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VALUE OF SEARCHLIGHTS.
Useful for Signaling us TToll as to :
Exposing an
From the Philadelphia Times : Tin
tlnited States government has orderec
for use iu the coast defenses a large
number of the most powerful search
lights to bo built in the earliest possi
ble time anjl delivered for mounting
In the principal harbors along the
coast. The lights are of vital import
ance in harbor defenses and will be z
valuable addition to our harbor equip
ments. Already a conciderable num
ber are in operation , but not sufScienl
to do the work which might be done in
this way. Operated on a scientific sys
tem the importance of the light can
scarcely be overestimated. By its use
the whole area of the harbor protected
by our fortifications and by fixed 01
stationary torpedoes Is in the dead of
the night made ns bright as day. In
detecting the approach or any move
ment of an attacking fleet , and espe
cially where an attempt is made to
pass a fortification after a partial or
total destruction of its torpedoes , these
are most important. Under such cir
cumstances the searchlight would ex
pose the enemy's ships to the deadly
fire from the heavy artillery guns of
our coast defense and insure total de
struction. Another and most import
ant of the many factors of the search
light system as adopted by the army
is its adaptability to signaling from one
fortification to another by means of
long and short flashes , messages being
sent several miles by cipher code. An
Idea of the wonderful power and effi
ciency of these searchlights for signal
ing may be had from the following : A
short time ago a great searchlight was
purchased by the government and turn
ed over to the army for experimenting
purposes in coast signaling. This light
was purchased from a firm in Ger
many , and upon its receipt it was im
mediately forwarded to the Sandy
Hook proving ground , where it under
went a thorough test One object waste
to determine the facility with which a
message could be transmitted by long
and short flashes. The light was
mounted on a tower at Sandy Hook
and arrangements made with Mr. Dunn
of the weather bureau in New York to
be ready to receive the message at a
stated hour. Late in the night , as
agreed upon , one of the army officers
especially expert in signaling mounted
the top of the tower. When the ex
act moment arrived there were thrown
against the dark sky long and short
fashes of bright light from the tower
at Sandy Hook. At the same moment ,
in New York city , another man was at
the top of one of the high office buildIngs -
Ings steadily looking toward Sandy
Hook. He read the message and re
peated it by wire to Sandy Hook , where
it was found correct. This message
was flashed a distance of twenty miles ,
and could undoubtedly have been pass
ed a much greater distance. With
these lights mounted at the fortifica
tions around New York 'harbor mes
sages could be immediately sent from
the defenses at Sandy Hook to either
Fort Wadsworth or Fort Hamilton ,
when the movements of a hostile fleet
coul. be seen and it was desired to
transmit instructions to the inner de
fenses. The searchlight in coast de
fense interferes with the sight of the
man at the helm of an approaching
vessel. In experiments tried in France
a powerful electric searchlight was
turned upon a moving vessel , the cap
tain of which stated that his eyes were
so dazzled by this light that it pre
vented him from properly steering his
boat , which resulted in a collision with
another.
Iowa Patent Office Report.
DCS Moines , July 22 , ' 98.
M. A. Oppenhelm , of Des Moines ,
( popularly known as "Col. Oppy" ) has
applied for a copyright for a puzzle that
consist in means for fighting "the bat
tle of Santiago" over and over again
by persons who want to indulge in
that kind of amusement.
A limited degree of invention is not
a bar to a patent and orae of the most
simple devices have a high degree of
utility. But the degree of utility may
.also bo limited anl yet warrant the
rJcsuo of patents for inventions that
uia advantageous n the arts to which
they pertain.
To draw t.ho line between what is
pateiitable invention and mere me
chanical skill is sometimes difficult
and authorities differ. Tn one instance
an Examner declared there was "abso-
Jtvte'v nothing patontable" in a simple
device under consideration and upon
. . _ _
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V C J - Vri-t * J
Opinions nnd advice fres upon all
inventions submitted to us for exam-
nbou.
jr-t'on Valuable information
inc. valuing and selling patents
fife when called for.
THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO.
Solicitors of Patents.
r-ir.tns-1 A. K" . .
Mliea in'the first charge of the Rough
visited friend *
Killers near Santiago ,
in Mansfield. Kas. . Just pnor _ to hh
lo rtore for the south. Whie dis-
of the buttl -
s'-.r the uncertainties
ru t , if " . ii l ! s IT. PSS. Mrs. Oeonre.
button from his ccat
Trier he cut a
-Vtrehcd . . to his visiting cam and
with the remark that
Tended it to her
snould be killed she would have
iMie ' to rrennaiber him by.
0-er'Jlns
The poorest possible uae for a man's
liiss is ! .o think forever about him-
ill ii
Instead of Trying to Escape It is Doubtful
If Any of Our 692 Captives Could
Be Driven Away.
( Portsmouth , N. II. , Letter. )
Civilization while you wait would be
aii appropriate motto for the prison
stockade at Camp Long. The camp is
on Seavey's Island , part of the navy
yard , which on the map appears in
Kittery , Me. , and on official documents
at Portsmouth , in New Hampshira.
Two days before the St. Louis steamed
into the harbor with 602 Spanish pris
oners of v/ar on board the camp ground
was not much better than a desert.
This end of the island is bound with
rocks , which 'stick up through the
blueberry bushes and scrubby grass
on knolls and hillsides. Col. James
Forney , commanding the Maine Guard ,
had during his previous term of duty
at the navy yard laid cut golf links on
this eastern end of the island.
Today he uses the old iron hole-
markers as dead line ranges. The
best hazards in the links are spoiled by
a little new pine board town of a dozen
houses , all but one of which are cut
off from the rest of the island by a
high board fence. Within thirty-six
hours from the arrival of the St. Louis
in the lower harbor this village had
been equipped with all the creature
comforts demanded by a free born
American citizen.
The landing of the Spaniards was
without ceremony or display. Two
black , flat-iron shaped barges were
brought up , one after the other , from
the big liner , about a mile away , and
made fast to Lieut. Gresley's landing
place , at the foot of old Fort Sullivan ,
now used as a reservoir. There were
a few workmen and a few ladles and
children from the post on the shore ,
and a cordon of pleasure boats on * he
water , but no official demonstration of
any sort. There was not an officer ,
nor even a marine , in sight , and .no
indication that the island was garri
soned.
On the first barge Lieut. Catlin , a
survivor of the Maine disaster , brought
with him Capt. Moreu , of the Cristobal
Colon , to act as interpreter , and about
a dozen American marines to take
care of a boatload of four hundred
Spanish prisoners of war. Lieut. Cat
lin had a navy revolver in his belt
instead of his sword , and went at his
work without any fuss or feathers.
When six marines had scrambled
ashore and were strung along the bank
them , and after a few puffs from bor
rowed cigarettes the well Spaniards
slept long and soundly. More meals
followed with surprising abundance
and regularity , and great wagon loads
of clothes were hauled over from ilie
navy yard and dumped at the feet of
the prisoners.
The few industrious spirits volun
teered for camp work , and their work
ing made a pleasant spectacle for those
who were not industrious. With warm
new clothes and a comfortable full
ness under one's belt , it is agreeable to
sit in the sun , or at least out of the
rain , and discuss why it was that Ad-
niiral Cervera did not utterly destroy
the American fleet. To be sure there
are sentries and deep water in front ,
and sentries , with a high board fence
behind , backed by barbed wire and
Catling guns in the rear. What would
you ? Shall sane men run away from
good food , good clothes and a good
company to lose themselves in a
strange country and starve ?
Perhaps it niay not last , but that is
the sentiment in Camp Long at pres
ent. The landing of the prisoners and
the establishment o ? the camp was ac
complished without the slightest hos
tile demonstration on the part of the
Spaniards. Some of the men passive
ly object to being clean , but they can
put up with cleanliness if only they get
plenty of tobacco.
Col. Forney has in the barracks at
the navy yard and on duty at the stock
ade about two hundred men , but Sur
geon Parsons says that if the Span
iards only understood that they were
to have their three square meals a
day a marine guard would be requir
ed , not to keep them on the island ,
but to drive them away from it. At
the navy hospital baths and clean
nightgowns and beds have transform
ed the patients who Monday afternoon
were groveling in the dust of the road
side.
There are three wounded men , one
having been shot in the leg , another
having been hacked in the face by a
Cuban machete while attempting to
get ashore from the burning ship , and
a third who lost several toes from a
machete wound. There is an old man
whose legs are paralyzed , probably
from being so long in the water. All
when they get long range views from
the New Castle and Kittery shores.
Altogether the camp promises to be so
quiet that Colonel Forney may lay out
new golf links , and perhaps allow
the Spanish officers to learn the gane.
OLD METHODS THE BEST.
Work of Pupils In Public School Undci
Two Systems Compared.
From the New York Evening Post :
In the opinion of Professor Richard C.
Schiedt of Franklin and Marshall col
lege , nothing has been gained , but
something lost , in the abandonment of.
the old methods in public schools of
alternate study and recitation periods ,
and of a brief recess during each school
session. This view was expressed in a
paper read before a meeting in Lan
caster , Pa. , of the Associated Health
Authorities. The paper was scientific
and described psychological experi
ments undertaken by Professor
Schisdt and others to determine the
fatigue of pupils under different condi
tions. Passing the experiments , and
coming to the professor's conclusions ,
it appeared that under the Herbartian
method of instruction , which provides
for alternate recitation and study pe
riods , and dees away with home work ,
the power of mental endurance exhib
ited by the children was practically
without limit when the atmospheric
conditions were favorable. In the re
sults the depressing or elevating influ
ence of the atmosphere had an impor
tant bearing. A partial remedy is the
session recess , affording opportunity
for physical exercises in the open aii
and for a complete change in the at
mosphere of the. schoolroom. This 5s
the more important , Professor Schiedt
says , as in this region the days with
unfavorable atmospheric condition ?
are in the majority.
MILITARY EXPEDITION.
It was en the first day of May that
Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish
ships and defences in Manila bay.
Twenty-four days later the first detachment -
ment of troops sent to re-enforce bin )
sailed from San Francisco.
There have been some expressions
of impatience because of this delay , and
also because more troops were not sent.
But those who criticise the government
on this account can have little idea of
the difficulties involved in sending a
large military expedition such a dis-
Lance.
From San Francisco to Manila is
ibout seven thousand miles. The voy
age , under favorable conditions , takes
ibout four weeks. Ships had to be
chartered and made ready in haste , to
: onvey not the troops only , but their
iveapons , field artillery as well as rifles ,
iorses and their subsistence , tents ,
sedding , hospital stores and rniscel-
aneous equipments , together with
fete-
. . .
GOME SCENES AT PORTSMOUTH.
.1
tni gangway was opened to the pris
oners , who went off the harge in an
irregular straggling.
They were defeated and shipwrecked
sailors , and they shov/ed it. Bara-
headed and barefooted , with straggly
heards , and only a couple of dirty gar
ments in most cases covering legs and
bodies , they passively oheyed the or
ders of Capt. Moreu , and were gather
ed in ship's companies by the calling
of the roll. Hardly had a hundred
men been landed before the sick be
gan to drop groaning upon the dusty
roadside.
The first official navy demonstration
on shore was made by the navy sur
geons , Drs. Parsons , Fitts and Morris ,
who walked over from the naval hos
pital , followed by an ambulance. Sur-
geon-in-Charge Parsons speaks Span
ish quite fluently , having been station
ed in Peru , but very little talk was
necessary to feel the pulse and see the
tongue of a groaning Spaniard. With
all possible gentleness the most seri
ously sick were taken to the naval
hospital and given as good care as
could be given to American sailors.
So they landed , penniless , sick , dirty
and almost naked.
After the mustering was over the
first shipload of prisoners was sur
rounded by marines from the garri
son and marched into the stockade ,
the barefooted one's being chiefly
anxious to avoid the nettles that lurk
ed in some of the grassy places.
After one day in camp these same
hungry looking prisoners could hardly
be recogniezed. The day's rations of
beef , bread , coffee and pickles were de
voured at one meal , each man eating
more than a pound of meat. They found
hammocks.comfortable hair mattresses
and government blankets provided for
the other patients , about one hundred
and twenty-five , are suffering from ac-
climatic fever , which is not conta
gious , but which causes chills , cramps
and great pain for about five days. The
surgeons say that this fever will go
through the camp , attacking all who
have not had it. About a score of
men are taken sick every clay , and
about the same number are discharged
from the hospitals.
The convalescents and milder cases
of fever are cared for in the stockade ,
where one large building is used for
hospital purposes. Two Spanish chap
lains , two surgeons , an apothecary's
steward , and five junior lieutenants
have had a building built for their
special accommodation , and have been
fitted out with sailor's clothes from the
navy yard storehouses. Their ward
room is fitted out with bunks and
abundant furniture. Dr. Suarez , who
speaks English a little , says that while
there will be a good deal for the doc
tors to do , they all expect to enjoy
themselves in camp.
The civilizing influence of a short
piece of rope is still to be seen at Camp
Long. In olden times the rope was
used to cow starved and ill-treated
prisoners. Today it serves a different
purpose. The members of the o * .cer's
mess hardly got new clothes before
they began devising amusements , and
jumping rope has become very popu
lar. Two of the more sedate officers
swing the rope while the others take
turns jumping.
The horrors of war already seem far
away , and the most important thinga
in the world seem to be the delights
of good living. Admiral Carpenter ,
who is in tempqrary command cf Uie
navy yard , has closed the island to
curious visitors , who are not annoying
rations for the whole force sufficient
for the voyage and for some time
after.
It was necessary also to carry out
large quantities of ammunition and
supplies for Admiral Dewey's squad
ron , for ships carrying on operations
seven thousand miles from their base
of supplies need many things.
To secure the ships and prepare them
for such a voyage , and to accumulate
and get on board of them all the need
ed supplies in a little more than three
weeks , was really a remarkable
achievement.
s for n Sentiment.
The masses of the north will fight ,
and fight hard and long , as we of the
south have had proved to us. More
over , they will fight for a sentiment ,
3 we also know by experience they
will fight better for a sentiment than
for anything else. But for the senti
ment of the north about "the old flag"
and "the preservation of the union , "
South Carolina would now be a mem
ber of the Confederate States of Amer
ica. That is a self-evident proposition.
While that section utilized an enor
mous immigration to recruit its armies
it would have defeated the south with
out much aid , because without it it
was still far stronger than the south.
Chickamauga , Gettysburg. Sharpsburg
and Frcdericksburg proved its fighting
capacity. If we do not recognise tint
we can claim no credit for our own
glorious fighting for four year.s , and
we would have no excuse for cur defeat.
Columbia ( S. C. ) State.
Don't sit down and wait for your
fortune to turn up.
RAISING CHECKS.
Its Frequency nnd Prevention million
of Dollars Lost by This Slinns.
A check is the property of the issue
and ultimately returns to him , ther ?
fore he is morally and legally responsi
ble for his signature , in the absenc
of suspicious conditions. "Unless th
most effectual means" have been em
ployed to protect it , the "maker is re
sponsible. " ( Court of Appeals. )
An "individual opinion" will no
save him. The "consensus of opin
ion" comes nearer to it. What is knowi
as the "Embossing" stamp has long
since been relegt ed to the shelf. I
simply roughens the paper.
The perforating machines , whic"
puncture little round Iroles , have beer
changed so often that they als ;
are being relegated to the shelf as
back numbers.
"Safety Papers , " so called , are bul
tints , on or in the paper and whllt
chemicals remove these tints the samf
can easily be restored by crayons 01
water colors. One of the finest jobs
of the age was recently one on a San
Francisco bank raised from $12.00 to
$22,000.00 The issuing bank using the
National Safety" paper , ( a water line
quality ) and the Abbott Perforator ;
$20,000.00 in gold was paid on this
draft. The Union Pacific railroad ha.l
pay checks raised on what is known
as the "Underwood Safety Paper , " a
body color , easily changed by using a
solution of chloride of tin dissolved
in water , and by hydrochloric acid ,
applied hot , which removes the brown
spots left after removing the ink. This
leaves the paper white which can then
be shaded back to original color. It
is a known quantity to all chemists
that every color has its antidote , car
bon being the only shade not affected
by chemicals. However , carbon inks
can be washed off with plain water.
"Letters of Advice" are easily beat
en and the "cypher" systems in use
among some bankers are but a modi
fication of the "Advice. " It rather ex
tends the area of operation for the
crook as any bank having the "key"
to the "cypher" would for that reason
be the easier victim.
A small , cheap machine recently
sold extensively over the country by
reason of its cheap-ness has had a big
run. This device pricks pin holes
through the paper the shapeof the fig
ure desired , leaving "red ink" marks
in same. Perhaps the most convinc
ing proof of the insecurity of this
method is from a letter the writer re
cently saw from the Rector & Wil-
helmy Co. , Omaha. Neb. , under date of
of January 19 , 1895 , to-wit :
"We had samples of the red inking
machine submitted by the agent for
the same , with the claim that it could
not be removed without discoloring
the paper. As the samples were on
tinted "paper , the color would be re
moved , even in erasing common ink.
The samples submitted were removed
and it was illustrated to our satisfac
tion that the color of the paper can ba
restored by the use of crayons or
water colors. "We are satisfied this
machine would not prevent in any
? reat measure the raising of a check
ind for this reason the security it of-
'ers is but nominal. "
"RECTOR & WILHELMY CO. "
The United States government after
: arefully investigating all the devices ,
papers , etc. , on the market , adopted ,
in 1891. what is knov.ni as the "cut
aut" figure machine , which cuts out
T. solid block figure. It has proven
the most difficult device to alter yet
* nown or on the market , and one
jsing the same will come .within the
legal requirements of "the most ef-
'ectual means. "
Business houses are liable to this
: heck raising from collectors , who re-
: ain checks , turning over cash in lieu
ihereof from trusted men as well as
experts or professionals , as was the
ase of the Rector & Wilhelmy com-
> any. the Gate City Hat company and
arious others in Omaha.
Moral "An ounce of prevention is
vorth a pound of cure. "
Baptist's Anniversary.
Baptists have already accepted an
nvitat-ion for their May anniversaries
f next year. This invitation came
' om the First church of San Trancis-
o. This will be the first time these
universaries have gone beyond the
Locky mountains. They bring togeth-
r about 2,000 of the active workers in
laptist benevolences. The reason for
oing to San Francisco , apart from the
tJmulus given to Baptist interests on
be Pacific coast , is the fact that it is
: ist fifty years since Baptist work was
udertaken in California. The occa-
ion next year is to be made a great one
i Baptist circles cf the Pacific coast.
Correcting : a Importer.
A raporter for an exchange in speak-
ig of a woman's convention last week.
ays : "There was much bustle and
anfusion. " Of course the confusion
auld be easily determined , but the
ustle part could only be guessed , and
as really none of his business. It is
30 much guessing that Is giving jour-
alism a bad name , and these women
tight either to make him prove his as-
jrtion or take it back. Bcardstown
til. ) Star.
The IJuncholo Blow ITp.
A barrel of oil at the works of the
eorgetcwn ( Ky. ) gas company ex-
loded , and one building and a quan-
ty of oil were consumed by fire. The
11 tank sprung a leak , and workmen
ad been engaged in pumping the oil
uo barrels. A lighted candle was
isscd over the open buntrholo of a
followed.
irrel and an explosion
At tlio Play.
Kew York Truth : Kippax "You
KJin very much affected at the tragic
to of Juliet. Miss SniQin ; I thought I
LW tears in your eyes. " Miss Snlffln
Fes , Mr. Kipnax , it does seem co sad
i think that the lady who played Juliet
not really dead ! "
Couldn't Afford It al Kins.
Mrs. Jenkins I see Mrs. Hoetong is
> ing to have "King Lear" at her next
Ivate theatricals. Mrs. Newrich Uu-
cus with envy ) Is she , the affected
ling ? Do you know , I don't believe
> 's a real king at all. Stray Stories.
small prizes i t i
A Maine man offers
rmedi-
i the school children in the
take the
of his town who
ate grade
the
teeth during
best care of their
summer. _
Kcnaty is ulooa Deep.
blood means aclean skin. No beauty
assnaaa
rets-beuuty for ten conw. All l
sutlsfuctlua guaranteed. JOc. EX.
The combined area of the Philip
pines , the Hawaiian Islands , Cuba and
Porto Rico is 247,743 square miles , era
a little less than that of Texas.
Among the Ango-Saxons in the sev
enth century men wore gloves , while
women covered their hands with their
sleeves.
A bath -with COSMO BUTTERMILK
SOAP , exquisitely scouted , is soothing acd
beneficial. Sold everywhere.
The capital letter "Q" will be found
but twice in the Old Testament , and
three times in the New.
YOMft AT SIXTY.
Serene corafort and happiness in ad
vanced years arc realized by compara
tively few women.
Their hard lives , their liability to se
rious troubles on account of their pecu
liar organism and their profound igno
rance concerning themselves , all com
bine to sh or ten the period of usefuln ess > ' > * -
end fill their later years with suffering.
Mrs. Pinkham has done much to make
women strong. She has given , advice
to many that has shown them how to
guard against disease and retain vigor
ous health iu old age. From every cor
ner of the earth there is constantly com
ing the most convincing statements
from women , showing the efficacy of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in overcoming female ills. Here
is a letter from Mrs. J. C. Orms , of 220
Homer St. , Johnstown , Pa. , which is
earnest and straight to the point :
" DEAH MRS. PIXKHAM : I feel it my
duty to tell all suffering women that I
think your remedies are wonderful. I
had trouble with my head , dizzy spells
and hot flashes. Feet and hands were
cold , was very nervous , could not sleep
well , had kidney trouble , pain in
ovaries and congestion of the wornb.
Since taking your remedies I am better
every way My head trouble is all
[ jone , have no pain in ovaries , and ana
sured of womb trouble. I can eat and
sleep well and am gaining in flesh. I
consider your medicine the best to be
tiad for female troubles. "
The present Mrs. Pinkham's experi
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
lelled , for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham , and
for sometime past has had sole charge
3f the correspondence department of
aer great business , treating by letter
is many as a hundred thousand ailing
women during a single year.
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They are all on or best readied via
our lino. Descriptive literature and
fell information Ly addressing
J. Francis , General Passenger Agent
Omaha , 2c
PS. . If you gowest via Omaha
and the Burlington Route you can
stop off and see the Trans-Mississip
pi Exposition.
-URN ITU RE.
$50OOO Stock of all ffrades of
Furniture recently bought at the
very lowest cash price will bo of
fered during the next few months
at special prices.
Customers visiting Omaha will
find this the largest and oldest
furniture store here , and we will
make every effort to please both
in goods and prices.
Jhas. Shiverick & Co. .
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