I 5 ierset Herald. 1 ,0f publication. ' . LsconUnnel snUl . . a nn. Fosunanlers n- J.1 ... hAiil nwcmnAlbla fw lr from one portoffloa U r , n u Uie ' ... ,. Address . .v.. ,.. rrtseu' Boiuir, Pa. Hki -notary fcbuo. bomerset. Pa. il floor. . . ... ins r?ire will be air .Ni-V-AT-LAW. M'lAiiVl'tliUC. . buuicrsel, i a. ilaw. '-'"I'-AI-UW, rjouierael Pa. V ii. liERKLKY, buuiersct, Pa buiiicrnet. Pa. , li. KULL, too men: I, 1V. Uih.'-.LCKER, frsiiucracl. Pa. -j, Uuuse IUi, opposite Court boiucrM.1, Pa. CiKlS-Lls , VL'V. 1TI tW Exiuicrset, Pa. vii. J. li. OiiLK. Ain.'u-r-ls-Ar-LAW, Somerset, Pa. .cruuii't iiMUuii to uusiuesa eu ' juiiif.i.--u.--iaiauuiuB ,OLiiAY. A.L.U. liA. il i uu r. i s-AT-LA . 'nm.iivii, frouicrscl, l'a. - i v- . T f V17 souejrsct, l'a. i,:;y aiuud lu all b is BtJu. umi auvaucei ou ouiltc- uuid iU -U-ilUIUOUl tio.a. 3 0. K1MMEL, toouierset, Pa. rciiloai. tusiuess ulrUBUl to Lis iia.-!iii. uuice ou Mjiiu vruea jBtttuuioia o'urucery &urc LL I'L'GH, Ai i'JIO i:. 1-AT-UA W, buuicrbet. Pa. ,i Muumlh Uluck, up tutini. t-n- Miii bmww ;- . i t it tAUilUL-ti. liUti all V-&JRN. I C. CULJiOK. Al-iViitVS-Al-lAW, iul-ix'L, Pa. ttitrustwa to our cure will be j1:iiimuuvl oi-uiiTd ami alJoui lia rurvryi:ii; UiU oil t-y aucuitc Al iOliEV-AT-LAW, tSamcrtiel, l'a. al tail till 111 111? r. . ' 1 U ..lllll ! -1 muu --J XKHiuTU. W. H. KLTPEU 4 Ailuii.Nt.la-Al-1-AW, bouierbtt, P. I . utrusU-d to tlieir care will be f iiU .uuctui!y HlwudeU to. uxtioe 4- truo kirecl, optoilo MaiuiuoUl I. CAKOTHEIW, M. D., PlllaiCLnN auL:HutXiN, tiuuienet Pa. oo PaUio. buwet, oppotjw U. B- k ul oflice. F. F. SHAFFER, PUSlt'lA' akuoUKoEON, tMiuteniet, Pa. --sh': pnfioaaI servior to tue ciU- ?-J. M. LOUTI1ER, 1 HVfeKlA-N ASU.SUKUEON, i il.au klrvt, rear of Lru alore. t- j-H. S. K1MMELL, I Uifi orortwional pr lct to the ciU sumrr!-l kuil viciuily. Lul pro- A..y iiav-U be call be louuu aV uia or I'kilU &U tjililOl UutlllUUli. J. J I?.M( MILLEN, onauate in iJtutistry.) a' aiu-n lion to the pretervation Jiii i ;iunuiul aUCicwry. UItic n ...v.r I. H ttyVli A f'll'fi MllirV. 1 la. i. c'ruk and Patriot atrueU. iH. fOFFIiOTH, Funeral Director. ) 5 Maiu Cross 8L KesideUi-e, S40 Patriot Ht f-LK 11. FLUCK, 1 Land Surve3ror : :siNO EXUISKEU. UUe. l'a. 5 03 X o CO L 0 O I3- 0 y o s a ? a 2 a a JL XJL j VOL. XLYI. KO. Announcements -FOR THE- M REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. T-t the Elib of a S-.mrrKl HernUt . You will plewip iinniMiiidc the followine naim-1 trenili-iiien ax n1iiiil for the van oua ortu-rn iwigtuttHl. Bt tlie lUpublicau Prl iwarj' Ei-tiou to be hf Id on Saturday, May 28, 1898. H. M. RKRKI.KV. Tialriu:.n K-p Co. Com. tin- f. mud Slain Scmitor, MATTHEW S. QUAY, Of Jlrtiivr hun'y. t'vr tingretut, J. I). JIICKS, Of lil-.tir County. Subjwt to the (i.x-i-i.m of the Republican Pri- ii,y r.it-viiiu, ui or mia rviiumay. May Ifees and of the lislrict Coiilfreocc rn.txcisj. kooser. Of Sacr:t llorowjK Subjtyt to the divi-laa of the Kcpublimn Pri- luary Kiwiion, to tr ln-ld Kulurtiuy, Muy is, and of the iMslric) Luufetvuiv. For State -Si-H'diii; JAMES J. HUBLITZELL, of M yermlnlc Jinrouyft, Subjt-ot to the division of the Kcpahlican Pri- nutry Klivliiiii.lo oi- lie. a iNitunlay.May lssus, and of the L'lMrirt Coiileix-m-e. h'or iSV'fe A'cnior, J Ell EMI A IT MA I'll EE, if Sioyeatuwii E-jrouyi. Kulyivt to the decision of the llepubiircin Pri mary i-.jinin, to in held rsilurdiiy. May as, l, and of tlie l'i.'.Uiet t'onlcix-uit 'or AsKcmbly, U". II. SAXXEIl, Of &Mcr'.t Il'irHiiyh. Subject to the decision of the lU-puI'liean P-1- luary ejection, 10 oe lield csaturuiiy, May 2. !!-. lir Anxemhh, A'. I). MILL Ell, Of llin:kirtnnl Huroiiifh. Subject to tlie decision of the IicpuhHcao rri- uiarj' r.lection. io lie m id iNiiurday, May IS. AMOS. W. KXEITEE, Of Soiucrm t llurntiijh. Subject Ui the decision of the licub!icun I'ri- luary r.ieciion, lo oe m id naturday, Aiay J lrfij. ir AwtttUly, II. ( LA Y M K IS LEY, Of MyTxlt!c Ihirtmyh. Subject to the ("ecisinn of tlie Ib-pubHesxn mary ElecUo.i, to lie h.-id iNilurday , Way is l.vtt. Pri- for Afstinhfjj, S. A. K EX 1 KILL, Of M yrxtlitlc. Hiirowjh, Subject to the decision of the lk-publican mary Election, to lie held Saturday. .May iw. Pri- WILLIAM II. KOOXTZ, Of Hiiiirrwt IJitrouyh. "ubject to the decision of the Republican Prl niHi'v Klivuon, to lie held Saturday, May S, 'or .bmn'oln Jtiti J. C. WELL Ell, Of Mi. 'ford TuicM-hi'p. Subject Ui tlie decision of the Republican luary Eiection. to be held Si lurday. May, i, lsu. Pri- 'nr A .ooi"itt' 7utlg; A. F. DICKEY, Of Siiiinriut Townxhip. Subji-ct to the decision of the Republican uiarv Election, to be held Saturday. May as, lSi. Pri- "ur lUxtrict Attorney, A. C. HOLE Ell T. Of Sumcrmi liurough. Sut'j'"Ct to the decis'on of the Republican Pri mary Election, to lie held Saturday, May 2s,ls;. h'or lhslhd Attorney, llCFl'S ;. meyeiis; Of S-inrrxct lioruuyh. Subject to the decision of the Reputilican Pri mary Election, u (je held Saturday, May, a, lsxi. h'or I'oor Director, WILLIAM W. YOL'XO, Of Surii'Tsri Townshij). Subject to the decision of the Republican Pri mary Election, to lie held Saturday, May as h'or Vxir Director, ADAM S. MILLER, Of Somerset Tuivn-sfiqi. Subject to the dih yn of the lu pubheau Pri mary Election, to lie held Saturday, May aj, l'.i. Vr JVIey itc lo State inreufiin. El) WA Rl) lloo VER, Of So)itern' ( lloroiigi. Favorinif for Governor the nomination of the loading advocate of restricUil iiiimisra tiou and leislatinn to belter the condition of tailoring men, tiie Soldier cafiiidale, Hon. Wilbaiu A. Stony, or Allifheny County. Subj-t to the division of the Republican Pri mary Election, to lie le-id S.Urday, May as. If s. h'or Ihl'Qiite to State inrention, JAViHl W. PECK, Of Summit Toirnnhip. Favoring for Governor the nomination of the lea il inn advocate of restrici.-d iinmlsra tion and legislation u belter the condition of ialKirin men. the soldier candidate, Hon. WillUiin A. SUiue, of Aliivbeny County. Subjivt to the di-cision of the Uepublican Pii marv EiK-tion. io iv- held Saturday, May as !!-.. h'or leleif-vte to Sttte OoHeention, DA VI D II WAOXER, Of Slt'vle TuoiMp. Favorine tor Govermw th.- nominntlon of the biliio; advocate of restricted iinnnifra tion and legislation to lietter Uie condition of lalioriin; men, the So dier candidate Lion. William A. stone, of Allegheny County. Sulij-l u the division of the II publicati Pri mary Ebvuoil, U In- lii-ld Saturday,' Maya, lssei. h'or Jttlrgite to .S'nte (mrention, ISA I A 11 WOOD, Of Shuhtm t RoroH'jli. Subjivt to tlie d. vision of the Itepubtlcan Pri mary Eleciiim, to In- hi-id Suturilay, kt .. .. S. I M N I.-VI.T. h'or Ih-lej tte to S!il!e fuutvntivu, it. r. liAiniox, of Souu rvl ISoromjh. Suhjivl to the divisiou of the Fepublicnn Pri mary Ehvlton. to lie held S.iturday, May a 13. h'or Jtrltyutr to State CiiureHtioii, CHARLES F. COOa; Of Ei rlia Euroiyh. Sutjivt to the division of the Republican Pri mary Election, to lie held 'iuturduy. May , lcs. Notice to Farmers and Stock Breeders. My Aratuao Stallion w ill uiakethe fa Kon of at tlie follow irs rrtan Js on the at8 given below : Sinierwt, at Z lIi r Parxon's barn. Mm Hand hi, Hand 21, J unci audi 13 and 11. 2 and ij, July 1 a:id 2. H;iH-vili-, at (ii-ortfe FriU's, May II and 12, 21 and It. 1 une A and 4. l"i and It., and 27. Jeniier X Riudsjtt Jow-ph J. Mixhlcr ,May 2au l .4. IS and ll, aj aud J6, June and 7, 17 and Is, and as. Friedein, a Nath mle! Ihrkcya, Miy 4 and S, l mid 17, Sand as, Juuebal.d , aiandl, and aj. Kimeraet fownshlp, I. P. McAHsUr, May Hand 7, Is and In, SJaiid ai, June iuand 11, U and ZA, and Mi. Will tie at I.aYansvi!le (home) with my horse ou Saturday eveinnir 7 :m o'clock and a.tvio'clock MtM.day uiornincof the folluwinif dal.T, May 7 and V, -J and ..4, Jrnc 11 and lj 2,'ia:id27. -l will leave all fUnds at a.30 p m , on Mi-ond day. 1'ersoiui coiuiuK (rum a distance kepi free of charge. J. II. COUNTRYMAN, uwiiur and Etvper. 50. Advice to Gonsiimpiivesl There are three great reme- I dies that every person with weak lungs, or with consump- 3 tion itself, should understand. These remedies will cure about every case in its first stages ; and many of those more advanced. It is only the most advanced that are hopeless. Even these are wonderfully relieved and life itself greatly prolonged. i V. hat are these remedies ? Fresh air, proper food and SCSH'S EETiUlSlOfl of Cod-Liicr Oil Xiith Hypo- phosphites. Be afraid of i draughts but not of fres!i air. Kat nutritious food and drink 1 plenty of milk. Do not forget 3 that Scott's Emulsion is the i oldest, the most thoroughly j tested and the highest en- j dorsed of all remedies for j weak throats, veak lungs and j consumption in all its stages, j tx -d $i oo; .11 drueciitv J SCOTT U BOWNE, Chemists, Ktw York. ; iiiitminiiffliniimtittiiinimitinnH Life Assurance is An Investment, f; s Treat it as such settle two s- j points in your mind before :1 js buj ing 3: The Stren?ta of the jj: Company : si Its Ability to earn Money. : :i When 3ou buy bank stock : j-on want to know not w hat jji "S the directors "guess" will be S; z made, but what actually has 2: ;. bec-n made in the past. ? The $50,000,000 Surplus I : Of the Equitable Life Assur- Z: i; ance Society is the measure ;:' ; not only of its tremendous ; strength, but of its ability to S: pay dividends. It is the s strongest company in the world. s r EDWARD A, WOODS, Manager, : 3; riTrsiitGii. L FCSDICK, General Agent, p J Somerset. THE- First liional Bant Somerset, Ponn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S3O.O00. uno,v5F,ts. S4.000. OCPCSITS MCCCIVC -IN US( tRDIHALl MOUNTI, FATABLI ON DCO'XO ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS. Ittl, TOCK DIALERS, AND OTHER SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAS. (I. S' I'LL, Ki. R. SCUI.L, JAM KM Lu FL"'H, W. H. MILI.KKl Juil.N R. Sil 'Tl , KoKT. M. SC ULXa FRE-') W. BItSECKER EDWARD SCl'LT ; : PRESID7?T. VALENTINE HAV, : VICE PKES1KKNT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY. lJsUlKK. The fundi) and fiecnrKies of this bans areaw curely prtrtvled in a ci-iebraied Cokmss HrK iiLAniKFSAfi. Tue only aufe made abso lutely burtlar-proot A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and everything pertaining to funerals furn ished. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now pit-par! to supply the puMic with Clocks, Watches, and Jew elry of all descriptions, aa Cheap an the Cheap"st. REPAiltLNU A SPECIALTY. All work guarantee. Look at my Block be fore making your pu rchases. J. D.. SWANK. ELY'S CREAM I! AI M la a poaltlwmr. Apply inUi the noatrila. It i qnickly absorbed. W crnu at Prnerwta or by mail ; sample luc. by mail. IXY ISltoTiltKS. M Warrea St. Jiew York CUT. 50 YEARS' V tArtlticnc r Trade Marks 40 Designs nil' AnTone eniliim a skelrta and tfeMTtpUm may qutrktr aeeruttn our opinnin free whether an iiivemwiti la prohnt-ly palentaMe. Conimwnlea ll,.nin i riri01tli. Hamlbikon Patetua aent free liiiliwt a.-ierr fur eennng pleit. Patenm taaea tnniuwh Multn A Co. risoetTe tprrvU mctic. wilbout cliarsa. u the Sclmtitic flmericam A bmnrtaoniely IJlotrted wly. 'uitw rlr ealatma of anT nenTinr diurnal. Terma. a !r: f.-ir nH.mh,L Isuld by ail aewadealera, tlUNN &Co.36,B New York fcrmocb uOxx. T SC. Waahuajtuu, V. C IMP41KTAKT TO ADVERTISERS. of the country papers is foonl in Kemiagun'a Count &oat Iiat& Shrewd aJveruaT aval thcmfulres of theM liatg, a copy of which can be bad of Remington Bros, ofXi-ir York X PiruburB. vur I nran a w- no KJ'-HJ'JLIL SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, "2I0W I LAY ME." Near the campflre'ii flickering liKht, In the blanket bed I lie, O-.ir.inc through the sluices of night And the twinkling Rtom on high. O'er me, spirita In the air Klleiit vigils seem to keep. As I bntlK my childhood's prayer "Sow I lay me down to sleep." Sadly sings the whip poor-vrlll lu the boughs of yonder tree; Laughingly Uie dancing rill dwells the midnight melody. Pot-men may be lurking near In the canyon dark and deep Low I breathe In Jesus' ear: ! pray the Lord my soul to keep." Iid those f tars one face I see One the Savior turned away Mother, who In inCtney Taught my tiaby lips to pmy. Her sweet spirit hovers near, In this lonely mountain brake Take me to her. Savior dear, If I should die before I wake." Painter grows the flickering light, As each ember slowly dies; Tlalntively the birds of night Pill the air with saddening cries. Over me t hey seem to cry "You may never more awake." Now I lisp; "If I should die I pmy the Lord my soul to lake." Rvrthafeirfert. A MAN OP GOES INTO ACTION. Different From the Gnu Practice With. Which Many are Familiar. A FI1TE EXAMPLE OF DISCIPLINE Few people are initiateHl into the workings of a man-of-war whoa she giK-n into action. Thos who have lx?a fortunate in lieing aboard a ves sel of war during gun practice have seeu the nearest approach to a ship in action, but even that gives but a faint idea of actual fighting. To le aure. you see tlie ineti pijied to quarter i, each man taking liU station, and then fol lows a series of manoeuvres wl.i :h are the name in an actutl engagement. The deafening rmr of the big guns and the a!mot continuous barking of the rapid-fire guics, however, are lacking; there are no projectiles rra.hing against t'ie sides of the ships, splintering the woodwork, disinouutiugguns, carryiug death and Injury among the crevf. Naturally the interi-st in a warship is centered Ln her main battery. That consists of the largest guns aboard, which are mounted fore and aft ami protected ly heavy bU-1 turrets. In thee turret-t are stationed the crew that operate these big pieces. With the precision of a machine, these men dunng the terrible hours of an engagement beud to their work. loading, sighting, aiming and firing again and agadn. Tlie roar of the guns and the crash of the enemy's shells on the steel walls of the turret do not in terfere in the slightest wilh the busi ness in baud, as with clock-like regu larity they get those death-dealing ter rors into fbape 16 tear a hole in the enemy's hull. Like the awakening of some angry monster striving only to lay waste, the guns pour shot after shot from the re volving turret, and the half-tripied meJ peer through the portholes as the steel projectiles of death screech aoross oj the mission of death. As an example of maguitlcent disci pline and machine-like obedience to duty in the face of death, there u nothing to compare with the men be hind the guns in a modern fight be tween ironclads, such as the historic battle of Manila Bay. When an ironclad like the Olympia goes into action the order comes sharp aul barking: "Muster the crew." The gunners ou the Olympia, twelve in each turret, six for each gun, fall in position in resjiouse to their numbers, called out by the captain of each crew, and bland rigid and ready for whatever order may come. Each man knows his place, knows what is expected of him, fuily compre hends his responsibility, and, perhaps, his eyes sweep the deck in farewelL There are rive chances in ten that lie will enter the turret to die. But a death like that makes history. His passing will be under tlie Hag, honora ble aud on duty, and he waits the next ciramand. At each gun there is a captain, a plug m in, a loader, a sjionger, a liftman and a sht lluiau. Their separate duties are clearly defined. They have been drilled to fight, if necessary to die. If o.ie of them drops at bis post, another, without a murmur, takes bis place. Tiie twelve men in the turret are like so many automatons. At the battle of Manila that forward turret on Admiral Dewey's flagship O.ympia, smoking and gleaming wilh the glare of war, demolished the Iron clads of Spain and seut them flound ering and ou fire into the sea. It was the hour of retribution, the diy for which the men in the turret had waited patiently. The order to "Master the crew!" camo to these men like a benediction, and the rec koning with Spain was at hand. "Two, three, four, five, six, seveu, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve," sang out the turret captain, who is No. 1 of tr j crew, and in less than a minute the two guns of the Olympia's forward tur ret were manned. "Silence," rang out the command through the still morning air, and the crew faced the guns voiceless and at tentive. For a Becond or two the men, strip ped to the waist, stood mute, straining to Catch the next order. "Cast loose and provide," command- ths division officer, and in an instant thu captains of the gun crews on the starboard aud port guns began a rapid inspection of the mechanism of the guns. Skilful fingers opened the breech, the loader and pponger hasten ed to see that the elevator gear for hoist ing ammunition out of the magazines was clear; to cast otf the lashings, place them amidships out of the way; to open the jiorts, to see that the loading tray was in place, aud to remove the wooden plug and the muzzle bag from the muzzle of the gun wilh a steel lanyard. Each crew captain took the firing erset ESTAB ILISHKD lock from its case, prepared it for use, placed tlie rear sights, removed the cov ers, saw that the priming wires and minor appliances were In place, provi ded himself with primers, closed the breech after the sponger had perform ed his duty aud reported to the divis ion oillcer that all was ready. The plugman, loader, sponger, lift man and shellman arranged their ma terials for action and fixed the para phernalia necessary for quick work in their appointed places. Sponges, tubs, b wals, cutlasses, revolvers and rifles were racked within reach, and the belts for smaller ammunition were hung at arm's length. The instant the order to "cast loose and provide" was executed, each man returned to the position occupied when the order of "silence'' was given. The powder tank was brought up and the captain having inspected the fuse aud the primer, all was ready for the oider to "load." 1 This order was iustautly followed by No. 9 and 10 hauling up the projectile and placing it ou the loading tray. No. 5 pushed it home, assisted if necessary by No. C, while 9 and 10 went for another pro jectile. The powder charge was then taken from the tank the cartridge placed in the tray aud shoved home by hand. The gas check and screw lock were wiped of rami No. 2 closed the breech. The captain inserted the primer, hook ed the lock lanyard first and then full cocked the lock. "Point!" came the command from the division ollii-er. The gunner's crew was in position and the great gun was ready to send its message of death at the enemy as soon as the muzzle was properly trained on the Spanish ship. The man at the'tighU had an excel leu? eye, good calculation aud a cool Lean. Ou a flghtiug ship he may be one of the most obscure men ou the ship, but bis superior marksmanship is always recognized by every one. It is one of the most responsible positions in the ship, and lT in the opinion of the captain an eulis'ed man is a better liter than au olll-.vr his serviccsare brought into play at once. At the order "Commence firing," the captaiu pulled the lock lanyard and the eight-inch gun vomited forth its thunderbolt of steel weighing 2-jO pounds. It was with such cool and calculated deliberation, but far more quickly than is here described, that the shots began to pour from the turrets. Each of the of the eight-inch guns can discharge three shots a minute. While these heavy guns were belch ing forth death aud destruction, the secondary lottery and rapid-fire guns were sending a fusilade of smaller pro jectiles into the ranks of the enemy. From the six aud four-pounders a per fect rain of shots was kept up, while from Vhind IK.teel protection the guuuers operating theone-pound rapid tire guns were pulling triggers as fast as they could work their ringers. It was not until the engagement was brought to a close that the men thought of themselves, or the danger they had paused through. Wanted Flowers. Prom the Washington Post. A certain Southern Congressman was heard eutertaining a company of his colleagues last week in the Democratic cloakroom of the House with an ac count of an unusual experience. "Dur ii.j the Woman Sutlrage convention," said he, "several ladies from my dis trict were present. Early in the con vention one of them came to the Capi tol, called at my committee room, aud requested an interview,, which was readily granted. She stated that the woman suffrage delegates were to have some sort of a public meeting, in which she was to paetieipate, aud requested that I should provide a floral tribute to be presented to her on that occasion. "I was naturally somewhat taken aback at the suggestion. I supposed iu the course of my twelve years in Congress that I had exhausted abjut every variety of duties that a member of the House is called upon to perform. I have always been ready aud willing to ruu errands for my constituents for which at home my oflice boy would have sulllced. I have catered to the whims ot olliee-seekers. When my constituents have cjine to mo hungry, I have fed them, and when they have come shelterless I have given them loJging. I have taken my political supporters to the theatres by hundreds, but I was forced to inform my lady visitor tiiat I must draw the line at bouquets." Enterprising Druggists. There are few men more wide awake a:id enterprising than J. N. Snyder of Somerset, Pa., and J. W. Brallier of Berlin, Pa., who epare no pains to secure the best of everything in their I line for their many customers. They now have the valuable agency for Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion, Coughs and Colds. This is the wonderful remedy that is producing such a furor all over the country by its many startling cures. It absolute ly cures Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse ness and all affections of the Throat, Chest aud L'jngs. Call at above drug stores and get a trial lottle free or a regular sizs for 53 cents and f I 00. Guaranteed to cure or price refuuded. The Grasshopper War. "About the time the Pilgrim Fathers came to New England in the Mayflower (li'iO), there arose a great quarrel and war between two Indian tribes from a very insignificant "cause. It occurred in this way. An Indian squaw, with her little son, went to visit a friend belouging to an other tribe. On bis way the little boy caught a large grasshopper and carried it with tim. A boy from the other tribe wanted It, but neither coaxing nor cajoling, nor even threats, would in duce the little fellow to surrender his prize. A quarrel took place, which soon drew the mothers and father into the dispute, and before long the chiefs of both tribes were engaged in a struggle which did not end until one tribe was almost exterminated. 1827. MAY 25. 1898. A NEW Y AUK EE BOAST. One Effect of Dewey's Victory. Not since Commodore Dewey hoisted the Stars and Stripes over the Philip pine Islands has the sun set on Ameri can territory, says the New York Sun. When the Eugiishman boasted that the sun never set on English soil and asked a Frenchman to account for it, the men of France said it was because the Lord was afraid to trust English men in the dark. The explanation in America's case Is that by her recent acquisition of the Philippine Islauds the sun rises on some part of America's possessions before it sets on some other. When the attention of Prof. John K. Itees, of Columbia University, was call ed to this new conditiou of political geography, the astronomer said that he had not had time to figure out exactly at what time the sun rose and set ou the eastern and western boundary poiuts of American land. The differ ence in latitude between the Philippine Islands in the tropics aud Alaska in the Arctic circle made it impossible, he said, to tell at a glance what margin the sun had in rising on one part of Ameri'sin noil before etting on another. Then the professor went to a big globe map of the world and twirled it around to get a bird's eye view of Uncle Sam's complete domain. "The widest stretch," said the pro fessor, "Is from the time the sun leaves the Philippine Islands on iLs western course until it is pried up in Maine ris ing from the East- The distance lon gitudinally measured in this way, that is, 'rom the far East around westwar 1 ly, is about ISO degrees, or a trifle over half a circle. The time lietween the two points is approximately .'2 hours "I minutes. As the days in this lati tude are now about 11 hours long, the sun rises in Maine before it sets in the Philippines. Therefore at this time of the year, if Commodore Dewey has captured the Philippines, the sun is always shining ou some parts of the the American imssesMon. "Iu winter it will 1 difl'erercut un less the conditions are altered. On the shortest day iu winter, December 1 or ii, the sun in this latitude shines aj proximately only about nine hours. As the difference in the time between the Philippines and Maine is a little over V2 hours, the sun could not rise in Maine in the winter time lie fore it had set in the Philippine Islands. If we took into consideration the dawn pre ceding the actual rise of the sun, aud the twilight following its settiug, it would be safe to say that even in win ter, with the posstrssion of the Philip pines, there would always lie daylight on some part of American land." "To le perfectly sure that the sun never sets on American soil we would have to capture the Canary islands, would we not?" was asked. "Geographically and astronomically the capture of the Canary Islands would solve the problem for all sea sons," said Prof. Bees, "although I do not wish to be understood to lie advo cating any of these things jxintically. The Canaries lie at about 1" degrees west from Greenwich, and the Philip pines are about 10 degrees east, or 135 degrees apart, which is equal to nine hours' time. Allowing for the differ ence in the length or" days iu tlie trop ics aud in the teuiierate zone, the sun would always rise on the Canaries le fore setting on the Philippines, even in the shortest day in the year." "Then, to be thoroughly English, we will have to have the Cauaries for win ter purposes." sucjrested a memlier of the class in astronomy. "If it is only for the purpose ot Wing English, we had Utter not include the Cauarie when Spnin settles up with us," said the professor. With the Philippine Islands as part of tlie United States, not to mentiou the Canary Islands, which, it is con tended, we should seize and hold as a transatlantic coaling station, it will be difficult to designate the geographical center of the Union. Some members from the Middle Western States thought the capital should be shifted to Kansas City, and some even to Chi cago, because, they said, those cities were nearer to the geographical center than was Washington. One memlier from the far West smashed all their arguments to smith ereens by showing that when we took into consideration the territory of Al aska, whose islands extended west ward as far as the 17,5d decree from Greenwich, the gj igraphieal center of the United Stab 8 would be out in the Pacific Ocean, many miles from land, and that San Fraucisoo was the only large city near the imaginary geo graphical center. When we have .added up our new lauds aud bought a new globe upon which to record them, it may be found that Washington is still as near the ge ographical center of the Union as is practicable, and that if there are now any congressmen who desire to move the uational capital they will have to find some other pretext upon which- to base their bill. With the capture and purchase of new lands in various parts of the globe it will be hard to keep the geographical center of the Union sta tionary. The only two large separations of American soil now are from the Philip pine islands east of Maine on the west, and from the Aleutian islands of Alaska on the west to the Philippines on the east. From the Philippines to Maine is lsn degrees, or 12 hours aDd 2i min utes difference In time. From the Al askan Aleutians to the Philippines Is 70 degrees, or 4 hours and 40 minutes, amply covered by the sun in both sum mer and winter. With the possession of the Canaries the gap of water bet wee u the Canaries on the east and Maine on the west will be only about oO degrees, or 3 hours aud 20 minutes; and the gap betwien the Canaries and the Philippines will be 1.15 degrees, or nine hours. j Owing to the phenomena of nature, including the inclination of the earth's axis of 23 degrees, the sun shines on northern Alaska for 22 hours a day in summer, and as the difference in time between the eastern and western coasts of the main part of the United States is three hours, for several weeks in the i ummer the sun never sets on American .tleralc soil, even without counting the Philip pines as an acquisition. But this con dition is soon altered by the shortening of the daylight in Alaska. To be sure that there will always be daylight on American soil the Philippine islands are necessary, and to l sure that the sun will never set on American land, the possession of the Canaries would be highly desirabie. Condensed War History. It has been figured out that the six teen most memorable battles of the world were those of Marathon, Ther mopylae, Phiiippi, Chalons, Tours, Hastings, Bannockburn, Lutzen, Span ish Armada ( defeated ), Wcrter, (Que bec, Saratoga, Yalmy, Trafalgar, Wa terloo and Sedan, conflicts suggesting the heroes Alexander, Hannibal, Scip io, Caesar, Charlcinague, Alfred, Billy the Conqueror, Charley the Fifth, Bill the Silent, Richelieu, Cromwell, Pite the Great, Fred of Prussia, Washing ton, Nelson, Napoleon, Wellington, Grant, Lee and Lincoln. Since war has made so much illustrious history, and filled dictionaries with long lists of heroes, it is not to lie wondered at tiiat ambitious men and nations are ever ready to fight at the drop of the diplomatic haL The temple of Janus is seldom shut. This nation, that is 122 years old, was born like the balie on the field of Waterloo. Beginning the fight iu 1775, and declaring Iudejietid euee in 1770, the war continued until the surrender of Cornwallis, in 171. There were six and one-half years of fighting, not counting the Indian and Bradd.K-k conflicts, starting iu IT i. Then, in short order were the wars wilh the Indians, the clash with France and Tripoli, the invasion of Canada, Per ry's victory, the peace at Ghent iu lslt, followed by a fight in January 1M5, the wind-up of the three years' war. Next comes along the war with Mexico, in Texas and around there, a peace treaty being signed in M.S, followed iu three years by the invasion of Cu!i in spite of presidential proclamation. The Cu ban fiasco was succeeded by General Lane's taking forcible possession of dis puted territory in Mexico in '5.5. Next, in 1S54, was the international row be tween Uncle Sam aud San Juan, Grey town lieing bomliarded and destroyed because somebody shot a negro aud somebody else hit some one in the neck with a bottle. Then we had the j hot times in Kansas aud the civil war, and now we have the conflict with Spaiu, after a longer peace o3 years than the nation had previously enjoy ed. For a comparatively young, peace ful, civilized aud christian people, it must be admitted that so far as war is concerned we have done fairly well at the old stand. While we have been preaching about the millennium we have been marching right along under the banner of Mara aud breaking heads with neatness and dispatch. And when we get things fixed up nicely iu Cuba we may go over to Armenia, then give Ireland a lift, annex Canada, incorpo rate Hawaii, relieve the Philippines and send missionaries and not coal to the north pole. Fighting Joe Wheeler. President MeKitiley could not have done anything more sure to attract the young men of the south and south-west to the colors, than to appoint General Wheeler, of Alabama, a major general, for there is no surviving commander of the Confederate armies, not even ex cepting Fitzhugh Lee, who enjoys the confidence and affection of so large a part of the southern people. Nor is the President likely to be dis appointed iu any estimate he has form ed of General Wheeler's efficiency in active service. He is M years of age, which is about as young as a man can lie with experience of four years in the civil war aud two years (he was gradu ated at West Point in ls5!) in the Uui- ted States army, and he is sound in health and strength. All things con sidered, his career was perhaps the must distinguished in the cavalry arm of the Confederate service. After the battle of Shiloh he was placed in com mand of the cavalry of the west and performed constant, laborious and brill iant service. His work was especially appreciated by General Shermau, to whom he was opposed during the cam paign that ended in the capture of At lanta. General Sherman is reported to have said after the close of the war that if we ever had to 13 'ht a foreicu f.e General Wheeler and Gemral Forrest should have command. Since the close of the civil war Gen eral Wheeler has pursutd a straightfor ward, manly and patriotic ourse, which has won for him the universal respect of his associates in Congress. He has shown there, as he did iu the army, great iutelligeuce and industry and thorough mastery of his work. How to Look Good. Good looks are really more than skin deep, depending entirely on a healthy condition of all the vital organs. I f the liver is iuaetive, you have a bilious look; if your stomach is disordered, you have a dyspeptic look; if your kidneys are affected, you have a pinched look. Secure good health, aud you will sure ly have good looks. "Electric Bitters" is a good Alterative and Tonie. Acts directly on the stomach, liver and kid neys, purifies the blood, cures pimples, blotches and boils, and gives a good complexion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. 00 cents ptr bottle. A fly had fallen into the inkwell of a certain author who writes a very bad and a very inky hand. The writer's little boy rescued the unhappy insect and dropped him on a piece of paper. After watching him latently for a while he called to his mother : "Here's a fly, mamma, that writes just like papa." "It was almost a miracle. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me of a terrible breaking out all over the body. I am very grateful." Miss Julia Filbridg", West Cornwell, Conn. WHOLE NO. 2143. THE ACCURACY OF . MODERN RIFLE GUMS. Aiming a Twelve-Inch Monster a Marvel of Engineering- H0W THE RANGE IS OBTAINED. Philadelphia Time. The accuracy of the modem rifled guns is one of the wouders that is ap preciated by a comparatively few per sons. It can be readily appreciated how a man with a small rifle can be come an expert marksman, but to shoot accurately with a big 6, Nor 12-inch gun is a marvel of modem engineering. Ac curacy with big guns is comparatively modern. In days gone by when iu a naval conflict broadsides were poured at the enemy it was not so much due to the sure eye of the gunner as it was to luck. Of recent year, however, the gunners on board naval vessels have been aided by a scientific device known as a range finder. Lieutenant Fiske, of the United States navy, invented the first and best device of this kind known. It is based on the principle of land surveying with a transit and engineering chain. If a surveying party comes to a broad rivr whose width has to be determined, a base line is measured along the bank, and the angles which this line makes with a mark on the opposite liank are measured by the transit. Then, know ing the length of the lutse line and the two angles, the distance across the river can lie determined by trigonometry. Applying this to the range-finder, a base line is carefully measured between two jioints near opposite ends of the ship, and over each poiut a range find er, answering to the engineer's transit, is jiermaneutly set up. If the telescopes of the two finders are simultaneously converged upon the same point on a distant object (ship, fortress or city), the observers will be in possession of the trigonometrical data necessary to compute the distance, namely, the base anil the two base angles. Iu the din, hurry aud slaughter of a sea light, however, it would be difficult to make the necessary calculations, as the distance between the ships, and therefore the bserved angles, keps changing, and in order to make the de termination of the distance automatic, Lieutenant Fi.-ke plusl his telescopes in the circuit of a WheaLstone bridge, and caused thtir change of position to record tlie distance of the object on the graduated scale of a delicate galvan ometer. All that was now necessary was for the til-servers at the two rauge linders to keep the cross-hairs of the telescope upon the same point of the ship, and the electric current transla ted, as it were, the angles into distan ces and recorded them by the uiove- nuut of a needle over an are graduated into hundreds aud thousands of yards. Now as to the range-finder itself. It consists of a powerful telescope, which is mount-rotation ai3ve a graduated li.-c. Uon the disc and extending an equal distance on each side of the zero p lint on the graduation is a metallic contact arc. fixed to the telescope standards is a contact strip, which ro tates with the telescope and slides over the contact arcs. In a recent test made with two shots it was found that loth projectiles fell within thirty yards of each other after traveling a distance of twelve miles. Gun drill aboard a man-of-war in volves the handling of tiie large guns or cannon, whether cn uroadsiije or in turret. Each of these classes of guns has a crew. The number comprising the same varies according to the size and kind of guns they are to man However, in a broadside rapid-fire gun using a projectile weighing seven pounds five men are the usual nimber. They are designated alongside of the piece according to their requirements in handling the gun. At the primary order "Let looseand provide !" the gun cover Is removed, the firing apparatus adjusted, a box containing the nectssary implements laid upon a deck at tlie rear and left of the guu mount, in fact, everything is prepared in readiness to proccd with the drill which contiuues with the order "Sponge!"' The breech mechanism is thrown open and that aud the bore of the piece carefully sponged out. "Load!" follows. The powder man passes the projectile, which resembles a huge cartridge, to the loader, who thrusts it carefully into the piece and then closes the breech. At the order 'Point!'' the gun is elevated and train ed or depressed so many degrees, accord ilia to the distance and location of the obj-ct to be fired upon as calculated by the ranne tinder. Its checkman then locks the gun at the position ordered, "Ready!" is the next and cautionary order, and then the men staud aside awaiting the command "Fire!" When it is given either the officer in charge or the gun captaiu with his shoulder pressed against the tiring elbow aud his finger touching the trigger di charges the gun and the projectile with a humming sound takes flight on its errand of destruction or instruction, whichever the case may be. A Fortunate Mistake. A rather curious instance of how remedies are stumbled upon sometimes Is rejiorted from England. It seems that a woman who had been a victim of the morphine habit for a long time took some eighteen drachms of sodium bromide by mistake within forty-eight hours. Of course, this was followed by profound stuxr, but five days later the biomide was resumed, and continued for three days at the rate of two drachms per day. She did not recover from the profound broniism for ten days, but at the end of that time found her appe tite for morphine entirely goue. The doctor who attended her case remarked the effect it had upon her and deliber ately stupefied his next case of morph lomania with bromide, with very hap py results, the patient entirely losing his craving for the drug. If you are not feeling well, why don't you take Hood's Sarsaparilla? IX will purify and enrich your blood and Co you wonderful good. An Anecdote of Dewey. Commodore Dewey bad many friend? In New York, and it Is for that reason that so many persons know of him as a man of singularly gentle disposition, modest manner, unassuming, unde monstrative, not t all the kind of man which tlie popular i.WI of a great tighter sug-sts, but after all exa.-t!y the kind of a man that makes the grent-e-t fighters. Aiutiaotstdor H-iy m a f-w words iu lh di.-piiu-he this morning reported expresses the thought of many who have met Commodore Dewey, that it is almost inconceivable to associate with the daring, strategy and maneuvering, a well as cyclonic lighting, which characterized the battle of Sunday, the geutle, quiet man which Commodore Dewey is. A subordinate in one of the financial institutions of this city said this morn ing that all of thoe who had served with Dewey, as Admiral Sampson, Ad miral Brown, CapL, Chad wick aud others who ha?e become conspicuous have done, knew that no better selec tion could have been made for the command of that daring and almost desperate attack than that of Dewey. "1 was with Commodore Dewey when he was the executive officer of the Colorado," said this man, "and I re member one incident which shows the manner of man he Is. We had a fine crew, some of them as powerful men as I ever saw. Four or five of them weut ashore one day and came back fighting drunk. "Three of them were men who would siugly have len more than a match iu strength for John L. Sullivan. The order was given to put them iu irons, and it was found impossible to carry out the order, for the men were danger ous. Dewey was notified of the situa tion. He was writing a letter iu his room at the time. "He went to the place where these g Units were and he told them to come out aud submit to the irons. They did not stir. Then Dewey said quietly to an orderly : "Bring me my revolvers," aud when he had his pistols he again called upon the men to come out aud they did not move. Then he said : 'I am going to count three, if you are not out Jiere with your hands hebj up on the third count you won't mine out of that place alive.' He counted one, then he cocked the revolvers, ami he counted two. We all expected to hear the report, for we knew that Dewey meant what he said. The men knew it too. They stepped out just in time to save their lives aud held up their hands, as they had been partially soU-red by their fright and the moral effect of Dewey's glance. "One of them said afterward that when he saw Dewey's eyes he knew that he would either be a dead juckey iu a moment or he would have toyield, aud when the irons were put upon him he was as sober as he ever was in his life. Dewey went back to his room aud finished the letter he was writing." Who can fail to take advantage of this offer. Send 10 cents to us for a generous trial size or ask you druggist. Ask for Ely's Cream Balm, the most piisitive catarrh cure. Full size 50 cents. ELY BUO.-., 50 Warren St., N. Y. City. I suffered from catanrh of the worst kind ever since a boy, and I never hoped for cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even that. Many acquaint an"es have used it with excellent re sults. Oscar Ostrum, 45 Warren Ave., Chicago, III. Eich Youth at the Front From 1 he Washington Post. Mr. Roosevelt has done the country gtxid in more ways than one. He has not only given the country a first-class fighting man, full of brains, energy, and resources, but has by his example brought to the front a class of men whose wealth aud social position lend a most encouraging and significant character to the episode. From all the clubs and colleges young men of large means aud high standing have begun to flock to the Nati mi's banner, ready to serve shoulder to shoulder with the mechanic and the farm hand, the clerk and the plebiau. They are not only ap plying for service with Mr. Roosevelt himself, but, animated by his prompt action, they are volunteering every where. They havy made their apjear ance in the navy as well as the army, and they are showing the country that the rich man is not the idler and the drone he has been pictured. They are proving, on the contrary, that the so called gilded youth are as eager to aban don their luxurious environment in the country's cause as the homely rustic Ls to exchange his plow handle for a musket. This is a manifestation which should not be overlooked, for it Is fraught with precious meauiug. It has been the cus tom of a certain class of politicians aud newspapers to berate tlie wealthy as selfish lieneticiaries of others' ill-paid toil: as useless branaelts upon the rock of our great strength and glory. We have been told by ignorant or false wit nesses that they know not the signifi cance or the practice of true patriot ism, and that, in time of National em ergency they will hide their money and have the poor man to Uar the burden of the day. It seems, however," that millionaires and dandie, clubmen and cotiliiin leaders, are equipping regi ments, giving yachts, abandoning their luxurious modes of life and taking ser vice on equal terms with their humbler fellow-citizt ns, asking only for a chance to fight under the Stars and Stripes and to illustrate their manhood by the offer of their lives. It is not the capri cious impulse of the few. It is the spontaneous and comprehensive out burst of an entire class. It palpitatis in the palaces of Fiflh-aveand Newport as strongly as in the provincial village or the remotest rural country side. They have been called dudes, dandies, drones aud idlers. They have been held up by demagogues and agitators and the organs of class hatred to the coutempt and execration of the multitude. Now, if opportunity offers, we shall see. Will they fight? We promise for them that they will. But the demonstration is woith everything even aa it stands. It assures us that the country, with flag, its integrity, its institutions, has all classes behind it ; that the spirit of pa triotism is alive in the topmost branch as well as in the deepest root. It makes us proud of our Nation aud our people. Three cheers for the dandies! Yisitor Well, Tommy, how are y u getting on at school? Tommy (aged eight) First rate. I am t uolng as well as some or me ouier boys, though I can stand on my head, but I have to put my feet against the wall. I want to do it without being near the wall at alL A Kansas evangelist has written to President McKInley offering to raise a regiment composed exclusively of church members.
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