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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
TENT STOVES FOR SOLDIERS.
From The Kansas CITY Journal

From The Kansas CITY Journal.
Bids will De opened to-day by Quartcrmaster
G.. 6. Smith. OF the st. Louis depot. for two
thousand concal wall tent stoves. and on his
recommendation the contract Will be awarded by
ouartcrma ste General 1udingtOn. Not since
1896 has the Government invested in t"nt stoves
when twelve hundred were purchased through
the st. Louis depot.
From a civilians way Of thinking the Army
tent stove Is most unique. II has the form Of
the frustum Of 4 cone. IS constructed out of No
II United States standard gauge common an
ncaled platr-rIn. and Is IN one piece. except the
collar and the door. The aperture for the door
is six inches high. by six inches wide, and the
covering Is sufficiently large 70 lap over. An
a shaped vent Is at the bottom ~ the stove
directly under the door, ana 10 two inches high
by three inches wide.
The general Dimensions II the stove are a.
follows. Height to top Of collar. 20 inches: out
side circumference at bottom % inches. outside
circumference at top. IL inches distance from
bottom Of door aperture To base Of stove. II
inches: weight 10 pounds The cost to the Gov
eminent for those on hand was 81 % each.
ut Is not likely that all Of the two thousand
stoves will be used at Jefferson Barracks" said
Quartermastcr Smith. 81 think several hundred
will be plenty. The remainder will be shipped
to other Army camps The stove was adopted
for in the Army. September IL. 1894. and IL
by far the simplest device that could be used in
tent"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
NEW BULLETS USED IN THE soUDAN.
From Engineering.

From Engineering
General Kitchcncr's marvellously successful
campaign in the Souian is of interest as afford
ing the first occasion in which the new hlgh-eN-
ulnsiva ghells have been used in actual warfare
Much expcrime work has. OF course. peeh
carried out at home ana Is still going on IN the
hope OF discovering an entirely satisfactory de-
laycd action fuse. At present II Is stated tha'
tho shells are more useful against men than
material
Another novelty tried in the campaign is the
Woolwich bullet which has been devised with
view to Increasing the stopping power of the
leo Enfield rifle. while at the same time avoid
ing the infection Of such very severe wounds as
were, occasoncd by the Dunn Dunn bullet. APP
parcntly this object has been attained. as I'm the
recent battle the Egyptian and Soudanese
troops were armed with Martini-llenry rules.
while the British troops had the lce-Enteld
Accounts OF the battle state that the DcrViShes
succeeded in getting closer to the native than
they did to the white troops. In discussing these
small bore bullets it has to be remembered that
the tyre originally used. which il practically
Identical with those still employed on the Cont
ncnt was capable Of innicting an extremely Sc
we're wound at short range.
Thus the Spaniards were at one time accused
Of using explosive bullets before Santiago the
character Of the wounds inflicted with the Mau
ser rifle giving rise to this charge. which further
investigation proved To be quite haseless Up
to a range OF three hundred yards the extreme
Is high velocity u the modern small bore bull
let causes quite an explosive effect when enter
ing a soft body. II the latter Is filed with
liquid IL VIII ne burst by the hyuraulic pressure
set up. has been proved by repeated expert
mcnts
A remarkable confirmation of this is related
by an Italian officer. Major Michelini The Ital-
ian rifle is of but 60 mimctrcs COG inch) in
diameter, and proved very deficient in stopping
power at the battle OF Adowa. Nevertheless. at
short ranges the very high velocity OF the bullet
gives rise to Il powerful explosive effect. as al
ready explained Major Mchclini one day fired
one OF these guns into the water at an angle OF
about AZ degrees. dead fish almost imme-
diately to the surface. On examination no
wound was dscoverabe in the body. the death
being due entirely to the hydraulic shock aris-
ing from the impact of the bullet with the water,
Further experiments amply confirmed this view
of the matter. other fish being killed In the same
way exactly as II by an explosion Of q dynamite
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
WHAT WAR MEANS.
4 BARCELONA DOCTORS DESCRIPTION or H''
VISIT TO PHILIPPINE TRANSFORM


From The London Chronicle.
These poor soldiers, not one Of whom was
mast his first youth, were in a HpSt 'i ~.
rnndition mere skeletons covered with yellow
skin like leather and scored with deep Wi!lhls',
Their CLASSY eyes were sunk in the SDcNets anu
trimmed with black. The wouhuru' Cu' cor
with eycicmcnt. were bowling with pam iol
their sores had not t"en dressed anu "''0
infested with flies and worms - .n
entered the room pointed out TO me by 'ne
do. tor who accompanied me. ana there Vdi"c ~
the most terrible corner of this ioatlng laHai
rtto Sixteen soldiers were on the pom va
death Here dead body lay on us pam, IN II
eye wide open. the other almost smut, WINE we
bottom VI the face was covered WIN n,on
foam There was another young soldier. ea'e"
IN by consumption. stretched beside the corpSe.
He was looking at 1t quietly, WIN Cct ,','
stoical calm. and he lay without iilo'c'nrnt %
il he already belonged 10 the Kingdom Oh Shdu
Another solder, on the contrary. whose lower
law had been carried away by a bullet va
hiding his face in the sheets so that ne illSnl
not see the dead man. But in spte 81 Ms
terror ard as II moved by an irf"siSllD' i"i't'
he would now and then draw ASIA" ms VoNti'"b
slightly raisa his head and look sideways al
his dead comr3de. his face took on io"h -.
horror which | cannot describe. ara th'h IL
would hide himself again under the coN,rlcL
The others paid no attention To the dehd mn
The extent OF their sUNeiiugs MADE lh'iH u"
different IT, what Happened around them y
vouug soldier. his face lo,finE pa u'ii."HS
like that Of 4 pale young girl NlS +Hi '"h,il6
aloud FOR some one 30 come and iinish MN
Nu"ther. Guit, MS young. WAS calling %" ms
hers naiur with tears and h> Steilcal s"pa-
% ,n.therr- De- screamed. don't l'ay" me IN
my tr,uhl. Take ir. with you tO heaven ]
cannot boar ii any longer. . God. II r. burn
ing me M Mother mother. save m" IN
other with horrible oaths. groaned ana s"'Ie
,hof he had iu his stomach viper which was
eating into ms bowels Above him another
young soldier WIS sobbing 20 ptcously that 10
hear HIM was enough to curdle ones blood.
IT,, d,tu, men near him were inhaling ether 10
lolp their breathing. and at the bottom OF TINS
don there rolled and shook on his mattress a
living being 80 burned up with fever that ne
| looked Ike L madman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
SouE rrrFtoRDNlnY REVELATIONS.
THE ABUSES " SOUTH KENslNGToN.
From The Pail Mali Gazette.

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
The second report presented 70 Parliament by
the Select Committee Museums OF the
Science and Art Department IL document that
contains some amusing, not To say astounding,
information. Part Of the report describes the K
tent To which relationship exists at Bethnal
Green and South KensinGton between members
Of the stan. The total stan at South Kcnsington
is ~. The committee found that 100 Of these
persons are ntcr-related The catalogue Of the
furniture exhibition at Bethnal Green Museum
was not published for more than two months
after the exhibition closed.
The catalogue Of the South Kensington Ii
brary shows a strange lack Of knowledge. The
committee cite many ludicrous instances "Deer'
is printed an author. the word being Dutch
for volume" The title OF a book on the Marian
annals. "Marani Fast" is transformed into an
authors name. Fasti being made the surname
and Mariani the Christian name. Another habit
ua error seems To have arisen from confusion
between the writer's name and the name of his
town or birthplace which was frequently APP
pended TO the name in the fifteenth and six
tccnth centuries.
further result Of bad cataloguing has been
that the library has bought many duplicates
The keeper stated that he could give several
hundred instances. There are over twenty-five
copies Of various editions Of Alcatuss book on
Emblcms. The collection Of prints is in SINH
lar condition. no proper inventory having been
kept There are enormous numbers of dupli-
Gates and tripliCatcs. or some prints the library
has as many as twenty or thirty copies
-
given. The lctterpress Of various newspapers
and journals taken in by the library was sep
arated from the advertisements and bound up:
but the advertisements were also bound up sep
aratcly IN half morocco with gilt edges When
Mr.. Weac was made Keeper ne sent 2l3 vol
umes Of advertisement pages Of The Garden"
The Queen The Builder" and other archi-
tectural journals TO stores where they were de-
stroyed.
The catalogue Of National Engraved Por-
traits" was compiled by a cousin of the secretary
Of the department II was sheer waste OF public
money. The catalogue has no index: it is gross
~ inaccurate and full Of absuritics. Pugin il
said to have "cruscd about the Channel collect
ing archaeological and natural curiOsites' Hob
IL said to have died at the time of the
plague" in 1850 Jackson. a publican pugilist.
has eleven lines Of biography, while Lord Bea-
consfeld. conservative politician" has three.
The compiler was paid two guneas u day for
correcting his proofs.
In some cases the national" prints represent
such personages. for instance. as Mr.. West.
wax chandler and Gilman. of Soho BY way Of
contrast the Select Committee records that the
catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery. ac-
curatc indcxed and scholarly costs cd. unbound.
and nothing paid for its compilation. the
work being done by the keeper and his stan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25

throw il over SO he threw me MS pouo" ''N
/ took chew. g., ,>.oh,,. .thev
"Isten 10 them balls. said Du,cns' al
e,rs mo ana they sings to me, but that's all
amt going to be hit ~
How do you know that? says L. r,opv
Easy enough says he; TIE i ,uD rno1
folks a-prayin' for me up in Connecticu' e'0'
folks. 49,, ,ho, no got
Those were his very words. ana men r ne ,ead
up on his knee and began hrihg ,he t, enaa two
~ he ,noc,zine | don't believe he'd hred tWo
shots when a bullet smashed him between CIV, nc
eyes, and that was the last of Dutcny, A aoad
that | worked there alone between wv" 90 T
vent over like log. and thought they d lix ,e,
me- but it was only ball that had strut t , mI
cartridse-bct and glanced Off. 1t pen II, oIo
cartridges though all out of shape ana II III H.
me sick al the stomach. After that diuh ''H1
10 look at Dutchy for the inside OF ms nea an
was all over his face. so tire" some $50 80 we
h;,n and about two hours later | threw NOR
Grass on him You soon get enough Oh Il ue''
man down there when the sun ~ not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25

THE GOVERNMENTS BIG TELEGRAPH BILL.
Washington correspondence of The Chicago
Tribune.
one Of the largest telegraph bills ever rem
dered will soon be presented to the war De
rartment as a result OF the war with spain
Nearly all Of the correspondence Of the Depart
ment has been carried on by telegraph. the
mail correspondence having been piactlcauy
abandoned Orders for supplies equipments
enlistments movements of troops muster hS
out assignments Of officers, trainers or men
and orders Of every descriptions were sent ny
wire.
Since the beginning Of the war the small tele-
graph office at the War Department mas sent
and received 12j.000 kilograms. some or when
had nearly 1900 words in them. Besides these
messages thousands were delivered by the teie-
graph companies by messenger, ana II Is I'M
possible to tell at this time the exact NUMBER
of kilograms handled. II cost the GoEcrhmeht
50 coo to notify Generals Miles. Smarter ana
Merritt Of the signing Of the proctor when
provided for the suspension of hostiIitieS Inc
ton to Manila is 81 - a word to Porto Rico
81 81 and Santiago - cents The cable dis,
patches TO the generals Of the Army Contaiheu
over VD words. Aside from this, AdmiraiS
Dewey and Sampson and other naval command
crs had to be notified and altogether IT was a
ra Their expensive. though welcome. act on the
part Of the Government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
4 GALLANT DEED AT oMDURMAN.
From The London Daily News.

The incident occurred just before the second
engagement. At that moment Colonel Broad
wood had drawn of his Egyptian cavalry TO the
northward, with the object Of cutting on the
retreat of the enemy in that direction When
the Dervishes retreatcd at the end OF the irst
fight BroidWOOd started across the open plain,
which was still full of the cnemy's skirmiShers.
who were by means beaten. The Sirdar i'm
mediately sent the Marquis OF Tullibardne TO
Colonel BrOadWOOd with instructions. II was 4
risky commission. bu the Marquis STATED upon
it at full gaop- Dcryish"s Jumped up at him
as he dashed past across tho plan. ana he had
more than one narrow escape He reached
Broadw0od all right delivered his orders and re-
turned with the cavalry. on the way a heavy
fire was opened on the cavalry Two troopers
riding near tho Marquis were both wounded ana
fell from their horses. TIL Marquis Immediately
dismounted and IN the face IF a hot fire picked
up both men. and was getting thom IN horse
back again when both were struck again by
Dcryish bullets. and died in the arms Of their
gallant rcscuer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25

were in progress. and a stream Of d,.,..
"copy" descended below deck to Sgnor % ~
com. who sat in L cabin working his ,ran..s
ter, whence the ether waves carried the ran
with a minimum loss of time TO fixed rao's
ing station on shore. Arrived at this point ~
news was forwarded TO the press Offices bv ~,
phone II Is stated that one edition Of thu ,". S
''Evening Mail" contained two whole colur.s
of news dispatched entirely by wireless telss.ss
ply This notable event is undoubtedly ~
germ Of an important development Of wIre,s
telegraphy in the near future
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
SOME PHASES OF WAR.
A RUSSIAN VIEW or BlLAKL4PA.
TfIE sLAys ADMIRATION For A MOBILE


FoE-TRhTERNIZINC WITH PRISONERS.
In the course OF an article which "The London
Daily Telegraph" published recently on the
charge Of the DIST Lancers is given an inter
esting glimpse of what the Russians thought
OF Balal:lava.
go you were at the battle If Baaklava?" the
writer aaic' 4 Russian officer.
Eyes" ic said. 4 was. it was n Yery hot day"
"What dill you think Of The charge Of The
English airy -
at was brilliant splendid. of course. II was
all a nlis,akc but that was not their fault. It
was wonderful sight | shall never forget It,
can see tac.d now. that handful Of men
quite as mary as one Of our regiments. But we
were all exhausted. We had been in the saddle
all day and ali the day before and we were
drawn up hut did not expect an attack. Pres
entity we hard the buglc. and the colonel rode
along and told us that the English were com
ing at u. We could men coming along.
riding as though they were going to pIchic'
waving their anccs ana swords in the air ana
shouting Ike ravins man!acs. We could not
make ii out They were such fine fellows. TOO
ii seemed such 4 pity to have to XIII them. l
felt awfulIy sorry for them There they WERE
riding into certain death. Such splendid horses
and rich arc3utremcuts Everything English
and Of the ucs;, Such saidlcs' Such harness
You never saW anything like it. And they did
no, seem 10 have A bit II fear in them. They
fcemed to enjoy the fun. They were gallant
felows
"Our non tool; a great fancy TO them we
took Some prisoners. you lnow. ana it was very
funny to see them. they were such generous
chaps, or course they could not speak word
OF Russian. all they could 10 was TO hand our
fellows their brandy TASKS. They had splendid
English brandy. but, you know, that is no good
10 our men Il vas like milk to them. ! re-
member seeing our fellows drink the English
brandy with m air Of curiosity. and the di5ap-
poinimcnt or their faces. They handed back the
TASKS with looks OF contempt. and then pre-
scented the Englishmcn with their vodka. You
should have scrn the Srimaeos your country
men NAL, when they swallowed tha, stuff. our
regulat on vodka was simply nre-votcr. awful
Tho Engahmea Ia not like II. II Nas too strong
for them. l. made come of them drunk IA
IA Ia, What 1 funny thing, Hero were OUR
fellows drinking ana frl;"rnizinE with the Eng
lish. and few minutes before they were AZ
each others threats But thozc English were
such splendid chaps We could not help admiring
them. | assure you | wcpt when | saw those
fellows, the flower 81 your -aval-y. lying dead
the ground. They were 80 handsome and
noble. it seemed such pity that they should
have been killed 50 stupidity. We liked the Eng
Iish. We always got on with them. They were
all nice fellows. and gentlemen. Very different
from the French. We did not like them at all.
They were vicious. vindictivc demons. but your
men were 80 jolly and 80 beautifully clean. We
got very fond Of them. All! dear me. that vas
many years ago"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
THE DEADLY LYDDlTE SHELL

From The London Daily News
The howitzcrs from the opposite SHORE thfe"
in two days il6 shells into Omdurman Ncuirld
tcilt a terrible story Of the effect OF the iydult'
shsal He SAYS that llS men were assembled III
a, non mosque beside the Mahdis tomb
Lyd1i,r shell fell among them, LEAVING ohiy
twelve alive. | did not see the dead IN the
mosque but Il was certainly A coinplete "ic'h'
chill. thor, were probably not less than a thou
sand dead iying IN the streets and buildings Oh
tbruiuTmIu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
HOW TWO SOLDIERS DIED.
From Leslie's Weekly.

From Leslie y weekly
Well" he said. eve lay there In Bloody Bend
that Friday morning about four hours say hfty
yards beyond Bloody Bend but /. was plenty hot
enough. On one side OF me was a fellow who'd
been telling us the night before how he was sure
he'd be killed. ] watched him when we started
in firing, and could see he was pretty scared
his gun wabbled a lot every time he tried to shoot
but pretty soon he braccd up and aimed her
steady as a tree: didn't seem to mind the bull
let's at all. Then. Zip one caught him In the
right and swung him round. and. zip. an
other one caught him plumb In the heart and
down he went. l opened his black shirt and saw
the mark
my other sdc-I called him Dutchy. he's got his
wish. Let's lay low while and cool our guns
of.
II touched my gun barrel and ii was steaming
hot for we'd been letting EN- go pretty fast; so
I stretched out fiat In the grass, and the other
had he stretched out beside me
III take Q chew. Dutchy.' said l, II you'll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25

cartridge which in certain districts Iorlls 'S q
favorte method Of poaching fish from preserves,
waters The effects OF TINS hyorauiio ~, ha
800, from Ma Tor Nichelinis experiments, 10 De
sufficient to kill all fish within two feet TO TWO
feet six inches of the point of impact. beyonu
the range of three hundred yards the oruiiIaiy
hulIets inflict a wound Of a much less DANGEROUS
character and instances are on record OF men
being shot through the head and recovering
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
NEWS DIRECT FROM RACING YACHTS.
From The Electrical World.


one Of the varied applications OF wireless
biography received an interesting illustration
at the Kingstown regatta, says The London
Electrician" when Signor Marconi demon
s.rated the adaptability OF his system to the
transmission OF press intelligence from steam
launch In motion The yachting expert on deck
dictated his account Of the races while these
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-17
Big Bargains in Real Estate

$1,000 buys desirably located lO.room
residence eni on Terry's Hill, which cost
81, 900; can he exchanged for oheaner
property III part payment; BALANCE ON
long time at per cent interest.
Sl.5O0 will buy S-room residence. large
lot, near center of city $3.50 cash; SIS per
S162 90 will buy nice Broom co,tage
large lot ard stable near in, 500 cash and
$40 per month GNU
Sl,5Oo; $l5 cash and $l5 per mouth will
get nice '-room house in southwest.
Si,45O, on easy payments, will take In
lorely new 7-room house in southwest
very desirably located, with modern i'm :.
provements and nice shade.
splendid brick business property now
rentirg for over 10 per cent. after Dayinp
taxes. insurance and water rent,
SoO0 for Groom house in northwest
$lOO cash and $40 per month.
Two lovely new homes in southwest
with every convenience, in one of the best
nelgh6orhoods in the city, one of and
the other of 8 rooms, large lots and bean.
titui shade. Price, $4,000 and Il. 900.
terms easy. 'N'00''
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-17

Broom dwelling, Church avenue, with
al coDvenleDces. Large stable; lot j0x
10. This is an elegant property and a
bargain at the price, 81 800. -
1Oroom dwelling on Salem avenue;
nice shade, lot 50x200. Nothing better
on the market at the price and terms,
So, GOO.
- This is biz snap 1-room dwelling on
Centre avenue Il. W., corner lot, 50X140,
$500; cash $50: monthly $40
7-room dwelling Tazewell avenue s. e /,
Price $3.50; cash, 500; monthly, $40.
7.room dwelling Sixth street S. G. Price
$500; cash. so; monthly $40.
Groom dwelling on Third street n. C..
This is very desirable property and "A
bargain for the price, $500. Terms very
reasonable.
G.room dwelling near West End round
house. Price $500
4.room cottage Southwest; sewer con-
necti0ns; very thing for u railroad man:
f3O0; cash, $50; monthly SIS.
Broom dwelling, large barn. acres
fine garden land on electric car line, / 1-2
miles from city. Price 5000: cash, 800;
monthly, $40.
Fifteen acres Of fine land nehr city Inn
its VIII sell as IL whole or cut TO suit
purchaser.
Seventy acres finest land in Roanoke
county l-2 mile from city limits. Price
per acre $50; l.3 cash. balance one and
two years.
Eighty seven acre farm } miles from
city; SroOm 2-stoIy dwelling; good stable
and barn; fine orchard; plenty of water.
Price So, 500; 13 cash, balance one and
two years.
Eighteen and three fourths .acres fine
trucking land ION Salem car line. Price
$500; l3 cash, balance one and two
years.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-17

who care for such matters ut all Tho
leaves and blossoms, of muslin silk, vel
vet, wax and composition, arc so marvel.
ously well made and with faithful repro
auctions of the natural growth that they
might deceive the very elect, provided the
rule of hands OFF, were rigidly observed.
Some of the best effects arc, by the bye,
achieved by the use of wornout linen and
batiStc.
The picture shows walking costume OF
dark green velvet. Tho skirt which has n
slight train, is bordcrcd around the foot by
Il band OF blue fox, headed by an applica-
ton of old guipurc. The cape is pointed
back and front in shawl style and is edged
with blue fox and guipurc, ike the skirt,
tho valoiS collar being lined with gupuro.
The crlvat is of white molissclinc dc sole.
The Henri ii hat OF green velvet is trim
med with white plumcs.
JUDO CHOILET
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-17
FOR SALE EsY
j. F. Wingfield
I1A CampbclI avenue.

Good dwelling, eight rooms, conve-
nient to shops; cost 1900 to build
Price $500
Elegant Broom residence in southwe st,
lot lO0xl1O. A. NJ. |. Price, $4,000
Very convenient dwelling in Lewis adj
dition, six rooms, newly papered, all in
nice orler, 81 $50
Dwelling. s rooms, Campbell avenue.
$4,000.
Fine residence on Church street at very
low price.
Best corner let on Terry Hill, $500.
Desirable corner lot ON Franklin road.
$3.50
50X200 feet Salem avenue, 500
Bargain in business property paying
10 pei cent. net.
Fam Of eighty a ,res, plenty of water,
timber, orchard, good buildings, three
miles from Bedford City. Price, 81, 600.