DYNAMITE OUN VESSEL VESUVIUS IN ACTION.
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TARGET FOR ALL EYES.
The Dynamite Cruiser Vesuvius Muy
Revolutionize Naval Warfare.
Its armor, which Is but 8-10 of an inch
thick and could easily lie pierced by a
shell. The lnqxict would lie llalrfe to
set off the dynamite on lxxird the vessel
and that would be the last of the Vesu
vius and the nervy men wls> man her.
The destroyer ts designed principally
for night attacks, stealing up under
cover of the darkness, noiselessly dis
charging a few shells and then rushing
lock. at a high rate of speed, out of
ltarra's way.
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“UNCLE REMUS.“
Joel Chandler Harris Bexan Life ns a
Printers* ** Devil.*’
DEATH PENALTIES IN WAR.
WON LAURELS AT MANILA.
Crime. Which Muy Oring Ignomini-
oux Punishment.
Bnt Fate Forbade that Captain Gridley
Should Come Home.
“Martial law” is a vague term to the
gr«»at txidy of our citizens, lnd«x»d, not
one In a thousand of those who have
recently donned uniforms and march
ed away to fight for their country have
any Just conception of what It means.
Not only does the soldier face death at
th«» hands of the enemy, but he stands
in danger of meeting it, attended with
eternal disgrace, at the hands of his
friends. If he violates any one of sever
al urtlcles of wur.
The Impetuous volunteer, burning
with hatred of Spain, who falls to re
spect a flag of truce tiorne by an aie
preaching enemy, to whom It vouch-
safes protection, merits and generally
receives death. A court-martial has no
discretion in the matter. “Br«»aking
a safeguard” Is reg;ird<xl ns one of the
most serious crimes known to military
law.
"Sleeping on post” figures ns No. 39
In the articles. Most yonng soldiers
are familiar with the provisions of the
law.
Art. 21. “Striking a superior officer.”
According to the wording of this stat
ute it Is open to a senior officer to in
sult or humiliate a Junior, or for tho
junior officer to goad a private to mad-
Capt. Charles Vernon Gridley, who
died In the Asiatic seas, presumably
¡is a result of injuries received In the
battle of Maulla, was one of the heroes
of the glorious battle fought on May 1.
It was his ship, the Olympia, that led
the line of luartle and tirisl the first
shots. The captain himself stood In
the conning tower throughout the bat
tle and Spanish missiles tlew about
him. It Is __________
^surmised in Washington
that he reH-lved some Injury there
which led to his death. He was In
healthy condition before the fight and
for several weeks aft«»rward.
Card. Gridley was born in Logans
port. Ind., in 1845. The family moved
to Hillsdale, Mich. from which State
In I860, at the age of a little over 17
years, he was appolntel to the naval
academy. When still a cadet at the
academy he was appointed by the Pres
ident as acting ensign, and served with
signal distinction on board the United
States ship Oneida at the famous bat
tle of Mobile Bay In 1864. In 1872 Grid-
ley was ordered to the United States
steamer Michigan at Erie, I‘a., and re
mained there until 1874, when he was
ordered to the Monongahela, on the
South Atlantic squadron. lie has serv«*d
at all the American foreign naval sta
tions except the North Atlantic. He
was ordered to duty as instructor In
seamanship at the Naval Academy in
1877, where he remained three years,
anil was then ordered to the Trenton,
the flagship of the European squadron,
as executive officer, and served In that
was In the employ of that company
when lie originated the Idea of the
Equitable. Hyde unfolded bls scheme
to President Winston of the Mutual,
but the latter frowned it down, say
ing no man connected with the Mutual
could be interested In any other com
pany
Ilyde promptly resigned ami
began the work of organizing the
Equitable Life. It is owing to his great
service that the company thinks $100,-
000 a year Is a moderate compensation
nEXHY B. HYDE.
The naval authorities of the world
Mr. Harris will always lie known, |
for him. It amounts to about 10 cents
are anxiously watching the dynamite
first and foremost, as the author ot
a year from each policy holder. He
the “Uncle Remus” tales. Few men
cruiser Vesuvius, that tiny craft whose
believes In insurance himself and car
make two literary hits In one lifetime.
pneumatic guns did such terrible exe
ries al>out $200,000 on his life. He
It was genius that induced this South
cution at Santiago. The Vesuvius is tn
wastt's no time, so far as his company
ern newspaper writer to give the worhi
a class by herself; there Is no other ves
go«»s. lie thinks his pay warrants him
the negro folk tales which he had
sel like her in the world. This Is the
in giving all his time In return, and
teisti
heard os a boy ulxiut the wide, old-fash-
first time In the history of warfare that
this he does. He is very quiet In his
high explosives have l>een used in pneu
tastes and is not very widely known in
LIEUTENANT VICTOR BLUE.
matic guns and the success that attend
New York, so far as personal acquaiut-
ed the trials of the Vesuvius at San I
ance Is concerned.
Went Ashore at Santiago, Traveled 72
tiago will in all probability revolution
Miles, and Spied Cervera*. Fleet,
ize the construction of warships. With
WORLD’S BIGGEST WHEEL
Lieutenant Victor Blue, whose bold
tour of Santiago de Cuba Bay won for
First Exhibited to the Public in Ber
him high praise from Admiral Samp
lin by Inventor Karl Jatho,
A
MILITARY
EXECUTION,
son, has taken his place beside Hobson,
Probably te biggest bicycle ever built
Rowan, Fre.mout and the other young
was first exhibited to the public at the
ness, but the latter may not strike a
aien who have distinguished them
Sport Park Frledenau, near Berlin, by
blow
ou
pain
of
death.
Following
are
selves In the wur with Spain. Blue
the Inventor. Karl Jatho, of Hanover.
a
few
of
the
other
offenses
for
which
made a tour around the bay of seventy
The rear wheel stands over nine feet
death Is provided;
miles, and counted the four armored
high and two seats are provided, one
Art.
22.
Inciting
a
mutiny.
“
Any
of
cruisers and the two torpedo boat de
at each side of the large wheel. The
ficer
or
soldier
who
begins,
excltis,
stroyers of Oerveru's famous armada.
front wheel Is of the ordinary bicycle
causes or Joins In any mutiny or sedi
Young Blue had no lack of exciting ad
pattern, and by comparison the im
tion In any troop, battery, company,
ventures after Sampson’s ships got Into
mense size of the larger wheel becomes
party, post, detachment, or guard shall
Cuban waters. He was In charge of
evident. The inventor, Jatho, has
suffer
death
or
such
other
penalty
as
a
REGULATING THE PRBWUBB»
the Suwanee (the transfornuxl May
quite a reputation as a wheelman, and
court-martial
may
direct.
”
is probably the best amateur fancy rid
a greater range of fire, which It Is be- flower) when hostilities began, and he
Art. 41. Giving false alarms. “Any
CAPTAIN CHARLES V. GRIDLEY.
er of Germany. Riding on his large
lleved by experts can ium I will be ob accompanied the Gussle on her expedi
officer
who
by
any
means
whatsoever
tained by Improvements Ln pr umma tic tion. The Stiwanee, backed up by the
occasions false alarms in camp, garri capacity until 1882, when he again wheel is not difficult as It might ap
guns, the Vesuvius, or a vessel carry gunboat Newport, tried to entice th«»
son or quarters shall suffer death or came back to the Michigan at Erie, pear at a first glance, however. The
MR.
J.
C.
HARRIS.
ing similar guns, would be more than Spaniard« Into a fight, trot they refund
such other punishment as a court-mar where he remained a short time, or un center of gravity Is placed somewhat
til his promotion to commander, April below the axle of the large wheel, and
a match for the best battleship afloat the bait Blue’s boat ran on a reef near loned fireplace. It was literary Instinct tial may direct.”
3, 1882. He was then ordered to the therefore It Is an easy matter to keep
The Vesuvius was built by Crumps Cape Francis, and would have made nn of a high order which enabled him to
Art.
42.
Mlstiehavlor
before
the
ene
at Philadelphia In 1886 and was accept« easy prey for the Spaniards. She did reproduce so perfectly the dialect of my-cowardice. “Any officer or sol Boston navy yard, where he remained the wheel going steadily.
The wheel was brought Into public
ed by the government and placed In not get away until after twelve hours the Southern negro and at the same dier who misbehaves himself before until April 3, 1887, and was then as
commlisskm four years later. Its ar had passed. Blue ran the gantlet of time make It clear to one who never the enen»y, runs away or shamefully signed to the command of the training
mament consists of three pneumatic five Spanish gunboats, and reached the lived In the South. Since "Uncle Re abandons any fort, post or guard which ship Jamestown, and afterward to the
guns, which are In the forward part of outposts of General Gomez, where he mus” gave Harris a world-wide fame he Is commanded to defend, or siieaks command of the Portsmouth. On leav
the vessel. The guns are built Into the planted the American flag. On his re he has written many stories, all of words Inducing others to do the like, or ing the Portsmouth Gridley was made
vessel, which acts as a movable gun turn from hts hazardous expedition which are marked by perfect simplicity casts away his arms or ammunition Inspector of the Tenth Lighthouse Dis
carriage. Their muzzles are carried for
and clearness of style and by admir or qnlts his post or colors to plunder or trict, which Includes Lakes Erie and
ward and project aliove tlie deck, near
able character-drawing. One long story pillage shall suffer death or such other Ontario, and from there to the com
the bow, at an elevation of 18 degri'es.
he has essayed, but It was not a suc punishment as a court-martial may di mand of the Marion at the Asiatic sta
tion. When the cruise on the Marion
They are made of thin cast iron, are 15
cess, It will interest yonng writers rect.”
Inches In dlam««ter, and are 54 feet long.
to know that Mr. Harris' favorite book,
As a matter of course the penalty of was ended the commander was again
They are not rifled, the van«»s upon the
when he was a boy, was "The Vicar of death applies to simple desertions as ordered back to the Tenth Lighthouse
projectile being rcll<»d upon to give the
Wakefield," and that he read Gold Indicated In article 47. The officers or District, where he remaln«»d until his
desired axial rotation. The full-sized
smith's story so often that even now soldiers who shall force the command promotion to captain, March 14, 1807.
shells for the guns are 14% Inches In.
he can repeat many pages of It He er of a garrison to yield the fortress tn In July of last year he was ordered to
the Olympia, the flagship of the Asiatic
dfanwter an«I about 7 f«“«.»! long. A tall
began life as a printer's boy at 12 years dishonor will meet a like penalty.
BIGGEST BICYCLE IN THE WORLD.
Is fitted at the end of the shell with
of age, and it was at the printer’s case,
“Communication with or relief of the squadron. Erie Is his home residence.
spiral raiMX, which secures Its ollgn-
like Ben Franklin, that he first felt enemy” is classed under articles 44. 45 His family consists of his widow, two
daughters. Miss Katherine V. and Miss view for the first time In a rather In
ment and rotation. They are designed
the Impulse to put his thoughts luto and 46. Penalty, death.
Ruth W., and one son, John P. V. Grid- teresting manner. The inventor had
to carry a charge of 150 to 200 pounds
writing.
been requested to attend the cycle
ley.
of dynamite or guncotton, and th«» ef
In a I,ally’s Autograph Album.
cvrso
arranged for a special occasion
KING OF GUIDES.
fect of the latter charge the results at
A valuable lady’s album was recently
and promised to come with a startling
LOOKING INTO A CANNON.
Santiago attest. Experts say that If
offered for sale Ln London. It was the
feature. When he did come with his
Fnmon. Old Swiss Who Piloted Many
one of these giant sh«»lls exploded with
ordinary quarto volume, with embossed View Through the Muzzle of a 13 sister mounted on the novel wheel there
Travelers Over the Alpe
in twenty feet of an armored vessel, a
pages, gilt-edged, and nicely bound,
Inch Gun Which Is Forty Feet Long.
was a general surprise; even his most
Of all the guides who have helped like those with which our grandmoth
large section of the bull would disap I i
Did you ever look into the muzzle of Intimate friends had no Idea of the ex
American travelers to love the Alps ers used to victimize their friends years
pear.
the chief, perhaps, was Christian Aim ago. It was an ordinary book, but It a seventy-two-ton cannon? If not, istence of the new conveyance, which
LIEUTENANT VICTOR BLITS.
The shells are hurl«»d from the guns
here Is your opportunity. Of course, he had built quietly in a large shed at
by compresstxl air and so powerful Is around Santiago Buy he brought with er. He was the king of his tribe. He had extraordinary contributors. Among the picture here shown can give no the rear of his dwelling. The wheel
this fo»ee that they «ui be sent with him a copy of a Santiago niwvspaper. enjoyed his calling, and pursued it from the writers might l>e found Douglas definite realization of the wonder and has since been produced a few times at
accuracy a distance of two anti a half Ills daring trip Into tin* very homes of boyhood with the zeal of an artist.
Jerrold, Mark Ix-mon. William Mac-
Until he was <iulte an old man the ready, Mrs. Amelia Ople. Mrs. Ilowitt terror that come over you when you cycle festivals. It will not be possible
miles. The air Is compressed into res the Spanish set at rest the fiction that
thrust your face into the gaping for the occupants of the wheel to ap
ervoir« containing a large number of the Cape Verde fleet wus not bottled up famous old Swiss was actively engaged and W. M. Thackeray. The artists oom- mouth of one of these steel monsters proach too near each other, for the big
In “guiding.” Ills eye was keen, his prtsed Sir David Wilkie, Westall. Sir
wrought Inin tube«. Each shot that Is In the little bay.
foot sure, his judgment unerring and Edwin Landseer, Cattermole, Prout and look through it a distance of forty wheel Is constantly tietween them, and
fired at a mile range takes 150 pouDds
it will certainly be more reliable than
his
delight In crossing the most dlffictfft John Leech. Sir John Tennlel and
The
Soldiers
’
Gxxsl-By.
of air.
any
other chaperon In keeping the
of the passes and mounting the steep Thackeray. There were many sketches
The guns are loaded and han«1l«xl She bravely bad«» her Horace g«xxl-by,
proper distance while riding.
est of the peaks was great long after by the last-named, In which might be
That girl with the auburn hair.
with ease. Under th«» rear of ea«’h gun
are two “n'volvers,” t»nch containing And smiled through the tear that dimmed most gnldes have retired to the chim recognized some of the original de
Transplanting Wild Flowers.
her eye,
ney corner and given their business up signs for “Pendennis” and other of his
five chambers for the shells. When the
In digging the wild flowers, especial
Thnt girl with the auburn hair,
to their sons. Aimer lived at Grludel- books. After a spirited competition,
gun Is to be loaded the breech is unfas- And she kissed him, and kissed him,
ly those having bulbous roots, be care
the volumo was knocked down at £180.
tened and falls on a pivot at the ex
ful to go deep enough to get all of the
kissed him,
-Tit-Bits.
treme tear end. The opening In th«» gun
roots. Leave as much soil clinging to
That girl with the auburn hair,
com«»s directly In lltu* with th«» lowest And kissed him, and kissed hhn,
the roots as possible, and after wrap
Amen and Amen.
chamber In the “revolver.“ A hy
kissed him.
ping them In damp moss or grass, roll
A Scotch minster while on a visit to
draulic ram pushes the shell forward And kissed him, and kissed him,
the plants up in paper to exclude tin
England noticed that when the minis
kissed him.
into the breech, which Is at one«' swung
air. Gather a basketful of leaf mold
ter stopped praying th«» choir Ring
Upward, completing tb»» continuity of And his soldier comrade« hnd to assist hitn
from under the trees where no grass
To leave that girl so fair.
“Amen.” The first Surulay after bls
the barrel. Tin» ‘’revolveri’ Is thus turn
grows, the first inch of the ground bA-
—
Chicago
Tribune.
arrival
home
he
arranged
with
his
pre
ed forward on«» division so as to be
ing the best, and use this freely In mak
centor
that
at
the
end
of
the
prayers
he
ready to supply the next shell. Hydrau
Another Powerful Ana.'sthctic,
ing up the bed for the reception of the
would drop a p«»a on his head. wlum he
lic power Is us«»d to exeeut*» all th«»
According to th«» British and Colonial
wild flowers. After planting them In
was
going
to
sing
“
Amen.
”
When
Sun
maneuvers. The compl<«te armament Druggist a Russian chemist has discov
their new quarters, water liberally
day
came,
about
the
end
of
the
first
of each gun Is ten pcojectil«*.
ered a most powerful anaesthetic. It
and shade from the sun for a week or
prayer, the precentor felt a shower of
When th«» gun Is to lie llr«xl the air Is Is several thousand times more power
feet
to
the
open
breech.
Y'ou
can
get
more. A rather shaded location should
peas fall on his head, and began sing
admitted to the chamber by means of a ful than chloroform, volatilizes power-
ing: “Amen! anran! amen! amen!” as a fair Idea of the damage such a big always be selected.—Woman's Home
readily and acts, when freely mixed
fast as he could, when the minister gun can wreak, although you can’t be Companion.
with air at great distances. Experi
leaned over the pulpit and whispered: gin to Imagine the shock and heat and
ments an» being made at St. Petersburg
Growth of Girls and Boys.
"Whist! whist! Jock; the poke’s burst.” noise which the discharge of such a
to six» If It cannot la1 Inclose«! In bombs,
gun creates.
It Is not often supposed that, as a
—Golden Penny.
which would have the extraordinary
This cannon has a recoiling force of rule, boys In growing keep ahead <»1
effect of annex the ticking instead of
225 tons. The projectile leaves it with girls, but a recent measurement of very
Big Prices for Fiddles.
wounding the enemy.
Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha n velocity of 2.100 feet per second or many children of l>oth sexes Is against
(Duke
of
Edinburgh) has Just given. It 1.400 miles per hour. The force Im this conclusion. The boys, up to their
At Waterloo.
CHRISTIAN ALMER AND IlIS WIFE.
is
said,
£1,400
for a Stradlvarlus. The parted to the projectile or cartridge. If eleventh year, were found to run about
One hundred mid forty-nine thon-
wald In Switzerland. He was photo best known, according to Italian con properly applied, would life a battle a quarter to half an inch taller than the
wmd men were engngetl at Waterloo,
graphed then* a year ago with his wife noisseurs, belonged to Sir Charles ship bodily three feet In the air, and girls. They were then overtaken by
of whom 51,000 were killed or taken
on their golden wedding day. lie died Hall«*, on«] is said to be worth £2,200. i yet this great machine of death and the girls, who surpassed them In height
prisoners. In proportion to th«» num-
recently.
The price lias recently gone up. as Sen destruction, weighing 143.000 pounds. till their sixteenth year, when the boys
tier engage«! Waterloo was one of the
again grew faster than the girls and
ator Hawley, of Connecticut, has been Is as accurate as a high-grade watch.
bloodiest battles of history, net less
Disproved the Slander.
came to rhe front
In Italy seekLng everywhere for fine old
DRAWS A BIG SALARY.
than 35 per cent, of th«» whole nurab«>r
There Is a Mexican bull fighter—El fiddles. In which he Is said to have
being plac«»d hors de combat. The Curlta—whose enemies have tnade the
Fined fl>r Causing a Wreck.
made “a corn«*r,” having bought about
of Equitable Life Amnrance
British artillery finxl 9,426 rounds, or statement against him that he had 500, for which he has given £16,000.— President
Hansen, the engineer of the excur-
LOADING HIE GVXA
Society Get. 9100,000 a Year.
one for every Frenchman klll«»d in the been beaten by a woman. He denied Elgin Courant.
that was*wrecked near Co
nenry B. Hyde, president of the slon train
valve. Th«» distance that the shell will battle.
this and notified the local newspa|»ers
penhagen last summer, having been Y
Equitable
Life
Assurance
Society
of
that the actual facts were that he had
be thrown «lepeuils upon the anraunt of
Dribbler—In my opinion, a num who New York, draws the highest salary in held responsible for the disaster, has
Spaniards Arc Romanists.
air admlttfd into the pneumatic tube,
The state religion of Spain Is the knocked the woman down four times writes an Illegible hand does It be the United States. The President of been «entenced to four months’ impris
which Is controlled by the valve. Th«» Roman Catholic, which Is tnnlntalm»d with a chair. Morvot^r, he had been cause lie thinks people are willing to
onment and to a fine of 44,875 crowns,
firing can take place as rapl«lly as th«» by th«» government The Constitution sentenced to Jail, but his elght-day puzzle over IL In other words, he is a the country receives $50,000 a year for or $1X026.50.
his
services.
Mr.
Hyde
Is
paid
Just
shells can be loedtd into the tube«.
permits non-Cathollcs to worship as sentence had l>een commoted on the chunk of conceit. Scribbler—Not al
The Vesuvius Is particularly well they ph*as«>, but they must do so pri payment of a fine, which he construed ways. Sometime« a num write« Illegi double that sum annually for the work
No Women In Parliament.
he does for the Equitable. He was
adapted for blowing up mtn«'« by ex vately and without making any public ns a vindication of his character.
No woman has ever actually sat In
bly net because he Is conceited, but be
ploding dynamite shells In the mine announcement of their religious
cause he Is modest. Dribbler—Modest! born, one may say. In the Insurance the English Parliament though several
•er-
The fates are really very kind; every What about?
fields. A shot from one of her gqns. It vices.
Scribbler—About bls business. Hts father was the leading have been returned as niemliers.
worthless man gets along better than spelling.—New York Weekly.
insurance man In New England, and
Is estimate!, will set off every mine
he deserves.
the son absorbed a thorough knowledge
Were the equal suffragists made suf
within a radius of fifty f«»et from the
Why doesn’t someone name a boy
When a man’s business runs down of the business. He launched out for fragists by marriage, or did they get
point where the sh«Hl explodes. The baby Dewey? Here Is a chance for
Dressmakers say that every really
the sheriff cotnet along and winds it himself when he became the cashier married to find out the real facts about
great weakness of the Vesuvius lie« In fame. Hurry up.
good figure Is manufactured.
of the Mutual Life of New York. He men?
up.