Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1898, Page 9

$5 A MONTH, "A FREE TRIAL, Phe-“Treatment That Cures” is the treatment of the futufe. Don't be mixied by others who claim a method just as good. 500 state- ments of cured patients published in two years—2,500 cures made during this period. THE TREATMENT THAT CURES. ‘The relative merit and efficiency of the “TREAT- MENT THAT CURES” in comparison with all methods and remedies for making more peo well and restoring them to the full vigor of hb is clearly shown by the intelligent char- acter and responsible standing of the people who have been cured end are being cured by the mod- ern scientific treatment of Doctors MeCoy and Cowden. This method of rapidly repairing the tis- snes and building up a run-down system Is une- qualed. This is not an exaggeration in any sense Gt the word. but is being daily demonstrated by Eee eraden bo h in all its stages, rmanent Mastery of Catarr! 3 the speedy and complete triumph over Asthma with all its agonies, and over incipient Consump- tion, with all its terrors, bas made this treatment not only famous, but an object of intense personal interest to all classes of sufferet ‘Deaf people who ie constantly reading the story PRESIDENT’S PART He Will Send Electric Life Into the Masonic Fair. ARRANGEMENTS POR THIS CEREMONY Decorators at Work in Convention Hall and Annex. : SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT The fair and exposition in ald of the fund to build a national Masonic temple in Washington will be opened Monday night in Convention Hall and the armory annex adjoining, and then all Washington will be given an opportunity to realize what an immense enterprise the Masonic fraternity has inaugurated. The scenes at the two great buildings today were animated in the extreme. Decorators in scores were busily engaged putting deft and artistic touches to the numerous booths, and flowers, flags, bunting, emblems and beauty-making arti- cles of varied description were being ar- ranged to add picturesqueness to the effect. On the ground floor of the armory annex in your city that will be an honor to it'and the fraternity as well.” Provincetown, Mass.—‘Joseph Warren Te- Havoo Wrought by Torpedo Boats and THEIRS 18 A GHASTLY DESTINY MON SS gence were ualified app the sum of to aid in making your fair and exposition a success. The object you entitied to the sympathy and suppor of e ie every Mason thecagiout tse land.” Pentalpha Lodge, No. 23. The ladies’ auxiliary of Pentalpha Lodge’s fair committee held a meeting in the commandery room last evening. A large list of contributions was read, and much interest was manifested. The orange tree came in for a large share of praise, and too much credit cannot be given for the great work the ladies have done. A new feature in the Swiss chalet will be an astrologist, who will read the future to those who want to know what is in store for them. > The doll booth will contain more dolis than have been seen for a long time, and Mrs. W. A. Kimmel, having charge, has some of the prettiest girls to be found in the city to aid her in the sale of the babies. AGAINST BETTING For the Destruction They Do Wil! Be Complete. OUR OWN MOSQUITO FLEET Written for The Evening Star. PAIN’S coming torpedo boat flotilla has occasioned the public mind more alarm than the ac- tual nearness of En those really fine Protest peri @ fighting ships, the — by he Ba intend ‘Vizeaya and the ent of Reform Burean. Oquendo, and, too, it is reported that a goodly number of maval men have ex- pressed their appre- hension, but all such ALLEGED VIOLATIONS AT BENNING) Conations were being received by Director General Evans and a host of busy clerks, and wagon after wagon roiled up.and de- posited their loads of useful, beautiful, rovel and attractive things. As the goods were received and receipted for and their character, value and destination carefully recorded, they were sent up to Convention Hall and to the annex and distributed to the booths entitled to them. Until Monday afternoon this bustle and hustle will be continued without intermission, so that ev- erything will be in place when 8 o'clock comes. le Diseases be free from a similar passion of interest over the treatment that accomplishes these al- most equally marvelous resuits. THE DOCTOR'S PROMISE KEPT. ‘We present this week the case of Samu Ses Harrison st., Anacostia, D. C., aged who says: “I have been deaf from childhood. My right ear was absolutely stone deaf. With. it 1 could not hear one sound. When I went to Doctor Cowden my leftvear had beecme nearly as bad. 1 ould not understand conversation at all. I could not hear any sound except the roar of a cannon, a clap of thunder or some equally loud nner It w poe sit] ople in the house where Tiivet to make me hese auything.. For years. I had been unable to hear the preaching in the e where I attend. ‘When I consulted after the peopl President McKinley's Part. At that hour President McKinley will press the button which will send the elec- trie current coursing to countless electric slobes.| He only regrets that he cannot be at the hall in person, as he so anxious- ly desired to be. No Mason or Knight Templar in the country has taken keener interest In the fair and exposition and the admirabie object it is intended to fur- ther than the President of the United States, and he fully intended to be in at- tendance Monday evening and open the enterprise. The fact that his important message will be sent to Congress on that day will prevent him from absenting him- self from his important post, even for a brief period, and he has so regretfully in- formed President J. Henry Small, jr. He coupled this, Nowever, with the’ expres- abo e. then I began to distinguish wo e * A Be Meat darren” at tao was wuld ete | siom of a desire to put ‘the life in the lee: whens ix ectay tie after m: tric globes, and also directed the govern- again hear the pre ment electrician to connect Convention he words of a eng. 1 can hear the ticking | Hall with the Executive Mansion far this Fan beat the Tinie of the hear |DUrpose. Accordingly, at 8 o'clock, the a and even the chirping of a bird. | President's finger will touch the button this restoring of my |t make brilliant a beautiful scene, where he would gladly be himself were circum- stances different. The Vice President will be present at the fair during’ the evening, and Secretary John Addison Porter will be in attend- ance to represent the President on this occasion. where I lived begged me ta because they could not make me understand—I v told by him that he could cure my left ear, an wsibly the right. Doctor Cowden has certainly kept his promise, for the hearing of my left ear is fully restored and the hearing of the right ear > it I find no difficulty in hear- ith it. my left ear every sound as dis- re it is possible for any one to posed that T must pess my few remaining years in absolute silence, but instead of that Doc- t n has made it possible for me to hear again, even better than I ever could before in my life. He has restored the hearing in the ear that had been totally deaf from childhood, as well in that which had become deaf later in my life. I wish it were possible for me to express my grat finde for the great happiness that it has given me. Continued Assistance. The board of control took possession to- day of the board room in the armory an- nex, and its meeting tonight will be held there. There was a special meeting last night, and the most gratifying reports were received of continued help being ex- tended to the temple fund project, both at home and abroad. Chairman Frank H. Thomas submitted $5.00 A MONTH. ‘This rate applies to all patients and all diseases. Inclvdes all medicines. visits te office, examination and treatment. This rate entitles every patient to Doctor Cowden's personal actemtion, and in all cases ef Deafness to Doctor MeCos's almost mi- raculovs treatment for the deaf. It secures for ch applicant the most modern, scientific n to med =< extracts from numerous letters received by the same careful this committee on outside contributions, ameng which were the following: Sellersville, Pa.—“MacCalla Lodge, No. %6, heartily approves of your scheme to build a national Masonic temple, and in re- Sponse to your circular letter incloses a denation of $10. Concord, N. H.—“We send you inclosed check for $6, $1-of which is a private dona- tion from Brother G. M. V. Winecoff, the oldest member of our lodge. He says ‘he wants a brick in the temple.’ The balance is donated by Stokes Lodge, No. 22. This amount is for the Masonic Temple to be erected in Washington city, D. C. Please place this ainount in the temple fund from our lodge. Uvalde, Te: in response to your cir- cular letter, Uvalde Lodge incloses here- with check for amount contributed by said lodge to the new Masonic Temple fund. Though none of us may eyer be able to visit this temple, yet we shall all join in taking a pride in knowing that at the na- tion’s capital will be an edifice of which every Mason may be justly proud.” Sioneham, Mass.—“Inclosed _ herewith picase find check for $10 contributed by King Cyrus Lodge toward the fund for the building of a new Masonic Temple. Your project meets with our hearty ap- We wish you the fullest me: in every Jerate fee of &5 does not det! any from the value of the attention glyen. TRIAL TREATMENT FREE. That all may have an adequate and correct idea of the McCoy treatment, the wonderful results of which are attracting the attention of the whole con Doctor Cowden for a limited time to give to all appli their first visit a Trial Treatment Free. This 's purely for educational puryoses. In a few years this treatment will be in general adoption by the profession, and that ft be seen and a Possible he Ni le Which Doctor MeCoy has instituted in Washington. Don't wait for some friend to get cured, but cali and have a free trial in your own e: Dr. J. Ceesap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, 715 13th Street Northwest. Office Hour:—9 a.m. to 12 m.; 2 to 5 p.m.; 7 to 8 p.m. daily; Sundays and holidays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. — probation. ure of success.” Montgomery County Furnishes a Vienna, Va.—‘Crescent Lodge, No. 226, Company. herewith transmits check for $12.0, being Epecial Correspondence of The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 9, 1898. A fine military company has been organ- fzed here with Samuel Riggs, captain; Otho H. W. Talbott, first lieutenant, and cur contribution to the building fund of the proposed Masonic Temple at Washing- e regret our inability to contribute more largely to this noble and commend- able enterprise on the part of the Masons at Washington, but as our membership 1s : only twenty-five, we have done our best, J. Aiby Henderson, second Heutenant. The | Tis), most earnest wishes for the greatest _company has been visited by Col. John | success to the Masonie fair.” Saunders, inspector general, Ist Brigade Sy A Maryland National Guard, and Capt. Wm. Ryan, past grand commander of Kentucky—“I am giad of the opportunity to add my contribution to the great cause the Masons of Washington have in hand. My wife also sends a box by expres: charges paid, to ald in swelling the pro- ceeds of your fair. May every success at- tend you in this great and glorious work.” Baltimore, Md.—“‘Kedron Lodge acknowl- edges receipt of your communication, which was unanimously commended, and we take pieasure in sending you our check for $25 for the temple fund, and with it our best wishes for ite success.” Lewiston, Me.—“Inclosed please find check for $25, this sum being the contribu- tion of Ashlar Lodge of this city for the purpose named in your circular letter. We sincerely trust that your efforts may be ercwned with success, and that a temple may be erected and dedicated to Masonry surgeon, Ist Regiment M. N. G. volunteers were inspected and eA, of which number forty-five were These officers expressed them- gelves as much pleased with the condition and appearance of the men. The organiza- tion will be designated as Company K, Ist Regimest, and it is expected will be regu- larly mustered into service in a few days, after which uniforms and arms will be furnished by the state. The boys are en- thusiastic and expect to be assigned to duty at some point along the coast. —————_ Election of Officers. t. Joseph's Beneficial Society has elected efficers for the term ending in 1899, as fol- lows: President, J. H. Jamieson; vice presi- lent, Lewis Thom: secretary, Andr2w J.- (Stewart. Trustees—James Truman, Edward The Attorney General Gives Direc- tions in the Matter. JOCKEY CLUB’S POSITION a ‘The superintendent of the reform bureau, Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, rec2ntly addressed a letter to the Attorney General calling his attention to what Mr. Crafts claims is an intention on the part of the management of the Washington Jockey Club to permit a violation of the law against gaming at the coming race meeting of the club at the Benning track. Mr. Crafts asserts that the law has been violated during previous race me:>tings of the club at the track, and that the form of betting followed there was merely an attempt to evade the law against bookmaking. In reply to Mr. Crafts’ communication the Attorney General wrote as follows: “I am in reczipt of your letter, and in re- ply I have the honor to advise you that I have issued instructions to the proper au- | tkorities of the District to take prompt and stringent proceedings to detect and bring to punishme.t any persons guilty of violat- ing the gambling laws of th2 District of Columbia. “In addition to this, I should be glad to consider any practical suggestions you have to make with reference to ways and means for furthering this object or any informa- tion which you may give me as to viola- tions of the law.” The Contention. Mr. Crafts’ contention is that “This Eng- lish-New York-Benning plan is the very ene the last Congress refused to legalize, after full consideration in committees of both houses. It is the very brand of gam- bling that was declared to be illegal under the present law, in the famous Miller case, which was confirmed bv the Court of Ap- peals, which. as interpreted by the attor- ney of the United States at that time, Mr. A. A. Birney, was, in substance, as follows: “If any one, anywhere (in the District), by any means, induces another to bet, and that, too, whether he does or does not make a memorandum of the bet, or in any other way records it, directly or indirectly, he is guilty of setting up a gaming table, and is liable for a term in the peniten- uary.” On behalf of the executive committee of the Washington Jockey Club, composed of such well-known citizens as Fred B. Mc- Guire, John A. Baker, Henry May, Sam‘l Ross, Jesse Brown, A. C. Barney, Wood- bury Blair, W. C. Eustis and others, it is said tnat no effort has been spared’ by the club management to prevent a viola- tion of the law against gaming. That bet- ting has been pursued at the race meetings of the club at the Benning track no one pretends to deny. Yet, it was a form of betting which is not, according to the opin- ion of the club's legal advisers, in violation of the gaming laws of the District, even under the broad construction of the law in the Miller case. Grand Jury’s Action, District Attorney Davis last fall presented a case to the grand jury, and that body refused an indictment. Both Mr. Davis and his predecessor, Mr. A. A. Birney, were specially invited to, and cid, visit the Benning track, and, upon a personal investigation of the method of betting pursued, concluded that it did not constitute a violation of the gaming law, and so stated at the times of their visits to a reporter of The Star. — The Biological Society, The Biological Society meets this evening, as usual, in the assembly hall of the Cos- mos Club, 1520 H street northwest. After the presentation of brief, informal notes and the exhibition of specimens, Prof. O. P. Hay will read a paper, “Observations on Cretaceous Fishes, Called by Professor Cope ‘Portheus.’” Following this, Prof. W. H. Osgood will present some notes on the natural history of the Farallon Is- lands. Dr. Wm. Palmer will speak of “A Phase of Feather Re-pigmentation,” and Dr. F, C, Kenyon will give an account of some recent experiments on the nervous system of anthropods, their significance and the problems that remain unsolved, Appointed Proba ry Private. Clinten J. Clark has been appointed by the District Commissioners a private in the fire department, subject to a proba- tlonary term of twelve months, vice J. O'Donoghue, a probationary private. The latter was removed at the suggestion of the chief of the department, and in view of a statement made by Dr. Mayfield as to the man’s physical condition. \Forrest, Alexander Gillem, Christa Taylor, Lewis Thomas. Marshal, James Truman; ftewara, Aaron Haithman. 3 + —— Sunday Lecture to Students. Representative John McDowell of Ohio will deliver a lecture to the students of Columbian University, in the lecture hall of the university at 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The doors will be thrown open to the public at a — 66 77 99 Grip and Colds FRIENDS OF “SEVENTY- SEVEN” will try for other diseases Dr. Humphrey’s Specifics, they act directly upon the disease without ex-' citing disorder in other parts of the system. DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion and Weak Stomach are cured by No, 10. RHEUMATISM and Lumbago are overcome by No. 15. SKIN DISEASES, Salt Rrcom, las and Eruptions are quickly allayed by No. 14. ‘The Specific of greatest general use is No. 1 for ‘everish = Conditions; taken at the beginning ‘breaks up” the disease, '. Specific .uanual to be found at ggists, or sent free, tells all. ; Sold by druggists, or sent on receipt of price. rumors should be taken with a good-sized grain of salt. The maneuvers at Key West within the past few cays are cited as proof of the ease with which torpedo beats may creep up within striking dis- tance under cover of darkness; but all the conditions of real conflict were missing. The conyentiona! restrictions of play-war tactics are but poor shifts for the stress of war and the nervous excitement preva- lent when under fire or fear of fire. It is one thing to creep up within the circum- seribed arc of theoretical danger and to assume a shot struck, but quite another story to face the threat of well-nigh cer- tain destruction with the very questionable prospect of hitting the shadowy target presented by a foe on a@ night such as would make near approach possible. oe element of surprise is everything to the success of torpedc boat attack; and it were quite as likely that an army should rest secure in the consciousness of its own might, without the safeguard of pickets, as it were for a battle ship to wittingly in- vite attack by waiving the protection of videttes. It is to just that service that the recently acquired yachts and seagoing tugs will ba put when the time comes; and, once warned, the heavy craft will be but poorly handled that cannot send the threat- ering torpedo boat either to the bottom or back into the gloom whence she came. Her Deadly Work. There are times, though, when the tor- pedo boat is a frightful menace, and then it is that che is justified. At the ciose of an action, when’ a foe is wounded in all save her slow-firing big guns, and is still too dangerous an‘antegonist for a tour de force, then ia tha‘timé for the torpedo boat —a smail and elusive target—to rush in and to plant her deadly charge against the side of the lumbering giant. Where the battle ship may hesitate to strike, this puny craft has done the work with even more awful certainty. The ‘moral effect of torpedo boats is a close,second to their actual might; and the craft is rash, indeed, that will venture between narrow passes, Iand- bound waterways or;near the shadow of any cover that may spelter the dingy body of a torpedo boat. The mere thought of such a menace is enough to keep away veesels such as would readily engage a formidable fighting ship. Every effort is being. put forward to rush the work on our,,cap torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers, and but a reason- ably short time will find us provided with some really effective boats of this sort. A More Dangerous Enemy. Of the torpedo Boat the public has a fairly accurate notion, and knows that her chief purpose is to plant one or more fatal stings against the sides of an enemy, but the torpedo boa: destroyer ranges, in im- agination, all the way from a countermin- ing macnine to something just short of a good-sized cruiscr. The torpedo boat de- stroyer is really a ragnified torpedo boat of great speed, better sca-keeping qualities and with a battery of rapid-fire guns of from five to eight six-pounders. She is built purposely with an outward appear- ance closely akin to her natural quarry, that she may the better approach unsus- pected within striking distance. She also carries a torpedo cutfit, and in her the bat- tle ship and the cruiser have even a more dangerous enemy than in the simple tor- pedo boat, for where the small craft, by stress of weather, limited speed or restrict- ed endurance, must halt, the destroyer may ccntinue with all the more certainty of carrying out its murderous mission. Of the eleven boats upon which we may count in a short while two may be classed as destroyers, tha Farragut and the Row- an; two as thirty-knot torpedo boats, the Craven and the Dahlgren, and the rest as terpedo boats of ordinary speed. Now Building. The “Farragut,” “Rowan,” “Davis” and “Fox” are building on the Pacific coast: the first by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, the second by Moran Brothers of Seattle and the last two by Wolff & “Zwicker of Portland, Oregon. The “Dahlgren” and “Craven” are building at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., the “‘Mor- ris,” “Talbot” and “Gwin” at Herreshoff’s, Bristol, the “Mackenzie” at Charles Hill- man’s yard, Philadelphia, and the “Mc- Kee” at the Columbia Iron Works of Bai- timore. and it is of interest to note that these last two boats are of the type re- commended by the chief constructor and the engineer-in-chief as most readily sus- ceptible of rapid duplication in event of need. In a prolonged conflict, that type will sur- vive that can be easiest replaced or repair- ed; and from all we know now of the com- plicated nature and time demanded in building armored ships, it is easy to see the position torpedo vessels of all sorts will fil. They may be called the moment's most effective fighting machine, but can hardly be confused with the greater de- fensive qualities of the battle ship. ‘The Whitehead torpedo is no longer the , THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1898-24 PAGES. ENGINES. DF DEATH) @* & COMPANY. HECHT that has been made. last. POVOSSOSHOOOOGOSO ©. @ ° 59 suits, $465 9 Lot of ladies’ blue and black serge tatlor-made sults—with silk-lined reef- er jackets aud full fan-pleat skirts— suits that show all cviden:e of care- ful making—that were made to sell for $9—and the offering of them for $4.85 makes one of the greatest op- portunities you have ever had offered You to buy a high-gizde suit under Price, where for less than $2.50. - @OOSDSOSGOOGOOO $2.50 skirts,$1.23 | $4 skirts, $2.98. Handsome red bril- Those stylish black and Stylish skirts of fine silk, Stylish satin brocade and Uantine skirts—with pretty colored Bayadere striped in rich brocaded patterns, Drocaded satin skirts, the satin damask figures, and skirts: the newest of the ercaline lined and bound. very richest-looking " gar- ‘lue ’ serge Season's effects, and at $4 mnede in the new fan effects irts—all_ made elegantly, they're very. very cheap. —finished full and without ‘Thelr ‘There are plenty of them skimping—which are regular had any- how, but there won't be by \y night. Over a thousand ladies’ new spring skirts and suits came to us yesterday And go on sale Monday morning--the result of the best deal we have ever made--in fact, the greatest purchase of high-class, exclusive garments ever brought to this You are, indeed, lucky if you’ve deferred the purchase of your new spring skirt or suit--or if you stand in meed of another. One of the largest and best makers has turned over to us his entire surplus stock of suits and skirts at an enormous concession from regular prices, and instead of having to ask you a little less than others, we are enabled to quote prices which are but a little more than half they’re worth. It is by far the best offering of ladies’ ready to wear outer garments It surpasses any that we have made this season or You haven’t the excuse of “no money,” because you don’t need it. We offer you the privilege of having your purchase charged and of paying as is most convenient to you. LEDs 0 LS LON IOS LO a city. $16 suits, *9-** |*25 suits,$17°°. Ladies’ stylish tailor-made black The finest-made an] blue cheviot serge snits—lined Same quality. garments which other thronghout with superior quality black adhe Feet GE ge tia hice taffeta silk, and made in the latest a possible for skilled bonds t + reefer style—with skirts fashioned in and made from the fines spring _suits—the the rew fan style—finished with every to go into ladies’ care, and not skimped any where— the most exclusive styles that 3 which are reguar - $16 values—for find in the city—mecels after which $9.98, other garments cre patterned, $7 skirts, $4.98. | $11 skirts, $7.98. $7 values—will be sold at ¥4.98, secret mechanism it was some years ago, owing principally to its general adoption by nearly all naval powers; and its inside workings are commonly understood by ail well-versed military and naval men. A knowledge of how to work it, though,is an- other matter; and, briefly, it may be said that every torpedo of the Whitehead type has its own individuality, its own idiosyn- cracies; and it is the duty of every quali- fied torpedo officer to learn the character- istics of these “steel babies” that, some day, may win him glory. The Eighteen-Inch Torpedo. The largest of our torpedoes—the 18-inch, 80 known because that is its greatest di- ameter, is a blunt-headed, cigar-shaped body of steel a trifle over sixteen feet long, propelled by miniature engines, capable of developing within the limited space of an average size cheese box a driving energy of thirty horse power. With that force turning its twin screws, the miniature craft can be driven for a distance of a mile and a half at the rate of quite thirty-five miles an hour. Compressed air is the motive power, and it is crowded into the ten-foot beiler of this small boat till a pressure ninety times that of the air we breathe is reached. The explosion of that boiler is a dangerous possibility to be guarded against. FPesides the boiler compartment and the engine compartment, there are four other subdivisions—one for the carriage of that murderous load of 220 pounds of gun cot- ten at the head, and the others for regulat- ing the air supply to the engines and for maintaining the torpedo at any determined dépth of submergerce. When attacking vessels at anchor and likely to be protected by torpedo nets the ncse of the torpedo is fitted with a cutter, and no ordinary fabrication of steel rope and chain could withstand the nipping force of that instrument backed by the rushing force of nearly 1,200 pounds. The torpedo is ejected from the tube by the discharge of about fcur ounces of powder. In passing out a little trigger or clip turns on the power for the engines, and, by the time the torpedo has dived, the engines, without jar, are running at full speed. When clear of the ioat a few yards a safety device drops from the nose and leaves the plunger bared to detonate the frightful charge within. Striking a ship from ten to fourteen feet below the water line, it will tear a wound with sucn awful re that the heaviest of armor musi yield. : A Terrible Menace. In the hands“of either the ignorant or heedless the modern torpedo is a menace to friend o- foe; but in the hands of the skilled and resolute it is the wickedest implement of warfare—wicked in threat and wicked in deed. It is to bear the modest burden of a half dozen such “babies” that the largest of cur torpedo boats are built. The torpedo boat or the destroyer is any- thing but a thing of beauty. Their sea- green hulls, the atsence of bright work, the presence of those torpedoes and a knowledge of their somber mission of Stealth and destruction stamp them with the impress of something okin to official Piracy. There sre ro odds offered the enemy. It is not a struggle between equal powers where skill and facility of handling may win with open honors The weaker, though many times more agile, cannot take the chances of equality, but, instead, must creep upon the adversary and compel his surrender only-when the sense of his dying cendition is borne in upon him with the force of that one conclusive blow. What are the chances of succor offered in return? ‘The torpedo boat has done its frightful will be found werk, and now is too small io bear or save | gocd men and cool in pl the hundreds she has Goomed. She has not | ready to forget themselves and laugh at only subdued, but she has poisoned her | de h in © this Cread service fur our victory with the venom of deserti flag’s defense. ROBERT G. SKERRETT, —_-+-— In turn she faces the promise of absolute destruction in case cf prompt detection, but the blow falls with a reasonable hope of relief for the wounded and the iiving from the larger craft. Death is Always Near. Death lies precious close at all times on board a torpedo boat in war times. The crew must face death by the destruction of the boat; death by foundering; death by the bursting of the throbbing boilers or pulsing steam pipes: death by collision, or ANOTHER VESSEL RBOU Tr. The Steamer Merrimac for a Collier, While the Navy Department has under consideration the purchase of several cruis= ers, some of which are to be used as auxile iary cruisers, the pressing need just now Is for colliers. ‘The government has purchas- ed from the Hogan steamship line of Baltt- Purchasca : more the steamer Merrimac. death by the premature bursting of their ahaa regrsincne One own petards. She must face that storm of a “ ” light projectiles every modern bat —— notived tame 2 can send from her batteries of one ers, six-pounders and Gatling guns. all of which may bring death, and, with the ex ception of the Gatlings’ bullets, all of which may pierce the sides and boilers of any of these boats. When running at top speed the boats quiver from stem to stern with a wearing vibration hard to bear in company with the nervous tension of serious work. Down in the stoke hold the firemen, before the blinding glare of the white-hot fur feed the ceaseless voracity of those biiste: ec mouths with erdiers shovelings of coal, that the pressure may be kept up to sup- ply the greed of those driving engines lying just behind in the next compartment. The air is full of dust end grime, and one’s head swims becatse of the heat. In the ergine room the roar is thundering, and } the parts move back and forth, up and down with a velccity of 800 changes a minute. A stray shot in there, well placed, might burst a cylinder teeming with the pressure of more than 200 pounds of scald- ing steam, or liberate the hammering weight of a drivirg piston and send it tear- ing through every neighboring part with the stunning violence of many tons of rend- ing, ripping force. Such are the odds that must be faced for the safe carriage of those other forces she has at her command, and to the youngest officer in the service may fall the honor of that accomplishment before which even a battle shij* might hes- itate. The work cut out Yor the torpedo beat is quite akin to that of leading a fcrlorn hope, but when the time comes As indicated in yesterday's Star, the Sec- retary of the Navy has selected names for the new auxiliary cruisers acquired by the government from the Morgan steamship line. El Nord is to be hereafter known as the Yankee; El Rio, as the Dixie; Hl Sal, ag-the Prairte; El Sud, as the Yosemite. The name Slope was first considered for i Sud, but it was finally semite was the by Mayflower Descendants, At the annual meeting of the Genera Sceiety of Mayfiower Descendants held in New York City recently a charter was granted for a branch of the society in the District of Columbia. A meeting of the organizers was held Thursday evening in the rooms. of President Whitman of Co-, lumbiar University, and the organization of the branch in this city perfected by the election of the following officers: Gov: nor, Wm. L. Marsh; deputy governor, Mar- cus Benjamin; captain, Wm. P. Metcalf; Ider, John L. Ewell; secretary, Harry W. Van Dyke; treasurer, Thos. Blagden; his- torian, Algernon A. Aspinwall; surgeon, Anita N. McGee; assistants, Thomas 8, Hopkins, Frank B. Smith, James B. John- son, Edwin A. Hill,, Mrs. Geo. R. Stetson, Isabel S. Chamberlin and Hattie L. Alden, —— “Want” ads. in The they bring answers. Star pay because One Free to Each Family, One set of six glasses and one silver-mounted tray to a fam- ily. We cannot afford to give more. We have not enough for half the families which should have them. Not for half who will want them when more people; learn what they are. ; Enti rel Free Six thin etched, gold-: Vy 9 trimmed glasses, as fine as any price can buy. The glasses come in a tray made, to fit them. The tray is of fire-decorated glass, ruby or blue. It is mounted in a metal frame with handle, all heavily _ silver-plated. Nothing so novel, conven- ient and handsome in this line is sold at any store, —tray, glasses andall—goes free with the third That Seti. Schlitz Bottled Beer to a family after March 18. It is such a gift as we could not afford, save for one reason. We know that Schlitz Beer when you try it, will make you a permanent customer. You want pure beer, because it is healthful. You will, want Schlitz Beer, because it is good. No other beer that is sold in this city compares with it in purity, qual ity and taste. The Beer that : Milwaukee famous, Schlitz Beer, bottled at Washington Branch, : 8.25 per cine of 24 plot bord, 2 _ Schlitz Export Beer, bottled at Brewery, $1.50: : ~ per case of 24 pint bottles. sate!