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The Two MyHtcrles. We know not what it J?, dear, this aleen'sn deep and still. The folded hands, the awful calm, the cheek so pale and chill; The lids that will not lift again, though we may call and call, The strange, white solitude of peace that settles over all. We know not what it means, dear, this desolate heart pain, This dread to take our daily way and walk in it again; We know not to what other sphere the loved who leave us go, Nor why we're left to wonder still, nor why we do not know. 6 But this wo know: Orr loved and dead, if they should come this day, Should come and ask us "What, ls life?" not one of us could say. Life Is a mystery deep as ever death can be. Yet oh, how sweet it is to us, this life we live and see. Then might they say-these vanished ones-and blessed is the thought! "So death ls sweet to us, beloved, though we today tell vc naught : We may not tefl it to "thc quick-this mystery of death Ye may not tell us, if ye would, the mystery of breath.'' Tho child who enters life comes not with knowledge or intent, So those who enter deal li must go as little children sent: Nothing is known. But 1 believe that God ls overhead. And as life is to the living, so death is to the dead. Wall Whitman. A SPRINGTIME MESSAGE To Those Who Have Laid Loved ?ear Ones Away. Did you ever stop t'.> think that God hides away so many secrets under the snows cf winter? Who eau tell what mysteries are buried beneath the white cover, so deep, so dazzling in its purity when it ti ist falls on the brown leaves and withered grass ? lt is true to its trust and never whispers of the possibilities that are being sheltered and nourished by its enfolding. The flowers are only sleeping, their tiny pubes arc thropping with life down in the darkness, and after t hey awake, rested and refreshed they will bud and blossom more beautifully than before. The have branches of Hie tte s bend lovingly down in a feeble attempt to protect the little sleeping blossoms and the wind, wc say, sighs mourn fully as its rocks them to and fro, I ut it is only chanting a lullaby that is known to nature's children alone. All is quiet and pe.?c? under .sno?. | awaiting the sound of "spring's trum pet" to awaken bo a larger life and greater loveliness. So when "life's winter is past"' and thc snow has melt ed at the call of God's et; mal spring what wonderful surprise await us. | Life, full,.free, throbbing lire that will never need to s eep again under the winter's sorrow, for "Behind ihe dim unknown Standeth Ci<>d within the shadow, keeping Watch above his own." And what seemed death to the nat ural sense was only a hiding away of the germ immortal with God standing guard, ready to bring lt forth in good time. The king who comos and spreads his robe of ermine over till, treads, oh S-J gently, because of the sleeping bud-; and tender blossoms be neath his feet in their earthly cradle. The awakening time is not yet and . they will sleep more sweetly under .the ermine robe. Why do we not think of this when our bea: ts are heavy laden because of what, bas been hidden away from us, remembering that there lives one who never loses sight of our Howers, even though they wither here in thc cold blasts that come from the sea of pain ai.d the valley of the shadow, lie knows the. are only resting for a moment, t ? come to a more marvelous grow th in the gardens that are sunkissed etern ally, anei whose Howers know no win ter time for sleep. The earth Howers come back to us from under th-2 winter's snow and we are of more value than they. The little hirds that build their homes in thc height-, and bide in the clouds come back, when they bear ol' the spring's new birth or resurtection and wc are of more value than they. We, too. will awaken from tho sleep that eli ses th . weary eyes just long enough for thc angel in waiting to bear us o or the bar into the eternal summer of that "Morning Lund" of which it is said, "and there shall be no night there" neither anv snow, or pit i ess rain is needed to kill and make alive, from the depths will ct,me forth the hidden treasures. D"ad, we said of them, but not so. Like a gerathat refuse.', to sparkle is bidden for a time from the light until it regains its bril liancy, so our jewels have been hidden from us, to be given hack perfected and a setting that glows with immor tality, and our Howers will bloom again when the angel's willi per awak ens them to a vision of skies fairer than ours, bre< /.< s softer, and sun shine that never is hidden. From under the snow of earth into the eter nal summer of heaven. This is our springtime message to you, and amid the sorrows of the days past that still hear heavy upon you, may you be lid out from under theshadow into t hat glorious sunlight, and beso inspired with hope ilia' sor rowing and sighing shall Dee away, and a quiet peace mantel your horl ./on, so calm and s rene, perfect resl will come unto you and fi rever abide .vlth you. Child Suspended in Well. After having hung suspended by her clothing for an hour sixty feet down in a well, Hve-year-old Annie Thomas, of Omaha, Neb., was Wed nesday afternoon lished from her dan gerous position with grappling hooks and returned lo her mother's arms without the least injury. Ketur.iing from a neighbor's. Mrs. Thomas was just In time to set- the lil tlc girl st um ble into the mouth of thc well. She fainted, but not before her screams had attracted the allen inn of work men on a near by house. These quick ly responded and found thal the child was hanging from a projecting hook forty feet above the waler. Alter an hour's work the hooks were securely caught in her dress and thc child was drawn to the surface. Nine PersoiiH Drowned. The high waler has caused the death of nine persons in the. Indian Terri tory. All the tributaries of t hc Was hlta are out of their banks and cotton and other crops have been destroyed. Railroad service is seriously delayed by washouts. NORTH Carolina negroes held a lynching of their own and in the sime week took charge of a Republican dis trict convent ion and elected all negro delegates to the Roosevelt convention, Yet there are some w ho Question the progress of the colored race. LOOKS LIKE MURDER. A Fatal Shooting Scrape in Hatell 1 Street, Charleston, S. C. BULLET IN VICTIM'S BACK. < Tho Dcntl Mau Was Formerly a Dispensary Constable < un<l ttic Killer Kan a I Blind Tiger. ( Ia Charleston George M. Caulfield j was killed and Joseph G. Myers and , Iluuter Sharp were wounded by J. P. ? Carroll on 11 ascii street near the cor ner of Maiden lane Monduy night, June (1. about 10 o'clock, as a result of a ditllculty previously bad by Caulfield and Carroll on King street, lu front of tbe Academy of Music. Caultield was shot in the back, af ter he had turned to run away from Carroll, who was approaching him with a pistol, and Myers and Sharp were probably wounded by tbr stray bullets which Carroll continued to shoot at Caullieid who did not fall to the pavement until several minutes after he bad received the first bullet tired by Carroll, although Myers said Monday night that bc thought that Carroll meant to kill him also. Myers was shot lu the left arm, just below Hie elbow and Sharp was shot in the right leg, midway between the knee and tile top of bis shoe. Tho wounds of Myers and Sharp were both llesb wounds, which were dressed hy Dr. B. S. Cathcart, immediately after the shouting. The trouble probably bad its origin in Hie reporting of Carroll for violat ion the dispensary law. Carroll runs aplace on Archdale street, and lt is said that some time ago, Caultield, who was once on the dispensary con- , stabulary force, and who is said to ? liave since been an "informer," in the employ of the constables, had given information against Carroll, causing ; the enmity which existed and which resulted in the shooting. At all events, while Myers and Caultield were standing in front of the Academy ; of Music talking. Carrol) came up and almost immediately Hie two men 1 engaged in a fisticuff, finally clinch ing and fallibg to thc pavement. Caultield ou top. The exact words ? which brought on the ditllculty can ? not bc learned. Myers said that the thing happened so quickly and with the mote serious trouble which fol lowed, further confusing bis mind, that lio can not positively say just what provocation was given for the tic.ht. Myers pulled Caultield olT Carroll and just then, Hunter Sharp, John Murphy, Capt. James l-Mat iey and Capt. J. B. Francis, who had previously been along with Caul lieid and Myers, rushed up and gave Myers their assistance in trying to keep the men apartand to stop the trou ble. Caullieid seemed disposed to listen to the advice of bis friends and On the request of Myers, he started for bis home, on Anson street. Carroll was left behind, as Caultield and the rest of the party walked up King street and turned into Hasell street. lt was said Monday night by one of the witnesses that just after Hie party turned into Hasell street, Carroll was seen to lie following and was heard to remark, ''1 got bim now where I want ulm." The party was walking slowly through Hasell street, and discussion ?f the affair had in fact ceased, when thc men crossed Meeting street. The stre t is particularly dark in this block. Caulfield was walking ahead of Ids live friends arid when within a short distance of Maiden lane, Caul lieid, suddenly stopped, probably see ing Carroll U.om up before him with thc pistol, and took a step or two hack towards thc party, when Carroll ?pened tire. None of thc party seemed to bave been paying any attention to Carroll, and it was suggested Monday bight that he bad probably walked around the block, bounded by Meeting and Pinckey streets and Maiden lane and in this way gotten ahead of the party and come face to faee with CaUltield. However this may bc, C.iul field was shut In Hie back, as he was retracing his steps from Carroll, and (Jarrod continued to shoot, until he had emptied thc live cartridges of his pistol. Tue party naturally separated as the bullets began tolly, backing up against thc buildings on the south side of thc st;cet. Caullieid was near est to Murphy. He remarked that ?ie had been shot, a ir ? ment or two after thc lire, and a liule latir, when the liriiK' which had la-en done at close range, probat ly within a few. yards, had ceased, Caulfield foll hilo Murphy s arms and was laid on the sidewalk, ile. had convulsion and then expired, before a physician could be summoned, dying probably within three minutes from the time that he was shot. No attempt was made then to stop Carroil who walked away (pilotly, and was arrested later by Sergt Quinn at a place on Market street, who had been ordered by Chief Hoyle to follow up Carroll and arrest him. The news of thc shooting spread rapidly and on account, of tue parties to the adair being all well known men, the shooting soon became a gen eral topic of conversation and several hundred people assembled in the stree t about the dead man wlK? was lyinc; on the sidewalk, awaiting the verdict, of thc enrouer. Everybody was asking questions and eagerly gathering infor mation about the shooting. After the woui ds of Myers and Sharp had been dressed hy Dr. Cathcart, all the witnes; were arrested, being later re leased until the inquest Tuesday. A . stated above, the parties are all web Known. Carroll's place on Arch dale street is well known. Caullieid who leaves a widow and two children, besides an aged father, mother and sister, was a well known character about the city ticing a printer by trade and for some time he was connected willi tho dispensary constabulary force. He had many frinds. Myers is the engineer on thc towboat Protec tor, Capt. Klatlcy ls the master oi the towboat Wanan and Capt. Francis and Murphy are also engaged in maritime work. Hunt r Sharp is connected I with a transfer concern. Charleston Post. * A Foolish Mun. Recausc be believes that some of bis property in Omaha. Neb., bas been unjustly taxed, George 0. Joelyn the millionaire president of the West ern Newspaper Tulon, bas bi arded up the windows of the mansion be re cently built there at a cost of several hundred thousand dollars, turning his cows into the ground which landscape artists from New York were brought to beautify and gone with bis family to Saratoga, N. Y., to reside perman ently. THE SCHOOL LAW. Vu Important Guango Made By the Late Legislature. There was au important change nade In the school law lost year which ?caped the attention cf a majority of ibose Interested in education and which is now being called to tho at tention of the county superintendents )f education by Superintendent Mar tin. The law has changed tbe time for the appointment of trustees by tbe county superintendents from the ?veu to the odd years. Under tbe other lav/ the appointments wero usually made in a political year and from a political standpoint tbls was bad as many of them were made with a view to re eletlon and those that were made on merit sometimes made ot tiers mad so that a good cQlcer was some times defeated. The following letter ls being sent out. To county superintendents of educa tion: Gentlemen:-1 desire to call your attention to the amendment to Sec tion 1210 of the Code, 1902, found on pago 52S of the acts of 1004. lt says "Each County Board of liducallou on tbe lirst Tuesday of July 1905 and on the tirst Tuesday in July two years thereafter, shall appoint for each school district in their eounty three schcol trustees, from the quail lied electors and taxpayers residing in tbe district" etc. As you knew, the old law read 1890 Instead o? 1905; soin appointing trustees this year, allow me to suggest that you commission them for one year only so as to be ready for thc new law next year. If you simply allow the present trustees to bold over, it will have the same effect. Sincerely yours, O. B. MARTIN, Superintendent. Ho Kind In the Home. . The habit of treating those who are noan st and dearest to us wltb dis courtesy, is one that clouds the sun shine of too many homes. If you are young and looking for your prince, just test bis home couduct. Do not bc guided in your choice by what a young man is in the parlor; lind out what bc is in bis mother's sitting room. Do uot judge bim by thc way he can tip his hat. but by thc way he treats the old, especially his parents. Tbc home where mutual consideration rules is always a happy one, if it be the top Hat of a cheap tenement or an abode but on the prairies. There should be a certain respect observed in thc most intimate relationships. Wives have- no me re right Lo search their husband's pockets than they have to take the same libetry with an acquaintance. We have no more right, to rob the baby's bank than to force the vault of thc national bank. We may burt the feelings of a society acquaintance and there is no great harm done, beyond an estrange meut of two people who care but little for each other: but when we stab thc fond mother's heart, that loved us with a love next in tenderness to heaven's, or wound tbe sensitive feelings of a brother or a sister, life ls not long enough to ex tl act the sting from memory. Love's opportunity will soon vanish forever and out through thc suuset of life, the ones we love dearest and best ba"e flown away like birds to a summer land and our words of endearment arc thrust back like voices that beat against a wall of rock. Young Men Wanted! Every young mau in this town and county is wautcd! Wanted from the street corners, from the loafer's ren dezvous, from the Idler's promenade; turn^your steps into the highway of noble aim and earnest work. There arc prizes enough for every successful ?yorker, crowns enough for every honorable head that goes through the smoke of conflict to victory. There is within the young manan upspring ing of lofty sentiment which contri butes to lils elevation, and though there are obstacles to be surmounted and difficulties to be vanquished, yet with truth for his watchword, aud leaning on b's own noble purposes and exertions, be may crown his brow with honors. He may never wear the war rior's crimson wreath, the poet's chap let of bays, or the statesman's laurels though no grand universal truth may at his bidding be confessed to the world, though it may never be his to bring to a successful issue a great political resolution -to be the founder of a republic whose name shall be "a distinguished star In tue constellation of nations-,"-yea, more, though his name may never he heard beyond the limits of Ids own neighborhood, yet is his mission none the less a high and holy one. But why clo so few young inch of early promise, whose wise hopes, purposes, and resolves were radiant as the colors of the rainbow, fail to distinguish themselves? The answer ls obvloi s They are not will ing to devote themselves to thc toil some culture which is the price of success. Whatever aptitude for par ticular pursuits nature may donate to ber favorite children, she conducts none but the laborious and the studi ous to distinction. Piled Their Pledges. The State says among the candi dates who tiled their pledges Thursday with Gen. Jones were I). C, Heyvvard for governor, U. X. Gunter, Jr., for attorney general, (). lt. Martin for state superintendent of education, .Ino. I>. Frost for adjutant general, A. W. Jones for comptroller general Thc candidates have only until June i!0 to tile their pledges and are a little backward this year. Engineer Killed. Sou them railway mail and passen ger train No. 40, north bound, ran into an open switch,near Salisbury N. C., Wednesday'night. Engineer Tyler I). Haynes, of Charlotte, and bis tir :mai), J,in Wadkins, colored, were killed and an unknown ti reman, who was riding mi the engine, was serious ly hurt. No passengers were injured. The engine and mail car left the track. ' 1? ('orrcspoiidcnt Killed. Private telegrams received from Shankaikwan sav that Lewis Bbsel, cornspondont of The Lindon Daily Telegraph, and Ernest Brindle of The London Daily Mail, were fired upon by Chinese soldiers in a junk near Erdlke. Etsel was killed hut Brin dle ls believed to be safe. Etsel was a native of Butler, Pa., and lils father lives in the West. Took Her Idle. Mrs. N. V. Collier, nf Talbotton, Ga., committed suicide at noon Wed nesday. She was visiting Mrs. Finley Green, five miles In the country. At dinner she complained of being ill, went to an adjoining room and shot herself through the heart with a .pistol. She was cheerful and seemed happy. She was 21 years old and had been married 18 months. She leaves a baby four months old. Remember Mother. Boys. How the ohirp of that lonely cricket brings to mind the dear old homo, yrs, years and years and years ago, we are afraid to say bow many-when the breezes crept in under the low ! barg ing branches and the graceful (-,,LU swept the roof of the old-home a lov ing embrace, when tbe odor of phlox and tuberoses was wafted in from tbe garden. We remember tbe deep dark sbaduw under the rough old oak, and tbe ruddy lights through the red cur tained windows; the pleas mt rooms, the books, the music, and-mother. Do you remember mother? It is your mother we mean. Tho mother who laughed over our baby antics, grew proud of our boyish triumphs, bid ber sad heart beats when we lett the home fo!d to win our way in the world, tbe mother whose hair grew gra^ in her care for us, whose heart grew bumble by the multitude of ber prayers lu our behalf; whose face grew more tender as the years marked their progress upon her cbeecks, whose stops faltered and whose hands trembled because ber bouyanoy bad been given freely iu our t chair. The mother who staid in tho old home wbilo wo were far away. The mother biri in the nest after the lledgling had down. There came at last a letter to UB In another band, and dear old mother was at rest. Then we went home but dbe old time home was gone fi r.:ver. Ah, we know, how trivial everything then I seemed beside mother's love. We know how a kind word of old would have cheered ber heart. We know how the business cares crowded out the home letters; and how mother watched and waited for the tardy mis sive. We know how ber heart bled for an old time caress, and how she went to rest with a prayer on ber lips for you. And now it is too late, ami the crickets play their lonesome melody, while a white stone in "God's Acre" marks where mother rests after her work is done. Remember mother, boys, before it is too late-we have yet time to show our appreciation of her .love. See ber bair, it ls as white as snow, and it has been bleached by care of us. Watch her steps how tbey falter. Cherish her. Show her your love. Court ber as you would a sweetheart, If1 you would make her happy. All too soon this mother will be gone, and then God grant the cricket song will I ring us naught but kind memories WOULD YOU LI VIS TO BE 100 Hero Aro thc Hulea a French Scient ist Prescribes Therefor. To live one hundred years a French physician bas laid down the following rules for human beings to observe. 1. Breathe fresh air day and night 2. Take outdoor exercise each day either by working or walking. .'I. Bat and drink moderately and simply. Choose water, milk and fruit rather than alcohol. 4. Foi ti fy yourself by washing dally in cold water and by taking a bot bath once a week. 5. Do not wear clothes which are either by working or walking. C. Live lu a house that ls spacious and dry. 7. Work regularly. 8. After work do not seek repose In exciting distractions. The hours of leisure bel ng to thc family; the night is for sleep. 9. Eunoble your life by good ac tlous. To those who are desirous of living! one hundred years we can see .notb-l lng-objectionable in the above' sugget tions. So far as they apply to local life, we presume none of our citizens could te worse og for following them. In fact, our present dally life is modeled much after the same lines. We are not all fortunate enough to have roof gardens for sleeping apart ments, hut the tendency to seek pure air is in evidence among tbe lowliest. If we can't get abundant exercise in walking, we get about as much In bal ancing ourselves in overcrowded trains and trolly cars, and we eat moder ately enough because, with the ten dency toward increased prices for food, there is no other alternative. Public and private baths are in creasing everywhere at an unusual ra tio, and the tendency of the age, even among the fair sex, is to combine comfort with fashion i i such a way that beauty or "the mode" shall not be the price of physicial fortune. Thc French physician's doctrine is simply that of rationality, and evolu tion seems to be following exactly on that theory. * Improvement in the Cotton Belt. The weather bureau's weekly sum mary of crop conditions says: Asa whole there bas been quite a decided improvement in the condition of Cot ton over nearly tbe whole of tho cot ton belt. The crop bas; however, su tiered some damage in Oklahoma and Indian territories from ovo;Hows and from Insuillcicnt mo store in scat* tered localities in Louisiana. Rapid growt h and a good state of cultivation arc generally indicated. Holl weevils are. increasing rapidly and do'ng con siderable damage in a number of southwestern and south central coun ties in Texas. The week bas been exceptionally -favorable for trasplant lng tobacco, and this work bas ad vanced satisfactorily, having been completed in Tennessee and Not th Carolina and about three-fourths finished in Kentucky and Virginia. lu the extreme northern States there is an encouraging outlook for apples, but in the central Mississippi and Ohio valleys and middle Atlantic Stales the prospects appear to be somewhat impaired by extensive drop ping. In the southern States a good crop of peaches ls indicated. Mummer School for Negroes. Hon. O. B. Martin, State superin tendent of education, has completed arrangements for the summer schools for negroes. These schools will be held in 17 places. In speaking of the matter Mr. Martin says: "In order to reach the greater number we have appointed more schools and, as a rule, only one instructor to thc school. I urged the county superintendents of education to advise their negro teach ers to attend any of these schools which may be most convenient." Fol lowing are thc places and dates for the county summer schools for ne groes: Abbeville- E. W. Williams, .Inly 18. Barnwell -Geo. Butler, July 18. Beaufort-Geo. W. Pegues, July is. Bennettsville- D. W. Davis, July 4. Camden-J. C. Whittaker, July 18. Charleston J. E. Wallace, July 4. Columbia- -J. B. Beck, August 1. Elgefield P. A. Peters, July 18. Florence- Wm. F. Holmes, June 20. Georgetown N. J. Frederick, June 20. Greenville J. C. Martin, July 2f?. Lancaster-M. C. Lee, July 18. Newberry Thus. Sanders, July VA. Orangeb?rg-J. B. Taylor, Aug. l. Seneca-A. Robinson, June 20. Union-R. M. Alexander, July 25. York ville-J. L. Cain, June Vi. NATAL HEROES Tell of Their Weird Night Forty Feet Under Water IN SUBMARINE BOAT FULTON, Which LiaYB Twelvo Honrs on tho Bottom of tho O o e a n With Nino Mon In Her. At Newport, R. I., gallant navy men spent twelve hours Wednesday night and Thursday morning in the tiny living room of the submarine torpedo boat Fulton, as -she rested forty feet below the surface of Narragansett Bay. It was a test of the splendid nerve of tho naval fight lng man, as well as tho supreme test of the deep-under-the-sea war eugine, and both emerged triumphant. All communication .with tbe land was cut off. The roof of'the conning tower' was bolted In, and silently the waters of tbe bay closed over the grim looking craft at a quarter past eleven Wednesday night, and she slowly sank below the surface, having on board nine otllcers and men, who had vol unteered for the test. From that hour until a few minn tes after eleven Thursday morning the venturesome nine experienced, wide open eyrs, the fanciful dream of Jules Verue. Dawn appeared, and showed 11 an absolutely unruled suraface where the Fulton bad gone down. For all u tbe interested Jack Tars at the New-11 port Torpedo station knew, tbeir mates bad met the fate of tho aub marine crew that went down to death recently off the coast of England. A NIOIIT WITH DEEP-SEA FISH. And for that matter, fer all that the tars aboard the Fulton knew, they bad taken tbeir last look at daylight and bad gone down in a living tomb. Air tbe life that remained to them was contained in a cup shaped steel tube. TonB of water encompassed tbem. The breaking of a valve the, loosening of a bolt, tbe tightest dis arrangement of the machinery, such as frequently happens wherever machinery is used, might mean death to tbem in one or its most horrible forms. Deep down there in thc sea, sur rounded by entirely new and hidden perils, it might be supposed that tbe Jack Tars sat In silence, each one busy wltb bis prayers, but they did not. Some read magazines, others p'ayed chess with improvised pawn's and others slept, while still others kept watch and stared at tbe tish that gazed at them through the bull's eyes as curiously as the Ash stared at them. "It was Just like the forecastle of a man-of-war," said one of the otllcers. Science triumphed over death. A few minutes past ll Thursday morn ing thc surface of the bay just off the torpedo station began showing air bubbles on a scale slightly larger than those thrown by a porpoise.. Tbere was an Interval of five minutes, and then slowly from the depths rose a great mass of gray Iron. It looked like a whale rising for a sunning. "llOW'd THE WEATHER?" CAULK ASKS. Gradually it shook the water from Itself and took definite shape. A group of a hundred Jack Tars on the wharf h t loose a cheer, and the Ful ton was Moating on the surface of the bay. Captain F. T. Cable was the first to appear. "Goad morning," be said cheerily. "How's the weather?" Cable bas made about two thousand trips below, in European as well as the American waters. He con fess's a preference for deep-sea life, with an occasional breathing s?.ell, fishlike, above the surface. Naval Constructor Woodward fol lowed to the deck. "Splendid!'' be cried, with the air of a scientific man. One by one they crawled up through the conning tower, and as fast as they got out in the clear, lighted cigars and pipes. The navy man thus far has found only one grave objection to the submarine boat. Ile cannot smoke under the water. The men were as fre->h looking as though they bad spent the night in barracks, or swinging comfortably in hammocks aboard a battleship. They bad breakfasted comfortably off cann ed goods and coffee, cooked on an elec trie stove, and fruit. They seemed loath to leave the Fulton and step back on dry laird. . In every detail the test had been a supreme succ ss. At no timo was any d'scomfort felt by any of the men. .Tncompreheris'ble as the statement may appear, for eleven hours and a half of the twelve that they passed at the bottom of thc bay, thc men lived on the air that the boat contained when it was taken below the surface. TEST A BUPREKMK SUCCESS. Captain Cable says they could have lived with the same supply for several hours more; but they drew on tbeir reserve supply In order to test the pumps and satisfy Constructor Wood ward as to the perfect working condi tion of the apparatus. In naval circles here the success of the Fulton's test is regarded as of the utmost importance. Naval Construc tor Woodward says that the Fulton went through every test splendidly, and as a result of the trial tho impor tant fact has been demonstrated that the Fulton, or any boat of ber type, can make a cruise < f ?too miles and re main submerged for ten days. The dominating part that the tor pedo bas played in the war in the Far Fast has turned our navy men's at tention to this field of warfare, and daily experiments arc being made at the station, in every detail of the craft. While the Fulton still lay at the bottom of the bay Thursday prac tiee drills wore bad in tbe launching of Whiteheads from the end of the wharf, and every day the Porpoise, Shark and Plunger, three more sub marine fighters, are taken out and given runs beneath the surface, in order to drill thc ollicers and crews in the management of the formidable boats. SAFETY IS ASSURED. The success of thc Fulton in Wed nesday's tests, when she engaged In mimic warfare and sent two battle ships to the bottom while beneath the watery and In Thursday's manoeuvre, when she demonstrated ber ability to rest with perfect safety for twelve hours beneath thc water, give the submarine torpedo boat rank as one of the certain agencies In war, and In all wars of the future, naval men here say, sho will have to bc reckoned with. Except fora speed run home Thurs day afternoon, the results of which will be held secret until reported to the Secretary of the Navy, Thursday morning's test completes the trial of :??ton. The Naval Board, under the prest enoy of Captain Charles A. Train, 3ft here Thursday, delighted with he new boat. Thursday's test waa called the habit bility test, lt was made under the u per vi sion of the Navy Board of In pectlon and Survey, consisting of laptaln T. J. Train, Captain J. H. )ayton, Captain J. J? Woodward, Jommander Walter C. Cowies; brother f the commander of the battle ship iissouri, and Lieutenant-Commander aaao S. K. Beeves. Tbe men who actually participated n the test, in addition to Const me ir Woodward and Captain Cable, vere Lieutenant Hm. Morrell, Lien enant Charles P. Nelson, Chief Eogl teer P. V. Rehill, Assistant Engi neer Henry Kirby, Gunner Charles 3ecbtold, Boatswain Charles Bergb, Jhlef Engineer H. W. Noblit and ioatswain W. Lindeman. These are .be men who went down in tbe Ful ton. After returning to the station Wed lesday night from the mimic attack >ff Point Judith the boat was put in condition for the test, stores were .ake.n aboard, and at 10:45 p. m., ail die crew having gone aboard, Captain Dable let down tbe lid of the cooning X)wer, and two minutes later the Ful ton began sinking. SHIP sr:ION FROM SURFACE. In two minutes she bad disappear :<]. Bain began to fall, and the crowd daat had witnessed the sinking of the joat retreated to barracks, leaving the Fulton and her orew to their twelve-hour vigil at the bottom of thc ] eay. The rain fell constantly all night, ind at dawn showed no sign of abat ing. Through the clear wateis of Narragansett Bay one looking direct ly down over the spot where the Ful ton had been submerged could dimly Bscern the little sbip, resting easily it tbe bottom. At nine o'clock the crowd began bo gather and speculate as to tbe fate af the boat, but it was not until a Quarter before eleven that any hint came from below as to bow she had withstood the test. There was a furious spurting of water over ber Uko the blowing of a whale, it was then, for the first time, that Captain Cable made a draft au the supply of air. Fifteen minutes more elapsed, and then thc Fulton came to the surface. L. Y. Spears, general manager of the Holland Company, expressed him self as perfectly satisfied with the test. GIVE THEIR EXPERIENCES. What Hie Crew of thc Fulton Say < f Their Trip. The following experience of the crew of tbe submarine boat Fulton while forty feet under water will be read with interest: WHAT CAPT. C'AUI.E SAYS. Having been down in submarine boats about two thousand times, the sensation was not new to mc. But there ls no particular sensation. The air was just as good below, as it is up here. I slept comfortable. 1 know that Captain Woodward is very particular about the air in his sleeping room, and when he was satistkd theie is nothing more to be said. For eleven hours and a half we liv ed on the free air in the boat. We real Iv did not have to draw on the reserve supply, but I thought it well to test the apparatus to see that it was in working order. There is no more dan ger in one of these boats than there is in any other kind of boat. We sank to the bottom easily, and we were pretty well tired out from the hard work of the previous day, and yet some of us played cards or read maga zines and thc papers of tbe day until about 10 o'clock, when wc all went to sleep, save one, wbo stood watch for two hours and then called bis relief from time to time. We could hear ves sels with propellers passing by. We had cooked some of the food, which was relished. Our stay below of twelve hours was nothing new lor me and for our men, as we have on many occasions remained below an.l without using compressed air at all. Sleeping under the water In submar hie beats is easy acquired by men who woik with these types of boats, and lhere is no more to fear in them, like our trip just ended, than in sleeping on board a water vessel of any kind Everything in tbe boat worked well and we simply carried out the orders of the trial board and were happy and willing to lay down and sleep. There is no reason why the Fulton could not have stayed down twice as long, for we had food and water, reading materials, cards and checker boards to keep us happy for that length of time. Some of the boys bad writing ma terial on board, and when they awoke Thursday for breakfast, which con sisted of eggs, milk, coffee and bread, they wrote letters to some of their re latives, and while these letters were being written there was bardlj the slightest perceptible movement of the boat. We bad breakfast at 8 o'clock, which Lieutenant H. H. Morrell, my tirst Gfllcer, cooked like one of our Newport cottage chefs, and wo all en Joyed it, for we were hungry. ' It re called the story of the "pies which mother usc tl to make." WU AT OTIIKKS SAY ABOUT IT. Constructor Woodward says: We got along splendidly. There is no particular sensation about sinking except that of descending in an ele vator. After we got down the sena Hon, if one closed one's eyes, was ex actly the same as it is on thc surface. There was no diQlculty in breathing, the air was pure and wholesome, anti shortly after going down I turned In and went to sleep. I slept soundly. Others slept also, but I am Informed that some of the men read magazines and played cards. But they all got a proportionate amount of sleep, and so far as I am aware, feel now no ill effects fiom their experience. The test was in every respect a success. H. H. Morrell says: "Its a peculiar sensation when you begin to go dawn. If you have any fear at ab, then is thc time lt strikes you. You know that you are shut, in that there is water all around you, and lt sort of catches your breath, but after a while you become accustomed to being where you are and it doesn't seem at all strange. It is very quiet, of course, and there is no movement of any kind. 1 bad a sleep, and I slept well and ate well. 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It was rather depressing ?oing down, and natur illy it was gratifying to see the light of day again after twelve hours of solitude. Charles W. Boechlold says: During the night, while I was on watch, 1 was looking out of one of the bull's eyes and a big tish swam along, stopp ed short and stared at me lu amaze ment, lt was a most peculiar look ing thing, seeu through the thick glass. His eyes glared right into mine and then he darted away suddenly, as though scared halt' to death. I think I shouhl like to serve regularly ou one of these boats. Henry Kuley says: The worst thing about it is that you can't smoke below. Mr. Cable says you might do that, for all tho harm lt probably would do, but there always is danger or a spark striking the gasoline, which wouldn't be good even with the water all around you. A lltomarkable Cure. 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