STOREHOUSE Of EXPLOSIVES.
Care In Handling Shot and Shell at the Brooklyn Navy Yard , .
By CLEVELAND MOFFETT.
( Copyright , IMS. by the 8. 8. McClure Co. )
We bad come Into the store room for tor-
tedoca at the Brooklyn navy yard and the
talk turned -to high explosives ,
"We have to keep a sharp watch on the
guncotton , " said enc of , the gunners who
was with me , "to tee that It does not get
dry and does not got too acid. There Is
never a day goes by on a battleship but
careful Inspection Is made of the stores of
guncotton. Dtp In a piece of litmus paper
ml see If It cornea out blue ; if It does , all
is well , but beware If It cornea out red.
That means acid and acid means danger. "
"What do you do when It cornea out red ? "
I asked.
"Neutralize the acid. You see , guncotton
fleterlorates a lot In an acid solution. "
"Do you always keep the guncotton wet ? "
"Always , that's one of the first princi
ples. When It's wet It's safe ; when It's
dry It Isn't. Let It have all the water It
will soak up , which Is about 30 per cent. "
"Suppose you were to touch off some gun-
cottou here on the grounds , what would
happen ? "
"Nothing at all , If It wasn't confined.
You might burn a ton of It like cord-wood
In a bonfire and you'd only get a pretty
flame. Dut pack It In a tin box , even a
flimsy one , and you'll havn fun. And of
course the stronger the box the more fun
you'll have. "
"How Is the guncotton brought here ? "
"That depends on where It comes from.
Most f\ \ what wo use IB made In this coun
try , but during the war we Imported a lot
from abroad. A few weeks ago 1,800 cases
Of Imported guncotton were landed here off
\
' /K / * .SmalUst wafck ever
cmpar d wiK ( o. dfrnt ,
their general use desirable. You tee , If an
enemy's shell happens to strike ono of the
torpedoes It Is good by chip. That la one
reason why the Spaniards suffered so
cruelly ; wo succeeded In exploding gomo of
their torpedoes ; and but for good luck or
bad shooting they might liavo returned the
compliment. "
"Then how wlll.torpcdoes be used la the
future ? "
"Perhaps on fighting ships specially con
structed to carry high explosives. "
"Like the Vesuvius ? "
"Yt-s ; except designed for the use of tor
pedoes. You know , the Vesuvius throw *
dynamite. "
"Is ( lynamlt as dangerous u gun-
qotton ? "
"More dangerous , just as nitroglycerine Is
more dangerous than dynamite. Nitro
glycerine ts not used at all In modern guns. "
As a final question I asked how much
dynamite the Vesuvius throws , and learned
that she baa projectiles of two sizes , ono
containing 200 pounds of dynamite , the
other containing COO pounds. And these
nho drops at distances ranging from two to
four miles.
With this we left the high explosive room
to take up another part of the subject.
WONDERFUL WATCHES.
Compitrlnnn * tletwct'ii the Flrnt and
( lie l.nat Wntelieii Mnilc.
During the recent watchmakers' conven
tion at Berlin , Germany , there was an lu-
tcrestlng collection of rare and curious
watches exhibited , where the progittta of
the art of watchmaking could bo studied
from Us first beginnings In the fifteenth
century to this day. Comparison between
the earliest and the latest products of the
art brings out the enormous progress made
ID this , as In every other Industry. Our
Illustrations show alongside of each other
the first known specimen of a watch con *
structcd by the young Nuremberg lock
smith , Tetet Henteln , called for short Hole ,
and the smallest watch ever made , recently
completed In a Swiss factory. Hclo was the
flrst to employ a spring In a watch , all the
> _ Re * o\4 WorK * of th4 oUtil Known vvafar. . tnudt of irorbv P t r Hilt\
( Er\d of XV * CtWlury. )
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'SMALLEST WATCH EVER MADE AND FACE AND WORKS OF THE OLDEST
WATCH.
( he steamer that brought It In peace times
it would have been landed at Oravcsend bay
for greater safety , but in war we have to
take chances. That day ferry beaU In
New York eplaehed by fifty tons of tbo
etuff nd never knew it. "
v "How much guncotton ta 'there ' In a case ? "
'Must ' enough for a single load , sixty
pounds. That lot was for the twelve-Inch
tnortara that throw a projectile weighing
baR a ton. "
"Throw It how far ? "
"Oh , five or elx miles and then the guncotton -
cotton explodes. "
The gunner went on to tell about the guncotton -
cotton that 1s used In the torpedoes carried
by the battleships. There Is about a hun
dred pounds of this in each torpedo , but It
is all packed In the email , pointed steel
bead , the long , polished body being oc
cupied with the machinery for propelling
the torpedo and with the compressed air
reeervolr.
"Are the torpedo heads made of hardened
Bteel so as to penetrate armor ? " I asked.
" 0 , no , " ho said ; "they are quite soft ,
Just rigid enough to resist the water prey-
sure a they are driven through It. The
explosion comes Instantly when they strike
the elde of a ship. "
Then he went Into detail * about tandem
propellers and Intricate devices by which
the torpedo's rudder may be eet for any
depth from five to twenty feet. A great
liver fish , the modern torpedo , Is twice as
long as a man , with a little deadly head and
a body full of apparatus as delicate as a
rhronometer. Each one costs about $4,000.
"How many torpedoes are there on a
battleship ? "
"Six or eight : that Is , there have been.
But I may tell you that in the future It
Is llkerr our big fighting ships like the
Oregon and the Brooklyn will go Into action
rlthout any torpedoes aboard. That Is one
If the things wo have learned In the present
Mr. "
"How do jou mean ? "
"I mean that torpodoea are too dangerous
tgalnit the ihlp that carries them to make
parts of which he made of steel or iron.
His watch weighed a couple of pounds. The
little watch is here Illustrated , fulf size.
Its face is elx millimeters , or about a quar
ter of on Inch tn diameter , and It would take
about 500 of these watehee to weigh a pound.
Yet Its price Is in no proportion with the
amount of material employed tn its con
struction , for it costs $2,000. This price
merely represents the cost of making this
ono watch , for in Its production entirely new
machinery and tools had to be used and
Invented In part , which are useless for any
other purpose.
BOY WHO HAS QUEER POWER.
linn Memnerlc Control Over All Kind *
of Ilen t anil Bird.
Chicago numbers In Its floating population
a boy with queer mesmeric power. His
name Is Bob Tyler. Ho can run down and
capture the speediest of wild animals , such
as foxes , rabbits and squirrels , catch wild
ducks as they swim about In the water and
subdue the most vicious of horses , bulls ,
lions and tigers.
Bob Tyler was the Aladdin's lamp of the
First Illinois volunteer cavalry. Rub him
the right way and you were sure to get
your wish. If you were homesick and blue ,
Bob courd reach up and get spirits from
the air. If you were convalescent he could
put his hand behind him and produce fried
chicken and jelly on the Instant. If there
was to be o birthday party In one of the
regimental messee Bob was called and ,
after he had made a few mysterious passes ,
a roast pig , emoktng hot , would Invite the
government appetites of the celebrating
troopers.
Perhaps Bob's ancestry has something to
do with his strange powers. His father was
a Frenchman , who practiced slelght-of-hand
and Jugglery. His mother was the daughter
of a Cherokee Indian chief. Bob was born
In Now Orleans during the days of the recon
struction and had absorbed all the super
stitions of the negro race. As a boy he had
gone with his parents to Central America
Tortured By
Rheumatism.
A Purely Vegetable Blood
Remedy is the Only
Cure.
If the people generally know the
true cause of Rheumatism , there
would be no such thing as lini
ment * aud lotions for this painful
and disabling disease. The fact is ,
Rheumatism is a disordered state
of the blood it can bo reached ,
therefore , only through the blood.
But oil blood remedies can not cure
Rheumatism , for it is an obstinate
disease , one which requires a real
blood remedy something more than
a mere tonic. Swift's Specific is
the only real blood remedy , and it
promptly goes to the very bottom
of even the moat obstinate case.
A few year * ago I was taken with In
flammatory Uheumatl m\vliichthouRh
mild at first , becama gradually eo in-
tens * that I waa for weeks unable ( o
walk. I tried several prominent physi
cians and took their treatment faith
fully , but waa unable to get the slightest
relief. In faot , ray condition seemed to
grow worse , tha pains spread over my
entir * body , ana from November to
March I suffered agony. I tried many
patent medicines , but none relieved me ,
upon the advice of a friend I decided to
try 8. B. B Before allowing me to take
It , however , my guardian , who was a
ehemlst , analyzed the remedy , and pro-
it fr of potaah or mercury ,
I felt so much better after taking two
bottles , that I continued the remedy ,
and in two months I was cured com
pletely. The cure was permanent , for
I have .never since had a touch of
Rheumatism , though many times
exposed to damp and cold weather.
ELIANOR M. TIPI-ILL ,
3711 Powelton Avenue , Philadelphia.
Those who have had experience
with Rheumatism know that it
becomes more severe each year ,
and like all other blood diseases ,
the doctors are totally unable to
cure it. In fact ,
the only remedies
which they pre
scribe are potash
and mercury , and
though temporary
relief may result ,
these remedies pro
duce a stiffness of
. . , . _ - . jointa and only in
tensify the dit.use.
S. S. S. never disappoints , for it
is made to cure those deep-rooted
diseases which are beyond the
reach of all other remedies. It
cures permanently Rheumatism ,
Catarrh , Cancer.SorofulaEczema ,
and nil other blood diseases. It
is the only blood remedy guar
anteed Purely Vegetable
Books mailed free by Swift
Specific Company , Atlanta , Ga.
nnd Severn ! of the South American conn-
trie ? , wboro ho became acquainted with
mnny of the mystics of the tropics. Had
Herrmann taken htm In hand his protcgo
would no doubt have far outstripped his
master In the black art. Dut Herrmann
ralflscd him and be was nothing as yet but
a "dog robber , " as the oinccrs' servants
are called In the First Illinois volunteer
cavalry.
Every man In the regiment knew Bob.
Ho always knew where to find the very
thing a fellow wanted , from a piece of
string to a saddle blanket. If any of the
boys had overstayed their passes In town
and came creeping through the guard lines ,
too shaky for duty , he could always find a
"bracer" If ho could find Dob. Where the
supplies came from was a conundrum the
regiment gave up trying to guess early In
the campaign. In the eoft gray of the
( southern dawn the tent flap of Bob's quar
ters was often pushed aside , while a husUy
voice would say : "Bob ! Bobl Cin't you get
me a drink somewhere ? I'm about to col
lapse. There's a naval engagement going
on here that puts tha Sampson-Cervcra
conflict to shame , and If I don't get a drink
before roll call It's guard house and no
fa\ors. "
"Well , you go out yonder behind that big
pine and wait till I come. Maybe I can find
something. "
And he always did.
All hta mysticism vanishes when he comes
In contact with animal life. The sight of a
rabbit or squirrel has the same effect on
Bob as the sight of a deer on a well trained
hound. Ho Is off tn a second , and It Is a
lucky animal that escapes him. Over fallen
trees , down ruin-washed gullies , through
tangled underbrush , doubling and turning ,
fleet as the wind and as light , go pursuer
and pursued. Then comes a faint , plead
ing cry , almost human In Its plalntlvcncss ,
and Bob comes trotting back with the pantIng -
Ing rabbit under his arm.
But Bob Is athis best catching squirrels.
The game Is more complicated and requires
mesmeric powers not necessary In the rab
bit hunt. When ho 'has ' a squirrel located
ho will walk slowly around the trunk of the
tree sometimes striking the bark rhythmic
ally with * the ends of his fingers , always
keeping his eyes aloft. Soon there will be a
rustling of the leaves , as the squirrel comes
nearer and nearer the ground. When lie
reaches the lower branches Bob will re
treat , and the squirrel , running down the
trunk , makes < v dash for another tree , with
the boy In full chase. It Is seldom the ani
mal gets off the ground again. Run as fast
as he can Bob Is always at his heels , and
the chase alwaya ends In the squirrel , being
caught.
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTEHS.
Johnny ( aged 6) ) I say , Bob , I really be-
lleve I'm gettln * old.
Bob How's that ? ,
Johnny My ma's paid my fare In the
'lectrlcs throe tlmee lately without klckln * .
There was no response , and she con
tinued : "Havo not some of you been out
and seen minerals on exhibition ? " One
llttla girl raised her hand. "I thought so.
Mary will name three minerals. " Mary
arose and , putting her hands behind her ,
lisped : "Apolllnarls , vlchy and seltzer. "
A Denver druggist's little boy , according
to the Times , has written the following let
ter to President McKlnley : "Dear Mr. Me-
Klnley : My pa can remember the Maine
without your keeping these revenue stampa
on everything for another year. Out hero
we will be awful glad when the stamps are
gone and the poor little girls can get the
same amount of gum they used to for a
nickel. "
There Is a certain bright imall boy who
Is the son of a gentleman of my acquaint
ance who was born In England and who re
mains a British subject , says a writer In the
Boston Transcript. But the boy goes to an
American school and lately has been taking
his flrst dip Into patriotic American school
history. The other night the boy looked up
from his book , musingly , and said : "Papa ,
we licked you awfully In 1812 , didn't we ? "
"You will observe , " said the professor ,
according to Household Words , "that the
higher the altitude attained the colder the
temperature becomes. "
"But Isn't It warmer up In the moun
tains ? " asked the youth at the foot of the
class , whose father was In the hardware
line.
"Certainly not , " replied the professor.
"Why do you think it would be warmer
there ? "
"I thought the atmosphere was heated by
the mountain ranges , " answered the
youngster.
"One day , " says the Chicago Record , "a
little son of the Rev. T. V. Gardiner was
playing with eomo boys who had a cart , and
they wanted a dog to draw It. 'Papa says
we must pray for what we want , ' asld thr
minister's son , and lie knelt down and said ,
'Oh , Lord , send us a dog to draw our cart. '
In a little while a big one came along that
frightened them , and they began to cry. A
second time the boy knelt , but this time he
prayed , 'Oh , Lord , we don't want a bull
dog. '
CONNIlniALITIES.
Donald B. McDonald , 98 years old , and
Margaret Ann O'Reagan , 84 yeara old , of
Rend , Mich. , wore married the other day
McDonlad had been married three times ir
Canada , nnd Is the father of fourteen chil
dren. The bride had been married two ! <
and Is the mother of ten children. The
wedding was performed tn the presence of
great-grandchildren of both bridegroom one'
brldo.
William Paine of Peakesvllle , Mo. , wap
married to Mrs. Mary Trlnger at the latter'f
homo In Golden City , Mo. , Thanksglvlnr
night. The groom Is 88 years old and thr
bride Is 85. The details of the match wcri >
arranged by mall , the groom having never
been In Golden City before. In order to live
with the lady of his choice the groom re
cently resigned tbo position of postmaster
at Peakesvllle.
A Russian shopkeeper recently posted the
following announcement In front of his placr
of business : The reason why I have hitherto
been able to sell my goods so much cheaper
than anybody else Is that I am a bachelor
and do not need to make a profit for ihr
maintenance of n wife nnd children. It Is
now my duty to Inform the public that thia
advantage will shortly bo withdrawn fron'
them , as I am about to bo married. They
will , therefore , do well to make their pur
chases at once nt the old rate. "
Lord Kitchener Is engaged to he married
to Miss Marie Evelyn Moroton , whose father
was private secretary to the marquis of
Lome during his stay In Canada. The
wedding Is expected to take place shortly ,
and everyone Is wondering if the bride-
K/oom will return to Egypt as commander-
In-chief of the Egyptian army , In view of
the fact that he made and has always main
tained a very strict rule that English officers
of that nrmy should not bo married men.
besides , Miss Mo re ton brings a fortune to
her husband which , with his high rank ,
makes a return to Egypt less attractive than
It might otherwise be.
The verdict of J,500 to Sophia Qehrlng
for her twenty-two-year courtship In vain
ended an odd love story revealed In court
at Reading , Pa. , last week. Daniel Mayer
was the defendant. Mayer and Miss Gehr-
ing became acquainted In 1875. Twenty-two
years ago Mayor began paying attentions lo
her and at the close of the flrst year ho
proposed marriage to her. She accepted
him. Mayer made a condition that he
would not marry until his wldowol mother
died. She was then In feeble health Mies
Gehrlng agreed to this , becau.o she was
then but 20 years old. Widow Mayor became -
came stroncer , and she continued \ \ \ Ing.
Mayer continued his wooing , and SIlss Gehr-
Ing was content to contluue waiting. Yt-nr
after > ear rolled around , and the couple
ea\v each other growing old , out the Widow
Mayer continued living , and her so.i . would
aot mciry until she died. The widow lived
FOR THE FAMILY. FOR CONSTIPATION ,
"I lm Ronr 14 ilnji at tlm
nllhniit inoTctiunt of tha
bond * . Chrontc coiutlr-Mian for
> ovcn JC.IM t'lacnl me In this terrible
condition ] I illd everything I hearJ
of butnover fouiul unv relief until I
began iislnR \hCAIlt.TS. . 1 now have
success. " pKT n 'trDJr. . from one to threepAtttn esailiiy.and
i'alm ( irate Arc. . McKf ciport , Ta , If I Trturlch 1 would KIVO lioouo for
each movement ! It It such it relief. "
ATLYin L. llt'XT ,
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" I tmtp utr-tl your valtmhlci
C'ASt'AUF. l a'ul iindtliein -
per-
They nroiho most jilfimntmedicine
, fret. Couldn't tic without them. I
IbaTooTcrtrltd ThejhiTofounds
In homo. " liarn nttt\ them f or tome time for Indigestion -
permanent mare my
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KDIT. A. tUu , Albany , N. y.
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. "A tntte wnrnt elghtren ( toet
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my ttkltiR two UAbCAltMS. Thli 1
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found nnithln ? to equal them. To thopaitthrce yiart. I am Hilltak.
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flni of dyanciiMn Intts vforft form
have *
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tlier trotne Unit
. I could oat iiollilTiB but milk tjast.
erer had In the house. Lastwcekmy
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retain and illRtdt even that. Last
two davit DUO tried some of jour
March I bcKnii takln CASUAIlKia
C'AHCARLTS and they rcllorccl the *
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.
rain In her head almost Immediately.
cascareti. " piovrd. until I nm as well at I ever
We both recommeml
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In life"
. was my
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FOR LAZY LIVER.
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the
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until 1897 , when she died , and then Miss
Gehrlng looked to her lover , who was then
50 years old , to keep his woM. He said
ho would , but ho did not , and the suit fol
lowed.
LADOK AMI INDUSTRY.
America has over 300 tin plate mills.
Our railroads use 1,250,000 freight cars.
About twenty new books are published
dally In Great Britain.
The steamship Lord Chnrlcmont recently
loaded 2,600 tons of Bteel rails at Canton ,
Md. , for UBO on a railway In Ireland.
The Cleveland Cltben tells of a spout-
soldering machine Invented In tlmt city
which Is operated by ono man and displaces
Ova men.
A plan Is being arranged to establish In
the mills at Olneyvlllo , R. I. , the system
for small savings similar to that In the
public schools.
Now York raises moro chestnuts than
any other state In the union , West Virginia ,
Maryland and Pennsylvania ranking after it
In the order In which they are named.
The Building Trades council of Detroit
hangs a sign on all buildings in course of
erection by their members , which reads :
"Only union labor employed on this build
ing. "
Frank Schaffer , a brakeman , has secured
a verdict of $5,000 for damages against the
Nickel Plate railroad at Norwalk , O.
Schaffer claimed that he was blacklisted by
the company.
The silk Industry In the United States Is
assuming gigantic proportions. Thirty years
ago the value of silk produced In the United
Statts was less than $6,000,00' ) . Last year
it exceeded $87,000,000.
The Boston Master Builders' association
recently opened a bureau where workmen
seeking employment may register their
names and whcro employers may find the
required help. The idea is ono that should
result In the mutual advantage of employer
and employe , and tend to induce a feeling
of greater friendliness between thcso classes ,
whose interests , after all , are so largely
identical.
There Is a fallinc off in the manufacture
of cigarettes. Tto total for the last fiscal
year was 330.000,000 lesa than the previous
year , while there was an Increase of 400-
000,000 cigars. The total number of cigars
manufactured in the United States In 1888
was 3,668,162.486 ; 1807. 4,431,000,509. The
total number of cigarettes was 2,211,900,345 ;
In 1897 4,631,820.620.
Most pcoplo suppose that the use of snuff
Is obsolete , but the statistics presented by
the commissioner of Internal revenue show
there is a steady and large increase in the
production and sale of that article. For
example , In 1888 the total amount of snuff
manufactured in the United States was
' . ,440,858 pounds , In 1897 the total was 13-
768,455 pounds , or a pound for every five
Inhabitants. The 'Increase ' in the use of
snuff Is larger than that of tobacco , cigar * ,
cigarettes , beer , whisky or any other of the
articles which are Involved in the "bad
habits" of the people.
Makers have succeeded In electro-deposit
ing nickel plates twenty by thirty Inches In
size and three-fourths to one-half of on
inch thick , which are eo tough and elastic
that It is very difficult to chisel the metal ,
and the shearing of plates more than one-
twenty-flfth of an inch In thickness Is as
troublesome as the manipulation of so much
'ernpcrcd steel. It Is on Important fact ,
alto that these elates ordinarily will neither
break under tbo hammer or crack under the
punch. The 'greater portion of the output
of pure nickel Is used In making nlcUri
steel and German stiver and the rest cast
into anodes for nlckelr-laters.
Tim OLD-TIMERS. (
though 90 years old , Major S. n. Phinney ,
founder and editor of the Barnstable ( Mass. )
Patriot , still continues active work on that
paper.
Isaac McLclIan of Greenport , L. I. , who U
now in his 93d year , was one of a class of
eighteen persons who were confirmed In the
doctrines of the Episcopal church last Tues
day. Ho was a classmate of Longfellow's
at college.
Leon Favler , who fought under the great
Napoleon , has just celebrated his 9Sth birth
day nt Philadelphia. Favler was born In
1802 in a small town of Brittany and was
a drummer boy at Waterloo. He has bcrn
In this country for many years.
Charles Paul Auguste Cuvllllcr , who has
just died , was the Delmonlco of ParK His
catering extended to all the royal families
of Europe , and many of them cent wreaths
and other floral tributes to the funeral. He
was 70 years old.
Mrs. Sarah Terry of Philadelphia has ji'st
celebrated her 108th birthday by joining the
Daughters of the Revolution. "Not very
many years ago , " she says , "when I was a
good , largo girl , there was an Indian cnmp
where the city hall now Is. On Sunday ray
father used to hitch up the horses end we
would drive out there and talk to them ;
but the Indians are gone now , and the tcwn
has grown. Never will I forget 'alien my
father joined the army under Washington ,
and how he fought against the red"3ata.
And then came peace with England nnd the
freedom of the colonies. How Jwppy the
people were. Every wagon , every cart and
every carriage which drove Into town I.ad
a big algn on it , and every sign said , 'Peace ,
peace , peace. ' They were happy days. The
city was Illuminated and the people cheered ,
and the pretty girls lot the young men kiss
them on their return from the war. "
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