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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
The Armor of the Maine.

The decision OF the Board Of Construc-
ton to reduce the belt armor of the new
battIeship Maine from twelve inches at the
top to eleven Is OF great Importance, since it
will apply TO her sister ships, the Missouri
and the Ohio, and may influence succeeding
groups of battlcships.
The chang, which was suggested by tho
Messrs. CRANE the builders of the Maine
Is made in order to prevent her from draw
ing more water than was desired TIE
original project, we think, contemplated an
addition of three more vessels in dimcn-
sions like the Kearsargc, Kentucky, Ala
hama. Illinois and Wisconsin. These YES
sells are 36S feet long by IL feet 81 (,
inches in extreme breadth and 23i3 feet
mean draft, dieplacing II. 525 tons. Their
estimated speed is Ia knots, produced by
10000 horsepower, and the normal coal
supply of the Alabama trio 500 tons. with n
full bunker capacity OF 200, under nomi-
nal loose stOwagc. We should then have
had eight vessels Of that class. But as rs
knots was behind the times for new battle
ships, it WAS finally determined to give tho
Maine trio I y knots.
For this, accordingly, 10000 horse
power was planned. That meant more
machinery, and to accommodate this, he
sides giving NOR" coal space, the new plans
calling for 900 tons Of normal supply
and 5000 bunker capacity, it was found
necessary to make the vessels 20 feet
longer, or 3SS feet. the breadth re-
naming the same. These changes in.
creased the calculated displacement to
Ia lrnf 70
feet TO-. inches. This result occurred al.
though the four big turret guns in the
Maine trio had been reduced to the Pinch
Calibrc whereas the other five vessels just
spoken Of, and in fact all our first-class
battlcships yet laid down except the Iowa,
carried four l3-nch guns.
But the A. inches Of additional draft
were not very acceptable. 1t is true that
the Indiana, Massachusetts, Oregon and
Iowa are still deeper, having - inches
mean draft; but that Is defect in our ear
lier battlcshps II means maximum draft
aft about three inches greater. with all
stores aboard, and 23' seemed IA much as
could hc allowed for mean draft in order tC
have our buttlrehip7 enter every import an
port on the coast. In this particular lies
great difference between our own am
European ironclads, which are habi;uall,
deeper, because they do not have To h,
adapted 10 harhorS rs shallow As tn,
building uf the Main" went on il became t
question whether she would not even cxccc,
- feet lu'4 inches in mean draft.
The Board ~ Construction accordingly lie
cdcd to take offenough ofthe Names armu
to make her dispaoe 1900 instead o
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

The Russian Army manTuvres this year
are carried out on an unusually large and COM
prehensive scale. The conditions will be made
to conform as much as possible to those OF real
war. Inasmuch as many OF the newest methods
and inventions applicable TO war purposes in
the way OF balloons. signalling apparatus. for
the passage OF rivers and the conduct Of night
attacks. will be tested during these operations.
important results are expected.
In some OF the military districts the exer-
cises that precsde the manpuvres have already
begun. According to the Rnsski Inrdlid the
total force that will be actively engaged for the
next few weeks In these manPuvres is
4e1 battalions Of infantry 341 squadrons Of
cavalry and 2+0 batteries OF light and field
artillery. with the various auxiliary corps re-
quired to complete an army taking the field.
This Is a larger force than the entire peace
strength of the Austro- Hungarian army.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
Dilettante and Professional.

Always in the forefront Of enterprise,
| whether journalistic, medical or croupierial.
| Mr. JAMES GORDON BENNETT is now en-
gagged in making public demonstration OF
| the extent and variety of the resources OF
| his European establishment
As has long been known to everybody,
| the newspapers and health cures which Mr..
| BENNETT edits in various quarters of the
| globe employ two kinds OF talent, diet
| tante and professional. The styles and
! methods are widely different. but each
has its part In the stupendous econ
omy. Perhaps the best representative
of the dilettante journalism of which
| Mr.. BENNETT is the creator and sole
| proprietor is the person introduced to
the public by the NeY York Herald on
Monday last as DR. AALsTEAD BoYLAND,
the well-known physician, who sometimes
when travelling corresponds for the Herald
in dlettante way" TWAS DIR. BoYLAND,
according to the Herald, that concocted the
outrageous Interview with DEWEY which
has stirred to indignation tho respectable
press Of this country
The only authority, excepting Mr.. BEN
NETT himself, that appears to know any
thinR dooul tle "ell-hho"h Dr' HALslEAp
BoYLAND is Torn Topics. That publication
informs us that he was an electrical mas
seur in Paris until he began to correspond
" WV ' ~ " e' 49, -
tante way.
Mr.. JAMES GORDON BENNETT seems to
appreciate the fact that his masseur's
latest performance tends to discredit the
dlettante department OF his great interna-
tloldi eSldblSlllilelI' ne mas tnereIoTe
turned on his strictly professional talent.
with the subiOined result as printed in the
Eren'ng Telegram OF Thursday and admir-
ingly and consplcuously copied yesterday
morning on the page OF the Herdtd that
| faces the eulloriai page:
"tBr SPECIAL CABLE
PARIS Thursday.-when you go ACQUIRING don't
| take your dog win yo"
nam" e,, .. nos 'ta, ,,e
and s,u il in his tronsers a. prec,ution,ry meas.
ure against indignant kicks
THE Mahn says this young swain is engaged to a
charming young lady but a marie lady whose
nun. nuSo1 ,,,, - enp'.sa III INC oo'''""' 0"'e'
"rhs mother n, bis ,ancao cxnostu,,tod ,,,,rs,
hi. indifference to the young lady the future part.
ner of hs1ife.
"RAofL promised - be more serious. but con
r..r ~nou tho hn. hand " on, anu
| .,Th. o,hor da, ,,,,t ,,.,,ha, mt, ~. oo..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
ROBINSON CRUSOE GOATS
A Pair from Juan Fernandez Sent TO the
Park by Ex.Mnyor Grace.


Two goats. William and Annabe from Rob-
inson Crusoes island of tho coast Of Chilli.
were received mt the Central Park Menagerie
yesterday. They were sent to Director John
B. Smith by eS- Mayor William X. Grace. and
had been brought here from Valparaiso on one
OF Mr.. Graces steamships The animals are
lineal descendants according to tho genealogy
given to Mr.. SMITH of the goats Robinson Cru.
soc found friskinR about the lonely island
when he was shpwrecked there. They
are altogether unlike tho species that
browse upon tin cans and circus posters in this
country, the only feature in common being the
short. erect tail. Robinson Crusoe's goats very
much resemble antelopes. The most distin-
gushing mark OF the billy is long and thick
black beard. His head il black and there is a
black band about thu neck and another rum
ming along the spine. His sides are white and
the rest OF his body is red and black One Of
his long horns is almost straight and tho other
Is very crooked. The female is smaller than
the male and Is red in color.
The animals were placed in the deer house
under charge Of Keeper Phil Holmes. Director
Smith ordered the menneorin, painter to pre-
pare a sign for the goats stall that would catch
the eyes OF all children visiting the menagerie.
informing them that the animals came from
Robinson Crusoe's island.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
Freezing Out Yellow Fever,

To THE EDITOR THE SuS-Sir' Some years
ago. when yellow fever was epidemic in the MlSSs-
sippi valley. Memphis being tho plague spot. the
two notable incidents of tho epidemic were Jay
Goulds charitable gift Of 100000 and the nrst fail
OF frost. which dspelled the fever.
Now. what the elements did in that case human
ingenuity ought To- do in this. Why not utilize cold
storage machinery for hospitals and ships whereby
all wearing apparel and bedding can be thoroughly
disinfected?
ships transit in low lat!tudos when fever 10 de-
vcloped. will thus hnd assured relief and con.
hdence would he restored with the knowledge that
this upo.dato improvement was in operation
abroad. k.M.
Troy, y. Y. Aug. 3.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

A company to breed and import hares
has been formed in Indiana. 1t hopes to raise
1.0VQO00 hares year and to sell their fur for
the making Of crush hats Tho Indiana Demo-
Gratis cannot view this company without alarm.
The hares are European hares. and European
influence In this country Is only too great
already, as Col. BRYAN knows. 1t Is danger
GUS to allow corporation to control 100000
hares hare trust will be the certain result.
Finally. what are crush hats but the luxury OF
an overgrown plutocracy? Congress should
be petitioned to prohibit the importation OF
European hares.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

To THE FpTroR or THE SUS-Sir' At last some
one has had the good sense to take up the plush.
covered car seats! Not minute too soon!
There ar, many great objections to this style of
covering. They hot. uncean and annoying
that it's dificult to get seated
The plush attracts the clothing particularly all
woolen goods. as magnet does steel You stick
fast.
Times ont of number !. q woman, with an umbrella
or package, have gotten so wedy.d t. the plush seat
that going In out has been disagreeahle under
taking. All success to "G c." Down with this
nuisance
Cars are always overheated. No danger to wea
people III substituting leather or cane.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. COMMON SESsK.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

whatever. The newspapers In this town OF tho
continuous or yellow description boldly answer
the question in the negative. They assert that
any corporal punishment OF criminals. young
or old. Is. for any cause or under any circum-
stances. or OF no matter how mild a deserip-
tlon. wholly improper.
1t Ia time that the attitude Of these newspa-
pers and the animus OF their sensational stories
should be clearly understood by decent people.
and that public sentiment should be aroused
which shall protect those In charge OF reforma-
tory institutions from wholesale SANDER
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

ton and on this point the board Is pOsl.
tive that she will, and that the weight taken
Off will result in greater speed and less
draft. or course the contractors profit by
the change, since the same machinery Will
be surer Of reaching the guaranteed 10 knots
with less weight to carry; but the lighter
draft is public gain, II nothing material
Is sacrificed In protection.
1t is remarkable how ship armor, instead
OF growing thicker and thicker, as seemed
inevitable a few years ago, has lately been
growing thinner and thinner. Even our
second-class battleship Texas, OF 1915 tons,
has l2-inch armor, while the battleShips OF
the Indiana type carry 1s-inch side armor.
When the Iowa was built the side armor
was reduced to 14.inch. Then the Kear-
sarge and her mate and the Alabama trio
had armor 1917 inches at the top, but
only o. at the bottom, the wnter-line
thickness being 1917. The Maine trio were
designed for 2 ut the top and SO at the
bottom, but now the maximum side armor
Is reduced to / / inches.
The explanation Is the constant increase
in the excellence of armor, n less thickness
giving equal resisting powers; and this, OF
course, Is the ground taken by the Board
Of Construction in the case Of the Maine.
There is an exactly analogous change going
on In the guns that attack the armor. In
stead Of a constant increase In size, which
was once the rule, we see steady decrease.
No one now thinks OF putting on new battle
ships the big 16-inch guns Of some earlier
English and italian ships. The improve
ments In construction allow smaller calibres
for effective work, and the smaller the guns
are the more rapidly they can be fired.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
NEW YORK. Aug. 4.


10 THE EDITOR OF lHE SUNNI have you seen
the streetcar masher? The editorial article in The
srS OF to-day on the bicycle masher has the drec'
ton, but II does not go FAR enough
Reload. rcadjnst the rhngehhher ana pant not
shot on the Streetcar mnsher.
Like the bicycle masher. ne mas set hims"t MP oe-
fore a glass and merged IN Killing attire fou
wont see him ofton by day lie nu'tr' after dark,
usually AFTER the theatre car IL gone lie comes on
between and 2;30 A. NJ
Between these hours honest, well'meahlhs work
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
Eew-FanEled Dog Days.


Such dog days
As these
Fail to please
Old-time Forty miners
In iheir ease.
It's hot to-day.
It's cool to-day,
I,.,vo,,o .dor
C.lr, - ho.,i,u ooo.
uA..,,,h,,,, -. -, .,
Nnsth,ro,,,.i
Old dog days
Began
When man
Yawned and opened his eyes
In the A. NJ.
The yellow heat
simmered and beat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

The town Of Adams, Mass, is almost
beneath the immediate eye Of Gen. SAMBo
BowLEs. There. II anywhere. should young
men shudder at the name Of imperialism and
turn the back TO militarlsm. II Is both sur
prising and painful then. to learn that thirty
Adams men have just enlisted for service in
the Philippines. Can a republic be safe in
which the admonitions OF Gen. SAMBo BowLEs
are thus neglected almost within sound Of his
continuous mutations?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

The investigation OF the alleged abuses
at the New Jersey state Industrial School In
Trenton has, like all other similar lnvestiga-
tions which have taken place hereabouts with
in the last few years, settled down into the
simple question whether the managers Of the
institutions shall or shall not be allowed to re-
press disorder and preserve discipline by the
use Of any system Of physical punishment
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
The Woman scnlptors.

The statement having recently been made in the
public press that Miss Enid Yandell was the only
woman sculptor member OF the National Sculpture
Society. Mr. Barr Ferree. the Secretary. writes to
say that this is an error. In addition to Miss Yande
the sculptor membership OF the society includes
Mrs. II. H. Kitson of Boston and Miss Bessie Potter
Who. like Miss YAndell now lives In New York. -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

The discussion OF Malthusanism in our
columns has. in our opinion. gone far enough
10 nut the arguments for and against the
theory fairly before our readers. anu n continu-
ance OF It would weary them unnecessarily.
We therefore decline to print any more COM
munications on the subject
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

In Missouri the antitrust dinner has
been followed by the anti Trust picnic. Mis-
souri, used to be the land OF tarif-reform pic
MICS Where is tariff Reform now? The hub
bub against Trusts will die away into no less
a siannA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
Adiustnble Cane or Plush.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir; would sug.
gest revolving chair. cane on one side and plush
on tho other. resting on pivot so that it can be
easily adjusted for summer or winter. ]. s, c.
BoRovGH OF THE BRONX, Aug.4.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
Too Huge IA Moral Lesson

From N, Lahore T1bunc.
II is said that the barber who ran amuck In
Wachhowali the other daY was not on good
terms with his mother-in.law. Unfortunately,
IeISt ion OF MS aid not Ike TINS. and on the
he fell aboard OF the man and gave him huge
moral lesson to ponder over with the above
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
High Compliment for the Now York
Evening Post.


The Ne'r York Eren,n0 Post is considered.
next perhaps to THE Sun. tho best edited Of
the metropolitan dalies. The Posts editorials
are the products OF trained and brilliant minds
and. while sometimes vindictive. the Post is
always reAdNble.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
- NIObe.''

To THE EDITOR OF TIE suS-Sr; There is but
one logical name for the inevitable. 1t cannot
be otherwise than =" a mobe." That can mean moth.
ing else. J.w. NJ
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. Mass. Aug. g.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

Progress of Scientific Forestry Work on
(OrneIIs Big Reserve.

PRINCETON. n. J. Aug. 4-Prof John Clifford,
who was recently elected to tho chair OF for
estry in Cornell. has returned to Princeton
from the Adirondacks. whore he has been
making improvements on tho 10000 acres
owned by Cornell near Axton. Prof Clifford
reports that over a million small trees OF dit-
past year. 1t is his intention to take all the
students Of forestry to the Adirondacks estab-
lshment each year for practical work as a
finishing touch to theoretical work at Ithaca.
Prof Clifford has been assisted this summer by
Prot Roth OF Cornell University and squad Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

Uouy friends who favor vih r1dnussrfptt for pub
hcdou vi 10 haze rejected articles r,turnsd hep mus
In oil edtY i,nd ttdnpi for hdt purpoS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
The Case Of the Rcinn Mercedes.

From he Nrw HarSn ErenlHg Rrgist,r.
We agre" fully that it would he a very vulgar thing
10 keep this vessel upon exhibition. The po.nt Is
particularly we'll taken since she not destroy ed
by our vessels but whether destroyed or not tho
American dollar aud the America. seaman can no
put TO better uao than 10 exhibit th, prize Of war
If she was tho head u savage chirft.n stuck on
pole. We cannot quite Z a. far as to RECOMMEND
her return to Spain, whatever becomes OF her. Tho
most sensible course. II she Is worth IT, is to At hor
for service and change her name, II she il worth
les she should lie towcd 10 navy yard aad an.
chored, to end her days in peace aud Iuiet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

Paris Mosque No. IL. near Grand Hotel. and
Kiosque No. 10. Boulevard des Capucines.
The Yale expositor., 1899-09-15
CHAPTER III.

There was a most bewitching smile
upon her lips now as she laughingly
replied to some remark of her COM
panion, who was leaning forward
swinging his stick backward and for
ward and trying to knock off the heads
of some daisies; but his head was
turned toward the girl beside him. at
whom he was gazing in rapt atten-
ton.
"Who is the fellow" murmured the
stranger, as he put up his eye-glass
and surveyed the individual in ques-
ton with an air of curiosity not UNI
mingled with envy. Her brother?
Fiddlesticksl More likely her father!"
with a shrug of his shoulders, though
an unmistakable cloud gathered upon
his face as he noted the unpaternal
manner in which he had laid his hand
on the back of her chair and was list
ening to her words. Il can always
come within a year or two of any
body's age, and that fellow is either A
or 45 if he is a day!"
The man to whom the stranger at
| the window set down so decidedly to
play the unromantic part of pareLs
had the word Bachelor" written upon
every line of his countenance. At the
same time he was MISUNDERSTANDING
| parsonage, gentlemanly in appearance
rather than handsome, with a clean
shaven face. clearly cut features and
dark, almost fascinatingly determined
eyes set deep beneath overhanging
brows which gave character to an
otherwise unremarkable face.
For the past few minutes, however
the spreading branches Of the trees
had thrown everything into shade. Bu'
the sun was setting in crimson glory
and one golden shaft strayed beneath
the dark, heavy foliage, where 1t lin
gered for a few seconds to bring GU
he lovely blending of tints in the girl!
nut-brown hair and to light up ever!
feature of the man by her side.
THE deucew broke involuntaril!
from the strangers lips.
Yes, sIr-beg your pardon, sir
Cheddar cheese or Stilton?" The waite
was engaged brushing crumbs from tn
next table, but in an instant he wa
at his post.
"Neither" was the brusque reply
"But"-with a OBTAINING gesture
have you such a thing as a visitors
list? II you have, let me see It,"
Certainly, sir. l will bring it a
once"
And the waiter smiled TO himself a
he followed the direction of tn
strangers eyes and then turned away
It was astonishing what an amount z
interest he could raise by the mer
| mention Of Miss Luttrell and her te
or twelve tNousapd a wear!
(To be continued)
The Yale expositor., 1899-09-15
OLD WINE.
May Become Too Old and UNIT to Drink
nv Deterioration.

May Become Too Old and UNIT to Drinh
nv Deterioration.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
There is such a thing as wine being
too old" said a member OF the board
of trade. chatting with some friends in
the front Offices. 81 had that illustrat-
ed at my house the other day under
rather interesting circumstances. Back
in 1S4S Gen. John M. Lewis, who was
then sheriff and afterward MAYOR Of
New Orleans, gave my uncle basket
Of four-year-old champagne. My I'M
Gle afterward moved north, taking that
and other wines with him, and on hia
death. in the early sixties, the basket
was still intact. There had possibly
been some agreement about opening II
az a certain time, and, at any rate, the
champagne remained in the family cell
lar untouched, and only last month my
cousin. now in New York, broke the LOT
and sent me down four bottles. | was
naturally curious to know how the old
wine would look and taste, and few
DAYS ago. on the occasion Of little an
niversary at our house, ! opened one
of the bottles. l had considerable
difficulty in removing the cork with
out breaking it, but 1t finally gave
way. There was not vestige of poi
and the wine ran out perfectly deac
and limpid. 1t was pale amber in color
and had a faint, peasant bouquet. bu
| tho ironrisoned gas that had once giveI
It life and sparkle we're gone forever
It was interesting as relic, but not Fl
to drink, and some friends who arr
connoisseurs said that it had evidentl!
been deteriorating since 1870 It's
great pity my northern relatives hell
it in too much veneration to sample !
about that time"
The Yale expositor., 1899-09-15

ard. They have been here more than
fortnight now; as they generally d.
remain for a month when they come
l don't suppose they will be going till
the end of that time Her ladyship is
Miss Luttrel's guardian"
"Ah-she is an orphan, them"
Eyes, sir. Squire Luttrell died just
about two years ago. You will no
doubt have heard tell of him."
"Luttrell of Luttrell, do you mean
Oh, yes-of course have! He was one
of the largest landowners in Blank
shire. Who has inherited the prop
erty? Had he SOM"
mo; Evelyn is the only child, and
has come in for everything, l believe.
They say she will have something like
ten or twelve thousand a year."
Really !"-and the speaker turned
to the contemplation of the Julienne
soup, considerably astonished at dis
covering in the curly headed mistress
of the black poodle Miss Luttrell OF
the far-famed Luttrell court and
owner of one of the finest estates in
the county.
He had almost finished his dinner
and was quietly contemplating q
peaceful stroll round the ground with
one of his best Havanas, when a SHARP
bark made him look up just in time Il
behold the black poodle once more
dashing across the lawn in hot pursui
of butterfly.
In and instant he was all interest
If the dog were there, his mistres!
would not be far away; and even al
the thought passed through his min,
the same laughing tones which hat
been ringing in his ears for the pas
half-hour were borne distinctly towart
him. Bending forward. he saw tn
girl herself. slight, graceful figure
leaning back in one OF the low bambo,
chairs which stood so invitingly be
meath the shade Of the trees.
The Yale expositor., 1899-09-15
OFTEN Dangerous.

"By the way" said lady at dinner
party, do you know that there are
times when it is dangerous to enter an
Episcopal church," What is that,
madam" said the bishop with a dig
nifty, Strengthening himself up in his
chair. IT say there are times when II
!s positively dangerous to en-
ter an Episcopal church." she
replied at once. THAT cannot
be-" said the bishop. pray explain
madam" why" said she. at is wher
there is canon in the reading desk, g
great gun in the pulpit, when the bish'
CD is charging the clergy, the choir Is
numbering the anthem and the organis
Is trying to drown the choir"