~ It was getting late.
lgtower
.1, 111g across the dark river, Paul Revere
ffNo needto wait longer.
"tion to amuse.
f :of his horse, dug the rowels into the
. plain.
"warning cry meant.
C vere gallope'd into‘ Lexington.
' mt:
' afraid of you!" and in he went.
‘ better than he knew.
' Paul Revere Was not done; nor was this
THE eve-i. 1N G. o. AZETTE
I’AUL REVER E’q i; RIDE.
AN ECHO OF THE DAYS :OF FREE:-
DOM’S STRUGG
When Trouble Began Between the Colo-
nies and the DIother Country lie lie~
,eamo the Trusted Messenger of Ilia Pu-
triots and Traveled Thousands of Miles. .
With the nation arming for what
may be another memorable conflict,
’the days of that first call to duty, in
April, 1775, when was fired the shot
“heard around theworld,” come to
the memory of Americans. Of the
many stirring deeds done during the
“times that tried men’s souls” the
midnight ride of Paul Rev ere was thc1
most important and brilliant single ex-
1110“.
When trouble began between ths
colonies and the mother country P2111.
Revere became the trusted messenger
of the patriots and traveled thousands
of miles on his faithful horse, carrying
messages between various “Commits
tees of Safety." Hancock, Adams, Dr.
Warren and other patriots, whose
names are dear to every American,
were his friends, and frequently em-
ployed him to carry messages of the
greatest importance to the cause of
liberty. In a letter to Dr. Belknap,
dated Boston, January 1, 1798, Paul Re-
vere himself modestly tells the story
of his patriotic services. He writes:
“In the year 1773, I was employed by
the selectmen of the town of Boston
to carry the account of the Destruction
of. the Tea to New York; and after-
wards in 1774, to carry their dispatches
to New York and Philadelphia for call-
ing 3. Congress; and afterward to Con-
gress several times. In the fall of
1774, and winter of 1775, I was one of
upwards of thirty, chiefly mechanics,
who formed ourselves into a commit-
tee for the purpose of watching the
movements of the British soldiers, and
gaining intelligence of the movements
of the Tories. We held our meetings
at the Green Dragon tavern. We were
so careful that our meetings should be
kept secret that every time we not
each one swore upon the Bible that: he
would not discover any of our transac-
tions but to Messrs. Hancock, Adams,
Doctors Warren and Church and one
or tvio more.” -
This was before his famous midnight
ride. On April 18, 1775, a movement
among the British troops stationed at
Boston was noticed. It was thought
they intended to start for Concord and
Lexington that night. If the British
marched the people must be warned.
It was also important to know whether
the British were to go by water or by
land. Paul Revere offered his, ser-
vices. It was agreed to show two lan-
Lterns in' the Christ Church steeple, if
{the British» went by water, and- one,
if'by land, sea signal. Captain John
Pulling, a‘fr'iend of Revere, was to
make the signals. These arrange-
ments all completed Paul Revere re-
turned to his home to prepare for the
.memorable ride.
He took his boots and su'rtout, and.
went to one of the wharves where he
kept his boat, and was rewed across
the Charles river by two of his friends.
Here, with eyes fixed in the direction.
of the ‘church tower, he awaited the
signals. 'The dark waters of Charles
rived‘fiowed between him and.Boston.
' One by one he
saw the lights of the city go out. The
silence of the night Was all around
him. The signals! How his stout
heart throbbed at the thought of what
they meant to his country. Would
“they never appear? Suddenly, a few
3’ miiiute's before 11 o ’clock there was a
glimmer bf‘ light in the" tall church
Then, clear and bright, shin-
"the signal lights. There were
The British were going by water.
He had a na-
He sprang to the back
*an‘lmai's sides and, like the wind, was
away. “The Regulars are coming!”
r' he shouted, as he dashed by the lone-
' Iy far-m houses.
' coming!
"Turn out!
"The Regulars are
The Regulars are coming!
Turn out! The Regulars
are ceming!” No need to stop to ex-
All knew what that terrible
There was no
more sleep for, the people that night.
It was near midnight when Paul Re-
He
rode at once to. the'house of Rev. Mr.
:Ciark, where Hancock was staying.
The guard stationed around the build-
ing at first would not admit him, and
I cautioned him not to make any noise.
“Noise!” exclaimed Revere. “Noise!
"You ‘will have noise enough before
‘ long.
The Regulars are coming out!”
Hancock heard his voice and called
. “Come in, Revere! We are not
His fampusride was over. He .had
aroused the nation. He had ridden
But the work of
last pel'ilous'ride for the good of lib-
erty. His,services won for him the ti-
lle of "The Messenger of the Revolu-
tion." He was a gallant soldier, and
served faithfully throughout the long
war, winning the rank of lieutenant
:olonel.
At the close of the war, in 1783, be
open ed a foundry at the north end of
Boston, where he cast church bells,
brass cannons and iron ware. He a1 -
so continued his work as an engraver.
[n 1801, he and his son established a
large foundry at Canton, where they
did an extensive business, rolling cop-
per plates and making capper bolts and
spikes, and casting bells and cannons.
the bells and spikes used in the fam-
ous “Constitution" were made by Paul
Revere. It is pleasant to learn that
Paul Revele was successful in business,
reared a large family and died es-
teemed by all who knew him. He was
e1ghty- -four years old when death came
on May 10.1818; and was buried in
Granary Burying Grounds, Boston,
when: a
glove. ‘
i~ .~ . .A‘.
small monument marks his
.
,to keep my eyesopen. Jackie is a queer
'a‘peppermint lozenge, and also shut-
SAILORS COULDN’T SLEEP.
“'ere “'ntching for Spaniards and
“'aitlng for Revenge.
"It wars a constant round of drills
and picking duty on our ship at Dry
'l‘oz'tugas after the Maine was blown
up," said a naval officer. ”We were
se\ enty miles at sea. with no source
of news, and ye didn‘t know when a.
Spanish fleet would beams insight. We
all worked harder than ever. chiefly to
keep our minds occupied. My divsion
included what I considered the and
gun crew of the ship, and the may
those boys handled the rapid-fire guns
was something delightful.
“After a week or two of this unusual
drill, which developed a proficiency tru-
ly amazing, I noticed that my pet gun
crew became listless and 'a. trifle slow
in their work. They seemed to lack
heart. Sharp words and reprimands
only served to stir them up temporar-
ily. I was at a. loss to account for this
change, and set out to discover the rea-
son. I called up an old gunner’s mate
and asked him what he thought was
the cause. .
“ ‘Don’t know, sir. The boys is all
right, sir—only I guess they dont sleep
ery w,ell sir.’
‘More puzzled than ever, I resolved
'1': 0y
bird at times. The next night I was
officer of the deck and had the mid-
watch. Along about two bells I thought
I heard voices forward, and went to
investigate. There was that whole
blessed gun crew stowed away as com-
fortably as possible on the deck, look—
ing' out to sea. Some werelying down,
with their eyes glued on the water,
oil are had their elbows on the guard
rails with their chins on their arms.
looking out over the waves
"I 1. eat aft and sent for one of my
men, and asked him why he wasn’t be-
low in his hammock where he be-
longed.
" ‘ Veil, sir, we, ain‘t a-goin’ to get
caught asleep down below in our hams
mocks like those Maine boys, sir. We
owe the Spanish something for that
and something for ourselves. We are
all tryin’ to be the first to sight 3. Spam
lard, sir, so we’re watchin'—that’s all,
c‘ r
».A.
Ie1e w as the explanation of my gun
C16“ 5 listless performance. They were
working as hard. as men could work
and getting little or no sleep. It wasn't
{car that kept them awake—not by a.
lgng' shot. It was simply the desire to
be the first to sight a Spanlh ship and
the hope of getting the firt shot at her.
Tire suspense of. inaction was what
worried the boys."‘—.—-Electrical Review.
THE JOLLY AMEER'.
A in: ui-ralunan is One ofthe_Most Original
of Living Rulers.
The most interesting ruler in the
world at present is, probably, Abdur-
rahman of Afghanistan.
A fine old-crusted autocrat is Abdur-
rahman, capable of waking up his doc-
tor to ask if it would hurt him to eat
ting up a thief in an iron cage to starve
to death.
Once a. beggar in Kabul asked aims
of the Khan.
“Did you ever work for a. living?’
asked the ruler.
_“Never, 0 Khan," the man replied;
“I am a beggar."
“Then,” said Abdurrahaman, “we
can get along without you,” and forth-
with directed that the beggar should.
be hanged. He is, however, susceptible‘
to flattery, and can semetlmes be‘ca—'
joied. .
A man Whom he had sentenced to
have his ears cut off for some indiscre-
tionhappened to be a friend of his
chief secretary, who averted the mutil-
ation by offering to perform the task
himself, provided it might be done in
the Ameer‘s presence.
To this he assented, whereupon the
secretary explained that he had never
executed this form of punishment be-
fore, and would His Highness show
him how much was to be removed.
The Ameer passed his hands over
both ears of the trembling wretch,
whereupon the secretary reminded him
of a passage in the Koran saying that
anything touched by the representative
of the Almighty became sacred. So
the ears were saved.
Afghanistan is anything but back-
ward, as Asiatic countries go. There is
a modern factory in Kabul run by
steam and employing 3,500 workmen,
which turns out daily 10,000 Martini-
Hem‘y cartridges and 10,000 Snider car-
tridges, finished and complete: twenty
Martini-Henry and twenty Snider rifles;
50,000 coins, two field guns, varying
from 3-p0unde‘rs to 12-pounders; twelve
Maxims, eighteen Gardners, with car—
riages and full equipment, per annum,
as well as a large number of swords
and mechanical contrivances:
The Ameer takes great pride in the
factory and makes his khans and all
his visitors go and see it. One day
Umra, Khan, who came from a dis-
tance, called 011 Sir Salters Pyne and
said:
“How do you make guns ’1”
“It is quite easy, ” leplied Pyne. "You
make a hole filst, and then wrap some
iron around it."
“Ah,” he said, sorrowfully. “there is
lots of air for the hole in my country;
only no one there knows how to wrap
the iron around it.”—New York \anld.
Somethingr 114-5111..»- Iu ".9111.
f‘Wllat are you going to give up for
Lent?" asked the landlord, who and
come for the month's rent
“I am going to give up this house for
:he
one male coniflntzlble.” replied
tenant —~Pittsb.1rg; Chronicle ‘;' LP-
_ slash. . "
“Do you believe that IlCllCF"? ‘19.
best policy, Rodden?" -
_ “Most assuredly. I rues; ;.'
.inouny outrof‘m-y hone-sf «211........... ‘
STRICKEN .BY HEAT.
LAfTE DETAILS OF THE HOT WAVE II‘
AUSTRALIA.
Frigliiful Sights Alnid the Sufferers o;
Sydney—At. the Melbourne Observatory
109 5 Degrees “’cre Registered Undel
Severe Shade.
1.
A weird story of aridity, where all'
is usually parched and dry, where men
drop dead with thirst and fishes perish
in the shallow lakes in the city parks
and‘birds fall stricken.- from the skies
comes from far off Australia.
It is an annual event at the Anti-
podes. where the 24th of Decembel
corresponds with our longest day in
midsummer. Christmas in Australia
is the season of intense heat. But
this year the terrific hot wave was a
little later than usual, though when
it came it transformed the greatel
part of the continent into a hot oven
and baked men’s skin like bread.
For the term of two weeks succeed-
ing December 30th, the pavements in
cities like Sydney, Melbourne and Vic-
toria were burning people’s feet
Horses were struck deadunder the
sun’s rays as with a shock of electric-
ity; and on the cattle and sheer
ranges hundreds of thousands of ani-
mals perished in consequence of thi
springs and creeks running dry. Al
the Melbourne Observatory, 107.3 de-
grees were- registered under seven
shade, a record which was increased
two days later to 109.5 degrees under
the same conditions. At a. gazabc
of a town, called Omeo, perched in the
winds of that sweltering land, the rec-
ord was 105 degrees, while at a certair
part of the wen settled colony of Vic
toria the shade was no less than 11!
degrees. Nor was this unprecedented
At a place called Croki, in 1896, the
temperature was 121 degrees and :1!
Perth it was 117 degrees- .
A writer in descanting on this
drought says, “The earth seemed, to
faint under the white, blinding skies.
The harvests shrivelled. The 301'
chards with all their leafy promise
were smitten as with the blast of a fur-
nace; the grass turned to dust ovel
the wide plains; a lurid haze covered
the country and the sun was like an
adobe of blood.” It is stated thaI
grapes were actually cooked upon the
stems of the vines on which. they
grew; and all human activity was sus-
pended in the public offices and or
government contracts for four hours
each day. The heat was so thorough
ly oppressive that men could do little
more than lie down or immerse'them
selves in cool waters during the day.
During a single day the 410, 000 inliabi
tants of Sydney. consumed 19, 500, 00¢
gallons of water or almost fifty gal
,lons per head, the average consump
tion for New York in a day of corre.
sponding summer heat being eighteen
gallons per capita with our thousand:
of factories in full blast.
During this .. period rwhiCh t'l'l'asti
without intermission for two weeks 01
more, bathing, is most necessary in
order to avoid sunstroke. The streets
of Sydne,v are kept washed down with
water each day in a censtant effort to
lower the blistering temperature.
This, however, does not satisfy the in-
habitants, and the city authorities have
to shut off the water supply for several
hours each day in order to prevent
waste, the people being thus put upon
short commons in the public interest
touches a ships’ officers stint the sup-
ply of provisions in’a shipwreck. The
mortality in Sydney especially among
babies is unprecedentedly high during
this annual visitation of sunstroke
. which cuts off the very old and young
and neither spares man or beast or liv-
ing thing.
Last year the heat, while greatest
in New South Wales was also general
throughout Australia; but the capric-
iousness of the climate was so variable
this year that while horses were smit—
ten and mad dogs foamed in the streets
of Sydney or cattle fell dead in the
neighboring pastures, there Was a de-
luge of rain in Brisbane; and the sew-
ers and waterworks burst with the
presSure of rainfall. In other words,
while five of the six colonies of the
Queen were being roasted, and when
men could only venture into the harvest
fields by moonlight to save the rem-
nant of the blighted crops the sixth
colony was inundated with water to
such an extent of humidity that most
of the farm crops were levelled down
and rotted in the floods.
There was constant high winds all
over the Island continent in this sense,
however. that while a tornado of wind
and rain were pelting themselves over
Queensland with the fury characteris-
tic of warm southern countries—de-
stroying crops and demolishing sheep
farms en route—there was a very dif-
ferent sort of a storm in Victoria and
New South Wales. An unusual feat-
ure of the hot wave that prevailed in
these latter provinces was that a high
wind resembling a blast from the fiery
hosts of Hades blew over the country,
reaching a velocity of fifty or seventy-
five miles an hour. It was a wind
that caught the fumes and glow of the
parched plains and of the burning
sands over which it swept being here
and there fanned into a more furious
degree. of insufferable and oppressive
dryness. by the frequent brush-fires
that were spontaneously generated in
its track by the friction which the
wind p10duced Most of these brush
files were the direct result of the wind
and heat. Once stalled they rushed
through the half- scorched prairies as
would a fire through dry tow, gather-
ing up dust from the baked and blazing
fields and darkening the: skies for
llundleds of miles with blindln g clouds
of smoke, and which after enveloping
the country were still traceable in the
atmosphere-at a distance of some two
hundred miles on sea. '
Mexico has had liftyeliye Freshen-ts.-
si-‘uce 1521. ,
TYPES OF NAVAL. VESSELS.
Brill ships. Cruisers. (lunboats and Tor-
.11- «I , “null. Destroyers Described.
A torpedo boat is used to destroy war ,
vesscls, ' Iarticularly battleships, and
torpedo-boat destroyers are madepto
destroy the torpedo boats, as their
name signifies. Torpedo boats are
small vessels fitted with powerful en-
gines t:-at drive them through the
water atahigh rate of speed. They
are lightly constructed, and carry
small 1.: its in addition to their torpe-
does. The torpedo-boat destroyers
are larger than the torpedo boats, and
in their construction, as in the smaller
boats, everything is sacrificed so that
their powerful engines will be able to
send them through the water at a
great rate‘of speed for a. short distance.
Their armament is. sufficiently power
in] to disable or destroy the torpedo
beats when they come up with them.
Torpedo-boat destroyers carry no tor—
pedoes and they depend entirely on
their speed and. their guns.
Battleships are fightng ships, they
are classified according to their arma-
ment. A battleship is used for bom-
barding forts, and for doing heavy»
fighting work. A gunboat is a small
battleship, and after a. battleship has
partly demolished a. fort the gunboats,
on account of their light draught, run
in close to finish the work or protect
the other vessels of the fleet while
marines are being landed. Cruisers
are commerce destroyers, or, in other
words, lcgaliZed pirates. They do not
carry as heavy guns as battleships do,
and they have speed enough to ever:
take the trade ships of the enemy.
Torpedo boats attack big ships us-
ually at night. When these destruc-
tive boats are being speeded they bury
themselves in the water, and almost
all that can be seen of them is a streak
of foam. They are painted a color that
is not distinguishable on the water,
and the most perfect range-finders will
not distinguish'them sufficiently for
the guns of big ships to be trained on
them. They approach a warship head-
on, thus presenting as small a mark as
possible, and take a ziz-zag course.
When within _strik1ng distance, which
is about 600 yards, they launch their
torpedoes and get away. In the day-
time they steam along under'protec-
tion of a battleship, keeping the battle-
ship between them and the enemy, and
when a. favorable opportunity arrives
dart out and make their attack. They
are so lightly constructed that if the
beat they attack can hit them, the ter-
pedo boats are ruined. At night time
the big vessels keep their searchlights
at work to discover the torpedo boats,
and thus to protect themselves.
REVENGE OF A SNAKE AND ITS MATE
They Laid in Wait for the Man Who Had .
truck One of Them.
A gentleman riding along a. planta-
tion path, followed by a negro on a.
mule struck a large cottonm-ou-t'h with
his whip lash as it glided across the
road. As soon as under cover and out
of reach of the whip the snake raised
its head above the bughes, standing al-
most .uprigh-t on its tail and glaring
at him with flashing eyes, at the same
time hissing fiercely and exposing its
fangs. :
“Yo’ ort’n ter ’a done dat, Maws
Joe!” exclaimed the negro.
“Why not, Pomp?"
“Case dat snec'ii lay fuh yo' show,
an’ sometime ernother'll hit you’ back."
“Pshaw, Pomp! I don't take any
stock in such nonsense. More likely
he‘ll take care to keep out of reach
of my whip. I wish, though, I had
killed the beasti"
“Dat would ’a’ bin er sight wusser,
Maws Joe, ’case de mate would jes‘
foller tel hit cotch’t yo'; an' when er
:ottonmouf’s mate hits, yo’ goes dead
powrful quick."
”All nonsens, Pomp! There isn’t any
mate, or if there is, it doesn't know
more than other dumb creatures. A
man may be hit ,of course, but not
more often by 'the mate of a. snake he
has killed than by some other that
lust happens in striking distance.”
“Leastways, Maws Joe,” urged Pomp,
”yo'd beter not happen erlong dnls paf
any more dis year, ’ceptin’ on 11055—
back!”
This good advice fell on needless
ears. The next afternoon Maws Joe
followed the path on foot, probably
without any thought of what had oc-
surred the day before and when pass-
ing the spot where he had lashed the
snake the day before he was struck
it the same instant by two cotton-
mouths one from each side of the
oath. He managed to get home but
lied soon after.
The negroes in that neighborhood,
and many white people, too, are firm
)elievers in the cottonmouth's mate
1nd its vicious intelligence—Galveston
News. ‘ ‘
Slightly Absent Minded
Professor W., a. well-known Edin-
burgh professor, is accustomed to take
a daily walk with another old profes—
sor,1\hen they discuss matters quite
beyond the comprehension of ordinary
mortals.
One day when the walking was ex-
ceedingly bad, Professor W. was on his
way to the corner at wnich he and his
friend always met, when he encount-
cred a young student whose face he
recognized dimly, having seen it every
day for several weeks in the class-
room. lIe accordingly hailed his pupil,
who was wading through the mud to
get across the street.
“Have you seen Professor 8.?”
asked.
“Yes, sir,” replied the student, paus-
ing respectfully, in the midst of a mud-
puddle, to remove his cap. “He is at
the corner below, waiting for you."
"Good: very good:" responded the
professor, looking over his spectacles
u-‘Elh his class-room air;
,3;.asad="_\\i'll.h a student. “I thank you.
‘5’“; "433’ be Seated;-"‘-'
he
,iect the gun crews;
I
1
I
l MANNING A WAR sHiP
IVORK ON BOARD WHICH THE SAILOR
MEN HAVE TO PERFORM.
)lseipiine Taught First, Then How to
Prepare for Action—Battle Tactics 0b-
served—Sword and Bayonet Practice—
] Sidetraeking Z Torpedo. ’
It is the practice of the navy to have.
1 certain number of ships gather once
iyear, at some suitable place, for ma-
leuvering purposes. The main objeCt
'3 this gathering is to furnish as many
ine officers as possible with the exper‘
ence of handling ships in tactical
novements in order that they may
brm some conception of’the conditions
ikely to arise in fleet engagements;
1nd also to perfect the d.rill of the men.
It will be interesting to desoribe,
PFIGflY. the life of the, men on board
1 man-of-war during these maneuvers;
.or, during this period, jacktar is a
very busy man.
At 4 o ’clock in the morning the bugle
sounds and the ship’ 3 company turns
"11'. of the hammocks in which the, men
deep. First the decks are sluiced with
water and scrubbed. The hammocks
ire stowed away at 6 o'clock; and a few
minutes later the men who are acting
is cooks for the day are .piped off to
get breakfast. At 6:30 the signal is
given for breakfast. Thirty-five min-
utes are allowed for this meal, and
lmoklng, then the “out pipes” sounds.
l‘he watch at once falls in, clears the
ness deck and polishes all the bright
metal work. At 8 o'clock the men
clean the guns for half an hour, then
they have what in nautical parlance is
called a “stand easy” or rest for twen-
ty—five minutes.
At the end of this time the upper
leek is cleared and the crew mustered
for prayers. At the close of the re-
ligious services there comes another
IhOl‘t “stand easy," after which the
drill for the forenoon begins. This
takes place at about 11ro’elock, and us-
ually consists of one of the following
evolutions: ‘f‘Man and arm the ship,”
‘man overheard, " “close water-tight
loors and out collision mat ” “general
luarters," “fire quarters,” “clear for
lotion, ” “prepare for battle," and when
n harbors, “out torpedo nets.” There
ll‘e many other evolutions, which form
1 part of the drill on board a man-of-
yar; but a brief description of these
will answer the purposes of this article.
“Man overboard!” When this signal
is given the men never know Whether
some comrade is struggling forms in
the water, or whether it is'simply a
irill; hence, all use their utmost quick.
less in obeying the order. The instant
lhe shout is heard,'a sentry who is al-
ways stationed With a. loaded "gun at
me poop near the two safety life buoys;-
pulls the knob and lets them fall into
lhe water and fires his rifle. The great
-,hip is stopped and the engines started
istern, a cutter is manned and lowered,
and the drowning sailor or life buoy is
picked up.
"Close the water-tight doors and out
collision mat” is one of the most com-
mon of the exercises. The modern
warship is sub-divided into a great
many compartments, which communi- ,
rated with each other by means of
heavy doors, so made that when shut
they are water- tight. On some of the
ships there are over four hun-
dred 'of these doors. Ordinarily
many of these doors are kept
closed, but others must be kept
open if the ship is 'worked with
:omfort and ease. These are never
shut, except during a danger-maneuver
Dr When preparing for battle. ‘ It
takes\from two to five minutes to close
the doors; and, while this is being done
the great collision mat of hemp and
canvas is got down and' made ready
to be placed over the breach in the
ship, and the boats are prepared for
hoisting out.
.At the command “general quarters"
111 the ship’s guns are manned and cast
loose. It has been found necessary to
secure the larger guns on board a bat-
tle-ship, for if they were allowed to
roll about they would smash the vessel.
The securing chains and bolts must be
removed and the hydraulic pressure,
used in loading and turning the gear,
turned on by the ship’s crew, before
they can be fired. In the meantime
ammunition is served to the guns from
below. All incumbrances are moved
from the deck; and at “clear for ac-
tion,” all obstruction-em the way of
the guns are'cleared away.
“Prepare for battle!” At this order
.111 the boats are filled with water. to
pievent their catching fire; woodwork
which might cause splinters is thrown
overboard 'or sent below; the conning
tower, where the officers watch and
direct the battle, is further protected
by laying the hammocks around it;
mantles of spare rope are placed be-
the water-tight
doors are closed, and all aboard the
ship is made ready for instant battle.
“Out torpedo nets!" . This command
is only given when the ship is lying
in harbor. At the order'the nets of
steel wire are brought out, placed on
ieck, laced together and fastened to the
great booms pivoted to the side of the
ship.
they stand horizontally from the ship's
side. with the nets held at a distance
of twenty feet. A smart crew will ac-
complish all this in about twenty min-
utes.
After the evolution for the morning
is over the men clear up decks, and at
noon have dinner. At ,1:10 the “out
pipes” sounds, and they go to work
cleaning the guns and sweeping the
decks. which are, kept as clean as a
New England wife’s kitchen floor. At
1:30 drills; 2:00, a short “stand easy;'
then work; 3:00, a second evolution.
and at 4:00 the crew is mustered for
supper. At 7:15 the hammocks are
slung in "the lower deck; and the day's
wol k for the man-of-war' s man is ov er
when u ell ,prcviding he is not on the watch for
the night.
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The booms are forced out until ~
SCHCOL OF A SOLDIER.
Manual of Arms for Young Men of Mill
tau-y Inclination.
War talk always stirs the rllilitar).~
ardor of the boys. There is no schoor
boy so young but what he yearns til
be a soldier when his country sound:
the call to arms. To-day in every city
and hamlet in the land, this spirit 0]
patriotism finds expression in the for
mation and drilling of juvenile battal-
ions. Ordinary sports and pastimes,
for the time being, give place to thy
evolutions of the drill and. the manual
of arms, and the martial strains 01 .
drum and fife are beginning to be as
popular and omnipresent as they were
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In foiming ranks the position of the
soldier at “Attention” is: Heels in
the same line and near each other;
feet turned out equally and forminfi
with each other an angle of about 6t
degrees; knees straight, but notlstifl:
body erect on the hips, slightly inclined
forward; arms and hands hanging nat.
urally; little fingers opposite seams oi
the trousers; head erect, chin slightly
down, and eyes straight in the front
: Next comes the manual of arms
Marching and the performance of mm-
cult evolutions need not be taught until
the boys have mastered the secret or
preserving perfect alignment in ranks,
and handling their guns. The manual
of arms is as follows: _
Order Arms—Butt of gun rests sol-
idly on ground, barrel to the rear,
touching toe of the right shoe; right
hand holding thepiece between thumb
and fingers, first two fingers to the
front.
Present Arms—Carry the piece in
front of center of the body with the
right hand, barrel to the rear and ver-
tical; grasp it at the balance with left
hand, forearm horizontal, and. resting
against the body.
Port Rms.—Raise piece diagonally
across the body,— magazine to the front:
grasp it smartly with both hands (the
right palm down) at the small of the
stock (the left palm up) at the balance
thumb clasping the piece, barrel slip-
ing to the left and crossing opposite
the junction of the neck with the lefI
shoulder; right forearm horizontal, left
forearm resting agaist the body; piece
near the body.
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Shoulder Arms—Carry the piece d1
agonally , across the body with the
right hand, magazine to front; grasp
it at the balance wth left hand palm
up, thumb clasping the piece; carry the
right hand and quickly to the butt, em-
bracing it, heel between the first two
fingers, the thumb and tigers closed on
the stock, the barrel sloping to the left
and crossing opposite the juncturepoi
the neck with the left shoulder, left
forearm resting against the body, the
piece, left arm, and hand being in the
same position as at port arms. Raise
and place the piece on the right shoul-
der, the right elbow against the side,
the_right hand directly in front of the
elbow; at the same :time slip the left
hand, fingers extended and jointed
down opposite the bolt handle. Then
drop the left hand by the side.
Rifle Salute—Being at right shoulder
arms. Carry the left hand smartly to
the small of the stock, forearm hori~
zontal, palm of the nand’down, thumb
and fingers extended and joined, fore-
finger against the piece. Drop the left
hand by the side. The first motion 01
the salute is made six yards before
passing the officer, iolding the hand
at the small of the stock until the sol-
ute is acknowledged or the ofiioez
passed. Indoors the salute is made
from the position of order arms; carry
the left hand smartly to the right side,
forearm horizontal or nearly so, palm
of the hand down, thumb, and fingers
extended and joined, forefinger against
piece. Drop the left hand to the side.
The ride salute is prescribed for indi-
vidual soldiers with arms, except sen-
tinels, who salute by presenting arms.
Parade Rest—Being at order arms:
Carry the right foot six inches straight
to the rear, left knee slightly bent;
carry the muzzle in front of the center
of the body, barrel to the left hand
just below the stacking swivel and
with the right hand below and against
the left.
Charge Bayonets—Belng at order
arms: Half face to the right, carry-
ing the? right heel six inches to
rear and three inches to the right of
the left heel, and at the same time
raise the piece with the right hand, in-
clining the barrel to the front; grasp
it with the left at the balance, back
of the hand down, thumb clasping
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'piece, elbow against the body; grasp
the small of the stock with the right ,
hand and'bring the point of the bay-
onet to the height 01-: the chin, right
hand supporting the ‘stock firmly
against the front of the right hip. the
body inclining slightly forward.
“’hen precision in. this manual has
been attained' the drillmaster may
'a;ke his squad into some handy lot
valid but tlii- po‘ysthrough titer-paces-
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Norwalk Chronicler