The Patton courier. (Patton, Cambria Co., Pa.) 1893-1936, August 25, 1898, Image 3

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    NO SPLICING THE MAN BRACE.
Sow Grog Began snd How It Wet Abele
jehed In the United States Navy.
BATTLE EFFECT ON SHIPS |T doubt if the Colon conld bave es |
oa caved with so Liltle punishment if the |
smoke from the few minutes of firing |
st the leading ships had not left 8
cloud which, combined with the firing
EN SABC
LESSONS LEARNED IN THE CREAT .
DEFENDED A LADY
of destruction. There mast be
FIGHT WITH CERVERA'S VESSELS.
It Has Determined Some Onestions That
Wii Be of Value to Builders of War. |
shiips~The Advantsges of Minokeless
Powder Utility of Torpedo Hosts.
An officer on the Iowa during the re
sent fight off Santiago with Cervera’s
ships bas written s resume of the ef
feet apon the ships and men of the
Lan, any teinporary lifting of the smo
will give plenty of time to deliver a |
shouting during a battle, which was
published in the New York Commer.
| gnns conld be laid
even in this, however, since, with the
the |
sinl Advertiser. He gives his views.
This battle will be uceepted by sorse
mays] experts as the culy one of mod-
ern times that conld be connted on for
theoretical sonelusions of value to the
builders of warships. [In the Yasin
River the inequality of the two sides
in character cansed students to hes
tate; about drawing many inferences
from it. IY is true we have only em-
phasized the Yalu jessons in many re-
peste, but 1 think we can go ahesd |
with the two together, one checking
the other, to say positively that we
have learned something.
flo go back s bit, the ineflectiveness
of & fleet against laud batteries is de.
monstrated, 1 think, by our bombard-
ment of San Juan and Santiago. We
failed to reduce their works, We si
Jenead them all right enough. As we
guined in skill we were able to drive
the gunners away very quickly. Bat
their silence was only temporary, even
when the batteries wers weak and the
conditions ail fsvorable to our ships:
when our guns unwberel twenty to
one
Hverybody knows by this time
that the batteries guarding SafMiago |
Barbor are on the bluffs, some of them |
200 feet above the water line. This
aninestionably makes them harder to
hit. but it likewise increases the diffi-
culty of their aire. We found out the
difference in the latter respect when
the same gunners (probably) came out
in the ships. The first broadside from
Cervera's squadron was much more
effective than the fire of the shore bat-
teries, and this despite the fact the
range during the bombnrdment was
often less than ut the opening of the
seed. Syn, when the Spaniards fired so
‘we i. :
‘The ability of a watehfnl and offi-
cient fleet to ward off hostile torpedo
bouts bas been fully brought oat.
Here we have remained for months
blockading a port in which there were
always two torpedo boats. Our ships
lay sometimes as close 1n #= a mile off
the entrance. And several attempts
were made by the destroyers to at-
tack ns. None of them got out with
out being seen and always they were
driven back. Our resdiness was the
thing. In Bouth American wars for
os nt times and the tarpedo boats
were nowhere near as swift and pow.
erful as ths Spanish destroyers Faror
and Pluton. It is sale to say that we
~ hmve shown thet if a mat-of war is
ready at all times to open up instantly
and efficient rapid fire that ship bas
little or nothing to fear from torpedo
boats.
With the rapid-fire guns » modern
vessel can throw a storm of shell into
an enemy. A torpedo boat, with her
neil
** sides, might ss weli muk ber- |
starting, so certain is she
of these boats to have any
prospest of supcess against a modern
ahbip of any size, even when the cir
cumstances sre most favorable for the
t. Searchlight tactics were well
ght cat off the blockade and the
great service that they can do. With:
ut the cear ta our fleet conld
. Nluminating, s» we did, night af-
the entrance of the harbor
r the light slowly from side
Svar all the water, vothing
Save of
searchlight on one of our
js, there could be no doubt
e mind of the gun pointer as
ostile character of the ap-
ing vessel. It eliminated all
delsy and liability of error to
any verbal orders are so liable.
¢ necessity of a secondary fleet,
might be salled, was also shown.
ie season. The work of these dis-
oh boate was most exhausting, and
<nre should be taken that they be
great credit for their efficient
sluable services, Indeed, these
er craft are noted for the lack of
pon aboard for “‘idlers.”
isobvious, of course, that a large
fleet is indispensable. A ship
un without fuel, and in war
the boilers seem to eat up coal.
a crew, no matter how brave,
well hungry as they can on a
oh. ‘‘It is hard work fight-
cker hash,” so let there be
upply ps. Our repsir
was an indispensable ad.
and so, was the am-
on supply ship. After each en-
nt every ship, no matter how
used, ght her ammuni-
ly up to the limit. The hos-
ip has to a fleet not only the
s use that makes it a necessity;
gets out of sight the wounded men,
s a comforting thing to know is
haps one of the most important
jons is the advantage of smokeless
powder. With the incessant firing of
+ ships thgre was always smoke
hanging round some part of the ship's
batteries, though we had a gentle
breeze and the enemy was to wind-
ward of us. | Fire from the guns bad
{ compl eted,
yg 40 be slackened again and again, and
of the smaller quick fire guns, pre-
beavier |
vented the pointing of the
guns, Of conrse, with a quick fire
fire. but with the slower firing turret
zune the view must be animpeded for
some time. The smoke from our guns
did the enemy no harm either, as some
part of the ship was almost bound to
protrude, snd with this sssistance his
Both sides wers
exception of the Colon, nome of
Spanish ships had smokeless powder,
The Colon did ndt have any heavy guns
in her turrets, as they hal not been | :
Cn case of a osadden
. EWealer
Wash dock goa, its said,
filled up their turrets, but the turrets
conld not have been so small as that
woald imply.
The teachings of Mahan abont men
were fully borneont, The great {esson
fof the war is the importance of the
personnel, Poor men make poor ships,
No matter bow brave and efficient the
aicers 1aasy be, they cannot fight well
with 8 poor crew, Thirty men, how.
ever alive cannot infuse their knowl.
edge and enthusiasm into 550 others
The officers may make the men stand
up st the guns and prevent thew from
jumping overboard by closing the balf-
ports and by other means, but they
cannot cause other than real men-of-
war's men to put up a good fight. No
wander that the erews of some of the
Spanish ships wanted to jamp over
board on coming out of the harbor,
All the men were conscripts, and 600
had been impressed jnst before the
departure of the fleet from the Can.
aries.
were opened and the malefactors taken
aboard the Spanish ships. Yom ean
force a man shoard ship, but you can'd
force him to fight
Ken! Gem of the Antilles.
If Cuba be the “Pearl of the Antil.
les.” which is open to denbt, Porto
Rico is its diamond, its ruby, its Koh-
i-noor, the most precioas stone in the
carcanet which Spanish lack and en- | |
don, on inpes which sontained some
| valnable hints as to their care.
. onee apan » time, in an old chest at
. Windsor Castle, she found some price.
| jens lace, believed to have belonged to
| Queen Elizabeth, she wonld trust no
one with its restoration, and the work
terprise plucked from the misty, mys
terions regions of the West four cen-
taries ago. It is inferior to Cuba
only in the attribute of size. In fer
tility of soil, in sainbrity of climate,
in strategic position snd in the char-
acter of its people, which, after all, 1s
the most serious condition ponfronting
any eonntry which desires to annex or
govern the West Indies, it is far su-
perior.
ing, which esunot be smd of every
3 8088) vat-roll of 3 ;
colonial possession on the rest roll of | and bose are now used quite commonly
and with comfort.
‘ing shoes must be tied in by one or
Spain.
Porto Rico lies at the Windward
end of the Antillean chain. If is
2000 miles distant from some parts of
Cuba, which shows that it runs a long | are binding on the ankies.
It affords an excels |
lent vantage for control of the Carib | 0 Ce 0 0 (aves the sukie free
: . | Some of these combinations
Atlantic that the establishment of a | Pt rr ® SOT NSN
conling station upon its soil wonld be | have a heavy sole to the stocking.
of immense advantage to our ships in |
way to the east.
Hea trade. It ix so far out into the
case of further troubles with Earo-
pean nations.
ing sugar, coffee, fruits and other | | pl
tropic staples in the greatest aban-
dance. In proportion to size it has
one of its colonies, Its climate 15
tolerable in summer, delightfal in!
Its mar |
Incks the enervating quality common
winter, and healthful always.
to the stmosphere of lands farther to
the west.
in a setting of blue and waiting only a
Chicago Times Herald.
A NR § A Rn AN 0
The Oregon's Speed in Battle.
With every gun, except one thirteen.
inch in the after turret, blazing forth,
race
~ From that time on she was under
her engineers, over
which tallies with Captain Ealate's
statements that no battleship making
high-powered engines,
Raymond Rodgers, the executive of
the Indiana, writes that when the Orer
| gon came racing across his bow it was
the grandest sight he ever witnessed.
She charged right down, he says, on
the time carrying a great white bone
in her teeth that told of her engine
power and great burst of speed. All the
time she was running men were work-
ing on one of the after thirteen-inch
guns, while the other was being fired
right alongside in the turret. — Boston
Journal.
“ Prime Ministers of the Century.
There have been nineteen Prima
Ministers of Britain in the present
century. Of these two only are now
living—Lord Salisbury, who is 68,
and Lord Rosebery, who is 51. Six
Prime Ministers, including Mr. Glad- |
stone, have attained 80 years. Lord
died at 87, the Duke of |
Sidmouth
Wellington at 83, Earl Grey and Lord
Palmerston at 81 and Earl Russell at
86. Four died in the 'T0s—the Duke
of Portland at 71, Lord Ripon at 77,
Lord Aberdeen and Lord Beaconstield !
at 76. Three in the '60s—Lord Gren- |
ville at 76, Sir Robert Peel at 62 and |
Three in the "50s
Mr. Percival at 58, Lord Liverpool |
at 58 and Mr. Canning at 57; and cve | main
i adelphia Times,
Lord Derby at 69.
in the '40.- Mr. Pitt at 47.
Sn
The castle of Heidelberg 3 the |
largest in Germany.
ke
for this one special tinng.
the tints snd designs that are espe
cially fashionable thiv season
{ will go ont of style, asd even 8 hand
some silk of tarqnoise blue, when all
' the world is wearing peach yellow will |
seem out of dete and dowdy
Card shades
pretty.”
It is said that all the jails there |
It is. indeed, well worth hav.
- horizontally with jet.
| pretty close ;
| tle there is a pinked ont frill of white
| silk, with a heading, and with it ia
the Oregon is represented in & letter gathered a narrow lace of the same
received in Washington as rushing for-
ward out of the bunch of ships, and, |
in ten minutes after the start, taking
the next place to the Brooklyn in the |
Sweaters For Chitdren.
Every wee baby, girl or boy, te
strietiy up to date, should have a
swenter for is perambriator spins
i change ih
is easily shipped ou
baby's clothes. White, pale pink and
sky bine sre the favorite colors
Faathing » Goel Commerc.
Bathong is positively the Lest cos.
metic in the world, and any physician
[will tell vom so
| pating, and abstinence from rich
for
frown
legniar hours
i= the next best. and regular hours
fur slesping will rome thurd. The girl
who tries the recipe for three months
can throw away powder and rouge pot
on the garbage heap, nud look 10 be ber
| own granddanghter when she reaches
threes spore and ten
A Word About (hesp Silke.
“Cheap silks are pot worth haviox
at any price,” said a wise shopper;
“and so [ approve of hannting sales
Don’t bay
They
Stang
are safir and just as
-
Princess Beatrice as a Lace Cleaner,
The Princess Beatrice 1s not only a
skilled lacemaker, but has wonderfal
knowledge
| years since she deliversd a lecture at
of jsce cleaning. Some
the South Kensington Institute, Lon
of repairing asd cleaning was done
| nader her own personal sapervision,
| part of it by her own hands
For Water Nymphs,
Comanations of bathing slippers
The heparate bath-
more sets of strings, which safe not
| only liable to come off gr break, bat
The com
bination hose sud shos keeps the shoe
have a»
varap, while others merely
The stoeking part of the combina
: ; TO” | tion is made in varying lengths from
It is capable of grow- | op, ordinary knee jength to opers
With a black bathing sat,
| these last are very appropriste and
wile i comfe i i as
paid Spain more money than any other comfortable as well as nest
A Dainty Mantle,
A dainty little mantle which can be
made by the skillfnl sssatenr withont
much trouble sof white silk, falls long
’ T 10 in the back, snd lounger iu the fromt
It bax lain for eons smiling |
than at the side where it reaches to
H A | the bend of the elbow there is a poke
tonch of Northern energy fo make it
the fairest island of all the seas —!
pointed back and front cut im one,
with a Medici collar, and this is striped
The rows are
At the edge of the man-
width. This is met by the wider
flounce, set in at the yoke, and the
edge falling loosely over the Leading
of the frill. The depth of the back
| depends upon the width of the founce,
| which must
1d Wai i * | shoulder, but it need not be cut.
lo hi drag a She tine, aa mak | over-depth should be tarned in where :
r R rded while in the mirvice. A some | the yoke and the mantle meet
periods of the race the big vessel is be-
lieved to have been going according to |
sixteen knots,
be shortened os the
The
This
maotie is exceedingly smart
Care of the Hair.
To keep the hair clean and milky it |
. niftst be brushed often and regularly |
: | mo amount of combing will prodace s
only fifteen knots conld possibly have |
kept up with the fast Colon, with ber |
like effect,
Provide yoursel! with a brush of
the Snest hristies, which mnst
drops of ammonia, or a fine qugty of
scalp.
water, and il very moist a little gly-
cerine and borax may be nsed. Rab
the head and hair as dry as possible
with a coarse towel, then allow it to
hang over the shoulders and brush
with a soft brush till thoroughly dry.
At bedtime the bair should be un-
{astened and brushed for five or ten
minutes, then gathered into a loose
braid, which will give free access to
the sir. Hair that 1s brushed regu-
larly night and morning, if only for a
few minutes at a time, will require
less frequest washing, and, mean |
Too |
much washing renders the hair harsh |
while, will be clean and giowy.
and dry.
It is very heagficial to clip the ends
of the hair once a month, after it has
been brushed smoothly doen the
hack.
that remain should be clipped. —Phil-
The Form amd Dress.
| Itis well known that a loose ani
easy dress contribues much to give the
When,
bre
| long enough to penetrate the hair to
| the scalp. Never use a wire brush, |
and a eomb should be used oanly in
| arranging the hair,
Bt ning go Pot at | hair in Inkewarm: water with a féw
one vessel and then the other, and all | yap may be used
: head thoroughly, using a snailbrash,
kept for the purpose, to cleanse the
Rinse well in clear water, or, |
if the hair is harsh and dry by natare, |
use a little giycerine in the rinse
First wash the
Shampoo the |
After this all the forkad ends
50. det AY
sex the Hue proportions of tae body
that are observable 18 the
stat aes vi 0% wp Bose rc ae weentede
& 3 . BE WHICH MPYTE BF TNE
Ler An
our presect artists nsiare beings
WITT
The (ireehs gasw
shigt
Cphicity of lugatnres and bandager, with
whch GAY ive
mages abgnre i
ANY 20S
shmck los,
Iie Hee (Apress 5
wollen ware norant of
B styws iY Whi
shane
practise
whale!
ther inetemd of
This carried
fxoess as foe Bins, 0
erate the speopes and is an 1
bad taste Can 1 be a pleasant sigh
to belioid a woman dat (9 two on
middie, ast ithe a wasp’
as shoeing Oo
eve xs il: fal to the imaginatic
A five shape, bi Limb, hath 11+ oa
size and proportions, a dimizalo
{whieh is certainly a defect 3
deformity also wonid be shoring |
naked Sguve. wherefore, tl
F i% be astesmmed a Heanty in 09
dressed Freryvibing that confine
lays nature under a restraint is an ine
stance of bad taste Thx 1% as trae
in regard ta the ornaments of the body
as to the embmilishraenta of the mind
Life, health, reason and convenience
' ought to be taken first into considers
tion, (iracefainess cannot subsist
withont ease. delicacy 1s not debabiry
nor must A woman be sek 1b oroer Ww
please — New York Ledger
WPT
™
i
The Detnils of Dress,
Any cue who closely ocuserves the |
Jittle details of dress cannot far!
the gathers are ix the rear of the new
est skirts, what a ntimber
shapes are given to the waists
ing dresses, where thay are out
the shoniders, and that ropex of bead:
are worn about white necks at dances,
A striking throet garniture, and one 6
the most costly A WOMAN CAT BOW iis
play ix & doable row
af Bove;
strung on 8 vilver wire sad with doses |
r. 3
Fuoer- | d
: F DP bronght a
the dozen |
i foros
of semppreciias |
{ strong
are | :
| progressed, too
| gress
sf crestal between the luwane
tok oo e woh 5 FF Hs 8 wd
Rian, VOTRE. Rmetayst Ala
and one varmelies
stones Dow SG greatly
ail resein ide sina
flexibly wirad for the neck
in the way of a welled neck ornament
3
in Jemand
rat to beans and
Nuthing
of the throst and ¢
on the chest all decoration is fastened
All signs poant to potiiingel nse of ex.
. i . 5
eh Pimsa ry about the
SORT Nes
cessive y
necks of daylight
necked women pass broad nibbons
abot ther throats twies, and then ty:
ing & faring bow ander the chin, ma
the loops snd ends so toat they stick
| the ears. Another stiractive method
| is to gather great rosettes of the crisp
jest hisck or white tnlle in the side of
the collar
concealed
puff oat
sieeve for
wah
8
ok
Lagi
the doway cionds tha!
fora them A few
Carem. for a shim, long arm
silk slesves do not permit of the arm
being thrash through them, etcept
‘half way to the elbow. A line of little
books and eves ran along under the
‘sleeves from a space six mehes from
' the armpit clear to the wrist. By this
means an apparently seamless casing
of material fila the arm as close 88 ae
wearer's giin, and the sleeve is enn
ously cut on the bias to Lelp ont this
effect and to pet the correct, ettended
fit well ont on the band. Just a fold
or » flat epaniet tops the shoulder —
New York San
Seen ba (he Stores.
Silk watch chains set with ewels
Separate skirts of lines grenadine,
Light-weight felt hata for traveling.
Ledge
i ferns
Nik
stripes
Broad
children,
a 3s : ? »
shirt waists in Lhe
£2
collars of embroud
Broken-biock patterns {i
Waisis
feathers.
menleries
Plaid ribbon effects in narrow band
trimmings.
San bonnets for babies gris and
golf players.
White glace gloves
black stitching.
White shirt waists trimmed with
embroidery for tiny boys
Yellow and mode chamois gloves as
weil as the favorite white
Teagowns of veiling or China erepe
in accordion plats hued with silk
ARIAT
wits Darrow
IAD INA
K|hell combs with projecting arms
that dispense with the necessity of
: hairpins.
Many stamped
torlet-table pieces
P with silk
%
498 4
al
shen FAN
emoroanering
op
* Nis
£
. Exquinte patterns of heavy Irish
lace for flat trimmings such as yokes,
| stoles, ete
Eton jackets with long Soha
of silk, veiling, oashmere, ete.
| dressang sacques,
fronta
fur
Lit
| mptured
i They «
PERE
‘ This explanation
of wry
f zz
Ered
3 Ine to
Navy £5
% fash YET
: of ad al
$0
note bow many and wide spreading | " "
Hg Re he ® | thirty gallons of ram
i 4 A 1 4
(step hy provieuog thsl
of ween § - ”
i 2 day.
pr ; Gown Wy ole aii, best
¢
of npal Deans &
iL
$ ii 3
sling oat broadly | . . MY :
ung Y | of September, 181 the spirit ration
| in the nary of the United States shall :
forever cease, and thereafter ao dis |
3 Ll
{ing %o
| met.
Taffetas in bayadere and lace pat |
aniriine |
P every
| wirikes
ory for
‘
So | gest
3 SLE shut}
projectiles
They didn't “splice the mein hrase™ |
m the Nashrille when thet ggiisat |
| Colored Mur Shot by & Osnetabie Por Defending §
rnMont bad raced throagh 184 sea,
STETY
se frst of the war
price
he (rray
x Soht with a
ain brace Is,
bow
Ww Tre
weasel after an
pe me odd that
ww news 10 MANY In hese dsr.
#
baman paises s-Deat, end |
t splice the moain brice on |
nu. even if aif bands dud have |
| be strain of that seemingly impossible |
A fleet of
er |
SErTINg An eXtre
of grog to ail basds on a :
engagrment | angered
#owidl
Hi.
BINS were ge they asad to be Bow : You
araiiy it world have happened that | «1°
en the Nashville bad captured her
wize aps] when honest aboard
us aglow with ibe
Lis rnates shonld have piped
Hip the order,
ATRTY
war in onr history “Urtog ol
Have resoubded THroUn
1 Ea
Fowy ve raised Bis jay Sve rents a day
& pd gs
sopnd LiN grag Torerar,
A potable event was the invention | Fr
; Aevording to 8°
lenr ned article on the sabyect published | °
yg
. 5 YE
a 3% 5 2 #4
United States service by Ad-
INS4 the homow
Ei
bad waatber
wear 0
Mende in
Admiral Vers
it
tT
eT erage
The
anil
spread. beverage was
the Ferodation
applies 3s sea basen? and pow
der,
other
IDOE alioriages,
snonass the Fost. |
At the beginming of any
the | ;
#
§
m7
of the Royal °
was um
deck a grogrom
| slonk, from which he acquired among | ¥
| the men the sobrignet of ;
About the year mentioned, when in|
| command of the West India tations, |
| he originated a new and satisfactory
composed of ram
[ amd water, the serving of which be
| wan on bis fagehip. the Burford, snd j $3
: thence
| Anhbad grog.”
i freed
When our nary began its illnstrione
| career amid
| was, of conrse, as Recesssry a part of
“Aid Grog.” |
C Frederico Ks
the word bas
i
liquor |
aud we find Paul Jones on sal | °°
ing from Portemouth in 1777, bewsal- |,
“only |
In 1831 Congress tank an sirancad |
ail in
in 142
4 half a pint of wine was added, and
5
Dire fame
he frst ves
greatly
snd inoreased
drink. Moral sentiment
in July, 1882, Con
of the Cred
i 4 a *. of
revolatiosized
he commatation peice was fixed a2
er
War | Feading
increased Daval
tronble from
hand |
the
cap | FRYY Who rolantanly relingainhed the |
eet 3 3 sii : i
‘ | spirit ratn shomid ba pad six pants |
t Asc . mar Wed tie house obiained 56 and ee
the siternative |
i FR
ihe PAN
the American io
| navy by passing the mistoric law pro
: i og : I wading
ix worn high snd close, from the base |
“That from and after the first day!
Long: | tilled spiritaous ligmors shall be ad.
51 mitted on board of vessels of war ax
| cept as medical stores, and tpon the
| order and nader the control of the
| redieal officers of ach vessels. and to
only for medical
ont like s donbie par of wings ander | he wie oul - dha Japan
{ tember pext there shail be sllowed
| and pad to each person ia the savy
that tha sare ars simont | Bow entitied to the spirit ration Sve
| cents per day ia commutation and lev
| theraof which shall be in addition te
cloth dresses ia Jdesigaed to i the Present pay.
acceninate the length of the wearer's Bo grog is the United States Navy.
is as highly | re
prized these days as lang slender :
waist. Some of these cloth, cotton snd |
And since that day there lias bwed
Tansanity in Great! Britabs.
Tosmenge
am BD
Imryes
wher svening
woe heater
and Cone
BEBeTLY. of Wines.
§ ir om alleged. made
snare to a eds pase
Jomo Seferaled This
heriy. w8o pulled a re
d hors at Jones
tacie sary in Ihe
was taken 19
ver Pevughe
waivg afray ocurred
ranging between
fees Per
is # Iesryes
ow
nN
per ie
fi rede
ing penishoms were granted
REIN ANY » Adars
c dohes FP Hel
jsnas A Brow afend,
$2 ove BK. OH White,
10 James Thompson,
en Bote $8 FF MMe
r Hangamsin T
mance. 3% minoes of
Sieghany $14 Flips J
ne iy. B32 Witla
vy. BE ewes Hae
Hiram N Reilly,
Hiram SS nindeidecker,
Pravkis $8 to BN.
ahnstown, 88 1 He
rpsburg. WB 0
ger Hoxbary.
ivraves Knox-
Ni Fires
wo
£52
” $5
fe a
Ma mas
twee, Pivishurg. Bo
Wenmter $I Wik
Firadteord. BI. Mar.
Rents Ride Pitts
hare. Meadville
wes Trompson. Washington,
i Sardin Williams
v rena rt Hoskstonn §8 Francis
M Mihnel Baldwin Butlér 5 to PB
Wikitam Motormbok, Chariersl $38
« Jepming= Havdentown,
fae BB Rober: MM. Hack,
Washington Mary
Newburg Cumberiand,
Ryan Homestead BI
Hongerian christening at
saber ARY. he PDArty
went fo the town betel wien after
Srinking Resvily. the landlord refused
qa fe the crowd and This
Ww fg Constable Ral Meotlsl-
= witempled 19 arrest The inader of
und was severely beaten In
tampe Be Sred a shor which
soe of Rix sssamilante. MriOole
eh pave Nimes? up
Predgerick Asmus and wife an apd
Jupde residing in Marlboro Swashin,
meio from Morristown, ware
gagged at their Nouns he
caler HINNL ByY (wo men wlio then rane
Flirts
Bare
Thoma
Favetie WB
BoMeitwiwey
Elizabeth
After %
reat oriield The
Fie
WATER
betel
Asmaae and his wife resisted
ved were badly iniured before
weg Bovnd Amos Injuries IRY
fxtniiy
Paring a thunder
they
sors recently at
son of Stephen
aera andl was sfrock and instantly
Killed Sy Sghining on the farm of Je.
fa han Horne southwest of New Ring-
was sraploved A $68.
ara Tied BY an iron Chala, about
GfwEy at ancsther Bulhding, wae
iy Killed and he Chun Bas
ty Tomasi
wwe of a0 USkSORT RS Wan
sped along The Peomevivanta railroad,
Harvey
where Be
4 Bort Alntance below Morrelivile last
i Floren i"
He
# Livi Ban rope
mad Been Killed a» aber
There wars Bo means of
srifomtions A mesvage Tram New
a says thal Sylvester
Tascicer Bad there in search of
wark ard i x thought thar he Im He
dams
fee TH
C wits
The Moor Campbell slactment sgt
was witiied al Feaver 2 few dave So,
bale jury retarning a verdict for the gee
sow ha
| by
LRG
i The
Thers are to-day 5336 more certified |
That 3
iarger
3
| junaties in this coumatry than thers
[were two years ago.
| startling statement contained it’ the!
| annual report of the Commissionnrs ix | |
; tk : oo. | Brother standi
| Lunacy whieh was prese nied to Perlis |
{ment
the
The |
Fagiand aad Wales only: wha are of |
than Sve per cent
Theres 1 insintie
Is
Bow
aL
BE Ax A
proporiind and
taal there
hat the rush aad worry of
ne
poopie,
dreadially large
really does sug
anoles
n . , | modern life are pecaliarly favorable
Misses’ Leghorn bats trimmed will | o, the production of insanity —St
| James's Gazelle
Very narrow jet and silk cord passe !
rR A
A New Devies in Guns.
The tremendous havoe wroaght by
Admiral Dewey's guas at Masilie
shows the capabilities of modern ord:
nance. Machine guns, rapid-fire san
pon aad great 100G-pounders
moanted on disappesariag onrtridiges
all are pert of the necessat’y squip
maat of a first-class battleship of the
lates! type. An electric gun for coas!
defense purposes has been lutely de
vised if succesafny, 1t will throw a
steady stream of explosive biimbs sac
give neither report tor smoke to show
its location. The gun will be a sor!
af eumulative magnet, that wh, as the
pases
ARR veiy closes Rew @rdmite and
thas acquires a veloeity which wil
carry it several miles. The sdvantags
of a contrivance like this is that
woald protect the bomb without the
sadden shoek of a powder explosion,
and thas remove the danger of burst
tug the gua «Gusisa’s Magnzine,
It seems that no previons Prince o
Wales has been a graadiather,
aiong the tnhe 1
is something in the!
Ping away
We do pot forget thet ita Bas ni
| been officially pointed ont that [ the
| recent apparent increase in the sam. (70 TEC
{ ber of lunatics is secounted for by! Jar
¢ : a Ys migher than it has been Berstafore
| great or strictness of regaiston lead.
nambers of pstients
| being drawn into the Commissioners |
| Bat we fad it very difienit w |
| believe that these swarms of Innatics
| are anything like entirely secountes |
| for by the sweep of the net
| meaning of the Sgares will be more
| clearly realized when we point out,
t that, as there are 102 4K) persons it
Net veils having an embrojdered |
| feally certified to be insate, more
| has been mided Ww!
| their number in the last two years |
; |
whick
guy
Lomb nl The ani! wan netitalsad seve
eral years age by Wo Metoy, of Indus
y township against Alfred Ckmpbell
atRMerk fo detsraine the goestion
. of a tract of land contain.
Paar (BE mores in That township
Mirnaed Most, of Plymouth township,
Bad been sufering from a CANCSY
3 the side ard who had been given up
the doators ad incurable a Tew days
vou dk B® large table Knife and eul
camser ont, but Jel such a IArge
that he bied to death before
re arrival of a physician
Harry Hall the Ueyear-oid son of
Joseph Mall. who ves at So hellabuog,
18 maiden Tram Bedford was extracting
a phell fi & gun a few dave ago
when 7 exploded and Bit his J-year-ohd
sg in front of he, tear-
&if of mis head and kKiliing
Jonn DesvetaRy, aged 4 Pears was
Asawesd in the Cosemaugd at Johns
w dave age. The Stony creek
The heavy rainfall deiayed
tring westasrd for several Sours
Landslides all slong the ine Rave
Camm considerable damage
fic hard Cobaugh, while af riding
the afler svening Sear UHnemaugd.
Beir oa The tracks of the Johnstown pase
snger railway. wien a raphlily moving
qr gwen beth Reres and rider out of
way Cobasgh was taken to the
moaspital and the horse ran off, and haw
mist yet wen found
Creare (3 Kaiser who was ander
ge mrerre to be hanged September § for
the murder of his wife committed sal-
cite in Him in the county fail at
srrictown ast Toursday He out an
gq im Bis wrist with walih spriag
then Banged himself
meskEge redeived by William
af New astie, annsunces the
wd of his sen Wiillkm A. while
4 in the (ie river al Newport.
The decegard wont from New Castle to
work in oa tin mild at Newpart about
throes menRile AR
Miss Susie Flick, of Sharon has fal
fem Beir to a fortune of IT 4 with
interest. anti she atlains her majors
ity Laast April 15 her aunt Mise Su-
san Fialr. Shalint, Kansas formerly of
leveling, died begqueathing this
amount to Miss Flick
Dapuel Cotlerman a farmer reshling
in Hookland township went for berries
a few dave aR Not retpraing in the
evening a search was made and his
dead boniy was found at the food of a
steep smbanikment. ix neck was
hroken
Henry Crow, aged 30. a saloonkeeper
af Nanticoke, attempted 0 repair the
are light in front of his piace of Duss
rene xs: night when he received a
shock which canssd his death
oar
ihe venr
ak
is
Mel arren, postmaster at
fdeki Bridge, was bitten in the
Baal By a rattiesnake. while pieRing
Black ierres Mis [ifs was saved by the
astavigistration of prompt remedies
Mawar (laloway, aged IT rears, was
wa Isbwnl ith prac Rey Knifes in the
Yume at va on Saturday by Frank
Kahie . in a Skt aver
hand on the
can. Miss
Shamokin a
cped. from cutiing her
tagged 2 df & tamate
tanse died al
dgsh. of Freeport nas als
s stung to death while rYing 1
oewarm of bees lust week,
v
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b ¥ 4
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