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WHOLE NUMBER 1,322.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1895.
VOLUME XXVI.-NUMBER 22.
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STORY OF TWO DOLLS;
(For Little Girls.)
NE MORNING THE
postman rang at
our bell and asked
Jane, the upstairs
girl, whether any
one named Miss
Eveline. Arabella
Rosalie Estelle
lived there.
I was sitting on I
the. top step of the j
fctalrs. and heard it I
. all; and I heard .lane answer: f
"No. sir: there is no one in the-house -
uho has all them fine names. I'm cerrj
- tain sure of that." And I really think ;
that, postman would have taken the let- ;
-.tcr.away again if I had not called over
:the stairs:
-" "Why. Jane. yes. there is. and J'll
. bring her down this minute;"
So 1 ran into my room and took my
J J st now doll out of the wardrobe and
brought her down Just as fast as I
Could, and I said-
"Jane did not mean to tell a story,
Mr. Postman, but' this is the lady that
tetter is for. We call her "Evy,' for
short." and that.- is- why Jane did not
Know.'
-The postman laughed, and said:
"That explains it." and lucked the let-
fr tinder Evv's arm and went off; and
I took Evy and her letter into the din-j
mg-roum. The letter was in a tiny,
eeny pink envelope, and papa cut.it
with his penknife, and I took out tnej
- 'sheet of paper, and read:
"Dear Eveline Arabella Rosalie Es-
tojle: I-am coming to lunch with you
at two o'clock today. I shall bring
'Lucy Hell with me. Give my compli- I
.-inents fo Lottie Lee.
."-."-. ?" Yours- very affectionately.
"Grace Genevieve."
" Iiii- Genevieve was Lucy Bell's
very. Tiiie.u :doll. Lucy's grandma
brought Grace Genevieve over the
. ocean, and Lucy took gre.it care of
""hri.
I suppose Lucy's aunt Fannie wrote
the note, for she was always doing
things to make us laugh: and usually
- . siimit. naxc ncen giau. wij.. -
;ihe doll .s I,o..m. was in a dreadful stae.
a.:.l Urns ,y Evelina Arabella Rosalie
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j-jh'o tenevipie nroncriv mu .vl
kirmv.
"You do not look iiite happy. Lot
tie." niaiinna said after awhile. "Wbat i
troubles j on?" i
"I'm so sorry for dear Evy, mamma,
r said. "Irm sure she'll be mortified.
Tho do'lf s liouse is in n dreadful state.
"o wvre- going to have a regular house
Hwmfng, apd the furniture covered,
and ihe walls papered with figured gold
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"WHAT A LOVELY IDEA."
i.iper. and the curtains done p: but
'- the paper-hanger anil upholsterer
that's brother Tom. you know disap
pointed ur.:"
'"I should not mind if I was you."
said -manniM. "You can have a picnic
lunch on the gras-plot in the bade
pa 1 den."
"Jim you haven't heard the worst.
mamma.'1 said I.
'Poor Evy's china
tea-set is actually gone smashed to
pieces! The day Cousin Jane was here
-ho fell down with the china-basket.
There's Jiot a whole piece left."
""feel great sympathy for .Evelina."
jjd mamma. "I've been in much the
vame position myself. But Lucy will
make allowances.
""ILis not Lucy that 1 mind." said I.
"i!ie i- only a plain little f,irl like my-
scll? but Grace Genevieve is so ele-
Sn.".ini always conies in pale-blue
satin, and wears a diamond voronet."
.- " Railier Nlressy." said mamma, "for
'-3 small and early."
She can't help it." said 1. "Her
-tjiinss won't come off. Bui Evelina
will-want everything to match, you
r"iiiow." .
- --Tin uftdld there's not time to buy a
. -' nF iAn: " sa;il nminiim -Rnt
-",'.. ;. .111 in mo. I'll think of some-
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yrhen. manlina said that, all my cares
""we're '"over; and about one o'clock she
'"culled me to -"eorfle out into the garden:-
She "had..a box in her hand, and
- w,i;en" sbe opened it. there were the
Jovcllest shells of all shapes and "sizes.
.iud a belruiffully embroidered. towel,
airu hc had strawberries" and cakes
si-d. a paper of sugar-plums and a little
pircher of milk; and she told me just,
which shells to place for plates and
.which for cups and -which to use -for
.cli'shos: and when they were all set "out..
witn a tng snen 11111 01 no were in. tne
".tenter, and a bouquet at each plate, 1
never saw anyiuing s& pretty.
I"
"brought Evy puu
"My dear doll." I said, "when I first
'- .. heard that you were going -to have un-
".xpected couipany, I thought you would
"fc'rtarnly be dre'adfuljy mortified; but -:.
mamma has helped us out of the trou-
. ble. "And now remember, my dear Evy, !
:don't'look- the least anxious. ,r make
: any- apologies, -but just say: "I am
-.so-glad t'u see you, and as it is sucli
a warm da"y we'll have a shell lunch
. on the-"fawn for variety: one gets so
-tirpd" of "the same old cups and saucers"
."".every -day," . -
." -"Mamma 'lauehed "and" clanned her.
Jra-ndsAhough-I do not see what I had
. en?,i ihar ..'. mnnv. rio' vmr? I onlv
tohUTva nearly what I had heard real
. b'fs.iViopIe. say wlien they had unex-
. pcetjp-1 -company, and "put away the
-. corn-beef a'nij cabbage and had a lunch
- .-rnsead. Still, when-mamma laughs, I
r-.. lori":- mimU 'or .she loves, me. dearly;
. -. and 1 1 love her.-more" than .tongue .can
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" Kyerytliliig was done, and I- bad on
.- .-tBy-white drt-lss wiiu Lucy rang at the
-.di-j.- J ubened It. " . . .
'Srj.jrlad-io'seeyou. Miss Grace Gene-
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Lucy
. "Ami I am pleased to be here. Miss .
Evelina Arabella Rosalie Estelle." ..
Then Eva said I interpreted, o
course what I told .mamma I would I
say about a shel lunch on the la-wn:
and Grace Genevieve answered:
What a lovely Idea! But you always
have such splendid ideas, my. dear."
Then we put "the lady dolls on the
sofa to converse awhile, and 1 took
, Lucy out and told her all about the
accidents that hannened to the china
and the delay in the doll's bouse-clean-,
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"How wonderfully Eva carried it off !"
said Lucy "I have often heard mam-
ma say that the only way to do when
you had unexpected company was to
behave as if there never was a time
when you -wanted them so much; and
that is exactly, what Evy did."
BISCUIT GLACE.
A Delirious llot-We.tthrr re..ert
Mal
.from Berries r iirrant.
Make a raspberry sherbet by taking
one can of raspberries, one pint of
powdered sugar, the juice of one or two
lemons'-and one pint of water. Mix
wt-Il. and add one tablespoonful of gela
iine soaked in one- tablespoonful of cold
water twenty minutes, and then dis
solved in a little hot water. Strain and
freeze. When frvozen fill a brick mold
or sman boxes half full of the sherbet.
and add the cream mixture, and freeze
agaih several hours. For the cream.
hoj, half ., t.UJ of sngar an,i half a cup
Qf water twenty minutes. Add the
yolks 0r three eggs, well beaten, and
,. f minutes in a double boiler.
beating all the time. Cool, and add
one-ciehth of a cun of Madeira: then
add one pint of whipped cream. It is
a little difficult to find canned rasp
berries, but strawberries are just as
good. .Raspberry jam or preserves
are too rich: fresh berries are the best,
of course. Powdered sugar is to be
used, as jtilissolvcs quicker than granu
lated, and in measuring the gelatine
liucu, aim in lut-dsui nih ure ,,........ .
have a scant spoonful, and use as little'
water as pojsiblc. . me - sj rup-.
formed by cooking tlie.ugar and water
together, must be poured on to the beat-
v. f cs wenj
. Ml make
a smooth nxtllrp
After the sherbert
' mixture is all toeether. strain through
a wjre sieve twice to remove the seeds
and pulp of the berries. Fill the mold
about half full of the sherbet, and fill ,
up with the whipped cream. When !
ready to serve turn out on a shallow (
glass dish. Currants used instead of i
the berries make a good acid flavoring. '
In order to have the biscuit glace orna
mental -as well as appetizing, the slier '
bet should be a deep red: then when it is ,
sercd with the cream, or white part.
! and the sherbet, or red part, one above ,
the other, it makes a very pretty, as i
wclf as delicious dish for.desseit. f
ROOSEVELT REALLY FAMOUS.
CorkU.il Nxmi'O Afttr the Kulrr if ctv
tork. S lie Hnt He A :ri-t M.111.
The newest !!!-ii in alcoholic bevei -:e
has been named the "RooseVf.
cocktail."' savs the New ork S-m. it
is so new. in fact, that the niuij; ciliph
vieve." J marie. Evy. say; anil
made Grace, say:
, of the reform police hoard, who is sa:-5 . may dQ thfi most good EmRrson's lipa
, to pride himself on being up to dae. Qf ..h,tchinR onc-s Wagon to a star."
has probably not yet tried the dew ( lhougK poetic enoIIgh, is less wonder
I tion that has been dedicated to bun. fiJ thjm lhc acconipihftl fact of tak-
1 ne Kooseveit coc;:ian can imr.tn in-
called a mixed drink; it is rather of the
genus shandy gaff. It consists of half
a glass of lager beer, into which i pu
an equal quantity of plain so.m. Thi-.
I makes a much more coolinc and thirst-
quenching morning dniugn. 4han bc-r has j liro11ght aboIIt is well
alone, and persons ho clann t Knmv . fQr(h jn Nagara powrr number
about .such mailers say that; it is an CassicJ..s Maga7.in0. it was in 1S89
excellent antidote for the 'rnat.i.M.il tnat thj Cataract construction com
ailtnenl known as "head. Thp n-oe j wM flzed AmonB the men
o cocktail 11 rapnlh prowiim in pop- intercstcd in the prospect were
"I:,nt-X" William B. Rankine. Francis Lynde
" J Stetson. J. Pierpont Morgan. Hamilton
Ta mi . i McK. Twombly. Edward A. Wickes,
Round for Boston the other ecni':j;i
by .steamer my attention was cr.l.e.: i
-( i,v invself to a young couple who c
I cupied the after part of the boat- t:.?
narrow dcseited place abaft the faion
( si,t out from other passengers by
jjtti0 gj;,ss doors. Both 01 tlie-ii .-r..
alone, except that they were will. c.i n j and John Jacob Astor, most of whom
other, nor did tfcc have knowledge th ii ' have served as officers and directors of
1 was mar at hand, concealed in ; j the construction company, giving freely
sliadow of my own casting of their time and experience to the
"You aiccold," I heard him r.his-'T-r: 1 conduct of the enterprise. Dr. Cole
"Cold and weary. Sit up either -o -T'.'1 man Sellers of Philadelphia was re-
Lean on me." And then it sr
though he saw for the tirsl tii-p
portunity to steal home. an.I
little convulsive gurgle he added.
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v. sib a
. "L" in
on mo always lean
on jn tiirougn
lifer
I waited with bated
hrcalh -1 tin!
' baited it myself-for the answer
u-
steamer had just entered the swell or development of electricity for power
the barber bar and the motion was do- purposes. The .form of dynamo em
pjessins. I heard her swallow -r :"ch ployed is that devised by the company's
times and then say faintly. I electrical engineer. Professor George
"If you will--oh. if you will "pardon ( Korbes of London, resembling a mnsh
me. let me first", fpr'a brief sc.u-on, lean j room or umbrella, in which the stalk
upon this rail!" New York "Rocoider ' or handle is the shaft of the turbine,
" ' and the cap is the revolving part of the
iMuaha-a Kiai trt v,-mi.m. ! generator, serving the purpose also of
i)maha has a genuine phenomenon j a fly-wheel for the turbine, this special
in the way 'of a strong man. a regular advantage having resulted from- Pro
coming Sandow. His name is- Alois fessOr Forbes' happy idea of a dynamo
Swnhoda and he is but -22 vears of are.
He 'was born in Vienna, Austria, and is
a fino example 0fWhat a man can ir.ake
, of himself physically if he goes at-t.
the right- way. Swoboda has been ex-
alnined frequently by physicians nird. 16,000,000 bricks, 19,000,000 feet of tim
they are' unanimous on the- point that ' ber and lumber, 60,000 cubic yards of.
he is a marvel of- musculai . devlon-"1 stone, 55,000 barrels of giant American
ment. The muscles all ovei his body, j Portland cement. 1",000 barrels-of nat
when contracted, are as hard -as steel. ural cement and 26,000 cubic yards of
and -when relaxed "as soft as a girl's.
The measurements .of Omaha's Hercu-
' les a.re M fo,lo.ws: "ci?hl" 5 feet slx
weieht. 14o: chest. 4o inches: wa;s:
28; expansion. 14 inches: biceps. Ifi:
thish, 2?i: wrist. 7. He has a perfect
physique, and. enormous strength. He
toys with a 250-pound dumb-bell as a
boy would handle a feather dijst'er-and
tears two packs of cards in two with
the wonderful strength of-bis hands.
. He has a system of training peculiarly
his- own-,.
One f Ihf I.atevt.
"1 don't understand this bill, -Mr. Ka
ierer.. I do not remember ordering any
ice cream-from you."- .
"It was at Mrs. Watkins-' reception,
.ma'am. Yon and your daughters -ate
a quart.. The Watkiu.-c-s hae been un.
able to pay the bill and I'm trying to
collect it of. those who 'really got the
j stun." Harpt-r's Hasar.
NIAGARA AT WORK.
STRENGTH
GIANT
TO BE- UTI
r
SolTpg TrantaaUslon ml Power Work
qf the- Cataract oattrsctlon Com-
AWbt Firures yWfalch Partly Rami
the Task.
HE .STORT OF
the evolutjifn". of
the modern miracle
of' the electrical
transmission of
powfcr,. as- now bc
ginipng to be illus
trated - in the
achievements of
the Niagara power
company, is tpore
marvelous than any
fiction could eve have dreamed.
Men have often enough tried to de
vise some way by which the simple
water fall power of Niagara could be
utilized. The use of hydraulic power
was no novelty. Manufacturing cities
had sprung up in proximity to a multi- I
tude of water falls' all over the coun
try. When there was no water con
venient at hand, steam power came into
requisition, the problem being merely
how to transmute a chunk of coal into
so much horse power.
Rut the next great problem was how
to transport power from the place '
where it is developed to the points j
where it is wanted. For a while re-,
sort was had to long steel ropes."' This
was the way it was for a time sup- ,
posed that the subdued, harnessed and
utilized power at Niagara would have
to be communicated to more or less
distant points, possibly even as far t
away as the city of Buffalo.
One of the
most consequential ...of
modern discoveries is 'that electricity
can be used in carrying power from
one point to another. Electricity could .
be-used to carry over a slender wire
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motions, sounds, music even; what if
it could also carry along the
same kind of slender high
way power? "Eureka!" It was' found;
it has been done. Just- here is the
point of the new miracle, destined to
go far toward revolutionizing the me-,
chanical industries. Develop your pow- '
er by whatever devices: then just let
electricity carry it for you over a cop-
per wire to any place you wish, wheie-
ever this noiselessly imported energy
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW AND SECTION
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1 ini an piscine wire aim uy n "."-
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f jn XIagara Falls to ai,nost any kind
1 of raacninerv this side "the roaring
j oom of t,m- Usclf
' mnrvnlni.K contribution
r .. ,-,..; a,i human en-
jjorrjs k. Jesup, Darius Ogdcn Mills,
Charles F. Clark, Edward D. Adams.
Charles Lanier. A. J. Forbes-Lelth.
1 Walter Howcr John Crosby Brown,
' Frederick W. Whitridge. William K.
I Vanderbilt George S. Bowdoin. Joseph
, Lar0cque, Charles A. Sweet of Buffalo,
tained as general consulting engineer,
with Mr. Clemens Hcrschel. formerly
of Holyoko, as hydraulic engineer.
The company adopted the Tesla two
nhase alternating generator of 5.000
I horse- power, developing about 2.000
vows wjth a frequency of 25. as the
. best practical unit and method for the
' m wnicn tne neiu magnets snoum re-
j-volve instead of the armature.
' In the construction of .the tunnel and
( the wheel pit 600.000 tons of material
. were removed, and there were used
sand.
Current Intended for transmission to
considerable distances, as.- for example-,
to Buffalo, will pass from the switch
board through similar ; lead-covered
cables in the nower.-house sub-way and
the bridge to the transformer house.
There it w4U enter the Vstep-up" trans
formers, and from these . current at
high potential (e. g., 20,000 volts) will
be delivered to the long-distance trans
mitting circuits. .It has not yet "-been
determined whether these long-distance
circuits shall be overhead or under
ground. At -the distant end of the
circuits "step-down" transformers will
be employed to reduce the potential of
the currents to an amount suitable for
i local distribution, with constant power
, delivered at home and to the surrounii'
Inn nmintit- at rDtM nAlVV llP.Orf OT-
. Arable, the future develop-
l ment-of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls dis
' trlct as a suuiufacfurlng center, no les?
OF MIGHTY
tiZED-
etnv hheiiiivu. vi
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than as a place of residence, cannot fail
to be one of the marvels of-the comtog
century. "
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
Bfaay Well Authenticated Canea ea
orcl la. Medical Books.
The medical literature of this coun
try, as well-as hat of England, France
and' Germany, relates "many instances
of the spontaneous comhustion of the
human body: In- the .majority of cases
the victim has been a slave to the liquor
habit. - formed by an over-indulgence,
either in the way of itsing-it as a bev
erage or in the form of a bath. - In 1886
Sir Willam Gull, the great British sur
geon, testified before" a committee of the
house of lords on Intemperance that
such a thing as the spontaneous com
bustion of a drunkard's body was nei
ther impossible nor"'improbable. In
support of the theory he said:
"In 1876 a" large, bloated man, who
was suffering from difficulty of breath
ing, was brought to Guy's hospital. He
died that night and at the post-mortem
the following day the body was "noticed
to be much distended, as if with gas:
When punctures were made in
the skin the-vapor of alcohol could be
plainly, snielled. and a lighted' match
applied to the places where the gas was
escaping caused it to burn with a blu
ish flame. As many as a doz
en of these little blue flames were
burning on his body at "one tirne"-
There are -several cases on record
or drunkards going to bed to "sleep on
a spree" only to wake to find themselves
enveloped in alcoholic flames, the result
"of 'spontaneous firing 'of the gases in
their tissues. Such cases have always
ended in an agonizing death. The Brit
ish Annual Register of 1783 records the
death by spontaneous combustion oi
the Countess Band! of Cesna. Italy. In
nut. .imipi- cnrii onexco have been rare.
. . , - . f . n oan.pran.
cisco in 1877. when a drunkard who was
lighting a cigar at a gas jel actually
lighted his breath and died in a few
moments in great agony.
Vurietle of Irlnc.
The following receipts for frosting
will furnish sufficient variety'-tosuit
every one.
Soft Icing. Take ten teaspoonfuls of
sugar to one egg. Beat for ten minutes
together; flavor to taste. -
Quick Icing. Take a heaping teacup
ftll of fine, pulveri'zed sugar.. beat the
white of one egg uutil slightly foam-
OF THE NIAGARA INSTALLATION
ing but not frothed. Mix thoroughly
with the sugar, and flavor with lemon -,
or vanilla andpread on the cako while
warm.
Lemon Icing. Beat the whites of four
eggs: whip 111 a pound and a. half of
powdered sugar, beat smooth; add the
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juice of n lemon and a few drops of necessary for. the beginning of an ac
lemon extract"; l.-eat twenty minutes; put ; tion usually, at least as regards the
on the cake in largo spoonfuls, and t single ship, the most pregnant of the
smooth with a knife dipped in cold 1 fjnai result. As regards systems, the
water. " - j resultof this episode is a drawn battle.
Plain Icing. Place two'eecs on ice ! which may be summed up broadly as
for half an hour. Bleak and beat the
whites until. frothed, then sift In. grad-
ually
half a pound of powdered sugar;
beat and add half a leaspnonful of
lemon juice, continue beating until the
icing is white and stiff. Sot in a cool
place until wanted. Spread on the cake
with a warm t-nifo
Boiled Icing.-Dissolve one pint of
sugar in three tablespoonfuls of' water
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Mi... nun itimi uiiiuv. ucni mc ninths
nf fnm. Anir.1 nn,. r.,'nr. 1, nm V. V..t .
IL IUIH tZ&f fFUIti .J Tl IIIUU1 ll.C IJtJH
ing sugar and stir; flavor and beat.
Spread while warm.
Almond Icing. Take three "cups
sugar, one pound of almonds, blanched
and pounded to a paste,.and flavor with
extract of rose. Beat the whites of
three eegs and stir with the sugar and
almonds - -
aimonas. . - .
Chocolate Icing. -.Melt half a pound
of grated cliocolate over boiling water;
add half a pound of powdered sugar and
stir until smooth: add a teaspoonful of
extract of vanilla. Spread on the. cake
while warm. . - - ".
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Colnrr.l .l-n at. Atlanta.
The negro commissioners to the .Cot
ton States, and International "exposition,
through the chief of .the colored depart
ment,. I. Garland Penn." have issued an
address to the colored people of the
"United States, calling upon theni to re
double their efforts to make the display
of their lives at Atlanta's great "expo
sition. After citing the fact that the
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their promise, the commissioners call
upon the negroes to do their duty, be-
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cause north and .south will be to see
them, and they should 'make their ut
most endeavor to have such an exhibit
"as they are capable of making. The
address urges every negro who -can
send anything of credit for an exhibit to
send it directly.
Somt Wholenome I'rrfumr.
A "CVaJTinh- TiatllrallQt tine iiaen'voroti
that-manyperfumes are noVonly harm-
less.
but actually of value to health.
He demonstrates this fact by the.results
of. an experiment, whereby he exposed
a number of disease microbes to the
action of various essential oils distilled
from flowers and plants. Bitter al
monds, wallflowers, thyme, lemon and
mint proved extremely deadly, while
lavender ranked higher " than either
eucalyptus, turpentine or camphor.
Water for Bnaton. .
-The engineering force of the Massa
chusetts Metropolitan water supply
board is now being organized, the
principal engineering positions' -having
already been, filled. The preliminary
work i being pushed with a view. of
letting about two miles of tunnel." work
tnis fall. if. possible, and the" remair
der-of the aqueduct next spring.
LESSONS FROM YAM.
MAHAN DRAWS CONCLUSIONS
FROM "FIGHT."
Offense Is Better than. Defease' and
Rapidity of Fire Is Most Important
Battle-Ships " Better Than Cruisers
' Light Teanace a Factor.
HE CURRENT
Century devotes
considerable attend
tion to the baUle of
the Yalu. This en
gagement is" im
portant not only- for
its decisive bearing
upon the contest
between -China -and
Japan, but because
.it. was the. first" one
rmpht between modern ironciaus
with modern arms. The Century
prints", the first . authoritative " ac-.
count '"of the battle that ' has yet
hAn nnhlished. written by . Philo
N. "McGifflri, the brave American
officer who commanded the Chinesa
battle-ship Chen. Yuen.. This is Illus
trated with photographs taken- during
the actual'engagement, as well as by
those showing the damage done to the
vessels. .A second paper, by .Capt.A.
T. Mahan. the greatest authority on,
naval tactics, discrsses the .V Lessons,
from .the Yalu Fight." The following
is an extract from his article: - -
It appears from Commander McGif-
fin's narrative that- both Chinese and
Japanese were led. by .design or acci
dent, to accumulate projectiles and am
munition on deck in -advance ot im
munition on uecK iu .-. .
mediate dcmands-a practice greatly.
aeprecaieu. dui .a " .
wholly sound? -Offense is better than
ij t... : 1,o lnnrPiaiinn
defense. Rapid fire witn some risK.is
better than slower fire with no risk
risk, that Is,, frpm this particular
source because the slower fire yields
to the enemy an advantage greater than
the risk avoided. On board a foreign
battle-ship, not long ago, the Captain
3aid tome that in providin'g.for action
they accumulated a certain number of
rounds ten,' f think near-each rapid
fire gun. "Don't you. consider that a
geat risk?" I asked. . "Undoubtedly."
be replied: but not" so. great a risk as
that the enemy should fire faster. than
I
we." . ' ;'
-1-
I' think he was right. Colllngwood
used to tell his crew that if they could j
fire three well-aimed broadsides in as i
many minutes, no enemy could resist
them. Farragut noted with emphatic
commendation." " in 1839. when- the
French . attacked, the castle of ban
I Juan de Ulua at Vera Cruz, that '
they -habitually kept a great
ber of shot accumulated in
on . deck a nractice many
nuni- r
racks
naval
officers : still'-' remember.
The in-
traduction- of shells explosive projec
tilesgave pause to this habit, for dire-
. ful experiences bad taught that a shot,
1
j solid or. hollow, striking one would ex-
i plode many near by. Nevertheless, the
UimCllliy OI .1. 3icin.fi ! ojm'I".' j
n. . nn..w:M. .qnii ciifiniv nr
ontr Hmo- ovon the nnietest. and the
' dreadful liability to severance of the
T-chain of supply by the casualties of
fill J V.M"- " " "
battle, suggest the imperative necessity
0j; an accumulation. This should be so.
ntnnnprf and so proportioned to the
ra nnssihle to the cun as to in- i
I BHre the minimum of risk that must be
taken if the full efficiency or tne Datterj
I is to be maintained. Especially is tpis
' the successful resistance of-two ships, J
1 armored, with a joint displacement of
1 15.000 tons, to five ships, partly pro-
' tected, of 19.000 "tons,
This as far as
I it goes, favors the view that a given
1 amount of tonnage in one of in a few
t big ships possesses-a decided advantage
..- t,n enmo or even a ereater 1
' amount, divided among several. This
f view is also in strict accord with the
; 1 i,n-0 f crorfnro that fnrco
J gCUCliU ic t-e" - "
I t-rttntl IITIlfoF ntlO nmm.lllll IK
concentrated under one command is
I .; than that disseminated
I UlUIC y;i.i-c.. ......
croml This conclusion must
nf omirce he nressed to absurditv
hut tempered, as all practical conclu
sions are, by moderation and discretion.
A man may consider one 10,000-ton ship
! better than two of 6.000 without want -
ine one of 20.000 tons at all. for suffi-
i mg one . u.v . - , .
cient reasons. Our forerunners found
a 74-gun ship absolutely superior, to
; two frigates-for the latter to attack
I was considered folly yet the 4 was
their norm for the battle-ship, and only
exceptionally was exceeded in size.
' . On the other hand, this episode was
a arawn. ngni. oec.ue -... ....u. v ur .,
quick-firing guns got the better of
eight 12-inch guns unsupported by any
quick-firing guns at all They did so
I apprehend because they destroyed
the personnel of the ship, either direct-
ly or by shattering its. power of.effi.-
cient offense.- Men. however brave,
cannot.standup against Are of a cer-
tain intensity; and when such a condi-.
tion is reached and sustained, they are t
as d M dead forthe tlme bcinp;
j .
.
All Over with HIid.
A Scotch nobleman of the olden times
was. in. the habit of indulging pretty
freely at-the hospitable tables of his
friends. He took the precaution to-
baye always with him a trustworthy
retainer, who never failed to avoid all.
1 temptation to excess, in order to make
' nf. tslrinv his mastpr snfflv hnmp
On one occasian Donald had been in-
il in ,the tivities of the
"rnBH uau' '"
overcome, managed to stagger upstairs
and whisper to his master, 'who was
In fnll cn-inr- nf his eniovment at the
table: "My lord." ye'H ha'e to tak' care!
of yersel' the nighty for it's a' owcr wi'
me." Scottish American.
KdTlnefl rnatei of f.lfw."
- At 20, when " a man is young, he
thinks he knows it all; he likes to wag
his active tongue and exercise his gall;
he- struts around in- noble rage; th
world is all bis own; he laughs to scorn
the world of age and lists to" self alone.
He wears a window in his eye to see" his
! whiskers grow; he thinks the ladies pine
land die because they love him so. At
40, as you may -suppose, he's knuckled
down to biz; 'tis -not till u that he
knows how big a eh'iim'p he id.
Slip
9EbM
BIO FISH, SMALL ROD.
Extraordinary tatch Mad fejr m Sportive
Resideat' of Mats) Cra.
. Al Cumming had an encountt. with a
huge shark at Santa Cruz-Sunday; says'
the San Francisco "Examiner. Cum
ming had engaged a" boat and was out
for salmon.. Suddenly "there, was a
jerk at hip' line that almost capsized
the boatv The fish "came td"th surface
and his -fins showed that he was a big
shark. Cumming toyed with him for -a
.while; and as the shark felt the sharp;
prong 'of the hooks forced 'into his
mouth he made a plunge, going dow.n
fully one hundred feet, and; reeling out
about five-hundred feet of "line.. Cum
ming had only" one hundred feet niuiu
on the reel, and If the shark had accom
plished that distance he would have
escaped. But he. was exhausted and
came to the surface again. Then, with
the -skill of an experienced angler,
Cumming played .the' line carefully",,
and, after .great effort, got the shark,
alongside of his" boat. Both the shark
and his captor were winded.-The boat
man killed the shark with one blow, of
j his boathook. Mr. Cumming caugtit
j the shark" with a twelve-ounce -salmon
; rod and. a linen salmon line. The fish
was more. than five feet in length and.
weighed fully one hundred and fifty
pounds. It is the largest shark ever
landed there wlth."a" hook andllne. and
its capture was due to the perfect
knowledge of fishing that . Mr. Cum-'
ming- possesses. - -The contest lasteit
just one hour," and exciting as it was Jor
Mr. Cumming. in was also as much s"
for the onlookers. Fully twenty boats?
Kvere in the vicinit
( :
v. ..
I A Member of thr Forrc. -
i "A good many" amusing incidents
QUt ,n our -first exsmirnatlo of
,. , JoHn w;. RI hft
-...- .
minKtle of local civil service reform. "I
recall one -incident which struck me.
as being particularly funny. We were
putting one of the patrolmen through,,
and the big" fellow, fumed -and fretted
and perspired as if he were actually
in the sweat box. At last I asked'him
this question:" 'What. is a felony?'
"The. poor fellow looked stunned for
a moment "or. two. but finally there
came an expression of returning reason
into his eyes.'aud-in a triumphant tone
he'answered: 'A t'ing on the Cumb!' "
-Chicago- Record.
- Knelli Mi fr Vheelimen.
You mar remember that a lady bicv-.
clist was stopped by a policeman -in
Holloway who wanted to take, her-name
an-, address." That lady cyclist has lit
a candle in England that Avill taker a
j0i, of putting out. says the New Rude
et.for she has brought . an actiou
against the constable and won it. ine
Highgatc bench have decided that the
action of the constable in .htpppnrg -re
jady was an arrest, and that anarreM.
S an assault, and' that", therefore, the
constable must be fined a shilling and
costs, which seems to moan that it is
illegal for. constables to arrest JK-opIf
This is .strange news.
THEATRICAL NOTES.
- .
"Marie Stuart," an opera by Levallo,
will bo produced at Rouen:
Sibyl Sanderson will sing In -Thais"
at the Paris Opera in October.
PattF has been on the concert and
operatic stage for forty-five years.
The SHvpr-Kine" is being- nlaved
M"
in the Deutsches yoiks 1 neater in
uvri...
Arthur "Nikisch". has been appointed
conductor of. the Berlin Philharmonic
concerts for the next' season.
Buenos Ayres has thirteen theaters
where music has a prominent part.
They are all In active operation.
Minnie.. Palmer will arrive in this
country in October., beginning her sea-
. " '
Thanksgiving week in Pnila-
ut,;"'
a. - --
wiiuam rarron accompanies vga
' Vnlhienla In A tnpripn npYt T9J I MIS
I.KIIIUOV.!. . ..... . ..,. .... ......
paternal great-grandfather was in
David Garrick's company.
Ixjuis Harrison's first appearance on
I the stage -was made in tragedy In
, . h was a call boy at the Walnut
Street Theater in Philadelphia. -
f.A fif.A ?e Ia etnif In t n Zavn.
t ..Il.C. jlt l " "'
raise at tne rarm upera Mmique dim
.": " periormance win c.e .11 wm,
just before she sails for America.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
' . . ,iphtlv hpav5rr han
- ! ' - ' .
" - " . . , ,.-.
A copperhead snake four feet long
, as k1Icd-n Brcoklyn lhc ,xher ,1ay.
Jn .f a man ,oses .
j n c he ... HaWe .. (,avs. ,m.
j isonment
pefu oUy.a whpaJ ,g cuU
njm fw Uj
T A, ?(jQ fot
There ,g a one.armert mall In Georgia
-vfto , jerJ. and d a w,xle
, &wjar anrJ smoke a ,,, al, al onc
. Immlgralion t0 lhjJ. c.0,intry lor the
fik.a, veaf emljng w-h June waonIy
, 276136orless bv :i7,A16 lhan ,asl- year.
London has" -,,,,,., to convert iato
g and pavgrolimIs for ,.hndren the
gravey:trds in that city.-
The estimated age of the dragon tree
of Oratava (not authentic, like the re
corded age of the Soma tree") -is ."i.OOO
years. ' . .''',.'.. - - - .-
A hotel is-to be built on High Knob,
a mountain in Virginia, .From its bal
conies guests will be able t,o see into
five' states. " . - .
Ohio has the greatest number of pen
sioners' 99,'837: New. York " is Second,
with- 89.612. and Penns-yixanfa third,
with S9.387.
The amount paid in the form of in
terest to shareholders- in public -companies
in England annually is some
thing Hke.Jl.iGO.oon.OOO. . "
-In the famous' cellars of the Hotel de
Villc. at Bremen, there were a dozen
cases of holy wine, which have been
Preserved for 250 years.
Indiana s. corn crop -for this year- is
estimated at 150,000,000 bushels,. which
is about 15.000.000 bushels greater than
the highest previous year.
For the hide of a full-grown giraffe,
which is greatly sought-after in Africa
for whip and sandal making, the native
hunter gets from $15 to S1T5
An Armenian recently d'at Low
ell. Mass.. and bis- friends, having no
' photograph, stood him up in a corner
J and .had his picture taken in that .way.
i" . The longest game of 'chess on record
j took. between five'and six years to.fln-
ish. Oiie player "was in England and
one In -Australia, and the game -was
pitted by mall. . .
CAUSED BY Vfl66!lWT IOH.
(From the Journal. Detroit. Mich.)
Every one In the vicinity of Meldru
avenue and Cpamplaln street. Detroit,
know? Mrs.' McDonald, and many, a
neighbor has reason to feel grateful to
her for. the kind and friendly interest
the has manifested In cases of Illness.'
She is a kind-hearted friend, a natural
nurse, and an Intelligent .and- refined
ladr-
To a reporter she recently-talked. at
some length about Dr. William's Pink
Pills, giving some very Interesting -Instances
In her. awn Immediate knowl
edge of .marvelous cure, and the uni
versal beneficence of the remedy to
"those who had used it. -
" I have reason to kriowr." ald Mrs
McDonald, "something- "of the worth of
this medicine, "or it 'has been demon
strated In my own -immediate family-..
My daughter Kittle is attending "high.
School, and has never been, very strong
Mnce she began. I suppos she studies
hard, and she ha? quite a distance-to go
every day. When the smalUpox broke'
... 11 1.a .,Virw1 ttllriran hail tft till
vaccinated. I took her over to Dr. Jame
son and he vaccinated her. I never saw
such an arm in my life and the doctor
said he never did." She was broken out
on her shoulders and. back and was Just
as sick as she could be. To-add to It
all neuralgia set- In and the poor child
was In misery. 'She is naturally of a
nervous temperament end she suffered
-most awfully. Even after she recovered,
the neuralgia did not leave her. Stormy
days or days-that were damp or pre
ceded a-Storm, she could not go out at
all. She was pale and thin and had no
appetite.
"I have, forgotten just who told me
bout the Pink Pills, but I got some for
her and' they cured her right u. She
has "a alee color in her face, eats .and
rleeps well, goes to school every day.
and Is well and" strong in every partic
ular. "I have never heard of anything to
build "up the blood to compare with
Pink Pills.- I shall always keep them In
the house and recommend them to my
neighbors."
n'liliam.' Tlilr Tni fnr Tnlo Pon.
. u , inta.i. ..... .. - -
pie- are considered nn unfailing speciUc.
in such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis. St. Vitus' dance, sci
atica, neuralgia, rhcuirtitism. nervous
headache, the after-effects of In grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sal
low complexions, that, tired feeling re
sulting "from nervous prostration; all
diseases resulting, from vitiated humors
in the blood, such as scrorula. chronic
erysipelas, etc. They are also a specific
for troubles peculiar to females, such
as suppressions. Irregularities and all
forms of weakness. In men they effect
a radical cure in all cases arising Xrom
mental worry, overwork, or excesses of
whatever nature. Dr. Williams' Pink
I?:....- ni- ent.l 1v- n denlers. or will !(--
sent post paid on receipt of price" (50-
cents a oox. or six ooxes cor .w mey
-. nMPr srtll In hulk or'bv the 100) by
addressing DY. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Schenectady. . i.
' TEMPERANCE.
The scientific temperance Instruction
bill p.twd-the" Indiana legislature.
Dc. ck of Lelpsic says: "Beer Is
brutalizing: wine impassions: whisky
Infuriates."
The amended temperance education
bill passed both branches of the New
York legislature.
The Murphy temperance crusade In
Ypsllanti resulted In 1.500 persons Sign
ing the pledge.
Forty-four countries of the world now
have- branches of the -Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union.
As a result of the recent no-llcense
election three-fourths of the state of
Illinois is said to be under prohibition.
Mr. Murphy's temperance work at
LewNtown. Me., has continued with
marked success. More than 3.000 per
sons signed the pledge.
The American steamship line l.s It
as an invariable rule that no captain or
other officer, sailor or other employe
'hall use Intoxicating liquor as a drlnl:.
The Montreal T. M. C. A. Bicycle club
requires its members to agree that
while wearing the club uniform they
will neither smoke nor patronize any
place where liquor Is sold.
At Desborough. in Northamptonshire.
England, a Band of Hope was formed
aix years ago. The success was so
marked, that an adult society -was
formed- -The two societies now num
ber 1.015 members, out of a. population
of 3,00V
In Minnesota the law making it lt
Ie'gar to sell, barter or Klve away Intox
icating liquors at retail or wholesale.
In any quantity whatever where the
people of. a village or township have
voted against the Issue of license,
passed both houses almost unanimous
ly, and has been signed by the governor.
. John G. Woolley is prominently men
tioned as the candidate of the jrohlbi
tion party for president In 1806.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Moses, the great lawgiver and author
of the first five books of our old Bible,
Is said to have died on the anniversary
of his birth, being exactly 120 years old.
The average height of a man in the
United States is 5 feet 10 inches; in
England. 5 feet 8 inches; in France. 5
feet 4 inches: In Belgium. feet i
inches.
The Legion cf Honor of France was
established as a reward for dlstln- i
gulshed services In- any line, whether
military, civil, scientific or literary. It
was founded In 1802.
The "t3r" Is not a coin but a weight.
It varies In value according to tho price
of silver. In Pekin at the present tlmo
one "tael" Is equal to $1.30 in Mexican
silver dollars or 75 cents in American
gold.
For the benefit of those who would
like 'to- know upon what date Easter
falls for -the remaining years of this
century, the Christian Work gives the
following:- 1896' April 5; 1S37. -April 18;
1898, April 10; 18, -April 2; 1800. April
15. -
THE NEBRASKA STATE FAIR.
Special 'Rate and Train via the Bnr
liocton Rontr.
"Round, trip tickets to Omaha at the one
way rate, plus ?A) cent, (for admission cou
pon to the State Fair), will I e on sale Sep
temler i:ith to -t)th. at Knrljngton Ronte
stations. - in Nebraska, in Kansas on the
Con ordia. Oberlin and St. Francis lines
ami in Inn a nod Missouri within W) miles
of Omaha
"- Nelirnkafts are assured that the "M'Stat
Fair :"wi!l I a vast improvement On Its
predeces-ors ' Larper more brilliant bet
ter worth seaing. Every one who can do
soshould pend State Fair week, the whole
of it. in Unuihn
The outdoor ce'ebrntions will be partiru
larlv nttra- ti e, siirrassin j am thingof the
"kind ever i e ore under tnsen !. any west
ern cit. Every eveninr. Oninlm will be
aflame rith. e'ivtrir lights nnl glitteriag
paeeants wi.l parade the streets. The pro
gram forthe evenin? ceremonies is
Monday. Sept. ICth Grand Kicjcle Car
aivaL Tuesdav. Sejit. 17th Nelirasla"s arnde.
Wednesdav, Set lth Vl'itary and
clvif i araHe . - -
Thurwiav. Sr.t. 19th- Knishts of Ak-Sar-ben
Parade, to re foUoveH u- the "Feast
of Moidamin Fa'I .
Bound trip iVetp to .Omha fit the re
duced rates .iove- mentioned. 'a's well as
full inormitinn -at out -the Hilrlincton
Route's- trtin -service at the-'timeo! the
State Fair, ca'n "be had "on amplication to
tke nearest R. & 31. R. R. agent.
The largest mammoth tunic tetdkroTered
was slsTetsu'foet la length
A vain of "jLOtl five lett tukk was" found
M feat dM aaar IulaTii.'. Ills . ' '-
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Paid ii Capital, . , 90,000
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