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OiLOXG AS POETS
fm'd'htstorjans con
:tlhue ."to weave
'. .pretty stories of
personal valor, and
thoy will' do it as
..Ion? as a spark. of
patriotism' barns in
the "-"human-"breast.
no class of. heroes -
.will find greater fa
vor. among. the
- Mfafc Vp
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J'vl'? . ' ' -;" - .. masses, or whose
.. -Jicrofc. 'feats '-.wHl bring the fire back to'.
'.. . . Hio-vcteran's.eye surer, than" the brave
." :IUtJe fellows who sounded the reveille
;. -' or lteut taps:'- Pugle io-s and drummer
''.' h.ys have figured often and consgcu
.V ously Ifl the annals of war. Anditfo
. - - ivWerp-"4n history have we .more or
;.-. 'brighter- examples of this kind, than in
r.v: ihe-.reconls of the Civil War, on both
' ..-".idt"-CoTifederate. and Union.
.-Thes &tpry of Harry Baldwin's un
- -'ycrVii.i"g "loyalty to the old flag, and
,. . .I)?3 'fcarlessjiess of d'eajh for the cause
" '.lie had so -nobly espoused., affords a
;.- '"r'jrfeht cxanipfe of .this kind. He .be-
--"-. Joiigrd to. a New York regiment I am
" ' furry-' -tiiat I have forgotten its number."
" .-though that hardly" .matters as Jong as
'.-.- .I:fH-Tnc'mlxr the main .facts of his ad-
.V-". ;viturfsan'J he'n'us the' life and heart.
;-. - f 'Ws Vfil;r comr:lea.
l'r.. '-"Iti truth, our little drummer boy was
" Inood upon with so much favor, and he
' .-..Had- shown such-dear-headed abllity;on
rtafn-jilangerous occasions, that "when-
-tk?.;xv)inm:tnder felt anxious to learn
'. ;.V!lam. Jrtlculars in regard' to the. enr
" ..'-i:e'nv he" delegated Harry to go Upon the
:.-hazardous mission.
'. ; . ' ."iCeep your eyes. open, my boy. as I
. .' Kn-ovv-yau will', and I will risk you to .go
-.. . -.wjiyre I would not dare' send any scout
-..' ,- ??'' ino. but I must warn ypu to never
'".-'" target that you are in the-cnemy's coun-
' .-t,:-n.d' that a single mistake will cost
--you your life. J shall not putyou from
r..;ny-thoughts until! see j-.ou safely back
;'-.- "h.er.e. with llie news I am so anxious to
. . ' have""" - . -
'- '. .'.FVeHng, as evety true, soldier should.
-.. tnn lm"pirtance of his perilous under
- . .talunc.- Harry'started forth on his .re
'.."".ctxnrifilssance. It was already growing
--.--dusky in the-deeper forest, and soon the
.. '""shfules" of night would enable' him to
' " . push-.'his .way' into the vicinity of the
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""". Confederate.-army with gFeater safety.
- He..krwiv -itiry well that it lay epcamp--l"-fioiiiud
the low:mo.uhtaln range that
raji" S)r ."ten -niiles or mare north . and
Wutli.'jvlth here and there a broken- link
'anTo.fdiuK passage .to the other side. I
." say "tie knew they were .there.--but had
ho known" their -exact -location, this
". nlgKt "trjp would not have been neces
'-"sa'ry. "'-.-.
;- 114s- -.clothes covered with dust, and
",.hh. limbs .aching frpm the day's hard
" " marching," ' the drummer boy moved
'. .-somewhat wearily through the moun-'.-.
tain-gap. Wiijle the shadows fell deeper
'tind darker around him. It was a wild.
-lojiely place, though, he gave little heed
t'o'his surroundings other than to watch
'them closely for some indication 'of the"
". enemy that hd felt might be lurking un--"com"frt.iMyl
near.
- Still nothing occurred to excite his.
' suspicions, until a gradual lifting of the
.".fehndaw& ahead told him" that he was
- JpprQachiiig the other sld.e of the range.
-' and tlrnt it behooved him to "move with
-' ovt ii inciter caution than- hitherto.
"- Thu? -his surprise iriay be imagined
' !.whe.ri: :as he was silently crawling
.around, a 'jagged arm of One of the fobt-
. -hiIls-.-e found himself -In .the midst of-
.-j-'a sV)ua-4 of;.Cont'ederate Infantry.'
"". Discovered "by Jthem before' he cduld
----"bJ-at a -retreat., he was- captured in the
"" twinkirng.of aneye." to be .dragged away
".'toward the-headquarters of the south-
' ern.'comma-nder... charged with bejng a
sivy. ".-"-...
After, seeing, that lie was securely
po'uridi; hands and feet, he was placed
under -a strong guard, to await trial in
v the: morning. A long, tedious night it
:.""was' to Tiim. i'oo, though- his first and'
--greatest concern was over the disap--PQihtm'ent
his non-appearance would.
" fcrmg upon the Union genera"!. But It"
.'-.'was: in vain for him xo berate himself
.' -ihr- any carelessness, of which he may-'-'
have been guilty. The stern fact of his
-..ca-ptVvity remained -and could" not be
' reasoned away. He must abide by the
-. cohsemiehce.
; " The sun was beginning' to show its
- bright face over the crest or the moun-
. tain -as "the drumhead court-martial was
-ordered, and he was led forth. to be
-.': tHetl and convicted as a spy.
''Rather young to be caught in such
"' business." remarked the" grim official.
.- ".Pray, what use have the Tanks for
-'.'such infants as you? I was not aware
' tiie'y'were driven to such straits for sop-
"".porfers."
"I-am a drummer boy. sir." replied
" llarry.".proudfy. "and as such. J believe,
- I have ever done my duty."
VOh-he! so-that's it? "Well, you look
ajid act like a' gritty one.'and the boys i
sa'y you resisted them last night tooth
": and nail. Say. it's a pity one so young
- and "smart should ber shot down like a
""dps:.. Do yon want to live, my little
drummer boy?"
. "-My life" Is my country's, sir. If I can
serve '".her better by. dying than living
"l.anvcontent."
-. " "Bah! You do not 'realise that you are
. to be shot at sunset. There ls only one
.hope for you. Tour life shaH be spared
.pptn. ohe condition."
-. "And "that?" asked the brave boy.
- . "is that you will b our drummer.
""-Promise to beat the drum for us as well
as you have for the Tanks and your, life
. shall" be spared-" .
. -"Never!" cried the young pataiot. MI
' wouH rather be shot than be a rebel."
."- Perhajjs the neart of the Confederate-
was touched by this display of heroism.
. "but not sufficiently for hint to mitigate
" . his' 'sentence, and the little prisoner
-. .want", back' to his guarded tent, doomed
'. to be shot as a spy at sunset.
- -All that livelong day the. little drunt-
" mer under sentence of. death heard the
'incessant bastle of ssamp Of without.
J-xiowine; thajt aoaae laiportant raovemeat
;was on foot. And while Me wondered
-. what It mfsar. his thoughts would go
brfck o tnsx.tker artey aad that other
. chief tala. was, by bow, smut
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c-ased to look for him. He wondered
how his failure to" return would be re-
ceived. And then his thoughts took a
longer flight, going back to that old
home in the Empire "State, mnd "to ths
loved ones he could not hope -to ee
again. Perhaps the tears glistened in
his eyes as he thought of it all; but
. there was "no sign of fear in hl de
portment when, at the fated hour, he
was led forth to die. - ' .
.""By Jove! Jkie's sure to break down be-
-.fore the. signal is given," said the
sergeant whp had charge Of the squad
to place'h'im.ln position for the closing
act in the awful drama. -
Harry heard the words, and suddenly
-lifting his-headl he said:
"Give me a- drum, sir, and I will play
a" tattoo while you shoot me."
V "Did you ever?" exclaimed the officer.
"I .swear 'tis a pity to shoot nim like
this. But orders are orders, though
you may get nim a drum. Sawyer. He
will forget while he plays."
. 3y the time Harry was blindfolded a
drum was put into his hand, when he
instantly struck up the spirited. notes
which had so cften given life and hope
to his old regiment of gallant soldiers.
No doubt the boy drummer did for
get the deadly danger that menaced
him as he caught up the beloved strain
and sent out to hill and valley the music
of which he was master. And if he for
got so did his captors for the moment.
The grim phalanx stood silent and mo
tionless while it waited for the stern
command that was to end all.
Moments are. priceless sometimes, and
the brief while that Harry Baldwin held
his enemies spellbound' by his last
tattoo saved him his life, for suddenly
the clear notes of- the drum were
drowned by the lusty shouts of men.
Then abody of- Union cavalry flung
ittelf upon the surprised Confederates.
Amazed, bewildered, confident that no
small body of trops would throw them
selves' single-handed upon overwhelm
ing forces, they broke and fled in wild
disorder.
The flight was short but decisive, and
only a JTew. minutes later the bandage
was torn from the drummer boy's eyes
by friendly hands, and he was borne in
triumph back to the Union army.
INVESTMENT IN GENIUS.
I'atrono's Backers. Want to See Wheels
Around or elze Ills OuicksllTer.
Michael Patrono, says the New York
Herald," has a perpetual motor. It Has
not developed fast enough to. please his
backers; who are some dozens of Ital
ians who live in and -near Newark, and
who were proud at first that a compa- J
triot had. as it seemed, solved the puzzle
of inventors. They took stock 'in his
company and dreamed of its appreciat-
Ing as did Bell telephone shares, with
nuiKU r " - .. ! - . - .!: -
papered, their walls. The company'
name was "Societa Industrial
sale." .
About sixty of these believers becamt j
skeptical. They met Friday night In I
Bianchi's Columbia hall, in Market
street. Newark, and unanimously want
ed to know several things first, what
had beon done with $6,000. or thereabouts
for which they had been assessed, with
out so much as getting a glimpse of the
perpetual-motion machine. To this Pa
trono replied that drawfng paper was
costly, .to say nothing of his -time spent
in preparing his papers for the patent
office and guarding his secret from
emissaries of monopolies, who would b
-glad to filch the child of his brain, which
was tp revolutionize all industry. He en
larged upon this point and asked, for
more money, for he wished to hire a
room in wh!c"h he could, hide his ma
chine jnorc securely. But visions of
share at sixteen times par and divi
dends every mohth had been growing
dimmer. Patriotic sympathy with the
illustrious-tQ-be Patrono had ebbed.
These unsympathetic subscribers made
this cold, hard, businesslike-proposition:
"Show us something for. our money
and we'll put up .more dollars."
"Then this company Is insolvent?"
said Patrono tentatively.
A storm of poes flatttened out this
proposition. Then someone proposed,
and had carried, a motion that a com
mittee be sent to Pationo's shop to
carry away 500 pounds of mercury, said
to be essential to the working of his
motor. Patrono. protesting that the
quicksilver was his own property,
strode out of the hall. The sharehold
ers decided by vote that they would
continue the organization.
The committee called at Patrono's
shop yesterday and demanded the mer
cury. Patrono urDaneiy invuea tnem to
leave him to his. own meditations. He
wrote to the society that he would not
do any more inventing for it. a's its
members had broken their agreement.
He told me that, he had a revpjs& and
would use it if anyone came after the
quicksilver.
Aa Iadignaat Mother.
Took herel" said a"Iodger to his land
lady, "your daughter has been using
my comb and brush again!"
"I beg your pardon." said the .land
lady, indignantly. "I never "allow my
children to meddle with my lodgers'
belongings in any way."
"But I am sure she has been using
them." said the lodger, "for there are
long black hairs on them and she is
the only person with black hair in the
house." " '
"Oh, now I remember, she did have
them to comb and brush our dear old
poodle," said the landlady, "but I am
quite sure she did not use them for her
selfshe's too honest to be guilty of
that sort of thing." "
London publicans must not supply
liquor to the police constables unless
by authority of a superior o.fficer. A
woman was summoned before the po--Mce
court for serving at the same time
a sergeant and a constable jfhUe on
luty and pleaded that the sergeant
gave the needed permission.
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HARMON'S JUMP.
BACKWARD SOMERSAULT
FEET DOWN.
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the-Top of tkc Hoyt fealldiag la
. ChWac Is ta Try tke Brooklyn
Bridge.
ARRY A. HARMON
is a diver and bridge
jumper, who is said
to be more skilful
and daring h. his
feats, than many
who have gained
greater notoriety. In
pursuance of a wag
er of $50 between
George A. Ginn,
who wagered that
Harmon could, and John A. Kane, wao
bet he could not, the diver was to dive
into the Chicago River from any place
that could be secured and turn a somer
sault backward as he fell, says Chicago
Times-Herald. For several days an efr
fort has been made to secure a place,
and. the Galena elevator, which is high
er than the "Brooklyn -Bridge, was se
cured. Saturday afternoon the govern
ment boat Calumet anchored at the
Galena dock' just where Harmon was to
fall, -and that necessitated a new place.
The Hoyt building was chosen and a
plank taken to the roof Saturday even
ing. Yesterday the lodging-house in
terests, through whose place, access was
to be gained to the roof, grew uneasy
when they found what was wanted, and
access bad to be gained through an
other building. The leap into the water
was to have been made at 3 o'clock. It
was 5 o'clock when the crowd at the
Rush street bridge was startled by the I
sight of a human. form whirling through
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the air to the water and disappearing .ail was annndantiy ame to care tor
beneath the surface. Three big boats . aI1 its -branches and twigs, but it is im
hed just passed through the draw, and I Pbable that many persons placed Vic
a large number of pedestrians and vehi- toria's wealth, at $175,000,000. With
cles had been held at either side. As ' this she ls easily the richest woman in
the bridge swung into place there was the wrla- That sum would buy 175.
a rush upon it The last of. the three j 00 8otl farms in many parts of the
vessels had just cleared the space country. It would buy 131.250.000 acre3
where Harmon' struck the water when .1 Public lands at the regular price. A
a man on the bridge waved a handker- few years-ago it would have equalled
chief. Several noticed the action and the val,,c of a11 the real estatepublic
looked in the direction the. signal was
given. The saw a tall figure clad in
i pink shirt and. sash and purple tights
step upon a jutting plank on the roof
of the Hoyt building. Turning" his back
' t0 the water- with his hands on his
i hips, Harmon balanced himself on his
t toes on the end of the plank-, glanced
over his shoulder at the water below,
and, falling backword, turned a somer
sault mid-distant and landed feet first
in the water. The backward-revolution
in mid-air was made full length,
without drawing up the limbs or body,
and without apparent effort. It was a
daring feat gracefully performed, and
j the few who were not mystified, stamp
I Harmon as one of the greatest in his
nue. me aisiance irom iue root oi
the building from which Harmon
plunged to the surface of the water is
, 110. feet. The water is about eight feet
deep. Those who were cognizant of the
dive at first thought he was hurt from
the length of time he stayed under
water. But last night he had but one
complaint to make the character of
the water itself. "I have a blister on
j the sole of my foot," said Harmon last
night, "and that hurt a little when I
I struck, for I wore- no shoes. I struck
bottom and hurt my hand on a stone."
and the diver displayed a swollen
thumb. "But these amount to nothing."
i ia Mntinitu"- "hnf fho irafer ah thnt
water is beastly. It made .me sick. I
ran to a hack -at the Morton dock and
got away. I was so sick from the water
that I drank half a pint of whiskey and
"it did not effect me.
Harmon is 26 years old, 5 feet 10
inches tall, and weighs 15S pounds. He
has been diving for seven years, princi
pally at San Francisco, his native town.
He started east several months ago, and
at Great Falls, Mont., met with his only
mishap in what was his greatest dive.
From the power house below Black
Beaver dam he dropped backward and
turned a double somersault before
striking the water, 115 feet below.
There was a counter current in the
stream, which two men had been as
signed to keep clear. In the excitement
one of the men let in a big piece of
driftwood and it struck Harmon in the
back of the head as he came to the sur
face. He bled at the mouth; nose, and
ears and was laid up for several weeks.
Harmon does one diving feat that no
other attempts a "gainer." He springs
forward, turns a quick somersault about
ten feet from the starting point, and
again revolves as he descends. He is
making his way East, with the inten
tion of making one of his sensational
leaps from the Brookln Bridge. Har
mon will turn a double somersault from
! 135 feet above the water, standing upon
the structure and striking, after his
double revolution, teet foremost, in the
East River.
Enoagh Coal for 800 Tear.
The report of the United States geo
logical survey is about ready to be
made public. In treating on the bitum
inous coal fields of Pennsylvania, it re
lieves the' fears of those who have been
anxious about the supply of that par
ticular fuel surveys and examinations
of these coal beds jiave led the govern
ment -experts to announce that at the
present rate of consumption'the supply
will not be exhausted for 800 years to
tome.
High Times at Hiawatha.
A bar and three high dice tables have
Leen shipped to Hiawatha, Kan., prob
ably as horrible examples of what
might be if liquor were sold on the
front side of the-prescription case.
Tax far the WMowtn.
The English government taxed wid
owers in 1S95. births of children and
christenings in 1783, 'deaths in 183. mar
riages in 15," and 1784. and the latter
tax. in the shape of license duty. Is still
-etaiaed.
"Oi can take a joke as well as ony
mon." said OFlagherty. "but whin
Oi'm standin' paceably on th strate
corner, mindin me own business, and
a mon. comes ap and hitches his horse
to me. thot's no Joke." New York Re--Kjrder.
Near the middle of a white oak log.
three Teet In diameter, which was sawn
the other day. at Blancheter." O.. were
i the figures 17M.
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QUEEN VIC IS MAI).
Her Majesty Keeeata the PaMlraiMa
Her Wealth.
Queen Victoria is reported to be in a
state of mind quite the reverse of
serene. In fact, the irreverent assert
that her majesty is "hopping mad."
The alleged cause of her alleged anger
Is .not political. The royal mind con
templates the exit of Rosebery and the
liberals and the coming Of Salisbury
and the conservatives with no painful
emotions. The sympathy of royalty,
with conservatism is as natural as the
inclination of water to. flow down hill.
Therefore the political change in the
government is a source of joy to her
majesty. It appears that.a person who
was formerly employed as accountant
of the royal family tok advantage of
that position it may have been a mean
advantage to find out many things,
including the amount of the queen's
private fortune and divers interesting
details pertaining thereto. It further
appears he took notes and made memo
randa, and that he has, like other great
discoverers, taken the world into his
confidence. In short he states that her
majesty is worth $175,000,000. And
that is what provokes her. The world
has long suspected that the good queen
was accumulating a vast fortune. It
was known that her expenditures were
small as compared with her receipts.
In this she has set a good example.
"Little by little we get to be rich by
saving of candle ends and sich" is a
wise maxim for persons of high or low
estate, and though that maxim did not
commend Itself in the sad story of
Phoenix McBride it has had "a superb
vindication in Queen Victoria's career.
At various times there has been robust
Kicking in the House of Commons when
that body has been asked to make pro
vision for sundry scions of royalty.
Doubtless the kickers knew that roy-
and private, in the District of Colum
bia. If a man could live and work and
save $500 every year, he could save
$175,000,000 in 350,000. years. Great
Britain has the richest sovereign in the
world, and, in spite of its increasing
tendency to democracy, it really seems
to delight in lavishing money on those
whose only title thereto is hereditary
WIDOW OF FEUILLET.
She Had Been Brought tip a Kojnlfot
.by Her Mother.
. Valerie Feuillet had been brought up
a Royalist in the provinces by her
mother, Madame Dubois, who belonged
; to the most prejudiced ancilent regime.
and there are pretty anecdotes of little
Valerie's childhood, when she was bid
den to kiss a lock of blonde hair belong
ing to King Henry V, who
was to be King only in ex
ile, and when her pretty, dainty,
frail mother going to some ball in
a sedan chair, took Valerie with her
as far as the threshold of the fete and
then sent her home to the old Norman
house where the little girl had first
seen the light, writes "Th. Bentzon"
(Madame Blanc) In a charming sketch
of "The Romantic Career of Madame
Feuillet." The mother of Madame
Feuillet was own niece to a heroine of
the revolution. Mademoiselle de Ste.
Suzanne, who saved her father from the
guillotine by going alone on horseback
into the midst of the battle-field to ask
the condemned man's pardon of General
Hoche. Monsieur and Madame Dubois
Grecoeur, sometimes in the little city
of St Lo, the ultra-provincial society
of which is described by the author of
the "Memoirs" with an extraordinary
spirit It is very easy to find in these
portraits the types which inspired her
husband with the delightful "Story of
Sibylle," and with the provincial scenes
of "Camors." In fact, there was always
between them a kind of involuntary
collaboration.
FIGS AND THISTLES. '
The 'devil and whisky are always on
good terms.
Prayer is not prayer until it becomes
communion with God.
The Christian may lose his gold, but
he can never lose his God.
The devil hurts us most when he
smites us through" those we love.
When God puts a good man in the
dark. it. is to give somebody light.
God can say things In the fiery fur
nace he couldn't speak in heaven.
Job sinned not with his tongue be
cause there was no sin In his heart.
When the mountains are cast Into
the. sea. God's hand is under them.
The devil Is close by when the Chris
tian worries about things he can't help.
If church- membership alone could
save, heaven would be full of hypo
crites. A man must be born from above to
know for himself that uod is above all
else.
There are people In every community,
who want to be religious without
Christ.
When Job's wife told him to curse
God and die, it hurt him more than all
his boils.
There is sometimes as much venom in
the point of a pen as there is in the bite
of a dog.
Every man has a religion of some
kind, but only those who know Christ
are Christians.
When vou en intn th rlost for se- i
cret prayer, be sure to take the key of
your safe along.
The devil in some shape is being
made welcome In every home where the
Bible is not read.
The man who can take hold, of "God
for others, has to be one who knous
him well for himself.
Let the preacher leave Christ out of
his preaching, and the-devil 'will help
him to fill his church.
A detective association has for its
motto: "We never sleep." It would re.
a good one for a church.
The preacher misses it who tries to
substitute for the bread of life some
thing of his own make.
Ba'd surroundings do not make peo
ple bad. They only bring out the bad
that is already In them.
There are people' who will read s.-
many chapters or verses 1a the Bible,
and call it being religious.
We shall be sure to Ipse something
.If we turn from the lion's den when
God's hand points that way. From the
Ram's Horn.
The cordage on a first-class man-of-
j war costs about SIMM.
FOB NAVAL WARFARE.
(THIS MACHtNB WILL LOCATE
" MEN-OF-WAR.
Lleat. Flake's lagealeaa Device Telia
Gaaaers Waea aal Where to Alai
aa4 Place aa lavadiag Fleet at
the Merry ef Batteries.
IEUT. BRADLEY
A. Fiske, a young
American naval of
ficer, has invented
a wonderful jrange
finder for the use
of modern ordnance
that has been
adopted by the
French, Russian
and Italian navies
nd accepted by
them as the' superior of any similar
invention yet produced.
It has also remained for Lieut.
Fiske to solve the most perplexing en
igma that has confronted ordnance ex
perts in connection with the disappear
ing gun. For years the English have
r-ought to make an instrument which
would locate the target for the gunner
without discovering him or his gun to
the enemy or exposing the piece to the
fire of the opposing forces. They have
met with only partial success.
Lieut. Fiske, however, Beems to have
overcome the difficulties which non
plussed English ordnance experts, and
to have solved the problem to the sat
isfaction of a board of army officers,
who subjected the Fiske position finder
to a series of severe tests a few days
ago at Fort Hamilton, and will un
doubtedly recommend its adoption by
the government
' In view of these facts the following
technical article on position-finders,
with a description of Lieut. Fiske's
invention, written for the Sunday
World by a United States naval officer,
will be of Interest.
LOCATING A SHIP BY THE
While the appliances of modern war-.
fare conspire to remove practical naval
gunnery from the realms of chance to
the realms of certainty, the art of coast
defense is keeping pace, and is reply
ing with every kind of thinkable device
for increasing the rapidity and precis
ion of forts i. e., for sinking attack
ing ships. Secured on firm emplace
ments, behind impenetrable walls, the
guns and mortars of modern fortresses
present the highest examples of the
combination of tremendous strength
with refined precision. For the large
calibres the use of disappearing guns
is on the increase, the gun disappear
ing behind the parapet after firing to
get a new charge.
In order that the gun "may be ex
posed above the parapet as short a
time as possible, it is elevated on its
carriage .in accordance with the range
signaled, and is trained fn azimuth.
according to the direction signaled, be
fore it is raised to fire-, so that as soon
as it is raised it can be immediately
fired, and then, by the energy of the
recoil, forced back at once to the load
ing position. Now, the determining of
this range and direction is the office of I
a position-finder.
The simplest kind, is the depression
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position-finder. Of this type there are sulating cylinder, and- is almost identi
a very great number of instruments in ! cai with the Fiske range finder except
use in Europe, the most successful be- J that a plotting table is added to one of
ing that of Col. Watkin. of which the ' the observing instruments.
English government keeps the details i This is just what would happen when
secret. In this country, that of -Lieut, the .range finder is in operation.
I. N. Lewis, United States Artillery. ' The section of artillery employed in
has proved extremely successful. But loading and firing the disappearing gun
the depression position-finder is only ( being concealed behind the breastworks
available for high elevations and is, of out of the enemy's view are unable of
course, useless on low coasts, as in the themselves to ascertain the" direction
greater part of the United States. The in which to aim their piece in order to
new Fiske position-finder, a description strike the target, and are at -the same
of which is given further on, has over- ' time ignorant of the range at which to
come this difficulty. . j train their gun. The two observers
It may be pointed out here that if shown on the parapet haave hercfore
the position-finder simply finds the dis- j turned thier telescopes, which arc at--tance
and direction of the target from . tached to the Fiske position-finder, up-
thq position-finder at a given instant,
the people at the guns will not be bene
fited mtich, for two reasons; first, be
cause by the time that the gun can be
got ready in accordance with any
range and direction signaled, the range
and
ond
direction will be changed; sec-, have indicated on the chart Its direc
the people at the guns want to ' tion according to the points of the com
know the distance and direction of the
target from their guns and not from
the position-finder.
To remedy the- first difficulty, the
people at the position-finder do not sig-
nal to the guns what the range and di-
rection are at that .instant, but they
predict what they will be thirty seconds
later; so that the gun people have J
.thirty seconds in which to lay the gun. '
To enable the position-finder people to j
predict they take observations every 1
thirty seconds, plot the exact position
of the target each time on the plotting-
table of the position finder, and connect
the various points by a line more or '
less broken. . j
A little practice enables them to i
thus lay down on the chart tbi exact
track a ship is making. .If the track
shows that the ship has gone a certain
distance in a certain direction in a cer
tain time, it is not hard to prolong the ;
track line so as to show where she will
oe in tnirty seconas more in oiner anssed. I II be ready In half an hour
words, to "predict her position." It l? ,
this predicted position that is signaled . The estimated annual consumption
to the guns. When a ship arrives at J.of ice in New York is 2,000wQ-tons.
or suflcieatly near the predicted por
tion, the signal is sent to the gunn to
fire.
Of course, if during the interval the
6hip suddenly changes her couire and
speed very greatly, she will not reach
the predicted position at exactly the
end of thirty seconds. But a heavy
ship cannot alter her course and speed
so much in thirty seconds as to thro"'
out the predicted position much. a-,
even a rough calculation will show, es
pecially If she is in company with other
ships in a channel; and even if she
could, it would be simply necessary
to hold the fire until a new position
were determined, which would be a
matter of a few seconds only.
The manner of using the position
finder can be best shown by an extract
from the official report on one placed
at Spezia. Italy, the diagram of the
electrical connections of which-is shown
in the accompanying diagram: .
"The disposition or the Fiske position-finder
renders it possible, to make
rapidly a series of observations upon
a target in motion, and to solve the
problem of how she is going; to de
termine the route, the radius of the
circle of turning, the speed, etc. Dur
ing the recent trial at Spezia. the base
line of the position-finder .being 104
metres (114 yards) long, there' was de
termined the velocity of a torpedo boat
which was going at a speed -of eight
knots, of ten knots, of twelve knots,
maintaining a distance from the position-finder
ranging from one and a
quarter miles to three miles. There
were determined at regular intervals
the different points of her track, and
the resulting speed deduced varied
from the speed obtained on board the
vessel itself by only three per cent. "
"In order to give an idea of the
quickness with which it is possible to
fix the ship's position, after the ob
servers have had a certain amount of
practice, it is sufficient to cite- the fact
that while the torpedo boat was mak
ing a complete circle of less than three
hundred yards diameter, at a speed of
10.5 knots, the average distance from
FISKE RANGE FINDER.
the position-finder being a little less
than a mile, there were plotted eleven
successive 'positions; In another trial,
while the boat was making a circle
of 385 yards diameter at a distance of
over a mile and a half from the posi
tion finder, at the' same speed, her' posi
tion was plotted seventeen times."
The position-finder having deter
mined 'the range and direction of the
target from itself, It. remains for the
people at each gun to determine what
are the range and direction from that
gun. This may be done by means of
tables of figures, which show for each
gun what are the directions and ranges
from that gun of every position that
can be signaled from the position
finder.
Lieut. Fiske's," which is the latest I
form of position finder, is shown in the
accompanying illustration, which dis
covers two officers in the act of de
termining the range of a ship supposed
to be approaching Fort Hamilton. The"
officer in the foreground operates the
plotting instrument and has a plotting
table with a chart of New York har
bor. The resisting wire of each instru
ment is laid in an arc. wrapped in a
spiral on the circumference of an in
on the ship in the distance. At the mo
ment the telescopes center upon the
target an electric needle, or valvonom
eter, on a dial at the gunner's side, in
dicates the actual distance of- the ship,
while the pointers on the plotting table
pass, and its distance also from the
fort.
The observer, therefore, has merely
The observer, therefore,
. to telephone the gunner: "Ship three
points west of north, 4.000 yards." The
gun is trained by the compass, elevated
"for a range of 4,000 yards, leaps above
the parapet, discharges its shell, and
by the force of its own recoil is again
thrown below the parapet ready to be.
loaded for the next shot. It can readily
be seen, therefore, what a valuable ad-
junct to the disappearing gun the Fiske
position-finder is likely to be" and how
much the young naval officer has done
towards-'the improvement of our coast
defense.
Why They Cane Late.
Husband (in hat and overcoat) Good
Gracious. Haven't you got your coat
on yet?
Wife It's all fixed, except tucking in
my dress sleeves so they won't get
ASItfe Fmr BqfcNt .
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I am now twenty-four years M.1
said Edward Swanson. of White Rock.
Goodhue County. Ifuau to a Re"nbbca
representative, "and as you can see X
am not very iarge.of stature. When I
was eleven years old X "became afflicted
with a sickness which baffled the sklH
and knowledge of the physician. X wars
not taken suddenly -111 but on the con
trary I can hardly state the exact time
when It becan. The first syaapt
were pains in my back and restl
nights. The disease did not titrable aae
much at first, but It seemed to have
settled la say body to stay and my bitter
experience durin the last thirteen years
proved that to be the ' case. :I
was' of course a child and
ever dreamed ' of . the 'sufferings
In store -for me. I ""complained to.
my parents and they concluded that in
UraeT would outgrow my trouble, but
whea they heard me groaning daring
my sleep they became thoroughly
alarmed. Medical advice was sousjht
but to no avail. I grew rapidly worse
aad waa soon unable to move about and
finally became confined continually to
my bed. The best doctors that could be
had were consulted," but did nothing- for
me. I tried various kinds of extensively
advertised patent medicines with but
tne same result.
' "For twelve long -years I waa" thus -a
sufferer In constant agony wlthoat re
spite, abscesses formed on my. body In
rapid succession 'and the world ladeed
looked very dark to -me. About this
time when all hope was gone and noth
ing seemed left but to resign "myself-to
my most bitter fate my attention was
called to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People. 'Uke' a drowning man
grasping at a straw, in sheer despera
tion I concluded to make one more at
temptnot to regain my health' (I dare
not to hope so much) but -If possible to
ease my pain.
. "I bought a box of the pills and they
seemed- to do me" good. I felt encour
aged and continued their use. After
taking six boxes I was up. and able to
walk around the house. I have not-felt
so well for thirteen years as .during, the
past year. Only one year have I taken
Dr.-Winiams' Pink Pills 'and I am able
now to do chores and attend to light
duties.
"Do I hesitate to let youpubllsh what.
I have said? No. WhyshpuIdJ? It ls
the truth and I am only too glad -to let
other sufferer know my experience. It
may help those, whose cup of misery Is
as full to-day as mine was In the past."
Dr.- Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a
condensed" form, all the-clements neces
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves.
They build up the blood, and restore- the
glow of health to pale and "sallow cheeks.
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never In"
loose bulk) at 60 cents a box or six boxes
for $2.50. and may be had of all drug
gists, or direct by mall from. Dr. Wil
liams' Medicine Company, Schenectady.
N. T - '
ft hat He Should Take.
A magistrate of Edinburgh, contem
porary with "Lang1 Sandv' Wood," emi
nent physician, planned how to. pet
from the latter a prescription -without a
fee. Taking- advantage of a custom of
the time, he invited andy to take his
meridian with him in a "change house"
near the Cross Cver the. wine he pave
a long- accountof his ailments, to which
Wood listened in grim, silence. At last'
he Dut the direct question: "Doctor,
what do you think - I should tak'?'
,'Tak!" exclaimed Sandy, "why, if
ye're as ill as ye say, I think ye should'
take medical advice.
Dr. Max Nordau writes a "Reply-to
My Critics" in the August number of
the Century. His book .on "Degenera
tion" has called out a large amount of
simply abusive criticism, and while he
pays his respects to such writers, be
gives serious answers to several objec
tions which have been urged against
his theories. Dr. Nordon thinks that
the present epidemic Of hysteria and
defeneration is due to the over-exer
tion of the last sixty years; and that,
while it is hot the. first phenomenon of'
its kind, it is more dangerous than the.
previous one.s because it has gained, a
far greater headway.
Every man who. leads men ought to Le
very careful where he steps.
The Ttateet Seneatfoa.
The surprisingly low rates offered by
the Nickel Plate road to Boston and re
turn account Knights Templar con
clave and a choice of forty routes.
Tickets on sale Aug. 13th to 23th Inclu
sive: longest return Hmlt:.servlce strict
ly first-class. Sleeping car space re
served In advance. For further Infor
mation address J. T. Calahan. General
AaenU 111 Adams-street. Chicago.
.Soaiethlnc to He Thankfnl .For.
A Scotch lady invited an elder in the
Free church to have supper with her,
and a piece of remarkably tough veal
was placed on the table. Alter some
frantic endeavors to cut, during which'
the elder's plate landed on-his knees,
the lady said: "Ye aye said there wis
something to be tbankfu' for in every
thing; I jalouse ye wud be at a loss to
fin' something to be thandfn' for in
that veal?" ''Not at a." he responded
cheerfully, stopping to breathe. "I
wis just thinkin' hoo gratefu we
should be that we met with- it when it
was young."
The North American Review tot
August contains an article on "Leo.
XIII and the Social .Question," by the
Rev. .1. A. Zahm, professor of physics
at the University of Notre Dame. Indi
ana. A unique interest attaches. itself
to this particular contribntion, it hav
ing formed the subject of -a conversa
tion between his Holiness and Fr.
Zahm, the 1'ope sending through the
Review a message to the people of the
United States.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Mr. Bilyeu is a dry goods buyer In
Philadelphia.
A newspaper called the Empty Bottle
has been founded in Houston; Texas.
Anita Muldoon Is a Kentucky singer
and Miss Jump a Missouri reciter..
Curiously enough, the man who was
arrested In Gasconade county. Mo., for.
abusing his wife bears the affectionate
name of Hug.
"Our name Is Mud." begins the first
editorial of the. new paper published to
boom certain mud baths In Indiana.
And that is its name.
Cadiz. Bagdad and Siberia are in. a
California county and not very far
apart. Odessa and "Smyrna are an.hour.
apart by- bicycle In Delaware.
Missouri keeps up Its reputation for
Odd names, with John Dice of Neosho,
who is peculiarly subject to the Shakes:
Mrs. Lydla Trott. who came into trou-.
ble through coveting the goods of oth
ers, and -Lily Bouquet, 'a colored gradu
ate of the Oswego high school.
The reasonable man has long sine
agreed that Intemperance Is one of the
greatest. If not the greatest,of all evils
among mankind.
Contact With a Parental Heart.
This lesson of law and obedience,
then, is one that needs to combine with
love in the very first instruction given
to the child. When a boy hears his
father say, "My son. do this." the 'im
pression made upon.him needs to he
like that made upon the old Hebrews
by a "Thus saith the Lord.' His
father is the only almighty, practical
ly, that the boy has during' the first
years of his life. ' Obedience is worth
more tbaa geography.
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