x" 21 fri Te 8 bY om to the / Pacific WARSHIPS PLAYING THEIR SEARCH-LIGHTS. The December day set for starting of the ‘‘Practice Cruise to | the Pacific” will doubtless go down in history as one of the red letter days of the American Navy, for the departure of the Atlantic fleet from Hampton Roads on its 13,000-mile journey inaugurates the most mo- mentous undertaking of its kind that the world has ever seen. Perhaps the nearest approach to it was Ro- jestvensky's ill - starred journey around the Cape of Good Hope, but in strength and numbers his fleet can in no way be compared to the mighty armament which Rear - Admiral Evans’ flagship, the Connecticut, is to lead through the winding channels. on their way around to the Pacific. of the’ Magellan the jthat army; possessing also the ability to go farther in any given length of time, and be self-supporting for a greater length of time, and possess- ing in her armor a protection, may be said to double her offensive strength. The author of this paper does not mean to imply that a battle-ship could do on land what 100,000 in- fantry could do, but that cn its ele- ment, the se.., the argument is that a battle-ship is a more powerful thing than an army of 100,000 infantry is on its element, the land. And that, furthermore, 100,000 men cannot march 240 miles a day, whereas a battle-ship can ‘go 240 miles a day with ease. Strait. Although the trans- fer of the fleet from ocean to ocean has been discussed as no movement of a fleet tias ever been dis- cussed before, it is probable that few yet reglize just i all it means. The state- ment that it is equiva- lent to the transfer from the Atlantic to the Pacific seaboard of a highly disciplined army of nearly 2; 000,000 men may seem . extravagant, but, in a sense, i no less true. In a recent essay read be- fore the Naval Insti- tute, Captain Bradley A. Fiske drew an analogy between bhat- tle-ships and armies, and in which ‘the author asserted that a battle-ship is a much more powerful thing than an army of 100,000 men. “On land,” this author said, “an army of 100,000 infantry car- rics 100,000 rifles. If those 100,000 rifles were all fired simul- taneously, the com- bined energy of tho bullets at the muzzle would be equal to only seven per cent. more than the energy of two twelve- inch guns in one battle-ship. And if the total energy of those 100,000 men could be concentrated, it would not be more than 25,000 horse-power, about fifty per cent. more than the horse-power of the Maine. The 100,000 men would weigh about 7200 tons, about half the weight of one large battle-ship.” But, as Captain Fiske adds, the fire of 100,000 men cannot be con- centrated, neither can their energy 3 4) rr Sade Rd REAR-ADMIRAL EVANS. | | | Commanding the Battle-ship Fleet. Not including the six destroyers which are to accompany the fleet, and leaving out of count the supply and repair ships which form a part of this vast armada, the total battle- ship tonnage which is to make the voyage from ocean to ocean is 223,- 836 tons. There .are about 13,000 men attached to the fleet and its auxiliaries, and- it will require more than 6,000,000 pounds of ,rovisions to supply their needs throughout the three or four months which will be required for the long voyage. These AX ELIE NAVAL BASE AT MAGDALENA BAY, OBJECTIVE POINT OF CRUISE nor their weizht. So it would seem that the battle-ship is a machine of a higher order, possessing, in her gun- fire, a greater amount of concen- trable energy, in her engines an energy more than half as great as that of all the nien and horses in U. S. Army Transport Service Flag. The section at the left is red, .the section at the right blue, and the centre section white, with the letters in red and the insignia in blue. supplies include 1,200,000 pounds flour, 1,000,000 pounds fresh beef o(frozen), 800,000 000 pounds of vegetables, the list in- cluding turnips, cabbages, carrots, onions and asparagus, 200,000 pounds tinned corn, 200,000 pounds tinned pease, 150,000 pounds tinned tomatoes, 150,000 pounds salt pork, 110,000 pounds oatmeal, 100,000 pounds each of rice, lard, mutton and corned beef, 500,000 pounds of canned fruits, including apples, peaches, pears and other fruits; 100,- 000 pounds of condensed milk, 100,- 000 pounds of coffee, 15,000 pounds of tea, 40,000 dozen fresh eggs, 5000 pounds of mustard, 5000 pounds of pepper and 5000 pounds of salt. . Nearly everything that a person can think of to eat or drink, except intoxicants, is included in the lists of supplies. In making out the lists the Navy Department officials took into consideration the fact that the ships Arkansas Diamond Fields as Rich as South Africa. Little Rock, Ark.—Thc diamond field discovered in Pike County, this State, is rich, according to the report of Professor Philip Schneider, geolo- gist of the Syracuse (N. Y.) Univer- sity, who was employed by the State Department of Agriculture to make an investigation. In his report he says that, while much of the land which he inspected is worthless, a few acres are rich pro- ducers of genuine diamonds, equaling the Kimberley mines. Prof. Wm. James Finds a ‘Psychic Marvel” in New Hampshire. Boston, Mass.—Professor William examined the strange case of Mrs. Nellie M. Titus, of Lebanon, N. H., and has discovered in her, he says, a ‘‘psychic marvel.” He gives three explanations of her power and ex- presses the opinion that she has a super-normal faculty of seership. Mrs, Titus in a trance located the body of Bertha Huz, of Enfield, who was drowned off Old Shaker Bridge nine years ago. | } | | | | makes tof | Line iises to tall sea on Christmas, New Year's and Washington's birthday, and special dinners for those occa- sions have already been arranged, as is shown, by the large number turkeys, plum puddings, pumpkin will be at pies, nuts, dried fruits and other deli- | cacies named in the lists of foods re- quired. izes how long monotonous the times, going and, at voyage is as the food was concerned the would not have any excuse grumble. The officers of the fleet must lay in, their own supply of provisions at their own expense. They may choose what they wish without reference to the provisions which the Bureau men to of Supplies and Accounts makes for, enlisted men. All of the food pro- vided will be kept fresh by means of cold storage. Water will be distilled aboard ship. At the ports new sup- plies can be taken aboard, but the orders of the Navy Department are that the ships be provided without reference to any stops they may make The projected cruise has already involved the purchase of nearly a quarter of a million tons of coal, and the charter of a fleet of colliers which is numerically greater than the battle-ship fleet itself. The mil- lions of dollars which the coal and the colliers cost can only be approxi- mated, but they are many. he cruise itself one of absorbing interest, not only to this country and to the nations which will follow its movements as it its way down the great dip sea hill which sweeps from the to. the Horn and up the Ilati- tudes to the Line again, but it prom- be eminently spectacular to of those whose fortunes will cast with the Armada. of | The Navy Department real- | how | to be, and it was determined that so far | bids fair to be | he | THE or FIGHTING STRENGTH THE BATTLESHIP FLEET. Officers Ships. Gur and Men Connecticut 2 881 Kansas 2 S50 Louisiana S81 Vermont, SS1 Virginia Georgia New Jersey Rhode Island Alabama Illinois Kearsage Kentucky Ohio Maine Minnesota S81 Missouri z TS S. 690 690 686 800 813 LOO = Po iIS toot . 36 12,793 | | | 1 | ship Nebraska, but recently commis- I'sioned. In addition to these are the { four protected cruisers of the Den- ver class; the cruisers Chicago, Al- bany and the gunboat Yorktown. The Figs eae % 2 2A 4 ‘culiveanti Map Showing Magdalena Bay, The Coaling Station Leased by Mex- ico to the United States. combined fleets will therefore have the following strength: Battle-ships .... Armored cruisers Protected cruisers Gunboats Destroyers Botal =. dsas eis This immense armament, by AC THE BATTLE-SHIP MISSOURI. "Twould, perhaps, be “worth ten years of peaceful life, one glance at that array,” as, under the eyes of the President, it moves out from Hamp- ton Roads—sixteen superb battle- ships, with their attendant cortege of supply, hospital and repair ships. The first stop will be at Trinidad, where the fleet will renew its coal supply from the fleet of colliers which will be awaiting its arrival there. Then it will proceed to Rio, where another supply of coal will be taken on board from another fleet of waiting colliers; and then begins the long run to Punta Arenas—one of the most dreary regions in the world, the jumping-off place-—sinister as the Pit itself. Coaling again from col- liers, the fleet will resume its way, taking passage through the Strait of Magellan. It is expected to arrive at Callao, its next stopping place, on February 18, and at Magdalena Bay on April 6. Here it will effect a junction with the vessels of the Pa- cific fleet. This is expected to com- prise the six new and powerful ar- mored cruisers of the South Dakota class; the Tennessee and Washington, of a later and even more powerful pounds potatoes, ! 300,000 pounds smoked ham, 1,000,-| ! Alabama class, James, the Harvard psycholokist, has | type; the three big protected cruis- ers, St. Louis, Milwaukee and Chi- cago; the battle-ship Oregon, that famous old dog of Santiago; the bat- tle-ship Wisconsin, which is of the and the new battle- | the greatest ever assembled by any | nation, will be under the command of Rear-Admiral Evans. The incon- gruity o« having so vast a force under the command of an officer with no | higher rank than that of Rear-Admi- | ral is recognized most everywhere, | except in Congress. ‘The creation lof the rank of Vice-Admiral and the { bestowing of it upon ‘Fighting | Bob” would, of course, not increase | the competence of that distinguished | officer; but the rank would be a more | fitting one for the commander-in- | chief of this mighty fleet. | Upon the junction of the fleets in Magdalena Bay, the present pro- gram contemplates a series of ex- tensive maneuvres between the com- bined forces, and target practice, in- cluding the firing of the guns when the ships are in a rough sea, and record practice when they are in smooth water. The vast armament will be divided into two fleets, and the fleets sub-divided into squad- rons and divisions. This story of the projected cruise of the fleet may well leave it in Magdalena Bay, for no prophet may tell where it wili go from there. Some official utterances have laid its course north to San Francisco; where- as some others, unofficial, have plot- ited its track to the Philippines and thence around the world via the Suez Canal and home. THE ARMORED CRUISER TENNESSEE. Trolley Car Searchlights Hyp- notize Delaware Rabbits. Wilmington, Del.—Rabbits are en- spared by trolley cars in Delaware. e capture of many animals would be easy for the crews of the West Chester, Kennett and Wilmington Eleetric Railway. The cars ar= equipped with power- ful electric searchlights, and when the intense raya appear, at night, rabbits make fer the light. As the rays strike them, they perform all sorts of gyrations, and when hit in the eves are completely hypnotized. Professors Calls Fraternity Houses Devil's instruments. Chicago. — Charles W. French branded high school fraternity houses as ‘‘instruments of the devil” and a ‘plague spot,” and the fraternities as being surrounded by a score or more of degenerating influences. “Who that has seen the chapter- house open day and night, with its tobacco and profanity and too often orgies lasting into the small hours, can fail to see a vicious which tends to ruin those who parti=- cipate,” he said. SABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS INTERNATIONAL LESSON ‘COM. MENTS FOR DEC. 22 BY THE REV. I. W. HENDERSON. Subject: Samuel, the Upright Judae, I. Sam. 7:1-13—Golden Text, 1. Sam. T:3—Memory Verses, 12, 13—NRead I. Sam. 3-7. It must have been with feelings very different from thoze of their last encounter, when the ark of God wn carried into the battle, that the host of Isracl now faced the army near Mizpeh. only the symbol Then they had of God's gracious wicked Hopani and Phinehas; now their guide was holy Samuel, savs Dr. Blaikie. Then they had rushed into the fight in thoughtless uncon. | { chiefiy by solliing souvenirs. { fnside a blood of sprinkling they had obtained | Shown Then they presump- | in cern about their sins: now they had confessed © them, and through the a sense of forgiveness. were puffed up by a vain tion; now thev were animated by a calm but confident hone. : advance was hallowed bv no prayer now the cry of meedv children ‘bad gone up from God's faithful servant. In fact, the battle with the tines had already heen fought by Samuel on his knees. There can be no more sure tcken of success than this. ‘Are we engaged in conflict with our own besetting sins? Or are we contending acainst scanda- lous transgression in the world around us? Jet us first fight the battle on our knees. If we of victory in the other battle. It was as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering that the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. There was an unseen ladder that dav between earth and heaven, on which the angels of God ascended and de- | secended as in Jacob's vision at Bethel. The smoke of the burnt- offering carried un to God the con- fession and contrition of the people, | of | their reliance on @od’s method atonement, and their prayer for His pardon and His blessing. The great thunder with which God thundered | % on the Philistines carried down from ake ti God the answer and the needed help, | Bift.” There is no need for supposing that | See t Tr the thunder was was supernatural. of what is supernatural. It SO common, a natural EPWORTH { bread,” ‘ing Philistine | 7 [t presence, now they had the reality. | > Then their spiritual gnides were the | { is "inhabited now by about Then their | tito € Philis- | | copied 1 are vie- | torious there we need have little fear | custom is fathered meaning, to this fact. giving and receiving of gifts, let It the It was an instance | LEAGUE LESSONS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22. rth of the King. (Matt. 2: Christmas. Passage f T, Matt, © Jt: Tim.-2» 4: } John Bethlehem moans called from fields. Near gleaned, Jacob buried David fought wild beasts, for it was his birthplace. In the fourth century selected. this: little town in to translate the Scriptures in- Latin, the Vulgate version, ae- cepted as the standard of the Roman Catholic Church. It is five and six miles south of Jerusalem, and four. thou- theie living A cave ground is birthplace of = Jesus. stands a ~2hurch built Saint Helena, the mo- first Christian IImperor It is the oldest monument ] in world. Heathen festivais formerly brated the period now observed by iristians as Christmas. Onr Christ- tree and other. customs were from them. A few authorities have tried to prove that Jesus was not. born :on December 25. Prof. An- drews in his careful and logical way establishes the fact. that we ob- serving right date. American holidays, such as the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving Day, have become so popular that foreigners in many Minds now observe them. The Jews. infidels and pconle seemingly uncon- cerned. about Christ diligently ob- serve Christmas. Among all classes of people the-day is now unotiead by tha giving: of love tokens. But: this by and rooted in the birth of the King, Jesus. The day cannot have full, rich, large unless it is related to his We need to recall our minds In the jubilation, in the us “great for » “House its surronnd- here Ruth Rachel, and SO wheat Terome which hetween sand people, who make large the the cave = 90m DZ convent as Over Tons hy ther the rist the cele- are tie birth. me to meditate on the Ponder the love back of it. e resources which it opens. e privileze of being his Triend 1 good time fo remind others of influence of Christ. How the h Feel th is force adapted to the purpose of an | world does its homage by celebrating answer to prayer. have occurred is this: thunderstorm had gathered mile to the east, and now broke, probably with violent wind, in the faces of the Philistines, who were advancing up the heights against Mizpeh. to face such a terrific war of the elements, the Philistines would turn round, placing their backs to the storm. The men of Israel, but little embarrassed by it, since it came from behind them, and gave the gre: momeninum to their force, rushed on the embarrassed enemy, and drove them before them like smoke before the wind. “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” The characteristic feature of the inscription lies in the word “hitherto.” It was no doubt a tes- What seems to a a his bir a vehement | Unabhls | thday in his wav! CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES DECEMBER : TWENTY-SECOND Aagnificat: a Christmas song. Luke 1: 46-55. SONS. The angel's Zachariah's Simeon's « When timonyv to special help obtained in| fied, that time of trouble; it was a grate-| ful recognition of that help; and it was an enduring monument to per- | petnate the memory of it. But it! was mdre, much more. The word “hitherto” denotes a series, a chain of similar mercies, an unbroken suc- cession of Divine interpositions and denes is magnit Lord. The blessed y the Christ-filled onl; itself, bhnt end of time None of earth's humblest ones has heen more lowly than our Lord, and ncne of earth’s proud ones has heen life it not blesses is others, to influence | Divine deliverances. The special pur- | pose of this inscription was to link! on the present deliverance to all the past, and to form a testimony to the | a covenant-keeping God. But was| there not something strange in this inscription, considering the circum- | Christ's birth—by Could Samuel have forgot and the.angels. stances? more highly righteousness enduring faithfulness and mercy of | those that think fille must be exalted. 1t- is -only those that. hunger for that can be filled: themselves already sent away empty. Note how many songs, accompanied Mary, Zacharias, Christmas carols all that tragic day at Shiloh? Had Sam- | down the ages. uel forgot how the victorious Philis- | tines soon after dashed upon Shiloh | quotations. like beasts of prey, plundering, de- heart, stroying, massacring, till nothing more remained to be done to justify! and exaltation, the name of “Ichabod?” All that Samuel has considered | well. Even amid the desolations of Shiloh the Lord was helping them. He was helping them to know them- | selves, helping them to know their! sins, and helping: them to know the bitter fruit and woeful punishment | of sin. He wa helping them to achieve the great end for which He had called them—to keep alive the knowledge of the true God and the | practice of His worship, onward to| Well as the time when the great promise should be realized—when He should | image, it is that i. od it . “ve he “ne aoni g come in whom all the families of the | When one magnifies God, Samuel's | that sees that is enlarged. sarth were to be blessed. idea of what constituted the nation’s glory was large and spiritual. The true glory of the nation was to fulfil | the function for which God had taken it into covenant with Himself. | Whatever helped them to do this was | a blessing, was a token of the Lord’s | remembrance of them. The links | >t the long chain denoted by Sam- | ael’s “‘hitherto’”” were not all of one | zind. Some were in the form of mer- ries, many were in the form of chas- tenings. For the higher the func- more need was there of chastening. I'he higher the destination of a sil- yer vessel, the greater is the need ‘hat the silver be pure, and therefore hat it be frequently passed through he furnace. The destination of Is- ‘ael does not merely give thanks for | stiffen it. seasons of prosperity, but for checks ind chastenings too. Graduates at the College of Agri- culture at the University of Wiscon- sin this year have received appoint- ments fvhich ~ will scatter = them. through five states of the Union. One-half of the class are engaged in practical agricultural work, special izing in dairying, breeding and horti- culture, while four others are filling college positions. gen One hundred and forty million dol- lars will have to be raised by taxa- tion to pay the expenses of New York next year, according to the estl- mates made by the heads of the vari- ous departments of the city govern- ment. This is an increase cf forty million dollars in less than ten years. vibrations The { actual somewhere, | | | :ion for which Israel was called, the | | The Magnificat is made up of Bibl» The more Bible in your the more song in your life. Magnificat is full of humility and therefore is a ‘The | prophecy of Christendom. God cannot bring blessings to any unless they are ready to praise Him for them. 3 is a musical the air. and the singing It physical fact that never die out of Bethlehem song are still actual Magnificat The voice is most easily trained In | vouth—to sing the Christian song as carols. magnifies a that other . one physical enlarged; is the one When is A DELICIOUS JELLY. Fruit dessert that is certain to meet with a gratifving reception is a coid fruit jelly, the recipe for which was brought from South America by Chan- ning Pollock, the playwright. Not only is it a delicious dainty for a hot-day dinner, but can be prepared so easily that no housewife need hesi- tate to undertake to make it. In fact, all she will have to do will be to take the pure juice of some tasty fruit, like the orange, pineapple, or lemen, with a little sugar to sweeten it. and ‘when it has attainad the boil: ing point, add enough gelatine to The only water put into the mixture, however, is that which is used. in dissolving the gelatine. The mixture is then poured into a mold, which is put upon the ice to harden, when it may be served with or without a garnishment of whipped cream. —From “In Days Like These,” by Miles Bradford in The Bohemian. MARSHMALLOW FROSTING. Boil three-fourths a cup of granu- lated sugar and one-fourth a cup of milk until the syrup threads. Do not stir after boiling begins. Cook and stir one-fourth a pound of marshmal- lows and two tablespoonfuls of water over boiling water until the mixture is smooth. Combine the two mix» ures, and beat until stiff enough to spread. Flavor with half a teaspoon- ful of vanilla extract.—Boston Cock- ing School Magazine,
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