20 THE ( KMATTA DATLT HE13 : SVXDAV , SEPTEMHEK 11 , 1808.
CHIirS FAMOUS CAPITAL
Features of Life and Business in a Big
South American Oity ,
VIEWING SANTIAGO FROM THE HEIGHTS
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SANTIAGO , Clilll , Aug. 0 , 1SOS. ( Special
foi resjxindnneo of The lire. ) Santiago Is
tli- capital of riiin. H is utmost as big as
Washington , nml In innny things It com *
Iiai-f > s with It. Washington la six hours'
M IP from our chief seaport , New York.
Santiago Is about six hours by rail from
Valparaiso , the chief port of Chill. The
vay to It Is over the coast range of the
Amirs , and you go from one city to the other
in a chair car lllo : these which iiro on the
roads between New York and WaBhlnRlon.
Our national capital ries In a basin on the
banks of the I'otomac. Santiago Is cut In
two by Clio Hlver Miipoeho and the basin
In whlrh It Is built Ir wnllcd by the snowy
AmlrB on one sldo and on the others by
lower mountains which rise ono above the
other from grassy plains. Wo have our
C'apltol Hill. Santiago has Us Santa Lucia ,
u mass of rocks which the volcanic gods of
the pant have thrown up In all sorts of pic
turesque shapes. These rocks have a base
fit about an aero and tlhcy rise almost pre
cipitously out of the midst of the city to a
lii'lRht ut least thrco-flflhs
- that of the
WnxhliiRton monument. Their top Is far
above all the btillMliws mid far Higher than
thn lilRhcst llat buildings of New York.
Santa Lucia Is perh'aps the most wonderful
Jilll of any elty of the world. It rises like
ft Kreat fort and on Us top there Is a theater
which Is as picturesque asany castle on the
llhlnc. The sides of the hill are covered
with KriKllsh Ivy , tall eucalyptus trees rise
In terraces out of the rneks from Its foot
1o Its summit , and with Its ( lowers , gigantic
ferns , beautiful grottoes and wonders of
roik formation It forms a hanging garden ,
ns wonderful If not ! BO extensive as these
of Ilabylon , resting under the shadow of the
Andes above Fanttago. Santa I.urla has a
H-taurant at which you can get your break
fast or give a good dinner , and thcro arc
cosy nooks and blmtly warks where you may
upend hours , hardly realizing that below
you Is the liveliest and most cosmopolitan
city of western South America.
If you will climb to the eapltol ilonie you
can get a llnu view of Washington. It Is
on Santa Lucia that you get your best
outlook over Santiago. I stood upon Us
peak this morning and took notes of the
Hceno below me. I was In the midst of n
vast expanse of square ridges made of
terra cotta tiles , out of which hero and
tlu-rp rose trees and bushes of green. These
ridges were the roofs of the houses , which
nro ull built In Spanish style about patios
or courts which form In most cases the
only gardens of the people. Some of the
dwellings haw many patios and their
rooms are numbered by scores. From the
lull you sen that most of the buildings
nro of ono and two stories. They are built
close to the BtrectH and the streets cross
one another almost at right angles , the
city being divided by the Alameda. This
Is the Pennsylvania avenue , the Champs
KlyRpc. the Untcr den Linden of Santiago ,
H In more than twice as wide as I'enn-
nylvnnla avenue In Washington , and It runs
the full length of the city almost east and
west. Two rushing streams of mountain
water flow through stone aqueducts along
It. and between these nro rows of great
poplar trees , which furnish an arbor of
thick shade extending from ono end of
Santiago to thn other. In this arbor are
the statues of many of Chili's heroes , and
nt every few feet throughout Its full length
there nro stone seats tilled with people who
nro resting after their promenade. Other
green spots In the plain of terra cotta roofs
as viewed from S.mta Lucia are the great
jiarks of fotislno and the Qulnta Normal ,
or the Agricultural college , the IIIplco race
course , and the now uvenuo which has re
cently been laid out along the Hlver Mapo-
cho. The Mapoeho Itself Is one of Santi
ago's wonders. It Is more than 130 feet
\ \ ule , and It runs through the city for n
distance of about two miles. Throughout
this length Us bed has been paved with
utotie , and Us banks are masslvo stone walls ,
which are now lined with shade trees.
\ Mrei-l Cur Illilc fur u ( 'put.
Ilut let us go down from Santa Lucia and
take a ride through Santiago on the top of
ono of the street cars. There Is no better
way of seeing a city than this , and the
ptreet car fares hero nro the cheapest of the
whole world. The roof seats oost only 2'i
cents In silver , or about 1 cent of our
inunoy , and It Is worth more than that to
gel the smile which the pretty girl who acts
us conductor gives us as she puts our
money Into the right pocket of her white
apron. We notice that the streets are well
paved with Ilelglan block. They are rather
narrow , however , and the hlx oxcarts ,
which form the drays and freight wagons
of Chill are crowded almost to the walls
of thu houses as wo go whizzing by How
Mg the houses are and how low. Many of
them cover acres nml very few are of more
Mian two stories , while the majority have
not more than one. In the best parts of
tlu > city the houses have Greek fronts.
They ore all of brick , plastered smooth with
yellow or white stucco. Their doors are
upheld by columns nf stucco , and I am
sure thcro are more Corinthian columns In
Santiago today than In Athens. Many of
the residences are like Italian palaces , and
homes , which have cost a hundred thousand
dollars and upward , nre many. I doubt
whether there Is u capital of Its size In the
world that spcnls so much money , nnd you
have only to look nt the well-dressed people
ple on the street's and the line turnouts
which pass our tram as wo ride through the
Alameda to sco > that Santiago Is a very
rich 'lty. The same thing Is noticeable In
the business streets. There nro as line
stores hero na you will flml In nn European
capital , and the costliest of diamonds
sparkle in the Jewelers' windows. This Is
one of the best diamond markets , and the
robtllest of ull kinds of goods arc In de
mand. The show windows are well dressed ,
and Santiago , as wo see on our way to the
riuza dc Armes , has several great arcades ,
roofed with glass , which cut through some
of the big business blocks from one side to
the other. The plaza where the ear stops
is the ganllonlc ccntvr of tin ) Chilian capi
tal. About It are the chief business streets ,
on ono corner Is the cathedral , on another
the postotllce , and all around pro portales
or corridors filled with booths ami walled ,
at the back with line stores. The plaza
Itscff Is a beautiful little park containing
several fountains , pnlm trees and many
tropical plants and flowers. It Is surrounded
by a hexagonal walk or promenade sixty
feet wide , which Is ns beautifully laid as
any tiled floor of n Washington vestibule.
A in mm tin1 Mure * cif SatilliiKii.
Let us go over there and enter the per
tales to watch the people buying and sell
ing. This Is one of the oldest sections of
Santiago , and the town , you know , was
more than two centuries of age when
Washington City was born. The portales
have stores much llko these of the old cities
of Spain and far different from the moro
modern shops on the other sldo of the
I'laza. They nro merely caves In the walls ,
and their floors are filled with piles of goods
so arranged that It Is easy for the purchas
ers to handle them. Fome of the merchants )
have stacked up their best cloths In the
doorways or on the walks outside. There
nro scores of women moving o and fro
through these portales. Many aru shop
ping , and the desire for a good bargain is
quite ns keen hero ns at home. The most
of the women wear black gowns and their
heads are clad In black muntas. The
younger girls drape their manias coquet-
tlshly around them , so that they form a
( ort of bonnet about their beautiful faces.
These are the prettiest women I have so
fur seen In my travels. They are tall and
slender , and many have beautiful forms.
Their complexions nre not so dark as these
of the women I saw In Peru , and they ap
pear to have moro style nnd Intelligence
than the clrls further north. Ilut let us
take a look nt the prices. We see that
many of the stores have their goods
marked nnd that amonc the lowest the
ilcurcs are $1 , $2 and $3 a yard. Over
there Is n store where the silk hats are
markid $25 npleco , and next door Is a shop
where ladles' shoes are selling for $10 and
$15 a pair. These prices , however , are In
Chilian money , which Is worth Just about
one-third aa much ns ours , BO that the cost
of good goods Is about the same ns at
home. All Imported articles nro higher.
For Instance , a lady told me yesterday she
paid $30 a pair for the American shoes
which she bought In Santiago nnd that
Imported bonnets cost $50 apiece. At the
hotel where I stop the price of a good room
Is $7 nnd upward a day , and this Includes
only two meals. It Is the same In the
restaurants , and In most of the stores.
Hooks are especially dear , and n States
man's Year Hook , which I usually buy for
$2.50 at home , costs mo here $10.50 , or
moro than $1 more , of our own money. I
can't get a yellow-backed novel In Kngllsh
for less than $2 , nnd about the only things
that are especially cheap are the street
cars nnd cabs. The cab fares nro only 7
cents of our money n trip , and the rate for
nn hour is 35 cents.
A City of ClmrplipN nnil .Srliooln.
Santiago is a city of churches nnd schools.
Nearly all of the churches nre Catholic and
the priests ate eo many that you could
hardly throw a stone without hitting one of
them. There nre schools here of different
kinds , from the University of Santiago ,
which has more than 1,000 students , down
to the public primary schools , which are
found all over the country , nnd which are
attended by moro than 111.000 little Chilians.
This Is , however , less than one-fifth of the
children of school age , BO that four out of
every flvo remain nt homo. I visited the
National university. H has branches of
law and medicine , ns well ns the ordinary
collegiate departments. No tuition is
charged nnd the professors nro paid by the
Btnte. Chill Is proud of Us educational
system and It Is doing all it can to extend
It. U 'BDc ds millions of dollars uaon it
every year. There are now public schools
I In all of the towns and the larger places
I have llccos , or high schools , There arc
I twenty-live of these In the country. The
; National Institute , or High school of San-
1 tlago , has more than 1,000 pupils , nnd
Chill has In addition 111 private schools
and colleges , with nn average attendance
'of 18,000 pupils. There nre two American
sohools here , ono for clrls and another for
boys , The girls' school I should say the
girls' college , for It is as good n college as
you will find almost anywhere has been
In operation for years and it has n great
reputation in Chill. It Is under the direc
tion of Mr. I. II. La Fctra and It has a
corps of eleven American girls who act as
Its teachers. It has several hundred stu
dents nnd the daughters of many of the
best Chilian families are among them.
) This school Is connected with the Methodist
Episcopal church , although religious In
struction forma no obligatory part of Its
tuition. The boys' school Is under the
Presbyterian church of the United States.
It Is called the Institute Inglese and It
proposes to give Chilian boys an academic
nnd collegiate education. H has handsome
buildings and grounds and Is fairly well
attended. Santiago also has Its normal
schools and military schools. U has an
agricultural college and an experimental
farm. It has a flsh commission nnd a
weather bureau , which gives forecasts of
the weather just as our bureau nt Washing
ton. It bas the cheapest telegraph system
I have ever met with In any country. The
telegraph Is owned by the government nnd
you can scud a ten-word message to any
part of Chill for about 7 cents of our money.
There are about 0.000 miles of wire in the
country and all of the large cities can be
reached by telegraph. The postal service Is
good. Moro than CO,000,000 letters and news
papers are sent through the malls every
year and the malls nro safe. Olrls are
employed as postal clerks and when I
register this letter for the United States it
will be a Chilian maiden who will lick the
stamps and give mo the registry receipt.
She will only charge mo a sum equal to 3'A
of our cents for doing so nnd the postage
to the United States will be less than you
will pay our postodlco to aend your letters
to Chill.
Illuh I.lfiIn SnntlnKO.
I wish I could take you Into some of the
blc houses of Santiago and show you how
the wealthy Chilians live. Kvery ono hero
Is now talking of hard times and I am told
that many of the supposedly very wealthy
people nro morteagcd to the eyes. How
ever that may be , they spend enormous
amounts of money nnd live like very princes.
I have been In houses here which had up
ward of fifty rooms nnd which were fur
nished ns expensively as some of the palaces
of Kurouc. Many of them have their
billiard rooms and ball rooms. They con
tain tine paintings and statues and elegant
furnishings. The curtains In one palace on
the Alameda cost $200,000 , another house Is
a reproduction of the Alhnmbra in Spain
anil a third , situated In n carden of flvo
acres , has n scries of beautiful halls , ending
In n Moorish bathroom , with n marble pool
In the center of the floor big enough to form
the bath tub of an elephant. The most of
these Immense houses are of one or two
stories , the rooms running around patios
or cardcns. They have ceilings which are
fifteen or more feet high and they nro
furnished with more regard to striking effect
than to comfort. Much of the furniture is
It charms with its flavor , delights
with its taste and conquers with
its punty and hign quality.
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plated with gold leaf and the general style
of the hangings Is French. There nre no
fireplaces nor stoves , nor chimneys with
which they could be connected If dcslr-.d.
Still , Santiago has a temperate climate. It
is as cold here Just now as at Atlanta In
the winter and I am writing In my room at
the hotel with my feet In a fur bag nnd a
poncho over my shoulders. The Chilian
Gentlemen keen on thalr overcoats and the
women their furs In their parlors , nnd it Is
not nn uncommon thine for men to wear
their top coats over their dress suits when
nt dinner.
What Tlu-y int : mill How Tlipy Unt It.
The mepls of a rich Chilian family nro
different from ours. No ono comes down
stairs for his first meal. This Is served In
the bedrooms nnd Is usually eaten In bed.
It consists of coffee and rolls , without but
ter or an extra spread In the way of Jam.
This meal Is called dcsayuno. It IB hardly
considered n meal , but 1 nm charged 40
cents n day extra for It at my hotel. Break
fast , or almuerzo , Is taken nt 11 or 12
o'clock. It consists of a soup , some flsh
and sorno meat , with perhaps n pancake nt
the close. This Is the breakfast you also
get at the hotels. As n rule wine Is token
with breakfast nnd a small cup of coffee
after It. At 7 or 8 In the evening comes
dinner. This Is much llko the breakfast ,
only much moro elaborate. There are nl-
ways wines on the table and there nro
many courses served separately. There are
soup , fish , entrees , roast- , game and salads ,
ending up with n dessert. The food Is
rather heavy , as a rule , and the Chilian Is a
big eater. His country produces excellent
food of all kinds and the temptation is to
eat too much. I have never dined moro
generously than in Chill nnd have never
visited a country where the hotels wcro
uniformly so good.
.V IliilterfljI.Ife. .
nut to return to the butterflies of Chill ,
for Indeed the live * of many of the rich
people hero are almost as Idle as that of
the butterfly. I nm speaking , of course , of
the wealthy classes. They rise nt about
8 or later , and the hours from the time
they get up until breakfast are spent In
walking or driving nnd attending to busi
ness. After breakfast they take a rest and
between 3 and 6 p. in. they are ready tore
ceive or make calls. At C every person of
note who possesses a carriage goes to the
Couslno park. All are dressed In their
host clothes , the men wearing silk hats ,
frock coats and well-cut suits , nnd the
women having on Paris-made gowns nml
bonnets or hats. At the park they parade
In their carriages up and down the princi
pal drives and stare nt each other. After
about thirty minutes by n sort of common
consent they all , mnko for the Alameda.
where they form a procession of carriages
three or four abreast and parade up and
down the street for a distance of about
four blocks , still staring nt one another.
The driving is superintended and guarded
by mounted policemen , nnd the scene Is Im
posing , although It seems rather stilted and
fantastic to a stranger. The vehicles are of
all kinds. Thcro nre high drags , victorias ,
landaus and four-in-hands , some driven by
their owners and some by coachmen In gor
geous liveries. The parade continues for
perhaps half nn hour , during which tlmo
no one speaks to another , but merely bows
to his friends. After the parade all go
homo to dinner , some one carriage breakIng -
Ing the line and the others following suit
on the trot.
Smiting" nt tlie Tin-liter.
After dinner the swells of Santiago go to
the opera. There Is here ono of the largest
opera houses on this hemisphere. It Is
known as the Municipal theater , and it Is
subsidized by the government. Every year
It has a season of Italian opera , the com
panies being brought from Italy. The sea
son lasts for eighty nights and nearly every
person of prominence has his box for the
season , which costs him $1,200 In Chilian
money , a sum equal to about $100 Ameri
can gold. Rach box will hold six people ,
and all of the boxes are taken , although
two of the galleries of the Inrgo theater
are divided up In boxes. Ladles and gentle
men always wear full dress at the opera
and the women are usually resplendent with
diamonds. As a rule the swells pay but
little attention to the music , devoting most
of their tlmo to looking at each other. For
this reason the lights are never turned
down during the nets. The women take
their hats off when they enter the boxes. The
men keep their heads bare during the actIng -
Ing , but as soon ns the curtain goes down
every man nuts on his hat. Between the
acts both ladles and gentlemen go out and
promenade In the lobbies of the theater.
Hero there nre restaurants where the ladles
can have Ices and to which the gentlemen
go to get refreshments , not Ices. All kinds
of liquors are sold , and you can have any
thing of the sort , from a bottle of cham
pagne to a special variety of cocktail which
was Introduced Into Chill by a former sec
retary of the American legation. H Is the
one thine American that now holds and
that will always bold Its own In Chill.
During these Intermissions there Is visiting
going on among friends In the boxes , and
the whole affair Is Indeed moro a social
occasion than a musical one. The Chilians
do not have ns close social intercourse as
we do , nnd I have yet to hear of women's
clubs In Chill. The people arc fond of
dancing , and the president often combines
a ( Janclng party with ono of his big recep
tions. At such times the display of diamonds
mends on the part of the ladles Is gor
geous in the extreme. Quarts of these pro-
clous stones nro dragzcd out of the vaults
and their brilliancy vies with that of the
electric lights. At a recent reception one
lady wore eight diamond stars nnd another
a largo bouquet of diamonds. There were
chokers of diamonds , buckles of diamonds ,
nnd , In fact , almost every kind of diamond
ornament you can Imagine. None of the
ladles wore such common things as roses ,
though ono or two had on bouquets of or
chids so rare that in Now York they would
have cost as much us Jewels.
Another social feature of Santiago Is thoraces
races , which are held regularly every Sun
day afternoon during the season under the
auspices of the Club Hlplco. This Is the
event of the week. Gentlemen come out
dressed In tall hats , black frock coats , lighter
or dark pantaloons nnd white kids. The
ladles put on their handsomest street gowns
nnd they call upon ono another between
the heats. The race course Is Just back of
the Park Couslno , In the heart of the city.
It Is right under the shadow of the Andes
nnd Is ono of the flnest tracks in the world.
The horses arc excellent , ami a race In San
tiago Is one of the great sights of South
America. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
It warms you In the winter , cools you in
the summer nnd Is good at all times , Cook's
Imperial Champagne.
AT TIIU FAM , OF Till ! CIMITAIN.
niackwood's Magazine.
The curtain's falling , and the lights burn
low ,
Ro. with Hod's help , I'm ready now to go.
I've seen life's melodrama , paid the price ,
Have known Its loves and losses , hopes
nnd fears ,
The laughter nnd the tearB ,
And now. Cod knows , I would not see It
twice.
I've crossed life's ocean , faced Its blinding
foam ,
nut now Heaven whispers I nm nenring
home.
And though a storm-tossed hull I reach the
shore ,
A thing of tattered sheets and broken
spurs.
Naked against the stars.
I soon shall be nt peace forever more.
For If again I pass these waters through ,
I know the kingdom I am sailing to.
What boots It where I. He ? beneath the
sod ,
Or down the dark Impenetrable deep ,
Where wayworn seamen bleep *
All gates nro good through which we pass
to Cad.
FUTURE WAR SHIP BUILDING
Chief Constructor Hicliborn on the Lesion of
the Fight with Spain ,
BATTLESHIP TO OCCUPY FIRST PLACE
Copper SlipiilliliiK to Keep the llnt-
turn of Shliix flcnii Di-iiiniul for
nrjilockn nml
for Auxiliary Work ,
The war 1ms taught us what some of us
already held , that the torpedo boat Is not
the formidable engine of war which It has
been credited with being. The naval bat
tles of the future , as of the past , will bo
fought by the- most powerful engines of
naval warfare that can bo constructed.
The battleship , lu splto of Its great cost ,
wilt continue to occupy the prominent place.
The torpedo boat will have Its uses , but
they will not bo the most Important uses
of u naval engagement. During the war
Just closed the torpedo boat was practi
cally of no use at all. Just before the
outbreak of hostilities there was a great
scuro on account of the flotilla of torpedo
boats nnd torpedo boat destroyers which
was said to bo on Us way across tin- At
lantic from the Capo Verde Islands. When
the war actually cnme wo heard nothing
more about them until they were destroyed.
In fact , torpedo boats were not used by
either combatant except occasionally for
dispatch boats , a duty to which other craft
might be moro advantageously assigned.
The Wlnslow , It is true , was sent Into the
harbor of Cardenas to rcconnolter , but this
was gunboat service atirt not the work for
which a torpedo boat is Intended ,
As for the Spanish boats , there was
really nothing to fear from them. Slgsbee
COMMODORE PHILIP HICHHOR :
made quick work of the Terror oit San
Juan , although the St. Paul , which he com
manded , was exactly the kind of -.esscl ,
unnrmorcd , and presenting a full side , that
torpedoes might be expected to inflict
damage on.
The Furor and the Pluton were among
the very best and the most modern of the
destroyer class , and yet the Gloucester ,
which Is merely a converted yacht , de
feated them both.
The war has taught us to rely on our
great battleships and cruisers with absolute
confidence. Hitherto the question has been
open to fair dlscusslou in the absence of
any practical illustration of their work In
actual warfare. Hut now wo know what
they con do. The two vessels which , ns
shlps-of-war , have given the best account
of themselves on their merits , without re
gard to the manner in which they were
handled , although that , of course , was above
criticism with nil our ships , nro I ho Oregon
nnd Brooklyn , nnd these are types of vessels
which are likely to become moro and more
In vogue , not only in thu American navy ,
but In the navies of foreign powers. The
Brooklyn , for instance , \vltho only four
Inches of armor on her sides , was far moro
than : i match for the Vlzcaya. with a
twelve-Inch nrmor belt. This type of vessel
combines speed with lllcieiiuy to a most
ileblrable degree.
Tin' Oregon ai n Model.
As for the Oregon , U combines great
strength of nrmnmcnt with a reasonable
amount of speed nnd ooal carrying capacity
In n proportion which seems to be eminently
desirable. Battleships will bs built more
nnd moro on the Oregon plan , with gre.-.icr
speed , If possible , without luteiferlng witli
their effectiveness ns fighting machines.
The navy will have to bo supplied with
vessels particularly adapted to the work for
which , nt the beginning of the war , wo
were compelled to buy all sorts of vessels
at all sorts of prices. When the war broke
out wo were practically without ships suit
able for auxiliary service. We had no patrol
boats nnd hardly any dispatch boats. So
that steam yachts , tugboats and even ocean
liners had to be bought or charterc.l for the
use of the navy. The result was highly
gratifying when It Is considered with what
sort of material we had to deal. But in 're-
paring for the possibility of another war ,
the United States will have to build ships
especially adapted for this auxiliary work.
Some of the ships which were bought for
this emergency can doubtless be made to
answer the purpose permanently very well ,
but as a rule the auxiliary licet ought to be
constructed from hpeclally prepared plans.
We can speak from actual experience now
on a great many questions with regard to
which we could only theorize three mouths
aco. We know , for Instance , that dry
docks are needed largo enough to receive
our biggest ships and numerous enough to
prevent the necessity of their lying long
without repair or without having their bottoms
toms cleaned.
Our first-class lighting ships have been In
bad condition almost from the beginning of
thu war , simply because wo did not have
docks largo enough to put them Into , and
although even our smaller craft have been
so nearly exempt from Injury lu actual
combat , It has been ltnwi < lblo to repair
them speedily , because we had not enough
docks capable even of accommodating them.
Had nnv of our ships suffered great damage -
ago lu battle , It would have been out of
the Question to put them quickly into con
dition nzaln , nnd wo should have been nt
a terrible disadvantage.
The war has shown , too , that the bottoms
of all our ships should bo copper sheathed ,
so that they can bo kept nt sea without
the necessity of too frequent docking for
1 cleansing. At present not ono of our Important -
: portant si'lps Is copper sheathed. The only
1 sheatlu'd vessels In the navy nro the six gun
boats of the Annapolis nnd Marietta
! classes , and the New Orleans nnd Albany ,
I which wo bought from the Brazilian gov-
! ernmcnt nt the outbreak of the war. With
i copper sheathed bottoms our ships would
1 bo at great advantage In long cruises such
ns are apt to bo frequent now that the
war has brought Into our possession far
distant colonies.
rirepruof ShliN. |
Perhaps the most Important lesson
which we have learned Is the necessity of
i making our lighting ships fireproof. You
' remember that at Manila nnd nt Santiago
the Spanish ships took flro and that they
suffered as much or moro from this cause
ns from the Impact of our shells. Now
It Is not at all necessary that a shell In
striking a ship should set firu to It. H is
necessary to have a certain amount of
woodwork in every vessel , although so far
as is practicable it is dispensed with. There
are some things about even a fighting ship
ship for which no satisfactory substitute
for wood has ever been found. But It Is
qulto feasible to make such wood as must
S' , CHIK F CONSTRUCTOR , U. S. N.
bo used fireproof by a chemical process
which has been employed In the woodwork
! of some -of our gunboats. The wood is
mineralized , If you may use that term , by
being Impregnated with phosphate of am-
\ monla , and after this process bas been un
dergone it is Impossible to burn It. There
has been some question hitherto as to the
advisability of treating the wood of our war
I ships in this way , and various objections
I have been raised to the Increase In weight ,
I the daniago done to clothes by being cn-
closed in chests made of wood so treated
I
and so on. But all these objections are
trivial when the aim to bo secured Is berne
In mind. The work will cost a little more ,
! to bo sure , but the additional cost cannot
bo considered In relation to the Increased
l
i safety secured to our ships of war. I ex-
i pcct that In the future there will bo no
i woodv/ork aboard an American man-of-war
which Is not absolutely fireproof.
The war has demonstrated also the value
! of the rnpld-flro guns nnd the 8-Inch guns
as compared with the guns of larger call-
her. At Santiago the secondary batteries
of the Brooklyn and the Oregon are reported
to have been moro effective than any other
, portion of their armament. The Manila
' nnd Santiago battles also have shown that
smokeless powder Is nn Invaluable part of
n ship's equipment.
It Is rather curious that no good dem
onstration has been given during the war
of the value of the experimental craft
which the government 1ms been interested
In. The ram Kntahdln has had no op
portunity to display Us merits and the sub
marine boat has also been Ignored. The
Vesuvius , It Is true , had a chance at San
tiago , but U does not appear that the re-
KUlts were at all decisive ns to Us surpass
ing value in naval operations.
PHILIP HICHBORN ,
Chief Constructor , U. S. N.
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prisoner. Judge Wilson remarked from , the
bench , "Why , I saw that prisoner arrested
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No tongue can tell what I have
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with tny monthly sickness. While
suffering untold agony , a friend
called nnd recommended Wine of
Cardiii. I aciit for n bottle , nnd
Oh ! what relief. After the first
dose I began to feel better and
have had no pain since.
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the sufferer feel better , and stopped the pain. The Wine goes
straight to the scat of the trouble. It acts directly upon the
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can own physician
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i tnmiaJ < ri' iiUliorv Iff > arfmrnt ,
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things of the past the ob
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