| Show Id iL TOPICS OF THE TIMES I 14 11 nc mander 111111berl0n he Is the Al flat Officer it Admiral t Dewtyg start t I was one ot PresldentCleveland closest friends a genial oompanlonnble fellow r i 1an rn I fond of card and shooting nod was t It One Of the qUartct blh Rulled so fee eluclatly on thc Ilrbihous tender Violet I for ilia duel 1111amfol In North Isro r j i Ina The other two were righting mns iho commands file Iowa and SurBton llellly of the aims who Is 1 now stationed nt Detroit Following tho example set by the navy n hospital ship or ample proportions l propor-tions and ciipnclts Is I tu bo provided for tho army upon which tho wounded and tick In Cuba may be placed treated and brought In tho United Mates III Is pro poaed to have u vessel large enough to provide roo sickbeds Half u dozen army Burgeons 12 men nurses and unequal un-equal number of apothecaries will form the medical I crew of the vessel besides fh i a large number of hospital attendants t And Orderlies A Sunday school superintendent of Alma Hun purchased two gross of i American nR the other dy for din trlbutlon tn his puplK When his pur char arrived and the big bundle eif flags was opened he found this follow Ins Inscription printed uinm each rte rncmntr the Maine and to hI 1 with Ipalnl The eupcrlnteMent oal1 that this expressed his ntlmrnti hut he decided l to Indefinitely postpone the dis trIbution In n neuly Ilgned boat da11 Iwo rods are fnlcrumed on a horizon bar wllh weights on the short ends to bal ono the boat at tho outer end tire crone rod carrying the reels on lhlch the ropes are wound The gigantic electilc searchlight whlh was exhibited at the Worlds fvlr and subsequently acquire by the United States rovernment Isith the Intention of employing U for lighthouse work hain been turned over to the army and navy authorities for the purpomb of testIng I sultall4rlytor Ing Its suitability > foi lone dlnlano slg noting It Is I Hated that these tests chow that the rasa Alban Interrupted so as to correspond to the Uon code l can be read distinctly at a distance of SO miles Uncle Sam has In his employ it Asho Mile N C in mall Carriers t ii broth era both or whom are bUnd They travel to surrounding mountain town over tough rod without guides trust Ing entirely to Iho Iplelllgnco of their bortim and In tho four ylnti of their service neither has mt with an accl dent Ot the ten oldtr presidents of the United States vi hope rrvles In that of floe cover practically yearn of this existence ex-istence of the republic William McKInley McKIn-ley Is I tho first tn rail the nation 10 arms 7 |
