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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-05

he probably received a rude or angry
reply! The wife, perhaps, had been
used to an indulgent father, who graft
fled her every whim. She Overlooks
the fact that a father and husband are
two vastly different beings, and re-
quire different treatment. To some
women husbands value decreases
when he can no longer supply them
with finery. Their alleged love soon
wanes, and a divorce is sought on any
pretext.
1t is easy to see that by a knowledge
of business affairs woman can dis
pense with the services of an agent or
trust company, whose salary thus be-
ing saved is added to her income. In
case a woman is fitted by a proper ed
ucation for 50 doing, who could attend
to her own interests better than her
self, as she is the party interested?
The phrase, IF you wish anything
well done. do it yourself" is never
better eXemplified than in this case.
Lastly, but not least, in saving our
money it need not be from a misery
spirit: but the more we have, the
more we can profitably give away
What pleasure equals that Of relieving
real distress, and of helping others !?
Did not our Saviour himself set the
example of saving when. after per-
forming the miracle where he fed the
multitude with the loaves and fishes.
he said: Gather up the fragments
that remain. Let nothing be lost"
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CARRIES Fl MILES.
Interesting Chat About the Extreme Rance Of
Sixteen.inch Gun.

The great 16-inch 126-ton gun building
Tor the United States at the Watervliet
arsenal Will have a range power of POSTS
miles: This statement is based on a cal
cuiation made by Major James NJ In
gals, the greatest recognized authority
ON ballistics in the United States army
and the pretnt head of the Artillery
school for officers at Fort Monroe. Ma
Jor Ingalls, has prepared a firing table
Tor the l6-inch gun, which shows that Il
range of 20-91S miles is attainable on a
muzzle velocity OF 2d00 foot-seconds. The
angie OF elevation necessary for the piece
he estimates at 10 degrees The trajec
tory, or path described by the projecti.e
which Major Ingalls, has plotted shows
that in ranging TO 20-91S miles the shell
will reach a maximum elevation of 30,5i6
feet. The weight of the projectile he as
sumes to be 2310 pounds.
On muZzle velocity Of 2000 foot-sec-
onds Major Ingalls, calculations show a
range obtainable of 1891 miles. This
latter range yields maximum elevation
in flight of 1892 feet. As in the former
case, the gun attains the lesser range on
an angle of elevation of 40 degrees. The
Importance Of Major Ingalls, calculations
may be better understood when it is
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THE new CRUISERS.
The Denver Is Type Of the Six
Being Built.
Oilers Are the Des Moines. Chattanooga
Galveston. Tacoma and Cleveland.

This new national policy of 'eXpan-
sioniSm' to which events have com
mittcd us in the Philippines is having
some odd consequences. one of them
is that is compels a radical change in
the designing of our cruising Yankee
warships.
Take, for instance. the six new cruis-
crs of the Denver class, authorized by
the recent Congress. They are going
to be called, besides the Denver the
DeS Moines, the Chattanooga, the Cal
weston. the Tacoma and the Cleveland
good American names all. but the
ships themselves will bear the Philip
pine impress all over their construc-
ton. For one thing, they are going to
be not Spurters, but rather long dis
lance ships. They will be about the
size Of the Raleigh and the Cincinnati,
which We're designed when the craze
for speed at all costs had reached its
maximum. The Denver and her sis
ters viii be Stayers rather than flyers.
Instead of the Raleigh and Cincin-
MATHS required speed of 10 knots they
will have only the sober-gong gait of
1872 knots. which is, however likely to
be II in actual service. This reduction
Of two knots in speed make it possible
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Teaching Girls the Value Of Money.

/ The woman who does not know the
ulHerence between registered and
| coupon bond should be ashamed to
acknowledge such ignorance, says AL
eXandra l.. &. Ide. in Popular Science
monthly parents neglect in teach
ing his child about monetary affairs
Is culpable, almost amounting to a
crime. There is nothing so costly as
ignorance. This very fortune which
you have taken infinite pains to ac-
cumulate will be perhaps dissipated.
owing to your want of forethought in
impartng the requisite knowledge to
your child. This information she will
in after years buy for herself at a
heavy premium. If knowledge is pow
er In other matters, it is more than
ever true in monetary affairs Power
to keep your fortune is a power worth
having, and more difficult to acquire
than 10 make a fortune. Let q girl
but try to earn five dollars, and she
will see the task is not an easy one.
Then unless she be fool she will re-
alize that what is so difficult to obtain
should not be wasted.
| recall the case of a fashionable
woman in New York society which
came under my own observation. Her
husband told me he had deposited in a
bank large sum of money for his
wife to draw on, given her bank and
check book, explained and showed her
how to draw checks. He very sensibly
thought that it would be a far better
plan for her to pay her bills herself.
instead Of coming to him every time
she needed money. His relief from
being her almoner was of short dura-
ton. for in less than a month She
came to him, and, throwing the check
and bank books on his library table,
told him it was too much trouble-she
could not make head or tail Of it; she
wished to return TO the old system!
He could pay her bills in future. This
woman had been married 20 years.
Too much trouble, is it? Yes, l believe
this is the keynote why women are so
| ignorant. They are lazy, pure and
| simple. The details of business are too
| dry and embarrassing. 1t IS so much
| easier to have some one else do the
| work for you So much less eXertion
| to read a novel, or ride the wheel with
] some attractive man. How prosaic,
you say. Ito add up account hooks,
| balance check hooks. and calculate
whether your tax bill is correct when
your property is assessed at the rate
of 201,"
] believe, if the truth were told.
half the divorces in which the reason
given is ineompatibility of temper
| arise from the fact that women know
nothing of the value of money l am
not speaking entirely of women who
have their own property, but also OF
those who are dependent on a hus-
bands income. The wife has a vague
idea that there is an inexhauShbie
supply of cash somewhere! What man
, can not tell you rev worried and har-
assed he felt when his wife came in
him for money to spend on nonessen-
tials, and which he could i'll afford? If
he attempted to demonstrate with her
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tered, and she had-the common manor
which concealed this taken off and
with her own hands stained the great
beams clark oak color. The walls
she papered in cartridge paper. a little
warmer in hue, and all around the
room she put a moulding, about half
way between floor and ceiling. In this
moulding We're placed plates, some rare
and old family heirlooms, and others
only artistic and pretty, picked up in
china stores for few cents. The
green blinds she banished. like the lace
curtains, and in their place she hung
an oriental drapery across the ton of
the window. allowing it to fall in scant
folds to the floor on one side. and only
half way to the sill on the other.
The ugly stove. too, was banisbed
and in it's place the d-fashioned fire.
place was redeemed from the oblivion
of black paper muslin and thrown omen
to the light. In the winter a log fire
glows here but in summer the yawn
ing CRATE is filed with green boupbs
Under one window she established a
broad, low seat, covered with brown
denim and heaped with pillows. With
the pretty table in the middle Of the
floor. a china closet lined with green
felt and simple oak chairs. this apart-
ment is now thing of beauty To all
who see it. and a picture of constant
delight to the girl who made it,
Another room rescued from simnle
ugliness was the girls own sIeeninp
apartment. This she papered in a
light paper with a delft colored vine
clamberng over it. A narrow white
moulding was put up for the few
dainty water cOlors and sketches she
had brought home with her; a small
table was treated to a coat of white
enamel, and with a swinging mirror
set above itHt was moved to the win
dow and did duty as dressing table.
Another table. similarly treated WAS
made into a washstand, and the bed
was dressed in n white coverlet with
patchwork of delft blue over il. A
small chair, corner bookshelf and a
drapery of blue and white chintz at the
window made the room as dainty a
resting place as the most fastidious
maid could desire.
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Curious CONVERSATIONS.

The British government is about &c
establish a department of commerce.
General Manager Holdrege Of the
Burlington Railroad, is father of the
Harvard stroke, having originated it
when a member of the crew in 1868
1t is alleged that a London money
lender has "A $500 note which he lends
to artstocratic brides to be exhibited as
a wedding gift along with other pres
entS.
The life Of an editor in Seryia is not
a delightful one. Within two years
one weekly paper had 16 editors. Fiji
teen Of them are in jail for comment
ing upon government affairs.
The Maryland Game and Fish Pro
tective Association is buying cartridges
in Kansas and liherating them through
out Maryland. Eight hundred were
liberated in three counties on April q.
A circus elephant needing surgical
treatment was recently chloroforrned
in Peru, Ind. The anesthetic was given
through the trunk by means Of Il
trouser leg slipped around il ana pack
ed with cotton.
Rev. Tucker Wilson. pastor of Ban
tist church in Muncie. Ind. has estab
lished new record, having immersed
s. noWly-converted members OF his
flock In p minutes. or at rate greater
than three a minute, and that without
any assistance.
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improving the Farm Home.

In country house the beauty OF iiv-
ing is generally confined to the outdoor
world, yet there is no reason why this
should be so. The low-ceiled cham
bers of the farmhouse offer far better
opportunity for picturesque and dainty
Punishment than the narrow, dark
rooms of a city house. A college girl who
lives on farm worked complete
transformation in her home after she
left college. and did it with scarcely
any money at all and no help save
what her one brother could give her.
The commonplace dining-room she
made into a gem of an apartment.
which her artist friends fairly rave
over. and which is indeed very fair
specimen of the modern maids skill in
house furnishing. The ceiling is raf-
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Habits OF Speech.

why do educated parents allow
their children to contract habits of
unSrammatical speech that will have
to be conquered in after-life?" asked
4 Spinster of a mother.k
because they hate To worry the moor
little things about such matters when
they are young and should be care
free. 1t seems cruel to be all the time
correcting them and keeping them on
their good behavior. They will have to
learn the rules Of our dreadful lam
guage all too soon as it is"
Yes said the spinster. and in adj
dition to learning TO speak property
they will have to unlearn the tricks of
speech in which they have been al
lowed to indulge all their little lives.
! Know laughing. that there is much
ridicule Of old maids children but I
believe that my theory in this case is
correct. It is a positive unkindness to
let your child double his negatives ana
say amt when several years from
now he will be harshly reproved for
such lapses. The child must learn to
talk anyway. and is it not as easy to
teach him to say 1t is L. as It's me?'
$1,000 - - 100 as S4iiIIii' 1ot tIs lllllt
tongue to lisp I saw it, as L seen ito
| love baby-talk. and should not cor
rect a child for his mispronounciation
or hard words. As he grows older he
Will himself see his mistakes in that
line and change them. But l insist
that 1t IS parents duty to make the
dliilcult path to grammatical speech as
easy as possible by never allowing the
httle ones to stray from it in the be
"-Harper's Bazaar.
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and features are as follows:
Length on load water line, 292
Length. extreme. 30S f
Breadth, extreme. about IS
Mean draft at trial displace- ~.
ment; 2-3 coal. ammunition
and stores. Is IT. 8 i
Extreme draft fully loaded. 16 #. s /
Trial displa cement, about 800 tor
Full load displacement, about 2fG0 tor
Coal carried on trial. 40 tor
Total bunker capacity. not
less than 700 tor
Speed on trial not less than 16l2 kno
Type Of engines: Vertical
inverted. fOur-cylinder,
triple-eXpansion.
Estimated indicated horse
power 40
type of boilers: Water-tube.
Number of boilers.
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MAIN BATTERY.
10 5-inch. 50-cal. Il. L. r. r. gun
AUXILIARY BATTERY.

G-pdr. K. f. guns.
1-pdr. r. f. guns.
Colt machine guns.
Sail area, about 5000 50. IT,
The guns will all be designed for
smokeless powder. and the five-inch guns
will be more effective than the old type
mounted on the main deck in recessed
ports-the four forward ones having
range from right forward to 60 degrees
abaft the beam. and the four after ones
from right aft to 60 degrees before the
beam. The two remaining tive-inch guns
will be mounted behind shields on the
spar deck. one forward and one ait
Four six-pounders will be mounted on me
main deck two forward and two amid
ships and four more on the spar deck.
The two one-pounder guns will be mount
ed aft on the main deck, and the Colt ma :
chine guns on the top Of the hammock
The coal capacity of these ships with
bunkers fun 600 tons) is sufficient 10
give them a radius of action at lull speed
Of about $500 miles. At the most econom
ical rate of steaminG. probably in the
neighborhood of 10 knots an hour. they
will be able to steam about $500 miles
cient, to take them from San FRANCISCO
to Manila The ammunition supply viii
he large. as it should be to make rapid
fire guns eifectivg For e 55o o 81 ne All 81
for each of the 6-pounders 500 rounds.
The wood material used in the con-
struction Of the hills will be reduced TO q
minimum. All the bulkheads ON the gun
and berth decks will be of metal. anu
they will each be fitted with a pilot house
on the spar deck. built entirely Of non
magnetic metal. Where IL Is heceSsa;
10 use wood for any purpose. it will be
treated with the electric fireprooling proc,
oss before being worked. w3terjgnl
deck covered with one-half men plate
will be worked from stem to stern; me
Sides sIoping down to three feet below
the Wa ter line and the fat or The mi san1a
mis- viii be on the line of the berth deck
for the greater part of the length. hut
toward the ends it will slope dnWn- oh
top of the watertight deck, a 'n udi nr' n.
d pI,e u covering thp waterline. for the
Whole length Of The ship. All OF the pro-
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pelling. machinery, steering gear and
magazines will be below the Watertight
leck. The >rfS will be two-masted
schooner, with signal yards on the fore
mast.
Each vessel will have two searchights.
an electric signaling system and a com
plete installation of electric lights. The
blowers for ventilation and deck winches
will be operated by electricity
Each ship will carry one 3G-foot stream
cutter, one 3o.foot launch, two 2S-foot
cutters, one 2S-foot whaleboat gig, one
S-foot whaleboat and one lS-foot dingv.
The complement will be u officers. 23S
seamen and . marines
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E. TUELL, Ia. D.
OFFICE, 900 Water St. over Bowdltch 4
" ebster's Drug Store.
OFFICE HOURS, II to ~ and from 130 to
and 10 L. NJ. sundays from ii 70
IL A. NJ.
RESIDENCE. Sc WINTHROP STREET.
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to reduce the required horsepower in
the new designs to 1900 as compared
with the Il. 600 of the Raleigh and the
Cincinnati. This means less than hall
the weight of propellng machinery,
and, of course. a very great reduction
in space The rate and space gained
will be utilized in the new cruisers for
coal and stores. ana a very profitable
change indeed it is in the interests of
thorough going efficiency.
One other remarkable thing about
these important new cruisers is the
big triumph which Chief Constructor
HichJnrn wins for his idea Of sheath
ing ships bottoms with wood. covered
outside with copper, to prevent the
rapid growth of weeds and barnacles
which 50 sadly reduces a vessel
speed. especially in the warm waters
Of the Atlantic and Pacific. For many
years Chief Constructor Hichborn
stood almost alone in his advocacy of
sheathing. but persistent arguments.
combined with many object lessons
from the reports of our ships in SER
vice which confirmed the chief con-
structor's arguments in every particu-
lar, have at last overcome the strong
prejudice of conservatism, and not
only these six cruisers but ali of the Il
ships authorized by the last Congress.
including three first-class battleships
and three first-class armored cruisers,
are to be sheathed with copper. Just as
Chief Constructor Hichborn has urged.
on account of the congressional
limitation of the price which the de-
partment may pay for armor, the six
ships of the Denver class are the only
ones for which contracts can be made
this year without further action by
Congress. Their general dimensions
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-04
CHAPTER III.
THE CHASING OF GEORGE FENToN.

THE CHASING OF GEORGE FENToN.
This is the story of what George Fem
ton did after he left me with the corpse
in Back saville street that awful
night. / learned it chiefly from the &C.
count which the papers gave of the
chase by the police. but some of the de-
tails were told me afterward by Fenton
himself. After he ran out Of my sight
be had not sufficient presence of mind
to slacken his pace, and the inevitable
result was that he attracted the psrticu-
lar attention Of the people. he met. His
hat had fallen off; his coat, which was
flying open, disclosed his evening dress.
In his hand he still held tho hilt Of the
dagger. while his drawn, white face b.
trayed the mental agony b. was under
going. Even In Mayfair at that late
hour Of tho night suoh figure rushing
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-04
CHAPTER II.
ARRESTED.

1had now time to collect my thoughts,
and most bewildering set they were.
Here was I. Duncan Brett, commander
Of her majesty's navy, man of regular
and law respecting habits, quietly walk.
ing to the First Avenue hotel in Hol-
born, absolutely at peace with the
whole world, half dizzy with happiness,
and within half an hour Of leaving the
house at which had spent the most
eventful evening Of my life had CON-
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-04

'~' s'Uome now. get DaoE, the lot Of
you," said the foremost Of the newoom.
ers, and the crowd surged back invol.
unfairly. "Helloi WHAT'S this? A wom-
an down and you've been trampling on
her! You brutesP
The crowd surged back farther, but il
did not stand away from us long. New
corners kept pouring In by regiments
from behind, and the news spread to
them, and once more the cry arose Of
"Lynoh himH The police dragged the
wolnan'a body to my feet and formed
round manfplly. Though they were
strong mon, yet they were . mere hand
full compared with the tesming fifttes OF
the mob. Inch by inch they were beaten
back, struggling and gasping, and for
myself death had never doomed 20 near.
But Twas not frightened then. ! was
cool and collected, and, II the truth be
told. not half averse to death. What l
had seen during the last few minutes had
dealt me shock which seemed to have
sonred my life. George Fenton bad been
TO me as brother, ana no" ! Knew MIN
to be q brutal murderer.
But, "a it happened, was not des-
tined to come by my end in that OBJ
SQUIRE etreet in Mayfair. The police
showed more powers Of strategy than I
sorcsd onen .he door a. onr bacts and
hastily inooed ma in The massage h.
.ond Tw e ~ thsm drau Il the ,aad
bodv ~ tha woman and .,nsad the door
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-04

AnOMer great CfO(DQ COuSctGu 10 see ~
dltght.
triyed to get arrested by the police and
almost lynched by q furious mob. I was
suspected Of murder Of the foulest kind,
and tho only way Of clearing myself
was by duplicating George Fenton, the
man whom of all others in the world I
had reason to wish we'll by. The per-
spiration stood thick upon my brow.
The whole chain Of circumstances SEEM
ed too horrible to be real. could have
thought myself the victim Of some ex-
traordinary hallucination had not the
presence Of the policemen with me in
the cab been tangible evidence Of the
stern reality Of my position.
was still brooding over this terrible
position when we drew up at the police
station. Another great crowd collected
to SEQ US alight. London seemed full Of
crowds that awful night. In a few min
utes ! was taken before the superintend.
ent on duty, who, after duly oautioning
me, asked il I wished to make any
statement. I didn't see that could do
any good by withholding my tale, go l
gave him a full and most minute &C.
count Of my doings since leaving De
We're Gardens at half past 10 that night.
Keeping back only George Fenton's
name, I said that the murderer was q
man whom I had met with suddenly in
Back Saville street. that he was of dark
complexion and of middle height; that
he was standing over the body with the
hilt of O weapon in his hand that when
accused him he fed away, making in
to the darkness and finally that / had
not followed him and didn t know where
he had gone, except that his direction
was toward Oxford street.
odd you know the mani" the super
intendent asked.
I had my answer ready and gave II
coolly and without hesitation.
II should know him again in an in
slant il I saw him."
The superintendent made o note Of
this. "And them he questioned.
"When the man took to be the muir.
dersr ran away, I stopped to examine
the body. The woman seemed to me
stone dead, and there was nothing'to be
done for her. At that suoment ssedy
looking individuslf Who gave his name
a Dr.. Fitzgerald, oanie up and tried to
ride ths BODY. That ! prevented ahd
stkdok him, and In revenge b. denouno.f
ID. me to tho poliaa ~ thu mpydUef,