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Some Rescued Alive,
Strange as 1t may seem, three or four
men were rescued alive. They had fallen
within the protection of some object, and
by some miraculous power escaped 1 re-
call one fellow was under a whisky bar
rel, another under a shelving rock, while
the third was under his tent, which was not
disturbed. The big avalanche was followed
by a severe storm, and when l climbed the
Chilcoot Pass a severe snow storm was
raging. The thing to do in Alaska is to
keep the feet and hands warm. Mine were
bundled up snugly in several pairs of gloves
and three or four sets of stockings An
overcoat is handicap. Canvas lined cloth
ing keeps out the wind better than any
other material l know of. The great hard
ships of the Klopdike were on the trails
When you think of carrying ton of pro-
visions over very rough country in t.e
severest weather you get a slight idea of
the difficulties. A man usually carried a
hundred pounds mile and then returned
for the remainder making. you see. forty
trips to the mile. Another thing that struck
me as quite remarkable was the ho estv
of the prospectors. man would leave his
pack in a cache and go back for the re-
mainder without once troubling himself
about a guard. 1 did not find the trip over
the Chilcoot Pass difficult 1t is rather an
exhilarating exercise, on the contrary
There is about ten miles of it, And what
a heterogeneous mass of people 1 encoun-
tered. Men, women and children several
of the latter still in babyhood, all strug-
Cling to fall within the influence of that
tickle Dame Fortune. As 1 said. honesty is
the unwritten law of the country. and
everybody is given fair chance. / crossed
Chilcoot Pass in May and loaded nv be-
longings on dog teams and started for
Crater lake. After passing this | came to
Deep lake and Long lake, which l passed
on the ice, both having frozen over since
started. At Lake Lindermann 1 waited for
the ice to go out, and then headed for Daw-
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with rows Of pulling
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the top Of the match coamfngs wal
above water and the vessel pumped out.
Another method more likely TO be used
in case OF extensive injury would be TO
sink pontoons or casks. provided with
means for attachment to the hull OF the
sunken craft. A SUFFICIENT volume OF
these must be provided and tudiciously
located to supply suficient buoyancy to
float the vessel to The surface. or as
nearly as possible OF an even keel. The
wreck can then be towed into shallow
water and operations for completing the
salvage carried on to greater advantage.
Some OF the smaller ships OF the fleet
would hardly pay to raise. as. for in
stance. the Marquis del Duero, a small
iron gunboat Of 500 tons displacement
and % years old.
Washington, ID. c., June Z, 1898.
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To Be RAISED FROM THE MANILA MUD

tors: First. the depth Of water; sec
end. the size and weight of the ship.
and, third. the nature and extent OF
the injuries by which the ship was
sunk.
In the case of the Spanish ships sunk
in Manila bay on May LIST. the first and
third Of these factors are unknown
quantities TO us up to the present. and
without knowledge on these points no
plan for raising them could be formu-
lated. One of the vessels. the Castillo,
was a wooden ship. and was reported
to have been burned. In that case.
nothing can be done. The Spanish nag
ship. Reina Christina. is a ship OF about
$500 tons. and Is reported to have been
extensively damaged by the explosion
of her magazine. II that report be
true. it will probably be found i'm
practicable to make any attempt to
raise her. OF the remaining ships In
the fleet. the two most valuable are the
Isla de Cuba n the 1sla de Luzon.
They are sister ships and modern yes
sells. built in Elswick in 1886 and rated
as third class protected cruisers, though
in our service they would be classed as
gunboats. They are 100 feet long. 30
feet beam, 1880 tons displacement.
These boats. IL not extensively injured.
as seems probable. al be raised and
restored, provided that they lie In not
more than 10 to 10 fathoms OF water.
Two other vessels OF the fleet. also Sis
ter ships. are the Don Antonio de ulloa
and the Don Juan de Austria. rated as
third class unprotected cruisers. 2l0 feet
long and 80 feet beam. and OF l,1S0 tons
displacement. They are OF an earlier
type, butt at Carraca and Cartagena
from 1888 to 1887. but would probably
pay 10 raise II not too extensively in
jured.
1T will be some time before informa-
ton regarding the condition OF these
Spanish ships is available" said the
chief constructor. $50 that IL Is m
possible to speak definitely as TO the
probability OF raising them"
Several methods might be employed
for raising these vessels. depending up
on the unknown quantities heretofore
noted. The first operation. In any case.
would be to send down divers to make
an examination and report their condi-
ton. In case the injuries should not
be extensive, scows would be moored on
each side Of the wreck as II lies. with
lifting apparatus OF sufficient power to
raise the Immersed weight. The In
juries TO the exterior of the hull could
then be temporarily closed by divers
and chains passed around under the
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The naval authorities are now con-
fronted with a most important prob
lem, namely. how to raise the ships
sunk at Manila harbor by the guns of
Dewe's fleet so that they can be added
to the force of fighting ships Of the
United States. Some are so badly dam
aged hat they will be useless as war
ships. and may a we'll be left where
they lie, but IL the United States can
raise those that are not too badly dam
aged to fioat again. IL will be worth the
effort. To build new ships Is a long,
as well as a costly undertaking. 10
raise them from the bottom of Manila
bay and patch them up ready for serv-
ice Is comparatively quick, as well as
economical. The problem takes on ad-
ditfonal importance from the fact that
Admiral Cervera's vessels may soon be
resting on the bottom of the harbor at
Santiago. and these, too. will make val
liable additions to our navy. But how
In the work to be done? Chief Con-
structor Philip Hichborn OF the United
States navy has come to the front In
this Below the well-known
naval expert will give his ideas on the
subject, "a well az some highly important
and interesting facts. CHIEF Con-
structor Hichborn will go to Manila and
survey the wreck OF Spanish hopes now
lying beneath the waters there. On
his report will depend the solution OF
the problem Of how to raise the sunken
warsfips.
Washington, Jun s.-Besides result
ing in the possession Of the Philippine
islands. the victory of Admiral Dewey.
at Manila is likely to- effect a iuabl
increase TO the United States navy.
Chief Constructor Hichborn OF the nav
al department is of the opinion that
the sunken Spanish ships that went
down before the fierce ~broadsides OF
the American feet car be made TO float
again, and. fitted with American guns
and manned by American sailors. add
their strength to the fighting forces that
sail under the stars and stripes III
HE Constructor Hichborn says this
can be done. II is a foregone conclusion
that 1t Is possible of accomplishment,
for the chief constructor Is a man who
speaks with the confidence borne of a
thorough practical acquaintance with
the work before him.
Through Chief Constructor Hichborn
and from other sources 1t Is learned that
methods of raising sunken ships must
vary very largely according to exist
ing circumstances, but they may be
said broadly to depend upon three fac
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How the Old Leaden Ball Of the Days Of Wellington and
Napoleon Became the ConcaI Projectile With
Which Our Troops Will Kill Spaniards.

hollow in the front, over which the lead
was drawn leaving a space filled
with air: then came q solid portion OF
lead. and finally a hollow In tho base
plugged with clay. This was 4 more
deadly bullet than h previous one,
and it's smashing" powers were 90
great that II was adopted for sporting
purposes. On soft-bodied animals, such
as tigers and p~anthers. it's effects were
wonderful. the biggest tiger often drop
ping dead to q single shot when well
placed. This form Of Snider bullet,
though called expanding" was really
explosive, its bursting power being
probably due to the air 1t contained be-
Ing greatly impressed on striking. act
ing like a small charge OF powder ex-
ploded by the impact.
This bullet was far more deadly to
man and animals han anything that
had ever before been invented, except
inng, of course, explosive" bullets. The
bullet that our soldiers as well as those
Of Spain are not allowed to use, the
Geneva convention having legislated
against 1t, was a terrible projectile.
This bullet was cast In two parts. the
base something like a thimble with a
fiat top, the apex conical. with a hollow
leading down from the point. The base,
or thimble shaped end, was nearly nlled
with ordinary powder, then a piece OF
thin cloth was laid over the top. the
apex was fitted in, and the two parts
were then "swaged' together In a ma
chine. There was thus formed a conical
bullet. generally a II bore Chat is. a
bore that took a spherical bullet of IL
to the pound. with a charge of powder
In the base. a hin diaphragm. and a
hollow leading to il from the point.
Down this hollow decorating powder
was poured. and the hole closed with
wax. This was a typical form Of ex-
plosive bullet and most deadly in its
effects.
Writing of the effect OF this terrible
bullet Surgeon Major General j. b.
Hamilton. A. NJ. S., writes: Il have shot
a great deal of heavy game in India
with the explosive bullet, and never lost
an animal / knew / had struck. l
a seen a stag Is hands high hit be-
hind the shoulder collapse as II its legs
had turned into jelly. On one occasion
1 saved my life by killing a charging
bear in a dense jungle. dropping her
within a few feet of me. In this case
l observed smoke issuing not only from
the wound, but also from the mouth
n nostrils, and on opening the chest
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found the lungs and heart torn to
pieces"
The snider bullet, though not strictly
an explosive" bullet, became In its
latter form equivalent to one. but II was
never forbidden in warfare.
The next advance was the Martini
Henry rife. with q hardened projectile
Of 0.45o diameter-the Snider was o.577
with greatly increased velocity and
penetration and q much lower tratec-
tory. This bullet was complained OF as
not having stopping power-that Is. II
passed through the limbs or body with
out causing immediate collapse unless
some vital part or important bone was
struck. In white mans warfare this
was OF comparatively little consequence.
as civilized beings are much more sus-
ceptible to injury than a As .
rule, when a white man" Is wounded
he has had enough, and il quite ready
to drop out Of the ranks n go to the
rear; but the savage. like III tiger, is
not 90 impressionable. n will 60 ON
fighting eve when desperately wound
ed. The Martini-Henry WAS in use for
many years, but was at length super
seeded by the Lee-Metford. the present
military rife of Great Britain. This
rife has a bore Of only 0.3 inch. the u
let being of lead surrounded by a jack
ct or covering of nickel. and.f fired with
smokeless powder. gives a very high We
locity with a very low trajectory and
immense penetration.
1t was found during experiments with
the Lee-Metford that on firing into a
lead animal the bones were frequently
comminuted to an extraordinary de-
gree, though on other occasions the u
let merely drilled q hole in passing
through. This was the experience of
the British troops in India, and while in
some cases terrible wounds were infict-
ed, in others little OF no damage was
done. There is the well known instance
Of the "Chitrallee' who walked into one
Of the field hospitals to IA his ounds
dressed, when 1t was found that no
fewer than five Lee-Metford bullets had
passed through various parts Of his
body.
The men felt tina their weapons failed
in stopping" power, and that though
they might hold straight n hit their
adversary fairly, he was still able 10
charge home and perhaps cut them
| down.
Some experiments were then made at
the Dum-Dum ordnance factory near
Calcutta, when Ii was found that by
leaving a small portion of the lead at
the apex Of the projectile uncovered. the
bullet set up or mushroomed soon af-
ter impact and Inflicted sufficient shock
! to stop the most determined Ghazi
This was effected either by removing
| part of the envelope or by putting mere
ly a wrapper of nickel as far up the
bullet as vas necessary to enable IT to
take the rifing, leaving the lead bare
at the conical portion.
In the last Soudan fight this was eff
fected by filing off a small portion OF
the point or nose of the bullet and
leaving II fiat and bare of envelope. In
a similar way these bullets set up
| or mushroomed after impact, n gave
the necessary stopping power.
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guns, Off Porto Rico. Time had been.
and that not so long before, when a
British frigate of that size would have
come booming down on the Constitution.
eager for a fight. but the British vessel
was under written orders not to engage
a ship Of the weight Of the Constitution.
and the La Pique ran for 1t. Being the
swifter of the two vessels, she made
good her escape
A direct and necessary result OF the
licensing OF privateers. which prevailed
throughout the wars between France
and England. and England and the
United States up to the year 1915. was
the development of a horde OF pirates In
the West Indies. The geographical con-
ditions Of the waters favored them. for
the Caribbean sea il one of a thousand
islands and ten thousand inlets and
bays. where the piratical craft might
hide Ship and plumber. 1t was not an
easy task to clear the sea of the vicious
horde. Commodore Perry. the hero OF
Lake Erie, was detailed to the work. He
had the John Adams for a nagship.
and the Constellation. Captain Wads-
worth, and the Nonsuch. Captain Clax-
ton. While the ship was entering Port
of Spain. Trinidad island. Commodore
Perry died from fever he had con-
tracted.
After his little was done until 1891 to
clear the west Indian waters from pf-
rates. From that on until 1924 Captain
David Porter. of Essex fame. broke up
! the pirates nests. and since then the
West Indian waters have been clear OF
the black nag. even In sporadic cases.
n West indian waters. however
| should still be fatal to one of the most
| noted ships OF the American navy, ths
J famous old Kearsarge, which annihi'
lated the Alabama on the night OF Juns
10. 1864. on Chertourg. France. in ths
Bay OF Biscay. The old KeaNargs
| found her end some years ago on Ron
\ cador reef, in the west central part Of
the Caribbean sea She went to pieces
and with her went one of the most pic
] turesque vessels OF the American navy
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The only cure is a real blood remedy-one vnses
reaches obstinate and deep-seated diseases, and cures
them permanently. The mercurial and potash remo
dies of the doctors, aside from their harmful edecsss -
not reach the disease. and hence their inability to cuse
il. S. S. S. is the only cure for Eczema. because
purely vegetable. containing no potash. no afsense.
i~.>-:A:e. L. e N,fnre,S own remedy and Is not e
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of-war Shark, is guns. Not only was
the Shark a larger vessel. but the Re-
prisal, because of q. number of prizes
sent home. was short-handed. Never
theless, the American promptly engaged
the British vessel and fought her with
such vigor nat the Shark was comper-
ed to q or for repairs
Captain Biddle. he Of the Andrea
Doria, subsequently called the RAN
dolph, sailed in February. Iii, from
Philadelphia for the Caribbean sea. He
had as consorts four cruisers, carrying
81 guns, which had been fitted out by
the state Of South Carolina. The Ran
dolph carried 80 guns. yet Captain Bid
die. Immediately upon sighting the Brit
ish ship of the line Yarmouth, "a guns,
engaged her. while the state cruisers
were signaled to run for safety. The en-
gagement, which took place east OF Bar
BADGES, resulted in the destruction OF
the Randolph, with all hands on board
except four seamen.
Early In 1899 and 1900 occurred the ia
nous battle between the American ship
Constellation. IS guns. Captain Truxton.
and two French frigates, I~nsurgent, 36
guns. and the Vengeance. 50 guns, while
the American was cruising between
Nevis and Kits, at the northeast cor
ner OF the Caribbean sea- First the In
surgent was encountered and captured
after a determined fight Of several
hours. The next year the Contellation
compelled the Vengeance to nght, al
most at the Identical spot, n after the
Vengeance had sum her nag twice she
slipped away under darkness OF the
night
During the first year of the war of
1912 were many bloody encounters be-
tween American and English ships In
the region between the Azores and Ca
nary Islands and the coast Of Brazil.
but West Indian waters saw no naval
battles nor even engagements. but in
the early part of 1914 the famous old
| American frigate Constitution. working
her way homeward from Surinam. fell
In with the British frigate La PiQue. u
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Naval Tales Of
The West Indies

Fights Of the American navy In West
Indian waters date back as far as ITS,
the year of the declaration of independ-
ence.
In that year the Lexington. Captain
William Hallock, was returning from
the West Indies, loaded with powder n
other military stores, when she was
captured by the British frigate Pearl.
There was such a high sea running at
the time thai the captain Of the Pearl
decided, after taking four or i've men
out of the Lexington, not to transfer the
rest of the crew to his own ship. So he
placed her in charge Of a prize crew.
with orders to follow the Pearl. During
the night. when b prize captain and
his deck oficer had gone below. the
watchful Yankees knocked h British
sailor from the tiller and the guards TO
the deck, secured the companionway
against the exit Of the officers and. put
ting up the helm. headed away for Bal
|, timore. where they arrived safely.
. The first real even sea fight occurred
In the same year, 1776. OF the western
end of Porto Rico. between the Ameri-
can brig Andrea Doria and the British
brig Racehorse. II ended. after a two
hours fight, in the surrender of the
Racehorse, after her captain, Lieuten-
ant Jones. had been mortally wounded.
The Andrea DORA. Captain Robinson,
!. lost four killed and eight wounded.
Another West India fight was still
: more to the glory Of the young Ameri-
can navy. The American brig Reprisal.
bound for Martinique. fell in. just out
side Of hat port. with the British sioop-
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Written for the Sunday Standard.

written for the Sunday Standard.
Washington. June s.-The rush" Of
the savage foe that the British soldiers
are accustomed to in their border Nights
II not likely to be seen in the war with
Spain. Not on the Spanish side any
how. 1t was this headlong rush Of men
with foam on their lips and insane ex-
element in their eyes that the merci-
full bullet OF civilized troops failed to
stop. The maddened Indian hillmen
would still come IN after being hit in
several places by the small bullet that
could bore through three men without
killing one. 1t was this inability to
stop these frightful rushes of savage
fighters hat led to adoption of what is
called the ''dum-dum" bullet.
To trace the evolution of the rife pro-
jectile from the spherical bullet with
which the soldiers of Napoleon and
Wellington fought to the conical bullet
that our troops at the front will carry
in their cartridge belts, it is well to
begin with a period shortly ~antedating
the Crimean war, when the conical bull
let was introduced. Its superiority over
III spherical form was at once appar-
ent, as 1t rave greater range and pene-
tration. TIT MIME" was the first out
come of this new invention, followed by
the Enfield a muzzle loading rifle Of
considerable power throwing a conical
bullet, solid In front, with a hollow in
the base. which caused the lead to ex-
pand and take the growing Of the rife.
So far the bullets were solid. n caused
much the same class of wound as the
spherical bullet.
When the Prussians adopted the nee
die gun, with which they so conspicu-
ously defeated the Austrians, the En-
glish government was forced into arm
ing its troops with a breechloader, and
adopted the mid principle Of breech
action. which had this great advantage,
that II was feasible to convert the En-
fields in stock into breechloaders. With
the introduction OF the Snider, changes
were made in the bullet; a hollow, filled
by a plug of wood or clay, was intro
duced into the front part of the bullet.
and the base was also followed and
plugged, a diaphragm of solid lead be-
ing left in the center. This was a most
deadly projectiIe, the plug in front ex-
panding the bullet on impact and caus-
ing terrible injuries to soft parts and
bones. The next step was to form a
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II was originally Intended e.
derIsion and contempt for too<p
aimed at When Lord Percy U090D9
played the tune to shcw 1IoY
tempt for the people The IoCeoe ovg4p
that IL should be q June ~ Dgo1
should dance 10. That = fo>DoUu
before the revolutionary wse woo 49,
and ever since the tune mas been = 80
tional air.
the air was composed By DR.. 1huc1g>
bureh in 1775, the best authortetgp
agree IL was a song composed mooy
years before to express derision %
Cromwell and his followers in Eng1ono-
IL was a cavalier ditty comp0sed ou1
whistled and sung I'm London to show
contempt for the roundheads. II was
''Nankea Doodle" then, q name With
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out meaning applied to Cromwell. Via
rode INTO oxford with a single feather
in his cap. fastened in a knot which
was then designated as a "macaronfs
not.
The tune reached America at . con-
venient time for public use. The name
Nankee was dropped n Yankee o
it's place. This was an appeliation ap-
piled to New Engianders because h
ndian called them Yenghee. their
word for England. Y was substituted
for ~ and the words kept intact.-Chi-
cage Chronicle.
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Mr.. z. D. jenkins, of Lithonia, Ga, says
that his Daughter, Ida. inherited a severe
case of Eczema, which the usual mercury
and potash remedies failed TO relieve.
Year by year she was treated with various
medieines, external applications and In
ternal remedies, without result. Her suf-
feriugs were intense, and her condition
grew steadily worse. All the so-called
blood remedies did not seem to reach the
disease at all until 5. s. s. was given,
when an improvement was at once noticed.
The medicine waa continued with favor
able results. and now abe 10 cured sound
and well, her skin 10 perfectly clear and
pure, AID abe has been saved from hat
threatened to blight her life forever.