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The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
Large Versus Small warships.

One argument that has been made
in favor of building a comparatively
large number of small warships rather
than a smaller number of large vessels,
with large crews, is that the smaller
ones afford the greatest number of in
dependent commanders and oppor-
tunities of training for command. Be-
tween 1872 and 1888 rs sea-going fight
ing ships were launched for the British
navy, varying in displacement between
.430 and 1000 tons, and the number of
men and officers in these ships ranged
from 50, in the smallest, to 220 in the
largest. These ships were to be found
all over the world. Admirals, captains
and leading officers of to-day were all
trained in them, and splendidly
rained. These ships, however, have
1ecn displaced in recent years by
larger vessels, with larger crews, max
Ing for each command larger claims on
laval estimates and on the reserve of
zen. Some of the foremost authori-
les now lean to the opinion that too
lauch trust is placed in big ships and
90 little in the skill, enterprise and
valor which may be had in the direc-
and management of ship of mod
size. To multiply such smaller
Is 10 multiply the chances cfget-
rood ~cr = command. Pii7@ Z
and ass ondemrs many sass
-n 10 ,heir il-l.-
o1z.-C&sS.eG Magazine.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
LOST AT THE SEASHORE.
Jewels Worth Fully $4,000, 900 Are.
Dropped or Stolen Every
Year.

1t has been estimated that over $2,-
oOo,O0O worth of jewels are lost every
season at the summer resorts OF Amer
lea. At this time Of the year you will
find anywhere from two to a dozen
placards posted at the desks Of the sea-
shore and mountain hotels Offering
suitable rewards for the recovery Of n
diamond pin, diamond-st udded watch
or some other valuable trinket So
great have been the losses at the fash
ionable resorts like Newport, Lenox,
Bar Harbor or Richfeld Springs that
the society matrons Of late years have
deposited boxes of jewels in banl,
vaults, and when large functions are
given member of the family is dis
patched to town to get the costly or
naments. This is very inconvenient
but a very safe method. Before this
precaution was taken the theft or loss
of jewels frequently amounted to S.
900 or $10,0G0 at a single instance.
Very seldom are the mislaid trinkets
found, and even then under peculiar
circumstances. Last year a Philadel-
phia matTon secured apartments at a
hotel where three years previously
she had had the misfortune to lose sew
eral rings, watch, and a diamond
crescent, valued at 81 400. AS she en-
tered one of the rooms a loose board
was felt. A carpenter was summoned
to make the repair. Removing the car
pet. the workman slightly raised the
board and saw something bright on
the plaster below. This discovery led
to the recovery of the trinkets. The
owner had hidden the property and
then had forgotten about it,
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
FAMOUS TREE DESTROYED.
Murats Lime at Leipzig Was Lately
Blown Down in a Violent
WindstOrm.

Murat's lime tree on the battlefield
Of Leipzig has fallen a victim to a vio-
lent storm. The tree which witnessed
such terrible carnage was already, ac-
cording to popular belief, 200 years old
and more when the three-days' battle
was fought, says the Pail Mall Ga
ze!te- Perhaps it drew new strength
from soil enriched by the countless
dead; perhaps, like proud Bolingbroke,
blood watered it to make it grow"
in any case, it has survived for four
score years the great event in its his
tory, and now lies PROSTATE on the bat
tlefield-the last fallen in the Battle cf
giants. The tree has sometimes been
called Napoleon lime, and the legion
has been told that the leader in the bat
tie Of nations used it as a watch tower
at a critical period Of the fight. But,
according to authentic evidence. it was
not Napoleon, but Murat, who made it
famous. The great captain of squad
rons, who headed the veterans Of Spain,
seems to have climbed into its branches
ard established his observatory here on
the morning Of October 16, 1873, and
here for some time he remained, until
an obtrusive cannon ball passed through
the branches and drove the bird from
its nest. 1t is a grand old veteran,
grand even in death. Its trunk is 20
meters high and one meter and a half
in diameter; it has several times been
struck by lightning, and it is at last
overthrown by tempest. Near it is the
ivy-covered monument to the French
who fell, whose epitaph it may justly
share: LET none disturb their rest"
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
To Arrange Bric-a-Brac.

Authorities upon decoration declare
that there should be a eliminating
spot In the ornamentation of a room.
In the ordinary room this eliminating
center is the fireplace and its mantel.
Naturally, therefore, this is the place
for the display of the choicest bits of
bric-a-brac, and, generally speaking.
of the smallest. In arranging these
ornaments it is helpful to bear in mind
the general rule that bronze requires
a strong light, and that marble and
delicately tinted china demand half
shadow. Whatever the bric-a-brac. and
wherever placed, it should always be
kept exquisitely clean.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
kirnPs9.

In some portions of Germany, the
kirmess, or church mass, formerly
danced in honor Of the dedication of
church, is now observed with the spe-
cial character Of harvest home. 1t
marks the close Of the years labors,
and is celebrated by three days Of
music, feasting and dancing with part
ners chosen or allotted, according to
degrees Of comeliness, at the preced~
ing May festival.
In southern Germany, the erd'of the
harvest is marked by the sickle feast.
The last sheaf is carried in triumph to
the barn, and placed on the floor, while
the younger couples dance around it.
One-half Of it is then dec!led with rib
bons, and hung aloft while the other
half is burned. It's ashes are treas
ured as remedy for rheumatism, and
are sometimes used in making amulets
or charms. The peasants leave for
Wodan, or 1.-The old one" few ears OF
corn. and a small number Of apples, it
being considered unlucky to strip
either field or tree entirely bare.-Lip-
DincOtt's
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Nice and Round.-Amy-''H gets a
nice round sum every week" Mamie
-''Yes. Eight silver dollars" to
Date.
C!ara-''Are you engaged to Douglas
for good?" Gertrude-''It look. so.
don't think he'll ever be able to marry
me"-Life.
Mr.. Isaacstein-"So you t'ink young
Rosenbaum means peezness?" Rebec-
ca Isaacstein (coyly)-''Yes, papa; he
talks nodding but nonsense" Puck.
First Why didn't you go to
the warp Second Citizen-''Wel, be-
tween ycu and me, I didn't know the
Spaniards were such bad Shots
Truth.
4 Tangled Web.-Tommy-"Pa, why
are single women called spinsters o.
Pal expect it's because they are al
ways spinning web to catch man"
London Fun.
Tippie (regretfully)-'The count
was an adorable partner. He fairly
darced his way into my affections =
Sibyl (nickedly)-"And then skipped
ut."-Town Topics.
"Degorra, an it's har-rd to collect
money these days SIS it you bin try
in to collect some, Mr.. Murphy %
''Sorry cent; but there's plenty tryin'
to collect some from Modern
Society.
annie. DEAR" said her duIcet-toned
rival, "these latest photographs of
yours make me thirk of Tom. They're
just like him" "Why. you old dar-
ling! Where's the resemblance o.
They fatter you so."--Detroit Free
Press.
\ War Center.-Kuislow- eve had a
very warlike time up at our house the
other morning" sby-'How was
that?" Kuislow-'The baby cried for
two hours, and while my wife tried to
quiet him [ shelled the pease. .'-Phila-
delphia North American.
Old Fogy-'T am panied to hear that
you are addicted to playing poker, and
that last night you lost $25" Young
Fogy-"The idea. Why, 1 don't even
know how to play the game" Old
Fogy-''So I am informed by tha party
who won the money" Boston Tran
script.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
LiGHifl Air.

Liquid air has been introduced at the
banquet-a scientists banquet, a SEN
tend-with more effect than favor, it
would seem, says the London Pail Mall
Gazette. After the champagne had
made its round the glasses were
topped up with the new stuff, when,
considerably to the disgust of every
body but the originator of this sur
prise, eyerybody's champagne evap-
Grated in white clouds. LIQUID air is
the real firewater. 1t might be safely
reckoned upon to satisfy the exigen-
cies Of a gullet upon which forty-rod
whisky had altogether palled, but it is
clearly not yet likely TO get into the
general wine card. A little while ago
William Kaiser was offered a glass OF
it. He would not have been William
Kaiser if he had not known what to do
with it. He raised the glass in the
honor of science, but he left it to any
scientist who liked to put down the
contents.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
MIC R9DFS WAIL toR CYILTsIs
Doctors Advise Whecimen Not TO
Ride in the Dust with Their
Mouths Open.

The Lancet has note interesting to
the vast army of cyclists. After
spin" along a more or less dusty road
he cycliSt sometimes experiences
Try and subsequently, sore and in
famed throat. Headache and depres-
ion often follow, and the symptoms
generally simulate poisoning of some
kind.
When the bacteriology of road dust
is considered, these effects are hardly
TO be wondered at. Hundreds Of mil
lions of bacteria, according to the ma
ture of the locality, are found in
gram weight of dust, and the species
isolated have included well-known
pathogeric organisms.
Indeed, there can be no reason for
doubling the infective power of dust
when it is known that among the mi
crobes encountered in ii are the mi
crobes of pus, malignant oedema, teta-
nus, tubercule and septicaemia.
The mischief to riders as well as
pedestrians would probably be largely
ayerted if, as nature intended, the res
pirations were rigidly confined to the
nasal passages, and the mouth kept
comfortably though firmly shut. AS in
vestigators have shown, the microbes
in the air seldom pass beyond the ex-
treme erd of the nasal passage, and
consequently reyer to the larynx or
bronchial surfaces.
useful precaution, therefore, in ad
d!tion to exclusively breathing
through the nostrils, would be to
douche the nasal cavity after dusty
run or walk with a weak and slightly
warm solution Of some harmless anti
semitic
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
Street Scene in Parts.

The Velo reports an amusing incl
dent in Paris. A roadman was water
ing the street with hose. An omni-
bus coming up TO him caused bi-
cyclist 10 collide with another wheel
man, and both fell. Over them went
third, and a cab horse, driven with
the usual Partisan skill, danced on The
pile of machines, the cabman plying
his whip as the only solution of the
trouble that occurred o him. One OF
the fallen, rising hurriedly, was
hoored again by tandem, which also
capsized, and another coupe and
moter car cannoned one another with
in an ace Of running over the debris.
At this moment the omnibus moved
eff, and the boseman, unaware OF the
tragedy that was being enacted on the
other side of the bus, turned on the
stream across the rear of the depart
ing vehicle. Tableau!
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
LITTLE QUEENS DAILY LIFE.
Taking 1t as an Example, Holland Is
No Place for Idlers-The Work
of Royalty.

"But it is not only the languages
which she studied" says Prof. j. Il
Gore on the life Of Queen Wilhelmina
Of Holland, in Ladies Home Journal;
there were literature, science. music
and all the subjects that demand the
attention of a person seeking the high
est culture. She rose at seven o'clock,
had breakfast at eight, and work be-
gan at nine. Her general education
had been intrusted to Dr.. SalyeTda de
Grave, while the court chaplain gave
her religious instruction, and special
masters were called in for lessons along
their chosen lines of work. Those who
taught must be in the room assigned
a few minutes before the hour. On the
stroke of the clock she entered, and at
once began the recitation in hand. If
the lesson were not finished al the end
of the hour, she rose, bade the teacher
good-morning and withdrew. Thus les
son followed lesson until half-past elev-
en-, when recreation came. The queen
mother exerted herself to make the re-
cess hours enjoyable, so that study
might me resumed with the minimum
of reluctance. On rainy days when the
usual drive cannot be taken, the mother
and daughter sit together for chat,
but their fingers are not idle; they deft-
Iy knit caps and mittens for Christmas
gifts"
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

AT sea level an object 1c0 feet high
is visible little over 13 miles. If 500
feet high, it is visible nearly 30 miles.
If it were not for the salts in the
ocean, the whole sea would soon be-
come a mass of corruption, owing to
the decay of the organic matter it con-
tains.
1t has been calculated that ordinary
gunpowder, on exploding, expands
about 5000 times, or fills space this
much larger as a gas than when in a
solid form.
1t is frequently observed that as
twilight comes on, red objects lose
their color sooner than others, finally
appearing black, while other eolors are
still visible.
A German biologist has calculated
that the human brain contains &c.,
0,O00 nerve cells, 100000 of which
die and are succeeded by new ones
every day. AT this rate we get an en-
tirely new brain every co days.
While building the railway up the
Swiss Corner Graf, about 10000 fee;
above sea level, 1t was ascertained that
the altitude and mountain sickness re-
duced the laboring capacity of the
men by one-third.
The head has IL muscles-eight for
the eyes and eyelids, one for the nose
eight for the lips, eight for the jaw, Ii
for the tongue, II fer the larynx, II for
the ear, Il for motions of the head and
neck. one TO move the hairy scalp, one
for the eyebrows.
An explosive of great power is made
by pouring liquid air containing 40 tc
so per cent. of oxygen on granulated
wood charcoal mixed with cotton wool
In thick cardboard cases it retains its
explosive power for five 10 ten min
ntes. 1t is being tried at Munich anG
in coal E:ine at Pensburg.
The plan of Herr Carl Wagener for
avoiding smoke consists in the use O.
pulverized coal and a special feeder
which Sits the dust ever the entire
fire. causing it 10 be at once inflameC
without smoke and with very little ash.
This also effects a considerable saving
of fuel, and opens way for utilizing
the waste coal dust of mines and stor-
age places.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
The TirAd Drnnch

Psychologists have been investigating
the nature Of the poison which is en-
gendered by fatigue. If he blood of
fatigued animal be injected into an
other animal that is fresh and unfa-
tigued, all the phenomena Of fatigue
will be produced. The poison which is
produced by fatigue is Of the same ma
ture as that into which the Indians
used to dip their arrows; and a most
deadly poison it is found to be. "In case
it is created more rapidly than can be
carried off by the blood, the organism
suffers seriously" A preacher should
make it a rule never to work at his SER
mons when he is tired. Tired compost
tion is sure to tell injuriously on the
sermon as delivered, and tired preach
ing makes tired hearing. The biogra-
pher of Dean Stanley says that one
source of the freshness which peryaded
his powers. 1t is too often forgotten
strength. Ee had most clearly recog-
nized the extent and the limitations Of
his powers. It is too often forgotten
that a sermon has physical as well as
an intellectual and spiritual basis
HomiIetic Review.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
To Make Ice in a Few Seconds.

Take basinful of water, and, hav-
ing removed the glass from your
watch, touch the water with the con-
vex part of it, in order that drop may
remain hanging upon it. Next pour,
drop by drop, some ether in the con-
cave part thereof, gently blowing it all
the time, and the quick evaporation of
the ether will make the glass SO cold
that the drop of water hanging under
meath will be frozen.-Boston Globe.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
EFrRSnnnSihTn

Willy Rockingham-Yaws, Miss Gus
sic; would get married, but dwead
the responsibility.
Miss Gussie-Oh! no one would hold
you responsible. The responsibility
for such thing would rest on the
shoulders of the woman who married
vou.-Puck.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
Wore Church and Thenter Hat.

1t was curious at Broken Hill, says
the Snyder Bulletin, the other Sunday
to see a priest standing at the altar
steps thanking members of the
French Maid" company for singing in
the choir and recommen nding his con-
gregation to GO and see the show. But,
after all, why not?
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
London Bridge.

It is computed that about 100000
pedestrians and 10000 vehicles cross
London bridge every day. The inces-
SAINT traffic across the bridge reduces
to powder about 25 cubic feet of granite
every year.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
GIRdStOne,S Eun

The public funeral of Mr.. Gladstone
Was not expensive. Some of the news
papers gave the cost as $4,000, but a
competent authority informed the
writer that the actual cost was about
$4,000.
The Winslow mail., 1898-10-15
Of Many Tongues.

The occupants of the Philippines REP
resent such a variety Of races that 81
languages are spoken there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-25
Condensed LOCALS.

John s Landen. a dairyman living at
Suitiand. met with painful accident on
Pennsylvania avenue extended SATURDAY.
afternoon. his horse running away and
throwing him out. He received severe
bruises and cats about the face and BODY
The injured man was removed to his home
by his brother.
The burning of pile of rubbish in the
Palais Royal building about 130 o'clock
last night was the occasion for the turn
ing in of an alarm OF fire from box 1871
There was very little damage done.
About IL O'Clock Saturday night fire was
discovered in the house of Lewis HILL No
I'LL street northwest. Policeman Nc
CCrmack and citizens extingushed the
flames without calling out the fire depart
Nent.
There was a slight fire Saturday evening
about . s3J- o'clock in the house of A. S
Biout No. go G. street southwest. What
caused The fire is not known. Damage to
furniture, Sl2J.
Annie Wiler. three years old, daughter
of Frank Wiler of l0Il East Capitol street
was knocked down Saturday afternoon Ly
horse and buggy driven by Robert Faut-
roy. She was not seriously injured.
One of the wagons OF the District water
department figured in an accident on Nc
Cures crossing Saturday afternoon. This
crossing is OH the Metropolitan branch OF
the Baltimore and Ohio road lust south of
Brookland Engine 1918 struck the wagon
but. fortunately. without doing ml.ah 6syn-
age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-25
NEW YORK READY.
Gen. TfllinEhast Expects Few Defec-
tiOus From the Ranks.

tiOns From the Ranks.
A dispatch from Albany, N. Y, yesterday
says: Adjt. Gen. Tillirghast was at his
desk at 10 o'clock, and his entire office force
were on hand at an earlier hour. The ad-
jutant general was in constant conference
with the members of his staff and the COM
manderS of the National Guard organiza-
tons in this vicinity. These conferences
We're devoted to the consideration of all the
questions relative to the calling out of the
various guard organizations as volunteers
BY nightfall the adjutant general is san
guine that all details to that end will have
been settled upon, and it is believed that if
the official call comes early tomorrow many
of the troops will be well on their way to
the places of mobilization. No intimation
was given as to where the state troops will
first mobilize. !.
Gen. Tillinghast believes there will be
very little detection on the part of indi-
vidualS when the various organizations are
asked to volunteer. It can be safely stated
that New York states first quota of volun-
teers. some LOCO men, will come entirely
from the National Guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-25
TO CONSIDER THE HULL BILL.
Meeting of the Senate Military Affairs
Committee.

sASSaAhes VI she Aua1rs
Committee.
The Senate committee on military affairs
met at 10 o'clock today to consider the
army reorganization bill and also to decide
whether the volunteer army bill requires to
be amended.
1t has been claimed that the volunteer
bill contains some defects, but the authori-
ties Of the War Department, where these
We're first pointed out, differ from these
critics in their construction of the measure.
Senator Hawley, chairman of the military
committee, has asked the opinion of Sena-
tor Davis and other eminent lawyers on
the subject, and went into the committee
prepared to antagonize the contention that
the bill was imperfect.
The army reorganization bill received the
principal attention of the committee. Sew
eral changes were suggested, but the COM
mittee went to work promptly on the meas
ure and with the hope of completing it at
this sitting, in order that it could be re-
ported to the Senate today and disposed of
at the earliest practicable moment The
bill is urged by the War Department, and
all members of the committee felt disposed
to expedite its consideration in the Senate
in order that the reforms provided for in
the bill may be Immediately set in opera
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-25
TO BE REPORTED TOMORROW.
Revenue Measure Still Before the
Ways and Means Committee.

Revenue Measure Still Before the
Ways and Means Committee.
The war revenue tariff bill will not be
reported to the House today. At the meet
ing Of the ways and means committee this
morning, when the bill framed by the re-
publicans was formally presented for con-
sideration, the democrats protested earn
esuy against program thai would pre-
vent them from examining its provisions
thoroughly before it was reported to the
House. They also asked n an opportunity
to offer amendments in committed After
some discussion it was decised thai the
bill should be gone over TO-DAY, the repub-
hcaI.s expla ming it's provisions estimated
revenue. etc, and that tomorrow the demo-
orat. should be allowed to offer. amend
merits The bill Will be reported to the
House tomorrow, but its consideration prob
ably will not begin until Wednesday.
The committee adjourned at noon to
meet again tomorrow. The minority mem
bers will meet this afternoon to decide upon
the amendments they will offer in the full
committee tomorrow. If a bond issue is To
be authorized, which they oppose, they de-
sire that no longtime bonds, such as pro-
posed in the bill, should be authorized.
They call attention to the heavy premiums
the government has been obliged to pay in
the past for the redemption of longtime
bonds, and If the provision is to remain in
the bill they will propose that they be
made 10 S or 0.2OS at most, so as to give
the government the option of redeeming
them in the shortest possible time. The
bonds authorized in the bill as framed are
1O.2Os; that is, redeemable after ten years
at the option of the government, and due
in twenty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-25
STEAM LAUNCHES ARE ARMED.
Rnpid-Firc Guns Mounted on tn
Bows of Small CrnIf


FORT MONROE. Va. April Cit was 4
novel sight to those ashore here today to
see the steam launches of the flying SQUAD
ron carrying rapid-fire guns on their bows
as they ran TO and from the ships These
boats were used all night for picket duty
ana steamers coming in were required to
lay to and show papers. The torpedo beat
Rodgers ran in the Roads this morning to
Norfolk for more repairs. On trip ont
last week she ran on a Shoal and strained
ner bottom plates. 1t was not thought
serious, but after being at sea for FORTY
eight hours it was found that one of the
bottom plates had sprung and the boat
was leaking. So it was necessary TO run
back.
Inc cruiser Montgomery is ready to go
10 sea, and probably will start today If she
gets coaled. She will take with her the
transport Panther, which is also armed
ard as the Minneapolis, Columbia. Sioux
ana several other armed United States yes.
sels are supposedly on the coast, the trans
pert vii. have ample protection. Ii is ex
pected that the cruisers San Francisco and
New Orleans will join the squadron within
twenty-Iour hours unless they move before
that time.