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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
Ingenious Sounding Apparatus.

rfoiu lue SdNauudn news.
Rapid-test soundipgs were required in
some work on a railway line between Paris
and Havre, where the cast-iron viaduct of
Bezons was replaced by an arch bridge
alongside. The old foundations for six chan
mel piers were removed to the bottom of
the river. 1t was required that the river
bed should be carefully leveled After 1t
had been dredged the bottom was explored
by means of a horizontal bar of iron about
twenty feet long, which was suspended at
each end from a framework uniting two
nat boats in catamaran fashion. This beam
was lowered close to the bottom and the
boats were gradually moved along in the
direction transverse to the length of the
tar. When the scraper encountered no ir-
regularity. the suspending chains hung YER
tically, but as soon as either end was de-
hected by contact with any obstruction an
electric circuit was closed, which caused
an alarm to be rung. The boat was stop
ped, and the obstruction located by means
or sounding poles. In this way, small
stones, down to diameter of four inches.
We're easily located, and the bed of the
river was leveled to within that amount of
irregularity. This method proved rapid and
successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
Bacterial Attractions.

Prof. Ray Lancaster. ir a recent lecture
In England, gave clear and easily under
stood explanation of how NEGOTIATIONS of
mild disease will cure or prevent the Sc
verer kinds. Protoplasm, he said, had the
capacity for being taught to tolerate a
chemical action from which 1t naturally
shrank. A nass Of protoplasm attracted in
the direction of solution Of suiphate of
iron would at first grow down to the edge
of 1t and then draw back, but in a little
time would plunge boldly through and
across II, and this protoplasm thenceforth
would have 60 fear of sulphats of iron.
The amoeboid corpuscles of the blood are
attracted by what is called "chemotaxis"
TO the germs of disease entering the body
and swallow them up; but these bacteria
In their turn produce a poison which re-
peis the corpuscles. The latter, however,
can be taught by gradually increasing doses
to tolerate the poison, and in this way the
body can acquire an immunity against even
the full strength of the disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26

ing on the main question II am correct
in the Interpretation Of what have OBJ
served. information, ip fact, which may be
obtained as one steams along without the
trouble or cost of boring. Should be cor
rect. it would be natural to look upon the
results of the boring at Funafuti much in
the same light and to assume that the
island, as well as others In the Ellice
group. is also in the area of elevation
and that the great thickness of coral OBJ
tanned was reached by boring in The base
of an ancient reef. Sc, that the results OBJ
tanned by Prof. David from the boring at
Frnafuti do not assist US in any way in
corroborating the theory of subsistence as
essential to the formation of atolls."
However that may be, 1t only empha-
sizes what has been said so often, that
there is no general theory of the formation
of coral reefs. either barrier or ato.ls. of
universal application. Each district must
be examined by Itself-at least, such has
been my experience in Florida, in the Ber-
nudas. the Bahamas, in Cuba and the
West India Islands and the Sandwich
Islands. The results of this trip show
plainly that the theory of Darwin and
Dana of the formation of atolls and of bar
rier reefs by subsistence, is not applicable
to the Fiji Islands, notwithstanding the
boring at Funafuti by Prof. David of the
University of Sydney. In all the localities
that 1 have visited the coral reefs form but
a thin crust upon the underlying base-it is
Florida.and the shape and slope Of The
base is in no way due to the growth of the
corals living upon it.
Masses Of COral.
This still leaves open the question of
the formation of such thick masses Of
coral reef rock, which, though they may
originally have been formed by subsistence,
as other massive deposits have been, yet
may also have been formed by the gradual
pushing out to seward of the outer edge
of the reef. the reef increasing both in
ing out of the mass of debris and of bio ks
detached from the outer edge forming
talus upon which corals may grow when
ever the talus has reached the depth at
which they thrive. 1 am inclined to think
that the careful study of such shore reef
Will alone give us correct idea of the
n amer in which such thick masses of
coraline limestone may have been formed.
There are in Fiji a number of small
atolls from one to three or four miles in
circumference, the Formation of which, 1t
seems to me. can only be satisfactorily ex-
planned on the theory that they have been
formed upon the eroded submits or rims
of extinct craters. the rim of the volcano
having been eroded either to a continuous
fiat or to flats separated by deeper pas
sages. forming entrances to the inclosed
lagoons. The great variety of causes
which have been active in shaping the
present physiogonomy CT the reefs and
atolls of Fiji shows the impossibility Of
assigning any one factor, like subsistence
for instance, as Is done by Dana and OAR
win. as the single cause for the forrna ton
CT the rcany different kinds of atolls and
barrier-reef islands to be found in the
Fiji group"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
ON THE RIVER OF EGYPT.
Wild, Weird Chanting Songs OF tn
Arab BOatmen.

Wild, Weird Chanting Songs OF the
Arab BOatmen.
G. W. Stevens In the London Mail.
Assouan is the southern frontier Of Egypt.
the terminus OF the Lower Nile. And it
looks like a terminus. We came to 1t on a
lazy afternoon, too late for coffee, too early
for tea. The Nile. which had been lazy
too. began to show signs of a current. We
tied up by bank of yellow sand; in front
of us, to the left, was q long line of palms
with white houses peeping from behind
them-Assouan. Beyond it a lofty rise Of
rock-at least, 1t looks lofty in Egypt-met
the elevation Of a rocky. trce-grown island
-Elephentine. Between the two came
down the river, still fretting from the Cat
aract. 1t narrowed between the two elbows
of rock, and turned corner, SO that It
locked as IL Assouan were not only the
end Of Egypt. but the end Of the Nile.
In q quarter of an hour was in a boat
amid my packages. pulling away upstream
for my friends dahabeah. Lucky are the
friends of my friend. and his welcome
always gives you to believe he came to
this particular corner expressly to meet
you. Now was to live couple Of nights
aboard his dahabeah. ! had seen the sort
of comfort In which he sends you up the
Nile In a party; now for the luxury when
he gives you q dahabeah to yourself.
The six leather-skinned rowers took hold
of their clumsy oars. one hand like q cap
over the butt swung them out by the loop
of-rope rowlocks, and bent forward. As
the oars took the water a seventh leather
skin. squatting idly in the bows. suddenly
set up nasal wall knew 1t at once
Arab singing; but to my horror the whole
crew Joined In full-throated For half a
dozen strokes they howled. and then set up
one strident staccato 4'a-a-ah!' which Is
the cry they use In this country to remind
Sinking cameis and donheys Of their duty.
Then for another SIX strokes they howled;
then a-a-ah-d again to keep themselves
up to their work All the time the tdler In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
They Rejected Money.
ON the Phfladelphia RecnrA

In this country and In the civilized world
generally we are SO accustomed to the
circulation Of coins that we are ant to
forget that there are millions of human
beings who know nothing whatever Of
coins. and conduct their transactions by
means Of cowr1es. brass rods, pieces OF
cotton or cloth and divers other articles.
On the west coast of Africa brass and
copper rods are In vogue. and form an
important article OF commerce from the
Birmingham district Of England. Recent
ly an effort has been made to displace this
form Of currency by forcing the natives
to use silver coirs, but without success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
Child Life in China.

We have all heard. in a general way, of
the cruelty Of the Chinese in summariIy
Gfsposing Of their diseased children and girl
babies. just how much truth there may be
In such stories we have probably never
taken the trouble to inquire. but now comes
a traveller from the land of sianting eyes
end pigtails whose account OF the attitude
of Chinese parents toward their offspring
Is quite at variance with some of the things
we have heard. He says that the little
Chinese are the objects Of unlimited par
entail devotion: especially do the fathers
love their little ones, and lavish upon them
many caresses. The babies are pretty crea-
lures and bright and intelligent Many Of
the children attend the American mission
schools, and parents of the heather faith
says our informant. allow their children
to go to the white devils because of the
advantage they gain in learning ENGLISH.
He does admit, however, that the little
girls In China are less happy than the boys
being compelled. much as they are in our
own country among the lower classes. to
carry about with them a great baby. who
is more of a weight than their little arms
and body can rightly support.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
RANDOM, We RISE
Adios.


Written for The Evening Star BY v. G.. N.
Yes, Senior de LONE, 80 back to your home
And you richly deserve, ON your route,
To &c drammed frcm cur shore before you writs
more,
OF what you know nothing about.
Prom Madrid to Madrid (which you'd better
have hid,
Has reused every woma6s contempt
And the falsehoods You told. iA a manner 30 bold,
Prove your soul of all honor exempt
Pray. where did you find the remarkable kind
OF woman Of whom you there speak?
IT'S pity you met with quite such "set"
But-'Water its level wifi seeh''
The next time you write try to get an insight
OF the homes of the best to be found,
Or. perhaps you might change Of your eyesight
the range
That your statements may rest some groundI
Your recent mistake was very bad break"
And has brought its deserved result,
But please understand. in this courteous land
Nor its rulers nor queens bear INSULT
So bic to your home, Senior Dupuy de LONE
Be advised, and forget how to write;
No longer remain, for should come with Spain
We women ready to fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
The Battle Ship.

Minna Irving in the Criterion.
Proud swan of the waters white eagle of war
The blue pillows ripple from under her keel
And the kiss of the foam and the tears Of the
spray
Are salt in the sun her girdle of steel
Those stars at her peak. that in tempest arose
Those stripes that were bought with the blood
of the brave,
She will CALAMITY guard till her skeleton lies
In sea-weeded sepulcher, deep in the wave
The black cannon crouch on the snow of her decks
With the thunder asleep In their threats, but
beware,
Ills the voice of the nation that speaks to the
world
When the hand of her gunner is lifted in air,
And the language they utter is the same
That Lexington heard on that morning of wore
When the scarlet-clad soldiers lay dead in the
dust
And the power of tyrannous king was no more,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
The Fight ut the San Jacinto.


John Williamson Palmer in the Chap Book.
Now for brisk and cheerful fight!'
Said Hartman. big and drelI
As he cOaxed his flint and steel for q light
And pulled at his cold clay bowl;
For we are skulking lot, = gays he,
''Of land-thieves hereabout,
And these bold senoles, Two 10 one.
Have come to smoke US cut
Santa Ann and Castillon,
Almonte brave ard gay l.
Pcrtilla red from Goliad l.
And Cos with his smart array.
Dulces and cigaritos
And the light guitar jtingaumi
SAINT Anna courts siesta-
And Sam Houston taps his drum.
The buck stands still In the timber
rs it patter of Luts that fall?'
The foal of the Wild mare whinnies-
Did he hear the Con anche call
In the brake by the crawling bayou
The sinking she-wolves howl;
And the mustangs snort in the river ssdgs
Has startled the padding fowl.
A SOFT low tap and u n,uffed tap,
And roll not loud nor lengI-
We would not break SAINT Annals nap,
Nor spoil Almontes sc ng.
Saddles and knives and rihesi 70 '-'i
Lord! bat the men were glad 7'-
And kaInes Missed "Goliad!
The drummer tucked his sticks in his belt,
And the fifer gripped his gun.
Oh, for one free. wild Texan yell,
AS we took the slope in run.
But never shout nor a shot we spent,
Nor an oath nor a prayer that day,
Till we faced the braves. eye to eye,
And then We blazed away.
Then knew the rapture Of Ben Milan,
And the glory that Travis made,
With BOwie's lunse. and Crockett's shot,
And Fannin's dancing blade;
And the heart of the fighter bounding free
In his joy so hot and mad
When Willard charged for Alamo,
Lamar for GOliad
Deaf Smith rode straight, with reeking spur,
Into tie shock and rout:
''rve hacked and burned the bayou bridgeI
There's no sneaks back-way outP'
Muzzle or butt for Gollad,
Pistol and blade and fist!
Oh, for the knife that never glanced,
And the gun that never missed!
Dulces and cigaritcs,
Song and the mandolin!
That CORY swamp is a grewsOme grove
To dance fandangos in.
We bridged the bog with the sprawling herd
That fell In that frantic rout.
We slew and slew till the sun set red,
And the Texan star flashed out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26

Mr.. Robert Taylor Of Scarva. County
Down, who has just completed his 11t,h
year, Is postmaster Of that town, position
which he held in the reigns Of George w
and William Nv. Mr.. Taylor is also q gen.
eral merchant, actively engaged in the
business transactions incidental to his oc-
cupation. He Is certainly the Oldest post
master and general merchant, and is prob
ably the Oldest man in the United King
dom. He Is hale and active and Is in full
possession Of all his mental faculties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
Times v4saEies.
Virginia Niles Leeds in Lila. n

irsinia Niles Leeds in Life. a
We wandered by the riverside,
The maiden fair and T;
MY arm about her WAIST wits tied,
Her looks were coy and Shy.
The moon on high in brightest sheen
Looked down with face benign
MY years they numbered Just sixteen.
While she was twenty-nine.
We talked iG lovers tendrest strain,
That maiden fair and I;
NY bHghted state was my refrain.
She gave ne sigh for Sigh
And sweet WORDS too which she did mean.
Were metad out to mine
Ny years they numbered just sixteen,
While she Was twenty nine.
But cruel Interruption came
Betwtxt that maid and me-
And was hurried on to claim
A fortune DER the sea-
thought Of her, my fairy queen,
And for swhfle did pine
For was only just sfxfeen
While she was twenty mine.
Now, thirteen years have come and gone
since we met by the shore, -
ana I've come back from t0rrfd zone,
And we have met once more,
But what II th3s-it beate me Clean
Explain 1t, orb divine =
The lady now Ii Just sixteen,
Ana am twenty -niDel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
Prepared.
John White Chadwick in Harper's Magazine

John White ChadW1ck In Harper's Magazine.
Oft have wondered at the fearless heart
With which strong men and tender women go
To meet great Death; but now seem TO know
The secret of their courage. IT'S a part
OF their whole life, the end of all thou art
Q Nature, to their souls. The steady flow
OF time is ceaseless; thick thy hand doth SOW
The void with stars, lille from earths bosom start
The lovely flowers, and there trees and streams,
And women's faces and loves mystery.
And all these things influences that give
The needed lesson They are all foregleams
OF the one strangeness and the last. How be
OF death afraid when we have dared to uve7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
Loves Time Table,

Loves Time Table.
Virginia Duncan in Mothers Magazine
C4, Margery sweet. in your daf1odi gown,
You pause at the turn Of the stair
Beside wee lassie with lashes OF brown
Vino cons the old table with care.
Sixty seconds minute hear her repeat,
Nay, cot for lover" call
lis an hour would swear when I'm waiting,
petite,
For Margery here in the hail."
But when on the sofa with lights dim and low.
She neaIs my sweet story again,
Too soon the old clock will be bidding me CO.
Sixty minutes a second make them.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26

A Aonaon Idea OF American Manners.
In an article describing the ladies' bill
Hard saloon of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
In New York. the London Globe enlight-
ems fts readers with the following vera
cfous observation: ''If q man should be
SO bold as to remove his coat. an attend
ant instantly hands him lounge jacket.
All present shut their eyes, and do not
open them again until the ringing of bell
announces that the shirt sleeves have been
covered"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
The Measure of Life,

THO MeHsufe Oh L1fe.
Ten years a gracious heaven gives
To make man conscious that he lives
Then twenty years Of ardor sweet,
And hopes that dance with winged feet.
Another score to strive and weep.
And bind youths dreams with gives Of sleep
And last the harvest twenty come
Reap, bind and take the pathway home
JAMES BUCKHAM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26

THE evidence thus far collected on the
F1Jis shows the futility OF boring in this
group. Any result obtained would merely
at some point indicate the thickness of a
Former elevated reef-a reef formed in q
period preceding our own. We should OBJ
tain information which could have no bear
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-09-23
PEcULIAK PoIsoNs.
GENERATED II rfIE HUMAN
RODY.
The Result of Imperfect Diges.
ton of Food

Every living hing, plant or ami
nal, contains within itself.the germs
of certain decay and death.
Iu the human body these germs of
disease and death called by scien-
lists PtomainsJ, axe usually the re-
suit of Imperfect digestion of food;
the result of indigestion or dyspep-
STA.
The Stomach, from abuse, weak
ness, does not promptly and thor-
oughly digest The feed. The result
is heavy. sodIen mass which fer
ments uhe first process of decav)
poisoning the blood, making it thin,
weak and lacking in red corpuscles !;
poisoning the brain causing head
aches and pain in the eyes.
Bad digestions irritates the heart,
causing palpitaiion and finally
bringing on disease of this very i'm
portant organ.
Poor digestion poisons the kidneys
causing Bright, disease AMI dia-
betes. And this is so because every
ornan avarr narya 1anendS nnon
the stomach alone for nourishment
and renewal, and weak digestion
shows itself not only in loss of APP
petite and flesh, but in weak nerves
and mu lily complexion.
The great English scientist, Hux-
ley. said the best start in life is a
sound stomach. Weak stomachs fail
10 digest food properly, because they
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-09-23
ABOUT TOWN.


Corn beef in cans and salmOns at
Bouts.
New apple cider just received by
Lucio Bouts
Bananas are quite plentiful
here this fall.
The Thermometer registered 90 .
in the shade at noon today.
There was no business transacted
in ether the district or county court
3 today.
The schooner Coquette sailed yes
ferdsy afternoon from Point Isabel
for Galveston.
Lunch tongue and deviIed ham re-
ceived on this steamer by Lucio
Bouts.
Sugarcane is being cut and
the mills will soon be grinding
along the lower Rio Grande
For fresh carnHed goods, such as
Asar,Iines in tomatoes, Mexican Sar-
dimes and Vienna sausage with sour
kraut go to Lucio Bouis.
The date of the sailing Of the
steamship Morgan was changed
from today to tomorrow. The con-
Meeting train will leave Brownsville
tomorrow afternoon at one o'clock
The trial OF Guillermo Sanchez
yesterday charged with the theft Of
a horse, this being the second case
for the same offense, the jury
brought in verdict as in the first
case. not guilty
Z9rafn Zuniga was placed on trial
yesterday afternoon charged with
burglary The case was given to the
fury last evening, which is stiil out
at this writing-4 :3o-and' it is
more than likely that a verdict will
not b. reached at all .
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-09-23

lack the proper quantity of digestive
acids tactic and hydrochlorsc) and
peptogenic products; the most seasi-
bic remedy in all cases of indlges
ton, IS TO take after each meal one
or two-of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablest,
because they supply in pleasant,
harmless form all the elements that
weak stornachs lack.
The regular use OF STARTS Dys-
pepsia Tablets will cure every form
of stomach trouble except cancer OF
the stomach.
They increase aeshs insure pure
qlood, strong nerves, bright eye
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-09-23

and clear complexion, because all
these resuls only from wholesome
food well diseste'l.
Nearly ~ druggists sell Stuar''s
Dyspepsia Tablets at 80 cents full
sized package or by mail by enolos-
ing price to Stuart Co.., Marshall,
Mich, but ass ,yopr druggist first.
A little BOOK on stomach diseases
mailed free. Address Stuart Co,
Marshall, Mich.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-09-23
Goodbye to Troop II.

The citizens of Brownsville
view with regret the departure
of The Lame Rangers" or. to
denote. them according to their
official name, Troop Fl of the
Frist Texas Cavalry. With a
few exceptions perhaps, our
people have found these gal
liant young volunteers to be a
courteous and genIlrmanly set
and have been favorably i'm
pressed with both officers aud
men. 10 saying goodbye THE
HERALD but voices the senti-
ments of lis many Brownsville
readers, when it wishes the
boys god-speed and hopes they
may some dav either collective
y or individually, return to
fsie oas little city.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-09-23

The HERALD IS always pleased to
mentionthe arrival and departu re CT
those who come and 60 It sometimes
fails to learn Of the arrival or departure
of some, and hence fails TO mention
them. We would consider it a favor II
any whose friends or relatives. or If they
themselves, contemplate a trip or return
from some journey, or if the4 have
friends visiting them, would kindly noti-
fly US of the facts. Such information or
any other news Of personal or local
nature will always be gratefully receiv-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-09-23
fhe u. S. Cow KePorrS
show Royal Baking PoN'Gef
superior 10 81 Others
For over Fifty Years.
SUPERIOR 9


Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their child
rem while teethlng, with perfect
success. Ii soothes the child, sof
tens the gums, allays all pain, cure
wind collie, and is the best remedy
for Diarrhoea. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately.
Soldby Druggists in every part of
the world. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle Be sure and ask for Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-09-23
PURELY PERSONAL.


Miss Rosa Champion has returned
from pleasant visit to relatives
near Santa Maria.
n. NJ. Mcfarland left on this
mornings upriver train to visit Hi
dalgo and Rio Grande City in the
interes. of his house.
Geo. II. Tarcotte. after a few days
stay in town visiting relatives, left
on the Alice stage this morning for
his home at La PARA.
Miss Sarah Kennedy left this morn
ing BY the Matamoros train for III
dalgo, TO visit her sister, Miss Flor
enee, who is teaching school there
Miss Blanche Tiblier left by stage
this morning for her home a San
Diego, after a pleasant stay here
with her friend Miss sunie l'ute-
gnat.