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SURGEON GENERAL STERNBERG
He Will Carcf ally Look After Our Sick
unci Wounded Soldiers
The medical service of Uncle Sams
army is brought prominently into pub
lic notice now that our soldiers are in
the fiJd This is the branch that must
look after the sick and wounded and it
is of prime importance that the head of
the department should be well fitted for
the onerous duties that fall upon his
shoulders Surgeon General George II
Sternberg is JO years old but does not
look his age He served during the
civil war as a surgeon and won great
distinction Since then he has been
continuously serving with the army
both in Indian campaigns and yellow
lever epidemics He has studied the
best methods for preventing yellow fe
ver in diTercut countries where it has
been prevalent lias icpresented this
country at international sanitary con
ferences and is a member of leading
medical organizations here and abroad
He has published many works princi
pally on the cause and cure of disease
from climatic influences
In accordance with Gen Sternbergs
plan for the caring of sick and wound-
ed during the occupation of Cuba every
army division will be provided with
tents for a field hospital for the
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SUIiOIOV GEXEnAL STKKXlJSnG
sion als o with an ambulance corps
consisting of enlisted men of the hos
pital corps of the United States army
whose duty it will be to remove the
wounded from the battlefield as
promptly as possible The hospital ship
relief will go to any port which may
be occupied by our troops to serve as a
floating hospital and also as an am
bulance ship to bring the sick and
wounded to the nearest port in the
United States where hospital accommo
dations are available
A large general hospital has been fit
ted up at Key West as this will be the
most convenient point of landing the
sick and wounded of an army in Cuba
A hospital train consisting of tourist
sleepers and a dining car with medical
officers and attendants and nurses will
be held in readiness to transport the
sick and wounded from Tampa or any
other convenient point in Florida to
the general hospitals located farther
north The fiist ot these Is at Fort
McFherson GaM where accommoda
tions have been provided for 300 sick
and upon short notice these hospital ac
commodations can be considerably ex
pended The barracks at Fort Thomas
Ky have also been converted into a
general hospital and GOO or more men
-can be provided for at this point The
barracks at Fort Mycr Ya have also
keen taken for hospital purposes Ad
ditional hospitals will be established
as soon as the necessity for thorn arises
Gon Sternberg has laid down regu
lations for the soldiers to follow while
hi Cuba They will receive the best
of enlightened medical treatment and
if fevers break out among them it will
not be for want of vigilance on the part
of the medical corps
THE WHEEL N WAR
Ho v- Eicj clei Slay le of Fervics to
the Ambulance Corps
The bicycle as an aid in war is a
much discussed subject Here it is
shown as used by the British soldier in
carrying the wounded off the field
Every year a royal military tournament
is held In London and at the one held
the norniK ambulance
recently this ambulance was a feature
Four bicycles are used to each litter
one at each corner but only two riders
are required Whether or not this idea
would be of any use in Cuba with its
sandy soil is a question
Died a Pauper
Samuel Tetlow who died a pauper
recently iti San Francisco was one of
the earlier settlers on the Pacific coast
and in the good old days of Friscos
babyhood was known as Prince
Prodigal because of the facility with
which he won and lost fortunes over
the green baize He built the old Bella
Union Theater having as a partner in
its management William Skaneantle
bury whom he shot to death during a
quarrel Tetlow was sentenced to death
but social influence brought about
his acquittal at a former trial At one
time lie owned The property now known
as Sutro Heights which he sold to ex
Mavor Sutro for 530000
What Conntituti a Good Beehive
Simplicity and efficiency are the main
requirements of the modern beehive
The hive pcoduces no honey but It i6
an indispensable instrument in bee cul
ture The best implement is often a
failure in inefficient bands while an ef
ficient operator can make a partial sue
cess even with poor tools but for a
flrst class job we look for a good me
chanic with the best tools In the pro
duction of honey like the production
of anything else at this time competi
tion Is very strong and If we would
make a profit on the goods produced
we must cheapen the production We
must produce the very finest goods at
the lowest possible figure This -we can
accomplish only by having the best
bees the best hives and implements
and handle the same economically The
man who rides hobbies and runs af
ter fads in bee culture will have a
lean bank account American Garden
ing
RAPID FIRE GUN3
What Distinguishes Them from the
Slow Fire Cannon
Rapid fire guns are just now much
talked about but most people have only
a vague idea of what they are Prob
ably the general idea is based on th
Gatling gun People who take the Gat
ling gun as a type of rapid fire sup
pose that all guns calledby that name
are merely machines for showering rifle
balls But this is a complete mistake
There are rapid fire guns with a diam
eter of six inches that throw shells
weighing 100 pounds The Engineer
ing News explains the matter as fol
lows
The essential difference is in the
method of loading Instead of opening
the breech and inserting the projectile
and the powder separately the latter
is in a bunting bag ammunition for
rapid fire guns is now prepared as for
small arms the ball powder and firing
primer are united the powder in a me
tallic case atached to the shot and the
primer in the center of the base of this
case There are a number of types of
rapid fire guns differing in the way
this fixed ammunition is fed to the gun
and fired The six pounder
caliber rapid fire guns of the Hotch
kiss Driggs Schroeder Maxim Nord
enfeldt and Sponsel types can discharge
100 shots in 4 minutes 2G seconds 4
minutes 33 seconds 4 minutes 41 sec
onds and 4 minutes 5GM seconds re
spectively or twenty to tweny five
shots per minute with accuracy of aim
Without attempt at accuracy of aim
the rate can be increased to thirty to
thirty five shots per minute With
five inch rapid fire guns or
thirty six shots have been fired in
live minutes
Fecuudity of the Sparrow
Sparrows are the rabbits of the feath
ered world in point of multiplication
frequently producing more than twenty
young ones in a season three or four
broods of six or seven being not unus
ual In six years the progeny of one
single pair of sparrows will amount to
millions as evidence the alarming
rapidity with which the United States
New Zealand and Australia are now
infested the number originally taken
over by emigrants being very small
Complaints from American Australian
and New Zealand agriculturists of the
ravages committed by the bird are even
more bitter than those of English farm
ers The total numbers of sparrows are
out of all proportion to those of other
species of birds
Siberian Horses Manrs ami Tails
Three hundred bales of horses manes
and tails to be used for upholstering
furniture have been landed here by
the British steamships Maine and
Michigan from London They come
from far away Siberia and are takan
from horses used by the Cossacks after
the animals have outlived their useful
ness Horses are cheap in Russia and
after having seen better days their
manes and tails are the only things left
of a commercial value Very often
these hirsute appendanges are taken
from sound animals and the beasts
left to their fate Here the upholster
ers use the hair for stuffing chair backs
and other articles of furniture and the
material from Russia brings the best
price because the hair is the longest
and consequently the best Philadel
phia Record
The Missintr Heart
Tack Potts I might have won a
couple of hundred from old Cbipps last
night In a little game of poker but I
didnt have the heart to take his money
Will Betts Conscience wouldnt per
mit it eh
Jack Potts No merely a case of
heart failure
Will Betts Why hows that
Jack Potts Well you see I needed
just one more little heart to make a
flush
From Bad to Worse
Dixon Id give anything I possess if
I could only get rid of this gout
Hixon Oh thats an easy matter
Just move around to our boarding
house and Ill wager that liver com
plaint will soon take the place of ihe
gout -
Dixon Liver complaint Why hows
that
Hixon Well the landlady feeds us
liver every other day and the boarders
are all complaining
Dickens Not Good Enough
Of the remaking and unmaking of
books there is apparently as little end
as of their making We have already
seen the expurgator at work on Oliver
Twist and now it is the harmless
looking Sketches by Boz which is to
be torn to pieces The authorities at
Darlinghurst jail in Sydney Australia
declare that thirty pages of this book
are unfit for prisoners to read and have
accordingly cut them out of the copy in
the jail library
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A Slight Misunderstanding
Mr Guyer I suppose you ride a
wheel Miss Antiquate
Mies Antiquate Yes indeed I com
pleted my first century yesterday
Mr Guyer Really You dont look
it Im Sure
N B Friends they were but stran
gers now
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DYNAMITE GUN VESSEL VESUVIUS IN ACTION
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TARGET FOR ALL EYES
The Dynamite Cruiser Vesuvius May
Revolutionize Naval Warfare
The naval authorities of the world
are anxiously watching the dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius that tiny craft whose
pneumatic guns did uch terrible j
cutiou at Santiago The Vesuvius is in I
a class by herself there is no other j
sel like her in the world This is the
first time in the history of warfare that
high explosives have been used in pneu
matic guns and the success that attend
ed the trials of the Vesuvius at San
tiago will in all probability revolution
ize the construction of warships With
REGULATING THE PRESSURE
a greater range of lire which it is be
lieved by experts can and will be ob- j
tained by improvements in pneumatic j
guns the Vesuvius or a vessel carry
ing similar guns would be more than
a match for the best battleship afloat
The Vesuvius was- built by Cramps
at Philadelphia in 1SSG and was- accept
ed by the government and placed in
commission four years later Its- ar
mament consists of three pneumatic
guns which are in the forward part of
the vessel The guns- are built into the
vessel which acts as a movable gun
carriage Their muzzles are carried for
ward and project above the deck near
the bow at an elevation of 18 degrees
They are made of thin cast iron are 15
inches in diameter and are 54 feet long
They are not rifled the vanes upon the
projectile being relied upon to give the
desired axial rotation The full sized
shells for the guns are 14 74 inches in
diameter and about 7 feet long A tail
is fitted at the end of the shell wit In
spiral vanes which secures its align
ment and rotation They are designed
to carry a charge of 150 to 200 pounds
of dynamite or guncotton andi the ef
fect of the latter charge the results- at
Santiago attest Experts say that if
one of these giant shells exploded with
in twenty feet of an armored vessel a
large section of the hull would disrnr
pear
The shells are hurled fxomi the guns
iby compressed air and so powerful is
this force that they can be sent with
accuracy a distance of two and a half
imiles The air is compressed intores
ervoirs containing a large number of
wrought iron tubes Each short that is
fired at a mile range rakes 150 poands
of air
The guns are loaded andl handled
with ease Under the rear of each gun
are two revolvers each containing
Jive chambers for the shellsv Whem the
gun is to be loaded the breeeni Is- unfas
tened and falls on a pivot at the ex
treme rear end The opening in ke gain
comes directly im line- with tlie lowest
chamber In the revolver A hy
draulic ram pushes- the she IE forward
into the breech which is at once swung
upward completing the continuity of
the barrel The- revolver is thus turn
ed forward division so as to bef
ready to supply the next sheNL Hydrau
lic power is used to execute all the
maneuvers Tice complete armament
of each gun is ten projectiles
When the gun is to be fired the air is
admitted to the chamber by means of a
LOADING THE GUXS
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valve The distance that the shell will
be thrown depends upon the amount of
air admitted into the pneumatic tube
which is controlled by the valve The
firing can take place as rapidly as the
shells can be loaded into the tubes
The Vesuvius is particularly well
adapted for blowing up mines by ex
ploding dynamite shells in the mine
fields A shot from one of her guns it
is estimated will set off every mine
within a radius of nfty feet from the
point -where the shell explodes The
great weakness of the Vesuvius lies la
its armor which Is but 3 1G of an inch
thick and could easily be pierced by a
shell The impact would be liable to
set off the dynamite on board the vessel
and that would be the last of the Vesu
vius and the nervy men who man her i
The destroyer is designed principally
for night attacks stealing up under
cover of the darkness noiselessly j
charging a few shells and then wishing
back at a high rate of speed out of
harms way
LIEUTENANT VICTOR BLUE
Went Ashore at Santiago Traveled 72
Miles and piedCervcras Fleet
Lieutenant Victor Blue whose bold
tour of Santiago de Cuba Bay won for
him high praise from Admiral Samp
son has taken his place beside Hobson
Rowan Fremont and the other young i
men who have distinguished j
selves in the war with Spain Blue
made a tour around the bay of seventy I
miles and counted the four armored I
cruisers and the two torpedo boat de f
stroyers of Cerveras famous- armada j
Young Blue had no lack of exciting ad 1
ventures after Sampsons ships got into j
Cuban waters He was in charge of j
the Suwanee the transformed May-
flower when hostilities began and lie
accompanied the Gussie on her expedi
tion The Suwanee backed up by tlie
gunboat Newport tried to entice the
Spaniards into a fight but they refused
the bait Blues boat ran on a reef near
Cape Francis and would have made an
easy prey for the Spaniards She did
not get away until after twelve hours
Ixad passed Blue ran the gantlet of
five Spanish gunboats and reached the
outposts of General Gomez where he
planted the American flag On his re
turn from his hazardous expedition
MEUTEXAXT VICTOR BIUK
around Santiago Bay he brought wildli
him a copy of a Santiago newspaper
His- daring trip into the very homes- of
the Spanish set at rest the fiction that
Cpe Verde fleet was not bofctledi u
7h the little baj
The Soldiers Good By
She bravely bade her Horace
That girl with the auburu hair-
Ami smiled through the tear thus dimmed
her eye
Tbat girl with the auburn haic
And she kissed him and kissed him amx
kissed him
Tbat girl with the auburn hair
And kissed him and kissed him ai
kissed him
And kissed him and kissed hiair anil
kissed him
And his soldier eomrades4uKLtQ assist Mm
To leave that girl so fain
Chicago Tribune
Another Power uL
According to the Bntisni and Colonial
Druggist a Russian chemist has discov
ered a most powerful anaesthetic It
is several thousand1 times- more power
ful than chloroform volatilizes power
readily and acts when freely mixed
with air at great distances Experi
ments are being made at St Petersburg
to see if it cannot be inclosed in bombs
which would have the extraordinary
effect of anaestheticisiing instead of
wounding the enemy
At Waterloo
One hundred and forty nine thou
sand men were engaged at Waterloo
of whom 31000 were killed or taken
prisoners In proportion to the num
ber engaged Waterloo was one of the
bloodiest battles of history not less
than 33 per cent of the whole number
being placed hors de combat The
British artillery fired 94120 rounds or
one for every Frenchman killed in the
battle
Spaniards Are Romanists
The state religion of Spain is the
Roman Catholic which is maintained
by the government The Constitution
permits non Catholics to worship as
they please but they must do so pri
vately and without making any public
announcement of their religious ser
vices -
Why doesnt someone ajame a foby
baby Dewey Here la a chance for
fame Hurry up
UNCLE REMUS
Joel Chandler Harris Bejran Iife as a
Printers JJevil
Mr Harris will always be known
first and foremost as the author of
the Uncle Remus tales Few men
make two literary hits in one lifetime
It was genius that induced tois South
ern newspaper writer to giro the world
the negro folk tales which he had
heard as a boy about the wide
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MR J C HARRIS
To nee fireplace It was literary instinct
of a high order which enabled him to
reproduce so perfectly the dialect of
the Southern negro and at the same
time make it clear to one who never-
lived in the South Since Uncle Re
mus gave Harris a world wide fame
he bas written many stories all of
which are marked by perfect simplicity
and clearness of style and by admir
able character drawing One long story
he has essayed but it was not a
cessk It will Interest young writers-
to know that Mr Harris favorite book
when he was a boy was The Vicar of
Wakefield and that h read Gold
sraitlis story so often that even now
lie- can repeat many pages of it He
began life as a printers boy at 12 years
of aigev and it was at the printers ease
like Ben Franklin that he first feltr
the- impulse to put his rlioughts into
writing
KING OF GUIDES
Famous Old Swiss Who Piloted Many
Trnveler Over the Alps
Of all the guides who have helped
Anie riean travelers to love the Alps
I the- chief perhaps was Christian
- er He was the king of his tribe He
enjoyed his calling and pursuedit fronii
boyhood with the zeal of an artist
TEFntil he was quite an old man the-
famous old Swiss was actively engaged
ixt guiding His eye was keen his
J foot sure his judgment unerring andi
his delight in crossing the most difficulc
f the passes and mounting the steep
est of tho peaks was great long a f ten
most guides have retired to the chim
ney corner and given their business up
to their sons Aimer lived at
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graphed there a year ago with his wife
on their golden wedding da3 He died
recent-
Disproved the Sljincier
There is a Mexican bull fighter El
Curita whose enemies have made the
statement against him tiiat he had
been beaten by a woman He denied
this and notified the local newspapers
that the actual facts were that he had
knocked the woman down four times
with a chair Moreover he had been
sentenced to jail but his eight day
sentence had been commuted on the
payment of a fine which he construed
as a vindication of his character
The fates are really very kind every
worthless man gets along better than
he deserves i
Dressmakers say that every really
good figure ta manufactured
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He Stnat Have Forgotten
So thats the son of old Rockingham
the millionaire is it
Yes any one might guess that after
seeing the amount of attention that is
paid to him by the ladies
I suppose so
Well why dont you go on and say
it
Say what
That he probably couldnt earn 523
a month if he had to work for a living
Thats what folks always say about
rich mens sons isnt it
The Climate of Cuba
Because of frequent rains in Cuba ma
larial fevers are a common ailment there
as in many sections of the United States
Ailments of this kind no matter whero
they occur are cured with Hosretters
Stomach Bitters Besides being a specific
for malarial troubles it has no equal for
dyspepsia and constipation
Human Heads
Human heads formed a collection re
cently sold at public auction in London
There were twelve of them from Ecua
dor New Guinea New Zealand and
other places A tattooed Maori head
with a curious smell brought 17 guin
eas New York Sun
Homeseekers Excursion
o points in Nebraska Kansas Col
orado Missouri Oklahoma Indian Ter
ritory Utah Wyoming and Oregon
Dates July 19th August 2nd lGfk
iept5tb 20th and Oct 4th lSlh Iir
iculars at Northwestern city office Secur
ty Bank Buildimr or by mail on applica
iotv to R C Cheyney general agent
IouxCity Iowa
The Largest Rivers
The five largest rivers in wirlo
are- as- follows North America Mis
sissippi and Missouri 4300 miles
South America Amazon and Beni
4000 miles Asia Yenesei and Selenga
3S50l miles Africa Nile 3240 milesj
Europe- Volga- Russia 2500 miles
For Buffalo
The NorJhwesterni excursion to Buffalo
jffers a choice of many routfs Ifre
jonipletiug your nirnngemrtsi rail 1ie
Jorthvtern city oflieer Sviin y mk
auilding JSioux Cityr lowi
Impossible
Surprising case that of the
ingham girl who- married the tloieii
count isnt it
Why what lie doner
Nothing but Vehavo himself
Halls Catarrfo Cure
Iktakem internally Z5r cent
Why doesnt a trained skirt know
enough tOkeep out of the mud
3Irs WIiiHlnwi Soothing for ChlMren
teething eottpus tho kjnins recnicf s mtlanimition
allays iauu ouxea wituLcolici liceiii a bould
Why does snow come down in winter
And ice go up in summer
Tin So Tir
AS tired in the morning when I go
toi hod Why is it Simply because
your blood is- im swrb a poor thin
sluggish Gonditiom it does- not keep up
your strength and jnvn do not get the
benefit of your sleffK To feel strong
and keep strong just try thi Ionic and
purifxingrefTectsoe HomvTV Snrsuparilla
ur word for it twill di yon good
HoocPs Sarsapariila
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the mmms of syrup of figs
iBdluaofc oaty Ho the originality and
simplicity f the combination but also
to the- cart and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig Svrup
Go only and we wish to impress upon
aJL the- importance of purchasing the
tlrue and original remedy As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co
only a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co with the medi
cal profession and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy It is
far in advance of all other laxatives
as it acts on the kidneys liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them and it does not gripe nor
nauseate In order to get its beneficial
effects please remember the name of
the Company
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