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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
PAINTING BIG BRIDGES.
Interesting Items About the Enormous
Amount of Work Involved.

Interesting Items About the Enormous
Amount of Work Involved.
From the Scientific American.
The New York public has had the ques-
ton of the painting of large bridges
brought very forcibly and somewhat pain
fully to mind of late by the extraordinary
disclosures of the report Of the expert COM
mission appointed by the district attorney
to examine the Brooklyn bridge. In this
connection a few facts regarding the sys-
tenn of painting adopted in the case of the
largest and most important bridge in the
world, the Forth bridge in Scotland, will
be of interest.
1t seems that ever since this structure
was opened for traffic, eleven years ago,
the work of painting it has gone on without
any interruption. A staff of about thirty
five men is employed on the work. They
commence painting at the southern end OF
the structure (Which, by the way, com
prises two main spans of j, 40 feet and two
shore spans of 200 feet, and the work pro-
ceeds daily. except on Sundays and in I'M
usually stormy weather, until the north
ern end Of the structure is reached. 1t
takes three years to cover the full length
of the bridge, which, in the cantilever por-
| lions alone, is about one mile in length.
| Hence it will be seen that this period of
| thirty-six months represents the useful life
of the paint. since one coating is no sooner
| completed than the work is begun again.
Already the huge structure is receiving its
| fourth coat. To enable the painters to con-
| veniently reach every part of the structure
| the engineer in charge has devised a sys-
| tenn of ladders and steam hoists Where
| possible. ladders attached to the great
/ struts and ties are made use of. but for
reaching the Hottest portions of the canti-
| levers. which rise to a height of 800 feet
| above the piers, a series of permanent ele-
| vators have been installed. These are
| operated by means of steam winches which
are placed little below the level of the
roadway. In proximity to each elevator
| there is erected house in which the paint
| is mixed. For painting the under side Of
| the roadway permanent wire ropes are
| stretched along each side of the structure
| from which the painters platforms are sus-
pended in such a way that they can be
drawn along the rope very much after the
manner of galloway. Evidence of the
| thoroughneSs with which the work is done
is seen in the fact that so far, no portion
of the bridge has shown any signs of de-
cay or need for renewal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
The Hat. the Man, the Coat.

VIII allcu NHlte III MCSiure
This is what ais Roosevelt He doesn't
make up for the part. When he was police
commissioner of New York he bought
s!ouch hat, then the vogue He liked it. 1t
sat we'll on his head. No one noticed it.
The fashion changed, he bought another.
Men lifted their eyebrows, but said moth
ing. He Wore the same kind of hat in
Washington as assistant secretary Of the
navy. He was a young man. SO he was
not hanged for it. Men are always willing
to give young man chance to live down
an indiscretion. When elected governor
of New York, he still wore the hat of his
earlier youth. "Ah,'' they said, ''of course!
naturally! affecting the wild and woolly!
Can't get over the fact that he was a Rough
Rider" Also he greeted people genially;
spoke ingenuousy, and did many things
not permitted by the laws of Draco-for eX-
ample, he talked to a policeman of his ac-
quaintance on Broadway. forsooth, or
rode in locomotive cab, certainly an in
spiriting and harmless performance. After
he was elected Vice President he wore a
gray sack suit, coat without tails or
skirts, on informal occasions. Think of
that! OF course the men who hated him
knew that he was stark mad. And when at
state ceremonies he wore high hat and a
frock coat they shrugged their shoulders
and said he was getting swelled up as Vice
President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30

to the establishment of special places of
refuge for the victims of leprosy In the
middle ages. And 1t is conceded that the
disease began to abate at the time when
leper houses became numerous, through the
benevolence of churches or private tndi-
viduals If these facts stood in the re-
lations Of cause and effect, then one might
hope to Danish other infectious diseases by
separating the sufferers therefrom from So
ciety in general. For instance. there has
been good deal of talk, on both sides OF
the Atlantic, of dealing with tuberculosis
in this manner. No active steps have yet
been taken to carry that policy into effect,
at least by compulsion. But the topic
is one which has already received good
deal of attention from medical practitioners
and health boards. And even Professor
Koch has given some encouragement to the
advocates of the isolation plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
ViOlets Injure Voice.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the 0n1caGo 1IiuuiN'
violets. which are now coming into sea-
son. and are sent by many admirers to
nonular singers, are probably the worst
flowers that could be SO used because Oh
their tendency TO injure the voice. Ihere
is no doubt that some flowers exert an IN
furious effect on the human voice. NINE.
Krauss found that violets caused her
hoarseness almost instantly. The great
ha ritone. Faure, who has written book on
the hygiene of the voice, calls the violet
one of the singers greatest enemies; rank
ing with it, however, both alcohol and to-
bacco. The French physician, Cabanes,
gives an interesting example OF the enects
Of violets on the human voice. AT soiree
in paris" he says, the celebrated singer,
Marie Sasse was presented with large
hououet of Parma violets, which had been
sprinkied with a concentrated extract of
The same flower. She was fond Of violet
and inhaled the perfume eagerly. Presently
She attempted to sing and found that her
voice was entirely gone. Her vocal chords
were. for the time being completely para
Iyzed." The famous Christine Nilsson
would not tolerate any flowers In her apart
ments Miss Emma Calve has a particular
aversion to elder flowers on account Of their
injurious influence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
Romance in the Stars.
Walker Maunder in Knowladce


Above the long group of watery constella-
tons and connected with them may be seen
a cluster of constellation figures which,
unique among the stellar designs, set forth
a distinct and well-recognized story. These
are the five consultations which, together
with Cetus, preserve to us the legend of
Perseus and the maiden whom he delivered.
The story, as it has come down to us from
Greek sources, is one beloved of romancists
in all ages and in all lands. A lovely
maiden, innocent herself of any fault, is
yet condemned, in order to eXpiate the Of
lenses of her parents. to be exposed to
some terrible disaster. Her case seems
beyond hope or help when at the very
crisis of her fate young hero who has
already abundantly proved his mettle in
other fields appears on the scene. Her
be auty and her distress alike appeal to
him. and to his victorious powers her de-
liverance is a light task. The threatening
monster is easily disposed of, and what
promised to be grim and terrible tragedy
ends with triumph and rejoicing to the
sound Of wedding bells
| 1t may be, as Brown assures u.s. that we
nave in the Andromeda legend but an
| other version of the all-pervading solar
| myth. Perseus may be Bar-Sav, the son
| of hair that is to say, the solar Herakles
| clad in his lions skim and Andromeda, his
| bride, the rosy red dawn; but if so. the
| dead myth has passed through minds who
| could fill 1t with a human interest and
| so Undue it with the spirit of life. AS in
| the story of Pygmalian, it may be that
| that which was cold and dead was the orig
| NAL; but surely for us, as for him, the liv-
| ing Galatea Is not only more worthy, but
is real and true than the lifeless
| marble whose form she bore. So we may
| still look upon Andromeda and Perseus a.
no mere distractions of natural phenom
ena but as the innocent prosecuted nader
and her gallant deliverer; the old romance
| ever new and ever true throughout the
ages of the worlds long history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30

board the stew is In order. A lump Of but
ter is put in the frying pan and as soon as
sizzling hot" small onion is Drowned in
it. Slices OF the cold mutton are then added
and tossed in the butter until thoroughly
heated through, when a pint of milk is
poured in over the sliced meat. When this
is hot it is thickened with little flour or
cornstarch and sailed and peppered to taste
Prepared in this way the mutton can
scarcely be told from a fricasse chicken,
and served with currant jelly ad baked po-
tatoes it becomes a welcome dish for din
ner or luncheon.
An improvement on the ordinary silence
cloth is the asbestos pad which can now be
bought to fit any size table, whether cir
cular, square or oblong. This insures pro-
lection for the top of the table, and yet
allows all dishes, no matter how hot, to be
placed directly on the table. This pad Is
covered with white cotton cloth, is light in
weight flexible, neatly bound and can be
readily cleaned.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
THE FUNCTIONS OF APPETITE.
The Psychologist Apt to Leave Out the
Matter of the Taste.

The PhysioIogist Apt to Leave Out the
Matter of the Taste.
From the Literary Digest.
Too little account, it Is thought, Is taken
by Psychologists of the functions of appe-
tite. As these functions belong in one sense
to the domain of psychology, the physiolo-
gists are apt to devote themselves wholly
to the nutritlve value of foods leaving out
matters of the taste entirely. That the lat
ter are of frst-rate Importance is the op1n-
ion of Prof J. P. Pawlow of St. Peters
burg, whose lecture on 1.-The Work OF the
Digestive Glands has just been translated
from Russian into French paris, 1S9D. and
is reviewed in the Revue Scientifque {Sep-
TENDER y. From this review we learn that
the eminent Russian scientist gives the
fullest recognition of the part played by
the appetite, not only in ordinary digestive
processes, but in bringing or curing dis
eased conditions of the digestive organs.
Everybody knows, says the writer, that the
normally profitable food is that which is
taken with appetite, with sensation and
pleasure. So to restore the appetite is one
Of the most frequent requests made to the
physician. He continues:
unfortunately, medical science has
strayed from this legitimate tradition, which
corresponds to real conditions of digestive
function. If we read contemporary treatises
on the troubles Of the digestive organs we
paid to the appetite, either as a cause or az
cure. On the contrary, we may
read in certain works the advice that nc
special heed be given to poor appetite
which is subjective symptom of slight i'm
portance! Such views can be regarded Only
as gross errors.
when we advise the patient that he
should eat a little at a time and not to sa.
tiety, when he is put on a special diet, wher
we remove him from his habitual surround.
ings and send him to a place where his
whole life is regulated In accordance with
his physiologic needs-in all these cases the
physician is trying simply to awaken the
appetite, and thus takes account Of it as
therapeutic factor. In the first case. Wher
! food is prescribed in small quantities, be
| sides the avoidance of repletion in an en-
| feebled stomach, the frequent excitation O.
| the saliva is of great Importance, becaus,
of the richness Of this secretion and it's di
| gestive power
The author cites cases In which an abnor
maly small secretion of gastric juice in tn
stomach made it doubly necessary to insur
proper digestion by the saliva.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
Hub Hauteur.

From the Boston Journal.
One of the speakers at the conference Of
the Prison Reform League, held in the hall
Of the Church of the Advent Thursday af-
ternoon. was Rev. Benjamin Trueblood
secretary of the American Peace Society,"
When he had finished speaking he started
to leave the hall, and was almost at the
door, when Mrs. Spooner, who was presid-
ing, thought Of a question she wanted TO
ask him.
"Oh, Mr. Blueblood, Mr.. Blueblood-one
minute" she called.
Madam, my name Is Trueblood. 1 be-
lieve am the only person of that name in
the Boston directory. l answer to no
other
II beg your pardon. Mr.. Blue-I mean
Mr.. Trueblood. I wanted to ask you if
hastily exclaimed Mrs. Spooner.
But Mr.. Trueblood had gone. A quiet
but appreciative smile pervaded the audi
enee, and the proceedings went on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30

Toast. Conee.
LUNCH.
Minced Duck. Rice Croquettes.
Stewed Fruit. Cake.
Tea.
DINNER.
Vegetable Soup.
Beefsteak Pie. Dreamed Carrots.
Baked Potatoes. Cold SiaW.
Egg Salad.
Cottage Pudding. Orange sauce.
Coffee.
TUESDAY
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cream. Cereal
Dreamed Dried Beef.
Sauted Potatoes.
Corn Bread. Coffee.
LUNCH.
Macaroni Croquettes.
Cream Cheese Sauce.
Raisin Brown Bread. Fruit.
Tea.
DINNER.
Cream of Celery Soup.
Roast Loin Lamb. Brown Sauce.
Boiled Rice Drowned Parsnips.
Spinach Salad.
Romaine Cream. Coffee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
Improbable Business.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Charity bazaar In the 'Steenth Ward.
The tallow-faced young man approached
the table where the strapping girl with the
red cheeks was selling candy.
IF buy dimes worth of this. he said.
what will you give me kiss for in addi-
tion?'
twenty-five cents" she said.
i've only got fifteen cents besides the
dime Give 1t to me for that? It's for char
ity, remember
YES" she answered reluctantly, but we
lose money on every one sell for that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
There is n Difference.

From the Chicago Post.
SILENCE is golden" he quoted, when she
was through with her little lecture.
Golden. but not gold" she retorted. You
will note the difference il you ever try to
mint it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
The Professor.

From the Chicago Tribune.
1T see." remarked the doctor. that golf
is becoming popular in some parts of Mex
ico."
.well," replied the professor. the golf
Of Mexico is nothing new"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
Beautiful CaIIas.

The Gala lily bulb ought to be put into
pot six inches in diameter. AS soon as 1t is
planted the bulb should be given plenty of
moisture and sunlight. Easter lilies are
cared for in much the same way. They
should be given only moderate heat in order
to secure the finest flowers
The bulbs should be carefully tended dali
ly If fine blooms are expected. Pretty
bowls and pots add to the appearance of the
plants. Beautiful stands are now made for
indoor plants. but the skillful fioriculturist
knows that different flowers require differ
ent degrees of heat and sunlight and ac-
cordingly places them about the room in
the most appropriate spots
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
Table and Kitchen.
Where the Piquant Little Berry Comes
From and How to Cook 1t.

after the wealth Of summers mellow prime,
1t comes to cheer the dearth Of winters time.
The cranberry is most essentially a cold
weather fruit, and like all of this class
it keeps we'll for a considerable length Of
time uncooked. This fruit is not palatable
or wholesome eaten raw.
The cranberry is so closely associated
with turkey that we have come to look
upon 1t much in the same hght--as an
American institution. And we certainly may
lay claim to cranberry sauce as a. national
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30

Take a pint of stewed and sweetened
cranberries; press through sieve and turn
into a shallow baking dish and let get cold.
Then cover over TO depth of two inches
with a rich custard; then with the whites
of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth; piling
it up in Jumps. Dust thickly powdered
sugar and bake in a moderate oven for
few minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30

A woman forbidden to eat beef on ac-
count of her rheumatic tendencies and tir-
ing of mutton In it's usual FORM says she
has invented new mutton stew that her
family and friends pronounce excellent. The
day after the boiled leg Of mutton has made
it's entrance upon and exit from the family
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
Cranberry Pudding.

Sift and measure one pint Of flour; add
two teaspoonsfuls baking powder and half
a teaspoonful of salt. Sift again until all
are thoroughly blended. Add enough sweet
milk to make soft batter. Stir in one cup
Of cranberries that have been coarsely
chopped Pour into q pudding bag or
porcelain-lined mold. If the bag is used
boil one and one-half hours in plenty of
water If the mold is used steam the pud-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-04

in his safe, thinking that he might get
something out of it some day. He had
about 2O00 $50 shares
"One morning he woke up AM found
himself millionaire. The ComStock
mines had gone up and ophir went up
with them-just because it was close to
them. The stock which had cost Bald
win a few cents share We're worth
hundreds of dollars a share. He had
sense enough to sell out at TIL, proper
time.
George Hearsts first strike vas also
accidental. although he was practical
miner. He was superintendent of a
mine down in Arizona. where the men
who controlled the company simply
wanted to keep a lot of men at work
for the purpose of selling the stock at
a profit They did not think the mine
was worth anything. They kept up the
bluff as long as they could. but finally
the bottom dropped out of the stock.
and they sent Hearst word to stop work
and take the men to Los .Ange, IS to be
paid off.
Hearst told the men they were to
cult work that night and get ready to
abandon the mine at once. In a spirit
of hilarity the men decided to celebrate
by putting in just one big blast. Hearst
did not object, and they put in blast
calculated to tear things to pieces.
They set it off just at quitting time
and stood back to watch tn, effect.
The blast tore out tons of rock and dirt
and made the place look like an earth
quake had struck it.
Then the men Went and got their
supper and prepared for an early start
over the desert next morning. Hears,
was too much of a miner. however. to
leave without examining the rock that
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-04
LOVE IN A DRIZZlE,
BY f. II. LANCASTER.

copyrighted 1901 by Daily Story Pub
fishing Coz
Agatha stared at the drzzlinr rain
She resented it; reviled it: and still IL
orlpped persistently. A pouring rain. a
thunder gust, or a cyclone-anvtbinp
that in it's violence gave nromis. ~
concession, would have seemed prefer
able to this incessant, eXasperatiuy-
AND she had looked forward so to this
DAY Her Whimsical friend had asked
her no spend the afternoon with him,
Trying MS new horses and exploring old
rrehch-toWn. Now, instead OF being
with the big kindly fellow whose mere
presence made her heart glad, she must
spend the whole dismal afternoon shut
up With this senseless house-Darty.
playing at silly charades and What not
She was too badly disappointed to feel
angry even with the d.. izzle, ana vi
when the door sprung open and IN.
room seemed to be suddenly fil,sl Wi&h
thrill of vigor, she turned to him
Quietly enough.
This rain has unlone our plans,
hasn't it?' she said civilly.
why, no; | hope rot. l came eXpe1--
ing 10 keep our appointment IN
Go driving in this rain?" she gas3td
certainly. My coupe has only an
opening for rhe reins. You will be per-
fectly dry
She glanced into his eyes. Behind
their smiling Was CLEAN of determine
ton. Il will be ready in moment
she cried, rising superior to the rain.
This is pleasant, isn't is?" Hall re-
marked. 1t was the third time he had
made the remark and each time Agatha
had responded with a grave affirmat tive.
She was beginning to wonder if he
meaM to say it at every crossing.
If we get into French town without
being bocked-whoa, there! l .lidn t
think we could go far in New Orleans
on a holiday like this without a BLOCK
or two even if ii was raining pitchfOrks.
Some procession or other, l 1are say.
You don't mind 1T particularly. do yoI!,..
NO. indeed H. &;
Hall looked steadily through the glass
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-04

LUCKY BALDWIN s STORY
! GEORGE 81: HEARST FIRST Sa ' :1a%r !

had been torn out by the blast. IN,
found what he knew was a very jidh
vein of ore. After collecting Il fen
samples Of quartz he walked up to tn
little camp and Joined the rest in pre-
pairing for the journey. He said notk-
ing about his discovery.
The men We're paid off in Los An
geles. and Hearst went on to San Fran
cisco. where the president of the COM
rany paid him about $4,000 that was
due him. That night he went into Il
faro bank and won $4,000 more. Next
day he called on the president to settle
up a few small matters. and when ask
ed what he was going to do, said he
was going east for awhile to visit the
folks.
by the way he said, I think l
might do something with some of thai
Arizona mine stock in the east. I
wouldn't mind trying, anyhow
The president thought the idea Il
good one and gave Hearst an option
on several thousand shares. Hearst
didn't want too many; he was afraid
of creating suspicion. Then he Went
to some men whom he knew owned
stock in the mine. told them the same
story that he had told the president
and bought outright all shares lie could
pay for.
This put him in just the position he
wanted. In three days he had the nee
essary backing and was on the way to
the mine with some experts. AS re-
suit the company was reorganized and
the mine was reopened. Then the stock
began to jump, and Hearst raked off
about s., o00,O 600 and still retained big
block of stock. All of them-even the
former president-made money, but
Hearst made the most"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-04

The story Of the acquisition of wealth
by the millionaire mine operators of the
west is always an interesting one. In
the early days of California and Ne
vada fortunes We're made and lost in
a day, but here in Montana. where
stock jobbing operations were unknown.
wealth was acquired 10y patient, per-
sistent and frequently very hard work.
This is true of all the men nov rated
as uillionaircs in BUTTE. who won for
tune from the earth. 1t was true OF
Marcus DAILY, who developed the Ana
conda mine and made it one of the
greatest. if not the greatest, copper
mine in the world.
Lucky Baldwin made his first hig
strike in a most accidental way. He
was not a miner and knew nothing
about mines.' said a man from San
Francisco. who keeps tab on the doings
of men of millions. He kept Il livery
stable in San Francisco and ma le con-
siderable money. He always liked
horses. They We're his hobby then just
as they have been since. when he made
himself Well known through his sue
oesses on the turf.
Some mining man owed Baldwin
several hundred dollars for horses on
livery bill or something and couldn't
pay him. One day he offered Baldwin
a lot of stock in the ophir mine. which
was near the mines in which Flood
O Brien, Fair Mackay and others We're
interested. Ophir stock wasn't worth
anything-only few cents a share
nor We're the other mines near it worth
much then. Baldwin accepted the stock
in payment of the debt and threw ii