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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05

From the Popular Science Monthly.
Recent observations made by Professor A,
Agassiz in the Calumet and Hecla mine
near Lake Superior, to ascertain the rate
at which temperature increases toward the
center of the earth. give a slower rate Of
Increase than has been found in previous
recorded observations. The observations
were made at various depths by placing
registering barometers in holes drilled ten
feet into the rock and plugged with wood
and clay. After the thermometers had re-
manned In place three months the holes
were opeEed and results obtained. The
hig hest temperature recorded at a depth Of
3.5sD feet was 20 degrees Fahrenheit At
depth OF 10 feet the rock temperature
was 30 degrees. Between these limits
there was column of rock. or 4,475 feet
with a difference Of temperature of 20
degrees, or an average increase Of 1 de-
gree for each 223.7 feet. The observatf lions
in the st. Gothard tunnel gave an increase
Of 1 degree for each 80 feet, and those of
Lord Kelvin elsewhere made the increase
1 degree for each 81 feet.
The thickness of the crust of the earth
deduced from Lord Kelvin's rate of in
crease of temperature downward was
twenty miles; from the st. Gothard rate.
twcnty-six miles. Professor Agassiz's rate
would make the crust over eighty miles
thick. 1t is conceded. however, that the close
proximity Of the enormous mass of cold
water in Lake Superior Is a possible source
OF error in observations made in the Calu-
net and Hecla nine
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pursuits should be. and whittier he shall
follow them. QIear, hearD But at the
same time / earnestly desire the mainte-
nance and increase of the rural population
of this country, and 1 rejoice In al pur-
suits that tend toward that increase. Evil
IDENTIFY these pursuits tend TO maintain and
increase the rural population of the coun-
try. / have read even in the course or the
last year very interesting work showing
how many things there are that can be
advantageously done in the country, and L
rejoice in the extensive discoveries OF the
kind, for after all, while We are Delighted
to think how many advantages the inhab-
itants of towns enjoy now that they oid
not enjoy in former times, through the ac-
ton of railways, and from other causes,
yet 1t is blessed thing TO live in the eye
of nature and in the clear light Of day.
Cheers.) / have been a townsman most
of my life. but / am a rural man. enc or
the country folk. now Qaughter,; and 1t Is
a great enjoyment TO be free from the foul
rivers, and the masses of smoke, and the
darkness that overhanSs many Of our great
towns. and to enjoy the scenery that is
around us. the light and the air God has
given US just in the way He gave them.
(Cheers.) 1t will be all the better for this
country the more We can maintain and in
crease the rural population OF the land.
QCheerS1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05

Annually. In all. the authorities receive
back about sl.5DoOOo. thus reducing the
total cost Of clothing the army to less than
S5,oo00D a year
The best quality of everything is used in
the manufacture Of uniforms. Ia fact, Il
Is said. they are too good for duTable wear
huge factory in PimliCo, London, makes
large share of the furnishings bu. vast
quantities OF foot and head gear are bought
ready made. Boots and leggins for exam
pie, cost sl,lG5,oo0, and head dresses
$4,000
The thousands of miles Of flannel. linen.
cameo, cloth, velvet. etc, the millions of
buttons. the tons of cotton wool the billions
OF yards of sewing cotton, that are made
INTO smart tun!cs. tidy trousers and warm
shirts, cost =, $4,000. The wages paid for
making tfese up is over $4,000 a week
Some OF the salaries paid for this branch
are excellent for England. The Inspector
or clothing receives $1,000 and his assist
ants S,i5O apiece, and so on down the long
list.
But all this vast expense is probably much
less than the annual outlay that France or
Germany makes for keeping its. soldiers
smart in appearance in times of peace In
Germany. for example. every man in the
army Is said to have four complete suits OF
military clothing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05
POLLY FOOLED HIM.
The Voice of a Parrot Mistal<en for
That of an Enemy.

That of an Enemy.
From the New York Tribune.
An amusing scene occurred in a quiet up
town street last night. A young IrishmaY
who is counting a rosy-cheeked servant IL
one of the houses in the thoroughfare call
ed about his usual time in the evening
Just as he opened the iron gate leading
into the basement yard he heard voic'
say: "Hullo, Pat"
'Hulo. yourself" replied Pat.
''Hullo Pat" said the strange voice again
Pat gazed all around him, but could SEE
nobody, and once again he heard the vote,
say: "Hullo, Pat
"Is that all you can say. 'Hullo, Pat?
Where the divil are you, anyhow" an
swered Pat.
Pat, you're a fool" said the voice.
"Begorra. you're liar whoever We be-
shouted Pat, as he looked blindly around
for his insulter.
Pat, you fool" again uttered the voice.
I'm no fool, whoever ye are" called on,
yerself I'll prove 1t to yez."
Foolish Pat" came the reply, accom-.
panied by a hoarse chuckle.
Pat was furious and thoughts of his rival
Mccarthy. Immediately came in his mind
"Show yerself, Mccarthy, only show yer
SELF Mccarthy, an I'll purch in the face
of yez, l will! 1 willr' he shouted, as he
danced up and down.
Pat, you fool! Pat. you fool! Ho no.
no! Ha, ha"' shouted Pats tormentor.
BY this time Pats coat and waistcoat lay
On the ground and he had his sleeves rolled
up to his elbows and was tearing around
like a hen on hot griddle There's no tell
ing what would have happened, as 1t was
nearly the time for the policeman on the
beat to pass that way. when the basement
door opened and Pats sweetheart came
out. On seeing Pat she uttered a little
scream and exclaimed: Are you crazy.
Pat? An what has came into you the
night? Put your clothes on, man."
You spalpeen, Pat! Foolish Pat! Ho,
no! Ha. ha! Go home. Pat" said the mys-
FERROUS voice out of the darkness.
do yez hear the BLACKBOARD? oh, II I
can lay me hands on him" foamed Pat, as
he continued his war dance.
"Ah, you mustn't mind that, Pat" said
his sweetheart. You're a donkey, surely
to be minding the talk Of that crazy bird
upstairs. Why, it's only one of the young
mems parrots which they brought home
with them from over the sea. It's an Ill
hammered bird, and do swear dreadfully
Mistress won't have 1t in the house, SO the
boys hang up the cage out of the window
of their room upstairs.
You're a great gawk, Pat, to be minding
the likes Of poor, supplemented bird like
that"
Pat became slowly appeased. and az he
put on his coat he said: Il don't mind
what burid says. Molly, but. begorra. I
thought it was that sneak Mccarthy hiding
furnnst Their stoop."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05
STORY OF A BULLET.
Travels Of n Piece Of Lead Which
Was Shot Into a Deer.

Was Shot Into a Deer.
From the New York Sun.
A story of how a forgotten shot came
back to a hunter was related recently by
one sportsman to another on a train bound
northward to the Adirondack mountains.
Four years ago a New Yorker took down
his smalI-caliber rifle from the rack on
which 1t had hung ever since the previous
fall, cleaned 1t and the next day took It on
a deer hunt to the Moose river regions Of
the Adirondacks. He got to camp. and the
next day took his stand at the natural dam
runway. A deer came in. small buck.
and TWO shots were fired at II. one Of
which drew little blood. The trail was
lost. and the deer forgotten In the success
that attended the next days hunt.
Last spring the sportsman was talking
with woodsman about hunting expert
ences, and the woodsman showed him q
bullet battered by the force of its impact.
In the head of the bullet was the mark
of a knife blade. In spite Of its battered
condition. the New Yorker identified II as
years before. for he had cut a crease into
the bullets fiat point to make it spread
well should it hit a deer.
The woodsman told how he found the
bullet two years ago in the spring. It was
lying a fiat rock mile from the natural
dam, as If some one had laid 1t there. 1t
was evident that the wounded deer had
fled and died back in the woods. Its car
casS had been torn by wood creatures its
bones gnawed by mice, and the bullet had
fallen on the rock, borne there by some
fox, perhaps. since II was a good table. The
New Yorker bought the bullet for 81 and
it now hangs on the rifle that fired it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05

II the temperature In the Senate should
change one degree either too warm or too
cool. the device will shut off the hot air
supply in q measure, If too warm, and al
low the cold air to mix with it until the
desired temperature is restored. If too
cool. the supply of cold air will be re-
stricted in a similar way.
The air supply, whether heated for win
ter or artificially cooled for summer. will
be forced from the various plants with an
even pressure through the air-shafts under
the alright flooring of the Senate and gal
leries. through the desk and chair legs. and
through the diffusing boxes. The pressure
Will be controlled by regula tors under each
chair. desk and box. The foul or consumed
air will escape through especially designed
apertureS in the ceilings and will be drawn
thence to the outside by special fan
placed on the roef of the connecting cor
ridor. joining the, Senate wing to the old
central building.
The panelng of the gallery walls will be
renewed and painted in lighter and more
modern designs, and the lower walls of the
chamber will be restored and colored in
nght pearl. with gold damask panels. The
press gallery will likewise be restored in an
improved form. and ventilating chairs will
supplant those of the abandoned pattern.
Incandescent Lights.
The substitution of incandescent electric
lights above the glass ceilings will be
great Improvement over the old gas LAMPS
In former times. unless carefully watched
the gas lights at the ceiling would raise the
temperature Of the chamber as much as
ten degrees In the course of half an hour.
ana oftentimes the sudden heat would
Shatter the glass and endanger the devoted
iVes or Senators below. Finally, $50 arc
nights will be distributed and erected
throughout the Capitol grounds. and the
use OF gas will be discontinued in the
grounds as we'll as in the Capitol itself
All these Improvements will be finished he
fore the LIST of November
Inc expert who overhauled the old ven
t.latIng system of the Senate and Capitol
generally. and upon whose recommended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05

that they forget their health. The health
cannot be trihed with. The body resents
neglect Little disorders become big ones
II they are allowed to run on. The man
whose digestion is poor, pretty soon finds
that he is losing flesh. He doesn'tweiph as
much as he did. He doesn't realize that he
Is losing vitality; that he is losing strength:
that he is losing capacity for work; and that
even his brain must of necessity become
weaker, If 1t is not nourished Loss of flesh
means that the whole body is going 10 wreck
1t is fatally easy TO run downhill A man
keeps going faster and faster as he poe,
down When health begins to leak out, il
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Every man, woman and child in the United
States ought to have access TO a copy of DIR.
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Made Insane by Sunburn.
m tho New Work. Sun

Michael Shaw. eleven years old of 2413
9Th avenue became apparently insane early
yesterday from the effects of severe sun
burn On Sunday young Shaw went to Oak
Point with several boy friends and went in
swimming mile from the bathing house
near which 1t was necessary to wear bath
Ing clothes. He remained undressed nearly
all day. now in the water and then out in
the sun. and when he went home he was
badly sunburned from head to foot
On Sunday night his mother smeared him
with linseed oil to allay his pain, but to no
enect. All night long he cried with pain
and at o'clock yesterday morning he be.
came FRANTIC. All of the efforts of his par
ambulance was called from Manhattan
Hospital. DR.. Rossman pronounced young
Shaw insane, but said that he would re-
cover.
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GLADSTONE ON RURAL LIFE.
He Takes an Encouraging View In a
Talk Mt Hawarden.
From the London Times.

lie IakeS an Encouraging view In a
Talk mt Hawarden.
From the London Times.
Speaking at the annual show Of the Ha-
warden and Buckley Horticultural Society
at Hawarden on Monday, Mr. Gladstone,
addressing the exhibitors, said: I'm other
years, perhaps. many of you may recollect
l used to be DESTROYS and glad to inform
myself well as l could upon the branches
CT exertion in which you have been SO
prominent 1 used to like to know what
was going on, and what had been done and
what could be done in the growth of flow
ers. in the growth of fruits, and in the
growth of vegetables. and SO forth; but l
am no longer in a condition to be able to
pick up knowledge with as much facility
Qarghter) as 1 could have done twenty,
thirty or forty years ago. If you could con-
trive to take twenty or thirty, aye. or even
ten years off my back, then l would en-
deayor to behave to you as we'll as l have
done in former years. daughter and
cheers0
"At present I have little to do but con-
graduate you. / am very glad to learn
Of other institutions Of the same kind
that is to say. that you have included with
credit and advantage branches of effort
which in some of those cases are I'M
known. For example, 1 am told there is
the useful article of butter. 1 suppose we
are all more or less familiar with that
article. (Laughter.) 1 believe We may hold
up our heads in the face of our neighbors
in other places, and contend that the but
ter of Hawarden does credit to Hawarden.
clear. hear.) understand, upon the high
est authority that it is very good. 1t bears
a good name and character as to it's quail
ity. l am not judge in any sense of the
word, yet am consumer, and the con-
sumer has something TO do with 1t, and,
having been consumer, 1 venture to take
it upon myself to say that We heee in our
house, and no doubt 1t Is the same in other
houses, eat better butter now than we did
in former years. (Hear, hearD 1t is a good
thing for US that such Institutions should
subsist In the first place. it brings us all
together upon a common and friendly foot
ing here. In the second place, it is an
encouragement to industry, and to a de-
scriptlon of industry which is not burden
some, but attended with much pleasure,
interest and satisfaction. (Hear, hear.)
In the third place, you know, We hear,
from time to time, and we hear too truly,
that, while the populations of our towns in
crease rapidly with our general trade and
Industry, the population of the country
that is to say, of the rural districts-does
not increase rapidly. and in some parts of
the country tends to diminish. Well, I am
greatly opposed to artificial interference by
law with the natural course Of things, and
I believe 1t Is a coed general rule to allow
each person to Judge for himself what his
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CLOTHING AN ARMY.
1t Costs Great Britain Over $4,000, OO(
to Dress It's Soldiers.

to Dress It's Soldiers.
From the New York Journal.
1t costs the British government Sc. go. 900
annually for the clothing furnished its
army all over the world. Each OF the for
eign possessions. however has to pay back
to a certain extent the amount which the
uniforms of the troops stationed or sent
there has cost and this entails no end Of
complicated bookkeeping
India. for instance, pays for the clothing
OF Its own troops and also for the uniforms
OF the men which England sends there
The latter item is about S675 GOO annually
On the other hand, when a regiment comes
home from India that country has to be
paid back the full value of the clothes they
wear.
The government sells old and worn-out
articles to the secondhand dealers, who by
the way, usually accumulate fortunes in q
short time. The value Of cast-off clothes so
disposed Of is about $4,000 yearly The
scraps remaining after the uniforms have
been cut out also bring a matter OF $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05

"A AL "A ~ - AZ =
tude of rich food
within and not alto
gether clean without.
I have eaten five
meals a day, with
lunches at all hours,
the past eight days,
and for the same
length of time I
haven't had a tub. In
lieu Of the latter, by
m o r n in g, / have
washed in a tin basin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05

1 From the Chicago Record.
so your advertisement brought you Q
4 good butler Immediately"
| Yes; 1 was particular to state that the
man was wanted in 4 sober. honest, re-
spectacle and oblging private family"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05

From Fuok.

Z.
He-'wen did you make arrangements
to board for the summer
She-"Yes. and they Will take johnny
at half price"
He-"Thats first-rate. II they knew
Johnny they would make US pay for him
a la Carte
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05
A Bare Suggestion.

From the Woonsocket Reporter
She-"Ws women go to the seashors in
order to have as little as possible on orr
mird
He-''Then you are ready to admit that
woman thinks only Of dress"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05
Many a man

Many a man
would defend his
money with his
life, and many a
III an does this
very thing without
knowing il. There
are thousands of
men who decline
Ito defend their
lives with their
money. They are
SO intent on
IN nnar onsf,-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05

THE "APENTH' HUNGARIAN BITTER WATER
from the " HuNIADI Springs; under the abso,
stitute Niinistry Of Agriculture), Buda- Pest. ~
ty1S-s18t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05
Pauline Pry Tries Camping Out at
Mud Hen Lake.
ASOLUTIONOF THE SERVANT PROBLEM
A Woman's Outing on the Upper
Mississippi.
REL APSE IN ROM NOE

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
MUD HEN LAKE, Iowa, August 3d. 1896.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05
The Senate Chamber Remodeled and
Improved.
GALLERY MADE over LIKE 4 BALCONY
VentiIating Chairs for Senators and
Spectators.
MANY ELECTRIC HTS

EADERS OF T H E
Star have already
been fully informed
of t h e extensive
project for the re-
newal Of the historic
old Senate chamber
and of the progress
of that work thus
far. The a C C o m =
p a m VI n g pictures,
showing the new gal
leries and the pecu-
liar type of ventilat-
ing C airs wit h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05
Where They Get All

Inc pure outside air supplied to the
steam heating coils will be brought from
'ee stone tower at the northwest section
Oh tne capitol grounds. and. after being
properly warmed. will be difrused through
the heating shafts. The temperature Will
be regulated by a special automatic device. i.
The herald., 1896-12-28
THE THEOsOPHISTS.
The Old and the New, Discussed by H
A. Gibson.

The subject Of the morning lecture at
Blavatsky hall, 525 West Fifth street,
by H. A. Gibson, was The Old and the
New. He said, in part, as follows: All
life flows in cycles. These have their
markers in the heavens, resulting in
days, months, years, ages, ETC., includ-
ing the great day of manifestation, fol-
lowed by it's night Of repose. In the
morning of each day person
with power Of concentration some
what developed, may, by thought and
will, strike a keynote, SO to speak, for
the day, thus setting up a tone in the
sphere of being which shall modify all
successive influences. This can be done
at the opening of a new year, and is the
basis of the practice of making resolu-
tions to be guides for conduct for the
following months. At the opening of a
new cycle is the time and opportunity
to bury the past beyond resurrection.
Too many cling to the past with it's
joys and sorrows, and SO distract atten-
ton from the duties of the present. Many
fear the future as if Mother Nature had
exhausted her resources in bringing us
thus far.
In this time Of transition the wise man
holds lightly by his set notions and sup
posed rights, accepting complacently
the working out of the plan. While do
ing his duty, let each lean back on that
inner self and watch what the great
tides Of life's ocean cast up at his feet,
knowing the true self is ever above the
din and commotion of this ever-chang-
ing life.
The greatest event in our society life
this year was the inception of the cru
sade of American Theosophists around
the world for which over $40, 900 has been
expended in carrying the message of
brotherhood to every nation. What
would seem to be of most importance for
1897 Is the dedication of the site for the
school for the revival of the lost myster-
les of antiquity, which will be done on the
return Of the crusade to this coast in
April next.
DOCTRINE OF REORGANIZATION.
At the Theosophical headquarters,
2201a South Main street, Odd Fellows
building, Christian Nicholson lectured
last night on Reincarnation. The speak
er said, in brief: Almost the whole
world believes in reincarnation. only the
Christian world has got the idea little
perverted The Christians think in this
respect as we, that we will live again
in the body, but here is their unreason-
able mistake-they believe tha the body
shall be the very one in which the soul
now dwells. After it has gone back to
Mother Earth and been converted to
dust that same dust will in the day Of
judgment by a miraculous transforma-
ton be reconstructed and again become
a living being, as 1t was once before
In that new. or rather old. body the
Christian will live. His mistake is fur
ther-he thinks that this one life in
the body on earth is sufficient to prepare
him for perfection so as to live in the
society Of wise and glorious beings, al
though our experience in this life proves
to all of US that the average man has
made but very little progress in this
one life, hence the necessity of being
born again and again, that we may
learn to be masters of the flesh, be able
to solve the great problem of life, and
be divine