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TANGLED in a maze of law.
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H/.•-! Harr Hrr ••JumiM'.l"
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nJ j, \„n II Will Taltr n Vrur'
H .irl. Hrl 'lallrrr lralhlrnril
~„r _ irif f aiartailaa, 1.-
mill lllaraar In >nmr \rr
, lt ., _ ihnuanmla Hara Tnrn-il
lu ,. k Hiikaul lla Ini F.vra Had
„ |ipn riul*y Turn l> n la4r
,„i ,ii lilrl—l*rrrn* C'onillilonn I v
it' Town.
. i<vvi. tov I* Armalron* )
• v\ „<*h •< ’ 3 -tlonaailoin*) m
. 0 ’.Mon and arrnrral rxmtiia
- have re.ntly
t , ,nt airi priiiinl In Iha nwnmpri*
■ try Moot of thorn hair hr. n
, nf mrr who do not nn.lnramnrl
, ■ hi
•..tlrton, thrrr Having onr
, iv sin the rxpr iat lon of picking un
, . |tkr riam shrlla on fhn . ran.l
. t tha mrtil Into diiß*[winit aa i
, .*r* .t rwrr|*> iluai from n floor, thry
, mn rd iftrr a abort and impronta
, „ at Nomr. {trsa.mKia and .ilarm
, Tbay arr near saving tha Momr is
Acene In
ft r ige hoax, that there In no cold thore.
T • r tall wiki tale# of lawlessness. dim
>• ar.d mar vat ion. According to them.
Noov ja h hII on earth. and every man
aio w* able l. leaving or making ready
to ear*
Th*e* report* are not true Nocro s
t moat orderly mining camp In exist -
• • There have been but two d.<tha
I violent** in tie Matorr Death* from
•",y n?hr c*u*e are rare No epidemic
Iftft ever fr ttnel on the city. The gan-
v ;*h of e community la wonder
f.i Ugh. Iw. t*r* have to tk* up
other .u.es of t>uftinn>9 us side issue# n
-Vr • support chemM'lvce. and the few
u "Weaker* el? all diy twirling their
* r and trying to devise method* of
or ipf lu*tnon* Ah for 'timmott,
t er enough f<*d lr Nome now to last
\ for three ye,we Moreover, there
t -v ry reason to oelieve that there in
r. r h gold In Nome as the original
l e," 'lorn supposed Yat, in spite of
r *1 ouditlons, In spite of it golden
" v> waiting to lx* brought to light.
N # pover y **trl-lie. With the pre
< • n metal uixb r It* very feet it rtaiela
bourd and helpless. One word is ♦x-
I- *’.>r\ of the whole thing, a word
M'ft cause* t e Nome resident to rise
> and trse Itixtirttinih -i.titan*
Too >luoli l.w la Uliat la I roulillnu
Anmr.
’fad of being I iwlea*. Nome is suffer
ing from n surfeit of liw There I* a
’angle In the recording office that may be
ivelsd in a >• r ot may never be tin-
One of the Few ('Utlms Still tloitig.
* tvelM. jt v f . niH highly probably from
• pi-ccm ott'look that byfure eome of
*' ‘ luptitia ir t*ott!#►*! the bone* of th*
■I 'M.tnt* will t:< chircoitl. At the b**M,
"111 hat h* jHC-.-lblc to g-t n floor tit!**
’ •< hum In tie Notno ilt-trl* *t for a year
tam this writing. This condition of af
’llr - i> due to a process of lathi grabbing,
< peatej and r* prated attain. unprcce
1 h gol*l ftml* ware rcp.*r*tvl from Nome
t * 't* tiurr|.**l in over the Ice last winter.
'** i Pol Inc th* rueli and wishing to get
* hr-t Th* se .* ttly * omers staked the en
' ■ltgtri, t whatever they thought there
* po- llilllty of gold being found
1 fr *m *he beach f*r four miles In
t th>* . <K er prtifp* **tors staked, often
they didn’t have time to get to the
it i ■* they * : ik' and out the snow One
f o etak.d out ■■ | mil. supposing that the
t"w l* tenth his feet reeled on solid
l ind it stead of frozen water. The law
I oly cilia that. In order to locate a
' m. a man moat have mails a bona fide
•a tverv of golf It Is simple enough
• ml • r to - that he has discovered
1 It! 1 I. until SIKH, and by no means
' mple to prove shot he hasn't Then
" th' • iris comer went merrily ahend
g out mil recording until the reonrd
■ik Sint track lo civilization for eye
* * es arsl hair restoratives.
1 Inline .lontpcit at Wholesale.
' th" time the first lot of claim Makers
*'s , l their ilalms comfortably res.'ord
*** mg tame a seror: 1 Installnant Now.
m ist bei four slakes to a claim, phic
"* the proper relative porllbHi* When
nieyt.nl and shlftel the makes
" down or toppled ovsr or wera car
r 1 The.reu|ton tho newcomer* joy-
Jumped the claims of their prede
r,r* and appalled the worn rgcordltig
errlts with anew iwtrh of recorda. In
*es. It Is alk-ged. Ihc later com
**r •stentatloutly removed such stakes
' * r “ fotiiai still rigidly upholding their
tnti stihstitut*d their own The
* |* that every square yard of earth
f* ■ tmlered with .'’onflii'ilng clalnr* Men
, alth py k and shovels went forth
w ’* ami encounter**! one another
ifa-i There wa- a tine flfosfwct tf
•■'•'ty dvcrvaaa in Uw sr.al population,
larul the undertakers begot. to Chirp tip
tmfce *ome interest In affairs, wjj. t*
,hcov f moot with Its soldi* i stepped
I In and Ml<l:
This shall all he MltliTl in due time
rtfiii hv Ki vs Meantime yon disputant e
will Lave t> mall, i_k> down to the tw-ach
i and catch fish.’
Early in Nome'# career th**rc was moe
?n be don* on the beach than to catch
fl*h Gold was to be found tber* It wa>
th** "free be*# li” upon which my man
might hum the pro* Unm and g.titering
particle* rut a liiwvtr put an end to all
th.tt. Ho picked out vs hat h* .•onddered
ttn r 1 best spot on the* l*w- h. *tak*l It
•>fT find recorded tt Thsre am- a general
protect Th* lawyer argued that ho had
tha came right to tho ties* h a* h** would
hnvo to th-* ll of am reek that ho had
staked out Nohodv *au*d to hoar the
*nl of hi* aruununt People didn't want
lo take a i banco that ho might ho wrong
Thrs rtlfhod *o th* b*a*h and a*.iked with
ouch enthuatarm that presently thoro
vsa-n t a finvt in five mtioa that waon’t
• ’•.rw*l Moat of tho claltna vsero rocord
c-d ty mor‘ than nno porwon. ►m* by half
a doson. Th* povornnianl ato|pod In again
and ordor*.| .. I work utopprd on ciaima in
•Hap uta Thon it wa *irno to go flanlnK
Homo claim w*ro put Into the hand.s ol
a rsotvc*r who took ml tho iwitput until
ouch tint** ao th* lltigatiixi should lo do
cldad. thus pormtttmg tho claim to ho
productive* ir> tho lntorlm.
Nlrnngo him I I •i*|o Oroan l>rrdsra
Many I’ranko
chlnary purporting to ho drodvoa wore
brought to Nome by pooplo In a hurry to
dir up wealth from the ocean's bottom
Horn** never worked at all, and still stand
on the beach, melancholy monumen’s of
failure other* c .countered one storm and
( rumple I up Into wi lesprewd wreckage
Tie r* wu one dredge, fashioned parti* u
liirly for working the beach tin* distance
, untlrr water It stood on four legs, fitted
with toller#, which the lnv**n(or assumed
would make R as egsv to handle ns a push
a*-# He had formuten the w* ight, how
ever, for when Its endless chain of fhov
-1 el-i \v.(- pel up together with the machin
ery m could rot be moved. Thai dredge
represented a Wvm of Vs'.ftf© to Its owner
In all hundred* of thousands of dollars’
In ** is represented by the various dredges
which li# on the beach, wrecked or high.
1 iry and useless Some of them were
found to h*- impmctkmble from the first:
others could not stand the stress of the
heating ten# Should these he rebuilt or
; reconstructed tn practl- aide shape it Is
doubtful whether the harvest they could
reap from the sandy bottom of the oce#n
would he rich enough to pay for the #x
pense of working them
Nothing In Home for (he bate
looters.
To thl town tangled in litigation, and
to the he .ch covered with wreckage, tan
gible and impl <*d. came the fortune seek
ers (r m ilie* realm# of civilian*lon, full
of fantastic expectations The effort noon
them was dlshem tenirg When they found
everything within twenty-five miles stak
fd out and no chance even to make an
attempt nt gold getting, they said. "Oh ’
or "Ah.'’ or "By Jove!’’ or ‘ Fancy, now ”
ar Just plain "iMimi," according t. their
various nationalities and tastes, nod look
til alKiut for n place lo settle. Fv*n that
was hard to find Many of thi-m returned
to the steomer without even untaick ng
Ihch things. Some few plucklly took th-ir
ln*xp*iT nee ..ut Into other dlstrb ts and
w. ie rewarded by finds * f gold of some
value Thore that returned took bark a'
counts of a fiat fill condition of affair*
Whleth existed only In their disappointed
imaginations.
For one class of arrivals thera was
work to f*o. and these were the lawyers
The legal gentlemen alone have thus far
found Nome an Kl liorado When litiga
tion ligan It Is - till that thete w. rc only
two liwyers tn the place NaturaUy.thei
was a grand tush for ttitan. They took all
cares that came tn and reached for more.
When they had time to do a little re *k
.-ning. wach of th m found that In about
half the nun tie hid been retained on
l*o*ti si l*t Then they got together and
"swopped ofr.” There are mote lawyers
now but they are all laisy twelve bouts a
day.
F.tpert l.egal Rnstnrea.
It I* retlmulrd that about WMJflfl people
lushnl Into the Nome dimri't In the
months of June. July and August So
lur alout JO.UO have return*.! poorer thin
they came, and it is estimated that twist
of the others will come tail before th*
close of navigation The departing u**.
have left behind them greit quant itle* of
t• Mid. mostly cannisl. Nohotly P going *o
starve m Nome this winter, whether he
has any money or no I’rlcss for all
kinds of supplies have fallen and will
drop *llll lower. Here Is list -howtos
the restaurant prl*e of June uwl Septem
ber:
la
Plain aleak #' w * *'
Porterhouse steak ♦
Top sirloin ateak 5 **>
lilb slrfoln slsak * fln 1 ™
Million hop* 1
Pork chops I W
Ham and eggs 1 ‘t
Three vk* 1 n
liacon am) * 1 <®
Hot oakes „
fake S
ftnughniits ®
Pork and beaus *° .Ji **
THE JUOHNING NEWS. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1900.
Hwoh i <w fa
># .**%#>• \ tXI >*
Hamburger atowk \ oo
***+ *-
Coflff 2f*
t'offo** ii'.< iuild with all ordoro.
MfMn’imo, buMUioaa tr> Noma i dull, ox
•♦ ja for the laws ora Tlu* population
amuaoii 11 Me | f hxihnu or attondinir the
variety thovs* aid gurn; sing dona hXen
th** rnllroal between Nemo and Anvil,
where th** llmt otr.ko ak rn d\ dooa %
M'w bulnoao It* ti by It-foot rara.
w of which maakc up a (*a *eng r tiaitt.
to 1# rowdexl with traveler*, Vho
ffialh paid |1 fnro for the pix milo ril* ,
iiwr half a d"tofv paßßengor* w.- ill be re
giirded *a r *•! qtaotM The principal
otr**eta of NV>me are d*-ep In mil mativ
of tro hoUBt-B are t*>aerted. the dark win
r*r IB on and the nev fow months
w iU not l>s happv ore* for the re:*len*j.
the h inds, pin ks gold l urv*r* wno
l*e|love in the |*b e and It* n he will
k here, on*l w h**n tho claim are **i
>•l and f bo re sl l work begin.** thes ntanl
to wiu a rich reward p Arma rong
AK>: t ( I in TIIK. *T %It f.
Mwny Earopeaw Hulera %re Wholly
(riven Over to (apetatltlom.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer
When the newspaper* lately rooor.lc I
thut the khrdlvr of F'gspt would a*!irt at
t>n e from hla dotninione holklav-making,
hla chief astrologer having dec id ad that
th*s planet* were At last favorable they
.wily reported what t. in the case of quite
a dozen rulers, a commorvfd.ice fact.
Not only ha* the khodive oß'etialMy a
young nun. aliirs' and on the mot modern
' • * •.. f \ - .. ** :
.. , r-r' - *4* . • '■
fri&i-. ■• 1 ' r v■ ’M
Passenger Train to Anvil.
principles and one wlm affwets the verv
latest Ixmdon and Parisian fad** and fash
ion#—been watting fill HD chief astrologer
said he might trax'el without anything go
ing wrong as a foregone conclusion, but
alm*ot in the sam** 1 senes of the newsiap
ers that recorded the fa t ft ie learn*d
how that Hgtu of the universe, th*- Sr h
of F’er-la. has been compelled o
iuvak hla Journey to the hone# of the
western loirharlans because his council of
slur reader# decided that the planet*- Im
peratively demanded *M4a
As for the khdtve hie per sent planet
ruler, one Yusuf. hae only lately been
peri|> reme.t <1 in offfc* When the
young culer som* time ago, if>ei u review
of troo|h aol British off|crs,
ventured to ##y mat ot * Kitchener, the
sirdar, wan a mer* dunce- at moving sold
iers, he was sh#rpl\ <xl.ed lo ac -mini,
and then h(s apology look the f-rm of a
aiatement that Yusuf had piomp?*d him
and that If was ih* s*arK and the astrolo
ger that declared against Kitchener.
M>st of th* gr*r eastern laincee. the
of Afghanistan. King Menelek of
Abyssinia, the Hultan* of Morocco and
Zanslbgr. the Dowager Krnpre*ka of China,
rhe ’ sultan" *>f th* Malay state ar i even
King Nicholas of Moire*;--gro all have
offi* l aetrlogerH. who are called upon
■ ,
V C'i
An Enuged ldrelge.
almoat dally for propluw-lea.
The Emperor Naimleon 111 was a frank
believer In signs and omt-tut of all kind*
Th* hitg" aucceea of a certain Amerl an
adventurer and stdrltualtHf In extiacting
money in Knglund and e|*"Wh*re a i*r,i<
tlra that ultlmaiely brought him lo the
|jolicc * otirt dock -arose In Ihe flret Inel
anes from this man having been o firmly
tieltevsd In by the snip* 101
Home rem*lkoble stories ate laid by the
late laird Odo rtu.se 11 os to the Influence
this Amerl* nn trickster gained both over
Ixiula Napitlcon end over ihc <‘xar Nl hu
ll* of ItuSsta A* to ihe former he actua
lly existeeil himself from withdrawing
tmutts out of Mexico by saying that Ihe
American, ala **an-*, had displayed to
him a whole |>ani>ram of glory, of which
th- Auetratn grand duke was Ihe central
figure
The I z.r NiohOl ts would po- p* ne Imp T
tant appointments with the r**i.ts-nu
11ves of ih<* mlglillest litiise. **! tht w. rl I
ttecaiise ths American hd decided that
the stars for that day were unfavorable,
tine of the cleverest diplomats that Ktigl
and ever had waa declared not t*i Ire ac
ceptable at the I’xar's court, be ause the
Kus-lan ruler had been a-urt.l hy the
American, os It became known-lbat (be
dlpltan.il |k>-* sed the "evil .>< An* Ih
er < x *r, the father of lh* present tin- ,
areepied ihe wlaib- mumltojumlto of at
rit.tsgv, sorcery an*l so on. and after lit*
occasion not many y.tie ago. when hi*
train was wreck* and by nihilists, he sent hU
chief tourt star redder, a Tartar, to Si
beria for the man had d* larcd that iha
day In question wap ihe beat In tho whole
calendar for traveling _
fty tale King Humlaut of Italy believed,
hefore all thing- else in the h.-z*>ar sluue
that ward oft the evil eye Th- hex.tr
.tone is a Very rare growth, obtained from
certain mountain anlma s. and h- wots
Hires such stones, that "change color wtta
the stars." in his welded. Irremovable bra
, Her When he wished lo confer unusual
honor on anvone he gave them a b*.ar
Since a present that .net him from |lu
The poor murdered Kmpress of Austria.
,s, present K 1 ng of the lit Igtans and ex
tauren lsaheila of fr*iln. who lives In
Paris, are the .enlrt of hundteds of stor
ies of superstition, and th< last namt*l
h*s lwav - kept hy her a dumb monk of
trvs ulsnf .pp .ran* e, who prepares * hart*
(ft the data lor h! mis-res* nd her
(rlenda.
HURRICANES AND STORMS.
%\ IvlIT.Hr 11'I.IA OF THE W*tHOIA
TION AXII KUKBP OK THICM.
■ ■■—■
linn IA rattier ( liangea Ire Xwfed
and Itormt Knllowed ty Ihr rtb
■ i rver~Hir l.nhetfnn lllvoter
I yrtonea on the Other Stile of live
%\ or Id .
Wtllfta E Moore. Chief of the Weather
Bureau, in <‘ol let's Weekly
The Oslvaton stoim agatvi call* atten
tion to th.se terrlb e atmospheric vialta
ttona font the trop b which on •• ('oust
of their lews di.ime er of rotation anl
rhelr much greater velocity of gyration,
we dvrlgn.it- a* burr ines lnataad of
rydsNiea. Al storm# eaccpt thunder
storms, are - yrlonlc In chars ter. that la
to rat, th s gyrate about a vartlcal
axis In ntiinnt r slmll ir t the action of
an iUsly that I- irrled along by a run
ning at roan/ fyclones are usually one
thousand ot m *♦* mites in *ll.*meter They
ere not re • artly dodrti'tlve Hurrl
c.*nes whi h. lit’itl the Spanish• Amen an
war. were about the only visitors frvwn
the West li .ilea at w. ever saw have
a tliami er . f only from on*’ hundred to
flv'e hundr *1 nn ik and the vcloclt) with
which the whit log air gyrates about the
stoim - ent* r ftfit• reuses In the sam*-
ialio as the and atirter of the whirling
mass d* ■ tMses 'l* >rt . lo*-e ar* nly ln
cldents rf -prirp cy**lcne and nearly
alwavs occur In the soo’heaat quadrants
of cyclones and within regions three
hundred to fl\e hundred miles southeast
from th* center They ate storms of only
about <-t-e hundred to one thousand feet
In tii.itii* t >
It is dfl - u!t for (n*‘ tc get a clear
Idea of th( illffer* nee between the rate
with whi h a storm 1 translated from
on# place f.. another and the velocity with
\vhl h It whirl- about Ms <wrn center. If
one will picture In hi* mind the sol#r svs
l m. with ad of It* planet* and tb*lr
-at-lilt. r>,tilarl\ performing their r*
sprciivc orbits, and turning about their
own axes as moving through space with
out Chang*- in th-- relation of satellite to
planet and i an* t to the sun. they may be
in ..m illl n to eofnir*hotrt the various
phase> of th* tnnslatlon *-f a cyclon.c
I system mu.i the • • .ju* n* In which the
! for**#* an.) dire turn of the wind will
I change; bow the wind, no matter what
uim\ ho the direction In which th** storm
i- moving, inu-t blow into the front of
the storm it a direction contrary to th*
movement f the storm centre and into
the re.*r f the stoim is It recede# from
th*. <bs r\* r bow th** wind Increases in
vein. Ity as i k rates ut*>ut the < entr#
and appruuche- newrtr and neater thF
whrrf It munt ; how
fupn; fr-rrn in throwing the high liyrn of
Hir nwy it m th#*
up a r k* of high pr**pure about tho
outer prl|>h#ry of %%hlrl that foroo*#
tho Nurfa#o air to flow InweM while tho
upj er <Mirront ar*- moving outward Thl*
whole nip * x pyatem of motion move*
fora.irtl the #amo aa our solar ayatPtn
d°e.
JhMt !ia tho current of wa*er flowing
d**wi; tf ln*lln#*<i piano it- ve
b city In accordance with th#* Inclination
of tha -urf.i'p an*! the rough neap of th
region over whk h It flow*. *o r)o-a the
%p|e Ity of th#* wind, mn it move* inward
toward th#* < enter f th#* whirling atorm
fl pond U|*on both the tO|e>grapny of the
region an! the #Jiffpren<e between the
prcuiwr* of the air at the center and at
the outer rim of the etorm eddy The
low*r th#- tiaromcter at the center the
greater the kvrating velocity *n<l the more
destructive the atorm
The hturna Tlmt lefr#*yed (•■lira
ton.
The storm that destroyed OaiveMon
moved a r<>e# the C'arihhe#in Rea at the
rate of only eight or ten mil#* an hour
!? e.Jghtlv Increneed it. rate ne i pro
gre* -. | n#*rthu ar*t and le t ween FTorlda
ml the *|v*n #oawt I* tnov#-d at the rate
of only ten ot fifteen tnlle# jer hour Do
not ('Cfttfound the ••• of movement with
the velocity of rotation It. la the
motion that < auee# all the deatrweftion
The ve4o. ty of rofatWm waa e#
ar.#l Ihe speed >f tran-tatlon e#> wl#w that
1m man ae waves were pr#{iagated out
wani from th#* renter #>f the atorm farrer
than rhe etorin Ita If wan traveling
Th#ne wave#, nr awo9l#, renhe*d the
Tega# cm-t early Friday avening. About
#ixte'n hours haforw the atorm Iteeif
reached fSalveston la the storm moved
northward through Texas. Kauea*. Ne
hraska ad lowa, its velocity of trans
lation increased to about maty mile# per
hour when It crossed the region,
which was ainwwt equal to 19a velocity
of rotation There were wind veiocttle#
of over seventy miles per hour at geveral
locke stations
It la proper to sav here that In the
I*ake region, as well as in the Oulf of
Meg I co. the warnings of the government
weather aervl-e w#re •*.# thoroughly lls
tfibuted In .*!’ once , f the storm that
there was no disaster upon the open wa
ter*. It 1* • remarkable teatinwmtal to
ioa foreaight of ua prvacut Sacratary
of Agriculture Hon James Wt’anr that
. ‘he metC'MOiogw'al service inaugurated by
him din*ig the Spantah American war
IB • plute. fton to the Amertt on fleet
was. by the law '’unfr**# i**rtnarently
adopted os part f otir National Wrath
e* Bureau, on account **f It* beneficent
application to the peaceful ways of tea b*
un.| commerce Wltrrout the rep>rting
s*a(kaia of trie new s>ervi**e the Weather
Hi tree it w-.uM hav> been unahle to and
i t't the in rpt ion >f the (Salveston hur
rlcer • when |t was mtu> a h.rnlees trm
j oid when II re* hed * • nin h||) of a
! hurricane to ireue tltnaly warning# in
I <dvan a of its coming
4 lien* of f|*- \% rather Vtnrean.
The press disp.it -bes f,Ate that Pr
!aa< M ('line, the chief **fl| • r of the
Wrath* r bureau m Tc**s whi one of
(he icrok spirits nf tht awful hour, th l
under Instructions from \\ ushlngton he
ho;ted the danger signals on Frtdiiv, and
that tn addition to wartilng the people bv
twlegraph and telephone, he went pereon
ally among I hose on the beach on Hotur
•I t' morning and lot g before th* w.iter*
rolled over (be .*!!> was driving the people
from their housaa to higher around in the
-enter <-f the place that when th* last
moan* of rommuni< atton with th*- outer
tvorid had f<uln.| Instead >f f.Uwing the
advV e of friends ar*l going t. the relief
<>f bis own family, he braved the wind and
raging ww4rr wvto reache*! a- . r *ln tele
phone station t Ui* end of . bridge )ust
before tl’t .(Ms parted. He mic. . eded
m sending out from th- dtwuned * tv the
last that w,s transmttfd for se\
eral da vs In this message he indicated
ttie gre.Ht reed for relief, that the city was
rapid!’ going u,*i-r wate , nikl that grcit
•l -trie Hon to life must ensue. After
performing this hern'- servlc* for the
l*ett*'fK of the wh*l penpl* he retitrnd to
hie own h*tne t* find It deetrny***l and hie
wife *n*l *ai* child l**st Huch ho- rift hi
devotion to th* w * Hare of others Is seldom
equalled on tn- battlefield
The disaster t< dalvtston prompts the
inquiry us to whether or not the city Is
ng .lti liable t* such * visitation Between
July and October. Inclusive, there are an
nually alHuit ten trop! al Mnmts that
touch aome portion of our Ail*ntl- >r
(Julf coast* On mm average, less than
on*' per annum Is severely destructive
Mott of th*m are of such .■ nature that If
timely warnings be Issued little damage
result* As to the frequency With which
the*e e*>rm visit the Oulf. it may be
sa‘d that u Hat of ssorm- * irefully pre
pared by tie bite Ir fm rease A I.ap
ham of Wisconsin, and usel hv him •*
*we of. the arguments for th** Inauguration
of a government storm warning service
more than thirty years g<*. shows that
from Its*'’ to lt*o ten hurrl* ne* reached
srme portion *f th* tiulf r.at with mu In
tensity *-o marked as t* have authenlh
rsconl* In the lonl (finals of the region
This Is an average of *me in seven years
H nre th* mg < daation of ih* Nafbnial
Weather gervb *• In lijuth# aver ig- of *ne
severe storm In tbl region in seven years
has ben maintained, but n<* **ther s’orm
has left sik h an appalling record as the
one of Hept ft. and It Is not probable that
we will again see Its counterpart on the
Texaa roast in many centurlaa
hrrMt Itisasters nf Hie Past.
The tracks of West Indian hurricanes
nearly always form a |*araho!a. with the
recurve between latHudeg Jk and Ha, alid
generally east of the Oulf Hut th**re are
• iceptions to this rule, and o< valonalfy
tropical storm** do not recurv# until they
reach the West tstiff roast, when they
mov* northward and eastward through
the interior of our country. In l*y* great
loss of life was caused In the e*-a Islands
ofr the const of fbatth Carolina by the at*
prnarh of a hurricane that Instead re
curving and passing n the Northeast,
moved inland to Bake Erie and hen pass
ed down the Ht Euwrenea valley. This
*tnrtn was very destructive to marine
Property on the laike# Again, in the
**sm* vear. a form passed into th** Gulf
ii. l entered our states .it the mouth of
the Mississippi river drowning over 2.Wf
peopl*- on the low lying Island* of I Louis
iana Again, on Hept 29. IW. a tropical
hurricane pwaeed northward w - lth the r*>n
t**r of its vortical eddy w*st of Washing
ton It will be remembered that over
,anti trees were fe||*-d In the District nf
Polumbt* by this storm, and much dam
age resulted to buildings
I have 1 *en frequently asked What are
the possibll ties f our Atlantic coast re
sorts leing submerged** In answer to thl
I will say that It Is more than a poewlbll
Ity that grewt disaster may come to pop ll
lous centers lH'a*al directly on the At
lantic , >ast that Mrr unprotected hv break
waters and that have flimsy building
foundations placed almost at sea level Tt*
le sure, li would be necessar • fur a West
Indian hurricane, with w baromeigr r**A<V
trig over one Inch below' th** average at
th*- center of gyration, to deflect a little
from Its • iff ti • k m oi 11 l mi• t• \
ofTjh*re, and pass inland directly over Me
of iheor cities, or else to move up from
the south w ith the enter of the Itisucklng
eddy about fifty tnlhs inland. In order to
raise the water to n dangerous high! at
any plsce In this connection the fact
should not he lost sight of that In Gal
veston there was probably llftl** loss of
life In strongly constructed buildings with
heavy fourvisttons I am of the opinion
that every popular summer resort of the
Atlantic coast would be amply protected
from possibility of material loss of life If
proper regulation* were made requiring
stability in the construction of founda
tion* to a bight of ten feet above sea level
I am further of the opinion that the po*
•thlltfy of the loss of life Is sufficient to
Itutfy tin * afar Inf of rigid rtfftalatlona
in the construction of places of habitation
ft il | •insular IWltwrolOflfll OOtOi
dence that the West I miles hear the some
storm relation to the I’nlted States that
the I’hdlpplnes do to <*htnu With our new
possessions In the Fhllipplneff It will he
possible to organlxe a storm warning serv
ice (hot shall he as valuable all om
merce plying the waterofeonttguou* ti the
f’hlnn asf as the recently established
service In the West Indies Is to the
I’nlted Htates
Rev Father Joseph Algue. ft J di
re- tor of (tie Manila Observa'ory, has.
under the direction of the Philippine*
rpmmission. l**en In consultation with the
Weather Bureau Of the Department of
Agriculture for several months past, with
a view of organising storm-warning
service In the Philippine* similar to that
existing in the Bolted B’ntes fltandard
apparatus was recently purchased under
the supervision of the Weather Bureau,
and Is now on Ms way to the Islands
i yrlnnea tn flir Plilllpplnes.
The hurrlfhnes thit 0.-cur In the Phil
ippine Islands ar* of Ilk*- origin to those
that form In the West Indies and of
n. r 4 y the sam** degree of Intensity Ikke
the West Indian storms, they occur main
ly during four months of the ye*r. Rav
Tather Vine*. who pr**tably gave
more Intelligent study and inveet Meal ion
to tropbaf storms than any other scien
tist. says that It must *•• Imltted that
tropkal cyclone# d** not form a.t any
point within the trit al gnnes, hut that
they sing.*• out for their formation and
development deffinlte region# in these
tones The following geographic’ condi
tk>ns distinguish the sycionlo regions
within th*- tropic from the regions In
which storms are not liable to occur—
namely continents lie to the west
whose const* run more or leas northward
and southward, with aliens!vs **eas to
the east, overspread **mmonly with nu
merous Island** Huch. at any rat*, are
th** geographic features that omor to
form the cyc.oni* region* of the Philip
pine Islands. *>f th#* t’htna sea. of th* seas
of India and also of the Rout hern Hem
isphere In the region situate*! east of Af
rica. In the vicinity of the Islanda of Mad
agnecir. Mourltlut. Reunion. Rodrlque*.
etc put of all the cyclonic regions the
one that more perfectly com bine s all these
ondMlone is the great ’‘Ray of North
America.** With He Wide Atlantic ocean,
extending o the mb’ a-* far a* the roast
of 4% md to the r*orthewt a* far as
the era of K irope and the Northern
sea* The wonderful wweep of these cy
r lon In tracks Is Illustrated bv th# state
men# that storms of Auguet and Septem
ber may lortn in tho vicinity of lha Cnpo
de Varda Islands near the roast of Af
rtea. eroaa the Atlantic and recurve either
on tin- Mouth Atlantic .-oast f the I‘tilted
Htates or in th* Gulf ot Mrxico If the
center of the paial*oltr trn k Is tn th*
Gulf the strm max ¥<>•• the ridled
Hfates to the Mhldk Atlantic *a*t (r
New Bigland. an*t again w *-• j* a ru*- II *
A taint h to the mt**i >.r of Furop* or l
loat In the north wes Our storm* *#*em
to be like everything else in America on
a gigantic ac*>
Authorllies agree that nowhere else on
the fai’e of the g|ot>e is thri*’ tin reglor
whare storms are mei with that **wn com
l*are with those of the West Indies, or
those wihtch uitsr our territory througt
that gateway
The Fury of the Tropical Hsrrlrass
That West Indian st>rms come onß on
our continent in the late summer or eir v
fill and reach their greatest IntensMv
and frequence in has gl**n
rise to the iheor>' that he autumnal
e. j allien e alwavs bring severe wind and
rain storms Agwtn. In or her portion-- * t
tti** .ountrx remote frm the ti. k of
West Indian hum an#** th< tr;nMt.n
fr*m summer to winter usually r* -u*t In
lost (tour*- of rain that -um-iin.- l ist
several *la>- This fa* • still furil * i •
urn.# in the minds of the pe §ie the t*eli*f
that ttiere are *qillnsirtlai ttms- ‘1 *. re
seem* lo l>- n* ObJeMlotl to then calling
Ibex storms “equinutul*! ept tt;.t
nv date In September wll! probably *-how
great a storm frequent v s' either the
2!at nr ?-*d The only relation ha• he
• qinnoxe** bear lo ihe-** storm- ir* that hc
storms are the result of e*t(*• al hinfe
and the equinoxes mark the middie time
I*-tod between summer and winter.
An Ingenious theory of many people in
11lak* hkiiui and he uia’**' Mleeis*ii: ‘
Valley is that the dlrctkm of the wind
for five days pi reeding Hie fall equinox
• licatee th* chars- ts r of (he * ••mine Wic
tei that is to sav. if th** wind be from
th* south th** winter will h** • mild one
and a cold one will follow If th* \vini •
Iw frm the north Investlgwtoai f th *
theory show’s that It lias im foundation In
fa* t
Further In regard to the magnitude of
our storms. II mav be aibl that th* Am* r
b an cold wave has no <iunl*i|wrl, tb i
nowhere el * unless M be tn the steppes
of Russia *fne* the temp* ratuie sh**w au< h
<mn iHatton# In such abort p--Hod* <*f urn**
nor do tha Icy h a*t* sweep over such
a broad ares llut this Is nd i all t >
4ijr dlaadxatitage I an* of th** op.nlon
that the American cold wave h nfe of th
most beneficent gift# of twiltirr For Is
Hear cold Mr gives us mms oiv(**n will.
• a-*h Inspiration of tho lungs and the ah
normally high electric potent la I ihu *'•
wavs accompanies hitch air Invlgiora '#*
man ar*l all other animal life The - obi.
north wind. If H ho dry and l! usually is
hrlngx phvsl al energy and menial bu*v
grey in its mighty breath la*i no one
disparage th** American cold wa\c. f t
much of Hie physical and intellectual *n
rgy that ha* ma*W* this c*un'rv *'ea
that ha* caused I* to take th** leading
pta u among the great nation# nf th*
world, that has cau#rd It# pepl lo r *‘” l
In the art# manufacdurrs and commar* •*
was horn in the activity and energy of the
t-old, north wind If we will follo* *
Hue of thought a llltl** further M will nc
- ur t us that the north branches of t>,r
Aryan ra •• h#ve alwwvs migrated igam*'
ihs prevailing winds, and In the teeth of
rhe watery currents, have always thrived
upon resimance. and have r**wn #(roncer
.in*l more resourceful aga nst **H oppo*l
don It s a ne*-worthv la-1 that a h.gh
i \ tPz.itton has not physically deplete I ‘o<
German, the gcandlnavlan. the Ai*gl”
Awxon and other people of the northern
port of tire temperate gone, that the vll
ixaMon of the middle l#(Hdes a*
ordlng to the historians, have ********
• ikluring as they have r**arhed hUher
and higher stages or dovHopmeiH.
have caused the pe*g>le under their In
fluence to form mot* inaniqp-neous and
strongly knit political Institutions "bli
the civilisation of *>**•• wmihmly lt.
mdea have re**med to reach high degrees
of development only t bring <*n physical
enervation and political dlalntsgi at lon
* Forrtelllwa’’ *•••’ (*alve.t.e atorw.
Now n word in regard to the .aim that
M long-range fore, aster accurately fore
.old the Galveston storm a year in ad
V T notice in his published prediction *h.
statement that. ”ons of the de Fled etorm
pvrUeie for H*i*t*mber will fl about h.
ith to tlth "‘l be Wise for
dwellers on Ih* floutl M*as. M"df. ami
(O hl th- f VVr* in
h.i.rtii. ,1 DU, lm- - I
~v •*.( 11. i- n*v -hi* f-rn.MI >h.
, uni ii kof thn l.urrU ..if tht h H<-
Ida swept the Routh* rn Oulf coo** nd
passed inland at <tlveston The Weath
-I Burrau irnl-ly r-*aUI thn I“ r * 1 *"
„t Ihn . .MR'-hnn Ihi I WOUhl hr in,l
t.y Ihn <llVM.ia*f R.orm, Whlln Ihl ton*
Tttv urn.inr, wlxnr w.uk '-onnkl
•T t.. to, nothin* ton (hr mnront rhrl,
urn in. nuihn, u *rn.ml ••l-mniit > Ihn
that. mov to, npn'l'n
Mlwut Ihla tlinr for hr aouth M
Mini, and roaataThr aouth m.u. Il
.irwto and roM.. ov*l n rr. lar*. r
than Ihr nrnlrr t'nltol Rtalfr an ar* ,
rht rutriwl* aotlthwar.i lo Hourh Amn
lea atol l.rhra In till Of thr lahinrt* of Ihr
W>af In>llr an 4 th •■oar.a.nr of Ihr
rro thr llulf ol Mrahiin-l
moahwar.t lo llallrros Whai nonrrn-.'
to MV fhal rn.-h n prcdt4ton • ■ ur n<-.>-
forrto. 1 Inr romln* of Ihr rrrni hurrl
,-nnr Evrry onr krwiwa that durln* Ihw
l*-rtod atorma ar. lrriiirni in Itir
,4 ihr Writ Irrillr*. Thla ton*-ran* a
irolonrr ihroar* out hla >lraa-nri aivl
.laline evrrjlhln* that fall* UMn an
arr* rwo ihouraivl mllr* In rflimrtrr
I havr prraonally |nvrint*t.v* thr thr
orto of many lon*.ran*r forT.a,tln*
humbuga, aiwl I have yrt to find a rln*lr
ln*lanr whrrr o hlfthrr rlrgrro nf ami.
nr), war ohtnlnrrt limn onr .txiM m.ik-.
by rl<*l,i* hi* rjrrr an.l alahbhi* with hla
l>rnr|| at Ih* calrrwtar. rarln*. "Airri.
thrrr will hr norm#,'* I havr nrvrr
fouial of thrrr forrrartrrr aim* f>r<
■ltotion* wrrr t.arr.l upon anv .trftnttr
Idri. or upon any *r-|.nttflr prinrlplr I
..rn aattrfl'Vl that 4hr majorttv of thrm
know thrmorlvr* to hr rn*n*r<l In thr
prrprtritton of frainl an 4 that thr rr.
maliialrr arr rlthrr l*noranr or arr thrm
arlvrw rlr. rlvr.l hv * <’Mrnt*l in*ni-l4rnr*
Iratwem their prrdioltona ut.*l tho rtorma
that orrur.
Howrvrr. I <V> not <l.-r [io:r that wk
day It will hr pomthlr to forrtrli tho
arrather tmiMha In *rtvanrr, hut thr man
nrr In which wo hurt approach thl* im
imriant problrm (annot hr trr,t*.f with
in th* limit* of thl* paprr HuHlcr It
to rav that If thrrr wrro any knoWlM*.-
l4*y tn thr |*m*rmton of man that
wmilrl rnahlr ton*-ran*r for*, aria to hr
m air ihr Kovrrnmrnt aurriy would makr
Ur of It.
f ANGORA THAT KIM/.
toffee, Aug a r and Pine l.nmhrr Are
Breaded.
From the <'tn**innatl Enquirer
• You don’t know how much you can de
test the snvll of coffee until you have
been on board a cargo-ateainer laden with
th# green berry.” said th** Captain of a
trading vessel the other day
"For a week or ten days it Isn’t bad-ln
fact. It’s rather a pleasant smell that of
the gr'en berry; but after that It hegitiß
to worry you. In 'lamp weather. If It’s
a long voyflge. M’s something terrible I’ve
m n a whole ships crew nearly crasy.
and unable to touch any food, slAiply he
cause of the coffee, which seems to Im
pregnate everything on hoard
"Home other cargoes are Juet as had
Hugar, for Instance. Didn’t suppose there
wras any smell If) sugar, (h* Well you take
M in a howl, and there lanV But take a
cargo of it. "nd let It te*m In a tempera
tu e of fn m to 110. and It’s worse than
roff**e. I’ve felt sometimes as If 1 could
drink gallon of Vinegar flavored with
lemnn-jutre. just to taka th# tweet taste
out uf toy mouth.
Kcmovcd to
24 Liberty St., west
■ Mil i
■tt Hill
Since our removal lo our pre** nt quar
ters we equipped an |i -?Mut n suh
evrrx m*dern pp.*n • (*r Hie 11 ***•'ment
of chrsMn arsl long stsndlr g iMseascfl
(.real w i- r • jr* furlllliee ai.l b# air
iregtmeivi ’he Vi hi Hi. ‘ urstud. Kts
slnv‘r • i rrs’ > h tr* -. modified, group
| iui.ii r •* i.mi bv itw- Aliu method
For m#n> years thuusan I of penpl#
from **ur out i- nave snismlly ##’♦• io
I nr*l*e t, ik * mrwe of lentlfl •
fitb* ,r rn** ■ i the famous res*)rts. *>*l
t* our in i. \nx-i ihii itilnci.il gnd bo’
spring# 11 th** oure *.f various allrtw-i.ls
It hso * -i n*d la t f t* H* wppHcw
!Sj: of rtf.Mnarv and esp* ‘ally mineral
w.u (•> tti- 'i.mifiii Innlv with sdentlll*
K iiidnif • p.'omptiv relieve fn my d'sease#
ivlien itr iki h#ve g ferly fal!*al
At er* i *xi*ens*- artifb iil Isiths o€
ih** •!*>.• rotfl spring •bd f *ir sldl
|f( • l iturt h#xc l**-*K •**!* *d Into
this i ut the A> -o Inetlt'i* This en
terpnsw will efiablo . mull It' i# *>f flc*
Ji* w .. <b (*| >t • unto.l art,*l.l to go
,ihrs*l •** s re the henefl of te great
w c* r i* (.ttn nt In th* r own twin
trv Ifi* Abb-* hr*i air inetft*a*l meet*
14 th** rvNj iifmisnis in kiwi and ektn
Use.- nil dk kU *t * .r
••xa*- ” wri* i it *• umuiatlofi of fgi
.‘1 . . i th* -br.it*-I ht springs of
out i.wn oun*r% Am**ng th*- (nmiceoufl
ate given at this institution,
n v I*** nti.(.*-n*d m*' Kiwinjpsn bath.
.m-wlifi.*!i tn#- Vichl bath (twWlell, the
S|n iuith irtM-littedi. the Am •** ini*nslh A d
th* rvno-eb tn bath, fig nervous #n# -
lixis <•(•! pifalyvl#
Th Ichlyn Thvnwd bath f*e sepdcwc
mt i mid mull tide ill* urn* ions, •(*..
Mii'S igf ami electrb Itv nr** brought o
their * rfi* len. v tn this tmtHuftan Gull
and w u •‘. itmr!tann free Abho ln
stMuti . -‘4 Liberty e*ft west.
•’But pine lumlkcr I the worst I re
memb*r * lie naap . when we had a -Swigo
.f pl.e. and l* b re w - had been nut of
port many days the r*i from the w(K*d
•seined to have gol Into everything We
could tms-e It In the watei. a al tt was al
most Imp ssiblf tu <lr Tik M -it all. an |
urii- iu| par hed with ihUs-f Three of
lie runt died • f fever, aid *** t\ w* got
lido port again we were the w tsi look
ing set of m- n xoii ever s-1 * v#* upon It
w<s months before I could g* rl-l of th#
effect# myself
MU 111 A \ I >1 I BtHIIW.
That is. \o( Exactly Xrw, llwt \ewly
I>(■*% * rrl.
From the lauvlon Hutnaml irian.
New stsirs are comparatively rare In as
tronomlcal history About fifteen gemilns
nov nr h\c !<••* n (lts < 'Over-**l In the lai ( 4*lo
year?* Among the>e was (he new star In
Aiirtgo which was first seen early In I'dC.
winning much attention. Another new star
was found this time by w Udv. Mrs.
F>nmtiita laic In I*SI7 or early in lFt Ko
faint was Hr light that on a photographic
plate which showed star to th** fifteenth
magnitude. H had failed to impress its
(mag* Htill. tty i e the f • bl- little elar
was. Anew \ariat*i‘. to©, has l*dt ft*-in*l
lately, in the ('ohm 1*11(1100 4*ygrei one af
the Algol typ* Th> discovery wis mods
by means of photography It* l variations
in light were first remarked in two siie
i esslv*- photograph* t.ikeri at M• *c-'OW, wn*i
again in others M Harvard foibge Ob
servatory. The a n.mges run their cotira#
In rather nsuf limn four -i-iy* and a
half, the differed*** between Ms extreme#
of brlghnes# and dimness Im-.uk very con
■ui-r.tide. Within tlm (*oiittn* , a of our
s(lai system three new heavenly bodies —
not counting astrold#— have b**-n dl*ov
**red during the lost ten yeare
Early In the f*n year#, and Indeed so
long ago that w* hove almoct ceased to
think of (he stranger as "new Jupiter's
ilfth moon was found by Prof Barnard of
ths kick Observatory. Ho quick*y •! fresh
scientific objects drop Into the Imc kgrotind
of established fads Hut Saturn aleo list
lately gained*# new satellite or, rather,
w** tiav* had to admit another Into our
concepti*hi of Saturn’s system. A faint
object haa leen detected on photogr*pl!o
plates, In (he i* ighborhoo*! of Hat urn.
changing Itf* position WllH such rapidity
. r ' ** H
must I** another ‘‘moon.'’ Wnen noted It
seemed to Ih journeying In the di
re* • lon Ha I urn him-elf. though not so
fast us th* great planet. If not a satellite.
It can hardly be aught else than a further
off planet, hut th satellite explanation
Is reckoned the more probable. This small
body. If observed by human ey*ai from
Saturn, would look much the same In
point of brightness as a sixth-magnitude
star ol (served from earth Its diameter
has been roughly calculated nr. perhaps,
••omewhere about 3ft® miles. Not of much
servlc# to Haturn as a moon, on#
would Imagine, supposing (hot any etc h
"service” Were there required. The name
of ’ Phoebe” W’* proposed for this moon
let by Prof. Pickering—"after*’ a slater
of Haturn.
Another recent discovery deserves espe
ial mention Not because of the milk or
brilliancy of th* >ody. hut from other
factors (n the question whs h make It of
importance On Aug 13. l*W a Get man
astronomer t work In Berlin caught #
glimpe of :• certain small wanderer, n* ver
before seetn, arsl th* fact became s t M *>hly
known. The site of th** stranger as * *an
pgr*’*! with our moon Is as a (my
A
aiilnent Avery minute world Indeed
|xerhsj>s only **• seventeen miles,
and at most probably not more rh#n
iwcnty-flve ii)i(*s In diameter —eo that nto
#n hardly f*e| surprise at its having so
long elude*| the attention of eetronomere.
And yet |t has a peculiar intereat for
inhabttarMs of our earth. Hundred#
among (h* astcroWls would, each singly,
far outw* tgh this little body; *bd most
of th** known hu tell lies are gigantic by
comparison. But among all th<* -tero4da
un* l all th** satellites of the solar sys
tem not orvs can he found o vie in at
traction with the latest found planet.
The asteroid# belong one to another.
Journeying In company through the vast
s|*a- e which lies between the orbits of
Jupiter and M'ars We think of them
as a whole as • system a# the poaihh
remnants, cording to one theory, of
--one great planet In the long past. And
lb. satellites all belong to their prlma
riew
We do nor picture them to oureelve# a#
planets apart But the new small planet,
Kroe. is different. Erne stand# alone.
K*m belongs to no horde of tiny neigh
bors. Eros Is controlled by no great pri
mary Eros travel*, so far ae we can
tali, in solitary state: not between Jupi
ter and Mars, but between Mars and tha
earth It ha* always been asserted that,
after the morm. no single body In all
the neavens— putilng aside the thought
of meteorite#--ever approached nearer to
earth than Venus on the one side and
Mars on the other That can he said no
longer Eros t* almost half as rear
again a Venus and only about one-third
as far off as Mars. The nearest point
to which the moon ever coma# lw about
2JMO3 miles awav. The nearest point of
.Mars Is over JlJUftOfth miles, and that of
V'ei ne over mile# a pay But tha
.Mile planet Rr*>e la. or #oo will he.
within miles of us iSo the find
ing of Eros tiny though (hat plane, be.
may be looked upon as an tfioch in iba
history of tu# solar system.
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