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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10
NAVAL VESSEL IMPROVEMENTS.
What Has Been Effected Since the Days OF
the Civil War.

The Tribune recently gave summary OF tne
growth OF the navy OF this country from the Ouliu
ing of the first steam vessel AFTER the oeSis"'
oP Robert Fulton and showing how the navy was
br,i+ IN for the Civil War from forty-two vessels
N n total of ST. and giving the number OF vessels
now on the Navy Register. But IN addition 10 these
data there are other interesting facts toucnlis
u1pon the evolution of the war vessel with winch
nersons outside OF the navy itself are hardy tali
to- although they know that great Improvements
have been made Take the vessel In Itself 1ne
weight of the hull under the best circuIlls
will approach only about 30 per cent weight Oh 'ie
comnleted ship; in other words. somewhat more
than one-half of the displacement OF the vessel
when ready for actual service will represent 'ne
guns armor. ammunition, machinery coal. stores
and other equipment. Therefore the naval archl-
tect has the problem to solve OF constructing
hull which shall carry double its own weight ana
AZ en- with a minimum amount of material and an
insurance of safety
,rba shin must also be unsuitable. hence its sub
division into water-tight compartments but which
must be so designed that access may De mad from
one 70 another by doors that must also be water
tight when closed and must be easy Of closing In
addition TO the water-tight compartments as
measure Of safety In case o. ngnsn % ss
has devised a belt OF ceulose. a material which
posed 10 water. Immediately swels up so as TO ex-
IN the o. matter Of ordnance there
development OF this branch of engineering since the
h mV produced weapon which. at the end OF the
(i-ti War was recognized 5 the best In the world
The guns in the Civil War principally smooth
bores: to-day the navy has the modern high-pow-
ered steel breech-loadlng rifle, weighing many tons
erd driving at an immense velocity huge pro-
Jectle. The ordnance authorities aver that lZ.,-
}nch breech-loading rife. OF twenty cahores In
length and weighing eighty-three tons Will with
n povder charge OF 624 pounds. carry shell weigh
ing $50 pounds velocity of over ESQ feet sec
ond and giving an energy at the muzzle capaDie
Of penetrating over forty-fve inches OF iron.
y Other instances OF marked advance IN the fight
ing power ships have been In armor and pow
der The development in quick firing guns mas
been remarkable being carried far that they are
made a. largo eight-inch cAHore. the latter nr-
~ about tKtce ths ordinary-bre
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10
TOOK CURIOUS ROUTE.

..c,,,;r of the curious routes letters sometimes
take in reaching their destination. saId an oiu
reVysr,aper man, reminds me OF an extraordinary
,-,orc. hid in 1901 when I received two let
tors which had been mailed to in 1888. thirteen
wears before / had been with friend in WASH
ington I'D TO early In 1888, when concludeo that
would go 10 my old home in Boston renamed
IN Position a few days, going from there 10 New
VII IN the mean time I had left my frieno
az washington and my movements were so SUI
den that ne did not at any Tune kIio" eAao'''
where TO find The two letters 10 winch nave
-efarred were sent to my Washington address, ana
fortunately fell into the hands OF my friend NJ
,,,ourine exactly where I after hearing tfiat
7 had left Boston. he did not know where 10 seIu
the letters SO ne just kept them thinkhs ina
he would finally learn my ADDRESS ana "ouiu o'
than, on 10 me. While loafng around IN New oih
I was suddenly seized with desire to go 10 f-u-
-ona and without saying anything 10 any one
about nv intentions l boarded a snip anu &c "
for foreign lands. For nearly -FOUR years
abroad and during that time whlle coIhlLd1iio
,rg with relatives friends on this side never
,,,-o+a m NV friend whom had left in "ashlIs-
ton for I did not know his address ana coulo ee'
M +-ace Of him. He had left Washington in the
mean time and had come South Ihese Iac4s 7ter
~ no,traa I1nknown TO ne at the time never
heard word from him. ana never sne" az yetrI-5
% America in fact not until the year 1901 Wheh
10 1d6aniV ran across him in the city of New
orIaans secured employment here and was sur
nrised one day find that was "0Ihi ~ -
same office with my long lost friend by Je 81 LET
he said when we first met, I have coupe OF le1-
tres for which have KEEP I'd ior Wv ashngtoI-
in Isss He gave the letters Ihey Wsle , az
Low friends and asked my friend what had pc
come OF the boys, telling MN %not M said and
have beer dead for number of years slPp99v
these two boys 9leu faIIre 10 answer their letters
Sor fhey never knew the letters had not reacheu
II was amount Of pathos in it and one TOO
which is frightened by the pretty hese Years
for for me ''-(New-Orleans Times-Democrat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10

am not superstitious." the official added. but
l do believe that cats bring good luck. and
since i come to think about it, there's not
cat in the building here. I'll have one for my
room though and I'm glad you called 10 talk
about cats I'll have black cat here before the
end of the week and I'll not ask the gov
eminent to pay for its keep. Perhaps the trouble
here lies In the fact that have no cats My.
my how unthoughtfu the part of all of US.
and the official got out of his large chair and
paced the
While there is no fund for the feeding of cats in
any of the departments outside OF the postof1ee
all the public buildings in Washington have their
full supply of feInes the Treasury being the head
centre of catdom. and has been ever since Score
tary Spinner introduced women into that depart
ment as clerks. There cats there of every
description and previous condition of servitude In
a great many instances these cats have made HE
a burden TO many of me employees. and at different
times orders have been issued by the powers that
the immense building be cleared of felnes-an ORDER
which has never been successfully carried out Tor
where one cat is driven away two come to take us
Mace The basement and sub-basement are run
of cats and many of them are as wild as March
hares 1t is said that some OF these cats IN I-ie
Treasury Easements have never seen CIVILIZATION
and are not on terms of friendship with any OF
the employees religiously avoiding coming in con-
tact with any one On the other hand, there
are cats in the Treasury which Will not WISH any
part OF the great building except the of1lces Oh
the high officials and clerks and there Is d con-
stant and never ceasing warfare going on between
basement and upstairs cats. One old ASH coIofed
tom known TO all the clerks as Devil Dan bears
the reputation of being the cock OF the walk ne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10

loader. The rapidiy Of fire OF the smaller sizes Is
almost incredible for IL has been observed at
trials that many FIVE prOjectleS were IN ths
air at from six FOUNDER. or the machine
guns the Calling among the earliest. OuI the
Maxim gun Of to-day IRE many as six nun
cred shots a minute From the SLOW burning pow
der. made IL used to be mainly from salt
petre and charcoal. the snOkeless powder has de-
veloped. a combination resulting from the treat
ment OF cotton with nitric acid, and. as compared
weight is required for the weight OF pro1ec-
tile. Compound 2rnOr first superseded BY
steel armor. and then came the armor made ~
the Harvey process from single tDgCt, instead OF
in having a hard face with a softer back The
Krupp plate IS however. said to be superior 20 the
Harvey. and one Of twelve inches in thickness -
capable OF great resistance as HarVeylzed
plate Of fifteen inches II is said
In the matter of light the talow. or rather.
the spermaceu candle used almost exclusively on
warships until recently. has had 10 give 20
the electric hight But the revolution in water
supply. for both cooking and drinking purposes. IS
greater than the change IN lighting. No longer Is
be carried IN casks and tanks. Every ship fitted
with condenser. distiller and aerator for making
pure and sparkling fresh water. both palataole and
healthful for drinking and cooking from salt
distiIl. shown by the excellent health
OF the crews Of the naval vessels. while the SOL
diers OF the army suffered from typhoid and other
diseases due to the bad water they were Obliged TO
In the matter OF machinery IN the modern vessel
and boiler power greater while they take I'D
less room than formerly The old shell boiler has
given way 70 the water tube boiler q very large
extent. and a the latter offers great reduction
they win in time be used in all big ships. well
in the smaller
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10
SALMON AT THE AQUARIUM.

The Young salmon exhibited in one OF the srnal
upper tanks of the Aquarium were recently taken
70 +he ground -four, having outgrown the small
tank In the larger tank the fish, now q year anu
q half old and from two to four inches long, diS-
mort themselves TO their content The salmon
swim in a manner, differently from that OF any
of the other fish in the Aquarium Ihey weave
I'm and down and to right and left through their
fellows which line inner side of the glass 'front.'
ENJOYING the flow of fresh water at that point
They are restless and can see in the zgzag-
cling upward motion with the fash or the slIVery
,,ndarhodv at the turn. the rudiment or the IN
stiuct that takes the adult salmon TO the hedu-
waters of streams, over falls and past the rochS
which the ingenious salmon fishers have construct
ed 70 ensnare them. In the imagination TOO olle
can see in the small flashing body. lighting up Iiie
fabric of Intervening fish, the BODY OF d IdIs9
salmon flashing in the sunlight as ne leaps from
the water of pool in his CONNECT WIN tIle
sDortsrnan's reel. The little fish slide along the
lower edge OF the living curtain then suddenly
shoot inward sometimes almost vertically, some
+irnas zigzagging until the top is reached "heh
,-i+ro,t hesitation they will dive again TO the DOT
NJ complex Intervening mass passing III
end ont between the tracks OF the other nsh DONG
the thing. :: ,.,o nth Iieh+
The small salmon greenish IN hue win ns'
,,uderhodes and dark green bars on the sio ~
Tbeea mars in the larger hsh nave, par ty
melted into the general color OF the nsh; 50 CI
+bev are not so prominent as in the sindHeT ohe9
1Tbeir movements intensely Interesting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10

on me and I'm tramped into a grease spot de-
cided that a long ocean voyage would clear the
cobwebs of my muddled head, and booked d
passage on the Colorado from Hull
Early one morning 1 was walked from most
terrible nightmare by noise on deck turned
out of my bunk investigate. Looking out OF the
portfolio, the first thing 1 saw was the body OF an
aleoban+ floating on the surface a few rods away
from, the shin 1t was quite much for my
dream strained nerves. and keeled over IN
afraid my elephant hunting days are over for I've
quite lost my nerve
And the elephant alongside? questioned 1he
tiger hunter WAS that just Fart of your night
mare?'' - H. o1a-,,or+ vvos
reaI as we learned afterward. II was the De
composing carcass of lingo, the PEI Of the L91oon
200 They were shipping him to New-fork on
the Georgia you remember. when ne dled from "a d
broken heart and they buried him at sea. ~. re
,-oJ.1d not STAY buried however and hoated 10 the
surface and our ship overlook him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10
WANTS NO MORE BIG GAME
Sac Elephant Floating on Ocean
after Nightmare.

There ere a few big game hunters in NeT'-York
Tnen who travel far into foreign wilds every year
two and risk their lives hunting elephants. tigers
and lions It IS pastirne expensive il is dan
gerous yet there is a fascination about it that Is
seldom satisfied
As rule the real hunters of big game are mod
about their exploits. In fact, they seldom
mention them except each other One man.
whose speciality has always been elephants. met g.
fellow whose supreme JOY in life is 10 send the
lesden burden OF an express rife into the shining
coats of man-eating tigers
I hear you had a narrow escape froIIs~a mao
tusher." said the tiger hunter. Tell me about IL
Nothing much TO TELL" returned the other MOD
estly. 1T was not the fault Of the gun, and 1
aimed true enough. but there is no telling no" 10
XIII q mad elephant for sure. This one wouio NOT
KILL ard came 81 me like express train wen.
my life TO q black man. but It's the iast
time"
You've had enough of elephant hunting. thenE
Not account Of my narrow shave however
said the otbe~ tY,nrer ..It was something that
happened when ! coming over on the steamer
get the horror OF those moments In tne
Jungle Of my head and occasionally suffer 1cm
Hixhtmare, IN which q score Of eiepaAn& HRs0s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10

when he was Postof1ce Inspector, he was detailed
on a case involving the loss of letter containing
q large sum of money. The letter disappeared In
one of the offices in New-York State aud no trace
Of Il could be found. After laboring on the case
for several weeks Mr. Beavers determined to make
thorough search of the office he feeling satisfied
that the letter had not been stolen He hao the
desks and shelving removed and under a mass OF
stuff concealed behind desk which mad STOOD TOT
years without being moved he found bed OF
nscerated greenbacks on which were sleeping
litter of young rats. Mr. Beavers careIuIly got
together the small pieces of money, ana evidence
was secured which proved that 1t was the con
tents of the missing letter In making report
of his case and his find he recommended that he
believed it would be a wise step on the part or
the Postoffice Department to encourage the Keep
ing of cats in all posto1ces, and that small sum
should be allowed for the purpose of purchasing
milk and meats for their maintenance
The recommendation forwarded to the proper
officials but no favorable action was taken until
Mr.. Beavers himself became chief or the Saldiy
and Allowance Division. when he instructed post
masters that they could legally use small sums for
the purpose the same being charged to incidental
and miscellaneous expenses in their reports In
this way cats became a permanent MIXTURE IN many
offices and every month they got their allowance
In some instances a stipulated sum is allowed for
offices ike those in New-York. Chicago. Boston.
ST Louis Philadelphia, Cincinnati. Detroit and
other cities II is the belief that the money spent
In the feed and care Of cats in the offices has re-
suited in much good. and reports Of 'depreda-
tions' have been less frequent than before the
introduction of cats guardians OF postoff1ce val
uables. 1t is not infrequent that letters are re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10

Washington May With the passing Of
George W. Beavers from the Postoffice Depart
ment as chief of the Division of Salaries and AL
lowances. many cats which have been carried on
the payrolls of Uncle Sam will be dropped and
the feline tribe will lose the best friend 1t has
had among government officials since the days OF
Secretary Spinner.
It was Mr. Beavers who had placed on the roster
of the Postoffce Department a large number of
cats which duty in, the larger postoftces
throughout the country, he recognizing them as
necessity in every well regulated postof1ce- Mr.
Beavers was regarded the acknowledged char
pion of felines and his advocacy of them came
about in this way: More than twenty years ago,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10
SUPPORT OF CATS BY POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
FELINES RECOGNIZED As Il NECESSITY IN EVERY
WE'LL REGULATED POSTOFFICE.

ceived at the Postoffce Department telling Of the
good work cats have done in clearing offices Of
rodents and were it not for their presence there
would be heavy loss by rats and mice
1t is not known whether IN the present investiga-
ton of the Postoffice Department and its work
ings the allowances for cat food made by Chief
Beavers will be reversed not. An official said
that they had not yet reached that stage Of the
investigation and was of the opinion that the ex-
penditure was entirely within the law where the
sums were charged to miscellaneous and incidental
expenses that he himself regarded the presence Of
cats in Offices as a wise precaution and that. or
course it was the duty of the government to see
that they were properly provided with food. II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10
THE NoRTHERNMosT RAILROAD.
1t Is Hundred Miles Beyond the Arctic
Circle

This sketch map shows the route OF the Ofoten
Railroad. opened for through traffic IN November
last between LueA, the Gulf OF Bothnia. and
Victoria Ha yen at the head OF Ofoten Fiord. on
the Atlantic Ocean. The road penetrates about one
hundred miles north OF the Arctic Circle and Is
the most northern railroad IN the world It's total
length is about Two hundred and fifty miles The
eastern part. between LuIea and the famous iron
mines al GeIivare forty-four miles north % the
Arctic Circle. has been in operation for over fifteen
years. It has row been extended 70 the Atlantic.
20 facilitate shipments OF iron Lulea. on q
narrow arm OF the Baltic closed ice for
eight months every year At Victoria Haven
however there is not only deep water for the
largest vessels but like all the Atlantic ports OF
Norway. II is ice free the year around that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10

o,a NJ the denartnents: '.Tasso addressed one Of
the finest of his sonnets TO his cat Petrarch hao
his favorte cat embalmed in the Egyptian style
Cardinal WolSey gave audience with his cat oesloe
him Mahomet cut off the robe of mis- skirt so tiat
he might rise without disturbing MS sleeping 0d.'
Cbateaubriand loved cats all his life, the French
poets Beaudelaire Gautier and Victor Hugo and our
own Edgar Allan Poe had fondness for cats ana
there is no reason why department officials ana
clerks should not love cats il they wish to-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10

may De forwarded in every month TO the blast
furnaces or England and Germany.
The mines az Geliivare yielded 5000 tons OF ore
IN 1889. 100000 tons in 1900. and the quantity y
expected TO be largely augmented now that tnere
better facilities for getting the mineral ont or
the country. These Swedish ores are regarded As
among the best steel IN the world put tnesr
dif3cuit reduce. account OF the pnospnoru
In them and as Sweden has coal with when
suaAle them, she sells most OF the ere 70 Eng
and GaTmany-(aUlseti0~ ot fhe-Ane<ice2 1eoss
Rape,cAk eaapc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
fist Association at West Fork,

fist Association at West Fork,
Reynolds county.
N. w. Adams made a business
trip to Ironton last week.
S. l.. Brooks is able to be around
again, but his son Jesse is having
a hard tussel with fever. This
makes five of the family who have
been sick lately.
Efie Trautman is convalescent.
H. N. Brooks returned from Flat
River, where he worked for some
time.
Rev. B. F. Brooks is still out
making molasses.
Smith and Anderson are making
shingles.
Sol. Nelson and family have re-
moved to Flat River.
John Edwards, of Montana, has
returned and will engage in bust
ness at Flat River.
Asel Duncan is working fol-
Chas. Henson.
Aunt Josephine Adams is still
confined to the house with rheu-
matism.
Mrs. Faulkner had a working last
Saturday to finish her house.
Rev. G. Asher preached at Neil's
Creek last Sunday.
George Stricklin took a load of
produce to Flat River lately and
had his horses stolen. After a
search he found one in a barn near
Caledonia and the other in a field
near by. Mr.. Stricklin had tied
the horses to the wagon in the yard
quite neal the house, and hearing
a noise among the horses, went out
as soon as possible and found the
horses gone.
The Joker's Club met with Miss
Jennie Snyder last Friday night.
We failed to learn when the next
meeting is to be held. Maybe that
is where the joke comes in.
PAULINE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Roselle News.

There were services at Bethany
church Saturday and Sunday.
Jno. Keathly, of De Soto, is
visiting his parents here at present.
Walter Lowry and Fred Phillips,
of Flat River, are visiting parents
in this vicinity.
M. l.. Henry has returned to his
employmentin st. Francois county.
"Aunt Sis" Downs is here from
Flat River visiting her children at
present. She intends making a
visit to her son in Kansas in the
near future.
Lewis Ashlock, who has been
absent more than two years, is now
visiting relatives in this vicinity.
Lewis has been employed in the
timber business near Seattle, Wash
ington. He seems to like that
country fine and intends to return
to work again soon.
Geo. Harris family are yet con-
fined to their beds, and Charles,
Monta and Grace are seriously i'll.
Born, Oct. IL, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Robt. Vance, q boy.
Sam White and family attended
church in Roselle Sunday.
Farmers are very busy sowing
wheat. We are having rather cool
nights with heavy frosts and win
ter is fast approaching.
Gilbert Vance is yet on the sick
list.
Ada Vance has been visiting
relatives at Graniteville.
There was a dance at Alex. Tes-
roe's last Thursday night in honor
of Mrs. Tesroe's brother, Lewis
Ashlock. "SNOwFLAKE."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Goodland Items.

We had our first killing frost
last Saturday night.
Our farmers r busy sowing
wheat.
F. M. Adams has about recovered
from a long spell of fever and will
have j. N. Short to thresh his
wheat this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. III. Eaton
and baby, Jewel, with F. M. Adams
and family, went to Black last
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Eta Eaton, Of Edge Hill,
and Mrs. Edythe Eaton, of Good
land, spent a few days last week
with relatives at Belgrade.
Prof. Prince, Of Lesterville, was
the guest Of Mrs. N. w. Adams
last Saturday and Sunday.
James Webb, Of Brushy, visited
here last Sunday.
Theo. Brooks went to Lesterville
to see his sister, Mrs. Harrison.
DR.. Adams and N. w. Adams
were delegates to the United Bap-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

THE Globe Democrat is full OF
virtuous indignation over the
naturalization frauds in st. Louis,
and one, to read it's %plaintive, tear
full lucubrations, would be led to
believe that that awful crime had
been hitherto unknown; while, on
the contrary, there is not a city in
the Union that has not known like
offenses by the hundred. The fact
is the easy naturalization OF
foreigners-easiest under laws en-
acted by Republican statesmen to
swell majorities for the g. o. PTS
a fraud in itself on every ''natural
born" citizen. When laws are
~unjustno sanctity attaches to them
and they breed offences as car
asses do maggots. Of course, no
Republicans can be hauled over
the Goals, for the reason that they
r all saints; they have honesty
like our Supreme Court has power
by "inherency."