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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13
He Didn't Mind.

Andrew Lang relates an anecdote OF
Dean Stanley's amiable simplicity. The
dean was dining out, and was very late.
When he came his collar was unfasten-
ed, and the ends vibrated like little
white wings upon the head Of a cherub.
People could not look at him with
curiosity during the dinner, and at
length, with due precautions, his host
ess ventured to ask him If he knew
that his collar had broken adrift-
"Oh, yes" said the dean; do you
mind"
Not at all" said the lady.
"Then l don't mind, either" answer
ed the dean. "The button dropped Off
while l was dressing" And he contin-
ued his conversation.
1T was not" says Mr.. Lang, 'ab-
sence of mind, but unrivalled presence
of mind. that Stanley displayed. Amy
other human being would have been at
the point of changing his shirt.
pies Friend.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13

PEELED by steam, with a central paddle
wheel, to carry twenty guns, with n
speed of four knots an hour. Accord
Ing to this plan the vessel was to carry
two submarine guns, one at each bow,
SO as TO strike the enemy below the
water lie. Provision was also made
for throwing a large quantity of water
on the enemy at close quarters.
The ship was launched, as proposed,
in November, 1914, and in June of the
following year the machinery was In
place. She was called the Demologos,
and after the death of her inventor was
rechristened the Fulton. The Fulton
was used as receiving ship at the
Norfolk navy yard until 1929. Steam
vessels soon came to be of great inn
ponance in the coasting trade of both
Europe and America, and In 1919 Il
steamer of $50 tons called the Savan-
nah made the passage from New York
TO Liverpool in twenty-slx days, but she
was heavily spared and depended
largely on her sails.
came into vogue. Captain John Erics-
son made proposition to the English
government to apply the screw device
to war vessels, but his scheme was
secuted as visionary. In 1S43 Ericsson
came to New York and built the Prince
ton, which was the first screw man-of-
war ever constructed. The Princeton
proving n success In every particular,
England built the Duke of Wellington,
which outranked the Princeton, the lat
ter being adjudged unseaworthy in
1S49.
The Crimean war demonstrated the
usefulness of the screw propeller, al
though it was several years after that
the naval authorities of the world were
willing to trust to a full-powered screw,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13
OLD AND NEW WARSHIPS.

unaided by sails. About this time the
Great Eastern, also called the Won
der ship" was built. She was con-
structed of iron and wood, was 692 feet
long and carried 10000 tons of coal.
She piled between England and Aus
tlalia and, although not a man-of-war,
properly speaking, was formidable
vessel.
The day of the wooden wheels came
to a close, however, when in 1860 the
French built the 1irst sea-going IRON
clad, which was chrstened La Gloire.
She was originally intended to carry
ninety guns, but was cut down and
plated with several inches of iron. She
was provided with full steam power,
with auxiliary sails and carried forty
guns. Not to be outdone, England,
ever jealous of her mistressship of the
sea. constructed the Royal Oak and
later the Warrior, the latter being
faster than any wooden vessel atioat
and vastly superior to La Gloire.
France replied with the Solferlno, Ie-
markable for her ram bow and for the
fact that up to that time she was the
only lronclad carrying guns on two
decks protected by armor. The Mino-
taur war vessels We're then introduced
by England, but they were too un-
wieldy for service and were aban-
doned
This see-saw competition was going
on when the rebellion broke out in the
United States and we found ourselves
without a single ironclad vessel and
practically without n navy. AT the out
set, the Federal government made a
vigorous attempt to get control Of the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13

navy eleven flrst-ciass battle,ships OF
2,S96 tons displacement, two armor'
ed cruisers of II, All tons displacement,
twenty coast and harbor defense yes,
sells with $3.50 tons displacement, and
protected cruisers and gunboats of 49,
600 tons displacement. We have thir-
teen protected cruisers, twenty gun
boats and light protected cruisers, one
dispatch boat, and twenty-five torpedo
boat destroyers The battle-ships Indi.
ana, Massachusetts and Oregon have
each a displacement of 10000 tons, a
belt armor of eighteen inches steel and
following table shows the armament
carried by our armored vessels:
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13
Weight of No. Total we

Our united armored ships can throw
one and one-half pounds of metal for
every pound that Spain can give us In
return, although the dons have 16O
guns. If our armored force were re-
duced to an average we would have
ship of $3.50 tons, with ten-inch belt,
1l.5-inch turret, ten guns of elght-inch
caliber, throwing a projectile weighing
800 pounds, while Spain would have
battleship of 1856 tons, with 9.6-inch
belt, 9.7-inch turret, thirteen guns of
seven-inch caliber, throwing projec-
tile weighing $50 pounds.
The guns of elght-inch caliber and
over are used to attack the belt OF
ship In order to disable the machinery
and turrets In which the big guns of
the enemy are mounted, while the
small-bore rapid-tlring guns are used to
sweep the decks and very often to find
the range of the enemy. In sea fight
ing the small guns are used first, the
big guns keeping silence until a range
( 900 yards or thereabouts Is reached.
In the great fight which Commodore
Dewey made In Manila bay neither
Spain nor the United States had IN
armored ship. Dewey's boats were
protected cruisers with steel decks and
comparatively small guns.
Early naval warfare, In which sailing
vessels were used, had to deal practlc-
ally with guns alone, and the measure
of strength was the weight Of metal
a,1 Ia, hrno6ctHn Tn.6ou tha do
signer has to reckon with shell power,
ram power, torpedo power and power
of resistance. The modern battleship
is therefore compromise. Thus,
roughly speaking, the weight allowed
for armor determines the defensive
power of vessel, the weight of bat
teries, ammunition and torpedoes the
offensive power, while the weight Of
coal and machinery determines the
speed and endurance Of vessel-the
distance a vessel can go without re-
coallng.
Notwithstanding the American navy
is rapidly taking rank with the nayies
of the world, it is interesting to note
that we have 5000 miles of sea coast,
excluding Alaska, and tonnage OF
licensed, registered and enrolled Amer
lean vessels aggregating 4,42S0O0 tons,
which is far more than the total mer-
camille tonnage of Russia, Germany,
Italy, Japan and Spain. 1t might also
be mentioned that we have more prop
erty on shore assailable from the water
than any other nation, that we have
more property afloat than any other
nation and that with the exception of
| Great Britain we have more merchant
ships afloat on the oceans and great
lakes than the five greatest naval pow
| ers of the world combined.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13

Captain Ericsson, one was failure.
and the other, New Ironsides, a decided
success. After passing through the
siege of Charleston and doing excellent
service she was laid up in ordinary at
League Island and afterward destroy
ed by fire. England converted one of
her liners into a monitor of the turret
shape and called her the Captain. She
was constructed according to plan
proposed by Captain Coles, but went
down at sea with 800 ON board, thus
showing the incompatabillty of sailing
power with low free board. As com
pared with the English and French
ironclads, the American vessels drew
less water, but were more effective
than the foreigners In shallow water,
After the civil war Russia went wild
over ironclads and built large number
of the naval cheese boxes.
So much for the early navy Of the
colonies and civil war period. AT the
close of 1888 we had practically no
navy at all; in 1874 we had five first
rate war vessels, carrying forty-five
guns, with 5000 tons displacement,
thirty-one second-rate vessels carrying
twenty guns with 2,200 tons displace-
ment, twenty-four third-rate vessels
carrying eight guns with 500 tons dis
placement and five tifthrate vessels
carrying four guns with 400 tons dis
placement. Our total strength was
| forty-eight ironclads and twenty-six
other vessels. Many of these, however,
were unseaworthy and the term iron
clad was used more on account OF
courtesy than respect for the facts.
At present we have in the regular
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13
Big Prices for Fiddles.

The Duke of Saxe-COburg-Gotha
Duke of Edinburgh has just given, 1t
Is said, fl 400 for a Stradiyarius. The
best known, according to italian con-
noisseurs, belonged to Sir Charles
Halle, and Is said to be worth f2,200.
The price has recently gone up, as Sell
ator Hawley, of Connecticut, has been
in Italy seeking everywhere for fine old
fiddles, in which he is said TO have
made "a corner" having bought about
500, for which he has given f16,00O.-
Elgin Courant.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13
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I Is a far cry from the old wood.
en- frigate Constitution to the
- great iron-clad Oregon, a shot
from one of whose thirteen-inch guns,
we'll aimed, would easily persuade the
old-timer she had missed her calling
and had better "heave to-" And John
Paul Jones, whose victory over the
Scraps In revolutionary times has
made his name familiar TO every Amer
lean schoolboy would be quite as
much passe on board Fighting Bob"
Evans Iowa rs the Bon Homme Rich
ard, his flagship, would be in Rear Ad-
airal Sampson's squadron.
Time makes thrusts that the best Of
naval commanders cannot parry, and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13

Mississippi and Missouri rivers. which,
1t was thought, would become theaters
in the war. Accordingly, a contract
was awarded to James b. Eads, of st.
Louis. for the construction of several
ironclad steamers suitable for river
navigation.
In October, 1861, forty five days after
laying the keel the st. Louis was
launched, This was the first irouclad
owned by the United States. The un-
fortunate abandonment of the Norfolk
navy yard, however, had given to the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13

insurgent forces possession of several
vessels, notably the fine steam frigate
Merrimac, vessel built like the Wa
bash. The Confederates were busy
transforming this vessel Into broad
side casemated ironclad, with slop-
Ing roof calculated TO cause the enc
mys shot to glance without injurlng
the vessel, when the Monitor type Of
ironclad came into being. Captain
Ericsson had been given contracts for
the construction of two broadside iron
clads and one vessel of special design.
The Monitor, which later defeated
the Merrlmac, was of special design"
and 1t was this same Monitor and her
successors during the civil war that
revolutionlzed the naval warfare of
Europe. The Monitor was slightingly
characterized "a cheese box on a raft"
but 1t proved to be the strongest cheese
that ever was placed In naval sand
wich. The turret system, which was
the essential feature of the original
monitor, Is familiar, and does not re-
quire description here. The broadside
system was said by contemporary crit
les to excel the turret system for ocean
service, but the value of the "cheese
box" ironclad for close fighting in shall
low water was never disputed. Some
of our monitors, such as the Mlantono-
nah, were constructed Of wood, and
the voyage of the Miantonomah to Eu-
rome and of the Monadnock to San
Francisco via Cape Horn showed that
these vessels could go to sea as well as
fight In shallow waters.
OF the two broadsides constructed by
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13
Cbeeso Exnortcd from Rome.

The value of the cheese exported
from Rome is only 81 900 less than the
value of the paintings, cheese being
second article on the list Of exports
from Rome.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-13
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

Mr. Thomas will conduct nothing but hrst'
cl.sa house, and cordial welcome VIII Do eA'
tended to all guests.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-25
STICK H.; IL ;E||
The OLD RELIABLE
..4 ISL PIANOS

encourage athletics among the citizen and the
Regular soldiers
/ II has been decided that $500 OF the profits
from the tournament last season stall go 70 the
Porter fund hut as a working balance is needed
for tho coming tournament only $1,000 will be
turned over for that purpose at present. The
soldier who was so severely injured at the last
tournament is still confined in the hospital al
Fort Hamilton a committee has been appointed
10 SEQ the soldier and to find out II he IL receiv-
ING nroner care and attention The committee
will hard to the man the sum or Sl"o
Although in no sense responsible for the acct
dent the committee feels that 1t can AFFORD 10
be generous in this case.
Another feature which promises to lend addi-
! tlonal zest to the tournament will be that many
OF the soldiers and sailors who took prominent
part IN the recent with Spain VIII give
drills and exhibitions at the show. There is al.
most certain to be i detachment OF United States
troops n battery and one or more companies on
infantry.
Il is thought that the monument 20 General
Porter will cost in the neighborhood OF SlooVo.
AID It IS expected that the remainder or the
sum will be cleared at the tournament
Colonel Setter. in discussing the tournament
says: The League has done much to encourage
athletics among our soldiers. and the dement's
have been excellent. The result Is that the Ma
tonal Guard to-day is in better physical con-
dltion than it has ever heen before We 90 not
expect any trouble from kindred athletic orgahi-
cations. We ar allied body with the League
OF American Wheelmen. and have always
worked in perfect harmony. The Naval Reserve
will aid US again. It did last year"
The annual election of officers of the Military
League will he held early in January. While
nothing definite has been announced as yet. IT
Is thought that Colonel c. H. Luscomb will be
reelected president OF the organization. In spite
of the fact that he is on the retired list OF the
18th Regiment OF Brooklyn. Mr.. Luscomb was
president OF the League OF American Wheemen
in 1865 II is expected that Colonies Setter and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-25
RIGHT OF A MUSEUM TO SELL GIFTS.

QUESTION IN COURT IN CHICAGO. WHERE THE
FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM is SUED.
Chicago. Dec. 2f-A question "a 10 the right or
the Field Columbian Museum to sell articles given
20 It for purposes Of exhibition is the legal issue
involved in case on hearing before Judge Chet-
lain and Jury in tho Superior Court. The defend
ant. the Field Columbian Museum maintains that
It has the right TO sell otherwise dispose OF any
gifts which il has received for exhibition purposes.
without making any return to the giver.
The case Is that OF Nav CO.. Of London. who
in 1894 sent mosaics and cases, valued at 1000.
10 the museum gift for exhibition. The greater
part Of the exhibit which could not be utilized on
account of want Of space was stored, and the Eng
lish firm informed tina; the goods were subject 10
their order being safe but without insurance.
Later a fire broke out in the warehouse and the
exhibits were somewhat soiled. Finally the goods
OF Nav e. CO.. together with some other property
500 II is claimed that the price ridculously
low.
The plaintiffs. Nav Co. aver that they gave
the exhibit for educational purposes and that the
museum had right TO sell the goods. They ask
the Jury TO award them S15.OOO. In defence. the
museum people maintain that II is their right TO
exhibit articles given for that purpose or 10 sell
them. they see mt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-25

lions and they say that II any trouble arises
& will not he Of their making. The reia-
lions of the citizen soldiers are cordial With the
officials Of The amateur Athletic Union. and to
date they have been particularly friendly with
,ba League Of American Wheemen. Many Of
the members Of the Military League are en-
thusastic supporters Of the L. A. w. and there
has never been any clash between the two asso-
Citations.
II was learned yesterday however that the
soldiers intend 70 make cycle racing one or the
features Of the tournament. as was the case
last year. This season. however. the conditions
in the cycling world have been materially
changed and unless some arrangement is made
between the Ra,,ng Board Of the l.. A. w. and
the Military League there is almost certain to
be n clash The l.. =. w. has fined and sus-
rended all The racing men who have been com
peting AT the outlaw meetings al the Garden.
snd i: has fined the Garden as well.
Those who have the welfare Of each organ!za-
ton al heart think that an understanding Will
be reached between the two organizations be-
fore ihe tournament begins. Albert Mott. the
chairman Of the Racing Board Of the l.. a. W..
has been informed Of the exact conditions and
II is probatle that the L. A. w. will do every
thing possible TO avoid any further compiled
tons Still, tho members Of the Military League
say that they have not had anything 70 60 with
the troubles Of the l.. a. W. and the outlaws.
and they cannot see where they can be brought
into the matter anyway.
The organization is in excellent condition
financially and II Will not he hampered for lack
ot funds as was threatened at one time last
year. The tournament last season was started
with an expense account Of $4,000 confronting
the managers Of the entertainment Some Of
the Weather members Of the management came
TO the front and practically guaranteed the
penses. that the rank and file had a big
weight OF financial responsibility lifted from
their shoulders
Lieutenant Colonel G. J Setter. the treasurer
OF the organization. when seen yesterday said
that the prospects FOR tho tournament looked
particularly bright this The affairs Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-25
HUMPH REYS'

think PIX might have been played bnt PIX leads
TO a ri-aiier game.
% Not having played before he surely ought not %
have pavcd R-Q useful Perhaps
White wished TO prevent Elk D. rather embarrassing
10 Whifen q u. which think IL played to X Kt 3 In
this opening mostly without profit or benefit.
(cj pertins The White j. on III and winning
Pawn thereby.
Id Making and Of necessity the bes, Of the oppor-
tunlty 10 repair damages.
c) \ quiet though subtle devise. II White docs not
wish 10 be- tNO Iavns down he must exchange Queens.
~ think II Il = preferable followed by 70 kt 4
and r.! l. etc. think White gains move that way
curious 10 that the b IL compelled 10 play
back where he h,s seventeenth move
() Blac's defence is 50 keen that White must make
ccasees- efforts accunuiate more pressure on the
Kings side. ,, . =
ID What can you do with opponent who Will not be
frightened who thinks attack Is the best defence?
White al after close wrange. has got h!- Two
Rocks Bishop the * - T., when behold, Black
takes ID notice. -.
lO White thinks that - RIB might have been bet
The position IL interesting. SupposinR I R-b -
g-Kt ,cJ, 80 XXI p R-kt T. 81 Do ; winning
ID Very interesting play all this.
Black exercises wise restraint, Which TOT SONS
time q least prevents fresh worrying
There often desperate efforts made 10 win
game which results IN draw than appear at first
sight.
10 II ia choice. not necessity and Is further PROOF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-25
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-25
TELEGRiPHIC NOTES.

San Francisco Dec. 2i-Isidore Lorder who was
placed I'm custody az his own request Thursday
in connection with the suicide of his wife I'm New
York has been released the Eastern authorities
having teegraphed the police that he Is not
wanted. there being charge against him.
Columbus Ohio. Dec. pa special telegram TO
The Dispatch from Akron Ohio says the Good
rich Rubber Company will not be In the mechanical
rubber combine. which Is being engineered by
Charles r. Flint The Akron company refused 10
enter the combine. The plant Is the largest OF It's
kind In the country. employing two thousand men
Gallipolis Ohio. Dec 2t-Edward Farwood n
farmer near Iellowtown. came to Calllpois and
while his way home he disturbed a literary
meeting In a country scholhousc. After making
threats 10 clean out" the place and using bad LAM
guage. he was hit Just above the left ear with n
club. and died OF n fractured skull In on hour. Who
struck him Is not know