The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-19

thirty months torpedo boat duty. AMI
world cannot show an equal record
| the query. Isn't it n pity we har
more torpedo boat d~e~troyer~:"
brnnzed. keen eyed Young office
Piled:
ooh yes, ! suppose -. but after
they may not be 20 dangerous lu ~.
war as many are inclined to eBWlra-
You see they have never been thorot-
IL tried as ~dcStroycrS. A FOR me, Civ.
a destroyer after a torpedo boat. au.
would rather be on the smaller craft
Isn't that Il queer cholceE
IN tell YOU why | would make
| The destroyer. running thirty knots
| gets after the torpedo boat runH1r-
TWENTY-FIVE. Did YOU ever Sc cltuu
| under full Roadway: | tell You the a-
| Stroycr carries a perfect wall OF Nat
ahead. So does lie smaller craft. |"E
tn ,!cStroyer'S big III II forward. win
tbe torpcdo boat has her's-only a liz
lie one to be surc-aft. where there Is n,
wall of water. and where the motion IS
much less perceptiblc. The mel on th.
destroyer might be up TO his neck "
water when he fired. If he hit the little
fellow it would he Ill day. sure enou-..
but the little fellow has 4 bigger large.
n chance Tor ~ledtllti aim hhd u ||
can, see the hull of the pur>ucr he caH
see the big bone he carries IN his tecia-
If one of the onc-pound shots from the
torpedo boat hit fair it would make %
hole clear into the boiler room OF the
DESTROYER. and would probably do 4 heai
of damage.
At Port Tampa there is 10 little cN
element over the prospective arrival
Of seven regiments of troops. The docs
facilities here are certainly admirable.
Tho ship canal is nearly 4 mile long. l~
o24 fCt wide at the bottom. with 81
minimum depth of u feet. At preseai
the only boats available for Transport
ing troops are the Florida. Oliyctte AND
NaScottc. all Of the Plant Line. l;ut
the port i readily accessible. both from
Atlantic ports and from the Gulf.
ENGLAND BACKS CONGRESS-.
copyright 1898 by Associated Press
London. April 1G.-After 4 momen-
tary fit OF depression taerc has been "
sudden rccrudcscencc Of optimism la
banking circles. notably among the
banks allied with the United States.
The believers in peace. however. are
distinctly II the minority.
The hidr-bound anti-freeIom d~octrin-
aires. who are pretending t. ccnsurc
Congress and President Mckinley. are
received with open expressions of NcN-
alton and disgust. The opinion Of TIN
great majority Of E~ngli>hmcn is tlat
the United States IS :~ndi>putably right,
and that she is only pursuing Il course
identical with Great Britain'S nlStori-
cal policy i'll putting an end t. the ap-
palling misgovernment Of Spain
This feeling was cXemplilcd ut tn"
/ ln,.,1 IL, ,a1,n ut IL n1ftrlf TN ste
day evening. when Mr.. William Alex
arSler Macarthur. member of rarlia-
mcnt. was checrcd when he sad: Il
not think England has any right t"
throw stones ut Congress. EngliShm.h
should only applaud the noble indign'.
ton Of America at the horrors daily
presented during the last two years"
The Cabinet is expected To meet early
next week and deal with the question
of neutral vessels i'll the event Of var.
1t is believed some understanding will
lo reached between the great powers,
and that the United States is prepared
to lcquiesce TO certain conditions which
will not impose heavy burdens upon ncII-
trail governments.
THE GERMAN ESTIMATE.
Copyright. 1893, by Associated Press
Berlin. April 1G.-In German official
and political circles it is held that an
outbreak Of actual hostiIitiee bctWceH
the United States and Spain and j.
merely Il question of Il brief time.
There has been Il strange revul>ion of
popular sentiment here. Last week the
prcpondcranCe was III favor Of the United
States, to-day the reverse is true.
y carp'ng spirit is shown throughout
the press. The attitude Of the govern
lnent. however, differs widely from Il.
Earon Won Buelow, the Minister for
Foreign Affairs. had Il long conversation
this week with United States AmbasSa-
dor White. on the situation. and Nh.
White empowers the Associated Pro-
to say that the Minister gave him tho
strongest assurances that Germany, IN
Tie event Of war, will maintain the mos
stfict ana loyal neutrality. without any
errierc pcnsea.'
'erhlanys care to avoid a possible mis-
Interpretation Of her designs * shown i'm
me fact that orders given soIrc t;mo
ago 10 the home fleet to proceed early
III May. to Spanish waters for uauonuv-
tIS. nave been contaminated 80 az not
10 eAclfc false hopes upon Spain'S par.
ne authorities here and the puhiir
"ASo are greatly concerned about pYi-
Watering, and it is not believed the
'mn'ed states will sanction il.
me Cologne Gazette in an article.
"hich was directly inspired by the GOV
erlinelt and mainly addressed 10 S,eIiu.
mas strongly denounced pr;vateerjna ~
pelhs piracy adding that Germany. I'M
her no CIRCUMSTANCES. will submit IL.
nave vessels under her flag searched for
"pdhd or war. or otherwise mo
Tested by privateers."
oh me other hand the officials Of the
SPdaisil Embassy admit that Spaiu
'ne'lls 10 90 as much damage as nos,
* 70 the United States by nrivatoarina.
~ was reading an advertisement Of
rbnon nnrrlains Collie. Cholera and Diar-
rm1ea l'emedy in the Worcester Enter
tth;s Ifeently. which leads me 10 write
on l can truthfully say I never used