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small body of men, composed of two or three
scientific specialists, and some practical gun
ncrs and their assistants. A feW bomb. proof
canopies and a curved steel deck completed
the defenses Of the vessel.
Besides equipping this little navy, the
Syndicate set about the construction
of certain sea-going vessels of an
extraordinary kind. So great were the
facilities at its command and 80
thorough and complete its methods that
ten or n dozen ship-yards and foundries were
set TO work simultaneously to build one OF
these ships. IN a maryell0uSly short time the
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This action caused surprise and d~isappoint-
ment in many quarters. 1t had been sup
posed that the Syndicate, through its agents,
scattered all over the world, would immedi
ately acquire, by purchase or lease, a fleet
of fine iron-clads culled from various mari
time powers. But the Syndicate, having no
intention of involving, or attempting to in
volve, other countries i'll this quarrel, paid
no attention tc public opinion and went to
work in its own way.
Its vessels, eight of which were on the
Atlantic coast and two on the Pacific,
were rapidly prepared 'or the peculiar service
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that as the shorter the duration of the war,
the greater would be the benefit to the
country. therefore, the larger must be the
pay to the Syndicate. According to the pro-
posed contract, the Syndicate would receive,
If the war should continue for q year, one
quarter the sum stipulated to be paid if peace
should be declared in three months.
If at any time during the conduct of the
wars by the Syndicate an American seaport
should be taken by the enemy, or a British
force landed on any point of the s~eacoast, the
contract should be considered at an end, and
security and payment forfeited. If any point
on the northern boundary of the United
States should be taken and occupied by the
enemy, 81. 600, 900 of the deposited security
should he forfeited for every such occupa-
ton, but the contract should continue.
II was stipulated that the land and naval
forces of the United States should remain
under the entire control Of the Government,
but should be maintained as q defensive force
and not brought into action unless any fail
ure on the part of the Syndicate should rem
der such action necessary.
The state of feelingi in governmental circles
and the evidences of alarm and distrust which
were becoming apparent in Congress and
among the people exerted u powerful in
iuence In favor of the Syndicate. The
Government caught at its proposition, not as
If it were a straw but as if it were Il life-ratt.
The men who offered to relieve the executive
departments of their p~erilous responsibilities
were men of great ability, prominent posi-.
lions and vast resources, whose vast enter
prises had already made them known all over
the globe. Such men were not likely to
jeopardize their regulations and fortunes ia
! a case like this, unless they had well-founded
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SECTIONAL VIEW OF RFPELLER's BOW, SHOWING
a. g,xap,,s gun used in projecting the instantaneous
loading chamber; ID, bomb-prcof hood to gun.
confined entirely to a new style Of proJectile.
which had never yet been used in warfare.
The material and construction of this pro-
~jectlle were known only to three members of
the Syndicate, who had invented and per-
fected it, and it was on account of their pos
session of this secret that they had been in
vited TO join that body.
This projectile WAS not. in the ordinary
sense of the word, an explosive, and was
| named by its inventors The Instantaneous
Motor" 1t was discharged from an ordinary
cannon, but no gunpowder or other explosive
compound was used TO propel ii. The bomb
possessed in Itself the necessary power of
propulsion, and the gun was used merely TO
give it the proper direction.
These bombs were cylindrical in form. and
pointed at the outer end. They were filled
with hundreds Of small tubes each radiat-
ing outward from n central line. Those in
the middle third OF the bomb pointed directly
outward, while those in in its front portion
were inclined forward Mt n slight angle, and
those in the rear portion backward at the
same angle. One tube at the end of the
bomb. and pointing directly backward, fur
nished the motive power.
Each of these tubes could exert a force suf-
fcient to move an ordinary train of passenger
cars one mile, and this power could be ex-
erted instantaneously, so that the difference
in time in the starting OF u train at one end of
the mile and its arrival at the other
would not be appeciable. The differ
euce in concussiouary force between a train
moving at the rate of a mile in two minutes,
or even one minute, and another train which
moves a mile in an instant, can easily be
imagined.
In these bombs, those tubes which might
direct their powers downward or literally
upon the earth were capable of instanta-
neously propelling every portion of solid
ground or rock to IL distance Of two or three
hun red yards, while the particles of objects
on the surface of the earth were ~instanta-
~neously removed to II far greater dis
lance, The tube which propelled the
bomb was OF u force graduated ac-
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SECTIONAL VIEW OF SIDE OF R%EPELLER NO. /.
A, spring-tempered bars; b, air buhers; c, iron deck
d, teak lining L. teak braces.
lean public appeared willing to wait with but
moderate impotence for the result Of this
novel undertaking.
The Government now proceeded to mass
troops at important points on the northern
frontier; forts were supplied with men and
ornaments: all coast defenses were put in
the best possible condition the navy was
stationed at important ports aud work at the
ship yards went on. But without reference to
all this, the work of the Syndicate immedi-
ately began.
This body of men were of various politics
and of various pursuits in life. But politics
were no more regarded in the work they had
undertaken than they would have been in the
purchase of land or of railroad iron. No
manifestoes of motives and intentions were
issued to the public. The Syndicate simply
early success would be a direct profit to
it. but there could also be no doubt that
its success would be a vast benefit
and profit. not only to the business enter.
prises in which these men were severally en-
gagged. but to the business of the whole conn
try. To save the United States from q drag
ging war. and TO save themselves from the
effects OF II, were the prompting motives for
the formation of the Syndicate.
Without hesitation the Syndicate deter
mined that the war in which 1t was about to
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Syndicate possessed several of them ready
for action.
These vessels became technically known AZ
crabs" They were not large, and the only
part of them which projected above the
water was the middle of an elliptical deck,
slightly convex, and heavily mailed with ribs
of steel. These vessels were fitted with cleo
trio engines of extraordinary power, and
were capable of great speed. At their bows,
fully protected by the oyerhanRing deck, was
the machinery by which their peculiar work
was to be accomplished. The Syndicate in
tended to confne itself to marine operations,
and for the present 1t was contented with
these two classes of vessels.
The armament for each of the large vessels.
as has been said before, consisted of a single
gun of long range, and the ammunition was
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SECTION OF CRAB A, HowING NIPPERs.
A bomp-proof roof; 3, water line; Q, inteEi9r OF erabi
ID, Joint OF nippers; K, arms of nippers; Ff, rods OF
nippers connecting with electric engine; q. teak lining
TO crab.
tions. II was indeed time. The seas had
been covered with American and British
merchantmen Fastening homeward or to
friendly ports before the actual commence
melt of hostilities. But all had not been
fortunate enough to reach safety within the
limits of time allowed, and several American
merchantmen had been already captured BY
fast British cruisers.
The members of the Syndicate we'll un-
derstood that if a war was to be carried on a.
they desired they must strike the fisst real blow.
Comparatively speaking, "a very short time had
elapsed since the declaration of war. and the
opportunity to take the initiative was still
open.
1t was IN order to take this initiative that.
in the early hours of a July morning, two Of
the Syndicate's armored vessels, each accom-
panied by n crab, steamed out of q New Eng
land port. and headed for the point on the
Canadian coast where it had been decided to
open the campaign.
Ito bs Continued To-A0rTOW.l
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for his fight with Jack McAuliffe, which IL
for the championship Of America In the light
weight class and 10 to occur next month. Lees
Is very much disappointed at not being able
to get on a finish fight with Jack Fallon, and
says If he cannot bring 1t about he will leave
for California after Myers's fight and then for
his home in Australia Lees SAYS he will give
tallon $1,000 II he cannot whip him IN q
fight.
Unless there is very cold. weather. between
now and Thursday. the skating champion
ships Of the National Skating Association
ice. The races were planned for Thursday
and Friday. on the Hudson River. at New
burg, and the figure skating for Saturday on
Van Cortlandt Lake.
The benefit for the injured jockey. Charley
Ossler, will be given under the direction of
come of his frionds in Hudson Hall, Ho-
boken, tonight. The entertainment will
include boxing matches and other inter-
esting exhibitions.
At the monthly meeting of the Cribb
Athletic Association, of Boston, TO be held
tonight Peter Cunniff and Mat Marnett, 1856
pound men, and Steve Travis and young
| Boyle, ~l45-pounders, will make things IN
teresting for the MEMBERS with the gloves.
A typographical error in this column
Yesterday made the date of Jake Kilrain's
birth Feb. Q, 1850, instead of 1859, rs it
should have been.
Will an athlete who is willing to wrestle an
unknown at 1G0 pounds, Grpco-Roman
| style, send his name and address to the
sporting editor of The EVENING WORLD.
Sexton and DAILY, the billiardists. will give
an exhibition in Boston Jan. 2S.
Denny Butler is in town with his arm in q
sling. He has come to distribute the prizes
which were won at Prof. Mike Donovan's
benefit. There is some misunderstanding as
to who is entitled 10 the silver cup to BIZ
given to the winner of the light-weights'
class, and Denny is going to meet the men
and arrive ut q settlement of some kind.
The entries to the Pastime Athletic Clubs
annual boxing competition and gymnastic
exhibition, TO be held in Parepa Hal. Jan. 20,
close Saturday with Secretary II. Drinse,
Sixty-sixth street and East River.
j. s. Holland, of 1O7 Market street, Pater.
son, is Harry Bartlett's hacker in his coming
fight with Mike Cushing.
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Almost from the beginning of this period
Of national turmoil, a party of gentlemen
met daily in one of the large rooms in a hotel
in New York. At first there were eleven of
these men. all from the great Atlaniic cities,
but their number increased by arrivals from
other parts of the country, until at last they
numbered twenty-three. These gentlemen
were all great capitalists and accustomed to
occupying themselves with great enter
prises. BY day m by night they
met together with closed doors, until
they had matured the scheme which they had
been considering. AS soon as this work was
done a committee was sent to Washington to
submit a plan to the Government.
These twenty-three men had formed them
selves into a Syndicate. with the object of
taking entire charge of the war between the
United States and Great Britain.
This proposition was an astounding one,
but the Government was obliged to treat it
with respectful consideration. The men who
offered it were a power in the land, a power
which no government could afford to disre-
gard.
The plan of the Syndicate was comprehen-
sive, direct and simple. 1t offered to assume
the entire control and expense of the war
and to effect a satisfactory peace within one
year. As a guarantee that this contract
would be properly performed an immense
sum of money would be deposited in the
Treasury at Washington. Should the Syndi-
care be unsuccessful this sum would be for
Nited and it would receive no pay for any
ming it had done.
The sum to be paid by the Government to
the Syndicate. should it bring the wal to a
satisfactory conclusion, would depend upon
the duration of hostilities. That is to say,
The evening world., 1889-01-15
A Dig i'm the Ribs,

II on the right side and lower part of the diaphragm,
though ~playfully meant and delivered. is calculated to
evoke profanity from a chappy whose liver is out of order.
When that region is sore and congested. pokes seem
hendish. Look at u mans countenance ere you prod
him under the ribs. II his skin and eyebAlls have a
sallow tinge, you may infer also that his tongue is
furred, his breath apt to be sour, that he has pains not
only beneath his ribs, hut also under the rightshoulder-
blade, Also that his bowels are irregular and his di-
gestion impaired. Instead Of making 4 jocose demon
stration on his ribs, recommend him to take. and
steadily persist in taking, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
the finest anti-bilious and Alternative medicine eItant.
Incompatible is it, also, for dyspepsia, rheumatism,
nervousness, kidney trouble. and fever and ague.
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cording to circumstances, and It would
carry a bomb to as great a distance az
accurate observation for purposes of aim
could be made. Its force was brought into
action while in the cannon by means Of cleo
tr.city, while the same effect was produced in
the other tubes by the conclusion of the steel
head against the object aimed at.
What gave the tubes their power was the
jealously guarded secret.
The method of aiming was as novel as the
bomb itself. In this process nothing de-
pended on the eyesight of the gunner; the
personal equation was entirely eliminated.
The gun was 30 mounted that its direction
was accurately indicated by graduated scales;
there was an instrument which was acted
upon by the dip. rise, or roll, of the vessel,
and which showed at any moment the posi-
ton of the gun with reference to the plane Of
the sea surface.
Before the discharge of the cannon an OBJ
servation was taken by one of the scientific
men, which accurately determined the dis
lance to the object to be aimed at, N refer
ence to a carefully prepared mathematical
table showed TO what points on the graduated
scales the gun should be adjusted; and the
instant that the muzzle of the cannon was In
the position that it was hen the observation
was taken a button was touched and the
bomb was instantaneously placed on the
spot aimed ut. The exactness with which
the propelling force Of the bomb could DO
determined was IN important factor in this
method of aiming.
As soon as three of the spring-armored ves-
sells and five " crabs - were completed the
Syndicate felt itself ready to begin opera
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night with an appreciative and fashionable au-
licnce to witness the first production in Brook
Ign OF Tom Craven,s great comedy-melodramn,
The Fugitive In many of its scenes the
plap reminds the spectator Of the old familiar
Silver, King, The heroine, as portrayed by
Miss Llslc Leigh, and the hero, impcrsonatel
by. Mr.. Mason Mitchell, brought out the sympa-
thies OF the whole loute, while Will e.. Cowper
WAS tine muat viiialnons or yiiiainr. mir. Iui-
success, and indeed the company throughout
was q strong one.
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Tclcrrnphers' Entertainment.

The New York Telegraph Operators will pre-
sent al exceptionally strong programme at their
closing entertainment and reception, which
takes place ut Turn Hall Theatre, SO and 6s
East Fourth street, on Tuesday evening, Feb.
10. Bakers interesting drama, &" Above the
Clouds, aud an original farce entitled Dots
and Dashes" will constitute the programme.
Prominent telegraphers from New York City
and vicinity will lend their aid, and the affair
promises to eclipse all previous efforts.
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Remarkable Story Of Hostilities Between the
United States and Great Britain.
How a Wonderful War Was Wased by Contract Near the Close
Of the Nineteenth Century.
az FRANK r. STOCKTON,

Author 81" R"ddn Orange" :" The Lady or The 40r,' " The Late FRS. Null" I" III
Casting Auay of Mrs. eds and Mrs. Aleshn," &C., &C..
published rsPEsILA RRANoEMENTw WITT MA p F. COLLIE, OF ONCE A WEEK.
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Municipal Council Meeting,

Municipal Council. Irish National League, will
meet this evening at II West Twenty-eighth
street at x p. NJ. All delegates are requested to
attend, AZ important business will be trans
acted.
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SYNOPSIS OF INSTALMENT NO. l.

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II. arattan Dopnelly's Fashions " was pro.
duced by a lively company at nockstader's
Theatre last night, and was much laughed at,
Arlie Latham, OF the st. Louis Browns, appeared
in the cast, and was fclicitously described on
the programme AZ 81 off his base for q time. !"
Hilda Thomas sang very pleasingly, and there
was good dancing by Fanny Stevens and others.
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NO. 2.

WHEREIN E vERNME MAKES AN EXTRAORDINARY CONTRACT AM H WA SYNDICATE
NDERTAKE tt CoNpUc osTIIrHs- ITS MYSTERIOUS PREpAR
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.esfANlW6tfB kITtNg6 YNEvkNkNG JANJANW 1gInEso.

part Of the adventures since the play was
last produced here. Her costumes in - As in u
Iooking-Glas are the perfection of the dress
makers art. Mrs. LnnRtry is ably supported =
Charles Coghlan's Capt. Jack Fortenbras and
especially good. "A III a Looking-Glass - will
be played all week.
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Bolossy Kiralfy's new production. " The
Water Queen" is to go TO Niblo's Feb. IL,
and Is 10 stay there three weeks.
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Hoyt claims that the razzle-dazzle song was
used in Little Puck"

Mrs. Berian Gibbs. the society '' dcbu-
tante " now playing in - The Wife " at the
Academy Of Music, Jersey City, has received
a number Of offers 70 play legitimate leading
rhlaa naxt season Sha is doing good work.
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CHILDREN subject to diarrhea and dyseutery cured
by MoSELL's TEETHING CORDIAL. Price % cents. -
The evening world., 1889-01-15
CLOSING OF GREAT STAKES.
1T COMES IN SIX BIG RACING ASS0CIA-
. TIONs WITH TO-DAY.

They Are the Chicago, Latouia, Louisville,
Minneapolis, Nashville and st. Louis
First Game in the Bookmakers' Billiard
Tournament-skRins Contests Probably
TO he Postponed.
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Mrs. Lanstry's stunning Robe for Lady
Macbeth-A Mclodrama Called "Jack
the Ripper" in Process Of Evolution
Nat Goodwin Buys n New Piay-Fred
Corbett Back In partners "-Mr. Hoyt
and Mr Daniels Out.
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]. B. Polk, in DR.. n. IL. Sayrc'S - whimsical
and satirical - comedy - Mixed Pickles, drew
large audience to the Third Avenue Theatre Las
night. Mr.. Polk appeared IN Joseph Pickle, qn'
cansed n great deal of laughter. The othc
members of the company. were Miss Julia A
Polk, Miss Dollie Pike. Miss Mary Davis, Mis-
Helen A.. SnulC, John Woodland, Mark DenniSol
and j. w. Parker.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-30
Tho Spartans and Music.

The favorite pro5I>m of thinkers ana
teachers, since thought began, has been
to find SOME engine of ecucatIon which
should reach the character as ctfectually
as the ordinary means OF training touch
the understanding; and in the opinion
Of. many, not men alone but nations,
music was such an engine. "1t is music,
said the SparlaEs, which distinguishes
the brave man from the coward. "a
mans music is the source Of his courage.
It was their music which enabled Leonl-
tlas and his three hundred to conquer at
Thermopyle. ltwaS music which taught
the Spartan youths how to die IN the
wrestling ring or on the field OF battle.
These claims arc aildaclous surely. let,
when We consider how the rhythmicai
tread of the brave man differs from
the agitated slialnble Of the coward,
how music is the art Of human JOY, and
how Joy and repose Of mind are the man
elements of manly fortitude, we shall at
any rate admit that there is 4 strong
affinity somewhere; Our only difficulty
will be to acknowledge that music, de-
nberatelv applied, could ever be the a.
rect cause OF these reputed results. 10
achieve the end desired Spartan boys
passed their you'll, in learning tunes,
HYMNS and songs: this was their sole
mental culture. They were taught to
dance and keep step to the measure OF
the songs as they sang them. And, grown
TO manhood, now perfect warriors,
marched into battle with smiling faces,
crowned with flowers, calm, Joyful and
serene, and, iHtoning their songs, moved
steadily tl.us INFO the thicSest OF the
fight, undisturbed and Irresistible. The
band that leads our armies to the field OF
battle nowadays is scant survival Of
Spartan practice. yet even ip this music
BY proxy there are many elements of
Indictment to courage.-The National
Review
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-30
A West Tir~:ni;. Diana.

The most celebrated hunters of the sec
ton are Bob Eastman. Jlie Baker. a
woman, and Louis Chidester. There IS .
law TO protect deer. i:ut it is not observed.
Out Of season va:lisou is called mountain
mutton. Juie Baker is the vie OF Joan
Baker, ard lives near the mouth OF
Black Water fork. She can handle a
Winchester wit: the GeXterity and pre-
cision of Old Leatilerstocking, and hun
dreds of deer and bear have fallen VIC
TINS 20 the uncrIinG bullets from her
rifle. Bob Eastman says he saw her
p!unging down the mountain side
through six inches OF Snow one day,
with two rifles and bear trap strapped
to her back and followed by six dogs.
She ran three miles 70 I. point where she
thought deer III full chase woa!d cross,
and She got there IL time to see her hGs.
band Kill him. She IS q big, black haired
woman, very industrious, with : heart
as large as her foot, and she is the mother
Of seven children. She is no: pretty. y
few months ago, for silver dollar. sne
carried valise weighing over 100
pounds seven miles for an engineer. 1t
Is said that on one occasion She carried
a sewing machine from Grafton to her
home, a distance Of sixty mlles.-BaItl-
more American
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-30
a Prosperous Hotel Porter.

There is one !:ut~i porter il Chicago
who has not the distinction OF being the
oldest man in the business, yct he Is rln-
doubtcdly the wealthieSt. The ariSto-
cratic tourist who Iaaiics his home at tic
Grand Pacific during his stay il: Chicago
is greeted Oh his arrival by 4 tell rlan Of
genteel appearance, who tales his big
travelling bac with = Chcst"rticGian bow
and cc:l,!i:cti him TO the foot oi ihe Gle
water. Tbs man is Jo!:.l Cs:!Iltcn, t:le
richest hotel porter IL the world tGi!l-
ton is said to be worth more t!.;;n s;lGc.-
090. ard lives in elegance OH Park
avenu2 lie priGcs himself on tie mem
ol.v ci names ard faces. a::ri knows creri
pui,lic man in America who llas Glanced
10 sto, at the Grand Pacific !actci. lie
is always posted on t;!e railway time
tables and is prepared to give his opinion
readily on TIE a.ai!sen!ents III the ciJy.
Like his contemporaries, who enjoyed
the profits of ticket scalpins before that
business became q specially and WAS
controlled by agents, he made an lndc-
pendent fortune and continually added
to it. He has ten assistants, who receive
$50 a month each and their board
Chicago News.