Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1897, Page 20

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1897-28 PAGES. NAUTICAL POLICE —— That is What the New Gunboats Really Are. NASHVILLE, WILMINGTON AND HELENA Intended for Patrol Duty in Orien- tal Waters. THEIR NOVEL CONSTRUCTION ages Whitten for The Evening Star. HE LIGHT-DRAFT gunboats Nashville, Wilmingten and Hel- ena, which were pro- vided for by act of Congress approved March 3, 1893, resent the pioneers of a class of craft in- tended especially for duty in the shallow bays and rivers ot FT the orient, and are interesting »egause of the peculiar exi- wencies of that service and the manner in which those needs have been met. They are really nautical police, and are designed to bear the majesty of Old Glory into those faraway nooks of zed intercourse and way beyond the reach of our cruisers and ponderous battle ships, there by the: influence to guard our our commercial interests. Of the three the Nashville is the only one to carry sail. She is rigged as a fore- and-aft schooner, with tw bearing trysails—a spread lated only to steady her in a seaway, am exceedingly pretty boat. She has a water-line length of 220 fect, an extreme beam of 38 feet 3 inches, has a normal displacement of 1 tons, under the usual cruising conditions, will draw eleven feet of water. The coi a ¢ er. ntract calls for a development of fourteen knots an nour, but there is every reason to count upon sixteen. Ordinarily she will carry only 150 tons of coal, but her total bunker capacity is for 399, and upon this latter allowance she should cover a radius of six thousand miles at a of eight knots an hour—a performance con- siderably in excess of that common to our larger and speedier vessels. The boat 1s driven by two sets of quad- ruple-expansion engines actuating twin serews, and she is the only craft in the service other than torpelo boats driven by engines of this sor For the sake of economy the low-pressure cylinders are de- signed to disconnect, leaving the three re- maining cylinders to be run most economi- cally at cruising speeds, but at full speed all four of the cylinders will be pushed to their maximum. To attaiu this end upon a reasonable expenditure of coal there arc two kinds of boilers—one sort working at a Pressure of 16) pounds and the other sert working at a pressure of 20) pounds. Un- der cruising conditions the two bollers sup- plying steam at 160 pounds will generate all tne steam needfui to run the machinery in its triple-expansion form, but at full speed the four other boilers will be called into requisition. Their steam, at a working 58 pounds, will he fed into the ir moral countrymen and be exhausted at a pressure of 16) pounds into the first receiver, where it will com- mingle on equality with the fresh steam from the other boilers and spass onward through the other cylind The layman must understand from that the en- gines and boilers of this boat are so care- fully planned that i their best under either con not be working at a loss or disadvantage under any and, | cylinders, from which it will | ip. Lil oyn't Sih LMINGTON AND HELENA. oe through that withering storm of missiles and approach near enough to faunch a tor- pedo, while nothing short of an armored craft could withstand the blaSt of such a hail of explosive shell. In addition to this powerful means of offense, the Nusliville carries a bow torpedo tube, :ind woe to eny vessel that meets the blow of that mur- derous burden of 150 pounds of gun cotton. Electric lights will shed their glow throughout the beat, while a searchlignt on top of the pilot house will send its dazzling beams of brightness miles tito the night. In the Wilm!ngton and Helena we “have boats planned more especially for the con- ditions of river service in the far east, j inland are the principal arteries of com- mercial intercourse and are crowded with countless numbers of craft of every imag- inable Chinese design. The Wilmington and Helena, cach with its single military mast, look very much like small battle ships, and are to do that service so long performed by the old Monocacy, the last of our war-time double-enders. These boats are a trifle heavier than the where the waterways for hundreds of miles | Nashville. They are 250% feet on the water line, have a maximum beam of 40 feet 1% inches, have a normal displacement of 1 tons, and draw, under usual service condi- tions, nine feet of water. Ordinarily each boat will carry but a handred tons of coal, but they have bunker capacity for 180 tons more, upon which they should have a wide radius of action. By the contract, they were called upon to make thirteen knots an hour, but the Wil- mington made a trifle over: fifteen, while the Helena did better by well nigh half a knot. Their Armor. Like the Nashville, these boats are built of steel, and have an inner or double bot- tom, carefully divided into a honeycomb of smalier compartments. A water-tight deck is worked over the region occupied by the engines, boilers and magazines, and the coal is so disposed that it will give further protection, while a band of one-inch armor three feet eight inches wide runs along the water-line region amid- ships for a distance of sixty-seven feet. This is an added protection against injury between “wind and water,” and these ves- sels are the only gunboats in our service so armored, and, but for the peculiar duty for which they are designed, would not be coated with nickel steel ‘The engines are in two sets, one on each | shaft, ard are of the triple-expansion type. Steam at a working pressure of 180 pounds s ied by six single-ended fire-tube boilers, placed in two water-tight compart- ments; and when running under forced draught these fire rooms will be air-tight and large blowers will supplement the draught of the single tall smokestack by drawing down fresh air and forcing !t into the furnaces and up through the roaring uptakes. Owing to the light draft of these vessels and the use of twin screws, in conjunction th the special river service for which they are pianned, their hulls aft are of un- usual shape. Above the water line they appear normal, but immediately below they are hollowed out into two tunnels within ich the screws work, the water flowing easily and amply to them. The result is immediate action—something especially needful, owing to the narrow channels and the swift currents of the Chinese rivers, where a moment's loss of motion might mean grounding upon the _ neighboring tanks. This overhanging aft aiso protects the screws from passing craft, bumping | Upon bars, and injury from plunging fire. ‘There are two rudders, one forward of the other on the center line, placed where they will assure the best results. Built for Servi: There is one military mast with two fight- ing tops on each boat; two Gatling guns in the upper top and two 1-pounders in the lower one. The conning tower is placed just beneath the lower top, and is réached | by a sheltered stairway. The ammunition for the guns in the tops {s raised within the protection of the lower mast. | The batteries are the same as that of the “Nashville,” and but four of the 4-inch and two of the 6-pounders are housed in spon- sons. The remaining guns are mounted in the open on the upper deck forward and the main deck aft. That the vessels may thread their way through the crowded waterways their sides have been studiously freed of all obstruc- | tions, and the sponsons for the guns are so ' arranged that, while yielding a wide arc of NASHVILLE. With three hundred revolutions a minute in their quadruple-expansion form, the € gines will deveiop 1,75) horse-power and easily induce fifteen knots an hour, while with 169 turns a minute there will be no difficulty in maintaining a comfortable and economical jog of eight knots an hour. The upper deck of the Nashville runs, unbrokenly, from stem to siern, and, aside from structural strength, affords most ampie berthing and living accommodations for the complement of 158 seamen and ma- rines. This flush deck also has the aq- vantage of making the vexsel a drier craft in wet weather, doing away thus with one of the most serious drawbacks to small vessels. Comfortable quarters are also provided for a captain and ten other offi- cers. The Batterie: ‘The main battery ts compesed of eight four-inch breech-loatling rapid-fire rifles— an exceedingly effective foree for a craft of her size. Four of these guns are meunted on the upper deck, two forward and two aft, protected by fixed segmental shields. The remaining four are mounted on the gun deck, and, besides the protec- tion of shields, are sheltered within spo sons of steel two ama quarter inches thick. ‘These latter guns have each a totai sweep of 140 degrees, while those on the upper deck have a greater arc of fire by some twenty degrees. ’ ‘The secondary battery consists of four six-pounder and two one-pounder :apid-fire guns and two Gatlings. ‘fhe slx-p are mounted on the gun deck in spo2sons armored with one-inch steel, and heve a wide field of fire., The ome-pounders and Gatlings are placed upon the upper deck, where calculated to give the widest service. With a discharge of ten aimed sho: a min- ute from each of the four-inch guns, fif- teen, perhaps, from the cne 2nd ae and @ possible fre"of nearly 2,000 from fearful sweep of such a aking, 22 resto Dont could ever pass | are, they are still within the side line. The unhealthful conditions of river service in the east have been met in many wise sani- ; tary provisions in the shape of ample | berthing space and supplementary means of ventilation and drainage. The record of the past quarter of a century has shown the harboring of refugees.to. be the prin- cipal mission of naval vessels in China, and in providing room for-many more than the complement of 170 these vessels are meeting future possibilities, while they Will facilitate the transportation of a formidable : of men. And, further,” to this latter end the “Wilmington” and lelena” carry larger boats than those tstally allotted craft of their size, that they may either land or embark rapidly a considerable force. ; In the tropics an arrangement of awn- ings, extending from stem.to stern, will afford comfort during the heat of the day and admit of the men sleeping on ‘the decks at night and beyond the reach of those drenchirg and dangerous dews. All.wood work is ftreproofed, and it is said the unacquainted handiing of the ma- terial so treated has occasioned in part the Gelayed completion of these vessels. in everything contributing to comfort, convenience and efficiency Chief Construct- or Hichbern says they reflect the great- est credit upon the department, and pre- acts that they will prove themselves in- valuabie agents for the performance of at & duties for which they are singularly jt pede ES Napoleon’s Deficiency. Frem the Indianapolis Journal. ‘Walker—They say that Napeoleon was So self-possessed that not even the sound of a pistol fired close to his ear could make him start.” > ‘ Wheeler— “He wouldn’t have stood much skow in a bicycle race.” . —--———e-—______ If you want anything, try ar ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, ‘you’ get an auswer, IN THE CHURCHES The Workers’ Union of the Central Union Mission held a large meeting Tues- day evening, at which there were present a number of the pastors of the local churches. The general subject for the even- ing, divided into topics, was as follows: “What can be done in our city, more than is now being done, to bring the gospel to the attention of the unsaved? (a) By the churches. (b) By the Christian Endeavor Societies and Epworth Leagues, and (c) by the mission and kindred organizations. Among those who spoke on these topics were the following: Rev. Drs. George O. Little, pastor of the Assembly Presbyterian Church; Edward B. Bagby of the Ninth Street Christian Church; S. Reese Murray of the Fifteenth Street M. E. Church: Adam Reoch, Fifth Congregational; General Sec- retary W. N. Multer of the Young Men’s Christian Association and Mr. O. B. Brown of the board of directors of the mission. Extraordinary efforts are now being made by the local Presbyterians to help the con- egation of the Eastern Presbyterian Church out of the financial predicament in which they are placed. Last Friday $1,800, Tepresenting the annual interest on the first trust resting on the church ‘property, amounting to $30,000, became due, and has not been paid. At present about a third of the sum necessary has been raised. Be sides the sum mentioned, there are other debts, which are not pressing, amounting to a trifle over $0,000. The committee in charge of securing the money from the churches consists of Messrs. William Bal- lantyne of the Church of the Covenant, Charles B. Bailey of the New York Avenue Church, and John Leetch of the West Street Church, and Rev. Drs. Wallace Rad- cliffe and Charles B. Ramsdell. Mr. William P. Lockwood has been ap- pointed superintendent of the Boys’ Chap- ter of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew of Trinity Episcopal Church. Mr. Lockwood has increased the membership of the chap- ter from five up to fifteen, so that it is one of the largest boys’ chapters in the city. A special ani interesting feature of the services at the New Church tomorrow, Rev. Frank S»wall, pastor, 1s to be the un- veiling of the “Scudder memorial window,” just completed. The window is very large and covers a large portion of the western front of the church. It is a triple window, and the subject selected is that of “The Creaticn,” the design of the artist, Fredk. S. Lamb, having been to include in the win- dow not only the days of creation, but also the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. A scroll in the lower portion states that it is a memorial of Judge Henry A. Scudder and Mrs. Nancy B. Scudder of Massachusetts. The young men of St. Mary's, Mother of God, Church are organizing a.social club. Father Nagengast, who was transferred to Baltimore, has taken his departure. A barrél of all kinds of supplies is to be sent soon by the Ladies’ Home Missionary Society of the First Congregational Church to Rev. Mr. Dobbs, Floy, Alabama. The congregation of Wesley M.E. Church, Rev. J. Fred. Heisse, pastor, has atranged to paint the parsonage on 3d street and give the church a thorough overhauling. The work, however, is not apt to begin un- til the early part of the summer. Mrs. Samuel L. Beiler, wife of the vice chancellor of the American University, leaves for Alaska on the 22d of this month, and has arranged for several Aleuts to re- turn with her in the fall. Mrs. Beiler has especially interested herself in the Alaskan missions, and it is expected that her trip will result in the gathering of much needed information. Chaplain Lozier of Indiana was in Wash- ington recently, and while here delivered a lecture at McKendree M. E. Church, enti- tled “Your Mother's Apron Strings."’ E The series of Sunday morning sermons now being delivered by Rey. Frank Sewall of the New Church on the “Prod!gal Son” is to be concluded tomorrow. The annual convention of the New Church is to meet this year in St. Louis, Mo., on the 15th of May. A feature of the services at St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, Rev. Owen M. Waller, is to be the presence of the choir entirely reorganized. A Chapter of Praise has been formed, consisting of six- teen girls, and they, together with the male voices of the choir, will number forty. The young ladies are to be vested, but in some- what different style from the members of the choir of the other sex. At the monthly meeting of St. Paul's Union connected with St. Paul’s Catholic Church an address was delivered by Mr. A. L. Morrison of Santa Fe, N. M., on the early history of New Mexico, and especially of its religious history. The staff of King Hall, the Episcopal Theological Seminary connected with How- ard University, has been reorganized and the personnel of it very much improved. Bishop Henry Y. Satterlee is the iecturer on “The Pastoral Office,” ani Revs. William L. Devries, rector of the Pro-Cathedral; Rev. Chas. H. Hayes and Philip M. Rhine- lander have been added to the faculty, the head of which, as formerly, is Rev. E, V. Tunnell. King Hall has a chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew connectzd with it and js doing a good deal of work among the men in the neighborhood. A joint conference of the white and col- ored Baptist ministers of Wasning:on tuok place Monday at the Vermont Avenue Bap- tist Church, Rev. George Washington Lee, pastor. Dr. Mason of the Smithsonian In- stitution addressed the meeting on “Fig- urative Language of the Bible.” At the annual meeting of the Church of the Covenant the following were elected officers for the ensuing year: Re-elected elders, Messrs. William ¥allantyne, C. B. Jewell and Stanton J. Peelle; re-elected dea- cons, Messrs. Chas. J. Toof, W. B. Bryan and Norman E. Webster, jr.; new elders, Dr. O. M. Muncaster and J. H. Lichliter; trustees, Messrs. James E. Fitch, Reginald Fendall and George W. McLananan. The present membership of the church is 759, and the income of the church curing the past year was $20,000. Eight thousand dol- Jars was collected for benev»lences, includ- ing the care of Peck Memorial Chapel. , The bishop of Washington, Dr. Satter- lee, is to confirm a class at St. Thomas’ Church today, Rev. J. A. Aspinwall, rec- tor. The Ladies’ Guild of the parish is to give a concert next Wednesday, The board of control of the Washington District Epworth League has been applied ‘to for admittance into the league of a chapter at Garrisonville, Stafford county, Va., of which Mrs. Ella Downing Is presi- dent, and which numbers nearly one hun- dred members. Though the chapter is some distance from the city, it is probable that it will receive the desired membership. The Ninth Street Christian Church, Rev. Edward B. Bagby, pastor, celebrated its sixth anniversary last Sunday. During the course of the anniversary sermon Pastor Bagby noted the following points: That the church membership is now 591, the Sunday school 400, and that the latter raised over $3,000 during the past year. The church is to give a bazaar next week for the benefit of the new church. The District of Columbia Christian En- deavor Union has resumed possession of its old quarters in the Young Men’s Christian Association building. The rector of St. Thomas’ P. E. Church, Rev. John A. Aspinwall, who was sick for some time, has regained his strength and has resumed his duties at the church. Some weeks ago Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis of the Western Presbyterian Church preached at a church in Albany, N. Y., and so pleased the congregation of the church that not long ago they sent him a tentative call. Mr. Ennis, however, declined to con- sider it, and does not wish to leave Wash- ington. He has received several other calls within the past six months. Arrangements have been made to com- mence work on the new house of worship of the Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church, on Columbia road near 14th street, within the next two or three weeks. The Congre- gational Church Extension Society has agreed to loan the church money enough with which, added to what the congrega- tion already has, to build the church. The foundations have been completed, and it is expected that the church .will be com- pleted some time next fall. A mission lasting two weeks closed last Sunday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, It was conducted by Rev. Fathers Brick and Miller, members of the Redemptionist Or- der. ‘The Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip has designated the first Sunday in May as “Brotherhood day,” and it will, ac- cordingly, be observed by the chanters of the order in this city. A well-known member of the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal conference, Rev. Rich- ard §. Norris, died Wednesday at his home in Baltimore, and was buried yesterday. During his long career in the ministry of forty-five years he served at various times a8, pastor of four churches in this District, Waugh Church, three years; Wesley a three years; Ryland, two years, and Dumbarton Avenue, West : ferenee. ‘ At the ennual commencement exercises ‘the Young Men's Christian Association Baltimore the annual address was deliver- ed by Rev. B. L. Whitman, D. D., of this elty. aft The ladies of Waigh M. E. Church, with the wife of the pastor, Mrs. E. O. Eldridge, at their head, havéundertaken the task of paying the church debt and have met with much success. ‘Phe plan adopted by them is that of taking shares at 25 cents, payable monthly, and during the past eight months ending March 1 : they have raised $857.45. Ae debt ‘In round numbers is about . Ssiex The quarterly meeting of the Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies of Washington district was held at Ryland Church. Mrs. T. J Tullock presided, and the exercises consisted of addresses by the pastor of the church, Rev. Dr. 8. M. Hart- sock, by Mrs. S. L..Beiler and Mrs. Alger of Maseachusetts..'The ladies of Ryland served lunch. Burtag the past quarter the home society has raised $1,500 and the for- eign society $508 fer the mission cause. Mr. and Mrs.-Wiiliam Cole have present- ed to St. Like’s© Protestant Episcopal Church a processional cross in memory of their child. he-eross is of handsomely or- namented brass, six feet four inches long, and {s to be used for the first time tomor- row. Bishop Satterlee confirmed a class of twenty-two at the chureh on Monday even- ing. Rev. Francis J. Grimke of the Fiftcenth Street Presbyterian Church is to begin a series of Sunday morning sermons on “Marriage” tomorrow. The “Susannah Wesley Band” of Ryland Church gave an entertainment last Friday evening devoted to the iife and history of the Wesley family. The proceeds of the show, amounting to $100, are to be devoted to the support of missionaries in foreign fields. The Southern Baptist convention is to meet from the 7th to the 10th of May at Wilmington, N. C., and the Northern Bap- tist convention will meet the weck follow- ing at Pittsburg. The Baptist churches of this city are divided in their allegiance, some contributing to one convention and some to the other. Rev. A. F. Anderson of Grace Baptist Church, is closing a series of revivals this week, assisted by Rev. S. G. Nell and wife. The committee in charge of the matter of building a new church for the Ninth Street Christian congregation decided upon plans for the new edifice this week, but have declined to make them public even to the members of the congregation. A called meeting of the congregation is soon to be held, and at this meeting the choice of the committee will be ratified or disapproved, but it is expected that it will be ratified, so that the work of building will probably commence some time during the latter part of May. ~ Rev. W. J. Wright of the Third Christian Church spent this week conducting special services at the church at Joppa, Harford county, Md., but is expected to return to- day in time to preach tomorrow. The Presbyterian Ministers’ Association met on Monday and listened to an address by Rev. J. B. North of the Garden Mem- orlal Church, Anacostia, on “Intercessory Prayer.” The pastor of the Church of the Coven- ant, Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, D.D., has con- cluded a series of lectures in the theo- logical department of Howard University on “Revivals.” St. Luke's Chapter, Daughters of the King, has elected the following officers: President, Mrs. Charles Murray; secretary, Miss Emma Guilberry, and treasurer, Mrs. T. J. Wilkinson. The preachers of the Maryland and Dis- trict of Columbia Christian churches are to meet April 28 at Harlem Avenue Chris- tian Church, Baltimore. Three of the Washington pastors are to make addresses, as follows: Rey. F. D. Power, D. D., “Im portant Problems of the Church of Teday; Rev. W. J. Wright, “Sociability and Evan- gelization,” and Rev. Edward B. Bagby of the. Ninth Streez Church. The contractor, in charge of the building of the new Trinity “M. I. Church is now giving the finishing touches to the ediiice, and when the work of putting in the pews and the pipe, organ is completed the church will be dedicated, the ceremony to take place probably during the early part of next month? ‘ The Toronto comniittee of the Washing- ton District Bpworth League has estab- lished headquarters at the residence of the secretary, Mr. #. Sic LaFetra, at the cor- ner of 11th and @ streets, and hereafter all news relating to the convention will be placed on a bulletin‘board there. ‘The Men’s Guild:of St. Luke's P. FE. Church held a‘meeting this week in the parish hall, -whichi) had’ for its general topic “The Press and the Pulpit.” The speakers for the press.were Edward Coop- er, editor of-theiColored American, and the editor of the American Freeman, and for the pulpit, Revs. Av P. Miller and W. A. Creditt. The Salt Air Home for Children at Co- lonial Beach is to be reopened in a very few weeks. It is designed to finish several of the buildings of the home and otherwise increase the accommodations, and for this purpose a luncheon is to be given after Easter by the ladies of all the local Epis- copal congregations. Douglas Memorial M. E. Church, Rev. Jonn L. Walsh, pastor, has sold a lot be- longing to the congregation on H_ street northeast, and will use the proceeds as the nucleus of a building fund. A new chancel and pulpit fs to be used to- morrow at the West Washington Lutheran Church, Rev. Stanley Billheimer, pastor. Presiding Elder Wilson of Washington Methodist district has reappointed Rev. J. H. Springer as supply in charge of Little Falls Church. Dr. Wilson has also ap- pointed Rev. Thomas J. Clark, a local preacher, in charge of the Langdon M. E. Church. Langdon was formerly under charge of the pastor of Brookland Church, but hereafter wif have regular Sunday services and a Sunday school. Rev. O. M. Waller organized mission serv- ices last Sunday at the Women’s Christian Home on Meridian Hill. They will be con- tinued regularly, with the idea of develop- ing into a mission, and are in charge of Arthur W. H. Collier, a lay reader of St. Luke's P. E. Church. ‘The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Congregational Association of New Jersey, which includes the Congregational churches of the District, will be held at the Central Church of Philadelphia Tuesday and Wed- nesday of next week. There has just been erected in the new Swendenborgian Church, corner of 16th and Corcoran streets, a large triplet window in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Scudder, which will be unveiled on Easter morning. This window was executed by J. and R. Lamb of New York. It is a new departure, being a wedding of the American school of glass to the dignifiel composition of the English decorative work. The sub- ject chosen is that of the “Creation,” the intention being to include in the window, in addition to the idea of the “Days of Crea- tion,” the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. This has been successfully done by using the “Tree of Life’ as the main dec- orative motif, the tree growing from the bettom of the center light upward right and left through the entire three lights. The Epworth League of the Epworth M. E. Church South is preparing to celebrate its anniversary. A social meeting will be held at the residence of one of the mem- bers the 26th instant and special religious services are to be held in the church Sun- day evening, May 2. a His Ready Excuse. From Life. “How dare you, si the deed was done. {| “You must not. mind me,” he replied. “T am a chronic ggculatory kleptomaniac.” oe—-—__-___ she exclaimed after Home:Rule. From the Chicago Record. “Joe keeps hid wjfe and mother-in-law mad at him half th ime.’* “What vexes them “He calls them his‘ board of lady man- agers.” Bow =-with methods One day in the ordinary laundry its ponderous, old-fashioned machinery --carelessly destructive -and lack of facilities--will do more toward aging your clothes than three months’ wear. No. need to be a victim of such places, though. Simply by joining the Yale’s great army of patrons you can enjoy satis- factory laundry service as long as you live. Why not begin Monday? BAN ON BIRD FEATHERS. Women Declare Against Killing Birds for Decorating Hats, &c. From the Chicago Evening Post. It is no longer “good form" for the mem- bers of the Chicago Woman's Club to wear birds on their plumage on hats and bonnets. The club has practically declared a boycott against the fashion and entered on a cam- paign of education, whose effect will be felt first of all by the milliner. It has pledged its efforts to the creation of a set- tled public opinion adverse to the bird- wearing fashion, and will bring the subject of protection for the birds before the next conventions of the Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. All this came about at a meeting of the club yesterday afternoon, at which 200 members were present. At the end of the program Miss Ada C. Sweet presented a set of resolutions, which everybody voted for, and then nine out of ten of the mem- bers made a rush for the secretary’s desk and signed a promise. It was a pledge for- swearing the signer against trimming her hat or bonnet with anything in the way of feathers more brilliant than the plume of an ostricn or the tail of a rooster—but there were lots of signers. Some of them forgot to pull the aigrettes out of their hats after putting down their names, but that form of enthusiasm could scarcely be expected. These Are the Resolutions. The resolutions which reflect the senti- ment of the club are as follows: Whereas, the Chicago Woman's Club is convinced that the reckless slaughter of wild birds, which is now going on to such an extent as to threaten the extinction of bird life, can be finally stopped by the gen- eral refusal of women to wear wild birds and their plumage as ornaments or trim- mings, and believes that such action on the part of women can be secured if they be- come acquainted with the facts which un- derlie the traffic in birds and their plumage; therefore, be it 5 z Resolved, That the Chicago Woman's Club will use its earnest efforts to create a settled public opinion adverse to the bird- wearing fashion; and be it further Resolved, That the club shall, through its proper officials, request the Illinois Federa- tion of Women’s Clubs and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs to arrange for the subject of the protection of birds at their next state and rational conventions, and also to encourage, as best they can, all clubs to take up the matter at home. From the Brooklyn Eagle. Congratulations to the Civitas Club on its exhibition of bonnets. These bonnets have not a single dead bird in them. And they ere good bonnets. A woman looks just as distinguished un- der them as if she had a bushel of little corpses on her head and she looks a deal more attractive, to tell the truth. There is something unpleasant in the association of a fair face and the slashed, stuffed figures of creatures that have given up their lives and left their young to starve, for the com- bination suggests vanity and heartlessness. Cruelty takes the softness and charm out of the most beautiful face, and the murder of birds is cruelty of the worst kind, wheth- er the caus2 for it be vanity or gain. When intelligent and cultivated women desist from the practice of wearing birds they may be sure that the cheap women who continue the practice will stop it. Then we shall hear music in our fields again and the farmer will not have to confront an annual problem of distress. The women who have not the courage of their convictions say that they would join their more gentle sisters if only the milli- ners would stop selling birds to other w men. This same argument can be used by men who like to get drunk, and will prom- ise to stop if the bartenders will stop sell- ing drinks to loafers. The way to stop this outrageous and long-continued slaughter of our birds is to stop wearing them. Then they will no longer be shot. Don’t wait for milliners or murderers; just leave the birds off and wear a Civitas Club bonnet. ++ Forgot to Wear Trousers. From the London Weekly Telegraph. A certain noble lord who shall be name- less, during his journey north on a politi- cal mission, changed his costume for a full Highland “rig out,” intending it as a delicate compliment to the land of the kilt. But when he looked at himself in the glass he found that the tailor had cut his kilt too short; so he made up his mind to put on evening dress. ~ He changed his upper garments and then sat down for a few moments to study his speech. This set him to sleep. He awoke with a start, only to find himself running into the station. Forgetting what happen- ed, he thrust on his hat, and appeared at the window bowing, and this was how he was dressed: He had a full Highland costume as far as his waist; above were a white shirt and swallow-tailed coat, and the entire ecifice was crowned with a chimney-pot hat, upon which he sat down without noticing it. His lordship’s horror when be stepped upon the platform and felt the keen wind cutting his bare legs changed to absolute agony when his valet appear- ed, scrambling out of the carriage with a pair of trousers in hands, waving them wildly and exclaiming, “My lord, my lord, you've forgotten these. A ——_—-+ee ____ Diverse. From Life. ‘ a lead to church, ‘ ‘Some, I surmise, to close their eyes,, But more to eye their clothes. F, H. Walker & Co., And 1104 14th Street. Telephone 1092. The Queer Little Songster That New Hampshire Gunner Found. From the New York Sun. “You have heard of doubt,” said J. K. Sanford, formerly of Dover, N. H. “Not long ago I read several interesting accounts of them in the Sun. I © never heard a singing mouse, but I heard a singing squirrel. It was several yeu: the woods near Dover, singing mice, no a bird somewhere among the branches at a little distance away. The note was so pe- culiar that I turned my steps toward the sound to see what species of bird was mak- ing it. It was some time before I could trace the note to its source. ting upright on a bough, singing away as if in love with his own melody. At sight of {ane he stopped,-but as I remained perfectly still he presently piped up again. “As to the quality of his melody, I should compare it to the single note of ‘a canary unusually prolonged, with no variatiuns except in rising and falling and increase or decrease of volume. It may have been a call to a mate; it certainly had nothing in it of the scolding character associated with the chittering of the northern red squirrel. There was ro movement of the throat taat ! I could discover in the production of the sound. From time to time he would stop his-singing, and presently, after three or four minutes, would start up again; always in the beginning with a low note which in- creased in volume until shortly before the next pause. I remained on the spot a half hour listening, and went away leaving the squirrel singing away with as vigorous a noie as ever.” —+o-_ Espionage in Germany. From the Forum. One day there dined with me in a public restaurant in Berlin an aged clergyman and his wife. The former had ocx same pulpit for over fort proved a father to his parish, leader in many Iberal movemeats and in ali ways had served his country nobly; while the latter had for the same length of time been a very great blessing to her neighborhood for many leagues around. In the course of conversation I asked him how he felt about the emperor's policy. Befcre repiying to me he turne-] and looked anxiously about him in all directions, and then said: “If Fritz had lived ten years longer things would have been different.” When I asked, “Were you looking about for anything?” he said: “No; but one never knows who may be listening, and it would go hard with me if it were known that I expressed such opinions.” To my surprise I then learned that Berlin was full of spies of all sorts, ready to catch and report to the authorities the slightest word reflecting unfavorably upon the emperor and his family, or his actions, and that on such reports many persons, especia'ly young men, had been seized by the police and kept in prison for months—one be- cause, in the heat of discussion, he had said the emperor was a Schafskopf. When I asked my guests what they thought of such a system they locked mysterious and declined to reply. I afterward spoke of the matter to sev- eral persons, who, whether from fear or conviction I cannot tell, informed me that they thought it quite right that the em- peror, his family and actions shovld be above criticism, and that he should en- force this rule. I learned also afterward that the president of the Berlin Ethical So- ciety, a man of eminent scientific attain- nts, had been imprisoned for three months for venturing, in a public address, to express views on’ socialism different’ from those of the emperor, although he did so without naming him. I could not help feeling that the Germans were paying dearly for their empire. -see - Delicate. Frem Life. » Prespective Tenant—“I'm afraid this house won't d6. The trolley cars run too hear itAhswenor ae Agent—“Pshaw! You won't notice them mi reelstt, “That's all right, but my wife never could stand*tite sight of blood.” ago that, while gunning one day in | H., my attention | was tlrawn to what seemed the singing of | Thea I found | cut that it came from a red squirrel, sit-| Telephone us--or write us--or call at the office--and we'll attend to every- thing else. THE YALE LAUNDRY, Main Offices, 518 10th Street The Basis of Chewing Gum. From the Confectioner’s Journal. Four million pounds of gum chicle, the product of the Mexican sapota tree, en- lered the United States during 1895. This entire product, valued at nearly $1,500,000, became the basis of chewing gum. A walk through a leading chewing gum factory is interesting. Here over 1,000,000,000 pieces of gum are annually produced and shipped to every portion of the world. Three hun- dred employes are engaged in the manu- ture of the gum, the first step of which { is the importation of the raw chicle, which is gathered by the peons in Mexico and ex- ported in bales containing about 150 pounds each, The gum is taken from the bales arid chopped into small pieces. These are freed from tree bark and chips by steam- ing and picking; then it is ground in mills making 4,400 revolutions a minute. The ground gum is subjected to a continuous heat of 140 degrees Fahrenheit in drying rooms. From here the gum 1s sent to the white-aproned cook,” who adds the purest | Sugar and the freshest ef cream, granu- luted pepsin, powered guru or kola or | other desired ingredient to it, and cooks it in a steam-jacketed cauldron, where it is ; turned and mixed by an ingenious double- | acting heater or rotating paddle ‘until it {has assumed the consistency of bread dough. Now the “dough bo: take hold ; of it and knead it in finely powdered sugar, passing it to the “rollers,” where it is rolled between steel rollers until Jt is of the proper thickness, when it is whisked away to the “marke The markers are steei-knived rollers, which leave their im- press upon the long sheets of appetizing gum before it goes to the “seasoning room.” after which it is broken on the lines left by the markers. Now the gum finds its way to the “wrapping room.” ‘The nimbje fingers of 150 dainty maidens are here at play. Under their deft touch waxed paper. tinfoil and pretty wrappers epvel- op the gum quick as a wink, and in an- other moment the “packers” have the gum to place in jars or boxes, wherein it is shipped for sale to the generat public. —+— A Lawyer's Reminiscences. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. A prominent Bowling Green lawyer, who does considerable business in the courts of Edmonson county, entertained some of his friends the other day with some amusing stories of his experiences at the Browns- ville bar. Here are a few specimens: “I was once employed by a saloon man over there to defend him in a case for sell- ing liquor to a minor. The law provides that a minor must have an order from the parent or guardian, stipulating the amount of intoxicating liquor wanted, and for a long while my case seemed to be @ pretty knotty one. Finally, however, we intro- duced the father of the boy to whom the liquor was sold, and, under a cross-exam- ination, he stated: ‘1 told ther saloon man not ter let my boy have over three drinks of liquor a day untii after Wednesday, for I needed him as a witness on that day, j and I was afeered that too much Mquor would make him flighty and he couldn’t testify as I had told him.’ After this tes- timony we won the case. “I was in my partner's office at Brown- ville one day, when a tall, lank native, about fifty years of age, came in. After he had warmed we inquired of him his busi- ness. To the inquiry he replied: ‘I want ter bring suit agin old man H.'s estate. During the war he drafted me for service, and when I showed up he said he didn’t need me. Ef I had a went in I would have been a-drawin’ a pension now, and I want ter sue him fer damages fer keepin’ me from drawin’ a pension.’ When we told him that his cause for action was no good he shambled out of the office, and re- marked that ‘there was no jestice in law nohow.’” The attorney next showed a ceftificate from a physician certifying the inability of a witness to attend court. The certificate leads one to be in favor of education. It reads as follows: “Gurrge Settles I hereby certify that I seen W. R. Carrel and he is entirely disable to aten’ quort. ——————y SE. —____ +e+_-__ If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. oe