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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-23
The Weather.
Editor virginian-Pilot:

Editor Virginian-Pilot:
The weather at all times, and under
most circumstances. is matter OF In
terest to most people, and always a fer
tile subject for remarks.
This mornings weather chart shows
that for the twenIty-four hours precel-
Ing a. m. to-day, there was not a
drop of rain at a single one of the
whole number of stations reported.
Last week 1t rained at nearly all the
stations, and this week begins with fair
weather at all of them.
= Boston. Mass, Huron and North
Platte in the far Northwest are the
three coolest spots in the United States,
and that only means % above zero.
Here 1t is mid-winter and the pleasant
est sort Of weather. Winter made n
vigorous bluff in December, but seems
to have no backbone. But all the same
that back bone will come in February,
although we may hope to escape rather
easily, as the sun Is getting in his
work more effectively every day. and
the cold snaps will be short.
The wind yesterday, or for twenty
four hours preceding S a. m. to-day,
was also very light. The highest We
locity was only twenty miles an hour,
and there was only one city in the
Union able to get up that degree OF
motion, and that, Of course. was-Chi-
cago.
BY the way. we have a curiosity to
know If any of your readers have felt,
observed or experienced any unusual
earth tremors" during the past few
weeks We have been looking carefully
in the papers to see If such "tremors"
had been noticed by others, or IL there
was any report from any scientific
source respecting the same.
This Is q great old world of ours
the greatest we have ever known or
ever shall know, at least until We pass
the dark river, and we may be some
times tempted to think that we run
The machine" but in reality we know
but very little as yet of the heavens
above US, and still less about the earth
under our feet. To recognize our little
ness and our weakness we have only
to 'look up" or to look down." We
cannot even control the weather, and If
we could control 1t, 1t is very doubtful
SC We could have arranged 1t any bet
ter than 1t has been for the past year.
- Respectfully submitted.
i A. JEFFERS.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-23
Interested to Know.
ONVAY.

I'VE free our premises from pollution
ny day. and debauch the minds of our
sons by night
The Christian gentlemen who vainly
cndeavored to suppress the Speak
Easy" and the anxious mothers whose
sons frequented the same place and
learned to utter falsehoods when 1ucs-
toned as to their whereabouts, are in
tcrested to know whether or not the
Local Board of Improvement of Bran
blcton Ward will revoke it's appoint
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-23
a Japanese Social.

The Ladies' League of Queen Street
NJ. L. Church will give Japanese
social in the 1ecture-room of the church
Thursday night at 1880 o'clock Tho
ladies will appear in elegant Japanese
costumes and fine literary and musi-
cal program will be rendered by soma
OF the best talent in Norfolk.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-23
PEOPLES Forum.

. NoTE.-The Peoples Forum being
freely open to all parties. classes. per-
sons, views and capacities. the Vir-
ginian-Pilot Is responsible for none
or the statements nor opinions ex-
pressed therein. nor for the style In
which they are set forth. The ignorant
and uneducated shall no heard here
equally with the learned.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-23

ment Of Sanitary Inspector at this juno
ture or not, and ifyes. will there be an
other compromising and a similar APP
pointment to fill the vacancy?
There is to be municipal election in
the spring time. and swap around is
devoutly to be wished.
Gentlemen. 1t is up to you!
LOVITT AVENUE.
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why steel Rails Break.

La EAE-
In 1896 q steel rail on the Great
Northern railway in England broke
into II pieces, causing a serious acct-
dent. A committee Of the board Of
trade. appointed to investigate the
cause Of the breakage, has only recent
~ made its report, after four years Of
work on the subject. The committee
a%scertained that the particular rail
which broke on the occasion described
possessed certain abnormal features
the precise origin Of which remains
undetermined. but the investigation
led. to several discoveries Of scientific
and practical Importance. Among these
is the surprising effect Of cracks in
the upper surfaces Of rails. It was
found by experiment that q rail nicked
with the chisel to a depth Of q Gath Of
an inch broke under a weight of 600
pounds falling from a height Of II
feet, while the same rail not nicked
resisted the fall Of a ton weight from
a height Of 20 feet.
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.NSE AND
PROGRESS
poURs WITHOUT sPILLrNo.

4 POURS WITHOUT
The Improvement in measuring yes
sells illustrated below il intended Tor
use on vessels which as at present con-
structed cannot. be filed to the brim
with a thin liquid without splitting q
portion OF the contents when the at
tempt is made to pour them into the
receiving vessel. As both customer
and, salesman want accurate measure
ment and the latter dislikes to have
the measure dripping on the floor, the
invention may prove Of practical value
to the storekeeper. The invention is
cheap. adding but little to the cost u
the plain measure, and consists Of a
metallic lip attached to the upper edge
Of the vessel. The popularity Of the
device is that 1t tips downward. In
stead of up, and only q slight tilt is
necessary to start the liquid running
into the receiver. AS the lip extends
out from the measure the liquid will
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CHAPTER vi.
Narufre's ~Dteappearance

Jim Maguire's Disappearance.
This world is 20 ordered that sorrow
and JOY, tragedy and farce. pathos. and
aathos. jostle each other at every turn,
and, even in the midst of my intense
anxiety to hear what Mcguire had to
tell. I could not but notice the disgust
that Mrs. Graves took but little pains
20 conceal when she heard that the
dinner party had. been indefinitely
postponed.
!, "But what will I do with the things,
sir?"
what you like" I snapped. "Do
khem up and send them to the Cottage
Hospital. Let me have a chop and a
glass Of sherry" And as she went out
OF my presence the sound Of her
grumbling could still be heard until
she reached her own quarters.
]. made several attacks upon Ma
CURES door, and I supplemented them
by sending Graves with messages, but
neither OF us could get an answer from
thim, and I went to bed in q miserable
frame Of mind. Excitement kept me
awake until the small hours. What
wal II to hear? What had Mcguire
meant by his strange illusions to
some girl he had known? I could
hear him at intervals pacing his room,
but at last he was quiet, and sleep
came to me.
/ was up betimes, and was all im-
patience to get breakfast over. but
although I waited until half an hour
after the usual time. Mcguire did not
put In an appearance, go I sent up to
say that I. was waiting % him, and
would ne come down as . 9 az posi-
Ole?
Graves carne back with 9 curious
look on his face.
!, sa i called Mi. Mcguire, sir, said he.
Ysand ne said that he'd be ready I'm
snye ninutessif I'd come and show him
where breakfast was laid told. him
dltwass ne morninK-rootn e usual.
IND ~ sssid;ssohtt I. daaressaay TIL ind and
Iscoucirded mt ~ IA ~ ne ~
sAksts 81 III puble..Ssandatha heSWaa
Erssparsd to go through With Mhat &
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CYCLES OF

The National Academy Of Sciences.
which has been In session at Brown
university for two days, has adjourned.
The most interesting subject OF the
day from 8 popular point Of view was
Prof. Alpheus Hyatt's discussion, OF
cycles Of evolution, says q Providence
dispatch to the New York Post. He
showed that after certain forms have
been deliberately developed there isaa
return to simpler forms. His first pa
per. was entitled Progressive Evolu-
ton of Characters in the Young Stages
Of Cephalopods." He showed that in
a n examination Of fossil remains Of
cephalopods we do not find a steady
progress through the successive geo.
logical era, but in each era from the
Potsdam deposits down to the present
there appears a series of forms which
show the general trend Of development.
It is true that the simple first form In
each period is much o complex than
the corresponding form in the period
just passed.. and also that the final
forms are in each case more highly
specialized, but these last forms are
not in. direct relation with the series
just before or just following. After
a time, however, that is, in the trias-
sic. era( just succeeding the carboni-
ferrous, the final form In the series be-
gins to show signs. Of degeneration.
This, is continued until we find forms
suggesting very strongly forms be-
longing to the earliest era. n the
first stages Of development.
As the characteristics of the lower
forms, retained through heredity, have
accumulated, they have at length be-
come 80 numerous as to crowd one an
other, and We ind the most essential
ones disappearing, until at length the
form stands stripped Of what 1t had
taken millions Of years to produce
This period is called . cycle. and 1t
may seem remarkable to find that in
he development of an individual Of
he more complex forms WI find repre-
sented all the stages in the cycle Of
The race
At. this point Prof. Hyatt presented
MIS- bSCou0 4apef,i OeSCi1PAvo HASsnoo
Of Presenting the Phenomena of the
Cycle Of Evolution Among Cephalo-
pods." With the faith Of science in
the certainty Of natures laws, he de-
veloped a mathematical theory Of rela-
ton between individuals Of different
stages Of development and In the diff
erent eras, OF course, gaps occur in
the series Of forms as arranged ac-
cording to the theory, but these are
found to be consistent relations be-
tween the stages represented upon
either side Of the gap. According to
Prof. Hyatt, then, we may anticipate
he time when biology shall be called
An exact science, through the applica-
Hon Of mathematical formula.
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to come to yourself is to worry no more.
about the matter. You an take up
your quarters here until things gett
straight, and IL you feel inclined to be
grateful, please signify the same by
making yourself at home" 4.
I.could see the tears startsSto his eyes
Twin you tell me your name" he
asked.
"Robert Trem1ayne,'. I said.
.'Then may God In Heaven bless and
keep Robert Trenaayne for ever and,
ever! You have shown me such disin-
terested Nndness, sir. that rs
"oh, pray, don't mention that! y
dabble a little in art. DO . uSdosany-3
thing that way?s
Eyes, / did. and believe 4 had an
idea Of getting living that was. and
I'm rather curious to s;handlesa brush
though maybe I've forgotten how e 90 e
q ss u sJ5s9s
TT was all 81 no avail that 4 related
Eto rim some Of the most stirring;
scenes through which we had passed.
His MEMORY insregard Il them vas ..
perfect blank.Hiss past wasassathoulgh,
|it had never BEEN md Tor him time
had but tpwoYadtVvision the presentsandi
sthuees future. md 70 Z wsn tsson..ddaysaby
day. Jalm99lJsMaGuif WxS#deadSak ~
sole. but fhe body sthatg his Sssoslssha
ones ten6nItsd sim 4 ma m
bsing, ma mocledsm ~ Mstths1t I Iivtllag
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no1ps NEE STOOL nRxLx.

It il a somewhat dimcult task to
hold q mnk pail between the knees
while filing 1t with the lacteal fluid.
and 1t is not always q wise plan to
Jet the pail ON the floor beneath the
animals udder. both for sanitary rea-
son and because Of the danger Of an
accidental upset. An Iowa inventor
han recently patented the combined
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
Hlrh-nyinr. Clouds.

HEH --0-E- s.
The science Of clouds has attracted
many devotees within the past few
years. and photograph has greatly as
sisted in advancing 1t. Clouds. like
stars, become far more interesting to
the non-scientidc observer Of nature
when he knows the names attached to
them. While the grandest and most
imposing form of cloud Is the domed
and pinnacled,cumulus which frequent
" accompanies thunderstorms, the
most beautiful is the feathery cirrus.
x.rrus clouds sometimes exist ut
enormous elevations. While their
mean height is about $4,000 feet,-the
height Of Mount Everest they have
been measured at an elevation Of 40.
0vv feet, or more than nine miles. They
move with great velocity, about ninety
miles an hour on the average. and in
winter sometimes more than 200 miles
an hour.
A Telescope aad ., Microscopic Man.,
DIR. A. A. Common. the English as
tronomer. in illustrating recently what
the telescope and the microscope haYA.
done in extending the powers Of vision.
employed the following figures: Im-
agine the size Of an eye, and therefore.
Of q man capable Of seeing In ! natu-.
raj way what the Ordinary eye aees
with the aid Of, q large telescope and
also the size Of q man who could plain
" 8 with his natural eye What}swe
NN2AA
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COMBINATION PA1L-HoLDER.

Ft-E IENt r-s Er ETfFfEEE lHTE1H .r-N1-Ir3
stnM and pail holder illustrated below,
with the idea Of providing . secure
place for the pail and yet permitting It
to be instantly removed when desired.
The front edge Of the stool ii cut ont
In a semicircle, and at one side are
secured metallic straps which fastm.
with latch and form With the stool;
. circular we'll into whichthe pail Il.
lowered. The SmiikmanSm may . wsseat
himself on The stool and draw the lat
ter forward lantil the pail ID catching
the streanas OF milk This invention;
should prove useful When the pail q
nearly full, if at no other time, e. the
weight 10 then much Increased and:
lt4lting the pafl5 must also bsSavnided.
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LIP FOR MEASURING VESSELS
not run down the outside either at the
beginning or end of the pouring, and,
the lip being perfectly plain. 1t is an
easy matter to wipe 1t dry.
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|1eysea nslthsr = pous nol1 sa4.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-04-12

duty, being responsible for the protec-
ton of the railway, while Lord Roberts
is waiting for remounts and winter
clothing for the troops, whose thin cot
ton khaki uniforms and boots are worn
out.
General Brabant and General Gatacre
are both at standstill. Lord Roberts
will probably for some time confine his
operations to clearing the Free State
behind him of raiders and to relieving
Mafeking, for which purpose the entire
Eighth division, now arriving at Cape
Town, has been ordered to Kimberley.
Lady Sarah Wilson and other Mafek-
ing correspondents send diaries of the
doings there showing that the Beers
have tried by withdrawing from their
trenches to lure the besieged into a
wired ambush. Fortunately the British
engineers discovered the mine, cut the
wires and unearthed $50 pounds OF dy.
Mantle and war gelatine.
What the chances are for an advance
to Pretoria may be judged by the fact
that only 5000 to 10000 horses are on
their way to the Cape and from the
further fact that the military tailoring
department only within the last three
weeks began the manufacture of wooden
khaki uniforms It is said it will take
at least two months to provide 100000
uniforms.
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GAGE, TO CONGRESS.
Secretary Replies to Internal Revenue
Inquiries. rg-

Secretary Replies to Internal Revenue
Inquiries. s.a
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE secre-
tary of the treasury sent to congress his
reply to the house resolution of April 2,
as follows:
The Speaker of the House of Represen-
I tatives.
SIR:-I am in receipt of the resolu-
ton of house of representatives of April
2, 1900, as follows:
Resolved, that the secretary of the
treasury be, and he hereby is, requested
to inform the house of representatives
whether, in his opinion, based upon
such knowledge as he has, the present
laws for the raising of revenue are
creating and will continue to create a
surplus in the treasury over and above
the wants of the government, and if so,
to what extent at the end of the current
fiscal year, and like report as to the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1901. That
he also report to the house of represen-
tatives his estimates of the probable re-
ceipts of the treasury from all sources
of revenue, for those years, to-wit:
Customs, internal revenue, and, miscel-
laneous sources.
Resolved, That he also report to the
house of representatives the amount of
internal revenue taxes received under
an act entitled San act to provide ways
and means to meet war expenditures,
and for other purposes" approved June
ID, 1898, upon articles not Heretofore
taxed; that said statement be itemized
as far as possible for the year ending
June 80, 1899, and for the nine months
ending March 81, 1900:
Fiscal Year Ending June 80, 1900.
Receipts: Customs, 1888, 600, 600; in
ternal revenue, $292, OO0, 900; miscella-
neous, $50, 900, 900; total, $500. 200, 900.
Expenditures: Civil, So, 00O, 900; war,
$135, 900, 900; navy, $55, O00, 900; Indians,
81 ,OO0, 900; pensions, $143,0O0, 900; in
terest, $42, 900, 900; estimated surplus,
SIC, 900, 900.
Fiscal Year Ending June 80, 1901.
Receipts: Customs, $24O, OOO, 900; in
ternal revenue, $500, 900. 900; miscella-
neous, $37 ,OOO,O Total, $577 ,OOO, 600.
Expenditures: Civil, $115, ZOO, 900;
war, $125, 0O0, 600; navy, $50, OOO, 900; In
dams, 1O,OOO, 900; pensions, $145, OOO,-
600; interest, $40,0OO,OO0. Total, $685.
OOO, OO0 Estimated surplus, s32, 0OO,-
600.
Internal revenue taxes received under
war revenue act of June Is, 1898, upon
articles not Heretofore taxed, fiscal
year 1899, and first nine months of fiscal
year 1900, SIS, 055, 249.
Respectfully,
L. J. GAGE, Secretary.
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Ways und Means Committee Far
voRs Accepting Senate
Amendments
To the Porto Rican Government
Bill, and Will Push Itto
q Vote.
Republican Leaders Admit the
Vote in the House Will
Be Close.

WASHINGTON, April 11.-At special
meeting of the ways and means COM
mittee it was decided by a vote of 8 to 8
to report the Porto Rico bill as it passed
the senate, without amendment, and to
move a concurrence in the senate
amendments. This means the accept
ance Of the territorial form of govern
ment for Porto Rico, as added to the
bill by the senate, and other lesser
changes on the tariff and other features.
The vote on concurring in the senate
bill was on party lines, with the excep-
ton of Mr.. Call of Massachusetts,, the
Republican member of the committee
who first dissented from the bill.
The vote was not preceded by any >ex-
tended discussion, Mr.. Grosvenor
promptly making the motion to concur
and report. 80
It was made known during the meet
ing that the bill would be taken up at
once and and strong intimation was
given that the plan contemplated was
to allow each side two hours.
A meeting of the rules committee has
been called when the question of a
special rule fixing the time and dura-
ton of debate will be determined. If
two hours on each side is allowed, the
vote will come later in the day, as con-
siderable time will be spent in passing
the special rule. as
As to the final result of the vote there
continues to be much doubt and not a
little anxiety on the Republican side
owing to the extremely narrow margin
between the two sides.
Representative Long, Republican
''whip," said: t'There is too much
doubt to venture prediction. The
situation is summed up thus: The Re
publican majority in the house is 10;
shere are Republicans against the bill;
list leaves majority of only3. 1t is
an extremely narrow margin"
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DAINTY EASTER coNcElTS.
Prevailing Fanctes That Convey the
Easter Sentiment.

Prevailing Fanctes That Convey the
Easter Sentiment.
The ideal Easter remembrance Is In
harmony with the Influences Of tha
day, and 1t covers multitude Of gifts
appropriate in every way for the Feast.
the season and the individual tastes.
From the simple. Easter card the GUS
tom Of exchanging gifts at this season
has grown almost as widespread as
Christmas giving. The Easter displays
in the shops in connection with the
bright flowers, spring millinery. new
goods and other temptations in the
way Of shoppers are made as much Of
in business way. The fashions
change, however, and what was consid-
cred as thoroughly artistic last year
looks just bit shabby now. The
dainty elegance Of what is to be had
this spring in anticipation Of the de-
mand shows the hold the festival has
In the popular favor.
The Easter souvenir par excellence Is
a flower. 1t represents all the senti-
ment Of natures reawakenfng because
it is her most choice gift to earth. "Be-
hold the lily in it's glory" The odorous
and waxy white blossom has grown to
be typical of the day. and it is the
queen Of Easter fragrance and charm.
If you know anything at all about
aowers-and IL you do you are just as
sure to love them-it amounts to post
graduate course In a floral education to
stop at a florists. window or walk
through the shop. --a-
All the dubious plants are now in the
height OF their beauty. The lilies nod
their handsome heads in a most pat
ronizing way over the tulips, jonquils,
azaIeas. narcissuses and the fragile
lily of the valley. Genesta bushes,
gorgeous in their coloring, are valued.
as all yellow blossoms are in the
spring. for decorative purposes. The
blooming marguerites and spirea sug-
gest the quiet of the churches. where
so many Of them will be used Easter
Sunday. .--
The viofets and the pansies are
sweeter than ever and no less attract
i've. No more delightful Easter gift
can be imagined than a pot of grow
ing lilies. the earth around them hid