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ment. There are three Of them, huge
metal arms or bridges that entirely span
the interior building and run from one end
OF II to the other on elevated trestles by
means OF trucks. so that they can be used
wherever needed. Their capacities are,
two OF them, fifty tons each, and the other
100 toIs. the latter being worked by cleo
trlclty
The forests Of turning lathes OF all de-
scriptlons, Of wheels and gearing apparatus,
and Of machinery OF various kinds through
aud under all OF which the gun must pass
before Il energies at the further end OF the
building In a perfected state. are something
altogether bewldering to any but the Until
ated, To fully understand them one should
carefully follow the gun through the dir
fcrent processes that 1t encounters; through
the smoothing and polishing and planning,
and "roush-borlng" and 'shrinhng'-ln
the great pit sunk in the center OF the
structure ffty feet deep, forty feet long
and twenty feet wide, and finally the Jack
citing" and relacketng, all Of which re-
quires many weeks and months. In fact,
factory is much like tho larger one, being
used only for field and siege guns--a single
steel tube. uniform in size at each end.
and leaves 1t a complicated piece Of mechan-
ism that can be taken apart and put to-
gether like a small firearm or rife. only
more thoroughly 1t is composed--taklng a
ten-inch gun for an example-of more than
twenty distinct parts. weighs almost $1,000
pounds and costs moro than $4,000. The
metal "war-dog" OF to-day is very different
from that Of the olden time. and Its eff
fectiveness may be Judged when 1t is stated
that 1t can throw SIS pounds Of solid metal
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King Joseph. in one OF his letters. tells
his imperial brother OF France that the peo-
pie Of Naples have begun to love their new
sovereign and that they hate the old queen
To this Napoleon replies by eynlcally adyls-
ing his brother not to believe any OF the
nonsense talked By couriiers as regards pop
ular likes or dislikes for particular indiyidu-
ais, They are mere evanezcent expressions
Of feeling. upon which It Is quite unsafe to
depend. what" he adds. "one nation
really hates Is another nation We fear
there is a profound truth in this saying.
National haueds are never obiiterated
though they are sometimes temporarily con-
ceaIed by the personal popularity which a
particular man or woman may gain In for
eign country.
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no Easy Matter to Turn Out
These Monster Guns.
TEN YEARS OF PROGRESS.
AS a Result, Wateryliet Is a Model
for All the World.
BUSY DAYS ARE JUST AHEAD.
During This Yenr VAST Coast De-
Tense Plans WIN lie Prac-
Il ticnlly Finished.

y The year 1895 will probably. among mary
other things. see the Government OF the
Emitted States in possession OF more than
hundred nrst-class guns for the defense Of
our great seaplrts--a number which. while
fhr from adequate for our needs and re-
qrlremeuts. is still most encouraging ard
comparatively respectable. 1t will be re-
membsred that the first steps toward making
fome provision for the proper protection OF
our extensive and seriously exposed coast
line were taken only little more than ten
years ago. when Congress- on the 30 OF
March 1883, passed an act directing that
board Of officers representing the Ordnance
department. should be appointed to inyestl-
gate and report as to the necessities of the
country In that direction. A report. in ac-
cordance with this act. was submitted 70
Congress three years later and after re-
Viewing in detail the condition of the fortlh-
cations that were supposed TO guard our
coast cities and harbors. recommended that
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through wall OF steel sixteen inches thick.
at a distance of $500 yards. And this is
not a medium-slzed gunl
The officer upon whom deyolves the full
charge Of this splendid plant OF Uncle Sans
from which we will soon have enough mon
ster cannon and mortars to make our har-
bors fairly brlstle, is Major Isaac Arnold.
Jr. an energetic and capable man, and a
graduate Of West Point OF the class Of 90.
His stan OF assistants consists Of Captain
James Rockwell, Jr.. Captain +. Z. Hobbs,
and Lieutenant William Pierce. oil OF whom
are West Point men. Mr.. Anthony Victorln,
the mechanical engineer. has charge OF the
deslgning and setting up Of machinery. ETC.,
and Mr.. Alfred Christlanson is the master
mechanic. These gentlemen, with their
families, reside in most attractive houses
that have been erected by the Government
at various times, and a pleasanter and more
soclable circle than theirs would be hard to
md s. n. II. GALLAND.
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How MethOdism Gained a Foot
hold in America.
PHILIP EMBURY'S ENERGY.
His Spirit Animated by the Zeal Of
Barbara Heck.
A sAIL-LOFT MEETING HOUSE.
From That Mustard Seed sprnng the
Countless spires That Now Dot
All the Country.

Not long since an anniversary OF great In
tcrest 10 Methodlsts all over the continents
Of North and South America was celebrated
In New York II was the one hundred aud
twenty-eighth anniversary OF the founding
OF the first Methodist Church in America
the old John Stree. Church. To lover OF
history there IL much about this old church
which makes It Interesting. but to Chris
t!ans It represents a temple not made with
haads, but eternal and everlasting as the
skies. For one hundred and twenty-eight
years the Gospel has been preached on this
spot and for many years tho word OF God
has been preached daily at noon to hundreds
OF business men who crowd into the famous
noon-day prayer meeting held in the base
ment Of the church.
Standing as i. does In the very heart OF
one OF the busiest districts In New York,
that OF the Wholesale jewelry and diamond
trade. one would hardly think oorporals
guard could be got to attend the MONDAY
meeting 50 mpd is the surge for dollars
round about, yet every week day at noon
secs the large basement OF tho church filled
with a warm hearted crowd OF Worshlpers
who come to tho daily love feast.
The society holding this old house OF wor-
ship as their spiritual home was the hrst
society OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
organized IN America and was formed by
Philip Embury in 1776 with four or i've
other members, among whom wcro his wife
aud that heroic woman. Barbara Heck.
PHILIP Emhury, the founder OF this
church ana the father Of American Method
Ism, Is a oherluhod name In the history Of
Christian development, In America and par
ticularly so TO tho Mothodiats ono hun
dred and twenty-onr years have now passed
away since no departed this life. but life
and nama arc iuscparably linked with the
history Of the old John Street Church.
The Emburys came to America from Ire
land, but were only Irish by nativity not
by blood hoy having emigrated to ireland
from Germany During the rdgn OF Louis
XIV. OF France Ia the latter part Of the sew
entcenth century. the Palatlnate on the
Rhine was oyerrun and devastated by troops
in the service Of France, commanded by
Turcnue This ruthless invader laid the en-
tire country waste and caused Thousands
OF the peluanis TO 1y for protection to the
English lines. whence they were afterwards
carried 70 England. About six thousand are
supposed to have arrived In London. and
later about fifty families omigrated TO Ire
land and settled near Rathkoalc, In the
County of Limerick. Among the families
were the Emburys
Tho palatIno immigrants were an In
dustrious. Intelligent and thrifty race, and
at onco settled down to caryo out new
homes and fortunes in nhe strange land
where fate had cast them. Philip Embury
was born In 1925, and was fortunate In So
curing plain English education. and the
rudimentary elements OF German learning
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enter the loft They saw him take part IN
tho deyut0ns and when The service MAS over
no announced that he was Captain Thomas
webb Of the 'klng's service" also soldier
OF tho cross aud "a spiritual son OF john
Wesley lie had heard John Wesley preach
IA Bristol, England. in l7G5 and was con-
verified by him there. When hn appeared 40
unexpectedly to tho Hide band he wa9 ro-
turning " sottlo at Jamaica, L. /.
Captain Webb. being q man Of consider
able influence aud wealth, The necessity OF
permanent meeting house was presented
10 him Ia the meantime Barbara Heck,
who has beun called the Mother OF American
Matnodism,' bad drawn plan for the edlheo
which tho snc.ety az oncc approved, cap
tain Webb Immediately subscribed ESQ, or
$3.50. and Induced the society 90 Immediately
attempt the erection OF the building, They
ana 80 ana leasing the aite on John dtlpet
ttil occupied by the church. Just east Of
Nassau street. In l76s began the erection Of
the chapel, which was finished iast enough
for Mr.. Embury to preach the lNt sermon
ln u on Oct 80. i7Gg. Two years later
tho society purchased the site Embury be-
came tho fret trustee. Ami treasurer, irst
class leader and first preacher
Tho nnw chapel was bullt Of atone and
was G0Si2 foot IN siae. Win peaked roof
In those DAYS 'diesonteu were not per-
mllted to erect regular 1Iurcheu." and 80
a. to avoid any difficulty with the law
the building was erected Win a chimney
and Arepiaee." Churches In these days were
generally built TO be human rcfrlgeratora,
especially in winter.
The interior OF the new chapel was I'M
hnished for some time. but Emhury, being
skillful carpenter. put In all his 0pare
time on the building. lie built tho pulpit
and pews with his own hands, and when
the house was ready for dedication preached
from the words; SOW TO yourselves in
Righteousness reap IN mercy; break up your
fallow ground. for II Ia limo to seek tho
Lord, TN lie come and rain righteouAneas
upon you,'
The chapel which was named Wesley
Chapel, was not fiuiahed until some time
after the dedication and for a long tlmo tho
only way to get into the gallery was by the
way Of ladders, Among the subscribers to
tho building fund were about two hundred
and lfty names Of cnlored seryants ap-
poaring side by side with tho Mayors. tho
livingstone Dusnes. stuyycsants. Deanceys
and other old and aretocratc families.
Mr.. Emhury continued to DO the preacher
of the little dock until the Rev. Measrs.
pflmoor and Boar1inan. Who were sent out
from England by John Wesley In 1863. ar
rived. In 1870 a parsonage was erected on
one OF the chapel lots and became the
dwelllng place OF Mr.. Boardman and Mr.. Pill
moor, and later OF Messrs. shadford, Ran
kin. Asbury and Coke, the two last beoom-
ing later Bishops OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church In America.
Not long af er Mr.. Wealey's missionaries,
Mcssrs. Boardman and Piimoor arrived 10
New York. Mr.. EmburY severed his CON
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high in the estimation OF his neignbors.
not only laborcd there as a ininisler. bill III
as a magistrate In August i77s. jntt \
fore the actual opening o. hogillitles NH
ended IN the Independence Of the Anirr.c
colonies. he injured himself while moving
the tlcld, and died suddenly IN the iar.I
flfth year OF his age. His rernaIns vcl
inferred In the cemetery at Ashgroye. III
several years ago they were removed Is II
Rural Cemetery at Cambridge. where,
Oct. is. 1879. a noble shaft was unveiled a
dedicated 70 HE memory by the Nation|
Association Of Local Preachers OF the Mol
odist Episcopal Church. assisted by the an
Conference.
With the present John Street Church Il
memory Of Philip Embury endures. ri
first church was demolished and the racc,
structure built on the site In 1917, whi
the third and present structure was put /,
IN 1871. AZ the same time two brick house
ono on each side OF the new building we
erected as a source OF income. The on
relies OF the first church that have BET
preserved are its venerable clock, the ri
Il John Wesley. and It's library. Phil
Embury's pulpit Bible. which Is hroug
out at every yearly anniversary, Is the pro
erty Of Airs. Currier, member OF Il
church. II Ia In this church that Fam
Crosby, tho blind Song writer. holds b
membership.
The old John Street Church will undoub
odly last as long as the sun shlnes al
humankind endures. II has Its work Ia 4
famous MONDAY prayer meeting. and amp
property from which to derive an incon
for Its support. To It's Sunday servic
people come from all parts Of the city
New York and Brooklyn. II is consider
4 great honor 10 be pastor Of the iamo
old church. The Rev. F. c. Howell ia
prusent Daslnr
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elrcumstanpes--the capacity Of the arsenal
has now reached twenty twelye-inch. four
teen ten-lnch and twelve eight-lnch guns a
year. besides large number Of Siege and
field pieces.
The officers in charge Of tho works are
now more than impatient to begin some of
the magnificent slxteen-lnch guns-the size
Of the great Krupp gun exhibited at the
Chicago Worlds Fair--tnr which everything
is ready;and we incidentally possess the larg-
est and finest gun factory In the world
for such foreign establishments as the
hrupps and others are not devoted eN-
cluslyely to the manufacture OF guns.
A visit to the post Of Watervliet is well
worth the trip, and IL one that should not
be neglected by any tourist who finds HIM
self within the confines OF Albany County.
The delightful calm that pervades the
place. the easy, peaceful ways OF the VII
lage folk, the sluggish current OF the old
Erie Canal that bisects tho Government
reservation, the picturesque effects OF the
landscape-all are In such striking and
pleasing contrast to the work OF putting
together or Assembling the great, noisy
engines OF destruction that is always going
on In the long brick building and its
the locality. IN fact, that would suggest to
the casual observer the actually OF gov
ernmcntal proprietorship and military occu-
patton II seems more like one Of the
pretty and sleepy little rural spots with
which the beautiful valley of the Hudson
abounds--only unusually sleepy. And, the
other side Of the stone wall and the iron
fence with which the National IS separated
from the State domain. the effect is Of
wel-kept pleasure park land. The only
dl3illuslons u be met with are the solitary
seniinels forever pacing up and down be-
fore the guardhouse. the tall. white flag
stan with Its fiutterlng stars and stripes,
a nj n pggut0nat ninpa Of anNinnt nrtiliuTv
strewn about the common, like tombstones
Of departed glory.
Entering the factory building or build
inga-for there are two main structures,
the old one and the new one, completed In
1S90-the sight that greets the eye Is a Won
derful one. Down a long vista OF 1000
feet, in the latter-guns, guns. guns Big
ones and bigger ones, all stretched out
side by side, In all stages OF construction,
or suspended from the roof by giant chains
and cranes. These cranes, by the way, are
one Of the notable features Of the establish
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He was at an early age apprenticed to a
carpenter, but while working at his bench
applied himself to study, having an open
book always on his work bench. He must
have attained a finished education. as the
manuscripts left by him Al his death prove
him TO have been a most polished and
elegant writer, with a thorough knowledge
OF grammar and composition,
In 1859, while John Wesley was making
a tour OF Ireland. Philip Embury heard
him preach. and was so affected by his
appeals that his conversion followed on Dec.
90 Of that year He soon became a class
leader. and was licensed as a local preacher
preaching the grand doctrine OF Justification
By grace alone. and FREQ grace and saliva
ton. He preached 10 his neighbors when
ever opportunity offered. and In Novem-
ber 1855, he married MISS Mary switzer,
one Of the listeners TO his first address.
who had been converted under his minis
tratona.
Two years after his marriage. Embury
in company with his WHO and several
other friends. sailed from Limerick for
New York Many OF his old friends
come OF them converts throuEh his preach
ing, gathered to bid the departing ones
God speed and safe Journey. he address
ing thom from the taffrail OF the vessel
before they parted. The vessel reached
Now York on Aug 10, lfGO.
a
or and Local preacher in Ireland he made
no attempt TO exercise those privileges IN
this country until 17GG when barbara Heck
urged him 10 again resume his preaching,
This remarkable woman. who had come
10 New York with the EmbIryB In 1860,
had been in the habit OF Wishing the fam
lies who came over with them, and on
one occasion she found a party engaged
An game Of earls. Whia the,, is no
satsfactory proof that any OF the card
piayers were either the friends Of Emiury,
or even wesIeyana. as the Methodlgts were
then called she WIS 10 enraged that she
seized the cards. DECLARING al the same
time against them as an Invention OF
satap, threw them into the open are. She
then hurried to the house occupied hy Em-
hurry In Barrack Htreet. where Park Place
rs now situated, and urged him 20 resume
preachlng at once He conBenttsl. and abe
promptly went out and gathered together q
Congregation Of -Four porgona. who, with
herself, constituted tho listeners to. as Ia
believed, the first Methodist Hermon
preached In America.
Embury at ones organized them into a
glass. and they met weekly at his house.
The number soon Increased. and then two
classes we're formed. one Of men. and tho
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HENRY pALcH INeRAM.


Throughout the early parts OF Scripture.
as we'll as through the poems Of Homer. not
a single passage occurs from which can be
inferred the existence o. stamped money
Of any description. II Ia agreed that the
Egyptians had no coined money. Herodo-
tus is authority Tor the statement that the
Lydians were tho iirst people who coined
gold and silver. The paran Chronicle.
however, aseribes tho frat coinage Of cop
per and silver money to Pheldon. King Of
Argos, s95 b. c.. In Aegina, which Aelian
corroborates; and the best nuniiBmatlc an-
tiauaries agree In considering the coins Of
Aeglnn from their archaic form and APP
pearance, the most ancient known. They are
Of silver, and bear on the upper side the
figure OF turtle, and on the under an in
dented mark. Coins are among the moat
certain evidences OF history. In the later
part Of the Greek series they illustrate the
chronology q reigns. In the Roman Heriea
they tx tho dates and succession o. events.
Gibbon observes that, II all our hlstorians
we're lost medals inscriptions and other
monuments would be sufficient TO record
the travels OF Hadrian. The roign Of Pre-
bua might DO written from his coins.
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Sir walter Scott was a great lover Of
dogs, and always had fine ones around him.
one day, In conversation with frlond,
he said: rThose dogs" pointing TO TWO sne
hounds lying on ths hearth, understand
every word 1 say" The friend expressed
NJ doubts Of this statement. Sir waller.
10 read aloud: Il have two lazy. good-foT-
nothing dogs. who lie by the Are asleep
and let tho cattle ruin my garden" Both
dogs Instantly sprang up aud rau out Of tho
room. aud. finding no cattle In tho garden
returned and lay down by tic IRE. The
iisTonet again road from the book tho story.
Arsti.. the dogs ran out and again returned
disappointed and lay down. The third tlras
their master Told the story. when Instead u
rolEg out the dogs came up to him aud
locked him IN the face, whined, and rAfgsd
made game Of US twice. you cannot DO H.
for tho third time"
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dog who coues home overtired. unless suppl
piled With tempting food and a warm. ciean|
aud oalnf0rts bic bed. would break down aa]
certainly as man would. An huutine|
men know this about their horses and all
grooms and stabemcn are Obliged 10 act
accordingly, But about thalr doga niehi
secm 20 reason as II tEey were glftef byl
nature with some special exemption from all
the consequences OF lre1ubrty.
There arc fools 81 tho world who thlnit
they show their mapltness and strength ci
mind by laughing at aueh as show ami
follcltude about the food or treatment
their dpgs or are not satlgle1 70 losg
them entirely In the hands OF servants, va
once very nearly lost an almost perf
spaniel through thln misplaced confidence
We saw him put into good bed after
long days partridge shooting, and con
sented to believe that no would be equally |
we'll cared fer IN all other respects. AZ ihdI
end Of the frgt days shooting, very wetl
day. he could hardly crawl home and vel
had TO lift him over the stone walls. Sun,
wo had no suspicion Of the truth. io went,
TO bed and next morning was evidently
very III. We tried him with meat, milk,
warm and cold. but be could touch nothlngl
and lay curled round In a corner shlyerlnB.
We found, on inquiry. that, owing tol
some feud among the servants. tho boy to|
whose care he had been specially intrusted
had been unable to get him sny dinner, and
three nights running. after hard day'sl
work. he hal had nothing but few scraps
Of bread. This, Of course. 80 weakened him
that he was quite unable TO stand out
against the cold and wet caught violent
chill and would certainly have died had We
gone on leaving him TO servants We cot
him round again. With good deal OF care.
but that was lesson to us. and We hope
Il may be a lesson to all who are In the
habit OF taking valuable dogs about with
thon to frlends' houses.
Another dangerous thing to do with DOLL
cato dogs Is 10 drive them home any da-
lance when they are wrlngng wet. II Ia
dlficult sometimes TO avoid Il. but It would
always DO possible to give them good rub
bling down before putting them in the dog
cart
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The short and disastrous reign OF Louis
XVI. produced two remarkable duellists--
the pettieoated cheyalier dEon and the
mulatto ST. George. D'Eon died In Lon
don as late as 1910, and no satisfactory
reason was ever given for The whim which
made him for a quarter Of a century attire
himself In woman's clothea. The black
st. George was at once the best fencer
and tho best pistol shot OF his day. and
won his reputation IN many meetings. In
spite of his fame "a duollist, he IS said
10 have been very inoffenslve man and
to have avoided quITrels as far as he might
One OF the most Wholesale challenges on
record dates from this period. when the
Marquis do Tentenlae. having been rcbukod
for sitting too far forward at the wings
c0nsldered himself to be sighted by lhe
audience. Ladies' and gentlemen" said
he. with your permission piece viii be
performed Tomorrow called The msolence
OF the Pit chas,ivsd' in as many acts as
may be desired. by the Marquis de Tente-
MAE" The peaceable pit took no notice al
the helileose nobiRm2na challenge.
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value within Its walls. Between the huge
oak beams which form the ceiling tlnibers
British ship captured during the Revol,,-
tlon. In his parlor Is a link ami bolt of fhc
great chain which was stretched across thc
Hudson at Fort Clinton. West Point. 10
prevent the British from ascending tho
Hudaon, the chain having boon made by
Peter Townsend, the grandfather Of Mrs.
Austen. a portrait Of the patriotic black.
smith Is also among tho relies as we'll as
many other articles Of lesser value.
Mr.. John II Austen. who now owns and
inhabits this historic old house. is one Of the
few old merchants Of New York who yet
survive.
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other OF women. A eommodious room was
then secured. the location OF which has
not been preserved. but this. too. was soon
700 thali. aud another move was made
Great excitement was occasloncd IN Inc
city by Embury's preaching, and hundreds
rushed 10 hear the new doctrine that grace
and falveton were free Embury now be-
gun preaching also at tho aimshousc. and
the superintendent aud some OF the Inmates
OF the Institution were converted. The con
sregatton next moved into a rigging loft
At where No. 100 William street now ia
but this in turn soon became too small to