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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18

to which it Is put in the interior ironwork
and plates of fronclads and STEAMERS be-
tween the bottom of the vessel and the Sec
ond or false floor in order to prevent rust
The interior surface of the ironwork is
coated with paint, and while the latter is
stiil wet it is powdered with cork dust In
the same way that wood Isl sanded to re-
semble stone. The waste sometimes takes
the place of asbestos in covering steam
pipes. Both cork wood and waste make a
very desirable handle or grip for fish poles
winch Is comparatively recent idea. Cork
mats and helmets, gill or seine corks. ring
buoys and mooring buoys. cork tenders for
vessels and cork caps or washers for tops
or cans represent also some of the uses of
this article
Strong competition is met by manufactur-
ers OF cork shoppers in the patent shoppers
now largely used in bottling establis hments
Ground or graduated cork is employed in
a variety of ways, not the least of which is
In Inc manufacture of wrappers for pack
ing bottles and glassware, which consist of
cork in granulated form stuck on heavy
and sometimes tiuted wrapping paper by
means of a gluey preparation. Mattresses
ana cushions for yachts and steamers are
made from cork shavings.
Among the other uses Of either the cork
wood or waste are cork paving blocks, arti-
hcial limos. cork wheels for polishing glass
cork bath mats, cork strips for churns and
Tor polishing guns In the navy, plasterers'
cork floats and so-called cork lame pieces
or lifts" used to build up the soles of shoes
for cripples.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
Had Nothing to Say.
From the Indianapolis JodfnaI.i

From the Indianapolis Jodfnali
blame YOU lad; ' ~ "eA' aon't
The f Mth that d has hit now once
know exactly how you 6eeI, you're achin fur a
scrap. "
An want Van to go an help to wipe oil Spain clean CT
When I was young an Full q nerve in eighteen
wasn't half content tia.Y way coupled to gun.
An NOW s,s that you're afeen ID that oil hos
An want to emulate you'll idadiIve not a word 70
say.
nope H, yS %s reekoned uthe post an counted it
Fur war, as Central Sherman Hsaid. amt fur re-
ont nd fba !, a Xar no pcc Jim youn soon find
Won't have bit O. nerve too much in pulln' of
you through.
hist W
An comrades lay in blood an pain a-writhn' in
fendish way,
But II you have mind to go I've not word to
want to tell you honest, boy, that this amt no
surprise;
I've seen the sparks of loyal pride a-dancin. in
yOur eyes.
An I've been waitin' fur week to hear you
make your talk
fghtin' stock "
An now, to close the matter mn TIL tai vou fur
Their, Jim,
Your daddy would have knocked you out or you'd
H. when you'd hear your country call. you'd make
m proud O. you! God bless you boy. That's all
I've got to say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
Discovery of COal,
From the Engineering and Mining Journal


Some time ago it was proposed to cele-
brate this year the Tooth anniversary of the
discovery of coal in Europe, which, it was
claimed, was made near Liege, in Belgium.
in 1893. DR.. F. Buttgenbach has now pub
lished pamphlet to prove that the first
discovery was made eighty-five years ear
Her, In lib. in the basin Of the River
Worm. north of Aix-la-ChapeIle. He brings
forward much evidence to prove that out
crops of coal were worked In that year and
long after by the monks of Kerktrade, who
first discovered it's qualities as fuel and
utilized the mineral, or black earth" as II
was called. The word "kuhl," an old Ger
man term meaning pit. was the origin,
according to this statement of the German
kohl and the English coal" The gen
orally accepted legend has been that coal
was first used at Liege by a blacksmith
named Hullos, from whose name comes the
French ''hOuille'-coal. He found that the
black earth which outcropped near Liege
could be used in the forge instead of char
coal. Coal, however, had been used at
Sheffield, in England, some fifteen years
earlier for the same purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
CAUGHT A CARP MAPPING.
big Fellow Weighing Nearly Thirty
Pounds Speared by a Farmer.

Speufeu Dy u Farmer.
From the New York Press
The farmers in the vicinity of Gardner
vile, where Rutgers creek runs into the
Waikiki river, being unable to do any
farming during the last week, had great
run with the carp. The streams in that
vicinity have swollen, flooding acres and
acres of meadow land, and into these new
feeding grounds schools of the Waikiki
river hog fish penetrate. The water reach
ed depth of two feet and half, the
carp's favorite depth, and the movement
OF a school. or even one particularly large
fish, was easily traced
The sporting farmers climbed out on rail
fences and lay in wait for the fish on the
top rail, armed with an ordinary stable
1Crk When fish passed through the fence
the farmer speared him to the ground,
where he soon died.
William Kernick holds the record of the
week for the largest catch. He Is the only
farmer about Gardnerville who has a tall
Pair Of wading boots, and he got out
among the hogs where the others could
not nave Ventured. He saw the tall grass
waving as a carp disturbed 1t, and, wad-
Ing carefully to the spot, discovered the
tail of big fellow protruding from the
grass. The fish was turrowing in the
operation to pay any attention to an or
binary young farmer with a heavy four
pronged garden fork. Kernick brought the
fork down with all his strength through
the grass and about six inches ahead of
the waving tail. For few moments the
water flew around as If hundred fish
were trying to get away, but kernick
Knew his business. and he held the fork
firmly. The fish, when placed ON the scales
In the country store at Gardneryille
weighed twenty-nine pounds and three
ounces, and was, without doubt, the larg-
est carp ever taken in Orange county
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
MANY USES FOR CORK,
Great Variety of Articles Now Made
From This Product

From This Product.
From the New York Commercial
During the last five or six years cork has
come to be ussd for many different DUR
poses. Imported corkwood made into stop-
pers Tor bottles, Jars, ETC., yields about 30
per cent In finished corks. the remaining 65
per cent being waste or cork waste" Prior
10 1S9 manufacturers of corks found great
difficulty in disposing of this waste They
could not sell 1t, and not infrequently the
only way to dispose of 1t was to burn 1t IN
Now, however. owing to the great variety
OF articles made from this product and to
the many uses to which 1t is put, cork
waste not only finds a ready market hare
but the demand exceeds the home SUNNY
ana large quantities of the waste are i'm
ported. All
The bulk of the cork imported into the
United States comes from Spain and Portu
gal, through the ports of Seville Lisbon
and Gibraltar. AS is generally known, cork
is the light, porous, elastic outer bark of
the cork oak. which is indigenous to south
ern Europe and northern Africa The tree
is also round In France and California, but
the production from these is very limited
". When the cork oak becomes fifty years old
the nrst crop, known as virgin bark" Is
gathered. This is used extensively I'm
church decorations. landscapes, etc. After
the nrty-year mark Is reached the tree
yields crop Of cork about every ten years.
az ASA'oth VI lint OclWetu crops ranges
from eight to twelve years, and depends
largely upon tina kind of soil in which the
tree grows.
Strips Of the outer bark are taken from
the tree by expert cutters The cork bark
Is never removed from the entire surface
OF the cork oak After being removed from
the tree the strips of cork are spread out
on the ground and after certain time are
placed in large piles, where the air, having
free access to them. dries and seasons the
strips. Moisture to any great extent great
ly damages and permanently discolors the
CORK About five years ago there was
scarcity OF first quality cork In the market,
owing to prolonged wet weather
Corks made by machinery ara far su-
perior to those made by hand. Small eorks
up to a certain diameter are cut out with
the grain of the bark, so to speak, whereas
corks Of larger diameter have to he cut
from the strips much in the same manner
as figures and designs are stamped out of
sheets of tin or iron.
Among the many articles made from cork
waste is the familiar cork grip for bicycle
handles By secret process the waste Is
pressed into the required shape and strange
to say, the grips thus made are stronger
and more durable than those manufactured
from cork wood, although the latter gives
a much smoother finish. Cork slabs for in
sulating purposes. life preservers, cork
soles and insoles and psnholders are also
made from cork waste. 1t Is very largely
used for filler In the lining of cold sIor-
age and ice houses. since cork Is a nom
conductor of heat
Another and @ unique use of cork is that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
FEATs OF HORsEMANsHIP.
Threading a Fine Needle While Going
mt Fast Gallop.
fha

threading a Fine Needle While Going
Mt a Fast Gallop.
From the Chicago hter-ocean.
The greatest feat of horsemanship ever
saw performed was by a Riffian irregular
cavalryman," said Captain j. z. Rathbone
OF Los Angeles, Cal. This was in reply to a
story related by an ex-confederate, who
mad served with General ]. E. b. Stuart in
the valley of Virginia. The latter told how.
on more than one occasion, Turner Ashby
mad ridden up to an opposing cavalryman,
seized him around the waist. lifted him ONT
OF the saddle as if he had been a child, and
taken him back on his own horse into the
confederate lines. 1t was agreed that this
was more of a feat of strength and display
OF courage than horsemanship.
nave seen CosSacks at full gallon
snatch baby from its mothers arms toss
1t into the air, catch it, and repeat the per
formance, said Captain Rathbone 81
once saw an Indian rider in the far west
spring from his pony's bare back while the
animal was moving at full gallop. pick up
an arrow, and remount instantly in a
standing posture. l have seen other per-
formances all over the world, but for a
neat, clever, clean-cut feat this Riffian ex-
ceeded them ALL think.
Several of us had been at Gibraltar and
round ourselves at the town of Militia on
the Rlff1an coast. We were entertained by
the Spanish commander, who did the hon
ors finely. One morning we rode outside
the town and reached a level stretch of
sand, where there We're number of Rifian
horsemen. They were fne-looking fellows,
ana attired in snow white burnouses They
were mounted on small animals, slight, but
quick and wiry, of the thoroughbred Arab
barb type
We were amused some time by their
charges and evoiutions. They would throw
their swords and matchlocks in the air,
catching them by the hits and stocks in
ralllbly. Finally it was announced that
something of unusual interest would be ac-
complished. One of the men produced a
needle and piece of thread, possibly two
or three feet in length. They We're both
handed around for inspection. L suppose
the needle was a cambria one and the
thread fifty to sixty fine. When we had
duly inspected both, one of the men signi-
fed he would thread the needle. He gall
loped his horse down the sand about 400
yards or so. He finally wheeled his horse
and remained stationary facing u.s. The
one who held the needle and thread waved
them in his hand and rode toward the
other When he had covered about two
thirds of the distance he halted and waved
his hand to the farther one. Immediately
the latter spurred his horse into a gallon
and came toward us at full speed As he
passed the other he took the needle and
thread from his companion, bent over for a
moment, and pulled up when he reached
our party, holding the threaded needle tri-
umphantly over his head"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
LIQUID HYDROGEN,
Discovery and Character of the Most
Extraordinary Liquid known.


From the London Times
At the meeting of the Chemical Society
Professor Dewar gave a short account of
the first attempts made to determine the
physical constants of liquid hydrogen.
Among the most interesting points brought
forward was that just in the middle Of
last century chemists were startled by
Cavendish's discovery of Fictitious gas.
namely. hydrogen. having density of one
fourteenth that of air. so Low they were
startled by finding in liquid hydrogen a
liquid having a density of 0.07, or, roughly,
ore-fourteenth that of water HYDROGEN
occluded In palladium has been found TO
nave density of 0.62. Whatever, there
fcre be the form in which X exists in that
metal. 1t is more than eight times denser
than in the liquid condition, and conse-
quently must be in a state of chsmica al
combination, and not merely In one Of
nquefaction. Liquid hydrogen is thus by
lar the most extraordinary LIQUID known
The lightest liquid hitherto obtained is
liquid marsh gas. which has at its boiling
point density of about two-ffthS that of
water. Liquid hydrogen, therefore, has
only one-sixth of the density of LIQUID
marsh gas. and the surprising thing is that
having such small density it is SO well de-
fined. so easily seen, and SO capable of col
lection and manipulation in vacuum yes
sells.
Professor Dewar has determined the boil
Ing point of the liquid by means of a plat
mum resistance thermometer - practically
the only form available at such low tenn
peratures. The result he has obtained is
2SS degrees centigrade at atmospheric pres
sure; in other words. liquid hydrogen boils
steadily at 30 degrees above the zero Of alb
solute temperature. From all analogy 1t is
inferred that the lowering of temperature
that will be produced by forcing the liquid
to boil in vacuo cannot amount to mtre
than 10 or 10 degrees. 1t is. therefore, pos
sible to say with confidence that at the
present moment science can project no
method that will get nearer to the absolute
zero than 20 or % degrees.
The boiling point of liquid hydrogen is
really higher than suggested by theory and
the work of other experimenters. The dem
sity of the vapor coming Off from The boil
ing liquid is eight times denser than the
gas at ordinary temperatures, whereas in
the case of liquid air the vapor Is only four
times heavier. Liquid hydrogen, again. is
100 times denser than the vapor IL Is giving
OF, whereas the density of liquid oxygen is
20 times greater than that OF its vapor
The atomic volume of liquid hydrogen at
Its boiling point is 14.3, while that Of oxy-
gen is 1871.
1t may be mentioned that the platinum
resistance thermometer, when Immersed in
the liquid hydrogen, is cooled to within six
platinum degrees of its zero point so that
II cooled these few degrees more-as 1t can
be by means of the liquid boiling under ,e-
duced pressure-it must break down, be-
coming an infinite conductor with no re-
sistance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
RANDOM VERSE.
In Praise) of WAR.


From the London Outlook
c'we recognize at last that war is not Of God
Minor Poet)
I bear throat from attic high
Proclaim this latter valiant theme:
ITO live is nobier than to de-
1t is not Iaud Of gun and Pike,
1t is not zest for battle AK.
That makes an yirle mep6dsslike
This ery-this caitiff cant OF Pax.
Why should the race be to the Slow
Wherefore the weak enjoy the prizef
Fools upon brother fools bestow
The 1aurels wrested from the5wise?
To hear this milk-veined patriot pipe
One would believe a word of Vice
OF hatred. lust and greed ripe
To merge it into paradise.
War Is IF life-existence war:
Without 1t We should warp and rust
And as the other earth worms are.
Crepe daily duly in the dust
God. life and inspiration tell
That war is physic for the SOUL
Enduring peace would prove hell;
That wa alone can make us whole.
Through war are pesees triumphs won.
Of what consists the rutldy flood
Which bears the ships of progress on
If 1t he not of human blood:
Still is it true, who stands aside
with babbling lip and bringing hands
Must hold him ready to divide
with better men his goods and lands
Let them preach peace-this pulling sect:
Our ancient creed is current still
And iron shard, by mercy checked
Hcarnate wrong to cure, must KILL
A day may come when peace shall be
When blood shall cease to surge and mar.
Yet take the truth fling to thee;
Today what truth liveth lives by war!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
rom the Chicago Tribune

Claims are made in certain quarters to
the possession of the flag captured by Ad-
miral Dewey from the flagship of the Span
ish feet at Manila These claims seem to
be without foundation. Section 1854 or the
Revised Statutes provides: That the Sec
rotary of the Navy shall cause to be col
lected and transmitted to him at the seat
Of government all flags, standards or colors
captured from enemies of the United
States" The following section directs him
to deliver them to the President for the
purpose of being preserved and displayed +"
under the direction of the President These
laws are mandatory and must be obeyed by
the President. Before these flags can pass
out of the possession of the government a
special act of Congress Is required, and
as proof of the correctness of this state
ment measure Is now pending In Con-
gress authorizing the President to return
captured confederate flags. Several futile
attempts in this direction have been made.
but the flags still repose in the basement
of the War, State and Navy building, where
they will in all probability be joined by
the flags captured at Manila and elsewhere
during the progress of this war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18

Oh, for the dear old fashioned posies,
Growing close by the kitchen door;
And for the loved, familiar faces
Gone from our gaze fUrevermcre!
Heartsease sweet for hearts that are aching
Ragged ladies and four-o' clocks;
Marigoids with wealth uncounted
Cabbage roses and hollyhocks.
Old-tiHe pinks, with their spicy odor
Tfger-lilies and columbine;
Honey sweet in its golden chalice
Humning birds In the climbing vine.
Sunf1owers tall. that turn their faces
Out to the west as the sun goes down:
Morning glories, that close and COVER
Under the rays of his burning frown
Clover fields, with the bees a-hummng
Drowsy grasses which sway and nod;
Busy reapers the ripe grain cutting,
fragrant breath Of -mown sod
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
This Was His Sword.
w. s. Vail in the Atlanta Constitution.

W. 5. Vail in the Atlanta Constitution,
This his sword
1t dangleG beside him
When the hand of his mother
Carefsed his bright hair and her tears
Dewed his cheek at their parting
II was ratified by iostliug companions
When the swift. swaying train
through the pine woods Went. roaring and shrek.
ing.
With its scabbard 1t TOUCHED the broad deck
of the steamer which sought that green island
Deep set in its crystalline wa ars.
Fair island: 1.-THE smile Of tho sea
And it flashed LIE stood on lie ridge
Where the palms, tall, mB jestic,
hose White with green frynds set against a blue
sky. ~.
Yes 1t threa tened 1t flashed and 1t cut
When the wild cayalcade dashed through smoke
Ana stern valor struck down tile oppressor
Then it lay in the dust
In a still, Derveless hand. 10
If
This was his sword T
That lies now lovingly v-
On The casket of ebony, f. ]
Pressing down the torn flag q
Folded over his breast.
And now that same mothers hand
Ite inblingly, silently,
In the gloom darker roem
Stefls along the smooth ebony
Steals along to the tag. y,
Ihen touches the sword
But God says, Dear mother,
BY the blood Of the brave
Is humanity cleansed
And his work is not lost,
Nor his life blotted OUT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
Electric Light Furnishes His Meal.
From the Kansas City Star

In hole in the stone retaining wall of a
lawn at the northwest corner of Prospect
avenue and Independence boulevard lives
an unusually large and well fed toad. An
electric arc light hangs over the corner and
at night 1t attracts myriads of bugs and
flies. 1t is then that the toad leaves his
hole and hops out across the granitoid walk
to where the insects, blinded by the light.
fall upon the pavement and crawl around
The toad sits. his eyes sparkling in the cleo
trio light like beads of jet, till a beetle or a.
moth falls near him and then he hops eau
tiously near to it. His long, red tongue
shoots out with the Quickness of a flash
and the insect disappears down his throat
1t takes a good many bugs to make a full
meal for this toad, and often he is on the
pavement for more than an hour. The toad
is there every night and passersby stop to
watch him. He keeps out of the way of De-
destrians and when he goes back to his
crevice in the stone wall he moves lazily
and with short. self-satisied hops
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18

Electricity is now successfully used I'm
tanning wild beasts When q wild lion or
tiger is to be tanned. electric wires are first
rugged up In the cage between the tanner
and the animal. After time the tanner
turns his back, and the lion invariably
makes a leap at him. but receives a par
alyzing shock sufficient to terrorize him
forever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18

Miss Sadie Webb of Porter township
Ohio. for two years has discharged person.
ally her duties as contractor on the United
States mail route No. 81. ut. which takes
in five thriving towns. Every day except
Sunday she drives thirtytwo miles, max
ing 1872 miles q week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18

An ingenious machine for making sand
witches is used by many of the ocean line
steamships 1t cuts and buffers the bread,
and the machine can be arranged SO that
the bread need not be buttered If the on
orator does not want 1t to be So In maxi
ing 1000 sandwiches three hams and eley-
en- pounds of butter are saved, 1t IL said
on account Of the accuracy with which both
are cut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
Fortune and Misfortune.

Fair Fortune is a tickle miss,
Not long with one her stay:
In haste she gives a smile, a kiss.
Then vanishes away.
Not 80 Misfortune, constant maid.
Her fancy never fits;
No haste Is in her manner staid,
She seats herself and kpits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-18
Style of the HOuaes.

To offset this in the description it Is to be
said that on a few of the islands the in
hsbitants. even though they be all Malays,
are somewhat advanced in their hama nifty
They build themselves houses that are SUI
perior to those in which savages in general
live. The erection OF a good house Is con-
sidered as an honorable employment, ond
the family that In to occupy ii Is assisted
In the erection by all its friends. Ex-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-04-22

Harris German Antiseptic and
Medicated Oil, treatment for Hay
Fever, Catarrh, Asthma, and Deaf
ness is guaranteed to cure in three
weeks. A written guarantee to be
permanently cured or money re-
funded. l give all references that
are requested as to my responsible
ty. My remedy is a home treat
ment, only used night and morn
ing, after the first day. 1 also treat
all chronic diseases at your home.
Write and send a description of
your disease and 1 will write YOU
whether l think you can be cured
or not. Remember l guarantee in
writing, so DO NOT DELAY. All
correspondence confidential. Write
to DR.. G. L. Hart, Portland. Oregon.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-04-22
A. S. Senter,
Clerk.

Big Wood river, April 10th.
The river is up and still raising
Ranchers are now repairing their
bitches,
Mr.. Williams started for Haley
yesterday.
7. j. Donaldson has rented the
John Sims place.
There are seven teams at work on
the Poor NJ ans ditch.
Miss Patton's eigh; month school
is out on the 23d of this month,
A Sunday school was organized
at the Sims school house last Sun
day.
Mrs. Donaldson, who sustained
nm injury of two broken ribs short
time ago, is recovering slowly.
The spring term of school in dis
trict No L, commenced April 9th,
with James Donaldson as teacher.
The feed is good and there are
many bands of sheep taking advan-
.age of it. Memo.