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WV A DANGEROUS POSITION.
The Captain of a Snip Must. Be a Bravo
and Heady Man.
‘Of all on board, the man who stands
in the greatest peril is the captain. In
the battleships and cruisers his posi-.
tion is in a cylindrical box of. steel,
Placed just under the bridge, well for-'
ward, which is called the conning—
tower. The armor of it is thick enough
ordinarily to resist the penetration of
heavy projectiles. It contains the
speaking tubes and electrical wires
whereby he communicates with the
guns, engines and helm, and some-
times appara-tus whereby he is enabled
to fire the guns himself after they are
laid-upon the enemy. .H-is field of vis-
ion is limited to’ what he can see
through a little horizontal slit on about
the level of his eye. Inpoint of fright-
ful responsibility no situation in the
world can compare with, that which is
occupied by the man who stands in
that tower and directs the movements
of his ship. After the conflict once be-
gins the din about him will be some-
thing infern-al. Upon' him the fire of
the enemy will be concentrated,
upon the exterior of that steel drum
in which he is shut up there will be
a. continuous hail of iron and steel.
Shells will burst everywhere about it,
and to that babel will be added the
roar ofthe force blast under the en-
gines, the tremendous reports of the
heavy guns, and the din of the quick
fire and machine guns in chorus. In
such circumstances as this, aided by’
ench knowledge as he can get by look—
ing through the little peep-hole in
front of him as well as the smoke will
let him the captain must control the
tremendous forces under his command,
and his decisions are matters of sec~
onds. I
Nobody now believes that a captain
who finds his vision through the slits
of the tower cut off by smoke, will
stay thus shut up. It is extremely
doubtful if it will be physically possi-
ble for him to remain there after the
shells commence to hammer its sides
and burst against it, and, in any
event, the intense anxiety to see and
know clearly what the enemy is do-
ing will inevitablv lead him to take
his chances in the open. Conning-
tower or no conning-tower, his duty is
to place himself at whatever point he
can manage his ships to the best ad-
vantage, and this he will certainly do.
Lord Charles Beresford, with grim
humor, has suggested that the cap—
tain’s safest place is not in but be—
hind his conning-towcr, “because then
he has ‘two thicknesses of steel between
himself and the enemy, don’t you see?”
but while conning—tower armor may
resist penetration, it is by no means
certain that the whole structure will
not be swept away by the first. heavy
projectile which squarely hits it. ——In-
dependent.
RARE CANINE INTELLIGENCE. I
Illustrated in a‘ Novel Manner by, a Big
St. Bernard.
A striking instance of. the intelligence
of a. dog was demonstrated one night
in Maplewood, at the residence of Col-
onel W. S. Moore, local agent of the
Miami Powder company. The incident
has set all Maplewood to talking.
A St. Bernard pawed on the. door of
Mr. Moore’s residence and whined and
growled in such a. strange manner that
the people in the house concluded to
investigate. They had observed that
his face detokened a look of distress
rather than fierceness. Colonel Moore
and others started out to follow the
dog. ‘
As soon as the St. Bernard perceived
that he was being at least partially un-
derstood his whole attitude changed
and he frisked about in a joyful man-
ner. He watched the colonel and his
party carefully to see that they were
following him, and led the way to a.
neighboring house, about half a mile
distant.
his motives were at once under-stood.
There, wedged tight between the bars
of a. porch railing, was a small pug
dog that, in his struggles to secure his
liberty, had twisted himself in such a
position that he was rapidly choking
to death.
The St.
Bernard stood by and
,watched with interest the efforts of
the party to extricate the unfortunate
pug from his perilous position. This
was only accomplished by breaking the
bars of the railing. As soon as the pug
was freed the St. Bernard manifested
his appreciation by jumping on the
shoulders of Colonel Moore and lick~
ing his hands in gratification. Then he
trotted complacently from the place
and was soon lost to view.
No one in the vicinity had ever seen
the St. Bernard before, but all ex
pressed admiration for the rare canine
intelligence that he displayed.-—St.
Louis Republic.
Amount of Coal Used on Vessels.
The amount of coal consumed by a
vessel during a. voyage depends very
largely upon- the speed, for the con-
sumption of coal increases almost in a
geometrical ratio to the speed. There
are many ships which burn from 100
to 300 tons of coal per day, the lowest
consumption being when the vessel is
sailing at a moderate rate. Our men-
of—war do not consume so much in pro-
portion as swift passenger steamers
which ply between Europe and Amer-
ica, for, unless in an em‘ergency, they
are not driven at the highest attain<
able speed. The ocean passenger
steamers often burn from 2,500 to 3,500
tons during a voyage lasting six to
seven days, though, of course, as al-
ready stated, the amount is largely de-
pendent on the speed. ——St. Louis Globe-
Democrat. .
He—There are at least a dozen
women who would be glad to get me if
vou were to die. ’
She—I don’t doubt it. They know I
have got you pretty Well trained. ..
lndlanapolll Journal.
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When this place was reached -
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THE AMERICAN SAILORVOF TO-DAY.
The Black Sheep of the'FamIly No Longer
Eligible In the Navy.
Jacky, who used to be more sailor
than gunner, is now more gunner than
sailor. Just in proportion as he has
glue on which he lives, so he has come
more and more into the control of it.
And as the cardinal purpose of a war-
ship is to hit things with her pro-fl
jectiles, Jacky has'become a specialist;
in getting that work out of her. He
does it in two places—at the guns and
at the engines. Correctly pointed guns
are of no use unless the platfonm on
which lfiliey rest is put in proper re-
lation to the thing to be hit, and kept
there; equally it is useless to get the
ship into proper place unless theguns
are correctly pointed. Men who can
do either of, these things must have
natural capacities, and be susceptible
to education, and only men of this
sort the eligible for our navy.
Accordingly the “beach-'comber,” or
the “rock-scorpion,” or any other va-
rietyof that ruck of marine refuse
which drifts around the great mari-
time ports and ships in any craft
where grub is plenty and work light,
no longer slings his hammock on Un-
cle Sam’s berth deck, as he used to do
to the shame of the service in years
gone by. Nor can the tramp, nor the
jail bird, nor even the incorrigible
black sheep of the family thus be pro-
vided for to the relief of constables
and long suffering relatives. No man
or boy can now pass a United States
naval recruiting oflicer unless lie is
clean, healthy, honest, young, strong
and intelligent; nor can lie afterward
get that advancement, which is cer-
tainly open‘to him without fear or fa-
vor, unless he continues to show apti-
tude and ability.-—Park Benjamin in
Independence. % s «no... gas...
ASKED FOR A SHIRT, GOT A WIFE.
Act Heaps Its Reward.
The following is given because of
the valuable suggestion it may con-
tain for our young soldiers. It is the
story of a ‘clean shirt and how it gain-
ed one man a good wife.
During the civil war there was a
young lady in Gemgetown who
found it in her power to do a great
deal f01 the Confederate soldiers con-
fined in prison at Washington. Young.
beautiful, cultured. of a. wealthy and
prominent family, she was frequently
allowed admission to the prison, whith-
or she always took her maid with a
well stocked basket of good things for
the poor boys behind the bars. One
day ,as she was passing through a
group of men in the common prison,
she stopped and said to them:
"If there is anything that you would
like to have that I can bring you,
won’t you let me know? I shall be
'_ very glad.”
One man stepped forward promptly.
Bowing most courteously,‘ he said:
“If you will be so kind, I would
like very much to have a clean shirt.”
He was a young lieutenant from
Louisiana, one of the handsomest and
most elegant men I ever met, and
when that young lady looked up into'
his brown eyes she found it in her
heart to give him much more than a
clean shirt, for she married him as
soon as the war was overéiPhiladel-
phia Times.
An Opportunity Seized.
A certain little girl, living not far
from New York, has always had im-
pressed on her youthful mind—some-
times at the cost of rather painful ex~
periences—that it is wrong to cry. She
had become firmly convinced that this
was a. rule without exceptions, when
suddenly an exception presented it-
self. The little girl was astonished,
but rose nobly to the occasion, and
this is the story thereof as told by a
friend of the family:
The little girl’s baby brother died,
and the friend, meeting her soon af-
terward, sympatlnzed with her re-
garding the loss.
“Yes,” said the child, “and when he
lied, papa cried and mamma cried.
Then I cried a little, too. Mamma said
it was right for me to cry this time,
because my little brother was dead,
:0 I cried harder and ha1der; why”—
.vith great earnesmess—“I just cried
to beat the band!”
Shipping Molten Iron by Rail.
Shipping molten iron by rail is a
'aily stroke of economy to be wit-
messed at Duquesnc, Pa. The molten
iron as it is tapped from the furnaces
runs into an immense mixing ladle
having a capacity of 250 tons, and
from this it is poured into the 20-tou
ladle ClI‘S, the ladles being made of
sheet steel 01‘ iron with a lining of re-
tractoxy material The cars are then
hauled by a locomotive to the steel
works, where the "irect conversion of
the molten iron into open-earth steel is
:11. dc, avoiding all the expense of
tasting the metal into pigs and cool;
ing, handling, reloading, reheating and
z'emelting the pig metal.——New York
'Tomme'3cial.
Excellent Effect];
“I suppose, Henry,” said the old
-.:entlenmn to the new son-in-law, “that
you are aware the check for $5,000 I
put among your wedding presents was
merely for effect?”
“Oh, yes, sir,” responded the cheer-
:‘111 Henry, “and the effect was excel-
”out. The bank cashed itthis morn-
ing without a word.”——Harlem Life.
A Chance for All.
lIrs. Grab—-Are you going to have
your darter take music lessuus?
Mrs. Gadd—N-o, I guess not. She
hain’t no-ear for music.
3 Mrs. Gabb—Well, I wouldn‘t be dis
.couraged at that; mebbe she might
ylearn to play classic, anyhow. ——Ncw.
3 York Weekly. . _
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ceased to be a part of the great en-l
An Incident of the Civil War-A Kind
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T” THE CARDINAL‘VIRTUES.
-Uunuot.Get Them All for Thu-teen Dollar
1: 'Montb'.
One of the heroes‘n Cuba was given
to indulging in the flowing bowl; not
a mild indulgence, either, but a rip-
roaring, whoop-snorting indulgence
that is simply terrific in its mildest'
aspect. One day before he had floated
over to the shores of the Gem of the
Antilles, the colonel of his regiment
called him into his tent for the pur-
pose of talking to him like a father,
as he had known him for years.
“Now, look here, John,’ said the
colonel, kindly,’ “what do you mean
by th1s sort of thing?”
“I mean'to quit, colonel,”
Sponded.
“You’ve said that a million times.
You ought to be ashamed 'of yourself.
You are a man of more than ordin-
ary intelligence, you" have nice people
at home, you ale of a good family,
you are quick to learn the duties of a
soldier, you are clean, you look well,
you keep your accoutrements in fine
condition, you are obedient, you are
always willing to take your share of
the hardships, you, never complain,
and in fact you are a model soldier
With one exception.”
“What’s that, colonel?” asked John,
just a shade l-ee1ily, it must be con-
fessed. :3? ‘
flYou will get drunk.” 31,“. .
“Is matau, colonel?” ”3’73“?
“That’s enough, isn’t it?" "T‘u
John steadied himself by the colo-
nel’s table.
“Now, colonel,” he said, as volun-
teers have a way of talking to their
superiors, “if I’m all these good things
that you say I am, why not let he
drinking go with the balance? You
don’t expect to get all the cardinal vir-
tues for $13 a month, do you ?”—Wash-
ington Star.
he re-
AMERICAN CLOTHESPINS
Used About Everywhere on the Glob»-
Where the-Wash is Hung Out to Dry
Wherever the wash is hung out to
dry, all the world over, it is more than
likely to be pinned on the line with
American clothespins. Americans sell
Clothespins practically everywhexc—
all oyer Europe, in South Africa, South
America, Australia and elsewhere
Some clothespins are made, for the
supply of local markets, in Sweden
and, in Scotland, but they are big and
clumsy pins, twice the size of the
Americans, and whittled out by hand.
and American pins are sold in botl:
these countries in competition wit]:
the home production.
Clothespins are made chiefly o:
beech and of maple; some are made
of tupelo wood. They are made en-
tirely by machinery, "t"counted into
boxes, containing 720 reach. by ma-
chinery, and the boxes are nailbd up
by machinery. It might almost be
said that blocks of wood fed to ma.
chines at one end come out boxed
clothespins at the other. They arc
made and sold wonderfully cheap.
There are two grades of clothespinsf
firsts and seconds. First grade pins
can be bought for thirty-five cents :1
box.
The production of clothespins is
enormous, millions of boxes annually
The consumption in this country keeps
pace with the growth of the popula
tion, and great numbers are exported.
Even people in the trade wonder what
becomes of all the clothespins. ~—New
York Sun.
Wonderful Russian Jewels.
A whole guide book devoted simply
to the Hermitage could give no sort of
idea of the barbaric splendor of its bc-
longings.
lief. Even the presents given by the
Emir of Bokhara to the czar are splen-
did enough to dazzle one like a reali-
zation of the “Arabian Nights.” But
to see the most valuable of all, which
are kept in the emperor’s private
vaults, is to be reduced to a state of
bewilderment bOl‘C ing on idiocy. It
is astonishing eno . to one who has
bought even one Russian belt set with
lturquoise enamel, to think of all the
(trappings of a horse, bit, bridle, sad-
dle-girth,.saddle-cloth, and all, made of
i cloth of gold and set in solid turquoise
enamel; with the sword hilt, scabbard.
belts and pistol handle and holster
made of the same. Well, these are
there by the roomful. Then you come
to the private jewels, and yen see all
these same 'accoutrements made, of
precious stones—one of solid diamonds;
another. of _ diamonds,_ emeralds, topazes
and rubies—Ladies Home Journal.
.As Seen From Another Country.
A Chinese essayist thus describes
the American people: “They live for
months without eating a mouthful of
rice; they eat bullocks and sheep in
enormous quantities; they have to
bathe frequently; the men dress all
alike, and to judge from their appear-
ance they are all coo'lies; neither are
they ever to be seen carrying a fan 01'
an umbrella, for they manifest their
ignorant contempt of these insignia of
a gentleman by leaving them entirely
to women; none of them have finger
nails more than an eighth of an inch
long; they eat meat with knives and
prongs; they never enjoy themselves
by sit-ting quietly on their ancestor’s
graves, but jump around and kicl:
balls as if paid to do it, and they hav-
no dignity, for they may be founvt‘.
walking with women.”—New York Tri
bune.
A Young Student.
“What I know,” said Cholly, “I have
learned in the school of experience.”
“I did not know,” said Miss Pert.
“that experience conducted a. kinder-
garten. ”——New York Journal,
“A little quarrel now and then .helps
a. love affair.”
“Yes; the lover Quits buying roses
"and gets a chance to catch up With his
. board bill.”-—Chicago Record.
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.Its riches are beyond be-»
THE WEAKNESS OF CHINA.
The Emperor Weeps as He Sign! Disg‘ahg a.— ,_
fut Treaties.
No army has invaded China since
the Japanese ret1eated.No fleet has
shelled her" ports. There has been my
rebellion in any province. The {Emm
peror is as absolute as ever, the organ-
ization of his Government is quite
complete, his counsellors are those he
has always trusted, his people are SUb'
missively loyal, but the liter-bf the
whole is apparently suspended'T-fifly
Power asks anything and fit “is unwil-
lingly conceded, the energy to otter
even passive resistance, 'to sit still and
await the will of the superior Powers.
is apparently absent. The Emperor
weeps silently as he signs disgraceful
treaties, but .he signs them. Histcoun-
sellors rage as each demand is pre~
sented, but they advise acceptance.
His army flits from port tmportznt’the
bidding of each foreign; inVader, ap-
parently without an idea of firing a
shot. His people, 300,000,000 ofpeas-
ants and artisans, who have held ato—
gether for 3,000 years, who mimi-
viduolly brave, industrious and efli—
cient, look on quietly, striking“ no”
stroke, making no cry, departing,~ yet:
worshipping their imperial Herd. :-
They are beyond measure "E-pz'oud,
but their pride does not stir them‘to
action. They hate the invaders as “m
dians hated Spaniards, but their hate
gives them no energy. They possess
resources even for war almost without
limit, but they accept passively the
dictation of the owners of a few ships.
They do not eveiyrise in magnificent
incoherence as the Peruvians did, and
try to crush the invaders by mere num-
bers, but look on passively as if the
terrible scene going on, which makes
even the greedy invaders from the out.
side lament, were no business of
theirs. Nothing like it in history, says
Mr. Balfour; there is nothing like it
in fiction or in verSe, for _no imagina-
tion, once stirred to exert itself. could
dream of such passivity. It seems in«
credible even to men who know Asia.
and make them doubt whether the im-
pression on their minds is not a dream
from which there will be a rough
awakening. China, said M. Hanotaux.
with the grim humor of the French lii'~
terateur, “is a corpse, the stench of
which will poison Europe;” but it is
not a corpse, there is the miracle of it.
China is a living being, in apparent
health, from which the soul has tem~
porarily departed—London Spectator.
A PLAINSPOKEN DRESSMAKER.
Her Blunt. Remarks Not Always Enjoyed
by the Patrons.
There is 21 certain dressmaker in a
New England village who always
finds customers in spite of her lack of
tact. Though she innocently offends
one patron after another she does not
lose them. Her rufiles are too even,
and her biases too far above reproach.
Here is a specimen of her conversation
while she “fits” a customer.
“I guess I’ll cut this a little mite
lower. You’ve got a real pretty neck.”
Then, when the customer unconscious—
ly bridles with satisfaction, she adds,
“It’s your one good point.” She goes
on snipping and pinning. “There!”
she exclaims, standing OK to view the
eflect, "That’s what I call a lovely
back, Your’s is a little bowin’, but I
make allowances when I cut!” The
customer begins to feel herself 11 mon-
strosity, but her innocent tormentor
continues, “Why, I never saw that
dimple in your wrist! How nice that
is!” Hope revives, but only to sink
again. “But I guess I won’t make the
sleeves any shorter for that. You see
your hands are pretty good size, and
a fall of lace would help to cover ’em."
So the ordeal continues, and the cus
tomer feels that she has reached the
lowest notch of humility. Only as
she is leaving does she pluck up cour—
age to ask,—
“What do you think of red velvet
for my new evening dress?”
“Lovely! Only I’d get a dark velvet
for a lady your age!”
Anyone Good Enough for 3 Bishop.
Bishop Lawrence, of Massachusetts,
tells a good. story on himself and Pres-
ident Eliot, of Harvard. When Phil-
lips Brooks was elected Bishop a few
years ago, President Eliot met Dr.
Lawrence. who was then dean of the
Episcopal Theological School, at Cam-
bridge, and said to (him: “The Church
has made the greatest mistake of a
lifetime. Brooks was the pivot around
which we revolved in Boston: now you
have spread him all over the State.
Any one would have done for Bishop.”
Years after, when Phillips Brooks had
gone to his reward, and Dean Law-
rence had been chosen in his place, he
met President Eliot in the street again.
The latter was warm in his congratu—
lations. “My dear Bishop,”. he said.
“I must congratulate you. The Church
couldn’t have made a better selection.
I thought you should have been the
choice when Brooks was chos_en.”—-
Philadelphia Ledger.
A Budget. of Famous Dislikes.
Nelson, it is said, could not eat a
periwinkle—a ddinty then, as now, of
the lower classes—and Wellington is
reported to have fainted at the sight
of a black beetle. ,
Mackerel made George Stephenson
ill, and a boiled leg of mutton made
Prince Albeit shiver.
Charles Dickens could not bear a
freckled face and Lord Lytton ab-
horred suet dumplings.
Napoleon could not stand any one
who refused his proffered pinch of
snuff. ,
George Washington believed Wed-
nesday to be an unlucky day, and al-
ways stayed in bed on that day. —N ew
York \Vorld.
There are more wrecks in the Baltic-
Sea. than in any other place inltho
‘world. The average is one wreck a-
day throughout the year.
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