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The Returns from Pemb,n,

President Cleveland once asked
Bishop Whipple what would be the
effect of making the Indians voters.
Then Bishop Whipple told him that
1T had been tried, and after listening
to the story President Cleveland gave
up the idea.
In Dakota territorial days law was
passed allowing Indians wearing civil
lied dress to vote. In the following
election, when both sides were claim
ing the victory, some one said: "Wait
until you hear from Pembina." In
Pembina lived a large number of the
Pembina tribe of Indians, and there
also dwelt the local political boss,
"Jud" La Moure, famed for his seal.
skin overcoat and his qualities as n
political fighter. When the returns
came in from Pembina it was found
that the members of the tribe had
all been put into hickory shirts and
trousers on election day, between sun
rise and sunset, and after exercising
the inalienable rights of citizenship,
at the dictation of the local boss, they
returned again to their blankets, hav-
ing decided the territorial election
Boston Transcript.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18

In some parts of Peru-for example.
in the province of Jauja-hens' eggs
are circulated as small coins, IS or 50
being counted for dollar. In the mar
ket places and in the shops the In
dams make most of their purchases
with this brittle sort of money. One
will give two or three eggs for brandy,
another for indigo, and a third for
cigars. These eggs are packed in
boxes by the shopkeepers and sent to
Lima. From Jauja alone several thou
sand loads of eggs are annually for
warded to the capitaL--N. Y. Sun.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18
Bad Thing TO Meet.

The last faintest fltering of light
krom above disappears totally at a
depth of less than 1000 feet. Beyond
that there is eternal night. Yet even
there, amid the wallowing and wind
ing of countless blind things, there are
eyes. Some are tiny, ike the baleful
holes out of which the Eurypharynx
glares. Others are beautiful and
prominent and glowing. They belong
to the lamp fish, the phosphorescent
creatures that light their way as they
proceed by shimmering phosphorus
cence produced by their own nerves.
One of the light bearers is Ling
phryne lucifer, truly demoniac form.
On the top of his head he carries an
apparatus that is identical in shape
with the common light bulb of our or
binary small electric lamps. From it
he diffuses a blurred white glow that
is like star in the blackness where
he lives. That glow Eliminates a
horned head and a face that is gar
goyle. None of the uncanny, frighten-
ing faces on Notre Danes famous
gargoyles can equal it in terror of ex.
preston and wild exaggera ton
Washington Post.
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A WASTE4HEAT
AUXILIARY ENGINE
An Important Invention Developed by jesse
of

whole apparatus shall be air and
water tight, and this, TO resist an in
ternal pressure of $50 pounds per
square inch, requires good materials,
frst-class workmanship, and intelli-
gent supervision when in operation
The surface condenser, which is re-
CURED to transmit great quantities of
heat energy with minimum loss of
temperature, also required some spe-
cial adaptation to the treatment of
sulphur dioxide vapor. All these diff
culties, as revealed by the expert
ments in 1899, were carefully provid-
ed for in the new plant.
This was a cold-vapor cylinder of
1oh-inch bore and 19h-in stroke,
which was attached to a $50 horse
power triple-expansion Gorlitz en-
CINE of high efficiency, which is regu-
larly employed at the technical high
school for electric-lighting and ex-
perimental purposes. The engine is
of an improved modern type, the high
and intermediate pressure cylinders
being placed tandem and horizontal.
while the low-pressure cylinder is
vertical, and all three act upon the
same crank and driving shaft.
The cold-vapor cylinder is made of
cast iron covered, not with heating
jacket, but with a simple sheet-iron
casing packed with felt. It is pro-
portioned for a maximum working
pressure of 215 pounds per square
inch.
The vaporizer and condenser are OF
iron, cylindrical in form, and about
ten feet in length. They are set in a
steel frame, one above the other, and
the pump which injects the LIQUID
dioxide coming from the condenser
up into the vaporizer is under
meath the condenser. Both contain a
system of tubes very carefully made
and fitted, so as to prevent the leak
age of water or dioxide. The vapor-
izer, which fulfills the function of q
cold-steam boiler, is of 34k inches
internal diameter, and has about 753
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18
Her<dify.

To account for the transmissibiHty
VI ancestral types Darwin, in his work
on "Pangenesis," promulgated a the
DRY that each cell threw of what he,
designated "gemmules," which formed
the nuclei of another series of celia,
whose sole destiny in th~ economy OF
nature was the propagation of itx
species. These "gemmules" formed
the blastema, in which was contained
an exceedingly microscopical impress
sion of the animal which might ulti-
mately be called into being. If thSs
were the case, we should be able to sub
nit the miniature image to our investi-
cation by means of the microscope.
But strong microscopes are wanted.
The red corpuscles of human blood
have to be about one four-thousandth
part Of an inch. The number of these
red corpuscles which would adhere to
the point of q needle would not be less
than 100000. Theory teaches that
the final division of matter is the
storm, and the atom has been meas
ured. 1t is calculated that in q cube of
water one thirty-thousRndth part OF
an inch wide there are 10000, oo0, 900
atoms.-London Science Gossip.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18
An Extraordinary Comet.

The great comet seen in the southern
hemisphere last Nay presented some
unusual features. At the cape of Good
Hope it was observed to have a fam
shaped tail, consisting of two straight
and narrow principal streaks and a
large, broad, but fainter, appendage
toward the south. One report says
that on May the bright, straight tail
was IA degrees in length, "while the
enormous lateral emission Of SHIN
nering light flooded the southwest
with ghostly CLEAN 40 degrees long,
six to ten degrees broad, and the whole
space between this mighty extension
and the more brilliant tail was filled
with a gauzelike sheen."-Science.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18
JANUARY IS 1902
The Metamorpho.i. OF Ho.,


You can talk ali you want to about
-four queer names, but I've got one
>hat caps them ALL" said a we'll
known railroad man who Just re-
turned from a trip in the southern
part Of the state. This mans name
Is Thing, and he's preacher, too. He
Is called Every Thing, Any Thing and
sometimes any old thing, but he bears
1t all with patient shrug. The way
ne got his name is rather amusing.
de lives near Zumbrota, in Goodhue
county. When he was a youth and
his name was handed to him it was
Hog-yes, spelled the same way, ard
also pronounced that way. After he
engaged upon his ministerial duties
he did not care to be called a hog, so
he asked that his name be changed.
He appealed to the district court, and
the judge asked him what name he
preferred. He replied, saying any
thing would do. Therefore they gave
him the name of Thing, and it is his
for keeps. He is the pastor of pref
ty little white church, with green
blinds, and everyone that knows him
says he is good Thing Duluth
News-Tribune.
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Soldier. Should Swim

There is certain inexplicabl BILE back
wardness in all armies in making the
ability to swim as compulsory as 9TH
er requirements of far less practical
Importance. If soldier would not
learn how to execute "fours right"
he would be at once attended to, but
the fact that he doesn't know how to
save his own life if he falls overheard
is considered of less importance
This indifference prevails not only
among land lubbers, but also among
seamen. The accident at Bilancourt.
where four French cavalrymen were
drowned while engaged in crossing
the Seine during military reconnais
sance, has caused a good deal of dis.
cussion in France, and the minister of
war has issued an order that in every
case where rivers are to be crossed in
peace operations by swimming Ger
tain regulations shall be observed
The chief of these is that when mer
unable to swim are engaged in the
operations they shall be accompanied
or be closely followed by certified
swimmers in equal number.-Army
and Navy Journal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18
sweet Revenge

While the British matron means as
each successive British youth is led
captive to the altar by American girls,
her Canadian niece is avenging the
English cousin. She has swept across
the boundary line and descended upon
the professional young woman of the
United States. While the Canadian
girls are now prominent in all profess
sions in the states, her greatest dis
tinction has been in trained nursing.
In the most noted training schools and
the finest hospitals the Canadian
trained nurse is in places of response
bihty.-Newcastle (Eng.) Chronicle.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18
People who wenr the XII,

The wearing of the kilt is a custom
religiously observed in the smartest
society in Scotland. Many peers and
some wealthy commoners who are
chiefs of clans take special pride in
the national costume. The duke of
Sutherland and his sons, the duke of
Argyle, and his brother, Lord Archi-
bald Campbell, Lord KinnoulI, and en-.
titled chieftains, such as Cameron of
Lochiel or the Mackintosh-all these
and many more-wesr the highland
dress when in Scotland. A gentleman
OF high degree dons kilt of palmer
tartan for morning wear and for
shooting, and in the evening, when he
dresses Tor dinner. he puts on his full
dress tartan, with sporran and richly
Jeweled dirk.-London NJ. A. p.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18
Fires on shipbonrd.

Why water is not always used In
extinguishing fire in a ships hold is
clear. While it can be used to great
advantage in the case of fires in the
open air, if it should be employed to
put out big fire in the hold of a yea
sci the sudden burst of steam 90
formed would be the parent of dis
astrous results. M. Diobs, a French
maritime engineer, has recently sug-
gested a new method of discovering
and extinguishing fire on shipboard,
especially that arising from spon-
taneous combustion in the cargo. To
give warning of fire or of rise of tenn
perature that may lead to it he would
distribute through the cargo vertical
metallic tubes. Into these tubes from
time to time thermometers could bs
lowered to ascertain the temperature.
His next step would be to place in the
midst of the cargo a large cask con-
tanning lime and communicating by q
small tube with the bridge. In case
of fire in the hold sulphuric acid is
poured into the tube and violent pro-
duction of carbonio acid gas takea
place, which smothers all combustion.
Fire and Water.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18

NNA De
sure, without harmful results to thu
system. Many home is now hanpv
from the use Of Golden Specific, NV
husband got into the habit of taking a
drink with the boys on his way home"
says Mrs. Harry Burnside. "After a
while he came home drunk frequently.
He soon lost his position and / had to
make living for both of us and the lit
tie children. AT times he tried to sober
up, but the habit was too strong for
MN and then he would drink harder
than ever. / heard of Golden Specifio
and sent for free package. The treat-
ment cured him. put it in his coffee
and he never knew itat.all. Heregained
ms old position and now we are happV
IN our little home again. l hope Won
Will send Golden Specific to every vo-
man that has suffered as L have, and
save her loved ones from the drunkard's
grave.
Send your name and address to DR.. 7.
w. Haines, 2746, Glenn Building, Cir
clnnati, Ohio, and he will mail Won a
free package of Golden Specific in a
plain wrapper, accompanied by full di-
rectlons how to use it. Enough of thu
remedy is sent in each free package to
give you an opportunity to witness it's
marvellous effect on those who are
slaves TO drink.
Do not delay. You cannot tell what
may happen to the man who drinks.
and you would never forgive yourself
for waiting.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18

nnlshed her rounds of the flats, and at
the hour appointed for the counts ar
rival the population Of the building
was on the front steps
Sure enough, at eight o'clock. the
handsome foreigner came stridipe
along. He paused a moment in front of
Miss Denby's entrance, looked up and
down the street and then spraup
nimbly up the stairway.
The futtering old maid, assisted
by Mrs. Phelim Gallagher, received him.
with your permission, madame" he
said, taking a parcel from his pocket.
Il have brought mademoiselle a little
gift. 1t is an heirloom in our family:
my ancestors captured it from King
Priam in the Trojan war"
He handed the package to the blush
ing Miss DENLY and kissed her tiny
hand as she bowed over il.
1T is one of the gold shoes from the
Trojan horse" he resumed, with rare
dignity. Each nail is set with a price-
less diamond, and"
He was interrupted by a little scream
from Sophronia, who had unwra pped
the parcel, and found an old rnstv
horseshoe, very dirty, twisted and
worn. But the next moment she had
tapped his wrist with her fan and
laughed:
What wag you are, COUNT For
ever cracking jokes"
Mrs. Gallagher didn't know what 70
say or do. She stood there staring At
Count Sardanapalus as if in doubt
whether to hit him with the horseshoe
or run away. Indeed, she was Siding
toward the door when the bell rsne'
she opened 1t in time to hear the
strange guest shout:
bar the door or we are lostl"
But Mrs Gallagher opened il. A
sandy-haired, heavy-set man brushed
rudely in, laid hand on the counts
shoulder and said:
Come, your grace, the balloon is
ready"
AHA" said the dramatic Greek. "mv
country firsti Forward, gentlemen
To the balloonl"
With q grand bow he stalked out of
the room like a monarch going TO the
block. Miss DENLY collapsed into a
chair. The sandy courier followed his
master. Mrs. Gallagher followed the
courier.
who is he 2" whispered the fat wom-
an to the counts attendant.
Hes bug" growled the man:
went nutty on balloons. Acts all right
till you mention his balloon. Then he
goes home and gets into swing. He
thinks it's 8 war balloon, and he sails
all over the world in it. Good night"
Miss DENLY did move on the LIST of
September.-John H. Raftery, in Chi
cago RecordHerald
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square feet of heating surface, by
which the exhaust steam of the en-
CINE acts upon the liquid dioxide and
converts it into vapor. 1t then passes
through the cold-vapor cylinder and
returns to the condenser, which has
an internal diameter of Al inches and
about 72o square feet of cooling sur
face. Valves are set in both pipe sys-
TENS, SO that sections can be cut out
for examination and repair without
withdrawal OF the dioxide. The feed
pump is worked by an eccentric on
the main shaft, and requires only
three-fourths of one per cent. of the
developed power of the engine. The
above arrangement of the differen I
parts IS of course merely arbitrary,
and was adopted to secure the utmost
economy of space, but the condenser
and vaporizer may be placed in any
desired position convenient to the en-
CINE and best adapted to local condi-
tons. Thus constituted and arranged.
the waste-heat engine at the tech
meal high school has been run al
most continually since the end of
September, 1900, without accident or
any serious difficulty. During the
hours when the storage batteries are
being charged, 1t has been run ND TO
speed OF 16S revolutions per minute.
Inc load has been a direct-connect-
ed continuous-current dynamo, with
rated output, at $50 revolutions. of
400 amperes and 24o volts, which. as
the official report states, was some
times overloaded as high as 40 per
cent. as a means of testing the in
creased capacity obtained by the addi-
ton OF the waste-heat cylinder. The
result, in respect to both steam con-
sumption and electrical OUTPUT. has
been measured by the highly perfect
ed standardized instruments ard
methods with which the technical
high school is fully equipped.
The report OF Prof. jesse, from
which the foregoing results are de-
rived goes extensively into the cues
ton of comparative costs of instaIIa-
ton. Condensed to their most CON
else compass, his conclusions are that
combined steam-waste-hea& plant
OF l'oOo horsepower, including COM
pound steam engines of 1000 indicat.
ed horsepower and cold-yapor
plant OF 400 indicated horsepower
complete in every detail, would cost
In Germany $4,000 marks ($5o,45s).
while a triple-expansion steam en-.
CINE of 1000 horsepower, without
Vapor engine, would cost 2oe ooo
marks ($4s,o2s), a difference of only
$l'424' which, with steam coal at $4.15
per ton, as at Berlin would be saved
IN a short time By the cold-vapor
auxiliary.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18
IT WAS some time in June that Mis-.

T WAS some time in June that Miss
l. DENLY began to make a show" of
herself. From the modest responsible
ity OF neutral tints, cotton gowns and
sailor hat she suddenly burgeoned
forth into such a splendid radiance of
millinery and mode that all her neigh
bors wondered. For Miss DENLY was
an old maid. She had accumulated a
modest fortune making dresses, and.
being S2years old, as she admitted with
a weazen smile, she had retired perma-
nently from business and settled down
to a routine of tea drinking and novel
reading, relieved, If not illuminated, by
daily strolls in the park and a Sunday
visit to church.
Homely? Not exactly, for she had
bright, busy little eyes, straight nose
that had not always been as red as now,
and cute mouth that puckered up at
the corner when she smiled. Her form
was of the ironing board" style-that
is, neither plump nor angular-but her
bands and feet were the chief pride of
her romantic little heart, for they were
as small as a child's. Indeed, what
most astounded the neighbors when
they first began to notice" the old
maids Transformation was the marvel
Gus, shoes, slippers and gloves she
wore. For instance, the day Mrs. Gal
lagher followed her over to the park
Miss Denby's little tootsies were in
cased in gray, undressed kids, with
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oh, shocl1ingi French heels. But that
was not what finally set the venomous
tongues OF gossip to wagging.
Mrs. Gallagher had actually caught
the old maid keeping tryst with a
mani
From that day the poor old dress
makers suddenly glorified wardrobe
was explained. Mrs. Gallagher had
watched her foregather with hand
some, dark-haired stranger, and, lean
ing on his Stalwart arm, stroll awav
among the trees. 1t was evident that
MISS DENLY was in love and that her
sutton was young and dashing fellow.
After her money, guess" said Mrs.
jenkins to Mrs. Jones over the back
fence.
Some said it was "disgraceful," 9TH
ers suspected that Miss DENLY was a
little cracked" but they all became
very friendly with her, drank her tea,
admired her gowns and put themselves
In the way of becoming her confidants.
The good women even began to take
morning tramps in the park, and the
queer little dressmaker, walking with
her young sutton, was mortified and
puzzled at the frequency of these ac-
cidental meetings.
Finally Miss DENLY decided to open
her heart to Mrs. Gallagher, and she
did it like this:
Have another cup of coffee before
you go, Mrs. Gallagher"
"Sure I've had seven"
Just one more" then Whispering:
I've got secret for YOU"
Miss DENLY blushed and simpered de-
murely as she poured out the tea, and
her fat guest could hardly wait to come
at the long-deferred mystery.
What's your secret, Sophronia t?
Sure you amt going to move?"
Guess again!" giggled the old maid
Not another new dress?"
mot that"
I'll give up" admitted the other.
who enjoyed the deception.
"A wedding!" gurgled Miss DENLY.
But, mind, it's a secret yet. I'm GO
Ing to invite him up, hee-hee, hee-hee-e.
and 1 want you to come and chaperon
me-"
Mrs. Gallagher was staring open
mouthed.
"SoPhronia Denby!" she gasped.
Married. You going to be married Pc
TO the finest, handsomest, noblest.
richest--he's prince"
"Ah, botherl"
"a Greek nobleman, Count Sardan-
lpalus."
And what business Is he in?"
"Businessi Oh, dear, nonei He's a
aobleman, owns an island and all that
sort of thing"
The old maid seemed almost trans
6gured with enthusiasm. She said she
bad met her noble lover quite by acct
STORY PAGE NO. 4. 1892
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18
A Diet of stones.

Crocodiles, like ostriches, swallow
pebbles and small stones, which serve
the purpose of grinding their food.
The natives assert that it is possible to
tell the age of a crocodile by the num-
Der of stones in it's stomach, for they
swallow one each year. In point of
fact, Is stones have been found in the
stomach of crocodile 10 feet long,
whereas the average number for
younger ones varies between four and
eight. So says Mr.. Voltkow, who has
been studying the matter for several
years.--Nature.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18
Reversing the Rule.

Il came very near catching the
biggest man 1 ever saw this morning"
said the shark. ''He was fully ten
feet tall and must have weighed at
least 500 pounds. / was just about
to nab him when a dinkey electric
launch dashed between us and he rot
away. Tough luck. wasn't it?"
Tough luck nothing" rejoined the
sea serpent. Say, if you dent
change the brand of salt water that's
now trickling through your system
pretty soon you'll have the Jimmies.
The men stories you have been get
ting off lately are something fierce. -
Chicago Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-01-18
Cigars for President Mckinley.

The regard in which the Cubanx "a
this city held the late President No
Kinley was shown on the day before
his relapse, when he asked that he
be permitted to smoke cigar. Senior
F. E. Fonseca, who represented the
Cubans afterward in sending the
floral tribute to the capital, at once
instructed the expert of his factory
to select the choicest leaves of Ha-
vana tobacco and have made 100
cigars, to be sent to the president.
This was done at once, and they were
ready to be forwarded on the follow
Ing day, each wrapped in siIken tissue
paper, with the presidents name
thereon. His death prevented the
sending OF the gift.-N. Y. Tribune.
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dent while strolling near the beach. He
had found and restored to her a novel
which she had left on a bench. The
casual acquaintance thus begun had
hourished by reason of his wondrous
ardor and the fact that she walked
daily in the park. The count had wooed
and won her with the fierce and swift
gallantry OF the old world" Miss Dem
by said, and she had resisted him as
long as her sympathetic heart could
withstand his eloquence.
He's in Chicago to float a loan for
the Greek government" she explained.
LAS soon as Crete is annexed, the
count, my count" Ga smile and blush)
lis 10 be absolute ruler of the island.
But he is very anxious to depart, and
the wedding day must be fixed to-mor-
row night. Turkish spies are constant
ly at his heels. There is hardly a day
that he does not point one out to me.
have seen them lurking behind the
bushes, and every time we part 1 am
in agony for fear something should be-
fall him"
Mrs. Gallagher was staring now like
big bullfrog watching a red flannel
bait
"Will you come up tomorrow night
and meet him?" she hears Miss DENLY
say.
At WILL" murmured the dumfounded
Mrs. Gallagher, backing toward the
door. 1t was midnight when she had