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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04
EXPERIENCES OF 4 MINISTER.
A METHODIST PEEACiIII!|S FIRST ~
NERAL. AND FIRST WEDDING.

"AT a rule the apprenticeship which he youa"
NJ ihcjist prea cher he's u servo is no sine ore
1t is no snap" said ere Who had reached tho
an. D." Stage in his profession. III Il young
fellow with Drains" he continued. thinks Of
entering the Methodist ministry WITH an ilca
that ii is easy to hoe. hc had much bet
ter get and bucl; AMI go To saving wood
for the apprenticeship period is anything lut
easy He will b, tried IN every possible way.
ard If ne cInerges from the ordeal Of his iirs;
charge without the smell Of FIRE upon his gar
mcnts he viii pass The most Grotoslue funeral
and wedding | ever hal came in day. and
while | was ny first charge. 1t occurred
years ago. in miIwi:te:. away ny among the
hills Of Northern Pennsylvania IN i region rock
ribbed and RACED, tn hills st!ll dress ID in their
virgin green Of pine aHi h"rnlcck while the in
habtants of the quiet hamlet whore | served
had not passed the rag carpet stage OF civiliZa-
ton. with here and there exception in the
Of some OF The more wealthy residents.
The funera! to take place eight miles !
back among the hills at 10 o'clock and the /
wedding was scheduled for , O'Clock the same
afternc n. started for the funeral at \ O'Clock |
In the morning. riding On top Of the hearsc with |
the driycr. who was to take the place If the un-
dcrtahcr. AZ III" latter had been invited 20 the
wedding. and did not to run a chance II
missing the affair II was none too early and
would allow scant time to plunge through
snowdrifs and climb hills and reach our dcstina-
ton at the hour appointed by much effort on
our part in letting down fences 10 pass through
fields where We could not go by the road be-
cause Of the drifts and in urging the horses We
arrived in good season
CALLED UPON TO HELP THE UNDERTAKEN
Here We found the relatives but the friends .
mad not begun 20 arrive noticed much 70 my ,
CONSERVATION. While | WAS thawing out by =,
The heat Of great box stove. the substitute q
for he undertaken "a no TO me II uch disturbed ,
asking ne II would b. kind enough % help %
him carry the coffin upstairs and .Ay uut the I,
body
Why don't you ask some II these men q,
around here replied And h. said d,
l have. but they wish 10 be- cxcuscd IN thc 81
ground that they are relatives. and 1t would ID,
1ot be proper Tor them TO 40 such a service :,
We'll. il that's the case replied go ahead
Ind | will follow >,
so out We went and carried in the cask.t !,
'ettins II upstairs with much Iiniculiy int, M
be front ROOM where the body lay exactly
n the same position when the old man "a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04
INDIANS AS WATERS.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO BELONG TO THE oBst
QUIOUS TYPE.
more'n 500.

THEY DON'T SEEM TO BELONG TO THE oBsS
QCIoUs TYPE.
From The Chicago Times Herald
"Apropos OF Indians as walters" said the soai
indian colleses win do ra ne sui S,v ~.
mind n time when II was tried In Nebraska 10 .
small town on the Missouri bottoms and in a way
.nat was not altogether satisfactory 10 the guest
who were waited on"
Were you one OF them" asked the represen,y
tive OF a piano house.
No, but | was at the little river tavern when
IL was tried The girl walters had all left for
new big hotel that was 10 be opened In the neu
town. and the landlord had TO do the waiting HIN
sell. ana then ne thought OF the Indians at IN
reservation and went and hired four OF them. Thg
didn't get around until breakfast was over ID
next day-an Indian doesn't have any idea OF taa
wand there was Only one man who hadn't eaten n
was a drummer for a New-Yo clothing houx
ana the biggest GROWER In sixteen counties.
You take his order. Jim said the andlon
TO me man whom he had been drilling. Put this @
OF fare under his nose give him a glass OF kt
water and may the Lord have mercy on your soul
Indians are not as slow they SEEM and tns
was one OF the wckedest bucks on the resery atlot
lie managed TO get the order all right and carries
IL IN and served it, and then towel arm.
stood at the back OF the guests chair as he hs.
been instructed to do. But the drummer wa
ugly, and swore a big round OF oaths that
would have no Indian in his
Al that the grim statue at his back whipped oli
a savage dirk from his store OF accourements aae
holding it over the head OF the grumbng guess
he said. with consistent Indian breyity. accenis
dteu Dy Choctaw swear word: You eat. .
And eat he did. flesh and fowl. not daring.
move muscle. while the arm Of fate held the m.
ana II was not until he had eaten everything
'isht that his dilemma was discovered and ne v"
'eScued In state yerging on collapse. 49,.
ihat particular guest was never again ne nee"
% complain. but the trial OF Indians as wsi'en
nded then and there. their methods being quite 70
''s'"ai' or aboriginal for practical applcau'n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04
4 MEAN REMARK.
From The Chicago Times-Herald

From The Roxbury Gazette
Flossie (weepng)-I am so disappointed IN na u
| am sure he was tipsy last night. lie threaten"
to kiss me. 4.
MAXWELL. there's no knowing what men "V''
DO when they're Intoxicated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04
AN IMMUNE.

From Tho Chicago Record !,
DO what would l couldn't get him to propvsvsi
He must 30 one OF those immunes We
about.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04
TIME TO KISS THE BRIDE.

E'ery one had been waiting for the cere-
''o"y' ana al this abrupt Introduction the gath
efed guests STOOD spehbound, though in
trance Tor even their simple tastes called for
more than this as wedding ceremorv v.,u
the minister said:
"It " time 70 kiss the bride and ooru-...,,
The sun., 1898-04-10
WAR BALLOON
This New Invention to BE Used IA
Watch Tower on Plains and
Sen Coast.

4 war balloon has arrived at Fort
Wadsworth, n. Y.
1t has been Used rs u signal tower at
Fort Logan, Col, and was brought east
by freight. 1t has been used there for
signalling and observation with great
success.
The balloon is not intended for Tree
flights, but is held at anchor by long
cables and used as II post OF observation
and point from which to signal. In 4
fiat country its isolated position gives it
great range for both purposes.
With the balloon came the plant Tor
generating gas and the bal loon wagon
which is used to transport IL. Sergeant
Ivy Baldwin OF Fort Logan, an expert
balloonlst, is at New YORK to look after
the management OF the balloon. a
frame work will be put up at Fort Wads-
worth for the large bag to rest on While
being filled with gas. For several years
experiments in this aerial line have been
made on the Western plains by the
military authorities, but this balloon, in
case ct war, will he the first to be used
in this country in real service.
The sun., 1898-04-10
WATER FAMINE.
EfIorts to Furnish Relief to Our
Fleet at Dry Tor
iIIaS.

Dry Tonuga. is having water famine
and all the wells ON the island have gone
absolutely dry. That is the information
which reached Tampa by the steamship
Mascotte. As Il result none OF the war
vessels now there is able to supply its
crew with more than he necessary fresh
water.
Anticipating this state Of affairs, the
Government has had in the course OF
construction at Port Tampa for the last
two months a mammoth water barge,
and when the we'll supp threatened to
become exhausted the work oi conStr'c-
ton on the barge was ordered to br hnr-
riod.
A Plant system steamer lett Tampa,
Fla, with the barge in tow carrying lOO,-
OOO cations oi water and viii return ai
once ior moe. Tine MaScOite, on her reg
u!ar "Trip to Key West, carried 100000
gallons additional.
The scarcity OF wa cr at TOrtugas has
developed into very serious matter.
and the Government has ordered every
steamer leaving TAMPA and touching AT
Kev West IT, carry all tine water 1t can.
A mammoth cvap ,ratrr was shipped t"
Kew West from Cleveland. The machine
will supply war vessels with drinking
water. The machine isrxpected to distlll
10000 gallons of water daily.
The sun., 1898-04-10

foundry and iron manufacturing con.
Germ, whose duty it is to examine micro
scopically all iron beams made in the
shops before they are sent out.
This tendency in iron to cystallize is
not so vel! under stood here as it is in
some of the European Countries, where
structures are expected to last much
longer than here. The workers in the
hermatite iron foundries, in Barrow in.
Furness, England, and other places
where vast qllanti' les Of steel rails are
made, are familiar with it. No doubt
the builders on the Bridge calculated on
a certain amount OF vibration, and knew
that, bevond that point, crvstaIiza,on
would gradually come. They did not
calculate, however, on the incrensett
vibratl'n caused by the trollcys and r.
cirs. The Bridge ought to be examined
with the SAME care as the II road struc-
tnres have to be examined or something
may snap. 1t may be in year. or ten
years, or fiji y years, but it vii come. ~
The sun., 1898-04-10
ARE CONSERVATIVE
English Women Are Talking OF a
Smoking Car for Their Own
Individual Use.

English women are talking OF smok-
ing car for their own individual use
The women OF conservative England
are continually giving the women OF free.
and-easy America something in the ma
tulp OF a surprise. 1t may be that the
real conservatism is in the younger coun-
try. Certainly English women when
they undertake a new project carry it
through with vim and determination
not to be excelled. But this is the moOted
question of smoking.
1t is frequently brought up with re-
gard to American women that they are
running their constitutions by the use Of
TOBACCO. However, investigation never
seems to bring out evidence that there
are more than few sporadic cases Of the
tobacco habit. But if the reports are to
be believed there are many clubs OF Eng
lish women where smoking room is one
OF the features OF the clubhouse. And
now there is a call for smoking cars.
1t is a Miss Edith Vance of 81 l'atshnll
Road, y. W., who has gone into print on
the subject, and begs for smoking cars to
cure women OF hypocrisy. Miss Vance
says apropos Of women: eve need to in
dnlge in the harmless and soothing habit
at our own work, on top OF the bus, and
in the railroad carriage.' She wants wo-
men to come forward and form Smok-
crs' League, which will have power to
ask for feminine smokers carriage.
Some $50 women have written to Miss
Vance complainin! OF their trials in being
obliged to smoke unseen. That il where
the hypocrisy comes in il seems now
that women would vow, it anyone asked
them such horrid question, that they
didn't smoke and then 60 off to eight
our cigarettes in ollr back gardens or in
cur bedrooms" as the advocate of the
smoking carriage explains.
Thi. last is an evil Miss Vance does
not g into in detail. There must be Il
great deal OF ingenuity used in disposing
OF the little telIlale ends Of cigarettes or
there is most Icmova'i&iny lesson IN
hypocrisy, to say nothing Of the smok-
ing haot, given the maidservants.
Nothing has been done about the
smoking carriage as yet. The first,
second and third class carriages Of
England increase the difficulty. 1t
would lie necessary to have not only one
feminine smoking carriage on q train, but
three. This trouble could be lessencd il
the first, sccond and third cIassaw omen
would only be willing to ride and smoke
together. Whether they would or moi
when all need Of hypocrisy was done
away with and the delightful iraternal
feeling which would come from great
universal wish fulfilled, remains to be
seen. In the meantime the railroad all-
thoritcs are perfectly willing that
women should smoke as openly as they
like in the ordinary smoking carriages.
The sun., 1898-04-10
DESERTED BUILDINGS.
Cninhabitcd Structures III This City
That Offer inducements for I'm.
moral or Criminal PURPOSES,

1t has been proven that the majority
of crimes in this country, have been
committed in deserted buildings, that
are located in thinly settled neighbor.
llo IDS
In this city there are large number
of such buildings that invite crime, and
they ale all in neighborhoods little
Travelled during the day or night.
A few buildings of the above dcscrp.
ton will be found in the following Sec
tions OF the city,
OId factory southeast corner Third
and TatnaIl streets. This building has
been vacant for some time and is in a
very diIapidated condition. Nearly all
the window glass is broken and one
cellar window IS open, which will allow
anyone to enter that so desires.
1T also affords an excellent hiding
place for anyone who wished to eludr
the police.
Through the negligence Of the owner
in closing the cellar window, the build.
ing might be destroyed in some future
time bv fire.
Two frame buildings that will no doubt
fall to pieces before great while, are
located ON North CavmOnt street near
Nandever Avenue. These buildings are
accessible at the rear, and do not present
u very inviting appearance to a person Of
nervous temperament. There were no
marks or foot prints to show that any
one used the building. BY all appear
ances, the buildings were last occupied
by colored people.
The neighborhood seemed to be very
lonely one in daylight, 50 it can easily
be judged what it is at night.
Two frame houses at the corner of
Vandever Avenue and North Head
streets, are vacant; and by outward ap-
pcalance, have been so for some time.
The houses are in fair condition, all
but the back door Of one, which has a
lower panel knocked out. 1t could be
easily seen, that the panel had been
driven from the eontside.
On investigating, trio Of little darkies
was found enjoying game of crap, and
the contents Of q pack Of cigarettes
The sun., 1898-04-10

lhey, were SO lady frightened at being
caught in their rendezvous, that thev
WlI': no doubt. stay away rom the build
ing for some time.
| me brick building at northeast corner
| n Iandever avenue and Lanotte street.
Is III dilapidatel condition, and also
mas All open cellar window.
This building lost its tenant when Il q
Arlington Mills suspended operations.
lfiefe are two frame houses ON the
south side Of p, W. d B. railroad, at the
foot Bird street.
They seem to be IL rendezvous for
tramps, who spend their nights in them.
"A lew tlnmps were seen entering one
OF the buildings, and were Immediately
followed, but they could not have dis
appeared more suddenly than they did,
had they fallen into hole.
These tramps would. no doubt, make
IL very unpleasant for anyone whose GU
riosity went, 50 far as to tempt them to
enter one OF the buildings after dark.
On Maryland avenue, in the vicinity
oi BloWntown, there is a stone house
that has Leen vacant for solae years.
A few years ago the doors and win
Aows were boarded up, now the boards
have been torn off and carried away,
probably by some person that was shot
! OF lirpwood
There is nothing inviting about the
building, yet curiosity will get the
upper hand OF some people, which was
the case with young man OF this city,
who thought he would like to see the
inside OF things. lie went in the build
ing and examined the first floor but
There was nothing there to interest him,
ana on seeing a stairway he concluded
to go one story higher, and to his con
sternation found everything there Of
interest, for in the middle Of the floor
sat group of seven downtown toughs
enjoying game Of poker, and we're
gambling in first class style.
ON seeing 4 stranger in their midst
their first thoughts were of the stakes
and escape, but ON being assured that
Their! were II" detective, around they
continued ne game, and talked of doing
up iei'""s that were calling on their re-
spcctivc girls.
The intruder thought it wise to make
ms exit before he was assisted to do so,
WI 'i'iiiBs DeSilil 10 get pretty W2rm after
couple OF games had be n lost and one
OF the group accused of cheating
This ,ame gang can he found on corn
cTs at night insulting strangers, not only
men, but women.
Maryland avenue is not the only
section that loaicrs will lie found bit
they are all over Tie city.
On Front street between Market and
French it is almost impossible to get past
the crowds that stand on the sidewalk
in front Of saloons. Ifa gentleman il
walking, with ii lady and kindly asks a
group Of men to allow him to pass, he is
insnlted.
This section seems to be well repre-
sented by the colored populace.
At Front and Broom crowd can be
1ound at times, and they also are in
sulting to females.
1t is almost impossible for policeman
to catch them, for they are always on
the lookout for the bluecoat.
In some sections of the CITY, it il not
safe for a lady to walk alone after dark
and 5hey should not do SO.
The sun., 1898-04-10
Armstrong, formerly ofthc British Navy

Armstrong, formerly of the British Navy,
has this to say:
ut would take a volume to describe
in detail all the torpedo fotillas of the
different powers. Suffice it to say, how
ever that every power, except Great
Britain, which has any pretensinn to
naval strength, 10 devoting much mten-
ton to torpedo boat building.
"Our energies rather at present appear
to be directed toward the construction OF
torpedo boat destroyers. which, as has
been said, may be considered AS large as
torpedo boats. These vessels are built
to rid the sea Of the enemy's torpedo
craft, it is declared. But as a matter of
fact, they will more often than not
simply fulfil the duties of ordinary first
class boats. At the same time it must
be remembered that the, are not by any
means ideal torpedo boats Their large
size prpcludes their being 80, and more
moderate sized boat with speed of even
twenty-five knots must be considered rs
more fit to deliver torpedo attack, say
against battle ship or cruiser The
smaller the boat the smaller the change
of being hit, and reduction in speed to
two knots will more than be cOn,pen-
stated for by a loss in length Of fifty feet.
Steering torpedo boat, especially in
rough weather Or during an engagement,
is something Of feat. The boat is
nearly always steered from the wheel
outside the forward coming tower.
Liquid compasses are generally used, the
vibration and motion Of the boat being
tn, viplnpt far tka flalipota in ct runnpt
invented by Sir William Thompson.
The deviation table of a torpedo boat is
peculiar and delicate one, the compass
in the coming tower often being six or
seven points. out.
"rhe lot Of a torpedo boats crew in
war times is undoubtedly desperate.
Death by destruction or laundering, ex-
plosion ofthe boilers, collisions, or pre-
mature explosions of their torpedocs are
dangers which will have to be faced
every moment in action. In war times
there is practically no rest
The sun., 1898-04-10
DANGER TO A BRIDGE
CrystalizatiOn OF the Iron Work May
Itc Caused by the Extra Vibra-
ton on the Structures.

A new danger to the Brooklyn Bridge,
OF New York, which had not been
counted upon when it was arranged to
operate the trolley and ''L' cars on the
structure, is now being talked Of. The
danger of disintpgration Of the iron work
by electrolyss is not, it is said, SO seri-
Gus as the danger OF granula,ion or
crystalization of the structure itself on
account OF the extra vibration.
1t is a fact well known to workers in
iron that the best OF wrought iron loses
its tenacity and librous property by con-
stant vibration. It's atomic arrangement
changes, and it bt comes "short in tht
grain" as it is called, and consequently y
more brittle. Instances have been known
where the best OF hammered iron, when
subjected to great and continuous vibra-
tion, has. by degrees, become granulated
or crystalized and finally snapped like
pig iron.
This is what some experts say is liable
to happen sometime on the big bridge.
The supervising inspector in u big iron
The sun., 1898-04-10

would make things very unpleasant on
the high seas, by Stopping and plumber
ing merchant vessels"
This may be possible, but the Spanish
could not keep up their blccaneerIng
very long; for other powers would not
tolerate such ncfarious acts.
The French were the first people to
adopt buccaneering for il living, and
went so far rs to torture and murder all
who oppos d them.
TO the north OF Cuba, between that
island and the Great Bahama banks, is a
navigab!e channel known Us the old
Bahama passage. Three centuries ago
it had its dav,a rich dav, when freighted
merchantmen and Sal!tons, seeking Iii
the new world the riches which impov-
crishcd pain graspcd So eagerly for,
dropped down with costly bales from
Cuba and the American coast, finding
their way by the Caicos passage to the
ocean.
The buccanecr was beginning his trade
OF piracy in Il small way, industrlOusly
accuuulatng the capital with which to
enter on greater enterprises. The small
vessels he converted into little feeboot-
ing ships; the small cargoes he took
home and sold in Toruga, till he had
enough saved to equip them properly.
When everything vas ready, and agree
ments as to the share OF each man been
entered into, and every man had chosen
his side partner, who should share his
good and evil fortune and stand by him
in ilacas, the notice was given to as
scmble, whercupon every pirate brought
hi, powder and arms to the appointed
place. and off they went. That was the
fashion OF it. As we would plan little
jaunt down the river, or across the lake,
or up to the top OF Il mountain to see the
moon rise, these jolly buccaneers got
ready aud went a-piratlng.
Let us not be let at the outset by II
glamour Of romance which time and par
tial historians have thrown about the
deeds OF the buccaneers. No more ut
terv debused bcstial mcrcilcss and
blOodthisiv set Of iiends ever figured
in history, but it is no less trdc that their
physical iparleSsneSs led them to deeds
which, by their andncity and atrocity,
set the world ringing with their fame
The action OF the Spanlards towards the
Cubans, proves that they a 50 are Il
mercileSs and bloodthirsty lot, that Will
stop at nothing. They are a class OF
people that are admirably suited to
piracy: and would no doubt attempt to
I'LL Spain'S empty treasury with what
they received by evil means.
Is there an army OF any other civilized
nation that would b. guilty Of locking
women and children in a building and
setting fire to il; or stripping young
women Of their clothing. then assault
and torture them?
Such deeds certainly cannot be com
mitcd by civilized people.
This country never has been whipped;
and why should it now allow Il nation
like Spain to slap it in the face. -.
Spain hasn't any principle, and will
not fight fairly, if she can do 50 by foul
means. She hasn't the least regard for
human life, and would blow up the en-.
tire American Navy, il such an act could
be performed without detection.
The sun., 1898-04-10
PIRACY ON HIGH SEAS
How Spain Would Try TO Get the
Upper Hand OF This
Country.

II is rumored that should there be
war, and Spain is conquered by the
United States. the former Government
The sun., 1898-04-10
TORPEDO BOATS WORK
Lieutenant G. Il. Armstrong, Form
erly Ofthe British Navy. Dis.
cusses Them,

In regard TO the much discussed for
eign torpedo boats. Lieutenant q. Il.
The sun., 1898-04-10

Read TIE SuN today 1t is full OF
choice and very interesting reading
matter.