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OCEAN TRAVEL.
North German LaOyd,

FAST EXPRESS SERVICE.
PLYMOUTH. LONDON. BREMEN.
Kaiser Vim. d. Crosse. Tues: May 10, 10 am
Lahn. .Tu., May II, noon kais. W dc June Z, am
X. Friedrich, May "a Lahn .Tu. June IA. IL am
Traye. Tu. May 81, IL am X. Friedrich. June 81
CHERBOuRG. PARIS. BREMEN.
Havel. Sat May % 10 am Saale. Sat June II 10 am
TWIN SCREW PASSENGER SERVICE.
SOUTHAMPTON. LONDON. BREMEN.
Bremen. ..................T Thursday, May 5, DIN
Frieierich der Crosse -. Thursday. May u, pm
GIBRALTAR. NAPLES. GENOA.
Fulda. May Z, DIN Werru. .May Is, 10 am
Ems. 49,. May Il. 10 am X. VIM. H. June 4, pm
Aller. May q, 2 PM Fulda. June H. 10 am
OELRICHS G. CO., z BOWLING GREEN.
Apply to E. r. DROOP. 025 Pa. ave-.
my2-22tf Agent for Washington.
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THE WAR .MAa-.

Copies Of Thursdays Star, inciud-
ing the handsome colored war map,
by which the position of the Ameri-
can and Spanish vessels can be read
lily located from day to day, may be
obtained at The Star Office.
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TO ALASKA

by new EMPIRE LINE 3,5OO-ton steamers
Ohio Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana. Conemaugh.
Steam heat, electric lights and all modern improve
luentS.
Seattle to St. Michael.
Appointed to sail about June 10, q, 20; July IS,
20, q,
connecting with company's feet Of new YUKON
RIVER STEAMERS, insuring prompt through pas
sage to DAWSON CITY and other Yukon river
points. Apply EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO.,
607 First ave-, Seattle, Wash. Or to ISTERNA-
TIoNAL NAV. CO., 1906 st. NV, Washington,
D. C. apI6-s&mI2t
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
aM G Sest OF sHTA AK4
aae D'fes SSH LHs5''t F!Ss9Fs
spo. st. louis cle1eiaa si and n: TOisdo. Buet
1886 An Il pAs srF sHSEE-rulmaD pret rarlor
Car to Harrisburg Buffet Parlor Car Harrisburg
$40 P.M :'0s 6fArcAeo AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.
sp Dnns es, # ss Louis to
E''sSs ss Gas' Sleep
7SS elm RPRf SaE sS eafS
man Sleeping Cars Washington to riitsSnrg and
H harrisburg to ST. Louis and Cincinnati. Dining
1919 ,as G rM PAc1rIo EXPRESS Sleep
1886 for Eaia ei snd Remove daily
40 M for GocSes s4o Erie Buff
1 .., era II CARA Eais daily except satarda1
a. and Niagara Fails daily Pullman Sleeping
FOB fHIL2DEIPzIHs NEW YORK AND THE
400 Pm. .oosanrs KAsT LIMITED" daily,
i: Viz SSe 25 inas Car fS%
t Wilmiagtonl AN; l2:!5 s:I5. ago DINING Car
sunday 6 S ' css ae soa g 500 ,eo
1.IV AIuiuG CAr from BaltfmOreD. 600, l0:0D
and 1880 Pm. For Philadelphia only. Fass
Express, 1850 AN. week days. Express, 1915
Pm. week daye. 2:01 end $40 P daily.
For Boston. without changs. 7:e0 An. week
days, aid 40 z. n. daily.
re ~ re- s'9 ia go i s:s 1851 sSi
$50, I:so. 1000. 1910. ii:is and ii:so Pm a:
!, AN. ls:ib i:ib. sol. ais, $40 AGO LIN.
tied, 20, $40. e:l5. ESQ. 1:2o. 1880. io:lo
FcF PoDaS c.esi Lac. 7:so An. and 4:.s Pm.
For Annapolis 1900. 900 AM. l2:lb and $40
IN q. dsny except Sunday. sundays 300 AN.
coast Line. 40 AM. SD Pm. Safly: RIB
specia;. Via Richmond and seaboard Ar Line.
z:4Q Pm. daily. Accomnodafion for Quantico.
SEAsH0RE CONNECTIONS.
Sot Atfant@: City (yia Delaware River bridge, all
rau routg. o:16 and go Pm. daily; via Mar
kes Street Wharf. 1000 and HOO AN, 12:4B
IN, week days, and 11:t0 PM. daily.
Fer Gaps NAY. al:0o AN. week days. il:5o Pm.
TIciet enaee., corner Fifteenth and streets.
end At the station. Sixth and B streefs where or
gers can be left Tor the checking OF bageaRe to
oeeunau9n Dom hotela and residencS.
General Manager. General Psssenser 1ssnt
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RAILROADS.
WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. vER-
non RAILWAY.
FROM STATION, I3b STREET AND PA. AVE.

WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. vER-
N kFFEcT NoyEMBEn i. 1897.
For Alexandria, week days. $3.50. 5:oS; !;ss e..
1895 s.; l2ao. LIS. las; 2:os ex.. gao, s:oo
Tos Alexandra. sundays. 5:4s. s:.s. e;.s, 1890.
s4S $50 s:l5. ESQ. ess. 1885, SIS. 900. 1890.
For Mt: Vernon. week days. $50 500. 1900.
u go An; l2:Os. I:lS. 2:oS. 800. $3.50. 7:os.
nt For Ms ss s sssd f 7'S '4s AM
Fer Arlington and Aqueduct Bridge. w,sk days.
so5, 400, s:a5. AIS. $40, sos. 200. 500 p NJ.
!, For Arlington and Aq9edget Bridge, SUNDAYS.
i2:ab 100 2l5. 800. s:l6. $50, 6:i5 900. Gas
Parcels carried on all trains. Baggage checked.
my2
rpG GHEsAPE iAk APP 9Hl1 RAIhWAY or
ETEcTSIS LSHTEP; STEAM aEaTE5:
Schedule in eject May j. isss.
eiaisoiid train for cineinpat ' Pullman sieepefs
to CINCINNATI Lexington Louisville Indianapolis
for vsa e Hoa Springs
q! i s:.s.@. cd
Lexington and Louisville without change open for
reception OF passengers at pm. Pullman Com
partment Ca; to Virginia Hot Springs; without
change. Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays. OBJ
servation Hinton to Cincinnati. Connection
daily: Sleepers Cincinnati to Chicago and St Louis
2.20 PM. DAILY-For GordoHsyille Charlottes-
Vile, Staunton. and for Richmond daily. except
su ,Sisz AMMAN, .x.sn, sn,a,v-p,r,,- ~,
Washington to Richmond ard Richmond to Old
Point Arrive Richmond 2:45 p-m.-Old Point,
$50 pm. Transfer at Richmond.
Reservation md tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio
Offices. 613 and 1411 Pennsylvania avenue. and al
the station. H. W. FULLER,
my330d General Passenger Agent.
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FHE CUSHING READY SOON.
Her Slight Injury Not Due 10 Any
Ones FOOIhardfness

Ones FOoIhnrdtness.
a special to the New York Herald from
Key West says: Captain Gieaves is indig-
nant at the publication of the absurd story
that the recent accident to the Gushing
was the result OF foolhardiness on the part
of his executive officer, Ensign Boyd. The
story does grave injustice to the young
man. and also to Captain Greayes. The ac-
cident was the result of a weakening of the
receiver, which exploded under a pressure
of 100 pounds of steam. The damage to
the boat was not nearly SO great as, was
reported. Instead of being out of commits
sion for six weeks. she will be ready for
duty Monday.
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CHIROPODISTS.

corns and Buni0ns Instantly Believed.
Prof. ]. ]. Georges & Son,
11lt Pa. ave. Next to Raleigh Hotel Hours, u &
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ACCOUNTANTS.

J. f. Bates
Public accountant and auditor.
Room 3d.
Washington Loan and Trust building
de7ltf
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RAILROADS.

10 THE KIONDIKE CANADIAN PACIFIC
RAILWAY, FROM BETHLEHEM, Pa,
Or New York City-S25
To Vancouver Victoria. Seattle and Tacoma
First cl-ss Steamship Accommodations to
Wrangle, Skagway. Dyes, Pyramid Haribor. Cor
Ashcroft and other points in Northwest. TO
SAN FRANCIoCO. $50. H. McMURTRIE. Agent,
Sd and Chestnut ST., Philadelphia, Pa, and
Dos. e German St, Baltimore. Nd. or z v. SKIN
NER. c. A.. $50 Broadway. N. Y.
fe21-n.w,f12tf
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Ocean end Virginia ave-. Atlantic City, N. J.
High-class hotel. with capacity BOO Every COLI
vtpiencc. Elevator to street level Full ocean
view. Special rates for May and June. Write
Tor booklet. showing hotel, steel pier. coun-
try club. golf links ETC.
fe211St 10 G. FRANK COPE
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

e. S. RANDALLS POTOMAC RIVER LINE.
Steamer HARRY RANDALL. will leave River
View wharf Sundays, TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS at
Z a. ~. landing at Colonial Beach, Chapel Point
aud all wharves as far down Lower Mschodoc
Returning Mondays and Wednesdays at o. n
UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE
WASHINGTON. d. c., TO GLYMONT ND.
and intermediate landings
The new Steamer ESTEl.LE RANDALL, daily
Passenger Recommendations nrst-ciass. Freight
received until the hour Of sailing.
e. 8. RANDALL
Proprietor and Manager.
GEO. O. CARPINTER. General Agent Washington
WIN. NJ REARDON. Agent. Alexandria. ja2i-2Otf
STEAMER WAKEFIELD"
FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
Leaves Washington d. C. 9th st. ferry wharf.
Mondays an. for intermediate landings to
Creek. Abells. Leonardtown. Stones. Howard'0,
Cobrun's. Colton's.
Wednesday. Z am. for intermediate landings to
Golonia, Beach; B1.hweod Rock Point. Coison's.
st. Georges Island. Smith Creek Coan and Yeo.
comico rivers.
Saturdays. an. for intermediate Landings to
Colonial Beach. Bushwood. Rock Point. Coltou's.
(See schedule in effect September 10, 1897,
: se7-n @. W. RIDLEY. Geni. Mana5er
THE wFEMs STEAMBOAT co.
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE
Winter Schedule, in effect Dec. IS. 1897
STEAMER POTOMAC
Leaves Washington every THURSDAY at pm.
for Baltimore and River Landings.
Baltimore freight solicited.
Al river freight s THss e SseIsiS BRO Ast.
omcc 90 Pa. ave. Tciephone rs
de29-11n
The Coconino sun., 1898-12-31
Reduced Rates 10 Phoenix.

Commencing Wednesday, Dec. <. 1898. and continuing up to and includ- ing April 20, 1899. the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad company will sell round trip tickets from Flagstaff to Phoenix at the rate of 5000. These tickets will only be sold Wednesday of each week during period mentioned above and will be limited to continuous passage in each direction. with final limit of thirty days from date of sale.
 GEO. F. SULLIVAN. Agent
 People who denOunce the stage should remember that the minstrel Is never so black as he i- painted
The Coconino sun., 1898-12-31
PUBLIC OPINION
 5000 Papers in 1 FOR THREE MONTHS FOR 25 CENTS

Ion can feel the great pulse of the United States by reading Public Opin ion, which quotes opinions from Allan. tic to Pacific on all important ques- tions. In no other way cIn you become familiar with the sentiment of every state and with the opinions of every faction in every state. President Mckinley, Senator Allison. Senator Hanna, Hon. Wm. J. Bryan. The Gov ernor of Canada, and the Spanish Le- gation at Washington are among the recent subscribers for Public Opin- ion. They want it because il gives the public opinion of the United States. Doubtless you will conclude to send us 25 cents for months suhscrip- tion. Paper will be stopped at expira tion of this time. Regular subscrip- ton price, S2.5O per year. Sample copies free. Address PUBLIC OPINION. New York. N. Y.
The Coconino sun., 1898-12-31

Ladies calling cards. in the correct styles. printed in the latest copper plate script at this office.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-05
GREAT BRITAIN US. RUSSIA

The Picking correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says:
''The situation has suddenly become
acute. ~ The relations between the
Tsung i-Yamen and Sir Claude Mac
donald, the British Minister, are
strained to the point of rupture. Sir
Claude Macdonald has intimated that
any failure by China to observe Great
Britain's wishes will be accepted as a
cause for war.
Gin support of Sir Claude Macdon-
aid the feet has been concentrated at
Wei-Hai Wei and Hankow, and all
the warships under 5000 tons have
been modified in the Yang-tse River
The naval demonstration is solely di-
rected against China, as it is sc mi Of
ficially stated that the existing rela-
lions with Russia are cordial. Lord
Salisbury has abandoned the policy
of the open door, substituting for it a
policy of spheres of influence.
"Diplomatic conferences have been
of constant occurrence within the last
few days. Lord Salisbury insists up
on the recognition by the other pow
ers interested in China of the boun-
daries of Great Britain's sphere of in
huence. In the same instrument
whereby Great Britain recognizes
Russia's position on Manchuria, Rus
STA is required to acknowledge the
paramountcy of England in the Yang
tse Valley and guarantee that our ter
ritorial requirements shall be perma
nently respected.
"Great Britain is willing to drop her
protest in respect to the New Chwang
Railway, but Russia is required to
cancel her agreement with China that
the country having the largest fnan-
cial interest should arbitrate in dis
putes connected with the Peking-
Hankow Railway.
"The negotiations are confined to
Peking. The British Ambassadors at
st. Petersburg and Peking are in close
communication"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-05
MCKINLEY'S PART IN THE WAR.

The, London Times comments edltO-
rally upon the gen erous universe
recognition of the part which Presi-
dent Mckinley has played throughout
the war between the United States
and Spain, and says if foreign observ-
ers might pre- sumo to have an opinion
upon mis- conduct, it would probably
be that President Mckinley has kept
his finger constantly upon the nation
al pulse and has known how to stimu-
late and direct national thought with
out too markedly outrunning its
movement Everything has been
done in the open, every move has
been discussed as possibility all over
the United States before the govern
ment was irrevocably committed one
way or the other, and the result of the
cautious, tentative policy is that
president has the whole American
people at his back. We do not know
that there can be any higher state
manship for a president governing
under the constitution of the United
States.
cit is noteworthy that while the
Spaniards, who are usually regarded
as chivalrous, romantic and medieval,
have turned first to the financial as
pect of the situation, the Americans
who are usually supposed to be in
tensely practical, have as yet hardly
given a thought to the financial Or
economic side of the question. What
occupies the American people at this
moment is not the cost of the war, the
value of their acquisitions or the bal
ance of the profit and loss account,
but the moral result of the struggle
and the nature of the ideas which it
stimulates.
"Whether Organism is dead Or only
sleeping, whether the smaller issues
of party warfare are suspended by
large and worthy conceptions of ma
tional policy or only thrown for the
time into the background, there can
be no doubt that war has had and will
have profound effect upon Ameri-
can ideas and aims. Not only has it
renovated the idea of national unity,
impaired by the great civil struggle,
but it has supplied that sense of con-
tact with external forces which is
probably one Of the most potent in
fuences in favor of maintaining the
national spirit.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-05
REPORT OF BOSTON q.
MAINE.

The Boston & Maine railroads. ex-
hibit Of operations for the three and
IL months ended June 80 is issued.
For the quarter gross earnings fell off
SIC, 753, but expenses were reduced
81, 222, leaving a net loss of S5532.
Miscellaneous income was $3S, 500
larger than last year. The road earn
ed $500, 7O4 above charges, an increase
Of s17,302. For the year the gross
gain was but $3.50. 259, while there was
an increase Of S124, $50 in expenses.
Included in expenses for the year was
S444 ,265 for new equipment and train
safety appliances, against 1923, O16 the
previous year. After the payment of
charges, sinking fund requirement
and dividends, S29, 423 was earned to
the good, against S35, 293. The exhib-
it is good one for the year in review,
which has not been bonanza year in
the New England states.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-05
DUDE HEROES.

Testimony as to the gallant conduct
of the college men and scions Of
wealth who left lives of ease and lux
ury to undergo the hardships and
perils of the Santiago campaign in
Roosevelt's regiment of Rough Rid
ers, is given by western member of
that famous corps who has learned to
respect the men whom he once look
ed down upon as dudes and tender
feet The surprise felt by him at the
revelation of the courage, patience,
endurance and generosity of the SO
ciety butterflies transformed into sol
diers and comrades of uncultured
cowboys, was not unnatural, when we
consider the prevailing belief that
white hands go together with white
liver, and that fine feathers not only
do not make fine birds, but are sig
nificant of poor quality Of creature
underneath them. Yet few popular
decisions are less supported by the
facts of history.
The handles who adorn the London
drawing rooms, lounge in fashionable
clubs, and ride through fashionable
parks, have always been a formidable
fighting force in England's wars.
They not only fought bravely in the
Crimea, but underwent sufferings and
privations that were even worse and
far more protracted than those of the
Rough Riders. In peace, too, the
members of an aristocracy which lives
in style unparalleled for luxury and
comfort, except among American mil
lionaires, relieve the tedium of costly
viands, beds of down and purple and
fine linen, by climbing inaccessible
Swiss mountains, hunting tigers in
Indian jungles, and in shooting big
game in South Africa, all of which
sports involve "roughing ito to the
last degree. The same instinct, oper-
ating in old families here, drives a
gentleman and scholor like Theodore
Roosevelt, who has breathed an at
mosphere of wealth and refinement
from the cradle, to the crude associa-
tons of western ranch, and eventu-
ally to the sterner schooIof the camp.
One of the compromising features
of the late war is that it has revealed
among scores of our rich young men
the material of which Sir Philip Sgd
neys are made, if, indeed the hero of
Zutphen is not incarnated again in the
idol of his men for whose com fort he
spent his own money without stint
the gallant, scholarly and brave col
onel of the Rough Riders. -Reporter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-05
FIVE TOASTS.

A story is told that recently in Los
Angeles, five prominent men of foreign
birth CHANGED to meet. One was Rus"
sian, one a Turk, one a Frenchman,
one an American and the other, an
Englishman
The gentlemen became bosom
friends, and finally a champagne sup
per was proposed, at which each gen.
tleman to be in keeping with the
times, was to give toast to his
native country, the one giving the
best toast to be at no expense for the
wine Here are the toasts Civ
en-:
The Russian-"Here' to the stars
and bars Of Russia, that were never
pulled down."
The Turk-"Here's to the moons of
Turkey, whose wings were never clip
ped.
The Frenchman-"Here' to the
cock of France, whose feathers were
never picked"
The American-sHere' to the stars
and stripes of the United States of
America that were never trailed down
in defeat"
The Englishman-ssHere's to the
rampin roarin lion of Great Britain,
that tore down the flag of Russia,
clipped the wings of Turkey, picked
the feathers off the cock of France,
and run like HI from the stars and
stripes of the United States Of Amer
ica.n
The Englishman paid for no cham
payne.
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TIM & T a 3 l. E
b. 81 NJ. II. R.-PaSS. Division
In effect June ~, 1898.

Passenger Trains Leave
NEWPORT-NoRTH-5:O a m; 1880 m; 1:20
pm; 7:e5 p m; 9.42 pm. SoUrH-12:10 a m;
7;o0a m; s Is m; 1:05 p M 400 pm no p. m;
HIS pm.
NoRTH-Sunday only, $50 a NJ; arrives
from the south at IL 90 a M
SoUTd-Sunday only, IL: 10 a M; 500 p. M
COvENTRY-NoRTH-l2: p M, 6:15 m.
SoUTH-7:10 m; ALL M.
BARTON ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a m; sos
1920 m; $50 m; 4:25 p m; ':s0 m;
11:31
NoRTH-Sunday only, 4:30 m; 1915 a m.
SoUrH-Sunday only, 5. 20 p. m.
am 1903 p. m; AIS m; $50 m; s.03
m. SoUTH--t12:37 m; 7:35 m; s.43 m;
1873 pm; Abs p M; sos m; 11:42 m.
NoRTH-Sunday only, 1926 m; AIS m;
1898
SoUTH-Sun day only, t12:37 m; .33
SOUTH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS m; 5:3S p
SoUTH-7:47 a m; 4:4S p m.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS m; 500 m. SOUTH
-S:04 m; 5:04 p
WEST BURKE-NoRTH-*3:45 a m; II 80 a m;
SIP d m; S32 p m; SOUTH *f12:O7 m;
$40 m; $40 m; 5:12 M; sos m
NoRTH-Su nday only, 3:45 m;'f 1904 M
SoUTH-Sunday only, fl2:o7 m;f 6O3 M
11:12 M; 1882 p m; 4:55 M; S.17 p M
SoUTH-*12:25 m; 1913 m; $3.50 a m; 9.27
m; 2:14 m; 5:35 p M $40 p M.
NoRTH-Sunday only, $3.50 m; $50 a m
SoUTH-Sunday only, 1925 m; 1:1S m;
$40 pm.
ST. JOHNSBURY-NoRT am; 1907 am;
10:45 e; 3:13 m; 4:27 m; 1856 M
SoUTH-*I2:43 a m; 40 m; 1855 m; GAS
m; 2:34 m; 6'nQ m; 10.15 m:
NoRTH-Sunday only, 2:20 m; 1902 m;
SoUTH-Sunday only, 12:43 m; 1:4O a m;
6.3S
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accusing them of siding with Spain.
A greater SANDER was never perpe
trated. Our territory raised five COM
panies of Rough Riders, three Of
which did magnificent service in the
hard fighting in front Of Santiago.
The captain of one of them, Max
Luna, of Spanish lineage, especially
distinguished himself in the charge at
San Juan. 1t was reported that he
was killed, but he is very much alive,
and it wouldn't be astonishing if his
republican friends insisted upon nom
mating and electing him to Congress.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-05
WORKING THE BIG GUNS.

In manning the batteries on a yes
sci of war, twelve men are allotted to
every gun with the exception of the
ten, twelve and thirteen inch mount
ed on turrets. In the latter case, the
guns being mounted in pairs, twelve ar
divided between them. Each man has
a certain duty to perform, and, under
the thorough system of drilling in the
United States Navy, he is generally
letter perfect in his work The six
men of the thirteen inch crew are de-
signated as follows: captain, first
plugman and sponger, liftman, return
lever man, trainer.
The duty of the captain is to exer-
else supervision over the crew and
to handle the hydraulic hammer. The
first plugman and spongman has his
station at the rear end of the plug
platform. By the is meant the piece
of steel used to close the breech. The
liftman attends to the lift lever, the
return lever man to the return-lever
and the trainer turns his attention to
the lever controlling the hydraulic
training gear. In drill and action
everything runs like clockwork, each
man seeming component part of an
intricate piece.
The great guns are aimed by means
of Grange rs'-instruments in
vented by naval officers for the pur-
pose of divining the range of an enc
my. One used to a considerable ex-
tent in the service consists of two tel
escapes, placed one at each end of
base line (some measured length of a
vesseD. These telescopes are directed
upon the target, the distance of which
determines the angle between their
axis, thereby varying the resistance
of two conducting bodies, and causing
the DETECTION of a galvanometer,
which is graduated in yards, SO that
the distance may be read off directly.
The working of this finder is so sim
pie that enlisted members of the crew
are sometimes stationed at it.
From the foregoing the reader can
easily understand that placing and
fighting the battery of modern man
of-war is a science in itself. In fact,
the naval officer of today must en-
body in himself the learning of col
lege professor, the scientific skill of
an expert, the courtesy of Brummel
and the dash and bravery of a D'Ar-
tignan.-From "a Warships Bat
ery' IN Frank Leslie Popular Monthly
for Sept.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-05

By order of Emperor Nicholas, the
Foreign Minister, Count Maravieff,
on the oath inst, handed to the for
eign diplomats at st. Petersburg a
note declaring that the maintenance
of peace and the reduction of the ex-
cessive ornaments now crushing all
nations is the ideal for which all gov
ernments ought to strive. The Gear
considers the present moment favor
able for the inauguration of move
ment looking to this end, and invites
the powers to take part in an inter-
national conference as a means of
thus assuring real and lasting peace
and terminating the progressive in
crease of ornaments. The Czar's
proposition is likely to produce SEN
sation throughout Europe, and, COM
ing from such a quarter and with
such sincerity of purpose, it is likely
to have important effects. There is
no doubt that with Russia taking the
lead in such step Germany, France
and.the other nations will be ready
to follow.