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GENERAL BRECKENRIDGE.
A Good Story of the Old Soldier
Which He Told About Himself.
Chicago Pos


A good story of General John g. Breck-
inridge is saiG TO have been told by him.
self with evident relish not long before his
death. In talking to some friends about
the many kindnesses which had been
shown him by his people and the pleasant
things which had been said to him, he re-
marked that he valued as highly as any
com piimeDt he had ever received one
which an old Kentucky farmer paid him
during the war, which had come to his
ears short time before. 1t was the Gus
tom in war times, as it has always been in
ali times. for the country people to CONS
into the country town on Saturday after
noon to exchange news gathered during
the week. At one of these gatherings in a
store in Richmond, KY. just after the
battle of Chickamauga, one of the men
said be had heard some grand news.
Upon being pressed to tell it he said
gravely:
II did hear that thar has been most
powerful fight down in Tennessee, and
they says that for long time it went
mighty agin our folks, but that when Mr..
Brackinridge came forrard and asked the
privilege of the field for just fifteen min
utes. they do say that he slew $4,000"
Which statement was received with due
respect by the assembled company, al
though it appeared to occasion a slight
ripple of surprise, much to the narrator's
satisfaction.
The morning call., 1893-09-24
VOLUME LXXTV-NO. 116.
TORPEDOES ON GOAT ISLAND.
Preparations Made by the Government to Guard
San Francisco Bay.

the surface. OF course the bay is shallow
in some parts and deep In others, so the
cables have been measured TO be dropped
at different points and hold the torpedoes
at the fixed distance below the surface.
Cylinders Of iron constructed to destroy
life are at ore end of the island, while
similar wrought articles for the preseTya-
tion of human beings are at the other. A
walk of fifteen minutes or a row in a small
boat and one is at the lighthouse station,
where buOys for use in these waters arc
stored and where the signals to passing
craft are exhibited. The wharf is covered
with buoys-bell buOys, whistling buoys
and common ordinary buOys. Some are
new, others have been in use for years;
some are ready TO be taken to their resting
place along the coast. others have Just
been brought in tn be seraped and painted
Each six months every buoy has to be
removed and replaced by another. while
the one taken out of the water is removed
TO Goat Island and placed in shape for
another half years tossing by the waves
Resembling huge top a mammoth whist
ling buoy lay among the others. Ii was
coated with barnacles, eOrroded aud seemed
old, but a vigorous scraping and the lib-
eral application of paint will make it as
good as new. This buoy is 40 feet long
and the top is Is feet in diameter. Like
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other hand the mustache OF George Vest.
1t bristleS out i'll white heat under his
little straight nose. and as he carries 1t
about the House, 1t seems to say. "There
Is chip on nv shoulder, and II you knock
1t off you are sure to have fight" Vest
always makes me think of the Bad Man
from Bitter Creek. His round, long head
IS pasted on at right angles to a pair of
wide. stopping shoulders, and his fierce,
cold blue eyes look out at you from under
heavy brOws. His mustache does not
belle him. He is fighter from Fighters
Vile. and though he is not more than feet
inches in height he is ready to tackle
any siX-foOter in the Senate
Senator SheTmal'S beard is character
lstlc one. 1t is firm and wiry and it is now
as white as the driven snow. He cuts il
frequently and its bristles are three times
the thickness of the long, thin strands of
silver which cover his head. Senator Sher-
man has very fine face. II looks very
much like that of the general, and the
chins OF the TWO men were formed on the
same model.
Another white beard is that of Senator
Palmer of Illinois. 1t covers only his chin,
but it is rugged and white and 1t adds to
the strength of his face. Every bristle in it
represents strength of character and every
line Of the features above it shows common
sense Palmer has big aad which is well
matched with silver hair. He wears a soft
hat. and not the warm hair-destroyng silk
plug. He has bright blue eyes above which
are slvery bristles, and his beard indicates
his character.
Perkins OF California is full-hearded
His whiskers of silky black and his mus
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

lures of statesman's face. 1t will sur
prise you to know that the biggest and the
bralniest men have thick lips. Now and
then you meet one like George f. Ed
munds. whose lower lip is thin. but thick
lip indicates character and the best men In
public life have we'll developed under lips.
Take Cleveland; the leaves of his mouth
are half an inch thick and his jaw is of
iron. Harrison has thin lip. but the lip
OF Adlal Stevenson is as big as baby's
thumb. and that of Dave Hill, were it not
Kept SO tightly pressed against his teeth,
would be of equal size. The biggest law
yers in public life have strong jaws and
thick lips. Take Justice Gray of the
Supreme Court; his under lip is as rosy
as piece OF tenderlOin steak and it
sh shlnes out in its ,cherry-like beauty
above strong, full jaw. You can
see Justice Fields lip shining out
through his beard OF sable silver, aud
Brewer has pair of smooth-shaven lips
as thick as those of Julius Cesar. They
make me think OF the bust of Cesar in the
Corcoran gallery and of a toothleSs old hag
whom once saw standing before it. A
beautiful girl was with her and they were
discussing the bust. The toothless old hag
looked at 1t and then said "Tee-he, tee
he. it's good mouth for Kissing, amt it?'
Ii it were not irreverent l might saw the
same of :he mouth of Judge Brewer. One
OF the strongest lips that ever uttered a
word IN Congress was that of Sam Ran
dali. Ii was frequently tightly pressed
against the lower teeth, but when in re-
pose 1t was thick and sensuoUs. Bourke
Cackran has thick under lip. and he is
great lawyer. Bob IngersOPs lip Is as
thick as that Of p mulatto, and if Justice
Brown would pOut small boy could ride
on his lip from one end of Washington to
the ether.
L want to say one word more about whis-
kerS. This is as to those worn on the side
OF the face. They grow Scarcer and Scarcer.
Senator Washburn of Minnesota is about
the only man in the body of the Senate
who cuts his beard in this way, and the
two most striking in the House perhaps
are John /. Caine, the Mormon, and
Blanchard of Louisiana. Both of these
men have long side whiskers and both are
men of ability. One of the queereSt sets of
side whskers that ever came to Washing
ton were those of Don Nj. Dickinson of
Detroit. They were the color of tanbark,
and they made their owner look like a
college professor rather than the able law
yer and the great statesman that he is.
DE witt Iaimage, the preacher, wears
Presbyterian side whiskers. Rising Sun
Morse prides himself on the uxuriant
brown hair which grows on the sides of his
face, and old Senator Morrill, has the most
classic buTnsldes that have ever adorned a
Senator's face. John Sherman used to
wear side whlskers, bnt he discarded them
a generation ago. General Schofieid, the
head of the army, has white burnsides, and
Gladstone. the great English Premier,
shaves only his lin and his chin.
FRANK q. CARPENTER,
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NAVlES OF EUROPE.
British Ships Compared With Com
tinentaI Fleets.
London Standard.

A return Issued by the Admiralty yes
terday. on the motion of Lord George
Hamilton, gives the number OF ''seagoing
warships III commission, in reserve and
building, aud the naval expenditure, reve-
nue., tonnage of mercantile marine and
value of seaborne commerce of various
countries for the year 1898"
1t shows the English wATships in COM
mission to be "a battle-ships, coast de-
Tense ships. 60 cruisers and "A other ships
not torpedO-boatS, together 161; We have
also in reserve 10 battle-ships, II coast-de-
Tense ships. 46 cruisers and Al other ships
not torpedo boats; and in addition we
have building and completing for sea 9
battle-ships, 10 cruisers and % other snips;
total, 325.
France is represented as having in COM
mission 10 battle-ships, 5 coast-defense
ships, % cruisers and so other ships MT
torpedG-boats, while she has in reserve 5
battle-ships. 8 cOast-defense ships, 20
cruisers and 60 other ships, and building
and completing for sea battie-ships, 2
cOast-defense ships, 19 cruisers and other
ships; total. 221.
Germany. which is the next naval
power, has in commission ii battle-ships,
IA cruisers and 10 other ships; in reserve,
3 battle-ships, coast-defense ships, II
crnlsers and other shins. besides
battle ships, 3 cruisers and l other ship
building and completing for sea; total, Sc.
1t appears from this classification in point
of numbers England possesses 325 war
ships, as compared with 307 belonging to
France and Germany combined. and the
English colonies have also 20 warships of
their own.
England has so warships building, while
France and Germany together have only
40 Russia has altogether 120 warShips,
mostly small ones, and Italy has 93 The
aggregate naval expenditure of England is
given as Els 480. 9l6. while that Of Franco
is put at 910,694, $50; of Germany, e4, 1885,
$40; of Russia, e.. .04O, 139. and of Italy 94,-
215,636, so that the present naval expend;-
ture of England is nearly equal to that Of
France. Germany and Russia combined.
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chain cables are on the wharf. On the
ground floor of the storehouse are pulleys,
ropes. cans of oil, bundles of wick. etc
''Six different wicks are used In the large
lamps" said Mr.. Lime. The allowance
for a station is ten yards of each kind per
annum, or sixty yards in all, and 200 gal
Ions of OIL"
Near the stairway leading to the loft
above were some upright wooden cases.
Two doors were thrown open and disclosed
three rows of shelves. upon which were
books In light binding. On the inside of
one of the doors was type e-written cata-
logue of the publications inside.
There are the libraries for the different
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Torpedo sToREHoUsE ON GOAT ISLAND.

and the pressure of a button would send
the ieniting electric spark into the charge,
exploding 1t.
Few persons know how complete is the
torpedo system OF the United States and
tour of this station shows that no time
would be lost in making ready for the CON-
ing Of foe. Everything from The tele-
graphic instruments that would be used to
signal with up TO the derricks for lifting
the torpedoes is in readiness.
Two men. Messrs. Burke and Shane.
have charge Of the structure. They are
not enlisted men, but civilians employed
bv the War Department as helpers. Each
cable in the storehouee is numbered, and
corresponding number is kept By the engi-
neer corps. In order TO render the SUBJ
marine shells effective, they would ali have
to be placed at regular distance belew
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gineers have been on the island surveying
and laying off land for another building,
and IN this dynamite, guncOtton and gun
powder will be stored. 1t S expected that
work on this structure will be commenced
this fall, and the few inhabitants of the
place are looking for the arrival of work
men and material any day now.
Six hundred rne tOrpedoes are
kt0red at the staticn to-day, and they are
hrranged on solid oaken shelves at the rear
Of the building, On smaller shelves are
placed little boxes which con tain electrical
apparatus for dischargiDg the Internal ma
chimes, and so delicate is the mechanism
in each case that it is valued at $500.
On the fourth floor of the Douohoe build
ing Market and Taylor streets, are the
Offices of the United States Engineer
Corps In these offices are charts of the
bay of San Francisco, which to the casual
observer would seem the same as any
mariners sea guide. But the marks on
these charts are not for the indication of
channels. Each pen-point shows where in
time of war q torpedo could be placed. and
by following the guide there already
in order the entire 600 submarine explosive
shells could be placed in position to do the
most damage to an enemy.
1t would only take few days to rem
der this harbor impTegDaDle. War once
declared and San Francisco in danger. the
entire submarine fOrtfcation could be laid
in a week.
i W U udII OW-EduRb lIdEkS Iuu lDIOuR1
the large torpedo station on the island and
are being continued 10 the wharf. From
one of the shelves an iron shell, which is
about the size of barrel, could be lifted,
placed on a car and run TO the front of the
loom. There are stacked hundreds OF
stout canvas sacks that will hold about
half a bushel each. The neck of each
sack is a trifle smaller than the neck OF
the she'll. Into the latter the sack is
placed, then filed with guncottoD. A bit
Of mechanism acting on the same princi-
ple as telegraph instrument is placed in
the neck and wires attached. They are all
ready al hand there. Then the car is run
out of doors and massive round piece OF
iron weighing several tons and a chain
ca BILE is placed oD II. The entire apparatus
is carried 10 the steamer in waiting at the
wharf, and one of the 600 torpedoes is
ready.
Out in the bay it would be taken, anchor,
chain and torpedo dropped overheard at
a point indicated on the chart. The tor
pedo shell being much larger than the
charge inside allows for enough air 10 in
sure its buoyancy, and then it would rest
in the water upright at a depth from ten
to twelve feet below the surface according
to the length Of the cable; invisible to an
enemy but ready to do deadly work. For
q man on shore would know from his chart
just where it was placed, and the wires
that connected it with land would be in his
possession. By the aid of his instruments
he could tell the exact moment when an
eDemy's man-of-war sailed over the spot,
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crowded, as is the lower. Indeed, the
entire building is a veritable curiosity
shop, machinery of the sea instead of the
land.
Mr.. Lime pulled out of a drawer a
document the first page of which was miss
ing. 1t was one of the old papers sent out
from Washington at the time there was a
dispute as TO the ownership Of this island.
He is proud of having this in his possession
and does not care to tell how it fell into
his hands. II is special report made by
John Wilson, acting as special commits
sloner on the question of title, and counter
signed by Jefferson Davis, Secretary of
War. In it is this paragraph: "The title
to all the lands in California passed to the
United States in virtue of the treaty of
1S4S at Guadalupe Hid algo." Attached to
this document is another, which in short
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language asserts the United States claim
to the island. 1t is signed ''Millard Fill
more. President"
Did you ever hear how the island came
to be called what il is tO-day?" asked Mr..
Lime. and added: Years ago an old man
named Beardsley lived here, and his ouly
friends were several goats. One of these,
of the masculine species, was an enormous
fellow; island tradition has il that he was
fierce of mien and that his whiskers swept
the ground. Whenever stranger visited
the place he would be promptly knocked
down by Beardsley's goat, and the animal
became such an expert in butring that he
finally got into the habit Of rushing into
the water and attacking boats. He stove
in two craft in this manner. So the saving
got abroad. Steer clear of Goat Island
and Goat Island il has been to this day"
Mr. Lime has comfortable house at
his disposal. and there he lives with his
wife and seven children. He has a little
steam launch, and in this he brings the
girls and boys over to San Francisco every
morning, where they attend school, re-
turning in the afternoon to their island
home.
Up on the hill above Mr. Linne's place
is another house. and in it live r. A.
Weiss and Thomas Winter, the former
keeper of the lighthouse. the latter his
assistant. Each has his family with him.
These men are as proud of their light as
a millionaire of his steam yacnt. Every
thing bout the iron structure below their
home, in which stands the lens and the
lamps, is as spiek and span as a gun-deck
on a modern man-of-war. During day.
time the glass through which the light
shines at night is kept covered with cloth
and only removed 10 polish it. No one is
allowed to touch the surface with his
fingers. and when Mr. Weiss patted il as
he would pet he had piece of cnamois
skin over his hand. The lens for this
light, IF which sketch is used a the ni-
tial letter to this article, cost $500. 1t is
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lighthouse stations" said the keeper.
"fhey are changed every three months, so
that the men always have fresh reading
m after at hand The volumes are supplied
by the Government, and | have two large
chests Of new ones on the floor above, so
ply new one. or when library has gone
the rounds | can get out a new SET"
Among the volumes noticed we're: "The
Dod Family Abroad" "The Laurel Bush"
Science in Story" (three volumes). "Child-
hood, typography Of Ihackeray and
Dickens" Through Looking Glass"
and other works
"A il these books, as well as other sup
plies" continued Mr.. Lime, ''come from
the main storehouse at TompKinsville.
Staten Island, n. Y"
The upper floor Of the storshouse is