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Evening star., 1899-04-15

Ihis ship. the first of Dewey's fighting
craft to return, will, after she has made
the round of admiring ports, undergo a
very serious bit of mechanical doctorins.
which when completed will make her a
much finer vessel. She is to have iust
twenty-five feet more of spine and body
inserted in her very middle that physically
she may have ample room in which to ex-
ert her full powers. Ever since she was
built she has, in an engineering sense. been
muscle bound" and unable to make the
most of the might stored up in her engines
and boilers, the latter especially being too
cramped to work with more than three
hfths their intended output, while likewise.
because of limited accommodations, only a
modest supply of coal could be carried.
This fuel tissue which should feed the tax
on sinews of brass and steel, has been
able to sustain the endurance of locpmotton
but brief while at best; but with twenty
five feet more of body and ribs against
which to stow plenty of food for those
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THE RALEIGH MODIFIED.

is no easy matter to keep these clumsy
masses of steel in line, and In this comes
the most ticklish part of the task and the
prime essential to stiffness or unity Of
strength in conjunction with the older
parts of the hull. To graft this twenty-five
feet of new body with guaranteed strength
will cost quite $l00,0o0
When this part of the undertaking is
done, the dock will be flooded, and the
craft Will float from the blocks and ways
without further labor, and then be ready
for the reunion Of those severed pines and
the rearrangement of the engine rooms so
needful TO the proper working of her vitals.
Other improvements.
While ii is possible to get along with the
ships present boilers TO give her the stom-
ach power she really should have would
call for a dozen typically modern water
tube boilers in place of the six OF the fire.
tube sort now carried. This would cost
fully sl40.ao0. but would mean a consider
able saving of weight, and increased sup
ply of coal or ammunition. and a very ma
terial betterment of speed and efficient
working. With this change, which the en-
gineer-in-chief recommends, comfortable
firing conditions, and an added coal supply
of quite S9 tens, the ship will be up-to-
date in every essential and a good many
times more effective and useful than she
has yet been. The notifications would
really make her just such a craft as We
should design today.
Nothing gets out Of style quicker than a
warship, and an outlay so proportionately
moderate as $4,000 at the outside in this
case is well spent in bringing a ship even
as recent as the Raleigh up to the re-
quirements of the present The Chicago, at
cost Of a million and half. has just
emerged newborn, so to speak and the At
lanta will follow suit in few months and,
like the Chicago, be a craft OF strikingly
improved powers.
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could perhaps appreciate the beautiful bay
on the shore of which they are located
Every now and then we encounter John
and his progeny in charge of rude stalls
erected beneath the trees where displayed
upon rough boards are collections of curios,
particularly Of abalone shells. shining with
irideSccnt luster.
The writer of local guide books SAYS:
The Del Monte country is, as Emerson
said of the Yosemite up to the brag' and
far beyond any poor word or pen picture
that may be written or drawn by artist or
poet This is doubtless the truth, and
thus, by implication, l have been guilty l
fear, of rushing in where-welI. we know
the rest: something about fools and
angels. | believe: and. lest / be indicted
for & trespt sS. l will hasten away.
Having placed a matter of several hun
dred miles behind me- perhaps l may
venture TO alight, for instance at San
Pedro. interesting as the point of de-
parture for that most charming of insular
watering PAGES. Santa Catalina, which lies
some twenty miles off the coast There are
islands off Santa Barbara. but they are in
a measure prohibited to the public while
santa Catalina is open to all, under certain
only island resort on our Pacific coast and
though 1t is owned by a single family or
group of proprietors, is in every other
sense a popular place of recreation I'm
agihe a congeries of high mountains thrust
up from oceans depths, with valleys.
streams. sandy and pebbly beaches; blue
water all around 1t, and an azure sky over
It. The hills and valleys swarm with half
WHO goats and sheep, which are allowed to
be shot under license, and offer a fairly
good substitute for chamois hunting.
Guides are furnished and camps provided
Tor those who wish to have a try at these
Heet-rooted, keen-scented creatures vet
they are still numerous. AS for the valley
quail, they simply flock by hundreds, and
In the season give the best of sport-to
those who know how to shoot them.
An Insular Paradise
While there is a good hotel at Catalina
sandwiched between the hills that hem in
the lovely harbor, Avalon, yet the majority
Of visitors prefer tent life to hosiery. The
tenung ground contains hundreds of can
vas roofs, beneath which sleep soundIy.
during summer time, many who come here
sick and return to the mainland well and
strong. Thousands come here, mainly from
Los Angels. Pasadena and interior towns
who find change in temperature and a
variety in pastime sufficient to reward them
for the effort
But, insular paradise that 1t is. Catalina
depends more upon the sea than the land
for its pleasures as well as its sustenance,
The waters surrounding the island are SO
fui of fish that the wonder is that the
boats and steamers ever reach its shores
once again regaiMng the main and
skirtinS by rail the great curve the coast
describes between San Pedro and San Di-
ego, We shall find many a bit of scenery
tempting enough to artist or layman.
Down the coast, family visible from
Oceanside. rise the cliffs of La Hoya La
JOya, the former meaning a hole and the
latter a Jewel. Again. in the perverted
Spanish of California, this region of cliffs
Is called La Jolla, probably derived from
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KANSAS SEA SERPENT.
An Interesting Addition to the Mu-
scum of Iowa Iniversity.

From the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Once there were genuine sea serpents or
at least there were forms of reptile life that
might have served every purpose of sea
serpents could they have been perpetuated
to the present time. Any one who has
doubts on the subject may have his doubts
removed by visiting the museum of the
University of Iowa, for the Davenport
Alumni Association has just presented to
this institution one of the most interesting
and complete skeletons of these oid-fash-
ioned lizard serpents SO far discovered In
times gone by shallow sea stood over
western Kansas. and in this sea number
less lfthe-bodied serpent-hke creatures dis
ported themselves or saVagely fought each
other in the ever-recurrng conflicts that
animals wage for food. The forms in ques~
ton had each the elongated, flexible body
and the forked protrusible tongue of the
serpent. The body, furthermore, was COW
cred with scales. But unlike serpents,
these creatures had limbs. The limbs were
too weak to be of use in terrestrial locomo-
ton; but. being modified into paddles, they
served effectively as organs of propulsion
in the sea. Mosasaurs Is the name science
gives to these strange reptiles They are
not serpents. but are in reality lizards of
snake-like proportions and gigantic size
The larger individuals measured forty-five
feet in length, large enough to satisfy the
most imaginative dweller at our faShiona-
Die seaside summer resorts. The more COM
mon dimensions met with, however range
from fifteen to thirty feet. Very seldom
are the skeletons perfect. They were usual
ly dfsmembered, and the bones were more
or less scattered by various agents before
they were completely covered and protected
by the accommodating ooZe of the sea bottom
Even after complete imbedding the bones
were generally broken or distorted by pres
sure of the superintendent sediments. The
specimen just received at the University of
Iowa is unusually perfect. With the ex-
ception of number of the last caudal YER
tebrae, every bone is present and is prac-
tically free from distortion or crushing.
The vertebral column, the head, the limb
bones. the ribs. the pelvis-all are present,
except as noted above, and all are prac-
tically in their normal position and relations
to each other. This most unique and -valu-
able specimen, the most perfect probably
that has ever been recovered from the hard
ened ooze of the cretaceous sea bottoms,
indicates an individual that, when alive,
must have measured about twenty-five feet
in length
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serenely and presently he slipped off to the
betting ring again and put up the whole
S105 on the favorite. The comments on this
act Were somewhat awesome, and the party
agreed that he was a dead game sport.
When the race was run every neck was
craned and great was the disappointment
when the favorite wobbled in with the tall
enders All hands began Immediately to
offer condolences, but the Frenchman stop
ped them with a wave of his hand. AL
Ions, c'est bienr' he said. blandly. when
l first max the bet you all laugh; L feel
YER mooch chagrin! When I win, you con-
gratulate. an 1 feel gay, happy all over!
| max mother bet an you applaud; 1 feel
grand; elate, YER proud Now ! lose an
you lament, so l feel sad. En- bien! ] dom
keek l lose the So, but jus think how
mooch emotion / got!"
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there on the sands. His time was Uncle
Sans, for he was paid To superintend a
gang of foreigners who were building earth
works by which other foreigners were to
be repelled from the coast. His eyes were
his own, but ne had not used thenl to any
good purpose, L fear, since had he done
so he would not have delivered himself
of such an opinion, formed after due de-
liberation.
Let US make a dash the first beach we
come TO, say that Of Santa Cruz. on the
northern arm Of Monterey bay. Emerging
from the gloom of glorious redwood forests.
after having pierced the backbone of the
coast range, We are delivered out upon a
scimtar-shaped beach of yellow sand top
ped by foaming breakers. Away and away
it stretches, curving oceanward at either
end to a bluff headland. Other beaches
there are similar to this strand, for a beach
is largely dependent upon its surroundings
for beauty. But a bluff an earth promon-
tory OF majestic proportions, and which
has been washed by the rains and gnawed
at by the waves until jt presents the SEM
blance of a faudal castle or detached pin
nacle. why, that is different subject alto
gether.
Southwark from Santa Cruz. lying in the
hook of the big bay, is the quaint, scatter
ing city of Monterey. 1t owes it's founda-
ton to the mission fathers and to its un-
exampled situation. Junipero Sierra, the
founder of the missions lies buried beneath
the roof of the Carmel Convent, near, and
d cross marks the spot where he first land
ed on th- shore Of the bay. On Z hill above
the cross may be traced the earthwOrl.s
Fremont raised when he invaded the
Spanish town of Monterey. and one Of his
cannon still points seaward warninsly. A
mile distant rise the turrets and red roofs
of the Hotel del Monte
Cypress Trees.
This brings me to mention the crowning
glory - De- Monte. which, though it lies
outside the immediate grounds of the hOte.,
is its most attractive adjunct. You will of
course, take the famous ''eighteen-mile
drive which. by the way. might better
be called twelve or fourteen, but which Is
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old Ostrich" composed of two separate
trees with their branches interlaced so as
to suggest our familiar friend, Struthio
camelus, who is now a domesticated and
profitable member of the California happy
family" He, she or it is poised as if for
flight, tail to the sea and beak pointing
tel-del-Monte-ward In the rocks below
yawn chasms and fissures, into which the
sea sends its waves, carrying their tributes
of fish. sea weeds and curious shells.
Out on a bold bluff stands the lone cy-
press" also called the sentinel" and be-
hind him stretches the grove, filled with
gnarled and twisted, contorted and mis-
shapen brothers and sisters of his. Their
flat limbs interlaced, their dense heads
close together. their gray bodies squat close
to the ground. their branches hung with
species of moss much like the Florida
ul,andsia, yellow and brown and gray, and
through and under them winding cowpaths
trailing sinuOusly-what more attractive
spot for naturalist or for casual visitor?
These Expresses are said to be absolutely
unique, to have no other habitat, to form
a particular and peculiar appanage of the
Del Monte, and as If this were not enough
to attract dfsintereSted seekers for infor-
nation and things rare. among them is
Sprinkled species of pine. declared by no
less an authority than the late lamented
Prof. Asa Gray to be indigenous here and
nowhere e.se.
Chinese Eishermen.
The driver more than hints that it is time
to be off. and off we go.
We pass a strange settlement of Chinese
fishermen. occupying. with their wretched
huts. the space that might be put to better
use in housing intelligent white men, who
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physical limits. and virtually declined by
overbidding.
The engineer-in-chief then urged that the
ships be made longer. the only way Of
realizing the power required by the hull
designers, but with a purpose Of economy
paramount and a desire not TO seem TO take
adraniage of the contractors it was de-
termined not TO add TO the Vesses length.
thus they were built without rnoditica tfon
ana with mechanical possibilities impossl-
eie OF full exertion within their stunted
bodies
Dignified now. however by the good work
GONE before the enemy the Raleigh comes
nome. 10 be given that maturer growth
"nich properly BELTS her powers.
W neither the vessel goes 10 Norfolk or 10
NeW YORK Tor this nice piece of doctoring,
each of which is trying hard 10 get her
Inc operation VIII be the same and one
demanding consGmmate skill and the surest
KIND ot handling.
Delicate Operation
The operating table in this case will he
"rE dock and the only preparation on the
part oi the ship will be the removal OF all
stores coal and as many Of the movable
heevy weights possible The only an
aesthetic viii be the complete suspension
OF steam service. the life blood of the shin
me Raleigh viii be taken into the dry
LOCK ana carefully aligned lust over the
ni neei oIocks resting on the floor Of the
,,'s. ailu then the gate will be closed. the
..S pumped out and the shin allowed to
settle on the waiting blocks J-naar N,,t
nary nary circumstances these blocks would he
reNei bat IN this case they will no In,Iinad
I,oh the DOW toward the ster1, pi,ip., ~
s.ip sHght pitch. Under the after hai,
"a the craft will be placed on each 90
sIidlng ways similar TO those used in launch
Hlg only less inclined. As soon as the ,as
Sa rests upon the keel blocks the work Of
cutting her in two will begin and riRht I'm
her middle the workmen will clip away tho
pihaihg rirets. joining plates angles beams
anu outt straps. Starting at the hammock
berthlnS or rail. the workmen will work
toward the keel, while inside decks will no
Cut IN twain and the great arteries ana
VEINS or copper and steel will be severed
where the great body Of the shin becomes
two. O'i'i0'
Increasing Her Length.
AS soon as this part of the operation 4.
finished the sliding ways will take the
weight of the after half from the keel
docks and support II, in turn Now. big
hydraulic jacks will be brought into reoui-
sition. and the stern half OF the craft Will
be bodily pushed along on the sliding ways
for twenty-five feet. This must be done
with the greatest nicely, that the line of
the severed spine may be kept accurately.
centered. In between on the keel blocks
now. will be laid the added vertebrae or
Keel and TO these will be fastened the eight
new rlbs, TO which, in turn, are tied the
deck beams and over which are laid the
SKINS OF the inner and the outer bottom.
Inc lines or body-form OF the severed
halves must be made to blend smoothly
INTO TINS new portion, for otherwise the
and certainly have her speed impaired. "
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Her Philosophy.
the Kansas City Star

From the Kansas City Star.
Guests were expected for dinner at little
Flossie's home the other evening and she
was in consequence hustled off to bed and
milk and bread an hour earlier than usual.
Here you grown-up folks she sighed,
as she was laid away, ARE going to sit up
IN your best clothes all evening and eat
all those nice things, while I've got to go
upstairs with nothing to eat but old bread
and milk and go to bed early. Never mind, =
after reflective pause, "after awhile I'll
grow up and then I'll have all the nice
things and you'll all be dead"
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Rich Mems Economics.

I continued to hint delicately about the
Rothschild table, but the vice president
continued to speak of the modern Partisan
cuisine in general One of his sayings,
however, was surprising. 1t appears that
even the kings of finance are capable of
economies.
What characterized the tables Of the
past" said NJ. Vasseur, was the great
number of dishes and their succulence.
They were not things thrown together, but
were dishes built up tenderiy over a slow
fire. A great nj mber of ingredients entered
into them; not only spices and perfumes,
but rich meat juices. They did not hesitate
to use up ten pounds of beef, a capon. four
partrtdges and half ham to obtain a con-
somme for the base of a sauce. Now it is
who tell you" remarked the Rothschild
chef impressively, that such prodigalities
are no long permitted. Butchers meat is
so dear in Paris that even the most opulent
families fall into the most regrettable prn-
cipleS of economy. The great world is will
ing to spend money-but not on food. 1t
takes its pleasure in other things. There is
too much travelling, too much of the open
air life of sport that gives an appetite for
simple beefSteaks. When the family dimes
alone"
The family of Baron Alphonse?''
Prefer Plain Living.
Exactly. When the family dimes alone it
is a dinner for boarding school girls and
boys; a plain vegetable soup, oftentimes no
fish, roast, vegetable some cold meat,
and stewed fruit for dessert, And when
there is a dinner party, the guests them
selves protest against rich plats, l wish
that could tell you the history of recent
dinner party it was repeated to me by
the maitre hotel, NJ. Daniels"
Tell me, by all means l said, eagerly.
mo, | cannot was the reply, because
the most amusing part of the story has to
do with the personalities of the guests.
But imagine eight or ten great names-the
highest in the iand-great ladies and grand
seigneurs whose titles are household words
middle-aged or youthful. They are of the
people you see everywhere, at the races, al
the spas, al yacht n eetingS, their reputa-
tons all we'll up in the word Of sport. Now
you would suppose that such people who
have nothing to do but to take care of
Themselves and enjoy life. would take pleas
ure in their food? You ought to have seen
and heard them The talk fell upon their
maiadies. Some dared not eat fish some
white wine. Two gentlemen, and not old
ones, either, asked for milk. And, will you
believe 1t. more than half the guests took
some kind of drops or pills before or after
this extraordinary dinner, One had dila-
tCn of the stomach / remember. With an
other 1t was neurasthenia. | could have
told them what was really wrong with
the.., -
WHAT" ] asked, as 1 rose to take NV
leave.
They were all suffering from the after
noon tea habit replied the chef of Baron
Alphonse de Rothschild, with disdainfuI
smile. Tea itself is retarder of digestion
ana civilization. Look al the Chinese,''
STERLING HEILIG.
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T IS NOT EVERY
day that one can
have an interview
with so considerable
a parsonage as the
chef of NJ. AlphonSe
de Rothschild. AS L
was passing along the
Rue de Grenelle l no.
ticed the building of
the Horticultural So
ciety decorated as for
a grand fete. Here is
being held the second
International culinary
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a year, Partisan restaurant experts in par
ucular nave kept warm place in their
hearts for American newspaper correspond
ents. On the strength of the reputation
thus gained for him, Joseph came back. to
Paris and set UP a restaurant of his own
that has always maintained a faithful
American clientele.
The dishes that these gentlemen expose
are as beautiful in name as in appearance.
AHusions to the Franco-Russian alliance,
such as canard a la Muscovite, langouste
a la Neva, filets de sole la Siberienne,
truite la Olga and chapon la czarfne
are immensely popular. But as so many
are recent creations" the names tell one
very little. What is Il Zephyr of chick
en?1 or a Cushion of violets?' One must
taste the shoulder of mutton a la Cyrano
to appreciate it. or duck in the style of the
exposition of 1900,
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A Striking Example.
From Tlt~Bfts.

From Tlt-Bits.
You young scoundrel," said the father,
seiZing his disobedient con by the hair, "pll
show you how to treat your mother" And
he gave him several bangs on the ears and
then shook him until his hair began TO fall
out.
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L CTIh.N L n LII
/ tell you, and there
amt d bit of differ
ence between San Di-
ego and Santa Cruz.
It's all alikc-bare.
bleak and uninterest-
ing"
Thus spake the
man l found strand
ed on the beach be-
meath Point Iona,
where he was engag-
ed in feeding the sea
gulls which gathered
H. r;A
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RALEIGH RENEWED
Defects in Dewey's Famous Cruiser
to Be Remedied.
her LENGTH WILL Be INCREASED
It's a Delicate Task and Must Be
Done With Care.
WELL WORTH THE TROUBLE
WELL WORTH THE TROUBLE
Written for The Evening Star.

NiAoAs Ah u 2iAdAA vi
war in the shape of
improved boilers and
engines is one of the
everyday features of
modern naval archi-
lecture, but there are
other phases of ship
surgery rot SO cSm-
monplace, and it is
for one of these lat
ter capital operations
that the sturdy Ra-
leigh is coming back
10 us
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BY far the greatest number of flowers
have no smell at all. Only about 10 per
cent of the 400 species Of flowers In
Europe give forth any odor.
Evening star., 1899-04-15

fepiete with features most uniquely pic
turesque. You are driven past the old
town to and beyond the summer settlement
of Ocean Grove, then to Moss Beach and
to Cypress Point. The air scents all the
way give evidence of your progress: at
first past the whaling and kelp-gathering
settlement between Monterey and the
Grove, where the odors are sometimes
quite overpowering; then through the pines
OF the great woods, succeeded by the saline
breeZes direct from the ocean, and finally
the pungent, aromatic atmosphere of the
cypress grove.
The visible presentment of the expresses
is first noticed on rocky point, where are
two fantastic trees forming conformity the
ngure of giant bird. This is the famous
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Old Egyptian cloth was so well woven
that after serving to cover mummies thou
sands Of years the poor Arabs use 1t as
dress material
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Wall OF THE CHEFS
Partisan Ideas Of Dining Are Not to
Their Liking.
RESULT OF The FlVE-O'CLOCK TEA
Good Cooking is Not Appreciated
as It Used to Be.
TALKS WITH GREAT MEN
TALKS WITH GREAT MEN

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
d
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CALIFORNIA; COAST
Marvellous Beauties of Beach and
Wave Washed Rocks.
CURIOUS EXAMPLES OF EROSION
Santa Catalina is a Veritable island
Paradise.
DIV f r SIFIED seen f r y


Written for The Evening Star.