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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18
nor sale.

A block N nrst-claas board. ~ the
Grand Pacific hotel; also board a.
other good placcH ~ discount In.
qulfe al cablr Plano company. s1s
South Main.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18

not too much for a strong and steady
tlso before spring opens.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18

The potnto-wofm isn't In q, this 'uil
In Utah alongside Of the POLITICAL
worm.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18

The Utah voter IL not In love with
"eniansling alliances" Just now.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18

The nations sympathy WIN 40 out to
Captain Clark In his present condition.
Tho hero of the Oregon lies seriously
10 with nervous itustratlon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18

Autumn winds are srca, success In
the dusting business.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18

Now the cuhans are said 10 be- salts
Ned with Tho American administration
900 regard TO cuba. They do not want
the government supply Of food cut on.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18

There isn't any talk now OF European
Interference 10 prevent America build
ing powerful neot Tor Pacific waters,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18

of Ccryefa's aunken fieot the Vlnea-
50. oauendo and Colon arv said 10 be-
beyond repair. II was spnnlrh
troach,ry In slntlnk the vessels after
the surrender which has prevented the
raising ~ the Cristobhi Colon und Mt
ting hor out ns an American cruiser
under the name Christopher Columbus
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18
WaSatCh
Resort,
dn Llttlo Cottonwood canyonl

I'm ITiIIO VotIonWooI NhhIoW
Most beautiful and nearest summer ilesott
70 salt Lake City-only 20 miles distant,
tcnrhUu 10 rnrrlArn or stage from Murray
every day, leaving AZ $50 a m, returning
10 the esenlng Ample hotel nctommodn-
tlunsi hot and cold water Cold mountain
streams plpea 10 tho resort
Parties ~ two or more may reach the To-
sort % any time BY special conveyance az
g. Murray Drug 60 for ufhntof q Atwood
Among iho pleasant features are tho nice
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18
ELEGANT SULPHUR TURKISH BATH

And treatment Rooms In charge Of a
COMPETENT PHYSICIAN, VINO will
oinunoaa nnd prescribe for patients
needing medical nid. II you have Ca
TAlllih DispEpRIA. RnEuMAr.
1871. NERVOUS TROUBLES or KID
kE1 DISEASE, come ana BE- cured.
Any Kind ~ bath you want. Message
for both sexes. Swimming lessons for
ladies by the mntron.
Several farms wanted. Address with
full description. a. II. Russell. Akron.
Ohio.
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Summer
cottages.

For Rent on reasonable terms Tor tho
sghsoh Apply 10 John Wella IL North
Main. Or 10
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22

between these two skins. so to speak, is
minutely subdivided into numerous water
tight compartments to further localize
INJURY.
Her lons for distance of quite two
thirds her total length arc girded by a
broad band OF heavy armor seven and one
above and below the water line. Along
the sides, amidships, for IS feet this belt
is fourteen inches thick and proof against
all but the heaviest enemys shell AT very
Close range. The outhoord ends of this
sirdle Their turn inboard at sharp angle
and terminate on the center line where
they form the main support for the pom
derous barbettes that shelter the vital
mechanisms of the big twelve-inch guns.
This formation results in a massive hex
a9onal bulwark of hardened steel. which
presents a we'll nigh nvulnerabe front
to shot or shell from any PORT OFF the bow,
the stern or either of the sides. Upon this
siX-sided wall is laid the middle portion
of the protective deck two and three
fourths inches thick, which houses over the
vitals of the craft Below this deck, be
hind any feet of shelteripg coal, so wise
" is her supply Of 1900 tons distributed,
and beneath the water, lie her engines, her
boilers and her $40 tons Of ammunition
that await the coming OF foeman worthy
of that powder and hardened steel From
the lower edges of this armor belt inboard
the protective belt, slightly thicker, runs
forward ard aft TO the ends. and forms AT
the bow the spine for the poneerous ram
which lies Just far enough below the water
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22

As the most formidable example OF our
commissioned battleships, consider how we
have prepared the Iowa to give and take.
and try TO follow in part what might reas-
onably be expected of her in action.
Clothed in her peace time dress of white
paint, one scarcely imasines her a massive
STEEL structure of something over 1000
tons, so lightly does she seem to rest upon
the water, and clothed in her war time
earb of shostly gray. she would be even
more delusve. But wait till she is seen to
lie unmoved upon white capped sea that
makes her smaller neighbors rock and then
her ponderous might is realized. Think OF
the force within that must be generated
to make her move alorg against wind and
tide az the rate of sixteen knots an hour,
and then try, if possible to picture the
blow that would fall upon the craft so I'M
lucky as to lie across her rushing course.
The Iowa is really a navigable fortress
800 feet long, a tritie over seventy two feet
wide, and emitting her snokestacks and
the top OF her surerstructure amidship.
Laden for sea half Of this body lies below
the water line Shat she may be com
paranyely insensitive to moderate injury
below water she has a double or inner
bottom reaching from the keel UP to short
distance below the load line, and the space
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22
HER FORMIDABLE GUNS.


The main battery consists OF four l2-inoh
and eight S-inch rifles of great power
secondary force of six iinCh and twenty e.
FOUNDER rapid fire guns Will guard against
the approach Of torpedo craft and sweep
destructively the exposed positions and
lightly armored parts of an enemy's deck
The 12-inch guns are mounted In two
massive turrets of l5-inch Harveyiaed ar
Inor-the defensive equivalent OF qui'e
twenty inches OF normal nickel steel These
tuirets reVolve within barbettes or great
cclunlns of like material and thickness
rising boldly from the protective deck
below. within this great tube OF hardened
steel rest the foundations Tor the turrets
and the mechanisms vital to the man
agemeut of the turrets and the guns and
up through this sturdy passage are brought
the powder and shot from the sheltered
folds of the magazines and shell rooms
way below
Each of these guns weighs forty Ave
tons ae II rests upon its carriage; has a
total length of thirty eight feet aud o
greatest diameter OF nearly four feet at
the breech. The bore is rifed with forty
eight twisting grooves that bite into the
copper band on the base Of the projectiles
and give them that rapid rotation so es-
sential to accuracy Of fight aud high power
Of penetration with an impulse of 430
pounds Of powder the $50 pound shot Of
hardened steel goes speeding on is mission
Of destruction with an initial velocity Of
200 feet a seeond-the equivalent of some
thing over 400 miles an hour. With the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22

out TO them as copy" paper some of inc
paper that had been bought for the 90
cent note Issue OF the Confederacy. Tie
presswork on these notes was done on o
fine double cylinder press, which. having
come into the possession OF the Examiner,
was disposed OF by that paper to the ~ 81
lesion News and Courier
Not only was the work OF printing most
of our notes and bonds transferred from
Richmond to Columbia, but our treasury
department established in that city bu-
Hcau where hundreds OF young ladies were
Employed in signing the names OF the
treasurer and registrar Many of ihesr
ladies' went from Richmond and remained
in Columbia until the war was over And
here II may he remarked that II was the
Confederacy tho first instituted in Rich
mond the practice of employing lady clerks
Previously. it was the rarest possible ,hine
TO see a girl occupying a clerical position
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22

line TO gore an enemy where he is weak
est
WITH TORPEDO TUBES.
and TO a height Of seven feet above the
heavy water line belt. the SIDES are of ar
NOR five inches thick and it is from behind
the protecting shelter of this steel wall
that the two torpedo tubes on each side
are worked, The ends OF this thinner belt
also turn slantingly inboard and athwart
ships and terminate lkewiGe against the
barbettes for the twelve inch guns. For
ward and abaff this lighter armor the sides
are re-enforced by broad band of corn
pith cellulose which will swell and auto
matlcally plug all shot holes admitting
water.
The whole interior Of the craft Is cut up
into something like lao water-tight COM
partments, and powerful pumps Of great
capacity stand ready to hold in check the
consequences of accident or leak Wood
work is grudgingly allowed, ground cork
and white paint standing instead for ap-
pearances and bealthfulness, and such as
is present. from the seaman's ditty boa
to the admirals easy chair is freproofed
by a process of tried efficiency
The fewest possible passages arc cut
through the protective deck, and, with the
exception Of the air passages 10 the en-
CINE rooms and fire rooms and the uptakes
for the smokestacks. are covered by heavy
armored gratings TO keep out shell. The
rest Of the openings are closed with solid
coverings as heavy as the nelghboring
deck
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22

as she would pass over in the time OF flight
OF the projectile This, for ten thousand
yard range, might be twenty seconds.
We have now the position OF the target
at a given future instant, but 1t is referred
to the position of the range tower We
must now correct our data TO refer to the
guns position. Then we are ready 10 make
corrections for drift due TO rifling effect
Of wind, condition of atmosphere and alb
normal powder and projeetie The gun Is
laid with the resulting data by means of
degrees and minutes marked on the ira
verse circle of the gun platform and Gle
Walton arc on the side OF the carriage, and
We are ready to fire. 1t is necessary to al
low time--ealled time of fight'-for the
proiectile to reach the target at the end
of the eighty seconds, so the guns must be
fired that long ahead Of time
ALL A QUESTION OF SCIENCE.
When you consider that all OF this work
must be done in eighty seconds, you see
that one has to count his time by fractions
OF seconds to work like an automaton. No
longer time can be allowed for computa
lions, etc, as uncertainties increase as
about the fifth power OF the time. This is
where the discipline Of the soldier comes
in, and 1t can be acquired only by years
of training.
The aiming OF the gun is all science now
and needs experts. The iirlng and loading
are the only work which he unframed
mind can find work az, and even IN these
/ things. you understand there is need of
coolLess and experience. for these big fell
! lows are delicate machines after ali aud
are worked by levers. have electrical APP
| planes and are in other ways too precious
TO trust TO unframed hands
! This may not sound so dreadful here in
] f..l -rfr "a
But imagine looking up sines and co5ines
plotting accurate curves from mathematical
data. under hail of projectiles with shells
and bombs bursting around YOU Fancy
planidly sighting your telescope in the
range tower. which well directed shot
may cut away from beneath you, And your
hand must not tremble, your mind must Lot
be distracted.
The civilian seemed rather impressed. H
could only venture. timidly. taat it die
seem as II there were great odds against
the ships.
$50 there are But they have advantages
too In the ranese-Chinese war, the
Japs. being clever, got ahead OF the Chinese
predictions Of their position by running
ahead full speed aud then suddenly slack
inc up. so that the Chinese missiles fell fai
ahead. When the Chinese gunners oesar
to grasp that ruse, then they changed theii
tactics aud would advance slowly at first
then suddenly crowd on all steam and speed
away, leaving The sunners far behind"
"oh, then YOU can ct around tae alb
eolute scientific accuracy
TIE artillery officer laughed. Yes. bu
YOU must remember the Japs we're dealing
with ths Chinese. We know how 10 over
come that How? Oh. 3ul that's Cling
The civilian wanted 10 know who WIS re
sponsible for the range tower, aud was toll
Ii was the invention Of lieu.snlnt isaac n
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22

greatest elevation permitted by the turret
ports, /. e.. Is degrees, each of these guns
has range of quite five and half miles.
Bombarding n city from that distance the
shot would reach it's destination IN n
scant twenty four secouds--three whole
seconds in advance of the sound of the
OF these guns could send an armor pierre
ing shot right through twenty four inches
of solid steel and mile and a half away
the same kind nf shot would 30 uudeformed
through nineteen inches Of tho same kind
OF material Tho destructive impulse la
tent in that shot as 1t leaves The gun r.
equivalent to the force required to raise
one foot twice the total weight of the whole
ship when heavy laden.
FIRE $50 POUND SHOTS.
The S-inch guns are protected bv Ave and
eight inches of hardened metal, and fire
a ESQ pound shot with force enough to
pierce twelve inches ~ steel a mile away
The inch guns can fire eight thirty
10 bore their way through seven inches
OF steel 1000 yards away, while the twenty
six FOUNDERS could maintain niurderoIs
bail Of Gplosive shell into open ports and
upon the unarmored portions .: zoe.
the torpedoes each with It's deadly our
den of 40 pounds of that threcfp pow
erful gun cotton, could tear their way
through the toughest fabrlca,ous of steei,
and make the mghtiest hlttleshir bow In
submission
These are some Of the powers placed at
the captains command.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
Notes Are Now Quoted Mt Face value
Printed In New York.
Richmond Cva.) Dispatch.


It is pleasant to hear that though the
Confederocy has been doad these thirty
three years. some of its notes. or bonds.
are worth their face value Those partic-
ular issues were printed by great engray
ing and printing house in New York and
were put forth while Montgomery, Ala. was
the seat of government of the Confederacy.
We presume that no great quantity OF
this paper was delivered. Certain loyal
lists OF the North made it very hot ffr
the printing company In question when
they found that the company had done the
work for the Confederates, and they caused
the printing 10 be stopped. Hence the
rarity and consequent high price OF speei-
mems of the issues in question.
There was no steel plate printing estab
lishment within the bounds of the Confei-
eracy. and the best our government could
do wes TO make a contract with Hoyer
Ludwig, photographers here, for the PRINT
ing OF their notes and bon Is, 4 Is f,m
long occupied the upper floor OF the build
ing at the southwest corner OF Broad and
Ninth streets. From there 1t moved we
think TO the upper floors OF the Dosher
building, which occupied the lot upon
which the chamber Of commerce has slice
erected its imposing home. At any rate,
there was a photographic establishment IN
that building when the war closed.
For the last year or two OF the war. now
ever. most Of the Confederacy's engraving
and printing was done at Columbia. 5, e..
Numbers of the artists. engravers and
printers, were brought from England, run
ming the blockade. Others, however "fro
citizens of Richmond or of Baltimore
One of these Rlchmonders was Ailnur
Dabney, who. in May, 1854, having iiir-
Tough TO visit his home here, fell IN "ilh
the Richmond Blues, who were returning
from q campaign in South Carolina. Tho
Blues found the enemy occupying tn. turn
| pike between Petersburg and Richmond,
| and with the entire regiment were ordered
! 10 attack Dabney was in the Blues ranxs
as a volunteer. and was the first man nilled
| on that victorious day
At the close OF the war only the frac-
tional notes were being printed here. Foo
/ these the Confederaey had accumulated 3
| large stock of pink paper, that was 'ies-
tined never 10 BE- used as designed.
This paper and the presses. etc. we're al
seized and confiscated by the Federal az
thorities. and the building al the corne. q
Ninth and Main soon thereafter became |
newspaper office First It was occupied ,.
the Republic and afterward by the Exam
iner The editors and reporters OF boil
those journals for a long time had deal
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22

Oakland, Cal, May q - Miss Raenal
Vrooman, society belle. has been admit
ted to practice law before the supreme
court. She graduated with honors from
Hastings College OF Law and Is now fully
accredited member OF the bar. Her father.
late Attorney Vrooman, was one OF the
most prominent attorneys of California He
LEFT a valuable estate, which his daughter
proposes to manage herself.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22
New York Herald.

e'N" iClh f1eTdlu.
You think you could manage one of
these guns off hand. do you?" inquired an
officer of the regular army as he patted
one of the modern monster guns in place
at Fort Hamilton.
We'll, If your ordinary enlisted man can
think could with few days training.
OF course" replied the civilian who had
been favored with a view of the new ord
nance
That is one of the most modest speeches
I've heard" was the ronical rejoinder'
I've spent four years at West Point two
al the artillery school at Fort Monroe and
I was just oongratulating myself on my
oTihg finally well prepared for this emer-
seney' And yet my nervous system hash
oeeh tried and | may tumble my log3rithms
"hen I'm under fire..
The civilian stared. What are you talk
ing apout?"
Firing these guns, Did you suppose we
Sc,sated along the top the way Long Tom
CoIln used to do In Cooper's story ana,
pulling lanyard. landed our shot ten
miles away just on the point where we
wanted IT to go? That was the old way
out today more science is required and we
esn tell to an inch where the projectile we
"ie VIII strike.
NO CHILDS PLAY.
But It is no child's play. you may be
sure, and not only one gunner must be
s'eady but every man who has anything
10 do with the transmission or computation
u information connected with the laying
Tor sighting) of that gun has to be alb
sointely steady. prompt and reliable. II you
VIII Just imagine how much of an error
surveyor would make II he ran line
eight miles long. having set his bearing
one minute right or left at starting, you
san appreciate what must be accomplished
Al the laying of our modern ordnance
IN the days OF the civil war ranges were
60 very short that the gunner had no dinl-
euity in seeing his target and laying mis-
sun directly upon II. Wind and spesu OF
Target cut no figure, because the prolesli, e
neo such short distance 10 pass ever that
nether had enough time to act 10 make
eny appreciable difference But now, when
ming at target eight miles away, all OF
.aese things make Themselves felt. There
Is the rlfiing in the bore, which gives the
prolectile the rotation necessary TO keep II
from tumbling, and which will In our serv-
ICE carry the proJectile TO the Ti.ht. Then
re direction and force OF the wind tbs
direction and speed Of target, the tenn
Serature and barometric pressure OF ths
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22
NO PLAY TO SHOOT BIG GUNS.
You Must Be Able to ''Do Logarithms' Under Fire
to Successfully Work the Range Finder.

air which affect the resistance of the air
to passage of the projectile, the kind OF
powder and weight of projeotile. All these
things have to be taken into account, ana
they each vary under all sorts OF conW
tions, so that they can only be Inquired out
for each particular shot at the time the
gun is fired But they are not such difficult
problems to the officer, who lives in an at
mosphere of such things.
Most OF this information must De
worked out from data obtained from hring
tests. and must. be thoroughly assimilated
by the expert artillerist Then by taking
observations at the time OF firing data Is
obtained from which results can be COM
puted
"The most important part of the opera
ton is. of course, 10 locate the target. The
invention which has enabled us to do THIS
is something wholly American deve OPP
ment Of our regular army, which in certain
localities il is so much the fashion these
days to run down.
'This invention Is the range finder, II
looks simple affair 4 tall modern tower,
with a substantial foundation ouilt on a
commanding height. and connected Win
the guns--perhaps half mile distant-oy
telephone. At the top is lerge telescope,
adjusted on a polished steel circular table.
! A dial on the telescope frame Is cosged
WITH the edge of the circular table, ana
gives Mt any instant the direct reading IN
azimuth Another dial Is so arranged that
elevation or depression of the telescope
gives its indicator corresponding move
ment. This is like the ordinary transit
fitted TO read vertical angles. But in TINS
| CASE, instead OF reading angles OF depres-
SION. distances are indicated in yard5 20
the point where the line Of sight pierces 'ns
! water An adjustment oorrects for heign'
! of tide.
QUICK WORK, THIS.
at is only necessary, then to point our
| telescope at the water line CT the ship a.
read directly azimuth and distance. These
are rapidly transmitted by telephone to the
guns and plotted on piece OF drawihs
uaper Three of these observations, twen'S
seconds apart. are plotted. and TIE gun ma
| to be fired eighty seconds after the las
observation is taken. or at the end OF W.
minutes total time. We have the loeano,
/ of the target al three different times
| Is now necessary to compute whsre IL WI
be at the end OF the eighty seconds
"A vessel running twelve knots an nou
will mass over 200 feet in one minute
$500 feet in eighty seconds, so that II W
Aired at the point where she was at m
last observation we might miss her $50
feet or some fraction OF that, dependin
on her direction of sailing with relefeno
10 us. II we fred point blank-that Is ann
ing right at Nerve would miss as "ue'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22

Lewis. Lieutenant Lewis is a KaEsan by
birth, He was graduated at W. ST Point In
1884 and has until recently served with the
Second artillery. His ,aycn,ion can lot be
too highly praised for The god work !. Is
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22

WITH TORPEDO TUPCs

ne to gore an enemy where he is weak