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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-20
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-20
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METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL

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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
FOR GOLF HONoRH.
How the Golf Championship VIII
Decided This Year.

New York. September 3.-The ann
teur golf championships OF Americ0
are TO take place this year ON the Nor
ristown Club links beginning Septem~
Der IL ard continuing through Sen.
tenber IL. II IS evidently the intef~
ticn CT the association to make II :
thorough. test of Championship merit
Tor the programme OF play is the mosf
severe ever arranged for golf contes<
m this or any ether country. The
competitors will be required TO PLAY
thiry-six holes day. for six success
siye days, which means that the tour
nament will be almost as much test
or physical endurance as of COLLINS
skill. Even in Great Britain the anna
teur championship consists OF only
eighteen holes to round, with the ex-
ceJtion of the finals. which are G.
tA!rty-six. In these circumstances 81
will not be surprising II one of the
youger players carries off the hons
ors
The opening day of the champions
ship is TO be devoted TO qualifying
round at thirty-six holes. medal play.
The frs. thirty1two Will then be eligi-
bic TO compete in the match play
rounds. which occupy the remainder cf
the week. The winner will receive q
gold medal. and the club from which
he is entered will be enbltled to hold
the championship cup. valued at $1,000.
until the following season. A silver
medal will be presented to the runper
up, and bronze medals TO the players
getting third and fourth places. These
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04

the hearsage" there was no cheering
ana the sunners were cautioned to take
time and make every shot tell Both
vessels used shells as wNl as solid shot
The object of the Confederate was TO
cripple the Federal aloft, and thev suc
ceeded in doing her a great deal of
damage. Her masts were wounded q
dozen times over, her rigging cut to
strlngs, and every boat knocked, to
pieces. Nearly four hundred shot were
nred at her, from first to last, but of
TINS number less than forty struck the
target. To protect her machinery she
had secured cable chains along her
sides, and this fact undoubtedly saved
the IlVes OF many men and prevented
the hull from receiving the damage tn
be expected from heavy missiles Shot
after shot struck the chains with a
force TO make the ship reel. but the
heavy links prevented penetration and
they fell into the sea. There is no rec
ord of naval battle in existence ONT
SIDE OF this where so many shot were
expended and so few men killed and
wounded. Net a single man was killed
aboard the "Kearsage." and her list of
wounded numbered only three. Ii was
Y
nerS Whlce made the loss so trifiing.
On boa4l the Alabama" there was
loss of life with the first shot. The or
cers were to aim at her hull and no
DOUBT the programme was to sink her
if the fight lasted long enough. While
she was not disabled in her machinery
and no shell penetrated her interior 10
explode, at least forty heavy shot found
n ar CT So
clear through her and into the sea he
yond. end all the bulk-heads were
knocked 10 pieces before the fight was
twenty minutes old. The number of
killed and wounded aboard the Ala
bama" was about forty with further
loss Of twelve or fifteen carried down
with her when she sank The wonder
is that even half dozen of her crew
ESCAPED. The fight lasted five minutes
over an hour. and during the last twen-
" minutes CT il the Confederate was
in sinking condition. Semmes knew
that ne was beaten. but with half his
guns dismCunted, a quarter of his crew
out of the fight and the water pouring
into his ship in dozen places. he
fought on and hoped for 4 lucky shot
10 turn the scale Fortune PLAYED IN
"a sway ttASh OLt u HIS runners sent
a shell fair into the rudder-post of the
'Kearsage." and had it exploded on
the contact. the Federal would have
been rendered helpless in a moment. II
did not explode. however. and the
chance did not occur again. 1t was a
lost battle long before it was ended.
But the end came from a shell from
the "Kearsage," which struck the Con-
federate at the water-line end tore such
a hole in her side that she began to fill
at once. Ten minutes later the famous
and much dreaded privatesr was at the
bottom of the sea. and the world had
seen its last fight between unarmored
men-of-war.
.CopyriehA 1898. by The International
Il rary and News Service.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
Big Guns and Sea Fights.
BY CHARLES B. LEWIS.

so stunned and dazed that it was half
an hour before they could be made to
fully realize the situation.
THE LAST OF THE WOODEN
WALLS"
As the American war brought forth
the first of the great guns and iron
clads, SO did it also bring about the
last fight between the wooden walls
which had held the sea so long. The
naval records do not furnish the par
ticulars of a fairer stand-up fight than
the battle between the ,'Kearsage" and
the Alabama" The former had been
looking for the latter for months, and
there would have been fight in mid
ocean had they encountered each
other Returning from long cruise,
the Confederate cruiser put into the
port of Cherbourg, France, to rest and
refit. She had been in port only few
hours when the FedeRl appeared and
sent a challenge for standAp fight
off the coast. Captain Semmes has
been harshly dealt with by Federal
historians fer his privateering ad-
ventures, but his action in this case
makes one feel proud that he was an
American above ALL Under the cir
cumstances he could have postponed a
fight or refused the challenge Alto
gether. His ship needed repairs, his
powder had been damaged by the long
cruise, and he we'll knew that the
''Kearsage' had the advantage in
crew and speed. There were French
and English naval officers who adj
vised him not to go out, but no mat
ter how many Federal merchantmen
he had destroyed, or how often he
had been called pirate, he was q
brave man at heart and promptly ac-
cepted the challenge. The Alabama"
asked for only a couple of days to get
ready, and when she steamed out of
port that Sunday morning with her
band playing and her flags flying she
made a gallant show. Not a man 'f
her crew had skulked. The Federal
had put to sea and was waiting be-
yOnd the marine league. Here was to
be a grapple between men-of-war
moved by steam and equipped with
modern ordnance, but with no more
protection against the missiles than
Nelson had at Trafalgar.
There was no maneuvering-no trick
cry. and no two ships ever went into
action with cooler heads TO direct The
Alabama" fred the first shot, which
fell short. The "Kearsage' closed in
with her soon after that and then both
vessels began steaming in circles and
firing as fast as possible. The dici-
pine on the Confederate was perfect,
but her gunners had had very little
practice They fired wild and too high,
and cheered with every discharge, and
it was a quarter Of an hour before they
settled down to their work. Aboard
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
WHY THE SKY Is BLUE


Did Il ever strike you 10 inquire Why
the cloulless depths Of sky above us are
50 deiicately blue? II isn't that the gas
vs.. call air is in Itself blue. So far as We
know IT y quite transparent and abso-
lutely colofless. No. the blue comes from
reflected Hight.
Air rs never pure. you couldn't live Ia IL
II It were Countless millions Of tiny par
ticles. chiefly Of water, are always Eus-
pended i'm IT, and these arrest the fires
passage Of light Each particle he's q
double rehection-ene internal, the other
externaI-and 80 the reflected rays suffer
the us ai result of what Is called In
reference. and show color
You will notice that the SKI appears
much bluer X sou lo0k straight up than
II you took across towards the horizon.
The reason II that. IN the first insianer,
YOU are naturally l0okiug rnfough much
thinner iay{r Of air than In the second.
n there we're no air and consequently
no watery v3por, aud nothing to Interfere
with the free passage of light even AZ
midday - SKY above would look per~
fectlv black. and an he Ffass palmer than
they do uoH at midnight
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
LAST BATTLE BEEHIVE Ian ~wooDEN wA11,s.
was no wood backing to the iron, the
conclusions were almost paralyzing.

was no wood backing to the iron. the
CONCLUSIONS were almost paralyZing
CAPTURE OF THE ATLANTA.
One of the quickest naval actions
ever fought was that between the Fed
eral monitor "Weehawken"- and the
Confederate iron-clad Atlanta" This
took place on the 18th of June, 1853, at
the mouth of the Wilmington river.
The Atlanta was of the same general
type as the "Merrimac," only better
armed and much faster craft. When
she was ready for sea it was the opin-
ion that no gun had yet been invented
which would send a shot through her
plating. She had a crew of $50 men.
and was armed with four heavy guns.
and she was so sure of driving away
Or capturing the two Federal monitors
that her sailing was made a holiday in
Savannah. and two steamboats, loaded
with people followed her down the riv-
er to see the result. Soon after day
light, the Atlanta" was sighted COM
ing down, and the "Weehawken"
slipped her cable and steamed up to
meet her. Not an officer or man on
either craft had ever been in a naval
action, but there was no hesitation in
closing in. The Atlanta" opened the
fight at close range but her firing was
wild. Not one of her shots hit the
monitor, which did not use gun until
she had closed up to within long rifle
shot. She then fired four times in rap
Id succession. and such was the dam
age done that the iron-clad hauled
down her colors. The very first shot
broke through the armor and backing
and caused the greatest confusion
aboard. Three or four bulkheads were
knocked down, about half the crew
were flung to the deck, and men were
wounded by the dozen by the flying
eplinters Before order could be re-
stored, she had the top Of her pilot
house knocked off, and following that
a shot traversed half the length OF her
and finished the wreck The shot which
struck the pilot-house disabled the pi-
lot, and the iron-clad ran aground and
lowered her flag. II was but thirteen
minutes from the time the monitor
fired her first shot to the hauling down
of the flag Not shot had missed
Two or three more shot, equally we'll
placed, would have made a complete
wreck of the atlanta" English and
v-Annh gunners declared il the finest
BHOOtIUS ever lUdue UelNee0 Two NOV
Ing vessels, and the record holds good
to this day
The confusion aboard the Atlanta. >"
according to officers and men, was
next to panic. even with the first
shot which struck her. 1t was a fif-
teen-inch chilled shot, as big as a
nail-keg in size and the force with
which 1t struck seemed to stop the
craft dead-still, and it knocked men
down in every part of the ship. There
was a rush of men from the freehold,
and had there been any way to get
overheard there were plenty who
would have gone irtoAthe water. When
tNe monitor took possession there were
score OF men lying about on the decks
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04

Soon after daylight on the morning
Of the 9th of March, 1862, the little
Monitor moved away from the side
OF the frigate Minnesota" in Hamp-
ton Roads to meet the ''Merrimac"
steaming down. The one was a
pigmy craft-the first iron-clad of the
Federal navy, and the first the world
had ever seen-and the other was a
floating fortress of iron and oak, with
terrible ram projecting from her
bows. She was also the pioneer Of
her class. For the first time in the
history Of any navy eleven inch guns
were used on shipboard. For two long
hours solid shot of iron aud steel were
hurled against solid iron plates, with
no great damage to either craft. Every
shot thus fired would have gone
through and through the stoutest
wooden ship ever built Every reader
OF history knows that the battle be-
tween these new and strange mon
sters OF the sea, whose coming was TO
revolutionize naval architecture the
world over, was a drawn one, but
the experiences of the men who fought
the ships mas only been recorded in
fragments. 1t demanded men of nerve
to take those craft into action. Neither
of them had been ahoat long enough
to feel at home in he water. Their big
guns had never been tried. Their
crews had never been in battle.
Owing to her build, with all the fir
ting done from her single turret, the
crew of the Monitor" escaped the
sensations of those aboard the big
ram. Whenever one of the big shot
from the little craft struck the ''Mer-
rimac" it heeled her to starboard or
10 her keel The men knocked down
B dozen men, None of the shots got
through the iron and its backing, but
she was 'buiged" in many place, and
every shot made her tremDle clear
to her keey. The men knocked down
by conclusion were daZed for two or
three minutes, and most of them bled
at the nose. In some cases they were
almost deaf for week afterwards.
The shot from the ram striking the
turret of the Monitor" seemed to lift
her bow out of water, and as there
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
DICKS COOP TIME.
Very Human Boy Enjoying His Well
Earned Reward


A portly gentleman sat On the porch
and smiled, while small boy also smil-
ing. painted the front fence.
Look at that boy" the portly man re-
marked TO a visitor: he thinks he ia
having a good time. A small hoy is surely
the drollest creature on earth When
was n youngster I remember tina. there
were certain kinds Of work I considered
play, and one 81 them was 1linting.
was always crazy 20 paint Many times
] have taken q bucket of muddy water
AMI an old paint brush. and have spent
a whole half day putting thick coat on
the side Of my fathers barn.
80 with my boy. Dick the little chap
painting the fence: he has always been
cragy 70 paint He is enjoying himself
now-you can see he is. and he will pairt
that whole fence. too. just dg well as he
knows how l don't care If II f. a trihe
smeared: he's getting joy, solid JOY.
thicker than the paint on hts minds ard
clothes.
There's a mean side IN q. too; he
wanted to paint the fence and wanted
the weeds pulled out Of the yard So.
like an uuderhauded rascal bareained
with HIM ! told him that II ne would
pull all the weeds out wo,ui let him
paint the fence. re went through the
ether JOB like a soldier-he tatea to pull
weeds-all boys dn-and row ne thinks
he is getting his I'd l. Is d down
right shame to fool him THAI wav-don't
you think so?"
The portly gentleman chucklef again.
and the small boy, wild with joy. went
on plastering paint on tbs fo7ce.-D detroit
Free Press
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04

]. E. Haycraft, Madelia, Mimi; Adlu-
tant-General, Fred E. Bolton, Boston,
Mass; Quartermaster-G General, K. Loe-
bernstein, Chicagc; Inspector-General'
]. Frank Durston, Syracuse, \. "
Northumberland Edward ~
Gould, Rockland, Me; Surgeon Cen
eral, DIR. Dan. s. Gardner ,Masslilon'
Ohio: Chaplain in-Chiet, Rev. Harry L.
Veazey. Hartman, Tenn.
Camp No. /, Sons of Veterans, Y: 5
A. was organized in rAe city OF Phlla-
delphia. September 80, 1879. the or
sanitation is composed of lineal de-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
SONS OF VETERANS.
They VIII Hold Their Annual Gather
ing at Omaha.

Omaha, September 3.-While the vet
Grams of the G. A. r. are bidding fare
well to Cincinnati the Sons OF Veter-
ans are preparing to get together ID
annual convention in Omaha. The
gathering is to commence September
IL. and will be memorable feature OF
tie Exposition now in progress. The
officers Of the body are: Commander
in-Chief, Charles ~ Darling, Boston,
Mass; Senior Vice Commander-in-
Chief. George E. Cogshall. Grand Rap
ids Mich; Junior Vice-Commander-in-
Chief. James w. Noel. Indianapolis,
Ind; Council-in-C Chief, II. II. Hammer,
Reading, Pa; c. Borin, Oberlin, Kan, !;
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04

scenGants, over eighteen years of age.
OF honOrably discharged soldiers, SAIL
orS, or marines WHO served in the late
Civil war There are now about two
thousand camps. with a membership of
one hundred thousand distributed
among twenty-nine divisions, CORE
spending to States, tho general society
or national body constituting the Com
madery-in-Chie Each camp has its
own officers, the head officer being the
captain. The principal o8icer OF the
division is the commander.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
4 woNpERFrL eIGHr.

The entire collection Of plate In the Ison-
dun Mansion house "a wonderful sight.
An idea OK the wealth Of II may be gath
cred from the fact that al the time OF
the opening of the Mansion house in iTsa.
strong room. cogt 81 Coz Every year sIfxs
then each Lord MAYOR has added to tho
collection 70 the amount ~ gz.0o. and "a
addition there are many handsome pre-
sentutlon pieces
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
AN OLD QUESTION COMES UP
AGAIN

Chicago Tribune.
The Steenth regiment had taken q gio-
rious part In the first battle of the war
for Cuban freedom and was resting on It's
arms and lsurels.
Well" remarked the soldier with the
red bandana. handkerchief around his
head, we've had our baptism of fire"
Il reckon we have" replied the soldier
who was examining wound on the butt
of his rife. BY the way, you're Bdp-
list, amt you?"
That's what I am"
Did you notice that our baptism OF fire
came in the form OF sprinkling?"
Not particularly. l noticed we were
pretty thoroughly Immersed in it
When taps sounded an hour later they
were still wrangling over il.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
NEVER IN DOUBT HOW TO voTl

ST. Paul Globe.
A former member of the House of Rep
resentatives, who has voted the RepUbn-
can ticket ever since he was naturalized.
visited ST. Paul the other day and encoun-
tered an old friend, who questioned him
about his method Of voting in the House.
Il always voted Republican" he said,
with smile OF pride.
But how did YOU vote on questions be-
fore the House
A Republican sit beside me-" answered
the statesman, 'and ven he say yes !
say yes too.
but suppose he was absent when a
vote was taken: what would you do
Them
YELL, Democrat he sit behind me,
aGd Ven he yes say no.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04

prizes are offered also for the three
lowest scores In the outlying round.
In many respects the tournament il
an experiment, for number OF inno-l
veticns viii be tried for the first time,
AID their success can only be Judged
by the result of the play. fnS the first
place. the tournament will be I3in ted
exclusively to amateurs. In other sea-
sons IL was customary TO decide both
the amateur and professional chafhpi-
ouships in the same week, but thSas
has been done away with and the pro-
fessiona.s relegated 20 separate con-
test. Another new feature Is the In
erase In the intermediate rounds from
eighteen 10 thirty-six holes, and the
doubling of the number of players ELF
gible for the match play. Both these
things are calculated to add to the
difiicuaLS0Sf - tournament, though
ther1rhGl -! u! ,,-esr.,,s.sssssiio n -
FROM any quarter, and in fact,
changes were made by an ain
unanimous vote at the last anf
meeting OF the association.
This il the fourth annual tournan
held under the auspices OF the Uni
States association, the initial con
having taken place in Newport In la
AT that time C. b. Macdonald. OF G
cage, was the winnjp. The foilowi
year the championship was held
Shinnecock Hills, and II, j. Whigha|
won the cup. Last year Il WIS ie
at Wheaton. Ill.,, ard Mr.. Whighar
again won. his opponent in the iinay
round being w Rossiter Be.ts, OF yale.'
This year the accessibility Of the Nor
ris county grounds is expected 70 re-
suit in the largest entry list ever res
ceive5 by the association. In order.
that visiting competitors may be able
to Obtain little preliminary kricwl-a
edge of the course, the Morris County
Club extends the privileges OF the club
house and links for one week previous
to the competition.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-12
POINTED PARAeRAp

Some folks never expect to get what
they expect.
A hsh In the hand 10 worth a dozen in
the anglers story.
An things come with the walter who
serves an order Of hash.
With Letter purse. -four by any
other name would smell ~ wheat.
IT'S always easier to love an enemy
after you get the better Of him.
Drop a secret In the average woman's
ear and her tongue begins-to work
It's poor obesity remedy that Is UNI
able 20 make the patients purse thin
ner,
kissing may not be dangerous, but II
often causes palpltadon Of the heart.
No matter what a woman's age may
be, she never thinks she looks II.
The shoemaker who fits woman's
feet to her satisfaction performs he
roic feat
Homeopathlsts tell US that Ike cures
like. but they fail 70 suggest cure for
dislike.
Girls that are always harplng on the
rights Of women usually get left In the
matrimonial shuttle.
An Ohio Jury failed to reach an agree
ment after three days elaboration. A
jury Of women could have disagreed in
three minutes.-Ch!cago Daily News.