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New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
RECoMEs USEFUL SCIENCE.

Since then in the United States at ieast' he'eoi
,ao-,, hos hecome a live and highly useful science
The army still maintains signal corps anu cai :
-;as on exneriments with wireless teiephoily anu
t.,.9ranbv and with balloons and flying machines
h,, the forecasts of storms, cold waves and HOODS
are now made by the department OF the govern
roent devoted to the protection ana progress oi
agriculture. l., 49, oreat.s,
ITndoubtedy, Willis Luther moore Is lte stea'e
r,e,eoroIopist I'm the world. Anyway. ne is ciiiei
-, the hest weather bureau In existence. AS
n,r,te six scientists from Europe are IN "asiiHs-
ton IN get the last known fact concerning l"'
earth'e atmosphere, its mouohs' la"s anu "
oontr,c character Personally, Professor moore Is
gray dark and magnetic; biographicahy' NE 10 90
,ter,aiune as book OF anecdotes; professioi'eliy'
ia &c ,,ntechnicaI, informing and human as wen
40 huuorously scorpful toward the goose pohe anu
all other unscentifc weather prophets' S''t
,,r,canes especially-are both his sport and his
,,ei,bood. he tracks them and beats theii as ot'e
,.n hunt Hons tigers and grizzly bears Hau
,n.,d that he was q newsboy with Generai. Hrah'
,,, yhen II marched and fought the twenty-five
,,oody miles from City Point to Richmond
npr,eAv" | said, what were your experiences!
..uuring the last year of the war hVeu VIII.
INV father an engineer engaged In the piio'iis VI
hJages and similar labor. and by selling WASHING
- "a baltimore newspapers all along our INES
- ,ore money than he did. | had rlonopoiy
- 49,, BUSINESS and was the only small boy IN the
- ~ o far as know Papers containing reports
:, The capture OF Jefferson Davis easily oio"sn'
=. ~ VI n,aca I sold them to our men IN the
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
TABLE OF MONTHLY AVERAGES.

Indeed. with the records of number OF years
before him, Jefferson made table or monthly
averages for the State of Virginia. The scheme OF
simultaneous observations, now the basis OF every
weather system in the world, probably originated
with Jefferson the Monticello farmer, and Madi-
son the Williamsburg mathematician and preach
er But British army came along, and some
officer or soldier carried away Madison's ther-
morneter and barometer. After that, necessarily
Jefersons meteorological studies were merely local
The Wrights tested their flying machine at Fort
Mver over the Potomac, In Virginia and opposite
the southwest corner Of Washington. Officers OF
the United States Signal Corps were judges of both
the fights and the mechanism. The military post
where the trials occurred named In honor OF
Albert James Myer-"Old Probabilities" as he was
subsequently calIed-an army surgeon, who origi-
mated a workable scheme Of signals based on hags
and torches Perhaps Myer elaborated n crude idea
that he borrowed from the Indians, who slgnailed
IA ON. another and who, IL they are one or the lost
,-sy,es or Israel we're led a vital occasion by
,,irar of cloud during the day and by pillar OF
fire I'm the night. Signals among the first inhani-
,ants of North America, therefore may nave pesun
under the chieftaincy Of Moses
The sign language created by 6eheTai Myer was
.uccessfuIy employed during the Civil war AFTER
the restoration of peace, In the natural de'eiopet
of his system, he began to observe the "ea'hei a'
the various military posts throughout the country
and to give telegraphic notice on the 1real i|aheS
and along the seaboard Of the approach Oh stot'i9
apd tho winds velocity. The first storm sibhaS
.re boisted In all the Northern inland ports from
Buffalo to Duluth. and thence TO Chicago on NO
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
FROM AN OLDTIAIE COOK pooy

fhoM AN OLDTIIE COOK ROOx
In, IN AHlehas time the American ,sn,,, .u.
are bara; iaIse' as d rule for the Ouantitiss
fbini et&c. WhaI would a modern honseLsene1
oI a mlnce pie that contains four ro,1nS os r
,n ,eu peeI- SIX pounds Of apples one nound ,s
60. Two pounds of sugar, two pounds of rais,n .
t'iidt makes fifte zen pounds in am ora - .naa
are ADDED one quart of wine or riot 49,
aho-a nutmeg? 1t is with distinct reiet ~ ;
a@leer @ TINS one reads, "as people differ In theis
'"Ttes, they may alter to their wishes
here Is the Orphans recipe for .'nIai, o.,,..
NINE pounds of -four, three pounds of snga -
.iiIee POUNDS or butter, one pint emptins three
sils PIN s ot mir nine eggs, one ounce Of spice one
si11 OF rose water and one gill of wine"
, This is all. Imagine yourself surrounded ~,
tnese articles. carefully weighed and measured
ana there left, without further directions, 10
evolve q cake from chaos. And what oh What
are emptins? l was in despair till discovered
little footnote on the very last page which
tells us how to make them or it.
Take handful of hops and about tbre.
quarts OF water let it boil about fifteen minutes,
then make a thickening as pon do for starch
ethe italics are mine, don't make a thckenine q,
Tor starch, and do not know what the Orphan
means), which add when hot Strain the iiou1r.
when cold put a little emptns to work Il ttbis
SOUNDS cabalistic): it will keep in bottles well
corked five OF six weeks"
On the whole, do not think that shall begin
ny trying that plain cake: but here is another
SIMPLY fascinating. 1t is called Election Cake -
III some OF my readers will try il and let me
know the result, shall be truly grateful This
cake will need fairly large cake tin and a
good oven. 1t begins with
Thirty quarts -four, ten pounds butter four
teen pounds sugar, twelve pounds of raislnS
three dozen eggs. one pint of wine this seems
q small Quantity). quart of brandy. four
ounces of cinnamon. four ounces of fine colan der
seed, three ounces of ground alspice, one quart
OF yeast. Wnen II has rise (sic) light, work in
every ingredient except the plumbs which work
In when going into the oven'-Theodora Taylor
in The Atlantic
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
PEOPLE YOU MEET ABOARD SHIP.


a ship is curious altogether; place of mar
rev limits and close contact. yet full OF subter-
fanean depths from which surprises may de-
seop at any moment. Ship life on the whole
not like other life, and ship characteristics DO
Rot altogether resemble those on land. Any
mig special in that line is pretty sure to de-
geop on cruise like this, and a ship estimate
the average human being would hardly be
'alr 70 the same individual at home. 1t is such
IN idle lfe-such an irresponsible life; sooner
y later the ego is bound to leap into the sad
ole and go the gait, sometimes to the comfort,
glen TO the entertainment, now and then to
tAe sorrow Of the other passengers.
Take the Porpoise, for instance. L have no
uouDt that the POrpoiSe on land is most e1-
eeilent and industrious business man. more or
ess absorbed in the daily round OF his vent
ufes-a happy hearted, contented Hebrew per-
BOD, fairly quiet Dit doesn't seem possible, but
! M am willing TO believe iD, on the whole good
e.uzen, satisfied if his name appears now and
.eh IN the local paper, When ne mas got IN
e Inc new line Of goods or made an improvement
on his home
But on shipboard the Porpoise is just-a por-
polse. Re is fat. his name implies ana oe-
eIiDes revolutions Of the ship, blowing con-
..sanuy. At no time of day and in no part OF
g ne snip viii you be safe from the Porpeise.
e is from interior town. an unlmportaht
sh' by its census and location, but II mas De,
eorae important on this vessel. We know all
pvst that town. We shall never kno" as
80 go about the towns we are going 10 VISIT
- m re Know already about that one wnich none
AearG OF before.
~ mas instructed us upon other SUBJECTS, 700.
eoAisihg as TOO complicated or too deep or LOO
csLuse cSse Tor the Porpoise. He will attack any
anS SSlsoh az sight. and he Will pun and spout
So oescribe circles and wallow in his oratory,
sr- ioiiow his audience about until ne mas
IN " the deck clean. Yet We love the Porpoise,
fs-paee ~ everything. He is so happy anu
oo. ess ICES and gentle. and we know that II IL
~ pecause he IS ship that he is like TINS
- o % we love the Mil. The Mill is a woman
e.,, Svoo Woman-one of the kndliest souls on
fs frpL l suspect. and her mouth is her warrant
10, Ii a. name 1t goes all the line, but II does
hS g. WIN important things. Indeed, noth-
sr{,a zoo nnmportant for her hopper and she
exceeding small. Just row. for an hour
sss,' shs mas been explaining that she did not
ier1b,,s sety wei last night, and mnutely cata-
f5r 5e are the reasons why. She will keep IL up
dron,s seher hour and then II somebody hasn't
Tim ner overheard she will dig up some
frsssSss i7t oi equal value and go right on. re-
Well do,lo arc rejoicing in the consciousness Il
Me vn,n MI would not act tbig way at home
On oe'n not have time. 1t is only because she
mp where everybody Is idle and ire
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

after several conferences we telegraphed Galveston
that a hurricane was probable. Precautions were
instantly taken and very little damage was done.
although our warning was scarcely four hours
ahead Of the storm.
while We are the subject" Professor Moore
continued II should like say, in order to clear
UP the confusion OF the public mind. which leads to
an absurd mixing Of terms, that cyclone has an
area of 1000 m es. hurricane an area of from
100 to 800 miles and a tornado. which invariably
occurs in the southeast quarter of a cyclone and
an incident OF the cyclone, an area of from 1eJ
feet TO OeO yards The velocity Of the wind during
a cyclone Is from fifteen 10 twenty-five miles an
hour. during a hurricane il varies from nifty 10
one hundred miles hour, while it is SO great
during a tornado that instrument can measure
It, In all kinds of storms the wind of course
is rotary. twisting. as it is commonly described
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
HIS BROTHERS. KEEPER"

on Little Spruce Island, on the Maine coast
I found three old men, brothers-William, Daniel
and Nehemiah Shanks. They have lived there
all their lives in a tumbledown little shelter.
They are melancholy old men. They are con-
tented, but the has brought to them
strange. broodIng. wistful solemnity. William
and Daniel never married Nehemiah has had a
poor little romance that broke his heart He
went home with his confession of wrongdOing
Then YOU must look out for the boys after
Pm dead" said his father, forgiving him. Nehe
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
FoRETELLs PERIODS OF FLOoDs.

But the Weather Bureau" Professor Moore
went on to say lis alone OF value to people in
the matter of windstoTuIs, but is of tremendous
service in foretelIIng periods Of flood. The coun-
try for convenience. is divided into eighteen river
divisions | shall describe what we do in Pitts
burg because the work in that city is typical of
the work other places. our forecaster there Is
between two watersheds. We have ten men at
different places the north and ten men to the
sou1A-local observers citizens whose business
keeps them at hOme-to whom We pay SIS month
each for daily reports of the rainfall in their
neghborhoods. Consequently, If a flood threatens.
our man Pittsburg, with the records before him.
can tell almost TO the hour when the waters will
overflow their banks and cover the low ground of
the city and he mathematically predict their
exact depth. His calculations are based on tho
condition of the ground when the rain began
whether II was frozen unfroZen. water soaked
or dry lie gives his warming the manufacturers
in the usual flood district stop their work, and
cover their machinery with grease Twice We fore
cast the height of the Mississippi River at New
Orleans beating the flood five days in instance
and a week In the other. on both occasions
mathematics covered a tremendous area of the
United States"
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

serious, but I noticed twinkle in Ills eye. Mr.
tCleyeland,' he began. VIII sign your commission
| to-day. l teegraphed him that you had stood fire
and were all right. Let tell you. Mr. Moore
that we have known your politics all along. Mr.
Cleveland learned positively that you voted against
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
HOW PLANTS SEE.

The power OF plants to adjust themselves in
whatever position may be most desirable with
regard 10 the light is very curious for the move
meais are as purposeful as if made under intel
ligeHt direction, and yet the plant cannot be
credited with the possession of even an apology
for any sort Of brain, although that is usually
looked upon as sine qua non for the seat OF in
iellgence.
The light perceiving organs of plants are
legion. They are cells in the epidermis which
are lined their inner wall with a thin layer
Of living matter that is especially sensitive to
the rays OF light that fall upon it. This sensi-
tive layer underneath is enabled TO take note or
the direction from which the light comes by
means Of certain peculiarites OF structure in the
main part of the cell above ii. That produces
symmetrical illumination of the cell when the
lights falls perpendicularly and asyInmetrical
illumination when il falls obliquely
These organs show notifications oftwo main
types. One type, formed by smooth epidermis,
has cells with a plane outer surface. This is
the simpler type. Of less perfect design than the
other, for II merely allows the light to pass
through and fall on the sensitive layer beneath,
but does not aid in bringing out differences in
the intensity of illumination by concentrating
the rays Of light over definite areas.
The second type is formed of papiliose epi-
oernis, which is made up of cells with curved
outer and plane inner surfaces, forming, in ef-
fect, microscopic plano convex lenses. In these,
according the illumination is perpendicular
Or oblque. the layer of living matter beneath re.
ceiYes either a symmetrical or an asymmetrical
dispersal OF light, and this, together with the
greater concentration on the sensitive layer.
gives much better indication or the direction OF
The light than is possible with the first type.
There are rnyriads Of these organs which serve
as kind Of eye, although they are only crude
attempts Of nature, and at best can do no more
nan indicate variations In the intensity and
erection Of the light. They do not even show
Uniformity OF structure.
Experiments that were made upon plants to
oetermine how fine sense OF light perception
they possess showed conclusively that many
species Of plants can detect fully as slight diff
fEences in the intensity Of light as man, but
there be no comparison beyond general
sensitiveness to light-American Review Of Re-
views
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

things and their size Observation-Disclosures in the
things themselves. Thus the newspaper editor
convinced that the United States is the only
place fairly inhabitable can with a clear con-
science print accounts of grating governors
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
European AdUertisements.
LONDON HOTELS.

and itching Congressman. 1t pleases him and
he thinks it may please his readers this thought
that, rotten as old Europe is, we more rot
ten when We apply ourselves To tt-Warren
Barton Blake, in Lippincott's.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
WHAT Ais NEW ENGLAND?

New Englanders of old native stock apt
TO charge their ills, social and political, to
restricted foreign immigration Not the stranger
gained, but the native lost, however, seems the
key 10 the situation. New England suffers far
less from Overimmi grafton than from Overemi-
grafton. AS we think of the alien food pouring
into the region between the Hudson and the
St Croix for the last two generations, We forget
the more significant steady drain of sound native
stock now going for fully century and q
half Like the woman of Scripture, New Eng
land hc had IAN issue of blood; hers, how
ever has gone QG not for twelve years. but for
more than twelve times twelve years. Blind
TO this ruinous loss. the native New Englander
has even less allowed for the disastrous effect
OF his own failure To accept and understand the
newcomers and their half-AmeriCaniZed children
Had the emigrant New Englander stayed at
home we should have heard little of the irnmi-
grafton problem. for the natives would not have
been left in a minority. and they might have
been more plant and sympathetic Now, New
England once proud to be called the refuge for
the oppressed of all nations has at length proved
a churlish hostess 10 her allen guests. She
finds that they come without the wedding gar
ment called for by her own somewhat strict
conventions, and she begins TO look upon those
who have freely accepted her hospitality
hardly as friends and fellow citizens almost as
a hostile army OF invasion Taking TINS dtti-
tude which has vastly increased the difficulty
of making one with herself the strangers whom
she finds provokingly welded to their own ideals.
she ENORMOUSLY blameS upon them and theirs
the Ills that must befan "a house divided
Edward Valandigham. in Putnams.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

AN as large as the State cf Massachusetts
is now under water"
You and | have "A great deal of 'pensve local
pride: and that is as II should be My COM
plant is that the pride is in our quantity OF
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

Aiming for the 'ttle" against Spain:
Tribesmen of the Riff buying arms and ammun
ton. Gun running fiourishes along great part
of the Mediterranean coast of Morocco. and in
view of the present little" against Spain.
it is instructive to note that, if report may be
believed, many of the gun runners are Span
iards. The chief trade done is in .286 bore
Mauser rifles, for example of which a Moor
will cheerfuiIy pay $50, adding $40 for one hun
dred cartridges. The gun runner having sue
ceeded in evading conciliating the Moorish
customs guard, the cases of rifles and cartridges
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
In the September Ma&azinec
Two Great To'ce oystems-A Famous Salon Of C;c.ro.
Iime-How Plants See

o; opUnsipis ana different" and likely IN h. ~.
euiiar.-Albert Bigelow Paine. in Ont,no 10 Pc
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

PAIN: GUN RUNNING IN THE RIFF
are taken into the mountains for sale. There is
curious rumor also that number of the cart
ridges that find their way to the Riff are OBJ
tanned in the first instance from Spanish SOL
dIers' who sell them TO men who sell them
to the Moors The up-to date tribesman will
look at nothing less up to- date than a small
bore, high velocity rifle. After the great battle
in which the Spanish losses were so heavy it
was noted that many OF the enemy's rifles found
on the battlefield were and that cartridges
found on the Moors' bodies new also.
illustrated
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

trenches, but not fired on by the Confederates,
who evidently thought that lived in the neighbor-
hood. l followed the army to Petersburg. and
marched with IL into Richmond"
New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
THE FIRST MEN UP MOUNT EREBUs.

When we had settled down in the hut We be-
gan to turn speculative eyes toward Mount Ere
bus The ascent of the mountain had been re-
garded as very difficult. If not impossible; out
there was no doubt that IL it could be climbed
the scientific results would be most valuable,
and we decided that the attempt should be made
I selected Professor David, MawSon and
Mackay to try the ascent of the summit They
were to be provisioned for ten days. and sup
porting party, consisting of Adams. Marshall
and Brocklehurst was TO assist the main party
as far as possible. Eventually the whole six
reached the top of the mountain When they
reached the crater edge-the first men to reach
the summit of ErebuS-they found themselves
standing on the lip of vast ABYSS nlied with
rising cloud of steam.
After a continuous loud kissing sound, lasting
for some minutes. there would come from below
a big, dull boom, and Immediately great glooular
masses of steam would rush upward to swell
the volume of the cloud which swayed over the
crater The air was filled with the fumes of
burning sulphur. Presently a light breeze
famed away the steam cloud. and at once the
crater stood revealed in all its vast extent and
depth. 1t was between eight hundred and nine
hundred feet deep, with maximum width or
half mile. and at the bottom could be seen
proceeded On the wall OF the crater opposite
to the party beds of dark pumice alternated
with white patches OF snow, and in one place the
existence of scores OF steam Jets suggested that
the snow was lying on hot rock
The party ascertained the height OF the noun
tain to be 1880 feet, and found that the mo-
raines left by some gigantic ancestor OF the
Great Ice Barrier ascend the western slopes OF
the mountain to height of fully thousand
feet above sea level AS the adjacent sea Is at
least three hundred fathoms deep. the ice sheet
when at its maximum development must have
hundred fset-Lieutenant Shackletou, IN NJ
CluSoA ,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-20
Mining News

Thomas Golden, of Spokane, one of
the principal stockholders IN mining
property near Priest River, was in New
port last week on matters connected
with his mine. Mr.. Golden has Just let
a contract to John Peterkin for 500 feet
OF tunnel work On the property, which
is located on the Nacaritta property.
They have recently constructed bunk
house and a blacksmith shop and will
probably install compressor as soon as
the work is advanced much farther.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-20
ENGAGEMENT Announced

The following from the Rosalia Citi-
zen-Journal will be of interest to the
many friends of this Newport Young
lady:
The young ladies' club held their reg
ular meeting last week at the
home of Mrs. Ralston McCaig. After
the usual program was over they ad-
Journed to the dining room. which they
found decorated with cupids and white
carnations. The favors were dove sur
mounting linked hearts, and note from
Mrs. McCaig was found in the cake by
one OF the young ladies. announcing the
engagement of her sister, Miss Gertrude
Moore, to Mr.. s. S. Crenshaw, the mar
rage is to take place about the middle
of June. Miss Moore has been teacher
in the primary department Of the school
here for the past five years and Mr..
Crenshaw was located here for two
years as district engineer during the
construction of the Chicago Milwaukee
and Puget Sound Railway.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-20
Indians to Get Allotments

That the Calispel Indians are to
be allotted lands they are now
holding is the latest report from
the Interior Office. An agent will
soon'visit the valley to enable the
Indians to make their selections.
The people of the valley had been
In hopes that the Indians would be
moved to some reservation where
they could be properly guarded
and given school privileges but it
seems that the department did not
favor the removal, There are suf-
hclent number of Indians to take
about gil the lands that they now
hold and this section will not be
any great gamer by this order.
The objectionable features OF their
presence, such as the spread ofcon-
tagious disease and their careless
ness in starting forest fires will con-
tinue.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-20
County Bonds Sold

Colville, Wash, May 2o.-The follow
ing bids were received for the $2l9, 800
coupon funding bonds offered for sale
ON the 14th inst.
G. Fl. Coffin at II per cent and 1851
premium.
Farson. Son & Co. and Thos J. Bolger
& Co., joint bid at ) per cent and
$2743.75 premium.
Trowbridge & Niver Go. at ~ per cent
and SAT- premium.
State of Washington at A. per cent
par.
f. H. Rollins & Son at ~ per cent and
$1466.25 premium.
Upon due consideration the bid of
Trowbridge 4 Niver Co. was accepted
In case the Trowbridge & Niver Co.
shall fail within 80 days to make good
their bid, f. H. Rollins & Son, of Chi
cago, will be awarded the bonds, and in
case the two companies already men
toned fail the state, which bid Al per
cent fiat, will take the issue.