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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13
Grim Vesuvius, Terror
of Cuba's Coast.
The Little Ship That Amazed the Spaniards by
Fneing Earthquakes at the Santiago Hills.

The whirIigig of time brings in its
Irevenges.
Six months ago the vesuvius was
airily consigned to the Junk pile by all
save a few despairiug zealots. Her day
was done. her reputation was thing
of shreds and patches.
Today she is giving new cares to
anxious admiralties; she is the un-
known. not the discredited, factor in
modern naval warfare, and her whist
ling tubes are awakening echoes that
circle startled world.
1t is not given every nation to pro-
duce at the mathematically exact mo-
ment the automatically exact RENE
dy for a desperate disease. We did it
once, surely. when the Monitor, the
cheese box on a raft, defed the flying
wedges of the Merrimac. That revo-
,lutioniZed modern warfare and ushered
in the clanking age of iron and steel.
Have we done this again in the first
successful employment of high explo-
lsives ailoat? Who may tell but when
1t comes to heaVing earthquakes at an
enemy. of noiselessly deposlting vol
canoes, eager and ready for eruption,
in his midriff we may without undue
Boosting believe that the material revo-
luton of this war viii be in this safe
handling of untried forces. and 1t is
American to the core.
The Vesuvius deserves her good luck
every ounce of it; and when one con-
isiders the fight her champions had to
make before practical proof established
their theories. our regret for their neg
Ilect is made more poignant by the NOR
al every other inventive crank will
draw from her to adorn their tales Of
woe. We may expect deluge of dyna-
mite mechanism. flood of guncotton
fuses, tornado OF desperate devices
which in jiffy will extinquish fleets
and obliterate landscapes. The Span
sish druggist Tor is he a Spanish bar
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

ber?) who Is to smear the ocean with
an explosive oil and change the face of
nature will be nothing In promise when
compared with the threatening shoals
of highly explosive inventive gentlemen
or with what is left of them after
their experiments-that are TO haunt
admiralties and devastate war offices.
Some good, OF course. will come out
of them, but it may be well to state
that the field has long been exploited,
that chemists and engineers have striv-
en- for years to attain the perfect com
bination of tremendous destruction al
lied to safe handling, and that, after all
has been tried and done, the only ac-
tual success Is that achieved so Won
drously by the vesuvius OFF Santiago
Tho yesuvius-
The Vesuvius is in every way unique,
nothing like her in any respect exist
ing in any other navy. She is long,
narrow, and sits low in the water. She
is constructed OF unusually light scant-
ling and plating. has powerful engines
and attains a high speed, though moth
ing like as high as a destroyer. She
was designed especially for torpedo
work. like the destroyer, but was to
fire her torpedo in the air, and not, like
the destroyer. under the water.
The Vesuyius was built by the
Cramps. of Philadelphia, and was
launched in 1888. ten years ago. Like
the monitor Of Ericsson, she was prac-
ticaiIy the invention and production OF
private individuals. though her con-
struction was authorized by the govern
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

remainder of the tubes runs down to
the hold of the ship, where tie COM
pressed air machinery is, and where
the ammunition and the breech and
loading mechanism are situated.
The tubes are made of light cast iron,
are fifty-five feet in total length and
have an interior diameter of fifteen
inches. There are two air compressors
to compress the air that is used as the
propellant to discharge the aerial tor
pedoes from the long tubes. The sub
aqueous torpedo with which ordinary
torpedo craft are supplied is discharg-
ed usually with charge of gun powder,
which is quick in acting; hence the or
binary torpedo gun is short, not above
eighteen or twenty feet long; but the
slow, steady action of the compressed
air cannot reach its maximum intensity
for some time after impinging on the
base of the projectile. 1t begins to
move the torpedo gradually and, rap
idly increasing in propulsive force
drives the shot out of the long barrel
at high velocity.
The great benefit derived from the
slow, steady, gradually increasing pres
sure of compressed air is that 1t allows
the use of thin gun barrels or tubes
and the employment of immense guam
titles of the highest explosives. There
is an absence of all shock and con-
sequent avoidance Of the danger ordi-
narily connected with the firing of dy-
Mantle or gun cotton.
The charge of explosive at first tried
in the pneumatic dynamite gun was
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13
THE NEW HONEYMOON.


ING One DlSauVhntuBt'
Honeymoons change with the fash
ion as well as other wedding customs.
Once upon a time the turtle doves
went on long trip, visiting cities thai
they perhaps had never seen before
or never hoped to see again, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser For
the last five or six years a cruise on a
yacht or a journey in private car
alternated with a sojourn at some'
body's beautiful country place lent for
the occasion. But the very newest for
honeymoon sounds more interesting
than any of its predecessors. The new
ly made benedict tells his best man
how long a time he may absent him
self from town or business gives him
a check for a generous amount and
tells him to arrange the rest. Neither
he nor the bride knows where their
honeymoon Is to be passed until they
are on the ship or train, as the best
man accompanies them to the station
or wharf, checks their trunks and
hands the bridegroom the tickets at
the last moment. When this is done
the happy man opens an envelope,
finds his route all laid out for him,
and is saved the annoyance of tele-
graphing to hotels and arranging
minor details. "The plan is an awfully
good one in some ways" said a wife
of five weeks, who, of course, speaks
as if she had spent her life trying the
different sorts of wedding tours. Fly
ing about sightseeing is absurd when
you have eyes and thoughts for one
person only and staying in the coun-
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

ment at a contract price of $3.50 000
Her principal dimensions are: Length,
246 feet; beam, 26.5 feet; depth, IA feet;
mean draught OF water, feet, and dis
placement, 805 tons.
There was much speculation as to the
utility of such craft as the Vesuvius.
Many able men opposed her construc-
tion and style of battery but quite as
many took an opposite view, extolling
to the utmost the ship, her speed and
especially her battery of pneumatic dy-
Mantle guns. Stripped of all exagger-
alton the Vesuyius represents new
and formidauIe element in warfare and
one which can no longer be disposed of
by airy critics.
1t Is not for moment thought even
after the splendid recent performance
of this boat that she will create
revolution in naval tactics, as was at
first contended by her projectors. Sim
liar exaggerated offensive capabilities
were for long time ascribed to tor
pedo boats, and very recently to torpe-
do boat destroyers but the more sober
minded naval men and tacticians, it can
be asserted, realize that the armored
ship and the cruiser are the true types
Of ships for fighting battles at sea.
These others are serviceable for special
purposes and are necessary adjuncts of
feet They play an important part,
but not the most important.
The Guns of the VesuvIus
The main armament carried by the
Vesuvius consists of three pneumatic
dynamite guns placed side by side, close
together, in the forward part of the
ship. These three parallel tubes are
built into the ship, about fifteen feet
of the mizzles protruding above the
forecastle deck, inclined at an angle
of about twenty degrees, the ends of
the muzzles of the tubes rising about
five feet above the deck planking. The
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

Mrs. Shay Wds Startled. mother. Tho
rest of the happening is best told In the
mothers own words. She said
"On the 2Sth OF Sept 1895, while In the
bloom of health Beatrice was suddenly and
severely afflicted with spinal meningitis
Strong and vigorous before in Ave weeks
she became feeble and suffered from O
paralytic stroke which twisted her head
back to the side and made 1t impossible for
her to move limb. Her speech, however,
was not affected. We called in our family
doctor, one of the most experienced and
successful practitioners in the city. He
considered the case very grave one. Be-
fore long little Beatrice was compelled to
wear plaster paris jacket Prominent
physicians were consulted, electric batter
les were applied, but no benefit was noticed
until we tried Dir. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People
BUSY in my kitchen one afternoonI was
startled by the cry Of Mamma from little
Beatrice, who was creeping toward me-
had placed her on an improvised bed in the
parlor comfortably close to the Preside and
became tired of waiting for me to come
back and made up her mind to go to me, SO
her story, My Pink Pills made me walk
which she tells to everyone who comes to
our house, was then for the first time veri-
fed. She has walked ever since. She has
now taken about nine boxes of the pills and
her pale and pinched face has been growing
rosy, and her limbs gained strength day by
day. She sleeps all night long now, while
before taking the pills she could rest but a
few hours at a time" DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People are sold by all drug
Rists,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

TEETHINA (TeethinG Powders) is prepared
especially for Children, and its success In
curing Cholera lntantum all the Irritattons
OF teething and usual summer Troubles OF
children OF any age makes it justly popular
as household remedy TEETHlNA Aids Di-
gestion. Regulates the Bowels and makes
teethng easy.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

WOOL don't see how a dealer can
AFFORD to iron all the silk hats he sells.
Van Pelt-Has to do it; they'd last too
long if he didn't,-Harlem Life.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

An alliance between France ana
Spain would give us the friendship of
the little German emperor to such an
extent that he would enunciate in our
behalf in a loud voice.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

Turning
quickly che
saw creep
ing toward
her her four
y o n r. oil d
d h ter,
B o a trice.
The c h lid
moved over
the I o O r
with an eff
{ o r e., but
qeemed hlled
with joy at
finding her
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

When the cultivation is finished
leave the soil level fine and mellow.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

Nearly all the men have quit drink
ing. Only few foolish boys have the
drink habit of late years.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

A woman may not deplore the death
of her first husband after she marries
again, but her second husband often
does
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13
A STARTLED MOTHER,

From the Freeport (Ill) Bulletin.
While busy at work in her home Mrs
William Shay corner of Taylor and Han
cock Avenues, Freeport, III, was startled
by hearing noise just behind her
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

COSMO BUTTERMILK TOILET SOAP
makes the skin soft, white and healthy.
Sold everywhere.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

To Cure Constipation Forever
Take Cascarcts Candy Cathartic. LOG. or25c
nc. q. c. fail TO cure, druggists refund money
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

A doctor never pays for cigar at
drug store.-Atchison Globe.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

Investigation proves that you can
fool most people dozen times any
Nuov
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13
Attack Against Forts.

The tremendous efficiency of shells
charged with large quantities of high
explosives having been thus demon
strated, even the most bitter opponents
of the Vesuvius have conceded that
wherever one of her shells struck de-
struction would surely follow. Doubt
less many Spanish soldiers within a
large radius of where the projectiles
struck in the Santiago batteries can at
test the value of the dynamite gun as a
weapon to oppose the Notifications
Herein lies both her uniqueness and
usefulness, and her superiority to ves-
sells OF the torpedo type.
The Vesuvius was not designed to
attack Notifications, yet 1t would seem
as though for such role she is ad-
mirably adapted better than for the
role of ship attack, where the time
needed to get herself in position for FIR
ing would expose her to hot rapid
fire that would certainly annihilate her.
But give, her time and a fairly dark
night and a Spanish fort for an object,
and no shot or other destructive mis-
sile thus far known can work such
havoc.
Silently can she take her stand, and
by means of range finders accurately
determine her position; then, without
more noise than big popgun would
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

her projectiles on shore or at target
at this remote distance would require
an air pressure of about eight hundred
pounds.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13
Little
Pirnples Turn
to Cancer.

Cancer often results from an i'm
p Generations s back Few peope are en
tirely free from some faint in the blood,
and it is impossible to tell when it will
break out in the form of dreaded Can
Ger. What has appeared to be mere
pimple or scratch has developed into
the most malignant Cancer.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

soon pass away. l was
treated by several able
physicians, but in spite
of their efforts the Gan
Ger spread until my con-
dition became alarming.
After many months OF
treatment and growing
steadily worse. l d G.
ci d. d to try S. S. S.
which was so strongly
recommended. The first
bottle produced an i'm
provement. | continued
the medicine, an d in
four months the last lit
tie sea b dropped off.
Ten years have elapsed,
Iisease has returned"
r. F. WILLIAMS,
Gtl1slhirU Mics
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13

II had a severe Cancer which was at first
only q few hlotehes. that thought would
The age-herald., 1898-08-02
ANNIVERSARY EDITION.
Nothing But Words of Praise Heard on
 Every Hand.

The rapid strides of The Age-Herald man. angement in furnishing the citizens of Bir- mingham a metropolitan newspaper is evil deneed in no better way than by the appre- citation expressed by the people on its anni- versary edition.
 Everybody had word of praise for 1t, and the business men who placed adver- tisements in it were probably the loudest in their commendation Not man was heard to utter other than a word of encourage menr.
 It was a beauty from a typographical standpoint and was chock full of we'll displayed advertisements and good reading matter
 Ut was the best paper ever dropped from a press in Birmingham, was the way one old subscriber put 1t.
 It would fill up columns of space to record the kind words said. One of the good things about the edition was that it reached more people than probably any paper ever printed in Alabama Besides The Age Herald's large subscription list being sup piled. thousands of extra copies were sold, many regular subscribers taking several extra to preserve.
 It contained a directory of every notable enterprise in Birmingham, together with suitable comments. Besides this, 1t carried all the news of the day, in which The Age- Herald is always first.
The age-herald., 1898-08-02
AN AMERICAN GIRL
Jew York Jonrnal..

From the New York Journal.
 The morning newspapers tell that the Hon. George Curzon Is to be governor-gen- eral of India or. as people fond of titles de- scribe the office. viceroy.
 That means that an American girl, and a Chicago girl at that. will hold the highest place in mundane affairs open to any wo- man not of royal lineage or not the wife of a president of the United States.
 Mrs Curzon was Miss Letter of Chicago. daughter of an estimable retail dealer in dry goods, and sister of "Joe' Letter who thought for little while he would be gov ernor-general of the food supply of the world. Now, the elder Letter having att tained enormous wealth, has found no bet ter use to make of it than to spend il in hosptable but vulgar ostentation. He has his master of ceremonies, his arranger of fetes and balls. and deals out wholesale en- true hospitality.
 His son, Joseph. being given a share of the family millions expends it in gambling of a peculiarly discreditable knd-gambling in which whoever wins the great masses of the poor must lose.
 But the daughter of the house of Letter has at all times borne herself like high bred, quiet self-respecting American girl. No society of the English court has been too high for her to grace It. Nothing in the palace of the governor-general of h. dia will be too good for her.
 The moral? We'll perhaps, il is this. the ceaseless struggle for bread first and then for fortune may blunt the minds of Ameii- can men to the finer things of life, but the American woman is the finest type of wo- manhood humanity knows, and the people that has her as a wife for its governor general is fortunate.
The age-herald., 1898-08-02
JOHN I. MORGAN
 WARNER MILLER Call on the President and Hold Conference Regarding the
 Nicarauga Canal.

Washington, Aug. L-Ex-Senator War ner Miller, president of the Nicaragua ca- nal commission, and Senator Morgan, of Alabama, had a short conference on the Nicaraguan canal question with the pres ident today. The president, 1t is said, has expressed his acquiescence that the gov ernment possession of the canal is now necessary and that the war and its re- suits make the canal indispensable to the United States.
 The president, his callers say, intends to make strong recommendations to congress for completion of the canal and for making it the direct property of the government. MT Miller, discussing the future of the canal immediately after the conference, said: Congress, at its next session, will be asked to provide for completing the canal and it's requirement as the property of the United States. It has been neces- sary all along; now it is imperative, and there is no doubt as to what action would be taken by congress now. The effect of the war on the project is complete demonstration of it's immediate significance to us and with what the war has brought in its train adding to our interests in the Pacific there will be speedy action. This canal can be completed in five years, and put into operation the valuable link be- tween the Atlantic and the Pacific
The age-herald., 1898-08-02
CIRCULATING ON
 FINAL OUTCOME Wade's Departure for Washing ton Sets Soldiers Guessing. REGIMENTS OF THIRD CORPS Are Much Elated Over Their Prospects of Going to Porto Rico.-Major-
 General Breckenridge Will
 Assume Command.
REGIMENTS OF THIRD CORPS

Chickamauga National Park, Ga., Aug. 1-Major-G General Wades departure for Washington has put all the regiments at Camp Thomas speculating as to the final outcome It is no longer considered as the plan for the First corps to go to the front to the exclusion of any other regiments. On the other hand the regiments of the Third corps, which is Wade's corps, is much elated over the prospects of going to the front They naturally feel that if it is left to their crops commander to se- lect force to go to Porto Rico they will be generously remembered. The troops are all. anxiously awaiting the result of Gen eral Wades conference with Secretary Alger, Today was passed without events of note. Brigadier-General Frank was in command but issued no orders and re- ceived but few.
 General Breckinridge will arrive at o'clock tomorrow morning and will assume command. In case General Wade pro- ceeds to the front it is the understanding that General Breckinridge will be perma- nently in command at this camp. Major Osgood, chief commissary at Camp Thomas has been ordered to Santiago, but is not expected to leave until his success
 ConyaIescents Win Go Home
 An order was recelVeu iroih eie wal ue- partment today permitting conyaiescents in the hospital to have each thirty days leave to go home.
 Summing up. the payrolls and muster ing was completed in nearly all the regi- ments today. The paymasters have not vet arrived but are daily expected.
 The transportation review of the third division first corps, which was to have taken place last week, will take place on the Smith White field at o'clock to- morrow;
 There will be 250 wagons in the review. including the ambulance of the division. There will be over 1000 mules attached to these wagons. The formation will be in accordance with army regulations.
 There was one death at Camp Thomas to- day, that of Private R. c. Auber, Troop c,
The age-herald., 1898-08-02
FOUNDATION
 FOR STEEL MILL Work Mill Begin Today fl the Weather
 Permits. CONTRACTS ARE BEING LET For the Different Parts of the Gigan-
 tic Structure. CARNEGIE COMPANY GETS A SLICE It Will Erect the Main Building--Th Allis Company, Milwaukee Con- cern, Got Contract to Put
 in the Big Engines.
CARNEGIE COMPANY GETS A SLICE

All day yesterday laborers were busy at the site of the new steel mill putting up mortar boxes and fixing other appliances, preliminary to the work of laying the foun- dation which will begin today If the weather permits.
 Perfectly dry weather is needed for this kind of work and every clear day will be taken advantage of in laying the concrete which will support the giant structure.
 Meighan & Co.,. have the contract for doing the work, while the Alabama Steel and Shipbuilding company will furnish the material. The former company promises to employ as many men as material can be provided for It is expected that today and tomorrow more than one hundred men will be given employment The brick work will begin in a few days.
 Letting the Contracts
 The company is losing no time in letting the contracts for the different parts of the plant.
 Yesterday the contract for the erection of the main building, 75OxSo feet in size, was let to the Carnegie Steel company of Co lumbus, O.
 The Allis company of Milwaukee, WIS.,, got the contract off building the two big engines which are to drive the machinery of the mill. This contract was secured by the Allis company through it's agents, J w. Murray formerly with the Linn Iron Works of this city.
 The Brown Hosting and Conveying com pany of Cleveland, O., got the contract for building the locomotive crane to be used in and around the mill and also the contract for the fifty ton travelling crane for the open hearth building.
The age-herald., 1898-08-02
SOUTHERN MOVING TROOPS.
2,5O0 Will Be Moved Grom Fort Mo- Pherson to Lithia Springs.

The Southern railroad yesterday began handling 2,50O troops from Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, to the old Chautauqua grounds at Lithia Springs, Georgia. Over 300 were moved yesterday and the remain der will be removed today and tomorrow. This movement is being made to make room at Fort McPherson for wounded sol- diers, prisoners, recruits etc. The camp at Lithia Springs is named Camp Hobson, in honor of "the hero who is visiting his mother there.
 H. F. Smith, general freight agent of the Southern, with headquarters in Washing ton, has resigned to accept the position of traffic manager of the Nashville, Chatta- nooga and St. Louis. MT. Smith Is brother of President M. H. Smith, of the Louisville and Nashville. His successor has not yet been named.