Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1897, Page 22

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1897-26 PAGES. BRAVE AND DEVOTED Side Lights on the Character of Gen. Calixto Garcia. THE LEADER OF THE — Described by One Who Has Known Him in the Field. HAS NEVER KNOWN +> Written for The Evening Star. HEN FATE DUR- war” snaiched Cal- ixto Garcia from the Jaws of a self-tnflict- ed death, it must have be to spare him for a leader in the present revolu- tion. The fall of Vic- toria las ‘runes was a severe blow to the suecess of Span- ish arms and greatly added to the esteem and popularity which resulted in his ap- pointment as commander-in-chlef of the in- surgent army. Victoria was the last re- maining link in the chain of fortitied cities connecting Puerto Principe, the capital of Camaguey, with the Oriente or Santiago de Cuba. One by one (Cascoro, Victoria de las Tunas) they have capitu- de CALIXTO CUBAN FORCES DEFEAT effects and |the country where food RCIA, will by his very presence awaken a degree of enthusiasm of which any leader might Well be proud. His horse is always in the best possible condition. His uniform, which s of light, cream-colored linen, trimmed with blue, is of perfect fit and’ spotlessly ciean. His wide-brimmed panama, in spite of sun and storm, is always in correct shape. No matter how short the stop, over j his tent the tlag of the republic of Cuba is always thrown to the breeze. Antithesixs of Gomez. Garcia is, in many respects, the direct antithesis of Gomez, and yet both gene are working for the same result, and each in his own peculiar way is invaluable to “Cuba Libre.” He is always affabie and never averse to the discussion of his hopes and plans for the future of the new rep:th- lic. He is ever ready to listen to stories of suffering and distress and his promise assistance is as good as his bond. As natural result, no man In Cuba has more friends ani admirers than Garcia. During his operations in the Holquin distri beth men and women stole out of the towns by hundreds to see and welcome Celixio urbs of Velasco all struggling t once to {embrace him or seize his hand. With smiles and tears of joy they hailed him as mire him. When near the city of Holquin the commander of the Spanish forces sent the following me: ge to Garcia: “I have today given permission to more an 100 families to remove their personal belongings to some piaze in y be obtained. I am told that you have plenty, and it is impossible for me to longer provide for them in Holquin. Some of them :nay en- tertain political sentiments unfavorabie to your cause, but I trust that you will treat all with justice and toleration.” This man, it is needless to say, was not a protege of Weyler. je preparing for an expec Garcia impresses ore haps o -anxious, if not n | rcment the first shot is fired and the en- | gagement is really on he seems to undergo Guaymaro and | £°=! a complete change of temperament. The [thicker the Eullets whistle by the more lated, and to Garcia belongs the credit of | satisfied 1s his smile, and his cooliess wn- their capture. A defensive or waiting policy does not satisfy Garcia. To attack and subdue the interior strongholds of Spain on the island has been his aim and desire from the be- ginning, but for many months he was pre- vented through lack of artillery. While passing near Victoria de las Tunas a year ago the column was subjected to a heavy fire from the forts for nearly an hour. Garcia gave orders that not a shot should be wasted In repl Leaves of the forest trees, cut by Mauser bullets, were talling around like paper snow in a theater. The position was a trying one to even Garcia. Suddenly turning he said: I get possession of a few 1-pounders with which to answer those fellows, and 1 will return to give them all the fight they want.” A few days ago he kept his word, and Victoria, with its twelve forts garrison- ed by 1,50 men and defended by two Krupp guns, succumbed in less than forty-eight hours. A Leader of Men. Gen. Garcia is by nature, socially, po- litically and on the field of baitle, fitted to be a leader of men. All Cuba prayed for his arrival on the scene of her great struggle, and blessed the day which brought him to command in the “Oriente.” At the present moment he is by far the most imposing figure among all of the generals, Spanish or insurgent, connec ed with the war. Nearly, if not quite, six feet in height, of powerful build and iron muscle, Gen. Garcia, although sixty years of age, is well calculated io make both men and women turn and gaze in admira- tion. The anxious, half-discouraged look so often seen on his face while In New York a year ago has entirely disappeared. As the general wrote in a letter to his wife a few days ago: “Cuba has worked wonders for me. “The beautiful climate of my native land has made a new man of me. [ am twenty years younger than when you saw me last.” And it is true. His old friends would hardly recognize in the erect, easy car- riage, the weather-bronzed face and bright, laughing eyes of the commander of the department of Camaguey and the “Oriente” ban- ished from Cuba and supposedly waiting. the emaciated, care-worn Calixto, only for death to relieve him from the tire- life. some end of a wrecked and disappointed When, on his arrival from Madrid, he presented himself to Estrada Palma, ‘rep- der fire would almost suggest that he thought death a huge joke. An illstration of this eccentricity was | afforded one mornirg in July last. The general admonished me for taking a short cut across country to witnes: famous he said, “got tangled up in the thorns of a pina fence. ne of Rabi’ our hors machete charges. You carried no mactete, end au come along and cut y ave been killed or ca tured. I dort want to bury you in Cub: so you will please me this morning if you will keep close by me, or at least where 1 can eepen eye Gu you.” Coolness der Fire. Ten minutes later we ran unexpectedly into a small convoy on its way from Giba- ra to Holquin. We had torn up the rail- road. It was a surprise on both sides. They did not knew our strength, ‘Or we theirs. The fight was short, sharp and hot as long as it lasted. Most of the struggle teok plece in the road between our advance guard and the convoy’s rear. Gen. Rabi tcok a body of cavalry in a sortie to the right and Brigadier Menocal another to the left. But in the meantime a detachment of fifty Spaniards had gained the crest of a little hill and were pouring a very hot fire from their Mausers into the general's staff, which had halted in the highway. Gen. Gercia’s dress and commanding appear- arce on horseback had attracted the ene- da had not Chaph free you might | my’s attention, and they were making a | target of him. I was just in the act of cut- tirg into a beautiful juicy pineapple, the first of the season, when along came an acommodating Mauser ball and sliced off a piece of the rind. The general saw it and smilingly called out: “Turn the other side of the fruit toward the enemy and they will peel it for you.” I ate the fruit, but rot until we got into a more sheltered spot. How He Got His Wound. While reconnoitering with a detachment of twenty men, in the fall of '73, Gen. Gar- cia found himself suddenly cut off from the main body of his troops. Two hundred Spanish guerrillas, led by a Cuban traitor, had completely surrounded the little band of insurgents. Volley after volley was poured into them until Garcia alone re- mained on his feet. He then discovered that the enemy were bent on capturing him alive. This meant terture, disgrace and an ignominious death. Rather than fall into their hands Garcia placed the muzzle of his beavy revolver beneath his chin and fired his last cartridge, intending to blow him- Tesentative of the Cuban government in | *¢If into eternity. His head was thrown a New York, he said: “You may think me, perhaps, too old to take active part in the war, but, if so, 1 If I fail to stana have brought my son. the test of battle, he will take my place.” What Gen. Gomez Said. But Estrada Palma knew the great vi- tality of Garcia, as did Gen. Gomez, who “Send me but cartridges and I will free Today father ard son, Calixto and Carlos, are fighting, for that which is dearer to them than life, and but few sol- wrote to the delegation: Calixto and Cuba.” And they were sent. shoulder to shoulder, little too far back. The ball tore up through the throat and head, passing out through the center of his forehead. Two Spanish surgeons discovered a little life in his body. Inspired, not by sentiments of mercy, but by professional curiosity and pride, they bent all of their skill and energies to ac- complish a cure. In spite of the awful wound Garcia recovered, and was sent a prisoner to Spain, from which country he escaped to the United States in the fall of "9% and joined the t.surgents in Cuba soon after. The wound has completely healed, Lut the hole through the center of his fore- head still remains. A piece of wadded cctton and sometimes plaster of paris pro- tects the tissue of the brain from contact PLANTS AND BULBS Floriculture for the House in Winter Time. SOME SIMPLE DIRECTIONS ——————— Varieties Most Likely to Bloom Successfully. PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. We often hear it said of some woman whose house plants are particularly flour- ishing: “Oh, she has such good luck with flowers! If she were to stick a match a flower pot it would take root and grow Now, it would be going too far to say that there is “no such thing as luck,” as some people do. That is absurd. The lucky per- son is he who is born with brains enough to make the best use of faverable cireum- Stances if they ex'st, or to create them if they are lacking. This applies to floricul- ture as well as to any other human under- ing. Conditions must be ht or the result is failure. Sometimes one fails through ignorance or indifference—that 1s bad luck for the piants. Sometimes the conditims are beyond one’s power to change—that is bad luck all around. First consider if you have even one sunny win- dow which you can give up to your plants; then, by foilowing some simple, sensible directions you may have one lovely ver- dant corner to make the shortest, darkest Winter day less dreary. Perhaps you have in the garden a lot of geraniums, heliotropes and other bedding plants which have grown almost. too large for house plants, and yet it seems some- how ungrateful and shabby treatment to let them freeze after all they have given you of beauty through the long summer. It is not too late to start slips of the finer sorts in boxes of soil or jars of water in some sunny window, to be potted for win- ter blooming, and these will do much bet- ter than large plants that have been bloom- ing all summer. The large geraniums may be planted in boxes and kept in the cellar for spring planting out of doors, however. The tops will die, but the plant, with a little water now and then, will come up finely when it finds itself again in the gar- den bed. Prepare the soil for potting plants with equal parts of leaf mold, compost and gar- den loam, mixing in a little sand. Alw ys cover the bottom of pots, boxes or wh: ever receptacle is used with from one to two inches of shards, pebbles, cinders or something of the kind. for drainage. If you are not needing much soil, it would be best to buy it ready mixed of a good florist when convenient. Some Good House Bloomers. Besides the old favorites which every one knows, each year brings forward new house plants, highly recommended for beauty and ease of culture. The swain- sonia is one of the more recent candids for popular favor. Both flowers and foli- age resemble the wisteria in manner of growth, though much smaller, of course. It can be trained as a window climber or by “pinching back” made to form a com- pact bush, and rewards care with u con- stant profusion of spr: of delicate pea- shaped blossoms, scarlet or white, and very sweet. The new varieties of begonia are gorgeous. The marguerite or Paris daisy is a constant and dainty bioomer. If you have in your garden the nicotiana of- finis cut off the tops and pot, giving plen of room. Set the plant in a shady corn where scarcely anything else will grow, and water when needed. You will have |much pleasure from the great star-like , whose perfume is like that of the flower. A Gorgcous Novelty. The Chinese lantern plant 1s a gorgeous novelty just introduced. As the nam gests, it bears numbers of balloon-like husks, inside of which the fruit develops. These change from green to a vivid scarlet, making the plant exceedingly decorative. The Otahelte orange ts now a popular dec- orative plant. My own observation is that it is difficult to manage, but the ‘florists recommend it as not at all so. Certainly it is worth trying, for anything more pcau- tiful than this dwarf tree with shinlig foliage starred with scented white blos- soms intermingled with ripening fruit it would be impossible to imagine. The garde- nia, or cape jessamine, is another r: though not néw, plant, and will proper care with its exquisite wa ers, the favorite boutonniere of masculine swelldom. Roses are so difficult to manage indoors that the inexperienced would do well to leave them alone. Still, if one wishes to try the experiment with a few, here ere the rumes of some of the less difficul Prin- cess Bonnie, deep pink; Hermosa, pink; La France, pink; The Bride, white; Pearl of the Garden, yellow; American Beauty, crimson; The Meteor, red. Bulbous Plants, But for house culture. far and away be- yond all others in point of certainty, vari- ety and beauty, are the bulbous plants— hyacinths, tulips, lilies and narcissus, in all their wonderful diversity of form and color, and many others—new and old—so many, and so beautiful, that a choice becomes al- most impossible. Best of all, the conditions required for successful culture of most of these are within reach of almost every one. There is no mystery about the matter— follow a few simple directions and you are bound to succeed. Simple Directions. Select your bulbs with great care, as you would (if permitted) choose the peo- ple with whom you were to be in intimate relations for months to come. Buy the “named” hyacinths, or at least the higher- priced bulbs, recommended for window- growing. Use the broad, shallow pots, not forgetting the layer of drainage material at the bottom, and filling up with good, porous garden loam, to which about ore- quarter its bulk of coarse sand has been added. Set several bulbs in each pot; don’t be afraid of crowding them—they like it—but plant preferably all of one kind in a pot, as they are more sure of coming into bloom at the same time. Don’t plant them upside down! Set each in a little bed of sand, leaving about half ihe bulb above the surface. The same rule applies to the larger kinds of narcissus. Small bulbs must be covered, though not very deeply. Nearly all must be kept in a dark, cool place until well rooted; they must be watered occasionally, but not too freely. Be patient in waiting for signs of growth. Some bulbs require only a few weeks, others two or three months, before they are ready to bring to the light. Wait until the foliage and buds are well grown. The former will be white, like celery, perhaps, but that does not mat- ter. Wait! When the flower stalks begin to grow up, then is the time to bring your hyacinths, etc., gradually into the sunlight. The foliage will turn green within forty- eight hours. The cellar is a good place to start bulbs in, if not too warm. If too cencerns. duction, and we = or No description can give one who has not seen it an idea of the peculiar beauty of this charming flower. It must be seen to be appreciated. |, By;'all means include sev- eral pots of fuchsia in your collection. Buy the best bulbs you can procure— white, yellow! or Scarlet; put several in a pot, but do not mjx them, as they vary in time of development. Four or five months are usually ‘fequined to bring them into bloom. Keep: them in the dark until the foliage -begin$ to appear, never allowing the soil to become, dry. Unlike most other bulbs, they must now be placed in a sunny window. “Keep the pot sitting in a dish of water, as they need a constant supply. Wait patiently ani you will be rewarded beyond your expectations. They are super), Other less familiar plants recommended for house culture are the cyclamen, glox- inia, tritilea, fritillaria and anemone. By all means try “something new” this time in making up your window garden, You will get a great deal of pleasurable excite- ment from your experiments, if nothing more. Easter Lilies. Few people gazing with admiration upon the display of Easter lilies in the florists’ windows realize that to possess one or more such beauties is within the grasp of every one, with a very small outlay of money and time. The Easter lily now so-called is the Bermuda lilium harrisil. Bulbs may be had at prices running from ten cents upward. A very good size may be had for fifteen or twenty-five cents. An ordinary flower pot, the size suited to the size of the bulb, allowing two inches space at the side, gooa rich garden soil, and a two-inch layer of cinders at the bottom— that is all that is required to begin with. Plant the bulb about two inches deep, water well and start in a dark, cool place. as you do other bulbs. When it begins to give it a good, permanent place, it will not be subjected to sudden changes of temperature, and do not let it dry out. That is all. Surely no one need to cast longing eyes at the florists’ win- dows when a little effort will produce just as fine results. Suitoble for Christmas Presents. Christmas will soon—too soon—be here, and the question of “what to give” in every one’s mind. By beginning in season one may have a dozen or more pots or glasses of blooming hyacinths, or narcissus, or tulips, ready by that time, and what more refined and dainty gift than these? What more sure to give pleasure to any one, old or young, rich or poor, male or female? If you like you may grow bulbs for this purpose in some of the fantastic pots de- signed for the purpose, but my old terra cotta pot, in which the plants thrive better and which may be set into a pretty jardin- iere, when the time for presentation to a friend arrives. Grape baskets are recom- mended for bulbs, and they certainly offer the advantage of holding a good many and cosiing nothing. Omit tne drainage ma- terlai, the cracks In the baskets are suf- ficient for the purpose. When the bulbs begin to bloom cover the outside of the basket with crape paper of a dull green color, JULIA SCHAYER. es glixh “Visitors? Book.” York Post. Commenting on the visitors’ books of ho- tels and other places of public resort, Mr. Quiller-Couch thinks that the impudence of many of the comments found in the: might be retorted. He nopes to see, some day, visitors’ books which will record im- pressions made by, not on, the visitors— as, for example From an F From the (@) “The Réy. and Mrs. — of — rived here in’ August and spent six weeks. We found them nd variably sob2r and polite. We hope they will come often. (2) “Mr. X. and‘his friend Y., from came over here, attired ia dirty fianne and the well‘krown blazer of the United Bounders’ Cricket: Clu, They shot gulls ia the harbor, and made thems 3a pub- lic nuisance by constant repetition of a tag from a musie hall sonz an indecent ubintention. Their behavior toward the young women of this iown was offensive. Seen in juxtaposition witn the natural ies of this coast, they helped one to how small a thing (under zertzin conditions) is man. (3) “Mr. and Mrs. So-and-So and fan:ily spent a fortnight here. The lady com- plained that the town was duli, which we (who would have the best reason to com- piain of such a defect) do not admit. She announced her opinon in the street, at the top of her voice: and-expresse] annoyance that there should be 10 band, to play of an evening. She should have brought one. Her husband carried about a note book, ynd asked us questions about our private He brought no ‘letters of inteo- to not know his busi The children behaved better. () “Mr. Blank arrived here on a bicycle, nd charmed us with the geniaity of hs idress. We hope to see him again, as he left without discharging a number of smail debts.” ——____+ e+ ____ A Modern From Flitegende Blatter. WAYS OF ATTORNEYS How Fortunes Are Made in the Patent Business. CASES OF FRAUD But Sometimes the Methods Keep Just Within the Law. A FEW TRICKS OF THE TRADE ——— Written for The Evening Star. ASHINGTON, OF VV course, is the Mecca for patent solicitors. They are so thick, according to a patent office examiner, that few are able to get rich at the business. Several, however, in this city demand a hundred dollars a day for court prac- tice in patent cases. Now nd then an un- suspects attorney has struck a fortune in his connections with a single patent, but such cases lately are few and far between. Some of the broadest advertising carried on in the world is said to be done by sev- cral patent attorneys. The advertisement of one Washington attorney appears reg- ularly in thousands of country papers in all parts of the United States. As re- muneration for this a weekiy Washington Y is letter, prepared by a newspaper man, is submitted regularly to each editor. “Many other attorneys turnish trades and techni- cal journals with iniormation concerning special classes of new patents in exchange for advertisements. Such information is usually clipped from the Patent Office Ga- zette, a weekly periodical containing a drawing and explanation of every patent issued by the government. One of the old- est and most famous scientific pericdicals in this country is published by a patent firm and maintained partly in the interest of its patent law business. Several of minor importance are conducted for the same purpose. In some of these are pub- lished articles describing each invention patented through the firm. Sometimes ad- vertising is given by papers in exchange for stock in a patent firm. One well-known patent firm, as an encouragement to in- \entors, advertises that no fees will be charged unless a patent is given. Tricks of the Trade. There have been practicaily few charges of dishonesty made against patent attor- neys. The most common practice of the dishonest attorney is to pocket the fees which ought to go to the government for preliminary examination und to notify the client that a patent cannot be granted, when, ir. reality, no sea: been made. An inventor anxious to patent was the victim ot a pi * work, in which one attorne: i, not long ago. The attorney, sured that the invention w bogus applications for and notified the inventor that anoth claimed to have invented the device pre- viously. This man, ho , the attorney pretended, could be bougnt off for a snug sum, which the inventor fu he attorney pocketed the sum. patent for five hundred dollars,’ but gave onl three hundred of it to his client. Another inventor anxious to sell his patent w notified to appear at an atts: a certain hour. He reached appointed time, but before the attorney had arrived. While he was waiting a man, in the next room entered into a loud con- versution concerning his desire to invest millions of dollars in some good invention. The attorney entered shorciy, and wken told by the inventor that s patent Ss for sale, introduced him to the leged mil- lionaire. The latter pretended to be great- ly pleased with the invention, and promised to purchase the patent for a large sum provided that certain foreign patents were first_obtained. The attorney thereupon charged the inventor $800 for foreign pat- ents, which cost him but $200, and nothing more was ever heard of tne alleged mil- lionaire. There have been few frauds in the patent office within the memory of an examiner who has been there twency-five years. At one time there was a charge of bribery un- officially made against miner who passed upon a famous case iny living mii- Hons of dollars, but the case never reached a crisis. cys Gflice at there at the To Be Patentable. A member of Congress lately made the remark that the patent office should be re- strained from taking money from irrespon- sible cranks who wish to patent fool inven- tiors which have no utter usefulness. The theory of the law has always been that patents can be obtained only for “new and useful” inventions, which, of course, must be operative. Yet scarcely a week Passes during which there is not granted a patent for some device utterly frivolous in pur- Pose and which could not possibly be adapted to either amuse or aid humanity in any way. Of course, the very slightest scintilla of usefulness is sufficient to pass @ patent, and it is often difficult for the examiner to discrimimate. As a rule, he gives the inventor the advantage of the doubt. A method of rejuvenating superannuated eggs was an enterprise patented in return for a poor idiot’s money. A cannon which shoots water, a self-wagging tail for ani- mals, an automatic hat tipper for men and an airship to be harnessed to birds are only a few samples of the many things which slip through the mill of the patent office. It is not known, except to several individ- uals, that an inventor once succeeded in receiving a patent for perpetual motion. It was passed as a new system of railroads. All sorts of impossible ideas in flying ma- chines have passed from time to time, in- cluding sets of wings with which men are ARE QUITE. RARE gallo} daily provision of 2,000 gallons of fine, pota- THE TRAIN A TRAINING VESSEL ee ees To Be Built for the Use of the Naval Cadets. WITH SAILS INSTEAD OF STEAM Laying Stress Upon the Value of Seamanship Instruction. > HER BIG SPREAD OF CANVA: Written for The Evening Star. For some years the Naval Academy has suffered for the want of a properly equip- ped and modern training vessel, the little Bancroft being too crowded with features of instruction to leave rcom for the az ecmrrodation of the cadets, and, as a re- sult, satisfactory work in practical sea- manship has been severely handicapped. Provision was made by the last regular session of Congress for a training vessel to be propelled by steam and sail and to cost not more than $250,000; but, at the in- stance of the Secretary of the Navy, the act was modified to read for a sailing ves. sel only, and a final provision of $125,000 was made for her construction. That sum will not build the craft, and the bids which will soon be asked for will no doubt be nade upon a basis of only purt comple- tion. The new vessel has a number of novel features, suggested by Chief Constructor Hichborn, and she is expected to mect thi pressing needs of the academy most a mirably, the superintendent of that insti- tution being unqualified in his commenda- tion of the design. She wil! be built of steel and sheathed with wood and coppered that she may hav: that independence of dry docks so char- acteristic of wooden ships. Her principal dimensions are: Length on water line. Maximum beam at water line. Draft, forw: Draft, aft Draft, mean. 16 ft. 6 tn. Displacement at meant draft..1,100 tons There will be a false keel of wood, which will take the wear and tear in cases of grounding or passing over flouting matter As can be seen, the ship carries no bow- sprit in the usual sense of the word, the stem being run up and out to the point where the bowsprit cap would be, the bui- 175 ft. BT ft. 15 ft. 17 ft. 6 in. 6 in. wark plaiting rounding over and forming | a sleeve for the jib-boom. By this arrange- nt a very clean and pretty stem is se- cured, while doing away with the bob- stays and other hamper tending to foul or break inopportunely. It is also purposed to make the lower masts and lower yards of steel for the sake of strength and comparative lghtness. The rest of the spars, however, will be either of yellow pine or spruc: Features of Construction. The ship will have a flush main or spar deck, which, aside from the advantages of structural strength and "tween-deck space, will afford most desirable room for hand- ling sail or for open-deck instruction. There will be accommodations for a cap- tain, ten wardroom officers, two warrant officers, 180 cadets and a working crew of 90 bluejackets. The captain’s cabin, with a spare state room, will be aft on the gun deck, while forward, on the same deck, the major part of the cadets will swing in hammocks. The ward room officers will be aft on the berth deck, the cadet officers just forward of the ward room, and the crew of seamen just forward of the cadet officers. The officers’ quarters will be handsomely finished in mahogany, and the sick bay will be a model of modern convenience and sanitary fitness. Everything that can con- tribute to the reasonable comfort and con- venience of officers, cadets and seamen will be Installed. Two boiiers will be carried for generating such steam as may be needful to run the windlass, pumps, ventilating fans, electric lighting plant and the distilling and the refrigcrating apparatus, besides heating the ship by steam if necessary. The wide-opening ports and the blowers Promise a supply of fresh air and sunligiit not akin to the old practice ship Consteila- tion ani her kind, while the system of electric lights will make study an easy thing at night or on the darkest days. Aside from a constant tank supply of 15,000 the distilling plant is equal to the ble water, and the refrigerating arr: uge- ments will keep fresh for many days the provender stored away in the cooling chambers. By the presence of these few i buttons fail | basis cf the present allowance. j effort. There is something alm j supposed to fly a la Darius Green. Lately, however, greater strictness has been ob- served in requirements of applicants for flying machine patents. ‘Those without balloon attachments are re- fused on the plea that they are inoperative. Working models of machines for purely mechanical flight as well as those for per- petuai motion, are now required of all ap- plicants. In former years working models of all inventions were required before they could be considered by the - examiners. Lately they have been demanded only when the drawings submitted fail to con- mechanical facilities the scope of che craft cruise becomes an assured and niuch-desir- ed_accomplishment. For the purpose of gunnery drill the ship will carry a main battery of six 4-inca rapid-fire guns on her gun deck—three in each broadside, and a secondary force of four 6-pounders and two 1-pounders on her spar deck. The lightness of the guns in both batteries makes them susceptible of easy hardling by the cadets, while afford- ing them all of the practical instruction for fs materially widened, and the wild nor ths domestic animals c visiting “uropean ports on the mies |so much. The one way to teach an :nimal ING SHIP. | needful for the managemen’ ngle tcps Such of ou been shipmates with in unqualified terms ot praise of th | vantages in handling double instead of six » topsails, articularly of the sening of the tax She will carry eight boats—ampl upOr the opr for accommodation of all hands, and of these boats one will be a steam cutter and two will be thirty-foot launches. Practical Seam: been Nothing has overlooked that will ‘al seaman- ship, while everything has t care studied to the end of mecting the phy | Possibilities of the cadets in the matter of ezse of handling. Too much emphasis cannot be laid upon the value of seamanship instruction and its intimate relation to the development of efficient officers; and while this little tray be of no matcrial value as a mean actual defense, still she will be an invalu- able school for the men that must fight our ships and face the dangers that le there It ts the common opinion of the mature men of the service that we have already gone too far in our complete dependence upon coal supplies and the unhampered working of complex steam machinery; and it is their belief that we cannot begin too ; Scon to add to the run of our general serv- ice craft sufficient sail power to make them independently manageable under canvas alone. Che modern ship has grown to be some- thing strangely akin to a press-the-button affair and one reasonably wonders what are the directive heads to do when those to do the “rest.” The crip- pling of a merchantman is one thing, but the disablement of a man-of-war in times of need is something far different. Th: | whole system is breeding too much depen- dence upon automatic response of de mechanisms and too little reliance personal resourcefulness, and the only {cal cure is ample drilling in trying seamanship, where the acu man is mustered against the everchan forces of the elements, and where on evolved that handy, shifty s upon, An additional appropriation will be asked | to enable the department to finish the ship upon the design approved: but eantime work will be begun in upon the the — the French Sip Al Letter to the Chicago Tribune. Although absinthe is to a Fren¢ what whisky is to an American, he n of running behind a screen lowing a glassful in one trenen: t poeti ares and ps man in the way a French’ takes of his beverage. It always takes two waiters to serv slass of absinthe. Waiter number brings the tray, upcn which is a an pre} one trap; water that has been frozen in the a tall glass, a tiny tray piled up with small blocks of sugar. and a queer, flat, perforated spoon. Waiter 1.um- ber two, who has remained discreetly in the rear, advances with the bottle uf the popular stimulant said to be the destruc- tion of so many French minds and bod After saluting “monsieur,” the “gs carefully pours the desired quanti the glass and goes on to some one else. Then for the first time the Frenchnfan | shows some signs of interest in the matter. He relinquishes his hold on his c one hand only; the other never d cane. He carefully places the pe spoon across the top of the gl: spoon he balances, with careful nicet block of sugar, and gently pours a quantity of ice water over the sug: the glass. This done, he once more grasps his cane with both hands, and apparently forgets all about the be The sugar slowly melts the glass, through the perforations 0: spoon. Quite a while afterward, some! a half an hour, the drinker again show interest in his beverage. He looks to s if the sugar has all melted; then he re- moves the spoon and raises the glass for a sip of the concoction—only a sip, however, for it is sip by sip that a Frenchman con. sumes his absinthe, and a glass of it, in- cluding the time passed in the preparation, takes an entire evening. TREC Fear in Animal From Our Animal Friends. Back in prehistoric times our ancestors probably know fear as a constant feeling. They fought to defend their lives and homes from one another. With the begin- ning of agriculture and the domestication of animals, fighting ceased to be the chief object of existence, gentler feelings had a chance to grow, and fear was not so com- mon a state of mind. But we are_not in the condition of savage tribes. We do not live in fear ourselves, and we understand that the animals we have domesticated must be treated with uniform kindness. The horse is exceedingly nervous; while cattle do not appear so nervous, any dairy- man will tell you that the utmost gentle- ness is necessary in caring for them. We can reason away most of our fears; neither n do ge before him. drop by drop, into the to conquer fear is to let him feel that he may trust us. It is the true and only way; for it leads to love—and “perfect love cast- eth out fear. ————-cee. A Sure Thing. From the Boston Transcript. Gorbin—“Can you give me an infallib: test to distinguish mushrooms from toad- stools?” vince the examirers that devices are opera- tive. Sometimes an examiner, consulting a drawing only, will decide that the appar- atus represented is inoperative, but will be surprised, on being presented with a model, to find that it works like a charm. Where Fortunes Were Made. It frequently occurs that inventions, which on the surface appear to be frivo- lous, will, after being patented, net the heavier ordnance. The vessel will carry a spread of quite 15,000 square feet of canvas, whica, under favorable conditions, should guarantee a speed of fully twelve knots an hour. As may be seen, she carries double topsails. By dividing the weight of canvas in that way, the strain upon the boys ts greatly reduced, while the method of handling gives them all of the practical instruction Winsor—“Nothing easier. Let the other folks at the table eat them.” —— 20+ Auother Matter. From the Indianapolis Journal. “What do you think of Cassidy's taste in neckties?” “I didn’t know that taste cut any figure. I thought it was all a matter of nerve.” inventor a large fortune. A railroad man, for instance, invented several years ago a simple cylindrical savings bank, which From Puneh. could be opened only after being filled to EXTENUATING. light, turn a box over the pots. A very good way to start bulbs is to plunge the pots in the flower beds, covering several inches with sofl. Keep them there until very cold weather sets in; then bring grad- ually to light and warmth. Raised in Water. Both the hyacinth and narcissus may be quickly and easily raised in water. For the former procure the glasses that are sold for the purpose. Fill with soft water, putting a little charcoal in the bottom to keep it sweet. Choose fine solid bulbs and set them so that the water barely touches the bottom. Add water as needed, but do ~not change it unless it becomes foul. Keep the glasses in a dark closet, or even in the sideboard until the white thread-like roots nearly fill the glass. Then bring to the light. Every one knows the Chinese sacred lily, and how to bring the bulbs into bloom by planting im bowls of water ona bed of pebbles, Not every one knows that this so-calied lily is a species of narcissus. A new claimant for favor is the scarlet Mexican lily, which fs best grown like the Chinese sacred lily in shal- the top with ten-cent pieces. He cleared a thousand dollars a week and finally went crazy as the result of too sudden prosperity. Several men refused to buy part owner- ships in the Bell and Westinghouse patents, because they considered the schemes idiotic. A man once patented the idea of coating the outsides of oil-barrels with. blue paint. The application did not seem striking at the time, yet he now receives royalty on every barrel so painted. A country girl was made independently rich by patenting the idea of commnactegs board, while thé patent on the suspender garter, which lately came in vogue for women, was sold for fifty thousand dollars, the diers in the war have displayed greater | with the outside air. activity and endurance than this same vet-| The Cubans are rapidly placing them- Sae= wha ‘once! sent a bullet’ into ia own | fe troe pt) position to: = ecwey brain rather than surrender to the arms of be ila (0 perinanentiy te Gen. G: o i “ i | ies from the island. When that day comes Pcetharar ti tein ene bepinning | Calixto Garcia can lay down his sword In So far he has not met with a single defeat. | RenOw SS one of the bravest percen oak ‘The nature of the country and the gen_| ics‘ Senctals. who took part in the two eral’s familiarity with it, having fought | *@"S for Cu neePenGEORGE RENO. over the same ground from ’6S to "78, has, See Ne: of course, greatly aided his success. But SShas t not lose sight of the fact that Unanimous. : Garcia's long confinement in Spain he lost no opportunity to perfect himself im modern military tactics, or Frem Life. nero) Medium—“The spirit of your wife ts here, at least in rears that portion of them which might be of | 2n@ Sa¥8 she never dreamed of such hap- service in Cuban warfare. Lapel et a egal * Today Calixto Garcia is probably the best eet SS ee name wars organizer and tactician on the {sland. eran trea ‘Thousands of raw recruits have been After the Big Beat. gathered up by him in Santiago de Cuba | From Punch. Province: drilled under his direction, put | Owner (to Head Keeper, when the “tally’* rough a few shes and then sent e % on to Gomez in the west, where they proved poet rents Senkt up tb Jestiyenre very good soldiers. Gen. Garcia is a man who impresses both | Gunlock (semi-defiantly)—"No, sir; but the masses and the discriminating few. | last year you didn’t invite so many mem- Consequently he is popular with all. He is | bers of the Anti-Society for the Prevention ® believer in display, but nothing so im- | of Cruelty to Animals. Why, presses the rank and file as of the and Gen. Garcia, efttir afoot or on