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Middletown transcript., 1898-08-06
NAVAL NOMENCLATURE:

An expert has called attention to the
popular mistakes in naval nOmencla-
ture. As our navy is now the object
of world wide admiration and the sub.
ject of discussion in all manner of
company, it is well to be set right on
certain technical terms descriptive of
its militant operations.
When we speak of a feet the experts
understand us to mean company of
twelve or more batlleships. A mosquito
feet is composed Of twelve or more
small boats. A squadron is composed
Of fewer than twelve bAtLleships, and
is often part of fleet, such as the van,
center or rear squadron. A fiotila is
composed of twelve or more men-of.
war, some of which may be battle
ships.
According to. these definitions the
United States has no feet; neither has
Spain. Admiral Dewey commands a
squadron. The ships destroyed and
captured from Montijo in Manila Bay
imposed squadron. Admiral Samp-
son command fiotilIa. Admiral Ger
vera and Admiral Camara each COM
mand squadron.
Not until we expend a great deal
more money for battleships than is now
being put into that character Of craft,
can we properly claim to have feet
under the most formidable concentra-
tion we could make of our navy. In
a few years, however, we will have
enough battleships Of the first class
to comp SO fleet.
Middletown transcript., 1898-08-06
The Real Magic Number.

~ often hear Of the magic number"
said some one. "What number is itP"
" Why, nine, of course" replied
some one else. "There are nine muses.,
you know, and you talk of a nine-days'
wonder. Then you bowl at nine pins,
and cat has nine lives"
" Nonsense" broke in another,
"Seven is the magic number. Seventh
heaven, don't you know, and all that.
Seven coiors in the rainbow; seven
days in the week seventh son of a
seventh son-great fellow and -"
"Tush, tush," remarked a third.
"Five's the numter you mean. A man
has five fingers on his hand and FIVE
toes on his foot, and he has FIVE senses;
and-n
"Three is undoubtedly the magic
NUMBER" interrupted another, " be-
cause people give three cheers, and
Jonah was inside whale three days
and three nights, an if at first you don't
succeed, try, try again-three times,
you see."
This was received with some con-
tempt by the company, and soulful
youth gushed out:
1.-TWO, oh, two is the magic number.
Ones self and one other. The adored
one. Just us two"
A hard-featured individual, who had
been listening to the conversation hith-
erto unmoVed, here remarked in harsh
voice
"The magic number is Number One
in this world, and, if you want to sue
ced never forget it,"
An interval of deep thought on the
part of all followed, after which they
went in silently to Brooklyn
Citizen.
Middletown transcript., 1898-08-06
300 Raward $IO0

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive remedy
now known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being constitutional disease, re-
quires a constitutional remedy. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing
Its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list Of Testimonials.
Address. FL. Cheney & Co, Toledo, O.
Middletown transcript., 1898-08-06

The borrowers of books and the lend
ers thereof will be amused by the let
ter which the late Sir Edward Burne-
Jones wrote to friend who returned
some books loaned to him thirty years
before s'The return of these books,n
complained the artist, 'has simply
staggered me. 1t has also panied me,
for it seems to raise the standard of
morality in these matters, and per-
haps to sting the susceptible cons
ciences of book-borrowers. l have
many borrowed books on my shelves.
I would rather the owners should die
than that l should have to think
about these things ard return them. I
have two costly volumns that were
lent to me before that little incident of
ours, which, You may remember, was
in Red Lion Square. l hope the owner
is no more, for simply will not give
them up. And you have made me un
easy, and have helped to turn an amia-
BILE rascal into confirmed villain.
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Washington
Letter

RESIDENT Nc :
Kinley's s reply to
the S pa n i s b
" feeler I" as to
the terms upon
which we would
negotiate peace,
which is now in
the hands of the
Spanish Minis
Middletown transcript., 1898-08-06
ADMIRAL DEwEY's LIVER.

There are few officers of the Navy
who can recall when Rear-Admira
George Dewey once before faced death,
and an occasion when that officer didn't
have half chance ; but it was an oeca-
sion that he did mt wish to have made
public at the time nor for some time
afterward. Ptlhaps SINE will he
prompted, when they meet him after
his return from the Philippines, TO say
to him, Well, you had liver - But
that is just what Admiral George
Dewey hasn't, nor has he had one for
several years. Now good, whole liver
is regarded as indispensable to keep a
man going, but Dewey has shown to
the world what he can do with only a
part of liver.
1t was when Dewey was captain
only that he underwent a terrible oper-
alton under an italian surgeons knife
and hazzarded a possible chance of life.
end for long time afterward he suf-
fered intensely from the effects of the
marvellous incision. He was COM
manding officer of the sloop-of- war
Pensacola in the European Squadron al
the time, and he had become desperately
i'll from what mariners are fre-
quently troubled with, a stt.opic liver"
in other words, what is mole commonly
spoken of as '.baked liver" or tropi-
cal liver ailment, which is as much
more severe than yellow jaundice as all
tropical diseases are more virulent than
the corresponding types in temperate
zones. On two occasions Medical
Director Hoehling expressed alarm as
to the resulG unless some relief was
brought to hand.
Finally, at Malta, a consultation was
held between Surgeon Hoehling and his
assistant and an italian specialist of
Southern Italy, who belonged to the
class that makes themselves famous
w ith those troubles, because in the cli-
mate of the Mediterranean they are all
indigenous product. The trouble was
that soon d sgnosed and it was suggested
the only relief was to remove that part
of the liver that had become hardened.
1t was also recognized that the opera
tion would be hazardous one. When
spoken to about ii Captain Dewey asked
wha was the chance of making the
operation successful. The Italian ex-
pert responded "There is only one
chance in ten of your living through
it." To this the officer replied that he
would take that chance and for the ST r
geons to go to work as soon as they
wished. The patient was put under
the influence of an8sthetics, his
stomach was cut into and the diseased
end of the liver drawn out and in
spected and then cut off. The remain
ing part was treated to prevent hem
orrhage and then put back in place, aad
the lips made by the surgeons knife
were sewed up. The recovery was a
slow process, but it wa successful
operation, and he is as able to do duty
to-day as if no operation had ever been
necessary. But his most intimate ac-
quaintances say that the operation
worked a change in his tempera ment.
Middletown transcript., 1898-08-06
DANGERS CT OCEAN BATHING.

MANY LIVES LOST AT THE SEASIDE
RESORTS THROUGH FOoLIsHNEss.
"Now comes the season for bathing
and swimming, and many persons will
lose their lives at the seaside resorts
simply because they do not follow The
rules that ordinary common sense die
tates," said DR.. Henry Dimmert OF
New York, who was at the Planters.
1T may be we'll to mention few
familiar facts. that the dangers to
which bathers often expose them
selves may be avoided. One of the
simplest of these facts is that, as in all
bodily exercises, moderation is bene-
fetal aud excess is dangerous in swim
ming. Especially iS this true if the
bather suffers from organic or
functional heart trouble. The man
who uses tobacco to excess or is weak
ened by long confinement at seden-
tary occupation needs to take fully as
much care as he who is the victim of
chronic disease of the heart. No SEN
sible man would attempt to run as far
as his strength would permit, if at the
limit Of his endurance, he knew he
must 60 through an equal amount Of
violent exercise to save his life. Yet
foolish men and foolish boys daily try
to see how far they can swim, put the ir
lives in peril and alarm and worry the
spectators on the shore by their ex-
hausted efforts to return. The first dip
is especially dangerous, and the expert
who knows that be can make the
second buoy because he did it last
year. would better rest content in his
confidence and try some shorter and
safer trip for his first dip of the season.
"The folly of bathers always causes
much agitation among sensitiVe-minded
people on the beaches of our seaside
resorts. To see human being strug-
Cling in full view in peril of his life
while the spectator is helpless is suffi-
cient shock to ruin the pleasure of a
hard-earned holiday. Visitors to the
board walks or the piers are daily en-
tertained by these fnolhardy exhibi-
tions Of bathers.
"Almost all the deaths among the
bathers by drowning result either from
heart failure or Gran p, and not from
failure of skill or muscular force. A
skillful swimmer can rest quite easily
rocked in the cradle of the Deep" pro-
vided his heart and nervous strength
are not already exhausted by violent
muscular exertion. If, however, the
circulation is impeded or the nervous
strength exhausted, cerebral conges-
tign, heart failure or nervous spasm is
liable to seize even the expert and rem
der him as powerless as baby in the
mighty arms of The oceans waves.
The nervous strength is exhausted al
most as much by exposure to cold as
by muscular exercise. To remain in
the water until one is chilled through
blue, trembling and che ttering-is
to invite cramp. 1t is signal that The
blood from the surface has retreated to
tile central citadels, and that the blood
strain on these is at The danger mark.
Such exercise is not benefit to the
health, but distinct harm. A sand
bath for all who suffer thus is far more
strengthening. One should never
bathe just after eating-that is an old
rule, supposed te be known in every
we'll regulated household, but hundreds
seem to forget it at the seashore. The
advice to all is moderation in SWIM
ming at the seaside resorts"
Middletown transcript., 1898-08-06
Bucklen,s Arnica salve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns,
and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t is gaur-
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money
funded. Price 25c. per box. For sale by
DR.. H. Vaughan.
Middletown transcript., 1898-08-06
WAYS OF KEEPING COOL.
WEARING PROPER CLOTHING FOR
HOT WEATHER THE CHIEF ONE.

HOT WEATHER THE CHIEF ONE.
New York Tribune i The hot
weather of last week has caused the
usual amount of talk on the subject of
how to keepc lol, and them who tells
the person in search of information on
the subject to go TO Alaska or to think
of the blizzard has had his usual fun.
The dealer in mems clothes looks
upon the question seriously, and says
that many men are unnecessarily warm
because of inappropriate garments. The
hottest garment warn by men, many
conterd, is the white "boiled'' shirt,
with stiffly stalched collar and wrist
bands. Having the proper undergar-
ments and shirt with an unstarched
front, 'turndown collar, only lightly
starched, and wide wristbands a man
can be comfortable, even though his
outer garments are not of the lightest
kind.
Next to the shirt in Importance is the
hat. No matter how light in weight a
black hat may be, it is hot and uncom-
table thing in extremely warm weather,
and should be avoided. Straw hats or
pith helmets are the proper things to
wear, and physicians contend that
there would be fewer cases of heat pros
tration if men in New York whose
business keeps them in the street much
of the time world never wear the hats
which look like inverted bread trays
which are worn in Hongkong and at
Manila.
The different light weight cloths are
not equally comfortable. A suit made
of light weight blue or black will at
tract the heat much more and retain it
longer than white or light drab
cloth of equal weight, and for perfect
comfort the lightest color should be
chosen. as well as the lightest weight.
"Oa stinging hot day." said a
tailor, "a Waistcoat is about as warm
as an overcoat, and no man can be per-
fectly com Portable who wears the little
garment. OF course, We always make
waistcoat with every suit, but the
men who know what is be for them
leave that at home when there are indi-
cations of scorching weather.
One of the obstacles in the way of
comfort is the style of clothes. "We
have tropical weather." said the tailor,
"and London and Paris styles. The
combination is unfortunate, and makes
life burden for a short time every
year. In most tropical countries the
mems garments are cut wide, ample
and with little regard to snug fit. This
may interfere with the established lines
of grace, but it goes far towards max
ing the wearer comfortable" Light
linen, is looked upon as the most desir-
able material for extreme heat, but
heavy duck and khaki cloth are less
desirable than wool material. The
khaki cloth is heavy twilled cotton
cloth, which resembles canvass in looks.
It came into promine! ce by being sug-
gested for the summer uniforms for the
volunteer army.
Middletown transcript., 1898-08-06

Low Rates to Rehoboth and Ocean City
The Philadelphia. Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad Company has arranged for
three excursions to Rehoboth and Ocean
City during the present, season, August 4,
II, and 25.
A special train will be run on the sche-
dule given below. ard excursion tickets,
good only on the special train in each di
rection. will be sold at rates quoted.
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Exc. Rate Exc. Rate
L. A. w. Meet, indianapolis.

For the Annual Meet of the League oi
American Wheelmen at Indianapolis,
August 9th to 18th, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company will sell excursion tickets,
from all points on its line, to indianapolis
at rate of single fare for the round trip.
Tickets will be sold on August 9TH and 8th,
good to return until August 18th when
properly executed before agent of termi-
nal line at Indianapolis. Bicycles carried
free. Special arrangements for clubs ira.
yelling as body.
Middletown transcript., 1898-08-06
STATE OF OHIO, CRY OF TOLEDO.
TJTcAs CoJTNTY

LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. j. Cheney
& Co.. doing business in the City of Toledo
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December, A.
D. 1886.
SEAL A. w. GLEASON,
t--) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonia Is
free. F.. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by Druggist, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-13
The Interior of Patagonia.

Professor J. E. Hatcher. of Princeton University. has newly returned from q remarkable trip of exploration In a hitherto unknown region of South Africa--namcly. the wild interior of Patagonia. He visited Washington a few days ago for the purpose of de positing with the Bureau of Ethnology a rich collection of objects Illustrating the mode of life of the various tribes of aborigines In that part of the world. and most picturesque SavagcS In exist ence some of them being described as representing almost the lowest stage in the scale of human development. Their country. too. Is more than ordinarily interesting. being associated since the earliest times with rumors of gigantic human inhabitants and an astonishing fauna. Quite recently some skeletons of birds that had heads as big as those of horses have actually been dug up. They stood at least nine feet high, and had short wings, claws like m eagles and beak like q condor's. It Is likely that they attacked with success the largest mammals contemporary with them, being the biggest fowls of prey that ever lived; but they became ex- tinct long ago, and so there was no op- portunity for Professor Hatcher to se- cure n living specimen.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-13
ANECDOTES OF STANTON.
How the Great War secretary Helped
 nu Injured Man in Pittsburs.

The school children of SteulenNillc. a.. have contributed the money for ntm1rial tablet to be paced on .he housc where the great war secretary WuS born. says the BoSton Evening Transcript. One of the Stcubenville people who knew him in hIs early man. hood tells of an incident that occurred while he was prarticing law ln Pitts burg. His mother lived ill Steuben- vile Stanton waS accustomed to re- turn home frequently by boat on the clio. one evening when he cam" on board he saw poor fellow lying on the forward deck. lle investigated. and learned that fhe poor fellow had fallen through a hatehWay and broken his ie2.
 The fracture remained unset and un cared for. The young lawyer went te the captain and asked what the neg lect meant. The capJain replied that the nan lived ill Piu>burg. and could be attended la when he got home. Mal ing no comment on the inAumanity, Stanton went To the boat carpenters tGtSL allt IbIIhhhi Il >ti M dltl siA. Il' took a stick of wood. cut such q length as he wanted. then he whittlcd out Il set of splints. Then lie went 10 his statcroom. took q sheet from the bed, and tore It into bandages. He ordered three or four of the crew tp assist
 The fracture WAS reduced. the Splints and bandages were applied. stanton went tO tue cooliroom and ordered pre- pared jug of vinegar and water with which to steep the swollen parts. bur ing the ninety miles of the trip from Steubenville he sat by the injured man applying the bath. When the boat reached PittSburg he hired hack and took his patient to his home.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-13
HOW TO ENLIST IN THE ARMY.
Not One in Ten Gan Come Up to Uncle
 Snn'a RcqMirements.


 Snm's Requirements.
 Many are called. or think they are called, to serve Uncle sam in the regu- h.. army. but few are chosen. The S1suggrring tough stands on the walk outside of the city recruiting office, and says. with lecr. "l guess dey1l take all de, kin git" Then he goes up stairs and finds that 95 out of 100 are rejected. including himself The army varies from the navy in the fact that there Is no ban to promotion from the ranks to the highest grade. General Nelson \. Miles, at the head of the tnited States army. k not Il graduate of West Point. and there are many in- stances uf private soldiers and even outsiders" becoming commissioned of nccrs.
 The appointments to the war school of instruction at West Point, on the Hudson River. fifty miles above New York City are made by CongreSsmen. each representative having the right to detail an eligible youth. between the ages of K and @1, from his district whrn ii Is not represented at the Mill tary Academy The President also has been given the authority to appoint ten. ''at large. and usually grants the favor to the Sou of q former or present officer of either branch of the military which includes uaNy and army service.
 Entrance examinations and annual reviews of book Knowledge are the same as at thr naval academy. and during the sumner the cadets go into camp ueir Wcsi Point. The fact k that. aside from ar'll~ iu seamauship howit- z"r and boat practice. the course of in- struciion at boill the academies. West Point and Annapolis, k very similar, for the naval cadets are exercised i'll Infantry tactics, fencing and hroad- sword exercises. and on their daily even 'ns parade present. fully as lmpos- ing a presence and pNactitude ot mar tial >trldr as the military pupils
 The special difference between the two schools k in the age and pay of the stul,U,> The Wrst-rointers. aS indi- o;,ted in the a-t requirement. for ad-
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-13

from the fields of battle. In the piping times of peace his advancement Is to that of corporal and sergeant. technie- ally termed noncommisSioned officers, and then if he has influence or hls own Individuality dominates he may be al- lowed to attempt the examination for a first lieutenancy. If he succeeds in pass ing both the physical and mental de. mauds, he k then commissioned otli' cer in the United States army. and his career iS as free before him as if he mad all the training and glories of West Point course.
 The signal corps of the army k also an excellent branch of the service, but the complement Is limited. and admls- sons generally are rare. The men i'll It form Il sort of independent corps and of Il class relatively between n private and minor commissioned otiicel.
 If you desire to enlist. you must be between 21 and 90 years of age. of good character and habits. ablebodied. not less than ! feet inches in height and weigh between 12S and 19O pounds. If your height is above ] feet To inches
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-13
Ethnnl .gX of Kissing.

The kiss vas unknown among the aboriginal tribes of America and of Central Africa. From the most ancient times. however. 1t has been familiar to the .ASi#tic and European races. I'm Latins divided 1t into three forns-the osculum. the basium and the suayio- lum-the first Icing the kiss of friend ship and respect. the second of cere- mony and the third of love. The Sem ltes always employed the kiss. and Job speaks nf il as part of their sacred rites, as ii Is today in the Roman Catholic Church.
 The MonGolian kiss Is not the same as that which prevails with Us. In it the lips do not come into actual contact with those of the person kissed. The nose Is brought into light contact with the cheek. forehead or hand; tEe breath Is drawn slowly through the nostris and the act ends with q slight smack ot the lips The Chinese consider our mode of kissing most deteStahle We on our part regard their method with equal disdain.
 Darwin and other naturalistS have attempted to trace back the kiss to the act of the lower animals who seize theit prey with their teeth. The average man does not take Il great deal of in- tercst In the ethnology of the subject, koNeycr.-London Mail.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-13

and your weight more than 1G5 pounds, you may join the artillery or infantry. but not the eaYalry.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-13

Isi~s ou, are older nirt., and, while their annual ,,pcad during the scholastic term of fulr Y,ars k about the sane as that @.veu at Annapolis, upon gralua- t.ou ti.., hrepnr second lirutenants. auI r1reiya q larger salary than that allotted fo those completing the course at tao uayal academy.
 Promotion with them to the grades of fir>t lieutenant, captain. major. lieu tenant colonel colonel and brieadicr general k fully as slow as lt is in the naval service, but their compensation k always comparatively larger. For this one reason the army might be con sidrre1 the more favorite branch of military service, yet there has never been any popular or privately deter mined feeling that 1t was so.
 To those that wish to enlist as pri- yates there are recruiting stations to be found in every large city of the United States. and the applicant may select either the cavalry. infantry or artillery The applicant must necessarily fill the special requirements of age. stature and chest mea sure and be in good bodily condition. If SD. he is very liable to be ime,liately enrolled and receive clothes. shelter board. medicine, surgical at