UNCLE up a hard naval fight tinder all circum- SPAIN AND SAM pronounced the portrait on the medal THE DARING OF A YOUTH. T value. In tins case the government stances. ‘ an excellent likeness of the great com- appointed a m.ai by flic name of Sam- There is one of Sebuetian Cabot, the Discoverer of point advantage we mander, and the Grand monument i uel Wilson, who was always called have the American Mainland. over Spain, and that it is our "Uncle Sam" those who knew him. vy strength of two na- committee, represented by Mayor by , a rams and monitors. While every mod- Porter and Ellhu Four hundred years ago on the 24;h He and cask tions COMPARED. Strong, (Jen. Root, inspected every jyackage ern warship is of of June the foot of civilized man was possessed a ram, we have given their approval of the medal that came from l-llbert Anderson, the have in the Katalulin first set the American continent. a vessel built for aud have adopted It as the official on contractor, and if he found that tin* nothing else hut sinking her into medal Sebastian On hot is entitled to the credit CUancea on the Sea in Case of prow of the occasion. cements were all right, the package or i ur au of mainland, and. he unlucky foe. The Katahdln Is not a finding the as was cask marked with the letters "K. with the Spaniarda-The United : was XV n r very big vessel as warships go, for her BIRTHPLACE OF SPIRIT RAPPING. an Englishman, his native country can A.—l\ 5.." the initials of the contractor Navy Has Some Splendid states tonnage is but 1o some degree divide the honors of dis- only 2,200. she could and of the United States. The man Home New York State Ship*. kuock the spots off the best Country in with warship covery Spain. whose duty it was to do this marking that Where the Fox Sister* Won Fame. , was ever constructed, armored or Sebastian Cabot was born nt Bristol. ! was a jovial sort of fellow, and wheu Comparison of Strength. if Prominent believers in spiritualism the of John Cabot, Venetian unarmored, only given half a chance. son a mer- somebody asked him what these let- has been considerable held convention at Roches- There specula- Then there are five double-turreted recently a in that either in our chant, dwelling city ters meant, he said they stood for El- rife of late as to what might hap- of ter, X. Y., in honor of the forty-ninth tion monitors, which the most powerful 1476 or 1477. and was a traveler from a bert Anderson and Uncle Sam. If the United States Every- nt sea and is the of About anniversary of the hirtb of modern When he 2or 3 pen Puritan, 6,000 tons. very early age. was body. including "Uncle Sam” Wilson went to war. Possibly there are half her spiritualism. Many people believe that Kpain size, are the Terror, tlie Am- years old he was taken by the mer- this Idea that the himself, thought was a very good those who have an Span- phitrite, the Monadnock and the Mian- his father, diffi- chant-adventurer, on a joke; and and by it got Into print, force Is Facts by ish naval Insignificant. tonomah. Their armor is 11 inches cult and to Venice. perilous voyage and before the end of the war it was a contrary view of the mat- thick show quite aud their are 10-incli While lie was still a mere lie was guns pieces. boy known all over the and that is has at the time I country; ter. Spain present Of course the monitor is of pre-eminently fired by the first and second voyages the the Cnited Slates received its with 322 08 j way jl nrmored ships, guns; a coast defender. In smooth water ami Columbus, which excited the whole j name of “Uncle Sam.” unarmored ships, with 300 guns; 2 ar- for harbor work this craft is unsur- world of that day. The youth, pos- Mr. Wilson, with 12 j the original “Uncle mored gunboats, guns; 40 unar- passed. and sessed of wealth, seamanship en- died at X. with 207 2 Sam.” 'Troy. V.. in 1854, at the mored gunboats, guns; dis- As opposed to in naval j Spain general ! of Nicholas. with 8 10 age eighty-four.—St. patch vessels, guns; training equipment, we have 33 armored ships, with 10 and 79 with and store ships, guns, 681 guns; 33 unarmored ships, A Terrier's Kevenge. boats. The total number of torpedo with 551 guns; 28 unarmored gunboats, This dog story was told to a New board the vessels in the with guns on Span- 262 guns, l dispatch vessel, with York Mail and Express reporter by a is 900, ten of which 10 ish navy weigh guns; 36 training and store ships, lady who vouches for its accuracy. Re 40 to 80 110 from 20 to 40 from tons, with 112 guns, aud 27 torpedo boats. markable as it is, she affirms that it is 280 from 4 to 20 and 554 tons. tons, un- As against the 960 guns on hoard of the truth, the whole truth and nothing tons. Of the der 4 torpedo boats, 00 vessels in the Spanish navy, the United hut the truth. 100 feet in and are over length, are pro- States has 1,640 guns, of which 64 are An up-the-State family had two dogs, with catchers and from vided torpedo every 40 to 80 tons, 188 from 20 to 40 a and a black-and-tan, between WHERE SPIKITB FIRST RAPPED. bulldog valuable device known to modern other tons, 317 from 4 to 20 tons, and 1,080 which there existed every evidence of naval under Rochester is the birthplace of spirit equipment. four tons. deep friendship. The family went into The most formidable ship in the If rapplngs, bat this is an error. The real worst eomes to worst aud our war- the country some sixteen miles from is the of Coun- Spanish navy Pelayo, 10,000 ships were inadequate in point of num- birthplace was Hydevllle, Wayne home. They took the black-and-tan which constructed few miles from Newark. The tons burden, was by bers, we could call on our big liners for ty, a with them, but left his companion, at French about iti shipbuilders ten years aid. Of course it would not take much "spirit rapping" phenomenon began home. They had not been established She represents the most formid- time to make unarmored cruisers of March, 1848, in the family of John D. Ago. out in their summer quarters more than a able advancement the line of aud Fox nt that After while the along na- them, so far as speed is concerned, place. a few days before the small dog bad val warfare accomplished during the there is in the raps occurred in the of nothing Spanish navy or only presence managed to pick a quarrel with a that has since the two period elapsed the Amer- our own, either, for that matter, which sisters, Margaret and Kate. neighbor’s bulldog. In which the black- ican civil war. Her ram is of the most could touch them. The family removed to Roches- Spain has one big having and-tan got much the worst of the ar- aud her con- liner which it could draw—the ter, the and powerful variety, battery upon raps accompanied them, gument—so much so that when he dis- sists of two 12 5-10 inch rapid fire whose thir- new phenomena. guns, Compania Trans-Atlantic, Including clairvoy- appeared after the battle his owners which practically constitute her broad- steamers have a gross ance and the movement of ponderable SF.RASTIAX CAROT. ty-two tonnage were much worried. They searched side. 'Then there is a secondary bat- of more than 100,000. bodies without appreciable agency thusiasim, besieged the court of his high and low. but no trace of that tery of a dozen smaller guns and six To defeat in a sea contest were developed. Spain king, Henry VII., to authorize an ex- small dog could be found. torpedo lubes. The Pelayo is more would, it will be seen from the faets In 1849, the Fox November, girls ap* pedition of discovery. Despite lids The next morning thorp were seen youth, hl.s many advantages caused Se- coming up tlie road, side by side, the bastian to be given a chance, and a black-and-tan and his faithful com- patent was made out in the name of panion, the bulldog from home. The his father, John, himself and his broth- two marched straight past the hotel ers, Lewis and Saneius, with the date where the family were staying and of the sth of March, 1496. halted in front of the home of the It authorized them, their heirs or black-and-tan’s enemy. In some un- deputies, to “sail to all parts, countries known manner the country bulldog was and seas, to seek out. discover and find summoned, and immediately his city whatsoever isles, countries, regions or contemporary fell upon him. The provinces of the heathen and infidels struggle was severe and prolonged, but

which before this time have been un- the issue was never in doubt. The known to all Christians, and to take country bulldog was completely con- possession of all countries found, to quered and retired in as good order subdue, occupy aud exercise jurisdic- as possible under the circumstances. tion in the name of the king of En- The victor, once his task completed, gland.” wheeled about and without a stop re- Early in the following year five ships traced the sixteen miles home. The set sail from Bristol. The navigator black-and-tan crawled into the hotel who was directing tills enterprise was with every indication of complete sat- at this time only 20 or 21 years of age. isfaction on his diminutive counten- He was in sole command in the ship ance. i Matthew, of 200 tons. The navigator sailed almost due west, .lust to Scare Tommy. following the parallel, and on June 24 An old peddler, with his pack on his sighted the new world. He called the shoulder, was toiling slowly along a land “terra tinnum visa” (new T -found London street, when a loud shout of land). The land was the coast of Nova “Hi!”arrested his steps. The cry pro- Scotia, around Cape Breton. Cabot ceeded from the lips of a woman who sailed along the coast a distance of at was frantically waving her hand to least :tOO leagues. him from a fourth-story window of lie did not a predate the value of his some “models” close by. discovery, as he thought that he was “Vant me?” shouted the peddler. on the shores of China. His heirs “Yes,” shouted the woman back thought so little of the rights of sover- again; “come up here, mister." and that had ob- Customers had been scarce tliat DARK—SPANISH FLEET. WHITE—UNITED STATES FLEET. eignty possession they very THE WAKSHIPS OF SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. tained that they actually lost Iheir pat- day, so. in spite of his weariness, the load- ent. old man toiled up the many steps powerful woman's of than any vessel in the United given, be a task that differs widely peared in a public ball, and the phe- Cabot’s discoveries in tills part of the ing to the rooms, hopeful States world stroke of business with navy, so far as armament is from child's play. If Uncle Sam and nomena were freely manifested and were in his ow n day completely doing a good eoneerned. She is provided with a Don Spaniard really come to blows it subjected to many tests. In May. 1850. overshadowed by his exploits as a nav her. *teel waterline belt eighteen inches will be a duel each of the combatants the Fox girls arrived in New York, the lgator in search of the Northwest pass- When he at last reached the landing thick at the maximum, and has a speed in which will have a foeman worthy alleged spiritual manifestations be- of the fourth story, the woman emerg- of about sixteen knots an hour. An- of his steel. came the subject of extensive news- ed from one of the rooms, holding a other superior craft is the armored paper and conversational discussion. howling youngster by tlie ear. cruiser, Emperator Carlus V.. with a A GRANT MEDAL. Their faces were published far and “Mister,” site sum, tersely. “I've* tonnage of 9,100. She carries two elev- wide. "Mediums,” through whom they just called you up to Tommy! If he’s en-inch It Commemorate* the Completion of guns in barbettes ten inches were said to occur, sprang up in differ- a naughty boy won't you put him in the New York Monument. thick, eight 5%-ineb rapid Are guns, ent parts of the country, and were mul- your bag?”—London Judy. and four four-inch The American Numismatic and Ar- rapid flrers, together tiplied by hundreds and almost by has issued a medal with a powerful secondary battery of cheological Society thousands. His Ruling Passion. to commemorate the completion of the A nold Lancashire miller, noted rapid tire six and three-pounder guns. for Her Grand monument. The medal Is In his keenness in matters protective deck is six Inches thick A Monopoly, financial, was and her sides with bronze, Is two and one-half inches In once in a boat trying his best to are partially plated "I've got a great mind,” said cue get two-inch steel. She of diameter and bears on the obverse, the across the stream which drove his mill. is the newest young man, "to go AVpst and grow up the bust of Gen. Grant and the seal of the The Spanish fleet of any considerable with the country.” stream was flooded, and he was committee of *ize. There is in the also society. The portrait the taken past the point at which lie want- Spanish navy “But you don't know anything about after careful deliberation and ed land, while farther one of the finest types of the modern- society, agriculture.” to on. misfor medal armored cruiser. It is the Infanta Ma- research, selected for the de- tune still further overtook him. to the “I know that. But there are one or ria Theresa. She a fleet of sign, the portrait which appeared in extent that the boat got His represents two sections where there seem to be so upset. the Magazine for eight cruisers of her own sort which Century December, wife, realizing the danger he was in, many politicians that I believe an ener- that fly the Spanish Her armament 1884, accompanying publication’s ran frantically along the side of the flag. getic! man could come pretty near get- series of war articles. It is also the consists of two 9 45-00 guns in bar- age and by Ms fame as an admiral in steamer crying for help in a pitiful ting a monopoly of the fanning."-. bettes and one which Gen. Grant acccepted as a the service of her sheer ten 5-10-inch rapid flrers. Washington Star. Spain. He received a voice, when, to amazement, lor protection she has a belt at the gift of £lO from the king for discover- she was suddenly brought to a stand- water line twelve inches thick along ing America, a sum equal to about still her husband yelling out: “If The Home of S7OO by the Dyspepsia. central body of the ship. Twelve or SBOO to-day. and was afterwards I ni drowned, Molly, dunnot forget that San Francisco seems to be the natu- inches is the thickness of the barbette pensioned, and in 1549 made grand id- flour’s gone up two shillin' a sack!”—* ral home of dyspepsia. Physicians armor. iot of England. He died In Ivondon in London Tit-Bits. there say that ten out of twelve of the As opposed to the our 1557. Felayo, navy inhabitants suffer from has indigestion. They Are Wise. wonderful battleships in the lowa, The only explanation suggested is the She “Those riders are but Indiana and the Massachusetts. Original -Uncle Sam. bicycle nothing |iie fact that the climate allows of said I fruit and When we talk of the a set cranks." the man who hese two latter warships have each United States vegetables to be had almost the Government in does nort ride. an armament of four 13-inch and four year a familiar sort of way OBSERVE. REVERSE. so that there is not the admitted the •i-inch around, en- we call it ‘‘Unde Sam:" and “Well," other mau who guns, and are of 11.000 tons dis- you have of diet that forced change residents of often seen of does not ride, “you must give them placement, as compared with the Pe- correct representation of himself as he pictures Uncle Sam—a have. other regions long, lean, credit for having some little sense at so's 10.000. The Oregon, another was when in his prime about the time old-fashioned Yankee, with On the a high hat and with least. You haven’t yet heard of one monster, has a very thick plate of side of the battle of Shiloh. reverse a swallow-tail of Unduly 1' xciting. coat and breeches marked with of them starting out to discover the armor, which constitutes its superior- of the medal appears a true picture the ly. monument. Editor—This fellow is littering the stars and of the The north pole on ids wheel.”—Cincinnati The cruiser .New York is a pro- the completed stripes flag. way office with miserable poetry. We'll have in which the United Enquirer. totype of the Carlos, while its compan- In Issuing the Grant medal, the so- States came to lie ion to put a check on him. called Uncle Sam is this: r warship, the Brooklyn, is a little ciety follows Its custom in commemo- Scorching, ' • more than the Poet, (who lias heard the word check, During the war of 1812 the United equal to either. This vessel rating noteworthy events, among McCorkle —Isn't Ten •arries in)—Pll be if let spot running into eight 8-inch and twelve 5-inch medals it lias heretofore used being rushing obliged you’ll States Government entered into a con- debt pretty lively? have the check sir.— tract with h’uns, and is infinitely more modern the Lincoln medal in 1806, the Wash- me right away, a man by the name of El- MeCraekle—Runuing isn’t the word ban Philadelphia North American. bert Anderson to even the famous New York. In a ington medal in 1883, the Columbus furnish supplies to the for it. lie is fairly sprinting.—Detroit *ea it is and the army. When the United States fight, the opinion of experts, medal In 1893, Muhlemberg buys Free Press. counting in the Maine and the Texas, medal In 1890. Gen. Horace Porter, When a woman is compelled to ac- anything from a contractor, an inspec- "lth their twelve 6-inch their member of Gen. Grant's knowledge her boy’s worthlessness she tor is always appointed to see that the A guns, who was a woman attempting to throw may *oot-thick and he it from his fath- goods are what the contract calls turrets, and over 13,000 tons staff during the war intimately as- says got honestly for, be funny, but did you ever see a wom- after lias er’s folks. and that the government gets ‘lisnlaeement, we should be able to put sociated with him in years, full an trying to s)tade up a flower bed?