Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1894, Page 12

2 1 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. THE SUN'S POWER It Sways the Mighty Monolith of Marble AND TURKS THE CAPITOL’S IRON DOME eS The Influence of Heat and Cold on Great Structures. PERISHABLE STONE - n for The Evening Star. HAT WOULD THE man of the worid say if you told him it was hot enough to make the Capitol or the great Washing- ton monument re- treat from the star- ing sun? Why, he would think you were trying to be over-original in your hyperbole. He would wonder why you didn’t say “It’s hot enough to melt the tail off a brass monkey,” or, “It's hot enough to fry eggs.” If you are just a little pinched for cash when he guys you for being “far fetched,” make it @ wager and take him to the office of Architect Clark, or show him the plummet line which hangs from the top to the bot- tom of our giant obelisk. That these imr-ense structures move, and, fm fact, that all stohe or metal butldings are constantly changing their positions under different temperatures, is a fact not Senerally realized. Washington is the best Place on eart!. to study the effects of sun- Nght on massive buildings, for here the rays of Sol are not impeded by closely adjacent edifices, as they are in most of our large cities. The great dome of the Capitol is the largest surface of cast iron in the world, the effect of the continuous heat of a t summer day can best be appreciated When it is known that its mammoth mass Teally sways back to the south and west, as if striving to find refuge from the heat. Architect Clark, who has had the custody of the Capitol for nearly forty years, has experimented by means of a plummet line, and has.surprised even the prominent en- ineers of the army by observing that on a ot day the expansion of the fron {s suffi- ciently great to thrust the sunny side of the dome baek. The top feather in the head- dress of the statue of Freedom describes an irrezular eliipse, whose major axis on a “very warm day” Is a half of a foot, and the hotter the day the greater the ‘axis. ‘The giant plinth base of the dome, resting on the roof of the oid sandstone building, measures 155 1-2 feet on a side. The great- est diameter of the round dome is feet, while the whole fren structure 1s 218 feet high. from the old Capitot's roof to the base of the statue. The cast iron covering this Surface is made in thin plates, offering a geod conductor for the heat, which swells the very bolts and beams of the inside, be- fore the sun has made its circuit. In Summer Clothes. If the dome were made in one mass, and “not composed of separate plates fitted with Joints fixed loosely to allow expansion, as it Is, the motion in the sunlight would be Several feet, while if the surface were painted black, which absorbs the heat, the huge thimble would go over still more. Waite raiment reflects the sun's rays from Great builaings as well as an array of duck, or of pure linen, throws the units of heat from the human habitation. The contrac- tion caused by cold atmosphere in winter 1s uniform on all sides of the dome,-caus- ing no strain to any particular part, so Uncie Sam has done well to clothe his _— in summer colors, if it is better them to be too cold than too hot. The southern side of the dome suffers most from the heat, belmg exposed longer to the svn, which passes south of the zenith,while om its journey from the east to the west. if tie metal were exposed to a constant ting, the result of the continuation of uch expansion as that received on these torrid days might prove disastrous, but as it is, little, if any,permanent injury is done, since the fron returns regularly to its nor- mal position. The only damage which this gradual contraction and expansion may ul- tmateiy cause is the weakening of the connection between the metal base and the Toof of the sandstone building; but up to this time no evidence of a breakage has ap- peared. The sandstone is of the poorest Quality, which may become sufficiently crumbled tn the future to allow slight sep- aration. The castings of the iron plinth are thicker than the upper metal work and are ‘© conductors. The sandstone also e: ds with the iron more than would Marble, and this is the only good feature Possessed by the material. But what seems more astounding is the fact that marble also is changed in vol- ume so perceptibly by the sunlight that the mammoth shaft of the Washington Monument sways back and forth in the gun on a hot day. The movement of this @difice is generally either north, south, east Tf west, rather than In a direction through ts corners, or at a small angle from its sides. The outer surface being of hard Marble, the expansion is much greater than it would have been had granite been used. On a hot summer day the sharp aluminum apex which crowns the obelisk points up- ward from a position at least four inches orth of its normal, but always return to its proper position in the cool of the night. From the extreme top of the monu- Ment, inside, a long pipe line runs perpen- @icularly to the bottom, leading to a small eleset back of the elevator. Recording the Movement. This contains a long pendulum, whose Dob hangs in a vessel of mercury, which prevents its oscillation. Two stationary transits, with highly magnifying lenses, are focussel directly upon the suspended wire, and through these each quiver of the monu- ment is detected, being magnified on a fine gcale graduated to thousardths of inches. Every moraing at 10 o'clock the statement of this plummet line is taken, This read- ing is reported each day to the War De- tment, and now that all hands aré sat- fied that the monument {s not settling irregularly, the daily observations have bé come merely a part of the routine. But by means of this instrument 1t hes lately oc- turred to the engineers to study the effects ef hot weather upon the marble. Examina- tion was made in the heat of the day, after the sun had plerced through the particles of the southern face, and it was found that the obelisk, Mke the great Gomé across the mall, had expanded. The whole shaft had moved, and its apex had left the normal More than four inches toward the north. If it were made of one solid picce of stone, like the small obelisks of the east, the dally deviation might be several feet and a con- stant heat might topple it to the ground. But the monument, like the dome, is elas- tic. When the night cools it, it returns to my proper position, and records show that it has ever behaved thus. Although the @reater weight of its mass has pressed the fround for many decades, it has settled only a very slight fraction of an inch in one corner. This seems extraordinary when it is realized that its welght of 81,720 tons Fests on a foundation only 126 1-2 feet Pauare and 35 feet deep, from a height al- most fifteen times that of the depth. The whole rests only on the sandy bank of the Potomac, with the enormous pressure of five tons per square foot. In the winter its ‘movement has been as much as two inches, When a stiff gale has beaten tn against it broadsides. In fact, each gentie zephyr, as ‘Well as each pencil of light, moves {t, pro- Port'onately, to one sile or the other, but @ calm never fails to put it back in its Place, any more than does the cool of night. On A t 31, 1886, the earthquake, which gave Washington a shaking, did the monu- Ment no permanent injury, although It eaused considerable motion in the shaft especially in the upper portions. After ex @mination proved that no ill effects had ‘been caused in the standing of the base. Stone Not Enduring. But the monument is not the only obelisk which has been tested in regard to the effects of the weather. Its closest rival, the Bunker Hil’ monument, a little less than one-half its height and thirty feet square at the base, sways from side to side with the progress of the sun, describing %t ite apex an ellipse two inches in axis, on the hottest days, The Eiffel tower's iron parts become sufficiently expanded in the summer sun to move it several feet. But the swaying of stone structures, bulit to be everlasting, is more of interest. Mr. Bernard Green, the architect of the new Congressional Library, which will be the pride of the world’s feats in engineering, says that each block of granite in the new building is locked together in a way which will not admit of dangerous results by sep- aration from contraction or the strain of expansion. Prof. Merrill of the Smithsonian, the geolcgist who has written several of the world’s standard text books on building stones, remarked that the more he studied marble the more he wondered why men preferred it for structures intended to last forever. The ancients, although more or less skilled in the philosophical technicali- es of architecture, were unable to build a stone structure which lasted, and their material was of the most enduring quality. The expansion of stone by heat is the cause of all these ruins, and we may expect in a thousand years our public buildings, the Capitol, and the monument as well, crum- bling to the ground. In fact, according to Prof. Merrill, our climate is much more destructive to stone architecture than the dry climate of Egypt and the tropical orient. He says that heat, although the fundamental cause of the evil, is not the only element of destruction. The cold rends the stones which the heat cracks open. During the constant expansion and con- traction of stone in summer the outer crust, being of a higher temperature than the under layers, becomes gradually Icosen- ed, just as will the bark of a tree if it be constantly pressed back and forth. Smali scales are thus loosened from the exterior, and thus a reduction in volume in grad- ually going on. The Effect of Cold. This ts illustrated after a heavy rain washes the monument, when the pavement becomes coated with a layer of white mar- ble particles. This loosening of the outer layers of marble causes fissures to cpen all through its surface, particularly around the cement between the stones. When the win- ter rain saturates these openings and freezes within them they burst und the massive stone is broken just as casily as is a lead pipe or a glass’ bottle by the freez- ing of water. Thus the surface each sum- mer is filled more abundantly with openings and the freezing of the following winter ultimately results in ruin. This, however, did not accomplish the ruins of Egypt and other hot countries, where snow and ice ts never seefi. The heat there worked alone. Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park, New York, is the best example of the effects of our climate upon stone, as compared with that of the orient. This lay for centuries on the desert sand, exposed to the burning heat of the tropical sun. When brought to this country it was apparently sound, but having been here but a few years it began, as it was supposed, to rot. Some thought It was the chemical action of the salt water to which it was subjected on its journey over the Atlantic. But the change of at- mosphere was the entire cause of the mis- ehtef. The theory of Prof. Merrill, in de tail, is that when the obelisk arrived it was fiued with small fissures, caused by the everlasting heat of Egypt. The mass of stone was like a huge sponge, only the holes were not perceptible to the naked eye. One winter was sufficient to make great headway in the destruction. It absorbed a tremendous amount of water, which ex- panded upon freezing, and erumbied the Obelisk to a greater degree of destruction than any other stone ever experienced here gth of time. Marble ts destroyed by heat much more readily than granite, {ts coefficient of ex- ng much greater, while a de- structive chemical effect is presenied by the combination of its elements and the carbonic gas in the atmosphere. Ancient graveyards present excetlent examples of the effects of sunlight upon stone. The face of a tombstone upon which tre sun constantly shines in the daytime is usually crumbled and de while the shady side is invariably sound. The south and s west sides of the thsonian building show a scaling of the stone. The other sides of the building, which are protected by the National Museum and the iall trees of the perk, are uninjured. Church steeples of stone usually show a crumbling on the south or east sides, while dwellings, situ- ated where the sun has an unhindered at- tack, crumble more readily than those which are sheltered by adjacent buildings or by tall trees. There is a fortune tn store for the man who will invent a remedy for the scaling evil caused by the sun, The only remedy seems to be an array of canvas screens or a mammoth purasol to keep off the gaze of old Sol. Numerous paints have been invented, but butiders all say they are of no avail. The old Capitol and the White House are both crumbling, regardless of the gallons of white paint daubed on them continually, The Marble Terraces. It was a lucky day when Congress de- cided to build the new dome of iron. Had it been built of marble or granite it prob- ably would have lasted scarcely a century. ‘The reason tron was selected was because it was cheaper and because it was not thought that the sandstone foundation could ‘support such a mass of stone. There was mo thought concerning the comparative en- during qualities of metal and stone under the burning sun. The effects of the weath- er are already becoming noticeable in the mew terrace of the Capitol. The huge solid marble plier, which stands in the rorthwest corner of the wide boulevard, has been moved more than an inch from each of the adjoining marble railings, which have already expanded tn the heat, leaving it out of place when they contracted. The collection of ice in this crevice will cause still greater damage, and the heavy pier will soon have to be moved to its former position, only to be driven out again. This same trouble occurred while the monument remained unfinished for several years. The spaces between the stones on top were exposed to the rain, which became frozen in winter, tearing them all apart. They were driven several inches over the «lge and several layers of stone had to be re- moved from the top before the work was continued. There is no building in the world which offers so much attraction to lightning as the Capitol. It is struck many times when the loud report of the thunder is the only evidence of a stroke. The building, how- ever, is not furnished with a lightning rod. This provision wouid be entirely unneces- sary, since the great dome"!s a sufficient conductor to carry away all the lightning which strikes in the country. The system of distributing currents, however, scems odd, there being nothing but the tin roofs over the wings to carry it away from the dome. This system has always proven successful and every time an electrical storm has gathered about the building the zigzag fluid has been equally distributed among all dwellers within without parual- ity, Architect Clark thinks there is no safer system than this simple one, and it is generally conceded that the difference of potential between the opposite wings of the great building is genera'ly more pro- ductive of dangerous explosions during the hot days of the Wilson bill than the elec- trie fire. The monument, situated as it is in the very barest section of the city, is more in danger cf an assault from above than any other edifice, except the iron dome. The monument is, indeed, a Hghtning rod in itself, being equipped with the safest and most satisfactory system known. The four hollow wrought fron columns which form the framework of the elevator shaft are connacted the top with the aluminum apex and at the bottom with copper bars leading into a weil fifteen feet below the foundation. The monument has been struck by lightning as much as five times within twenty minutes, wittout any damage. On the Sth of June, 1885, when the obelisk was truck, one of the stones at the top was broken. After this, however, numerous metallic points were made to protrude from the pyramid, and since they were connected with the elevator shaft, no damage has been dine. J. E. W., Jr. a Professional From the Detroft Free Press. She was engaged in conducting a depart- t for a magazine, and her mind was ‘y much with her work. Instinct. ver “Did you not receive my letter?” he asked. “Sea: Pe one asking you to be mine?” “Then,” he sald almost fiercely, “why you not answer .t?” ‘hy, William,” and there was both surprise and reproach In her voice, “you know you forgot to send"stamps for reply.” coe ry. From Puck. “Isn't it funny, mamma,” said little Tom- my the other night, “that the wind doesn’t blow the fireflies out?” ARTISTIC ECONOMY How One House Was Made Attractive at Small Expense. HAPPY TREATMENT OF THE ROOMS Each Given a Distinctive Character and Effect. DECORATIONS OF FLOWERS Written for The Evening Star. T IS AN INDISPUT- l able fact that as long as the world goes round the experiment of living on love will be tried; girls wiil marry on small ir comes, and will want to furnish miniature homes on dwarf sums of money, Merchanis and decorators have no soft corners in their hearts for those Impecunious = “little wives that are trying to fight the battle of Nfe without much silver shot to help them,” but one “little wife,” blessed with taste and discretion instead of much money, having achieved most desirable results in home decoration, may serve as a guide to others through the mazes of home furnishing. A Few Good Things. In the first place, she found out exactly how much money she might spend, and decided to have a few good things, sub- stantially made and really artistic, rataer than many cheap ones. She felt that a halo of romance would always cling to the earliest household possessions, and she wished them not to be put to shame, when, later on, more costly articles should come to keep them company. Her initial success was the discovery of 2 cottage-like farmhouse on the edge of the town that was to be her home. The areni- tecture of the building was somewhat tn- conveniently, though picturesquely, irregu- lar; the outside was trellised with roses and draped with honeysuckles, as a genuine cottage ought to be; the walls were solid, the woodwork sturdy, and the doors fitted snugly—a rare excellence in houses having a certain claim tg antiquity. Moreover, the prospect of tasteful tenants for his loug un- eceupied and neglected property put the | landlord into such an amiable frame of mind that he was not only willing, but hap- rape off old paint, put on new, and | show indulgence in beautifying | repairs. Yet, while there are many er little wive ere is not a proportionate number oo} miable landlords; therefore, , Yielding specimens of the latter must not enter too confidently into the average calculations of the forr v Outside of the Hou ee The outside of the house received the | earliest consideration of our heroie of thrift, as it was, in her opinion, the index to its mistr Hence she selected a soft | shade of grayish green paint, aeither vivid | nor dingy, one that showed up to p the brass handle and knocker. careful that the short curtains eo bed room windows were precisely t all over the house, and in arrangiag thos gave prompt evidence of her ingen Since brass rods are expensiv the curtains with a hem at the top to run over a 1 wooden lath having a hole at each end which slipped on a [ttle brass dresser-hook fixed to the woodwork. She | realized that no amount of interior decora- uion could compensate for @uil brass han- dies, untidy blinds and short curtains of various types. The Dining Room. ‘The first interior attack was made cn the dining room. She intended this to be the room of the house, and selected a large one, in a rambling wing, with oak wainscoting, great oaken beams stretching across the low ceiling and a huge chimney corner which brought ruddy visions of a wintry night and blazing logs throw! fantastic shadows across Kindly faces, cordial smiles and sweetly eloquent glances. She had the floor painted a dull red that show up the richness of the Turkey rug, a well-se- lected wedding gift. Above the wainscoting the walls are painted a pale buff color, and the ceiling beams form a charming back- ground for Delft plates and jugs. ‘The old | oak dining table stands fearlessly out, guiltless of a cloth, reflecting in its dark polished surface the heirloom punch bowl, | though it is now brimming with flowers oftener than with punch. At one side of the fireplace stands a “grandfather's chair” covered with colonial tapestry, de- fying draughts and keeping in countenance the tall clock in the opposite corner, ticking in and ticking out the footfalls of the pres- ent as of the past. Flower Rooms. Other rooms she has treated in lighter vein, making them “flower rooms” by us- ing the beautiful floral wall papers now in vogue and having the woodwork appro- Priately stained or enameled. A room of poss‘bilities apparently dim was chosen for the drawing room, but, as it opens upon “my lady’s garden” and has | been converted into a daffodil room, its original commonplace appearance has been fleoded with dainty, cheery grace and light. ‘The walls are covered with daffodil paper, | there {s a frieze of pale green along the top, and all the woodwork is stained a ralm-leaf green, emphasizing, not hiding, the grain. At the windows hang soft cur- ny of cream net, with Inner ones of green coarse-rib serge. The carpet let is like @ moss-covered roof glinting yellow flashes in the sunlight, and the wood of the furniture Is stained green, the seats covered with yellow corduroy velvet, the color of a fallen maple leaf in early Octo- ber. One picture, a water color, framed in velvet of woodlind green, hangs on. the wall. It is a fleld of buttercups, shaking their golden heads in the breeze that sends light clouds across the shining sky. On the writing di is a slender vase of clear green glass, holding fresh yellow flowers— iris, nasturtiums, daisles, marigolds, which nestle into the crumpled crystal edges. Pink RK A bed room with a wall paper and frieze of pink rosé—some in bud, some in full bloom,.and others with the petals falling— seems to suggest the quaint pot-pourri scent which, in reality, lurks in a grandmother jar on the casement ledge. The woodwork is painted in old ivory, and the chairs of white wicker have cushions of pale fawn- color silk, while the curtains are of the same delicate shade. A very lovable room fs the one devoted to that blossom of peculiar fragrance and old world memoriles—lilac. It has paint the softest shade of the leaves, and curtains of the same light green. Lilac, like lav- ender, has a fascination all its own, and this bed room seems a delightful dream of | believe + perfume, color and association. , All this has been done with moderate sum of money, and a margin left besides for extra after-thoughts and necessities. It is true, there were tasteful wedding jpres- ents to fall back upon to supply much of the joy and beauty, but the real secret of the success lies in the consideration of com- fort and a restful effect. If a room was naturally dark, from a lack of windows or too shaded an exposure, a bright paper and furnishings were selected; if on the very sunny side, cool greens and cream grounds prevailed; if a tiny apartment, the smallest of French designs in wall paper and tapes- tries were chosen. Therefore, in color and furnishings, in notseless floors, in chairs free from creaks and offering soft, tempting hollows, it is what a home should always be—a haven of rest. ———— On the Common, From the Boston Courter. She stood on Boston Common, and her attitude was grand, While the strains of Wagner's choicest flowed from the Cadet Band; Her face und form were faultless, and unto my soul it seemed The music held ber spellbound, while the master’s dream she dreamed. Just then her chum espied her, and when those tatclen maf The words which froze my romance I ne'er can quite forget; She, whom I'd placed so high im art, unto her wi " wo a an’ Beas de aye aa be | FAMOUS “WIND CAVE.” Seventy-Seven Miles of Passage Mx- plored and the End Not Reached. From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. . This wonderful cave was discovered by a cowboy in 1884, and was named “Wind Cave,” from the rear of an outrushing cur- rent of air at the entrance. The original opening was an oval-shaped hole about 8 by 12 inches across, Soon after its discovery the hole was enlarged to 18 by 30 inches. Nething further in the line of development was done until the spring of 180, when its present owner made an entrance easy by Llasting out the solid rock. Since that date explorations have been made until at this time about 2,100 subterranean chambers of various sizes and shapes have been found, connected by seventy-seven miles of pas- gages. nough has been learned to justify the Fopular verdict that Wind Cave is the larg- est and most wonderful in the world. It is situated about tweive miles north of Hot Springs, S. D., and about fourteen miles northwest of Buffalo Gap. The entrance to the cave 1s covered by a smail pine shanty. When within 25 or 30 yards of this the outrushing current of air sounds like the roar of a large waterfall. Before entering the cave the guide Ntted me out with a rubber suit and hat. These sults are worn to prevent the grease from the candles spoiling one's clothes. As soon as the door was opened my candle was blown out ard my hat sailed out into the canyon. I secured my hat and we entered. It was impossible to carry a lighted candle, so we held on to the guide's coat, and we felt our way downstairs. At the bottom of the stairs we came to a passage leading off to the left. This passage was dark, but still the wind ay, so strong we could not light our can- es, After following this passage 300 or 400 feet, we passed into a small chamber. I found the wind had ceased blowing, and we lit our candles. Strange to say, after this small chamber is reached there is no more wind in any part of ‘the cave. a A walk of about five minutes brought us to the large chamber called the “post office.’ This chamber is a most remarkable freak of nature. he sides and top of it are cov- ered with hundreds of stone boxes about the size of ordinary post office boxes. Almost every tourist who has visitéd the cave has left a card or envelope in one of the boxes, until the chamber looks Ike a real post office. After leaving the “post office’ we passed many passages leading off in all di- rections. The guide informed me that these passages were several miles long. Again we came to a stairway leading downward. We ascended to tind ourselves on another floor oF passage above us. “This is floor No. 2," sald my guide. Again we descended by another stairway down, down, until floors os. 3, 4 and “This,” “4s floor No. 6, | and tie bottom of the cave, 350 feet below the surface of the earth.” I looked aronud me, and what a sight! | Iurge passages leadiig off in all directions: ASSISTANT SECRETARY HAMLIN. He Tells of His Trip and What Will Do in Alaska. From the Tacoma Ledger. Charles S. Hamlin, assistant secretary of the treasury, who arrived in Tacoma late Tuesday night, is the guest of H. C. Wal lace (Chief Justice Fuller’s son-in-law), at the latter's residence, 402 North J street, the two being old friends. As a guest of Mr. Wallace, he was taken to Point De- fiance in a naphtha launch in the afternoon, and spent most of the afternoon on the water. Besides Mr. Hamlin and Mr. Wal- lace, the party included United States Di: trict Attorney Brinker, Postmaster A. B. Case, United States Marshal Drake, Henry Drum, P. Tillinghast and T. B. Wallace. After a delightful trip on the bay, the party returned between 6 and 7 o'clock. In his trip, which has thus far been ex- tended from New York to the Pacific coast, Mr. Hamlin is accompanied by his private J. W. McGrath, and by J. J. supervising special agent of the The latter will only accompany He j him as far as Port Townsend, while Mr. Hamlin will go to Bering sea. In speaking of his trip yesterday Mr. Hamlin said: “I am through an examination of the customs districts, with a view of improving the service and en! ng the force, if neces- sary. I have made the inspection in Cal- ifornia and Oregon, and am now looking over the work in Washing Needs of the Service. “This is a great country for climate, and I have fallen in love with it. I am examin- ing the service with a view of finding out how far the force needs increasing, and what the department can do to help the merchants of this country. It was felt to be advantageous for one closely connected with the service to make such a visit to the different customs districts, and I was only too glad to have the opportunity of comntg “I find affairs at this point in excellent shape. The work is well done, but the force should be larger. Two more inspectors are needed and a steamer or naphtha launch, This district is especially a good place for smuggling, and the collector should be well equipped. I regard this as a very important port. and we must strengthen the collector by giving him equal facilities with the smugglers. I shall take the revenue cutter Grant in the morning and go‘over to Seattle, remaining there over night; going thence to Everett, Port Townsend, Port ngeles and also visiting the subports on the northern part of the sound. The Trip to Alaska. “Then I shall go on beard the cutter Rush and go across the North Pacific to Bering Sea to visit the seal islands. If possible I shall visit the Alaska ports on my return. | The object of the trip to the seal islands is to Jock into the condition of the sealing industry, and determine the question of mammoth chambers with snow-white walls: huge banks of snow lay all around us; but | when [ touched them f found that instead of snow they were solid rock. Myriads of miniature stalactites sparkled and littered | Mike so many diamonds as the ligitt fell upon them, Enormous stalactites, as large aroun: as my bedy, hung above us. Looking up, 1 | could see large black holes, but I could not see the end of them; locking down around | me, I coulis see d e of | them 40 feet wic be to seen prevailed here that made the cold s creep over me= The ghostly shadows, flitting ythere as we moved with ¢ would d to ul cavern le of ghosts, mons ghd fairies, > is sursty one of the grandest w/in Uais strange and curious - ene | LORSTER AND COLD MILK. | The Walter Dia Not Bet nt Any= body Could Survive Them. the Chicago 'Thndy. | e Frot ou want some Ipbster and a glass of cold milk? ked anew waiter the other | night © frequenter of an uptown hotel | cafe. : + y The waiter, as he left. the tab to himself, as though he feared he had not heard it right, “Lobster and ¢ Returning in a few minutes, he p lobster on the table and kept the milk on a | side table, hoping, pcrhaps, n | would not miss the milk. nh, | repeated Or th from the man he placed it on the table, saying as he did so, “Lobster aud cold milk." | Then he stood off a few steps and intently watched the ran. ‘The waiter seemed very | much worried and several times made as | though to speak to the man. With a look of foreboding he watched the man mix a dress- ing for the lobster, and this look grew to an | expression of consternation when he saw | the man taste the lobster and take a swal- | low of the milk. His eyes seemed alme start from his head,,and one c 7 imagine the waiter expected to see the man fall forward on the table and die. Finally the waiter could keep silence no longer, and, bending over the man, he sald, in a frightened way: “I beg your pardon, sir, but did you ever eat lobster and cold milk’ before?” “Oh, yes, lots of times. Why?” | “Well, sir, you will excuse me, but there are lots of people who can’t eat that combi- nation and some people it kills.” “Don't worry ut_me. I've eaten it ever since I was big enough to know what lobster wa! ‘The waiter looked as though he hesitated to give full credence to the statement, but he was a bit reassured and retired a’ few steps, all the time, though, keeping an anx- fous eye on the man, the lobster and the milk. Nothing happened except the disappear- ance of the latter, and the waiter, much re- Heved, said, by way of further apology, as took away the dishes: “There was a | velter here last summer, and he ate a lot | of lobster and then drank a glass of miik, and then he went in swimming, and nobody | has ever seen him since."" | — eee THE GREAT AMERI A Country in Which There Odors, From the Cincinnat! Enquirer, “In that country once known as the Great American Desert, embracing a portion of Texas and Arizona, there are no odors,” said R. P. Senter of Dallas. There lusctous grapes and many other fruits grow, espe- clally near the cross timber country, but there is no perfume; wild flowers have no smell, and carcasses of dead animals,which in dry seasons are very plentiful, emit no odors. It was always supposed to be a tfeeless p!ain, upon which no plant could grow or breathing thing could live, but a large part of it Is now sucessfully culti- vated, and but for the rarity of the atmos- phere, causing the peculiarity I have named. and the mirages, which are even more per- fect than in the’ Desert of Sahara, no one would look upof, it,,as_a barren country now. Another sitiguidr feature common. to the desert land 1g that objects at a distance appear greatly Magpified. A few scragey mesquite bushes jWill.look like a noble for- est; stakes driven ingp the ground will seem like telegraph poles.” ¢| N Di ERT, Are No Lady—"Give ,Slass of sarsaparilla and one of those friéd cakes.” Waiter (calling)—"One sass an’ a crawler. E - aS —ree. A Sea: hore cl By S. M. H. % “Multum in parvo.’ | we bow many seals ¢ killed. Some years ugo the Alaska Commercial Company was allowed to catch 100,000 seals annually, but for the pasi three years the present com- pany en linited to 7,500, This year the mited to that number, with a provisc that if the conditions warrant, the ten cf&n be extended to 20,000 seals, “It is to determine these condiuons that I am going there, and as the contract runs for twer ty years it is of great importance to find out how fa I-assume that the cause t the seals are diminishing. in the failing off in the numbers of the seal herd is the re- suit of pelagic sealing, but that is now weil under control. Then’ th to the salmon f that Tam to jook into, and the qi importation of liquor into that country is also. giv the depart some trouble in add ere are many other questions in ¢ po: nn tion n with Aia ch as the dis- which the the authority ot to lease, which 1 shall coe oUGRTr wi yy In je Experi- ence, but Not a Scientific Basi Froz Hospital. A practical question arises here: Qught to continue to vaccinate if we cannot sive a scieaufic why ond wherefore for our work? This question may be answered by asking another, or several oth Ought a baker to bake bread and his customers to : Supportea ne Lon stration of the process of fermengation which takes place in the dough? Ought a farmer to sow corn who is not able to ex- plain the chemico-physiolcgical process of the development of the radicie and the pul- mule? The truth sis—and we are aimost ashamed to put so elementary a proposition inte the pages of a scientific journal—that facts and empiricism, arts and manufac- tures, all take precedence of science in the order of human development. Whole genera- tions of men—the majority, indeed, of man- kind—-have lived and worked and died with- out the consciousness that science was so much as possible. Science—the knowledge and comprehension of things in their es- sences and causes—is the iatest of all human developments. We must, then, do with vaccination as we do with opium. ‘We ask of opium, What is its history? What has it done in nedicine? And the answer is that of all substances which mankind has yet discovered it Is the most indispensable for the beneficent work of the relief of human pain. ‘Therefore, though we still lack a complete demonstra- tion of the therapeutic modus operand! of opium, we continue to use it and shall prob- ably go on doing so to the end of time. milarly we ask of vaccination this ques- ion of questions: What has {t done in the world? And the answer is that it has de- feated in open conflict one of the deadliest enemies of mankind and has put us on lines of igation which may yet rob all pazh- zenic organisms of their terrors. If such should be the grand result it ts obvious that the mind of man, by how much it is ae- livered from ignoble bodily fears, by so much will it rise to greater and’ greater heights of boldness and intellectual achieve- m This we can all see. But medical men, as the custodians of the science as Well as the art of healing, must constantly re- member that vaccination and tnoculation can never achleve these magnificent results until they are firmly established upon a basis of scientific r foundation on as well as upon a of solid and unchallengeable fact. See eee He Drew the From the Detrott Free Press. m sick,” whined the tramp at the kitchen door, “and will you please give me just a picce of bread and butter.” “Nothing mean about you, is there?” re- sponded the charity-lined cook. “No, ma’am, there ain't.” Perhaps you would like to have some sugar on your bread?” said the cook, with sarcasm, ‘The tramp drew back dignifiedly. “Excuse me,” he said, “I may have my weaknesses, but I hardly think there is any- thing in my manner to warrant you in thinking I am a United States Senator,” and the intelligent cook apologized on the spot. ri Te An Enfant Terrible. From Life. 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