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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 ^
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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.
The report produced a great sensation,
not only in Portsmouth, but through
out the country, beiug considered of
sufficient importance for reproduction
and editorial comment by the leading
metropolitan and provincial press of
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power which St. Jacobs Oil possesses
as a cure for Rheumatism, its applica
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the case of Mrs. Payne, after having
been a helpless cripple and given up
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We have now further evidence of its
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Our readers will do well to follow the
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met with an accident to his ankle and
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leg turned black from his knee to bis
toe3. The doctor said It would be
months before he could put his foot to
the ground, and it was doubtful
whether he would ever get proper use
of his leg again.
“A few days after the accident I had
a book left at the door telling about St.
Jacob's Oil, so I procured a bottle from
our chemist, Mr. Arthur Creswell, 379
Commercial Road. I began to use
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surprise when in about another wfeek
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She Das taken two Dottles or vo
geler’s Curative Compound, and one
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A liberal free sample of Vogeler's Com
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The above honest, straightforward
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pages of paid advertisements, which,
though in themselves attractive, yet
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Rabbets’ description of her own expe
rience supplies. St. Jacob’s Oil has a
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For the Purchase of Palestine.
At the request of influential Hebrews
of New York a bill has been intro
duced in the state legislature for the
incorporation of the Federation of
American Zionists. The purpose of
the organization is the purchase of
Palestine from the Turkish govern
ment. so that it may be open to such
Jews as may desire to go there from
Buy part of the world and make it
their home. 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. The performance
of which the bill is an announcement
was “Richard III.” The date of the
presentation was November 12. 1753.
The Russian mercantile marine has
745 steamers and 2,2!>3 sailing vessels.
Cocoanut is much used in Germany
instead of cod liver oil for consump
tion.
A man who can remember his first
love affair, must have a remarkable
memory.
When it is a question of advice no
body will play the game of follow the
leader.
If you think you are a martyr, don’t
inscribe it on your door plate.
If Ignorance were bliss, what a lot
of people would be happy.
There is nothing to chill love like
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Talk is so cheap that it is the only
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