November 11, 1000.
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
5
To Lay the New
Philippine Cable
kuow how tho old gentleman hung rouud.
You told mo ho wub daffy ou Bolltutre, bo 1
hud u huuch and showed htm that ouo.
llo'd ho lucky to gut It twlco lu ii lifetime-,
but It lull us to ourselves, don't you see?'
"I sue, but ho's bulling. Why, ho worked
over that thine till broukfiiBt, wont right (it
General Fitzhugh Lee
Coming to Omaha
of communication
seriously hampered American operations n)aluly unruahle. Consequently the cable " "'lnU',l 10 bul ;M ,lml l,ol,0,l'
in tho Philippines and has been the sub- layers will not know until they 11 ml out
Ject of con.plnlnts to the government from for themselves when the slender strand is
over got tltc game, said that you wore a
card shark and a swindler and that If you
jeci oi con.pn i ms 10 me go criimc.H .ro.u ""-" , " " ' ri . CUIuu "'u '""" ''"'l kick uu
uonerui uim, vicnerai .iacnriiim aim uwiei .-"..,u,h - " " , ii..'s m.ivliiir rlirhf nl l..,tiu, iiluvliii!
Within a Bhort time the work of laying would bo a comparatively easy operation. t h , w ,il i , vn 011111,111 ls Hhortly to receive lu Its midst appointed a major general of volunteer
tho lnter-lsland cnble In the 1'hlllpplncs But in tho Philippine Isiauus region me uonerui Fiiziiiigii i.ee. who iiiib t.een ap- ami hud joined tils command near Nivan
will bo begun. For some time the dlmculty " om ' oxtromoly roKlK full of big . Xht, "L. ho lent to sleep m Z chair. th'' """l V'.V:P., !'?",'!: '""'l- Ti:.
iitlon between the Islands has . . , tf o got bin. to bed and he waU d up n lo- reil.en.ent of ...under with whom a ...iterual system
General J. J. Copplugor. Omaha and its rather thai. mllltnrlMiu prevails Ills rare
people are to bo congratulated ou this full. ess ami provision for the wants of IiIn
accession, a dlHtlugulshed honor having soldiers made hint ory much belnxcd and
been done the city by the War depart- doubtless ibis ery care and fatherly bear
ment In transferring the soldier and stales- lug Is an Inheritance from his Illustrious
man from tho Antilles to the west. The uncle, Hubert H. I.ee, whoso gentleness a-
picture of the new head of the Department i commander was prow'iiilul."
of tho Missouri which appears as a fronds- .Much of this same Noiitlmcnt relative to
pleco was taken but a year ago In Cuba PUzhugh Lee tletieral Howard relleets lu
and Is regarded as a splendid likeness. tin article printed some time ago lu lb"
In appearance and stature Fitzhugh I.ee New York Independent, wherein he Is eeu
resembles tho lato General l'hll Sheridan, more laudatory of l.eo's sterling worth a:i
Ho Is rotund ami rosy and wliun 1 Inst saw a soldier.
him In Washington, enrouto to lake com- When Fitzhugh l.eo entered West Polm
officers. It was obvious that some method mountain and when It Is descending Into
UlUCCrU. 11 Was UIJY1UUN HUH SUIIIU IUUUIUU llloullllwu ...... m.w.. ... .... n .. ,,... .....i llulmilll.. for Villi TIllll'H tllll
of quick communication .must be put Into the depths After the Hunislde has done TTZr, you could
.. .. . . . . .. ... 1 .1. .1 Ill l HUSO"
operation, as me uispaicnes carrieo oy inn u om moiu mu i umu ".- ,....
ring. What in tho world are wo to do'.'
1-1 ... . ..I . ,ln,t p.ii.ii .! I ip tltrt n..,iiili Iwittritll tint U'lil.ll
wnrsuiiis were in many canes iuu biuw ui uuu ! "h . -w. iiuful
ilnllvnrv fn tu. l.rni.l IrMihto. An Hfwm fin tills the more Imnortnnt Islands that will Lo ..... '
Important undertaking of laying n cable valuable to navigators,
had been decided upon tho War department On reaching tho point from whence the
set about llndlng a suitable vessel In the eublu ls to bo laid the crow proceed to laud
transport service. The Uumslde was tho heavy shoro ends, this being done by
-u- ' . I... I- .1 I. mi I Iti ,r fr,, llw. Ii..nn, with rotlOH mill 11 "" uuuu
uumuuBiyuiiiu , V nr. ... u . " i.' i relates tho Detroit l-'rou Press.
liZS DUUllUn uuiuhii i it itu(iuiiiuti i,u lia r ...... .
"Cold deck him. That ls, I'll 1U up u
thek so that bo will win. You manage
to substitute It after ho has shutllcd tho
caids."
It was done without creating suspicion,
The old
guutluuiuu cheered and met the young man
us though ho wero a welcome prodigal.
"You aro tho second man between the
Alleghany and Kooky mountains that onoi
got it," lied tho youth glibly. "It's simply
wonderful."
Tho prospective father-in-law strutted
around for a couple of hours brugging
about himself and is uuw preparing an
article for the newspapers.
Bog Avalanche in Ireland
An extraordinary occurrence Is reported
from a place called Lough, lu Ireland. A
bog exieiiuing over a number of acres,
yielding to the eltects of recent heavy rains,
began to movo toward an adjacent valley
'the bcml-liuid iiiasa gathered velocity us
it moved uloug, spread on or an intervening
low-lying portion ot laud, ami completely
overwhelmed a dwelling house, killing two
women.
A considerable loss of outlying crops was
caused, and the laud over which the bog
material nassuil will, it Is Mild, bo (Itllte
iu f .. ,.,,1,1., in..,, ai tirhi.iit mum! of the Department of Cuba, his clr lu 1MH at tho age of P' mi ..i ihhm
, ,, i (nil t ..,i i,.iir cumference at the cuti.ilor was nearly ouuul President .Millard PllUmn lie was sllgu
tl 111UBB UL IlllUlil 111UU XWV tit. 11 ...u " ... . ... . i . . .
f.m. .1.,..,, ..m-.tru ti... mihii,. IiIl-Iiwhv for to Ills lielglit. hi lire t lieu I r lenus nil vo toiii oi stature,
innri. ihim inlln ""t Ho general ban lost somewhat of
l N'lTHD STATICS CA1IM2 SHIP lll'HNSI l)U
of
nh'kiiauied
liul ho in 1 1 I ii,m he wn
"The I'Mea.'' whlih slink I"
A second nioveliient of thu bog muss has his avoirdupois, lie has a clear, bluu oye
PASSING THE CABLE INTO THE SHIP.
since occurred, mid tho residents in tho
dlbirlcl tear that, should tlieru be a heavy
rainfall, tho consequences will be disastrous,
as live dwelling houses In the valley aro
directly lu tho lluo of au enormous mass
of bog mud, which has been slopped by not
too stroug banks uu tho upper levels
size. It is the lirst cable ship over owned loous until sulllclent length Is lauded,
by the Untied States. Connection having been mado with the slg-
The Hurnsldu waB formerly owned by nal station on shoro, the liurusldo will sot
Spain and named tho Hlta. It was cap- out for tho shoro, with which comuiunlca-
tured during tho war by tho Valo while try- tlou will bo established, going at u rate
ing to run tho blockudo off Porto Illco with of from four to eight knots un hour. It
a cargo of arms and ammunition, towed must proceed cautloUBly, as tho rate at lho hoUHC( UIlll hml ljaIL.y Uulu tu ebCu,lu
to Charleston, s. C, anu mere lanen wmcu iuu uuum jb jjuiu uut uujiuuuo u iUU trQm tl)u ,lu,a ln wi,ui, ho was working
charge of by Captain Lailin, Its present uepm oi iuo wuier. iu ,uuu laiuoma vi
commander, renamed and put into com- water, for Instance, tho length of cable
mission first as a transport carrying mules from tho ship to tho point of contact with
and genoral government stores to Cuba and tho oceun bed ls twenty miles. A sudden
afterward as a troopship. Taken to tho shallow from very deep water, as In tho
case of suumarino mountain, is iiKeiy to BUCCUClod , oxlrk.al,B himself.
tho slack. Then the tedious work of grap
pling for the broken eud must bo under-
a fresh, youthful couiile.iiiti, upon which
lho color conies and goes as be talks, and
gruy hair and mustache.
1,-!'n Siii'IiiI ii ii if.
him alt through his in ail.-mlc life, ut
did It leave him mil II lung arter lie had
ceased lighting the I'liuiiiurhes and
Apaches on the plains of Texas. He was
full or mlscbler when at the Point and
was lirst in every adveiilure. Hut bo was
so snlendld it horsi'iiian n ml so clever a
Morse Iron Works ln Brooklyn, tho Uurn-
sldo wns there reconstructed and trans
formed Into a cable steamer. The cabins
and saloon wero refurnished with a view
A brother of tbo other woman said it camo
silently on llko a huge wave. He Bhouted lo
his sister, who was standing In tho door,
but sho did not seem to realize tho danger.
Ho was caught In tbo edge of the How, but
to accommodating army otlleers and their taken. Cuptuin Squires, who has tho work
wives enrouto to the Philippines. Three In charge, is an export or long experience
huge tanks mado of copper wero placed ln In cable work.
Its hold, each capable of holding 250 miles
of cable. These tanks aro twenty-flvo foot
In diameter and fifteen feet ln depth, with
an Iron core In the center to keep tho cable
ln position when being paid out from the
ship.
Speclnl Cubic CriMV.
Captain Squires of the signal corps, as
sisted by Mr. Hamilton, will havo entlro
Matter of .Diplomacy
Sho mot him at tho door and whispered;
"Don't dare to come In. Ho would declaro wrong, they moved unlike machinery, etc
thu engagement oft and ho has a baseball
bat ln the corner ot the dining room. Keep
quiet till I get my hat and wrap.'
"What'H wrong?" ho Inquired
as they
charge of tho cablo laying, with a apodal walked away on tiptoe,
cablo crew of twenty men. A submarine "Goodness! I never saw papa so angry
cable Is of two sizes, tho core or deep sea ln my life. What was that gamo of soil-
portion, and tho armor part or shoro ends, talro you showed him the other night?
William E. Curtis, the Washington col
resiHindeut of thu Chicago llecoid. who has tactician that ills escapades were over
O UliUUK UilllllB Ull tuu U11-1 luiu.o. .... ..... .... . .
i... i,.ii., ..i ,1,.. i.vn known Kltzhugh Leu for inaiiy years, writ- looked, tuoliabh because lie was an liu
womou tho son of one of them testified that lK u characteristic Curtis article for the u.nH favorite with lucully and cadets
ho saw tho moving mass sweeping down on Chap Hook about Fitzhugh Lee, says: When his class left West Po nl Leo n
HO lined IU wt'tu ll iuiib. ifim-iv u.'.n.i ... llliui H'W 111 nrnuiu i nnt., inn tui" i"
war times, which, he says, was due lo Hie tactics ami military science ami he wa-
fact that ho lost Ills razor. .More recently given a lieiilenaucy in Ibe famous Second
lie has worn an imperial ou ills chin, but cavalry, whoso colonel was Albert Sldue)
cut ll off while at Havana. He plays the Johnston. This body of rough riders
violin and piano and has a Hue barltoiio drought terror to lho Indians of the iioulh
voice, lie Is fond ot society, particularly west and In one of the lights hud with
that of young people, feels at homo every- them Leo got un arrow through his lungs,
where tindur till circumstances, lias a ten- wub carried on a litter for IMM) miles and
der sympathy nud deep poetic sentiment and won an honorable mention for gallantry In
used to wiito verses to his wife in the gcueial ordors. This was Ills baptism of
early days of their courtship. lire to later know the real meaning of war.
"1 asked him what three ihlngs ho liked when, going with his loved slate of
thu best lu tho world. Virginia into the eiinft deracy, he became
" 'Women, horses ami songs.' a co.onol of cavalry after leaving lleauro
" 'What Is your favorite song?' gard's stall" ami fioin that Hum until he
You Will Havo a Iloup o' Fun If You luid a major general's sword at tho feet of
tho troopers did. They sat their horses j0u Loo's Cuvalry." ' General Grant was consiiiully lu lho sad-
What of all you have seen most lu die, striking the enemy at all hours ami
and wero 'no bettor limn a rabble, your oxpurienco do you admire most'.'' at nil times.
'a lot of gutter snipes,' etc. 'That,' said 'My wife and daughter!..' " a IHnIIiiuiiInIm'iI l iunllj.
Lord Kitchener, who camo up, is not tho And this conversation more than any- Kltzhugh Leo comes from a dlstln-
wny to address men. They aru not thing I know or lulls the story of J'Mtzhugh gnlshed family, being a greai-grandsoii of
rabble, but soldiers, and to bo spokun to Leo from tho Introspeetloiilst's standpoint. Oenurul Harry Lee, "Light Horse Harry"
as such. No troops can bo trained lu that Ono ovenlng during tho early days or tho of revolutionary fame, and a nephuw of
fashion and the coninundor who does not Spanish-American war I met General O. O. General Hubert U. Leo, tho most con-
All Officer Rebuked
Llounet llurlelgh, ln tho London Dally
Telegraph, tells this story of Geuural
Kitchener: "A curtain yeomanry com
mander while on puntdo rated his men in
unmeasured terms. Nothing was right tint
respect his men Is unablo to lead them.' Howard at the Arlington In Washington, stilcuous llgure of the confederate states
the latter being several times larger than "Chlneao," laughed the careless youth. yyTho whole force, wo aro told, heard tho tho general having Just returned from a Kltzhugh nobody uver attaches Leo to his
tho former to withstand successfully tho "Over there the proprietors of tho gamlug .lobscrvntloit and the men wero as decor- tour of Inspecting tho camps of volunteers namo who knows him well- was burn lu
wear and tear of sea wash and tldo, an- establishments charge 10 cents to play tho''ously elated as tho yeomanry olllcer was In tho south. Tho talk drifted to Kltzhugh Clermont, Fairfax county, Vu., November
chors and other Bhallow wnter Injury. game and give $100 If you 'get' It. Youobvlously crestfallen." Leo, who had but a short tliiio before been yjt jHltr., and will theiefoiu be li!i years of
Tho core consists of seven fine copper
wires which carry tho current, covered
with pure Para rubber, which Is again sur
rounded by Para rubber compound and then
wound nround with cloth tape saturated
with tar, making thu entire cablo about
five-eighths of an Inch In thickness and
weighing fifty tons to thirty-five mllos of
cablo length. This is the deep soa cablo.
Tho shoro end cablo Is somewhat differ
ently constructed, Tho coro ls covered
with what Is called a beading made of Jute
yarn saturated with tar. Then comes an
armor of sixteen mild steel wires and an
outer coating of Jute ynrn saturated with
tar and coated with lime, making the total
thickness two and flvo-olghths inches.
Gutta-percha ln tho manufacture of cables
has been displaced entirely by pure Para
rubber, tho latter having been found tho
best to withstand tho depredations of the
toredo, an Insect that eats Its way to tho
coro of tho cable for tho sako of the gutta
percha, finally reaching tho copper wire and
thus soverlng the telegraphic communica
tion. The Safety Insulator Wire and Cable
company of New York manufactured B47
miles of tho 625 miles of cablo taken by
the nurnsldo, bolng tho greatest length of
submarlno cablo over mado in this country.
Tho cost was botween $800 and $1,000 per
ratio.
ninicult mill Delicate Job.
Laying tho cable ls going to be a difficult
and deltcnte Job. A crew of more than
twenty men will havo tho handling of tho
cablo and their duty will be to see that It
Is paid out properly and that It runs
smoothly from tho great tanks to tho dock
and thenco out Into the wa,er. If the
ocean bed were fairly level cable-laying
ago but a few days hence. Ho was under
!I0 when tho civil war closed, accepting
tho results or tho lulerneclne strife with
cheerfulness and good faith. Later be en
tered political life, having been elected to
congress, and lu 1SK.r was chosen governor
of his stale, which position ho tilled with
rare ability.
Fitzhugh Lee ls a splendid typo of tho
south, noted for Its culture ami Its
chivalry, and his coming (o Omaha ought
to be marked by a public reception that
would show to (his (itlzeii-soldlur tho deep
appreciation tho west feels with his detail
to the Department of tho Missouri.
E. C. KNYDEH
Limitations
Journal.
'Poltroon!" hissed
SPLICING THE CABLE FOR THE PHILI I'PINKS- CABLE HAS TO HE SPLICED AT THE END OF EVERY 2S0 MILES OF
LENGTH.
Detroit
Reginald.
Sir (iuy gnawed ills Hp vexedly.
"Why doesn't my sword leap from Its
scabbard?" he muttered.
Sir (iuy, understand, had been trans
planted from romantic fiction anil It win
i.ot eac for hlin to accustom himself to
the realistic sword, which, when not en
tirely lacking, Is notoriously devoid of that
which ln France Is termed Initial if.
What Result Would He
Chicago Post: "What wo need," said
the earnest citizen, "is a stricter enforce
ment of tho lunacy laws. Too many dan
gerous cranks are allowed to run at large."
"Pardon mo," interrupted i ho thought
ful man. "Have you slopped to think how
fow of us would bo out of tho asylums lu
presidential years If tho lunacy laws wero
really strictly enforced?"