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The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
REAL ESTATE.
K. ]. MARSHALL,
REAL ESTATE & LOAN BROKER,
sos nth Street, n. w.

FOR SALE-Near New York avenue
and North Capital street, new, buff
brick residence. 6 rooms, cellar and
bath, newly papered and decorated;
has all modern improvements and
conveniences: mirror mantels, speak
ing tubes, electric bells, etc.
This property is nicely located in an
improving section of the city. The
new electric cars will pass within a
half block. This property, $1,000, on
monthly payments about the same as
rent.
FOR SALE-In the northwest, very
desirably located, a dwelling and store
together, brick, large store room,
dining room and kitchen on the first
floor, q bedrooms and bath on second
floor, all modern Improvements. Shell
wing and counters complete. Price,
$500, OH very easy terms. This is an
investment worthy of immediate atten-
ton.
Many other we'll located properties
in different sections of the city for
sale on easy terms. Stop paying rent
and own your own home.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
SPECIAL EXCURSION TO HAIR
PER'S FERRY.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is
now ready TO contract with organiza-
tions, societies and Sunday Schools,
for special excursions to Harper's
Ferry. For full information and terms
apply at B. o. Ticket Office, No. GIG
Pa. Avenue between and 5 p. m.
week days.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
No Nor. Car wi,Sov Jor...

The Orleans Railway Company have
been improving their stock by the ad-
dition of an arrangement by means OF
which the passengers can ride with the
windows open, and yet be free from the
inconvenience Of wind and dust.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
MARRIAGES..

Popular school "marmS" who will
take voyage On the matrimonial sea
during the month Of June: Miss Dottie
Chisholm, Kate Wood, Estelle Lewis,
and Bessie Hall Hattie Quander.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
81 understand Gregory's wife is

something of poet"
mo truth in it"
How do you Know:
81 was down in Jersey with them
and drove by a meadow where lot
of lambs were frisking. and she said
something about mint sauce and
green peas."-Detroit Journal.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
EDUCATIONAL.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
WASHINGTON, D. c.
MEDICAL DEPARTMEN
INCLUDING.
Medical, Oentaland Pharmaceutic Colleges
WASHINGTON, D. c.

Thirty-second Session 1880 1900
will begin October 2, 1890, and con
tinue seven "a moths.
Tuition fee al Medical and Dental
Colleges, each $50. Pharmaceutic
College, so.
All students must register before
October IL, 1889.
For catalogue or further information
apply to
+. ]. Shadd, NJ. D., Secretary,
COL K. Street, n. w.
City of " ashington.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
ESrabl ! SSS
6YSBURNSTINE LOAN Off {,

5G1 Penn. Ave n,w.
Gold and silver watches, diamonds
jewelry, pistols, guns, mechanica,
tools, ladies and gentlemen's wearin
apperal.
Old gold and silver bought
Unredeemed pledges for sale.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
DUVALLS
SUMNER


2027 l. street northwest
Large airy Pavilion. Swings and
other amusements. Cigars, Ice
Cream, Soft Drinks, etc. Books
open for dates. Terms reasonable
Apply to J. J. Duvall at above
address.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
LIGHTNING A PUZZLE
NO REASONABLE GROUND FOR THE
GENERAL FEAR ENTERTAINED.

Facts and SpeculatioIis About Celestial Ar
tillery-Some Curious Performances in
Which the Dreaded Fluid Has INDUCED
Value of Lightning Rods.
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A Liberal offer From the Empire Laun-

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Cafe and Observation
Re2 g
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Is trr6n g..
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The best dinner for the money TO
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AsheyilIe.

ONLY Through Car Line is via Queen
h Crescent Route and Southern R'y
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
BEAUVOIR JEFFERSON DAVISS OLD HOME
purchased home TOT Coneaclaee

In all that has been said about siege train
there is no telling just how far the agreemen
between the American and the British regula
tons may extend in matters Of detail. Som
corsiderab bic difference in the routine Of cor
lecting the personnel may be supposed 10 ans
from the fact that while the artillery Of Cn4
Sans Army is divided into several regiments
that OF Queen Victoria forms one Royal Req
ment Of Artillery" numbering 3JWO men ans
divided into numerous sections, which are SUB
divided into batteries. The maintenance OF 4
permanent siege train on the Indian establish
inert, where elephants are used to pull the guns
until they come under fire, and the MID hindoo
bullock then ordered TO the post Of danger, may
introduce traditions and regulations OF which
the American gurners and teamsters knoS
nothing But, on the whole, a fair idea OF LIZ
character and working of General Buffers ua,
may probably be formed from considerable
Of what would constitute an analogous organ
cation under the Stars and Stripes.
1t is also worth noting that the siege train 3
essentially a reversion of the earlier uses OF a,
tllery-"to batter masonry. not men" In o.
days of the Cromwean wars the artillery rG
excellence was that intended expressly for 10
whole culverins distinguished from the lgh.
er demi- culverin5-and the cannon r0ya
which threw a projectile weighing sixty-thls
pounds, and, owing to the clumsiness Of its co,
struction and mounting, was calculated to ri
qure twenty-thrae horses to draw it. Gustay1
Adolphus of Sweden, the most progressive NIL
tary man Of that age, had devised and used
lighter ordnance. known as the Swedish "kA'
ter" but he probably enjoyed a practical MOI
opoly of his invention 1t was not until the day
of Marlborough that artillery began TO be us.
generally outside of siege operations. The Br.
sh Royal Regiment OF Artillery" the M
colonel of which, Albert Borgard was a Ger
man, dates from 11l6, and the field guns St'
dragged about in action by the men, not ID
horses. until Napoeons time. The deyeiopme,'
of the man batterng artillery was not seriousl
begun till after the invention of the shrspi-
shell in 1903
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

gard being had to their respective pecui'aii'i''
in action. The mounting proper OF the gun
upon which alone il is laid Tor hrihs' 10 nv.
built for mobility, but entirely the reverse.
Is a heavy affair OF riveted steel soiile'"'is
like the carriages OF naval guns htteu win
hydraulic brakes. 10 resist the recoii' aii""eeu
obliqueIy. In transit-as in the parade reieii.u
to above-these firing carriages. guns anu aH'
are placed on strong trucks ana eteanieu do
they are in action. with the wedges technic''iiE
called "pintle blocks" much as the wheel OIL All
ordinary furniture wagon is stcadied for loading
or unloading. These special mountings consul
tute the chief difference between the appear
anco OF siege guns and of field guns except as
TO their size. Field guns are transported on the
wheels from which they are fired, and Wheh III
action they are steadied by the heavy trail
or tail-whch, on the march, links them with
their 'limbers."
HORSES AND CARRIAGES
Resides the guns their firing carriages and
the trucks for transporting them. the equipment
NJ siege train comprises materials for a tim
Der platform for each gun. These platforms
have 10 be Of very massive build and OF sur
6cient size to secure a stable base for firing. SO
that the gun. once laid, may keep its bearings
accurately until fired. They are built or heaVy
timbcrS lald across edcn OlHcI, dliu lhcoS Tim
bers have to be carried on wagons. In addition,
there are ammunition wagons So that every
gun. howitzer or mortar in a siege train implies
an equipment of three wheeled vehicles II can
not be said with exactness how many horses
this would require for each gun, but six for the
gun itself four for the timber wagon and four
for the ammunition seems a fair estimate
Now TO return to the subject of cost, a D
t.tb &c fri qrC
less than 5000 The cost of big guns, 1t Is worth
noting increases with the calbre at a high ratio
bf geometrical progression 1O-inch breech
loading rifle is worth $4,000. The howitzers
and mortars cost about the same az, certainly not
less than. the rifles. The trucks and wagons,
with their outfit of timber, tools, blocks, hand
spikes for moving, etc, amount to, say, Sl.OOO
apiece Allowing 200 rounds OF ammunition TO
each piece OF ordnance, the value OF the load on
the ammunition wagon will average, taking one
piece with another, Sl.3I0-and 200 rounds is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

considering the nature OF the services, but the
highly trained mon commissioner makes All
the difference II is he who is responsible 10
the subalterns for the perfect working order OF
every hydraulic brake bolt, cog, lever ana
wagon wheel In another department ne Is
responsible for the feeding and daily care Oh the
horses The enlisted men under him lncIude'
II must be remembered, all the drivers VINO Will
taking the present instance, handle the 'eaiiiS
over some six hundred miles or more OF roao'
which the Beers have not been carefui 10 Keep
in repair for their friends from Wool"lch'
FINALLY II is a non commissioned officer VINO
regularly sights the gun for firing. one lieu
tenant is In charge OF every two guns IN ac-
ton and is. OF course, privileged to sight either
OF his own guns whenever he peasesi out this
is ordinarily a sergeants work.
In this country the supply of specially trained
non-commissioncd artillery officers is MAIN
tanned by means of schools of gunnery at sew
eral posts-Fort Riley, Kansas, FOR example
where there are comparatively large detach-
ments Of artillery. The personnel of field tram
would be taken, not from the coast forts Where
the men are drilled to the largest ordnance but
from the field batteries Siege gums, II Is true
are very different affairs from the light pieces OF
the field batteries but the necessity for moplllty
in a siege train brings its requirements III
handling nearer 10 those Of the field batteries
than to those Of the mmovable coast defence
ordnance The British siege train now being
prepared however is said to be manned from
the garrison batteries Of that army.
MEN HARD TO GET
-rrhe greatest difficulty in the matter OF md
,rs skilled on-commissioned officers" said a
veteran ordnance officer is the difficulty of pay.
The man you want must be a man of high IN
telligence and of considerable scientific tram
ing When a man of steady character, on whom
YOU can rely Cor efficient work attans this de-
gree OF trained intelligence, he becomes some
thing more than a mere barrack dsciplinarian
or a skilled mechanic and ii is hard to keep
him, when his term OF service is up, from going
elsewhere to earn pay much larger than the
Government can give him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
A NEW KIND or LITERARY DtEL

From The London Chronicle.
A new kind OF duel has been invented ID Nv
STA, M. NOvikoff has for several yean flea y
post OF Zemski Natchanik Judge and admins
traitor of matters concerning PEASANTS. ana Do
actively interested himself i'm the weiiafe =
these people, whom he considers to nave " .
very hardly treated. He mas written 4 boVh
picting the moral and physical misery o. ce'' o.
landed proprietors. An official IN another "
trict representing the nobility has also WIN
articles declaring the charges eXaggerateu ..
unworthy Of CredcncC. The literary duel selaa
likely 10 lead To Dloodshed. until the ioho""s
happy eXpedient was hit upon. v,,.
II was decided that the friends of NJ NV,
koff and or NJ BOdisco. the representsu -
the mobiles, whose action had been gra'e' -
pugned should. with the two antaeOlis's A..
the districts referred 10 and make tulI lhqurss,
II was moreover agreed that the WHIT ar
after this investigation. should be proven
should suffer literary extinction tha' 70 -, &
he should no more take up his pen W "a.
against (as the case might be) RUSSIAN -
antry After this. il is plain that theie H~ va
a duel even less bloodless than trehe" W.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

unskilled artillerymen would expose their com
rades to great dangers in the way Of explosions,
not 10 mention the waste Of costly ammu-
milton which would be the result OF a course OF
mere practice by tyros at ranges Of from three
to five miles. The proportion Of commissioned
officers to men-one captain, two first lieuten-
ants and two second lieutenants to 175 non
commissioned officers and privates-seems small,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

moderate allowance for a siege train intended
10 reduce town fortified like johannesburg.
An English paper puts the allowance as hlgh
as five hundred rounds to the gun, which would
increase the cost by about S2,UOO gun.
Then II draught horses at $500 apiece and II
sets Of harness at So, complete the average.
cost Of one gun and all its belongings NO al
lowance is here made ii will be observed. for
spare horses Thus summing up. the cost
will be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
vlyDlcATING AN OLD ADAGE.

From The Philadelphia North American Il
ct was discharged simply TO Vindca'e -
adage." said Simpkins.
"How was that ~. thersi
.-rhe adage saws. Where there smok.,
Ere, The boss had a rule against sneA''S
smoked and was fired
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

The siege train which the British Government
Intends for South Africa. If its personnel be as
signed in the proportion contemplated by the
United States Government, would carry twenty
Guns of all chara ,.ers. How the proportion OF
enc pattern to another would be regulated is
hardly worth considering here. since that point
must be settled by the commanding general
with view To the particular service for which
the train Is prepared. But it seems from the
foregoing figures that the cost Of the horses
and material, to say nothing Of troop horses,
eommissariat and other wagons, cannot be
less thar S2OO.0pO. even allowing amply for the
lower prices at which labor can be obtained in
the British Government workshops. Differences
in prices II steel and other prices Of production
may possibly cOuntcrbalancc this.
SKILLED LABOR REQUIRED
Ore popularity Of organization in a fe4
n IN the larger proportion Of non-commis
officers In its personnel. From the time IL leaves
the arsenal until It's work is ended 1t profit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

but little. II at all. by the services OF mere abe
bodied. willing broad -shouldered men; skilled
labor is needed at every point The guns tnem-
selves are delicate mechansms, when nave 10
be handled carefully. The horses must be wei
tended to be efficient And It is needless to re-
mark that when the time for shooting arrives
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08

son of his desire to push his
friend and old family physician,
General Leonard Wood, ahead in
the regular army. He told Gen
eral Wood, some months ago,
that he intended to make him a
Brigadier General in the regular
army, and it leaked out. There
was a food of protest from the
friends of the line Officers-many
of them influential Republicans
who objected to having them
jumped by a Staff Surgeon, with
the rank of Captain. Mr.. Nc
Kinley then tried to satisfy Gen.
eral Wood with something else,
but he would not have it that
way. preterring to stand pat on
the original promise This was
the principal reason for General
Wood being ordered to Washing
ton at this time, and not the
withdrawal of troops from his dis
trict in Cuba. as announced.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
No Right 10 Uglin SIS.

The woman who is lovely III II,
form and temper will always have y !
friends. but one who would be a,n'
tive must keep her health. II siV
weak, sickly and all run d own, /.
will be nervous and irritable !
has constipation or kidney tro1ole, Il
impure blood will cause pup,
blotches, skin eruptions and a WI :
ed complexion. Electric BitterS nj ri,
best medicine in the world to fesu'
stomach, liver and kidneys ana Io ,Iy
ify the blood. 1t gives strong nei !
bright eyes, smooth, velvety skill io y
complexion. 1t will make a goou'ii0 ~,
ing, charming woman of RUIZ" At
invalid. Only 80 cents q bottle ~
Il. Pearre's Drug Store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
Survey For Electric Road.

A survey has been made of the
proposed electric railway from
this city to Liberty, in which
several prominent citizens of this
city and county are interested,
Things are being shaped M for
the future, as it is not likely
that anything definite can he
done for the present owing to the
extreme activity in the iron and
steel markets and the high price
OF copper wire. The incorpora.
tors Of the company are James
w. LeGore, of LeGore; VIM. A.
Smith, of Woodsboro; Eugene
Hammond and S. S. Sappington.
OF Liberty, and f. L. Stoner. of
frederick. The name of the road
II built, will be The Frederick
Liberty and Emmitsburg Elec,,
trio Railway.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
Christmas Sale Of the Daught
ers Of the Confederacy.

The Frederick Chapter of the
United Daughters Of the Confed-
eracy will hold a Christmas sale
Ill the rooms of the Frederick
College, opposite the Court
House, on Tuesday, December II,
from 4 till 10 p. m. Supper will
be served with all the delicacies
Of the season for the modest sum
OF twenty five cents. There will
be a fancy table containing nun
erouS novelties which will serve
as Christmas presents. These
articles will be most attractive
and sold at reasonable prices.
The tables will be presided over
by the members of the chapter
and a delightful evening is prom
Used to all. The public is cordi
ally invited as the sale will be
only one evening. Let every one
enjoy this opportunity.
The following are the officers
of the Chapter Mrs. l.. V.
Baughman, president; Mrs. T..
q. McSherry, Mrs. l.. NJ. Nix
dorff, vice.presidents Mrs. f.
+. Smith, historian; Miss Nan.
me Floyd, recording secretary;
Miss Bertha Trundle, correspond,
ing secretary; Miss Julia William
sou, treasurer; Miss Alexis Nc.
Dannold, registrar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
Nj Young Refusal 10 Resign
81 the Request Of the
County Clerk

The action II Nr Nash Young.
ia refusing tur,,igl III. >car in
ttc clerks Office Of his county.
where hr has been for SONG twrury
yeal~. Aa, caused col.,jl.rabl,.
comment and 10 lirlle uewSuaprr
notorir;s Nj. Young contends
that under the law the INDIES
alone nave tile ligat 10 remove
him. notwithstanding. fine wishes
aftile clerk. elected ay H.. n.o.
pie 20 conduct tie Office II
would seem hut natural that fbr
clerk. WAC is the rrSDcu~Igr head
Of The Office and who il hrll 70.
,uou,ible for the couduct of tho
office. should have -ay as 10
whom he desires Ia call ~ aid him
in the conduct Of the affairs Of
tile Office. The iudres have
clearly defined duties and If There
exists. A we ara. sure tLer. docs
law of the character uoiut4d
out by llr. Young. il has been a
dead letter and may have hpen
passed 10 iii some partirular "a.
as recent laws were enacted for
particular reasons in this county
Whilst We doubt if our clerk can
secure a better man than Mr.
Young. il does not seem natural
tuat he should bee hammered nv
the court in the selection Of de sired
men To- conduct his offic. and wa
assume that the clerks ~ rula
are lust as comretept 70 iudp4 81