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THE TORPEDO IN WAR.

II is difficult to realize that less than
quarter of n century ago the naval power OF
the United States was unsurpassed and it
is still moro difficult to believe that this
country will ever possess navy equal to
that Of England or France at the present
time. In fact, the people do not desire it.
What they demand is the application of in
ventive genius to the task of providing
means of repelling foreign invasion which
will make such naval feet unnecessary.
England and Germany have studied the
torpedo more carefully than the United
States, although American inventors have
produced the most effective war apparatus
of that class. The British Admiralty Board
recently ordered the construction of four
torpedo-cruisers and torpedo depot vessels
for service in oil important British ports,
at home and in the colonies, while Germany
to her naval establishment. It is generally
understood that the torpedo is to have IN
important part in the wars of the future,
and Ericsson and other inventors of torpedos
and torpedo boats nre not alone in their
belief that system of submarine artillery
can be devised which will enable this re-
public to repel any assault of q foreign
power without a great feet Of ponderoui
war ships. We need feet of swift steel
cruisers, aud we need great guns at the en-
trance of our chief harbors, but our greatest
need for the defence of our seabord cities is
the establishment of n torpedo system which
will make it possible to destroy the greatest
war ship afloat before she can approach
within ten miles of our COASTS. Y. Mai
and EJDTxss.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-08-19
FRENCH VINEYARDS.
Hops and Hop vines in La Belle France.


A French vineyard 10 not in itself
picturesque sight. Walking through it you
zee little more than the vines Immediately
around you, for they cannot grow above
their supporting poles, which are oil about
six feet high. Standing on height over
them you seem to be looking over vast
gray SEQ, for the country is very fiat, and
you see little but the gray tops of the poles.
As the season advances toward the vintage,
the white, chalky reads become inches deep
in dust. All along the margins Of the road
the vines are thickly powdered with it, and
q foot passenger comes home looking like
miller. There is nothing very graceful either
in the vines or the grapes. The vines are
immature hop vines, and the grapes are very
small and grow so closely together that the
best way of eating them is to take bite out
of bunch as you would out of an apple
If your teeth ore good enough. 1t is true
you have to take your chance of coming
across snails and slugs and such small deer;
but the snails are the white edible variety,
such as you may see In the restaurants, and
the slugs have, at oil events been nourished
ON the vine.
The pioturesqueness of the vineyard be-
gins with the picking. If you live near the
road to the vineyard you are awakened at
dawn by the sound of cartwheels and the
jingling ofthe horses bells; probably, also,
by the shouting and singing of the pickers,
I . mt > =
per overnight and their coffee before they
start in the morning, and they are elated Of
the beginning of the work. Good Words.
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DUST IN CALIFORNIA.

A dissgreeable factor in California life
one less easily ayoidable, although less seri-
Gus, than tho malarial neighborhoods-is
the general dustiness that prevails through
much of the year. The absence Of Sum.
mer rains, assisted by PROFESSIONS, continu-
ing for several months, of heavily laden grain
wagons, drawn by six or eight mules or
horses, causes the country roads approach
ing oil towns where grain is shipped by
rail or water to become mere rows of deep
ly worn ruts filled with fine dust. The
daily play of the trade winds catches up
this dust and whirls it around the towns
and along the roads with an utterly free and
eaay unconccrn for the rights of man. Wa
ter carts and little bitches mitigate the
nuisance to considerable extent in the
better parts Of the well regulated towns,
and even on some of the country roads, but
as O rule the dusty breeze has its own way.
The foothill and mountain roads, unless in
some of the lumber-p producing sections, are
not so much cut up as are those in the
grain-growing valleys, but all Of them dc
their share toward making activity in the
dust business.
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WHERE OUR SODA COMES FROM.


Along the Peruvian coast, stretching for
hundreds of miles, are the famous beds OF
nitrate of soda, which purified is saltpeter.
These deposits, more profitable than silver
or guano, were discovered accidentally by q
vagrant Englishman named George Smith,
but were not operated to any extent until
recent years. Now nitrate having been
found valuable component of hundred
chemical forms, is in demand the world
over, and millions of dollars worth is ship
ped from the ports along the coast annually.
Before its value was fully known number
of far-sighted men located "claims," after
the fashion in vogue in mining camps every
where, and then the government stepped in,
and forbade any further presumption. But
the original locations cover enough of the
deposit to supply the market for o century
Or two, and to keep up prices they have
formed pool, monopoly combination,
under which they charge from two to three
dollars per cwt. for what costs them about
fifteen cents. There is apparently no limit
to the stuff, the bed stretching up and down
the coast for 800 or 400 miles. = Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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THE prsoBEprExcE OF PAR ENrs.

Johnny Fizzletop created O sensation in
school by reading the following compost
tion:-
1.-The disobedience of parents is often
the source of great deal of uneasiness to
their offspring Men who commit the dark
est crimes generally begin by being disob-
edient TO their children.
Disobedient parents are often the result
Of indulgent children, who intend it for the
good Of their progenitors, but are aware too
late that IL is not benefcent. OF course,
parents have their privileges, and do not
relish having them interfered with, but 1t is
the duty Of every conscientious child to see
that they do not assume too much authority.
Parents are naturally presuming, unless
they are checked up once in while. How
often do we see q home where there is nc
peace, no harmony and no love? The in.
dulgent kid allows not only his parents but
his grandparents, and relatives who may be
In the house, to have their own way and fol-
low the dictates of their own foolish desires.
The child who fails to keep o tight rein on
the reckless parent is, sooner or later, sure
to have his gray hairs, If he lives long
enough, brought down in sorrow to the
cemetery. Parents who obey their children
are the first to obey their Heavenly Father.
What q wise old adage 1t is Bring up a
parent in the way he should go, and when he
is old he will not depart from it, Obedient
and good parents make useful men and wo-
men when they grow up."--1esas SDtings.
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INSULTING THE ALLIGATOR.
Monster that was Shamefully Traanfa
While Waiting TO be Killed.


Now, them" said the Colonel, here's
The rifle and there's the alligator. Get down
behind this log and take dend rest and
aim for his eye"
The reptile wasn't over ono hundIed feet
away, lying on the shore of tho lagoon to
dry his scaly back II lac had eyes they
were shut, but got down with the deter
mination to plant bullet somewhere back
of the base of his great jaws.
Hold on!" whispered the Colonel, "you
can't hit nothing with the gun webbing all
over the log. Steady nowl"
got my eye down to the gun and was
finishing for the right spot, when the Colo
mel broke in with
.'Great landsl but see him shaking If
you fire now the bullet will go clear over
Baton Rouge"
sat up and drew long breath, and then
got down and pulled the trigger. I was
still pulling whep the colonel whispered =
I" Well, l declare! but the gun isn't
cockedl"
l drew up the hammer and took another
long breath, and just then the alligator
opened his mouth like the door of shed
and yawned as naturally as human being.
I looked Mt him instead of the sights, and
the colonel nudged me and said:-
"Say, don't believe we loaded that gun
after shooting at that bnzzard!"
He was right. We had to load it, and
inst as we had finished the operation de.
tected smell of musk and henrd n wnllow
ing in the sand, and as we rose up that bles
sed old reptile put his fore feet on the log
to look over.
Nov, give it to him y shouted the Col
onel, and I raised the gun and banged away
1t was Winchester, and / banged again.
The alligator looked at me in puzzled
way, and at the third report he backed off
and started for the lake. followed and
opened "leaden hail" ON him. Twice he
turned his head and gave me u look of re-
proach, and as he was about to enter the
winter he put up his fore foot and wiped n
tear from the corner of his left eye. / had
grieved his feelings Intentionally and mali
ciously insulted crocodile who had, per.
haps, been philanthropist NIL his days
"Gimme that guni" said the Colonel in
husky voice. ~ brought you out here
to give you chance to kill an alligator, but
I'll hanged if I'll be party to any such
conduct as yours That gator has been
shamefully treated, and he feels it, and ten
to one If lie doesn't hold me responsible
and give it away to every burned reptile in
Louisiana. Let's go home l"-Detroit Ere
Press.
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TIMBER IN ALASKA.


Alaska forests contain enough timber to
supply the world. The forests Of pine,
spruce, fir, and hemlock cover every island
of the archipelago and q goodly portion of
mainland.
The trees are straight and tall and grow
close together. The only saw-mill at pre-
sent in operation is at Douglas Island, and
SO far there has not been cord of timber
cut for shipment. The trees, as o rule, do
not always cut up into good-sized boards.
For fuel, however, the wood is excellent,
and much of it is available for building
purposes. There is little decorative wood,
although the yellow pine is richly colored
and might be used to advantage in interior
work Alaska spruce is an excellent variety,
and often measures five feet in diameter.
1t is considered the best spruce in the
world, and the supply is very abundant. In
the interior of the country, timber is of
much heavier growth than near the coast
and on the islands. Regarding the hemlock,
there is large supply, and the bark COM
pares favorably with that of all the Eastern
trees used in tanning establishments.
No one has yet attempted to compute the
value Of the Alaska forests. It may be they
will not be necessary for years to come, but
whenever wood grows scarce elsewhere, or
whenever civilization fastens itself upon
Alaska, the timber of the region will be
found ready at hand and existing in rich
profusion. Calculating only approximately
the value of our possessions to-day, the for.
ests must be considered. Practically mex.
haustible, they add most materially to the
wealth of the Territory.-iSaa Francisco
Chronicle.
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A MEXICAN HACIENDA.

The hacienda is q welcome sight on the
Mexican landscape; especially IN the dry
season, when the dried grass on long sweeps
of shimmering plain give even the richest
land SO much the appearance of desert,
that it deceives nearly all travellers as much
as California deceived its first American set
tiers. Then the hacienda, with its white
wall and empowering tress shining afar
upon the landscape, with its deep green
fields of wheat or golden tracts of corn,
through which scores of cotton-clad labor
ers are working, seems o veritable oasis.
Sometimes oil the buildings are walled in
with lofty wall of adobe, concrete, or even
stone, into which are driven ct night all the
cattle and horses and nothing is left outside
that is of any value. Many of these are per-
feet fortrosses, provided at the corners with
loop-holed towers, while some have moat
and draw-bridge in the old-fashioned style
of Europe. There is q place for the owner
and his family when he comes out, also gen.
orally chapel, apartments for the priest,
superintendent of the ranch, etc., granaries
store, corrals for tho cattle and horses
tanks of water and quarters for the poems.
Sometimes oil these IRE in central buildings
enclosed by the wall, and again they may
all be built in the form of quadrangle
opening on an inner square, and presenting
to the outer world tall, blank wall, broken
only by massive door, which once closed
is rarely opened for anybody until morn
ing. Some haciendas are very attractive,
neatly built and whitewashed, with plenty
of trees and extensive gardens where fruit
trees and vineyards do much better than one
would expect from anything planted oil in
n heap in hard ground and never cultivat
ed. In others the buildings are an irregu
lar pile of bare adobe, without order, nymme
try, or even convenience, and utterly desti
tute of anything like ornament. 1t is evi,
dent enough that the owner never lives in
some of these. In many, oil the buildings
are scattered about like village, only the
most important ones being walled in; the
poems, who are generally poor enough to be
safe anywhere, living outside, some haci-
endas having laborers by the hundred !;
nearly ever one with family living upon
the ranch in separate apartments.
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Hewnre or rolI,,c,uns.

How are you coming on, Uncle Nose 2"
" Poorly, poorly, thank God" " What's
the matter ?" g has seben gals to support,
boss. Hit costs power of money to fill up
sebsn moufs free times day." Yes, but
I heard one of your daughters was going to
get married, 80 that viii only leave six to
support" Oats whar you am fooling
yerself, boss. Dat ar gal am gwine ter mar
ny one OBJ desc Austin cullud politicians, so,
instead of habin' only six to support when
she marries, pll hab eight mouth to feed,
for mighty few OBJ desc politicianers, white
{ or black, is wuff de powder hit would take
3 to shoot 'em. No, boss, hit will be eight
instead of six ter feed when dat gal inarries,
not counting de material increase. ~ Tesas
Siftinqs.
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THE CARLSBAD WATERS.
How They are Drank and What Life is Mt
Famous German Spa.

There are no cold mineral springs here.
In many places the pavements are really
quite warm where the overflow from the
springs runs. The principal spring, called
the Sprudel, sends up stream not less than
five inches in diameter The water is 80 hot
that one only sips it at first, and the ladies
handle their cups with napkins. The cor.
idor is filed with steam. And the water
has been gushing forth at this rate for hun
dreds of years There must be q very
powerful laboratory of minerals whore this
water comes from. In an adjoining corridor
is an orchestra of thirty pieces, which plays
from to o'clock A. Must the two
hours that the "oure" people are taking
the water. 1t was an odd sight this morn
ing to see hundreds of men and women,
each with glass or china mug attached to
strap over the shoulder, walking through
these immense corridors slipping the water
and chatting, or sitting to hear the music.
The system of drinking these waters is as
follows: The doctor tells how much to
drink and at what intervals. For instance,
Mr.. - is ordered to present himself to
the Sprudel Che has his mug and strap-the
same he used when here three years ago) at
q O'Clock A. NJ. He is to drink one cup and
stroll for twenty minutes, then take another
cup and another stroll of twenty minutes,
and then the third cup, which brings him
to almost 8 o'clock. "Then we 90 to a
Swiss bakery, and get our portions of bread,
certain kind for the "cures,n which is
put in pink paper bags. From there we go
to cafe, in garden, on the sidewalk OF
on a veranda, where coffee or tea with two
boiled eggs, but no butter or pepper, is.tak-
en-" After an hours rest the d" cures and
everybody put themselves in line of march
for some of the wonderfully beautiful walks.
They scale the mountains by lovely paths.
with rests at frequent intervals, until they
have reached the pinnacle of some rocky
projection, where charming summer houses
with seats are arranged. At o'clock eyery-
body dimes in hotels or restaurants oil along
the sidewalk under the fine old chestnuts.
The cures" must look at their written
directions to see what they dare order foi
dinner, and the menu is simple but ample.
After dinner the walk is repeated. At 7
o'clock p. NJ. supper of cold meat and
bread with tea or prescribed wine is partak-
en- Of No butter is served. Before going
to bed glass of spring water, which must
stand to get cool, is drank and the cure :"
is recommended to so to bed at 8 o'clock in
order to be ready to rise at G o'clock in the
morning. In the meantime one must drink
the water only Us directed. This is about
all Of the modus operandi at the Carlsbad
water cure. CARLSBAD Litter.
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MAKING THE DESERT TO BLOOM.
Arizona sandy Plains that are mndc TO be
Wonderfully Productive.

Despite the sterile appearance of the soil
its fertility, when watered by irrigation, al
most staggers belief. Barren tracts Of sand,
where not even spear of grass or any other
sign Of vegetation, save cactus, is seen, are,
by the application of water, made to pro-
luce the most abundant crops of wheat,
barley, and grass. Plant tree of almost
any kind, and keep the ground moist, and
it grows with astonishing rapidity, and vines
do equally we'll. Farmers in the ella VAL
artiicially watered fields seldom falls below
sixty bushels per acre, and more frequently
exceeds seventy bushels. The fayorite grass
is alfalfa, which produces from three to five
tons per acre, and in many instances seven
tons are gathered from properly attended
fields. This grass is exceedingly nutritious
and is largely grown for fattening hogs. In
fact it is prime necessity where the latter
ire raised. The great fertility of the soil
md unfailing certainty of crops produced
by irrigation is attracting capitalists hither
and large sums are being invested in the
construction of irrigating canals. One forty
miles in length has just been completed on
the ella Valley and another of thirty-fye
miles on Salt River. Many other such
enterprises are being vigorously pushed and
those who have been accustomed to regard
the country traversed by the Southern
Pacific Railroad ns an uninhabitable waste
will, if they visit it few years hence, be
surprised to find it rapidly settling and its
once barren plains yielding larger grain and
grass crops than have ever been harvested
from the most productive fields In the Mis-
sisippi and Missouri Valleys.
Cattle raising is rapidly becoming an i'm
portant and profitable business in Arizona,
and despite the absence of grass In u large
part of the Territory, cattle thrive well the
tender and nutritious leaves of the mes
quite and "pala VERDI" furnishing ample
sustenance for tho stock; the former bush
also produces species of bean, in its fat
tening qualities said by stock raisers in the
Territory TO exceed corn. The extreme
mildness of the climate renders Arizona m
exceedingly desirable spot as a breeding
ground for cattle, as they multiply more
rapidly and the death losses are less than in
colder ATTITUDES. 1t is generally conceded,
however, that the cattle should be taken
further north when two years old, as they
attain greater maturity in size and form..in
Northern Kansas, Nebraska, and Montana
Northern cattle also wiring so cents to 81
more per 100 pounds.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-08-19
The Cherry Mountain Avalanche.

Imagine one of those revolving brushes
with which the streets of Boston are swept
only have it magnifed 10000 times, and
some conception can be had of this Slide
The machine that swept Cherry mountain
was 200 feet in diameter and 400 feet long
Instead Of wires the broom was made Of
forest trees fifty feet tall and foot in di-
ameter, and instead of being drawn by
horses it seemed impelled by the force that
guides the stars. Imagine this rolling, roar
ing, whirling monster born of thunder and
whipped on by lightning coming down the
little hollow between the hills in the early
morning, its sides shaking and throwing
out tons of dirt OF every revolution, its path
marked by fire and followed by smoke, and
some idea can be had of the impression i
made upon those people. Boston Globe.
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ROYAL FAMILIES OF EUROPE.
How the Members of the Various House.
holds aro Related.

The sovereign houses of Europe may al
most be regarded as one large family. They
ARE bound together by innumerable mar.
riages. Brothers and sisters and cousins
and second cousins are scattered about
everywhere.
Take our own royal family as an example.
The Queens eldest daughter will, in the or.
binary course of things become the Ger.
man Empress. One of her sons is married
to the daughter of the Emperor of Russia.
The Princes of Wales is the daughter of the
King Of Denmark, her sister is the Empress
Of Russia, her brother the king of Greece.
One of the Queens cousins is King of the
Belgians, another King of Portugal, while
through her children and grandchildren she
will be related by. family tics 10 every
princely family on the Continent.
The barrier of religion shook OF Austria,
Italy and Spain, but some tendriis of rela.
tionship have crept across the mountains,
and will flourish there. Through the nc.
eommodating policy of the Coburgs in mat
ter of creed, the religious barrier has been
piohch 'hioubu, "hu oiuHehes VI IIotest
ant origin have been engrafted on Roman
Catholic stocks. Hence, for example, il
happens that the daughter of the Queens
cousin, the King of the Belgians, will some
day be the Empress of Austria, holding
court Mt Vienna, Pesth or Constantinople, as
the fates determine.
Our own royal family is but an illustra-
ton of what has happened with other royal
families. The moparchies of Europe ore
one vast network of family alliapoer, con.
gerie of brothers and sisters, nephews and
nieces, uncles and aunts. This state Of
things has been brought about by the Gus
tom which forbids tho members of royol and
princely houses to marry out of their own
caste. --En9lish Paper.
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The Power Of Love.

George Stephenson, the famous engineer,
was good deal pestered by semi-scientiic
people. Although he once declared that
the gift of CAB" was the greatest power
above the earth or under it, he confessed TO
another power soon afterwards with gal.
hntry that quite covered the rebuke con-
veyed in his reply to lady who worried
him greatly on engineering questions at an
otherwise pleasant party. "Tell me now,
Mr.. Stephenson" said the lady, adjusting
her eyeglasses and looking uncommonly
wise, what do you consider the most pow
erful force in nature ?" "Oh, can soon
answer that question !" said Stephenson.
1t is the eye of woman for the man who
loves her; for II woman looks with affec
ton on young man, and he should go to
the uttermost ends Of the earth, the recol.
lection Of that look will bring him back.
There is no other force In nature that /
know Of which would do that"