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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21

DEPRESSING. IIendersonville was my head
quarters, and her environments l will
describe to you. Hendersonvile is a
thrifty little town OF 2000 winter and
5000 summer population; eighteen miles
south OF Ashevile and sixty-three feet
higher on the Southern Railroad at the
iuncture of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
which leads directly west to Brevard
Troxaway, and that far-famed sapphire
country" which is truly the Switzerland
of America and is only thirty miles dis
tant Hendersonville is the county seat
of Henderson county. Three magnifi-
cent hotels. with from one hundred to
three hundred rooms each, sixty odd
boarding houses-three daily mails each
way-and can truly boast of the hand
soonest streets of any town in the United
States its altitude 2,JG0 feet and the
smoothcst, handsomest drives Zone hun
dred and fifty miles in various direc-
tions) anywhere,
From every direction magnificent
mountain peaks loom up. Far to the
west Caesars Head reas, his grim
yisaged face, and stands sentoral over
Mount Pisjah CVanderbilt's hunting
LODGE; while to the north, old Pinnacle
(nearby which is Bill Nye's grave and
Bear Wallow MISUNDERSTANDING your
northward course-while to the south
Mount Tryon (Which forces the Southern
Railroad express with two and often
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21
SCHOOLS HAMPERED
BY LACK Of ROOM
1t is Estimated That $4,000
Children Will Be Put on
Half Day Sessions.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

Especial Dispatch to The Tines.)
NEW YORK, Sept 21.-There is not
room enough in the public schools of
Greater New York for the children who
seek educa ton. AS a result 1t is csti-
mated that about 1900 children will be
put on halliday sessions. Last year the
total registrations was 467,713, and Of
that number over 10000 pupils had OPP
portunity only for halliday sessions.
Since then new buildings have been con-
structed with a capacity for 5000. The
registration this year is expected to be
about 10000 more than last year.
The registration of pupils started to-
day and the regular classes will begin
Monday. There are a number of school
buildings that were to be completed by
this fall, but have been delayed by slow
work on the part of the contractors
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21

attraction to the lover OF the landscape.
There are a dozen bold crags and cliffs.
The Catawba crag within five minutes,
the fine outlook from the South Eend. a
ten-minute walk, and but little further
off the Pinnacle Rocks, from which you
can waive your handkerchief to less
lucky friends In Hendersonville. twenty
miles away Raven Rock. Cloven Cliff,
Shower Cliff "a perpetual drizz!e herel
and others. and then Bear Pen cliff. from
which YOU overlook ..Iail.s Hole, and
It is nearly all hole
In order not to make this article too
long 7 shall name only few OF the
many welI-known SUBMITS visible from
the crest Of the Salola tthe SquIrrep IN
clear weather
Panorama from Sugar Loaf includes
among others: The Black Mountains
fSeeuovaksD. including both Chiduean s
and Mount Mitchell. the latter 6,5u feet
altitude. the highest crest east of the
Rockies: the Craggfes of Buncobe county
tSunnalee Mourtains). Plott Balsams
(Juualuskas) near Waynesville; Pisgah
-tElsectoss). and Cold Mountains. between
the forks Of Big Pigeon River tNeeohlat;
the Transylvania Balsams CAunaheStI
Mountalnsl: Great Hog Back Croyawayl,
near lakes of Sapphire: pinnacle of Blue
Ridge G\ohlassal. near HendersonVlile.
SPLENDID VIEWS.
Hendersonville shows clearly, and be-
yond ii Eeeck's High Tower. of Jump
Off Mountain (E,sseewah; the Saluda
Mountains and then Hog Back CTucka-
paw Mount Tryon and her neighbor,
White Oak: Kings Mountain. where the
famous battle of the Revolution was
fought The South Mountains, site of
the earliest gold mining regions in the
United States. near by. is old Shally.
Bold (Sokassa>, and between this and
our summit far below winds Broad River.
there the famous Essedaw Gorge, COM
monty known as Hickory Nut Gap;
Hawks Bill and Table Rock. that wall
in even the grander .Eeseeolah' Gorge
u.invilIe River): even beyond there a
glimpse of Grand Father Mountain and
of the remote Blue Ridge, near Blowing
Rock Southwark at night the electric
lights in Spartanburg forty miles away
can be seen and a little further east
ward (site of another Revolutionary vic1
torvl. that of the Cowpens.
From this summit to the southeast eX-
tends an oceaa-uke expanse, its horizon
as level as the Atlantic. the underhills
or Tarkow (Catawba Land. whiiest in
another direction the Appalachian high
lands rise boldly. the leafy oveChllls of
Ottaray (Western North Carolina1.
j. S. =.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21

Some Interesting Facts About
Youthful Couples Cleaned
from Census Reports.

washington special to the Atlanta
Constitution says:
When the census enumerators made
their rounds they found in the United
states 661 boys under fifteen years of age
who were married.
This is one OF the interesting facts dis
closed By the census report on the con-
iusal conaltion OF the inhabitants of the
United states There were 3,I81 married
girls under fifteen years OF age. The
infant widowers under fifteen numbered
thirty-three, and infant widows l2b. There
were. seven divorced boys and thirty Oil
.yorced girls under fifteen. New YORK and
Pennsylvania led in the number OF boy
husbands, each having forty-four. Texas
led in the number of girl wives. with Si7.
The proportion of young women who
are married is greatly III excess Of the
number of young men. as the figures
show that of the total number of males
between the ages of fifteen and nineteen
wears only one per cent are married.
while OF the females OF the same ages
100 per cent. were married. More men
are married between the ages of twenty
five and twenty-nine than at any other
age. while more women are married be-
tween the ages OF twenty and twenty-five.
The figures show that if a woman reaches
the age of twenty-five without being mar
ried her chances become very slim.
The figures show that there were IN
the United States 21.S49,Ts1 married per-
sons. or 36.5 per cent. of the total popu-
lation. The married males numbered L..
COS. 19s. or $50 Der cent. of the total male
population. The married females num-
bered 13.S'5.963. or 3I.2 per cent of the
entire female population. The excess of
married men over married women is
due largely to the fact that many for
eigners who come to the United States
leave their families behind them. OF
rhe males fifteen years Of age and over.
a.s ner cont We're married. and Of the
females of sfteen wears and over, $50 per
cent were married.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21
CRUISER DIES MONIES
LAUNCHED AT BOSTON

consumption Of coal, while the Des
Ncincs is expected to maintain her de-
signed speed practically indefinitely and
without an cxtravaSant use of fuel; and
inaslnuch as the Raleigh required 10000
horse power it has been possible to re-
duce the weight OF the propellinS ma
chnery In the new cruiser by more than
one~kalf. To give the cruiser q bunker
capacity for TOO tons Of coal, an amount
sufficient to carry her three times across
the Atlantic Ocean without recoaling,
giving a steaming radius Of about TO-
of0 niles at 10 knots or $500 miles at
I'M! speed. was merely an everyday
problem in naval architecture. To burn
this coal fast enough it was necessary
TO provide about 300 square feet OF crate
surface under the six water tube boilers,
and TO carry away the smoke in two
stacks. each rising 20 feet above the
crates.
TWO YEARS IN BUILDING.
The keel of the cruiser was laid at
the Fore River yard two years ago, ard
plate nv plate the steel hull rose from the
blocks until it looked like nearly com
pleted ship a steel hull is not difficult
to build in n modern shipyard. when a
hundred pneumatic riveters are at work
and the dark corners Of the interior are
thoroughly illuminated by portable cleo
trio lights. but when it became necessary
to cover the lower half Of the hull with a
sheathing of Georgia pine planks which
shall conform SO perfectly notonly to the
lines O the ship but to every little irreg-
ularity Of the plating that water cannot
find its way between the wood and the
steel. the task was one requiring patience
and skill.
1t is the peculiar quality of copper that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21
HER GREATEST DANGER

Being unarmored her greatest dan
ger is from a shot along the water line
which might cause her to fill and sink.
This contingency is guarded against by
water-tight compa rtments and a protec-
tive belt of corn-pith ceilulose. In addl-
ton there are about a hundred water
tight compartments in the ship. each OF
which has been carfully tested by pump
ing it full of water. The corn-pith cell
lulose which is packed between the outer
and inner skin Of the hull, is something of
a. novelty. Should water rush in through
a hole made by a shot, it would cause this
ccrn-pith to swell so rapidly that it
would automatically stop leak until per-
nlanent repairs could be made. The pith
comes from the corntields of the great
West In briquettes, and 6,720 cubic feet or
1850 pounds have been required for the
Des Moines. It would be interesting to
know how many acres of cornstalks it
has taken to contribute this great amount
of pith.
To guard against fire all the Joiner work
on the ship is made of fire-proofed wood
and is used sparingly at that, SO that
steel decks and bulkheads are the rule;
and to prevent Sweating when the cold
air outside strikes the steel plates and
condenses the warm air inside, the steel
is coated with ground cork. which is
mixed with white paint and acts as a
non-conductor The ships compass
will be protected from unnecessary mag
netic influences by the construction of
the pilot house, which will be entirely of
bronze
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21
Typical of New Class of Naval
Vessels.
FIRST OF SIX NEW CRUISERS
Woodcn shea.ing and Copper Bottom
Covering the Steel Huis Oistinc-
tive Features Designed for
Prote ction of Commerce.
,c,ec,., D;soatch to The Times

fspecia, Dispatch to The Times.)
BOSTON, MASS, Sept 2o.-The United
State protected cruiser Des Moines. which
was launched at the yard of the Fore
River Company this afternoon is typi-
cal of new class of naval vessels in her
construction and is equally distinctive in
many other respects. She is about the
SIZE of the Cincinnati and Raleigh, but
improved and moderniZed These earli-
er vessels were designed at the time
when the craze for speed at all costs
reached Its maximum, and to attain this
rpeed-which could only be maintained
for few weeks after they were locked
and cleaned on account OF their rapidly
fouling unsheatcd bottoms-Inany other
qualities were sacrificed.
A radical departure was made from
the previous practice of the Navy De-
partment, when, on March 8. 1899, Con-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21
Queer Signs at theWhite House.

Visitors and others who pass along
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of tho
White House cannot help noticing a sign
over each of the northern gates Leading,
into the grounds surrounding the man
sion. The signs are hung on the posts
at each side of the entrance and bear
this legend:
..ofice of Brothers. General Con-
tractors.
Each has an arrow pointing in the di
rection of the Presidents official home.
Ever since the work OF demolition OF
the White House interior was begun
these signs have been in place. The
contractors referred TO are engaged in
re,nodeline the Presidents house and they
evidently believe that the public IS en-
titled to know that they are doing tho
job Just why they should move their
Office into the White House never has
been explained. But they have done it
and are now transactius all their bust
ness amid the wreck of the executive
mansion
The scheme serves as a good advertise
ment, TO say the least, for the siSht-sser
from out of town invariably wants to
see the White House before anything
else. Since the grounds around the
building were closed to the public by
order OF Colonel Bingham they have
been forced 10 look at the White House
from a distance. for there always are
policemen on duty at the gates. The
disposition OF certain people 70 carry
away relics. combined with the actual
danger that would threaten women ans
children if they were permitted TO ents;
the grounds at the present time. led to
the issuance of the closing order,
E. e. q
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21

it "eXfoliates,'' or scales off, under the
action of salt water, and consequently
maintains a permanently clean surface,
since each eXfolaGon relieves the ships
bottom of barnacles and other growtils
which would ,etard her speed. If the
copper could be attached directly to the
steel plating the shiphulder's problem
would be simple one but if this We're
done on the bottom of a ship the gall
vanic action of the sea water upon the
copper and steel would soon eat away
the steel plates. leaving the copper I'M
supported. 1t 81. therefore, necessary to
use pine planking as a means of incula-
ton and to take the utmost pains to pre-
vent the sea water from finding its way
from the copper sheathing to the steel
plating,
FASTENING THE SHEATHING.
Therefore the planks We're fastened to
the Des Moines with the greatest care,
and to perfect the insulation 5000 bronze
balts We're used in fastening this sheath
ing to the steel hull Further to guard
against corrosion, the stem and stern
castings are Of bronze, the rudder. which
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21

A national convention ot commercial
telegram, teean in CHICAGO Yesterday.
fsenter,her { THE call has hesn sent to
fortv-three cities in the country. and II
Iarse attendance of deieRates is eypeet.d.
The purrose of the convention is to unite
I'll the local unions of tciesraphers re-
Gently formed into national body.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21
A GRAND HUNT

After filling my numerous professional
appointments and engagements with pa
tients through several OF the Southern
States. who met me there for treatment,
] had ten days left before opening my
sanatorium here September list, so 1 de-
cif,ed to take in this eastern wilderness
"a Ia wagon. four horse
I secured several other congenial COM
panions. and We got off one evening
about o'clock with all of the accessories
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21

three engines to climb a grade 30 feet
to the mile. the steepest this side of the
Rockies-to get to Hendersonville> frowns
on you; while to the east, in ali OF its
sublime glory. stands cid Sugar Loaf
lSaIo1aN
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-21

gress authorized the building of six new
cruisers of the Des Moines class. which
should in every respect be up-to-date and
fit for all the requirements of the new
American navy. One striking feature.
for example. was TO be the wooden
sheatlling and the copper bottom which
should cover the steel hulls For many
years Chief Constructor Hichboln stood
almost alone in his advocacy of sheath
ing for ships bottoms: but persistent ar
gument. combined with object lessons
from the reports Of ships in service, at
last overcame the prejudice against 1t
A COMMERCE PROTECTOR.
In the Des Moines il seemed desirable
to have a type of cruiser which should
be commerce protector instead of a
commerce destroyer and which should
not be too large to follow the flag into
the island harbors of the Pacific. For
this service d. good sea boat was desir-
able which should show an economy %
fuel and a large steanlins radius at
reasonable speed; and because such
vessel might spend much Of her une IN
southern hacbors where docking 1a@lh-
ties are not cbtainable, 1t was deemed
especially necessary to provide the cop
per bottom to which barnacles and OBJ
structive sea growth would not adhere.
OF cost in mind the Navy Department
spent some weeks drawing plans and
then began to publish books about the
new cruiser These books contained
many thousand specifications telling IN
detail how The hull and engines should
be built. what sort of material should
be used, and enumeratins everything
Gown to paper Of screws or q whet-
stone that the builder would be expected
to furnish Hundreds of dollars worth
Of paper We're required for the plans ana
hundreds of dollars worth of printed
sheets were rcquied for the specifications
and finally, after the various builders
had made their bids. the contract Tor tue
Des Moines was given to the Fore RlSer
Ship and Engine Company--the new yard
in Boston Harbor-in December of the
same year.
OF a NEW DESIGN.
The contract called for a cruiser. fore
ard aft rugged With two Tnasts and two
smokestacks with 4 straight bow and an
oTerhansnS stern-altogether a boat that
without the guns would look not unlike
passenger steamer. With a length on
the water line OF 292 feet and an extreme
breadth OF IL feet, she should have a
drauSht OF less Than l5 feet. which would
let fer into many q barocked harbor
Nhlcn the deeper war vessel could not
enter The specifications gave the new
cruiser twin screws and vertical triple
expansion engines, capable of forcing
the hull which 1t was estimated would
havc a full load displacement Of $500 tons.
through the water at the rate of IL IL
Knots an hour. a task which. according
10 the accepted standard of power, would
require the combined effort of 400
horses Although the earlier Raleigh. for
example. Vas designed for a speed of 10
knots. s!.e could scarcely maintain 2
Smyrna times., 1902-10-15
LesIle's Popular Monthly for October.

Of the eight unusual stories in the
October number of Leslie's Monthly,
five are fiction, and three sketches of
real events in the careers of men whose
lives are far more remarkable than of
any fictitious people. The story of
Harry Tracy, the latest of the Western
bad men, is wildly told and makes a
tale almost unbelievable if it were not
undoubtedly true. The career of w.
S. Devery, one of the most extraordi-
nary political figures of the time
among the lower order of politicians
and one whose recent campaign for
the leadership of a notorious district
of New York has brought him promi-
nently before the public, and the
record of the hero of ''The Autobiog-
raphy of Thief" These three human
stories are some of the most striking
tales that have been acted in the world
or told for many a day. The fiction of
the number includes a tale of circus
man, two Society stories and the very
amusing confession of book agent,
IN which there is more truth than
fiction.
An article on the great Beef industry,
now so prominently before the public,
owing to the close syndicate which
controls it, and an able argument from
Senator Money against suffrage re.
striction in the South, gives more
serious tone to the number. A shori
sketch of new theatrical star, anc
some short verses and stories fill out
the magazine.
Smyrna times., 1902-10-15

les the Legislative Branch They Select a
unity Ticket In Opposition to the "COm-
promise" Ticket Already in the Field.
Smyrna times., 1902-10-15
does Like Hot Cakes.

"The fastest selling article 1 have in
my store, writes druggistC T, Smith,
of Davis, KY, SIS DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, becauseit always cures. In my
six years of sales it has never failed.
l have known it to save sufferers from
Throat and Lung diseases, who could
get no held from doctors or any other
remedy" Mothers rely-on it, best ply
sieians prescribe it, and at Benton n.
WeldOn's drug store, Smyrna, and J.
). d w. Lattomus, Townsend guaran-
tee satisfaction or refund price. Trial
bottles free. Reg. size, soc and 81.
Smyrna times., 1902-10-15

William Uhlig was at Townsend re-
Gently engaged In putting slate roof
on the new M. E. Church, and stated
that bold thief tried to steal the
corner stone of the edifce. He was
actually caught in the act and had the
corner stone nearly out of the wall
when driven away and chased quite a
distance. A few coins had been placed
in laying the stone, and it is supposed
the thief was after them.
Smyrna times., 1902-10-15
!BUrE TO THOMAS 8. cOURsEY.

)er Entitled "The After-glOw" Written by
One Who Knew His Many Virtues.
ben the day had passed and the
: was approaching, between the
<A4how often 1 have beheld with
tion the after-glow. A few
& \pf variegated shapes fingered
be feld of exit, kissed by the
n-back rays Of the departed sun
out of sight. How beautiful in
RS and shading and changing
81 After a storm the sky had
and though the transcendent
of tie suns face was for the
veiled by dark clouds in the de-
7ay, he went on his way in
with a good promise for
The dark curtains did
face but hid it only for a
burst forth with greater
nee at the ushering of a new
Like true friend or loved one
a journey, throws back kiss
- 50 the sun gives us in the after
Mss of assurance and promise
,sstert things for the morrow.
ke as a silken thread through
ernment note, thoughts of a 2e-
4 loved one run with my reAec-
me days suns goodbye.
and more generous mind and
never animated a human body.
9 in purpose and practice, and
tive and true to fault as a friend
kindred.
evidence generously smiled on
for he enjoyed the luxuries of life
is taste, and as it was his pleasure
,ensed his hospitalities to hundreds
open hand. But being generous
1T, time of reverse environ
and loss came to his life when
.ree-handedness curtailed his in
"A and being blinded to the selfish
Of others, he became powerless
stand untrammeled financially, Gas
was in all his earlier days., until he
nt down in financial distress, but to
honored grave.
md though few may have doubts
/ clouded thoughts of him, throws
after-glow which like q halo Of efful-
Il light rests over the place where
vlaid him, and all who really knew
will join in saying his was life Of
llness far beyond the common lot
en-. And standing at his tomb many
ws, orphans and poor suffering
will say with grateful hearts: he
nv friend. Nothing is lacking in
fter- glow, withas it gives back a
4 te promise Of sunrise to immor-
and eternal life. r. ID.