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forging is accepted BY the government inspec-
TOT at the works and shipped TO the Wash.
ing;on navy yard. The Irice received by the
makers for such accepted forgings averages 81
cents per pound. The price is rendered thus
nigh on account Of the fine quality of the steel
and on account of the fact that the great size
OF the forgings makes necessary the building OF
a vast plant especially for their manufacture
THE TUBE AND JACKET
The tube ferns the main body OF the gun.
The jacket is larger cylinder placed over the
tube at the rear, encompassing the powder
chamber to give it greater resistant strength.
The chase hoops, Of lesser thickness than the
jacket, cover the tube in front of the Jacket.
while the jacket hoops form q third layer of
steel over the jacket. Thus the rear or breech
part OF the gun is built up in three LAYERS. the
middle In two LAYERS and the muzzle in but
one-the tube simply. The above is the pro-
cess pursued in tho production OF each set of
forglngs-a complete set comprising the tube.
the jacket, the chase hoops and the Jacket
hoops.
All the forgiRgs for gun having been de-
lvered az the gun foundry the fabrication or
assembling of the piece begins The tube
forging is perfect cylinder, symmetrical
throughout, except that the powder chamber
at the rear has an enlarged diameter In the
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A Queer Occupafiou.

From the Cincinnati Iimes-Star
There is a man who holds the position o.
agent for popular preacher of this city, lie
was college graduate and had studied law.
theology, horses, music. the drama, and had
tried the newspapers, all without SUCCESS. Then
he made the discovery that the preachers were
the hardest-pushed Of all professional men for
ideas to incorporate into their sermons. Nov
this, said the agent, lis what do. 4 preacher
hires me TO wander about town and REPORT to
him little incidents queer ideas that strike
me- He takes these and veaves them INFO rs
sermons. For instance, preacher who has n
large congregation with much visiting TO do
could not. 1T he were so inclined. visit all the
public meetings, the resorts of gamblers and
drunkirds the factories and the slums of The
city. l an the eyes through which he Gees
these things, and. using NV information
he speaks learnedlv and in.elligiblv Of
all phases of life, and rcts his conrrerat;o, n
wondering where he gets time to sec so mach
He Is thus enabled TO interest every element in
his congregation, appearing to the sporting
man as a e! Crt, to the athlete as an entbu.ias1
In athletic. 20 the musician as a musician ana
to the theater-goer one well yersed IN The
plays OF our day. L also tell him what tho neo-
pie are saying about him. and so he Ia able 20
talk to the different classes in n way that l.,as
them-lgnorant of my Offices as a co-bctwern--
to think him really wonderful in reading tho,r
thoughts. l am liberal liz nv ideas. one
mouth serve n Methodist. the next may loo,,
a, the same things again with Baptis; ewes or
Presbyterian or NAV do service FOR n her,.ic 7
am at present working for a preacher in his
city whose sermons are very much noticed bv
the papers, and who is noted for his o-;,-,,.l
Ideas. which furnish, bat for which am ,ro,i
paid" '-- VIVA
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Curious Portuguese Customs.

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
should hardly think this pleasant place for
an American to live. in IA business sense. The
laws Of Portugal are peculiar and rather en-
barrassinS TO one accustomed to the freedom of
an American community. Lands here are held
under system of tithing which is odd enough
TO deserve mention. A large portion OF the
rented premises comprise but few acres Mt
most, and often but few feet There are lit
tie plots of ground for which the rent ia one
hen per annum or one bushel or peck of wheat
one goose. a calf. pig. bushel of prunes, n
cheese, or any OF innumerable products Inst
year a law was passed which permitted anv ten
ant who occupied ground not valued at tho As
SCISSORS Office Mt over 1900 to purchase il at such
assessed valuation, ard when the amount is ten
dered to the owner he must accept it. Eyery-
thing is taxed capital regulation compeis
owners or tenants of property to paint their
houses and whitewcsh their stone walls at given
periods, but q regulation not so capital reolires
them to tako out a license for such repairs and
10 pay given price for the privilege of doing
what the law compels them to do An acou,int
ance have made here has Just paid $40 for a
permit to do some cleaning up of this kind
which will cost about s25.
Around Lisbon are certain entrances oen
orally gateways of the old wallis All persons
bringing chickens, eggs, butter or any other
product into the city for sale are stoned at The
gates and required to pay tax proportioned TO
the value of their articles At the depots all
passengers. on suburban as well as throurb
trains. must have their bags and packages ex
amined and pay for any wares they are bring
Ing into the city.
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From the New YORK Herald,
AS warm weather comes on swelterng man.
kind with one indignant voice demands the
abolition of the senseless little tag which makers
attach to the bottom of the modern shirt
front. At best this pesky tag is q useless
fixture. and too often it is an unsigbtIy
nuisance. When it is concealed by the waist
band OF the wearers trousers it fire.
quently causes lumpy wrinkle. and when it
rises above tina. line il has an uncanny way of
thrusting itself into view between the button
holes of ones vest. On the shirt of man who
goes vestless IN hot weather the little tag is
futterinS badge Of vulgarity. an audacious
insult to good taste and a starchy afrront TO
social order and progress. The tag is the one
useless, witless and exasperating part which
evolution has not yet eliminated from the nine
teenth century shirt. 1t is a survival of the
unfittest, relic of the dark ages when
stranger deeirous OF casbirg q check at the
bank pointed to the initials on the tag of his
shirt front as means of identifying himself:
wherefore the offensive and ostentatious tag
must go. Suffering man has pulled the tag and
evolution will 90 the rest
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SLEEPY MARSHAL BAZAINE.
Overpowcring SOmnO'ence OF the Man Who
Gave Metz to the Germans

overpowcring SomnO'ence OF the Man Who
Gave Metz to the Germans.
Paris Letter to London telegraph
curious and apparently original anecdote
about the late Marshal Bazaine is related TODAY.
1t refers to the sleepy habits Of the man who
delivered Metz to the Germans. The author OF
the anecdote is Lieut.. Eymard, who was per-
manent officer OF the guard in the house at
versailles where tho marshal was under arrest
While awaiting his court-martial
One day Madame Bazaine, a Mexican bv birth
came to Nj. Eymard and asked him to be good
enough to receive Queen Isabella Of Spain. who
was expected in the afternoon. Her majesty
intended, 1t appears, to pay visit to the pris-
oher. AT about 1:l5 o'clock the queen arrived
accompanied by her son. afterward Alfonso
All, and her two daughters. NJ Eymard went
10 meet the royal party, and, as no SAYS him
sell, not having been brought up in courts
put camps. he committed the awful offsnse of
shaking the queens hand a rAnclalse, instead
of kissing it respectfully The queen uttered
cry OF discontented astonishment, but she had
announcer surprise in store for her The lieuteu-
ant OF the guard went in to apprise Marshal
bassine OF the royal visit, expecting to find him
ready for it. The marshal was, however. hav-
ing his forty winks, and although Violently
shaken by the officer, still snored on heavily.
Eventually N. Eymard, being utterly unable
10 arouse the sleeper had to inform Queen
isabella OF the serni-ccmatosc condition of the
marshal The queen. evidently ANNOYED, re-
turned with her children to her Carnage and
departed. Almost immediately afterward Nine
BaEaine entered. The officer told her about
The fatal siesta. She did not express astonish-
hent, put anger. and, rushing TO where her
husband was. upbraiLed him as he awoke in the
most whitening terms. She told him that his
soporiierous habits were dep!orablo and de-
testabie, and that in order to ma k them people
had to be allowed to say unchecked that he
drank. Nine Bazaino thus scolded her Lus.
Dand for several moments within the hearing of
the lieutenant, who went away WONDERING if
the marshal's extraordinary habit of suddenly
falling asleep had not contributed to bring
about greater disasters than the tiisappoint-
ment OF her most Catholic majesty and the
anger of Nine. Eazaine.
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tNeouchadnezzar had captured Jerusalem, she
n''o already risen to greatness if no. to glory u
THE RESORT AT BENAREs.
benares Is the resort Of pilgrims from other
parts OF India, Thibet and Burmah, and also
Tor number of retired Hindus, who reside
there in order to wash away their sins in the
| sacred River Ganges. It is q prosperous city
| commercially; its bazaars are well stocked with
| cholce and costly goods. among which are tho
| VeiVot carpets, many OF them having handsome
| gold embroidery
The carpets Of Herat have al ways held a very
nigh place. even in the east among the cele-
brated manufactures Of the kind, for their
| durability and colors.
Daghestan rugs derive their name from
Daghestan, a rocky and mountainous district
on the slope OF the Caucasus in Asigtic Russia
ieais ago tnese rugs were exported only in
small quantities and were sold mainly to con-
holsseurs, who had a mania for collecting rare
ana curious fabrics. They are now 10 be had
hundreds. -
All the real cashmere carpets are produced in
cashmere or Kashmir. an elevated and beauti-
1ui valley IN The Himalavas. The center Of the
weaving industry is Srinagar situated on the
banks of the Jhelum, once noted for lis famous
cashmere shawls. The rugs and carpets from
'Ais section are similar to the shawls the
weavers utilizing to a large extent the same
designs and colorings.
Hici Ai'hcs VI indian carpets are much
used Tor drawing rooms Those called Masu-
hpatana are made in the presidency of Madras,
ana take their name from the port at which
they are shipped. They are no doubt the verv
nnest specimens of Indian workmanship. The
pile Is soft and rather short The colorings
usually dull rich red, camel orange with |
plack, blue, white or green in small propor- |
lions Other well-hnown makes of carpets and |
rugs are ihordes. Mirzapore, Ferahan Koula |
Aurd. Serabad and Ellore |
lhere are various items that enter largely
into the cost Of these goods beyond the actua! |
cost OF production. great part of the ex-
rense lies sometimes in the difficulty Of getting
'he goods when made down to the ports. The
changes in this direction have. however, been
largely reduced by the development of canals,
railways, &c, so that the changes are now nj
least one-fourth less than they we're twenty five
years ago. In the case Of the Turkoman rugs.
their price is enhanced in consequence of the
aanger OF collecting them from among the wild
'rloes OF Iurkestan, and also on account of the
great difficulty in obtaining fine specimens.
Nearly all the rugs and carpets from the orient
are "baled' and shipped to London. from
whence they are sold and distributed among
both wholesale and retail dealers
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THE VIRGINIA GIRL.
Tribute TO Her LONELINESS by an Appre.
ciattvc Virginia Gentleman

Tribute TO Her LONELINESS by an Appre
ciattvc Virginia Gentleman
From the Chicago Tribune
lie was magnificent type OF the real blue.
blooded Virginian. and when a member of I'll,
little party with which he was chatting in ,
corner OF the Auditorium ro:unda asked him
What of the Virginia gi.l?" delicious flush Of
prideful color warmed his face and he made o
reply striking and beautiful.
''The Virginia girl is now rs her mother and
grandmother were before her. She is fitted BY
nature and trained by education to be the wife
of strong and brave man and mother o.
sturdy boys and virtuous girls. She is no,
made up OF watery clements. though her voice
Is ever soft, gentle and low. She saws father
and mother in du'iful tones. and yester-night
when. like the Lady Christabel.
Her gentle limbs did she undrrss.
And lay down i'll Ter love mess
shesald, 'our Father who art in heaven" rev.
ercntly, contidingiy and trus.fulv A Christian
she Is. with no more doubt OF her faith tn IN
that the san shines. Chase she il without
knowledge or susr icion of evil Slmnle s,,a ia
and ignorant; and needless of the great world
where wealth and position are the guinea stsmo
that makes effulgcnt hearts as false aud rs black
as hell. and when she marrles, as marry she
does. she Will do her husband good. and not
evil. all the davs of her life
SLENDER she is, with the correct line of
beauty. 1.-the and graceful. He hand is not
exactly small, for it has welded the rolling min
Neither Is her foot small. but it il an honest
foot-a foot light enough and step trim
enough Ia dash the dew IRON heather flowers.
a foot eloquent, not like Cressida's, but elo-
guent of surety, foot to twirl in anv scho.
tische or cotillon. to cut the pigeon-wins or
tread the mnzes OF tho reel or execute the
shuttle of the Irish JIG.
Nor has her education been neglected. She
was at Staanton and Nassar year or so. and
her fathers library contains some STERLING
books, as does nearly every homo in old Vir.
ginla. There is a piano. too. and the Virginia
girl Is perhaps at her best when. with voice like
a nightirgale's and eyes like Hebes, she sings
with the accompaniment the simple ballads her
grandmother sang when Dolly Madison was
where frankie Cleveland is now"
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FOUNDRY AT WASHINGTON.
Theodore +. Jewell, the whole place ia now
ver!.able hive of industry. giving employment
TO l.cOo skilled workmen. There are two miles
OF raliroad tracks In the yard, on which lich,
locomotives run to transport castings and mate.
rails from one shop to another With the mag
nlhcent toos housed in the north shop there
nave been made already for the armament of
our new war vessels thirty-one four-inch rifles.
twenty-five ive-inch, $50 six-inch. twenty-one
eleht-lnch. twenty-five ten-inch and four
twelve-lnch, and there are now in course of
making thirty-six more four-inch, thirtv-four
hve-lnch. ten six-inch, thirty-one eirht-incb
three ten-inch, eight twelve-inch and the dozen
champion thirtcen-inch terrors described above
The new north shop has. in fact an annual
capacity for making two 16-inch rifles, two 49,
inch, two Pinch. twelve lO-inch and TWENTY
hve S-inch. Or, if more guns of larger caliber
and fewer Of smaller caliber should be needed
~ couId turn out IN a year ten 13 inch, twelve
lO-inch and twenty-five S-inch rifles; or, again.
-FOUR l3-lnch, four 12-inch. twelve 1O-inch and
twenty-five S-inch. Other arrangements of
caibers also would enable the shop to produce
still different combinations Of sizes in the course
of one year.
manufacture OF modern gunnery required by
the United States government the average citi-
zen VIII naturally feel inclined to throw his hat
In the arr and pay his tribute to the American
eagle. But 1t should be remembered that this
naval gun foundry is only one of twins-the new
army gun factory at Watervliet arsenal. n. Y,
being Its almost equal counterpart for the
strengthening OF our military arm
i"eiVe-lnch guns have already been success
fully made by that vigorous infant. and the
fabrication of still larger ones will be made
practicable by the completion of the superb
new plant erected there, at an outlay of S.
Zoo,ooo, Tor the manufacture of heavy ord
nance for coast defense-of different natterp
and to be made by different methods and
Tor different purposes from the guns in
tended for use on shipboard. With both the
army and navy gun factories in full blast Uncle
Sam need no longer lack big guns.
JOHN ID. CREMER
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The Queens Lamprey Pie,


The lamprey pie. which, in accordance with an
ancient custom, the mayor Cdr. Matthews) de.
termlned to present to the queen, was dis
patched on Tuesday, the queen having signified
her consent to accept it through the lord
high steward OF Gloucester Uhe Duke of
Beaufort). The making of the pie, an
elaborate work of art, was intrusted to Mr.. J.
A. Fisher. confectiorer. Presented with it are
two silver skewers, bearing the arms Of the
city and the name Of the mayor.
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NAVAL GUN FOUNDRY, WASHINGTON, d. C.
| TOT the making of heavy ordnance in the world,
and yet not know it. Still it is true. The great
new gun shops at the Washington navy yard
excel all Others on the globe, and perhaps the
| only reason why their Dre-eminence is not I'M
derstood Is the fact of their newness and recent
construction. The other admirable gun shops
OF the Washington navy yard have long been
| recognized as invaluable features of our ma
| tlonal armory system. and it is well understood
| that the highest class work has been turned ont
| OF the foLndries. FORCES, projectile shop, gun
carriage shop, breech mechanism shop and
rolling mills there; but the public know little
or nothing about the wonderful new North
| Gun Shop" where the latest big ordnance to
astonish the natives is being fabricated-begun
| In May. 1887 under the administration of
Secretary Whitney and Capt. Montgomery
Sicard, chief Of ordnance. and completed last
September under the direction of Secretary
Tracy and Commander w. N. Folper the enc,
cessor of Capt. sicard. The whole new pIant
cost In the neighborhood of 81 SEQ, 900
One day last week a representative Of Herr
hrupps mammoth works in Essen, GERMANY.
was accorded the privilege of examining ii, and
on leaving declared emphatically that he had
never, In all his experience. seen a gun shop
equal TO it. The Krupp establishment. to be
sure, Is great aggregated armoly and arsenal.
capable OF making any and all equipments and
engines OF war, but it should be borne in mind.
Notwithstanding Its " orld-wde reputation that
alone, 1t Is confessedly inferior to our own
naval gun shop.
THE NEW GUN SHOP
This new shop covers an area of 225 by 1873
Ieet and contains the finest machine tools in |
existence. among which are eight prodigious |
gun lathes of unique design and exceeding
power One of those lathes has a CAPACITY for
boring guns 81 feet i'll length and of turning
tubes OF 81 feet and consequently will bore
guns OF l6-inch caliber. Three others, turning
iathes, have capacity for turning guns 81 feet
IN length, and hence can take guns of l6-inch
cahber and below. Two others have capacity
Tor boring guns 45 feet in length and of turning
guns % feet. and hence these. too. can turn
guns of l6-inch caiber or less and can bore
guns OF l3-inch caliber and less. The two re-
naming lathes have capacity for boring guns
Oh ~ Feet length and of turning guns of 81 feet
ength, and SO can turn guns of l2nch caIiber
ana less and can bore guns of 10-inch caliber.
one lnestlmable advantage OF these lathes over
any others known abroad, so far as capacity for
speed Is concerned, is the popularity of their
by which four tools on the outside
ma one inside can be employed simultaneously
On each lathe thus permitting the turning and
boring OF gun in half the time required
abroad at the present moment
Under the administration of Capt. W. T
sampson. the present chief of ordnance. and
'nder the direct supervision OF Commander
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very latest conception and pattern. They are
al OF l3-inch calibe- and each weighs 65 tons.
measures 40 feet in length and Is CAPABLE OF
throwing terrific armOr-picrcing projectile Of
a,iOO pounds weight a distance of thirteen miles
driven by charge OF $50 pounds of slow-burn-
Ing powder, which gives the shot a muzzle We
loei.y o. 2.100 feet per set ond
These death-dealing monsters Of modern
Eun1erE are Of a lot Of twelve designed for use
In arming the three rev battle shiDs-Indiana
Oregon ard Observation-Disclosures latter launched
In Philadelphia last saturday Four are to be
placed or each of the battle ships in pairs, for
ward and aft, and the twelve guns will have
cost. whom mounted in their turrets, the sum
of 81 100000 cash-S1O0 COO apiece or this
amount tho fOrgings alone for each gun cost
t5o.OOC, the fracture OF the gun proper
tlO.OOO and the construction of the mount
S25,cO Eyery dis char ge from one OF them In
action will cost 570J-S5OO for the n;ckel-steeI
projectile and $500 for Ihe powder Every dis
Charge IN testing. in which case cast-iron shells
are generally used projec:iies, VIII cost $50
td5 for this shell and $500 Id before for the
powder.
WHEN WORK WAS COMMENCED.
The forSiuG5 fo- the frs. of these great guns
we're received at the navy yard about a year
ago. and the work upon them was begun in the
shops there nine months ago. -Four others
were begun soon aftcrward. and nov all of
these five axe complete except the breech
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ORIENTAL CARPETS
Some of the Luxuries That May Be
Seen at the Fair,
RICH FLOOR COVERINGS,
inc productions of Turkey, India, Persia
and Egypt and the Distinctive Features of
E"ch The Time and Labor Required to
Make Them-Some Arc of Silk.

NE OF THE LARG-
est and finest exhibits
of the manufacturers
Of oriental countries at
the Columbian exhibit
ton is of carpets and
rugs. Turkey and Per-
STA will via with India
and North Africa in the
display of these goods,
and some of the finest
productions of each
country will be exhib-
tied.
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Parlor Car to Stauntoa Via r.. ,n,, n PIP
For the accommodation of those visiting The
Virginia Springs and Of other travellers a mil
man parlor car has been added to tie Il. and a.
tram leaving Baltimore 80 a. IN. Washington
io:4o a. M; arriving Staunton $50 p. m. Par
Tor car train leaves Staunton 7yOl a 7, arrivin,
Washington 2:35 p. N. and Baltimore $50
.. m.-Adrk
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from Life.
always wondered why the boy
Stood on the burning deck.
When every one had fed and left
The smoking, scorching wreck;
And now think I've found it out,
To my exceeding JOY:
The lad | have n notion was
A District messenger boy.
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This product is then put into lathe and
trough mEchired-' For instance, il the forg-
ing fer tube it is bored on the outside to a
diameter OF twelve inches. and on the outside
j. Is turned 10 within about one inch Of the
finished exterior diameter. leaving the tube
both inside and outside thicker and about two
feet longer than Will lie required for the fin
ned gun After this trough machining the
forging Is ''treated' objected 10 several in
teresting chemical processes well known to
metallurgists-In order TO raise its physieal
qualities BY temUering in oil ard annealing.
and then pieces are cut from the ends as
samples, and these are tested in a testing ma
chine. with a view to ascertGining the tensile
Strength Of the metal. Us Welding point and the
degree of ductility 1t possesses. III these meet
The stipulated requirements Of the contract the
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, gest cannon ever made
in America for service
are now nearing COM
p.etion at the United
State naval gun foun-
drvin Washington. One
OF them viii be finished
within the coming fort
night. and the other
four shortly afterword.
They are termed built
up steel breech-loading
rifles, and are of the
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CDaNOreciated Wistl0In-

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The man who knows everything is the man
VINO has most difficulty in obtaining an au-
dience.
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THE NEW GUN SHOP.
Where the Biggest Cannon for
Service Are Manufactured.
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD.

Twelve Are to 10 Used in Aiming the Three
@ew Battle Ships-Five Are Nearing Com
pie'ion The Care and Skill Required in
Their Making.