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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-18

Mrs. E. ]. Russell is reported quite
ill at her home in this city.
A slight frost occurred last night,
but no material damage to fruit is re-
reported.
The Columbia Packing Co. received
a lot of fine hogs from j. Ell. Woodruff,
of Juniper, today.
Mrs. Dysart. of Centralia, Wash, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie Butler in this city.
Mr.. Yves Rice and wife were passen-
gers on the Regulator this morning.
Their destination is Cascade Locks.
The feed mill at LOchhead's feed
yard is being run at its full capacity.
turning out fifteen tons of chop feed
each day.
Hon. 5. E. Van Vartor, of Golden
dale arrived on today's local. returning
from the democratic state convention
at Tacoma.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Herrin leave to.
night for Heppner. Mrs. Herrin Con
templates going to- Grant comfy 10
visit relatives there.
Mrs. Kinney will hold, & parlor meet
ling for women a. .tae home of Mrs.
saish French Tuesday at 3 P. NJ. All
WoArs are invited.
Messrs. IA. S.Iam;son and w G.
Cram went to Portla,a on the after.
noon train. Mr. Cram had dss.n here
looking after his fishing interests,>
One of the reforming Influences !
the general use of bicycles in the ives
is shown In the decline of the horse
stealing industry. They're not wortl
stealing.
The Red Men had rousfng meetin,
last night, and among other pleasant
ries removed the, scalp from one pale
face. admitting him into full member
ship in the tribe.
Mr.. and Mr.. F. L. Bancroft, whit
have been residing in Prineville tn,
past eight months, have returned tt
The Dalles, and will make this theil
permanent home.
A large amount of wheat is beingre-
ceived daily at the warehouses in this
city. 1t is part OF last years crop that
was held by the farmers who were not
satisfied with prices last fall.
D.. Durkeimer, of Burns, has started
O,000 head of sheep from Harney
county to the shearing grounds near
Huntington. The wool and sheep will
be shipped to market from Huntington
The fasbfonables who arrived at the
Auditorfum theater, in Spokane, the
other night after the play was well
The herald., 1896-01-19
Half Price
Dress Goods Dept.

50 pieces AIl-wool Suitings, black 0EC
and colors, regular value SOC, to ZO~
ClOSe dl
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g: g; .ss ' :; 7;; AS:: 7ss::' 's @;s ;s:: at 4Oc
; 3::: g: !; ;: ;, :: :,: S?; :ts3 s;:i: ;:: 69c
20 pieces Boucle Cloth, in all the OnC
latest shades, regular value NVS
$3.50, to close at ........ .....
The herald., 1896-01-19
THE KENTUCKY

! lower part of the protection, the bar
bette, so called, will have armor 10
inches thick, while the armor of the 49,
inch turrets also will be Is inches, ex-
cept Immediately in front, where it will
be II inches. The armor protecting
the S-inch guns will be 8 inches, but
that also will be 2 inches thicker on
the face of the turret. In addition to
this enormous main battery there will
be fourteen 5-inca guns mounted on
the main deck between the turrets and
protected by continuous armor six
inches thick.
The protection of the hull against
injury to the water line region will be
effected by means of a side armor belt
of a maximum thickness of 16ls inches.
with mean depth of ~ feet, so dis
posed in reference to the load line that
the vessels with 4l0 tons of coal
aboard will have 81 feet of this belt
armor above water. and with 1900 tons
of coal, 2 feet above the water line.
The belt will extend from the stem to
the after barbette, and will maintain
the maximum thickness from the after
end of the belt to the forward boiler
room bulkheed, whence it will taper
gradually to thickness CT four inches
at the bow.
Protection will be afforded above the
main side armar by steel belt five
inches thick, extending up to the level
of the main deck, and running in fore
and aft direction from the center OF
the forward to the center of the after
barbette. On top of the main side ar
NOR belt there will be fiat steel deck
iDn i,,& hn e1n
increased to three and five inches.
Additional precautions have been
taken to protect the vessels against
raking fires by athwartship bulkheads
of armor 10 and II inches thick, work
ed at the points where the deck is
worked with incline sides. In addition
to all this armor, cotfer-dams filled
with compressed, fire. proofed Ameri-
can corn-pith cellulose, recently tested
with good results, will be placed along
the entire length of the vessel ip the
region of the water line.
The feature of the vessels which
makes them notably different from
other battleships is the new form of
turrets, about which there is still some
difference of opinion. Their advan-
tsges are said to be large saving in
weight, which permits of more guns
and more powerful machinery for the
propulsion, better concentration of
fire, and the ability of the vessel to de-
liver all four guns in either for
ward or after turret almost
simultaneously, with the result of
hitting terrific blow to the target.
No battleship, the ordnance officers
contend, could withstand the blow If
every shot took effect. The introduc-
ton of the double turret system was
opposed by the constructors on the
ground that it was too great depart
ure in the methods of mounting guns,
and that there was danger of both tur-
rets being placed out of action by
single shot hitting either. They also
pointed out that there was no advan-
The herald., 1896-01-19

ordnance officers holding out for the
adoption of the larger caliber, while
the constructors favored lighter guns,
in accordance with the policy of for
eign governments, which have pro-
hibited guus of greater than 12-inch
caliber on new vessels. The secretary.
however, in view OF recent arm or tests,
which conclusively proved that 70
iuch shot was not capable OF piercing
some of the heaviest plates under nor
NAL conditions. selected the heavier
guns. and four of these will be Oh the
kentucky, mounted in two turrets,
fore and aft, over which will be second
turrets, each carrying two eights.
The waist fire will consist of fourteen
5-inch rapid-tire rifles, while the sec
ondary batteries will comprise twenty
6.pouuder rapiGfire, six l-pounder and
four machine guns. There will be also
five torpedo tubes, two on each broad
side and one in the stem. Two military
tops, mounting machine guns, will
complete the ships armament, which
is greater for her displac ment than
that of any other war ship in the world.
1t is doubtful il any war ship can de-
liver more metal at broadside than
the Kentucky will be capable of, and
none will have the same ability for con-
eentration of fire.
In adopting the new arrangement of
main batteries the department has
been careful to give a complete armor
protection from distance of four feet
below tho water line TO the top of the
eight-inch turrets. This armor, as we'll
as all other used on the ships, will be
of solid nickel steel, Harveyized. The
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being placed in the ships will be tested

being placed in the ships will be tested
by the electric fireproofing process.
The Kentucky and the Kearsarge will
carry their full coal supply of 1910 tons
with the greatest ease, their bunker
room being so ample that the coal can
simply be dumped into it without the
labor of trimming. The quantity will
be ample for all ordinary contingencies
of cruising aud for service in time of
war along the coast, as at cruising speed
Of ten knots it will enable them to
steam 5000 miles, aud at thirteen knots
nearly 1000. or at full speed to cross
from New York t. Ireland. Should the
service of these Datfie ships be required
at distance, however, temporary pro-
vision could be made by which 400 or
500 tons of extra coal could be stored
away with corresponding increase in
the radius OF action.
Externally the Kentucky will not be
unlike the battleship Indiana, as far as
appearances go. with the exception
that the single large mast of the In
diana will be replaced by two huge
masts on the Kentucky, and the latter S
smokestacks will be several feet taller
to give increased development OF fur
mace power.
One of the strongest features OF the
Kentucky. and one which is distinctly
an advance in battleship construction,
is the overpoweriog battery of fourteen
5-inch guns, thoroughly protected by
six inches of the best armor. These
guns are of the largest caliber which
can be fired with great rapidity, and
the protection given them such that it
could be penetrated by but few OF the
The herald., 1896-01-19

tage in discharging the guns of both at
once, for the reason that if one shot
missed ship through poor aim it un-
doubtedly would follow that all would,
and thus half of ships broaiside of
heavy guns would be lost.
The objections advanced, however,
were met by the ordnance bureau, and
Secretary Herbert finally decided to
place the new turrets on the two ships
and have them mounted with the
heaviest guns made for the navy
heavier even than the rifles adopted
for the battleships now building by
other governments.
The coming tower, from which point
the chips will be fought when in action
will be protected by ten inches OF ar
NOR, and inside will be tube with
seven inches Of armor, leading down to
the armor deck, for the protection OF
voice pipes, telegraphs, steering rods,
etc. Throughout the vessels the use OF
wood will be reduced to minimum
the stateroom bulkheads being con-
structed of steel covered with cork
sheathed. All wood materials befor G
The herald., 1896-01-19
n \ 1 n n, n y
Nv
DECK PLAN OF THE KENTUCKY

will be the first of the larger vessels Of
the new navy for which the department
holds out no speed premiums, bat pom
alties will be enforced for failure to
make the speed called for in the con-
tracts. The machinery is expected to
develop 10000 horse power, and it will
drive twin screws.
One of the requirements laid down
by the secretary was that these vessels
should draw less water, when fully
loaded, than any other first-class bat
tleship, either in this country or else
where. The largest foreign ship draws
about twenty-eight feet, while the ships
of the Indiana class will draw but one
foot less. The new ships, however
have been designed to draw but twenty
I've feet, with 1900 tons of coal aboard.
They thus will be enabled to reach all
of the principal navy yards and ports
of the country and can be docked with
less difficulty than those now building.
{ In deciding upon the batteries of the
vessels there was much discussion
whether the main turrets should be
scented with 13 or II inch guns, the
The herald., 1896-01-19
ORIGIN Of THE WORD "JINGO."

The origin of the word 'jingo" is in
teresting at this time, when one is con-
fronted with it so often. At the time
of the close of the Russo-Turkish war,
which, as all readers of history know,
terminated so disastrously for the
Turks, and caused feeling of appre-
hension in England that the Russians
we're bent on taking Constantinople
aud the ultimate dismemberment of
the Turkish empire, a change which
could not be tolerated, the public feel
ing found expression in England upon
the stage in pantomimes and in the
music halls by numerous patriotic
songs. One of these was as follows:
The dogs OF war are loose and the rugged Rus
sian Bear,
, Full bent on blood and robbery, has crawled d
out of his lair.
1t seems a thrashing now and then will never
help TO tame
That brute, and SO he's out upon the same old
game.
The Lion did his best to give him some excuse
To crawl back to his den again-au efforts
were no use.
He hungered for his victim. he's pleased
when blood is shed;
But let us hope his sins nay all recoil on his
own head.
Chorus:
We don't want to fight, but, by jingo if we do,
We've got the men, we've got the ships
we've got the money, too
We fought the Bear before, and while we'-9
Britons true,
The Russians shall not have Constantinople
The song became most popular, and
was heard on every street corner, from
every organ grinder, and was whistled
by every bootblack. Shortly after this
the election campaign began, in which
Gladstone, the head of the Liberals, at
tackled the Tory party, then lad by the
Earl of Beaconsfield, who was in power.
The Tory foreign policy was ridiculed,
and they were stigmatized by the Lib
erals as ''the party of bloodshed, glory,
and jingo."
From the time of this election cam
paign, which resulted in the defeat of
the Tories and the accession of the
"peece party" Gladstone's 1880 ad-
ministration, the word "jingo" has
been used to denote an individual or
section of party ready to rush with
out mature deliberation into all the
horrors of war.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The herald., 1896-01-19

Grass state if it pats itself upon the
back over this new acquisition. The
battleship Kentucky will be credit to
the nation if the plans of Secretary
Herbert are faithfully carried out, for
not even in the highly esteemed navy
Of Great Britain is there any warship
which could hold its own with her in a
marine duel.
More modern features will be intro
duced in the construction and arma-
ment of the Kentucky than in any
warship of recent build. 1t will be Che
most destructive fighting machine ever
turned out by any country and will be
a potent factor in commanding the
respect of those foreign nations which
have recently been sneering at the ma
val strength of Uncle Sam. What is
more, the Kentucky will have sister
battleship in the new kearaarge, and
the twins will make an inviucible pair
of fighters.
The contract for building these ships
was recently given to the Newport
News Ship Building company and work
By the detailed drawings and specifi-
cations of the navy department it is
easy to show exactly how the Kentucky
cruising or war. Although the con-
tractors have three years in which to
complete her it is not probable that it
will require that length of time to
build the battleship. Work will be
carried on simultaneously on both the
Kentucky and the Kearsarge, and it is
probable that they will be ready for
launching at nearly the same time.
Each of the ships will carry a COM
plement of 600 men and officers. They
are the first battleships designed un-
der the administration of Secretary
Herbert, who has been anxious that
they should be without question the
best of their class; hence, all questions
arising in their design have been in
vestigated carefully and fully, and ad
vantage has been taken of the expert
ence gained in the construction OF
other battleships in the United States
and elsewhere.
There is little probability, therefore,
that either ship, when completed and
in commission, will be found structur-
ally weak or faulty in any respect. All
the weights have been calculated care
fully, and if the vessels draw more
than twenty-five feet when loaded with
full equipment, 1900 tons of coal and
ammunition, somebody will be held
responsible for the error.
In general appearance both ships
will seem rather short for their great
beam, their length being 1863 feet; ex-
treme beam. u feet inches; freeboard
forward, IA feet inches; freeboard aft,
12 feet 4 inches; mean draught, with
40 tons of coal on board, % feet
inches, which means displacement of
1850 tons.
Their speed under full power will be
about sixteen knots, or the same as
that of the Indiana class. These ships
The herald., 1896-01-19
Never Ate Chicken That Way


Nearly every American girl who goes
abroad brings back report of some
highly creditable intellectual achieve
menl which the rude conduct of Eng
lish women has forced upon her.
A story is told Of young Chicago
girl Who was eating fricasseed chicken
on board ship on her return trip from
England. According to accepted GUS
tom she held the little bones of the
wing between a dainty thumb and fore
finger and applied her teeth to the ten
der white meat. Opposite her sat a
party of English women whom she had
not met, and she distinctly heard one
woman say to another:
"Of course she's an American-just
look at her eating chicken from her
fingers; you never see such conduct
except in America"
Then the Chicago girl said clearly;
pardon me, madam, but did you
never eat chicken from your fingers?"
And the English woman answered
with reproving emphasis:
"Never!-Never!"
Then the Chicago girl exclaimed, fer
vently:
"Well. I'm sorry for you-you don't
know what you've missed" and dived
again into her chicken wing.
The herald., 1896-01-19
Two Rig Places c

London is much larger place than
Paris-that is to aay, what is under
stood to mean London, not the actual
city governed by the lord mayor and
corporation, but the entire metropolis.
Paris contains 2,500.000 inhabitants,
while the population Of the British
capital is nearly 100000.
The herald., 1896-01-19
HURRAH FOR THE
NEW KENTUCKY
She Will be Uncle Sam'S
Newest and Finest
Battlesilip
AWFUL FIGHTING MACHINE
That Should Defeat Any Warship ia the
Wide World in a Marine Duel.
The Kearsarge Twin
Ship
AWFUL FIGHTING MACHINE

Kentucky justly prides itself upon
it's lovely women, its wonderful horses,
its extraordinary whisky, its dishing
colonies and a score Of other rich pos
sessions, and soon it will be in posi-
tion to add to all these treasures the
finest battleship in Uncle Sans navy,
and, for that matter, in any of the ma
vies of the world.
No one should criticise the Blue
The herald., 1896-01-19
Heat and Cold

All indications agree that less than
ten miles below US red heat is at
tanned and within twenty miles a white
heat. Ten miles above US we have the
pitiless cold, far below zero, of inter-
planetary space.
The herald., 1896-01-19

True politeness is perfect ease and
freedom. It simply consists in treat
ing others just as you love to be treat
ed yourself.-Chesterfield.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-06-20

ORGANIZED! Organize! Organize!
Organize!
Organize your capital by taking
part of your monthly earnings
and put it into the shares of the
Union, Zenith or Climax Building
& Loan Associations.
Let it take chances the same as
the shares of bank and receive a
profit similar to the bank shares.
This association was organized by
citizens of Duluth to assist home
capital owned by the wage-earners
20 be organized and yield the profit
of capital rather than to have it
simply deposited in the banks at
low rate of interest, which is about
One-third of the earnings. BY de-
posting or investing in your home
association all of the money is in
vested where it will benefit YOU in
indirect ways.
Definite loans are made by these
associations which will pay out &C.
COrding to time desired. If you
borrow 81 900 cash and wish it to
pay out in ten years certain the
monthly payment will be 1920 a
month; in seven years $3.50 a
month; in five years $1,000 month;
in three years $31 go month. No
commission, no premium, no gold
clause, payable on or before.
No other association in Minnesota
will make you definite time loan.
No other associations are run at
less expense to the members.
Office No. First Ave. West, Du-
luth, MINI.
CHAN. SMITH, Sec'y.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-06-20

states and Europe, all tending to
show that effective work is being
done.
The Press committee read their
report of the proceedings, which
was ordered published.
Receipts, SO; expenses, $3.50.
Adjourned.
PETER WEISS, Secy.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-06-20
Saw Till r1en Meet.

Saw Mill Mems Union No. 600
will hold their next regular meet
ing June "A, "Wednesday, and will
meet every Wednesday of each
week following at Great Eastern
hall, West Duluth.
There will be a large attendance
and lot of business attended to-
All members should attend.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-06-20
Resolutions Of Sympathy.

Whereas, in pursuit of our voca-
ton, most distressing: yet un-
avoidable, accident has occurred,
causing instant death to little
child, and carrying mourning to
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Hagan, of this city, be it
Resolved, by the members Of d.
vision 81, Analgamated Associa-
ton of Street Railway Employees of
America, that we hereby extend our
heartfelt sympathy to the family
and friends of little Chester, and
we assure the bereaved parents that
their grief is shared in by every
members of this association.
E. r. COBB,
H. P. JECKEL,
NJ. GLEASON,
Committee.
We desire, also, that the public
may more fully appreciate the fact
that many narrow escapes from a
similar fate to that which befell
little Chester Hagan are an almost
daily occurrence among the chill
dren on our streets, and that, how
ever cautious mOtOrman may be,
street grades, h avily loaded cars
and slippery rail surfaces ofttimes
render it beyond his power to stop
in time, and so fill his daily life with
anxiety.
We are thankful that fatalities
have been SO rare in our work in
Duluth, and we most earnestly hope
that the people may become so
thoroughly aroused to the dangers
that exist in allowing their chill
dren to wander or play on the tracks
that such sad occurrences may
cease altogether.
COMMITTEE,
Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-04-07
Her Ideal Shattered.

Miss Clara Louise Kellogg tells the
following story Of her introduction to
one Of the British aristo cracy.. She was
very young at the time Of her first trip
abroad. A gentleman who felt an inter
est in the talented young American took
her to call on the dcwager Duchess Of
Somerset. Miss Kellogg says that she
had never before seen duchess, and
that she fully expected the lady to come
into the room attired in velvet and er-
mine and wearing a coronet On her
head. She was quite. bereft Of speech
when a very ordinary looking person,
wearing q black bo,nbazine gown and
prpnella shoes, appeared on the scene.
The gentleman who had brought Miss
Kellogg told the duchess that she would
be glad to sing for her, to which her
grace responded: ....-
"But I have no piano. =. :.-..-
This was the finishing touch to the
young singers childish ideals regarding
persons of high degree. A duchess who
wore prunella shoes and did not own a
piano! M q: --a.
Later a musicale was given. by her
grace at which Miss Kellogg sang-to
the accompaniment of a hired piano
choosing for one of her songs an ar
rangement Of Tennyson' clears, Idle
Tears. !" The verses were quite new to
the duchess. who had ."heard of Tenny-
son, but had never read anything that
he had written. The next day the gen
tleman who had introduced Miss Kel-
logg, and who, BY the way, was an
American, bought q copy Of the poems
and sent it to her grace: =, 2 6
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-04-07
8Spicer. Spats.

An enjoyable party was given
by Mr.. and Mrs Jas. McDermott.
at the Lars On Hotel N day
night. 4s:=s...-, 81 s 555s..=s
Tom Negard is Up from Wilt.
mar and will soon begin putting
the steam boat in shape for the.
J coming season. ...:
81 We are informed that an es-s
Unable Jew x ork lad y has with.
in the last few days taken the.
name Of Mrs. Gust Kerby The
happy. couple has our congratu-
.lations. They enter tained their
many friends Monday night at
thehome Of the grooms father. 1.
j ohm Hend erson and Miss Lou
Lester each closed q uccessful.
term Of school here. ,Fhe schoEI
ars showed mar ed imp proven ent.
I insboth depart ~ nts, which does
5credi IL to the teacher
Miss Belle w arc, Of " illmarr,,,
has been engaged to teac "a two g:
months ter Of pr Viste school
here. The first days attend dance,
Monday, mum bereds28 scholar Ii
was seen. On pass engera 4 train q.
go, Monday look ii a.bran
new nnifo rm. 9 vii etSsome:=