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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1007. D OLD IRONSIDES REPAIRED! Funoui Frigate Constitution u It ia Today. SOT THE CONSTITUTION 07 OLD PlaTereaea Betweea Ita Pmil aa4 Ita ftrait lftru Anar4 with Dinar Oaas F1S I Uage ftlll Laeki. BOSTON. Sap. .-Betdee the local sjueetlon of the retention of the Constitu tes at thta port, there ta another relating to the method and purpose of the repairs triad ta tha vessel K tha Intention of the Navy slepartnumt haa beea simply to re pair tha ship tha result la a success, but tt It meant ta restore It aa It waa during tta cruises of Ull-14 the following will. It la hoped, enable tha public to form an eptnhra an the subject. Old Ironsides lies at Its dock In the bavy yard here, a noble looking vessel, a type of Its data and balld. Ita spars literally tower above tha water to Ita main true, m feet la the air. Tet Its masts aad yards look very slender and are un questionably not so heavy aa those orig inally stepped and crossed. - Whoever rx mines a copy of Its old sail ale a. now ban flag ta Ita main cabin, can aee that Its malnyard waa 104 feet long. Pfcai In tilbp tf.n v la nnl myu4 ninety: the frigate's greatest breadth af brant being (erty-three feet six Inches, tha yard's over sang will convince even a landsman. The ship's lower masts, compared with tta stse and age, must be smaller than the rlglnaj spars. When It waa built spare and rtggtng were made much heavier and ta. laker la proportion than the rig of today. Haaaller la Every Way. Ita channels and chain plates are much mailer than those first built and fitted. When It waa launahed the channels of a man-of-war of Ita aise Us scantling was that of a British first rater were long enough and broad enough to seat several snaa In armchairs, as ean be seen by any aa who will consult tba working plana and drawings, or a model made to scale, of any war vessel of the Constitution's tonnage built within ten years of V7S7, When the frigate waa launched. Ita head apara, bowsprit. Jlbboorn and flying Jlbboom are aa long and alender In " proportion aa thoae of a yacht. If any yacht aow oanloo tha two last named spars, ail these are nearly as long aa the mlzsenntast and their steeve, or angle at which they project. Is great In the nautical fashion of lUi It never carried a apritsall, aa moat hips of Its rig and time did, but Instead a giant pair of "whiskers." a spar Ilka unto aprttsall yard, secured athwartshlps under the cap of tha bowsprit and through which certain ataya of headgear ran. which baa today been nobly Imitated. In 1SB4 tba Constitution waa rebuilt at tha Portsmouth navy yard. Tha constructor the In charge told aa ear wltaeaa, aow living, that only a few of its original tim bers remained In it, but that all new work Waa cat and rebuilt on tta old lines. v Model f Ita Oar. Ita model la tha conventional one of Its time, improved and refined by Tankee brains. Bound bodied, full bowed above tha water line, Ita greatest breadth of beam la a little abaft the foremast, Its topsldes tumble roundly home and Ita present hull. which repeats Its old form, is that of a atatalv and still beautiful veaseL 0 Tha old ship's cutwater ends In a plain nlllet head. Ia Mil It bora a female figure head emblematic of tha Constitution of VfL from tha hawseholoe up It la sow ornamental with a acrawly meander In re- Bet, white on tha black ground of the ves eel's paint, enclosing In one of Its eon- volutions a shield with three bars and no tare. Tha stern Is ornamented with Ave stars above a spread eagle, bearing on Ita breast shield with thirteen white stars on a blue ground and thirteen bars, alternately red and white, tha rest In white relief. Be neath tba above, under the stern windows. the word "Constitution" is painted lu plain white letters. AU tha above ornament, forward and aft, la later than 18U, or badly copied. Louis At v or, rranoe, wnose warship were 1 bright with sculpture, painting and gilding, employed two artists called the king's painters ta beautify his navy yard. Would that tha bureau of construct ion and repair or me united (states navy could be per auaded to employ an artist, or at least some designer with artistic feeling, to beau tify our mea-of-war. Whoever examinee tha stem, and atsrn decorations and letter- tag af tha United Btatea navy wlU echo UkVs Wish. Black aad White at Tradition. Old . Ironsides la aow painted black and white after the men-of-war fashion of 1820. Previous to the campaign of Trafalgar, British aaval captains painted their ships ratty much aa they fancied eometimos striped with red but before his last battle Nelson ordered his fleet Into the conven tional black and white of the succeeding decades. It haa not yet been definitely determined hew tha Constttattoa was painted from laU to IS. Tha records af the Boston navy yard might possibly show what paint waa put oa board of it when It waa fitted ut ta 112; It certainly was not then painted biaok and white. Tha bureau of construc tion and repair eould probably aolva this problem if It cared to do so. . One record did exist, and perhaps still a-lsta. rtfty years ago aa oil painting et ana artlstia merit, representing tha aotloa between tha Constitution and tha Ouarrtera. wherein the former waa de pleted of a wood color, with aheerstrakes la a darker shade, picked out with green, afte the fashion at Uudsoa river aloopa and schooners and coasters generally up ta 1150. hung In the picture gallery of Tale college. This picture waa said to have beea done by a participant la the light. Tha old frigate's draught forward la mow marked In numerals on Its bow up te II feet, bat la not noted on Its stern; Its beat trim tn Mis ta lilt waa II (set forward and II feet aft. It is now. with the exception of a little ballast and . Ita guns, flying light and does not draw tore taaa II feat. Araaaaaewt aaa Uai. With all its srew, amaaunlilw and toraa aa board It dlsplaoed 1.200 toae. Then Ita freeboard, to the portaills uf Ita mala deck, waa from eight to ten teat, aooardlag ta tha sheer af the ship, which enabled It te fight Its mala deoc guns lg heavier weather than any af lu opponents could, and waa one of the causes af Ita success. It was originally pierced for fifty-four guaa, a ad It has today that number, of portholes. In 111! It carried fifty -five Cannes. Today Cfty-feur of a kind which look real protrude through Ita porta and give the aid lady a vary grim look, la Its waist tha spaoa oa Ita spar deck between tha aaainmast and tha third port abaft tha foremast Its bulwarks are lower, lees thick thaa elsewhere, have ta stern, nearly 101 foot, a part aad oarry aa baasatook aettlaga, tor re sons whlvh will shortly be as plained, j Tba rest of Ita rail la five feet sad aarriea kaanmeok netting, wkiah, wkaa sUVed, will au-ce it about els and one-half feet high. So much for IBs out board look of tha groat frigate. Inboard Ita spar deck la unique; It Is what Is called a flush deck, that Is, on Whose planking stretchre unobstructed, ive fcy necessary snip a gear, from stem la 1U1 to UU it was eeea In Its waist. Mtl frte IK Amntt Mmmm and IK. nnrk.ti to the main deck, that is. the deck clanking '. was not laid tbsre save on two narrow paces eight or nine feet wide outboard from tha starboard and nort or larboard as it was then called rati: these passage ways wars called gangways. Over tha above mentioned open space, on . the spar deck beams, the shin's snare snara and certain large boats were stowed. Straggle ta the Oaag-war. This msss of snare and boats tnnk tin an much of the breaillh at tha ahln that Ih.m. was not room on tbe gsngways for the manning or recoil of guns; hence the wstst of every eighteenth century msn-o'-war waa wnnout ports or armament, and hence the many desperate fights for the "gang ways,- the .only means of communication between the forward and after nart nf a vessel when boarded by an enemy. A small, but beautifully worked mnriel of the Constitution, in Ivory or bone, stands in a glass case in the frigate's main cabin. It la made to scale and shows the open waist above mentioned and other details. Its steering wheel ia modern and at leant one foot leas In diameter than the wheel of ixl J. In 1800 the Constitution was sent to Annapolis and the wheel of 1812 waa then on board; It waa with the greatest difficulty that the midshipmen of tha academy were prevented from cutting It to plecea for souvenirs. The landsman should remember that tha steering wheel of a frigate of the Constitu tion s stse in Ml 2 waa composed of two wheels, several feet apart, maoVj fast to the same barrel, which controlled the tiller ropes and moved the tiller which steered the ship. "hock for Verity. , In 1811 the Constitution's armament was, on Us soar deck, as follows- rn tha quarter deck, that la. from the stern to Ita mainmast, sixteen .32-pounder carronades; on the forecastle, that Is. from the bow to the waist., hlx 32-DOunder rarrnnaries torn lone; It-pounders and one long 18-pounder. ioar it carries la nlace of tha ahnva twenty-four dummy or a ham ean nnn. rnllirh Imitations , of Ha old . 24-pounders. lately) and carelessly cast, onlv half- wav hnrert and even without sham vents. A shudder must have run thrmirh tha timbers of the old ship when these things i were brought on board and mounted upon I t ew, four trucked oak carriages, lmlta- ' uone of those of 1811 But Its timbers must have groaned when the brceohings of these shams were drove through holes cut in the center of tbe cheeks of the new carriages. If these guns could be fired their recoil would snap off their trunnion ' caps, or cannon and carriages would turn ! somersaults. In 1812 to 1814 the breechlnir. ! of all naval guns, except carronades, which nag none, were Invariably rove or passed i mrouga breeching rings or Ioodb cast on the oascabela of tha cannon. Reply of aa Admiral. Tha rear admiral, commandant h yard, while on board the Constitution, i was asked by a etvll yonng person, 75 years old, whether he had ever before aeon or heard of a gun's breeching being drove through lu carriage, and replied, mystically and brusquely: "You are too young to know." Tba admiral waa at tha Una nerenn.iiv conducting a congressional oommlttee and . probably had troubles of bis own. Tha main deck batteriea of tho old frig- ' ate are composed today of thirty sham ' sf-pouaaera, duplicate of and mounted like those on tba apar deck. Its state cabin consists of an Inner and outer room, occupying the after part of the main deck. Including two of ita gun's. In the outer room elands the model already re ferred to. The ship's wardroom and the quarters of Its Junior and warrant offlcera are on tha berth deck aft. The officers' state rooms are dimly righted by glass air porta eight or nlaa Inches In diameter. All the bulkheads and partition on the ship are modern, of pine, painted white, Ita boats, anchors, shotracks and a thousand other fittings iteoessary for Its complete equipment have not yet been provided, or at least not yet sent oa board. cost "of wild animals Coyotes, Bears aad Walvea Make In roads oa Fralts of Ore ( g" farmers. "Coyotes, wolves, bears and lions cost Oregon over tt.OO8.Q00 a year. On million of that alone la In the sheep killed. The otner million la a low estimate of the loss 1n calves, chickens, colts and pigs eaten, or rather killed., by the wild animals. Coyotes and wolves are much thicker to day than they ever were when Oregon waa practically a wilderness. With so much to eat that can be killed so easily the wolves, and especially tha aoyotea. bred fast and live long. When Oregon had a 13 bounty on coyotea It coat the atate 1100,000 a year; that Is, about 100,00ft scalps were brought In during the twe years the bounty was offered. "The effect was' at one seen on the range. Our losses dropped off to a mere fraction of what they had been or are to day. But Portland and Multnomah county objected to paying bounty, so It was taken off and the wolves turned loose on the flocks again because this city and county had tha vote, and did not see the Im mediate result of the bounty. The result la that while Oregon save 1100,000 a year on bounties It loses 11,000.000 on sheep alone. And this loss Portland and Multnomah county pay the bulk, for we sheepmen have to raise the price of mutton to cover tha loas or quit business. "The loas by wild animals today la sheep lone Is 19 per cent of the Invested capital every year. I figured up what the wild animate have cost ms la the past thirty five yeara. and it adds up, without count ing Interest, to over 1600,000. If I add In terest at the usual rates the total amount ia over loo,ooo. That Is a fine meat bill for one sheepmen to have to pay Just to feed coyotes. Is It aott "Of course the cutting down of the tree open range la changing the condition of aheepmea in thla state greatly. In five years practically no open rang flocks will be run. They wUl all be fed from cut food, as Is done In other statea east of here. This Is bound to come. It cannot be helped, and la the end the result In good to all concerned, not only to the sheepmen, but to every pereoa la tha slat. It means that the land aow wild will be cultivated, cropa now sold Just off the field will then go te tha market In the form of wool, leather and meat, and that where one man la now employed from five te lea will have work tending the aheep. It ale means a much higher grade of sheep, but leas ot them, at least for soma time to com. "It la the asm old story ot oattle tn Taxaa all over again bar In aheep. I run O.ooe sheep on 8,000 acre of land; three sneep, rougniy. to two acre of land. Ia ton on acre will Support far more sheep , thaa that, Jut how saaay depends oa the skill of the ralaer and U farnMr. Port land Oragonlaa. 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It's by far the greatest fiteel Range value that waa ever presented for your consideration. Thla Range Is made ot.ntFH h'vy Beesemer cold rolled ateel. It la a full flue Range with new scientific hot air circulation about the oven. Haa large firebox, with duplex grates for burning either coal or wood; has large square oven, patent balance oven doors, large high warming closet, and an abundance of nickel trimmings. Its perfect In its operation and Is absolutely guaranteed. It's a moat excellent baker. The price means a saving to you of i.00 to 10.00, and you may pay for tha Range on the following ensy terms: 92.00 CASK KD BOO WtltlT. Imperial Monarch Brus sels Rug. 9i2 teTt 15.75 Deliveries Made in Unlettered Wagons i Mil i Absolute Satisfaction Guaranteed The Imperial Monarch Brussels Rug Is woven specially for us by one of tha largest and best known rug weavers on thla continent The pattern la controlled excluslely by the great Hartman chain of stores. 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It's the best oak heater in Omaha for the money.