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mapped out camp sites sufficiently ex-
tensive to encamp an army of 100000
men.
This board also selected places
where additional batteries could be
placed if need be, and where signal
stations and searchlights could be in
stalled. Report had it that some of
these sites included some Of those oc-
cupied by the summer colony in the
vicinity of Ocean avenue. The report
so much exercised some of the land
owners that a delegation of these went
to Washington to make inquiries at
the war department. But, following
its usual policy, the department kept
its plans to itself. If it ever becomes
necessary to use the sites, it will use
them, no matter what landlords may
say or think
No Real Cause for Worry.
Heavy firing heard off the New
England coast" was a newspaper
headline that had frequent employ
ment in the early days of the Spanish
American war. AS a matter of fact,
there was no firing there at all, but
Newport, as well as other seaports,
trembled every time the report was
made If the city only had known it,
its defenses even then were puissant
enough to fend off any attack that
poor Spain could have made. But
while the army and navy knew this,
the average citizen did not. And until
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anCe of navy yard force ending its
days work, so numerous are the civil
ians that are now employed.
Made Into Torpedo Factory.
Up to a few years ago smokeless
powder and gun cotton were made at
this station, but this work is now be-
ing done by private firms, and one of
the large buildings formerly used for
this purpose is being transformed into
a torpedo factory. An immense steel
crane is in use at the wharf front of
the station, with railroad running
over the station to transport heavy
materiaE used in the several depart
ments. One of the features of the sta
ton is its pattern department and it's
draughting rooms, where some of the
most important works in these lines
are perfected.
AT Newport also is located the Naval
War college, one. of the most impor-
tant adjuncts of the naval establish
ment.
AS an illustration of how practical
is the work of the college it is related
that the late Rear Admiral Sampson
one day visited the college after the
close of his victorious campaign in
Cuban waters and there saw suspend
ed on the wall large chart of the
Cuban coast. It bore certain marks
that denoted the movements II war
vessels. The admiral took it to be
chart that had been recently prepared
for the purpose of illustrating certain
features Of the Spanish war. II
turned out, as a matter of fact, that he
was looking at working model that
had been put to use two years before
the war in the study of an imaginary
campaign against Spain.
The college is in charge of Rear Ad-
miral John p Merrell, U. S. N, who
retired last September, but was re-
quested to remain in charge until next
October, when he will be relieved by
Rear Admiral Raymond Perry Rod
gers, U. S. NJ, at present chief naval
intelligence officer.
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nable, but the result of the attacks
made upon it showed that it was not.
But have no hesitation in saying that
the present defenses are thoroughly
efficient and adequate in every re-
spect."
In the system of Atlantic coast de-
Tense the strategic value Of Newport
and CT defenses that could guard the
eastern entrance to the sound was
long ago recognized by the military
authorities For in a military sense
this entrance is literally the back door
to New York, a door that it is neces-
sary to keep strongly guarded. A hos
tile fleet that could force its way
through this entrance and past the
several Notifications distributed along
the sound might reach within striking
distance of the metropolis and place
New York and Brooklyn under ran
som past the counting of man.
Five forts constitute the chain of
land defenses which now guard the en-
trance to Newport and the sound.
These are Forts Wetherill, Adams.
Getty, Phil Kearney and Greble. They
are equipped with numerous batteries
of high-power coast-defense rifles of
the latest model, the main ornaments
consisting OF 12-inch and ten-inch
rifles.
Fort Wetherill, on Canonicut island,
was begun five years ago, and is now
in fighting trim, although guns are
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The ten and twelve inch rifles of the
fort are of the disappearing type, be-
ing mounted on carriages which lift
them into firing position at the mo-
uent wanted, the heavy rifles sinking
back to the shelter of emplacements
after their missiles have been sped on
their way.
The mortar batteries that have been
imbedded in Forts Adams and Greble
can be reckoned as powerful adjuncts
10 the defenses of the place. For one
thing, no missile from any sea-borne
gun can reach them, and, amply pro-
tected by superb batteries of rapid-f1re
guns, the artillerymen who man them
have nothing to fear from any assault.
And it is no hit-or-miss chance that
these mortar pits take when they be-
come irruptive. In each is group of
Is mortars of the 12-inch type, each
throwing shell whose impact on the
Geek of any ship would be sufficient
to send that vessel to the bottom if
the shell be luckily or, on the other
hand. unluckily placed.
Poor Show for Attacker.
If one could go down into the inner
recesses of these two forts and gain
access to the charts and plans and
maps which are guarded there as
miser guards his gold, he would I'M
doubtedly come across chart of the
approaches to the harbor and find it
blocked off into numbered squares.
Il IN fhn Of
commanding officer he might be told
of the system by which the gunners of
the mortar batteries are informed OF
the exact square in which their I'M
seen target lays, or the square toward
which it is travelling, if it be under
way, and the speed at which it is go
ing. The instant and almost auto
matte means Of communicating and
registering this intelligence might also
be learned. Then the visitor would no
longer wonder at the seeming impos-
sibility of firing mortars from a pit at
an unseen target and hitting it al
most every time.
In addition to it's mortar battery,
the armament of Fort Greble includes
UdIl6Iy VI 1G-luCu OlSSSA-lOdOAhS
rifles, three ten-inch rifles, two six
inch rifles, and a rapid-fire battery
It's supply of water is taken from
submarine pipes running under the
west passage of Narragansett bay
from Saunderstown, where the war de-
partment, under the supervision of the
army engineers Office, last year COM
pleted what is considered the most
complete water system any post on
the Atlantic coast possesses.
Fort Getty, on Fox Hill, which is
the flank line for Fort Greble and in
the west passage, is being made ready
for a two-company post, and has a
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at once relapsed into his accustomed
attitude, and wishing to engage a lady
in conversation approached her with
his hands behind his back. To his
first question she prefaced- her reply
with Sire" Turning away abruptly
he went back to his room and said:
you were right, Constant, 1 have
been recognized. Give me another
costume and shoes this time"
The valet redressed his master and
warned him to keep his hands at his
side. No sooner had he entered the
room the second time than once more
he relapsed into his natural attitude.
This time lady addressed him: Sire.
you are recognized"
Returning to his room Napoleon
was disguised for the third time. His
toilet complete, he went back to the
ballroom, which he entered as if it
were a barrack room, pushing and
staggering. He was at once detected
and some one whispered to him:
Your majesty is recognized" An
other disappointment and another
change, still with the same result, and
in the end the emperor left tire EN-
bassy convinced that i inpns
sible to conceal his Identity
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POLICE FEAR NOISELESS GUN
See Immense Possibilities for Evil in
the Recent Invention of
Maxim.

Of the possibilities for evil pos
sessed by that latest Maxim inven-
ton, the noiseless gun, the Army and
Navy Journal remarks: "The con-
tention of the cynic that evil is as
quick to avail itself of the discoveries
of science as good seems to be borne
out by the action of the Pittsburg po-
lice, who have decided that any per-
son found carrying a Maxim gun
silencer will be severely dealt with.
The chief of police of that city is
quoted as saying that the use of the
silencer will prove disastrous to the
peace of every city unless the most
severe precautions against its use are
taken. With a silencer attached to
his gun, thug or murderer could
stand 100 feet away from his victim
shoot him and then make his escape
without fear of detection. Before the
silencer came into use highwaymen
feared the risk of shooting, for the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22

battery of 12-inch rifles and fine bat
terry of rapid-fire guns.
Work OF Torpedo Station.
The torpedo station at Newport is
the only one of it's kind in America.
Here the seamen gunners are trained
for the work of manipulating these
machines, taught how to build and
how to repair them. Here also the
submarines and the destroyer fiotilla
customarily rendezvous for the greater
part of the year.
Adjoining the torpedo station lies
Rose island, commonly known as the
torpedo station annex, where torpe-
does, war heads, and other deadly
products from the torpedo station are
stored under charge of warrant Of
ficer of the navy, who is under the
command of Lieut.. Commander Bris-
toll, the commanding officer OF the tor
pedo station. While the capacity of
the torpedo factory is but 100 a year
at present, all departments at the tor
pedo station are being Increased, so
that the time is not far distant when
the capacity will be 800 and more,
At present the station is turning out
Whiteheads, Bliss-Leavitts, and Sc
cret torpedo known as the Wilson, but
nothing can be learned of this or the
other work which is being carried on
there. When the knockout whistle
blows at the station each afternoon
the number of civilian employees who
come streaming out gives the appear
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ALL RECOGNIZED THE RULER
NAPOLEON Found 1t Impossible to Dis
guse Himself Successfully at
Masked Ball.

A Paris contemporary at the time
of the carnival had story of the in
effectual efforts of the king of the Bel
gians to effect a perfect disguise, and
in connection with the Mi Careme
fetes another similar story is told OF
Napoleon l. at bal masque.
The emperor announced to his valet
that he intended on certain evening
going to ball at the Italian embassy,
and requested that complete costumes
should be sent in advance. The valet
Constant obeyed and attended his i'm
perious master. and commenced to
dress him In a manner which might,
had the emperor followed the Wallets
advice, have defied detection. Con-
slant had some trouble with Napoleon
over one or two minor matters. but
when it came to changing his top
boots for shoes the emperor resolUtely
refused.
Going into the ballroom Napoleon
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still being mounted in the batteries
which adjoin it along the shore. But
although ready for use and turned
over by the engineering corps to the
fighting branch of the army, needing
only barracks for the troops to COM
plete its equipment the fort which is
destined to be the strongest and most
important of the Narragansett bay de-
lenses has no. yet been put into com
mission owing to a lack of men. AT
present it is guarded by small de,
tachment of troops from Fort Adams
which will be kept on duty there until
more artillerymen can be provided. 1t
was for the purpose of remedying this
grave defect in the system of coast de-
Tense that the war department adopt
ed the plan of requiring the militia
forces of the sea coast states to spend
ten days or more in duty within the
forts instead of in summer encamp-
ments, as had formerly been the rule.
This change was for the purpose of
familiarizing the militia with the
handling of the big guns, thus forming
a reserve that might be quickly util-
lied in case of some sudden emer-
gency.
Man New Forts This Year.
In accordance with this general
plan the infantry and artillery Of the
Rhode Island militia will this year
man the forts in Narragansett bay and
Fort Mansfield, below Watch Hill.
The latter is in the New London ar
tillery district, and the men assigned
to that post will be doing the same
work under the commandant of New
London that the bulk of the state
troops will do at the Narragansett bay
forts under Col Howe in June.
By reason of the great shortage of
men, only six companies of coast ar
tillery are now stationed in the forts.
These are Companies 70, 81, ITO, 1T,
129 and 130 But that the war depart
ment contemplates making this region
around Newport and Narragansett bay
the chief drill ground of the depart
ment of the east is shown by the fact
that a board of army officers recently
made an elaborate survey of the
shores of Narragansett bay and
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UnuaIIant Bostonians.

A few old timers from the South
end were handing out some reminis-
cences recently. Said one of them: 81
knew Nine Nordica years ago, when
she was Mary Norton, and lived over
on Warren street l used to call reg
ularly." Another of the old timers
said he could remember when Lillian
Russell was a domesticated resident Of
Boston-Boston Record.
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Cervera's fleet was blockaded In Santi-
ago, the average seaboard citizen was
generally obsessed with notion that
he had cause to worry.
But thanks to the awakening which
that little war brought about and to
the great impetus which it gave to the
upbuilding Of the navy and to the es-
Enlistment of an adequate system Of
coast defense, the resident of the New
port littoral has no longer any need to
worry over any sudden raid from
oversee Even without the aid of that
strong right arm of national defense;
the United States navy, the forts alone
could keep at bay half dozen fleets
Of the size of the one which caused
so much uneasiness to the city and
it's neighbors during the early days of
the Spanish war.
Need Fear No Foe.
The chain of forts which has been
strung along the approaches to this
eastern entrance to the sound COM
prises in it's martial links Forts Weth-
Grill and Adams, which guard the mid
die channel; Fort Getty, on the west
ern shore Of jamestown; Fort Phil
Kearny, on the mainland opposite, and
Fort Greble, on Dutch island. The r.
inch rifles of Fort Wetherill are so en-
placed as to sweep the approaches
with destructive long-range fire. The
fort is fanked with numerous bat
teries of rapid-fre guns designed for
repelling attacks from landing parties.
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noise might attract rescuers, but this
Maxim invention removes this fear.
No doubt special laws will be passed
by the different states to meet this
new aid to secret assassination.
THAT the device will become a
great menace to law and order when
placed in the hands of desperate revo-
lutionists like those who for years ter
rorized Russian official circles there
can be little doubt. Much of restraint
has been exercised over them by the
knowledge that immediate detection
and death would likely follow the dis
charge of firearms or explosives
With this check removed, there is no
telling to what length the blind rage
of such insensate enemies of society
will go.
'Mr Maxim hastens to reassure the
public that the silencer will not give
absolute noiselessness, and that
though the noise of the explosion IS
absent the crack of the bullet as II
pierces the air remains. He says: 1t
has been demonstrated that when
bullet travels at the rate of 1000 feet
or over per second it makes cTack
as it tears through the air that "a per
ceptible for 200 or 800 yards.
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4 ovino Kindness,

my kindness shall not depart from
thee."-Isa. 54:10.
The things that lasts in the universe
is his kindness, which continues from
everlasting to everlasting. What a
revelation of Cod The infinite, indy
ing. imperishable love of God is mine.
Older than the mountains, deeepr than
their roots, wider than the heavens,
and stronger than all my sin, is the
love that grasps me, and keeps me,
and will not let me go, and lavishes
its tenderness upon me, and beseeches
me, and pleads with me and wooes me,
and rebukes me, and corrects me when
l need. and sent his Son to die for
me.-Rcy. Alexander Maclaren.
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"a lot joint army anu navy
maneuvers, which is re-
garded as being the most important
from strategic standpoint, which
contains the most numerous stations
for the advancement Of the science of
war, and which is now the most
strongly fortified, probably very few
persons outside Of the regular estab-
lishments," the army and navy, could
give correct reply.
Quite certain it is that very few
would even think of the leading sum-
mer resort of the Atlantic coast as
combining all of these grim equip
ments, and combining them on a
greater scale than does any other city
on the eastern seaboard. Yet this is
just now what Newport does-the
same Newport that is the summer
home of the fashionable world; the
Newport OF cottages, villas, bathing
beaches and yachts. But, incongru-
GUS as it may seem and surprising as
may be the statement, yet Newport to-
day is one of the strongest fortified
posts, If not the strongest, on the At
Iantic seaboard possessing a long line
OF massive, grim, defenses, most of
which have been constructed since the
Spanish war, fortresses which not only
guard the city and the vitality impor-
tant entrance to Narragansett bay
bit also protect the torpedo school
where the seamen gunners of the navy
receive the final course in their edu-
cation, the torpedo station where these
missiles are constructed, the naval
training station, the Naval War col
lege, the navy wireless plant, one of
the most powerful on the coast, and
also the fields where mines would be
laid in time of war
Defenses of Highest Order.
81 would not call the defenses i'm
pregnable," said Col Walter Howe,
commandant of Fort Adams and of the
Narragansett district. Perhaps no de-
lenses are impregnable. 1t was once
thought that Port Arthur was impreg-
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Foolish Question

A New York chap wants to be tolls
why theater tickets in that city do ncSl
indicate the hour of the beginning Cl
the performance. Should think H.
would know The hour is not mex,
toned because nobody is ever on tima
at the beginning of the performance
What would be the good of wasting
printers ink?
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MUST WE BE i
BORN TWICE? II
By REV. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
Pastor of the Chicago Ave. (Moody's)
Church. Chicago. =
Jesus said: e,

Jesus said: Tx
cept We be born
again, We cannot
see the kingdom
of God" Said an
other: Born only
once, we shall die
twice. Born twice,
we shall never
die" What, then,
is the second
b irt h ? ] e S u s
teaches that it is
a birth from
above, and Prof.
Drummond in his
Natural Law in
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Natural SoIicitude

Invalid Husband-Did the doctor
say l was to take all that medicine?
Wife-Yes, dear.
Invalid Husband-Why, there's
enough there to kill donkey.
Wife (anxiously)-Then you'd bet
ter not take all of it, John!-Tit Bits.
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p RUNA
For Catarrh Of the Throat Of Two
Years Standing.

" OuIutHW VI NIEO HHH UuN % bWU
Years Standing.
''i was afflicted for two years with
catarrh of the throat. At first it was
very slight, but every cold took made
it worse.
81 followed your directions and in "a
very short time began to improve. !!
took one bottle and arm now taking
my second. can safely say that my
throat and head are cleared from ca
tarrh at the present time, but still
continue to take my usual dose for a
spring tonic, and find there is Moth
ing better. Mrs. w. Pray, 26O
Twelfth ST.. Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Defined.

"A pessimist," says Andy Flower
lis a man who turns off the lights SO
he can look on the dark side OF
things"
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Ask Your Druggist for Aliens Foot-Ease.
81 tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
ly, and have just bought another supply.
1t has cured my Germs, and the hot, burn
ing and itching sensation in my feet which
was almost unbearable, and l would not
be without it now.-M~s. w. j. Walker,
Camden, N. j." Sold by all Druggists, Zoe.
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There is nothing more uncertain
than a sure thing.
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A favoring that is used the same as lemon
orvanilla. BY dissolving granulated sugar
in water and adding Mapleine, a delicious
syrup s made and syrup better than maple
Mapleine s sold by grocers If not send 35c for
2oz. bot. and recipe book. Crescent Mfg Co., Seattle.
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GOING THE PACE.

Tortoise-What, have you started 6
motor car?
Snail-Yes, one must move with tn
times, you know.
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AMERICA READY
WHEN DOGS OF
WAR ARE LOOSED
Narragansett Bay Is Completely
Equipped Nth Forts and Batteries
That Guard the 'SBack Door of
New York; The Nations Great
Drilling Place.

EW YORK.-If one were to
ask which port on the At
lantic coast has become
the most important center
for joint army and navy
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WE BUY CREAM-WRITE FOR PRICE
Miller & Holmes st. Paul, Mimi.
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Ambiguous.

"What sort of time did you have in
your automobile trip"
"Oh, we had perfectly killing
k3poNtO
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ance of a navy yard force ending its
days work, so numerous are the civil
ians that are now employed.
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w. N. u, Minneapolis, No. 17-1sos.
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cHAS. PILLING, Clifford Blk, Grand Forks N OAK;
z. T. HOLMES. BIS jackson Street. st. Paul. Nina.
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For 80 years Lydia f. Pinlkham's Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedy for
female ills. No sick woman does justice to
herself who will not try this famous medicine.
Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and
has thousands of cures to it's credit.
@gD If the slightest trouble appears which
you do not understand, write to Mrs.
Pinkham at Lynn, Mass, for her advice-it is
free and always helpful.