cavalleria Rustlcana" Mascagnl Orchestra. A Creole Love Song Kdcar 13. Smith Miss Florence K. LansstalT.

Reverie Fauconlor Orchestra. Flower Song, violin solo G. Langer C. Jackson. Canzonetta Felice Lansey Orch A Winter Lullaby R.

1e Kovcn Miss Florence K. Langstaff. Meditation Fauconler Grandma. Violin solo. G.

Langer C. Jackson. Zug der Frauen Wagner Orch. stra. Miss Langstaffs selections highly pleased Ihe audience.

The orchestra was composed of the following members: William P. Bannister, George E. Couch. J. M.

Hyde. B. W. Jones, George Needham. H.

S. Standinger, Miss Grace Corwin and Miss Florence E. Langstaff and C. E. Jackson.

Mrs. J. Elliott Langstaff was chairman of the refreshment committee and was assisted by the following women attending ihe many refreshment tables: Mrs. L. M.

Snyder. Mrs. Webb, Mrs. William Martin, Mrs. D.

F. Bur tis, Mrs. Frederick Jones, Miss Marion Low, Miss M. A. Hudson.

Miss B. F. Petty and Miss Kay. The diningroom committee was composed of Mrs. Otto Heinigke, Mrs.

F. C. Co cheu, Mrs. G. W.

Taylor, Mrs. C. S. Kennedy, Mrs. J.

D. Snedeker, Mrs. W. E. Fort, Mrs.

George Hopkins, Mrs. George Goodwin, Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Glldden and Miss Don nellon. At the dinner in the of the Home for the Aged the Right Rev.

Frederick Burgess, bishop of the diocese of Long Island, was the principal guest. The "festival was attended by a great many clergymen of this city and elsewhere, Including the Right Rev. Frederick Burgess, Canon Henry B. Bryan, the Revs. J.

C. Jones, R. F. Alsop. Robert Rogers, C.

F. J. Wridley, W. A. Swan, F.

N. Norris, H. C. Swentzel, H. R.

Bridges, Albert C. Bunn, F. Sattlg, F. G. Bachus and Bishop Falkner.

The Thanksgiving donations were in charge of a festival committee of fifty or more women with Mrs. J. R. Wendover as chairman. The current issue of "The Helping Hand," a monthly publication gotten out by the Church Charity Foundation, was found especially attractive and had an unusually large sale.

The institutions maintained by the Foundation are: John's Hospital, Atlantic and Albany avenues; the Orphan House, in Albany avenue; the Home for the Aged, in Herkimer street; the Sisters' House. Herkimer the Orphans' Press, 1,555 Atlantic avenue, and' the Church Home for the Blind. Reception committee Mrs. Edwin Beers, Mis6 B. S.

Van Nostrand. Miss J. M. Brush, Mrs. F.

I. Butler, Mrs. C. Belden, Mrs. C.

Joost, Mrs. Brydges, Mrs. Heinigke. Refreshment committee Mrs. J.

Langstaff, Mrs. C. Kissam. Mrs. Timothy Tredwell, Mrs.

George Hopkins, Mrs. William Holden, Miss H. Hunter. Mrs. G.

B. Goodwin, Mrs. Powall, Miss Bessie Skldrnore, Miss Conk lin, Mrs. L. M.

Snyder. Mrs. Webb, Mrs. William Martin, Mrs. D.

F. Burtls, Mrs. Frederick Jones, Miss Marlon Low. Miss M. A.

Hodgson. Mrs. B. F. Petty.

Miss M. Kay. Miss M. Van Wicklyn. Miss Adams, MiBS Onyon, Miss Hanna, Miss F.

Hanna, Miss A. Bunn, Miss M. DeGrove, Miss Blatchford. Entertainment committee Mrs. A.

D. God dard, Mrs. Frank D. Goddard, Mrs. Pigot, Miss Ferris, Mrs.

Powall, Miss Greenwood, Miss Eddy, Miss G. Weber. Information Bureau Mrs. J. M.

King and Mrs. J. S. Mowry. Treasurer Mrs.

G. K. Whitbeck. Candy table Mrs. J.

H. Juvesson, chairman; Mrs. G. B. Goodwin.

Miss Cross, Mrs. Mitchell, Miss Robelee. Miss E. Cross, Miss M. Fatton, Miss Runft, Miss Lockitt, Miss Bush, Mrs.

E. F. Howell, jr. Miss Russell, Miss Jeffries and Miss Block. Waitresses Miss Bush, Miss E.

M. Luyster, Miss E. Packard, Miss Helen Tompkins, Misses Cogswell, Miss Hull, Miss Damon, Mi6s Jackson, Miss Shoomaker, Miss Miner, Miss G. Hull, Miss Atwater, Mrs. M.

A. Hoag and Miss Murphy. Flower table Miss E. Goodwin, Miss Rankin, Miss Harry RoGeland, Miss J. Moore.

Handkerchief table Mrs. John Anderson and Mrs. G. W. Ball.

Store room Mrs. J. Emslie and Miss M. Henderson. Lemonade table Mrs.

Gladden, Mrs. Jose lyn. Irs. Wells, Miss Neale and Miss White. Coffee table Mrs.

J. M. Alexander. THIRD ANNUAL BAZAR. Church of the Fraternity of Soul Communion Event Opens.

The third annual bazar of the Church of the Fraternity of Soul Communion opened last night in the basement of the church building of the Aurora Grata Cathedral, Bedford avenue and Madison street, and will continue to night and to morrow. The Ladies' Auxiliary have charge of the fair and hope In the three days this year to more than double the $600 that they made In a like space of time last year. Miss Susan Hoff Is the president of the auxiliary and Mrs. J. Markwell Is the chairman of the social committee having charge of the fair.

There are two fancy goods booths and other booths for the sale of perfumery, groceries, pictures, books, candy and china. Among other things in the fair is a wheel of fortune, having thirty numbers on It. Sticks containing three numbers are sold for five cents a stick and the holder of the winning number gets the prize. The sporty boys of the church will probably plunge at this feature of the fair. PEARL SKINNING.

The lapidary was skinning a. pearl. He had very delicate kid gloves on, and the glasses that he wore had lenses of such great magnifying power that his eyes, through them, looked as big as saucers. "I wear gloves." he said, "because the hands perspire freely in this work, and perspiration has often been known to discolor pearls. This stone was leered by the accidental dropping on It of some acid.

The disaster discolored it, you see. With this very delicate little tool I am removing its outer skin, and if I find that the acid has filtered through and discolored the inner skin also, I may. remove that as well. A pearl, you see, is composed of concentric layers, or skins, and vou can. if you are a clever workman, peel it down and down until it disappears." Golden Penny.

GEINDLE SPEAR. (Special to the Eagle.) New Haven, November 21 Miss Edith C. Spear and John L. Grindle, a draughtsman employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, were married at the home of the bride in this city on Wednesday evening, by. ttie Rev.

W. J. Mutch. After a short wedding tour, the csunlo will take up their rest'siite on Montague Terrutc, Erklyn. Will, It Is Believed, Be as Durable as the Covering of Egyptian Mummies.

ROEBLING METHODS IMPROVED. Old and New Methods and Experiments Described and Compared Economy Is Sought by Officials. 1 The simple means employed for preserving old wire suspension bridges Have, in course of time, been Improved and modern Inventions have added new means, so that at. present there Is no apprehension felt for the durability of wire cables, says Wilhelm Hildebrand, in the Engineering News, and the only question with engineers and cable builders is: Which of the known means will suit best the 'given conditions or will be most economical? In deciding these questions it may naturally be Supposed that it often becomes a.imere matter of opinion or personal preference, in absence of experience or of facts which clearly prove the superiority or Inferiority of one or the other known rust protectors. The method decided upon for preserving the cables of the new East River Bridge is radically different from anything done hitherto, but while it has the credit of novelty and the probability of success, it is still lacking the test of time.

For the past fifty years or more all large wire cables have been protected from atmospheric influences by a method originated by John A. Roebling, that pioneer of suspension bridges, whose spinuing in the air process of cable making has never been surpassed, and which was repeated in its main features in the construction of the new East Rive; Bridge cables At the time of the early bridges built by Roebling the use of steel for building purposes was unknown, and the SKETCH SHOWING" METHOD OF. WRAPPING TH art of galvanizing metal as a rust protector was. not yet invented. The wire for those bridges consisted of bright iron wire, which treated in the following manner: Each ring of wire was dipped twice in boiled linseed oil, the second dipping being done after "the oil of the first dipping was thoroughly dried.

These two immersions in oil, after the latter became perfectly dry, surrounded the wire with a gummy film, to which a third coat of oil was added by passing the wire through an oil saturated sheepskin, when it ran off from the drums for cable spinning. After a number of wires were united and tied into a "strand" the latter received another thorough soaking of oil. which added a fourth coating and gave assurance that any spot Qf a wire from which the oil film might have been off during the cable spinning was covered wltn at least one coat of oil. A cable in which every wire is prepared, as indicated above, may be considered tolerably 'rustproof for years, if properly kept painted, but permanent safety can only be obtained by excluding all moisture from the interior of the cable, which requires a water tight and air tight covering. Such a covering was given by Roebling to all of his cables by a tight and continuous wire wrapping over the whole length of the cable, exempting only those parts resting in the saddles or passed through the end shoes.

The wrapping was put on by a specially constructed machine, worked by hand, preceded by strong clamps, which squeezed the bundle of strands into a cylindrical form of the required diameter. The wrapping wire was underlaid by a thick coating of white lead, mixed with linseed oil, and a similar coa was applied to the top of the After that the cables were painted with metallic or oxide paint, of any desired color. The paint was put on thick enough to fill the hollows between the wrapping wires, making the surface of the cable practically smooth and giving it the appearance of a solid cylinder. As experience has demonstrated, there is no doubt that cables protected by the above described methods are well preserved and may be safe for centuries. This fact, however, is no argument for assuming that no other means of protection could be applied which might be better and give a still greater probability of permanency.

It is probable that Chief Engineer L. L. Buck of the New East River Bridge was actuated by an idea of that kind when he concluded to abandon all former cable preserving methods and to make a radical change both in the material to be used for coating the wires and in the manner of inclosing the cables with a waterproof covering. Mr. Buck's cable specification called for bright (not galvanized) wire, which was to receive two coats of linseed 'oil before leaving the factory, and.

after the wires were united into strands, a thorough covering with a certain compound known as "cable shield," which was to fill all the interstices in the cable. After, the cable was clamped and tied with occasional wire wrappings and after covering it again with cable shield, it was to be inclosed in a sheet iron covering. The advantages claimed for the latter, in compari son with a continuous wire wrapping, were twofold: First, it would be absolutely waterproof, and, second, it would, by the air space created between cable and covering, protect the cable from too rapid and too extreme changes of temperature. "Cable shield" is a mixture of pine tar. oils and other ingredients not divulged by the company.

It is an excellent lubricant and rust protector, but its consistency is too stiff and thick to permit it to be satisfactorily applied to cables. The first practical experiment made with cable shield demonstrated that it would never penetrate the interior of the cable to beyond the first or second layer of wires, and that it was even difficult to cover the outside wires satisfactorily. The cable shield was. therefore, abandoned and a hydro carbon compound known as "slushing oil" mixed with 25 per cent, of artificial graphite was substituted. The addition of graphite gives body to the mixture and increases its lubricating qualities.

Experiments made with this compound gave satisfactory results, and "slushing oil" became the material for saturating the strands and covering the' cables of the New East River Bridge. To make sure that each wire in the cable would have at least one coat of slushing oil, the original plan of two coats of linseed oil in the factory was changed to one coat of linseed oil and one coat of slushing oil. The writer takes this opportunity to say that whatever the rust protective qualities of slushing oil may be, it is certainly of great assistance In cable making, and. in this respect, much superior to linseed oil. The gummy film of linseed oil glues the wires together, which makes the work of loosening them, when being formed into strands or at.

the final squeezing of the cables, very hard and difficult, while the lubricating qualities of slushing oil and graphite make that work comparatively easy and insure a tighter squeezed and more compact cable than is possible with linseed oil covered wires. On the other hand, some expectations which recommended the use of slushing oil were not fully realized. It was supposed that the compound would form a perfect and to do all the courting. She is bashful, but. when she has gotten mildly under the influence of the native beer, she tries to attract the swain's attention by dancing clumsily up and down before him on the same upot.

For two or three days they do not speak to each other, but finally she playfully begins to throw pebbles at him. If he does not return them she understands thai he does not care for her. If he throws them back at her she understands that he is She lets her blanket, drop and runs off into the wood and he follows hor. Next day they come home together and the friends are invited to the wedding. Confinements are not expected to take more than one day.

The mother retires alone to the woods, and comes hack wilh the infant, resuming work immediately. Christening takes place when the child is tlir days old. by carrying three i 1 1 through the smoke and branding its head with a charred corncob. Then it is exposed naked for one hour in the sun. 'out it is not washed till it is one year old.

The mother nurses the child till it is years old. EDINBURGH REVIEW CENTENARY, The Great Review Was Established Hundred Years Ago, Last Month. Sidney Smith, First Editor. The fact that the famous Edinburgh Review celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of its founding last month has afforded occasion for a good deal of reminiscent writing of an anecdotal character in the English periodicals. The.

first number of the great review made its appearance in October. 1S02, and its appearance created a certain amount ot" excitement In the political and literary circles of Great Britain, that at this distance of time seems both strange and curious. At this day it would require something more than the founding of a new political periodical, no matter how representative, to stir the pulses of twentieth century politicians or bookmen. But conditions were different in the second year of Ihe nineteenth century and the number of high class reviews and newspapers a good deal smaller than it is now. The Eoinburgh was started as an organ of the British Whigs, and it originated with a set of brilliant young men who in the spring of 1S02 used to meet in Jeffrey's rooms, in Buccleuch place.

Edinburgh. The project was put forward by Sydney Smith that an aggressive Whig journal should be started by that brilliant band of wits which included Henry Brougham. Francis Horner. Thomas Brown, Alexander Hamilton and several others. The first number was edited by Sydney Smith, but he dropped it after the first issue, after which Jeffrey tcok up and retained the editorship till when, on being elected Dean of Faculty, he resigned the position.

The publishers were Messrs. Constable of Edinburgh and Longmans Rees of London, and it is remarkable to see the publication appearing, after a century has elapsed, with the name of Longmans upon its cover. Among the famous earlier reviews are. of course, that by Jeffrey of "Marrnion." and his historical pronouncement upon Wordsworth, beginning. "This will never do." The centenary number publishes a history of the career of the journal, with portraits of ihe great editors and contributors including Jeffrey.

Sydney Smith, Brougham. Macaulay. Macvey Napier. George Cornewall Lewis and the late Mr. Reeve.

There Is also a portrait of Mr. Longmans. ST. CLAIR IN ROMANCE. "The Heritage" (Houghton), by Barton E.

Stevenson, author of "A Soldier of Virginia." i3 a good book for boys, teaching the history of the early settlements on the Ohio under St. Clair. Its earlier chapters contain some Revolutionary pictures Arnold when commanding the foray into Virginia. Washington at the surrender of Yorktown which exhibit unusual self constraint of style. The climax of the St.

Clair expedition is a battle with Indians, in which the American Y. P. S. C. E.

ENTERTAINMENT. Little Folks of the First Reformed Church in Tableaux. The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor of the First Reformed Church. Seventh avenue and Carroll street, gave an entertainment last night. The affair was largely attended and was a decided success.

The entertainment consisted of a series of tableaux representing well known pictures. Among them were: "The Golf Girl." by Miss Lillian Marler; "Thanksgiving Morning in ihe Colonial Days." by Miss Eleanor B. Jones and Walter J. Berry; "Aunt Elnora's Hero." by Miss Ethel Burnes, with illustrations by Miss Cora M. Osborne.

Frank D. Daniels, J. Jones and Miss Hazel Richardson: "Six Cups of Chocolate," by ihe Misses Gertrude Dltmars. Mabel R. Bartol.

Charlotte Richardson, Daisy Marler. Elizabeth V. Quick and Louise M. Berry; "The Saving of the Boy." by Miss Gertrude Taylor. Eugene L.

Bennett, Alexander McClinchle and Miss Mary S. Nelson. A song, "The Haymakers' Chorus." was given by the Misses Eloise Martin. Ethel M. Bennett, Ellen Quick, and Frederick B.

Ris. John W. Moore, Charles Weddrl, with Miss Eleanor B. Jones, accompanist. A series of representations of well known advertisements was presented by Miss Eloise Martin, Frank Daniels.

Miss Grace Little wood, Daniel Johnson, Miss Elizabeth Nelson, Miss Grade Ruwe, Henry K. Plumb. George Quick, Miss Ida H. Ris. The closing act was called "Good Night." executed by seven little tots in nightgowns and nightcaps singing to their nurse.

Tne participants were Jcannette Llttlcwood Grace Littlcwood, Beuhla Hall. Martha Buckley. May Buckley, Mabel White and Stella Marks. GERMAN AMERICAN LEAGUE. A meeting of the Eighteenth Assembly District Branch of the German American League of Brooklyn will be held at Williams Hall, Fort Hamilton avenue, near East Second street, to morrow night.

Addresses will be made in English and German by Bela Tokajl, Fred Haselberger. Robert Klinger and Otto Streltz. The three Assembly districtsSeventh. Eleventh and Twelfth will be represented by the officers of the various district clubs. Robert Kllneer.

chairman of the cntertain ment committee, is making arrangements for several affairs. Among these will be an entertainment and reception in December, a banquet In February, a musical and theater party at the Orpheum, stag vaudevilles in March. forces are routed and General Butler killed. "A savage slopped before him, and the dying man implored him to end his misery. 'Tan't do it.

the seeming savage answered. 'but I'll get some'n else as'll obleege "lie called in one of the passing warriors, who on the instant raised his tomahawk and hurled it in Ihe head of the prostrate man. Then he hem over him and, with a yell of exultation, tore off his scalp. Nor was that all. lor a moment later two other warriors ripped open the body, cut out the heart and divided it into a dozen pieces." IN THE BOOK MARKET.

Notes Without Comments on What i Autnors ana Are Doing. Th 1 Maemillans publish to morrow. Dr. 's "Memories of a Hundred Years" (2 Svn, f. net).

There is perhaps no writing to day who has such a fund of i I man roc ileciiom; of public events and public men is (Jr. Edward Everett Hale. In this ham prac nry Isomely illustrated volume he embraces tieallv Ihe whole of the nineteenth cen Oue gets a graphic idea of the scope is life's work when one realizes that his of boo Pre opens with John Adams and closes with iident Roosevelt. The illustrations number many rare and curious portraits, woodcuts and facsimiles of interesting letters. There is a particularly interesting chapter on Boston In 1808 among many others equally entertaining.

To go into details about this book would be to I call up the mimes of every prominent man am' woman associated with the country's social and political history during the last I hundred years. It will be, undoubtedly, i one ot the most interesting biographical i works published during the fall. I The Scribncrr announce for immediate publication a book by Mrs. Isobel Strong I and Lloyd Oshourne to be entitled "Memo ries of Vailima." It will be freely illus i rated from photographs in the possesion of Mrs. Stevenson.

Mrs. Strong and Mr. Os I bourne. Aeeording to the annual report of the Bos ton Public Library, in one month, nearly I half of the 2.417 slips in the children's de partment were for Miss Alcott's "Little Men" and "Little Women." Jacob's and Lang's' fairy tales, "Mother Goose," and "Un cle Tom's Cabin." The Frederick A. Stokes Company has ls sued a little volume whose cover is adorned with the golden lilies oy Bourbon France, nmi whose races are dev' ed to an exposition of Mrs.

Leslie Carte in David Belasco's plav of "Do nc book gives a little sketch of the woman whose name furnishes the title to the play, while the (illustrations are portraits oi me mu ui pictures of historical relics connected eitnei with Mmo. Du Barry or with the times in she lived. The little book constitutes tasteful souvenir of the play Itself. (Cloth, cents.) Mr. Samuel MeChord Crothers.

whose attractive juvenile story. "Miss Mullet's Christmas Party." has Just been published by Houghton. Mifflin was born In 1857, at Oswego, but his early life was spent in Southern Ohio. He graduated at Princeton in 1S74 and then studied for the ministry al Union Theological Seminary, New York. had been minister of churches in Eureka, Santa Barbara.

Brattleboro, and St. Paul. Minn. Since 18M he has been at the First, Parish, in Cambridge, and hr has served tor three years as one of the preachers to Harvard University. His new book, which shows a quick sympathy with children's minds, and capacity for Bharing their fancies, is attractively illustrated by Miss Olive M.

Long. Mr. Charles E. Denton's "As Seen From the Ranks." in which he tells the story of his experiences as a private in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment, N. Y.

S. during three years of the Civil War, has been highly commended everywhere as one of the best books, relative to the soldier's side of the war. that has ever been published. The. verdict of praise seems to be practically unanimous.

The Putnams publish the book. "SHE WOULD BE A WIDOW." Comedy Was Presented by Jeffeww Dramatic Stock Company. To an audience that taxed the seating capacity of the Criterion Theater last evening, the Jefferson Dramatic stock company produced the comedy "She Would Be a Widow." The leading role, that of Naomi Rosebud, the widow, was well played by Miss Edna Gate chair, who shared the honors of the evening with Thomas B. Leonard and V. L.

Keith, the latter proving an excellent stage manager. The full cjst employed in the produc I is as follows: lirnjiimin llull.rnut Thomas Leonard I I r. i Vlix Syrup Charles H. I "ni li A hel Sivrno S. J.

Oriswold Willie O.phlr Hill I leptlty Shi rin' I'nun. I t'lidertaker Sclirew. nldown I Ilire.m First Ke. K. I).

Hughes re'rfie rtosener Owens William Owens l. Keith Henry Levin Howard Slance Henry Levin Adelaide Fowler ill K.insh.iw Niionl Miss Kilna tatc cnnlr Mrs. I.v.liu Hrock BLl.lv Nanette Kalscliclll Lillian M. Taylor Miss Salome Park Cecilia F. O'Neill MR.

LEEMAN'S RECEPTION. Charles W. Leeman gave a reception to his many Brooklyn friends Wednesday evening at the Regents' Institute, Lincoln place and Seventh avenue. Mr. Leeman is prominent lawyer of this city and is about to make a trip to Europe.

A colla ion was served and dancing continued until the early hours of the morning. Among those present were Bessie Blackwood, Esther Pawling. Minnie Reilly, Emma D. Woods, May Etringer, Florence Acker man, L. H.

Taylor, Harry Pawling, H. Baum, J. Rivers. Tillie Giebel. B.

L. Matthews, A. Voelker, Bertha Giebel. Florence M. Anna L.

Moore. Gertrude Voelker. L. Moore, Louis S. Bergen, Joseph W.

Ferguson. M. Meilby, J. Perrin Burdick, Robert S. Darbee, H.

T. Butler, William Lockhart, Josephine Dorn, May L. Low, Cherry Oshourne. Elizabeth R. Smith, Ada Pullen, Elfrida Osbournc, John E.

Cooley, George O. Dean. Minnie Blake. Frances Rich. Miss Rooney, Gladys Burn.

Mabel Reynolds. John Dietrich, B. Adams, Hazel H. Carroll, A. Kimball.

Edith Hoffert. Effle W. Kimball. Tillie Burn, Annie Wllkens, A. Rivers, Susan Harrison, F.

A. Duncan, J. Powers, H. L. Fisher.

cent cable bands with 7 ounces cotton duck prepared by cutting it into strips about 7 inches in width ahd filled and coated with the waterproof material herein specified. "The cotton duck filling and coating shall be the 'cable compound' and the filling and coating shall be done by melting and liquefying the compound and passing the duck through it and then between rollers or similar contrivances to remove the superfluous compound. "The cotton duck waterproofing shall then be applied by wrapping continuously around eiach cable between the cable bands with lap enough so that there will be three thicknesses at any point, and shall be drawn or stretched tightly and shall be Joined one layer to the next underneath with a hot CABLES OF THE NEW EAST. RIVER iron or by other satisfactory application of heat. "Two coats of the 'durable metal coating' shall be applied to the surface of the duck covering when completed, with interval of time enough between the application of the first and second coat to allow thorough and proper drying.

No painting or other work in connection with the waterproofing shall be done in damp or unfavorable weather. "The Joint between the cotton duck wrapping and the cable bands shall be sealed with hot 'cable "The cotton duck wrappings shall extend up to and as far into the cable, grooves of saddles as possible. "The ends of saddle grooves are thus to be closed with temporary boards fitting around the. cables and against the ends of saddles. The saddles shall be poured full of the 'cable compound' and the plate iron cover put on and secured with the top bolts, the seam or joint between the saddle and plate on each side beine sealed with the 'cable "The joints between the upper and lower halves of cable band llanges or lugs snail be filled with 'cable compound' as follows: The 'cable compound' shall be calked or driven in with a hot or warm calking iron until the joint is thoroughly filled.

"As soon as the cable bands are in place and the waterproofing applied as hereinbefore specified, the cable cover plates shall be put on, beginning at the main towers and applying them continuously toward the center and the anchorages. "The joints between cable bands and cover plates shall be calked and sealed with compound' and: the seams between the upper and lower halves of cable cover plates shall be coated freshly with 'durable metal as the plates are applied." The contract for doing the work described in the foregoing specifications was awarded to John A. Roebling's Sons of New York, which Btands under the personal management of C. G. Roebling, and which, as builders of the cables and owners of the footbridge, is undoubtedly in the best position fcr fulfilling the terms of the specifications quicker and more economically than anybody else.

Considering that it requires nine tons of cable compound at 20 cents a pound, and that 100,000 yards of cotton duck tape must be' wrapped around the cable with neatness and exactitude, it may he Imagined that this method of cable preservation is quite expensive, costing fully as much as a wire wrapping. It has, however, the advantage of saving time in doing the work, because any desired number of cable sections between two cable bands can be wrapped simultaneously, while a wire wrapping can proceed only from four points In each cable. The sheet iron covering is made of 1 16 inch thick steel plates in two halves, the upper half overlapping the lower, as shown in elevation and section in the adjoining sketch. The two halves are joined about every two feet by straps of steel, which may be riveted to the upper half and pass through lugs riveted to the lower half, as shown in sketch, or which may be loose and pass through two lugs riveted to both halves of the lower plate. The ends of the straps projecting beyond the lugs are bent over, which makes a simple and firm connection.

One cable covering section is about 20 feet long, and, as no sheet steel of that length is in the market, it is made of two lengths riveted together. The length, of each cable covering section changes in every panel in the proportion as the length of the cable curve between two cable bands changes in relation to Its horizontal projection, which is thp same for all sections. The down hill end of each cable band Is bored wider than the diameter of the cable, for the purpose of making. room for the cable covering to be inserted under the cable band for a length of Vk inches. The uphill ends of the cable bands fit snugly around the cable and the covering is placed over the bands with a lap of Vz Inches.

This arrangement makes the water shed off at every point and no water can enter in the cable through any Joint, even if the latter are not calked. With all theses precautions It is doubtrul In the mind of the writer whether this sheet covering alone would be as efficient as the old wire wrapping was, but in combination with the waterproof cotton duck wrapping, as described above, he thinks that air and water will be excluded from the cables as completely and effectively as they were from the dead bodies of the Egyptian kingB, which were treated much in the same manner and which have lasted for thousands. of years. If the "cable compound" is what is claimed for It and what it appears to be an impervious and imperishable coating and with due reliance on the care and thoroughness of the men who have contracted for applying this covering, and who take personal interest in the preservation of the wires and the safety of the bridge, there. is no reason for doubting that the cables of the New East River Bridge, if left undisturbed, will, like the Egyptian mummies, last for many centuries.

MARINE AND FIELD CLUB DANCE. The regular monthly winter dances at the Marine and Field Club were Inaugurated last night at the club house, at Bath Beach, and was well attended. The affair was in the hands of the entortalnment committee and everything passed off pleasantly. Special cars will be run from the bridge for the accommodation of the members and their guests..