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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-07
Railways in Prussia

The managers Of American railways.
says -Harper's Weekly" might, to their
own great advantage. as well as to that
Of their patrons. take a leaf out of the
book OF the government railway control
OF Prussia These officials have ordered
thar experiments should be made look
ing toward the substitution upon the
$4,000 miles of railroads which they op-
crate of non-combustible cars for the
more or less inf1ammabIe boxes in which
the public are now transported from
place TO place. The steel trucks are
of course, already comparatively safe
from destruction by FIRE, but the con
struction Of the superstructure of these
coaches has always been of such a ma
ture as to be something of a menace to
the travellers safety The walls and
floors and general trim Of passenger cars
have ordinarily been constructed Of wood
that are peculiarly infiammabIe- and
the use Of oils in their cleansing and
decoration has intensified the danger.
The Prussian experiments. in recogni-
ton OF these facts. are to be in the
direction OF making floors and walls o.
materials chemically treated 50 as to
make them noncombustible. and of the
construction of seats stuffed with fire
proof cocoanut fiber and having ashes
tos coverings It is an important step
and in the right direction: and in a coun-
try like our own, where there is SO much
moro travel and correspondence
greater duty for conserving the security
o. the travelling public over more than
10000 miles OF roadbed. it would seem
as If it would be wise precedent for
the railway authorities to follow AS 4
rule, our railways are exceptionally well
managed, and the traveller in the United
States gets a vast amount Of convenience
and comfort at very slight personal
risk. but the further step toward the
making of fre-proof coaches would serve
to greatly reduce that risk to minimum
which would amount almost to its total
extinction
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Longevity and Habits.

The Ghetto in Rome was the health
est quarter Of the city, and at the pres
ent day the Jewish quarter of New
York, the most crowded and, until re-
Gently, the diTtiest part OF the town.
has the lowest death rate Persons with
such constitutions, being, in q large
measure, proof against morbifc infu-
ences, are generally injured only by
their own excuses. and IT will be found.
as a rule, that centenarians have been
persons of this class. who have sell
dom been i'll in their lives. who have
had the contagious diseases OF child
hood lightly, if st all. who have always
been temperate in al things. light eat
ers and drinkers, = NV to wrath, able
to control their passions and emotions,
and usually leading a placid. unevent-
full life Such conditions can be brought
about by sanitary laws only as q re
suit of long continued teaching and
pressure extending over many genera
tions, and may not be perceptible in the
race for hundred years to come. Our
first parents were driven from the Gar
den of Eden for fear they woulu become
immortal, and their descendants have
lost so much ground that only one out
of millions is able to reach the physi-
illogical limit of life. which certainly
should be one hundred years, and pos
sibly one hundred and twenty.-Century
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TWO KINDS OF DREARINEss.

You hear often from car-window OBJ
servers of the '-dreary'' desert. the
hopeless. the Cherries desert But
the desert deserves none Of these ad-
jectives. It is dreadful. if you wish, in
the way in which 1t Furnishes those
who know not the signs of thirst; it is
sometimes awful in It's passions OF dust.
torrents. heat; It is even monotonous
to those who love only the life of
crowded cities; but it is never dreary
or cherries. Hopelessness may well
apply TO the deserts of Mulberry Street
and Smoky Hollow, with their foul
odors. their swarms of crowded and
hideous human life but the desert of
the arid land is eternally hopeful, smii-
ing, strong. rejoicing in itself, says a
writer in THE Century" The desert
is never morbid in it's adversely; on the
other hand, it is calm, and sweet. and
clean-the cieanest of all land Not
till man comes, bringing his ugly min
ing towns and his destructive herds,
does it bear even the vestigc OF the uG-
clean, the dreary, the unpicturesque.
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KruDp processes ere kept secret. it is
well known that Harvey used for his
concentration process a mixture of bone
charcoal and wood charcoal. while
KruDp uses illuminatin gas.
The pTojestiles have been correspond
ingly improved. among the best today
being the Misunderstanding Hotter. ana
Krupp projectiles. vita hardened steel
points
BY means of cap of unhardened
tough steal over the point their per-
forating power is considerably in
creased. this being explained by the
fact that while the plate is being bert
back, almost to the point OF rupture, by
the impact, the cape d projectile is pen
etrating its cap, and reaches the surface
Of the plate as the latter is on the verge
OF yielding, and is thus able to pene-
trate the already weakened hard face.
An uncapped projectfIc would be shat
tered by the elastic resistance OF the
plate in the first place. The capped pro-
jeetfie merely has its cap shattered by
that resistance. ,-he cap is effective,
however, only within limits, for the pro-
jectile must strike nearly normally in
heavy plates; If it strikes more than 20
degrees off the perpendicular 1t viii not
act In thin plates, however, it has been
known to penetrate at an angle of only
10 degrees with the face Of the plate.
It is evident, tn erefore, that projectiIes
and armor are very nearly balanced to-
day. If, as Prof. AIger. OF the United
States Naval Academy, and Lieut. Gle
land Davis, OF the Naval Bureau OF Ord
nance, predict. the muzzle Velocity of
guns will shortly be increased 10 1000
the projecti1e will prob
ably be ahead; on the other hand, there
is nothing to prevent further improve
ments in armor
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ANOTHER MERRY WAR

More trouble for poor old Uncle
Sala. Another Of his new dependents
has risen IN rebellion against him.
The King of Manua Is the latest rebel.
Great Is ms wrath and lie refuses to
he pacifed. The King of Mauua is a
Sonth Sea potentate who came under
our dominion II consequence of the
treaty by which the Samoan islands
we're divided between England, Ger
many, aud the United States. His
majesty declines to bow TO the decis-
ion Of The high court of TutuiIa.
It is no small matter that has
aroused the monarch's wrath. 1t Is a
question of booze" 1Kava" Is the
favo1ite tipple of those particular
South Sea islanders. Just how the III
sinnnting beverage should be served
Is not known IN this benighted lati-
tude, but At any rate a dispute arose
on this point and the high court Of
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THE FARTH'S CENTER

the investigation Of eruptive areas Vol
canoes are moreover arranged along
great lines OF geological disturbance and
fracture
The fractures are naturally The con
duits through which the great tension
of the internal molten masses is eased
by eruptions. The immediate propul-
sive force which drives the lava to the
surface is the next contraction OF the
globe and the sinking Of one side Of the
great fractures above referred to force
out the lava as juice might be squeezed
through a rent in an orange. Others
however. attribute the propulsion TO the
vapors whi5h are held dissolved or oc-
cluded in the lava, and which are so
much IN evidence at times of eruption.
The frightfuI explosions and the vast
exhibitions Of power which they pre-
sent give much force to this conception
Imagine then q rising tide OF lava. As
it forces its way through the conduit
it spreads earthquake shocks abroad.
Reaching the surface it's dissolved va
pors explode with greater and greater
violence and scatter tufts and breccias
over the neighboring country. They
may rend the crater and set loose foods
Of lava. As the energy ezpend5 itself
the violence declines and disappears.
The volcano then yields only hot springs
and gaseous emissions, called fumaroles.
until II is stone cold
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was promptly arrested and mcarcer-
ated.
Nothing but the lack of such a law
as the one proposed IN the pending
anarchy measure, prevented his nun
ishment. lie was kept in Jail for four
or FIVE months and finally turned loose
by the cenrts for want of power IN
them to take eognizance of the ease.
IF the Territories Of Arizona, New
Mexico, and Oklahoma, had a voice IN
the nations affairs, which they have
not, their Representatives would GER
tainly be found voting for the pro-
posed anarchy measure In such form
as the consensus of opinion may show
IS best and most advisable.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-07
When Size Doesn't Count

Ny little boy came running in
Our house one recent day.
His pretty nose was minus skin,
much regret to say.
On leaving home his two bright eyes
With laughter had been stirred:
Now he had three, TO my surprise
a black one was the third.
Ont poured his tale. how Jimmy Jones
Had caught him unaware.
And moDped the pavement with his
bones
While pulling out his hair.
But then. Oh, triumph OF the tale.
That youth went on to say
He'd tacl.led Jimmy. tooth and nail.
And licked him every way"
Seeking to hide my sinful pride
From that small urchin's view.
1 said. How could you lick him good?
Jim's bigger far than you
Whereat with scorn that sturdy elf
Locked fxedly at me.
And stI'aighta way he rid himself
OF this philosophy:
Hes bigger'n me? Why. Papa Jack,
Bigr esss don't count, I say.
Ny ocny'e swifter on a track
Than a cart horse any day:
My pouter pigeon has a throat
Beats any living thing.
But not one single little note
I've heard that Douter sing.
The eI'phant's big as any house,
And weighs about ten ton:
But could an ELEPHANT catch a mouse
If mousie tried to rum"
Some moro comparisons as pat
That small boy with a grin
Shot forth At ne; and while I sal
My little wife came in.
She emily weighs a hundred pounds,
But when she saw my pride
In NEue's pugilistic rounds
Her voice rang high and wide.
Such s'coTni such fire. / quickly fed,
Defeated from the din:
And as I went that small boy said:
Say pa, does bigness VIM
John O'Keefe.
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DEFOE'S Provision.

The terrible news from St. Vincent
following the impression that this ISL
and had escaped the volcanic deluge
which has cremated half of Martinique.
at once recalls and reverses the famous
hoax by which Daniel Defoe led all Lon
don TO believe, in IT'S, that the whole
island CT St Vincent had been blown up
and obIiteTated On the basis of his
own Imagination, or on some Thin ship
story. Defoe wrote in ''Mists Journal"
a circumstantiaI account of che destrue-
tioa Of the island, giving such details
as, with all our facilities of news trans
mission, we wait for in vain today. AZ
ter Leading up very gradually to the
catastrophe. he told his readers that
''On The night OF the said 2Gth. about
midnight. the whole island of St Vim
CEN. rose up in the Air. with a most
dreadful eruption OF Fire from under
nee IN the Earth and an inconeeivable
Noise in the Air at its rising up. that
1t was not only blown Up, but blown out
OF the very sea, with q dreadful force
as il were torn up by the Roots. OF
blown up from the Foundations OF the
Earth. y Finally, to bring he even;
home to his readers. he recalled an ac-
cident in foundry in Moorfelds, where
a quantity Of liquid gun metal coming
into contact with some water had blown
up the works-just as a journalist of
today might perhaps recall the recent
destructive fire in the same district 90
suggest, however, family, the storm of
fire which swept over these Eapless
islands last week.-London Academy
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IT. HE recent volcanic outbreaks in
the Lesser Antilles have natur-
I ally aroused much popular and
scientific interest in these geo
logical phenomena anE have made
brief statement of current and accepted
explanations Of them q matter Of in
terest. says the Popular Science
Monthly" All these manifestations Of
heat are derived from the great stores
which exist in the interior Of the earth.
The consideration Of them ard OF the
known Increase Of temperature with
depth led earlier biologists 20 believe
that the earth possessed a heated mott
er core and a cold and relatively thin
exterior shell. But as further investf-
cation developed correct conceptions Of
the rightly Of the globe in resisting
strains produced by its rotation and
the attraction OF other heavenly bodies
for its mass, and as The eIevating ef-
feet upon the fusing points OF rocks Of
an increase Of pressure was realized, it
WIS seen that the earth is practically
solid clear through and that local reser-
voirs Of molten rock beneath volcanic
districts are alone admissible That
local reservoirs exist seems quite well
established, and that the rock is sufi-
GENTLY fluid TO enable complex parent
magmas TO break up into various differ
entail products is the latest result of
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An ATTACK on WOMEN

n IsHOP
X by that responsible for three
-
II
t=Iigent.
qualities
things
It likely
bilty and all the atefal on the other.
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EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT

q oMEBoDY
Sun defending vigorously
and declaring that this doctrine the scrDtuTaI and logical
the discussion of
Fifty several other
the would undoubtedly
that anything Of the kind will
sted
could addr
different condition the war.
o
is
If this Interpretation the
in
he
theological questions There another thing which curious
dear himself
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RUSSIAN ECONOMICS.

The Russian population cannot be re-
garded as prosperous. or even fairly
we'll 70 do, when it consumes per capita
only one-twenty- Of an ounce about
onc-third OF . teaspoonfuIl OF tea and
two-ffths Of an ounce (about a tea
spoonful and a half) Of sugar per day
says The Outlook. But there
are other indie atoms that the railroads,
and the vast sums CT money spent in
their construction. have NOT materially
benefited. as yet. the laboring popuIa-
ton The commission appointed in 1893
b. the ministry Of finance TO ascertain
the reasons for the progressive in
provement Of the people in the So
called 'bIack-earth' pFovinces-the
the most fertile part of the empire
has recently made preliminary re-
port. in which it says that in European
Russia, as whole, the people
arc now sowing IS per cent less
grain per capita than in 1865, and that
IN the bIaell-carth' provinces the de-
crease amounts 10 Is per cent
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FACTS ABOUT THE MOSQUITO

A mosquitoes food capacity is roughly
estimated at one drop OF blood. His
dimensions are uncertain. The gray
mosquito, the day tormentor, is prob
ably the smallest variety. He Is OF a
very light weight, not tipping the beam
at more than one-fourth OF a grain, and
often not weighing quite so much. Some
Of them are so light when unfed that
they will not disturb the balance OF the
most deifcateiy poised scales. The small
mosquito is the treacherous kind He
always lights on the under side OF the
hand or arm, apparently knowing that
he is beyond the reach of the eye He IS
the same fellow who viii crawl under
the edges Of the bar OF slip under the
sheet. There Is another and larger va
riety. a kind that viii drop on you like
a flake of snow, but they do rot feel like
fake Of snow. They land with their
labium, OF lance. unfolded and with
point down, and they begin operations
at once. While the mosquito of this
brand weighs about one-half of grain.
he seems tc have the tonnage and poten-
TALLY Of a pile driver when he pune
lures the skin
There are about $50 known varieties OF
mosquitoes in this section of the world.
The mosquitoes labium, the thing he
stings with, is of uncertain length It
is sharp as a needle. hollow like a hair,
and il is through this that he sucks blood
into his system. The MOSQUITO cannot
stand strong wind He seeks a low
place when the wind is high. He never
gets more than 100 yards from the place
Of his birth The eggs are deposited on
still. stagnant water. Otherwise they
will be destroyed. The life of the mos
quito covers a span Of sixty days. As
Of diseases, scientific men
have agreed that his responsibility Is
very heavy.
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CURE FOR UNEVEN SHOULDERS.

Doctors and taiIors have noticed that
the number Of patients and customers
who have even shoulders Is increas-
ing The right shoulder is usually high
er than the left. This is true especially
Of men engaged in literary work. The
effect is due to the way men sit or
write at their desks. The right elbow
rests on the desk. throwing one shoul-
der higher than the other. Few persons
y hen writing keen the shoulders erect
The reason that few women clerks are
so affected is because the most Of them
use the typewriter, which forces them
to sit more erectIy.
When you notice that you are affected
the best thing TO do is to change your
way OF sitting at your desk. Two sim
PIE exercises viii help you out. The
5rn OF the lower shoulder should be e1-
tended upward, the hand gTasping
Guubbell that Of The higher shoulde
should be lowered and be made TO sup
port heavy weight.
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Queen Helen at Target Practice

Queen Helen of Italy Is an expert with
rife and revolver. and beat her hus-
bands best target score. although he
has the reputation of being a mighty
hunter Her record is by no means con-
fined to target practice, either, When
she was Princess of Montenegro hunting
was her favorite sport, aud she has had
many exciting adventures with big
game
When she went to Italy as Princess of
Naples she missed Eer hunting nors
than any other feature of her girl life.
The prince had targets put up in the
gardens at Capo di Monte villa, and
shooting matches were held there The
princess invariably carried of the hon
ors, even when pitted against her hus-
bands men friends or the prince him
self. stin target practice did not quite
take the place of real hunting, so her
husband guessed again.
This time he gave his wife the island
of Monte Cristo. TO have and 10 hold as
happy hunting ground, and there she
had glorious sport with her guns and
her dogs every season until the assassi-
nation of King Humbert called her to
the throne
Now she has left off killing game and
has gone back to target shooting, but
she does not neglect her practice or lose
her enthusiastically York Sun.
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IT HERE are few facts which may
In the future be incorporated In
1 The biography of the mosquito,
acts which have been col
Iected purity by the inquiry of seien-
lists. and partly by the observations Of
laymen who live in sections where the
pestiferous insect thrives in great num-
bers, says the New Orleans Times
Democrat"
The mosquito is observed in three diff
ferent forms, as an egg, in larvae. as
wiggle-tail. and as a mosquito with
wings. Eggs ere Matched by the warmth
of the sun. One mosquito may lay 1. 000.-
600 eggs. Often many of these eggs are
destroyed Mosquitoes cannot propo-
gate without the aid of water The eggs
are deposited on the surface OF the
water. Eggs hatch within a few weeks
after they are deposited by the female.
They develop wiggle-tails, the curious
form Of life often found in rain barrels.
cisterns, IN cutters filled with stagnant
water and in stagnant pools In this
wiggle-taI stage of his existence the
mosquito breathes through his tall He
spends this part Of his life rushing to
and from the surface Of the water
When he reaches the surface, with head
down, he shoves two delicate syphons
above the water level, supplies his lungs
with the needed air. and dives under the
water again. where he sucks the yegeta-
BILE Juices necessary for his sustenance
He remains a wiggle-tail for week or
ten days. when his wings develop and he
becomes a navigator Of the air, and he
sails forth TO tormen. members of the
human family and other animals. lie is
fond y animal blood. He needs It in
his business. He cannot propagate
without It He also likes sugar. Blood,
sugar and vegetable juices are his prin-
cipal diet.
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ANARCHY MEASURE SHOULD
Be MADE A LAW AT ONCE
By Hon. B. S. RoDEY, Delegate From New Mexico

7 THINK the anarchy bill, so-ealled,
Is a first-eIass measure, and it
should be enacted into law at
this session. The patriotic people of
New Mexico are unit in favor of
some such law
There was no section of this coun-
try that experienced any severer
shock at the assassination of the late
President William Mckinley than did
our people. Such was the feeling
there over that outrageous crime, as
that the moment it was ascertained
that an itinerant anarchist, who had
months before predicted the death of
President Mckinley by assassination,
was living In Silver City, n. NJ. he
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From The Spirit
Of Mid-OceaR''

The hesitant sun stands still, with the
arch of day complete,
And fingers the yielding latch on the
door OF his sequent dawn,
And the slender popIars SILVER and
gather about their feet
Their long, limp skirts of shadow that
lay on the eastward lawn.
Then the night, the blue-black night
breathes on the mirror OF heaven,
Blurs 10 the ghost OF gray the reflect
ed blue of the sea,
and the soul of Her stirs on the calm, a
sudden. impaipab1e heaven,
Troubling inanimate twilight with
hints OF storm to be-
White on the gathering dusk. a gull
swings in tc the west,
Touching the cminous ocean with the
tips of tentative wings,
And the bell of distant buoy, doi on
2 sluggish crest,
Bays in reverberant bass monition of
threatening thingsi
Am I then the last of the men that this
day departed saw.
Sole survivor of all whom it reused
TO strive and stir.
That stand alone in the night, and.
beaten to bay by awe,
Confront in the sudden stiffness the
eloquent eyes Of Her.
Wake, my unconscious comrades. my
brothers in shame and sin,
Fexed with your ominous dreaming,
tortured by doubt and fear.
See on the wings of midnight the pres
ence OF peace come in.
With the calm, disburdening message
that never noon may hear.
Stand face-front to the surges, deaf to
your preachers lore.
Claim no creed Of their making, for,
on the awe-struck sea.
The Spirit of Strong Mid-Ocean steps
silently in to shore;
Hush! II this be the servant, what
must the Master be?
Guy Wetmore, in June Atlantic.
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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS INVOLVED
IN THE IRRIGATION PROJECT


II He irrigation project involves questions of econ
only and government, and involves the admins
tration Of the land office and the public do
main, which makes It from the point of economical adj
instration of the most dangerous measures that
Congress has been called to act upon in years.
The objections to it many and foreefuI,
that could scarcely them within tie compass
Of readable article There are 60000O20 acres of land
TO be drained and the lowest conservative estimate is
from 300000,000 acres 10 twice that amount.
The railroads subsidized by land grants are promot-
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ing it. The offcahoders who want continuance of
their jobs and places for their rcves are promoting it
Those who expect to share in the exploitation and jobs
that viii be necessarily incident it are promoting
BIT the agricultural and mineral colleges in each
State viii suffer The taxpayers of the larger States viii
suffer, contributing for enterprises which in no way
affect them advantaeeously.
It viii not do to say that is not charge on the
public treasury It is charge the whole people, and
Is no less beeaue it happens to be contribution II
land to some particular section.