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Eugene City Guard. I. U CAM'SILL, rritr. KTJCKNE CITY OSEGON Em sines Kelllt Ely was mad" a col onel the Tennessee mllltla baa been ready lo spring to artna at a moment', notice. Zola got to prUon! Well, be ran at least emulate John Itunyao. Hlatory, t all event, will give the novelist a tolrer trial. Blanc la quit ancient, but It'a atlll to be proved tliat when the wooden Bleed waa draed Into old Troy, tua Trojan, aald: Tlila la a bom on ua. Philadelphia baa developed a beggar wbo goe about soliciting alma on a bi cycle. 1'erbap ba wanta to ralaa enough money to buy a T)H wheel. Thieve are aald to he almost on known In Finland. Curiously enough, there are many thieve lo tbla country wbo contrive to remain entirely on known. A desperado arrested In Boston bad a copy of Browning In bla pocket. Of course bla lawyer will pld a certain Intellectual dlsturlnee, due to a pro longed struggle wltb obscurities. An exchange says: The hafr on the head of most of tbe hundreds of thou Mauds of dolls exhibited In shop win dows la made from the hair of the An gora goat." That's protmbly why tbe kids all like dolls. A gun tested near Washington re cently threw a shell over ten u!If. which means that a hostile ship would bo uuder tire for tweuty miles lo pn.k lug a battery. Huch target practice will make It Interesting for the ship. Mrs. Wu, wife of the Chinese minis ter at Washington, baa the laugh 011 American women. Whenever anybody says anything to lwr alsMit Chinese girls binding their feet, she retorts that no Cullies woman Is Iwrbarous enough to wear enrsete. Husan II. Anthony saya that "the grievances women have again the common enemy man to-day are a many as the colonists bad against King Ceorge." Then why not follow the example of tbe colonists fight for lndiH-nih-u'e first and for the union afterward. The Pall Mall tlasctte socks to agi tate us by disclosing the fact that a genuine prince U a waiter In a New York hotel. It would really agitate New York to lenrn that any of our "nlare hotel" waiters Is less than a prince, for that Is what their tnunners have 1 111 presscd IIm)ii US. A pleasing Incideiit of the cotton mills strike III New llcdford was the "Mlo hours" recreation furnished to strikers through the efforts of one of the city pastors. Heading, games, mu sic and oilier forms of wholesome en tertainment were provided In two balls, and all were welcome who would refrain from discussing the strike or Other labor matters whllo present. The great Isothermal line of talked bean Includes 1'nwsoii City In British Alaska. Outlltters In Scuttle nud Hun Frum-lsco complain bitterly of the In t-reiiHlng scarcity of the most succulent of lutcllcct nourishing vegetables. There has not yet be in any rumor of organization lu Itustou of a society for the promotion of canned beans In Alas ka, hut It would he a good neighborly act. Kvery family In Hoston could give a pot of beans and never1 feel It. The Introduction of bills for the re moval of the charge of dcitcrtlou from men who enlisted In the armies of the I'nloti In our great war, and wbo Tailed to" 'put In an appearance when their commands were mustered out, bus been going on for a third of a century. It Is the general opinion of honorably dis charged soldiers that this thing has gone far enough. They assert, and they know something about the mat ter, Hint most of these deserters are tin 11 who enlisted for iNiutitlce and got out at the find opiortuiilty. The course taken by the French min istry In arbitrarily forbidding discus sion of Its acts was foreseen. It Is the course that has beeu taken shortly lie fore Us full by each of the French gov ernments that has been overthrown by revolution during the past seventy years. The precedent do not warrant the Inference that a change Is nt hand. The second empire and the cltlacu king both went on for several years after the policy of suppressing criticism had been adopted. Hut this sort of vio lence reveals a weakneaa that hnd been veiled, and by that disclosure Invites ami encourage assault. The conclusion I forced upon us that (he builder of warshlM might collab orate with the architect of the great commerce carrier and combine s-el w ith safety. The agent of the Atlaittlc liners never lose much sleep when one uf the ships Is overdue. They admit Hist her machinery may he broken, but experience has taught them that her rluinces are good, for making juxt, des pite the handicap. Our great warships flounder about In calm harbors, strike a sandbar or an Insignificant tug and promptly go Into dry dek for rctlr routing thousands of dollar. There is a lesson In this for aoiuc-ltody, possibly the builder of modern Iwttlosshlps. (Ircat Britain's imlley of oienlng up to the w hole world whatever markets the herself wins by her shrewd diplo macy Is alsnit to triumph In China, to the advantage not only of herself, but 0' all commercial nations. Tbe result will be that American ships will soon be permitted to penetrate the very heart of the richest part of Chlua aud American commerce will lie exceed ingly shortsighted unless It Joins In the rxploltutlou of this Is ud of great com mercial promise. This triumph of En glish diplomacy may Im looked upon aa of Immense value to the whole F.n gllsh seaklng world, ourselves as well a Great Hrltalu. A million bobolink killed last year! Four million other birds slaughtered In tbt aauie year-mid for a hat? Tbat "! tl.Wr torn and distorted nodle might be flaunted In the headgear or American womankind! There are no guess-work figure, but the official report of the Au dubon Hoclety of Massachusetts. And what doe It mean? It mean five mill ion voice Milled In Nature's avian choir. Five million flashes of cheerl nea and gladness taken from butnnn life; and millions of other young Uvea doomed to starvation or prey In order that the plumaawl corpse of the mur dered mother bird may be rent by a milliner and Jammed In hideous baie leanness In milady's hat! Ah, milady, Is there no efficacy In these desolating figures? Is there no mercy In your heart, no conscience In your make-tip, no aentlment In your soult Can you enjoy the finest opera when you think that the killing of the birds wltb which you and your sinters are crowning your beauty Is gradually silencing tbe grand oratorio of the forest and the fields? A birdies country! A voiceless forest! What a desolation It would be! And yet that Is Just what this country Is coming to If the song birds of our land are to be killed off at the rate of five millions a year In order to gratify fem inine vanity and keep woman "In atylo." What a grewsorae, hideous, conscienceless "stylo" It la that mur ders melody and silences the lark that Inga from Heaven's gate! Are the statements about Hpaln's de cadence true, or are they false? Have descriptions of her antiquated Institu tions, her barlmrlc social conditions, fier Industrial death, been mere exag geration to enforce baseless argu ment? Is this view of Kpaln purely an American view? At one time this little sun dried corner of Kurope contained alsjut all there was of European thought. Then I-Yrdluand came nnd burned the baths of Cordova localise, he aald, Christians never bathed. Then this corner waa the seat of power for several generations;. Then It begun to go to ruin. What It la to-day an article In the Natlonnl Kevlew, a Iondon pub lication, Indicate somewhat tlvldly. "Decadent Xalu" Is the title. This i what It says: "Hpntn la not only de void of progressive spirit, but alio can hot muster up sufficient energy to gov ern herself. She Is the most backward country lu Kurope. The people are shamefully taxed; a peasant cannot bring his load of faggots Into a town without paying octroi toll. The admin istrative deiartmen1s are oriental in their sloth aud management, fresh butter Is obtained from France. The xmtl service Is a disgrace. It Is a risky thing to smt a letter, especlully If It seems to contain anything of val ue. To send a check by sml Is regard ed aa au extreme act of folly. The pass ing traveler on his way through Mad rid to France Is asked by his friends to take letters and st them lu security over the Isinler. Yet noHpauliird seems to care for any of these things, and Is surprised If they are remarked on." One remedy for 'he dodging of taxes on personal property suggested by tlen ernl Harrlsou Is entitled to something moro than casual consideration. It Is that a meeting of the tax commission ers of a considerable number of Htntes be held, to consult as to some plnn for the taxation of personal procrty that will secure a uniform system. Otic uf the emlHirrnsNiiients at the present time Is that when n State undertakes to adopt a plan which will Inerouse the taxation of certain classes of property, It Woines a serious loser by (lie re movul of those who are taxed under such a system. New Jersey la said to be the paradise of New York tux dislg ers. Ohio Is said to have lost a num ber of wealthy cltlxeiis because the Htnte undertook to tax them. One was so Incensed, not long ago, that he dla INiecd of all bis property In Ohio and left the State lu something of a huff. Tax commissioners, like Insurance and In Ivor commissioners, could meet, (Mu shier plans hud finally adopt some one of them. This plan they could recom mend to the Legislature of the State represented, and thereby a uniform sys tem for more adequate taxation could Ite secured. Taxation Is not one of the topics which the people generally dis cuss. They complain of local tnxatlo.1, but when the topic Is discussed It Is Federal taxation, usually the taxation of the poor to pay for bond. This nmv lie Important, but, compared with local taxation, 'It la Inconsequential. The agitation of the topics which tieneral Harrison has brought to the front lu neighborhoods, In village or township meetings for the puriost would mil public attention to the Injustice In a manner which conld not fall to be gen erally beneficial. Aa Instrument of War. The bapple, whose stirring music fired the blood of the (iordon High landers as they scaled the heights of Pargal, enjoys, though It Is not geiier ally knowu, the unique distinction of having been declared by a court of law to lie "an Instrument of war." In an early volume of the Scots Magu.lne we find It reportd that on the 1.1th No vember, 17-PI, a James Held, of Angus, waa tried for taking part In the relsi Hon, It waa proved for bla defense that he had never carried arms of any kind, but, on the other hand, It wan showu that be hud for some time outd ated as a plHr In a Highland regiment. It la not unlikely that he had been pressed Into the service, for we are told "he behaved very devoutly, prayed fer veutly, aud sang part of a psalm." Not withstanding these most uutradltlonnl piper traits, however, the court found poor Reld gnlMy of high trea.son. and sentenced htm to auffer the punishment which that rrlmo Involved. It was held that a "Highland regiment never marched without a plxr, ami, there fore, his bagpipe In the eye of the law was an Instrument of war." There la little wonder, In the face of such a decision, that lYiinant when he came north later lu the century found Hie "twsplpe liecomlng scarce." Changed Ills Opinion, Spinner I'm surprised to hear yon talk aa you do about Belle Sprockets You uwil to say she waa the most fool ish girl you ever knew. Now you sim ply rave over her. What's happened, old chap? Seorchley What, me say abe wai foolish? Never! Wby, say, do you know that she' rode her wheel every day tbla winter? Ite may be called Seuor de Louie lu Spain, but bla name 1 Mud la tbla country. AS YE WOULD. If I should arc A brother languishing In sore dletresa, And I should torn and leave blm com forties When I might be A messenger of bop and happiness. How could I aak to have wbat I denied la any owo hour of bltterne supplied? If I might sing A little ong to cheer a fainting heart, And I should seal my Hi and sit apart When I might bring A bit of sunshine for life' ache and mart, IIow could I hop to have my grief re lieved If I kept silent when my brother grieved? And ao I know That day Is lost wherein I fall to lend A helping hand to some wayfaring friend, Bnt If it show A burden lightened by the cheer I send, Then do I bold the golden hour well spent And lay me down to sleep In sweet con tent. Jewish Comment. A STltOKK OF LUCK. DEACON WADE waa boeing In the garden, close by tbe road, oil the morning when the Idea came to him that it would be a good plan for blm to get married again. The way In which the Idea enme to blm waa this: Just as he reached the end of the row nearest tbe road, aotne one said: "Good morning, Iem;on Wade," In a voice that made him think of blackbirds and bolsdlnks, and he looked up, to see Ithoda Mnson smiling over the fence at blm. "Good morning, good morning," re aponded the deacon, delightedly. "Beautiful morning. Isn't It?" "Charming," answered Hhoda. "How'a Mr. Wbcelock? Well, I sup pose'" "She'a gone over to her aon'a again," answered the deacon. "She went yes terday some of tbe children sick. 1 le llevo so Bob and I are keeping bouse alone. I'm getting about tired of It, and so'a Bob. He was telling me, this morning, that he thought It would he a good Idea for one of us to hunt up n now housekeeper; and I don't know but he was right." Iretty Hhodn's face got aa rosy as tbo bloxsoms on the damask rose-bush by the gate. Tbo deacon wondered why he hnd never noticed bow pretty she was before. "I see you've got a fine crop of straw berries," said Ithoda, pretending to be greatly Interested lu the long row of ripening fruit. "Ours are a failure this year. Mother suld she didn't believe we'd have enough for a abortenke." "I want to know!" exclaimed the den con. "That's too bad, I declare. We'll have more than we can uc, and I'll bring you over some Just ns sihiu as they're ripe enough to pick." "Thank you. ever so much," resond ed Ithodn. "I know motheril be glad to got them. But I must be going, or I won't get back by dinner-time," and alio went her way, leaving the deucou with a new Idea In his head. "1 s'pONU folks would say It waa fool ish for an old fellow like me to marry a young girl like Ithodn," he said to himself, as he turned back on the next row of sweet corn. "But other men, older than I am, marry young wives; ao why shouldn't 1? We need n good housekeeper here. It's getting so we can't deNud on Mrs. Wbcelock. She's gone half the time, nud we're likely to lose her altogether, almost any time. Of course, folks '11 say that Bob ought to get married Instead of me; but he don't seem to have any Idea of It, and 1 can't put the Idea lu his head. Ithodu's a great deal younger thnn I nm; but alio' s a sensible girl, and I'm sure she'd make a good wife. I wonder why I never thought of It la-fore?" The more the deacon thought of It the more In earnest he got. On Saturday be picked a basket of luscious straw berries, and that afternoon he took them over to the Mason home-toad. "I declare, If I nlu't rather excited," said the deacon, ns he ncarcd Ithodu's borne, and felt his heart beating quick and bard. "1 thought I'd got over that years ago. If I feel this way now, how'll I feel when I get there? Of course, I'm not going to propose to her right away. I'll Just kind o' hint nt matters and things, enough to set her to thinking. Taln't best to be In too irent a hurry about such things," ' Ithoda was sitting on the front porch, helling cas. Pretty us she hud looked that morning In the roadside, she looked far prettier to-day, the deacon thought. "O, you've brought those berries you promised us, haven't you?" cried Ithoda. "It's ao kind of you. Mother was delighted when I told her what you w ere going to do. I'm so sorry she Isn't nt home this afternoon. She went to call on Mrs. I'erkllis she's sick, you know. But come In and sit down, and maybe she'll In- back before you go. I hope she will, for 1 know- she'll ih real disappointed to miss your visit." "O. that' nothing," said the deacon. "1 I can come over again, you know." "I wish you would," suld Hhoda. "Mother was saying that you wereu't very nelghWly. She dldu't remember when you'd been here." "I I waut to see your mother and have a good, long talk with her about about an Idea I've got," said the deacon, by and by. "She knows how much we need a housekeeper, nnd 1 always thought her a very sensible woman, and I'm sure she'd think Just as I do alout-alHMit this Idea of mine. At least, I hopo so. I supisise she'd feel able to carry ou the housework on a place like this alone, wouldn't she? She seems strong and healthy as ever." "O, yea, mother'd manage that all right," answered Ithoda. "She often tells me she don't need any of my help." "She got the Idea, plain enough," thought the deacon, lu great delight, as Ithodn said that. "I'm getting along splendidly. She's the most sensible girl I ever saw. I wonder how much farther I bettor go now? Maybe I'd bet ter wait, Just as I'd made up my mind to, an' give her time to talk It over with ber mother before I wine right out with tbe question. I will," and It was well that be came to this decision, and ad hered lo It, as he congratulated Mtusclf a few day later. The deacon might have staid until Mrs. Mason' return, but a young girl Mend of Ithoda' came, and tbat put n end to bis visit. "You can talk with your mother and what she think almut what I've bo Mylng," b uld, a be took hi departare. "Let me know the first chance you have." Tbe next Wednesday evening ItolHTt Wade waa away from borne. About 1 o'clock hi father heard bun come In. "I wouldn't wond.-r If Hob's got an Idea of sparking omelody," thought tbe deacon. "Mayl lt' lke measles when It gets Into the family, they all have It," and be chuckled to think bla son might have caught the disease from him. "Well, Hob's a good boy, and I bope he'll do as well in get ting a wife a I shall, If I t Hhoda Mnson." The next morning Hob looked very wise a be sat down to breakfast op posite his father. "I've got a message for you." I"" "''' by and by, when the housekeeper hud left the room. "I wns over to the Ma son place, and when I came away Hhoda told me to tell you that If you wanted to know what her mother thought about your hotlckeeplng Idea you'd better come over and talk with ber about It. I was quite surprised to find out you'd got matrimonial Idea In your head, but I want to say that I think the plan a most ienslble one. Mrs. Mason would make you a tip top housekeeper, ond-lf you'll take the mother, I II take the daughter. Indeed, I've mnde an arrangement to that ef fect. Ithoda and I came to a satisfac tory understanding last night." It was well for the deacon that the house keeper came In Just at this Juncture. Hob went out, and he betook himself to his room to collect hi bewildered sense. "I liegln to understand It," be told himself, by and by. "I've come dread fully near making a fool of myself. I guess I did make a fsd of myself, all right enough; but what I mean Is, I came dreadfully nenr getting caught at It. But, by the greatest stroke of luck that ever happened to me, I have n't been caught. I set- how It Is. Hid)' going to marry Rhodu, and he' Im-cii sparking her all along, and the girl thought I know- It, nnd she thluKS It was her mother I had In view for a housekeeper. And. as luck would hare It, I didn't say anything that'll give me away, If-lf I carry out the deception nnd marry Ilhoda's mother. If I don't they'll mistrust something. It seems as if fate had something to do with It. I never thought of such a thing, but I'm forced right Into It, so to speuk. I can't help myself. And, come to think of It, It's the proper thing to do. It would have Im-cii a foolish thing for an old man like me to marry a young girl gr ' " I -4 kk.i . A I VMaaT V, l Ml fP' I " IK - -W 1 r . w i fif r I UK LOOK F.I IT AND SAW HHODA MASON SMILING AT II1M. like Hhoda. Alu't It lucky, now, that I didn't say any more that day? I stopped Just at the right time and place. It seems she's told her mother what I said, nnd -I'm to come over nud talk with her about It. I will." When Peneon Wade made up his mind to anything he was prompt to act. Saturday afternoon saw him setting out for the Mason homestead with an other Imsket of strawberries. The widow was nt home this time, and wel comed 111 id with a blush that made her look almost ns pretty ns her daughter. "Take n sent out on the porch, deacon, where It's cool," said the w idow. "And I'll alt here aud hull the berries while we visit. Hob' coming over, by-and-by, Khodii said, and both of you must stay to ten. I reniemlu'r how fond you used to be of shortcake, and we'll have one that'll make you think of old times." "Robert," said the deacon, as his son came up the path, about o o'clock, "I want to exchange congratulations with yju. You've got the promise of the daughter and I've got the promise of the mother. I think both of us deserve congratulations. We're In luck, mv boy." "That's nlmut the way I look at It," said Robert, giving the Mushing .Irs. Mnson a rousing kiss. Just theu Rhodu appeared on the scene to an nounce that tea waa waiting, and the deacon stepM-d up to her aud kissed her In n most fatherly manner, and then put ner hand In Holiert's, and said: "Bless you, my children," In most approved stage fashion. "But wasn't I lucky, though, to got off so easy," he said to himself, more than once after that, a he thought over his narrow escape. "It makes me shiver to think how near I came to being found out for an old fool. But, by the greatest stroke of luck I ever had, 1 come out of the scrape all right, and got Just the kind of a wife that I ought to have. I shall always believe In luck after this." New York Ledger. A t'se fur F.n lish Sparrows. The crusade against the killing of our songbirds cannot but receive the In dorsement of every right-minded wom an. We are all ready to Join Audubon societies, and to help In every way to keep our forest peopled with beaut) and tuneful with song. But there Is a little rowdy fellow beyond the pale of our sympathies that wicked little fighter, tbe English sparrow. Individ ...... .nmiuh. but roUee- rally e is m.- - , chiefs. Tbe extermination our act bird I. apparently the chle it. MM tuvtr rorjii'W i m:b:r,wr;;hn;,b!,n.hould lngpolnt-h. I. good In pie. 7" "J twenty" of blm would reproduce . ha matchless dish of nursery fame, the. lias of "reed bird" he I. constant y soid in our markets, and pr. purchasers in the final .d of 'f'i1' 'of blm. So let ,m enjoy sparrow pe ID land out of,.on. since we may do so without a moral twinge, ami feel that we are doing society a orvlee. -Woman' Home Cotnpanlon. WOMEN AS COMPOSERS- -ul.ll.her8. Their Manuscript Kr Outnumber Those of Men. Ruiiert Hughe contribute " arti cle to the Century on "Women Com posers," In which be says: A promlnetit publisher tells me that wm-re, year ago, only about one-tenth of the manuscripts submitted were by women, now their manuscript outnumber those of the men two to oue. bile this ratio will not hold In published composition, the rivalry Is close even there. Women are writing all sorts ot music. A few of them have already written lu the largest forms, producing work of excellent quality nnd still let ter promise. It I In the .mailer forms however-ln Instrumental solos and short songs-thut they have naturally found their first success. So good una their work l-een here that honesty com pels the admission Hint hardly any liv ing men nre putting forth music of finer quality, deeper sincerity, truer Individ uality, and more adequate courage than the best of the women composers. Be sides these, there Is a tiumls-r of minor composers writing occasional works of purest quality; and In art qnullty 1 everything. As to nationality, one finds lx-st rep resented the three countries that are now working along the best lines of modern music: tieruinny. of course (whose Clara Schumann wrote ;nuch that was worthy of serious considera tion), France, and America; for Amer ica, whatever Its musical past, Is sure ly winning Its right to the place In this triumvirate of modern music. Its ten dencies are toward the l-t things, ltnly has recently had a flurry of new life nnd of growth away from the de bilitating mawklshness Into which It had drifted, but has not yet produced a notnble woman composer. The other Continental countries seem even more torpid; nnd though English women have written much, they have not got beyond the prevailing cheapness of the English school, except, perhaps. In cer tain of the compositions of Mrs. Marie Davlcs and Miss Muud Valerie White. Too Kconomtcal. There nre worse things thnn having- one's feelings hurt, according to I'uele romp, au old darky who has lived In a New England household for nearly for ty years. "Young Mr. Wlllunw am all very well." remarked I'ncle Tomn one itnr to a friend of the family, "but he don't compare wid old Mr. Wlllums. siih- dou't compare wid him." "Why, It's strange vou shnuM rui that way," said the visitor. "Young Mr. imams seems to me much more cure. fill of you In every way thnn his father." tie nm careful ob me. an h." nwnomt. ed I'ncle romp, "he am careful, dot's a fin-', but when old Mr. Wlllums he for gets hlsself nnd treats me like I was a slave he's mighty sorry afterward, sah, and every time he gibs me a quarter! I'r.e gettlu' to tie a old man, sah. and (Vise quarters come In mighty handy. I can't afford to hab folks mighty careful ob my feelings as young Mr. Wlllums, sah, and dat's de truf!" Youth's Companion. To Preserve African Anliusla. A iMOnmlrt.ut rf v-..ni. - - "mibu "(Kinsmen aud naturalists has been formed for ...r m m-Msing some scheme for the protection of South African innitintnla .tl.l-.ll.. "" Kirune, tehra, eland oini inner antelopes, sev eral of which, owing to Indiscriminate slilllphter nt-A rtti !,. . , - 57 icrh-e or extinc tion. To attain this desirable end It I. t.-.,i.......t .... ''"i-"" -wwe a suitatUe tract of country, of slmut loo.noo g,. wh A WllV limrlmr itsnn,.o,... . strong live fence of thorn on the' out- ...... .. . ..,,- ntl!tn s Africa ( bartered Company will allow an enclosure to be made In the district near tort Salisbury which has alrendv been reserved for gam, by thf t not me good you are wining to do, bnt the rood you actually d" that counts. ' "lal f The fhtuaa ,. ilwty. , flrM SPAIN'S AMERICAN PO55E35I0N5. gpsln nl ns bi)Bdid yer rrt p.rt of whsl l now '"' U,lB. Si',; ' lln.H. ad the Uulana .ml nisuj of lh Wist Ill-lies- SUBMARINE MINES. What These Destructive Force Are and How They Are Kapluded. Submarine mine, have been much talked of since the Maltie disaster, but comparatively few persons know any- ItllllM U"""' lug or operating of tlie.e destructive forces, or of tbclr uses. M!n- " UM-d extensively by the Confederate during the civil war. aud the tiermaus made good use of them In keeping the French fleet from bombarding her .port during me -s Franco- rrusswu war. (ireat Improve ment have been .!.K(TW-CON TAI 1 ' . , . i i- hnu-ever. and the Intro- TACT Ml. IK. lll a ue rev-uiij , ductlon of high explosive, for use n stead of gutqiowder baa greatly in creased the power and defensive range of tnlues. These mluea nre solely tor harts defense aud are parucuuir.jr useful In this country. With an ex tensive coast and ninny mrgesenports. 2-j-: Kxri.ostoN or loo i-hi nhs of moiitaii rowiiKii. a country like this must resort to ev ery possible iiii-ans to Weep the enemy beyond bombarding distance. Tbla hitter function may, lu many cases, be performed by submarine mines alone. Foreign l-attchliis draw from tweuty to thirty feet of water. They cannot maneuver recklessly In entering the ship channels leading to our seaports, but they must stick to the middle of the channel If they enter at nil. When, therefore, the outer entrance to the ship channel Is beyond iHimlinrdlng distance of a city It may be possible to f.a I . - . A 1 THE HAM KATAIIMN IS ACTION. plant such a system of mines that an enemy cannot pusn. There nre several kinds of submarine mines. The simplest form Is the con tact mine, which consists of an Iron case (A), containing the explosive charge, and a cable iCl attaching it to the sinker tl)t, by which It Is held In place. The case (A) has a munlier of projecting points (IN, each armed wltb a firing pin. If a ship hits one of these firing pins the lntter will te driven In. exploding n js-rciuwlon cap, nnd the charge will then burst. The distance of the charge (A) Mow the surface mast be so regulated that It may not JHOONKH HLOWX 11- UT TORPEDO. be too near the sm-r.i.w -i .. ... i. i... -.".v .iii-u lue IWS L h ! f"r Mow ,lle Efface ben he tide Is high. An Immersion Of at loitfft r4trhf i. give the charge the force to destroy a modern htn J " The "electTOontact mine" 1 con tmcte4 on the Mm, general pUn m Within ons humlri-d rears Hpan w.. , II of her territory nn th WV.,,r .,k' Hihere. ficept lb Ulautis of Lob. Puerto Rico. the contact nilue, but some of tlx weakucwe of the latter are remote! Tbe firing plna (Hi, Insteud of ui, lug percussion cap when drlveB . simply close one break In an elertrJ circuit pnaslng through the thtrZ There la an electric cable (C. C.I Hli tng from the charge to the anchor tin, A CONTACT tllNR. and thence to the station on ibon where there la another liruuk la tbt electric flrlug circuit, rule tLIs . ter break In the circuit Is also rioted u the shore station the firing pin, sb driven In, will not explode tbe stint Herein Is on element of safet; a friendly ahlpa. When no enemy b sight and friendly ahlpx are pauloiii and out, the break Is left opeo at tti shore station, ao that a mine If Mrort will not explode. Tbe contact, eleclro-conlnct lod K servatlon mines can only be uvd j comparatively shoal water ind places where the current la not ntj strong. When tbe depth of water considerable, or when the currew a rapid, "ground mint" heavy m'w similar In construction to the Mm. but resting on the bottom-must b used. Ground mines have beeu plait ed In slxty-flve feet of water. For tilt depth a charge of about l.'Jno pottii of guuoot Ion. equivalent to 4.SX) poo: of guniHDwder, should lie used. T) method of firing the ground nilnt t very simple and Ingenious. The tu la held In po-dtlon on or near t! ground by a heavy anchor or !nl Two observers nre usually employed determine when the enemy Is dfrecry over the mine. The mlue h tbeo ploded by mean of electric cable. THE RAM KATAHDIlt The Powerful U. 8. Turtle-luck f-klj Recently IMacrd in CoiumlHioa. The belief prevails among naval of ficer that lu a nnvul fight the coua'JJ would be electrified with the haw caused among the enemy's Bert such a vessel as the Kutahdla. S modern vessel of this kind ua ew lieen used in actual warfare, and, a fact, the Kntahdln Is alsiut tbe onj craft of her kind In the world. Shete solubles the old-style ram Merrlnm only In the use of armor, the erapl ment of steam power and the pol" steel nrow. Tbo Kntahdln has a longt" the load water line of and her beak or rntu, which l1 the water line, gives her nn length of about 254 feet. llier'": tics of the vessel are: Irtspl under normal coal supply, 2-1' uage, 5S1!; ertreme breadth. 4M mean draught, 13 fet; Indicated ' , ,., , i i-mitj: a power, o,( aw; apeeu, i'i- : iwclty of coiJ buukcrs. HW-eO . The Kntnhdlu Is pnpellcI b; ' screws. Her full complement coa ui llieil. , fy The most peculiar feature Katahdlo Is her coticealuient -n-nlur (lull- her SIlKKltll turtle t"1 .i.u . t.tn te ud itmrni wnu uiuiv-i i j.- mounted simply by a small tw tower aud a smokestack are - The tower Is mnde of steel 1 , thick, and unless squarely I 1 -i... -. nL.u rnllie. IS I . . .... i.io from ' against any nitaca. .m,y a i K.-,lr nf stwl nu. ,. coverlnff nf armor Plate the N , lu wiii,i n-iih slight nieaw fenslve or ib-fcnslve olmractcr. - cnrrles four six-pound. guns, wwen are iniv..- - . i.. lunts or lK .w Her speed Is low, hardly 1 - i. . l,..l,-,hln- bill W,n mendous momentum anil po polling force behind a sharp t ' y the Katahdln Is calculated to The ram. being situated Une, Is directed at the most t part of a twittleahlp or .Vy armor is eiuier i"--wanting. Queer Retaurt (tVfe In Sweden tne a where meals are served are the picture or a cros.e , opposltt the nam of th