JUVEm DEFKSDRns, IHtDEtt CONSTRUCHM FOB TWEJIlI IIAU3.
SHUSH SLEEVE'S.
patent leather still bold its own.
Suede
is shown in many of the new
LATK3T
DKSIONS KOR DRESS
AND JACKET.
iMMTNsrc tnoiirixo kngines
roil THIS NEW NAVY.
A fintv Drooplnn fullness and a Full
Bishop I'uff are In Vogue
Serviceable Aprons of
Checked Gingham,
' Thf Kentucky nnd tne Kenrsnrje
Will Have tlin Highest IXms
A flout Klni-r Than Any Ku
ropenn Ilnttleshlp.
MIGHTY WARSHIPS.
United Stales, says the
Sew lork World, has the
jrentest seaboard of any Na
tion. The American people,
In thiir numerous larpe nnd flourish
ing cities, have more wealth directly
upon the edge of the ten than any
oilier.
An invasion of tbis country by nny
European. Tower or combination of
Towers being out of the question for
the fame reason that the Unite! States
could not invade a European country,
there remnini for the American Navy
the main purpose of defense. With
thin olijcotour new men-of-wnr es pe
culiarly constructed. They are tic
aiqned more for protection of the sea
board cities thsn for offensive war at
long rnuse, and coal carrying copac-
itr, which so reduces the power of
British vessels, has in many of thera
been utilized for increased destrno
tiveness. Additional num. armor nnd
a nmnnition take the place in an Amer
ican battleship of thonsands of tons of
m -re coal in her Uritiin counterpart.
At the B'inis time our battleships,
tvhosi appearunee has. convinced- Eu
rope thit America is not a mere name,
hive an immense ((teaming radius,
great speed and a latent aggressive
iio-ver tuat commands respect.
There in another feature of the
American Navy that Rives it superior
ity. That is the fast that every
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J MONSTER OCN3 FOR THE UNITED STATES MONITOR rtNUTAN.
The two puns shown at the left of the picture are intended for the great harbor defender now nearly completed,
after bavin? been under construction for twenty years. Each ia capable of sending a projectile weighing 850 ponnds
ten miles with accuracy, and at short range of driving it through two feet of solid steel. The gun on the right,
which is slightly smaller, will be mounted on board the monitor Terror.
could protect a ship against these four
gutia simultaneously fired, the impact
of whose shots would, it is thought,
be even greater than a direct blow
from the heaviest ram. Either from
bow rr Rtern the Kentucky or the
Kear-arge could deliver this irresistible
force which nothing could withstand.
The contract for building these
ships was recently given to the Mew
port News Ship-Building Company,
Although the contractors have three
years in which to complete them, it is
not probable thut it will require that
length of time. Work will be car
ried on simultaneously on both the
Kentucky and the Kearsarge, and it is
probable that they will be ready for
launching at nearly the same time.
Each of the ships will carry a comple
ment of COO men and officers.
GREAT MAN-OF-WAR KENTUCKY.
Host powtrful battleship in the worlil, nnw in course of construction at Newport
News, Vo.)
American officer is a scientifically
trained naval fighter, graduated from
Annapolir, where, under rigid disci
pline, he must have spent the forma
tive ears of his life.
Th British naval officer, following
the traditions of Nelson's day, goes to
sea, where he is supposed to pick up
his knowledge. The American naval
oftioer, in accordance with modern
conditions, goes to a naval academy
nnd then to sea, being not a mere
sailor, bnt a scientifically educated
sea tighter.
The significance of this will be ap
preciated when the two newest vessels
in the navy, the Kentucky aud the
Kearsarge, are considered. The con
struction of these battleships has now
"sieen begun, and is to be followed by
Vof others.
jjkj are not ships at all, but im-
an old-fashioned sailor would be al
most useless. The problems whioh
they involve belong to engineering,
and not to seamanship. ' With every
such ship which the possesses the United
(States can reaoh out and strike a ter
vifln blow with quioknest and certain-is-
under conditions undreamed of by
Kelson or even by Farragut.
The Kentucky and the Kearsarge
are to cost 52,250,000 apiece. These
two new battleships belong to the
class of the Massachusetts and the In
diana. The Kearsirge has been
named by speoial order of Congress so
as to perpetuate the memories of the
bio that sunk the Alabama.
The Kentucky -has been so earned at
tribute to the South, and because all
the vessels of her class are to be ninied
after States. New England now stands
aponsor for one ship of this kind, the
MasaacbuHetts, the Middle West two,
Jndiaua.and Iowa, and the Paoitlo
Coast one, the Oregon,
The Kentucky, however, will pos
set many features that differentiate
her from these ships, and make her
with her sister ship really the first of
new and improved type, and finer
than any battleship in Europe. Among
these are double turrets, a new con
ning tower and thirtenn-inoh guns.
There is no battleship afloat to-day
and hardly any fleet that could strike
a single blow so terrifio as the Ken
tucky or the Kearsarge. The reason
for this it that each carries on the for
wnrd and after deck a double turret,
4aah turret carrying two thirteeu-inoh
guns. No European Power has plaoed
Kans larger than twelve-inoh on any
liew vefr-tflg. .
The Kentnoky, therefore, can con-
furrat the fire of two thirteen-inoh
uuns aud two eight-inch guns eimul
taueoatly upon any autagnonist. This
it a blow whioh all ordnanoe authori
-ties agree in stating no ship ; afloat
ould resist, i
i A single blow of this kind would
disable, if it. did not instantly sink,
the greatest warship on the seas. No
armor bow Bad for naval purpose
nt thirteen knots nearly 4000, or at
full speed to cross from New York to
Queenstown.
Social Aspects ot Colorado Lite.
The residents are Eastern people of
considerable wealth, in spending
which they strive to please tbemsolves
at least, and their scheme ot life is
intended to take in such means of en
joyment as they have beon accus
tomed to at home. It is Eastern life
in a Western environment. They,
therefore, have built a conntry club
house called the Cheyenne Mountain
Conntry Club, at Broadmoor, three
miles from town, so as to have some
place to drive to. It is an unpreten
tious but attractive house, with large
grounds (there seems always to be
more ground stretching away in every
direotion in Colorado than elsewhere),
in whioh are set up all the appliances
of country club sports. There is
pigeou-shooting on many afternoons,
and polo when the team does not play
nearer town. There ore "raeeta" uu
der club direotion, to chase the coy
ote, or a live fox, or sometimes an aniseed-bag
only. Itaces and some native
horsebaok sports are held at certain
time in the teason, and luncheons and
dinner-parties are popular. Scrib-oer'a.
One ol German;'! Fine Institutions.
Among the most interesting institu
tions in Oermany ia that at St. Chris
chona. At one time it sent out mis
sionaries, especially to the Soudan,
but of late yea-s it has confined its
work to the training of mission work
ers for home as well as foreign fields.
At present it if full, haying seventy-
two students, mostly Swiss and Ger
mans, though there are seven Russians
and two Italians. Sixteen left last
year, most ot whom are engaged in
active work as pastors, evangelists,
etc. A considerable evangelistio work
is carried on chiefly by the graduates
in Slavonia with gratifying results.
New York Independent.
In general' appearance both ships
will seem rather short tot their great
beam, their length being 803 feet, ex
treme beam seventy-two feet two
inches, freeboard forward fourteen
feet three inohes, freeboard aft twelve
feet four inches and mean draught
twenty-three feet six inohes, whioh
means a displacement of 11,500 tons.
One of the requirements laid down
by the Secretary was that these ves
sels shonld draw leas water when fully
loaded than any other first-olass bat
tleship either in tbis country or else
where. The largest foreign ship
draws about tweuty-eight feet, while
the ships of the Indiana class will draw
but one foot less. The new ships,
however, have been designed to draw
but twenty-five feot, with 1200 tons of
ooal aboard. They thus will be en
abled to reaoh all of the principal
navy-yards and ports of the country
and can be docked with leas dillloulty
tnan tnose now Duiiding.
The feature of the vessels whioh
makes them notably different from
other battleships is the new form of
turrets, about whioh there is still some
difference of opinion. Their advan
tages are said to be a large saving in
weight, whioh permits of more guns
and more powerful maohinery for the
propulsion, a better concentration ot
tire, and the ability of the vessel to 'e'
liver all four guns in either forwarder
after turret almost simultaneously,
with the result of hitting a torriflo
blow to the target.
No battleship, the ordnanoe officers
oontend, could withstand the blow if
every shot took effect. The introduc
tion of the double turret system was
opposed by the oonstruotors on the
ground that it was too great depar
ture in the methods of mounting guns,
and that there was danger of both tur
rets being plaoed out of action by a
single shot hitting either.
The objections advanced, however,
were met by the Ordnance Bureau,
and Seoretary Herbert finally decided
to place the new turrets on
the two ships, and have them
mounted with the heaviest guns made
for the navy heavier even than the
rifles adopted for the battleships now
building for other Governments,
The conning ' tower, from whioh
point the ships will be fonght when
in aotion, will be proteoted by ten
inohes ot armor, and inside will be a
tube with seven inohes of armor, lead
iug down to the armor deok, for the
protection of voiot pipes, telegraphs,
steering rodt, ete.
The Kentuoky and the Kearsarge
will oarry their full ooal supply ot 1210
tons with the greatest ease, their
bunker room tjeiug so ample that the
ooal 6an simply be dumped jnto it
without the labor of trimming. This
quantity will be ample for all ordinary
contingencies of cruising and for ser
vio in time ot war along the ooast, at
at cruising speed of ten knots it will
enable them to steam 6000 miles, tad
. Young Mun With a Future,
"Jimmy, fur de love o' heaven what
has Vou sot dereT '
"flush I Not a word on yer life I I
shaved our old billy goat and striped
him with blaok, au I m a taken him
into town tor try an' sell him fur a
horned zebry to some dime, mu
seum I" Tru th.
A Bicycle Lawn Mower.
The uses of the horse are becoming
more and more oirenmroribed, and all
the powers of the inventor seem taxed
to find an acceptible substitute. A
lawn mower run by steam was recently
exhibited abroad. The machine,
which was of the size usually drawn
by a horse, consisted of a small engine
mounted on low, broad wheels, and so
arranged as to cut the grass and roll
the lawn at the same time.
This invention is, however, only
BICTCLB HOWEIL
useful to the owner of very extensive
lawns. Ordinary mortals will be more
interested in the invention of an in
genious Yankee who has succeeded in
turning hard work into a pastime.
Henceforth the boys and girls will
compete eagerly for the privilege of
cutting and rolling the lawn with the
bioycle lawn mower. This maohine,
whioh is shown in the illustration, is
reported to work very easily and to be
about three times as fast as the ordin
ary lawn mower. The idea is said to
have been suggested by a lazy boy
who fastened a common lawn mower
to the hind wheel of his bicycle and
completed his task to his own satis
factioujand the mingled disgust and as
tonishment of his irate parent.
Midgets Slake a Match.
Tommy Bice and Annie Trice, "the
smallest midgets in the world," have
married. The bride is twenty-four
years of age, exceedingly prepossess
ing, and thirty inohes high, while the
bridegroom is fifty-nine years of age
and twenty-nine inches. New York
Mail and Express.
Safest Tlace tro n Lightning,
According to Professor MoAdie, the
risk from lightning stroke is five times
greater in the country than in cities,
because ordinary dwelling houses in
oily blocks receive a very considerable
protection from the tin roofing, cor
nices, gutters and so on.
A fSOOO BAU OF UOLD.
Size and Shape of the United States Mint Touches la Which Gold Is Shipped
From the United States Treasury to the Kuropeau Steamers
TIT HE Intent denigns for dress nnd
I f jacket sleeves show the low
1 drooping fullness in the leg
t. o' mutton or gigot sloeves,
and the full bishop puff now en vogue.
No. 1 of fancy diagonal boiiole cloth is
upecially designed for outdoor gar
ments, the lining being shaped like
the sleeve, and the top laid in back
ward and forward turning plaits.form
ing a wide box-plait at the shoulder.
No. 2 is shown in fancy silk, theround
cuff being of velvet. It can be made
up with or without the fitted lining, as
slippers. Large bows and buokles and
crossed straps are conspicuous feat
ures of the favorite designs.
cniLo's nnr.ss op blub cashmerr. "
Bebe blue cashmere is here com-
LADIES' AND MISSES' SLEEVES.
perferred, and the evenly spaoed shir
ring, shown at the top and bottom,
which set off to advantage the soft
folds, can be omitted without spoiling
the generalattraotivenessof the sleeve.
These sleeves will be found useful if
on hand when remodeling dresses and
jaskets for the approaching season
and can be made in material to match
or contrast with the garment.
To make these sleeves for a lady
having a 30-inoh bust measure (medium
size), it will require of 41-inch wide
material 2 yards for No. 1 design, and
2 yards for No. 2 design. ,
To make them for a miss of four
teen years (medium size), it will re
quire of the same width material, 2 (
yards to make design No. 1, andl)
yards to make design No. 2.
SERVICE A BLB WORE AFRON.
Checked gingham is nsed for the
serviceable apron, shown in the large
illustration. It is neat and tidy look
ing, besides being thoroughly protec
tive. The bib is gathored at thewaiBt
line in front and joined to the belt
that enoiroles the waist, the npper
portion being attached to yoke-shaped
bretelles that pass over the shoulders
and join the belt in back. A oross
strap buttoned on holds the brettelles
in position. The gored skirt portions
fit smoothly at the top and is joined
to lower edge of belt. Triangular
pockets are placed at convenient depth,
having their front edges inserted in
bined with dark blue velvet, the dee
oration being bands of cashmere em
broidered in dark blue silk. The frook
is dainty, simple and very effective,
the combination being becoming to all
CHILD'S dress.
children. The full skirt is shirred
with a heading at the top and applied
to the spare yoke, back and frout, the
dosing being in centre back. The
yoke and lower portion ot sleeve lin-
TVORK APRON ptf CHECKED GINOHA.M.
BI98 BAQS ASK ABOUT THIRTEEN. IN0BIS IM HEIGHT WHEN VILLED.
the front gore seam. The lower edges
are hemmed or faoed, and frill of
embroidery trims the lower edge of
yoke. Aprons in this style can be
made from white or colored cambric,
muslin, lawn, percale or gingham,
trimmed with frills of the material,
laoe or embroidery, as here shown,
feather stitching, cross stitoh or
plainly completed.
The quantity of 80-inoh wide ma
terial required to make this apron for
lady having 82-inoh bust measure
is 2 J yards; for a 80-inoh size, 8
yards; for a i0-inoh size, 8 J yards.
VEXING) BBOBS.
Evening shoes come in great variety
of shape, color aud material. White
logs are faoed with velvet, the collar
and bands on the wrist being of the
embroidered cashmere to match the
straps over shouldtir. Full putb ara
gathered and stylishly arranged over
the comfortable sleeve linings, above
the deep cull facings of velvet. Chil
dren's frooks in this style oau be
duiutily developed in all kinds ot
pretty wash labrios and trimmed with
laoe and embroidery. Flauuut, camel's
hair, merino aud oiuer wooleus make
useful and comfortable drmet for
children. The quantity of 41-iuoU
wide material required to make this
dress for a child two years old is 'it
yards; for a six-year-old size, iii
yards; tor au eight year old sue, 2i
yud