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: lfiw Yemc, Oct. 10. Ik te In the
A' VcMtim tfeattha minister of Interior
y&3WKk erden te the govorner of the prer
'tees fit Arcbaagel, which he la tarn
iminimlmim te u fqinmuic (enter or
petie) te lum me returned under jwrd
te Putenburg, there te await the further
MmmWer of m y case. I was te journey
i te we capital city in the company of a
knabtr of exiles, who, having ccrved
eat their terms In the prisons of the
province, were te be sent te help colo celo cole
Bise Siberia. It was a rather roundabout
way in which te reach their destination,
Vat they were forced te proceed in this
way from the fact that at that time no
atate prisons existed along what would
.fca their line of march across the north
; of the Russian possessions.
THE BIT1D SAVED BIX.
Thus, te reach Siberia they were com
palled te return te retersburg and take
up their journey from 'that place. The
exiles travel slowly, nerer mere than
twenty-Are rents being reused (none
day, and every fourth day is devoted en
tirely te rest. It is only at every fourth
station that an etape officer Is found,
and these are the resting places. At the
ether stations the gendarmes who ac
company the exiles perform the part of
that official. I seen became weary of
this slew, monotonous way of traveling,
and the prisons where we were forced
te sleep were such foul smelling, ill ven
tilated places that, I felt I would seen
fall ill If I continued te occupy them.
Ths prisons are cleaned but once a year,
and the accumulation of filth and ver
min found in them is simply appalling.
The walls and fleer are damp and alto
together vnflt for human habitation.
My only hope in bettering my condition
lay in finding some means of separating
from the exiles. This I could only de by
feigning sickness and letting the ethers
footed without me. Twenty-four hours
after their departure found me conva
lescent and ready te resume my journey.
As a ssan of rank, by law I was entitled
te the privilege cf one horse, and by the
kindness of the etape officer I was en
abled te obtain a second horse for the use
at the gendarme who accompanied me.
Thus equipped, I had no difficulty in
overtaking the party en feet, in addition
te passing three, etape. stations In twenty twenty
leir hours. At' the last of these I de
cided te spend the night, as I was becom becem becom
tet cbaaated from hard riding. When
abort te resume "my journey in the morn
lag I was Informed by the etape officer
that I would find much difficulty in pass
lac the official at my next lialtinc place,
without experiencing considerable delay,
as be would in all probability detain me
aatil the party from which I had pnrted
would reach there. He said the officer
at that station was an old soldier, ene of
the guards of the time of Nicholas I, and
asaaa known throughout the country for
Ma brutal treatment of prisoners.
It was with no pleasant thoughts that
I parted with the officer who bad volun
teered each disagreeable information.
DnriBg asy short Uy under his reef lit
had shown me every kindness, and no
doubt told me what he did te put me en
y guard and prepare me somewhat for
the reception I was likely te meet. I
was within fifteen vents of the prison
ever which Ivan Dimltrievitch Durakefl
exercised such absolute control, and
( while busy with my thoughts as hew
Mat te approach the old tyrant, a mujik
fjamnt) suddenly appeared in the road
way, carrying in his liands a live black
grouse. It flashed across my mind that
fi would be a geed idea te secure the bird
as a present te the old soldier's wife. I
thought such a gift might soften the old
officer's heart, for it is seldom that a
black grouse is caught alive, and is there
fare regarded as a curiosity. Stepping
the mujik I inquired hew much he would
take for the bird. "Only fifteen kepekas,
your honor," was the reply. Se the reujil
get bis fifteen kepekas and I the bird.
Fortune favored me, for en reaching
the station the much dreaded official
was absent, and my tint meeting was
with his wife, into whose geed graces 1
ingratiated myself by presenting her
with the black grouse. I told her (.lie
must keep it in retneinbrance of a prls
ener's visit te her home. then ex
plained te her the situation of affairs,
and also related in detail my fear of be
ing locked up by her cruel husband and
the endless trouble such delay would
cause me, as I was in n great hurry te
reach Petersburg as quickly as possible.
Mme. Anna Durakefl was u stout mid
dle aged woman; she had kindly gray
eyes and beautiful long hair. She
laughed at my fears and assured that no
such direful calamity as I predicted
would befall me.
She replied: "Yeu shall have three
geed horses for the next thirty versta;
the only use I shall make of my xwci
will be te hare you arrested until iliiinw
Is ready. I am broiling nice spring chick
ens, and we have plenty of milk, vegeta
bles and tea. Yeu surely can desire
nothing better, and after you have had
a geed meal you can proceed en your
Journey. My husband is net at all the
bad man people represent him te be. It
is true he is strict in the discharge
of duty, but withal kind hearted and
generous te a fault, and you need fear no
ham at Ids hands. Will you please be
sated while I attend te the dinnerr And
with a smile and a soft "excuse me." she
parted.
The room in which I was seated gave
evidence of considerable taste in the fur
nishing, notwithstanding that every
thing in it was old fashioned. The halls
were adorned with old family portraits,
' while at one side of the room an ancient
ptone formed the chief attraction. In
Russia it is net usual te carpet the floors,
rugs being employed instead, but in this
case the fleer was simply painted, and a
ekaa as soap and water could make it.
While watting tnadame's only child ap
peared ea the scene, carrying in her
arsas the bird which I had just presented
her saether.
The daughter, Elena, was a pretty, in
' tewling girl of -perhaps M yean. She
was very much pleased with the black
grouse, calling it mey wiley (my love)
aad in every way evincing her pleasure
at the tUMXpected girt. I had Ihu
arnparl
about fifteen minutes when the
deer suddenly opened and Officer Dura Dura
keff entered. His appearance was suffi
ciently fierce te make the stoutest heart
quail. He was a tall, powerful man,
who wero his 60 years lightly. His mus
tache, Iren gray, was heavy and fierce
looking. Added te this he had dark,
piercing eyes, which seemed te search
the depths of your inmost soul. He was
dressed in a full captain's uniform,
which well became his tall, handsome
form. Such was Van Dimltrievitch
Durakoff, the man I se much feared and
of whom I had heard such frightful
things.
His appearance did net at all reassure
me, and I believed him capable of all he
had been accused of. He met me in a
very cool, dignified manner. I explained
my position te him, and begged that he
would cause me no delay, but permit me
te continue my journey as I had been
doing. I told him I had some money
with me sufficient te pay for another
horse. I told him, as I had. his wife,
that it was absolutely necessary for me
te be in Petersburg at the earliest possi
ble moment. I had scarcely finished
speaking when he shouted, in a voice of
thunder: "Oh, no; that is against the
law. Yeu will have te remain here un
til your party arrives, which will be some
days yet,"
At this juncture the black grouse en
tered slowly from another room, seem
ingly as If aware of my danger, and, if
possible, te assist me. Leeking at the
bird in astonishment, Durakoff ex
claimed: "What is that?" I explained
that I brought it a present te his wife.
"Oh!" he said, taking ray hand and
shaking it, "my wife is se fend of birds,
and she has nerer before had In her pos
session a live black grouse. A thousand
rubles could net make her as happy is
the presentation of this bird." Dura Dura
IcefTs whole manner had changed; se
there was, after all, a soft side te his
character. This man, se cruel te ethers,
had at least a tender regard for the part
ner of his joys. With a smile he turned
te me and said: "I think I can arrange
everythlng In n satisfactory manner for
your departure. I will see that you have
fresh horses and all you require until
you reach your next resting place."
He then ordered cigars and vodka te
be brought, with the remark that he kept
none but the best liquors. The daughter
came bearing the refreshments, und at
the same time te leek after the bird. At
my request she seated herself at the
piano nnd played and sang some Russian
songs. The bird, surprised at the un
usual sound, remained perfectly motion
less for seme minutes, its attltude sug
gestive of listening, which gare it a very
wise leek and caused much amusement.
Dinner was seen served; it was geed,
and being hungry I did ample justice te
the tempting viands, washed down by
copious draughts of vodka. Indeed, se
much vodka did mine host ferce upon
me that I seen found myself in scarcely
a fit condition te continue my journey.
When ready te start I caused the officer's
wife much merriment by my clumsiness
in getting into the tarantas.
On parting with Officer Durakoff he
handed me a letter te the next etape
officer, nnd In this wise I passed from
station te station. The presentation of
the black greuse saved me forty days
en my journey and the discomfort of
etape prison travel. When crossing
Lake Ladoga I fell in with some of my
"BUT TOU CANNOT RECEIVE THE PRINCE
IIEIIIL"
old acquaintances, whom I had net seen
for mere than fire yean, having spent
the intervening time in exile. Among
qlhers I met the Polish Princess lirntiili
ski; we had been geed friends prier te
the iiuprudence which cost me seme of
the bent years of my llfe. She possessed
considerable influence at court, and
premised, if need be, te use it in my
behalf.
On leaving the steamer nothing would
have been cssier than for me te escape,
as the gendarme who accompanied me
was in a beastly state of intoxication,
having surrendered himself te the wiles
of the very cheapest kind of vodka. It
was a sere temptation, as I had net the
slightest Idea of what would be done
with me en reaching Petersburg. Hut
honor forbade that I take advantage of
the drunken soldier's plight; probably
his life would have paid the forfeit. We
reached Petersburg about 1 p. ui., and
calling the most rcspcctable ishvestchik
I saw, I put my inebriated soldier in his
carriage and prepared te enter myself,
first uhking my escort whero he was te
deliver me up. "Te the chief of police,"
came in drowsy tones. Se te the chief
of police I ordered the driver te take us.
Arriving there, we were told we must
proceed te the governor of the proviuce
(gubernator), which meant another ride
of ever seven miles. Peaching there, e
were ordered te the governor general's
bureau, which was six miles distant.
It was new about 5 p. m., nnd I was
feeling hungry, se I decided te step at a
hotel and huvusemc dinner. Tills through
with, we dreve te the bureau of the gov
ernor general, where the clerk ordered
us te the forwarding priseu, distant
about flve miles. This I reached about
8 p. in., ai.d was received by an officer
of the guai d, who opened the great iron
gates leading te the prison nnd conducted
me te the prison itself. Its uppenrance
was the reiereeef prepossessing, with its
great somber walls towering toward the
heavens, gloomy and forbidding, and
when the key turned In the locks of the
heavy iron doers it was us though some
great body had been wrenched out of
place, emitting groans of mortal agony.
I entered nnd was taken up two flights of
stairs te the ofllce of the governor of the
prison. lie was a man of brutal aspect,
short, stout, with little beadlike eyes
which glittered with vengeful Ire.
Scarcely deigning te notice me, he
ordered me In brutal tones te pay the
lahveatchik eight rubles, which he de
manded for our long drive in search
of some ene te nhem I could deliver
myself up. I replied that I had no
money left wherewith te satisfy the de
mand, and that It was the duty of the
government te sce that all my expenses
ere paid. This exasperated the brute,
and he ordered the soldier te confine me
in cell Ne. 600. I found myself con
signed te the very worst part of the
prison, a place set apart for the exclu
"ive use of the Scept&I sect. It was a
I.. " cell en the ground fleer, but se
lllthy and foul smelling that I could
scarcely breathe. It contained no fur.
future. On the fleer some straw had
bees spread, but from long use it had
become black with dirt.
Tired though I felt, I could net recon
cile myself te resting en It. Se I brushed
a space clear and, spreading my over
coat en It, slept soundly until 7 o'clock
the next morning. The first sight that
greeted my waking eyes were the two
hangmen (palatch) working In the prison
yard. They wcre both large, powerful
men, dressed in the customary red shirt,
One of them, MaximefT, had murdered
his mother, and was sentenced ie hard
labor for life; the ether, Paoleff, had
brutally murdered his aged father, and
had likewise received a life sentence.
Beth men en being admitted te prison
declared their wish te bocemo hangmen.
Their request was granted, nnd they
are apparently happy in pursuit of their
ghastly occupation. They have geed
feed, and are allowed cigarettes and
three glasses of vodka dally. They also
have thoprivilcge of selling tobacco and
cigarettes te the ether prisoners, making
n profit of 800 per cent, in their transac
tions. When the gendarme entered my
cell I demanded te knew the reason of
my being placed In such a filthy place.
He replied: "The governor was displeas
ed at your manner of speaking, and or
dered you here for punishment." "Ge tell
your governor that I deraand that he
send for Prince SuwareJT, the governor
general; that I have a very important
state secret te communicate, ene which
I must tell te him and him alone."
In a few minutes the governor (brute
of the previous evening) appeared at my
cell deer and, smiling blandly, said:
"What is this etate secret you wish te
communicate? Make me your confidant,
nnd I will sce that you are seen a frce
man; you will also recelve a large re
ward." I answered: "Te Prince Buna Buna
refT will I cemmunicate my secret, and
te him alene, and it is necessary that I
see him at once." The governor remain
ed quite half an hour, endeavoring te
;K.-reuade me te cemmunicate my knowl
edge te him. I wan proof against all
his wiles. Iio then said: "But you can
not receive the prince in this place. I
will have you removed te a better cell."
But I resolutely refused te change my
quarters until I had seen the governor
general. Ne amount of persuasion could
alter my determination.
Prince Suwareff was sent for, came te
my cell and was much surprised te find
an old acquaintance amid such horrible
surroundings. My ruse succeeded; 1 had
no state secret te cemmunicate, but I did
have a serious complaint te make against
the governor of the prison. The prince,
after severely reprimanding the prison
officials, ordered that I be Immcdietely
conveyed te the department for peliticals.
It was en the third fleer of the prison
and possessed nt least a few comforts,
the greatest of which was cleanliness.
The cells were large, light nnd airy, con
taining iron bedsteads and a few ether
necessaries. Here 1 remained, waiting
orders for the next step in an already
eventful career.
Prince Suwareff, of whom Iepcak, was
the governor general of the prevince of
St. Petersburg. He was ene of Russia's
greatest characters, and se greatly was
he beloved by the emperor that when
death claimed him, Alexander II refused
te place another In his position, but chese
rather te abolish the ofllce entirely. His
kind heart and genial manner caused
him te lie tin1 incipient of numerous let
ters from puiutclans, begging that he in
tercede Willi llie cwir en their behalf,
knowing him te be the personal friend of
the autocrat of Russia, and having ior ier
haps mere Influence ever his Imperial
master than any ether man in the em
pire. Count Norreirow.
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.
WHAT THE DELEGATES TO THE
GREAT CONFERENCE THINK.
Tim Spanish-American Countries Are De
itliplti( Fnt, hut Their Trmle flnri trj
Europe Rngllth, French, Grrmnn and
Dutch Invntmcnt There.
Speclil CorrrspenJenco.
Wabhinoten, Oct. 10. As I mingled
lest week with the delegates from Seuth
and Central America who were in this
city attending the American congress,
heard them talk of their countries nnd
industries, and noted that almost with
out exception they wcre men of sujcrier
education nnd attainments, the lessen
was brought home te me, as I dare say it
was te many ethers, that It Is the height
of conceit for us te call ourselves, as we
de, "the Americans." There are ether
great countries and peoples en this con
tinent. We are net the only Americans.
The United States has less than one
half the imputation of the western hemis
phere, and by no means all of the cul
ture, progress, literature, ait and ma
terial resources. We de well te cultivate
the acquaintance of our neighbors te the
south, who are just new blossoming and
blooming both industrially and politi
cally. The delegates freui these southern
countries are new tecing v hut we some semo seme
what narrowly term America. They are
visiting our cities and tonus our manu
facturing establishments and out l.uuii
Doubtless they will cee much and be
greatly interested, but with seme curi
osity concerning the cemmerce and in
dustries of their own countries I tuade
Inquiry of ene of the most intelligent of
the delegates from Seuth America, ene
who has traveled from Patagonia te
British America.
"This is a great country, n great coun
try," said he, "but we have seme great
countries, tee. Yeu people de net knew
us; we de net knew you. It is net se
easy te get from our country te yours.
We go often te Paris, te Ionden, even
te Berlin, but rarely te New Yerk or
New Orleans, which are much nearer.
Just new the English appear te be closer
te us than nny ether people. They are
inventing in our railways, our mines,
our stock farms, our steamships, our
factories. They pour out money like
water for all our svcuritles, coiperatlon
as well as governmental. There is ap
parently no limit te the cenfidence they
have in our future, as there seems te be
ue bottom te their purse. Will they
loseon seme of their investments? Ah,
Bir (and the delcgate twisted his black
mustache and shrugged his shoulders),
no ene cau tell that." Some have already
lest; ethers are likely te lese. But, no
matter. Is it net se In nlM entities? And
if the English nnd French leso seme
money in our enterprises, de they net
get all of our trade?
"We think you peeple of the United
States slew and unenterprising, because
you de net ceme down and invest with
us and trade with us as de the English
and French. Fer instance, I was talk
ing net long age with your consul at
Maracaibo, Venezuela. Fer a long time
he endeavored te persuade capitalists of
the United States te invest in a proposed
railway from Maracaibo teMcrida, trav
ersing the rich coffce regions of the Cor
dillera. But liis suggestions bere no
fruit, except in Paris, where a company
was organized tebuild the railway. The
Venezuelan government guaranteed 7
per cent, interest en the cajiital and
granted ether extraordinary privileges.
The company has made a very nice
thing of it, nnd you Americans might
just as well have had the profit, for It is
an actual fact that it was the Hicstlen
et your excellent consul, translated into
French and republished in Paris, which
led the Frenchmen into their highly suc
cessful venture.
"By the way," continued this delegate,
"Vencxucla Is a very interesting and
prosperous country, as no doubt Dr.
Francisce Antonis Sllva, the delegate,
would be glad te tell you if be could
speak English. There Is one district of
Venezuela in which the breeding of
geata la the chief industry. In another
district nearly all of the inhabitants find
employment in gathering the beans of
the dlvldlvi tree, which are crushed and
distilled for the large quantities of tan
nin which they contain. In still another
district many of the peeple cam a liveli
hood gathering gums, balsams and or
chids from the forests. Petroleum, as
phalt, geld nnd silver are some of the
treasures te be found In the earth in that
country, and the forests contain vast
quantities of mahogany.
"American engineers stand high In
the estimation of the people of Seuth
America, Since Meigs constructed these
wonderful railways In Peru our people
have thought nothing tee difficult for
the genius of the United States engineer
te overcome. In San Salvader, a little
republic of which 1 dare say you have
heard but little In this country, an Amer
ican engineer, Mr. Brannan, is doing
seme remarkable work in railway build
ing. American engineers are employed
en many works In Chill, Peru and the
Argcntine Republic, and an American
company is building a railway in Hon
duras. Probably it will net be a dozen
yean befote railway communication
will be established direct, from New
Yerk nnd Chicago, via the city of Mexi
co, with nil the central nnd Seuth Amer
ican capitals. A new era has dawned in
our life, and it is the era of rapid prog
ress. We nlf-e have much cenfidence in
the completion of the Nicaragua canal,
new that an American company has
earnestly taken held of that great pro
ject. "It is my belief that this congress
and the visit we are te make te your
manufacturing ccntcra, will greatly
stimulate commerce between the United
States und our southern countries, even
if nothing mere tangihle than n mere in
timate acqiialntancesldp comes from it,
I am fcure if Americans knew the oppor
tunities for money making that nroepen
te them, in Seuth America especially,
they would he mere swift in taking nd nd
vautage of them. We have I ice fields in
which the grain is threshed out in mor
tars with Mone pestles, simplv because
the peeple have net the meney with
which te buy hulling machinery. Much
of our wheat ami ether small grain is
harvested with primltive appliances, be be bo
cause we have no machines at hand te
de the weik with. There are mines
which prouiise rich returns.
"Already the peeple cf the Argentine
Kepiihlic ewo a debt of gratitude te you
Americans. It was from your country
that the first advances wcre made toward
impteving the breeds of eheepand horses
down there. The pioneer in that busi
ness was a Mr. Eels, of Vermont, whose
lucrineca hnte already greatly improved
the quality of the wool en many big
farms. A man from Michigan, Mr, Sum
ner, unived in the Argentine net long
age with a herd of magulficunt Hereford
cattle. Your horsemen may be Interested
tr. knowing that the Argentinians are in
fatuated with American trotting herbcs,
which And a teady market there. Fabu
lous prices are paid for seme animals by
gentlemen of Buenes Ayres, but I am
sorry te say that when lest In that city I
.was told a number of gentlemen had
been bhamcfiilly imposed en by Yankee
heihu traders. The animals told them
had long and brilliant pedigrees, traced
back te distinguished thoroughbreds, but
when put in races against Aigentine half
breeds they failed te get a place. As you
may easily imagine, Buenes Ayres Is net
new a premising market for American
1 1 otters. Tlie Argentine gentlemen who
have paid fiem $5,000 te 10,000 per ani
mal for the refuse of New Yetk auction
stables are new pretty careful what they
buy.
"A singular fact with refer ence te the
tecent great boom In building, railways
and manufactures in the Argcntine Bo Be Bo
piihlie is that practically all of the lum
ber and timber used there has been
brought fiem the United States. While
thcie cie large fore.stuef teft weeds in
the country, they niose rcmcte from the
Hmms and the coast that it has been
found chcaper te impeit from Neith
American peits. Buenes Ayres has a
splendid harbor, which is constantly
cie wiled with bhippiiig from all paits of
the world. I say all paits. Perhaps I
had better except the United States.
Though n large number of Killing vessels
from Atueiicen ports nrrheat Buenes
Ayres each year, but a small number of
them fly the flag of the United States.
Among liuuilteds of steamers In that
pettl hae again and again looked in
vain for the flag of your country. While
the trade of thoArgentine Republic with
the United States is growing rapidly, I
beliove there are net mero than ene hun
dred Americans in the whele republic.
There are thousands of Englishmen,
Frenchmen and Italians.
"Ecry time I sit down te dinner here
nnd dt ink a cup of cofTce 1 think of the
fact that 3011 are the greatest cotfee con
suming country in the world, whlle the
Central und Seuth American countries
represented in this congress are the cof cef cof
feo growers for the whele universe.
Therefore if we should 'ever the collee'
reach a better understanding of our re
ciprocal trade relations, it would be most
fitting. I am told that the peeple of the
United States censume mero cou"ee each
year than Germany, Great Britain, Aus
tria and France combined. Four-fifths
of your lequirements are produced In
Brazil and Venezuela, and nearly all of
the remaining fifth in Gtutemala, Mex
ico, San Salvader, Columbia, Cesta Rica
and Hayti. Biazil alene supplies one
half of what is regarded as the average
nnnual colTee crop of the world. 1 be be be
lioeo American cntcrprise ami American
machinery are needed in this Industry.
Why, the best Brazilian plantations de
pend almost entirely upon the hoe. They
itbe the plow very little. The ceffea
farmers knew little or nothing about
conserving the soil. It is never en
riched, and the art of rotation in crop,
se commonly practiced by your farmeis,
is almost unknown te ours. Cellee is,
in many sections, the only crop, and
when disaster comes te that, as it does
sometimes come, both planter and mer
chant find themselves en the verge of
ruin.
"During n winter's rcsldence in Cuba
1 becamu somewhat familiar with the
coffce industry tliTO. It is a wonder te
me that a greater number of Americans
de net cngage in that buness.
"All ever Seuth nnd CVntral America
there are line opportunities for your capi
tal and your men of ability nnd energy.
Take, for instaHce, the Aigeutiue Re
public American trade with that coun
try is ceuliued chiefly te lumber and
petroleum, though something is being
doue in agricultural Implements and
machine American pianos, cook
stoves, beer and salt and canned fish nre
nUe finding a market thcie. But in the
whele of the Argcntine Republic there is
net onedistiuctivo American impeiting
hourte. A number of wealthy Arms handle
American goods, but they nre either Eng
lish or German house, which de busi
ness with the United States sluielv be.
cause it pay them te ote ee. Corneal
Baker, of Baeaee Arna, teM me law fafl
that of mere than a mlUten dollars' Vrerth
of cheese Imported by the Argentinians
last year just a thewaad dollars' worth
came from the United State. Your
country sends great quantltiee of cheese
te Europe, and Europe eenda cheese te
Seuth America, Se with ham. Yeu
expert hams by the shipload, but you de
net expert te us. Of 216 tens of ham
shipped te Buenes Ayres last year only
thirteen tens came direct from the United
States, though nearly all of the imported
hams were grown and cured in your
country and exported te England, of
whom our people purchased,
"Yeu ask me hew American trade in
Central and Seuth America can be beet
promoted. My reply is, by the establish
ment of regular lines of steamers between
your pert and ours, giving certain and
rapid communication. That is the first
step te be taken, and it must be taken by
the people of the United States. It (a
easier for us te cress the Atlantic te Lon Len Lon
eon or Paris than te ceme te New Yerk
or New Orleans. The Europeans have
sought us out with their steamships, und
their commercial agents, Englishmen,
Frenchmen, Germans and Dutchmen are
prominent In the commerce and finances
of many of our countries. It is net yet
tee late for the American, if he will
only bestir himself."
Walter Wellman.
THE SHIPS OF UNCLE SAM.
TWIN SISTERS TO THE YORKTOWN
NEARLY READY TO LAUNCH.
The) Are th Concord and Mi Benning
ton, and Hare Will Da Found an Elab
orate anil lutamtlng Description of This
Particular Typa of CrnUar.
The Vorktewn has proved henelf se
speedy, and te possess such fine weather
ly qualities, that it is very satisfactory
te knew that her twin sisters are se
nearly like her in evcry important par
ticular. The Bennington and Concord
nre partially protected cruisers, with
three masts, carrying fere and aft sail
only, and they have the same dimensions
and displacement of their elder sister.
The contract for building them was ex
ecuted en the 15th of November, two
years age, with Messrs. N. F. Palmer &
Ce., Chester, Pa., who wcre te have
completed them within eighteen months,
the contract price, cxclusive of arma
ment, being $400,000 for each vesscL
In this particular they differ from the
Yorktown, the cost of which was seme
$35,000 less, and the time allowed for her
completion but twelve months. The
hersn power guaranteed te be made is
3,400, a bonus of $100 te be paid for each
horse power developed above the contract
figures en trial; but if theso figures are
net reached n forfeit of $100 per hone
power will be exacted. The engines,
which are of the horizontal triple expan
sion type, are te drive twin screws, and
are being built at the Quintard Iren
works, in New Yerk. It was net ex
pected when the vessels wcre designed
that the amount of premiums would ex
ceed $3,000, which would represent but
fifty horse power abeve what the contract
calls for.
Although the time for completing
these vessels was originally te expire last
May, and has been extended, tlie con
tractors are new paying forfeit for being
behindhand with their work, and unless
tlie herse power developed is greatly in
excess of what is anticipated, the pre
miums will hardly compensate for the
cost of the delay. The very apt name of
"the eyes of the fleet" was, in the days
of tlie old time sailing vessels, licstewed
en the frigates, which were kept well in
advance of the line of battle ships te
obscrve the movements and combina
tions of the enemy's squadrons and re
port them as quickly as pessible te the
commander-in-chief, in order that he
could 60 tlispose of his own vessels ns te
catch the enemy nt the gteatcst disad
vantage. Such a title would by no means be a
misnomer te vessels of the size of the
Concord and Bennincten with this ex-
I" ccptien, in our own particular case, we
have net succeeded in thus far getting
the fleet of battle ships as their speed
In an emergency and their ability te
cover about 0,000 miles under economi
cal steaming conditions render them ex
tremely valuable for scouting purposes.
Their ether duties are te scour the seas,
fight vessels of their own class, destroy
commerce, and, in fact, be te the navy
what cavalry very often is te an army.
These cruisers cannot beat oil an enemy's
fleet of ironclads sent te destroy our sea sea
Iert towns, nor could they hepe te suc
cessfully cngage in battle with coast
defense vessels. .
As may readily be seen, their powers
both ns te olfense and defense are lim
ited, and no nation could depend solely
en this type. In our navy, however, this
class of vessel will nl ways be mero nu
merous than the ironclads. It is no easy
matter te keep track of an enemy and
his commerce while at sea, and man;
fleet footed vessels are required.
THE YORXTOWX.
The main batteries of these vessels are
six 0-inch, breech leading rifles, nnd the
guus nre finished and ready te be put
aboard when required. Very probably,
wcre the vessels te be designed again,
these guns would give way te ethers of
lesser caliber aud greater rapidity of Are.
Ne stronger proof than this could be
had of the rapid' strides that are con
stantly being made in all matters that
relate te the armament nnd machinery
of war v essels.
Here we have hardly two years since
the vessels wcre designed and their guns,
although by ue means antiquated, would
have te yield te the march of events and
be replaced by ethers of mero modern
deslgu. Such matters are all the mere
surprising when we consider that the
guns aboard of our wooden vessels were
made ever twenty-flve years nge, and it
was net until new cruisers wcre thought
of that steps were taken te construct
high powered artillery, 113 it is called.
The secondary battery, as the installa
tion of i.ipid fire end machine guns is
teuued, consists of two 0-peunder, two
Sl-peundcr and tv e t-peuuder rapid fire
guns, four 37mm, revolving cannon and
two Oatlings. Whether these rapid fire
gun j .IU all be of the Iletclikiss pattern
or rl ' - "'wdMy net been determined.
', - very marked improve
ment i.i tu iu. i ' rapid fire artillery
of the r.",i.!h,rr..'.n.'rt., ..."1 the Driggs
Schroeder 6ystein ut preteut bid fair te
mbv ar tfca
Torpedo tubes are te be fitted for firing
aaeaa, aemrn aea em eaen wrnammie,
aamaemeef the Hewell torpedoes that
are bing made In this ecuntry by the
Hotchkiss company will be given a trial.
The electric plant is very complete is
all Its details and embraces numerous
improvements suggested by previous ex
periments, and it is fast growing te be a
well recognized fact that the use of elec
tricity means Increased efficiency en
beard ship and greater health and com
fort for efllcera and men. The equip
ment of the naval vessels with electric
lighting plants and the excellent require
ments Insisted upon by the inspectors
have made the study of marine dynamos
and their necessary driving power of
sufficient commercial Importance te at
tract the attention of the American
manufacturers te this separate field.
Tlie result can be seen in the installa
tions in these vessels, which have com
plete plants of engines and direct driven
dynamos of the highest efficiency. As
may be gathered from this and ether
similar descriptions, the modern war
ship represents the highest effort of me
chanical skill and ingenuity, and has
become a machine of the costliest pro
duction. High, power guns, torpedoes,
machinery of greatest power, improved
methods of ventilation and lighting, all
tend toward a much greater expense
than was occurred twenty or thirty
yean age.
THE CONCORD ON THE WAYS.
The sentiment of the country seems
decidedly In favor of building a fleet
capable of efficiently aiding In the do de
fen se of our coasts and of maintaining
our rights and interests abroad. Sucli a
fleet must necessarily be composed of a
vaiicty of vessels, armored and unar unar
mercd, and can be created only at a con
siderable expense. Cehgiess having
already provided for these additional
vessels of 2,000 tens has seemingly de
clared in favor of tluTgwift cruiser, of
which type the Concord and Bennington
are excellent examples.
A HOUSE FOU $985.45.
Flan and Katlmate for the Uultdlng of
Seven Iioera Dwelling.
The following d( sign and pious were fur
nished te Carpentry snl Building by Jehn
M. Sherwood, a byracuss, N. Y., architect
ITe calls attention te the following peints: A
glance at fleer plans will show that a room,
or two can lie easily added without any
change et present house; there is a large
cellar under the whole house, with stain
lending te the kitchen; en the first fleer Is a
hall, with neat whitewood (btatned cherry)
ttaircase nnd doers leading into parlor nnJ
kitchen; the parlor, dining room nnd kitchen
are geed sled rooms; ea the second fleer are
three chambers with closets off each, fitted
up with waidrebe hooks, etc., and a tpate
cleeet for linens; there is a large closet ever
sU.
ESTIMATE MASOS WORK.
10cord3ef EtonelaMnt J1S.W $133 00
2 brick piers nt $2.50 each 6 00
Chimney built for $19 IS 00
SSjyanlsef plastering at 20 cents per yard 11? 00
it yards of excavating et0 cents percuble
yard 10 80
Cistern, built at (31.20 2120
Total mason work (3 IS 00
CAnrENTEB wenK.
,000fit hemlock at Jl I tSS 00
Ca router work nt 8100 $I.J2 00
Ihujgles, I2.S00 at S3 60 43 TS
Dining Roem
if-9"x iV-eT
Psrler.
U'-iTX i3'-e'
rmsT rLoen.
Laldfer 23 aw 7 0U
C'uied siding 00
Laldfer , I IO- 40 00
Floering, 1.C0O at $W & 00
laldfer 000- 88 00
Cernlcc.ccmer beards belt course
nnd water table, 6W feet at $a . 22 IS
Carpenter work. .. .... 12 67 33 00
Base beard, 823 feet at $53 B 12
Uldfer 6 8$- 1M
10 wlnden , bllnd trimming, frames, cas
ing and labor, at $8 per window $0100
acellar wloJem, at SJ50 7 M
2 attic Mews, at H 10 00
Circular Indew In hall, Including leaded
gloss (stained glass) 3 00
Frent deer, trimming, glass and labor ... 13 00
14 Inside doers, trimming, frame, casing
and labor, at $3.75 each H) 60
Wainscoting kitchen, 230 feit, at $23. . .. 8 75
Frent stairs, complete. $23; attle stairs,
(A, and cellar stairs, $0. 87 00
runtry, finished for 13 UO
Bd Roem.
H'-o'x.JO-e:
Btd Ream.
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Ct,
SECOND FLOOR.
Perches, complete 88 00
Conductors and tinning , II W
Nails ... ., 10 00
Building paper , 6 00
Pointing 63 00
Total. m 23
Wardrobe hooks, 4 dez , put up. at 80c. . . 1 SO
Total $9eS45
Brick can be cuUtituted in place et stenw
for the foundation if neewsary.
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tThe only trains which run dally.
On Sunday the Mall train west ran by way
Columbia,
M. I.K.WOOD.OeneralPaaaengerAttmt
CHAH. K. PUOH. General Manager.
P
HiEXdelphia'a heading railroad
READING A COLUMBIA DIVISION.
On and after Monday, July 1, IBM, train
eave Lancaster (King street), aa fellow :
. Fer Heading and Intermediate points, weak
day;, 7:30 a. m., 1235,8:48 p. m.; Sunday, 8.-08 a
On., aim p. ra.
Fer Philadelphia, week day, 7:80 a. m., 116,
):W p. m.; Sundays, 3.55 p. m.
Fer New Yerk via Philadelphia, week days.
7:80 a.m., 12:H3, 8:48 p.m.
Fer New Yerk via Allentown, week tara.
12:35 p.m.
Fer Allentown, week day, 7:80 a. m.,8:4p
m. : Sunday, 8:55 p. m.
Fer PetUvtlle, week day, 7:30a. m., S:4.p. ti
Bnnday, 8:55 p.m.
Fer Lebanon, week days, 7.-00 a. m., 12:85, 5:40
p. m. ; Hnndar, 8.-05 a. m, 3:55 p. m.
. Fer narrlsburg, week de, 7.-00 a.m., rMB,
5:10 p. m. ; Sunday, E.05 ft. in.
FerQnarryvllle, week day, 8-25 ft. m., S.O0.
8.00 p. m. ; Sunday, 6:10 p. ra.
THAINH FOR LANCASTER.
Lenve Reading, week day. 7:20, 11:55 a. m.,
6:55 p. m. : Sunday, 7:20 a. m.; 8:10 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, week days, 4:15, 1040 a
m., 4:00 p. ra.
Leave New Yerk via Philadelphia, week days,
7:45 n. in., 1:30. 12.00 p. m.
Leave New Yerk via Allentown, week day
4.00 a.m.. 1:00 p.m.
Leave Allentown, week day, 6.52 a. m. ; 4J0
p.m.
Leave PetUvtlle, week days, 6.50 a. ra., 4:85
p. m.
Ijcave Lebitnnn, week day. 7:12 a. m., 13.80
7:15 p. m. : Sunday, 7:55 a. m., 8:43 p. in.
Lcnxe lliirrlbburg, week days, 6.25a. in.; Bun
day, 0.50 a. m.
Leave (Junrryvllle, week day, 8:10, 11:45 a, m.,
3:00 ; Sunday, 7:10 a. m.
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut street wharf,
and Seuth street wharf.
Fer Atlantic City, week day, expreaxe,
0-00 a. m. and t.OOands.OO p. in.; Accommodation,
:: a. m. and 4:30 p. ra. ; Sunday, Kxpraw, 8:00
and 9.-00 a. m., Accommodation, 8.-00 a. m., 4:80
p. ra.
Returning leave Atlantic City, depot cornet,
Atlantic and Arkansas Avenue. Week day.
Express 7.-0) and 10:12 ft. ra. and 4 p. m. Accem
inouatien.s.wn. m. ana 4:30 p. ra. Sunday
Express, 4 and 5:30 p. m. Accommodation, 7:30
n. m. and 4KB p. in.
Detailed time table can be obtained at tick
omceH.
A. A. MCLEOD, C. G. II A NCOCK.
Vice Pres. AlOen'l M'irr. Gcn'l Pasa'r Agt.
LEBANON A LANCASTER JOINT LINK
RAILROAD.
Arrangements of 1'anRenger Trains en and after
SUNDAY, May 12, 1889.
NORTHWARD.
Leave A. m. p. M.
King Street, Lane 7:00 12.36
Lancaster.... 7.07 12:43
Mannelm.. 7:11 130
Cornwall 7:69 1:16
Arrive at
Lebanon 6:11 1:58
"SOUTHWARD.
Leave A. M. r. M.
Lebanon 7:12 12:30
Cornwall 7:27 12:
Manhelm 7:68 1:16
Lancaster 8.-27 1:62
Arrive nt
I Sunday,
r. u. a. m. r. m,
5:10 8.06 .' 55
6:50 8:13 i .'4
0M 8:45 t-
8:48. 9.17 Jtfl
7.09 9.82 5.15
1'. M.A. M. f. M.
7:15 7:53 3.IJ
7:10, 8:10 J
7:57l 8:40
8.23 9:12 6.0
King Street, Lane. 8:35 2:00
8:80, 030
Railroad.
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A. M. WII.SON, Rupt. It. A C.
B. S. NKFK. BupL C. It. It.
&OUC0C0.
IEIRCKCOLLEGK.
OF BUSINESS
Short-Hand.
Recerd lluildlng,
017-W18
CHESTNUT STREET,
riilludelphla, lii.
fterend. Third nnd
Fourth hloers.
Morning, Afternoon nnd Night Kcuslans.
Tnenty-Fltlli Collegiate Year begins TUES
DAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1SS9.
Twche hundred und ilxty-nlhQ(i2C9) students
lustjenr. Enrlv applications ucecsnary. Send
fur enrollment blank.
Technical kumrledgc qualifying for business
engugements. Full Instruction for commercial
mid gencm! buslncM) vocations. Alse Short
Hand and Type-Writing.
A faculty of mere than n seere of practical
men who have practiced what they tench.
Heek keepers out of counting houses teaching
bookkeeping ; lawyrrx teaching law and busi-ne-gfermt;
successful high school principal
tcr hlng English brunches; law reporters
te hlng short-hand and type-writing, etc., etc.
' This Institution has been exceptionally for fer
tu laUiln Ihnsuccmsef the students who have
gr dnnted therefrem."
(itllce open every week day during IiuhIdc
ln.iirs nnd also en Monday, Tuesday nnd Thurs
d iv Evenings for the Enrollment of Student.
Announcements, etc., sent when requested.
Visitors always welcome. Address,
THOMAS MAY PEI11CE, M. A.,
auL'19-Oin.MitS Principal audFeunder.
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ALL AND SEE
-THE-
ROCHESTER LAMP!
Sixty Candle-Light; Heats them all.
Anether Let of Cheap Glebes for Ge and OH
Steves.
THE "PERFECTION"
METAL MOULDING and RUDDER CUSHION
Weather Strip.
Ileuts them nil. ThlHstrlpoutwearsalletliers.
Keep out the cold. Slops milling of windows,
Kxdudes the dust, Keep out snow and rain.
Am ene can apply It no waste or dirt made In
applying It. dm be flttcd unyuhcre no holes
te bore, ready for ue. 1 111 net npllt. warp or
shrink a cushion strip Is the most perfect.;iAl
the Steve, Heater and Range Stere of
Jehn P. Scnaum & Sens,
34 SOUTH QUEEN ST.,
LANCASTER PA.
ittiu-ltlncrit.
OTEAM.
We desire te call ithe attention .if consumer
of Steam Goods and Erglneers' Smmllev, te our
large and varied stock of PIih-s. nlves, Cerk,
Mulleable und Cast Iren Fillings, Asbestos.
Vulcabckteu und IJMidurian, Sheet, Piston ana
VaIe Packings; Scotch ana Ited Line Reflect.
Ing Gauge Glares, Steam Radiators nnd Steam
Ucutlng Apparatus; Kt and Cap Screws, and
In fact almost everything required by steam
users, and oil el which we offer at prices which
we guarantee te be loner than these of any
ether dealer In tills lciiilly.
Wohaveposltnely the largest stock, and be
ing connected with the Telephone Exchange,
nre prepared te receive and nil nil orders In the
shortest iietslble time. When In want of nny.
thing In our line, call en us for prices and w
will convince ion of our ability and willing
nc te save you Meney. Delay nnd Vexation.
Ourfacilllltsfer furnishing Engines, Hellers,
Shafting, Pulley. Hanger, Sjiei Inl Machinery,
PlumlKrV and Gas Uttcis' Toels, Pattern,
Medels, and Iren and lintss Castings, und for
the prompt repair of all kind of macnlnery are
unexcelled In Uiuraster, and we respectfully
elleit u shun or j our patronage.
Central Machine Works,
134 A 130 NORTH CHRISTIAN KTIIIRTl',
IiAM'AHThK, PA.
Geed Werk, Rensenauie Charges, Prompt
tiess. Telephone cnnneelien il.VIMU
VTOTIliff TOKKl'7SSi;itr AND GUN
l NEHS. All periMiimire hereby forbidden
te trnpw. en any or the lands of the Cornwall
r.dSiiccdwcllelalii.iii liehtiiinn or Jjiiiew-trr
..unities, nhcthrr inhw-d or uulurl(ed, tidier
for Ihu purpose of !iitlng or lliftiiig, as Hie
lnw will be rlglill enforced agHlii,t all tn
imksln en said lauds of the undrslguc-d hfw
thU notice. 1
WM.COl.Uil AN RRKEMAN
It. PERCY ALDKK,
EDW. C. FREEMAN,
Attorney for R. W, Cgienun'i Htlri.
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