LAUNCHING DAY
Important Moment in the Career
of a Battleship.
A. Slight Mistake Would Cost
Millions of Dollars.
Albert Franklin Matthews tolls an
interesting story of "The Evolution
of a Battleship," in the Centnry. Thin
It n history of the construction of the
Indiana, bo far the only vessel of this
class wo have in our navy. After de
scribing tho wondorful power of this
mouster, the most formidable engine
of war in tho world, and tho manner
of tts construction, Mr. Matthew
ays :
Ho tho building goes on until the
launchiug day comes, and two broad
ways are built up against the bottom
of tho vessel, and tho keel-blocks on
which it has been resting aro knocked
away. In tho launch of tho Indiana
Mr. Nixon ran a row of electric lights
beneath the bottom of the vessel, add
ing another innovation to tho details
' of American ship-building. Eich
launching way consists of upper and
lower planking, between which is
spread thousands of pounds of the
best tallow. At the bow of tho boat
these upper and lower planks are
clumped togethor, and when all is
ready they aro sawed apart and the
vessel starts. Tho uppor part of tho
ways slides into tho water with tho
vessel, and tho lower part with the
smoking hot tallow remains stationary.
A launch in these days is so smooth
and so soon ended, rarely occupying
more thun twelve seconds from start
to finish, that one scarcely realizes its
tliflicultios. Throe thing are absolute
ly necessary ; it must bo on time, whon
tho tidal water is highest J it must bo
of smart speed, so as not to stick on
its downward journoy to the wator ;
and it must bo accomplished without
straining. So complex a thing is a
launch that the chief engineer-in -cliargo
is ablo to estimate tho Htiain
ou ovory part of the vessol for every
position it oocupios, at intervals of
oue foot, ou its way down the in
cline. Thore is ono supremo moment. It
is whon the vessel is nearly two thirds
iu tho wator. Tho buoyancy of the
wator raises tho vessol, and throws its
weight on its shoulders. Hero is
where tho greatest dungor of straining
comos, and should the ways break
down the vessel would be ruined, a
matter of nearly 82,000,000 iu a ship
liko the Indiana when it was launched.
The launch ovor, tho maohinory is
lifted in and fitted, and then come tho
boird of government experts, who
look tho vossul over inch by inch, tho
fires are started, and tho trial trip
follows. For four hours, amid sup
pressed oxoitomont thit answors ner
vously to every quiver of tho veBsol,
the engines are run at full speed. A
premium or a penalty is at stake now.
The breakago of a bolt or the disar
rangement of a valve may mean thous
ands of dollars of loss to tho contrac
tors. Trainod workmen are locked in
the fire-rooms, not to be released un
til the test is over.
Coolod drinking water with oat
meal sprinkled upon it is run down to
thorn iu a rubber tubo from a barrel
on the deok. A hose is played on the
costly machinery in plaoos where there
Is danger of overheating, as though it
were on fire. Almost evory pound of
coal tisod on tho trip is carefully
selected.
AVhon the four hours are passed
and the strain is ovor, a sigh of relief
from ovory one on board, and oven
from tho vessol herself, goes up, and
the Bhip passes from the contractor to
the government, and day after day
whilo she is iu commission the flag
will be saluted, and tho score or more
of other ceremonies and formalities
obsorved on a man-of-war will follow.
How He Proposed.
Thoy wore celobratiug their ailver
wedding, and, of course, the couple
wero very happy and affectionate.
"Yes," anid tho husband, 'thU is
the only woman I ever loved, and I
shall never forget the first time I pro
posed to her."
"How did you do it?" burst ont a
youu j man who had been squeezing
pretty girl's hand iu the ooruer.
Thoy all laughed, and he blushed,
but the girl carried it bravely.
"Well, I remember it as well as if
it were but yesterday, It was at Kioh
moud. Wo were out at a picnic, and
she nud I got wauderiug alone. Don't
yon remember, my dear, and what a
lovely day it was?"
The wife smiled.
"Wo Hut on the trunk of a troe.
You havou't forgotten, love, have
you?" ' '
Tho wife tmilod again.
"3iie began writing in the dust with
the point of her parasol. Sho wrote
her name, 'Mary,' nud I asked her to
let me put tho other name to it. And
I took tho rmrnsol and wrote my name,
'.imith,' below it, and she took back
tho parasol and wrote, 'Xo, I won't.'
Then wo went home. Yon remember
it darling? Ah, I aoo you do."
Then he kissed her and the com
pany murmured, "Wasn't it pretty?"
The guests had all departed, and the
happy pair wero alone.
"Wasn't it nice, Mary, to seo all
our friends around us so happy?"
"Yes, it was. But, John, that rem
iuiscence of yours I"
"Ah, it seems as if it had boen only
yesterday, Mary."
"Yes, dear; there aro only three
things you are wrong about in that
story."
"Wrong? Oh, no."
"John, 1 am sorry yon told that
story, because I never went to a pic
nic with you beforo we were married.
I was never iu Richmond iu my life,
and I nevor refused yon."
"My darling yon must be wrong; I
have a good momory."
"I am not wrong, Mr. Smith, and
my memory is as good as yours, and
I'd like to know who that minx was.
You never told me about her beforo."
Boston Journal.
Last of the Unicorns.
That white rhinoceros, bolicved to
bo tho last of its uncouth race, is
spoken of by a writer in a Canadian
papor as "tho last of tho nnicorus."
"Evory schoolboy, " says this authority,
"is familiar with the conventional fig
ure of the unicorn a sort of horse
shaped brute, with a single straight
horn protruding from its forehead.
And every schoolboy has probably
been told that thore never was such a
creature. Y'et modern science not
only destroys somo old-time boliofs,
but vindicates others, and shows many
a grotesque fairy talo to have a basis
of solid fact So with the unicorn.
For ages its only known habitat was
on a cont-of-arms, until an aotal one
horned rhinocoros was found in India
and Sumatra, when folk began to re
vise their syllabus of repudiated leg
ends. Still the Asiatic rhinoceros was
a poor sort of a croaturo for such
heroio fame, and it was not until tho
opening of tho present century that
tho unicorn was fully identified with
the uncouth pachyderm. At that time
Bureholl disooverod, in the region of
South Africa, botwoon the Orange and
Zambesi rivers, tho stupendous croa
turo known as tho rhinocoros simus,
or, in common phraso, tho white or
ono-horned rhinocoros. This auimal
was not at all like the heraldio uni
corn. But it was of heroio mould, and
it wore on its forehoad, or on its
snout, one enormous horn, long, sharp
and powerful. Hugo and unwieldy as
it was, it wos swift of foot ; in temper
cholorio; in valor it was fearloss.
Wherefore tho classic legonds and the
moditeval horaldio designs stood at
last approved. Tho unicorn was at
last materialized."
Shamming Extraordinary.
Two remarkable storios of success
ful malingering are told by tho Lon
don corrotpoudimt of the Manohoster
Courier. A friend of his hasrooently
been stopping in the neighborhood of
Princetown jail, ami during his visit
met one of the oflioials with whom the
responsibility for the anecdotos finally
rests. The first is of a man who sim
ulated paralysis so convincingly that
he was released and despatched to his
home in tho charge of a nurje. But,
on the very next morning he walkod
down-stairs without any assistance,
and informed the nurse that her ser
vices were no lougar required. Story
number two is oven more remarkable,
There is nothiug wonderful in coun
terfeiting blindness. We sea it done
occasionally in the streets of London.
But in this case the convict not only
gave a perfectly artistic representation
of that state, but, what was a far
greater triumph, successfully baffled
every medical test that could be ap
plied. He, too.reoeived his discharge
and was travelling in the company of
a warder, whom ho suddenly eleotri
flod by buying an evening paper and
devouring its ooutents with avidity.
A Keul Test.
"Sandow and Cyr and Samson, and
all the restof those professional strong
men, are ooutiuiiully boasting of their
great feats of strength lifting 1,200
pounds, dead weight, nud all that
but I am carrying right in my
pooket now something that I will give
any ono of thorn a thousand dollurs if
he will lift,"
"Oh, rot I What is it?"
"A three thousaud dollar mortgage
ou my house." Browning's Monthly.
The tooaooo tax' in Spain brings at
much revenue as tho tax ou laud i eanh
is about 930,000,000.
LA I) ltH DEPARTMENT.
woman's Egi-AL oriAwce.
In the charter bestowed by Parlia
ment upon the University of Wales is
a clause which reads : "Women shall
bo eligible equally with men to any
degree which the University is, by
this, our charter, authorized to con
fer. Every office hereby created in
the Uuivorsity hereby constituted
hall be open to women equally with
mon." Now York Journal.
music for Boxr oirm.
Girls with spare ribs and other bare
bones should drink cocoa, chocolata
or milk, as they are rich in oils of a
fattening and nourishing character.
Vegetables served with melted butter,
salad dressed with mayonaise sauce,
boilod hominy and rice, and baked
potato with salt and fresh butter, cus
tard puddings, sweetmeats and sugar
on everything, with plenty of sleep,
will help to put flesh on bony figures.
Now York World.
TITS IfOXOCLE CRAZE.
Tho monocle has appeared in the
shops of New York and tho ultra-fashionables
of that city are adopting
these little fastidious affairs. It has a
short handle and a gold or silver rim.
Many of the fashionable women who
have decided to gaze at tho world
through a monocle are displaying
great originality in tho frame which
they soloct for the little round glass.
A young woman in bereavomont screws
into her left eye a monocle framed in
a narrow rim of black enamel, and if
she uses onj with a handle this will
also bo in black. A favorito monocle
has a silver haudlo nu 1 rim, inlaid
with turquoise. Brooklyn Eagle.
CHATELAINE.
The dingling chatelaines with which
we adorn oursolvos and maddened our
friends a few seasons ago, aro coming
into vogue again! We shall rattle
Mid clatter about with a splendid dis
regard for other people's nerves, says
an English fashion journal, and flat
tor ourselves, I suppose, that thore is
something attractive in our appearance
as wo go about with innumerable odds
and ends dangling at our sides liko
the wares on a peddler's pack. It is
ourious how firm a hold upon us this
feminine knicknack has takon. Most
women liko something about them
that tinkles and jingles, and it is safo
to say that thoy will all gladly wcl
come back their old friend. St.Louis
Republic
A CHAIR THAT LEADS TO MATRIMONY.
Cards have been rccoived at tho
Woman's Colloge announcing the
marriage of Dr. Mary V. Mitchell,
physical diroctor at the collcgo, and
Mr. Robert P. Groon of Swarthmore,
I'enu. It was tho third wedding in
two years of lady profossors in tho
gymnastic department at the collogo,
and the students and professors now
have a standing joko about the Chair
of Physical Culture biing fatal to the
occupants who think them iolvos proof
against affairs of the boart. Dr.
Mitchell is a young physician of ex
ceptional ability, and she was greatly
liked at the college. Previous to her
ooceptanoe of the directorship of the
physical department, she had prac
ticed modicino for ten years at Media,
Penn. Sho came to the college two
years ago to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Dr. Alice W.
Hull, who mirried Professor Chap
man, then of the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, and subsequently Superin
tendent of Educatiou iu Wisconsin.
Bultimore Sun.
COLLARS AND YOKES.
Tho fancy for laoe collars has
brought out some pretty combinations
of guipure and chiffon for trimming
the waist Of dark crepon or tuffetta
dresses. A deep pleating of black
chiffon, or of the color of the gown,
is set on as a collarette, falling from
the oollar baud just over tho shoulder
tips aud oven all around. On this
fall luugthwise at intervals pointed
ends, barbes, or insertions of cream
white guipure, sewed on to inset at the
oollar band aud widen out ou the
pleated oeiffon.
Yokes of batiste embroidered in
open design are newer than those of
lace for trimming crepon gowus. A
pretty brown crepon dress at which
everyouo turns to look hus a rouud
waist, drooping below the bolt iu front
and smooth iu the back, with a bolt
and oollur of bluck moire ribbon. The
attractive feature is a yoke of ecru
batisto embroidered in largo medal
lions aud soulloped ou the edge that
fulls ou the cmpon. Gathered epau
lettes of the batiste, also scalloped,
fall over the sleeves. Black ribbons
past over the .shoullors, heading tbe
epaulettes, and fasten in a chou o-j
the edgo of the yoke in front and back.
The skirt is without trimming Har
per's Baznar.
FASHIONS IN PRECIOUS STONES.
In Franco, by the way, nt present,
pearls and rubies aro tho most fashion
ablo gems. As regards diamonds, the
Duchess Dondcanville and the Count
ess Pourtalcs have introduced the fol
lowing modo a ribbon is tied round
tho neck, with a bow covered with tiny
diamonds.
Coming to turquoises, those of great
1eauty are becoming rarer and rarer.
If a turquoise be of any particular
value, it mnst hail from the old mines,
be very close and beautifully polished.
When a turquoise is worn, so wo are
told by experts, by sickly persons, or
by ladies with a bad complexion, the
stone assumes a greenish dull color.
Happy, therefore are the wearers
whoso turquoises have a bright blua
color, as such women must enjoy cx
ccllent health and havo a fine complex
ion. The Baroness Burdett-Contts pos
sesses one of the finest collections of
turquoises in the worl 1, the smallest
being valued at from (1,500 to $12,
francs. The Empress of Russia and
tho Coratesse do Paris likewise pos
sess famous collections of turquoises ;
but, perhaps, the choicest single stone
in existence is that ownod by the no
torious Maharajah Dhuleep Sing, ex
King of Lahore. Lady's Pictorial
FASHION NOTES.
The evening shoes are mostly em
broidered. The fine tapes of gold and platinum
aro to be commended for ladies' fob
chains.
Iron grey hair is popular with tho
swagger set. A now dye does tho
business.
Tho new stylos in shoes are neat,
simple and many of them apparently
comfortable
Tho brownio jowelry is attracting a
great deal of attention from tho cur
ious in Bhop windows.
Some glove buttonors are the im
mediate occasion of novel charms at
tached to their chain.
Dead finish is given to most of tho
large household and toilet articles in
silver. It is niado expensive by pol
ished, raised nnd broken odges.
Beautiful double link sleovo buttons
aro produced iu white enamel flashed
with color and sprinkled with tiny
gold figures and mountod in broken
metal edges.
Thore is a return to tho old-fashioned
wreath of orange blossoms.
Several fashionable brides across tho
water and in New York have lately
lately worn them.
This advico is given in Farm Poul
try: Take onion skius and placo them
in your nest boxes, cover them with
straw or hay. Lice cannot live whero
the onion skins aro.
Somo of the dotted surfaces have
stripes of tho color of the tiny dots to
be used for sleoves or corsage, or elno
for tbe skirt, whilo the waist and
sleeves aro merely dotted.
The ruswt shoe still remains pop
ular, though very few aro made of
the real brown leathor. They are very
light, some of them being a pula buff,
the material being pig-skin.
Everything is an excuse for scarf
pins. It rcquroa two or thrco scarf
pins to properly fix a four-in-hand
down to a womin's shirt waist. The
handsomer these aro the more are re
quired. There is a largo business done iu ca
det's belt buckles about this time. He
gives this with the girl's monogram
engraved on it. It is no unusual oc
casion for a cadet to give away a halt
dozen of these.
Widows' bonnets have string of
corded white ribbon, dull in finish
and nearly a finger broad. Hatins and
brocades in silver gray, golden brown,
lavender and "iou-blue" shades are
tbe uiateriul used for tht gown of the
widow marrying a second time.
As a rule the potatoes growu far
North are bast for seed. The reason
is that they have presumably grown iu
a shorter season, aro less advanced
towards dryiug out when harvested,
and iu a cooler climate will not start
to grow in wiuter, thus injuring the
eyes, from which next yeur's growth
must come.
Novelties for tho table, sometime
useful aud again only ornuuiojital,
seem endless. But tho latest is so
useful an adjunct that aeoms surpris
ing that it has only just appeared. It
is a serving basket, and u used for re
moving the soiled knives aud forks at
the oud of each course. A rubber pad
U provided, w'uio'u Jooi away with U
aauoying clutter of the cutlery,
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIES
TO DE A DOUBLE ItANOINO.
CBJIOCS ASD nrrrovic ARC to be EXECUTED
oi the saiik oat.
ALt.EnsST. Unless the Board of r-ardons
Interfere, thorn will boa double hanging In
the Allegheny county (all jrnM on rleptember
20. Oov. II. E. l'sttlson signed the death
warrants for tho execution ot ttoo. Hchmoua,
who killed hi wl and two children, and
Ooo. Duokovte. who killed a Hlsv at Etna.
Tho day is set for the execution of Jan. Now
toa lilll, tho murderer ot Mrs. Rosa Roetsler.
is September 14. and Noel Mill-son's day of
doom is ono won earlier. He killed Mrs.
Hophls Raw, at Calamity. T.ils makes four
hanging In Heptember nnless the Fardoa
Board recommends otherwise.
ad to pa t ekvoltes
ArrooeiA Hlx bollor makers engaged In a
free Hunt horo. and whon Policeman Bnrk
hart, attempted to arrest them they nil turn
ed upon him. When It seemed as though
they would toko his lite ho drew his revolver
ami shot one ot tho party Just under tho
besrt. The oflloer had a cut two and a half
inches In lengtn on top of his head.nnd bears
tb marks of kicks all ov bis body.
atr.utD BY LIOHTKIXO.
Br.nroon. Tho barn of J. B. Orayblll, of
Middle Woodbury township, was struck by
lightning and burned down. Thomas Nool
and William Mark man, who wore In the barn,
were killed by tho lightning. Noel's body
was burned up. only a part of tho skull being'
found. Another young man who was In tho
hay mow was seriously burned, but managed
to escape with bis Ufa.
TWO nmSHIKED BCBOLASS.
Burrs. The residence of J as. McCullough
of Raccoon township, was visited by two
burglars. Mr. McCullongh grappled with
them and was listen Into unconsciousness.
His daughter and Elmer Ewlng, a young man
who was the guest of tho family, wero tied,
and Mrs. McCullough was forced to give the
burglars t&O, all tbe money Id the house.
A PROSPEROUS PLANT.
Tho Tumbler company at Rochester held Its
twenty-second annual meeting on Wednesday
afternoon. Tbo company is co-operative.
There are 900 names on tho pay roll. Last
year's sales amounted to 7i0,00c), and a
dividend of It) per cent, was declared on the
capital stock.
A Sr-LEKDID EOKE.
Franli!. The commission having the
erection of the Home for Feeblo-Minded
Children In charge, have been engaged In in
specting the speclHcntlons for the buildings.
Tho architects will shortly advertise for
bills and tho work will be commenced by
Heptember 1. Tho home, when completed,
will be one of the most perfect In the world.
TBI SHOCK WILL KILL BIS.
l.rsTES. Tho very sick wife of ITnnry
Dougherty, a prominent and aged Manuonlto
oi i.onroy townstup, awoke to llnd him dead
and cold In bed beside her tho other night.
The resultant shock from touching him will
probably kill Mrs. Dougherty.
SAVED BY A CHILD.
Bi.oousnrn. Clara Bogart, of Catawlssa,
aged 18,was drowned while bathing In Fish
ing Creek, near Arbutus Park, Lucy Jacolis,
one of her companions, was rescued, after a
hard struggle, by a colored lad who heard
the girl's streams, but who couldn't swim.
THXIR CLOTHES rODND.
Beaver Falls. The clothing of the thlr.
teen men who wero robbed on the train near
Homewood a week ago by three men hus
been found. The pockets had been rilled
aud turned Inside out.
riTTsnuRO EXPOSITION.
riTTsncan. The exposition will open Sept,
5, smi last 40 days, cloning October 110. The
exhibits will be more numerous than evei
before, and there will be many interesting
new features.
(25,563,50 roa troops.
nARR!nt;n.i. Ad).-Oen. Greenland Issued
warrants for 25.!W.').50, tho totnl expanses ol
ending aud maintaining the troops In the
vicinity of runxsulawney during the recent
strike.
COMMITTED StIII'inE.
BLOoMriELD. William Placke, a carpenter,
hanged himself to a bedpost with a clothes
line. He was married aud despondent over
lost ot money and failure to get work.
k BAD WRECK.
BiunnorE. The spreading of rails caused
a diaa-trous wreck. Fireman Chas. Mc
Cauiey was fatalv Injured. Damage to prop
erty about M,000.
FATAL EXPLOSION.
Moxowiahela. The explosion of a bollor
nt the Will mine probably fatally Injured
I man uauied bponoe aud caused a loss of
. 1 6,0011.
XtrRDERKD HIS MISTRESS.
Mt. Tleasaxt. William Freeman, a color
ed man from HharpMhurg, shot his mistress,
Mrs. Timberlake. lie U la Jail at G roe tu
fa urg.
Robert Duxbar, a colored man, formerly
ot t l.arle-.ton, W. Va., was shot and killed by
TbuelM Iiuugee, a l!)-yoar-old colored girl at
Cannonsburg. Dun bar was Jealous ol
Wiiliam Quomes, another colored young
man. aud tried to force his way into the
bouse, according to tho girl's story, l'hoobe
was arrested, as was Quomea, aud both were
placed In Jail at Washington.
Mrs. WoLrr. of Bear Run. attempted sui
cide by shootiug herself In tbe forehead. The
bullet did not go through her skull. Hhe snld
I she had been a burden to her family aad
wanted to die. Hhe will live. Hhe Is a!out
0 years old, and hus been an Invalid (or a
I number of years.
I Wm. Doxstax. of Wavnesbur. found
rusted revolver In a well on the ilaltzull pro
erty. As John Elatnlnger, convicted of the
murder ot Huckster McCoy, stopped there
the morning the crime was committod, tbe
weapon is believed by many to belong to the
convicted man,
The sheriffs of Westmoreland and Fayette
counties have telegraphed to flov. Patllson
that they are prepared to meet any probable
emergency that may result from the great
strike In the ConuelUvllle coke regions.
Oovkrxor Tattisox has decided that the
situation Iu the Coke regions Is not su ft),
clently serious to keep him at tbe Cap t.
aud he will leave ou a trip covering a wum
or ten days.
Fart of the business isetlon of Orangevllle,
Including Fell, Hunt A V. hardware store
aud the grocery storm of !Ivde and tlllinsr.
wore burned. l.o " o.01l.
Tas Chief of ths Bureau ot Statistics at
Wiutnmgion o:lm He that the revenue un
der the proposal m.'Jnn tax will be wry
'nail iroji pr.v tie lu;'0 ne, hardly covanug
the coat oi cjliu-tlo'i. wihe from corpora
tions it may rati.! 3J,0'W.0j per iinuum,
but t more likely to i. uj.tr lJ.0W.(rJJ.
The amount of tho world's supply of tin
for the oaluudar year 1S):1 w is S7,12 tons,
Thetolnl value oi tin aud tlu plates Import
ed nnd entered tor (.ouau np'.iou in tho Unit
ed btaies during tho year waa I20.3ftj.att4
'I'hers was a great rati ot people to
Eurooe, caused by the out la steuugd rates
to til). Haver il steamers sold tloiett to
war piop:tUiit tuey luuM cury.
SOLDIERS' COLUMN
HIS FIRST FIGHT.
What a Piatt Zonavs- Oot into at Far
ettevtllot W. Va.
I have been a reader for a number ol
years, but I have nevor sien a description of
he fight at Fayottevllle, W. Va., my first
Mttle.
About 10 o'clock, Sept 10Y 1H6J, tho Con
federates, about 10,000 strong, came in on the
Raleigh, (W. Va.,) road, commanded by
Oenerals Iteth and Lorlng, and attacked our
forces, consisting of tho Piatt Zouaves, 87th
Ohio, two companies of tho d Va. Csvelry,
McMullen's battery of six Farrott guns and
:wo mountain howitzers, nil under the eom
aand of Cols. I.lghtburn and Toland.
The 87th Ohio nnd McMullen's battery mot
:ne Confederates on their entrance to the,
town, and at the commencement of the bat
lie retired to a small fort, and were charged
ny tho enemy five times, but repulsed then
each time.
Tho Zouaves md two mountain howltnors
were In a fort on the opposite side of the
town, guarding the road leading to the Kan
awha River, our only avenue of escape. This
was taken possession of by a body of rebels
but was retaken later on by six companies of
Zouaves (about 400 men), under Col. Toland,
who charged the enemy and drove them from
the road.
In this charge our loss was severe.numlier
Ing 129 killed and wounded in about 15 min
utes' time, tho Colonel himself having two
Dorses killed in this fight.
Our troos held their ftostlons until 11
o'clock at night, when the retreat began.
When we reached the foot of Cotton Moun
tain a distance of 12 miles, we halted to rest,
nd while resting were again attacked by
die advance-guard of the enemy.
The retreat was again continued. We reach
ed the Kanawha River on the evening of the
nme day, and were reinforced by tho 44lb
Ohio. They being on the opposite) aids ol
river held the enemy at bay until we get out
of their reach..
On the night of the- lrtth we crossed the
river at Camp Piatt, whero wo Joined tut
forces on tbe other side of the river.
About noon on the 14th we reached Charles
ton, W. Aa., with the enemy In hot pursuit,
and at this point we fought tho enemy from
noon until night. Leaving tho Kanawha
River at this point,, wo crossed tho country
and struck, tho Ohio River nt Ravenswood,
tnd lording the river we continued on down
the Ohio for about 25 miles, where we were
nut on boats and taken, to Point Pleasant,
va. remained there two or three weeks, rest
ing and receiving reinforcements, getting
reading to advance up the Valley.
On or nlmut the 1st of October we advanced
up the Kanawha Valley, causing the enemy
to flee without showing any resistance. Y
sgaln reached Fayettevllle, where we wont
into winter quarters. Out. bsiuxa In "Na
tional Tribune."
What a Cannon Ball Can Do.
In dwelling upon tho wonderful power ot
the guns of the Indiana, Albert Franklio
Mntthews, In an article on "Tho Evolution ol
a Battleship," in Thn Vrnhirj for July, gives
illustrations from the recent Chillenn civil
war, showing the effectiveness of tbo smallet
tlzes of breech-loading rlllo guns.
A shot weighing 250 pounds from an eight
Inch gun of Fort Valdivia In Valpariso karlKit
struck the cruiser Blanco Em-alada above the
armor belt, passed through the thin steel
plate on the side, went through the Captain's
cabin, took the pillow from under his hend,
dropped his head on tho mattress with a
thump, but without Injuring a hair, passed
through the open door Into tho mess-room,
where it struck the floor, and then glanced
to the colling. Then It went through a
wooden bulkhead one Inch thick Into a room
25 by 42 feet where 40 men were sleeping la
hammocks. It killed six of them outright,
and wounded six others, three of whom died,
after which It passed through a steel bulk
head five Inches thick, and ended Its courss
by striking a battery outside, In which II
made a dent nearly two Inches deep. It wai
Riled with sand. Had it released deadly
gases no one knows what damage It might
have done,
A 4")0 pound missile from 10-Inch gun la
the same fort struck the same vessel on it
8 Inch armor. It hit square on a bolt. Tin
hell did not pierce tho armor, but burst out
tide the vessel. It drove the bolt cleat
through, and In Its flight the bolt struck an
H-lueli gun, completely disabling It. Such It
She power of the amallor-elEed guns.
Training to Mpoak.
Llshop Wilberforce was noted tot
the variety of bis speechos and ser
mons, evon when tliov all treated ot
tbe same sublect, Ills addresses at
confirmation and at missionary meet
ings were remarkable for their varia
tion! ou the same themes. A friend
who bad beard blm speak, day after
day for several weeks. In behalf of
the Society for tbe Propagation of
the Gospel, expressed his surprise
that be could treat tbe same subject
In such a variety of ways, Tbe elo
quent preacher replied:
"1 owe ray facility mainly to tny
father. lie t on pains to form in
mo the habit of speaklutf. He would
see to it that I thoroughly acquainted
myself with a given subject, and then
re tulre me to speak on It, witbjut
notes, and trusting to thn Inspiration
or the moment for suitable words.
Thit practice strengthened my mem
ory and cultivated tbo power ot
montally arranging and dividing a
subject."
Tbe Earl of Chatham trained hln
sod, William l'ltt, in a similar way.
1'itt was the familiar friend of Will
iam Wllbcrrorce, the philanthropist,
and the father of tbe bishop. Doubt
leu be learned from I ltt this method
of cultivating tbe faculty of think
ing and speaking on one's legs.
Tho Bank of France.
Tho Dank of France Is guardel by
soldiers, who do sentry duty outsldo
the bank, a watcb being likewise
kept within its precincts. A former
practice of protecting this bank wo
to get masons to wall up the doors of
the vaults la the cellar with hydraulic-
siortar so soon as the money was
deposited each day Iu these recepta
cles. The water was then turned on,
and kept running until the cellar was
flooded. A burglar would thus be
obliged to work in a diving suit and
break down a cement wall before he
could even begin to plunder tbe
vaults. When the bank officers ar
rived each morning the water was
drawn off, the masonry torn down,
and tbo vaults opened-
Tho Dunk of Germany, like most
other German public buildings, has a
military guard to protect It. In a
very strongly fortified military for
tress at bpandau Is kept the great
war treasure of tbe Imperial Govern
ment, part ot the French Indemnity,
amounting to several million Pounds!
Chamber' Journal .