Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1909 — Page 4

BATTLESHIPS OF TO-MORROW!

*Two Monster Ships Begun This Year One a .Battleship of >19,200 Tons * with Turbine Englnes-r-Early Con- ; rtruction of the 25,000 Ton Battle- ; ship Probable. The coming of the Dreadnoughts, as all the world knows, has meant a complete revolution, in naval con■tructldfi in the opinion of most naval officers the future is to the SPower which possesses most of these •hips and can use them well writes H. W. Wilson in the London Daily Mail. It will be of interest, then, in view of the pause which has been made during the present year in shipbuilding, to examine how the British navy stands in this latest type of ship and what are the designs likely to be adopted in the near future. The Admiralty is committed to the large battleship and it will scarcely go back. Nor would it be wise to do so in view of the fact that almost all foreign Powers are faithfully copy l ing British designs. For the present year two monster ships—a battleship and a cruiser—have been voted. The battleship, contrary to the reports circulated will be similar in all important respects to the St: Vincents. That is to say she will displace 19,200 tons or thereabouts, will carry ten or twelve 12 inch guns, and will be propelled by turbine engines actuated by steam. Thus she will make up the group of four St. Vincents, and when she is completed for sea the British navy will possess two groups each four strong of all big gun battleships. The other vessel will resemble the Invincibles, with improvements, and will complete the group of four 25 knot cruiser battleships. So much for the present. It will be seen that there is nothing sensational in the design of the ships for this year which are meant to fill gaps in the existing organization. But next year it is possible that there may be new and startling departures. From hints which ministers and others have dropped, the Admiralty will be compelled to ask for not fewer than five monster battleships. More may be needed, but this must necessarily depend on the progress which foreign ships make in the next few months. Germany it must be remembered has today building or sanctioned seven battleships of Dreadnought ,type (against the British eight) and two, or possibly three, cruisers of the Invincible type (against the British tour.) And under her fixed program she will lay down three more monster battleships and one more monster cruiser next year, the battleships, it is believed, displacing 21,000 tons or even more. A British program of five battleships and one monster armored cruiser would bring the British total of Dreadnoughts up to only eighteen, as against the German total of thirteen or fourteen. The British margin c f fotr cr five ships, which it would give, would be far less than what the strict two Power standard demands. The new ship will not improbably carry a new monster gun, the 13.5 Inch, eight or ten of which may be mounted, and will thus carry out th_e policy of “out-Dreadnoughting the Dreadnought." One or two of these guns, according to report, have been building for some months, and the employment of them in the St. Vincent class is known to have been considered and only reluctantly abandoned. All the details are confidential but the German naval handbooks will supply the public with what is certainly an intelligent guess and possibly accurate information. According to them the new 13.5 Inch gun will weigh 86 tons, or nearly 30 tons more than the existing 12 inch weapon, will be about 52 feet long, and will fire a shell weighing about I, pounds or 1,400 pounds, as against the 12 Inch shell’s 850 pounds. Such huge projectlies would pierce five feet of iron and tear their way through the best modern armor at battle range. To mount guns of the size and length so that they will be able to fire on either broadside is a matter of extreme difficulty so long as funnels remafm But there is some hope of getting rid of them and thus giving a clear field of fire. The Belleville company is said to be designing a boiler which needs no funnel above water to discharge the waste products of combustion and there is the bare possibility that producer gas engines might be adopted. The firm of Vickers-Maxim has prepared designs for battleships driven by producer gas, and It is understood that it is ready to turn out a Dreadnought using gas forthwith if it finds any power adventurous enough to try such an experiment. The Admiralty, however, is not at all likely to install the gas engine in battleships until it has been thoroughly tried in merchantmen and smaller cruisers. But that it will finally came may be taken as certain. The British battleship of 1910 may thus be a vessel of 25,000 tons, mounting eight or ten 86 ton guns, which will be so arranged as to fire on either broadside. She will resemble the new Brazilian ships in carrying twenty 4.7 inch or 6 Inch guns for defence against torpedo attack, and will thus be exempt from the most serious falling of the original Dreadnought—the entire absence of a medium battery.

MONUMENTAL DON'TS.

Don’t let the other man do all the praising of yodr wife. Don’t forget that it is pleasing to know that you appreciate What is done for you. V Don’t walk into temptation and wonder why you fell. Don’t call a man by his first name If you are a married woman or be too quick to use his first name if' you are single. “ Don’t rush in to deny every story that is published. It mght be possible that you were not intended. Don’t forget that the guilty conscience is its own accuser. Don’t be too quick in forming your opinions. Many a valuable friend has been lost by hasty action in this regard. Don’t be a bully just because mature has made you stronger than your playmates. Don’t forget that it is more blessed to give than to receive, but also remember that it is pleasant to receive once in a while. •(Don’t compromise a woman by your conduct. The public will not always take the right view although you may mean all right. Don’t hang about when you ought to be going. Don’t forget that th® person who will deceive others to please you will deceive you in the end. Don’t pretend too much. Don’t make promises when you know it is impossible for you to keep them. Don’t scorn an ugly man or woman. They may be valuable friends in time. Good looks are sometimes less than skin deep. Don’t criticise everything you see. Don’t cry wolf when there is no wolf. « Don’t laugh at others and then get angry when the joke is turned on you. Don’t be afraid of work. More people rust out than work out and few die from honest toil. Don’t try to be the father of all wisdom. Don’t follow in the footsteps of a failure. Don’t buy more than you can pay for. Don’t pay for more than you need. Don’t run where the road is dangerous for walking. Don’t be afraid to look everybody in the face while talking to them. Don’t inquire about a new friend’s finances. It looks mercenary and may lose you the friend. Don’t change money for a stranger. Don’t try to manage the universe. Don’t misjudge the conduct ofl every person you meet. There are many honest people in the world. The trouble in this life is liable to be due to the practice of judging others by your own standard. Don’t forget that what man has done man can do. You may not be the man but you‘will never know it until you honestly try to find out. Don’t imagine that all smiles are genuine. Don’t try to see how much misery you can cause in the world. Don’t wait for the visit of Death before you prepare for him. Don’t be harsh with the little ones. Don’t let your passions run away with your judgment. Don’t permit anyone to make a fool of you. Don’t imagine that you will be able to work all your life. Better mix a little recreation with it while you may. Don’t do nothing for nobody who always refuses to do nothing for you. Don’t forget that diplomacy in nothing but cowardice nine times out of ten, but it is fashionable and some people would rather be dead than out of fashion.

Sad Result of Overdoing It.

“Ladies and gents,” said the lecat the dime museum, “ I call your attention next to the man on this platform, Mr. Obadiah Chugg, whose career Is at once an inspiration and a warning. Fifteen years ago, ladies and gents, Mr. Chugg’s hands became covered with warts. One night an angel appeared to him in a dream, and said: ‘Obadiah, live on buttermilk exclusively for fifty days, and your warts will go away.’ So impressed was he with this vision that he resolved to follow the advice of his angelic monitor, and for fifty days he lived on an exclusive diet of buttermilk. At the end of that time his warts disappeared leaving his hands as smooth as the hands ot an infant. Unfortunately, however, he had become so greatly attached to buttermilk that he continued to fiive on it, as before, and at the end of the sixtieth day his warts all came back, since which time they have defied all his efforts to remove them. In proof of this remarkable story, ladles and gents, Mr. Chugg will now show you his hands, which, as you see, still certain each and every wart in its original place, thus demonstrating the foil' 7 of overdoing a good thing. Passing now to the next platform, I invite your attention to Amjalble Algy, the educated monkey, formerly the favored pet of Newport society."

Creaseless Dollies.

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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Chicago, May 28.—Receipts of live stock today: Hogs, 26,000; cattle, 45,000; sheep, 12,000. Kansas City, hogs, 13,000; cattle, 4,000; sheep, 5,000. Omaha, hogs, 11,000; cattle, 4,000; sheep, 10,000. Hogs open 5 cents lower. Mixed, $6.95 to $7.45. Heavy, $7.25 to $7.47. Rough, $6.95 to $7.15. Light, $6.80 to $7.25. Cattle strong. Sheep weak. Beeves, $5.40 to $7.25. Cows and heifers, $2.50 to $6.50. Stockers and feeders, $3.75 to $5.60. Texans, $5.50 to $6.50. Calves, $6.00 to $7.25. Sheep, 10 to 15 cents lower, $5.25 to $6.40. Lambs, $6.25 to $9.40. CASK GBAUf. Wheat. No. 2 red, $1.50-$1.53. No. 3 red, $1.45-$1.50. No. 2 hard wheat, $1.33-$1.40. No. 3 hard wheat, $1.27-$1.34. No. 1 northern spring, $1.33-$1.35. No. 2 northern spring, $1.22-$1.34. No. 3 spring, $1.27-$1.33. Corn. No. 2, 74c-74%c. No. 2 white, 74%c. No. 2 yellow, 74c-74%c. No. 3, 73%c-74c. No. 3 yellow, 73 %c. No. 4 yellow, 72%c. runrxzß. Wheat. July. Sept. Deo. 1:11** I® 1 I.®- 11- M Corn. » .sr sl Low WZ : z Oleee 89)2- «7)2 67« ST i£* cSIe:. HBMMUAZB QUOTATIOMS. Corn—69c. Oats —52c. Eggs—lßc. Butter—2sc. Hens —11c. Springs—2sc. Turkeys—lo-llc. Ducks-MJc. Geese 4c.

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Said he: “Your rug is on the line and I will gladly beat it If you will hand me out a lunch And give me time to eat it.” So when his hunger was appeased He quickly left his seat And did exactly as he said— He beat it—down the street. The body of Fred Graves, prosecutor of Boone county, who was drowned in Sugar creek several days ago, was found Friday afternoon 1 by Edward W. Cambell, who was out fishing. The body was floating in some driftwood on the water, about a quarter of a mile north of Darlington. Mr. Cambell accidentally made the discovery. George T. Burmy, of Elkhart, has announced that the Indiana Association of Mexican War Veterans will hold its annual meeting at the state house in Indianapolis August 18 and 19. The program has not been completed. The national organization of the veterans will meet in Houston, Texas, May 25 and 26. As a result of the inspection tour of the Northern Indiana Thursday, the directors of the company will build a fine terminal freight station in South Bend, a shelter station at Springbrook Park, South Bend, and a Joint passenger and freight depot at Elkhart. The building at South Bend will be of brick and two stories high.

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Warrick county will hold a local option election June 17th. That date was set at a meeting of the commissioners Monday. Senator Beveridge has recommended Edwin L. Lautzenhiser for postmaster at North Manchester: This settles a long controversy. 5 Joseph Stoughton, 54 years dill, a farmer, was gored to death by a bull Tuesday night on his farm northwest of Logansport. He was driving the ; cattle from pasture when the bull turned upon him. While trying to put out a fire in his saloon at Indiana Harbor, caused by a gasoline explosion, Joseph Langowski, 42 years old, was so badly burned that he died Tuesday in St. Margaret’s hospital, Hammond. Representative Moss, of Linton, Sunday permitted an incision into his hip, and as a result a half pint of. blood and matter was removed. Mr. Moss has been confined to his bed since he was run down by an auto- > mobile in Indianapolis. Bruce lake, in Pulaski county, is to have a new hotel and other improvements this season, making it one of the finest summer resorts in Indiana. Keene & Mather, of Chicago, have the management of the enterprise and an Indiana corporation capitalized at $50,000 will furnish the funds. Two more damage suits have been -filed against the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend railroad company as the result of the wreck at Cavanaugh, near Gary. Erederlck E. Hames and Samuel Poulson have filed complaints in which thby- claim $2,000 damages, and all other proper relief for injuries they received in the wreck after the cars collided. The Laporte city council has engaged Prof. R. L. Sackett, of Purdue university, as the sanitary expert and consulting engineer in the construction ot a $250,000 sewer system. It is expected that it will require seven months alone to prepare the plans and specifications and make the profiles. A purification plant will also be built. It is expected that it will take ten years to complete the proposed system, which will Include five miles of trunk sewers and fifteen miles ot laterals.

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Base Ball Brook vs. RENSSELAER Wrens Sun., May 30 At Riverside Athletic Park The rejuvenated Wrens will present an improved appearance and this will be the starting off a good team to have winning players, if money can procure them. Game Called at 2:30 O’clock Admission, 25c A splinter that entered the finger of Mrs. Wlllihm Caldwell of near Claypool two months ago has resulted In a strange complication of diseases.. The finger first became poisoned and later the senses of hearing and sight became affected. When a man gets through digging up his back yard in the springtime, he doesn't wonder what becomes of all .the old tin cans, any more.