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FOLSOM FIREMEN.
That Town is to Have Fire
Company.

The Folsom Telegraph" of Satur-
day contains the following:
AT last Folsom is to have an or
ganized fire department. The fire lad
dies for while will probably have only
ladders and buckets to fight fire. with,
but hope soon to be presented with a
good hose and reel by the business men
and property owners.
AT the called meeting held Monday
night last the boys We're anxious to
form fire company. But few business
men were represented, but that is all
right as they will do their share when
it comes to putting up money for the
apparatus.
"The meeting Monday night was pre-
sided over by w. A. Ford and H. NJ
Smith was selected as Secretary. 1t
was decided to organize and do the
best they could, even if only a bucket
brigade could be formed for the pres
ent But we feel satisfied the merchants
and property owners will supply the
boys with suitable fire apparatus.
Nothing was done at the meeting
further than to appoint a Committee
on Organization and one on finance.
The committees are:
Committee ON Organization-A. J.
Smith, NJ. ]. E. Totten, A A. Borges,
r. G.. Currier and p. Rigney.
COMMITTEE on Finance Hyman,
p. c. Cohn, Gus Bauer, w. II. Schar-
din, Jas. +. Burke, Jas H. Donnelly,
IF. NJ Smith, j. II. Burnham and J. B.
Leonard.
The next meeting will be held Mon
day night, August 1st. A big crowd
should be present"
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DIED.

McCAMLY-At San Ramon, July 2eth.
George McCamly, husband of Ann Me,
Camly, and brother-in-law of George
Hack. Sr., of Sacramento, a native of
Michigan, aged 20 years.
Friends and acquaintance are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
this tMonday) morning at 10 O'CLOCK
from the parlors of Miller & McMullen
800 X street. Interment City Cemetery.
CALDEREVOOD-In this city. july 3Ist
George E., son of Mr.. and Mrs J. r
Calderwood, a native of California. aged
10 years.
Funeral notice hereafter
McDONALD-In this city, July Both. Mar
garet Mcdonald, beloved wife Of Bar
tholomew Mcdonald, mother of Mary
Agnes, Bartholomew, Francis, Margaret
and Daniel Mcdonald, a native of Dub
(St. Paul, Mimi, papers please copy.)
Friends and acquaintance are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
this (Monday) afternoon at 2:30 O'clock
from the mortuary parlors of w r
Gormley, 916 j street thence to the
Cathedral. where services will be held
Interment st. Joseph's Cemetery.
HAYFORD-In this city. July Both, Clar-
ence r., husband of Annie j. Hayford
son of g. 0. and Eunice G. Hayford
brother of Carroll l.. Hayford a native
of Maine, aged "a years, months and
% days.
Friends and acquaintances are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
services tomorrow (Tuesday), at 10 a.
M. at the residence of his parents S2S
Fourteenth street. Friends can view
the remains after d. m. to-day In
terment at Colfax.
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AUGUST WEATHER.
It's Chief Features During the Last
Tweuty.Oue Years.

The following data, covering a period
Of twenty-one years, has been compiled
from the Weather Bureau records at
the Weather Bureau:
Temperature-Mean or normal tenn
perature, "A degrees; the warmest
month was that of 1888, with an aver
age of "a degrees; the coolest month
was that of 1887 with an average of
40 degrees; the highest temperature
was 10S degrees on the 9th, 1894; the
lowest temperature was 4S degrees on
the 30, 1881; average date on which
first killing" frost occurred in au-
tumn, November 10Th; average date on
which last killing" frC~1 occurred in
spring, February 10th.
ecipitation-Average for the month.
O.Ol inches; average number of days
with .01 of an inch or more, o; the
greatest monthly precipitation was
O.2O inches in 1896; the least monthly
1880 1881, 1882. 1883, 1885, 1856. 1889.
1891, 1892, 1893: the greatest amount
of precipitation recorded in any twenty
four consecutive hours was 02O inches
on the 80, 1896.
Clouds and Weather-Average num-
Der Of clear days, %; partly cloudy
days, ,; cloudy days, O.
Wind-The prevailing winds have
been from the south; the highest veloc-
ity of the wind was twenty eight miles,
from the southwest, on the 9th, 1896
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out of the well-known bitch, Sweet
heart Count Noble-Dashing Novice),
also noted dam. Sweetheart was the
first bitch ever to be sent East to be
bred, and the result produced the we'll
known performers, Sirius and Sunlit.
Sirius was a very large dog, and there
fore lacked to some extent that nerv-
Gus dash so much admired in the field
trial dog. He was, however, a dog
of good speed and splendid endurance.
Possessing great bird sense and a level
head, he was as a bevy finder the peer
of the best-stanch and always reliable.
Considering his size, his record in
the trials was even more than good, for
he was the winner of one second and
two-thirdS in the all -age stakes. He
was a dog of splendid disposition, well
broken and perfectly obedient-one of
those rare animals that need no hand
ling, but know what is wanted and al
ways do it without either fuss or di-
rection.
Isl was dog of the most affectionate
disposition, and at once became the pet
of all who knew him, and those who
will regret to hear of the death of the
grand old dog will form long list.
AT the death of Mr.. Bennett ST be-
came the property of ]. M. Kilgariff,
the Secretary of the Pacific Coast
Field Trials Club, and was therefore
a constant visitor at the trials for
many years.
When old 81 had rounded out an
allotment of years far beyond the av-
erage, still it is harder to lose an old
friend than a new one, and Mr.. Kill
gariff no doubt feels the los keenly, as
will also the many friends of the grand
old dog. May he find in the rest of
eternity a rest for the many hours of
pleasure he has furnished to those who
have shot over him
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FIRES IN THE HILLS.
The Village of Shing1e Springs
Had Narrow Escape.

Reports have come in of terribly de-
structive fires in the foothills and near
valley sections. 1t is said that a fire
started a couple of days ago near
Acampo. on the Mokeumne River. and
burned over a large area, including
groves of young oaks, swept on up the
hills into Amador and thence into the
pine forests in the vicinity of Pleasant
Valley, Ell Dorado County, DESTROYING
timber and other property.
Another fire, starting in the vicinity OF
Shingle Springs on Saturday, laid waste
large extent of country and would
have destroyed that village but for the
timely aid of trainload of people who
went from Placerville.
While foothill and mountain fires are
Of almost annual occurrence. they are
seldom as destructive as have been
those Of the present summer. Owing
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A DAY WITH AMATEURS.
Some Good Ball Playing on Su-
burban Diamonds.

There was considerable speculation
on the result of the game between the
Athletic Club and the Phoenix Mills
teams at Oak Park yesterday afternoon,
and While no odds We're offered the
friends of the Millers laid many bets,
and as a consequence, walked home in
default of street-car fare.
When the last ball was pitched the
Athletics had piled UP twelve runs,
while their opponents had succeeded in
getting two men over the home plate
both in the first inning.
The Phoenix boys led off with two
runs and their hackers went wild when
the Athletics We're shut out. But then
came the turn of the tune. Shields
settled down and pitched a strong, win
ming game, and the men behind him
were playing ball. Strive as they did,
the Millers were unable to peg another
hole, and cipher after cipher was
chalked up to their credit until the
finish.
While the field work of the Phoenix
boys was ragged, and their batting
weak, it must be admitted that they
played in hard luck. On three occasions
they had a man anchored on third, wit
nobody out, but in each instance they
died" there. They made a number of
star plays, too. and two doubles, by
Smith to Griffin to Pope, were all wool
and a yard wide. Merkley in left field
won the plaudits of the large crowd by
taking a hard chance on a long fly.
But the Athletic team worked to-
gether, and We're out TO win the 500
which the other people had put up on
the game. While it is true that fun
BILE would creep in occasionally, these
turned out to be nothing very serious,
and at the bat the boys redeemed them
selves. The Athletics are constitution
ally great at the bat, and they straight
ened out Fitzgeraids curves for all
kinds Of runs
The score by innings was as follows:
Athletics .......0 o 1 1 ) o o 1-12
Phoenix 2 o o q o 0 O o. =
THE SEALS WENT DOWN.
In the vernacular of the diamond the
A. j. Pommers didn't do a thing to-
the Red Seals at their game at Snow
flake Park yesterday afternoon, except
TO snow them under to the tune of -:
TO 8
1t was just as easy as shooting fish,
and when the dust cleared away after
the skirmish the purse hung up for the
winners had settled down in the jeans
of the Pommers, and the Seals were on
the stool of repentance.
AT times good, strong, snappy ball
was played, but at still other times the
ball rolled merrily around and slipped
between legs and through fingers as
though the boys We're professionals at
tempting to show a Sacramento audi
ence how not to play baseball The
score is as follows:
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THE HOWARDS.
What the Association is Doing 70,
the Poor.

Rev. A. c. Herrick, manag-r for the
Howard Benevolent Association, re-
ports that for the month of July just
passed, seventy different families have
been helped by the association. includ-
ing l4I children, and representing eigh-
teen different States and fourteen coun-
ties. In most of these families there
are no husbands or fathers, they being
either dead or divorced or had deserted
their wives and children.
Personal investigation will be made
of those who receive help or wish as
sistance, and donations will be most
gratefully received and acknowledged.
The depot for distribution is on Sew
enth street, between X and L, and will
be open Tuesdays and Fridays from ,
to p. m.
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"OLD ST."
A Noted Sacramento-Bred Dog
Goes to His Rest

San Francisco Field Sports: THE
death of j. NJ Kilgariff's English set
ter, Sirius, removes from the world of
dogdom one OF the best-known dogs of
the State. Old ST. as he was affec-
tionately called by all who knew him,
was whelped in May. 1856. and was
therefore over twelve years old at the
time Of his death He was bred by
the California Kennels of Sacramento.
and sold when puppy to the late
Thomas Bennet, who sent him East to
Charles Tucker Of Stanton, Tenn, to be
broken.
Isl was by that good sire and field
performer Sportsman (Gladstone-Sue)
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to the lack of winter and spring rains
the timber and brush is much dryer
than usual, and everything burns that
is attacked by the flames.
While many fires are started by care
less campers and hunters, it is difficult
to account for the origin of others. It
is quite probable that many seemingly
mysterious fires are caused by bottles
that are cast away by travellers, hunt
ers and others. Under the fierce heat
Of the summer sun a white-glass bot
tie is capable of setting fire to the dry,
tinder-like grass, acting as sunglass
would under similar conditions.
AS the woods are full of empty bot
ties, it is no wonder there are many
fires.
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Do you seek safe investment?
There's nothing more certain to yield
big returns in nerve strength, pure
blood and good health than Hood's S
Sarsaparilla.
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TO LET.

$35-Seven rooms, completely furnished
streets.
s11-A fiat of 6 rooms, BATH hot and cold
water, on west side Of Eighteenth p
and @ streets.
$4o-F'ine residence of 9 rooms: modern
improvements: nice lawn and shrub
berry; very pretty place.
$14-New cottage, built last year. )
rooms, bath, patent closet; choicest
dwelling in city for the money. 1927 e
street.
$l5-No. 1712 f street. cottage Of rooms.
with modern improvements
$30-Brick store building with frame addi-
ton. northwest corner Seventeenth and
n streets; it is a splendid location for
butcher shop in conjunction with a
grocery store.
W. P. COLEMAN,
Real Estate Salesroom, 325 Street
p. BOHL. Manager.
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A benefit is to be given Manager Cliff
ton of the Orpheum on the 11th and
by local talent to enable the manager
who has won so much favor here, to
recover somewhat from recent losses.
The record-union., 1898-08-01

Summary: Two-base hits-McCaffery 2,
kestler. Crowley. o OBrien. w. Henley.
Three-base hits-W. Henley 2. Home runs
-McCaffery. Sheehan. Bases on balls
Pommers 49, Red Seals s. Stolen bases
Pommers $. Red Seals s. Struck out-By
McCaffery 4. by Doane 5. Hit by pitcher
Silver. Wild pitch-oane /. Left
on bases-Pommers T. Red Seals s. Time
Of game-2 hours. Umpire-Butler.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

S. Ginsberg says he is about to erect
a new theater on the site of Jacobs Hall
on j street and that it will be a model
in all respects.
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ALFREDUMS EGYPTIAN HENNA
A vegetable dye for Immediately re-
storing gray hair to it's original color
Convenient and effective; no objection
able qualities. For sale by first-class
druggists and hair dressars
The record-union., 1898-08-01

OF all the voters of said county in &C.
cordance with the provisions of Section
1894 of the Political Code of the State of
California, it will be necessary for all
electors, in order to vote at the next
general election, to be held on Tuesday,
November s, 1858, to make application in
person to be registered.
Notice is hereby given that said new
registration will commence on June l.
1898. and continue to and including August
IA, 1898, when such registration shall
cease, provided that any elector who has
registered and thereafter moved his res
idence to another precinct in the same
county thirty days before said day of
election may have his registration trans
ferred to such other precinct upon his
application. verified by oath. setting forth
the change of residence and containing
the other facts required for original regis
tration. but no transfer from one pre-
cinct to another shall be made after
date twenty-seven days before November
8. 1893
The office of the County Clerk at the
Courthouse, corner of Seventh and
streets. Sacramento City, California will
be open from a. m. to s. p. m. and from
p. m to p. m. each day except Sun
day. All citizens please take notice and
get registered.
w B. HAMILTON. County Clerk.
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McMorry sells groceries Agent for
Coronado water and Stockton sarsa-
parilla and iron. 531 NJ street.
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Coronado water. Stockton sarsapa-
rilla and iron, champagne cider, ginger
ale, orange cider. ]. McMorry. agent.
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Pabst cafe and grill rooms, strictly
first-class resort. 1913 Sixth st.
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MARRIED

FORD-MILLER-At the residence of the
brides parents. near Florin, on JULY 3lst
w. l.. Ford of Perkins and Miss Birdie
Bell Miller, Rev. j. r. Watson. off,
ciating. This couple are to make their
future home in Sacramento
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Removed-Charles A. Palm has re-
moved his iron works to 1119 Sixth
street.
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Buy no experiment. for you can buy
such popular pianos as the Emerson for
$500, upwards, SO per month. Pom
mer, corner Ninth and j streets.
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Smoke "The Maine.,

Smoke "The Maine."
The new patriotic cigar, the prince of
five cent smoke. A. Coolot. distribu-
tor.
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OTHER GAMES.

One of the hottest of amateur ball
games Of the season took place yester-
day morning at Fourteenth and r. The
opposing teams were the Second Street
Terrors and the Nailers The Terrors
were nailed to the tune of 8 to o.
The batteries for the winners We're
Stenley and Sheehan and for the losers
Steckman and Burke. The features of
the game We're the pitching of Henley
and two double plays, one credited to
each side.
AT Hangtown Crossing yesterday the
team of that place was defeated by the
Perkins balltossers by a score of 9 TO l.
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Elegant miniature portraits in water
colors given away at Boysen's. BIS J.
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Do you need a hat for your vacation
trip? Van Alstine's millinery. GOT ]. =
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For cool, sharp glass Of steam or
lager, Ell Dorado, S26 j.
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Change Accomplished

Try McMorry's Blend Coffee. 35c. .
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ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR-THD
WEEKLY UNION. The best weekly.
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Str Grace Dollar

Positively sailing AUGUST 9th. at p. M,
for St. Michael direct, connecting with
the company's staunch and light-draught
steamers "ALVISO" and ROMA" under
the mana cement of Captain Rideout for
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03

In referring to the recent tiaSeo be
tween Corbett and Sharkey, the Globe
Democrat of one day last week, says:
The great fight is over, and pugiliSlH
has received another black eye from
its opponents" All decent people
would be glad to know that it had re-
ceived its death blow. Pugilism at
its best is nothing more than an eXhi-
bitiOn of brute strength and what is
known as the manly art. 1t is fully
as debasing in its tendency as foot
ball, and makos brutes of its devotees.
The manly art" is an excellent thin
to have a knowledge of, and il often
helps a man out in a close place. but
the pugilistS come to the front and
talk about it. and may we'll tremble
for its admirers, We have a great
many faults as a people, VT are in
cllned to set men on a pedestal and
worship them who have no more claim
to our consideration than the fact that
they have succeeded in MASKING some
other mans face out of all semblance
to that of a human being in three or
four rounds: but we are getting over
this. Now when two of these bruisers
get into the ring together we hope
they will succeed in killing each other.
There is no professional prize fighter
living whose death would cause a
great loss to the country, and the
DEMOCRAT would take pleasure in
writing up free obituaries of all of
Lon,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
POSSIBILITIES OF CUBA.
United States-Ohers No Oppor-
funities for "Boomfng."

In his paper on The Possibilities of
Cuba" read before the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement OF
Science, Prof. Robert I. Hill, of the
United States geological survey, said
ihat although it was the solemn duty
of the United States to carry out the
declaration of congress to establish
Cuban independence, there is a strong
feeling on the part Of the American
and foreign residents ofCuba that the
ultimate destiny of this island will be
absorption into the American union.
That it can be ultimately brought
about by natural and friendly means
there is 20 doubt.
Prof. Hill then referred to two liz
portant facts which the Americans
who contemplate invading the pros
pective field should bear in mind.
First, that Cuba is an old and settled
country. in which the land ard min
Pral titles are largely fixed, and that
it offers no opening for booming"
such as has followed the opening up of
new and unsettled countries.
\ second fact to be remembered is
that Cuba is situated within the
tropics ard northern races cannot be
established there except Ct the sssri:
flee Of many lives. Prof. Hill said that
with the rehabilitation of Cuba the
island will offer agricultural oppor-
tunities for the small farmer, fields for
investment for capitalists, in the line
of municipal and public improvements;
employment Of labor and the estab-
lishment of winter rnSaes and resorts
for the leisure classes. He saw in the
coming demand for acclimated labor
i solution OF the immigration question
in the United States by DETECTING the
tide from southern Europe from our
northern shores TO Cuba.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
ILLINOIS NAVAL MILITIA.
High Praise for the Men Who Fought
BroyeIy on TOnrI United States
Va-&bips.

The Illinois naval militia has distir-
guished itself during the war, and has
rot only wen the admiration OF the Of
ficers afoat, but those of the depart
ulent as well.
The people Of Illinois aud Com
ranGer Harrison should be proud of
their sailor boys, as they have won a
great name for themselves. Con-
mander Hempiill. of the navy. said:
Il wish TO state. without hesitation
or e~YuiyocatiCn. that the Illinois re-
serve Is the best in tie country. They
entered the s~Crvic" to fight. and they
Gid 50 Ike veterans. ard are deserving
Of much praise for their gallant CON
duct"
Sixty of these reserves were on board
the Oregon during the battle at Santi-
ago, and they conducted themselves
with such bravery that Immediately
after that desperate fight the officers
and men of the Oregon lined up and
gave three cheers for the Illinois re-
serves. At the beginning of the wal
they offered their services to the gov
eminent, and only stipulated hat they
should be sen where they would be In
the fray. When their organization was
broken up and scattered there was not
a murmur of discomfort, but everyone
was satisfied that his desire to partiei-
FHte in the war avcnSirg the Maine
was to be gratified. Some of the as
signments of the reserves are as fol-
lows: Oregon, 60; Yale, Sc; Harvard.
60; Cincinnati. IS; Franklin, 40; Yank-
ton, q; Newport. 81; Newark, 27; Dol
phin, %; Montgomery, 90; Hector, 81,
and the Terror, II.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
FOUGHT A PRAIRIE FIRE.
Passengers on a Santa Fe Train Hav,
q Novel Experience
In Kansas.

Passengers on the east-bound over
land train on the Santa Fe had a novel
experience in Hodgeman county, Kan.
sas. Between Houston and Jetmore 6
prairie fire was encountered which was
sweeping everything before it. A
great quantity of hay and some wheat
had been burned, and three homes
wiped out of existence. and despite
the efforts of the farmers the fire was
spreading and threatening everything
northward.
Seeing the situation the crew
stopped the train and turned in TO help
fight the fire. Passengers followed
suit and for more than an hour tine
train waited while the flames were
beaten down with wet sacks and blah'
kets and "backfres" started.
A stand was made on the railroad
right of way and the fire was finally
stopped there, although it crossed in a
few places and burned several hay
stacks on the north side of the track
before it was extinguished. About
$4,000 had been burned over.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
ONE PROUD CORPORAL.
Albert West, In First limo In
fantry, Writes His Mother How
He Captured Spaniards.

From all accounts Albert H. West,
a corporal in the First Illinois infan-
try, covered himself with glory during
the campaign in Cuba. His mother
IS in Rye, y. Y. In a letter to her the
young soldier declares that his squad
is the "proudest bunch of men in
Cuba" West succeeded in capturing
n Spanish officer and four men. all
of whom e acting as spies. He is
in possession of the machetes which
he captured from the Spaniards, and
promises to bring them home for the
adornment Of his mothers home.
The young corporal gives a vivid de-
scription of the hardships through
which the men have been obliged to
go since landing in Cuba. The coun-
try is fair to look upon, he
says, but the forests are filed
with dead bodies and countless
buzzards quarrel over the bodies,
which have been washed from hastily
prepared graves. he says his own
cheek bones stick out like knobs on
4 hatrack," and his eyes are as big as
soup plates. All his companions pre-
Sent a similar appearance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
The Model Ship.

The Oregon will probably take rank
as the model ship for future building
in the United States navy. There will.
of course, be an effort TO improve on
some of her points. but she has present
ed so much that is desirable that she
must be regarded in the light of a pat
tern. The Oregon steamed $4,000
miles and was ready to go into battle
ct the end of the journey. Capt. Clarke
sets down a two of the principal les
sons of the war, smokeless powder and
warships without woodwork. Then
comes speed.