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The Washington times., 1903-09-13
POWERFUL CRUISERS
IN MARYLAND CLASS
Four Of Six Building Have
Been Launched.
WILL BE SPEEDY VESSELS
Sixty-six Guns of Different Calibers
Make Up Ships BatteTies-Accom-
modations for 1900 Men.

With the launching of the armored
cruiser Maryland yesterday, four of the
six vessels Of her class under construc-
tiOn are now in the water, and viii soon
be added 10 the squadrons of the Am
erican Navy. The three sister ships
launched within the past six months
are the Pennsylvania, West Virginia.
and Colorado. The California and South
Dakota. the other two cruisers of this
class, are still surrounded by scaffold-
ing in the yards of the Union Iron
Works, San Francisco.
The West Virginia was the first MEM
Der of this class TO take to the water.
Shortly after the christening Of the
West Virginia at Newport News, the
Colorado was launched at the Cramps
yard in Philadelphia and the Pennsyl-
vania was christened at the same yard
a few weeks ago.
Twenty two Knots an Hour.
All these cruisers are SOP feet long,
and have an extreme breadth Of 6915
feet. Their trial displacement Is
1850 tons, and their mean draft at
machinery in the Maryland will be
%. 600 horse power. It's engine will
make 120 revolutions in a minute. and
the boilers will have a steam pressure
of $50 pounds per square inch, giving an
estimated speed of % knots an hour.
The armament Of the Maryland viii
consist OF four S-inch guns mounted in
pairs in two electrically controlled tur-
rets, one forward and one aft. On the
main deck, at the corners OF the super
structure, Will be four 6-inch guns. On
the gun deck will be the main broadside
! battery of ten 6-inch guns, five on each
/ side. Eighteen 3-inch guns OF the sec
1 Ondary battery Will be located forward
! and aft on the main deck. In the sec
! ondary battery there Will also be
/ twelve 3-pOund, eight 1-pound guns,
! two 3-lnch rapid-fr field guns, two ma
| chine guns, and six automatic guns OF
small caliber mounted IN commanding
positions. and on the military tops.
! Accommodations viii be provided on
/ the Maryland for an admiral, captain,
/ chief OF staff, twenty-five wardroom Of
/ ficers, twelve junior officers, ten war
/ rant officers. crew Of $50 and ca
/ marines. When used as q flagship. the
cruiser will carry 7s2 men all told.
Armor Protection.
a water-Iine belt Of armor, feet
inches wide. viii extend from bow to
stern Of the cruiser. Abreast the ma
! chinery this strip VIII be inches thick
at the top and inches thick at the
| lower edge Elsewhere on the boat il
will have a thickness OF 313 inches
Above the water line armor viii vary IN
! thickness from inches 10 5 inches
/ Nickel steel protection viii also be
4 worked on the slopes of the decks A
! cofferdam extending from the bow to
! the stern. about 80 inches deep. VIII be
worked and packed with cellulose.
! For nearly the entire length the
/ Maryland Will have a double bottom
| carried up TO the protective deek
abreast the engine and boiler spaces
II viii be equipped with an ice plant, q
! complete electrical plant, printing Of
/ fee, and all modern improvements.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
HURT IN DRIVING ACCIDENT.

STRASBURG, Va. Sept. 12.-While
driving down a steep hill into Wood
stock yesterday, William Getz and his
grandson, Henry, who live near Saums-
Vile. were thrown from their buggy
and badly hurt. Mr.. Getz had several
ribs broken. and his head badly cut His
grandson was internally injured, and 1t
is thought cannot live Mr.. GetZ Is
about seventy-f1ve years OF age, and
the grandson fifteen. The horse is sup
posed to have been frightened by the
breaking of the harness.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
FOOT CAUGHT IN ELEVATOR.

Henry Howe. seventeen years old, Of
632 l. Street northwest, came TO the
Emergency Hospital yesterday. with q
badly mashed foot He said he was ele-
vator boy in the Havenner Building, and
got his foot caught in the elevator.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
Sarah c. HurIbutt.

Sarah c. Hurlbut. Little Marsh. Pa
age. eighty-fve; pensioned by special
act. as daughter Of Elijah Weeks, who
served two and one-half years. from
fall of 1776, as private in Capt. Josiah
Smiths company. Col. Thomas Marshalrs
regiment OF Massachusetts troops.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
YACHT ALOHA IN SWEDEN.

STOCKHOLM. sweden. Sept. II. The
American steam yacht Aloha. owned by
Arthur c. and D. Willis James. os New
York. has arrived here from Gothen-
burg.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
Rebecca Mayo.

Rebecca Mayo. Newbern, Va; age
ninety; pensioned as widow Of stephen
Mayo, who served as a private in tbs
Virginia troops as follows; Three or four
months, in fall OF 1875. IN Captain
Thompson's company, Colonel CampbelFs
regiment; thirteen months, from Febru-
airy 1. I777, in Captain Hawkins com
pany. Col. Charles Lewis regiment two
or three months. in 117S. in Captain
Hatcher's company, and from the spring
10 the following September. 1871. III
Cant. Andrew Hayden,s company.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
huried ON His Horse.

Lord Dacre, who died fighting for the
Lancastrians at Towton, England, in
1861, directed that if he were killed in
the battle his fayorite war horse should
be buried in the same grave with him.
According to his wishes, when his in
terment took place in Saxon church
yard after the battle a tremendous
grave was dug, and in it the warrior
was buried, seated upright on his
horse For centuries reflections were
cast upon the accuracy of this tradi-
ton, but few years ago while exca-
vations were being made close by the
reputed burial place of Lord Dacre the
pick of a digger struck into a great
bone, and upon further search being
made the skull of a big horse was
brought to the surface. AS this was
found almost at the very spot under
which the body Of Lord Dacre was
said to lie, it was accepted as confirma-
ton of the tradition, particularly as the
skull was found to be standing verti-
cally in the soil. The skull was re-
placed carefully in its original position
and the excavation filed up.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
THE COOKBOOK.

Peeled, chopped tomato sprinkled
over lettuce, the whole covered with
French dressing, makes a Russian
salad
To steam potatoes peel them and
when very clean put them in colan-
der over boiling water. Cover tightly
with lid and leave them until done.
Tarragon leaves are most useful in
salad and should be scalded, squeezed
in towel and chopped fine. This herb
gives Zest to the salad that is always
appreciated.
When making beef tea, never add
the salt till the meat has been cooking
for several hours. Salt acts upon the
fiber and prevents it giving out all its
nourishing properties.
A steak one inch thick requires to be
broiled seven minutes; one inch and a
half, twelve minutes; two inches,
twenty minutes, near the fire at first
and then four inches away.
A substitute for caper sauce is made
by boiling some sprigs of parsley slow
ly to let it become bad color. Do not
chop it fine. Set it in melted butter,
season with salt and dessertspoonful
of vinegar, boil up and serve.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
A New Profession.

Young Mr.. Inswim was hurrying
blindiy along the street toward a chem
lists with a bottle in his hand when
young De Trop hailed him.
De Trop - Hello, Inswim! I've
scarcely seen you for year. Where
have you been keeping yourself since
you were married?
Inswim-Oh, busy-busy all the time.
De Trop-I say, what are you doing
mostly?
Inswim-Pve got a new profession.
De Trop-What is it?
Inswim-Humorist.
De Trop-You don't say. 1 didn't
think you were much in that line.
Inswim-Im not a very glittering
success.
De Trop-What-er- sort of
work do you do mostly?
And then young Mr.. Inswim leaned
over and whispered softly in young
De Trop's ear:
"1'm spending most of my time try
ing to humor baby that's engaged in
tooth culture
Then he plunged madly on again to-
ward the soothing sirup shop. Lon
don Answers.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
A Fish Story.

Talk about fish and things of the
scar said he who claimed to be sea-
faring man. "'Twas in the year-well.
1t was good while ago and we were
floating somewhere around-well. one
of the oceans. One day we were head
ing SOU by sou'west, latitude forget
exactly which-when a ripple in the
water suggested the presence of a
shark. You can always tell a shark
by its ripple. He's got one of his own.
We never landed a good specimen, and
when he showed his head l could well
tell he was ten footer. I always was
quick and precise. A knife in me
mouth, jump, and l landed headfore-
most between the sharks jaws. Quick
as a flash l turned around With me
knife cut holes through his sides for
my legs and arms to pass through and
swan back to the ship Well, he was
a fine morsel, that fish was, and we
lived on him for weeks. Is it true?
Weif'-and he displayed a splinter from
the handle of the knife : Harper's
Monthly.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
The Amendment.

Wantanno-Here, read over this fea-
ture Of the proposed charter amend
ment and tell me what 1t means.
Duzno (after reading it carefully
eleven dmes)-It means that in any
case Of emergency the board of educa-
ton may employ or remove any teach
er or head of department If it can.-
Los Angeles Herald.
Material For a Whole Chapter.
"Have you-aw-ever thought what
you would do" asked the literary for
eigner as his cable train entered the
tunnel, 'if this structure should cave
In when you were about half way
through?
"Often," replied the Chicago man
IL should demand the return of my
nickel"
And the literary foreigner made Q
memorandum in his notebook. He haC
discovered another interesting peculiar
lty in Americans.-Chicago Record
Herald.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
The Expense of Canary Birds.

The keeping of canaries seems to be
a fairly expensive luxury. To start
with, really good bird will cost $50.
You can easily spend more, but $50
will buy a fairly good Norwich bred
bird. The food the bird requires con-
sists of various delicacies in the form
of rye, bread, rice, meal and vegeta-
bles. Canaries are liable to all sorts
of ailments, and this, of course, neces-
states further expense, for the treat
ment of these complaints is anything
but cheap. OF course, no fancier of
canaries would be content with one
bird; he must have at least a dozen,
and the cost of some of these will GER
tainly run to $75. Fifteen hundred
nollars per annum could easily be spent
In this manner without very big show
for the money.-London Tatler.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
CRUSHING A BORE.
The Authority on Natural History
That Sydney Suafth Quoted.

That Sydney Sufth Quoted.
Sydney Smith jokes have a delicate
flavor of age, but an anecdote in MEM
ories Of Half Century has not been
told so often as some of the classic
tales. Sydney was guest at the din
ner Of an archdeacon, and fellow
guest, whose hobby was natural his
tory, was a bore if once started on his
subject. Smith promised to try to keep
him in check. The naturalist got his
opening.
"Mr. Archdeacon," said he, 'have
you seen the pamphlet written by my
friend, Professor Dickinson, on the re-
markable size of the eye in a common
house fly?''
The archdeacon courteously said he
had not. The bore pursued his advan-
tage:
II can assure you it is a most inter
esting pamphlet, setting forth particu-
lars hitherto unobserved as to the unu-
sual size of that eye."
81 deny the factv' said voice from
the other end of the table. All smiled
save the bore.
'You deny the fact, sir?" said he.
"May ask on what authority you con-
denim the investigations of my most
learned friend?"
81 deny the fact" replied Smith,
"and l base my denial on evidence
welded to immortal verse well known
to every scholar at least at this tabler'
The emphasis laid on scholar nettled
the naturalist by its implication. "Well,
SIR" he said, will you have the kind
ness to quote your authority?'
81 will, sir. The evidence is those
well known, l may say immortal, lines:
''Who saw him die?"
'1," said the fly,
with my little eyep'
The guests roared, and during the
rest of the dinner nothing further was
heard on the subject of natural his
tory.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
A QUEER PICTURE THING.
Ehe Way One Art Treasure Nas Res.
cued From Oblivion.

Ehe Way One Art Treasure Was Res
cued From Oblivion.
Few chapters In the worlds history
are more curious and interesting than
that which deals with the fortunes of
IT'S art treasures. In the cathedral at
Montreal is, or was a few years ago,
large piece Of tapestry which had
been discovered in back street of q
New England town. The story is told
in Mrs. Silsbee's Half Century of
Salem"
One day certain Mr.. Miller passing
through Derby street saw a woman
beating clouds of dust from a CARPET.
Something peculiar in its appearance
made him stop and look closely at it.
when he discovered, to his astonish-
ment, that it was a splendid piece of
tapestry, with life sized figures
wrought from RaphaePs cartoon,
Feed My Lambs"
The woman was quite willing to
tell how she obtained it. 1t was, In
fact, q standing grievance to her. Her
husband was sailor, and when he
went out on one of his voyages she
had begged him to bring her carpet
for her best room. As it happened, he
did not visit port where he could
buy carpet, but rolled up in a little
shop on the quay at Malta he had
found the tapestry and purchased it,
thinking it might answer the purpose.
1t was too large for the room, and the
woman had to turn a big piece under.
She folded the piece back, revealing
part of the superb border of fruit and
flowers, wrought in silk and gold
thread, rs fresh as when it was first
worked. But the owner eyed it with
contempt. She never did like the
queer picture thing, she declared.
1t was the opportunity of lifetime.
Mr.. Miller promptly offered her the
choice of any carpet in the stores in
exchange for her queer picture
thing" and the woman as promptly
accepted the Offer They went down.
town together, and she selected, with
unbounded delight, hideous pattern
of glowing reds and green's Her face
was full of triumph when she re-
turned. The best room at last was to
have carpet that was carpetl
1t is safe TO say that no bargain ever
gave more complete satisfaction to
both parties than the one made that
morning in Derby street, Salem.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
WHY INDIANS PAINT.
4 Legend of the Red Men Explninl
the Strange Custom.

ACSChu VI thC ktcu men hXpkh1nA
the Strange Custom.
Once an old Apache Indian when
asked the question why his people
painted their faces told this little leg
end:
Long ago when men were weak and
animals were big and strong chief of
the red men who lived in these noun
tains went out to get deer, for his
people were hungry.
"After walking all day he saw a deer
and shot at 1t, but the arrow was
turned aside and wounded a mountain
lion, which was also after the deer.
When the lion felt the sting Of the ar
row, he jumped up and bounded after
the man, who ran for his life.
''He was almost exhausted, and
when he felt his strength giving way
he fell to the ground, calling on the big
bear, who, you know, is the GRANDPA
ther of men, to save him.
''The big bear heard the call and saw
that to save the man he had to act
quickly, so he scratched his foot and
sprinkled his blood over the man.
''Now, you must know that no ami
NAL will eat of the bear or taste of his
blood. So when the lion reached the
man he smelled the blood and turned
away, but as he did so his foot scraped
the face of the man, leaving the marks
of his claws on the blood smeared face.
"When the man found that he was
uninjured. he was so thankful that he
left the blood to dry on his face and
never washed it at all, but left it until
it peeled off.
Where the claws of the lion scraped
it off there were marks that turned
brown In the sun, and where the
blood stayed on it was lighter. Now
all men paint their faces that way
with blood and scrape it off in streaks
when they hunt or go to war;"
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
THE CARDS OF DOMINICA.
Fierce Savages Who Have Dropped
Their Man Eating Ways.

Their Man Eating Ways.
A recent colonial report on the Caribs
of Dominica is interesting. Very mys-
terious is the origin Of the fierce saw
ages, now almost extinct, who were in
possession of the smaller West Indian
islands when the first white man burst
''into that silent sea-" They showed
distinct Mongolian character, and 1t
would be hard to distinguish Carib In
FAINT from a Chinese child. Some twen-
ty years ago a Chinaman who had
drifted to Dominica declared the Caribs
to be his own people and married a
pure bred Carib woman. The resultant
child showed no deviation from the ma
tive type.
Today they have dropped their man
eating ways, but in the sixteenth CEN
tury they secured the Spanish main In
search of human food, and from Porto
Rico alone are said to have taken more
than 5000 men to be eaten. Though
Spaniards, Frenchmen, Dutchmen, ne
groes, or Arrowaks, were all meat to
them, yet these Caribs seem to have
shown preference for certain national
tiles. Davis, for instance, in his His
tory of the Caribby Islands," tells US
that 1.-The Caribbeans have tested of all
the nations that frequented them and
affirm that the French are the most
| delicate and the Spaniards are hardest
of Digestion" Laborde also, in one Of
his jaunts in st. Vincent, appears to
have oyertaken on the road a COM
municative Carib who was beguiling
the tedium of his journey by gnawing
at the remains of a boiled human foot.
This gentleman only ate Arrowaks.
Christians" he said, ''give me the
bellyache."
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
A GREAT WORRY CURE.
Common Sense Is the Best Remed
That Cam Be Prescribed.

Common Sense Is the Best Remedy
That Cam Be Prescribed.
once asked physician what cure
he could suggest for the worrying hab-
it. Il would prescribe common sense"
he said, land if a man or woman
hasn't got a stock on hasd and cannot
cultivate one the medical man is pow
erless." This worrying nonsense grows.
The best means to cure it lies in the
hands of the woman herself
If she Will just call little horse
sense to her aid, resolve not to borrow
trouble, to be cheerful and think upon
the right side of things, she will live
longer and be able to retain her beauty.
Every woman has the strongest desire
to keep her good looks. Why, then,
does she take the course which is sure
to make her yellow skinned, dull eyed
and thoroughly unloveIy?
The Englishwoman is greatly ad-
mired for her utter refusal to worry or
to be worried. Consequently she looks
young at fifty. Undertaking no more
than she can comfortably carry out
and firmly believing in the coming of
another day, she does not procrasti-
nate, but simply will not let the domes-
tic machinery grind her down to i'll
health and an early old age.
She is frequent bather and regards
health as the prime actor of life, to be
looked after before everything else.
She sleeps nine hours and also takes a
nap during the day, arranging her
work in the most systematic manner.
Her little memorandum slip always
shows two vacant hours-they are for
rest. She eats heartily, but of the most
digestible food, and would rather have
a mouthful of good food and go partly
hungry tNn eat Il whole meal of
cheaper things. gs.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
A New Piece of Music.

General Horace Porter, the Ameri-
can soldier. once asked Ii Hung Chang
Tor his photograph for his daughter.
The Chinese statesman kindly COM
Piled with his request and, getting his
paint pot and pencil, drew queer look
Ing figures up and down the portrait.
Handing it then to the general, he ex-
piained that the left hand column con-
tanned a list of his titles, while the
right hand side bore list of the posts
he had filled. When he reached home,
Porter gave the photograph to his little
girl, saying: Here's what you wanted.
If you can't read it, probably you can
play it on the pianop'
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
A German Custom.

In some parts of Germany the girls
have a pretty custom in which the
queen of flowers plays a part. If a
girl has several suitors and wishes to
know which of them would be true to
her, she takes rose petals and drops
them into bowl of water, giving each
the name of one of her admirers. The
leaf that remains floating longest repre-
sents the man whose faithfulness she
may rely on and whom she would
therefore do well to choose.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
An OrDhauF

A well known professor has bright
boy, who one day at the age of four
appeared in his fathers study clasping
in his hands a forlorn looking little
chicken which had strayed from q
neighboring incubator.
"Willie," said his father sternly,
take that chicken back to its mother"
''Ain't dot any mudder," answered
Willie.
"Well, then, take it back to its ia
ther," said the professor, determined to
maintain parental authority.
'Ain't dot any fader," said the child.
"Ain't dot anythin' but an old lamp!'-
New York Times.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
1t Mnkes Them Wild.

81 wonder why they always cali
them the wild wavesY" says the
thoughtful one.
Il don't know, but 1 think l know
what makes them Wild" says the
cynical one
"What?"
$50 many fools happen along, and as
soon as they see the waves they ask,
What are the wild waves sayingP ~
Baltimore American.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
Bedford the Foundation.

The Celestial City is clearly the fab
ric of Bunyan's own imagination, an
elaboration most probably of the town
OF Bedford, which, though not a walled
city, had its gates fixed here and there
to guard the town in troublesome times.
The gateways on the old Bedford
bridge, within which Bunyan was i'm
prisoned for so long and through which
he passed times out of number, must
have been foremost in the mind of the
great dreamer.-Bookman
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
Effective.

Bjenks-Do you believe in the possi-
bility Of the cure of disease by sug-
gestion?
Bjinks-Why, certainly. was feel
ing pretty sick last week and my wife
suggested that go to q doctor, and
1t cured me right away.-Somerviile
iMass) Journal.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
Nothing Peculiar.

Il told the boss that 1 would like an
increase in my salary" said the clerk
at the neckwear counter to the floor.
walker.
what did he say?"
HE said that everybody would
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
Toe ImpetuOus.

Tess-Why do you dislike him so?
Jess-Oh, he says such hateful
things. He told me last evening that
beauty was only skin deep, and
Tess-And you Immediately proceed
ed to show him how thin skinned you
re.-Philadelphia Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
Mikes PnndIa

Hogan-An' is he a blooded dog,
Mike?
"Blooded? l sh'd say he wuz. wy.
when he wuz pup tn doc had to bleed
him to kape him from bein' blood
hound, faithp'-Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
invitation.

Il suppose in the collecting business, :
said the inquisitive man, NEARLY ev-
cry man you go to see asks you to call
again."
ASK me?" replied the collector.
Some of them dare me."-Philadelphia
Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23

Two papers for the price of one
Ledger and Sacramento Weekly Rec
ord Mon for 81. 80 per year.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
"I've Lost Ten pounds -

A man says. uLook at this" And he
cver-laps his coat to show how loose it
is. There are some people who can lose
fat to advantage, but the loss of flesh is
one of the accepted evidences of failing
health. As flesh-rnaking processes begin
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
The Only Way to Prove 1t.

Inc OhAy why 10 IrONe HI.
(which do you think should be more
highly esteemed, money or brains?'
Brains" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. "But nowadays the only way a
man can convince people that he has
brains is to get money! Washington
Star
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
The Influence.

Jerry-How do good clothes make q
man a gentleman?
Joe-They make him feel as if he
was expected to act like one-Detrojt
Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
Earned 1T, In Chicaro

How did he ever get the title of
HonT"
He declined nomination for alder
man once."-Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
On q Shelf.

Mamma" asked little three year-old
Margie, "do people go to heaven when
they die?"
Eyes, dear, if they are good" replied
her mother.
"Then 1 guess grandpa wasn't any
good" rejoined the little miss, "'cause
when he died they just put him ON a
shelf in big stone house and locked
the oor."-Chicago News.