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trenches Even then I saw some of their men turn and run back to the firing line.'
 Private Thomas, of Company E, Six teenth Infantry, shot in the thigh. and Private Glugg, shot In the hip, of Com pany c, Sixth Infantry, both agree that the only trouble was with the smoke of the Springfield rifles, which made 1t necessary to withdraw the regiment after 1t had suffered terribly.
 For years the inventors of these i'm proved war implements have vainly bombarded the government at Wash ington. The objections against Ameri- can devices were thicker than Spanish barnacles at Santiago.
 Hiram Maxim, an American, born in Maine, was forced to sell his famous rapid fire gun in Europe. With other governments Spain bought a lot of them
 Twenty years ago the "barbaric" Bashi- -Bazouks and Turks moved down the Russians with Henry and Winches- ter rifles adopted from an American pattern which the Government refused to buy on the ground that the gun was too complicated. But for it's vast ar mics Russia would have been defeated because of its inferior arms. It shows ignorance or dishonesty to say that American guns, used by barbarous Bashi- -Bazouks and Indians with terri ble effect, are too complicated for American soldiers.
 The history of SmokelesS powder In this country reflects severely on the Government. In 1884 the Navy Depart ment practically pronounced it fall
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and at their leisure work over the sides.
 The greater number of people, how ever. fish with all sorts of things. On the average the oysters lie beneath from eighteen to twenty-four inches of water. Since large numbers of people have been fishing the latter figure is the more nearly correct. And it nat urally follows that the oysters will be taken from the shallow places first, so increase until it will be impossible to obtain any without the proper equip ment.
 One day last week there were at least 200 people fishing for the mollusks on these public oyster beds. Some came in row boats and some in large sail boats These were anchored in conven- lent places and produced most anil mated effect as they bobbed merrily about on the surface of the waves.
 Some of the fishers used fire shovels, some used hoes and a number put the garden rakes into service. These lat ter proved most efffcacious in removing the bivalves, but had the disadvantage of crushing the shells and so ruining large numbers.
 Without the proper oyster grapples or tongs it is next to impossible to fish from a boat. As a consequence most of the people wade around in water about waist deep, and after tearing the oysters loose from the bottom with stick or hook reach down with their hands and lift them out. Of course this. is wet job, but those who go after oysters do not mind it. In fact, they rather seem to enjoy it. as at low tide the water is warm and not at all unpleasant. And, besides. they are getting the oysters free of all cost from what is, most like ly, the only public oyster bed in the country.
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ure for war use. The inventor was driven out of business. A few years later an improved" half breed, alleg- ed smokeless powder the product not of the original inventor, but of Gov ernment powder sharp was proclaimed excellent for small guns, and 1t was hoped that 1t would be soon adopted for cannon.
 This explains why the United States had non when the war burst upon the country. Spain was we'll provided with the poCder that Washington experts had declared a failure.
 Hudson Maxim, inventor of smoke less powder, and formerly associated with his brother Hiram, the gun inven- tor, said to Call correspondent yes terday:
 T sent Sampson some smokeless powder several years ago. It lay at Indian Head. and he would not use 1t because he said 1t contained nine per cent nitro -glycerine. But the navy is now using cordite on the New Orleans which contains % per cent of nitro gly cerine.
 The Spaniards have used smokeless powder with terrible effect When our ships opened on the forts they fired a while and then had to retire for the smoke to clear away"
 The cost of our war with Spain above what it would have been had we been prepared is difficult even of approxima- tion. l doubt if there would have been war had Spain believed we were ready.
 Spain and other European countries thought she would have the best of the fight for time. The world has been
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N RUE pearls, produced by artift-
 ficiaI means, Is the latest com srnercial product of science in this
 country The man who an-
 A nounced that he has successfully - accomplished this is Vane Sim
 mends of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and he < says that anybody who has access to a body of fresh water containing shell
 fish. can grow his own pearls and be sure, they are genuine.
 4sfle matter of producing pearls by artificial means is not entirely new, F. but. Mir. Simmonds' experiments are the first that have lead to making it a matter of commercial importance. The custom, 10 a certain extent, has been ;. .practiced in China for centuries, al- though in this instance it seems to be ;In9ra in the nature Of a freak than any . thing else The ordinary fresh water .:Inussel or clam is used, and the work .. is. done along the banks of Lake ReiYa. Here the efforts are directed to produc- ing figures and symbols for sale as
 curios. For some seasons they do not seem. to be able to produce the round -' pearls that have a high ble -value.
 = Superb pictures" of Buddha and fiat .:pearl-like disks are produced by in
 sertfng between the mantle and shell of the nolIusk small tinfOfl figures Of Ruddha, or small hemisphertcal disks which in time become coated by the :paarly .nacre.
 :: Experiments of a like nature, with the srough-shelled" uniOs of Cedar ..F}iver. Iowa. have been practiced by MT. -Simmonds the past three years,
 with fair success.
 a An average sized she'll or shells, from
 8: section of the rivers bed known to : pIi0duce brilliantly lustered shells, were allowed to remain in the sun until the valves parted. With a quickly insert ed wedge in the opening, the shell was immediately dipped in water to sustain life The operator then carefully lifted the mantle from the shell. and, with a pair of tweezers, dropped in pellet of wax, glass bead, or other small article desirous of having coat ed;'. care being taken not to strain the muscles by forcing the wedge, while the clam is resisting the intru- sion.
 After the objects are placed in that part of the mussel showing the best color, the mantle is drawn to place, the wedge removed, and the shell allowed to resume it's normal condition. With a sufficient number fixed" in the above described manner. they are then placed in a pond or bayou, that will not freeze it's depth in winter At the expiration of six months, or one year at most, the unio will have -thrown over these irritating foreign substances a nacreous covering that securely fastens them to the shell. Us ually about two-thirds of the object
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contractors with a pull" was fighting inventors and driving them out of the country.
 This is why foreign governments-an "effete concern" like Spain, for in stance-have had us at a disadvantage. We were handicapped because of Spain's smokeless powder and superior rifles. Every American gun fired threw up a cloud of smoke, showing the Span iards exactly where to shoot to hit Yankee.
 At the battle of San Juan 'the Sev- enty-first regiment boys,'' said Richard Harding Davis, were moved down by hundreds, the Spanish being aided in their destructive work by the use Of smokeless powder, thus puzzling our men in their attempts to locate the enemy
 "Of the seventy-five men who started up the hill in the face of destructive Spanish fire fifty-three are now dead. Herald dispatches, July and Is.
 On the return of the wounded by the steamer OHvette to New York, Private Joseph E. Smith said:
 The only trouble was that when the men fired their old Sprtngf1elds they raised such a smoke they drew rain of Mauser bullets, and for this reason they had to be withdrawn from the
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ton to this Government?
 Inventors and the friends of invent ors would have enough power. if united. 10 exert a saIutary and healthful in fuence. Inventors should unite to se cure justice from the Government and better treatment from the Patent Of flee. Inventors suffer because there Is no political organization of inventors.
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 find the bivalves as fine as any that they are fresh.
 This oyster bed Is about two or three miles below Bay Farm Island on the Alameda shore. There are two ways of reaching 1t. One is to take boat and row around Bay Farm Island; the other Is to cross the creek in Alameda, walk down the road a few hundred feet and then cut over the marsh to the bay shore.
 There will be no trouble about find- ing the place, provided you get there at low tide, for the surface of the water will be covered with people. all bent on obtaining the luscious shell fish from it's resting place on the bot tom of the bay.
 only been known for about two weeks and during that interval it has been most liberaily patronized. It was dis covered" by small boy who went out in that direction to dig clans. It so day of the big low tide and consequent ly could go farther from shore than usual.
 Of course he found plenty of clans and then wandered far out in search of larger oneS In a pool about twelve inches deep he unexpectedly spied a bunch" of shells. At first he thought they were clans and proceeded to raise them. On succeeding in this he was more surprised to find that they were oysters and of a good size.
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because ne IS pro- gressive he meets the same opposition experienced by in ventorS.
 The evils of this one fact have been far reaching and disastrous in ef- feet.
 IN o sol d 1 e T serves his country more than the in ventor, and the in- ventor does the sol dier greater serv- ice than any other man. The treat m e n t inventors have received from the United States Go V e Tn m e n t, if known to the peo- pie, would arouse general indigna- tion. How many inventors have ever made money from the sale of aninven-
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duty now and remedy the evil by mak- ing It's repetition impossible. Blame cannot be brought against the inventor. At least 75 per cent of all the inyen- tions in guns and ammunition, war ves- sels and Notifications, high explosives, t0rpedOeS and gunpOWder now used by the best-equipped nations have been in vented by Americans. The struggles of inventors with the Government to get recognition are part of the country's history.
 Had Congress or the War and Navy departments fully appreciated the ex- tent to which American improvements are being utilized by other nations the necessary appropriations could have doubtless been secured to keep our in ventions at home. There is something radically wrong when a country which leads the world in the number and value of its inventions should be the slowest in accepting them. The most notable of all devices which have revo- lutionized warfare are American inven- tions. AS rule they have been driven to foreign governments and developed in foreign hands before being accepted at home.
 '"The vast sums recently squandered for anything and everything in the shape of vessels, arms and equipments for war are but a price paid for inex- cusable neglect.
 This Is a subject for the serious con- S1derat1on or every taxpayer. The navy is the property of the people. The peo- pie pay for 1t and should have the best products for their money.
 ''The Holland submarine boat has demonstrated all that is claimed for it. It has shown itself capable of ap- preaching unseen and striking death blow to any battleshtp afloat. Why should not Holland boats, instead of battleshtps, be built? This invention still rests on the anxious seat, where other inventions have rested until bought by Europe. There is now 10 Merrfmac destroying our fleet to fright en the Government into giving the Hol- land a chance.
 There is something radically wrong somewhere. Congress should create board or commission, with new and sufficient powers, made up of the most progressive men of the army and navy, and of civilians of the necessary knowl- edge of mechanics, electricity, metal lurgy, chemistry, etc. Let such a board be created to investigate inventions promising to be of service to the coun- try. Let the board study the needs of the service and work with Congress for the necessary appropriations to develop and utilize such inventions as 1t may recommend. The president of such a board should be man of courage, who believes in progress and dares to be progressive-a typical man like General Miles, commander-in-c chief of the army RapanSp he is nrO- .l
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1 One should be created. There should be an organization to secure the CO., operation of all political parties.
 In closing, Hudson Maxim said: T shall be glad to hear from inventors. manufacturers, promoters, politicians or others on this subject. My address Is the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City,"
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by Small Grapplng There Oysters.
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MONO many other blessings
 California can now boast of public oyster bed. Absolutely free to everybody. Go over
 and help yourself. You will
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X ND so Spain is our schoolmaster 4 after all She bought up to date A rifles and smokeless powder. while our great government, controlled
 by hide bound experts and fat
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FREE OYSTER BEDS
 ON THE ALAMEDA SHORE

They Were Accidentally Discovered
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. RUE pearls, produced by artifi- fciaI means, Is the latest com mercial product of science in this country. The man who an-
 A nounced that he has successfully
The evening times., 1898-11-21
THE B. & @. GRANTED
A CONTINUANCE
HEARING SET FOR NEXT MONTH
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to Investigate Charges of
Freight Rate Cutting.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
granted a continuance today till Decem-
ber to the representatives of the Balti-
more and Ohio. and the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern Railway Companies,
in the matter of alleged violations by
these companies of the act to regulate
commerce, in the transportation of prop
erty to and through East ST. Louis and
Chicago.
The continuance was granted at the in
stance of Hugh Bond, attorney for the
Baltimore and Ohio, and E. l.. Strong,
attorney for the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern, that they might have more
time to prepare a defense against the
charges flied with the commission by +.
T. Campbell chairman of the Southwes-
tern Bureau
1t is maintained by the complainant
that the railway companies in question
have been since on or about August l,
1898. and now are, charging and collecting
through various devices, less sum per
100 pounds, and in the aggregate, for the
transportation of property shipped from
Baltimore and Philadelphia TO East st.
Louis and Chicago, or through these ci-
ties to points farther west, than the rates
and charges specified in the schedules of
tariffs which they as common carriers OF
interstate commerce, have published and
filed with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
1t is held that the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern is charging lower rate
from Cincinnati and Fairmount. Ohio,
to East St Louis and points west than is
specified in the published tariff schedule.
Another charge is that these lower rates
are allowed to some privileged firms or
persons by giving these favored shippers
rebate on the transportation charges.
The railroad companies are charged with
a violation of sections 2, 3 and OF the
act To regulate commerce.
Section , of the act follows: That If any
common carrier subject To the provisions
! of this act. shall. directly or indirectly, by
+ any special rate, rebate, drawback or 9th
! er device charge, demand collect or re-
/ ceive, from any person or persons,
/ greater or less compensation for any SerV-
J ice rendered, or To be rendered, in the
! transportation of passengers or property
than il charges. demands or receives from
any other person or persons for doing tol
him or them like and contemporaneous
service in the transportation of like kind
! of traffic under substantially similar con.
! ditions and circumstances, such carrier
shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrim
inauon, which is hereby prohibited anG
declared 10 be unlawful
Section provides that it shall be un
lawful to give any undue preference K
! any person, firm, corporation or locality
Section 6. as amended March ., 1889, pro
! vides for the printing and posting OF
schedules of rates, fares and rules.
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SUNDAY DEVQEIONs
OF EURbPES RULERS
VICTORIA AT HER PRAYERS
Abdul Hamid PrOstrates Himself Be
fore the Koran and President
Faure Goes Hunting.

New York, Nov. 2l.-Cablegrams to the
New York Journal printed this morning
give an account of the religious devotions
of rulers in European capitals yesterday.
The Queen of England, with members
of the royal family. attended service at
the private chapel at Windsor Castle. The
Bish op of Ripon officiated and the Rev.
II. ]. Ellison. vicar of Windsor. preached.
His text was the 55th chapter of Isaiah,
the Sth verse: For my thoughts are not
your thoughts. neither are your ways my
ways, saith the Lord"
Queen Victoria read prayers privately
in the evening.
Queen Wilhelmina, the newly coronated
young ruler of the Netherlands. worship
ed this morning in the private chap
ell. The court chaplain ofticiated. His
text was Luke 9Th. verse 81: And as ye
would that men should do To you, do ye
also unto them likewise
The Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria, with his daughter, quietly attended
morning mass in Goedoelloe Castle chap
el Budapest. They also attended mass
| there on Saturday, the late Empress
fete day. The scene was saddened III the
extreme. The priest read from Matthew
chapter a. beginning: And Jesus went
out and departed from the temple and his
disciples came 10 him for TO show him
the buildings of the temple"
| The Car of Russia and the Czarina at
| tended service yesterday morning at the
private chapel at Yalta. There was no
sermon.
The King of Denmark, Christian TX,
| listened to a sermon at Cumberland Cas-
| tie chapel. The clergyman selecting his
text from the l4Ith Psalm, selected espe-
I cially to edify the young Prince Ernest
| Augustus, whose birthday was celebrated
| last Thursday.
King Alfonso XIII. the boy ruler.
heard mass in the private oratory. The
Queen Regent, Maria Christina, was pres
ent. According to invarable custom.
| there was no sermon.
| King Oscar H. of Sweden, and the royal
| family attended the Palace Church. Court
Pastor Mazer. preached. He took his
text from the twenty-fifth chapter of
| Matthew. the subject being the last judg-
| ment.
The holy day of the Sultan of Turkey
| Is Friday. but Abdul Hamid III heard the
| Koran read yesterday morning
The words were those of chapter IA:
II fly for refuge unto the Lord Of mer
that he may deliver me from the mischief
of the whisperer who whispereth cvi
suggestions into the breasts of men"
King Humbert. of Italy, wish the roya
family attended mass at the privat,
chapel at Rome and Carlos at Portuga
performed similar devotions at the roya
chapel at Lisbon.
King Leopold performed his devotion:
in the private chapel of Laeken palace
There was no preaching.
President Faure, of France. did not at
tend church. He spent all Sunday hunt
ing at Nangis.
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Not Very Instructive.

The official report of Surgeon General
Sternberg is a mass of generalities that
would be satisfactory enough if it COW
cred any other period of army life than
that in which the medical scandals were
mountain high. He does not add a sim
gle important fact to the public knowl-
edge Of the defects of the medical ser
vice in the camps Of mobilization and
in Cuba. Even his statistics seem to be
deficient. apparently taking no account
of the hundreds, perhaps and probably
thousands. of deaths in city hospitals
and in homes, of soldiers who were
stricken in the camps.
The reports and statements of mill
tary officers and army surgeons show
that there was no medical system in
forcerin the Fifth Army Corps that in
vaded Cuba: that but one division hos
pital was active during the fighting be-
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MONDAY. NOVEMBER p, 1898.
Today's Event.

If the program is carried out, today
Spain will learn through official sources
what she already knows full well
that her arbitration scheme for the
settlement Of the question whether the
protocol left her title to the Philippines
unimpaired is rejected by the President
il is doubtful if her repress sntatiNes ever
expected any other decision. 1t is be
Heyed that their purpose in proposing
il was to give assurance TO the bond
holders that they had done everything
in their power TO protect their interests,
and also 10 gain time for Providence to
interfere in some mysterious way.
Spain is now in as good a position 10
repudiate the Cuban and Philippine
debt as she could ever be, and ii is eN-
pected she viii do it.
There is a possibility that the Amer!-
cans will not have their long and un-
necessary argument ready for the ad-
journed session today; or, if they do,
that they will grant another adjourn
ment to allow the Spaniards TO consider
the matter Of cOunter-reply. This
might be a reasonable proceeding If We
were not familiar with their dilatory
methods They Will not give a positive
decision. but viii present long and
intricate document to prove that some
other course should be adopted by the
Americans and this will call for an
other ard yet another discussion. 1t
would be a benefit 10 both parties if the
President should insist on an instant
stop to the business and-demand an i'm
mediate and conclusive yea or nay, for
the reasons so frequently urged by all
intelligent observers.
In any event. this should be the very
last postponement of the inevitable end;
but the suggestion Of the President that
Atlanta should call her peace jubilee
something else indicates his doubt
whether this eighth week of the palav
ering will see the negotiation Of a
treaty. Ii is not only that we are all
tired Of the vexatious delay, but that il
is giving time for the un-American mi
nority in this country to make delu-
siye appearance of widespread dissatis
faction with the Presidents policy; Civ
ing time for the ambitious leaders Of
movement that may cause US trouble;
and giving time for Blanco's agents in
Cuba to create difficulties for American
administrative officers. II is strange
that the President seems to be indif-
ferent to these important cOnsidera-
tions. We have nothing to lose by
bringing the peace conference to a close
at once. All Europe has consented to
our Interpretation of the protocol and
virtually agreed TO interpose no objec-
tions to our acquisition of the islands;
but there is no telling what Spain may
be able to effect if we continue to dis
cuss with her questions which we con-
tend were decided by the protocol OuI
Commissioners are, in fact, engaged in
a controversy about matters which we
refused to admit were open questions
and this seems to throw a doubt on the
sincerity Of our attitude. Why not stoI
it all now?