| fia-Vtes of Chrce Voters Compared. j aiuim/nnt mmmimnnmuimmimunuuunUiUUiiUUiUilijiUiiiliiUilUUUlUiliUUUiiiinft Tke parliamentary paper which was issued in London on the evening of Feb. 11, giving the terms of an alli ance between Great Britain and .Japan for the preservation of China and Co rea. has caused much comment, and has made the naval strength of these countries a subject of much discus sion. According to the latest published ac counts, the number of Great Britain's officers, seamen and marines provided for in the estimates for 1901 are as follows: Officers and men .82.821 Coast guard. 4.200 Marines .18.500 In addition to these there are 6,520 boys in training. The total number of officers and en listed men in the Russian navy, ac cording to the latest, published ac counts, is between forty thousand and forty-five thousand. The fleet con sists of six first class battleships. The Rorodino. Alexander 111. and Oral have a displacement of 13.400 tons each, and carry four 12-inch, twelve 6-inch quick firing and twenty 3-inch quick firing guns each and many smaller guns. The Tavrichesky has 12,840 tons displacement, and carries four 12 inch. twelve 6-lncb quick firing, and teen 3-inch quick firing guns and thirty smaller pieces. The Retvizan, 12,700 tons displacement, has four 12 inch. twelve 6-inch quickfiring, and twenty 3-inch quick firing guns, and British Navy. Ships in commission.565 Building . 58 Number over 8,000 tons displace ment . 82 eight of the same Hass are being built. The United States has six first class battleships in commission and twelve are in course of construction. These are some of the fighting ships of the world: In commission. Building ! England .565 58 Japan.95 19 Russia.265 95 France.358 89 Germany.231 15 , United States . 80 48 This list includes cruisers, destroy ers. etc. The Kfllglon* Udf 8«e» Iteo Hur. “My landlady," said a young man, who lives in a Spruce street boarding Itrltifth ltntrie*?iip London, 1 1,700 Ton*. (Flagship of the Prince of Wales at the Coronation of the King.) The British vessels complete and ready for seu in .January, 1901, include the following: First class battleships. 14 First class battleships (building).. 15 Second class battleships. 12 Third class battleships . 11 Armored cruisers. li Protected cruisers .125 Torpedo gunboats . 33 Destroyers . 95 Torpedo boats, first class. 11 Torpedo boats, second class. 71 Torpedo ships . 2 Tn January, 1901, there were 174 ships in commission, distributed a.-* follows: 1 I the Tsarviteh will have the same armament, but will be of 1.000 tons more displacement. These flrst class battleships, al though they are put on the official list of the Russian navy's fleet, are in course of construction and none had been completed on Jan. 1. 1901. Since that time much progress has been made, several of the ships have been made available, and the Retvizan, which is being built at the Cramp yards, will be ready for delivery to the Russian government on March 10. The rest of the Russian fleet is com posed as follows: Second class battleships .12 Kn»*liin Navy. Ships in commission. Huilding . Number over 8.000 tons displace ment . 27 Edward {'ll. Kin? of Eugland. ! house, “is very religious. I don’t think she has been inside a theater more than live tunes in tier life. One ot these occasions came off last week when I gave her a couple of tickets I j had bought and couldn't use. an unex pected business engagement prevent ing. The next morning at breakfast some one asked her how she had en : joyed the performance. “Oh. it was grand, simply grand." she exclaimed “There was a chariot race, and men in ; kilts, and it was just like the Bible. And we had such fine seats.” “Where were your seats?” asked one of hei j boarders. “They were in the best j place." she replied. “They were in the ^ ■T —■■ ■■ . ..■■■ — ■■■■ — »■■■■.. ..— 11 »■ I I B—MMHCTIIWB In RuMdinn Ituttleahlp Hrvl/un, 1*4,700 Tons. Nicholas II, C/ar of RumIii. (Constructed by the Cramps at Philadelphia.) Mediterranean .43 Channel squadron .14 North America and West Indies.... 15 Bast Indies .10 China .30 West Africa .16 Pacific . 8 Australia .13 Special service .11 Surveying service . < Training squadron . 4 The first class battleships of the Royal Sovereign and Kmpress of Ln dia type are about 14,150 tons dis placement, and the battleships of the Condon, Magnificent, Formidable, Vic torious and Prince George class are about 14,900 tons. , _______ Third class battleships. 0 Coast defence vessels. 7 Armored cruisers . 1 Protected cruisers .11 Gunboats .30 Old armor clads. 8 According to published repots there are in the British navy eighty-two vessels of more than 8,000 tons dis placement. aggregating about 1.000.000 tons displacement. This includes the vessels in course of construction. The tonnage of Japan’s twelve ves sels of more than 8,000 tons displace ment is about 146.000 tons. Russia's twenty-seven vessels of more than 8.000 tons displacement ag gregate 322,000 tons. I Japanese Navy. Ships In commission . 9*» Building. !9 Number over 8,000 tons dis P“.^ third pew back from the band."—Phil adelphia Record. IVlPgruphy. Benjamin Franklin leaned pensively on the shelving shore and tossed bits of brimstone into the Styx. “Wireless telegraphy,” he observed “and they say it is a modern invention Rot!” He sent a fiat stone hurling out ovet the wavelets, and it skipped eight times before it finally plunged beneath the surface. “Rot,” he continued, "rot! Were there any wires about my kites? Didn't 1 telegraph to the skies without the aid or consent of any wire trust on earth 1 Kuiperor of Jiipno. Japan has: Ton 8. Six first class battleships, with a gross displacement of .86,299 Two second class battleships.. .11,112 Ten coast defence ships.18,225 «ix first class cruisers.58.778 Nine second class cruisers.38,518 Five third class cruisers.14,078 Two first class gunboats. 3,557 Fourteen second class guuboats.. 8.013 Two third classs cruisers. 6,800 The first class battleshVa are all over 12,000 tons displacement. Japanese liattleahlp Hahnig, 1(1,240 Ton*. The naval strength of France, which is also a matter of general interest at this time because of possible combina tions, is reported in the recent official document as follows: First class battleships. 5 Forst class battleships (building)., 8 Second class battleships . 4 Second class battleships (building). 7 Third class battleships.19 Third class battleships (building).. 12 Germany has no first class battle ships in commission. There are seven of the second class in service, and j Those fellows are always claiming originality for what they do.” And again he heaved a chunk of brlmstont viciously at the unoffending waves. “But. after all.” he added, thought fully. “I don't know as I have anj right to thank God that I am not as modern men. My predecessors gave m« a great deal of assistance, with mj original sayings in Poor Richard's Al manac.” AnJ rising with a grunt hs dusted off hlH long-tailed coat, lighted his pipe on th ■ atmosphere and trudged puffing up the bank. FORCE IN A YEAtt’9 WINKS. th# Lif« of th© Ordinary Man 1» DlvLIad Up. A man with a mania for flg iring and not enough to do to keep him out of mischief, has been making calculations regarding the manner in which the life of the ordinary man, who both works and plays, is divided up. When such a man has reached the age of 00 he will have spent his time as follows, according to the statistician; Twenty years in sleep, three years and nine months in eating; seventeen years six months in working; seven years and six months in the pursuit of pleas ure; six years and t..ree months in walking and other exercise; two years and six months in making his toilet, and six months in doing absolutely nothing. The item for toilet he sub divides into seven months shaving, eleven months washing and one year dressing. Persons mathematicially inclined can find flaws in these figures—if there are any—most people will be content to take them on faith. This remarkable dissecter of human life by the mathe matical process has also discovered, he says, that the average man speaks 11, 800,000 words a yeai and shakes hands 1,200 times, thereby using up energy ?nough in fifty years to lift 2,500 tons. The amount of force a man uses up in winking is truly appalling. Our statistician calculates that the average man in a single year opens and shuts his eyes no less than 05,000,000 times, and in doing this uses force enough al together to raise an electric car filled with passengers. Consequently in 00 years he develops enough force to wink sixty trolley cars off the track. This is ihe moderate, average, sober, re spectable man mind you, not the friv olous person who winks at all the pret ty girls he sees. The “wink-power" developed by a flirtatious man probably is enough to run the new subway sys tem.—New York Press. LAPSE OF MEMORY. Momentary Forgetfulness That Ilrokn Upon an Orator. Some Westerners were telling stories of political campaigns in the lobby at the Hoffman House. “I heard a good oue on Senator Wil liam H. Stewart of my state,” said a Nevada man. “You know. Mr. Stewart doesn’t spend much of his time at Lome—he only goes out there once in every six vears, when it comes time to have himself elected back to the sen ate. "In the course of his last rampaign he presided over a mass meeting in Virginia City, and as chairman he had to introduce each speaker in turn. With complimentary praises he presented to the audience the first three, and then he arose to introduce the fourth. “ Gentlemen,’ said the senator, ‘I have the distinguished honor of pre senting to you my boyhood's friend, a man I have always known as a stanch follower of our national prin ciples and as a speaker of conspicu ous ability. Rarely has it been my pleasure to sit on the same platform with him in recent years, but I know of old the ringing notes of his voice and the sterling sense of his words. I introduce to you the Honorable— the Honorable—the Honorable-’ "The senator paused. His memory had forsaken him, and it was not a sit uation in which quick wit was an ef fective asset. Finally, after a painful pause, he turned to the chairman of the campaign committee and whis pered : “ What did you say the feller's name was, Hill?' ” Komki-r i Ii»iig Memory. ‘‘What is the temperature at Fargo, North Dakota?” The question was asked of the weather clerk in the marble room of the senate yesterday by a stoutly built, smooth-faced man. At the sound of the voice Senator Foraker, who was also standing in front of the weather map, turned around. "I know you," he said, addressing the stout man. ‘ Your name is Ed wards.” Yes. was the reply; "but. I am sor ry to say that 1 do not remember yon.” ”1 am not surprised,” remarked Sen itor Foraker. smiling. "We have not teen each other for thirty-eight years. ■Yon’t you remember down in Marietta, 4a., in 1&64. when you were In the irmy of the Tennessee, you used to irgue with a young soldier in the army if the Cumberland? I am the soldier. My name is Foraker.” "Joe Foraker, by heaven!” exclaimed he man. "Of course 1 remember. But. ;ay, haven't you grown gray and ain't fou bald?” Senator Foraker admitted the indiet nent, and then the two men, who had lot seen each other in thirty-eight /ears, went off and talked over old ;inies.— Washington Post. A London Puldlehcr'* Conft union. One gets confessions now and again vhich are distinctly interesting, hough it may not be possible to turn hem to any practical use. Here is an sxample: Y'esterday a publisher was alking of twenty years ago. "Then,” le said. "I could publish any novel hat came along, if it were not hope essly had, and be sure of a protit; vhich 1 could generally estimate >retty accurately before the MS. went o the press. The only possibility of ;rror lay In the fact that the book night by chance achieve an unexpect ; (d success, and so bring an unexpected irofit.” He went on to explain that iondltions are changed, anil of course hey are, or he would not have talked vlth such frankness admitting all hat was vehemently contradicted inly a few years ago, when Sir Waiter Yeeant spoke of tho ethics of publish ug.—London Morning Post. ANOTHER GRAND REPORT. Fr*tn til* MnjMly'* Dnrkyurd. PortcniuuOi, Kughnd, W h • r* Upward* of lu.ooo Man Ara Uou*lantl)r Kraplofad. Some time ago the Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette published a most thrilling and remarkable experi ence of the wife of Mr. Frederick Payne, himself connected with the Portsmouth dockyard for many years. 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It is stated that many rich men are interested in the meas ure, and that money can lie raised to any needed amount, provided the porte is willing to accept the proposition for a sale. A Different Opinion. The strained relations between Sen ator Vest of Missouri and Senator Morgan of Alabama are well under stood by those who “know the ropes" in Washington. The story is told of a new senator who had been offended by a colleague and who approached Sen ator Vest and said: "Isn't Jones the worst ass that ever broke into public life?” The frail and venerable states man from Missouri is reported to have replied: “I can’t say. You know I am pretty thoroughly committed on that proposition to Morgan.”—Leslie’s Weekly. First Playbill sold for $506. The earliest known playbill publish ed in New York has been sold from tlie library of the late Thomas J. Mc Kee. It was purchased by Evert Jan sen Wendell for $506. 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