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SHIPS RANGE OF ACTION.


Close Quarters Business as Pictured
by Artists Unknown in Naval
Circles.
"The pictures in some Of the burnt
orange newspapers of battleships in
action are about as funny as the jap
anese idea of prospective" said naval
officer to a Star man. These pictures
represent the opposing ships blazing
away at each lother with thirteen-inch
rifles at a range of aboht a hundred
feet, and the artists certainly work up
the thing to make it look terrific
enough in all conscience. It's wonder
to me they don't represent the crews
of the opposing ships in the act of us
ing graphing irons, as they did in en-
gagements at close quarters in the
days of the old 70-gun frigates. As a
matter of fact, if either battleship in
an engag cement between vessels of to-
day got within such a range of another,
or anything like it, it would simply be
a matter of the first shot. One big
shell delivered at such a range would
leave only the debris of the struck ship
floating on the surface Of the water.
NhOQClh SiliPo Va Nsti ebiC NV NS'ioSN
to get within any such range of each
other in action. The nearest that any
of the opposing ships in the great
naval battle on the Yalu got to each
other was trifie under two miles, and
what one battleship can do to another
at that range is something beyond cal
culation. The naval engagement Of
this era is very largely a matter of
manoeuvring-of presenting the small
est possible target to the guns of the
enemy's ships, and of forcing the enc
my to present their biggest hull to the
range-finders. When the commander
Of ship in the coming engagements
can contrive to get in his work on the
enemy's vessels while only pointing
with his nose in their Notwithstanding
them practically only razor's edge
target-he is liable to eat them up.
But while there is still a drill in the
United States Navy called 'repelling
boarders,' the drill Is only retained in
the manual for the sake of exercising
the men, and the only boarding that
will be done in the coming fights will
be done by prize crews taking possess
sion of beaten ships after the latter
have struck their colors.-Washingt
Star.
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Il MODERN GuNNER,s Duty.

No wonder the Spaniards couldn't
shoot straight in Manila bay. A mod
ern gunner, says an authority in such
matters, must be able, while shells are
bursting above his head and his COM
rades are falling around him, to work
out problem like this: The ship is
three miles off: she is approaching at
such and such an angle, her speed is
fifteen miles an hour, the forward tur-
ret is the place to hit, the wind is
strong from o'clock, the temperature
is rs and the barometer is 30.06. He
must, therefore, give so many degrees
of elevation and allow so many points
for 'windage." Having done this he
must aim his gun with the greatest
rapidity and exactness and fire. If he
makes a mistake in any of the factors
of his equation, or lays the gun so that
the variation of the sight is greater
than a fiftieth of an inch, his shot is
wasted. If he is right in everything it
may disable the ship he fires at.
1t is hardly to be expected that a
Spaniard could learn and do all that.
Such work requires a bright and capa-
BILE Yankee man.
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In this assemblage of cells is placed
damned is better word-one of the
most complicated aggregations of
mechanism that have ever been
brought together. There are from a
hundred to a hundred and fifty
steam cylinders in the multifarious en-
gines; not so many as in the cruisers,
perhaps. The Columbia has 1874; but
the Columbia keeps out of the way of
13-inch shot. The battleship Iowa has
1852. The New Ironsides, the most pow
erful fighting vessel in our navy at the
close Of the war, had three.
What steam does not do electricity
does. There are wires everywhere. The
dynamos are running constantly, for
the closed steel boxes get no daylight
and must be lighted, while with equal
consistency the blowers draw out the
foul and force in the fresh air. But on
all sides there is machinery. Machines
work the guns; machines turn the tur-
rets; machines manage the helm; ma
chimes propel and pump the ship and
feed the boilers and drive the fires; ma
chimes hoist ammunition, boats, and
anchors; machines find the position of
the emmy; machines transmit orders
from the captain to every part of the
structure; machines make the light;
machine condense the drinking water
and cool it; machines, themselves pro-
PEELED by other machines on board, go
out under water to blow up the adj
versary.-From the Independent.
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GU RTFD.

Curves. --"How could Penelope marry
that bow-1egged MANI" "She doesn t
mind it; 1t matches her dachshund.' -
Chicago Record.
Police magistrate.-"Have you seen
the prisoner at the bar?" Witness
Stephens-"Never, your honor; but I've
seen him when l strongly suspected
he'd been at it. "-Tit-Bits.
She-"How dare you kiss me, sir?"
He-"Because love you" She-"How
Icing have you loved me?" He
Months" She-"Oh, George! what a
lot of time we've lost. Town Topics.
The Spaniards now accuse us of fir
ing petroleum bombs at their ships,
which they think was very unfair. We
cannot please the Spaniards. Had
Dewey shot soap bubbles at them they
would have complained of the tints.-
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Nell thought she was going to
marry Tom?
Belle-No; Jack.
why she told me Tom was willing
to die for her"
Eyes; but Jack offered to make a
good living for her."-Philadelphia
Record.
Spain had no chance to win in this
fight said Mr.. Manchester to Mr..
Northside.
"Of course, not" replied Mr.. North
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0UE TRADE WIrH SPAIN.

There has been some talk about the
loss of trade with Spain that will fall
upon this country on account Of the
war. We can stand that and much
more. Spanish wines, licorice root and
glycerine are the principal things Spain
has sent us. Our imports from Spain
for several years past seem to have
been largely confined to these and a
few minor chemicals which are not es-
sential to the maintenance of any i'm
portant industry. In fact, we are not
entirely dependent upon Spain for any
of these commodities except Spanish
wines, the demand for which has been
steadily decreasing for many years.
The receipts of Spanish wines for 1897
were valued at $523,416 the smallest for
a decade.
incident to hostilities with Spain will
result from the closing of her port to
which forms 80 per cent. of our exports
to that country. We sell some bread
stuffs and a small amount of lard and
tallow to the Spaniards each year, but
the trade in these articles is inconse-
quential compared to that in cotton and
leaf tobacco, which also shows a. steady
decline for several years past. The
average shipments of lard per annum
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side. "A nation of mandolin players
has no business to contend with ma
tion of machinists. "-Pittsburg Chron-
cile Telegraph.
what Is that terrible noise over
hCad?" asked the startled youth as the
clock struck 12 IT thought you had
been In the navy?" answered the maid
en- under her breath. $50 l have"
'And don't you understand that
noise?" mo" 'Well, that's papa
clearing for action. "--Yonkers States
man.
Teacher (to scholar with very
dirty face)-" Jimmy, l think you are
just about as dirty as any boy in the
city" Jimmy-"You'd ought to see my
brother" Teacher-"Does your broth
err have a dirty face oftener than you
do?" Jimmy-"Well, mother says she
doesn't believe he's washed his face
since he got Truth.
Her eyes glistened.
"And you have brought $l0,0Oo,0oO In
nuggets back with you?" she exclaimed,
scarce able to believe her own senses,
unsupported, as they were, except by
her husbands words.
"See!" he answered, and produced the
freight receipt and newspaper inter-
views.
"And we can live in New York;" she
faltered, clasping her hands.
LAY, love, and be descended from
kings" he cried exultingly.-Detroit
Journal.
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the whole the natives behaved exceed
ingly well. Besides being rendered
homeless by the earthquake, English
people in Assam had much else to suf-
fer.
After the great shock the earth
tremor was continuous for several days
and definite shocks were incessant for
two or three days. At Shillong itself it
was estimated that there We're two
hundred shocks day for the first two
or three days after the catastrophe,
and these gradually diminished to
twenty and thirty shocks day up to
the middle of July. The sympathetic
message from the Queen read out at
the jubilee thanksgiving service held
at Shillong on June 20 did much to
tighten the feeling of isolation and
desolation which at first oppressed the
unfortunate people. The assures caus-
ed by the earthquake played a very
important part. There were several
apparently authentic instances of per-
sons having been swallowed up in
these assures. An old woman was
standing in the yard of Hindu relig-
ious house when the ground opened
| exactly beneath her and she disap-
peared. In another case a man and
his wife were standing on the river
bank when the earthquake took place,
and a assure opened under the woman,
who fell into it. The husband caught
| hold of her hair to save her, but find
| ing his own position insecure, let go
his hold, and the woman fell into the
| aperture. In neither case was the body
recovered. Altogether some 900 per-
| persons persisted in that part of the
central tract which lay between Shil-
long and the southern valley. The
lecturer, having referred to the gey-
sers caused by the earthquake and the
upheaval of the river beds, spoke Of
the large area over which the shock
extended, it being felt in Madras to
the south and at Lhasa to the north.
1t covered an area of over 1900 miles
long by 1000 miles wide. This earths
quake was distinguished for the large
area over which it attained a very
an area of more than 200 miles long
and not less than 100 miles broad it
high degree of destructive power. Over
the most solidly constructed buildings.
London Times.
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TRUE rs PREACRING.

Occasionally there is piece of news
''too good to be true" that turns out to
be true. 1t didn't seem possible that
Commodore Dewey of the United States
could annihilate a Spanish squadron
and kill or wound hundreds of Span
iards without having any of his own
ships or men seriously damaged, and
without emitting breakfast. Yet he
did it, to the everlasting glory of his
country and himself.
There are no words in the English or
any other language capacious enough
to hold what his countrymen think of
his achievement. About all that can
be done is to say, "Three cheers for
Dewey" and then repeat the cheers
until the wind magazine and the vocal
rapid-firer give out.
What battle and what a victory!
1t is enough to cause assertions from
the peace party. War is an awful
thing, but the man whose blood can't
be stirred by the account of the war
made by Dewey and his efficient assist
ants is living a much higher life or is
much deader than the rest of us.
The Star Spangled Banner looks
brighter and more glorious than ever.
Forever float that STANFORD sheet,
Where breathes the foe but falls before u.s."
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4 coon IDEA.

We have not read or heard that it is
customary in great naval battles to
stop and calmly eat little something
before finishing the humiliation of the
foe" but it is certainly good idea. It
is hard work to fight, and especially
hard to fight on an empty stomach.
There is no doubt that Commodore
Dewey and his men enjoyed their
breakfast and returned to the battle
refreshed and strengthened. 1t isn't
every man who would have thought of
breakfast while engaged in such work
The fact that he did think of it indi-
Gates that he had his wits about him
and had very correct understanding
of the situation. His example is a good
one for other great naval commanders
to initiate To win big victory with
out losing a ship or a man and without
missing a meal is a rather complete
achievement, and will so remain until
something more complete is done.
When General Blanco sent his official
report of the bombardment of Ma
tanzas to Madrid he cheerfully remark
ed that the only damage done by the
Yankee cannon was the killing of a
mule. When he reads the report of the
battle in Manila Bay his sense of hui
NOR will doubtless enable him to appre-
ciate the fact that the Yankees found
time to stop and eat breakfast before
finishing the destruction of Admiral
Montejos squadron.
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the garment this seasons in finish, as
well as in cut, is plenty. Dressiness
along shirt waist lines is supplied by
waists, which are in attractive variety
and most of them in admirable taste
The artist shows one Of these garments
here, sketching it in white China silk
1t was tucket lengthwise from yoke to
belt fastened at the side, and was
trimmed there with white ribbon loops
instead of the more conventional ruff1e.
The yoke was of white satin ribbon,
was in one with the collar, the ribbon
being Joined with herring bone stitch
ing, and was lined with scarlet taft
feta. The cuffs were made like the
yoke, the sleeves above being as indi-
Gated. Though a very pretty garment,
this waist is not to be considered elab-
crate, for many summer silk waists
carry about all the decorations that 1t
is possible to put on them.
The newest thing in boas is made of
black point desprit. The net is box
pleated, he stitching running down the
middle of the pleat. Over the stitch
ing is a fluffy ruche of the net. Ruche
and pleat are edged with a tiny double
frill of net and all net edges are tip
ped with crinkled ombre ribbon. A
ribbon taking all the blush greens of
the peacock feather is very pretty for
this use and suits the boa to all gowns,
but shaded eerise ribbon is very pref
ty. These boas end in scarf pieces Of
net heavily frilled and finished with
the ribbon, making the whole accessory
more graceful than the stubby-ended
feather boa, just as becoming and more
suited to the present season.
FLORETTE.
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FASHION NOTES,
Summer outsidcs.

Shirt waists are to be as generally
worn the coming season as they have
been for the past two summers, and
their daintiness is quite as admirable
as ever. The current fancy for tucking
is answered in them, and some models
are made quite elaborate in this way
But it is noticeable that in the waists
that women buy, as distinguished from
those that stand as novelties in store
windows, simplicity dominates. This
Is as it should be because the shirt
waist is an essential garment for COM
fort. Not that all ornamentation
should be tabooed, but enough to mark
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THE EARTHQUAKE IN ASSAM.

L LIE GAItIL1I& OAhEJ LIN A0SAM.{
In the unavoidable absence of Sir III.
H. Fowler, M. p, Sir Dennis Fitzpat-
rick took the chair yesterday after
noon, at the Imperial Institute, as a
meeting of the Indian section of the
Society of Arts, when paper was
read by Mr.. H. Luttman-Johnson, I.
G. S. Gate commissioner of the Assam
Valley Districts), on 1.-THE Earthquake
in Assam"
Mr.. huffman johnson first dealt
with the geographical and geological
features Of Assam, and described the
various earthquakes which have taken
place in that country in former years.
No earthquake, so far as could be
judged, had ever been so violent or
had wrought such havoc there as the
one that occurred in Assam in June
last year. This was abundantly prov
ed by the descriptions of former earth
quakes, and the fact that many build
ings which had succumbed on this oc-
casion has resisted former attacks.
Very careful geological surveys,
especially Of the central hill-track,
had not disclosed traces of such a ca
tasrophe in their historic time.
The lecturer proceeded to describe
the effects Of the earthquake at the
four principal stations in Assam
namely, shillong, Gauhati, Sylhet, and
Tura Shillong was demolished in a
few seconds. The shock, which was
preceded by the rumbling underground
noise so familiar to dwellers in earth
quake countries. lasted some three
minutes. The earth was like some vast
piece of machinery in motion, so vio-
lent and regular was the action. AS
instances of effects produced he men
toned that ~ marble slabs were
pushed from the tops of masonry
tombs; (2) heaps of broken roadmetal
by the roadside were scattered out in
| layers of few inches deep; and (3)
masonry boundary pillars only two
| feet or three feet high were shaken to
pieces. Every masonry building in
Shillong was Ievelled with the ground,
not by overthrow, but by shattering
of the walls into fragments, on the top
of which the rofs subsidized.
1t was calculated that there was a
| backward and forward movement of
seven inches every second. At Gauhati,
SO miles from Shillong, all buildings
with masonry walls collapsed, but
there were only five deaths in the
town. At Sylhet there We're three dis
tinct shocks. Houses both brick-built
and matched were demolished, and
there were SIS deaths AT Tura, at the
extreme western end of the central
range of hills, about 1900 feet above
the sea, the shock began with sharp
vibration, increasing in about 20 sec
onds to a violent rocking and heaving
motion of the earth, which lasted
about three minutes. In about two
minutes more it gradually subsidized to
gentle but distinct tremor. Cracks
in the ground opened out everywhere.
In many cases the sods were turned
completely over, SO that only the roots
of the grass were visible. The mason
ry plinths of the offices and houses
crumbled away like sand, the stones
rolling on all sides. Though there was
some panic at first among the native
population of the different towns, on
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fell from a million pounds in 1880 to
1871, 919 pounds in 1897. During the fiscal
year 1897 our combined export and i'm
port trade with Spain fell off over ST.
100000, For fifteen years our trade with
Spain, although subject to fluctuations,
has been gradually shrinking. The
returns for 1897, with the exception of
those for 1895, which fell to $14, ,l95,
were the lowest recorded since 1878. The
average value for the last five. years,
1898 to 1897, amounted to 6,240, 5SS, as
against 1906, 4O4 for the tlve years pre-
ceding.
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"A Pull.
The poet sent his verses

The poet sent his verses
10 papers, by the score.
They all returned them saying,
I'VE can't buy any more"
The artist painted pictures
And tried to make sale,
But no one cared to buy them,
Twas just the same old tale.
At last there came an artist,
A politician fine.
lie drew splendid salary
For idling all the time.
He thought he was n poet
And sent some dreadful lines
TO one of the best magazines,
About the "cruel times"
And did they soon return them,
With that same cry of yore,-
we nave so many verses,
We can't buy any more?'
Or course they didn't do it,
But in the incest way,
They printed all the verses
And sent the author pay.
And would you know the secret
OF this authors great success?
I'm sure If don't tell you
You'd never, never guess.
When good poetic verses
We sent, then they were full"
But the author of the others,
Why, he just had "a pull"
IL. Lavinia Verr
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ADyERTISING RATES.,

Situations, Wants. Rents, and other sm az
advertisements. One Gent a Word each m.
6eytion. Five Cents Word for full week
tsaven tjmes) =,
Display advertisements. per inch one i AZ
fertion, s1.20; each subsequent lnsertiossii o !.
one year. $40. q.
obituary Notices. in prose or verse, 10
cents per line. Notices of Births, NUT
riages. Deaths and Funerals 80 cents eaeh'
Local Notices Is cents per line.
Yesrly advertisers are limited to their
own Immediate business (all matter TO De
Hnobiectionable). and their contracts 40 ho'
frclrdn Wants. To Let. For Sale, etc,
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sons. This victory, too, is an indication
that the Anglo-saxon race has not lost
its genius and skill in the art of fight
ing at sea, and it encourages the feel
Ing, long held now, that the Anglo-Sax-
on races, If united could dictate peace
everywhere on the high seas, could con-
fine wars practically to the continents
of Europe and Asia.
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"A Washington correspondent reports
that the southerners are fearful of a
collapse Of the war before the two Sec
tons have had a chance to fight side
by side against Spain.
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Some newspapers, says a naval oft1-
Ger quoted by the Philadelphia Record,
"have published pictures of string of
flags purporting to signify in the inter-
national signal code, Remember the
Maine This is not right, as it is i'm
possible to secure the official signal let
tiers of the lost warship Maine or any
other war vessel Of the United States
navy, because the government refuses
to divulge such information. The Mar
thine Exchange telegraphed to Wash
ington for the Names letters last week
for use in flag display, and received a
very prompt refusal. All code books
carried on warships have leaden backs,
to make them sink if lost overheard.
The letters in the book, moreover, are
printed with a peculiar ink, which fades
away when it comes in contact with
the water. To make things still more
safe the letters are changed every few
months by the Navy department. Even
on the warships few officers know their
vessels official signal CODE
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aluminium balls are coming into use
In England for golf, tennis, cricket and
Billiards, the metal being alleged to
make it hard, or the balls can be form
ed with an aluminium core and q harder
metal covering of the right thickness to
give the ball proper weight.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY,
Is CENTS A WEEK, so CENTS A MONTH,
s8 FOR SIX MONTHS, 90 A YEAR. The
SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
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Butcher" Weyler has mo doubt Of
his ability to conquer the United States
with an invading army" Good. There
Is no man who would be more heartily
welcomed to a hospitable grave by the
people Of the United States than Wey-
Ter. They would be glad to hear that
he was coming to conquer them.
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1t Is little early for them, but 1t is
reported that a fisherman has caught a
whistling eel.
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Vermont is so pleased with Commo-
dore Dewey's victory that it proposes
to make May a legal holiday.