Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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Unless oil signs fall It appears as If the
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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.
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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
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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. "
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