Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1898, Page 13

| $e Hose, as they are 25e. Hose. wear for 50c. = D. J. KAUFMAN, + Reliable Clothier, 1007 Pa. Ave. PEATE EE $ “YOUR STORE” THE “YOUR STORE” EEEPE REEL EEE EE bb hob fod Plaid, stylishly cut, perfect fitting, guaranteed in every particular, and grand value at $5. Saturday’s price......« ° we Tomor will sell Men's & gauge Siik- finished Light-weight Fast Black a Hose, high ‘iced heels, we 7 mre WLC, ‘These ace not be con- founded with ular 17e. spot cash purchase of 100 pairs Men’s finest Worsted English Trousefs, 25 pairs each 4 of 3 neat stripes and a small Shepherd’s , 25c. Hosiery, 17c. | Underwear, 25c. PEPE EES bet “5 PAN TO) | $3.90 Special sale tomorrow of Men's Silk-fintshed Mottled- effect Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers. Others would ask 50c. 25c. Our price........ Think of a suit of Under- _- THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1898-16 PAGES. THE TEXAS RANGER Sketch of the Man Who Made Texas Habitable ROUGH RIDER AND HARD FIGHTER His Day of Usefulness Had Almost Passed When War Came. ‘ THAT FAMOUS “RED. RIDE&’ SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 3.—The ac- tion of ex-Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt in calling upon Texas and the southwest for a regiment of cowboys and rangers for cavalry service in Cuba, to- gether with the activity evinced by Adju- tant General Mabry of Texas in recruiting to their full strength the_hglf dozen com- panies of Texas Rangers for serwice in guarding the Mexican frontier from the threatened ravages of Mexican and Spanish bandits during the present difficulty with Spain, is reviving interest to no small de- gree in that unique departure in Texas con- stabulary, the Texas Rangers. In no other section of the United States has there ever been successfully organized and maintained any officially recognized body of desperado hunters that even approached an equal of the remarkable singularity and efficiency of these border tigers. Their only possible parallel is found in the Canadian mounted police and the mounted constabulary of South Africa. Organized by Sam Houston. The Texas Rangers originally were born BON MARCHE, of necessity and were organized in 1836 by Sam Houston. Then Texas was the re- treat of all the worst characters in the western country; the Indians and Mexicans were daily committing heinous depreda- tions, and the necessity of some official arm of undisputed determination was the cry- ing need of the hour. Under Houston's able and daring direction the rangers were not reteeseegeegengontentonteesontensedseeteeteeteeseeseege long in gaining the universal respect of ¢ each of these menacing elements, and & throughout the score of a Pemeaie tly following their organization their work was 53 314-316-318 SEVENTH ST. N.W. fast and furious and marked with a de- = cisiveness little short of appalling. z ° I 9 M ° Y P k t! In those days, a3 at present, the service em =| was thoroughly organized and fur z = Read This = t Ss oney In Your rocke ~ | military equipment by the state, the rang- - . : %| ers being competent not only to serve as + You will find that anything you buy here is bought at a small- defenders of state and national interests, aloadoasradengeetentessecgeoseogeogeogeateat Sete Se SUITS CLEANED. TheRobinson Oils, Wm. C. Robinson & Son, er price than you can buy the same for sale at a big reduction! prices never equaled! a will not be told that we have “just tising cant—but truth! article anywhere’ else in town! morrow everything in all departments of this store will be This great stock will be offered at You can buy what is advertised! You sold out.” This is not adver- Come tomorrow and we'll prove it! Some of Tomorrow’s Special Features: Man-Tailored Ladies’ uits Red’cd to $14.98. Actually and s f t st $5.50 ts for hirt Waist Prices. ¥ a new iny Ww Corset Bargains. © P mt 30. Two and and short- ‘e OC. 25c. & 30c. Veilings for si—regnlar’ pri 12%4c. Linen Collars, lered, Hem- ulloped Embroid- red Handkerchi hed and S | - MeNally’s War | », the world, Cuba, West Up tit to F price, Ue Extraordinary values in Trimmed Hats, $4.98 1 Pe f Trimmed I nor Imported Ha for $4.98: ateh and ya rf fa few das cur reputation on the er in our millinery « offered stch stylish ts at S498, 48¢. for brown 4 Sale of Ribbons, 12c. We have previously offered you re FS Ribbons, butt asily tops’ anything und Moire affeta, Roman Stripes, €1 1 also Satin Se. that ever + for, Teaches |. under exceptionally fa- nditions the ent of the largest import- ity. Having de lot of hi Cc. {| Worth 7c. to $1.50. 10e. pair. Quill to 68e. Ings, ch S ck W 6 in b bik. & nat., 25¢, n Gloves, 59c. Real Kid Gloves—and e French Kidskin—self and all the new spring col- ‘The real value is $1— tomorry _Prices that should be respon- sible for some lively Hosiery and Underwear selling. Fifties: Fine Rithed Cotton Vests, white in Oc. ea = arms—the 12t%c, Size Ribbed Cotton Vests. Tapes tn necl Are worth 19¢ 1 214c. Ladies’ extra fine White Lisle Thread Vests. neatly trimmed with torchon lace in heck und arms and run with silk 25. . Co Ladies’ Extra White and ecru, and arms. morrow . 19¢. Lisle Thread ese! 19¢. For Men, Women and Children. Fast Black Lisle Thread Hose, n extra th weven fn where most th dren's have double heel and toe. Our spe. = 1c: chal price for § pair, Is. Candy Lovers’ Day. he lar 40c. grede of Candies for Ineludes. ob » Drops, all flavors: am Mints, : ‘ream Wintergreens 0% Chocolate Peanuts, Ib. Parasols and Coaching Umbrellas. Here fs one of the handsomest Coac! Umbrelles ‘ver offered at ‘the ernvmed price, $5, that we will sell to- morrow for.. 2.98 With the daintiest kind of Dresden and tural wood bandles—steel rod. The cov- ng is of a heavy changeable all-silk taffeta, in blue, garnet, green, brown and purple. W-inch Satin and Silk Para- r price, Te. Tomorrow for t and stylish as when zou Wagon calls, no23-Lyr,16 lubricate more and outlast other ofls.”* AL BALTIMORE, Md, Crushed Setetendendectectectectecetontonts but to act as well in other more local offi- cial capacities as a sort of posse comitatus. ‘Throughout the eariier years of their exist- ence but little attention was given to the trouble of making formai arrests. The rangers acted very largely upon the prin- ciple that the sooner the evil was eter- nally removed the better for the state, so killings were startlingly frequent in the eaten eateeseeterte ranks of the law breakers. The result of | this long-contimued policy is that the Texas # | Lorder Is perhaps freer of desperadoes and professional bad men and bandit other frontier section of all the br arene + That “Red Ride.” 3 Thirty years ago the entire Texas border % | from El Paso to Brownsville on the gulf 4] was infested with an incomparable collec- | tion of outlaws, while inhabited with two & | peoples most belligerently inclined. Here is $| one instance of the methods employed in & $ | the weeding out of this desperate popula- & | tion: | When Company F_ was stationed at | Brownsville Sergeant Parrott, who was an & | amateur photographer, was sent up the Rio 3.| Grande valley upon a_ secret mission. | Throughout the entire distance of several & | hundred mile vered on this trip he was 4} overwhelmed with busin Photograph. | ers were innovations in that wild country, 4 | and the fever for photos ran rampant. | Even the most desperate characters, the % | men most wanted by the rangers, caught the infection and faced the camera. When- ever a man was accommodated his name was asked and memoranda made on the back of the extra photo retained. Used a Fictitious N Parrott used a fictitious name through- out, and when he returned to Brownsvilie, four months later, he had the choicest gal- lery of outlaws ever collected in all the southwest. After he had reported, a ¢ tachment of rangers were sent out led by Lieutenant Armstrong under scaled orders from Governor Coke. With them they car- ried the collection of photographs Parrott had secured. They bad instructions, as it later proved, to spare no one on the list furnished; nor did they. When they en- countered one of the men wanted he w: asked his name. He usually lied with equal promptness. Then recourse was had to the photographs. If they tallied there was a pistol shot, a few struggles from the dying man and ‘the band rode away for other game. If his relatives or friends chanced to find him there was a burial; if not, the bronze-tinged Mexican buzzards feasted upon the carcass ‘This raid, which extended from Browns- ville to Loma Vista, is yet referred to by the older residents of the lower Rio Grande valley as “‘the red ride,” and it is claimed that there were in the neighborhood of one hundred outlaws “removed” upon that oc- casion. ne. peptetatetedetiet Only a Handfal Left. During recent years the force of rangers has been persistently decreased until at present there is but a handful of the old guard In active service. Up to the date of the recent call for a return to the ranks of all the old rangers capable of rough work there were perhaps less than seventy-five on the official roll. This is due entirely to their early efficiency in drawing the lines that have resulted of late in the general lishment of a wholesale regard for law order all along the border. For more than twenty years the every-day force was held six companies of 100 men each, and let- tered A, B, C, D, E and F Companies. In those early days the composition of the band rivaled the make-up of the famous French forces in the Arab country of North Afric: Mingled with representatives of some of the foremost families of America were also men whose desperate natures prompted and a a a ae a a ee Ae Be te te ee se ee te tt ee Be te te tee et ie he ee 3 n & | acceptance of the dangers of a ranger’s life + simply from the pure love of perilous and Rs stirring excitement. The blood of the no- bles of England, France.and @ermany was registered in the lists of the rangers, and some of the most respected and eminent residents of the lone star state today are graduates of this memorable school of fron- tier reformation. During the earlier period of their existence the principal campaigns were directed against the Mexican bandits, marauders and cattle thieves, the hostile Comanche and other Indian tribes, together with their brilliant participation in the Mexican war. Features of Their Organization. Then, as now, the Texas rangers were equipp2d with little regard to military laws and customs beyond the feature of organ- izatioa, Discipline was necessarily foreign to their natures as well as their unusual duties. The prime necessities for a ranger were personal courage, tenacity of purpose, de- on, self-reliance ard @ necessarily’ cul- tivated absolute stoicism. Skill with wea- pens and expertness in horsemanship came [in the line of ucquired accomplishments, fostered by sobriety ard increased by a cool Lead, clear eyes and an iron nerve. Regulation niforms have never been rec- ognized. A ranger dresses as he pleases, and with far greater consideration for com- fort and the requirements of the country he is to penetrate than to any affected frentier style or notion. The usual outht is a reversible coat of corduroy with an in- Snind ef sSeeSeeSeendondonoedonedesgeegeetoatoatentontergeeteedbafengergeeeeseeroatees eegeegendogendene st \ side lining that 's waterproof, and in cass Seeman’ lat rein can be tiesed to face be diane Cherries Trousers of heavy dark material, strong aches ¥ mae Apricots— SERVED WITH OUR SODA. We serve the crushed fruit instead of plain flavors, because delictous beverage. deavor to have our Soda the very best it makes a much more And we constantly en- the city — our trons tell us ye = pa we've suc. Stevens’ Pharmacy, COR. 9TH AND PA. AVE. my12-144 and heavily spurzed boots, woolen shir. ‘buckskin riding gloves and a more or less gcrgeously ornamented sombrero. Fis arms consist of a Colt’s six-shooter, .45-caliber, single action; a Winchester carbine or sad- dle gun, not rifle, and a bowie knife. Knife and revolver are carried in a belt about the walst, the belt also serving as a recep- tacle for two rows of brass-bound cart- ridges, and, if desired, for any money no: otherwise convenient to carry. the io THE NEW DISCOVERY, HYOMEI, tional cure for and Asthma, 4e3-m,w&f-ly {can fill your found to pe the ‘Ta Catarzh, Bronchitis All druggists, It matters little what it is that you want— whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who FROM DEATH TO LIFE. Experiences of On Under an Avalanche Of Stow and Ice. From the Portland Oregonian. From life to death and back again to life was the experience of A. Miller of Port- land in the recent Chilkoot catastrophe. Mr. Miller arrived in Portland yesterday feeling fairly well, yet he has not entirely recovered from the effects of being buried beneath tons of snow and ice. He suffered internal injury that for a time gave the physicians doubt as to the ultimate turn of his case, and looks back to the loss of many pounds of flesh as one of the least regretful features of his narrow escape. Mr. Miller was. caught under the large slide that extended over a mile along the trail at the Scales, being at the time, with over 100 men and women, fleeing from what was known to becfmminent danger. After more than two hours of unconsciousness, during which time Mr. Miller was thought by many to have taken a permanent abode in the shadowy realm, he was finally re- vived through the good offices of his friend, F. B. Holbrook of Portland, and Dr. Maple, the government physician who rendered such Valuable services to the un- fortunates. About 11 a.m. Mr. Miller, with Mr. Hol- brook and a party. of over 100, left the Scales, a long rope being used by ‘the party in the same manner as by mountain climb- ers. This was mainly for the protection of the women, although some of the men found it valuable’ in clambering dewn the steep, treacherous trail. Shortly after 11 Mr. Miller says he was suddenly made aware of the great avalanche by a terrific rumble and roar from above. No one could see it; in fact, the driving snow made it impossible to more than see the trail be- neath their feet. From the time the first roar was heard until the avalanche engulf- ed the party was only a moment. Most of those holding the rope were struck while still bending forward to protect their faces from the blizzard, the mass of snow simply crushing them down to the trail. Mr Mii- ler started to turn for a backward look when caught, and was pressed down on his side in a cramped position. When nar- rating his sensations at that time he said: “It is hard to tell’ how I felt. I realized our danger first. before seeming to contem- plate that I was ‘facing death. Knowing how we had rescued many during the day from smaller slides, my first thought was the chances for being rescued. My chest felt like it was fitted into a cement tomb, permitting no expansion. My fingers, hands, arms and limbs were pinioned so that it would have required great exertion to move either. Rescue I knew must come soon or never, and'I thought of the line- men who had gone on ahead a short time before, and of any that might have been above the slide, as the only ones from whom we could hope. My breath grew shorter. I tried to blow against the snow to enlarge the little place where T breathed. Rach slight exertion warned me th would rapidly succumb if I did not perfectly quiet. Then I was. terrori with the thought of suffocating. It occur- red to me that this had always been a man- ner of death for which T held a peculiar horror. To be pinioned rigid, crushed by tons of snow, slowly dying, while life and happiness were few feet above my head! As I felt weakness growing my thoughts turned to my wife and children. I saw id content- ere thrown into very position in th ed_ their nd as I realized that I led for T felt a sense lef. Regretting that T must pass from them, yet happy to know they would be well. Tleft them'to think of the final pang. A stupor grew on me. without pain, until it was as though ja Rhysician held to my esthetle that took away con- sciousness and Hf. “When T_revivetl Mr. by the collar cae them in their home, all happy ed, and then as they mourning for me in that the snow. My mind Holbrook held me vigorously chafing me. My surprisé| was great to know I had again come # life, and it required mo- ments to reassure myself that there w: no m pain began. Tt was ea nt life came hard. After one impu' low what had become of the in m¥ pocket. part of which to another, my time was occupied pricking ins through my es in my che: As the blcod stanted through the v teries my agony became so great t most regrotted that they had broken my ful sleep. In due time T began to re- nd i pe cover. thanks tocthe considerate work of Dr. Maple, and-thsally was « nle to get out When the rescuers dug Mr. Miller fro: the seven feet of snow burying him he was thought to be dead, and was laid out. Mr. Holbrook recognized him and comm. resuscitation that restored life after e than two howrs work. Mr. Holbrook nearer the rear of the party, 1_up only te about his shoulders, from which nosition he succeeded in get- ting to the surf: Others at different po- sitions were covered deep, and will not be brought to the light until the sun melts the snow. Mr. Miller and his party were about three fourths of a mile below the Scales when caught, the trail at the place being in the bottom of a gully. A peculiar condition, and one which may be instructive to others similarly place as that of the number rescued short after being buried showing evidence of struggling vio! y were the ones that could not be revived. Many of these had seratched their own faces in a terrible manner. and one had torn an eyeball from the socket. Those who kept auiet were the only ones revived at all. One or two when they came to life were raving mani- acs for a few minutes, which Dr. Maple explained to be a wakening in the same sense of fright in which they sank to un- conselousnes: Firemen in Fighting Fire Fell Into a Cage of Rattlers. From the Savannah News. Firemen rarely ever know just what to expect in answering an alarm, but it is not often they calculate on running into a den of stakes, as was the case when they rum- maged through the little building at No. 43 Farm street at 4 o'clock yesterday morn- ing, in an effort to extinguish a fire. Two of the firemen ‘were in the midst of a den of twenty-eight poisonous rattlers several moments, but miraculously escaped with- out being bitten. The building 13 a two-sto1 evpied by C. R. Williams as a bar room and restaurant. The upper floor s have been occupied by lodgers, the firemen arrived they founc ren and children suffocating and crying to the firemen to run up a ladder or get them out quickly in some way While the work of rescue was going on by one division of the firemen, their fel- lows were in the greatest of danger among the snakes, but were not aware of it. Williams had a circular cage constructed in the window of his house facing Pine street, which could be seen from the street, 4s an exhibition. In the middle of this den was a stump used as a coiling place for the snakes. In the den were twenty-eight of the most dangerous reptiles, mostly of which were rattlers, some of them as large as a man’s arm. After the doors were broken,the men rush- ed inside and Foreman Campos of engine No. 2 gave order#'to open all windows and allow the dense smoke to get out. This was done, and ina few moments Firemen Pitts and DougidSs get to the den, and taking it for a window, struck their axes into the wire netting. They could see noth- ing for the densé snibke, and pulled for some time in aif effort to remove the stump, in order that the outside wire might be opened.‘ Fireman Douglass cifnched a snake sev- eral times, but réiarked to Pitts that the stump was probably rotten as it was “soft” in places. Finallythe'task was abandoned and going out they rted to Foreman Campos that tty cbuld not move the stump, and asked4f another attempt should be made. As the/Wlazé! was under control, however, having *tecelved the contents of two chemical tanits, itwas decided to let the window alonal About this junéture{Williams, the pro- prietor, appeared at th@ door and cried out “For God’s sake, get out of here, men; this place is alive with snakes.” The place was vacated by the firemen as quickly as though the walls were falling. After the smoke passed away Williams managed to get his reptiles back into their quarters. The firemen did not feel at all good over their experience and specially those who attempted to remove the stump. Chief Maguire is not pleased with the ex- perience through which kis men went, and has written the mayor, requesting that something be done in the direction of stop- ping such exhibitions. structure, oc- “Marla, it does seem to me that $26.75 is a tremendous price to pay for a hat to wear just one Sunday.” “Jchn, a man who can't tell a hat fror a bonnet is no judge of what a suitable Erice is. Your ignorance me.” — Chicago Tribune, , For tomorrow only you may have your choice of any man’s suit in the house marked $10 for $7.00. Single-breasted sacks =-double-breasted sacks--and cutaways-= -OO OO <Dd every suit marked $10 =-and they’reall mark- ed in plain figures-- will go for $7 tomor- -OO ST row. Included in the lot are blue and black serges -- cheviots--and worsteds -- besides the~]- fancy weaves. $1.98 for choice of wall $3 Child’s Suits rw | z ear Eizéman Bros., Corner 7th and E Sts. N.W. No Branch Store in Washington. You know we are manufacturers -- and our $10 qualities are about the same as the $12 qualities at other stores--so at $7 you’re only paying about half of their value. These suits are pure wool-- faultless fitting--and properly made -- and are notable contrasts to the trashy garments offered at the fake sales about town. Positively for tomorrew only-- Ponday they’ll be $10 again. Also, for to- morrow only--you may have any $3 child’s suit in the house, with- out reserve, for $1.98. PSEA POO OES Sp DSHS OSS SOO DS SSOP IOFOTO POTS HD YEO BERLE ARERR RRA R RR ARRAR AREER EER EBL IAG BOGIES AD PDAS EO TOTO FEO POY Furious Shoe Selling At Hahn & Co.’s 3 | Stores Tomorrow! | Cases upon cases of Shoes up for the rainy da’ at our doors like the incoming billows of the ocean! The rainy season has somewhat interfered with our sales of Summer Shoes, so we must now double and triple our ordinary business on clear days to make We have prepared for “fast and furious shoe selling? tomorrow at all three stores by offering from our immense stocks an irresistible fusillade of bargains in the prettiest styles of Summer Shoes ever shown in Washington. are being daily unloaded SS ee he he Oh Sort Shoe Bargains for all the Family! Children. ‘Tan and Black Kid Spring Heel San- dals, laced and button, with good solid - to 8. me 48c. Special Tomorrow w Pretty White, Black and Tan Hand-sewed One-strap Sandals. sizes, misses’ and children’s. $1 their price everywher Special Tomorrow .. Kid all 69¢. Boys’ and Youths’ Tan Tampleo Goat and Russia - finish Leather Splendid Wearing Laced — 95c. Special Tomorrow .. Misses’ and Child’s Finest Black and Tan Kid and Patent Leather Hand-made Low Cut Ties and Sandais, with kid or vesting tops, $1.50 to §2 SI 25 at other stores. Special Tomorrow Rest Hand-sewed “Everbright’’ bi Chocolate and Black Kid Bult Dog Laced Shoes. Regular $2.50 quality. $2 Special Tomorrow...... morrow .. L di | M AdIES. em. Comfortable and nicely made Black Men's White, Brown and Duck “and Chocolate Genuine Vici Oxford Ties, with corra- Kid Oxford Ties and dals. Good $1 values. Special Tomorrow Fine Chocolate Laced Boot leather ti Chrome Tanned Kid | with brown kid or patent | and trim- ead of ; ee $1 50 nary $2 shoes... Special Tomorrow. The most stylish and by far the pret- tiest shapes of Black and Tan Oxford Ties that are sold side wn eon SOS of our stores for Special Tomorrow. st Oxford Ties olate kid and you will find any- $2.50 tomor- Hand-sewed The finest and end Juliets in patent leather that Where in America at price w tow at . Very Best 2 Welt and Turned Black and Ch late Kid and Patent 1 Boots. $4 and $5 qualities. | 930 & | 19 932 [7th St. 1916 | Pa. Av. gated rubber soles and leath er inner soles. Special Temorrow ..... Sh OOO OE -48c. Men's Cho dd Black Viel Kid Oxford T plain anne toes or bull dog tipped toe: “$2 grades $1.37 ° Special Tomorrow... Men's Tan Willow Calf and ¥ comfortable and Well Made ‘Ties. Tan and Black. Ox- and Gaiters. — Shoes that are easy for foet. rs sell for $3 $2 50 Tomerrow = 2 Our Famous “Everbright” Kid Tun and Black Low and High Cut Shoes most Our Price. 4& | 233 Pa. Av. SEL Special this week, Suit to order, $9.33. THE KEY The suit is not yours until you pronounce the fit o. k. Always keep that potut in mind. take no risk when you buy here. OR NOTE OF OUR PROGR SIS ED IN TWO WORDS, “YOUR SATISFACTION.” The M. & M. idea is to in- sure you against poor workmanship, poor fit, poor materials, poor trimmings, hence our year guarantee which accompanies each order, protects you against defective tailoring. one purpose—we want your permanent custom—we want you to become a silent partner—we want you to help advertise us among your friends. You can depend on us to keep the prices all right, our constant study is to keep prices down to the low- est level consistent with proper workmanship. Remember that our profit depends upon a large volume of business. To secure this we always name the minimum price. Mertz and Mertz, Progressive Tailors, 906 F St. DEDEDE EDAD AED FOE DEO — LQ Dp ee SS OOS | The suit is not ; yours until you pronounce the fit 0. k. | Always keep that point | 4m mind. me ) CONTAIN- You We have Special this week, Suit to order, $9.33. Men Below Decks of a Warship Oc- From the New York Journal. and Hull the sailors were the men that swarmed up into the rigging and unfurled the canvas that made the vessels go. time of battle some of them continued to attend to that duty and others manned the urs. oe fighting the ship and that of propelling it are divided among two different classes of men. The real sailors—those who handle the mo- tive power as the seamen of the tion broke out their studding safls and rarped on their kedges when they were edging: their ship out of the teeth of the British fleet—are down compartments, listening to the bridge. of the fvn or glory of a modern sea fight. He ‘hears the booming of near and distant IN THE ENGINE ROOM. cupy an Unenviable Position. In the ships of Paul Jones and Nelson In On a modern man-of-war the work ‘The men on deck are gunners. Constitu- in stuffy little pouring oil on bearings and jangling of bells from the ‘The man in the engine room has little guns, but he does not know how the battle | listens for the signals—“Slow,” is going. meee and the next minute may be his last, but that is none of his aifair. engines must keep moving, and they must respond instantly to the will of the ship's brain in the conning tower or the is lost, And it is not alone the great machinery that turns the screws that has to be Jock- ed after. | complicated enginery. It is steered by steam; its turrets are turned by steam ‘The ship may be a helpless The | battle The whole ship is one maze of directly or indirectly through electric pneu- matic or hydraulic power; its great are loaded by steam; it is lighted by elec- tricity, which is supplied by dynamos, run by steam; it Is ventilated by steam—steam is the source of ail its activities. Let the engines cease to work and the ship would di on the water; its guns would be silent; its would be swathed and guns It would, drift like a log “Halt speed ahead,” “Reverse,” “Full speed astern”—and upon his vigilance depends the success or failure of the captain's plan of atiack. A lever turned righ: may mean an enemy's ship rammed and sunk; turned wrong, it may mean the battle lost. It takes unusual qualities to succeed in the engine room of a man-of-war—sober, unflinching devotion to duty, the courage te face varied and abhorrent forms of death, coolness that nothing can disturb, and au inexhaustible fertility of resource. Hap- pily for us, these are qualities in which America is ‘rich, —_+e-+—_____ The Seat of War. From the Atlanta Journal. “I knowed them fellers would git mighty tired ov this yere Kuby war before the thing wuz over.”