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The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-18

compressed air. Heavy hose con-
meets these tools, which the workmen
carry about from place to place as
they are needed, with the supply pipe
from the power house, and riyets are
headed up and pounded in and the
rough edges smoothed off, practically
entirely by this means When the
Des Moines' sides were up and her
decks partially closed in, SO that the
depths of her hold looked more like
big black pit than the interior OF an
up-to-date ship of war, electric wires
were run through her hatchways and
dozens of portable incandescent
lamps were introduced, so that the
work might progress hour after hour
with perfect accuracy. Portable
FORCES for heating the rivets that fas-
ten the plates into one solid structure
stood in every corner, and while the
ship-fitter was at work in one place
the carpenter or the painter was busy
in another. The side plates Of the
cruiser were put in whole, leaving
the ports and other openings to be
cut out afterwards by means of cur
ious pneumatic tool, braced tight
against the steel from the inside,
which operated a sharp revolving
point.
Perhaps as interesting a process as
any to the average visitor, however,
is that by which every part of the
Des Moines has been made to fit into
its appointed place with absolute &C
curacy. After the navy department
has decided on it's specifications, the
Fore River Company's draughtsmen
spent a number of months working
out the minute details involved in the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-18

care of herself at this time.
The ills which vex so many women at
the change of life are entirely avoided
or cured by the use of DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. 1t makes weak
women strong, and enables the weakest
to pass through this trying change with
the tranquility of perfect health.
III have been very healthy woman, and this
time has been very hard with me :" writes Mrs
Maggie Morris, of Munson Station. Clarified
Co, Pa Box 10. al come to the time of
change of life, and have been sick great deal
OIL and on. When Mrs. Hemmis moved beside
me was sick in bed, and when she came to see
me and we were talking over our sickness, Mrs.
Hemnlis told me to try DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery,
also Pellets got her to bring me a bottle Of
each from the drug store and used them.
They did me great deal of good, and got two
more bottles of Favorite Prescription l never
saw such wonderful cure. Before COM
menced your remedies was good for nothing
was in such misery hardly knew what to do
with myself. now can do all my work myself
and feel we'll"
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are easy
and pleasant to take.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-18

tools, and the vast variety of appara-
tus operated by the clean, noiseless
power of electricity. The efficiency
of such machinery depends not alone
upon the way it is operated, but upon
the way in which the materials it
works upon are handled and fed to it.
Great steel ingots of many tons
weight must be moved quickly and
accurately to the giant hammers .hat
pound them into shape in the forge
shop; the long, heavy steel plates
must be even more easily manageable
in the finishing processes that fit
them for the ships side; the complet-
ed material, whether plate or angle
iron, Shaft or rod, must be carried
safely as we'll as easily and speedily
from one place to another. Power
cranes do this work and the number
and variety of them at the Fore River
yard is notable.
The crane that serves the forge
in which is one of the two largest
steam hammers in the country, cap
able of striking a blow of $50 foot
tons-can lift $4,000 pound weight
and carry it the length of the long
shop faster than man can walk, al
though it is soon to be supplemented
by another three times as powerful.
In the machine shop where the rough
ly shaped blocks of metal are turned
and planned and bored, there is a sec
ond crane of the same capacity as the
in fhn oh t., Tx.
tool shop, where the plates are trim
med and punched with rivet-holes, are
a number of little cranes, each serving
its own particular machine. The
ship house, under which the New Jer-
sey and the Rhode Island-two of the
greatest battleships ever planned for
any navy-are building, is really
nothing more or less than a huge
framework, from the top of which
four travelling cranes are suspended
100 feet above the ground to take ma
terial from the gravity railroad con-
Meeting the various shops with the
ship house and to put it directly into
the worllman's hands as 1t were.
Each crane can lift five tons and two
cranes can serve the same vessel at
one time. The Fore River ship house
is the only one of its kind in this
country and is, perhaps, the greatest
labor-saving device that has yet been
applied to modern shIpbuilding.
Even after a vessel is sufficiently
completed to be launched much heavy
lifting still remains to be done. Her
engines, for example, must be lower
ed into the hold, her guns mounted
and her stacks and masts must be
stepped. For work like this the ship
is taken into the "fitting-out-basin-a
deep-dredged channel with a heavy
concrete wharf running out into it,
on which is mounted the most re-
markable of all tho Fore River lift
ing engines rayeling gantry
crane which in its career of
useful me cruiser Des
I B 81 Is =. the fitting-out
piece of engin-
I. u E + bwork of wooden
+. + as built on the
Ind towed round
E . !, was carefully To-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-18

light ship and two torpedo boat de-
strOyers, the Lawrence and Macdon-
ough, which are now awaiting their
official trial trips. Scarcely two
months ago it launched the largest
merchant sailing vessel ever con-
structed in this country-the seven
masted schooner, Thomas w. Law
son-and it has under way the 10000
ton battleships New Jersey and
Rhode Island and two enormous steel
car floats to be used for carrying
railroad trains around New York har-
bor-the largest barges Of the sort
ever built and the first ever con-
structed Of steel. So that the Des
Moines, it will be seen, is in excellent
company.
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Gated in the proper position by a
submarine diver. Here it was sunk
and anchored by means of piling,
after which rocks and gravel were
thrown into it as a foundation for the
concrete. On the concrete are three
tracks on which the gantry crane will
run back and forth. Its steel arm,
with reach of 80 feet, is so adjusted
that it can be raised or lowered at
will and is powerful enough to carry
a gun or piece of armor weighing rs
tons, raise it to any height within its
reach, and lower it to any position
that may be desired, all with perfect
ease and precision.
The powerful hammers in the forge
shop-which can. strike blows heavy
enough to flatten steel ingot as big
round as a mans body. or light enough
to tap a watch crystal without break
ing it--are practically the only ma
chimes at Fore River operated by
steam with the exception Of the en-
gines at the power plant. Everywhere
else electricity and compressed air
are the source Of power, with the re-
suit that one of the most noticeable
features to the visitor accustomed to
the ordinary machine shop is the fact
that there is scarsely a foot of over
head shafting in the whole yard.
In the power house there are two
dynamos capable of producing cur
rent that would light a good sized
city and keep all of it's industries in
running order. There are two air
compressors, one with a capacity of
5000 cubic feet, the other, which is
held in reserve for emergencies, of
1000. From the power house, wires
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-18
MAKE MATTERS MOVE,
Oskaloosa Men Who Push Enterprises
to Success.

Abba Union.a Wherever the names
of Ben Wightman and w. G. Sheppard
are coupled with any coal operation
you can bank on it that something
will come of it. While in Foster Sat
urday we drove over the hills and hol-
lows to the new shaft ~ miles south
west of the town where VIM. Shelton
of Oskaloosa with dozen staunch fell
lows is putting down one of the best
holes we have ever seen in the state,
7x14 feet, lined with extra heavy tim
bers. They are now down 10 feet and
must go 200 feet before they reach
coal. They will not be ready for bust
ness till after the holidays. They
have 212 miles track to lay and pow
er of work to do. Don't think for a
minute that money and men and
mules will not be plenty in and about
Foster. The men who built Excelsior
and mined out all the hills south of
Oskaloosa and later found Carbonate
and took out fortune from the terri
tory northeast of Oskaloosa, and in
fact have been mixed up in he prin-
cipal coal deals hereabouts for %
years past, now propose to put on foot
the Excelsior Coal Co., of Foster. 1t
will be a go for these men have never
missed it. They have 1000 acres of
good coal back of them and a wealth
of cash and experience that cannot be
excelled by any two men in Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-18

81 had kidney trouble so bad" says
J. J. Cox. of Valley View. KY, that
couldn OF work, my feet were swol-
len to immense size and was conf1n-
ed to my red and physicians we're I'M
able to give me any relief. My doctor
finally prescribed Foleys Kidney Cure
which made :. well man of me-" Avoid
serious results of kidney or bladder
disorder by taking Foleys Kidney
Cure. Green G Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-18

to the city last Saturday to attend
the funeral other Uncle Calvin Tandy,
departed this morning for her home
in Bloomfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Blakeslee went
to Des Moines this morning to at
tend the Odd Fellows Convention
and visit at the parental Joseph
Blakeslee home.
Luther Carter of New Providence
was in the city over Sunday attend
ing the Yearly Meeting and making
preparations for resuming his school
work here this fall.
Mrs. Anna Townsley, who has been
visiting at the home of her father,
Joseph Upperly for some time past,
departed this morning returning to
| her home in EarlFApo
Miss wfnema Sss frank pembe,r
ton of Iowa Falls we're in the city
| Saturday visiting old school friends
and acquaintance. They departed
for their home this morning.
Mrs. Eta Turner of New Sharon
was In the city yesterday visiting
with her cousin, Miss Lizzie Thomp-
son of Minneapolis, who was spend
| ing the day with friends here.
Mrs. James Bruff and daughters
Misses Anna and Beulah, who have
been the guests of friends in the city
for some time past, returned this
NJ orning to their home in Atlantic.
Miss Minnie and Will Corstella of
Parnell, Iowa, who have been in the
city for the past day or so visit ing at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. T. Cor
stella, returned home this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs S 7. Slade returned
to their home in Des Moines this
morning after spending the past few
days visiting at the W. P. Hawkins
home and among other friends in
this city.
Miss Leo Dainer departed this
morning over the Iowa Central for
AlberT Lea, where she expects to en-
ter Albert Lea College this fall to
take special course in music and
elocution.
Mrs. s. B. Norwood, of Davenport,
was in the city over Sundayavisiting
her brother, Mr.John Norwood. She
left this morning for Moines to at
tend the Sovereign Grand Lodge
meeting of the l. o. o. F.
Mrs. Max Hirsch, of Enid, Okl.,
who has been in the city for some
time past, a guest at the Morris
Hirsch home, left today for Burling-
ton to attend the wedding of a friend
after which she will return home.
Mrs. M. R. Hornaday, who has
been visiting among friends in the
CITY and attending the Yearly Meet
ing, departed Saturday afternoon
for a short visit with friends in Ban
gor before returning to her home In
Okoboji,
Mr.. Harold Hooker, OF Spokane,
Washington, is in the city visiting
| for a few days at the home of his
aunt, Mrs. A. M. Duboc He viii go
from here to Ann Arbor, Mich, where
he is pursuing a course in civil
| engineering.
Miss Martha Reel and grandmother,
Mrs n. A. Harter, who have been
visiting friends in this city for some
time past, left Saturday. afternoon
| for their home in Abba. Miss Reel
returns today to resume her work
| in the High School.
Mr.. Verne Kitchener left for his
/ home in Cumming, Iowa, this morn
ings He has been trying farm life
| this swmmer and he says he has 100
acres lof the finest corn Gin Iowa.
Some loi thu ears measure thirteen
| and ons-hali inches in length.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-18

Keep the sys-
tenn in good
condition by
an OCCASION
al dose of the
Bitters. 1t
will restore
vigor to the
system, pre-
vent NJ alar-
la, r ev err
and Ague,
and cure Sick
IL Q a dach @,
Nervousness
Indigestion,
Dyspepsia,
and Insom-
MIA. Be sure
to try it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-18

Don't delay a minute. Cholera in
fantum, dysentery, diarrhoea come
suddenly. Only safe plan is to have
DR.. Fowler's Extract Of Wild Straw
berry always on hand.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-18

a rOI6 IllNST I'LL
raveling gantry
Yin its career of
VI me cruiser Des
the fitting-out
piece of engin-
pwork of wooden
JAS built on the
Ind towed round
was carefully To-
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-23

Another ridiculous food fad has
been branded by the most compe'
:ent authorities. They have dis
PEELED the silly notion that one
kind of food Is needed for brain
another for muscles, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish particular
part of the bog, but 1t will sustain
every other part. Yet, however
good your food may be, It's nutri-
ment is destroyed by indigesti OF
dyspepsia. You must prepare to1
tLeir appearance or prevent theii
coming by taking regular ,oS@s D
Green's August Flower, the tavc1
lite medicine of the healthy millions.
A few doses aids digestion, stimu-
lates the liver to healthg a-tion,
purifes the blood an max IS you
feel buoyart and vigorous You
can get DR.. Green's reliGrl m
dies at D. A. HendershdF.
Get Green's Special AlmaEs
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-23

o. R. Larson. of Bay Villa, Sum
days River, Cape Colony, conducts
a store typical of South Africa, at
which can be purchased anvthing
from proverbial needle to an an
Choir" This store Is situated In a
valley nine miles from the nearest
railway station and about twenty
FIVE miles from the nearest town
Mr.. Larson says: 'T am favored
with the custom Of farmers within
radius of thH ~ miles, to many Of
whom I hove supplied Chamber
lain's remepdtss. All testify to
their value in household where
doctors advise IS almost out of the
question. Within one mile of my
store the population Is perhaps six
ty. Of these. within the past
twelve months, no less than four
teen have been absolu'elf cured by
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This
must surely be record " For sale
by c. ". Grirr,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-23
Lots on Easy Pay
ments.

In order to give every one an op,
portuuity to own lot In Parkers
burg, we have decided to put TWEEN.
ty lots on the market on easy pay
ments. The price Is $500 per lot.
The terms Is $25 down and balance
S per month. They are located
close to Tarrapin Park, about if
teen minutes walk from the bust.
ness part of the town, and three
blocks from the electric car line.
The title Is perfect, and We give
you a general warranty deed.
Get one of these before they are
all gone. Remember there are only
twenty tor sale on these terms.
Ten acrss of beautiful land on
Parkersburg & Marietta car line,
one of the finest situations for a
home along the line; price $500.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-23
Women Got His Money.

MARIETTA, o., Oct. 22.-Wm.
Eduonds, a middle aged man, was
relieved of all his money In En-
NETT Hendershott's saloon, no
torious resort on Ohio street, to-
night. He fell IL with several wo
men In the place and was doped,
and lost all his money, amounting
to large sum, which he had saved
up to take an extensive hunting
trip IN the West Virginia noun.
tains. The police are investigating.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-23
PARKERSBURG
Real Estate.
How to flake
Money.

On March 23rd me sold a lady a
lot for $500; one month later we re-
sold 1t for her for $500; $500 profit
In thirty days.
On July 24th we sold a gentle
man a lot for $475; on August 9th
we resold 1t for $575 S1oo profit
In twelve DAYS.
On June the 5th two gentlemen
bought fifteen acres of land on the
Parkersburg & Marietta car line for
$3.50; on the nth of August we
sold It for them for IS, SEQ. $3.50
profit in two mouths,
What others have done can be
cone by you. Parkeasburg real es-
tate is the best investment you can
make. It has advanced steadily In
value for twenty FIVE years.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-23
Be Independent.

This IS possible through course
at the Wheeling Business college
Write for.iull particulars.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-23

A. L. Cone has opened a gun
and bicycle ship at 2I2 Diamond
street, and Is prepared to do all
kinds of repair work. 232t
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
LIVES or CREW ENDANGERED
German Steamer Called on Gun
boat for Protection.

boat for Protection.
Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 29.-The
German steamer Polaria, which ar
rived here today from Venezuelan
ports last Saturday, reports that
while at Carupano, 700 rebels attack
ed the place stubornly, and got inside
the town, where they were met by
a thousand government troops under
velutini. Severe fighting, lasting the
whole day, followed and ended in the
disorderly retreat of the rebels, sew
eral of the latter being killed or
wounded. Bullets repeatedly struck
the steamer and the lives Of her crew
being in danger, Captain Hoff, her
commander, communicated with Cen
eral Velutini and asked for protec-
ton. The general replied that the
Polaria must clear out, as she had
no right to be there. Her captain re-
fuser to leave the port and tele-
graphed the German cruiser Gazelle
at La Guayra, asking for immediate
protection. The Gazelle arrived at
Carupano Sunday and protected the
Polaria while the latter proceeded to
take on cargo. This work was COM
pleted Monday night and the Polaria
sailed under the protection of the
German cruiser, which also left Car
upano. The Venezuelan government
officials there were in fear of another
and more serious attack on the place.
Trade was completely crippled and
many atrocities were reported.
A dispatch to. the Associated Press
from Willemstadt, Monday, Aug. 25,
announced that details had been re-
ceived there of the re-occupationl of
the port CT Carupano, Venezuela, by
the Venezuelan forces. 1t would
therefore appear that the fighting re-
ferred to by the Polaria followed an
attempt on the part Of the insurgents
to capture Carupano.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
IRRIGATION IN COLORADO
GREAT WORK WHICH is NOW CO.
ING ON IN STATE.
An Exhibit Will Be Made Of the En-
terprises at the Forthcoming
Worlds Fair.

Worlds Fair Grounds. St Louis,
Aug. 29.--The irrigation exhibit which
Colorado will install at the worlds
fair will be modelled after the great
work now going on in the northwest
ern part Of Montrose county, one Of
the western tier of counties of that
state. The Gunnison river cuts across
the corner Of Montrose county from
Gunnison to- Delta county, flowing
through canyon. The river is to be
damned in this canyon and tunnel
several miles long is being driven
through the mountain on the west
side of the river. 1t will emerge on
the west side of the mountain, far
above the now arid lands lying along
the east side of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad. Here. the water will
be run into great storage reservoirs
and thence to irrigation bitches. Near
ly one hundred thousand acres that
are now barren will be made to grow
several crops year by means of this
new and abundant supply of water.
This exhibit will show to the worlds S
fair visitor how the deseret lands
are being put under agriculture not
only in Colorado but in many states
and territories.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02

by one of the most conservative pa
pers Of Kingston, gives some further
idea of the conditions at present OBJ
tanning in Jamaica:
"A curious phenomenon at pres
ent in Jamaica is the discrepancy be-
tween the optimistic writings and lee
lures of people and the actual circum-
stances of the country.
What is the actual situation? De
preston on every side, sugar and ccf-
fee estates going out of cultivation,
the people without money and with
only sufficient to eat, large numbers
of persons leaving the colony for
America and elsewhere and every
where and among all classes the
glcomiest anticipations regarding the
future.
1T may be said that this has always
been the situation, but certainly the
pessimistic note has never been SO
prominent as at present. We are not
commenting on it; we simply state
what is a fact. On the one side we
have the promise and on the other
we have the actual circumstance and
the discrepancy between the two is
what we are calling attention to-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
THE WAR GAME.
Army and Navy Maneuvers Begin at
Midnight Sunday.

Newport, r. L., Aug. 29.--After
months of preparation the final war
maneuvers by the army of defense
against an enemy made up of large
number of ships of the navy will be-
gin at midnight Sunday. The pre-
liminary work will practically end at
midnight on Friday and two days
will be allowed the attacking feet and
the army Of defense to get into posi-
ton.
In order to decide which wins the
imaginary contest which will 60
through next week, large number Of
umpires and observers have been as
signed to the different vessels of the
fleet which will be command by Ad-
miral Higginson. Each vessel Of the
fleet will have a navy umpire and
army observer, while each fort will
have an army umpire and naval OBJ
server
The army yesterday established a
signal and searchlight station near
the Brenton Cove life saving station.
This is the only searchlight that the
army will have outside of Newport
harbor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
PRESIDENTS DAY soF REST.
Hunting and Fishing Excursion DC.
cupies Holiday.

cupieS Holiday.
Newbury, N. H., August 29.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt rested today, after
nearly a week Of hard work in travers-
ing the New England states and deliv-
ering large number of speeches. He
passed the night at the "Fells," the
summer home of Secretary of State
Hay.
Today he went to Newport, N. H.,
20 minutes ride by train from New
bury, where he will spend the rest
of the day and the night in the great
park owned by the late Austin Corbin,
of New York. The visit to this park,
foremost among the game preserves
Of the country, was anticipated by the
president with much pleasure. He
will spend the night at the club house
in the park
During the morning, the members
of the presidents party put in their
time fishing and boating on Lake
Sunapee or in various other ways
enjoying themselves.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
MILES OFF TO ISLANDS.
Accompanied by Wife and Aides, to
Leave Wednesday,.

Washington, Aug. 28.-General Mel
son A. Miles, accompanied by Mrs:
Miles and his aides, Colonels Whit
ney and Maus, will leave Washington
for the Philippines next Wednesday.
Mrs. Miles may not go further than
San Francisco with the general.
st regard the trip as merely visit
to the army there said General
Miles. "It may be called an inspec-
ton tour, and Il shall make it point
to visit probably every camp in the
islands, although, as have said, this
matter has not been determined upon.
The visit will consume from 80 to 60
days"
The transport Thomas, on which
the general and his party will sail,
has recently been overhauled, making
her one of the most elegant and com
Portable of the army transports.