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ing as a target for the sWooping foe.
The commander is greatly daring, and
luck is with him He approaches his
grey and runs UP within striking dis
lance unohseryed, for the strong beams
have momentarily left the course he is
taking and leave black space in which
he can steal onward unseen. a signal
from the conning-tower. and the first
torpedo is discharged Another order
and the second goes, lest the first should
have missed the target.
But the luck of the bold has been with
the commander, and both the terrible
missiles have struck home. By the
time they explode the destroyer has
turned and is racing back into the
dark night and safety. Of retaliasory
I fire there is none. since hopeless panic
has fallen upon the hattleship's COM
pany when the roar and eoncussion
have pronounced her doom.
A few lives are saved. but she herself
and nearly all her erew have disap.
nsared. It. IS a noble ysetory-greates
than annihilating regiment on land
could be, because another regiment can
be raised II a few days or weeks. men
being plentiful and cheap; but battle.
ship is the work OF many months. ard
With most nations, several years.
WAITER WOOD.
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Pets. and the herd has
been augmented this year by the addi-
ton of IL calves born late in June and
early in July. These little fellows are
all spry and healthy and bid fair to be-
come lusty additions TO this part of the
government possessions.
If the increase of this her. were to be
kept an enlargement of the park would
become necessary. The government
cannot sell them, but the superintendent
of the park proposes to trade chem of
for other animals. The herd OF buffalo
also has been increased by the addition
of buffalo calf which is strong young
animal likely TO reach maturity, all
though born In captivity Altogether
there have been born at the zoo SO ami
mails since New Years day. In this num-
Der are included ~ foxes, a pig-tafied
monkey, zebra. three hutia. three rock
kangaroos, two agouti, a eoypu, an Aus
traiian phalanger, eight night herons,
Canadian geese and a lot of wild tur-
keys
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land. 1he British
were victorious over about {, 600 Aneri-
can troops, which, with the exception OF
some 800 enlisted soldiers and sailors,
were the raWest of inexperienced MILF
tia. The Americans became democrat
lied early in the fight and the 5000 Brit
ish regulars drove them through Wash
ington and Georgetown and captured
the national capital.
There is very little remaining to sug-
gest atthis important battle fought
and the capital invested by the British.
The town of Rladensburg has grown
very little since that day, and two or
three old buildings still remain as they
| were 90 years ago, when they afforded
shelter for troops on both sides. There
is nothing, however. about the capital to
indicate that was burned, as the build
ing has been enlarged and rebuilt sever
al times since that disastrous day. The
British soldiers on that occasion used
| The congressional library, of some Il. 900
geIurnes, as kindIing for the fire that
Quilted the capitol building. The white
aouse also was burned, the outer walls,
| however, remaining intact and much Of
| he interior arrangement The story is
old that President Madison. during
whose administration this war occurred.
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Of life which seems to represent the
very lust Of destruction.
In the stokehold an astonishing reve-
lation awaits you, especially if you have
had experience Of ether similar denS
I have been in the stokeholds Of a good
many steamers, from Cunarder-in
Whieh I gasped and shoyeled for near
~ two hours before resigning my post
Ito North sea traWler, and have mar
veled that men could endure it and liVa.
I expected the destroyer's stokehoId 10
be perfect oven: and, 10! It was quite
cool and comfortable, and marvellous
il its devices for saving labor and Safe
guarding life and limb.
She is doing her top speed, and you
may know it by the mad rush OF the
water past you, the metallic rattle which
almost deafens you, the crazy trembling
OF the deck beneath you, and the furious
belching of the smoke from the fun
nels, to say nothing OF the showers OF
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-10-01
THE FATHER or SOLDIERS.
How the japanese General Keroki
Looks After the Comfort
Of Ills Men.

That night we camped on the battle
field, and again had occasion to wit
ness the extraordinary care Gen XII
roki bestoRs upon his prisoners. As
it was impossible to procure Euro
pean food for them, he sent the OIL
GERS to Antung, where RUSSIAN
kitchen" had been previously estao-
lished. The men were told, with
many apologies, that they must be
content with rice and dried fish until
they reached With, where they would
find grub to their liking. Not salts
fed with that, the general ordered that
the huge portions Of rice allowed eacn
Muscovita> prisoner be fried. 1t they
cannot have buchWheat cakes, VIII
give them something like i, at least "
said the Father Of Soldiers. At the
same time he announced that to-mor-
row would be day Of rest, writes
Baron Gottberg, in Louisville Courier
Journal
When started out next morning 60
once more ride over the battlefield, the
part used for burial places looked MOI
unlike soldiers cemetery at home On
Easter dag. The several hundred
graves were streWn with field flowers
and green tWlgs, some being literally
covered yith many-colored blossoms
and leaves. And there were more and
more OF these every minute, for every
man not detained BY wounds or duty, ,
came to visit the dead, and every visit
or brought flowers or greens to stick
into the ground with the expressed
wish that they grow and flourish
not to die like the good friends. And
then each grave. brave man-graVe n
duty, but smiling in deatn-dreW forth
his notebook and jotted down the
name aud date on each headpiece.
These he will report as soon as he
comes home Thus the official lists
are constantly REINFORCED, and, if need
be, corrected, and Japan loses the
roes.
was astonished to learn that the
japanese government has no intention
to bring home the bodies of the fallen.
For the burial ceremonies an empty
casket, inscribed with the dead hero 3
name, sufTlces, said a general staff Of
fcer whom I asked, in a matter-of-
fact way
With the same gentleman I talked
long .and earnestly on the sacrifice Of
the crew of the transport Kinschu-
maru, that allowed itself to be drowned
by The Russians, preferring death 10
surrender.
When a body OF troops is unable
to offer further resistance, it is no dis
grace to surrender I urged.
The crew did we'll. replied the
Jap, "and their example will be fol-
lowed by my eountrymen a hundred
times, if necessary. When a Jap can
not live for Dai Nippon, he might as
well die And he showed me a let
ter just received from TOXIC. A
brother Of his wrote that their uncle.
old Gen. .Nogi, had very properly re-
fused the obsequies" intended to be
held for his youngest son who died at
the Yalu
Wait awhile the general had said.
I have two more sons in the field, and
all promised to die for our country, if
it must be. There may be more
deaths, and then we can hold funeral
services for all at one and the same
time"
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4O NOub4G l1lC Wo1A
he had promised, as Proctor had such a
convincing way about him. .Proctor's
apples are always good on top said the
secretary in commenting on the pleasant
promises the senator makes. Public
speakers like to go to Vermont. how
ever, under Senator Proctors care, as
they are certain of delightful outing
and an experience of the best grade OF
New England hospitality.
The Vermont senator on whose Shout
ders is laid the burden Of starting the
national campaign IN the proper shape
is physically capable Of the responsible
ity. He was 70 years OF age on the list
of last June, but Is as straight as a
mountain pine and as vigorous as the
ordinary man Of so. He is angular and
rugged of countenance, his frame and
face suggesting the hard granite Of his
native state. nearly all of which he con-
trolls. The humorous twinkle In his
eyes, however, relieves the granite
like expression. He is a solemn looking
individual. but Is celebrated for quiet,
penetrating humor that is delicious. He
is possessed OF the deepest voice Of any
one in the senate and has been famous
bass singer in church choirs In his home
state. Even yet it is said he can touch
the bottom note of "A Hundred Fathoms
Deep with expression and clearness.
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bateSe. Fort Stevens is 10.
Gated within the District of Columbia
lust north of the city proper and within
a mile or two of the soldiers home.
President Lincoln. who lived at the soi-
diers' home during the summer. Went
across the country mile or tWoto the
front of the union line and stood on the
Notifications to observe the movements
of both armies.
It is related that his tall figure was
made the target for the bullets of the
sharpshooters of the confederate forces,
and it was only at the solicitation of the
officers In command that he agreed to
retire from his exposed position. A
story is told that Lieut.. Col. John NJ.
Frazee, who was in immediate command
of the fort, ordered President Lincoln to
retire from the parapef. The latter
turned to him and laughingly declined
to heed the order, saying that he was
himself commandments Of the
army and not subject to any order. His
escape from death or injury on this oc-
easion has often been referred to as
miraculous, as he was In plain view Of
the enemy and within easy reach of their
sharpshooters, who occupied places of
advantage in the branches of tall trees
and behind fences.
The hardness of the government to
recognize Just claims is evidenced By
the fact that an old colored nanny
named Betsy Thomas. q. free negro, who
owned the property taken by the gov
eminent for the Notifications, has not
yet been paid. She is now 80 years old,
but still lives in hopes that congress will
reimburse her for the ground taken. A
bill in her behalf has passed the house
and is now in the senate committee and
favorable action may be had at the COM
ing session.
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AN ESKIMO sALMoN-TRAP.
Simple Continuance by Which Many
Large Fish Are Easily
Taken.

The EskImos along the Yukon river,
have an odd method Of catching sa1m-
on. which is described by Mr.. jeremiah
Lynch in Three Years in the koa7
dixie
1.-THE Eskimos take boards foot
wide and an inch thick. and nail them
together lengthWise in triangular
spout, a little wider than a good sized
salmon. This is submerged in i've
feet of water a foot from the surface
and 20 yards from the shore.
.:The salmon, swimming along the
side Of the shore against the strong
current, go straight into this simple
trap and cannot get back, and those in
the rear press on those in front.
We saw Is large salmon taken from
one of these spouts in a few minutes,
and the Indians said they caught
scores every day while the run con-
tinued.
eat an old Russian settlement We
observed how the natives live and pre-
pare for the winter. The fish were
running plentifl1lly, and every Indian,
even to the little children. was busy
bringing them up from the bank, open
ing them and hanging them on the
trees, or temporary scafolds, or tops
OF huts and cabins. in every coneeiv
able place Where a salmon could be put
to dry out of reach of the dogs.
The run lasts about six weeks, and
in that interval the natives must pro-
vide food for their families and their
dogs until next season. Very few
wild animals exist on this lower Yu-
kon, and with the addition of geese
and ducks, salmon is the only food
that the country provides for its In
habitants. No grain Is cultivated.
The Indians buy -four and light sup
plies from the traders. paying in dogs
and Mrs, for they trap all through tie
Hong winter
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Mans Food.

4 man IS q very broad. omniyerous
animal, and needs great variety OF
food, both mental and physical. No
matter what element we omit In his
bill of fare, there is a corresponding
loss. omission or weakness in his life
You cannot get a full, complete man
on half a bill Of fare, You cannot
nourish his body and starve his soul,
and expect him to be symmetrical,
Well-balaneed. poised; nor can yo,l
starye his body and nourish his soul,
and expect him to be q giant on the
physical as well as on the spiritual
plane-Success.
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illustration Of the
in eronly
atu gin
OF his
himself advertising
$500 originated the famous Candy Ca
system Of ten his daily
practical because successful authorities on the science n 5e
bis best aade
Wen
fast than canspe 0
wilderness in the hills Indiana but
rnudan
Indiana Mineral Springs
Of
Chicago and ST. Louis
O ecounty
vitality have reached
advertising genus andcp
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certain figure, democratic ylctoFy IS
foreshadoWed The man whom repup-
lican leaders expect to hold Vermont up
to the required standard is Senator Red
field Proctor, and his position as con-
trailer Of republican destinies in that
state would make him Of national I'M
portance were his achievements in state
craft and national affairs to be forgot
ten.
For some weeks republican attention
has been focused upon this veteran New
England statesman and political leader.
and the management of the state cam
paign in Vermont has as usual been uu-
der his control and direction. Proctor
is not losing any tricks this year. . said
one Of the managers of the national cam
nafgn as he reviewed the work OF the
veteran senator 8. few days ago. One
of the big cards which the senator plays
is to bring into his little state some of
the biggest guns in the republican camp
so that the opening of the state cam
paign is really the first skirmish for the
national election. SenatorP Proctor has his
own way Of Wheedling prominent men
onto the stump in Vermont. Those who
have a liking for sports the senator in
veigles with promises of extraordinary
trout and bass fishing. and to others he
holds out the delights of summer re-
sorts and pure mountain air, while to
those Of agricultural proe1ivities he pre-
sents the attractions of his own we'll
kept farm, golden butter. rich Jersey
milk and the fresh fruits Of the soil.
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Freak Eater.

Paterson, n. J.. has brought to view
ut various times no small number Of
eccentric persons. The latest freak in
that community makes his breakfast
OF a cucumber. his luncheon OF car
rot, a turnip or raw potato, and eats
q few nuts for supper, He never
touches flesh or fish, wears very little
clothing. and sleeps out Of doors, ex-
cenE when rain is falling. He looks
strong and wen. and asserts that he
never feels an ache or a pain. The
possibilities of human perYersity are
unarcounsable.
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LOOKING FORWARD THROUGH A
PORTFOLIO IN THE COMING tow
Err.
fine cinders which are shot out Of the
stacks and are carried overheard or fail
in nyriads on the deck.
In the brain of the ship--appropriate-
1y situated in her heads the com-'
er-that circular structure under the
forward gun-platform, just ahead of the
bridge, which is more than likely to es-
cape the attention Of the ordinary vis-
itor to a destroyer. It is made of ar
INQUIRED plate thick enough to resist rife
bullets and small missiles, and just
large enough to hold two men and the
necessary machinery for guiding the
ship.
Gike all officers who serve in Destroy
ers. he is young and dare-6evil-and he
has need of being both for such des-
perate task as that which has been all
lotted to him. His motto, in all prob
ability, Is: Death or Glory" and, mas
much as he despises all risks, and does
not even pause to consider them, be is
certain to meet with the one or gain
the other.
He knows that he is at liberty, if he
feels SO disposed, to risk his ship and
his crew in an attempt to destroy the
enemy.
II the dead Of night he has found
his uuarry-a huge, noble, new battle
ship, which Is lying fearfully at anchor
in a roadstead, dreading an attack from
some sea hornet and making her best de.
fensive preparations. Her torpedo
nets are hung around her, and her crew
are on the alert. At almost nunberless
guns men are stationed, and the muz-
zles command an area Of sea in which
81 destroyer cannot live for more than q
few seconds. The odds are seriously
against the commander, but he has
| made up his mind to face them and take
his chances in a grand and daring rush.
The die is cast It IS touch and go
with death. The destroyer gives no
mercy, nor does she expect any-she
would not receive it even If she did. Full
speed ahead she rushes towards her
! ouarry-the vast bulk whose search
| lights send out intense beams which are
| like gigantic feelers on the face of the
/ waters. feelers for that ruthless enemy
which can dash up, sfe, and disappear
almost before her presence has been
| guessed. These very searchlighta
prove the battleship's undofng by act
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LOOKING AFT FROM THE BRIDGE
that ever were are loved and practieed
by the destroyer. In these marine GYM
nastica she stands an easy first, for
which reason, in bad weather, the COM
mander has his spells of sickness, and
The toughest seaman keeps him sympa-
thetic company.
And with all this physical suffering
there Is the acme of discomfort. Seas
break on board. rising high ever the
bows, thadding On the turtle-bael.
smashing against the breakWater,
streaming ID solid masses down the
deck, and going overheard again in o
yeastg smother. Water is everywhere
ON deck END below, In the mems quar-
tiers, In the officers quarters, IN the
hunks. under the oilskins Itcannot be
kept cut
The werk of the commander is not
fancy work, nor Is his ship fancy ship.
There is no poetry Of sail about her,
no evidence of luxury; but IL you care
for the poetry of motion, and plenty of
it, you will find 1t there.
Think OF what he controls long
black. low hull. rising for the most
part enIys few feet above the water,
the exception being the bows, which
serve the double purpose of protecting
the ship in heavy weather and affording
accommodation for the crew. Very ex-
cellent accommodation 1t is, for there
are two forecastles in which about 60
men lave aud sleep, not all at one time.
of course. since there is always the
watch on deck, so that those below have
plenty OF room In which to move AMI
sleep and eat, and do the nunberless
odd Jobs that occupy the wakias and
"a duty hours of the wonderful handy
man"
Fer the rest, the deck runs flush from
the foracastie, the levelness being
broken up. however. BY the low. huge
ventilatnrs, the two torpedo tubes, one
behind the other. amidships, where
they command wide range OF action.
and the after gun platform. In these
tubes a couple of torRedoes are stoged,
and another pair of these beautiful and
deaaty weapons are III reserve In wa
ter tank below.
The commander has. therefore. four
ternetees at his service: that is tosav
he has the means Of destroying utterly,
with luek-Whieh, In practice at any
rate. IL nevsR likely to come his way
four ffrst-eIass hattleshins which Lave
cost. In round figures more than a
sam Of s5,0ee.oQ0t And the value al
his own craft Is $3.50 00a
The commanders ship is a shell. it is
true. but 4 shell every part Of which
is marvel of ingenuity and skill; and
tie most marvellous Of all parts is the
engine room, for here are the engines
which develop the 7,0o0-horse power
which is needed TO make the destroyer
rush through The water at 50 miles an
hour. and fills her with that madness
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A DINNER-TABLE MlsHAP.
inexperienced Servant Performs His
Duty to the Letter Of In
struction.

Marcel Provost, the French novelist,
is a faYorite in the American colony
in Paris, says the Washington Star.
Whenever / see an English bish-
op," said M. Provost at an American
dinner party, Il laugh a little to my
self, for the good mans stately pres
ence reminds me of a terrible mishan
that once befell me-
entertained g. certain bishop last
year at dinner. My butler, an elderly
man, had brought in from friend's
house an inexperienced lad to help
him in the dining room, and it seems
that this lad, during the laying Of the
cloth, annoyed the butler beyond en-
duranee with questions as to his du-
ties
How shall hold the plates?'
Do I serve the dishes on the right
or on the left side Of the guests?'
Must the bishop be served first Or
second2'
so he continued interminably, and
at last the impatient putler said:
All you will need to do will be to
stand behind the bishops chair, and
whenever his lordship puts down his
glass you must reach over and wipe
his mouth with . napkin
THAT, as the butler expected, ST.
fenced his assistant But the young
man actually took the buffers ironical
remark for a serious order AS soon
as dinner began he stationed himself
behind the bishop, waited till his
lordship had drunk and put down his
glass, and then, as deliberately as his
nervousness would permit. he opened
out large napkin and wiped the dig
nided old gentlemans mouth.
Imagine my horror"
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agTINM are the torpedo boats ana
torpedo boat deatroyers OF
/@A the navies of the world.
~, GoSY These wasps Of the JaPa-
~ nese and Russian naVles
have played such a pronst-
nent part In the present var that shey
have aroused a new and keener interest
iii themselves on the part, not only @
the naval authorities Of the World, Du1
of the lay public Tits interest IS rea-
con enough to warrant the printing q
an article describing these Internal ma
chimes OF the deep.
Let Us begin dts she first puts TO sea
In quest of her prey, and outsefips
everything that is going her way 81
It should be your privilege, Ae 1t mas
been mine. to be aboard, you feel re-
10Y and pride of the young commander
into whose keeping a destroyer is given,
because you know that under your 1eet
is ship which is the swiftest, most oe-
strgcflve and most merciless of all the
ships of war that float.
Very soon you get into the open sea.
rushing past webbing Iightships anu
slow going craft which you overhaul so
quickly that they appear to lie inert
on the water The destroyer seems to
scent the battle with the weather from
affair She pants eagerly on.
FFom time to time wave slaps heavi-
II against the bow. and you feel the
slaiyer of it throughout the ships frai1
length. A destroyer is flexible in her
construction, and is built to give to
I the seas. After all, she is simply thin
skin of steel on light framework. and
sometimes YOU can see her ribs show
Ing through their covering, like those
of lean, sineWy and enduring runner.
BY this time you are in oilskinsr-
Wheh you need badIy-and when YOU
proceed along the deck at all you do
81 erabwise, and grip with tenacious af-
lection anything that will save you from
fall. You have tumbfed fnstinctively
into the way Of destroyers, which is one
demanding that you should put all dig
nifty and stiffness aside, and obey all
her whims ard fancies, which are many
Her purpose Is to harry and Cypress,
and, being ruthless mistress, she har-
rtes most those who serve her best
Pitchings, rolling, Wallowings, twist
fhgs. clippings all the sea gyrations
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TWO addresses, DuC
when the latter
got into Vermont
he got two more
speeches out of the
obliging speaker
of the house. He
next drew Secre-
tary Of War Taft
into the campaign,
and the la tt e r
la u g hi n g y re-
marked as h e
started for the New
England state that
I, q would nrabs hIv