Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 45, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 May 1898 — Page 6

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THE NATIONAL SPIRIT SHOWN CROWDS OF VISITORS.

Heavy Work at the Navy Yard—Making OHM That Wilt Throw Thousand Pound

Projectile# Thirteen Miles—Americans the Best Shooters In the World.

[Special Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, May 2.—That this city has become the cynosure of all eyes, particularly those of patriotic Americans, has been shown by the vast crowds that have visited ns daring the month just ended and the immense numbers who have sought entrance to

mission, but latterly thty were denied all privileges except those granted through the intercession of members, or unless they arrived, as many did, at an early hour in the morning.

Tho barometer of public opinion was reflected in the crowds attracted by anything pertaining to Cuban independence. It was not alone at the capitol that our numerous visitors asserted their presence, but all through the various departments to which they bad access, and especially in the bureaus of the war and navy, at the great pile of buildings over by the White House. Thousands

SHIPPING A TEN INCH GUN.

and thousands have gone away disap pointed because they could not see Prosideut McKinley, shake him by the haud and whisper a word of warning caution or encouragement in his ear but they may be cheered by the rofleo tion that there are thousands living in this city who have never seen him yet nor attended his receptions.

Failing to see the president, many were insistent upon a sight of tho score tary of navy or of war engaged as th were, tho one in the equipment of our fleets and tho othor just then directing tho mobilization of our armies. There seems to bo an opinion that a man em ployed in such great affairs at such critical crisis has different air and bearing from ordinary individuals.

Washington Navy Yard.

Until the navy yard was declared closed to tho public that was the point most thronged, not only by visiting strangors, but by our own citizens, who always find there, both in times of peace and war, a variety of interesting material. During the stay here of the Vesuvius, which came for repairs and overhauling of her guns, tho daily aver ago of visitors was from 20,000 to 25, 000 toward tho last, aud the command ant of tho yard, Admiral Norton, was obliged to order it olosed. It is there, right now, that vast preparations are making for war. They are going on BO quietly that no attention is attracted toward thorn, sinoo tho yard is an ordunuco factory'mid not a shipbuilding establishment Withiu the great shops are long rows of guns in the rough, varying from 4 inch to 18 inch caliber, tho largest weighing some sixty odd tons aud nearly 40 feet in length. It soems incredible, but wo ore assuredLy the guides that tho 13 inch guns will send 1,000 pound prajeotilo 18 miles. A milo to every inch of caliber, the ai tillerists reckon, and an average corresponding inoreaso of 100 pounds of powder.

Tho ponderous guns are forged at Bethlehem, Pa., and brought hero to have their jackets hooped und shrunken oil, to bo trimmed, polished, bored and grooved. These processes may bo viewed hero when tho shops are opeu, as everything is open and above board. That there bavo been spies hero as well as in every other forgo and factory, fort aud dock of our government no one doubts for a moment. Wo have been almost -crimiually careless in tho exposure of our operative and defensive details strangors, as instanced in the case of the Spanish naval attache a few weeks ago, who was allowed to leave the country with most valuable information obtaiued by stealth. The ouly satisfaction we bavo at present is from the fact that recent operations have been secluded and have been so driven forward, especially on the seacoast defenses and gun emplacements, that information obtained a few mouths ago is now obsolete and of little value.

Rushing the Work.

Since tho $€0,000,000 appropriation, and particularly since the declaration of war, work has been pushed ahead with redoubled energy. Workmen are divided into day and night gangs, and every hour of the 24 is employed six days und nights of the week. And yet, despite these extraordinary exertions, the advance is necessarily slow, and it gives one a feeling of impatience to: note the gradual boring out of the big guns, the crawling ahead inch

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the galleries of house and senate. From tbo moment that the president sent his"1 !?. message to congress up to the present! There is also the sternpost or the old time tfao capitol has been thronged. At I Kearsarge, with its trophy, an unexfirst tho eergeant-at-arras and bis as- Ploded

and rifles the bore. One realises that Sen or Polo Bernabe asked for and obguua and ships cannot be bail! in a day, a week or a month, bat that ia time of peaco the nation should have prepared for war. As with ships so with guns. The feeling seems to pre* rail among experts that it is better to build more torpedo boats than cruisers* more rapid fire guns than 13 inohers— at least, while we are building tbe big battleships and the trig guns, that wo should also employ every agency to turn oat a swarm of wasps and hornets to annoy the enemy, as these can he pro* daced in a comparatively short time.

which show ns that we have enI gaged in war before and cause ns to feel

BY proud of our bluejackets in the olden time. For instance, within the museum —which, by the way, stands in the shadow of a willow raised from a slip brought from the grave of Napoleon at

St. Helena—is a collection of guns captured by our sailors in paet wars. There is one which has a peculiar significance at this time, connecting, as it does, the discovery and conquest of America with one of the wars in which we were, as usual, victorious. It is a gun, a Spanish gun, made in the year 1490, two yehrs before Columbus sailed for America, and taken by Cortes to Mexico in 1520 and captured by our troops there during the investment of the City of

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bourg, June 19, J8G4. Outside, near the gate, are a pair of bronze cannon captured by the brave Decatur at Tripoli in 804 and a long torn vihich was used against the British in 1814. All the trophies there are memorials of victories, aud, in truth, when we come to look over the records, we do not find any defeats to chronicle, which are a favorable augury and guarantee for the present and the future.

Americans Can Shoot.

In all this fuss and fury about the relative strength of the Spanish and American navies there is one thing which, it seems to me, has been overlooked—that is, not tho ships or the guns, not the armed cruisers or the torpedo boats, but the men who man them! Spain may have a finer fleet— that is, more torpedo craft, torpedo destroyers and battleships, weight for weight of metal—but she has not got the American sailor. And I say American meaning the race and not the individual. Granted the Spanish sailor may be as brave, may be more headstrong and rash, inured to fatigue and unafraid of death, still there is one thing he cannot do, neither the Spanish marine nor the soldier, and that is—shoot!

Did you ever hear of a Spanish Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Andrew Jackson, or, in fact, any man of that noble pioneer type that could shoot with a rifle a squirrel in the bead or put a bullet twice in the same spot? No, you never did, for he doesn't exist. Those Tennessee rangers who picked off the British at New Orleans and the thousands of sharpshooters during our last war can be duplicated over and over again in our army and navy. I don't know the reason why—it must be a racial defect—but it is as true as preaobing that the Spaniard cannot shoot. He will dare enough and will even rush straight up to the guns of an enemy, but when it comes to shooting —why. he is just as likely to shut his eyes and point his gun up at the sky as at the man or ship he is fighting.

I suppose it must be because the An-glo-Saxon, the Teuton, the American, possesses th" faculty of holding on and hitting hard that gives him the victory over the men of the Spanish race, as a rule. It is unwise to underrate an enemy's strength or equipment, but what I am stating is an actual fact aud may proved by reference to records which show that tLe Spaniards haven't gained a victory over any civilized people, either on land or at sea, for many, many years. Trafalgar was their last great sea fight, and the world knows wel. enough how that ended, assisted by tho French as they were. They have shown times enough that they are brave, and if it were not for this radical defect in their make up they might be invincible.

A Study In Size.

I was never moro impressed with the disparity in ize between our sailors and those of the Latin nations, Spain aud Italy, than ~e other day ou Pennsylvania avenue, 'vben I meta bevy of Italian sailors strolling through the town. Tbey were buta little taller than American boys of 15, and they were very good specimens of the average Latin sailor mun. No, though size and stamina may not always go together, yet I would rather "tie to" our big Jack Tars than to their little ones.

The coming here of that Italian training ship, by the way, was looked upon as an event tho day it steamed tip the Potomao ar.d anchored off Alexandria. It is named the Amerigo Vespucci, and as that great Florentine was the first to cruise along the north coast of South

AMERIGO VESPUCCI.

America so the ship named after him was the first of her kind and nationality to enter and mil up the muddy Potomac.

It was rumored here that the Vespucci had come to take away the Spanish minister, but of coarse that was not true. However, it was a very cations coincidence that she should eventually sail away the very day, April 20, that

tained his passports! I saw the ship de* part down the river that afternoon and that same evening, at dusk, witnessed the quiet exit of Polo Bernabe, carrying with him all visible emblems of Spanish prestige and authority. ..

The grounds about the handsome bouse he occupied at the corner of Eighteenth street and Massachusetts avenue, were a bloom with tulips and hyacinths—flowers of spring. I wonder what season's frost or flowers will wel* come him, should he ever return?

F. A. OBKEL

SPAIN'S SORRY QUEEN

NO SIGN OF FALTERING BEFORE PENDING FATE.

IXotives of Monarch and Mother—Don Carlos and Weyler More Dangerous to the Dynasty Than the United States.

Clear Case of the Pretender.

[Special Correspondence.]

..MADRID, April 26.—Few Americans have any conception of the troubles of Maria Christina, the queen regent of Spain. Detested as is General Weyler in Cuba and the United States, be is idolized in Spain and is prepared to espouse the cause of Don Carlos, the pretender to the throne, when opportunity affords. Danger to the present dynasty lies in the fact that the Carlists can show as clear a title to the throne of Spain as the Prince of Wales can to that of England. To demonstrate the oase, it is necessary to go back to the reign of Charles IV and his spouse, Louisa Maria of Parma. The oouple had two sons, Ferdinand, born in 1784, and Carlos, who first saw the light a couple of years later. At the time of the birth of these boys, there was at the Spanish oourt a shrewd adventurer by the name of Godoy, who had succeeded in ingratiating himself into the favor of the king and his consort, and into the affeotions of the latter. The complaisance of the monarch was resented by the people and Ferdinand was not out of bis teens ere he had beoome the center of a plot to have bis father removed that his way to the 'brone might be clear. The populace felt that any one would be preferable to the despicable Carlos IV, and inasmuch as Ferdinand had displayed considerable activity and some ability as a plotter, it was argued that be would at least not be a nonentity as a king. A lot of unscrupulous plotting and counterplotting then followed, in which Napoleon Bonaparte took a hand, making his brother Joseph king of Spain. That weak creature was unable to retain his place, and after he had been driven out there was more fighting for the throne, the efforts of Napoleon being directed at first toward keeping Ferdinand off and afterward toward keeping him on it.

Out of the smoke of battle Ferdinand emerged triumphant through the force of circumstances, and he recommenced a reign which was one of the most outrageous in the world's history. His

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troubles continued, and from time to time ho was compelled to make promises which he ruthlessly broke as sc^on

as the altered conditions enabled him to do so. Ho enjoys the uniqao distinction of being the only man on record who deliberately ignored a promise made lo Napoleon Bonaparte and then escaped punishment.

Ferdinand's brother, Carlos, had not been idle meanwhile. Beiog a member of the Spanish royal famiiy, be had to do a little plotting on his own account, and he bad not neglected bis duty in that direction. Still, his couspiriug had up to that time amounted to very little, for tbe reason that be had considerable difficulty in explaining to those who wished to become adherents just wha'' he was plotting about. But his opportunity came, as it is said to do to all who wait.

Spuin was one of those countries in which the Salio law, debarring females from succession to tbe throne, prevailed. Ferdinand had been thrice married, but was still not a father. Carlos, every one assumed, was certain to be the next king, even without his plotting. At this juncture Ferdinand determined to wed once more. His fourth wife was Maria Christina, daughter of Francis I of Sicily. She bore bim a child. It was a girl. The Salic law was in tbe way. A second child came—another daughter. The Salic law was still in the way, and Ferdinand was in despair. But, like all men who are#either great or think they are, he decided to rise to the occasion. He did it by repealing the Salic law, and his brother Carlos waxed exceeding wroth.

Heat once resumed plotting, and with some success for a time, but finally the "nine points of possession" proved too strong for bis "one point of justice," and upon Ferdinand's death his daughter Isabella succeeded him. She was followed by Alfonso XII, her KID, who was a worthy descendant of the notorious and contemptible Ferdinand VUL The present boy king is the son of Alfonso XII and "the Hapsburg woman," Maria Christina.

Thus it will be seen that the throne is held by tbe great-great-grandson of Carlos IV. The present "pretender," Bern Carlos V, is also a great-grandson of the same man, bat he is in addition tbe grandson of the man who was really entitled to tbe throne, while little Alfonso XIII is the great-grandson of tbe woman who never had a shadow of right to it. This certainly looks like a pretty clear title for the so called "pre*

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Mice Feel a Disabled Cat.

The story is rather strange. To begin with it is strange that a wide awake, agile, up to date cat should permit itself to be run over by a wagon. That is what happened to a fine Maltese owned by Jones. Mr. Jones, when he heard that the cat had been disabled, chucked it into the cellar. Nobody cared for the poor thing, &nd in a few days Jones went to the cellar to remove what he believed was a dead cat. He was astonished to find the animal still alive, and more astonished to see a heap of fish and meat bones in the corner in which

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nobody in the bouso had supplied it with food aud the windows of the cellar were tightly closed.

Mr. Jones was puzzled, but he determined to investigate. Placing some scraps of bread and meat on a plate, he laid it ia the center of the cellar, and, taking a position at the near window, he awaited developments. He had not long to wait. In a minute or two he saw a mouse creep cautiously toward the plate, and then another. Seizing a large pieoe of meat, they partly dragged and partly rolled it to where the oat lay, and, squatting themselves ou their haunches waited until the hungry pussy had eaten it. They then brought another piece in the same way, aud then piece after piece until the plate was cleaned. When the cat had finished, the mice nestled alongside her and were fondled as tenderly as if they -fcere pair of kittens. Mr. Jones told the strange story to his neighbors, and now people from squares around go to see the two mice care for the helpless, but evidently grateful cat.—Philadelphia Times.

Defects In Steel.

Different opinions have long been entertained by practical experts as to the causes of defects in steel, and attention has lately been called by a writer in The Mechanical World to the fact, as elicited by the most careful and repeated investigations, that most of the defects peculiar to rails, plates and bars are due to blowholes iu the castings, that is the ingots, such platea aud bars being rolled out of what is supposed to be a homogeneous ingot, but which is liable to have a cavity inside, not de teotable by chemical or mechanical tests, even though every rail were tested in its entire strength.

The blowhole, according to this writ er, might be in a position in the ingot that it could not be rolled oat, but would remain in the center of the head of the rail, and that would run, perhaps, about one-fourth the length of tho rail. If, however, the blowhole was in some other part of the ingot, it mightwork out as a flaw on llio surface of the rail when finished, and this could be detected by tbe inspector. But bow to detect the one which is hidden in the head of the rail—which canuot be done by the present and old mode of inspection—is the problem.

Japanese Indoor Games.

The indoor sports and amusements for evenings at home are mainly card games and story telling. The father tells his sons the tales of the mighty heroes of past ages, relates Japanese history aud teaches reverence and obedience to the mikado, the "hnaven appointed ruler or the grandmother, gathering tbe littlo ones in a cirole around tbe brazier filled with hot coals, tells them wouderful fox stories, stories of dem6ns and gnomes and clever fables about animals.

Their game of goman is like our checkers, but it requires SCO pieces instead of 24. It is played on a raised stand. In tbe game of chess they have 40 pieoes. There* are several ways of playing backgammon, aud it is very popular. Private theatricals are a very common form of amusement among both boys and girls, and, like most of their sports, are frequently shared by their elders. As the children are often taken to the theater they readily imitate what they have seen there.—Ida Tigner Hodnett iu St. Nicholas.

THE WHEELS OF HEALTH. There is 110 better exercise for a young woman in thoroughly good health than bicycling. On the contrary, if she suffers from weakness or disease of the distinctly feminine organs, if she rides, at all, such exercise should be very sparingly indulged in. Women are peculiarly constituted a~J their general health is peculiarly dependc apon the health of the specially fetaini organism.

It is the health of these delicate and important parts that "makes the wheels of general health go round." Their strength and vigor are as important to a woman as a mainspring to a watch, or a sprocket and chain to a bicycle. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best of all medicines for delicate women. It makes them strong where they most need strength. Taken during the "interesting interval," it banishes the usual squeamishness and makes baby's admission to the world easy and almost painless. It fits a woman for in-door work and out-door sports. Honest druggists don't advise substitutes. "Icannot my enough In praise of Dr. Pierce'* Favorite Prescription, as it has undoubtedly saved my life." writes Mm. Florence Hunter, of Corley. Jjofpux Co., Art I miscarried four time*: coohz get no medicine to do me any rood. I tried the "Favorite Prescriptkn' and alter taking several bottles, I made my bosband a present of a fine girl. I think it is the beat medicine In ttae world."

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A reporter, while in Shelbyville a few days ago, chanced to meet Mr. Creed, and iu the conversation an allusion was made to that gentleman's illness. "Yes, I was a victim of inflammatory rheumatism," said he, and I had a bad case of it. But I managed to pull through in rather a marvelous manner."

The reporter induced Mr. Creed to relate the whole circumstance regarding this experience. "It was about a year aeo last February," said Mr. Creed, "that I hegan to notice I had the rheumatism. I was exposed to the severe cold and damp weather considerably, and this, I suppose started the disease. The first symptoms of it was noticed one night, when my limbs began to pain me and I was restless. My joints ached, and in a few days my feet and ankles had swollen. The swelling would go down, and then form again. This, of course, always gave me great, pain, and I soon found that I had a genuine case of rheumatism. I had observed tiiat cases of rheumatism are seldom cured, so I thought it was not worth while to doctor for it. Cut

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How Mr. William Creed, of Shelbyville, has Obtained His Strength.

Prom the Democrat Shelbyville, Ind

One of the prominent blacksmiths of Shelbyville. Indiana, is Mr. William Creed. He has been the business for a number of years at liia present stand, and is a first-class workman. Like the village blacksmith, from early morn till night the anvil rings from the strokes of his heavy hammer. Bat, tinlike most of the blacksmiths we read about, Mr. Creed was not always so stout and healthy, although his brawny right arm always did it's duty well when the body cave it power. Although Mr. Creed is in good health now, and can swing the hammer as hart! as ever, for more than a year past he was in very poor health. Mr. Creed's trouble was inflammatory rheumatism iu its worst form.

in a short time my trouble hatf developed Into inflammatory rheumatism, and I was confined to ray bea. I had a Very severe case. I doctored along} and was making no headway! getting worse, if anything, when I happenea\J to see an article in a paper regarding a case almost like mine, in which the victim had been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I sent for some of the medicine and commenced taking it. In two or three days I began to notice improvement, and I became encouraged and kept up the treatment. In a few weeks I felt almost well, and by the time I had taken three boxes I was entirely cured. This was in May, 1S96. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills completely cured me, and I have not been troubled any si nee. The medicine is certainly a wonder, and gave complete satisfaction in my case. It is very highly spokeu of by many of my neighbors who have used it, and the druggist where I bought it says it has tho largest sale of any medicine in his store. (Signed) "WIIXTAM CRKED."

HARLKY

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Fay Adams.AVORS,F

B. G. IIUDNUT. President. W'lLLARD KIDDER. Vice-President. G. A. CONZMAN. Cashier.

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