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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-03-23
A City Of Clubs.

1t may not be generally known to
the great outside world, but neverthe-
less it is true, that the women-folk OF
Olympia are Understanding race.
A confirmed club-going woman EMU
merates Il few Of their names to the
STANDARD, "The Woman's Club of
Olympia" leading, it being the pioneer
club composed entirely of women in
the State. After this venerable body
come many of lesser note, such as
"The Diversity Club" as its name i'm
plies, sort of variety affair; The
Eenati Club" fun-promoting; "The
Euterpe Club" musical; "The Entire
Nous Club social "among our.
selves" gathering; The Chatting Dish
Club" kind of "what is it" institu.
ton; 1.-THE Salmagundi Club" ditto;
"The Tam O'Shanter History Club,
mutual improvement; "The Mando
lin Club" musical; "The Sitton
Whist Club" anti-gambling, of course
Finally, there is a prospective socie-
ty under advisement, or as great men
and books would have it, in a sort Of
Hypothetical" state, bearing the sug
gestive name of "The Woman's City
Beautifying Club" the object of which
will he to tidy-up the town when dis
tinguished people come to spend the
day and see the sights. Such society
as this will be welcomed by everybody
and it should receive liberal encour.
agement and support from our citizens
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-27
The NickIe Plate Road.

Offers special advantage ,or summer
tourists on its peerless trio of daily express
trains. No. leaving Chicago at 2:3O p. m.
will be found a special favorite for Niagara
Falls, St. Lawrence river points, the Thous-
and Islands, the Adirondack and Catskill
mountains, and all lower Canadian points,
IA also to Rochester, Syracuse, Rome, Utica,
and all points in the Gennessee and Mohawk
valleys. Also for all northern and eastern
Pennsylvania and New Jersey points, EN-
bracing Elmira. Binghamton, Scranton.
Wilkesbarre, and all points in the anthra-
cite coal regions, also for Chautauqua Lake
points, every day.
Individual club meals with popular cuisine
ranging in price from 35 cents to one dol
lar on all our dining cars. No excess fare
or any train of the Nickel Plate road.
Rates always the lowest, write, wire, phone
on call on nearest agent or Mr.. j. Y. Gala
han, general agent, Ill Adams st. Chicago,
Ill.
All trains on the Nickel Plate road have
connections at Buffalo with all eastern lines
running trains from that point; also at
Brocton for Chautauqua Lake points on
trains Nos, 4 and 6, reaching Chautauqua
Lake the following day, early morning and
early evening. These are advantages which
should be greatly appreciated by all, and
especially tourists destined to eastern points,
Uptodate drawing room sleeping cars on ali
trains. Individual club meals, ranging in
price from 35 cents to one dollar on all din
ing cars of the Nickel Plate road. No ex-
cess fare is charged on any of our trains,
Write, wire, phone or call on nearest
agent OF Mr.. ]. Y. Callahan, general agent.
nj Adams st. Chicago, III.
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-27

popular government as could be
imagined. But would not the
cause of popular government suffer
still more should the party which
has taken up the task Of reviving
the Declaration of Independence
and our old-tashioned views Of ma
tional honor be betrayed by its
candidate7 In the present crisis
signs of surrender by that candi>
date to bosses or to moneyed in,
terests, or the exhibitions by him
of any of the marks of the quieter,
would be very disquieting to many
a gold democrat.
What we need in the presidency
now above all other things is an
honest man-not merely one who
is above picking pockets himself,
but one whose honesty is aggres>
sive -one who will not tolerate
Neeleys and Rathbones under him
nor Hannas over him, and whose
honesty extends not merely to
matters of money, but to matters
of principle"
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-27
MCKINLEY SIZED UP.

The New York Journal tersely
tell this truthful tale and sizes up
the weakling now sitting in the
presidential chair:
William Mckinley is primarily
a politician. He wears his princi-
Piles lightly. When he thought
silver popular he was a. free silver
man. He voted for free coinage
along with Bland when Bryan was
a boy at school. Later he CRITICS
ed the democratic party for not do
ing enough for silver and told how
much more the republicans would
do if they were intrusted with
power. In the republican conven-
ton four years ago he was afraid
to have the word gold" mention
ed. Now he is partisan OF the
absolute, unmitigated, single gold
standard.
In congress, when he had no of
fees to distribute, Mr.. Mckinley
was an ardent civil service reform
err. He became governor OF Ohio
and turned over the helpless luna>
tics in the insane asylums, and the
inmates of all the other state char
liable Institutions, to the tender
mercies of the spoilsmen. When
he was candidate for president
the first time he promised that he
would take mo step backward" in
the matter OF civil service reform.
When he took office he became
the first president to take a back
ward step since the reform was
first instituted under Arthur, tours
teen years before.
President Mckinley said that we
could never be guilty OF criminal
aggression" and then he began and
carried on an unnecessary war in
the Philippines.
He said it was our plain duty"
to give the Porto Ricans free ad-
mission TO our markets, and then
he not only accepted but actually
forced through congress bill levy
ing heavy taxes both ways on
Porto Rican trade. He promises a
pure government to our dependen>
cies, end he filled the public service
Of Cuba with thieves.
All these inconsistencies have a
single cause-McKinley is not his
own master. He speaks from the
good impulses Of his heart, and
then he does what he is told to do,
1t is impossible even to imagine
Mckinley making such a stand for
MS principles against the pressure
OF party leaders as w. ]. Bryan has
made recently. If we elect Me-
Kinley to office his words furnish
US no clew whatever to his proba>
Bile course after he gets into power.
To know what he is going to do
we must know the man who,
for the time being, is running"
him. In this case it is Mark
Hanna.
Another term OF Mckinley, in
volving the Endorsement OF the al
most unbroken record Of bad faith
which has characterized nearly all
the acts OF his administration, would
be about as bad a commentary on
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-27
To an intelligent person books an
newspapers are always good friends.

Often in the mountains the prospector
or tourist will be at loss to determine
the points Of the compass. All watches
can be used for the purpose, and to do
so all that is necessary, first, is to have
the watch. Yes; then point the hour
hand to the sun, and south is exactly
half way between the hour and figure
XII on the dial Point the hand inai-
eating w to the sun and IL on the
watch is exactly south. Suppose, again
it 10 o'clock. Point the hand indica-
ting VIII to the sun and the figure X
on the dial is due south.
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-27

Man largely works out his own desti-
ny. 1.-The is frugal and industrious he
can bs moderately happy and by adding
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-27

When ones conscience speaks there
wrong on tho inside.
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-27

DR.. walpole will look after your eyes
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-27

An affecting farewell from the editor
OF Calhoun, Georgia, Courier: "We shall
leave Leary to cast our lot elsewhere.
The place Of our future residence has
not yet been determined. 1t is proba-
BILE that we shall still cling to the news
paper business, for the inklings are hard
to eradicate when they fall upon as yield
ing proclivities as are ours. God bless
you all and make clear the dark places
in your pathways, and in the end may
we gather at the river" where bogus
advertisers, delinquent subscribers,
sorehead and rundown politicians, poll
ticsl demogogues, village gossips and the
man who knows how to run a paper
cometh not. And even unto such as
these, may the mercies of heaven reach
and save!"
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-27

He was getting home from business-he a
merchant we'll to do
The wheels of the electric car were throwing
sparks of blue,
And around him were acquaintences, who,
where they stood or sat,
BY look or word or gesture, were inviting
him to chat.
But quite ignoring all of them, except to
bow and smile
When hailed by some one at the door or Just
across the aisle,
He read with boyish eagerness, while speed
ing DER the street,
The poorly printed pages of little country
sheet.
He read of Tom Jones' enterprise in adding
to his barn,
And learned that Solomon Huddleson has
got a bran new yarn"
That '.,'Aunty simpkins gave tea," that
"crops are pretty good"
And that "Ab Bailey came to town and
brought load of wood"
Well, yes; these things are trltles, perhaps,
to you and me-
To him they are reminders of the times that
use to be;
And from his busy city life he glances back
with joy
To see the town that circumscribed his do
Each poorly printed paragraph upon the
Presents scene familiar or friend he
used to meet;
And maybe-you can tell it by the smiles
that quickly come
There's mention of his mother and the
other "folks at home"
Men wander far for fortune and find it, too,
and yet
The farm and slothful village and its folk
they ne'er forget
And there's not thing in city life which
greater joy can give
Than the little country paper printed where
they used to live.
Every partisan newspaper keeps two
pals in the editorial sanctum; one ie
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-27
OUR TICKET.
For President
WILLIAM ]. BRYAN.
Good enough in 1896.
Better in 1900.
For Vice-President-
ADLAI E. STEVENSON.
A good democrat in 1896.
A better democrat in 1900.
OUR PLATFORM.

For a Republic and not an Empire.
For the Money OF the Constitution.
For the People against the Trusts.
The daily sentinel., 1900-07-27

Every partisan newspaper keeps two
pals in the editorial sanctum; one is
full Of whitewash and the other full of
mud.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01

shrinking on a 13-inch jacket a most
delicate matter, and the strain on
those in charge is intense during the
fifteen or twenty minutes that the
Jacket moves slowly into place. From
he moment it is lifted from its posi-
ton in the furnace it begins to lose
heat, and every minute counts. There
is a clearance of only 4-I00th OF an
inch between the tube and the jacket.
and the latter hot, and heavy as it is,
must not be allowed to come into con-
tact with the tube at any point, or,
at any rate, any contact Elust be ex-
tremely slight and momentary. The
slightest touch might form a burr tina!
would cause the jacket 10 stick, re-
sulting in endless trouble ard expense,
if not the loss of the value OF the
jacket in material and labor. Hap
PLY, this accident has happened only
once, as far as I am able to ascertain.
and then it was not very serious one.
In all other cases this operation has
been a decided success, and usually the
jacket is in place in fifteen miutes at
ter it is taken from the furnace.
The parts remain in the pit for
forty-eight hours to cool, after which
the combined tube and jacket are plac-
ed in one of the large lathes, where
it is turned down to receive the hoops,
Viii cI,,- I
about two-thirds Of the length Of the
tube not covered by the latter. Each
hoop is heated and expanded and
shrunk on while the unfinished gun is
in a horizontal position, one of the
large cranes doing the work, after
which this enormous weapon is turned
down to proper exterior dimensions
and placed in the large rif1ing machine
and the tube rifed:
The delicacy of this operation can
be appreciated when one realizes that
the piece to be operated upon repre-
sents nearly 100000 worth of mater
ial and labor. The groo7es must be
cut just the proper depth and width
and length, and a cut too deep and a
cut too long, or any other mistake,
may ruin the gun. But the machine
is too perfect in it's construction, too
skillfulIy and thoroughly adjusted,
and too carefully watched and handled
by the man operating it for any such
accidents to occur, and after ten days
or two weeks on the machine the
rifing of the big gun is finished.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01

Charles F. Cannon, fresh from the
scenes of the boxer uprising in China,
has arrived in Beloit to visit his boy
hood home and is the guest of his
father, ex-City Treasurer e. M. Gam
mon. He was accompanied by his
wife and child-a little two-year-old
girl-who were with him during the
terrible siege of Tientsin, where Mr..
Cannon was stationed as superin-
tendent of the American Bible society.
They talk about the bombardment
of Pekin," said Mr. Cannon, as a ter
rible experience, and yet it is estimat-
ed that all told, 1000 shells were
thrown into the legations during the
entire Seige Of more than two months.
At Tientsin, however, "A 900 shells
were thrown into the settlement in
three weeks. The firing Of the batter
les was intermittent, the ganners stop
ping every little while to get cup of
tea but the small arms fire was cease
less and there was a continual rain Of
bullets. One could scoop them up by
the double handful anywhere in the
streets after the siege just as you can
scoop up the particles Of ice after a
heavy hailstorm." Mr. Cannon was
in charge Of one of the British gus
which threw the twelve inch shells,
and served throughout The siege. He
brought home with him several trunks
and chests filled with curios and relics
from the siege. Among other articles
is a boxer apron covered with its
wearer's blood who was enc of the
first to meet death. Mr.. Cannon said
it was one Of the peculiar beliefs Of
the boxers that they were invulneTable
and that accounted for 1heIr reckless
ness in exposing themselves in the be-
ginning Of the outbreak, Mr.. Gam
mon has no sympathy with the policy
Of the ministers in patching up diff
culties, but thinks that all the places
that have been marked by the boxer
butcheries should be completely de-
stroyed. Even while the deceitful Ii
Hung Chang is in Pekin talking peace
with the powers, he says the dowager
empress and Prince Tuan are melting
the natives to go with the fight
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
CANNON IN TRANSIT.

sembling, the tube is turned down to
nearly accurate dimensions. At the
same time the jacket is turned down
10 rough dimensions and bored out to
accurate dimensions, the interior d.
ameter Of the latter being q little less
than the true exterior diameter of the
former. When the interior OF the
jacket is finished the tube is turned
down to its exact exterior diameter.
The reason for this is apparent. II
the interior of the jacket, through any
possible accident, should nc bored too
large, the tube could be turned to fit
and the parts used without endanger-
ing the stron 9Th of the gun; whereas,
= the tube was turned down too much,
such would Lot be the case. To ap-
prectate the accuracy of the machine
work in sun construction it is only
necessary to know that all the dimen-
s!ons OF the massive parts must be
true to the one-thousandth part Of an
inch
The jacket is placed in q vertical po-
sition in the center Of a cylindrical
fice-brick furnace. where it is expand
ed. The brick furnace is enclosed in
al iron cylinder, with a large air
space between, and a heavy iron cover
fits over the top of both. A constant
supply Of air is forced into the bottom
Of the outer cylinder, where it comes
| into contact with burning petroleum.
a~d the heated gases resulting from
| combustion circulate around the jacket
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
When Tracts Were Trun1ps.

An army officer tells this story:
One OF my chaplain friends was on
an army transport, going south with
officers and men from various regi-
ments. The officers were playing
cards in the cabin from morning to
night. When Sunday came the chap
lain took good supply of reading
matter from his cabin, and was on
hand with it as the breakfast table
was cleared off and the officers were
getting ready to play cards as usual
Stepping to the head Of The table, he
said, good-naturedIy: Gentlemen,
tracts are trumps today, and it's my
deal All right, chaplain the officers
responded, give US a hand The books
and prayers were given out. No cards
were played that day. The chaplain
had his opportunity unhindered, be-
cause he showed tact in his way of
presenting his case.'-New York
Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
THE BEGINNING

Once i cherub ran away,
Wandered from the flock astray
While they Iomped in meadow skies
Like a lot Of butterflies;
Long they sought him everywhere,
Under clouds and in the air,
Where the laughing cherubs peek
When they play at hide-and-seek;
All in vain, for not a trace
Found they Of his chubby face,
Till letter came one day
From inc earth so far away,
Written with starlet dipped in dew,
Penned upon cloudlet blue,
And the truant cherub wrote
In most ungracious note
That he'd found the world so fair,
He'd become a baby there.
Now, when cherubs disappear,
All the others fluttering near
Whisper OF the fatal day
When the first one ran away.
Kate Masterson in Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01

and showed a greater endurance than
any gun previously constructed.
This new Brown gun will weigh
thirty tons, and is expected to hurt
a 600pound shell with a muzzle veloc-
ity OF 6SS feet per second. Such a
velocity would give the Drojectile, If
the shell weighed COO pounds. instead
of the regulation weight Of $50 pounds
striking capacity of 34,410 foot tons.
In other words, the striking capacity
per ton Of weight of gun would be
1880 feet tons at the nuzzle some
thing uneQualed in gun construction
in any country. The greatest length
Of this gun is 3712 feet, and it Will
be employed in coast defense.
The main building at Midvale con-
tains three unfinished castings of the
10-inch pattern. To one side of the
furnaces, upon temporary wooden
mountings, are two weapons apparent
ly ready for transportation
While this work of constructing
guns has been pushed so assiduously
at the Midvale works, equal activity
has been wageJ at the pig works d
the Southwark foundry and machine
company, Washington avenue and
Fifth street, Philadelphia, where the
war department has a contract for te1
10-inch disappearing gun carriages
and ten 12-inch mortar carriages
They are of the 1886 model The 10
inch carriages, according tc the stipu
Nations of the contract, must weigh
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01

tested at different points by the aE-
plication of strips of fusible metal.
IL the meantime the tu0e is placed
in vertical position, muzZle down, in
the shrinking pit, where it is firmly
clamped. Above the clamps stand
seventeen feet Of it's length, bright and
true, over which the jacket must be
shrunk, while a hollow brass cylinder
projects from the floor below through
the center of the tube, through which
there is a constant flow Of water at
an ordinary temperature. This, that
the tube may be kept at the same tenn
perature throughout and unaffected by
the heat of the furnace, only a few
feet away. So important is this thai
the slightest expansion of the tube
even the fraction of a thousandth OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01
A Village Croaker.

Out on the restful dry goods box.
The village croaker stands.
No sweat e'er mars his peaceful
wbrow,
Of labor grimes his hands,
But the muscles of his brawny jaw
Stands out like iron bands.
Day in, day out, from morn to night
You can hear his hammer clang,
AS he knocks the country, state and
town
With rattle and biff and bang,
And his voice is hoarse and over
worked,
His arms like mill sweeps hang.
At morning tide or noon or night,
You can hear his bellows blow,
You can see him raise his tired
arms,
And wave them to and fro.
And knock and knock and knock and
knock
With measured beat and slow.
He hammers everything in sight
Nor aught makes him rejoice,
Unless it be to listen to
The sound of his own voice,
And he knocks the entire neighbor-
hood,
With language hat and choice.
And on and on through all the years
His sad chin music flows,
At night he lays him down to sleep
In peace for we'll he knows,
Somebody hammered, somebody
knocked
Has earned a nights repose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01

an inch, might be a serious matter.
AS the jacket approaches the proper
degree Of expansion it is watched con-
stantly by the master mechanic.
Temperatures and dimensions are
determined frequently and with great
accuracy till, at the very moment the
proper stage is reached, the master
mechanic raises his hand, the giant
crane moves and is halted directly
over the furnace. The cover is quick
~ hauled out of place, the tackle hook
ed to a band around the jacket, the
block begins to ascend, and the large
cylinder is soon suspended in midair.
The master mechanic once more and
FOR the last time gauges its interior,
it is wiped off thoroughly, another sig
nal, and the crane moved a few feet
south, bringing it's burden directly
over the piece it will soon encircle.
Here it is accurately aligned and
careful man in charge. and, guided by
the abestos- padded hands Of strong
and perspiring mechanics, the heavy
load slowly descends. Not a word is
spoken, and the master mechanic
never takes his eyes from the burn.
ing hot metal, but by the use Of his
fingers as signals regulates the de
scent OF the jacket.
The accuracy with which it must be
guided, its great weight AMI the rapid
ity with which the operation must be
performed, combine to make the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-01

built up, that is, they are made up
of many pieces, and the manner of as
sembling the parts has many interest
ing features. In machining the parts
OF a 13-inch gun a degree OF accuracy
is required in shaping, turning, boring
and fitting found in no other work
done by machines on large masses of
metal. From the moment each piece
is placed in the lathe until the last
groove is cut the work must be done
with the greatest care,
The gun proper consists of a long
central steel cylinder, called the tube,
on the breech end of which a larger
steel cylinder, called the jacket, is
ahrmk, and a number Of other cyl
i"ders, called hoops, shrunk on over
&I. In preparing the parts for as