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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-12-29

James Hamilton Lewis having come
out fiat footed against his party leaders
for expansion. will find himself realizing
Mark Twain's famous epigram, BE good
and you will be lonesome.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-12-29
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1898.

To Judge by the size of Santa Claus
sack and the capacity of young appetites
hereabouts, expansion is very popular
proposition in Yakima.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-12-29

Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy can always be depended
upon and is pleasant and safe to take.
Sold by Janack Bros.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-12-29

Miss Myra Hewlett entertained a num-
bdr of her young friends on Friday
evening.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

appear in the newspapers and the maga-
zines. There are oceans of short stories
written; l suppose the mail brings into
New York every week enough Of them
in number to supply the need Of all the
periodicals published here a year. But
when to any editor the mail of the week
Yields one good one, he accounts bis har-
vest pretty good. one difficulty i'm the
matter of short stories is that he soon
as a writer comes into pretty fair repute
for short stories, he aspres to try his
hand az long ones and strives TO bloom
forth as a novelist. A letter of Haw-
thorne's was published a year or two ago
in which he declined some EDITORS solicit
tation for short stories, on the ground
that he now found acceptance for longer
works of fiction and that they cost him,
In proportion less effort in the production
and yielded him q better compensation
than the shorter ones. And this Is eN-
actly the attitude OF the writers Of fiction
today. They prefer to write novels,
where they can, not simply for the dis
tinction Of it. but for the greater ease ana
comfort of il as well Mr.. Frank stock
ton once said that no man could nope to
make a living by simply writing short
stories; and. certainly he was one VINO
has found about the highest profit there
is IN it and knows the BEST possibilities
Of the craft. j.. =. Maroh'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

up, not over 100 feet into the air and the
developed negatives would have shown
the Spanish squadron lying at anchor be-
hind the hills within ten miles of the
American ships. This result might have
been accomplished within two or three
hours instead of waiting as many weeks
Eddy's experiments in elevating weights
to prove the value CT kites as a means
of hosting dynamite over fertilization
and then dropping 1t on the enemy-have
been highly successful as have been his
experiments with telegraph and telephone
messages sent over a mid-air wire. The
latter experiment convinces those inter-
ested that a beleaguered garrison could
communicate at some distance with re-
lief force though il is not probable that
any American forces viii be forced to try
such an experiment in the present strug-
gle.
To experts in warfare the main use of
the kite is to be found in dropping dyna-
mite upon an enemy-from which there
is no escape possible-and in taking pho
tographs of his forces and his defenses.
w. Mccormick
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

The best results in the way of Hitting
weights aloft, and thus being able to sig
mai and TO photograph from md-air, have
been accomplished by Eddy and by an Of
hcer of the United States regular army
py using modified forms of both Hargrave
ana Eddy kites harnessed together in a
tandem, as the kite flyers style it,
Lieut.. Wise of the regular army made
a number of very valuable experiments
last year on Governor s Island in night
ana day signaling, and more particularly
IN having himself hoisted up by the kites
Tor observation. IN one of his ascents he
reached an altitude of forty feet and could
nave been flown much higher 1t is Lieut.
Wise's opinion that kites will never re-
place balloons for personal observat ton.
But of their value in elevating cameras 70
rake photographs of an enemys country
he is a strong advocate.
Mr.. Eddy's experiments have extend
ed over period of three years and his
Kite pictures" are acknowledged Sue.
cesses. One of the curious and. from a
commanding officers point of view. very
admiral facts about these pictures is
that distant country is brought to look
very much nearer than it actually Is.
At a hight of 500 feet the horizon is
visible for forty miles For the past few
weeks when Admiral Simpsons fleet was
in doubt as to whether Cervera's SQUAD
ron was hidden in the harbor of San
tiago de Cuba, a great deal of anxiety
would have been saved the officers and
the country if one of the ships had been
supplied with an outfit of these kites and
cameras. For then a string of kites, with
cameras in position, could have been sent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

apartments and that night I began to
write the story Of Mr. lsaacs' Part of
me first chapter was written afterward.
but the rest of that chapter and several
succeeding chapters, are the story that I
told 10 Uncle sam. I kept al tt from day
to day, getting more interested in the
work as | proceeded and from time to
time | would read "A chapter to Uncle
sam When I got through the original
story ! was so amused with the writing
OF it that 10 occurred to me that | might
as well make Mr. Isaac fail in love with
an English girl, and then | kept on writ
ing to see what would happen BY and
by l remembered a mysterious Buddhist,
whom | had once met in India and so
] introduced him. to still further compn-
cate matters l went to Newport 20 visit
my aunt Mrs. Julia Ward Howe while /
was IN the midst of the story, and con-
tnued tt there. II was on June 49, 1852.
while in her home, that | finished the last
chapter of Mr. Isaacs,' and, Uncle Sam
appearing in Newport at that time. read
him the part OF the story which he had
not heard. You will give 1t to me- he
said. i shall try ana find a publisher
lie mad for many years frequented the
bookstore of Macmillan and was well ac-
qualnted with the elder George Brett He
took the manuscrpt TO Mr.. Brett who
forwarded it to the English house, and in
a short time Ii was accepted"
The same firm that had the good for
tune 10 secure Mr. Crawford. had the
further good fortune to secure Mr..
James Lane Allen just In time to bring
out The Choir Invisible" which. com
mercially, is altogether the best Ameri-
can novel that has appeared Lately.
whether they have made themselves
sure of Mr.. Aliens next novel. I do not
know, but l am entirely confident that
they have done their hest to that end
For book publishing is quite a different
transaction from the thing 1t Is figured
to be in the transcendental regard OF
people who, living rather back from the
central current of things. are apt to
consider the publication Of a book as
always one more operation In the pro-
duction and dissemination Of literature %
aud publishers exercise precisely the same
zeal and ingenuity to ger a Corner on
popular or even only probably popular
author that young AIr. Letter expends in
effecting a Corner in wheat
Mr.. Allen while he stin remains loyal
to his native Kentucky in his literature.
now grows to be something of an alien
there as regards his residence. [ think
he does not bind himself fast 10 any To-
cality, but he spends more time perhaps
here in New York than anywhere else
lie is a tai, broad-shouldcrod, fair man
in spectacles, with the Kentucky open
ness and candor of manner.
The reading public scarcely needs to be
told that there is always rather an under
supply of good short stories; for il is al
ways complaining that SO many poor ones
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
city without suburbs.
cuba Letter New York Times

cuba Letter New York Times.
As we enter the envrous Of Santiago de
Cuba am struck by the fact that 1t is a
city without suburbs. The utter barren
ness Of the adjacent country may be ex-
plained by two recent revolutions aud a
practical state of insurrection for 100
wears. but it is remarkable that a city
which IS the third in size and importance
in the island should be 50 Isolated. We
have now come to within five miles Of a
civ of 81 900 population, II Spanish reports
may he relied on 10 this extent, and not
a village or a hamlet or a dwelling house
have we seen The towns once here have
gradually shrunk and disappeared. Ham
lots nave been burned and homes have
been RACED. as the conquerors found them
selves compelled 10 retreat before the
revolutionary forces and seek shelter in
their fortified cities All property cattle,
cropa. mills. even wild fruit tree-has gone
win the rest. The Spaniards left. MOTH
ing behind. except desOlation and an ever
lasting hatred OF their name. All that Is
~ any present value IN Cuba lies within
the tntrenched camps Of her enemy, and
h ts probable that this win be destroyed
before Spain relaxes her grasp. Santiago
itself resembles an oasis, around which
stretches a waste that s more desolate
and sorrowful than a desert, because one
sees everywhere evidences Of Astounding
natural wealth and marvellous beauty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

New York July 15.-There IS probably
no buster hive Of industry In the world to-
day than the Sims Dudley shops of New
York, where they are working through
nearly the whole OF every twenty-four
hours turning out dynamite guns of the
latest type for Uncle Sam. Six-inch guns,
mounted in carriages for field use and
capable Of throwing heavy charges OF
high explosive material two miles with
great accuracy, have already been shipp-
ed ana more are now under construction,
though the officers of the company are
exceedingly retlcout both as to the size
Of the order and the type of gun ordered
The guns purchased by the United
States government differ materially In
form, though not at all in principle from
those earlier furnished to the Cubans and
for use IN San Domingo. Readers who are
familiar through newspaper articles and
cuts with these earlier guns viii remem-
Dor that each had three barrels, one long
central tube, from which the shot was
fred and two others, one on each side,
for the compression of air by the discharge
Of smokeless powder.
In the new guns there are only two bar
rels. the shooting tube and the air
compressor, the former being Of brass,
mounted so as to look much Ike the we'll
known Zalnsk gun, and the latter be-
ing shell barrel with the vertical axis
longer than the horizontal one placed be-
low the tube' In reality this compressor
takes the place of the two side barrels in
the earlier sims-Dudley gun being In ef-
feet double and so built that the COM
pressed air rushes down one passage after
the explosion of the powder charge and
back through the other to the breech of
the shooting tube, whore its force is ex-
orted on the projectIle.
As furnished to the government the six
guns already completed are filled with two
pains of wheels, one pair being large and
relatively heavy for the support OF the
gun in action. while the other pair is much
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

only about two miles, there Is no reason
why heavier guns OF n much greater cal
her and oorrespondIngly longer range
should not be made use Of, but the officers
OF the company have not given out any in
formation OF impending construction of
such pieces.
It should be added that the term, "dyn-
amlte gun Is Il msnomer so far as the
Slms-Dudiey pieces are concerned, or any
other shooting machine, for the matter OF
that Instead of dynamite an explosive
composition made Of nitrd- glycerine. gun
cotton and camphor. and known as Nobers
geatnc, Is employed. II requires a much
heavier detonation to set 1t off than dyna-
mite. and Is, therefore, safer. besides, ita
explosive power is much greater than that
of dynamite. c. s. Russell
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

,-s.. y 5rk. July 15.-Aside from newspa-
-.z.,fsb boats, military kites" are
.s.s .r4sent wars contribution to the art
~ r..rfsre Military kites are an entirely
,..e. ,.qre Of warfare for photographing
~, aran7,ss country, forces and works
Gov sigr3,tng and for lifting and dropping
,,,,o an enemy high explosives.
If The various forms Of military kites
,,o. known 70 student of the art of war
t,s most familiar are the Hargrave,
r55v and Davis kites. These have all
bsen evolved since our civil war and are
recorded as an Improvement over the bal
LIONS which were then used for obtaining
Information of an enemy's movements.
Balloon corps are now a regular insti-
t,tion in our service and foreign armies
have weiI-equlpped balloon battalions
Rut the use of balloon endangers the
lives of aerohauts; they are a fine mark
IN the air. and are fragile and expensive.
Kites on the other hand cost but trile
and do the work quite as well, without
riskng the life Of a single man.
The most important use made of them
VIII he as carriers of cameras, which will
from great hight, Photograph the coun-
try. In these days of long-range cannon
and rifles it Is of the first Importance to
learn where the enemy is when he is
miles away. 1t is now possible to send
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
THE DYNAMITE GUN.

smaller and built to be used exactly as the
forward trucks of the heavy wagon are
used Technically, these wheels are
termed "trailers," I'm spite OF the fact that
they are in fronts when the gun Is being
removed. They are furnished with a drl-
vor's seat, ammunition chest, tool box and
tools, and yet the entire outfit weighs only
,0l0 pounds or little more than half
short" ton.
On a good road a strong horse could
easily move such a gun on trOt, and a
team Of mules can handle II without trou-
bic, over ground that Is passable by any
sort Of wheeled vehicle.
The projectiie used In this type of gun Is
Of 2A-inCh Calber 30 inches long over all /,
and, loaded, weighs In the neghborhood Of
IN pounds. In all particulars except size
Il Is exactly similar 70 the projectiles used
IN the earlier guns, being fitted with a re
VolV.ng tail piece Vdne, TO give circular
motion and keep the proJectie to it's
course, and the Merriam fuse with its
Ingenious wind wheel attachment, which
makes the cartridge effective when IT. is
about 200 feet from the muzZle OF tho gun.
The barrel of the new gun is - feet long
instead Of 9, the length adopted la the
guns used for two years by the Cubans.
thus insuring both greater range and
greater accuracy. The smokeless powder
charge TO be used weighs re ounces.
As the work done by the comparatively
imperfect piece sent to the Cubans was
tremendously effective. It is expected that
those sold to our government viii do most
deadly execution.
The three SmS-Dudicy guns In the
hands of the Cubans nave been Ineffective
for SOME time, owing to the fact that the
ammunition had run short; but there Is
every probability that they will be brought
into service again just as soon as juno
tuTe can be effected between the insurg-
ents and the United States forces, and
perhaps before them though II Is not adj
mitted by the Sims-Dudlcy company mat
fresh ammunition has already been sent.
The officers Of the company also decline
70 say neither any of the guns now being
built are to nave naval mounts, but 1t Is
well understood that they can be used
quite as effectively on shipboard as any
where else. In one respect, in fact, they
are specially adapted TO naval use, since
they can be discharged at an angle OF
thlrty-five degrees without danger of dam
age to the ship on which they are mounted
owing TO the slight reeoil
projectile hred from a gun trained at
such a high elevation describes a para
bolc curve in the air and drops into the
forlifcation or camp under fire, exactly
as the mortar shells so much used IN the
clvl war did, and this dropping fire is
highly effective. especially as it can be
regulated so as 70 be quite as accurate
as that Of guns trained 50 that the missiles
viii pass through the air along a course
more nearly horizontal.
Although the range OF the Sims Dudley
guns now ordered by the government is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
HQRlZoN LINZ -FR0M 1900 -ALTlLU0E

'' "'4 tandem of Eddy kites a circular
'''1.i" attached to the main line, and an
apparatus for swapping ali the shutters
.'.''y'-'aeously and to photograph the
'' country in every direction for TWEEN
y mixes or more.
l"" Photographs so taken can be en-
,''4'l and every detail of the country
'It thus superceding the use of
i.' maps and scouts.
'''s' Too WA lift great loads. Either
'a'-I ave box kites or Eddy kites
r,r. e. used so lift fifty pounds of dy-
att,lt TO The air with a stow match
er.,.. When the kites were over the
eat 's match, burning our, would
wtI4 'e cord tying up the box in
lie ,. "Fpanite was contained: and
o..7 .ifh'Ng through, The box would
c5u oEop it's load. No human power
e.s. % protection against the expo
at from above.
r.g. '' kite, with which expert
T.. 1een successfully made, Will
dr.. use IN signaling, as it can be
H.. t1e right or left and given
H.. motions Of a wig-war flap when
b... -' ar Signalmen have always
o.Ia.s posed to danger They were
w5.. seek high exposed places.
Dbl, Hags or lights could be seen.
a.. lhey can remain under shelter.
teal d. Davis kite, signal much better
o1 .- AT night lamps can be used
k,. s"e' and Of course by dav the
uaa 4 4ae sky can be seen much further
nag on the surface
ar.a..tin the origin of kites is lost in
Year ,5,. IT In Is within the past three
M v.i,b "ii me experiments have been
Them "u Kites which have rendered
na.. use in warfare. That there is
We'll .. ne" under the sun is pretty
k.e oven by the fact that the "box-
Nee ~.r 'gH' ed by Lawrence Hargrave of
Oh -..,,.- " s.es' was based on a very
m anese form of kite.
yar ,.1 Grave speedily grew to be
Bae..,'" ,Hnowh when w. a. Eddy Of
men. Ill., ~ j.. began to make exDeri-
k.te 1 "lsh the still older form of angular
var 10 every boyish recollection.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
kIPLING'S FISHING CRAFT.
Used II as Model for His story OF
Captains COuraEeou
From the Philadelphia Inquirer

NHpthIhs OOuru EeOus."
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
When l was introduced 20 the captain
he was seated in his little shop and sur
rounded on all sides sby toy vessels of va
rious sizes-the work of his own hands.
A funny little man was the captain. with
a fringe Of gray whiskers around his face
and with stubby fingers which amazed
one by their dexterity with the needle.
But he was very hospitable and I was
Immediately provided with a chair.
The Juvenile yachtsman, by whom had
been introduced, wanted the captain to
talk, as he had not only a fund of inter-
esting stories and an inimitable way of
telling them, but he had a knowledge and
command of the English language that
was remarkable.
Finally after a pause, caused by the
exertion of threading his needle the cap
tain waved his pipe In the direction of a
square Of paper fastened to the wall and
said: Perhaps you'd be Interested to
read that, miss"
I took II down and read the directions
for a model of a fishing schooner-very
particular directions being given that ev-
erything on deck should be perfect to the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

smallest detail. The one article thar
stands out in my memory Is curry butts''
there were a thousand other articles
mentioned, but that alone remains to rise
up and haunt. Curry buttsg'
But when I arrived at the signature I
exclaimed; why, IT'S Rudyard Klpllngg'
which was a very absurd remark for me
TO make, but l was excited
"Of course It a." answered the CAPTAIN
as If should have known it all along,
"Of course II Is. Those are the directions
for a ship was to have made for him so
be could have It by him and he could
refer to 1t when he was writing his story
Captains Courageous I had the rheuma-
tism so bad / couldn't finish It," he adj
ded
How did you come to know hIm7
What did he look like? What did he say?
How did he TALK" / asked
My questions didn't phase the captain
IN the slightest I found out afterward
that he was married.
why was here in the shop TENDING,
to some young gentlemen about his size
ne said, waving his pipe In the direction
Of the juvenile yachtsman, when three
gentlemen came down the walk a-laugh-
ing. Well they came and knocked at the
door-they didn't come right in, mind you:
they knocked-aud when / says, Come In.
gentlemen one of them-he wasn't Mr.
hlplHiS -SdySs why, we can't come IN Till
we know how you stand on the money
question: he says.
Well, gentlemen says, I can't tell
how | stand on the money question until
] know what you want
well, at that they all laughed and the
Jolly one who had done all the talking
said: Well I guess you're the man we
want
so In they came. and he introduced me
to Mr. Kipling and the other gentleman;
! never saw three jollier gentlemen-all
the time letting off jokes on each other,
and row and then one on me.
''Wen. finally they told me what they
came for, which was about my making
the boat-just like one I'd been on my
self they said.
II said I would n could. And tried
good and hard. but had the rheumatism
so bad l couldn't finish it."
'What do you--what do all the people
of Gloucester think of Captains Cour-
ageous?" I asked.
"Why, miss" said the captain leaning
back In his chair and waving As pipe
eloquentiy, "the very first chapter of that
story were taken and just dissected right
here In Gloucester. And I will say. this
much. that it's fairly surprising how
much as does know about the banks
and the life up there"
-s-e-e-L
-ghould Reed he chosen sneolrar ~ tbn
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LESSON FoR 4 Young MOTHER.
Advice From an old woman on the
Proper Way TO Manage Children.
FROM the New York sun.


From the New York Sun.
What made you so late?" two women
exclaimed in unison as a third Joined them
in the parlor of a club intended to accom-
modate out-of-town shoppers and subur-
banltes.
'Oh, 1 have just passed through one Of
the most trying experiences Of mothers
life and il has quite upset me-" was the
reply.
Tut tut, my dear said the elderly
woman of the party. Your only child
Is only years Old, and here you are talk
ing about trying experiences with him.
Wait unul he Is old enough TO stay out in
The evenings or until he starts off to col
lego. then youll know what mothers
anxiety means"
whats the trouble?" asked the other
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CONFERENCE.-The Stranger Con rail-
way train)-"so you are selling Prof.
Blanks new book, are you? Strange co.
incidence. I am Prof Blank" second
Stranger-"That so? Then you wrote me
very book ] am agent for?" Yea Tho
hardest work l ever did was writing that
book" well, well! That's another
strange coincidence. Tho hardest work 7
ever did was trying to sell it."-New York
Weekly.