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Two gum; her ports could only Be closed By
cessation Of firing; one shell in her only
gun ehamber-tho tuFret-would disable
her fighting powers, and her shots must be
delivered almost at random, or ION the
hy," as the turTet revolved and brought
the target opposite the gunport for an In
slant. Besides. the cannon were q new in
vention. and the charge limited to fifteen
pounds Of powder for . 1SO-pound shot.
Other drawbacks disclosed themselves IN
fighting. The MerrimAo, on the contrary,
had made record and proven invulnsrGblo.
The ram steamed along the south chan
mel, passing the Minnesota and giving her
an 11-ineh shot at long range, as she still,
lay aground. The north and south chan
nels intersect about two miles from where
the Minnesota lay, and the MerrimAc kept
on to that point and turned into the north
channel to close on her prey. To get Of the
Minnesota and destroy her was the avoWed
purpose Of the commander Of the Merri-
mac. His pilots promised TO lay the ram
within half . mile Of the grounded vessel.
But as she approached the Monitor steamed
out to meet her, opening fire at a third Of
q mile She kept on until she was squarely
alongside. The MeFrimAe'B shots ratified
on the iron tuFFet and plated deck Of the
newcomer without leaving . dent, and the
revolving gun turret bafiied the Confeder-
ate gunners in attempts 10 make port shots
and destroy her fighting power.
Besides, the little vessel Unanswered ~
readily IS q tug, and often took position
where the rams guns couldn't touch her.
The MerrimAc tried ramming with her
plated PROV, but the Monitor bodied out
Of reach, and in return made q lunge at
the propeller Of the ram which missed By
only hair. The Monitors shots, even
with light charges, started the bolts Of the
plating on the ram, broke up the iron and
at places caused the wood backing TO bulge
inward. Confederate gunners were dis
abled BY the conclusion when these shots
struck near them. A double charge Of
powder would surely have enabled the
Monitor To riddle her opponent at all points.
The ram had only an inch Of plating over
the hull below the water line, and there
was her vulnerable point, but the Monitors
gunners didn't know that and had no
chance to study their opponent, shut up a.
they were in the turTet, with only short
RimpseS Of the ram when the gun open
ings came abreast Of her during the reVO-
buttons Of the turet
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ing gear, WoFden ordered the vessel to
sheer OF, " and sent for his subordinate,
Lieut.. Greene, who was In the turret
Greene examined the damage 10 the pilot
house, and finding It slight determined to
60 on with the fight; but the Merrimac had
meanwhile set her course back for Eliza
beth river, whence she had come 90 proudly
on the morning Of the sth.
The fire on the Minnesota was put out
and she escaped to engage in many an
other eight, 30 that the object Of the Mer-
rimao when she set out to serve her as she
had done the Cumberland and Congress
was defeated, and the baby Monitor had
accomplished it. Worden and his crew
crowed over II As victory, as might DO
expected Of men who held the battle
ground and saw their enemy beat quiet
retreat.
This ended the first fight Of ironelads
and decided the future OF naval science.
The superiority Of the pygmy lay in her
revolving gun turret with its imperVious
shield, her rapid movements and her low,
invulnerable deck. Her weaknesses were
that the turret was not under complete
control and her guns experimental and
not fully effective. The shots were deliV-
cred at random, never twice in the same
place.
The Msrrimae was repaired, and two
months later. on May II, was blown up to
prevent her capture. The Monitor sank
on her way 10 Hatteras in December, 1852,
and in that disaster the nation lost q noble
relic. With what enthusiasm would ihe
be hailed today in a laval parade, escorted
BY the white squadron, which but for
her gallant, fOrlorn eight might be thing
unknown. GEORGE L. KILMKR.
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CALDWELL BUILDING

reason Of the preparations IN the Cohfed-
eracy for a naval raid on the Chesapeake
bay and the Potomac rivers. The north
was anxious to keep the Potomac and the
bay open TO preserve q water route to
Washington, the south to close them. The
existence Of the new iron ram MerrimAc at
Norfolk and her expected prowess a. leader
Of the southern feet had been certified By
the authorities in Washington, and TO be
brief they were ready to surrender the
main point-the Chesape blow
had been struck. When II was announced
in Washington that the Monitor was
ready to sail, a dispatch was sent ordering
her to steam up the Potomac to the capt.
tai. When this dispatch reached New
York the ironolad was at sea and q tug
that went in chase failed to overtaks her.
Here was accident number two. So the
Monitor sailed on across the Chesapeake
past the mouth Of the Potomac 10 Fortress
Monroe, arriving late in the evening Of the
9Th, the last few miles Of the voyage being
within sound Of the guns in the fight be-
tween the Merrimac and the wooden feet.
Meanwhile the dispatch that had failed TO
change tho Monitors destination on leaV-
ing New York had been forwarded 70 For
tress Monroe. The naval commander there
was Capt. John MaTston, and when the
novel craft came 10 hand he deliberated
On the one side the burning Congress, the
lost Cumberland, the Minnesota aground
and riddled with shot, the Roanoke and
st. Lawrence pierced with heavy shells
from the MerrimAc's guns, and the redOubt-
able ram lying Just across the channel
unquestionably the victor in the first en-
counter, and only breathing and waiting
for daylight and happy tide 10 sally from
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her mooring and make an end 10 the Union
feet on the lower Chesapeake. On the
other hand, imperative orders 10 send the
Monitor to Washington, uncertainty - to
whether the little black thing would b
worth a button IN . hgbt anyway, and also
whether, should she prove to Be all that
was claimed, prudence did not demand
that she be spared 10 defend the Potomac
and the 9itAl He decided 10 break the
cast iron outline Of the service. substitute
common sense for red tape and send the
floating experiment TO the relief Of the
disabled Minnesota down the channel.
This was the key accident Of the series--
like an auetioneer's third and last call
The Monitor steamed 10 whoro the Mime
sofa lay, near the shore in the north chan
mel, about midnight March & The out
look Of the MerFimAe across the Roads on
the south shore got q glimpse Of the strange
object By the light Of the burning Con
EresS. His report aroused the curiosity Of
the ofiiceFa upon the ram and they guessed
also in the lists, though q late arrival at
the tournament. Next morning they made
out the shape a. that Of "a cheese box on q
plank'aor "a tin can on board"
The element Of daring was high In thu
breasts Of the Monitor people when they
closed with the enemy on the morning Of
che 9th. The TIP from New York down
had brought out the weaknesses Of their
craft. The waves flooded her hold, delug'
Ing her furnace room and coal bunker
and checking the fires, besides almost guf'
loeating. Tho erSH- WithgeA She bad but
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across the continent, boring through
mountains Of rock, spanning mighty riv-
ers with great bridges, making cuts
through the hills, filling in the valleys,
ballasting the track and putting every
thing into shape for business. Let the
dePots, water tanks, repair and supply
shops, round houses. section houses, ETC.,
be multiplied into hundreds to meet the
requirements Of this expansion Of track,
and one will realize the wonderful work
to be performed.
To furnish a line with rolling stock As
the Great Northern is equipped at pres
emit, but which will be increased in every
particular the coming year to meet the
demands Of tTanscontinental traffic, one
would need 327 locomotives, 26s pasSsn-
ger cars, II, OLA freight cars. Like all
things terrestrial, the cars, engines,
bridges, tracks, etc., wear out and need
to be replaced. Repairs are being made
all the time. The utmost watChfulhsss
Is necessary in every direction. Nightly
thousand switch locks are examined
and thousand switch lamps lighted,
track walkers follow passing trains, daily
examination is given to wheels and aIles
and tile telegraph wire brings to the di-
vision dispatcher the whereabouts Of each
train, and none can move without his
orders.
A thousand items Of detail and expense
attend which the public knows nothing
about. II takes thousands Of dollars
worth Of oil each year on this system to
keep the bearings and journals Of cars
and engines running smoothly. The in
struction book in the statiOneF's Office
has q list Of over 1000 different printed
forms and blanks in use on the road.
Columns Insight 10 filed with technical
descriptions, al! Of interest, II space per-
mltted.
In this connection It will not be unin-
teresting TO say that the Great Northern
has feet Of freight steamships on the
great lakes, each vessel capable Of carry.
ing the contents Of $50 cars Of wheat, and
making the run from Duluth and Super
ior to Buffalo on freight train time. Next
season will find feet Of passenger steaDl-
ers under the same management, the
most magnificent ever seen on the lakes,
the cost Of each being about $500, 900.
! They will BE- twin-screwed steamers with
plated keels, and have three smOkeStacks
J and be equipped with the Belleville steel
! non-explosive boilers and quadrupls En-
panSion engines capable Of developing
} $500 horse power, q greater power than
Is considered necessary in the largest
} ocean steamers, and the run Of l,lOC
; miles from Superior to Buffalo will b
I made in sixty hours. including stopping
at the principal lake cities, or ct the ralI
> Of twenly-three miles an hour when the
5 steamships are in motion.
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naval world upside down, decided who
should rule the wave on the American
coast and many thing besides, yet acct
dent, chance or what not was instigator
and arbiter from first to last.
After seven months Of incubation, dur
ing which time stories Of her marvellous
powers had terrorized the north, the ram
MeFTimAe entered Hampton Roads on
March 9, attacked the Union gunboat feet,
sank one and burned another Of our finest
fEigates and then lay BY for favorable
tides 10 enable her 10 visit similar fhte
upon the others. At that time the only
other irunelad IN existence, and the only
possible match for the Confederate ram,
would have been from twenty-four 10 sixty
hours distant from the scene instead Of
within sound Of the guns, A. she actually
was, had the plans Of her manipulators
been carried out. Her presence IN The vicin-
ity was due 70 an accident, and, In fact, but
for an accident she would not have been In
existence at all. When the news Of the
building Of the MerrimRc and other pro-
iected ironclAds Of the Confederaey was
confirmed At Washington In midsummer,
1851, congress authorized the construction
Of similar ones, and placed the matter In
the hands Of a naval board. Capt. Erics-
son had a plan partly in his brain and
partly upon paper, the latter in the hands
Of his friends, who placed II before the
naval board. only 10 receive a rebuff.
One Of Eriesson's colleagues, C. 8. Bush
nell, Of New Haven, thought that the In
Vsnt0r would Be bis own best ambassador,
and deliberately lied in order 10 get him
before the naval board. He told Ericsson
that his plan was approved and that the
chief Of the board, Admiral Smith, wished
to talk over details with the protector in
person. Ericsson hurried to Washington,
and was % annoyed over the deception and
the disappointment when the truth daWned
upon him that his angry eloqueneo over
powered the opposition. Gentlemen"
aid be, "After what have said consider
Ito BE- your duty 70 the country 10 give
ne an order 10 build the vessel before
leave this room" The upahot was an order
70 build an ironelad within one hundred
days This was accident number one.
Ericsson promptly divided the labor
among leading iron manufactures and
work was kept up night and day from De
osmbsr 70 March. u Nas q novel struo-
turO and the men 70 handle Il needed 70 be
trained By the inventor, and the machinery
ITSELF Was something that required ire
quent teItings and attentions Finally all
was ready for . trial trip. and with volun-
ter oflooFs and crew the Monitor left
New York II midday March Q. 1Sd2 Her
commander was Lieut.. ]. L. Worden, Of
the navy, with Lieut. s. d. Greene second
IN command. The crew were volunteers
from wooden gunboat8 then In service.
Worden's ordenN were 70 proceed 70 Fortress
Monroe The imRsndiRg aeat -at Val b
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Jill HILLS NEW RAILROAD.
The Great IoFtAsn Practically CON-
Dlsls--ItS Opening Is Postponed.
TIE new TFansoOntinental-HsW =
Great RailFoad IL Built-Its
COsI and OthsE Inter.
eatInG DStltls.

LIN. Rice, Of the firm Of Rice 4 Gard
neF, Who have been furnishing beei for
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS end Of the
Great. Northern, received dispatch from
ConirsctoE Kirhendall, on Friday last,
stating that tie rails had been laid over
the summit Of the Cascades, and that the
gap Of eighlIoF ten miles still intervening
would be SpannSd in aieW days, although
the work Was somewhat slow owing 10
there being Ave ieOt Of snow. By this
time, however. the railway Is completed
~ far q laying The rails iS concerned,
but there Il big bridge yet unfinished
acEosI.the Columbia river at Wenatchee,
The compilation Of which has been and ls
still retarded BY the delays in furnishing
the iron. Then the work Of ballasting
the road, building WhteE tanks, stations,
etc., will 90 on all winter, and Il will not
b until spring that the road to Tho
Sound viii be opened for tFafie. In def
erOneS to President Hills views, who de-
siTes to see the road in perfect shape, and
on aecount Of the greater suitability Of tbG
season, the grand celebration At 81. Paul
AID probably those contemplated BY Sc
attic and Spokane, win be deferred Ill
the latter part Of Nay or early in June
when nature will be clothed in her soft
ct green, and when her moods will b,
more In harmony with the spirit Of thI
celebration.
The man who thinks railroad buildinl
IL child's play should look into the fol
lowing details, which were furnished b.
Mr.. Folsom, Of the Great Northern:
The frst thing the builder Of raIlroa
has 70 DO and should do IL to see that
has the money or credit 10 carry on III
work. Then be must secure q charts
from the state, next secure the right-o
way aud . strip Of 100 feet Of groun
through . town or city Is sometimes quit
expensive. In the mean time he is q
ranging ioE rails, ties and rolling stool
and the gradsn and bridge builders 20 {
work. Grading In the prniries Is not I
expensive a. In the hills and mountain
bat one viii b surprised at the irTegula
tiles On what seems 10 be q pretty lev
piece 81 country. In contracting for nj
torial The builder finds that he needs
considerable quantity Of stuff for a ba
mlls q track.
HE mes nlesl rails weighing Is pOun'
10 ths yard, such as The Great Northel
uses, except 10 The mountains, where Il
hsavisr, his requirements will Be- as 4
love;
Steel rails, los tons, o. $4,000 pound
splkss, : tons, Or 5000 pounds: ana
han, o. plates, . tons, Or 1900 pound
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track bolts, ton or 1000 pounds; ties,
number, 2,sl6.
This material may come from a dis
lance, and il it should he will find that
the rails will load five cars, the ties four
teen cars more. To surface the track
with gravel will take from $50 to $50 car
loads. A small bridge or two perhaps
has been built in this mile. He now has
the track, but he needs dspots, water
tanks, fences, culverts, cattle guards,
round houses, repair shops, turn tables,
telegraph lines and rolling stock.
The cost Of some Of the leading requis-
ties are as follows: Switch, freight and
passenger locomotives from % 900 to tl4,-
900 each; sleeping and dining cars from
$40 900 TO u.s. 900 each express, baggage
and postal cans from 1900 to $500
each; box cars from 800 to $500 each
fat cars from $3.50 to 400 EACH cabOose
cars from 500 to $500 each; rotary snow
ploWs $4,000 each steam derrick cars
5000 each; steam pile drivers 5000
each; steam shovels 5000 each. Hand
cars, refrigerator cars, hay cars, coal cars
ballast cars, carpenter and painter cars
tool cars and Official cars, each costing
hundreds Il not thousands Of dollars, an
also needed.
The Great Northern railway line to Pu'
get Sound leaves the Helena line at Ha'
ve, Mont, and strikes due west TO The
mountains. From HaVTe to Spokani
Falls the distance Is 512 miles; from Spo
kane Falls to Everett, the Puget Sound
terminus, is 3O5 miles, making total o
ST. miles for the new part Of the trans
continental line. The distance from 81
Paul TO HavTe 10 955 miles, making thu
; tFanscontinental line LIZ miles long
which is about lS9 miles shorter than thl
Northern Pacific line from 81. Paul Il
Puget Sound. Over 800 miles Of roat
have been built in Washington this year
> An army Of 5000 men with 1900 team
. was engaged on the grade between spO
kane and the Sound, 1900 men being re
8 quiFed for the surfaeing Of the tack
+ which has been put in magnificent order
, making it one Of the finest tracks Il
America. The road reaches Summit eta
a ton, on the Rocky mountain division, a
q Q grade Of fiity-two feet to the mile, an
e crosses the mountains at the lowest pas
Y in the Rockies, 5,l2s feet above the Sc
I. level.
d Applying the figures given above TO tn
q mileage Of the transcontinental line fror
r. st. Paul to Puget Sound, the builder wi
|. find that he has used approximately tn
q following materials In the building:
u Steel rails, 1871 400 tons, or 3S2 $50. 90
! pounds; 4,54o, 1852 ties; 10, $50, 900 spikes
=. angle bars or plates, 81 100000; trac
ii bolts 8 ,644,OOO pounds.
a. The transporting Of this enormoJ
a amount Of material required THOUSAND
"a upon thousands Of car loads, and the !
Dor Of thousands Of men for years 10 hal
4. die and put into position. In this stat
ment Of the track, too, no account IL I
\. ken Of the material used in bridges, d
!, pots, fences, shops, telegraph lines, etc
. and the hauling Of the same.
The building Of the pyramids andoth
.; colossal wonders Of the ancient world q
sle mere side Issues As compared with d
- cost and labor Of running q track Of Si'
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THB RAMS GUNS COULDN'T TOUCH HEh
The communication between the captain
and pilot and the people in the tuFret was
cut short By the breaking Of the speaking
tube early In the action. Messages passed
thereafter from the lips Of men stationed
a. intervalA The captain and pilot were
In the pilot house, q structure made Of
square iron logs bolted at the endA II twas
nfty feet away from the turret.
After fighting three hourl the shot in the
turret needed replsnifhing and the vessel
was hauled on. The MerrimAc at once
turned 10 the Minnesota She was met By
full broadside Of twenty guns that would
have blown wooden vessel out Of water.
She answered with . she'll that tore the
insides out Of the vessel Amidship and 1T
her on FIRE. The Monitor returning again
engaged the Merrimae and met with her
first severe miahAp. A shell from gun,
not ten yards distant, struck the upper log
Of the pilot house At the sight hole where
Wonden happened 10 b looking out he
was stunned By the eoneuHaion and hi1eyel
blinded By the powder and hno debril
blown into them. Believing that the pilot
bouse Waa DESTROYED along With thaatseF'
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A PYGMY TOA GIANT.
90 THE BABY MONITOR APPEARED
BESIDE THE MAMMOTH MERRlMAc.

hut She Wa . Chip from the Same
Blooh with sundry Improvements.
story Of the Fatsd Collision Of the
First IrOneiads In Hampton Roads.
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ton. Book rtghta reserved.1
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Men are curious beings after all"
Whats the matteF noW7"
Smith and Jones met this morning.
Smith asked Jones a question, and Jones,
instead Of answering, asked Smith the
same question. Smith didn't ansWsr Il
either, and they passed on"
What was the question:"
"HoW do you do9"
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ga RARE TREAT X

my stock Of Organs comprises the Estey and other leading
makes superior pure and all the latest patents
and improvements carry
Tie Finest Organs MADE,
1t Prices in Easy Reach.
These organs only materials put together by skilled
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Such organs years good and the best must
leading dealers afford only recommend and
them Building Second Street. the place find them
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Iaa Colorado Camp.

A purely philanthroPic saloon keeper
on Battle Mountain has made a touching
bid for public favor in the following sign ;
BOYS,
Come in and write home % your good ola
mother. Paper and envelopes nee re
/. WhiIky In town.
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INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.

Mr. and Mrs. II. Mex. Twombly gave dinner TO
eighty people at their country place In MADISON
n. j.. last evening. The guests sat at small tables
which were placed the circular piazza, lnclosed
for the occasion and hung with Turkey red ana
tapestries. The elaborate dinner served by
sherry. The Hungarian Band and Lander's Orchestra
played during the dinner. Later in the evening about
100 people came In for dance There was CO.
Ion, Augustus Flagg leading with Mrs. Twomby
Tie entertainment was given By Mr.. and Mrs. TwOm-
bly, for thelr nelghbors Of Madison and Its vicinity
Only few members OF their own family went out
from New York. Among the guests were Mr.. ana
Mrs George FIelinghuySen, J. L. Frennghuysen,
Mr. and Mrs. Aston Flagg, Mrs. Stephen Whitney,
the Misses Whitney. Dir. and Mrs. George B.. Post,
IT,, MIR. and Ms. c. S. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs Gustav
Kssel Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Kissel, G. +. Randolph
Mr. and Mrs. William Shipper, X. X. sheldon, Mrs.
Henry Hopkins, tie Misses Hopkins. Mr.. and Mrs. II.
L. anshaw, Miss Sloane. Miss shepard, and Mr. and
Ms. ". Jay schieielin The grounds and house were
lighted with electricity.
Receptions Will be given this afternoon by Mrs. ii.
Y. satterlee, Of No. 1913 East Twenty lrst-st. and
Mrs. James TOree, OF NO. East Forty secOndst., 10
inirOluce Miss satteFlee and Miss TOliree.
Mrs. Charles IL. Leland and the Misses Leland, OF
No lG2 adi,Onave., viii hold the first OF three re
eepions this afternoon. Mrs. Rapao and the Misses
Rapa0, OF No II West Thirty -frst-st Win also hold
Z reception.