THE NAVAL PAGEANT
LESSONS DRAWN FROM THE INTER-
: NATIONAL DISPLAY.
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Beerathry Herbert of the Navy Quotes, “In
Time of Feare Prepare For War’: Le
ing Able to Fight Is Often a Protection.
Mr. Werhert' s Part.
The pages which Recretary Herbert de
votes in the North American Review to
a comment on the great show of ships at
Norfolk and New York deal with it first
as an illustration of the friendly feeling
- that now prevails between the United
States snd other nations,
He recalls that this peaceful veiider.
vous took place in the very roadstead
where the Monitor and Merrimac fought
and near where the Leopard attacked
the Chesapeake, while close by at Nor
folk lay the old Constellation, snccoseir
to Truxton » frigate that. overcame the
Insurgente in 1799. Of the nine nations
whose 80 warships v ere there gathered
three were republics, but all the vessels
put on the colors of Italy in honor of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of King Hum
bert's marriage, just as the British
Blake afters ward at New York whers
. once the prison ships of the Revolntion
Jay. flashed ont the image of Washing-
ton in her fireworks display, and just as
other foreign ships took part in our
Decoration day ceremonies.
Secretary Herbert well says that the
voyage from Hampton Roads. when the
vessels of vine nations, in two jaralie]
columns, steamed at a prescribed rate,
all under the by courtesy, of
‘an American officer, formed a scene
- thst bas uo paraliel in history.” Yet
even this scene was surpassed in snggest-
"iveness by the land parade in New
York, which, “while it was the most
significant act of good will to the Amer-
ican people and American institutions,
corarnand,
was also the crowning lesson of the re-
view.”
And what was that all important les
son? The secretary thus expresses it:
“Every thoughtful observer was im-
pressed with the idea that if our men
should ever come to blows with their
friends who were behind them in line
they could never hope to win except with
a fair supply of ships and guns The
stalwart Rnssians, with their sturdy
trsanp: thc business. looking Britons,
kesping step to ‘God Save the Queen:
the quick stepping Frenchmen: the Ger-
mans, with their natty uniforms: the
Italians, and indeed all the detachments. -
were drilled and disciplined into fight
ingr'machines. - Never was suck sight
- witnessed before zs the sailors of nife
different nations marching together, and
never was anything better calculated to
jr press upon those who saw them the
Jesson that the American sailor can keep
his place upon the seas only when his
government is behind him.”
"Shis, after all, should be an abiding
zou of the pageant for our country-
- It taught not only the beauty of
a, but the duty in peace to prepare
for war. [It was suggestive, no doubt,
that while 70 years before Russia, Prus-
giis and Austria had entered into a fatile
combination to reduce the Spanish-
American colonies because they had bet
themselves up as independent republics,
‘hare were Russia and Germany joining
their shins with those of republican
France ard the South American repub-
hcs. “®
It was still more suggestive to find the
armed forces of Russian and England
. marching one after another in the same
streets and in the same column and the
. armed forces of France and Germany 1n
_ like comradeship; while as to the inter
mingled forces of England and America.
-. ‘the sight of them prompted Secretary
Herbert to say that ‘Great Britain never :
fcemally renounced the right of search,
on account of which the war of 1812 was
fcught, until 1858, but the two countries |
have made peace at last, mutual good
will and respect have been testified in
any ways and never more significant-
ly than at this naval review.”
. Yet it is not the peace note with which
the secretary closes. He insists, as his
coomelusion, that in spite of Geneva ar i-
trations and Paris arbitrations, we h:
not yet found a safeguard against hig
“Tho (Geneva arbitration was achieved
on'y after the terrific battles of our civil
wo ad demonstrated to the world the
Ang capacity of our citizen soldiery.
1. .america would keep her own peace
with all the nations of the earth and
maintain her place in the vanguard of
civilization, she must be at all times pre-
pared for war. This is the lesson of
~ history emphasized by the rendezvous
and the review.” We may add that such
lessons were wholly additional to the
original purpose of the ceremony, which
vas to: furnish some distinctly naval
pageant as’ the fittest possible form of
yaublic festival in honor of the greatest
of voyages.
Indeed it may fairly be said that the
full benefits of this memorable pageant
" wvere not universally recognized when it
was planned. Even Mr. Herbert him-
* -. gelf, although a member of the house
“naval colnmittee, voted against the joint
resolution of congress which directed it
to be held, but as its possibilities gradu-
ally became apparent he headed the suc-
cessful effort at a subsequent session to
increase the appropriation for it to the
smount needed. The advantage derived
from bringing our own new ships to
gether for the first time in considerable
numbers has been exceedingly great, and
it has been increased by giving them the
opportunity to compare themselves not
‘nly with each other, but with the picked
warships of eight other nations.
Still the great benefit of the review,
according to Secretary Herbert, has been
in teaching what remains for. the coun-
{ry to do in its naval preparations.—New
Work Sun.
A Herd Nest For a Small Bird.
A cariosity worthy of its place in the |
local museum was a bird's nest made
wholly of long spiral steel “shavings,
‘without the least particle of vegetable |
fiber. [It was found in Switzerland at a
nlace which is the center of a large
ch manufacturing district.— "> =
An 014 Wartime Engineer Tells About an
Eventful Raflway Journey.
* Bivonacked around a campfire cne
evening were a.party of officers busily
en in roasting goobers in the ashes
and washing them down with the con-
tents of their canteens. ‘Never heard
tell 0’ the time I got lost in the moun-
tains with a engin’, did ye!” asked a tall,
lanky, good humored comrade, who
{ strolled up and helped himself to a bend-
fal of the gocbers.
Every man present expressed his bit-
ter regret at never having had the op
portunity of hearing the story.
“Waal,” said the tall man, seating him
self on an upturned bucket, ‘I mout's
well tell ye, long’s ther's time afore taps. |
I wur runnin an engin’ fur the guv' ment
doorin the war down in Ferginny.
wur an ol hookmotion Rogers an smart
ennff to clim’ a tree of she'd "a got toe
- holt onto it !
“I had a nigger fireman as was afraid | . . 1 : Lad
of his xhaddoS wich didn't prevent am | DTIvErs sent with all turnouts | at
i .
goin to sleep at any minnte, day or night. |
whilst he wnr standin up lookin ahead, |
But 1 wnz goin |
‘parently wide awake.
to tell vo about gettin lost. Ye see, tras
this way: They started us cut one dark |
night over a branch that we didn’t know,
and we had to go to it blin. ~The track |
twonld hev |
wur ia turr’ble shape, an
puzzled ye to say when we wuz on the
rails an when we wuzn't. I should say |
‘we everidged "bout half and half. ~ We
was plowin ‘long "bout so so, when all
of a suddent I saw by the headlight thet
wo was a-goin into a tnnnil.
“1 giv Zeb a'kick and hollered, ‘Zeb,
is ther’ a tunnil on this line?
Can't tell for shuah, boss,” sail he;
‘mighty cur'nsdoin’sthese days. "Twasn't
fo’ de wah.’
+ “Waal, keep yereye skinned fer snage,’
1 sung out, an as I wuz sort of sleepy
. myself Isnoozed off an on, mostly on, I
guess, fer a spell, till finally the old gal
giv’ a snort an stopped dead. We both
on us waked up to wunst.
“Twas so dark I couldn't ses Zeb to
. kick him fer goin to sleep, but I cossed
‘Git down
him fer lettin us hit a snag.
ther’, ye coon, an see if we're on the
rails’ sez L
“He took the torch an climd down
ar wallered roun awhile. Fast I knoved
he wus back sg'in, las face white's a
gliset.
“Well, what's the matter now
asked him.
“Fo de Lod. be
ac tun’l yit, an C
1
‘was In
* he sez,
lin sight
re aie vt & ra
“Jest ez 1 was gittin down to 'vestr
gute, long comes the conduc tor. “What
in thunder do youn mean.’ says he, “by
running this train six miles into a cave?
“Shore enuff, those Johnnies bad taken
up the rails and turned ‘em into that
cave, and that ol hook motion kept cn a
goin with us till we struck the end of it.
I ‘member thinkin she was ridin pretty
hard, but I s'posed she hed got off the
ties onto the roadbed, which wasn't grad-
el very well."—Kate Field's Warhing-
Artificial Features
| Artificinl noses are now made of alu-
minium, und they are so perfectly shaped,
eslored and adjusted as to defy detec-
tion. The aluminium is first covered
with some light cloth—muslin generally
~-and is then painted, and the color
of the skin is so closely adhered to that
it is impossible to tell which ‘is the false
nose and which the true until you pall
it. The materials formerly nsed for this
purpose were vulcanite, wax, cellaloid,
wood and porcelain, but for many res
sons alominium is the superior of them
all, it being ligiter as well as stronger.
Aluminium ears have become Guile ag
fashionable as aluminium noses.
There are more of these false noses and
ears on the street than one wonld sup
pose until one deliberately looks into the
subject. Scores of people wear these de-
ceptive noses and ears, and so STs
sre they made that it is impossible to
tell the false with the naked eye. [have
-gaid that the best way to tell a real nose
from the false member is to give it a
jerk. Yet I mus: admit that if one were
to go about jerking the noses of friends
or strangers just to detect the false noses
life might be made decidedly unpleasant
{or that one.—Chicago Tribune.
Yankee Sententiousness Saving Salt.
In our opinion sententiousness is rare-
ly effective without a considerable dash -
of humor. How much more telling Em-
¢rson’s sententionsness was than that of
‘most of kis contemporaries (Goethe, for
example, or Carlyle), just because Emer-
son was seldom sententious without a
smile, while Carlyle was most senten-
tions when be was least humorous. A
Yankee, indeed, seldom gives advice
without a little irony pointed to himself
for giving it, but Germans and English-
nen are sententious in grim earnest and
are very apt to be quite as self important
- a8 they are earnest. Very few of the so
called wise sayings of Goethe and Car-
: lyle are free from this fault of ponder-
osity,— London Spectator,
fiteam Vessel First Used as a Yinspore
There is a curious fact that may have
been overlooked —that troops withdrawn
from Canada upon the close of the
American war of 1812-15 for the purpose
of joining the army intended to crush
Napoleon after his return from Flba
were transported down the St. Lawrence
by a Canadian steamer. This was prob-
ably the first occasion on which a steam
‘vessel was used for purposes of military
transport.—T¢ oronto New 8.
A Sensible Prayer.
“And pow, parson,” said the- editor,
“will you ask a blessing before we dine?
“Good Lord,” said the parson, “have
mercy upon this man and open his eyes
that he may see and understand that
greens are not greens without bacon. and
that grace without grits is dead!"--At-
Janta C onstitution.
~The Real Mother Goose.
“Mother Goose.” who is jrobably mare
familiar to children than any other per-
“ponage in story books, was a real person.
Mrs. Goose, for that was her real name,
lived with a family named Fleet who
{ kept a little store in Pu dding lane, Boe-
i | ton. —New York Sun.
She |
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and Restaurant.
H.E. KELLER. Proprietor.
Pa.
Fifth Avenue. Patton,
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akes,
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DRY GOODS,
Glasswa
land. Ex erything in the Bakery|
(line always fresh and on hand
all times.
| Meals served at ail
i and First-class [Lunch
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