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Qualities of Men -of-War Shown by
Models Before Construction.
EXPERIMENTAL TANK 1T NAVY YARD
System Adopted by Other Coun-
tries Long Ago.
SOON TO BE IN OPERATION

The trial of the great vessels of the navy
has been most important event in the his
tory of every one of the monster death
dealing engines of war that have been con-
structed by the United States. The speed
that would be developed by proposed ves-
sci has been very largely problematical in
the past. The lines supposed to produce
the greatest speed have been selected, the
enormous mass of iron and steel has been
put together after two or three years and
expenditure of several millions of dol
lars the craft has been launched and its
trial comes off. Up to that time the speed
that will be developed has been an un-
solved problem, and SO it has remained
with all the American men-of-war until
steam has been put on and a course has
been sailed over with high pressure on the
boilers. The speed Of these vessels has
been so important a feature of their effec
tiveness that over $300O,0OO in premiums
have been given contractors for securing
4 speed in excess of established mini
mum. .
Appropriation by Congress.
1t is to overcome this defect in the meth
cd of constructing war vessels that Con-
gress year and a half ago appropriated
$1oo,000 for building AN experimental tank
at the navy yard here for the purpose of
testing the speed of models of proposed
vessels before work on them begins, and by
October 1 these experiments will be car
ried on regularly and Systematically by the
bureau of construction of the Navy Depart
ment The tank is now practically COM
plete and the shop, in which electricity for
running the machinery used in connection
with the work is generated, and in which
models will be constructed, is nearly COM
pleted. The tank Is located along the river
front between the east ship house and the
commandments Office, and the shop used in
connection with it is just across the road
from the main structure. The tank is an
immense affair. g"
The building containing 1t Is 500 feet long
and fifty feet wide, with two small extern
sions on either end. The latter are used
for the heating, ventilating and filtering
apparatus and for electric plants. The
building is one story in height and lighted
entirely through skylights that form the
roof from one end of the structure to the
other. No windows have been placed in the
building, partly to secure the most COM
piete privacy in the experiments and partly
because along the side walls an iron frame
work is arranged for holding the models
after they have been experimental with.
Although these models will be twenty feet
in length. there will be sufficient storage
room in the building for fifty of them.
Within this building there is a basin of
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appropriate. Corbett made his first ap-
pearance here when he selected Loeb Ar
bour as his training place for his first Lig
fght-the contest with John L. Sullivan.
He visited Asbury Park every day that sea-
son. and became very well known to many
of the residents and numbers of the cot
tagers and hotel guests. They took 4 great
liking TO him on account of his manners and
general conduct. He was invited TO many
of the summer homes and attended dance
at one of the hotels occasionally. Indeed,
Asbury Park came very nearly claiming
Corbett for her own, and not few people
here won good deal of money on The result
of the first fight. Cor5ect liked his trea atment
so we'll that ne came back the following
summer and remained for tne entire
sen. subsequently he trained for all of his
fights here excepting the last with Fitz-
simmous. 1t was at his cottage here that
he married Vera, his present wife.
Like IA College Roy.
On the boardwalk. in his natty silt of
fiannels, Corbett looks more like Il big col
iege boy than a pugiiist. He IS invariably
accompanied by two or three of the college
boys or the sons of some of the aottagers,
ard not infrequently he forms one of u
merry party of young folks the beach.
His new way of dressing his Lair makes
him appear even less like a Gghta- than
before. Really, his ponpadour was the
only fierce feature of his makeup. Now
he parts his hair in the middle and brushes
it fiat on either side, la Jonn Drew. Cor
bett has worn his hair pompadoar style
ever since he boy, and many Won
dered why he would at lhs time So change
his personal appearance, especially from
the fact that he was as widely known as
''Pompadour JIM as he was as James j.
Corbett. The transform aIion, according TO
his own confession, Eas due TO his wife.
Shortly after their arrival on the shore she
began brushing his HAIR in & playful! rood
Gx.tc
liked the change in his appearance SO well
that she requested that he wear it that
way always. He said ne would and in
tends to stick to his promise.
The Corbett Cottage.
The cottage that Corbett is occupying
his season is a very pretty one. 1t is To-
,ated in Sth avenue, and forms a part of
he fashionable cottage colony of Astury
Park. There is pretty lawn in the rear
Darn. which has been equipped for the
laid out for croquet and beyond this is the
training quarters. The Goor is covered
with heavy mattress. from one end of the
ceiling hangs the punching bag, and fixed
kinds. One end of the lower floor has been
partitioned off for dressing room. In the
center there is high cot that looks like
an operating table and it is on This that
Corbett's muscles are ma ssaged by his
trainers at the conclusion of his work.
How He Trains.
While Corbett began exercising as soon
as the articles were signed for his coming
fight with Mccoy. he did not begin his hard
ard regular training until the beginning of
this week. His method of training is
probably different from that of any other
fighter in the country. There Is not IA sin
gle prescribed rule that he adhcres to, tax
ing for his only guide his desire for work
and his general condition. mental and ply
sioal He never has to be pushed to any Of
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Two Noted Prize Fighters in Train
ing at Asbury Park.
LANKY BOB and GENTLEMAN jim
How They Spend Their Time at
the Seashore.
PREPARING FOR THE RING
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ASBURY PARK, August 4, 1898
Asbury Park which, of all the popular
summering places is supposed to be the
most moral resort in the country, has
corner on prize lighters. There is not
saloon to be found from one end of Founder
Bradley's domain TO the other; you can on
ly get drink when you have a physicians
prescription or when you become we'll
known at the hotel you select for your
boarding place; drunken men are as scarce
as pleasure parties on The deser. of Sahara;
coIOred o. abbreviated bathing suits are
not allowed on the beach and along the
boardwalk. there are numerous signs which
bear directly upon the conduct of young
people on the beach ard which also state
very plainly that "all respectable persons
are supposed to be off the beach by IL
o'clock
While one might naturally suppose that
this condition of affairs would be incom-
patible with the presence of men who made
their living in the lugilthIic ring--Inen who
are the acknowledged champions of the
world-one would nave TO pay but a short
visit to the resort to understand fully why
they have selected the place-one as a spot
for recreation and the others as the best
location at which to train for approaching
encounters
Pngiiists Not Prize Fighters.
Neither Corbett or Fitzsimmons, who
hold the central places In public attention,
has the first appearance of being 'pr.zc
fighters" They do OF display the first at
tribute that goes with the brutal term.
Both agree on the point that there is no
longer such thing as Q prize fighter. 1t
Is true that they are rlgilists and that
they fight for n living, but the change of
rules. to their mind has removed all of the
old-time brutality from the prize ring and
neither consider that prize fghting-rather
boxing-is cruel or brutal as carried on to-
day.
FitZsimmons was the first to appear at
Asbury Park this season, although he knew
that Corbett always spent his summers
here and had trained for nearly every one
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of his big fights at the resort He hired a
pretty furnished cottage in Sd avenue and
In Few days was very comfortably set
tied with his wife and babies. Since the
very day of his arrival there has not been
quieter or more attentive family man in
the big resort As far as anyone can see,
his home life Is almost ideal in its domes-
ucity. He seldom moves out OF the cottage
unless accompanied by Mrs Fitzsimmons
or one OF his boys all of them, and every
night he takes them to the pavilion to the
tand concerts
Fitz on the Boardwalk.
To a person who did not know him, Fitz-
simmons would be one of the last men on
the boardwalk that a stranger would pick
out as the champion fighter. He walks
along carelessly, with almost shuttle in
yariably carrying the baby or leading his
eldest boy by the hand. During the band
concert he holds one Of the little ones in
his lap, and on the way home he always
stops and buys them ice cream and soda
water, inviting any of his friends ac
Quaintances who happen to be around
The only pleasure that "Lanky Bob''-for
he seems iankier and ciumsier than ever
takes TO himself is his horseback ride. He
goes out nearly every morning on a pretty
bay mare and does ten or twelve miles
through the back country. He knows how
to ride and understands his horse very well
but he looks the picture of clumsiness and
those who see him fear that the next step
of the horse will unseat him. Nevertheless
Bob stays in the saddle all right and en-
Joys his gallops hugely.
Il came to Asbury Park because it's a
big family resort" he said, where / knew
that / could have good rest and a nice
quiet time, yet at the same time where
there also just enough life to make
matters interesting. Mrs Fitzsimnons had
spent several seasons here before were
married and l knew she liked the place
and that's why We came AS to my future
1 am not bothering a bit about it. and
don't intend to. ! will undoubtedly fight
one more fight. 1 do not know with whom
IL will be, but 1 will select the best man
from among the lot"
Gentleman Jim.
As for Corbett, there is no doubt in the
minds OF any one in AsbIry Park but that
his soubriquet of Gentleman jim is truly
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The Sailor Of Old Times.
From the Pail Mall Magazine

From the Pail Mall Magazine.
Sailors in olden days must have been
sheep-like in patience. 1t is true that
when a man made sail from the Thames
he went prepared for months, running into
years, of salt water. The patience / refer
to is the capacity of enduring the hindrance
of light winds. the abortive struggles of
the precious round bow driven through it
dead to leeward. with the yards fore end
aft; above all the long calms Of the trop-
les. when the fresh water stank, when The
ships bread cTawied on the toes of the in
Vulnerable sea worm that dieth not, when
the scurvy was clapping the grinning mask
of anguish and death upon your shipmate's
face, and when. IL you looked over The
ships side into the sea, the water burnt,
the sea snakes revolved in wheels of fire,
and you saw things with the eyes of Cole
ridges Ancient Mariner. But those seamen
who thus endured were the men who mast
headed the flag of your country. Honored
be their names! 1t would be absurd to cay
that We shall net look upon their like aga n.
They are with US in their children. But /
say, hat in hand, with deepest reverence.
when think of their ships. their slender
equipment. the unknown, measureless seas
of those ages, that the sailor Of old times
was q mani
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takes luncheon, and then spends the after
noe n on the road, doing about ten miles of
walking and running He usually arrives
back to the quarters about 5 O'Clock. Then
sege; and when this is over ne is done for
the day, and dresses fer dinner.
Corbett believes ore of the greatest es-
sentials in his training is q contentcG and
an occupied mind. In tie evening he
takes in all of the shows along the shore,
and frequently drives to Long Branch to
see performance of some kind He does,
rot take baths in the ocean, because he
considers them weakening to him.
His Opinion of Himself.
''They are undoubtedly very good for
some people," said he, but I am very sure
that they are more harm than good to me.
l know my own temperament better than
any one else in the world and that is the
reason l train according to my own ideas.
No one can tell me when l make a mistake
or when l do not take advantage of an
opening, for l can see it myself in a sec
ond. and the moment | begin to see that
L am awake to everything, that I am
guarding properly every blow, and that
have not missed a single chance to land
che, then L know L am getting in about
the right condition. l was never built for
a pugiiist, and SO l have to work very
hard before g. fight to get the muscles
want to use in the proper shape. There
are some men who are born with muscle
whether they train or not, and who could
put up very good fight at any time. 1t
is different with me. l would not think of
hghting without the proper training. I
could box all right. but in long fight,
without previous training, 1 could not
stand the pressure.
Future of Pugilism.
Il think there is a great future in box
irg. The new class of men who are COM
ing to the front are not toughs Ike the
old-time prize fighters. The majority of
them are well educated, well-behaved, and
many of them do not drink at all. The
reason is due to the new rules by which
the man with brains and science has the
advantage over the fellow who has nothing
but brute force and stout muscles on his
side. Boxing is n noble art and a manly
art, and properly conducted matches ought
to be encouraged at all times. I have
studied the question from all sides and I
nave never yet heard a man who knew
how to take care of himself say anything
against boxing"
Corbett is very confident that he will win
from Mccoy, and will leave here for Buff
faio about the 1st of September. He does
not consider that Mccoy is an easy man,
by any means, but at the same time does
not feel that the man possibly defeat
i'm.
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635 St NV. Washington. ID. c. gu2tol2In
c. @. SLOAN & co. AUcTs.. 1907 q ST.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES-
TATE, LOCATED IN CHICHESTER ID. C.
BY virtue Of certain deed OF trust dafed the
fifth day Of August, 1897, and duly recorded in
IIber x249, at folio 244 ct seq, OF the land
records Of the District of Columbia and at the re
quest Of the parties secured thereby, we VIII SELL
at public auction. in froDt of the premises on
FRIDAY, AUGUST TWELFTH, 1885, AT HALF
PAST -FOUR PM. the following described land
and premises, situete In the District Of Columbia
and designated as lets th.rtyfour ts4l and thirty
six (36l in wiiliam mson's subdivision Of part Of
tract of land known Chichester as said SUBJ
division is recorded In county subdivision book
Governor Shepherd, page 3d. Of the surveyors Of
fc.. Of said District
Terms: one-third cash. balance in one I'D and
two t2} years, with fnteres- at per cent per :,-
mum, payable semi-annuslly, and secured by deed
Of trust the property Sold all cash. at option
OF purchaser. deposit Of 500 Will be required at
time of sale. Terms to he complied with in 10
days from day Of salc, otherwise the trustees re-
serve the right to resell risk and cost OF de-
fariting purchaser. after due notice published In
Washington lewspt per. All couyeyanciug
and recording at cost of purchaser.
]. TAYLOR ELLYSON, Trustee
ASHLEY NJ GOULD Trustee
Jy3o-d&ds 501 z St NV.
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INTERIOR OF THE TANK.

object is to obtain the actual resistance of
the model at a speed corresponding to the
proposed speed of the full-sized ship.
This experimental tank. it is believed,
Will be of enormous advantage to the navy
in securing high rate of speed in vessels
that are to be constructed in the future
In building the tank at the navy yard here
all the improvements that experience has
developed in other countries where such
tanks have been in operation have been
taken advantage of, so that this plant
when completed win. without doubt, be the
finest to be found anywhere.
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WALTER D. WILLIAMS & CO., AUcTIoNEERs.

10 WHOM II MAY CONCERN:
By authority OF act OF Congress. passed MAY Is
1896, viii SILL within and IN front OF the auction
rooms OF Walter b. Williams & Co., cor. 10th and
d sts.. facing fenna- nve. NV, WEDNESDAY
AUGUST TENTH. 1885. AT TEN O'CLOCK An,
10 pay storage charges, DC. all Household Goods
and Chafteis. bedding. Carpets, Paintings Pic
lures. Beoks, Bric-a-brae Contents OF Trunks
Barrels Boxes, Chests. China, Glassware, Kitchen
J. C. Hawiey and E. n. Richards. No 1880 q
street northwest In the following names. Susan
Henry Garnett. June 7. 1885: W. Z. Gsynor Sept
Ie. 1895; W e Coleman, July 8. 1885; s, r.. No
G. ". Hardy. y II. Owens, Nov d 1895: a 81
Jackson. May %. 1855; f. Goldsborough. Oct. &
These interested please take notice
Terms cash. r. y. RICHARDS
au36t No. la3o G street northwest
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FUTURE DAYS.
JA4ES W. RATCLIFFE. AUCTIoNEER.
tSuccessOr 10 Ratcli1e. sutton & COB
TRUSTEES SALE OF FRAME HOUSE. No. 40
STREET. SnI-TIII A

IhJSlEES SALE OF FRAME HOUSE, No. 40
STREET SOUTHEAST
by virtue az two deeds Of trust. recorded respcc-
lively in Iibers 2l34 and 22l1 folOs 490 and 20 et
seq. one Of the land records Of the District az
lumbia, and at the request Of the party secured
thereby. We. the undersigned trustees, win offer
for sale, by public auction. In front the prem
ises, on WEDNESDAY THE SEVENTEENTH
DAY OF AUGUST. 1895 AT UAI.F-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, the following described real esS
tate, situate in the city of Washington IN the Dis
trict Of Columbia. TO vii: The nineteen and
32-lo0 d9-32j feet Of lot numbered (2l in
square numbered eight hundred and seventeen
lslll and all interest they, the said John RupPel,
Philip Ruppel, Ioseph Ruppei and ksosie Rnppel
may have or efther OF them dcVisers heirs 81
law Of said Joseph Ruppei seniorl deceased, in his
estate, together with ali the improvements rights
etc
Terms: oue-third cash, balance In and two
yeaIs. with interest from day of sale at per ceut
per annum. secured by deed of trust the prop
ery sold all cash at option Of the purchaser. A
deposit Of 800 required at time of sale. Terms OF
sale TO be complied with In fifteen days from day
Of sale. trustees the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost OF the defRulung
purchaser after FIVE days advertisement Of such
sale In some newspaper published In Washington,
u. C. All convey eyancing, STAMPS, etc, ut pur-
chaser's cost
SAMUEL II. WALKER,
MICHAEL /. WELLER,
arR-dS
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SAMUEL II. WALKER,
MICHAEL /. WELLER,
au6-d&is Trustees
THos. J. OWEN. ApcTIoNEER. siS ST NV.

By virtue of certain deed OF trust. duly re-
corded in IIber 1647. fclio $50 ct seq, OF the
land records for the District Of Columbia. and at
the request Of the party secured thereby. we Will
sell, public auction. in front Of the mises,
MONDAY. AUGUST FIFTEENTH. 1885, AT
HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK Pm. lot 1870,
square 61T. improved 10y n two-story brick dwell
ing. being premises No. Hanover street north
west.
Terms: One-thlrd cash. balance I'm and two
years. with interest at per cent. secured by q
deed Of trust the property sold. all cskh. st
purchasers option A deposit OF 500 required at
time OF sale. Conveyapcing. &c-. at cost Of Iur-
chaser.
II. BRADLEY DAVIDSON
LUTHER S. FRIST0E.
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AUCTION SALES or REAL ESTATE, &c,
Monday.

Thomas J. Owen, Auct.. aI3 st. n.w.-Trus-
tees sale Of Nos. . 3 and Mccullough ct NV
bet. E and r SITS. and North CAritcl and New Ter.
sey ave NV IN Monday, August >. ~ 4 30 pm.
II. Bradley DAVIDSON and Walter liiesfon trustees.
James W. Ratciifre. Anet.. e21 Pa ave NV
Trustees sale Of No. lI31-il8S New Hampshire
ave. NV. on Monday, August = al O'Clock pm.
William Corcoran Hin and Bernard II. Johnston,
trustees.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF THREE TWO-STORY
BRICK DWELLING HOUSES. NOS. 2 3 AND
MCCULLOUGH STREET NORTIWEST. BE-
TWEEN AND STREETS AND NORTH
CAPITOL AND NEW JERSEY AyENCE
NORTHN EST.
By virtue OF certrin deed Of trust recorded
In Liber 1874 folio 412 ct seq. OF the land
records OF the District of Columbia and at the
request OF the party secured thereby. the under
signed trustees, Will sell. at public RnctiOn. in
front Of The premises. MONDAY, AUGUST
EIGHTH. 1888. AT HALF-PAST FOtR O'CLOCK
Pm. iots 70. loo nnc iol. square CPS. with i'm
proyenents abova.
Terms; One-fourth cash, balaEce in one, two
and three years, with interest. secured hy a deed
OF trust on the property sold. all cash. at the
epticn OF the purchaser. A deposit OF FIFTY pcl-
lars REQUIRED on each house tirne Of sale Con-
Feyancine and recording Mt purchasers cost II
terms OF sale are not complied with within 10
days from day Of sale the trustees reserve the
right TO resell the property at the risk the de-
faulting purchaser, after days adyertlsement
In some newspaper published in Washington u O.
II. BRADLEY DAVIDSON.
WALTER HIESTDN
iv2S-d&ds 'r-ps,.o.
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au5-dts
iiAe''hAi~N' - r1r-rT n

LOTS IN DOUGLAS. ID. &.
Ry virtue Of q power of sale contained in q decd
of trust dated June 10, 1897, aud recorded June
is 1897 in Lber No. 222S, folio 75. of the
land records of the District of Columbia, default
having been made in the payment Of the indebted
ness secured therein. and the request of the
beneficiary therein named. the subscribers. trus-
tees I'm said trust named viii sell at public
tion, on the premises, FRIDAY. AUGUST
TWELFTH, 1895 AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM. all
that certsln piece parcel Of land described IN
said deed OF trust and known lots numbered
five (5) six (6D and hundred and sixty two
tl62) ef q subdivision called Douglas, per plat
recorded in Lber 1855, folio 43s In the Office Of
the recorder Of deeds Of said District, and more
fully described by metes and bounds, courses and
distances in said deed Of trust. These lots cover
about Is feet 1856 feet each. and improved
by a dwelling Of rooms, nearly new fine barn,
stable and all other necessary outhuildiRes two OF
them being corner lots and fronting the Badens-
burg and Anacostia road.
Terms OF sale: One-third cash. Of which one
hundred dollars must be paid down at the time Of
sale ene-thiTd in six and one-third in twelve
months from day Of sale, all cash, the option
OF the buyer Conveyancing at the Of the
buyer. Balance Of cash iDstallment must be paid
within ten days from day Of sale. or property
will be resold at the cost and risk Of the default
ing purchaser. 4 small first trust TO the same
beneficiary said lots and l62 VIII be arranged
with the buyer sold subject Thereto the day
of sale.
MARION DUCKETT,
EBERT DENT,
635 F ST NV. Washington D. C. au2foIoIn
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AUCTION SALES.
MONDAY.
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. AUCTIoNEER.
(SuccessOr 10 RAtclife. Sutton & Col

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY. BEING A BRICK DWELLING.
NO. 1887. AND FRAME DWELLING. No. 1l33
NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE NORTHWEST
by virtue Of a certain deed OF trust. duly
corded in flber 2u6 folio 363 .; seq. Of the land
records ot the District Of Columbia. and Al fbs
request Of the party secured thereby. Viii reli,
al puelic auction. in frcnt of the premises.
MONDAY. AUGUST EIGHTH. 1895. AT FIVE 90
O'CLOCK PM. the following described land and
promises. situate in the city OF wasllagtou In tho
District II Columbia. Known all original lot
eight tSf. 81 SQUARE seycntytwo tTs together with
all the improvements thereon.
Terms Of sale: one-ihird cash. balance in one
and two years. with interest six per ceutum
per annnm. PAYABLE semi annually. and secured by
deed Of trust property sold or oil cash at tho
option OF the purchaser. Terms 90 he complied
with within ten days from day of sale. otherwise
the trustees reserve the right resell at the risk
and cost Of the defarlfins purchaser. after such
advertisement as they may deem nereSsaty. A
deposit Of s1e0 VIII be required at ths time Of
sale. All conveyancinE and recording at the cost
of purchaser.
WILLIAM CoRCoRAN HILL. Trustee.
- 1888 ia. ave.
1y2I-d&ds sos I4th st. NV.