___wTO SINK TORPEDO-BOATS;

i . km BB Bfl

If Spain and the United St to «Of Bvor Cuba, BOggOOt, our torpedo-boat destroyer will play a prominent part In therr.it nival battl« Tl v the UttB t Will¡8 tlon._

rERROB OF THE SEASnu: 4.iivi:i(>MiM' BATTXB UK11

liriLT AT WILMIV. !l»\, DLL.

VILL STEAM 30 KNOTS AN HOUR.lie I« I ;-«|ii-elll 11 « II tl 11 * for Spec.I.

So Tlint She 1 nu Innluic 4)»lu*r

Torpi-dn-Ildiilii, If SeSOBBatJ' WIMMr BBI I «et Inn«.-|

Ii.)WILMINGTON,rallminary u >rh of ding an Impor¬tât new addition to th-- Ii

avy Is In full pros.a toi tcher, or, really, u

.rge ton

ov« rhaulln

nli..i iti.-.s nos !

fact tint theily tho warship of the futur-.rgeiy of tfef pr< a i

ei-dy are tfeSSO craft and

ich swift .tci-tniciioii, th ,i ||\ all th-ul r afloat to cope with mor«le of them. This pánica!.n 1- at, as

mod, is built forthat by attain,:

a t-> work in.*

njorlty of i!.

ditional adl* in w.ii be, thi

-re tO ft

v.rig been biiot

»at Is known a»

» yet been IJS, while Sfe« UBIthe BBOBl In the

r>» of the naval « mi tab

iv era ta BBVBl OOBStTU

front '

hull,le, I 4

Upon her «

U dfcaplacem« a\ boat i

enty to¬nt, she will rlmum draught *

7 feet S inch. s. Her bow is cut away,Ing a ( Into th«1er. and that m coajunctlon «rltl-:.y ft. rd of i;alsea to make a ¡Aun illy i.

craft for her km-!. Hi I,. Ight t.>v« wat«he», and her long, flat run aft will t

;- her from settling b) th, .-:- mi whentally

a

will carry two ooaa >-one-»" and one at' \\ .11 be¡-lied with both hand and steam

while U|forward t here will

u third steering .

-ather. The decks will bein and such v.

I» used v S willi berthing »pac« for twenty w«-n for**rd, th« bunk« being made to turn up

out of tLt- ami wfe4 l;,! inre fin men win

abaft the engin-- space.will be lighted entirely by

tii.|«y within, and without a» well,th« purpose» of navigation. Sho is

tfurläsd into something like a dozen

withouttlon, "o rranged th.«t pas-

,' tO ill'- din y in order t" Be < ora-

partment to another. Thia ex« Ihmt ar-a new «-raft's

m in, -,

she will be «i; tren I I two>, t ., ..' W

-. in a commoncompartment, ara "f the fourtype, and have «-a, h a }.iuli pi« yllnder of V i-J i:.. Interm«

i Inchea,

in «Iiam. t. i. 'I'lc \

stroke "f is Inches, ami wi,:dutiona a minute when runnh

( Uli M e I.by four Thorny-

ill« t.-. pia« > m tw,>artmente, and enough st. im, I ¡i

«or! pounds, will be

«ban i an¬

al fun ap*»teeth gun lite, the

oe «l I* stowed abr< aamall

d bandle auch i.-may 1.- i-

any.Aa

W ill he .II 1 |i .ifHorn

n« ii« ling bl OB ichtl- three

amldl the lit:- I«1-pound« r «I IM] inda

I: la rcarry two i^:ii >!' \\ liit.

isi abaftare i be « < ntre line '

and the I

le Will h..

«.Il the ,!< ek. JThe ".;< BCi .' It, v-i a.

i

this craft win he compli

hut within a month aha «111 !idy for launching. Other aati«

are watching h« r aa w-u aa our own, «

Information concerning th,r ii irnlahed tbem by n

their legationa In v.riment baa

-, her, and the S anlab lieutenant, ,«ho a

our toi Onun to to the j irda .

but without ju e it is trui-, ai stated, that no Jwill

I c given that oith« United Btat« it

aould be no to name her '

id« r, for in algna fail, iti the world.

Mr». «siu«leli»h«T Dead.

\. MICH., Ootobor y..Mrs. a. j. «.at the Sanitarium 11

r t.(arrived hero t»

Friday la»t._ 1.,

Can mile».

(For the 13 apotch.)i

i NDAmong the bi

_

A WHOLE fron log me dlsctoaedMy hoel .n. »t my back; .,..._

Appro antique rillUD,w hich long of0 *"tt" brought,

from Venice, whereIt I, efOy wrought.2

II. 1"When wild beaata of the Jui fr.Hurom« my FIKST ami SECOND. ed

My THIRD you may expect to be, dew.«h plk>- \anís reckoned.

And t n. n my WHOLE» with his fierce *

»oui i ...

wed by transmigration,. *,

..nan v* *» (il«- «*«- * Iappoar i pioncasOf ¿'vavvful suUHstUOB» ^

JAMES'S ROCKY BED.TUB WATER LOW Kit THAN KBOWB

TO ham: in:i:v in yf.ahs.

BOYS CROSS UPON THE SHOALS.V Plctnresque View «f the River

frill» 11 o 11 y vi nod, bunking I'.nnt-

«VlUSfilj .I)«'»l ruellon of III«» M nul«,

»nul Other Paeta About BlfOWBBBi

I think, with the ' that It mayWell 1 doubt- I If, within thery of the ol le t Inhabitant, the .1 asea

n low« r than II lathis conclusion la* I BUBits rocky bed bom the highest

point of Boll) wood, M< a and b..

i. 1. ,1 to befrom one side to Um other without any

Bculty than thai presented by op-yeatu ago 1 ¡

the cfty si to Miuting point being eut

by the Une of our Eleventh street, whichrily we dd clear Urn

|ir. tty || >s n '..im. r!y as "I tal'ighatt's*' and "Kll

:ll'S.in the grant, or d< 1. to Mayo upwards

hundred I and tall tl ate

that are now

known te ttloa.'Broad . a by Colonellyrd, was known formerly ;is

Boot« ¡m.m who had 'i

It I to be km wii, and I*>bl r familiar

rlrginta, as "Bowmaa'i Polly," "Willow,»n," etc., i, «n forgot-

« n by tics- « bo sboul i¡ 11I arci Is of our 1:

UKDBROONE CHANOlit i.s tru- that the fa] have

by which some Ofbi m have bei n obUtoratod by

la the river or by Umof man. The "th:

John Bnstth and d' -'te to the

scat : a, BOW form a portiont the m.ii:;lan-l of the South Bide. On-

I had occasion to exploue a i.. and found it to be a

undred »steps bto.id by upwards of onemus ¡id Ion:,'. The trough of the old

readily traced aa It ap¬ara below Walker's Island and runs.orin-ltke, to the wharves opposite Rock-ts. I take to BBySetf the credit Oflying red this island, arid have»njectured it to be the one whlcfe twonturles ago went In the old records by

singular name of "Bowman's Follyiland."DESTROYED BT FRESHETS.

v" some of our local itdsnds haveran dealtoyad by freshets, other« havethee be. n formed by change» in the,lurse of the river currents or by artlii-ul junction.partly the werk of manid i »rtly by the deposition of the «edl- jent of freshet».

it times a long sand-Island was"Jo-,es'« rock" and' 1

ireabt of the lower docks, which dlsap-»iid.ien'y a» It had «-mere- l

am the water. It wus owned, or claim-, by one Wlldenllt. according to Mor-eat. A great freshet in the river SP- «

Bred one duy «ml aw»pt Island and Iiiii.it).-n clear from off their shaky r

i.ml.ulons. i <rhe side of this lost island has been I

eeaUv, recover««! by, another of like pro- [ i

i "1. ns.a valuable possession, provioetiits owner shall bo able to hoi 1 it harm

such changes as are con-

Btnntly occurring in the currents of trietirar.

ABB POWBBSTJL ACBSNT8,Th* freshets in the James are powerful

its in the. making Of unmakingdB, hut still more po«*rfttl wh.-nIT so constantly on the i:v«rs

ky 1. Th- t.- la reason to bell« Wthat some time prior to or during LhflQuartcnary period a more powerful

at thin «ntor had hoea InstrumentalIti cuttiiii-r down the BranRO which formsthe b«'d-rock of the Jame«. From ob¬

is which 1 have carefully madelg i lio line of the great falls andml miles above them, I am of the

»cal glacteUoa has done aamuch, if not more, to deepen thebed-rock«if tin- river than any other that m

mentioned. The evldenoM of this locallotion m:i> be observed well written

in l*glbl< u stones as

loaus, and mayby tl D of

aroup* of griuiito bullid« rs which I hOV*1 on the south sil.-, as far up

as PowbataB county. I have taken Innote-booh a sketch.some fifteen

IS ago.of a remark a h le- group of" boulders resting on a farm once

I I,y luv deaf departed friend, Wil-II W***an BOW* of them a» big

as s.r.u. led BblpO.end all «pii-ily nestling; is a half mile or so dis¬

tant from the pr.-s. nt bed "f the JaOMSjand at a height, too, al ova it of l'y» f«. rmor* or leaa This beautiful group ofroci. ¡f sotn-- lastancea by

growth, could ii. .th .v.- i a tra »rte i to ;: s prasaat an-

by any otlie-r « m, «Ivable agent:'

' then, are the twoil Ii a r. du, .1 the

...i nvFr from its high and broad i-to . coiiiiu« in- .-.'. t.> alluvial

bottoms and locky hills.r.o XI ABOUT Tin; ROCX-BBD,

\ factor in thg count of changeand disruption of the granite bed of th-

Ittd of the BOW river.setting asidefrosts and the natural abrasion occ*,-

by the BB01 is.\á thehosnely pot-hole. The bed-rock, as now

is lite-raoy papparad all over withactive littie agents. Some of themM small in th--ir .lfm« usions as an

inch or two of diameter, and others so« t., I.- capable of holding hun-of gallon» of water. There Is

B to believe that pot-holes may beuncovered at height* above the flow ofthe pr***at river. 1 discovered a fewyears ago a group of them mar Itlch-

,1 mill which had not been touchedby the waters of the gre-.tt freshets of

i 1S7LI have ascertained irom careful lnspec-

f certain artificial pot-holes thatwear and tear goes on so slowly.

hardly a half Inch in a century.as to Jn-Cllna me to believe that the largest ofthe natural ones may be many thousandyeara old. Before concluding this hasty«uncle, I may Interest the savant by re¬lating In brief a remarkable diacoveryI made a few yeara ago, In a dump ofexcavated earth, which catno from thefoundation of a tobacco factory overlook¬ing the falls. This factory was builton a high shelf of ground, which bad

-trewn lui Ide and outside withminds of stranded boulders. The falls

st this point never rise In the greatestts above nine feet of ordinary flow.

The boulder I am to describo was brokenhalf in two, the other half, unfortunately,fiad been burl.-d in the dump. It showedi clear-cut half of a pot-hole, of the

,:y of, say, forty or fifty gallons ofwater. The level of the excavation ex-

! In height thé level of the highest'reshet.some forty or more feet. The

up, or pot-hole, had been, undoubt¬edly, sculptured by natural agents, andhoe* agente wer« unmistakably waterind gravel, It would be Idl* to calculate,

We're otittalked often.outdone never. Our Clothing Workshops are at 5«7-574 Broadway, N. T.

Special Anniversary Offerings as

Big as the "Big Store."M That moans the biggest values ever shown.at the lowest prices ever quotedTIirv speak for them*-Ives.-to our credit.to your fullest appreciation. We'vestrained every nerve of our great commercial System to mako this event possible.They're pay-day?.days in which we pay the premium of leadership to our patrons inthe coin of unapproachable bargains.

Boys' Short Pants Suits. Men's Clothing.You haven't had such a " sarin«? time" this

Reason as this is.and out of the biegest andchoicest stock in town.

Alt-Wool I'ast Color Mi tod Cheviot Suits.in bothReefer mid Doable Druasted effeoti to

"

tit H.«*s i to is. We're potentlyeafe tocall tlii'tn si Snils.'..

A lot uf Boucle <'li«", ¡ot Short Pains Suits, bothIleefrr nii'l Doabls-Brssated styl« Un-adwith [tal-inn cloth and asW4ftd With -ill: -i-v»'i'

seam te~te.¡ n-tiiiil value I"» -and thei; - ont of our ftpSSisi big «ralBSB.

2"> Suit« of Fancy Scotch Cheviot Check*, importi'd goodl our lie»t maker's bead work in makimrthem up. Double-Breasted Jackets, with dont-1-atitehed edgea born bnttoiu, and Iraiinn cloth lining. Comparisons are ttala Worth *o. Bina 7 to 19 yean.

Tl each of Hlack and nine Clay Worste«l SuitsReeferand Doabl^BreastsdfttylssiUi

~

with Italian cloth. The»»» »re tine ¡iv^« n't.*«, wort¡i 87.50 OnrepaSaS] priée

$2.50Suits, hoth

«-I with I in!

I3.Í5'k*. importin makirnr

¡o» donble

$r.50-$5.00

Boys' Reefers.

It is unfair to the balance of the stock tositiólo out any special lots.where hip valuesehi r.icten'zo them all. J.ut sometimes condi¬tions mako bargains.and for this week webave two lots of Suits ami two of Top Coatsthat are worth nearly a third mors than woshall ask yon.

All-Wool Novelty Choviot Single Breasted SackSuit«», in neat dark effect.« ; Coats are lined withfanny onesiniorc, wftti silk acrossthe shoulders; Vents are cutdou ble breasted, fit--» vahíofor. $12.50

StrWlv All Wool Cheviot Double-BreastedSuck Suits, with aJngievbraaotad vests; tai¬lored to perfection nml cut to fit to per¬fection. SaksinakitiLT ati'l Sfiks markingtbat'a why inatcad of -5H we can onet'lctn at. $15

m iiini\i-*> i,i

$1.45l<hie Chinchilla Reefers, with iiNter ami BSfl

Bollan lined with fanny essaimera that makea '49mmor»» oomfortable. Those with radiocolinrs ara trimmed with braid. Size»to in. Worth # > 50. Special .

Small loi of Two-Toned Montagnae ChinohillaReefer-, 111 m< 1 With tailor collar, trimmed erithbraid; novolty bnttona Coteei little«'(.»it-; for the lit tie fellow s voiTU find any«when-. Asas 8 to 8. Worth fifi, Bp< 1.

All-Wool Covert Cloth Top Coats, most popu¬lar shade of Tan ; made with insertedfront piece : patch p >ek¡ t- and wide fren (ft\ |/\nine «trap ftaamg; silk sleevo linings. Trail I*l3..")0\nlue value for. v*',v

Iniporti-d All Wool Covert Cloth Top <~V»atn,silk lined all through -<trap seams. Frenchfaeinga and perfset-fltting. Batter thant he a\ «race rf'.'il ( dat. Special price.. $15

_$3.r5

Young Men's Suits.There is only one stock in town that ¿rives

the " almost-men" years anything like a va¬

riety to select from-'-THAT'S OCRS. Thesedays we oftsryoabig bargaia values.

(t. P»* for a lot of AH Wool Gray Mited Cheviot

j|*fi sii.i»'e 1'feileted Cutaway Sack Suits.Ion«?*i7-/ pants worthfifi.60. Bites 14 to 19.rt»-< A i- tlie ftpSOisJ price for a lot of 810.50 value\ 111 Plaid ( Ihevioi Lotuf-PavntB Suits, la «¿»Button*r**,v SiiiL'l«' Breasted Sacks. No pucss-workahoiiT the actual worth Fabric and making show it.

Men's and Boys'Shoes

Some very special vaines in

Men's Furnishings.Values that need only a mention to hrinp

von sito th m. Values that; n, less powerfulhand than tho "Biff Store's" cash and tin*"Biff Stores" Belling ability would he tooweak to control. Values that the *' y»in »ndneedle" shops know nothing of.at pi ithey are unable to nain .

Hen's Handkerchiefs.Two lots.

21c Fancy border«»«! Handkerchiefs, in«trou-,' colors und neat patterns. Your choicefor.

3 for 50c.17c.

Why you should buy here.Banause in on ai] lines of Kan's Black Calf,

and Enamel Leather Bho4M nt *;l we stiveyon more style more oomfori more

value than a dollar more buys in an

(ton. .Money hack if wedon't....

Don't bBUBS the hoy if his Shoes wear

and you w-m'r have to blame theShoes if von bay him our losdOTSake1 School Bhoea ".Solid leather strong, comfortahle. and stylish.

They nell this frrade of shoes in the exclusive storesat fij.78.

Japonette Silk Tuitinl Handkerchiefs, fullsize, wide hem, any letter. A bitf quality ,

but small quantity.yC»

Pajamas.The

we eloeeí.alance of those 11.Su and fi2 I'ajamas thatl ont from the manufacturer.Une French

ne newactual (t»'"s flannels, imported madras, cheviot, and satiny shoe I« ""ft pattern-i perfect-I'dtin-,-. V-ur choice for__-.vr** m a.1.95ewear out

$1.35

Boys' Knee Pants.More Corduroys-this time the choice of Blue,

Brown, and <irav" und regular ?.">c val M farnes. All tissa t to 18. What's better ^|-3Ceforaahooif Special price.

We shall put on sale 800 pairs of All-Wool KneePant< for the boyi from '» to 11 years. Splendidcolors. We ask" coiiipari-on f-.r them W"f\aritfe the basi yon nan find for 75a v3vlCeSpecial price.

!_'(M) pairs of Ali W""l Knee Pants, in excellentpattern**, and wilh patent waistbands(¡ood a- anybody else's ¡ft values.

Special price.

Underwear.With a full lino on mir eounters we must

iind room to offer you this most extraordinaryvalue. They were nil'red to us.and itwould'nt havo been Saks-liko to let them pas«.

Winter-Weight Camel's-Halr Shirts and Draw¬ers, with rihhel bottoms, ponr] buttons, splicedseats and tapad seam«. What i*» i'alledseats and lapwi seams, wnat m called . o_everywhere a 7-r»<\ bargain, here.4ÖC.

75c.

Neckwear.A l"t of 78a Silks, latest patterns, made up in

the new small Teck and Four in-Hand lio- _rk_man strip«*s.5^^*

Don't pay a quarter for Collars and Cuffs,when we offer you our Four-Ply Pure LinenCollars for 10c. and Cuffs 16a All the popu¬lar shapes. Wear with the best of em.

We will continue this week to SILK-LINE our "$20 Suits to orderas an introduction to our style of tailoring.

»»

A. SAK5 & COMPANY,"SAKS* CORNER."

y years, or centuries of years, the ¡88 of this VSnorabl* torso-f«,r torso « Ilay be called. I Incline to think. In the ytght Of careful observation of the w-ar |

r of lot-holes ami Of the desceti'l-i>. of the bed«roch of the Jamaa

îat it was twirling gravels In the oldrv*r long before the Aryan. «annn«1«die Nil-- and laid thd foundation for thatiVillsatlon which Occam* "t«t long *>ef)re

¡c» Pyramids w«-re rockoned amOBg theIV*n «AOlide-rs of th.- world.

C B, WALLACE.

KSHKX COI \TV.

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Itaaas'

«IBhl«,

l-li.i'

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Marring-«.li« :««h of an AgedPreacher.Poll t teal.

DFNNSVILLE. VA., October 9.-iSpe-ial.).Mr. George Kriete. and Miss Mao !

hilllps, both of this place, were united |i marriage Thursday at 10 o'clock at Iphesus church. The groom Is a »on of j Tl"

aptaln E. W. Krlete, an extensive fruit-

rower and packer of Essex. The bride | ^

an accompliahod young lady, a grad- | ret

He of Johns Hopkins, and wus th* «r

u«!i-1<jvi«1 teach« r and principal of the ,n<

raded school of Dunnsville. Rev. J. P>. j 1

». k ufll.-lated. j'''Réf. A. F. Scoot, the oldest Baptist

'

vine In all thl» »ection Of the S'ale, [ m^e.l Thur»day. He was in hi» 70th year, ...

id ha«l been preaching the Gospel a» hoh.-ved it for fifty year». He wa* a jan of rare attainments.a scholarly Ian, genial in spirit, courtly in manner, !ngly In soul, and Christian in life and -»._,

laracter. He leaves a wife and fivellilren by his laat marriage and two byformer on*. CTh* political flght is waxing warm. I lastie nominees for the Senate and th« ¡ sou

ouse-T. E. Hlakey and Books« Gar- | eint.-are being opposed by Hon. I-. I* i coniylor for the Senate, aa*V W. M- "tint»«-! polr the House. X

REPllll.lt an m;\v rOBKBBS.

niltintlon» Itntltl« il.I'oruUer, OfOhio. Arrnlan» Low.

BW YoRK, October '.' The Republl-municipal nominations were ratified

night ut a mass-meeting- at CooperIon. Every seat in the tilg hall was

».pied. General Tracy was enthual-laaily received. The prlndpnl adi by H« nator Foiaker, of OhLe HisBf attention was given to an analysisthe r«.-ord» of the opposition ticketsthe Held, and baoinded a strong ar-rnSMttt «>f Ix>w a« "a pa»elve Repub-n" and an acknowledged free-trader.iry «leorge's name was received withigled cheers and hisses.

TARIFF ACT DÉCIMO*.

»«»«irr Departió« ut Will Appealli-i.i-« Ne»v York I.iiii!ii.Ii,ii,ASHINGTON, «October 9.-Acting-Sec-iry Spauldir.g »aid to-day that th«asury Department would appeal tocourt» from the decision of the Gene-Hoard of Appraisers hi New York

terday. hoMtfig that the Dlngley tariff.dl«l not go into effect until the actualnent it was signed. The departen »«itmaintain« that th« law was opera-from the prior midnight of the day

ras signed.

SOUTHER« RAILWAY I.INES.

»ting at Ctaelaaatl «ext Thara-«lay.Winter Tourist Rate«.

rllCAGO, Octobar Í.-A call «ased to-day for a meeting of thetheastern lines, to be held In Ctn-lati, U-tober nth. for the purpose of

ring winter tourist rates, and th*its to whtch they shall be applied..ere U UtUe likelihood that th« road»

rumilng cast from Chicago will fellowthe action of th<¿ northern roeda andraise the rate* on east-bound grain andflour. They are of the opinion that toomuch of this traille baa been going eastby the northern route«, and they erenot willing to take actloi: that might re¬sult In the loss of any greater portionof It to them.

It Is likely that a meeting of th« traficofficials of the eastern road« will be heldin the near future, to consider the actionof the northern roads and to dect.l«*upon the bent lln« of action for the road«out of Chicago to pursue.

THE WEAPO* OF GÜITEAÜ.

It» Whereaboate a« Great n Bytteia« Ever.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. October 1-1whereabouts of th« long-lost rev*tve<used by OuHeau In th« ass sslnatlon ofPresident Garfl-ld, which the police so«thorltles several days ago announced hadb. n feared and turned over to tbem,apparently «till a mystery.The weapon which the police hold,

which is sail to have been In thesession of the late Judge-Advocate-General Swain. United State» army, le a wood«en-hand o, whtl« th« newspaperrecord» examined to-day uniformly Be*»crib« the weapon as having a whit*or ivory handle.

A Dlftobeaieat Pâlirai.(New ïork Weekly.)

Ijrat«» Patron: You advertise toBurnptlim. don't youTDr. Quack; Yds, »lr. I never fall

my InstriM'tiona are followed.Irat« Patron: My »on took your

eta» for a year und died an hourthe last dos«.Dr. uuack: My m»trjctl«>n* were

followed. 1 told bim to take Mr**m>