The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-06-29
Military cOOrsgs.

The question Of the comparative pro-
portion of really brave men in any
army will probably never b. determin-
ed. Great officers on the Continent
keep their knowledge on that subject
vigorously as professional secret, and
assume as certainty that All soldiers
are brave They know very wen, how
ever, that they are not, and when con-
fidentiai viii admit, as Marshal Won
Moltke once did in public. that with
great number it takes discipline, aud
severe discipline. too, to induce them
10 face shells unshrinkingly. Ameri-
can officers have been known to ae-
knowledge that of their men, who are
a. brave as any in the world, twenty
per cent would run away if they could.
and in every army, even olrs, when
man enters only Of free viii. there is
certain proportion who can not over
come their fears. They are stricken
with sort Of paralysis.
The proportion is probably not high
in any army, the majority, If in health,
being able to do their duty, and having
intense motives to do it; but neither is
the proportion high OF those who liter
ally feel no fear.
There are such men, who do not quite
understand what the emotion Is, as
there are also some who have in ex-
treme danger a sense Of pleasure, which
sometimes not only quiekens their
blood, but distinctly increases their in
telIectual force. This Is said to have
been true Of General Pieton, who,
though hard, rough man, was an
s'angel when bullets were abOut;n and
was undoubtedly true Of the first Lord
Cough, who had trick, highly disa-
greeabIe to mis- staff, of seeking points
of danger. Spectator.
! A conscience stricken resident Of a
small town in Maine recently sent ten
2-cent postage stamps to Secretary Day,
with the explanation that they were To
replsce stamps which, being imperfect
ly cancelled, he had unlawfuIly used a
second time.
A new form OF accident insurance
policy guaranteeing the holder against
the consequences Of the damage he may
infiet upon others, is being issued in
Paris. Partisan drivers are notoriously
reckless, and they look upon this
method of protecting themselves at
small cost as good thing.
Mrs. Anna Diggs, of Kansas, with
her spring bonnet set all awry in the
excitement of the occasion, addressed
the Kansas Populist convention the
other day as follows: II want to say
to YOU, gentlemen of the convention.
that. whatever differences there have
been between myself and Governor
Leedy, / will use every faculty that
God has given me in working for the
success of the POpulist ticket" The
Kansas City Journal observes thai
Mrs. Diggs should first use the faculties
God has given her 70 keep her bonnet
on straight, for reform and crooked
bonnets cannot go hand in hand"
The battle of Manila Bay and the
blmbardment of Santiago have fur
nished the fireworks artists with new
field for the exercise Of their skill this
wear, and both 0f these events will he
reproduced ia many municipal eelebra-
tions on the Fourth. One New York
firm is making set pieces Of the battles,
forty by one hundred feet, showing the
forts, tropical landscapes and ships
Dealers are receiving hundreds of OF
/ ders for fire portraits Of Dewey. SamP'
son and Sehley and pyroteehnieal re-
productions Of Old Glory.