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The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-30
REVERE-CoRNyu.tE

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Palmer are
both sick with lagrippe.
Lester Stevens has been suffering
from very bad cold for the past two
weeks.
Mrs. Nellie Gardiner of Providence,
r.. L. and her baby son Walter are
visiting her mother, Mrs Dickens.
S. II. Beal and s II Bradbury have
been packing apples at Athens the
past week. They were assisted by
Peter Clark.
Verne Pease of Manchester and
Miss Mary Wilson OF Scion visited at
Baker and Priests Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Trafton OF
Athens visited Mr.. Trafton's sister,
Bars. Timothy Pike last week.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-30
Holding His Job.

Michael Callahan, Il section boss for
the Southern railroad, has keen Gael
Ic wit One warm afternoon while
walking along the railroad tracks he
found a section hand placidly sleeping
beside the rails. Callahan looked dis
gustedly AT the delinquent for full
minute and then remarked;
"Slape on. We lazy spalpeen, slape
on, fur as long as You Shape you've got
q job, but when you wake up you ain't
got none. "-Lippincott's Magazine
The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-30
A Run of Luck.

Rufien-Old fellow. YOU look blue
Are you on the wrong side OF the mar
ket? Trumbull- Market be hanged!
moved yesterday The van man broke
rs worth Of the furniture, lost five
pound Bank of England note, the gas
company held NE up for double the
usual deposit, and I've just been sum
moned on a jury. London Mail.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-30

"Your daughter can come to me for
her music lessons and can do her prac-
ticing at home"
I'D rather you'd give her her les
sons here at home and have her do her
practicing at your rooms Houston
Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-30
CARAT NIX.

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Clark and
children visited George Bakers camp
Sunday. They report very pleasant
slime.
Fred CLARK returned Saturday from
trip down river. He purchased a
horse for the woods which he sent in
40 his camp Sunday.
Sherman Beane Lost very valuable
horse recently.
Mr.. Sherman Beane returned from
The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-30
SMIThEIELD.

Ellsworth Piper left here Monday
for the Maine General Hospital, Port
land, where he will undergo an oper-
alton for appendicitis.
Mrs. May Simonds accompanied by
Miss Isabel Simonds went to Lowell,
Mass. for short stay recently.
A baby girl arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mr. :. Ernest MoSher Jan. 20.
Rev. and Mrs. s. F. Emerson of
Skowhegan recently visited their
daughter, Mrs. Ernest M osher.
On the evening Of his birthday and
the 10th anniversary Of his marriage
Jan. %, as Herbert E. Groves came
in from his blacksmith shop, dirty,
tired and hungry he found Mr.. and
Mrs. Lafayette Wyuan and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Smith as unexpected
guests but Herbert was up to the oc-
casion and with soap and water and
his wife's assistance was soon made
presentable. An oyster stew with
cake and coffee was served and a
pleasant evening enjoyed. Several
useful tin dishes were presented.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-30

A woman never lives to be so old
that she lives down a resentment for
the girl who refu 'ed to marry her
husband.
Tears of joy and sadness come from
the same tank.
He who speaks from experience
leaves lot of things unsaid.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-01-30
A large and increasing bust
ness demands the latest
up-to-date machinery.

My PNEUMATIC Tools ( the only
plant in Somerset Coz gives me
great advantage in cutting, carving
and lettering granite and marble
over the old time mallet, chsel and
stone hammer
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10
DIDN'T LOOK LIKE SHOE HORN.
But What Does Mere Man Know About
Mysteries of Feminine Toilet.

Hugh Jennings and his Detroit
Tigers were entertained at a dinner
in New York last month, and in the
course of his address of acknowledge
ment Mr.. Jennings said:
'Our enemy's modification brings
back Cornell to me- The Cornell team
played at the seashore one June, and
after the game we took a bath.
There was lady in nearby bath
house, and she had little dog with
her. After a bit the dog came running
out of her bathhouse with bunch Of
curly golden hair in its mouth. 1t tore
up and down the long aisle worrying
that glittering bunch of curls. shaking
it and growing at it as If it had been
cat. A funny sight to see.
There was, naturally, a good deal
of laughter. Then the lady was heard
calling the attendant in a distressed
voice
oh she called, would you please
fetch my little dog back to me? He
has run off with something of mine,
and l can't get my shoes or; without
it,
THE attendant was one of those
fresh chaps. He yelled back at the
lady very loud:
"'Yesm. yer little dogs out here. all
right, havin' spree with somethin' or
other; but from the look Of it
wouldn't say it was a shoe horn"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10
Trzxf6 and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and crcditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time. !
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as o laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10
NAVAL EXPERTS ALL
FOR SKELETON MASTS
New Mast, Simply a
Spiral Mesh of Steel,
Remained Standing on
Monitor Florida AL
though Cut in Many
Places by Shells.

The need of some new method indi-
Gated by that battle was accentuated
and made urgent by the test to which
the Hero was subjected. Some of our
own very alert and progressive navy
officers at once set about solving the
problem. The result was the test to
which the monitor Florida was sub
jected few days ago. The Arkansas,
a sister ship, was selected to do the
firing.
The Florida is one of the new type
of single-turret monitors. For the
purposes of the test she was towed to
the Thimble Light Shoal, off Old Point
Comfort, and anchored about midway
between Cape Charles and Cape Hen
ry. The Arkansas took a position
about $50 yards westward, so that the
shots, after passing through the Flor
ida's military mast, would fall into the
open sea. The shots were fired at a
range of about $50 yards with re-
duced charge, so that the effect was
practically the same as range of
5000 yards with full charge of
powder.
The mast is described as a mesh of
Steel SO feet in height, and carried
near the stern of the monitor. 1t was
built upon double spiral principle,
each set of spiral columns running in
an opposite direction. At the top was
a platform upon which were two dunn
mics weighted and wired for record
ing the shock Of the projectile. The
steel rods which form the mast are
two inches in diameter at the base,
narrowing at the top. The experts
who had designed it had employed all
of their mechanical skill to construct
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

rF,as found that the ordinary cylindri-
. cnh steel mast with which all battle
4. aatps are now fitted is wholly untitled
tar This purpuse. The Hero, an obso-
,iskr bartlesnip of the second class was
Nesected for the experiment. A COM
r6Ieye system of fire control was in
g7nSrei in the old warrior, and then
Skhx vessel was anchored over shoal
sxsa, AIT acked by the guns of the mod
e err fiIst-class battleships Hibernia and
sseyomintGl.
dtatyhough the deductions of the ad-
knSraIty officials have been withheld,
n ,vTlter for service journal CINE
SSsGvyl has ascertained that the erect
S<T the gun fire upon every part OF the
ffr%tsIp tInI system, located above the
-~rotmc15ze deck, was disastrous. A
laixJpch shell burst in the improvised
tire control top on the mast and car
rIed away the range-fnding station in
Abs very beginning of the simulated
seynbaa- Most significant and impor-
can't of all. a splinter of shell-not a
dfrect hif-went through the mast. and
although The mast stood, every one OF
Sfx fire control wires was severed.
H-hss WAS the most important problem
,s.oIygt9 in The first two minutes.
Changed Conditions in Shooting.
Then was asked the question
7vhether the modern system OF fire con-
x,r4. with its most important installa-
ZION IN a cylindrical steel mast and its
observatory placed at high elevation
1uou that mast, could Withstand for
any length of time the fire OF a
notwithstanding foe. 1t was realized
~ cace that it could not-that with
one Increased range and deadly pre-
..Isjuu of modern high-powered guns
mot only masts but smokestacks and
.ofher super-deck attachments are more
dian likely to be shot away at the
xerv beginning of the battle.
Thfs brought naval administrations
A,ce 20 face with new conditions. The
Sresa OF some method of carrying
urngs finders high in air had been
srofed in the battle of the Tsushima
,-iyzfts where the initial advantage
nad been gained by the Japanese, who
Aad concentrated their fire upon the
1Hnuvarod. Rojestvensky's flagship. Ac'
1.srafnz TO Semenoff, Russian naval
..Azerrer on boaro the flagship, the
wn7xt OF that vessel was shot away al
--,zs at the beginning of the action
ThEs moi only interrupted all further
..norts on the part of that vessel to
-sf the range of her antagonists from
- fxhffng tops. but it also inter
80 With the display Of signals.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10
Historical Find at Yale.

After lying hidden in small closet
at the Yale Divinity school for years,
an interesting lot Of manuscript ser
mons of Presidents Daggett and Clapp
of Yale. delivered between 1741- and
1850, have been brought to light.
While the small closet which is part
of the bookroom at the school was be-
ing cleaned ont recently, a cardboard
box was discovered. and in it a num-
Der of old books. papers, and packages
were found. The sermons have grown
brown with age, and the ink has faded,
but they are easily decipherable. The
sermons, with the books and other
papers. will be placed in the univsTFi'
" library.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

observer, as high aloft as possible,
handling no mechanism except a pair
of binoculars and telephone, in tele-
phoning down to the communication
room information as to the effect OF
each shot, until all the gun pointers in
IL turrets had gotten on to the target
and had set their range finders at the
correct sight-bar range? After that
he could come down-probably
Experiments with Crinoline Nets.
The experiments to determine the
possible usefulness of crinoline nets
against torpedo-boat attacks have not
yet been undertaken. 1t is difficult to
see how these can fail to harm the I'M
derwater section Of the monitor, but
assurance is given, that they will he
conducted in such way as not to In
jure the hull. The test which involved
the turret and its mechanism In
fiicted no great injury, owing to the
reduced charges which were used in
the 12-inch guns of the monitor which
did the firing. In fact, complains one
critic: What is called in some quar-
tiers the shooting up of the monitor
Florida appears to have been a ginger
ly graduated experiment to prove that
her turret armament was shell-proof
and her system of fire control invul-
nerable."
This was vastly different from the
ordeal to which the British Hero was
subjected. One witness of the expert
ment says: THE first six shots were
all misses, and although sparks began
to fly from the Hero as soon as the
range was found, the shooting was by
no means up to the level Of battle
practice, notwithstanding that the
weather conditions were absolutely
perfect-a calm, clear day, with the
sun behind the firing ships. Very soon
the Hero was in the middle of dense
cloud of smoke, through which, now
and again, flashed great tongues or
fire, as shell after shell struck the
helpless old warrior. 1t was soon over,
however, and save for slight list to
port there was nothing to show, at
distance, the ordeal through which she
had passed. The funnel and mast
both stood, and very little smoke is
sued from the interior, but closer in
spection revealed the full extent OF
the damage. The upper deck had been
blown up by the explosion of heavy
shell underneath it, after the coming
tower had been penetrated, and one
of the lay figures had daylight through
his chest. Altogether % hits had
been scored out of 1870 rounds"
The United Service Gazette in its
comment said that here was a ship
fitted with fire-control apparatus
whose maintenance is absolutely es-
sential during battle, and here were
ships which hit their target once in
every four rounds; and the whole fire
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

the target in battle than at target prac-
tice, because at target practice shell
striking the canvas of target-say
5000 yards away-cannot as a rule pc
seen; while a shell exploding against
the side of a ship gives out a brilliant
flame.
shells that do not explode cannot
uyually be seen; but it may be sug-
gested here that, in the case Of armor-
piercing shell, it might not be difficult
to fit a sort of dummy fuse in the nose
of the shell which would explode upon
impact and give out flame. Such a
contrivance, IL found practicable,
would assist very much in fire con-
troll; because, after all, we are very
much more interested in the shots that
hit than in the shots that miss. Fur
thermore, among the shots that miss,
the only ones of which we can take
account are the shots that go short;
and the amount by which they go
short is very difficult to estimate,
whereas the shots that hit are abso-
lutely located. Furthermore. IL we
count the shots that hit, this does
not prevent us from counting the shots
that go short: which gives us. by an
easy method, the number of shots that
go over. The adoption of device,
therefore, showing us positively when
a shot hits. would be a means Of get.
ting all the data needed for correcting
the range finders and getting the sight
bar ranges"
Asserting that there is no perfect
range finder, this officer asks what
would there be impracticable. in the
early stages Of the battle, in having an
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

1t was necessary to reconcile two
conditions. The steel skeleton must
be of great strength, and yet its parts
must be so light that the impact Of a
she'll cutting through the latticelike
frame would not receive enough resist
ance to explode 1t. Modern shells,
particularly those of the smaller cali
Der, are fitted with a percussion fuse
so sensitive that the resistance offered
by the crest of a very small wave is
sufficient to explode 1t. And one of
these bursting in the framework would
be more than likely to tear the struc-
ture to pieces and bring 1t Gripping to
the deck. observers, range finders and
all.
The mast was subjected to a thor
ough test and emerged successfully.
The first shot, a four-inch projectile,
cut one OF the steel rods. The second
cut several more rods, but did not in
lure its stability. A twelve-inch pro-
iectile likewise did very little damage.
When five shots had been fired at the
mast Lieut. Richard ID. White and
Lieut.. Commander George Bradshaw,
assistant inspector of the target prac-
tice. climbed to the platform at the
top Of the mast and shook it with all
their strength, but still the mast stood
firm.
Goodness and Nerve Required.
If any post ever requires GOODNESS
and iron nerve, one would think that
It would be required by the men who
take station in one of these structures
when an enemy has been sighted and
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

when battle is soon to be Joined. In
his admirable essay on Courage and
Prudence" published by the Naval in
stitute, Capt. B. A. Fiske says that
whatever method of observation from
aloft be employed, it is evident that,
even supposing the shots to group as
well as at target practice, the work OF
the observers aloft will be Of the most
delicate kind. 1t is difficult to realize
any job that could be given to mortal
man, not excluding that of the admiral
or captain, requiring such absolute
presence of mind, and such persistent
concentration, as that needed of every
member of the fire-control party.
ANY member of guns crew, in
fact anybody else in the ship, can get
some relief by physical exertion of
some sort; or if he be a gun pointer,
can press his button and feel his gun
fire. But every member of the party
aloft must do nothing but use his
brains, with little assistance from
his eyes. The most perfect self-for-
getfulness will be required of every
one. No one must be diverted by any
accidents happening to his own ship,
or by anything going on in the piano.
rama before him; and such things as
shrapnel and high explosive shells
bursting near by, and the foremost
going overheard, he must utterly ig-
nore."
How New System Works.
Capt. Fiske is widely known as the
inventor Of the range finder which
bears his name. The present system
is one by which group of observers
stationed aloft note the relation Of the
splash of the shot to the water line of
the target and endeavor to correct
any errors in sighting. They watch
the fall of the shots through powerful
glasses, and according to the place
where the shot strikes change in
range is ordered to the gunners, until
the shots hit the target. Usually the
third shot gives the right range.
Two important differences between
Idl 6CI pl dCtlCC DottiC oiO hOSSu W
Capt. Fiske: One is that the sea at
target practice is always smooth; the
other that the target does not hit
back. ut may be pointed out in OBJ
jection," he says, that target practice
must be held in smooth water, because
among the gun pointers
is essential to success, and competi-
ton can be had only when the condi-
lions are identically the same for all,
which is only when the water is
1t may be objected also that
it would be impracticable at target
practice to have a target that would
hit back in. the way the enemy would
In action"
Should See Effect of Fire.
This authority maintains, however,
that it should be easier to get on to
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

IN target practice by the
wv navy of this nation. The
ultimate end sought for in
this sedulous training and
costly expenditure is the acquiring of
an ability to hit the enemy first, to hit
rapddly. and to hit hard.
IT. is Bow realized that the sea fights
0f the future will open at extremely
long ranges, say five or six miles.
The fleet that first gets the range"
says Rear Admiral Evans in a recent
interview, land is best handled after
the range is obtained, will undoubted-
1y do sS1ch damage in the first ten min
MES ms practically to disable the OPP
posing fleet"
All other things being equal, the in
ftiai advantage would therefore APP
near to be the deciding one: The gain
ing OF this advantage is now almost
wholly dependent upon the observers
stationed in the tops, the clear-eyed,
cooEheaded men who from their point
of vantage determine the range, and
by the various systems Of fire control
communicate it to the men behind the
GnnS- With these salient points in
mind, the reader can clearly compre-
hend the vast Importance of an OBJ
serving station sufficiently elevated
f0r the range finders to execute their
mission with precision and celebrity,
more important still, station that
can remain longest erect under the
stress of battle.
OId-StyIe Mast Obsolete.
Tin recent notable test which was
by the British admiralty, 1t
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

disordered and my head ached to dis
traction. l was in bad condition, but
medicines failed to help. l lost ground
daily until began with Doan's Kidney
Pills. They helped me at once and
soon made me strong and we'll"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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control system had been reduced to
impotence in two minutes" .
Our own experimenters, however,
seem satisfied with the Florida test,
and officially announce that 1t was
"satisfactory."-N. Y. Times.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10
The Word Of Excuse.

Ascum-Tve often wondered what q
diplomat really means when he speaks
of expediency.
Wise-Usually it means that his d.
plomacy has failed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

seemed a helpless in
valid, but now | en-.
joy the best of health.
X dney diseas 9
brought me down ter
ribly. r h e u m a II C
aches and pains made
every move painful.
The secretions were
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

A girl will forgive a young man
quicker for kissing her against her
will than for not being interested
enough to try.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

Smokers appreciate the quality value of
Lewis Single Binder cigar. Your dealer
or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

Being bitten by a toothless dog
must be a soft snap.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

No man on earth is rich enough to
enjoy paying taxes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10
To DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND RIIIIn HIP THE SYSTEM.

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELES5
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottled
showing II is simply Quinine and Iron in tasteles
FORM and the most effectual form Fog growR
people and children. SIC.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10

DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white as snow. All grocers, SC a package.
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ASKING FOR ONE.
HEALTH BRINGS HAPPINESS.
Invalid Once, a Happy Woman Now.

Mrs. C. R. Shelton, Pleasant Street,
Covington, Tenn, says: Once I
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10
Od-Style Structures for
Use of Range Finders
Have Been Proved by
Severe Tests to Be
Untrustworthy Dur
ing Battle.

WV - ASHINGTON.- Tremendous
sums are annually expended
WV in target practice by the
Nav navy of this nation. The
ultimate end sought for in
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Practical Points.

God calls all men TO his service In
much the same way as he called Saul.
There is a secret call, manifested in
the nature and inherent fitness Of the
man. There is also the outward
call of opportunity. vacant situation,
an invitation from an employer, what
the world calls "a good chance" But
It is not chance, though 1t seems so;
IL is all of Gods ordering.
There will come time to everyone
who is prepared. when he can prove to
the world what he is fitted to do.
There lie in everyone Of us almost
infinite possibilities