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The evening times., 1899-06-21
Ham-smeIIins a. a Business.
From the Kansas CITY StarD

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One of the curious businesses that men en-
gage.in is ham-smelling in packing houses II
is business allied with that Of tea-tastia.
wine-testng, and the like. The ham-smcller i.
technically known a ham-tester. Ii is hi,
business TO inspect meat products. and judge OF
their soundness This is done before the meats
leave the house. when they bought from
other concerns to fill a shortage.
The ham-smeller's only tools long steel
trier and his nose. 1t is often necessary to test
hams after they come out of the sweet pickle
and before they go into the snokehouse. The
ham-smeer stands in barrel to keep his
clothes from being soiled by the dripping brine.
and the hams brought to him by workmen.
A ham is laid before him, and he plunges his
sharp pointed trier into it, withdraws il and
passes it swiftly beneath his nose. The trier al
ways goes down to the knucklc-jo Joint. In testing
meat in that manner the man with the trier
Judges by the slightest shade Of difference be-
tween the smell of piece of meat and an
other The smell of the meat is almost uniyer-
sally sweet, and that is what he smells; the
slightest taint deviation from the sweet smell
is, therefore, appreciable. 1t is not the degree
of taintedness that he expects to find, but the
slightest odor that is not sweet. When he de-
tects an odor he throws the meat aside and il it
is not wholesome it is sold as rejected meat
but if it is tainted it goes to the rendering tank
The ham-tester smells meat from O'Clock in the
morning until o'clock at night, and his sense
must become jaded or inexact, or his use.
fulness would be at an end
Ham testing is not n pursuit dangerous to the
health, as tea-tasting is supposed to be, but the
with a cold in his head is like a
piano player who loses his arm in a railroad
wreck.
The evening times., 1899-06-21

to zero. ard next. as the shadow pass5
away, a gradual rise. But at the last con-
tact with the penumbra the record was
rather less than 81 per cent of the normal
full moon temperature, and during the
next hour and forty minutes the rise WAS
so very slow that the record at the end
only just reached that number. Probably
the radiation is so rapid and the cod space
around the moon so intense that some time
must elapse after it has passed out of the
shadow before it is again warmed.
Lord Rose things that the rad ant heat
of the moon consists partly of solar heat
directly reflected from its surface, and
partly of rays which that surface has abb
sorbed and has subsequently emitted. The
investigation is one of much scientific liz
terest, which he hopes vii! attract 9th r
workers; indeed, he thinks that his meth
eds are capable of extension. and that in
the future it will be possible to measure
not only the light. but also the heat emit
ted by the stars. Needless to say that the
loss Of the latter would not sensibly affect
1tC
The evening times., 1899-06-21

The third game Of the series between
the Indians and Senators was won by the
Washingtons at ST. Louis yesterday by the
score of 5 to 3. A crowd of 1000 enthusi-
asts witnessed the downfall of the Te-
beauties, and again there was delegation
of Washington Elks to cheer for Irwin's
men. Mercer opposed Powell on the rub
ber and his work was vastly superior to
that of his twirling adversary. The one
overshadowing feature of the day was the
batting of O'Brien. Five times he went
TO bat and each time did he find Powell's
slants for safe hit. His record for the
day was three singles, three -bagger. and
a home run.
The Senators both outbatted and out
felded their opponents, and although luck
was all with the st. Lousans. the visitors
had no trouble in winning. Stupid base
running was one of the main causes of
the loss Of the game to ST. Louis. In the
ninth inning the Indians had a chance to
tie the score, but they failed TO improve
their opportunity. The fielding feature of
the day was great running catch by Nc
Kean of foul fly. The big fellow was
heartily applauded for his effort The St
Louisans did not field up to their usual
standard. The score:
The evening times., 1899-06-21
THE YALE-HARVARD TEAM.
Athletes Chosen to Compete With
Oxford and Cambridge.

Oxford and Cambridge.
New York. June 21.-With one or two ex-
ceptions the team that will represent Yale
and Harvard in the contest with Oxford
and Cambridge were selected last night by
the joint committee entrusted with the
management of the American end of the
match. Altogether twenty-three men will
be taken as competitors. OF these nineteen
were decided on last night The four men
to be chosen are broad and high jumpers.
DAILY. of Harvard. was the only jumper in
cluded in the competitors decided on. He
took third place in the broad jump at the
intercollegiate games. OF the men select
ed ten are from Harvard and nine from
Yale.
One OF the stipulations in the agreement
with oxford and Cambridge is that the
events in which the men will compete need
not be specified. but that any man entered
by either side will be eligible to contest
in any of the events on the programme
The men picked by the committee have
not therefore been assigned to any par
ticular event, but are simply classified lac
cording to their specialties. The selec-
tions of the committee follow:
Harvard. T. Roche. jr., captain. and
F. ]. Quinlan. sprinters; T. E. Bruke, mid
die distances; H. b. Clarke and II. ii.
Foote long distances; F. z. Fox and J. w.
Hallowell hurdlers; W. A. Boal and II. j.
Brown, hammer throwers; c. d. DAILY,
broad jumper.
Yale-F. A. Blount and c. Dupee. sprint
ers; ID. Boardman and T. B. Fisher, in,
captain. quarter -milers; J. p. Adams. mid
die distances: H. P. Smith. c. B. Splitter.
and G. X. Palmer, long distances; W. NJ.
Fincke hurdler.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
RocHEsTER's QUEER STRIKE.
Policemen and Ambulances Accom-
pany the Marchers.

Rochester. June 21.-Every member OF
the night patrol Of police is on duty
to protect the workmen employed on pub
lie contracts in place Of the men who
struck. At every job from dozen to two
score policemen, armed with revolvers and
clubs. are constantly on duty. The strik-
ers. who are mostly Poles. Italians. and
Germans, are today parading the streets.
going from place TO place and endeavoring
to induce more men to join their ranks.
Many laborers employed on private jobs
have left their places and Joined the
marching columns Flags and drums are
carried. The police accompany the strk-
ers, and have prevented several fights
Ambulances from the several hospitals
accompany tie parade, this precaution
being taken so that surgical assistance
will be at hand in case of riot, which is
hourly expected. The strikers are noisy
and demonstrative, but the police keep
them fairly well subdued.
The sheriff Of the county has been called
on for assistance. the strike having spread
to suburban towns that are already part
Of the city. The Rev. DR.. Hanna, OF St.
Bernards Seminary. last night address
ed the strikers and counseled them to
refrain from violence. The men hold out
for eight hours work and ten hours pay
The evening times., 1899-06-21
THE MOONS HEAT.
IL Is An Derived From the sun and
Is Reflected.
prom the London st1ndard.)

(from the London st1ndard)
AT the Camera Club last evening Lord
Rose gave an account of n difficult series
of Investigations on which he mas been en-
gagged for several years. in order TO deter
mine the heat of the moon. By this phrase
he does not mean the temperature of the
planet itself, which differs from our ca. tn
in that the warmth increases in the latter
from the surface inward. This, however
rs not true of Il e noon. No doubt, 1t vas
once an incandescent globe: but tha, was
very long ago. II probably is altogether
cold. or II any warmth sui fingers at the
central core, it is insufficient to produce
sensible effects upon the surface. Without
water vapor, without an atmosphere the
heat which the moon receives from the
solar rays must soon be lost by radiation,
when the suns light is withdrawn and the
naked surface is exposed to the frightf'l
cold of celestial space.
Yet for long period after the mCoa
ceased TO glow il must have been hot
enough below the surface. The proof OF
this is conspicuous in every part of Its
face. 1t is more than range. it is a mass.
of extinct volcanoes. In this sense then
the heat of the moon is now a non-exis e It
quantity. But, as il shines by borro we'd
light, and reflects that light to the earth,
so for a season it is warmed by soar heat,
and may also reflect some OF this. That is
the question Thich Lord Rose, assisted
by DIR. Boedicker, superintendent OF his
observatory at Parsonstown, has en-
deavored to answer He possesses excep-
tionally good instruments for investigating
the problem.
In the park, just in front of Birr Castle.
rise the two great refiscting teie copes con-
structed by the late Earl. One of them.
tho moro eaSily r,anipulatpd hoe
about yard in diameter. but. big though
this is, 1t is quite dwarfed by its oomprn
ion. which is a giant among telescopes, for
a man can walk upright along its tube.
while the mirror is six feet across.
Lord Rose states that. even with toe
smaller mirror the heat radiated from the
surface of the moon can be estimated with
tolerable accuracy; the changes in its
amount observed at the various points in
the lunar month, and compared with that
Of the sun; and the physical qualities of
the heat rays investigated, as can be done
with those of light. Seidel, at Munich. by
photometric apparatus. had been able to
curve 20 show the increase and
decrease Of the moons light. and Lord
Rose has carried out similar enquiry
with regard to its heat
His curves. he remarks, bring out oae
curious result. The greatest heat of the
lunar surface is not, as might have been
at full moon, but about ten hours
before that event. Lord Rose hesitates to
assign a cause. though Of the fact he has
10 doubt. Another interesting feature was
discovered during lunar eclipses After |
he total phase is ended the heat, of |
.ourse, rapidly increases, but not up to the |
'alue recorded at ordinary full moon. On |
me occasion, with a perfectly clear sky. a /,
Tery slight decrease in temperature was |
observed Just before contact with the
then came the usual fal! almost |
The evening times., 1899-06-21
Mr.. Gillette. Little Joke.
From the Saturday Evening Post)

1t would take 100000 to equal the an
nual earnings of William Gillette. the ac-
tor playwright. Mr.. Gillette has three
sources of income. according to report. One
as an actor, one in the shape of royalties,
and one as a sharer in his managers prof.
its. He is now working upon dramati-
zation of Sherlock Holmes, in which he
will play his favorite mysterious role.
Mr.. Gillette has three fads. He is retir-
ing to a degree. Last winter he kept to
his hotel SO closely that report gained
credence in New York that he had disap-
peared, and search parties were talked Of
as possibilities.
He is almost an incessant smoker. He
believes that smoking on the stage is typi-
cal of that reserve force which SO strong
ly marks his acting. 1t is suggested that
his love of tobacco may have something to
do with this belief, but those who recall
the cigar scene in the telegraph office in
Secret Service will not credit this sug
gestion.
His third fad Is the houseboat. Mr.. Gil
lette's floating home is a cross between a
canalboat and gypsy wagon. 1t is pro-
PEELED by steam, very slowly, and is a
sight to make ordinary sailor men quake
with fear 1t is luxuriousiy furnished with
in, however, and during the summer
months it is a familiar figure in the Con-
necticut River, in the vicinity Of his home
in Hartford.
Last year Mr.. Gillette invited Charles
Of theatrical fame, and another
friend, to come with him to New York
on the boat instead Of going by train. Mr..
had an important business en-
gagement the next evening in one Of his
theatres.
The trip consumed five days, four of
which were on the Sound. too far from
shore for either wading or swimming, and
The Holy Terror Uhat was the boats
name) had no small boats. 1t is said to
have been the unhappiest five days of Mr..
busy life. in spite of the COM
oany of his host and the inviting dishes
prepared by his French chef. The actor,
however, enjoyed 1t to the utmost.
After a particularly stormy scene be-
ween the two. when Mr.. Frohman with
ears in his eyes explained the necessity
If greater haste. Mr. Gillette remarked.
iryly. as is his custom: THAT will do,
II you say anv more I'll write a
,lay about this trip. and I'll produce it II
have to bring it out myself"
Nothing more was said about the delay.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
DIAMOND DUST.

Mexican is playing gilt-edged ball at first base
for the Tebeauites. and is likely to become a
fixture at that sack.
One good umpire is better than two bad ones
One bad one is handicap to a good one. Two
good ones is supreme joy, and two horribly
bad ones is
Freeman got in his tenth home run hit at St.
Louis Monday, in addition to a clean single.
He made beautiful throw from right field, re-
tiring Young at third base.
President Adam johnson, Of the District
League. is working hard to get his teams into
good playing condition, and if energy and per-
severance go for anything he will succeed.
Tim Hurst is badly needed in the game and
is anxious to get back. Yet the condition prece-
dent to his doing is not to Tins liking. He
is not in the habit of acknowledging his errors
to a father confessor outside of his own church
The champion Bostons have hard summers
work before them in order to win another pen
nant The Brooklyns 1ls points ahead
Of them, and are in good il not better play
ing condition than the bean-consumers. II Han
Ions team can pull through without any Sc
rious accidents II will win; otherwise il is a
case for speculation. with the chances in favor
Of Boston.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
OMAHA HAS A MYSTERY.
Uncertainty Regarding n CattI
Broker Who Got Drunk.

Uncertainty Regarding Cattle
Broker Who Got Drunk.
Omaha, Neb.. June 21.-The police de-
partment of the city has a mystery to un-
ravel which surrounds small. pleasant
looking Englishman who calls himself
James d. Bates, Of the Liverpool exporting
stock firm of Wilson's Sons Co. He has
been in Jail here for twenty-four hours. A
week ago the engaging fellow came to
town, stopped at the best hotel and ap-
peared to have unlimited capital. When
he entered the stock market he presented
an apparently good letter Of credit for al
unlimited amour: on Baltimore banks and
Cpened Office with high priced furni-
ture. The stock yard3 bank placed to his
credit eco al once. The first day he
drew $500 for personal expenses and pur-
chased a Lumber o; cars of fine stock, pay
ing for them IN checks on the deposit. Yes
terGay when the bank officials grew sus-
picious and began to question Bates he
suddenly left for Omaha. but was found
drunk on the streets and put in Jail.
telegram to the firm of alleged stock
buyers at Baltimore brought reply that
they did not know him. He was arrested.
Now he declares that he is wrat he
claimed TO be and he merely got drunk
AMI will sue everybody concerned for big
Li iugres.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
COAST SURVEY WORK
FOR THE SUMMER
Correct Charts Of Alaska to
Be Prepared.
Results Of the Recent Trip to Por:o
Rico.
The Experts to Conduct Operations
in he. NAsfAen 0<~<>.-Tv,~
The Experts to Conduct Operation
in the Western States-The
Yukon Routes.

The work Of the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey will be pushed in many parts of the
United States and its new possessions dur
ing the months Of July. August. and Sep
tember. The Coast Survey boat Patterson
left San Francisco on Monday for Dehring
Sea, where 1t is intended to make a thor
ough survey Of the coast and waters under
the Jurisdiction of the United States. This
was found necessary on account of the in
creased commerce with Alaska. 1t is also
expected that the recent discovery of gold
in the vicinity of Nome Point and adjacent
localities will necessitate a most thorough
survey of the waterways used in communi-
eating with those places.
The Coast Survey boat Blake, which has
been in Porto Rico. will return to the
United States in a few days. when the re-
suit Of the surveys iaade in the waters sur
rounding the island will be tabulated and
a comDete chart OF its coast prepared.
This will be Of inestimable benefit to mari
ners, as many Of the vessels now engaged
in trade with Porto Rico are owned in this
country. The surveying party did not con-
fine its operations to the waters and the
coast. but the interior was visited and the
general elevation oi the country and many
OtneT IdctS were determined. ThiS lnveS-
tigation was not as complete as could be
desired but will go far toward acquainting
those interested with the typographical
characteristics Of Porto Rico. The work
was suspended for this year on account Of
the intense heat, but Will be renewed in
the fall.
An expedition is now engaged in making
soundings in the Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries. This work will. in all proba-
bility. continue throughout the summer.
Many surveys will be made in the interior
Of the country and will be confined almost
exclusively to the Western States.
The main party sent to Alaska will be
subdivided. and, in addition to the Behr-
ing Sea survey, the Yukon and all of the
navigable rivers OF the country Will be
made the subject Of investigation. 1t is
hoped by next year to be able to furnish all
parties visiting that country with compre-
hensive charts of its harbors and rivers
This will be Of great value, as much of
the hardship and suffering endured by the
gold seekers is occasioned by Ignorance of
The country.
The best routes to the Yukon and other
points will be mapped out and the location
lf all harbors designated
The evening times., 1899-06-21
Crime of n Former SoIdrer

Pittsburg, June FLAMES Armstrong
shot and killed Thomas Welsh last even
ing and then committed suicide Arm
strong had been separated from his wife
more than year. Last summer he enlist
ed at Birmingham. Ala, but was not sent
out of the country. and returned home two
months ago on being discharged. Lately
he wrote threatening letters to Welsh. ac-
cusing him Of intimacy with Mrs Arm
strong. Tonight he lay in wait near
Welsh's boarding house on the South Side.
followed him down the street at O'Clock
and shot him twice with pistol in the
back of the neck. Welsh dropped dead
Armstrong then put the pistol to his own
temple. fired and fell dead upon Welsh's
corpse
The evening times., 1899-06-21
Unique Injunction Sought.

Parkersburg, W. Va, June 21.-Probably
the most unique injunction ever sought in
the Federal court was petitioned for by
c. c. Edwards, a st. Mary county restaura-
teur, In the United States Court here Mon
day. He asked that William Cattrill.
policeman of the town: Alonzo B. Core,
sheriff and Gordon Bills, and Others be
restrained from interfering with his help.
two negroes. The bill claims that the
sheriff organized the mob which recently
attempted TO drive the negroes from the
town, there having always been an IN
written law that no negroes should reside
in the county, which has been in force
since the days of slavery. Edwards asks
for $4,000 damages against the defend
ants. alleging his business was ruined by
the demonstrations against the negroes.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
Two Killed on the Trnck

New Brunswick. June 2l.-Walter Dey,
an employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad
was walking along the tracks with a fell
low workman at Schalks Station. ten
miles from here yesterday They STEP
ped off the westbound track to avoid a
freight train and stepped directly in the
path of an eastbound express. Both men
were struck squarely. One was hurled TO the
right and the other to the left When
picked up both were dead. Dey was read
lily recognized, but the other mans body
was SO mutilated that Identification is not
easy. Dey's father was killed near the
same station few years ago. Yester-
day afternoon Dey was out riding on
bicycle when he collided with a locomotive
engineer who was also riding a wheel. He
escaped with a few bruises
The evening times., 1899-06-21
EVENING TIMES. WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2l /
THE OLD WAY
Of Treating Dyspepsia and Indiges-
uoh BY Dieting a Dangerous
aud UTaAle~a

VI HFeottnB Dyspepo10 ana lndt8eo-
uon by Dieting a Dangerous
and Useless One.
We say the old way, but really It is q
very common one at the present time and
many dyspeptics and physicians as well
consider the first step to take in attempt
ing to cure indigestion is to diet, either by
selecting certain foods and rejecting Others
or to greatly diminish the quantity usually
taken. in other words the starvation plan
Is supposed by many to be the first essen
tial.
The almost certain failure Of the starva-
tion cure has been proven time and again.
but still the moment dyspepsia makes its
appearance a course of dieting Is at once
advised.
All this is radically wrong. 1t Is foolish
and unscientiic to recommend dieting to q
man suffering from dyspepsia, because in
digestion itself starves every organ. every
nerve and every fibre in the body.
What the dyspeptic wants is abundant
nutrition, which means plenty Of good.
wholesome well cooked food. and some
thing to assist the weak stomach to digest
1t. This is exactly the purpose for which
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are adapted.
and this is the method by which they cure
the worst cases of dyspepsia. In other
words the patient eats plenty Of wholesome
food and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets digests
1t for him. In this way the system is
and the overworked stomach
rested, because the tablets will digest the
food whether the stomach works or not.
One Of these tablets will digest 5000 grains
OF meat or eggs.
Your druggist will tell you that Stuart's
Tablets is the purest and safest remedy
for stomach troubles. and every trial
makes one more friend for this excellent
Sold at so cents for full sized
package at all drug stores.
A little book on cause and cure of stom-
ach diseases mailed free by addressing F.
A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
GIFTS FOR GREAT JOCKEYS.
Gold-MOunted Whips Presented Il
I.Oates and SlOnn.

London, June 21.-The executive COM
mittee of the Gatewick race course has
presented to Sam Loates and Tod Sloan
each gold mounted whip of elaborate
design. the handles Bearing the names of
the jockeys and horses and plated with the
colors of the owners. The gifts are in
tended as mementos of match races be-
tween Mr.. S. Pickering's Rowanberry and
Mr. Charles Dwyers Shepperton, which
was run on the Gatewick course on May
13.
The horses were ridden respectively by
Loates and Sloan and the race was won by
Loates
The evening times., 1899-06-21
Bank President KIN. Him.e,,

Burr Oak, Mich, June 21-John T.
Holmes, President Of the State Bank and
one Of the wealthiest men in the county.
made an unsuccessful attempt Monday
to shoot his wife. Mrs Holmes was slight
ly bruised where he jabbed the point Of
the revolver against her face Holmes
later went into his bank and was seen to
be acting strangely. He was questioned
as to his taking poison but denied it.
He soon had convulsions. Physicians were
called, but were unable to do anything.
as he refused to take an antidote and
died in short time. The cause of his
suicide is unknown.
The evening times., 1899-06-21

First base on errors-Cleveland /, Brooklyn 8.
Left on bases-Cleveland Q, Brooklyn 9. Home
run-kelley. Three-base hts-Knepper. Kelley.
Twobase hits-Tucker 2. McJames. Dahlen, Nc
Gam. Double play-Daly and McGann. First
base balls-of Knepper l. off McJames g.
Struck out-By Knepper g. by McJames .. Hit
by pitcheI-Jones- Sacrifice hit-Schreckengost.
Stolen basss-Quinn. Sullivan, DAILY ., Keller 2,
Kelley, Dahlen, Grim. Wild pitch-McJames.
Cmpires-o'Day and McGarr. Time of game
hours and 10 minutes.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
Pi1encrs' Battle mt Chicago,

For twelve long innings it was a battle
royal between Griffith and Nichols at Chi
cago yesterday, but the heavy strain told
on the Orphan twirler and in the thir-
teenth round the Champions landed on him
for enough hits to garner four tallies The
Orphans were unable to duplicate this feat
in their half. The fielding on both sides
was fast and many budding base hit was
killed by the in and outfielders of each
team The score: