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: SMOKELESS POWDER FATAL
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I ammunition , etc , according to the
, i i : New York Tribune , speaking of
. h.J.i. the explosion of the eight inch
\ . f gUlls on the battleship Iowa , said :
\ ' t\ 1 . \ No ordullce sharp seems to
: know the real cause of accidents
to so many of the guns on the navy
ships , and much study has been
given to the subject. In mJ' opinion -
ion these accidents arc largely due
j' to the use of smokeless powdec
) ; in guns not made specially for this
; kind of ammunition 'here n.
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I has been the idea
gun made with ea
; , of black powder only being used ,
. , if there is any tendency to weakness -
I } , . , neBS anywhere it will _ develop with
the use of smokeless powder ,
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which has the greater energy ,
and is more erratic. If you should
put two guns of the same size side
b.y side , assuming that both guns :
, 1 have equal strength , you could tell
I I i by a cursory glance at the chasing
! i which one was using smokeless
f powder , and which the : old style ,
i- . for the greater effect would be in
" "I. the forlUer. \V ( ' speak of the life
I , of the guns lllc'ly haying become .
\ come exhausted , but it is yet an
\i\ \ tif ! unsettled question as to what the
\r.t \ : ; life of a gun is. Theoretically It
r ! ] 3.inch gun should last about 70
: l' { firings , but in the Spanish war the
tr s question seems to have been prac-
i' , ticallY settled that it would run as
Ihl ; " high as twice that number. Fo )
I example , the explosion of the 13-
. inch gun of the Iowa a few months
i ; 1 ago was on its IHSth shot , so the
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Ii fact remains that guns do explode
most surprisingly and unexpectedly .
edly , and especially when smoke-
less powder is being used in guns
built for the use of black powder.
# . Speaking of great guns , the
. question of positions in ships has
become a controversial one. Are
, ti we , the American navy , mounting
our guns too low ? Other navies
mount their guns on a higher
plane than we do , on the theory
that it gives la rger. possibilities
for their use in a sea wa ' . The
disadvantages of low gun posi-
tions-and this is especially the
case on the low freeboard idea of
the monitor-lmve been pointed
out bJ' seagoing officers , but Ill'
especial consideration to the
proposition of higher positions
has been given , because of the efforts -
forts to keep down weights and
the center of graYitr. :
. There is lllueh of uncertainty in
the problem , hut there would
seem to be good argument against
the low positions , since the mod-
ern view of naval authority is that
battle fleets must keep l to the lhigih
sea , and the theory that naval bat-
c. tIes will be fought at considerable .
able distances from the bases of
either cnemJ. The last board on
construction decided that the gun
t positions of the American ships
. were not too low , but there is a different .
ferent view among many of the
officers , who have had practical
experience . and they assert that
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is the stability in asea - WIlJ' is dc
creased the lack of height tends to
render guns useless in even a mod.
crate Ben.
French Alligator Farms
Several French dealers have recently -
cently visited America to purchase
chase stock for an alligator farm
which they propose starting in the
youth of Frunce. Alligator skin
has become so highly prized
throughout France that the animal .
mal denIers believe it will pay wen
to raise the alligators on this , the
first ( farm of its kind in the world.
Not long ago President ) Loubet received -
ceiyed a present of a hunting suit
of alligator ] ] skin. The skin is said
f'o be rowing scarcer each year ,
and there is always a great d ( ' ,
hand for it for boots , shoes , hand.
bags , writing pads , portfolios , and
toilet Hrticles.-New York Times
What Microbes Are
Since Pasteur demonstrated the
fact that mnnJ' human diseases
are due to minute living things
which grow and multiply 'in our
bodies , there has been a tendency )
to call all microscopic organisms ,
whether harmful not " "
or , "germs"
or "micl'obes" 01' "bacteria" indis
criminately. This confusion maybe
ue cleared bJ' the statement that
protozoa are the lowest known
forms of animals and that bac-
teria are the lowest known forms
of plants , while "germs" and
"microbes" may apply to the dis
ease.causing forms in either
group-Century.
EVILS OF EATING ALONE.
The Digestion of a Solitary Diner Is
Always at a Disad-
vantage.
There are some few happily dis
posed individuals , lays the LOD-
don I.Jancet , who C.l1.1tline \ : alone ,
and not eat too fast , nor too much ,
nor too little. With the majority
it is different.
The average man puts his novel
or his paper before him and think
tlu'tt ' he will lengthen out the meal 1
with due deliberation bJ' reading a
little with , and more between , the
courses. He will just employ his
mind enough to help , and too little
to interfere with indigestion. In
fact , he will provide that gentle !
mental accomplishment which
with happier people conversation
gives to a uea1. This is your soli-
tary's excellent idea. In reality
he become engrossed in what hn
is , reading till , suddenly , finding
his food cold , he demolishes it in
a few mouthfuls ; or else he finds
that he is hungry , and paying no
attention to the book , which 11/1 /
flings aside , he rushes through his
food as fast as possible , to plunge
into his arm chair and literature
afterward. In either case the
lonely : man must digest at a disad-
vantage. For due and easy nutrition -
tion , food should be slowly taken
and the mind should not be intensely .
tensely excited during the process.
Everyone knows that violent
bodily exercise is bad just after a
meal , and mental exertion is
equally so. Wise people do not
even argue during or just after
dinner . , and . observation of after-
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RESULT = = Sometimes matrimony
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where we get interested. I I
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"It is the way
of the wise" to buy
the best goods for
the least money.
We have the
, only completeline
of furniture and
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, floor coverings
ever carried in the
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straw matting
12 to60c ; all wool
Ingrain carpet 50
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dinner speakers neither endure
themselves nor excite in their
hearers any severe intellectual ef-
fort. In fact , the experience of
countless generations , from the
red Indian of the woods to the
" 'hite.shil'ted diners of a modern
party , has perpetuated the lesson
that a man should not eat alone
nor think much at this time , but
should talk and be talked to whilt' .
he feeds. Most people do not think
much when they talk , and talking
is a natural accompaniment of eating -
ing and dl'inldng. How does it
fare with' the '
many . solitary
women of today ? No better WP
know } than with the men , but dif-
ferently. Alone or not , a man
may gen "flll ' be trusted at any
time to take food enough.
Fruit-and-Nut Fiends .
There is just one little , tiny , in.
finitesimal error in the assumption
that our primordial ancestors
lived entirely upon uncooked
fruits and nuts , a trifling miscal
dilation which vitiates the conclusion .
elusion that what met our wants
when we dangled head downward
from a tree limb will meet our )
wants now that we have been
turned t'other end up. The error
is this : They didn't. No animal
lives exclusively on vegetable , or
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to 75 cts sewed ; .
Linoleum , 6 , 74
and 12 feet wide'
50 to 65 cts , laid.
Some of our de =
signs will certain = " T , . '
Iy interest you '
and the quality ,
and prices are
right. . '
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animal food. \VlinPs a chicken
carnivorous or graminiyorous ? ! -
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Gl'amiY01'OUS , of course. It liven !
upon corn and oats and wheat , the
seeds of plants , grass blades , the .
lettuce that you expected to eat ,
and all such. Yes , well Yon keep . '
them on that diet and see how . . , t , . -
many eggs you ; get. And then ; rOl1" " - - .f
give them beef scraps with their . . ; .
grain , and notice the difference.- I
Ever 'bodJ"s : Magazine. . . " . . i
Endurance of the Yak. . ;
Yaks , which are the beasts of
burden in Thibet , are very sure /
footed and a good one will carry ) . . I
a load of more than 200 pounds .
safely along the steepest hillside. ' _
They can exist on the scantiest't ;
grass , but gain food suits them for f ;
n few days onIJ' Eight miles fC i
day is good average work. A re .
cent traveler tried leather boots
for yaks , without success , Tame
yaks are white , black , gray and
brown , and all intermediate gra - < A\ 4 .
dations of these colors. The wild
yak is invariably black , and ill
early spring his winter coat almost . . .
sweeps the ground. At such sea.
sons wild and tame are almost -
indistinguishable , and a story is i
told of a big game Imnter Thib
et who shot his own baggage an
imals by mistake.-Knowledge
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