USE FOR SIGHTING MACHINE. How Twelve-Pounders on Battle- . ships Are Aimed and Fired. Few people are aware of the meth- ods employed to sight the large twelve-pounders on modern battle- ships, says the Philadelphia Record. It is generally supposed that the gunner sights these immense cannon as he would an ordinarary rifle. Such is not the case, however. An illustration of the method employed is shown here, the apparatus being the invention of a gunner in the United States Navy. The apparatus is exceedingly complicated and is practically useless in the hands of a novice. In one hand the gunner grasps an ordinary pistol. This pis- tol is connected to the firing appara- tus of the gun. Above the pistol is a sighting tube and a number of re- flecting glasses. = By means of re- \ 1 Eee] ER fuse ini LOAN ANAK 3 Sight the Gun. ‘flecting glasses the surroundings are brought into the range of the pistol. The gunner need only sight the pis- tol to hit a certain object on the re- flecting glasses. As he brings the pistol into the correct range, the large gun which it controls is also brought into range. Pulling the —ger of the pistol discharges the gun. “The ‘Skipper Ashore. “Good any sort of work that involves .the handling of men, and especially good “for such work that is also more less outdoors, as for instance the su- perinténdence of piers and the care of or work on any sort of boats, and work In and about warehouses, and that sort of thing,” man, of vessels. “They have to be good and men to get up to places such as they have held on the sea, and the quali- | tics that have made them successful afloat are equally valuable in any work they may be called upon to do, and especially in such work as I have indicated ashore. “They are accustomed to mand, for one thing; they can make men work and keep them going; they can get things done. They are Hkely to be able to pick out the right sort of men for bosses, if they have control of many men, and they know how to handle things and. how. to stow things to the best advantage. “They are all the time watchful and alert, as they hawe all their lives been accustomed to be ut of ne- cessity. tion they coms- sed, know the weather in ad- vance and always take due precau- | get | tions regarding it; they caught napping. “Accustomed to taking no chance, never but to having men on watch night | and day at sea, they set watches just the same on land, and fire, that spe- cial terror. to. men: -on ship, with the same care that afloat. they would “You see, the man in command of | a vessel lives in a world of his own, | him, for depends look everything he where and where on must out everything, and so he develops con- | stant watchfulness and resourceful- ness in emergency and readiness in | action; he must be in the nature of things an able man, and that's why | the sea captain or mate, retired per- haps for some disability impair his usefulness at sea, may make In the right place an especially | good man ashore. Metallizing Wood in France. An interesting method of applying a preservative to railway sleepers and timber Is described in trie Electrique of Paris. consists of the artificial tion of the pores of the metal being deposited wood, the the application of a solution of some salt—sulphate of copper, for exam- ple—by placing the wood immersed in the solution in a closed chamber and subjecting it to pressure. The wood is thus thoroughly impregnated with the solution. It is then taken out, and piled up in layers in a con- | crete reservoir. The first layer of timber is immersed in the same cop- per sulphate solution, and also rests on a layer of jute or other fibrous material, which is supported by an electrode made of woven strands of copper. Similar electrodes are placed between each layer of timber as they are piled up to the desired height. Alternate electrodes are then con- nected to the opposite poles of an alternating current supply, and the current is allowed to pass. The ac- tion is sald to decompose the solu- tion and set free metallic copper in the pores of the wood. Besides the preservative action in thus closing the pores, it is said that a certain amount of copper sulphate is perma- fiénetly retained in the pores, giving an additional and a decided pre- servdtive effect. BIRDS WITH COLORED HEADS. Curious Mistake in Classification Caused by Pollen. Many birds frequenting flowers for honey or insects are thus lable to get their heads covered with pol- len, says the IL.ondon Globe. And since the pollen of different flowers varies in color a bird may become yellow-headed, red-headed, blue- headed, etc. This led to a curious mistake in the case of a New Zeal- and bird. This bird was a honey- sucker and a haunter of flowers. Now, in the early summer it visited most frequently the flowers of the native flax, and later in the year fed chiefly on the fuchsia. The pollen of the former is red. and of the latter i and the same, and that the 1« | of the head was blackish brown. i collect | in I plicated | use became impracticable. | not. be said of the one shown in t! | fltustratfon, which comprises, a sun- trig- | men to have in charge of or | said a steamship- | “are retired captains and mates | able | Instinctively or by observa- | they | guard against and look out for here | : : | in one of their new hats or suits they that may | ['Indus- | The process | metalliza- electrically. | In brief, the method requires, first, | blue. Hence in the early summer the bird appeared with a red head. and was named the red-headed seeker. But when later in the it went to the fuchsia its head stained blue, and it was called blue-headed honey-seeker. Thus. a_long time. this bird was thonzht he two distinct cently was it found that headed and blue headed was the tv 1 s 3 the reg- wore one al color For Delivering Mail. Devices whereby * express trains bags of mail at on road without stopping have Leen use extensively for a number Naturally, these ® first used not ‘entirely - satisfactory. and inventors have been endeavoring to improve upon them. Many of the devices patented, although success- ful in every way, have been so com- in construction that their This car- stations the of years. were porting frame in the center of which Weight Operates Shovel. | Is pivoted the shooting mechanism, The lattér consists of a hav- ing at one end a large bowl in which is placed the mail bag. On the end of the frame opposite the mail bag { Is a pivoted weight. This weight is | very heavy and is released ‘by a pro- | jection on the passing train. As the weight descends it strikes the handle of the shovel with great force, swing- ‘ing near the ground the mail continues on its journey through the entering the open door of the mail car as it passes the station. shovel alr, Flatter. to make true said. If thot indeed be a Mirrors That is not enough mirrors,” the dealer all, ours would simple business. “Dressmakers and quire mirrors of all need, for ‘example, a mirror that makes one look taller and thinner. When they dress a fat, short patron “rt were milliners sorts. They re- lead her to the mirror, and, she is so surprised and pleased with change for the better in her that straight off she buys, “For masseurs I make a mirror that, like a retouched photograph, hides blemishes, wrinkles, scars. The masseur takes the wrinkled face of | some. rich old ‘woman, steams it, thumps it, pinches it, and smacks {it for an hour, and then holds up to it the mirror that gives a blurred blemish hiding reflection. The wom- an thinks her wrinkles are gone, and is "happy till she gets home to her loolis own true mirror. ‘Altogether I make some tweni; varieties of false mirrors. Salesman aud saleswoman in millinery and dressmaking establishments can dou- ble and quadruple their business if they are quick and deft in their se- lection of the mirror that flatters each patron best.” Etiquette in London Clubland. In some of our ultra exclusive clubs it is a serious breach of eti- quette for one member to speak to ¢nother without obtaining a cere- inonfous introduction beforehand, says the London Chronicle. A painful case has just occurred in a certain old established and ex- trensely respectable Pall Mall cara- vansarie. It appears that a newly joined member, in callous defiance of custom, ventured the other after- noon to make a remark about the weather to a gentleman with whom he was not personally acquainted. The recipient of this outrage glared stonily at its perpetrator. “Did you presume to address me, sir?” he demanded, with an awful frown. “Yes, I did,” was the deflant reply. “I said it was a fine day.’ The other digested the observation thought- fully. Then, after an impressive pause, he turned to its bold exponent. “Well, pray don’t let it occur again,’ he remarked, as he buried himsel once more in his paper. bag | honey- | year | | into the for | J —— OURBOYSAND GIRLS N ar—— TARDY TOMM™, Tommy Brown was always late to school. He was such a heedless Lo: that he usually forgot the time wi played along the way. Nothing coaid cure him of this bad habit. ova when his teacher kept him in fio ball game, in which he to make him write a thouszund ti Wds caine Remember this: Le nunetual us sun, though others lag,’ he the very next morning. One dreadful day, when he whole hour late, Miss Amy sent him girls’ to sténd oun 2 stool for two hours and wear a cure in big letters: “Tara Wu Was roo printed red | Tommy." species, and only re- I , 3 | | “would | sailing thought But After: thai Foramy never would be laic again. soon forgot. At last his woild teach “Tommy,” she you like picnic thought him a lesson. said to give Idlewild moter one... day. the boys = to on Satur- | day?” | I guess! the | | "with a spear.’ “Would I?" cried Tommy. '‘Well, May 1 ask the whole push, mother?” *Oh;, Tommy, why are you 50. slangy? Yes, all the boys. Let me see, there are twelve of you, are there not? rive ‘me the list and: I ‘will telephone: to ' their mothers.” Saturday. was clear and cool, and dear, ask Tommy was at the wharf bright and early. Not a boy was there. Nine o'clock came. be seen. “Mother,” ¥suid .. Tommy, “where do you think those fellows are? They're as mean as mud to be late at my party.” ‘Oh, well, Tommy, they are only a little late, and that does not count, you know.” . Tommy looked rather queer, for that was his own daily excuse. By a quarter past nine Sammy Bangs came; at half past, Jack and Ted Thompson; still later the three Masoner boys. At half past ten only seven of the party of twelve were on hand. How those waiting boys did fuss and fume. The breeze was fine for sailing, but Mrs. Brown would be impossible to start without all the guests. Every little while Tommy growl- ed, “Those are just the rudest fel- lows; catch me asking them to a sail again!’ : : *Oh, surely not: rude, - Tommy; caly a little. late, you know,” ‘Mrs. Brown would reply. “All aboard, boys,” ‘called the skipper. “If you want a run to Idle- i A Tommy stood before the school. wild to-day, we must he off, as I've another party at 11.” “Please, ‘mother, without Will Bri ? rid be: late, “l.ate! Why surely that's nothing, replied Mrs. Brown. the captain called ‘‘Too late for a sail to-day, boys,” Will was geen running the hill. The disappointment terrible, but can't £0 He’s just hor- we to S00 Tommy,” Just as dow Was | there was nothing for the party to do | but go home, after a whole ing’s wait on the wharf. How did it happen? Mrs. Brown, wino had arranged with the mothers cf the boy to have each come at a different hour, might have told. But Tommy had had his lesson. He learned that being late did count. After that Saturday he was on time at school every day for the of the year. When he had become nmorin- rest very punc- | tual, his mother let him give another sailing party for ‘‘the push.” That Saturday every -boy was on the docl promptly at a quarter before nine. What a glorious time they had sail- ing and crabbing, and such a good lunch at Idlewild. Willie's Lion Hunting. “When I grow up,” said Willie, “I am going to Africa and kill lions “Why not kill them with a gun, Willie?” asked his father. “Why, all the natives kill lions with a spear, you know, and I would- n't want to have the advantage of them. I would want to fight the lions hand to hand.” ‘But suppose you ran upon two lions,” said Willie's father. ‘“While you were fighting one hand to hand, the other could slip up behind and bite a plece out of the back of your neck.” ut the matter in a new light. Willie thought over it a while and then decided perhaps after all it was better to a pirate. Still not a boy was to’ | to | of state, said It? | same. | company the suite. I the | special ered. | ter, which arrives daily by must | tention must be given to the reports { of Ministers from other departments, I conferences | times of the day, and long dictations | given in the study where the Kaiser | he correspondence friends. | difficulties | free discharge PECULIAR MOTOR CAR. Built for One Passenger Only and Steered by Foot. The illustration below shows a new type of motor car that should in | | 1 | the near future have many support- | el. Itis a foreign invention, and on account of its peculiar construction attracts attention Immediately. In size it is about as small as a motor car can be made, there being seat- Ing capacity y assenger. | ys : g capacity for only one passenger. | pq companion, and the look deepened. There {is also a total absence of com- plicated steering apparatus. The operating. motor is placed imme- | diately in front of the rider. On- lever is sufficient to regulate the speed and is placed in close proxin- ity to the seat. Probably -the peculiar feature is the steering. This is done means - of the feet, very mueh like a young box would steer his.éxpress wagon. Nios: method! of by The i ed THE WAY OF THE TRAIL Brucie Annie Dunne. The full moon rose over the chaperal wide desert, turning the into tawny beauty. The man got to his feet unsteadily, with ‘a look of fear in his eyes. His glance stared across the grim level, down the faint, white line of the trail, then back, to fall upon the face of Sleeping? He knelt feebly, again placing his hand upon the face of his companion and the look deepened As he did so the always smoulder- ing wrath of his soul toward that other man-—miles ahead now-——that man who had robbed them, gwelled to its height. He had always mistrust- him, but his hate had never sumed strength as this. He became conscious, ‘as he hal! never been fore, that that man was responsii for it all, the straved pony, water bottle, even to the horror. and certainty of his—and ! his hrot His distorted brain the knowledge that plainsman ow: of the desert, knew it as well us- aod LEAN. Crowl ..: her's——death. wrought upor as | 1 + 11 own name, had told him so—knew 1 sa hands are at all times free, the rider being able pleasure. to ‘enjoy a Other peculiar smoke ‘with | features | are the size of the wheels and the | height of ground. the frame above When the Travels. Even when travelling the is at work, for being the chief of a Kaiser the | I from and ‘his brother ore back hills. He had death, ‘to clainy it; remaining horse, the last d water. “But “we'll. live, and better of him yet,” he the unheeding form. A long time he sat there, motion less as the unconscious, man in arms, staring down upon the hypn tic calm of the blank features, anathemas in his heart, As he watched the stiff caked ling began to move, and disjointed wo. is. whispers, half-formed sentences {li them, peopling the penetrat of his golden seeret mine of far-away slow only of spot there in left then taking welll ge muttered formi | silence with fearsome sounds. ‘ Kaiser | great nation he must keep the Gov- | Review of Reviews. A large staff of Government offi- clals accompanies him. A high { ernment machine in motion, says the | “Jim—tell her We're rich!—gold- —her to wait- —yvyellow gold!— Then silenc€, a rhythmic pause, and to—wait for— yellow gold! she promised-—golg me. Tel} | the beat of the words again. offi- | cial from the Foreign Office attends | the makes duties of foreign politics, reports on the affairs receives the orders of sovereign and keeps up the commau- the | {“him!? nication between the Kaiser and the | Chancellor. “Then there is a privy councillor: who takes dictations, do- ciphers telegrams and transmits the Besides, two adjutants ac- For the messages very lively exchange between the Kaiser and Chancellor special arrangement is madebytheimperial postal depart- ment. Telegraphic messages be presented at once to the Kaiser, When necessary to be deciphered a postal official is in the nearest telo- graph office to attend to this duty. When the Kaiser is out huntine a messenger goes after him case urgent messages must be deéliv- Even at a late: hour in the night the Kaiser has ordered that regardless of his own convenience he must in i shall be awakened if important com- | munications arrive. In additions to these telegraphic reports, mail mat courier, be answered; then, also. at- must. be ‘held at all is stopping, be it Hohenzollern or Added to on board of the in his sleeper this must be reckoned | the ‘hours when he is working alone, consisting of I paper | spondence with his wife, from whom the cHppings, reading of news- the active corre- receives a ths and royalties or daily letter, with ’ Hunt for a Hangman. The British army was once in through the lack of a hangman. Murder was committed by a soldier in the Crimea, but no- | body could be found to carry out the gentence of the court-martial. and a granted to At It was announced that £20 would be man undertaking the last a man did volunteer. newcomer to the army. On the night prior to the date fixed for the execution they locked up the hangman in a stable to keep him safe. In the morning the party at the gallows waited, but there was no hangman. He had gone mad dur- ing the night, or else he was now simulating madness. The officer in command turned to one of his Captains with: ‘Captain, you will have the goodness to hang the prisoner!’ The Captain changed countenance, but he pulled himself together, and appealed to the serge- ants with: “Which of you .will hang this man?” And to spare his Captain, one of the men volunteered. He afterward had the satisfaction of.flogging the man who had volunteered and failed. the task. Protective Colors of Animals. I seem to trace a faint clue to the connection between the protective coloring and the mind in the intense desire of the fox to remain concealed and unseen. That this is a possible theory we infer from the fact that a blind animal does not change color. Put a dozen minnows into an ordi- nary white wash hand basin and they will in a very short time be of a pale lcolor. If over ome no change passes ‘we may be tolerably certain that it is blind.—Dale’s “The Fox.” i he of | L the A groan choked past the lump in the throat of the man listening, and by and by his fevered eyes lifted in a prayer, slowly, up to the drowning deeps. “Save him, oh, God!—not me. Save Over and these words half unconsciously, the damp forehead woman would. Releasing his left laid his burden spread coat and stumbled over dead horse. Vith fumbling hands he removed the saddle blanket and dragged it across the over fell, while he wiped 48 ‘gently as x arm back cautiously on the tO few ro ns | to the sick man’s side, where, around his head and shoulders, by the aid of this and a chaparal bush. he Iyiit a sort of screen to shield the starine eyes from the light of the moon. This done his gaunt figure swayed a bit as he stood for a moment an: looked down at ihe. pe ing wreck: of him had once been bigger and stronger than then with a muttered word he turned his steps forward to the dim. trail, tangling and twisting tuous way, faint and fainter. on to the point of disappearing uncertainty. All night the dragging feet shurlod doggedly, making little heady. ay, stopping every now and then at short and shorter intervals, start again with a flickering spurt of strength as the thickening necessity urged, pursued by the thought of form under the chapparal bush, Wili3~ helpless, who whit its 1OT LOT to mse of hack { there- -somew here. He was a | | "spot, | steadied, and a great But when the silver-yellow lich flooded the east the lone figure ceased to stumble and hitch along; it sank down on the crest of a sand dune and sat bowed its The came over desert, and red, and flamed into the face the man, who stared and nodded. The man shivered, for the fever had communicated itself him and had full control, while the grip of its haze settled upon him. Higher the sun, beginning once its shimmering dance over the arid waste. It danced in giddy cir- cles, maddening waves, chasing each other. deep into the cavernous eves that stared into vacancy; and by and by wrought in them less appeal of a dog's under the lash of his master. He moved his head to and fro, and them, blinkingly. Tuey opened again, shut, opened and fixed upon a dark spot directly in the path of the grinning sun. It grew large and distorted, to the eyes watching: opened wider, staringly, cry over knees. sun the rutl of 100, to rose at the cowed, help- closed that which flashed and rose to the man’s lips—choked wl a sudden spasm, wild and glad, swept his face, and he dropped weekly to his knees. “Jim—it's Jim! He to desert—us. He—Jim——" \Vith this strained, thickened whisper in his lips he fell face downward in tne soundless; | sand. For a moment he stirred there, then lay quite still, th eglad light on his face; just as the two men in the prairie team drew up, and one swung down from the creaking seat, a brim- ming water gourd in his haid. Regulating Railroad Rates. The Legisdature of WWashington at its latest session passed a law making the maximum railroad fare for adults 3 cents a mile and for children 134 cents, One Greenlaind whale weighs as much as 88 elephants or 440 bears. - gestion, Heart Strength Heart Strength, or Heart Weakness, means Nerve Strength, or Nerve Weakness—nothing more. Pos- | ftively, not one weak heart in a hundred is, in it- self, actually diseased. It is almost always a | hidden tiny little nerve that really is all at fault. | This obscure nerve—the Cardiac, or Heart Nerve | =simply ieeds, and must have, more power, more stability, more controlling, more governing | strength. 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