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Evening star., 1901-08-24

sive heat. and the humidity. IL tested.
would show from % TO 90 per cent below
normal, according to the temperature. On
the. street outside the temperature would
probably be from 30 to 40 degrees below
that OF the fire room. but the humidity
outside would be from 20 to 30 per cent
higher. and in consequence the suffering
wonld be correspondingly greater.
Ventilation Necessary.
Although humidity Is one of the most
important elements to take into considera-
ton regarding our health. Il receives little
or no attention. We are accustomed TO
looking at the thermometer and trying TO
regulate our comfort according to the
amount OF heat and cold indicated thereon.
Now 1t would be far better to lay the ther-
mometer aside and give q few moments
study to humidity. We can tell by our
feeling about what the temperature OF any
day is, but not so with humidity. As 1
stated before. the normal humidity OF New
York city is ~ per cent. Any per cent be-
tween 30 and SO is heafthful: anything be-
low 40 Is too dry and Injurious TO health
and destructive to plant life: anything
above so per cent Is too moist, oppressive
to the human system, enervating and ex-
hausting, but generally beneficial to plant
life. For inland cities the percentages are
lower. The humidity of ones home should
be given more consideration. 1t is not ar
easy matter to regulate the humidity of
your home In summertime, and Ii Is not
TO Try, Tor the moisture Is sell
dom above healthy per cent for any
length of time; but the winter months.
when we turn on the steam and have our
furnaces and stoves booming. our homes
become oyerheated and all the moisture
absorbed. The furniture drops apart, and
we complain about the dryness, but what
do We do to prevent 1t? Pile on more coal,
i would be willing to guarantee that nine
out OF every ten houses in New York city
during the winter months have humidity
registering less than 40 per cent and that
some one in the family is suffering from
throat or lung affection. You may ask
how this can be remedied. / should say
hrst. do not keep your houses so warm;
second. open your windows at the top each
night and let out the overheated air: third,
when you find you have too much heat do
not turn off the steam or let your fires go
down sufficient to cool OFT the entire house
but rather yentilate your house; open the
windows top and bottom for a few mo-
ments. let in the fresh air. thus reducing
the heat and letting in sufficient moisture
with the cool air to keep your house in a
good healthy condition. Why are most OF
the English and foreign races possessed OF
such fine healthy appearance? Simply
this--they do not live in overheated houses
devoid Of all the natural elements OF the
air. This cold weather advice may not be
comfortable reading just now, but 1t viii
De worth thinking about later on.
Evening star., 1901-08-24

knots apart, the first speed run VIII be
made, and when all Ii found satisfactory a
northeast course Will carry the vessel far
away from the track of any regular liners
or coasters, and the swarthy Russian sail
ors will be given their chance to partici-
pate IN the affair.
This they VIII do by firing each gun at
nothing but the water. first with half a
service charge OF powder, and then with
the regular war charge and projectile
The effects of each shot on every plate.
beam and stanchion will be noted, for the
great guns use 210 pounds Of the highest
power smokeless powder to hurl their $50
pounds pointed cylinders of steel, and the
crush and shock OF such discharge is
little less than small earthquake.
There Is one thing sure in connection
with the Retvizan. She will never catch
fire. The lessons Of the Yalu river, Ma
Mia bay and Santiago are too deeply
rooted in the minds Of the Russians to
permit them to use wood in any form in
the construction OF their ships. So she
has asbestos bulk.ieads In all the living
spaces. and the entire interior Ia sheathed
with the same fire-proof material. Even
her boats will be Of metal, q step which
has not been taken by the United States
yet, though the newer ships have precious
little wood about them
1t will be only few days before the
world win know whether this $3,000, ,O0d
combination Of steel Is success or q fail
ure, and IL she proves the test, as every.
body believes she will, then the world
must bow, for the era of the eighteen-knot
battle ship has come.
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The New Russian Monster VIII Soon
Make Trial Trip.
HURLS A 3,4O0-POUND PROJECfILE
Cost Three Million Dollars and
Houses 800 Men.
THE FASTEST MAN-OF-WAR

Written for The Evening Star.
When the Russian unfurls the blue cross
of st. Andrew on it's field of milky white
over the taffrail of the Retvizan, few
weeks hence, he will possess the greatest
battle ship, in many respects, Of which any
navy can now boast. To find out If all this
is so, the Cramps, who created the vessel,
are ready to take her to sea for prelmi
nary trial, which promises to be of world
wide interest.
This ship, more than any other that IS
even approaching completion, embodies
every development of the monster man-of-
war which had for it's first model Ericsson 8
tiny monitor; and the cars officers, who
have watched her grow from the simple
center-keel plate, smile now and are i'm
patient to exhibit their prize to naval
Europe.
battle ship of nearly 1900 tons that can
run as swiftly nn ordinary accommoda-
tion train on first-class railroad; that will
house nearly 500 men, and which, at dis
tance of ten or dozen miles, can hurl g.
400 pounds of chilled steel and high explo-
sive against enemy from the four great
guns that peer out of turTetS of steel that
resemble in shape nothing SO. much as the
skull of an ourang outang-eiliptical bal
anced turrets, the plans call them-that is
the Retvizan.
Warship builders the world over knew
that the czar wanted ships q few wears
ago. and ali figured on how best to please
the imperial marine ministry. But the czar
not only wanted vassels-he wanted them of
type vastly improved, and moreover he
wanted them quick. Then It was that
Charles II. Cramp figured out the possi-
bilities. first OF the Variag, now the crack
protected cruiser Of the Russian navy, and
second of the Retvizan.
1t was the latter which needed the most
figuring To build a ship of the speed re-
quired. displacing approximately $4,000 tons
-12, 775 to be exact-and float ii In less
than twenty-six feet of water, was the
proposition, and it's answer is the huge
craft now about to seek the sea to try her
self. The hull, which carries the typical
sweeping American lines that mean grace
and speed, is SS4 feet long between perpan-
diculars. and - feet 2is inches wide. and
as she lies now, there Is nine inches Of
Evening star., 1901-08-24
VirchOw at Issue With Koch.

4 rom LdHcct.
The Berlin Medical Society met for the
last time before the summer holidays on
July %, Prof. Virchow being in the chair.
The proceedings were not OF general In
terest and the attendance was very small,
as the majority OF the members had al
ready left Berlin At the end OF the meet
ing Prof. yirchow. instead Of delivering
the usual valedictory address, alluded to
the recently enunciated Views of Prof.
Koch as to the non-identity OF tuberculosis
in cattle with that affecting the human
subject. In his sarcastic style he remark
ed that he was happy to find that Prof.
Koch's views had undergone change and
were now In accordance with his own, for
he had maintained that the mere presence
of the Koch bacillus was not the essential
thing in tuberculosis: tubercier was, in
his opinion, a growth with distinct ana
tomical structure. and he had always pro-
tested against the psychologists terming
anything q tubercle simply because q
Koch bacillus happened to be present He
said that the adherents to KOch's theory
had believed his view to be rather old
fashioned. but 1t did not annoy him 10
recall to mind that he had sometimes been
supercfiiousiy treated by the younger bac-
tertologfsts. Prof. Vfrchow's ironical
words produced great impression on the
meeting.
Evening star., 1901-08-24
Glaciers Underground.

from Nature.
The interesting discovery by Bahon Toll
Of buried glaciers from the glacial period
covered with more recent post-glacia1 de-
posits containing branches and roots of
alnus fruticosa, under the 74th degree Of
latitude. on the Great Lyakhoff Island Of
New Siberia. has already been mentioned
seeral times In these columns. We have
now received the thirty-second volume Of
the Memoirs (ZapiskD Of the Russian
Geographical Society, the first fascicule Of
which contains Baron Tolls memoir in
full, with several interesting photographs
Three of these represent cliffs Of glaciers
('fossil glaciers" as Baron Toll describes
them). which are masses Of ice. not Of
river ice or Of ice formed in clefs, but un-
doubtedly of glacial Ice, dating from the
glacial period. and covered with more re-
cent layers of soil; while two other photo
graphs represent layers of soil containing
remains of alnus fruticosa and a species of
salix deposited above the ice. The branches
and the roots Of the former are we'll seen
on the photograph, while the catkins which
were found by Baron Toll show that these
trees. which now do not spread beyond 70
degrees north latitude, grew on the New
Siberian islands during the post-glacial
period AS to the mammoth. the rhine
ocerOs and other extinct mammals, II
seems impossible. since the researches Of
Fr. Schmidt, Tcherskiy. Bunge and Toll,
not to accept the last authors. conclusion
namely: 1.-THE mammoths and the other
contemporary mammals lived on the spots
where we now find their relics: they died
out owing to change In the physico-geo-
graphical conditions OF the region The
bodies Of these mammals. which have not
died in consequence of some sudden catas-
trophe. were deposited In cold region,
partly on river terraces and partly on the
shores OF lakes and on Ice surfaces Of the
glaciers. and there they were gradually
buried in loam. They have been preserved
In the same way as have been preserved
the masses OF ice underneath, owing to q
permanent and perhaps increasing cold"
Evening star., 1901-08-24
ANTIQUITY OF STRIKES.
Labor Troubles fR Egypt in Pre-.
Christian Times.

Christian Times.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Labor strikes are of great antiquity. al
though. owing to the different conditions
of labor. anciently they were on somewhat
different lines from those of the present
day. As an available starting point for
such movements the case Of the Hebrews
in Egypt is given which the Egyptians
tried to put down by the imposition of
still heavier tasks. Pre-Christian and
medieval history also contain many in
stances of the workman rebeliing against
what he thought to be material wrong.
The guilds old trade associations of
England, which included both masters and
workmen, did something toward smoothing
the relations Of labor and capital. These
were suppressed by Henry WILL and, al
though revived in succeeding reigns, were
not as effective as they had been.
England appears to have been first In es-
tabiishing the trade union, as at present
known. Originally these combinations of
workmen were more or less prohibited
there under severe penalties. The extern
sive introduction of machinery toward the
latter end of the eighteenth century gave
great impulse to the trade union principle.
and by 1920 most, If not ALL of the Iegisla-
ton against them had been wiped off the
statute books In England. The efforts of
tie workman in France to throw Off the
his fellows We're less successful, penalties
being In force against it as late as 1865
the trade-union idea in the English sense
took hold in Germany the same year
The right to make protest or appeal as q
body was early claimed by the workmen OF
America. The first recorded strike in this
country as result of such combina ton
took place in 1141. Where it occurred Is
not told. but is thought to be at Boston.
In this case the leaders were tried for con-
spiracy. The shoemakers of this city
brought about the next big strike It
started In 1896 and lasted three years The
sailors OF Philadelphia struck for higher
wages In 1893. The leaders of it were ar
rested and imprisoned. A New York
strike Of 1903 by the shoemakers first
brought the word 'scab" into use, and a
printer strike in 1921 gave title to the
epithet rat as applied to a non-union
man. The women struck for the first time
in shoemaking strike at Lynn. The strike
failed. Rioting is not mentioned as fea-
ture or strikes until 1913. This took place
at Pittsburg, and, while violent, was NOT
accompanied by loss of life.
Evening star., 1901-08-24
Great Shipwrecks.


The shipwreck in which the greatest
number OF lives were lost was that OF the
Royal George Q0S guns. OF Portsmouth,
on the 18th OF August, 17S2, when nearly
LEGO lives were lost. In the case of the
wreck OF the Queen Charlotte, a first-rate
ship OF the line, which was destroyed by
fire on the 18th of March, 1SO0 off the har-
Dor Of Leghorn. 703 lives out of total of
$50 were lost. The St George COS guns),
Defense GA guns. and the Hero were, on
the 24th day of December, ISL stranded
on the coast Of Jutland, and about 1900
lives were lost. only eighteen of the sea-
men being saved. In the case of the wreck
Of the Princess Alice. which was run into
by the ByweH Castle in the Thames, near
and sunk on the Sd of Septem-
Der. 1878. between 600 and 700 lives were
lost. On the wreck of the White Star Com
pany's steamer Atlantic, which struck on
the Meagher rock, about $50 lives were lost,
while 40, including the captain, were
saved,
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wealth Is increasing at fourfold ratio. Her
tremendous resources are only just begin
ming to be appreciated. and there Is no ap-
parent limit to their ultimate development.
Conscious of her value to her great neigh
Dor. fully apprectating the necessity Of the
good will Of that ncighbor to her own
prosperity. she is now watching the war
of Europe against the commerce Of the
United States, not in the hope that Eu-
rope win win. but in the expectation that
ali parties thereto will in time reach the
conclusion that commercial war Is a USE
less expenditure Of valuable forces which
should rather be utilized in the making of
conventions to enable the trade Of one
country to fit advanta ageous1y into that of
another. Canadian statesmen look with
confidence to the future to bring about
some sucn result, and anticipate with equal
optimism an early awakening of the United
States to the promise of her neighbor to
be come the first instead of the third great
es. customer for tho products OF American
labor.
Evening star., 1901-08-24

Georgia manufacturer has recently
shipped q complete cotton ginning outfit
to Greece. Greece may have an Idea OF
following the example Of Egypt and engage
largely In the growing OF cotton.
Evening star., 1901-08-24
Really and Truly Hot.

From the Detroit Free Press.
This has been dreadful summer"
Hasn't It? At the seashore last week I
met a Boston girl who said IL 1t got much
worse she'd have to buy fan"
Evening star., 1901-08-24
Lucaw,
From London Fun.

From London Fun.
Turner-"B Bickers is always complaining
about his bad luck"
Springer. That's better than to be al
ways growing about other peoples good
luck,
Evening star., 1901-08-24
The Earth's BendinTs.
From Everybody's Magazine.


Little bendings are In progress all the
time the world over. The "immovabae"
hills are bowling and scraping to each other
constantly. Every evening. as the dew
settles in the valleys between them, they
nod to one another. So. likewise, do the
mountains. even to greater extent. Grav-
ity Is tuggdng all the time. And in Lon
don, too. where earthquake sensations are
practically unknown, the earth bends daily,
and tho buildings. like the hills and the
mountains, nod to their friends opposite
when the morning traffic begins. On Sun
day, usually, their manners take a rest,
excepting In such places as Petticoat Lane,
where business fourtshes In as lively q
fashion as In Paris. Heine said that even
the trees made obeisance to Napoleon the
First when he entered Berlin. This was
imaginative yet truthful, for the weight Of
the crowd along Unter den Linden made q
fitting sufficient for Prof Mines pendu-
lums to have recorded distinctly. One
might say the crust OF the earth acts like
a steel spring. 1t bends 80 easily.
Evening star., 1901-08-24
The Future Of Canads.

From the Atlantic.
There is no reason why Canada should
not have 25.000.000 population within the
span Of the present generation. Her
Evening star., 1901-08-24
Base Ingratitade.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Dear mer' exclaimed the lady who had
become addicted to the stunning habit, 81
wonder II there Is no way In which we can
make these poor people happierT'
''Yes." said the woman OF the house a.
she Strengthened UP beside her tub and
rubbed the soapsuds from her hands, s'yOu
could help matters good deal by knock
ing at the door before you come In and
snoop around"
Evening star., 1901-08-24
In Afb1e Tisnes.

From the Smart SET
.'Your daughter 10 very M."
'But you must save her. doctor. She %
the baby OF the family. and we can't lose
her. She Ia only ninety-seven years old"
Evening star., 1901-08-24

Too Late for Regret.
For once the free-born American regret
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LOCAL BRIEFS

H. N. Black was in Great Falls last
week. -
w. NJ. Twohy Of Butte was in the city
yesterday.
The Northwest Coal company, phone
Sc. office 107 E. Park avenue
w. H. Albright OF Great Falls is a
guest at the Montana.
L. r. verberkmoes. optician aud Jew
ele-. moved to 11s East Park.
George F. Lyman Of Butte spent Sun
day in Anaconda.
The Northwest Coal company. phone
Sc. office 107 e. Park avenue.
w. B. Rodgay Of Great Falls spent
Sunday in Anaconda.
DR.. ]. F. Spelman ana John S. Hickey
visited Butte today.
City Attorney c. NJ. Sawyer went to
Butte today on legal business.
Don't miss the dance of Division NO.
2, A. O. H., at A. 0. H. hall, Thursday,
November IA.
DR.. and Mrs. Rochett and daughter
Flossy Of Deer Lodge, are in the city WIS.,
iting with friends.
Dredging company went out to the placer
diggings this morning.
]. G. Davies, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph office in this city. and
wife. spent yesterday in Butte. -
A marriage license was issued this
morning to Lee Walton and Miss, Ada
Robinson Dupee. both colored. 81
Christine Nilsson. formerly employed
at st. AIMS hospital, returned from
Cape Nome last Friday and is again at
the hospital. 5n
The Anaconda football teams which
have played Butte recently have Sue
ceeded admirably in gathering goose
eggs. The first game played a couple of
weeks ago stood 20 to o; then came yes
terday's game with a score of l6 to o.
b. F. Ramsdeil. former manager of the
Postal Telegraph Office in this city. lett
last night for Illinois where he has Sc
cured a more lucrative position with the
Postal company. Mr.. Ramsden was very
popular among his acquaintance and
his many friends regretted to see hin,
leave Anaconda permanently:
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DRAWS the PEOPLE.
NEW SHELTER WORKS THE LEAD
ING ATTRACTION. 80
POPULAR SABBATH EXCURSION
and Pride in the Progress of the
New Washoe Smelling
Plant.
Especial to Inter MOuntain)


Anaconda, Nov. l1.-As usual the Sun
day visitors to the new smelters yester-
day We're numerous. Il is almost an
every Sunday occurrence with some peO-
pie who delight in watching every step
OF progress towards the completion Of
the big works
Since week ago much has been done
in the way OF putting down permanent
tracks. The s., \. 4 =. steel gangs
have been busily engaged in putting
down their new tracks in all parts of the
premises.
The rails are laid leading to the east
approach of the concentration building;
also TO the blast furnace ore bins. the
1oaster building, converter and reNer-
beratory.
Many of the temporary tracks have
been torn up to make way for the per-
manent Ones and While this is being
done the piles of rubbish and parts of
machinery materials that have been
scattered here and there are being gath
cred up and the grounds placed in order.
The Washoe company has also had its
steel gangs at work laying tracks into
the various buildings, upon which the
compressed air locomotives vii! operate
tho little steel ears which are to be used
for various purposes. At the rooster
building is found a network of tracks On
the ground floor. Tracks are laid in the
upper part of the building also. where
these dminutive trains Will dart here
and there while performing the func-
tons required Of them.
It is the same at many other buildings
where everything is being put III readi-
ness for the blowing in.
One of the comprl ssed air locomotives
l;,l, u q given
a trial test last Saturday.
Engine No. was taken out and given
a spin over the new tracks. It acted
we'll and served to give perfect satisfac-
ton There are nine of these locomo-
tives on hand, and all of them Will be
given a trial run, probably this week.
and painted up and otherwise made
ready for service.
A force of men was engaged yesterday
in putting down a floor in the conceu-
TRAITOR power house engine room.
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in the latest and greatest New York
sensation. Dorothy" which is one or
the best theatrical properties in America
It is proving a veritable gold mine 10
Manager Grau, for the theaters every
where have been filled to oVerfowlns.
The engagement of the Grau opera COM
pany in Dorothy in Chicago was
7. cord breaker in point of receipts The
coming of Graus opera company TO
Anaconda mas always been looked upon
as the operate event of the season
and there is no doubt that this popular
organization will be received here as it
is everyMhere. by a packed house.
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Vests Ministries.

Especial to Inter Mountain)
Anaconda. Nov. INVESTS MINISTRIES
were greeted by d large and enthusi-
astic audience at the Margaret thea
ter last night. The first part OF The per-
formance abounded in excellent songs
and clever end work. Billy Van. the
monologist, held the audience in
trance. The trip over his slow railroad
was applauled to the limit. A distinct
hit was scored by John B. King, IN Go
Way Back and Sit Down" In the uiio,
the Rio brothers are a great attraction.
as are also the musical and blackface
specialties by other members of the
troop The bicycle act which closes the
show is one Of the most unique stage
performances ever seen in this city.
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Modern Love.

'Ginevra," pleaded the young man.
trying to take her hand. Il can no longer
stitie the emotions Of my heart! Dear
Ernest" coldly interrupted the heroine
of the modern novel. folding her arms
and skillfully sidestepping, you seem
to have forgotten that the new mission
of fiction is to portray the abnormal and
to deal with problems. Love has no place
in it. Kindly oblige by giving me your
theory concerning the strange attraction
which the climbing Of icy mountain peaks
has for SO many persons who appear to
be otherwise sane."-Chicago Tribune.
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CAIRNS REVEALS.
One of the Best Meetings of the Serie.
Held Yesterday.

Especial to Inter Mounta;r.)
Anaconda. Nov. 1.-THE Baptist
church was crowded at the services yes
terday especially at the evening meet
ing.
In the morning discourse Mr.. Cairns
showed how the Christian was to follow
Christ's steps in relieving the wants of
his fellow men.
The evening subject was The Bible
and Intidelity.'
This week the meetings will be held
every afternoon at O'clock except to-
day. At o'clock Tuesday the meeting
will be for all. especially young people.
The subject for this evening will be
The Hypocrites.'