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SIDELIGHTS ALONG
There I no love lout between Speaker Can
non, on the on hand, and Senator La Fol
lctte of Wisconsin on the other. Whenever
the speaker makes a spee h about Insur
gency In the house he Invariably drags In
the naroa of Senator Ia Follette and deals
with that legislator In a manner which
t leaves littla to the Imagination of tha
audience.
Senator La Follette has had a few obser
vations to make about Speaker Cannon
irl hi, own paper, hut he had an oppor
tunity to put one over on the speaker re
cently and he took advantage of It with a
broad grin on his face. Tha senator was
making a speech on the railroad bill.
Speaker Cannon came over from the house
and took a seat In th last row on the re
publican aide and began an animated con
versation with (Senator Cullon of Illinois
who, for ft moment, wae occupying the
chair of Senator Clapp, During bla speech
Senator La Follette turned and saw his
traducer. .lie continued his speech for a
few momenta and then paused, with hla
"right hand extended and In the middle of
an Important statement.
"I pause." said the senator with biting
sarcasm, turning In the direction of Speaker
Cannon, "until tha conversation near by
' may cease, I am making these Important
remarks on the subject of railroad legis
lation for the benefit of senators."
Vlca President Sherman, an old crony Of
the speaker, was presiding. There was
nothing for him to do but rap for order,
and aa he did so a smile went around the
senate. Uncle Joe" moved uneasily in his
chair, but held hla ground until Senator
Lei Follette resumed hla speech. He then
started for the door, but Senator Cullom
caught, him by the arm and took htm Into
the republican cloak room, where the con
versation was continued In the blue at
mosphere of tobacco smoke.
Not the least Interesting among the Cap
itol employes are the pages who run hither
and yon at the beck and call of members
( I'tlllilng the Chniu. t'nta of Meat In
ralatablr Dishes.
: BRAISED BEEF) POT ROAST AND
BEEF A LA MODE.
The above names are given to dlBhes
made from the leaa tender cuta of meat.
They vary little either In composition or
method of preparation. In all cases the
meat la browned on the outside to Increase
tha' flavor and then cooked In a email
amount of water In a cloColy covered ket
tle or other receptacle' until tender. The
Jatlftvor of tha dlah la aectired by browning
the meat and by the addition of the sea
soning vegetables. Many recipes suggest
that tha vegetables ha removed before
, serving and tho liquid be thickened.' Aa
Mhe vegetables ars usually extremely well
seasoned by ' meana of tha browned fat
nd the extracts of meat. It seems unfortu
nate not to serve them.
Of course, the kind, quality and shape of
tha meat all play their part In the matter.
Extra time Is needed for meats with a
. 'good deal of sinew and tough fibers auch
' as the tough steaks, shank cuta, etc.; and
naturally fillet, of bsef, or a steak from
prima cut, will take less time than a
- thick piece from the shin. Such dlshea
- require more time and perhaps mora skill
h fn their preparation and may Involve more
expense for fuel than the more costly outs,
which like chops or ter.der steaks may he
quickly cooked, but to tho epicure, aa well
Brightside and His
BT IaAFAYETTE PARKS.
, ."Prliea ara to t given by a New York
society In an effort to encourage youths
to take up tha science of aviation," re
marks BrlglYtstde, when the heh- apparent
a trolls in wltfti tha usual grist of advice
for tha guidance of hla parent,
i "Don't have to tiang up medals to coax
us to be high filers," replies Son, puffing
his cigarette with tha air of on who has
reached all altKudea.
"They seem to think the flying business
Is a good one for young men to get into
now ," resumes Father.
"Fin business for ambitious ginks to rls
In ths world, but it haa lit upa and downs,"
la Son suggestion. "When they do have
a come-down they know they've been
bumped without getting a diagram from the
boss of how It happened."
"I suppose rh higher on goes up In the
air ths more exciting the sport seems," li
Father's opinion.
''That's the dope among the hlah fliers
along Broadway," saya Son. "When the
golpi; s good, and only tha high spot are
touched, aa a reoreatton center the Great
White Way Aviation club haa got all other
outdoor or indoor sports lashed the
vngst.1
" '"It seems to me that it would be very
daagerous to fly about the city," cautiously
suggests Father.
'The trooUr rooxal flying isn't In it with
tha stunts of the city men birds." admits
Sun. "Sailing across green pastures and
Vncle ei's buckwheat crop. It you break
a wing, you r only apt to hit a tama cow.
When a chap falls oft his airship in Bread
fway, besides dodging taxlcabs and trolleys,
, there's always th bright eyed skirt brigade
' to aidsstep."
'If I Ti-ere In th flying machine business
I'd want to live by a river," Father opines.
Vje. thing." approve fion; then you
cojj lnit your aviator friends to drop
lustiaslonally."
did fall la It wouldn't hurt much J
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WASHINGTON BYWAYS
of tha house and senate. Tha history of
congress records more than one famous
statesman who received his training as a
pa boy. Tha littla chaps are. thoroughly
familiar with this history, and because of
It and every one of thetn Is fired with am
bition to some day occupy a seat In the
house or senate and to snap his fingers
at the page boys of future generations. It
Is not unusual for the pages to assemble
an hour or two before noon, appoint b
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speaker and hold a mock Besslon of the
house or senate, dlscusa legislation, points
of order, etc.
Senators have their favorite pages, and
so do the membera of the house. There
is one page In tha senate, however, who Is
a universal favorite, not only with mem
bera of congress, but with every one who
cornea In contact with him. Ills name la
Cornelius Spedden. and a brilliant career
ia predicted for him by every one who
watchea him speed away on errands for
the legislators. Cornelius is remarkable In
more ways than one. . He is a very hand
some chap and la also remarkably bright.
If a senator wants to send an important
message over to the house. It Is ten to one
that Cornelius la picked for tha job, and It
la a thousand to one that tho Job Is dons
well and with despatch.
Via Sose f
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Cornelius haa a prototype In tha house.
The boy has been known to every one aa
Foster, hla given name, so long that few
know hla last name. If Foster suspects
thai he can be of service to a member of
tha house or to the correspondents
ha performs that service before the member
or correspondent suspects that ha needs to
be served. He has a boyish laugh that
would excite a response from even such a
morose person aa Representative Shackle
ford of Missouri, and he haa at his tongue's
end all of the parliamentary language of
tha house, which he uses In ordinary con
versation, much to the amusement of the
members. Incidentally, Foster la an en
thusiastic follower of sports, particularly
base ball.
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a to tha average man, they are palatable
when rightly prepared.
BEAN POT nOABT.
Three pounds mutton (ahouldor), or three
pounds round or chuck ateak, one cup car
rota cut Into amall pieces, one cup potatoes
cut Into small pieces, one-quarter cup
sliced onion.
Cover the meat with boiling water. Place
the cover on the bean pot and let the meat
cook. In a moderate oven for two houra;
then add tha vegetables cut In half-Inch
cubes, with two teaspoonfuls salt; cook
until the vegeWblea are tender, which will
require about one hour; then serve, pour
ing a sauce over the meat, made from one
cup of the liquid In which the moat was
cooked, thickened with two tablespocnfuls
or riour.
Boy
Encouraging Yonthg
u High tlyerg ,
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and you could awlm ashore," continues
Father.
Landing in damp stuff Is the favorlt
pastime of oity hlglj fllera." announce Son
with the air of an authority. "Th only
oanger is oecause uiey don't swim out
soon enough. The Broadway Aviation
club ought to change the rule reading, 'One
spiasn, one souse,' to 'One drop, on drink.'
A club w ith hlg'hbrow ethics Ilk that ought
to ao wen."
"I notice a number of women have taken
to flying." Father resumes.
l a men can t Beat th dames when H
comes to tearing off th flighty etunta,
comments cynical 8on. "Hubby will tiav
to be mor careful than vr in til con
versatiou now to keep wide frog going up
in tn air."
l a want to be very sur the maohlne
was In perfect condition before I would
let my wife rid In an aeroplan," says
Father.
"Som guys might figure it would b
cheaper than aending wlfi out to Reno,"
surmise Son. "Take it from me, there'll
be a new song this summer entitled, "My
Wife's. Gone Up In an Alrhlp, Hooray
Hooray.' "
"If they would fly slowly there ought not
to be so much danger." la Father1 belief.
"Then If anything happened you wouldn't
hit th ground with so much force"
"If tis high filer always tiad tlm to pick
out the 'soft spot to fall on." conoludes
on. "life would be Just on bump of Joy
after another. But you never can tell when
you're going to land on tb rocks."
(Copyright. 110. by tb N. y. Herald Co.)
Th Olo-reahloaeet Wesaaa.
What has become of th old-fashioned
woman who used to get up and do a day's
work before her husband went to work?
Moat husbands today Juggle a fried erg
and a pot of coffee on th gas atov while
wifi ia asleep, or pretends to be, In a room
far enough away so th cooking aoeen't
annoy her.
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The Faith That Makes Faithful.
Ftomsns, :. "The righteousness which Is
of faith."
St. Paul here puts the philosophy of :he
right lift Into one word: Faith. Evidently
men or sense and candor n ill find their
pcrmunent Interest excited In the endeavor
to graup the meaning of that word. Salva
tion mut always remain the supreme con
cern with men of clear Idea". But salva
tion Is declared by St. Paul to be the fruit
of faith.
The true and fMthfu! iife with which God
Is pleased has -been the dream of all high
fouls since the world begun. And that Ideal
and most bleated life Is declared to be the
necessary fruit of faith. Not only so. But
In every part of Holy Scripture faith is rec
ognized aa the omnlpoten? spiritual force
by which our life is transfigured and made
beautiful In the eyes of Uod and in tho eye
of all pure and noble soiils.
There is a faith that is historical and
critical. It considers, the history of God's
plans and programs Nn Ills effort to re
cover the human race fpm sin. The ques
tion of the origin of the pamphlets which
we have bound together, and called "The
Bible'- that Is "The Book" la considered
by historical and critical faith. That Is
not a small question. U Is Immensely ser
ious and Important. There are many writ
ings In the world which men call "sacred,"
and many In which we find much that Is
valuable to man. But there are certain
high and clear marks which belong to
what we are willing to admit as a revela
tion from God, and It Is the province of
historical and critical faith to fix the list of
pamphlets that are up to that grade. The
rank of Jesus in tha universe of being Is
considered and fixed by the faith that is
historical and critical. He Is compared and
contrasted with all claimants to reverence
and faith of mankind. Ha is found
to be first among them In all the' quality
of His life from first to last. He never
comes to the place where He Is dominated
by the low motives of men with fleshly
hearts and dull eyes. All the other claim
ants are given to pathetio lapses In their
personal career. Then the things He says
In common with the other claimants to our
reverence are always better said; more hu
manly said. And the range of truth where
Ho aaye everything and all the others say
nothing. Is so extensive and so vital to our
happiness In this world and In tha next that
we find Hla place fixed lmpregnably. How
the heart and mind are rested In finding
One Teacher with Gibraltar-like founda
tions under His life and His teaching, and
Hla whole claim to the reverence and love
of mankind. Now everything which his
torical and critical faith consldera is Im
portant,, and may be said to. be a neces
sary part of the farth that makes faithful,
but the heart of the matter Is not here.
My next remark la to direct your atten
tion to two common errors concerning the
faith that makes faithful. The first of
these errors Is to suppose that the faith
which the scriptures count aa so Important
How to Reduce
Summer, tha tdeal season for reducing
superfluous flesh, should be taken advan
tage of by 'women' who. are too fleshy by
long, fast walks while dressed in heavy
flannels that will help produce profuse
perspiration and take off the faf.
such reduction regimen is not pleasant,
for ' In addition to physical discomfort a
patient must rise eatly to take the exer
cise before the heat of the sun would make
It too strenuous. .
Before starting on the walk a glassful of
hot water must be drunk.
Immediately pn returning all clothing
must be removed and the body sponged
with alcohol and warm water, a table
spoonful 'of the former to a pint of the
-M8MT. 1910. IV THE KCW
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PERSON WHO (80 vou T'Ta l
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rRfTHE SUM 5 SO I VrVr? ' f It TrKES HENKICKIS,
L J)rify Jtrihtt -wXy couldn't
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tor Hansoom Parx II. S. Church.
Is only possible to highly lniuglnative souls.
In short, tiiut faith itself Is nn act of the
Imagination wholly. Christian believers are
said to be good plclurers of scenes and con
ditions that cheer them. This error arises
from placing false premises In front of a
certain glorious conclusion, which Is evi
dent to all men, - namely, that the devout
have an unfailing source of cheerfulness.
Christ promised His own a Joy which' no
man could by any possibility take away
from them. That Joy they have. It trans
figures life and makes death glorious. Uut
it does not arise out of an aot of the Imag
ination. When you reflect a moment you
can see that the apostles were not Imag
inative men. They wero all practical and
matter-of-fact nisu. St. Paul was a logi
cian. - That was his Intellectual character
istic. St. Luke was a .physician a man of
Lacts. These were men of nouns and verba
not men or aojecuves ana aaveros. And
when you consider the unlettered men who
were among the first adherents and preach
ers of the new doctrine of salvation by
faith, it is manifestly ludicrous to describe
them as men of Imagination. The Christian
doea not create his faith with his imagi
nation, no more than the astronomer cre
ates the vast universe which ho sees with
his telescope.
The second of thsee common errors Is to
suppose that faith Is the result of reason
ing. The reasoning faculty Is a glorious
attribute In man. It la tho instrument by
which truth Is discovered. It Is always
difficult to use this fine Instrument prop
erly. For the most pai-t we use It as awk
wardly and aa unworthily as a house
painter would appear If he should try to
reproduce the Slatlne Madonna on a barn
door with a single color. So tha results of
our reasoning for the most part are colored
by our prejudice and our selfish Interests.
It Is all very sad. We are gradually com
ing out into the open, however, where love
Surplus Fat on Hot
latter. Such a bath, is both cieanaing and
refreshing. Then a cup of coffee or tea,
In which may -be milk, but not cream. A
light breakfast without hot bread, cereals
or potatoes. Instead thin dried toast, one
soft boiled egg, or at most, two, should be
sufficient 'to keep the . body nourished.
Water Uken throughout tho day, at Inter
vals of half an hour, will allay pangs of
hunger, and at no time should one eat
heavily.
-While a strict diet would undoubtedly
hasten the allmmlng process. It is not es
sential if discretion only Is used.
Such articles as sweets, cereals, cream,
pastries, etc., are flesh making and must
be omlttrd. So, too, are all fresh fruits
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mini., or historical faith which U the en
trance door to the glorious temnl. of n-
ing faith bin it can not b sold that -.Uie
faith that nuU faithful H the result of
reasoning.
Tills briiiRf me to say that the faith that
makes faithful Is a fire lighted in the soul
by the Holy Ohoet. It Is first, midst nnj
last supcrtuituial In th.it li comes to us
from Uod: ,md ye: it is natural In thut
our nature Ik uitc,l exactly to receive this
fire from Uod. Indeed, we are not In our
normal relation to God until He lights In
us this fire of faith. Precisely ni the body
Is alive and in health and in its normal
condition when that mysterious thing which
we call "life" I in the body, so In 1 !
manner the kouI Is alive and In health arid
In Its normal condition when that myster
ious thing which we call "faith" Is in the
soul; that Is, when the fire of Ood Is In
the soul.
It is not a. matter of consequence how
you interpret that great text in Kpheslans.
If you say that faith Is the girt of God.
or If you say that salvation Is the gift
of God, It all means one thing at last. The
faith-faculty in us is a gift from God. as
we ourselves are a gift to ourselves from
God. and tho fruit of faith, which la sal
vation, is likewise His gift. Principal
Shalrp told us long time ago in his "Cul
ture and Religion" that "Ueclpiency, and
not self-activity, is the primary law of life,
and the chief actor ia not man, but God."
Now, we have no more power to alter or
amend God's one method of producing the
faithful and pure life than we can alter or
amend His law for the circulation of the
blood God offers faith to every man as
the crowning glory of his life, and as the
adequate and only Inspiration to holy ac
tivity. Other Inspirations to activity there
are. But tha inspirations to holy activity
activity from pure motives comes only
from the faith that makes faithful. Not
only so, but this faith that makea faithful
Is the only effective and final argument for
the religion of the Christ. Think of that. The
schemes of apologetics and all arguments
for religion belong In the realm of historical
farth. These arguments may be resisted,
and reasoned against, and rejected. Of
course we think these arguments for re
ligion are rejected always with poor rea
sons, but nevertheless they are called rea
sons. But what argument against religion
can stand up in face of the fact of faith
ful living through the inspiration of the
fire of faith in the heart. Absolutely not
one. Quite all Christians are sound In the
fundamental matters of the faith that Is
historical and critical. Would It were as
true to say that quite all Christians are
sound In the faith that' makes faithful.
This sort of soundness In faith Is the fun
damental matter In religion. The whole
world Is now coming to recognize It. We
arc at last coming to understand what the
Holy Scriptures teach arid what the world
needs. . .
Summer Days
But a moderate amount of food, well mas
ticated, will keep strength and not deprive
lire of any joys of eating.
Water should nevr b taken with meals,
MARGARET MIXTER.
Why cannot a man show hla wife that he
appreciates her efforts to plea's him? Why
cannot he praise the pudding of his wife
as well as the cooking of his neighbor,
Mrs. Jones? Why cannot he Bpeak kindly
of her mince pie, and Charitably of her
sponge cake? Why cannot he pay that the
new hat Is becoming to the face of the
woman who loves him? Kind words make
his wife happy, and no decent man ought
m withhold them, A
VWIHillWUi
i,, mi ih ui- supreme pas.-I..:!. Now the
reason Is in cotiH.nnt use In securing the
Things You Want
The am lim itation of congress of the
building ,of two new IT.noi) ton batlleehlps
marks the highest notch In naval progress
yet reached. One of these snips will be as
large as two of the best which took part
In the Spanish-American war. In gun power
It will surpass the strength nf nny three
of the ships which helped to sink Cevera's
fleet off the mart of Cuba. The fourteen
Inch guns whl h these new monsters w III
mount ate powerful beyond anything yet
known to naval ordnance. With a 8lo
pound ehargo of smokeless powder, of an
explosive force compared w ith which dyna
mite seems as harmless as sawdust, they
hurl a 1.40i) pound shell through the air
at an Initial velocity of nearly one-half
mile a second. So great Is the force with
which tills shell Ih propetted that It has a
posslhle taiige of nearly twenty-five miles.
At seven miles it will pierce the henvlest
armour that covers tho hull of any battle
ship n any European navy. At every
broadside ofi these two ships their twenty
fourteen Inch guns will hurl foutteen tons
of metal against the opposing fleet. This
metal will be propelled by nearly eight
tons of powder, and the aggregate cost of
each broadside will represent more than
the annual salary of the admiral of the
navy.
It Is claimed by the English that they
stand ahead of all the rest of the world
In the manufacture of powerful guns. They
use the wire-wound method of gun manu
facture. The guns consist of a compara
tively small steel tube wrapped with wire.
H Is asserted that when thus made the
guns can stand a pressure of front ninety
to 100 tons to thfe Inch, as compared with
a pressure of from thirty-four to forty-four
tons to the inch in the case of steel-jacketed
guns, such as ate used In the American
navy. American ordnance experta do not
agree with those of England in this parti
cular, and, while they admit that the life
and safety of th British gun may give
them some advantage, yet they assert that
these advantages are counterbalanced by
othera In favor of the American guns.
There is a wide difference of opinion as
td what the actual cost of the new battle
ships Is to be. It was asserted recently by
Senator Hale, who for a long time was
chairman of the Naval committee, that the
ultimate cost of each vessel would be be
tween $16,000,000 and 118,000.000. On the other
hand, the present chairman of the com
mittee, Senator Perkins of California, de
clared that the cost would not be more
than 19,000,000 for each ship. Later, Senator
Lodge said that $11,000,000 would approxi
mate the actual coat. If th experience of
the past may be taken aa a criterion,
tho figures stated by Senator Halo will
more nearly represent the ultimate cost
than thoae given by Senator Perkins. But,
however much they may cost, It is but little
aa compared with the outlay In heir up
keep. In times of peace they will require
th services of 1,000 men, and an outlay of
$1,000,000 a year for maintenance. This out
lay will be exceeded to a considerable ex
tent in time of war.
So rapid has been the progress In naval
armament in the paat decade that the last
word of yesterday in battleship building
goes almost unreckoned today. Even the
great Dreadnought, which but a few years
ago waa tha talk of naval circle through
out all th world, and the admiration and
despair of every rival of John Bull, ' today
seems hopelessly eclipsed by the monsters
that are being authorized by tb various
government. Two of th battleships Just
authorized by the American congress would
make more than three like the first Eng
lish Dreadnought.
Not only have battleships grown in size
and in the strength of their guns, but also
In their efficiency. The use of steam tur
bines instead of th'reclprocating engine
haa brought about a wonderful improve-'
nient in speed and ecenomy of coal. The
Delaware of 20,000 ton displacement, burns
less coal than the Connecticut of 16,000 tons.
Th Massachusetts, with a tonnage of
slightly more than half a much aa that of
th Delaware, required mor fuel to ateam
sixteen .knots an hour than the Delaware
requires to steam twenty-one knot an
hour. Thla earn condition of economy has
been found to be possible In other branches
of battleship operation. In the matter of
lubricating oil a vast saving haa been ef
fected, and a a big battleship uses thou
sands of gallons of oil a year, th import
ance of this item is not to be overlooked.
On some of the newer vessels oil is forced
Into the bearing of- the machinery under
heavy pressure. This has been instru
mental In effecting great savings through
the overcoming of hotboxea and similar
troubles. It was noticed in the examination
Types We Meet Every Day
BY BOBBIE BAFFLE.
t-ays Trivia, with an anxious brow
"Commencement day are coming now,
When every serious colleg maid,
In gown and mortar-board arrayed,
Spends many a thoughtful hour at home
Writing her 'graduation 'pome'
That shall, In proud or puny verse,
Illuminate th universe!
"After four years of toll and grind
Th erstwhile freshman you will find
Transformed Into a senior grave,
Learned, sedate and grown ao brave
That serious problems of ths times
Are solved completely in her rhymes) '
Oh, yes, her proud or puny ttm
Illuminate th universe!
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' tih tells the world bow It should wag',
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Korrnt Naval
lrogiTM
of bearings that had run tor thousands of
knots until r such pressure that even tho
tool marks were not worn off.
In number of wnja tho I'nlted States
h.is an Important advantage over other na
tions In Its naval strength. The avcraijo
ago of Its effectlvo warships Is less than
that of any other nation. This lins re
sulted In keeping wightly ahead of all
other countries in tho effectiveness of our
defense lOngland Usually has led the ny
In tho adoption of Improvements In battle
ship construction. Tho I'nlted States has
followed closely enough upon the heels of
John Bull to afford It nn opportunity to
profit by the mistakes as well as by the
triumphs of British naval constructor. It
must not be supposed, however, that tho
United States lu lacked Initiative uluu
obvious advantage were to be lutd. The
new lattice work mast rf the American
dieadnouRht Is One of the evidences- of the
progressiveness of tho American naval
architect.
For years thero has been a constant
rivalry between gun power and armor re
sistance. As soon as new method of nuk
ing armor more rapatdn of resisting th
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of their guns and the. slsa of their thclls,
and for years It seemed that the race was
to be an undecided one. At Inst the gun
maker began to secure a slight advantage,
and he la now; at that point where his shells
can pierce the heaviest armor it Is practic
able to place on a battleship. The armor
plate manufacturer has. In the meantime,
so enhanced the resisting qualities of his
armor that thirteen inches of the best mod
ern armor Is more powerful than, fifty
Inches of ordinary wrought Iron. Knowing
well that the gun la superior to th armor
the modern commander will fight hla btitllo
at a very long range, perhaps five miles
will be the average range between opposing
fleets In the battles of the future. It has
resolved Itself' down Into tho point wheVe
the battleship is like tho prize fighter tho
one which haa the longest reach possesses
the advantage.
In the new fourteen-lnch guns, tha ,
American navy will have an effective
fighting rang greater than that of the
navy of any other country. Even ltd
twelve-Inch guns have a range that Is
great and accurate. One of these was '
tested on a range of nearly ten miles, atid
five shot struck within 10Q yards of each
other. The range of the fourteen-lnch gun
will be greater by several miles, and with
the progress that la being made In firing
accuracy, the American dreadnoughts Just
authorized will be able to land shells upon
opVoslng fleets while the enemy's shots
yet fall short of their mark. It will be the
aim of th commander of a squadron of
such vessels to defeat the opposing fleet
before It can get Into good fighting range.
On of the main efforts In present-day
battleship construction Is to make them
safe against torpedo attacks. Since a little
submarine boat of the American navy mado
Ha own way at sea for many hours under
such weather conditions aa led to th
breaking of the cable by which It w as being
towed, the world haa come to the con
clusion that the aubmarlne boat possesses
hitherto unsuspected elements of strength
and danger to opposing fleets. While the
United States has been looking well after
the construction of these little engines of
war, it has hardly kept paua with some ot
the European countries In thla regard. Its
recent provision for five new submarines
will glv it front rank In the number of
these vessels.
' England recently launched Its largest
fighting craft, the Colossus. . It Is more
than 4,000 tons lighter than the two new
vessels authorized by Congress. It has a
displacement of 22,600 tons. All ten of Its
twelve-Inch guns may be fired broadside on
either side, and in addition to these, it has
a large number of thirty-five-pound guns
disposed throughout the ship in such a
way as to make them effective in repelling
torpedo attacka.
Tho new battleships will be built under
the eight-hour law. Thla 1 taken by some
to mean that they will cost at least $1,000,000
mor than they would If. they wer built
without this provision In the law authoriz
ing their construction. On the other hand,
it Is claimed that in the experience of Ger
many and som other countries, more work,
has been accomplished by the elght-hour-a-day
laborer than the one' who has been
worked for longer hours. The whole coun.
try will watch this latest test of Ui eight
hour labor contention.
BY FBESZsUO J. BABKUT.
Tomorrow Canadian-American risUrii,
The Bwcct Girl
Graduate ..
Urgca reformers not to lag.
Teaches the suffragettes to vote,
Points out the bluck sheep and tha gout,
Enlighten art, solves work and wage,
Uplifts the drama and the stage,
And In lier proud or puny vtrse
Illuminates th universe!
i
"At twenty sh is far moro wlbe
Than gray-haired men with tired eyes.
gh rocks no cradle, yet she shows
Why Infanta should not bite their tore;
Of present fashions she Is Judge;
She knows Just how to muk good fudge;
But, mor than all, her puny vers
Illuminates tb universe!
r
"Don't Judge her harshly," Trivia said,
"Beoause you sue hsr pretty head
Ia full of many teamed things
Dates, formulae and lists of kings.
Sha gained so much she needs must yearn
To glv back something in return
That why her proud or puny vers
Illuminates th universe!"
(Copyright, 1810, by the N. Y, Herald Co.)
Daily Health Hint.
In cases where th muscle are Injured
or are so weak that lltU exercise can be
taken, rubbing, beating and .plnohlng them
so as to increase the flow of blood into
them is Important and helpful.
Saal Oversight.
How many persons who go
Away on vacations to loum
Take trunkfuls of perfectly useless things
And leave their manners at home.
T' E' M'
A f Irrwsriln.
Now the sowing snd the weeping,
Working hard and waiting long;
Afterward the golden leaping,
Harvest home and giateful song.
1 li. lUvergaJ.
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