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Totals. e. Q 18 q 10 2 Totals. e24 8 /
'Batted for BARLEY In ninth.
tRattcd for Powers in seventh

s.. Louis ;............ 800090 Is
Philadelphia ........... 0 0 0 A.
1wo-base hts-Nnes Hemphin Bender. Hits
on Bender, 10 in 8 innings; of Glade, in s1a
innings. Sacrifice hits-Nichols, Glade, Lord.
stolen base-Pickering. Double play-Nnes Wal
lace and Jones. Left on bases-St. Louis. 6: Phil
adelphia. 0. Bases on balls-OH Glade, A. of
Howell l. Struck out-By Glade. T. by Howell /;
by Bender, Q; by BARLEY, l. Time OF game-2
hours Umplres-Messrs. Hurst and Stafford.
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Two-hase hits Hartsel. Yeager. stephens. Hits
on Dineer, in eight innings. Stolen bases
Nichols Niles. stephens. Left on bases-St. Louis,
.; Philadelphia >. First base balls-OT COMBS
&: off Dineen, 4. Hit by ptcher-By Coombs Q
ell l. Wild ptch-Coombs Time of game-2
hours and minutes Umpires-Stafford and Hurst.
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Giants Defeat Pirates.

NEW YORK, August 24.-The local team
beat Pittsburg today by score of to 4.
The score:
r. Fl. Z.
p,ttsburg 20 0 o. 8 .
New York....... l l y U l X ~
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Nationals Take the Lead.

Washington opencd on Mullin as though
about to clean uD the series. After Milan
famed. Ganley got a pass and stole second.
.rautv hit TO center. scoring the run
E-G made second while Mullin was throw
iar out O'Brien. c. Jones singled, sending
,-.,han;y home. and took second on a
frryv To the plate. Alt!Zcr was walked pur-
loosely and both runners were left when
SutI flied to Schmidt.
The. score was tied in a hurry. Davis
Jones beat an infieId hit and Coughiin put
Z ~. az third with a drive to center. CraW-
for, walked filling them up. Jones hustled
for home when Cobb bounced to o Brian,
and scored on the put-out which was mace
n Hrst base. Rossman flied TO Ganiey ana
CouEhliu cantered home.
Gberlin was good in the second ana
wasn't bad In the third. but his support
was. Ganley lost Coughlins short ny
after d. Jones was out Crawford oled'
bel to Altizer. Cobb hunted and beat
tLr play. Rossman struck out. kahoe
worked in a passed ball on the third one
This let Coughlin score and made Coho
safe at third and Rossman at llrst. Inc
latter stole. Downs hit TO Delehanty, and
the ball filtered through that player to
the autfleId for an exhibition error, scor-
ing both Cobb and Rossman.
In the third Schmidt singled The next
two died on the infeld. Jones walked
and stole Coughlin hit them both home
Crawford beat an inteld tap and COBB
hunted safely. Coughlin strayed too far
of third and was Hdlleu peIoIe ne ,oo11
get back ending what looked IKE
slaughter. .,
oberlin hit MulIin in the sixth inning.
Jones forced him, stole second and scored
ya a hit by Coughlin.
-. Gchrlng pitched the last two innings, and
not a man reached first base.
After the first there was nothing doing
with Mullin. Kahoe started the second
and Ganley the third with a hit each, and
each time a double play followed. smith,
on a pass with two down in the fourth,
was the only other National 10 reach first
IL II LtAr
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A Nip-and-Tuck Race.

At the start the Analostans jumped off
with forty stroke, Virginia pulling thirty
eight. For some time they held nose and
crept slightly to the front Its crew was
not pulling as smoothly as the Washing
tonians, but Virginia bent to the oars and
IN the last half mile fairly dug out a VIC
tory. The last hundred yards sent her a
rev notches ahead, and the Judges called
the difference scant three-ouarter length
Edmonds, pulling No. for Analostans
seemed the most used-up man at the fin
Ism, Out nobody collapsed. Three hearty
cheers were given Virginia and three mora
TO washington when the crews pulled I'M
TO the Hoat In weight the Admissions had
slightly the advantage, averaging nerhans
100 pounds to Virginia's 100 Some Of the
visiting crew are veteran oarsmen but tho
same is the case with the Richmondars
who have three veterans. While Viretn,a
won 1t by a closer margin than the lac,
victory and unquestfonably both crews ara
faster than then, Coach Hecox and C,oooh
Plaiasted seem to vie with each other IN
modesty, dsclaiming any credit for tho
showing of their crews. The personnel of
the Fights were as follows:
AnalostanS-No l. Moody. . Navins. O
Edmonds; 4. Neal: 5, slzer; 6, Wade: I,
Townsed; stroke, Wheepley; coxswain
Caffiin: substitutes, Barker, Howard. Duck
stein, Coburn.
Virginia-No. 1. Gilliams; 2, Williams. 2
Thomas; T. Fitzgerald: ., Booth: 6, Chris,
tan; Z, Lefebvre; stroke, Smith; coxs vain.
Waddey. Starter. HecoX: judges at the
finish. DR.. Coburn for Analostan, and Mr.
Grant for Virginia.
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Nationals Make a Rally.

Jones began operations IN the seventh.
After one was gone he walked Smith.
Kahoe forced him, Coughlin to Downs,
but the latter dropped the throw, making
both runners safe. Clymer hit for Ober!in
and filed out Milan singled. filling the
sacks Ganley walked, and Smith was
forced in. Delehanty hit TO the outfield,
scoring Kahoe and Milan. Downs threw
out O Brien.
In the next two innings Jones famed
three men and was found TO- but one hit.
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Ut--OG Mullln. 10 6 lnniuss, on Z Jones,
q .g s innings. OF ODE. lin, 5 IN innings Sac
RIM. hts u'Irary Sgv,.U hases-D Jones ~.
C.Ib. I.u-suau, Ganicy, Double plays Downs aud
p,I..try. uIeary and EusSuIan. Lett ON bases
I.rraIf 4: washlnEtuu, : Fist base on balls
on MuIlln. 2; on Jones: 2 on oheriin, 8. First
base on errors Detroit, ., Washington. =. Hlt by
p.trlrr- Hy Ot-eg!iu, l, Struck oIt-By Muiliu, l;
(, Jones. 3; by Oherlu, :; GcArins, / Passed
ball Kahua /. Time-l hour aud so minutes.
Connolly.
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zone out when winning run was made
trinity Trinity. 3 J 3 8 g
Twobase hits-Hughes Clark, Ruiz. Sacrifice
hits-Mess, Hughes. II Zanclh Stolen bases-H.
Zanelli. Hughes (2), Shedd Ruiz. Double play
II. Zauelli to Shedd to Ruiz. Left on bases-Beth-
any 8; Trinity, 4. First base balls-OT Wood
en-, 2; of Clark. 3. First base on errors-Bethany
3; Trinity. . Struck out-By Wooden 10; by
Clark .. Passed ball-Galliher. Time of game
I hour and 40 minutes. Umpire-Mr Belts.
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American Association.
Virginia Ieague.

Iynchburg A. Roanoke . tdrst game); Lynch
burg. =; Roanoke. . Second gamel.
Danvile. l. Portsmouth 0 (drst camel Dan
VIII, .. Portsmouth, Csecond gamel
Richmond, = Norfolk, 2. Game called end o
ninth inning. durknP<Sl
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NATIONALS LOSE
TO THE TIGERS
Most of the Runs Made by Both
Teams Largely Aided by
Erratic Fielding.
Yesterdays American League Games

...r.... - ~, stI.-rnu >
ST. Iss.- { rHHg1eiqH'9. o.
cleveland. Boston. 3.
Crfra-u. =; New York :.
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ANALOSTANS AGAIN
SUSTAIN A DEFEAT
Virginia Boat Clubs Eight Fin
ishes Less Than a Length
Ahead in a Hard Race.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

WEST POINT, Va, August A.-Contest-
Ing every inch of ground in a logged, heart
breaking finish, the Analostan crack eight
from Washington lost to the Virginia Boat
Clubs eight by three-quarters of a length
in the mile race over the York river course
this afternoon. The official time was min
utes A seconds. The Virginians are natur-
ally much elated that they have twice
defeated their formidable WASHINGTON
rivals. having won from them on the James
river course three weeks ago.
This afternoons race under its ideal con-
dltions Will long be remembered in this lit
tie town. For full mile the two shells.
propelled with machine-like skill swept
side by side down a lane thronged on one
side with pleasure craft of all descriptions
and on the other with boardwalk of YELL
Ing, waving humanity. From start to fin
lsh the race was in full view, and not
until the pistol cracked at the end Of the
course could 1t be told who would win. AT
least thousand people gathered at Beach
fark TO see the race, and these were aug
mented by the many West Pointers who
turned out
from Richmond a special train brought
Doth crews with their shells and five car
loads OF passengers. for the most part
members of the Virginia Boat Club and
their friends. The Washingtonians, num-
ber1ng about fifteen or twenty, arrived in
Richmond at noon. They brought their
new shell, specially designed and built by
their grizzled. famous trainer, Fred
Plaisted, the English sculler.
Transferring their boat to the Southern
railway train they Joined the Virginia
crew, and were welcomed by the many
friends they made when last in Richmond.
They reached West Point at 3:15 pm.
Some little delay ensued before the shells
could be got to the starting point Ar
ranging the precious boats took care and
caused tedious waiting. At last Starter
HecoX got the two shells where he wanted
them. 1t was then $50 O'clock, and the
river on an ebb tide was almost without q
ripple. What breeze there was blew against
the course.
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Southern League.

New Orleans 1; Atlanta 2 FIRST game). New
Orleans. o. Atlanta, Second game).
Memphis s: birmingham twelve innings)
Little Rock, >, Montgomery, (frst game; Lit
tie Rock. 10; Montgomery. tsecond game).
Shreveport Nashville. game; rain.
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EVEN BREAK AT ST. LOUIS.
Athletics and Browns Each Take a
Game

ST. LOUIS. August 24.-St. Louis and
Philadelphia split even today. Scores:
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OTHER BASE BALL SCORES.
Eastern League.

Buffalo. 8; Jersey city 2 tten innings.
Toronto. S; Baltimore, I.
Montreal VS.. Newark; rain.
Providence, s; Rochester. s.
American Association.
Louisville. /; Minneapolis, IA.
Kansas City, ! Columbus. s.
Indianapolis, 2; st. Paul, |.
Toledo, 0; Milwaukee g.
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Totals. 8 % g. Totals %. 72715 ?
conc out when winning run Vas made
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Worthless Minerals Grown Precious

WHILE the platinum recently found in the
widely distributed black sands of Cali
forna and Oregon is the most important sub
stance contained IN those deposits promising
soon to make this country the pr oduCer of the
bulk of the worlds supply of this indispensable
and precious metal, examination of the sands
in question has revealed paving quantities OF
number of rare minerals, hit herto deemed
worthless, which within the last three or four
years have become valuable.
The black sands, indeed, are a wonderfully
complex mixture. One of the substances they
contain is monazite, the name of which, sig
nifying the lonely mineral, was bestowed
because it is found nowhere in quantity. being
represented only by an OCcasio nal crystal that
turns up here or there In it is held as an i'm
purity, the metal thorium, which Is in de
mand at high price, being used to give bet
ter color to incandescent mantleS of ga>lights.
Another of the minerals is tan talite, which.
like monazite, has been regarded until recently
as ValueleSs, save as curiosity of the labOra-
tory. 1t gets its name from the exceedingly
tantalizing way in which the metal derived
from it, tantaum, eluded the chemists who
first tried to separate it from the ore. Tan
talum, which is very hard, rust pr oof, and with
an extremely high melting point, seems likely
to replace carbon a material for the tilamentS
in incandescent electric lights. 1t can be drawn
into wire as fine spider web
Found also in the black sands is zircon
which is used in the manufacture of the mean
descent cylinders for the Nernst glow light.
Among other minerals they contain column
bite, Divine, and garnet, not to mention mag
netlC iron ore in large quantities. This iron is
being substituted for carbon in the sticks OF
arc lights, burning one hundred and fifty hours,
instead of a single night. 1t is destined to be
utilized on an enormous scale for the manu-
facture of steel by electric smelling processes
in the West where fuel is costly, and electricity
der1vable from water power IS cheap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
What Makes Hailstones

THE formation of hail through electrical ac-
ton, according to the new theory of sci
entists attached to the Weather Bureau at
Washington, is interesting and even Won
derful process.
The wind draws out a cloud into a long,
narrow strip In that FORM owing to the great
amount of surface exposed to the air the
cloud evaporates rapidly, and the rapid evapo-
ration produces intense cold. Dry particles
of snow are then formed, and these, by friction
with the water drops, quickly become charged
with negative electricity. But the water drops
themselves carry positive electricity, and, since
negative attracts positive, film of water is
formed upon each snow particle, and is in
stantly frozen into layer of ice.
At this thickness its outer surface remains
moist, the water not freezing there rapidly,
whereupon the electrical charge changes from
negative to positive, and the particle is re-
PEELED by the water drops and driven to the
outer parts of the cloud. Here the increased
cold covers it with snow again, and friction
charges it anew with negative electricity.
Repulson is now once more changed for at
traction, and the particles rush back into the
cloud, receiving upon their surfaces another
film of water, which is turned into second ice
layers.
Thus the growing hailstone darts zigzag
through the clouds, piling up its alternate
layers of snow and ice until gravitation gains
control, and sends it, with jingling crowd of
its fellows, spinning to the ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08

NATURALISTS long ago studied the COM
~ position of the gas contained in the
swimming bladder of fishes, and discovered
that it consists of the principal constituents
of the air; namely, oxygen, nitrogen, and car
bonfc acid. But these constituents are not
mingled in the fsh's balloon in the same pro-
portions as they in the atmosphere, and
besides their proportions do not remain always
the same in the fish Sometimes the bladder
contains hardly any oxygen; at other times
oxygen constitutes nine-tenthS of the con-
tents The variation in the quantity of oxygen
is sometimes mysterious, and naturallsts have
offered several different suggestions as to the
cause of it. Some think that the fish may be
able to control the quantity of oxygen in its
bladder by its own will
Blot, a distinguished French naturalist,
thought he had solved the problem by dis
covering that the proportion of oxygen was
larger in fish that lived at great depths, and
smaller in those that lived near the surface of
the sea. But late observations made by
officials of the Fish Commission at Washington
seem to show that Blot was mistaken, and that
the deep dwelling fish carry no more oxygen
in proportion than do those living in shallow
water. Some of the fl whose swimming
bladders were examined by naturafsts during
the last cruise of the Fish Commission steamer
Albatross came from depth OF no less than
mile They were compared with fish which
seldom descend below two hundred feet in
depth, and with others which prefer depth
of about five or six hundred feet; and all had
nearly the same proportion of oxygen to aid
them in swimming.
The variations seem therefore to depend
upon some other cause than the depth of the
ish's dwelling place. 1t is these unsettled
questions that offer to young naturallStS some
of their most brilliant opportunities for dis
tinction.
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A Queer Plant Disease

A \ extremely interesting proof of the deli
cacy of the balance of forces upon which
the life and health of animals and plants de-
ponds Is furnished by some recent experiments
at the Department of Agriculture.
Tomatoes grown in the forcing houses of the
department had the veins of their leaves
greatly swollen and turned white, and the
leaf cells were enormously stretched; so much
so, in fact, that at length they burst and water
poured plentifully from them. The cause of
these singular phenomena was found to be
that IN consequence of the great amount of
moisture contained in the warm air of the
forcing houses the leaves were not able to give
out water by Transportation SO fast as it was
sent into them by the action of the roots. 1t
was a case of vegetable dropsy.
Another instance of similar effect has been
seen in the case of apple trees which were
ruthlessly pruned during the winter. When
spring came, and the roots began to send cur
rents of moisture flowing upward into the
twigs and leaves, the latter had been so greatly
reduced in number that they could not take
of the too abundant supply thus forced
upon them, and a result the leaves became
gorged with water, and the tree suffered from
dropsical disease.
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Sulphur Showers

IN spring, especially in early spring, it fire.
= quently happens that after shower the
edge of every pool of water in the streets and
along the sidewalks will be bordered by rim
Of pale yellow color. As the water evaporates
this ring remains as fine powdery mass, SO
much resembling sulphur as to have given
rise to the popular name of sulphur showers.
This SO called sulphur is not of course really
sulphur, but when examined under the micro
scope is found to be made up of a mass of the
yellow pollen grains of pine trees. Instead of
consisting of single cell, as do most pollen
grains, that of the pine consists of three cells,
the two larger end ones being filled with air,
and the other containing the ordinary fertiliz-
ing principles. The two air containing cells
are larger than the other and act as balloons
to buoy it up.
In pines and allied trees fertilization of the
cones, by which they are enabled to set and
develop seeds, is accomplished by the wind.
That is, the pollen is produced in immense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
To a Blackberry Pie

Oh, disk of evanescent joy
That fits too quick away,
With gold that never knows alloy,
You fill my heart to-day!
You are a moon of music mute
That on my fancy beams
You are, indeed a riftless lutte
That murmurs in my dreams.
l gaze upon the filigree
That decorates your breast,
And sail an unknown fairy sea
That sorrows ne'er infest.
l linger meath the spreading palm
Meath which cares camel drops
To sleep just as the twilight calm
Days dreary ragtime stops.
You lead me then through Joyous lands
Where rose fraught zephyrs sigh.
Oh, sweet pie, made without cook hands,
Oh, sweet, machine made pie!
r. X. Innkittrtek.
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quantities, and is transported through the air
to the cones, which are often on separate
widely distant trees. Thus it often happens
that the pollen gets up in the higher cur
rents of the air, is carried for long distances,
and is brought down to the earth only by the
rain, producing the called shower of sulphur
y shower of this kind occurred some years
ago in Washington, ID C., and was sufficient
in quantity to be very noticeable. BY careful
investigation it was determined that no pine
trees could possibly be in flower at the time
(March) nearer than Alabama. Georgia, and
the CaroiinaS. 1t recalled that the rain
had been preceded by a strong wind from the
south which had borne the pollen for hundreds
Of miles and precipitated it when the storm
occurred.
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Frozen by Heat. Melted by Cold

IN Germany, the land of scientific curiosities
= substance has been produced by chemical
experiment which to contradict the
law that heat mets and cold solidifes. The
substance is called "crvostaz," and is formed
When it's temperature is lowered below the
point at which water freezes, it becomes
liquid but when it is heated it turns to the
solid state.
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ODD THINGS IN SCIENCE

pear gigantic. The reason is that the light of
the crater Is concentrated in a point smaller
than the bodies of the insects, and the boun-
dar1es OF the shadows consequently widen with
increase of distance
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-07-05

with her present situation and stop
her performances, if only for her own
sake
But about their getting in and out
of the house whenever they want to?'
queried Miss Carney. Don't you think
it is rather dangerous TO have any
such mysteriously hidden entrance en-
tirely unknown to us? Might they not
get in again, while we are there, and
take things or do something of that
sort?"
oh, no." / replied, reassuringly
You may be certain they won't do
that. IL they had wanted to steal
they'd have done it long ago, when
they had the place to themselves. ]
think they had a key that opened one
of the doors. and I've had new locks
put all over the house. They couldn t
get in now if they tried"
What was said in the notes?' asked
Miss Carney Il wish you had saved
them. | should have enjoyed seeing
chem, / know
"Oh, nothing of any consequence, |
replied, hastily. Just few words
warning me not to allow you to return
and expressed in regulation penny
dreadful style. The whole thing was
crudely and awkwardly done and am
sure we have heard the last of it
Il hope we have she rejoined,
earnestly. Il am very fond of Carney
Croft. and. while | don't believe in
ghosts. and shouldn't fear them if !
did. cannot say that fancy the idea
or having human providers about the
place. know that we can get rid of
them sooner or later, but l trust they
won't cause us any annoyance at all.
Il said what could to reassure her.
and. as | was going away. she offered
her hand and held mine while she said
softly:
You have been very thoughtful OF
my interests and happiness, Mr..
Ware. and l appreciate 1t more than l
Fan tell You"
The pressure of her fingers tighten
Il for an instant and made the blood
course through my veins until my
whole body tingled and my breath
seemed TO catch in my throat j mum
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INSURANCE INVESTMENTS.
How One company's Assets Are Dis
tributed in the South and West.

In connection with its withdrawal
from Texas, along with many other
companies, rather than to submit to
the new law which requires that 1870
of the reserves on Texas policies shall
be invested in securities of that state,
which securities shall be deposited in
the state and subjected to heavy taxa
ton, in addition to the large tax now
imposed on life insurance premiums,
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
has made public the distribution of its
assets, at the end of the second year
of the new management. The Equit-
able now has $10,95S, 900 invested in
Texas, which is twice as much as the
new law requires, but the manage
ment decided that to submit to the
additional taxation would be an injus-
tice to its policyhOlders in other
states, which impose no such penalty
on the thrift of their citizens.
The EQuitable's report shows that
more than 37fc of its total reserves
are now invested in the southern and
western states, while only $50 of its
total insurance is carried in these
states. Its investments are distributed
as follows: Ala, $3,099,0 900; ~Ariz.,
1914. 900; Ark. $4,O3S.000; Cal. So
142 1000; Col, s. ,222 600; Fla, 1924
600; Ga, $4,04S, 900; Idaho, S5,197 900;
H., $12,617.OO0; Ind. Ter, $443,000;
Ind, s6,S36, 900; Iowa, $3.50 600; Kan
sas, 11,637,O00 Ky. $2,63l 600; La,
s3,O54.OOO Md, $2,2O7 900; Mich, So
OO9 900; Mimi. $2,O65, 900: Miss. $751;
600; Mo-, $S.197,O00 Mont. $3.50, 600;
Neb., $7,526,OOO; New, 100000; New
Mex, s1,376OOO; y. c.. $1.6490OO; n.
D.. $677,OO0; Ohio, 11,6340 900; Okla,
81 ,OO6.0OO; Ore. s1.15S.0O0; S. c.,
1915, 900; S. D.. s1,3O5 900; Tenn, ST.
100000; Utah. $2.134, 600 Va. $685.
OOO; Wash. 81 .2O2 900; w. Va. $5,533,-
600; Wis, $2,342 600; Wyo., $3,367 coo.