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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

LAUNCH Of HE lt!Nh lON -
shape being calculated Cor speed-it -
plain that the destroyer can shoot and
run" like tho militia captain of the old
story The engines are toward the stern,
triple expansion machines developing 3'3OO
horse bower. to both run the vessel and
compress the air.
The guns are the kind invented by
Lieut. Zalins<i. of the nav. recently
tested with great success; end one OF
them can throw 900 pound projectile.
The vessel contains apartments for its
complement of officers and men. and the
designers are confident it will prove indeed
the DESTROYER OF the Seas
Along with the dynamite cruiser was
launched the Yorktown. or GunbOat No
|. as She was first callcd-a steel cruiser
If 100 tons displacement, length be
tween perpendiculars $50 feet. draugh'
Is feet forward and Is feet aft. and
brcadil IS feet. she has poop and top
gallant forecastle. with open deck be
tween Her engines are triple expansion
Of eco horse power with natura
drauglt and $500 with forced draught
giving a speed of seventeen knots PEI
hour The engines are in separate watei
tight compartments. and tho coal Is ii
hunkcrs around them to give protection
The machinery. magazines and steering
gear are covered 10y a three-eighths incl
water tight steel deck, which is in the
form turtle back. curving down at the
sides and at the bow and stern. while The
.rown of it is but little above the water
line Above and below this deck are
water tight bulkheads, dividing the shiI
into many water tight compartments
all of which can be drained by The
powerful pumps and ventilated by The
blowers. An armored tower stands or
the forecastle deck. protected by 2-inci
steel plates and provided with speaking
tubes and telegraphs by which the cap
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06
How They Light Matches.

Some Of the high rollers Of tho town
have particular fashion in Lighting par
lor matches. They scorn the rough edge
of a match safe and, for that matter, any
hard substance. In natty way the
match rests between the thumb and the
i K finger. and by quick dig Of the
thumb nail tiny part of the phosphorus
Is ripped off until the match is ignited-
Some Of the cigarette fends are particu-
lsrlv adept At the trick.-New York Sun
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

COL heParu
spoke. and devoted his time to booming
Mr. Depew for the Republican nomination
When he bought The Mail and Express
he astonished many and amused some by
beginning the publication of extracts from
the Bible at the head Of his editorial
columns He declared his intention to
publish paper for gentlemen and ladies',
and his belief that no journalist should
write and no proprietor print anything he
would not feel free to speak in paror
He maintains that clean paper will com
mand respect and win support. and pro
poses to achieve success in that
line or not at all This was all very
well; but after the first establishment
and amusement subsidized. several very
good people begun to mrrmur against bis
treatment Of the Bible and many more TO
shake their heads ominously They said
il had a tendency to bring the sacred
text into contempt. When cynical con.
temporaries snccred at his missionary
methods he explained in language init
mating that the Bible was news TO
them. Criticism was. however. confined
to quiet talk until The Mail and Express
referred rather hipQantly to Matthew
Arnolds death. then the Rev. K. Ileber
Newton. of All Souls Church, spoke out
in the pulpit.
This is what he said
An evening paper. which, under the
thin guisc of honoring the Bible by print
inr miscellaneous extracts from it at the
head of its editorial columns. is malovo-
lently seeking TO bring our sacred Scrip
lures into contompt-an aim to be repro
bated by all pious people who do abhor
such a shepherding Of the masses into in
fdelity-coarsely remarked the other day
that Matthew Arnold had ere this found
out whether the God of Abraham. Isaac
and Jacob was only stream of tendency.
The preacher went on to crilicise rather
sharply the sytem Of using Bible texts
and religious phrases in cheap CONNER
cial fashion. exciting keen interest in
his congregation and mach discussion out
doors.
On the same day Col. Shepard spoke at
the regular Young Meas meeting at As
ISOLATION hall in New York.
providence. said Mr. Shepard, lis
simply the evidence Of what God has
done God. for instance. caused printing
to be invented in the early part of the
Fifteenth century Did any one doubt III
The very first book printed was the Bible
Then the Lord. in 1913. had the first tele-
graph line erected between Washington
and Baltimore Let the skeptic scod, but
can he gansay the fact that the very first
message flashed by electrical agency was
What hath God wrought?
do you not see that God is reiSning?
Ny. Shepard continued. triumphantly
We ought to have our conversation in
heaven. and heaven is about Us"
\ little later lie ventured the opinion
that Sunday papers were the work of the
devil. to defeat the good designed by
Providence in establishing good papers
Col. Shepard was born in 1873, July p
in jamestown. \ l.. was graduated from
the New Jersey university IN lsjj and
was admitted to the bar in 1888 After
ENJOYING q moderate practice at the bal
he married Miss Vanderbilt and branched
out into politics and literature lie is q
very ready and tcrse writer. and person
ally very genial. pleasant gentleman.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06
ST. PAUL's Y. VI. c. A. BUILDING.

In the basement will be two bowling
alleys. swimming pools and baths. On
the first floor will be the reception room.
reading room. parlors and office. There
will also be gymnasium and auditorium
The latter. with its gallery. will accom-
modate 1000 persons. The second floor
will be used fer. class rooms. committee
rooms and library. On the third and
fourth floors there will probably be apart
ments to DO rented to young men
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

{ hief Justice
Nathan Weston
Melville " was
craduatedai Cow
doin in the class
of 1853, E. J
Phelps, minister
to England, being
q classIate. Mr.
Fuller began the
study Of law in
the Office o. his
n,g.,.-a.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06
NOMINATED IN INDIANA.
Democratic Candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor.

The Democratic nominees for governor
and lieutenant governor Of Indiana,
CORTLAND C. Matson and w r. Myers.
are both Union veterans.
Mr. Matson. the nominee for governor,
was born in Franklin county. Ind, in
lSil He was graduated at De Paw
university and entered the army as pri
vate 1t was his fortune to take part in
a number of important engagements and
at the end no came out n colonel lie
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

The most progressive official in China
is undoubtedly the governor of Formosa.
On Chinese New Years day his "Yamen'
in Taipakfu was illuminated by the cleo
trio light, and it is his intention to have
the whole city lighted by electricity as
soon as it may be possible.-New York
World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06


ed guests. among
them Gen. Sher-
man. Hon. Theo-
dorc Roosevelt
W n 5 t h e first
speaker, and dis
cussed the ques-
ton as TO whether
other than Ameri
can flags should
be displayed in
New York on pub
lie days. Then
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06
Gel. ELLIOTT r. SHEPARD.
Tn. Attention He Is attracting as an
Editor aud n Politician.

Col Elliott F Shepard. son in law Of
the late William II VANDERBILT. and
amateur author. lecturer and politician.
has attracted much attention by his
methoa of conducting The New York Mail
and Express. which he lately bought OF
CYRUS w Field His nomination Of
Chauncay NJ Depew for president IN q
highly Characteristic speech before the
Federal club has also attracted much
notice This club is what The New York
Sun calls Republican organization of the
brown stone district in New York; and
when the club formally opened its new
rooms. corner Madison avenue and Fifty.
ninth Street many eminent men were invlt.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

the dynamite cruiser NeSuVluS AS tiiS
last if a success. will greatly revolution
,ze naval warfare. a full description is of
interest.
Tho vesnvius is an unarmored ship,
with machinery below the water line, 30
feet long. with knife blade bow and
stern and body like a thick cigar. 1t is
but % feet wide and II feet deep. with a
mean draught of 0 feet. The sides are
crowned with a very light railing Of gal
vanized iron. which gives it the appear
nnce of a pleasure boat, and it is designed
not TO stand and take shot, but TO fire and
run away Indeed. in certain contin-
gencies. it must be guarded by an iron
clad behind which it can take refuge
till ready TO bring its guns to bear SUI
more novel is the arrangement by which
the three dynamite guns are fastened III
the bow and cannot be turned, so the
vessel itself must be pointed at the object
10 take aim
The dynamite guns look like immense
rejecting telescopes, being 30 feet long,
and projecting far out from the iorecas'le
deck The breechcs are firmly fastened
10 the bottom of the vessel. and around
them are thirty-six pipes. each - feet
long and rs inches in diameter, into which
the compressed air is forced to charge the
guns The compressor brings this air to
a pressure of 1900 pounds to the square
inch. and toy its force the dynamite Shells
weighing 600 pounds. can be sent two
miles As the vessels engines can give il
q speed of twenty miles an hour-its
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06
TIE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.

Melville ". IulIer NoWInat'd " IT"'T
dent Cleveland.
President Cleveland has named snc-
cessor 10 Tie late Chief Justice Waite. Of
the United States supreme court.
Melville Weston Fuller of Chicago, the
lominee. is a man of S. and was born in
Augusta, Me.
His father was Frederick a. Fuller. his
mother Catherine Martin. daughter OF
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

a pioneer in tte
field OF medical
education for wo.
men, diedrecontiy
~ her homo IN
New York Mrs
In1iorwasb ornat
PLaindeld s. j.
Dec H. 1873 She
was an active
uomber " t'o
Slavery soci.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

BISHOP TAYLOR AMP MS STEAMER.
lange and the fifth at Lulaaberg Dondo
is a considerable town. situated about 2iO
miles from Loanda. 1t is laid out in long
streets. and has sidewalks. lamps and
many other improvements
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06
AMERICAN SHIPS.
Uncle Sans New Navy Beginning
to Take Form.
YORKTOWN AND vESUNIUS'
They Were Recently Launch'h ~ '"'i"'
delphla, and They Are Hero Pictured
and De.cribcd-The Former Is u Gun
boat aud the Latter Dyphnhite'r"'se''

The United States is at last In a condi'
ton at which patriots can rejoice and
with tho recent launching Of six new
vessels. i, may be said that Uncle sam 5
reproach for deficiency in naval armament
Is beginning 10 disappear.
The four new crui,ers-Dolphin. Al
ionta. Boston and 'Chicaso-bEut under
the contracts with the late John Roach
are now upon the sea. and on April %. ct
the ship yard of Crapp & Sons, Phladel-
phia. were launched the ganboat Yorktown
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

itself a most irl
pressivo con
mentary on the
history of the
United States for
the past fifty
years. Here is q
man who was %
pupil Of tn q
United States. and
then an officer iil
her service, gal
liant and honorel
In a foreign war
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06
CEN. JOSEPH G. JOHNSTON.
no Has Become Contributing Norib.
Of the Grand Army.


Gen. Joseph f. Johnston l.chcs, =,
rank Of surviving Coufedemtos has la.
come contributing member OF r o
Baker Post Of the Grand Army Of The Ia.
public. in Philadelphia
The real significance Of this action o,
Gen. Johnston's part is TO be seen On a.,
generals letter and 'he hearty rcccr,s,
thereof by the post. The general vr.o
that he desired TO participate Do the r.li,
york Of charity performed by tho no,r
and therefore inclosed $40. one years l.,.
As contributing member The .a.s,
was received with cheers and tao PROPOSE.
ton accepted by % unanimous y0,col tlo
POO Veterans present This ac, may La
said 20 round ont a career vh.l H.. .s
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06
ncnth Of clemrnce Inlier.

Mrs. Dr. Clemence $ Lozier. the dis'in.
guished advocate of woman's suffrage and
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06
LILLE YEsUYIUs.

and that striking novelty in naval work.
the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius. As this
last. if Success. will greatly revolution
ize naval warfare. full description is of
interest
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06
Theo,ophists at Chicago.

The Thcosophs;s of America have re
Gently held a convention in Chicago. and
we here present group portraits Of some
of the more prominent delegates thereto
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

Der Of the COM
pany Mrs. Mcclure rose rapidly 'n t0'
profession. She supported tho e'iss
Booth and Edwin Forrest. Having m"
and formed a strong attachment tor 1h'f'
lotte Cushman. the two P'ayo1 P''.
tracted engagement together. "l.'" "''
a great success.
Mr.. Mcclure died. and In 1919 h''"''o"
married Mr W q Noah. then pr0a'i'
nent business man OF Rochester 10 l -
request his wife LEFT the stage W -
she made temperance on the o0I .',',
PLAYING successfully in the pr.ac'Pa 1''.-'
o, the United States Tor thro' y.'.'.
Then she quilted the stage forever S.a.'
her retirement she has lived at RocHe'.'.'
\. Y. appearing occasionally a. e..s,
tainments for the benefit Of Local li $50
Mrs. Noah possessed a strong 'oa'... ..
ton and Notwithstanding her g'e4' Is
gave elocution lessons I'll. quite 'e'e &C.,,
/ Her husband died in 1881 Herdaagu'''s,
Rachel and Kate, are achieving s-'''''
the stage.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

NEW BRITISH TORPEDO BOAT.
tain can communicate with the engineer
and men at the guns and control the whole
thing in battle. The Yorktown carries
900 tons of coal. enough to sail from $500
to 10 900 miles, according 10 the rate OF
speed desared, Is 1t Is principle Of steam
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

party travel 10
the south Ucr
first appearance
was iu o. barn az
p.ttsLurg. as No
lanto ia " T IA e.
Honeymoon
From Pittsburg
the party went to
Mobile, W here
Miss Meek was
married 10 Mr.
Mcclure. = mem.
- ...
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-29
Shaved By q Bullet.

General Stuart, as usual, greatly e1.
posed his owa person on horseback. BY
riding out of tho wood into the open
field, and 1 felt it my duty to say to
him that. in my opinion he was not in
his proper place as in few minutes the
whole fire of the enemy would be con.
centrated upon him.
But he was in a very bad humor and
answered curtly that If this place
seemed likely to become too hot for me
/ was at liberty to leave it; whereupon
I made response that since my duty at.
tached me to his side, no place could
be too hot for me where he chose to
go.
Nevertheless, 1 changed my position,
and cautiously brought a large tree, In
front of which had been standing, be.
tween myself and the enemy.
In an instant the firing began and
three bullets struck the tree at just the
height to show that, had 1 remained
where was they would certainly have
gone through my body. Looking at
Stuart saw him pass his hand quickly
across his face, and even at that serious
moment l could not help laughing
heartily when / discovered that one Of
the numberless bullets that had been
whistling around him had cut off half
of his beloved moustachc as neatly as it
could have been done by the hand of an
experienced barber.-lYouth's Com.
panioa.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-29
The Quinine Habit.

The quinine habit is gaining stre 9Th
every day. Dizziness, that you hear
innumerable people complaining of in
these days, can be traced to excess in
the use of quininc. The good effects,
that it is nearly always certain OF, are
lost by excessive doses. Too much
quinine will also produce congestion of
the ear and vibration of the auditory
nerve. The growing habit of taking
quinine for neuralgia and other like
ailments, without consulting physician,
Is altogether rcprehensible, and may
lead to very serious results. Many
cases OF deafness are produced by over
doses and long continued use of the
drug. list. Louis Globe Democrat.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-29
Progress of Electric Lighting.

So little awhile ago that 1t seems but
yesterday the writer of this article
heard professor in college near New
York aver in public lecture that in
caadescent electric lighting was an illu-
sion, humbug, an impossibility. At
the time Edison's experimental lamps
were glowing brightly at Menlo Park,
but the professor saw fit to ignore the
fact, and, exhibiting dull, glowing bit
of platinum wire, said triumphantly,
'There, gentlemen, is all you will ever
see of the incandescent electric light"
Today, hardly seven years since that
professor did his bad prophet act, there
are, it is estimated, at least two million
incandescent electric lights in the
United States alone. They are used
not only for indoor illumination, but
for decorative purposes-have been ir-
geniously applied to use as jewelry, for
the adornment of ladies' hair, for pretty
surprises in bouquets and-most sur
prising of all-for lighting up peoples
interiors so that q doctor could look
right down into their stomachs and see
what repairs were necessary to so much
of their ''works' as were thus made
visible. The apparatus for this latte,
achievement consists of slender tube,
with glass bead on one end containing
o minute carbon filament, which IS con-
nected by fine wires running through
the tube with little battery. There
is also q small movable mirror at the in
ner or stomach end of the tube, and
when the battery is put in operation the
operator can see plainly in that mirror
just how dilapidated are the coats of
the stomach into which the tube has
been thrust New York Sun.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-29

"According to all accounts tho new
Libel rifle is wondrous weapon, and is
destined to do terrible things in the
hands of French soldiers" says the
Paris correspondent Of the London Tel
egraph. 1.-THE members of the Acad-
envy of Medicine, wishing to diagnose
the physica, consequences of wounds
inflicted by the bullets of the gun, re-
Gently had experiments made on 20
corpses, probably those of paupers
whom nobody owned, or those of ill
fated waits picked up at the morgue.
The bodies were placed at the ordinary
firing distances from 200 yards up to a
mile or SO. The bullets whizzed
through the bones and pierced
them without fracturing them, as is
done by the bullets of the 'Gras ride. >
The wounds, If they may be called so,
which were inflicted, were small in their
punctures, and consequently very dan
gerous and difficult to heal Injuries
inflicted at short distances were 80 con-
siderable that, in tho opinion of the
surgeons, they would be almost incur
able. At the longest range-2OOO metres
"a poplar tree was hit, but the bullet,
which impelled certain quantity of air
before it, did not go through the tree.
At 1900 metres the tree was pierced
through and through. The discharges
of the rifle are unaccompanied by smoke,
and the reports are comparatively
feeble"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-29
A ChlOrOfOrm Ecstasy.

"Chloroform or ether. doctorT
"Start him with chloroform," is the
response. A handkerchief moistened
with the sickening sweet fluid is placed
to the patients nostrila. "Long
breaths!" calls the surgeon, and the pa
tient tries to answer "All right" but
his voice seems to him to step high, like
the legs of a drunken maa. Now he
hears an elevated train coming. 1t IL
run by electricity. Its roads are OF
white light. Every now and then 1t
dashes past o station, when bell rings.
he is rushed aboard aad on they 60,
faster and faster. The bells ring closer
together. "Happyl' inquiries the sur
gcon. "Ye-es," answers the patient,
with an effort. "Happyr tho surgeon
asks again, and there is no answer. {.
A blank, it may be of minutes, it may
be of hours, then softncss, warmth, COM
fort! He is in the little country grave
yard which he knew when . boy. He
is sitting by his own body there. 1t is
a sunny, summer afternoon. The birds
are singing. And he can smell the odor
of the pines as they stir in the breeze.
Is this death3 Then death is q pleasant
experience after all. But what is the
nausea, the excruciating paint 'Spit
it outw urges some one in q friendly
tone. Spit out what, Deathi All, the
painl and he is off into blankness once
more. A moment of quivering and
again the balance strikes This time
he half opens his eyes. "Hes playing
possum," whispers a doctor, and the
patient resents the ire verence Of the
remark. He is too fresh from the
graveyard vision to tolerate joking IA
miliarity. and, there! he may be dead
after all! The pain again, and the
blank, not so blank as before! There
are scattering thoughts trying to assert
themselves. He recognizes them slowly,
as a child stammers when it reads.
"Yes, it is all right; it is all right" he
says to himself; and then, as if he saw
it written in great capital letters, the
thought confronts him, This must be
coming tow-IScribner's Magazine.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-29

The sanitary government of the city
Of Plris Is, asserts the New York
Graphic, The most perfect of any muai-
cipal!ty in the world. Lately the au-
thollties have taken hold of a matter
which ought to be OF interest to our
own health boards. They have made
some regulations as to how carpet shak-
ing and beating shall be done. Inves-
tigatlon showed that the dust from Old
carpets was insalubrious and liable to
spread infectious germs, though they de-
cided to regulate such cleaning. Here
after carpets must be brushed and beat
en- il entirely shut up rooms, and the
dust deposited is to be washed with
water containing disinfectanta Strips
of rags, wool, etc, remaining must be
burned Immediately. This would seem
to be pretty hard on the people engaged
in the business, but the requirements
are none too severe, even if the dust
from foul carpets were only a nuisance
and not poisonous
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-09-29
A Marvel in Steel.

There are one hundred aud fifty thou.
sand miles of railway in the United
States: three hundred thousand miles
OF rails-in length enough to make
twelve steel girdles for the earth's cir.
conference. This enormous length Of
rail is wonderful-we do not really
grasp its Significance. But the rail
itself, the little section of steel, is an
engineering feat. The change of its form
from the curious and clumsy iron pear
head OF thirty years ago to the present
refined section of steel is scientific de.
velopment. 1t is now a beam whose
every dimension and curve and angle
are exactly suited to the tremendous
work it has to do. The loads it carries
are enormous, tine blows it receives are
heavy and constant, but it carries the
loads and bears the blows and does its
duty. The locomotive and the modem
passenger and freight cars are great
achievements; and 30 is the little rail
which carries them all.-.Scribner's
Magazine.