PRESS,
VOLUME XX.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDA Y, AUGUST 16, 1905.
.NUMBER 33
THE
FRANKLIN
, Among the hard things in this world
(0 understand are mules, women, gaso
line engines, automobiles, and wlrelesi j
telegraphy, says the Atchison Globe.
The king of Spain has been made a
genera! In the British army. Now
let Russia make htm an admiral In the
litisulan navy. Russia needs a "new
admiral. l
Julian Hawthorne says you should
lesrn where your muscles are. That Is
a good idea much better than learn
In where Home other man's muscles
arc and how hard he can hit with
them.
Wonders never cease. Four of the
onr'e policemen who were accused of
t.slng unnecessary violence during a
patriotic demonstration t HelslngforB,
Finland, have been convicted and sen
tenced to prison.
Whltclaw Reld's salary as ambassa
dor to England Is $27,600 smaller
than his house rent in London, but
being a newspaper man, he will not
mind the trifling discrepancy, thinks
the Atlanta Constitution.
J. Plerpont Morgan pays his house
hold secretary $10,000 a year. Possi
bly your hired girl would stay longer
If you paid her a salary like that and
called her yonr household secretary,
suggests the Washington Post.
It has often been said that the iron
Industry Is the business barometer
when that Is prosperous all other
branches will be prosperous too, states
the Milwaukee Wisconsin. If this Is
true, the outlook in the United States
Is encouraging for everybody at the
present time.
A British Investigator has made tho
important discovery that thero are
two kinds of nerves, one set construct
ed for conveying sense of pain, tho
ether for purposes of touching. Why
hasn't this been a matter of common
Knowledge for many centuries, asks
(he Koston Transcript.
The announcement of certain Judges
in this city that hereafter they will
Impose much more serious penalties
for automobile "scorching" is to be
received with profound satisfaction by
the law-abiding part of the commun
ity, avers the New York Tribune. It
Is high time that such an announce
ment was made.
Swkk to Trent
through passengers
felling library has b;
or them a while away
olley roads In the sutarr
the system of private right
Instead of using the hlghw
will become popular and
competitors with the steam
Every Improvement in suburban traf
fie will create an additional fare-pay
ng population.
This country Is producing Iron from
raw materials at the rate of twenty
two million tons a year, and ipme are
curious as to where such an enormous
product goes to. If that product were
loaded on a train that train would be
ten thousand miles long, or over three
times the distance from New York
City to San Francisco, Cal. Six nun
dred pounds per capita are produced
each year In this country. This Iron
. la consumed In this country, asserts
the Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald.
Next to no pig Iron Is exported. Wo
are great producers, and still greater
consumers. We make nearly one-half
the world's product, and stranger still
we have no pig Iron to sell.
The Infrequency with which Porto
Rico figures In newspaper headlines
nowodaya. Is the best evidence of the
prosperity and growing content
ment of our West Indian dependency,
declares the New York Tribune. Only
; a tew years ago the American press
3 was fall of gloomy pictures of the isl
and's industrial condition and gloom
. ler prophecies of the future. Now the
akeptlc and the pessimist find their oc
cupation gone. The development of
Th
sT
roads. I
the island's trade baa been steady, and
..., the old restlessness . and discontent
. have given way to a feeling of con
fidence and satisfaction.
, The large American cities, as a rule,
are far behind the great European
municipalities in making provision for
public comfort and civic beauty, states
the Philadelphia Ledger. Nearly 13,-
000,000 has been expended for tree
planting on the boulevards of Paris.
The New England cities owe their at
tractiveness to the noble elms thai
grace the streets. The Providence
Journal, In calling attention to the ap
proach of Arbor day, says that Rhode
Island has kept It loyally since 1887,
and always with enthusiasm. A New
England writer truthfully remarks that
a village shaded by thoroughly grown
elms can not but be handsome. - "lu
houses may be huts; its street may
b ribbed with rocks or channeled with
ruts; it may be as dirty as New York,
and yet these vast, majestio taber
nacles of the air would redeem into
beauty, Tim It the only architect ol
such structures, and blessed art they
for whom tlm wi pltaitd. to fort.
mink."
'
Circumstantial Evidence
By LIEUT.
41 it it IIHHWtHltl 1 1 1 1 1 1 nwtT
Frank Osgood and Harry Cummlngs
were two young fellows who had been
friends, from earliest childhood, and
schoolmates together up to the age of
fourteen, in Bristol, England.-Their
fathers were merchants, and the fami
lies were very well off aa regards this
world's goods. The two young men,
having secured as good common school
education as was possible, both enter
ed the counting rooms nf their respec
tive parents, and were still boon com
panions until they chanced to make
the acquaintance of Miss Mary Marr,
a girl in their own sphere of society,
and about the same age as the young
friends.
- Still for some months after their In
troduction to Miss Marr, there was no
unpleasantness between them, but by
and by the simple acquaintance seem
ed to ripen Into one of Intimacy be
tween the three, and all at once it
flashed upon both Harry and Frank
that they were both ki love with Mlsa
Marr, and as both could not marry
her, a source of rivalry was inevitable.
Yet so well founded was their long
and consistent friendship that there
was no exhibition of feeling upon the
subject between them, and to all out
ward appearances they were still the
best of friends when together.. But
when absent from each other a spirit
of antagonism very naturally suggest
ed itself, until by degrees it did not
fail to be manifest in public.
The y ng lady had uoj shown any
preference between them, and If she
had a choice she thus far kept it quite
to herself. She treated them so nearly
alike, and regarded both with such un
disguised good will and friendship,
that the moat acute observer could de
tect no partiality.
Frank Osgood and Harry Cummlngs
each Imagined himself tho favored one,
and put Just such Interpretations upon
her words snd smile as "he pleased.
Thus matters remained for a consid
erable time without having progressed
to such a stage as wo.ild warrant cith
er in seeking to formally make known
his pretensions, or to ask of Miss Marr
her own avowal of affection.
But in the meantime the slight
change. In the feelings of Harry and
Frank toward each other grew to be
something quite serious, and they mu
tually wondered how they could ever
have been good friends in times past.
They no longer spoke to each other.
If they met they would turn their faces
away without the least recognition,
and this Damon and Pythias appeared
as though they only lucked tho means
in uruei v acuroy
'elr friends and nt-
iserved the change, and
soon learning of the intimacy of the
young men at the house of M'.ss Mr.rr,
they were not long In drawing the very
natural deduction that jealousy was
at the bottom of this discord between
the two long-tried young friends. Of
euurse, there was nothing which other
parties could do in the i remises, how
ever much this state of affairs might
be regretted.
Miss Marr was a very sweet and ac
complished girl of eighteen, and no
one wondered that the gentlemen found
so much pleasure in her so-.lcty. She
saw how bitter a feeling s'.ic had been
the cause of creating between Harry
and Frank, and, In her very delicate
ond sensitive nature, r.he deeply re
gretted It, and said to herself:
"When 1 come to let them know
which of them I prefer, then the bitter
hate which now exists between them
will all be transferred to the heart of
one."
This was very true.
The bitterness between the .former
friends seemed to increase daily, until
finally meeting by themselves, they
deliberately proposed to each other to
seek some quiet spot and to settle
their pretensions to the hand of Miss
Marr with pistols.
This was but a few years since,
when resort to the duel in England
was scarcely heard of. But so much In
earnest were these rivals that they
agreed to this plan, selected the spot
for the purpose, and made, very se
cretly the necessary arrangement!).
When, by some mistake all was discov
ered, they were brought before the lo
cal court and put under heavy bonds
to respect the lawsnnd to behave
themselves properly. This ended the
proposed duel, though they had been
quite in earnest.
The families of Osgood and Cum
mlngs lived in outlying cottage houses
in the suburbs of Bristol,, and not far
separated from each other, all the oth
er members of these families being on
the best of terms.
One morning the neighborhod be
came very much excited over the fact
that Frank Osgood was missing. The
window of his room was open and
very near the ground, by which means
certain tracks indicated that he had
left his father's house. He had taken
nothing away with him except the
clothes he usually wore, so far as could
be discovered, and after a whole day's
search for him the matter of his sud
den disappearance began to look quite
serious.
Beneath the window by which young
Osgood eeemed to have made his es
cape during the night there we're foot
prints In , considerable numbers; as
though there had been more than one
person present at the time.
While these tracks continued In the
yard on the soft ground, they could be
traced, and an Impression had been
carefully taken of them by the po
lice. . .
In the meantime every effort was .
made to discover a solution of the
mystery, but all to no purpose.
Harry Cummlngs found the 'coast
clear, so to- speak, and In a few days
he ventured to tell Miss '.Marr how!
tenderly he loved her, and bow long
be bad done so. To hi great delight
be found that bis affection was re
ciprocated. The excitement t the sudden disap
pearance of Frank Oegcol jn no way
abated.
Suddenly It Wag jwMtowej.. hpw
a
JIURRAY.
bitter an enmity had lately sprung up
between him and young Cummlngs.
The officers of the law even referred te
the proposed duel which had been pre
vented by the Interference of the au
thorities, and It was more than hinted
that possibly Harry Cummlngs might
throw some light upon the matter.
In bis absence from home one day,
a detective called at his house with a
search warrant, much to the conster
nation of the family. This officer had
with blm a measure representing the
footprints under the missing man'
windows, and he found that Harry's
shoes just fitted the Impression, which
seemed to him to be Buch conclusive
evidence of his having been present
beneath the window that be sought the
uflke of the district attorney at once.
Strange whispers were heard about
the neighborhood. Harry Cummlngs
was kept under close surveillance by
the local police. All his Incomings
and outgoings were carefully observed,
but nothing suspicious could be found
against, him except the fatal accuracy
with which his shoes fitted those
mnrks under the missing man's win
dow, and also the fact that he was
so bitter an enemy of Frank Osgood.
The sentiment of jealousy supplied a
motive, and altogether a rather aus
picious case began to grow up against
young Cummlngs.
Though on examination It appeared
that Frank had left no money In his
room. It was also remembered that he
usually carried a pocketbook with him
containing the moat, if not all, of his
available cash. He was In the receipt
of a regular salary from his -father,
and, as his habits, were economical, he
must have had a considerable sum In
his pockotbook. But still there wn
no reason to suspect that a robbery
had taken place. The missing mau
must have been Induced to leave his
room voluntarily, that was plain,
though why or wherefore was a pro
found mystery.
In their researches, the detectives
learned another fact, which, as a link
In the chain, looked very Important to
them, and very 'suspicious. There was
no latchkey to the door of the Cum
mlngs house and anyone desiring en
trance after a certain hour, when the
front door was always Jocked, would
be compelled to ring snd summon
one of the servants. It was remem
bered by the maid, whose duty it was
to answer the doorbell that on Tues
day night when Frank O.'good had
disappeared, her young master, Harry,
had come home very late, long after
sh hut ift'.ni, t.nfl s'iio was oblige
get up snd put on a wrapper to
the door for him. She was rVry s
she said, and Just remember
fact, but nothing more. Sh'
not even tell the time, but thought It
was after midnight She did not no
Ice her young master's appearance on
the occasion, as Bhe was half asloep
at the time. Such was the girl's sim
ple evidence.
Harry Cummlngs wss now arrested
and thrown Into prison. Evidence suf
ficient was thought to exist to Impli
cate him, and the cry once raised, pu'j
llc opinion gradually set against him.
Tho proposed duel, the known bitter
ness existing between him and the
missing man, the footprints exactly
fitting those of his own shoes, bis ab
sence from home on that special night
at an unusual hour, all seemed to point
to complicity In his former friend's
disappearance, nearly as strongly as
circumstantial evidence could da
Of course, the accused procured the
best possible legal assistance, and
found no difficulty In convincing his
counsel of his Innocence of the charge
brought against him, but at the same
time the legal gentleman was com
pelled to admit that there was con
siderable ground for a case against his
client. Harry explained to his law
yer that he had taken a long walk that
ovening Into the country, and in an
absorbed frame of mind had gone fur
ther than he knew of, and that- when
he turned to come home, he was him
self surprised at the distance he had
walked. This was the cause of his not
getting home that Tuesday night until
just after midnight
"Whnt were you thinking about to
absorb you so? ' asked his lawyer.
"Miss Marr," said Harry, frankly.
"I was making -up my mind to propose
to her, and was weighing the proper
course to pursue In case I found her
indifferent, or if there should be any
obstacles raised. It may seem a slight
matter to you," he continued to his
legal r.dvlser, "but It waa all absorb
ing to mo, and I neither saw nor beard
what was going on about me."
"You did not meet anyone?"
"No; It was quite dark, and- be
sides, If I had, I should not have no
ticed them."
That's a pity."
Why?"
Because, If we could prove you to
have been elsewhere on that evening or
night, we are all right"
"Oh, an alibi?"
"Exactly."
The bitterness of feellnc between
Frank Osgood and himself he freely
admitted, though he said;
It Is all gone now, since Miss Marr
and myself understand each other."
The matter of the footprints. Harry
thought a simple absurdity. It .was
quite possible that the show of both
were of the some size, and possibly
the same make.
Young Osgood was a great favor
ite," said bis counsel, "and had not an
enemy in. the world, as far as kuown,
except yourself. And a there la no
evidence of robbery, what possible mo
ttle conid lead anyone to put him out
of the way? That Is what the other
side will argue,", he said to his client
jj. ...... vira vuniuf.
Over three month had elapsed since
the disappearance of young Osgood,
ond the trial of Harry Cummlngs was
about to take place, but does confine
ment in prison and depressed spirits
baa together so worked upon bis
health that he was seriously III of stow
'ever, too 111. M the doctor tttUflvd,
to be brought up tor trial. This waa
unfortunate in one respect It gave
those who believed in his guilt a fresh
Item of gossip, and they declared that
his illness waa assumed In order to
stave oft the conviction which would
follow his "trial
At last, after a ' considerable delay
the trial came on. The principle evi
dence relied upon by the prosecution
was that which baa already been men
tioned, and through the Ingenious mani
pulation of th district attorney, a very
strong case, based upon circumstantial
evidence, was clearly made out against
Harry Cummlngs.
Now It was that all the womanly
tenderness of Mary Marr, all the, sin
cerity of her affection; and all her
confidence In her lover, shone out In
beautiful relief as compared to the se
vere ordeal through which he wa
called to pas She was by his side
In court, she visited him In prison,
she ministered t his sick bed, and she
loved Harry all the better because he
wa the victim of such misfortune.
The case had been nearly closed. It
was the morning upon which Harry's
counsel was to make his closing argu
ment The courthouse was crowded
to suffocation. There was little doubt
In the minds of the public that Harry
Cummlngs would be brought la guilty.
Some trifling matters, which we need
not now refer to, had been brought to
light which wore thought to still fur
ther Implicate the prisoner. The court
was opened with more than usual sol
emnity. The counsel for the defense rose and
delivered a very strong argument
against the weakness of circumstantial
evidence. It was a philippic that com
manded profound attention, and even
the Judges listened to It with earnest
ness and surprise, It wa so well ex
pressed, and so Indisputable In it de
ductions. "And now, may it please the
court and gentlemen of the Jury In re
ply to all the evidence Introduced
against my client, in reply to the fal
lacy generally of circumstantial evi
dence, I shall give you but one proof."
He walked quietly to a side door, and
opened It.
Frank Osgood walked Into the court,
well and hearty, bowing low to the
Judge and Jury!
The surprise of all can hardly be de
scribed. It was Impossible for the officers to
preserve a proper state of decorum
under such exciting circumstances, and
cheers arose In the room from the
crowd, so genuine, so spontaneous, as
to defy all attempt to control tbera,
while some of the women fainted,
partly from intensity of feeling, and
partly from excitement, caused by the
noise, which was for some moments
perfectly deafening. Frank Osgood
was very generally known to those
present, and waa, of course, Instantly
recognized. ,
Walking up to the prisoner. Harry
Cummlngs, the long-missing man gave
him hla sand cordially, which create'
applause, and it v,s
yio near ine ""'EM
leg! vrflfeodlngs
coitx yawing 10 ir.e reign
. . . . .
ing V -ramong the spectstors.
All 35 soon explained.
The night before his disappearance,
Frank had made an avowal of his love
of Mary Marr, and had been firmly
but delicately refused. This so morti
fied and embittered him at first that
he became almost crazed. He did not
go to bed that night at all, but, jump
ing out of the low window, wandered
he knew not whither. Finally com
Ing to tho shore, he saw a ship just
letting go her moorings to drop down
to sea with the morning tide. She was
bound for South America.
Hardly knowing what he did, Frank
went on 1oard and sailed on her,
Sea life soon restored him to his
normal condition. Absence cured blm
also of his unrequited love, and he
sought the earliest means of returning
to England. It waa before the cable
had been laid, and so he brought the
news of his own safety In person, ar
riving the very morning when he ap
peared In court
Frank Osgood and Henry Cummlngs
became once more the best, of friends,
both with happy families about their
domestic hearths. -New York Weekly,
Waste by Forest Firs.
The average destruction by forest
fires In this country is estimated at
$25,000,000 or more annually. It is
Impossible to prevent all this wastrf
In ;pine respects the worm that fire
enn mute, because It takes years to
replace It JiiBt as It is Impossible to
lo olubllsh conditions wnercby ?
other forms of property shall be pro
tected against this agent of distinc
tion; tut it undoubtedly Is pcsslble to
enforce.' a policy or policies to very ap
preciably reduce the danger and the
loss If once the public Is brought to
realise the gravity of tho situation.
In Germany and France these experi
ences are guarded against 'In large
measure, because the governments
have strict forestry laws and the for
est are well policed and vigilantly
cared fcr. . Here the general govern
ment can do little except on Its own
preserves, and the work of protection
must be left to the states, which as
yet do not seem to have risen to a
sense of their responsibilities. Boston
Transcript .. .'. .
Filled All the Requirement.
Prof. Hart of Harvard." classmate ol
President Roosevelt, wanted to adopt
twin a few years ago, and inserted
an "ad" In the Boston papers. He
stipulated that they must be of Am
erlcan parentage, good (and healthy,
and not have a spot or a blemish cl
any description; the parents must b
of good standing, and must surreadet
all claim. -
I He was surprised at the number ol
replies he received. One day bo wiu
called to bis front door , by hi maid
to look at Mi twin in a baby carriage
They fulfilled all requirement, but
were Utile colored babies. Boston
Hetald.
Like a Orizsly.
"So you have been, married Ave
years?" interrogated the old friend.
"Well, yon look so happy jour hus
band must act very nicely." - i' :
"He acts like a bear when be comes
horns," replied the Michigan avenue
lady. -. .;.VV'
"Like ft pearT Gracious I In what
wyr
"He h buji m.M Detroit Tribune
S A LOGGING ENGINE.
Peculiar Machine That Draws Train
From the Bonner Camp.
' The operation of logging trains on
the Big Blackfoot railroad bas been
resumed, after a shutdown which has
lasted during severe weather, aays a
Missoula despatch to the Anaconda
Standard. This road, which was com
pleted lost year. Is one of the most
Interesting short roads in the coun
try. It runs from the bills through
the- Cams prairie country, a dls
tanse of 13 miles, and carries train
loads of logs to be dumped into the
Blackfoot river for the Big Blackfoot
Milling company's plant at Bonner.
Since the enlargement of the Bonner
plant it will be possible to keep the
railroad running moat of the year, and
probabilities are Its trains will con
tinue to haul logs to the river all
aummer and fall at the rate of 30 car
loads per day.
- The equipment of the railroad
consists of two Shay engines and 60
logging cars. The engines are most
Interesting, as they are of a special
make. They work by means of cog
wheels, thus making It possible for
them to haul over heavier grades
than the ordinary type.
The grade at some places along the
Blackfoot I about 4 percent, which is
too great for an ordinary railroad en
gine. During the last two .years tne
Big Blackfoot company has spent in
the neighborhood of $300,000 on its
railroad and mill Improvements, and
the plant Is now in a position to run
13 months In the year. This Ms
good news to those who depend upon
the timbering Industry in this end of
the state, for. In addition to the men
employed in the hills, there are in
the: neighborhood of 300 working In
th" 'sctory and mill at Bonner.
The Big Blackfoot company has
about 200 men at work in the hills
at the present time cutting timber,
and these men will cut enough to
keep the road in operation most of
the time. Logs are hauled from the
hills to the McNamara landing on the
Jllackfoot river and from there they
are driven down the river. At the
landing now 23,000.000 feet of logs
wait for the drive, and this amount
will soon be increased by means of
the railroad facilities. The capacity
of the Bonner mill ha become so
great that It keeps an army of mea
at work supplying It with timber.
However, the company owns enough
timber tributary to the mill to sup
ply It for a quarter of a century to
come.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
More than two thousand skilled
workmen have left the French silk
yti
'Actorles of Roubaix and Turcolng
within a year for the United States.
Thlhet's B 000 000 neonli have to sun-
"tort ,n my of 439,000 priests, who
- redure nothing but beautifully lllu-
mlnatea copies or u sacrea wriuuga.
They holtf aU the public offices.
One of the shov-bottles in a Derby
(Ct.) drug store contains the same
coloring matter that wtf placed In it
Th 18l. It Is lust as brlffli a uiue
it was the day the bottle wascl
The saints have no fewur than 397
streets named In their honor In Lon
don. There are 105 Church streets, 58
Chapel streets, 66 King streets, 100
Queen streets, and nearly as many High
streets.
The first Japanese newspaper was
published In 1863, only forty-one years
ago, and contained some news trans
lated from the Dutch papers. To-day
Japan has over one thousand five hun
dred dally newspapers and periodicals
The monks at the Hospital of St.
Jean de Dlsu, at Ghent, have In their
leisure moments decorated the walls
with gorgeous landscapes, glowing
with color and full of life, formed en
1 1 rely by means of the postage stamps
of all the nations of the world.
A bell cast by the Boston patriot,
Paul Revere, hangs In the bell tower
of the Chapman street sctooolhouse at
Greenfield. There fs another of his
bells In the church at Sunderland. A
third one wa In the church at North
field, which waa burned several years
ago.
Tbe Belgians have long been accus
tomed to horse meat as food, but of
late importations of tbe animals,
mainly from England, have shown so
many, that were emaciated, weak and
obviously unfit for food that tbe Su
perior Council of Agriculture has rec
ommended that such Importations shall
cease, or that broktn-down horses, un
fit for work, shall be cl willed as
cattle, in which case the high duty will
keep them out.
Score for the Boxing Girl.
When a masher persistently annoyed
Mis Jennie Mead of Oermantown,
the girl' big brother wanted to thrash
him. "No," said Mlsa Jennie, "give
me boxing lessons." Two week later
It happened to b last Sunday the
masher tried again. In tbe presence'
of a congregation Just dismissed he re
ceived: , .', : '," ' '
Item, one straight left on the jaw.
' Item, one short-arm "Jolt" In the
solar plexus.
Item, one right swing on the other
Jaw.
These were not all the trick Mis
Jennie had learned. The masher did
not wait to see tbe others. It Is
pleasant to record' hi disaster and to
note tbe fresh field of usefulness open
to big brother. The manly art: of
self-defense is also a womanly art
when it fits a girt tor right dealing
with a coward. New York Herald.
' A Secondary Consideration.
"Yes, the auto Whit zed across the
dock and plunged into twenty feet of
water. And, by George, It wasn't In
jured the leaat bit" j ,
"How about th passengers?" ;
"The pasengert I don't think tho
paper said anything about th passen
gers. "Cleveland Plain Dealer,
A new and unwelcome visitor Wa
been recognlted In England. H Is the
Surinam cockroach, and l deitruotlva
to gmnbouH Plants, ,
NEWEST OF BATTLESHIPS
SOME FEATURES OF ENGLAND'S
FIGHTER TRIUMPH.
The Number of Round Fired from
Each Gun Pr Minute Give an Av
erage of Five Without Any Diffi
culty Railway for Housing the
Gum InBoard When at Sea.
The great' length of the Triumph,
13G feet between perpendicular, is very
observable as one approaches her when
afloat, and gives the Impression of a
somewhat low freeboard. Such, how
ever, la not In reality characteristic of
this war vessel. Her freeboard at the
bow is 21 feet C inches, but as she
has a rising sheer aft, the freeboard at
the stem Is 19 feet 6 Inches, and the
height of the centres of the two 10
Inch guns forward above the load
waterllne la 23 feet 6 Inches, the cor
responding centre height aft being
about two feet less. The height of
centres of the main deck battery 7.5
Inch guns is 13 feet 2 inches, or rath
er mora than that of the main deck
battery 8-Inch guns of the King Ed
ward VII., making, however, the angle
of-heel required to bring the centre of
tho muszles to water level rather less
than that of the lost named ship, In
consequence, of course, of the much
greater length of the 7.5-lnch guns.
A striking feature of the Triumph is
the main deck open battery contain
ing ten 7.5-Inch guns. It Is enclosed
by 7-Inch Krupp steel armor on the
sides, with diagonal bulkheads of 6
inch steel armor at the several gun
positions, but there is no longitudinal
web of this strength isolating the guns
in the rear, which is to be regretted.
The ammunition Is brought up to each
separate position by electric hoists,
which can work with great rapidity
and are an Immense Improvement on
tbe old whip hoisting gear.
The guns are lifted up to the over
head railway to be run in for hous
ing inboard, when the vessel is at sea,
by a small hydraulic engine, this re
placing the differential blocks and
hand chain gear for the 6-Inch guns of
Admiralty vessels. The ammunition
also has a hoist for carrying the pro
jectiles Into position, but, as a matter
of practice, we understand that the
blue-Jackets prefer to lift the 200
pound shell by hand, two men lifting
It, one at the point, another at the
base. Telescopic sights are placed up
on the left side of the guns, which give
the most admirable results In firing
practice. The range covered by them
Is from 12,000 to 14,000 yards, but the
most effective range of the 7.5-inch
gun is rather within those limits. It
Is needless to say that, with ten guns
of so large a size and the mess tables
and all the fittings and gear of the en
closed battery, tho space Is rather
crowded; but the tables fold up, so as
to economize room, and the covers of
the ammunition hoists are compact
and well placed. The gun positions
themselves have plenty of rooj
number of rounds fired fj
gun per minute gives an
five without any
officers on
Inch
6-1
pound
breech fi
so that It ccx!
out. It has a le
similar to that of the 01
pounder. Pompons are empl
the tops and are not regardei
equanimity by the bluejackets, owin
to their disagreeable nolso and habits
of Jumping. This was found to be the
casn in South Africa, where many of
the guns were put out of action by
the smashing of the pivot and Jaws
by which the gun was secured to the
carriage. On the bridge of the Tri
umph the noise Is distracting when
tlese guns are fired.
The cranes for lifting boats In and
out are most serviceable. A steamboat
weighing fifty tons can be picked up,
swung round, and dropped Into the
water as easily as a ding-, and tb
hang ver Is very far reaching. It is
true that they prosent a larger sur
face to the fire of an enemy than an
ordinary boom, but they are In dupli
cate. In case one Bhould be disabled.
Five large dynamos supply tbe elec
tric power for all the requirements of
the ship, and an Infinity of motors.
All the ammunition hoists are operat
ed by electricity, and many of the oth
er movements on board are similarly
worked.
There Is rather a deficiency of pow
er In the ventilating department ou
board, the tans employed and the ven
tilating trunks being of smaller size
than those usually supplied to the Admiralty-built
vessels. In point of fact,
their absence In many places where
usually found in our battleships I
most conspicuous. The result I that
below the armored deck the beat Is
Intense, and what this part of the ship
will be like when she Is stationed in
the tropics If ever It I impossible
to conceive. Even In this cool country
It 1 unpleasantly warm down below.
And the only workshop Is buried down
at a considerable depth. Tbe result
of this is that the portable and mov
able part of the repertory of tools Is
brought up to tbe main deck and .re
pairs are effected in this more salu
brious climate.
The accommodation on board the
Triumph I excellent Bathrooms, lav
atories and a capital smoke room are
parts of -th wardroom, officers' attri
bute and tbe gunroom la a perfect
palace. In tbe CblllMi navy many of
ficers who are In the" wardroom in
the navy of, Great Britain belong to
the gunroom mess.
While on board we were ibown tbe
spot where the Triumph wa rammed
by tbe heavy Trinity barge. It was
beneath, the counter, Happily, however
the 8-Inch armor plate extending to
the stern received tbe barge's steel
stem as it dov Inward and only th
upper strake of Ordinary plating was
crushed up. The. B-lnch armor plat
was cshrdo tta s eta letaaolnnolnnn
was crushed up." The Triumph can
keep up her twenty knots with com
paratlva ease, and bat don so, Lon
don Engineer. . .
Thr tra tw hundrsd arrlr s!
vnl kept In t7 germj fortrss
boa
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THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
. TnE REV. ROBERT H. CARSON.
"ulijMti Paul lh Preuhar.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Sunday In Grace
Tresbyterlnn Church, the pastor, the
Rev. Robert H. Carson, took for his
subject "Paul the Preacher." His
text was. Acts xxiv:20: "And as he
reasoned of righteousness, temperance
and Judgment to come. Felix trembled
anil answered. Go thy way for this
time; when I have a convenient sea
son I will call for tbee." Mr. Carson
" id:
This book of apostolic labors give
ns n glimpse of Paul in many atti
tudes. AVe have him pictured before
his conversion and after, and whether
we see blm at li is manual occupation
of tent-making, or In his freuuent per
ils by land and sea, or addressing cul
tured audiences In splendid cities, or
Individuals ill palaces or In prisons
everywhere we see a man whom we
Instinctively know to be one of earth's
choicest and noblest souls.
Just now he Is standing before a
wlrfepd king and his no less wicked
wife, 11 iid there Is that in Ills demeanor
and bin action which makes us proud
of Christianity and its power.
Too frequently weak-iesi, with a
false gentleness and chnrlty, are con
sidered the proper attendants of n
Christian spirit, nud ofttliues a Chris
tian Is slow of speech, or nltogetlii'
silent in the presence of evil lest lie
should show a boldness unbecoming In
one who proposes himself to be a fol
lower of Him who was meek nud low-
ly. But there is no warrant for nnv
such conduct In the example of Christ,
or in the teaching of His apostles. In-
need, what strikes a reader most In
this book o apostolic nets Is the bold
ness of spirit which the flrRt preachers
of the gospel exhibited. We see Peter
standing In the presence of bis own
enemies as well as In the presence of
the enemies of the Christ, and boldly
accusing tlieni of the murder of tho
Lord. And what said Christ HlniRelf:
I came not to send peace on rnrtli,
hiit a sword." He was Christianity's
ouiiuiT, nun wnni ".,! v.U, so stionld
His followers be. The Christian Is to
tijienk the truth In love, but in the pres
ence of evil he must never be silent
through fear, nor mince his words to
suit men's ears, nor pander to their
likings, nor dread their criticism.
Apostolic boldness, then, is the first
point that we would uote in the words
wuicn we have chosen as our text,
ram Is In the presence of a man who
Is master of his life. He speaks to a
rnler whose word Is law, whose nod is
enough to seal his doom, and yet lie
speaks so as to make that monarch
tremble. Ah, friends, a man who
knows his cause to be right ran al
ways afford to be courageous and bold.
Truth at nil times is wondrous fearless
and dreads uo s.ierlflce, whether of
ease or fame or even of life Itself, If
only God be honored and righteous
ness crowned. Look back on that sa
cred line of fearless witnesses fnr r.nrt
snd see how strongly this element of
courage predominated. Of such wa
Jiteft.llliJftrjrfwiyB.ptJhfl.r.irh.r.f
Duhllc
iriennsnip
consider rlg -imtrsalri of
the earth. chTrflie leaven that Is
yet going to leaven the whole mass.
Such are tbe men whom God and man
can trust, and such men are the hope
of the world. Herein, indeed, Is the
boldness of Christianity seen, and,
thank God, in all the ages of Christen
dom and In all the ranks of life men
and women with their fearless cour
age have been found.
it is comparatively easy to brnr wit
ness to truth when a large ptihllr ay in
pathlscs with you. When on nil sides
you are surrounded by thoe who en
courage you with cheering words;
when you havo nothing to lose and
everything to gain; when the "offense,
of the cross," as Paul puts It, "has
ceased." But when the pnbllc is nn-
viuim meiic, wuen menus are lacking,
when there Is everything to lose and
nothing earthly to gnln, then it Is a
veiy different mntter.
Oh, beloved, by our own strength
and relying on our own arm we can
not stand. It Is easy to say resist
and stand fast, but we can do neither
the one nor the other unless we are
meaaiast in tue raith. In the midst
of this wicked and untoward genera
tion, when evils, both social and poli
tical, are eating out the very life of
our nation, how shall we be courageous
and bold, how1 shall we do our part
to stem tbe torrent? Sorrounded by
sin both in high places and In low,
how shall we as follower of Jesus
Christ get strength to do our duty?
Confronted by temptation at every
turn In the pathway of life, where
shall we get courage to face the tempt
er and to say with boldness and with
majesty, "get thee behind me, Satan V
In onr own strength we cannot do it
To be a power for good, to be a factor
In the upbuilding of righteousness, to
overcome In the conflict wtth tempta
tion, we must know God and trust God
and Jove God as He Is revealed in the
face of Jeuus Christ, and then, we will
be able to stand fast in the evil day.
Such knowledge I the knowledge that
we want, and It alone will make ns
bold and courageous a thl poor pris
oner who make the monarch tremble.
80, In the word of onr text we
have, in the first place, a sample of
apostolic boldness, and In the second
place we hare sample of apostolic
preaching. -
Tbe wife ot Felix was a lewes
whom he bad persuaded to leave ber
lawful husband. - She, doubtless, wa
anxious to learn of this Jesus who
llflrl Annand am.', a AAnimnHnn a mnn
tho people of her nation, and herein
imty iiae uven me cause ol me apos
tle's first Invitation to the palace.
li ta an Ifl itiat ill D-paatABfr wnnilAf An
. -" v ni. .. ....... . v.s
earth is ninu himself, and Indeed 1
believe tin to be true. Take, for in.
titii till tnftit Viillv mnA ha tm tmt
the type of n numerous family. No
man who warns me enrtn to-any woo
msy not find a-representative In come
rtll.U Altn,.a.AW a.wf t At If nontlif
.....id . -m.vi v". J u.i.kit.iii
Itildy til different character rocorded
ill ine sacreu dook you ran tniny
Ps-off t!' truth of till! ttntcuieiti.
fof Trrfc.
Felix lived In sin. Paul knew hi man,
mid lie suited his sermon to hi audi
ence. I am not suro that that sermon
would escape criticism hi these days.
I am of the opinion that inaiiy good
souls would say it was not evangeli
cal. He was Invited to preach con
cerning tbe fnith In Christ, and bis
sermon was on righteousness, temper
ance and Judgment to eome topics
that any good man of any faith might
well discuss. Many might say, is that
Christian preaching? I say it is, and
more than that, It I tho kind that this
age needs, and we need It every day.
If Paul had begun an argument re
specting Christ's divinity, or resurrec
tion, or any kindred topic, he would
probably have had n most Interesting
discussion with Felix, but think you
that he would have made him tremble?
Most men think that Christianity is
theology. No; Christianity is morality
lu tbe light of eternity, .'.lid that Is
not the best pre ichlng which delight
lis with Its close reasoning and high
speculation and profound theology;
that Is the best preaching which mnkes
us. If we are living In tin, turn uneasily
In our seats and tremble as we listen
to its truths. The law Is our school
master to bring us to Christ, and It is
only when conscience Is aroused wltblu
us that we seek the grace which is in
Christ and which enme by Christ. The
end of preaching is not to make men
theologians, the end of preaching is to
build up character, and wnile some of
ns may be far enough on the road to
hear sermons on tbe deep things of
(Jod, I am not pessimistic when I ay
that, taking the .world in Its totality,
most of us are still where we need to
be reasoned with concerning righteous
ness, tempera nco and judgment to
come.
"Preaching lo the times" Is a favor
ite expression nowadays. Its purpose
eems to be tlint men are to be amused,
Felix had Paul In from the prison
to amuse him. He and be alone
preaches to the times who makes us
restless by showing ns the demands of ;
God's eternal law and then points the
way clenr up to Calvary and to Him
; who said "Come unto Me all ye that
, labor and arc heavy laden and I will
give yon rest." These are eternal verl- :
ties and they fit all times. All others
change and pass away with tbe chang-
l"ff boiiKoclnl. political, ayeeyj
theological flHeSnwisjuwaafifiir"Onys
and cease to be, but the eternal need
Is forgiveness and tbo everlasting ;
want, rest for the soul. :
And so Paul reasoned of righteous
ness to n man living in sin, of temper-!
j nnee to a woman who lived to gratify
1 every desire and wicked passion, and
of Judgment to come to t.' who never
looked beyond the present world the
first steps, the tlrst necessary steps to
tbe pointing out of II 1 111 in whom alono
Is forgiveness and from whom alone
we have the power to live sq tb.it at
Ills coming lu glorious majesty to
judge the world we may not bo put to
shame. ''
And now, In the last place, we notice
that this preaching war. convincing.
That Is clear enongh, for a man doc .
not tremble without, occasion. A man ,
does not tremble In the presence of
spiritual truth except his intellect has
been readied and his conscience
touched. Paul did his duty, but Felix
shirked his snd turned bis back upon
UstB?.
mil I I' I I1 ll'l II Mill I I L
door that opened to us will be shut,
and it will never be opened again. Lost
opportunities do not return. Others
may come, but the lost ones come not
again. Let ns, then, seize every oppor
tunity, let us realize that the present '
only Is ours, and as we hear the word
of life let us embrace it in its fulnesf
and live in Its strength.
His tlmltation.
A turtle sighed: "I do not see, r :.
Why In creation this should be!
The monkey has the start ot me,
I wish that I could climb like he. '
nd gaze beyond the world's vast
rim;
But my construction hamper me.'
He know not how I envy him!
Tho' I may strive In agones,
He' always higher up the tree,
And further out upon tbe limb."
Statue In a Riven.
The remarkable, It not unique, f pec
tacle of a statue Handing In tho midst
ot a river I to be seen at Wylye, In
.Wiltshire Kngland. Near the. bridge,
In the tenter ot the village, the figure
ot a conductor of a coach blowing his.
born rises from the water In the mid
dle ot the stream. It Is supposed to
commemorate a drowning fatality In
fyie river before the bridge was erect
ed. Cfcattaaooja College cf Lc
tw DwtrUMtit of Cr(irt Unlvrtlty. Two v
eourn. confrrln( 4tfro( LL B., with ll
reparation for admlitwfl to th bur of any s -Of
IN United State. 6irons fatuity of t
pambfrf. Trm r-aton.bla. Fuit law t ;in-m
-ntar of ti't- SiuJrmt mnv ba i-u artt;,
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