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Evening star., 1898-04-08
Disappearing Gun Carriages.


The disappearing carriages are built in
accordance with any one of a number of
mechanical principles: but. whatever sys-
tenn be employed, the practical operation
is the same. In front of the gun is an
immense shield OF sand and concrete pre-
senting no projection or angles which
would reveal its location. Behind this the
gun lies hid. 1t is loaded given the proper
elevation and direction. rises disch argos
Its projectile. and the recoil returns il TO
its hidden position.
To test the value of such mountings the
English conducted experiments at Port
land in 1885. A pit was dug i'm the natural
slope of a hill and in this pit a wooden
model OF large gun was mounted upon
disappearing carriage. II was arranged
10 appear for half minute at interval.
of three minutes, emit a puff of smoke and
disappear. The Hercules at 500 yards
fired in ten minutes 6910 rounds from the
machine guns and - rounds from its g.
pounders- The gun stuck at the seventh
minute and could not be hauled down In
spite OF this IL was struck only sixteen
times. and had IT been steel the effect
would nave been simply to scratch the
paint. Besides this. D l0-inch shells were
fired at IL from distance of 2 500 yards
and no hits were made. the shell striking
from 300 yards short to 800 yards over
and from I'D yards left to $50 yards right
This was under circumstances unfavor-
able to the gun. since II did not return the
fire. A fixed gun subjected to O similar
test was struck over 20 times.
Evening star., 1898-04-08
A Clock. Queer Action.
rom the indianapolis News.

Mrs. Catherine Gold Of Chesterfield, Ind.
Is the possessor cf an old, broken, worm
out clock. almost century old, that has
not run for ten years, having stopped at
:55 pm. Yesterday afternoon, while the
family were seated about the large fire.
place. the old clock suddenly. without
warning. began to tick. and when the hour
and minute hand reached two, struck
twice. after which It ran ten minutes and
stopped as suddenly as 1t started. Mrs.
Gold is very much alarmed over the oc-
cutrence. and thinks 1t an omen OF III
luck or death Mrs. Colds husband died
three weeks ago.
Evening star., 1898-04-08

Misses and Youths Elegant
Hand made Patent Leather
Dress" Shoes. none finer else
where at any price. Reg
ular $3.50 quality. To- Cd
morrow .................QA
Evening star., 1898-04-08
20 Mr.. webster's skill as a marksman

when hunting in Plymouth woods
The whole collection is one of grea;
beauty. and has velue Independent of its
close and Intimate association with the
life of the greatest citizen of Massachu-
setts. The articles composing it were tho
accompaniments of his hours of relaxation
and ease. when he had laid aside the cares
OF Office and at his charming and beloved
Marshfield followed the brooks and tramp.
ed through the forests. calling his dogs
with the whistle, drinking from the fla SIX,
eating from the plates and kindling hi
campfire with the matches he carried 1
their golden safe. 1t is impossible TO con-
ceive' of anything more symbolic of the
simplicity of the grand mind that neyei
lost its touch with nature than these rel
les of the chase.
Evening star., 1898-04-08

What il said to be the smallest watch in
the world is on exhibition In a shop win
dow in Berlin. Its diameter Ii less than
half an inch: its thickness Is little more
than a tenth of an inch. The entire works
Of the tiny watch comprise ninety-five in
dividual pieces. After having been wound
up with the dirninutive key the watch will
lun for twenty-eight hours
In Russia, when cofi1ns are covered with
cloth, the color Of the covering is. to q
certain extent. distinctive. pink being used
when the deceased is child or q young
person. crimson for women and brown fol
widows; but black 10 In no case employed
Evening star., 1898-04-08

Proposed Columbia Hospital.
The need of a public hospital grew with
the growth of the cities of Washington and
Georgetown; ard in 1870 DR.. Thomas EweIl,
one OF The leading physicians of Washing
ton, proposed, in the National Intelligencer
of September 2. that the corporations of
the two municipalities establish the CO.
IunfOla Hospital, to be supported by an
nual appropriations oased on their respect
i've populations. The two cities at the time
had about 2O,OO0 people. The object of the
hospital as set forth by DR.. Ewell throws
a strong light on the then existing situa-
ton. The INDECENT sick were placed with
the old and lnfirm, with the usual results
on both sides of such blending. The man
agement OF the institution was to consis.
OF all the ciergymen and all the members
of the corporations Of Washington and
Georgetown. the medical department was
to be exclusively under the control of the
regularly qualified physicians OF the two
corporations, each irnssuocession sharing
| the duties and each taaarh1g the right to
witness the practice OF rheDthers; all men,
bers OF the eorporationihand all contrihu-
tors were to have thee right to send such
patients as they Geemed worthy excepting
only that those sending .shxyes should pay
the cost of their accommodation.
With a rare foresight Dr Ewell sug-
Sested that the hospital inonsist of small
buildings of the plamaseg kind, detached
from each other to prevent the propaga-
tion OF infectious Diseases and maniacs
D-fiiS AfduS. more mao Dy eaen
others cries; each house to contain not
mere than six or eight persons, except a
center building for resident officers, an
apothecary shop and La ireem for teaching
women the duties they SHOULD perform to
each other in childbed, or for other, pur-
poses of lecturing. Herein embryo were
the contagious ward ana the clinic not yet
realized, and the training school for nurses
hut lately established. unfortunately the
times were not then ripe for the enter
prise, and nothing came OF the plan.
The cholera epidemic of 1892 developed
three temporary hospitals in Washington.
one In Georgetown and one in Alexandria.
The medical staffs of these hospitals were
appointed by the bos I'd of health on Au-
gust Z. 1882; and after the subsistence Of
the disease the hoard of health took the
lead in a series of meetings designed to
arouse public sentiment on the subject Of
general hospital. Indeed. matters went
SO far as the appointment Of . committee
to select site for the new institution, and
the committee performed its task by recon-
mendiEg two sites. with preference for
the Church Reservation. 30 called. whereon
the Interior Department building now
stands. The board Of health also appointed
committees to present to Congress the
need OF a general hospital for the capital
city, and from 1882 to 1887 this committee
Evening star., 1898-04-08


The first charitable institution in the Dis
trict OF Columbia was the poor house,
established by a law Of the corporation
passed October 81, 1906 At that time
$z'ooo was appropriated to buy lot and to
erect suitable buildings, the more effect
ually to provide for the Door, disabled ard
inf1rm persons" The =euphonious name of
washington Infirmary was the official
tltie OF the institution; but in those days OF
pialn things the place was always known
as the poor house. 1t was located on the
square between NJ and and 9th and Tth
streets, where it continued until about
:s4G' when it was merged into the Wash
inglon Asylum. built upon the SITE on the
banks of the Anacostia, given by the gov
ernment in lSi3. Although not hospital
IN the modern sense of the word. for thir-
ty-iVe years the Washington poor house
had for its medical officer Dr. Alexander
NC" illlams, who there used with uniform
success the mode of making extension in
fractures by the application of strips of
adhesive plaster. an application in surgery
that he first brought to the notice of the
medical profession.
Evening star., 1898-04-08

''Wnat did he dor
Hes deaf. and has never told his bar.
beI."-Tt-Bi
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-11-22
A sEAsoNABLE JOKE OR TWO.

The deadly cucumber joke is now
getting it's work in.-Chicago Daily
News.
Probably Not What He Meant
Wife-"Shall We go to mothers, or to
the seashore?" 81 don't know. I'm
between the devil and the deep sea-"
Too Much.-"Jinklin had to break
Off with Miss Traddles." What was
the trouble?" 'She taught her poodle
to eat ice-cream, too.'-Chicago Daily
Record.
Visitor-"I have looked all through
the history catalogues and 1 cannot
find Great Naval Victories of SPAIN -
Librarian-"Youl find it in the fiction
list."-N. Y. journal.
Edith-"1t requires lots of courage
for Laura to go away as an army
nurse" May-"Oh, ! don't know
There are few men to be found any
where else:" - Philadelphia North
American. a... .....- .'.. ........
els Mrs. Knibbs going to a summer
resort,while her husband is fighting in
CUBAN eyes, she says she wants to
go where che will be as hot and un-
comfortable as he is."- "'.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-11-22
po1NTEp. PARAGRAPHS.

The bicyclist gets there with both
pedals. T.. aa,a .-.+t .E. -
. The little green apple is always ripe
enough for mischief. .r .6.f ra.,-, ~
Poets are born, but some Of them
manage to live it down. ..
It's a mean man that isn't hero in
the eyes of his dog.
The man who hesitates is lost, but
the woman who hesitates is won.
Angel food is the proper diet for
those who dwell in air castles ..,'
The man who makes hay while the
sun shines is liable to get sunstruck. {,
The quiet actions of the little wasp
is responsible for many loud words.
The person who leaves fly paper on
a chain is never the one who sits down
on it.
A woman prefers husband taller
than herself, so she can pretend to
look up to him.
Some men go to the front and en-
gage in battle and others stay at home
and get married.
You never hear the poor man who
has lost fortune say anything about
riches being a curse.
In union there is strength, but the
unknown husband of prominent
woman doesn't believe it is equally dis
tributed.-Chicago Daily News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-11-22

Any monkey can tear down, bot ct
TAX CUTE fallcr to build oop.
Aye tank Oncle Sans boys will max
Poorly CUTE Havana filters.
Cute hearted people always find lot
cf people vat lax to be DER friends.
Any faller can find fault, bot ct tax
Won met quite sense to be satisfied met
:cngs yust as haze make EN-.
The goldfish is a great coward and a
tiny fish with the courage to attack
1T can brighten it almost to death.
A greyhound has greater speed
running than u horse. \ greyhound
has been timed in running 1876 yards in
eight seconds.
The marigold is little weather
prophet. If the day is going to be fine
the Hover opens about three or four
o'clock in the afternoon, but if wet
weather is in store the marigold does
not open at all.
The heron seldom flaps his wings ut
rate of less than 100 to $50 times n
minute. This is counting the down
ward strokes only, 80 that the birds
wings really make from 24O to 800 dis
ttnct movements minute.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-11-22
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Careful transplanting insures rapid
growth. .'.]#..
The cleaner the culture the better the.
crop. ..r..- ....,.-.
Swine will destroy the white grub in
the strawberry beds.
. Mulching with tobacco stems will
keep away the currant worms. ..
To have a, good garden, try to have
something growing all the time.
All pruning done at this time should
be covered with oil paint or wax. A..
Use a short whifaetree in cultivating
among the trees in the orchard. ..... .
Starvation and neglect are great
causes of unfruitfulness inorckards:
Too much manurinQ increases woody
growth at'the expense of fruit. .,.., =
In pruning fruit trees cut out all the
weak, crowded, worthless branches.
Sawdust is one of the best materials
to use for mulching all kinds ofhar";es.
Black knot should be removed from
plum and cherry trees as 500 "a dis
covered. 49, ..-.''. .... 49,
After the trees come into bearing,
NO - AoACI uOoo AuVI
pay. 1s.. -..ss'.~, ..sarH. &.n...
Cultivation in the garden, like plant
ing, will not admit of any unnecessary
delay.
With towering plants, cutting the
flowers as they mature strengthens the
plants.-Sts Louis Republic.
Young gerl will poot en- ten hours
readin novels an kick lax DICKENS on
vashin dishes for sax minute.
Aye always lax to see faller met
nerve huff TO admit Diet haze vas wrong
before hae getten DICKENS lick out Of
hem. ..'.' H ..... ....
Naver lat trouble got best of 20 ven
yo are young an ct will gif 20 oop as
poorly hard, teng to tackle ven yo get
older. ... III.
Aye always lax to har old woman
givin gerl CUTE advice, because she
look lax she want to say: aye know
just how ct es."-Denver TimeESun.
lEN - .'.H.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-11-22

Glasses Fitted to al Eves
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07

Ing o second lieutenant by passing q
prescribed examination.
The sailor has no such opportunity
offered him. He may first become a
petty officer. such as boatswain's mate.
master at arms. etc, with a small in
crease In his pay. and there is the pos
sibility OF his even rising to the dignity
of a warrant officer. but he can never
go any higher.
Our army is supplied with the Krag-
Jorgensen rifle. and the revolvers OF the
soldiers are OF Ss caliber instead OF the
antique As caliber OF the Colt and other
types. The old fashioned heavy bayonet
was exchanged five years ago for the
smaller weapon OF the knife pattern.
These improvements were chiefly for
the purpose OF rendering the fighting
mans equipment lighter. so that he
might be able 10 carry the greatest
possible quantity OF ammunition. In
these days OF rapid firing weapons the
most important object is to have the
warrior provided with the greatest
practicable number of cartridges. Even
such trifiing accouterments as buckles
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07

tion where the guns shall be placed
and Is ready also to handle them In
the fight IL necessary. Many great
military chieftains have been engineers.
Our engineer corps are carpenters.
bridge builders, electricians. sappers
and miners and withal as well drilled a
body OF soldiers as any army can boast.
John M. Wilson is the chief OF engi-
neers. with the brevet rank OF briga-
dier general.
One unique feature OF the military
service OF the United States has been
the army pack train. which has been of
great use I'm the west and is practically
certain to be feature of our offensive
operations in Cuba. In this the men
and mules are well trained and equipped
and are sent to the various commands
when required. Although part OF the
army. the men are civilians and are not
required to enlist. Their wages are $50
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07

10 as good as gone, practically nothing
remains excepting Puerto Rico and the
Philippine islands. and IL is by nomeans
certain that by the time the present
war shall have ended the Spanish flag
will not have ceased to wave over thoss
places, sole relics as they now are OF
past glory.
Senor Sugasta some time ago, when
questioned as to the number OF men he
could put into the field said that on a
pinch the Spanish government could
muster 100000 able to hear arms. 1t has
been computed that the United States
by a great though by no means ex-
traordinary effort could, IL IL were nec-
essary. oppose these with an army OF
10, 0cv. 600 men.
Trosc who are III a position to know
declare that for all purposes OF war
fare 5.o00oc0 are as good as 500, 000, ,000
That is to say, no body OF troops could
be gathered together which could sue
ccssruly oppose compact army CT
100000 properly officered and disc;-
llined.
without any desire to appear vain
glorious IL may therefore be stated that
with reference to any nation in the
world or any possible offensive alliance
OF nations the United States is invinci-
BILE provided che be the attacked party.
II that statement be true IL would ap-
pear that the possibility OF Spain's sue
cess in the present war is about as re-
r mote as anything could well be in this
world.
We have the men and the money, and
we also have the officers, who will be
recruited for any auxiliary troops which
may be needed from the ranks OF those
who served in the Confederate and
Union armies during the civil war, to
say nothing of the hundreds OF thou
sands Of men who have done their time
In the militia organizations Of the va
rious states. For example. our national
guardsmcn have had SO much general
training that even the privates will
make capable minor officers, such as
sergeants and lleutenants, to inspect the
drill and effectively command the men
who may enlist as volunteers. There
are more general officers I'm the regu-
lar army than are actually needed
Tor the number Of men. The first class
at West Point has Just been graduat-
co. ana from that supply may be
drawn officers to have general super
vision OF the volunteer forces. That we
shall have then a sufiicient number of
competent military directors is assured.
and there are many more among the
surviving 100000 members of the G.. A.
R. who would again bring their expert
ence into the ranks. while n host OF
Confederate veterans are anxious to
lear arms under tho folds OF Old Glory.
The organization OF the army is little
understood by the average individual.
To the Iayman e company and n divi-
zion represent vaguely about the same
thinS when In reality they are as far
apart as tho poles.
regiment Of infantry II properly 10
companies Of 100 men each. or 1000 SOL
Cicrs includlng the officers. l.042 men).
Dut while this Is tho strict intent OF a
full complement IL Is seldom realized.
and a regiment from various causes In
likely u number anywhere from 1c0 10
llW mon. In .irnc OF war its ranks are
naturally depleted. and sometimes.
wien IL Is impossible to keep up the de-
sirad c:iota by ropeated enlistmenis
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07
Decadent Spain Is Woefully
Overmatched In the
Present War.

trolled by the following general officers:
Department OF California. Brigadier
General w. r. Shafter: department OF
the Colorado, Brigadier General Il. s.
Otis; department OF the Columbia. Brig
adler General III. c. Merriam; depart
ment OF Dakota, Brigadier General J.
+. Wade; department of the east Major
General Wesley Merritt; department OF
the lakes. Major General ]. r. Brooke;
department OF the Missouri. Briga-
der General J. ). Coppinger: depart
ment of the gulf. Brigadier General w.
NJ. Graham.
The officers In the army are a higher
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07

salaried class than those in the navy.
the graduate from Annapolis receiving
$3.50 per annum, while the second lieu
tenant who has just left West Point is
paid from 81, 400 to $1,000 year. To the
next grade in the navy, ensign, is at
tached a maximum stipend of from
1900 to $1.4O0. while the first lieuten-
ant in the army receives from $500 TO
s1,60c. and so on to the highest rank,
where the rear admiral is given $4,000,
while the major general has an annual
salary of $500.
A better class of men generally enlist
in the army because there is more inde-
pendencc, freedom from such cramp-
ed quarters as those on shipboard.
Then. too, there Is the additional in
centive OF a comparatively easy meth
cd of rising from the ranks and becom-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07

MES. The maximum number In either
a cavalry or artillery regiment Is IL
companies of $50 each, or 1880 men.
The distinguishing marks on the chev-
rons are white for infantry, red for
artillery and yellow for cavalry. The
corps insignia, worn on the caps, are
crossed muskets for the first, crossed
cannon for the second and crossed sa-
bers for the third. The uniform is blue,
no matter how 1t may be ornamented
and embelllshed.
The United States has additionally a
militia force of 1882 and 10000, 900
NOR: available fighting men.
Presiden. William Mckinley Is COM
mander in chief OF tho army, while the
general commanding is the senior ma
jor general, Nelson A. Miles. There
are two other major generals and six
brigsdIer generals. The eight army de-
partments In the United States are con-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07

also give proper attention TO his horse.
The following Is the ordinary daily
routine OF soldiers life:
ReveIlle Winter. $50 a. M; summer.
5.SO a. m
Breakfast Winter. a. m; summer. 6
a. m.
Fatigue.--7 a. nj.
Drill--l n. m.
Dress Parade.-9 n. m.
Guard Mounting.-9:2O a. m.
Drill-l0 a. m.
Dinner.-l2 IN.
School. l.-Gunners' school, II In artillery. /
d. m.
Retreat.-Sunset.
Supper Immediately after retreat
Tattoo.--9 d. m.
Taps.-l1 y. m.
While all branches OF the service are
obliged to be "spick and span." the cav
airy are particularly brilliant looking
set of fellows. Notwithstanding the de-
cline OF the horse through the popular
ity of the bicycle and electric cars, I'm
Gle Sam requires a certain quota of good
cavalry stecds yearly. Horses have al
ways been Indispensable in battle. and II
would require some invention possess
ing an automatic action little short OF
marvellous to replace them satisfacto-
rily.
Every large breeder OF fine horses in
cidentally keeps the United States cav
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07

and belt plates are OF less weight than
formerly. and as the bullets are so much
smaller the cartridge belt will hold 2o
rounds instead OF the old time 40
The work laid out for the infantry
man, the cavalryman and the artillerist
is naturally very well understood, but
not so that of the engineer corps.
The duties of military engineer are
to aid in every way in bringing the
army face to face with the enemy and
then to start the fighting. He must be
equally expert with the hammer. the
spade and the rifle. He plans and
builds fortifications, indicates the loca-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07

q month. IT requires six months train
ing to make fairly good packer of a
green hand and several years to make
him an expert. Only ablebodied men
are hired, none weighing less than 10
pounds. and every applicant must be
able to lift 200 pounds to the level OF
his chin. He does not wear a uniform,
but only modification Of a cowboys
costume.
The lot of the private soldier is not
an unpleasant one. In times of peace
he works only about four hours a day
for his board and clothes and $13 a
month. the monthly cash stipend in
creasing annually until after five years
it is SIS month. The cavalryman must
not only attend to his equipments, but
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07

The Monta da Piets at Rome which
has existed since 1856. n probably
the most ienIent pawnbroksrs shop =
the world. Any person who oslnos
pledge may borrow from ~ 70 - snI1s
lings without paying any interest. ~
all that r. loaned above that som -
paid for at the rate cf per cent per 90.
NUM-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07

fcopyright. 1851
VA THAT chance does Spain stand
Ml against the United States In
the present war? That IL the
sll absorbing topic at the present time.
II the opinion Of those whose views are
entitled to respect by reason OF train
ing and experience be taken az a cri-
terion. the answer may be given In two
words. Absolutely none"
The history of tbs Spanish govern
uent for nearly two centuries has been
one of what might be called disastrous
decadence." One by one her enormous
colonial possessions have been swept
away until now. omitting Cuba. which
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-07
OUR MILITARY
ESTABLISHMENT.

two weakened bodies are consolidated.
and the combination II known by the
name of one OF the former organiza-
tions, or IL may be given an entirely
new designation.
The regular United States army today
consists of 10 regiments OF cavalry,
2 regiments OF artillery and 25 reg
iments of infantry-that Is. complete.
a body OF 1900 men. But as there are
only about $1,000 soldiers some of the
regiments are really nothing more than
battalions OF from four to eight compa-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-08
CHURCH DEDICATION.
NOTABLE EVENT TO QUAKER
CITY CATHOLICS.

House of Worship Costing 500, 900
Ready for Occupancv-Corner
Stone Laid Long Ago.