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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
A Floating Railroad Tunnel.

What may interest American engineers
is the fact that the porte has a scheme on
foot to tunnel under the Bosphorus. There
is an enormous traffic between the two
sides of the Bosphorus, and the delay
caused by the opening and shutting of the
bridge of boats, which forms now the only
means of communication, is very trouble
some railroad company is now con-
structing it's lines on both sides, but little
real profit is expected until the lines can
be connected. Hitherto this has been inn
possible as the existing bridges are scarce
ly large enough for the ordinary passen-
ger. to say nothing of the constant inter-
ruption Tunneling by the ordinary way is
not to be thought of, as the water is ex-
tremely deep with twenty or thirty feet
of mud at the bottom. Engineers of this
age are not to be lightly baffied. however.
gested a means of solving the problem. He
proposes to suspend or float tunnel at
about thirty-five feet below the surface of
the water allowing uninterrupted passage
to vessels of the largest tonnage. The
Golden Horn has no tide. The tunnel is to
be a wrought iron tube about ten feet IN
diameter and 100 feet long. The gradient
at each end would be fifty. 1t would weigh
about COO tons; maximum weight OF any
train 400 tons; concrete and lining, to over
come the buoyancy of the tube, 1,1W tons;
water displacement, 200 tons. Holding
down chains of great strength will neutral
ize the upward strain when the train Is not
passing 1t is reported that a Russian firm
will furnish the structure. What the firm
has received as guarantee of payment Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
Never Grows Old.


From the Memphis Appeal
When the band plays Yankee Doodle
the American heart swells with pride, for
Americans look upon the tune as their
private property. But if it now belongs to
US 1t Is only because of comparatively re-
cent acquisition. Twelve hundred years
ago the tune, played slowly and solemnly,
was the accompaniment of a chant in the
Roman Catholic Church. The notes. rob
bed Of their tripping hilarity and uttered
with til" dignity of worship. sWelied through
the naves and fretted vaults Of the dim
cathedrals. England sang the air to words
less religious centuries ago. and Holland.
quickening the tune. set it to the words of
a harvest-home song, which became ma
tional in its popularity. A history of the
tune says it has at different periods be
longed to the three great families of the
Caucasian race-the Latin, the Teutonic and
the AEglo-SaXon.'
never grows old. but is a Joy forever"
old air a little and added fresh trim
mings in the shape of new and versatile
words, has finally adopted it as his own
and. like all things else that under
his influence, it has become thoroughly
Americanized. and its past history is for
gotten in its present prominence one
of our national airs. Next to the flag that
flutters at the head of the column, a strain
of a national song will do more to nerve
the patriots arm than any other symbol
of war. and Yankee Doodle and Dixie
have played a leading part in the wars of
America
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23

From the Philadelphia Press
1here fs tree in Persia to which the
name The Sorrowful Tree" is given. Per-
maps because ii blooms only in the even
ing.
When the first star appears in the
heavens, the first bud of the Sorrowful
Tree opens, and as the shades of night adj
vance and the stars thickly stud the sky,
the buds continue gradually opening until
inc whole tree looks like one immense
white hover On the approach of dawn
when the brilliancy of the stars gradually
fades In the light of day. the Sorrowful
Tree closes Its flowers, and ere the sun is
1uiiy risen not a single blossom is visible
A sheet of flower dust. as white as snow
covers the ground around the foot of the
tree, which seems bighted and withered
during the day. while however. it is ac-
lively preparing for the next nocturnal
festival. The fragrance of the blossom is
ike that of the evening primrose.
III the tree is cut down close to the roots
new plant shoots up and attains matur-
1ty In an incredibly short time.
In the vicinity of this singular tree there
usually grows another which is almost
an exact counterpart Of. the Sorrowfu
Tree, but less beautiful. and, strange to
say, 1t blooms only In the daytime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
The Circus Season.

From the Colorado Springs Gazette.
Now the merry circus -spreadeth DER the
Mark the flaming posters looming up on every hand:
walden with the six foot tresses;
ITup.ze girls 10 scanty. dresses;
Beasts from unknown wildernesses;
Girl who lion fierce carpeses;
Birds that no known land possesses:
Calliope that dstresse6.
Siowh VINO ancient jokes expresses;
FARMER who at shell game yuesses;
Procession that with ponp progresses;
All of which our wealth assesses;
See the people throng the sidewalks when they hea
the band. ~
Note the fearless bareback rider dashng round the
ring: :
See the ancient dnmsel FINN lofty trapeze swing;
See red Lemonade flowing.
MARX Inc last year 8 peanuts going:
Scent the jungle zephyrs blowing
Hear the sacred white bull lowing:
see the strong man make showing
Ihat half-ttn weight he's throwing;
Mark the rural lad. all-knowang;
Hear the scores of babies Growing:
Watch the cowhoy's lasso- throwing;
And the baby lion growing:
Crane your neck and strain your eyes at every won
drous thing. =
Hear the small boys fervent pleading to attend the
show; ~
Pater says the kid needs guarding so HEN also 70:
Even mater gets excited
When the big white tent is sighted,
Hints until she Is invited:
Pink shirt WASTED girls delighted.
Stingy dad ia much anrghted;
Urchin's face with Joy Is lighted:
skies with ratn-eiouds are benighted; $
Hopes Of sunshine always blghted;
Every other thing IL slighted
When the circus has alighfed:
Might rs wei pull down the shades am sock the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
Birthplace of the Potato.



Peru is the birthplace Of the potato,
which was used as an article of food by
the Incas and exported to Europe by the
Spaniards when they took over quinine
bark and named in honor Of the Countess
of Chincon, whose husband at that time
was viceroy. The Indians had used the
bark for medicinal purposes as long as any
one could remember, but this noble lady
was the first European to test its efficacy,
and it proved so excellent cure for the
malaria which saturates the atmosphere OF
Lima that she induced the Jesuit fathers
to recommend it to the medicos of the old
world. These wise old chaps sent 1t to
Spain and Italy, and it is said that one of
the first doses of quinine that was ever ad
mnistered in Europe was swallowed by the
pope. The unregenerate potato, which is
still found in wild state among the noun
tains of Fsru, is delicate vine which
bears fruit about the size of a plum and
as yellow as an orange. Cultivation has
increased it's size and improved its flavor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
The Worlds Coolest Place.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Verchoiausk is considered to be the cold
est place in the world. 1t is small collec-
ton of native log houses, planted near to,
but not on, the Yana river. The street If
so 1t may be called. extends on either side
of a narrow sheet Of water, a kind of creek
formed by the autumn overflow of the va
ma, and which in winter forms a frozen
promenade or driving place for sleas It is
a dreary place enough. The summer lasts
only four months. and during the other
eight of the year it is bitterly cold; the
thermometer sometimes indicates SO de-
grees below zero and seldom goes above so
degrees until April 20.
Corn will not grow in this desolate region.
Barley and oats have been sown. but have
always succumbed to the early frosts OF
vegetables. there are only the radish and
the turnip, with perhaps. an occasional and
very precarious crop of potatoes Cab
bages all run to leaf. The ground rarely
thaws, even during the hot season beyond
twelve or eighteen incnes deep, and in
places most exposed to the huts, never be-
yond a yard Most of the dwellings are
rakut huts, built OF fur trees against a
square framework and covered thickly with
mud to keep out the cold.
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The Chronic Pess list I.


There is a class of people who occupy the
whole of fair weather periods in prophesy-
ing storms. When there is nothing really
serious to alarm anybody, the chronic pessi-
mistS give us ScarecrOws of their own ere
alton. Whenever the country is enjoying
a period of business prosperity they are
sure TO be heard laying down the law of
the periodicity of panics, and predicting
one of unusual severity within year or
two. If crops are good for two three
successive seasons, lest We should become
overconfident somebody prepares an elabo-
rate magazine article proving that the
worlds wheat-producing capacity has been
reached, and that from now on population
is going to outrun the means of subsistence,
until We shall have to look to wars and
pestilences for relief. and Nautilus will be
Vendicated When this idea is exploded or
its repetition becomes too monotonous for
anybody to read, the habitual alarnist
takes the reverse tack and proves by sta
tistics of decreasing birth rates in this or
that country that the race is degenera ting
and will become extinct at very distant
period Finally, if nothing else sufficiently
gloomy suggests itself, they figure out the
rate at which the earth is cooling, and how
soon we shall all be frozen up. proceed
to unfold some mathematical calculation to
the effect that in hundred years or two
this planet will be hit by a comet and
broken into fragments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
MENTAL SUGGESTION.
Freaks of the Min dss Witnessed BY
DoctS1fst II


From the Medical Record. RI 10 n
If an individual has 0aith in medicine
or in a treatment he will assuredly derive
more benefit from thai medicine or treat
ment than il he we're skeffical as to it's
merits. There can be little doubt that the
sympathetic physician III the one best caIcu-
lated to lead his patient TO recovery. Again.
in many diseases the good that may be
wrought to the sufferer by the agency of
mental suggestion is u4fdeniAble. Professor
J. M. Baldwin. referring to this fact in
connection with insomnia. says: 'In ex-
perimenting upon the possibility of sug-
costing sleep to another, / Have found GER
tain strong reactive Influences upon my
own mental condition. Such an effort
which involves the picturing of another as
asleep is strong auto-suggestion of sleep,
taking effect in my own case in about five
minutes if the conditions be kept constant.
The more clearly the patients sleep is pic
tured the stronger becomes the subjective
feeling of drowsiness. An unfailng cure
for insomnia, speaking for myself. is the
persistent effort to put some one else asleep
by hard thinking of the end in view with
a continued gentle movement such
stroking the other with the hand"
DIR. E. c. EpitZka of New York has re-
Gently given some really remarkable in
stances of the power of mental suggestion.
He cites the well-known fact that the NOR
tally from wounds and diseases in n de-
lttteu dIIHS, compared Win VICTORIOUS
army. is as four to three. and even three
to two. He also refers to the incontrovert-
ibe fact that persons in robust health have
been known 10 die apparently Of starva-
ton after being without food for from
three to five day.. DR.. Spitzka Is of the
opinion that these individuals did not die
of actual starvation, but from the physi-
cal effects of hunger. The proof of this
contention lies in the fact that persons
have been known to fast CT their own free
will for more than forty days. without in
1urtng their constitutions to any appreca-
Bile extent. Many examples establishing
the truth of this statement might be given
but 1t will be sufficient to quote one from
Dr. Spitzka's paper. He says: "In the
graver forms of hysteria. when loss of SEN
sat1on occurs in exactly one-half of the
body. you can lay piece of tinted paper
on the sensitive side: then. suggesting it
to be a mustard plaster. a red area will
appear on the corresponding unsensitive
side Blisters of such character that
scars have permanently remained from
them nave been produced in similar cases
by the same method" The medical pro-
fesslon. 1t appears more than likely have
not as yet wholly appreciated the advan-
tages to be derived from the employment of
mental suggestion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
BOLO OF THE FTLIPINOs.
A Weapon Which Has Proved Inefii-
cient Against Our Troops.


From the New York SUM-
A letter from Lieut.. William NJ Copp of
the 9th Artillery, who is on the gunboat
Napidan in Laguna de Bay. gives the fol-
lowing interesting information concerning
one phase of the fighting with the Fflipinos:
IAN odd trait in the character of the ma
tives is that they never leave one of their
dead if they can possibly get him away
They leave more now than they used to,
for this reason: Formerly they had at least
five men for every gun, and about all these
men were good for was to carry away the
armed with bolos. These weapons were
very effective against the Spaniards. as the
bolo men apparently cared nothing for their
own lives, and the Spaniards did not have
the courage to stand when they charged
so, Of course, they were cut to pieces, the
bolO being without doubt of the most
terrible weapons at close quarters in the
world. 1t is very sharp and heavy that
1T will smash any sword in pieces that l
have seen. They use them in the right
hand. and a long, heavy dagger in the left.
l had one of the many amigos who could
handle the bolo go through the motions for
me, and 1t was truly wonderful. The rapid
ity Of his moves was such that the eye
could hardly follow Them and all the time
he kept a constant guard. The bolo is to
cut, no point; the dagger is used to stab, no
edge. When these bolo men tried the same
tactics on our men that they were accus-
toned to employ SO successfully against the
Spaniards, they were killed in large num-
bers, as our men did not run, but simply
shot them. Now so many of these men
have been killed there are fewer of them
to gun. and they are not able to get the
dead away quite as well as they did for
merly.
IF your servant goes away for day or
two you can be certain he is with the in
surgents and in some fight 1t Is too COM
mon to excite comment here when an Of
ficer's servant. who has been absent sever
al days, is found in the insurgents uniform
killed or Is brought into hospital for
treatment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
RAM FIGHTING.
One of the National Sports In Far
away India.

From the Philadelphia Press
In their own way the natives of India are
sportsmen. in that they enjoy wagering on
the element of chance
throughout the great peninsula the ma
ives rarely lose an opportunity of risking
their money. Large sums change hands
| upon the most trivial events OF daily life.
Fighting partridge and bubuIs are but a
refinement in speculation when il is COM
mon practice to wager on household events
such as birth death.
In the Punjab. next to rain and tides
wrestling is the most universal means of
netting But in agricultural Bengal they
possess another excitement over which men
VIII mortgage their crops and cattle if a
special favorite be in the field.
This sport is ram lighting,
The methods are primitive not To saw
savage.
a likely male lamb is chosen when quite
young. and his prepare ton often extends
over eighteen months to two years before
ne Is called to carry his villages money
The first operation is 10 make him grow
suitable horns. To attain this end he must
undergo a rather brutal trea tment
w hen his first horns apnsar the owner
sraSps them III his teeth, md By tint of
Oscillation they are thus torn ont of their
sockets. This operation has to be repeat ed
upon subsequent srowths two or three
times.
Then the young champion develops a
really massive pair. very broad at the base
tie fs27always chained. presurr ma bly, to
make him pugnacious. When his horns are
su1hc1enuy tough he is taught butting.
HIS trainer dOnS q. wooden shield and the
ram is taught to butt this, at first with only
a snort run. But as he takes to his train
ing he backs further and further from the
object, until the legitimate distance is
arrived at BY this he has begun to put
such force into his butts that it takes two
men to hold the shield. and a good ram will
upset them at every charge.
When he is fit he is taken to the local
landlord or some other rich patron and a
match is arranged Lists are chosen chairs
are placed. for the wealthy patrons and the
various partfsans range up behind their re-
spective fancy.
The trainers straddle their animals
erasping them by the horns and bring them
into the arena facing each other about
forty feet apart
The word is given. the trainers slip the
animals. and the rams precipitate them
selves forward at lightning speed. heads
down, quarters up. They meet with a
laundering crash. the horns and skulls
changing as. If they were metal
The animals then back of their own ac-
cord, and close again. with the same awful
lmpetuosity. Again and again they close
until one of the two refuses to face the
music
Then the victor chases him from the
arena.
1t Is curious fact tina though a beaten
ram VIII face other opponents and defeat
then by dozens, yet it will never face a
ram which has once defeat ted it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23

From Golfers Weekly.
A few weeks ago they drove a golden
spike the White Pass and Yukon route
at Bennett City, British Columbia They
thought they were celebrating the compile
ton of a short but rather important line
of railway. They were making a big step
toward the marriage of two continents.
Now we're more or less Asiatic ourselves.
At any rate. Asia is next door to our east
ern possessions. Why should We go
around the world in ships when we might
take parlor car in New York to the
western coast, and thence to Alaska know
ing that we should find a transport waiting
for our train? That transport deposits us
on the East Cape, where, by means of a
branch road, we connect with the great ST.
berian railway, which at this moment is
crawling slowly across the continent A
few hours later we reach the coast Of Chi
ma, where another transport bears us to the
philippines. There is no reason why we
SHOULD not make the whole journey without
leaving the train. But this is not all Some
of us may prefer to go from Siberia straight
to Paris or to South Africa. so we follow
the Siberian route to the Suez canal, and
turn either north or south. If we choose
the southern route We soon find ourselves
in Cairo, and thence we speed on to Cape
Town, blessing in our hearts the enterprise
of Cecil Rhodes and few other much
abused Englishmen. 1t sounds like ro-
nance. and it Is romance. 1t is also one of
the incidents of the twentieth century
which Is going to be the most romantic of
all the centuries, more romantic even than
our own which, in spite of the croakers
holds the record. Doesn't it make you
sorry that you couldn't wait to be born
about fifty years later?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
LONDON Financial News.

From the LOn6on Financial News.
The year 1900 not being leap year in the
Gregorian calendar while it is so in the
Julian mode of reckoning, the old style in
Russia, will as from March 1 next be thir-
teen days behind the new style. This is a
point of the utmost Importance in regard to
bills payable in Russia. Indeed, it happens
very often that bills drawn upon Russia
bear both dates. and the slightest error is
sufficient to render void protest of such
bills, as the courts are very strict about
these matters. 1t is therefore. fnadvisable
to mention the old style in any such docu-
ments The latter date Is quite unneces-
sary. as Russian commercial law provides
that bills from abroad shall be payable ac-
cording to the new style, which is followed
by nearly all the countries of Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
The American Soldier.
Edwin L. Sabin, In Munsey's

IT'S far. far cry from the minutemen
And times of the buff and blue
To the days of the whitening Jorgensen,
The hands that hold 1t true.
IT'S far. far cry from Lexington
To the isles Of the China sea-
But ever the same the man and gun,
Ever the same We.
For the blood OF the sires at Bunker Hill,
Through countless fierce campaigns,
Is as red and eager in peril still
In the depths of the childrens veins.
And the heart and the eye support the hand.
No matter what odds there be-
Ever the same thy SONS, oh, land,
Ever the same are we.
Not Valley Forge. nor a Wilderness,
Nor hail Of a Cuban steep.
Can take one jet from fearlessaess,
Who daily thy honor keep.
We carry the flag through varying scenes
From the sign OF the old pine tree
To the stars and stripes in the Philippines
Ever the same are we.
And the lad with the fresh unshaded mouth
Fights as his fathers fought,
And the man from the north and the man fron
the south
Do as their fathers wrought.
And whether from city or farm we come
We answer the call with glee-
We heroes upsprfng at the beat Of the drum
Ever tAs sGne ere Ne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23

from the Brooklyn Citizen.
A little girl fell of the dock at High
Bridge yesterday. Her mother screamed
for help A stray Newfoundland dog re-
sponded to the call, rushed down the dock
and. seeing the situation, jumped into the
water, caught the girl and swan with her
to the dock Then a policeman ran down,
swung himself over the dock and lifted first
the child and then the dog to land.
Not long since an alleged philosopher
proved to his own satisfaction, in a maya
zine article, that animals do not reason. -
If this dog, now adopted by the police of
the High Bridge precinct under the name
of Dewey. did not reason, did the police
man who took him and the girl from the
water reason?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
The seventeen-Year Locust.

Victor III. Lowe. entomologist Of the New
York state agricultural station at Geneva,
and w. w. Atwood. state inspector Of
nurseries and orchards. have been to Dres-
den to investigate the report that the sew
enteeen-year locust had appeared in that
vicinity. Besides Dresden. reports of the
appearance of this insect have been receiv-
ed from Earles, East Bloomfield, Union
Springs and other localities. The appear
pected. but. in fact. has been looked for by
the scientists. They figure on its return
about as an astronomer figures on the re-
turn Of a comet or other heavenly body.
The seventeen-year locust is Technically
known as the ''sewenteen-year cicada. u
Those whose appearance has been reported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23

It requires skilled labor to turn out bill
lizard ball. One-half of it is first turned. an
instrument Of the finest steel being used for
the work. Then the half-turned ball Is
hung I'D in a net and is allowed to remain
there for year to dry. Then the second
half Is turned. and then comes the polish
Ing. Whiting and water and good deSl
Of rubbing are requisite for this. II 10 nee
essary In the end that the ball shall. to the
veriest fraction OF a grain. be Of . certain
weight
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Enormous Rainfall.

fall far short of 1000 100000 horse power
and this devastation was expended on
path but 500 miles wide.