The Twice-A-Week Courier-Journal, 1897-08-07

OF BUN'S ANNUAL PATH to do with a concept of the Creator? All through tha ogee past astronomy and theology have gone hood in bond AH eyeteme of theol theology - ogy theology have undertaken to Ineorporate aa Idea of creation and consequently tho nat nature - ure nature and extent of that which has beau created Wherever changes have been made In general astronomical systems thsy have resulted In changing tha popular be belief! - lief! belief! oonoemlng theology and the preoeeaee by which tho world woo erected end its extatenae maintained If we odmlt for o moment that the modern eetentllle theories ora untrue toe oenriraloo Is Inevitable that to whatever extent the teachers of thsologr have been lnflusnoed by a foies scientific theory to that extent they have been led astray oonoemlng tho Creator in each ease tray would understand no! no!-toer - toer no!-toer tho Creator nor hte urorkn Tho Infiu Infiu-enw - enw Infiu-enw of tho prevailing intern ef eetenra has been unlmrsaL fsThape no ana has attempted to form a mantel picture of the remote habitation of Deity which the usual astronomical theory imposes with without - out without attempting to form some Men u to distance-riba mind has endeavored to reach out into Infinite spec to touch too heart of toa Creator It has wantoned Into a great rireumferenoe of epaea Koro ebons maintain that God Is tha center and heart at creation Instead of being its eir- Thus H la efewteus that too pepMer idra at God has bam but tbe result of the pre prevailing - vailing prevailing theorise concern Ing the bniesnrity tffThe universe and tbe Infinity ef specs If the concept at toe universe be so radi radically - cally radically modified end mvolutlnsilesi us M maintain the Ussltattea-af tho nMnutote tho dimension of LON mUra dliunster vt is obvious that e corresponding ohnngo of eoneept of tha Almighty most neeee sarlly follow Bsraura of this Ketmhons ray toot thalr system of eotonra end their theology are inseparably connected and related - that in tho discover of tha foot of toa miloter form of toa universe torn bee oome to toe world a definite knowl knowledge - edge knowledge of the laws of creation and eonee eonee-quently - quently eonee-quently tos laws of paraataity of not ante the universe ae the offset of Cause but Meo tha eunao of exletenm of that Cause It Is olelmed toot the physical unhrans Is tha natural and outermost exprseelon of the divine mind and that If the natural universe and Ho tews an undmtood they unmistakably Indicate too character of tha mind whioh expreease It Koreehaas attempt to explain tha great mystery of Deity edantlflrally Henra tha elalm that toa scientific theory of KC ee ee-shantty - shantty ee-shantty Is tha foundation or baris of its religion which le claimed to ha tbs re revival - vival revival of tbe primitive Christian system as ft woe taught prior to toe declension and apostasy of toe ehureh Xeseohene claim to defend tha Bible -tost tha Bible teaches that tha world Is a hollow sphere the outermost metallic strata bring the1 'firm 'firmament" - ament" 'firmament" ef tha Old Testament and toot toe Bible to eolentlflraUy eorreet In nil He ex ex-prsralnne - prsralnne ex-prsralnne They hold toot in too demon slration of too earth's oorrity the In Inspiration - spiration Inspiration of tho fiortptureo te oetentUlerily proved end demonstrated They teaoh thot the two great forms iff expression of too mind of tho Almighty-nature and tha Blbte-ara te be rad In harmony baearaa originating 1° tha earns dlvlna mind Tho argument le that nature le the result of Causa and ia true - a true and tangible Index to ell knowledge of aU life In Ml domalne of tha universe It must he admitted that edentlflo men are yet au tho voyegu S11d"®X?7 research from which It follows that they have not yet definitely located too secret of tha great Cause of existence nor yet ohan theory to have discovered "hit which the thinking world to look looking - ing looking If too leaders of too prevailing the theories - ories theories oould bo tnduoed te critically exams Ins the claims to such a dlaoovery or to earns In eonteat with Its advocates hi open field of contest eo tost a definite end sat satisfactory - isfactory satisfactory teat eould be mode of the foefo oe embraced in tho possible determine lion os to which way the earth curves It would undoubtedly reveal that eltherlhe aeten aeten-uota - uota aeten-uota of to-day ora greatly mjateheo or hat Benefits Would MIowT - What to claimed to bo tha benefits to bo derived to humanity through aeoratenra of ouch a system? It to ora of the doo doo-triDM - triDM doo-triDM of Dr Teed Ha founder toot them to not a law in toa universe that man ran not apply to himself when understood that moo to a microcosm or small world involving tha functions of the world at laris and that to the extent toot we mto take or misapprehend what are the leers cf the universe we tail to apply them That when he can comprehend what are the laws nod principles of universal con construction - struction construction nod perpetuity ha can adjust himself to universal being and become ImmortaL Mon to held to be mortalarid that ha will continue to ba eo until ho has go applied end fulfilled Immutable law aa to overcome death and perfect himself mentally spiritually and phyelcally Tha vary kernel of tho system seems to b the claim to tho discovery of the tong sought sought-for - for sought-for "philosopher's elone" the science of transmutation which to looked upon u the key te all knowledge In accordance with this premise a great system at or or-xanle - xanle or-xanle unity of human and dlvlna co-operation to hoped for by tha adherents to the Xoieihin views The laws of unhrenal sxtotence ars nought to be applied to hu human - man human affairs in tho definition of tha trua science of government and political econ economy - - omy - economy - It to etoimed to bo tho beginning iff the supreme theocracy exraeted byoU Christians to be made manifest ta what to termed the "second advent" and hence the man originating the system of Koie Koie-hanlty - hanlty Koie-hanlty has soma paraonal rialma aa to knowledge of divine taw and consequent consequently - ly consequently a mission to perform In tha world look looking - ing looking to tha establishment of a system of salvation of humanity from tos present conditions of evil and mortality through tha 'Institution of a new order nfllfa or ante system correspondenttolly fashion fashion-ed - ed fashion-ed after tha general universal order of tha great cellular form which to hold to incorp incorporate - orate incorporate all there Is Many people seem to have misunderstood the claims of Dr Teed Hta system to intricate necessitat necessitating - ing necessitating study and inveetlsatton to craw head his mission It to Insisted toot Ms rial me are tha rational claims of the trua etoottot Thorn who have bean angaged to tha work of octontiito ojvorimratatira grid te-' ia the practical proofs at too

Judge from the fine ef work planned by the scientists at tha new school they ars not anticipating leaving the field to the criticism of the scion title world Upon the strength of tha results of the work of the expedition the founder of the system lee use a general challenge to meet tos advocates of the prevailing system not merely in dl ecu - Ion but In open eontrat upon the field of opamtloiie and experimentation Corroborative of the results of too unique urvaya they claim to have a long line of facta of Observation upon the eurfoee at water itself and the force at visible and tangible facts meat be admitted to mare weight with the people in than platform argument Concerning their attitude toward the Isadora of modern ealentllta thought Prof Morrow eaye: "If tha Oden tide men of toa warid today are aa willing to teat the truth of our propositions and results ef our geodetlo work as we are to meet them in demonstration of tha premise of the Koeueheu system no difficulty will he ex experienced - perienced experienced in speedily rattling the question we hereby extend to them toe opportunity 'of demonstrating the earth's convexity end to destroy our premises or to estab establish - lish establish the baste ef tha Koreehan eoemogony and thus overthrow Ml eooelnelona ef In tote we ere net ciam- orinfor dispute but inviting an txnpar- world to-day In which the :he prtnolplM ran end pivoted or - susceptible of ab bs so specifically om point of tioii edute deoteleq ee this one oonoemlng toe eonravlty of the earth: became tha Wa Water's - ter's Water's surface con net ba changed ana no' method of solving the question ie ee obvi obviously - ously obviously osrtaln ee toe one formulated In the Koreehan system the reeMta of which era now proclaimed to the world We have employed a unique apparatus ie the survey of an air Una terminating Into the waters surface aa we prepeeea end an anticipated - ticipated anticipated before undertaking the survey We employed a proem of extension of a right line concerning whioh there ran be no question Wa eliminated the s laments of refraction of light and incurvation of visual lines as well aa the effect of per perspective - spective perspective fora shortening by mechanically forcing e straight lira and thug settled the matter beyond dispute The work wee laborious requiring much thus end pa patience - tience patience As yet the ectentleta hove not been forcibly mode swore of the weight ef the evidence obtained We ware con confident - fident confident la tha beginning of our work and from consideration of the prlnciplM In Involved - volved Involved and too results which would In Inevitably - evitably Inevitably follow that wa wsrr projecting the gr - tset and most important geodetlo survey ef too Nineteenth eentury "The Importance of an undertakings Is always measured by He ultimate reeulta On eueh a haste we ptera tha Importance of our geodetic survey over sqalnat ell the efforts of aetantifla men to determine the earth's ehopa with all thalr eppU eppU-onoee - onoee eppU-onoee and opporatuo of tha very finest workmanship We are not discrediting tha geodotte work of the world such efforts have thalr value but the eequei proves toot they ore not of paramount tap - tanoa wo ars simply eompartng euoeera with failure we have succeeded In accom accomplishing - plishing accomplishing toot for whioh they have labored for oeoluries by the oppUoettea of direct of determining the earth' true The great wonder of the hour tha tartitmr foot now manifesting and forc forcing - ing forcing Itself npon many rational minds la that outalds of too ranks of racogntaad scientists there should develop a line of etantlflo work that eclipses mil toe efforts of too vast army of ontantHIn experiment experiment-n - n experiment-n tht world orw "Nothing can now Impede tha progrsee of the Koreehan system it la lnvlnaibla Tbe world eon not long withe tend toe of tha absolute truth having for ndatlon too- indisputable facte at tbs greatest dieoovery or modern tfanea Tha foots wo have observed and the linaa we ban surveyed demonstrating the earth's true form are euaeevtibta iff teat We challenge contradiction but our chal challenge - lenge challenge will have to bo answered upon the arid of eonteat in the many lines of ex experimentation - perimentation experimentation through which we have ob observed - served observed too facta wa announce to tha world" Tho Koreehan eeientiete have taken the question out of tha realm of discussion concerning various aatroncmlcai sod eae eae-mographlcM - mographlcM eae-mographlcM pheuomcra end plsoed it at tenet in an effort at demonstration They claim that if toe earth la really eonrave It plecee the usual explanation of tho ohm ran tar at too orbs above ue end the movements of the sun moon and stars entirely on the aids at absurdity sad tho haMtatlan of the pinnate Impossible be be-raura - raura be-raura in eueh cases all phenomena would have to ba interpreted in acoardnnra with too around or foundation from which as astronomical - tronomical astronomical oalculotione ore made the arc of tho earth's eurvstura It eon readily he seen that if that are should bo concave instead of aomrex tha Immense dlefsncee attributed to tha planets and other heaven heavenly - ly heavenly bodies would have to be and the stars brought to within parativcly short dietanra above the oon oon-cave - cave oon-cave are It may be asked what la tha difference If tho world la oonrave - In what way does it Interest toa general public T In the event of suooeie on tha part of Koreehanlty many popular theories would bo revolu revolutionised - tionised revolutionised No other system ever put forth In the world has effected eueh decidedly radical changes in tho channels of human thought and life os would result from gen general - eral general acceptance of tha promise of tho hollow -globe theory and Ue resultant con conclusions - clusions conclusions It would turn the sclentlllo mind into nearer channels of Investigation re reveal - veal reveal nearer laws and dear away numerous myaterlra oonoemlng comical form and function Kvery domain of thought and investigation would be invaded by the new process se - In short n startling and world-wide revolution woul eerily follow If it were proven doubt to the general mind that the uni universe - verse universe ie a great cell or shell containing all forms of life from the lowest domain of existence to tho highest realm iff being eo writ ee all tho etara planet aun end moon and atmosphere Nothing eould-bo more startling to the mind to-day that a vivid eoneeptlon that the laws of uni universal - versal universal existence and perpetuity hove been discovered sod all the mysteries of tho universe revealed through tho knowledge of tho earth's form and tha relation iff ill its porta Karaahau fioianoo and Theology ' Bow would It effect tho popular theol-

(Written for tba OouriarsJeuraaL) JUfiT on tba oataklrta of tba city of Lexington back a abort ma mats - ts mats nca from tba road and gunound gunound-ad - ad gunound-ad by a groan of magnificent trass la ah land tba boom of Hanry Clay It la one of tba penaltlea greatness and worldly fama that tba of than passes la a gnat out of bin own control and to belong to tba public to such an ax tent that private Ilfs and domaatlo Jays an almost entinly denied him This la especially trua of man engaged in politics and only with tba memory of a very few an wa able to aaaoelata any spot apart from tba turmoil of political warfare which they called "home" which la atm redolent of thalr pnaenca and whan their personality as exhibited in their private Ufa la fait and Tenanted Clay was such a man and at Ashland In the stately manor house and along the beautiful avenues of pins and nab even after an absence of nearly fifty years the charm of bis presence still lingers The office ha used la still Just as ha left It for the last tlma giv giving - ing giving ana the Impression that ba may re return - turn return ' at any moment leaves rustle in tba beautiful walks ha loved so wen one looks almost expecting to sea tba tall dignified figure strolling along under tba trees During a long life of nearly feuraeors years ha was permitted only for short Intervals to lay down the arms so bravely yielded in tba public service and even during tba few years of respite which earns to him ba was Uke a soldier on parole liable at any moment to be sununened to begin the battle afresh It is only to iWaahlngton and Mt Vernon that we can look for a parallel to Clay and Ashland But the' first wag mors fortunate for when ha at last retired td ML Vernon he left behind him forever the strife of political life and bis closing years were volet and tranquil it was not so with Clay whey attar more than a half cen century - tury century spent in tbe service of his people 'and a struggle to preserve what he con considered - sidered considered right broken In health and em em-ha - ha em-ha frees ill in fortune retired to Ash Ashland - land Ashland thinking at lest to find rent hut cnee sacra the public clamored for hire and would not ba refused go with a Sigh and a backward gtaues at his be be-I - I be-I loved retreat ha again Journeyed to Wash blgt no - wham amid -the ejeoee not Ms famous struggles and triumphs he was overcome at last by death Henry Clay's love for Ashland was one of the stmngest affections of his Ufa Ms private correspondence Is fun of rataraneas to It and plans for Its and Improvement i expressed after he passed middle life was that ba might devote his on tire life to tbe core of bis farm and - tbs' business of stock raising of which be was extremely fond Henry Clay was born In Henover eoun eoun-tyVtnrtnla - tyVtnrtnla eoun-tyVtnrtnla April 1 1T7T tba son of a Baptist preacher who wss noted throughput the county for his atoquanoa iWblle la early manhood Clay was very much la leva with a cousin a beautiful gbl named Mary CUy aha however wnooneatoua of the worth and future greatness of bar out ter refused him and Strange irony of feta married an irish irishman - man irishman named CUulllvan who h enema dis dissipated - sipated dissipated and worthless Tbs present writer has to hla pnaesaalnn a latter writ written - ten written years afterward by Clay to CBuIti CBuIti-tia - tia CBuIti-tia upon a matter of business - Clay went for a abort tone to a com common - mon common country school to tbs slashes of Hanover where he learned to read write and cipher this constituted all of his schooling Hla father died when ha was hut live years of age and Ms mother married again and removed to Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky Clay earns west to 1TFT and settled in laxlngtou then tba largest town west of the Alleghenies Hare be was shortly admitted to the her and although hla colleagues wars many of them man of brilliance and erudition ha quickly ao ao-qulrad - qulrad ao-qulrad a large and lucrative practice being especially successful to criminal eases He was soon alacted to tba legis legislature - lature legislature and In UN was elected to too UMtad fitatas Senate Early In the cen century - tury century Clay's affairs had progressed so wen that ha determined to scours tor himself a permanent home According Accordingly - ly Accordingly ha purchased a tract of land a tew tniles southeast of Lexington beautiful beautifully - ly beautifully situated and of great fertility Upon this slta ha shortly afterward eraetad a handsome brick reetdenea The bourn wae built In tha center of a largo grove of magnificent forest tram ash oak and walnut being abundant Tha place was called Ashland from tha number of trees of that epee las which grew upon it fa ouch profusion The house as originally erected consist consisted - ed consisted of the mala building two and a half stories high with wings on either side to which ware attached L'a projecting to the front The present house Is con constructed - structed constructed on tha same plan Tha main on trance Is In tha oenter of too building tba door opening Into a large octagon Shaped hall: directly opposite tha en entrance - trance entrance are doors opening Into too drawing-room and dining-room Tha first sight that masts tha y on entering tha bourn Is a portrait of Clay whan a young man painted by tha celebrated Ksn- tacky artist louett This painting Is hung directly over tha arched doorway leading Into tha drawing-room To the left is toe email room used by Clay as an office on the right Is a vary hand hand-soma - soma hand-soma wide staircase of carved wtmd In tba northern wing on each uda are narrow halls running the entire length and hare Is found tha library a large octagonal room with doma ceiling light lighted - ed lighted from above and handsomely paneled with hard wood Tha contents of the li library - brary library are of course vary rare and YtlllllMfi Beyond tha library are tha bllllard bllllard-room - room bllllard-room and sleeping apartments All tha woodwork to tha house la highly pollahed walnut and ash which was cut upon too Tha bllUard-room and hall behind the r library open out upon a broad terrace of Muegiass and from tha drawing-room and dining-room one enters tha con conservatory - servatory conservatory beyond which Is aleo a lawn The southern wing Is used for domestic purposes While Clay was In Europe os a member of tha Council of Ghent which dosed too war of MIL he spent much time In studying the country seats abroad and acquiring Maas as to beauti beautifying - fying beautifying the landscape and grounds This ' knowledge be put Into practical use on ' ' i to tbe - - - - - - adoramont of Ashland gjvtomtofjrtor his model the day Engl

(WHttan for too OourierJournol) THE advocates of the theory that we are living on the Inside of a hollow shell MOO mites In diameter Instead of aa tbe out outside - side outside of n eonvex globe now claim to he able to satisfy all who have asked for proof! of the correetnaM of the theory This strange astronomical system known as the Koreehan Astronomy or e Cellular Cosmogony was originated and founded by Dr Cyrus R Teed of Chicago and daring Ok past twenty twenty-five - five twenty-five years hoe succeeded In making a targe number of oonverts to the belief thgt an the popular theories concerning the character of the universe are fal fallacious - lacious fallacious resulting from toe failure to property Interpret observations of the most common phenomena of the heavens and the scope of oar horison In tbe promulgation of the Koreehan system the discussion of the shape of the earth la revived It ie toe most radi radical - cal radical departure from the usual theorise known to the world today - It Is a com complete - plete complete uutKhwta Consequently tha msthnda pursued In tea now cosmogony and the conclusions reached therefrom ore decidedly revolutionary With the entire system reduced to a pivotal and speelfle test and with tha plans for making that teat a company of experimenters were sent on nn expe expedition - dition expedition last December to Naptaa Fla whore there la a straight coast for a number of mites to practically apply tha principles of the newly discovered means of testing the earth's contour The work of toe experimenting staff of the Koreshen theory is of Interest to ML from the simple fact that never be before - fore before In the history of the world has each a geodetlo work been executed What Whatever - ever Whatever might ba thought of too results at the series of surveys made on toe Florida ooaat the one fnot remMns toad at least too plan Is unique and original smilingly embodying a number of sim simple - ple simple geometrical principles which have been for some reason entirely over overlooked - looked overlooked in the usual lines of scientific research and geodetic survey The ex experiments - periments experiments and surveys on the Gulf coast were under the direction of Prat U: 0 Morrow of Chicago who has supplied us with report of the facta observed sad reeMta obtained The Koreehea -Peopoelrtowe question involved of operations In toe w geo- on absolutely straight Bee ro directions from toe vertt vertt-nsmuuUculai - nsmuuUculai vertt-nsmuuUculai and at right - perpend leulas extead Into earth curveting away from 11 the fine converge to to wat watte - te watte at twe points Uke the chord va arcT It te claimed that this A d treat mesne poaalble for da- whether the aarto is rounded or at Its eurtaeo or eeuaaved as the e hollow sphere and If the ex exes - es exes hare eerreetly applied the Involved Uar have succeeded Is : the first direst test ef the aharao- the surface upon which we live Account of etmeepherte refraction the rays of fight end via km era bent oat of the true rectilinear direction end cor so so-quantlr - quantlr so-quantlr eon not be cuqdoyed as a practical tost The apparatus used railed the ree ree-tifineatar - tifineatar ree-tifineatar is a mechanical contrivance for the purpose of forcing s straight Ilea The whale plan of the survey Is clearly Illus Illustrated - trated Illustrated in the accompanying diagram whioh explains Itself The survey began with the pparatue at an altitude of IS feet Bbovo the erstar's surface making the baste ef the figures eight mites in instead - stead instead of elx aa first proposed If tha earth eumtee eonvexly at the ratio of eight Inches to the mile in four miles from the middle of toe straight line chord or from the liven perpendicular toe surveyed fine would be F feet from the eonvex are - the line would be toot dletanoe above the water at the end at the survey On the other hand If tha earth eurvates concavehr as toe Fforaebaea eiaiWi the line would oome In oan tact with the water Their objeet was to damem strata that the line would "ran into toe water" They declared that the line sur surveyed - veyed surveyed on the Gulf coast terminated In ao ao-eordenee - eordenee ao-eordenee with their expectatlona Into the water at the dletanoe of four miles from the given perpendicular Along the line surveyed were fixed takes every eighth of a m jjj upon which the altitude of the "eir tend as the survey piogreeeed In order that measurements might be made ead afterword referred to of the distance of the line above the water's euriaoa In this way it was purposed to determine whether or net the lira approach! the urtaee at toe proper ratio and the elalm ie mode that upon no other kind of a ear fora then the eoacave eould each relations end figures be observed and ob ob-tained - tained ob-tained the line approaching the surface la about the ratio of the calculated eon eon-rave - rave eon-rave curvature At the end of the first mite tha "eir line" wee eight inches near nearer - er nearer toe eurfom then at the beginning sec second - ond second mile about thirty-two uehee third ml la elx feet while at the end of four miles the fine rams in contact with the water Also at every eighth ef a mile the ratio was along tha eema fine of pro progression - gression progression the results for even miles show showing - ing showing the aggregate result for the measured altitude of the line for tbe stations In Intervening - tervening Intervening From these figures It may be eeeu that the ratio of ooueavlty deter- ITB Afi EAST TO BAIL AROUND THE EARTH INSIDE Afi OUTSIDE mined by these measurements very close closely - ly closely approaches the estimated curvature of eight Inches to the mite The ratio ef descent of the llna the increase In toe ngla of deviation from the horison tal at lotions of teat with tha levels the length of the line surveyed from the be beginning - ginning beginning to point of extension into the water os well as toe direction at the plumb line at various points in consid consideration - eration consideration of the principles Involved in the apparatus employed ell declare It is efaimed the tact of the earth's concavity It can easily be Imagined what nn Im Impetus - petus Impetus such scientific teste would give to e system if they were trua If It ware ad admitted - mitted admitted that the results ef this survey so definitely define the direction of the earth's curvature as to entitle them to credence by the scientific world the Kereahane would have a weight ef evldenra that would render their position Impregnable The future will reveal the validity or toe fallacy at their claims end if we

THERE TIE BIG GDIS ABB " : HIDE FOR OUR IiTT fttHHttftlttftMMHt! DOWN In southeast Washington on the site of the old Washington navy yard and Just eighteen tabs tabs-ntss - ntss tabs-ntss by the cable ears from tha Navy Department stands tbs United fitatas naval gun factory a modal Institution of its Mad and n monument to the in ingenuity - genuity ingenuity and perseverance of naval ord ordnance - nance ordnance officers end tha skill end Integrity of American labor To understand and eppmetata whet the UMtad fitatas has accomplished la modem gnn construction It Ie only neem eery to know the history of this greet plant He creation its growth the diffi difficulties - culties difficulties overcome to Its perfeot equipment end the Character of the products turn turned - ed turned out Fourteen years ago there was sot a modern high power tauecMosd tauecMosd-tog - tog tauecMosd-tog rifle In tha United fits tea To-day every large gun suppllad to cur growing navy Is manufactured at toa Washing Washington - ton Washington factory and conceded by foreign as well as our own ordnance experts to be the equal if not the superior of any guns to toe world Before toe civil war when smooth smoothbores - bores smoothbores and muxsle loaders were the only greet guns known on lend or eaa end east Iron wae toe materiel need in their construction the United States possessed the beet guns afloat Bat after lbs civil war t long period of absolute Inactivity followed in this country both to the matter of shipbuilding and tha manu manufacture - facture manufacture of gunn while too grant Powers of Europe strove to keep pace with toe demands of too times in everything per pertaining - taining pertaining to modem warfare The condi condition - tion condition to which our defenses ashore and afloat were reduced Is a matter of his history - tory history With -no ships worthy of the na nation - tion nation wa had no guns capable of pro protecting - tecting protecting us against those of other coun coun-triea - triea coun-triea But In UU a step was mad In tha right direction when four new modem steel cruisers the Chioago the Boston tha Atlanta and the Dolphin were laid down tha foundation of a modem and efficient fleet A modem fleet neoeeeltet ed modem guns which we did not have and as these vessels neared completion In UN the question of their armament hod beooms a serious one Immediate steps were taken to meet the deficiency hut It was not until the early spring of 1M7 (ten years ago) that a systematic building plan was begun The work of building end equipping has proceeded ever since but slowly and gradually that there should be no interruption in toa construction of guns As the visitor enters the yard by the north gates he sees nothing unusual nave what oan ba seen at all navy yards - tha sentinel walking back and forth before the entrance the watchman standing near the guiud-tower bouses built close together on either sloe of the gate for officers' quarters and the long low buildings which resemble store storerooms - rooms storerooms whils the American colon float aloft from a fifty-fort flag-pci e and be beyond - yond beyond sane anew-erhlte cruiser ilea snug snugly - ly snugly moored at toe dock Passing down the main walk toward the water front a long etete-oolored building le seen par partially - tially partially hidden by the high mound to tha right Aa he approaches this ha errs that tola bu tiding Ie an unusually large one substantially constructed with a heavy iron roof In which there ere many skylights Over the east door of the building he eeee the words "Gun Shop" and after passing through finds him himself - self himself In tbe oenter of the building and totally unprepared for what he sees Hie first Impulse is to exclaim or to hold hte breath white ho trios to grasp tha enor enormity - mity enormity of too machines sad material be before - fore before him Ho hoe never seen anything l'ke it To the right there are maueter suns in all ataase ef eenetruotlon mas-

each other la many hard fought battles in Kentucky and Tennessee neither of them knowing that the other had enlist enlisted - ed enlisted during which tlma each one hod been promoted to Sergeant of his spsetlvs company it seems that fats hod decreed for them a surprise a brief yet happy meeting brought about In a truly providential manner When toe Confederate army evacuated Chatta Chattanooga - nooga Chattanooga one of the company rolls of Com Company - pany Company I wae accidentally dropped This roll was In the hand-writing of and signed by Thomas Owens he being com company - pany company dark of hie company A few days after the evacuation the Federal army took possession of Chatta Chattanooga - nooga Chattanooga and this Mt of paper which had been tramped on and crumpled and kick kicked - ed kicked amide by thousands of Federal and Confederate soldiers during their march march-leg - leg march-leg and countermarching preparatory to toa terrible battle that was soon to fol follow - low follow lay In the direct path of Abner Owens He saw It and without halting or breaking ranks moved by an IrraelsL lble Impulse he picked up the paper and at ones recognised the handwriting and toe name to bo that of Ms brother Thomas Owens In the battle of Chick atnauga both were slightly wounded and afterward each was specially com complimented - plimented complimented and promoted for gallant services After toe-battle of Chlckamau Chlckamau-ga - ga Chlckamau-ga and while tha Confederate forces oo oocupled - cupled oocupled Missionary Ridge investing tha Federal army to Chattanooga Atom Owens while an picket duty made known to the Confederate pickets the dreumetanoee of finding the company roll and learned to hie great Joy that hie brother although wounded was atm allva CoL Themes Owens with several others hod been selected tor a special purpose to communicate with the enemy -betaraen the picks! lines and haring heard from one of Me own pick pickets - ets pickets that his brother was at a osrtaln point to tha Federal ltaas after his spa spa-atal - atal spa-atal mission hod- been performed he availed himseir of the pass which he had from Gen Bragg ana want to a point In the Confederate llnss opposite to toa point where his brother was stationed He signaled with n newspaper which was at oooe responded to and the two brothers started at toe same time and met midway between toa two lines For three consecutive days these two tooth tooth-era - era tooth-era one wearing tha Mae and the other tha gray met at toe same- point and spent the whole day together In perfect amity to full view of the soldiers of both armies The officers and private soldiers of two great contending foroes wMla they watched each other to gain soma ad advantage - vantage advantage looked upon them meetings with moistened eyes and would have dealt severely with friend or foe that raised a hand to Interrupt them Words can not express the pleasure Of thorn Joyous raaatingg no more than language can portray the heartaches that follosr follosr-ed - ed follosr-ed the termination of these Interviews caused tor n change to the military sit situation - uation situation The toothers did not meet again until tha close of toe war Upon com comparing - paring comparing notes after they returned home other moat singular oolncldenoee were discovered In each being wounded In the earns battles end to about the same way and each haring been alike pro promoted - moted promoted for gallantry to the name fish to and returned home about the Mine time CoL Thomas Owens Is a prosperous law law-and - and law-and politician in Carlisle Ky and Abner Owens Ie a prosperous man it In Missouri The pamljsl might be serried still furtharxhaytaie botV unwaveringly In tavor of sound money

can opera' Insas principles whan under too direction ana supervision of men who are prompted by ambition and a do doolie - olie doolie to axeeL HENBT A WILUT U S N THREE TUSCAN "fiEfiPETTL" (B M Clarke in too Academy) L Tha Uly gxve her 'tint to you ' i on you bestowed her hi i hath lent its wax nine bloom Its frei I to give my heart an- To the sweet face where love doth reign Sc I my heart'muet foie surrender In homage to toes face eo Under - XL Now weald to heavta toot love were Judged by weight And who were ehqrt ef low should endure my fata -UMeee the1 - euro - Unteae the scales ware tales and gave ue sign Unto which side the balance did incHna Unless the eeetae were tales and erooked quite And none eboald know how leva to welsh Bright m ' Did I but think my love could list to ma With lusty vales then would 1 shout ana etas But sundered by hllle votes and mounts are we - Nor can my votes to eueh tar dletsnee ring We're sundered by the leaves of eeraflalds He eon net hear me with such We're sunjered by toe leaves ef trailing vine He can net hear me from his house to mine We're eundeeud by the leaves of poplars tall Hs eon net hear me he Is out ef ealL HUtififi CHEWINB fiUfi One Faocary Proda Pieces Every Year a Bfllloa (FlttUhurgh UtapatchJ ' Few of the greet army of gum show showers - ers showers know that tha basis of tha oom oom-pound - pound oom-pound which so enttoee them Is gum chicle the product of the sapote tree gathered t f Indians In the forests of Mexico In one factory over LOOILOOILOOO pieces of gum are annually produced and stopped to every pert of the world The gum In token from the he lee In which It Is imported and ground in mills molting 1400 revolutions per minute Aft After - er After being subjected to a continuous heat at 140 degrees Fahrenheit in drying rooms It la sent to the "cook" who adds to It the purest sugar end tbs freshest cream granulated pepsin powdered guru or other desired ingredients and cooks it In s steam-Jacketed caldron where it le turned end mixed by a ro rotating - tating rotating paddle nntfi It has assumed the consistency of dough It le then named to the "dough boym" who kneed Into it finely powdered sugars and thus pre prepare - pare prepare It or the steel rollers which re re-duoe - duoe re-duoe It to the proper thickness for the "markers" These markers ere steel rollers which leave their Impression on the long sheets of gum before It gees to the "seasoning roam" after which It la broken on the fines left by tha markers The gum finds Ita way bite the "wrap "wrapping - ping "wrapping room" where nimble-fingered gins envelop It eperently In one deft move movement - ment movement In a wrapper of waxed paper end tinfoil In another moment the packers have plsoed It in Jars or boxes and It la ready for shipment CONSOLATION Atest for the Joya that gladden awhile Uke sunlight that kleeae some blossoming isit Aa too never a shadow of sorrow or pain Should darken the beautiful landscape again Tie nr eat to glide softly on life's summer tida But the oak le the stronger for having been tried: And the frasranee of floorers would scarcely be known Were It not for the winds that eo rudely bora blown The laughing blue sky la never so fair As when winter srim winter has flown In despair And April's aweet ruses era bursting with bloom For having been hidden so long in the The pale bf known i beautiful stars would never be Were It net that the glorious sunlight bee blown And heaven Itself ell the brighter appears For having been reached through afflic tion and tears Birmingham Ala MABY WARE Explealva July "Wall the glorious old Fourth le over "Oh I don't knew toe tolas betters W1U keep it up a while yet"

such natural advantages In the shape of a superb park of forest trees sloping towna with Muegrnaa and aline view of toe surrounding country that the teak of Improvement was easy In tha ar arrangement - rangement arrangement and planning of his grounds 3sy displayed line taste and much sim simplicity - plicity simplicity Ha disliked to leave tola work to others and constantly gmva It hla par par-oual - oual par-oual supervision during tha Unite whan ha wm at Ashland At tha close of Adamff Administration Clay returned to Ashland and entered- enthusiastically Into the duties of a tanner Writing to a Wgf t this time he said: Jtar frm l la fine order and my prapg- the crops of tha present year 4uto of my neighbors FehaU bettor farmer than a statesman" - be was defeated by Jackson tor toa preaddancy and was again riact riact-ad - ad riact-ad by toa Kentucky Legislature to tha onato where he remained until tha spring of 1M1 On the Hot of Maroh ha arose to toa Manats chamber and ten tendered - dered tendered Ms resignation This thrilling fitoo baa been described by many pane and was one of tha moat afteotlng that Coo gram aver witnessed In UM ha was again defeated for tha prsaMency and finally resigned all hopes mining that office: From lCM until Ms daath at Washington In UM Clay apant his tlma largely at Ashland and iras at loot enablsd to anjoy to the tallast tha peaceful pursuits of eountry Ufa He took the keenest internet In all that pertained to agricultural pur pursuits - suits pursuits and also In raising fine stock Ash Ashland - land Ashland was at this tlma one of too Unset Mock farms In Kentucky Henry Clay JrH puNband la SSoropt many breeds of horses and oattla which were added to tha Kentucky thoroughbreds An old friend and neighbor of Mr Clay's nbs oung stood how Mr Clay ranked In tlae eommunlty aa a farmer: "Oh none rank higher3 was the reply "none - except Ms wife" Clay himself to witting to a friend naively observed that ha thought ha had hitherto bean mistaken to tha vo vocation - cation vocation ha had selected as most suited to Ms talante-that nature had evidently intended Mm tor a farmer During tha years of his retirement Ashland was tha point toward which many pilgrims turned and nearly all the distinguished men of his time lnoludlhg many for foreign - eign foreign osiebrltleo ware entertained theca Latayettn with whom Clay oorraspond oorraspond-ed - ed oorraspond-ed tar many years was among too moos gnaota Also Daniel Wobe Capt Wsrryat Harriet Martlnoau Qm Harrison and many others distinguished to various flridg of Ufa Attar dinner Mr Clay never tailed to take Ms guests out to show off his cattle In JIM the final scene to his eventful Uto was plgyefi When yielding to tha popular demand he again returned to the United Mtatan Senate Ha was now seventy-five years old and already sink sink-tag - tag sink-tag under tha burden of years and rav ravages - ages ravages of dlsssse He died to Washing Washington - ton Washington on June tf 1IM An axoellent de description - scription description Is given of Mr day's poreonal appearance by one who was for years an Intimate friend and neighbor and final finally - ly finally his executor: "Hr Clay was tail and broad-shouldm-ed without being either bulky or fleshy and whan at all excited wae ofstately and commanding preeenoe Though Me long Umbo wete looaely pot together yet hie manner wae neither awkward nor uuoar uuoar-tsln - tsln uuoar-tsln and novar embarrassed On the con contrary - trary contrary it was aaay and natural It tha aaay nonehalaat air of a maa temad to tha ways at toa woriloi