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the wickedest aggregation of human skill:
ard as an engine for dealing death and
demolition. of force enough to make the
hardest shudder; but as the watchful pick
ct for the ponderouS armor-clad, the keeper
OF narrow passes, the guardian OF shallow
bays and the broad reaches Of navigable
rivers ard the sentinel Of seaboard cities, it
b. ars a burden of comfortable assurance to
the dearest lover of peace and a boon Of
security to the most tiInid breast.
Torpedo Bont of Today.
The torpedo boat of today is the product
of twenty-three years of mechanical adj
vance: the rival of a quondam speed Of
something less than fifteen knots-just half
of present attainment; and a throbbing
mass of energy and high pressures.
Taking as a type the Rowan. now
building we have a torpedo boat. pure and
simple. somewhat In advance of the first
class foreign craft of the same order and,
in this superiority. meeting the more trying
exigelcies forced upon US by our rugged
coast line.
With a length of 10 feet of finely formed
body, and a maximum breadth of only II
feet. eight feet of water will bear her dis
placement. or total weight of 80 tons. OF
iris mass. just one-ha:f is taken up by the
boilers ard motive nechaniSms-d ouble the
percentage required by the fleet Column
bia, ard when her engines are turning the
two screws four hundred times a min
under the pressure of 30 pounds of steam
a development of 500 horsepower will
push her through the water at a speed Of
twenty-six knots and more an hour.
With sixty tons of coal in her bunkers,
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and 1915 feet beam are crowded engines
carable of developing as much as 6,O0O
indicated horse power. a Juggling energy of
twenty-three horses for every ton Of the
CT ats get-up, and well may she travel
at the respectable railroad speed of thirty
five miles an hour.
A look into her stoke hold Is something
not to be forgotten. At full power the
firing never ceases. The stokers work with
uEfiagging vigilance amid the narrow
spaces that eccromy demands, while the
hot air swims with the coal dust stirred
by the blowers that fan the seething fur
naces to a binding whiteness dangerous
to the naked eye. Thanked by these blazing
beds, the firemen must goad the boilers to
their utmost. despite the fact that every
to life should shot let loose the scalding
steam within those throbbing caIdrons.
In the Engine Room.
In the engine rooms a steamy, oil-laden
mist prevails. The journals foa n with a
mixture Of water and Oil. and the cranks
the constant rain of lubricants and cooling
water. The engines roar with a deafening
rumble, and sliding parts race up and
down, in and out. with a rapidity and Ger
tainty that give to the fraction of mo-
ment measurable dignity. The shafts re-
volye four hundred times and more a min
ute, and one might wonder whence came
the needful steam did one not know that
the boilers are capable Of eyaporating their
entire contents every ten minutes-able to
transform, in that time, ten tons of water
into steam The meaning Of that work
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DR.. Mccoy
GIVES FOR
THE SUMMER
The Uniform $3Rate Orig
inal in His Practice.
And Extends It So That II
Applies to All Patients
and All Diseases.

This announcement of the n rate
Tor the summer applies not only to
Catarrh, but to all diseases. It's
especial Appropriateness for dis
casea of q Catarrhal nature lies in
these factss All those diseases that
attack the nose. blocking its mas.
snGess that attack the throat, cnus-
Ing irritation; that attack the ear
tubes, producing head noises and
Deafnessi that attack the bronchial
Tubes md Lung TUbes, nre aggrn-
waited by the weather Of fall, winter
and spring. They Improve in the
warm weather .months, because mt
such times there In little change I'm
the temperature; the damp spells
that produce colds are absent, and
the high winds loaded with dust
that frrftate the breathing tracts
nre absent. In winter even the Doc
tors skill 10 often taxed to cure
Catarrh. Nature Offers obstacle
after olsstncIe, and I'm one day mn
does all the good he has been able
to perform i'm n week. In summer
nature helps the Doctor. One month
of summer treatment for Catarrh IL
worth two months Of the pnOst careful
winter treatment. II all who suffer
from Catnrrh were wise enough TO
devote a little Of the summer TO treat
ment there would soon be few cases
Of Cntarrh TO trent, cases Of Deafness
would become rare, head noises q
curiosity md chronic coughs and
consumption would be reduced to n
minimum. Doctor Mccoy departs
from his usual custom I'm this In
stance only by making the 81 rate
cover all diseases. IL applies not only
to Summer Treatment for Cntarrh,
but IL applies to every disease.
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She Is Cured of Catarrh.

Mrs. b. J. Conner, 1872 F 1t. net ~
had been a great sufferer from catarrh. end Doc
tors Mccoy and Cowden have cured Inc. Ny trou-
BILE began with n COLI My became
SO stopped up could not breathe through It, and
soon 1 found the sense of smell leaving me. and
In q short time II lost entirely.
L always hawking and splitting. because
Of the .mucus dropping into my throat. and at
night I could not sleep. Ny rest broken.
I would wake up frequently with a smothered
feeling, and find my mouth dry from constantly
breathing through 1t that could scarcely swallow.
But the greatest difficulty In eating. I
would have to stop after each mouthful to get my
breath. forI could not breathe through my nose
at all. My throat rled up ut times that
I could scarcely speak; it was an effort TO say .
word
Last winter the catarrh exten1ed to my stom-
ach, and disturbed greatly. After uaeals 1
would bloat up and there a constant heavy.
miserable feeling.
Il was treated by two well known physicians,
but received no benefit from them. My improve
ment under Drs. Mccoy and Cowden's treatment
has been wonderful. My nose is perfectly clear.
My stomach longer troubles me. My sense
of smell Is wholly restored, and can heartily
say that L am cured"
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The Hearts Story.
Exchange.

Exchange.
will not doubt, though all my ships at
Come drifting home with broken masts and sails.
/ will believe the hand which never falls
From seeming evil worketh good for me;
And though l weep because those sails are tat
tered,
Still will cry while my best hopes shattered,
Il trust in Thee"
will not doubt, though all my prayers return
Unanswered from the still white realm above;
will believe 1t Is an all-wse love
Which has refused these things for which yearn;
And though ut times cannot keep from gricvins,
Yet the pure artlOr Of my fixed believing
Undimmed shall burn.
will not doubt. though sorrows fall like rain,
And troubles swarm like bees about to hive;
will believe the heights for which strive
Are only reached by anguish and by pain,
And, though groan and writhe beneath my
crosses,
yet shall see through my severest losses
The greater gain.
I will not doubt. Well anchored In this faith,
Like some stanch ship, my soul braves every gale;
SO strong its courage will not quail
To breast the mighty unknown sea of DEATH
Oh! may cry, though body parts with spirit,
II do not doubt" listening worlds may hear Il,
With my last breath!
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forces CT our latest and largest battle
ships are really at the mercy of our small
est torpedo craft. and that craft, in turn,
the especial prey of the torpedo boat de-
stroyer.
In the battle ship we have gathered
powers of untold possibilities and housed
them within walls of enormous strength.
In the torpedo boat We have filled fragile
frame with great activity and charged it
with single but awful means of annihila-
ton: while in the destroyer We have re-
tanned all of the torpedo boats original de-
structiveness bettered by speed and gun-fire
of superior reach.
Torpedo boat attack must be under cover
of darkness. or either in the gloom of fog
or the smoke-shroudsd confusion of battle.
To the general conduct of modern warfare,
the stealth and spirit of torpedo-boat ser
vice is singulariy analogous to the dagger
thrust of the ancient swordsman. and bears
with it all of that essence of desperate cum
ming.
As the natural foe to every other craft
save the destroyer" the torpedo boat Is
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into six compartments and within these
are placed the propelling, the directive. and
the exploding mechaniSms.
The boiler of this small craft In one of
the six CON partments and about ten feet
lorg, into which air is crowded till a pres
sure Of $50 pounds to the square inch Ii
res ched. ninety times that of the normal
atmosphere, and a very dangerous force.
This air is fed. under ingenious control. to
a wonderful little engine. which. within
the space Of fair-sized firl<in, develops
an energy of thirty horse power. and, in
turn. revolyes the two screws with force
rgh 10 send the torpedo, for q distance
of 5000 feat, on its way at speed OF
thirty-five miles an hour.
Its Terrible Rush.
Its nose armed with modem net-cut-
ter, no ordinary fabrication of steel rope
and chain could Withstand the rush of
that force; while once through and its
wicked burden burst against a ships bot
tom below the armor belt. the damaged
craft would be certainly doomed.
The torpedo is fred from the tube by
just powder enough to fill a good-sized
cannon cracker. A little clip or catch turns
On the power within the torpedo as 1t pass
IS out of the tube and by the time 1t has
Gived, the engines have reached their full
working speed without sudden jar.
Once well clear of the boats side-regu-
lated by circumstances from fourteen
yards 10 300 feet-the striker on the head
IS Tree 10 OetOndte the charge Wltnln, just
back of this plunger lie thirty-eight grains
Of illuminate Of mercury-about the bulk of
large peanut-which, when fgnited by
percussion, expands to $500 times its nor
NAL size, transmitting, in turn. a tremen-
dOus blow to the charge of gun cotton and
causing the latter to explode with frightful
unity and force.
In the hands of the ignorant or the care
less, the orpedo is a danger alike to friend
or foe but under the guidance of the skill
ed and resolute, 1t Is the most awful i'm
plement of warfare: awful in threat and
awful in deed
Torpedo Boat Destroyer.
The torpedo boat destroyer is a magnified
torpedo boat of great speed. ranging, with
US, from go to 260 tons displacement, and
in outward appearance built purposely like
better able to approach within striking dis
lance before her true character be dis
closed. With a sudden squirt, her superior
speed would soon bring the smaller craft
under the murderouS fire Of the deStroyerS
six-pounders. leaving to the torpedo boat
only a choice of surrender or immediate
destruction. In the destroyer, the battle
ship and the cruiser have even a more
dangerous enemy than in the simple tor
stress Of weather, limited speed or re-
stricted endurance must halt, the Destroy
er may continue to carry out Its murder
Gus mission.
EverythiI that applies to the torpedo
boat in the matters of great speed, de-
structive power and mechanical skill, is
applicable on a wider scale to the de-
stIoyer.
Into a hull something like 21O feet long
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Cured of Catarrh Contracted
During the War.

William III. Miller, 336 18th ct. s.e.,
Washington. D. c., employed in the Peusion once,
Il had catarfh for years. I think my trouble
dates back to the war. and the result Of
exposure during the service. II grew worse con-
stantly year after year. My head felt all STOPPED
up and I had harsh, barking cough. Thsrs
seemed to be something sticking in my throat Ike
. fshbone- something I could not eislodge.
Il kept losing flesh right along and got very
weak got run down that when I went up
stairs had to sit down. had a dull head
ache all the time and the discharge from my
nose was something terrible.
My STOMACH troubled me- too. very badly. n
only drank water il hurt me, and II 1 STOPPED to
pick up an, thing would have intense pain
was always gagging on account OF In my
throat.
- The treatment has done me n wonderful lot
Of good. 1 have gained eight pounds In weight.
Ny nose is perfectly clear the is all gons,
and sleep well. feel perfectly we'll
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well done can be appreciated only in the
face of accident: and unstinted praise
should be melted those whose mission
means the successful management of such
forces.
1t is not only in the stokeholds and en-
CINE room that the tax is felt to those in
charge OF the navigation Of such "a craft
comes burden OF grave responsibility as
veil as call upon their nerve and cour-
age. 1t requires a steady hand and quick
eye to meet the exigencies of a speed en-
failing certain death and a broken neck
UPON him who may be so unlucky as 10 fall
overheard. Only few turns of the pro-
peilers, ard the craft bounds forward like
startled deer, while at full speed she re-
spends to the helm with wonderful but
alarming careening quickness The ham
ding of such a craft in all her tactical nos
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she will represent days of Independent USE
fulness. while the disposition of that fuel
abreast the boilers and engines will shield
for time her vitals from moderate gun
fire.
That the damage of a penetrating shot
may be localized. the boat Is divided by
Observation-Disclosures even by waIer-tight
doors-iEto some ten or twelve separate
compartments, each Of which Is under the
control of powerful pumps.
The accommodations for the complem mt
OF twentyfoIr are more snug Ihan corn
InodioLs, and are fitted up with that nice
economy of space common 20 sleeping cars
IN the way of folding beds and other ad-
Unstable furniture.
Inside. ard out. too. SO far as navigation
and signaling go, the boat Is Iignted by
electricity. while numerous auxiliary en-
gines will do o score of helpful services to
tighten the labors Of the crew.
On deck she carries three lS-inch tor
pedo tubes on swivel mounts OF wide Sweep
together with three cne-poundsr rapd-fire
guns. while on top OF the forward tower
within which the captain will guide the
craft In action-she carries another gun of
Ike caiiber.
The purpose of the boat is really centered
In the four torpedoes carried. lggregating
mass Of thirty-iive hundred pounds and
the tons upon tons OF other ma teral are de-
signed but 70 bear this modest burden to a
Successful issue These torpedoes-pIayful-
ly known as steel babies'-are of the
Whitehead type. and today represent the
consequence of thirty odd years of iireless
trial and study.
The Modern Torpedo.
The modern. automobile torpedo Is a wee
steel vessel of marvellous self-sufficiency
fmpelled by miniature engine of great
power and deIicacy, steered by self-adjust-
ing rudders that meet. automatically, the
variations Of subalueous pressures and
hold the torpedo at a determined depth.
on It's errand OF demolition.
The eighteen-inch torpedo. so termed be-
cause OF its greatest diameter, Is a blunt
headed cigar-shaped structure about SIX
teen feet six inches long, bearing within
its blun head a charge Of two hundred
and twenty pounds Of gun cotton, the de-
structive equivalent Of . quarter Of ton
Of cannon powder. The body II divided
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could increase his revenues at will 1t Is
the king who decides what the taxes are to
be. He taxes what he pleases and whom
he pleases. He gets his money from all
sorts of sources, from gambling to farming
and the taxes up& some classes of people
are SO heavy thafH5iamese men have often
to sell their wis and children as debt
slaves to enabls Them to foot the bills. I
saw men in chains working on the road
under the shadow ibf the palace wall and I
was told thai the kings laws were such
that all of rs subjects have to work a
part Of each{EyeaH. without pay. for him.
He has. you know about 10,OO0,0O0 of peo-
pie In his kingdom. The kine's tower IL
absolute. BY q word he can deprive q man
of his property, throw him into chains or
put him to death He owns not only the
men, but the women AZ well. and he has
the right to take into his harem any
maiden that attracts his fancy.
A visit to the Palace.
The king has acres OF palaces. In the
center OF the big city Of Bangkok there Is
. little city surrounded. by q big wan which
contains tho quarters Of his majesty and
those Of his servants and his harem The
latter IL shown to no man. but was able
to 20 through some Of thu finest buildings
OF me palace proper. Passing the soldiers
a4 the gate walked for perhape q ouarfer
OF mile by one building AFTER another
until came TO aH immense structure
which In the distance looked like lnsrbIe
Az drew closer cav that the marble
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subjects than any monarch outside of the
petty tyrants of savage Africa, l heard
much about him during my stay in Siam
few years ago. His majesty was away
from his capital at the time Of my visit.
He had gone up the River Menam in one of
his royal hoHsebbHts. with about thirty Of
his wives and was not expected back for
weeks. 1 met. however. the men closest to
him. I had letters from our cabi-
net ministers at Washington to the leading
Siamese officials, and was given an inside
view of matters connected with his majesty
and his government
His majesty is called Chualongkorn for
short. His real title is Prabat Somdet Pra
Pramend Maha Chulalongkorn Kate Klow
Chow-yu-Hua. He is the ninth child Of
Maha Mongkut,, who was the last
king. Maha Mongkut had eighty-four
children. and OF these Chulalongkorn
was chosen to be placed upon the Siamese
throne. He has 1thirty-four half brothers
and forty-rine Half sisters, and he liked
one of his half sisters SO well that he has
married her. and she is now the queen.
The king is forty-four years old. He
is about feet inches high, has a plump
olive-brown face, beautiful eyes of liquid
black, broad. high. rather full forehead,
and short, straight black hair His nose Is
short and half fiat, his lips are rather thick.
and his upper lip is decorated with silky
black mustache. He dresses in clothes
which might pass well for those of BIZ
cycler. In the place Of pantaloons he
wears q wide strip of black silk, or surong,
which Siamese gentlemen wrap around
their waists and pull between their legs.
SO that 1T forms pair Of loose knee
breeches.. He~wears long silk stockings
and low shoes, while the upper part Of his
body is clad in g. military coat. His
majesty sometimes wears helmet. At
other times he sports derby hat, and 1t
is only upon state occasions at his home
that he puts on one of his enormous
crowns. He has several such crowns in his
palace. These crowns are pyramids Of
Jewels set in gold, rising in circular tiers,
and ending in a long point, like that of a
pencil, 10 or 20 inches above the head Of
the wearer.
He Has Money to Burn.
The king is practically the owner of Siam.
He has one of the richest countries Of
Asia 1t Is bigger than Germany and
richer than Egypt. There Is no land any
where which will produce more valuable
rice It's mighty forests are full Of
teak wood, and its mines contain gold,
silver and precious stones The king has
hundreds Of elephants. some of which are
worth 81, 600 apiece and his income is said
to amount to mole than $1O,OO0,OO0
year. l was told at Bangkok that he
had between $3O.OOO.OOO and $4O,OO0,OOO
stored up for rainy day and that Re
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sibiiities Is something we have yet before
us; and something that we shall have to
learn before We can make the most Of our
growing notflla; and IL Is needless to re-
mark that efficiency then viii prove a mat
ter of years.
Like the torpedo boats. the destroyers are
ntted with torpedo tubes. and our own 30
knot boats will carry at least two OF them
field of action.
Each destroyer win carry from four to
SIX 6-pounder rapid-fire guns. and liberal
supply or ammunition, and with that force
10 race. only an armored torpedo boat un-
DER the happtest of conditions could hope to
efcape.
The Depot Ship.
The development Of the torpedo boat ras
led to the building OF torpedo depot ships,
vessels Of large size, good speed and eon-'
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Last summer young woman from Kan
sas City while visiting friends in this city
placed small bet on a race at Roby. picked
the three winners in their order and pocket
ed s., 900 In cash.
That night she was busily explaining to
house what she would do with her new
found wealth, when ! asked her how she
gained such a remarkable knowledge OF
the turf.
II don't know anything about such things
'Then how did you happen to pick three
winners out Of big feldr'I asked.
"Well," she said earnestly, ut was very
easy. bought daily paper which con-
tanned list OF the entries at Roby Then
I turned the paper over and stuck q hair
pin through 1t. The first name I hit 1
set down for first place. the second ono for
second place and the rhird for third place."
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A Credit SQle.

From the New Yo-k Times.
In one of the small New York towns
where the residents swap farm products
for groceries a boy was sent to the store
by his mother. and this Is what an aston
ished outsider heard MIN say to the store
hen Is on"
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of peace by force
bears in its growth
the ceaseless devel-
opment of iustru-
meIts and masses,
today victorious, to-
morrow vanluished,
and all by the same
restless ingenuity
that, but yesterday.
gave the balance of
might TO the defeat
ed.
Tho mana arnta
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is MAJESTY KING
Chulalongkorn is now
l n E uro pe, a n d
Is expected to cross
the A t l a ntic in
his royal yacht to
make a visit to the
United States. Chu-
lalongkorn is t h Q
King of Siam. He IL
the richest ruler Of
the world, with per-
haps the exception Of
the czar, and he has
more power over his
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Iho highest typo Of Crystal beauty -
LbbeG Cnt 0laas. Pn0oe that ft = Ekk
g9 = this trade marx cut On ebasy tsXSSgy
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It matters little what 1t Is that you want
whether q situation or a servants "wants
ad. in The Star will reach the person who
can I'LL your need.
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The King Of Siam May Come to This
Country.
ONE OF TEE RICHEST OF RULERS
Description Of His Wonderful
Palace at Bangkok.
NO CURB TO HIS POWER
IS MAJESTY KING
lyo~v, 20 ro-

Copyrighted. 1897 by Frank G. Carpenter.)>
Written for The Evening Star.
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Fun Of Things.

From Puck.
Gildersleeve-"They say there are mi
crobes In whisky"
wuberforce-"And air ships. too"
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From Other Fellows.
From Life.
She's the star Of his existence,
Is the girl Of whom he sings:
And he thinks she must he Saturn.
For she has SO many rings.