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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
BURNED AT SEA.
Narrow Escape of the Crew of the Field
Picked Up After Fourteen Days.

Narrow Escape OF the Crew OF the Field.
Picked Up After Fourteen Days.
San Francisco, July 6.T1The British
ship Marion Frazier, Captain Wall,
which arrived here early this morning,
from Newcastle, Australia, brings news
that the Norwegian ship Field.
laden, 275 days out from e
Wales. and bound fot this
burned at sea in lat. q Sc
west. The crew Of twf}A-
to the boats and verdi
fourteen days BY T.
bound for the Unite
Captain Wall SAY
cairn Island he
preaching from 81
nails. He broue
and waited for d.
occupants Of the
and the brought
vivors of the Fje'
relatives. The
the Field was apl
fire was discover
hand fought the fla.
il was thought they were siDou,
on March 5th a critic explosion occ,
red blowing Cd b the matches and az
lowing the air | fan the flames. See
ing that the ship.was doomed, Captain
Nelson ordered the crew into the boa.
The boats were headed due north, Mel
SON purpose being TO get into the track
of Australian and coasting vessels. IN
| cttapacaffI the l'HUIHuF
picking them up after fourteen days.
The Centaur proceeded 10 pitcairn ISL
and for provisions, and there tne crew
of the Field wrote letters when VIII "
mailed here. The Centaur then pro-
ceeded on her voyage, taking the Fields
crew with her. She IS now due TO ar
rive In the British port.
TO vENTILATE WAR SHIPS.
Washington. July 6.-Commander
Bradford. of the Inspection and survey
BOARD has been chairman OF a SUD-
board which is examining into ing
methods of ventilating war ships. ~
has become a very serious proDleh
: the building of the navy and sew
different plans have been slgge
The fresh air is upmped IN anu 1A'
air pumped out by fans TINS
found the best practicabie I'D
The motive power for these rams
that has caused considerable diSP
A suggestion which meets Win
deal of favor and when may D
mended by the board. Is 10 col
power by electric wires, WI
the heat of the steam pipe
large openings through me
and saves space IN the
-. ~ - loss f9om
CINE.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

the other aquatic athletics viii be ten
times easier than when the heavy
clinging skirt had TO be cOnJeuded with.
The women who viii affect this style
of bathing suit are the bicycle experts
who have become thoroughly accus-
toned to appearing without the photec-
ton of their numerous skirts and frills
and h0unces.
Some new materials go to make the
conventional bathing suit, with its
blouse waist, short skirt and trousers.
eros grain silk is favored by some
while gloria, mohair and rain-proof
serge seem to have taken the place en-
eirely of the time-hOnored blue flannel.
A lovely brunette belle who is now at
Tuxedo and who is going On to Rich
field Springs. after that TO Newport,
with week at Bar HarbOr and grand
finish atQ uaint old LenoX, among the
Berkshire hills, is the proud owner OF
six bathing suits. 1t is a good thing
she has a maid to help her count them
up. for her riches in the bathing line
would surely embarrass her if she had
not
The prettiest suit in the lot was Of
black silk. made with a sailor blouse
and a full accordion-pleated skirt. The
broad sailor collar was of crimson silk
and there was a big knOtted tie in
sailor fashion just where the soft, white
chin would rest when this fetching
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

1t is packed in a sole leather case like
a dress suit, and requires some time to
unload, unpack. set upon its tripod and
aim. 1t will undoubtedly be a favorite
in defensive work, and there are those
who predict that it will in time entire
ly supersede the tremendously unwiel-
dy carriage guns that make a great din
and pillow great holes through the op-
posing ranks. killing on an average
half dozen men with each discharge.
and deafening hundred more. In the
problem of defense it is a question of
six hundred small bullets or one large
one.
The army authorities Of the United
States are just beginning to look into
the problem of machine guns, although
this country is their birthplace. 1t
was i'm 1861 that Calling invented the
first machine gun. They were received
with something like distrust. until prac-
teal use had dissipated all doubt as
TO their efficacy. Many were the Jokes
leveled az this queer weapon.
l think il was Mark Twain who told
the story of the mule and the Calling
gun in one of the frontier Indian wars.
How the animal with the gun strapped
along its back was aimed carefully at
che dusky foe, and how at the critical
time an humble and aboriginal arrow
changed the aim to an entirely differ
ent point of the compass. A panic
stricken soldier with a modern Maxim
gun would undoubtedly be an object
of awe both 20 his comrades and 10 the
foe The Maxim machine gun for field
use was first invented in 1888. The in
vent0r tried i'm vain to obtain recOgni-
ton from the War Department in
Washington. Failing in this he went
abroad, where the gun was given a
trial by the English government, by
which it was highly recommended. 1t
is said that the inventor IN one of
these tests wrote his name with bull
lets on q target 400 yards away. The
terrible execution Of the machine gun
was manifested in the Zulu war, where
4S9 dead Zulus were counted in groups
within q radius of 500 yards. Foreign
countries have been using the machine
gun for almost ten years. For five
years the United States have been con-
sidering the feasibility of adopting the
Maxim gun. and it now seems as if
it would be taken up.
Stanley, in his trip through Africa
| for the relief of Emin Pasha. speaks of
the deadly work of the Maxim gun.
and Of the establishment of the natives
40 the clouds of dust raised by the bull
! lets. This gun, however. was made for
/ field use. To was three feet high. four
! feet nine inches from muZzle 10 breech.
and weighed sixty pounds. The inn
pr0vement of the gun used in the test
at Sandy Hook lies principally in the
great reduction of the weight. which
enables it to be carried like a KNAPP
/ sack. Ii is q rather costly affair. how
/ ever The price of each gun is $1,000.
and the cost of each minutes discharge
is $2t Nevertheless. Uncle Sam is
thinking seriously of adopting it.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

bathing suit as donned. The low bath
inc shoes were of red and so was the cap
a little iaunty affair, lined with oiled
silk To keep the hair from getting wet.
The owner of these pretty toys said tnaC
wearing a cap was not matter OF ne
cessftv now. when curls and tiufs ana
frizzes were things of the past, and the
bellies of '95 were relying upon satin
smooth brushed hair TO do the same
orI, with little Cupid perched up aloft
that the more dishevelled, but more
feminine. curls had accomplished IN al
of the summer days gone by.
BIG SLEEVES. TOO.
VIII any one but fashionable bather
believe it when it is said each and every
one of these six bathing suits had big
sleeves and so securely were they ooned
+ba+ there was no danger of the strong,
80 ocean swell levelling their graceful
,roDortions? The skirts were boned 10
sand out with a graceful flare, and TINS
resIIv is an advantage, for there Is no
,s.-,'erar of the dreadful clinging to Whlch
III 9.ornen are accustomed. With all OF
-, infation which these bathing sulls
bad il doesn't seem possible that the
bathing girl could drown, even II she
tried. III h,,,o With collar
~ touches of white, seemed a most
sensible suit 1t was so hight ana al C me
sane ssme time SO srong and durable. ons
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
GOWNS FOR MAIDS
Of the Sea--New Styles for Fair Sum-
mer BatherS.
Boomers and Big Sleeves, but
These Will Not be as Popular as
the Stiffened Blouse Which Does
Away with Corsets.

Bare feet and boomers are what You
may expect TO see if by any chance ycA
wander near the summer girl and the
sad sea waves. That is the style of
bathing suit upon which the new wo-
man had set her mind and heart, and
which she will doubtless wear if she can
only drum up a sufficient number of
fearless and intrepid maidens to accom-
pany her. The bicycle is, Of course, re-
sponsible for the boomers, and poor
Trilby, too much quoted, will have to
answer for the exhibit Of dimpled little
toes as pink as the seashells themselves.
For several months all Of the pocket
money allowance of a score of pretty
maidens has gone in a perfectly unac-
countable way. It has just come out.
But they have been lavishing this
wealth upon the pedicures. who are
clever little manicures in reality, but
with keenness of vision. They saw the
outcome of Little Billee's" infatuation
for Trilby's feet, and now they are reap
ing their reward. In consequence OF
Trilby, all the feet Of wOmankind have
been made better to look at, and the
clever little pedicures have turned out
some beauties. If it does not become
perfectly proper to go bathing with bare
feet it will not be the fault of the sue
cessful patients.
BLOOMERS FOR BATHERS.
Boomers are to be tried everywhere
and in all places. 1t is contended for
them that swimming. diving and all of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
HIS FIRST BALLOON TRIP.

What was your first experience in
sky scraping?" l asked my companion
as we settled down in our seats in the
railway car on our way back TO W.
Let me hear about the first trip, for
I've a notion there is a good story at
tached to it.
My seat mate was prof" Raymond,
the aeronaut. He had made Fourth OF
July ascension that afternoon from W
and had gone with himin my capacity
as reporter on the W Daily Tribune.
We had landed uneventfully in a
turnip field, about three miles away and
had packed up the balloon and its fix
ings" just in season to catch the even
ing train for the city.
Well, said Mr.. Raymond, there
was story attached to that first bal
loon ride of mine thirty odd years agoi
but don't tell it very often, for the
reason that, even after all these years,
it brings back some of the sensations
that | experienced at that time-eXper-
fences that you will soon see were not
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

suit was of white serge, trimmed with
stitchings of heavy white silk. 1t was
so dainty and pretty that its owner
should have gone to swim as the mother
babe her daughter in the old classic,
which ran, Eyes, my daughter, but
don't go near the water"
A novel feature of the blouses which
accompanied these suits was that there
was a strong, close-ftting lining boned
almost like a basque. This is to do
away with the bathing corset, always a
very comfortable bit Of apparel.
The Rob Roy craze has induced some
one to create gorgeous suits in plaids Of
all shades and colors, with plaid stock
ings to match. This will give the girl
Of proud Scotch ancestry an opportu-
nifty to appear on the beach clad in
the full splendor of the plaid of the clan
to which she claims kinship. Plaid
bathing shoes also accompany these
suits, and the whole should make a
striking appearance in the bright sun
shine of the bathing beach.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
COPY OF THE NEW TARIFF
or the Colony of Newfoundland - The
Dutiable Articles.

or the Colony of Newfoundland - The
DutiabIe Articles.
Washington, July Consul Ryan,
at St. Johns, has sent to the State De-
partment 4 copy Of the new tariff of the
colony of Newfoundland. The princi-
pal articles are dutiable as follows:
Horses. Sc; cured meats, $3.50 per 100
weight; butter, 50; cheese, same; cigars.
70 per cent. and 50 per /. 900; cigarettes.
30 per cent and s. per 1000; coal .
and soc per ton; flour, 25c per barrel:
Indian corn. &c per bushel; meal 25c
per barrel; lumber. 81 per 1000 feet;
dressed lumber, s. per 1000 feet; pork.
$50 per 200 lbs; salt 20c a ton: brandy.
$500 a gallon; other spirits. same:
whisky. $3.50; gin $3.50; rum. So; su-
gar. first grades 75c per 100 weight:
second grades. 81; third grades, $3.50:
/ timber, 60c per ton: tobacco. soc per
pound, machinery, tools. manufactured
iron, tin, etc, 10 per cent. adj valOrem:
leather. - per cent; saws. 30 per cent:
I biscuits and sweetbreads. 80 per cent:
ready-made clothing SO per cent
l -AAAAN.I- INC nA lANlNN Ul NALt Tree llEl
are agricultural implements, live stock
for breeding, raw cotton and yarn,
hemp. etc. undressed hides. household
furniture and tools for persons arriving
in the colony. materials for building
vessels iron 20 be used in manufacture
ing raw wool, typewriting machines,
and wheat.
Drawbacks are allowed on a number
of articles manufactured in the colony.
Some retaliat0ry measures are levied,
one being directed at the United States.
This provides that when any country
having the privilege of taking fish on
the New FOnudland coast eXacts a duty
on importations Of fish there shall be
charged i'm addition to the regular du-
ties on articles imported into following:
Flour and pork. 75c per barrel; but
ter. 75c per cwt; tobacco. S. per cwt;
kerosene. sc per gallon; cornmeal, 25c
per barrel; hay. 50 a ton; oats, loo
bushel, potatoes and turnips, 25c a
a bushel. cabbage 40c dozen, and 9TH
CT vegetables so per cent. ad valorem.
The Governor has. he privilege of
suspending this provision from time to
4time.
Other retaliatOry provisions are di-
rected at Greece and Spain.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

particularly agreeable while l was I'M
dcrgoing them.
My father and mother both died be-
fore | was twelve years old. so that | was
thrown entirely upon my own re-
sources. Even at that early age | be-
gan to hire out for various kinds OF
service in my native town in New
Hampshire where l worked in this way
until I was fifteen years Of age.
Il had been working in a saw mill
the year that | was fifteen, and my time
expired the third Of July, and, though
/ expected to hire out again at the same
place, it pleased my fancy to take a
well-earned holiday on the Fourth,
when | could feel myself entirely my
own master 1t would be time enough
I thought, to hire out again when the
holiday was over.
There was to be a celebration In Q
neighboring town, with a balloon as
cension, races, and all the other attrac-
tiCns that are usual on such occasions
with grand displar Of fireworks in tho
evening.
The balloon ascension had special
attractions for ne, as I had never seen
anything of the kind, and l was up ear
ly on the morning of the Fourth, and,
setting out for the town before O'Clock
resolved TO take in the whole affair,
from the early parade of antiques and
horribles to the last rocket that should
be fired in the evening. | had earned
a holiday by hard work, and had a good
.ioht m feal liuht- heart Cd
Il don't think that anything in the
way OF entertainment escaped me that
day. l was unused TO the sights and
sounds Of Fourth of July celebrations,
and | drank in everything with the keeA
enjoyment of boyhood, probably, be-
cause Of the plodding, uneventful life l
had been leading so long.
"The Antiques and Horribles were
properly appreciated. The efforts Of
those who tried to reach the fivedollar
gold piece, said to be reposing on the
top of a greasy pole, were greatly en-
loved. as were also the efforts OF GER
trainmen and boys to possess themselves
of a tat young porker, whose entire
surface was in the same slippery con-
dition as the pole with the$5 atop.
"There was a contest Of fire engines,
or tubs. as they were called, manned
bv red-shirted young fellows from sew
eral ne.ghboring towns. There were
foot races. sack races, and ball game
upon the common; boat race upon
the river. and then the great balloon
ascension.
1T was about two o'clock in the af-
ternoon that the crowd began to gath
or around the big balloon that was
slowly being filled with hot air. Such
ballons stay up only half hour or so,
and land not far away from the point
where they go up, unless the wind is
blowing hard This was one of the
largest of the hot-air balloons then
in nse. and it took some time to fill 1t
from the mouth of an oven-like AFFAIR
that was set above a trench. in which :
big fire was swapping and roaring, fed
Inv pitch wood and oil soaked barrel
slaves.
"The drag rope was being coiled up
an the ground and the balloon was
held down by stout ropes carried out
on all sides.
"As the huge affair got larger and
larger and began to tug and pull Wig
oroysv on the ropes we boys who were
looking on got more and more excited
and when they began 10 get the basket
ready to fasten under the balloon We
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
A CREDITABLE SHOWING
Made by the Monterey and Amphitrite.
Rather Warm Quarters.

Made by the Monterey and Amphitrite.
Rather Warm Quarters.
Washington, July 6.-Partial re-
ports received at the Navy Department
from the commanders Of the Monterey
and the Amphitrite are very gratifying
to the officials on account Of the fine
showing made. The Monterey, while
designed for, coast defense and harbOr
work. has demonstrated that she can ba
sent to sea if occasion should require
and is in every way perfectly sea-
worthy. She is not fast boat but
she easily made eight knots an hour
on her trip to South America. IL was
also found that she was much moro
comfortable for her officers and crew
than first supposed, and the tempera-
ture Of her cabins was not as high aS
was expected. considering the climate
she was in. It is not probable that tho
Monterey will ever be sent on a long
cruise like that she has just taken, UNI
less in case Of great emergency, but IL
is likely that she will stay in the vicinA
llN OA Dan II dllileAtI anu A1NA A'OAhAs
The Amphitrite was in some very
heavy weather while out on her south
Gn cruise in the Atlantic, and her OFF,
GERS report that she behaved herself in
first class manner 1s - > -strr.sS 1T5fIt
found with this m9nitor is the intense
heat of the rooms below deck and in
her cabins. 1t is said that in the
ward room where the officers live and
which is directly over the boilers, the
deck is so hot that the officers cannot
set their feet on it unless the floor Is
covered by a mat The ventilation OF
the Amphitrite is not all what it should
be. but it is thought that this can be
improved. Besides all her cruising has
been in the south, where the climate ia
hot. The Amplitude made good ac-
count of herself in gun practice and also
demonstrated that she is easily handled.
The greatest complaint that has been
made is that she is rather underman-
ned to properly perform the tests and
eyolutions which have been required
of her.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

Clark Russell flavor that whsts the
dullest imagination.
said one old-time captain. "soma
folks takes the boat history os +be IaLs
as proof that this water Is danoor ,,,
but | don't. I say it's how $50 ~
built that makes 'em mostly eo+ U-,.aol--
ed here. A flat-bottomed 6esvv-tornaa
vessel amt safe where water 49,, 49, ~,
erage more'n u feet deem an, T. 90
hefty with salt that bie v-a1o,II
crush In boats side like an age sbeIi
Two years ago there was q 80 thns
blowed spray from the lake r's OH $50; $50
Salt Lake City, 16 miles off 90 SoIi,s ,I ~,
the streets got their clothes snoiled "a
course, where gales come IN 50 sudden
as they do here, there's bonn ~ hs
more or less danger, but q catama,.ar,
like the Cambria has sailed hero ~
years an he'd no acdent worth teIIjna
A steamer can't go beyond reach .;
fresh water to fill up her tank. The Iaka
water is that hard on machinery, tbat !,
I'd rust out boiler in less'n A month y
One Of the many mysteries - 49,,
Great Salt lake is It's irregular bebi+ a
Ni'4tNi"S - OVu' AhLce years ago SAW
the completion of a fashionable bething
resort on point called Lakeside The
first summer people came by Inc hon
sands, and were enthusiastic In tbeir
praises Of the bathing az Lake parl .
But, alas, for the owners OF the resors
and the narrow-gauge railroad that
made hourly trips back and forth n the
ethyl
Before the next season oDenod tho :
rows of bath houses stood up high MI
dry a quarter Of mile from th,/salt
zone that confined the lake ~ LIQUID
green; the red-roofed paylio$ was de-
serted and wind swept, and g4pty- SUM-
cracked benches 'Fere Svt forlOrnly
about the unused walks; the lake had
turned it's back upon the park" and
would have none of it.
The handsome new buildings, whose
sole tenants are now the birds Of the
air" and the horned toad. but add full
desertness to the wide, lonely waste Of
Lakeside The long wharf, once the
mooring of pleasure craft, is left TO the
desultory use of stockmen, who anchor
an occasional "cattle boat alongsida
after its believing cargo has been I'M
loaded on the chute hard by.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
COMING TORPEDO BOAT TESTS.

COMING IOLtIEDO BOAI IEol =.
Washington. July 6.-Omcers of the
Navy Department are discussing the
coming trial OF the torpedo boats of thA
Maine. which will take place on the
Hudson river next week. When the
construction of these boats was propOs-
ed it was thought they would add con-
siderable to the fighting strength Of tia
warShip. but it has been found impos-
s.ble TO build q boat large enough TO OBJ
tain sufficient speed to be available as
torpedo boats 1t is probable that the
speed Will prove to be not more than y
or IT, knots. Ii was hoped that Il or Is
might De obtained. The boats could
not DE built any larger, as they could
not then be accommodated to the decks
of the ship. A similar fault has been
found I'm the torpedo boats Of the Texas
Since the boats We're designed the de
partment has concluded that torpedo
boats should carry swivel guns instead
of a gun which is part of the boat, andl
can be trained on the enemy only wheS
the bow is pointed in that direction
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
NEW COMPANY CHARTERED.
Special to the Register

Special 90 the Register.
Charleston. w. Va. july 6.-The Sec
rotary Of State has issued a certificate
Of Incorporation to the National Print
ing and Publishing Company. formed
for the purpose Of printing and pub
fishing newspapers. books. tracts and
pamphlets, and doing all kinds Of job
work: buying and selling printing
presses and all kinds of printing ma
terial and doing a general business in
buying and selling books, papers and
periodicals. The principal Office will
be at Montgomery. Fayette county;
capitaI stock $50. with privilege Of in
creasing same 70 $4,000. lncorpora-
tors. W. T. Merchant. Of Eagle. W Va;
A. G.. Merchant. c. II. Payne, T. h.
Norman. and &. ", Sraughter, all Of
Montgomery, w. Va.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

DONE BY A BLIND PAINTER.
a most wonderful bit Of work. Those
things were painted by blind painter. "
What were?"
Those blinds'ARochester Union
and Advertiser.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
GREAT salt LIKE.
Summer Floods Do Not Make 1t Any
FreSher.

Six Gallons of Water Make One
Gallon o. Salt-You Can't Drown
There Even if You Try-How the
Lake Left Summer Resort High
and Dry-Lake Yarns with a True
Clark Russell Flavor.