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12 THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , MARCH 11 , 1898. NEW AND OLD ARMY UNIFORMS Projected Innovation in the Uniforms Now Worn by Soldiera. QUAINT STYLES OF THE OLD DAYS ( Tall Unix , Illicit Collar * , Hi-ll Skirl * . Mini Turklli TriMi-uTH < Jn > - Continue * of ( lit * Itno- lulluiinry Period. ' General Miles IB reported to be contem plating Important changes In the uniforms now worn by the soldiers of the United Elates regular army. At a recent reception at the White House the general appeared In a gorgeous new tunic of his own design , liberally adorned with gold lace , and wearIng - Ing a , sash of alternate yellow and gold stripes. The most remarkable point about the uniform , however , was not the npfendor of the facings as the prominence of the onk leaf and acorn decorations ; a curious fact , en these are supposed to be the distinctive military emblems of the British crown. Gen eral Miles , however , Intimates that ho Is going to take the best features of every other nation's dims regulations and Incorporate them Into his new Rjstcm for the clothing of the American army. In this connection It Is Interesting to re call some of the curious uniforms which the l rnve defenders of our great republic have from tlnui to time adopted , cither thro'iii i choice or necessity. Who would ever Imagine that our soldiers once wore the tall silk hat of the modern society gentleman ? Yet In 1810 an order wan l sued directing that all the privates be supplied with a hat Identical In nhapc anil form with the "chimney-pot liat" of today , and this extraordinary kind of military headgear continued until 1812 , when H was replaced by a more ornate covering , described In the regulations as "a leather In-chlef of the rmy vtte very simple and unpretentious as compared with General Miles' latest "turnout. " He prescribed for himself and his successors a long blue coat with gilt buttons and epaulets , buff colored facings , breeches and vest , and a plain three- cornered hat. To prevent mistakes of Identity , which were constantly arising on account of the similarity of dress among the superior officers , the great leader wore a light-blue sash or riband between his coat and waistcoat ; majors and brigadier generals -wore similar distinguishing sashes of gicon , and aides-de-camp of pink Bilk. An amusing account IH given In the memoirs of the celebrated Baron de Stcttbcn of a dinner to which he Invited all the young officers on General Washington's staff , with the sole condition that no one who came should be In possession of an entire suit of clothes. It la hardly necessary to state that a change of clothes was a thing unknown and undreamed of among these warriors. As the baron himself relates , a more picturesque or unusual party probably never surrounded the mahogany ( In this case doubtless an array of deal boards and pack- kiK case ) , for , among the four aud twenty scions ot wealthy colonial bouses who were present , there was not one that could boast a whole pair of trousers. iMCTtmi ; ttncic nnwTiiovnn. nyiininltc Otilllrrntf * u f.iimltnnrk of < li < * I'nllnnilfH. With an explosion tbo nol.sc of which re verberated far up and down the cliffs of the Hudson , the famous old Indian Head of tbf Palisades above Fort Lee , N. J. , wcs de stroyed list Friday. Toppling for a second , loath to glvo up Its lofty perch , U finally pitched forward and went crashing down In fragments 200 feet to the base of the cliffs. Man , aided by tons ot dynamite , brought about the destruction ot this laud- mark. It Is estimated that 400,000 tons ot rock were dislodged by the cxplcalon , which was second In extent only to that which de stroyed the rocks In Hell Gate some ycora ago. ago.Tho The Imllin Head stood about three miles above Fort Lee. lllastlng has been going on In that vicinity for a long time for thu production of broken stone for market , and CURIOUS UNITED STATUS ARMY UNIFORMS OF T.-.G I"Ai3T. cap , bell-crowned , adorned In front with n yellow caglo made of brans work , embossed with the regimental number ; a white pompon In front and a black cockade at the side , made of leather. " Certainly It was a more serviceable hnt than Hi ) predecessor , and moro suggestive of the martial spirit that Inspired Its wearers to their brilliant deeds of valor In the struggle of that year. But the day of the pot hat was not yet done ; In 1821 the cadets of the military academy at West Point were requested to adopt the patj tern which had been condemned as an un- soldierlike head covering but nlno years bo- fore , and great was the wrath of these em bryo Washlngtons and Jacksons at the indignity - dignity which , they declared , had been put upon them. But their dislike soon gave way to a feeling of respect for tbe uniform , and perhaps to this fact Is due the enormous popularity ot the tall hat among American citizens. LEATHER HUNTING SHIRTS. In the stirring times of the rovoluticnary period the dress of many of the patriot regi ments waa at once quaint cod picturesque. Many of the troops , prominent among them the First Virginia regiment In 1775. were Clothed ( nt their own expense ) lr leather hunting shirts , leggings and caps , trimmed with fur a drees that Washington recom mended to all thole who were unable to obtain the regular uniform , saying that "the leather hunting shirt InsplroJ terror In the heart of the British soldier , as the latter be lieved that lt wearer must necessarily be a sharpshooter. In fact , another Leatherotock- Ing. " On reflection ono can hardly blame the Britisher for hla timidity In approaching tbe fearless backwoodsmen. The Pennsylvania regiments , facetiously dubbed the "Quaker brigade , " were remarkable for the excessive plainness of their uniforms , which were modestly made of buff > * colored cloth , trimmed and faced with brown . What a contrast to ( ho gay trapplnsn of the troopera known aa Moylan's dragoons , described BJI wearing "green short coats turned up with red , waist coats ot red cloth , buckskin breeches and a leather cap , trimmed with bearskin , a flowIng - Ing mane of horsehair hanging from a curved brass emu at the top. " ' HIGH COLLARS AND STOCKS. In 1802 the then rommander-ln-chlcf Itsued on order that the collars of all privates' coaM should not bo less than three Inches high nor moro than three and a half ; ten years later the height wcs Increased "to reach a far as the tip of the ear at the ( tide- and hack , end In front as high as the chin woull permit In turning the head. " Theue pre posterous collars were afterward replaced by the equally uncomfortable stocks , but a raoro rational measure brought 'nto vogue the present low collar of soft cloth , supplemented In the case of ofllceni by an ordinary civilian collar. Pruldent Monroe decided , toward the end of 1821 , that the uniforms of the various reiiment.i should all be dark blue In color , end that Oils was to bo In future the rational color ; thu Wist Point cadets to have sray coats end trousers , while the regimental musician ) were to be distinguished bv their red c.at' * ; fac'ngt and omameil a Ions of every description were abolished. But li ; 1832 the facings were readopted and shortly afterward the lent ; coat gave way to the dork blue Jacket or "coatee. " aa It was called , whlsh cameIn with the sky-blue fiantalooca. Per haps no more remarkable uniform w s ever worn then that of 18.15 , remarkable for Ita .msoldlerllke appearaivo and want of smart ness en a bcdy of troops that wereasionli'h - Ing , and Lad already astonished the world by their wonderful discipline and fighting qualities. It Is hard to Imagine tbo appear ance of a regiment of them dressed like EO Jiuny Turks In long , loose , baggy trousoni unJ lor < 5 coata with wide bell sklrt'i , and to still further Increase the rcsembUace the Iccig ccat wets discarded again In favor of the loosely-fitting "coatee" mentioned above. At this date , also , the eoft felt hat , with a broad brim turned up at the sides , was In troduced , and three yeata later It became ixilvcraal throughout the ratabltahment. PIOTl'RI33QUE CONTINKNTALUNIFOHMS Some ot the uniforms In the oM con tinental army days wore undoubtedly very picturesque and Imposing. For Instance , let us take the governor of Connecticut's regi ment of foot guards , organized In' 1771. There were two companies , the first of which -wore scarlet colored coats , richly covered with gold lace and faced with black ; buff cagslmere ualntroats and buff clcth brooches , hUh bearskin bats , or "busblen , " and black lepglns. The second company , however , outdid the first In magnificence by tbo adoption of white vests , breeches and Blockings , ruffled shirts and silver buttons ! Jn addition one must remember the lojg powdered queues and clean-shaven faces ot the period , so as to form an adequate Idea cf the Imposing appearance of these tall and well-built sons of Wan. Out think of a soldier wearing- white stockings and breeches ! i owm unUom u commindar. about two months ago the Carpenter Broth ers , who are working there , decided to blow- down the old Indian Head. The cliff at this point in 200 feet high , and the portion of It which formed the Indian Head was at the , very summit. It extended back seventy- one feet -and along the cliff 210 feet. The mining operations were In charge of Hugh Rellly , who has been blasting for over1 twenty ycaro. Two main tunnels were constructed In the j rock. The largest one of these was started ; eighty feet below the tap of the cliff. It beat - j at the face of the cliff and , extended In eighty feet. In the middle of It , In a small ! branch , ono ton of dynamite was placed and two and a half tons were put at the extreme - tremo end. The second tunnel started at the northern side of the head and was about sixty feet long. At the end of this two tans of dynamite were placed. In addition to tha tunnels forty holes were sunk perpendicu larly from the top of the cliff , and each of these contained forty pounds of dynamite. The passing away of "Indian Head. " on * of the most remarkable picture rocks In the world , serves to recall some of the regaining strange and unique rock formations of a similar nature In other sections of the coun try. The great canyons of the Colorado river that present so many strange and awe In spiring sights arc remarkably prolific In pic ture and freak rocks. In these canyons na ture seems to have excelled herself In her endeavors to present weird and untuual and effective and strange shaped rocks. What Is known as the "Mountain Cross" Is cr.o of the most rcmirkable objects In thla region of wcnders. In ono place along the river the cliffy are very rugged and are as barren of vegetation as If they were Icebergn. Ono bold peak rUcs above Its Inferior neigh , bors , shooting aloft toward the sky. By some strange freak of natural forces It has been marked at the very summit with the exact figure ot a cross. In certain sections of the eastern states also there are , apart from the Indian Head , several notable and well known picture rocks. Probably the most remarkable of these la the "Old Man of the Mountain , " In the White mountains of , Vermonti A capital view of this curious rock , that possesses a well defined profile that can .be made out for a great distance , can be obtained from Mount Washington. The "Old Man of the Mountain" In In the Franconla group , op posite Mount Lafayette. It Is a remarkable human face , eighty feet In length , and formed by the singular grouping of three Immense projecting rocks. M.IXY I'll KC-10 US STOXKS. ITnllt-il SfntrN HUM n .Number ot Vnrlrtli'H of Tln-m. Diamonds have been found In Wisconsin. In 1S9C one stone of six and three-eighths karats was found In Saiikvllle , Ozankcc county , six miles northwest ot Milwaukee , and another of two and one-sixteenth karats In Burlington , Racine county. In 1886 one of twenty-one karati' , but of poor color , was found near Kohlsvlllc , Washington county , \Vlu. These gems were-found In what is known as the Kettle Moraine of the later glacial epoch. Geologists say that they were car. ted by Ice from the north. Ono diamond cf one and three-slxtccntha karats , ono of one-sixteenth and a third of ono-thlrty-second karat were found near Dutte , Mont. , a few days ago. Rubles have been found In surprisingly large quantities In the Cowee valley ot North Carolina. With them are very beautKul garneU < . On the bars of the Missouri river In Mon tana sapphires of email size , but fair qual ity and good In quantity , are being taken out by companies formed for the purpose. Several fine beryls have been unearthed In Maine. In North Carolina eonic good speci mens ot emeralds have been discovered. Topaz occurs In Idaho and Montana. Connecticut , Maine and North Carolina have produced several gcod specimens of tourmaline. Games occur In fair quan tities In California. South Dakota and Vir ginia have produced a few valuable ame thysts. A beautiful opal was found In Maryland. In Lincoln county , Idaho , there Is a deposit of opallzed wood which Is sus ceptible of superb polish. Turquoise ocuiii In Arizona In the Burro mountains. A L'oiiMrlriitlou * Wouinu. Hnrpcr'8 Bazar : Noruh had been told to sny lit the front door that her mls'ri'e * was not at borne when certain callers appeared upon the vcene. It evidently went much ngaln t the grain for her to make herKelf ronponrtblo for tven so smull n white He. but * she promised to do so. and , with cer tain inoillllciitlona. she kept her word. "Is Mrs. IJlank ut home ? " queries the caller. "For this wan tolme , "Mrs. Bmlthers , she ain't ! " mild the maid ; "but hlvln help her fl yes ashk mo again ! I'll not Ho twolce for aunybody llvln' , upon me sowl ! " Take advice ! Stop coughing at once by the Immediate use of , Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup. Oat botU * * U1 cur * you. , TRIALS OF FREAK FIGHTERS Interest in the Ham Katahdin and Holland's ' Submarine Boat BOTH REGARDID AS FORMIDABLE lloir Thrr Look nn.1 How Thpy Will MtrlkliiK. Kenlnre * of War Crattoir Kxoltlnic AVIile- lirend Intercut. In the event of war with Spain , relates a correspondent of the New York Sun , a gooJ naval officer would be Interested In the dem onstration of what could he done In an actual engagement with the modern ram , and the belief prevails omo'ng some of them that the country would be electrified with the havoc caused among the enemy's fleet by siich a vcsacl as the Katahdln. No modern vessel of this kind has ever been used In actual warfare' , and. 'In fact , the Katahdln Is about the only craft of her kind In the world. In the early days of our own civil war the con federate Memmac , crude as she was , ac cording to present Ideas of naval construc tion , did fearful mischief In the brief career which preceded the performance In Hampton Roads of her specially designed antasonlrt , the 'Monitor. The operations of the Merri- mac were wonderful , and It was then that the effectiveness of the ram In naval war fare was first demonstrated. Tim Katahdln , which embodies the latest Ideas In the construction of vessels of that class , Is almost os little like the old ram Merrlmac as bhe might have been If the dutw of their construction "were separated by 100 y'tiars. The- only points they have In common are the use of armor , the employ ment of steam and the pointed steel prow. The Katahdln was the Ufa of Admiral Daniel Ammen , now retired , and she Is re garded as a sort o ! monstrosity In naval construction. She was built ut Bath , Me. , In 1832 by the Hath Irop works. The vwcl has a length on the ; load' water line of 2GO.U feut and her beak or ram , which la. below the water line , glvea her an extreme length of about 254 feet. Other statistics of the vessel are : D.splacement under normal coal supply , 2,150 ! tomiige' , * ES21 ; extreme breadth , 43.5 feet ; mean draught , fifteen feet ; Indicated horse power , 5,0/4 ; speed , 10.11 knots ; capacity of coal bunkem , l'Jli.70 tons. The Katahdln Is propelled by twin screws. Her full complemont'tonsi-its-of ninety men. FEATURES OF THE HAM. The meat peculiar feature of the Katahdln Is her concealment under water. Only her smooth turtle back , covered with armor plato and surmounted simply by a small conning tower and a smokestack , are vlslole. The tower Is made of steel , eighteen Inchon thick , and unless'squarely hit by a heavy shot at close range , Is proof agil st any at tack. Aside from her dangerous aharp beak ot steel and her covering of armor plate , the Katahdln Is equipped with slight means of offensive or defensive character. She car- lies four tix-pounder rapd-firc | guns , which aio intended as defense against torpedo beats and boarders. Her speed is low , hardly higher than that of a battleship ; but with her tremendous momentum and 'powerful propelling force behind a aharp steel prow the Katahdln Is calculated to do a. lot of mischief among the enemy-'s fleet. The ram , being situated below the water line , U di rected at the' most vulnerable part of a battleship or cruiser , whore armor la either thin or altogether wanting. Commander George F. F. Wilde will take command of the Katahdln. Captain Wilde Is enthusiastic' over "his new assignment. Four weeks ago , when talk of war with Spain was- especially prevalent , he asked the Navy department to give him command of the Katahdln In caae she should be placed In commission. His request \\au granted , and ho was as pleased as a schoolboy at. the prospect of a holiday. He went to Phila delphia last week to look over the Katahdln , which Is now lying at the League Island navy jcud , and to make some arrangements for taking charge of the vessel. Before leaving ho expressed to fellow naval officers and others some of his ideas In regard to the Katahdln and what could be done with her In warfare. "I believe , " he said , "that the Katahdln would prove to bo a most formidable fighter In case she could" have the opportunity to show what Is In her. She lies under the water , where her offensive power IB located , and the small part which Is exposed to the enemy's Ore Is practically Invulnerable. She can carry 236 tons of coal , which would last four and one-half days under full speed of sixteen knots. It may bo surprising1 to hear that she would steam eight mllea an hour on a consumption of fifteen tons of coal a day , but It mutt be remembered that the coal consumption Increases ) In a multi-fold ratio to the Increased speed , attained. The steamship St. Paul-burns 3f.0 tons a , day to steam twenty-one knots an hour , but she can steam ten knots an hour on a consumption of only fifty tons a day. That Is , by reduc ing the speed by about one-half , the con sumption of coal U' reduced to about one- seventh of the quantity required for the higher rpeed. The old formula to cxpresa this , which was beaten into our heads when wo were youngsters In * tne'riary was Hp C a v3 , or v to the third power , In which Hp Is the horae power , C Is a constant , a Is the area of a cro&s .roctlon.of tlia , vessel amidships , and v ID the velocity. This Is the old empirical formula used to-determlne the horse power nccesaary to drive a steam vessel at a certain speed. The modern for mula Is different , , the v3 , or y to..the third power , being changed to v5 , or v to the fifteenth power , because-preicnt-day ships of high speed are required to make twenty- two knots or so. COAL , CONSUMPTION. "I explain the meaning of the Increasing coal consumption In thin way : If you should drop an Iron block from a great distance above the water It would bo affected by the water about as It would be by a stone pave ment. If you drop It from a law elevation the water cnoves away easily , allowing the block to sink with caly a < small diminution of velocity. In the case of falling through the longer distance the block Is practically stopped for an Instant by Impact with' Uio surface of the water. It Is because * water Is practically Incompressible , and In the nwltt Impact of the falling block the momentary rcnlstance 1 very great. So with a steam ship. When It moves swiftly th'e resistance exists In a higher ratio to the noise power than when the ship moves slowly. Thus the greater consumption of ccal required. "The KaUtidla would be a formldabls vc iel for an opposing vessel or fleet to cope with In battle , because , though not of high speed an compared with cruisers and torpedo boats , no ordinary shot can make an Im- prewilnn on U It Is a phjelcal Impossibility for a projectile to obtain direct Impact on It * sloping turtle back. Even at close range the enemy's guns could nat harm It. "Tho cnly thing I should fear In an en gagement would bo torpedoes. From the nature of Its work It cssaot be protected against these. U would be my purpose , however - ever , to make the mcflt of Its four six- pounder rapid-fire guns , and torpedo boats might be- afraid of these. I believe tbest guns should be kept In use all the time that a charge with the ram Is being made. " As soon as Commander Wilde received his asnlcnmcnt he askej the navigation bureau of the Navy department to provide the Katahdln with four of the best seamen gun ners In the navy , with the Idea that the guns fliould be kept In constant use ta case the ram should be called Into action upon the outbreak of hostilities. It Is expected that when the Katahdln goce Into commission next week It will be put through serne very thorough practice. If It goes to New York Commander Wilde will r > tk permission to take the viveol to the vicinity of Fire Island and perform .some experi ments. He wishes to trct It In every way possible , using It with only one engine , sup- pcelng the other to bo disabled , and putting It to other exacting trials. He believes the Kattbdtn will behave finely under every teit. teit.The work of a ram in actual conflict. Com mander Wlldo believes , should begin after a naval tattle between fleets has got well under way. Meantime U should be lying under the lee of a battleship , is nearly out of sight as possible , until the imoke of battle , even la th e days of smokeleM powder , parti ) conceal * IU pracnca. Then it sbould bt > made to steal forth , quickly on Its work of destruction. HOLLAND SUDM\niNE DOAT. Mr. Holland Is aantfulme that his tubmarlue destroyer will be a natch for any battleship afloat , reports the NcwiVork Herald. He as serts that the boatjlwhen finally completed , will be under absolute control , and may be operated below the surface , rising only at In tervals to obtain bearings , and to Admit a freoh supply of air. He has spent several years In developing his Ideas of submarlno warfare , and ho ex presses confidence that he > has at last built a boat that will fullfil the requirements. His confidence In the success of hla experiments Is shared by the officers ot the company which built the boa.tr and naval experts who obtained a look at the craft before It was put overboard are Inclined to agree with the Inventor as to the mobility of the vessel. They say that the problem of submerging a boat and raising It to the surface has ap parently been solved , but the ability of such a boat to discharge dynamite projectiles has yet to be demonstrated. Mr. Holland has designed his boat to at tack by aerial projectiles , as well aa from be low the surface of the water. From the con ning tower the operations of the boat are di rected. In approaching an enemy's battleship the Holland la kept just below the surface until within ranjo of her guns. Then the boat de scends twenty or thirty feet below the sur face and moves forward to within a mile ot the enemy , when It comes to the surface for a moment. During that moment the opera tor by use of the steering gear points his boat directly at the battleship , thus almln ? the bow gun , and at a signal from him the gun Is discharged , throwing a dynamite shell at the enemy. Before the shot can be ef fectively returned the operator releases the valves which sink the Holland out of the way of the guns of the battleship. Approaching hrcadslde of the battleship and remaining below the surface , the Holland projects a Whltehead torpedo from Its second bow tube. Passing under the ship , it rises to the surface on the other side and a shell from the stern gun Is discharged at the enemy. If none of these missiles has placed the enemy hors do combat , the Holland makes a wldo circuit aud repeals the attack. , So little surface Is offered as a target that the Holland a chancc-s of being hit are much less than these of a battleship or cruiser which it might attack. The submarine fight er s greatest danger would be from the toi- pedcs which a ship would discharge. As .many men-of-war are equipped with torpedo tuVes In bow and stern only , the Holland would be comparatively safe while It kept on the enemy's beam. RESULT OF SBVOUAL ATTEMPTS. John P. Holland , the Inventor of the boat which bears hla name , made several attempts at submarlno construction before he drew the plans of the boat which wa * built at Nlxon'a yard. yard.Hs Hs ! first boat was built on the Passalc river In 1S77. It was less than fifteen feet kng. The hull came up to Mr. Holland's Ideas , but the engines were not put In prop erly and the boat wa.j . spoiled. Another boat was built about 'two yearn later , and Mr. Holland , as well aa acvcval naval experts who examined It , were of thu opinion that It would work perfectly. Owing to an accident at the launching , however , the boat was so badly Injured that It was aban- dcaed. Mr. Holland was persistent In his endeavor to produce a boat that could be submerged or operated on the ! surface , and from which death-dealing projectiles might be discharged agalnat an enemy' ? shjps. He built a third boat at Baltimore * and the fourth one at Nlxca' , ? ehlpjard. Holland's last boat Is fifty feet three Inches long , with a four foot screw-protecting exten sion. Its diameter Is ten feet three inched amidships. It was dssigaeJ to travel ten knots on the surface and eight knots under water for eight houia. Power Is rupplled by a gnsol'rae engine and a djaaino operated by a storage battery. When the boat Is sub merged the dynamo Is used , and when or the -.urface the gae-o-llne engine Is the propalllns pswor. While on the ways the boat had the appear ance of a cigar-shaped , hermetically sealed lube. The hull Is of steel plating , rlvetted to steel frames. The plates are half an Inch thick amidships and .taper to one-eighth of an Inch at bow and stem. A telescopic con ning tower , two feet In diameter , rises from the center of the boat. Four rudders control the movements of the craft , cad there are three propellers , each of which Is four feet nine Inches in diameter. The gasollae en gine 1s of forty-eight horse power , aad the dynamo , whtn .the storage battery Is fully charged , Is capable of exerting 150 horse power. MADE FOR BUSINESS ONLY. No provision Is made for sleeping or even for cooking Inside the boat. It la built for buslncns only. There Is room tor ten men , although not more than six are needed to operate the boat. Water tanks are employed to submerge and raise the boat. They are controlled by largo Ktagstono valves. The boat .a ' submerged by letting water Into the tanks , which are distributed forward , aft and amidships , so that the craft remains on an even keel. Water can be admitted to rapidly that the boat will descend thirty or forty feet from the surface In leas than a minute. Whoa , the boat la to be raised a button Ifi pressed which releases the valvca and turns en compressed air , throwing out the water with terrific force. The air tanks arc capa ble of etcudlng a pressure of 3,000 pounds to the square Inch , and will supply air for the crew for nine or ten hours. Electric light. ! and bells and speaking tubc-s are provided. Armament of the Holland consists of three torpedo tubes. One Is on the upper bow ot the boat , being an aerial torpedo thrower , with a rsngo of ona mile. Six projectiles , weighing ISO pounds each , with charges of 100 pounds of high power explosives , can bo carried for this gun. Almost directly beneath the torpedo thrower Is an expulsion tube for Whltehead torpedoes. As each of these torpedoes weighs 850 pounds , cnly three are to bo carried when the boat Is In active service. In addition to the forward tubes there is a submarine gun in the stern of the boat. This , with a 100- pcunl charge of explosives , can force a 100- pound projectile ICO yards or more through the water. Five projectiles for the atern gun are carried. While the boat was In construction no vls- Itcra were permitted to approach. It was launched on May 17 , 1897. lies Idea the officers of the company there were present Lieuten ant W. W. Klmball , U. S. N. , detailed by the government to watch the vessel , and George H. Reck , assistant naval constructor , U. S. N. The boat was built for sale at $100,000. Her coat Is said to bo'lees than $40,000. GOSSIP AIIOUTXOTEIJ I'UOPl.K. Judging by a story told of Mrs. Ingersoll , wlfo of the famous agnostic. It Is no more difficult for a man to/heaa ordinary hero to his valet than It IP for a husband to be an oratorical hero to bis wife. Mrs. Ingersoll was recently spending an evening with a friend. About S o'clock , after smothering teveral yawns , che apologized to her friend as follows : "You. really must excuse me. but you know , dear.'th t I have accompanied the colonel on a recent lecture tour and have In consequence got Into Ihe habit ot falling asleep at about 8 o'clock every evening. " Oscar Commctznt , who recently died In Ha\re ct tlm age ol 78. was / > of the rmut prominent French writers on musical sub jects. In bU early "years he spent consider able time In this country and wrotn three bookfl describing hlK travels and experiences here. He Is best known , however , a.i a musical critic , for be served In that capacity on the Sleele for thirty years. He was a stout admirer of the alder operatic work * of the French and Italian schools and showed small friendliness to works of a newer In spiration. M. Commetaat was the author of several books about rounlcal subjects. He retired ten yeans ago from active work and spent the last years of hU life near Havre. Ha was a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. A romance In the life of the late Right Hon. Charles Pelham Vllllers has been disclosed by hH death. In his young manhood he fell deeply In love with a Miss Melllsh , and bla affection was returned as far as could be dwie by a woman who for some reason hid taken a vow to lead a single life. Mr. Vllllers remained true to his first love and never married , and his constancy so touched I MUs Melllsh that In her will she left all her fortune a considerable one to him abso [ lutely. He , however , never touchid the money , leaving U to accumulate with In terest , while be lived very simply on his own modest revenue , supplemented by his cabinet pension. By the time of Mr. Vllllera' death the captui orlglMllr left by Uks Mclllsn * , JOBBERS RND OK OMAHA. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Liningtr & Hitcalf Go. WHOLESALE DEALCHS IN Agricultural Implements tiggles ntul Cnrrmucs. Cor. I'.tn and Pacific Sts Parlin , Orendorff & Martin Co Jobbers of Farm Machinery. Wa ons and Buggies - Cor. Itb and JODM. ART GOODS Hospe V Picture Moldings. Mirrors , Frames , Backing and Artist * " Materials. BJOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS , H merican Hand 1 V Sewed Shoe Go M'frs | Jobbers of Foot Wear WESTErtA1 AHEM1 * FOR The Joseph Banigan Rubber Oo. f H. Sprague & Co. , Rubbers and Mackintoshes. 1107 Howard St. , OMAHA . Kirkendall & Co Boos , Shoes and Rubbers Bdesroomi 1102-1104-1106 Ha.-ney Street. 7 T. Lindsey , S * WHOLJ33AUB RUBBER GOODS Owner of Chief Brand Mackintoshes- Morse-Goe Shoe Co Boots , Shoes , R lbbers , AT WHOLESALE. Office snd Salesroom 1119-21-23 Howard fit. BAGS Remis Omaha Bag Co Importers and Manufacturers BAGS 614-16-18 South nth Street BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS. Tarrell & Go. , SYRUPS , Molasses , Sorghum , etc. . Preserves and Jellle * . Also tin > cnns and Japanned ware. CHICORY he American T Chicory Go. Grower * and manufacturers of all forms of Chicory Omaha-Ftemont-O'Ncll. CECCKItY.IE GLASSWARE M. , Bliss , ' ' ImporterandJoMMT Crockery. China , Glassware , Silver Plated Ware , Looking Glasses , Chan deliers , Lamps , Chimneys , Cutlery , Etc. 1410 KARNAM .T. CREAMERY SUPPLIES The Sharpies Company Creamery Machinery and Supplies. Boilers , Engines , Keed Cookers , Wood Put * leys. Shafting , Belting. Butter Pack ages ot all kinds. 807-909 Jones St. - had grown to a. euro considerably over a quarter of a million sterling. Ot this total ho. by hla will , left 150,000 to HOY. Montague Vllllcru , vicar of St. Paul's , Knlghtsbrldge , and a somewhat smaller sum to Ernest Vllllers. "One of the wonders of the house , " sayo the Washington Times , ' 'Is Aulier C. Hinds , clerk of the speaker's desk. Hei \ a wander because of his remarkable memory and hie perfect knowledge of 'routine proceedings in the house and of parliamentary tusage. Hu generally stands or Hits near the speaker , or , If the house Is In committee of the whole , near I tie chairman , and when any points of order are raised which require a knowledge of the rules ho turns Imtautly to the nectln and paragraph In the rulea which covers the debited question. If a decision U needed to show ft ruling Mr. Hinds' wonderful memory Is not taxed In the slightest. He rushes to the speaker's room and from a number of huge volumes of booki > or ncrapbookfl with extracts from the Record pasted In them he jelecta Immediately the volume needed , turns to tbe page In an In.itcdt and presents It to the presiding officer. Mr. Hinds li by pro fession a Journalist. Ho was Speaker Heed's clerk In the Fifty-first and Fifty-fourth con- Maurice Rarrymore U a careless actor now , ind always has been. Some years ago , when be was acting In tbe company of Mme. Mod- jeeka , who had not been long lu this coun try , the Polish actress wan reproaching him [ cc his negligence In a certain scene which bad deprived her of certain effects. "It Is ungrateful of you to b eo regardless of my " fcald "when I bive made Interests , she , A reputation for you here In America. " "My ilear madam. " Mr. Harrymore answered , "I may have been Indifferent In that scene , but must beg tbe privilege of contradicting you when you say that you made a reputation or mo. I waa a well known actor here when moat people thought that Modjonka woa a tooth nash or a headache cure. " Many years ago an English clergyman In a small town yrcttched M bis. own a sermon DRY GOODS. fit . E , Smith & Go. tape-ten ud Jobbers of Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods AND NOTIONS. DRUGS. ichardson Drug Co. 902-906 Jackson St. 0. RICHARDSON , Prest. V. WELLE a , V. Prcat. The Mercer Chemical Co. 31'frt Standsml Pharmaceutical Prtfara * ( ton * . Upaetal Formulae Vrtpartd to Uratr. Sfixlfar Catalogue * tdtaoratorr , 111 * Howard 8t , Omaha. . . _ Druggists and Stationers % "Quom nee" Sprcliltlts. Cigars , Wlnre and lirnndles. Corner 10th and llurney Street * ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. W estern Electrical Company Electrical Supplies , Electric Mining Hells and Gas LlRhtlii Q. W. JOHNSTON. Mgr. 1510 Howard St. U/olf Electrical vv Supply Go WHOLESALE : AND RETAIL ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES UM ramara St. FRUIT-PRODUCE , & Go , WHOLESALE Commission Merchants. 8. W. Corner lth and Howard Sts. Membere of the National League of Commis sion Merchants of the United Slates. GROCERIES. McCord-Brady Go. 13th and Luavenworth SL Staple and Fancy Groceries , re * AND come ROISURS , tie. Meyer & Raapke , T WHOLESALE FINE GROCERIES Teas , 8p'ces. ' Tobacco ancClfirm U03-1MT Harney Street and Paxton Gallagher Co IMPORTERS. OAK COFFEE ROASTERS AN0 JOOOINQ GROCERS. Telephone SO. HARNESS-SADDLERY J * H Haney & Go. JU'/'M HAHNKS3 , SADnr.m ASD COLLARS Jobber * of Leather , baddtrry Hartltoare , Eta , We solicit your orders. 1315 Howard Et HARDWARE. Pector & Wilhelmy Co Y ( Wholesale Hardware. Ouiuha. L ee-Clark Andreesen Hardware Co Wholesale Hardware. Bicycle * and B port In ? Goods. 1810-31-38 Qlf. oojr street. that ho bad bought , and which had been originally preached In London when the plague was raging ki that city. After re proving the vice ot the. people , the ecrmon went on : "For thl * vice It Is that God has visited you and your families with tfcat cruel scocrg\ the plague , wLlch la now spreading every where In this town. " At his uttering these words tbe people were all EO thunderstruck that the chief magistrate was obliged to go to the pulpit aud to aik him : "For Ood's aake , sir , pardon the Interrup tion , and Inform me where the plague Is that I may Instantly endeavor to prevent Its further spreading. " "Tho plague , fllr , " replied the preacher ; "I know nothing about the plague. Whether It Is In the town or not , It Is In my homily. " JOUH.VAM.SM II.MIKII IIIPKICUI.TIKM. The Work of tilt * Connor nnd ( lie I'rt-NK of Auntrlii. There Is a censor of the press In Vienna , and apparently Is always on duty and hard at work , writes Mark Twain In Har per's Magazine. A copy of each morning paper la brought to him at 5 o'clock. His official wagons wait at the doors ot the newspaper ofllces and scud to him with the first copies that come from the prcns. Hie company of assistants rcud every line In these papers and mark everything whlh seems 1o have a dangerous look ; then he panes final judgment upon these markings. Two things conspire to give to the reejlta a capricious and unbalanced look ; his as sistants have diversified notions as to what Is dangerous and what Isn't ; he can't get tlmo to examine their criticisms In much detail , and so tometlmes the very eame mat ter which lo suppressed In one paper Mils to bo damned In another one , and gets pub lished In full feather and unmodified. Then the paper In which It was suppressed blandly copies tba forbidden nfatter Into Its evening edition provoklngly giving credit and de tailing all the circumstances In courteous and Inoffensive language and ot courao tbe censor cannot toy a word. Sometimes tbe censor sucks all the blood LIQUORS. Moise & Co WIIOLHSAM' LIQUORS. Proprietors of AUKHICAN riOAU AND OLASS WAHB CO. J1M10 Booth Hth St. | ler' lagie Cin East India Bitters Ooldtn Shesf Pure nye n4 Bourbon Whisker. Willow Springs Dlitlllcry , llir * O * , , Ulfl Itarney Street rrickj Herbert ! , Wholesale Liquor Merchants , 1001 Pumam Street 'iley ' Brothers , Wholesale Liquors and CigArs * 1118 Furnam Street. John Boekhoff , WHOLESALE lVinest Liquors and Cigars. 41I-4U a Utb Utrm. LUMBER Chicago Lumber Oo. WHOLESALE - Ji.UM.BER . . . 814 South 14th St. amilton Bros , \ r PLANING MILL , Manufacturers of doors , unsli , blinds. More a nil taloon llxtuii'9. Kstlmitpa fjrnlslici ! on any kind of mill work. Tel. r.79. Mill SSth and Davenport StB. OILS-PAINTS Uational Oil and Paint Go. MANUFACTUnEHS Air Floated Mineral Paint And Paints of All Hindi , Putty , Eta. 101E and KIT JODM BL gtandard Oil Co. : . A. Moffet , 1st Vice Fres. L. J. Drake , den Uur . . . . C-/J A-t * J . . . Gasoline , Turpcm.iie , Axle Create. Etc. Omnha Ilronch and Agencies , John B. nuth Mgr. PAPEK-WOOPENWARE. Carpenter Paper Co. Printing Paper , Wrapping Paper , Stationery , Corner Utb and Howtrd streets. STEAM-WATER SUPPLIES. rane-Churchll ! Go. 10U-IOl6DoU2tn9 Street. Manufacturers and jobbers of Steam , Gas anS Water Supplies of All Kinds. [ Tnited States u Supply Co. . . r/oS-rrio Harney St. Steam Pumps , Engines and Boilers. Pipe. Wind Mills , Steam end Plumbing ; Material , Dplllng. Hose , Etc. TYPE FOUNDRIES real Western Type Foundry Bnperlor Copper llUed Type U the best e Uie market. SLECTHOTYPE FOUNDRY. 1114 Howard Street. out ot a newspaper and leaver It colorless and Inane ; sometimes he leaves It undis turbed and lets It talk out Its opinions with a frankness and vigor hardly to be sur- pasted , I think. In the journals of any coun try. Apparently the censor sometimes re vises hla vercllctt- upon second thought , for several limes lately he ban suppressed journals after their Issue and partial distri bution. Thu distributed copleu are then sent for by Uie censor and destroyed. I have two ot these , but at the time they were sent for I could not remember what I had dona with them. Don't annoy others by your coughing and risk your life by neglecting a cold. Ono Mln. ute Cough Cure cures coughs , colds , croup , ' grippe and ail throat and lung troubles. ' HlrilM liooitid on IM ( inn , Among the crowd allllcte * with the nlmrod fever Is Jim Heel , relates the I'aducah ( Ky. ) News. New , Jim Is not as long as a steam boat jackstatf nor Captain Hates , the side show giant , but ho Is a head and shoulder above the average man. Yesterday he went gunning out In Clark's river bottoms and was equipped with a regular Daniel IJoono outfit. The old single-barreled relic was almost as long an Jim's own altltudlnous frame. After an hcur or more of tlmo waa spent In a rigid search for something to shoot at , at last a diminutive squirrel was espied oroucbed upon a dead limb of a forest veteran. Jim was all excitement and raised old Betsy to his shoulder , took aim and fired , tut bunny still sat on tbe rwlg. Two or three more leaden messengers were sent after the squirrel In quick succession before be huti'tcd ' his hole , when Jim , upon examination , found that owing to his own J and the length of the gun , when ha shot " m the muzzle was some dtatance beyond tbo < 7 ' twig on which the squirrel crouched. U was late In the aftrrncon , and when he drew down his rifle from measuring the height tbe last tlmo It was covered with birds which had gone to roost. Tbe Omaha Weekly Bee and New York Weekly Tribune one year for 80 cents. You can have The Bee cnt lo your friend * la U eait and toke Uie T-lbunn youratl4
