Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1898, Page 15

————————— THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1898-16 PAGES. lf - Tf you wish to learn the state of the eather, you must consult a_ba- rometer. If you wish to know the state of your health, your body is a natural barometer. If vou seem to lack energy, and feel tired, there is something the mat- ter with your circulation. If you are bilious, constipated, dyspeptic, nervous, you need some- thing to tone up your digestive or- gans. = . If you feel a sudden cold or chill, bear in mind it may lead to pneu- momnta. li you feel any or all of these symptoms, remember that Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey fs the safest and best thing you can take to get rid of them. There is no other whiskey like it, and nothing else that can possibly take its place. ANIMAL TRAINERS’ PERILS. Dangers That Beset the Man Who ‘Tames Savage Beasts. From Harper's Round Table. There is never the time in the life of an animal trainer when he is absolutely safe, but these men learn to forget their danger, for it becomes as much a part of their daily lives as eating or sleeping. Take the case of an elephant man, for instance. Ono swing of that huge trunk, one thrust of the big tusk, or one misstep of the ponderous foot would send him to his death. There is always within reach the power to kill him, and often the desire, but he keeps his ele- phants afraid of him all the time, and they dare not do what they might like. A veteran elephant trainer is said to have accumulated enough of the world’s goods to be accounted a comparatively rich man. Yet the love of his work keeps him at it year after year, taking his life in his hands perhaps a dozen times a day witheut the sligh hesitation. His usefu'ness in thi work would end the day he showei anv fear of his charges, and yet he is no braver than you or I when other animals are in question. Perha the most interesting trained per- formers beexusc of the apparent donger that ounds them,-are the lioas, tigers and leopards. One trainer usei te 9 into a@ steel-harrred cage with lions, tigers and leopar« He would and make them form pyramids. Li ie down on them and take kinds of liberties with the daigerous tures. Ret there were invariably half a dozen other keepers near the cage wit’ rawhide whips, hot irons and pistois close at hand in case of trouble. Evea then there were several instances of the animals turn- ing on hur. and in one case—that of the big lion Wallace—the showman had his urm badly injured before he could be res- cued. The secret of handling all beasts of the cat species. so the animai trainers say, is to keep them constantly afraid of you. ‘The irstant they get over their fear they Will attack any one who crosses their path. Th all treacherous, too, and often urage for an attack when the yes are turned away from them, although they would not dare revolt if he faced t worst of er knows when and spring at the keeper from behind. oo THE WAR MAP. Copies of Thursday’s Star, includ- ing the handsome colored war map, by which the position of the Ameri- can and Spanish vessels can be read- ily located from day to day, may be obtained at The Star office. ——e 200 Feet an From the Philadelphia Reeord. Falling 2 feet down a mine shaft at Shenandoah, Pa., Martin Monaghan, a car- penter, had a miraculous escape from death. He was replacing column pipe in the Indian Ridge colliery shaft, 250 feet from the bottom, when, suddenly, the Plank he was standing on broke, precipitat- ing him down the shaft. In his descent his bedy strack two cross planks, somewhat breaking the fal. When his body struck a fourth plank his left foot caught between it and the side of the shaft, suspending him head Gown 50 feet from the bottom. A 300-pound column pipe fell with him. but did not strike him. Fellow-workmen went to his assistance and released him from his perilous position with great difli- culty. ‘My wife had pimples cn her face, but ashe has been taking CASCARETS and they have\all disappeared. I hud been troubled with constipation for some time, but after tak- ing the first Cascaret I have had no trouble with this ailment. We cannot speak too high- Ty of Cascarets.” FRED WARTMAN, 5708 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa Lives. CANDY CATHARTIC TRADE MARK REGISTERED Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good, Never Sicken, Weaken. or Gripe. le. 2e, S00. «. CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Gerling Remedy Company, Chicage, Montreal, Sew York. Sit WO-TO-BAC sesssLeME CZ Ur PENNSYLVANIA R.R., ATLANTIC COAST LINE aaa Plant System. Ly. WASHINGTON. 3.46 pm Ly. Port Tampa. 9.00 pm 5 JONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS.) ‘== Ar. Key West 4 «© Richmond -.......7.30 pm (4 Ar. Charleston 6.18 am “ Savannah 8.15 am “¢ Tampa ...--z»----7.55 pm “ Port Tampa. 8.30 pm or 3.00 pm xq Trorough Pullman Cars New York and [Rael Washington to ship's side at-Port Tampa. A PATRIOTIC OFFER Hudson Maxim Proposes a Plan for the Benefit of America. —__+—__—_ | A SISTEM OF TEROWING EXPLOSIVES Details of a Scheme of the Most Modern Naval Warfare. REVOLUTIONARY PROGRESS es The Star is in receipt of a letter from Mr. Hudson Maxim, brother of the inventor of the famous Maxim rapid-fire gun, him- self an inventor of note, and deeply in- terested in all matters pertaining to naval warfare. The letter, which was written at London on the 20th of the present month, is as follows: To the Editor of The Evening Star: “Inclosed I send you a reprint of my lecture before the Royal United Service Institution, on my system of throwing high explosives from ordnance, and which has just been published in the April number of the journal of that scclety. “I shall be glad of any publicity which you may see fit to give this matter, espe- citlly in the event of hestilities between the Unixed States and Spain. I shall also be glad of any publicity which you may give to the expression of my earnest de- sire to serve my native country in any way. Just one cruiser, built and equipped complete with torpedo guns, according to my system, explained in thé inclosed lec- ture, would be suflictent to destroy every Spanish warship which it might encounter at sea. Taken in retation, such a cruiser would be more than a match for the entire Spanish navy. The cost of such a cruiser would he about $500,000 . “I beg to make the following proposition through your columns, either to the United States government, or to any of my patriotic fellow citizens who may be willing to furnish the capital necessury for the construction and equipment of one such cruiser: I will grant the free use, without of all my inventions, for’ the pur- and will come to America and super- d_ the building of the cruiser, or wiil get it built here in England by Sir William Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., and will make no charge whatever for my personal rvices or expenses in connection with the ork. ‘An opportunity to serve on board in an ngagenent would also be very acceptable to me." ‘The lecture delivered by Mr. Maxim, as noted in this letter, was, in part, as follo The Great Race for Supremacy, “For a generation there has been a race for supremacy between guns and armor, between penetration and resistance, be- tween offense and defense. This race has resulted in the development of cannon of comparatively small caliber, but with great thickness of wall and tremendous weight, in order to withstand the enormous pres- sures necessary to impart requisite veloci- ties to long and heavy armor-piercing pro- til Powde: ace within the armor- piercing shell has been sacrificed to weight nd strength of metal, reliance being main- ly placed upon the smashing effect of a huge bolt of steel. Opposed to this we find the modern battle ship, clothed in a wall of steel so ponderous as to reduce mobility to a minimum. “We find in history something like a paral- lelism with this before the invention of firearms, when warriors clothed themselves in armor, which was constantly increas in weight and strength, to resist penetra tion of improved weapons. However, upon the advent of firearms all armor was cast off, for it was found impracticable fer an individual to carry sufficient armor to vithstand the penetrating force of mi: s hurled by gun powder, resistance to penetration being wholly sacrificed to mo- bility. , with the advent of a system of ing high explosives, in sufficiently to render armor absolutely we shall find navies discarding cir armor, and everything will be made subservient to speed and mobility. This will work a complete revolution in the con- struction of ordnance and_ ships-of-war. Heavy ordnance, instead of being made, as at present, of small caliber, with thick and heavy walls, will be made of much greater caliber, ind with comparatively thin walls. ‘The projectile which will then be employed will be a thin shell, simply thick enough to support the mass of contained explosive in its Hight from the gun, and the explosive will be sufficient in quantity to work in- finitely more destruction upon any target than such projectiles as are at the present day thrown from heavy guns. The PropeHing Charge. “One of the requisites of primary im- portance to a system of successfully throw- ing high explosives in large masses, rests upon the propelling charge—upon a suit- able gunpowder—one which shall give a sufficiently low initial pressure, and main- tain that pressure behind the proj its flight throughout the entire the gun, and a powder which will, with ab- solute certainty, burn alike at all ti ander like conditions, in order that pred termined pressure and velocities may be led upon. The value of high explosives in nayal and military operations is becoming mo: and more to be recognized. Submarine mines and various forms of self-propelled torpedoes have shown us how a weil-direct- ed blow, from yen a comparatively sm charge of high explosive, may throw huge battle ship out of action, or send her to the bottom. Some types of auto-mobile and dirigible torpedoes have reached very high state of perfection, and their evolution has led to the torpedo boat, and, again, to the torpedo boat destroyer. ‘One of the great advantages of high explosives as an agency of destruction 13 the impossibility of opposing to them any efficient mears of protection, when applied in large quantities. By the subdivision of the hull of the modern battle ship into a honeycomb of water-tight compart- 3, and by surrounding it with: torpedo some protection is secured against Kk from even the largest of present forms of torpedoes, such as the White- head, but the largest and latest type of these will carry but 200 pounds of gun cotton. It remains only to be able to attack with a sufficiently large quantity of explosive in order to render absolutely useless as a means of protection all precautions in the fcrm of network and water-tight compart- ments. Five hundred pounds of gun cot- ton exploded against the torpedo netting surrounding a modern battle ship would insure her destruction, to say nothing of what would result from the explosion of still larger quantities. Expense and Effictency. “In order to form a correct estimate of the value of any system of warfare two things are chiefly to be considered—expense For Family Use | Perhaps in your family you use | J but little whisky, but you want that | | little good—of the best. The United States Government guarantees. the Age and Purity of every bottle of ‘| OL d through its Internal Revenue officers at the distilleries, at Frankfort, Ky, bottle of Old Crow and Hi age is tented” Be gurethe aiet Boe enue Si er the Cork and not prokes and thet it bears ‘t{s4 Government geet with this bottling. Capsule fs the name Guarantee that | and I also take comfort in and efficiency. For coast defense that wea- pon is best which, at a given expense, will cover entrances to harbors over the great- est range, and in itself expose to the fire of the enemy the least risk of material loss. At sea that weapon is best which, at 2 given cost, will be mest effective in the destruction of other vessels and of coast fortifications; and you shall judge whether there is any system which embraces ait these requisites to the extent that does the system of throwing aertal torpedoes shown you teday. I believe you will agree with me that half a ton of dynamite would be 2 less desirable visitor upon the deck of @ battle ship, or in the water bestde her, than would be the largest of the present forms of shell thrown from high-power guns. It is only necessary, therefore, to show that the results are within reach and easy of attainment. : “The nearest approach to the system pro- pesed by me for throwing high explosives that has yet been developed is the system of throwing them by means of compressed air. But the shortness of range of pneu- matic guns, the diffieulty and expense of protecting them and the enormous plant of engines, boilers and air compressors nec- essary are strong objections to their use for coast defense; while their cumbersome- ness and vulnerability, together with the above objections, render their employment on shipboard entirely out of the question. Insufficient Range at Sandy Hook. “With the 15-inch pneumatic guns that have been erected in the United States at Sandy Hook and San Francisco, 500 pounds of high explosive may be thrown a dis- tance of about one mile and a quarter; 200 pounds, about 2% miles; this is the maxi- mum tange. Hence a battle ship could lic just beyond the range of these guns and destroy the entire outfit without in turn being in the least exposed to the fire of the pneumatic tubes. It is obvious, therefore, that a practical system of throwing aerial torpedoes must have a range substantially equal to that of high-power guns opposed to it, and the quantity of high explosive thrown must be sufficient to effect upon the target greater destruction than can be ef- fected by ordinary shells thrown from heavy ordnance. “As a weapon for the destruction of sub- marine mines in the advance of a fleet there are no means at the command of the naval engineer at the present time which can stand the least comparison with the aerial torpedo. “In the projection of large masses of high explosives from guns it is necessary to be absolutely certain that a premature explosion shall not occur; and the integrity of the projectile, or aerial torpedo, must be such as to secure it against disruption from the shock of the propelling powder charge; and it is better to select a high explosive which shall not be so sensitive as to be in the least endangered by the shock of acceleration exerted upon it in the gui At this point Mr. Maxim proceeded to de- scribe the details of his system, explaining certain charts and diagrams with which he illustrated his argument. Great Cost of Battle Ships. “The modern first-class battle ship costs about £1,000,000 sterling,” he. continued. “It carries an armament of four 12-inch wire guns, twelve 6-inch, and eighteen three and six-pounders and five tor- pedo dischages. Not more than one- half of the guns can be trained upon a single target at one time. Now, at an equivalent expenditure, we can construct and oppose to this ter torpedo cruisers, costing £100,000 each. This sum will con: struct a very respectable sort of craft, and ene which will carry one 24-inch torpedo gun weighing forty-six tons and two tor- do mortars weighing twenty tons each. cruiser would fight head on, and the sed portion could be protected by de- ecting armor, sufficiently thick to turn aside all shots thrown from a battle ship except those from 12-inch wire guns. The torpedo gun would be capable.of throwing half a ton of guncotton nearly nine miles and one ton about five miles. Each mortar will be capable of throwing 500 pounds four miles, half a ton about three miles and one ton nearly two mile: “The size of the target presented by the cruiser fighting head on would represent an area about equal to her cross section above that portion pretected by the water, while the target presented by the battle ship to the cruiser would be in proportion to the quantity of high explosive thrown by the cruiser. Now, the battle ship, in order to do any harm whatever to the cruiser, must, of course, make a hit, and to be fatal that hit must be made in a vital spot represent- ing an area much more confined even than that represented by the deck of the vessel. 4s the cruiser would stand and fight with mored head on, the chance of a hit being fatal would be very small; while every tor- pedo carrying from half a ton to a ton of guncotton thrown from the cruiser, and striking the area represented by the deck of the battle ship, would at least throw the ship out of action, even if it did not sink her. But, in addition to this, we have the tremendous areas within which such quan- tities of high explosive, striking in the wa- ter, would be certainly fatal. ‘Phe Cruiser’s Advantage. “The cruiser would have a speed of from twenty to twenty-four knots, and could therefore choose her own position with respect to the battle ship. Her tactics would not be like the ordinary torpedo boat, to dash into and run a gauntlet of de- structive fire from the battle ship, to drop @ torpedo and away again out of range; but she would stand her ground and fight, al- Ways at a distance and in a position of her own choice, with armored head toward the battle ship. In such position the target presented by the cruiser would be very small indeed, to say nothing of the difficul- ty of inflicting a fatal injury upon such a target with ordinary shot and shell. “The fatal area presented by the battle ship as a target to half a ton of guncotton thrown from the cruiser is 47,143 square feet, and the fat rea presented to a ton ef guncotton is quare feet, and it is a very safe estim ut the area exposed by the cruiser fighting head on would not be more than one two-hundredth as great as the fatal area exposed by the battle ship, Now, as every shot from the cruiser strik- ing within the fatal area exposed by the battle ship would destroy her, and as it would take a considerable number of hits from the battle ship to sink the cruiser, it is very safe to offset the greater number of shots which the battle ship could fire with- in a given time and the horizontal position of the target presented by her by the su- perior fatality of the shots from the cruiser. This enables us to very easily approximate the comparative efficiency of the two sys- tems by simply dividing the average fatal area exposed dy the battle ship by the ares of the target presented by the cruiser. Now, as this area is convained in the area exposed by the battle ship at least 100 times, one cruiser would be capable of de~ stroying, on an average, 1 battle ships. But’ we can build ten such cruisers for what it would cost to build one battle ship, and we must therefore multiply this ef- ciency by ten. This means that we could, for the cost of one battle ship, produce a fleet of torpedo cruisers which would be papers of destroying 1,000 first-class battle ships. “These are, indeed, astounding figures. They are nevertheless based on such foun- dation in facts as to at least warrant our placing them in a category of practical probabilities. Let us divide these figures by ten, if you like. We can still for ‘the cost of-one battle ship build a fleet of tor- pedo cruisers capable of destroying 100such monsters, Let us go still farther, and di- vide by 100, and we can still destroy ten battle ships for the cost of one.” Mr. Maxim proceeded to discuss the rela- tive merits of various forms of low and high explosives, showing the perfection of the processes of manufacture and the ability to procure a reliable agent capable of producing the effects required by his system. The Chairman’s Comments. At the conclusion of Mr. Maxim's paper, the chairman of the meeting, Vice Admiral Sir N. Bowden-Smith, said: “If Mr. Maxim succeeds in carrying out what he proposes—of projecting an aerial torpedo carrying half a ton of guncotton to a distance of nine miles, and which, on striking the water only, would explode and have a destructive area of over 47,000 square feet—he will cause a revolution in naval warfare. The whole of our magnifi- cent fleet, just now collected at Spithead, could be destroyed by a few of these a cruisers at a distance of nine miles, an; that type of cruiser is only to cost £100,000! However,.I myself take comfort in the fact that this ship bedi oath built, Sees these torpedoes ere no’ 3 ie chou € it that when the Whitehead torpedoes Hecht & Company. | Hecht & Company. Men’s $10 to $13 suits, $6.98. Light check cassimere sults—the coats have wide facings and satin piped seams — satin undercollars — and a-finieh which only fine clothing has. Choice. of three or four-button cutaway sacks—dark plaids, cassimeres .and English striped fertote—contayace lined with fine Italian cloth, Men’s $18 to $25 suits, $12.00. Finest worsted shits — alike on both sides—in English checks and plaids—in stripes—in mixtures—and plain blues and. blacks—the cholce of three or four-butten ” or blue and black cheviots worsteds in the stylish cut-away . The finest made garments with splendid linings—the Luttonholes are hand made and sewn with silk. $2. pants, 89gc. [$4 pants, $1.98. 6 styles of striped The broken lot of men’s all-wool pants «| worsted pant s— } have patented riv- | which are regular $4 eted buttons and || values—go at 4 These are made up they are worth up to $2 a pair—will be '| with 2 hip pockets put on sale for 89¢. and the facings are the best materials— perfect fitting and Well made. sack styles, and $9 top-coats, $4.98. English covert top $6 “bike” ‘suits, coats, short box $2.98. style, lined with Men's good” Italian cloth | golf and and with full wide | suits, in as many Prench facings — | 5 styles of whipeord covert — | and ~ checks regwlar $9 values } coats are made with where—and we | 4 outside pockets have them in onr | and full. facings— regular steck at that -| the pants have mill- } price—these go at | tary seats and golf $io8. cuffs. We will put of sale a lot of ladies’ firely tailored suits of cheviot serge—in almost every cotit—il the new spring d—Jackéts lined with silk— and every garment in the lot is: man- tailored in superior fasbion—which are the regular $12 suitgfor'/$7.98. $9.98. Another lot of, stylish black cheviot serge suits—jackets and skirts are both Hined with black taffeta silk—mede and fitisted in admirable fashion by man tallers—and the equal of any $15 suit in the city—will be offered you the choles of for $9.98. & Sea Special selling in ladies’ new suits, skirts and silk waists. seseseo “Fakes”Umay come and “fakes” may go. The greatest and the biggest of tem cannot turn the current of trade froin our legitimate offering of Tillard!¥ stock of boys and men’s uu: clothing. Little dit; Tillard think when he made up such a splendid stock of spring and summer clothin; and see his “pet” creations sold for such a price as we paid. What a contrast it presents when compared with the “made-for-a-fake- sale” clothing of which the market is so full. But we need only warn you! such clothing, and our splendid, guaranteed qualities will shine out all the stronger by comparison. Nobody could expect to pay less for reliable clothing than we are asking for Tillard’s stock. And we're giving those who wan chases “charged”—arranging the payments to suit you. g that he’d have to stand by Sensible buyers will shun it the privilege of having pur- Child’s suits, $1.19. A lot of double-breasted suits, in sixes up to 15 years, and three-piece vestie suits, In sizes from 3 to 8—will go tomor- row for $1.19. These are the sults Tillard made to sell at $3, $4 and $5. Boys’ suits, $2.49. Choice of several lots of boys’ fancy and plain black and blue cheviet double- breasted suits—which Tillard made to be sold for $4.50—for $2.49, Youths’ suits, $1.89. Lot of youths’ all-wool long pants suits, sizes 14 to 19 years—which Tillard made to sell for $5 and $6—will go for $1.89. Knee pants, 11%4c. Lot of boys’ striped cheviot knee pants, such qualities as is nsually sold for 18c. a pair—will be sold for 11%c. Knee pants, 49c. ‘A lot of “samples'* of the finest all- wool knee pants, 60 and 7c, yalues—will be sold for 49c. a pair. 75c. shirt waists, 48c. A lot of boys’ white laundered percale shirt waists—the celebrated ‘Champion make—which sells for 75e. and sometimes a dollar—will go for 48¢. We put on sale a big lot of handsome figured briliiantine skirts, with pretty satin damask figures—all ‘made in very superior style—well lined and bound— are regular $2.50 values—for only A lot of fine satin brocaded skirts—the very richest looking garments made— mude and finished in the very finest fash- fon—which are regular $7.50 values—will go for $4.95. silk... $4.98, We offer you the choice of a lot of fine rf . made in the Intest for only $4.98. Every garment in t Is splendidly made—and not worth a penny less than $8—the price speaks for itself. 334 cents yd. Men’s 98°: h at sale Men’s colored shirts, 49c, CSSSOSHSS SSOSSOSOS The town is ribbon-crazy! ‘© former offering of ribbons has been received and respond- ed to with more enthusiasm than this. As the advertiser writes this, the first floor, where the selling is being done, is besieged, The sale is another of the rare treats such as Hecht’s, give you, and you've to thank them for the pluck and enterprise they've dis- played in securing that well-known maker's stock of ribbons—and the offering of it for half and less. If it was “trash”—if it was the end of the season instead of the beginning—if the ribbons were the slightest bit undesirable, the bargain wouldn't be so great—but they're the choicest—the newest effects—and it’s the very beginning of wearing time—and so the sale is all the greater. 18 cents yd. —for your choice of nine hundred pieces —for all-silk of moire ribbens—in every color and shade of a color that is fasbionable—2 inches wide, and for which every store taffeta rikbors—in Roman ks able—in widths fh ito im town gets triple as much. inches—and worth 2c. to ati The millinery manager wants Easter days in the millinery de- partment tomorrow, and makes these special values to bring you: Sailors, 19c. Hundreds of ladies’ black, white and folored rough struw snd plain braid short- back sailors go on sole at 19 cents each. follage—large bunches ot violet If we told you for how much they sold me-néts—that wold for three times ee {he frat of the season scu'd scarcely be- go at the unusual price of 11 cents eve us. Untrimmed hats, 37c. Trimmed sailors, 89c. Two tables full of lies’ black, white and colored shapes—plain and fancy straws—not ore of which sold for less than 98c. yard—for 37, Flowers, Ic. bunch. The most beitiful—the most natural flowers—tmuches of handsome roses with Tomorrow we shall sell a spectal lot of trimmed Panama sailors which we have marked $1.49 —for 8¥c.—an actum sacri- tice of Gvc. on every J ft fet 2 Here te a shirt for whieh yon will pay here you go—med» eataely of Bi ras, with separate culls t . St bosoms, and thoroughly made ra sp patterns from witich to. 48. to pay for them, ) 3 j } j @ | 3 tomorrow. A purchase of 75 dozen men’s soft and stiff hats—the mest desirable spring shapes and shades—have pure silk bands and binding—are fast in color and will be guaranteed by Hecht’s as non-break- able. Instead of ~—their regular worth price—the cheice is given you for 98 cents. 50c. golf caps, £9c. A lot of men's imported bicycle caps— all wool and in goed patterns—made to sell for 50c.—go at 19e. A eon fy OS JN Na as a Nal * tine sweaters, sold for $1 me. for the erchiefs, 7c. ndid quality handker- borders— usual I2igc, Suspenders, 14c. Lot of men's suspenders with patent gilt cast-offs—rubber ends—usual 0c, value — will go for 4c, Lot of men’s spl chiefs—with colored mrt go at 7. COCeCeoOo Hecht & Comp that in these days of high explosives and continual inventions, we really have ar- rived at the maximum as regards the size of our ships. As regards our battle ships and cruisers, we ovght to endeavor, if pos- sible, te reduce the size. ———— is ECONOMY IN HOLLAND. The Practice is Brought Down te a Fine Point by the Dutch. From the New York Times. Economies among the pcorer classes are practical. One sees constently, when walk- ing through the streets: where laborers live, signs with “Boiling Water for Sale,” “Fire for Sale.” The “fire” is a smoldering turf for lighting larger fires, thereby saving kindling or a “briguet"—u glowing coal, which will keep the kettle of boiling water purchased still boiling for an hour, help to warin the room or fry an egg. The hot water, takea in quantities, yashes clothes and enables the wife’ to scrub, without using a iire in any way, The hot water trade 1s very practical and popular, espe- cially on Mondays and Saturdays. In Offices, post offices and banks the noon- day meal consists chiefly of coffee. At the hour of 12 you will seq a maid or boy run in with a kettle of boiling water; this kept going over a spirit lamp or’ briguet is soon converted into coffee by any of the “ladies” that may be employed in the office, or by the wife of the jahitor, if there are no “ladies.” The clerks pour out for them- selves. This meal is called “koffie,” and has no other name. ‘Business men who keep late hours return after a 3 o'clock dinner to the bank or 6ffice, remaining till 9 o’ciock. Banking hours In The Hague are from 9 to 12 in the mornings and from 6 to 8 in the evenings. . On the other side, the extravagances of the Dutch often make what is usually thought in other countries to be a luxury become @ necessity. Even in simple house- holds -there. will -be an array of outside helpers, such asa man to come for an hour or two daily to do errands, blacken shoes, clean knives, open the door during visiting hours, and women helpers, who polish silver and brasswork, and prepare vegetables for the cook. While the ladies will not allow a servant‘ to visit the store room alone—so afraid are they that an egg might be taken—they gtyg out in a reckless manner the butter ‘Such purposes as baking griddle cakeszer roasting beef, the butcher never daring‘toleave an ounce of fat on any meat, forifmtliand bone have a lower price than leatl’freAt, and it will be cut off, weighed by! fie, housekeeper and dectined, at the prichof,the leaner. meat. There is hardly a weman who does not demand the weighing of%the meat when it is brought to her door?’after having or- dered it. If one by fe makes a call in the morning, one “ @ little domestic arrangements behind the scenes, for a Dutch woman takes great pride in the “regulating” of her household affairs, and would not think it necessary to apologize if the servant ran in gvitjpthe meat—which is always delivered neatly on a plate—for her to inspect. Buttef is not cheap, but is used with the greatgst'of lavishness, on account of the natio! bhorrence of fat. For that reason mut Ree never eaten in a Duteh family, and’ whem an English resi- dent wishes his ‘joint’? & must be ordered ahead. Magnificent sheep are raised here for market, but they all go—with the oysters—to England. Cloek winders are algo in line of luxury; @ most superfluous -household- expense, surely. A man comes daily, weekly or-fort- nightly, as the clock requires, and winds all ‘that the household boasts of. He alsé sets them and Keeps them Ip onder, flor a probably given sum in the year.) I eS: good idea, and there -are fewer trains missed in Holland, esi rath Oss § ‘cout in the world.” ladies of the household, ‘thant in ‘The ingerlulty of the Dutch ls keen ticularly soft, and the older or reclaimed land, while being most productive—above all_ other for vegetable growing—is very difficult to get plowed, the horses sink- ing often to their knees. The peasant is always very envious of this first year of re- claimed land, because if once plowed yields to great profit. the softness, planting in large quantities generally has to be left over a season or two, for fear of breaking the horses’ legs. At last a sort of farming wag hit on a plan. All winter he trained his horses to walk on very large, square planks of wood made fast to the hoof. Amid the gibes and Jeers of his farming brethren he set forth with his team to plow his land. A large crowd, both from Amsterdam and the coun- try round, were there to witness the show. The plan worked to perfection, and, a though it served also to amuse the crowd, it succeeded, and a member of that man’s family lives in The Hague today, enjoying the fruits of his father's ingenuity in a From the Chicago News. carnivorous plants called nepenthes, which attract insects by the honeyed secretion on their edges, drowning the hapless adven- turers in the Hquid in their cups, which “blossora called the rajah has been known to capture and devour beetles, daddylonglegs and ants and wasps. On one occasion the dead body of a-rat was found drowned in a.rajah pitcher. T blossom is a deep violet in color and holds four pints of Hquid, show the marks of a past season’s fash- ions in the numerous patches and repairs that the peasant’s wife neatly makes. Near Amsterdam the farming land is par- it But on account of It Devours Insects, There are many varieties of the singular roaches, This A book might be written about the things the girl says when she “says things.” does not recover from the habit, either, when she ceases to be a girl, though her expressions of disapproval of many things at large and her special present trouble in particular are apt to be sobered by time. But woman or girl, things that may be said without a very great disturbance of the feminine science in times of mental disturbance is comprehensive. It is sad to relate “darn” among refined femininity, modified by never being used with an “it” following, which would give it an impious and unladylike sound. sponsible for the statement that this is a favorite expletive of the Boston girl at Rhode Island placid, over whom the cares of the world pass lightly, gives the little state one of the strongest of feminine expressions, for when some taken her, such, for instance, as a good gown with a bad fit, she delights her femi- nine friends by remarking in peaceful, goes wrong with her, and a sea captain's daughter says “My Stars!” woman is a good illustration of the f: that the most refined woman finds it nec: sary to have some vocal outtet for an over- wrought mind. She is a woman of super- refinement. Everything about her house, HOW WOMEN SWEAR, dress, mann: and children, shows it and all are exquisite. Mer nurses y, which Some of the Expressions Used by the | gives the keynote refinement in the Gentler Sex When Vexed. home, is perfectly conducted, and her chil = . dren models of good breeding. Yet her From the New. York Times. friends, who use other expletives them- selves, remark sadly that in times of great Stress this cultivated woman exclaims, “The divil!" The “1” in this case is a femi- nine subterfuge. A woman who would be shocked to use it with “e” salves her conscience with the “i” and is happ; But neither one nor two . ficient to express the depth c She the vocabulary of An uptown st tells whut she does on such oc It is very expressive, and covers vet the action of the much-grieved wo | doesn’t “stamp it out. I tatk just she says, “and no o7 T wail loudly. cry unless I am mad.” ~~ -+0e-+ —— The Kno From the St. Louls Gk con- that expression although is not an unknown A Bostonese is re- snug little fortune, gained from that wet | home. It is also a Boston girl who in times |. A Knot is th Fegergl acner dette polder and plank-walk plowing method. of very great need remarks in © geographical mile. The geographical mile tones, “My gracious dumb,” an express is one-sixtleth of a mean 4 of a me- eee ’ for which no derivatives are given. ridan on the earth, and i therefore, oue- sixtieth of 60. English statute miles, or, what fs the same thing, the length of the geographical mile, or knc or nautical mile, as it is also called, is 6080 feet. Henee, when a ship has gone one knot it has gone 1.3515 statute miles, or, what is matron, fair, plump unusual calamity has over- Rice > nearly the same (hing, a ship which is run- contains enough pepsin to digest their | Placid tones, “Darn Devitt. aqor- | ning thirtenn knois an hour'is traveling bodies. Besides honey-seekers, the big | rynine!” in excited tones when the worl] | the same speed as a railway train which is going fifteen miles an hour. 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