New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-10

nition But there Ia not, as she knows quits WE'LL
though there will be no opposition on our part
10 the right line without reference to any god OF
other deposits on either side OF It.
Though Tommy may have dearly loved ioro'
There Ia no proof that Tommy loved craven;
His irish harp had spared Its dearest chord
wherewith to draw the line at Lord Dunraven
The DAYS OF the command to men armed with
cutlasses 10 "Repel boarders! In a naval batte
are believed to have gone never to return De-
cause the modern warship has become hghtins
machine of itself The machinery, guns ana
armor OF the warship Of the present have assumed
such Importance to dwarf all OF the methods
of warfare of generation ago; In fact, the war
shin Of modern times is a very complicated struct-
ure with it's vast machinery It's torpedoes' us
guns. its armor and its numerous bulkheads ana
watertight compartments. Few persons, except
those especially interested in the designing OF
naval vessels have any idea Of the vast weight Oh
the armor Of battle-ship which enters largely
into the tonnage figures or what Is technically
termed displacement For instance. the new oa'-
tIeship Iowa's hull and fittings weigh 1910 TONS
her armor protection weighs $3.50 tons. ana her
ammunition. guns and fittings for them Weigh
about 1000 tons This makes an aggregate Vi
10 tons for vessel that IL designed to dlspiac"
only II 4lO tons. BY the figures given 1t VIII DE
seen that almost the total weight OF the snip
complete IL given up to protection, OF ai'"'i'
alone. The modern battle-shp includes three
great weapons Of attack-the gun. the ram anu
the torpedo but the main reliance Is on the gun
It is claimed by experts that a th!rteen-inch gun
cannot be fred than Atty times before IL De-
comes useless: that is II must be- rebored. re-
lined etc The expense Of each shot Is also more
than the average person realizes. the proJec'He
will weigh nearly ton. and costs about VOW the
powder charge Is about 1000 pounds ana cos's
about 1925 It will thus be seen that naval war
would be an expensive affair In these Gays VI
modern ships and modern guns
Brooklyn knows good thing when she sees 1t
in the Mayors office: and II she can't keep IL there
she gets another like 1t.
Mr.. Grout evidently thinks that he Is desper-
atelv in earnest and phenomenally serious in his
clustering talk about fraud in the Mayoralty
election in Brooklyn, but his fellow-citzens are
beginning to regard him as the laughing-stock OF
the town He need have NJ fear that justice VIII
not be done or that right will not prevail For a
man who repeatedly professed that he did not
want the ONCE for which he was nominated, Grout
takes his defeat uncommonly hard.
ANY reasonable plan to reduce the number OF
saloons In the city will command the approval or
all right thinking and law-abidng citizens. When
some single blocks contain ten or dozen OF the
poor mans clubs" it Is plain that the business
has been overdone.
% ho tni
undeniably innocent and 1t might be a hardship
to abolish 1t altogether: but ii Is occasionally
employed In a manner prejudicial to domestic
peace and public order. calling for a quasi
statutory definition OF what may or may not be
done with II. 1t was the notion Of n Yorkville
woman that one Of Its permissible utilities was
as an instrument of marital discipline, to be
brought into action when clawing and hair
pulling were found to be inefficient correctives,
and her case has tust been brought before
police court for review and Judgment. No
precedent. however. was established by this
tribunal to rule in future cases of the sort. as
the iabbed husband did not appear against her.
sulking In his tent like Achilles and covering
his cause Of action with capcine plaster as
Agamemnon covered his countenance with his
robe. She was therefore let on hatpin and all,
without so much a reprtmand. A complete
this instrument would have been interesting
and the opinion OF the husband on the subject
would not have been without pertinency. There
are no doubt some coniugal derelictons which
even the longest hatpin could not adequately
punish. but whether dancing with another
woman is one Of them is question on which
the wife would probably have one opinion and
the husband and Unconditional public another.
That the deed Of the Yorkville spouse. an
swered by the exploit Of acupuncture recited.
and 1t will not be generally thought that the
punishment properly graduated 10 the
crime. lighter punch with the comparatively
innocent darning needle would have taken all
the starch out of him. benumbing his Grant
saltatons with mandragora. The employ
ment Of the hatpn in general requires precise
judicial definition and limitation pending which
it will be a good idea for wives well
spinsers not to crowd It's pretensons too far.