Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 44, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 30 April 1898 — Page 6

JTAVY NERVE CENTER.

WAR MOVES SHOWN IN THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD,

Qntlnt Cannons Which Made History—Old "Peacemaker" Beats In Peace—Memorable Ram of the Alabama—Antiquated and Modern Method* of Sea Fightfnf

[Special Correspondence.]

BROOKLYN, April 25.—The Brooklyn Davy yard may be likened to

huge na

tional war thermometer, for a visit to it will enable one to get a pretty good idea of the nearness of international trouble in which arms will be the final resort And incidentally it may be mentioned that, in ordinary times at least, there is no more tronble to visit the Brooklyn navy yard than to drop in at the Astor library. It is a vast deal more pleasant, too, for while the attendants at the latter place appear to be engaged in a desperate effort to make yon feel that yon are an intruder and that what ever may be done for you is done through the goodness of heart of the employees in the navy yard everybody in sight is as polite as possible and does anything in reason to make one feel at home. Questions are answered cour teously almost before they are asked and the feeling of the visitor on leaving is that he will accept the oft repeated invitation to "call again" at the very first opportunity.

Still, at the Brooklyn navy yard there is not usually sufficient bustle to impress ail outsider with the fact that the men care for much else than the advent of pay day. It is a common fail ing to do as little work as possible when the government is the paymaster.

ENTRANCE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. It is not trno, as tbe humorists declare, that spiders aro able to stretch oobwebs about

sledgo hummer owing to the

leisurely manner in which the workman manipulates that ponderous implement, but it is a fact that it does not rise and fall so rapidly as it would if the man who was wielding it wero employed by a privato firm instead of by the government.

Impressive Activity.

Latterly the navy yard at Brooklyn has presented what, for it, is a scene of almost unparalleled aotivity. Extra men have been employed iu large numbers, and some of tbo "regulars" bave so far forgotten themselvos as to drop momentarily into tits* of hard work. Battleships, cruisers and dispatch boats have had to be repaired, merchant stoaiuera have had to be converted iuto auxiliary cruisers, and ninny superannuated craft for which it was never supposed that wo would again Hud use have had to be patched up iu some sort of fashion to enable thorn to at least present the appearance of fonnidahleuess, but, with all this going on, everybody in the main preserves an outward cnlni which sometimes strikes one as being admirable and at other times impresses the same individual as being exasperating. It all depends upon the degree of patriotic fervor in which the observer finds himself. The marines continuo to paco stolidly and even languidly back and forth before the gates of the yard and the residences of the officers. They still have their little game of ball on the parade ground wheuover the weather permits, and those of the men who are not particularly amenable to discipline continue to persist in their old trick of overstaying leave and getting pnuished in consequence. But under this calm extertcfr of apparent imperturbability there has been a tense feeling, which in reality pervades every department of what has been called the government's "ship hospital." This first manifested itself immediately after the Maine was blown np, when everyone realized that our re* latious with Spain were about to reach the acute stage.

There is no ship in the navy, by tbe way, for which the men at the Brook* lyn navy yard felt greater affectiou than the Maine, for it was thuro that she was built under the most unfavorable and discouraging circumstances. One man who was employed on her told me that when tbe wooden models for tbe bow pieces were being glued together they were obliged to use an old cylinder in which to make the fire necessary to dry the blocks together. Besides, as the Massachusetts was started at Norfolk at the same time, tbetfe was a good deal of rivalry, and the fact that the Maine was completed ahead of her sister ship has always been a "brag" subject with the Brooklyn xneu. latcmUni Bella.

It cannot be truthfully said that the Brooklyn navy y»*d "fairly bristles with" interesting relics, but there arej several worthy of more than passing notice. For instance, one old building bears the inscription, "United States Machine Shop Erected 186&." No one! can look at that, if be has any patriot-! ism whatever in his aoal, without conjorjug up tbe stirring scenes of the four «tbe rears preceding that date, which

brought the building into existence. -There is also tbe old warship Vermont, JQO longer togged out in her martial

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eqnipmeat, bnt stripped of everything that would serve to indicate that she had once engaged in life and death struggles on tbe water at a time when she was regarded as a formidable fighting machine. She is now nsed as a receiving ship. Upon her are placed the recruits for tbe navy. She looks, devoid of her lofty masts and bulky rigging, for all the world like a Boating hospital. She was built about 70 years ago, and while she is no longer available for tbe purposes for which she was intended, tbe fact that her hull is practically as good as it ever was is a strong tribute to the care with which our forefathers put their vessels together and the excellent material used in their construction.

There is an irresistible fascination in comparing the old hulks like tbe VerI mont with such of the modern battleships as happen to be at tbe navy yard, just as there is in contesting the guns captured in sea fights of long ago or those which have served us so well as to be entitled to tha distinction of exhibition with the awful weapons of destruction carried by the ships of our navy today. In the Brooklyn yard there is always excellent opportunity for doing this. There are distributed about the commandant's house about 20 cannon which are interesting from this standpoint Some of them were captured in the war of 1812 from England and are among tbe most highly prized of tbe relics at tbe navy yard. The projectiles which they used conld be slammed against one of onr modern warships in a perf *t hail for a week without doing the slightest damage beyond smashing a few glasses perhaps and breaking some of the lifeboats on the upper deck. Another quaint old gun is a carronade taken from the frigate Constitution. It was used in her famous running fight with six British vessels of her own class, in which, by the way, the American ship did not come off "second best"

These Things Made History.

There ate also ten odd looking guns taken from the frigate Macedonia by the frigate United States, Captain Stephen Decatur, which would not be much more than a match for an equal cumber of the repeating rifles of today. Still they were once formidable when their mission was to pour round shot into the soft sides of ships which took 20 minutes to turn around. The old "Peacemaker," too, is quite near at hand. In its day the "Peacemaker" was regarded as such an engine of destruction that its pseudonym was a byword throughout the country for everything terrible associated with war. In fact, the name of the gun shows pretty well how it was regarded in its prime. Today, if it should be mounted and loaded no naval officer would be able to repress a smile as he glanced at it.

Another interesting relic is a practioally triangular chunk of steel which did a good deal in the direction of history making. It was once the ram of the Confederate vessel Alabama. Holes on the sides show how it was fastened to the prow of the ship. It is quite blunt and is really amusing when compared with the contrivance used for the same purpose on the warships of the white squadron, which, by the way, are now painted black and gray.

How the Yard Has Grown

Mention has been made above of the fact that the employees of the Brooklyn navy yard seldom exhibit any acute interest in matters which may come up there. That is, however, not a strictly correct statement. Twice a month at least tbe faces of tho men wear an eager, expectant look. This occurs on the pay days, when the aotivity about tbe place is very marked and its sincerity unquestionable.

Tho site for the Brooklyn navy yard was originally selected when New York was the national capital. The government in 1801, when Washington had become the oapital, paid $40,000 for the site, but littlu was done until 1848, when tho property extending from the low water mark on one sido to Flushing avenue ou the other was bought for

CAPTURED CANNON.

#285,000. Other additions have since been made, but it is certain that aside from tbe value of its buildings and magnificent drydocka and sbeds the government conld easily dispose of the land it owns at 20 times its cost.

It is a fact not generally known that the present machine shops and shiphouse of tbe navy yard aro bnilt over the spot once need as a graveyard and that the bones of many of onr homble jack tar heroes who wero done to death by British cruelty on board the prison ship Jersey are still moldering there.

ARTHUR CRISPIN.

Discouragement to Art.

Old Highrocks—I refuse to take the picture. I won't give yon a cent for it Artist—What's the matter? It looks liko yonr daughter, doesn't it?

Old Highrocks—Of coarse it doe#. on 1 don't want it ACT fool of a photograph man conld take picture that locks like *er. What rim you think I wanted a paintin far anyway?—Chicago Post

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W9ISM

VENUS AND MARS WED

A ROYA'. MARRIAGE MAKES ALL TURKEY REJOICE.

Abdul Bivmid's Daughter United With a Son of Oiman Pasha—Doable Bond of Interest Between the Saltan and the

Hero of Plevna—Gorgeous Festivities.

[Special Correspondence.]

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 16.—While other countries have been absorbed in wars and rnmors of wars Turkey has been having royal festivities on tbe occasion of the marriage of Naime, second daughter of the sultan, to the second son of Ghazi Osman Pasha, the hero of Plevna, who is now grand marshal of the palace as well as head of the army. Some tun years ago Noureddin Pasha,

NOUREDDIN. KEMAL.

who is the oldest son of Osman Pasha, was married to tbe sultan's eldest daughter. The young man whose marriage has just been celebrated is Kemal, whose rank up to the present time has been that of bey, or captain. He will hereafter be called Kemaleddin Djamad. The last word signifies that he is now adopted into the imperial family.

By these two alliances tbe snltan has found two handsome, brave sons-in-law and strengthens his position with the army and people. Ghazi Osman will always be the idol of the army in Turkey, and with him for a faithful friend, bound by such close family ties, the snltan is measurably safe so far as tbe watchfulness and devotion of Ghazi Osman can compass it It has been asserted that tbe sultan, after the fall of Plevna, wishing to show bis noble general special honor, betrothed his two daughters, then just born, to Osman's two sons, but it should be remembered that Abdul Aziz was sultan then. Os man Pasha has one more

A Turkish wedding even in ordinary ranks is a complex affair. In tbe imperial family it is far more so and it lasts eight days. The first is when the sbeik-ul-islam blesses tbe pair and asks them if they consent to tbe marriage. The bride is in one room and the groom in another, tbe sheik standing in the doorway. The shereefs, who represent the ruling family at Mecca, and the head ulemas are present, but only in. the selamlik Or men's apartments at the palace of Yildiz. Prayers and a little advice are offered for tbe benefit of tbe young couple. There is no service before an altar nor in a mosque. After tbe reoent wedding st 'itinera were given for one week, the euding in general jollification. This was for the civil and military functionaries and offioers of the government. The second was for the foreign diplomats, embassadors and their suits. On tbe evening after tbe last dinner, which was to the personal young friends of the groom, tbe husband beholds tbe faoe of his bride for tbe first time. At no time are there any women present at the dinners where tbere are men. During tbe time these publio fetes are taking place there is a succession of ceremonies and functions in the harem. Money is spent like water. The poor receive abundant gifts. The bride's mother, be she peasant or sultana, is the principal figure at a Turkish wedding. The bride is a little shy lay figure dressed in tbe most fantastic array and covered with jewels and painted as thickly as red and white can be laid on. She is seated on a thronelike chair, wbere she sits silent and weary all those days and watches her girl friends and her married friends eat and drink and smoke. She is not expected to want to eat Her role is to look lovely and be silent

The last day she partakes of a leg of mutton, which signifies that she has done with the sweetmeats of life and now must take up with a humdrum married existence. A dowry is not exacted from the bride in a Turkish marriage, but generally it is a matter of pride to send a retinue of slaves and servants behind the carriage or sedan chair when she leaves her home for that of her father-in-law, for as a general rule the young couple go to His home. Trays filled with rich stuffs and jewels are carried on the heads of the servants through the streets and make a fine appearance. Jf

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Tbe wife of ISoureddin Djamad It ves in tbe feouak of Osman Pasha at Beschiktascb, and it is probable that the new bride, Naime. wilt also live there. Sometimes the snltan gives the husband of his daughter a fine konak all fitted up. This was done at great expense when Mehemet Ali Pasha of Egypt married one. They are generally economical gifts on the sol tan's part, as they bave probably been confiscated from some high official in disgrace.

TERRE HAUTE SATtJBDAY EVEHmZ&MAIL,, APRIL 30, 1898.

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almost an idiot, which in that country is the oause of his being treated with the utmost tenderness and solicitation as one of God's own ohildren.

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Nutriments In Malt liquors.

Wines and malt liquors, while containing a far less amount of alcohol than the distilled liquors, do contain a definite amount of nutritive material. Perhaps the best definition of beer as brewed today is that of a fermented saccharine infusion to which has been added a wholesome bitter. It consists of water, alcohol, carbonic and acetic acids and bitter principles from tbe hop. According to Professor Atwater's investigations, "ale, beer and wine contain small quantities of nutritive material in addition to their alcohol and other constituents. That of wine consists mainly of compounds akin to carbohydrates and averages a trifle over 3 per cent of the whole weight. That of ale and beer includes, on tbe average, a little over one-half of 1 per cent of protein and other nitrogenous compounds and 6 or 7 per cent of carbohydrates and allied substances. A pint (pound) of ale or beer would contain, ronghly speaking, about as much of these nutritive substances as 1 1-5 ounces of bread, and a .pint of wine about as much as threequarters of an ounoe of bread."—Outlook.

Dogs Meet the Train.:

The oriental express, the famous train from Paris to Constantinople, ar rives at the Turkish capital three times a week at a certain hour in the afternoon. When tbe train comes in, says an exohange, there are always many dogs ready to receive it Before the passengers bave had time to get out the dogs jump into the carriages and search everywhere under the seats and in corners for the scraps of luncheon left by the passengers, and when they have found all the pieces they go away. The remarkable thing is that they never come at any time except when the oriental express is due that they never make a mistake in the day, and always remember that between Friday and Monday there are two days and not one. They pay no attention to local trains, because little or no food is left in them owing to the short rides the passengers take. Exactly this same knowledge of the time table and of the difference between local and long distance trains has been noticed at the station of tbe Asiatic railways in Scutari, across the Bosporus.

Hudson Bay Company Receipts.

"Received, per Lapwing, Jane Goody, as per invoice, in good condition and "Received, per Osprey, Mathilde Timbins. Returned, per Lapwing, as not being in accordance with description contained in invoice."

Thus read two receipts reoently found among the archives of the Hudson Bay oompany.—Kansas City Journal.

Cause and Care *f Insomnia.

Writing of "Insomnia" iu The Woman's Home Companion, Ella Morris Kretschmar calls attention to a prevalent oause of sleeplessness. "Unless our sleep be very ftfofound, we still carry on a sort of self consciousness. We lie down, and we musonlarly hold ourselves in any position assumed. We do not abandon our head to the pillow, our limbs to the bed. We hold them tbere. We must unhinge, as it were, so that bead or any member would drop limp if the rest of tbe body were lifted. Imagine them heavy and dropping down, down, and you will soon acquire the trick, finding, as a reward, that in the grateful release from musonlar tension the mind relaxes as well."

The Pessimist.

Perry Patettic—Oh, well, they that fortune knocks once at every guy's door.

Wayworn Watson—That's a great lot of consolation for a guy that ain't got no door.—Cincinnati Enquirer.

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In one of the main streets of Shelbyville, Indiana, resides Mrs. Emily Edwards ana her seventeen year old daughter, Cora. The young lady is one of the charming misses of the city, she being known for her beauty, and perfect health. "Although eqjoying good health now," said her mother to a reporter recently, "she has not always been so fortunate. I suppose

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apidly disappearing, and she was becoming ale and sallow. Dark, swollen circles began to appear under her eyes, and she rapidly became worse. We were living in Franklin, Indiana, at the time, and Cora would have graduated that Spring. She stopped attending school and endeavored to get a rest, but her health kept failing. Her blood was colorless and impure. She would also have Bick headache, could scarcely eat or sleep, and was almost continually in pain. Nothing which we did for her seemed to do any good.

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