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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06
4 FASCINATING ISLAND.
From The Mexican Herald.

From The Mexican fttTdlu
"Or all fascinating places under the sun,
said a gentleman who has travelled much, the
island Of Tahiti. one of the Society Islands. ~
tn. most fascinating. In that country, a niue
earth lost in vast ocean. nature mas donf
everything To make INDECENT souls happy. ms
climate is temperate and even all the year
round the vegetation is luXuriant the women
bcautlful and the nights full of perfum" anc
mystical light stir the most practical mind %
love Of meditation and dreaming The influence
Of this dreamy, lazy life is very nsldIous. IL IT
not necessary To- work, as the island furnishes
food with ,ut the labnr Of tace. know
number Of Americans and French who have
zone there for "A visit, and have become 50 en-
raDtured with the dangerous existence that, IKE
the visitors To- lotus land they lie down ana Tor.
get friends, home. ambition and eNerythin
remember how used to feel the influence stea-
mon me- Many a time | wished earnestly to
cast my lot with those languorous people car
look hack now and see myself as ! lay one nigh;
against a cocUandt tree in a sort OF ecstacy OF
meditation Overhead was a sky bright WIN
million stars. Sounds came TO me In strange
fashion blending into a murnur. A snort dis'
lance away a group OF natives. girls ana men,
were shouting the rhythmic chant OF the upu'
una dance | thought Of myself on this little
isle with ocean every side and New-trlean.
so many miles distant. Nothing seemed real Il
me but that spot in which one could near In
distinctly the chant of the singers and the sob
bling OF the waves; q mysterious chAiih pos
sessed me-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

cent in very cold weather they will stay ny it
all winter, and may be caught III large mum
hers as the success Of local fishermen fuzzy Vtr-
fees Little mussels sand crabs and smaIl hsh
form their principal diet
Fishermen say that the cod is good "eauhoi
prophet Just before storm they VIII s"dlow
a lot If sand the fishermen say, Tor bai'dSl, anu
during its prevalence will leave the coast lor
more searoom. M - .o,,,,,
There was quite a conflict among shorerncm
when these fish began to bite N the l"t" ian
uhether the catch was haddock or true Goa. Dht
an experienced New England fisherman dr-
cIared the Cape May fish to be true cod and thdt
settled the dispute.
Tho fish caught this winter are exceptionally
fine weighing all the way from flVe |" ihlity-
GIe no,Inds The business is largely IN nv
hands Of Swedes and Norwegians' anhouSh d
late Jersey shore fishermen have become arouse
a. the inheritance Of this promising lhduS"E
bo,.a done we'll by themselves this winter.
Tbe fishermen here ply their business I'D sinaA
skifrs which when the weather pernl"S, ue!
launch through the breakers early III ,il' HlolIl
ing and pull for the codhshng grounnS heaIrS,
~ ehora nv midday or soon after. they NIL
have as many fish as they ar" WtpHcu "
handle when they will up-anchor ana "a' W
mil for the beach one OF the IRE" wiz w ~. ~
he strand with a cart ready TO TRANSPORT me
6a,,,c catch to market, the OverpluS goinS 20
the larger cities .o ra,,,r,oa ~
the offshore grounds during the W. sroor frnm
tbcv will find the Five Fathom BANK !re,r llo.,'
danger than the banks OF the Massachusetts
coast goes without saying. ..... -
Now that fish are being caught In such large
oua ntities everybody is wondering thdt tFe III
dustrv had not been thought OF before. DuIih6
, InoId weather the cod Is fond or warming
t,seIf in the waters of the Gulf Stream. when Is
not no very far away from the Jersey shol'
feeding grounds Edgar rage ot'tes an ~ 10
tsonaIly good authority fishing. says that Two
men can easily catch half ton or Goa per ''.y
~. wav they are now biting. Even Al BOW
nrio. their earnings would 10 large
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

hreech mechanism, and are mounted CARR
ages similar to cannon carriages. except that the
recoil takes place 80 degrees from, instead Of In.
the horizontal plane.
In these mortars about eighty pounds OF
powder will produce an initial pressure of some
tWenty-eght thousand pounds to the square
inch, and give muzze velocity of twelve hun
dred feet second to shell Of $50 pounds
This will insure a range of about six miles at
~ degrees elevation. The shell hollow steel
shot contains about thirty pounds of fine powder
Its front is turned to a curve called the 'ogival.
and its back contains soft metal collar. which
when forced into the rifing grooves, gives it the
required rotary motion. The primer is also
placed at the back end of the shell. 1t does not
move from its place when the shot is fired, but
is projected forward against a Illuminating cap
when an object is struck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

posed to: sometimes he does not That is the
only way he has of expressing his thought. But
the singer of that same song has another way.
The details Of the poets reasoning are of small
consequence TO him. What he has in MS own
mind is patriotic enthusiasm. which does not
trouble itself with details, and. given stirring
air he can pour it out just as well through IN
coherent syllabIes through logically arranged
stanZas.
For example. when the orchestra of "a theatre
plays Hail. Columbia the whole audience APP
plauds rapturously. But ii is safe to say mat
not one person in twenty in the average New
York audience knows more of the words OF that
SONG than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06
BATTERIES or RIFLED MORTARS.
LARGE NUMBERS OF TERRIBLE ENGINE
or DESTRUCTION ORDERED-HOW THEY
ARE MADE AND HOW THEY
WILL BE USED.
WILL BE USED.

WILL BE USED.
For coast defence the 12-irch mortars are ia
yored pieces of ordnance and a large number Of
these. with return mortar carriages, have been
ordered by the United States Government from
the Builders Iron Foundry, Providence, r. l.
They are 10 be distributed along the seaboard in
groups Of sixteen. are 20 be shielded from the
enemy's fire by high earth embankments and
the mortars fired simultaneously by means Of
electricity
The Finch mortars are made from charcoal
pig castings the mixture Of metal suitable for
The purpose being determined by test trials. The
castings are made brcech down, with straight
cylindrical bore the exterior, Inclusive or the
surplus metal at the bottom, being cylindrical
with diameter not less than 331A inches. Ac-
cording TO the specifications the metal must flow
into the mould continuously and uniformly and
any evolution Of gas from the mould or core
through the metal may be sufficient cause for re-
jecting the casting.
As soon as the melted metal is found 10 be in
proper condition for casting the furnaces are
tapped simultaneously and the metal Is conduct
ed by troughs TO the mixing basin, where the sew
eral charges are thoroughly mixed. 1t then
COWS through other troughs connecting with
the side gates Of the mould, and, passing down,
branches connect with the side gates at regular
intervals and are so constructed that the metal
enters in a horizontal direction toward the axis
Of the mould cavity
The surface Of the metal as ii enters is stirred
10 prevent the "scOria" from lodging. care beng
taken 10 prevent a swirl. which throws the hsht-
est metal around the core, where the heaviest
and best should be. When the mould IL hlIed the
tap holes Of the furnaces are closed ana the
surface Of the metal in the shrinking head Is COW
cred with a layer Of charcoal to prevent us
chilling
The casting is cooled from the interior by
eurren, Of water care being taken that no steam
Is generated The metal is then tested, and us
tensile stresgth must average at each emo at
least thirty Thousand pounds to the square men,
When a Gasting has become cool 1t Is ho's'eo
out from the pit The moulding composition al
herring to the interior exterior is then removed
BY scrapers and chises. Then the casuhs n
placed in a lathe, where the surplus meta' rs
TUNED off and the interior il bored and hniSheo
The mortars are all rified and finished Will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

AHMED on account of the crowded condition of
Ms storehOuse.
ANY orders which we are likely to receive al
ria arsenal can have little significance. The
VII is largely Of kind which cannot be
,.-r,e5 as il takes several months to make
s,se gun. even when running double time
o. have been running on double time for
- ~ two mast because it is economical to do
:, with work like heavy seacoast guns
T,b. arsenal according to Major Buffers state
IAN, s not turning OK its full capacity at pres
=, because of lack Of material. In speaking
~ the mortars which are made at the arsenal
Major Butler said:
THE difference between the rifed mortar and
ne rhed gun is that the former is much shorter
,Aerefore lighter and cheaper. and discharges its
proectes only AT high angles into the air. The
.,o;actjle describes curve. and is intended to
all vertically. upon the deck Of ship. FOR
example Considerable accuracy is claimed
Ar them: the mortar itself is accurate but the
trajectory is so curved and the projectile is SO
L,e exposed TO air currents that for these and
other reasons great accuracy is not expected, but
NTH a sufficient number of mortars their fire
would be very destructive"
THE sIXTEEN-INCH GUN.
The authorities at the arsenal were much
amused TO read the accounts OF the great
,s-;nch gun which they were credited with nav
ing turned out.
1--WE are Just getting ready for its manufac'-
,re" said Major Butler. and the preparatory
arrangements are now being completed the
gun will be a 16-inch breech-loading rlhe'
and will weigh over 125 tons. 1t will discharge
a steel proiectile over a ton in weight and fire
a thousand pounds Of powder each round.
THE gun will also be extremely accurate ana
NJ great range-about fifteen miles, although
that would not he the fighting range, for you
could not see anything smaller than a good
sized town at that distance Nothing can stand
against such gun as it will have the power to
smash or penetrate nearly three feet OF arnor
as ordinarily attached 10 a vessel
The capacity Of the gun factory may be put
In round numbers at about one hundred heavy
seacoast guns a year S-inch. lV-inch, l2-lnch
and A few l6-inch. OF field guns. such as are
used in horse batteries we could complete about
one hundred and fifty a year. and Of siege or
rapid fire guns or 6-inch cabre perhaps one
hundred"
Major Butler is in temporary command ~ the
Wateryliet works pending the transfer of Lieu
tenant-C Colonel Isaac Arnold its former com
and Of Colonel Alfred Mordecai from that point
10 Watervliet, where he stationed and in
command several years ago.
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Hail. Columbia. happy land!
Hail We heroes. Heaven born band'

But does il follow that the rest OF the ar
as played by the orchestra is meaningless L"
them? BY no means. The sentiment of those
first two lines goes through ihe whole musicai
composition for them 1t is an idea that they
are hearing. and. when they sing 1t Is an luea
that they singing, not an elaborated ois'uS
sion Of an idea
TAKE the most popular example OF all, me
c,or cnangled Banner" This seems 10 he recog-
nized by most people now as the Nahona! an
them. though ii lacks certain most desirable
qualifications for the purpose. In chahce
American crowd. there are likely to be several
nersons who know the first stanza OF IT, ana
that Is doing pretty well. But how many know
any more of it than that? Probably very rev
Here il the whole of it, just for the purpose oi
timely reference:
n, cav can you see. by the dawns early lght
What so proudly We haird at the t~ii1sht
last cleaning
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CODFISH ON THE JERSEY COAST.
NEW SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE roILEKs
OF THE SEA.


Cape May letter In The Philadelphia Record.
The great fishing industry IF the Massachu-
sets coast--the catching Of the valuable cod
seems to have come TO the New jersey coast TO
bring life and energy to the small army Of
men who get their livelihood from the ocean.
The cod catch is now established fact or
this coast particularly on the banks and shall
low ridges Of sand which occupy large areas Of
The ocean bed near the mouth of the Della
Bay. Here food is found for The cod. and. ex-
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PERSONS
 BURNED TO DEATH.
Father and Two Children cromated In Burning Building In the Town
 of Corsicaua.

Corsicana, Tex, Oct. 28.-Threo lives were lost here in a fire Thursday and one man had his leg broken.
 John Johnson colored, and two of his children, aged and years, perished and Harry Brown had his leg broken by fall from the roof of @ house, by the ladder breaking.
 Johnson, in order to start quick fire poured a can of crude petroleum on the fire he had just started in the cook stove. An explosion occurred and inn mediately tho whole shanty was on fire.
 He rescued his wife and his infant and then returned to save his other two children, but the father and his children never reached safety and were burned with the building,
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GOV. TANNER SPEAKS
 IN PLAIN LANGUAGE.
Says When Other 1Tobs Are Brought Into Illinois They Will Be Met
 With Calling Guns.

Chicago, Oct. 28..-A special to The Times Herald from Madison, Ills, says
 q declare that I will not tolerate this wholesale importation of foreigners into lanois. And if l hear that a mob is to be brought into this state such as was taken into Virden, I care not on what raj road it comes, or for whom, l will meet u at the state line and shoot it to pieces with GatIing guns.
 So declared Governor Tanner in speech delivered before 1900 auditors gathered at the Knights of Pythias hall in this city. It was the concluding statement in an address largely devoted to defense of his courae in the recent mine riois at Yirden The governor re- viewed at great length the causes lead. ing up 10 the riot. He held the oper- ators to be at fault in their dealings with the strikers, and then reverting to his acts when the crisis came, said:
 @When the United States government found it necessary and deemed it just to forbid the importation of foreign labor into this country I felt that was fully justified in the course I took at Virden That the trouble never would have oe- cured if the negroes had not been brought here 10 take the places of white men. The Eaportations were represent atiyes of the scum of the country. J do not propose eo allow the operators to bring these people here, and I took what I considered and still consider the proper means to prevent it. ''
 Then followed his uncompromisiug declaration that any train entering the state under similar conditions in the fu- ture would be met a5 the border and shot to pieces with Gatling guns.
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Suit for sart.s Life Insaranee.

Austin, Oct. 28.-In the Fifty-third district court suiJ has been instituted by s. M. and H. R. Burt against the Union Central Life Insurance company on a policy of $50o0 issued by this company on the life of Eugene Burt. The suit is filed by the Massrs. Burt as heirs and as- gignees of their brother, claiming the face value of the policy and 12 per cent damages with interest. Eugene Burt was hanged last June for the murder Of his wife and two children and the appel lants are his brothers, who reside here.
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English Cabinet Meet.

London, Ocs 28.-A cabinet council was held at the foreign office yesterday. All members of the cabinet were pres ent and the meeting lasted two hours. When the ministers left the foreign of flee they were smiling and did not give any indication of seIi4Hs apprehensions for the future. Tas French ambassa- dor, Baron de Coureej, saw Lord Sails bury immediately after conclusion of the cabinet meeting.
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woloott Placed on the Ticket.

Denver, Oct. 2S.-Tae committee to fill vacancies on the anti. Teller silver Republican ticket decided TO place Henry R. WcIaotf, the Espublican candidate foz governor at tAe aaad of the ticket ln place or simon Go gen- helm, resigned Several other yaean- oies were also filled by endorsing the Republican nominees.
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 MARRIED.

TRoTT-HoFFdAN-At the home of the brides parents. on Missouri street, Thursday evening, October 2, 1898. Mir. ] F. Trott to Miss Judith Hoffman, Rev J. L Caldwell officiating.
 We extend our best wishes and congratulations tothe newly welded couple.
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Art Exhibit.

One of the great features of the Fair is the White Sewing Machine exhibit of art work, executed on the White machines that seem almost impossible 10 accomplish, and should be seen by every lady in Pine Bluff. The Bluff City Furniture Go of Pine Bluff, are agents for the White Ma chine and have gone to a great eH- perse to get the exhibit here from Cleveland, Ohio, the home of the White machine. Mir. and Mrs. Ja cobs, who have charge of the art eY- hibit, will take pleasure in showing how the work is done. Mir. Jacobs says the White stands alone when it comes to wide range of work. La dies, if you want a treat call on Mrs. Jacobs at the White sewing Machine Art Exhibit, and ask questions and see the work done. Remember the name, the White
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State Commissioner of Agriculture ". G. Vincenheller waa in the city yesterday. He came here to remove the fruit and agricultural exhibits at the State Fair to his department at Little Rock.
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Mir Fl. E, Miller, representing the Cotton Planters Journal, of Mem phis, was a visitor to the city yester- day. He came here for the purpose of witnessing and writing-up the State Fair. and a good account uf it can be expected in the next issue of his journal
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The Eagle. King of all Tirds.

is noted for it's keen sight, clear and distinct vision. So are those persons who use SutherIapd's Eye Salve for weak eyes, styes, sore eyes of any kind CT granulatpd lids. Sold by al druggists at 25c.
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con.hed -a5 ears.

| suffered 25 years with a cough, and spent hundreds of dollars with doctors and for medicine to no avail until l used Dr. BeH's Pine-Tar- Honey. This remedy makes weak lungs strong. It has saved my life. -J. B. Resell, GrantsbHrg, III.
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e IA S T GzA E E -A- Bears the 1 Th8 EIRl You Have Always Bought Signature aa IrzHzzzzz5l

Col. Elias Chandler, late of the First Regiment Arkansas Volunteers, and present captain of Company M, First United States Infantry. was a visitor to the city yesterday.
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Thursday night the police fired several shots at a supposed fugitive from justice, who was running on East Second avenue. No one was hurt or captured.
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WeaIs Exes ars Made Strong.

dim vision made clear stys removed and granulated Ids or sore eyes of any kind speedily and effeetuaJy cured hy the use of Sutherlaud' $ Eagle Eye Salve. It's put up in tubes, and sold on guarantee by aII good druggists.
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Old fashions in dress may be re viYed. but no 0ld-fashioned medicine can replace Chamberlain's COiie, Cholera and Diarrnoea Remedy. For sale by w l.. DeWoody & Co.. drug gists.
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Eung Irritation

is tfe forerunner to consumption, Dr. Bpl;'s Pine Tar Honey will cure it, and give such strength to the lungs that cough or a cold will not set tie there. Twenty-Five cents at all good druggists.
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Miss Neigh Anderson, of Palmyra. Mo, arrived in the city Friday to be the guest of Mr, and Mrs. J. NJ. Anderson.
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Miss Francis Pltz and Miss Annie Zilliland and Mrs. Kate Bennett, of Little Rock, returned home yester- day afternoon after a pleasant visit with Mrs. Brown.
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WANTED-Board in private family by young man. Address With rates, location, etc, to x z, care Graphic.
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CITY ITEMS.

Mr. R. L. Elliott, of Wabbaseeka, was in the city Friday.
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Mrs. J. S, Grant and Miss Ethel Dreyburg leave today for Little Rock, where they will be the guests of friends for several weeks.
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Mr. and Mrs. Tom Collier. Jr., and son, of Altheimer, were in our city yesterday.
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you MUST have pure blood for
 3 good health. Hoods Sarsapazf{Eza purities the blood. Take Hoods Ezg. sapa1illa if vSu would BE Wgsgs
Morris tribune., 1898-11-12
Rnried win Eyeglasses.

Margery-Papa, why did they bury
Mr.. Goodman with his eyeglasses on?
Papa-Well, my pet he was near.
sighted, and his widow feared he might
miss the pearly gates and come back
Jewellers Weekly
Morris tribune., 1898-11-12
The Professors rConundrum.

Professor, they said, give us a
deep metaphysical conundrum I"
''WeIl, z he said after a moments
thought, when is which 'what'?"
They gave it up.
When it is neither. = explained the
professor.
And when they had studied it oat
they understood. Chicago Tribune.
Morris tribune., 1898-11-12
ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTEI

ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED
~ EVERYWHERE for THE Story of the
Philippines" by Murat Halstead, commits
stoned by the Government as Official
Historian to the War Department. The
book was written in army camps at San
Francisco, on the Pacific with General
Merritt, in the hospitals at Honolulu, in
Hong Kong, in the American trenches at
Mauila, in the insurgent camps with
Agulnaldo on the deck of the Olympia
with Dewey, and in the roar of battle at
the fall of Manila. Bonanza for agents.
Brin1ful of original pictures taken by gov
eminent photographers on the spot,
Large book. Low prices. Big profits.
Freight paid. Credit given. Drop all
trashy unoffidial war books. Outfit free,
Address, f. T. Barber, Sec'y. Star Insur-
ance Bldg. Chicago. 45t16
Morris tribune., 1898-11-12
Skin Diseases.

For the speedy and permanent cure Of
letter, salt rheum and eczema. Cham
, berlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is
without an equal 1t relieves the itch,
ing and smarting almost instantly and
its continued use effects permanent
cure. It also cures itch, BARRIERS itch.
scald head, sore nipples, itching piles,
chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and
granulated lids.
Morris tribune., 1898-11-12

DIR. Cady's Condition Powders for
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