12 THE. OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , MAY 12 , 1808.
VALUE OF FLAGS ON WAR SHIPS
How a Victory Was Gained by Falling Down
the Enemy's Ensign.
"STRIKING THE COLORS" ENDS A BATTLE
Kenning of the Hevernl Flnim Planted
by Shlpn In Action Alienating
l r I'I KnlllnK the
to tlic Muni.
A story Is told of n , little cabin boy on
board a man-of-war , who by his action In
pulling down the enemy's flag during a
battle , gained a victory for his commander.
The story Illustrates the value of the na
tional flag In a naval action , and how much
depends upon the sailors seeing It flying
from the masthead above them.
It was Just at the beginning of a battle
between two ships that the cabin boy , who
had never been In a flght , asked one of the
sailors how long It would take the enemy
to surrender , and what his own ship would
bavo to do to bent the other.
"Do you see that ? " asked the sailor ,
pointing to the flag which was flying from
the masthead of the other ship. "As long
as that Is flying the other fellows will flght ,
but when It comes down they will stop and
their ship will surrender. "
The cabin boy was too small to flght , but
he made up his mind to got the flag for his
captain. During the battle , when the ships
were Innhed together , ho crawled on board
the enemy'n vessel , nnd wh'llo the sailors
were busy fighting climbed the rope ladder
which ran up the mast , nnd , pulling the
flag from Its place , wrapped It around his
body nnd carried It back to his own ship.
The sailors were fighting bravely , until one ,
looking up nnd seeing that th'e flag was
gone , cried out to his companions that the
captain had pulled down the flag , and there
was no use fighting longer. The men threw
down their arms , and the mistake was
not discovered until It was too late , for the
cabin boy's comrades had seized the ship.
The flag of his countiy Is what every
Bailer nnd soldier throughout the world
fights for during a battle ; when the flag Is
gone they lese heart nnd give up easily.
Some of the bravest deeds have been In de
fense of the flag , nnd to get It back again
when the enemy have captured It.
When a ship goes Into-battle the national
flag Is run up to the masthead , the highest
point on the vessel , where It flies until the
engagement Is over. Sometimes , when the
other ship Is the stronger , or Its sailors
fight belter , nnd the captain sees that he Is
beaten , ho pulls down his flag to show the
enemy that he has had enough and wants
to surrender ; this act Is called "striking the
colors. " It Is a usual thing to run up n
white flag In the place of the ono which has
been hauled down , but often the stmplo act
of striking the colors Is enough to end a
battle. So long as the captain of a ship sees
any flag , except a white one , flying from the
enemy's vessel he will continue to fire upon
It , for It Is a sign that the sailors have not
given up and ore ready to fight longer.
Sometimes during n naval battle the ropes
which hold the flag are shot away , but in
such cases there Is always some brave sailor
who will climb the mast and put another
In Its place.
Swr.m for tlic Flnir.
During the revolutionary war , when the
ship commanded by Paul Jones was fighting
on English vessel , the American flag was
shot away and fell overboard Into the water.
JSno of the sailors who saw It fall jumped
"after It , and , although he .was wounded ,
$ tswam with It back to the ship , when It
was fastened to the top of tbo mast again.
When the flag went overboard the English
men began to cheer , for they thought that
Paul Jones had surrendered , but when they
saw It flying from the masthead once more
they changed their minds and finally sur
rendered themselves. The action of the
wounded sailor In jumping Into the water to
rescue the flag made his companions flght
all the harder.
Every boy who has read American history
knows about the battle of Lake Erlo , and of
how Commodore Perry carried the flag from
his sinking ship and hoisted It upon another.
When the English captain saw Perry going
In a rowboat from the sinking ship with
the flag thrown over his shoulders , he or
dered his sailors to rink the boat BO that the
flag couldn't be hoisted at the masthead of
another American vessel. Ho know that If
the American sailors saw that their flag was
lost they would lose heart and surrender ,
and , as hn expected , when they saw the flag
flying again they worked the harder and
finally beat all his ships.
A ship going Into action carries several
flags , the national color * , which arc hoisted
In the most prominent place ; the union
jack , the pennant , which Is a long , narrow
streamer ( lying from the masthead , and a
set of signal flags , which are used to send
messages from one ship to another. When
a squadron of vessels , under one admiral ,
or captain , goes Into a flght , the ship which
has on board the commanding ofllcer. Is
called the flagship , and flics , beside the
other flags mentioned , one which denotes
f&y „ *
THE NATIONAL COLORS , AND SIGNAL
FLAGS. *
the rank of that officer. In the old days ,
when war vessels were made of wood nnd
had three mauls , most of the flags were
bolsted to the top of thcsa masts ; nowadays
however , many of our fighting ships have
only one mast , nnd several flags may be
hoisted upon that , but the stars aud stripe :
are always at the top. Sometimes a flag If
'
hoisted at' the end of the yardartn , usuall )
in the case of signal flags.
The use of these signal flags In a battl <
nro very" Important By means of then
the commander of a fleet , from hla flagship
can communicate to the captains of thi
other vejpcls his orders or whatever hi
thinks they should know.
Signal ( or Action.
When the squadron Is walling for thi
enemy's ships , and they are sighted , thi
signal , "Prepare for action , " Is run up 01
the flagship. It Is also necessary during i
battle that the commander direct the move
nietits of his ships , the came as In a lam
engagement s , general directs the move
n > cnts of his soldiers. On each ship Is sta
tloned a few sailors , who understand signal
and who 'keep ' their eyes on the flagship ti
learn what tha commander Irishes , thol
captain to do , Aboard the flagship certali
sailors are detailed to signal the order th
emmautler wishes to give , and the systei
has been made so perfect that there are sel
dom mistakes.
As every one knows , the nationality of a
hip Is told by the' ' flag which It flies from
the masthead. 'During all the naval wars
It has been the cilstom for the captains of
naval vessels to have on board the flags
of other countries besides their own and
frequently one of these flags are used to
advantage. During ono of tha long- naval
wars between England and some of the
other European countries the captain of a
small English war vessel sighted several
big French men-of-war , which , did they * at
tack htm , would have cither sunk or cap
tured his vessel. Franco and Spain were
fighting against England , so he made haste
to pull down the British flag and run up In
Its stead a Spanish one. When the French-
men saw the latter flag they did not bother
with the little vessel and the Englishman
scaped.
During the war of 1812 nn English cap-
aln made himself n great deal of trouble
.hrough fear that some of the sailors on
ioard his ship might pull down his flag be-
'oro ' ho had beaten the enemy. Just be-
bro the battle ho ordered a
allor to climb to the top of
.ho mast nnd nail the flag there. The
American ship proved the better and before
eng the Englishman wanted to surrender ,
but when ho wished to pull down his flag
10 couldn't. The sailors wcro busy fighting ,
o the captain himself had to climb the
mast nnd tear down the British ensign.
There have been instances where the com
mander of a ship nailed his Hag to the mast
and left It flying there until the vessel
sank. The last object which appeared above
ho water was the colors , and oven the vic
arious enemy-cheered the sinking flag.
FOHGOT HIS FIANCEE.
Through LOMH at Memory He Courts a
Girl the Seroiul Time.
Everything was driven from the mind of
ev. T. C. Hanna of Southlngton when ho
'ell ' on his head a year ago , relates the New
York Herald , even the all Important fact
hat he was engaged to marry a handsome
Koung woman. She remembered all about
t , of course , , but she did not wish to re
mind him offlltt Every ono Is happy now ,
however , for the re-engagement of the
young woman and Hev. Mr. Hanna has been
announced.
Mr. Hanna's'strange mental condition at
tracted the attention of physicians In his
native state and In this city. Ho was driv-
ng along a Connecticut road last March ,
when tc was thrown from his buggy. He
fell upon his head and was picked up In
sensible. When ho regained consciousness
t was-found that his power of memory was
entirely gone.
He could not think of the name that fitted
the article of .furniture we call a chair.
Everything about him was nameless. His
ntellect was alert and his , mind receptive ,
but the past was a complete blank. Ho
gazed at the pictures , books and flowers. Ho
tried to speak about them , yet the words
would not como.
His friends pointed to the common things
about him and spoke the names over and
over again. Ho repeated the syllables after
them. Gradually the words began to attach
themselves' again to the objects which sur
rounded him. Ho could say "chair , "
tables , " "sofa" and point to the things
which the names signified.
Everybody was glad that Rev. Mr.
Hanna was coming to his senses. From
nouns he proceeded to verbs. It was not
long before his Investigations brought him
to that BO mo old verb which every beginner
in n language learns first of all. There was
something about It which suggested a pre
vious existence. Then ono day ho saw upon
the street a familiar faco.
Ho asked his friends If they could not * re
member , for they reasoned that when the
man had completely como to his senses that
perhaps ho might have different opinions
Besides , what Idea could the word "finance1
convey to a man who had barely learned
again the meaning of slnglo words like
chair. " "sofa , " "gas , " and the like ?
It was amazing after this period to witness
the progress made by Rev. T. C. Hanna
n the UEO of words. Ho made the acquaint
ance of the young woman , Oncu or twice
ho remarked that ho thought ho had met
her before. She said she believed that she
had had the pleasure of meeting him. From
a child of one year Rov. Mr , Hanna became
a man of 25. Ills vocabulary returned.
Surely no young woman need wish a bet
ter compliment than to bavo a man fall In
love with her n second time , without re
membering anything about the first experi
ence. Rov. Mr , Hauna , as his memory re
turned , made frequent calls at the house
of the young woman.
The single verb'which the Latins cal
"amo" came back tn his lips again. The
joung woman accepted nnd they are to bo
married soon.
Besides his flanceo Rev. Mr. Hanna had
forgotten everybody else. Ho Is making
now acquaintances out of old ones ever ;
day now. It will only bo n question of a
few , weeks before he Is able to attend to
his pastoral duties again.
He la already preaching again nnd thos
who have heard him say he preaches with
the old-time fervor , even If his vocabulary
Is not quite so large. Ha uses simple word
now and steers awsy from the ncs
qulpedallan terras of theology , which I
Itself not such a bad result of the accldon
front which ho suft red.
Rev. Mr , Hanna , is a graduate of the Yal
Divinity school and his' friends think tha
be may yet become ono of the leadluj
preachers of Connecticut.
The letter ' 'It" don't have to figure In th
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Moiical and Sportive FowibilittM of a Light
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it
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While the Meter Work * Over-
tlrne Seniiltlvenefiii of
the Flnme.
It Is not generally known that the most
omarkablo things may be done with com-
non gas , such as Is used to light our
louses. For Instance , gas may be made to
alk , to sing songs and play music. U will
cat time to the tick of a watch , dance a jig
when the proper music Is played , and , In
act , do almost anything In which sound Is
n Important factor. Furthermore , nlmost
ny person can make gas perform these
eats.
In order to make gas beat time to the
Icklng of n watch , the gas must be sent
nder heavy pressure through n ptnbolc
nirncr. A ptnholo burner may bo made by
icatlng a thin glass tube In n flame and
rawing the heated portion out until the
ube is as fine as a pin , IIy breaking It oft
t Its smallest portion , you have the ele
ments of a ptnhoto burner. The thick end
f the tube must be fltted to the gas bracket ,
short piece of rubber tubing forms a good
onnectlon. When gas Is sent through the
turner and lighted , It will burn In a long ,
liln flame. If n high pressure of gas is
urned on , the flame will be found very
onsltlve. If the room Is quiet the long
lolnt of flame will stand quite steady , but
t a watch Is held near It will wobble nnd
arc back nnd forth In perfect time to the
Icks. If you shout at It It will jump tone
no side as If scared , and If you scold It
n n loud voice It will dance about In n
erfect frenzy of excitement. It Is much
nero sensitive in this respect than a bad
boy.
boy.An
An amateur English scientist once sent to
'rof. Tyndall an Idea for a gas burner
which producd n very sensitive flame. It
vas made of thirty-two mesh gauze , and any
no may make one by examining the nc-
ompanying Illustration. It Is really
nothing more than n little table made of
; auzo nnd having a wide , round hole cut
n the middle of It. Any burner with a
ound opening will do to use beneath It.
t you turn on the gas and hold a lighted
match above the gauze the gas will burn
only above the platform. It thus is com
pelled to burn a conical flame , wide at tbo
bottom and tapering to n point. All flames
are most sensitive near their bases , and In
his case the most sensitive portion of the
flame Is spread out , offering a very large
area to bo'acted upon by any sound waves
which may come In contact with It. You
may sing or play to this gas flame and It
will dance In perfect time. You _ could even
'
signal to a person at a 'distance by giving
prolonged nnd short whistles'corresponding
o the dashes nnd dots of the Morse tele
graphic code.
By taking advantage of the fact that a
flame Is extremely sensitive nt Its base a
simple apparatus may be constructed with
which a gas jet may be made to speak. That
s , it may be made to transmit speech Just L
DANCING GAS.
like any telephone. The same kind of ptn
hole burner must be'used as described
above. Surrounding this burner Is a tin
tuba with a small hole In , one end. The
burner projects from this hole just a trifle.
The voice Is sent through an ordinary speak
ing tube to the tin tube which surrounds
the burner. It escapes through the same
bole through which the burner projects and
Is , therefore , forced against the very base
of the flame. The sensitive flame will take
up every sound wave nnd' magnify It and
cnuso It to bo heard all over n large room.
The sound can be much Increased in
volume If n flaring trump'et be attached to
the burner. That the gas really docs the
talking is made apparent by turning ofl
the gas , when "no sound.will Issue from
the Email orifice surrounding the burner.
SAILOHS' BAD WIVES. .
How They Arc II lute Comforted In
\VnnliliiKlon.
A considerable portion of the population
of Washington Is composed of the families
of array and navy officers , and just now the
community Is profoundly agitated with ap
prehension concerning the war. The wives
and families of many f 'the officers who
*
have been ordered to the fighting squadrons
who do not live permanently In Washing
ton , says the Washington Post , have come
here for sympathetic , surroundings and arc
filling up the hotels and boarding houses ,
The medium of communication between
these families and the War and Navy dc
partmcnts are the array and navy relief as
sociations. These are benevolent societies
which have no official character , but have
nn official sanction and are in charge of re
tired officers , who make It their business to
look after the necessities of the families ol
comrades who are In active , service. They
have headquarter in the Army and Nav >
building and Insure the lives of the mem
bers of this association. When an office !
Is killed an assessment IBmade upon all
the members , which U paid by the paymas
ter nnd deducted from their salaries. When
an officer goes to sea he assigns a certain
portion of his pay to his family , who .re-
celve | t through the regular paymaster. II
there la any trouble the matter Is looked
after by the secretary or ; other officers ol
the association. They also keep a record ol
the address of the families of navy and
army officers , eo tba they can reach then
promptly whenever necessary.
The close personal Interest which thli
community has In the war has had f
gloomy effect on Washington society , foi
on eyery ilde one encounters weeping wlvei
and Uarful daughter ! , who eagerly dUcuw
plans and probabilities and anxiously await
Information from tbt source of power nnd
authority concerning the movement ! of the
army and fleet * and tb probabilities of a
conflict
At the same time these brave women take
a pride and Interest In the hopes and am
bitions of their husbands who have gone
to sea to win glory for themselves , as well
as freedom for the people of Cuba. They
have been assured Individually over nnd
over again that their husbands and sons
are not In the slightest danger ; that It is
Impossible for the Spaniards to capture or
destroy or even Injure the ships of our fleet.
Ono family hero Jins'-contrlbuted two offi
cers a father and i son-in-law to Captain
Sampson's squadronn and the wife of the
younger officer was.talking to a voluble ad
miral on the retired-list the other day on
the all-prevailing ( topic.
"Do you think the Dolphin will bo In
danger ? " she Inquired.
"If she were hi I-by'a ' shell or a shot from
one of those Spanish cruisers you would
never know what -became of her , " replied
the admiral , thoughtlessly ,
"Goodness grnclousl" exclaimed the bride.
Tom wrote mo Unit mil the ships In the
Spanish navy could flro at the Dolphin alt
day and would never..hurt her a bit. "
The admiral appreciated the situation and
replied : "Tho Dolphlnich ? Why , of course
not , they never would hit her , " and the
trustful woman went'Off ' with renewed con
fidence.
But sometimes this comforting Is over
done. The wife of a commander of ono of
the merchantmen that has been converted
Into n cruiser has been going round with
tearful eyes for several days , while her
friends In nnd out of the navy have been
trying to brace up her courage nnd nssuro
her that her husband could not , bo In any
danger. They finally told her that his ship
was not likely to see any lighting at all ;
that It probably would bo used exclusively
for coast defense , and of course the Spanish
fleets would never get far enough west to
give them any employment. It was almost
certain , her friends told her , that her hus
band would not get within sound of the
shooting. This made her very Indignant
and she started for the Navy department
to demand of Captain Crownlnshleld , chief
of the Bureau of Navigation , who makes
the assignments of officers to ships , that
her husband should have as gogd n chance
as the rest of the navy to flght the Span-
lards.
A NAVAI , SHIP'S TA1LOII.
No I.iimlninnii Can Compete with liln
Handiwork.
The skill displayed by the sailors on board
our naval vessels In making their own
clothes , even to their caps , surprises the
average landsman , who has a vague Idea
that these things are supplied by government
tailors. Readymade uniforms are supplied
to the recruits , but ns soon as the men get
their sea legs and begin to have some pride
In their appearance , they get their uniforms
made by the tailors In the crew , and much
better fitting clothes they are. It Is a
well recognized fact that no tailor nshoro
can compete with these sailor tailors In makIng -
Ing bluejacket suits. With his ditty box
and his small hand sewing machine a ship's
tailor , after his regular duties arc over , can
make extra money to spend ashore. Ho
' charges about $5 for making a sailor suit
' with alt Its trimmings , and the man who emI -
I ploys htm draws his cloth from the ship's
'
stores. For making a cap , including the
fancy embroidery about the top and band ,
the charge is $1.60 , and a well set up tar
wouldn't think of wearing a cap bought
nshoro If ho bad money and pride. The cap
makers In a ship's crew are experts In va
rious styles of embroidering. These tailors
and cap makers aboard ship are classed
usually with the thrifty men , and tbo
amount of money they can make and save
in a three years' cruise sometimes amounts
to $1,500 or more , and there is a tradition
In the navy that a quartermaster was paid
oft from the cruiser San Francisco several
years ago after a three years' crulso with
J3.000.
IUI.F.S THE I1AXD.
"Jniiiim WliKcoiult" Thrown Cold
Water on Snnin of HI" Admirer * .
This story of the poet , Rlley , now pub
lished for the flrst tlmo by the Atlanta Con
stitution , originated In a llttlo town where
the poet was stopping over night.
The leader of the village band , knowing
that Rlley had written a poem In which
he expressed a preference for hearing "tho
old band play , " thought It would bo a good
Idea to serenade him with "such tunes as
'Swnnny River * and 'John Anderson , My
Jo , ' " and accordingly the band surrounded
his house In full force.
The poet was tired and had been sleeping
E9undly for some time ; but , being awak
ened by the Jarring discords without , took
In the situation , thanked them In a neat
speech for the midnight compliment , retired
and addressed himself to sleep again. But
It was no use. Tho'band kept on playing.
Finally there was a lull In the music and
the poet congratulated himself that the worst
was over. In this he was mistaken. The
band had only stopped for a breathing spell
and a chew of tobacco. Ina few minutes
It was "making night hideous" again.
Rlley stood It for two mortal hours. Then
rendered desperate the raised the window
sash and shouted :
"Boys , I like to * bear the old band play ;
but. God bless you ! I don't want to hear It
play all night longTV
"Less go , boys.satd the Indignant leaJer ,
"That feller dou'tlappreciate music ! "
S. E. Parker , Sharon. Wl * . , writes "I
have tried DoVltf Witch Hazel Salvo
for Itching piles and It always stops them
in two mlnutei. I consider De Witt's
Witch Hazel Salve the greatcit pile cure
on tbo market. "
OKNKHAL GRANT MKMAINRD CALM.
at the flreiit Union Commander
Thronih Hlrry Ordrnl.
"Ob , It was n Intensely Interesting study
my study of Grunt at close range In the
Wilderness 1"
Tbo speaker , says the Drldgton ( Me. ) cor
respondent of the Boston Transcript , was
nor. Theodore Oerrlsh , a Maine veteran of
.ho civil war. I repent this story as I
heard him tell It.
"Ah ! 1 can never forget that terrible day
In ' 64 , when was fought the first of the two
bloody battles of the Wilderness , "
said Mr. acrrlBh. " 1 at the time lay wound
ed under a tree , close to Grant's headquar-
crs In the field and hour after hour watched
Grant.
"While serving as n private In my regi
ment I was severely although not danger
ously wounded , and , like a great number of
others , was taken to the rear. I was placed
under a small tree , nnd , as It happened ,
within a few rods of the spot where the
leader of that mighty host of union war
riors was conducting the battle. In fact , I
was so near Grant I could see every motion
ho made and critically study him In tbo
momentous , fearfully responsible role bo
was playing.
"And such a study !
"Why , It Is not hyperbole to state that It
was worth all the pain and disability I en
dured then and thereafter from the effects
of my wounds.
"There stood the 'silent man of destiny'
In front of his little tent ; a man plain and
unpretentious , holding In his hands not only
the fate of his vast army , but the life of
our nation as 'one and Inseparable , ' yet as
cool and self-possessed as If bo wcro merely
reviewing a brigade of mllltla on training
day. All about him was wild excitement
and seeming chaos. In front of him and for
miles In extent the unceanlng roar of artil
lery mingling and alternating with the rnt-
tlo of musketry , the bugle calls , the shouts
of the contending troops ; now nearer nnd
more terrible , now seeming farther away ;
anon the crashing of a shell In dangerous
nearness , causing a temporary scare In the
vicinity of Its fall ; while added to the ap
palling din was the clement of uncertainty
nnd Intangibility , causing that nlmost over
powering mental strain which comes of dark
anxiety nnd forebodings of disaster.
Everybody was excited except him who
had most cause for travail.
"Staff officers would gallop up every few
minutes , to each of whom he would give a
brief written order for transmission to some
brigade or division commander , perhaps In
volving the fate of thousands of brave men.
Orderlies were dashing hither and yon.
General Meade , on his alert charger , was so
nervous that he could not long remain In
the saddle , but would dismount and pace
the ground awhile , remount and sit a short
time , then off and walk as before , his hand
some face wearing all the time a worn and
troubled look ; and yet through these long
and terrible hours Grant never once lost his
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lend , but kept constantly In his mind's eye
all the details and Intricacies of the stu
pendous plan which devolved on him alone
o carry out the solution of that mighty
iroblem the key to which lay In hi * right
land , which held the faithful p uclll
"Yes , Grant knew precisely what he w
about , and he knew , moreover , that a cool
lead and a well balanced mind were ll-ee-
scntlal to the great work In band.
"Tho lesson of that day's study of Grant
was , that ho was one of the most wonderful
men this century has produced ! "
Tbo now familiar story of how Oraul kept
his nerves steady by constant cigar smoking
during those eventful doyi In the Wilder
ness Is fully corroborated by his son , Colonel
Fred Grant. Tbo colonel lays that about 4
or 5 o'clock In the afternoon of the flrat day
of the Wilderness fight his father's clock
of cigars gave out , whereupon be became
uneasy , miserable , restless and nervous , aud
so continued until he got back to head < juur >
ters and supplied hlmrclf with his favorlto
jrand of llavnnas.
fllANT JM-K.NUT NTKAMKIIII' .
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Hnnil'iir.'r-AiMfrlcitii Mnr Ordrm Oui-
( o ! ( Any I'liimriiu'T Hunt.
The Hamburg-American line has ordered
the Viilcun Shipbuilding company of Htctllti
to build a steamship to eclipse anything
afloat In the transatlantic Jrado , and UVPII
to excel the untried but powerful North
Jerrnan Lloyd liner KalsuY F/ledrlch , whoso
builders guarantee her to inske half a knot
more than the marvellous tKalscr Wllhelm
dur Grossc , which has ufrc'cord for a voyage
to Southampton from NuvA York of 22.35
knots. Mr. Krnll L. Dons of the Hamburg-
American line says , la the New York Sun ,
that the new ship , which wll | be bigger
than the Great Eastern , has not been named.
She wilt register more than 14,000 tons and
will be 685 feet long , CC'/i feet beam and
forty-four feet deep.
The Vulcan Shipbuilding company guaran
tees that It will make twenty-four knots ,
which means that It will cover the course
between New York and Southampton In
five days and nine hours , and the course
between Quccnstown and Sandy Hook In
four days raid twenty hours. The new ship
will be completed In 1900. It will bo
longer than the famous marine failure , the
Great Eastern ; thirty-seven feet l&ngcr than
the Kaiser Wllhelm dcr Grosse , and about
twenty feet shorter than the new leviathan
of the White Btar fleet , the Oceanic , which
may appear on the teas next summer.
( I run I nit < IB the Hhade.
Krow a I'ransylvsnla city comes an In
quiry & tg wJUrlhrr ) a order to grow grass ]
) H tliv Fhade It Is uwfscary to use some
particular wed , or wtuHbvr tbo only euro
Is to out out KOIUC of the surrounding trees
tmd thus tighten the flUn.de , A park expert
* ) , Uint gri\B8 uxu be grown In shady ,
Vlncre , provided good need Is used and th
toll JB not sour To settle the lost question
It it ) ouly ueccBsary to tuko tt piece of blue
Jltiuuti paper , turu some of the soil , and
afU-r wetting It , pltxce It on the top of th
puper for leu to flftreu luluutre. If tba
paper turn * r d , the boll U sour. The
remedy .for eour boll IK froui one to two
bUfluls of Jluie per 1,000 tquuru feet , ac
cording to the. degree of redtievc thown on
the paper by the lest. To pieserve a growth ,
of grata close to large turs , fertilization
wll | be necessary every jenr. A particular
brand of seeds Is also deelrable , and on
this point the advice of a good oecdsuian
had better bo taken.
Age-'Purify
arc the first considera
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