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How tic Big Guns Work.

, Inc writer once witnessed at close
quarters Il target practirc Of the two
l2-inch rifles mounted at Sandy Hook,
and a brief description Of how the
mighty guns work and the scores"
that can tie made with them may be Of
interest Just now.
The guhs are mounted on elevators.
and arc loaded ~ .Lc b.ocyn .neu
sunk in a shaft. where the guuners
work in perfect safety. While they
are being loaded two observers, at
some distance aud in different direc-
sions from the guns, arc finding the
target, as it is called.
Plat this work may be done specdi-
ly and accurately. engineers have de-
voted many months Of precise work.
The result Of this is that two OBJ
servers have before them charts CO.
related with each point Of obscrva-
ton, the guns and the field within
which is the target. The observers
have instant communication with each
other by three means which need not
be mentioned. The target being
determined upon-say one Of Il fleet Of
hostile shirs-it is found by the
two observers. Each learns from his
observation the direction Of the tar
get. Observer a takes his own and
observer BIS observation and extends
two lines ON his chart, which give him
the exact location Of the target, which
is where the two extended lines meet:
and this also determines, so elaborate
ly has the preliminary charting been
done, the exact direction and distance
OF the target from the guns. This in
formation is communicated to the gun
ncrs. They know. for these clements
have also been accurately determined
how much the rifle must be Gle
vatcd, with Il given charge and pro
%icctilc, to carry the required distance.
Yhis sounds complicated, but it is
As easy as it is for a bank clerk to de-
tcrminc a complicated problem in in
tcrcst by turning to u printed compila-
ton, a table.
But the result: Having the infor-
nation given to him by the observers,
the gunner raises the big cannon on
its elevator platform, it is directed
and elevated by simple machinery, the
lanyard is pulled, a thousand pounds
of steel hurls through the air, and the
cannoa is sunk ia the shaft for another
charge.
In the practice witnessed by the
writer the target was 1--WE miles dis
tant. and so small it could not be dis
tinsuishcl from the ocean white caps
ny those who stood by the guns. But
not a shot which would not have
struck Il ship located where the target
was. Nrw York WorLI.
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Something In the Ear

The ears Of children are favoritc re-
ccptaclcS for small sticks. pebbles.
beans and the like. Insects may also
occasionally crawl into the car, and
fles are sometimes put there by chill
drcn who enjoy the buzsing sound and
the tickling which the prisoners cause
IN their efforts to escape. Sometimes
the fly, de-pairing Of exit by the way
he entered. TIL, bern. closed by the
lMittlr hand. viii crawl in the other ,li-
%rrction, and if he chances TO reach the
drum membrane hi4 revenge on his
tornentor will be complete.
The ear j, usually very tolerant Of
any inert substance which has found
entrance. the presence Of which may
be- discovered only accidentally during
the child bath, and then the trouble
generally begins with the nurses at
tempt to extract it. If the body IS IL
pea or bean, however, will absorb
moisture aud swell, causing severe
pain.
The chief danger Of a foreign body
in the car is that it tcmpts unskillcd
persons to try to remove it, for almost
invariably the only result Of such eff
forts is to jam it further in, perhaps
even so far as to break the membrane
and cause irrcparablc injury to the
delicate structure in the drum Of the
car.
1t is hazardous, indeed, to attempt
extraction in these cases, that it is
almost wiser to advise that the offend
ing object be left alone, no matter
how much pain and distress ito pres
cnce may cause. Certainly if a ply
stefan can be reached, ever with some
delay, the work should he left TO him;
but a doctor may be inaccessible, or
the pain, as from the presence Of q
live'inscct, may be 80 %excrsciating
that something must be done at once.
The first rule for removing anything
from the ear is a "don't'-don't poke
in the ear! # the trouble is due to
al insect, &c. the child lie on the op-
positc side and then pour alittlc luke
warm water into the car; the insect
will almost always come TO the surface
Of the fluid and crawl out Of the open-
ing.
Swinging the ear with lukcwarm
soap water will usually suffice to dis
lodge a hard body which is too tightly
wcdgcd in; if, however, this is some
thing that will absorb water and swell,
We must refrain, for the only result
will be to fastcn it more securely.
Sometimes a loop of very thin wire
can be slipped behind the intruder,
which can then, by a dexterous man
ruvrc. be pulled out. But this is one
Of the measures that had better be
left to the doctor, if one can be found
without unreasonable delay. Indeed,
nothing should be done by either
mother or nurse, if it is possible to
wait.
Very serious injury, resulting in
permanent deafness, has been caused
by bungling efforts 80 extract G little
pebble that was for the time being
doing absolutely no harm. beyond
causing the mothe. needless alarm
'-.nth's Compaaion.
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Enonpb saiI.

Old Gentleman (dictating indig.
nant lctter)-Sir: My stenographer.
being q lady, cannot take down what
| think Of you. l, being a gentle
man, cannot think it, hut you, be-
ing neither, can easily guess my
thoughts. Brooklyn Life.
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The herald., 1898-12-29
One of the Difficulties Of Official Life

Zone of the most difficult things in con-
nection with official life,' remarked an Of
fetal of the navy department to reporter,
. is to make up a fair and proper efficiency
record for clerks The average clerk does
BIT want any more than is due him, but he
wants every bit that is due. and it is proper
that this should be so, for clerk who is
careless about the way he is rated is often
careless about many other things. The diff
hculty is to give each clerk exactly what is
due him. In the navy department, and |
presume the same holds goods in all of the
departments, there is no universally OBJ
served system of keeping the efficiency rec
ord. Each division or bureau of the navy
department keeps it its own way, though a
meeting of chiefs of divisions was held this
week to arrange common plan. Accord
ing to the diversity of systems clerk in one
division is rated higher for doing the same
kind of work than clerk in another di-
vision. The amount of work is an import
ant item in an efficiency record. but it is
! hardly as important as the character of
work, that is, how the work is done. Some
divisions give one record to an old clerk
and another to young clerk for doing the
same work, and the result is neither is
satisfied. Others take into consideration
the capacity of clerks. For instance, clerk
who is graduate of law college, and whn
is practical office lawyer, is given higher
rating for the work he does than is youth
full civil service clerk, who passed his exami,
nation fresh from hi:' school, books, though
both may be engaged at the same work
The experienced clerk might not be able tc
pass a civil service examination, but he is
| by all means much better clerk as far as
department work is concerned. Human
nature is human nature everywhere, and il
s particularly so in the departments, and
while those who make up the efficiency rec
ord do not intend that they shall have an!
personal bias in the matter, they cannot en-
trely avoid it. The new system is intended
b eliminate bias or favor, if such thing i
possible. ashington Evening Star.
The herald., 1898-12-29
BIG FISHES COME ASHORE
Monsters From Ten to Twenty-Five
Feet Long Stranded in the Gulf

Mrs, George o. Barnes, who lives on Sani-
bel island. in the Gulf of Mexico, has writ
Ten letter to her youthful kinsman, Mas
ter John Boyle of Danville. in which she
relates an interesting and at the same time
most extraordinary fish story. This story,
unlike many yarns told by gentlemen who
go a-tishing, can be relied upon.
One morning as Mrs. Barnes was upon
the beach she and two others saw a great
commotion in the water. Huge black Oh
jec.s were sp,ashing about. and spray was
rising up before them. The party soon
reached the scene and stood in wonder at
what was before them.
They saw great shoal of monster fish
lying four and five abreast in the shallow
water and helplessly lashinS the SURF with
their immense tails, unable 10 move and
slowly dying, although the water of the
gulf still washed over them and the tide
was coming in. The sea was calm-there
had not been storm or even a gale-and
there was no way of accounting for ths
tran these poor fish were in except that
they had gone into the channel when the
water was deep, and, swimming in body,
were caught in shoal water, from which
they could not eXtricate themselves.
The fish were counted. and there were
between fifty and sixty of them. They
were from ten to twenty-five feet in length
and weighed from one to two thousand
pounds each. number Of them were esti-
mated as weighing a ton each. Six mules
could not drag some of them away.
What to 90 with them, says Mrs. Barnes,
was a serious question. They were dying,
and If left upon the beach would have
driven the people near by from their homes.
Twenty of the monsters lay side by
side, looking like huge siege guns, black
and terrible"
The men folks, after sitting upon the
case. decided to cut the first in;o pieces
and cart and drag them 10 point where
the decaying flesh would not be offensive
to the smell or poisonous to its surround
ngs Sunday interviewed, however, before
his great task was complete, and on the
Sabbath the air was so rank with the
dreadful odors that the Barneses could not
go out of doors.
| The queer visitors were of the family
known as black1ish, species of the whale
that is found in tropical waters.-Danville
| Advocate.
The herald., 1898-12-29

scent" In order to put an end to the formid-
able accusations that cast doubt on his
clearness of vision. 1t is fine scent ne
has, and for an individual who pretenos
to show acuteness he certainly shows 1t
this man who has brought upon us KIND
of civil war more harmful to our military
power than 5000 soldiers slain In battle.
The telegram the work of forger, the
scandalous protection granted to tnat
scamp of an Esterhazy; the retention IN
the offices of the general stan OF Du Paty
de Clam, the hysterical: Henry, the sense
less mercenary; the useless secresy Tor
trial that will be tried over again In pubic,
that is for what congratulations have just
been given in an official punch.
We consequently feel the imperious need
of protesting against this manifestation,
which would be untimely and shocking II
1t were not obligatory. Every commander
of an army corps who withdraws receives
this honorary farewell. Everyone knows
that. 1t would, however, perhaps have
been better to let that one go without drum
beat or trumpets, and when we had the
luck to be rid of him not to allow him a
justification, which, however restrained 1t
may be, is a real insult to public opinion.
When one has inflicted on his unfortu-
nate country a Dreyfus affair, an AFFAIR
that has become an ulcer, cancer gran
creme, one should keep silence and hide
ones self without drinking punch, and,
above ALL without making a speech.
For, after all, If this fellow Mercier had
not been the lowest of imbeclleJ he would
not have forced to trial the Dreyfus case.
There are cases which should never be
brought to trial. and which reasons Of
state forbid, even when they cannot be
defended,-Paris Autorite.
The herald., 1898-12-29
FULL CROP REPORTS
WILL SOON BE SENT FROM PORTO
RICO
The West Indian Weather Bureau
Headquarters Will Be Trans
ferred to Havana

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.- Today Seq
retary Wilson directed Chief Moore Of the
weather bureau to move the headquarters
of the present West Indian storm service
from Kingston to Havana, to establish COM
pete meteorological stations at Cienfuegos
and Port au Prince, and as rapidly as pos
sible to extend the climate and crop service
of the bureau over the island, SO that with
in period of probably less than two months
our people will be fully informed as to the
condition of everything meteorological and
agricultural in the various portions OF the
islands and as to the progress OF the re-
habilitation of the Industries which, dur
ing the recent wars, were either suspended
or entirely annihilated. The secretary OF
war has been requested to assign to the
weather bureau buildings and grounds for
the headquarters of the service at Havana.
The secretary of agriculture added to the
staff of the West Indian weather service de-
partment DR.. Enrique del Monte, noted
Cuban scientist, and Captain Luis Gay Car
bonel, former chief of the naval meterologi-
cal society of the Spanish Antilles.
Acting under the directions of the secre-
tary of agriculture, some months ago the
chief oa tho weather bureau. began the es-
ltablishment of complete climate and crop
service in the island of Porto Rico. The
weather bureau system is now SO completely
extended over Porto Rico that it is expected
by the first week in January full crop re-
port, showing the condition of crops in all
of the provinces of Porto Rico, will be pub
lished for the benefit of the people OF the
United States, and that this report will
continue weekly thereafter.
Some years necessarily will elapse before
any forecasting of weather conditions can
be Systematically and regularly made for
the Philippine and Sandwich islands. To
do this successfully and promptly, quick
cable and telegraphic communication be-
tween the points covered in the forecasts are
essential, and these features are lacking in
the groups of islands named. 1t is possible
that an agent of the weather bureau may
be sent to Honolulu and Manila during the
coming year to make a general study Of
the situation in the islands.
The herald., 1898-12-29
Moving Pictures of Leo in New York

1t was an awed and delighted audience
that gathered a Carnegie hall Wednesday
evening 10 witness the first public exhibit
ton of the wonderful moving pictures of
Pope Leo XIII, as shown by the biograph.
The pictures of The pope were preceded by
a series of other biograph pictures, and
a brief lecture by the Rev. Thomas H. Ma
lone.
With the first appearance of the pope a.
he was carried from the Loggia, accompa-
MED by his splendid guard and attendants,
there were murmurs of surprise and adm.-
ration, and then a burst of applause. The
next series was the return to the Loggia,
and the audience ceased from its applause
as the pope bowed graciously and waved
his hand in blessing.
Next came his arrival in a carriage, his
alightng from it, and his walk to stone
bench, on which he gently seated himself
and so lifelike was it all that it was APP
plauded again and again. Following this
was a delightful view, showing the pope
walking a twilight in the garden of the
Vatican, and then seated in his pontifical
carriage, and preceded and followed by
mounted guards. The carriage is stopped.
the guards curb their horses and the kind
Is old face smiles benignantly, as If looking
at the audience in veritable fact. Then
came the final and mos; Impressive scene
of all The pope is seen walking slowly
! toward his throne, on which he seats him.
self with dignity. His attendants and
guards cluster about him, and then, with
gravity, the pope bes lows his apostolic
| benediction on the audience, while bowed
| heads and hush, an awe, show how deep
~ the people are impress ed.-New York
| Journal
The herald., 1898-12-29
SCIENTISTS IN SESSION
WITHIN THE WALLS OF OLD
COLUMBIA
The Subjects Considered Embraced AL
the Words Ending With "ology"
and Some Others

NEW YORK, Dec 2S.-Within the walls
of Columbia university today there gain
cred such body of scientists as has seldom
heen brought together in session under one
roof Almost all the societies for research
and higher science were represented and the
scope of their deliberations stretched from
psychology to morphology.
Each society held its meetings in a sep
arate hall. Those that met were: 1he Amer
lean Society of Naturalists, the American
Morphological society, the Association OF
American Anatomists, the American fsych-
olopical society, the American Physiological
society. the American Folklore society. So
cietv for Plant Morphology and Pschy yology,
the Anthropological Section OF the Amerl-
can association. the section of the American
Association for the Advancemtn of Science,
American Geological society and the Amer
lean Chemical society.
President Seth Low of Columbia visited a
number of the meetings and welcomed the
delegates to Columbia's new home.
At the anthropological section OF the
American Association for the Advancement
of Science these papers were read; The In
dian Congress at Omaha" by James Mon
ey. Washington, and Belief in All Power
Among the Pawnees," by Miss Alice {,
Fletcher OF Cambridge, Mass.
At the American Psychological society s
eleventh annual meeting many papers were
read, one of the most important being by
Pros. W. r. Poster, who has developed a
method for studying the excised heart and
has made an important study of the human
heart while in action.
About 230 fellows Of the American Geo
logical society were present during the morn
ing session, including President Stevenson,
Prof. B. X Emerson of Amherst, Dr. G. w.
Dalton of the Canadian geological survey
and c. l. White, Virginia state geologist
There were thirtyfour papers to be read
in this section. Among those read today
was one on 1.-The Geology OF Yosemite Ma
tional Park by H. W. Tanner of the
United States geological survey.
At all the other meetings many papers
were read, most of them relating to extreme
ly technical subjects.
Prof William H. Holmes, head curator
of the National museum, spoke on "Archae-
illogical Problems of California
Major j. w. Powell, director of the bu-
reau of American cthnology at Washington,
outlined the proposed science of estheology,
and Miss Cornelia Horsford of Cambridge
read a paper ON Cairns of Southwestern
Norway"
The society adjourned to meet at the regu-
lar meeting of the Association for Scientific
Advancement, in Columbus, o., in August,
1899.
The herald., 1898-12-29
Railroad Statistics

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The Railroad Ga
zette, in it's yearly statistics of the output of
locomotives and cars, states that during the
past year all the contracting locomotive
shops in the United States, outside of the
railroad shops. contracted 1875 locomotives,
as against 1851 last year. This is an increase
of 624. This increase comes within II of rep
resenting the total output of 1894, and is
greater by 2lS than the increase of 1895 over
1894, which increase was the largest since
1877. The total output of cars will aggre-
gate l05. l5S. of which 99 S09 are freight. 500
passenger and 1850 street acrs OF these,
1868 were for export. The past year was the
best for the car building industry since 1890,
the record breaking year. when the total
number Of freight and passenger cars built
by contracting firms was 100000