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Strange Craft Which Was Fore
runner of Dreadnought.
FULTON'S ORIGINAL WARSHIP
Vessel With Twin Hulls land One Pad
dle Wheel Made Four Miles an
Hour In Fair Weather
Rotted In Navy Yard.
Philadelphia. Just a little moro
than ono hundred years ago tho Bteam
navy of tho United States hud Its ma
terial beginning. On that day, Juno
20, 1814, for tho eamo reason, tho
Bteam navies of tho entire world had
their origin. Such Is our debt to tho
mechanical genius of Itobort Fulton,
who planned and built tho opoch-mak-Ing
craft, tho Domologos, a writer In
tho Philadelphia Inquirer says.
Of course, as all ot ub know, steam
navigation waB not a novelty in 1814,
but tho vessels so propelled were craft
of peace and limited their routes to
tho protected watorB of rivers. Ful
ton's Domologos was designed to with
stand tho heaviest blows that tho big
goat fighting ship afloat could bring to
bear; and, at the same time, tho craft
( was to navigate the open sea without
t drawing her motive power from tho
froo winds of the hoavons. Remember,
wo woro then in tho throes of our
war with England, and it was Fulton's
deslro to build a Bhlp that would bo
ablo to mako our harbors unassail
able whilo having tho power to destroy
whole squadrons of tho foo, Rather an
ambitious scheme, no doubt, but some
thing that might havo boon proved en
tirely practicable had tho DomologoB
over had a chanco to mcasuro her
forces against thoso of tho foo.
Fulton's Floating Battery.
Toward tho close of 1813 Fulton laid
before tho president of tho Unitod
States plans for a war stoatnor or
floating battery. Strango to say, know
ing how lnvontora are commonly treat
ed today, his extraordinary project was
favorably received, and in March of
tho year following congress authorized
tho building and equipping of "ono or
moro floating battorioa for tho dofenso
of tho waters of the United States."
Tho Domologos, or, as Bho was after
ward officially known, tho Fulton, was
begun on tho 20th of Juno, 1814, by
tho laying of her keels at tho shipyard
ot Adam & Noah Drown In tho city of
Now York. Tho craft had two keoU
because aha really was given two hullB.
Fulton used a single paddlo wheol and
lio wanted to placo this vital port of
Ills propulsive mechanism where it
could not bo reached by an enemy's
cannon balls.
Notwithstanding many dlfficultim
duu to tho existing war with Great
Uritaln, tho Fulton was launchod on
tho 29th of October, 1814, and tho oc
casion was one of national rejoicing
and much local coromony. To tho aver
ago oyo tho body of tho craft appeared
bulky and unwieldy, but no less nn
authority than Capt. David Porter said:
"I would not alter hor if it wero in my
power to do bo." x
The Biggest steamer Then Afloat.
Tho Fulton had a length of ICO foot,
a breadth of 6G foot and u tonuago of
8,475, and at that timo was hundreds
of tons bigger thnn tho largest steamer
of tho day afloat. Difficulty was ex
perienced in obtaining sultablo guns
for hor armament. A goodly numbor
of her cannon camo from Philadelphia,
and In order to cscapo possible cap
turo by Drltish Bhlps 20 ot theso weap
ons wero transported overland upon
tho miry roads of Now Jersey. Thsy
wero dragged by horaoo.
Unfortunately, Fulton's untimely
death on tho 24th of Fobruary, 1615,
prevented him from seeing tho com
pletion of the ship, and, too, his do
mlso likewise delayed hor ilnUhing.
Howovor, her onglnes woro mudo
ready by the last of Juno and by a
happy cnlncldeuco she was taken out
TEAM
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TENS
for a trial run on Independence day-.
According to tho old accounts, "She
made a trip to tho ocean enstward
of Sandy Hook and back again, a dis
tance of 53 miles, in eight hours and
twenty, minutes, without tho aid of
sans, tne wind ana tido being partly
favorable and partly against her, the
balance rather In her favor."
Later, on tho 11th of September,
with all of her guns on board and
carrying a considerable Quantity of
ammunition, tho Fulton made another
trial trip, during which she fired oft
her cannon successfully and without
tho slightest injury to the craft or to
hor machinery. It is Bald that hor per
formance moro than equaled Fulton'B
expectations, nnd that she actually ex
ceeded what ho had promised the gov
ernment that Is, that Bho should bo
able to make under Bteam from three
to four miles an hour.
Blew Up at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Inasmuch as the war with England
had been ended, tho Fulton had no
chanco to show what sho could do in
action, and tho government authorities
assigned her to tho Drooklyn navy yard
to servo as receiving ship for tho sta
tion. There she lay quietly rotting
away and Inactive until tho fatoful
4th of Juno, 1820, when tho powder in
hor magazine about two and a half
barrels blew up, killing 24 nnd wound
ing 10 of her people while incidentally
wrecking tho historic craft. Not until
six years later waB any effort made
lo build another sloam vessel for tho
Unitod States navy.
In Juno, 1835, tho secretary of tho
navy discovered that congress, bnck in
1816, had provided money for tho con
struction of a steam vessel and steps
woro at onco taken to profit by that
appropriation. ""'
Tho ship ordered was later knownaa
tho U. S. S. Fulton (second), but there
was no ono in tho navy capablo of do
signing tho necessary engines, and It
was not until tho first half of 1830 that
a man ot sufficient skill was found In
Charles II. Haswell, tho memorable
father of tho engineer corps of our
fighting fleet. So woll did Mr. HaBwell
do his work that tho U. S. S. FuSton,
launchod May 18, 1837, waB ablo to
mako about fifteen miles an hour In
smooth water. Following tho Fulton
wo built two much larger sldo wheel
frigates, tho Mississippi and Missouri,
profiting by what Mr. Haswell,. had
shown possible in tho earlier craft?Tho
Mississippi was built in Philadelphia
and tho Missouri in Now York, and
both ships turned out to bo very flno
Bpoclmens of the steam propelled man-o'-war.
But stdo wheels wero a handicap
when shlpa woro under sail alone, for
then theso big wheels had to bo
dragged through tho water, and, be
sides, they wero very much exposed
not only to tho vlolonco or stormy seas,
but to tho possible attack of an en
emy's shot, Tho engineering revolu
tion which was to overcome theso
drawbacks was effected by that nota
bio Swedish gonlus, tho lato Capt, John
Ericsson, and this tlmo tho city of
Philadelphia was to bo tho blrthplaco
ot probahly ono of tho most startling
changes In warship propulsion u
change that has porslBtod to this very
day for sound mechanical and military
reasons.
Ericsson's Screw Propelled Craft
Ericsson had demonstrated while In
England In 183C tho possibilities of
screw propulsion, but tho august dig
nitaries of tho Drltish admiralty pooh
poohed his mottBuro by patronizing in
dulgence. His only real encourage
ment camo from Americans, and
among theso was Capt. Robert 8.
Stockton of tho United States nary,
then temporarily In London. Captuin
Stockton persuaded Ericsson to follow
him back to America, and In 1841 in
duced tho navy department to build a
scrow propelled ship of war. This ves
sel was tho original U. S. S. Princeton.
Apart from this novelty tho Prince
ton was unique In tho typo of engines
with which sho was equipped, also duo
to tho engineering skill of Ericsson.
By reason of his cunning It was mudo
possible for tho first tlmo to put tho
ontlro propolling mechanism bolow tho
water lino and boyond tho reach of an
enemy's shot nnd shell. In addition
to this, tho screw propellor was not
tuo same drng upon tho ship when un
dor canvas as woro tho older stdo
wheels, and later It was found possible
to aisconnect tho propeller from tho
onglnes nnd leavo It to rovolvo easily
with still lees resistance to progress.
On tho same ship Ericsson had in
stalled a largo gun of his deBlgn, and
that successful weapon may quite Just
ly be said to havo paved tho way for
tho formidable cannon with which his,
wonder Monitor was equipped for hor,
memorablo fight with tho Confederate
ram and armed battery, tho modified
frlgnto Merrlmac.
Parent of Modern Dreadnaught.
In tho Monitor which Ericsson gave,
us in tho hour of greatest national
peril ho produced more than ho prob-,
ably then realized. For it is unquos-'
tionably from tho Monitor, with itss
heavily armored sides and turrets, that
tho modern dreudnaught in general
principle has evolved. Tho main dlf-,
firenco today lies in tho fact that we
have virtually built about the csson-'
Jllals of Ericsson's Monitor, with its;
battery of big guns, a higher ship
shaped structure for tho purposo of'
getting greater seaworthiness and
speed nnd much mora habitable ac-
commodations for the present com-'
ploment of 1,000 men and moro.
Tho advent of tho stool ship with us,
In tho early '80b Btarted us anow In,
tho upbuilding ot our fighting fleet,
which had sadly dwindled during tho,
period following the Civil war. Tho
story of tho new navy Is something'
with which wo are all pretty familiar,!
and yet It has grown In fact from tho'
stnrt Fulton gave us In 1814 by the;
laying of tho keels of tho craft he
dubbed tho Demologos. Just fancy
tho contrast between that strango ves
sel of 2,475 tons and a speed ot four
miles and a modern dreadnaught like
tho Texas of 28,000 tons and a speed'
ot 21 knots an hour! A hundred years;
has transformed tho steam flghtingi
ship with its moro frequently used'
spread of canvas Into n seagoing bat
tle monster dopendl'ng entirely upon'
machinery and motive energy dug out,
ot tho bowels of tho earth, and yet,
withal, capablo of holding hor own,
In the fnco of tho roughest seas and
tho worst ot gales. The steam that
Fulton showed ub how to use has been'
turned into hundreds of auxiliary sorv-,
Ices on shipboard today, and through1
that enorgy electricity Is gonorated
and tho brilliancy of sunshine rivaled,
whllo by virtue of the same potent
force Its very heat is tho agency by;
which ico is furnished Jacky in the;
tropics. Not only that, but this res
frigeratlon makes it possiblo for him
to hnvo fresh meats and vegetables
month in and month out, no matter
how far from port, where tho ancient'
snilorman ato "salt-horse," hardtack
and beans.
COTTON IN IMPERIAL VALLEY
Experiments With Fleecy Staple In
California Indicates New Industry
Is Established There.
Washington. Cotton has been trlod
out very fully for several years In
tho Imperial valley of California.
Thero wero 15,000 acres planted to
cotton in 1910. From the results since
that tlmo it Is, now certain that a
new Industry is fully established
A cotton field In the Imperial valley
not an experiment but a staple crop.
It Is, only a question of learning how to
plant and Irrigate cotton to make It
profitable In this section,
in this section, tho short-staplo
upland cotton producing a rood com
mercial liber, and tho first planting
by men knowing llttlo of tho in
dustry producing a balo and a halt
per aero. Something has now been
learned about Irrigating and planting
the seed and cxcelloift results are ex
pected from this new Industry. The,
growing season lasts from March to
Decomber and tho cotton Is unlfoim In
atnplo and color. It Is believed that
tho dryness of tho air will keop tho,
boll weovll out of tho Imperial valley.,
Br Rct. PAULEY E. ZAP.TMANN. D. D,
Secretary of Exttiuion Drpt'tnient
p Moody Bikto lai'Jtute, Chicago
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TEXT- "And ho wiUii unto the man
which had the withered hand, stand forth.
. . . Stretch forth tlilno hand." Mark
S3, 6.
T h 1 b miracle
was performed by
Jesus on tho Sab
bath day, while
his onomios
watched him to
see whether he
would heal on
that day, that
they might nccuso
him. And still
Jesus ls perform
ing tho miracle ot
healing tho soul,
oven his enemies
being witnesses.
This command
Is a demand to a
man who was suro ho could not oboy,,
and who had not the Btrongth to do It
It Is n call for tho adventure ot faith,
oven as Abraham was called to go out
and did bo, not knowing whither ho
went. It boldly asks me to do the im
possible and discloses tho source of
power to do It, revealing tho sympa
thetic, human Jesus as the one able to
save. A man with a withered hand.
Stand forth. Stretch It forth. Whole
as the other. And Jesus. What a gos
pel tho story preaches! What a Sav
ior It reveals! How it rebukes our un
falth! Good news Is better than good
advice. This man needed good news;
he got It; he believed it; ho received
It; ho rejoiced in it; so may you.
Helplessness.
There was a man thero which had a
withered hand. This is a typical case,
an illustration of what Jesus Christ
can do for this and other spiritual dis
orders and diseases set forth by all
his cases of healing. And no case ever
is too hard for the great physician.
There was only ono thing wrong with
thlB man, ho was by no means the
worst In Capernaum. A wlthored hand
Isnot so bad as leprosy. But tho man
was helpless. Tradition says he was
a carpenter; what could ho do with a
withered hand?
What la your condition before God?
You may think It only as insignificant
as a withered hand, but you arc a sin
ner. ' The withering of tho mus'clo, the
paralysis of nerve, Is no more disas
trous to bodily effort than the blight
ing and enfeebling power of sin Is de
structive of all holy, acceptable serv
ice with God. Your poverty of life,
your feeble sensibilities with reference
to righteousness, your faint and feeble
desires for a godlike life how elo
quent of theso Is that withered hand.
And If your right hand Is withered you
know it, and other people know It too.
Your sin will find you out. Your Bin
makes you helpless, your work Is use
loss, and your testimony is fruitless.
May the presence of Christ help you to
realize how vast and vital Is the help
lessness of a withered hand. "O
wretched man that I am! Who shall
deliver mo from this body of death?"
My sins, my sins, mv Savior!
How sad on Thee they fall!
Seen through Thy gentle patience,
1 tenfold feel them nil.
Hope.
Christ's gracious presence brought
Bttro hope to that otherwise helpless
sufferer. So far as tho record goes,
Christ's gracious intervention was un
solicited, nut ho was there to feel for,
and help, and heal tho despairing. Do
you not remember the man at tho pool
of Bethesda? When Jesus saw him ho
said, Wilt thou be mndo whole? He
seeks out the sick, tho Blnful, the sore
distressed. Ho knows about the sheep
that Is lost, nnd ho goes after It until
ho finds It. The slnnor.may be con
tent in his sins, but tho Snvlor seeks
tho sinner blessed bo his name. That
is my star of hopo In tho dark night
of my life; that Is tho comfort In, my
hour of sorrow; that is my Joy when
I know that Bin Is sopping and will tle
stroy my soul. "But God commendeth
his lave townrd us lu that while we
were yet sinners ChrlsC died for us."
Thank God for ono In whom we may
hope. Ho Is here, just now, facing us,
and for tho very snmo purpose. Ho
detects human incompleteness; ho
Bays, "In mo is thy hope."
My hope Is built nn nothing less
Thin JeBUH blood nnd righteousness;
On Christ, tho Solid Itock. I Ftnnd,
All other ground g sinking snnd."
Healing.
How simple Is tho command to the
man. Stand forth. Christ met tho
man on his lowest level, taking him
Jusl as he was. No change, no Im
provement, and nt new feeling was
asked nothing, except to act at once,
and becauso Christ bade It. Stand
forth. Tho mnn could do that, and he
did. It scorned Ilka a slmplo thing,
rnd so It was, but also It was tho step
which mado healing possible. You
cannot savo yourself, but you can take
tho first stop which brings you into
tho proseuco of Jesu3. Of course Sa
tan says. Do not stand forth; the
crowd will laugh at you, and then Jo
bus will deceive you. Stand forth.
Stretch forth thlno hand. But that
Ib Impossible, you say. But tho only
way to health was tho obedience of
faith.
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The sultry summer past, September
cornea,
Soft twll.ht of tho slow declining
year.
More soW than tho buxom, blooming
May
And therefore less the favorite of the
world;
Uut don rest month of all to pensive
minds. Wilcox.
DESSERTS FOR THE INVALID.
All desserts for Invalids should bo
prepared as attractively as possible,
for daintiness in
serving Is a great
aid to tho appotlte.
An orango Is far
less tempting in its
Itnlllinl tftn rt ttinti
If after cutting In j
halveB tho pulp Is
removed with a i
spoon and served In long-stemmed
glasses and dusted with powdered
sugar. Cuntaloupo, when Bcooped out
by BpoonfulB, sprinkled with a little
BUgar and served in sherbet glasses is
far moro tempting than simply served
in halves or slices.
Apples baked or as apple sauce are
often easily digested when the raw
fruit does not agree. Pears and ba
nanas as well as poaches are delicious
when baked. Stowed prunes and figs
are especially valuable when laxative
foods aro desired.
Desserts of which tho basis is milk,
either with or without eggs are easy
of digestion and very nourishing. The
simplest of milk desserts Is Junket
made from rennet. This comes In tab
lot form, ono tablet being sufficient for
a quart of milk. The rennet slightly
digests the milk so that It Is easily
cared for by tho most delicate stomach.
Baked and boiled custards with
various flavorings come next In line
of simplicity. Plain ice! creams are
also valuable, especially irj fever cases
in hot weather or when tho throat 1b
sore and Inflamed. They slip down bo
easily and are both nourishing and
refreshing.
In nil desserts using milk or eggs
the freshest and best aro always to be
used, as a sick person Is abnormally
acuto as to tasto, and tho slightest sug
gestion of anything not Just right will
be moro quickly noticed than would be
tho case with a person in health.
Desserts mado of celatlnd mav be
varied almost infinitely. Jellies of dif
ferent flavors aro refreshing, coffee
and cocoa mildly stimulating.
Spongo cakes are the best for the In
valid and all puddings should bo of the
simplest kind.
You will find the mere resolve not to
be useless, nrd tho honest deslro to
help other people, will. In the quickest
und most delicate way improve your
self. SAVORY MEAT PIES.
Meat pies aro acceptable when well
made and not served too often. Cut
tho remnants ot
cold roast beef Into
small pieces, sea
son well with salt,
pepper and pap
rika. Cover with
an abundance of
gravy, and let sim
mer eentlv nvop
the fire. Add fo It a tablespoonful of
chopped onion, or a few mushrooms
and a teaspoonful of beef extract. Aft
er seasoning put into a pudding dish
and cover with a thin layer of pastry,
leaving a vent for tho Bteam..
Chldken Pie. Cut up ono chicken
Into neat pieces, a half pound of pork
sausage cut In inch lengths, one doz
en button mushrooms, two hard cooked
eggs, a few oysters and half a cup of
white stock, pepper, salt and a little
grated'nutmeg. Arrange the materials
In a pudding dish In layers, pour on
the stock and add the seasoning, and
cover with a pasto. Cook ono hour lu
a hot oven.
Gypsy Pie. Peel and slice thin as
many potatoes as will half fill a mod
erate sized baking dish, butter tho
dish and put in a layer of potatoes
on tho bottom, then pieces of cooked
meat, or slices of lean bacon. Sprinkle
in some herbs and onions chopped
flno, nnd then another layer of pota
toes until tho dish Is full. Dot pieces
of butter on top and covor with a
good crust. Bake three-quarters of an
hour, then pour In a little rich gravy
and cook 15 minutes longer.
Veal and Ham Pie. Take ono nnd a
half pounds of veal, two hard-cooked
eggs, a little mace, and cayenne pep
per, half a teaspoonful of grated lemon
rind, half a pound of ham, ono tea
spoonful of flour, a teaspoonful of salt,
one tablespoonful of chopped parsley,
ono chopped onion, a few mushrooms
and herbs. Cut tha veal and ham
Into thin slices, mix the spices, herbs
and seasoning and flour, roll each
piece of meat In tho seasoning and
Might Not Lend It.
"Do you think Gudgerly loves his
fellow man?"
"I don't know about that, but If
thero wero' only ono pulmotor In the
world, I would hate for Gudgerly to
own It."
Not Convincing.
"I'm not finicky, as a rule."
"NoT"
"But I do hato to see a fat girl sit
ting'at a piano on a hot day and try
ing to ploy soulful music."
JlMiSKAP
lay In a pudding dish, alternating with,
hum, eggs cut In slices and the niuslw
rooms. Add n cupful of water, lino'
the edges of tho dish with pasto aud
covor with a crust. When baked adds
a llttlo stock or gravy. Serve hot on
cold.
WORTH WHILE KNOWING.
Individual cottage puddings baked liy
muffin rings or tops of baking powder
cans aro much moro ap
petizing, especially for
those who prefer
tho
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crusty pieces.
Pass a snowy dish of
freshly popped corn with
the tomato soup and lot,
each help himself.
Ginger plasters made
like mustard plasters,
produce the samo results.
ii
ih m
without tho blister.
When children suffer from tho ear
acho duBt a llttlo pepper on a bit of
cotton wot in warm oil and insert in:
tho ear. Repeat if the pain does not
cease soon.
Castor oil taken In a spoon with n
blt of orango or lemon Juice will go,'
down without a protest.
For a cold In the head put a few
drops of peppermint In a bowl of hot
water and Inhale it. Camphor is also!
used In tho same way and Is often eaB
ler for some to inhale.
Pineapple Juice with honey Is an ex
cellent cough medicine, and one that
tho little people will not object to
taste. If a fishbone is lodged In the throat.',,
swallow a white of egg at once, and!
an egg swallowed after any foreign:
substance will coat it and cause less,
trouble in the alimentary canal, as lti
surrounds nnd covers the substance.
To stop nose bleed, place an Ice pack
on tho back of the neck and press tho
blood vessel on the side of the Jaw;
which leads to the side of the nose.
If a child is taken with cramps, rub.
tho throat and neck with kerosene oil
and give half a teaspoonful internally1
while waiting for the doctor.
Old newspapers put around tho ice
will keep the ice from melting. Also?
newspapers wrapped around the ice
cream can before packing and then!
covering well with paper will keepi "
cream frozen much better than the or- ,
dlnary way of covering with rug or?
carpet.
LIVING WITHIN THE INCOME.
The majority of people, when think
ing of income, think in terms of dol
lars and cents; but there-,
1b a much more Impor-.
tant side of the question,
there is tho income of r
time and the income ofp
possessions they cannot
bo renewed as can.
money.
How best to arrange
one's work that tho min
imum of time and
strength produces tho maximum of
comfort is the problem for each house
holder to solve. Conditions are so dif
ferent, family tastes are so varied!
that each must work out her own so
lution, using all tho light It 4s possi
ble for her to throw upon It.
The homemaker needB time for so
cial duties and life; they are obliga
tory upon her by her family's relation
to society, as well as her own.
AH work and no play makes Jill a,
dull girl. hVe must get away from,
tho training of our Puritan mothers,,
line as It wns, to put right values on
things. Society life has so many more
calls upon the woman of today and we
aro relieved of much that was then im
possible to get outside of tho home.,
In homes where no help is kept and-'
the children share in tho housekeep-
Ing, they havo a training in life that,
nothing else can give. Many mothers;
who are able to pay for the expense;
of a maid or two dispense with then
for tho childrens' good.
All work becomes much easier if it!
follows a system, enabling ono to go
from one duty to another without stop
ping to think what cornea next. For
each day thero are certain tasks to be
done, nnd for every day some peculiar
to that one nlone.
We must have each day tho three
meals, the dishes washed, somo dust
ing done, tho beds made, anl If we
take theso In order they will be dis
patched much sooner than if no plau
Is followed.
If each member of the familv la
expected to put his bed to air on leav
ing It, put away all belongings, It
helps greatly in the day's work. One
will soon learn not to make two mo
tions when one will do.
An Authority.
Yeast-I believe that follow has
something up his sleeve.
Crimsonbeak-I don't. When ho
has anything about him worth con
cealing you'll find It In hi8 hin pot.k.
A Stage Term.
sketch?" d yU Ca" UllS vaudev1"6'
" 'The Knockout.' "
"Ahem! Poison?"
"Yes, we play with two Uropo."
