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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
WHAT LIGHTNING CAN DO.
Strikes Tree, Generates Steam From
Sap and Explodes the Bark.


From the London Spectator.
The explosive force of lightning acting on
dead wood is not, as rule. SO great
when living trees are struck, though Sir
William Harris shows that the masts Of
ships of the line, three feet In diameter and
40 feet long, bound with hoops of iron,
half an inch thick and five inches wide, the
whole weighing about eighteen TONS have
been in many instances torn asunder and
the hoops of iron scattered about the
decks" 1t will be found, as a rule that
trees are struck by lightning far more often
than are buildings, even II the trees and the
buildings are close together. This is partly
because the trees are, as rule, higher.
But there must probably be some I'M
known reason not only for the frequency
with which trees are struck. but for the
recurrence of such shocks in the case OF
particular trees or trees in the same lOcali-
-ty. The commonest form of injury is that
the current passes down the bark of the
tree, stripping off a BAND wider or narrow
er from ton to bottom Sometimes on an
oak two or three of these lightning marks
are seen. evidently caused at different
times. ti5-i
There must be something in the form or
situation or "earth'' below the trees which
endangers 1t. An instance Is quoted In Mr..
Andersons interesting book Of the Church
of st. Mary in Genoa which was frequent
ly struck by lightning, sometimes often
as twice year 1t was noticed that the
electric force always followed the same
track 1t was discovered later that the
walls were clamped with iron, and that
the lightning had followed the patch In
which the metal offered the greatest con-
tinuity. destroying the zone between.
If the ground below the tree Of building Is
hard and dry, the contact with the earth, in
which the lightning expands its force and
disperses is difficult, and the destruction
of the object struck is likely to result.
This may explain the frequency with which
a ''blasted' tree is seen extending it's dead
| arms on the summit Of some rocky cliff or
peak The ground below 1t Is dry, and does
not easily lead away the current into the
earth.
At the same time. thunder clouds I'M
doubtedly tend to discharge. or perhaps it
would be safer to say that the transmission
from the cloud to the earth more frequent
ly takes place, near pieces of water and
along the courses of rivers than elsewhere.
In a park in one of the eastern counties
there is a large lake. The park contains
more trees struck by lightning than the
whole of the rest of the estate. Some
miles away is a read. called locally the
lightning road" from the frequency with
which accidents have occurred there, either
to trees. horses, cattle or passengers. In this
park there recently occurred an instance of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
MEASURING PRESSURE OF WIND.
Unique Apparatus on the Eiffel Tower
Shows the Resistance of the Air.

0uOWS lu6 nSSlSUdnCo OF the ALI.
From the Scientific American.
Some very interesting experiments upon
the resistance of the air have been recently
made by NJ G. Eiffel at the tower which
bears his name, by means of an apparatus
of his invention which may be daily seen
in operation when the air is calm. At
given signal a cylinder, carried by a double
spring falls with great velocity from the
second floor of the tower Chat is to say,
from a height of about 1916 feeD. along a
vertical cable, and then progressively slows
up, and stops without any shock at 3.2s
feet from the ground, remaining attached
to the cable. This cylinder. a part Of which
is conical. carries in front a plate which
Is thrust backward by the pressure OF
the wind during the fall. Such displace-
ments compress an accurately tared spring
which measures the pressure and inscribes
1t upon registering drum, the revolution
Of which is regulated by the fall itself.
The ordinary inscribing style is replaced by
a tuning fork that makes a hundred vibra-
lions a second When the apparatus IS
opened there is, therefore, found inscribed
upon the drum an undulating curve that
gives for every point the height of a fall,
the pressure acting at this moment, and the
velocity, within an approximation OF a
hundredth of a second. This Is the first
ume tnaC one ana lH6 same apparatus
continually indicated these various results
from the zero velocity to that of 100 feet
second which Is that of the most violent
winds.
AS the pressure device may be Of any
form and size whatever Ia normal or
oblique plane, a cone. sphere or cylinder),
the apparatus is capable of giving more
accurate results than have hitherto been
obtained in experiments on the resistance
that the air offers to moving body, and
which is nothing else than the pressure of
the wind upon a stationary body.
Such determination presents great pract-
cal interest, either regards the utilza-
ton of the pressure Of the wind as motor
or the resisting of it, as becomes necessary
in the practice of the profession of the en-
gineer and in experiments with dirigible
balloons.
In order to complete the description OF
the apparatus the principle of which has
just been indicated 1t suffices to add that
In order to diminish the effect of the We
locity of this mass of 265 pounds, moving
at the rate of $50 feet second, say nearly
ninety miles an hour, the frame of the APP
paratus is carried by very powerful oou-
BILE spring, which slides freely along the
cable as far as to within sixty-fve Feet OF
the ground, at which point the diameter OF
the cable progressively widens and the
double spring also is forced to widen, ana
then exerts a pressure upon the cable, ana
through it's friction gradually diminishes
the velocity.
The experiments have shown that the
pressure of the wind is notably less than
that admitted up to the present. AFTER
they have been finished this question, which
has hitherto been very uncertain. Will nave
made an important progress and have
demonstrated once again the services that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
Infants and Little Chill
dren's Summ.r Clothing.

All sorts OF thin outer and under
clothing for everyday and dress-up
wear, and various practical articles
for daily use during the hot weather
Children's Muslin Drawers, with hem I2Ilc.
med tucks; sizes to years. Pair.
Size s years Pair. Observation-Disclosures. j.
Sizes 10 and 70 years. Pair .............
s,ze !. Years p,,r.......2 5c.
chdrsn. oanIs yasts with two e, rows 25c
chnGrsn's Muslin s sans with 'arh" and 25c
Children's Muslin Gowns with tucked yoke,
high or square neck trimmed with emorod- SOC.
cry. Each. ......... ~. -'''....'''.'
Ini9 ",,o Wool r.I Bands with strap over 25c
Infants Cotton skirts nuttoned down the front,
sist neck and long , sleeves or low neck and 25c
Infants Nainsook Slips. three styles-bishop
style yoke OF tucks and fea Their Stitching three
box plaits. neck and sleeve finished with 2Oc
rufie. Each. -. ................ ~
Third floor. Eleventh ST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
Religions in Russia.

From Harper's Weekly.
To many the nature of Russia's religion
is only vaguely understood. Christianity
was introduced into the country In the
ninth century. The Established Church.
says our authority. is identical in doctrine
with the Greek Church. The liturgy, which
is read in Slavonic, is the one used origi-
nally by the church at COnstantinople. I'm
til recently, any form of dissent was not
tolerated. Under the laws OF Alexander III,
Catholics and Professionals have equal rights
with members of the Established Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
Pretty Summer
Dressing SaCQueS.

We are showing broad assort-
ment of white and figured lawns, and
other sheer materials, particularly
desirable for summer wear.
Lawn Dressing Sacques. KimOna style yoke back
and frOnt-pretty figured effects with Dor ,o,
der or plain white. Each. ................ @S>'
Lawn Dressing SacQues, Kimona style-plain
white and neat figured effects with plain roc
pOtucrs rAch minimum. 49,
Lawn Dressing Sscques fitted tucked back full
front. turnover collar. trimmed with ruffe 1rc
pretty figured effects. Each. ............. ~
Third floor Eleventh ct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
Special Sale of
Women's UnderclOtl1es.

This underwear is the product Of
a wide and favorably known maker,
and comprises gowns, long and short
skirts, drawers and corset covers.
They are we'll made, correctly sized
and most carefully finished; the ma
terials are the lightweight, summary
sorts, thoroughly reliable. and the
trimmings, tastefully applied, con-
sist of dainty laces and embroideries.
SOC. Per Garment.
Values, 69c. to soc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
Batiste Corsets
for Summer.

Lightweight Batiste Corsets are
very popular for summer use. They
are cool, and they hold their shape
better than net corsets. We have
all the good sorts
$I.oo to $3.50 pair.
Special:
Royal Worcester Girdle Corsets made of rich
satin ribbons in white and dainty shades OF pink
and blue very special value.
SI.OO pair.
Third floor Eleventh ST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
More "Cowboy, Jr.," Suits for Bows.
Young Peoples
Summer Shoes.

complete assortment of Summer
Footwear for boys, girls, children
ana bables-for town, country and
seashore.
"A line OF the new improved Bare
foot Sandals in stock.
Misses and Chldren's Tan Russian Calf Jaca
anu button Shoes Goodyear welt solos romnS
Zoe zoe, spring heel; sizes sh to 1OIs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15

Thousands of situations have been OBJ
Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15

Sizes IL to . Pair. So. 50
Misses. Children's and Infants White Canvas
spring heel sizss to s. f fair. .c'e $I35
Sizes 81 to 1oa. pa,r.... $I.5o
Sizes II to 2 Observation-Disclosures. $500
Misses and Childrens White Canvas Roman
' s% to l Sn Pair irraps' turn soes sizes so
Size, !, to ? ps,r...... $2.oo
Misses and Children's Patent Leather Vamp
Sc ta f S%9aa Pair straps turn SOLE sizes $I75
Infants Tan Kant Slip Lace and But CT %
tor Shoes, sizes to B, c, ID and f. Pair
Third floor. Tenth st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
Clearance Sale of
Girls Wash Dresses.

@nS1 remaining Girls Wash Dresses
duced prices There chambrays,
1 linens, gnghams made straight beautiful lines and
full of pretty simplicity, just the thing for vacations
At 85c. Each. Were SLIPS to S1.6S.
All Chambray Dressesw left Of the best
styles shown this SIPS ST. and SLIGO;
At Sn.25 Each. Were 81 90 and SIPS.
All Peae Bingham and Chambray Desesbeg Of the best
styles shown this ST. and IS;
At $3.50 Each Were So. so, AIS and $500.
splendid collection of Chambray and Bingham Dresses embrod
braid trimmed high neck and Styles
and $500 Styles sizes
Misses Smart Wash Skirts.
AT SIPS. AT $I68
@ % % % % % @ % % @ VITA ss s 's
f1 eus 81 iGon Skirt. exsu u,,e trimmed At
% % % IS e 5 e . G S1n ns h s ssnt t. @
Two Special Values i'm Misses Bathing Suits
AT $2o5 At 1925.
blue "s %s s s sss n nas s as .
blu hnmmed with gall braid: sizes ''"'
Goods ubst Bathing pair
Good of Bathing plain black rubber
and assorted patterns in each 25c
Children's Water Wings, plain white coor &c
and $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
Specials:

Third floor. Eleventh ST.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-16

and juries fan in their duty to society, and
thousands of criminals go unpublished.
1t is safe 10 say that thousand crimes
go unpublished and thousand criminals
are acquitted or pardoned in this country
for every such case in England. In Eng
lana the law is not full Of loophoies for
the escape OF criminals on technicaiities
There is no appeal to higher court in
criminal Cases. Trial judges do not allow
any trining with the law, no changes of
venue or contlnuances. The pardon of a
convicted criminal is almost an unheard-
of thing. The law is feared and respected
because it Is enforced. Mob law is practi-
cally unknown in England.
Nobody needs to be told how different
the conditions are here. The points of diff
ference need net be enumerated. Within
the last two years there have been twelve
murders committed in Springfield. o.. and
practically ali OF the crimes should have
been followed By conviction of first degree
murder. Instead Of this, only two men
were sent 10 the state prison for life, and
not one was executed. In one case a man
who had killed snother got only a short
workhousc sentence. When such a cause
as this exists for contempt for law, why
lay the blame on foreign immigration or
illteracy?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-16
A Youthful Critic.

My young friend Dick is manly little fellow
who begins already to share the opinions of
older members of his in regard to the ways
of women. Not long ago he hurried in to break
fast morning with hands that were any
thing but lily white. His mother spied them.
Dick" said she. ''are you sure you put SOAP
on those hands?
They are as clean can be-" replied Dick
evasvely.
Son.. persisted his mother. 81 want you to
answer me- Have you washed those hands with
hot water and soap?''
Dick was forced to confess that he hadn't and
withdrew to the bathroom in anything but a
pleasant state of mind. His father busy
shaving. and Dick addressed him, one man to
another:
Amt women awful" he said. always pry-
ing into a fellows affairs. "-Phladelphia Press
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-16
WOULD DESTROY NIAGARA FALLS.

The American spirit of destruction and
vandalism has had many illustrations in the
obliteration of species after species of wild
animals the humiliation Of game birds and
fishes, the destruction of forests. the defac-
ing of natural scenery with advertisements.
ETC., but pending proposition seems to cap
the climax. This is nothing less than the
practical obliteration of Niagara Falls.
The movement comes in the form of a bill
which has passed the lower house of the
New York Legislature and is pending in
the Senate, which proposes TO give a GER
tain electric light and power company I'M
limited control of the water in Niagara
river above the falls, with the right 20 di-
vert 1t In unlimited volume and discharge it
into Lake Ontario by an artificial channel
Inc company which is asking for this ex-
traordinary franchise already has a charter
under which it is utilizing a portion of the
power at the falls. but the new bill proposes
an indefinite extension of it's rights. And
II proposes to Go this without exacting an
equivalent or any pay whatever. The power
companies of New England have to nav
from 81 TO $40 a horsepower for water. vet
this bill proposes TO give away an unlimit-
ed power for nothing. besides a right to
practically destroy the falls
The bill was put through the House sur
reptitiously, but fortunately it attracted
attention in the Senate, and now there is
determined opposition to it, A member OF
the Niagara Park State Commission pro-
nounces it "the most sweeping. phenomenal
radical unprecedented piece of legislation
yet attempted" Experts declare that the
diversion OF 20 per cent. of the water of
Niagara river would cause the American
fall to become dry, yet this bill permits the
diversion Of all Of it,
As mere question OF ownership the wa
ter IN Niagara river belongs to the State of
New York and should not be given away to
grasping corporation as many other fran
chises with millions of dollars have been
But the sails belong first to the American
people and then to the world, and the New
YORK Legislature has no right to do any,
thing that will detract from their grandeur.
There should be limit to the spirit of COM
mercialism and destructiveness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-16
Tribute to the Chinese.

Ronald Greig, merchant of Foo Chow, China
has been in China for twenty-eght years. He
gives testimony to the honesty and integrity
OF the Cinnamon. with whom he has business
relations: II have never had a written agree
been in business, and yet Chinaman always
keeps his word. He is good trader, but is not
trickster. He is generous; If he finds you in a
hole, he will do anything that is fair to help
you out. 1t Isl different with a JAP He will
put you in hole If he can, and he will keep
you there if II will serve his immediate adj
vantage. Most Of the native merchants through
out China are Cantonese. They have been
trained to business from their early youth
Suggesting the confidence we repose in China
men may cite the fact that are under the
CURED for portion OF trade to make ad-
vances of money early in March to Cinnamon
that we do not see again until they come down
the river with their crop the latter part Of
May or the first of June They always put in
an appearance and IL the tea is not I'D to the
standard of agreement there is no trouble in
making 1t right. The Chinaman is appreciative
and grateful for kindness shown him. I taught
a Chnaman the tea business twenty years
ago. and of his own accord he sends me box
Of tea present every year as surely as it
are practical proposition. Nepotism obtains to
such an extent that the average Chinaman is
not suited to such positions the head of a
department in the customs service-he is usually
only a clerk."-New York Tribune
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-16
THE MERGER DECISION.

The Immediate interests of the people OF the
whole country in the incident lies in the lesson
1t affords that TO the law Of the land all inter
ests great or small finally amenable.-New
York Globe
1t will be long time before Wall street again
convipces itself that the world is its oyster
ana that there is no power to prevent its prying
open the shell whenever it is disposed to gulr
down the contents.-Detroit Free Press.
Men who now attempt what Hill and Morgan
attempted may be set down as conscious law
breakers, whatever their methods. The decision
destroys the old sophistries at the very least
and puts lasting stigma upon capitalistic an
archy.-Chicago Record Herald.
The government has won a great legal vic.
tory. Its right arm has been strengthened for
the contest with certain forms Of trusts. But II
cannot be claimed that competition between the
Great Northern and he Northern Pacific has
been MISUNDERSTANDING Tribune.
BY this final decision the Sherman antitrust
law is held to be valid. and the powers of the
United States attorney general to prosecute cor
porations operating in restraint Of trade are de-
fined The curbing of trusts that overstep the
GRAFT
There will be careful study OF the opinion in
railway and in congressional and administrative
circles. for 1t is not alone important in the
gravity of the interests involved. but in it's man.
ifest holding that the Sherman antitrust law
Is sufficient for the protection Of the public
Cincinnati: Commercially Tribune
The uncertainty which has hung over the bust
ness world. greatly to its detriment. pending this
litigation. ought now to disappear and better
conditions prevail. Any decision is better than
continued doubt. because capital can adjust it
self to unfavorable conditions even, If il knows
what they are to be.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t gives the administration of the law, in
short. great advantage over the previous con-
ditions, which cannot fail, as long as that ad-
ministraton is intrusted to reasonably agrees
sve officials to keep the great trusts in check
and to hasten the day OF unobjectionable trade
coalitions based upon sound economic principles.
Washington Star.
VIII the ruling be followed up by summary
measures that Will insure the abandonment of
the illegal purpose? 1t is evident that the pow
ers of finance still guided by the belief that
a decision against them only calls for some
means of evading it's legal effect 1t was the un-
lawful purpose which made this combination IL
legal.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The present finding will not only cause the
dissolution OF unlawful combinations already
maGe, but it will prevent the formation of such
conspiracses against the people in the future.
1t gives vitality &c a law which for too long
time has been ignored by officers of the govern
ment and others. 1t leaves no excuse hereafter
for timid false executive officers who may fail
in the discharge of their duties.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-16
Nurses Like War.

When DR.. Anita MCGEE left last week for the
scene Of the Russian-Japanese war with her
corps of trained nurses she took with her five
young women from Philadelphia, all OF whom
had seen active hospital service in the Cuban
Just before they left Broad-street Station
one of them said: ANY nurse who has ever
seen actual warfare wants TO get another taste
of 1t. 1t seems to get into her blood There is
nothing in the world like the feeling OF exalta-
tion that 1t inspires. 1t may be bit OF savagery
that fingers in the blood from prehistoric times.
but actually, when i came back from Cuba
longed for another war. It's much the same
feeling that / believe a high-spirlted cavalry
horse has who has smelied the smoke of
battle. The exhilaration remains in the system.
just can't tell you how glad / am that am
again going the sick and wounded VIC
tins OF war."-Philadelphia Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-16
THE CAUSE OF LAwLEssNrss

On Sunday last mass meeting of citizens
was held in Springfield, O., to voice public
opinion regarding the recent lynching and
r1oting In that city. One of the questions
discussed was as to who was to blame for
the mob violence. The leading speaker was
Judge Hagan, who, according to a local
paper, lis recognized as the most gifted
public speaker in this section of Ohio. and
who is lawyer. politician and Christian
worker" In enumerating the causes of
lawlessness the speaker said:
We open the gates of our country tn q
now or immigrants many of whom are of
the most Ignorant, vicious and debased peo-
pie on earth. coming by the millions to moi
son our society and to seize the herita ye
which should be preserved by our own peo-
PIE or 10 NIL our almShouses, jaiis hosnita ls
and penitentiarieS. We give to these neo-
pie on short probation the right to vote
alongside OF men of another race lately es-
capped from slavery.
We are attempting the greatest task oyer
attempted by any people in trying to MAIN
tain a republican government with such
material. me time has come to shut the
gates or the land against the ignorant and
vicious of other lands. The time has come
Tor US 10 insist upon an educational test
for suffrage; the time has come when habit
uai criminals should be DISTINGUISHED
The Journal is in favor of placing further
restrictions on foreign immigration, but it
does not believe this is the main cause of
lawlessness and mob violence nor even a
potent one. Some OF the foreigners who
have come to this country liz recent wears
are inclined TO be lawless and turbulent.
notably the Hungarians in the mining dis
tricts and some of the southern Europeans,
but their lawlessness does not take the form
OF lynching. That is not European crime.
Nor Is there any race hatred among them.
In the Southern States, where lynchine 10
most prevalent. there are very few foreign
ers. The statistics of our jails and peni-
tentiaries Go not show an excessive propor-
ton of foreigners. Native Americans are
there in considerably greater numbers. Nei-
Their do the prison populations show an ex-
cessive proportion OF illiterates. This class
furnishes its proportion. but a large ma
iority OF criminals can read and write A
little education is not a sure preventive of
crime.
This speaker could have found the main
cause OF mob law nearer home. He was a
lawyer. and perhaps. not inclined to crit
icise his profession. Next TO general
spirit of disregard for law. which seems TO
be peculiarly American. the Journal be-
lieves the main cause OF mob violence is
loose criminal laws and the loose adminis-
tration OF them under which lawyers. courts