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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1898)
- . - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ - _ - _ - - _ _ _ _ _ - . - - - - - - - - _ - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - t1 12 PILE 'OMAIFA ] ) AILY ] i : rEIDAY , MAY 27 , 1S98 . , _ _ _ _ I r _ A TRL'E STORY OF 11IE ItEVOLU'I'ION. By EvcrcttT. 'l'onilliisoii. ! lI.l Tlio battle of Camthn bnd been touht on AuguRt IC , 1780 , snI nmong the prla oners taken by the BrItIsh In that cngago - - - incnt were Captain I'ctcr l3ncot , John Starke , a young man of 19 , nn an old continental froni Conncctlcut , Simon Jones by name. The three men were mnrchlng n A band of thirty. who , three flays after ttio hattie , were being forwnrded by Colonel flawdon to Cbnreston ) , nnI 'when they thought of the dungeon awniting them there their henna were heavy , for the stories of the sniforings flfl(1 deaths In the lontliesonie place were current among the whigs of south Caroilna. The band of prlsoncrs had Just entered Ofl ft lonely road which led through a forcst , and grateful for the cooling shM on that hot. day guards end prisoners alike halted for a rest. Young John Starke. who hal been wounled In the thigh and liati pluckily continued on the march for fear of worse evil if he fell out of the ranls , turned anti looked upon the men In the company , and the sight was not one to cheer him. Borne of the pris- micra were true-hearted men , but many vere horse thieves , s'lio lint ! refused to give the British the first opportunity ot buying their plunder for a trifle , and as a conse- quence had been numbered among the trans. gressors , Outlaws nn4 esporatc cbarnc. : ters were there , nnd along with ( lie prison- rn s of war cro all consigned to the Charleston - ton dungeons. Nor did ii. glance at the band of redcoats - coats tend to soothe the fceliiigs of John , for many of theni were notorious tories and desperadoes , and he know that they WOUI(1 flot hesitate at anything to obey the orders they had received. Truly his sltua- tion as a desperate one , niitl with a heavy hcart lie snIl to Captain L'ctcr : 'Not very niuch hope here , is there , captain ? " "No , " replied [ 'eter hincot briefly. ' 11's flawdon's vay , I gucss , ' dra'led the Yankee Simon. 'llc's growii tired of hniiglng and shooting helpless men and ho tiiitiii by sending 'ciii in to the Charleston - ton ( htlflgCOfl he'll do just as vehl anti save himself nil the trouble. It'll be the same thing in thio cud , " "They say there is lots of smallpox among u the Charleston prisoners , " said John. "And they say truly , " replied Voter. 'They don't halt ( coil the men and with the smallpox and fever auni foul air they don't have to look after any of the men very long. " "It saves time and money and guards. I guess , " drawled Simon again. "I don't miuIl seebi' 'ciii ecouioinlcai. It's what I iSdiS brought iii ) to ho myself. " John hooked quickly at the aid soldier , but lila face was expressioniess , Ito could not tell whether his lniilfft'icnco was realer or assumed , but whatever the cause John hail little sympathy with it. For himself lie was afraid , and the Pro3Pect of unterluig ! the ihiingt'oue at Chiurlestouu was almost niore than lie could bear. Already ho could see in lute the sight of the pi1e , cuffering men confined there , no.1 all the stories ho had heard of the foulnc'u , disease ruid death came back to hlni. lie could not repress a shudder as hue turned again to Captain l'etcr and said : "Is there no hope ? Can't 'we nmke a. break and get out of this ? \Ve'tl better be eliot than die Iho death we'll have to at Charleston. " Ills companion inad no J reply , except to glance cxprosivehy at the guard , tint ? John , too , was siitht as he observed - served the men. What a desperate band ( lucy were ! The hardened faces and brutal looks were on every sidb of hIm. Surely , 1o mercy vns to he expected from them , and the young soldier groaned as ho real- iZel his helplessness , but It was not the pain ( rein the wounih in his thigh that caused the expression. "My sister Nancy lives up the road here , " lie said at last. "She's the ouuly sister I've got , and she disgraced the fanilly by marrying - rying a tory , lie keeps the public house up at the corners. I wonder what she'll think of it when she sees her own brother ct.rried away by her husband's friends. " 'Wiat's ) that you say ? " said Peter quickly. "She lives in a public house up the road. ' I "Yes , " replied John , surprised at the suit- , den interest of the captain. ti The word to march on again was given , and lie lund no opportunity to make further inquiries ; but lie noticet ? that Peter Hacot : 'W3 thoughtful , and several times turned to f simon anti spoke to hini in low tones. Sit - t roan was Interested , too , , In the captain's words. for , although the expression upon his face did not change , John knew tfoni his manner that seine project was in his nind'hat It was , however , ho could not conjecture. To him the march was full of inisery , for even wlieuu lie could for a ziio- nent forget the dreary prospect before him his wound made him fully aware of the mlii- cry of the present. Surely the price of his thivotton to the colonies was not small , On itiarched the men , the silence broken only occasionally by a growl from sonic redcoat or ( lie sharp word of Captain Faust , the leader of the guard , to some loitering prisoner. The beat of ( lie sun was intense , and the insects that steadily fohiowed tlier Increased the disconifort of util , The uris- onens uttered no complaints , for their tIes- perato condition forbade all that , but tue murmtirings among the guard grew louder and more frequent , They rebelled against the heat , ( lucy found fault with their leader for insisting upon th irnco at which lucy were marching , and Captaiui Faust wait beginning - ginning to fear that ho would lese control of his men when a public house came into view nail a hiatt was ordereL "is this where ybur sister Nancy lives ? " Inquired lter of Jobui Starko. "Yes , " replied Julia , "but I don't know that she'll do Us any good. " "I think hc will , " said Peter , and in a few low worth lie explained his plan. John listened attentively and for a moment felt hopeful , but a glance at ( lie noisy redcoats brought back all his fears , and lie said : "It. may be vcll cuiough to try it , but I haven't much hope. hero's niy sister , now. and I'll see what can be done , " Nancy was approaching and looking with curious Interest at thib band of vriouor. uddcnly lice glance thl Upon John , anti rho was about to utter a startled exciarna- tion when a varaing slgui troqi her brother caused her to be client. Still she approached , and John knew by the expression upon lice taco that he could depend upoa her to do her utmost for him , for oven in illose tics- perato times "blood wa thicker thau ator , " I "Why , Jobni how came you here ? " I " " John "Come "hush , Nanco ! whispered , close ii minute and I'll explain it. " In a tow wordui John hurriedly told his sister of their desperate plight and explained the visa , svhichi I'eter hiacot. haul devised , Nancy listened attentively , and then hesitated be- Sore she answered , It was only for a mo- meat , however , for she quickly said : "I'll o it , John , You stay right here , and i'll try my best for you. " Ilium sister was gone in a moment , and 'John str tched himself upon the ground with liii compahulOn8 to await the result. Not a 'word was spoken by the prisoners , but eab caa watching inteaseiy the movements of time guard , Shouts and songs soon could lie heard , nnd among the noisy inca they could see a woman mnoying hero anti ( lucre. anti always with a jug in her hands. The ahouts Increased and the nplse redoubled , An Iie'i" ' had passed. and the three prisoners 'were just beinUIng to bopo ( list they might n 5 able to make $ QInU uhttemnp ( , thcn Cape . - : . Lain Faust appeared in the doorway , anti in a thick voice ot'derod the men to form and advance. "It ins no good , " said John , deBponti- ingly. . "You can't tell yet , " replied Peter. "here comes your sister , ' "John , " said Nancy , ' as she approached , "I've done all I could anti will hope for the best , here , ( hike these , quick , " she added as she drew three black bottics from the folds of her ihress and handed them to her brother , "lle carffuh. Maybe you can work your tilan yet. ( ioolby , " phqwhhspcred , as mhio turned anti left them. John thrust druc of the bottles into his pocket and gave his companions the others , nail then they arose to take their places in the rnnk. The mntirhm was at once re- aumeti , bpt time lines of tIme guard wCto very uneven now , and the murmurs bad given place to shouts and soiigs. "Steady , tlicret steady ! " called out Cap- thin Faust as hio'Iookecl back at the men. "lie thinks the troubles nrc with them , " said Simon. "he'll have to hook out or the grouuuti will lilt him in the face. It's all right , and we'll niako a try pretty quick. " "liarki What's ( lint ? " Inquired John , sharply. The sound of the bugle could be heard in advance of them. The three prisoners - . - - , . . . , . . . : : L- k - . . , . I ' ' . . . : U i - : . . 4- , :1 i - . YE:0.- r - - - - ' , , F \ _ , _ I ' ' dl \ \I , ' - I - rriL \ . r - . -u---- ' ' : : : . . : : i : : . TI1I SENTINEL , WAS S ECURED AND GAGGED. looked at one another in dismay , for doubtless - less the approaching men were rod coats , and their coming meant the downfalh of all their hiopeis. Disnmayecl as they were , they would have laughed at another time at the I expression upon the face of tIme drunken captain , Faust. lie too , bad heard the sound nail reahizeI that ho was in no fit condition to-bir seen' by any-of his superior ofllcens. 'Ifere , Captain Faust , " said Peter Bacot , quickly , "you take my hat anti coat and give me yours and your sword and I'll help you out. Be quick ; you haven't a minute to lose ! " "G-glad to-to-have ye , " said the leader , thickly , at once carrying out the suggestion , The transfer' had hardiy been made and time men formed in line by the roadsIde before - fore Colonel Cruger's band of red coats , escorting - corting supplies anti reinforcements for the upper stations , appeared in the road. "Present arms ! " called Captain Peter , and the men , 'who were to stupid to perceive the change in officers , obeyed , and also car- ned out the order to salute the newcomers. "Who's in command of these men anti what are they ? " inquired Colonel Cruger , as lie drew rein on his horse. "Captain Faust's in command , " replied Peter , saluting , "and these fellows are prisoners for the Charleston dungeons. " "Gooti jilace for them , " replied the echo- nd , "You'd better hurry on , though , for it night overtakes you In the woods ( lie men may get away. " " \Ve'hi hurry , " replied Peter , watching the colonel , as he and his men passed on. \'hnt a relief It' was to have them go. The hopes they had had were all dashed by time sudden appearance of the rod coats , but the quick wit of I'cter I3acot prevatled , and in a few moments the band had passed ( rein sight. Then Peter restored the sword and belongings to Captain Faust , and ( lie macelm was resumed , though the lines of the guited wore still unsteady and the men plainly were almost overcome , "Their guns ain't drunk , " whmisitereti Simon , shaking his head in reply to Peter's suggestion that thmoy should start and run into the woods , and the.three prisoners kept on with the others. Night diii oventa1o them in the woods anti the band took up their quarters in a deserted logliouse by the roadside , Then time prisoners wore placed in one room wib a door opening into the ball anti a window into tim yard , while the drunken tories and sober Amen- can ollcers ( were all left in the bali to- getlier , Tile three lisoners soon began to vork. The Eoundsthat rose about tlmeni showed that macst of ( he moon were .ukejiin , . They whispered together , and then Sinmoru began to Use the bottles that Nancy hail given. Thmo sounds of the sleeping guards became louder anti soon It was manifested ( list all but th dtInihs'of 'th "thrd prIsoners hind forgotten the- , bard march of time day and were sound asleep , John was trembling In his oxcitemear bur managed to listen to time directions Peter whispe-eml into his ear , "Now , now'l the time to begin , " "will you please get mo a drink of water ? ' , itnop aid , , to th .scntinel in the hail , The sentinel grumbled , but went for time water , and held out time gourd as he re- turneth , With one quick blow SImon knocked the gourd from-his hand , anti thb water oer time , gun and into the face of thu astonIshed tory , Instantly Voter and John were by. his 'side , and the sen- ( mel was Secured and gagged. Then the thneo macmm haBlily secured the guns , but , though their efforts wore not heard by the drunken tories , the prisoners In the other roonm had Weard , and were 'eaping out of the t1ndow Into the yard , The outside son- ( mci was aroused , and fired , but the noise of the report only served to awaken the drunken , zuen1nthp41iaiJ and quicken the pace of the escaping prisoners. "I'll tend to that sentinel- said Simon , quickly , leav- lag time JmaJt.,11p1t , preeping his gun before ( ho soldier could reload. Time dazed tories meanwhile hind been roused , cnly q fiudthqus3ves wthout $ guns and ( acing the barrels of their own niuskets. Ia s few momenta the three resolute men . completed their work , had paroled the tories amid disni-parcth , And what became of thm John Starke concealed himself in the woods , and was feil and eared for by Nancy , till he was strong enough to make his way to Sumter's army. Captain I'eter liacot became an of- ! ear in time regulars of South Carolina , but of Simon no Word son ever received. After the war , wimeui John Starke used o relate the story for his grandchildren , be would close by saying : "it's the only time in nil my recollection I can remember ( lint drunken mcii over diiiany. . good. " - SiilNT FOIL TWuT1'-FI't 'JdAitS. -.I.p.asat. The Story of Jolimi Crane ' % % 'lio Spoke t I ) t ) Ohs , John Crane , 47 years old , who had never spoken to a living soul since lie was jilted twenty-five years ago , died last week at the Naugatuck ( Conn , ) abnihou nut , whvn his ragged clothing was ripped apart $5,000 in large bills were discovered in the lining. Crane came to Naugatuek in 18G5 , Ito hail just come out of the army nnt was popular in the community. lie was thrifty and old citizens remember him as an energetic , vlh- , to-do young muon. lie worked in a local factory and in tn years accumulated a hand- 501110. bank account. It isna in 1573 ( lint lie began paying his addresses to Mary flobbins. Time acquaint- since lasted many months and Crane , notwithstanding - withstanding Miss Ilohblns' indifference , pressed his suit persistently. One day she gave lien fInal anssrr. Ills fellow workmen at tIme factory noted Crane's deep melancholy , None were able to cheer him , few to elicit a word froni tIme disappoInted moan , lie left his bench and disappeared. lie took U ! hmIXesIdeflcC ln solitary hut a few mIles from Naugatuck. ills house lay In a tjmlpk.wooil far ( noun the roadsimlo amid ho became a hermit and miser. lie rCfused to speak with even those few with whom lie came In contact , In all the years of his solitude- one- ever heard his voice. Ills neighbors , after mm few years. forgot the story of his life and thought him a mute , - . As early as 1884 Crnao began depositing money In ( lie Nauguck Savings bank. Compound interest on a dollar ho deposIted In October of thatyearamnounted at the time of his death to 52 cents. Every month lie would emerge from his hermitage , visit time bank , make a sign for hIs bank book , examine itithotit a worI aiiil depart. A year anti a halt ago Crane , much enmaclateci and quite feeble , was brought to tho' NaugaI I tuck almshouse. The matron knew nothing of the man's history nor of his money. Ills health grew gradually torso. Through nil his pain ho imover loosened hIs tongue and to the coil he maintained his self-corn- posed silence. A few days ago Crane sent for the matron , Mrs. lliumairo , and signIfied that ho wished to write out something which seemed to weigh on his mind. tic always postponed the communication , hesitating and throwing the paper aside at ( ho last nio- macnt , On the evening of his death , when Crane knew that his hours wore few , ho sent for the matron. Ho made a sign to ( ho messenger to bring a pencil and paper. Before - fore Mrs. lllumaii-e reached his cot Crane was dead and death iiealcd time lips for all time which disappointment had made dumb through life. Some of'tho bills found in the clothing of thmo'dead man were issued during the civil war. Four hundred dollars had been sewed up in wrappings of paper and old hmandkercimiefu. 'In his waistcoat pocket were two $5 bills , sornei'hat new. 'Vito Lanil of tile Liiz' , "In a late sojourn iii Honduras , " said Mr. L. B. Glvcns to this Washington Post , "I caine to ( ho conclusion that it was a vara- diso for lazy men. Everything grows lux- uniantly with but little labor on time part of the natives , nail many crops do not need m-eplnntng ( more than once in eight or ten years. Time country offers fine inducements to enterprising men , bus it is hard on a wiuito man uiieil to civilized ways to go ilown there and dwell among an lgumornnt lot of natives who are 100 years behind time times. A man would have no congenial so- clvty , and might as well be In eile. Time natives usually live in bamboo housii , though In ( ho towns time dwellings arc of iidobo. Chihtiren go naked for ( lie first two CI. ( hirer yeats of their life , and time attire of the adults is rather scant , The govern- meat iii hiicral with concessions In order to OntOUi'tgE developnieumt ot the coiintr'e : resources - sources , but there is no general rule gov- eruming the granting of privileges ; it all tie- ponils on how good a bargain may be driven , The clinmate is very salubrious , anti lazi' ness Is about time only prevailing diemmse. ' A Scuiso of Scclirlt ) . Wasimlmigton Star : A lawyer aiid his llent were descending the steps of tIme city hail. "Suppose , " said fF client , "That Spain decides to send the fleetfrom Cadis' to Ma- nhia. Could it coal at neutral ports ? " "That would be a qtcstion of' international - tional law. " "Th ia I guess we're all right. if they go to law en time lioint tho.wnr wilL be over long before It gets settled. " VIiA11 VA11. iulfltNS. liniq to thi 'WcnItlr'ot ' the Vorli1 In tit , lilnoil nut Ahic of hlntic , What has actually been lost to the wealth of the worhi in the bld tl nail ashes of the war since authentic history began is beyond all estimate. It has been computed that the loss of human life nhonn in that time from war amounts to fourteen thousand million souls-a number equivalent to the entire population of time glob for tIm last 330 years , says a writer In Leslie's Weekly. it should be noted here ( hunt the class of men who are drafted or zmr' accepted for military service - ice are invariably the , cry class 'whO , by reason of age , health and strength , are the most valuable to ( lie world ( noun the purely economIc nad material tnntipoiumt. They are the stalwart , intelligent , capable men. In this country economists have set the defluiito value of 5,000 upon the average man , con- shlrod as a wealth producer , Taking this figure as the general standard of the value of man , It can be seen what an incon- celvable amount of wealth In time shape of men has boon destroyed on the battlefields of the world since time began. The war losses of time United States have riot been as great , comparatively , as tlmoiio of other civilized nations in recent times , but .even the totals hero are sufficient to show the absurdity of time supposition that either now or at any other time we may reap financial gain by time sickle of battle , Thin annual expenditure of the United States during the war of the revolution was $20- 000o o in specie. Most of this money wan raised by public lonmis iii the form of paper currency , Time diminishing value of this slender security Inevitably brought about time hoarding of gold. The consequent scarcity of real moimey , as a matter of course , was followed by sufferiimg widespread and Intense. Our second war with Emmglnnil Insteti emily two years , but it cost us $72,000,000 to via- dicato our cause , just anti righteous as it was. Aimd this duih not Include tIme losses to our merchant maclimo from English pniva- teeming , a loss beyond coniputation , even in thmoso times of our comparative commercial' poverty , For the folly of ( lie Mexican war we hind to pay dearly in men and treasure , a loss for which our acquisition of territory diii hot conipemmeato. The lives of more than 5,000 Anicrican citizens were ajinet of the vrico we paid for that display of power , anti sonicthmiiig more than $25,000,000 for mill- tary dusbimrsenients was another part. For time civil war the fIgures of loss all nrotuiid iiiouiit up to stupendous totals. The immediate financial losses were $4,600Ii00- 000 to tIme north and $2,300,000,000 to time south , with such after results as a national debt of $3,000,000,000 , a crippled merclmzmnt marine , a ruined agricultural conirnunity , besides time losses occasioned in other parts of the world , includIng those consequent upon the cotton famine of Lancashire , amid time loss of employment to more than 10,000 European laborers. Such , at least , are the losses computed by Leroy-Ileauhicu in his "Los Guerres Comiteniporaimus , " causing him thus to cioso his chapter on our civil war : "Such is war. Its nature is so homicIdal that It slays thousands of victims even at a distnnce of thousands of miles from the battlefield. " 'I'iuA'l' % VONflEl1FUI. JE".VEY. l'e- 11I ( ) Ktte- Shut n a Boy in \'CVfliIt Not Sit rjirIMatL To have known Commodore Dewey is a claim to liopularity that doesn't fail in these days. 'l'lie mnn or the woman with Dewey reniinuscences to tell is always sure of a listener. Aim old lady from - Vermont fount ? this out the other day. "Know George Dewey ? " she split to a New York Sun correspondent , "Well , Lguess I did. My , but he was niuschmievous boy ! And a schemer ? Well , I guess one of his teachers found that out. It was in the fall of the year antI the apples were ripe on time trees. There was one orchard witlm a particularly fine tree in it and the boys they did hanker after ( lint fruit. I don't know as I blame 'em for it , either. "At any rate , George Dewey lie put two of the other boys up to helping him and ( boy just pretty near cleaned out all the apples there were on that tree. Mad ? Well , you never saw a man as mad as the owner of ( lie erchmnnii was , and he run right off to the school teacher to complain. The teacher thought he'd be real smart , so when the boys verc all in their seats lie told about the apple stealing and ho said : , ' 'Now , I want the guilty boys to understand - stand that I know jmust who did this and that they will be severely Iunushed if it happens - pens again. ' "flut law ! ho couldn't fool George Dewey. George never blinked , but he maiho up his mind he'd show that. teacher a thing or I two. So he kind of started a rumor that there there was going to be another raid on the orchard that umext night , and then what do you think hue illil ? WTell , lie and these other boys got an empty hogshead and they hut It under time tree with the fine aples. The next night they hmid in another tree and watched , Sure enough the teacher came stealing along and , 'when he spieti the hogsheati lie crawled Into it so as to have a good place to wait for them , Just as soon as he had got In , time boys sneaked up behind time hogshead and started it roll- log tlown the hill , teacher mmii all , bumpity -hump bump ! My ! By the time it had stopped anti time teacher hind managed to get out the boys vero pretty micarly home and ho hadn't any more Idea than the dead who'd done it. You can just be sure ( list it wasn't the teacher that told that story. "Oh , that George Dewey was a funny boy ! I rcniember about his taking a neighbor's baby out in Its little carriage , He wasn't nothing but a little shaver , but you couldn't get ahead of him even then , Ho got to running the baby buggy up and down the vailc 'just lickity-split , ' and the first thing ho knew he ran it off the walk and spilled ( lie out tIme whole business , Well , lie just grabbed up time baby anti time covers mind the pillows and was just dumping thmenm into the buggy when the baby's mother caine rush- lag out , That boy uuvr blinked. You'd have thought ho waiu the lord mayor of London. 'I , haven't any snore ( line to give to time baby now , Mrs. - , ' lie said , just as pompous - ous as you please , 'WiU you lease take her into the house ? ' And lie stalked away as if ito bad never gone off a walk in his life , No , sir. Time folks that. knew George Dewey when lie was a boy In Vermont weren't sur- pniseti at his victory. I guess they wouldn't be surprised at anything George Dewey did. " Iti' ' to the' Sltiiittien. They tell this anecdote on a gallant Louis- yule man noted foriiia admiration for time girls , relates tIme Times of ( lint city , ills family were spending tIme summer at a popular resort and he had promised to join them there ono Saturday evening , When the time came for the bus to go to the depot - pot to bring time newcomers to the hotel , " _ A. , B , .A.'b , ' ' of cleanliness -Use Pearline , upstafrs . downstirs , inside , outside , everywhere , 'Cleanness with Pearline is easier than with soao , Then , if a woman _ uses Pearline , isn't , 'everything ; I / likely to be kept clencr ? "Har \ work" is the reason for leaving many , things dirty , ' Pearline leads to better living , comfort , health , econozny _ _ - ' - , - - - - - - - ' _ d . . _ _ _ . . : : : _ - ( ho son of the gentienman in question asked one of ( hum mcmi from time hotel to meet his father in h's ' place smith come along with him. "lint , " salt ? the mann , "how man I to know your father , as I have never laid my eyes On imini in my hifh ? " "Pshaw , you 'will have no trouble , " satti the dutiful son : "pick omit ( ho prettiest woman - man In the crowd , anti the man you see sitting next to her In the bus when it starts is the old man. " The hotel guest acted on this advice and it proved gdoil , for time old gcimtlcmami was discovered edging tip to time iulo of a heart-breaker ruimil conducting an aninmated flirtation with her as they roiled on to time hotel , The hopeful knew him , SIIA1II' SIlOO'I'llIiS Ar sc.i. heir Accuracy t'Giuit' Firing Is Se- ' etireti oil W'tr SlulpM , The accuracy of modern rifled guns is one of tlma dbdcrs of lnlncering , i-elates the Scientific AmerIcan , Two experimeum' xml shots fIred a few years ago at time same elevation from the same gun fell within thirty yards of each other , after traversing a distance of twelve nillc. if a muotierim rifle Is laid upon the target , with proper elevation anti al- lowancc for windago , It is safe to say the shioi will flail the mark , The correct clcvn- tlon of the gun caim only be determined it the distance of the target is knowii amid the exact determination of time distance of a moving object Is a problem that has wornieil time gunner over since tIme day when roummtl shot was first thrown from the iiuthes of the wooilon fIghmtlng ship. In tIme earl ) ' days time ticterniinntlon of tIme range was a matter of guesswork. Time gun- ncr assumed a dIstance , elevated his gumi accordingly - cordingly aiid watched the course of time sumoL If it fell short lie increased time elova- ( ion anti if it lassel over lie decreased It. This was all very well in a day when tIme guns were too feeble to do mmmdi execution except at close range , anti a few dozen shots thirowmm nway iiiade little inipresslomi upon a shIp's mimagazines. W'itlm time ndvemit of iiioti- era ordnammce , hiowever , with time sixty-ton gnus amid costly charges , time necessity of accurate fire became imperative anti orii- namice exports set about devising sonic sclen- title inetlmoil of flndlmig time range at sea. Time earliest anti best known device of ( lie kind vns tIme invcntloii of Licutcimant Fiahce of the United States mmnvy , which has been in- 1oEs RND MRNUtCTURERS OF OMAHA. . A GRICU4TURAL [ IMPLEMENTS arIin , Orendorff : & arfln Co J obbcrs of Farm Machinery. Wagon. and Buggies - Con. 5th and Jones. ART GOODS - P icure .Moldzigs. Mirrors , Frames , Backing and Artie' MutorIahs BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS , merca Hams Sewed Shoe Co Wf'rs Job e's of Fool Wear WESTERN AOSNTB FOR The 3ozopli anigau Rubber Co. Sprague & Co , Rubbers and Mickintoshes. 1107 11o'itm'd St. , OMAHA E'1. _ KrkendaII & Co Boots , Shoes and Rubbers Salesroom , 1102-i1Ot-llOG Uarnei flU-tel. Morse Co Boors , Shoes , Rubbers , AT WHOLESALE. 0111cc mind Salesroom 1119-21-23 Howard St. BAGS emis Omaha Dag Co Importers and Manufacturer * BAGS 6i-xo-r8 Son/It zith Street BAKING POWDER-EXTRACTS , Em iI.I SYRUPS , McIasc's , Sorghum , etc. , Preserves mind Jeihfea Also tin cans and Japanned ware. CHICORY 'The American Ip Chicory Co. Growers and menufacturens of all forms of . . Chicory Oxnaha.Irremont.O'Nehi , CR OCKERY AND GLASSWARE M H Bliss , a ' Importer and Jo es' Crockery. 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I\ - stalled en ninny of our ships and is ; 'tiielY in use in tile various navies of the world , The Fiako range finder is baseil upon the well keown principie of land stmrvc'ying with time transit antI engineer's chain , It a surveying party come to a broad river whose uvlulth has to be determined , a base line is imieasmmrc'th along the bank , and the angles which this line niakes with a niark on ( ho opposite hank are measured by the tramisiL Then knowing the length of time base line and time two nuiglea , the distance across thmo river can be determined by trigonometry - onometry , Applying this to the range father , a base hino is carefully nieasuretl between two points near opposite onus of time ship , and over each voint a range thither , anaweriuig to the enginecra transit , is pornmaneuitly Set U. it ( lie telescopes of the two flimilera arc simultaneously couiyerged Upon the same poini on a ihistant otuject ( abp , tort- tees or city ) , ( ho observers will be in poe- session of the trigonometrical data necee- sary to compute hio distance , mmamely , time base and ( lie two base anglcs Iii tIme diii , hurry bud summugliter of a sea fight , however , it would be difficult to make the necessary calculations , as the distance between the shiiuis , and , therefore , the observed - served angles , keep changing , anti in orlor to make time uleteramination of time distance iuiltomatic , Lieutenant Fiske vinceil his tel- iscope in the circuit. uf a Whieatstomie bridge auth caused their change of position to record - cord the distance of the object on the grad- - - DRUGS. chardson Drug Co 902-906 Jackson SI , 7. 0. 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Daxton anti ' Gallagher Co flIPOIITIIRS. oh. , COPPEE ROASTERS A313i JOEDING GROCERL Tslsphun. W. HARNESS- SADDLE RY IliHaney iCo. ¶ _ . At'ra l1-IflNSi , 4DPfiEM dNP COLI4U $ Jobbers oJ Leather1 $ adtflcryllardtcare , es. , . We solicit your orders. i81 howard St. HARDWARE. Iector , & 'Wilhelmy Co , Wholesale Httrdware , OLIILL1W. I eClark Andreesan Ilardwar. Co Who1esaI Hardware. 010o10. - , u - . UpcrtJtig9oodi , 1210.21.23 Ut. - - - - - misted scale of a delicate galvanometer. Alt that was mow licecasutty was for the ob servers sit the two range fintler to keep the crosshnlre of time telescope umpon the sanie point of the ship , anti the electuki current translated , as it wore , the angles into distances nflti recorded them by the movenic'ntmu of a needle over an arc griulim. steti into hundreds anti thoimsanths of yards. 1' " One of these gimlvnuionmetcu-s is Imlaced him ( liii conning tower anti one at each of time pnin- cipimi gun stntioims , " ti ' Sers-eti Illumi Itight , ' ' "We hike your house , Mr. Duuwson , ' said the old geimtlernnn , whia theugtmt of cmmttumg it for the season , "but you say in your ml. ertisonmeuit that you woii't take hoopla with chiltireum. "That's ( rule , " saul Dawson , "I can't. really : they do so much damage. " "I don't think you'd stuffer nmudm fron amine , sir , " saith ( lie old gentleman , "I cannot make an c'ccption In your case. , . " iir , " returned Dawsorm , i'ihm ( sonic irritation , anti the deal was declared oft , A few clays later , relates lInrpr's Data ? , DaWson dtcovei-ed that time old gentleman's children eouisuiittl of two tmnmurnied ulaugb. tees , aged 3S anti 42 respectively , On Sceoimai 'L'hunaht , , . Washington Star : "Of cotmu-se , " said the European statesummaim's friend , "you are tin- alterably oplO8Cl to time Moimroo doctrine , " "Vell , ' ' was time roiily ivitim somime imesita- ( baum ; " I tusel to be. Lint I've beemi woimiler- lug whether it wouldn't be ' ' ' a good idea to - - - - - have one of our own to keep the United States from going ahead too fast In ( ho easterit hemisphere , " , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - _ - - - - - _ --4 - / WHERE/ ' tiAVo ' boon gathered so successfully in this tonic nato o'THcR/ - render it the most otloctivo Malt Extract U , 7 the Invaluable market. to sufferers from dyspopela and : . 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