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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
To The Free Lance ::

To The Free Lance:
The August Alumni Rulletin Of the
University Of Virginia contains an art
icle by Professor Mallet on the proposed
hospital for the University. The Uni
versity Medical School has made won.
derful record for itself without the aid
OF hospital 1t has furnished more
medical men TO the army and navy than
any other medical school. The medical
graduates of the University have taken
a high stand all over the world. Many
Of the leading medical men OF this
country are university graduates l
think il is time for the State OF Nir-
GINA 10 have general hospital. Near
ly all the States have one. Many peO'
Die die in Virginia each year for the
need Of proper medical care particular
" in the country. 1t would be but
small additional expense TO each coun-
ty. and in time it could be made nearly
self.supporting. The university Is an
ideal place for a hospit,l. and its med
ical school is the admiration OF the
medical world n
December q, so.
The Free Lance publishes the fore
going, which is from a very eminent
medical man residing in large city
outside Of the State, with its cordial
endorsement Perhaps the Richmond
Times. which is very friendly to the
University. may see 6t to copy it, with
word additional
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30

Delay in the Treatment Of bronchitis,
which generally begins with Chill,
hot feverish attacks and feeling Of
exhaustion develops into very seriou;
complications Pain Killer taken in
hot water. as we'll as rubbing the chest
with it clear, will speedily cure Avoid
substitutes, there is but one Pain.
Killer, Perry Davis Price 25r. and
SOC
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30

Now that the holidays are over, the
committee of the City Cornell, head
ed by Recorder Willis. which is
charged with formulating a plan or
plans for the reception and entertain
meut az well as fixing the date for
the meeting here early next summer
Of the Army Of the Potomac, ought to
hold session and be prepared to sub
nit report to the City Council at its
regular meeting Thursday, January
18th, 1900. There is no time to be
lost il the matter is to be a success.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
Gov. Tyler Signs the Fertilizer Bill.


Gov. Tyler THURSDAY approved the
bill passed by the Legislature before re-
cess imposing a tonnage OF 10 cents on
fertilizers. Commissioner OF Agrlcul'
ture Koiner left that night for ksleigh
TO look into the operations OF similar
law which has been in existence In
North Carolina for some time There
are hundreds OF applicants for the places
OF inspectors Of fertilizers provided Tor
under the Virginia law.
Mr.. John T. Whitehead, one OF the
most prosperous and well known far
mers Of Northampton county, Va, died
Wednesday night at his home. near
Bayview. Mr. Whitehead was about
IS years Of age and left an estate OF
about s75, 900. consisting chiefly OF real
estate and securities He leaves one
son. Mr. L. J. Whitehead, OF North
ampton county.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30

Rev. Robert W Patton. Of Roanoke
has declined the call to st. Mark
church in Richmond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
Weather forecast for FRED
eTicks5uT0 and oicinitV.

Fair Saturday. COntfnued
cold until Sunday night, Hght
TO fresh aoeSt to north .'oindS>
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1900,

al the land Of the late William Beazley de
scribed in said suits being tract OF about
Oll acres I'm the Mineral Belt in the coun
" of Spotsylvania, Va adjoining White Han
and Randolph Gold Mines, aud supposed TO
contain gold, pyrites and other minerals Inc
tract is we'll watered and well wooded, and Is
about miles from Parker's Depot, on the r,
+. & p r. X.
Terms OF sale: One-third OF the purchase
money in Fcash and the remainder 10 two
equal iustallments at one and TWO years from
date of sale, with 0 per cent interest thereon,
said deferred payments to be secured oy
lien on the property. but purchaser shall
have the privilege of paying all cash.
ST. GEO h. FITZHUGH.
JAMES l.. POWELL.
Special Commissioners
virginia In the Circuit Court Of the City Of
Fredericksburg:
|. James Corb n, clerk of the said court,
do certi that the bond required Of the spe
cial Commissioners by the decree rendered IN
said causes on the 9th day of December 1879.
has been duly given.
Given under my hand as clerk of the said
court, this lIth day of December, 1899.
JAMES p. CORBIN.
dsela- tuskthurtojaDs Clerk
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ARMY RATIONS.
The Sort Of Food That is Served to
the Men.


DIR. Charles A. Woodruff, Y. & A.
stationed at Benicia Barracks Cal
contributes to the Medical Record An
exhaustive essay on the army rations
provided by England, Spain. Austria
italy, Germany, the United States
France and Russia. The results are
presented in tabulated form. showing
the chemical constituents of each m :
ton, and some interesting conclusions
are drawn from the tables. although
they cannot, in the nature of the case
admit of an accurate comparison. For
instance, in the United States the SOL
dier's rations being fixed by law. there
are no means Of getting ina~aa ses ex-
c"pt by precarious gardens or EEK
change dividends, and if he wants
extras the only way to get them is to
sell part Of his rations to get funds to
buy. In England bread and meat in
moderate quantity are supplied. but
the soldier must pay for the rest. and
as much as - per cent of his paw NAV
be deducted. In Germany he is fur
niShed only bread Uhe "ration'). and
he must find the rest Che "portion'D
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Maine Industrial News.

n,o ne the Industries numbered
...ai liza. oncocal in in
"Hi"I@ NV go :,, L., -,
i'reWer' that ol iiithlnS iiIeS WI ,,,.i,,
more ,i.t i'i W., - ''' ,,,.f,t,, bn1inc
~
| 'i'HNU'
l.. A. * +. Y. BuzZell oil olu low H.
who have had a crew at Greenfield for
several weeks peeling bark, have about
loo cords Il the greenfield camp
and other points the firm will have
peeled about 'oOo cords by the Gnu -
the season.
At the Diyfeld corn shop 365. 600 cans
-. ,.-,,, ,,,od, tbuc far this season.
cono .,,,.. ,,,, IA. l. tba nuan-
Gu 49, w., .i,rb+ mon
III .,Ia,.,,l tt,ara ,.eorea Marsh states
,hat o. acres of sweet corn are plant
IN ana that he expects to pack 100000
CONC or corn This season.
1, ;-.
IA. D. NHSl" - Nil''i7 us 'iN ~
min u nam az - :,
FallS, INTO do"ei anu NOV 'i''
ana mas Deeh rulhlhE d"o"' " i'''''''
on small scale. lie mas tdrP9HtTl9 ~
work making alterations on tiic III
terror Of the mill ana Small tlrN
saving birch ana nahlhs uo"e'S'
is also running On quite AZ oi'ei =
parcel carriers. He VIII increase inc
output Of the mil as ldSt n i - P''
sible to get III tie iid'il'.iT
! present ne IS buying plIrh 81 ite'u1li =
itI ,a+1ar sa,sop no
~ l.,,titia,. NJ hircb
VIII ""F II =
| \ short distance from EaStpoft
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THE NEW CHICAGO.
The Complete Reconstruction OF this Steel
Warship.

The good work of reconstructing the
older ships of the United states navy
is making fair progress. Not only are
we constantly adding new ships to our
navy, but we are gradually recon
Structing the earlier vessels of the new
navy. The Chicago" one of the first
OF our steel warships, launched in 1881,
was recently placed in commission,
after an overhauling and reconstruc-
ton that has practically made a new
ship of her Fortunately. the lines of
the vessel are excellent for speed and
the material and construction of her
hull are both firstclaSs and fully war
rant the large sum of money that has
been expended in improving her speed
and fighting power.
There is something very pleasing in
the thought that this vessel, the first
large steel warship ana the first flag
ship of our modern navy, has been
given Il new lease of life. and that it
has been found possible to make such
changes in her motive power and
armament that she is able TO rank fair
ly well with cruisers of her displace-
ment that We're not built until fully ten
years after the Chicago" had been
designed.
1t is gratifying to know that a
similar oVerhauling. not quite so COM
pleto, perhaps, but still very thorough,
is being carried out and is nearly com
plct"d on the Atlanta" "a cruiser built
at the same time as the "Chicago'D
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Church and Pastor.

The Rockland District Campmeetns
will b, held at Nobleboro, August y
10 September ?.
The new Catholic church at VIM
throp is nearly completed and greatly
resembles the one burned last WINTER
Rev. ". Il. Shumway has resigned
the pastorata of the Baptist church III
Springvale. to take effect October l.
Rev. A. F. Earnshaw. pastor of the
CONGREGATIONAL church Of Phillips. VIII
start for England, next week, on
visit among friends.
The annual Aroostook County CHRIS
tian Endeavor Convention Will meet IN
Houlton the 2nd and Bird Of August.
The meeting will convene in the Pres
bvterian church. beginning at ~ L.
NJ. Wednesday and continuing until
Thursday noon.
The Whiting Methodist church was
built in 1871 and since that time little
or nothing has been done in the way OF
repairs. The society is now contem-
plating making much needed improve
ments upon the property. New WIN
dows are to take the place of the pres
ent old ones. They are to pc OF
stained glass if funds will permit.
Rev. FIR. T. p Linehan Of Biddeiord,
celebrates mass every morning AT 81
Margaret's church at Old Orchard. his
congregations there are very large ana
are growing in size as the season ad-
vances. During the height of the GA
Orchard season there are as many as
1000 worshippers at the Sunday ser
vices at the church
Bishop Healy recently visited the
Passamauuoddy tribe of Indians at
Pleasant Point village. five miles from
PASSPORT and celebrated high mass at
the Indian chapel. On the arrival OF
the w. c. r. r. train at the village
nearly all the Indians were on hand 70
greet him and salute was fired from
the lone cannon on the bank.
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b. Arrangement
. Of Trains in Effect
June 26, 1899

LEAVE Portland, 12.55 y. NJ; Augusta,
80 A. NJ; Wdterville Pa \ ~; Ban
Iron Works. l.G5 A. NJ; Norcross So y.
NJ: Sherman. $40 A. NJ; Patten, 1905 A.
NJ; Island Falls, 1907 A, 81; smyrna
Mills, 1888 a. M; Masardis. ll.3I \. NJ;
Ashland, 1900 Nj; Houlton. HOO \. NJ;
Bridgewatrr, Has \. NJ; frrsque Isle, y 81
and FoxcrOft SOB A. NJ; Guilfnrd, SD \.
NJ; Monsoon, $50 y. NJ; Greenville, $50 y.
LEAVE Portland, lilo A. NJ; Water
rive Brownville. 4.5i Z. NJ; Newport
G 5%nt1 400 100 7. NJ. Mon s5 - sos =. 81
Greenville, sos p. NJ; Kineo, 7.O5 p. NJ;
Norcross, 5.46 u. M; Sherman, 6.57 =: NJ, /;
NJ; Houiton. rs =. NJ; Fort Fairfield,
9.35 p NJ; Pressure Isle, 9.l5 /. NJ; Carl
bou, $40 =. NJ
LEAVE Portland, 1910 p. N: Augusta.
235 p NJ; Wiaterville. 3.I3 =. NJ; Hanger
vile. Gas p. NJ; Kaiahdn IRON Works.
720 +. NJ: Dover and Foxcroft, $50 z. NJ. !;
Guilford, Ills p. M; Monsoon Junction, 7.5J
Z. NJ; Greenville, $50 +. NJ.
LEAVE Greenville. $50 A. NJ: Monson
Junction, G.25 a. NJ; Guilford. $40 A. NJ. !;
Dover and Foxcroft, $50 \. NJ; Katah-
ARRIVE Bangor. 9.67 y. NJ.
stone, 5.55 a. NJ: Caribou. $40 y. NJ
Pressure Isle, 100 a. NJ; HOuton, S.35 a.
IL; Ashland, 40 A. M: Masardis, Isl A.
NJ; Smyrna Mills. SIS A. NJ; Island
Falls, 925 A. NJ; Patten, go A. NJ; Sher-
man. 94S a. NJ; Norcross. 104l A. NJ.
Brownvile 1l.32 A. NJ; Arrive Bangor,
LOS =. NJ; Waterville, 315 +. NJ; Au-
gusta. 3.52 l.. NJ; Portland, 5.35 z. NJ.
Limestone, 1925 A. NJ.
LEAVE Caribou. 1905 P. NJ; Pressure
Isle, l3.33 r. NJ; Fort Fairfield. ll.5O \.
NJ; Rridgewater. 10 p. NJ; Houlton, 2.lJ
r. NJ. Island Falls. 60 j. NJ; Patten,
305 p. NJ: Sherman, 35S p. NJ; Norcross,
4.40 p. NJ; Katahdin Iron Works 800 j.
NJ; Brownvillc, $40 =. NJ, Lagrange.
6l7 p NJ; kineo. LIS p. NJ; GreenviIle,
3b5 p. NJ; Monson, 5.45 p. NJ. Guilford,
sos l.. NJ; Dover and FoXcrOlt, 81 +. NJ.
Arrive Bangor, Ills T. NJ. Waterville,
95S p. NJ; Augusta, 1913 Z. NJ; Portland,
10 A. NJ
Leave Kineo. $40 A. NJ: Greenville,
1l.40 A. NJ; Guilford, 1874 p. NJ: Dover,
1.U0 +. NJ; Newport Junction. 2.T L. NJ. {;
Waterville. 3.1a p. NJ; Augusta, 352 =,
M; Portland, 5.35 T. NJ.
GEO. NJ. HOUGHTON,
Genl Pass. and Ticket Agent.
#. w. CRAM.
V. 2. and General Manager.
Bangor, June q, 1899.
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The ship is driven by twin-screw hort
zontal triple-expansion engines, the en-.
glnes being slightly inclined. The high
pressure cylinder is 33la inches in diam
low pressure ~ inches in diameter the
common stroke being 10 inches. All the
valves are Of the piston type, there be-
ing one single piston valve for the high
pressure and two each for me intermcd;-
ate and low pressure cylinders The total
Indicated horse power is 5000. The en-
gines are in two separate water-tight
compartments, the cylinders being on on ,
side of the center line of the ship, ana
the screw shafts on the opposite side
Thus the starboard engine or the engine
driving the starboard propeller has it,
cylinders lying ON the port side OF the
ship, while the port engine has its cylln-
ders lying on the starboard side.
The ship is provided with well-found
machine shop, i'll which motive power is
furnished by Il Greenfield vertical en-
CINE The tools consist of two lathes,
two drill presses, one shaper, one emery,
Grindstone. and various machine shop et-
cctera, besides a we'll found bench for
wise work.
The system of ventilation has been we'll
worked out. The engine room is ventilat-
ed by both exhaust and forced blowing
and the ship ventilation is arranged on
the same system. The ship is provided
with an Allen dense air ice machine, con
nected to Il freezing box and Il cold StOr-
age room. The coil also passes through
the ScuttIe-butts to provide cool drinking
water for the crew.
OF almost equal Importance to the radi
cal changes which have been made in the
motive power is the extensive rearma :
ment of the ship which has taken place.
The old S-inch guns which are carried IN
sponsors on the main deck are retained.
They are thoroughly Serviceable weapons
of the same type as those which did god
duty at the battle of Manila bay on the
baltimore The gun deck broadside
battery OF five slow-tire finch guns and
four Slow-iire j-inch has given place 10
battery Of fourteen 5-inCh rapid-tirc guns.
To keep pace with the increased demanl
for ammunition by the rapid fire wear-
ons. new electric ammunition HOSTS have
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been built into the ship. They are of the
endless chain pattern and are capable Of
putting the ammunition on deck COnsii-
crably in excess Of the ability Of the
guns.
An interesting installation On this ship
is the system Of AUTOMATICALLY operated
watcrtight hulkhoad doors invented by
Mir MI Is. CowIcs MI the construction
department of the United States navy:
This device. known a. the long arm
system. secures doors which Will open
ana close again tightly under a head Of
water. and they will close tightly
through a doorway fun of coal. Al the
doors can be aciUatcd by a single opcr-
ator. VINO from his station on deck can
move any single member Of the system
The advantage of This concentration ~
control in ease of flooding through st
tack ~ thc ram or torpedo is obvious
The extensive structural changes in ~
''Chica.u' were carried out under Naval
Constructor Bowlts. ANA the machinery
WAS installed under the superintendehte
Of \. II. Dixon. chief engineer oi the
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but if the portion IL supplied official
! ly the cost up to 81 cents is charged
up against his pay: anything over this
lis paid by the government. In France
the bread ana a triila 81 sugar and
coffee are supplied in kind, the rest be-
/ ing purchased from a mess fund sup
Piled by the war department. and gar
/ dons are an essential part of the
scheme. In Italy the food Is supplied
/ essentially the same as our clothing
all0Wance-that is. 50 much money per
/ day is allotted to each soldier. and if
/ NJ is supplied IN kind 50 much money
is deducted from his account. just as in
! the case Of clothing drawn in our
army. In Austria bread only is sup
piled in peace. and daily allowance
of money given to purchase the rest
| somewhat as in France. In Russia
\ bread ana meat are supplied in kind
! but money allowance is given for
other things ana extra meat. In Spain
/ bread only is supplied, as in Germany,
ana the rest IL charged up against his
Iply. a in England. These systems are
| III very well in Europe. where the sol
diers live in a thickly settled country
! for our frontier: hence the United
States is the only nation compelled to
supply the soldiers whole food in kind.
In Germany, for instance. the soldier
in garrison is expected to piece out his
ration by food received from home. and
there is no way of finding out how
much is really eaten. 1t might be said
that when the cost Of part of the "a
| ton is deducted from the soldiers pay,
| the latter has been purposely adjusted
! to stand that drain. The balance of
pay drawn by the soldier may look
very small. but when we compare the
purchasing power of money here and in
| Europe il is quite likely that many
! foreign soldier is better paid than ours.
! For the purchase of little extras the
| Italian soldier with five cents is far
! better off than our soldier in the far
| West with 30 cents.
In reference to heat-producing units.
| according to the actual official sup
plies. the French and Russian soldier
/ can get far more than the American.
| In Austria the ration may be doubled
! in the field. making the most liberal
ration in the world The English ra-
ton also can be greatly augmented IN
=, --,.Lo,. DIT II ic NOT merely
| cold weather. 'ut II IL MOI iiieieiS d
matter of pounds and ounces. regard
,,rc1 he had t0 climate and the work
~ ,,,dar IA understand
| V rs uoHe' ~ oiu,i i'll,
this matter we must keep in mind two
stupendous plumbers which have for
many years been made in America IN
discussions of food questions.
II .dS pt'H ny ~ III IL .eIpIents INC es
H. i,nate fnr food necessary for health
c c,i,,aag from he works Of such men III
| lTnIcsrhott Volt. Pettenkofer and others
,,'ta,,,, ''stimotre were made from calcula-
Ilr9e IN Ti,+nr;ns Of rortain foreign
Mons OF We @ t09 ,, va undarfed
natiollh Mio a. ~ ~ When af,licted with
diseases que III WIFI III ;p "it ~ ..rin,snte,,
nuI my 1ne w. common in F.u-
an" "'l in,n.t Iol,n"wn in America in
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railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL R. R.
In Effect June 20, $500.
Trains leave Augusta as follows:
THRDIrI.lI I'll, INC

I1NoCt1 IkAlNS.
GOING WEST-G,35 A. NJ, for Lewiston
Pennington. Rangeley, kockland, Port
land, Boston. Quebec and Montreal; 942
A. NJ. and 1l.i0 Q040 Sundays only for
main line points,. express Tor Brunswick
Lewiston, Farming ION, Phillips Range
ley, Rocklaad, Portland and Boston.
connecting for White Mountain points,
and Lancaster; 'S.OS and $50 Z. NJ. for
Brunswick, Bath, Rockland. Lewiston.
Portland, Boston. Montreal and Ch:-
cage; 'l055 l.. NJ. (night Pullman) ev-
cry night for Lewiston, Bath, Portland
and Boston; 2.25 y. NJ, Portland and
Boston.
GOING CASTLES A NJ. might ex-
press, for Skowhegan, Belfast. Bangor,
Moosehead Lake and Aroostook county,
via Il. ~ a. X. r.; Nanceboro, st
Stephen. St. Andrews, st. John, via ca
madam Pacific and AroostoOk and WASH
ington counties: $50 A. NJ. Bangor and
Belfast and Skownegan; +2.35 =. NJ, ex-
press daily for Bangor, Buclisport and
Bar Harbor; 331 l.. NJ, for Waterville,
Oakland, North Arson, bingham. Show
hogan. Belfast, Tango, ga Town and
Mattawamkeag; rs +. NJ, for Mater
vile; 9.l5 y. NJ, Sundays only, for Water
willie, Bar lIarbor and Bangor.
Train leaving Augusta at 3.0S =. NJ. GO
ing West runs daily, Sundays included,
to Lewiston, Portland and Boston.
The night Pullman train gong East at
1.35 A. NJ, going West at 1855 L. Nj, runs
every night, Sundays included, connect
ing for ana from Lewiston, but not 20
Skowhegan on Monday mornings, or to
Belfast, Dexter or beyond Bangor, lex
cepting to Bar HarbOD, Sunday morn
ings.
.Daily for main line points.
ACCOMMODATES TRAINS.
South Gardiner to Augusta.
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The movement for the extension of the
study of French in the Lewiston schools
has resulted in the election of Miss Lee
Ia c. Murdoch of Boston, as the special
teacher of this branch. One year will al
so be added to the study of French. and
the board have under consideration fGr-
Tier extension of the time allowed for il
Miss Murdoch was educated at the Bos
ton University and then passed year
abroad taking a course in French ..tera
ture at the Sarbonne the University oi
PniS.
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ana that as soon as the eXiGenCleS Of
the service Will permit, the Boston,
sister ship to the ATLANTA" will be al
50 rcarmrd and improved.
The Chicago" under her new lease
Of life carries very little Of the original
material that was put into her at the
time Of her first construction. Indeed.
it may be said that the mere shell of
the vessel is all that remains of the
work done in RoaCh's shipbuilding
yard. In the first place her engines
and boilers are entirely new, and are of
an improved and thoroughly modern
type. Her protective deck, which for
merry extended merely above the Vitals
| of the shin (the engine and boiler
/ roomS) has now been carried forward
/ and aft to the stem and stern. SO as to
| make a continuous armored protection
! throughout the ship. And not only the
| main engines. but all the various
auXiliaries with their steam piping ana
general fittings, arr entirely new. In
the armament only the heavy Sinch
| guns have been retained. The Who'll" Of
| the battery Of slow-fre guns on the
/ gun deck has been replaced by bat
terry Of II 5-inch rapid-fire guns of the
| latest navy type, and the secondary
battery of 6-pounders and 1-pOunders
| has been disposed to suit the improved
arrangements of the superstructure
| and the fighting tops.
The great change in the outward ap-
pearance of the vessel is due to the al
iteration in her rig. When she returned
from her last cruise she carried her
familiar bark rig. with heavy yards on
the fore and main masts and com
pIetc boWsprit and jibboom. The yards
ana jibboom have disappeared and
| with them the mainmast. so that the
! ship now carries two masts fore and
main masO Of the usual military type,
with a fighting top on the fore-mast in
which are carried two 1-pounder guns.
and just below the fighting top d
searchlight platform. which is spon-
soned out in front Of the mast. There
| is a small signal yard on each mast
| and n gaff on the main mast. These
changes in her rig. together with the
lengthening of the smoke stacks.
which now extend some so feet above
the great bars. have completely
| changed the appearance Of the Chi
cago," and have given her a much
| more Snlp-Shdpe ana buSlneSSnke APP
pearance judged by the modern stan
| 1,,.dr e ,,,,,at,i,> a,,;,,
''''' 70 W i0ii'p
~,
] Inc most important changes IN the shln
are. of course. those which have been
made in the motive power as may he
judged from the fact that the horse pow
er mas been raised from ''en to 5000, ana
| eighteen or possibly to eighteen and a
half knots an hour. The machinery #
| me 1flSlldI SNIP WIS Oh q curious an"
cumbersome type. II consisted Of W >
| heavy compound engines. the cylinders
| of which were connected 70 overhead.
athWartship. walking beams, which
served to drive the crankShdftS on the
starboard cylinders drove the port screw
| Shalt anu vice versa. = ne poiIerS were