The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 23, 1902, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextTO: OREGON DAILY JOUByAI ! PORTIiANt),- : TITESPAY EtTEST3gG; DECEMBER 23, 1902. rnnfmmTsqatMi S ttno YT i;n a . rti:;;;:(T'il -f?r:ah:,-;;:!;V.j;;s d sines, tor j o ur i a us tiisei peis O.aO DINNER SETS: FOR $4.00 ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS NEWSPAPER PREMIUM OFFERS EVER MADE. : I I II IP The Dishes 5 - T"Ay r pretty enough to grata any ana' table. An American high gnade se'mlVltreous Decorated Porcelain So of forty two pieves. ' Thm make up of the tot la thown In thm picture. Each piece is decorated with a deUcate pattern ; of . pink rosea and pale blue forget-me-nots, further softened by a dainty tracery of 'fern mosses.'There Is gold tracing on knobs and 'handles and a gold border o n every piece. This tet It positive. Jr guaranteed against erasing and '-tf- -.Jl--.ll.. -t ' IVHf 0IHHlfllfkl WW 'or 12.50. 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X Aft to roport at Th Journal Offloe Any Chans' in Aaaraaa. SUBSCRIBER. ... ADDRESS. Vvx Pay Collector Until Ea Shows Contract Ton Slmed. PORTLAND, OR 190 RECEIVED FROM TBE JOTTEKAI. FUBLISHlIfG COMPANT, ONE SET DINNER DISHES (42 PIECES) IN GOOD ORDER AND ACCEPTED ON TERMS SPECIFIED HEREIN. SUBSCRIBER. nXEtaiKnElUUIIlHUMUMUM men AN ELECTRIC J ;-t.-'i.-i."to'-J-.:..-.i VOLCANO Professor Whitchoasc Desaibes Lf;.:iv Mount Pelec &.y4.--. Xicmla Republic ) ':: Wa thorte are held by scientists an to OvTxact caua8 ' of the eruption or tMonta Pale And Boufriere. flevasuitiruf ; the beautlul Islands el the West Indian 1 groan, t i Mr.'Oop Whitehouee aays that rerent obeervationa in Berlin support his theory ' regmrdinc thas oppalllaer phenomrna. As Mr. Whttaouee hs achieved fame by his dlsoorrlns; that the deirssion In the Byptlan desert could be utlUcedor irrlffatloo, and the tact that the great fnterprlse to . no-ir in th hands T,( the British -eorernaaent, his views may cora man attantioa. i Mr. Whltehouse is somethins; of a Phll Jstlne In sclencs, mad apparently takes ' im Infill pleaattrs la preawntlns facts tfon tradlctinc eetw Wished -theories in natural phenomena. ' . lie laagre with Newton. La Place. Lord XevflnASlr Norman Lock yer. and her " distl4ilhed Authentic. He 4enle that the flnlte mind f man MA ver jplaroej thA Urjr ult of heaven, or, establish laws for comuts and suns. Without going- Into technical details, he define hi punltlon and leads up tt) the subject of volcanoes us follows: "The English scienllsts have partially reduced our solar syRtem to a machine, und as signed to Deity little else than the duty ot squeeiini? heat from the sun or 'stok ing" it with aerolites. Such theories are made for sale and not for science. "When Newton suggested that gravity might swing the moon as well lis attract an apple to the ground, he knew nothing . of electricity. He might have observed, j however, that a comet never enters the ; sun, and therefore could not have been! attracted by it. "A comet of almost Inconceivable: weight is assumed tt have come from , ppace. As it olosety approaches jts sup- 1 posed goal it changes its direction and darts away again, tall foremost, In a curved path, due to a Resistance which is too feeble to obstruct the passage ol' this small tail, composed of a gas lighter than anything known. "No allowance is made for the attrac- ! tlon of gravitation in wireless telegraphy, , and the most superficial observation in orology, or the science of small, show ; that there is a force in odors which Ig nores gravitation. - "We .have no reason .for supposing that ! gravitation Is not purely a local affair j or' that heat and light do 'not emanate Xftirfi the sun. Heat conies from the : earth arid the light from trip atmosphere, preclxely o the film 1n an Incandescent lamp is heted by the resistance it offers to the eleot&e currant and light is pro duced by the vibration of the motes in the a!r. "The only fact established beypml doubt regarding sun nnff planets is their revolution on their axes, and this is all that Is needed to generate light and heat They are arc dynamos, and- each In turn transmits what It receives to Us neigh bors on the circuit. We do not see the stars, nor even the sun. WORLDS MADE OF DUST. "The astronomer who claims that his eye penetrates space billions, trillions and even decilllons of miles stultifies himself in the next breath by declaring that worlds and solar systems are being formed of cosmic d!:st. "Was the olar star obscured by the interposition of a world in formation? Yet the lllm formed by the breath of. the olwcure Jupiter. Evidently, therefo' , we no more see a star than we see fct dif tapt power house that supplies electricity to trolley lines. We only see the end of the stellar or solar ray where it enters the bubl'le of which the earth is the center. - . "It is Ftrange that no astronomer has ever heretofore observed thflt the rnseni fying glass of n lens two inches In diam eter could liav no appreciable effect on an object as remote as Saturn. . Tt ths ring and the satellites of this planet are thus made visible. "In short, there is a kind of screen which presents the images of stars as a sheet between the rtbserver and the magic lantern at an exhibition. The images can be magnified, but their distance Is per haps scarcely 60 Inches." When a&ked what this had to do with the eruption of Mont Pelee, Mr. Whlte lious,.. replied: "Within 2tf miles of ths oartl) there Is a cold as Intense as llQUld air. 'Differences, of t. rrTp. rature can be converted into tin electric flash, as eleo trlclty can be converted Into heat. "The so-called eruption of Mont Peles was purely electrical. Th. sympathetic eruption of li Soufrlen- was partly due to an interrupted circuit and partly an Induced current. Tin- nuhllo mind has j been confused by report.'-' of what un I doubtcdly took place, bi.t ven the sciell ( title observers have not discriminated be I twem cau.se and effect. There, was., of j course, no flow of lava, but oven without 1 that, pan anyone Imagine the erater'o. I charging what wits m'd to have been 1 wiled from it? '- I "ProfesFor Hill rightly ovists that there should be a succinct and rigorously aOCU rate statement of the facts. When tht Is done It will be found that neither dust nor gas came from the oleano. Who saw the dust ascend? Hen ly, only mud, hot water, smoke and bombs were eject j ed. The material des -i ndul a 8. t!ln COV i erlnp of uniform thickness. And this i blanket was the dust preclniuXed by the i electric vibration, still w.i. m from crys ! tallUation. Had it been etherwlso there f would have be,en sb'ut Ii.'."O),O0ft tons of froxen mud falling in the neighborhood of Pelee. What I'ere Mary BHW was the cloud of decomposed- matter caused by the electric dlschargea. "It Is as absurd to speak of all tht coming out of the volcano as It would b to say that the smoke and stifling gases In a fire caused by an electric wire came from the power house. As a fuse hurned out in the circuit, Pelee simply sparked. It aet fire to everything be tween its summit and the sea.-and the surface of the water itself "was . made warm. MASTADONS BURIED IN ICE.. ''Now you see how mastadons are found with hair and flesh intact embed ded In Siberian ice. If the up-rush of an air. current would disturb the cold stra tum above a chimney, what would be the effect of the upheaval of a mountain mass, with or without a volcano? It Is unnecessary to buppose that the axis of the earth has changed.- - - - -- "The Ice crop of the Antarctic Is much larger than -that of the North Pole. , but the volcanoes of Erebus and Terror are tn- violent-aetivtty. There are -scores of terrestrial and celestial phenomena, from the double-tide to the oold moon, that can be explained by my hypothesis. "It Is high . time that Americans, who have a well-deserved reputation for being the most easily bullied individuals In 'the world, whatever Uncle Sam may be in his collective capacity, should call a halt on the reckless dissemination of preposterous assumption, whether from this or the other aide of the Atlantic." Money Conta Out. j Baker City uemocrat: ine rusn or Eastern capital into the upper camps is only outdone by the splendid, results achieved as development continues. Verily, the mine riches of Baker County have; long been bidden. - Harris Trunk' Co., for suit caaea and bagav f - v - PROSPERITY OF RAILROADS Largely Due to the Elimination of Rate Cutting. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. The prosperity which the. railroads throughout the .coun try areiiow enjoying is in one respect different . from any period of prosperity which railroads have enjoyed in " the past. Railroad officials generally agree that the rate situation In all sections of the country is In a- better condition than ever before. The scheduled tar iffs are being almoBt universally main tained, while there Is practically no cut ting of rates by any of the railroads. Never befdte has the rate" situation throughout the country 'appeared so per fect, and this is generally considered one of the main reasons of the - excellent showing of earnings which the railroads have made during the last year. . The railroads have enjoyed many periods of prosperity in the past, but in practically every instance this prosperity has been interrupted by "rate disturbances. ' Since 1895 there has been-a steady im provement in the rate conditions throughout the eountry. until at present It is reported by railroad' officials In several sections of the country as being almost ideal. Discriminations In - rates have been almost wholly abolished, and the scheduled tariffs are being main tained as never before. This is consid ered not only one of., the main causes f the- "sseeeltapt - earnings, ""which "Yna " ' railroads are now reporting, but one of the strongest .reasons for the belief that the prosperity the railroads are enjoying will continue, with temporary reactions, for an indefinite period. There are a number of causes for the excellent rate conditions. One of tne reasons why rates are being so uniformly maintained Is the large amount of trafllQ offered the railroads, which gives no Incentive for cutting rates. The com--munity... of interest movement, whereby the greater proportion of the railroad mileage of -the country has been brought under1 the control of a Tew groups, of 1 financiers, also has been a powerful fac tor In clearing up the rate situation. Through this movement many of the smaller and weaker roads, which were continually cutting rates in the attempt to secure-traffic from their stronger com petitors, have been absorbed. Another favorable factor is that dur ing the last few years there has been little or no competitive railroad build ing. While the new mileage that has been "constructed has aggregated a con siderablc amount it has been composed almost wholly ofNshort branches and extensions. While it can hardly fie--hoped that rata disturbances have been forever elimi nated from the railroad industry it is believed by many prominent railroad officials that the developments pointed out have wrought such a revolution that any such general disturbance of rates as occurred in 1SS1 and 1890 have been made Impossible in the future. -ft ... ' : - ,' J v, IS';