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st. mminm iiefences.
The Tremble an KbiIIiIi Fleet Would Hart
la Tokina st. Petersburg.
“Bat yoa are aware that the Russian
fleet conld not stand against the English
fleet?” suggested a reporter to a Rus¬
sian officer now in this country.
“True enough,” quickly admitted the
officer. “England has seventy-two
armor clad men-of-war against thirty on
the Russian' side. But you must not
forget that Russia cannot be forced to a
marine war. She has to defend her
coast line, and this she is fully able to
do, even against the English navy. For
that purpose we have 120 torpedo boats
and nine sloops-of-war. But in case of
defence the coast fortresses are chiefly
to be relied upon, and that is onr strong
point.”
“It is reported that England intends
to transfer the war to the Baltic and to
the Black sea,” said the reporter.
“Well, they are welcome there. On
entering the Baltic the English men-of
war could not do anything more than
force our government to keep at the
capital an army of a certain strength.
But as to taking St. Petersburg there
-can be no question whatever, and the
English know it as well as we do. Let
all Europe go there by the sea and St.
Petersburg conld not be taken. I have
served myself in the Cronstadt fortress'
and know perfectly well the whole ar¬
rangement of formidable forces there.
I will give you just a faint idea of the
.situation. Cronstadt is situated on the
Kotlin Island, forty-six versts, or about
thirty-one miles, from St. Petersburg.
There are two channels leading to the
capital, one north and the other south
from Cronstadt. Both channels are, as
it were, virtually closed by the three
strategic lines of powerful forts on arti¬
ficial islands. Now, in order to reach
St. Petersburg the English men-of-wai
would have to pass between these forts.
By a device of our own we may concen¬
trate the fire of at least a hundred can¬
nons at any time and on any point of
those channels. As I have said already,
we might easily sink there the combined
fleet of all Europe. The cannon we
have there are of the heaviest and best
make in existence. Some of them could
■welcome the English with half ton can¬
non balls. Our men-of-war might also
stand between those forts and act as
forts. Besides all that, each channel
there is closed by torpedoes. I hope
you see now that it is quite impossible
for the English to pass Cronstadt and
to reach our capital. Besides Cron¬
stadt we have those excellent coast
fortresses, such as Sveaborg and
Vyborg. The whole coast of the Finn
Bay is guarded by torpedoes. No, no,
the English would have to keep at a re*
Apectable distance from Cronstadt.”
A Husband’s Interest.
“A married woman buys a house and
lot with her own money; she and her
husband live in the house, during which
time the husband is relieved from pay¬
ing rent which he i^onld have been
obliged to pay had not his wife bought
the house and lot; at the end of three
years she wishes to sell the property
and the question is does the husband
have any claim upon it and can she give
a good title without the signature of the
husband to the deed. Is the husband’s
interest, if he has any, to be taken into
account at all in the transaction ?”
According to the laws of the State
of New York a married woman may
sell her own real estate and make a good
title without her husband’s joining in
the deed, but most lawyers out of pru¬
dential considerations, advise their
clients to get the signature of the hus.
band to deeds made by a married wo¬
man. A short time ago this was neces¬
sary to make the title good, but recent
legislation has changed that and while a
married man cannot deed real estate un¬
less bis wife joins in the deed, a married
womau may do so with her own prop¬
erty.— Tribune.
is case op a wak,
What Kind •( a W ar Would It Be V
(From the New York Herald.]
A war between Great Britain and
Russia, supposing no other European
nations were drawn into it, would yet be
probably carried on by sea as well as on
land. Russia has a considerable navy-
858 vessels of all classes, carrying 671
guns. Of these 40 are iron-clads, of
whioh 6 are ships of the first class, with
armor from 14 to 16 inches thick, and 11
are sea-going cruisers, with froxr. 4 to 7
inches of armor.
The Black Sea Zso t of R ussia, which
consisted last year of P* vessels, includ¬
ing 7 iron-clads, is pu.Hably of only lo¬
cal importance, thoa^h it necessitates
the stationing of a strong British fleet
in the Mediterranean to keep the Rus¬
sians within the Black Sea.
But it is tolerably certain that in case
of war the Russians would try to send a
part, at least, of their Baltio fleet to sea.
This fleet contains 33 iron-clads and 49
nnarmored frigates and cruisers, some
of them reputed fast, besides 95 torpedo
boats, and various gnnboats and mino.
vessels. The recent reports that the
approaches to Cronstadt were being
lined with torpedoes means, we may
suppose, that on these and on their
numerous torpedo boats the Russian
engineers mean to rely for the defence
of their important harbors.
The first aim of the English will be,
of course, to blockade the Russian fleet
in the Baltio. It is for this end, ho
doubt, that the British Admiralty is
now concentrating a powerful iron-clad
fleet in the Channel and North Sea.
The escape to sea of even a small fleet
of fast Russian cruisers might be a.seri¬
ous matter to the English. Such a
fleet, well managed and reinforced by a
few ships now on the Siberian coast ar **
elsewhere, might, without stopping tu
fight equals, worry its enemy in many
i-rays. A threatened descent upon the
British West Indies, for instance, would
necessitate the diversion of a numerous
English fleet, as well as of troops, to
protect those exposed possessions. Two
or three fast and well-armed Russian
cruisers in the Indian Ocean would em¬
ploy another *nd considerable British
force to protect the Mauritius, the Cape
and, perhaps, to guard some Indian
ports.
The Proud Poet.
Harry is a papa—which wonderful
event does his most awful dignity tre¬
mendously augment. And he has been
a papa for two entire days, which vast
responsibility in grandeur he displays.
An old friend asked young Harry, “How
is the little kid ?” No answer. Papa’s
dignity such freedom quite forbid. The
^question was repeated; “How is the kid
to-day ?” A freezing stare from Harry
and, “What, sir, did you say?” “Oh,
I just asked ‘How is the kid?’ ” Severe
was pa’s disdain; “Oh! Ah! Ahem!
The kid! What kid ? Beg pardon,
sir? Explain!” “How is the baby,
then!” Papa’s importance big did
swell. “Oh, if you mean my SON, sir,
he is, thank you, very well.”—H. 0.
Dodge in Chicago Sun.
A trustee of the Providence Public
Library has gathered into a scrapbook
the adventures of the boys who read
dime novels, and has made it his busi¬
ness to ask the boys one by one who are
interested in these stories to spend an
hour or two in reading, not the imagi¬
native story, but the way in which the
small boy has attempted to realize how
boys ought to live, and what they ought
to be allowed to do. It is said that the
dime novel boy usually reads the scrap¬
book, which is rapidly increasing In
size as the fresh exploits of the dime
novel adventures are added to it, about
two hours. He then lays it down in
disgust, and nothing can induce him to
return to those stories again. He asks
the person in charge of the reading
room for a better class of books.
Pertinent Facts for All.
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Thay are Hold on their merit*. That tin y cure Isuue
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Last year *837,000 worth of chewing gum was sold in
he United States.
The household remedy. Hop Porous Plasters for
Aches, Strains, Pain*, Bruises, Si itches. Crick,
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Sheep placed on Key West Island lose their wool in
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Itis said that alcohol equal to that made from grain
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One New York firm handled 350.000 bushels of pea
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Everywftere.
A case of syrjical instruments was lately found at
Pompeii.
A promised relief is offered in the Hop Porous Plaster
for Backache, Rheumatism, Lame Side or Hip, Kid¬
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action. Sold by druggists. 25c., or 5 for $1
Men fea? old age without being sure of reaching it.—
La Bruy ere,
A gentleman said: “I am a walking advertisement
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long standing when everything else failed,” 25c., of
all druggists
Mummies are the only well-behaved persons who are
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England people say the Hop Plaster is the strongest
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Three thousand five hundred pounds of whalebone
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Cast iron transmits sound about fifteen times more
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Mind unemployed is mind unenjoyed.— Bovee,
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Ourlife ia but the twinkle of a star
In God’s eternal day.— Bayard Taylor.
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A wife ia the peculiar gift of Heaven.
The Hop Porous Plaster kills pa'n, strengthen! the
parts and builds up new tissues and does it quickly,
too. 2fic. Druggists.
The ancient ell, a measure, was the length of the
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