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across the floor with him as the tough
girl. The,irst night, after we walked
across, l heard one gig laugh. That
was my brothers laubh, for / knew his
voice."
That walk across the stage after Pad
dy Duffy's cart was the beginning Of
the fortune of Ada Lewis. One OF the
mature women, who was q member OF
the Alcazar Company, told Miss Lewis
that she might make a Successes a play
er Of character parts.
THAT remark made me look around
me to study characters" said Miss
Lewis last evening, as she sat on a
trunk between the acts OF the Country
Sport" at the California Theater. "We
were not in any too good circumstance
and we lived in the lower part OF
town; well. south of Market street,
as the people call it. Every
day a lot OF girls passed our house
going to and from a cannery that was
near By. l watched these girls, l
studied their costumes and their man
ners and l thought 1 saw 8 character
that had v been seen on the stage.
All the cannery girls wore jockey caps,
all chewed gum, all had a peculiar
characteristic swing. l decided 10
make use Of that charhcter when | had
q chance"
Ada Lewis chance did pot come In
San Francisco, though came from
her walk across the stage after Paddy
Duffy's cart. Harrigan engaged her as
the juvenile of his company and with
him she went to New York. A short
time after he returned 10 New York he
produced q new play, REILLY and the
Four Hundred" In that play Miss
Lewis was cast as one OF the girls OF
the slumS OF New York.
II saw a chance" she said ito puton
the stage the San Francisco cannery
girl that | used to study in my old home.
10 the first act / made up as the cannery
girl and l acted just as l had seen those
cannery girls act. When the curtain
dropped on the first act / heard a loud
applause and Mr.. Harrigan just pushed
me back on the stage. That was a cur
tain call, though at the time did not
know from experience what a curtain
call meant"
That first act in REILLY and the Four
Hundred" gave Ada Lewis her great
reputation in New York. She pictured
merely q San Francisco character as
she had seen il here. In the second act
she made a representation OF the New
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in coming down hill to make US hold.
What we want, Oh Lord, Is more sand"
When the laughter and applause had
subsided Colonel Hatch raised his voice
and hands and said "What we want,
Oh Lord, is more sand. Give 1t to the
Democratic members OF the House or
Representatives. Give them and enough,
Oh Lord, to hold on to the Democratic
platform and to their pledges to the
people in 1892"
The HONORABLE Benjamin F. Grady Of
North Carolina, though an earnest
worker in the Honse seldom takes part
in debate. The fight over the repeal
bin. however, became so hot that he
was drawn into the discussion. He
said that he had hoped that he might
sit quietly and drink in wisdom from
the great men OF the House, but soon
found himself in the condition OF a
pious old deacon who always accepted
with sublime resignation whatever Ills
the Lord saw ft TO impose upon him.
One dav tornado came along and tore
down his fruit trees, levelled his fences
and deStr Dyed his crops. He took
it all with quiet submission and forth
tude. After awhile he ran ont TO his
barn aud tried to save its contents from
the fury of the wind. As he reached
the door q shutter swung around aud
knocked him into a manure heap. Pick
ing himself up be remarked, "Oh Lord,
1 think it is time for noe to express my
sentiments"
After the laughter In the House sub
sided, Mr.. Grady went on and expressed
his sentiments, and they were tersely
| annlicahle.
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alone is expected to be more than a
match for the heaviest line-of-battle
ships afoat. She may be fired at and
hit many times without being vitality
injured; but let her drop one OF her
projectiles on any part Of her adversary,
or even explode it in the water within
forty full feet of her and that ship will!
never fire another shot. II is strange
considering the success that has attend
ed the late trials of dynamite guns, that
there is only one vessel ahoat equipped
with them: the U. S. 5. Vesuvius.
About two years ago one made by the
Pneumatic Torpedo and Construction
Company was sold to the British govern,
ment and tried at Shoeburyness. Sever
al shots were fired at target 16Hx21
feet, at a range OF nearly 1000 yards.
Every shot struck it, tho accuracy and
penetrarion astonishing the British
officers who were present. IN the triaI
on board the Vesuvius ninety eight per
cent, for accuracy was recorded.
This remarkable accurancy is largely
due to the use Of compressed air as a
Dropeling forces wfch gives TO the
gunner the power of almost exactly re-
producing any shot, and Of accurately
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cellular compartments would be per-
fectly safe. There is even no reason
why ii should not be sent on board the
fighting ships in that form, and, the
mixing process being simpliied be
made up as required. There Is a new
shell on that system now being perfect
ed: the explosive, in its n%on-explosive
component parts, being stored
separately in compartments in
the she'll. It can be fired
with a much higher initial veloci-
ty and therefore, range farther with a
6atter trajectory than the present
form OF dynamite shell. The shock OF
discharge skaters the compartments
and an ingenious mechanism mixes con.
tents and adjusts fuse. The projectlle
to be fired from the gun on Ell Cid tap
ers at the base 10 four inches and is fur
nished there with a wheel like 4 steam
er's propeller. This is acted OF by the
air during a fight and imparts rotation.
The new shell will receive rotation
from steel fms set at an angle TO the
line OF the shell. They will be on the
bats wing pattern; lying folded in a
slot when the shell is in the bore and
expanded by a spring as it leaves the
muzzle. Should the terrible possibili
ties OF the dynamite guu be practically
proved In the coming trial, then, the
lron-clads must go.
JOHN 7. GRAMER,
Late Capt. & Inst. Art'y.,
British Army.
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Hon. John M. Allen OF TupelO, Miss,
made by far the most humorous speech
on the repeal bill. He said he never
favored the Sherman Law. He spoke and
voted against il at the time of its pass.
age. he did not like it then, and did
not like il now, but it was the only law
on the statute books providing for any
increase in the volume Of currency. To
remove It without substituting any
thing TO it's place would put US very
mnCh in the condition of the Negroes
cow. The darkeg had been left in
charge OF the home In Mississippi
while his employer was away. The COW
was taken sick. In writing to the
family who were at the White Sulphur
Springs, be said:
"The cow have been sick. 1 done give
her some medicine aud she are now well Of
the disease; but I think she will die Of the
remedy"
"Now Mr.. Speaker" said john after
the merrimeut had subsidized, 81 am as
anxious as any member on this floor to
cure the country of the disease, but I do
not intend TO vote for a remedy that
will be worse than the disease itself"
III 1UC4hlLA VI inc D-AANeAN tAG L
tors, who believed that the Republicans
had done q good thing in demOnetizing
silver, Mr.. Allen said:
1.-TWO of my constituents were once
candidates for the Office of treasurer Of
Acorn County. One had held the
Office for TWO terms and the other was
running against him in opposition to q
third term. The man who was run
ming for the Office the first time follow
ed his competitor all over the county
]denounCing the proposition for a third
term. The people endorsed him, and
he was selected in opposition to the
third term candidate. He held the
Office himself for two terms and a new
election was approaching. The time
was coming when he must get out OF
Office himself or repudiate the platform
upon which be had been elected. The
situation was serious. He came TO
town one morning and said:
BOYS have any OF you seen anything
Of Beach Mitchell?'
Beach Mitchell was the mau whom
he had beaten. They told him that
Beach was in town.
WELL" he said, 4 want to see
him. feel that l owe him an apology.
Four years ago l ran against him for
the Office OF Treasurer in this county
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THE sIMs-EDIsoN TORPEDO.

increasing or decreasing the range at
will. Should more power be required
h q can be got from compressed air,
there is no reason why liquid carbonic
acid gas should not be used. II is
many times more powerful, the ingredi-
emit inexpensive, anu could easily be
made up when required. The great
REQUISITE in dynamite firing Is to dis
charge the shell from the gun without
shock. Compressed air is emiueDpY
adapted to effect this perfectly, as the
pressure applied can be regulated to any
REQUIRED degree. Therefore, when dr.
inc the projectile, 4 gentle-Pressure is
admitted. st first just enough 10 over
come its inertia and friction; but, once
started, the pressure can be rapidly in
creased up to the full limit without In
apv way subjecting the projectile to
any undue shock. Captain Zalinski
was the first 10 practically demonstrate
that large quantities or explosives, like
dynamite, nitro-gelat!ne or gun-cotton,
could, when enclosed In metallic shells,
be safely thrown from guns by com
messed air. His first shots we're fired in
1884 from a 4-inch gun, 40 feet long,
throwing l. lbs, Of dynamite. His
next step was the construction OF an
S.inch Gun, 60 feet In length, 10 throw
leo lbs, Of dynamite. This gun, with
an initial velocity OF 1,4O0 feet, had a
range of about two miles, and was so
arranged that the gunner could aim,
elevate and fire it without removing
his eve froml the sight. A board OF
officers reported faYorably on this gun,
but recommended that it be not adopted
IS part OF the battery OF ships OF war
until it had been properly tested en-
board the dynamite cruiser then under
construction. Late official trials have
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The armored battle ships of the present
day, built, equipped and maintained at
enormous cost are OF no use outside
their own sphere. Their heavy guns,
those of so tons and over, are very un-
certain and, at the best, short lived;
many having never been fred with a
full charge. Compare these unmanaga-
BILE leviathans with a fast, handy dyna-
mite crusier of the coming type. What
q feet England could have In . few
weeks made up Of her magnificent
Atlantic liners, such as the Lucania
and Campania. A Is inch dynamite
gun, as compared with powder gun of
the same caliber, costing very little and
could be made in any large town where
there are foundries and machine shops.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03
NAVIES OF
THE FUTURE.
PROBABLE RESULTS OF TIE COMING BATTLE
IN BRAZILIAN WATERS
The Swift, Dynamite Cruiser Promises to Take
the Place Of the Heavy and Costly Iron
clad-Forcss Which Steel and Iron Cannot
Wiihstand-Soms Interesting Predictions From
an Eminent Authority.
(AH Riqtts RsssyUsd 6v the wilson Press Synd
rnEl

(Au Rights RsssrUsd 6v the wilson Press Syndi
cGS)
The coming engagement between the
ships of Admiral Mello and those OF
President Peixoto will, it is expected,
furnish proof of what has long beer the
opinion of advanced naval men, viz:
that the ponderous and in many cases,
unmanageable irOn-clad is obsolete.
For the first time dynamite is TO play an
important part in naval warfare.
Should the unarmored merchantmen
Ell Cid, of 1900 tons equipped In a few
weeks, be able to fulfill what the officers
expected other, is not the natural infer
ence plain? She is armed with one
15.inch dynamite gun, and with that
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and l beat him on the third term issue.
l had heard this talk about Grant and
the third term and l thought the third
term principle was all rot At that
time I had never reflected very much
about the question, but since then l
have thought about jt a good deal, and
when you come 90 apply that principle
TO the office Of County Treasurer there
is no sense in it, and l thank God that
I have the manhood when l see that l
am wrong 70 acknowledge it,"
"Now my friends" said Allen, sin
making the application Of the story
| those Of you who hava received com
/ ailments from Tom Reed to-day for
! bravery and acumen after You have
been going around the cOuntry de-
| nouncing the Republican party, its II
/ n%ancial policy and the ruin and wreck
/ il wrought, ought t., like my friend,
when you fRd that YOU are wrong,
/ have courage TO get up here aud say
I YOU apologize 20 the Republican party. "
One of the best stories Illustrative
! OF the financial situation was told by
/ Marcus Aurelius Smith of Arizona. To
use his words: The Secretaries OF
/ the Treasury had always been DONNA
/ ted by New York bankers. They tried
to get Secretary Carlisle 20 issue bonds
/ for their benefit. When they failed in
this they thought that they would scare
hin into it, so they started a financial
/ panic, but the panic got away from
/ them. Instead Of soaring the, Secretary
/ they scared the people, who gathered
| all the money in sight and showed it
! into their stockings aud bsd-ticks,
/ They remind ne OF afellOw in Arizona
who had a two ear old colt. In talk
/ ing 70 n OF his neighbors in Tomb
/ stone one day, he said that he had
/ thoroughly broken the colt.
.s'Why be is mighty young TO be we'll
/ broken, -" the neighbOr replied.
Jewell" said the owner Of the colt,
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Won wait and / will show you. 1 am
going down after him and when l ride
him no the street here you jump out
from the door, wave your hat and halo
boo to him. you will see how well
broke1 be is
"The neighbor did as requested. The
man hme up the street on a full canter
and the neighbor jumped out Of the
door. waved his hat and shouted boo
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4 Real TOUGH GIRL.
HOW ADA LEWIS CAPTURED THE
CRITICS.
Her First Character Effort Wa a Picture If the
Cannery Girls Of San FranciSco-The Bowery
Sketch Brought Fame.
San francisco Examiner.

THE tough girl" learned in San
Francisco TO be a tough girl.
Ada Lewis is a San Franciscan, and
her study OF the character that has
brought her fame was made in the dis
trict in that city known as South o.
Market, see?"
She was stage struck, like a thousand
or more other girls, and her big brothers
worked for themselves and for the fam
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cb,ls,ian sects free access % these
veoerated spots. Thus, the nave Of the
Cbrrch OF the Nativity IL the common
nTonerty Of all Christians, and the Latin'
G,eek ORTHODOX and Armenian Church
a. are each assigned parts Of the build
inc where the monks may conduct the
worsbin Of their respective seetarians
"t,5anI Interference. Yet, despite ell
nrscsntlons. brE1ls frequently occur
pmong tho different sects, whose rep
Ions hatred Of each other Is too OF
rsnoed into fame by the lsnRuaf
issa han the attitude Of the
Sbou, this time Of the year,
ara setting out from a thoueH
-, n.rts Of the globe with th'
1909 toward Bethlehem.
he advance guard Of the greas
80 nfIgrlmage from Russia a
Fsvnt and southern EuroPe Is
Soon The five miles or nine OF D
So.wsen Jerusalem and The
Md" will be dotted With p
-svfarers representing almost
80. sa,tb. old sad young alike
49, limbs onward Inkhe no
"r s,nlatIop and sol be ~
snrsy bethlehem an
,own and It's people khpv
me most Of their two
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The colt SHE'D, and when it's owner
nicked himself up from a pile OF stones
on the other side of the fence, wiped
the blood from his face, and got Aim
self together, he shook his fist yenge'
fnlly at his neighbor and shouted:
You blasted old fool, you halloed too
loudp"
AMOS J. CUMMINGS.
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York tough girl" as she found her on
the Sunday excursions to Coney Island.
81 travelled on the ferry steamers"
says Miss Lewis, describing her study OF
the role she played, land watched tho
antics and the dances OF the girls out
for a Sunday holiday until could re-
peat every action. So my part in
Reilly and the -Four Hundred was
really a composition of the San Francis
co tough girl and the New York tough
girl, though In the first act, that
brought me my first big success, had
in my mind only the San Francisco can
merry girl
Miss Lewis describes with enthusiasm
her interest Ia the press notices OF her
Rrst performance in Reilly and the
Four Hundred" When she left San
Francisco her contract with Harrigan
provided for payment at the rate OF $40
a week, land, as part Of that had TO go
home, there was not too much left for
me. The part that was sent home went
to my mother, who died very soon after
that first performance In New York.
81 remember so well the morning
after the performance. a friend
wanted to send out for the papers, but
was afraid 70 see them. However, she
sent for the New York Herald, and
she showed me the line, When Ada
Lewis was on the stage no one
else was considered. Send out for
item all | said; let me see what
the others say and | shall never forget
the inspiration that came TO me from
the kindly words OF the critics. That
article from the Herald was copied into
the Examiner and was n Of the last
articles about my career on the stage
that my poor mother read"
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Little Dot guess | am improvin' In
drawing.
Mother-I hope so.
Little Dot-Yes'm. / drew q fruit
CAKE on my slate and Dick guessed
II, was a oyster. He knew II was some
thing 10 eat, anyhow. didn't he?
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ave are here, Oh Lord, to ask Thy
blessing on this work. The - cles
have been removed. The P~ is
on the track, the water is Ter,
steam is up. but. On Lord. lme
sand. 10 is sand we wa go
Hp hill TO keep US from and
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-09-13
OFFICIAL REPORT.
Of the Bonrd of Supervisors Oi
 Cochsse County.

Adjourned meeting of Board of Supervisors of Cochise county held Sept. 9th 1893.
 Present-Supervisor Nichols and chairman Perkins.
 Minutes of meeting of July 9th and 7th, 1893 read and approved.
 By unanimous consent of the mem. bers present it was ordered that the former order of this board fixing the salary of the clerk of the board at S500 per annum was rescind- ed and a new order made fixing the salary at $l20O per annum in full for all services, as provided by an act passed by the I7th legislature. Said salary 10 date from April let 1893. The board on motion allowed the following claims and clerk ordered to draw warrants for same: Nat Hawke, salary clerk 2d quar. $500 D. K. Wardwell, salary ianator 2d quarter ......... l0U It being ascertained that the bonds men Of c. J. Watson road overseer of Bisbee district had withdrawn, it was ordered that the clerk notify said Watson to file new bond within ten days.
 The board on motion fixed the sal ary of iailors at $4 per day.
 In relation to the janitor of court house, salary fixed at $50 per month. The probate judge approved the claim of w. K. Perkins for salary and mileage as supervisor for 2nd quarter. and clerk was ordered to draw war rant for sum of $3S in payment of same.
 Claim of J. F. Duncan, fees justice peace second quarter 1893 for S225.25 allowed and warrant ordered drawn. Board was engaged checking Dis trict Clerk claim.
 Adjourned until Sept II, 1893 at 9.30 a. m.
 NAT HAWKE,
 Clerk.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-09-13
Consumption Curcd

An old physician. retired from prac tice, having had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the form. ula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Cons sumption, Bronchitis. Catarrh. Asth- ma and all Throat and Lung Affections, and positive and radical cure for NervousDe ebility and all Nervous Com
 plaints. after having tested it's wonders ful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actu- sted by this motive and desire to re- Iieve human suffering. will send free of charge. to all who desire it. this re- ceipe. in German. French or English. with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp naming this paper. W. 4. Moves, s20 Powers Block. Rochester
 N. Y l. IS, VT
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-09-13

THE report which has been circu- lated that Supervisor Perkins left the territory without leave of absence is untrue. Mir Perkins asked for and was granted a leave Of absence in July after the board. of which he was chair man, was compelled to withdraw. The minutes of the board show no record of thls. as Mir. Perkins states, that he did not recognize Messrs. Reilly and Bryan as being supervisors and never recognized them as such. He was granted leave of absence in writip g by the board of which he was and is chairman.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-09-13

A NATIONAL bank is not safer than any other bank. The paper money issued by them known as bank notes is secured by gover nment bonds; tha, is, the government guarantees to pay the bearer coin for these notes on presentation. That is why they are called national banks. A depositor in g national bank has no more cause to feel safe than though his money were in a private bank.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-09-13
. A New sapervi.or.

The board of supervisors met this afternoon and served notice on Pro- bate Judge Monmonier to be present at 3 30 to take part in the election of a new supervisor. He appeared at that hour.
 c. s. Clark was placed in nomin- stion and a poll resulted in his selec- tion by the affirmative votes oi Super. vissrs Perkins and Nichols, Mir. Mvn- monier declining to vote.
 The latter presented reasons in w,iting for not voting. He declined for the reason that the question of title to the office of supervisors was in the supreme court, and he being . judicial officer did not care to mix up in the matter.
 Mr. Clark was notified by the clerk of his election, and the board took . recess until ( 30.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-09-13

THE selection of c. s. Clark as su- signed, is a fitting one. He has been a resident of the county since its birth, nearly fourteen years ago. He was postmaster under Cleveland's former administration and gave entire satis- faction. He wac speaker of the house in the 18th legislature and filled that office in an intelligent and pleasing manner. He is conversant with Co., chise county affairs, and cannot but be valuable acquisition to the board. It was only after strong appeals to him from many citizens that he ac- cepted the appointment.