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The Advocate and news., 1898-02-02
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Mr.. Edwin R. Trip, the postmaster at Mid
dlefeld Center, N. Y, recently had dangerous
experience which left him in helpless state
His system was so much shattered that II was
feared he might never recover.
In an interview with a reporter Of the
Republican, regarding this experience which
had attracted considerable attention. Mr.. Trip
stated:
"In March, 1892, was taken with what |
afterward learned was locomotOr ataxia, and
was unable to walk, and kept getting
worse until lost the use Of my arms. |
doctOred with two skillfl doctors but re.
ceived no benefit, and also used u galvanic
battery but kept getting worse and the doc
tors told me they could do 10 more. This
was in May and June, 1892. ! gave up all
hope of ever having the use of my limbs
again, and did not expect to live very long
! was unable to dress or undress myself and
could not get around the house unless ] was
moved in chair.
"I think it was in June that read Of the
case of man in Saratoga Co., N. Y, who
was taken very much as myself He had
taken Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People which contained, in condensed form,
all the elements necessary to give new life
and richness TO the blood and restore shat.
tered nerves, and had been cured by their use.
81 learned that the pills were prepared by
the DR.. Williams Medicine Company, Sche.
nectady, N, Y, and only cost 50 cents box
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perlty would start upward from the In
dustrial classes. d. M. NEGLEY.
Booth, Kas.
CO-Opeation in Buying and Selling.


The subject Of cooperation among
farmers In buying and selling has re-
Gently been attracting great deal OF
attention and where 1t has been tried
seems to have worked in a most salts
factory manner. Inc Illinois State
Grange at it's recent session had this
matter under discussion and the reports
were very interesting and instructive.
Schuyler County Patrons have both
bought and sold produce together.
Bought -four in 100-barrel lots and saved
80 cents to 81 per barrel. Saved good
per cent. on oil, twine and farm ma
chinery. To do this business, each
farmer must be connected wit fellow
farmers, and the telephone is being quite
generally used among the more success
full corporations. A telephone connect
ing with all the neighborhood need not
cost over $25. Farmers can save more
money in a month than the grange will
cost In year II they cooperate intelli-
gently. Patronize local dealers II salts
factory terms can be made, otherwise
trade where the best terms can be made.
Magnolia Grange has very extensive
telephone system, with lady in charge
at the office; members pay stated sum
per year. One telephone company con-
meets twelve towns and has 125 intru-
ments in farm houses; running expenses
are so cents per month for each phone.
Orders are collected by wire in a neigh
borhood and family needs ordered in
bulk; -four by the car load from the
mill, dried and canned fruits from Cali
fornia Patrons, buckwheat flour from
Pennsylvania Patrons, and in other
ways.
Another grange reported 1t does thou
sands of dollars of cooperative business
every year. Has saved $4,000 in one
year; buys coal, -four, salt, soap and
twine by car load; no trouble to buy and
sell direct If it will go at 1t in business
like way. Galva Grange has a 120-gallon
oil tank which is filled at the same price
as are tanks at city stores. Patrons
save more on oil alone than the grange
costs. Galva Grange owns thorough
bred stock and threshing outfit. One
reported buying rope for SIS that
would have cost $45 at home. Another
saved IS on five dozen brooms.
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or six boxes for $3.50 at any druggists, and
sent for two boxes. used the pills faithfully
and they gave me nm appetite. | then sent for
four more boxes and before had taken all OF
them my feet and legs which had been cold
began TO get warm.
!" was q member OF the Town Board that
summer and had to be carried and put into
wagon to go to the meetings, and in fact was
helpless, AZ my neighbors know. In August
| could walk around the house by pushing q,
chair. | kept getting better and managed
10 move around more, until ut election time
that year, ! walked with cane to the polls,
a short distance from my home. | continued
to take DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People until | had taken eighteen boxes.
could then get around, and to-day walk TO the
post Office and back, distance Of one quarter
of mile, three times day, and attend to my
duties as postmaster
"In the spring of 1898 was elected town
clerk, which office | held for three years,
had previously been justice Of the peace
for thirty-two years. am now 20 years Of
age, and have lived in this town for about
f0rty-six years. For nearly fifty years worked
at the blacksmith's trade. am able TO do
work in my garden now, and saw some Of my
wood IcOnsider that my restoration TO health
is due to the use Of Dr. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People.
EDWIN r. TRIPP."
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2Sd
day of june 1897
HOMER HANNAH, Notary Public
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Successful Physicians.

We heartily recommend DR.. Hathaway
G. Co, of 10 Dearborn st., Chicago, I'LL,
as being perfectly reliable and remark
ably successful in the treatment Of
chronic diseases of men and women.
They cure where others fail. Our read
ers, II in need of medical help should
certainly write these eminent doctors
and You will receive free and expert
opinion OF your case by return mail
without cost; this certainly is the right
way to do business. They guarantee
their cures. Write them to-day.
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steel is too hard, it will shatter on the
face Of the plate against which it is fred.
If too soft, it will "mush," in either case
failing in its purpose. Every step in the
process is under the direct supervision of
skilled Government officer, and when
the projectiles are turned out one from
each lot is selected for test firing. Upon
the quality of this the acceptance of the
whole pile depends. Thus, while all pOssi-
BILE speed is being made in getting out
these messengers Of destruction and death,
there is also the strictest regard paid to
accuracy and efficiency.
The work of making guns at Newark
is just as intricate and important as that
of manufacturing projectiles at Reading.
Tons of metal are melted in the great fur
naces and this when at the proper degree
of heat and purity is let off into the great
casting pot
The gun comes out i'm the rough, and the
worthless portions are broken off and the
manner in which these stand the tests is
the standard upon which the quality of
the metal in the entire gun is judged. At
first the gun is cast in n solid piece. Then
Il is bored with machinery adjusted with
the accuracy Of the movement of a watch.
Six weeks is the shortest time in which
modern gun can be made, but this is when
everything goes along satisfactorily.
Oftcner than otherwise this result can
only be obtained through much trying
and expenditure of time. The work of
making the guns, to one not thoroughly
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When the steel has solidified the mold
is stripped from the ingot. 1t then goes
to the forge and under steam hammer
which weighs almost ten tons it assumes
approximately the required shape.
After being gradually cooled the forg-
ings are taken to the machine shop, where
they are turned and bored to their final
dimensions. An idea of the accuracy of
this work may be formed from the fact
that for most Of the dimensions the great
est variation allowed is one-hundredth of
an inch, while for certain parts, such as
the diameter of the fuse hole, absolute
accuracy is required, and the variation
of even one-thousandth of an inch is not
allowed, the purpose of the boring is to
produce chamber or cavity within the
projectile which is intended to contain a
high explosive. The base OF this cavity
is closed with a plug which screws into
the projectile, and which contains small
aperture through which a decorating fuse
can be introduced to fire the explosive.
The most delicate operation in the whole
process is the hardening of the projectiles.
This is done by heating and cooling re-
peatedly. The work of all the other de-
partments may be spoiled here. If the
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known respectively as armor-piercing pro-
jectiles, semi-armor piercing or deck
piercing projecties, mortar shells and
common, or target, shells. The armor
piercers are of the highest grade Of pro-
jectiles and are intended to perforate the
heaviest armor that can be placed on n
battleship. With adequate velocity given
by the powder charge in the gun pro-
jectile of this class is designed to pene-
trate n face-hardened nickel steel plate
which is equal in thickness to the diane
ter of the shot. The tremendous strain
brought upon the projectile at the mo-
ment of impact with the plate calls for
steel of the very highest strength and
toughness.
To begin with, these missiles are made
of pig iron. This is selected with special
reference to its strength and purity. 1t
Is melted and converted by the process
known as pudding into very pure and
strong muckbar, which consists Of almost
chemically pure metallic iron. Every
known prccaution is observed to eliminate
innate impurities from the metal in the
pudding process. When the contents of
the crucibles that contain the molten
metal is thoroughly melted il is poured or
"teemed' into n ladle, from which the
steel is tapped into iron molds and form
ingots of the proper shape and size for
the further work. For projectile of the
largest size, which measures when finish
ed 13 inches in diameter and 4S inches in
length, the ingot weighs one ton.
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a large number of vessels in readiness for
impressment by the national Government
on receipt Of orders from the President
Big tugs and little yachts are now being
considered with a view to forming a tor
pedo boat fotilla, each being manned with
a torpedo tube and two or three six-pound-
ers. 1t is proposed to utilize large num-
Der of heavy towing ocean-going tugs as
improved rams, and assign them exclu-
sively for harbor defense purposes.
The information so far received by the
department shows that 929 vessels Of all
types available for impressment are at
the service of the Government, including
large number on the lakes, which would
not under any circumstances be used un-
less it was developed that the Eastera
ports failed to present the requisite num-
Der. or these forty-three are on the list
of auxiliary cruisers, or ships which are
engaged in coastwise and foreign trade,
and capable of high speed and great
steaming radius. These would be man.
ned with guns manufactured Mt the Wash
ingtOn gun factory and sent to join the
flying squadrons or to harrass the enc
mics commerce.
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JME XIX CRAWLING, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, MARCH "a, 1898
PREPARING FOR WAR.
GOVERNMENT RUSHING WORK
IN MILITARY DEPARTMENTS
Day and Night the Making of Guns,
Shot and She'll Goes On-How the
Messengers sofDestruction and Death
Are Prepared for Use.
Engines of War.

Hurry up! Hurry up! This has been
the watchword in all departments of mill
tary work during the past two weeks. Ii
is particularly SO at Reading, Pa, and
Newark, n. j. In the former place the
Carpenter Steel Company has an order
from the Government for 1000 projec-
tiles, and at the latter place the Ben
jamin Atha and Illingworth Company
have an order for all the heavy guns they
can make. Both these orders are to be
gotten out in "hurry up time. This of
course is all because the trouble between
the United States and Spain. We have
a lot of beautiful vessels, but it is learned
from Trustworthy sources that of all our
first-class floating engines of war, only
one-the Massachusetts, supplied with
proJectiles sufficient to last over a day
in action. 1t is only since 1890 that pro-
I,ctiles have been manufactured in this
g Sntry. In that year the Carpenter
Steel Company undertook the work at the
solicitation of the Navy Department. The
tests OF the work for the past seven years
have shown that the projectiles of Ameri-
can manufacture are not only up to but
even surpass in quality and effectiveness
the very best that can be made abroad.
Day and night the work of getting ready
the munitions Of war is going on in these
two places. The grinding wheels and
boiling cauldrons of metal are continually
doing their work. There is no time to
lose. The projectiles must be ready and
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than either recognition of belligerency or
intervention. 1t would not be regarded
as declaration of war by other nations,
and there is no cause for Spain to so re-
gard it. If she did insist upon regarding
it as hostile act, upon Spain would be
the responsibility for beginning war.
The United States will demand ample
reparation for the wrong inflicted upon us
by the destruction of the Maine. 1t will
later on demand satisfactory solution of
the Cuban problem. With the Maine dis
aster cleared up, it is said in administra-
ton circles that the President prefers in
dependence to any other form of settle
ment of the Cuban question. One mem
Der of the cabinet is convinced that this
Is the best form of recognition. Senator
Proctor favors it, and so do several other
close advisers of the President.
1t is positively stated that this Govern
ment is determined to press on toward the
salvation Of Cuba, and that we are build
ing for peace when we prepare for war,
for there is only one way in which the
Spanish can be driven, and that is by
showing them you have the power to mas
ter them. Though the United States has
purchased two Brazilian cruisers, and
though large contracts let for projectiles
and shells for both the army and the navy
would appear to indicate the immnence
of war, as matter of fact the war cloud
is thought not as black or threatening as
it was n week or two ago. There seems
a most hopeful feeling among those Off
cials who are nearest to the center Of in
side news. II would not be correct to say
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SEVEN MINES IN THE HARBOR.
Maine Court of Inquiry Will Present
Some Material Evidence.


A Key West correspondent asserts that
the court of inquiry will present with its
findings the material evidence Of the ex-
istence Of not one mine, but of seven, in
the harbor OF Havana. A shattered sec
tion of a submarine cable, containing
seven conductors, is in the possession of
the court, delivered to il by one of the
American divers, and It is the strongest
proof yet offered that the Names destruc-
tion was encompassed by an agency with
in the control of the Spanish authorities.
IL is about fourteen inches long, seven
eighths of an inch in diameter, and con-
tanned seven copper wires insulated with
n gutta percha covering. The outside was
of lead, one thirty-second of an inch thick.
The discovery was made about thirty
feet from the submerged bow, and within
the radius Of fifty feet in which the divers
have been working. To those of the court
familiar with electrical appliances the
character of this section of lead-covered
cable was at once sroerent. 1t was such
as would be used only In deep seas, or 70;
some work in shallow waters when abso.
lutte protection against brea kage or in
duction would be assured. An ordinary
okonite or gutta percha covered wire
would be all that would be necessary for
telegraph OF telephone service.
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eight-inch armor-piercing shot capped.
These projectiles are for the heavy fortifi-
cation guns now mounted along the sea-
coast. The purchase is not 10 he made
under the fifty million defense appropria-
ton bill, but is in anticipation of the for
tiication bill, which grants 100000 for
a reserve supply OF projecties ard powder.
AS the making of the heavy projectiles
will take considerable time the contract
will be let ahead of the passage Of the
bill, assurances having been given from
men in Congr ., that NJ question would
be raised as to. The regularity Of this pro-
ceeding. The entire amount Is designed
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acquainted with all the intricaces of the
business, seems to be largely matter Of
knowing how to properly manipulate the
machinery employed in the process. Ex-
cept in the forging room scarcely blow
of hammer is heard. The shops are al
most as silent as the grave. Wheels re-
volvc, cutters turn, men stand placidly
by the side of machines, moving softly
here and there. All this time, each sec
ond, the gun that some day will belch
forth fire and steel of its own is coming
nearer completion. Chips fall as the bars
revolve, but the cutters are not heard.
The guns, it would appear to the onlook-
ers, are almost making themselves.
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placing of orders for enormous quantities
of war supplies, the institution Of negotia-
tiOns for and the actual purchase of ships
abroad, the enlistment Of men for the
navy, the creation of two additional regi-
ments of artillery, the commissioning of
monitors, cruisers and rams, the manning
of new posts along the seacoasts and final
ly the Encouragement of the great military
departments to meet modern conditions in
military practice.
The sending of the Oregon away from
San Francisco is an exhibition Of farsight-
edness with which the Secretary of the
Navy is observing the situation. The YES
sells orders are to cruise down the Pacific
coast, touching in from time to time at va
rious ports where cable connections ex-
ist, to receive any orders that the depart
ment may have to give. In this way ii is
expected that she will work as far south
as Valparaiso, Chill, where she will await
orders. Valparaiso is very much nearer
Cuba and to Admiral Sicard's fleet than
Mare Island, while if it should be desired
to send the ship to the Asiatic station, this
can be done almost as conveniently from
Valparaiso as from San Francisco. At
Valparaiso therefore the Oregon will be,
where she can be most usefully manipu-
lated in case of an emergency.
The Board of Naval Bureau Chiefs find
it impossible to pass judgment in Wash
ington upon the fitness for naval service
of vessels that may be offered for the aux
iliary branch Of the navy at the various
seaports, so they have been aided in their
work by the creation of a special board
which will undertake to visit ach of the
ports where ships may be offered and
make careful personal inspection of the
various crafts.
The War Department on Monday open
ed bids for one of the largest orders of
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that danger Of war has passed, but the
chances of a peaceful settlement of our
troubles with Spain is considered possible.
Preparations for War.
Active and aggressive preparations for
war make for peace. This is the anom-
nlous situation which a look underneath
the surface discloses. The history OF the
week forms n splendid record of what can
be accomplished by the nation in a short
space Of time under the spur of necessity
TO provide for the national defense. Be
ginning with the appropriation Of $5O,c'O,-
600 TO be expended by the President ws-s'-
cut limitation. there followed rapidly ths
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BUYS WAR SHIPS.
Uncle Sam Secures Two Formidable
Brazilian Cruisers.

Brazilian Cruisers.
A weeks negotiations closed by the pur-
chase by the Navy Department in London
of the two fine cruisers built and building
Mt Elswick for the Brazilian Government.
The vessels are named the Amazonas and
Admiral Abreuall and are modern in ev-
cry respect.
Possibly the officials took more pleasure
in closing up the business because of the
knowledge that the Spanish agents had
been striving to secure these very ships.
Ii is said the vessels would be OF much
greater value to the Madrid Government
in case of trouble than to the United
States.
One of the ships is complete in every re-
spect, has her coal supply and ammunition
on board, aud steam can be raised mt any
time. 1t is said the coal and ammunition
on board passed with the sale TO the Unit
ed States. The ammunition is not all Of
the kind in use by the United States
navy, so the supply of ammunition is a
necessary adjunct TO the new ships. The
other ship has been launched, but II will
take some time to make her ready for sea.
The two Brazilian vessels will be ex-
tremcIy useful additions to the United
States ma ~ In eilher war or peace.
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TO give all the heavy guns now installed
and those to be put in place during the
coming year, a full quota of projectiles
and powder. The 12-inch shot are among
the largest made. The cost of single
round of this class of projectiles is $511.
Aside from the large order placed
Monday the emergency bill permits addi-
tional orders to meet the requirements
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shot and shell for heavy caliber guns ever

shot and shell for heavy caliber guns ever
given, including armor-piercing projec-
tiles and deck-piercing and torpedo shells.
The number and character of these are
as follows: Nine hundred and thirty-fivc
twelveinch deck-piercing shells weighing
1000 pounds each; 1,241 twelve-inch
deckpiercing shells weighing 800 pounds
each; 4S1 ten-inch armor-piercing shells;
4S2 ten-inch armor-piercing shot capped;
40 eight-inch armor-piercing shell; 80
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Regular Army Moved East.

The whole regular army, infantry, artil-
lery and horse, comprising upwards Of
10000 men, is being moved east to the for
tilted cities and ports. At Chicago Quar-
termaster General Lee of the department
OF the lakes, is making arrangements to
transport batteries of artillery now at
forts in the West to the Atlantic sea-
board and Gulf of Mexico. The Western
railroads having headquarters in Chicago
and st. Louis and other Western cities
were invited to telegraph proposals for
transporting n battery Of artillery from
Fort Riley, Kan, to Fort Monroe, Va;
another from Fort Riley, Kan. to New
Orleans, and third from Fort Riley tc
Savannah, Ga.