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12 THE OAFA11A DAILY 15HK : TIT138DAY , JANUARY . | , 18 8. COW IN GUISE OF A DOCTOR Her Milk a Soothing Portion fcr Tempers and Disorderly blomachs. SALVATION FOR DYSP-PTIC AMERICANS of tinNcu Hot WnliT Cure from Whluli VI i-n mill Women KiiicfKf- lion ) . 1'rvnh nuil Pit I r. " " " " " " c Unless oil signs fall It appears as If the ' * Ipotlipcarto'willvery soon be obMgcd to give up pill rolling ccid tic mixing of blt'er physics ami take to dairy farming In scarcli > f u living ? By a rough calculatlen It has betti computed that the really Us money In drugs lias been made cut of the djnpeptlta tile martyrs who have livers to complain of and the equally ra Cictla sufferers from In somnia. All these onetlmrliberal patron- IZITH of the drug shop , and especially the women.have turned almou In a body to the milk cure , TliMo who are too far guie In the demon- beset lalh of Imflgcstlon rail back on the water cure , end If any of the dluihdrgcd patients frcm either of these cures can be believed , there U no ledger any excuse for the existence of nervous rros latlon , rheu matism , dyspepsia , sleeplessness , Itidolcncc , bad temper , low Bpirltii , and quite a score ol other acute ailments of the body or Irreg ularities of the mind. MllK is now reckoned aa u&ttlro's sweet restorer , and under Its In- lluenco the phyalchra undoubtedly tuo turn ing the erstwhile most dyspeptic old hulkn | nto the trimmest human crafts ever fcen. S1MPLK HOME TKH-VTMENT Thu process Is simple to the point cf fool- IE/.UU-S * , an > l no matter whether you are a poor typcxvrl'or , who grinds In a cla e office for $ S a week , or a debutante suffering from too much tvnvasbick , champignc and terra- uln , the elllca y of the treatment Is just the tame In xhort , the milk Is put Into the stonncli fcr the express purpose of killing the germ that prevents the oropei asniul titLn ot food More than ( Oils , where chronic dyspepsia , .as tieun endured , the lltjull diet gives the ev Inus oil Internal organs a long needed rest from their futile cxcrtlras , . then , as In ty pho-il fuver , the milk , while nourlii'i'.in serves as a perfect dislnfec'i nt , and all these valuable iiualltlts the Russian titv.t ills ctveieJ. It was mcstly a c.a-sa of Ignorant pcisin s tnat found that by llvlrg on milk the-y Derive 1 great benefits , but , like Uurslan pedants , Hiey carried the milk diet to mcst absurd extreme , aud noboJy go any goo 1 of It. A few ycais ago , ho.vover , a couple cf Ger- rii-n chemists ejected milk into 'he almos' germ devoured stomach ot n dog and the way that Innocent white fluid lay lcv the most millgnant l : cterla , rcdulng In two days the genre from billions to thousand ) ' , n number , proved that the cow nad more tic' over a light to be regarded as a luereJ ani nul. T > hu success of this experiment hat borne astonishing fruit , and dally the dolors meo their pa lents with the i ssurance that milk It 'o bo the silvnllon of the gcod-for n-othing American stimiaci , whence proceed bait the misery of the American citizen HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL. With women It Is only fair to say the nhy Blclan.s admit they find the most Inferl- sort of sonmch , the wcikest nerves and tin patients most willing to submit to a mill- die : Tor It requires no little fortitude t follow e'.ils new cure , which consists of lull ! , nuil nathUig but milk. When the i atlent Is possessed of means the doctor enters her to bed and commamlt for at lea t a week absolute Isolation fron all amusing , exciting or Irritating sights am ! sounds A nurse and great quiet aie ncces fcary and the first day , where a woman 1 : perhaps veij-lng on the brink of nervoii' prostiatlcm , from four to eight tablespoonfult of skimmed milk are given every hour and > half. ' The milk can be taken hot or cold , bu very slowly , a teaspoonful at a time. The next day nine tablespoonfula are admlnl - tered , the next day ten. The top of thi bowl or glass In w'.ilJh the milk stands muh bo scrupulously skimmed every time thi liquor is. administered and while the meager diet goes on milage Is given twice a diy , a cup of hot water Is slp.iod eaily i : the morning and for the first three days th pitlcnt Ls mentally In a stile o' hot rebel lion She resents the whole treatment am a thousand times resolves to escujo he nuiice , descend to the kitchen , order eveo delicious , pcintclous dlsb hhc knows of gorge her repentant empty Interior to reple tlon and then pass happily away to the law where there are no stomachs to speak of. After those Hist three diys the fiends o hueiger leave her ; nfter a > veek she craw , out of bed , thinner , but eh , sa clean Inside the w bites of her eyes are aa blue as tu yo'ing ' spilng skies and her bkln as clear at a hc'ilthy baby's. Her milk diet h Increased very gradually , she drives a good deal ana otter the second week , If everything goer TV ell , she Is allowed to take as muzh milk at slip dcolrcs In six weeks she will find herself turno' out to ordinary pasturage unco more , A cren ture Internally born ngain and with .1 dlges tlvo. apinratns as perfectly clean , sweet and vigorous as that of a healthy child. If slit tloen not abime It she need never suffrr the tilings of dyspepsia , the quilms of nervfa or the torture of slccplersness , while the brUhtm-bs of her eyes and the smooth , rosy pollth of her c'.ieeks will repay her alone for lier slwcekri' aletlnence. TOR POOR FOLKS. It usually requires longer than six weeks for a woman to be cured on the milk diet If she cannot go to bed , enjoy massage and other luxuries Prom three to nix months she may bo obliged to follow the rigid course , and o.io woman , who could not give up her work and whoso health uas apparently wrecked , lived ci : nothing but milk for ono year and clx. months In that tlmt > she was at her desk every week day. enjoyed but a couple of weeks' vacation , nnd yet heir vigor waa absolutely restored , This woman had no mufhaKC. no drives , no nurse and absolutely nothing but milk paEeed her lips. It required no little eelf-control , she after- vaids confessed , to obey the law of the diet. The odor of a hi oiling steak would almost brliiK learn to her eyes , besides water to her mouth , and Mio chuvved gum to keep her Javvr In practice , and faintly reminded hei- nolf of the Joys thnt had been hers , but nlrc rejoices in her peiseverance. Tl cro are relaxations , however , It Is only Jiu > t to say. nfter the first few vvecta' course of Hwcet milk , Patlenta are In time allowed to take tlclr liquid with Its natmal cream , to drink butter milk , to have their food hot or cold , and , once a day , In the morning , to enjoy a brimming cup of strong coffee , as bvveet and creamy as desired , lint the whole secret of the milk diet Is icgu'urlty ' | n feeding and absolute abstinence from solids. The diet goes for nothing If oyer vlojateil by a single mouthful of any substance mote solid than the prepared bottled tled milk , and some of the good effects of the rrtlmpn are not only rctoratlon of digestive powers , but , what U no Important to women , i perfect adjiiatnunt of Wright. T.iq milk .not only take.i off superfluous ftci' * ! , but a thin woman , MI about her third weak ot-'he diet , will llnd the sales tipping steadily lu her favor , until bho gains more avolidupals u all the cotld fo-xls could over lung pu her bones PIcUi Mius built up Is mitalanthl ti J healthy , but lately , jn { leurch of ble&ied Immunity from Indigestion , tlio suffering American has been submitting to a yo1 more severe ) treatment , known as the water cure. This tun hardly be railed a diet , end the water Ii merely used as a rnracia for washing out a etonacn more thoroughly and tatu- rally even than milk or a pump 0111. Dyspeptic ) > atlciitt ) who mait have Immedl- ute relief are tjlniply put 1:0 : lied < md scoured out. out.Hrlcnco Hrlcnco baa dlccovrred 'Cut tot five tlayu a human being 0111 subsist on water , and a bold Amerlccn phytlclau haa taken science at Its word , Tucked under covers , the pa tient U not permitted to rnako any exen Ion that a nurse can prevent. She U even turned over , lifted up and fed by the nurw , add also piled will * not water. Pints of the warm fluid are adtnlnle'ercd until nausea Beta In , then aa the water Is taken In tbo astonished atoiuach returns it. Tula pro- of rlnfllng out Is continued until thi phjBlcInn Li latltflcd thnt his [ > i'lcnt Is at ckun cud m empty ay a new whistle , untl c\ory germ h s not .only been drowned bu flailed out. nnd tSc 'wilder , wiser , wtakei patient can bcaitl the proud title ot ex dyspeptic. Ill UNT lAI ) Cl IllOtS. ' * ' TIio gold nalch of ttdglr Allan Toe Is oov In t'ie ponepsloirof H , \ \ \ Albright of For Madison , la. . nd lls"h ) < itor ) Is character latlc of the cli ktrpif career of the poet. H < lud been In debt to Mr.\Alb.Hfiht brother , i rtlcrchant tailor , ninl git\u n.neral notes Ic iMtletiieiit , together with the % \atcli In trust "IMf , < u A I'ue'Ma kHgiavcfl on the- gold wi Inside1. liO Mnd J.nrow , of t > anur , Mo. , ( tas i board which tierhtips Is ( no longca ! worn bj my man In the world. It Is now seven fee Ih Uuntil mid has niwsurtil tcven and one half feet. Mi. Uarttt I * six feet In helRh and WPlRlis 175 | > ouiit ) \\liun stnmllni ; will hid dtatil ( Iowa It extends two feet upoi the tlooi. Ho his not thavctj for over tnentj } cati > . He wcuis Ills beard br.dldc-1 am wound around ills body , or else mapped am lotlneJ Inilde 'uiaest ' Ino Siukfisit hpgktsiuaH-Kevlew t-i > s "K 1" . Hecskcnr , bolter kr7j\\n ss 'Col. Ca > c'i liltl , ' killed a MK niuuuialn lion In the mon ' lut , ' , then ile\ci'JileJ the Hattlcsnake rlvoi from h'fl cihln In } hn iiiOJir.iln ; atIis < oul ; and obtained tllvoue- the aftcnicon. " H Hlkr Haggard Imy JtUt come Into pun tension of a must Intel eating tciuenlr of [ .on Nelson , cotislsllugfbf nn uld pewter dish 01 t'.lvci1 ' , no less -'ban clxly Inches In clrcum ferctice. In < ho center ; of the piece Is v cra\c < l the drills , and inutto of the great ad inlral , together v. Ith an Inscription "The Nelson Clnb"-i-\v He aroui'il the edge an cut Iho woitls "Copc < hageu , " "The Nile , ' "Trafalgar , ot Glorious Memory , " tad tin da to 18UO. "How irany limes do you suppose a dentlsi strikes each piece of goldi that he puts Intt : \ cuvlty ? " asked a muni Iugltl\u from tlu chair of ilei.tal torment , "Vou can forw some ) cEtlmnto by my cciint toduy. On cm pleco of gold 1 counted eighty blows of UK dental hammer.Vhcn the blows were struct In groups a number of iiulckly repeated strokes and an Intenal I could not count but at oiio time , with uven stroke1 * , I caiutcc the elffity. " Four robbers lu\o been cniiBh : In the tils- irlCi of llo-un , \Vul-eliow prefecture , China v.hcrei' pioeasslon wjs taking place TUerob berswcru caughtIti acry curious waj , as the } ind all hidden thenipohcs In the oil bar rels belonging to an oil thop. They were scm to the local magistrate , who buntenccd thin : to dean bj strtHigulatl'ii. A LOS Ij plcco of cruelty to animals was rated cu the llrooklyn bridge the o hei night A drunken tullor kicked a cat In'c rpacu. On thd wiy down she taught on an i.cctrln light wire , and her tail made > J con tact with a trollei wire. There was a ilasu the cat was killed , the w.-s "nilrod apart and ithe whole overhead system came dowr with a sputtering of aparks All too eais wcru stopped hi darkness for half an hour Them Is i v moral for the S. P C A. In the Incident , even though the sailor cm not IT- pair damages , j \VIIIN MI K < 1 v\v vs i M\V Vflc-Piiii Triitrlor Itrcnlls Im-Iilcnl- Thirl j ViiiiHK < > . "Sltka was a liot od ! town In 18G7 , " said i \cternn Alaska miner and traveler to a reporter - porter ot the Seattle I'ost-Intclllgcncer. "Ii wa = ! in December , 1SC7 , two months after tin formalities Involved In the transfer betweet Kusila and the United States had been com- pletul. 1'our companies ot bnlted States In- lautiy were stationed at Sltka and then were 200 Russian troops remaining on tlu ground Some of the Russian labo.crs em ployed by the Uusslan-iAmerleaii CommerJa company , the predecessor of the Alabka Co.u- larcial company , were enlisted as soldiers In addition there were nearly 1,500 Indians at Sltka. I sUould judge tint the population of the place was between 3,000 and 4,000. "Situriay night and Sunday were the gal : occasions. On ( Saturday night the JuO edt UilEsian laborers employed oy t > ie KusMau American company were paid off.Vltl dcarcely iinj exceptions they Invested theii nagea iu Jamaica rum ut adulterated , 10 ( proof nnd strong enough to literally pcol the die In off an oldlnary ma i's gullet. These laborers would get all they could buy am ] then they pould make Sltka howl. "Up lit the castle , where the dignitaries and high officials of the Russian-American Commercial company livid , there v.ero fio- qucnt nights of merriment and revelry. The castle wouU be brilliantly lit up. A ball was usuallj the form-of amusement chosen , fol lowed often by a banquet , at which the wini flowed in streams , faster than the cataracts that pour down the slopes of the ixiuntalns 11 summer. To these fe&ilvltles the Amer ican ofllccrs would be Invited , as well as the customs peopleand the principal citizens The revels iwould continue till broad day- "I have never seen a sight more plctui- csquo 'than when at noan everj day , at the tolling of a ibell set high on a fir stump , the 300 workmen1 employea at Skka would troop out and stand" In line , waiting to take their mid-day allowance ofo1ka , ' or rum. Pre paratory to this the spirits would ba draAMi from a barrel by workmen and placed in j huge copper pan. A measure holding what an Ameitcan would regard -as three pretty stiff drinks would bo ibrought out. As each Umnlan npproauhcd the pan ho would dofl his cap or bait , cro'a himself after the man ner of the -devotees of the Oreck church , and carefully measuring out hltf allowance "would gulp It dawn , -Slowly - and with great care each man would sink the measure in the pan , eager to see that he got all that It would hold , and lifting It slowly to his mouth BO us not to waste a ( hop , he would drink It dawn. This was a dally occurrence. So thoroughly were these RussUn men depend ent on their vodka that the great majority of them spent all their week's wages for It. "Their living was not such as would be recommended to an American , They lived principally on boiled salt salmon anil small , watery potatoes and turnips. In an open shed set out on the ibeach < a tel ? metal kettle was placed. Into It the coolts would throw a Inlf barrel of salt salmon and cover Itwith Mlt water. This aecocibn would bo allowed lo stow for hours , and at noon the work men , after receiving their liquor , would iwther around the tables and receive their meal of salmon boup , black hiead and tea. Sometimes they would have venison , and In icason duck would bo served , tout the salmon soup was their principal article of diet. "A year later 1he HusaUn troops were ivl'hdrawn. ' and In 1S77 the last of the Amerl " : an soldiers were taken Imk to the states" It required a yeir to transfer the pioperty ind effects of theJltvslan-American com pany to the Alaska Commercial company , mil then Sltka settled down Into common place channels , but with always that air of > mtrlaldom that rightfully pertains < o a capj- IlurUK-it' * Arnica J > nli . The best salvo In the world for Outs ilruUes. Sores , Ulrers , Salt Hheum. Fever .ores. Tettrr , Chapped Hands , Chilblains Corns and nil Skin Eruptions , and positively : ures Piles tr no pay required. It Is guar- intced to give perfect satisfaction or money ofunded. Prlco 25 cents per box. Fo * sala by Kuhn & Co in * u'ir < - won. A Georgia man , vv-.io was unpopular in his : oiiimuiilty. Insured his life for $2,000 , ro- luteh the Atlanta Constitution , Ho took the policy home to bis wlfo nnd HMd : , H'iooJj ' , ] > eretl > a "fa Insurance document "Th'nnk'you. . my dear" said his wife , "how are > ou fc'llii ) ; today/ " "Not woll. " he ri'pllcil. "and I don't think I am lent ? for this world and I want to s.iy to you that when I iiio It Is my wish th.it you devote Sl.OOO of the money to dcfray- Inn my funeral expenses. " " .Mercy on mo ! " pxrlnlinil the wife , "why .lo you tvunt Biirh mi expensive funeral ? " "Ill explain : I'm peifertly sntlstn-d that nobody will attend my funeral and I want to hlu ; peoplu to KO at so much a head I'm Kolntf out today and see what nrraiiKJ- ineiits I can make for attendants on that forthcoming mcUncholy occasion If they won't come Bratln. wliy-I'll Just hire 'em in1 KVO ! 'em an ordi-r on you for the money. " He went forth and at nightfall returned tv Ith a dejected look. "Marlu , " lie said. "It's no usol You can liave tlin whole J'.OOO. Just go to my funulal > ournolfl" Prosperity comes quickest to the man whoso liver Is In good condition. DoU'ltt's Little Early Hlsora are famous little pills tor constipation , biliousness , Indigestion and til stomach aiid liver troubles. A TALK WITH LORD KELVIS Discusses tha Vortex Theory nnd Its Bearing on Our Existence , HIS IDZA OF THE AGE OF THE EARTI lllKli unit tttTfiitticriiliirOM 11111 ( Jrm llnllini The Ktirtli feullil ami UN HlKliU < " " Mcvl .V Hr oil in. ( Copyright , 1S97 , by 3 S Mcflurc C ? . ) Whenever cne hears reference made t < sirh questions as the ago o ! tha solar system the future of the EUII , or the probable lengtl of time t'.iat lite has been possible on ou globe , the nani" of Lord Kelvin Is sure t ( bo mentioned as the authority for the cplnlor given. Hut for that matter , there Is hardly any atlicr question to which physical scleeicc has application of wh'ch about the uami thing may not be said , ror Lord Kclvln'i Interests and mental activities ai..iiar l ( have no batTlers short of the very limits ol present Viuman knowledge , while the orlglna cast of his thought Is such that almost any topic on vvhlh he touched la euro to rcvcu novel ai.nl uncjioccted relations , It was In reference to one ot his specula- thus , and one that easily takes rank amain the foiemost scientific limgliilngs of any age , that he very kindly granted an Interview recently. This speculatltn has to do will ttat evrr-rasclratlng question of the ultima' ' ( ratuio of matter When Lord Kelvin ( Sli William ThoniHon as he was then ) came for ward with his very extraordinary \ortt" theory It VMS based upon mathcmatlca calculations of that other great physicist , Vor Itclmholtz , which took tangible term in Lon Kelvin's mind while ho was v\athlng t'j < activities of same curious little wlilrl'ug ling ! of Eiuckc In the air , similar to those will which every tobaco smoker Is familiar Helmholtz had shown that such a vorto whirl once niorted In a frlctlonlcss modliin must , theoret'cally ' , go on forever. Tin vortex whirls of smoke In t'.ie air ot course do not go on forever , because their mcdlun Is not tilctionless ; but Lord Kelvin ob'ervec tl at while they last they exhibit o simllai stability , and though composed of men nrcMhs of smoke , take uputi theniBelvcs tlu properties of solid bodies. In virtue of the motion , just JD a moving bicyc'o as-snmes the prciicrty of u.itlght rigidity. And the though ! came to r.ilm that if n vortex whirl were started In the ether , which physicists as- same as iioiietratlns space everywhere , MIC ) in ether vortex ( Inflnltcslrral In sl/o , ol courte ) vvouU have the propoitles of a partl"U of what we term matter. This tlutmht , ex panded , became the vortex theory of mallei' nnAUTV or Tun VOUTKX TiinoriY , It Is well -within bounds to say that this Is the most fascinating and beautiful concep tion of the ultimate nature of nutter that Ins ever been propounded. The thinking world PORTRAIT Of LUul7 K.MAMX. so regarded It , and took It up with acclaim and made It the foundation of all manner ol other beautiful speculations. It had a sim plicity that appealed to every philosophical mind , for It enabled the thinker to reduce the cntlro uulverbc to ether In motion. One had but to assume a few different kinds of vortlcca ( the simplest of them circular In form , but others perhaps variously convoluted ) to account for the different chemical and physical properties ol the elementary bodies , and In t'le mind's eye one had In the eWer that ultimate , unique mittcr , the foundation substance of the universe If then a man may take pride In his achieve , merits. It would seem that the author of thlt theory might well be excused it he held this child of his brain In a little more tender regard than any other of tils mental offtorlng , and the astonishment of his interviewer may well be Imagined when the vottex theory be ing mentioned to hear him cxilalm with all ( ho eni > haels that ctaractfcrUes his delivery "Tho vortex theory Is only a dream , It is only a dream. " "But surely wo are not to understand tt.ai yoi repudiate the vortex theory" "Not thPt , not that , " he raid , "I only say that It Is umprovon , end hence that it can rrovo nothing : it lb only a dream , " Was ever there a more astounding pro nouncement than that ? Was ever theic liner test ot the true gieatness of any nun ] A lesser man than Lord Kelvin , having propounded a theory that found favor with fie wcrld , would have dwelt and harped upon that theory all his life , twisting facts If need were to correspond with It , warping every thing Into si ape to fit its needs. Such Is the history of almost every thcoiy , true or false Yet herp was the author of the vortpx thecry , treating that theory as if It wore a chance si-ark fiom his brain wfrlch might quite as well bo allowed to die away cud disappear ! True silence ( lifters from ev cry-day knowledge mainly In the precision of its data and its Inferences ; and It wai Interesting tc see how the most keenly active and most hlgl ly developed scientific mind ot our time a mind , too , gifted with Imagination as well- Is held rigidly In check and made to bow be fore the proven fact , HIS IDKAS OF GRAVITATION. TIUB It was. for example , when Lord Kelvin was u&ked If he leaned toward the acceptance of any par.lcular theory In ex planation of gravltatlcn that most universal and familiar of phenomena , yet most 'ln- ECintable of mysteries Before the advent of the vortex Jieory the ally plausible attempt to explain gravitation was fhat of the Swiss philosopher , I.e Sago , who suppose 1 Uiat myriads of wl'at he called " 'ultra mundane corpuscles" are flying through rpaco oveiy- whore , and have the effect of pushing all bodies toward one another. Hut of late the thought of the vertex atom has suggested that gravitation rruy be in fact what it seems , a pull , duo to a tart of suction of the whirling atoms. When naked wht'thcr this theory appealed to him as It dcc.i to many thinkers of our time , or whether ho pre ferred the rival theory of Lo Sage , Lord Kelvin said , with even more than wtiled emphasis , "No , no , no ; I accept ncl.Cier theory ; I accept no fieory of gravitation Picscnt Hcluico has no right to attempt to explain gravl'atlon. Wo know nothing o.bout It ; wo simply knpw nothing about It. " To convey by words the peculiar cmphaslo and Intonatlco with which that verdict was pronounced would bo Impossible , It would require haidlhood , Indeed , in any one who I.card It to attempt an explanation of gravita tion , until Bueli time as now data fihall iavo come to our aid. A subject about the cause of which , In the oplnlcn of Lord Kelvin , wo know absolutely nothing , Is net likely to bu Illuminated by any other pemcu speak ing from the basis of present knowledge , Thlu , of course , Is far from saying that uew data may not come to hand tomorrow , cr next yeur , or ie.xt cen'tury. ' which will solve the problem Lord Kelvin , gifted with pcrti'irbl freshness of Imaguiatlcti , would bo t ie km person to assert tho. finality of preunt knowledge Hut It Is per1 alnly a Balutary e-lieck upon the exotl.iin'of cur time to bo told that the wl eU/lvlng | phyclclst , the man who hag bern called ho Newton of our age , knowg a ? little of..the cause why a atont > tossed lf > 'o the -Mr falls back to tbo caitb ab the bay wfio tos-ne.i the stone. TH1J HIGHEST TUMPBIUTimi : . Another most Interesting iptculatlon In which Lord Kelvin | a Interested bus refer ence to the absorbing question of the limits ot temperature.K most people Uuow uo\v- \ nclnyp , the condition we term heat Is hcl by the physical to bo merely a "mode < motion , " a vibration or quiver among tli particles of matter. The precise nature ( this vlbrttlon citnnot of cours' bo pcrfccll understood until the * precise nature ot th atoms of matter themselves Is made cleai nut Prof. Dalbcir ba pointed out that If th vortex theory bo true , then tlrre must t pocullar limitations to the atom's paestbll ties ot vibration. A rlng-ahnpel atom , fei example , could only vibrato to the extent c becoming completely collapsed Just as tuning fork can only vlbrntc to th" extent c bringing Its two prangs In contact , Corrc spondlng llmltitlons would be placed upo vortex atoms of any conceivable shape hence , says Prof.-Dolbcar , If the cortex the ory be true , thcroitmiit be an upper limit e : temperature. WhcnMhcortcx atom ha reached Its limit4of vibration heat cannc become more > excessive. Now thr phydeists have long held thd there Is a Itvvcr Jlmlt ot temperature a sc called absolute zero reached when the atoi B together COIPSR < n vibrate , and the qacstlo has highly Interesting bearings , because1 I brings Into consideration no la's a probler than the age of 41i2 olar syst m Antrono mcrs and physlcUU arc agreed that the sun the earth and the other bodies of our sys n ao caollnR Klobps and the calculation of the ago of our system are based on th rate ot loss of heat , an estimate of which I derived from direct observation of the sui In Its present reUntlvcly cool state. Thes estimate have beon-made most carefully b ; Lord Kelvin hlmiclfi but neither he nor an : one else thought > of taking Into account th possibility that the forlglnal nebulous bed ; which was ultimately to become our sola system may have had a llmltel temperntur' Yet this possibility Is a most Important one since , ot course , the rate of cooling ot an ; body depends In pirt upon Its degree o temperature. THINKS THE mRTH IS SOLID. This cnMro question it one that appear ; to have peculiar Interest for l ord Kelvin It even brought him almost to the- point o a controversy at wio time with the blologUt ( and his life has been fi'ngularly free fron con'rovcrslca ) , becaupe ho could wily allov them 100,000,000 years for the existence o llto on the globe ; and with the geologist1 because his calcul lions led him to bcllevi t at the earth Is solid to the core , and a least an rigid as steel , while they stood ou for u fluid Interior. Htnco It was to bo ex pectcd 'that ' Prof Dolbear'sj suggestion , basei aa It Is cti a e speculation of Lrrd Kelvin's a'Hl tending , If supported , to vitiate the forci of ono of his Important speculative oilcula tlons , should at once Inteietft the author o the vortex thecry and the calculator of tin earth's age. And PO It did He either bai not chanceJ to hear of t'le sugges1 kn be fore , or else ccurteowly felgeied aurpil'-e ovci It. In either case , It unqiicstltiiably In tercsted him Intensely , but when It came t ( the expre slon of an oplnlcn as ' .o the va lldlty of Prof. Dolbear's conclusions , that wui quite Eiiother mittcr. "It Is Interesting" ho said , "mast Interest Int ; ; but Ic l based solely upon the vorte' theory , and the vertex theory , as 1 havi said , Is quite unproven , and Itself can prov < nothing loth tig w .atever. We must no heap theory c < i tSieory , dream upon dream Wo must vvaK and fee. If theio be an uppei limit cf tempciaturc , experiment ni'.y ' SOUK time demonstrate It , but the vortex thtorj eari ot prove It in advance , for the vorte1 theory Ls cnly a dream. It can pnnc noth ing. " Thus once more did the vortex theory which IB the adcpted e'arll'ig of many c scientific ; Imagination of cur day , receive ti < cold shoulder from its rightful sponsor. THE ABSOLUTE ZERO POINT. Quf e of Hie same tenor were the grcai physicist's commci ts on the probable out come cf the experiments now being mad ( with low temperatures. Everyone tins heart that Prof. Dewar and other Investigator ! have liquefied the gases , C'ld even reducet ir.tAiy of hem to a solid condition , producing an almost Lnimag cable degree of cold Ii having been sb wn tnat the same bodj changes from gaseous to liquid and fron liquid to solid stutee , simply in virtue o changed temperature , tiio question has na turally arlran as to what will happen whet * body is roJiiced to a cctidltlon In which thi vibration of Us atc-am altogether- BWs. Thi particles of a gas1 are eo active tb t they fly asunder , reduce their ac tvlty ( t > iat Is to say decrease their temperature ) , and they move freely over one another and csstime the llqult condition , make ISjom still mere quiescent Mid a solid results Vill there , then , be an cUicr change of slUe when they are nudf abn lutcly quiescent at tbo absolute zert point ? 13ut , regarding this point also. Lord Kel vln's scientific caution atscrted itself. "Th < e.xpei Intents now being- made are most inter estlng and most important , " but as to vvlia : they would show1 beyond the range ot prescni experiment ho declared hinibclf utterly un able to surmlso. "We mu't wait and sea" he said. "We must waif and see' ' " If every scion- tide worker would adopt that for his maxlrt ( jew much less , theru uoalu ue 01 cmuc BIH.I. illation In th world ; \iow much less thai wo learn would ha\e to b ? unlearned ; how much more rapid would bo the real progress of every seeker after truth I Speculation U easy , but the gr atest mind \ttaches no 1m portance to Its day dreams unless they are surely built upon a broad foundation of facts DREAM WHICH MAY COME TRUE. And so Lord Kelvin's scientific cautlor serves more almost than anything else visi ble about him to Impress one with the great- mes of his mind. The interviewer left the famous phy.slcist feeling an enhanced appro elation of his genius That freedom fron prejudice which he had shown throughout if perhaps the very highest of mental endow ments One fe Is glad that he answered jusl as he did about all these half-visionary and half-scientific speculations , nut all the i = aim there Is pleasure and sometimes profit In the occasional unleashing of the Imagination , anc the scientific world is to be congratulated tNit once upon a time Sir William Thoms.011 permitted himself to dream the dream of the vortex atom. Nor Is It at all certain that It was "only a dream. " Cer tainly the main body of scientists of our day could by no means be peisuad d to hold the vo.tex theory as lightly as It Is held by it- author. When genius dreams , they siy , there Is always a chance that It may "dream tiue. " Despite Lord Kelvin's modest cstl mate , therefore , the vertex theory ccitnlnly will not bo discarded until tome better the ory fchall have come to take Its place , and of that there Is as yet no sign of promise. A CIIIIISTM\S INCIDENT. lion Ht'Hi'tx n\iiuiili'il ut ( InToui'li ill I'm CT ( > . Ono of the big dry goods stores In Mil waukee , relates the Minneapolis Tribune , was thronged with buyers on Christmas eve i\hea a forlorn looking woman was noticed in the act of concealing a few cheap toys under her raggel shawl. A pollcccnan was railed , and covered with shame over her ills- ir.ace the unfortunate creature was taken to the nearest police station The sergeant In : hargo happened to have a heart In his Ijnsom , and tloubtless Inspired by the spirit ] f the hour ho made borne Inquiries before Booking the arrest and bending the prisoner : o a cheerless cell The woman told her itoiy , her voice broken by frequent sobs. She was a widow with three children and Darned a meager living by washing Her earnings for the week had not been sufficient o allow her to buy any Christmas tokens for ; he expectant little ones , anJ , desperate at he thought of breaking their llttlo hearts by joining homo ompty-handed she had gone nlo the crowded store and stolen a few Ittlo trinkets to take to them Of course die was a sclf-confcBBcd thief , but the police icrgea.it had children of his own. and ho h'ought a bit before-putting her name on the lisgraceful record book Then ho told the itoinat ) to go homo and nont an olllccr with icr to verify her story H was all tea true. I'nu little ones were found In a humble cot- age , hovered around a llttlo steve with the nut remnants of fuel In It , hungry and so : old that trolr hare- feet were cuddled In the iven of the stove. The facts were made < nown to the manager of the big dry go ds itore and his heart also beat In unison with lie generous Christmas spirit which had ictuatcd the pollen sergeant. 'Not only dlJ ie refuse to prnsrciite the charge , but ho > rdered a packago-of tc-ys and a big basket > f piovUloiu sent to that humble llttlo tot- age , and ( ho unfortunate mother's grief and lumlllatlon were thonged to surprised ro- olclngs , whllo three little children enjoyed a Christmas the like of which had not even entered their wildcat dreams , Who shall say that this touching Incident s not a perfect realization rf the true Clirlu- : lau spirit which had Its birth In a manger Jc > JetlUchem 2,000 years ago. T C\M : . UlinlK lOtitucU.t'M Mittmimlli In Sin ntiil SlKhti. . "ncyond question , one of the grandca nxlurai curiosities In the world Is th wondc'ful cavern In Harrow county , Georgia known as the iSaltpeter cave , " snld Captali Gcorgo Dallas of that stair , lo a Washing ton Post representative. "I was delightful ) ; ( ntcrtatncd with the story of 'Spread Eagle monument , " contlnueJ Captain Dallas , "ani It Is , Indeed , a wonderful work , but the Salt peter rave In liarton county rivals th' ' Mammoth In Its extent and the variety of It subterranean marvels. Strange ns It ma ; seem , tr.any of our own home people are Ii almo t tptal Ignorance of the existence o this cave which as the main source of thi confederates' daltpcter supply , and on till account Sherman waged a feirful bittlc to Its possession He 'wanted ' this supply cu oft from his enemies and after the Inttlo o Now Hope church he and his men succcedei In taking charge of the cave's store Thi proved a serious blow to the confederacy , go Ing as far as almost anything to hasten tin Appomattox. "U Is a grand sight to visit this cavr descend Into Its "depths " , so wonderful Ii structure , and examine the formation Tin approach to the entrance Is gradual , ant Is accessible from all four points. None e the approaches are very rough , but the oni mostly used , however , possesses a history dating hack Into the previous century , am this history Is ono about which hover man ; legends and traditions. Ihe main ontrnnci to this wonderful cave Is approached b ) a gentle slope , and Is , perhaps , sixty fee from the apex to the floor , the archwaj being composed of soft limestone , nltnop hidden by creeping vines which grow It abundance In that vicinity. It has been sali that this cave Is even grander than tin famous Mammoth In p Int of access , beaut ; of Its limestone statuary , stalactites stalagmites and quality of Us mlncra deposits.After going into the cave i distance of 400 yards you reach the cavcn where two passigca diverge , and here tin spectacle Is a grand one , It simply canno' bo described. The enormous sta'actllcs de pcnd from above like the pipes of an Im mense organ , their original and nnturn chocolate color .begrimed from the muoke o torches carried by the tourists and sight seers. Prom the main cavern you can tun 1o the left and enter what Is known as tin 'ballroom. ' The floor of this room Is a1 hard as granite and without flaw. In thli room It Is told that the Indians performed their dai-ccs and held their sacred rltea Skeletons have been exhumed In the recesses of this room , and It Is said that ns far bncli as 1S12 the cave was worked for baltpcter tt supply the American army In its struggle with England. In a southerly direction from the boll room after a tramp of a mile and one half , Is o Email aperture , which Maik Hardln , clerk t > l Mio Georgia leglslituro and owner of the property , says was caused by tunneling In 1SGI , when the confederate government opened a plant for the manufacture ) of salt- prter. Mr. Hardln had declined to Increase Ills force which was working the cave anil the property wns confiscated by the govern ment ! and extensive mines excavated , all ol which fell Into the hands of General Slier man. When ho got possession of these salt peter mines ho gave the confederacy a terri bly black eye , but then , yon know , the old general bad a way of taking anything lie wanted , and some Georgians wonder how It was ho left the cave there. "But the cave Is there , and I will never forget my v'slts there. At a point called Broken Heights' the stalagmites have been demolished by tourists , and only their bases remain. Just a little distance bayond this Is the 'Jug , ' an. Immense pilaster whose siml larlty to the natives' 'Jlmmyjohn' Is stUk'ng Scores and scores of mines have been cirvcd Into'the ' limestone. The old saying , 'Fools' names , ' etc. . has not kept many visitors from cutting their names into the surface of the 'Jug. ' Perhaps one hundred yards further on is 'Virgin Spring , ' a Jet of water with a temperature of forty degrees above /ero the year round , vvlicso egress has never been dls > - oovered , and which is impregnated with an Indcscrlbabla odor of burning salt. "Then follows In rapid succession 'Bacon's Chambe. ' . ' the 'Black LlL-k' ( a hole 200 feet deep ) , the 'Echo Gallery , ' the 'Parthenon , ' j.he 'Giant's Club/i the 'Hollow Cone , ' all of " "wKlch"represents to the eye a scene or re splendent beauty , especially so was an iso lated chamber which lies without the well- worn path , bhaped somewhat like an egg where the pine tar nab but meagerly pene trated. The drippings had petrified and were of 0. delicate creamy tint , and from two to six : feet In length. One can travel all day- through fluted walls and through galleries whoso domes are enveloped In cluotlc gloom. "Various estimates have been given ns to the extent of these subterranean cavenib Exploring parties grow weary before their tabk Is finished. The longebt distance eve1- traveled in the cave was 130 miles , and there is a story that an Indian fugitive from Justice , eluding his pursuers , bounded down Iho entrance and rcappeired on the opposite hank of the Con ah river , beveral nillco dlb tant. In the abyss the temperature var'ca from fifty to fifty-five degrees , and heavy clothing Is necessary for comfort. Georgia's saltpeter cave Is a co'ossal ' wonder , and Is worth any man's time and money to visit. " Try Qrain = O ! Try Grain = O ! Ask you Grocer to d ly to show you n packages of GIIAIN.O , the now food drink that tikes the plii o of coffee. Thu children rimy drink it without injuiy us well ns the iidult. All who try it , like it. GUAIN-O has thnt rich se.il btowir of Mocha or Jn\a , but it is in itlo from pure grains , nnd iho mostdelicato Btomach ri-cches it \\itlioutdistress. j the price of coffee. 15 cents nnd 25 cents per package. Sold by ull tjiocen. 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