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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
FIRST IRON VESSEL
Was Constructed in Great Britain In
1916 by Thomas Wilson.

From the Sclentlnc American
1t is interesting to note that 1t was as
early as the year 1909 that Robert Dicken-
son, the eminent inventor, first suggested
to the admiralty a scheme by which the
old wooden ships CT the royal navy were to
be gradually replaced by vessels built of
iron, and thus make the English fleet in
comparably stronger than any combination
that could be brought together by foreign
nations
The proposed innovation was promised
due consideration. and in 1880, twenty-onc
years afterward, the conclusion arrived at
by the admiralty was that iron vessels
would be practically useless in the line of
action and totally unmanageable in d
storm! Absurd as the assertion now APP
pears, it was, nevertheless ardently sup
ported by DR.. Lardner, scientific author
ity, who said the idea was perfectly CHM
erica1 and that there was about as much
chance of an iron boat reaching New York
as there was of its voyage to the moon.
A fierce storm OF invective and derision
was waged against all who had the temer-
ity to hold an opinion contrary to that Of
the admiralty and its "scientifcy support
ers. But Thomas Wilson, young Scotch
boatbuilder. ignored the bigoted opposition.
and. in 1916, commenced to build boat of
iron at Fasken. Scotland. She was named
the Vulcan. Her dimensions were sixty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20

feet in length. twelve feet In breadth and
five feet In depth All the plates, riyess
and sangle-irons were made over the anvil
by Wilson and his blacksmith. The plates
were fixed perpendicularly or boiler fash
Ion, not horizontally as in modern ir Nr
Tor the passenger service on the Monk
land canal, and piled between Port Dundas
and Loeb No. Is.
When the Vulcan was being built Wilson
was severely ridiculed by the craftsm on
the canal-which ran close to his yard
who, when passing would drop small pices
OF IRON into the water and sarcastically in
qufre If he expected his boat to SCUM >
And as soon as it became known In the
neighborhood that an iron boat was being
built the villagers came down to the yard
ana gazed open-mouthed at the phenom-
enon. In a short time deputations of the
specifically inclined began to intercept tn.
builder on his way home and endeavor to
point out the foolishness of the undertake
Ing. When the Vulcan was nearing COM
pletion Wilson was one morning surpris ed
edge with pots and pans to try their buoy
ancy and once and for all convince them
selves that iron would float.
After the boat was launched she proved
so great success that the representative
of the Forth and Clyde Company commits
stoned Wilson to build several other similar
barges for their cargo and passenger
traffic
The Vulcan, passing ultimately into other
owners hands, was broken up after being
IN use over sixty years. 1t Is said She
many more years, remarkably sound
had she been built, but she was considered
obsolete for trading purposes, having been
superseded by more modern boats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
Good Rules for Visiting.

Do not stay too long. 1t is much to break
into the life of any family even for a few
days. Pay no attention to urgings to stay
longer, however sincere they seem. Set a
time to go when you arrive and stick to it.
Conform absolutely to the household ar
rangements, especially as to times of rising,
going to meals and retiring. Be ready In
ample time for all drives or other excur-
sions.
Carry with you all needed toilet supplies,
that you may not be obliged to mortify
your hosts by pointing out possible deficien-
cies in the guest room, such as clothes
brush the article most commonly lacking.
Enter heartily into all their plans for en-
PERTAINING you, but make 1t plain that you
do not care to be entertained all the time
or to have every minute filled with amuse-
ment.
Be ready to suggest little plans for pleas
ure when you see your hostess at a loss to
entertain you. Try how well you can en-
tertain her for a change. Turn about is
fair play in visiting as well as in every
thing else.
Be pleased with all things.
Your high spirits and evident enjoyment
are the only thanks your hostess wants.
Take some work with with you, so that
when your hostess has to work you may
keep her in countenance by working also.
More good times are to be had over work
than over play anyway.
Do not argue or discuss debatable mat
tiers. Few things leave a worse taste in
the mouth.
Offer to pay the little incidental expenses
that will be caused now and then by your
visit, but merely offer; do not insist upon
it, which would be very rude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
The Sultan of Perak.
From Blackwood's Magazine.


A man of fiftythree years of age, he has
passed almost exactly half his life under
Malay rule and half under the new regime
inaugurated by Great Britain. A man with
eyes wherewith to see and a mind where
with to judge, compare and think, he is
CT the native states of the east, and a con-
WINGED apostle of British rule. He has seen
in his own time his country pass from a
mere wilderness of forest, threaded sparsely
by sorry footpaths, into a land surprisingly
wealthy and prosperous, over the face of
VIII oh roads and railways run crisscross like
the meSheS of a net. He has seen law
lesSneSS, brigandage, rapine and constant
internecine strife vanish and be replaced by
a peacefulness unequaled in Piccadlly. He
has seen the spear and the kris, which once
ruled his world, laid aside in the glass cases
OF museums, brought out only on state
occasions to deck courtly ceremonials.
lands, which of old lay fallow under Gense
jungle, opened up and made to produce rich
revenues; blacklist ignorance replaced by
education, lack of sanitation by wise re-
spe ct for the laws of hygiene, and dire pow
erty by wealth and comfort. Though the
sentime ntalst may mourn the disappear
anca of much that was picturesque, of
much that was attractive, yet these be wen
derful changes for any man to have wit
messed, still more to have had big hand
in bringing to pass; and without disparag
European advisers, it must be admitted that
Perak owes a large share of its prosperity
to the personal efforts of its present sui
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
THE ISLE OF MAN.
Formerly Independent, It Was Pur-
chased by England in 1765.

FROM the New Orleans Picayune.
Lord and Lady Raglan are not rich, and
nave been. therefore, glad to exchange the
somewhat expensive Office of under secre
tary OF state for war, which entailed resi-
dence IN London for the governorship of
the Isle Of Man. which carries with it an
official residence salary of about $4,000
a year. sundry allowances and very few
expenses. The Isle of Man, famous for the
production of Manx cats and of Hall
Game, is, as every one knows, situated in
the Irish sea, about equidistant from Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland, and for three
centuries in times gone by was subject to
Norwegian rule
Then it passed to the crown Of Scotland,
was seized by King Henry ~ of England,
and was bestowed by him upon the STAN
ley family. For the following three GEN.
turtles the sovereignty of the island be-
longed to the Earls Of Derby, who conse-
quently included among their titles that of
x ing of the Isle of Man. On the death Of
the tenth earl, in 1876, without male issue,
the earldom of Derby went to his next male
heir, a cousin, but the sovereignty of the
Isle of Man went to his heir general, the
then Duke of Atholl, from whose only
child daughter, the English crown pur-
chased 1t in 1865 for sum of s4O0, 600.
Since then it has been administered by
a governor and an Independent legislature.
consisting of two branches, the council and
the house of keys Lord Hennker was
the last governor and Lord Raglan now
steps into his shoes.
The people on the Isle Of Man are rather
strange lot. and it remains to be seem
how they Will relish the idea of Lady Rag
lan Immediately after her husband re-
ceiving the appointment as their governor,
posing in her coronation robes at a charity
bazaar in Kent, pence being charged for
the privilege of gazing on her, precisely as
If she had been the Circassian beauty, the
fat lady, the human skeleton or the India
rubber man al some country fair.
But Lady Raglan has always been ex-
tremely odd, and when, few years ago.
an INSCRIPTIONS London dentist attempted
to oVercharge her for a set of false teeth,
she preferred to go to law about the mat
ter and to submit TO no end of publicity in
connection with the affair, rather than 10
allow herself TO be imposed upon.
Lord Raglan is in the very prime of life
considerably over six feet in height, broad
in proportion, and while in the Guards-for
he Is an old soldier-used to be known by
the nickname of "Old Honesty" He be-
longs to the Somerset family, of which the
Duke of Beaufort is the chief, and Is the
grandson of that Lord Raglan who was
commander-in-chief Of the British army
during the Crimean war.
Raglan Castle does not belong to him. In
fact, 1 believe it has now passed out of
the possession of the Somerset family al
together. and his country seat is a place
in Wales, known as Cefutilla which was
presented to his grandfather by public sub
scription in return for his military services
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
HOW LAKES BECOME LAND.
The Process Requires Years, but is
Ever in Progress.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
This continent abounds in rich agricul-
tural fields and meadow lands that but a
few years ago were broad expanses of
limpid water. How these lakes have been
transformed was recently explained by Prof.
Gregory of Yale. In the course of talk
with the students of his class he spoke Of
the way lakes are filled on one side and
drained on the other by rivers, and called
attention to the rapidity with which these
lakes are filled up by the bringing down of
sediment of various sorts. Rivers running
into lakes are quite dark, but those lead
ing away are clear, showing that much
sediment has been left behind.
The Mississippi carries yearly to the gulf
over 13,OO0,00O tons of matter. 1t would
take but days portion of this burden to
convert any one of the many ordinary
lakes into broad meadow lands. Some idea
Of the rapidity with which lakes die I'M
der this process is shown in the fact that
- out of 149 lakes in the Swiss region
have disappeared since 1873. Lakes die
by either being filled up or drained off.
The draining off results when river has
worn a gorge back SO deep that the water
all runs out.
The Niagara river is doing it's best in this
draining by cutting as fine a trench as
could be made by an engineer 1t is cutting
back toward Lake Erie at the rate of over
four feet year, and in time will kill the
lake. Unfortunately, however, the lake is
destined to be drained through Chicago.
Lake Tahoe, beautiful lake in the Sierra
Nevada mountains, is also one of those
destined in time to be killed as a result of
the draining process. Peat is one of the
81 eatest filters and works more rapidly
than any other form Of deposit. 1t is es-
timated that one-tenth of Ireland is peat
and over onefourth of the state of Indiana
was once peat bog.
The speaker called attention to the Dis
NAL Swamp in Florida, which was once a
vast lake. but is now a great area of boys
and swamp, with only a little lake in one
part. So rank is the growth OF this peat
in that hot land that the surface of the
lake is fourteen feet higher than the level
of the surrounding boys, showing that it
has been literally forced up into the air.
Lakes, swamps, Dogs and then garden
lands represent the stages in the process of
dying. Filling, draining and encroachment
of vegetation represent the process that
kills the lakes in warm climes, while the
forces of the air are agencies in the cooler
portions of the world. Prof. Gregory closed
his lecture with an interesting account of
the way the lakes have disappeared in the
regions in the western part Of the United
States, where only desert land is now
found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
SOON TIRED OF CAMP FARE.
Reveries of Home Quickly Broke Up
City Party in the Woods.

From the Detroit Free Press.
"Way along last January" said a Detroit
merchant who had just got back after q
week up north" Il planned with three OF
nv friends to put in two weeks in tho
woods this summer. We. were to hunt, fsh
play poker, sleep on hemlock boughs and
have a real jolly time, and there was hardly
a day that 1 didn't think about the good
time in store for me. Well, it seemed il
the time would never come but We got on
at last a few days ago and brought up in
a town on Lake Michigan. From thence
we got a man to drive us fourteen miles
into the woods and our anticipations were
at last to be realized. There was lake.
and there was game and there were hem
lock boughs in plenty. We got a brush
sbapty built before night, and when DARK
ness came we sat around a cheerful fire
and patted each other on the back. Not for
long, though. Pretty soon one fellows face
began to lengthen, and he looked up ana
said:
".Boys. I'd give half my life for a cock-
tail. and why / was ass enough to mako
this trip will always be a mystery to me
I'VE started laugh, continued the
merchant. "but five minutes later second
"I always have a Welsh rarebit about
this time in the evening, and how I'm 60
ing to get along without 1t don't see.
land l always have a cup of cocoa ana
some ginger snaps, and 1 tell you I'm
blamed lonesome without EN-, added tie
third.
We'll, l can't explain how 1t was, but
began to think of sherry and crackers, and
in less than two minutes l was as homesfck
as a boy. We sat and looked into tho
fire and kept silence for time, and then
one of the party sighed and said:
Boys. can we ever stand it for two
weeks?'
" 'Neverr replied the other three Of US.
What shall we do?
"'Go home in the morning!
And start for home we did. ana here
am, and when you get me of on another
junlset you'll have to carry me In box and
send a first-class hotel along after me-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
In Silver Gray Wolfe.

Gray, mauve, lavender and blac': and
white are exceedingly popular shades, and
black is a good deal worm but with touches
of color to relieve its somber effect. A
bouquet of carnations or pink or yellow
roses is greatly favored, and the fashion
able ruffie, light gloves and fussy para
sol make even an entirely black gown APP
pear bright and smart.
The new gray tints are very delicate, and
some are very blue and others have quite
a pinkish tone, and in wolfe these tints can
be accentuated by lining of the color.
When the skirt is finished with many
flounces, the lining is made up with the
material, and the skirt is easily and grace
fully raised.
A stylish model in gray wolfe has a skirt
with separate godet f1ounce, which is COW
cred by three graduated frills. These are
tucked at the top to fit the skirt, and a
line of insertion lace covers the seam. The
bolero is completely covered by small tucks,
and the scaloped edge Is finished with a
fall of lace. The sleeves are very full be-
low the elbow and are alternately tucked
and trimmed with lace above. A sailNr
shaped collar of lace completes the open
bolero, which is worn over sleeveless vest
with tucked front and collar band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20

Platters are both embossed and traced.
Vases set with colored conemara stones are
designed to hold flowers. Flasks, drinking
cups and jugs are made of crystal COM
bined with pewter. Even photograph frames
are manufactured Of pewter, and II the lad
continues to increase in popularity the al
10y may temporarily GUST from the tables
of the prosperous its old rival, silver.
When a discolored antique vessel comes
into the pewter collectors possession, it may
be cleaned in a brine formed of salt and
sand. Another method of Frightening the
pewter is to boil it for two or three hours
In copper vessel filled with water, to which
a quarter of peck Of wood ashes, two
pounds of soda and an armful Of hay have
been added. After the pewter is boiled it
Is secured with wisp OF hay saturated
with silver sand. The metal is then thor
oughly rinsed with clean water and al
lowed to dry near the fire. A second or
sometimes even a third boiling is needed to
thoroughly cleanse the vessel
To display a small collection Of pewter a
handsome rack of walnut or some other
dark wood is frequently used. Small open
cabinets are suitable for sitting rooms, IL
braries or parlors, a shelf arrangement be-
ing only adapted to a hall or dining room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
A White Dinner Gown,

Ivory white gowns are exceedingly fash
ionable. A smart model is Of ivory eolienne
trimmed with lace and applications Of flow
cred silk and guipure.
The skirt is supplied with a moderately
long train and is shaped by the use of
groups of tucks. which run down each side
OF the garment The applications of silk
and guipure outline a f1ounce and form a
border for the hem Of the skirt On the
bodce tucks springing from the belt give
!ullness to the upper part Of the waist
front; Whlch Is covered by lace applica lions
mingled with those of silk. The short
sleeves are finished with deep flounces of
plated white chiffon and knotted with
black velvet ribbons. Loops of narrow
black velvet ribbon are draped about the
silk encircles the waist -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
How to Care for Silver.

Any kind Of silver in daily use may be
cleaned by immersion in strong borax and
water for two or three hours. The water
should be boiling when the borax and silver
are put in. After the plate is dry rub with
little plate powder and polish with
chamois If silver ornaments in the draw
ing room are not kept in case they soon
tarnish They can be frightened by dipping
the articles in a strong solution of am
monia and hot water. Silver should never
be rubbed with flannel or cotton cloth.
Inc plate not In general use should be
wrapped carefully in tissue paper to ex-
Guide light and air, these are the two
factors that cause silver to become tar
nished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
Millinery Novelties.

Millinery is as varied of shape as It Is in
coloring. Some toques have hardly any
trimming. but the brim is deep and much
draped or applique. Other models of the
fiat shepherdess type are completely covered
with flowers, the crown of foliage, the Dor
der Of massed flowers and the brim pro-
fusely draped with tucked plisse, tulle or
chiffon.
semi-marquise shape in imitation pana-
ma or in tuscan or burnt straw is simply
trimmed with ribbon and a couple of Mer-
curry wings standing out each side, fas-
This and similar models are very fashiona-
BILE for yachting and boating, as the French
sailor shape has been too eagerly adopted
by the million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
Song Of a Rowboat.
Eric Parker In the st. Nicholas.

Far out and awar the sea is gray
And the crested roller whitens
And the slow gull laZily beats upwind,
Where the dancing water brightens
But under the wee boats wet brown stern
There are clear, cool emerald hollows;
There's ripping patch of Deep deep green,
And a bubbling foam that follows.
Oh it's clear. clear blue, and deep, deep green
And it's cream the oars are churning,
And a brimming, kissing wave that swir.s
And Kisses when we re turning.
And the great white liner passes by,
Nose down into plunging water;
But we swing here In our tiny boat.
Alone with the man that brought her.
His coat Is frayed and his jerseys tern,
And his beard. In a wind that's gusty
Blows loose and wild; but his eyes are kind,
And his face Il brown and trusty.
He will row us back three miles or more,
With the tide beneath us flowing.
High In the sky a sumper sun,
And a big Northwestern blowing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
Ostrich Feathers Fashionable.

The picture hats are not complete with
out ostrich plumes. They are generally
seen at their best in black or black and
white. The curtain effect arrived at by
lace or planting of black velvet is getting
less exaggerated, and women are distinctly
tired of the shepherdess shape, either large
or small. In reality 1t suits SO few people
and 1t has become too universally adopted
by the multitude to be any longer con-
sidered worthy of attention by the leading
milliners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
The Poor Mule.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
A rural exchange gives the following
news item without comment:
ION Wednesday last a negro on Majer
Jones' plantation was kicked on the head
by mule. The mule was a fine animal
and it's left leg was broken"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20

From Puck.
81 see Jerrold has advertised "a bar. stock
and fixtures for sale-what does he mean
by thatT
"ohs He simply wants to sell his yacht"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20

A pale blue homespun costume Is trim
med with velvet ribbon and dull art nou-.
veau gold buttons play an important part.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-01

for supremacy in Ohio that the party
would not recognize the contest as fac
tional, and that we will give respectful
attention to the advice Of the local re-
publican organization in which George B.
Cox is universally recognized as the DOM
mating influence"
.ar. Cox said tonight the present trou-
bic was due to tale bearing gossips, not
TO any leaders, and that the result would
have no bearing IN the future against any
one
tic added q can't for the life OF me
understand why people are classed as anti
Hanna or anti-Foraker in this contest
was consistent supporter OF Senator For
aker when the so-ealled Hannaites were
reported 10 be opposed TO him. and ! sup
ported Hanna when the so-styled Foraker
clans were after him, so that ! can hardly
be classed as a partisan Of either in
Hamilton county the question OF senator
ial supremacy in Ohio has not even been
considered.
u don't believe that there is anything
in the story that the candidacy OF Price
and others is part Of a conspiracy aimed
at the defeat OF Senator Hanna two years
hence. For myself and our republican or
ganzation | say most emphatically that i,
is all tommyrot / became interested in
Mr. Prices candidacy only after it had re.
eeived the stamp OF approval from Sena.
for Hanna Senator Foraker and Chair
man Dick ! have stood for an even d.
vide between the friends OF the two sen.
ators and from the start have felt that
/ Mr.. I'll should he named as clerk of IN,
senate out OF compliment to Senator
/ Hanna and proposed an adjustment OF thi,
( matter with Price and Lhl to be namel
without opposition These overtures wer,
/ rejected. and being sincerely interested IL
/ Price ] was compelled to do the next bes
thng--go to people who we're willing tc
help him out
Toledo, Ohio, December 5I.-Rcpresen
tatives Denman and Dcmuth tonight de
clared for McKinnon