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Evening star., 1895-08-17
THE MERCHANT NAVY,

Uncle Sam to he Asked to Furnish
Guns for Ocean Grcyhounds.
Congress at its next session. it is ex-
pected, will furnish the $50OOO0 asked by
the Secretary Of he Navy for buying guns
for the auxiliary cruisers. OF course, this
sum will only so part way toward pro-
viding armaments for the merchant ves-
sells which Uncle Sam proposes to employ
in the event of war. Mr.. Herbert has
said that at least forty-one of the ships
subsidized under the postal contract ought
to be armed with as little delay as possible
To accomplish this would require 15S four
inch guns. 159 five-incn guns and six six
irch guns. All these would be of the
rap,d-fre kind To them would have to be
added 377 s!x-pounders, three-pounders and
cne-pounders.
Should there be war. more than two score
of the swift steel and irCn steamships which
now peacefully ply the waters of the At
lantic and Pacific under the United States
flag would be transformed into terrifying
destroyers of commerce within few weeks
time Once afloat in Their new guise they
would quickly wipe the trade Of hostile
nation off the seas. Obviously, they could
tackle armored vessels Of war, but from
the latter they would not have much fear
under ordinary circumstances. inasmuch as
they could run away. Being so swift. they
could harry the ocean like tremendous
birds of prey, while nothing short of steal
walled SHIPS WOulu Ue dule " WlluSlaHu
the showers of explosive projectiles dis
charged from their rapid-fire guns.
The fearful effectiveness of these rapid
fire guns astonshed the naval experts who
witnessed the battle of the Yalu and other
sea fights of the war between China and
Japan. The projectiles literally riddled the
opposing ships, strewing the decks with
dead and dying. cutting everything to
pieces, and setting fire to the woodwork.
Metamorphosed into auxiliary cruisers
each of the four great steamships of the
American line-the New York, the st. Louis.
the st. Paul and the Paris-would carry
ten five-inch guns. Each gun of this kind
Is supposed to throw twenty-esght shells
"a minute; in action. giving time for aim
ing at a moving target, it would discharge
about eighteen shells a minute. Each of
these shells weighs fifty pounds, being
made of steel and filed with powder.
The money wanted by the navy for arm
ing the mercantile vessels Is for the pur-
chase of certain equipments in addition to
the guns themselves. None Of the SUBJ
guns: that is to say, carriages and tracks.
European powers which grant subsidies to
steamship companies for like purposes
have all the arms aud equipments ready
for them, the mounts. shells and ammun-
ton being slowed away in store houses,
ready to be put upon the vessels at few
hours notice Some of the Atlantic liners
that come into the port of New York, sail
ing under foreign flags. actually carry
parts of their mounts and other equip
ments for war in their holes as ballast. In
case of declaration of hostilities on their
return to Europe they could get the mounts
ready, and be prepared to take aboard the
guns and ammunition as soon as they
reached the other side. .r
Evening star., 1895-08-17
Fox md Collie Hunt Rabbits.
from tho Pail Nall C.zot}n

While angling in a secluded glen the
writer some days ago witnessed a curious
combination Of poaching and natural his
tory. The facts are as follows: A hill
shepherd, in destroying a litter of foxes.
took IT into his head to rear one as a pet.
He did so, and the animal has not only he
come very tame, but is a most useful ally.
1t and collie hunting together. kill rab-
bits to a miracle. They work very much
the fern and heather of the braes, or the
lushes and long grasses of the stacks,
while Reynard all the time sneaks about
in. They understand their respectiye parts
perfectly. The collie seems to know that
1t is not his business to kill, and the fox
Is never under the slightest temptation to
bolt out and give chase.
Evening star., 1895-08-17
Sources of Great French Fortunes.
From the London Truth

rrom tne LONDON truth.
Nine. Boucicaut was first a laundress.
and the daughter-in-law of q laundress.
who married a halter at Montaigne, in
Normandy. She was engaged in the laun-
dering department at the Petit St. Thomas
Mart, and found her opportunity In lot
sales of damaged silks and odds and ends
of machine-made lace. She used at night
to make up what she bought at these sales
into cravats. jackets and children's frocks
according to patterns she studied at the
Petit St Thomas. On her way in the
morning to her work she sold them in
market. She did SO well that she had soon
to get help. and then took poky shop I'm
the Rue du Bac, where the west entrance
to the Bon Marche now stands. The rule
was cheapness. Nobody was ever taken in.
In the tentative struggles she and :ler
husband learned business without heavy
risk. She could not be called an old wo-
man when she died. After giving away
nearly three millions sterling in acts Of
Justice, friendship and benevolence, she
left fortune valued at over seven mil
lions.
Evening star., 1895-08-17
A Stand or.

From Harper's Bazaar.
MY dear SIR he wrote to the editor,
may 1 ask why you printed my sonnet
among your humorous items? 1t was not
humorous. I demand some sort of repara-
tion.''
MY dear SIR" replied the editor, I'VE
regret the error and will make reparation.
Send us a comic poem and we will print it
in the obituary column. This will make the
average right"
Evening star., 1895-08-17
suburban Life.


Fr0m Truth.
Observation-Disclosures now, don't you
find it a nuisance walking to and from
the station in muddy weather."
Suburbanite-"Yes, just about as much
of a nuisance as you must find it walking
up and down stairs. to and from your flat
on the twentieth story, when the elevator
is out Of order"
Evening star., 1895-08-17

AAAl = <hAhAS ~ ~ AAAA
vard-the one and
only Paris boulevard
that semi-circle Of
broad and shady
streets. which, lined
with tourist shops,
cafes, hotels. the
aters, and all the
outputs of Partisan
chic, reflects so ac-
curately the visitors
ideas Of what Paris
ought to be, takes
on a special physiog-
Evening star., 1895-08-17
RESTLESS CHILDREN
FeVerish Nights and Days Devoid
Of Appetite.
Diet Must Be at Once Changed When
Children Do Not Thrive. -.
Lactated Food Checks All Wasting Disor-
ders of Hot Weather.

An infant should be abed and asleep as the
fowls are. by suniown. at least
During the long nights sound sIumber the tiny
limbs wax stronger and growth is by far the most
active. rich. substantial. but not burdersome
diet, sturdy digestion and quiet sleep complete
the cycle Of days healthy activity for q grow.
ing child.
Evening star., 1895-08-17
PARIS BOULEVARD
When the Dog Days Reign in the
Gay City.
GIVEN OVER TO The TOURISTS
Sights and Sounds in the 1hrong
of Pleasure Seekers.
Ii G II is A ND SHADOWS
GIVEN OVER TO The TOURISTS
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
.'ARIS August < 1Sa
Arizona republican., 1895-02-08

alley north of Adams. The proposed ordinance extends the limits north and south, from Madison to Monroe.
 The proposed ordinance is an adapta- tion of similar regulations in force at Los Angeles and Fresno. The character of buildings, repairs and improvements which may be erected or made within the district are so plainly described that there can be no misunderstanding
 The ordinance creates the machinery for it's enforcement. The chief of the fire department is made fire marshal with clearly defined duties. The mayor. a mem Der of the council appointed by him, and the fire marshal constitute a building committee to issue permits for the erection of buildings. and this com mittee is empowered in exigencies to appoint building inspector to have supervision of new buildings to compel their erection within the strict pro- visions of the ordinance.
Arizona republican., 1895-02-08
MOVED A MOUNTAIN.
A Phoenix Tree-TranSplanting
 Incident
Which With Respect to the Fitness of Things Should Have Taken
 Place This Arbor Day.

MT. S. D. Lount has just finished the most Herculean tree-transplanting per- formance ever attempted in America, by the removal, at a cost of not less than $75, of date palm ten years old. The tree was bearing or female palm, the only one of ten date palms growing on his premises on Van Buren street. It was desired not only to avoid all risk of killing the tree, but also to remove it without interfering with it's growth this season.
 Two men were employed to dig it out. In order to avoid cutting the roots, trenches were dug at dis tance of four feet from the tree and to @ depth of eight feet, thus detachlng with the tree a cubic mass with an l eight-foot edge weighing about thirty tons. When the trenches had been dug frame work of heavy plank was built around the mass and finch imbers were inserted under the edges of it. The enormous weight was lifted to the level of the ground by process of blocking and was drawn to the desired l location fifty feet away by a windIass operating system of puleys. An ex- cavatIon ten feet square and eight feet deep was waiting to receive the mass which was lowered into it by reversing the blocking system by which it had formerly been elevated. The job lasted two weeks.
 There is 80 far as known but one other instance of a removal of SO large tree and that was a date palm from the Sandwich islands to the world's s fair. This incident shows that trees are held in proper estimation by Arizonians.
Arizona republican., 1895-02-08

Are lost every year in risky and foolish investments. Put vour money Ill lots in Churchill Addition and make 9 per cent.
 No risk. Easy terms.
 CLARK CHI CHURCHILL, Office Commercial Hotel Block.
Arizona republican., 1895-02-08
DIDN'l SWEAR TO IT. Defense in the Mcdonald Per-
 jury Case. Should this Defense Fall, an Attempt Will be Made to Prove
 Insanity.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.-The counsel for R. H. Mcdonald, Jr., on trial for perjury in connection with the Pacific Bank statements, outlined the defense this morning. He stated that the oath was not administered to Mcdonald by the notary who took the vice president g acknowledgement.
 The statement was signed at the bank and taken to the notary by messenger who saw the seal affixed without the actual administration of the oath. An at- tempt will also be made to prove that Dick is mentally unbalanced.
Arizona republican., 1895-02-08
TERRAPlNS AS PETS.
Easily Tanned and May Be Taught to Do
 Certain Tricks.

GasiS Aameu ana May Be Iaagnt to Do
 Certain Tricks.
 The latest fad in the way of domes- tic pets is the diamond-backed terra pins. They can be found now in artists studios, mems smoking-rooms, and even in the ladies boudoirs, says the New York World.
 The terrapin is a most convenient pet so far as feeding him is concerned. You can train him to eat almost any, thing in the way of meat, or if you do not give him anything to eat at all for year or so it does not appear to dis tress him to any great degree. It only increases his wakefulness and activity. At first he will only feed in water, and will eat nothing but hard or soft shell crabs and clans. He is especially fond Of the former After a time, however. as he becomes more domesticated. he will readily devour cooked beef or nut ton chopped up fine, and will learn to take it out of your hand
 When first introduced into the domi- cile the diamond-back is very restless. He seems to want to investigate every possible corner of the house. But as soon as he has taken the bearings ot his quarters he subsidies into condi- tion of quiet content and will allow you to try to teach him tricks. Everybody who possesses a diamond back speaks of the readiness with which they can be tanned.
 A well-1nown New Yorker declares that he has succeeded in teaching his terrapin to do the danse du ventre. But this cannot be verified.
 Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powdel
 Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24
WARREN WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,

y. w. CULLEN x SON. Owners and rrop.s.,
Cullen ostoice. Va
The Oldest Summer Resort in the United
States GoJd Fishing. Boating AMI Buthinn
Blue. Sulphur, Alum. Iron. Arsenic. Chnly.
Deate and lhthia On top Of tie Three
Top Rangr, 100 feet above tho sea bis.
lance from IL ID II Waterick one mile,
Instance from II W Il Il (Rivertonj three
miles; distance from Is u . (Nliddleton foup
miles Write for rates ie DAM
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24

An examination Of the winnings on
the turf this year shows that the Prince
OF Wales has done very much better than
ever before In his first years racing
flSS9) he Won only two small races,
worth e204. These figures were treblcd
In 1880. In 1921 he won f4,14S. The
year 1892 was bad one. and he only
took ESQ. He did little better in
l1S93, winning 9372. Last year the
prince wen five races, worth CO, 400 But
this year. III addition to excellent stable
prospects, he has made nearly IS, 600.
Florizoll II, which has not been beaten,
has won five races, aagregating -, 969.
and Persimmon won both races he ran
In, taking 50, 55l.--Ncw York World.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24
Old Greek BIusic,

Two more slabs Of stone inscribed
with words and music have been found
in the treasury Of the Athenians at Del
phi by the French BY using some Of
the fragments previously discovered, a
second hymn to Apollo, with its notes
has been put together. The date is after
the conquest of Greece by the Romans.
The Greeks seem to have used 81 notes
IN their musical notation, where we uss
only IL
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24

lheEG ARE many ladies who blessed summers
o Lore at
Tor
1t
o
to lbndrs
lo.
nltre SISTER .",
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24

y s5necial sale of neckwear. Goldman
a Hofihoimer, lu0 Main street.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24

Soiselcss Patient Spider.
A noisolcsS, patient spider
married. where on little promontory it stood
Isolated,
Marked how to explore the vncant vast sur.
rounding
II launched forth flamcnt, filament, tllament
out OF itself,
Ever unrceling them, ever tirelessly speed.
Ing thom.
And you, my soul, where you stand,
surrounded detached i'll measureloss oceans
Of space
Ieaseiess!y musing venturing, throwing, seek
ing the spheres TO connect them.
Till the } dgc You will need be formed till
tho auOtIlc anchor hold
TIL the gossainor thread you fling catch somo.
where, o my soull
Walt Whitman.
4 Shadow of IA Coming Event,
Prince Edward Of York will have q
little brother or sister before long.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24
To1stoi,s New Novel.

Count Tolstoi is Mt work Oh a new
novel dealing with the peculiarities of
the Russian district courts. AS hc has
poor opinion of judicial methods, sale
&C the book will probably be forbidden
IN Russia by the censorship.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24
Unlike the Horse, She Likes a Check.

Edith Sessions Topper says the now
woman is "horsy." We don't know
what this means unless it refers to the
TACT that she is given loose rein and
doesn't mind bit.-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

Chap. a4e--A JOINT RESOLUTION pro.
posing an Amend ment to the Fifth
Section of Article Ten of the Co 1sti.
tuition of Virginia, and providing foe
publishing said Amendment and Ger.
tifying the same to the next General
Assembly.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24
NEWPORT NEWS MILITARY aCaDEnlY.

A school OF high grade for boys and Young
men. Prepares tor any College or UNI
versity or active life. All the modern con-
yeniences of tho day. Address 4. w. HUFF
MAN, Principal, Ndwport News, Va Opens
eptember IL, 1895. ju30,2ss
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24
LEGISLATION AND PRICES.


Tho Iowa Democrats on Aug. 2 de-
olared against free coinage OF silver at
16 TO by IN overwhelming majority.
The following is II short quotation from
tho speech of Hon. Nathaniel French,
chairman of the convention:
"At what ratio shall wo coin the
metals SO that II dollar of one will equal
dollar Of the other in intrinsic and
exchangenble value? When we want to
know how much things are worth, we
60 to the markets and find out. We
don't hunt up II congressman to ask tho
value of eggs or spring chickens or grain
or anything olso, or if congress has dc
clarod what their vuluo shall bc. We
know that the nero declaration of con
gross, or oveH II constitutional amend
mcnt. could not fin tho price of single
egg. In like manner. if We want to know
how many ounces of silver All ounce of
gold is worth, we must go to the bull
lion markets instead Of the revised
statutes. Thomas Jefferson could not
have won undying fame Us a statesman
and leader of tho comiaun pcoplo if he
had not been endowed with III alum
dance of common sense, and over 100
years ago, when congress sought his adj
vice as to tho ratio to adopt for the
coinage 0f gold and silver, no said:
Disregard legal proportions altogether
Inquire into the market price. Ho
know thut opinions should not and
could not be controlled by lcgislatiou
He knew that the basic laws of trade
We're moro powerful than the laws OF
nations and that the multiplication
tablo could not he altered by statute.
To so coin gold ANA silver that both
shall circulate together by reason Of
parity of value We must follow JciTer-
sons advice and inquire the price of
gold and silver in the markets of tho
world. If VIC find one ounce Of gold will
buy SO ounces of silver, that il tho ratio
to adopt. To put in the silver dollar
more than SO grains of silver for each
grain of gold i'll tho gold dollar would
ut once drive our silver money from cir
culation, and to put in less would bun
ish our gold. The loss Of either would
be IA misfortune, and TO retain both we
must adopt the norcapti lc ratio, putting
i'll our coins no moro and no less than is
needed to mako ono of equal value to
the other. "
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24
SCHOOLS AND coaLEcEs
A nj OG.HEG
MCGIITRE'S Boarding and
MVVOAAtA ~ DaV School
MONROE PARK, RICHMOND. VA.


.aaua teaching ne
for
University aud
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-24

PICliMoND FEMALE SEMINARY
~ No. ;,E- 81 GHACE ST., RICHMOND, ".
JOHN II. POWELL, Prn,i pal.
Mrs. l. q. fEiTON. Associa'c Principal.
III" twentr-ihnd session OF this Boarding and
l"S ;, hool VIII begin September 18th, lsg5, and
Conr'c OF instruction from Primary to Collegiate
I'ePar' mctt inII aud through The best advantages
in Music, y I AMI Languages.
Eichni"hd "!us many advantages for improve.
mcut IN Lectures. Concerts. etc
o, dstail,, amly ior catalogue to the Principal.
ic3lSu we II en-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-06-27

THE Register j. in receipt of the
catalogue of North Texas Female
College at Sherman. 1t was prin-
ted in HOlyoke. Mass, and Is
tolerably neat piece of work. But
it is passing strange that an insti-
tuition claiming to be of and for
Texas and which depends upon
Texans for its support, should
send away off to Massachusetts, TO
have Its printing done when just
as good if not better work could
be secured in Sherman. Parents
who have daughters to educate
should think of tins and patroniZe
an institution that believes in sus-
tanning home concernS.-GaineS
Vile Register.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-06-27

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-06-27

IL the Kentucky State Demo-
cratic convention yesterday Presi-'
dent Cleveland's administration
was endorsed in the face of We
strong free silver element. This
and the adoption of a SCUM money
plank in the platform were results
due to the missionary work of
John G.. Carlisle and his tenacious
following in the blue grass state
The opposition forces were led by
Senator Blackburn. General =.
w. Hardin was nominated aS TIE
gubernatorial candidate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-06-27
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-06-27

AT a regular stated meeting of the
stockholders of the Ardmore Park
Association held at their Office in
me Downing building, Tuesday ev-
ening, June IS, 1895, it was held that
all stockholders i'm arrears for stoc
or assessments heretofore made on
stock be and is hereby declared for
1eited for nonpayment of same. In
ew of the fact that some share
900 eIs may be laboring under a
= stake, thinking they are not n
a ears when i'm fact they are, it
was unanimously agreed that they
be allowed ten days from date Of
this meeting i'm which to call on or
CO espond with j. 5. O'Mealy, sec
- ry of said association, and settle
ss rne, otherwise all stock in arrears
.-'I. be offered for sale at par value
at our Office at next meeting of June
2S. Now that no blame be attached
to me or my management l have or
dered that this notice be published
in some daily paper of our town for
ten days and that Secretary O'Mealy
notify all members in writing of said
order and time of meeting.
20-9t w. F. WHITTINGToN,
President and Business Manager.