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yer. and I'm not compelled to let them
have anything IL | don't want to. mat
man will tell all his friends about me, and
II they get in trouble in this town what
lawyer do you suppose they'll hire? Get
the idea
There arc times, too. when fall law
yer is n better agent for recovering stolen
property than the police. young clup-
man was held up in n side street one
nignr ana robbed Of valuable diamond
studded watch. lie appealed to the ponce
and they worked on the case three or four
DAYS without avail. II happened that he
smoke Of his loss 10 a fall lawyer.
Il can get your watch for you re-
marked the lawyer.
The young clubman shook his head. ! m
afraid there's no chance" he said. The
pollce have been TO every pawnshop here
and I'm couple Of neighboring cities and
cant get so much as a trace Of the thing.
Never mind the lawyer told him BE
here tomorrow evening about this time
and I'll give YOU your watch
Whereupon the lawyer went out 10 get
I'm touch with one or two OF his crook
friends. Some thieves use ingenuity. and
others use force OF the class that take
by force. there are several clipues each
having methods and devices Of its own.
The lawyer Judged accurately from the
earmarks Of the case which crowd had
taken the clubman's watch.
see here" he began when young
crook he had sent for came n his office.
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Let us cay that a "second-story worker
known as Busy jack gets arrested IN
Toledo, Ohio. lie recalls that friend OF
his once mentioned the name of good
"nouthpiece" I'm that town. Busy JACK
sends FOR that lawyer. who. in the inter
est OF Indebtedness may be called smith.
A prisoner held on a burglary charge Is
extremely cautious i'm talking to lawyer
ne meets for the first time. The lawyer,
he fears. may he a detective sent to get
a confession from him. So the prisoner
asks him to SHOW his provers' Lawyer
Smith mentions facts he has learned from
some Of Busy Jacks" pals. sufficient 10
prove that he is ALI right
They 20 over the situation. IF the pris-
ouer was caught FOR burglary. but was IN
armed. his bail bond is probably not more
than $500 or 500 II he was armed when
captured the bail might be 5000 or more.
Suppose tho cash bail is fixed At 500.
BUSY Jack gives the lawyer the names
of other seCond-story men who are good
for various amounts from $25 20 500.
pal I'm Chicago can he counted on for so.
CINCINNATI Joe" hae gone to New Orleans
and may be reached IN care of q certain
saloon there lie Will send SIS The list
Is made up and the lawyer writes 10 the
several pals for money. He writes for
enough more than the amount Of the bail
TO insure substantial fee for himself. If
the case is urgent or II the prisoner OBJ
jects 70 lettering IN jail until the mails
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o swren deed
. .

Fort Morgan, where she engaged in daily
target practice.
Besides the Tennessee there were three
other Gunboats the side wheel steamers
Morgan and Gaines and the heavily built
open-deck steamer selma.
The problem which Farragut. pacing up
and down I'm front of the harbor. had to
consider was the question or silencing the
Notifications and destroying tho efficiency
Of the powerful Tennessee In the face Of a
thickly sown field Of mines. From time 10
time he received additions to his fleet, but
they were all wooden vossels-no NJ match
for the Tennessee. not to speak Of the
forts. Give me an ironclad OF two was
his continual request OF the Navy Depart
ment. and some troops. and ! viii go in
The troops were needed elsewhere, and II
was not deemed desirable to move any OF
the ironclads around from their duties on
the South Atlantic coast Therefore. he
had to SIT by while the Tennessee was
building. always on the qul yiye for pos
slble sally from the Tennessee against ais
wooden walls
At last. however, his wishes. which. II
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assisted by tho food tide would carry the
wounded craft through to a safe anchorage
within the bay
Farrasut. as he had wished 10 do AZ New
Orleans. desired TO lead in his valiant flag
''ip the Hartford but his officers. as they
ala below the Crescent CITY. succeeded in
persuadng him that his duty lay in pro-
i'eting himself from danger. and the BROOK
lyn was designated 10 take the post Of
danger. az Che was equipped with appa-
ratus fer graphing torpedots and four bow
guns. which would be serv!ceable in ap-
preaching Fort Morgan The monitors
Tecumseh. Manhattan. Wnnebago and
Chickesaw were 10 proceed I'm single bI.
slightly ahead II the wooden ships.
In the afternoon Farragut. ACCOMPANIED
~ the commanders OF his feet. ran into
the bay In the tender Cowslip, In order 10
make n finai inspection OF the defences.
All was quiet as II the enemy was ready
for the long expected attack. Above the
fort the bow of the Tennessee could ne
seen, extending beyond a point of land
where she lay at anchor like an animal
ready to spring upon Its prey A transport
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shutters OF iron five inches thick covering
the gun ports. She was armed with rincd
guns all around.
Unfortunately her builders were limited
10 Il set ~ high pressure engines designed
for river steamer. and they were not
Of sufficient power She could make only
six knots on her trial trip. a turtle backed
leyiathan, she was also like the tortoise
IN her numbering movements. Another de-
feet was the location or her steering chains.
These were laid outside the casemate.
where they were exposed 10 shot from
the enemy.
II was desired - send her out against
the cnemys wooden ships as soon as pos
sible, but before this could be done she
had TO be lifted over Dog River Bar. a
series OF mud fats eight miles below
Mobile where there was only nine feet
Of water. After long and tedious labor
floats were prepared for this purpose and
the night of May IS was selected for the
passage over the bar and an attack on
Farragut's fleet outside the harbor. The
enemy was to be surprised in the darkness
Of the early morning. She was taken in
tow by two steamers. one Of which carried
her coal and the other her ammunition.
She passed over safely, and while on her
way down the channel her crew were
busily engaged in restowing her coal and
ammunition in order that the proposed at
tack might come of in good season. II
was midnight when the Tennessee reached
point where IL was thought she could
float without the aid Of the 'camels." The
floats were released and she settled down.
1t was low tide. Intense was the disappoint-
ment when Il was discovered that she was
hard aground. There she stuck until day
light revealed TO the bronzed admiral out
side the harbor the plan and plight of the
formidable craft OF whose construction he
had long been aware. The clumsy IRON
clad was released when the tide came In
| and took her position under the guns OF
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RI Dash That Gave Union Control of Mobile Bay
In This Article Civil War Bat.
tie That Effected Blockade
of Gulf of Mexico Is
Described.

was seen coming down tho great quiet bay
She tied ND AT Fort Gaines and began 20
land troops and stores The Winnehago
was directed 10 throw a few shells from
distance This proved To be enough. The
/ Cowslip returned to the Hartford. where
the final instructions were given. The at
tack was ordered for the following morn
ing.
As evening came on the rain began 10
fall ami IL drcuch,d the decks Of tho feet
Officers and men gathered below the for
mer writing letters home and making such
preparations AZ they deemed necessary IN
tho face Of an event which might result m
death. Then. like brave men, thoy put
gloomy thoughts far from them and spent
an hour i'm telling over many an old story
and conundrum. Among them on the hss-
ship was ". II. Browncl, an acting cnsien'
the author OF numerous pieces Of VERSE;
who was 10 spend some Of his time the toi-
lowing day taking notes FOR poem 'Tn'
I Bay Fight" well known al tho close OF the
war II left the pen OF the author before
the Hartford sailed out of Mobile nay
again. The commander retired to his -"
cabin and there wrote TO his wife:
II am going into Mobile in the mornlns
IL God is my leader. as hope II" j.. ana
in Him ! place my trust. II lle thinks IT.
is tho place for me To die. / am ready ~
submit To His will. cod bless and preser's
you II anything should happen 10 mo.
Tho rain ceased Al midnight. The starr
Camc ont and then We're ohscureH 10y
fog The sea was calm. Farrssut IN"
tensely anxious about the weather S'',
poorly. At ; a m he sent for MS St'N"'"
aud asked about the wind u was n'n"'-
! from the southwest. hc was nio'h'p' -
was favorable Then We will 80 in ''"'
morning said he. quietly. soon '",
ing OF tho boatswsins whistle was
upon one and another OF IN" Si'Fr
! sailors came rushing up on deck WI" D"
hammocks and deposited them Nh'''
would he a source Of protection from 'f"'
tors The ships slipped along thfo"s"
mlsts like phantoms "a they 'halah'''
mariners" and were dashed To the" ''
sorts in obedience to the general o'"'''
The mist gradually disappeared u''',
influence of tho early morning sun anu
soutbwc.tetlv breeze Farragut had a''''
and was breakfasting with calnheSS ''''.
be,okcned mo- realization ~ the ia'' u'"'
the greatest battle % his life was 10 IAN
place tiiat Jay (hfhf ~ ~
II was now $50 O'Clock.
"Wen. Drayton." said ne, turning 10 -.
feet CAPTAIN. I'VE might as well get UNIV
/ way"
No more formal order was ne''SSa'l
The word was flashed 10 every SNIP !"
one minute" the vessels began repiSlhs F"
action az we'll as by signal 'Ie u'ohi'0''
took their places in the van 10 he'p ~
the Ere OF the fort and TO attack l'o
ncsseo as soon as they got INSIDE
Brooklyn ana her consort cam" next DC
hind her was tn Hartford dashed to We
Metaconet The other wooden vessels fo''
lowed two by two. BY $50 o'clock all ws''
over the bar and i'm the face OF the coming
storm.
A weary tme-but 10 the strong
| The daN at last ever. came,
| And the volcano. laid 80 long,
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ern edge Of the main ship channel In or
der 10 keep light draft craft from pass
ING into the bay over the shallow water
that Law between and with the purpose OF
forcing all vessels into the narrow chan
mel under the guns Of Fort Morgan. a
double line Of piles had been driven across
the interval Their heads were just visible
at low water
In the channel Mt the end OF the line
Of piling were planted numerous torpedoes.
They were in a double row, extending TO
red buoy anchored three hundred feet
from Fort Morgan safe channel directly
under the guns Of the fort was thus pro-
yided for the use Of blockade runners.
Forty-slx Of these mines were lager beer
kegs filled with as destructive n mixture
as ever was found inside liquor barrel.
Besides there were l34 OF tin, truncated
cones in shape with air spaces az their
tops TO give buoyancy. They were an
chored with old CRATE bars and the ex-
plosion was brought about by knocking a
piece Of castirOn OF. This pulled trigger
which discharged the mine.
But these were not the sole defences of
the harbOr Selma. town $50 miles up
the Alabama River in 1863 was described
as being at the time the largest naval
station I'm the South. employing the ablest
engineers in the Confederacy. The year
of 1863 was busy one at that town, for a
number OF eunboats were in course Of con-
struction The chiefest Of these was the
Tennessee. a ram OF the type OF the Merri-
mac. but much improved. All through the
winter Of 1se5-'64 the hammer changed upon
the iron shell OF this. the most formidable
ironclad completed by the Confederacy.
She was 200 feet over all. As feet beam. and
drew, when ready for the fray, more than
thirteen feet Of water.
The citadel was d easement rs feet 8
inches long, % feet wide and feet high,
inside measurement This was constructed
OF pine and oak planks and beams 10 a
thickness OF twenty-five inches over this
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may be said had long been those 81 tho
powers that he elsewhere. were satisfied
on August 3. 1854, troops under General
Gordon Granger landed on Dluphln Island
prepared 10 aid in the occupation OF the
fortihcations when taken on the follow
ng day the fleet was joined by the last Of
the expected ironcads Possessed ~ a
fleet of twenty-one wooden ships and four
monitors. he was ready To go i'm as soon
as nature should smile upon the project to
the extent of providing proper comhlna-
ton of wind and tide \ food tide was re-
quired Ia carry the vessels in and "a west
erly wind 10 convey the smoke Of the guns
easterly into the faces OF the gunners in
Fort Morgan. II was his purpose 20 pass
up the channel close under the guns of Fort
Morgan In order to avoid the torpedoes
In his general orders the commanders
were instructed To protect their machinery
from plunging shots by laying chains and
sandbags along the decks. Chains were
also To be hung over the side. The vessels
were to move In pairs, dashed together. a
large vessel on the starboard. toward Fort
Morgan. Should one be disabled, the other,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
R ~; Convention Assembled Institute Much Needed Reform

"somc Of YOU fellows got the wrong man
the other might. You got "a'." 81
a friend OF mine. Now, "ah' '"o' -,
back. oh. I know you hadn ahy.h,"s
to do with it, but you can get u, Ana o.,
want It. Just do me this favor VIII YOU
And that night when the lawyer Hop'
his appointment with the cluol'ian
astonished the latter by pulling io''" '''
stolen watch and handing it over
Now, a good fall lawyer IS usud"S
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Admiral Farragut Made Thrilling History

was a coating Of five inches Of tough
malleahle iron platec. The tops Of the
Casemate and pilot house were covered
with heavy iron Cratings. \ netting
stretched around tho inside walls Of The
casemate protected the gunners from
splinters. Tho covering Of the Casemate
was carried below the watcrlne and then
oont inward 10 meet tho hun, forming a
solid metal knucklc. which protected the
null from any curious ram Of the enemy
seeking her vitals There were Slidu2
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have justified the impression that that was
his feeling regarding the reported reception
planned by the Spanish defenders. II has
been asserted that Fsrragut used that Ian
guage when his fleet got tangled up in
Mobile Bay, it being one Of the few times
ne ever used such strong words There
was ground for such a remark, for the
Ccnfederatcs had sown the waters of their
harbor thickly with such mines as their
great ingenuity suggested Fort Gaines
was more than two miles from the west
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crook like that out OF jail" people remark
Wonder why he did It,
He generally does It because ne gets
his"
Tho "fall" lawyer. as he builds up
clientele among the people of the under
world. becomes sort of financial agent
I'm his town for crooks in all parts OF the
country, even when there IL no occasion
for him to appear in court As rule, one
LAWYER gets the bulk of this class OF DUST
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could get the money from me IN time 70
catch his train. Tho moment | saw MN
standing there I knew he'd come ioi ',s
money He'll return 1t to me- perhaps
he doesn't I'll get it from somebody eise'
"But supposing you don't get II! sue
rested. wouldn't IT get to be goou oe"i
Of n nuisance II every crook VINO comes
20 town were to drop in and borrow Sio
or so?" ,.
"It's good advertising" replied the law
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who's TO furnish the Witnesses asks
the fall lawyer. IF YOU furnish your
own witness I'll appear for you for Sol'
OF course. II furnish witnesses It'll cost
you more"
There you have an example of the ways
OF fall lawyers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
CONGRESS IN COLD STORAGE.

Our big law factory on Capitol Hill VIII,
lac one or the other Of these systems, ne
fortified foreverrnore against summer extra
session terrors and Mr.. Elliott Woods WI
nroet by Professor Rosa's researches before
he makes his final plans.
Now. YOU are asking yourself. as | 'hd
Professor Rosa. IL the mind Of man has fe-
,ieed all Of these wondrous things why, IN
90, ,.r,a Of all that stews and sizzles. IS
the hide IF man not profting by them in
hotels and theatres and the sacred precincts
al the home I am told that although he
g, stem has already been installed IN com
mission houses. cold storage establishments
brer.eries and the cuisines or our great no.
tells for the protection Of foods furS ana
TEXTILES Gods living creatures are not yet
considered sufficiently worthy Of such COM
fort except in few scattered instances.
one If these plants has just been in
staI,ec in the state War and Navy Build
ing. I'm Washington. ~ a COS, OF %"''
Tr;;e. it's function is 70 supply ice Tor the
Luildirg ~ather than 10 cool II. but pipes,
radiators ana fans are the only accessories
that would he needed 20 convert this lttie
ice factory into a refrigerating plant Dig
aroueb ~ cool a theatre II ordinary size.
II
"Sunrose II cost 900 a day 70 operate II?
Would II be a difficult matter 10 get the
money lack AZ the nox office? asked Pro
fessor Rosa.
During the hottest weather he added
eft would cost less than 81 day A room
NJ the average size OF your big rooms IN
rublic buildings or from > 10 80 cents a
d1v bedroom in h'pls. We estimate that
to cool buildings it costs 81 ton Of refrig-
Grafton which adopted unit means the
amount # cooling produced by the melting
n a ton % ice.
Why will nor the direct saving ~ human
life give as great a return for this invest
nant as TIE saving If furs Oriental rugs
and the regerve supply Of egg meat and
roultrv. stored away to rrctect, with other
things. the high cost Of living
r. was AT this point that I was ushered
into rhe room where the tests were being
made with the fan and ice. Here are IN
nroeress careful measurements 20 determine
tbA exact amount Of ice needed for given
amounts of cooling and driving Of the air.
and the apparatus measuring the fail 81
temperature and humidity record them
selves upon moving paper bands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
"sTILES discovered THAT HE
WAS BEING LOWERED INTO A
NEST OF RATTLESNAKES.'

pected many difficulties were encountered
The experiences OF d single day included
. the turning upside down OF the raft when
II ran aground I'm swift water. the knock
ing down OF all three men when il struck
A rock at breakneck speed and leaving
one OF them stranded on rock, and the
pulling off # two # the men by
sweeper" or overhansing tree. In this
and the other was lassooed around the
neck by the man still Oh the raft ana
pulled aboard.
The experiences OF the Wild are often
strange and unprecedented. but Thomas
O. Gerdine holds the record Of having
fought the only hand-to-hand 1Iel with a
mountain goat on the PERCEPTIONS ledge
that has ever been chronicled Gerdne ~
one OF the stout hearts OF the Geological
Survey. and the late g0's found him plac-
ing his mark on many lofty mountain lh
many regions previously untrod ry the foot
Of white man II was while exploring Cop
Der River I'm 1900 that he was separated
from the rest Of his party. and was fol
lowing a narrow ledge above a stream IN
an attempt 10 find a passage around the
mountain front. il was out on a narrow
ledge that ne met the goat The animal
had probably never seen man before,
and as a consequence was not afraid Of
him. Gerdine was indisposed % give mp
fine ledge. and the goat showed Equal de-
termination. Gcrdine was armed with
small Ratchet. and the goat was armed
with the effective frontispiece which Is
worn by all his kind The goat charged
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Private Houses. Hotels and Hospitals Will Also Be Cooled
bv This Process Which Drives Old General
Humidity" as Well Heat in Headlong,
Helpless Flight

which a pine carried il out Of the room
And thus was the oppressive humidity
taken out of the room. Meanwhile, the
electric fan blowing against the radiator
was driving back into the room the ar
which was being thus dried by contact "'p'
the frosted coil Of pipes BY the time the
humidity had dropped 10 per cent the tenn
perature had fallen about five degrees, ana
this balance was then maintained through
out the day Solid comfort reigned WITHIN
those four walls and no one wanted the
windows open Danish the thought!
This scheme Of having the cold radiators
Immediately I'm the rooms is known as the
direct system" to which sightliness may
be added by placing the radiators in closets
grated above and below, a fan inside SUCK
ing the warm moist air In at the top graf
ing and blowing the dry, cool air out d'
the bottom. In the new electrical laoora-
tory now 20 be added to the Bureau o.
Standards group OF structures one OF these
closets is to be built in the wall between
each pair Of rooms 20 be cooled. The bulid-
iug is TO be l9) feet long by 50 feet wide ana
five stories high. ard sixteen closets VIII
cool and dry thirty-two rooms. But TINS
urecaution is TO be taken not on account
OF the comfort OF the employees but for the
protection Of the delicate instruments
whose accuracy is disturbed by the conden-
sltion Of humidity upon Their nsulations
The other scheme for cooling buildings
thus With chilled brine is known as me
indirect method" Where this Is USED
great radiators are placed in chambers IN
the basement or other convenient places
whence big blowers force the cooled ana
dried air through nues and out Of registers
distributed about the rooms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
HIS OWN MEDICINE.

Governor Dix. at a luncheon in Albany.
said of "A political leader who had been
worsted.
He will get a little Of his own medi-
cine back now 1t reminds me OF 4
story.
"A man entered an eating house and
ordered a steak and fried potatoes.
Yes. sir: steak and potatoes. STR
said the waiter. And will you have
chops and peas along with IL"
mo. thank you
Roast beef then. perhaps. sir? Tha
roast beefs very fine to-day.
mo. just steak and potatoes.
How about a nice lobster or a brace
Of crabs. sir. with the steak
NO"
"'Shad roe and succotash. perhaps,
sr?'
No. tell YOU"
"A nice mess of fried catfish and
waf--
But az this point the proprietor sum-
moned the waiter 20 him.
What do you mean. YOU scoundrel.
he said. by tormentir~ hat patron IN
such an outrageous manner"
"'Oh. wasn't tormenting him. sir.
said the waiter L was Just trying 10
make him feel at home. Hes barber.
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rul prospect for that superman. the plumb
er II you used plain, everyday water, for
the pipes would freeze up and burst before
YOU would have any cool weather on tap.
salt your water. then. and IL won freeze
till far colder than would even be needed
to give grandmother a touch Of 'rheuma-
tiz' or pneumonia.
That IS simple enough, 70 be sure. But
YOU do not pile table salt or rock salt into
YOUR modern cool weather plant Calcium
chloride is the salt used here and If YOU
do not know what that is you will have
To go to the encyclopedia.
Beneath the floor of the cold wave maker
which I saw was big tank. ample enough
for Mother Hippo out at the Zoo 10 take
her daily soak in. And in this great re
ceptscle the brine is mixed TO the proper
proportions.
over against the wall is a big cylinder
Of ammonia water, such "a you use 70
clean your clothes and this is being sub
iected 10 heat which drives OF the am
monia gas. which in another cylinder is
condensed under pressure into pure liquid
ammonia And in, a third cylinder this
condensed ammonia is rapidly evaporat-
ing. which process produces a chill. such