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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25
THE JOYS OF WHALING.
Coffee Boiled in a Wooden Pail and
Doughnuts in Blubber.
From the Boston Post.

From the Boston Post
Now the best coffee l ever had said
Capt Taber one of the best-known resi-
dents of Cross Mills, the capital of Charles
town, was boiled in the outfit of a whaler.'
The old whaling skipper paused suspi-
ciously for a comment. but no one made
any Then, after a glance around the
group to see IL he detected any smiles, he
went on:
when you tell anything to some folks
around here that never went out OF the
borders of Charlestown In their life they
look at you as IL they wanted to tell you to
GO right upstairs. But that coffee was all
right. / got II up north. on the edge OF
the territory the Russians and the Japs
were lighting over. a good many years ago.
when was young and on a whaler.
I'VE made II In O pail by putting In the
water and the coffee and then dropping IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25

- CIICEMEN say that the best
place In the world for man
to hide is a big city That is
- true.
The reverse is true also. II
man were to stand long enough on the
corner OF 34th street and Broadway. in
Babylon. he would be sure in the end 10
see everybody that he ever know in all
the world
1t Is like the sea. Things are thrown over
board from ships and vanish at once from
human knowledge Even ships disappear
for years. lost wanderers. not seen by an
eye. And then some year mariner polk
ing by idle chance into some forsaken place
OF ocean will ind them floating all together,
gathered by mysterious currents into great
drifts OF lotsam.
SO one day last September 0he tenth
day OF September. 1905. TO be precise).
three persons sitting in a handsome Office
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Copyright. 1905, by 5oha EIrreth watkm')
-yO SEND balloons to an altitude of
twenty miles. from his new re-
search observatory on Mount
Weather. Va. is now the hope
of chief Moore OF the weather
bureau.
This is a tremendous height, when we
stop to consider. II means about 300 WASH
iagton monuments piled one above the
other. and is three times as far above earth
as the highest clouds The highest noun
tain peak Of earth is but trifie more than
a fourth Of this altitude: the summit OF
Mount Blanc but a fraction more than
seventh. The condor does not venture even
a NTH OF this distance from the level OF
the sea, and the highest human habitation
in the world-Hanle, tho Buddhist cloister
IN Cashmere-is less than a seventh of the
way m.
chief Mooro's balloons will attain
height three times great as ever reached
by an aeronaut IL his hopes are realized.
Glaisher. who made the worlds record. got
as high as seven miles. This was as tar
back 1862 and no one has eXceeded
his feat thus far. When he was five and
n quarter miles up he swoonCd away. Dr.
a Rerson. who in 1894 ventured as high
as five and two-th.rds miles, commenced
breathing pure oxygen when he had mace
heart having commenced 10 beat and ache
violently when he had covered but little
over two and a nalf miles. Bersch and
Snering. Germans who made an ascent In
1901 tainted at six and four-tenths miles.
Thus IL will be seen that no creature OF
flesh and blood could survive to the ire
mendous height Of twenty miles, antici-
pated by Prof Moore.
There would be small advantage in dis
patching a man 70 such an altitude, even
could the feat be counted among human
possibilities In this bright age there are
mechanical agencies which perceive even
more accurately and acutely than the sense
organs OF man and such device capable
Of serving as n substitute for both an
aerouaut and weather observer, has been
perfected by Prof. G. +. Marvin of Chief
Moore's stan With four fountain pens Il
will automatically keep continuous tab
upon temperature, pressure. wind velocity
and moisture as the balloon to which it is
attached continues its ascent, and yet such
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II
The Mount Weather Research Observa-
tory, now nearly completed and ready for
business, Is an institution unique in the
western hemisphere. 1t occupies high crest
of the Blue Ridge mountains, in the upper
corner of Virginia, very near the West Vir-
ginia line. and overlooks not only the beau
tlful Loudoun valley on the east, but the
superb Shenandoah upon the west. The res
ervation Is reached after a climb OF the
mountain from Bluemont, Va. The main
building, built of rough stone, quarried in
the neghboring mountains, has been de-
signed with due-but by no means extrava-
gant-regard for both comfort and beauty.
1t is surrounded by a deep piazza and the
visitor passing In through the main en-
trance finds himself in a generous reception
room OF foyer. containing office desks, me-
neurological instruments of various sorts.
snug willow rockers and a. comfortable fire
place of rough stone. An unusually home
like appearance has been given to the insti-
tuition to counteract the loneliness of its
corps of employees who are isolated from
their fellow-mortals by several miles of
steep mountain road
The instrument equipment includes de-
vices for measuring the absorption Of the
suns heat by the atmosphere and the dis
sipation of both the suns light and heat;
electricity IN the atmosphere; also for
studying the relations to the atmosphere
of the magnetism Of the earth, the tenn
perature of the soil and even the motions
Of the earth The forces last named VIII
he measured by seismographs. or earth
quake recorders. All of these phenomena
have been found to have more or less
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He discovered by chance after about a
month of unintellgent research that the
truckman had carried a barrel into the
cellar a week before the explosion.
He asked the truckman about it. and
the truckman told him what it was. He
was a man of good reputation and his
story was perfectly straight. 1t was sim
pie, too.
Starting with that the rest was easy
enough; but though the whole tale then
unfolded itself so plainly that there was
no doubt left as to Its exactness, 1t was
never possible to get that delight of law
courts which is known as legal proof"
SO instead of q sensational exposure In
the criminal courts, the thing has finally
become merely story of modern Babylon,
IN which not even the true names can be
given.
The story begins with the day of Sep
TENDER 4, when the big red freighter was
lying at her pier in the North river
trembling and roaring with the labor of
half a dozen donkey engines and a quarter
of a hundred winches and derricks all
pouring cargo into her absymal matches
The truckman drove up with q load
After the fierce anguish of language. howl
ing, wrangling and fervent threats of muir
der, wnieh are sacred elements in the art
of trucking. he dumped his load at last
and drove away Gathering like Roman
chariot, and even more regardless of the
pitiable rights of pedestrians.
But after he had driven half mile he
swung MS horSeS around ana SWore almost
| as loud as the fnotorman whose car was
nearly crumpled up by the sudden maneu-
yer.
Back he went faster than he had come,
Numbered down the pier, grabbed a barrel
| In the gloom and siung it on his truck
"Heyt What ye dom there?" yelled the
Waterman.
.Gettin barrel of apples that / dumped
by mistake wild me load said the truck
man, "A Teller CIV me that and / wuz
takin' 1t home and forgot and trew Ii Of
| wild that stuff for youse fellers''
..All right, BILL said the watchmaIi, who
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quietly out of their handsome office and
law low" And on the British pier where
the big freighter discharged her cargo, the
'longshoremen found barrel that had no
marks on it. And after some days. when
1t was still unclaimed, they opened it and
disclosed a fine lot of apples, which they
ate with pleasant thoughts of the shipper
who had been generously careless.
Nobody would ever know how all these
different occurrences and lack of oc-
currences knotted together people in Baby
Ion and ship mid ocean and 'longshore-
men in Liverpool. II 1t hadn't been for
private detective who was hired by the
owner of the tenement.
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Adjacent to the main observatory build
ing are two magnetic observatories. known
as the absolute" and variation" building.
respectively. Here the mysterious relation
ship of magnetic storms. earth currents
and such phenomena, to sun spots. the au-
roraborealIs, atmospheric electricity ana
heather in general will be carefully studied.
The kite house" another intresting adj
junct, is a shingled, cylindrical structure
q sort of Dutch windmill tower-fattened
on one side. where appear two pairs OF
doors one above the other. Out OF the roof
extends a tube through which Will be
passed the wire cable holding the large box
kites to be used in exploring the atmos-
phere at levels below those visited by bali
looms. Inside the tower is a large reel gov
erning the kites. The largest of the weather
bureau box kites, measuring seven and one
half feet wide by six and one-half feet high
and thirty-two inches deep. has, with rec
ording instruments attached, scared to a
height of nearly a mile and quarter. prob
ably as high an elevation as ever attained
By an independent kite of any pattern.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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And so 1t happened that they shut up.
and stayed shut up. and later lay low and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25

intimate connection with the weather.
One of the most interesting of the In
struments installed is the bolometer in
vented by Prof. S. p. Langley. secretary
of the Smithsonian, for the measurement
of the radiation of the suns heat. Ii has
recently reached such perfection that diff
ference in radiation of mlllionth of a de-
gree centrigrade be detected by It. A
year ago it was reported that this interest
ing instrument had determined falling on
In the suns radiation Of 10 per cent during
a period in which we suffered unusually
severe cold and 1t will be of interest to
know whether the present warm winter has
been accompanied by rise in Old Sofs
temperature
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25

Their changes are felt in the upper air con-
in advance OF their appearance
against the ground or sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25

In the handsome office in the skyscraper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25

Al a given hour each day of the year
me of these balloons will be sent up from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18

John Brisben Walker was the pio
neer in the steam automobile business
and AT one time the factory of the Mo
bile Company of America AT Kingsland.
Point-on-theHudson employed nearly
1000 men. Mr.. Walker was warned
that the gasoline motor would take
the lead in automobiles. but persisted
in his devotion TO steam with the re-
suit that he soon found himself loaded
with losses exceeding sl.1OO0OO. Mr..
Walker personally assumed the in
debtedness of the Mobile Company of
America. and not only paid il off in
full. but returned to every stakeholder
The amount of his investment. with in
terest- This action required the sale
of the Cosmopolitan magazine. Kings.
land Point. and other properties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18

Regardless of the extremes to which
Senator Tillman may have gone in his
speech in the senate yesterday assail-
ing the official and personal character
of the president of the United States,
the demand that he declares he will
make through resolution for an inves-
legation of the outrageous treatment,
as heretofore commented upon, of Mrs.
Miner Morris by White house at
PENDANT. will meet with general appro-
baton. The incident as has been fire.
quently asserted was not only one of
the most unfortunate. but most dis
graceful in the history OF the country.
and the president would have acted
wisely had he responded 10 his first i'm
pulses and ordered an inquisition at
the White house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18
Hamlin for Cullom.

The republican politicians in the
pending crisis in party politics in ILL
nois are quick TO figure that Senator
CullOm will have the support of How
land j. Hamlin. The Dougherty bank
at Peoria is to- be sued by the school
board of that town. to make il hand
over the money that it csrelessly al.
lowed Dougherty to take to himself
Mr.. Hamlin has been engaged tn de.
fend the interests of the bank.
Senator Berry is receiver for the
bank He got that position through
the pull exercised in his behalf by Sen
ator Cuilom. This receivership is a
good thing. of course. Politicians are
quick 10 guess that Cullom went to
Berry and asked him TO retain Hamlin
for the bank in this big suit. and the
fee in this case will be a handsome
one
The rCa-onng is: Berry would not
act in this important matter without
consulting Cullom, and the latter
would not hand good thing to one
who is to oppose him in the senatorial
race. Berry and Hamlin are hand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18
Nurseries for the Navy.

Admiral Dewey's recent statement
that the middle west furnishes most of
the enlisted men of the navy is corrob-
GRATED by the dispatch from Washing
ton. giving the navy departments lat
est tabulation OF the present total
enlisted force of 30.S04. one-fifth is
provided by the states of Illinois. Min
nesota. Michigan. Iowa. Missouri. Wis
consin and Nebraska. Pennsylvania
makes a good showing with 2.754 en-
listed men. holding third place in the
union. New York being first with 2.971.
Illinois leads the middle western states
with 1.512.
Ii is a curious fact that those who
have been brought up 10 the sea as a
profession do not always make the
best man-of-war's men Those dwelling
farthest from the sea are often the
most eager for a life on the ocean
wave
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18
INTERPRErS NEW PRIMARY
LAW IN ITS APPLICATION
Attorney General Stead Points Out Diff
ference Between Large and Small
Cities.

Under the theory that the new Hi
nois primary election law is intended
To regulate and govern political par
ties. Attorney General Stead. in an in
depreciation of its applicability TO CT
ties. villages and incorporated towns
having a population in excess of l 900.
expresses the opinion that the law
does not apply to nominations in muni-
cipalities where party lines are not
drawn at city elections.
AS originally drawn the bill provid-
ed only for primary elections in coun-
ties, and Il study of the act reveals
that. as applied to cities, it has not
been wholly harmoniZed. although. the
attorney general says, the general in
tention of the legislature is evident.
Accordingly. il is held. where nom
nations are made for village officers in
a village which is not divided into
wards. there would be only one polling
place Then the judges appointed for
county elections would not act as judg-
es in city elections. but the regularly
constituted city and village judges
would act as primary election judges
in such cities and villages. A primary
for a city or village. following the an
alogy. would be called by the city COM
mittee The judges would keep the
same number of registry poll books
and tally sheets as are kept by the
judges of primary elections in coun-
ties. The clerk must exercise his own
Judgment as to the method of making
public announcement of the color of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18

y policeman without a warrant wen;
into a delicatessen store at 76 Stanton
street. New York. 20 arrest its proprie
tor on the suspicion that he had vioIat
ed a city ordinance. Harry Moscowitz
the proprietor. nit the policeman with a
club and was indicted for assault. Re
corder COT. after hearing the facts
discharged Moscowitz on the ground
that ii was not only his right but his
duty 10 resist an unlawful arrest The
recorder says police officers must act
within the law. and the mere fact that
man is in uniform and wearing a
shield of-suthOrity is no warrant for
him TO act in a way that is arbitrary
and against the law"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18
LOOK INTO ELECTION FUNDS
Perry Belmont Chairman National Pub
Iicity Bill Organization.

Washington. ID. C.. Jan. 1S.-The ma
tional publicity bill organization was
organized here yesterday, with Perry
Belmont. of New York. as permanent
chairman. The object of the associa-
ton is TO secure the passage of an act
of congress requiring the national
committees OF all political parties 10
publish their receipts and expendi-
lures. Branches will be organized in
the states TO secure similar publicity
by state committees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18
TERROR IN CROWDED CAFE
Six Persons Seriously Bitten by Mad
Dog in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Jan. 1S.- Six persons
were bitten, some so seriously that
they may be sent TO the Pasteur insti-
tute in Chicago for treatment, by a
mad dog that ran wild for 10 minutes
along First avenue near Third street
at 1:30 p. m. yesterday. The huge
black mongrel snapped at every pedes-
trian on the crowded streets, and once
ran into Hills restaurant. creating
pandemOnium and sending the fright:
ened lunchers upon the counter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18

The governor of Iowa is clearly de-
relict in his duty if he lets such per-
nicious things as this in the Keokuk
Gate City go unpunished: a Ken
lucky man who is to be hanged on the
18th OF this month has had himself vac
cinated. He probably expects that il
will enable him TO break out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMS Daily. 10 cents per week.
Weekly. 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character. political religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
ton No such articles Will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18

Worry is the mother of sick. nervous
and troubled mentality, upsets the en-
tire physical system. The body is a
network of nerves. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea soOthes and re builds
the entire system. 80 cents. tea Or
tablets. T. II. Thomas pharmacy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18
CuIIom In Good Health.

ST. Augustine. Fla, Jan. 1S.-Sena-
tor Shelby NJ. Cullom is at the Ponce
de Leon hotel here, apparently enjoy
ing good health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18

The Richmond. Va. Times-Dispatch
says that. taking the whole year round.
IL appears probable that fewer turkeys
are stuffed per annum than ballot
boxes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18

1t is 10 be hoped that Champ Clarks'
declaration that Bryan is the greatest
American" will not cause an estrange-
ment between him and Gov Folk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18
Dividend from Copper.

New York, Jan. 1S-Directors of the
Amalgamated Copper company today
declared a quarterly dividend of 1h
per cent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18

The pure food bill. which is not re-
ceiving much attention in congress. is
perhaps as important as railway rates
or any other measure: at least certain
manufacturers think so
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18
Thursday, Jan. 10, 1906.

The cautious man makes no boasts
about an open winter until the first
OF March. at least.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18

In the interests of prospective peace,
IL is hoped there are ne mosquitoes in
Algeciras. Spain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. ILL., I'm
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18

somely recognized. and they can be
looked for to reciprocate by lending an
hand when CullOm needs help.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07

MS name or furnish money for treatment he
taken to the free ward of the New-York Hos
pitaL The care that he received there saved his
life, and on his recovery he made up his mind
that he would one day establish a hospital him
SELF one that would open it's doors both to the
rich and the poor And so he has done, for in
his will are these words:
1t is my direction that said hospital is to be
open for the public without regard to creed. race
or color; and any patient received or admitted
to said hospital whose financial means at COM
mand are rot such as to enable said patient TO
pay for the necessary treatment and care shall
be treated and cared for therein without any ex-
pense or charge whatsoever"
AS the Yerkes hospital will also have pay
patients it's entire income from all sources when
It is fully established will be even greater tnan
the 1886, 900 which will come directly from tue
Yerkes estate. 1t will also have beds for city
paupers, for which at the present time the nu-
surgical case and 80 cents day for each med.
zeal case How important these sources OF
revenue may be seen In the budgets or Such
hospital Mount Sinai. which last year got
$32.1I9 from pay patients and S31. 800 from the
On basis of such figures, the entire income o.
the Yerkes hospital will be more than SoOOOoo
which will enable it TO do a greater work even
port spent in one year S420.S02 81 of the citys
money
In providing that the hospital shall be built
confidence in the growth Of this city. but ne
met real need OF the northern part OF TINS
city At the present time The Bronx, although
n Contains 300 600 persons about the popu-
Iation of the city of Newark n. j., has only
four hospitals OF comparatively small size
Tbasa are lebanon Lincoln, st. Josephs and
Fordbam. the city hospital The expenditures
Of ali four amount 10 considerably less than
S9O0 600 or three-ffths of what the ultimate
revenue of the Yerkes hospital will be. st 70
seph's spends 100000 a year; Lincoln SsSAeSo;
lebanon s63,773. and FordhaIn, SSo2olr
the Bronx contains room for a population
nearly twice the size of Manhattan, which would
be about 100000 people, for II has an area OF
az AZ square miles, whereas Manhattan has
ri g3 square miles. The subway and the ex-
tensions OF the elevated lines are helping 10
brIId IL I'D faster than ever before
In one way the use OF the YerAes wealth for
the benefit OF the public is g Just turn OF des-
tiny for nearly an Of If was acquired through
n1,blic utilities Through the Yerkes hospital
the nickels OF Chicago and Philadelphia and
the pence of London collected by Yerkes com
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