mitt. UU ;V ittrt J4 Cnierset Herald : lABLISKID 1827. . 0f publication. Wednesday mornlnf at ., m m advance, otherwise i .tu u : " r be chaiKed. Ui he diaoon tinned until ,iV ul when ubcrfben do not ' -id-1 . f per will cm Mia raponaiDie t1 .lion. i ' n.ov;i from ooe postofflo Vo at tii umt of the f orm- .rMKEtoffioo. Aoar k m . , . , n TBI w'"4" UOM-KittUtT, FV f Jai NOTABY PUBLIC aa floor. ' f ...luui u tin care will be at- es"3 . ... ,,iiiiiiiu nuxmiy. JHWiwj u.WIAttY PUBLIC. ..it Court Houe. 5 ..OLl -lf"' uujui bu, Ptlteburfc Pa. NO.. f , boiuarkd Pa. rj,UcriiootsU.fe. jbLaiKLEY, . . . . kX r buiucnel, P&. J t: at'itiiT, r . . .. . t DOUJcrMrfa, a. m iwk bcx-nu. biota, uo alairs. !buiiicnet, Pa. L DuuiL-nieti Pa. 1 iswrr, Ai I OitN E Y-AT-LA W, boiueraet. Pa. AiiuiEY-AT-LA t 1 oouiernct, Pa. itsouau-bd, Pa. ,!it);UtIU;ljUOU to 1U11M8 en- ! Jci.-c.itiu.-. iucn-tiuaujouiiii j-ui i o xoue wi, oypoaius IllNt HAY. A. I O. UAY. I J HAV, rULW"li tx.merHBl, Pa. AiiuZ-NtY-AT-LAW. bou1 jrset. Pa. - a'.uiid WU 0. Klii-UiX, bututnet, Pa. ". liUHIl). vjuioc uu iUIJ CIUMI J-JSsL U oH, . Alluiiii.-AT-LAW, J buuiL'rwt, Pa. - Kwumotli Block, up nuuni. tM- oieo, uUaeXiiuiJUcU,aua ail .uaaucuuol Ui wiui ruuipUit3ak jJUKX & COLBOKN, I A'l"HJlit.lS-AI-lA', eiuuienxri, Pa. I juaaw entrusted u our aire mill be MUllalUiiUli' m'liUfU lo. Culitso hjrUiSoUK-r;i. uuiivftt aud adjoui . tsurveyiaj; iiid owiKjmjti f.Twlibil: leruu. LBAE15, Al 1'OHN EY-AT-LA W, j tSoiaeiet, Pa. .ncure iu .Solutixrt aud adjuuuuc AiiMniiicMuiinuicil to turn win PiFIluTll. W. H. KCPPEL. iTKUIH & RUPPEL, AlTOlOi.-AI-LAW, bouiemet. Pa. )k JM cutmted lo their care will be f:uid liuuvuuhtiy attcudcu to. urace M UM lUWl, OJjpUklU) JUBUUUUJ i.tAiwrnniw, m. d., I'M 1 0iCl.- N A u b L" Ktt-ON, boiuenet, Pa. Pkirio. Street, opposite U. B -P.F. SHAFFER, flilalCIAN AusCKUEON, Somerset, Pa. I i pnfdu'iial services to trie citl- c sm-ttti uJ viciuiiy. umwourjci JttUiU 1'aUlOI ktTtiel. 5iJ.lI. LOUTH ER, ti-!iisi.lA akuoUKGEON, lUin biruet, rear of Iiroc slora. -H.S. K I Mil ELL, f.ruf-iinal serv ice to the dti- tviviLi Mud VH-mity. Cal( pro- V' et-d lie uu be loand at liiji of- J tl ul KlmlUUtsd. -J f.M.:MILLEX, Ontdunte lu lJeulistry.) atvulioD to the presorTallon ' :-i' kvili. AruilcUl kU iatenL. '' rr (:u.inuiu-d MiUkUctor)'. Utile inner J. H. Lmvu A Co nun, Cruo uid Patriot UreeW. 1 C0FFROTH, Funeral Director. 5-j Main Crosa St. Resident, 0 Patriot St. -" H FLUCK, Land Suiveyor ti ESiilJtEEU. Uatle. Pa. 5 v ?fc -i 2 O 1 ; s x W Q. 2 S 5 0 3 . a 3 & jL lie VOL. XL. VI. NO. They do not coin plain of ;4 anything in particular. TheyXj cat enough, but keep thin and x K paic. Incy appear tairly well, ; . but have no strength. You ' cannot sav thev are- reaHv sick, and so you call them ;4 delicate. vj What can be done for them? "jf Our answer is the same that '.i the best physicians have been ;$ giving for a quarter of a cen- turv. Give them V ?"i - aa W 9 SCOH'S EEBOlSlOQ 1 of Ccd-Lh cr Oil with Hypo- ' phosphites. It has most re- 'y markable nourishing power. j It gives color to the blood. It 5 V ft' K k' fc brings strength to the mus- 'n s. It adds power to the nerves. It means robust ! I 1.1. .- TT- . J 1 ncaitu ana viiror. even aeii cate mtants rapidly gain in flesh if given a small amount three or four times each day. $oc and $t.oo ; H druisu. SCOTT A BOWSE, Chemisti, Kt York. imiiixliiiiihiiiimiiiniimm 1 The First I .5 S: j Ready Cash ml That a bereaved dim- S: ilv sets after the loss 5: of husband and father s is usually the pro- cecds of m . I An Equitable I Policy. I; If thcrcls no "Equita ble Policy "actual dis- 5 tress often adds to the f load of sorrow before 5 the estate can be set- 5; tied up Can you af- :.: ford to risk this ? 5: EDWARD A. WOODS, Manager, Pittsburgh. 5 L FCSDICIC, Eeceral Agent, j 5 Somerset. I; llllltllllllllllllMHIiltllilltllllltimtUllV THE- First National Bank Somerset, Penn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S3O.O00. uno,vpRSP.ts. S4,000. ote it ntccivc in ui woaLt mounts. fTtc on ot"o ACCOUNTS 0' MERCHANTS, (, STOCK OCALCNS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAS. O. St Tl.U OEO. R. HCULL, JA.MW U PrtiH, W. H. MILI.KK, JOHN R. WITT, KltHT. IS. SCL'LU KKilD W. BIii5iX:K.Ea EDWARD WTLL : : PRKSIDENT. VALENTINE HAl". : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY, C-AaUlEK. The fuDiln and seenritie of this banK are se curely proiwu-d in a celebrated i'oru Bua (iLAEFkiKirtArK. Tne ouly afe made atwo lateiv burglar-proof. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and everything pertain lug to funerals fa ra te tied. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door Wett of Luther Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now prepared to supply the public with Clocks, Watches, and Jew elry of all descriptions, as Cheap as the cnifttpest. 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The eartu is full of anjfcr, The mm are dark wall wrath ; The uniiouii iu their harm Kii up arliist our path ; Eiv y-t we loose (be lti:luMs Ere yet we draw the blade, Ji'liovah of the Tbundcra, Lord, tiod of Bnltles, aid I H ich lust and forward bearing. Proud heurt, reliellloua bn" iu-nt ear and soul uncaring, W e sit-k Thy merry now ; The ilnniT that forswore Tboe, The fooi Uuit paired Thee hi ; Our lime are known befo Tbee IOrd, grant us Mrenctit to die! For tboM.- who tnc1 beside ua, Ataltara not Thine own, W lie lack the lightu that guide us, Icrd let their iKh at'iue. If wrong we did to eall them, I!y honor bouud they came ; Let not Thy wrath befall them. Put ducj to us the bluine. From panic, pride and terror, Kevenge that knows no rriu Llifht bante and lals error, 1'roteet u yet atpiiu. Cloak Thou our undewrving. Make llrrn the hudleri ig breath. In silence imd umwervini; To Uiite Thy ks.4cr death ! E'eu now their vanguard gat hers. E'en now we face the tuy As Thou didbt help our fathers. Help thou our host to-day 1 Fulfilled of Kins aud wonders In life, in d tilth made clear Jehovah of theThund -rs, Lord, tiod of Itattles, li-ar! Uudyard K ipiing in "The rvrn Seas." WHERE LEWEY FOUGHT. Some Very Seasonable Information Concerning the Philippine Islands. SPASIsH CETJELTYBEIITGSETIIir The Peaceful KatiYM Converted by 0p prsnion lato BUodttinty vagc Spirit of Iniarreclion Deminast. SCAERED WITH THE BLOOD COM PACT. From U e San Francisco Chronicle. The latent mails from Hong Kong bring intelligence that the insurrection against the Spanish government In the Philippine Islands', which was sup poted to have been suppressed, has broken out afresh in the northern prov inces of Luzon, and that bloody bat tles are exected. The parallelism with Cuba is quite curious. The pearl of the Antilles aud the gf-ni of Malay sia became Spanish colonies in the lat half of the sixteenth century; over both the flag of Spain has floated ever since. I5ut both were acquired when the Spanish soul was full of sap; when th blood of .Sjiain became impoverish ed and Spanish fibre decayed under be numbing influences, the people of both colonies grew restive, and attempts to throw off foreign dominion became chronic The insurrectionary demon strations were suppressed, but the sup pression was so cruel aud brutal that it left in the Malayan mouth a taste for biood and revenge. The aggregate area of the 1,900 odd islands constituting the Philippine group is about the same as that of Cal ifornia; but the population of the is lands is said to number 7,000,000 or 8,f0,000. The principal island, Luzon, esewds Cuba in area by 140,000 miles, and contains over twice the population. In this population t?K) tribes, indige nous and mixed, are said to be repre sented. Such are the negritos, who were the aborigine; about 5,000 Spanish-burn, aud a few hundred English, Americans and German; a considera ble body of Spanish meli.jp, the off-s-pring of Spanish fathers and native mother; several hundred thousand Chinese and Chinese mestiz-. that is to say, the offspring of Chinese fathers and native mothers; but the great bulk of the inhabitants are Malays, who couqucred the i.-land long before the Spaniards landed, and resisted fiercely, but ineffectually, the European inva sion. Tiiey were originally a mild, gentle, kind and h pi!able poople, but ceuturies of cruel oppression have gen erated among thetu a warrior class which has learned to outdo the Span iards in ferocity. In the reliellionsof 1ST2 and they made no secret of their purpose to grant no quarter. They were originally Mahometans, and the Spanish Invaders dealt with them as their co-religionists did with the Moors in Spain. Head fast adher ents to the Moslem creed were extermi nated, and the work was so thoroughly done that there is not a mosque It ft on anyot the islands, and Mr. Foreman sas that less than 500,000 Malays now adhere to their ancient faith. When called to account for intolerance Scnor Canovas justified himself by alleging that mild, persuasive, paternal joflu euee was ellVctive in counteracting the savage instincts of the natives. In this plausible theory the Malays do not concur. In 1S72 they denounced this puterual solicitude of their masters as intolerable tyranny. In 15 they went further, and, finding that they could no: shake o(X the in-juuitorial domin ion cf governing ofli .-ials, they planned the anuihi'ation of the whole white race in th i.-lands. KAKTHQl'AKES, VULCAXOSS AND TY PHOONS. The region is congenial for the de velopment of pahsion. The whole Philippine group is of voleauic origin; one of the grxatest active volcanoes in the world, Myou, is within ght of Manila. Etrthqiiakea ara frei;nt, and they are so terrible tha'. men's bones are said to shake. Sir John Browning said: They overturn mwa Laius, they fill up valleys, they desjlate plains, tliey open pstges froai the sea into the iuterior, and frort the lakes into the sea." Th s eartho; lakes of Ja pan are gentle treaar in cjuipiri s n. As if voleinic erjptiius and earth quakes did not sumje to Sieep up popu lar excitement, naturs selected the Philippine group to be a cradle of typhoons. Navigators sailing the Chi na sea hardly dare lift their eyes from the barometer to talk or efct or sleep so long as they an iu the latitude of Q'jyoi). In the old days many a brave galleon on her homeward voyage, such as thei one Bivt Harte described as low!; drifiing athwart the setting sun, So mer SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, was crushed to atoms in the whin wind before she lost sight of Mayon. Yet the peop'e, quickly as theoe terri fying phenomena of nature make their blood course through their veins, are pleasure-loving and lazy. Every vil lage has its band and at the first scraps of the violin all bauds gather in the piazza to dance. But the orchestra will be deserted in a twinkling if the word goes around that there is a cocking- main. Every town has its pits. At Manila the audience numbers thou sands, ana tue governmen; revenue from the tax on mains amounts to hundreds of thousands. However poor a native of Luzjn may lie many of them live on $.15 a year he always manages to keep a fighting bird; it is recorded that on the occasion of Tires aud earthquakes the head of the house hold has been seeu flying to a place of refijge with his precious bird un der his arm, and leaving his wife and children to take their chances in the disaster. The excitable race is prone to plot aud coni-piracy. In July, IsOC, a brother hood of Malays and Chinese was form ed to overthrow the government Each member on being sworn made the ' blood compact." From a cut in the arm or leg the blood w as drawn, aud with this blood the name of the mem ber was inscribed on the roll of the Katipunan. The plot was betrayed. The authorities laid hands ou the ring leaders, and lefore New Year's the prison at Manila contained 4,377 per sons, many of whom afterward met their fate at the hand of a firing party. But the spirit of rebellion was not quelled. A petition was signed by 5,000 natives, Malays and half-breeds, and was addressed to the mikado of Japan, begging him to annex the islands. Japan had acquired Formosa, as oneof the results of the Chinese war, and from the southernmost cape of Formosa to the northernmost cape of Luzon the distance is not great. Commenting on the petition, a Japanese newspaper which was supposed to be inspired ob served: "The revolt in Manila is really a consequence to some extent of the rising power of Japan in Pacific wat ers. Having acquired Formosa aud become ambitious of a territorial and commercial empire, the eyes of the Japanese have lately been directed tow ard the next islands on the south. The weakness of Spain is regarded as the opportunity of Japan." It is remembered by some who met General Grant on his return from Asia that that far-seeing statesman predict ed the acquisition by Japan of all the inlands lying oft the Chinese coast. Wbeu the mikado was studying the Philippine petition, the rebellion broke out more fiercely than in Luzon, though a force of ten thousand Spanish regu lars had been imported to suppress it. Battles were fought at scores of places, and shocking massacres ensued. Both sides were imbued with fiendish fe rocity. STAKKEK WITH THE "BLOOIlCOSI PACT." Whenever an imurrectiou breaks out the captain-general calls for volunteers to assist the regular troops. A prompt response generally conies from the na tives of all races and colors, but on a re cent occasion, when the new recruits were examined by a surgeou, it was found that most of them bore on their arms or legs bears of the "blood com pact," which showed that they were secret memliers of the Katipunaiu Lets than a year ago the insurgent ioroes in Luzon were said to number forty thousand, about five thousand of whom were armed with Mauser rifles, the others bearing bowie-knives, spears and formidable bamboo lances. They have a few e-aunon, mostly cast from church bells, and a mitrailleuse or two, fashioned from east-iron water piites. Last October they were in undisputed possession of Cavite, Siu Mateo, Imus and Novalete, four miles from Cavitc. Bodies of insurgents were encamped within three hours' march of Manila, which they might have captured by a sudden dash. Mr. Foreman, who traveled through the inlands, looking at the case freni the standpoint of an Englishman con cerned for the safety of the British million invented in Manila and in the sugar plantations of the islands ofNc gros, hopes the insurrection will be suppresKfd, but he cannot help remark ing that the theocracy which, after three centuries of Eurojiean domina tion, still rules the island 'group, Las proved a failure. Yet these ihlaudn, like Cuba, would lie a veritable paradise if order could be maintained. John Barrett, who was Uuited Slates minister to Siam, wrote of them last year: "The prodigality of nature impresses the traveler wher ever he (ravels. In the forests he sees ebony, logwood, ironwood, sa pan wood and cedar; between the forests and the gardens the fruit trees, orange, mango, Umarind, guava ar.d cocoauut; in the cultivated area, sugar-cane, tobacco. rice, liemp, conee, cotton, uan anas, vanilla, ca-wia, ginger, pepper, Inligo, cocoa, pineapples, wheUand orn. The miuerals include gold, cop per, iron,, coal, quicksilver aud salt petre. From the sea, mother of pearl, coral, tortoise shell and amber are de rived. The animal kingdom keeps pace with the vegetable and the min eral To say nothing of the water buf falo, the most u-ieful beasts in the trop ics, goats, sheep, swine and tough little ponies, the jjugle swarms with such a variety of fauna that the naturalist finds here a paradise- Snakes and lizards, spiders and ants, tarantulas and crocodiles abound. Strange tore late, there are few beasts of prey worthy of note. The flora of the country is as rich as the fauna. The physical con formation of Luzon is conducive to ex tensive cultivation an I large popula tion. The high mountain range in the interior gradually lower to the sva, miking beautiful valleys, rolling bills, upland and lowland, forest and field, drained with numerous livers, aad dotted here" and there with lakes. The coast line is irregular, aad bays and bayous extend far inland." maxila'h tkadk rti;orEei. It is the boast of Mauila that lu for eign trade now amounts to $-13,000,0(0 a j jtaranl comprises an exjsort of over f'i.OOO.ftiOof hemp, $1.000,uJ0 of sugar ' and fiOOO.OOO of tobacco. But this vol ume of foreign exports seenii slim for set ESTABLISHED 1 such a region, inhabited by P,000,000 people. Under a more enlightened gov ernment the commercial movement would be very much larger. Like Cuba and British India, the colony Is cher- ; ished by the mother country because it furnishes a nursery in which men of good family In Spain and young men with influential connection can grow ri'-h In a short period of time. Until lately, when the expense of putting down rebellious involved a drain on the Spanish treasury, the Philippines were also valued becau'w tt the coin they supplied. Everything In jight is taxed, including the natives them selves, and thus the inlands are uiado to yield an annual revenue of some 000,000 a year. , Dana C. Worcester states that both the poll tax and the taiile are exacted by the oflicials. In some cases the poll tax amounts to tSi a year, and women have to pay it as well as meu. The Chinese pay a special tax. There are taxes on stores ami shops, on weights and measures, on house projerty, tav erns, and the smallest factories. A man must pay a tax for the privilege of kill ing his own buffalo or pig for meat, or of owning a horse, or of pressing oil out of his cocoanuts. For the collec tion of these taxet Spanish ingenuity has revived the plan which was in use in France before the ferrniers generaux came Into vogue. For each town or district a taxcollector is appointed by the governor of the province. He is called a gobernadorcillo, and he is res ponsible for the estimated amount which his district should pay in taxes, so that if collections should fall short, he must make them good out of his own pocket. He has under him a number f deputy collectors known as cabezos, each of whom e.-ollects the taxes of forty to Blxty taxpayers, and U personally responsible for the amount expected from each. If they fail to pay up, he distrains their property and sells it ; if the proceeds of the sale fail to cover the indebtedness, the delinquent debtors are imprisoned or deported. At Siquidor Mr. Worcester saw a melan choly procession of forty-four men who had lost houses, cattle and lands, and who still owed sums ranging from f 2 to flO; they were being sent prisoners to Bohol, and tneir families were left to shift for themselves. TAXED WITH NOTHINCl IX RETURN. The natives get little or nothing in return for this frightful burden of tax ation. The courts of justice are a farce ; the judge makes no secret ot his venal ity. In a few towns there are a few schools. In the villages and in the country there are none. There are no rotds which are passable except at the dry B-ason, and then only by buffalo sleds. In the rainy sean-m intercourse ceases. There are no bridges. Now and then a military bridge is built by an enterprising general. No attempt is made to repair it, and it soon falls into decay. Thus wherever it Is possi ble people travel and send their produce to market by boat. Lots of brigands have been shot or hanged, but brigand age still nourishes at the Leguna de Bay, close to Manila, and the inland of Mindoro, at the mouth of Manila Bay, is a safe refuge for pirates aud cut throats. Natives who travel can not protect themselves, for no one can have a weapon iu his possession without pro curing a license, and that is expensive. The weight of taxation is aggravated by the rapacity of the governors. When General Weyler was governor general he received a salary of $40,000 a year, but it is said that the calls upon his purse for entertainments and char ities left him no savings at the end of the year. Nevertheless, at the close of his term lie had lying to his credit in the banks of Loudon and Paris a sum which Madrid politicians variously es timated at from $1,000,000 to f4,000,0X). How he managed to accumulate so large a fortune may be inferred from an anecdote which was current talk at Ma nila. He was succeeded by General Despuyol, w ho, strange to say, was an honest man. He had no sooner taken his seat in the gubernatorial otlioe than he was visited by one of the richest Chinese merchants of Manila. Behind the Chinese came servants bearing bags containing $10,000 in silver coins. This trifle the merchant begged the new goTernor to accept as a slight token of his consideration. He was mightily astouished when the new tfllcial promptly knocked him down. AX HOXEST tiOVEUXOK. There have been other Spanish offi cials of the type of DespuyoL Some years ago a Colonel Arolas, who had Incurred the ill-will of the colonial office at Madrid, was appointed gov ernor of the province of Suda. It was intended to be an exile. Suda was a inobt unhealthy spot, in which marla rioui fevers raged ; most of the prov ince was inhabited by a tribe called Moros, who were brigands by calling and fighters by choice. It chanced that Arolas w as a man of resource. He drained the town and dispelled the fevers. He enrolled a body of natives and drilled them until they were fit to put in the field, and marched on the Moros. Choosing hU battlefield, he met the brigands, and inflicted such a castigation that they gave no further trouble during his administration. Re turning home victorious, he improved his town, founded a hospital and school, introduced water, and laid broad streets, paved with coraL But his Le irt waa in Spain, and at an early oppcrtunit; be returntd there and rote to high rank in the army. If there had been more Spaniards of his stamp the Philippines would not now be drop ping out of the clutch ef Spain. Manila is a beautiful city, about the size of San Francisco. It is built on both sides of the river Passig, which is navigable to its source. Old Manila lay on the left bank. Parts of the ma sonic wall which was built around it 200 years ago are still vit-iLle, and some of the gates survive, through which a s ream of solemn friars, grinning Chi nese, resplendent Spanish officials, beg gars in rags, pious nuns, handsome) se noras, gay native girls, mestizos in uni form, natives in breech -clouts, four boie carriages, two-wheel pony wag ons and creaking bulFalo carts pours from morning till night. The cathe d al, monasteries and government o Ri ces are in old Manila ; the business 827. MAY 1 1. 181)8. . quarter, the foreign shipping-houses, J the banks, stores and custom-house are iu B!nondo, on the other side of the river. Between the walls and the shore is tttt Luneta, the fasbionablu prome nade, where the band plays and society enjoys the evening breeze, flirts under hundreds of electric lights and drives around the circle in carriages, which follow each other in a slow, dignified procession. The.best houses in Manila are built of stone, and are handsome residences, though there is no window glass used in their construction. In stead of glass the windows are glazed with translucent oyster shells. This is cut into squares so small that a window- eight feet by four will contain 2o0 of them. It is found that they temper the fierce glare of the sun and soften the light. - Millions Given Away. It Is certainly gratifying to the pub lic to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to bo generous to the needy and suffering. The proprie tors of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial bot tles of this great medicine; and have the satisfaction of knowing it has abso lutely cured thousand of hopeless cases. ' Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse ness and all diseases of the Throat, Chest aud Lungs a. surely cured by it. Call t J. N. Sayder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., aud Gl W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin. Pa. and get a trial bottle free. Regular size 50c and fl.00. Guar anteed or price refunded. Greea Badgei of Courage. A great many people do Dot know why arm; surgeons wear green sashes. It Is not so much an insignia of rank as it is a protection to the wearer. Ac cording to a code of war, surgeons are never shot or taken prisoners. . To de liberately shoot a surgeon while he is wearing his sash is considered a viola tion of the code, punishable by death. Because of this provision surgeons of one army never refuse to look after the wounded of the other army if it is pos sible for them to do so. During the civil war it was often the case that af ter a battle the field hospitals would contain almost an equal number of men dressed in blue aud gray. The Federal army had the best surgeons and the best stores, and a wounded con federate considered himself in great luck if he was removed to a Federal hospital to be cared for by Federal sur geons and physicians. But in the heat of a battle a green sash is not much protection, and sur geons were often wounded or killed. But this did not keep the surgeons at the rear until the battle was over. They were often found in the thick of the fray, dressing wounds and sending the wounded to the rear. Theirs was a perilous as well as a noble duty, aud they performed it well. Omaha World Herald. The Gnu of the Future. We have become familiar with smoke less gunpowder, in idea at least, and we are aware that it makes not nearly so much noise as the old-fashioned sort. But silent caunon, which emit only a flash, are still a novelty not a wel come one either to soldier. Colonel Humbert, of the French army, has in vented this boon, and patented it. The experiments carried out by the Hotch klss company are said to l most prom ising. In some wonderful manner he Ciutrives that the mouth of the gun shall shut automatically the instant its missile has emerged. Thus the flame and the report are bottled up. This also would make for the extinction of war. It is remarked that the latest im provements tend to assist a defeudiug force rather than the assailants. Repeating rifles and smokeless pow der, machine guns and balloons strengthen thorfe who have to repel an attack, while they are under cover. But If the art of war be intuitive, w hat exce-ptional men the great generals of the future must he. Without smoke or flash, or even sound, to indicate the po sition of a battery which decimates hi- troopi at a distance to be reckoned in miles, an ordinary mortal would be dis tracted. iXMibtless, if this invention prove to answer, it w ill be applied to small arms alno. The French are agitating now for the abolition of universal compul sory service, upon the ground that Ger many will never attack them. In a few years, apparently, no nation will dare to invade another. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 1j, 1S33. Messrs. Ely Bros. : I have used Ely's Cream Balm a number of years and find it works like a charm. It has cured me of the most oh filiate case of cold in the head in less than 4S hours from the time I felt the cold coming on. I would not be w ithout it. Respectfully yours, 2s3 Hart St- Fked'k Fiues. Cream Balm is kept by all druggists. Full size 50c. Trial size 10 cents. We mail it. ELY BRO.-i, 56 Warren St., N. Y. City. Effectually Done. "Do you have your shirts done up at a laundry?" asked Hojack. "I do," replied Tomdick, "and it re quires only about three washings to do them up very exhaustively." Detroit Free Press. A Kan Who U Tired All the time, owing to impoverished blood, should take Hood's Sarsa parilla to purify and enrich bis blood and give him vitality and vigor. This condition of weakness and lack of energy is a natural consequence of the coining of warmer weather, which find the system debilitated and the blood impure. A good spring medicine is a necessity with almost everyone. Hood's Sarsapri!la is what the millions take iu the spring. Its great pow er to purify and enrich the blood and build up health is one of the fads of common experience. rir A Tc M " i CLASSIFICATION OF CSUISERS. The Purpoie and Character of the Different Types. Now that the war is upon us, it n be coming that every one should have a fair understanding of the types of ves sels mustered in our defense, and know, too, something of the duty cut out for each. Of the battleships and the monitor, nearly every one has a proper concep tion, and, too, of the torpedoboat ; but of the three types of cruisers there is only confused general knowledge. The term cruiser used to apply, in the days of sailing ships, to the frigates the type next mtt formidable to the old liue-of battle ships, and was intend ed to compass the ppeexlier of the heavy fighting craft delegated to the particu lar service of hunting up the enemy or preying upon his commerce, and, with certain technical modifications, pructi cally all of our large, swift, unarmored vessels of the late war were so classi fied. The gunboat was then and now U the small ves-sel of moderate siced aud gun power unmarked for iq-cial service by any peculiar characteristics of either oflense or defense. With us the gunboat has a maximum displacement or total weight of some thing just over 1,770 tons and a mini mum of 830 tons; the Castine and Ma ehias representing Ike major extreme, and the little Bancroft representing the minor extreme. Of the simple or unprotected cruiser type, we have three the Detroit, Mar blehead and Montgomery, each of a trifle over 2,000 tons displacement. When these vessels were first designed they were officially known as gunboats, but the department wisely saw that a limit must be drawn somewhere, aud, placing the gunboat limit of size to craft under 2.000 tc ns, the three vessels at once became diguified as cruisers. Beside their promised speed and their fulfillment in reaching over eighteen knots reasonably made them-des-erving of the title in conjunction with their pretty heavy batteries of rapid-fire guns. The simple or unprotected cruis er, in common even with gunboats, ' has no protection in the hhape of arm or for her "vitals," as her engines, her boilers and her magazines are called. She has a water tight deck, though, of moderate plating, which extends from side to side, and from bow to stern, completely roofing over the "vitals." While not proof against even moder ate shot, this deck prevents the admis sion of water below which may come in through breaks iu the plating above this deck, and in that materially aids in preserving the stability of the craft if pierced by the shells junt above the water line, but near enough to admit water in careening. Bo fur 3 possible, coal is placed above this deck and against the sides as a bulwark against the attack of an enemy, and while the coal remains there it forms a good de fense to guns ranging from one-pounders to six-ounders. The armored shields borne by some of the guns or the armor placed a!ut some of the gun ports la not considered protection to the craft herself, and while either may be present on a simple cruiser, the fact that her vitals remain undefended makes her an unprotected cruiser. The protected cruiser is the next ad vance upon the simple cruiser. Here, again, we have a water-tight deck, but this time it is supplemented witli a coat of mail, and may range on the flat por tion from one inch to 2 inches, and vary on the slopes at the sides from 11 to 4J inches. ThU irawr presents a de flective front to Bhci passing through the sides and threatening the maga zines and motive power, and, of course, gives the vessel the power of standing up before craft capable of dealing out certain dest ruction to the simple cruiser. Again, the coal is stowed along the sides, above and below the water-tight and protective deck, and a new defense in the shai of a band of cellulcse stands ready to take the first shock of attack and to plug automatically by its own swelling all shot holts admitting w ater. Of course, it is not proof against explosive shell which may displace it rather than merely pass through Of theprottcted cruiser tj je, theOljmpia is by long edds the most typical vessel in our service. Aside from her hull protection, the guns of her main bat tery, four 8 inch guns, ."re mounted iu two turrets, an all around shelter une qualed by any ship of like class and size in the world, and some notion of what this and the other phases of this 5,S)HMou ship's defensive qualities con stitute may be gathered when it Is real ized that she could stand up and give a good account of herself against either the British Powerful or Terrible, ships of over U,0U) tons displacement. The armored cruiser, represented in our service by the New York and the Brooklyn, is the protected cruiser let tered by slightly heavier armor ou her protective deck, slightly heavier armor about her turreted guns, and the pres ence of a l-and of water line vertical armor and plating of from three to four inches on her sides just above this heavy belt. This water-line armor is placed amidships, and reaches fore and aft throughout the region occupied by the vitals. As can be seen, the armor ed cruiser is a larger and heavier pro tected version of the protected cruiser, and, again, able to withstand b'ojr that would render an unprotected or even aproUcted cruiser defenceless in a very short while. She has great speed in the case of the two vessels named fully 21 knots and she is, as the old wooden frigate was, the next most formidable craft to a battleship. In battle she may take her place In the Hue and bear with the lower but more powerful ships a fair shard of the ene my's attack ; but her especial service will be to look up the enemy's armored cruisers not battleships or the larger of her protected cruisers, and give lat tle with a reasonable assurance of vic tory. The armored eruiner is the cavalryman of the sea, and to them will fall that service demanding das!-, force and quickness of execution. The protected cruiser is really the commerce destroyer, and is coated with just enough mail to give her a prepon derance of defense over the armed es T Slid o WHOLE NO. 2111. ' cort rrobabl v detailed to wntch over an j euemy's merchant craft Swift, of con siderable gun-power, and of great ease of movement, she is indeed to be dread ed by everything but craft of ample J speed, fine protection, aud good powers of retaliation. ! The simple cruiser falls in behind ' the proUcted cruiser in the same line . of service; but she must be wary lest L-er quarry be a merchantman of gun power or be convoyed by a sturdy craft o speed and superior battery. The gunUmt naturally nuutt confine its operations to domestic service, the guardianship of merchantmen in our own waters, dispatch service or picket duly for the heavy ships that must meet the foe in force and to a conclu sion. It seems quite needless to remark that so far as possible, each command ing officer is expected to size up hi ap proachiug foe, and, depending upon the known chances of a conflict, either to engage, or exercise that better pait of valor, discretion, and scoot. Type for type, our ships will hold their own with those of Spain aud nothing more can le expected, lest the concerted action of two weaker craft wring a vic tory by hand in ess of management from a less ably handled single foe of greater power. Bennblican State Convention. From the Jolin-ttown Tribune. - The Republican State Convention will be held at Harrlsburg in four weeks to nominate candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of In ternal Adairs, Judge of the Superior Court, aud two Congressmen-at-Large, Congressman W. A. Stone, of Alle gheny, has very nearly, If not a major ity of the Delegates that w ill be iu the Convention, with the others divided up among several aspirants, some of whom are very likely to turn to him when their favorite is out of the race, and therefore make his nomination, if that is considered by the leaders the best thing to do. Some persons doubt the propriety of his nomination be ctuse he is a special frieud of Senator lay. But w hy that should injure any man's chances if he is competent and worthy is hard to divine, and on the whole we think it would not, but, on the coutrary, be beneficial. There may be so-called Republicans who have such an antipathy to Senator 2 lay as will lea 1 them to oppose any frieud of his that ma; be nominated, but on the other hand there may be some ardent ( layites who will work the harder because the candidate is the Senator's friend. Such a question should not tiller into the campaign, but it w ill. Tiiere Is oue thing pretty certain that if Stone is not nominated, Waiiamaker, who is making his fight principally against Stoue, will not be, as Stone's friends, if they do not ac cept him, will uot likely go over to his enemy. Grow and Davenport will probably b- renominated for Congressmeu-at-Large without any formidable opposi tion. For the other three positions there are many candidates, Philadelphia City alone having one for each State Senator Grady for Lieutenant Govern or, James W. Latta for renomination as Secretary of Internal Affairs, and Judge Porter as Judge of the Superior Court. Only one w ill probably be taken from t'-.at city, and, as the gang want Judge lVrler for a sinecure, unnecessary but jowerful position, he w ill probably g"t the plum. Candidates for the other two positions will be selected from dis tricts where they will do the most good. There is but little doubt that the whole ticket will be elected by an enormous majority. If there could be doubt under other circumstances, the fact of the war being conducted under a Republican Administration will keep the party intact and probably add to it. A Clever Trick. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick alut it. Anybody can try it who h: s Lame Bick and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles. We mean he can cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kid neys, 1.4 a blood purifier aad nerve tonic. It cures Constipation, Head ache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness and Melancholy. Ills purely vegeta ble, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Elec tric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle gaarauteed. Only 50c a bottle at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., anO O. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber l.u, Pa. Quaint Foinis of Philosophy. When in doubt, say uothing. Marriage is science iu w hich there are no experts. TLe opportunity of a lifetime is sel dom labelled. Tact may be defined as an inherent inability to blunder. Affection fondly cling4 to the depart ed; they never worry or contradict us. Don't believe all who agree with you; some people 'are bored by argumeut. .We pay for our successes all they are worth; we gt some rebate on our fail ures. Taey say that Time U a great teach er. That is true; but, unfortunately, he kills all his pupils. A lover is a man who, in his anxiety to obtain possession of another, lose possession of himself. All things come lo hi in who waits, but lts of things s'ide by while be is looking the other way. So lie poets soar upward after the in finite, whiieothers remain on earth and satisfy their longing with pork and bean. Some men can take a drink and leave it alone; but most of them want anoth er oue or more to keep it company. A. little life may be sacrificed to a s idden attack of croup, if you don't hve Dr. Thomas' Ecieetric Oil on hand for the emergency. The Great Saril Victory. It would i dimeult to speak extrav agantly of the victory at Manila. It is fully equal to any of the half-dozen achievements which are conceded to be the brightest and most instructive iu naval history. If Commodore Dewey never fights another battle, he will take rank with the great naval captaius of the world. He had six fighting ves sels, the enemy nia-. He entered a hostile harlor, reported to 1 strewn with mines and torpedom He had a hostile fort on h port, and another on his start "ard bow. The situation seemed to be as formidable as pcwwible, but It had no terrors for the gallant sailor. He directed a portion of th fl -et to attack the smalt Spanish ves sels, while with two of his ships lie tackled the bigger cruiser-sand the fort at the same time. Dewey's dash was like that of Nel son, but his tactics were necessarily dif ferent Nelson never had to fight bat tetieaon both sides of him, while the enemy's ships were pouring broadsides into him, or be might have maneuver ed precisely as did Commodore Dewey. The victory could not be more com plete. Speia's fleet is annihilated, while the United States ships are com paratively unharmed. While the Span iards seem to have displayed some courage, they were evidently Ignorant of the purpose for which they were there. They did not know bow to fight, or they would have been able to do some damage to our fleet before nine of their vesweU were destroyed. The victory promises to do good in more than ouo way. It will put an end to the unreasonable fears that have dis turbed the minds of some Americans, It will also check the sneers at our navy by the European press. These foreigners may conclude that some dis cipline is maintained on our naval ves sels, after all, and that Americans can handle modern shis and guns with suc cess. Last of all, it may put an end to the rwaggering nonsense of the Span iards, and induce them to take a sensi b'e view of the situation in which they are placed. Very few Americans had an; doubt concerning the success of the engage ment, but not many guessed the real extent of the triu uph. It was knowu that, though the Spanish fleet out numbered ours by one-half, our ships were the heavier, and that, eliminating the forts on shore, this preponderance of weight would be skillfully used by our sailors. But there was another conviction uppermost in the Americau mind. It was confidently felt that the American navy was. proportionately etiual to any navy ou earth. It has an unsullied record, made up of con tea's with the great powers of the earth, and there was no reason to believe that this record would be altered in a w ar with Spain. Aud it has not been, and will not be broken. The battle of Ma nila was a most brilliant victory. It will make every true American heart thrill with pride. Commodore Dewey and his brave ollicers and sailors have already received the thanks of the na tion for tlieir spleudid work, and they are richly entitled to all that can lie given. William A- Stone's Candidacy. From The Philadelphia Inquirer. As the canvass progresses and the various candidates are taking account of stock, it is becoming apparent that Colonel William A. Stone is forging ahead In the rac 'or the Gubernatorial nomination. The people of Pennsyl vania like a manly fighter, aud they have a love, loo, for any one who la unjustly assailed. Colonel Stone is making friends because of hi- enemies, and he is winning delegates because the Itepublican voters have confidence in him. And why should they not? His ene mies accuse him of being a (i iay can didate and sneer at him as one who has never accomplished anything. Such attacks are worse than foolish, aud the imbeciltty of them is realized by thinking men. No one can rise to a commanding position upon the Ap propriations Committee of the House of Representatives unless he is the possessor of a national reputation. Colonel Stone has done excellent work on that highly important committee, and his efforts in behalf of a protective tariff, and in the restriction of unde sirable immigration are appreciated in Peunsylvani.-i. Hisoneof those who believe that labor shou'd be protc-cted as well as capital, aud that the protn: tiou of the manufacturer should at the same time protect the employe. Tiis can be done only by guarding agaiost that influx of cheap labor which has made our anthracite mines a reproach to civilization', and which has been re sponsible for so man; of the bloody and disastrous strikes in the coal and coke regions. Senator Quay has emphatically de clared that be has no candidate for Governor, and all who are blessed with common sense know that this is true. Senator Q lay is keeping hands off the contest, and ench candidate stands upon his own merits. Colonel Stone is no more the candhlate of Senator Quay than he is of the Van Valkeuberg Blankenburg combination. He is a sturdy Republican, a representative in CongrciM of national fame, a man of intelligence, whose luterests are those of Pennsylvania ; a statesman, a leader, and one who would honor the Execu tive Mansion at Harrinburg. It is to be said to the credit of all of the avowed candidate that between them there Is no exchange of person alities or hostilitii-s. We are having a square aud clean contest, aud in such a contest the one who commands the majority vote of the delegates will be nominated aud elected. It is only the mugwump or the assistant Democratic newspapers of the Van Vaikenlxirg persuasion that assail Colonel Stone, and such assaults he can very well bear, for the; are soeutirel; unjust as to con demn them in the eyes of fair minded meu. Let us have fai r play all around. L. M. Farley conducts a large mer cantl'e businesa al Libert; Hill, Ga. He says: "One application of Cham berlain's Pain Balm relieved me of a severe pain in m; back. I think it O. K." For lame back, rheumatism, neu ralgia, swellings, sprains, bruises, burn and scalds no other liniment can ap proach Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It is intended especially for these diseases and is famous for its cures. For sale by al! druggists. The Unexpected. Laura "When Boh proposed last night, did you know what was com ing?' Lucretia "No, I didn't know pap was within bearing; neither did Bob. Poor Bob !" Youkers Statesman. Nesfleeted eoldj make fai grave yard." Dr. Wood's Norway Pin Syr up helps men and women to a happy, vigorous old age.
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