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it was likewise fate. Now ponder over 1t
yourself. If that Is necessary.
4
Queer conundrums these which Ibsen
propounded to the fair Emile. Was it folly
or fate plus physical necessity? ITO be
wise and love- as somebody has said, lis
scarcely granted to the gods above" and
certainly it wasn't granted TO Ibsen for all
of his three score years. With a touch of
returning sanity. he adds that he doesn't
think 1t necessary after all. that she should
ponder over 1t. Il assume" he says, that
you will understand 1t already" It's dol
lars to doughnuts that she didn't all the
same.
Ibsen's next two letters are couched In a
tanner strain. He makes some references
to a work ON which he Is engaged-it was
"Hedda Gabler and makes 1t plain that
Cupid affords him no assistance in the mat
ter of composition In his next letter he
goes or into rhapsodies again.
so, for the present. must give up the
hope Of your photograph But better so.
Rather wait than have a portrait that does
your beloved serene fdauchlauchtIge) pres
ence remains in my memory! For I stun
believe mysterious princess lies concealed
beneath Il. But the mystery itself! Well.
well, one can dream all manner Of things
and spin many beautiful fancies about II.
And 30 do. For at least It IL some small
compensation for the unattainab1e and
unfath0mable reality. In nay imagination
always see you adorned with pearls There
lies somothing deeper-s0mething hidden In
this preference But what can It bey Of
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shells that stand the height of man
head, projectiles that weigh half a ton.
long bands and magazines of small
cartridges that are discharged in''bunches."
powder. smokeless and smoky, and Of al
most every imaginable size and shape ex-
plosfves Of peculiar names and highly dan
gerous characteristics. armor plate as thick
as the wall Of an Office building. and few
score other wariike contrivances are in
cluded in the category OF things testable
and tested at Indian Head.
Each and every test Is conducted with
the utmost regard for detail. Each par
ticuiar is looked after with exactitude
and precision. A record is made and pre-
served of the rninutest feature of each step
toward the accomplishment of the test.
Let it be a giant thirteen-inch gun which
is to be mounted in the turret of battle
ship. thorough study is made of the com
position of the metals of which it is co.,
structed. OF the manner in which its sew
eral bands are united, of its rifing, of the
mechanism Of its breech, of its mount of
its firing apparatus. to say nothing Of
careful not1tfons of its various dimensions.
the bore being sufficiently large to permit
a man to crawl through it easily. i ais
gun is tested for its throwing power, the
accuracy of its bore and for its ability to
withstand the tremendous pressure that is
exerted on 1t whenever It Is placed in ac-
ton.
1t will be found that this gun, or breeeh-
loading rife. as everybody in the navy.
from the freshest midshipman at Annap-
oils TO the highest admiral. calls 1t, will
Withstand a pressure during firing of Lf-
teen toas to the square inch. under load
of $40 pounds of powder. and throwing a
projertile weighing 200 pounds. As the
projectile speeds from the muzzle of the
rifle 1t will be travelling at the rate of 4o0
feet second When. after traversing
some seven or eight miles. its velocity has
been reduced to about ]. 800 feet second.
II will penetrate a hardened-faced steel
plate 171z inches thick. In securing this
da Ia with the necessary precision pains
are taken to measure and weigh powder
and projectile to the yeriest fraction, and
the most delicate mechanisms are employed
to ascertain the results. The interior pres
sure is determined by an arrangement
which Is the product of the most advanced
mathematical and mechanical endeayors
The speed of the projectiie Is discovered
through system OF delicate electrically
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the proving grounds is occuauan bay, into
which flows OccoQuan creek, Bull run.
famed in civil war history. Aqua creek
also contributes to the Potomac on the Viz
ginia side near this point. Friestone Point.
known by the Indians as Matamano. Is at
the head of Occoquan bay. Directly below
Indian Head Is CORVALLIS Neck, a stretch
of land said to have played a part In the
maneuyers of the British general
It Is In the isolation of Indian Head that
lies It's value as testing place for ex-
plosives and exploding apparatus. and the
site the Potomac was selected because
of its seclusiveness. For years the naval
ordnance proving grounds were situated at
Annapolis. but the gradually extending lin
its of that ancient city soon dangerously
encompassed the reservation, while the in
crease in the range of the big guns tried
at the place became a menace to the safety
of vessels plying the waters off Annapolis
roads. 1t was about seventeen years ago
that Uncle Sam packed up his experimental
paraphernalia and betook himself for fur
Their research to the undisturbed and I'M
dist ur5ng location on the Potomac.
Here the specialists In the art of war can
pound away and blaze away deafeningly and
serenely without fear of plugging holes In
the sides of school houses or In the craft
OF friendly mariners engaged in their
peaceful and honorable pursuits.
Since Indian Head became the official
testing grounds of the navy there have
been great improvements in the trial
processes, and there are now sundry ad-
juncts to the establishment which were
unthought of when it made the outskirts
of Annapolis its home. OF the modern ac-
cessories, chief in interest Is the powder
plant, an extensive institution. with Its
several buildings somewhat removed from
the scene OF the tests.
But of first Importance Is the proving
grounds proper, that hili-fianked vale with
its fringe of cannon mouths skirting an
area Uttered with debris. The tests con-
Quoted In this place cover every character
of arm and every species OF ammunition
used in the navy. and a great many that
are not used. for those that do not meas
ure up to the requirements OF the service
and to the Standard of excellence that must
be maintained to insure an untarnished
efficiency are promptly discarded and
blacklisted or returned to the sources from
which they come without accommodation
for improvement. SIS
Big and little guns. rapid-fire machines,
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IBSEN'S LETTERS
TO EMILIE

Special Correspondence OF The star.
COPENHAGEN. Denmark. July H. 1905
Ibsen at sixty-one. dour and gray. was
in love with a girl OF twenty. That is the
conclusion which most people will draw
from the series OF letters. written by the
poet 10 a beautiful Austrian girl. which
Prof. Brandes has Just published In a
Copenhagen journal Some may call 1t pla-
tonic affection-remembering that Ibsen
was married man and that his wife was
living at the time-but after all that is
only another name for the same thing 1t
Is probable that some reference may have
been made to the correspondence in tele-
graphic dispatches. but the interest the
letters are sure to arouse justifies treating
the matter at greater length
OF the girl herself. Emile Bardach. I'M
fortunately. we know very little. Her let
tiers are not included In the correspondence
Ibsen met her with her mother In the
Tyrol In the summer of 1882 They spent
only few weeks together and they never
met again. That she must have been an
altogether charming creature to have In
spired the elderly. disiliusionized Ibsen with
such a strong feeling for her can well be
imagined.
with all my heart" he says. In his
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very seldom Believe me. il is better so.
1t is the only right thing. | feel 1t as a
matter of conscience. that | must suspend
or restrict my correspondence with YOU
For the present you must occupy yourseI
as little as possible with me. You nave oth-
or objects to pursue in your young life,
other feelings to which to devote yourself
And LAS I have already told you by word
of ruouth--cap never feel satisfied with a
connection kept up through the post. IL
seems to me that there Is always some
thing incomplete. something untrue In IL
/ see. l am painfully aware. that cannot
keep myself fully up to the rignt piteh.
That is something that lies once for all in
INV nature Impossible, therefore. 10 alter
~ But you have such delicate perception,
such instructive penetration. You VIII I'M
derstapd all this in the way l have intend
al II And when we meet again shall ex-
Main II to you more exactly. Until then
and forever you will remain In my
thoughts And even more so than before,
when this troublesome. incomplete business
OF letter writing no longer disturbs them.
"A thousand greetings.
III. l."
Az / have said. they never met again.
which probably was just as well for Emile
al ali events. He wrote her a letter OF COM
doIence some seven months later on the
death Of her father, in which he signs him.
self. your unalterably devoted Henrik Ib-
zen -
In brief letter written about month
afferward he acknowledges the receipt OF
dear letter." and likewise the bell With
the beautiful picture" which hts wife
thought very preftily painted" Then he
adds. But beg you. DO not write to me
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any more at present When circumstances
are changed l shall let you know"
Could IL have been that Mrs. Ibsen was
getting jealous and making 1t uncomfort-
able for him? Anyhow. Emile obeyed his
Injunction and wrote no more letters to
him. After an interval of seven years she
teIegrapbed him her congratulations on his
SEVENTEEN birthday. and received In reply
his photograph with the following lines:
Dearest Fraulein
Receive my most heartfelt thanks for
your letter. That summer. at Gossensass
was the happiest. the fsIrest of my life
Dare scarcely think of 1t. And yet must
do so forever. Forever.
Your faithful devoted
HENRIK IBSEN."
And the rest is silence.
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ter ponder over 1t. Think, too, now and
them that I have found the connection.
And then again that have not"
Which is tantamount to a confession that
when Ibsen came to wrestle with the mys-
terry of love. in his own person, he could
no more make head or tail out OF 1t than
the most ordinary of mortals.
How shall / thank you for your dear.
charming letter. he says in his next let
ter / simply cannot. Not as / should
wish to. Letter-writiDg Is decidedly not in
ready. And anyhow. you will have re-
marked IT.
Meanwhile read your letter again and
again, and 1t makes the scenes OF last sum
mer 80 wonderfully vivid and lifelike. /
see feel the past anew.
Like lovely being OF summer, I have
learnt to know you. my dear princess. Only
as a form belonging to the season OF but
terfiies and wild flowers"
A letter written some months later might
be entitled .Ibsen's Reconciliation It
seems to have occurred to him that Emilie's
ipfatuation for an old man was not alto
rether q good thing for the girl. quote
the letter In FULL for 1t IL the most inter-
esting ona Of the series:
"a long, a very long while have allowed
your last dear letter to lie before me. have
read II and read 1t again. but never an
severed 1t. Receive today my heartiest
thanks in q few words. And henceforward.
until we meet again personally, you win
hear but little from rne By letter. indeed
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st. Alban and His Teacher.

From the Westminster Gazette.
BY some strange irony ST. Alban. the
martyred but possibly mythical Roman
soldier. whose festival falls on June ~.
has quite overshadowed his probably his
toric Instructor. st. Amphibalus. whose
anniversary comes on the following day.
About Amphibalus we know that he was
native OF Caerleon. which the Golden
Legend expresses by clubbing him "a
princes 49,, Of Wales In CRETE arays." He
was buried at Redbourne but translated.
TO st. Adams abbey, where his cup was
preserved which they Of the common sort
cali ST Arabelrs Bolie." In former times
children were frequently christened with
his name. and Anabell Partridge was gold
smith to Queen Elizabeth.
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first letter. II thank you. most esteemed
fraulein, for the extremely kind and friend
~ letter which I received the day before
leaving Gossensass and which / have reat
again and again That summer resort
has worn quite mournful look for the
past week-or In any case, so Il seemed &c
me. No sunshine more. All gone-yan
ished. The few visitors that remaines
could OF course. offer me no compensation
for the fair, brief days OF summer
i took my walk In the Pfierschthal every
Gay there Is seat by the roadside where
4 am sure two people could converse with
sympathetic feeling. But that seat was
empty and | passed II by.
The great hail. too. l found gloomy and
desofate Do YOU repe,nhar ~.
great deep bay of the window. on the right
OF the entrance TO the veranda? 1t was
a beautiful bay window. The flowers and
plants with their Intoxicating perfume sin
stood there as before. But otherwise-hoy
empsy-how ioneiy-how desertedr'
Poor old Ibsen felt just as the ordinary
young man feels when his sweetheart has
gone away. II II was mere platonfc AZ
lection he had very bad case OF II. HI
always reads her letters again and again
and tells her 80.
Il have received your dear letter with 4
thousand thanks" he says In his next
epistle. and read It again and again.
Here I sit as usual at my writing table.
Now I would gladly work. But Il cannot.
MY Imagination Il lively and active
enough. But II IL always soaring away
elsewhere. Thither where In workins
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wired screens placed at carefully selected
distances in the progress of the missile
A test may also be made to determine the
rapidity with which the gun can be fired
with some allowance to permit the big
death-dealing machine to be cooled between
each round.
Guns of smaller calfber are put through
the same general processes. and some IN
terestng statistics are furnished by recent
experiments at the proving grounds
A Pinch gun. for instance, weighing ~
tons and being 50 feet long. hurls an $50
pound projectile from its muzzle at speed
of $500 feet In a second of time. The en-
ergy behind this big shot is scient' ficaliy
figured out as 5s.221 tons. which would send
the projectle clear through "a inches of the
hardest steel placed near the guns muzzle
When the projectiie has travelled 1000 yards
1t IS still moving at the rate of 2.6E feet
per second. Just sufficient to carry II
through az inches of HarveyiZed nickel
steel II inches of Krupp armor. AT
2.0o0 yards it moves 2.450 feet per second,
and would pierce nearly 20 inches of Har-
veyiZed steel or nearly 16 inches of Krupp.
At 5000 yards 1t would still be going at the
rate of 2.291 feet per second. and would go
through IS inches Of Harveyized steel or
1412 of krupp.
Turning TO the smaller guns. half dozen
or more of which may be ranged in a bat
terry on one side of the Indian Head ravine.
the tests show that 14-pounder 3-inch
bore rapid-fre rifle, weighing Little more
than three-Quarters of ton, throws
i4-pound projectile from its muzzle at the
enormous rate of 1900 feet second. This
Is designed for In the secondary
batteries of battleships and large cruisers.
and its mission is to attack the unarmored
portions and gun decks of an enemy's ships.
It's projectiles. and they car be fired as fast
as the gun crew can load them into the
breech, of the weapon. will go through
three inches of hardest steel at loo yards
and about ~ inches at 5000 yards. With
specially capped projectiies an Increased
thickness of from Is to 20 per cent may be
penetrated.
Between the deep believing of the big
rifles there is always present at Indian
Head the rattle and bang of the machine
guns and small arms. Ease of manipula-
ton and speed In firing is the des. deratum
of these classes of weapons, and the pro-
fessors of warology work themselves into
a perspiration in determining the merits of
these little feliows-little only in COMPARE
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3Mpneru,

R5 ~Mie lit bsnn Define neus
4ausfrau24-D Il Il m d 5 nen:
%, f1 sibt fih ia ale Mibe, n,eine
4~nfriebenbeit gu erIaneen."
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Qnr[nralth

ts fDolen Sbren Sobn Sobonn
Izisbrs6. MDlbsmor, Sstar, 0ufe<
btns. Ntpnmut nennen2 Wpsu bies
aHssa-~Ja, iebtn sic, NsrmSeen
Tam Der Junge einmul ntdt bon MIR
gu trbsn frtsgtn, ba min ih ihm pe<
rsgiesra 'nsn sroBen 0omen binter<
taHm~
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JntaI.

Run. lnie gs5t es DIR benn In Dsis
Ier I'D, NIT msinem Manne
femme i1 ia gang gut aus, aber MD!
NIT instntm MtrtbfnoftsgeIb!'
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3llsrHberlent.

ge I'd.
kbeln, ipeus i9 @ie na1 Ahrtn Nprs
Fraftn frase. MnsetlagkN Sd ftnbe
has fsr frnberbarl. 10 rpitrbe
asstht Ia4tn, tperl man mid mad meis
lsu WprErdftn fragen tparbtl1
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Wfst Mrhnnrk.

Mhpptat gum Bauer, Der tbm
orrtt, gu eiHeu1 onbern Mbpptaten su
At9sn, tptra tr 5etnen pro5tb ni9t
tnoIt6 su Qnk brtnse): pDas ipGrs
dsDr nnre1t bon Guh, 9tpfelbduer;
@upm watsr unb @rpbpoter babe id
Des4tu psostb eeflbrt, unb Str mont
pHir duf etnrna1 untret tperbeng1
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6nrnorisfisches
aaa1 bern aaltttaneIIeu

atnd1 nettt asltttueeiTeu.
30 3 n (empDrt): .Welfer
u,tsehobeite 5leseI bat osnn bier ale
Die sGliesfn auf's 9if9tud geipudt21
AhIrbtt,,t1.
sd mDdte Sbnen germ meme Ges
bsdbts porlt{en!"-.Warum tpnlen sic
bteten Mibton IN unire SreunoI4aft
brinaen9~
Qt bsr gsrIsssrshstt,
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rNaram ftnb 9te benn felt etniser
GET 10 ntebergef1lasens 9err Gsoerla"
AID, henten @ie iid nur tn meine
0agel Gin 9err, Der bel uns I'm
4auie tpobnt, bat aufdats cine mug
briHse,be grftnouna sema9t = uno
nun perlanst rneine Grau pofitip bon
MIR. i9 fon aud etpos erfinosa!"
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Observation-Disclosures

3tRrertn: .Grna, neure mir
pas eoefs Gd90pf nd6ft benz Men,
H6enl-H a dft6 (s~rrDtbenb):
~Dus Pftrb!"-a ebrerin: LIMB
fpaxumfA-B adftf9 (no9 tisfer
sr~rttAeao): ~Da fsen bic 2eutnants
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Etsms# annrt.

Urau gum. Mann): rGeftsrn
gsafAt Elm i9 an Detn 9s!t setrsten
alnb ba bah i'd sefeben. oaB Du In
etnem fort feIte seIddeit 1aft =. Ou
Stkfnf ia tineH netten S9infmanbel
at fuhrenl@
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Mataeli's Mntel,

Theo. 3. Eretschneider. GiNeut.
gde SubIon nnb3 Ctr, Sobsfen. Nabe
ben @erften ber Nprnb. 2IDpb-, Snrabui.
aers. Ssanbinapianr, Qmerican unh Sols
lanbs9inien. MdBiae BreiIe.
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Rte Mu1autfnd1e.

MsrmtttIer. nDas MabAsn
IL rlibf44, bon gutter 5ertunft. bdus@
", mufttalHQ. -3 q:
Mralsn @ie nint slsi3 sur Sads
4unsmsr94
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$-uredheuSe Aasne.t.

&eu4er (im AIbum bIdss
terHb): ~Mer TT btfe Dame NIT ben
8psedenben 4usen9--9ausberr.
~@preHenh 4ugena Das ipirb tpphl
rlstne @6spfegermutter 5ein."
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Das narrtTags Aastnsanbil.

Grtunbin rM4, gte tabeu
1tre Ao9settsretfe TIM Gutontpbf &c.
ssc4tt gang anstn NIT S9rsm Manns3
Dos ttefIe Id MIR gang retsenb DDrl1-
HuHgt tran; .Na, gang reisenb
mar bos MIDI. bsnn meiitens lag Ia.ir
Roun inter benz Masen nnb i'd
frS hdrsni4
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@pruhtueuh.

49,. Mlfp bseftr Rebolnsr d~Iteiter
3pnFrustion bslbet fir @te ouf Sbren
&eifen ethen Gegenftonb Der Hsrubi>
guHg @etpib, neil i'd gGn5 fGer
fin lam. bab er nidt Ioseehtl1
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prohibiting the diversion of water
which is naturally tributary 70 Niagara
Falls. in excess of $4,000 cubic feet, per
second. not including the amount re-
nuired for domestic use or for the SER
vice Of locks i'll navigation canals. 1t
is assumed, however. that an UNDER
standing upon this subject would be
reached by treaty.
The object Of such legislation would
be to put Il stop to the further deple-
ton of the falls. and at the same time
infiict the least possible injury upon
the important interests now dependent
upon this water power The amount
To be diverted on The Canadian side
3C.06o feet has been fixed with u view
Of allowing to the companies on that
side the amounts for which they now
have works under construction.
Such /. Legislation would give to
Canat!a the advantage of direrting
1900 cubic feet per second more than
is diverted in the United States. The
advantage is more apparent than real.
since the power generated on the
Canadian side Will to n large extent BE-
transmitted IL ANA used in he tniteI
States. In the negotiation Of Il treaty.
however, the point shonld be cOnsid
cred.
The substance of this report was
submitted to our Canadian colleagues
before the passage of the joint resolu-
ton. with a view to uniting Il joint
report under the general law provid-
ing for the commission. There was Il
substantial agreement in the statement
of facts, ana such differences as de-
Veloped with respect to the rccoinmen-
datiOnS which ought To be made did
not seem inSuperable. but our col
leagues desired time for further con-
sideration. We have no doubt Of their
sympathetic interest in carrying out
that part OF the Instructions contained
in the resolution which requires us TO
exert III conjunction with the members
of said commission representing the
Dominion of Canada, if practicable, al
possible efforts for the preservation of
Niagara Falls in their natural cond-
ton
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-28
KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL.
Health is Worth Saving, and Some
Augusta People Know How to Save It.

Many Augusta people take their lives
in their hands by neglecting the kidneys
when they know these organs need help.
Sick kidneys are responsible for II vast
amount of suffering and Ill health, but
there is no need to suffer not to remain
in danger when all diseases and aches
and pains due to weak kidneys can be
quickly and permanently cured by TIL;
use of DOar's Kidney Pills. Here is the
statement Of an Augusta citizen who has
reclaimed good health BY the use of this
remedy.
, J. S. Jones. living at l.! Northern Aye,
Doan's Kidney Pills have hcen the means
Of prolonging my lie and lifting me from
physical wreck to good sound health.
| think it was in the fall of 1896 that 1
gave Il statcmert of my case for pub!ica-
tion. At that time | had been suffering
rom Kidney complaint i'll Il severe form
Tor eight years. My back was weak and
was subject to twinges OF pain and
could not ge; on my feet from lying down
without gradually working myself up
SIDEWAYS. At night l rolled and tossed
about ucable to sleep and felt as though
lying on a bed of rocks. l was often COM
PEELED to quit work for day or two and
sometimes IL week or two. My work in
the quarry required great deal Of
STOPPING and lifting winch at times
caused me to be in misery and agony.
used many remedies wlthout much bene-
fit and finally got Doans Kidney Pills at
Willis r Partridges drug store. In two
davs | was convinced this was the rem
eli, | needed. / was surprised at the
great benefit I received ior | considered
such Il quick change for the better almost
an i:npossibilitv. During the eight years
past / have been rs free from kidney dis
orders and backache as l ever was in my
life The cure has been permanent and
checrfuiI,- rn-endorse the claims made for
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to
expires 10 and
Of
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finds impoverished blood weak relaxed
chls