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Evening star., 1897-01-16
MAKING CLOUDS AND RAIN.

An Experiment That IIIustrate. the
"noAe Aqueous Circulation OF the Air.
III anybody would like to produce clouds
ana rain on small scale it Is easy to do SO
according to Professor L. Errera, who de-
scribes the process In Ciel ct Terre He
ADVISES that the experiment be made with
cyllndricaI vase of Bohemian glass about
inches in height and 8 inches in diameter.
1t should be filled half full of strong alco.
mol, about ~ per cent pure. covered with a
porcelain saucer, and warmed i'm a hot-wa.
ter bath. 1t must be warmed for quite q
while, so that the liquid vase, and cover
may attain high temperature without
bringing the alcohol to the boiling point.
Then the whole should be removed to a
wooden table. taking care not TO agitate
the fluid, and results may be awaited.
The warm liquid will continue TO send up
an abundance of alcoholic vapors. In q
few minutes the porcelain cover will be SO
lar cooled that the vapors nearest to 1t will
pes1n TO condense, and thus very clearly
visible clouds will be formed Presently
these clouds will begin to resolve them
Selves into tiny droplets OF rain which will
fall vertically into the liquid. There will
be countless numbers of these raindrops.
and the interesting spectacle may SO on for
a half hour.
At first the vapors will rise .1uite I'D 20
the porcelain cover, but as the whole cools
the condensation will occEr At a lower
level. Then there will be 4 perfectly clear
zone above the Cloud zone, and nature will
be exactly reproduced, excep. that In the
place Of water, everything is made Of AGO.
hci. The clear space above will represent
the pure sky, below which are the clouds.
condensing into rain, which is returned to
the liquid, representing the ocean, from
which 1t came. Thus this experiment illus
trates in miniature the whole aqueous cir
culatiOn OF the atmosphere.
Evening star., 1897-01-16

for it might not be offered. Since then I
see he has been called to Canton and it
may be that he is to be the next Secretary
OF the Interior, though 1 believe Henry C.
Palne OF Wisconsin is looked upon as al
most sure to have this position. The In
terror Department is a much more import-
ant place than 1t gets credit for. I chatted
with Senator Henry NJ. Teller about IT the
other night. He was, you know Secretary
OF the Interior under Arthur and he made
one OF the best Secretaries that we have
ever mad. Said he: THE Interior Depart
ment needs one of the very best men Of
the country. 1 think it Is by all odds the
most important Office in the cabinet The
man at the head of 1t has to settle more
vaIues than the Supreme Court, and he
does more business than the Secretary of
the Treasury. The Treasury is to a large
extent. an executive department. Before
the interior new questions are ALWAYS COM
ihg UP. Its head has to deal with the de-
Neiopment of the country and with the
disposal of our public lands He has all
the pensions to handle, and our great
patent business goes on under him. The
secretary of the Interior should be scien-
tihc man as well as a good practical busi-
ness man. He should be man well ac-
quainted with the United States and he
snould. above everything, be q western
man During my administration I settled
one case OF more than $15,WW 600 and cases
involving enormous sums were always
coming up. There were legal questions
presented every day So and 1 don't see
~" dIy HidA COulu De an ef1cleQt Socre-
tary of the Interior without a good knowI-
edge of the law"
The Cabinet Room of the White Hou.e
1 visited this afternoon the room in the
White House in which are to be held the
secret councils Of Maj. McKinley's admin
istration. The cabinet room Is on the
second floor Of the White House, just at
the head Of the stairs between the library,
which will probably form Mrs. McKinley's 8
sitting room, and the large room over the
east room and the green room, which will
be the Presidents office, and in which
President Cleveland is now spending the
last days Of his administration. Further
on Is the private secretary's room, the
whole suite on the east side Of the Sec
ond floor constituting the business portions
Of the Executive Mansion. The cabinet
room is plainly furnished. There are eight
straight-backed chairs with leather cush
ions for the cabinet ministers and a swing
ing chair of wicker and wood for the Presi-
dent. President Mckinley will sit at the
head Of the table. with his different min
listers at the right and left. according to
their order Of precedence. During the
meetings Of the cabinet no one Is admitted
to this room. Sergt. Loeffier, the Presi-
dents private messenger. sits at the door
and there Is no chance for cabinet secrets
to leak out except through the ministers
themselves. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1897-01-16

OF a friend In Washington. and. throwing
himself upon the sofa, exclaimed II would
not be a cabinet officer again for q salary
OF A.OoO.0OO year" Still. 1t was after
this that he accepted the portfolio Of the
Treasury and later on consented to be
President Cleveland's Secretary of State.
How Tom Corwin Treated an once
Seeker.
One of the greatest annoyances that
Gresham had was the Office seekers and
place hunters. These are numbered by
legions about the Post Office Department
and also about the Treasury. Postmaster
General Wilson tells me there are now TO-
900 postmasters in the United States, and
doubt not that thousands of them will be
changed by Mckinley's Postmaster Cen
eral The Congressman will dictate to him,
and 1t Is safe to say that he will probably
earn his salary. The worst thing with
Gresham was that he was so good d-hearted
that he had given out many letters COM
mending others for office, and when men
came to him and showed him his own
recommendations. asking that they be given
places. he found 1t hard to refuse. have
heard similar stories of Tom Corwin, who
was, you know, Secretary of the Treasury
way back in Fillmores time. Corwin was
so good-natured that he would sign any
thing. One day a chronic Office seeker laid
before him an enthusiastic recommends ton
for the appointment of the bearer to q
place in the treasury. It was dated some
years Dack, ana naO Deen given Wnlle Cor
win was in Congress. AS the man asked
for office and pointed to the letter, Corwin
said: THAT Is a very good letter. and did
that not get you an appointment"
NO., replied the man; 1T did not"
WELL" returned Secretary Corwin, '1f
that letter was not strong enough to get
you a place under Secretary Ewing, 1t GER
tainiy is not strong enough to give you an
appointment under me-" And he thereupon
had the man shown out.
Senator Teller Talks of the Interior
Department.
Senator Cullom told me that he did not
know that Mckinley was thinking of him
as his Secretary of the Interior, and that it
was hardly safe to say whether he could
take the position or not If it was offered,
Evening star., 1897-01-16
Why He Was Punished.

From the YOnkers Statesman.
Il understand you were punished in
school today, Thomas said Mr.. Bacon to
his twelve-year- boy.
'Yes. SIR" promptly replied the juvenile.
For telling the truth, sir.'
"Your teacher said 1t was for some re-
Election you made upon her age'
That's the way she took It, father You
see. she drew a picture of basket of eggs
on the blackboard. and while she was out
OF the room Just wrote under them: The
hen what made these eggs isn't any chick
en-
Evening star., 1897-01-16
Mistakes In Artists Names.
From Household Words.

From Household Words
When Nine. Albani was at the Norwich
musical festival she received bill from a
tradesman with whom she dealt addressed
Mrs. l.. Barney
Mistakes In artists names are, however,
by no means uncommon. The veteran con-
ductor Arditi-the story is not in his rem
inscences-once received a letter addressed
''SiSnor R. Ditty."
And only last season gentleman In the
stalls at Covent Garden gravely Informed
lady, Tine De ResZkes are a remarkably
clever family. There is Jean de Reszke.
and Edouard de ResZke and Paderewski. :"
Evening star., 1897-01-16

Kirkwood of Iowa, who was then a leading
candidate 1t was on account of the ambi-
tions Of Clarkson. another Iowa man, that
he refused the secretaryship OF the treas
ury under Harrison. The story of the
manner OF this refusal has never been told.
Senator Cullom. who was one of the actors
upon the occasion. Is my authority. Said
he to me the other night:
1T was just after 1 had been elected to
the Senate and some weeks before Presi-
dent Harrison had come on from Indian
apolis TO Washington to be inaugurated.
had to go west to thank my legislative
friends for their support and on my way
IL tended to stop and call upon the Press
dent-elect. When 1 got on the train
found Senator Allison there. He was also
going west. and we rode together. During
the Journey he told me that President
Harrison had asked him to come out to
see him. and that he wanted him to be his
Secretary of Treasury. Senator Allison
told me that he could not accept the posi-
tion. and that he was going out to refuse
II. As we drew near Indianapolis I no
ticed his becoming more and more rest
less. He evidently did not like the job of
having to refuse Harrison. At last he
said:
Now, Cullom. I have been thinking
how you can help me in this. We will call
upon Harrison together. and I will see that
he talks to you first. You can thus pre-
pare his mind for my refusal. You can
tell him that I nave come out for this pur-
bose. and he will not be surprised when
| speak
How Allison Gave Horrison the Cold
Hand.
This ! promised to do" continued Sena-
tor Cullom. when we got to Indianapolis
We went direct to President Harrison's
house. 1t was about dinner time when We
arrived, and we at once sat down to the
table. After dinner was over, when we
We're out in the smoking room and had
about finished our cigars, Mr. Allison said:
Now, Mr.. President, Senator Culom is
anxious to get away this afternoon. He
told me that he only wanted a few mo-
ments with you. and if you don't object I
will let you set through with him first. I
will go into the other room and finish my
cigar. and you can have your conversation
here. This was assented to by President
Evening star., 1897-01-16

; HO ARE THE FA-
NOUS men who are
10 help Mckinley run
his administration?
A score of we'll
+ Il o wn politicians
have been suggested,
but only 4 few are
assured. The states
made up are liable to
be broken. There Is
no more uncertain
thing than a cabinet
before the Inaugural
tiOn of a President
Evening star., 1897-01-16

NAOANN IL Al N<AAk
liest and most per-
pl e kin 6 problems
that confronted the
confederate leaders in
the civil war was
that Of railroad
transportation. The
territory controlled
by them at the be-
ginning Of the strug-
gle-roughly speak
ing, that lying south
Of the Potomac-was
threaded by numer-
Evening star., 1897-01-16
People are tern.
fed IL a lightning

euudCh dtdhu Nct
death by disease plays all
about them and they pay
no attention to il until il
strikes them down. Con-
sumption kills just as
surely as lightning and il
is a great deal nearer all
the time. People never
realize how near il is
because il steals on SO
gradually.
Less Of appetite and
flesh poor sleep; poor
digestion nervousness !;
a lack of energy and force
these are the begin
nings of consumption it
is fostering the blood.
There is no need of its
going any further. II can
he stooped NIGHT where IN
Evening star., 1897-01-16
Second sight.

From Sioper's HalfHoiiday
First Scotch Worthy (who is not quite
sure that he is I'm it condition to face his
wife}-''Say. John. you stansh still there
and tell me hoo 1 get on"
Second Ditto-..Oh you're doin' fine hut
who's that WI yer
Evening star., 1897-01-16
CABINET MAXIM G
How 1t Is Done Now and How It
Was Formerly Done.
MANY CHANGES ARE APT TO Be MADE
Stories and Gossip From the Time of
Lincoln to the Present.
TALK WITH s Fl f r NJ A n

copyrighted. 1887. by Frank C. Carpsrter.)
Evening star., 1897-01-16
An Episode Of the Late War as Re.
lated by a Survivor.
FROM MARTlNSBURG TO POINTS SOUTH
How the Confederates Got Away
With Band o. Rolling Stock.
TEAM OF FORTY HORSES

Written for The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1897-01-16
Howard University.

The regular mcthly meeting of the oon
tologlcal Society was held Tuesday even.
Ing. DIR. j. H. Benson, vice president, pre-
sided. and DIR. f. A. Bryant delivered an
illustrated address upon "Crown am
Bridge Work In Dentistry"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-03

The new places are Individually on
British soil; but as the road thither,
whether by the Yukon or by Chilkoot
pass leads through United States terri
tory, there should be Il settlement of
the long vexed Alaskan boundary
question. The line crosses the Yukon
IN the neigh borhood of the gold re-
giOn. Here there is no dispute. The
Ons hundred and fortyfrst parallel of
latitude is the line, needing only sur
veying and making. But from Mount
s.. Elias southwark John Bull wants to
measure the ''tt n marine leagues in
land, which the line is not to exceed,
from the outer edge of the islands in
stead of from the shore of the maiul land
Itself. This makes very considerable
distance in a region likely soon to be
very useful for agriculture, for fish
canning and hydraulic mining and
stamp milling Much OF Aiasaa's gold
still comes from quartz mills near salt
water, in spite of the superior rich
ness of the less easily reached Klon-
dyke.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-03
TILE ROADTO BE ASSED.
Many Handships Have to be Passed FL
Il ute.


The late f J. Glave, who first used
pack horses in Alaska SO recently as
! 1871, would be cons derably astOnished
| if he could see the development his
| idea has lea up TO in seven years.
! Every vessel which has gone to Juneau
with supplies for the great Klondike
mining region has carried pack horses
for use CD the famous ChilkOOt pass.
Probably there are now not less than
200 or 300 pack ANNA on the pass,
where in 1890 the appearance of these
unknown equine "big-dOgs" filed the
native breast with apprehension Other
feelings than appre henslon now ill
the breast of the noble red man at
sight of the horses. In the old days
supplies went on Indians backs in sum-
mer. About eighty'Or ninety pounds
made load and the carrier himself ate
three or four pounds of food per day.
Obviously, under such conditions, time
was up in about thirty days at the
most. Or, if the ChilkOot were passed
and the Indians sent back, the stock of
food was considers bly, diminished and
the cost of the remainder almost pro-
hibitive: for the Indians demanded 81
a day and upward for their services.
During the present season horses
have been used to pack dry groceries
over the pass, while sheep and oxen
cred on the other side, after the point
of EN- barkation down the Yukon was
reached. The difference between an
Indian. who eats the food he carries,
and sheep, which lives on the grass
of the short arctic summer while sure |
footedly scaling the rocks, and after
wards becomes meat itself, is consider !
3 ble-in favor of the sheep. Dry grocer !
les, but not living animals. owing to the
prohibitive heights, can also be taken
into interior Alaska by means of the
Yukon river, but this route is slow and
uncertain. After the middle of July,
when the rush of the Klondike began,
t was useless to go to the Yukon's
mouth and then, too late in the season,
begin the weary 1850 miles of up-cur-
'ept navigation in shallow water. In
Iced, those who attempt it will pro-
)ably get only as far as St. Michaels
n the lower river this fall. aud must
complete the journey in early spring
,arly, that is for Alaska; say along in
Nay and June. II the ice forms in the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-03

\ ukon late this year ana the Journey
OF tnose who set out is mpleted. it
Will occupy thirty-fve or forty DAYS,
or probably more.
The best time to go into the interior
OF Alaska by the juneau route is early
spring, before the ice has left the river
and lakes, or tee snow has melted from
the pass, and after the worst of the
WINTER Is over. But the gold hunters
VINO are now streaming over the pass
nave no notion OF waiting until spring
Inc summer method of travel after
passing ChilkOOL with the aid of the
packhOrses, is to build or buy a clum-
sy, Hat boLtUmei batteau at the saw
mill on the upper. Louis river AID row
down the stream upon it, fighting off
the herce swarms of mosquitoes and
avoiding cons ant danger from the
rough water on the inland lakes. where
stiff breeze can blow up white caps
at ten minutes notice. Lake LinGer-
mann, Lake Bennett, Tagish and Mud
lakes, and particularly Lake Labarge,
are noted Tor rough water. During the
last half of the journey the banks of
river and lakes are monotOnOus and
knee deep in mud during the short
summer. Altogether the tri p by boat
is exhaustive and disagreeable, not the
least OF its disadvantages being that it
lands the gold seeker at last, after
floating down the river from Port Sci
kirk to the mouth of the Is Iondyke, in
camp just at the beginning of the ten
months winter.
ChiIkoot pass is ''mighty unsartiu'.
after Sept. 10. There may be snow
storms at almost any time, so fierce
and wild as to Interrupt passage. Still
later IN the season, it will be fool hardy
for greenhOrns TO attempt the trip at
all. But the greed of gold is power
full incentive, and it Is certain tina
travel inland will be continued this
fall long after usual quitting time, and
will be attempted in good weather in
winter. And as those who participate
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-03

| Out of a pocket on Ash creek
| Klamath river, in Siskiyou County,
Cal, last week, two men took out 2ll
! ounces of gold.
Star: The Rosemont smelter is run
nirg on full time and development
work and extraction of ore is being
pushed as fast as men can accomplish
the same.
Prescott Courier: Frank Kuhen was
in town Yesterday, accompanied by a
large chunk of 800 per ton ore, spec
men of the recent strike made in his
Sunny South mine.
Gazatte: Gold nuggets varying in
price from So to 5000 are frequently
found in the Weaver mining district.
l. is estimated that from $1,000 to So, 900
is being taken out every month in that
district.
Gazette: Oh aries Myers, formerly of
Lynx creek was one of the lucky miners
to return from Alaska with SO, 900.
Myers found his gold near Circle City
on the Yukon about $40 miles from
Juneau.
The eastern parties who have
bought the sulphur mines at the head
of the Gulf of California, in Lower
California, except to ship 5000 tons
month as soon as a they get to work,
which will be in the near future.
Jose Maria Villagran. ex-governor of
Lower California after nine years
search has discovered a rich gold mi ne
near Ell Tajo, which was worked a
century ago by the mission fathers.
Viuagran was captured twenty years
ago by revolutionists and learned of
The lost mine from his captors.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-03
Accidental Gold Find.

Apropos of the recently reported
rich gold finds in Alaska the accident
al strike OF, the Payette river in Idaho.
seventy-fve miles from Boise City
may oe recalled. Two men named
George Bell aud Dick Fraser were
grub staked" to go out on a pros
pectiug tour. They skirmished around
for some time without striking any
thing. One day Fraser went out hunt
ing and chased d bea- ard q cub up a
mountain side through heavy brush
The game escaped and Fraser sat down
10 enjoy brief siesta before returning
To camp. He pushed the brush aside
and was digg .ng thOughtfully in the
dirt with his fingers when he pick d
up piece of rich float. He did not
know what it was, but it was nice
specimen of something, and he put it
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-03

! in it will be in many cases men unused
| to danger and exposure, it is difficult
| to see how loss of life is to be avoided.
! After the fist heavy snOwfalls sledges
can be used to transport goods over
| the pass, and dogs employed to drag
them. ia cold which would soon rem
! der pack ponies useless. When the
| ice has sufficiently frozen the lakes aud
| rivers, nature has prepared u perfectly
| smooth road for the sledges, and many
miles day may be made with the ut
| most ease.
On running stream new ice is
treacherous, and an involuntary bath
in the October or November waters of
the upper Yukon is not a thing to be
greatly desired. But men who are used
to it travel all winter long in the
neighborhood of the arctic circle.
Circle City and other cities above
enjoy a mail once month. The run
ners who take out and bring in letters
are men Injured to exposure and thor
oughly acquainted with the road.
"SIedgi i'm is a pleasan ter process
in the spring than at any other time.
Then. with thermometer never very
many degrees below zero, the heavy
snow has filled up the rough places on
the rocky pass and has become SUI
ticiently hard to bear the sledges well.
Fresh falls of snow are rather less like
ly than in the autumn, the days are
lons err and the wind generally blows
from the south. AT such a time the
voyageur can often eXtemporize sail
out of a ''three-point blanket" slung
to crotched stake, pile his quarreling
biting dogs on top of the load and 60
ice boating away to the north, twenty
or thirty miles at a time, at a spank
ing. satisfactory rate. There's many a }
bad tip-over in ibis kind of progress, |
but it's easy aud it's quick, and these
are reasons that appeal powerfully to
a man in a hurry for gold.
Dogs are worth from $500 to $500 in
the neighborhood of Dawson, the new
city. The supply of dogs that will
stand the climate is limited and the
price mounted sharply upon news of
the big gold strike. Many dog
bought at such prices will be killed
and eaten this winter on the Klondike.
As by that time the poor dog will be
reduced to skin and bones and will not
weigh much, his meat may represent
Sl5 to $50 a pound. But Klondike will
De lucky if meat doesn't run even
higher before spring brings new sup
ply.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-03

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy always affords
prompt relief, For sale by all drugg lists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-03
Southern Pacific Excursions.

Commercial Agent Hunt, of the
Southern Pacific, has received tele-
graphic notice of reduction in excur-
sion rates to California points, i. e.,
Santa Monica, Loug Beach, San Pedro,
San Buena Ventura and Santa Barba-
"a. The first excursion to be run
Thursday June 2ud, and each succeed
ing alternate Thursday during the
summer. Limit for return ninety days
from date of sale with privilege of
stop overs west of Cotton. Rate from
Ell Paso So.
The Southern Pacific announce the
following excursions, round trip rates
The Southern Pacific train leaves Ell
Paso at LOO p. m. daily, reaching New
Orleans Ql95 miles, at 500 a. m. Sec
ond morning and by taking the close
connecting fast trains east and north
ward at that point passengers reach
Chicago, Cincinnati and Nashville the
following morning and New York early
the second morning.
All year round trip six months limit
tickets on sale to Los Angeles and San
Francisco for $50 and $50 respectively.
The SOutl lern Pacific is the direct
line to California, no change OF cars
being necessary. Train leaves Ell Paso
at 3:35 p. N. daily, reaches Los Angeles
at 9:20 the following evening and San
Francisco at 6:15 p. N. the following
day.
The tickets will allow stop overs in
California both going and coming.
For further particulars, folders, etc.
call on:
T. E. HUNT, Cont. Agent.
HARRY TURNER, Ticket Agent.
Offices corner San Antonio and Oregon
streets and passenger depot, FL Pa
SO, Texas.
G. w. BEIN, Traf. Mgr, Houston, Tex.
l.. j. PARKS, Asst. Gen. Psgr. 81 Tkt.
Agt., Houston, Tex,