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nUNCANsoN BROS, Auctioneers,

II y DNO'''
FEEE RI T1 sT SALE Goo, oF ESTTRE c0STESys
s sAEGvsS 9Dt EAS KS A aSBrs
Ninth AND Il sfEEErs N6KfHWENsT NET e now ~
on nsATtkDAY ,M3kSfNa. TwENTy.srxrB
DAY OF JULY, at ELEVEN O'CLOCK a. NJ, We viii
business the entire Of the Fine Drug Store
corner 9TH and II streets northwest, comprising in
Fine Line Of Pure Drugs Toilet Articles.
P Patent Ned Medicines ines. Cigars &c
ssss sn Counter and Side Case
One of the Finest Soda Plants and Apparatus
ments beng MattheWs' .oi Oh eener st improve
This is one OF the pest iocations in Washington The
STOCK IS fresh and well te and the fixtures are
cabinet work: ,, The reputation of Mr.. Bishop as
druggist Is well KNOWN and to DESTROYS of en-
tcring the business the opportunity csnno: be sur
Sale peremptory and terms easy and announced at
sale.
will be sold as an entirety.
iysa.dts DUSCANsoS BROS. Auc.ioneers.
TNRUsTEEs, SALE OF IMPROVED AND UNIM.
TESn AND I sfEEErs SoMFH
od BY virtue Of deed Of trust recorded in Iiber No
96U foilo 20 ct seq Of the land records OF the
District OF Counba We will sell at public auction IN
FIFTH Alb 1870 Al nhhF.Fasi FIVE fif IShS x
the following described real estate. IN the
q and N John G. Adams subdivision of lots Nos
nineteen I'D ard twenty l2O, III said Atas' suDdi-
VISION OF so uare numbered three hundred and thirty.
3ne (;j3D as said subdivision OF said lots G. and h
Is duly recorded IN the surveyors office said city in
Lihrr o H. b. folio 2l7. together with the improve.
ments thereon.
Terms OF sale: One-half cash, balance in one ID
year. note to bear interest Of six (i per
cent per 5nnuln payable semi-snnnally and TO DO
cured Dy deed ~ trust Gu property Sold all COS at
purchasers option deposit of 100 tia of sale
Terms To De complied with ill fifteen days from day of
fauiing purchaser after five days notice OF suc re-
sale IL some newspaper published in Washn ton, G.
JOHN MShKiisoN.{ Trustees.
yl4-d&ds DUNCANSON BROS, Auctionears
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OCEAN STEAMERS.

SHokT KoUTE TO LONDON,
- NOEDDEU1SChER LLOYD r. a co
hast Express Steainers
To Southampton uondon. Hxvre), Bremen.
Trave, We'd, July rs, 10 AIN Fms. Sat July
26 noon: Lain, Wed; July 80, 3 pm. KAISER All.
helm II Sat. Aug $50 Am. Ailer. We'd. Aug G. 10
a. III. Ed Z, Sat- Aug. y. noon.
Comfortable state rooms excellent table, luxurious
saloon al puir Prices: lst cabin 90 and no
ward berth according TO location I'd cabin 30 ana
500 berth; steerage at low rsteA Apply 70 Il r.
DhOOP. US Penn. ave. iyl9
CUNARD LINE-sTATE ROOMS CAN BE RE-
Oserved at The Washington agency; hrst-class sc-
eomnIOdations from e69 up; second class. S35 and
e4O; steerEge. e20. CHAS. L Do BOIS q Co
bankers. Sole Agents. 63l OF. NV my23-3m
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HyHoMAs DOWNING, Auctloneer.
NdOMAS DONLlNG, Auctloneer.
FOR SALE!
A NICE LITTLE FARM
WILL BE SOLD ON THE PREMISES
ON JULY THIRTIEIH 1kgO


AT FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ,
CONTAINING ABOUT THiETY-NINE ACRES OF
LAND, MORE OR LESS.
This Farm IL situated the Rockville road, about
half mile west of Four Corners. the Washington
and Colesvilles Turnpike There is q good Dwelling
House Of ten and other buildings IN good rel
a nice orchard of different varieties of fruit
There is sufficient wood for supply of place balance
OF land cleared ard III good cond ton incosed
stantiai fencing This Farm adoins the lands the
Beae neirs and the lands of Clarke and about
two miles from Silver Springs station. Metropolitan
Branch Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Terms of sale: One-thrd cash; balance on time to
suit purchaser.
References: q. II. P. Clarke Sligo Nd; Samuel D.
waters, Burnt Mills, Nd Jas. h. Henderson, Rock
Vile Md Thos.Downg. Auctioneer W ashington D. c.
1y22-n ". Ii. MCKINLEY.
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FTNHE GREAT
II PENNSYLVANIA RorrTp

THE i Eg5kkfkff NEsT ns EO SopfHwrs,
DssiHfh tL E ERfek u ssPgLEyPIp scESkkY;
nAi In sfIee! 4 Nay T. issd EQUIPMENT.
TRAINS IS L LIZ Wy TAShIAGICN TEoM STATION
For fitsburs and the West. Chicago limited fIpres.
last Line SS daily 70 cOlu9bas n ana Sri u
LOUIS. with Sleeping Cars from I1trsburs to Co
Sleeping ing, Car Atoons 70 ChicaTo -. Louis Chi
Psrior Car Sashngtor ia f10 pm daily
iHg cars Harrisburg TO 81 Louis Chicago and Gin.
western hIpress a. car hSrTspnIs to ST koas
i,g Cars Washington to lineage and 81. Louis
slespers for Lonisyi aud en.rhs Paciic En
pt ts bSSSSP daily for ftsbug ana The West
For Kane, Canandaisua Rochester and Niagara Fsll,
daily except Sunday, $40 am.
II, MsS and 4 p
For Wilinmsport Lock Haven and EinIirs AZ 10 .5os
- m daily, except sunday.
FOR PHILADEiPHf. NEW 9oRK AND THE EAST.
20, gg:.YSS' and II g am, a:io. S;i5.
9 900 II 40 Am: 2;I9 3:iS 20. 10 90 1 aud
Cars car s pm. limit, .sv EaPre,s Of rSn.n Pa[or
hork only Limited Express with DinIns Car 5 90 p
FOR PHILADELPHIA ONLY
Fast express 8: 10 m week days and 90 pm daily
or Boston Without n Change. rs pm. every day
For broSklyn: N.Y. all through trains connect a
ing direct transfer to Fulton avoiding double
daily. 80 - ~ b'N-
For balIimore, 6:35, 40. s:1o 900. $40 10 co.
dO;0o, ~: 100 aid / 40 am, IL :O5, 40, BIS
3;3c 100. 20, 430, BOO SD. 600 40.
iOoO ana II 20 pm. On SUNDAY 900, Y:U5
lO:oO. H. 40 am. 2:l0, 3:l5 3:}O, 400 4 .lu'
5;Oo, . 40, 500. 40, 10 20 and Ii go pin
For Poes Creek Line. 20 and 80 p m daily
except sunday. ''
For Annapolis. 70 and 800 am :o5 and 20
pm. daily. except sunday. SUNDAYS. = :2UpuL
WASHINGTON SOUTHERN RAILWAY
IN EFFECT MAY IL. 1890
For AeNandrla, $50, 6:35, 40, $40 a.45
IO:91 an, 1904 noon, = :05, 3::30 4:25 "a
S;0l So2, 1000 and j 80 y Ia. On SUNDAY At
500 40. $40. 1867 am. 2:3O. 6.OI. S:Os
Accommodation Tor Quantico. 7.45 am and az
pm. week days; 40 AIN. Sundays
FOR hicilnonu ahd lie sOuln. 80 and 1857 Am
IT. DAILY, Accommodation. 20 pm. week days
lihls leave AIeALndIIH Tor ashngtun, u 90, :05
SHO, SlO, lU:l5, ll:U1 am: go 3 90, 800.
b:lO, 6:U5, 90, 20. 10 81 and 4 :Us p. m ON
Sulday al 8 :1Ua Id i :0G giu.; = 90, 40, o.
= -. 20 and 10 81 pm
tickets ana llnoTmaiOn at the Office. northeast
ner 18th 81. and lCnnsy iySnia avenue, ana Al the
station where orders be leit Tor the chez king u
baggage 10 Gestlnation from hotels ard IesIdcnces
ChAS. T. lUGh, j. n NODD
General Manager. imyl2l General Passenger Agent
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THIS EVENING.

CT. CLAIR FECHNER, AUCTIoNEER, GIL PENN
-, sy!vaniS ave-. under Metropolitan Hotel, sells
This DAY large lot Fawnbroker's Unredeemed
Pledges. Gold and Silver Watches Genuine Diamonds
Works OF Art. jeS-:3m
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

IN ORFOLK AND OLD POINT
FARE, So ROUND TRIP
Steamers Leave 9th street wharf at s I'm Tues
day. Ihursday and saturday sunday at loo ~ m
turtle Hh.or NATION Ieiepnone Cali 1880. Lands az
ooIoHia Deach Saturdays. mJy-Gm
Two NORt ok AND FORTRESS MONROE
Il SteE1icr GkO. Larry, from 9Th "; wharf Mon
DAYS Wednesdays ard ri;lal s. at pm EXCLUSIVE
CONNECIlUh With BIOS .UN AND PROVIDENCE
s EAMEI.S Fare 81 single; round trip So Tickets
ana rooms at H. and q. ticket offices, 0l9 and SOL
IA ave, anu Hawley's. l4th and New Yogk ave For
further Information inquire at company otice the
wharf. Telephone call siJ-3. Nm. r. WEIGH ,upt
aid Gen. Agi. Mo
DoToMAC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
For baltimore and River Landings Steamer SUE
Capt. GeosheRan. leaves StepheLsOli's wharf every
Sunday ut o'clock Pm lor further information
VI lly 10
STEPHENSON & BRO,
nHo-oIn Seventh street u Earf.
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GENTLEMEN'S GOODS.

III. ID. BAnR.
IMPORTER AND TAILOR
SPRING AND SUMMER 1890.
Full Stock Of
FOREIGN SUITINGS. BUSINESS &e ne
RECEIVED AND OPEN FOR YOUR INSPECTION
H. d. BAkR,
my6 iii PennA ave
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u ATCLIFFE. DAKR 4 co, Auctioneers
~ O2O Pennsylvania sy,nue N
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The Hamn,ock Dress.

pretty meekness so caricatured. There are
some girls who are piquant in stiff collars,
but this girl was pitifullY metamorphosed.
An actress who Is favorite with women
was on the boat. but am not going to tell
you what she wore. 1t would take away
most of ones pleasure in going to the the
alter if one were to see much of many of
the actresses off the stage. A young girl,
whom one used 10 see everywhere last
spring with Mrs. Cleveland, wore a very
quaint costume. 1t was Il one-piece slip of
polka dot green foulard, with Greek drap-
cries. Picture to yourself Socrates in
dress-shlrt, but wearing with ii, In
stead OF swallow-tail coat, his own imi-
tatlop, and you have some idea OF the
oddity of the classic folds Of this bodice
drawn half across an expanse of polished
lawn that reached nearly TO the waist line.
To complete the confusion OF styles the
triangle of the shirt bosom was defined by
a wiue rutfie of white crepe lisse, ana ABOUT
the neck, instead of a four-in-hand tie, was
box-plaited crepe lissc ruff. The sleeves
were high on the shoulders full TO the
elbows, ard gathered into long gauntlet
cuffs of white lawn. Her hat was rice
straw, coming to peak above the fore
head, and trimmed with green ribbons.
She was the Athenian maid and the tailor
girl faslionably and funnily rolled into one.
Between Long Branch and the Atlantic
Highlands are stretches Of pine woods
where the blueberries grow sweet Along
the sandy roads that thread these wilder
neSSes are dotted cottages, and Ill the shade
of these cottages you may now study the
hammock frock, with its broad brimmed hat,
its gay ribbon garniture and its graceful
shadowy draperies. In course OF drive
yesterday afternoon noted very fair girl
with pale face shaded by a fiat black straw
hat with cluster OF black bows standing
up in front on the brim. She lay back in a
hammock upder a chestnut tree, and her
gown was a soft gray green delaine sprigged
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Queen y,o,or,.,s Old Ace.

Queen Victoria at the age of II is very
plain old lady, and she was by no means
good looking some thirty years ago, while
she was still in the prime of life, writes a
CORES pondent from London to the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch. She suffered great deal
from attacks of erysipeias, which Redeemed
and coarsened her skin. She lost her teeth
very early in life, owing to the use of a
camphorated dentifrice TO which she took a
great fancy ard which proved most perni-
cous. But from her accession at the age of
IS till she was % or 26 the Queen was a very
pretty young woman, fresh and fair, with
soft blue eyes, small. rosy mouth and the
loveliest arms and shoulders imaginable.
Her lack of height was always great draw
back, and WAS the cause of her delighting
in giving grant fancy costume balls, at
which she was wont To appear IN court
toilet of the eighteenth century. the high
heeled shoes which must perforce be worn
with such dress lending very becoming
addition to her stature
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NO. L llclC from me IcSfCftS coming tOHtF
the time of flight of the projectile will be
about the same whether the target be two
miles off or 200 yards 1t is perfectly OBJ
vious therefore that her most effective
work with moderate safety to herself will
be done at long distances, when lying still
or moving slowly, and not at close quar-
tiers. To sacrifice almost everything else TO
obtain great speed, as has been done in tue
Vesuvius, was a mistake as long as she
was to have only pneumatic guns at a fixed
angle for armament. The conclusion is in
evitable that she should have one of her
guns horizontal, or better, should be sup
piled with locomotive torpedoes or sub
marine gun for close quarters.
1t is true that even at close quarters an
aerial torpedo fired at a fixed angle has
greater velocity than submarine one, but
a very low pressure of air is difficult to
work in accurate quantities through valve,
and the submarine weapon has tiatness of
trajectory that is absolute, while within its
range there is nothing equal 10 it for
destructive effect.
On the other hand, if one analyses the
torpedo-boat Cushing and her weapon, he
will see that with only that weapon on
board great speed is essential. She is
bound to come under the enemy'S hottest
fire and must be as short a time as possible
in getting TO close quarters. For distant
firing the Gushing is absolutely worthless,
as she has no weapon at all for the purpose.
Obviously boats of her class should be sup
piled with pneumatic or similar guns of
low, safe and comfortable power, because
on no other system can a weapon OF large
caliber be mounted on so small boat, and
it is one Of the greatest defects of the tor
pedo-boats Of the present day that their
field of efficiency is so exceedingly limited.
Pneumatic or other lOw-pressure guns need
not necessarily be placed at a fixed angle
for efficient work, but in these small craft
it is necessary to build them into the boat
Suppose the pneumatic gun is not as
accurate as a fiat trajectory powder gun on
the deck of a large ship, it is better than no
gun at all, and that is exactly the case we
are considering. The small size Of these
torpedo craft make them exceedingly diff
cult to see or hit at the distance of a mile,
and If they can commence their offensive
operations at 5000 yards instead of 800 yards
it is a distinct step in advance.
For day attacks the columns of water and
mist thrown up by the aerial torpedoes
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VEsUvIUs VIEWS.

Some of the Machinery and Fighting Ar
rangements of the Dynamite Cruiser
Cut shows a straight-ahead view from
the coming tower of the Vesuvius, show
ing two Of the pneumatic guns project
ing above the deck. The midship one
is hidden by the mast.
Cut "a view inside the coming tower
shows the wheel in the foreground. the
hydraulic gauge and the three air pressure
gauges-one OF the air reservoir of each
gun-and the firing triggers. These are the
triggers by which the guns are fired when
the captain has brought them to bear on the
target by the wheel. The range is fixed by a
pressure regulator in the loading chamber.
The distance is determined by Fishes
range-fnder and an officer moves the press
IRE regulator to secure corresponding
range. There is an automatic locking of
the firing trigger as soon as the breech- piece
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No. i-7ne Vesuvfus' guns oreecn.

is dropped for loading, ana the gun cannot
be fired as long as the breech is not securely
locked in place for firing.
Cut 8 shows the breech piece lowered
ready for loading
Cut shows-as well as the very cramped
space will permit--the breech arrangement
of the pneumatic gun. In the angle for
ward under each gun are two large five
barreled cylinders, which revOlve like the
cylinder of a Colts revolver. These cylin-
ders are placed in direct liue with each other
SO that when one is empted the five shells
in the forward one can be loaded into the
gun through the bottom chamber of the
empty cylinder. Thus each gun on going
into action has one shell ready for firing
and ten in its cylinders ready for
the, gun has a sort of ball and
socket joint at its extreme end.
on which about nine feet of the gun can
turn downward. AT the break between this
movable breech and the fixed forward part
of the gun a hydraulic piston Is attached
Loading is done thus: The piston is forced
downward and the breech drops to hort
ZOntal position in line with the hole leading
into the lowest barrel of the cylinder. An
other hydraulic piston working in slot in
the bottom Of the cylinder barrel moves back
and pushes the shell that is In that barrel
into the breeeh chamber. When it is home
the upright hydraulic piston draws the
breech up again until it is in line with the
| rest of the gun. 1t is locked in that posi-
ton and is ready for tiring.-N. Y. Herad.
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MARIE BASHKIRTSEFF.
The Singular Monument to Her
Memory Erected by Her Mother.

=SLOSE to the entrance of the pretty,
sSSS still, rural cemetery of PaSsy has
@I Mme Bashkirtseff chosen to place the
"chapel in Paris, surrounded by flowers,
in a conspicuous place." dreamed of by
Marie the year before her death. Usual as
as it is to see some little object dear to the
dead who lie below carefully preserved on
their tombstones or set into the crosses
erected above their graves-a wedding veil
or wreath for iDstance-Mme. Bashkirt-
seff's monument provoked considerable
comment at the time of its erection, ana it
is rarely that day passes by without
bringing one or two visitors to Marie
Bashkirtseff's last resting-place, made by
mothers loving hands more like home
than grave.
The monument is divided into two parts
the basement or vault. and a chapel above.
The latter, which can only be seen by the
ordinary visitor through a glass door, has
been fitted up like corner OF the studio we
have Just quilted. Her rOcking-ehair, little
table, half-dozen favorite bOOks-there is
something grotesquely horrible and yet pa
thetio in the sight. On the wall, inscribed
in letters of gold, are the titles of her paint
ings, lie Meeting now in the Luxembourg
Gallery, Spring" etc. There, also, ar,
the verses written by Cope and several OF
his brother poets in remembrance of the
young Russian girl who so loved France.
A short flight of marble stairs leads to the
vault, where stands the sareophagus.
life-size. startlingly life-like portrait of
Marie done in oils stands opposite the
fower-covered bier, before which light is
kept always burning.
when Nine. Bashkirtseff is in Paris"
remarks the sacristan, ''she spends much of
her time here. They say that this chapel
cost as much as a house-a hundred thou
sand francs Ito build and arrange in this
fashion. But then. you see. it is the finest
nothing to show like it, nothingr' And he
carefully takes us UP again into the little
half chapel, half boudoir above, and through
into the free, fresh air of Passy once more.
Pail Mall Gazette
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Long bars of light that kindled red
Each peak and furry glen to where
Sinuous cliff and crag leant bare
Above the fralest flower.
1t sought the piny steep that keeps
The fern-clad spring, che narrow deeps,
Whence winds are daily drawn.
One morn turned my lin gering steps
Where falling waters In the depths
Echoes made along the height.
1t was a wild and shadow ed place,
Where branches springing interaee.
Dropping through the sunlight,
That hunting 'mong the shadows fell
Upon and turned to gold each hanging bell
OF Solomon's weeping seal.
All, how leaps my heart in haunts like these.
With song of water and whispering trees.
Where cool winds softly steal.
The stream plunged down 'mong broken walls,
And fell in noisy foaming falls.
Then leaping. surged and split in twain,
And stretched out jeweled arms that met again
And clasped with pictured compliment silver rim
About tangled sleepy isle with turfy brim.
scanned this girted gem OF all the wood,
And oh. delight before me stood,
With feet limbs poised and alert ear,
One wisely tiInid, fearless one-two deer,
A mother and her fawn.
Mrs. E. L. BALLARD.
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with pink, the bodice open TO the wais
filled in with clear muslin ruffies ate
manner of the "Beau Brummell' cost
There were big pink roses lying acros
lap and as the hammock swayed you C;
glimpse Of small black patent leather
pers.
Half mile further along pretty
low-haired girl was swinging between
pines. She wore white challie in a
den rosebud pattern made with a Of
straight flowing simplicity. On the
lay youth in blazer and he was res
to her one OF Rudyard Kipling's tales
the background lowered child in
little cotton frock, its mouth stained
berries and great flaming meadow
its chubby hand.
AT a garden party out at Flushing.
last week, there was some attractive
ing. One girl wore costume of st
India silk in heliotrOpe and white,
one of those long waists = some
says they reach to your knees
tened behind and long leg o. M
sleeves, with lace frills falling owe
hands. Her hat was a black
trimmed with sprays Of heliotrope
ers. A simple gown of brown TO
spotted with white was very becOmin
had deep Swiss belt and narrow sho
knots of brown velvet ribbons. Its W
had a brown straw hat, prettily bent
from her curly hair and trimmed Will
fashioned pinks Of the fragrant SOr
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the forehead and the tracks of the crows
about the eyes. Startling as it seems at
first blush, there is something logical about
the reversal of hat and bonnet customs.
The lady to whose appearance my friend
objected was Philadelphian whose claims
to knowledge of millinery laws or even
power to make them would be respected by
Ward McAlister She was handsome, mid
dIe-aged and in light mourning. Her black
foulard gown was looped with yellow white
ribbons, and her large poke hat Of black
lace straw carried wreath of black flowers
on the outside and had two narrow bands
of white velvet drawn about the under side
of the brim. Slartlingi So be ii, but not
unbecoming, nor, as such things are now
regulated, unsuitable.
There are pretty bonnets on view at
Brighton on afternoons when the Seidl So
ciety lunches and listens to the music of
his Majesty Wagner. Laura Holloway
LaEgford fits about busily, and is even
more enthusiastically Interested IN lecture
and concert devices to keep women at home
and reduce the number of unhappy SUM
mer widowers " than before she herself
had taken husband. A tall woman with
the effective combination of rosy, youthful
face, dark eyes and White hair, wore hat
of silver gray gauZe de chiffon few days
d6U. II was u lluillGu Will oupClU opIdlo VI
the dark, glossy leaves and pink and white
flowers of the mountain laurel. A WIN
some girl from Georg ia with naive
childlike face and a warm Southern skin
wore a white open-w0rk straw, trimmed
with white clematis flowers. woman
who looked like Nine. LAMA, but wasn't
even acquainted with the Marquise, wore
RubenS hat of pale mauye straw thatwas
untrimmed in front, but had on one side a
cluster of those weird white things you find
among the pine needles in the woods and
call Indian pipes. With her was young
woman in one of the many varieties the
sailor hat has taken, black straw with a
cord of yellow velvet under the brim, and
knot of yellow velvet at the back. through
which were thrust half dozen exceedingly
pert white wings
On the boat going to Long Branch yester-
day was sweet little Priscilla Of creature
in a pinkish gray gown, who was made
fairly guy by her starched shirt-bosom
and masculine Deektie. Imagine her shy,
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HOW TO THROW
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Commander Barber, U. s. n, Dis
cusses The Different Methods.
Some Defects of the Vesuvius-A Newly De
signed Craft for the Pneumatic Gun and
Ordinary Torpedoes.

TAT is well known in the service that | AN a
believer in the pneumatic gun for throw
AZ ing high explosives in large masses, and
have always been defender of the Vesu-
vius-not that l believe her perfect. but she
furnishes means of experimenting on a
large scale with this new method Of war
fare.
The Vesuvius is not properly designed.
First, she has no certain method of attack
at close quarters; second, she has no pro-
lection; third, she can fight only bows on
and is inadequately fitted to that object.
1t one considers her weapon in a spirit of
amiable criticism, as l feel able to do. and
not in spirit of inquisitOrial condemna-
ton, as is quite common, he will perceive a
curious anomaly in the Vesuvius.
AS the guns are at fixed angle the range
is proportional to the pressure of air. but